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RED PLUSH FOR CAR SEATS.
The FavOrite Color and Material, Some Of
1t Being Imported.

The FavOrite Color and Material, Some OF
1t Being Imported.
The rcd plush car seat is one of the time
honorCd institutions of the railroad serv-
ice, and very few cars are upholstered in
any but that color. Some of the roads
have broken away from tho stercotypcd
color, and on special trains have adopted
old gold, blue olive and other simple col
ors, but the roads cannot get away from
the old favorite, which has survived the
changes which occur in almost every de-
partmenJ of railroading.
"Why is plush so widely used by rail.
roads?" remarked prominent plush man
ufacturCr to a reporter. because it never
wears out Tho plush covering of a car
seat will last on an average at least ten
years. But even when it has to be removed
it is not worn into holes. 1t has been torn
or stained or faded, and for this reason
and no other the scat has to be recovered
The railroads have often tried substitutes
One something's sees wooden or willow ware
seats, but none is so comfortable ms the
old fashioned cushion, and so the latter
triumphs to the end"
Very expensive plushes are used by
some companies" remarked railroad
man, stuff worth no less than So or IS
a yard. Railroads go to this expense part
ly for righteousness, but also because the
finer and costliCr materials will wear
longer The plush seen in the passenger
cars of the Pennsylvania and Reading rail
roads is worth from $40 to $50 Il piece, or
81 to $l25 yard Most of it is domestic
material The Reading railroad gets its
supply from PawtuCkGt, r. l. The Penn
sylvania railroad, however, makes some
importations on its own account 1t wonld
surprise you to know the amount of plush
that railroad company uses up in Its re-
pair shops. The upholsterer Of a big rail.
road has great room fitted with rolls Of
new material with which to fit up new
cars and toput a new face on the old. The
Pennsylvania railroad has in some years
given its order for 60, 600 yards of plush,
while a company like tho Philadelphia and
Reading will pay SIS, 900 to $50, 600 year
for plush used in repair work alone. r
Philadelphia Record.
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The Japs as Jokers.

The Japanese are avery polite people,
but they sometimes like to play a joke
in roundabout oriental way upon the
men of the west. In the days of the
second empire Baron Gros was sent to
Japan to demand the opening of certain
ports to French commerce. Among the
rest he named to the japanese ministers
a certain city. The japanese function
aries smiled so broadly when he pre-
ferred the request that the French en-
bassador asked them to tell him what
gave them so much amusement, but in
stead Of answering the Japanese minis
tiers said:
1--WE will open the port in question,
my lord, if France in her turn will open
a certain port to us.
"What port is that" asked the
Frenchman.
~ 1.-The port of Liverpool. "
"But, your exoellencies, laughing,
Liverpool is rot a French port, but
an English one.
Eyes, answered the japanese, "and
the port you named is not in Japan, but
in Korea.
The French ambassador was COM
PEELED to admit that the joke was against
him. Exchange.
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Pastels.

Agnes Repplier, in one of her little es
says, I'm the Dozy Hours" wants to be
told by one of the accomplished critics Of
the day what is, or rather what is not,
pastel. Dictionaries" she says, with
wonted rigidity, define the word as col
ored crayon, ignoring its literary signih-
canoe and affording us no clew to its elu-
sive and mutable characteristics. She
then refers to Mr.. Stewart Merrill's trans
lations, "Pastels In Prose-" to Brander
Matthews calling description of Car
mcncita's dancing pastel and says the
Cricket on the Hearth" could with pro
priety have been termed pastel, judging
from the vsretS Of its uses. And finally
she asks if the foregoing can logically be
called pastels, land Mr.. Gosse's reviews
are pastes, and Maurice dc Guerin's Cen
taur' is pastel, and Ephraim Mikhaol's
allegories are pastels," to have some one
who knows tell her where the limits Of
the term are set.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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"Hypnotized subjects lose their will
power because they are dominated by the
thought, will and suggestions Of another,
and they cannot rise higher in moral sen
timent than that which actuates or in.
spires tho hypnotizcr says DR.. William
NJ. McLaury. 'Inasmuch as persons of
rare accomplishments, good mind and in.
teliect may be held under the hypnotic in
fluences of persons every way inferior to
them without being aware that they arc
so influenced, it is to be dcplorcd by every
one devoted to the welfare and develop
ment of our race. believe from my own
observation OF cases persons may become
insane or idiotic by the persistence of hyp.
motto suggestion. The general tendency of
hypnotism is to lower the moral tone
Accustomed occupations become odious
the nearest and dearest friends become oh
jects of Indifference or aversion"
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Clergymen to-day need big hearts and
sound nerves to accomplish all the good
they intend.
1t isn't merely the fact of preaching
once week that makes the life of the
minister of to-day so wearing on nerves
and brain. Their everyday labor is a
round of exacting duties that tax heavily
their nervous strength.
The modern minister must keep up his
enthusiasm, his hopefulness and his gen
uine love of his work. He must feel
strongly, think deeply and have conf
dence in his labor and il himself.
But all this taxes heart and brain to
their uttermOst. 1t calls for a tremend-
Gus outlay of nervous energy seven days
in the week and 3G5 every year. Many
clergymen break down utterly under the
nervous strain.
Rev. l. p. Quimby, the well known
Boston preacher, has been saved from
nervous prostratiOn.
In publication of his Sunday school
he has recently published the following
open letter:
BosToN, Nov. goth, 1894.
Never in my life have l commended
any proprietary medicine but | would
be derelcU in duty if failed to let the
public know what great boon to hu-
mainly | believe Paine's celery com
pound to be. With family of seven, |
have not paid a dollar for doctor in ten
years, and owe 1T to the fact that | al
ways keep Paines celery compound on
hand, and when any of us are "out of
Sorts" administer it.
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Fishers of Men,

n novel contest has taken place at the
Edinburgh corporation baths between one
of the strongest swimmers in Scotland
and well known Scottish angler. Tho
bath where the contest took place is so
feet long and 40 feet wide. The angler
was furnished with an II foot trolling rod
and undrcssed silk limo. The line was
fixed TO girth belt made expressly for the
purpose bya swivel Immediately between
the shoulders of the swimmer at the point
where he had greatest pulling power In
the first trial the line snapped. Having
been again secured, another trial was
made. The angler gave and played with
out altogether Stacking line, and several
porpoise dives were well handled The
swimmer then tried cross swimming from
corner to corner, but ultimately was beat,
en-, the match ending with win for the rod
and line. Another contest took place. in
which the angler employed very light
Dunheld trOuting rod, 10 feet long and
weighing only 81 ounces, the line the
same as that used with the trolling rod
The swimmer, whose aim was evidently to
smash the rod, pulled and leaped in the
water He was, however, held steadily,
and in about five minutes was forced to
give in, the rod being again successful
At the finish both competitors were almost
XhaustCd.-Pall Mall Gazette
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NamOs of Plants and Flowers.

Nicotine comes from John Nicot who
introduced tobacco into France in 1860.
An old name for tobacco was petum, or
petun; hence the name petunia for that
Towering plant which is species of to-
bacco.
The beautiful camoi-Fl is so called
from the Jesuit priest Kamel who first
brought it to Europe from Japan. The
lovely autumn flower, the dahlia, is a
native of Mexico, but was first Guilt
waited in Europe by Dahl, Swedish bot
anist. Lady Holland introduced it in
England by having it cultivated in the
French garden Of the celebrated Hol.
land House, Kensington. The damask
rose was brought to England by DR..
Linaker, physician to King Henry VIII.
Mignonette, which signifies "little
darling, " is native of northern Africa
and was first cultivated i'll Europe in
the royal gardens of Paris. In 1859
Lord Bateman introduced it in Eng
land.
The story of the weeping willow is
an interesting one, The tree is a native
of Spain. In the reign Of George II Of
England Lady Suffolk received a pack
age from Spain inwrapped in twigs of
willow. Pope, the poet, was present
when it was opened. Noticing that the
willow twigs were still alive, Pope took
some of them to plant at Twickenham.
This is the origin of the beautiful weep
ing willows that to this day ornament
the borders of the Thames at Twicken-
ham. Philadelphia Press.
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THE PASSION FLOWER.

Yes, in ife's evening hour ri
This is my chosen flower -
The passion flower its name,
But flower of life call it.
Are they not the same2
It has the crown of thorn
And the ladder that leads on high
liter, now sweet the drops divine
From the sponge of agony.
And here is hopes bright green
And violet for gloom.
GlaLncss end sorrow both are there,
The cradle and the tomb.
So in lirc's evening hour
This H. my chosen flower,
In color like n day that soon must pale
Cway,
Lies image trucl Lifc's image true!
The past, the faturo tool
From the French Of lime. dc Chambrun.
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Both wife and |, in our arduOus church
work, are often. by anxiety and over
work, reduced to the verge of nervous
prOstration, and as often, by the use OF
Paine's celery compound, restored to our
wonted energy of mind and vigor Of
body
Our sons, who are young pharmacists,
tell us they sell more Paine's celery com
pound than any two proprietary medi-
zines, not excepting the sarsaparillas.
Yours for Paine's celery compound,
REV. p. QUMBY,
Pastor of Broadway Church, Boston,
Mass.
When the nervous strength has be-
come from any cause impoverished,
Paiae's celery compound succeeds as no.
thing else has ever done.
From a state of oppression, exhaustion
and lifelessneSs the nerves grow strong.
active and perfectly n0uIished by means
of Paine's celery compound, the great
nerve and blood remedy that makes peo-
pie well. And with the strengthening
and regulating of the nerves the disOr
ders that depend on the faulty nutrition
of these tissues disappear. Such are
rheumatism, neuralgia, heart weakness,
headache, low Spirits, lack of strength,
and that general poor health that is so
impossible to define.
Sound nerves, healthy blood and an all
round vigorous constitution of the body
is the invariable effect of taking Paine's
celery compound. This great modern
restorative COrreCtS arrangement of the
nervous system, and avertS prOStratiOn
when protracted strain has reduced it to
an exhausted poorly fed, devitalized
condition. Try it.
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OF course the man with calfskin shoes
who pays for his shines is uniformly pol
ished, fore and aft The hurried man, who
frescoes his own shoes, however, little
before car time, is quite apt to have what
painters GacctiCusly term holidays" on
the surface-that is, untouched spots. This
is particularly apt to be the case at the
quarters of the shoe and is really what
lawyers would call willful neglect or con
tributory negligence on the part of the
amateur sinner. OF course the vamp gets
lick and promise for Appearances
sake. This sectional decoration is known
among soldiers as the dress parade
lhine," and many examples may be seen
In the street.-Shoe and Leather Reporter
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rms Is the Name Applied by the Indians
to the SideWinder.

to the Sidewinder.
To the unpTojudiced observer the side,
winder is by no means a bad looking
snake Indeed the general expression of
it's face is bright and comical rather than
horrible When startled, it has a habit Of
raising its head several inches in the air
and then turning from size to side to see
what is going on. At such times the
quick motion of the head, together with
the appearance of the horns, that stand up
like shuhI liItle ears, remind one almost
iTrCsistibly of Il terrier when some ono
says "Rats" Then, with its mouth snu5,
the line Of tho lips seen from the side is
curve that rises at both ends, giving its
features just as nearly the appearance of
sardonic grin rs any snakes face can as
sumo Eb Hadley, the best known driver
of big desert teams, first called the writer's
attention to this popularity and said that
the PanimCnt Indians living on the west
sido Of Death valley have name for the
reptile that means "the snake with
grin"
In color, as a whole, the sidewinder is
exactly like that of the mesa sand. When
it is lying still, no one walking along tho
desert save an Indian can see it, Once the
eye has located it, however, it is found to
be of a light ycllowish color on the sides,
with a stripe along the back, while very
beautiful brown spots, suggestive of the
spGCklod trout, are scattered about Oh each
side of the stripe. Farther toward the tail
there are short tigerish stripes at right
angles to the dorsal stripe, and there is IA
brown dash just behind each eye. 1t has
only one nostril-in the center of a largo
scale plate. Although it has but a single
nostril, the desert men believe that it has
a very keen smell for snake, and part
of their dread of the beast is due to this
They say the snake is attracted by tho
smell Of cooking food and comes to their
camplrcs to get something to eat When
near camp, it shows the liking for
warm bed that all snakes have, only in IA
greater degree and no matter how hot the
night might be it will crawl on the bed Of
the sleeping desert man and stretch its
coolish lCngth against his body. There Is
no snake in the desert that shows the lik.
ing for n blanket bed that the sidewinder
does, and SO it is hated accordingly. Not
one Of the desert men here can tell of IL
case by name and date where a sleeping
man has been bitten by one of these
snakes, though every desert man will say
offhand that lots of such cases happen
every year. "--ChiuagO Tribune.
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Free Pills

Send your address to H. f. Bucklen
d Co., Chicago, and get free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of Con.
stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laria and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deleteri.
ious substance and to be purely veg.
etable. They DO not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to stomach
and bowels greatly invigorate system.
Regular size pc per box. Sold by
c. D. Gibson, Druggist.
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TIDES OF Hollow.

They Continue to he Hopeless Puzzle to
Every One Familiar with Them.
The tides of Hollow are, according to
Consul Parker of KiungChau, as hopeless
a puzzle as ever Though the customs au-
thoritCs have now four years records,
there is absolutely no rule to be deduced
therefrom. The tides outside the spit are
regular enough, but those inside elude the
wit of man to account for, and the Level Of
the water outside is positively said to be
often several feet above that inside. There
is tidal creek near the consul's house
over which he can rarely walk during the
day in summer, but he had walked over it
every day but two at p m. during the
past two mOnths-close of last year and
beginning of this-a fact which of itself
renders the inner tide question ineXpliGa-
BILE.
Perhaps the best explanation is that of
a Chinese naval commander, who says
that, owing to the conformation of the
spit, it is impossible for the water to flow
into the mouth of the creek when the
northeast wind blows and the tide is ris-
ing That would appear to explain why
during the day the winter tides are almost
invariably low inside the spit, while dur
ing the night, when the wind usually
drops, they have an average height. Per-
haps also the blowing of the wind from
the southwest direction explains why
during the ty,,hoons of the end of Sep
TENDER and tho beginning of October Hoi
how was completely under water and the
tides were four feet above the highest or.
binary mark. But the consul is not able
to say from what direction the wind was
actually blowing when the floods took
place. 1t appeared to blow from all quar-
ters.-Indian Engineer.
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Selling His Bow,

Every man has his price in England, as
Is shown by an advertisement that ap-
peared recently in newspaper, which
read: "A beautiful boy for adoption. Gen
;leman going abroad Would give his boy
to lady or gentleman for the sum Of G3O0. "
The Society For the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Children investigated the matter and
found that farmer who had lost his wife
and intended to emigrate was actually try
ing to dispose of his child.-Cincinnati
enquirer.
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Are You In II?

MIR. Chas B. Spahr of Columbia University has
recently examined the records Of the Surrogates
OF thirtv-five counties in tire State of New York
covering the last three months of 1898 and includ
ing the counties of New York and Kings, the
richest in the State. The resul are remarka-
Bile as showing how few peOpl leave any estate
left.
Out Of 10 600 persons over twenty-five years of
age dying during the quarter, only
SS5 left estates equal to or exceeding $1,000
2466 - averaging 1893
6f4g Z" valued al OOOO
Think Gift! Less han per cent were worth
> OOo Pnd less than p per cent were worth $1292
when they died. The Conclusion il that whether
91l5 Of every 1000 leaves an estate of So 900
or not depends upon whether they have life in
surance for that amount or not
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The New Year

Finds Hoods Sarsapariila leading every.
thing in the way of medicines in three
important particulars, namely: Hoods
Sarsaparilla has
l. The largest sale in the world. 1t &C.
complishes
2. The greatest cures in the world. 1t
has
3. The largest Laboratory in the world.
What more can be SAID? Hoods Sar-
saparlla has merit; is peculiar to itself,
and most of all, Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures. If you are sick, it is the medi-
cine for you to take.
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Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those
who have not, have now the opportunity
to try it Free. Call on the advertised
Druggist and get Trial Bottle, Free.
Send your name and address to II. f.
Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get sam
pie box of DR.. Kings New Life, Pills
Free,as well as a copy of Guide to Health
and Household Instructor, Free. All
of which is guaranteed to do you good
and cost you nothing. G. d. Gibson's
Drugstore.
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RuckIen's Arnica saIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilbIains,
cOrns and all eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25c, per box,
For sale by G. D. Gibson.
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Consideration.

"And how did your performance come
off"
"Splendidly," replied the enthusiastic
amateur actor. 1.-The ladies wore big hats,
and the people in private boxes interrupted
nearly every scene. They treated us exact
ly as if wo had been professionals. H.
Mnsh.ngt IN Star
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The Cairo museum has seven brooms
used by ancient Egyptian women. They
IRE made of straw and closely resemble the
same articles in use today, save that the
handles are not long enough for purposes
Of domestic discipline
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1t is announced that Congressman
Wilson will soon make another trip to
England. If he has profited by his for.
mer experience he will accept no invita-
tions to dinner and will take his own
cook with him.
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About the only thing left now for
Mr.. Cleveland to do is to get up and of
fer Queen Lii his seat in the information
al throne car; otherwise she must coz
tinue to stand.
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The war in the East is almost over.
The Chinese officials say that they
intend to decapltate every coward in
their army, and if they carry out their
threat there will be no army left for Jap
an tn ii Uht
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There is suspicion slowly gaining
ground at the White House that the mar.
kets of the world cannot be effectually
opened either by the use of burglars
tools or a battering ram.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
Then she had Children, size gave them Castoria
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The skin is the only part of the human
oody that is not hardened by age.
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1t Came High.

Ibid the doctor give you anything for
your cold?" o
Patient-Yes, a bill for $2.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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Hoods Pills are the best after-dinner pills,
assist digestion, cure headache. 26c. per box.
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Deans Rheumatic Pills absolutely cures
rheumatism and neuralgia. Entirely vegetable
Safe. 4yl
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Hoods Cures
Mrs. Z. L. BrOlUn,
EastOn, N. II.

Rilla know what 1t has done for me and feel
- II could not sound its praises enough"
MRS. z. E. BROWN, Easton, New Hampshire.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-07-16
The Beginning OF Writing.

The most ancient mode of writing
was, we are told, on bricks, tiles and
oyster shells.
The vulgar, indeed, still write upon
walls, but nothing az an edifyiug
kind.
Inscriptions on trees are now done
with pocket-knife aud are generally
only in the initial stage, but both
bark and leaves formed the stationery
OF our forefathers.
In the British Museum are several
Bibles entirely composed of palm
leaves.
In the Book of job mention is mllo
OF writing on sheets of lead; this
could not have been light literature,
and its postage must have been ruin
Gus.
We read OF self-male men III some.
what exceptional cnses of poverty
writing on shoulder bones-not their
own, rs ''smart" youths write on their
shirt CUTS, but on those OF sheep
but these were the usual materials for
tho chronicles of the Arabs, who after
ward hung them mp with string "a
sort of literary butcher shop.
The Romans used the stylus to write
upon tablets overlajd with wax till it
was forbidden by the law. They coal I
not resist probing one another with
this dangerous instruments; and, in.
deed, certain schoolboy5 killel their
muster with it, who hal probably at
tempted to tench Thorn Greck.
The disadvantage Of most writing
materials OF old was that they necessi-
tltol the employment OF desk, n
di,liculty now removed by the "block'
system, which can be used as easily in
Il recumbcnt position rs any other. -
Illustrated London News.