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The Deadly Candy Bar. * *There ia nn inmenM amount of non fwMine uttered in the guise of scientific advice, and nothing inure thoroughly foolish than the perpetual attacks upon candy aud confectionery, says Margherita Arlina Hamm. The arguments arc the samo as those employed fifty years ago, when two-thirds of the boubons of the market were made with terra alba and other abominations. At the present there is scarcely a pound of candy in the market that is not pare and wholesomo. Good candy in modoration is heathful and nutritious. The desert Arabs of Africa use as their [ omei arpoio oi met the dried date*, which are ho rich iu sugar oh to be almost candy in themselves, and they are about the strongest and healbhiaat men in the world. Every ohild who la healthy craves candy, and the craving merely repre* eentH the food value of the thing desired. To forbid a little child a few bonbonH now and then does far more harm than to gratify its natural aud unobjectionable desire. Candy in excess is injurious, but uc more :.o thau ripe fruit, roast beef, plum pudding, or oven mushed potatoes.?New York Muil and Express. A lhike on *?i?iko. '* The Duke of Fife, husband ol j Priucess Ijou.se of Wales, aud, therefore. son-in-law of the Prince of Wales, j ie causing much amusement iu many circles. The Duke is learning bicycle rifting, and in order to do so he is prncncing hi rue seciuueu streets oi Brighton. But the amusement in not in tins fact, but in occasioned by the oecort of tho Dnko. On one aide ol the I>uke, during his bicycle practice, walks a Holemu-faced footman, and on the other side trots a page in buttons. ? Sew York Advertiser. A. Forty-tiro loch ltrldt, There was an unusually interesting wodding in Eastport. Me., recently, from the faot that the bride was one Of the four Harris sisters, who ore known all over the country on account of their sraallnosH in height Two of the sisters are only forty inches tail and tho other two forty-two inches. Tliey are all over thirty years of age, and the average weight of the four is aiaety pounds each. Matilda was the one who was married Esta and Mary Ann. it is said, are considering proposals of marriage.?Boatou Herald. h?w? ftU! Wo offer Onelluudrcd IXollara Ttawar.i ?.* vieo* '?Uarrti that oanuot bocir-vl >/ liiit'H < '-atarrh Curi?. _ F. J.Chwiet .fc Co., Prop*., Tolwin, O. Wf, the undrntigni'ti, iiavo known r . J. v"u<*. nr?v (or I he lout 16 your*, and Iwlievo him perfectly h'^nrrru-iilo ia all business transartmna and [' nancially able to carry out aay obligation runiln by their firm. V/UHT He Tkoax, Wholesale Druggista, Toledo. Ohio. l^ilmsa. riwvaiv a makv*is, wbol??*^ OruJifctote, Toledo. Ohio. r IT ?'!'*Catarrh (hire in tat en internally, arti'.nf directly upon Mm l?loo<l ami muccunaur> a--oh of the evstoiu. Price, 73c. per IxittLa. Holil iv nil Druggi-st*. Toai linomala free. Hypnotism Is said to be a cure l-?r utm.yTe Kuiev Lit* the physical machine must lx? In good unnir.c order. A It111** care the useof Klpan? Tannics?will give you overy morning the feeling that you are "glad to be alive." Ort|? is reported lol>- Mug out in London W? have not in'on without PhoS Cure for C? - unptlon for ;J?? venrhtr./iic Fkhr . ami) St .. linrrlsfiurg. Pa . Mas 1< *04 New York Cily it not" iciting >J?* i.er street cant Mo-. WimdoW* Soothing Syrup tor children teething, softens t he gunis, reduce* inttammal ion. allay * pnin. cure* wind colic. "V .? tart tie. Cholera Is again rava.giug ?v?rfti IV, .--iia pi. fill OXI5 ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleau&nt and refreshing to the taste, and acta fenlly yet promptly on the Kidneys, iiver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Bvrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the tasto and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable subetaneee, its many excellent qualities commend it to till and have made it the most popular remedy known. 8yrup of Figa is for sale in 50 Cent bottlcH by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM FMAMGISCO, CAL. torn vim. nr, new tonx, ** "THE KANGAROO COURT." A TJNIQUB FEATUB8 OB LIFK AMONG IMPRISONED TRAMPS. Trial of Prisoners by Their Fellows to Collect Tobacco Money?Kxperlencr In a County Jail. WRITING about "Clulr Life Among Outcasts," in Harper, Joaiah Flvnt, who haa lived with tramps and i it a a a snows tuem ueuer, pernaps, man any other author, aaya: The most interesting of these imprompta olubs is the one oalled in the vernacular "The Kangaroo Court." It is found almost entirely in county jails iu which patty offender* and persous awaiting trial are confined. Dor-, ing the day the prisoners are allowed the freedom of a large hall, and at night they lodge in cells, the looks of which are sometimes fastened and sometimes not. The hall contaius tables, benches, daily papers, aud, in some instances, stores and kitchen utensils. The prisoners can and do walk, jump aud play various games. After a while these games become tiresome, and "The Kangaroo Court" is formed. It consists of all the prisoners, and *he officers are elected by mom. me positions tbey ii 11 afo the 'judgeship," the "searchership," tho "spankership" and general "juryship." To illustrate the duties of those various officials. I shall give a personal experience in a county jail in New York State. It was my first encounter with "The Kangaroo Court." I had been arrested for sleeping in an empty "box-oar." The watohman found me and lodged me in the station-house, where I spent a most gloomy night wondering what my punishment would be. Early in the I morning I was brought before "the squire." He asked mo what my name might be, and I replied that "it might be Billy Rjce." j "What are you doing around here, Billy?" he queried further. | "Looking for work, your Honor." "Thirtv ilavs.'1 h*> at- m? find I was led away to the jail proper. I had throe companions at the time, ami after we had pained tho sheriff aud liis clerk, who had noted down all | facts, imaginary and otherwise, that we had cared to giro him about our | family histories, we were ushered pellmell into the large hall. Surrounded in a twinkliug by the other prisoners, we were asked to erplnin our general principles and misdemeanors. This over, and a few salutations exchanged, a tall and lanky rogue cried out in a loud voice: "The Kangru will now klect." There were about twenty present, and they soon planted themselves about us in a most solemn manner. .Some rested on their haunohes, others lounged against the walls, and still others sat quietly on the flag-stones. As soon as entire quiet had been reached, the tall fellow, who, by-thewav, was the judge, instructed a halfgrown companion, whom he nickuamcd "the searcher," to bring his charges against the new-comers. He i approacUed us solemnly and iu n most I conventional manner, and said: "Prizners?you is charged with ! bavin" boodle in yer pockets. Wha' I does ye plead?guilty or not guilty?" 1 was the first in line, and pleaded not guilty. 4<Are ye willin' to be senrched?" asked the judge. "I atn, your Honor," I replied. I Then the searcher inspected all my pockets, tho liniug of my coat, the leather band lusule my hat, my shoos -itul socks, and finding nothing in the shape of money, declared that I was guiltless. "You are discharged " exclaimed tue judge, and the jurymen ratified the decision with a grunt A youug fellow, a vagrant by profession, was the uext case. He pleaded uot guilty, and allowed himself to he searched. But unfortunately he had forgotten a solitary eeut which was in his vestpocket. It was quickly confiscated, and he was remanded for trial on the charge of contempt of the "Kaugru." The uext victim pleaded guilty to the possessioc of thirtv-six cents, and was relieved of half. The last man, the guiltiest of all, although he pleaded innocence, was found out, and his throe dollars were taken away from him instanter; ho too, vu charged with contempt of court. His case oame up soon after the preliminaries were over, and he waa sentenced by the judge to walk the length of the corridor one hundred and three times each day oi his confinement, besides washing all the dishes used at dinner for a week. i After all the trials were over, the confiscated money was handed to the genuine turnkey, with instructions that it be invested iu tobacco. Later in the day the tobacco was brought iuto the j At 1 and enuallv divided urn on g all the prisoners. The next day J, with tbo other late arrivals, was initiated as a member ol the Kaugaroo Court. It was a very simple proceeding. I had to promise that I would always do my share of the necessary cleaning aud washing, and also he honest and fair in judging the cases which might come up for trial. Since then I have had opportunities of atnding other Kangaroo Courts, but they have all been very mach like i the one I hav* just described. They A see Both aoelaliatlo andf , ! and at times the/ are funny. Bat wherever they are the/ cotnnieud the respect of jailbirds, aud if a prieoaer ' insults the court,he *f punished rerj I severely. Moreover, it avails him < nothing to complain to the authorities. He has toe many against him, and the best thing he can derss to beI ootne one of them as soon as uoeaibte. DKLBCT HirrniM, i { Clay County, Illinois, Km 50,040 ncres of orchards A small colony of about forty leper* has been established in Villoiak, in Eastern Siberia. The ooins of Siam __ are^tmde of poroelain. Those of Japan made principally of iron. Daring the past year the batter exports of' Victoria, Australasia amounted to $5,000,000. A couple at Proridenoe, B. I., met ' for the lirst time, fell in lore, became betrothed and were married fftside of an hour. The practice of inoculation as a means of preventing disease was described by a modern Greok writer, Ti , mono, in lYliJ. "The Sword of Bunker Hill" came from the pen of William Bom Wallace, a Kentaokian. The musie was the work of Bernard Covert. A California farmer trapped an eagle that had been carrying off his lambs. It weighed twenty pounds and measured seven feet from tip to tip. Workmen found after a landslide near Port Washington, New York City, the other day, a thirty-twopouud cannon ball imbedded several feet in the ground. The bark Amy Turner has just com pleted a passage trom Hong Kong, China, to Baltimore, McL, in eightyeight days, breaking all sailing reoords for the distance. Cayoayo, a West Indian Island, is inhabitated exclusively by turtles, some of which grow to an enormous size. Attempts to establish human habitations on the island have always failed. The Arctio fox shows the greatest ehange in the color of its coat throughout the year. It summer its ooat is aar* Dine, ?na grauuauy lightens until snow begins to fall, when it is pore white. George W Hall, of Marion Pnn?t?f Kentucky, ia seventy-eight years old and the father of twelve children, tea of whom are living He haa ninetyone grandchildren and fifty great grandchildren. Hail to the Ohief" ia a aong in the eeoond canto of Bpott'fr^Jradjr of the L?ake." It ia a boat song, designed to imitate thoae of the Soottiah boatmen. | The melody waa written by 9ir Henry Rowley Biahop. There ia good reason to believe that the kychonophane, for tmoh ia the nearest approximate to the Japanese name of the chrysanthemum obtainable in our spelling, has been cultivated in Japan for centuries, and its use aa a decoration for services ren dered to the State ia, in Japan at least, venerable in its.antiquity. How a Fish Cornea to the Sari ace. A curious physiological discovery baa been made in the past year by Professor Bohr, of Copenhagen, in regard to the mode of storage bj which a fish accumulates so maoh oxygen in the air that distends the swimming or air bladder. The air contained therein has a per* centage of oxygen that may rise to as much as eighty-five, au amount much in oxc638 of the percentage in atrnospheric air. Professor Bohr tapped the air bladders v codfish and drew off the gas by means of a trocar and air tight syriuge. The gas had fifty* two per cent, of oxygen. In a few hoars the air bladder was refilled, apparently by a process of seorefion of gas from the blood in capillaries on the wall of the bladder. In one experiment the gas thus secreted had eighty per oent. of oxygen. When the nerves connected with the organ were severed, the secretion ceased and the organ was not refilled. T? ?I fi-i- i *? ?uiiq nnio mat w UCU 1% UBU UQ* oends to a great depth, and his bo<lj is rednced in size by increased pressure of the water about him, he is able to attain his former site by seoreting the gas he needs, and not by absorbing it from the water. Support is thus given to the theory that the gaseous exokanges that occur in the lungs of animals are not purely physical. ?Baltimore Sun. A Valuable Invention. The invention of George Harley, a fouodryman. of a process of making malleable iron of excellent quality direct from molds has been proved a unn/ioaa ai onf o ^ ?^ 1 u<4wvti?i mv kooimi uinut' Ob Qpnu^OVlU| Ohio. Harley claims that his invention vwill revolutionize iron-making, and this prediction is borne out by tho opinion of experts. The discovery is amid to surpass in importance that made by Beasemer. Mr. Harley's process iron is made from an endless furnace, with a peculiar method of controlling the admission of air, by which a thoroughly molten condition of iron is obtained.?Detroit Fros Press. , g Gov't official invesi S the Great Internatioi ]S World's Fairs whe 35 competition with oth It makes the fines most wholesome bre; More economical tha g' ing agent | ?OYAL QAKINCi CO. An Eeli|?e of tin I?m. An ecliwse of the moon takes place when the body of the earth oomea be* tween the amn and the cnoou. The ann is at night time under our feet at the other aide of the earth* and tho earth throws a long shadow upward. If the moon enters into this shadow it is plain that the sunlight is partly or wholly out off, and since the moon ! shines by no light of her own. but I only by borrowed light from the sun, I it follows that when the moon is buried in the shadow ail the direct light is intercepted and she must lose her brillisnoy. Thus we obtain what is called a lunar eclipse. It is total if the moon be entirely in the shadow. The eolipse is partial if the moon be | only partly in the shadow. The lunar 1 eclipse is risible to ererybody on the dark hemisphere of the earth if the olonds will keep ont of the way, so that usually a great many more people can see a lunar eolipee than a solar eclipse, which is only risible from a limited part of the earth. Plaoe a lighted candle at one end of the table and oall it the son. A yard away front the caudle place a football and oall it the earth. A few inehpa away fTest the fo'fttball plaoe Utennft ball and oall it the moon. Ton will notioe that the light from the oandle shines on the football bat not on the tennis ball, which is in the shadow of the footbalL In the same way the light from the sun at the time of an eclipse falls on the side of the earth turned toward it. hut nnk r?n thn moon, which is in the shadow of the earth. This is, therefore, a total eolipee, because the moon is entirely is the shadow of the earth. In Ohina the prediotion of an eclipse an important matter, as the lives of prinoes supposed to be dependent upon them. In faot, an eolipee which took plaoe in the year 2169, B. 0., cost several of the Chinese astronomers their lives, as they had not calculated it rightly. It was considered high treason to expose prince# to snob a danger without forewarning them An Enrtlsh Society Note. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Wei?*r is t* be the Gold Stick in Waiting at the drawing room to-morrow, and Sir Simon MacdonaldLookhart will be on doty in the Throne Room as Silver Stiok. ?Westminster Gazette. ^ What an ordinary man eats sfcj and the way he cats it would 7/ be enough to give dyspepsia at to an ostrich?unless the os# trich were wise enough to asM ^sist his digestion from time to time with an efficient combination o vegetable ex^^^^ ^^W/Utracts. Such a m l^^Tpreparation is J* W ^affir Dr. Pierce's ^ ?\ They are the pills a % -par excellence Ayfor those who sometimes eat the wrong things and too much. They stimulate action in all of the digestive organs. They stop sour stomach, windy belchings, heartburn, flatulence and cure constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, sick headache and kindred derangementa. Notice to Mill Men And farm* onint Mtil powsr Tha 6n*it ud morn cumi l'U Maw Mill tn m ttracs to-day, m maatfar tu tad b* ti>a l>rl.O ?4'll MIIX M'tHi.VO.. 3AO lilahlnKi A?r.. Atlanta, 4Jn. T?* ltd prtca at World'* Fair at (%iotfo. All >1im. from 4 fc< p. nptoth* lirfMt hMHMMM Naad for eatal<'(u? ik iwn'f w improraiBf-ta: a an. of Pnrtahla Corn Mills, Baling PrsrM snd Tarbino Watar W baste, Puliny* and Shafting and all kindaof anill suppl as. KING POWDER S rest and strongest# K tfder made. It has |E award at the U. S. 3 tigation, and at all B ial Expositions and ffi rcver exhibited in ? t, lightest,-Sweetest, 9 'if!** % r' *"' em*, anu pastry. w in any other IeaVen- ? t? wau. sr.,wew-vonG Br ? f3WSSKJI??SPRIlS/-^ " .... " .x JL frw Thai Own fwad. a Tkore is a tree at Aftwi, <kf whioh ia a property holder la the nriy pari of the oontary the lead an which it eiaada vu owned byOWoeat W. H. Jackson, who took great deUal* ia voVshiug ita growth and Mtiorta* ita ehede, la hia old age the tree hill reached neagnidoeat purport ioaa, and the thought of ita heiag destroyed bp those who would come after him WM ao repugnant that ha reeordad a deed eonreyijQg to it ell land within a re AS - a .J - A a e .? a ? was 01 agai reet ox K. Bt-lSililm. By bi-mettliia is meant the legal obligation of a Motional mint to coin both gold and silver at a fixed ratio between the two metals, ooapled with a lew giving debtors the power, unless prevented by speoial oootraoi. to [ satisfy thoir oreditaca by lajawl ta -V either of the metale thae ooiaed.?Mow York Dispatch. || TO AVOID THIS uflia D0. TETTERINE \'T i?^iS?ig[ 9muI?M^AN' k XwssppheCM/IIOWW W. ,~^ ^f 3.WP0UCC.3 SOLES. f ?*!&?!?*. i ^ jflM?z.*i9BMSBnani. 'X^snafe* M<SK Over Om MltUoo PNfttvtirUM W. L. Donglas $3& $4 Shoes They give the beet vehee for the money. TTuii Tks pfic#? ?ro iNHlMVii^MttHKpM oo ftee>ito|jMy<>e>rp<liii tehee. HyowtWAlBf?ai>eoti?epp>y rmwoe. Iltt ?WAUA>?*? It' tofUMJlk Batter than mineral water*?. Well. I should mite. Three donn In a box, and , You can carry dz In your met pocket Taka one every night. After dinner, or at bed time.' It beat* Congreae water all hettew. Or Kiaftongen. jtiniMvtjii un ik buoy, The effect U better, end When ron trerel tt metn frrtjkLJ I nm en eld traveler And I get thing* down tine. 4 Ripans Tabute Is worth mere Then eny spring tn existence > ' \ hete n dreaght t - r