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'??*..." . # Clinkum Clankum. Clinkum Clankum lives in a tower, Lives in a belfry airy and cool, And every morniog he rings the hoar For liitle children to go to school. Clinkum Clankum lives in a tower, Greenly clad with a whispering vine, And every noon he rings the hour For little children to go and dine. . , Clinkum Clankum lives in a tower, And the stars are beautiful over his head. And every evening he ring* the hour For littie children to go to bed. ?Youth's Companion. t Origin of the Name "Puss." A great many Jiears ago the people of Egypt, who had many idols, worshipped the cat among others. They thought she was like the moon, because she was more active at night, and' because her eyes changed like the moon, which is sometimes full and at other times only a light crescent, or, as we say, a half moon. Did you ever notice pussy's eyes change: So they ipade an idol with a cat's head and named it Pasht! The same name they Pgave to the moon, for the word means the face of the moon. The word has been changed to "Pas" and "Pus," and has come at last to be "Puss," the name most of us give to the cat Puss and pussy cat are pet names for kitty anywhere now. Whoever thinks of the name as given to her thousand^ of years ago and people then bowed down and prayed to her.?Washington Star. The Cricket and the Lion. One day the lion was out walking z*'- >- -V ~ ? J A ~ V ~ T,ao,. xu mc n wu. ao lie nas uvai an old rotten log, he heard a tiny ? voice say: "Oh, please, don't step there! That's my house, and with one step more you will destroy it." The lion looked down and saw a little cricket sitting on the log. He roared: "And is it you, weak little creature, that dare tell me where to step? Don't you know that I am king of the beasts?" "You may be king of the beasts, bnt I am king of my house; and I don't want you to break it down, king ov no king." \ The lion was amazed at such daring. "Don't you know, you weakling, that I could smash you and your house and all your' relatives with one blow of my paw?" "I may be weak, but I have a cousin no bigger than I who can master you in a fight." "Oh, ho! Oh, ho!" laughed the lion. "Well, little boaster, you have that > cousin here tomorrow, and if he does not master me I'll crush you and your house and your cousin altoether." The next day the lion came back to the same spot and roared, "Now, boaster, bring on your valiant cousin!" Pretty soon he heard a buzzing near his ear. Then he felt a stinging. "Oh! oh!" he cried. "Get out of my ear!" But the cricket's cousin, the mosquito, kept on stinging and stinging. With every sting the lion roared loud er and scratched his ear and jumped aroundl But the mosquito kept on stinging and stinging. The cricket sat on the log, and looked on. At last he said, "Mr. Lion, are you satisfied to leave my house alone?" "Yes, anything, anything," roared the lion, "if you will only get your cousin out of my ear!" So the cricket called the mosquito off and then the lion went away, and never bothered them any more.?Good Housekeeping. P': The Art of Stilts. The best stilts are made to fasten to the legs, so that the hands and arms are left free. Any boy with a few tools can make a good pair of stilts in half an hour. Two plain straight strips of wood, strong enough to bear his weight will make the standards; they should be long enough to reach to the top of the shoulders when mounted. For a beginner the footpiece should not be more than 14 inches from the ground?a small boy might do well to put them lower still, for one finds it necessary to step off and on a good many times in learning to stilt. . , - The footpiece is nailed or screwed to the standard, from which it projects at riht angles on the inner side, just far enough to give a comfortable rest to the foot. It should be supjects at l ight angles on the inner side, In mounting stilts of this kind, rest the ends on the ground, grasp the handles so as to bring them behind the shoulders, set the left foot in place and spring up, bringing the right foot into its rest white in the air. Hold the standards close to the shoulders all the time with the hands against the hips. It is necessary to move forward at once after mounting, because it is easier to walk than to stand still. Smooth, hard ground is the thing for these early exercises. : After a boy can go freely and far and fast with these stilts he may be graduated into the use of stilts that are strapped firmly to the legs, leaving hands and arms free. With these the footpiece can be put three and four feet from the ground. To carry a long light pole will be j a-great convenience; it is & neip in lording streams and on rough ground and for resting. The French peasants in Germany are the most celebrated stilt walkers in the world. Stilts are as common as shoes in the marshy country there, and many a peasant mounts his stilts from the roof of his house in the morning and does not take them off till he goes to bed at night.?New York Press. Tommy's "Thinking Trips." It did seem good to Tommy to be in the convalescent ward. There was more to see, and there were visitors. One of these, a blue eyed girl, had left a scrap book and it was almost Tommy's turn to have It.. He had asked to have it last. When he told Miss Clara, the nurse, that he "might want to take some trips," she understood) and smiled. She and Tommy had become fast friends. At last it was Tommy's turn to take the precious scrap book. Miss Clara made him as comfortable as possible and left him. The first thing the big brown eyes saw was a butterfly?a large, beautifully colored butterfly. Tommy leaned back and closed his eyes. The butterfly was on a rose bush now, in front of a dear little house, * and see! Two children come out of the house and cry, "Oh, there's a love- ! ly butterfly!" And they chase the j butterfly creature out across the soft j lawn anci into the field beyond, all ! spangled with daisies. And the little i girl says, "Let's pick the daisies." So the butterfly rests on a big sway- j ing blossom, then flies on, on, into j the grove, where the sunshine makes j patchwork on the needles instead of the needlese making the patchwork, and where a little brook sings to itself. But the butterfly loves sunshine and away it sails over into the blueberry pasture, and ever so many children, picking berries, call, "Did you j ever see a prettier butterfly?" And j one of them?0 dear! Tommy started up, forgetting for j the instant that it was only a think- ' ing trip, and then he really laughed when he saw the pretty picture duiterfly safe on the scrap book page. The next picture was a locomotive. Tommy shut his eyes again. There were high buildings now, and th? train was going by some back yards where children played and clothes were drying in the sun. "Tommy!" The brown eyes opened with a smile in them. "My mother has come and wants to see my little friend Tommy," Miss Clara was saying. "She has the book I told you I'd ask her to bring. I'll read out of it some day." "Oh, I thank you," cried Tommy, feeling overwhelmed) with riches. "Tommy," she said, peeping into the scrap book, as she took that, too, "I see an elephant!" "Oh, there will be jungles!" cried Tommy in delight?Youth's Companion. Birthday of Miss Hartley. . Miss Hartley sat by ner sunny- window, her lap full of pretty girlish notes. Her dim eyes were full of tears, as she looked wistfully out on the old-fashioned garden, which had marked so many springtimes for her. It might be the last spring she would ever see it again. She was growing feeble, and was no longer able to teach, as she had done for so many Years. There was nothins: to live upon if her hands and brains were idle, so the house had been sold the day before. She was quite alone in the world, without kith or kin; but the dear, quaint old lady was beloved by generations of pupils, whom she had taught iq the little town. The piles of notes in her lap were birthday greetings, a day ahead of time, to be sure. Her girls had invited themselves to luncheon, and a day was scarcely a long enough notice. In spite of the pleasure their coming would give her, Miss Martley could not help some anxious speculations as to ways and means to provide for 12 hearty, h~ppy, hungry girls, whose delight had always been ?"a spread- at Miss Hartley's." She could not longer afford "spreads," but she would do the best she could, trusting to the girls' offerings to eke out her scanty supply. Meantime, the girls were in quite a flutter of excitement, and their mammas, who had also been "girls" once, were almost as excited. By half-past twelve* on Miss Hartley's birthday, a flock of bright-faced sweetly dressed little maidens presented themselvese at the well known front dpor,. to be welcomed by an eager, smiling Hostess, who looKea quainter than ever in her gray silk gown and beribboned cap. The girls' offerings proved substantial indeed, so that when they sat down to lunch v eon it was at a groaning table, and laughter and talk flowed merrily, while the dear old lady forgot her worries, and jdined in the fun. "Now tell us all about the house," said Alice Dent, who, being the oldest of the dozen, was naturally the spokesman. "There's nothing much to tell, my dear," said Miss Hartley, with a little quiver in her voice, "it was sold yesterday." "Sold!" they echoed incredulously. "Yes, the business was concluded yesterday, and the sum paid for it will make me comfortable for the rest of my life. I ought to be very happy, but?but it's hard to get used to a new place at my age. I'm 65 today." "A health to 65!" cried Alice, raising her glass of water. Every girl enthusiastically followed her example, and the old lady's eyes filled with tears. "And now." said Alice. "I'm going to i make a speech." "Hear, hear!" cried the others, and they settled themselves to listen. "Once there was a dear, sweet lady, whom everybody loved," here Alice bowed to Miss Hartley. "She had spent long years in teaching, and at the close of every school year, there had been a great time, for diplomas and medals and prizes of books, were awarded for excellence in standing. All the graduates, of course, received diplomas, and though they drifted away, married?and had daughters of their own?they kept their diplomas carefully, for they loved their dear school teacher, and remembered her gentle influence and sent their daughters to her in after years. But one day a queer thing happened; the tables were turned?for the teacher decided to graduate; so at the time she appointed there was a grand luncheon and her 12 pupils who were invited or rather who invited themselves, decided to present her with a diploma. Elsie bring it in." Elsie, who was the youngest, and, therefore the messenger, ran out, returning in a few moments with a long, interesting looking box. Alice took off- the cover?and there lay the diploma?rolled as all diplomas are, and tied with a huge white bow, with 12 lond ends?one for each girl. At a signal from Alice they all arose, and each taking her end, carried it in state to Miss Hartley, and placed it in her hands. "You are to open it," said Alice. "There may be some mistakes; you know we never made out a diploma before. Miss Hartley smiled and obeyed, ; drawing off the complicated bow with j old maid precision. But as her eyes fell upon the con- ; tents of the paper?she gave a cry? j which was as girlish as any of her j pupils, and stretched out her hands. "Oh, my girls!" she cried. "What have I done to deserve this?" They could not answer, because of such a queer feeling in their throats; they could only cling to her as one by | one she held them close?for the ! "diploma" was the deed to the dear ; old home, and the names of every pu- I pil she had ever taught were signed j to the gift.?Pittsburg Dispatch. The farmers of Russia own 35,000,* 0O0 acres out of 267,000,000 acres, A RAILROAD WRECKER. ALWAYS ON CALL AND HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY. When the Siren Squeals and Screeches the Crew Starts on a Run?Many Wrecks Which the Public Doesn't Hear About. "We give them a clear track and ft 70 or a 75-mile-an-hour engine and the wrecking master does the rest," said the yardmaster, knocking the ashes out of his pipe and leaning comfortably in his old revolving chair. "All the wreckmaster knows is that at such and such a point on the road such and such a train, so and so many cars, has been smashed. It's his business to get to the place fast as steam can carry him 3tiH tn Hear the maTn line OUick as Providence will let him. "See that siren sticking up just over the roof of the engine house next to the repair shops? When that begins to bray and squeal and screech three long, unearthly toots there is trouble somewhere up the line. Ever hear one of those new-fangled whistles? You'd never know it was turned on by the hand of man. At night it would make your skin creep the first time you heard it. But you're apt to hear it for miles around And that's what it's there for?to collect the wrecking crew on a run. * "Wherever there's a repair shop along the line there you're sure to find a wrecking train, The crews are picked men from the shops, for a reason I'll tell you presently. It's a hard life they lead and a strenuous one, but they get paid well and they like the work, just as I've yet to see the first man in a city fire department who is nnt ir? Invo with thp Arritement and uncertainty of his job. In time the strain on the wrecker tells. "While the work lasts it is heartbreaking, and men age under it and after 10 years' service on the crew are rarely fit to continue in that part of [ the service. Every member of the i crew has to live within hearing distance and running distance of the wrecking train. During the daytime the men are at work in the -repair shops and if anything happens they have merely to jump aboard while an engine is made fast and starts on a mad race for the scene of the trouble. But at night?and most wrecks happen nights?the men must be prepared to tumble out of bed, to run through wind and weatner and to be prepared to work anywhere from 24 to 36 hours without a break. "A wrecking crew consists of 16 or 18 men, which is exclusive of a conductor, a pair of brakemen and the two men in the engine. The wrecking train consists of only four cars. Everything that would add to the weight of the train without being absolutely necessary is left behind. The first car is the one in which the wrecking crew travels. In this part of the country this car is not so important; but on the long stretches of road in the west the car is fitted up completely for the living accommodations of the men, The car is painted red, and, in general* is a huge caboose. In the front part of it the kitchen is located. A cook accompanies every wrecking crew on the modern railroads, just as a cook accompanies our long distance palace MIWO A# the hoct fa U CNUOt liTVI J VUlUg VTJL" tUV wvwv *w chosen for the wrecking crew's meals during its long siege of work. Ice is provided on. which things that should be kept cool are placed and continually a stock of provisions is on hand as ready for instant use as the train it* self. "The rear section of this car is fitted ^up as a living room.. No carpet is oh \he floor, but everything is put up in comfort and shipshape. Bunks are provided; chairs and folding tables stand ready for use. In short, everything that men want when they require humoring to do good work is ready and waiting-lor them. "The second car of the train looks like an ordinary box car, but is really a huge toolbox on wheels. In it everything is arranged in order as neat as the silver implements in a high-school girl's first manicure set. You cannot mention a tool that might be Required in wrecking but what you will find it here, exactly in its place, where men can run in the dark and pick up what they want without having to spend a minute to search for it Axes, crowbars, shovels, saws, picks, sledges, hammers. blocks and tackles, ropes, chains. jacks and 100 tools you never heard of are to be found in the car. "The third car is an ordinary flat car loaded with several trucks. Often in a wreck the body of a car escapes damage, and only the trucks are brok.en and bent and twisted. In a case like this all that is necessary is to raise the body of the car by means of jacks and to put a substitute truck under It and couple it fast so the car may be hauled to the repair shop for permanent fixing up. besides, the flat car is used for taking home iron work and whatever is and is not worth saving, but would look bad and suggestive lying beside a railroad track. "The last car of the train is the most important of all. It is the derrick car. This car is built exceptionally strong. A short, stout derrick built on a rachet turntable stands in the middle of the car. This is capable of wonderful lifting power. Once the little steam winch on one end of the car begins to squeal and puff, anything fastened to the derrick just?comes. A derrick of this description could raise on end the biggest locomotive ever built, and set it back on the rails as neatly as you would set a chess figure on its proper square. "The wrecking train stands ever ready on a siding especially allotted to it This must not be used by any other train under any conceivable circumstances. If a wreck occurs the track must be cleared, from three to five minutes being the tinfe usually allowed for a crew to get under way during the daytime. An engine ready to iVt A +/* n rrryAnlr f f ?r?/?a ?1 _ liiLUl tut? uaiu lu a oiauu?? ar ways waiting. The water tank in its tender is always full. Its coal supply is a heaping tenderful. Steam is constantly kept up, and an engineer and fireman are ever ready to jump to work at a minute's notice. "As soon as a disaster occurs the wrecking train is given ihe right of way over all other trains. At a speed ranging anywhere from 45 to 75 miles an hour the engine chases, shrieking her whistle like a frightened cat. The one object is to get the track cleared so the main line of the road can be operated. No wreck ever happens but what it piles over the main line?that goes without saying, for it is within the law of cussedness of things. And what it means to have a main line blocked only an experienced railroader can appreciate. There are the thousands of cars filled with perishable stuff. A score of freight trains and coal trains are held up, many of their loads intended for outgoing steamers that cannot afford to wait. Thousands of persons are inconvenienced and put \ out. Many of them miss connection* which they hoped to make with other railroads. "Wrecks scarce? We fellows wislf ' they were! It isn't only every wreck I you hear about that happens on a raib ? road. In the first place, a wreck with- ' out loss of hutnan life attracts mighty ; little attention nowadays, and so it depends what sort of lives are wiped out i whether a newspaper thinks it worth j the interest of its readers to print an ; account of the trouble. Smash a couple j of tramps on a coal train and they don't , coust. "No work on a railroad is harder j than that of a wrecker. And aside from j everything a man is constantly on duty. J If he wants a day off or wants to be i excused from duty for a Sunday or for an evening he must give notice and another man must be appointed in his place. To fail to respond when the wreck siren blows means discharge from the crew, unless previously excused. The wages paid men while on i wrecking duty vary with the different i roads. One railroad pays as much a3 j 50 cents an hour from the time the j train pulls out to the time it is back on I its siding. This is tremdous pay for ! the wreckers and it stimulates them to ! do good work and creates a competi- i tion on the part of all hands to hold [ their appointments and to keep nev/ j men out of them. Frequently the run to a wreck i* a long One and for some hours there is little to do but lounge lazily and enjoy life. On the way back there is another breathing spell for those who are in condition to enjoy it But why not come out with us sometime when you hear the siren snort and you can see for once in your life what work is?"?Philadelphia Public Ledger THE ELEPHANT'S TRUNK. Recent Discoveries Reveal Just How He Got It. , The recent discoveries of fossil remains of ancestral proboscideans in the tertiary deposits of the Fayura Jis irici or Higypt, coraoiuea wuu a infill study of the skeleton of certain species of mastodon known to science for many years, have enabled Dr. C. W. Andrews (Procedings of the Royal Society) to indicate very clearly the manner in which the trunk of the modern elephants has been gradually evolved. The ancestral proboscideans were comparatively small and short-legged animals, which had, of course, no difficulty itl putting their mouths to the ground As the successors of these primitive forms gradually increased in bodily stature, and more especially in length of limb and size of head, it will be obvious that in order to be able to obtain food or water from the level of the ground they must either have increarsed the length of the neck or have developed a special prolongation of the muzzle. But in the care of largo . and heavy-headed animals, whose successor?-were destined tor carry the enormous tusks of the extinct mastodons and modern elephants, it will be further manifest that an increase in the length of the vertebrae of the^neck. and hence of the neck itslf, would, from mechanical considerations, :ihave been impossible. Accordingly, the only practicable course was the elongation of the muzzle. - In the earliest forms the lower jaw was short and heavy, with the union between the two branches (symphysis) - -- ?- ^ -.i- - - i. & 3 very massive, un me oiner muu, m many of the early mastodons the lower jaw had become very long, and terminated lil a long trough-like symphysis. To accord with this prolongation of the lower jaw it is quite evident that the upper lij> and nose must likewise have been elongated, and they probably formed a kind of proboscis, of which the tip was most likely more or less prehensible. For some reason or other, no sooner had the prolongation of the lower jaw attained its maximum development than thd length of its trough-like symphysis began to dimin- * isfh, till the structure culminated in the short snout found in the later mas toe dons Ifchd the modern elephants. Dur, ing these changes the length of the proboscis must have continued to increase, while its flexibility and tactile power were likewise at the same time augmented, till the structure attained its full development la the elephants of today. In tibis connection it may be noticed that the trunk of the African elephant differ?' very markedly in structure from that of the Indian species by its segmented structure, so that it has the auDearance of heina composed of a number of distinct pieces, one of which slides into the other, like the joints of a telescope. The Indian elephant's trunk, on the other hand, is uniformly elastic throughout, and may be compared to a tapering India-rubber hosepipe. It is evidently a more highly specialized structure than is the proboscis of the African species. During the time that the lower jaw and trunK were being gradually developed into their present form the tusks and cheek teeth were likewise undergoing a process of development which has culminated in the condition obtaining in the Indian elephant. Since, however, the later stages of this development will be found described in zoological text books, it need not be further referred to on this occasion. Till the Egyptian discoveries the origin of the proboscidea was a problem that had baffled palaeontologists, while evolutionists were equally at a loss to account for the mode of origin of hat most marvellous structure, the elephant's proboscis. Thanks to Dr. Andrews, both problems have been satisfactorily solved, and we are thus able to add one more fairly complete pedigree to the history of animal life. ?London Field. Great Consumer of Ice. Americans are great consumers of ice; it is a luxury in almost every other part of the globe. The city, in distinction from the rural districts, is also a great consumer of ice the year around, due doubtless to the complete w&rming of the modern house and apartment. In old times many rooms in every house were unheated in the winter, and these furnished a natural cold chest for butter and other things <nsvr.ir.VtaKla +Viot noorlfH trt ho Iranf r>rtnl pui AlVVUVM WW WW uvyt VW1) just as the market man usually has a heatd office in winter for his own convenience, but lets his supply benches remain in the natural temperature. In the country, and especially in the south, the people have long habituated themselves to use wells and caves for refrigerators.?New York Post. She Wanted a Masher. A pretty young body entered a hardware store on lower Sixth avenue yesterday and said to one of the clerks: "I want a masher, please." The clerk stared at her for a moment in astonishment. Then it dawneo upon the young woman what she had said. She blushed and explained that ! she only wanted a 15-cent potato | masher.?New York Press. ( "She's All the World to Me." "My ideal man," said Nancy, "Is one of power, a knight Of strong right arm I'd fancyFar reaching in his might," "Behold this arm," I vaunted. 'Twould reach around all the world!" "I'd like to see," she taunted. With lip disdainful curled. I put my arm about her Ere she had time to flee. " 'Tis thus 'tis done, fair doubter? You're all the world?to me!" ?Truman Roberts Andrews, in July Smart Set. AnnnAoorntTn yrrrvvDiyiwuii First Insect?I have a good mind to have that professor arrested for libel." Second Insect?'What did he say about you?" First Insect?"He called me an Anthia Duodecimapunctata."?Woman's Home Companion. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer. t2trial bottle and treatisefroo Dr. R. H. Klixe, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philai(Pa Yale professors will hereafter be retired from service, except in special cases> at sixty-eight years of age. Aak Vour Dealer For Allen's FooNEsM( A powder. It rests the feet. Cures CoraSj Bunions. Swollen, Ho re,Hot, Cal lous, Aching Sweatirg Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy, a t ail Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed Fbbe, Address, Allen S. Olmsted. LcRoy, N. Y. One good turn deserves another, but that is generally all it does. JamsurePIso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.?Mae. Thomas Bobbins, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17,19W. A man never quits being a boy until his mother dies. Hair Falls " I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop my bair from falling. Onehalf a bottle cured me." J. C. Baxter, Braldvood, 111. Ayer's Hair Vigor is certainly the most economical preparation of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long way. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair grow, and restore color to gray hair. $1.90 a bottle. Alltafiists. If yotir druggist citinot supply you, settd us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Be sure and giTe the name ot your nearest express ofacc. Address, J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. GOOD SUGGESTION. 1 Stubb?They advertise for a teacher at the young ladies' cooking school. \ - Penn.?Does the teacher have to sample what is cooked? F# Stubb?Of course. " Then they had better engage an ostrich?Chicago News. CPCC STUARTS rnCC CINand BUCHO To all who Buffer, or to the friends of those who suffer with Kidney, Lirer, Heart, Bladder or Blood Disease, a sample bottle of Stuart's Gin and Buchu, the (treat southern Kidney and Liver Medicine, will be sent absolutely free of cost. Mention this paper. Address STUART DRUG M'FG CO., 28.Wall 8t., Atlanta, Ga. 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Edoqrtee men nod women, bora and gtrla no/ topether SQt in Five Separate Institutions under on$ monae*menu Tbe combination enable* oa to offer u? beet diastases and to Save lime and Money Tor particalars, address, stating ago and ie? of stodsnt. Chancellor WM. W. SMITH, A.M., LL.D. College Park, Lynohburg, Va. i papudine ail g II NERVOUS HEADACHES. 3 ? And SOOTHES the NERVES M ?j JO, 25 and 50c at Drngetores. ? isawmillsrhsi with Hepe's Universal Lop Beams,Rectilin-I ear, Simultaneous Set Works and the Hea-fl cock-Kinp Variable Feed Works are unex-fl celled for accuracy, simplicity, dubabil-m ity and ease of operation. Write for fullB descriptive circulars. Manufactured by thefl SALEM IRON WQRK8,Winston-8alem,y.C.B BfGlve the name of this paper when writing to advertisers?(At. 30, '03) , 8TABLE8 OF THE WEALTHY. Every Convenience and Comfort fof the Horses. A glimpse into the Interior of one of the many handsome buildings in New York set apart for lodging and feeding horses weuld delight all lovers of the intelligent equine. The total cost of stables which embody up-to-date scientific fittings, sanitary flooring, perfect ventilation, and correct style, varies from $50,000 to $150,000. Instead of wooden flooring or earth, which is very injurious to the animals' feet, small bricks are now used, making a standing place that is easily cleaned, and insures perfect sanitation. The stalls are massive and handsome, the sides being of teakwood with a two-inch dado; the wood extends upward about four feet, or as high as a horse might be expected to kick under ordinary circumstances. The oat,and water mangers are on opposite sides, which is an advantage, as the animal does not slop his dry food; the hay is put in a division of the manger with a wire screen over it, so that it can be got at easily, while undue waste does not result, as In the days when it was placed in a rack over the* horse's head, I where it could be pulled down and trodden tinder foot. The doors of the stall are fitted with ingenious devices which necessitate the insertion of the linger and thumb to open, and the tricky hofse 18 thus debarred from opening the doof and going for a stroll without as milch, as "by your leave." There is a profusion of racks, with burnished brass fittings, for interchangeable nameletters, brooms, shovels and forks, and telescopic suspensory racks to hold harnesscleaning tables, with drawers to hold polish, chamois and everything needed to keep things bright and shining. The New York mililionaire takes as much pride in his stable as in any of the principal rooms in his own dwelling house. When any new specialty is put on the market whereby the stable can be improved or made more ornate he hastens to test its adequacy. He is particular about hiring a stable groom as he would be in engaging a secretary, and the men he picks out to care for his animals must be diligent., untiring, progressive and intelligent. There are at least 50 stables between West Fifty-eighth and One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth streets which are marvels of comfort and convenience. On entering any of these *t?eU/w* la Ktr iVio Tl^ofTlAoQ UiU ViOlVUl AO Oil ULIV UJ vuv UVMVMWW) order, and even elegance which pervades the place. Plenty of light, fresh air with' no trace of the fumes usually associated with stables, lofty ceilings, and animals whose coats shine with satiny lustre are found in profusion.? New York Times. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The highest speed which matter has been known to reach is that attained by the eruption Of hydrogen and other gases ffoifi the Sun, which is at times several hundred fillies & second, That "magic wand" which locates suitable places for weHs has turned up again. This time it is in Germany that the little hazel twig is being used with success and much discussed. The farmers of India, when fuel is scarce, cook an egg without fire. The egg is placed in a sling and whirled arouiid for about flVe minutes, until the heat generated by the motion has cooked it. The tail of a fish is his sculling oar. He moves it first on one side and then the other, using his fins as balances to guide his motion. If the fish is moving fast and wants to stop he straightens out his fins just as the rower of a boat does his oars. A woman in Paris is said to be the largest specimen of her sex in the world. Being unable to enter the door of a railway carriage, she takes her train journeys in the luggage van. An infant ifi Missouri is said to be the smallest human atom, weighing only a pound, A remarkable sea monster was recently caught in Port Fairy bay by some fishermen. It measured nine feet six inches in length, had a tail like that of the screw tail shaft, nd teeth, a nose like a rhinoceros, a head like an elephant, two dorsal fins, four side fins and two steering fins. The skin was black and very soft. The most experienced fishermen say the specimen is new to them. They cannot hazard a guess as to the species. The fish has been sent 6fl to the Melbourne museum. In a certain office at an Australian railway station there may have been seen a very long list of names of women who have at various times begged the booking clerks to let them have, without payment, tickets to various places. They have forgotten their purses, or lost them, or spent their last penny on a new pair of glovea and various reasons. They will call the very next day and refund the money without faiL But there the names and addresses lie, with the amount of the borrowed! money written opposite. Where Emerson Is Buried. Emerson's body lies in Sleepy Hollow cemetery at Concord, which was purchased by the town in is do, auu laid out according to plans furnished by Morris Copeland. A tree bee was held to April 19, 1856, on which occasion over one hundred trees were set out in a single day by the citizens, each one of whom thus brought his own memorial. The women of Concord held two festivals in the same year to raise money for seats and decorations. Emerson delivered the oration at the time the burying ground was dedicated. Many of the most marked graves are on The Ridge. Here lies the body of Hawthorne, surrounded by a low hedge of arbor vitae, his epitaph being merely his own name on a white gtone. Just behind is the grave of Thoreau, and by his side lies the body of his brother John. On the opposite of The Ridge path is the grave of Emerson, to whicu thousands of visitors come every year, and which will doubtless be seen by additional thousands this centennial j year. A great pine stands near the head i or a vp whifrh is now marked by VI WiV o * v. * a monument of beautiful pink quartz, in its native state as it came from the quarry, and near by are the graves of his mother and his son.?New York Tribune. Quite Capable. "He's a remarkably frank man." "How so?" "Why, the heiress asked him if he was sure he could take care of her | when he proposed, and he said he was cure he could if he had her money to *. do it with."?Chicago Post. PERUNAi Says Dr. M. C. Ga A CONSTANTLY increasing number of physicians prescribe Peruua in their regular practice. It has proven its merits so thoroughly that even the doctors have overcome their prejudice against so-caHed patent medicines and recommend it to their patients. "I Advise Women to Use Pe-ni-na," Says Dr. Gee. Dr. M. C. Gee js one of the physicians who endorse Peruna. In a letter written from 513 Jones street, San Francisco, Cel., he savs: "There is a general objection on the part of the practicing physician to advocate patent medicines, but when any one medicine cure* hundreds of people it demonstrates its own value and does ndt need the indorsement of the profession. 4*Peruna has performed bo many wonderful cures In Sun Francisco that I am convinced that it fa a valuable remedy. 1 have frequently advised Us use for women, as J find it insures regular and painless menstruation, cures leucorrhcea and ovarian troubles, and buna* up ins entire system, i also consider it one of the finest catarrh remedies I know of. I heartily indorse your medicine."?M. C. Gee, M. D. Mrs. ?. T. Gaddis, Marion, N. C., is one of Dr. Hartraan's grateful patients. 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Now this has beec improved upon, with a sort of ruddei attachment projecting from the far in front. The fan itself is on a pivot As the current strikes the rudder fin it causes the whole thing to revolve slowly, thus distributing the air current in all directions with each revoluT tion. As all-round wind jammers, however, I know some fellows who would talk a revolving fan back the way It came, but perhaps I had better not go into that.?Pittsburg Dispatch. HIS WOE "He's forever complaining of his hard luck. I wonder what's his idea of hard luck, anyway." "It is merely his Inability to fall Into a soft snap."?Philadelphia Presi. CONTAMINATE^. "What a pure, serene face Miss Pair child has!" 3^ "Yes, she does look as though she had never t>;en to the theatre in her GET WELL - The thousand s of people ; Who a# e every day being p??? 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