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"FOR REMEMBRANCE." She lived for love?the traitor years Took what she lived to find? I think in dying she has found Death steadfast and more kind. Yon bring her rosemary today. O hearts that ween and love her! But that she may forget. I lay Heartsease, instead, above her.^ ?Arthur Ketchum, in East and West. I Fight for Life j 1 With Wolves.: v V ^ A Ranchman's Thrilihg Adsenture on the ^ 4 West ra Plains. f "It was while 1 was employed on the G? cattle ranch, in the state of Kansas, that the following exciting incident happened." writes H.W.Steveu. son in the Pittsburg Dispatch. "Being a young man, scarcely 18, I was naturally opposed to working all the time, so had taken a well-earned holiday and had gone over to Fort Larned to pay a visit to friends who were then In the service of the government. Being mounted on a good horse and accompanied by my favorite dog, Tim, I did not feel lonesome, and it was Just getting dusk when I set out on my return journey. Tim thought he would venture on a little hunting expedition of his own, so, leaving me to follow at my leisure, spurted on ahead in search of game. "I had not ridden very far before I became aware of an unusual amount of noise and barking some distance in front, and apparently in line of j where I was beading ror. i naa uuc beard any sound for over half an hour that would indicate where my dog was, so when this yelping suddenly smote my ear I surmised that he had cornered or captured some sort of | game. . . "Carefully examining my revolvers, of which 1 most always carried a couple in my belt when out on these excursions by myself, I rode hurriedly forward to Investigate the trouble. In another moment I was in the midst of the conflict and then it was for the first time I became fully aware of what was transpiring. "It wasn't dogs at all, as I at first thought that were killing my hound, but wolves?prairie wolves?and as soon as I took In the situation I knew that not only the life of my favorite dog was In danger, but I, myself, was in a tight place and must act, and that quickly. If I ever expected to reach my friends alive. The moon had ? ' by this time lifted her illuminated face above the eastern sky line, and her mellow light enabled me to faintly |? distinguish this struggling mass of wolves, fighting over the remains of my-poor dog. He was past all help on my part, but had died game and fighting to the last, as was evidenced by a number of dead and dying wolves scattered round the edge of their surI Tiring comrades. "A feeHng of revenge took posses- : slon of me at the sight of my dead hound, and utterly regardless of my own safety I determined to get even with these four-legged cannibals for the loss of my dog. My horse was shykig and prancing so that my aim was poor, and as soon as I began firing ?+ woo oil thiii t Pfinid do to keen ^ IU5 Jlr n w ?%* vumv ? . him from running off.. But I was def: terminer to have revenge, and continued firing into the crowd of wolves until I had emptied both my revolvers. My aim must have been bad, for after f I bad ceased firing there seemed to be gk as many wolves still surviving as ; there were when I began, but I must have put several of them out of the game, at least Maddened by the taste of blood, and almost devouring one another in their eagerness to satisfy their ravenous hunger, they, all at once, turned their attention to where I and my now. thoroughly frightened horse were standing. "TCwas then I fully realized my perilous position. Unarmed as I was, having exhausted all my ammunition, I was In no manner a match for these savage animals, who were maddened to frenxy by the taste of blood. My only safety lay In flight, and without a moment's hesitation I dug the spurs into my horse and he responded to tie jg unkind treatment on,my part b.v giving a leap that almost threw me out ~ of the saddle, and was off like the wind.. I "I beaded him as best I couM in - ? the direction of where I thought our camp lay, and glancing back over my %: shoulder saw that the wolves had de?y serted their recent prey and were now following close in my wake. I knew I would become an easy victim if ouce they caught up with me. and I became thoroughly alarmed at the thought of falling into their clutches and sharing the fate of my poo.* hound. p.. Halving my horse full rein, regardi : less of consequences, and urging bin. f-7" forward, with uiy spurs, he bounded |?-V . over the prairie, leaping holes like a I stag, with me clinging to the saddle for dear life. He, too, realized the peril we were in, and, good, sensible beast as he was, tried his utmost to get me out of my predicament. . *3ut we were having a harder time * n-o wffthed. The crrminil P was so rough It was difficult traveling, and more than once my horse stumbled and I came near going over Ws bead, and that would have ended my Journey. I realized that my foes were gaining rapidly on me, and my.* bow I strained my eyes to catch a glimpse of the friendly light of our camp fire, whcb would mean safety for me and my now almost exhausted >, horse. But none appeared, and with a sinking heart I prepared to sell my life dearly and, if necessary, sacrifice my horee to do so, by leaving him to the mercy of the wolves and make fcy escape 36 best I could. But the thought of leaving him to be devoured by these ferocious animals gave me fresh energy, and I urged him on still faster. He was doing his utmost, poor fellow, and I thought If we ever escaped, nothing would be too good for him the remainder of his life. His strength was fast going away and his breathing grew faster and faster, until I almost imagined I was riding some automatic animal driven by steam. I leaned forward every now and then Hind patted Ids neck, thus encouraging him that I appreciated his efforts, at the same time glancing back to see how near my enemies were. "He must have understood my carf ess, for again, bounded forward, r but not a moment too soon. The foremost of this band of wolves, an immense fellow, was close behind me and gajalng rapidly. I could hear his labored breathing not over 10 feet t - : - I J away, and I began to think iny chance* j for escape were every moment growing less, and I knew I wouldn't last long under those sharp teeth. Oh, for the sight of our camp! Would that welcome sight ever appear? And I had almost given up hope and was preparing for the forthcoming struggle when, on reaching a slight rise in tho prairie. I beheld the most welcome sight I had ever seen. "Approaching me was a small band of horsemen, clearly outlined against | the western sky, and, as soon as I saw | them, I gave a yell, that was an! swered by my friends, whom they j proved to be. and they spurred forj ward to meet me. I fell, rather ! than jumped, from my horse, and I he, now that help had ar[ rived, gave a whinny and ! dropped over, thoroughly exhausted by his exciting ride. My friends took in the situation at a glance and began iifiticr IdI-a tvia r?n,.L- nf n*rtlvM WllO. j 441 CV U1U VI ? v* t v.* ? now that the tables were turned, scooted away in an opposite direction and were soon out of sight. They left over half of their number on the field, however, thanks to my friends' good aim, but not even the whole pack, lyI ing dead at my feet, could have recompensed me for the loss of my hound. But I was thankful to get off with my own life, and it was with a prayerful spirit that I related my recent experiences to my companions, as we journeyed back to camp. They, it seems, had become anxious to my long absence, and decided to ride out and meet me, it being such a fine night, and I've been thankful ever since for that full moon, to whose welcome light I owe my life.*'?New York News. CATS IN COLD STORAGE. Six Months la a Low Temperature Made a Chance in Their Appearance. The effect of cold upon the capillary properties of certain animals was strikingly illustrated in New York some time ago. A warehouse man on Jane street was annoyed by the ravages of hordes of mice. He had little trouble in the main part of his building where a couple of well-trained cats kept the place tolerably free from the pests, but in the cold-storage portion the mice held full sway. They nibbled into packages and boxes, and destroyed such quantities of fruits that heroic measures were necessary. It seemed rather a cruel experiment, but the nuisance became so unbearable that he decided at last to install a cat in the cold-storage warehouse. Provision to a certain ex&?m made for lier comfort and si.e was left to lier own devices and the mice. Pussy seemed to flourisb. notwithstanding the cold, and in the course of about a week became the mother of a fine litter of six kittens. After a time three of the latter were reonoved, but the old cat and her remaining progeny were left in their arctic quarters. When |llowed out if w*as noticed that she grew weak ami listless. She tottered about in an aimless way, as though ali energy and interest in life were lost. As soon, however, as she was returned to her cold quarters, she recovered her vigor and became as bright and actfive as usual. A curious feature was soon observed in the kittens. They grew to a? immense size, their coats became long and shaggy, and the fur much coarser than that of an ordinary cat; it had also a peculiar tendency to curl. The feelers, or whiskers, too, grew to nearly double length, so that when they were placed beside the members of their own immediate family the difference was so marked that they might have easily passed for an entirely different breed. The change took place within three months, giving a curious, example of how suddenly and completely" nature will adapt itself to the exigencies of climate with the young.?Washington Star. PEARLS OF THOUCHT. The man who pardons easily courts injury. To see what is right and uot to do it, is want of courage. Affliction teaches a wicked man to pray; prosperity never. The superior man has dignified ease without pride; the mean man has pride without dignified ease, j See what a niau does, mark his moi tive, examine in what he rests; how i can a man conceal bis character? When you know a thing, to hold j that you know It, and when you do no know a thing, to allow that you do j not know it?this is knowledge. What is the good of being ready | with the tongue? They who meet j men with smartness of speech for the ! most part procure themselves hatred. Teach more self-denial and make its | practice pleasurable, and you create I for the world a destiny more sublime | than ever issued from the brain of j the wildest dreamer. I A moral young man's characterise | ties are honesty of speech, respectabi| lity of carriage, industry of miud and j consideration for others. With these | a young man is ns "model" as it is j given for an earthly being to be. ! The most vindictive people are those : who have brought upon themselves the injury of which they complain. A i drunkard who has exhausted the ! patience of his relatives during long years of indulgence, instead of remembering their innumerable kindnesses, turns upon them when they put him under restraint. Education in China. j Education of a certain type is very ! general, but still there are vast nuruj bers of countrymen in China who can | neither read nor write. There is a I special literary class ?ho alone know the literature of their country, to the study of which they devote their lives. There are boarding schools, day schools, and colleges. Examinations mainly confined. to moral philosophy and literature are held In the perfectorial cities of each province twice in three years for the lower degree necessery as a passport to the public service, and of the six or seven thousand candidates who have come forward, uot more than uu can oe aamnrea to i the degree of Literary Chancellor. J For the higher degrees, other examinations are necessary. There is a '*College of Foreign Knowledge" at Pekin. where European languages, mathematics, sciences, etc., are taught by European, Japanese, and American ; professors. There are besides many ! Christian mission schools, where the j English language and lower branches I of western sciences are taught. The i government also maintains naval and | military colleges and torpedo schools i \ at the various arsenals to teach the t | young Chinese moderu methods of war; j Aire. SCIENCE NOTES. The mean density of the sun is only about one-fourtb that of the eartli. This low density is one of the several reasons for believing that the sun's mass is gaseous throughout. i * As destroyers of many of our most i pestiferous night-flying insects, like i mosquitoes, the bat is almost our sole dependence, and, as he is known to hunt insects afoot as well as 011 the wing, he is also of some value Iot larvae that do not fly. So says one of the scientists, who also credits the but with destroying coddling moths. According to M. Sigriste of the French Academy of Sc iences, the only thoroughly scientific shutter for inctonfnnAAUci AC**?nnln* r?ATtC!Ct" < Of OlUUlUlIL"VUO a slit moving rapidly across the sensitive plate. But to obtain good results, the space between the plate and the shutter should not exceed onetenth of a millimetre, and the edges of the slit must be sharp and carefully beveled to exclude reflection. A remarkable effect of the great hurricane of 1S0S in the West India Islands was the complete disappearance from the island of St. Vincent of a species of humming-bird, which, previous to the storm, had been one of the commonest and tamest birds that inhabited the island. Other species of humming-birds, of a larger size, survived the tempest, and are yet to be seen in St. Vincent, but the little bronze-green birds with erected crests, which formerly attracted much admiration, are all gone. The brilliant "photosphere" of the sun is now held to be a shell of clouds, within the sun's gaseous mass, but at an altitude?or distance from the centre?such that the temperature is low enough for the partial condensation of those substances which are the most intractable to heat. This theory is well illustrated by steam issuing from the nozzle of a tea kettle. Steam is an invisible gas; but as soon as it becomes cooled below a certain point from contact with the outer air it condenses into a visible vapor, forming clouds. The droplets which form the solar clouds are probably mainly of carbon, although condensed to the liquid, or possibly the solid form, they are still hot enough to be intensely incandescent. Within a few years scientists, have paid particular attention to the collection of skulls which bear wounds, and especially the weapon, and in our museums and those of Europe many remarkable and interesting examples are known. In the French cavern of .the Sordes. which may date back 50.000 years, more or less, a woman's skeleton was found, the skull of which had been beaten in with a flint weapon, a gap ing and terrible wound showing in the right side. Some attempts have been made at surgery, as pieces of the broken bone had been removed and the wound had begun to heal when death ensued. In the Stone Age caves of France many interesting specimens have been found, pointing to the method of death by these crude but telling weapons. SOUARI NUTS IN CHICAGO. Odd Products of British Guiana Finding Favor in Our Fruit Markets. Souria or Su-war-rownuts from British Guiana made their first appearance in the Chicago market during the last week and promise henceforth to become a regular contribution from South America to the commerce of th? North American continent. The Souari nut is very plentiful in parts of British Guiana, but so far as known Is not found in any other country on the face of the earth. It is quite palatable, but the shell is of unusual thickness and strength, and for this reason the nuts have never been highly prized by the not over-industrious natives. In Chicago, however, the nut is finding considerable favor and the importations in this direction promise to reach fully as large proportions as those of any other tropical or semi-tropical nut. Its shape and appearance is quite odd. The color is about the same as that of a cocoanut, but the exterior, instead of being hair?*, is hard and warty and the nut is about treble tire size of an ordinary Brazil nut after it has been extracted from the "pod" or covering in which it is grown. Imagine a dark colored lady's purse, well filled and cut off squarely with a pair of scissors just - * Al a Dove lilt; I'UUlCUts, kUC UJJ^CI niuca ltmaining pressed together just as they were when the scissors began cutting them, and you have the nearest approach to the Souari .nut. Fully twothirds of its bulk is shell and considerable power must be exerted to release the kernel. The latter, however, is well worth the extra trouble. The Souari is classed by botanists as of the Caryocan nuciferum, or tea family, and is also presumed by thorn to l>e indigenous to British Guiana. According to the botanists also it is related to the butternut family, though it resembles its North American relative in nothing except perhaps the color which the latter s covering assumes after it has been darkened by frost and exposure. The name Suwar-row is that by which it is commonly known in South America and is a corruption of the proper name. Oast traders and others familiar with it have known it for years as the South American butternut. This. too. is presumed to have been because of its scientific classification.?Chicago Times-Herald. Fishing an Art in China. Nowhere in the world is the art of fishing so highly developed as in China. Rivers, creeks, stagnant pools, the great ocean and the little tank, lakes and garden ponds, all furnish their quota to the sustenance of man. Even rice grounds are turned into fisli ponds in winter. The inhabitants of the water are killed with the spear, caught *w!th the hook, scraped up by the dredge and captured by nets. They are even dived for by birds trained for mmnsp Eels are fed in tubs and IUC J'MlfVW. jars until customers carry them off. Bow to JIak? Birds* Nest Soup. Here is the Chinese recipe for making real birds' nest soap, which may interest lady readers. Take clean white bird's i^est shreds. or b:rds* nests themselves, and soak thoroughly. Take out all feathers. Boil in soup or water until tender and all 1s the color of jade stone. Place pigeon eggs below, and add some shreds of ham on top. Boil in clean water once more, add sugar candy, then eat if you're a Chinaman: if you are net?throw il out of the window. PHIL BYRD HONORED. Appointed Adjutant General of Georgia By Governor Candler. Will Hold Office 60 Days. Friday Governor Candler, of Georgia, issued to Phil. G. Byrd a commission as adjutant-general of the state for a term of three years. Although the commission reads for three years, this being necessary to conform to the state law, it is known that General Byrd will not hold the office longer than sixty days. This is due to the fact that he has certain large interests in Central America, which will require his presence in that 1 ? l.?f 1 CUUUll jr uu Ul uciuio v uuuai; jldlj ucau This was fully understood by Governor Candler when the appointment was made, and, as a matter of fact, although the appointment is in effect a temporary one, General Byrd has received all that he asked for. The concensus of political opinion seems to be that the governor's appointment was an eminently proper one, and he is being congratulated upon this solution of the problem. In view of the fact that General Byrd had served so faithfully as acting adjutant general, his promotion to the position held by General Kell was all along considered a foregone conclusion; but hardly anyone knew of his intention to give up the place after so short a time. The latter fact practically leaves the race still open. WILL WHEELER 1)EJ}Yf Teddy RooseVelt Pats " Fijrhtlnjr Joe" With tho ltepul>llc:*n? This Year. The following open letter to General Joseph "Wheeler appeared in the Montgomery, Ala., Journal Friday afternoon: Montgomeby, Ala, Oct. 12. "To Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler, Ala.: "My Dear Sir -The published reports of Governor Roosevelt's address delivered at Indianapolis yesterday, quote him as saying: " T am glad to see the men who wore the blue uniform in the civil war; I am glad to see also such men as wore the gray, such as General Buckner and "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, stand with us this year.' These words put you in line with the ReDnblican and in antagonism to ~ f w the democratic party. I cannot believe there is any truth in such a statement, but it is well calculated, if not explicitly denied by you, to aid the enemies of Democracy. "I anticipate that ere this letter reaches you the necessity of a prompt "repudiation of this will have occurred to you, and you will have already published such denial of this that the whole country may be assured that you are as ever, a faithful member of the Democratic party, which has ever delighted to honor you. "I am yours very truly, "Gordox M'Donald, "President Bryan and Stevenson Club, Montgomery County." REV. SAM JONES ILL. Well Known EvnnpelUt Is Completely Broken Down From Overwork. Rev. Sam P. Jones, extremely feeble and completely broken down in health, arrived in Atlanta, Ga., Friday morning from Cartersville, and was taken immediately to the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Evan Mays, where he will nndergo medical treatmentment Concerning his health Mr. Jones said: "I consider my present indisposition due wholly to overwork. I am completely broken down, and while I had no organic trouble to start with, I fear that all of my organs have been more or less effected by overwork. I have been lecturing in Virginia and the Carolinas and had engagements in Mississippi and Alabama, but have canoelied the latter because I am not able to fill them in my present condi? tion." ROOT OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED. Report of Rescue of Shields and His Men Is Sent by MaeArthur. The following official acoount of the resone of Captain Shields and his command from the Filipinos has been received at the war department: "Manila, (n? date).?Adjutant General, Washington: Information from Marinduque just received that Captain Shields and forty-eight men, company F, Twenty-ninth regiment, United States volunteer infantry, two corporals company A, Twenty-ninth regiment; one civilian, and American negro, prisoners in hands of insurgents, have been turned over to General Luther R. Hare. More particulars soon giving names killed and wounded. "Mac \bthcb." ENSLEY PLANT CLOSED, Thirty Skilled Operatives Strike and Mill Forced To Shut Down. Thirty skilled operatives in the steel plant at Ensley, Ala., went out on a strike Friday afternoon and forced the mill to shut down. The grievance is that the superintendent refuse* to recognize the union. Four deputy sheriffs were sent to Eusley, there being some fears that trouble might follow. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, who operate the mill, will settle the strike at onee. Pugilist Deviite Exonerated. The coroner's jnty at Philadelphia, Thursday, decided that boxer Steve Flanagan died of cerebral heminorrhage. Jimmy Devme was exonerated. Parker Rye NONE PURER, NONE BETTER. ?w/ ASK FOR IT AT ALL DISPENSARIES Tbe Prank of College Girls. A pretty story has just come from Berkeley, Cal., of how some of the ! university girls stole a march on one j of their number who was about to bo married. A week before the time set for the wedding, when the bride was "up to her eyes" in work, the re en me one day about a half hour before luncheon, a smart pull at the bell, followed by the entrance of a dozen of her classmates, who announced that they had come for luncheon. The natural consternation of the hostess at this unexpected addition to her family were assuaged when each girl pro duced not onlj- the component part of a most delicious meal, but dainty individual cups and saucers as well. When the merry feast was ended the dozen cups and saucers were left behind as souvenirs of the occasion. Nor was this all. Carefully wrapped in tissue paper and tied with baby ribbon In the Berkeley colors, blue and gold, were all sorts of small kitchen conveniences?egg beaters, potato ricers, larding needles, a set of silver skewers, and the like. These were stealthily tucked into the interstices of the wedding chest, which was being packed, as other practical reminders of the happy college days comradeship.? Washington Star. Didn't Quite Reach It When it was the fashion for young Englishmen to go up in balloons with : Green, the well-known aeronaut, Albert Smith, a friend of Dickens and Esteemed a wit, ascended one day before an admiring crowd of on-lookers. Waving his hand to a young lady, j an acquaintance of his, as he was ! starting, he said, "If I come down again, I will bring you a Skye terrier." j He came down again, without the terrier. "We didn't quite make the dog star," he said in explanation. New Ocean Greyhound. The famous Deutschland cost $3,S32,0C0; displacement 23,200 tons; accommodation 1,057 passengers; crew 525. It has established a new record for ocean steamers. Among the great remedies of the world : Hostetter's Stomach Bitters holds the record with Its fifty years of cures of constipation, indigestion and biliousness. It gets at the root of the disease and effects a cure. The genuine has our Private Revenue Stamp ever the neck of the bottle. His Usual Trip. ' What Is meant by a Sabbath-day's Journey?" asked the Sunday school teacher. "From our house to grandpa's and back." replied Freddie k'osdlck, who knew where his family took dinner every Sunday. . The Best Prescription for Chill* and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless CdillTonic. It Is simply iron and quinine lu i a tasteless form. No cure? uo pay. Price Wo. Always to Be Trusted. Hoax -Is Hardluck the sort of follow one could tru6t? Joax?Well, if you trust him once you'll trust him iorever?Philadelphia Kecoid. Salesmen Wanted. Two honest, reliable men: experience not absolutely necessary; salary and expenses paid, j Peerless Tobacco Works Co., Bedford City, Va. He Was It. 1 Mr. Woodby--"JIrs. dc Swell cut quite a gofigure on the promenade yesterday." Miss Cutting (who had heard of the incident) ?"Egotist. Who told you you had a good figure??New York Journal. ! ___________ We refund 10c for every package of Putnam Fadeless Dye that fails to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo. Sold by all druggists. Promptly Answered. Tommy?Pop, what is an optimist?" Tommy's Pop?An optimist, iny son. is a man who lends money.?Philadelphia Itecord. Carter's Ink has the endorsement of the United States government and of all toe leading railroads. Want any more ovidence? The Way-Back Grudge. "I have always hated the Chinese." "What for?" i "When I went to school I was kept in a whole week because I couldn't pronounce Yang-tseKlang."?Indianapolis Journal. ' Happiness cannot oe Dougnt, oui uuc o; the great hindrances to its attainment can be removed by Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti. ?? v. - ' A Dashing Creature. ' Is she a girl of the period?'1 "Oh, no; she never pnnctua-es with-anything but dashes."?Philadelphia Bulletin. If you would have rich, dark, thick hair, your hair must be well nourished. Gray hair, stunted hair, falling hair, is starved hair. Ayer's Hair .Vigor is the food for starved hair. It feeds and nourishes. J. C. Aver Company, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Man. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Ayer's Hair Vigor Ayer*s Pills Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ayer'l Ague Cure Ayer's Comatoae Tbe Little Sister and the Shah. A pretty little story is told of th< Shah of Persia's recent visit to Bruges. Hearing that a daughter of a certain Italian who was once a merabe; of his suite had entered a convent a ! Bruges, he started out to find her. Tin young woman is a sister of charit: attached to a small convent In one o the suburbs. Tbe Shah had some dif ficulty in finding the young nun, bu when he did find her lie took both he: hands in his and pressed them heart ilv R.ivimr that lie could not leav< j Belgium without having seen tin | daughter of his old friend. The younj I nun, who, it is said, is far from uni comely, replied in Persian, much t< the delight of the Shah. The nun wai given permission to show her Orienta visitor the chapel and the garden o the convent where she had elected t< spend her da$*s. and he was so aiucl Interested in her accounts of the worl done by the sisters that on his departure he presented the order with 2,0CM francs. V PICTURE FRAME MOULDING I j Thousands of Styles Now and Additions j Made to the Variety Yearly. I Ficturo frame mouldings, such as ; are manufactured and sold by "whole! sale in strips to be cut up as may be j required in the making of picture j frames, are produced in uniform I lengths twelve feet. There are also j produced cheaper picture frame ; mouldings in mitatien of some of these i woods, as of oak. These various j mouldings are made in many widths j and many thiekhesses, and in great * A " ? S- nnmKarfl nf j variety 01 xurm, jjirui numutiu v? ; them with no ornamentation whatever, j and many of them ornamented witli i a beading or other design, which may ! be carved in the wood by the machine i in which the moulding is made, or j pressed or stamped in the wood, j Sometimes this heading is gilded, or so treated as to look like oxidized metal, and sometimes a straight, smooth line or division of a wood moulding is finished in the same manner. Many picture frame mouldings are finished in white; some in white with i another color; some are made in combinations of colors, and some are made in single colors, and these last may be made in many shades. Then -there is a variety of mouldings in black. Many of these colored mouldings are plain I in design. And then there are many of the colored mouldings that are ; highly ornamented. Of gilded picture frame mouldings the variety produced Is very large. | Some are gilded with gold; some with a lacquer laid on over silver leaf, and some are gilded with a cheaper material. Picture frame mouldings, taking them altogether, are produced in thousands of styles, and new styles are constantly being added, these being put on the market twice a year, for the spring and the fall trade. A picture frame moulding manufacturer producing mouldings in literally hundreds of styles would still produce more or less new styles, twenty, perhaps, or forty, each season. But ror all the great variety offered there are certain kinds and styles of picture frame mouldings that are staple goods, and that sell steadily; just as there are staple lines in all kinds of merchandise. ij' ; There are big factories devoted solely to the manufacture of picture frame mouldings. Some manufacturers I make a specialty of gilt mouldings, some of natural wood and other mouldings, and in some factories all sorts of mouldings, and frames as well, are produced. Formerly picture frame mouldings were all made In the East, and mouldings are 'still made here: but the great bulk Is now produced in the West, where the factories are nearer the sources of supply of the wood used in their manufacture. As compared with twenty years ago, picture frame mouldings are now made "In far greater variety; and there are produced a far greater number ot artistic mouldings than ever. And with the use of advanced modern machinery in their manufacture picture frame mouldings are much cheaper than they were in old times; so that it is nowadays possible to get from among the great variety of mouldings offered suitable and handsome frames at low* prices. As compared with a year or two ago, the wholesale prices of picture frame mouldings are now a i little higher than they were then, this being due to the present increased cost of the lumber and other materials entered into their manufacture.?>*ew York Sun. Queer Flights of Steps. Coming down the main walks from the Capitol to Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington, there are groups of three or four steps that are very confusing to the average pedestrian, and there Is a queer incident connected with their construction. For years there was a man aboht the Capitol who made the study of steps and persons going up and down stairs a fad and a science. In watching crowds walking down the long approaches to the Capitol he discovered that by far a greater number of persons stumbled 011 those groups of steps than the record ought to show. The attention of the present Capitol architect was called tp the matter, but he was incredulous at the idea. "Why," said he, "Frederick Olmstead, the architect, took -especial pains with those group of steps, I know.". However they watched the tricky groups ol steps and discovered that it was really astonishing the number of persons who stumbled going up and seemed inclined to fall in descending, but thej were utterly at sea for any explanai tion. Olmstead went there later. The sub; ject was brought to his attention anc 1 he went down to watch the steps him self. He was simply amazed at the j way people behaved when they reach ed those steps. He said. "I can't ac [ count for it. I spent weeks arranging j the proportion of rise to tread foi j tliem. Wooden models of them wert j put down for use at my own place anc j I walked over them day after day til I ftlt sure they were perfect." "Olmstead, isn't one of your legs s trifle shorter than the other?" the stei savant inquired. Olmstead.was dumbfounded when ii flashed on him that owing ,to the in j equality in the length of his legs hi had made steps to the Capitol tha a were suited only to people similarly " i afflicted. _ j Statu of Ohio. City of Toledo, (. Lucas County. i t Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is th< a senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & - | Co., doinft business in the City of Toledo r I County and State aforesaid, and tbatsaidfirn f will pay I he sum of one hundred dollars foi 1 each and every case of catarrh that canno - j be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure t j -frank J. Cheney. 1 Sworn to before me and subscribed in mj r ! (?) presence, this 8th day of December < sea i.J- A. D. 1886. A- W. gleason. (?*?') Sotary Public. j Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, anc acts di rcctly on the blood and raucous surface; ? of the system. Send for testimonials, free. t f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o. ? Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the be3t 5; s H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., are th; , only successful Dropsy Specialists In the world 1 See their liberal offer in advertisement In an f other column of this paper. Jlrs. Winslow's Soothing .Syrup for childrec 3 teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma i Hon, aliays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle ^ Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an lnfalli J ble medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W SidfCEL, Ocean Grove, 2*. J , Feb. 17, 1900. WflirmHi ^J,; RHEUMATISM, CATARRH ARE BLOOD DISEASES-CURE FREE, B. B. B. cures deep-seated cases after all else fails. 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