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A Sunkcn Forest.

There is a sunkcn forest of white
cedar in New Jersey which has been
continuously "minel" for its valuable
timber for over eighty years. The curl
Gus industry of digging for the sunkcn
logs is carried on by the people Of Den
nisville, Cape May County, village
which was brought into existence solely
through the wealth of the buried timber
in its vicinity. Over the sunken forest
trees of large size arc growing, and in
many instances these are 1T away in or
der To get at the more valuable timber,
which lies only three or four feet below
the surface. All the sunkcn trees arc of
enormous size, two to five times larger
than those now growing on the surface.
The exact age in which they lived is a
matter of curious conjecture. 1t is prob
able that they were buried many cen
turies ago by the action of an earth.
uuoke.-Mto York TJmDfrriaI idrertiSer
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An Ancient Egyptian seythc.

An Egyp:iap scythe, recently uuearthed,
is exhibited among the antiquities in the
private museum of Flinders Petrie In
London. The shaft of the instrument is
wood, supporting row OF flint saws,
which are securely cemented into It.
This discovery will set at rest the specu-
lations which have been made as to how
the crops of tho land were gathered in
the flint and early copper age. 1t has
long been suspected that such an instru-
mcnt rs Mr.. Pctric has brought to light
was used, but there was no direct evil
dcnce.
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A Sensitive BALANCE.

IN lecture to The British Association
on his now celebrated quartz flores, Pro-
fcssor G. v. Boys exhibited the applica-
tion of the minute threads rs suspcnders
for extremely delicate apparatus. The
heat from II candle ut the extreme end of
the hall was sufficient to turn mirror
suspended from one of the fibres, tho
movement being made visible by the
spot of light reflected on screen. A
musical rotc even produced detection
Of tic spot. What was perhaps even
more wonderful was the demonstration
that attraction so small as the 26-mil-
lionth of grain might be weighed, the
attraction of gravity Of that amount pro-
Gucing n visible effect on u torsion bal
uucc made of the quartz iibre.-1rento'
(N. ~ american.
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MUSICAL.

There seems to be little going on
:, nus;cal circles of late, but there,
is is much talk, among musical people,
&c % tha marvellous cure of Miss B,
the high contralto singer, who has
Iono suffered from a severe throaS'
or bronchial affection, superinduoed
bv Catnrrh in the Head, and VINO
has been perfectly cured poyy.sSx' oy sne
Sf DR.; r,S sasss e. ss oasa..n Of Dr. Piesses
Golden Medical Discovery. For
ali bronchial, throat and lung affeo-
i tions, and lingering coughs, it IS an ?.
uneoualed remedy. When comp,,'
Gated with Chronic Nasal CatarIh
it's use should be coupled with tne
use of DR.. Sage's Catarrh heme"y
OF all druggists
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Shedding uBlanc.

A lame man, abodears OF sses |
has Just nade the asont n'Hoo,
in the Swiss Alps. In JIM
sen has been a great . ,Ipel'
He is the President Of the AiPins
Club aud an astronon,eras @kes
up on a sledge which avn sno
pushed by twenty-two ana Wni's
they had ratherShsot II IN some
parts of the ascera gentleman sos
in co,asu 10 and let them
tuy =, Ma snow.
aImos. % s.oge @ Pn both sides wSrs
beds Z, very Ely ready to fall A.
avoI, :, sno Stest motion. Tho
| twen, .es q ho were up to their
waists .wS IL ,S egged the old gen.
tlcman - for littlo variety,
and "u ,ss,;,d 30 very short pull
would land MiAu Top oi the moun''
Sain. :
He finally ctotl to try it, got oA
his slcdge and Y or seven steps,
when he tumbldc', IN tne snow. hs
said the work pufn TOO nard Tor MI
strc,.tb and u pst get him mp c;
the sledge somos Anosner hour'
hard work and tsRomer was on tol
NJ tho mounto;nhiist time that an,
one has ever tah hedge Journey u
Mont Blanc. A.
1t took him tu " 70 make tne =
cent, but only OIL iIo retu!n eo Tn
hotel near the fotf g22untains an
during the many !yoes We
puffiug away up $8es ~
taEifcs, the VIII anu VI shs .
pine sledge traveller, tho versns
of the hotel Watching movement
of their relative throu elescope.,
therefore not only asct fhe mounts
with considerable Il of comic
but afforded all the wal very uniq
and interesting spectat b those "
were watching the par How.-Wd
tn1t0n Star.
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A DOCTORS CONFESSION.
m, Doe.u't Tnko Much Medicine aud Ad.
vlses tho Reporter Not To.

m, Doesu'. Tnko Much Medicine aud Ad.
vi.es tho Reporter Not To.
.Huubugf OF course ii Is. The o-caiied
science of medicine Is a humbug ana mas mas
been from the time Of Hippocrates TO 70 the
dian tribes Is the medicine man."
tsVery frank was the admission, especially
SO when it came from one cf the biggest
young physicians OF the CITY, e%ouSh one wnGSe Se
has been graduated but a few years, says
the Buffalo Courier ''Very cozy was his OF
Ace too, with Its cheerful CRATE fire, its Queen
Anne furniture, and It's many ioangsS gsshtad an%
! easy chairs. He stirred the ire iaziy, hsn'e"
I; fresh cigar, and went on" A..
"Take the prescriptions laid down In the
+. books and what do you find, Potsons mainly,
and nauseating stuis that woa'a III maxe ,,,'.,S
!. science should go to poisons for It's remed,es
| cannot tell, nor can 1 find any one VINO
| can" ~,
meiicineY' he asked. HE calls, prescribes
and goes away The only way to judge woult
be to stand over the bed and watch the pa
tient. This cannot be done. 30 really
don't know how he Is TO tell what go0% ~s,u y
Der, the Boston Globe sent out reporoee
with stated set Of symptoms. He went :
eleven prominent physicians and bro1Sl
back eleven different prescripeons a.
Just shove how much science there fs
, medicine"
! There are local diseases Of various chara
!, ters for which nature provides positive rem
, dies They may not be included In the reg
lar physicians list, perhaps, because OF tne
!. tive power is beyond dispute Kidney d
s. ease Is cured by Warner Safe Cure q STR.
q " herbal remedy. Thousands Of Perso'
4 every year, write as doss III. ]. Gardner,
q Pontiac, r. l., August7 1890: A.
-. "a feH~ xeara go suffered more IN
!. probably ever win Do Known outside OF !, =
10 sseif. with kidney and liver comPlalnt. AZ ~
Of the old story-Ivisited. doctor. ait~ 90 dSeI
7. but to no avail was es NewPo.Sa &c r.,
In commenced the use Of It, and found re
r.. , immediately. Altogether took tnreeE E
~ tIos and I truthfullY state that N cureo
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who Are the Greatest Readersi

Which class Of our population is the
most addicted to readingf Some In.
teresting light Is thrown on this question
by the latest report Of the Birmingham
Free Libraries Committee. Among other
tables therein given Is one showing the
occupations of borrowers admitted dur
Ing 1889. Here are some of the figures:
Scholars and students, 1892; clerks and
bookkeepers, 1888; erraud aud Office
boys, 301; teachers, 1913; shop assist
ants, 300; jewellers, 216; eompositors
and printers, 1872; milliners and dress
makers, 100. Almost at the bottom OF
the list come journalists, six; news
agents, two, and reporters, two. Is this
because they have libraries Of their own,
or because the people who write in news
papers lose IT," taste for reading booksi
--PaH Mall Ga< =
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A FIye.Legged Calf.

b. 8. Staples, of Belfast. Me-, has on
exhibition at the Phoenix House stable
steer calf with five legs. The fifth one
starts from the nigh hind gambrel joint
an6 branches down with perfect foot,
upon which he steps the same as upon
the Others. In addition to this freak OF
nature the calf is beauty, being only
six months old, and weighing 61o pounds-
His girth is four feet nine inches.-'
.-Pseay.1e, ,..y--r-. -,-~-
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The Great Carpet City.

The Philadelphia Press says the textile
industry is the greatest of all industries
In Philadelphia, and tho largest branch
of that industry is carpets. The trado
has been in 1ourishing condition, and
In one ward In tho city more carpets are
made than in all England combined, tho
former homo of the industry. There
arc at least one hundred and fifty mills
n. the city producing goods worth prob
ably S40, zoo, 900 year, employing fully
seventeen thousand persons.
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--~1rtDE@z-a
Cure for q fcl n.

To cure fclon, says correspondent.
mix equal parts of strong ammonia and
water and hold your linger in it fer tif-
teen minutes. After that withdraw it
and tic piece of cloth completely satu-
rated with the mixture around it and
keep it there till dry. IL this treatment
is adopted when the ailment is at first
realized the pains will cease at ouce.--
Scientific american
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HOw's TbIsy

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any Gaze of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHEsEY e. Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known n. j.
Cheney fer the last l5 years. and believe him
periec ~ honorable In all bu .iness transac-
tIons, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEsr 81 TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do. D.
WALDrNo, KINHAN d MARvIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken internally, act
ing directly upon the bloot and mucous sur
Price 10. per bottle. Sold by al druggtsta
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Tur yo,Ira's COMPANION for 1891 win give
az ins,rnc,iye and helpful Series OF Paperss
each Of which Describes the chsrsStos 2a s' foe
leading Trade for Boys OF oconpa't9hm tha An
Hnrsnt,ceship required to learn each the WaSes
10 be expected. the Qualities Decided Y o0. Me-
sSSnSscribers 81 who send Sl.7t st once the papeS pe
viii be- sent free 70 Jan. !, 1891, and 1oT '"'
,.ar from th1t date. Address, ~S.
"e" [THH YOUTHS COMPANION. Boston, MASS
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FoR impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Bntousness.
take Browne Iron Bittcrs-it gives strength,
making old persons feel young-and young
persons strong: pleasant to take
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s.sot, Wheels for auibusss.

Safety wheels have rec9tly been fitted
to some of the London onhibuses. These
are small wheels casters you'd perhaps
be more expressive name attached to
the body of the ysaicle, and ordinarily
carried few iqqes OIL the ground, so
that in the 80, an axle breaking or
BsB6 ) a. pssssass gAaiilu Aii
of Ave or six inches It}is said that an
attempt will be made to have the sppli.
cation. of these safety wheels made com.
pulsory IN order to prevent accidents
similar to those which SO painfully
marred the last coachiny season.-Neu
YorE Journal.
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The preacher fails who tries TO preach q
ctriDe th It hasut been tested In his own
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In condempinx the vanity oe women, moi
.n,p'sin OF the Hre that they themselves
ave kiutlec.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

White pine boards are now made BY re-
iuc,ug small trees and limbs to pulp and
pre- sing In molds
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10 You Ever SSecuinter
Any person sendin! US their nan" an AZ Ia
70 fortuue Benj Lewis q O., security
building, Kansas , ity, Mo.
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The toughest fowl can DO Inade eatable II
,,ut In cold water, plenty Of 1t, and cooke
y, ry slowly from Dvc TO siI hours
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Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri. Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co., Kansas CITY, MO-
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Ssnyp RwsroW.p. No fits After tlrst days uSc,
Msryeious cures. Treatise nud ~ tria, o'Seio
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Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any whero
on receipt OF 80 cts Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo-
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FoR Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Sfomacn
disc, Jers use Browns Iron Bitters. The best
Tonic, IL rebuilds the system. cleans the blood
s9h fos s'ycaitasaS weak and deSi SS sd persons.
. -..--.~> zs..-sl}St aysA--.-..
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Econ, my is wealth; but II ba Kind Of
,,nI,h that the rich man fnds it hard to
,ausfer to hiss n.
Woman. her diseases and their treatment.
70 page. :, illustrator; price SOC. 8 Mt upon re
ceii,t of ,Uc cost or mailings< Address
Prof. r. II. KLINE, nj. DE- t'n e''
Philadelphia, Pa. WSA
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less In effect, quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt OF 81 per bottle
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From the oil vi yrasshpppers Hpa,h b Z"
,,Lr claims to make tho finest sap "
q t,t
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l. We n yer has to be watched to see that IL
Ices full day q work.
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ilh ut caws.

II nlIl,ctsi with sore eyes use Dr. thOtn
en's rye watT. Druggist sell at 2sr rer hottie
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10 You Ever Sc'

The Car of Russia has Issued IN oros'
oorbiddinp applause in tho theatres.
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He fssts enough whose wife srolds at din
time
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payment, and the dark word, Reputation"
would bc written across the sky, and the
eternal government would be disbanded and
God Himself would become an exile. Keep
on with your prayer, aud you will yet find
your child in tho temple, either tho temple
here or tho tc'npe above.
Out on the western prairies was happy
but isolated home. Father, mother and
child. BY tho sale Of cattle quite u large
sum Of money was ono night I'm that cabin,
and the father was away A rObber who had
heard Of the money one night loOFed In at
the window, aud the wife and mother OF
that home saw him and she was helpless.
Her child by nor side, she knelt down and
prayed among other things for all prOdigals
VII" were wandering up and down the world.
The robber heard her prayer and was over
whclmed and entered the cabin and knelt
beside her and began to pray. He had come
to rob that house, but tho prayer Of that
woman Tor pvodigals reminded him Of his
mother and her prayers before he became a
.1 ed Ta t.a' G,aS tsst MS'i;sr @ WIS hTn Il; & GGy
In Il great audience and the orator who came
on tho platform and plead gloriousy for
righteousness ana God was the man who
many years before had looked into the rnhir
or TN" prairie asa rObhcr. The speaker anr
the auditor immediately recognized cact
other After so long n time mother'i
prayers answered
Rut we must hurry on, for the muleteer1
and baggage men have teen ordered to pitci
orr tents for tonight at Bethel. 1t is already
getting dark that we, have to give up al
idea at guiding the horses. and leave them tt
their own sagocity. We ride down amit
mud cabins and into ravines, where tn,
horses leap from depth TO depth, rocks below
rocks rocks under rocks. Whoa! Whoa
| We dismcunt i'm this place memorable foi
| many things in Biblo history, the two NOR,
| prominent Theological, seminary, where of ole
| they made ministers. and for Jacobs dream.
The students OF this Bethel Theological Semi.
| nary were called "sons Of tho prophets.
Here the young men were fitted for the
| ministry, and those Of us who ever had tn,
advantage Of such institutions will everiast
ingly he grateful and i'm the calendar o
saints, which read with especial affection
are the doctors Of divinity who blessed me
I with their care.
| thank God that from these theological
seminaries there is now coming forth q ma e
niHcent crop Of young minister's, who are
t1king the pulpits in all parts Of the land
hail their coming, and toll these young
brothers tn shake off the somnolence OF cen
turtles, and get out from under the dusty
shelves Of theological discussions which hav,
no practical bearing on this age which need,
TO get rid Of Its sins and have It's sorrows
comforted. Many OF our pulpits are dying
Of humdrum. People do not 60 TO church
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-02-26
A Mathematical PussIe.

A friend asks me to multiply s. by So.
| do so and announce the result as s25.
Now multiply 800 cents, give the answer
in cents, pure and simple, not as fraction
al parts of dollar. | do so and am sur.
prised TO see the figures climb up to 250,-
900 cents which is $4,000. As s5 and
500 cents are equivalent, the result is
puzzling. 1t can not be urged that deci-
NAL points should be used. A cent, as
such, is as distinct a unit as dollar, and
as the result is to be announced in cents
the decimal cannot be pleaded in extenu-
alton of the rather surprising result. But
there is clearly something wrong. What
is it?-S. Loui, Republican.
We find the above in one of our ex-
changes, the credit showing that it has
come all the way from St. Louis. The
puzzle is to see how any man acquainted
with the common rules of arithmetic
should see any puzzle in it. An ordina-
rily bright school boy of ten years should
see at once that it is nonsense to talk
about five dollars times five dollars, or
five hundred cents times five hundred
cents. 1t is one of the rules of simple
multiplication that the multiplier must
be an abstract number. You cannot
multiply grains of corn by chickens nor
dogs by rabbits. OF course 500 times
800 is more than times 5, and five hun
dred cents. 1t is as silly as the old STUN
bling block so often placed in the way of
young scholars, the problem to multiply
four and-sixpence by four-and-sixpence.
The absurdity appears as soon as the ques-
ton is plainly stated: how many are four
and-sixpence times four-and-sixpence p
Mountain Echo.
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The Old Bonds.

1t was while Judge Folger was secreta-
ry (said an old treasury ofiiciaD. One
morning an old man came in to me who
was from a New England State. He said
that about twenty years ago he found
some old stocks or bonds among the pa
pers of an uncle mentioning his name)
he had been man of national reputation
Tor ability, and had comfortable fortune
for those days-that is from 1880 to 1910
and he had come to the United States
treasury to find out if they were worth
anything, rs they seemed TO be United
States bonds. looked at them. They
were ten of the "old debt" bonds, and
were, indeed, curiosities. They were old
and yellow from age, but were worth,
principal and interest, in gold, $4,000,
for there were ten years interest due on
them. You can imagine the old mans
amazement when | told him this.
"Why, | would gladly have taken
$4,000 for them," said he, "and offered
them to Boston banker for less than
that, but he declined to buy them at any
figure" / took the old man in to see
Judge Folger who was very much inter-
ested in the matter when | explained it
to him. He had never seen any Of the
cold loan" securities, and after these
were paid and Cancelled, | believe he
dioected one of them be framed and pre-
served. Well, in less than half an hours
time, the old New Englander walked out
of the building with check in bis pock-
ct on the New York sub-treasury for s70,-
600 in gold. How that "smart" Boston
banker must have cursed his own igno-
rance and stupidity when he learned what
he had thrown away.
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Burst HIS Coat.

One evening Carlotta Patti sang in a
town. Just as FerranG, the bufio, was
leading her out of the door upon the plat
form. some one in the ante-room behind
cried out to him that his coat had burst
at the seam in the back. 1t was too late
to 90 back, for the audience had seen him,
and the two singers advanced to the foot
lights. The knowledge Of this misbap
took all the fun out Of Ferranti, and the
duet-which was sung in Italian-was so
dolefully devoid Of its usual humor that
Patti noticed it before they were half way
through, and, dropping the text Of the
duet, she fitted the following words to it,
in Italian: "What is the matter with YOU
tonight? | don't understand your ner-
vousness. Nobody laughs at you.''
Whereupon Ferranti, in the melliflu-
Gus Italian, responded, by the saints, l
have burst my coat Everybody will
laugh when l 90 off the stage, if they
don't now !"
at this unexpected interchange Of per-
sonal feelings, Max Maretzek and his or
chestra began to laugh immoderately.
Then the people in the front seats, seeing
the orchestra and the artists laughing,
joined in themselves, and the merriment
presently broke out in applause all over
the house.
"Ah," said one of the papers next
morning, there is always something ma
iestic in Ferranti's singing of that song.
People burst into sympathetic laughter
without being able to tell Why