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Fighting Tactics OF King David.

At the last meeting of the Academic
des Inscriptions ct Bellies Lettres, NJ.
Dieulafoy. the well-known explorer in
Persia, read a very interesting &C.
count of his visit to the scene of tie
decisive encounter between King
David and the Philistines in the VAL
ley of Rephsim. NJ. Dieulafoy de-
scribed how, after the capture of Jeru-
salem by David and the establishment
of the Israelite monarchy, the Philis-
tines resolved to crush the nascent
kingdom, and how. after alterations
of success and failure, they occupied
the Valley of Rephaim, situated at the
foot of the slopes which led from the
west to Jerusalem. 1t was then, ac-
cording to M. Dieulafoy, that David,
constantly attacked by his enemies,
executed one of the finest military
maneuvres recorded in history. NJ.
Dieulafoy, while indicating the vari-
GUS advances made by military art,
and having shown that before the wars
of the Medes no Nation had any &C.
quaintance with the rules of higher tao
tics and strategy, dwelt upon the fact
that David was the first of the Israel
ite leaders to form drilled and disci-
plined troops, and pointed out what
good use the king made of his army in
the Valley of Raphsim. The plan of
the battle, very clearly described in
the Bible, which ascribed the concep-
ton of it to Jehovah, comprised
flank march, rapid change of front,
the rapid encompassing of the left
wing of the Philistines and an attack
from behind on this wing. This was
a complicated and bold turning move
ment, very difficult to execute and
something quite out of the common
for the age in which it was carried
out. NJ. Dieulafoy, who had dis.
covered the theatre of operations and
had made use of the general topogra-
ply of the region in order to recon-
stitute the principal phases of the bat
tie, pointed out that this movement
presented a striking analogy with
those executed by Frederick II at the
battles of Mollwitz and Rossbach and
by Napoleon at Austerlitz. In the
conduct of this operation David gave
evidence of the highest capacities, TAX
ing advantage of all the inequalities
of the ground, forming his troops
afresh in the wood, and charging i'm
petuously, and N. Dieulafoy insisted
very strongly upon the similarity of
his military genius to that Of Napo-
leon. Public Opinion.
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Medical SuperslitiOns.

That belief the Chinese have in tie
remedial qualities of substances form.
ing part OF the human body seems to
be irradicable. Thinking that Euro
peans still entertained the same silly
ideas, led as much as anything else to
the Tien-Tsin massacres of twenty-five
years ago. Prehistoric man drank
from q human skull, believing that
the uncanny goblet had a certain po-
tency. Not so long ago, the skull of
a suicide was used in Caithness as a
drinking cup for the cure of epilepsy.
Even cases have been cited when su-
perstitious people, within the last
thirty years, have dug up bodies so as
to possess themselves of skulls for the
same purpose. AS late as 1873, in the
official pharmacopoeia of the London
College of Physicians, mention is
made "of the skull of man who had
died violent death" For centuries
in the past, for the manufacture OF
certain quack nostrnms, notably an
ointment, ground skulls were used.
The medical books OF nuremberg Oh
200 years ago always cite mummia-
or the embalmed flesh of mummies-
as a sovereign cure for certain dis
eases. The Egyptian mummy was a
specific for one malady, the Tenerife
mummy for another. Excluding all
other strange substances employed in
early medicine, there is trace OF can
nibalism in the use of those mummied
substances. 1t has been shown that
cannibalism does not arise in all cases
from hunger, but that to eat human
flesh is religious rite, and favored
by the gods. In some remote manner,
it has something to do with sacrifice.
Describing superstitions, the fact Is
cited that to-day Irish peasants use
skulls to hold water in, under the be-
lief that the water thus becomes cura-
tiye,-New York Press.
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Bl0ndin and His Rope.

The baggage of Blondin, the famous
French tight rope walker, when on
tour consists of the following: A main
rope of 800 feet; circumference 81
inches; weight, 500 pounds; twenty
eight straining ropes, fifty guide ropes,
eighty tying bars-the average weight,
not including poles, being five and a
half tons. The freight of his fxings
including, we suppose, huge travel
ing tent, which can encompass ii, 600
people-amounted to $4,000 between
Southampton and Melbourne. About
three days are consumed in making
his preparations, with the aid of q
dozen assistants. The due adjustment
of his rope is his principal care, and
he superintends every detail.
In a fragment of autobiography
written some years ago, Blondin tells
us that the rope he generally used was
formed with a flexible core of steel
wire covered with the best Manila
hemp, about an inch or three-quarters
OF an inch in diameter, several hun
dred yards in length, and costing
about $500. A large windlass at either
end of the rope served to make it taut,
while it vas supported by two high
poles. His balancing poles, of ash
wood, vary in length, and are in three
sections, and weigh from thirty.seven
to forty-seven pounds. He is indif-
faronf 90 fo fbo boiphf Of which he il
to perform. Blondin has never con-
fessed to any nervousness on the rope,
and while walking he generally looks
eighteen or twenty feet ahead and
whistles or huns some snatch of
song. The time kept by musical
band has frequently aided him in pre-
serving his balance. Blondin is some.
thing of both carpenter and black
smith, and is able to make his own
models and fit mp his own apparatus.
.--Chambers's Journal.
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The Spanish Ball.

The bulls used for fighting purposes
are specially selected, specially cared
for class. They are oil pedigree aui-
mails. Andalusia is, above all, the
district of the bull. Here, at the age
of one year, the young bulls are sep
arated from the heifers, branded with
the owners name and turned out loose
on the plains to Craze with others of
their own age.
When a year older the Dung bulls
are gathered together, in order that
their mettle and fighting qualities
may be tested. One of them is separ-
ated from the herd and chased by q
man on horseback, who, by the skill.
full use of a blunted lance overthrows
the escaping bull, whereupoh another
rider comes in front of the animal
with sharper lance to Withstand the
expected attack.
If the bull on regaining his feet at
tacks the rider twice he is passed as a
fighting animal, but if he turns tail
and runs off he is set aside to be killed
or to be used in agricultural work.
And go with each animal until the
whole herd of the two-year-olds have
been tested.
Each bull that has stood the test
successfully is then entered in the
herd book, with a description of his
appearance, and receives name
such as Espartero, flamenco and the
like. This process of careful selection
goes on from year to year until the bull
is five years old, when, should his met
tie prove true, he is ready for the
arena, and flaming posters appear on
the walls OF Madrid or Seville, an
nouncing that Esparto Tor whatever
his name ISL will on such and euch a
date make his first and final appear
ance.
A good "warrantable" fve-year-old
bull for the fighting ring costs from
$3.50 to $400.-Buffalo Times.
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Marvellous Story About Clif.Dwellers.

A marvellous story is that which
comes from Arizona, where few
months ago some prospectors in the
Bradshaw Mountains came npon a
,liff-dwe!l ers' village in one of the
most mace essible canons of that range
the largest village of the kind ever
yet discovered. Several of the houses
we're explored and large quantities of
pottery and some instruments, evil
iently used for cultivsting the soil,
were found. In one the skeleton OF
man, not over four feet eight inches
in height, was discovered. The canon
at this place is half mile wide and
shows evidence of having been culti-
vated. If this theory proves to be
true it will throw more light on the
habits of this little known people. So
far as known no other evidence has
over been disc overed Of cliff-dwellers
having cultivated the soil.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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A Match For the LAWYER

A dialogue about heaven took place
a few days ago between member of
the Baltimore County bar and lady
eighty-two years old. who was un-
der examination in an equity case.
The lawyer, to test the lsdy's faith in
the hereafter, asked her if she thought
we would know each other in heaven.
She replied by asking him another
question as to where heaven was. His
reply was not satisfactory to the old
lady, and she told the lawyer that if
he wanted to question her about any
place he must locate it. Then she
added: "Of course, we will know each
other in heaven, for our bodies will be
the same there, except that we will
not have any blood in us.
The lawyer next asked her if she
thought people would have teeth in
heaven. She said she could not an
swer that definitely, but she thought
they would. One thing was certain,
she added: "People would have teeth
IN the place allotted to the wicked" "
and she could prove it by Scripture.
"How can you prove it?' said the law
yer. "Why," she replied, "the Scrip
ture saws the wicked shall be turned
into utter darkness, where there shall
be weeping, wailing and gnashing OF
teeth, and how could they gnash their
teeth if they did not have any" The
attorney did not proceed any further
on that line Of examination. .-Balti.
more Sun.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
Kerosene is a good counter irritant

Kerosene is a good counter irritant.
Thin arc-ight carbons give brighter
light with a given current than thick
er ones, but they are consumed faster.
Ceres, the first OF the asteroids to
be discovered, was found on the first
day of the present century. It's mean
distance from the sun is about 257,-
100000 miles.
Independent manufacturers of tele-
phone apparatus have formed a Ma
tional association in Chicago, repre-
senting $40, 900, 900 capital, to fight
the Bell Company.
A French medical authority asserts
that death caused by fall from a
great height is absolutely painless.
The mind acts very rapidly for time,
then unconsciousness ensues.
An eminent astronomer estimates
that if the so-called canals in the
planet of Mars are artificial, they
! must have demanded the lsbors of two
hundred million men through one
thousand years.
In Leeds. England, the whole of the
refuse of houses, markets, stores and
shops is disposed of by means OF those
inventions which are becoming known
to municipal bodies as "destructors. "
The city is now provided with three OF
these establishments, where between
$4,000 and 10000 tons of refuse are
consumed during the year.
Professor Petrie reports that he has
discovered near Thebes, Egypt, relics
of race hitherto unknown to the
world. He believes that these people.
who were quite distinct in every way
from the Egyptians, were Libyans,
and that they lived at least 5000 years
B. G. Although this race must have
been very skilful in certain forms of
art there is no doubt that they were
cannibals.
NJ. Satcheosky. Russian scientist,
has made q mum mber of observations on
changes of ground temperature with
depth, in the mountains of Southern
Siberia. He finds that these changes
are more rapid On the tops and sides
of the mountains than at their feet
that is to soy, IN the valleys. Fur.
thermore, he finds that the earth's sur
face in these valleys is colder than on
the sides of the neighboring noun
tains. The facts are we'll established,
but they are yet unexplained.
A prominent physician of New York
recently declared that hot water is
woman's best friend. It will cure
dyspepsia, if taken before breakfast,
and will ward off chills when she comes
in from the cold. 1t will stop cold,
if taken early in the stage. It will re-
ieve nervous headache and give i'll.
slant relief to tired and inAamed eyes.
1t is most efficacious for sprains and
bruises, and will frequently stop the
flow of blood from wound. 1t is a
sovereign remedy for sleeplessness.
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The WealthieSt WOman's Son.

1t would be difficult to locate that
much -talked-about young man, Ed
ward 81. r. Green, the son of the re-
nowned Hetty, the wealthiest woman
in the country. He lives much of the
time in Chicago, where he owns about
three miles of land in the heart of the
city. It is to the very great credit of
this young man-and so bespeaks we'll
for his future wife-that he is not
ashamed of his very eccentric mother.
Or at least he does not show that he
is. He accompanies her to her Office
when he is in town, and is very atten-
tive to her, although she might al
most be mistaken for o work-woman
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on her way to scrub out offices. There
is rumor to the effect that Edward
Green demonstrates with his mother
and urges her to take little rest and
comfort. But to no avail. Edward
Green, although lame, is a cookbook
ing young man, and will be good
catch. He is of excellent family, well
spoken, good hammered and all that a
good husband need to be-and this is
not counting the one hundred millions
and more which Mamma Hetty will
leave him when she goes to tie place
whittier money can neither travel nor
talk. New York Advertiser.
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EMPIRE OF DRESS.
SUMNER STYLES IN WOMEN's
HATS AND FROCKS.
Stiff Bows of Ribbon Are the Lat
est Freak in Millinery-Fash-
ionabIe Bonnets - The
Floral Blouse.

THE latest freakish rule in
millinery cuts away the whole
side of the wide brim of a
hat and substitutes out
spreading, stiff bows ofribbon. These
bows, or rather loops, stand out like
the spokes of wheel, and may be
bent up and down in any becoming
manner. It seems rather pity to cut
the hat up like that, doesn't it? But
fashions chief fancy just now is to cut
up one thing that another may be run
in to take the place of what is cut
away. Bows stand out so jauntlly
from the hat in the accompanying
illustration that they seem to be
having pretty much their own way,
but the hat brim here is left intact.
For that matter the appearance that
the bows have of standing wherever
they will is all pretence, for all the
upper ones are wired into carefully
considered positions. Hats of this
sort are made of fancy straw, with
wide and slightly rolling brims ol
contrasting color aud braid that are
taken up III back and fastened against
the low crowns with q full bow of rib.
bon. The same ribbon is then used
for the bows in front, and the garni
ture is completed with punches Of
roses placed at random.
Some of the fashionable bonnets are
almost make believes. Such are nc
more than a very narrow band o.
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WHITE PlRASOLS,

White parasols prevail, one OF plain,
rich silk, without trimmings, being
seen in almost every carriage on a
sunny day. The chiffon parasols are
reserved for midsummer and for pi.
azza use, where the sun is less fierce.
Others in white and black stripes in
row after row around the centre arc
of very thick silks, and are in best
style when quite plain.
For those who object to the glare
that comes through these pretty white
canoples are changeable silk covers OF
two very rich and rather snowy col
ors, while ladies' just returned from
abroad have brought home coaching
parasols of large gay Scotch plaids,
with thick polished stick and faceted
crystal knob. The small old-time sun
shades that may be turned down on
one side are again used by elderly 10
dies, who appreciate them for their
lightness and convenience.
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curved and jeweled ribbon that snaps
about the top of the head, midway be-
tween the forehead and the round Of
the head at the back. A little huttery
close bow, tiny flower and flash OF
Jewel is at each end of this band, and
standing up iauntily, a little at one
side as if it we're gayly making its way
down the pretty slope of the head, is
a cockade of stiffened lace. A little
way off the head appears to be orna-
mented by this little cockade only,
and the observer must guess how the
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The Watchdog Exchange:

An Englishman and q German in
Chicago are partners in new bust
ness which they advertise as Watch.
dog Exchange. They will be prepared
soon to sell dogs trained for watching,
or the dogs may be engaged by the
month, week or night. The German
partner has the experience, having
been employed as keeper in siml-
lar business in Berlin, where there are
several of these exchanges doing q
good business. New York Sun.
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A UniQue Lighthouse.

The lighthouse that has been erect
ed by the United States Government
at Paris Island, Port Royal. South
Carolina, is novel in form, and, though
erected as an experiment, ithas done Its
duty we'll. 1t is the most economical
structure in the history of lighthouse
construction. When first erected 1t
was regarded with many misgl7lngs
by experts.
The light, which is run up and down
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BLACK FABRICS.

Black fabrics are specially liked for
street wear. A silk wrap Priestley
Clairette is male with plain skirt, IL
full blouse waist and very large lego
mutton sleeves. The collar and belt
are of the finest cut-jet embroidery,
and from the belt fall ends of ribbon
covered with jet embroidery 20 match.
This is an ideal dress for summer, US
the material is not affected either by
dampness or even n severe wetting.
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HANDSOME DRESSES.

4 handsome dress has the skirt
trimmed with meilallions set on to
form patterns. These medalllons are
about as large as a silver dollar. Some
of them are perfectly plain and hat.
Others have tessels falling from the
middle. One dress has the front OF
the waist, the yoke and the upper
part of the skirt ornamented with
his gurniture.
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Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine
means lost manhood. weak eyes. and a
general all gone look and feeling that robs
life of its pleasure. Tobacco is the root OF
many an impotent symptom. and No-To-Bac
q guaranteed cure that will make you strong,
vigorous and happy in more ways than one.
No-To-Bac guaranteed and sold by Drug
gists everywhere. Book, titled "Don't To-
bacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away" Ad
Sterling Remedy Co.. New York Or Chicago.
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in rails in the plane of the structure,
is housed by day. At night it is
hoisted to It's place at the apex of the
triangle by machinery worked in the
oil house at the base of the structure.
The large foundation plates are about
forty feet apart. The focal plane of
the light is 120 feet above the sea
level, but the top of the structure is
1872 teet from the ground. The cost
OF the iron work set up is $1,000, and
that of the structure complete and
lighted about $4,000.
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THE GUNMAKER OF ILION.
JEFFERSON NJ. CLoUGH REFUSES a
TEMPTING OFFER From The
CHINESE GOVERNMENT. Z
His Health was too Poor to Term't Atten-
ton to Business. A Great Sufferer
for Many Years But Has Now
Recoyerpd ~.


fog Many Years But Has Now
Recovered. .--.EB@
(Fronl the Springfield, Kass., Cnion.)
There isn't gun manufacturer in ths
United States who does not know Jefferson
NJ. Clough, and why? Because no has teen
Intimately associated all his life with the de-
velcpment Of the two best American rifes,
the Remington and Winchester. For years
lie was Superintendent Of the E. Remipgtca
L Sons great factory at lion. N. Y. After
leaving there he refused tempting offer OF
the Chinese Government to go to China 70
superintend their government factories
and accepted instead the superintendeney OF
the Winchester-Arms Co., at New Haven, at
salary Of $500 year. g.. s...
1t was after this long term OF active labor
as a business man that he found himself in
capacitated for further service by the en-
barge which rheumatism had laid upon him
and resigned his position more than two
years ago. and returned 10 Belchertown,
Mass. where he now lives and owns the
Phelps farm, a retired spot where he has I've
hundred acres OF land.
Being man OF means he did not spare the
cost and was treated by leading physicians
and by baths at celebrated springs without
receiving any benefit worth notice. During
the summer of 1893 and the winter Of 1894
Mr.. Clough was confined to his house IL
Belchertown. being unable to rise from his
bed without assistance, and suffering con-,
tinually with acute pains and with no taste
or desire for food. nor vas he able to obtain
sufficient sleep.
Early in the year 1894 Mr.. Clough beard Of
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
He began taking these pills about the first OF
| March, 1894. and continued to do so until
the first part OF September following. The
| first effect noticed was O better appetite and
he began to note more ability to help himself
| of the bed and to be better generally. Last
August (1S94) he was able to go alone to his
summer residence and farm of 1G3 acres on
Grenadier Island, among the Thousand
Islands, in the river st. Lawrence, where
from the highest land OF his farm he COM
mands view for 1S miles down the river,
and GO OF the Thousand Islands can be seen.
Instead of being confined to his bed Mr..
Clough is now and has been for some time
able to be about the farm to direct the
men employed there and he Is thankful for
what DR.. Williams Pink Pills have done for
him. ..... - .s..'t r@ a
These pills are manufactured by the DE-.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y, and are sold only in boxes bearing the
firms trade mark and wrapper, at so cents q
box or six boxes for 81. so, and are never sold
in bulk. They may be had Of all druggists
or direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medl-
cine Company.
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To Cleanse the system

Efectually yet gently, when costive or bilious,
or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to per-
manently cure habituel constipation, to awak-
en- the kidneys and liver to healthy activity
without irritating or weakening them, to dis
pei headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup Of
ri.
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While the prevailing agricultural
depression in England does not teld
to fill the pockets Of the shopkeepers,
it is continually aiding to their size
of the towns. This is notable in sew
eral places IN Yorkshire.
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STREET GOWNS AND LONG GLOVES.

STREET GOWNS AND LONG GLOVES.
Nearly all the really stunning street
gowns, outside of the strict tailor
mades, are made, according to the
New York Advertiser, with elbow
sleeves, to be met by long gloves.
Some of these sleeves have q tight
inch or so below the elbow over which
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that they have become a genuine
economical form of dress. Among
the newest bodlces is "The Floral, 1"
made of satin or merv, with atrimmed
waterfall and bertha of violets or other
flowers.
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Th. late Lord Cairns, of England,
was the eon ofn cobSler, while the
father of Lord Brassey was day la
borer and his mother q Liverpool
match girl.