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ENGLISH SkylarkS in America.

Of late wears, says the Buffalo (v"ri"r,
many attempts have been made in various
sections of this country to acclimatc tho
skylark. In most cases the bird failed tC
thrive, and its admirers came to the con
cluSion that further efforts toward its
accumulation would be useless. In
New Jersey the experiment has been
more successful. Two years ago Mr..
England, publisher of the New York
SIM. imported c%ighty-four skylarks and
liberated them on his lawn at Ridge,
wood, as was noted at the time in thc>c
columns. For some time they kept in
one flock, and then some dispersed,
leaving a flock Of about fifty. Suisse.
q~uently these paired and scattered
through the adjoining country, many
staying not far from where they had
been liberated. They were to be seen
every day, soaring high and pouring
forth the song that only Il lark can sing.
When winter set in the larks disappeared.
and many doubts were expressed that
they would ever return. Spring came.
and some were seen. proving that the
bird could withstand the rigors of ii
northern winter. Durin" the summer
some were again heard in several parts OF
Bergen and Passaic counties. The third
summer of their liberty shows yet
stronger proofs of their naturalization
and ability to breed in this country,
they being seen and heard in more places.
One man i'm IIObokrn found a nest with
four young mes and another nest which
had been vacated. This was within three
miles of the place where the original
flock WAS liberated two years ago. These
Sims of increase arc noted with much
satisfaction by the people of New Jersey.
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QUESTIONS.
Were I bird to fly unto thee

Were I bird to fly unto thee
In the wild weather, the wind and rain,
Beating my wings at thy window pane,
Would thou thy easement open to me7
In thy soft hands where I nestled warm,
1 should forget the cold and the storm,
Sheltered with thee.
Or would thou cold and unheeding be,
Turning to leave me affrighted there,
F1uttering, t%hrobbing, in mute despair
Then, thou no pity showing to me,
Painting I'd fall in the stormy night,
Death meath thy easements mocking li3
Driven from thee.
We're I a leafet to float to thee,
Drenched with the dews Of the ms hin
sweet,
Lying in sunshine, low at thy feet,
Would thou not, tender!y lifting me,
Keep me tx prove to the winter SHOWS,
That the dead summer had her rose,
Cherished by thee
Or would thou, finding no joy in me,
Leave me to perish beside thy way,
A little rose-leaf withered and gray
Oh, my heart, aforementioned to be;
There in the sunlight moldering to lie,
Crushed by thy feet Us they hurried by,
Forgotten by thee
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The First Umbrella.

The umbrella was seen in the streets OF
Glasgow by DR.. Jameson in 1852, ON hi:
return from Paris. When he commenced
unfurling it crowds of people followed
him in amazcmcnt at the spectacle.
About 1889 an attempt was made to
manufacture umbrellas by Mr.. John
Gardner, father Of the present Mr.. Gard.
ncr, optician. Buchanan street. "ScncX
had in his hands the first umbrella that
ever was made in Glasgow. 1t was. in
deed, a very clumsy article. The cloth
was heavy oil or wax glazed, lined. and
the ribs were formed of Indian cane,
such as, shortly before this time. ladies
were accustomed to use as hoops to rX-
tend their pctticoats. The handle was
massy and strong, and, altogether, it was
a load to carry .St~ttiSh- .lmtrinnn.
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kalmuckS.

y specimen of primitive nomad life is
now on view in the ,Jardin d'Acclimatiza-
tion at Paris. where Il party of Kalmucks
have pitched their camcl's-hair tents on
its wcll-kcrt lawn. The caravan consists
Of six men, six women, two girls and four
small boys, the business Of the latter be-
ing to rush toward each visitor entering
the Enclosure with open hands, demand
ing tobacco. Without distinction of sex
or G they all smoke short pipes, the
women while sewing their red leather
boots and the men while watching the
cooking of their frugal meals. The Kali
mucks. with their yellow faces, small
black eyes, thick lips, prominent check
bones and straight black hair are not I'M
like the Chinese. Their costume is
plain, the red boots forming the only or
namcnt. except that the women some
times wear triangular pendants in their
ears. The most interesting member of
the caravan is the high priest. In his
robe of red silk and with long beard and
fine white hands he presents a very dis
tinguishcd appearance, and willingly ex-
plains the "mcchanism" of his religion
to the visitors, to whom he grinds out
prayers by his small "prayer mill.' This
machine, which is not unlike a small
cylindrical-sh shaped peppermint, prints
prayers on strips of yellow silk. Every
afternoon the kalmucks, headed by their
priest, prepare for a theatrical departure
to the steppes. Their tents are rolled up
and put on their camcls' backs, their
sheep are driven together, the women
mount their horses, and the caravan, pre-
coded by a yellow flag, begin their wan
behring's, which, however, never carry
them beyond the inclosure.-IN Mall
/,u-o}fc
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A Lucky Chance.

Of all mon no doubt the mechanic anc
laborer suffer more from disease than any
other class-not always in the disease itself
but the circumstances surrounding thcll
cases. Who can depict q moe horrifying
scene thar that of the prosperous mechanic
who. by some dreadful disease, is reduced in
flesh and strength, having no power of con.
troll, q helpless prey to some nlalady? Per.
haps the family of the worthy man may be
suffering for the necessaries of life, all be.
cause father" is unable to work.
Why then do not all men grapple with the
first symptoms of disease (of whatever name
or n%ature), and thereby prevent this sad
picture.
This is Just what Mr.. HIRAM FRANKLIN, of
Naugatuck, Conn.,; did when he began to feel
n heavy, dull pain in the small of his back,
which steadily grew worse until he had to do
one of two things: either give up work or
die, or look around for some means to cure
kidney disease, and a lucky chance threw in
his way n safe and certain means of de-
liverance.
The facts in Mr.. F.'s case are these: His
business (mason and builder) requires him
to be exposed in all sorts of weather. Re-
Gently, from a severe cold, he contracted q
disease of the kidneys, and like many Others
began using everything at hand. Not find
ing any help, as a last resort he began taking
Hunts Remedy. The first bottle giving de-
cided benefit, he continued its use until he
had used three (3) bottles, when all trouble
disappeared. Mr.. F. is now attending to
business, a we'll man, and recently remarked
to an acquaintance: "One trial convinced
me. as it will YOU" We need scarcely add
Hunts Remedy is purely vegetable, and
meets a want never before furnished to those
suffering from kidney and liver complaint,
dropsy, otc., and the utmost reliance may DO
placed in it.
THE Prince of Wales is investing largely in
fine cattle.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

1t is stated that a Paris firm has pat
entcd an invention for the instantaneous
formation of steam.
Engineering is responsible for the state
mcnt that q vessel constructed OF paper
has been launched in st. Petersburg.
She is driven by steam.
1t has been calculated that to make the
$50, 600 tons of paper annually required
for the supply Of the world, 43O days
medium flow of water down the river
Thames would be needed.
Captain Schufcldt, of the United States
army medical corps, has forwarded to
| the Smithsonian institution a collection
of some 5000 specimens of vcrtebrates
! and invertebrates collected around New
Orleans.
An ingenious apparatus called a fire
damp Indicator" has been invented IN
Geneva. Every hour or half hour the
air of the mine is forced into the burner
by Il bellows and the result is registered
in the central office.
Cclluloid will not be as popular in the
future as it has been, if Il new substance
which has been made up in London
proves successful. 1t possesses all the
hardness and brilliancy Of ccllulold, and
is, beside, tircproof.
When cattle arc intended to be ma
/ liriously destroyed i'll India they arc
pierced with a thorn of the Arbus preca-
torius. Death cnsucS on the second day.
Strange to say. the pounded seeds, taken
internally, have little action.
\. writer in the M"rnnl Of Science, III
an article on Gram and It's Amenities, y
claims that brainwork is not by itself
physically injurious, but that, when
within reasonable bounds. it is distinctly
favorable to long life and he cnforccs
his argument with some happy i~llustra-
tons.
A new and curious use for the cuca-
lvptus tree, already famed as an antidotc
to malaria, was discovered by accident
lately in California. The leaves, it has
been found. act as a preventive of that
incrustation of steam boilers which leads
to their gradual corrosion and is said to
be almost the sole cause of explosions.
Dried apricots are likely to be a promi-
ncnt article of export from California.
Heretofore this fruit has been put up al
most entirely in tin cans, but, in consc-
qucncc of ovcrproduction. the canning
factories reduced the price paid to the
farmer to such Il figurethat he was driven
to experimenting with various processes
of driving. and discovered Il method that
leaves the fruit in a delicious state.
Among the various substances found
on the located human tongue after a
microscopical examination are the follow
ing: Fibcrs of wood, linen and cotton;
libcrs of spiral vessels, tbers of muscle,
in one case eight hours after eating:
starch grains, cheese mold, portions of
potato skins. scales, moths, ETC.; hair
from legs of bees and of spiders, pollen
of various flowers and their stamcns;
hairs from various leaves, in n case the
wing of a mosquito; fragments of the
leaves of tobacco very frequently, and of
chamomilc flowers, etc, occur repeat
o11,.
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How the InfOrmcr Was Buried.

The body of James Carey, the Irish in,
former, was followed to the grave at
South Africa by Mrs. Carey and her chill
dren, the district surgeon and the as.
sistant magistrate of Port Elizabeth. a
crowd Of negroes also gathered in the
burial ground. No minister was present,
and no arrangement was made for re-
ligious services; but just as the coffin
was lowered into the grave the surgeon,
Doctor Ensor, who for some time had
labored under strong emotion, spoke in
a clear and distinct voice as follows:
Friends, in the absence of any official
minister, l think it only right that a few
words should be said over the grave of
this poor man. Let lis pray" Every
head was Immediately uncovered, and
Doctor Ensor offered up a short prayer.
Earth was then thrown on the coffin, and
thus terminated the obsequles of James
Carey.
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A Plausible election.

"Going to visit Germany this winter,
I hear" said Mr.. Plimsoll to old triah
Pettigrew, whose reputation for stingi-
ness was almost sublime.
"Ycs, l thought l would go over in
about two weeks"
"Don't believe they will let you 20
ashorc?" observed Plimsoll.
"Why won't they let me 60 ashore?'
a~nxiously inquired Pettigrcw.
"Why, you know Bismarck has de-
clared against the importation Of An1cri-
can hogs."---Sytings.
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4 Dog Carried OF BY a Snake

Mr.. Pinkcy Davis went fishing the
other day down on Whitewater. He
took his gun along and also Il bench
legged tistc to tree squirrels for him.
While Mr.. Davis was sitting on Il log,
fishing away, he heard the water splash
ing in a slough near by. lie thought 1t
was Il coon or some other kind of animal,
and took his gun and went out to see.
He approached the edge of the slough
stealthily, and when he got near the edge
of the water he saw his faithful little
"bcnch" taking Il Decline across the
deep slough toward the opposite bank:
Bench" wasn't swimming. nor could
he have swan if he had wanted to, for
he was in the possession of a monster
black snake. The snake had the dog in
its mouth, and was swimming with him
across the slough somewhat like a dog
does when you throw a stick in
water and tell him to get it. Mr.. D. ran
around to the other side of the. slough to
meet the snake and try to save his faith
full Bench" He got around just as
the snake was crawling out Of the water.
Mr.. Davis says when the reptile saw him
he spit the dog out and reared up on it,
tail, and licked its dagger tongue at him
in a threatening ana savage way. The
snake stood on its tail Il minute. then
laid it's. head across II of the lower
limbs of a big tree and crawlcd up.
About the time it got fairly up in the
tree Mr.. Davis shot it out. The snake
measured ten feet and five inches in
length and seven inches through the
middle. After the dangerous reptile was
dispatched Mr.. Davis went to see about
his dog. When he got to the place
where the snake spit the canine out ne
found poor "Bcnch" just kicking his
last. The dog died, not from poison,
for blacksnakcs arc not poisonous, but
from the tight squcczingi it received while
in the mouth of the ake.-.Mch;S0n C"sh
Rut
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Comparative Position OF tho United
StNtps

The United States is but 100 years old;
Great Britain, dating from William the
Conqucror, 500 years; France, dating
from Charlcmagne, 1, 100 years; Germany!
and Austria the same and Russia, dating
from Peter the Great, $50 years. In
round numbers the population of the
United States, upward of so, OOO, 900, is
greater than that of any of the above
nations, except Russia; its wealth, its
agricultural production and the value of
its manufactures far ahead of any. The
following statistics, approximately cor
rect, of the present population, wealth,
debt, expenses and production Of six
leading nations of the earth, present
some comparative statements of a sur
prising character, and show, in a strong
light, the greatness of this country:
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Rest and Recreation.

Mr.. John Roach, the largest shipbuild'
cr in America, gave, before Il committed
of the United States Senate, Il remark
able sketch Of his w history. Begin
ming as Il pcnnilcss boy. he set before
himself Il measure of success to achieve,
and had attained it after conqucring al
most insupcrablc difficulties. lie had
been obliged to work overtime as a boy
to pay for his board. At II time he
wandered through Illinois as a tramp,
without Il dollar in his pocket. lie wa:
now the master of shipyards in which
ovcr three thousand men were employed,
or these men, one out of every five
owned his house, the value of the houses
averaging from n thousand two hun
drcd dollars to five thousand dollars;
bought and paid for out of their saw
ingS.
The gist of Mr.. Roach's remarks lay III
the fact that the man who chose to be
rich. to live dcccntly and respectfully,
and to elevate his children, could do it in
this country. as he and his successful work
men had done, by sobricty and steady,
uncompromiSing devotion to work.
He said in this connection, the man
who works Il week, and then takes q
week of to get drunk, or the man who
goes on picnics or a fishing every now
and then. will not succeed.
1t is hardly fair to put drunkenness
and fishing in the same class OF moral
evils. Nor is the idle thriftlcssncss OF
the selfish tipplcr to be identified with
the rational occasional amusement which
every laborcr with mind or body should
take for precisely the same reason that
he sleeps at night. Mr.. Roach probably
did not mean to do this.
1t is a good aim to place before a boy
at tue outset that he should acquire Il
certain amount Of property and W his
own house: but it is not the whole aim
Of life, nor is it the highest. Rest, re-
creation, a wise, generous outlay, arc
required of every man who would keep
his body healthy, his temper sweet, and
his soul at peace with man and God
}outh's ~f"mjnfnion. ,
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A Partially Dead Man.

The Morning Herald, Baltimore, Nd.
states: Major B. S. White, of this city,
describes his miraculous cure as follows
81 have been a partially dead man fol
ten years. Doctors attributed my suffer.
ings to the enlargement of certain glands.
The quantity of medicine l took without
relief would be sufficient to set up a first.
class apothccary shop. Finally St. Jacobs
Oil was recommended. I had my spinal
column thoroughly rubbed with it. All
those knots, kinks and stiffness have
passed away, and l am myself again"
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Shakespeare uses more different words
than any other writer in the English Ian.
guage. There are about $4,000 different
words in his plays and soanets, while no
other writer uses as manr as 10000. A
few writers use 5000 words, but the
greater majority do no. employ more
than g. 900. In conversation, only from
5000 to 5000 different words are used.
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ENGINEERS MAKING LOVE.

Near'v every engineer on the New York and New
England railroad has a sweetheart or wife IN New
Britain, Conn. Every train would whistle a salute
to some fair dame. and the din grew so ~fearfu1y
ear-splitting that the authorities have had tstoppea.
It's moor when Thirty-five is due,
An she GENES on time, like a flash of light,
An you hear her whistle. "Too-tce-too."
Long fore the pilot swings in sight.
Bill Maddon's driving her i'll to-day
An he's calm his sweetheart. far away
Gertrude Hurd-livcS dow by the mill;
You might see her blushin'; she knows
it's Bill.
"Tu-die, Toot-ee. Tu-die. ~"
Six-fve A.. NJ. there's a local comes
Makes IN at Bristol, runnin east;
An the way her whistle sings an hum
Isl Twin caution to mar and beast.
Every enc knows who Jack White calls
Little Lou Woodbury., down by the Falls;
Summer or winter, always the same,
She hears her lover calm her name
Louie. Louie! Loc-iee."
At six filtv-eight YOU can hear Twenty-one
CO GDGQQcTln NeSl, olli L oh ehS -"
That ever startled the rising sun,
Jehu Davis sends into your dreams.
But I don't mind it; it makes me grin
For lust down here where the creek lets
in,
His wife. Jerusha, can hear him call,
Loud as a throat of brass can bawl-
"Jeee-rooo-shee. Je-hoo.'
But at one ~ifty-one, old SiXtv-four-
Boston express runs east, clear through
browns her rattle and rumble and roar
With the softest whistle that ever blew.
An away On the furtheSt edge of the
town.
Sweet Sue Winthrop'S eyes of brown
Shine like the starlight, bright an clear,
When she hears the whistle of Abel Tear,
"You-ou-ou, Su-u u-u-e"
Along at midnight a freight M in,
Leaves Berlin some time-I don't know
when
But it rumbles along with a fearful din,
Till it reaches the N-Switch, and then
The clearest notes of the softest bell
That out of a brazen goblet fell,
Wake Nellie Minton out of her dreams
To her like a wedding bell it seems
Nell, Nell. Nell. Nell, Nell, Nell"
An somewhere late in the afternoon,
You'll see Thirty-seven so streakin' west;
It's local, from Hartford: same old tune
New set for the girl that loves him best.
Tom Wilson rides on the right-hand side,
Givin' her steam at every stride;
An he touches the whistle, low an clear,
For Lulu Gray, on the hill, to hear
"Lu-lu. Loo-loo."
So it goes On all day an all night,
Till the old folks have voted the thing a
bore;
Old maids and bachelors says it amt right
For folks to do courtin' with such a roar.
But the engineers their kisses will blow
From a whistle valve to the girls they
know,
An the stokers the name of their sweet
hearts tell,
With the Belle. Nell! Dell. Of the sway
ing bell.
Robert j. Burdettc. in Life.
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DR.. PIERCE:-A neighbor Of ours was suf-
fering from female weaknessnn which the
doctors told her could not be cured without a
supporter. After considerable persuasion my
wife induced her to try your "Favorite Pre-
scription." After using one bottle she threw
away the supporter and did a large washing,
which she had not done in two years before.
JAS. MILLER, 1916 Jacob St., Wheeling, w. Va.
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Its and general debility in their various forms
also as o preventive against fever and ague and
otherintermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphor.
ated Elixir Of Calisaya," made by Caswell,
Hazard T. Co., New York, and sold by all Drug.
gists, is the best tonic and for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
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The once famous tribe of Cherokee In
dams is now reduced to about 1000 per-
sons and they suffer a steady decrease,
which will cxtinguish them by the middle
of the next century.
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Walnut Leaf Hair Restorcr,

is as clear as water, and as its name indicates
isl perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. 1t will
Immediately free the head from all dandruff,
restore gray hair to its natural color, and pro,
duce q new growth where it has fallen off; 1t
does not in any manner affect tho health,
which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate OF
silver preparations have done. 1t twill change
light or faded hair in a few days to n beauti-
full glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it.
CO., Wholesale Agents, Phila lelpli!a. Pa,
andC N. C%RITrENFoN, New York.
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There are in New York city S24 miles
of gas pipes, 1856 miles of water pipes,
sol miles of sewer pipes, 14t miles of
steam supply pipes, and fifteen miles of
underground electric wires.
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DARpANELLE, ARK.-Dr. NJ. M. Groom says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters is the best medicine In
the world and is effecting miraculous cures"
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CarbO.IineS.

Sorrow and gloom the soul may meet,
Yet love wrings triumph from defeat;
And the coarses: hair al still be fine
BY uSinr Mario Curhnllpc.
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81 Ice Ia It O.tobcr have suffered from acute
Inflammation in my nose n III heal-often in
the night having to get UP and inhalc sal and
water for relief. Ny eye has been, for n week
at Il time, so I coull not see. | have used no
end of RENE lies. a'so cmployel q Hector, who
said it was impure blood but got no help.
| used Ely's Cream Balm Oh the recommend
alton of a friend. | was faithless, but i'll a
few days wa cured. My II 'se now, and also
my eye, is well. 1t is wonderful how quick
it helped me. Mrs. GEORGE S. JUDsoN,
Hartford, Conn. EASY to u.e. Price ~ ctS.l
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My mother began gaining from first dase
she took of Dr.. Graves Heart Regulator.
She is rid of those bal feelings about her
heart now, the relief is permanent, other
remedies only helped for a few minutes Miss
CHA Bralt, Lawton, Mich. 81 per bottle.
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Mr.. j. F. Harvey, 40 Bridge St., Brooklyn,
avs: II have no more dread Of intiamma-
DRY rheumatism since Dr.. Elmor's Rheuma-
ine-Goutaline brought me out of the terrible
ondition | was in last year."
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If your lungs are almost wasted by con.
sumption DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery' will not cure you, yet as q remedy for
severe coughs, and al durable bronchial,
Send two stamps for Dr.. Pierce's large
pamphlet treatise on Consumption and Kin
dred Affections. Address WORLDS D1sPEN-
sARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.