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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
No Trace of WreclxaEe I'm the Deep
est of the Oceans Depth.

No Trace of Wreckage I'm the Deep
est of the Oceans Depth.
An extraordinary circumstance that
has been noticed with great interest
and that always creates surprise when
first learned, is the entire absence of
foreign matter in the deeper part of
the oceans floor, says the Cosmopol-
itan. OF all the vessels lost in mid
ocean, of all the human beings that
have been drowned, of all the marine
animals that have persisted, Of all the
clay, sand and gravel let fall by dis
solving icebergS, of all the various sub
stances drifted from every shore by
shifting currentS-not a trace remains;
but in their place water from 1000 to
$500 fathoms In depth covers the uni
form deposit of thick, blush, tenacious
slime called gToberina ooze.
A bit of this under a powerful lens
is revelation of beauty not easily for
gotten. The Ooze is composed entirely
of the daintiest, most delicately beauti-
full shells imaginable. At depths great
err than $500 fathOms the bottom of the
sea consists mainly of products arising
from exposure, for almost ineaiculable
periods, to the chemical action of sea
water, of pumice and other volcanic
matters. This finally results in the
formation of the red clay deposits that
are considered characteristic of the
prOfoundest depths of the ocean. Car
Donate of lime, which, In the form of
shells of formanifera, makes up so
large a part of the glObigerina OOze, is
here almost entirely absent.
Sea water is very nearly universal
solvent and before any shell, large or
small, reaches the bottom of these tre-
mendous abysms it is chemically eaten
up, literally dissOlved-a result which
the enormous pressure of water must
materially hasten.
At 1000 fathoms the weight of the
water pressing on all sides of an object
immersed to that depth is very nearly
one ton to the square inch, or more
than 100 times that sustained at the sea
level, and at the greatest depths the
pressure is so increased that it would
seem nothing could withstand tin
fact, heavy metal cylinders let down
with the sounding apparatus are some
times on being drawn up again to the
surface found bent and collapsed;
strongly made glass vessels which the
metal lnclosed are shattered into frag,
mentS
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At a Summer Fefe.

At q fashionable summer fete this
week, a toilet attracted much attention
and Won great praise; first, because the
wearer-a tall blonde of beautiful fig
ure-were it, and again, because the
gown itself was triumph of the dress
makers ski Il. 1t was an exquisite tint
OF silvery moonlight gray-a tint be-
loved of all artistic French women,
and never forsaken by them the sea
son through. 1t was gored on the
front and sides, and slightly full in the
back. Round and round this skirt,
from belt to hem, were rows of moon
light gray silk ribbon. about an inch
IN width, set on about three inches
apart. At the hem, midway of the
skirt, and as a finish to the belt, were
set rufles of white silk-dotted chiffon,
scalloped on the edge; these gave q
Frenchy and most dainty effect to the
skirt that was very uncommon. Bre-
telles and other airy trimmings of tho
white chiffon and the silver lines of
ribbon trimmed the bodice, and deep
ruff1es of the same fiuttered like huge
white butterflies from the elbow
sleeves, above long gloves of undressed
White kid, stitched with gray. The hat
was of silver-laced straw, trimmed with
the silver-dottea white chiffon and
white moss roses: The narasol was
pure white crepe de Chine edged with
chiffon ruffies. The only touch of color
about the entire toilet was small clus=
ter of long=stemmed blush roses thrust
into one side Of the belt. and an en-
thusiastie admiref wished that these
had been omitted and white roses sub
stituted.-New York Evening Post
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The Power of Sleep.

The most violent passion and excite
ment cannot keep even powerful minds
from sleep; Alexander the Great slept
on the field of Arbela, and Napoleon
upon that of Austerlitz. Even stripes
and torture cannot keep off sleep, as
criminals have been known to give
way to it on the rack. Noises which
at first serve to drive it away soon be-
come Indispensable to its existence:
thus 4 stage coach, stopping to change
horses, wakes all the passengers. The
proprietor of an iron forge. who slept
close to the din of hammers. FORCES,
and blast furnaces, would wake If there
was any interruption to them during
the night; and q sick miller, who had
his mill stopped on that account, passed
sleeplesS nights until the mill resumed
its usual noise. Homer, in his "Iliad,"
elegantly represents sleep as overcOm-
ing all men. and even the gods, except
Jupiter alone
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends 70 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence IL due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute II offered.
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to the verge of grotesqueness, but at
the same time he is tolerated as an in
stitution of American life.
Quite the reverse is the foreign attrac-
tion to q side show, particularly if the
foreign attraction does not speak any
English. There are two men in front
of the Austrian village lOld Vienna)
whose first appearance attracted little
attention; but as the days have worn
on and grown into weeks the stern and
silent attitude Of these people has be-
come a subject of curiosity itself. They
are dressed in the somewhat gaudy
costume of medieval knights who once
inhabited the Austrian Tyrol. If they
were in a Swiss village they would be
taken for William Tells, but they are
Austrian knights Of the Qldtime. Each
is armed with Q huge spear and they
take alternate hours for duty. For as
much as five minutes sometimes they
stand in stqtuesque fepose, never NOV
ing a muscle; then they change position
and retain that f6F as many minutes.
They never speak except to announce
the passing of each hour by Feciting
in a half-speaking and half-singing tone
some appropriate poem OF piece. The
only interest they take in the crowd
is occasionally to Bqt their spears
across people who are going into the
wrong entrance.
The Cairo village is full of these odd
heralds of the to-be-paid-fOr attrac-
tons within. When the donkeys are I'M
employed for the moment and the cam
els have contributed all the fun they
can by Hpliftipg their rearS a9d dump
ing their rural riders ever Oh their
necks, it is sometimes necessary to stir
up business in another way. Then
comes a motley procession headed by
man with an egg in his eye. 1t may
not seem strange that man might
carry an egg IN bis eye, but let any
body try it. We ali kR9w what the
British monoele is, and every jeweiaf
has a habit Of sticking something iR
his eye which he well understands how
to use, but let anybody undertake to
put the big end of an egg in his eye and
carry it about straight, and see where
he will come out. 1t is big, tall Arab
who does this, all the while yoicing GER
Jain ipcaptati9ns which may OF may not
mean anything.
An officer Of the battle ship Illinois,
who has made many naval cruises and
who knows something Of nearly every
oriental tongue, Is authority for the
statement that very many uf the
qarangues, incantations and other vocal
ceremonies which one hears in Midway
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GEORGE eRossMITH WAS KIND.
new the English Entertainer Helped
Out DIsheaPtened Seaside

Ii"W the English Entertainer HeIped
out DIsheartened Seaside
FaIxir.
Usually stories regarding the personal
characteristics Of foreign actors precede
their arrival in this country, but the
general rule does not seem to have been
observed in the case of George Gros-
smith, the London comedian, who re-
Gently returned to England after a
brief engagement in the East He left
many friends and admirers in this coun,
try, and if half the stories now told
OF MIN are true he must be one of the
Kindllest Of men. One is related of his
being at an inn at well known sea-
side resort one evening when a forlorn
travelling "reciter," of the type as pa
thetlcally well known to England as
to America, gave a so-calIed "enter-
tainment'' in the drawing room. Like
some of its sort, 1t was YEARLY unen-
tertaining, and when he passed around
his shabby hat at it's conclusion it was
but to gather Lenten harvest of halp-
pence.
AS, disheartened enough, the fakir
was leaving the room, Grossmith, Just
entering, caught glimpse of his down
cast face and empty hat Straightway
grasping the situation Grossmith sig
nailed him with a gesture to remain,
and taking his stand at the end of
the room, said:
Ladies and gentlemen, as the next
number of the programme, ] win give
you humorous SKETCH and thereupon
did so In his most inimitable style.
Amid the rapturous applaud which
followed, he proceeded to pass around
his hat, exactly as his predecessor had
done. The situation was appreciated;
silver in coins Of generous size prompt
" weighed it down Grossmith rejoined
his humble fellow entertainer; the mod
ish hat emptied itself into the shabby
one. Over them Grossmith smiled his
own sly, quaint smile; and :'WeI, we've
done pretty well this evening, haven't
we" said he, and was off before one
could say "Thank yOn."
Buffalo Commercial.
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Mrs Woodbie-"ConductO raise this
window, please. The air IN this car is
sitting"
Mrs Hasbin-"Condu don't raise
that window, please. ! am extremely
susceptible to draughts."
Mrs WOodbie-"Conductor, l insist
on your raising this window instantly.
L am not going not to be poisoned with
foul air for anybody"
Mrs Hasbin-"COnductOr If you raise
that window and l get pneumonia l
shall prosecute this company"
Mrs WOOdbie (gasping) Raise the
window, conductor! l am going to
faint
Conductor raises window.
Mrs. Woodbie (reviving)-"There! l
knew all l needed was Il little fresh
air"
Mrs. Hasbin (shivering)-"U-u-g-h h!
that awful .draught! Conductor, you
will have ia cha-a-nge my seat"
Conductor (pOlitely)-'I scarcely
think it will be necessary, madam. The
window is double one. I've only
raised one"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-07-27
Paper Made From Hon Waste,

The waste of hops which brewers
cannot sell and for the removal of
which they are obliged to pay, could
not until now be used in the manu-
facture Of paper aud pastebaard be-
cause it contains an oily substance
which is detrimental to the quality
of the paper made therefrom. A ma
chine has just been invented and pat.
ented in England with which this oil
can be extracted with very little cost.
In view OF this fact paper and paste
board can now be manufactured much
more cheaply than heretofore.
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Every day of the exposition's prog
ress adds to the curious and amusing
features of life in Midway plaisance.
BY this Is not meant that there are new
side shows appearing every day, but
that each concessionaire is adding as
he can to the attractions of his exhibit.
The small fakirs of Midway plaisance
are an exhibition in themselves. The
curious people who stand at the doors
and entrances of the various villages
and shout the glories of the things
within are themselves study In human
nature, but even more so are the other
persons who bring physical eccentrici-
ties to the aid of their powerful voices.
The men who shout from the towers
and minaretS, who call the faithful Mo-
hammedans to worship: the man who
stands in front of any one of the Pc
cuhar displays and with resonant voice
and studied precision of enunciation
informs you that this-his own exhibit
lis the one thing You want to see, are
common enough spectacles. The Amer
lean fakir is too well known on the fair
ground, political gatherings and G. A.
r. camps to need any SPECIAL introduce
ton. He is loud-lunged obtrusive in
gesticulation and impudent and insolent
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Cool.


1t is related that man went into q
drug store one day and exclaimed to
the proprietor: Look here, man! You
gave me morphine this morning instead
of quinine!s, The customer was greatly
excited, but the druggist retained his
self-possession. us that SOB" he asked.
why, then you owe me "a ceAts"
Figaro tells Q story Of aQolness that
quite matches this.
His mistress was giving a dinner
party. In the course of the meal Bap-
tste came running into the room in a
state of wild alarm, exclaiming;
Quick! glass of wine"
Everybody stared, but the lady of
the house poured glass of wine and
handed 1t to Baptiste. He swallowed
1t at a gulp.
20 madam! I was dreadfully upset.
That glass of wine has done me good.
1t has brought me round. Only think,
/ have just had the misfortune to
break your two large dessert dishes of
Sevres porcelainl"
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STUDYING HUMAN NATURE.
watching the Expression on the
Faces of TFayeIeTs UnheknOwn t9

watching the Expression ON the
Faces of Travellers UnhelSnown t9
Themselves.
Positively the post singular amuse-
ment which the listener has heard of
is that of an acquaintance of his. In
one of the hotels there is a plate-glass
window, looking out on the crowded
street, behind WHICH There are none but
objects Of q dark color; and as there IL
no light in the apartment except that
which comes through the window, the
plate glass has the effect to passers-by
on the street of mirror. In a corner
behind this window, where he cap see
the crowd perfectly but is himself very
seldom seen, this acquaintance Of the
listener sits and watches the express
sions of the faces Of the people as they
look at themselves IN the glass: 1t is
taking them unawaEe. A good many
men survey themselves complacently;
women readjust their hats; an OCCASION
al passer discovers q smut spot on his
nose, and wipes it off with his hand
heiCLile! 1T sVttfe SSHtf ooion II to y
good place to study weakness and
idiosyhcracies,
A still more thorough going amuse-
ment of this kind, perhaps, would be
to make arrangements with the propri-
etor of large mirror in one of the
public corridors of a great hotel of
such a nature as would authorize one
to get behind the mirror and scrape off
a spot of the quicksilver just large
enough to make room for ones eye
to peep through. This would enable
the 'peh9lder to study 9ne phrase Of
But this amusement is not f9 be Fecom-
menddea, except f9 those Wh9 take
pleasure In observing the weaknesses
of their fellow creatures. -Boston
Transcript.
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A CONNECTS . SCovERY.
Principal Keeper COnnaughtOn of
Sing Sing Has n sHFprisa;

Principal Keeper COnnaughtOn of
Sing Sing Has n sHrRrisa;
:The funniest Incident ia my long
experience here" said Principal Keeper
Gonnaughton of Sing Sing a few days
ago, in one Of his reminiscent moods,
occurred about two months ago"
II laughed till I cried when 1t hap
pened, and the thought of it helped
to cheer me up in the troublous times
of the murderers' escape which fol.
lowed.
eve had a very small man brought
here in January who was an old time
sneakthief in other states. We had
to make q special suit of stripes for hi:q
and he seemed to be very proud of the
e9at. He was an especially good pris.
pner, and I was very much surprised
to be called to his cell one morning
just before breakfast ! wondered as
hurried along the corridor, whether
he had been trying TO escape, and re-
Solved, II ! found II SO, to put no moro
faith in human nature.
when j reached his cell he stood
there grasping the bars, and with the
most afalefnl expression imaginable on
his little face
Mr.. Connaughton,' he gasped, 7
have lost my coat. DO you Know that
there are thieves In this prisong'
when was able to speak I replied
that we might possibly have q few
and went back to enjoy the heartiest
breakfast / had eaten for wears I
butt think some one must have taken
1t for a curiosity,"-N Y. World
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An Eye to the Main Chance.

She-To my intense establishment
hear that You have laid q wager at
your club that I would accept youF
proposal of marriage.
He-So I have; yet I trust, made
moiselle. that you will forgive my iR=
discretion and consent to be mine.
She-Of course 1 will, provided the
amouat Of your bet is large enough
to make 1t worth my while. Journal
AmnSant
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HE SPOKE TOO QUICKLY,
An Ambitious Russian Who Came I,

An Ambitious Russian Who Came TO
Grief I'm the BiE Worlds Fair.
Dimitry Iwanoff, the head and front
of the Imperial Russian troupe of sing
erS and dancers from st. Petersburg,
now in this city, is man of impressi-
BILE spirit and exceedingly adaptable in
temperament When he arrived in Chi
cago he had been only two days in
America, get he was already engaged
in hand-to- hand, or rather word-to-
word, encounter with the English IAN
guage Like all Russians, Iwanoff
looked on the learning of the languages
as a mere baSatelle, and before his first
week in Chicago was over he felt that
the English tongue had been taken cap
tive by him-phrase. idiom and sylla-
BILE. One evening he was standing in
the rear part of the auditorium, talking
TO DR. Ziegfeld in the same little group
with Mr.. Robinson and Kirke Sashelle.
Presently DIR. Ziegfeld was called away
for a moment, and Mr.. Robinson, feel
ing that somebody was 1ue to say
something turned to Iwanoff and in
Quired:
Getting so you understand English
pretty well?''
IwanOtf caught the words under
stand" and English" and replied with
lofty superiority and Il magnificent
flourish:
''Blenty! Blenty!
WhereupOn La Shelle took him by
the arm confidentialy and said:
DO you believe the nebular hypothe-
sis rcducible to ordinary comprehension
by means of the differential calcubusT
''Eh?' said Iwanoff, somewhat stag
gered-
The question was repeated.
oh" said Iwanoff. smiling blandly.
perfectly satisfied with this explanation,
you spik quick! Chicago Post.
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they carried the air perfectly, and Fhe
performance was 2 great success. Eek
Editor John Rallaptyle, WHO represents
the Samoan exhibit, declared that it
was the most feeling musical produc-
ton that he had ever heard. "T'hese
descendants of cannibals," said the ex-
editor, singing My Country, 'Tis of
Thee is enough to make anybody be-
lieye that American Thought, American
principles Of government and American
patriotism Will some day dd99lMllii44a Dominate the
WHOLE earth"
There are tw9 outside SOLICITORS who
drum up patronage for the pahQmeY--
ans. One is Capt. Penny, the manag8r
of the village. Capt. Penny does not
say anything, but his picturesque ORR
entail helmet and his suit Of immaculate
white duck convey q story without
words. The captain speaks every
known African tongue. It is observed
by every visitor to the village that the
female warriors are especially coy and
softened in their manner whenever the
gallant captain appears in their midst.
The captain wears bale of whiskers,
and it may be this hirsute ornament
WHICH, l1lC SplIIJ VI
savagery. The male Dahomeyans are
pot largely given to whiskers and they
are very 'en3i0us of those who possess
an amplitude Of hair. This may ac-
count for the fervid cordially with
which they greeted Fred B9uglass the
6theF day. Mr.. Douglass visited the
village ON the Fourth Of July in COM
pany with Stephen A. Douglass, Jr.,
and both were given seats of honor on
the dancing platform. The amazons
with their battle axes and spears cast
many glances Of veneration at Fred
Douglass and looked with coyness and
more than tisua, modesty at Mr.. Doug
lass big white companion.
The Dahomeyans Fond of Beer.
4 singular feature Of Mr.. Douglass
visit was that while he was occupying
a seat of honor next to the Dah9Rleyan
chief box of milwaukee, beer was con-
spicuously present at his feet This
was partially explained during the core.
monies which attended Mr.. Douglass
visit. When the Dahomey warriors
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9 stopped until they were completely

stopped until they were completely
drained
This same love Of beer has developed
IN the Dahomeyan who was employed
Mt the gate. At the door of his little
bark hut he sits colled up on seat.
His head is covered with conical
cap of some kind of African fur. lie
sits and strums a rude little harp. He
leers at the people who crowd around
him and the only English words he
knows arc ''Nickle" and Chicago beer"
He has q funny leer in his eye and
when people are not prompt to catch
his meaning, or he thinks they are not,
he quietly stops drumming his rude
instrument and fishes from under his
seat half bottle of beer and endeavors
to make his language more clear 1t
is needless to say that this harpist from
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Geo. Benz & sons, are the sole
Owners and bottlers of UuGie Sans
Monogram, which has by reason Of Its
merit and quality in a short time become
the leading brand of whisky iii the North
west. A trial will convince you of its SUI
perio1ity to most whiskies, and that 1t is
eXcelled by none.
Ask your druggist or retail dealer for it.
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The above term more adequately describes
the nature of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
than any other The medicine has specific
qualities, of course, as in cases of malarial
disease dyspepsia, and liver complaint,
but is tayjgorating and regulating qualities
invest it with health -endowing potency
made manifest Throughout the system
Purity and activity OF the circulation are
insured by it, and 1t effectuaiiy egaRteracts
tendencies to kidney disease. rheumatism,
neuralgia and govt.
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A LADY who suffered for years with IL eF,
inc troubles, displacements, leucorrhea and
irregularities, finally found safe and SIM
pie home treatment that completely cured
her without the aid Of medical attendance.
She will send 1t frsR with full instructions how
to use it to any suffering woman who will
send her name and address 10
Mrs. D. l.. Orme, South Bend, IND
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German
Syrup

My acquaintance with Boschee's
German Syrup was made about four
Teen years ago. I contracted cold
which resulted in hoarseness and
cough which disabled me from fill
ing my pulpit for a number of Sab
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief I saw the
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained bottle. Ireceived quick
and permanent help. I never hest
tate to tell my experience. Rev. w.
Il. Haggerty, Martinsyille, N. J. o