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THE EXETER ADVOCATE.
TliCIZSDAY, MAY .75. 1SC'S.
Facts in a Few Lines.
ete -" trice is the sax:: eth pax t of, a second.
The anegage rate of witges In.orea is
15 cents a day.
Stooriet.liowere are nein to stand drought
better than any q• ce.
Antiyeties Mall near New Zealand,
zites named beietuee. direct:1r apposite
Lentiere
The :Mennonites who refuee to carry
armee. :ere ex:reined in the Russian any as
nee, eettilacant s.
Tte east of tuaintailt.inga. eavairv seddier
and ;terse the Brizieh arnnyi tout
Cnk3 ;iv: annum.
The rides wieh whigh the Indian border
trinee eay oneinar stragetie against
Great 13eitairi ate neiiie It:nee-land.
itiatesty" was tirst given
te lactate
Xi Frenniete. Before tirat tiene
severeigas were asizatia; etyled " ,
.0ess," •
It is said that tne. amount expended on
;inter Yeeee's nay in Paris far eineeteneaes
a-iiezei exceeds einti..ei, fame:. or $iadetiee.
. ,an r neve that
Chta-tiane make better eainiers
titan tenni vete two nave liber.al in their',
retigtate inn:neer:it
inceret shitstren ie siowiy tut steedity
dee:lining. In ben there were- nin candi-
einiee for eaeniinatain for mastera' mates
gra in lea) euiy
le. ;6 eennputed tnae all the houeetti In
Lentlen ca -el New Yerte (maid le lasilt ottt
• tatt ittva-titteeteribtit try Niesunitta siace
tne nret reeeria. erninion.
Fite acee. !Mule in Germany 1..7
twietitte wiled iritc, a rope, cutting ie into
eliert lengths mid ilietetng the Is a tte
pieens ir:triii)ezienten
Otanninees were orieinally started in
naten talie. tey ine.1 out, nowever,
atel were not reviee itent Two 'es
leiter :test were inn -anal in Landon.
nnefire is no ttriee r the ei:enraltedise
cf eettntia. te: la, ;tail etattee aro :eft
ta veraints iti en nen!. They
vati te "reidurinir, :die Si:17y."
Neat ta ^.s..:Aiie it is believed tnat
Zateuneee eatie. e•r !nee wine. is the ottieet
• n orerie.. tiranien nraa, its uee
nai an ulaelan,L. zusr-r
'A tee eity at' Fleseined. e...enieetariates '
1044.? 7:',A)711 ineas aneenteared
y.hiran for a. ;nit:lie linrary.
dine: e are ateer inn.; t
A elffrlitzin SZaTi,'...,,^:an laert seareh- •
ine roe:mete ef ient. antni Tee lea
rese.iieti t ize,oes of I:3 eet'llre.frer
Mete of the " enia titten."
ee: lege leant dte eleitaiiih tl.
1`;'..' da dinntiese. that rive Elan -1i of to -
nee t tie, ittere reel:Ong:ea to tile
't Lane yeare :ant inert it. (leis to
peye etilaey to a frefeenental
tera tea,.. wie., la a; en:ea:Ma :lea it ti-
t:age
in in tne etataire permit -
ten 1-.,) r;i4==
intienivens inn lifiteten. where intentens
/and as teeetrre a ;viten: ne eeent nest
,year of re atreei where his teiieet
ciaid wait awe!, 3s tin- titiat t
aelett."
An Itittna -h etetle. aaert. !me ;neural ont
ttat in the eime rate flir-
t: ate net tier
A titer:. iseil te: eau:, io.=r=r=:nr• tt)
t!:0
Thera le dareide e: ;nine oat a cold.
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by
eia r.t! ,r.:„ their lutig=r,
a r;lir=ri„ ti 'they w. -re. owl tee st ;11 of
.tne estpaynclion tin? tleotused inektee
eindainstemptive aerata hefore it was
tea lane, their Ile,- would have been
seared, Tine rareitene bee no equal for
cariug reneths, colds itati ail ziffections of
tie reat auti iniege.
EiDard'S L1dut t Ifflr,i,arMall'S Friend
A gene or Humor.
"Charley, dear,- seta young Uwe Tor -
Iglus, "you know you. Mier/ to Say that
had no settee of hunter."
"That is true. But I must confess you
are getting on,"
"1 am glad to hear you say so. And I
have a treat in store e you. Pretty soon
1am going to ask pm for a spring bonnet,
and I want you to laugh and be good na-
tured, just as you do when you read of
such things." -Washington Star.
Game Enough.
"Is football a game?" asked the for-
eigner.
"Dunne," was the reply, "but football-
ers are. When a man breaks both his legs
and dislocates his spine and then won't go
off the field until the play is over, you bet
bent game. Yes, sir." -Pick Me 17p.
Materials for Birds' Nests.
Birds have curious ways in the selection
of materials for their nests. An oriole's
best found by M. Parcey Plaideau near
Lille, Belgium, was composed of white
'wool and. Morse telegraph paper, which
the bird. had to go two miles to the nearest
telegraph office to get. It might be sug-
gested that the bird knew in some way
bow warm a covering paper makes, but
then we hear of nests near Besancon,
France, made of watch spring steel, and a
bird is told of that robbed a St. Bernard
dog of his hairs to tonstruct a nest.
Much distress and sickness in children
is caused by worms. Mother Graves'
Worm Exterminator gives relief by re-
moving the cause. Give it a trial and be
convinced.
A Reformed Pirate. .
"Mamma, you know that penny you
gave Dickie to help lava new battleship?"
"Yes, Bobby; what of it?"
"Goin' to school, he said warwas wicked
ea' he spent it for candy."
"Quick -cure" (for horses and cattle)
from 60c. per tin to 25c,
Not So Loud.
"Snodgrass isn't such an advocate of
thi annexation of Canada as he used to
be." rematked Tnilduff.
"'You won't hear hina speak of such a
tb lig until all danger of war with Spain
Is.ver" replied Skidmore.
As for Minard's Liniment and take no (AIM
PANAMA'S BIG DITCH.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCAVATION
NOW GOING ON,
A our of :the Canalatt rtas Cot . 4
euerter of a Dillion Dollars. and Is
ot.Half Done-S,SCO Laborers at
Wok -Will France Complete tbejab?
(Special Correspondence.)
PanainaantSpecialnia.For the last three
rs la000 men have been steedily Work-
men here on the Panama, Canal. • There are
3,n00 negroes at work here to•day, arid a
renlarkable *mount of cutting, dredging
and bending un of nirth everks has been
lecompliebed. I nave gone over the rotate
the canal and have teicen a number of
pare:in-graphs of the work as it is la
March, 1808. 1s wonting I went ma
the ears out to the Culebra cut and
watched. $00 men workiag there, and was
.d that there were naithe employed
within thine milee a. where I stood. The
Culebra is the highest point on the canal
route,. The ecieue"was a busy ane. Leas
trains a iron care loaded With reek and
env limed over the eanal tfaC4S. carry-
ingithe excavated nitieerials and dumpitig
them on the banks. tenni:nese eteel
dredges., each as mil ae twoatory lumee
and reit tonnes as big ite thelargeet
tag, machine. gouged clue lecke and
gravel, and caulking up loads: of this
heavy materiat th lt iron buttliets fase-
eneel to Vito endless e!ins. carried them
hig.it late the air and pained them out
luta curn Hero ;30 .nituaiea negeoes were
drilling totes. in the reek for immense
ebarges of dynamite. :tad from aWaY over
tiwror at tlto right eame the boom.
Leone of the •explesione of another gang
mile antra. At the: station of Emperatior,
a few mina farther on, seven etiornious
seeedges werii twouping up reek alai rats.
ing it in breelitits, ieteh of which would
halal Mato than a big barrel. Coneeeted
with eatitt driqlga Wa-Tii trail' linen upon
which the loaded buckets were earried ti
the air off to the Feints where the rock
was needed. There were other trains of
iron ears here drawn rapidly along by
sereenhing beomotivee, and 1.000 negreee
levee. cliggiug deavn men,. loading vare and
drillind tor the blesting. 1 had letters
from the chief nft1 u the canal bete
at Panama direeting that everything was
tei shown me, and I was able through
thiati to gut some idea of the eontlitien
air:tire teiday. There is no doubt but titet
the wo11e. now bean d.ono is honest,
ectontimical and :nine:live. and also that it
the preeenc erimrany had enough money
the,y ;amid earrnalitte the eanal. As to juet
haw lantell they need I have not been
able ter aieetzeiri. 1 ask.ed, the chief of
TilE PAN XMA CANAL.
conetruetion toelity what amount he
Ilannitht was no vaary. He hr t! his
shoutaers auti nti-ed his hand- .inti his
eyebrows as he replied: "A great elan! A
greet sum I"
13ut before I further describe tbe work
that is being done now let me give you
the story of the venal in a nutshell. The
Isthmus of Panama is mueh like the
neck of an hour -glass, of which North
America, and South America are the two
globes. It is a wonderfully slender and
an exceedingly tough piece of land. It is
about as long as the distance between
Washington City and Boeton via New
York, and ranges in width from 118
miles to about 30 miles. Low mountains
run irregularly through it. It bas plat-
eaus and plains, and near the coase
swamps and moraeses. Where the canal
is being cut the distance from one coast
to the other as the crow flies is mobably
not more than 40 miles, but the railroad
line is 47 miles long, and the route laid
oue for the Panama Canal is still shorter.
Some of the mountains of the Isthmus
are over 1,600 feet high. Along the line
of the canal the highest elevation is at
the Culebra ridge, the point that I visited
to -day.
The canal begins at the Port of Colon,
or, as you may call it, Aspinwall, though
Colon is the name used here. Colon is
not far from the mouth of the Chagres
River, on the little island of Manzanillo,
and at the terminus of the Panama Rail-
road. Starting here, the line of the canal
runs through the valley of the Chagres,
cutting the stream in meny places, until
at about fourteen miles or more the
ground rises irregularly until it reaches
the top at Culebra,. There is all told
about twelve miles of deep cutting to be
done, and thence to the sea the excava-
tion is comparatively easy. Tbere is much
worse rock on any of our railroad lines
than that of the Culebra. One difficulty
is in taking care of the waters of the
Chagres River. This is now about 800
feet wide and two feet deep. It looked
little more than a creek when I passed
along it yesterdaynbut in the wet season
it sometimes rises 30 feet in a night and
bears along everything in its floods. This
river and the big excavation are the en-
gineering problems of the canal. De
Lesseps's idea was to hold back the
Chagres by a big dam and let it out
gradually. The Chicago engineers who
made the Chicago drainage canal and
who are now in Nicatagua said vehile
here the other day that the Mapes could
be easily controlled, and also after looking
over the entire route of the canal ven-
tured the statenaen't that the building of
a sea level or a lock canal here was feasi-
ble.
The French chief of construction who
showed me over the Culebra cutting to-
day told me he considered the caaal more
thari half done'. This is probably a rosy
view ot the work, and I am told by
others that one-third would be nearer
the proper figure. The old company
veoriteci eight years, and during much of
this time had. an average of 10,000 men
In their employ. They spent a quarter of
a 'billion dollars and excavated about 65,-
000,000 cubic: yards of earth and rock,
Then the bubble beret, and this new
company was formed. They nave spent,
am told, only about $6,000,000, and
have tuade a big cue in the work for the
money. At Culebra the cutting at the
deepest point is now about 226 feet, and
75 feet of this was done by this company.
The top of the (Mon looks higher as you
stead in the cat than a 20 -story New
York Ilan and tho ravine shows the Ica
nxentrity of the work. The newcompany
are now very nearly out or money. They
are preparing . for a canal cominiasion
from Paris, which will probably be here
before this letter is published. Everything
is being painted up for the .oceasion. as
the' future of the canal largely depends
upon the report of the connnissioters. If
It should be favorable it is said by the
French here that enough 'rummy will be
raised, to complete the work, but if not
it will probably be given up or sold. The
eitireates of amountrequiren to complete
the work range ail the way from
000,000 upward, and it is probable that -
$150,000,000 is somewhere near the proper
figure. - -
The canal may be built. It probably
will be built, but that France alone will
buildit doe§ . not now seem among the
possibilities.: •
FRANK G. CARPRNTER.
JAMES PAYN.
The Deceased latteeateur was First a
Poet. Then a Journalist, and
Finally a Novelist.
James Pape, whose demise in England
Wa$ chronicled the other day, was horn
im nheithan ia ie30, was ethic:lain at
Eton, Woolwielt and Trinity Collo:nen
Cambridge, his university emetate follow.
.Th3IES
in a short perieel as subeitern in the
Sixtieth Regiment, the Rosin Rifles. Ile
made his aelvent into ineraturdas aPon)
hut developing an editorial capacity W-
eenie editor that of Chambers' Joarnal
and then of the Ctarithili Maenzine. nor
tunny years he Wits reader for Smith
Elder, the pablisher, and it was upon his
seleetion that the firm -secured eona: of
its Lest work of lietion. His first novel
was "A Fatuity eleapegrace," which was
Mewed by "Lost $ir niessinriara,"
whieh gem hint a etieure place aiming rho
writers Of fietion of the second rank.
Shortly afterwerd he wrote "By Proxy."
strenger story than "Lost Sir 'Mese:mei
bird," with a wealth nf Chineee ,'dor
and effect. It never displaYeti "Sir :dant-
laniard," however, in mailia favor, and
the title page of Mr. Paeans boons:a; they
issued, three a year, with unvarying
regularity, always yerried the line,
"Author of 'Lost Sir Massingbird."'
Altogether Mr. Payn wrote sixty Or
more thrmayolutne novels, lett he never
surplteeed the two which gave hnia
assured reputation. lie Amnon, with euro
all some of crime, and hie hook, " The
Confidential Agent," was one trt real
Ineria lie ewe:laded George ngustus
Ua as writer of ligbt volumes in the
Illustrated London News, and with his
Weelth of personal reminiettettee and
cheerful and kindly criticism coutributed
to the mews of thee: paper. Sopto of bis
more important bnoke not named above
are " That Luck of laments," "Carlyon's
Year," "Not Wooed But Won," and "At
Her Mercy:" „Rh; recent novels were cast
on facetious lines and he wrote an tnnuS •
ing book, entitled "Some Literary Recol-
lections," and another,. autobiographical.
called "Gleams of 'Memory."
Mr. Payn's only daughter married
Leslie Stephen. It was his boast that he
had never walked three squares in Lon-
don. and that he was the most profitable
patron of the hansom me in tho world.
THE ZEROGRAPH.
It Embodies the Features of the Tele-
graph and Telephone and Will Prove
of Great Value in Warfare.
An invention of the German engineer,
Leo Karam, the zerograpb, was exhibited
recently before Emperor William and a
large assemblage of officials and expert
electricians, and the result of the trial is
the prophecy that the present mode of the
transmission of telegraphic and telephonio
messages is to be very much improved
by the introduction into tbe Governmental
service of the new apparatus. The most)
important advantages of the zerogeaph
are that it works as well with wire con-
neotion as without, and is perfectly
susceptible to the delicate aerial electric
influence of wireless telegraphy; a mes-
sage sent by means of this apparatus can
be received sianultaneo-usly by a number
of receiving stations; a message can be
received and transferred without the
necessity of an attendant being at hand,
TRH ZBROGEAPH.
and it is quite suffictient for these pur.
poses if the instrument be connected with
the ordinary telephonic wire. The experi.
ments made before tbe Emperor Were
eXiirellaely satisfactory, and the monarch
promeraced himself highly pleased with
the prospect of being able to have it
mierated along with the telephone, with
the consequence that orders given, which
might be anigunclorstood by telephone,
can be transmitted now without a pos-
sible doubt of their oorreetness, as every
apparatus does the work of an independ-
exit telegraph, station.
The apparatus itself looks verymuch
like a typewriter. but differs from all
existing apparatus in that it is entirely
automatic and does not require any at-
tonda,nce for the purpose of receiving a
message,
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A NONA SCOTIA N FARMER TELLS
1101Y RE REGAIN.ED itEALTH.
Had Suffered From Acute Rheumatism
and General Debility -scarcely Able to
Do the Lightest Work.
Erma the Actalien, Wolfyille, N. S.
Oue a the most prosperous and in-
telligent farmers of the village of
Greenwick. N. is Mr. iiklanand Man-
ning. Anyone intinaate with Xr.
Manning knows him as a man of stx oug
integrity and veracity, so that every
contideace can be placed in the infore
mailer:, which be gave a reporteti of
the Acadien, for publication the other
day. During a very pleasant inter-
view he gave the following statements
of his severe suffering; and recovery
"Two years ago last September," said I
Mr. Manning, "I was taken with an
acute attack of rheumatism. I had ,
not been feeling well for some time
previous to that date, having been
troubled with sleeplessness and getter- i
al debility. My constitutien seemed
completely run down. Beginning in
the small of my back the pain soon
passed into roylip, where it remained.
without intermission,and I became a
terrible sufferer. Al winter long I
was scarcely able to do any work and
it was only with the aciitest of suffer-
ing that I managed to hobble to the
barn each day tc$ do my chores. I ap-
pealed to medical men for help but
they failed to bring any relief. At
last I decided to try Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills and with their use came A
complete and, lasting cure. I had not
usetf quite three boxes when I began
to feel decidedly better, I continued
using them until twelve boxes had
been consumed, when my complete re-
covery warranted me in discontinuing
their use. I have never felt better
than since that time. My health seems
to lia,ve improved in every way. Dur-
ing the pa. -,t summer I worked very
hard but have felt no bad effects. The
gratitude 1 feet to Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, none but thote who have suffer-
ed as I have and been cured, ean
predate.
An analysis shows that Dr,
Wil-
lunus' Pink Pills contain in a con-
densed form all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the
blood and retort' shattered nerves.
They are an unfaiiing specific for such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Via us' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head-
ache'uni. the after effects of la grippe, pal-
pitatof the heart, nervous prostra.
tion, all diseases depending upon
vitiated humors in the blood, E•uch as
scrofula, chroztie erysipelas etc. They
are also a speeille for troubles peculiar
to females, such as suppressions, irrog-
ularities and all forms of weakneSe.
They build up the blood and restore
the glow of health to pale and. sallow
cheeks, In men they effect a radical
cure in an eases arieing from mental
worry, overwork., or exeesses of what-
ever nature, Sold by all dealers or
sent post paid at Oc, a box or six boxes
for S2.00 by addreesing the Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Lizard Saved by Its Wit.
A remarlanble Ory ot a contest between
a melte and a lizard comes front Greenup,
Hy, Tho contest took placa in a cluster oj
saplings and la -ted foe nearly half a day.
The lizard would run tin a saline -et :bar
to the top anti path-P.:1y wait wane the
snake wound its way h i: ray up
the sapling. Then he would jump iroin
the top of the tree to the ground and the
snake would also fling it -elf from the tree,
both striking the ground about the same
time, but before the snake could get him -
:elf straightened out the lizard, which did
not have to uncoil, would scale up another
sapling. Then the snake would repeat its
efforts to procurea dinner. , The snake,
not being a ready climber, was at a great
disadvantage in the contest, and after
many efforts apparently gave it up as a
fruitless job.
The proprietors of Parnaelee's Pills are
constantly receiving letters similar to the
follovvineewhich explains itself. Mr, John
A. Beam, 'Waterloo, Ont., writes "I
never used any medicine that can equal
Parmelees Pills for Dyspepsia or Liver
and Kidney Complaints. Tbe relief ex-
perienced after matte- them was wonder-
ful." As a safe family medicine Parme-
lee's Vegetable Pills can be given in all
cases requiring a Cathartic.
Mabel and the Pigs.
Little Mabel and her mother were walk-
ing along a country road, when some pigs
attracted her attention. What particular-
ly excited Mabel's curiosity was the twist
in their tails, and, after studying them for
awhile, she exclaimed:
"Oh. mal 'wonder if the dranma pig
puts their tails up in paper every night ?"
"Quick.cure" destroys the germs,
called cocci, that cause boils and car-
buncles, reduces the inflammation and
removes all pain.
Qualified.
"Miss Dashiy, why do you always insist
upon having that old Mrs. Slowly as your
chaperon?"
"The poor thing is so near-sighted that
she can't see more than ten feet. I pay
her well."
Kinard's Liniment is used by Physicians
Forfeited Delights.
"Grumpy says,he saved 51,000 extra last
year."
tnidow was that?"
"Gave his wife 5500 not to go near a bar-
gain counter."
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bronio Quinine Tableta. All
Druggists refund themeney if it fails to Cure. ffie
• Wants One that Will Not Go.
"Why in the world is Slyly hunting
about for a balky horse ?"
"He dreamed that he would have to join
the cavalry in case of war."
The Quid:cure Co., Limited, heave
re ade a reduction in the price of `Quick -
cure" ; 25c. Dot now 15c., 50c, pot now
me., $1,00 pot now 50c.
Pawnshop Talk.
Superintendent -Johnnie, what do you
make out of the expression, "They rent
:their garments?"
,nohnnie--Three golden ball, eta."
SHE GOT THE CAPE.
The 82,17::::;:m IrjuPm0d,rizaed1).,
"It did ate good just to see them," the
short, stout saleswoman said to the tall,
lean fitter at' the two met at the drawer
where they were patting away things.
"See who?" was the inquiry made
with a pin between the teeth, as the
Atter measured inches on a coat shoulder.
"That couple that went out of here
just now. r ou must have noticed a big,
gaveny man from the country and a girl
dressed up to the mines all itt cheap
feathers and pink ribbon. Red a big
sambel aloug with them "
"Relieve 1 did see them," said the tit,
ter without taking the pin front, her
enoutlx. "A bride" pair?"
"Going to be. About the first of the
m.ontlh think, g5 Is helping to piak
out the bridal outfit The girl is young -
about 19, I slaould Say. She wanted, a
velvet cape, a shoulder cape, but sho
couldn't go over $10,"
"The idea of anybody expecting to get
a velvet cape for 510," said the neter;
"just like these greenhorns. How did 10
come °Or
"She wanted jet trimminea lace and
all that for the $10, The cheapest thing
we have in that line, you know, is
$12.00, eau tbat's no great shakes. Well,
the girl tried the obeapese one on and
was delighted with it. She wouldn't be a
bad -looking girl if somebody put decent
corsets on her owl showeti her now 54
dress. The groom Weed the cape, too. Re
tolil her she looked like A peach in it and
praised her up so that silo turned ell
colors. Ile even asked my opinion as to
how it looked, However, she hauled it
off at once %viten CIio beard the price, but
her dice fell to zero and ehe looked very
early reedy to cry when the sahl that
After all she believed a coat would be
more useful and plotted up the 510 eaat
she had tried on.'
"Well, so it would be more useful."
aid, the fitter, jebbing her pins in line
an exact distance from the armhole and
41101d:tuts, the garment to view. "Did she
"No; the got the cape," wee the answer,
'end I'm as muell ph''t abouu it as
She is, Time young fell 'sr -he is going to
Merry is a great, hulltie, elown, but he's
gat a big 'ware and as much delicacy as
a duke. Wheal the girl took the eape off
and looked so disappointed he motioned
to rao behind her back, holding out a
two dollar bill, and then he saki oitt lotult
Here, raise, is that the loweez you could
take for thls cape? She's hOlIght two
dresses and a pair ot shoes, and some
handerkerehlefs downstairs, and it seems
to ma you ought 50 melte her a better
price than that. The cape ain't worth a
cent aver 510."
pretended to consider a while, and
even walked away as though I went to
consult somebody in tho matter, While
the girl was examining the precious eape
for the fifth or sixth time, and I was
behind a sorcen Imaging up some cloaks,
he came behind there and gave me tbe
extra 52.00. 'Don't let her know, what -
over you do,' he whispered in a hurry.
'She'd never take it if elle dreamed I had
helped to pay for it. You make out that
you lot her lane it for ten. It's her wed-
ding cape, and I want her saeleiled.'
Then I Went up to the girl and told her
that as it was the last cape we hail of
that perticular kind we would let xt go
for $10."
"Well, I never." Find the fitter, drop-
ping her plus; "I didn't know before
that you were such an actress. Tho stage
is losing by your being here in the cloak
and suits' room."
"Who couldn't aot with that young
follow so dead set for his gill to hew the
cape, and sho so openly dleappointed?
She wasn't much more than a ohild.
You ought to have seen her thee wben I
told her she could have it. Why, she
just lit up all over, like a sunburst, and.
she handed out tile $10 hill in a jiffy and
went off wearing the new cape, as proud
as though it was silk velvet instead et
velours and was 'laud with real silk in-
stead of farmer's satin."
"What sort of trimming did it have
on it?" asked the fitter, resuming her
measurements.
"All sorts," was the answer. "It was
one of those with vandykee of jet lunning
up to the shoulders and a beaded collar,
and lace down the front. It was lined
with red. Of course at that price the vel-
vet had to be mean and flimsy to allow
for so nauch trimming, but the girl does
not know the difference. They have gone
down to the restaurant now to get lunoh.
I doubt if the young follow has much
money, but he's head over heels in love
with the girl, and he's as tender of her
as if she was made of crystal and likely
to fall to pieces in his hands any min-
ute."
"I do like to see real lovers," said the
fitter, with emphasis, as she turned up
the coat sleeve she held just three-quarters
of an inch. "It's nearly Innen time now;
you think, if we went down right at the
drop of the hat we'd see them eating to
gether?"
"Shouldn't wonder," was the answee.
"They are in town for the day, and,
judging from the way the pocketbooks
looxed I don't think they've got much
more shopping to do. They will probably
take a long time over lunch and then sit
around in the ladies' parlor and listen to
the musio until time to take the train."
Fascination by a Fox.
One day about three weeks ago a dairy-
man, who rents a few fields from the
Earl of Raldington, when out in his
fields noticed a pheasant roosting in a
tree about 12 feet from the ground.
Shortly after a fax came prowling through
the small plantation in which the tree
• grew, and quickly marked the bird. At
once it proceeded to run round the tree
In a narrow circle and at a rapid rate. Di
a very short tirae the pheasant fell from
itsroost, evidently hypnotized or rendered
giddy by watching the circular nareer ot
Mr. Reynard. Before it reached the
ground the fox bad it in its mouth and
scampered off. The dairyman • was so
amused with the performance that lie
made no effort to stop the fox. -London
Spectator. •
officials as Kidnappers.
The authorities in the government of
Samara, • Russia, have recently • been
actively engaged in the criminal pursuit
of kidnaping children. In the susulykski
dietriet all parents known to belong to
heterodox soots have bad their children
taken from them. The pollee ueually
xnake their visits in the middle of the
night, take the children out a bed, arid
carry them off in the cold night air in
spite of the entreaties of the parents.
Many peasants have lost their whole
faintly in this way. Tbis practice of kid-
naping children ie inoreaeing in all parts
of Russia.
How to Dress Well When
Money is Scarce.
DIAMOND DYES SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
In the past, Diamond Dyes have saved
hundreds of thousands of dollars to the
wise and thrifty women of this Country.
DionlOnd Dyes are money savers in every
home, for by their aid old, faded and caste.
gaff clothing cau be Made to look at fresh,
and stylish as new goods.
Diainoud Dyes are the only original and
only reliable package dy es, masi have never
had an equal, They are true friends a ben
money is scarce, and will solve the vex,
:Athens problem to how to make small in -
octanes Ceder increasing fatally demands.
Avoid imitations aud worthless dyes; sea
that your dealer supplies you with the
"Diamoud."
Write for book of directions and color
cerd; sent post free to any address by
Wells & Richardson 00., Montreal, P. Q.
The Value of Antiseptics.
d'he followiug facts were recently quitted
by Prof. Kober, of the Georgetown univer.
sity, itt illustration of the good that hail
Wen accomplished in hygiene through the
introduction of germicides and antiseptics.
During the Crimean war many tnore than
half the amputations that Were performed
resulted in tlte. death of the patient, the
exact percentage of mortality being 03.5,
During the Anterien civil war the lifer.
tality from amputation was still 48,7 per
cent. Then the new methods eat= to be
more and more employed, end in 1$00 the
Statistics of amputation showed that the
entertality was but 6.9 per cent
Mts. Celeste Coon, Syracuse, N. Y.,
writes: "For year:, I cettid not eae many
kinds of food without pro:Web:1g a \mim-
ing, excruelatitig rein in ray :Ammon. I
took Parmelee:. Ville accordiug to direea
tions under the heeti of IDetspepela or In-
digestion,' Clue box entirely cured me, I
can now eat auytning I choose, witlunia
distressing me in the leest." These Pills
do not cause pain or griping, and should
be used when a cathartic is required.
Goad wIm<l for nteobeters."
A wheel that will be appreciated by the
40W-ritlillfr brigade or military &entice has
an attachment of INVO steel fitepporte that
drop to the ground when a brakelike
appliance on the bindle bar is lightly
touched. 1.1p011 thew supports tbo bicycle
rests, atsl the rider can come to a stand-
still and UFO his leinds far any Punnann
without dismounting. When not in flee
the supports are foldect up against the
front fortis of the machine. The inventor
claims that by the, we of his littaClUllent
banes of military wheelmen etit c nue to
a sudden halt anti fire on the enemy and
reload their ride, wit hunt dismounting.
That Was No Surety,
He -What assurance led e yea that our
girl will not break auy mote things in the
bonse?
She-Sbe has given me Iter promise.
"1%01, she'll breelt tbat." Youkore
Statesman
Keep Minard's Limit in Km House.
Pay of Army Musicians.
It is probable that the military bands in
the United St itee will bo recognized. A
military band in that country consists of
28 men, made Int of two detailed from each
company. They are enly paid $15a month,
which is the alloWanee nlatle to an enlisted
man. In °Eller to live comfortably the
army musicians seek outside employment,
and the Inas:eel unions do n 5 like the
practice. Secretary Alger wants to have
the bands inereaeed to tie or tO pieces and
wages raised to Sao a month for the leader
and $e5 for the members of the bands,
Dear Sirs,—This is to certify that
I have been troubled with a lame
back for fifteen years.
I have used three bottles of your
MINARD'S LINIMENT and am
completely cured.
It gives me great pleasure to re-
commend it and you are at liberty to
use this in any way to further the use
of your valuable medicine.
Two Rivers. ROBERT Ross.
Lost His Nose Through Curiosity.
It is lucky for the human race that
everyone does not have to pay as dearly
for curiosity as a young man in New 'York
city. He was in a big store, when there
was some excitemene that drew a crowd to
the elevators. The inquiring young maxi
poked his nose through ono of the meshes
of the openwork door in an effort to see
what was going on below, and the descend-
ing elevator cut off the tip of his nose.
,a
A NEW WHEEL AT SMALL COST,,
The rainy season makes it very uncomfort•
able riding with tbe acelunulation Of mud and
the chances of being ridiculed for appropriating
city real estate, so be prepared for emergencies
and arm yourself with one of
BOECKH'S BICYCLE BRUSHES
which makes your wheel look like new and
does not scratch the enamel.
ASK YOUR DEALER
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