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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-6, Page 6irtebacribers who do not receive their pain 'regularly will please notify us at once. tpply at the °Mee for advertising rates. 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. • 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, ' • SUR rilig ya1111111811011 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." • 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. 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