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SCHEME AT CHURCH FAIRS.
You IIIr. n Pretty GirI to Talk with
You at so Much per Hour.

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Among the new devices for making
money at church fairs and other char
liable entertainments il ona which
its originators term "1hc Living
Library" says Harper's Young Poo
pie a ccrtain number Of books are
chosen beforehand, and each ono is
represented by some young roman
who is dressed appropriately to indif
cate either the title OF the book or
some leading character therein.
Each inpersonator must also be thor
oughly acquainted with the volume
she represents. and her actions and
behavior must be in accord with the
character chosen. a catalogue is
prepared and furnished on appliea
tion, and whenever book is called
for curtain is drawn aside and the
living copy stands revealed. The
regulations usually governing "Ihc
Living Library are that: First, all
books must be secured from the
librarian; second. the fee for each
book shall be 10 cents for ten min
utes' use, payable in advance; third.
books cannot be called for twice in
succcssloni fourth. persons having
called for and obtained the books
must relinquish them upon notice
from the librarian that the time paid
for has reached its limit, or, failing
to do so, shall pay at the rate OF =
cents minute for overtime; aud,
finally, that no book can be retained
for a longer period than twenty
,uiuutas Tho ,.nlas do mo-. r,rpyi5 -
for it. but it is understood. of course,
that during the busy hours of the
fair no book shall be taken Off on a
promenade through tie entertain
ment room, and the books themselves
are forbidden by tho unwrltten laws
to drink lemonade and cat ice cream
between the hours OF s and 10 at
night Altogether this living library
seems destined to proved great sue
cess
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THE zTlauzr or SMOKING.
II the Cuban Code IL Authority Here's
Nice Point Settled.

II the Cuban Code IL Authority Here's
. Nice Point Settled.
Tho requirements Of etiQuet. as
regards the obligation OF one smoker
TO give light to another from his
cigar. arc rather dlmly understood
in this country. says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. The man who Is asked for
light usually gives it rather than
tnko tho trouble OF refusing. on the
sumo principle as paying fare for
hanging to car platform, or going
to theater to obtain a rear view OF
an extensive variety OF feminine
headgear. In Havana the traditions
of Spanish formality combine with
the universally OF smoking to form
clear and we'll defined code on the
subject
The request OF one smoker to
another for u light must always be
honored in Cuba Your well-brcd
Havana smoker would as soon think
of refusing another the privilege oil
breathing the same air with him as
OF refusing light. To meet the re-
quirements OF full courtesy also the
light must be given from the end OF
the cigar, no matter how wide the
difference OF rank in the cigars thus
brought into contact To save u
Concha Especialc from tho pungent
flavor OF n Wheeling two-fer by prof
fering q match. as Is often done here
would in Havana be regarded as n
snub too refined in its Significance
for open resenting but at the same
timo too crushing for any future
amicablo relations. TO give the
stub of n cigar to serve as lighter
and toll the applicant to throw it
away when he has used IL is deadly
insult and calls for blood. What
would be done in Cuba II tho re
quested light should be refused l.,
not known. for the reason that no
such case has ever arisen.
This is unfortunate, for it leaves
us without prccedents to judge of
exactly that case in this country.
Ono smoker in New York, inspired
by Havana customs, requested Il light
from another and was refused, whcro-
upon the aggrieved person smo;o the
other with such force that he was
knocked out. We must decline to
regard this as coming with the Span
ishAmericnn code. 1t has too much
brutal downrightness for the delicate
ethics to which we have referred.
Those refined principles would not
dream of revenging such u slight by
any more violont method than calling
the offender out and sticking a slen-
der rapier into him strictly according
to the code.
Still since the penalties OF refusing
light seem to be very decided in
both countries, smokers may as well
make up their minds to grant the
favor Gentlemen who are fastidi-
Gus about having their cigars hand
led may avoid the difficulty by smok-
ing only in their own houses or
Offices, and appearing on the streets
without the much-desired spark.
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Caught His Man,

The other evening an eccentric-lools-
ing and slovenly dressed old man was
sitting with his legs crossed in an arm
chair before the fire In the smoke-room
of one of the leading hotels in Boston.
His trousers were somewhat drawn up
the leg which he crossed, exposing to
view brilliant red, white and blue
striped stocking, and noticing two or
three of the company looking at it and
smiling at each other, he lifted his foot
into full view, and said, with appar-
emily much satisfaction:
''Grand pattern TINT, isn't it, gentle
men? I'll bet there isn't another like
it in the room
"1'll bet cigars all round that there
is," replied one.
Done! Where is it?" asked the old
man.
..On your other foot" said the bet
tor, with a triumphant laugh.
''Tnat's just where you make ms
take" snid the old man, with a know
ing smile. II generally reckon uron
finding one fat in company, and so
come prepared"
With that he pulled up the other leg
of his trou.e ers, and, to the astonish-
ment of everyone but the loser, es.
posed to view n black stocking.
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A SINGULAR ILLUSION.
A Good story Which Was Told by II
I.ouisviiie Minister.

A Good story Which Was Told by u
IouisviiIe Minister.
That was 4 good story which the
Rev. C. j. X. Jones of Louisville,
told in Boston pulpit He said:
IAN alarmist always reminds me
Of friend of mino who was com.
mander ut the battle OF Round noun
tain. 1t was u hot iight-one of the
hottest of the war. At particularly
intense part of the action my friend
stood beside his horse scunning the
field with his glass and directing the
troops. Ho told me it seemed as if
the fire of the whole Confederacy
was centered on him, the bullets fly
ing thick around him.
"Suddenly he felt mimic ball
singing in the air and he fell somc-
thing strike his leg. But the occa-
glass. There was another .pin-z-z.'
and he felt another strike. And so
1t continued.
"The captain at last lifted up his
hcnd and prayed: oh, Lord, I can
go home to my wifo and children
without either of my legs, but, oh,
Lord, let mo get home.
"Finally there came the shouts OF
victory. The battle was won With
a long drawn sigh tho captain turned.
He shouted to his orderly ut littlo
distance: Sim wounded, jim. Come
and help mo on my horse; must go
home. It's my last battle
"'No. ! guess not replied the Or
derly.
What's the matterp Come. hurry
up, I'm wounded.
"'f you want mo to help you,
como here, sang out the orderly.
".But what's tho troublep Why
can't you come herop Don't you SEQ
I'm wounded and almost dyingT
"'Oh, no, you are not sang out
the orderly again.
".Comc hero instantly, you rascal.
shouted tho commander.
".No. l don't; that's tho biggest
most of yellow Jackets there-l ever
saw In my life,' was the final laugh
ing reply OF the orderly.
"The storming swarm OF hornets
were the only mimic balls that had
struck him"
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Ready for Him.

"Thesc apple dumplings of yours,
Lobelia," said Mr.. McSwat heartily,
"in their way are little ahead OF
anything I've seen. You have no OBJ
jcctions to my putting one of them in
my pocket and taking it down to the
Office have you?"
"Ccrtainly not, Billiger," replied
Mrs McSwat, 81 am glad they please
you. dear"
Now, then" muttercd Mr., Nc
Swat, savagcly. as he walked down
town with his hand in his right over
coat pocket. I'd just like to sec that
everlasting crook-leggcd. snub-noscd
dog in the next block run out and
snap at me again"'-Troy Budget
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BUILDING.

ders of ,ne Sunnower state and plant
him at the feet of the Rockies. This
imaginary flight is made realistic by n
group of mountain sheep perched upon
the ledge of rock. The top ledge is
surmounted with handsome buck,
his heavy horns held lightly aloft as
he gazes with glittering glass eye at
the Worlds Fair spectators. The pose
is natural. The professor believes in
nature as he found it in the Businesses,
and, having mounted his own animals,
has succeeded in putting as much ac-
tion as possible into the paper pulp
bodies One eve is in the act of climb
ing up huge bowlder that stands at
an angle of Is degrees. The knees are
bent and the body pushed forward in
the effort.
In all the cases the poise is so
natural that the Easterner is tempted
to clap his hands to see the sheep
jump down and nlight upon their
horns. With this horn theory Prof.
Dyche is disgusted. He says he has
seen mountain sheep in all their native
simplicity, has given them every op-
portunity in the world to perform and
they have signally failed. Then, too,
he has further exploded the theory by
consulting other well-lnown natural
lists, and they declare that the story is
all wrong.
Prof. Dyche did not stop at noun
tain sheep. When he made this collec-
tion he had the pelts of l4T wild ami
mails, most of them gathered by
himself in the regions of the United
States 1t took him two years, and he
travelled from the sunny confines OF
Kansas to the snow-locked lakes of
Manitoba, taking in the Rocky noun
tains on the way.
In the northern part of Wisconsin he
shot bull moose. This WAS prize,
for besides leading n long chase, he is
the largest specimen ever mounted.
When killed he weighed 1,s0O pounds.
His anti ers tipped the beam at 100
pounds His hide weighed $50 pounds
and his heart five pounds. The moose
stands to the left of the little cyclic
rama. Mr.. Dyche can stand straight
up and the top of his head just touches
the whiskers on the lower jaw of the
animal A cow moose, riding down
poplar tree that her two calves may
browse off the leaves, stands in front
of her liegc lord.
Next the railing is group of Nir-
ginia deer, sleek and fat and fit for the
flint-Iock rifle of Daniel Boone. Be-
tween the big moose and the mountain
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TRAVEL IN AFRICA.
Railrond Journe,inE Is Not "A Plcnsan
pnstimC in ScncEambia.

The first railroad built in the interior
of tropical Africa was the little lin,
ninety miles long which connects tn,
towns of Hayes and Bafou abe on the
Senegal river in Scneganbia. Steam
ers run up the Senegal from the occar
to Hayes, where the river becomes
unnavigab BILE; and the railroad line tc
Bafoulabe is the first section OF the ex
tension of steam facilities to the Niger
river, which in time will give uninter.
rupted steam communicat on between
the sea and the upper Niger. a while
ago n gentleman who Travelled over thi,
railroad said that it was in very
shabby condition. AT one part of the
line a force of 100 natives, supplied
with long ropes, was employed TO give
helpful tow to ttains.
Lieut.. Jaime OF the French navy
who made a name by his trip to Tim
buktu in u gunboat, confirms the re
port that the natives are used fol
draught purposes to elte out the in
sufficient power of the locomotives
This picture is taken from the bool
just published by Lieut.. Jaime. 1
shows the train that took his part,
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1t has been demonstrated that the farmers
of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan, Mis-
souri, Illinois and Wisconsin would receive
$50 000, 900 more money for their wheat crops,
providing they would seed their land to Sal
zer's Worlds Fair Winter Wheat. This va
riety has the quality of withstnnding any kind
Of weather, as drouth, rains, frosts, and
makes the acre produce from ten to thirty
bushels more than II now yields. 1t Is not
uncommon to have farmers report from thirty
to sixty bushels per acre. His fall catalogue
tells all about 1t, rs also what grass and clover
seeds should be sown now. Cut this out and
send cents in stamps to-day to the John Sal
zer Seed company, Lacrosse, Wis, and re-
ceivc free, package of Worlds Fair Winter
Wheat and catalogue.
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are number of caribou or mule deer.
below the ledge, upon which the
heavy horned sheep nre standing. a
mountain lion Is just creeping out of
her lair between two bowlders She
has half-grown whelp by her side.
A grizzly bear, with his fore paws on
log, is returning the gaze of the
sight-seer. Mr.. Dyche we'll remembers
that poise, for this was his first big
game and this Identical bear had his
white claws on top of u fallen tree in
the dense forests of the mountains
when the bullet flew true to its mark.
A mammoth elk, 10 feet inches
from the ground to the tip of the
antlers, appears ready to spring away
upon a stretch OF prairie to the right
In front is huge buffalo and by his
side a COW and little buffalo calf, over
which the women visitors go into ecs-
tastes. A rabbit nestles behind tuft
of grass near the feet OF the elk.
Sight seers have to look twice before
they catch glimpse of him.
Directly in front of the railing is a
realistic bit of Landscape gardening
that would tax the best endeavors OF
Uncle John Thorpe to equal. No
flowers are there, but the ground is as
natural as mother Garth A hollow
log shows tho front entrance to the
house of coon and the coon is on the
log. Two lynx, with big. hairy feet
that look like boxin. gloves, have
t,ken up q position on the limbs and
body of fallen tree. Wolves, wild
rats and mountain lions are congre-
gated here in Worlds Fair conven-
ton, each telling the tale of his native
cl M in a language palmer than that
found In the colored plates in books on
natural hiktory. HIRE Is TO be seen
the cArcaas Of buffalo. over which .
number of wolves are sighting. MIR.
pyche found this carcass on the west
ern borders cs Kepas,s snd got three Of
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university and has killed and mounted
hundreds OF wild animals. He de-
clares that the bear is much mnligned,
and says that bruin is as gentle us "a
calf until cornered, when it will de-
fend its own life like any sensible
creature.
Mr.. Dychc has large collection Of
animals in the Kansas state building
at the Worlds Fair. Taken together
with the sheaves of wheat and the
bunchos of corn and sunfowers, this
exhibit compares favorably with that
of any state on the grounds, not ex-
cepting Iowa with her fine decorations
in corn and grasses and state band
thrown in. The principal feature is
the collection of animals, and the Wis
itor catching q glimpse of blue skies
and mountain ranges as he enters the
doors does not pause until he has his
hands on the rustic railing.
In front Is u towering cliff. Through
the agency of deceptive canvas and
n bewildering lot of blue, with white
clouds scattered over it, this pile OF
moss-covcred rocks appears to be noun
tain-high. The artist has helped the
deception by painting lofty peaks that
carry the sight-seer beyond the bor-
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Africa. The diamond display at the
Fair, in the French, American AMI
English departments particularly IS
something marvellous, bat the Kim Der
ley show. in the mining building IS
something that is educational MS well
as artistic. The exhibit is carefully
guarded by great, quaint looking,
barred Iulus, who, standing about with
clubs and spears, give the beholder an
idea of the ideal muscularity that
Haggurd depicted in the phenomenal
physique f his hero, umslopagas.
Diamond digging is shown from be-
ginning to end. There were 100 tons
of dirt brought from Colony and
miniature machine that demonstrates
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The Western Normal College at Lincoln,
Nebraska, has made q wonderful record. 1t
Is the youngest of Lincoln's colleges, yet 1t
has the largest attendance, having enrolled
more than seventeen hundred different
students the past year. Lincoln Is the charm
ing capital city of Nebraska, the railroad
center and the gateway of the West-whcrc
thousands Of students of the Western Normal
arc located. This great school has more calls
for its students than It can fill. Your car fare
paid one hundred miles each ten weeks you
attend. Catalogues and circulars free. Ad-
dress Croan Il Kinsley, Western Normal Col
lege, Lincoln, Neb.
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Our Rapid rrnnsi,ory E.I.tcnoo

Is brief enough without our shortening il by seek
Ing medical aid, when are somewhat unwcll
from sources where 1t is only obta!nnbc will,
great risk. Even II the old doctrine were true
that violent diseases require violent remedies, ii
does not follow that drastic purgatlves, narcotics
powerful "sedatives" of the nervous system are
advisable in cases where slight disorders mani
testify call for the use of mldcr means of recover
ing. involving no subsequent danger, hut equally
efficient Hostetters Stomach Bittcrs not oaly r.
lieyes, hut ultamaiey and completely relieves dis
orders of the stomach liver, bowels and nerves.
II Is genuine tonic, hcalthfully stimulates ihl
kidneys isa thorough Alternative, and most cf
fectual preventive of chilis and fever and bilious
remittent. The utmost confidence can be reposcd
In the purity and safety Of its medicinal ingrcd
ents.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out nny obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST a. TRuAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O. WALpINo, KISNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price Toe. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
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n 9 in attire that might be taken for
g,udy house gowns In these the
girls dance on swords and engage in
perhaps more realistic pas du vsntre
than do those In Cairo. Thefn the
dance may be characterised - Almost
b, utaily inmodest, only relieved by
the fact that Tho clothing IL evea more
plentiful than In the Turkish 0deon.
II Il held BY SyrlAns Of iAtelligence
here that these dances Are skMply .
enssom d ~ OrisAk tulk 1nRaG %
0eS.soh yss tAaA \ ~ ~ e1etia u
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II YOU arc going to school this year the
Western Normal College, Lincoln, Nch, Of
fcrs 10 pay your car fare To this the greatest
Of all gtcat Normal schools. great many
Colorado people attend this institution, four
billdurs being occupied by Colorado student"
last ycs" Fall Term commences September
: You can enter nuy time and find suitable
clagscs S39 - i.ss car fare, pays for ~
weeks; sl4UU0 pays for one year OF 4s weeks
For particulars address YIN. NJ, Croan. Presl-
dcut Western Normal College, Lincoln, Ne
brnska
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danse du vcntrc. In plain English II
is known as the stomach dance. Many
ladies get all they want of it, after be-
holding it but little bit, and leave
the theater. It is quite a strain on
American proprietics, but everybody
wants to see 1t and they do.
There are several varieties of this
dance given in the Cairo street and in
the thcater there. One female exhibits
the abdominal movement riding on a
dromcndary when the procession
moves up the street to the theater.
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over the road. He snys that scvcra
times during the journey the locomo
tive or one of the cars was dcrailed
and hours were lost in boosting their
upon the track again. Once in while
everybody on the ears would jump off
in order to take Il pull at the tow line
or apply their shoulders to the train.
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WORLDS FAIRLETTER
TIE PASS SYSTEM CAUSES
MAJOR HANDY TROUBLE.
sights In the Mig Buiidin8s and Along
the MIDWAY Plaisance-Ths Oriental
Dancing Girls-Diau,onds from South
Africa.
twor,a.s Fair Correspondence !

HE SOUTH AFRI-
can exhibits arc
calculated to make
ones eyes openwith
astonishment and
perhaps arous e $
every sentiment of
envy and cupidity
In the huma an heart
upo beholding it,
that is the display
of diamonds from
the mines OF South
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Effectually yet gently. when costive o,
bilious or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure hnbitunl
constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, cold or fcvtrs, use Syrup of
Figs.
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A KANSAS EXHIBIT.
z o OLOo oICAL DEPARTMENT
SEEN At THE PAIN.
Prof. byehs's Collection of wild AMI
mails PORN an Interesting Sight for
Spectators-The Professor Has Proved
Rather Realistic.
Lworla,s Fair correrponaenee.1 l

EASTS OF PREY
have no terror for
l.. l.. Dyche Of Kan
sas. He has biv-
ou q C k c d W I h
bears, has chased
noun tain lions To
their dens, treed
wildcats and has
run till exhausted
after panthers. Mr..
Dyche holds the
chair of zoology in
the Kansas state
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Not .n Unua,urnI Mistake.

Servant-Step this way, Mr.. Whtzz.
'Caller--Mr. Whatp My name IL
Jones.
ServAnt--Your pardon. sir. When
I handed your card to Miss Mollie
fsAs ~: g Whissl Show him IN. "
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ter to his several appetites. Tho
Worlds Fair is u great teacher.
It's pretty sudden wrench to jump
from the pcculnrities OF the oriental
dancer born to the beauties o; the
Japanese display. But there could be
no more decided Exposition in the
world. The exhibit, like all else that
the Jnps have done at the Fair, is now
complete II deties description; it has
an indescribable tranquility about it
that Is enchanting; it is snprcmely
artistic. The most striking piece in
the collection is n tapestry fllipg the
side of one room. It is species of,
or rather suggest We OF, Gobclin in
silk, and is worth $40 900. Its theme
is n festival procession leaving n
temple, and there are more than 900
figures in the work, some of which are
correct enough to be portraits. In de-
tail it is superb as to garments,
foliage. BIRDS, sky and SO on. This
piece of work was four years in loom.
The bronze department is best shown
in the center group, Guarrelsome
old cock on II tree and an old hen and
brood under him. The tail feathers
of the old disturber futter in the
slightest draft, so fine, so realistic are
they wrought There IRE wood, ivory
and other works of art. The paintings
are peculiar but fas cinating.
Two of the most interesting ex-
hibits in the manufactures building
are displayed by the two leading
jewelry concerns in the United States
Tiffany & Co. OF New York
and the Mermol & Jaccnrd Jewelry
company of St Louis. The former
has heretofore been described The
last named firm has rcvolutionizcd the
jewelry trade of the west and Is en-
titled to the credit OF being the p oneer
in the country west of the Mississippi
river in high diamond iewclry,
silverwares and society stationery.
Its retail department is distinguished
by what may be termed an improve
mcnt on oriental splendor.
This exquisite exhibit OF diamonds,
jcwelry, silverwares and stationery
was designed and produced by this
firm expressly for the Worlds Fair,
everything being new and almost ex-
clusively original in thought and de-
sign, and its loyalty to it's home city
is shown by the fact that its entire ex-
hibit is designed to typify Louis IN.
OF France, the sainted monarch after
whom Nilsson i S leading city was
named, and Louis Nv, during whose
reign the city was founded. The cx-
hibit is an exquisite pol trayal of the
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"a Mere Accident" is tf- tile OF a new
novel. We'll, II 1t was a mere accident the
public will overlook It This time sut Tue
guthoT must not repeat the offence.
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10 Mohammcdnn estimate Of the In.
feriority OF women there Is little
doubt. The object In life Of eastern
women is to afford pleasure TO their
master, man. Therefore, they minis.
ter TO his several appetites. Tho
Worlds Fair is u great teacher.