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was There an AGE Of copper9

NJ. Berthelot, the well known French
technicist, in communication to the
Academic des Sciences, states his belief
in the some time existence Of an age Of
copper in addition to the three recog.
nized archaeological cons of stone, bronz,
Copper and TIM and iron. He bases I1ii
opinion chiefly upon an analysis Of 8
piece Of copper which had been found by
III. de Sarzec IN the course Of antigua
rian investigations in Mesopotarnia, o.
Al Jezira. az the Arabs designate tbs
famous stretch Of country between the
Euphrates and the Tigris. The fragment
thus chemically determined proves tc
have neither tin nor zinc entering into
its composition. there being simply trace
Of lead and arsenic.
Water and the atmosphere had made
ravages into the specimen, which wal
practically a suboxide or a compound OF
protoxide and metallic copper. As ths
ruins from which the piece Of metal wal
taken are authoritatively considered tc
be more ancient than even those Of Baby.
lon, M. Berthelot does not hesitate t.
promulgatg the theory that an age Of
copper preceded the bronze and iron
periods, especially as the examination o.
the component parts Of portion Of
metallic scepter which, 1t Is alleged, DO
longed to a pharaoh who Teigned Il
Egypt some Z, 500 years B. c., showed 1T
sign Of the presence Of tin.-Londor
Iron
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The conauetor,a Large Aeaualntanee.

when I was out in Chicago ct the
opening of the Worlds fair" said a
friend Of mine, II had occasion to make
a call on some old acquaintance On the
West Side. The streets in that portion
OF the city had many of them the bap-
tismal names of women, and as / lived
there at one time the calling of them by
the car conductor sounded familiar to
me, although it seemed TO puzzle an old
countryman on board, who was doubt
less visiting Chicago for the first time.
There were a number of ladies among
the passengers, and as the conductor
called cut elizabeth the car stopped,
and one of them got off. A few squares
farther and there was the call ADA
followed by stop and the exit Of an
other lady.
1.-The old countryman began to look
interested, and when the next call came,
May and he saw a lady gather up her
bundles and walk down the aisle, he had
puzzed air. In quick succession there
came Pauline, Roberta and Augusta
followed by the departure of a passen-
ger. The old man could not stand it
any longer. His eyes bulged out, and
making rush for the platform he said
in stage whisper to the conductor.
Great snakes, mister, do you know the
names of all the women folks in this big
town?
"He had been under the impression
that each woman who left the car an
swered to the name that was called out"
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Color Protection From Intense Heat.


With reference to the protective effect
of certain colors against the suns rays,
years ago on my way to India the second
time, having already been invaded
home once from the effects of the sun,
1t occurred to me to try the photogra-
piers plan. reasoned to myself that
since no one ever got sunstroke or sun
fever from exposure to dark source Of
heat or even to one which, though lumi-
nous, possessed no great degree Of chem
ical energy--the furnaces in the arsenal,
for example-it could not be the heat
rays, therefore, which injured one, but
must be the chemical ones only.
If therefore one treats ones own body
as the photographer treats his plates
and envelopes ones self in yellow or
dark red, one ought to be practically Sc
cure, and since the photographer lined
the inside of his tents and belongings
with yellow it was obviously immaterial
whether one wore yellow inside or out
l had my hats and coats lined with yell
low, and with most satisfactory results,
for during five years and even extreme
exposure never once did the yellow lin
ing fail me, but every time that either
through carelessness or overconhdence
! forgot the precaution very short ex-
posture sufficed to send me down with
the usual sun fever. Many friends tried
the plan and all with the same satisfac-
tory results.-Cor. Lahore Qndia) Civil
and Military Gazette.
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sleeping Under Feathers.

Years ago we used to smile with con-
scious superiority at the idea Of the
Dutch sleeping under feather bed in
stead of over it. The idea Of sleeping
upon hard mattress and climbing un-
der soft one seemed rather an ana
cllronism and a singular perversion Of
common sense, but the introduction Of
down or feather comfortables is simply
the utilization of that knowledge Of
Things which some of the older countries
had long ago known. Feathers are ex-
ceedingly warm, and a covering made Of
them superinduces and retains the heat
in the human body.
A curious claim is snow made for new
comfortable of down. The makers as
sert that their product retains ali the
natural warmth, but allows the impure
air to escape from the bed, how or
wherefore we are not informed. Up
hDlstqrpr
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Championsd by q Ganain.

A ragged, barefooted boy, crossing
sweeper, had dotted his cap to the Ouch
ess Of Sutherland in the hope Of recog-
milton, when he observed well dressed
but rakish looking man following her
across the street, as If trying to force
upon her attentions that were evidently
obnoxious to her. There was look Of
distress on the duchess face.
"Scuse me, lady," said boys voice
beside her, shall punch is 'ead?s
She turned, looked down angrily upon
the little sweeper, and then said, smiling:
'sWhy, it's Jemmier'
She had remembered his name after
all, and at that moment the boy was hers,
body and soul. Without waiting for
another word he dashed off and turned
a sort of violent ''cartwheel" SO adroitly
calculated that he landed with two very
muddy feet in the middle of the offensive
mans waistcoat
Then. before the man could recover
from the shock, the boy had slapped him
with one muddy hand across the mouth
and with the other had deposited q hand
full of the filthy compound on the back
Of his neck.
The next moment the boy was in the
grasp of policeman, who dragged him
away to the nearest police station. He
was just being charged by the constable
with having committed an assault when
the duchess entered. She spoke kindly
to the gamin and then explained the af-
fair to the inspector on duty.
AT her request the boy was set at
liberty, and he staid only long enough
to say to the inspector:
Its the lady what nursed me when
the cab run over me leg."-London Cor.
New York Tribune.
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FEMALE, WOMAN, LADY.
Ehe Distinction Between Several Words
and How They May Be Used.

xhe Distinction Between Several Words
and How They May Be Used.
An interesting discussion is going on in
the columns of some newspapers over
the use of the words "iady" and won
an" There is no real difference as to
the occasions upon which each word is
to be used. but there is frank acknowl-
edgment upon the part of some that they
do not use the word woman where
their good sense tells them that they
should, for fear that it might give Of
Tense to the person to whom it was d.
rected "as not sufficiently polite"
There are certainly no words so abused
IS woman" sslady" and female"
Among certain people the use of the sec
ond of these terms is like the wearing of
fine clothes or jewelry. Originally be-
longing to superior class they insist on
appropriating it to themselves as proof
that they are the equals of any other So
cial body. Now, while all that may be
true enough and while class distinctions
have no place in this country this use Of
the word has led to some strange and
amusing Commissions. The humorist who
depicted the servant as addressing her
mistress, "Main, the laundry lady is
arwanting to speak to the woman Of the
house" did not have to depend upon his
imagination for his facts.
As absurd things as that may be heard
in any one of the large dry goods stores
In town any day, and almost any news
paper viii yield rich specimen or two.
Bishop Warren, referring to this same
point, says that he glanced at the wall
opposite him at the moment and saw
diploma from the e. Female acade-
N.Y." and then turned to bookcase and
read as the title of one of the volumes
there, Female Holiness" In the report
of southern woman's Christian tenn
perance union convention appears the
fact that MRS. Blank was chairlady"
Now the proper word in all this is
''woman." That is always and ever
right. Than 1t there is no nobler or
stronger word in the English language.
''Man" is general word as well as q
particular one, and as such includes both
sexes, so that the term chairman" Sig
nifies no subservience Of one sex to the
domination of the other. If called upon
to address stranger, woman, then the
proper word is madam" and not ''lady,
this way" and "lady, that way" as so
many ushers appear to think to be the
only solution to the problem of address.
Female" is never to be used as syno-
nym Of woman" 1t is term common
to one-half of the animal creation, and to
apply it to woman as the substantive Of
designation is an insult. Lady" is APP
plicable to every well bred and educated
woman, but 1t is something that is re-
served rather for social usage and has
not the sturdy strength and nobility Of
''woman. Boston Journal.
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whore rranI, r. STOCKTON Lives.

Follow the Morristown road, past one
country seat after another, for quarter
of mile, and you come to Kitchen ave-
hue. You are in Morristown now, but
in reality nearer Madison. Turn to the
left, and the first place you come to is
surrounded by low stone wall. Through
iron gates graveled roadway leisurely
turns, and passing beneath huge ever
greens reaches a yellow and white frame
house, with a veranda in front and a
tower at the farther end. Opposite the
doorway, beneath the great trees, is a
rustic seat and a rustic table.
Between two of the trees is swung
a hammock, and in pleasant weather
Frank R. Stockton lies in the hammock
debating his fanciful tales to his wife,
who sits on the rustic settee. II 10 &C.
ideal home for an author, situated upon
an eminence commanding miles of coun-
try, removed from the main road and
surrounded by a grove.-Newark Adver-
tiser
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Don't Quarrel

with people for grooming when they
suffer with Rheumatism or Neural
gia; the pain is simply terrible. No
ancient torture was more painful.
But people ought to be blamed il
having Rheumatism or Neuralgia
and won't use Red Flag Oil; it has
cured hundreds of sufferers and costs
only Is cents at E. G. Williams Jr,
& Co.'s Drug Store.
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1t was at Bowling Green, KY, during
the summer of 1877. Edwin Booth stood
upon platform waiting for train; SO,
too, did man unknown to the actor.
Buried in thought, this stranger left the
platform to walk upon the track, not
noticing an approaching engine. One
moment more and there would have been
an indistinguishable corpse. Silently,
suddenly, Edwin Booth seized this
stranger and lifted him almost bodily
upon the platform. So close came the
engine that it struck the strangers heels
as they left the track. 'Do you know
who that man ist" asked Mr.. Ford, the
well known manager of Baltimore, who
witnessed the thrilling scene.
''No," replied Booth.
"Robert Lincoln, President Lincoln's
son."
This was the most satisfactory Incl
dent in Edwin Booths life. Sensitive as
a woman, he suffered untold fortunes
for the mad deed OF lis brother. Hehad
voted for Abraham Lincoln as president
and never voted before or after.-Kate
Fields Washington.
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Getting ON a Street Car.

Did you ever notice man who is 60
ing to get on street car while 1t is in
motion? He comes down off the side
walk and stands along the side Of the
track quietly till the car almo3 reaches
him. Then he walks ahead few feet
and Frances about like a string haltered
horse, awkward as Shanghai rooster
that wants to fight. Just as the car
reaches him he takes two or three steps
sideways, and at last, confused as a
schoolboy, grasps the hand rail and clings
on like aman who is drowning.-Colo-
RADIO SIM
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Materialism Against wit.

Some things of course in the French
display-especially Of pottery and
bronzes-are purely decorative, and some
of the visitors Of course are destitute Of
taste. The consequenceisth that occasion
ally a person will come along who will
gaze at objects Of transcendent artistic
merit with no feeling but one Of mystery
and curiosity. So it happened the other
day, when simple minded woman
stopped for awhile in front Of one of a
pair Of vases 5 feet high, the price Of
which is $1,000.
She gazed at it attentively for few
moments and then said dryly to M. Me-
laile, who stood by, "Pray, what is that
for?'
The Frenchman took her measure at a
glance and replied with elaborate polite
ness, '"That is intended to boil eggs In.
madam. Chicago Tribune.
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Wagleigh-How did you like that
ner service l sent you today, dear?
Mrs. Wagleigh-Oh, it is perfectly
lovely, but there are only 81 pieces in it,
and you know the set mamma has con-
sists Of 1T pieces.
Wagleigh-Well, dear, don't let that
worry you. After Bridget has handled
it for week or SO it will be in good
many more pieces than that.-Exchange.
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Craales hundred. Of Year. Aro.

In manuscripts Of the ninth and tenth
centuries we had pictures Of cradles
formed Of part Of tree trunk dug out,
with holes bored through the sides for
the passage Of straps intended to tie the
baby down in his bed. These dug out era
dies are stiI common in modern Greece.
When we come to consult the manu-
scripts and bas-relisfs Of the fifteenth
century, we notice that the cradles are
no longer mere baskets or beds on rock
ers, but little swinging beds suspended
between two pillars, the prototype Of the
,Qodern bercelonustte. -HarRer's 6szsr'
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A New Man.

had very bad attack of dyspep-
STA and constipation, and tried a
great many remedies, with no sue
cess in curing them. / was induced
to try DR.. Deane's Dyspepsia Pills,
which are noted for curing chronic
cases, and proved no exception in
my case, as now feel like a new
man and | am also entirely cured
of bleeding piles, which had troubled
me for years and resisted all former
treatment. S. N. MARRIOTT,
Reisterstown, Md.
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Military Tactics.

A guard during the war was ques-
toned as to his knowledge of his
duty.
"You know your duty here, do
you, sentinel?"
Eyes, sir"
Well, now, suppose they should
open on you with shells and musket-
ry, what would you dor"
"Form line, SIR"
"Whatl one man form Incl"
ayes sir; form bee line for camp.
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A New Crater In the Moon.

In bulletin Of the Astronomical So
ciety Of the Pacific Professor Weinek,
director Of the observatory of Prague,
who is a specialist in the study of the
moon and to whom have been sent
copies of the Lick negatives of the moon,
has discovered in one of the Lick pho
tographs crater which is not to be
found on Schmidt's map. This object,
which is estimated to be about quarter
Of a mile in diameter, is of sufficient size
to have been seen by Schmidt, and it is
difficult to imagine that the distinguished
selenographer overlooked it.
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1t saved his boys life. Mr.. D.A.
Curry, Conductor G. & A. r. R,
Slater, Mo-, gives his convictions
thus 81 highly praise DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup for saving the life of
my little boy, who is five years old.
He had q severe case of the Group
which the Syrup relieved Immediate
ly.u
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Do you use morphine liquor or to-
baccoI Do you want to quit it ?
Ask your druggist for package oil
Hills Double Chloride of Gold Tab
let's. They are guaranteed to effect
cure without any effort on your
part.
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"Centerline sent a story to magazine
the other day and got back queer re-
ply. They said the story lacked rapid
ity in movement"
"Well, where's the queerness of that?"
you see, he sent the MS one day and
got it back the next, and he considered
that pretty rapid movement. Kate
Fields Washington.
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/ suffered for more than ten years
with that dreadful disease, catarrh,
and used every available medicine
that was recommended to me. I
cannot thank you enough for the re-
lief which Ely's Cream Balm has af-
forded me.-Emanuel Myers, Win
field, L. T., n. Y.
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Many have found immediate relief
and permanent cure of aggravated
cases of rheumatism by the persist
ent use of Salvation Oil. When ap-
piled according to the directions it
rarely ever fails to cure the most OBJ
stinate pain-cure it has no equal in
the market. IS cents.
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A Modern Nimrod.

Jimson-Where are you going?
Billson-Only off for days shooting.
Jimson-Great snakes! With that car
load of freight
Billson-Those boxes contain books,
the latest and most complete compen-
diums of the game laws of the state. ]
don't want to shoot anything out Of sea-
son.-New York Weekly.
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All life looks black to a miserable
man with stomach in which his food
lies like lead. Woe to his companions il
they expect good fellowship from himI
Woe TO his wife unless she has the WON
anly intuition that will make her humor
him as though be were cross babyl
Man delights him not, nor woman either;
nor is he best pleased with himself,
though he jealousy demands homage
from others New York Ledger.
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Making the Most of His Chances.

The family tutor was invited to a
grand dinner party by his employers
and surveyed with intense satisfaction
the half dozen wineglasses arranged in
front of his plate. The footman came
round with the wine. The young man
presented the smallest of the glasses.
cit is vim ordinaire," observed the
waiter.
"Ah, precisely" replied our ascetic
philosopher. 81 am reserving the larger
glasses for the finer sorts. "-Chronique
Bourgeoise.
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velocity o, the Earth.

The highest velocity attained by can
non ball has been estimated at ,622 feet
per second, which is equal to a mile in
3.2 seconds. The velocity Of the earth
at the equator, due to its rotation on its
axis, is 1000 miles per second, or mile
every $40 seconds. Therefore it has been
calculated that if cannon ball were
fred due west, and that it could main
tain its initial velocity for "a hours, it
would barely beat the sun in its APP
parent journey around the earth. --Phila-
delDhia Press
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"Did you know dis is mammals birf-
dayY' asked little Bessie of the caller.
mo. Is it?"
eyes, and my birfday is next Monday.
Mamma is week older dan me. "-Har-
Ynr'c Razar
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This years grape crop in New
York is the heaviest on record, and
the hop crop is $1,000 bales larger
than last year.
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Alaska, with its islands, is said to
have a coast line of %, 900 miles,
exual in extent to the circumference
of the globe.
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Arizona is fifth in silver, eighth in
sheep and live stock and ninth in
gold product.
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Castoria.

aCSstoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to amy prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARcHER, n D.,
Ill So. Oxford ST.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
"ouz physicians in the childrea's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria.
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet We are free TO confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won look with
favor upon it,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPxxsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN C. SMITH. Pres.
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ForMa1aria, Liver Trou-
BILE, or Indigestion, use
BROWNS IRON BITTERS
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DON'T LISTEN

Anything just as good,n or as sure to
bring help, could be, and would be, sold in
just that way.
This guaranteed medicine is an invigora-
ting, restorative tonic, especially adapted to
womans needs and perfectly harmless in any
condition of her system
It builds up, strengthens, regulates, and
cures.
For periodical pains, bearing down sensa-
tions, liberation, infammation-every thing
that's known as female complaint,n it's a
remedy that's safe, certain, and proved
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Every gem known to the lapidary
has been found in the q. s.
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The Pacific coast can now show
Chinese contractors.
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The longest bridge in the world,
over the st. Lawrence river, is s,144
feet.
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If HUVE NACh ACHH1g .
Or you are all worn out, really good for moth.
ing, 1t is general debility. Try
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
Awtl cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
- q good appetite
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children
DR. G. G. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
aCastoria is the Lest remedy for children -
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead Of the various quaek nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr.. j. F. KIyczELoE,
Conway, Ark.
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We just put up BOO packages of
VOLTS Celebrated Horse and Cattle
Powder-the Best Powder. Made
for Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep.
Largest and handsomest packages
on Earth AM. GILBERT, Druggists.
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TO CONSUMPTIVES.

The undersigned having been re-
tered to health by simple means, after
suit ring for several years with severe
lung affection, and that dread disease
C0nSumption, is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means
of cure. To those who desire it, he will
cheerfully send free of charge) copy
of the prescription used, which they
willfind a sure cure for Consumption,
Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
all throat and lung HIaladies. He
hopes all sufferers will try his Remedy,
prescription, which will cost them moth
ing, and may prove blessing, will
please address, REV. EDWARD A. Will
SON, williamsburg, Kings County
New York.