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TEACHERS /
If we didn't have this toiling through the
* dreary, weary vears?
If we didn't have the heartaches, if wo
didn't have the tears.
We might reap the rarest flowers that
have blossomed in the dew?
f <. We might learn the sweetest lessons that
they teach, who never knew!
It is one thing in the trouble?in the
trouble and the strife.
To be striving for the laurel that may
wreathe the brows of life;
To seek in vain that laurel which is ever
out of reach:?
It is one thing to be toiling, and another
thing to teach.
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I THP PADAf.i
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P?. . ^ - Told by Hr. Lane
"T^| IIE parachute now is to the
I balloon and to the air ship
I what the lifeboat is to the
"q ocean steamer. No well appointed
balloon goes voyaging into
the aerial ocean without one.
Scientific aeronauts, like Professor
Myers, do not approve of them, but
?? they have become indispensable to
balloonists who do a holiday exhibltion
business. The public is quite as
^ fond of the parachute "drop" as of the
balloon Itself. People not only like
to see a man go up, but they wish to
see him come down.
The parachute, like the balloon, is
now too well known to require description.
When folded, the parachute
jj|v . - and its lines hang down about thirty
five feet from the "basket" of the balloon.
When expanded, the "umbrel;
la" is from twelve to fifteen feet iu
diameter. Although ""-hr, the frame
^ \ and lines must needs be made very
strong. In descending the aeronaut
generally sits ou a species of trapeze
bar, which Is supported at each end
^v. by the lilies from the umbrella above
When ready to drop from th.e bal???
loon, the aeronaut, who is necessarily
z:..' somewhat of an athlete, descends to
the trapeze bar, then pulls a cord atraj
tached to the "knife" set in the block
above, through which the supporting
line is reeved. The knife-edge, when
jerked smartly down on the taut line,
BlSV severs It cleanly?and the descent befe
" gins. For the first hundred feet the
p;- parachute drops like a stone, then unfolds
with a flirt, checks the descent,
^ and thereafter for a thousand feet or
more sinks gradually earthward at a
||* f rate of hardly more than ten feet a
II? second.
g?; - Under favorable conditions, descent
by parachute is not particularly liazAnions
to an active vouug man who
possesses quick sight and good judgment
as to distances.
Altogether the narrator has made
iffp about 150 descents by parachute?and
is still alive and well. Beyond doubt,
there are certain dangers from sudden
gusts of wind which may waft
l*iVv_ the parachute over rivers, canals,
small ponds, tree tops or the steep
p;, roofs of buildings. I cnce fell into
|||--> the top of a row of sugar maples in
p- front of a farmhouse, and was somewhat
scratched while tumbling
j? . through the branches to the earth.
On another occasion, some twenty
miles out of Jackson, Mich., I had the
ill fortune to drop on a row of beehives.
I upset four of the hives at
Ik cnce, and the angry insects gave 111c
jj|f clear proof of their resentment before
I could clear myself from the paraSpP--.
chute lines.
And as I was running away as fast
g| . as I could the equally angry owner of
Ip- the bees pursued me with abuse and
peremptory demands for recompense.
?11 In fact I found lilm rather worse than
J:| the bees.
On Labor Day, the following year, I
ri made an ascent from a New England
factory town, and in descending, accidentally
dropped into the top of a pear
" tree in a farmer's garden. I not only
f knocked off a bushel of fine pears, but
broke the top of the tree rather badly.
The man deemed $20 (all the money I
had about me) too slight remuneration
for the damage I had done. He not
onlvseized" my parachute, vi et armis,
~but prosecuted me at law. The jury,
however, awarded him but $12, without
costs of court
On another occasion I received a
most unmerciful thrashing, but not, I
am glad to say, at the hands of human
beings. On this occasion I had made
an ascent from a large Canadian town.
It was some sort of a holiday there,
and a great crowd of lumbermen, millmen,
river drivers and farmers from
- the surrdhnding country had flocked
to the town. I was to go up at 2, but
before noon there arose a stiff south
wind which portended rain. I therefore
attempted to cancel the engagempnt
it wns hi<*hlv dnncprmis tr*
^make an ascent in sucli weather, but
the crowd would not take this view
of the conditions. The lumbermen
and river drivers gathered around,
yelling like wild meu. They had become
suspicious that I was trying to
cheat them. They swore that they bad
come thirty miles to see me go up, and
go up I should, or they would smash
my balloon and drive me out of town.
It was taking my life in my hand,
but rather than face that angry crowd
' I cast off, soared upward over houses
and churches, and went flying toward
Hudson Bay.
Hudson Bay, it is true, was 1200
miles distant, but at the rate I was
. I was going when the balloon rose
into that strong wind I concluded that
I should get there by sundown.
I was advertised to make a descent
by parachute in the neighborhood of
the town, where the assembled multitude
could see me come down, but
that was entirely a fair weather arrangement.
I wore my exhibition suit of spangled
tights under my street clothes as
usual, but when I saw how the wind
blew I bad no notion of attempting to
use the parachute. In fact, I was ascending
under compulsion, and had no
clear idea how I should get down. I
wanted to get away from that crowd.
I actually had been afraid they would
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ing was something frightful.
"Good-bye, you unfeeling animals!"
I shouted. "Unless this balloon bursts
you will not see me again very soon!"
An upturned sea of swarthy faces was
pt watching for me to descend.
However, I had soon left them all
f\ 1 behind. Now that I was aloft, borne
on the wings of the mighty air current
I did not feel the wind at all. The balloon
moved with it. Not a breath
seemed to stir. It was only by look^
ing dowu at the earth that I saw how
k rapidly I was traveling onward, over
B river, wide spruce forests and scatB
tered clearings. I knew the story of
" La Mountain and his balloon, and had
a horror of being carried off into the
jpk. Canadian wilderness. I hoped that in
the course of an hour or two the wind
might fall, or the direction of the air
* -. c -;rren5 change,
*ND TOILERS.
Sure, the gods unto the toilers are cot
ever overkind;
For they lift them not v.*hen fallen, and
they lead them not when blind.
Walk their wise disciples with us? Do
they tread the barren soil?
It is one thing to he teaching and another
thing to toil.
So, we burn the daylight for you?0 teachers
grave, of men!?
You that slumber when the darkness sees
us toil in town and glen: ?
But you never learn this lesson?which
seems ever out of reach: ?
It is one thing to be toiling, and another
thing to teach,
lc L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
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nuiE L?iiyr.
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The balloon continued to go steadily
forward, however, in a northerly
course until the little clearings and
cabins below grew few and far between.
I must have traveled nearly 130
miles when I save a large lake, or
rather a group of three or four lakes,
come into view on the horizon. Directly
the black of the spruce woods
had begun to fade into tho pale gray
of mossy bogs of tamarack and the
purple hue of caribou barrens. I
could not see a clearing or sign of human
habitation anywhere. The crowd
which I had left behind was bad
enough, but the unexplored wilderness
of lake and swamp ahead of me began
to have an aspect even more grim
and terrifying. Moreover. I desired,
if possible, to save my balloon. To descend
in a gale is always perilous, but
there seemed no help for It. I dared
not try the parachute, and so finally I
pulled open the gas valve. The balloon
soon began to approach the gray
swamps mat suuiiut'u uwaj iv uiu
lakes ahead.
All the lime I "was flying as fast as
a horse could run; and as I sank lower
I perceived that I was likely to do
some rough "trailing."
When I came within 300 or 400 feet
of the ground I threw out a strong
grapnel and line, which swung clear
for some minutes, then began to brush
the tall tree tops and catch in them.
I>y good luck?of which I had had
little enough thus far that day?these
slight hitches greatly diminished the
speed of the balloon, and the grapnel
soon catching stronger hold, basket,
balloon and all came down with a sudden
hard flounce in a thicket of low,
shrub-like firs, bordering a small bay
on one of the lakes?and there, holding
fast, swayed up and down.
I was pitched out of the basket into
mud and water, hut jumped to my feet
and started to run back among the
thick firs to secure the anchorage when
I became suddenly aware that I was
not alone.
A loud squawking and squalling
arose all about me. I had come down
in a swamp where wild geese were on
their nests. I was actually treading
on them and on their great white eggs
before I saw them. Every fir bush,
with its widespread boughs, appeared
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The outcry that all these geese set
up was something deafening. They
rose up, flapping iheir wings, hissing
and squalling, and at once from all
sides, from the thickels and from the
pond, there came rushing, flying, skimming
over the firs whole flocks of the
biggest and most savage gray ganders
I ever set eyes on. They dashed at me,
at the balloon, at the parachute, and
at_ ihe basket, and bit like bulldogs,
and the blows from their long, hard
wings were like blows from a flail.
Before I could make shift to defend
myself with my knife or balloon hook
they had hold of me by my clothing, I ^
by my legs, by my hair even, tugging,
yelling and thrashing me. One
pinched my cheek so that the blood
flowed. Their wings pounded ray
head like clubs. I dodged this way
and that, and laying about me with
the staff of my hook, knocked down
ganders right and left, but still they
came.
I lost a moment iu a foolish effort to
get my revolver from the wicker locker
in the basket, and was well nigh
overborne. If once they had beaten
me down they would have killed me,
ueyond doubt, but I now began jumping
from side to side among the firs,
dodging and striking with the hook.
These tactics confused the ganders.
for in their mad fury thev flew blind|
ly against each other. I was con- "
! stantly stumbling into more nests, but
kept in the fir brush, scudding this
way and that, as the ganders charged
I me.
After this fashion I retreated for
! nearly a mile, I think, fighting all the
way till I got among larger trees when
the attack slackened.
Rain began falling. I was in about
as bad a plight as can well be imagined!
Night was at hand, night in
an uutroddcn wilderness. I saw a
bear looking at me from out on a tamarack
bog, and getting frightened I
started to run. I had not gone far,
however, when I heard the report of a
gun. Thereupon shouting for help I
ran in the direction of the noise, and
in the course of a few minutes met an
Indian coming to find me. lie had
seen the balloon come down, and was
curious to see the mau who traveled
in the air. lie led me out to the bank
of a river where there was a bark
camp and three other Indians. They
received me kindly, installed mc In a
warm corner of their camp out of the
rain, and gave me all the fried deer
meat I could cat.
But when I talked with them of returning
to the swamp to recover the
balloon they shook their heads, and
gave me to understand that it was as
much as a man's life was worth to
venture into a goose swamp in breeding
time. The obiect lesson I had re
ceived led me to believe that their
fears were well grounded.
The next morning the Indian who
had found me led me through the forest
for fifteen or twenty miles to a
sawmill on a branch of the Gatiucau
River, where I hired a Frenchman
with a shaggy little black horse and
buekboard to drive me forty miles to
a French settlement called Maniwaki,
and from this place I got back two
days later to the town from which I
made the ascent.
I had lost my balloon and had come
near losing my life: yet the celebration
committee which had hired me to
make the ascent refused to pay me
more than half the sum agreed upon,
because I bad not made the descent
by parachute. Since that bit of experience
I take care to get my pay of
celebration committees in advance,
and also to see to it that an "ironclad"
clause concerning the matter is
inserted in the agreement.?Youth's
Companion.
All the men who have been disappointed
in love are not bachelors,
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Sample Hijcliivays Built.
?ARTIN DODGE, Doctor
of Public Road Inquiries
Office, writes as follows ir
Municipal Journal and En
gineer:
The reflex Influence of the bicycle
and the automobile has Anally created
a public sentiment that is crystallizing
into betterment of the public
highways to an extent that is most
gratifying to the good roads enthusiast.
Many States which have failed
to make any appropriation for the improvement
of roads in the past year
yielded to the public demand and
made for them liberal appropriations.
The good example of Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey,
New York and other States is bearing
fruit. In the aggregate, including the
small appropriation made by the Government,
millions of dollars have
been set aside for the betterment of
the country roads during this year.
Canada is by no means a laggard,
but rather well in the lead, when all
things are considered, for she has appropriated
$1,000,000 to he expended
upon the improvement of the highways
during the season.
The good roads train which has
been touring the South during the last
three months, was made up at Chicago
through the co-operation of the
National Association of Good Roads,
the Illinois Central Railroad and several
manufacturers of road-making
machinery. The train started from
Chicago on April 20, equipped with
eight carloads of the best and most
important roadmaking machinery, expert
operators, roadmakers and engineers,
arriving in New Orleans on
April 22.
The following week an object lesson
road, about two miles in length,
was built in the suburbs of New Or
ifiius, uvur ;i iuw inum, lunufiiy subject
to overflow. It was desirable to
raise the roadbed higher than usual
to get above the notion of the water,
which softens the surface of the road
so rapidly; therefore, earth handling
machinery was used to advantage.
The New Era grader, propelled by
twelve animals, was first put upon
the work, and earth was transferred
from the sides to the centre, at the
rate of four cubic yards per minute.
Within the short space of two days
the undisturbed earth was transformed
into a smoothly finished roadway,
over which automobiles could
pass with perfect ease.
During the week a State convention
assembled for two days In pursuance
of a proclamation issued by the Governor
of Louisiana. Every parish of
the State was well represented, there
being about one thousand delegates
iu attendance. As a result of this
convention a permanent State organization
was formed, which will operate
in co-operation with the national
association, to carry cn the work already
so well begun.
On the first of May the train left
New Orleans lor Natchez, Miss.,
where it remained a week building
another object lesson read and holding
a district convention for two days,
at the close of which a permanent organization
was formed for carrying
011 the work In that vicinity, and for
the purpose of co-operating with the
State association, afterward formed
at Jackson, Miss., and the national association,
formed last November at
Chicago. We had here the hearty
co-operation of the city and the county
authorities, the object lesson road being
built partly within and partly
without the city of Natchez.
Our next stand was at Greenville,
Miss., where we arrived on May 1G.
This is in the midst of the famous
Yazoo Delta. The soil is an alluvial
deposit, subject to overflow and inundation.
A portion of this soil is
known as "buckshot land," and is exceedingly
diflicult to handle and more
difficult to retain in the form of a
smooth roadbed. It was doubted
whether the earth-handling machinery
so successful la other soils, would be
able to handle this peculiar buckshot
formation, but our efforts were
crowned with success, and we left
them an object lesson of great value,
in tlie form of smootn, wen rounueu
roadbeds, raised well above the water
level. We also had a very successful
two-day convention, which terminated
with the organization of a permanent
association for the improvement
of highways.
I left the train temporarily at this
point, and the next stand was made
at Granada and another at McConib
City, and from McComb they went to
Cambridge, after which the great convention
was held at Jackson, Miss.,
where an object lesson road was built,
as at each of the other places. The
State convention was probably the
largest and most successful of nny
road convention ever assembled in
America and resulted in a permanent
organization for the entire State.
From Jackson, Miss., the train went
to Jackson, Tenn., where a similar
program was carried out. The next
great stand was at Louisville, Ky.,
where I ugain joined the train on
June 27. The Governor of Kentucky
had issued his proclamation for the
State convention to be held here at
this time, and continue two days. This
was well attended by eminent men
from all parts of the State, and was
one of the best conventions ever held
iu the interest of good roads. Governor
Beckham was present and delivered
an address full of encouragement for
the cause and urging the people to in
clustrlal activity. A fine object lesson
road was produced here just outside
the city limits, and a permanent organization
formed for the purpose of
carrying on the work in connection
with tiie national association.
The train went from Louisville to
Ilopkinsville and repeated there substantially
the same work that had
been done in the other places. Owensboro,
Ky., was reached July 14, and
a most enthusiastic convention was
held on the fair grounds in that city.
From here we crossed the Ohio River
into Southern Illinois, and made a
final stand at Effingham. It was expected
that the train would move
from here to Mattoou, but owing to
a disastrous fire in that city, the engagement
was cancelled, and the
great tour of the good roads train
was closed.
Roof gardens for London private
houses are proposed by the Hospital.
The cost of a glass roof and of protection
against the wind would not be
heavy in proportion to the fresh air
and other benefits to be obtained.
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The Man Downstairs.
i "This must stop right here!" said j
j Henry Grimthorp. as he put one foot ;
I out of bed. ad began reaching around j
j in the dark for hi* trousers.
"ITcnry." his wife whispered, "please j
don't he foolish. Lie down and be quiet.'* j
"No," he snarled. "I'm going down- j
stairs and I'm going to give that young 1
man down there a drubbing that'll make i
:hini want to keep as far away as pos- i
sible from this house in the future. Here
it is after 12 o'clock, and "
"Henry." Mrs. Griir.sthorp pleaded. .
"s?op. Don't go down there, please " j
But lie had found his trousers, and, ;
ignoring his wife's wo-ds. he hurried into
the hall. Then he stole downstairs
through the dark, and in about half a !
minute there were sounds of falling j
stands and tumbling chairs and shaking
chandeliers. The old man had grasped !
his antngoni-t around the nerk right at j
the start, and soon had him choked into '
submission. Then he tied the fellow
: full of knots, bumped his head against j
the newel poet several times, and finally !
; threw him down the front steps.
When he got back upstairs his wife i
; and daughter, pale and quaking with terror.
flung themselves upon his breast.
"What's the matter?" lie demanded.
"That was a burglar!" they cried.
"Hcovens!" be gasped, getting sick at
i the stomach: "whv didn't you tell mc
before? I thought it was Fannie's J
beau."?Chicc.?,o Record-Herald.
THE USUAL RESULT.
Ecenaway?And what of Willie Puttipate.
whose mother considered him a 1
' budding genius? ;
Staidhcnu?Oh. he turned out to be a
blooming idiot!? The Smart Set.
; MISSING INFORMATION.
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i Harriet?Doesn't it tell you who will
send the money??Detroit Free Press.
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rise over two miles. Seven miles is I
the outside height for any cloud.
Iteccnt experiments made by M. j
Gautier, of Purls, have shown that !
hydrogen is a constant constituent of i
the air to the extent of two In 10,000
parts of volume.
Arraugements have been made by j
Captain Shoemaker, chief of the rev- j
enue cutter service, to place a number j
of specially prepared casks, designed j
by Pear-Admiral Melville, on ice Hoes [
in Bering Sea, to test the direction of j
tiie currents i.uu uow nutu iuv ^uuu |
region.
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plunging into cold water and then
drawing the temper, and the other j
by plunging the red hot steel into va- i
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grcc of temper obtained.
Reports come from Cape Town of j
the discovery of indications of mineral j
oil in the Ceres district, 250 miles east !
of that place. The indications consist
of the escape of small quantities of j
gas between the shales and the sand- j
stone; of iridescent oil patches of film j
on the surface of standing water, and j
of mysterious fires on the bare veldt, i
which burn for two or three months
at a time.
A new metal composition has been
made that is proving very valuable in
the manufacture of bicycles, automo- !
biles aud carriages. It is known as '
partinium, and is composed of wolfra- !
mium and aluminium. It Is said that |
the addition of wolframium to alumi- |
nium greatly strengthens the latter j
metal without increasing its weight. I
It is a French discovery, and Is prln- j
cipally used in that country.
fl-o pnntntn nf ft XnrTTPCrifin traniT) i
steamer recently replaced a broken !
propeller In mid-ocean in a very inge- j
nious way. He had a nine-ton extra j
propeller on board, in accordance with '
a recently-made rule of the marine in- :
suranco companies, and, having shifted j
his cargo forward until his vesse1 ac- i
tually stood on her head in the water, !
with the propeller bearings exposed, ;
ho rigged up a timber raft and his j
crew removed the broken propeller j
and adjusted the new one without a :
great deal of difficulty.
Tho preparation of a simple and j
cheap artificial stone is becoming an
important German industry and likely
eventually to supplant brickmaking.
The ingredients are only lime and !
sand in the proportio\ of from four to .
six parts of the former to between
ninety-six and ninety-four parts of the
latter. The materials are thoroughly j
mixed and shaped Into blocks of the ;
desired size. The latter are then put j
ip a holler, which is sealed, and sub- j
mltted to a steam pressure of from i
120 to 150 pounds to the square inch, j
This operation gives a flinty character j
to the blocks, makina them very hard, i
Maunfactnring Artificial Silk.
Artificial silk can be made out ot I
glue, thus demonstrating that our an- j
cestors were not so foolish and ignor- j
ant as we like to think. So far as we ;
can judge there was no. reason why ;
they should not have made the pro- I
verb read: "You can't make a silk j
purse out of a cow's heel." But they
didn't say that. They used another
simile. They were smart enough. After
taking all the trouble to make a ;
proverb they did not propose to have j
science get the laugh on them by mak- :
ing silk out of cows' hoofs and horns. |
The gelatine is dissolved in water to j
the proper consistency, dyed and i
forced through tiny glass tubes as !
with the cellulose silk. It is really an j
animal product like the silkworm silk, '
but the manufacturers have not yet |
been able to get the appliances for j
water-proofing the thread with the !
vapor of formaline that the silkworm j
has which secretes the same drug for
the same purpose. Also, it is quite
difficult to dry the thread quickly on
the carrying belts, for you can easily i
see that they eaunot be made very j
long. I suppose every one that reads j
this will instantly think it would be j
easy to dry the threads if the room j
were made warm, but, unfortunately, |
warmth and moisture together ha?3
the property of making the glue softer. !
Another difficulty is that the silk must ,
be dvcd before it is spun, and as gela- j
tine has a way of not being the same
shade for the same quality of sticki- !
ness, it is preity hard to tell what '
color you will get till it is dry. If the !
spun threads are soaked in the dye- j
pot the stuff thinks that this Is a new j
way of making wine jelly, and makes !
all possible haste to change itself from
dress goods into dessert. Still, it
makes a very pretty silk if you don't
wear it out in a rainstorm.?Ainsleo's
Magazine.
An Old Land Grant.
J'. H. Blakeman brought to the Jour- J
nal office a land grant to property in i
what was formerly Virginia. The j
deed is signed by Governor Patrick |
Henry at Richmond on the 24th day !
of April, 1780, and printed on sheepskin.
Tin land cons:sts of 230 acres, j
and Is now located on Back Creek, j
Garrard County, six miles from Lan- i
caster. Mr. Blakeman got the deed
from .Tchu Saunders, who lives In
Garrard. Mr. Saunders married a
great-grandaughter of Elijah Walker,
to whom the deed was assigned, and ,
who was the grandfather of Mr?. J. H.
Blakoman. The deed is yelUtr with
age and the writing barely eligible.?
Jessamine (Ky.) Journal.
Ancient Miners' Tools Found in England {
During operations by the Wemyss
Coal Company at an old disused pit
at the Blair Burn, in order to prevent j
flooding, there have been, discovered a ;
large number ol7 minors' tools sucn as <
were jn use some 300 years ago. The
shovels are all made of wood, some
of them being as good as the day >
they were made, the picks and mells j
are iron. It is further stated that j
there are huge blocks of coal lying I
about, all cut out with the pick, so j
large as to puzzle a present-day collier
how they accomplished the task
of cutting them out. It is 275 years
since the mine was worked.?Newcastle
Leader.
How People Cook in Madagascar.
In Madagascar there are no stuves
o;; any kind, and nobody wants them.
Cooking is done at an open fire out of
doors or in an outhouse, the clay or
iron cooking utensils being placed
upon tripods or Dutch ovens, and
wocd, grass, or charcoal oeipg used as
tiieL
DAMACE BY TERMITES.
Injury Done to Houses in Hawaii by the
Insects.
Look out for termites! The men
who have been working on the alterations
in the judiciary building have '
found some of the woodwork almost j
eaten away by them, and there are .
whole residences in the city that will ,
have to be actually torn down, on
account of the Injuries done by the
insects. Termites, according to the j
Standard Dictionary, are "a family ,
of vsetjdo-neuropterous insects with a :
depressed ovate body, free head, equal
membranaceous deciduous wings and i
four-jointed tarsi, including white j
ants."
An Insect with a definition like that j
ought to be able to do a good deal of
damage, and the termites are doing i
it. Houses In Honolulu that are
twenty-five or thirty years old are
found to be in need of new woodwork
? ^ ?*?/! n f lonef r* lorirn
in iimny piiiccSf uuu ut ivuct vuw *.*** cv
residence Is about to be torn down i
because the pestiferous insects have
ruined it by 'boring and hollowing i
out the wood.
Professor Koeble and Mr. Perkins, I
of the local bugology bureau, have j
studied the termites, and say that
there is no known preventive of their [
work. The bugs here are of two j
kinds, both imported and both thriv- j
ing better in the climate of Hawaii j
than they did in California, which j
was the original home of the varie- :
ties here. Wuen any woodwork is
once well infested with the termites i
there is nothing to do but destroy it, j
say the experts.
Tho insects do their destructive
work unseen. They never work. to
the surface of the wood, but hollow
It out until it is only a shell thin as
paper. They tackle furniture and ,
all wooden parts of buildings.
Cases have been known in whlcb
the termites, in countries where they
prosper even more than in Hawaii, ;
have literally eaten away buildings.
In a single night they have been
known to reduce pieces of furniture
to collapse. "They are not so bad
here," said Mr. Perkins. "Why, in
some places there have been cases
where a chair left over night collapsed
in a heap when used in the morning,
all the inside of the wood having
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Dcen uoreu out.
The work of the little Insects mnj
be seen in some of the banisters of
the Judiciary Building and other eld
structures. Dry, hard wood} such as
that used for furniture, seems to be
specially attractive to the termites.
The insects are quite numerous in
California, but are not so destructive,
the climate being less agreeable to
them there?Honolulu Star.
Severe Treatment.
The noise made by the burglar in the
Ferguson pantry, slight as it was, disturbed
the light sleeper in the bedroom
not far away, and the midnight
marauder was surprised a moment
later to find himself covered with a
big revolver in .e hands of a determined
looking man in a long, whift
robe.
"I hain't done nothin' but eat a few
cold victuals, mister," stammered the
burglar.
"I see," sternly replied George Ferguson,
"you have been eating the re-1
mains of a strawberry shortcake my
wife made for dinner last night Do
you know what I'm going to do with
vou ?"
"Turn me over to the police, I
s'pose," gasped the helpless thief.
"Worse than that," said Ferguson,
with a ferocious grin. "I'm going to
make you eat a quart of health food.
It's a new kind my wife heard of and
fixed up for us yesterday, and it's
pretty dry eating, but you'll eat every
particle of It or I'll bore six holes
through you. There It is, in that big
bowl. Turn yourself loose on It!"
With grim determination the indignant
householder stood over him till it
was finished, after which he picked
up the luckless scoundrel, who had
fallen exhausted to the floor, and
threw him out of the open pantry Window.
"It may kill him," soliloquized Mr.
Ferguson somewhat remorsefully, as
he crawled back into bed, without disturbing
the rest of the family, "but a
man who breaks into another man'
house takes his life in his hands any.
way."?Chicago Tribune.
A Novel Life.
Life on an Australian station is ex
ceeding novel and Interesting. Many
of the station owners reside in substantial
stone bouses, which are
equipped with all modern conveniences
and often luxuriously furnished.
Their children enjoy education
in England, France or Germany,
and although the homestead may be
100 miles from the railway and fifty
from the nearest neighbor, the freedom
of existence on the broad plains
has in Is much to compensate for its
isolation. The family is more likely
than not to spend the winters in Melbourne
or Sydney, the station being
* carried on meanwhile by a manager,
and a trip "home," as England Is always
referred to, is undertaken every
few years. Visitors are received at
these stations with a cordiality unmatched
in uny other part of the
world; whether introduced or not, any
tourist of refinement and discretion is
warmly welcomed, and is at liberty to
stay as long as he chooses. During
h's sojourn everything about the
house or station is at his service;
horses, traps, guns, fishing tackle, all
are indicated to him as his property
for the time being. Should he wear
out his welcome, and I have known
one instance where a self-invited
guest remained at a Victoria station
lor two years?lie never ieuiu? ui u,
and indeed persons from the outside
world are sufficiently rare to be welcomed
warmly and separated from
with regret.?Washington Star.
Most Valuable Diamonds.
There is no little fiction about the
famous diamonds of the world, and
their value is largely fictitious. They
are few in number, cannot be reproduced,
are everywhere highly prized
and can be bought only by the very
wealthy. The Prince Edward of York
diamond, said to have been bought by
a New York firm for $100,000, is
thirteenth in the list of large diamonds
given me l>y an importer, tfliere are a
dozen different lists. If we may believe
what Is told with straight faces,
the largest of all the diamonds in existence
is the Braganza, its weight
being no less than 1G80 carats. It
is uncut, and its value Is actually set
down at ?201,050,000! It is now
among the crown jewels of Portugal.
It is thuuglit that this diamond, which
is the size of a hen's egg, is in reality
a white topaz.?New \ork Press.
The Executions of the Pencil.
The late Baron Labor, the pencil
manufacturer, once said of the article
that had made him rich: "It has done
more execution, since it came into
use. than the sword, while who can
enumerate the libels it has wrlttea?"
What is Scotch in the Bagpipe ?
There is nothing Scotch in bagpipes
except the sheepskin of the bag and
the tartan. The wood?ebony or cocus
wood?comes from Africa and Jamaica,
the ivory from Africa, the horn from
Australia and the cr^ne for the reeds
from Spain.
Rest For ilic Bowels*
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascabets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or paiu, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cascabets
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
iu metal boxes, every tablet aas C.C.C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
A collector is responsible for the statement
. that men of promise generally becomo
men of note.
FITS permanency curea. nu uis ut u? TVU3- I
new after first (lay's nse of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. B. H. Klise, Ltd., 931 Arch St. Phila. Pa.
Because a man's a barber that gives him
no license to lather his wife.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays
pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottl e
Truth is stranger than fiction because it
is 60 much more rare.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W. Samuel,
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17,1900.
One way to have a housewarming is to
put in lots of coal.
Sozodont
Good for Bad Teeth
Not Bad for Good Teeth
. 25r ^
Sozodont Tooth Powder 25c H ^
Larje Liquid and Powder 75c
HALL & RUCKEL. New York,
CURES CATARRH, HAY FEVER.
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS
! AND COLDS.
The EE=M Catarrh Cure
A pleasant smoking preparation which positively
cures these diseases. The greatest medical
discovery of the age. Warranted to cure
Catarrh aud the only known positive remedy
for liny Fever?purely vegetable. Smokers of
tobacco will find this a satisfactory substitute
For persons who do not use tobacco the compound
without tobacco is prepared, carrying
same medical properties and producing same
results. One Hox, one month's treatment, One
Dollar, postage prepaid. t?-.U M'lf'G. CO.,
57 Uroiul street, Atlanta. Ga.
TTTTnc
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SMOKELESS PC
are used by the best shots in the c<
: uniform and reliable. All the world':
won and made by Winchester shells
USED BY THE BEST SHC
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MULLrll/i^iO UI w umei.
assisted by Cuticur
purifying, and beaul
the scalp of crusts, scales, at
of falling hair, for softening,
rough, and sore hands, for
chafings, in the form of bath:
inflammations, or too free or
form ,of washes for ulcerai
sanative, antiseptic purposes
selves to women and mofhei
the toilet, bath, and nursery
can induce those who have
purifiers and beautifiers to u;
SOAP combines deKcate en*
CUTICURA, the great sk
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pared with it for all the pu
nursery. Thus it combine
PRICE, the BEST skin ai
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Complete Externai and Intern
? ' Consisting of Cun
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rue erf blood! a Sixgle ;
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humours, with loss or lair, when all els
Depot: F.Newbehy & Soxs, 27 and 28, CI
Akd Qhumioal CospoiiATiojf, Sole rrone.,
$2,500 00 IN GOLD GIVEN AWAY
; to our agents besides th* regular commissions,
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! every agent gets a shire. Hteen years" busi
j :uv?s record i?acK or uns o ror. iijuhi&dihu
' sample cast- outfit only -T) rents. ilclivercd.
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| "Tlie Sauce (bat made >Te? Point faineW
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; SQZQflQHT Powder 25c
f I. For More Than a Quarter of a Century
The reputation of W. L. Douglas $3.00 j
and ?3.50 shoes for style, comfort and
wear has excelled all other makes sold at ,
these prices. This excellent refutation has
been won by merit alone. W- D. Douglas
shoes have to give better satisfaction than
other $3.00 and $3.50 shoes because his
reputation for the best S3.00 and $3.50
shoes must be maintained. The standard
has always been placed so high that the
wearer receives more value for his money
in the W. L>. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50
shoes than he can get elsewhere.
W. L. Douglas sells more $3.00 and $3.50
shoes than any other two manufacturers.
W, L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Line
cannot be equalled at any price. j
W. L ?7c?/ff/a^^^OO and $3.SO
sAoea ara madm of tho came AM . -^$3
grado toathora uacd In $8 and $8
mhoom and am Juat am good.
Sold by the beat shoe dealers everywhere.
Insist upon having W. L Douglas shoes
with name and price stamped on bottom.
How to Order by Mail.? If W. L. Douglas
shoes are not sold In your town, send order dtreet to ' P
factory. Shoes sent anywhere on receipt of price and
... t/Z\ 28 <"**- additional for carriage. My
KeSWKrKsa custom department will make you a
pair that will equal <6 and Mens*
t<?m made shoes, in style, fit and
^ ':P-\ wear. Take measure menu of
O. foot as shown on model; state
P 8tyle desired; slzeandwtdth
usually worn; plain or
? bF isrfir ' ' 'yv:KSw cap toe; heavy, medFast
Color Xjretots
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>untry because they are so accurate,
?championships and records have been
. Shoot them and you'll shoot well.
>TS, SOLD EVERYWHERE
%, USE
i use arnajRA soap, f
a Oftitmeat, for preserving, 4|
ifying the skin, for cleansing
id dandruff, and the stopping
whitening, and soothing red,
' baby rashes, itchings, and
s for annoying irritations and
1 offensive perspiration, in the
tive weaknesses, and many
which readily suggest themrs,
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. No amount of persuasion
; once used these great skin
se any others. CUTICURA
allient properties derived from
in cure, with the purest of
he most refreshing of flower
d soap ever compounded is to
lerving, purifying, and beautfnd
hands* 1 No other foreign
ever expensive, is to be comrposes
of the toilet, bath, and
is in ONE SOAP at ONE
id complexion soap, and the
in the world.
al Treatment for every humour.
cura Soap, to cleanso the skin ot crusts and
he thickened entiele; CuncusA Onmuorr, to
iing, inflammation, and irritation, and sootho
iTCintA Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the
Ret is often snfllcient to care the most tortnribing,
burning, and scaly skin, scalp, and blood
9 falls. Sold throughout the world. British
larterhonse Sq.t London, E. C. ForiXB Osoo
, Boston, U. 8. A.
$75fn$78fl rerMonth
fPI d lUfpZfU v?jegant Premiums free
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i Ky. \Vh?-n > on write mention tliis paper.
ranDCV N'SW DISCOVERY: gifi
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