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A Bee Six Feet From "Tip to Tip. y

Wouldn't you like to see honeybes as
large or larger than the average man?
There is just such a creature in the
specimen room of the University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. It is the
la1 gest insect of its class ever seen in this
or any other country. Its wings are as
broad as those of an eagle and its honey
bag of twenty pounds capacity. Its
legs are also large and well-formed, re-
lninding one of the crooked supporters
of piano stool of ye olden times. The
proboscis, which is attached to head
the bigpess of candy bucket, is over
foot in length and as big around as a
broom-handle. l know that you are
wondering where he ever found clover.
heads large enough to work on, and who
provided half million of similar sized
specimens with q hive in whica to store
their tons of honey, but there is no use
in exciting your curiosity further-he
never gathered honey; never ''improved
each shining hour" in fact, he never
had hours 20 improve! He is made of
pap,er-mache and is so constructed that
every part of his body can be disarticu-
lated for study. This, the giant Of the
honeybees, was the work of an ingeni-
GUS French artifcer, who spends his
time making gigantic worms, gnats,
bees, flies, etc., for the teneht Of
students who are studying entomology,
entomology" and kindred sciences.
The university mentioned has two other
specimens of his work, huge snail and
leech, each as large in proportion as the
bee.-St. Louis Republic.
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After an unsuccessful trial OF several
weeks DR.. Hamil hit upon the idea to in.
sert an artificial tracheal tube of silver
into the hcrse's gaping wound. This
was done, and Minnie has since ex-
perienced no more Inconvenience in
breathing than if she had never been
afflicted with asthma.
The tube is curiosity. Two crescent.
shaped tubes, scooped out like shoe
horn, are fitted into each other in such
a way that one tube passes into the up
per part OF the trachea, while the other
hangs down into the lower part. The
parts of the instrument that are visible
are the shank of the lager horn (the
shank of the other being inside of this)
and the flat round disks at the outer
ends of the horns, snugly fitting against
each other 30 that they look like one
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s::..:
PATHS OF THE MOONS OF MARS.

He found that the planet has diane
ter of about 1000 miles. BY careful cal
culation he is confident that its year con.
sisted of 6S7 days, and that each day in
time was forty minutes longer than our
day. He also found that the planet was
made up of water and land, just like our
world. It has, he says, seas and CONT
nents aud rivers.
As to its density, it differs very little
from the earth. Gravitation at its sur
face must be much less than it is in this
world. A man who weighs $50 pounds
upon this mundane sphere would weigh
about sixty pounds on Mars. In fact,
all substances would be reduced in weight
by transfer from our world to Mars.
Upon that planet our oak would become
as light as cork. Our gold would be al
light as tin.
The question just now is: Is Mare in
habiteda
No one knows, of course, whether i
is or not. The only thing to judge b!
is in the character of the planet gathered
by careful inspection through telescopes.
Astronomers are confident that they
have seen the eternal SHOWS of the two
polar regions of our neighbor world
They are confident that its contents are
red, and that its seas are green, and they
are equally sure that its seas do mo-
cover more than one-fcurSh of its sur
face. The seas on our continent cover
three-fourths of the world, which points
the comparison.
This scarcity of water in Mars is its
most remarkable feature.
The theory that people really do in
habit the planet is born out by the fact
that Professor Schiarparelli is confident
that he has discovered that Mars has
been traversed by gigantic canals. 1t is
easy to see that if there are canals on
the planet, it is a surety that people
must have built them. This idea, too
is strengthened by the discovered fact
that there is a scarcity of water in the
planet. Necessarily the planet must be
Irrigated in that manner, and as there
are canals, the conclusion is that there
must be people there.
The canals on the planet Mars are be-
lieved to have been cut for thousands ol
miles across the land to connect with
the seas. They are green in color, like
the water, and, in order to be visible
tlsough our telescopes, they must be
from 100 to 400 miles in length. They
must also be about 200 miles wide. They
run mostly from north to south, for the
seas divide the land from east to west.
1t is difficult to conceive of such enor-
NOUS public works, but nothing else
will answer. Our little canals would
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August.
Flower"

My wife suffered with indigestion
nd dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came a burden to her. Physicians
Jailed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased q
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like charm! Mywife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
t;ose. She was completely cured
low weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
.ny-hing she desires without any
1e!eterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
iugtou House, Washington, Va. O
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average mind that peas and bean multi
piled by cabbage makes roast beef. Sc
to find out exactly what the meaning ot
opposition is one must first learn some
thing about the history of the planet
Mars.
Mars is the fourth planet in order OF
distance from the sun. 1t is nearest to
tie world on which we live of all the
great superior planets that make the solar
system. Mars travels around the sun in
a mean sidereal period of 6S6. 9767 days,
on an orbit inclined one degree and
ffty-one minutes to the plane of the
ecliptic, at mean distance of 13O, 311 900
miles from the sun.
This orbit is considered eccentric, in
somuch that its greatest distance, 152,-
304, 900 miles, exceeds its least, 1885,
$751; by more than Is, 600, COO miles.
When it is nearest to the earth it is in
opposition.
Now the foregoing statement is tech
nical, and to the laymap's mind tells
little. What the average man can see
when looking through telescope at
Mars is great big star.
1t doesn't seem to be anything else,
but it is. People who have made study
of the planet believe that it is really a
good deal like the world, and while they
do not 60 so far as to actually say so,
they think it possible that it is innabi-
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The Mai8r's Close Call.

81 was once sentenced to be blown
from gun," said Major John Hitchcock
tc the writer. II had long been a resi-.
dent of that land of revolutions, Central
America. During one of the political
upheavals I was captured by savage
mob known as the Army of San Salvador
and sentenced to death. In the camp of
my captors six pound gun was fred at
high noon by means Of sun glass, and
to the muzzle of this antiquated smooth
bore I was stripped and lett in the broil-
ing sun to await my fate. Now, have
faced several kinds of death in my day,
but that knocked all the nerve out of
me. could not see the small, fiery spot
made by the sun glass, but I knew that
it was creeping slowly but surely to the
powder at the vent. The blazing sun
beat down upon my bare head, binding
me and seeming to boil the blood in my
veins. I became hysterical, and prayed
and cursed by turns. The great clock
in the cathedral was on the stroke Of
noon, and knew that the concentrated
rays Of the sun we're pouring upon the
powder. The troops were doing in the
shade. A few, awakened by the bell,
raised up on their elbows and watched
me with lazy interest, expecting every
moment to see me blown to shreds. One
--:wc-.hree-'o 'our-ivc-with mad.
dening de!iberation came the strokes of
the bell. when suddenly a harsher note
was hearo-the roar of musketry. The
camp was surprised and my capsors
driven back in disorder. The cords were
cut, and sat down beneath the muzzle
of the gun just as it belched forth its
midday salute. st. Louis Globe. Demo-
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
TO AUNDER cREToNNE.

Cretonne draperies, as a rule, are
either sent to the professional cleaner or
else ruined by home washing. A sample
of the cretonne should first be washed IN
salt and water or in o1-gall and water to
set the color and then be dried in dark
room. None of the ordinary grades of
soap should be used. The greatest risk
in fading lies in the drying, and a dark
room should always be used for this if
possible. If the eolors are not too bright
this method will insure satisfaction. -
New York World.
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the inventor of which is MIR. Smythies, of

the inventor Of which is MIR. Smythles, OF
Southsea.
The little apparatus, which can be
readily constructed at home, has two
frames, to which movable platform is
pivoted. Above this platform is sus-
pended a small stick, to the point of
which is attached the bait that is to ex.
cite the appetite of the little rodent. The
platform, being horizontal, is supported
at one end and held in place by book
or box, but accessible to the mice. The
bait is suspended above the loose end.
As soon as the mouse has traversed the
pivoted center its weight is sufficient to
rock the board and the animal tumbles
into the pail of water at that end. Its
cries of distress before it browns attract
the other mice, aud they come to see
what Is going on. They also tip the
board and meet with similar fate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

George Vanderbilt is the only one of
the well-known family who is really an
enthusiast on the subject of flowers.
Where color is concerned, he prefers
scarlet. On his place NJ Asheville, n.
c., where he owns So: 5000 acres, he
intends to have an Sulled collection
of orchids, palms Ill. chrysanthemums.
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disk three inches in diameter, with an
aperture as big as nickel, through
which the air is carried.
This instrument is taken out by the
stableman twice day and cleaned. If
this precaution were omitted for only a
day the accumulations would be so greas
that Minnie would be compelled to have
recourse for breathing to that suner-
numerary organ, her nose.-New York
World.
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Pure and Wholesome Quality

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup Of Figs. 1t is
pleasant 10 the taste and By acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels 70 cleanse the
system effectually, It promotes the health and
comfort OF all who use 1t. and with millions It
is the best and only remedy.
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King

u,ap WIN; i.a.a a. Lehl ,nIth uoonSe HspS.pISS s ITS'
lila the sores soon decreased. kept taking
It Tor year, when / WIS so well that went to
work, and since then have not lost one day on
account of sickness. l am always we'll and
Railroad Street, Kendallville, Ind.
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The duty on raw sugar in Germany
has been removed and will now be
levied on the sugar as it leaves the fac
tory.
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NJ. L. Thompson g. Co., Druggists, Couders-
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh cure ts the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold
Drupuists spll H. 7;jc
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President Harrison receives his salary
in monthly installments.
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The St. Louis Chief of Police requires
the 1000 Chinese in that city to be
photographed.
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On the Verandn.

How pleasant, but how dangerous, unless pr.
Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure Is at hand. This
an absolute piTrcntw a. re a. c1tre Of Group,
Pneumonia, Diphtheria, Bronchitis and on
sumption. Sold by prominent druggists: b0c.
MANUFACTURED BY A. p. HOxsie Buffalo, y. \.
A blonde is said to have about ten
wears the advantage of O brunette.
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The evils of malarial disorders, fever, weak
ness, lassitude and debility and prostration ars
avoided BY taking Beechain's Pills.
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II afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thonp
son nsEye-water. Druggists sell at BE- per bottle.
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faith, and besides his miscellaneous
works has written several voi;!"cs Oh
the work of that denomination. Mail
and Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-07

Platform scales were the invention OF
Thaddeus Fairbanks, il 1881.
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An Ever Ready Mouse Trap.
An English journal called Invention,
illustrated an ever-ready mouse-trap,
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MARS MYSTERY.
Is THE PLANET THE HOME OF
ANOTHER RACE?
There Are Said to be Signs on It's
Surface of Work That Could
Have Been Done Only by
human Beings.

>P to a recent time
comparatively few leo'
\ pie had anything bat
1 an indistinct ides
! of the planet Mars.
| But within the past
few weeks this planet
was in what the rs.
tronomers call apposi-
ton. That is very
like saying to the
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Hoods Pills are the best after-linner Pills,
assist digestion, cure headache and bilousness.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-18
A f. Brooks Co,

Wholesale confee.ioners-No.4 e otta-
va street.
The above named firm, established in
1889. capital sl2. GOO 10 SIS 900. 10 COM
posed OF Nessrs. A. T.. Brooks. George
W. Mckay aud J. Henry Dawley, and
the place Of businrss = the tine four
story brick building, thirty feet front
by le0 feet deep, No 20 Ottawa street,
iitled up with elegant Offices aud sales
rooms on the ground floor, the upper
stories beng devoted 10 storage. Tier
spec.altles embrace the and medium
imported and American confectionery
of all kinds. nuts OF every description.
packed fIuits, such as dates, hgs. etc.
together with all novelties appropriate
10 the confectionery trade. They
also make a speciality Of tbs
celebrated Red Star" cough candy
VIII leh has gained sGcn wonderful pop
uiarlty. ana are constantly on the qul
we for the latest and most fetching
goods. which will lie found in their
stock az fast as placed on the market.
Their facilities are unequsled by those
of any similar concern IN this part of
the state. and buyers will find them
prepared 1T all times 10 supply their
wants IN the least manner, promptly
and at lowest figures. Transactions
during the year Just ended, foot up
something like $780, 900. mostly with
retailers in this state aud nov and then
Ind lana.
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c. Bertsch. president; A. Herolc, vicA
president: George l.. Modes. secretary,
A. C.Wetzel, treasurer--W Wholesale lob
bers Of boots and thoes--Nos. . aud 7
Pearl street
The Hercld- Bertsch Shoe company
was organized on the first OF October
of the present wear. The officers are
named above, and, with Jessrs. X. w.
Bertsch and Fred =. Wsither, compose
the board OF directors. President &.
Bertsch wss for twenty years naem-
ter Of the firm 90 Rindge. Beftsch n
90. Vice President Hsrold retired from
toe same firm and started IN business
for himself on Monroe street nine
years ago; he represents the new honse
on the road. Treasurer Weizel came
here from Bay City eight years ago. he
also - on the road. Secretary Ns0ls 10
from the northeastern part OF the
state and wac formerly with the Chic-
anlauga Lumber company. Director X.
W. Bertsch vas for ten OF twelve yesrs,
and Director Fred =. Naither TOR
nine wears eith Kindge. Bertsch a Co.
both travel now for the new
company. which II rapidly covering ell
the best territory contiguous 10 Stsnd
Rapids. The Hsrold -Bertsch Shoe
-
under ssy, but has fitted up and now
occupies the first and fourth fioers aud
basement. escn 50rl50 feet, Of the
handsome fouf-siorv brick building
Nos. and Pear street. where buyers
are invited 60 inspect coInprehcnslse
stock OF fine and medium footwear. in
al desirable styles, nearly a. made
expressly for THE corapsny's trade and
bearing ia imprint They handle every
description Of boots. shoes and slippeFs
and make lesding specisities Of fneu'e
grain bOots aud shoes. lumbefmen's
and loggefs footwear. felt boots, snd
cocks. slippers, etc. Tbes are slso
sgenss tor the Wales, Goodyear and
Moon.ccket RUTGERS.
TIE Heroid -feftsch shoe company
already has fiouflshing trade n Mich
igsn. Indisna ard ONO. and is surely
and steadily extending its connections
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NJ. T.. Christensen:

Wholtssle baker Manufacturer of
crackers. biscuits and sweet goods
Nos. % and 25i Canal street.
Inc Hheat-growiDg Tegl n OF Michi-
gan ranks with the most fertile and
productive In the world; Grand RAPIDS
is famous milling center, the Hour
made here CHASING with the best. It's
nol, therefore, surprising that the
baking industry ~ IN tlourishing con
dltou. One ut lts most prominent rep
rssentatives IN Grand Rapids - the ca
Enlistment of VI. T.. Christensen, a.
Nos 2J2 and 25i Canal street, started
ty II. Eaton and J. c. Christensen
IN November. 1861. They controlled II
for nearly twenty years, when they he
came involved. and It was purchased
10y Mrs. Eaton and VI. T.. Christensen,
aud in the spring of 1852 "a. T.. chris.
tgnson bougnt out Mrs. Eatons inter-
est and assumed entire control,
with j. &. Christensen, the
founder Of tho business. ns
general MANAGER. The premises nov
compf - twu-story frame tulid,ng 30
feet front ~ 80 feet deep. with a capa-
c.ous one story brick addition IA tie
rear, where are located the ovens and q
twenty five horse power steam engine
anu boiler TIE Once u on toe ground
lloof front. Nine or ten hards are EN-
pioYed. the equipment e tlfst e.ass.
aud the capacity from 700 u i2a isr-
Tsis oi superior crackers daily, ga isd-
diuon 10 large quantities ct Iliscnlts
and sweet goods. Abnut 3 0oa barrels
81 the very best -four are used per
year, ssd the excellence 81 the product
= attestfd by the demand, ebch I.
constantly So advance Of the facilities.
aud hss reached. naisf Mr.. CAflsien.
sons skilltnl knowledge al the hn.
ness aud good msnage Ia atout
go o0e ahnusl sales II i siappei 60
al points In teGifsl, western aud
n0ftasrn Michigan, besdes supplying
large share oi tie local dealers Nj.
Christensen came % tfFsna Aspids At
she Giose 81 ths var. through ehioh be
served, has been continuously engaged
Ia the business ever since, snd as ek-
peTieBee lusaTes satisfaction to All hls
customers
The Putnam Candy Company.
Esnlamln W. Putnam, president,
James Al. Barnett. vice president; 4. Is,
kt4~shE ee~@r<a@~~ s~t s%<-=<<z-<- A>~~t
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building islsghted by gxsand electricity,
and cold ssser. the 0isice. dlulug-
room aud lower halls are finished IA
yelaw pine, the ats ff4sutes. othess and
desks an hand carved quarter saved
oak aud the ceilings III hand wrought
lrrscoes. The lower iiooF contains tie
otiies. psflof dining hall aud aeeessor-
les. lns former IS All ample apart
nent, nnsQue ia form. tssseiul al az
Tangement aud furniture and having a
cuzy snd noale-like air which gfeets
the tired Traveller seeking rest. An
elegant tlFv,ilac- adofns one side, the
telegraph uifevs another. The general
hotel office another anu the reading
aud wtitlus room an ther portion OF
tue room. Ine vihce IS forty two feet
square.
Leading from the office to the dining
room, COX ~ feet IN slk.. one passes the
sumptnsusiy furnished psrloi on the
left This - "a delightful apartment,
ch IN en<ique furniture. adorned with
costly pictures, pianos and rare hFic'a-
brac. rho carpets anu draperies ATE
harmonious villa the general setting ot
the apartment. The dining hall IS the
perfect ideal of the eplcuse. The apart
meut abounds IN i!a Il of mellow
il-ht. Is .inishei in restiul shades II
chocolate snu brown, harnots.zing with
tue NATURAL NO Il iialsh. The tables.
capable Of seating 200 guests, arr.
WITH the antique dining chairs,
OF massive carved oak. The
TALES are laden with snowy linen
and the slieioards are resplendent IN
silver and hrc-a-hrac. The CUISINE OF
tue establishment furnishes an epicu-
i rian apoiheosis.
The 70 ms of the hotel are sixtv-siS
! in number. single AMI en- suite. They
are furnished la solid rak furniture
throughout. elegantly carpeted and
ornamented. The building occupies a
! central position in the city, equi distant
from the two railway depots. the parks
and docks. Its proprietors, the Messrs
Andres. are young and progressive
landlords, who understand their busi
ness and are willing To attend to 1t
They fully appreciate the needs OF the
travelling pubic and they are deter
mined to meet them. Both are pro
gressiye and liberal business men an,
both enjoy wide popularity IN the com
mercial public.
During the heated term Grand Havei
Is one of the best known and mos, lib
orally patronlzed summer resorts IL
the north. Thousands or stranger
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Alfred L Brown

seedsman-tsfoweT ana Importer 81
seeds-1seneral Warehouse and Once.
Nos - and 81 North Division street
The business 81 supplying sgrscul-
turlsts. gardeners and others with seeds
grows IN volume each season, and pre-
sente . inc opportunity tor enterprise
OF the right kind. Among the l2iesl q
engage Ia II i Alfred j. Brown OF tina
city, who canuols large propagat.ng
farms and nurseries IN Grand Traverse,
Antrim and ChaIleyolx counties. with
q capaeious warehouse 81 klk RaDida.
lie also grows large quantities Of peas
and beans, having unter control from
200 10 ! 900 acres of valuable land in
thls vicinity. His headquarters and
principal warehouse Are Al Nos - and
20 North plylslon street, occupy
ing the s4xso foot fiee-story
hrsck building ct that location
In addition to raislag lmmense
quantities OF field grass. vegetable,
fruit aud flower seeds, Mr.. Brown i'm
ports largely from Europe, and Ia pre-
pared TO NIL orders at short notice for
anything IN his line. He has about
sc, 900 invested, and handles from
500 900 10 $50, 600 worth OF seeds Of all
kinds annually. buying from and ship
ping TO ali parts of the United States
and Canada, and doing "a exclusively
wholesale business.
Mr.. Brown began in q small way in
1885. and has prospered steadily from
the start, giving his undivided personal
attention TO ms calling and the wants
of the trade. HIS methods are upright
and straightforward, and he merits the
success and confidence that have re-
warded he labors.