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. . - - - : wimrK^'~ rg"^r~. . : m? ? js,^* | Hair Splits j ? "I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor 1 | for thirty years, it is elegant tor fj 1 a hair dressing and for keeping the I I hair from splitting at the ends."? ? I J. A.Gruenenfelder,Grantfork,Ill. 1 Hair-splitting splits 1 friendships. If the hair-1 splitting is done on your I own head, it loses friends I for you, for every hair of 1 your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in i advance will prevent the j | splitting. If the splitting \ has begun, it will stop it. 1 $1.09 a bottle. Ail dragilsts. U I If your drureist cannot supply you, send us one dollar and we win express 8 you a bottle. Be sure and ?ive tlse name 8 x B of your nearest express oftTce. Address, B r J. C. CO., Lowell, Mass. g !1RP DP THP RIGHT HAND. Not Due to Training, Bue Is a Natural Distinction. Prof. Cunningham pointed out how it is evident that as far back as we can trace man he was preferential!y righthanded. Thus Dr. R. LehmannNitsche had examined the bones of prehistoric men from southern Bavaria and had found that the clavicle and the long bones of the right upper ?limb were distinctly heavier and more massive than the corresponding bones of the opposite side. All the evidence at our disposal goes to show that righthandedness is due to a transmitted functional pre-eminence of the left brain, and this functional pre-eminence was not a haphazard acquisition which had been picked up during the lifetime of the individual, it rested upon some structural foundation which transmitted from parent to offspring. Modern science, then, if we have correctly in:erpreted Prof. Cunningham's meaning, wpuld seem to show that there is a distinction in nature of the right hand. It is indubitably the one by which most delicate manual actions are performed, with one marked exception? r.amelv. the fingering in the play of , stringed instruments which are played with a bow. If. as Prof. Cunningham* in referring to the crossing of the motor impulses, says, "it thus came about tfcat the left cerebral hemisphere controlled and regulated the muscles of the right side, and its functional superiority over the right hemisphere was indicated by the subservient position which the left hand held with ' > preference to the right, and the manner in which all manual acts which require precision and skill, all the movements which specially required the higher guidance of the brain, were performed by the right hand"?if this be so, how comes it that the fingering of a violin, which surely is an act requiring the higher guidance of the brain, is always, so far as we know, performed by the left hand??London Lancet. ????? THE USUAL WAY. He?How did you come to get interested in that story? She?I liked the way it ended.? Detroit Free Press. I*: : ? A distressing: case wKicli baffled the ski C* Mrs. Hayes, of the following letter \ cured, after eveiytf Lydia E. Pinkham's Mrs. Hayes' First Letter Appei "Dear Mrs.- Pinkham:?I ha ment for a long time without any . tumor. I cannot sit down without up my spine. I have bearing-dowr to awnllpn and T have had fl UViXiVU *>J II ?- ? petite is not good. I cannot walk o: "The symptoms of Fibroid 1 curately describe my case, so I wri E. F. Hayes, 252 Dudley St., (Roxb Note the result of M though she advised Mrs. her medicine?which sh her letter contained a ;n tions as to treatment, ai about the happy result. "Dear Mrs. Pinkhait:?Sod in* my symptoms and asked your all your directions carefully, and b " The use of Lydia E. Pinkh; expelled the tumor and strength miles now. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg< lars a arop. I advise all wome female trouble of any kind to giv E. F. Hayes, 252 Dudley St., (Rox Mountains of gold could not the place of the health and hat Vegetable Compound brought t Such testimony should be a< evidence that Lydia E. Pinkh* without a peer as a remedy for a ovarian troubles; tumors; infiam placements of the womb; backac 5 menstruation. Surely the volume tefs we are daily printing in the ne f Mrs. Hayes at her above ad which sick women may write for Her gratitude to Mrs. Pinkh am a: Compound is so genuine and hea great for her to take in return for Truly is it said that it is Ly< I pound that is curing so many wo: _ gat this when some druggist want FORFEIT ? wacannot fortl lIuUUU * testunonialf, which will p r Treasure Trove. ; In a brick field near Feodosia, on the coast of the Crimea, a vessel containing about a thousand ancient Greek copper coins of various sizes has recently been dug upon. On one side of the coins the letters HAH are inscribed; on the other side is the bead of Pan. Pan was the tutelary god of Panticpseum, the old Milesian colony upon whose site Kertch now stands. The coins are in good preservation. They bear, besides the inscription, a quiver and an arrow. This is unquestionably a portion of the treasure brought by the Greeks from Ionia when they founded Theodosia. THE CANDID FRIEND. Alice (looking at her portrait)Don't you think that Van Brush has managed to make a rather pretty picture cf me? Edith?Yes. he really has; wdiai a remarkably clever artist he is. GIVING HIM PRACTICE. Aspiring Poet?I'll set the world ablaze yet. His wife?I do hope you will, dear. I Would you mind making a fire in the j kitchen stove?just as a matter oi j practice, you know. The Pe-ru-na Almanac. The druggists have already been supplied with Peruna almanacs. There is sure to be a great demand for these almanacs on account of the articles on astrology which they contain, me suoject 01 astroiogy is i a very attractive one to most people. The articles on astrology in the Peruna almanac have been furnished by a very competent astrologist. and the mental characteristics or? each sign is given, constituting almost a complete horoscope. A list of questions and answers on astrology sent free upon request. There will be a great rush for these books. Ask your druggist for one early before they are all gone. When a man is forced to choose between two evils he is apt to choose the one he hasn't tried before. 5100 Reward. 5100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's CatarrhCure is taken inter: nally, acting directly upon the blood and muJ cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroyj ng the foundation of the disease, and giving | the patient strength by building up tho conj stitut'on and assisting nature in doing its j work. The proprietors have so much faith in 1 its curative powers that they offer One Hunj dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. J Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. | Hall's Family Pills are tho best. Bread as a daily article of food is used ] by only about one-third of the population ' or the earth. | FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous; ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great i NerveRestorer.$2trialbottleand treatise freo ! Dr. B.H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. The chance of two finger prints being i alike is not one in 64,000,000,000. Mrs.TYinslow's SoothingSvrup for children i teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamraa | tion,ailays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle I It 13 said that Texas alone markets j $50,000,000 worth of cattle annually | Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more | goods, brighter colors, with less work tnan oners. The number of lepers in the Philippine Islands is estimated at about 12,000. I do not believe Piso'3 Cure for Consumption has an equal for ooughs and colds?Johx F.Boteb, Trinity Springs, Ind.. Feb. 15.1900.' If she is frugal even the old maid can husband her resources. , of Fibroid _ Tumor, ill of Boston doctors. Boston, Mass., in tells how she was ling else failed, by Vegetable Compound. iling- to Mrs. Pinkham for Help/ ,ve been under Boston doctors' treatrelief. They tell me I have a fibroid great pain, and the soreness extends I pains both back and front, My abowing spells for three years. My apr be on my feet for any length of time. .\rmor given in your little book acte to you for advice."?(Signed) Mrs. iury) Boston, Mass. rs. Pinkham's advice?a!Hayes, of Boston, to take e knew would help her ? lass of additional instrucII of which helDed to bring aetime ago I wrote to you describadvice. You replied, and I followed 3-day I am a well woman, am's Vegetable Compound entirely ened my whole system. I can walk stable Compound is worth five doln who are afflicted with tumors or e it a faithful trial."?(Signed) Mrs. bury) Boston, Mass. ; purchase such testimony? or take >piness which Eydia E. Pinkhain's 0 Mrs. Hayes. ccepted by all women as convincing im's Vegetable Compound stands II the distressing ills of wromen; all mations; ulceration, falling and disihe; irregular, suppressed or painful 1 and character of the testimomal letwspapers can leave no room for doubt, iress will gladly answer any letters fuller information about her illness, nd Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable rtfelt that she thinks no trouble is too her health and happiness, lia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comnen, and no other medicine; don't fora to sell you something else. tnrlth produce the original letters and signatures of Tore tneir absolute genuineness. dia E. Rink-ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mwii BEDS OF BIRDS AND BEASTS. I COUCHES FOR BUTTERFLIES AND SLEEPING PLACES OF FISHES. I ' How the Sparrow Roosts Wild and in Captivity?Resting While Hanging Upside Down?Dreamland Among Animals. We seldom realize how strong the sentiment of home is among animals. Not home in the sense of the place where the eggs or young are cared for. I ut the spot which is selected as a sleeping-place?where after a long day's hunt or journey, the creature may return and rest itself. Who would think of a butterfly as having a home? To see one of these insects flying aimlessly from one flower to another, memory of the place where the previous night was spent would seem improbable. And yet many of these little creatures do remember and return night after night I to the same spot. A hibernating butI terfly was found one cold February day, clinging with stiffened feet to the under side of a piece of bark cn the ground. Held in the fingers and examined, it might have been a cabinet specimen, for not the slightest sign of life was exhibited. The butterfly was replaced, and a day or two later, when a thaw made the air spring-like, the insect had deserted its winter's bedroom and was not to be found. The following day it returned, and when found was quite limp, but speedily stiffening from the recurring cold weather into the death-like trance of hibernation. Fishes sleep, and very soundly.too. Although they have no eyelids to close, and no change can be detected in the expression of the eyes, yet loss of consciousness is proved by the lack of notice taken of clouds and other disturbing conditions. These creatures have favorite resting places to which they return again and again. In the Bay of Fundy at every incoming tide fish return to certain spots, generally niches in the rocks, and remain mo tionless, and probably asleep, for hours. The exact location of each spot chosen and rechosen, and the similar Ity in the appearance of the fish occupants, would seem to warrant the assertion that they were the same individuals. Sparrows generally roost singly in summer, returning night after night to the same beam or shutter. In winter they band together, and in a city will sometimes come from blocks around and perch by thousands in one tree, the weight of the birds bending the branches, and the mingled chirps making a deafening chorus before sleep quiets them. The little mar6h wrens, whose nests are so numerous in reedy swamps, are very fond of bedrooms, and while the female is sitting on her eggs, the energy of the male bird, when not bubbling over in song, is expended in the construction if additional nests, some of which he may make use of for sleeping purposes. .In captivity, birds have many curious ways of sleeping which must hint of wild habits and causes unknown to us. We can understand certain parrots clinging with feet and bill to the sides of their cages, as it is known that when wild they spend the nights in hollow trees, hanging to the roughened crevices on the inside. But even Jays and some, sparrows will sleep soundly supported on the perpendicular wire by their toes alone. When a number of different kinds of birds are kept in one cage, each species is always to be found by itself at night? thrushes in one row, mocking birds in another, song-sparrows on their own Individual twig, and so on. Animals often have dreams, and not a few have nightmares?monkeys and birds especially. A bird will be sleeping quietly, when without warning it will start from its perch, dash against the wires, calling loudly, and awaken every bird_witjiin_jTp,aidpjr. Fihalfy it drops panting to the floor, trembling with fright, and several minutes pass before it quiets down and goes to sleep again. Birds have pleasant dreams as well, and at midnight I have heard the plaintive, dreamy notes of the white-throated sparrow. In the woods, when one brushes against a brush a little Maryland yellow-throat has chosen for its bedroom, the bird will instantly begin to sing a few sleepy measures of its ditty?wichity-witchity-witch. A rcent, either welcome or terrifying, will awaken many animals quicker than sound or other causes. A fox den, filled one moment with round, sleeping bundles of fur, will, a second later, show every fox'on its feet, with trembling, wrinkled noses sniffing the I wind which happens to blow fiom a ' near-by pheasant aviary. A deer in deep slumber will leap to its feet at a bound when a sudden change in the breeze tells of wolves over the next hill. The sleep of animals and their bedrooms holds much of interest, of which we yet know little.?C. William Beebe, in the New York Post. Castro and His Rival. Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela, came from the extreme west of the country, and in 1898 removed President Andrade from office, and became Provisional President himself. His followers were from the Andean region and anarchy reigned in Caracas during the emeute. His special | abhorrence is European meddling in the finance of his country. On October 28, 1901, he was duly elected Constitutional President, and his term does not regularly expire until March, 1908. The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung, in commenting on his conduct, while the debts now discussed were being contracted, said: "Then he began in the palace of Mira Flores at Caracas the life of an unbridled Sardanapalus. But j when the brave man invited his fair i fvionrfe frr>m North America, and the I people heard of the orgies that were : held, heard that their money was go| ing to North America, there arose a : cry for the fellow's expulsion." This j is the biased view of a German paper. I Castro was elected by the people af! ter that. Now the chief rival for his place is General Manuel Antonio Matos, a man ; who spent years in Europe and is a [ diplomat of power. He is responsible I for the European hostility to Castro. Europe has financed him. and he has I pledged the resources of Venezuela as i security in event of his success. J If in connection with a true por! traiture of the man reflection be given i to the unknown validity or amount of . the debts, some guaranteed and some private contracts, it may be concluded that this impetuous Andean has some I shadow of right with him. His zig1 zags are to be measured by the Spani ish standard.?Pittsburg Pest. If you would learn to read character listen when a person laughs. A hearty laugh is the echo of the music of the spheres. THE LENGTH OF THE DAY. Sensibly Constant Throucli Periods of Thousand* of Year*. Frofessor R. S. Woodward, th> director of the Allegheny Observatory, has made a mathematical investigation of the effects of the contraction of the earth through cooling, on the one hand, and the increase of its hulk from the accumulation of meteoric dust, 011 the other hand, have had or may have hereafter in changing the length of the day. The former of these two causes tends to accelerate the earth's rotation 011 its axis and thus to shorten the day, while the latter cause must have a contrary effect. The conclusion at which he arrives is that so slowly does the effect of cooling accumulate that the day will not change?or has not changed, as the case may be?by so much as a halfsecond in the first ten million years after the earth began to solidify. Still, the shortening of the day which must come with the end of the process of cooling is a very sensible fraction of its present length. Assuming that the earth had originally a temperature of 3000 degrees centigrade, it follows, according to his calculations, that the day will ultimately he shortened hy about six per cent, of its initial length, or by an hour and a half yearly. The length of time required by the earth to cool down to the temperature of surrounding space must be measured by millions of years. Thus, Woodward * ' - 1 *4. Ml T OA AAA snows mat it win require auuui ow.wu million years for the earth to aeconiplish ninety-five per cent, of its coiltraction, and that after a million million years its contraction will no longer sensibly affect the length of the day. During no interval so short as 2000 years in the entire history of this cooling process can the length of the day have diminished by so much as the thousandth of a second from the cause in question. [ This slow shortening of the day is offset by the effect of the accession of meteoric dust: yet, so slowly does this I dust accumulate, notwithstanding the I fact that fully 20,000,000 meteors fall j daily, that its effect will not become I perceptible until the total effect from j cooling is nearly complete. In round numbers the latter effect goes on two hundred thousand times as fast as the effect from meteoric dust. If. therefore, the regularity of the earth as a | timekeeper during historic times is to be called in question other causes must be looked for than the two which arc here considered. WORDS OF WISDOM. The plainest face blossoms into real beauty when the heart is the home of love. Whenever we lift at another man's I burden, we gain more strength to carry our own. Do not confine your children to your [ own learning, for they were born in another time. As a rule of life, one finds that the truth lies somewhere between first impressions and final decisions, j The moment past is no longer: the [ future may never be: the present is all of which man is the master. The source of all passions is sensitiveness?it is the errors of imagination that transform them into vices. A man should never blush in confessing his errors, for he proves by his avowal that he is wiser to-day than yesterday. There are three who are especially beloved by God: he who Is forbearing, he who is temperate and he who is courteous. A man who talks constantly has a,, thousand ways at hand in which to make a fool of himself. A silent man has but one. We do not grow away from our beginnings, nor from any of our successive stages of growth; we simply keep adding, inch fey inch, to our mental and spiritual as well as to our physical stature."but we never grow away from -acypart of it?we can only "add on." Worry is the dominance of the mind Kt- Q ofnorlo vocno Tpntlpss linKfltlsfied. UJ ? OiMfeiW, ? j fearing and fearful idea. The mental energy and force that should be concentrated on the successive duties of the day is constantly and surreptitiously abstracted and absorbed by this one fixed idea. Worry must not be confused with anxiety, though both words agree in the meaning originally, a "choking," or a "strangling," referring, of course, to the throttling effect upon individual activity. Anxiety faces large issues of life seriously, calmly, with dignity. Anxiety always suggests hopeful possibility; it is active in being rendy and devising methods to meet the outcome. ?New York News. How They Wooed. An English Judge, not long deceased, used to tell a diverting story of his wooing. In those days he was'a struggling and obscure barrister without even the prospect of an income and the lady upon whom he had set his affections was the daughter of a purseproud tradesman with a high-sounding name, who was strongly opposed to giving his daughter to a "penniless lawyer." "Do you know, sir," the father thundered when he was asked for his daughter's hand?"do you know, sir, that my daughter's ancestors have all been noblemen and that one of them was a favorite minister of Queen Elizabeth?" "Oh, yes, I know all that," the young barrister placidly answered; "and do you know that Queen Elizabeth once slapped your ancestor's face, and unless you are more civil I will do the same for you?" It is scarcely surprising that so bold and daring a lover had his way in the end, even in the face of such a barrier of ghostly noble ancestors. The late Prince Bismorck, it Is said, won his wife by a similar coup de main. Although he had not known the lady of his love more than a few Uiiyg UXiu uci paicms ucie uvi citu aware of his existence, he presented himself one day before them and boldly asked pertnission to marry their daughter. In vain the father fumed and blustered and threatened to have the young man forcibly ejected from the house for his impertinence. "I am sorry to annoy you, sir," the young soldier said, "but I must re- | spectfully decline to leave the house until I have your consent." Nor did he, although the consent was gtaen in these ungracious words: "Well. I suppose you must have yonr way, but I cannot compliment my daughter on her choice of a mule for i a husband." Virginians Believe In Thoroughbred Stock We are believers in blood and pedigree in animals here in Virginia, , whether It be in dogs, or cattle, or horses, or men. It is a reasonable be- ] lief, and practical.. In human society the constant, natural aspiration of all good people is toward improvement, the logical conclusion of which is social elevation, an attitude not at all incoin! patible with democracy, since it tends to raise the average.?Richmond Times. A TOWN RUINED BY A KIS3. SOME REMARKABLE STORIES OF BLOODSHED AND PLAGUE. How Red Ruin Ran Like Fire Over a Village in Cuba?A Kiss Practically Depopulated Eden, a Town of 1,400 Inhabitants in Queensland. Red ruin ran like fire over the little town of Curara, in Cuba, as the result of a kiss, and depopulated the place within a few hours. A Spanish trading vessel chanced to anchor in the small natural harbor adjacent to Curara to kill time before proceeding to Havana, at which port she was not to arrive until a certain date. Leave was given to the crew to land and they went off in a body to Curara. It was a rough crew picked up from the very scum of Spain's refuse population, and included two or three Asiatics who had been taken on to fill gaps. Naturally, the first thing these men done was to push their way into a wine saloon, where they drank until they could pay for no more. There was a young Cuban girl in the saloon and her pretty face attracted the attention of more than one member of the crew, and conversation soon circled round her. Finally one of the j sailors rushed up to and embraced her before she was aware of his intention. The next instant he had paid the price, for the girl's lover, who chanced to be present, without a moment's hesitation struck him dead with a knife. The death of their brutal companion j kindled all the fierce passions in the sailors, whl were already mad with liquor, and they dashed forwaid to kill the lover. Other men in the saloon, however, who had witnessed the tragedy, drew knives to defend the murdered against the sailors, and a pitched battle ensued. The sailors were victorious and put to flight t'r.ose men they did not kill or maim. Then they rushed out, attacking every one they met, irien, women and children. The news spread and the townspeople fled in terror before the bloodthirsty sailors away to the neighboring plantations, without stopping to think what they did. Not caring to follow the fugitives for fear of meeting police or soldiers, the crew kept to the town 8nd hunted high and low for any Gne upon whom they could pour out their hatred. They found but few, and those they killed. From first to last fourteen men and two children fell their victims. Their own losses were but three. Not content with their revenge they set fire to every house, which, being lightly built of wood, burned right merrily. Within a few hours of their landing Curara was in ashes, deserted but for its dead. And to this day the name of the ship and the crew are unknown. It was a kiss which practically depopulated Eden, a town of some 1,400 inhabitants, in Queensland. A stranger tramped into the town one (Jay, and, after refreshing himself at a little eating house, insfsted on kissing the wife of the proprietor. The latter was present and laughed heartily at what he considered a fine joke, for his spouse was past her prime and far from attractive. The stranger passed on along his way inland. Next day the woman was taken ill; within forty-eight hours she was dead and her husband and two children were dying. When-news -went around that a violent disease had broken out in the town most of those people who could leave hurried away at once. Some struck toward the coast, others went inland. A few of the latter passed oa their way the body of the stranger who had come into Eden and kissed the innkeeper's wife. Of those Edenites who chose or were forced to remain more than one hundred lost their lives through the stranger's death dealing kiss. It was many months ere the epidemic passed away altogether, and numbers of people will still travel miles out of their way to avoid the town, which is even now practically deserted. A cimilarlTr torrihlo Iricc xraa civon some years ago by a sailor to his sweetheart, who lived in Candalo, a small port in Florida. Plague broke out on the sailor's vessel a few days before it reached Florida, and, as it was flying the yellow flag when it ran into Candalo, it was put in quarantine and all leave was forbidden. But it happened that one of the crew who believed himself to be in the best possible health had a sweetheart in the town, and he determined to resist orders to go and see her. He managed to steal one of the ship's boats and got ashore. But it seemed as if he had risked all for nothing, for he had not found her when it became time for him to return to his ship if he wished to escape detection by his officers. Fate was playing a hand in his game, however, for on his way to the spot where he had moored his boat he ran across his sweetheart. He kissed her and told her what he had dared to have one word with her; and when she heard he had come from the ship in quarantine she fled from him in tenor. But she fled too late; for in the single kiss her lover had conveyed the fell disease to her, even though he was unaware he had it. The girl died and the disease spread on the four winds over the town. Within a terribly brief period more than "two hundred persons in Candalo had died of the disease. Fear seized upon the townspeople and hundreds of them fled away from the stricken town, which at the time of the plague's height was little better than a city of deserted dying.?San Francisco Call. The Syrian's Keen Eye. John Kelman cites a recent work on the Holy Land the following anecdote, which he relates apropos of the Syrian's habit of noticing minute things that entirely escape the ordinary observer."A story is told of a thief In a certain tov/n in Palestine who entered a ion on/} e + nl/i nAtVilno" UA eivMnlv? iiuuoc auu 11c oiixxyij went out and claimed the house before the Judge. When the case came to trial the thief challenged the owner to tell how many steps were in the stair, how many panes of glass in the windows and a long catalogue of other such details. This the owner could not do, and when the thief gave the numbers correctly the house was at once given to him as Its obvious owner." Origin of the Name Pelee. The original Pelee is said by tradition to have been a maiden who was pursued by a plant an i fled to th ^ crater of the volcano, for refuge. The god of the volcano came to her assistance and overwhelming th? giant with lava, burying him beneath the reck?: Belgium's population by the 1901 census is 6,799,999. A PASTOR *-* Rev. H. Stubenvoll, of Elkhorn, Wis., John's Church of that place. Rev. Stubenv to him by Emperor William of Germany. Emperor has written in his own handwriti This honored pastor, in a recent letter Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrh The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Gentlemen: "Ihad hemorrhages < despaired of me. I took Peruna and courage, and made healthy, pure bloo a healthy color, and 1 feel well. It is everyone kept Peruna in the house it year.??IL STUBENVOLL. Thousands of people have catarrh who would be surprised to know it, because it has been called some other name than catarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh wherever located; and another fact which is of equally great importance, is that l'eruna cures catarrh wherever located. Ask your druggist^ for a SACRED PICTURES IN RUSSIA. Peasants Carry Them Through the Streets to Invoke Blessings. A picturesque ceremony is performed in time of public distress by the peasants of various parts of Russia They bring from the churches the sacred pictures which adorn the walls, or the silken banners embroidered in silk and gold figures which rest on the altars and carry them in long procession to the prayer booths which they have erected in appropriate places. If drouth is ruining their harvests they build these votive booths near some river; if too much rain has fallen they build them in a neighboring field; if pestilence has smitten their villages they build them in the burying ground. The moujiks of the village then "gather about the church. With bared heads they wait while certain of their number enter and bring forth the sacred picture. This is often heavy, as in many instances it is framed in gold. But the peasants are not discouraged hv it<* weieht. Thev have made a rough frame in which they place the | picture. Then the bearers grasp pole3 which are slipped through the frame, after the manner of a palanquin, and rlagger with their sacred load over the rough road. The rest of the moujiks follow accompanied by their village priest, who leads in the prayers and chants. When the booth is reached the peasants kneel round the picture, supplicating for relief, and the priest sprinkles the field, river or burying ground with holy water. After this service the picture is carried back to the church in the same solemn procession. This picture ceremony has been performed very recently in certain parts of Big Russia, where the fields have been deluged with rain and the crops have been in danger of destruction.?Syracuse Herald. There are between eighty and ninety principal synagogues in the United Kingdom, in which just under 100,000 Jews worship. There are also 150 minor synagogues or bethels. 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I I is pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran St. oil is the possessor of two Bibles presented Upon the fly leaf of one of the Bibles the ng a text. to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, remedy, Peruna: Ohio. >t the luttis for a long time, and all mas cured. It gave me strength and d. It increased my weighty gave me : the heit medicine in the world, if would save many from death every It you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna. write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratia. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. free Pe-ru-na Almanac. AN ALTERNATIVE. "Now, then," said the professor of logic, "give us all an idea of your knowledge of the question in plain' words." . "Why?er?I'm afraid," stammered the student, "that I can't exactly?" "Perhaps then you may give up an idea of your ignorance of it in any old words."?Philadelphia Press. 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