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Who Was the Guilty Man3

A Cass avenue woman has n husband
who has done such 4 thing as t forgct
to do what his wife had requested.
The other evening about 5 O'Clock he
came home and she went at him.
John" she said, did you tell that
expressman to come here this after
noonp"
ayes, Mary" he answered meekly.
swell, he hasn't come"
as that SOP"
"Yes, it is; Now, how do you ac-
count for itp"
John gave the matter q few mo-
ments' consideration.
"Well, my dear" he said finally.
.either he's lying OF am, and to re-
lieve us both from your suspicious I'll
just step down to his place and see
what's the matter" and the charitable
John went to see the expressmau.!
Detroit Free Press.
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People living in a Crater.

Thirty miles from the city of Kun
Amoto, Japan, is the volcano Aso San.
This volcano has the largest crater in
miles in circumference, and peopled
by -, 900 inhabitants. Think Of walk
ing for miles among fertile farms and
prosperous villages, peering into
schoolhousc windows and sacred
shrincs we'll within the shell of an old
time crater, whose walls rise 800 feet
all about YOU. 1t gives M a queer
feeling. Hot springs abound every
where. In one place ! saw the brick
red hot water utilized to turn n rice
mill. The inner crater is nearly half
a mile in diameter, and a steady col
IN of roaring steam ponrs out of it.
The last serious eruption was in
1881, when immense quantities of
black ashes and dust were elected and
carried by the wind rs far as Kumam-
OTTO, where for three days ii was so
dark that artificial light had to be
was to learn that out of that old-time
crater had come not only n stream OF
pure water and many kinds of farm
products, but young men who, seek
ing q wider school and home than the
mouth of q vigorous volcano, had
found their way to Kumamoto, Kyoto,
and America. and we're now foremost
among the Christian educators and
preachers of Japan. The pulpit orator
OF Osaka, the principal of m English
school at kumamoto, who is a gradu,
ate of Andover, anl one of the Dosh-
isha professors at kyoto, n New Haven
graduate, all came from that valley Of
death. --~SpringtieM Refubtican.
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You see them everywhers,and they lay
their vandal hands on everything thai
isn't either red hot or screwed down.
One of the feminine sex, and . strik'
ingly pretty one at that, was seen In
dnstriously picking up bits OF coal
from the base of the Pennsylvania
coal monument in the mining building.
Whenever she found an extra large
piece the event was neralded by .
squeak of feminine delight, until Anal.
" one Of the workmen who had boon
engaged In dressing the surface of the
monument appeared after a momentt
retirement with . full.sized building
block.
aWouldn't you like this, MISS he
said defer ,ntially, but with a subdued
chuckle in his voice, ito carry home
with you to remember the fair by?"
but it didn't seem to please her q bit.
She Just looked at It regretfully and
sighed a little as she said: aOh, you're
SO kind, but really it is too large, I'm
afraid"
As she vanished the workman shut
! one eye in a vast, all-embracing wink
and observed TO another workman:
9And to think that that girl don't
realize that her fathers coal bins are
filled with exactly the same stuff; and
here she's going to carry chunks OF 1t
| some hundreds Of miles home for keep
sakes."
But there is no place where the
visitor comes out so strong as in the
Pennsylvania state building. The liber-
ty bell calls out comments which are
past belief. OF course there are patriots
who approach with reverence and I'M
Outstanding and who are only re-
strained by the police from chipping of
hunks of the bell, but the vast majority
enter and gaze and depart in bland
ignorance.
"By jinks! but that's an old feller,"
exclaimed n inspired ignoramus.
"Wondcr where it came from" An
other, q stout, prosperous, business
looking party, observed that 1t was
cracked. "Reckon that was done bring
ing it here, +" he said. "Those railroads
are fearful careless about handling
freight"
Still another intelligent communicat.
or, and it seemed us if nothing short OF
positive inspiration could justify his
views, spoke Of the bell slightingly as
a poor exhibit, and wondered what the
Pittsburg foundries meant by sending
such stuff to an international exhibit
ton.
The Pennsylvania people thought
that this sort of thing amused them o.
first, but it is becoming a trife weary
ing now, and they sometimes wonde'
whether all men arc really created
equal as the declaration of independ
ence SO s%trenuously insists.
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Prof. Garner has written a letter to
his brother in Australia in which he
declares that he has succeeded be-
You'd his widest anticipation" in his
experiments with monkey talk in
Africa. He says: u am safe OH the
coast, Just rocking with quinine, the
proud posscssor Of a chimpanzee thdt
can say 'Tcnakoe Pakeha,' which is,
you know, the Maori for Good day,
strangcr;' Il gorilla that knows about
twenty words of Fijian; and Il female
ourang-outang that has picked up
'Tonner und blitzen' from my German
valet, and has, Judging from her nc
tons, quite fallen in love with him.
have also got written down, which is
more important, nearly 200 monkey
words. Here are Il few, spelt phopeti-
cally: .Achru,' meaning sun, fire,
warmth, ETC.; 'kukcha,' meaning water.
rain, cold, and apparently anything
disagrecablc; 'goshku, meaning food,
the act of eating. You will see from
this that it is a very primitive Ian
guage; there are, perhaps, not moro
than twenty or thirty words in it that
l have not already got, 80 tAat my
task is now practically completed"
When his battery, photograph and
revolving mirror began to work, he
says that the glitter of the mirror
soon attracted y host Of clattcring
monkeys. watched them for an hour
and then cautiously approached. They
disappeared like magic when they say
me-all but one, a chimpanzee. When
/ got close to it | found that it took no
notice of me, but stood as !. trans.
fixed, with widely opened eyes and
dilated pupils, gazing at the mirror.
There was a slight trcmulous motion
in the limbs and q spasmodic twitch.
ing of the ears. could hardly be.
lieve it. The animal was %hypnotized.
1t was making a cultural sound like
'achru.' When subsequently listened
to the gram | found that y similar
sound was frequently recorded thereon
amid what was then to me an uniatel-
ligiblc jumbo of monkey chatter. ]
put the monkey in a bamboo cage, and
on examining him about an hour after
wards found him still under the hyp-
motto influence. | revived him with .
good strong sniff of ammonia and
held Il lighted taper before his eyes.
He was quite tractablc and said 'achru'
and Il few more tests satisfied me that
this word embodied the idea Of light,
warmth and brightness. Other words
followed. and it was wonderful TO take
note of his awakening intelligence"
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PoLYcAMoUs OLD NEuso.
III. Cold.Blooded Scheme to shake Them
In Heaven.

"The old-time darby was about as
thorough q believer in polygamy rs
any Mormon" said n Virginia gentle
man at a social gathering Inst week.
odd Uncle Peyton Mason was q fair
sample of the type. because of his
undue fondness for drink l,e was hired
by his owner, Col. Buck Mason, to the
farmers in the neighborhood, and
wherever Peyton lived for any length
of time he took unto himself a wife.
GAS he ne-er staid anywhere very
long. and rs he had the winning eff
frontery of II Rrummel, in the urs
of time he had us many wives perhaps
as a Utah Bishop.
"On one occasion one of the danes
came to where Peyton then was to seek
separation from the destroyer of her
peace. She argued long and in vain
and Mt last. prompted by jealousy TO
find out whom her faithless spouse
preferred to herself, she said:
"'Peyton Mason, we'en youse stan
at dc bar OBJ jedgmen' an dc grim
'%stroyin' angel say untoe yo', "Pcyton
Mason, warm Sindy Hawkins yo' wife
on dc yearth, an warn Sofy Cvafter
" WIZ III w ScallL' au warn ~ di.
line Sncif yo' wife on de yearth, VIII
wh-what youse gwinter say?"
"The old man thought for a second
and then replied: 1 dess gwinter say
yassir to de Lawd.'
",Den we'en de grim 'stroyin' angel
say ontoe yo', EFF all desc wimmins
wuz yo' wife or de yearth, wlut wun-
ner dem youse gwinter hab in heb
pen?" whit yeu say den?
This wasa puzzler. Peyton scratch
ed his head and suddenly his rascally
black face became graduated.
'"1'll dess say toe de Lawd, l will,
dat / don't wanter hab runner dem
DOMAINS, an I'll say toe dc Lawd dat
of hits dcss dc same ter him dat I'll
c~onsort wild wumncr dem angels, eff he
please. - Washington Meas.
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CITIES, OLD AND NEW.
Even the DIrtiest Modern Cities are Clean
Compared with the Ancient Ones.

II is not many hundred years since
every city wasa "plague-spot." Cities
were built at random without plan,
and with no attention paid to santa
ton. Except by seeing what oriental
cities still are, we can form no ade-
quate idea of what European cities
were no longer ago than the sixteenth
century. In London, before the fire,
there were no sidewalks on many Of
the most important streets of the city.
Many of the streets We're as narrow as
our alleys and much more filthy. Very
often the upper stories of the houses,
projecting over the lower, would come
SO nearly meeting across the street
that the sun could shine on the street
only for Il little while in the middle Of
the day. Piles of filth accumulated in
the closets and alleys; the dead were
buried in churches and churchyards
in close proximity to tho living; there
vas no drainage except on the surface;
the mud of the streets, v removed,
would reek with only partly decom-
posed vegetable and animal matter,
and the only wonder is that any one sur
vived at all in the terrible visitations
of pcstilcnce invited by such condi-
tons.
We have gained n great deal since
| then, remarks the st. Louis Republic,
but we have not yet gained safety
from epidemics, for the probable rea-
son that we have not yet learned how
to rid IL cities of the presence of all
animal refuse. 1t is hardly doubtful
that nearly all contagious and infec-
tious diseases arc due primarily to the
decay of animal matter. They are not
generated in this decaying matter, but
it is their breeding place, and where it
is present, with other conditions favor
able. epidemics will continue TO show
themselves. AS long as animal matter
dccomposes in our sewers II great
gain in knowledge will not guarantee
us immunity from plaques. though
with our modern cities wc will suffer
far less than II ancestors did.
There is n sure preventive of cpl
demic. 1t is fire. If all refuse animal
matter were burned at once, there is
every reason to believe that epidemics
would be prevented, though there
would be sporadic cases" of diseases.
liable to become epidemic whenever
there is animal filth sufficient to prop
agate enough of tho disease germs to
give an epidemic its start. 1t is prob
able hat if London had not been
burned after the great plague ii would
still be a breeding ground for that
dreadful disease and for every other.
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is 1t the newspapers or the theaters
that have changed the character OF

Is 1t the newspapers or the theaters
that have changed the character OF
provincial amusementsP Lectures are
not very popular in small towns any
more because the people are pretty
well informed by the papers on topics
that lectures used 10 treat. The rus
tics hear much of plays and farces
and want to see them. The old piano.
ramas, containing "half a mile of
painted canvas" the old dioramas,
with moving figures, seem to have
lapsed into absolute desuctude.
There are at present 1850 cities and
towns in the United States equipped
with electric lights. 1t is interesting
to note that Pennsylvania takes the
lead with $50 towns, New York and
Illinois following with 147 and 1888 re-
spectivcly, and that in the first state
there are no less than 80 new lighting
corporations which have not yet COM
menced business. There arc over 500
railways operated by electricity in the
country. and 200 more Incorporated
aolding franchises allowing the use Of
electric power.
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Bass Checks.

Bass checks is the very latest
astronomical novelty. They do not
figure on cafe menus yet and are found
only at the most gorgeous and extra
VACANT private dinners. The dish
comes very high because it takes about
n ton of bass to furnish n small dish Of
checks. The check of a bass is u tiny
nugget of The tendercst and most deli
catelv Favored meat, foundin the lower
part Of the head on either side. This
is lifted out and the remainder of the
bass is tossed away. One Philadelphia
hotel man has achieved a reputation In
this city aud New York by his prepare
ton of bass checks, and every time lie
receives Il big orderl.e creates a corner
in the bass market. - Piladelphto
record.
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cULLS CHUNKS Of COAL
ONE VISITOR NOT LEAVING THE
WORLDS FAIR EMPTY HANDED.
Like Many Another sho Is Looking for
Anything from PIG Iron to Poetry
vagarlos of the Multitude.

1t is rather an amusing thing to note
how the worlds exposition affects diff
terent people says the Chicago Times.
Some of the visitors are of a type which
nothing moves. They have lived all
their lives in the pursuit of a placid
routine of simple duties, and, while
they have come to the fair from a
sense of duty and fully intend to see
all that may be seen, still they are
prone to retire on occasion to some
quiet corner where they can rest I'M
observed, and then their talk invari-
ably drops into some simple, natural
channel that is in accord with the tenor
of their daily lives. OF course this is
tinctured more or less with the mac
custorned sights and sounds about
them, but not greatly SO; for the most
part they simply ignore their surround
ings.
In strong contrast are the ones who
have obviously got themselves up ex-
pressly for the fair regardless of ex-
pensc: their clothes are new, and are
chiefly noticeable for the quality
which Stevenson refers to as "a kind OF
mercantile brilliancy." They are near.
ly as much occupied in allowing Others
the inestimable pleasure of gazing nj
them us they are in improving their
own minds. They are visitors, pure anc
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"Well, what is itp" asked the Judge.
"Its jist this way" explained the
caller who had dropped in before the
opening of the court. "You see, / am
boss of the dime museum round the
corner here, and I've been havin' the
fat nj and the living skeleton git
married. so often that it has become
what the profesh calls a frost-a chest
nut, see? Now. Tye been thinkin'that
II divorce suit would be about the
proper thing to catch the jaspers. and
l called to see if ] could git you to hold
court fer de triaFin my place. think
1 kin let you in fer 20 per cent of de
gate money. Is it a go?"-Lnd:anapo-
lis Journal.
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iron figure is not at all as complicated
as at first might be supposed, and it is
described by the Scientific American,
from which the illustrations are taken,
as follows:
an the body is the boiler, contain
ing n very large heating surface, and
which is supplied with a gasoline fire.
Below the boiler is situated the engine.
While small in size, it is a high-srced
engine, running up to 5000 revolutions
per minute Or more, and hence is of
high power, the combination Of boiler
and engine giving about n half-horse
power. From the engine the exhaust
pipe leads to the nose OF tho figure,
whence the steam escapes when the
machine is in motion. Through the
head the smoke lue is carried and the
products of combustion escape from
the top OF the helmet. The steam
gauge is placed by the side of the neck.
The skirts of the armor open like
doors, SO as to give free access to the
engine. The main body of the fgure.is
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'Gern1|';:';I1I11rz
Syrup

Nv niece, Emeline HawIey, Wass,
taken with splitting blood, and She
became very much alarmed, ftarlngi
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi1
cine but nothing did her any goodI
Finally she took German Syrupa and
She told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. III
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite.
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. 81
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.imple, and they are characterized by
such an air of II that even the
aics avoid them for fear of sticking to
the varnish.
Then there is the girl with the note
book,a schoolmarm presumably, though
Heaven only knows, she may be II
lecturer. She usually numbers glasses
and 4 dark velvet bag among her ac-
couterments.
She is possessed of all of the cata-
grounds, and in the bag is a further
Supply Of heavier literature for the i'm
provement of her idle moments. 1t
would puzzle anybody to find out when
these idle moments occur, for when
from place to place. pnusing only for a
an impression, sometimes doing both st
penser of information.
She must have Il miscellaneous mind,
this girl, for anything seems to go with
her from pig iron to poetry. One of
her stopped for an instantin the cleo
tricity building to inquire the name OF
q queer, compact, powerful looking
biaSiliIS. hhPtNoo'Vh NhiSA oAS
received from the laconic attendant in
charge went into her notebook in this
form:
"Multiplc intensitier is round and
black, looks powerful. attendant says
$50 horse power. Mem. look up multi
Pile intcnsiticrs in Century dictionary
on return, and find how they r APP
piled to horses"
The machine in question was a
dynamo, but perhaps she will never
know.
In the japanese section of the manu-.
features building two dear little ole
women sat down to rest their tired
feet in the midst Of a b~ewildering dis
play of pottery, whose brilliant tints
contrasted strongly with the rusty
Grape and %bombazine in which they
were dressed.
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Peanuts as They Should Be.

Do you despisc the unprctentious
peanut? Have you ever tried them in
this way? Buy the green or unparched
peanut, parboil them, rub off the red
envelopes, spread the blanchcd nuts
on a tin dish, treat them to butter,
then brown them for half an hour in
u baking but not hot oven, and when
they are a light snuff color take them
out at once and salt them while hot.
Do this and you will be made TO think
that SO much of your life has passed
without your knowing how much bet
ter peanuts are in that condition than
almonds.-Bufalo Commercial.
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The Vienna desslers in gems are
about TO establish an exchange for jew.
els in order to improve their business,
Vienna aas formerly II of the priuci-
pal European depots for fine gems, es.
pecially the oriental goods, but SO
many firms have removed TO Paris
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1t is reported that the foundations of
the ancient temple of Juno, near My
censc, have been discovered, and many
priceless works of art have been I'M
carthed. The discovery has been made
by the American school of archaeology
at Athens.
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"change of life"; women approaching
confinement; nursing mothers !; and ev-
cry woman who is "run-down - or over
worked, it is a medicine that builds up,
strengthens, and regulates, no matter
what the condition Of the system.
It's an invigorating, restorative tonic,
a soothing and bracing n~ervine, and the
only guaranteed remedy for "female
complaints and weaknesses. In boar
tng-down sensations, periodical pains,
liberation, inflammation, and every kin
bred ailment, If it ever fails to benefit OF
cure, You have your money back.
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Ladies, use DIR. LnI,uc's Periodical Pills, from
Paris. France. Established In Europe, 1889; United
States, 1897. Cures all impressions. Irregularities
and monthly dcrangeulcnts, Enfe, harmless. reliable,
They positively must not be taken during pregnancy.
Mnny OF the Ills to which ladies are subject arc the
n, = thiv snnnr .. rssu mItJjuushtnn nni nn,z mon.,hm n
Quics consumption. s2 a package or 8 for s5, per mali
in plnin sealed envelope. on receipt Of price. The La
Rue & hemical CO.. proprietors. The genuine Pill! SO d
by sedgwlck & Grady, Sioux City, la. Wholesale and
retail! agents.
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n VI ASaNS VII. Ly iSauSiiS gear
the engine is made to drive the walk
ing mechanism of the figure at reason
able speed.
"In the sectional view is shown the
combination of levers by which tho
figure is made to walk. The engine
imparts q swinging to the whole length
Of the leg from the hip; q second
swinging motion, from the knee down
ward, is accomplished by q similar
system of levers and connections, and
finally a true ankle motion is given to
the foot by the rod running down
through the lower leg. The heels of
the figure are armed with calks or
spurs, which catch on the surface on
which it is walking and give it its
power. AS exhibited the steam man
is connected to the end Of a horizontal
bar about waist high, which is fastened
to a vertical standard in the center of
the track. Thus supported the man
walks round in q circle at quite a rapid
rate of progress"
For eight years past the same in
ventor has been engaged in the con
struction of a much larger steam man
and it is now said that within the
present year the machine will be ready
to be placed on exhibition. The new
figure is designed for use in the streets,
and will be powerful enough to draw
n wagon containing as many as ten
meu.
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Effectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure hahitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to a healthy activity. without irri-
tnting or weakening them, to dispel head
aches. colds or fevers, use Syrup Of Figs.
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-Pulverized chalk moistened will re
new the polish Of amber. After applying
the chalk rub the amber with olive oil
and her lay it on n soft piece Of wooden
goods until 1t looks bright again.