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A Hole Through the Earth.

If it were possible to bore q hole en-.
tirely through the earth and then I,
start n bali of iron weighing 10
pounds to falling through the same, n
what point would it stopp 70 begin
with. weight, in the sense in which ii
is referred to in the question, is sim.
ply the measure of the attractive force
of g%ravitation, OF, in other words, the
measure of force with which II body il
attracted by the earth. This attract
i've force decreases both ways from Til.
earth's surface. Thus we find that
mass Of iron or other material will
lose W pounds of weight betweei
tidewater and the top of u mountain
four miles high; the same mass will
weigltw pounds less four miles be
meath the surface than it did at Sc,
level. Therefore if a ball of any givct
weight should start on the tour out
lined in the query its weight would
decrease TO a certain extent with ever,
yarl of lis flight Cor fail), until final
ly, upon reaching the center of the
earth, it would have no weight, the
phenomenon Of attraction atthat point
acting equally in every direction.
This being the case, the ball. no odds
what it weighed on the surface, would
be held in suspension("a thing neither
having nor %imparting ~weightn) as
though fixed by innnmerable magnetic
,,,f,,tEI 80 ~ = ~, IL 1,a.t TLfS-- tH H.Es
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different directions with the IS. 900 and
$4,000 bills. What do you think of the
little James brother, anyway? After
| had read him n lecture on his evil
thoughts l took him in the engine
house and there he lost me. While I
was looking for him l was startled by
a horrible yell and that kid slid down
one of the brass uprights from the
floor above and made a dash for the
lake front. l caught him after an ex-
hausting run and boxed his ears sound
ly. To refresh myself l paused to get
a glass of beer, and he astonished the
waiter by saying: You may bring me
a Martini; not too sweet, old man.
What do you think of him. Isn't he a
beaut? And I'm contracting to educate
that kid at the fair, / intended to
keep him there all evening. but Mt Z
O'Clock was dead tired and my stand
ing collar was like lace. l required
force to pry that kid off of the Mid
way viaduct and crowd him into the
train.
FINALLY We got down town and rode
over to the depot OF n cross town car.
He made me pay full fare for him.
Said If | made him ride for 3 cents he
would jump off of the car. and l didn't
dare. He insisted IN peanuts and as
ter he had eaten them he tramped
around on the shells until the sleepy
a in the next seat had murder in
his heart. Could you blame him? At
last tired nature came to my aid and
h a kid fell asleep. l brcathed a sigh
OF relief and read my paper until we
reached South Evanston. Then I
shook the kid gently, and said: Come,
Willie, wake up; we're almost home.'
Imagine a kid like that being called
Willie! But he's not a Willie boy, you
car bet. Well, he never moved u hair,
aud shook him again. He was pretty
sound. He was too big to carry, and l
had to wake him up, SO l shook him
and cutfed him and pinched him until
n wona across the aisle said some
thing about the humane society.
Finally, just as the conductor called
Evanston l banged that kids head
against the arm Of the seat and choked
his eyes open. He grinned and said:
THAT'S one fall for you: both of my
shoulders were down. The little cnss
hadn't been asleep at all. lie was
having sport with me. 1t was o'clock
when we reached the house, and that
youngster aroused the entire neighbour
hood by singing, Uncle Wouldn't Buy
Me the Midway When the good
deacon in the orr raised his window
the little wretch said. in a loud tone,
Never mind, uncle, l won't say any,
thing about your drinking before I
could clap my hand over his mouth,
drag him into the house and lock him
in his room.n
@Going to take him out again." asked
the lawyer.
"les, I'll have to-" was the reply.
"Promised him to, and you can't break
a promise with a kid. Going out next
week if | feel strong enough. I'll tell
next Saturday how | getaiong with the
little tiend. Here's the depot. Come
on"
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Lord Cromcr.

Lord Cromer, the British diplomatic
agent at Cairo and the real ruler of
Egypt, is a very interesting English
man. 1t is his habit to read Homerin
the original Greek for half an hour
after breakfast every morning, and
his afternoons are given up to lawn
tennis. At the time of the recept
"crisis" in Egyptian affairs he ordered
the khedive TO dismiss Ills prime min
lister within twenty-four hours, sent to
Malta and to Alden for troops to sup
port him i'll case Of emergency, aud
then went out and played tennis until
sunset.
Richard Harding Davis, who has sent
to Hsrpe''s Weekly an entertaining aS-
count of this and other of his lordship's
performances. thinks that u diplomas,
who can snub a king and set 5000 sol.
diers in motion in the morning and
then spend tho afternoon calmly call
ing ont "f%orty-lovc." "forty-tifteen,"
etc, is a very remarkable man; and
most people will agree that lie is.-M.
Y World.
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PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.
Certain Breathing Movements Claimed
to Be of the Greatest Value.

think it is evident tlrat proper de-
vclopmcut aud expansion Of the lungs
by means of we'll regulated breathing
must be regarded as of the greatest
value In the prevention and in the
treatment of the inactive stages OF
pulmonary consumption, saws Or.
Thomas J. Mays in the Century. The
more simple the method the more ef-
fective and practical will be the re-
suits which flow from it. Among the
many exercises which are recommends
ed for this purpose the following move
ments are very valuable: The arms,
being used as levers, are swung back
ward as far as possible en- a level with
the shoulders during each inspiration,
and brought together III front on the
same level during each expiration. Or
the hands arc brought together above
the head while inspiring, and gradual
ly brought down alongside the body
While expiring. A deep breath must
be taken with each inspiration, and
held until the arms are gradually
moved forward, or downward, or
longer, in order to mako both methods
fully operative.
Another very serviceaGe chest cxer-
else Is to take a deep inspiration, and,
during expiration, in a loud voice
count or sing as long as possible. A
male person with a good chest can
count up to sixty or eighty, while in a
female, even with good lungs, this
power is somewhat reduced. Practice
of this sort will slowly develop the
lungs, and the increased ability 10
count longer is a measure OF the inn
%provement going on within tho chest.
Or, again, the taking of six or eight
full ard deep brcaths in succession
every hour during the day, either
while sitting at work or while walking
out in the open air, will have a very
beneficial effect.
Tho breathing of compressed and
rareiied air is attracting wide atten-
ton at the present time in connection
with the prevention and the treatment
Of pulmonary consumption, and is an
other mode whcrewith the chest ca
pacity can be decidedly improved.
When air is breathcd in this manner
there is felt during each inspiration q
gentle distension of the whole chest,
while during expiration g feeling of
emptiness is experienced.
Il Consumption is not a disease which
originates in y day, but it is tho out
growth of morbid habits and agencies
which may even antedate the birth OF
tho individual. Defective breathing
is one of these habits and its PERM.
cious prevalence is more widespread
than is generally supposed.
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"HERE's LooKINa An yor.r

grip on him and we started for the lake
front. When we got to the viaduct he
saw a crowd of policemen and wanted
to wait there and see a riot. l had to
drag him away. He insisted upon go
ing to the fair on Il boat, but l was
taking no chances. When we got on
the train i wished I'd given in, for he
smashed enc of his fingers on those
iron snaps that lock you in and he
howled dismally until he caught a
sight of the Ferris wheel. That settled
it. He wanted n ride on that at once,
but l called him down. | had that
educational racket OF yours in mind
and ! knew a boy could learn too much
on the Midway, so / dragged him over
to the lagoon, hired II gondoIa, tied the
kid to a seat and told the dago to let
hnr Flicker
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Preserving Pictures.

A new method of preserving pictures
is being experimental with in Lon
don. Ii consists of placing the surface
OF the picture, be it canvas or paper,
in a vacuum, thus protecting it from
atmospheric action. Tho picture is
inclosed in Il metal frame or case COW
ing the back and sides, and projecting
from the sides like an ordinary frame.
A plate of glass is inserted in the edges
of the case, just as in an ordinary
frame. and hermetieally sealed to the
metal. The air is then withdrawn
from between the surface of the pict-
urc and tho glass, and tho painting is
IN Il vacuum. 1t is believed this plan
will etrectually protect pictures from
the action of dampness, air gases, and.
other causes that operate to destroy
paintings exposed or framedfin tile or.
binary WAY.
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ARameda Of General Utility.

1t is among the follics of which the man
of many proprietary remedies
are guilty, to term their medicines pan
aceas," or to claim for them the quality
of panaceas. There is 40 such thing as
n "panacea,'' which means u remedy
adapted to all diseases. This absurdity
has never been perpetrated by the pro-
p%rietors of Hostetter's stomach Bitters.
Rut they do claim, and with Justice
and this because it restores that
regular and vigorous condition of
the stomach. liver and bowels which con-
duce to the recovery of general health.
Thus it fortihes the system against
malarin by intusing stamina, and causing
harmonious action of the organs which,
as long as they do right, are the best
guaranty against an endemic malady like
chills and fever. 1t accomplishes Il double
purpose b. stimulating activity Of the
Kidneys, since it not only prevents their
disease and decay. but expeis from the
blood through them impurities that cause
rheumatism, govt and dropsy. Use it with
confidence.
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AN ODD pEccAR.
Ne wss . Dog. and = Remarkably IassS.
lIEent One, Too.

One afternoon, while strolling along
the Gale Ancha, in Cadiz, l met sew
eral acguaintances at the corner of
that street and the Plaza Constitution,
says o writer in HaYper's Young People.
We stopped for n friendly chat, and
were about to separate when my atten-
French poodle dog at my side, seated
on his launches aud looking up in my
face. His comical little c~ountenance
expressed SO much intelligence that I
stopped and patted him on the head,
when he commenced barking and VIC
lently working his forelegs after the
manner OF dogs who have been taught
ito beg"
@What can he wishp" said l. Sure
" not my cigar?"
But having seen dogs who were fond
of tobacco I held my cigar toward
him. As soon as he smelled it no
saorted and bounded away, only to re-
turn Immediately and resume his pre-
vious position.
Twas o puzzled, but seeing sew
oral beggars in the ncighborhood con-
Guided that he belonged to one of them
and desired a piece Of money. Taking
. large copper" from my pocket1
held it before his eyes. So great were
his manifestations of delight that l
was certain that l had OWNED his
wants. l threw the money to him,
which he caught in his mouth, and
running across the street d9appeared
in a b.kery.
To our establishment he emerged
from the shop in a few moments, bear
ing in his mouth q neatly wrapped
bundle. One of my friends tried to
take it from him. but he would not al
low this, and insisted on placing it at
my fe .. l picked it up, removed tho
w%rapper.and found a large bundusted
with sugar. This he ate with great
relish. We remained for awhile 10 SEQ
if he would besi.ge another passer-by;
but no, he had had enough for the
present, and, coiling himself up in the
doorway, settled down for a quiet nap.
This exhibition of intelligence l think
worthy of note, and particularly so for
the reason that the dog was apparent
ly acting independently. there being
no one near to prompt or direct him.
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ed for the walter and we wen. over to

IVA w
the Fisheries building"
81 have no doubt he learned muck
there put in the lawyer.
VI don't know about that,h said the
Spectator, "but / do know he scared q
old ~oma out of her wits.
She was ~inarveling at n of those
Washingtonian Home fish with gold
cure eyes, and just as Mr.. Fish made a
quick dart toward her side of the tank
that pupil of mine let out a yell, and
the old lady grabbed her skirts and
fed screaming out of the place. That
settled our lesson in the Fisheries
Building, and l led the kid out by tho
slot mineral water. He picked up tina
glass, blew imaginary froth off it, and
said: Here's looking at you to the
her stool and that kid said: .Ver' nice.
bonn pom candy; hot, hot, hot in his
childish treble. Say, Ed, do you know
l think some one else has been trying
to educate that youngster.
Literary Pursuit of "a New Kind.
zone good thing about him, though,
was his desire for knowledge in the
line of current literature. Circulars
and cards We're his particular graft.
Ever heard of this circular insanity?
Well, he had as tough a case of it as I
ever saw. Had to make him throw
away eight pounds of the truck before
we started home. Afraid they'd charge
us excess baggage on it. When he
saw ] intended to cut down his load
he stopped in front of the model postal
car in the government building and
SHE'D about 200 cards and circulars Mt
the letter sacks before II guard nailed
him. Then he threw the rest of the
circulars at the guard and ran. When
I found him q moment later he was
standing by one of those big lights
singing There's a Lighthouse by the
Sea- at the top of his voice.
"When | called him down he went
over and tried to fool with those jars
of microbes and bacilli. I thought
he'd let some of the cussed things loose
in the crowd and 1 had to sic another
guard On him. Later on he called me
aside in the rotunda and unfolded a
dark, deep scheme to break the glass
in the frame near by and then run in
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-09-30
SAVING A % PER Cent?
How the Cocaine Habit Begins and II
ttkely to End.

"rhat is one Of my regular 2 per
cents" said a druggist to N. Y
World man, struggling his shoulders
In the direction of Il %retreating figure,
as he replaced n bottle on an upper
sheif. There are several of them on
my list, and the nuinber. | regret TO
say, is increasing all the time. | sup
pose they pass the word along from
friend to friend, not knowing what
harm they are doing. 1t is like little
children playing with fire over a bar
rel of gunpowder. The danger is
there, but they do not realize it,
"lhat man who Just went out is a
'iend' and does not know it-a cocaine
liend, the most unfortunate of all the
pitiable slaves to drugs, for | know of
none that drags down a man to lower
depths or does his system more awful
injury. He does not know that he is
under the mastery of the poison, but
the regularity with which he comes ii
for his little 2 pcr cent shows that the
craving is upon him. Tho excuse OF
the 2 per cent is generally a cough or
a cold in the head. They take a dose
and snuff it up their noses, and then
walk off feeling as if they were walk
ing on air. The soul of the cocoa
plant is in their nerves, and they are
happy in their i~ntoyication until the
effect has worm off, and then the cough
or the catarrh gets troublesome again
and they ara back for another dose.
perhaps | am not 4 very good man
of business, but l generally do what l
can to break these men of theis habit.
! only succeeded once. OF course, one
in my position has to be very careful
what he says to a customer. To SIM
ply make one mad so that he will walk
out of your store and 90 to the neAt
one to get his dose would be neither
wise nor polite. But had one good
customer who was a cocaine iiend, in
this mild and early form of the dis
ease, who took the hint l Z dropped. He
was coming in very often for his little
9 per cent. One day | asked him if he
realized that he was playing with a
dangerous drug, aud that he was al
ready over the line of safety.
".Nonsense,' he said. What DO you
mean?'
ado you not feel after you have
eluileu up your 9 per cent, silu, AS
II yon were walking about two feet
above the pavement DO not your
troubles vanish away and your pains
and aches becomes thing of the past?"
"He looked surprised and a little
frightened.
"'ENactly,' he said.
"Well, that shows that the drug is
affecting your brain and nerves us
well as the mucous membrane of your
nose for which you take it, and add.
ed: when it does that 1t is danger.
ous.'
"Enough,' he said. 4 will never
touch the accused thing again.
And, strange TO say, he never has.
Today he is one OF the warmest friends
that ! have got. | have not lost any
money by my little missionary work."
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THE MILE IN VARIETY.
There Are Four Different Kinds in En-
g~lish-Speaking CountrIen Alone.

Engsish-speaking countries have four
different miles-the ordinary mile Of
$3.50 feet and the geographical or
nautical mile Of 6,0S5, making n diff
ference of about ~onc-sevcnth between
the two; then there is the Scotch mile
of 4.92S feet and the Irish mile of g.
100 feet; four various miles. every one
of which is still in use. Then almost
every country has its own standard
mile, says the ST. Louis Globe-Denio-
cfat. The Romans had their mil pas
snunl, 1,000 PAGES, which must have
been about 5000 feet in length, unless
we asclibe 10 Cnsar's DICTIONARIES great
stepping capacity. The German mile
of today is 24.3lS feet in length, more
than fonr and 4 half times rs long as
our mile. The Dutch, the Danes. and
the Prussians enjoy a mile that is 49,
440 feel long, threeyand one-half times
tue length of ours; aud the Swiss get
more exercise in walking n Of their
miles than we get in walking five
miles, for their mile is Obs yards
long, while ours is only ,1.76D yards.
The Italian mile is only II few feet
longer than ours; the Roman mile is
eHpl lSi, NIlltc tilS IuSt'tll anu tilc
Turkish miles are 100 wards longer. The
Swedish mile is 7,341 yards long, and
the Vienna posi- mile is 8,796 Yards in
length. So, here is Il list of twelve
different miles, and besides this there
are other measure of distance, not
counting the French kilometer, which
is rather less than two-thirds Of q mile.
The Braziiians have n militia that is
one and onc-fourth times as long MS
ON milei the Neapolithn miglio is
about the same length; the japanese
ri, or mile. is two and one-half times
ours; the Russian verst is live-eighls
as long rs our mile, while The Persian
standard is a fesakli, four and Il half
miles long. which is said to be equal
to the parasang So familiar to the
readers Of Xenophon's "Anabasis..
Tho league that is familiar TO readers
OF french and Spanish books varies
jusl as does the mile. In brazil 1T is,
Three aud four-ifti miles lang ~ ii
France it was three miles, in Spainsit
was two and two-tilirds miles aud
oisceo on q time i'll Tsnglantl ut was two
anaA il~alfstal1ss lon9
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BAD BOY At THE FAIR.
EXPERIENCES OF AN EVANSTON MAN
WITH YOUNG AMERICA.
he Took His ,a-xear-old Nephew to tho
Fair aud Found His Charge Hard to
nranagc-A Long Record OF Escapades.

A week or two ago, while the two
old cronics were riding downtown
morning says the Chicago Herald, a
Board of Trade mar spoke of the en-
couraging growth of the attendance at
the world 5 fair and a lawyer referred
to the great educational advantages to
be reaped in jackson Park, telling how
much he enjoyed his trips there with
his boy and how much the boy was
learning by observation. The Board
of Trade man grew interested and
wished that he had II boy to educate.
But, alas, he was a poor bachelor.
Why not borrow Il boy for the purposep
This was Il suggestion from the lawyer.
Why not. indeed? And as the train
pulled into the depot the Spectator
said he would negotiate a loan of his
city sisters ~12-year-old son, take him
to Evanston for a vacation and treat
him to a weekly trip to the fair for the
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lNplANA's THOUSAND LAKES.
A Singular Group but Littic Known Even
in lts Own State.

A person might look on the map I'M
til he was blind, says the N. Y. SM2,,
without discovering the curious fact,
too insignificant from Il geographical
view TO be taken into account in the
collection of general Typographical
data, that, huddlcd together in the
northwestern corner of Indiana, are
more than l,0D0 natural lakes, ranging
In size from ten to 100 acres. They
are all within the boundaries of Stcu-
ben, De Kalb. Lagrange. Noble, and
kosciusko counties. 3l2 of them being
in Noble county alone.
Such is the isolation of this extraor-
binary group of lakes that the average
Indiana citizen. outside of the small
area in which the system is situatcd,is
unaware of its existence. 1t is entire-
ly separate from the river system of
the state and corresponds in character
with that famous group of lakes in
Orange and Sullivan counties, New
York, and Wayne aud Pike counties,
Pennsylvania-literally great springs
of crystal water, with bottoms of the
whitest sand. The wild charm OF
mountain environment that is the
Shi lltC SUN Vi llCi1 CuSItlI tpulllIl-
parts is lacking, however, in tho In
diana lakes, although they occupy the
highest situation in the state.
Nowhere else in Indiana is there a
lake OF any size whatever. These
sheets Of water are the natural homes
OF the small-mouth black bass, and ex-
Fish Commissioner Dennis of that state
declares that tho smalt-mouth black
bass that inhabit the waters of every
part of the country came from that
group of lakes. Nowhere else on the
continent have these fish been caught
equal in size to those taken from In
diana waters. The largest small
mouth black bass of which there is any
record was cailght this season in
Sylvan lake, at Rome City, by Sidney
E. Smith of that place. II weighed
nine and one-half pounds. Last sea-
son DR.. Meyer of Kendaliville took ono
in the same lake that, weighed nine
pounds. Sylvan lake is the largest of
the Indiana waters, its natural size
having been enlarged by draining to
make it q supply reservoir in the days
of canal navigation. 1t is i've miles
long and II mile wide
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TEEJNtL a.t.HLA N
into the Manufactures Building. /
thought | knew what would catch him:
so took him around to see the Jewel
ry. In educating kids nowadays YOU
must get 'em mp on jewelry. When /
showed him the big Tiffany diamond
what do you suppose he said? Huh
he grunted, we see that every night
from our house when its clear The
little cuss thought it was one OF tho
search lights. Well. along about noon
we began to feel hungry and we found
a restaurant. You should have seen
that kid eat. | had GO cents left outof
five. And he had the nerve TO tell
his uncle he wasn't very hungry.
Where he put It all don't know, But
IlIbet that his digestive apparatus
played to the capacity of the house.
aghen he pockctedt the tinsI had intend.