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The common pimpernel. poor mans
weather glass;" has the disadvantage
of being native plant and has been al
most completely expelled from our
flower gardens in favor Of exotics, which
are rarer but lack much Of being as
pretty. The pimpernel is charming
little flower, which opens about = in the
morning and closes late in the afternoon,
but has the remarkable popularity Of
indicating a coming shower by shutting
up its petals. For this reason, If for no
other, it deserves encouragement, and
would appropriately take the place Of
some of the ngly tulips and other i'm
ported flowers now so popular.-St
Louis Globe Democrat
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The physician who attended the re-
cent fatal outbreak of diphtheria in u
prominent New York family in his pub
hshed interview opens up serious possi-
bilities. He is a specialist in the dis
ease. and he is quoted rs saying that he
often sees siphon of seltzer standing in
a room where he is visiting a patient
Frustrated with the inalady. Such Sd
phon, he declares in substance, unless
most carefully and antiseptically
cleansed, win convey infection to sub
sequent users. And everybody knows
what the cleansing of public bottles is
apt to be. The same objection has been
urged against our present system of
travelling milk vessels. So accepted is
this that. when typhoid fever specially
prevails, physicians frequently urge
persons to boil all milk used as well as
water.
It would be wise thing if the women
of our cities should cooperate to at
tempt to reduce the evil. If inspectors
visited bottle washing places it is sus-
pected some valuably unpleasant infor-
nation might be gained. In the mean
time, every housekeeper can make it her
conscientious duty to see that the bot
ties which daily leave her domain are
untainted and wholly clean. This will
need inspection. as the best of maids
get careless in duty oft performed.
If there is illness in the house redouble
your vigilance and be rewarded with
the reflection that in this respect at least
the sin of contributing to your neigh
boris menace does not lie at your door
Her Point of View in New York Times
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OF FEMININE INTEREST.

Ore third OF the women of Germa-
ny and Austria are said to support
themselves, and half of those who
are married help 10 gainful occupa.
tions.
Miss Mabel Dunlay, graduate Of
the Philadelphia School Of Design,
has been appointed one OF the FIVE
ladies to decorate palace car inter.
Tors at Wilmington, Del.
The efforts to restore street gowns
to sensible walking length seems
to have been Intellectual. Trailing
gowns and even short trains are
worn in paris on street costumes.
A girl in Norway must be able to
bake bread before she can have .
beau. "The one who takes the cake
as cook is considered the flower OF
the family says a recent traveller.
One of the silver wedding presents
received by the empress Of Prussia
is ali ermine mantle which costs
10000. This is a gift Of the no.
bility of the province Of Kherson.
"Gray-haired, thin-lipped and
sharp nossd" is the way former
pupil OF Nine. Marchesi describes
the well-known Persian music teach
err and trainer Of prima donnas in
embryo.
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Valuable pepos,t.

One of the most remarkable of all de-
posits Of silver is at the Broken Hill
mines in Australia. At that place the
precious metal is found lying in an enor-
nous lode.
1t has been suggested by Mr.. George
Sutherland that this great deposit OF
silver was left BY large salt lake that
has now disappeared, but tracks of
whose former existence are clearly to be
seen.
According to this interesting theory.
the salt lake was formed of imprisoned
ocean water. a large quantity of which
was caught in basin between ranges
of hills when Australia was lifted out of
the sea. This water gradually leaked
and was evaporated away, leaving de-
posits of the mineral and other matter
that it had held in solution.
If this view is correct, the great store
of silver at Broken Hill is a rich gift be-
slowed by the sea upon the land; but
man has discovered the precious deposit,
and seized it in his capacity of the lord
of the earth.-Youth's Companion.
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Inlamnable Goods.

my business here is to sell things,
remarked middle aged salesman to his
friend, as he made memorandum of a
cash sale In his book; land of course |
expect to sell whatever goods people ask
for, if have them in stock. But do
wish they wouldn't come here and buy
Canton flannel for curtains and draper
les. There is nothing that | sell that
makes me SO uncomfortable as this.
have had some frightful experiences
with these goods, which | suppose have
made me unusually nervous about them.
There is nothing in the whole range of
dry goods SO infanmable as the fine
grades OF Canton flannel | have had
the house sch on fire repeatedly because
some one lighted a lamp in the vicinity
of a Canton flannel drapery. used to
be very fond of this sort OF goods, bnt
there is nothing that would induce me
now to put up a yard of it in my house.
IF you want to understand the occasion
of my fears, just take bit of the st5sttii
and hold it near the fame of LAMP
The blaze viii travel over it Ter than
a prairie fire. | have sometimes Thought
would positively refuse to sell The
goods, but people want them, and sup
pose no one would thank me for advice
on the subject. New York Ledger
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Conscience doth make towards Of 10
ali, y says the poet. But It IL just 90
with the nerves, WhFn mans neryss
are unstrung, through indigestion and
torpid liver al d impure blood, what
wonder that he feels depressed and
nervous He starts ct every little un-
expected sound; is afraid OF bis shadow
and feels like fool. Let such 8 mpn
40 10 the drug store and get . bottle OF
DR.. P.eFce's 90idvn Medical Discovery,
the great Hood purifier and liver invlg-
orator guaranteed TO benefit or cure, or
MONEY viii he promptly refunded. IL
cures IndIgt stion or dyspepsia. and from
It's wonderful blood-purIfying properties
conquers all skin and scalp dis asses.
salt rheum, tctter Fczema and all kin.
dud ailments. AL blood polsoIs. no
matter of what name or nature, yield
to IFS remedial influenctBL
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The American people are fast be-
coming race Of nervous wrecks,
and the following suggests the best
remedy: AIphonso Hempding. Of
Butler. Pa, swears that wIlen bis
son was speechless from St. yitus
dance DR.. Miles, great Restorative
Nervine cured him. Mrs. J. r.
Miller, Of Valparaiso. and I'D. Tay-
Tor, Of Logansport, Ind. each gained
20 pounds from taking il. Mrs. n.
A. Gardner, or VistuIa, Ind, was
cured Of 40 TO so commissions a day,
and much headache. dizziness, back
ache and nervous prostitution by
one bottle. Trial bottles and hDe
book Of testimonials free At A. u.
Gilbert who recommends and GUAR
antces this uneqaled remedy.
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Criminal court lawyers always like to
have their cases on the first two or three
days of the term if possible. The reason
is that the jurors in many instances are
fresh and green at the work of listening
to evidence, and invariably show more
sympathy for the persons on trial than
they have after they have sat for couple
of weeks.
Jurors in the general sessions court
are chosen to try cases for month.
Every term there are always some who
have never been in the court before,
while Of course others have had plenty
of experience and are adamantine. So
the young lawyer at the beginning of
the month dwells on the sympathetic
side of his case and resorts to all tricks,
such as bringing the weeping wife into
court, and tells the juries of the terrible
results of a term in state prison.-New
York Times.
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Sudden Deaths.

Heart disease is by far the most
frequent cause of sudden death,
which in three out o. four cases is
unsupported. The symptoms are
not generally understood. These
are: habit Of lying on the right
side, short breath, pain or distress
in side back or shoulder. irregular
pulse, asthma. weak and hungry
spells, Wind in stomach, swelling OF
ankles or dropsy, oppression. dry
cough and smotbering. DR.. Miles
illustrated book on Heart Disease,
free at Al. Nj. Gilhert's who sells and
guarantee Dir. Miles, uneaualed New
Heart Cure, and his Restorative
Nervine, which cures nervousness.
headache. sleeplessness, effects of
drinking, etc. 1t contains no OPT
ties.
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JOB WORK
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Tomatoes were not cultivated 100
years ago.
The cod bank of Newfoundland is
loo miles long.
Constantinople has been besieged
twenty-eight times.
The French Presidents salary is
$4,000 per annum.
There are nine per cent. more men
in Greece than women.
The population OF America in
creases by 1000 persons day.
The sugar crop of the Island Of
Cuba is S25 900 tons this year.
There are more republics in the
world than monarchies.
Only one couple out Of ii 500 live
to celebrate their diamond wedding.
Over 10000 patients are treated
weekly in England's hospitals.
In England more deaths occur in
December than in any other month.
Twenty-Five hundred women in
the United States possess medical
diplomas.
Of the present population of Ber-
lin, $4,000 were born in the city,
and s36, 900 elsewhere.
Miss Ethel Parton, daughter Of
the late James Parton, will be her
fathers biographer.
In India the Army Temperance
Association has l4l branches, with
over $4,000 members.
The report OF the acting governor
of Arizona estimates the present
population at 10000.
The city OF London, England, 10
put down by geographers as the Gen.
ter of the landed hemisphere.
st. Pauls cathedral will hold 26r-
900 peaple, and st. Peters in Rome,
has accommodations for $4,000.
In one hundred years $500 worth
of pennies would only be worth $3.50,
so quickly does copper wear away.
Each year $4,000 is expended in
sprinkling the streets OF London
with sand to prevent horses slipping.
A skye terrier Is so called because
the breed was once chiefly raised on
tue Island of Skye, one Of the Hebri.
DIES.
The Piutes of Macon valley in
Nevada. arc having big hunt and
are slaughterirg from two to three
hundred rabbits day.
The greatest hop-producing coun.
try in the United States IL said to
be Otsego, N. Y, where the yield is
estimated at 4,sss,sss pounds annu.
ally.
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whv a Blue Rose Il ImpossIbIe,

A florist makes the assertion that a
blue rose is among the impossibilities.
but, while an explanation of this Curl
Gus fact may be equally impossible, he
fails to mention very interesting law
which governs the colorings Of all
flowers. A knowledge of this law would
save many flower growers hours of I'M
availing and foolish hope. The law is
simply this: The threeGolors-red, blue
and yellow-never all appear in the same
species of flowers; any two may exist,
but never the third. Thus we have the
red and yellow roses. but no blue: red
and blue verbenas. but no yellow; yell
low and blue in the various members of
the viola family las pansies, for in
stance), but no red; red and yellow
gladolii, but no blue, and so on.--St.
Louis Republic.
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Asbestus and India. Rubber.

The use of asbestus in connection with
India rubber is now practiced in various
directions. Asbestus and india rubber
woven sheeting, for instance, consists of
asbestus woven cloth, coated on both
sides with india rubber and then vul-
canized. 1t is used as substitute for
the asbestus millboard for packing for
steam joints and in other situations
where it is desired to resist both heat
and moisture, while affording high
degree of elasticity.
Asbestus and india rubber woven
washers are also made, and asbestus
and india rubber woven tape, for max
ing steam and water joints. India Rub
Der World.
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The LIBERTY BELL.

Where Congress met and Freedom flung
Its starry banner to the breeze,
Exultingly its iron tongue
All thro, that summer morning sung
Our new born liberties
1t told the ending of tha night.
The happy dawn of freedom day.
And overland there flashed light
OF brotherhood ard human right,
The end Of kingly sway.
Oh, how the good old bell sang out
OF liberty and freedoms BIRTH
From east to west, from north to south
The message of its metal mouth
Rolled all around the earthi
It told the birthright Of the race,
The glory Of the brave and free.
And pealing from its sacred place
1t set the whole wide world ablaze
With dreams of liberty.
Alas, it utters now no sound.
But yet it's echoes ring sublime.
It's resting place is holy ground,
Where Freedom stalks in solemn round
Until the end of time.
Louis Sverre Amonson in Philadelphia
ledger.
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sparrows and Blackbire,s.

Birds, Notwithstanding their attract
iveness in plunage and sweetness in
song, are many of them great thieves.
When nest building they will steal the
feathers out of the nests of other birds,
and are often much inclined to drive off
other birds from feeding ground even
where there is abundance This is espe-
cially true of one of our greatest favor
ties, the robin redbreast, who will peck
and run after and drive away birds
much bigger than himself.
Very different as the robin and the
sparrow are in other things. they re-
semble each other in this. On an early
spring morning, when a little touch of
frost still made the surface of the earth
hard, have seen a black bird on a lawn
at last after great efforts extract worm,
and this was the signal for crowd of
spa1rows, who, by dint of numbers,
managed to drive away the blackbird
and carry off the worm, to feed their own
young ones, no doubt. --Cassell's Maya
zine
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Descendants of Some Noted Men.

1t is noteworthy what number of
men eminent in the era 1S61-65 are now
represented only in the female line OF
descent. Neither Abraham Lincoln nor
Jefferson Davis has living grandson.
Neither has Andrew jackson, Thurlow
Weed nor Horace Greeley. General
Hancock's one son left behind him only
small daughter. There is no represen-
tative of General SCOTS name. A sin
gular parallel runs betwixt two Confed-
crate generals, Stonewall jackson and
John Morgan, prince Of raiders Each
died before the war ended, leaving one
fair daughter. The two girls grew up.
married happily, bore each a daughter
and died soon after giving birth to a
second child.--New York Press.
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Phosphorescent Infection.

The curious discovery has been made
that the phosphorescence frequently ex-
hibited by many species of the crustacea
is infectious. A French naturalist, M.
Giard, has traced the phosphorescent
light in Talitrus to bacteria in the mus
cles, these muscles always showing
signs of disease. On inoculating healthy
individuals the same luminous appear
ance was produced. Each and every in
oculated specimen, however, died within
seventy-two hours.-St Louis Republic.
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peonle who Dislike Bats.

There is very strong dislike to the
bat among the peasants of South Ger
many A feeling Of disgust and fear
takes possession of the farmer who finds
bats in his chimney, not only because he
believes the creatures viii feed upon his
pork that hangs in the smoke, but be-
cause bats are regarded as unlucky and
bring poverty and misfortune. Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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,ollege Girls After n creat e.aue

The Smith college girls were different
ly affected by Yale's victory over Har-
ward at the annual football game. Some
draped their rooms in black and went to
the church the next day dressed in deep
mourning, and one tasted all day Sun
day. Those who bet on Yale gave d
banquet, where the dishes were blue, all
the table decorations blue and the wall
paper one of solid blue, bought and put
up purposely for the occasion.-Boston
Herald
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why II Is the Best.

Pan-Tina.
lit cures Coughs and Colds.
2-Strengthens weak Lungs.
Relieves and cures Asthma.
4-Insures you against La Grippe.
5-Robs Group OF its terrors.
6-Cures when all else fails.
% and so cents. Trial bottles OF
Pan Tina free at e. G. Williams Jr.
Z Co.'s Drug Store.
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have been sufferer from catarrh
for twenty years. / found immedi-
ate relief in the use OF Ely's Cream
Balm. Since using if l hare not
suffered moment from beadcbe sore
throat or loss of sleep, from which
| previously suffered, caused BY CO.
tarrb. / consider your Balm val.
nable remedy.-R. q. Vassar, Sc
Warren St.. New York.
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revocation Of the Fire Engine.

Toward the close of the Seventeenth
century NJ Duperrier in France. Herr
Leopold in Germany and Mr.. Newsham
IN England introduced almost stimuli
taneously fire engines having an air
chamber, which rendered the stream OF
water continuous and uniform In ad-
dition to this these engines were
equipped with flexible leather hose, IN
vented by Jan Van der Heids and hts
brother, and which was first put into
practical use in Amsterdam In the year
1872. Detroit Free Press.
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Simple Questions simply AM
swered.

Why do people very often allow .
cold TO run ont Because they think
it Will wear away. Why does the
Cough that at first caused no alarm
become deep-seated and chronicg
Because the proper remedy was not
used. The way to break up any
Cough or Cold, no matter if other
medicines failed to benefit you, is to
try Pan Tina. the great remedy for
Coughs, Colds and Consumption, %
and so cents, at T.. G. Williams Jr. &
Co S Drug Store.
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Wife after house cleaning)-It takes
woman to bring order ont of chaos.
Husband crushing wildly around after
his belongings takes a woman to
make chaos that looks like order
New York Weekly.
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Tess ofate D'UberUiiiss. Thomas
Hardy latest story, and by soma
regarded as his bsst, viii Be publish
ed by Harper 4 Brothers shortly.
The same publishers announce new
edition Of VIM. Backs very pcpu-
lar novel, A Daughter Of Hetb.
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Blessings may appear under the
shape of pains, losses and disap-
pointments, but let him have patti
ence and he will see them in their
proper figure.
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Chicago Mani want to change
my order for linen buster, and or
der fur lined coat Tailor-"Yes,
sir Nothing wrong. sir ~ Chica-
go Man-sOh, no. / have just
moved into more northern part of
the city.,-C lothier and Furnisher.
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why the Sky Is Flat.

The apparent fattening of the vault
of the heavens has been found to have
an annual period, and to depend on
clouds. 1t seems least fiat with a misty
horizon, and less by night than by day
New York Journal
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Benzie Bill 1.-THE horse thieD-SaI-
vatin' Army, 'er ye? Wal, yer
needn't mind readin' yer warrant
/ hain't been standin' off sherifs and
Injun police. detectives and rcg'lsrs
for seven years to be corraled by no
Amazons, excuse me !"-Judge.
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A physician says: "All emotions are
capable of being propagated from per-
son to person, SO as to assume an epi
demic form. Almost every age has
witnessed such epidemics. =
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According to Colonel Rockill, the
devils are driven out of the towns in
Corea on New Years eve by firing off
guns and crackers. This is a curious
parallel, if not an explanation, of the
custom of our own New Years shooters
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Cured nv CgtiC..ra.


For about thirteen years have been
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Archibald Forbes, the war correspond
emit, has two elaborate equipments ono
for hot and the other forscold regions
and passports for every country on the
globe
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The greatest remedy for anger ~
delay - Seneca.
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Funny Incidents ut Marriage Services.

Funny Incidents ut Marriage Services.
Some funny stories are told about the
marriage service in the Isle of Man.
One of them relates how an old man,
brought rather unwillingly to the altar.
could not be induced to repeat the re-
sponses. my good man" at length ex-
claimed the clergyman, 81 really cannot
marry you unless you do as you are told.
But the man remained silent At this
unexpected hitch the bride lost all pa
thence with her future spouse and burst
out with, $50 on. Say it after him just
the same as if you was mockin him."
The same difficulty occurred in another
case. The clergyman, after explaining
what was necessary and going over the
responses several times, without the
smallest effect, stopped in dismay,
whereupon the bridegroom encouraged
him with, s.Go ahead, passn, go ahead!
thou'rt dom bravely" Upon another oc-
casion it was, strangely enough, the
woman who could not be prevailed upon
to speak. When the clergyman remon-
strated with her, she indignantly replied:
'sYour father married me twice befoor,
and he wasn't akin me any of them i'm
percent questions at all. London Satur
day Review.