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ANTIQUITY OF CIVILIZATION.

Evidences of Organized States in Prehls.
torlc Times.
We cannot but be struck with the
immense antiquity of civilization in
western Asia, whence, as center,
trade, art and literature spread west
ward to the Greeks and Italians, and
eastward to India and China. The
monuments show us that at least us
early as $500 B. c. distinct civilizations
existed in Chaldea, in Syria and in
Egypt 1t is true that the early date
which has been assigned to Menes, by
scholars who reckon thirty years as
the average reign of an Egg 2tian mon
arch (whereas the dated reigns often
do not exceed five or six), rests on no
secure basis, and extravagant estimates,
based on equally unsafe deductions,
have been offered by some of our
cuneiform scholars, who would carry
back Akkadian civilization to 1000 B.
c.; but those extravagancies do not dis
credit the facts which are deduced from
better data. and which show that
even earlier than the period usually as
signed as the time when the pastoral
Hebrew patriarchs found their way
along the Euphrates and through Syria
to Egypt, there were organized states,
walled towns, chariots and horses,
riches of gold and silver, bronze and
iron, of corn, wine and oil, not only
among the Akkadians and in Egypt,
but also in Phenicia and in Palestine.
- Edinburgh Review.
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CAPES AND CLOAkS.
Fashionable Wraps for Fail and VIII

Fashionable Wraps for Fail and Winter
Wear.
J: Capes that reach to the knee and
have an air of great comfort, are inn
Ported for autumn and winter cloaks
They are very full and round, giving
the effect of great breadth. are moder-
ately high on the shoulders, and are
belted in behind. Armholes are pro-
vided in some capes; others open on an
inner front in Russian circular fashion.
The neck is very much trimmed with a
ruche of lace or feathers, or with far
ing collar, which may be of velvet or
fur: The lengths mostly imported are
from thirty-six to forty-two inches
though, of course, shorter capes are
provided for small women.
Black capes will be fashionably worn
with colored dresses They are made
of short-napped silk plush, velours de
Nords, Lyons velvet, and brocades with
garland and arabesque designs on peau
de sole ground. They are embroidered
in lengthwise bands in front and back,
and in all-over designs of small feathers
or medallions done in finely cut jets
Around the neck and sometime down
the front is a boa of cog plumes, or of
the new fluffy black fur called Mon
golian, which is the white criukled Chi
nese fur dyed jet black.
Elderly ladies can no longer complain
that wraps are not provided for them.
Besides the comfortable round capes,
which they can not fail to like, they are
various visites, dolmans and mantles,
short il the back. folding warmly
about the arms, and long in front, re-
calling the fashions of generation
ago. These commend themselves anew
because of their easy fit, as they are
given the ample width which is now
stylish, and therefore do not restrict
the arms as they formerly did. They
come in black box-plush, velvet or
brocaded peau de sole, embroidered by
hand in silk and jet, and trimmed with
chenille fringe, fur or feathers. -Har-
per's Bazaar.
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l became curioua How could find
out7 Yes, there was . way. But to
call on people with whom l had only
exchanged few words, almost on the
street, and who. in a week, might have
forgotten both my name and my face,
was rather delicate matter. Then l
should have to undergo the torture of
feeling myself an intruder, as the
servant would announce me in the re-
ception room where, perhaps, half-a-
dozen ladies, unknown to me, would
look me over from head to foot as I'd.
vanced, as II to ask: "Who is this
person. and where does he como
from?"
When thought it we'll over, how
ever. reflected that there had been
occasion to talk of me, and, at the
name Of Paul Barnard, Mrs. Carman
would know very we'll who I was. At
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WORK OF THE SALOON.
Two Lives Pay tho Penalty Of Pamperlng
. Taste tor Rum.

Two Lives Pay tho Penalty Of Pamper,ns
Taste tor Rum.
Do you ask me why l hate the
saloon? l will tell you. once had a
dear sister Mary. We were constant
companions. Mary was conscien-
tious girl, and anxious to live a gooi
life. She used to say: "Anna, when I
grow up AIN going to be a minister's
wife" How l wish she might have
done SO, but, when she was twenty
four years old, she married man who
was studying for q doctor, and with
him she left her home and went to the
far west
The man whom Mary married had a
rich father who gave his son a home
and furnished it very nicely.
Mary used to write us cheerful
letters, for she was happy for a time,
but, by and by, her letters seemed differ
ent, and in one of them written to me
alone she told me her trouble
She said that Albert cher husband)
had taken to drinking. At first he
drank but little, but she could see that
the appetite was growing greater. She
said that she prayed for him and
begged him earnestly to stop drinking,
but he always said that he did not
drink enough to hurt him and that he
could stop any time he wanted to.
We asked Mary many times to come
home to visit us, but she said she dare
not leave Albert for fear he would
drink harder if she went away. So
patient Mary staid year after year
without seeing her home and friends
and she never wrote me half that abe
suffered.
One morning received q message
telling me to 60 to her, and started 1t
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TEMPERANCE NOTES,
GLASS NUMBER ONE.

Glass number one. ''only In frn;"
Glass number two ''other boys do;"
Glass number three, ut won't hurt me-"
Glass number four, ''only one more;"
Glass number five, "beforo drive;"
Glass number six brain In mix:
Glass number seven. stars up in heaven;
Glass number eight, stars in his pate;
Glass numbtr nine. whisky. not vino;
Glass number ten, drinking again;
Glass number twenty, not yet > plenty.
Drinking with boys, drowning his Joys;
Drinking with men, just now and then,
Wasting his life. killing his wife;
Losing respect, manhood all wrecked,
Losing his friends. thus 1t all ends.
Glass number one, taken in fun,
Rulnod his life. brought on str To-;
BliRhted his youth ruled his truthr
Gave only pain, stole all his gain:
Made him at last friendless outcast.
L,ght-hearted boy, somebody's Joy,
Do not begin carly in sin;
Grow up man brave IS you can;
Taste not in fun glass number one.
Central Baptist.
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Throat Deafness,

ut is singular thing" says physi-
clan, that a man does not hear his own
voice exclusively through his ears. The
prevalence of throat deafness is proof
to the laymen of the connection be-
tween the ears and throat, and this in
ability to hear ones self speak just as
others hear us is another instance. In
some people this popularity is very
marked, and in my case, if speak into
photograph and let the machine grind
out the sounds again, don't recognize
the voice at all In regard to singing,
the varying ability to hear ones self
with the ears plugged up with cotton
makes itself evident, for while one mem
Der. of chorus will oily hear tho
blended harmony, or discord, another
will hear little beyond his or her own
own voice, and make occasional bad
breaks in consequence. I know a man
who used to sing a very fair baritone,
but whose voice is now only adapted to
the weakest falsetto. Yet he doesn't
realize the change, and l believe he
honestly thinks he sings as we'll as ever.
This apparent impossibility may be =
dispensation of Providence to prevent
men with exceptionally ugly voices BE-
ing driven to suicide.-N. Y. Sun.
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kATvDip&

On . Rough In tree.
katydtds, oae, two, three,
Singing shrill, persistently,
Katy, Katy, Katy did.
Katy. Katy, Katy did,
She did, she did, didn't she3
The heavens dark overhead.
Starry lights beauty shed.
Underneath this canopy
Sing Katyd;ds, one two, three.
Katy, Katy, Katy did,
Katy. Katy, Katy did.
She did, she did, didn't shep
Katy, Katy, Katy did,
Katy didn't, didn't wed,
Katy wouldn't be misled
BY ssucy roomers overhead.
Katy didn't, didn't wed.
Katy did. she did she did:
TO shy she didn't We forbid.
She did, she did, o Katy did.
Tho beauteous moon rose in tho east.
Der ebon Night bright.robed priest;
But oil the night the song ne'er ceased,
OF Katydid, OF Katytlid
o Katy did, she did, she did.
No, Katy didn't, didn't wed.
But::never Katy made so bold
To answer all the stories told
From twilight dim to night grown old
And merged in mornings rising GOLD.
Katy, Katy. Katy did,
KATY. Katy, Katy did,
She did. she did. didn't she3
NJ. Booth, in Good Housekeeping
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once. There was no one to meet me,
but by inquiring l found the house.
There was no answer to my rap upon
the door so pushed it open and walked
in. walked through the house, which
seemed all in disorder, till came to
the room where a dreadful scene met
my eyes and made me sick with fear.
Mary lay on the bed cold and stiff, for
she was dead, and by her sat her hus-
band with dirty, torn clothing and un.
combed hair. His eyes were wild-look-
ing, and was afraid of him, but he
said in q harsh tone: lyon have come
too late: she is dead and killed her. "
Then he told me his Story, how Mary
had been suddenly taken sick and he
had gone after some one to stay with
her. He had to pass a saloon and the
smell of the liquor made him stop for
just one drink. AS he started out q
man came in whom he had not seen for
years, and he turned back to drink a
glass with him.: The one glass led to
many. and he became drunk. The
saloonkeeper did not turn him out, as
he was too good customer while his
money lasted, but let him sleep on the
floor in the corner till morning: When
he awoke he forgot his errand and
staggered homo. He found Mary just
where found her, dead in her bed,
while the baby. a little boy, was
screaming in the cradle.
As Albert finished his story he stood
a minute looking at Mary, then NUT
tering: II killed her." he left the room.
l went to neighbours to get some one
to help me, and when two kind women
returned with me, we found Albert
dying. with an empty poison bottle BE-.
side him.
Do you wonder that hate the saloon,
and that whenever see one this whole
scene comes before my eyes?
| This is but one of the bad things the
saloon has done. It leads to drunken.
: ness, theft, crime, poverty, insanity and
death. But some day the women are
going to vote and then there will be NO
saloons.
When I came back from Mary's ]
brought her baby with me, and he has
now grown old enough to join the
Loyal Legion, and he is temperance
child. l hope he will do all he car
against saloons and never 20 to one
Bell Hollingshed, in The Lever.
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You will give the sum to the first poor
person you meet"
''Oh, not at all, sir, must insist
Under such pressure could hardly
refuse, and as the car was now ap-
preaching Hyde street, where trans
ferred to the cross-town line, took
the three transfers the conductor gave
me, and, confused by the deep inter-
est of the other passengers, now all
eyes and ears, hastily drew out a
card and, raising my hat, extended it,
with two transfers, to the lady. But it
was the young girl who, blushing
deeply, took them.
The following day had almost for
gotten the incident, when among my
letters l found one, in an unknown
handwriting, bearing the city post
mark. I opened it and saw, attached
to the top corner of the visiting card
Enclosed, five two-cent postage stamps
On the card was printed:
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN G. CARMAN
While underneath was written:
Mr.. and Mrs. Carman present their compu.
ments and thanks to Mr.. Paul Barnard for his
kindness and courtesy.
Tuesdays. No. - Pine street.
l put the card aside on my desk,
under a vase of violets, and it was not
till one morning. nearly a week later,
that came across it again.
Now, every day you meet people in q
street car whom you look at for an in
slant with more or less attention.; but,
in my case, had hardly had a glimpse
of tie mother or the daughter, and had
not even the least idea if they were
pretty or otherwise. From their accent
and manner, however, there could be
no doubt they were of the upper world
but, after all, of what interest could
they be to me?
Nevertheless, did feel interested, so
why should attempt to deny it? Their
address had been given to me, and also
their day at home. The address was
printed, but 1.-The day. was written in
: . modern, angular English hand. Not
20 the lines of thanks; the handwriting
there was the delicate, precise kind
that young misses were taught thirty
years ago. The mother had certainly
written them.
Tut who had written the day."
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He Knew Him.

Most people wear colored spectacles
of some kind. and whatever they see
takes the hue of the glasses A story
comes from England that q certain
famous operate conductor lately visit
ed Stratford- on-Avon.
He was one of select coaching par
ty, and his companions soon perceived
that he felt no very lively interest in
the Shakespeare monument and other
objects over which all visitors to the
place are expected to wax enthusiastic.
"Shakespeare! Oh, yes, Shakes
peare," he murmured, YEARLY, and
one of the party ventured to hint:
''You recollect, maestro, 'Amle ito
and Romeo Giulietta?'"
The popular conductor at once
frightened.
"Ah, yes" he replied, II quite un.
derstand. Re ibrettistv'- Com
panion.
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NOTES By THE WAY.

LONDON has $4,000 grog shops. How
much these cost nobody can figure up
Never will there be any way out of
darkest" London, or the bottomless
miseries and degradation of any other
city, so long as the grog-shop curse is
tolerated.
FROM the records of Yale college DUR
ing the past eight years it is shown that
the non-smokers were twenty per cent
taller than the smokers, twenty five
per cent. heavier and had sixty-six per
cent more lung capacity. In the last
graduating class at Amherst college,
the non-smokers have gained in weight
twenty-four per cent over the smokers;
in height, thirty-eeven per cent, in
chest girth, forty-two per cent; and in
lung capacity, eight and thirty sixth
hundredths cubic inches.
Medical Reporter.
us THIS the way to the poorhouse?''
asked one man of another, as he pointed
in certain direction. mo, but this
u.s." answered the other, as he pointed
to whisky flask sticking out of the
inqulrer's pocket. The answer was
surely very correct The whisky bot
tie is what drives many people to the
Poorhouse. 1t makes them neglect
their business, it steals their earnings
it gives them bad habits, it clothes
them aud their children in rags, and
robs them of their daily bread. Yes,
and at last it robs them of their very
souls.
DRINK is the great curse of Australia
High wages only too often lead to in
diligence in bad colonial beer and wine
that is even worse than malt liquor or
spirits. Girls and women drink much
more in the colonies than they do in
England. This is partly owing to the
hard work, partly to the hot climate.
II shouldn't like the girl who made me
this shawl to see me in this place. -
said a girl while unpaching her box in
miserable Melbourne lodging house.
She looked up, and there stood the
maker of the shawl, the daughter Of a
poor but respectable Irish farmer
Both girls had been emigrants, and
both had come to grief through drink
ing.
EVERYBODY respects q young man
who refuses to drink, and in these days
sensible men, even those who are not
opposed to drinking on principle, arc
giving up the consumption of alcohol
as a bad practice. They know by ex-
perience that it is one of the most
serious of the obstacles to material sue
cess. Hunt out the real cause of half
the bankruptcies and you would find
it in drinking. Discover the true cause
OF the inability of young men to get
ahead and in the majority of cases it
would be drinking: The country boy
who tries his fortune in the city cannot
AFFORD to take that risk. He must be In
fighting trim always, with every power
st his full command.
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ALCOHOL IN COLLAPSE.
Extract from = Lecture by DR.. j. HI. X
loEE, Of tho Battle Creek Sanitariuna

Extract from = Lecture BY DR.. j. HI. Kel-
loKg, Of tho Battle Creek Sanitarium.
No doubt alcohol could be dispensed
with for medicinal purposes without
harm and without occasioning loss OF
life. In ninety-nine cases out of every
hundred where it is used it does more
harm than good. The class of cases in
which alcohol is used more than any
other is that of collapse. When q per.
son has tainted away or has been nearly
!! drowned or has received some injury so
that his system is in state of shock,
the first thought with most people is
that he must have some alcohol as soon
as possible. Suppose the action of his
heart is almost imperceptible, his
breathing is disturbed, he is pale and
in clammy sweat, and to all appear.
ance near to the point of death-how
absurd under these circumstances to
give alcohol to still further paralyze
nerve centers already partially par
alyzed. Pinch him and he does not
feel it; apply blister and it conveys
no sensation. Alcohol is narcotic and
not stimulant as is popularity be.
lieved. A drop of alcohol on the lip
diminishes the tactile sense one hun
dred per cent. as can be readily demon
strated by anyone, and this is because
alcohol is paralyzer. Shall we. then,
give alcohol to man who is already
partially paralyzed? If a patient gets
well to whom alcohol is administered
| under such circumstances, it is in spite
of the alcohol and not because of its
aid.
What person needs in the half par
alyzed condition of shock, or one who is
under the influence of some narcotizing
drug, is waking up. Heat should be
applied over the heart to stimulate its
| action, and the spine should be alter
nately sponged with hot and cold
water. When a person has merely
tainted, slap on the right side opposite
the heart will often serve as we'll as
anything to start up the action of that
organ. Keep the body in horizontal
position; If any difference let the head
be lower than the feet in any case of
collapse or fainting, and be sure that
the clothing is loose. It is good plan
to apply hot lamentations to the head
as we'll as over the heart The more
intelligent class of physicians are COM
ing to regard alcohol as less and less
necessary for inter nal use in their prac-
tice. There are cases where an alcohol
rub" may be used advantageously, for
it has an astringent effect upon the
skin. Reported by Helen L. Manning.
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It is an old-fashion notion
that medicine has to taste
bad to do any good.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil with its fsh-fat taste
lost-nothing IS lost but the
taste.
This is more than a mat
ter of comfort. Agreeable
taste is always a help to d.
gestion. A sickening taste
is always a hindrance.
There is only harm in taking
cod-liver oil unless you digest
it. Avoid the taste.
Scott & Bownz. Chemists. ,,,sou.h 9Th A.e.u.,
Your drugeis. keeps Scoet'. Emulsion Of cod .uv,r
osl-an druggists everywhere do. II.
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every cent you've paid for it, if it
doesn't benefit or cure you. A med
icine that promises this is one that
promises to help you.
But there's only one medicine of
its kind that can and does promise it..
It's DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It's the guaranteed remedy
for all Blood, Skin and Scalp Dis.
eases, from q common blotch or
eruption to the worst scrofula. It
cleanses, purifes, and enriches the
blood, invigorates the system, and
cures Salt-rheum, letter, Eczema,
Erysipelas and all manner of blood
taints from whatever cause. Great
Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence.
It's the best blood-purifier, and its
the cheapest, no matter how many
doses are offered for q dollar-for
you pay only for the good you get.
Nothing else is "just as good" as
the "Discovery." 1t may be better
for the dealer. But he wants
money and you want help.
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I c K E T S 7"
S houte the
u smart young
- c0n6,, ctor aS

he elbowed his way through the pas
sengers standing in car which was
being drawn swiftly up California
street.
1t was about half-past five o'clock or
a Thursday afternoon that found my
self inside car filled with men return
ing from business, scattered among
whom was sprinkling of members of
the fairer sex, who, incumbered with
their innumerable purchases and
wrapped up in cloaks, allowed only the
tips OF their noses to appear over their
long boas of fur or feathers. 1t was
one Of those cold, foggy evenings that
make pedestrians hurry along at top
speed, while the policemen at the
corners OF the streets tramp up and
down to keep themselves warm. The
ladies seemed to have great difficulty
in bringing their purses out from their
small muffs or from their deep pockets,
and e continuous string of apologies
was offered for involuntary elbowings,
caused by endeavors of their benumbed
hands to obtain hold of the nickels for
their fares.
"Why, where is my purse? You
haven't got it, have you, Ethel?" ex-
claimed sweet-voiced lady of middle
age, after a hasty search in her muff
and lengthy exploration of the mystic
rious depths of her handsome gown.
mo, mamma"
"Then some one must have stolen it.,
or, perhaps, l have left it in some of
the shops-down at the White House,
probably"
All eyes were turned in the direction
OF the lady who had spoken, and the
conductor began to look very knowing.
Haven't you got any money!" he
demanded, in gruf tone.
mo; l have lost my purse, which
contained all the money have about
me. But my husband will pay for us
in the morning, or I will send the
money to the Office at once on return
ing home.'
''Can'tdo it, ma'am," replied the con-
ductor. you've got to pay now or get
out and walk"
Here, conductor" said. rendering
him a dime; and then, turning to the
elder lady, added: 1T is the rule OF
the company, madam. The conductor
can never give credit to passengers.
! hope you will permit me to spare
you the annoyance of having to get out
ut this hour
II am very much obliged to you,
SIR" replied the lady, land ! accept
your kind offer willingly. Will you be
good enough to give me your address,
that I may discharge without delay
this small debt"'
"Oh, it is a mere nothing, madam"
said; II will be very we'll satisfied il
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Since then some months have passed.
paul, what are you writing there?"
"A little story, darling"
Let me see."
mo, no-not yet"
But she had looked over my shout
der, and a small hand soon covered nv
eyes, while an arm slipped around my
neck and her soft lips pressed mine.
"Oh. you naughty boy! But just wait
a minute"
She disappeared laughing, and came
back quickly with blue sachet, from
which she drew out two pink street-car
transfers.
You see, I've kept them safely
you did not think l had thrown them
away, dear? The first Tuesday l cried
all night. If you had not come the
second"
well, what would you have done,
Ethel?"
''Shall tell you?"
Yes, do"
"You won't be cross? Well, l would
have sent you one of them by post
''How jolly! And Mrs. Carman
| knew"
mo, no no: She was ever so sur
| prised when you called. 1t was l who,
before closing the envelope, secretly
wrote at the foot Of the card Tuesdays.
Are you sorry?"
land then there is the sound of kiss
ing).-San Francisco Argonaut.