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MaStheaded by n Fish.

"IIcre's an old acquaintance said my
friend, as we stood looking at the fish
display of Commissioner Blackford, point
ing out a parti.colored eel. like fish sew
eral feet long and of most villainous as
pect. In form it resembled the typical
sea serpent that figures in the old works
of Pontoppidan and others. The body
was high, the mouth large, and in it
appeared a most formidable array of
teeth.
THAT is the famous, or rather infa-
nous, murray of the South" explained
my companion, giving the creature a
spiteful dig. 'It's as much of a sea ser
pent as | ever want to see, and l must
tell you a good joke on myself in which
one of these brutes played a prominent
part. Some years ago, when l began
spending my winters in Florida, l
devoted almost my entire time to
fishing-sca fishing. you know-and
almost the first fish that caught me
was one of these murrays. This is
a medium. sized one. They attain
in the Bahamas and around Cuba
a length of four or five feet, and, being
proportionately stout, present q tormi-
dable appearance. One day l was fish.
ing off the reef, in about five fathoms,
and had been having fine luck with
grunts and yellow-tails, when suddenly
| had a bite that brought Inc to my
feet. l hauled the fish and the fish
hauled me, and after ten minutes hard
work l had him at the surface, and,
with q tremendous jerk, landed, not a
fish, but one of those murrays -a
rouscr. | was amazed as much as the
murray.
mo sooner did it feel itself in the
boat then it opened its cavernons mouth
and made n rush for Inc. There were
but two methods of escape open to me,
one to jump overheard and the other to
climb the small mast OF my boat. l
chose the latter, and rs the murray
reached the spot I just cleared it, and
there l was in the attitude generally
known rs shining. The murray made
the circuit of the boat several times
dragging the line, thrashing the oars
about, and darling its ugly head in my
direction at every move l made. 1t was
impossible, however, to hold such a
position long, and | was about consider
ing the possibilities of leaping into the
water and swimming TO the reef when
the creature wrigglcd overheard. |
then slid down and cut the line When
l got ashore my friends asked me what
| was shining the mast of the dingy
foI. They had been watching Inc
through a spy glass. told them had
been clearing the halyards. If they had
ever got hold of it that l had been there
for ten minutes to get away from that
green. hucd eel, | should never have
heard the last of it.".-NcW York Sun.
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Jns,dc Facts About POcahontus.

Mr.. John Esten Cooke, of Virginia,
has made a searching investigation Of
the Pocahontas matter, and he is salts
fled. from all the evidence to be had,
that Smith was captured by a party Of
Indians in 1907, and carried to the lndi.
an capital on York river, where lowhatan
ordered him to be slain. Pocahontas in
tcrfcrcd to save him. She took Smiths
head in her arms, so that it was impcssi-
bic to beat out his brains without hit
ting her. Powhatan consented to spare
the prisoner, and treated blm kindly.
Aftcrward S::ith released some Indian
prisoners, stating that it was for the sake
of P%ocahontas. He told his friends in
jamestown that Pochontas had saved his
life. In a letter to Queen Anne he said
that he would be guilty of the ''deadly
poison of ingratitude" if he forgot the
goodness of P%ocahontas. In several
letters he gave to this girl credit for his
rescue from death. 1t was on this ac'
count that Pocahontas was flattcringly
received at the English court. After
her marriage to Rolfe she was baptized,
and lived ''civilly and lovingly with her
husband"
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The cataracts of the Nile are due to
granite veins, which the river, while
working a way through the sandstone,
had been unable to destroy or remov
In a new French method of sugar
manufacture, which is attracting the at.
tcntion of Paris capitalists, the use OF
beet-root is to be superseded by that 81
potatoes. the saccharinc matter being eX'
tracted by the help Of electricity.
Leather wheels arc made in France for
railroad and other cars. Untanned but
falo hides arc cut into strips, and these
are built up into solid discs, which are
strongly held together by two iron rings
after they have been subjected to n.y.
draulic pressure.
Artificial spongc-madc of cotton,
rendered absorbent and treated with
antiseptics-is q recent English product.
A piece of the size of q walnut has NO.
sorbcd water until it has become as large
rs a cocoanut. 1t is so cheap that u
need not he used o second time.
From experiments made in Germany
by Professor +. Woolny, it appears tlat
the air is considerably cooler over a field
under crop than over a fallow field, ana
that the temperature tluctuatcs less IN the
! former case than in the latter. Inc
maximum Of air temperature travels with
the course of the sun, from eastern
slopes in the morning to the southern at
noon and to the western In the evening.
Experienced lumbcrmcn have always
held that timber cut in the spring was
| not durable for building purposes. Re
cent scientific Investigations sustain TINS
belief. 1t is shown that the richer the
wood is in phosphoric acid and potassium
the more likely it is to rot and mold;
wood cut in the spring contains eight
times as much OF the former and five
times as much of the latter as when cut
in the winter.
The ordinary dwellings Of the Japa'
ncse arc not firmly attached by founda,
tions to the earth but rest loosely on
SQUARED stones or boulders buried in the
ground, the result of which is to par
TALLY prevent the transmission of mo-
mcntum from earthquakes. An English
man has made an improvement on this
plan and rests the house on each OF its
piers upon q handful of cast iron shot
These Shot, of the size of buckshot, 81
increase the FRACTIONAL resistance to roll
ing that the house is practically astatic,
and the motion is in most earthquakes
only about onc-tenth to what it is out
side.
Three tribes, says DR.. J. D. Carson, in.
habit the archipelago of Terra DE
Fuego. /. The Onas, who occupy tht
north and east shores. resemble the Pat
agonians in being a tall race, and lvt
chiefly by hunting. 2. The 4ahgans
who are found on the shore Of thu
Beagle channel and southern islands,
short, stuntcd race, subsisting almost
entirely on birds and the products OF TIT
sea. :. The Alaculoofs, who dwell or
the western islands and are very simila1
to the Yahgans. In all the population
of the Fuegian Islands appears to bt
about 5000. In the general character
of the skull and skeleton the tribes ART
like the other wild natives of America
though certain peculiarities have beer
assumed through isolation. Very LITTLE
is as yet known of the social condition
Of these people.
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Training q Trotter by Swimming.

While Mr.. Robert Bonner was inspect
ing John Turner'S horses in Philadelphia
the general told a curious story of horse
training. when was a boy, and 5000
looked as big as q million, l had a horse
matched against q PAGER to go a single
mile for $3.50 a side. In training him
discovered that through excess OF action
he hit his AIMS. I was in despair, when
l was advised to try and put him into
condition by swimming. Like a drown
ing man, I grasped at a straw. The river
ran near my door. I hired a man to row
me in a boat, while l sat in the stern and
held the halter. We started up stream,
and the horse swan beautifully. On the
return he struck out eagerly. and actually
towed the boat. I kept this up for ten
days and 1 never brought a horse to the
post in better condition. The violent
action in the water had given pliancy and
frmness to his muscles and made his
wind as clear as the ring of q bell. l won
the race easily, but it was lucky that it
was a single dash, because through his
faulty action he cut his arms into rib
bons. "-Tut,, Field and Farm.
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A Oueer Industry.

In q Queer little room IN a queer old
house in Forsyth street, at the end OF an
old fashioned brick-pavcd alleyway, Il
snowy bearded man, bubbling over with
good nature, sat at a low bench clipping
corks with a carving knife as keen as a
razor. A little wooden sign ovcr the
allcyway had the single word "Corks
painted on it. "Corks" was scrawled
with chalk on the floor of the room IN
which the busy man sat, and he himself
was enthroned on an old stool among
great mounds of corks of all kinds anu
sizes. They were scattered in heaps on
the bench, stored in great paper bags at
his feet, and piled high in wooden boxes
behind him. He stroppcd the keen blade
OF the knife against the edge of the
bench every little while, and clipped the
corks before him with the regularity of
machinery, while he chatted with a Wis
itor about the odd industry of making
new corks out of old ones. lie was old
Pop Mackin, the pioneer of the trade OF
renovating second hand corks.
"Thcre are more people at the business
now" he said, ethan anybody would
dream of. They 60 around buying up
all the second hand corks they can get
at s. a barrel. A barrel will hold from
twenty-scvcn to twentv-nine gross of
corks. They get the old corks from
retail liquor stores, and then sort them
out according to size. Then they're
dumped into a big tub of cold water
and soaked till the dirt is all rinsed out.
After that they're tossed into a boiler of
hot water and steamed. The steaming
is done by covering the boiler tightly
with q piece of heavy carpet. 1t keeps
the steam imprisoned and drives it
through the cork. The corks are in all
sorts of curious shapes when they are
put in the steam bath, but no matter
how they have been crushed in by the
neck of the bottle or by the wire and
Irvine fastenings-and some Of them are
tough-looking corks, too-they come
out of the bath perfectly shaped again.
After the bath the corks are allowed to
dry, and then we trim them with a
sharp knife, and they are just as good
as new"
"But how" the visitor asked, ''can
you hide the damage where a corkscrew
has been bored through q corA"
easy enough" the old man re-
sponded, with q laugh, as he picked out
a perfect little cork; that trick was
done with a cutting machine. The fact
is, that a corkscrcw only damages, as a
rule, the top and bottom of q cork. The
damaged cork is sent through a cutting
machine, and paired down until the
damaged part is all cut away. Some
times it has to 60 through the machine
two or three times before it is perfect,
but after that it is as good as any cork
that was ever made. Corks cut that
way are called accommodation corks,"
and are sold in great quantity to distil-
leries where they want corks to ram
tightly into all sorts of bottles"
GLOW many corks can a man prepare
daily"
at depends upon the corks; but an
industrious man can sort, wash, steam,
and trim about fifty gross of corks.
they are sold by the gross again. Some.
times the profit is only one dollar q bar
rel. sometimes mOrc.-.NeD York Sun.
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TRY AND MAKE IT DO.

"My home is small, and yet I've all
The room that I require,
For, had more, 'twould take my store
OF Goals to feed tho fro
On frosty days. But o a blaze
keep the winter through;
Though scarce enough when wines bio
rough,
try to make it dc.
"My cupboard there is often bare
As Mother Hubbard's own;
No toothsome sweets! no wholesome meats,
Not cen a c~hicken-bone
Appears in sight! My appetite
Oft raves a bit, It's true,
But if 1 must have but q crust,
try to make it do.
"Though I should miss the greater bliss
That other folks enjoy,
What do I gain if 1 complain
And peace of mind destroy!
Though luxury dwells not with NE,
And much is lacking, still
My tables spread, and ain fed
According to His will"
Thus spake a dame I need not name
For she is known to all
Who makes the best Of what's possessed,
Nor frown what'er befaIl;
Who may not have the joys they crave,
Yet cheerfully pursue
Their cloudod way, from day to day,
AS if their sky was blue.
If its your fate from high estate
And region rich to fall,
Despite your hurt, your faith assert
In Him who ruleth all.
1t may be but a little hut
In which you dwell, yet you
May make it shine with light divine;
IT'S what you ought to do.
Josephine Pollard.
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Natural Tins.

Natural gas is rs ancient cs the uni
verse. 1t was known to man in prchls
toric times, we must suppose, for th(
very c~arlicst historical reference to the
masi of Asia records them us worship,
ing the eternal fires which then blazed,
and still blaze, in assures of the mount
ain heights overlooking the Caspian sea-
Those records appcrtain to a period al
least 600 years before the birth OF Christ
but the magi must have lived and wor
SHIPPED long anterior to that timc.-Pp'
ULfr. Science, .WDnth}y.
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A Test for Pure Butter

The chemist of the agricultural dc.
partment at Washington has discovered
a certain means Of distinguishing cleo
margarine from butter. When boiled
for a few seconds pure butter will reveal
Ill der a microscope and in Il polarizcd
light, a we'll defined cross on each glob,
lie, whereas the ~globulcs Of beef fat and
lard are Of different form, and do not
rotate with the movement of the polar
lied light as those Of real butter. This
information is given to jewellers in board
ing houses for what it is worth, with the
suggestion that no butter eater is entire
" sale without Il microscope and polar
lied light at his elbow Micayo Mrutd.
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rvno,;r,ents ,eno,tedg 10 the Par

Experiments reported to the Par I
Academy Of Sciences prove that the
pressure necessary to cause the ruptur
Of blood vessels is very much greater
than that to which they are normally
subjected. The carotid artery OF Q dog
required from thirty.ive to ffty.iye
times the normal pressure Of the blood,
and the jugular vein from thirty'two 70
thirty-fve times the usual force.
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The Peoples Vegetable Tonic, VINE
GAR BIrTERs, is playing the mischief
with the DEVILS beverages, fired up with
cheap rum. All the diseases which
those demoniac nostrums aggravatc
under pretence OF relieving, such as 1ndi-
c~cs,ion, Sick Headache, Constipation,
rheumatism, Gout, Pulmonary affections,
and Fevers, are cured by this Great
Herbal Antidotc.
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$500 Reward.

The former proprietor Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, for years made a standing. public
offer in all American newspapers OF 500 for
a case OF catarrh that he could not cure. The
present proprietors have renewed this offer.
All the druggists sell the Remedy, together
with the "Douche," and all other appliances
advised to be used in connection with it. No
catarrh patient is longer able to say Il can:
fo;l,,ro
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The Little Sisters Of the Poor

The Little Sisters Of the Poor have
now $50 houses in France, Belgium,
Spain, Switzerland, England, Ireland.
Scotland, Italy, America. Africa end
Asia. Many thousands of respectable
but destitute cd people are thus pro-
vidcd for by n body of women who have
no income, but who support the aged in
mates of their houses by collecting daily
from house to house scraps of food, old
clothing, aims in money, or anything
that may be offered to them.
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Viqor and Vitality

Are given to the whole system by the purifying.
toning, and strengthening influences Of Hoods sar-
s~aparilla. II you feel all gone" are debilitated by
disease, or the effects OF changing weather. Hoods
sarsap.rilla will build sou up. We do not ask you
to take this medicine merely because Of what we
say. The thousands Of people who testify in Its
favor should certainly convince you Of its great
medicinal merit.
II used Hoods Sarsararllla last spring and can
truly say It helped mo very much. To those suffer-
ing with bilious complaints. nervous prostration. or
rheumatism. I earnestly recommend Mn E.
CARPENTER. Kalamazoo. Mich.
Hoods Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier has no equal.
It tones the system. strengthens and invigor.t.s, giving
new life. Ihave taken it for kidney complaint with the
best results; have used several bottles in my family and
am satisfied that its reputation !, merite I'D. h.
sAuSpERs. 81 Pearl Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Moro Thnn Thank,

Fort Madison, Iowa, Mrs. Lydia E. Pink
ham: II am glad to inform you that have
tried one bottle of your Vegetable Compound
and have found great relief. I more than
thank you for your kind advice. I have
never felt so we'll as / do now since I had
these troubles. Yours Resp'y, Mrs. w. c.
A." The above is asample Of the many
letters received by Mrs. Pinkham expressing
gratitude for the tencft derived from he
Vegetable Compound. Another letter from
Kaufman, Texas, says: Your Compound
has done me more good than all the Doctors
ever did, for which l thank you with all my
heart. Your friend, Anna B."
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The cheerful a~lacrity with which a
young man will guide his best girl
toward II millincr's show-window before
they arc married, is cqualed only by the
marvellous skill with which he will steer
her away from it after she is his wife,
!SomerriM .hMnal.
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MOTHERS WORK..

Baking, stewing, and brewing,
Roasting, frying, and boiling,
Sweeping, busting, and cleaning,
Washing, s~tarching, and ir'ning,
Ripping, turning and mending,
Cutting. basting, and stitching,
Making the old like new;
Shoestrings to lace,
Faces to wash,
Buttons to sew,
And the like of such;
Stockings to darn
While the children play,
Stories to tell,
Tears wipe away,
Making them happy
The livelong day;
1t is ever thus from morn till night;
Who says that a mothers work is light:
AT evening, four
Little forms in white;
Prayers all said,
And the last goodnight,
Trucking them safe
In each downy bed,
Silently asking
Ger each head,
That the dear Father
In heaven will keep
Safe all my darlinss,
Awake or asleep.
Tho, I fbipl- Tho oh1 oloro fyr1o nypr vii
prove:
alt is easy to labor for those that we love
All me! dear me! l often say,
AS l hang the tumbled clothes away;
And the tear drops start,
While my burdened heart
Aches for the mother across the way.
Where, oh, where are
Her nestlings flown:
All, all are gone,
Save one alone.
Folded their garments
With tenderest care,
Impressed the pillow
And vacant chair.
No ribbons to tie,
No faces to wash,
No hair all awry;
No merry voices
To hush into rest;
God save them.
Hetook them,
And He knoweth best;
But, ah. the heart anguish! the tears that fall
This mothers work is the hardest of all.
Philadelphia Sunday Republic.
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LONDON now claims a population Of $500,

MFNsMAN's PEproN1zED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation Object containiugits entire nu!rL
tious properties. 1t contains blood-matiny
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms Of general debility
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostraslon, over
work or acute disease, particularly il resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswel, Hazard 6
Co.. Proprictors, New York. S,db By druggists
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A bright Chicago youth got an auto.
graph album filled with signatures, but
rs thew lacked neatness and uniformity
he bought q new book and copied all
the names into it. Now he is happy.
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An Only Daughter Cured Of Consumption.
When death was hourly expected from Con-
sumption, all remedies having failed n Dr.
made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which
cured his only child, and now gives this recipe
on receipt of stamps to pay expenses: Hemp
also cures night ats, nausea at the stom'
ach, and will break a fresh cold in "a hours.
Address Craddock & Co., 1882 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa, naming this paper.
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To reflect on the misfortunes to which
mankind in general are exposed greatly
contributes TO alleviate the weight OF those
which We ourselves endure.
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There is considerable likeness between
babies and wheat. They both are era
died, raised, threshed, sold, generally
ground up, often badly mixed, and even
tually planted.-Puek.
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Indian Slavery In Early Mexico.

The old Spaniards were not at all
afraid Of the savages, and enslaved as
many as they wished, and made them
work we'll in the mines. History tells
US this, aud tells US beside that they
treated the Indians with great cruelty.
Even the pious fathers made the Indians
cultivate the soil and lead clean lives,
and, above all, caused them to give up
their ways of idlencss.
Every evening the Indians anne in
from labor, and, after singing some re-
ligious songs, were locked up for the
night in about the same way that the
slaves of the Southern States were
formerly locked up. There was no non.
sense about it, and near every mission
there was kept small party of Spanish
soldiers who disciplined the Indians
whenever they needed it, which was
quite often.
Whenever any of them made their es-
a p to the mountains the soldiers went
after them and brought them home, or
rather back to the missions, and again
set them to work. Some of these In.
dians eventually became respectable
members of society and good men,
though others returned to their vaga-
bond life after the priests had lost their
hold upon them and the church proper
ty had been secularizcd, which occurred
as far back as 1888.
When the church property was aban-
doned, as was virtually done in conse-
qucnce of q decree Of the supreme gov
eminent of the city of Mexico, dated
August II, 1888, the semi-civilized In
dams found themselves free, as they
considered it, and returned to their will
WayS.
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Beeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap Is
used to prevent, cure and heal skin diseases
and to secure a white, soft and beautiful
COMPLEXION. Is cents by Druggists or by
mail. Dreydoprel, Philadelphia, Pa, Man'fr.
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Remove the miIdew from linen by
wctting the spot, rubbing on chalk, and
exposing it to the air. Diluted hartshorn
will take out mildew from WOODEN stuffs.