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a Modem Romanef of tho Hass.

! A Greek merchant df Alexandria IN
Egypt, who made gret deal of money,
unable to return personally to his coun.
try, but intent upon choosing a Grecian
maiden for his wife, writes to his CORE.
spondcnt in Corintf at the bottom of his
usual business lettef Finally 1 request
you to remit me, ~ returning steamer, a
young lady who night feel inclined to
become my wife. She need not he in
possession of any money, with which 7
an sufficiently blessed, but good rem.
tation, of the age of "a or a5, n rcspect.
able family, good looks, health and tenn.
per, and middle-sized figure. If the
lady will bring me the enclosed note.
with your kind acceptance, you may feel
assured that shall honor the same and
make the bearer M wife"
Although Somewhat astonished at this
singular order 81 Alexandria CORE
sPondent, the M lpt of Corinth, as
Esss ss;I1iss s ssss { : sslssls &. /
sf% laay posse zfsaplles as,aIisies, a
Ind willing to tram 3Pit with the accept.
ed check of her Unknown countrvman
her hand and heartfthe Corinthian took
her aboard the next}steamer going to the
country of the ,phaaohs. At the same
time he notified hi friend by telegraph
of the precious shipment.
AS soon rs the boat anchored in tie
harbor of Alexandra the matrimonious
Greek boarded it, tohear himself called
by name and seen pretty young damscl
stepping up too him, saying: II have a
check signed bySyou md hone Won will
duly honor it," 49,
"Nevcr yet hote;s mine has gone to
protest." replied tie Tblushing groom.
'and shall not pcrnn this to happen to
the one you hold. sail be happy If in
compensation you W. honor me with
your hand"
"A fortnight Letter }the note was re-
deemed ond the payera happy husband.
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TREATMENT OF SuRI.RS'

oRipJfS} S}pfly ffGv Terto9a A8w the
beneficial effects Of dressings 81 soiif when
applied to ground which has been ey-
haHsscd by the roots Of shrubs. Bhh ne
cesSity exists for fresh food most gen.
orally III. eases where trees. grow among
and ovcrtop the shrubs and where leaves
are cartcd of before dccaying. Four
inches in thickness may be taken rs the
least quantity of earth to prove of per.
manoiiS good" w6n,lerfi;t rgJ Jlsa6sss aEs have
been known . tgfanoxiaihc nee 1t season g
usual had happened. Ills J res. OF
may not be quite aS tony rs the o. -.
out he trying to build upon the c{ll Inc
OF the r'e''ie't stores in the ur-courat
on him now and help him in his b,;tv
iic'sJust as clever n man ns bcGoA is
fire.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND Norrs


In the new State OF Washington the license
fes ranges from $3.50 to 5000 n year.
Every year Germany spends 43C. 900, 900
marks for its army and 406, 900, OO0 marSs for
its alcoholic drinks
There were 6Si arrests for illegal liquor
selling in Boston last year, SO4 seizures and
e5oo gallons of alcoholic stuff were forfeited.
Neal Dow's testimony is to the effect that in
the old rum days Maine was the poorest
state In the Union; now it is one of the rich
est.
young Harvard graduate is getting up q
series of five and ten cent concerts at Boston
to Keep the poor out of the saloons The adj
mission tickets enttlo the holder to a bun
and cup OF coffee.
temperance society has been formed at
Berlin Inicr the patronage of members of
the Imperial family and the city aristocracy.
Members are described as "Knights of tha
tBlue Cross" The President is Colonel Won
Knobelsdorf "
There are less than 1000 licensed saloons in
y Il 7;tajloafa9s1saasaA1snd according to the Times,
?, here arc 1000 osifeFs that worA the PoliS6s
and pay no license. These lattaH 80 ~oy the
instructive name of speak -easieSn-that is
you must not MAKE too much noise while YOU
drink.
A prize of fifty dollars for the best essay
on the relation OF the temperance question to
political economy, has been offered for the
competition of college undergraduates by the
National w. G. T. u. department of orpan.
izat;on and instruction in the higher institu.
tious of learning.
Henry kepp leaned against the bar in st.
Loais saloon and confidently wagered that he
could drink half beer glass of gin and then
put seven ponies of whisky on top of it. He
successfully carried out his part of the pro-
2ramme to the amusement of many cronies
and was then carried home, where he died
within three hours
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WOMEN AND THE WINE CUP.

AT musicale a few days ego [ happened
to notice that in a roonful q, ladies to whom
light wines were offered there was not one
who refused. At a crowded evening recen-
tion 1t was the men who fingered about the
punch.ho after supper, but this might
easily nave beer because they were so busy
serving the ladies' in the earlier stages of the
proceedings. In the confectionery establish
ment patroniZed by tho tra-fashionable,
where woman can order anything from a
mint julep TO sherry Cobbler it excitcs no
surprise to seca lady wearywth shopping take
woman would take beef tea. 1t would excite
much surprise to see any woman show the
slightest evidence of intoxicaton --Ne,u
York Letter.
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y
THE START FOR TOMATOES.

1t is time to plant tomato o-seeds in
boxes Of fine soil in the house or iE hot
beds. Do this even when near enough
to town to buy plants, because home
made plauts can be madc more hardy
than those from the florist, and they are
always at hand when the right time comes
for setting them out. Time spent in
going for plants is often more valuable
in the busy spring thap tho plants. l
have found that frequent transplantings
greatly improve the young plants. They
should be removed from the box or bed
49, -.---u P",o cans, then into larger
and larger, until when set out they are
large, bushy plants, which, when knocked
from the dry-potS, with all the earth
around tho roots, will not seem conscious
of tho transfer.
An experiment last summer Of setting
tomato plants ut the bases of sunflowers,
up which they were trained, proved very
successful. The ground was made rich,
and the vines bore I'm abundance Of good
sized, firm, well favored Mikado toma.
toes.-INc'o York 1riJUne.
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Deafness ('nn't be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There il only
one way t. cure Deafness. and that In by con-
stitutional remedies Deafness Is caused BY
an L. famed condition Of the mucous lining Of
famed you have a rumb ing sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
Deafness Il the result, and unless the inflam.
toits norman condition. hearing will bc de-
caused by catarrb, which is nothing but an in
named condition Of the mucous surfaces.
we VIII give One Hundred d. liars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by (atarrhj that we
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for cir ula e. tree
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
tB Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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An Ideal Steamship.

,.r,n ,awings and Propositions for = 49,.
tb, OF last 5ccan steamship an,", ne, !:
.e american Mail and Expnr, ,"IPear y
~ % ~ engineer .. schiciirop tho ,tu,ial n,'.h u
S,.. e proposed new preybound no J"!
sn.ea Mlu DC able to raise the recor, Il,
- cross the Atlantic from So. ol
would ~ zty-four knots an hour Tb;.
to Uuiu admt voyages between o. nis
.ss.,rt.sa sHwH ana Sandy HcokIin three dsy%s % snd
aamenisSia biiStIs.s |ahSIs claims Ists.x...,
modern transatlantic stsaiI4e l.( - ~ =
ana operated no real advance has been
made since the Savannah crossed in 1919
he thinks that the trouble has been that
the same boat has been IA mail convey
ance, hotel, barn, and warehouse"
al IN one. He proposes to build, upon
special model, vessel for first-ciass
passengers and mail which will possess
the maximum of speed and space with
inc minimum of weight and displacc.
nlent; By removing cargo space of the
vesscl now In use he proposes to lighter
tne structure of the hull and still keep i,
submerged to the same water line. Thi,
would give the, hull shallow and broad
upper part and Darrow and deep lower
part. 1t might be described ms a comb.
nation of the contre-board type in the
upper part and an English cutter in the |
lower part.
AS regards stability, the new vessel
VIII prove mean between the cutter and |
Inc centre-board type. He claims that
on account OF its fullncss above the water
me his plan will insure dry deck both
and at the extrcmities. The
upper deck will be devoted to a spacious
1brary, ladies' cabin, smoking saloon
ND music-room. The main deck will
'e taken up by n dining saloon, an Gle.
.ant after cabin and several hieh-priced
The dining saloon will seat
% persons comfortably. The entire
over deck will be divided into state
ooms OF different dimensions.
All OF the modern convcnienccs will he
hand, and cleanliness, it is claimed
an DO more thoroughly secured than if
ccrage passengers and freight were car.
cd; MIR: Shic!drop says that his method
ould be in reality a fast limited express
anslt with Pullman accommodations.
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The comps ~pass.
north because die points ., a. .
magnet, not di Ally tha ..-sS .he
magnetic prop essentisIlv h, :.a
greatest tntens,sS las two POLES ~
steel magne.s and, like most large
Just as the poi U OF lesser ntsi intanp sup
tracts the end Of one bar ms snas
netic poles6 cf smother, so tSe ma~
gsSSiisE Sd garth behave x so~asS sS
poles s,tracans sa like poie{.:s s5sgn sSItss-,
It Is we'll to modify the
that the needle points north sHes 'ement
AS q matter Of fact, there ayms1d south.
| localities on the earth whfne'ie out few
point due north and soutfhstere It does
are constantly changing. th, ana these
line drawn from the M AN Irregular
Of Hayti. Charleston, s. east coast
troit, Mich, represents very J., and De-
line in which there is no nearly the
the present time In all variation ut
east of this line the north the places
needle swings slightly ta end OF the
ward in all places west the west
eastward. AT the north OF 1t, to the
bia River the variation ef the Column
Is about twenty-five d of the compass
| nAhoht loiS iphi iofty t~' -
east; midway between to sixty degrees
Hsss risssrp00l 1T is about eSss degrees sss
The reason )is IA
sssSIa. psinissse kte D .as 1sosfsp5;ss1 Ge%Gsss
do not 66I1tids l1yl hsss 1hsss
netio north pblT Is at Kprske kent nm S Vs.
near the southweA stern shore IN Rooth;a ~ ,
Peninsula. in the 3aorthern part Of North /
America. IL a
It's position ID constantiy cbans;,, /
Ind in the last EHve hundred wars T. 9
has moved aboaE half the d;stancs S
round the geograpl hical role Dn,;n~ 9
the three hundreN years in which nI'> Ii
seryations have ZEN carefully made r.
1T the Magnetic Observatory in Par;s
The variations have &hapged from elaya,, al
degrees twenty minvltes east Of nnrtb "a {;
twenty-five degreeA ten minutes ,ost st
In the United States the rate of tha ri
change in variation iffers much IN Axe W
terent parts of the c&hntry. Tn Wasb- tr
tngton State 1t chatges at the ratn ~
about seven minutes h year; in Arizona
md New Mexico it is statioparv. In tba
New England States it is from ona tn
three minutes per yedr
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MANY bacteria, states Prof. Law, are
capable of doubling themselves every
hour under the best conditions, a single
bacterium giving 6,717, 22O in twenty
four hours. In forty eight hours the off
spring from germ measuring 1-15OOO
OF an inch would fill half pint meas
ure, the nurnber reaching 2S1, ,5OO,-
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Don't use doubtful seeds.

! Don t use doubtful seeds. ,----r---r--s
"."", -"~~. --l-.-;s excellent 10
| fowls.
Good onion seed sinks when placed in
water.
The parsnip is root much rclishcd by
cattle.
Fresh sprouts of onions arc fine for
poultry.
Exclude light from potatoes and keen
them as cool as possible.
The shelter that shuts out both nrro
and cold air is not a profitable struc-
tucc.
Rust and rot do more for the imnlc.
mcnt maker in winter than wear and to,r
do in summer.
The secrets of large yields ALWAYS and
everywhere are rich soil, good seed and
thorough tiliage.
The peach tree is easy to plant, easy to
remove, if it proves worthless, and of
great valne when success.
3saienple arc prevented from ra;s-
ing asparagus by an exaggerated notion
Of the labor involved. Its requirements
are simple.
1. II a hen: will leave her nest when any
one approaches she should not be used
for setting purposes. She will generally
prove an unsteady sitter and breaker of
eggs. ..
~ A;good crop Of both corn and weeds
eftSitat''be grown on the saLhe ground at
the;Sqme' time, any more than two rail
MAY trains can pass each other On the
same track.
Profitable feeding must hc steady
dfeadingg-in spasmodic feeding the foasts
may do actual harm, and the short rations
surely entail loss. Do not cram one day
and starvc the next.
In buying poultry for breeding pur-
poses, go to some reliable breeder, who
has his reputation at stake. 1t may cost
a little more for the birds, but the buyer
expensive at any PRICE.
Some farmers think that thew can
afford to spend frequent holiday
in town as their crops are growing. Sad
mistake! A farmer can not neglect his
business any time without loss, no better
than the merchant or mechanic.
Experiments in feeding milch COWS.
described in IA bulletin of the Massachu.
sctts State Agricultural Experiment
Station, attest the great economical value
OF corn fodder, stovcr, and cnsilagc for
the production and quality of milk and
cream.
Where one cow only is kept there is
little trouble in obtaining all the butter
the milk is capable of producing. But
where there are twenty cows this is quite
as the milk of different cows .
requires varied management and treat
mcnt.
It:is difficult to SOW gram or grass seed
s1d01iso OF til; ti1;f hf1srI; IN t ;tfhrowing down the
hill, the grain falls on broad s.rip
thinly; throwing up the hill, on a narrow q.
strip thickly. Also, it is difficult TO
walk straight.
Ground bone is n fertilizer that bene.
fts nearly all crops; can be applied at
NJ sc9s4ns.of the year; will not iniure
my tfeG.or plant; is permanent and last I
ny n its effects, and is the cheapest
TORN 9t fertilizer in proportion to the
nenelB II mparts that can be used.
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DHoKEN Up BY STRONG DRINK

The Rev. Dr.. Dixie, a special student of tho
divorce question, found that of 20, t55 di.
vorceS granted in forty-five counties OF
twelve States, a little more than twenty per
cent. were caused directly or indirectly by
drunkenness. This statment, appalling as IL
Is, indicates but part of the havoc made
enemy OF the SOCIAL we'll baine; OF the nation
snol.d be abolished by enlightened public
opinion, crystlliz,i into law.
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The world grows weary rraising men,
And wcaricd grows of being praigcd-"

But never wearicd grows tho pen
Which writes the truths that have amazed
the thousands who have hccn given up iy
their physicians and who have been restored,
10 complete health by using that safest Of al
remedies for functional irregularities and
Weaknesses, which arc the Eanc of womank aC
VIC refer, of course, to DR.. Picrce's Favcr;t,
thosc chronic ailments peculiar to women.
Head the guarantee on the ho!,!c-wraprer.
10 re8u late the stomach, liver and bowels
Dr. Pierce's Pellets excel. One n dose.
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TEMPERANCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, Superintendent of
Scientific Instruction in Schools and Colleges
of the Worlds Womans Christian Temper
ance Union, gave an address yesterday after
noon in the hall of the Young Women's
Christian Association, East Fifteenth
street Mrs. DR.. A. Buchanan presided and
introduced Mrs. Hunt, who spoke OF the need
of pushing temperance education in the pub
lie schools. She said that the subject of tenn
perance should be made a portion of the cur
riculum to be taught regularly. That would
enable the teacher to get at the young man
before the cigarette habit was formed, and
precmpt him for sobriety. The aim should
be to show by the use of graded text books,
in n course of study i'll physiology and hy-
giene, with special reference to the nature of
alcoholic drinks and other narcotics, their
s>S8s,acts -" tho human systn~>. No, York
GzIimeS.s.
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A Wonderful Fountain,

The artesian we'll at Charleville. on tho
Warrego River, Queensland, lis the new.
est and most remarkable instance of the
natural resources of marvellous Australia.
The well Is situated quite near the rail.
way station, but in one of the most un-
likely places that could have been i'm
aglncd. Who on earth would have
expected that this artcsian well, which is
the beet in the world, or at all events
yields the largest amount of water was
sunk upon top of sandy hummock2 Yet
30 it IL.
Crossing the swampy fat leading to
this hummoCk, attention is drawn TO n
wide channel cut through the drift sand.
and it is explained that the outflow of
water had done this ere the apparatus for
controlling it had been obtained. The
bore itself looked harmless enough kind
OF thing. 1t might have been taken for
rather high standpipc placed in an
ldiotic position in the bottom of a hole
sixty or seventy yards long, thirty broad
and ten feet deep. But moments oh
scrvation showed that the harmless look
ing standpipe had made the hole. AS a
taEaea- rnshSt ra.asati is'sfnu aurouMf- the BoFe
in few minutes, and cleaned out the
foundations Of the derrick and threatened
to wreck the whole contrivancc. If they
had not got a plug in it pretty soon, it
would have washed ChaI4cvillc into the
Warrego. On top of the pipe there has
been fixed right-angle band, so that the
water can be turned in any direction.
subsequently nozzle, one inch in di-
amcter, was attached to the pipe, and
when the water was turned on it assembled
in an even jet to height of nearly one
hundred feet, returning TO earth in a
heavy shower or dissipating in mis-,
clouds through which the rainbows
played with an effect that was as bcauti-
ful as it was wonderful. 1t seemed that
the visitors would never tire looking at
it. They simply stood and gazed, hardly
saying word,' for, in the presence of
this marvellous phenomenon, speech
seemed poor and commonplace, and the
mind simply gave itself up to childlike
wondcrmcnt. -[Queenslander.
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A UNIQUE BROTHERHOOD.

Among the many club organizations in this
city is one called ''The Liberal Brotherhood. ="
an organization of barkeepers, FOR elevat-
ing the character of the men engaged in the
business, business, and to improve their condition
morally, socially ana materially" The fifth
annual ball of this Barkcepers' Brother
hood" was given at the Metropolitan Opera
House on the 18th nit. They admit to member
ship ANY white man, who is practical bar
keeper, over the age of twenty-one years, re-
gardleSs of nationality, politics, or religion
a. They have clnb-rooms, and in the way
OF social recreation for the members.
the fourth Sunday evening of each month,
from September till May, is set apart as
ladies' night, when the club-rooms are
thrown open to the wives and lady friends of
members" A collation. is served. and MEM
bers of the leading theatrical troupes give
.as,r ssESiGsA ~ tRs ss-mbers6iS
in case OF sickness OF distress-"pfovsd.a
such sickness or distress was not caused by
immoral conduct or intemperance." This
'Barkeepers' brotherhood" is unique among
the club associations of the metropolis. But
their business is against their moral and
social elevation while they continue in it,
National Advocate.
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AGRICULTURAL.
ropICs'oF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM NSD GARDEN.
a,n,.r,oS IN uoRsE.RADIsB.

While the flavor of horse-radish does
not vary, yet there is often cons,oelaD,0
difference in the pungency Oh us Ioo'.
-sWa..h-~eSaAs. thsarn- srronger than that
from sandy or gravelly land. 1t may be
there are different varieties, or the differ.
ence may be due to the soil. After the
roots acquire age, they become more
tough and strin2y. Hence horse-radish
growing wild does not work up SO wei
as that grown by regular gardeners and
always cleaned out when year old
american Cultirator.
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y a hrc at woodruff, SPariauburg Co., II,
f,n!"F' destroyed 'nc stable and a ouon,;,
81 c." iced, lcIongir& to CAPT. 4. T. Wool
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am More diseases are produoo,
Why run ssSb ed soap; than y SnpsbIssb gsbf5s brown
PSSSnn. aaS rsfs + when sss
'ns prevents hahdsf Z frJm Rnrs cha and n1 perfect
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-comnleted. IL this be done early IN .oo
s,r;no great benefit will arise. Inc
reasoS IA much the same as in the case Oh
sbrubs dressed with fresh soil, VIZ, inc
en-; sion of numbers of strong ioo's III
,,ed;um more suited to healthy growth
than hard soil in an unbrOken state. inns
latter method is one much practised py
English horticsiturists. = Wored'
=: ). !. ,.,.,G -
this earth is Interested in, no matter
! where he lives or what he does, no mat
ter whether rich or poor, refined or
vulgar-that is clean milk. Pure milk
is nourishing to those in health and to the
sick. Foul or impure milk is poisonous
to the blood and unfit to be taken into
the system. II milk, after standing a
few hours, looks dark and cloudy at the
bottom of the vessel there is something
wrong, and the matter should be inquired
into at once. Extra care is needed to
keep the milk clean where cows are kept
in stables. The animals should be care
fully brushed, and every particle of dirt
wiped or washed from the uddcr, aud
the stables cleaned before milking is be-
!, gun, as the fresh milk absorbs foul odors
readily. With farmers there is no excuse
for using unclean milk. Those in cities
, who procure supplies from milkmen may
be obliged to endure what they can not
change. City authorities, however,
should take the necessary precautions tc
have the people served with pure milk
r 1t is quite as important as that they b.
3 served with clean meat. Milk which il
| kept where it can be reached by currcnt
4 of impure air will absorb the impuritie
S with which the air Is loaded. Smells
from the kitchen may be tasted in tn,
: milk kept in cupboards opening into tn,
kitchen, where vegetables are bein1
: cooked daily.
The cleanliness and purity of milk
also depends on the food and water giver
to COWS. II the water is found in stag
nant pools or mud-hole look out fo
fevers, headaches, and other forms O.
malarial disorders. Clean food, clear
water, clean udders, clean stables, ant
clean pals and pans-then we have clear
, milk, and if kept in clean place it viii
continue clean and pure, and always
prove itself wholesome, nourishing food
- Chicago Times.
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"ia,iI iHckrr mate h-safr FREQ IN s,o,
iahsii.'s Punch" g.. ui:ar.o 10 smokers o;
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AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL

consult DIR. IHBB, :s29 North Fifteenth
street, rhiladeiphin. Twenty years experience
IN special diseases; cures the worst OF Nervous
Complaints, Dicoi Poisoning, Biotches, EruptionA
PILES, Caiarrl Ulcers Sores, Impaired Memory,
Eesp .ndency, Dinncss OF Vision, Lung, Liver
Stomach, kidney IBrYhts piseasel; confidential
~ Call Or write for question list and book.