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disordered liver and blood disease-these many
ailments being due to poverty and impurity Of the
blood or to an underfed state OF the nerves.
This most progressive remedy OF this century
soon made its way into hospitals. homes Of physi-
clans and into countless modest households in the
large cities, and the happy notwithstanding all these
years in every city and hamlet in this broad land
sufficiently show Its marvellous power diseases
OF debility and weakness. Physicians advise its use
whenever the system is run down." and as an
invaluable general tonic for speedily recruiting the
strength of the body.
Mr.. e. E. Towne. who is OF the best known
business men In Springfield, Mass, has been a res
ident Of that city for over thirty years He has a
fine residence in the Mcknight district. and is well
and favorably known among the best people Of the
city. He writes: ..,-.y,,.- ~ 200
Il had spent thousands Of dollars in hospitals
and at different springs In trying to cure seattle
rheumatism Almost every known remedy, both
Internal and external, tried, but results were
not satisfactory; no was effected Early in
1894 after had had some temporary relief / was
again taken with very violent suffering, pain night
and day. 1 tried various remedies for two months
but with no help. As another experiment / CON-
menced taking Paine's celery compound. i began
to improve at once before using up one bottle The
pains grew less my appetite grew better and
began to get sound and refreshing sleep, and have
gained In three months fifteen pounds. have only
taken six bottles, but am nearly WELL 1t has done
for me In three months what other medicines did
Tot do In years The example is plain.
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wilkins of Ohio remained here when his
term expired and In partnership with
Frank Hatton bought the Washington
Post, which. under their joint manage
meiIt. became a fine property. Since the
death of Mr.. Hatton Mr.. Wilkins has been
sole manager of the Post.
Ex-senator John B. Henderson Of Mis-
souri, went to Missouri and made a fortune
practicing law after his retirement from
the Senate. He has returned here because
he liked the city. He Is not in politics now.
but bis son has bought farm in Virginia,
and the latter may be heard from In the
congressional elections some day. Ex-Sen-
ator Van Wyck Of Nebraska went west
after his retirement, with n view to getting
another election; but failing to beat the re-
publican candidate for governor OF the
state he has returned to Washington. TX
Senator Conger entered upon the prac tice
of law here when his term in the Senate
expired. and he is still a partner In the
business which Is carried on actively by
his son Chilon. Ex-senator Eustis settled
down TO a life of well-earpcd rest In Wash
ingtor when he left the Senate, but Presi-
dent Cleveland sent him to Paris.
Green IL. Raum was member or Con-
gross from 1867 to 1869. Then he went back
to Illinois, where he remained until he was
called to Washington to be commissioner
of internal revenue in 1876. After his SER
vice in that office, he settled here and prac-
ticed law until made commissioner OF pen
sions by President Harrison. There are
some ex-Congressmen IN office under the
ton is commissioner of railroads. He Will
probably remain a resilient Of Washington
Ex-senator Carlisle, Secretary of the Treas
ury, Is probably a permanent resident OF
this city. Ex-Representative Herbert is at
the head of the Navy Department. Elk
Representative Mansur of Missouri Is depu-
ty controller of the treasury. Ex-Repre-
sentative Scott Wike is assistant secretary
CT the treasury.
A great many ex-members have business
interests to which they can return. DOCK
cry of Missouri, II he should be denied a
seat, has his banking business. Cummings
of New York has always kept up a connec-
ton with journalism, and he will slip back
into the work very naturally. Holman Of
Indiana is well TODD, and he will retire 10
a well-earned rest. Tom Johnson of OHIO
has large businC IS interests which he has
been neglectine while he has been in Wash
ington. Possibly his constituents consider
ed this when they failed to return HIM A
majority of the "ex's" will turn to con-
genial occupations; but there are some who
viii miss that 5000 a year most grievously.
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Life without India Rubber.
From Longman's Magazine.

From LOngman's Magazine.
In our own day 1t really seems as II we
couldn't possibly get without India rub
Der and gutta percha. Though both are or
comparatively recent introduction, the num-
Der of purposes to which they are applied
is so immense that our civilization without
them would at least be very different from
the form in which we actually know II. To
lump a few miscellaneous examples In
single paragraph-without those two, sub
marine cables would be almost impossible
telegraphy would assume many unlike modi-
fiCations, goloshes would not exist, water
proofs AMI mackintoshes would be a beau
t!ful dream and a rubberless world hid
eous reality. Elastic, in the sense In whlch
ladies use the word, for tying hats or max
ing garters would never have been evolved'
tobacco pouches would still be of silk or
leather our combs would be of horn, and
our buttons, paper knives, penholders and
pipes much dearer than at present.
AS for machinery, where would II be with
out India rubber cinctures and tubes, and
cups, and valves and buffers? Where would
engineering be without the endless minute
applications of the elastic gum? Where
would surgery be without the innumeraDle
devices, the syringes and squirts, the belts
and bandages of which India rubber forms
the sole, and, as II seems to us now, lndls-
pensable basis? Fancy putting out fires
without the invaluable hose; fancy whirrinS
manufactures without the inevitable gear
ing The bicyclist would miss his pneuma tic
tires; the artist would miss his ever-handy
eraser.
When we 20 to the dentist which is al
ways in itself a delightful excursion, a
happy hour is made happier for us by the
India rubber sheet with which he dexter
ousy contrives to check undue loquacity.
When we go to the gymnasium, half the
apparatus we employ is based on 1T. And
what would life be at the present day with
out India rubber hot-water bottles?
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State Work for the Unemployed.

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The report of the Massachusetts bureau
Of statistics Of labor gives an interesting
review of public attempts in England and
France to furnish relief to the unemployed
1t shows how nearly impossible 1t is to get
any adequate return in the way of service
for money expended by the state. The
tendency is to pauperize, or at least, 10 de-
moralze, the workmen and destroy the dis
position to labor. At the same time it in
jures private employees, for a man who
knows he can really loaf most Of his time
under the pretense of working on the public
roads cannot be pressed to give fair COM
pensation in labor for his wages. In calami-
tous periods, like the famine In Ireland or
the cotton famine in Lancashire, or the in
dustrial paralysis In France in 1SiS some
thing in the way of state work must be re-
sorted to. Yet, just as sure as each person
receives an equal dole and knows he will be
supported anyway, it is impossible to get
any reasonable amount of work out of him.
The problem in this manner Is very diff
cult one to solve. and as a method Of out
door relief in ordinary times ii is disastrous
both to the pockets of the taxpayer and the
character of the workman.
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Brothers Classmates in College.

From the Hagerstown (Md) News
A correspondent of the Boston Transcript
says: -Four men surnamed Lord were
graduated at Dartmouth in 1913. as shown
by the general catalogue. Three of these
William H., Henry c. and Samuel A.-were
brothers and were the sons of the Rev. DIR.
Nathan Lord, u trustee of the college from
1921 and it's president from 1923 to 1863
thirty-five years. The third of the above
named was twin brother of Frederick r.
Lord of 1912. John X. Lord of 1896. Joseph
l.. Lord of 1898, Nathan Lord of 1851 and
Francis Il. Lord of 1856 were also sons of
President Lord.
"Hagerstown can boast OF a somewhat
similar incident, similar In every respect
save one-two of the brothers were not
twins. The year in which DIR. McCosh be-
came president of Princeton College three
gentlemen of this city-Charles s., j. Clar-
ence and William p. Lane-entered the same
class at Princeton, and in 1872 all three of
them were graduated with honors. The
Lanes seem to have a slight advantage over
the Lord family In that Mr.. Charles Lane
now has three sons attending school at
LawreDceville, N. j., almost under the
shadow Of old Princeton, and 1t is his in
tention to have all three of the boys do as
he and his brothers did-enter college to-
gether in 1896 and become members of the
same class. Mr.. William Lane has two
children, whom he will enter when they are
old enough"
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Looking After School Children.

From the New Y TX Times.
Are your children in school? Do you
know what they are studying and how far
along they are? Have you visited their
school? Do you know how much light
they have in the school room or anything
about its ventilation, or how many children
are in the same room with them? Perhaps
they do not get on well and their COM
plants against the teacher are loud and
long. Have you investigated the matter. or
do you think the blame is all on one side?
A visit to the school might reveal what
sort of person the teacher is ard why there
is friction between her and your children.
If the children have work to do at home.
do you know If and how they do it? Do
you give your school boys and girls nour-
ishing, carefully prepared food, or do you
let them have anything that Is at hand?
Do you see that they are early in bed and
that they have plenty of sleep? Are you
watchful that some time every day is given
to outdoor play? And have you searched
and discovered the little ambition every
boy and girl cherishes, and, If 1t is a rea-
scnable one. are you pleasing them and
gaining their confidence by fostering and
encouraging 1t? What of these questions,
mothers, some or all of them?
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Ii Caught Me on the Back of the Head
what London mud Is. And a gentleman
spilled some gin over 1t. You won't notice
that when it's cooked
WELL he replied, T don't think I'll
take a hand myself; but If any other gent
likes to, that's his affair
Nobody seemed enthusiastic. I started
1t at sixpence; 1 took ticket myself. The
potman had a free chance for superin-
tending the arrangements, and succeeded
in inducing five other men, much against
their will, to join us. / won 1t myself and
paid out three and twopence for drinks.
A solemn-looking individual who had been
snoring In corner suddenly woke up as
1 was going out and offered me sevenpence
ha'penny for it-why sevenpence l have
never been able to understand. He would
have taken 1t away, / should never have
seen Ii again. and my whole life might
have been different But fate has always
been against me. 1 replied, with perhaps
unnec essary hauteur, that 1 wasn't a des-
tituto Xmas dinner fund, and walked out
1T was getting late, and 1 had long
walk home to my lodgingsI was beginning
to wish 1 had never seen the bird. / esti-
mated its weight by this time to be thirty,
six pounds.
THE idea occurred to me to sell II to a
poulterer. looked for shop found one
in Middleton street. There wasn't a Gus
toner rear IT, but by the way the man was
shouting you might have thought that he
was doing all the trade of Clerkenwell.
took the goose out OF the parcel and laid
Il or the shelf before him.
Whats this"
"Tts a goose said; you can have 1t
cheap
lie Just seized the thing by the neck and
back Of my head. You can have no idea, If
you've never been hit on the head with a
goose, how 1t hurts. / picked 1t up and hit
him back with It; and a policeman came
this aboutY
II explained the facts. The poulterer
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The Largest Monolith.

From the Providence Journal.
The largest monoiith ever quarried and
finished in this country has recently been
put in position at West Point, where 1t
is erected the memory Of the regular
soldiers who persisted in the rebellion. The
main shaft is a single piece of white gran
lite, IL IL feet long, g feet inches dia-
meter at the base and feet IL inches
diameter at the top, and weighing $4,000
pounds. 1t was polished at the quarry at
Stony Creek, Conn, and was taken from
there to the site at West Point ION two
eight wheeled platform cars, each 80 feet
6 inches long. The manner in which the
shaft was transported over temporary
tracks ana finally erected on the pedestal
prepared for it is full of interest. To avoid
danger of the stone breaking by its own
weight, IL was Grated for shipment in four
l4-inch square timbers, which were trussed
in pairs, to form essentially vertical Howe
trusSeS.
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Care of the Feeble Minded.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
In size, administration and general care
of the fecblc-minded, tine American insti-
tutions are in advance of those of the old
world. One distinctive feature of the in
situations of this country is that they ain,
to provide homes" rather than "asylums''
for the defective. There are twenty-five
schools for the -pinded, and there
are about 100000 imleciles In this country.
Only cne-sixtosnth of these receive in
struction. The Pennsylvania Asylum for
the Mentally Defective at Elwyn. near
Philadelphia, has the largest number of
puris-943. Its facilities are also fully
equal, If not superior, to those of other
schools. Next in point of size comes the
Institution at Columbus, Ohio. California
has built school with an az ommodation
for 600 inmates, but it has not yet gath
cred them in. The Massachusetts State
Asylum, at Waverly, under the very en-
liGhteEed and progressive control of DIR.
Fernald, has 40 pupils, eight buildings and
an estate comprising 100 acres.
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Il
Is the luckiest day man can be born on.
My mother was a widow, and none of my
rell tives would do anything for me. They
said IL would be like taking Goals to New
castle helping boy born on a Wednes-
day. and my uncle, when he died, left
every penny OF his money to my brother
Sam. as a slight compensation to him for
having been born on Friday. All ever
got was advice upon the duties and re-
sponsibilities of wealth. when it arrived
and entreaties that l would not neglect
TO be a rich man"
He paused while folding up his various
insurance papers and placing them in the
inside breast pocket of his coat
Then there are black cats" he went
en-. They're said to be lucky. Why. there
never was blacker cat than the one that
followed me into my rooms in Bolsover
street the very first night I took them
Didn't he bring you luck?" 1 inquired
finding that he had stopped
A far-away look came into his sad eyes
We'll. of course, 1t all depends" he an
swered, dreamily: maybe we'd never have
suited one another: You can always look
at Ii that way STILL ia like to have tried
He sat staring out of the window, and
for awhile 1 did not care to intrude upon
his evidently painful memories.
What happened then?" 1 asked, how
He reused himself from his reverie
oh. he said, nothing extraordinary
She had to leave London for a time and
gave me her pet canary to take charge
OF while she was away"
But 1t wasn't your fault" I urged
NO. perhaps not" he agreed, but II
created a coldness which others were not
slow to take advantage Of
II offered her the cat, too" he added
but more to himself than to me-
We sat and smoked in silence. / felt that
weak.
'Picbald horses are lucky. too" he OBJ
served. knocking the ashes from his pipe
against the window sash. II had one of
them once"
What did II do to your inquired.
Lost me the best crib I ever had in my
life," was the simple rejoinder. THE gov
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(COpyrighted.)

He got in at Ipswich with seven different
weekly papers under his arm. / noticed
that each one insured its reader against
death or injury by railway accident. He
arranged mis- luggage upon the rack above
him. took off his hat and laid it on the
seat beside him, mopped his bald head with
a red silk handkerchief and then set to
work steadily to write his name and address
upon each of the seven papers. 1 sat OPP
posite to him and read Punch. / always
take the old humor when travelling. 1 find
II soothing to the nerves.
Passing over the points at Manningtree
the train gave lurch. and a horseshoe
he had carefully placed in the rack slipped
through the netting and fell with musical
ring upon his head.
He appeared neither surprised nor angry
Having staunched the wound with his hand
kerchief he stopped and picked it up, glanc-
ed at it with. as / thought, an expression
OF reprOach and dropped 1t gently out of
the window
did 1t hurt your" I asked.
1t was foolish question, I told myself
30 the moment 1 had uttered 1t. The thing
must have weighed three pounds at least;
1t was an exceptionally large and heavy
shoe. The bump on his head was swelling
visibly before my eyes. Any. one but an
IDIOT must have seen that he was hurt. 1
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ernor stood II n good Zeal longer than I
had any right to expect: but you can't keep
man who Is always drunk. 1t gives a
firm bad name"
1T would" 1 agreed.
you see." he went on, 'T never had the
head for II. To some men II would not
have so much mattered; but the very first
glass enough to upset me. I'D never
been used to IT,"
But why did you take it?" persisted
The horse didn't make you drink It. did
he?"
We'll. II was this way" ne EXPLAINED,
continuing to rub gently the lump, which
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>~>-
A Pastel.

From Puck.
"See the woman!'
'Is the woman glazing and frothing at
the mouth?'
1.-The woman is glaring and frothing at
the mouth"
Has the woman a flt?"
'sThat is just the question; the dress
maker says she has; she says she hasn't"
'They are speaking of the matter"
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examples all over
the country after
March 4 of "a states
man out of a job"
What will they do
W / t h themselves?
That is no doubt
what some of them
are thinking today.
1t is not an easy
thing for a man like
Mr.. Holman, who
has d g vot ed the
greater part of a
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expected an irritable reply. / should have
given one myself had 1 been in his place.
Instead. however, he seemed to regard the
inquiry as a natural and kindly expression
of sympathy.
1T did, little" he replied.
what were you doing with it?'' I asked.
1t was an odd sort of thing for a man to
be travelling with.
1T was lying in the roadway just outside
the station" he explained; Il picked it up
for luck"
He refolded his handkerchief 50 as to-
bring a cooler surface in contact with the
swelling. while i murmured something
genial about the nscrutabli.y of Provi
dence.
yes" he said: 1--WE had deal of luck
in my time. but it's never turned out well.
81 was born on Wednesday," he con-
tinued, (which, 1 daresay you know,
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was now about the size of an egg; "the
animal had belonged to a gentleman who
Travelled in the wine and spirit line, and
who had been accustomed to visit in The
way of business almost every public house
he came to. The result was you couldn't
get that little horse past a public house
at least l couldn't. He sighted them
quarter of a mile off, and male straight for
the door. 1 struggled with him at first, but
1t was five to ten minutes work getting
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November
Clearance List 1904.
Secondhand and Shop.
worn Wheels.

PNEUMATICS -s...
PRICES, NET CASH.
1 No. Diamond Rambler, No. 1916 S75 90
No. Diamond Rambles. Nos. i221 and
SA'S' ench. ..............-....... 1o.OC
In good condition. entirely new.
i Irwel," No. 1887, q. j. "a pneu. tires 5000
Brand new, simply shop-worn; 3o-in. wheels.
1 Ladies "Lovell' Safety. @. 4 ]. tires, en-
TREY new, but shop-worn; price reduced
Afom $iiV TO-. --..................... bO.0e
l Prince. 26-in pneumatic tires; second hand;
mt $oo'oo- ..--......-..-......-..-. 5000
2 Combination Ramblers, wheels 26x30 In;
nssd some. but In good riding condition;
Nos. 2l1o and <493. each. .............. 5000
Century Columbiss. '93 pattern; 90 GA
J. tires; Nos. 1883 and 1o06s; newly REIN
hhed, each. ........................ 7o.o(
Dart g. j. pneumatic tires, % pattern,
SNin wheels Observation-Disclosures. 5000
i Columbia. model 81; - pattern; Hartford
eres .........-............s. 600
CUSHION TIRES
I Rudxe. model ID. ;" No. 7esfo; new and In
nne shape; cut from $4,000 to........ COCO
l Psyche, very strong and durable wheel; for
merly $4,000, now cut to......,..,... 1000
i Girls Ideal Rambler; No. 1852; almost
SOLID TIRES
Junos, ladies' wheels; cut from Sex. 90 to
teach) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
Drop frame; ball bearing, and in good condition.
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SOON OUT OF. A JOB
What the Defeated Members of the
House Will Do.
SOME WILL MAKE THEIR HOMES here
The Attractions ofsThis City as
Place Of Residence.
THE EX-MEMBERS' {
HERE WILL BE

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From Life.
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They Prefer This City.

Congressman Archie" Bliss of New York
has settled in Washington as a real estate
speculator. L. e. Payson Of Illinois. who
was defeated for the F'ifty-second Con-
gress by Herman Snow, opened law Office
In Washington Immediately. George s.
Boutwell,. Grants Secretary of the Treas
ury. was a candidate for Congress three
times, but unsuccessfully. He sat in the
Senate for a time, though. He lives here
now and practices law. but he Is now more
OF whist player than practicing lawyer.
Ex-Representative Hemphill of South Caro-
lima married a Washington woman and
because she preferred the capital to his
southern home he came here and engaged
in the practice of law. Ex-Representative
Phil. Thompson Of Kentucky, who was
brought into notoriety during the trial Of
the Breckenridge case. has been engaged
in law practice here ever since his term
In Congress expired. Tx-Representative