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The Floating Homes Of Bangkok.


Boats are the universal means OF con-
veyance and communication, and q
boat thus becomes necessary adjunct
Of every persons household TO Its dex-
trous use every child Il trained; men,
women and children are equally accus-
toned. Perhaps the most common form
is stout sklH about twenty-five feet
long, turning up very shapely and high
behind, like Venetian gondola. 1t Is
broad in the beam, and two thirds OF its
length is housed over, leaving little
nat deck In none and stu smaller one
behind. Behind stands the husband ana
sculls In front stands the w11e, rowing
and using . boat-hook to help their way
through the ciowds. The 'front.' OF the
boat is used for business, passengers or
cargo. The rear third Is given up to
family and domestic furniture.
For, mcredlpie as u may seem, we
soon see tnas each poat is tne nome OF
family, father, mother, glris, ana poys
who are born there, hve there, and dle
there. In the day time the cnndren ana
the furniture are crowded anto space
not over iour Ieet square - nlgnt tney
can spread OUT over greatel surface: l
looked INTO snese nomes WIN sseension'
and never couid enoueh woHaer ol az.
mire how closely all WAS packed, without
seeming to lo:tie orpalnfuhy crowd. ALSO
that the children lived SO happny ana
contentedly in space no greater than a
large sized Saratoga trunk II Is prop
ably tact tnat .here are many 1en-year,
olo enldIen ln DaneAoA nls:r r.: VIZ at1a;aht Hah
never wa'keaoSer s"ehsy asus saa - haaa nr'
ine, IN snort, WHO nave nesea ueen n un
!anu. DuS 'ueh, Wiz s.{ o. - r., ~ -,
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The Timber Question.

It is not at all strange that considera-
BILE anxiety should be manifested as to
where the future supply of lumber shall
be obtained, when the great forests OF
Michigan, from whence at present the
bulk of the timber is brought, shall have
been depleted. Many experienced deal
ers think that this will occur within ten
or fifteen years, and are already casting
about for q new field whence TO draw
their stock. Canada is coming into the
market somewhat, at present mostly with
sycamore lumber, which is made into
packing boxes for plug tobacco, and also
with excellent ship plank. But Canada
has immense forests of pine, spruce, and
hemlock, and the Ottawa, Saguenay, and
other rivers, are the channels by which
large amounts of lumber annually are
brought to market. Quebec. Toronto,
and Montreal are large depots for lum-
ber from the forests of the Dominion,
and some of the stock is sent by water
or rail even to the ship-yards of Maine,
itself great lumber State.
Buffalo is one of the chiefs of the lum-
Der markets of our country, its water
communication with the Michigan and
the upper lake regions especially favor
ing its development in this direction.
There are upwards of sixty-five firms,
Wholesale and retail, engaged in the lum-
ber business in that city. Planning mills
and box factories are becoming very
numerous, owing to the increased de-
| mand for manufactured lumber. That
this trade is in most healthy condition
is proved by the rapidity with which
stock is turned over, as well as the fire.
quent advance in prices. aii
In the manufacturing districts of
Michigan heavy advances have taken
place in almost all the grades of lumber.
In the vicinity of almost all navigable
streams in that section of country all the
best trees have been utilized, conse-
quently lumbermen are now compelled
to go farther back for supply, and the
cost of the pine log from the stump to
the mill has, therefore, been materially
| increased.
| To look at the immense RATS which
annually make their way down the Pc
| nobscot, the Kennebec, the Merrimac,
the Connecticut, the Hudson, and the
other principal rivers which draw their
| supplies from the New England States, q
tyro would say that the Eastern States
alone can furnish all the lumber needed
| for this continent; but the fact that the
center of the chief supply has gradually
moved west to the lakes, and that a
scarcity is already predicted there, indi-
Gates that in the near future all these
sources will be exhausted, and that we
must draw our supply of this great ar
ricle of commerce from still more distant
parts.-New York Reporter.
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Harrisburg (Pa-) independently
They Were Not Disappointed.

Many people, especially those of
credulous nature, seemed doomed to ex-
perience many and bitter disappoint-
ments. The clouds lower and the
tempest roar, especially to defeat some
pet plan on object Of theirs or the sun
shines too hotly or the winds blow too
harshly, Just to interfere with their
anticipated pleasure. Friends desert
them and prove false when friendship is
most needed, and business vanishes,
leaving nothing but loss. In fact, what
ever they touch turns to ashes. Disap-
pointment seems TO meet them at every
step unless il be that sickness is abroad,
and then they are sure Of something.
II IL be rheumatism or other painful ALL
ment that seizes them, some friend or
other mentions st. Jacobs Oil, using
which they cannot experience disap-
pointment, for the Great German
Remedy will cure all maladies of pain
ful nature. The following experience
bears upon this point:
Mr.. T. l.. Russ, living ON the corner
Of Broad and Cowden streets, says his
business keeps him ON his feet great
deal. sometimes his feet get so sore and
infamed that he endures great agony.
He has found much comfort and relief,
however, from the Great German
Remedy. Previous to using st. Jacobs
Oil he never found anything to give him
relief save perfect rest. The Oil relieves
and enables him to work all the time.
He praises it highly.
Miss Mary @. Bruner, residing at All
Market street, is subject TO neuralgia.
Sometime ago while suffering great pain
from an attack she was induced, happily,
TO use st. Jacobs Oil, and it relieved her
Immediately. She has tried many
remedies, but gives the Oil the praise
over all others, and says she can recon-
mend it as the greatest healer of pain
she has ever seen.
Mrs. Amos B. Ripper, No. 123 South
Third street, uses the st. Jacobs Oil
with the happiest effect when attacked
with rheumatism, with which disease
she is to some extent, chronic sufferer.
Her son and daughter have also en-
ployed the Great German Remedy in
rheumatism, and the whole family are
loud in the praise Of the the great cura-
tive powers OF tho remedy.
Mr.. ID. Bensinger, with Mr.. VIM.
Cruikshanks, jeweler, No. Market
square, says he regards st. Jacobs Oil
ns wonderful cure for rheumatism. He
woke up one morning and found one of his
feet very much swollen and paining him
sharply. Heput on his shoes, but found
he could not bear it soon he had to
take his stocking off, and very soon the
pain was so great he could not walk.
He began to apply the st. jacobs Oil,
one bottle Of which was sufficient to give
him entire relief. He says he never saw
any remedy act SO quickly and happily
in subduing pain. OF this nature is the
testimony coming from oil parts Of the
country.
Whoever uses the Great German
Remedy once, keeps it convenient there
after as household panacea. St
Jacobs Oil differs from all other articles
claiming the same power, in that it does
keen its promises.
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Egypt and the Slave Trade.

Slavery dies hard. There is strug-
gle in Brazil between those who would
hasten the operation of the gradual
emancipation law and the slave owners
who want to throw obstacles in its way,
and even render it dead letter. In
Egypt, after earnest efforts have been
made to break up the slave trade on the
Upper Nile, we find the Khedive's
Ministers taking the back track, and
declaring that slavery is necessity to
Egypt, and that the efforts in behalf of
emancipation should be stopped. It
may be that the protecting powers of
Europe may conclude from this that
"the basest of kingdoms needs re-
modelling, and call for Ministerial
change. The export of slaves from the
west coast in European and American
vessels has been stopped, but Arab
dhows still carry off loads of victims
from some of the obscure parts of the
east coast. Not long ago brave British
naval officer lost his life in fight with
one of these semi-piratical craft. In the
interior, as in former days, caravans Of
poor wretches are still gathered, yoked
together, half starved and beaten, to be
carried to the seaboard with the hope of
smuggling them off to Arabia. The
emancipation Of the slaves in the Portu-
guese colonies, however imperfectly
carried out, the pledges of the Sultan Of
Zanzibar to England, and the past policy
of Egypt, all unite to show, however,
that light is breaking after years Of
darkness. The opening of the continent
to legitimate business, which is steadily
going on, will also hasten the destruction
of slavery. There is much to be done,
however, and the Egyptian reaction will
be source of trouble. The sentiment
of Christendom is nevertheless so strong
and united that the Khedive and his
Cabinet will be brought to terms and
forced to keep their promises. But for
the threatened uprising of the fanatical
Moslems we should expect to hear of an
immediate and vigorous protest against
the declaration in favor of perpetuating
human bondage. e. Cincinnati Gazette.
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Why are Ministers Funnyi

A man was arrested in New York for
laughing at meeting OF the Salvation
Army" and when brought before the
Judge and asked why he laughed he said
at the close of the services q man said,
"a collection will now be- taken up.
Trade dollars will be accepted" The
Judge decided that the remark was made
to create laughter, and acquitted the
prisoner. This incident may be food for
thought on the part of certain ministers
ming" remarks in the pulpit. What do
they do it for? Do they want people to
laugh, or do they want them to come as
near laughing as possible, and not laugh.
Every attendant at churches can remem-
ber remarks made by ministers that were
evidently intended TO touch the risibles,
and yet if the audience laughed, the
minister would be offended. Beecher
often makes remarks that cause a broad
smile all over the house. Suppose a
hundred people in the audience could
not stop ut smile, but that they should
laugh so as to shake the roof, wouldn't
Beecher be the one to blame? We have
heard a Methodist ministers in Wisconsin,
who is now President of o college, say
funnier things in the pulpit than we ever
wrote-which isn't saying much for the
fun of his remarks-and it was all we
could do to keep from brushing into a
laugh. If we had laughed as hard as we
did next day, in conversation with the
same minister, when he said things not
half as funny, he would very likely have
instructed his sexton to fire the red
headed man out of the church. What
did he say the funny things for, in the
solemn church? Certainly it was not to
make his hearers cry. We have heard
an eminent preacher, formerly of this
city, say things in the pulpit that were
as full of humor and sarcasm as words
could be, and yet his face was as mourn.
full as the tune, (" Hark from the Tombs
q Doleful Sound" Let him say the
same things in camp, while the boys
we're sittings around trout dinner, and
Now, what was he driving at? Did he
want his hearers to laugh, or did he
want them to smile and look around al
friends in other pews as much as to say,
"Well, he's trump" There ought te
be an understanding about this thing
If preachers want us to laugh, when they
say funny thing, let them say so. W.
do not suppose the minister who started
his prayer, 50 Lord, we come before
thee under. the auspices of the Rocl
County Agricultural Society,"" wanted
anybody to laugh, though he might JUS
as well have added, admission twenty
five cents. Children half price" Cues
the next time we 60 to church and [
minister says something funny we vii
laugh, and get arrested. -Pecks Sun.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

TIE gastric juice of dogs is always
strongly acid. ....-
ARTIFICIAL vanilla can be made from
the sap of the pine tree.
GRADUATED sugar is adulterated with
ultramarine, sulphate of tin and alum.
RUBIEs are nothing but crystallized
alumina, with little coloring matter.
THE temperature at which dry rot Of
timber proceeds most rapidly is 80o F.
CHLoRoFoRM, chloral hydrate and alb
! sinthe seem to exert similar wide range
OF action.
In POINT of nitrogen, one gallon OF
milk equals one pound of lean meat.
FIBRE from the leaves of the pineap-
pie plant resembles jute, and may, it Is
/ thought, be utilized in manufactures.
Z1Sc has been found in the human
liver, in the liver and muscles OF the or,
in egg, wheat, barley and corn.
The rate at which aqueous vapor is
given off by plants is more than one and
a quarter ounces per square foot OF leaf
surface every twelve hours.
THE retina of the frog, after being re-
moved from the eyeball and bleared in
the sunlight, will, if placed in the dark,
first turn yellow, then buff, and lastly
rose-red.
PETROLEUM has been used as fuel on
board steamers. One tank of oil, situat-
ed at the remote end of the ship, would
hold fuel sufficient for double trip.
The hell-bender of our Western rivers
the largest American salamapder-
breathes entirely by means of its skin,
which, to expose more surface, Is greatly
expanded, lying in ugly folds.
The milky sap of many plants contains
caoutchouc, suspended in the form OF
minute transparent globules, these being
frequently as small as 1-20, 900 to 1-50, :
900 of an inch in diameter.
THoUGH oxygen is heavier than nitro
gen, and therefore ought TO fah 10 a
lower level than that gas in the atmos-
phere, no difference has ever been found
to exist in the relative proportions OF the
two! B ~FT u
WHEN the stomach of the sea cucum-
Der becomes troublesome, from indiges-
ton or other causes, it elects it through
its mouth along with its other internal
organs, and quietly awaits the growth OF
new set. ..t. -.ittH!iaf t-.t.f .
The waste liquor OF gas works COM
bined with the slaty shales found among
the coal, yields alum, used in the manu-
facture of paper and preparation OF
leather; copperas, or green vitriol, used
in dyeing, tanning and the manufacture
of ink and Prussian blue, and sulphurit
acid.
The following test is given by the
French Academy for Distinguishing false
gems from diamonds. If the point of 6
needle or small hole in card, wher
seen through the stone, appears double
the stone is not a diamond. All color
less gems, with the exception of th'
diamond, cause double refraction.
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Narrow Escape from Icebergs.


While our ships were lying quietly at
the foot of this immense and wonderful
creation of ice, it happened that the
bergs Immediately to the seaward of us
commenced whirling along in all direc-
tions, acted upon either by different sets
of the tide caused by quiet avalanche
at some short distance away, OF else by
vast bodily pressurd outward from the
glacier itself. However that may be,
our danger was imminent. The wind
was blowing strongly, SO we double
reefed the topsails, cast of, and made
sail. The only passage of egress was
between two gigantic bergs that lowered
loftily above our mastheads. These
were fast closing together we had to
run the gauntlet, and not one moment
too soon in fact, ten seconds later and I
believe we should all have perished, and
the ship have been smashed into pieces.
1t was sight to be once seen and ever
remembered. Sir James Ross, standing
near the men at the helm, directing by
the motion of his hand, perfectly self
possessed, more handsome and noble
looking in his then cool and command
ing attitude than ever, every eye fixed
upon him, or painfully watching the
arbiters of q fearful doom. Our very
breath was held as each and all seemed
to await the inevitable fiat of the angel
of destruction. Moments became hours
as the vessels length forged through.
Crash, crash not word, not a move
ment. The lofty giants had closed on
our quarters, throWed one of our boats
inboard on the deck, crushing her and
her daEits the ship, checked, staggered
for one moment; the noise of her rush.
| ing through the water reyerberated uI
the sides of the bergs, when, just as we
expected to be overborne and flung into
eternity, our noble vessel, that seemed
| to share in the exquisite tension of the
moment, slipped through clear Of the
splendid masses, that, losing all theil
terror, now commanded our admiration
with full liberty of breathing action re
'sumed. Life was before us again. The
very ship was endeared to her crew from
that moment? Did she not seem almos
to share our Joy and relief when, as i
were, passing through deaths icy grip
she so nobly plunged again into clea
water? But fresh scene had arisen be
fore our eyes. Countless icebergs o
enormous magnitude had gathered rount
in all directions, obliging us again t.
yield obedience to their sway, unable t.
thread our way to the open sea. Mos
fortunately the mysterious commotion il
the water had ceased, and these colossa
| monuments of arctic solitude had becom,
motionless. We looked up to their sum
mits with mixed feeling Of wonder ant
awe, and, gazing among the tortuou
passages formed by the accidental va
riety of their positions, were fully i'm
pressed with the certainty that no sucl
mighty display of marvellous panoram
would ever again confront our astonishe'
senses. Commander Gheyne.
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THE MARKETS.

CINCINNATI.-FLouR- = Fancy, se 5o@7 90;
family, s. 1895 90: Rye flour, q s505 90. GRAIN
and No. do. 81 2s. Corn-No: white, .771a@
7shc.; No. yellow. 721sc.; No mixed, 72@
corn krsN 7osNSs on aos tTaek
fall, 81 co. Hay-Prime tipothy, SIT O0@1s co.
PRov1sIoNs-Mess pork, s1s 90. Lard Prime
iss sash ePoSsr per % 81
%HaErAs1Es. ai % .Apples"co9mon, s. 5oss 50 per per
FroD .tO1s, sagis Rose s. se@i S. bar
bank :. sS IN new ~. potatoes ct sS oog7 90 per sr
muda, 81 90 per peck crate.
NEW YORK.--Cotton, 123@12ssc. Flour
Good to choice Western and State, IS 2O@s so;
1hio extra family, h,,, = ZOOS co. Mhest
Comic 2, 7sc. oais~Mised wsstern s7@sse a !;
white Western, 5S@62c. Mess pork, ST 6215@
II rs. Lard-Prime steam, 11.20@11.25c.
CHICAGO.-Flour-Fa Fair to choice winter wheats,
Sc 00@7 70. fancy winter wheats, 81 75. Wheat
Mo- 1ssssr 'Psns st 81 & .S
.efss sssi s. i4 Me-: 81 90. Lard
LOUISvILkE-Flour- - Choice fancy, SC 75a
Is; A No. I, IS ssa6 rs; extra family, SIS 25S
6 20. Wheat-Ne 2 winter red, 81 2s@l 50. Corn
is%e f '''' ''
NEW Ns-Flour-Treble-extras,s IS 75@
b 70. C0rn-MlXeu, ozc; cnOlCe yellOw Soc, and
choice white, 81 05. Oats-Prime to choice, Csc
Hay-Prime timothy, s27 0O@2s 90. Mess pork,
SIS 571a. Lard, 1isasli1Sc.
BALTIMoRE.,Flou = Family. ss l21S@7 rs.
mixed, 761S977c. Oats-White Western, 55a57c.
Rye-Good to prime, 95c. @S1 90. Mess pork, sl7 rs
ais 80. Lard, l2c.
Corn - High-mixed, IKE; No. mixed, zoe.
Clover seed-No. ,, a so per bush.
Observation-Disclosures - Steady Mt q s0N
81. Corn, 6s1a@69c. Oats, 4s95Oc.
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI.- CATTLE - The market ruies
steady and quotations are rs follows; Common,
81 500g3 rs; good to choice butcher grades IS 2Se
o 25; fair TO good shippers, s5 50ta6 20; good TO
choice cows and heifers, e5 00a6 %; fair oxen
So 00014 so; good to choice, q 756l6 90; stockers
81 75Qp4 so. Hoas-Selccted butchers and heavy
shippers, 81 f0a7 80; fair to good packing grades
&6 60C97 10; fair to good light s6 60e7 90; some OF
less weight and lower quality, e6 20n6 so; still
fed, SO 5O97 90; common, $5 5046 Is; culls, - so
as %; stock hogs, "a 1905 SO. SMEEP- Common
to fair, 81 0095 90; good to choice, IS 25os6 rs.
ST. L0UlS.-Hogs-Light good Workers, So $50
6 so; common to good Baltimores, % 550e6 60; :;
fancy, $6 7O@7 20. Caftle-Fair to choice cows
and heifes, S. oos6 90; shipping steers, 81 Tt@
9 25.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Cattle - Best grades,
81 25oe6 75 fair to good, IS 1906 20. Hogs-Phil-
adlphas, 81 250e7 rs; Workers., 30 e0g6 40.
NEW YoRK.-Dressed beef, sls@I0,Sc. Hogs
So 2S@7 %. Handspring, s5 00ds9 % per head
Dressed mutton, sh0i0c. per ID.
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Yonkers
Statesman has this to tell: " Ny boy is
three years old. The other day I was
showing him some pictures, and in
answer to the familiar question, What's
that 2 I replied, that's a crown He
looked up with bright smile and said !:
Yes, papa, I know Jacks have crowns.
I was aghast, and thought, Is it possi-
BILE the butler has been teaching the
child to play eucherY I finally asked
him what he knew about Jacks. He
said: Why. papa, don't you remember
Jack fell down and broke his crown, and
Jill came tumbling after"
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BerthOld Auerbach, the Hebrew NOy-
elisf ~

Z
Berthold Auerbach was the best
ers of all the contemporary German nov
elists, and in many ways he was the
foremost Of them all. He was He
brew and disciple of Spinoza, who
was the subject of his first novel, pub
lished when he was twenty and
whose works he translated, and the
abundance of philosophical reflection is
at once the strength and the weakness
of his most important works. son the
Heights" for example, is laden with
its philosophy, but it was mainly its
philosophy that gave its Importance in
Germany. This philosophic tendency
is never altogether absent, but it is
wholly subdued to the poetic feeling
and artistic refinement in his shorter
stories, as notably the Black Forest
Village Stories" that really laid the
foundation of his literary fame. Auer-
bach was born in the Black Forest, at
Nordstetten, in 1872, and his descrip-
tions of village life are among the most
tender and sympathetic and at the same
time most firmly polished works Of their
class that have been produced in our
day in any branch Of German art.
These, as well as some OF his later tales
of the same character, have been trans-
lated, and the American reader is also
familiar with "Little Barefoot, Edel-
weiss" and the "Villa ON the Rhine. I"
His political writings, and especially
the popular almanac, "Deutcher Volka
Kalendar," which he has published at
Berlin for the past twenty years OF
more. were for home consumption only,
and his dramas have been scarcely sue.
ical genre painter he ranked among the
foremost artists of the day, and his
tales have been translated into every
European language. He never lost his
feeling for his own race, and it is said
that his death was hastened by his griei
at the "Judenhetz. z."-Phitadeiohi0
Times.
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An Affecting Scene.

81 shall never forget her last words
her last sad, sweet words" said the sor-
rowing son-in-law az he turned away
from the grave and followed the process
sion Of mourners to the little cemetery
gate. His friends tried to comfort him,
but felt how inadequate is all earthly
consolation to a>heart bereaved Of q
mother-in-law. "What were her last
sweet words2" at length he ventured to
inquire. The poor sufferer raised his
tearstained eyes to his friends face
and answered: "Take good care of
Mary, you freckled faced galoot." What
is homo without mother? H