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' - i V W, The Banvell r People. Laqgest Ciicalation in the County HER PROPOSAL " Th* late March •now* arc dlaaoMnf the delicate wreathe orer the hilU— the maple bade were already •welling the tkj like crlmton dote, and the •oog or the blue-bird heralded the adeeat of spring over the bleak Berk- •hire hi lie. ^ O, Billy len’t It nloe ?” eaid little Hebeooa Hale, ae ehe ekipped along the rood, “O, look, ihert/e a dear Uttle|etriped equlrrel with a boehy tell and each bright eyee, like blaoii beads. O, don’t you wleh we lived out doote always “Becky, don’t jump about eo,” chided the boy, an ancient philosopher of 10 years or so. “ There ! 1 knew It. You're burst out that hole In our shoe that I sewed up carefully, and one of your mittens Is gone.” “ But It Isn’t cold.” “ No, but that's no sign that ws never shall hare any oold weather again. Be- ■Idea Aunt Keslah Is dead.” “ Wei), I don’t oare for that,” said the little one, recklessly. "Aunt Keslah was old and cross, and boxed our eate, and said we were the plagues of her Hie.” "Yes,” said Billy, slowly, "but there is no one to take oare of us now that Aunt Keslah Is dead. You should consider that, Becky.” “ No one to take oare of us,” echoed Becky,~|«nndlng still. 'O, Billy, I didn’t think of that.” ~ Mrs. Harewood was frying dough nuts orer the great oooklng-store in the back kitchen. An immense blue and white oneoked apron enshrouded her spare form and a pocket handker chief concealed her hair. Mrs. Hare- wood was rot pretty at her best; In this. Impromptu uniform she was sim ply hldeops- " Serenteen—eighteen—nineteen,” •aid Mrs. Harewood, fishing the brown earls of paste out of the boiling liquid. "Twenty and four makes two dozen. Now, Michnel, who Is It? And what do they want ?” “ It’s the two children from Aunt K slab Proud foot’s," said Michael Harewood, a tall, brown-faced man of 30 or there abouts. " The old woman died last night.” ^ "Well, what of that?" safWMrs. Harewood, who had gone back to the table and was cutting long strips of dounh, and twisting them into spirals, resmy for the pot of frlstllng lard. "They’ll bury her, I suppose. And after her long sickness, the dear knows, nobody’ll be very sorry.” " But the little children. What Is to become of them ?” said Michael, softly. “ Why, send ’em to the poorhouse, of course. There’s''nothing else to be done, as 1 know of,” snapped the dame. "To the poorhouse, Marla? Those pretty, delicate little children—Kate Hale's brother’s children—to the poor house !" “Well, kdon’t see why not,” said Mrs. Harewood Thirty-four, 38. Three dopaa ought to be enough. If Kate hug oared so much about her re lations, she might a stayed to hum and looked after ’em, tnotead of running away with a ship’s captain and going to China, or India, or fcamsohatka, or the Lord knows where. After she was engaged to you, too ! And ” "Never mind about that now, Marla,” said the brother, with a slight elevation of his eyebrows. " It Is all a thing of the past; and Kate could not torses, when she left her native ooun try, that her brother’s little ones would soon be alone In the world, orphaned and without resources. So It has 'chanced, at all events. The poor little things are In the sitting room now.” " And I ’spose they’ve come here be cause my husband Is poor master,” •aid Mrs. Harewood, dropping In her fresh batch of doughnuts, one by one " Well he won’t be home afore noon.’’ " I was not thinking of that, Marla." said Michael Harewood, gently. "It occurred to me, that, perhaps, since yOu had no children of your own—” "That I'd fill my house with all the pauper children of the neighborhood,” said Mrs. Harewood. "No, Michael Harewood, you’re mistaken there! 1 wouldn’t have Jim Hale’s young ones In my house after the way Kate treated you, not If I was to be paid a dollar a day. And besides, I ain’t matron of the pooa house.” " Then what are they to do ?” * Mrs. Harewood shrugged her bony shoulders. " It’s no business of mine,’’ she said, Indifferently. " Nor I ain’t going to concern myself In It.” Michael Hrewood went back to the room, where the two little orphans were admiring a stuffed parrot, that swung from the celling. '' Children,” said he, "get on your tbinffs M "Ain’t us to stay here ?" piteously demanded Becky, "I’m so tired and hungry ! We didn’t have any break- ingry ! We didn’t have fast this morning !" " Please, Mr. Harewood,” said Billy, " where are we to go ? Nobody wants " I want you,” said Michael Hare wood, his heart giving a great jump as he saw Kate’s old look shining out of the wistful, upturned face of the child. " You shall be my little ones henceforward.” There was no lack of talk and gossip In toe neighborhood when Michael . Harewood left his brother’s house and set up housekeeping for ;hlmself In a little unoccupied cabin just on the verge of the woods, with the Hale children proteges and companions. Michael Harewood was an artist by profession—one of those erratic, irre gular geniuses who seldom make much money, yst possess natures of genuine gold. He paid little attention to the buzz of the neighbors, the sarcasms of his sister In-law, and the criticisms of the world In general, but painted serenely on, disposing of his pictures at ludicrously small prices as fast as they were laid off his easel. " For It Isn’t as If I oould wait lor a good* chance,’’ said he. " They must sell at any figure; the little people can’t starve.” So the three led a strange, eccentric life. Little Becky swept and dusted, and did what she oonld. Billy brought water, weeded the onion beds and made himself generally useful, and Michael Harewood did all the rest. When there chanced to be meat enough for three he eat acd was thankful. Where there was cot he male his meal off vegetables and told the children It wee for his health’s sake. Don’t you love Unde Michael, or?” asked the little boy one whan Michael had tucked them j ap in bed and heard their simple ^"^es," said Becky, rearing np in her little patch worked-covered nest. “And when I grew np I mean to marry " Ood bless the little ones 1” he mur mured. " And Ood bless Kate, wher ever she may be!” Kate was nearer than he thought. "Have you heard the news?” said the Widow Castleberry to Mrs. Hare wood. " Kate Hale’s come back:” ! “ Humph I” was Mrs. Harewood’s comment. A bad penny always re turns. Who does she suppose Is folng to run after her now ?” " Ah, but,” said Widow Castleberry, wagging her head, " you didn’t hear me through. She’s a widow 1 and she’s as rich as Croesus!” " No 1” said Mrs. Harewood. " It ain’t possible!” " But It Is, though,” said the widow. ".Wears diamonds as big ns dewdrops and a black silk dress as will stand alone for richness, and has her maid, as K enteel as Queen of the Cannibal Is- tods.” •* Ah, dear, dear!” said Mrs. Hare wood. " Wonders never will cease. Them children will be brought up like a prince and princess now, I suppose! I 'most wish l’d taken them myself, as Michael wanted me to do.” For once the tongue of rumor was correct. Kate Hale, now Mrs. Alden Armltage, had been, In very truth, left a wealthy widow, and she had return ed to her native land, to adopt her brother’s orphaned children, Kate bad been pretty as a girl—as a woman, set off by the accession of wealth, she was royally beautiful. Nor was she devoid of feeling. When she first came Into the presence of the artist, whose magnanimity had saved her brother’s children from the poorhouse, •he knelt down and kissed his brown hands with tears. Kate I.^Kate I” he cried, recoiling, ‘ what are you doing ?” "I can’t help It,” sobbed ‘You t,” sobbed Kate. are so kind, so noble. What would my poor little ones have done but for you r And when I remember how I treated you—” " We won’t recall that. Kate,” said the artist, quietly. " But I have grown to love tbe little ones dearly. I do not wish to part with them, although I feel that you have the best right to them.’’ He was standing With one hand bn Becky’s golden head. The child ^ ? n ® to the 0 ^ 1 er ' ^iinVhtei' funeral"we " Couldn’t Aunt Kate oome and live , {V_.i with us, Uncle Michael ?’’ said she, 55 A STRANGE EXPERIENCE. Aa Atlanta Drwnsnser Acted as Pall- Tisarsr at the Paneral of a Man He Didn’t Know. Atlanta Constitution. " I went to a funeral the other da; and I can’t get It out of my head, bothers me, and I am not likely to for get It.” V The speaker was a young and popular Atlantlan whose business Keeps him In Savannah most Of the time. He was here on a visit, and his friends Were greatly interested In the story of his experience as a pallbearer. - " Yes,” continued the young mao. " I went to a funeral In an accidental way, and was a, pallbearer by chance. VI didn’t know the dead man, and the other pallbearers didn’t know him. it beau anything In my experience. " It happened In this way. I entered a business house to see some of my customers, and after some general talk, one of the partners asked me If I had anything to do for the next houi’* or so. I told him that I was hot busy and was ready for almost anything. ‘ / " He said' that I Was the very man for the occasion, and taking me by the arm escorted me to a carriage In front of the store and got In with me. " After riding a little' distance we •topped and another man got in and was Introduced to me. we rode on several squares and then picked up another man, and finally a fourth man joined us. * " They were all nice young men, and very pleasant companj, but I began to wonder why we were In the carriage and where we were going., "In the meantime we continued our journey, without any explanation from anybody. " At last I brought tbe matter up. I told my friend who had Invited me to accompany him that I had plenty of time and was at his service, but had some curiosity about our trip. Where were we going and for what purpose ? " My friend laughed and said that It was all right. We were on our way to a funeral and were to act as pallbear- ers. “This was unexpected, but I ac cepted the situation, of course, and very naturally asked the name of tbe ‘ were to at- wlth a sudden brightening up of every feature. The eyes of the sluors met— Michael’s ssul and kindly—Kate's full of sudden tears. " Ah, my child,” said the former, " I asked her that question once, a long while ago -and she said 'No.' ” " But If you were to ask me again I should answer very differently," cried out Kate. - And ‘.hen she hid her burning face in her hands. " I shall never ask It again,” said Michael Harewood, gravely. "Then I will,” said Mrs. Armitage, going up to him and putting her hands in his. "Dear Michael, T have learned now the priceless value of what 1 once rejected—you true, noble heart. I love you—will you repulse me now ?” * “I was going to marry Uncle Michael myself,” saiu Becky, thoughtfully. " But maybe It’s best that Aunt Kate should have him, after all.” " 1 think so,” said Billy. CIVIL AND SOLAR CALK DARN. Y. a Net- Why 19QO Will Not Be a -•Valnstble Information •ML Sew York Bun. The year 18IM was a leap* year, and the next one will be ItMM, eight years later. This la on account of the In genious device for maintaining, as nearly as can be concordance between the civil or Gregorian calendar and the solar or astronomical calendar. Everybody knows that the time re quired for the earth to make a revolu tion around the sun Is the true solar year. It Is easy to see why men, in their ordinary affairs, do not give the Its exact solar time value, but year employ the civil calendar they have devised Instead of the solar calender The length of the solar year expressed precisely, Is 366,242216 days, or a little lees than 3661 days. It le obvious that My question seemed to surprise the man who was responsible for my pres ence there. He looked very thought ful and scratched bis head. A " He bad to give It up, and explained that he had never heard tbe dead man’s name. The head of the firm had requested him to attend the fun eral as a pallbearer, a mark of respect to one of the former customers of the house. " He Intimated that the other pall- bears might be able to give the desired Jon. fix. In the business affairs of Ufa It would be very Inconvenient to use a time division called a year containing so many days and fraction of a day. For ordinary purposes the year 'must be counted as so many days. The oidl- nary year Is, therefore, counted as 366 days, which is nearly a fourth of a day shorter than the true year. Of course this time difference be tween the solar and the civil rear must be accounted for, sooner or later, and when It is convenient so to do, the true and the artificial year must be brought Into concordance as nearly as possible The common civil year Is too short by .242216 of a day. In four years this amounts to .968864 of a day, and so both In the Julian and Gregorian cal endars the last of this period of four years Is made a leap year, nr in other words a day Is added to it, mak ing 366 days in that year. But not a day was required to bring the civil and solar year into concordance. The mean civil year, thus fixed, is a little too long, and In the course of a period of 400 years the civil calendar thus gains 3.1136 days. So another balance Is struck between the true and artifi cial calendars by the suppression of the inter-calary days In the years 1700, 1800 and 1900. which otherwise would be leap years. The suppression of leap year in 1900 leaves a gap between the two calendars since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar of only about one- ninth of a day, which Is the balance on account with which to begin the next accumulation of differences for future adjustment. But the addition of the intercalary day eveiy four years and the suppressiob of that day In the last year of every three out of four centuries- balances the years so far that the error amounts to only one day't'-j In 3,325 years. V , The" yoar 2000 will end cycle of >ur centuries and will be a leap year. Then opens the next cycle, and In the ear 2100, 2200 and 2300 the Intero*- jm m m, lary days will be suppressed, while tbe year 2400 will bp a leap year. It should be mentioned that 1900 will be leap year, after all, In those nations of eastern Europe and Asia which still use the Julian calendar. —The most costly and precious wine In the world Is that contained In a cask named the " Rose'” In the Bre men Town Hall cellars. This Rude- •helm, of the vintage of the year 1663, Is of the color of old ale, and has a wonderful aroma, though a rather hAhl teste. It is never sold, but Is used ex- oleslvely for the sick of Bremen, the only exceptions having been when a •mall bottle was presented; to the Em peror William I, another to Frederick III, and one to Prince Bismarck. Tbe luppoeed money value of this wine Is something beyond credence; but as It Is never sold this detail Is of slight 1m- in format " But they were In the same Their business associates bad sent them to the funeral. "They knew nothing beyond the fact that they were to go to a certain bouse on a certain street, and then proceed to the cemetery, acting as pallbearers. " We felt somewhat rsttied. Was the man young or old ? Had we ever seen him ? Did he leave a family ? Bdw did he die? These and other questions bothered us, but wo could learn nothing at that time. " The carriage stopped ata boarding house, and we entered the place look ing as we thought respectable pallbear ers ought to look. * " We looked sad because we felt sad. We felt sorry for tbe corpse and sorry for ourselves, and as we gazed In one another’s faces we did not put on any airs or manifest any unteamly pride. "The fact Is, we felt like a set of dummies. There we ware, the pall- bears at a funeral, and not one of us knew the dead man’s name 1 " The undertaker was there with his assistant. Two of the boarders ap peared In the role of mourners. These were all, with the exception of the pall bearers and the minister. ' " We didn’t know the mourners nor tbe minister, and they showed no in terest Ip us. , "Tbe minister talked In low’tones to the undertaker, msde a few remarks over the coffin, and then we took it out to the hearse. "It was hard work, ique</. ng through narrow doors and turning cor ners, out in the course ot time we suc ceeded In gettlng*out of the house, and the ooffln was placed In the hear-e. " Then we four bundled ourselves Into the carriage, and the two mourn ers entered another carriage. The minister rode with them. "-Our little procession slowly made its wjy to the cemetery, a distance of. three or four miles, and there the ser-^ vices were brief and simple. " The minister had very little to say, and when he was through he said something to the undertaker, who told us that wo oould return to the city. " We pallbearers got into our car riage and gave the order to drive on. The driver did not obey. We yelled at him again, but he made no response. " One of our party got out and re ported that the driver appeared to be asleep. We suggested h role measures, and the fellow was punched with an umbrella. " It was no use. He did not move. The undertaker came along-and asked what was the trouble. We told him and his eagle eye discovered the truth situation. Our driver was occasions if namA even about him. " It was a rience and I It again.” gloomy, depressing expe- don’t want to go through —Carolus Du can is atfxtyear to paint a life site portrait of Gsn. Miles to be huag la University Hall at Harvard, from which college Gen. Miles received his LL. D. degree. _ THE G1.IG1N OF M DIXIE.” A New Veewton ol the Word and Its Derivation—A New Orleans Bank Was the danse of Its Coinage. A correspondent of The New Orleans Tlmes-Demoorat, In an interesting article, traces the derivation of the word " Dixie ” to the notes issued by the Citizens’Bank of Louisiana, says The Bankers’ Journal. The original song, " Dixie Land,” was oomposed In 1869 by Daniel Deoa- of she drunk ! ’ v " The undertaker said that bq would fix him, and he did. ’He seized the driver and hurled him to the ground. Then he took his place and drove us beck to town, leaving the driver at the cemetery to sleep off his booze. " The carriage left us at various places In the' city, and 1 did not find out the dead man’s name until next morning, when I read an account of the funeral In the paper. "-The poor fellow.was all right—a poor^joltlzeo, thoroughly respectable, and aTTirhat. He simply did not pos- the wealth or the qualities which draw a crowd to a funeral, and he had no relatives In Savannah. . “ I have been thinking about it ever since, and it makes me blue, though I don’t know why It should. The man will sleep just as well as other men whoee funerals were on a grand scale. " But It seems to me that tbe living neglect the dead in these busy heart less times. Funerals are loeing their old solemnity and Impressiveness. They are conducted with a businesslike hurrv and clatter, and very few seemi to take any Interest in them.. " I don’t object to being ai>allbearer, but I prefer to have some notice, and I would be better satisfied on such 1 knew the dead mao’s if I know nothing else in 1869 by Daniel Di tur Emmett, as a "walkaround” Bryant’s minstrels, then performing in Mechanics’ hall, New York. ^.Mr. Emmett’s experiences were varied, and part of his life had been spent with tbe circus., He had frequently heard the performers make the re mark, "I wish I was In Dixie,” as soon as the northern climate began to be too severe for thate 11 * life wnlch they followed. This expression suggested the song " Dixie Land.” It made a hit at once with the play- going public of New York, and was speedily spread to all parte of the union by numerous bands of wander ing minstrels, who sang and danced to it. In the fall of 1860 Mrs. John Wood sang It in New„ Orleans, In John Brougham’s burle.que of "Pocahontas,” and ere a week had passed the whole city had taken it up, and the darky on the street corner and the banker in his office were both humming it content edly. A New Orleans publisher saw possibilities in the music, and without the authority of the composer had the air harmonized and rearranged, issu ing it with words embodying the strong Southern feeling then existing in the chief city in Louisana. The word " Dixie" was brought into national prominence and usage by these songs, and, no doubt, prepetuated by tbe war song, the air o( which Is to-day dear to every Southerner. There can be no denying this statement, but tbe general Impression concerning tne origin of the word "Dixie” existing outside of the South, and 1q many parts of it, Is In correet.—Naturally the popularity of the work created Interest concerning Us origin. The fact that the term was used to Indicate the states south of the Mason-Dixon line has led to the general acceptance of the statement publicly made some years ago that " Dixie ” sprang from Dixon. The argument was based mainly on the alleged similarity of the two word*, Dixie and Dixon, and C iinted out that the expression "Dixie and ” gradually grew out of " Dixon’s Land,” a term which, by the way, was never In use. As a result, the real root of tne word has never before been made known. It is often difficult to trace such a word back to its first usage and firmly establish Its origin, but the arguments In the present Instance, however, are both conclusive and convincing, and leave no room for reasonable doubt that the term " Dixie Land'’ sprang from tbe ten-dollar note, "Dlx,” Issued by the.Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana, which had such an unprecedented cir- culatiou for a'number of years previous to the war. C. W. Cammuck, teller of the Citi zens' Bank of Louisiana, was Instru mental In aqAleving for that bank me prestige of aiarger circulation than any other bank of tbe South, If not of tbe country Tbe manner In whlck the notes of the bank were brought Into almost national circulation was by inviting tbe steamboat men to bring their freight bilEKbecks to the Cltizena’ bank 4or payment. These bills aggregated from 63,000 to tlu.OU), and they were generally paid by check on some one of the numerous banks or banking houses of New Orleans. It was a decided Innovation and n saving of time and labor to the collectors, who in the past bad been obliged to K resent eau& check at the particular ank upon which It waa drawn. In this way tbe steamboat men be came of great service to the bank, as the major part of the sum of their oi Lec tions was carried out of the city to be disbursed throughout the Mississippi valley, la payment for fuel, wharf- boat dues, stores, wages, port charges, etc. Thousands upon thousands of dollars were taken out of tbe city evsry week by packets bound for potatson tbe Miseisaippi. Missouri nod Ohio rivers nod their tributaries, the Wabash, Tei nesne, Arkansas and Red During tbe panic "hi 1857 tbe bsnk withstood a two days' run upon It and came out with flying colors, while others fell ail about it. This estab lished its credit so firmly that one of its notes was as good as a national bank note la today. The bank waa known both as the Citi zens' Bank of Louisiana and LaBanque des Citoyeus de teLoulslane. The de nominations of the notes in English and French were aa follows: Five, cinq ; ten, dlx ; twenty, vlngt; fifty, olnqu- ante ; one hundred, cent, one thousand, mille. It will be readily seen that the French names of any denomination but ten. sere unpronounrable, and no one attempted it; but tbe ten, "dix,” seemed to attract the eye and to meet a public demand. Aa a result, tbe ten- dollar notes of tbe CiLzens* bank were seldom, if ever, -referred to In any other way than as "dlxes.” And, be sides, it waa tbe moat natural way in the world to identify this particular note. The denomination, too, waa a convenient size for the steamboat men to meet their obligations with, not too large or too small; and of the many thousands of dollars taken out of the city every week by the river boats, a large proportion was In " dlxes.” In consequence, these notes had a much [£>ae of the larger circulation than any other notes ■ “*— issued by the bank, and ere long tbe expression, ."A Dixie note,” or a note issued from tbe " Dixie Bank” was very common among the large number of people everywhere who were fami liar with the currency. This was the most natural thing in the world, for the word " Dix ” is prominent on the front of the of the note, and so much so on the back that the observer, in a hasty glance, would tee nothing else. . A common, almost universal, expres sion used by the steamboat men, when leaving from the "upriver” country for New Orleans, to answer to in quiries as to their destination, was: " We’re going South after dixeSf” or going to " Dixie land.” Gradually, the Southern Country be gan to be known along the river ports as ‘‘.Dixie land,!’, because so m' money came from it. Fr>m this be ginning the word has grown to general usage, and today it Is synonymous with the South everywhere. ITEMS or O) Qsuslat —The largest dairy la the world Is located 14 miles from Newark, N. J* the minimum anmber of oowe kept being. 1,000. The proprietor runs a la Iowa for the special purpose of sapplylag his dairy with oows. —" I don’t mind say la’ I’m dlsap- polatod la that boy of mlae,” ooserved Farmer Brumback. —The costliest bicycle in the world has just been finished at a gun factory In Vienna. It will cost more than $27,500. The owner is a rich South African diamond king and mine owner, who will present tbe machine to hla wife on her next birthday. At the last Vienna Exposition It was admired by the thousands. This South ' African millionaire was so_ftruck with thfer exquisite beauty of the wheel that be bought It, aad had It telald with pre cious stones and diamonds on every poeeible part. ‘Tve spent mighty for »igh 63,000 makln* afirst-olase doctor of him, and when I asked him the other day what would cure a wart I’m darned If he oould tell me.” —A German officer has Invented an acetylene search light, which can be carried by one man and which will Il luminate everything for a hundred yards. It is expected to be of great use in searching for tbe wounded after a battle and In bridge- building at night. —■ —A. B. Slawson, who is to have charge'of the Congressional Library’s reading room, where 600 newspapers are kept on file, Is probably the great est authority on American newspapers. Be knows the history of nearly every one, and can at a glance tell from which any loose clipping he may want to classify has been taken. —A volume of clippings, valued at $2 500, Is to be presented to Admiral Dewey upon his arrival. The book contains between Its solid silver covers a wealth of printed matter, from pro found editorials on tbe admiral to hu morous poetry regarding him, and from the comments of the President and cabinet down to the jukes of street gamins. —In the heart of George Vander bilt's estate near Asheville Is a plot owned by an old negro, who Uvea there and refuses to sell. He takes tbe position that he Is very well satisfied with his neighbors and the neighbor hood ; if Vanderbilt Is not, he can move. The negro’s obstlnancy has doubtless given him more notice than he could ever have obtained 16 a n y other. —The Oceanic, the biggest ship ever made since Noah's Ark, and it Is a question whether It does not discount that In size, was launched recently at Belfast Ireland. She is 704 feet long, 72 feet beam, draws 26. Is 17,000 tons register. Burns 500 tons of'ooal a day, and cap carry enough ooal to take her arounu the world at a speed of twelve knots an hour. She belongs to tbe White Star Line. —Iced chloroform has been uaed aa an anifiitbetic in Prof. Shorburg's clinic in the Julius hospital at Wurz burg, Bavaria, in over 14,000 cases without a single unpleasant result. The advantages claimed for this pre paration of chloroform are the quick ness of Its action, its oomparatlvo free dom from danger, and the absence ( of the nausea and depression to cum .non with other atu-itheilce. —A freight train pulled Into the sta tion on the Boston and Maine recently, and a ventriloquist on tbe platform thought he would have some spurt, so he threw his voice under the car, say log " Let me out: let me out ?” The station agent wss called, and he has tened to unfasten the door of a car. After working for a time, be got the door open, and out walked four tramps, all of whom disclaimed having asked to be let out. The ventriloquist had huilded better than he knew, and had stepped upon the ride of the four ho boes, who were left behind. —it is almost a weekly occurrence for the Washington monument to be struck by lightning, ins shaft being so high that It attracts every bolt wltbla a wide radius. Tnere are no less than 180 lightning conductors Died in the cap of the great structure, and each of those leads to a thick wire which carries the electricity down the inside of the shaft. It Is said that If the conductors had been placed on the outside, as on other structures, there wuu d be many accidents and the hand some structure would be scarred and chipped- by the frequent bolts —It Is said tbs opposition to railroad building In China gross out of super •tltlous objscctlon to tho road crossing the graves of dead Chinamen. This is regarded as a sacrilege, aad, It Is be lieved by tbe Chinamen, Interferes with the peaceful rest of their de- f srted. Then the statement of a well nown missionary that during all the ^rears he Aad spent In China he had never at any time been where he was -aot In sight either of a live Chinaman or a Chinaman’s grave shows the dense population of the country, and the t lfUculty of finding a railroad route hat will not be above Chinese graves —The letters addressed to the Presi dent average 1,200 a'day. Eighty per cent, of them never reach the eye of either the Chief Executive or his prl vate secretary. They are sorted by the clerks under tbe direction of Pri vate Secretary Porter and sent to tbe proper department for attention. Tbe largest proportion of the letters ask for financial assistance. The next largest cumber pray for the Proel dent’s assistance in purely personal matters. A large per cent are from people who Imagine that vast fortunes are in the vaults of the treasury, to ob tain which It will be only necessary for-the President to make the proper order. —Manila, like the Cuban cities, has greatly Improved In appearance under American methods ol admlustration. Kansas soldiers who has Just returned from the firing line writes as follows: " Coming Into Manila the salt breeze from the bay which blew across tbe Tondo district, which was reduced to ashes early In March, was most Invigorating. In stead of the filthy town we left It four months ago, Manila Is as clean as a mod ern city. The merchants have opened their eyes and put in glass fronts, awnings of modern variety—in fact, the changes are so ipany that It would be monotonous to mention all. A year more and tbe > most careful observer would hardly recognize tbe spot at all.” . —" Not many people know that the average growth of the finger nails is one thirty-second of an Inch a week, or a little more than one and a half Inchos a year,” observed a physician f, according to the New York Tribune. " Tbe growth, however, de pends to a great extent upon the rate of nutrition, and during sickness and absence from good, nourUh’ng food It Is retarded. Nalls gtow faster in sum mer than in winter, and tbe growth A WOMAN TO TOE RESCUE Often the werld tea thrilled at the story of that wonderful heroine, Ones Darting, whose stronf hands and plucky spirit res cued so many perishing souls from watery rrtYtft. But Uiere are hundreds uf other heroines that the world knows moth lag about. Women in erery-dag life earry the natural burdens of wifehooa aad mother hood, added to all the care* of a busy housekeeper, with a courage sad cheerful ness that Once Darling herself might ad mire. They comfort their husbands la differs for different fingers, being uau ally most rapid in tbe little finger and slowest in the thumb. The average time taken for each finger nail to grow to Its full length is about four and a half months, and at this rate a man of 70 years of age would have renewed his nails 186 times. Taking the length of each nafl at half an Inch, he would have grown seven feet nine inches of nail on each finger, and on all his fin gers aad thumbs an aggregate length of seventy-seven feet six laches.” times of trouble and sickness; amine sad watch oyer their children, aad Ux Cut res cue the whole family from a sea of difficul ties, which otherwise would overwhelm them. Such a wife aad mother, though she has no gold medsls to show for it, lain the true sense of the word the noblest kind of a heroine. Many women have within them the spirit of heroism without the physical capacity to carry it out. They long to be a comfort and help to their husbands and children but are constantly weighed down by some rh‘ forces, leaving th less to fulfill their hi them wretchecf a and power- best ambition. . . higl I was hardly out or school when I married a handsome youag Brooklyn woman to aa acquaintance. “I had been studying hard, 1 was full of ambition,—I wanted to be accom plished. I wanted to be a musician, a Ihunaiet and a society woman all at once Then I fell in love and,became a wife and mother. “My mistake was I tried to accomplish too much aad didn't take care of my health and I broke down. I nfigbt have been saved world’s of suffering if I had been more careful aad uaed a tittle common sense. 1 hated to tell my mother how miaerable I felt before I married. I thought she would jun pooh ! pooh I *t me. I think mother! understand more about‘such trouble* now-e-deys than they used to. I would never allow a daughter of mine to marry, being no stronger than I was thea. " My husband was so kind aad considerate 1 didn't want to be complaining all the time. He insisted on tbe doctor coming to ace me—a real good old doctor too. He gave me medicine for my digestion and my headache and something to help my heart action. I somehow could dm bear to tefl him what the real trouble was I knew he would insist on aa examination aad I dreaded it so " My married sister told me I ought to write to Dr Pierce of Buffalo, but felt to guilty to do that without telling my husband. But she wrote for me aad received a kind, sensible letter tell ing me how to give myself simple treatment at home. This helped me. aad then she got me three bottles of Dr Pierce’* Favorite Prescrip tion aad I began to take it. Pretty soon my hue- band said something is doing you good sore: You're ever so much stronger aad brighter ’ Then I had to tell him everything. •• First he frowned a little aad shook hla head : then he just laughed aad said' well the proof of the pudding is ia the eating ' If this little woman is made srall and Mrong By amytodt's ■ Prescription no matter what his name la. God blew him whether he lives in Buffalo or right neat door And 1 usu made perfectly strong aad weO by this treatment as 1 never had bean before in my life v This is s true experience; it is on* of thousands which shows that a physician like Dr Pierce who has devoted a life time of special practice tu treating ailmenta pe culiar to women can prescribe for them by mail just as rffeftivelv aa if the patient was in his office, and a thousand times more effectively than the averagn doctor whose attention is merely giveh to general practice y The above ia not a fairy story It ia not the story of one person It ia the story of thousands of women It ia a composite picture ia which one can trace face behind lace, lined with suffering, channeled by tears It is a story as true as the parable of the Prodigal Son. which was not the story of one young man but tbe story of th« t/te which repents itself generation after generation and is as common to Hu rope as to Asia, to A fries as to America. Is it your store > Your story either in wbola or in part? There's hope for you Thera's help foryou Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has cared so many cases where life was a daily burden under which the weak aad weary body staggered on to the grave, that it can be recommended with the utmost assurance in every case of female disorder A cure rarely isiU to result from the couseientious use of the "Favorite Pre scription •' Ulceration and inflammation, 'irregularities, displacements, aad uterine disorders in general, all yield quickly to the action of this 'V 1 and radical re edy. As the disease is healed the symp- tome pas* sway, pain in the side, difficult breathing, floating specks before the eyee, nausea, weariness and melancholy. The appetite returns, the blood ia vitalised, and life which was heretofore a mare existence becomes s hearty, happy condition. RESOURCES OF THE SOUTH. 4 New York Tribune. The Southern Exposition will be held in the Grand Central palace from Oct. 31 to Nov. 25. Its aim will be to die. play the commercial resource of the States beyond Mason and, Dixon's line and to show whaa nse has been made of them. Businet^ men generally have some idea of the progress in mining, agriculture and manufacturing which the South has shown in the last quarter of a century, but it is doubtful whether -those who are not in direct contact with these advances are aware of their extent. It is believed that the exposi tion will be of vast benefit in attracting capital to the Southern States.- The opportunities for investment are tKlre; what ia needed is to convince men ol' wealth that they can secure sure speedy and liberal returns on their money. The present iff the most a us picious time for a third of a century for the display of Soulhern products i* the North. A new era of good feeling is abroad, aud a wanu reception for Southern visitors is assured. The mineral wealth of the South will be suitably illustrated. Not only have Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky an abundance of coal and iron, but they are ot good quality and so situated that the manfacture of steel can be carried on most advantageously. The cotton mills have already proved most successful. They are building In various States in considerable numbers and enlargements are making to the old establishments. Southern timber is still so plentiful that factories for wooden- wares could be run there to' good purpose. Commerce is also in a flourishing condition. The exposition will have the follow ing departments: Fine arts, history, etc.; comhaerce and manufactures ; agriculture, horticulture and farm im plements ; machinery ; geology, min erals and.mining ; forestry and forest products; woman’s department, edu cation and negro department. Most people have an idea Uiat our dairy products are far more valuable than our poultry products, but ss a matter of fact statistics show that the United States produces annually $560,- 000,000 worth of poultry products and only $260,000,000 worth of dairy prod ucts. And still we import eggs. The fanner who hasn’t time to consider the egg and chicken business is far be hind the times. r lightning is less than one in a thousand. The risk in the city NEEDLESS FEAR OF LIGHTNING ______ / In the August Century, Alexander McCabe give* encouragement and ad vice to people who. Jiave an exoessiye feu of being struck by lightning—or thunder, as some of them think: The keen suffering which many uq- < dergo just in advance of Or daring a thunder storm is of a dual natore. The sense of impending danger alarms and terrifies; but there is also a depression of Spirits which is physical and real, brou ght about by some as yet unknown rela tion between the nervous system and co editions of Utr-preMure,humidity, and parity. The suffering due to depression and partial exhaustion requires, from those who are strong, sympathy rather than ridicule. The suffering due to alarm and fright, however, is unneces sary. Ik is largely the work of the imagination. To a nervous nature thefe is something appalling in the wicked, spiteful gleam of the lightning and the crash and tumnlt of thunder. But such an one should remember that the flash is almost always far distant, and that thun der cau do no more damage (ban the low notes of a church organ. Counting ail the deaths from all the storms during a year, we find that the chance.of being killed by hundred 1 may be said to be five times less than in the country. Dwellers in city bouses may be startled by peals of thunder, but owing to the great spread of tin roofing and fair ground connections, there is very little danger. In tne country, if buildings are adequately protected, and the momentum of the flash proyided for, the occupants may feel secure. A good conductor well grounded is necessary in all isolated and exposed buildings. Barns, especially, when lined with green crops, should have-good lightning- conductors. The question is often ask ed, "Do trees protect?" The answer is that, the degree of protection will vary with the character of the tree and its distance from a watercourse. An oak is more liable to lightning-stroke than a beach. The cbiuacter of the wood, (he area of leafage, the extent and depth of root, will determine the liability to stroked. Another question which is often asked Is whether there is danger aboard a large steamship during a thunder-storm. On the con trary, there are few safer places. Sufficient metal with proper superficial aiea is interposed in the path of the lightning, aud its electrical energy con verted into harmless beat and rapidly dissipated. Accidents occur chiefly because the victimk ignorantly place themselves in the line of greatest strain, and thus form part of the path of dis charge. For ibis reason, it Is not wise to stand under trees, near flag-poles, or masts, in doorways. Those who are uot exposed in any of those ways may feel reasonably safe. It should be remem bered, in the event of accident, that lightning does not always kill. It more often results in suspended animal ion iban in somatic death. Therefore, in cate of accident, try to restore anima tion, keep the body warm,and send for a physician without delay. Separate the layers from the others. You cannot keep old hens, pallets, fat bens and lean bans together any more than you can keep dry cows, heifers not yet in milk, and fresh cows to- gethqw for they do not require the same fuod. In (iermanj potato bread is used by I he natives of Thuringia to feed their horses, especially when they are work ed hard in very cold weather. The animals thrive on it, and their health ami strength are excellent. Algeria is the only coan*jy in the world where the horses ootnumber the human beings. u May good diges tion wait on appetite and health on both.” That sentence {roar Shakespeare is a feuuine benediction Of the body. In this as U so many other thinf s the intuition of his mighty mind seems < to have fath omed the facts 'which science has slowly discorered. Science has shown that disease in say part of the body is al most always accompanied by weakness and failure of the digestiTe and sssunila- tire organa Under these condition* fhe stomach, liver and blood- making S ands foil ia eir appoint ed work. Then H the symptoms sf disease appear, often in organs appar ently remote from tbe real cause. VitalitT is lowered. TMre is s dull aud sluggish feeling often accompanied by headache. The heart may seam affected. There may be lack of ambitisa and energy with mental irresolution. With such symptoms as these “delay is rUngcrotu.” Such a condition, affords the favorite starting point for con- sumption. It ia useless to "doctor ” for tbe symptoms. The remedy that reaches the case must reach the cause of disease. The greatest medicine for all diseases of the stomach and other digestive and nutritive organs ia Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis covery. It restores the appetite, re-estab lishes a sound digestion, purges out the biliouspoisons which infect the blood, car ries off waste and builds up sound and healthy tissues. The 11 Discovery ” is uot a Stimulant. It contains no alcohol or whisky. No other medicine has so great a record of cares, therefore accept no substitute. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation. 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