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TRAINS That DO NOT STOP.
A Moving Station Platform to Let Pas
sengers on.

A Moving station Platform to Let Pas
sengers on.
A new system, by which passengers
may be taken on or from trains with
out the necessity Of stopping, has been
recently devised by a French civil en-
gineer, Thevenot le Bone, who pro-
poses to exhibit his plan at the Paris
exposition of 1900. This feat is ac-
complished by means of q moving sta
ton platform, which was suggested by
the moving sidewalk. The inventor
to use for the purpose a cir
cular disc, the outer circumference of
which is to travel at the same rate OF
speed as the passing train. When en-
tering the platform from a staircase in
the centre there will be no danger,
since the speed at this point is COM
paratively low, nor will it be felt much
when going toward the edge of the
turning platform, for the increase Of
speed is gradual and anticipated.
There will not be the slightest diff
euItrr Nxna>4hAA should be q crowd
to accommodates, the inventor having
with great foresight provided for such
an event in a very ingenious way. The
attendant of the station, placed in the
tower at the centre, overlooks the en-
tire platform, and, should the time OF
passing not permit Of the safe handling
of the passengers, he throws the
switches on the point where the train
leaves the platform ordinarily, SO that
the train will run around the station,
and that would be amply sufficient for
discharging all passengers and getting
aboard a new dfota, filing the whole
train. It is pressed to give the trains
and platforms at the Paris exposition
a speed Of seven and one-half miles
per hour, which is considered amply
sufficient for local traffic.
1t remains to be seen whether this
system will turn out to be Of practical
value, since the influence of the cen
trifugal force is very likely to inter
fere with the proper working OF the
scheme. A very natural effect would
be the throwing Of the people on the
platform into the train in q rather un-
ceremonious way, while those aboard
would have difficulty in jumping off.-
Philadelphia Record.
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would allow. In a few minutes he had

Would allow. In a few minutes he had
passed through the tangle and entered
an open space. As he did so he came
upon what seemed to be a camp of
soldiers, or rather, what had been, for
the soldiers themselves had disap-
peared, leaving five or six youths, the
most of them no older than the rider,
They were gathered about q smolder-
ing fire watching some ash-cakes bake.
Like the young rider they were dressed
in the uniform of the continental army,
but SO dilapidated it could barely be
recognized. Indeed, some of them
had dispensed with their coats and
now were hunting shirts of rough ma
terial, with leather belts.
Boys" cried Jethro Pinkney, as he
dashed into their midst, "where is
Colonel Aultry and the rest Of the
menu"
"Gone for q brush with the Brit
ishersr' was the quick reply. "They
were sent for by Marion. He is in a
tight place and wants them to help him
out of it. They just left us to care for
the camp and the things they couldn't
carry"
swell, this is a go! I mean," he
added quickly, ''because the men are
not here. Boys" he continued, ex-
citedly. "don't stop to eat. Get your
horses at once and your guns, and come
with me, for if we don't act, there's no
else. That wretch, Balfour, down
yonder in Charleston, has ordered the
execution of old Colonel R~utledge.
The British claim hat he hasn't kept
his vow Of loyalty to the mother coun-
try II wish the old colonel's tongue
had been cut out when he made it'll and
that he has not only been contributing
TO the needs of our partisan soldiery,
but that he has actually joined
Marion's staff, and when he was cap
tured had on the uniform. Very
foolish of the old gentleman, I must
say, to venture back to his home right
under the noses of the runs of the
fort at Dorchester. But it was all on
account of his daughter, l know. He
wanted to get her to a place of safety.
and now they have captured him, and
are going to hang him for his dis
loyalty, SO they say. But there are
many who know it is because the colonel
won't tell where the family plate and
other treasures are hidden. He vows
he will die before King George or any
of his tools shall touch a dollar of it.
.sBut, hurry, boys, hurry, or the
colonel will be past even our help. He
is to be hanged at IL O'Clock at a place
q mile west of the fort. This is done
to keep the matter from INC knowl'
edge Of our prisoners at the fort,
Thsre might bea lively scene if they
found it out, for the colonel is very
popular. There will be q detachment
IF soldiers from the fort in charge o.
the execution, but not more thar
eighteen or twenty, 1 have learned
for il is supposed that one of oui
men are hereabouts, and they dom
want to take any more from the garri
son Of the fort than they can help
Boys, mount quickly. We will sta
ton ourselves along the road, and We
must rescue the colonel. There is nc
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eccentric ,,,il,ona,res.

Mere money-making seems not 10
have satisfied Barney Barnato. He
wanted to have the fun OF spending
money, too, and to enjoy everything it
would buy. His taste in this per.
ticular is in vivid contrast to that OF
the late Mr.. Joseph Richardson, Of
New York, who died June 8, leaving q
fortune estimated at thirty millions.
He was about eighty-three years old,
and his long life had apparently been
passed very much to his satisfaction.
He was a contractor of great energy
and diligence, and laid the founda-
tions of his fortune in that calling. he
was a millionaire when the Civil War
began, and as long as he lived he kept
on earning more money, and investing
his gains with excellent Judgment. He
built water-works, railroads and many
great buildings, and was very proud OF
some of his professional exploits; ~
the work for which he was most IA
nous was the erection Of a four-story
house on a five-foot strip of land Mt
the northwest corner of Lexington
avenue and Eighty-second street. He
happened to own that little strip OF
land. A man who had planned to
build a block adjoining it offered him
$1,000 for his holding. He wanted
$4,000, and failing to get it, concluded
to build himself a house, which he did
very ingeniously, and lived in it for
fifteen years. He had a summer place
at Bridgeport, Conn, but the five-foot
house was his home for half the year.
Mr.. Richardson's ideas we're some
what peculiar, and recall those of the
late Mr.. Fayerweather, who left so
much money to colleges; but we can
not deny him the measure of respect
which is due to a nan who lives out
his life according to his W prefer
ences instead Of patterring after some
one else. He liked to make money,
and he made a great deal; he liked to
a v money, and he saved nearly all
he made; he did not enjoy spending
money, so he spent little. By his will
he left $50, 900 to a clergyman, 1880
to the Central Park Baptist Church,
and the rest of his fortune to his wife
and two children.-Harper's Weekly.
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one else, and he will be murdered il we
don't get him."
"But, Jeth, what can a handful Of
boys like us do?" asked Arthur Wal
lace, doubtfully. "Why, it would be
folly to even try against all those SOL
diers. They'd shoot our heads off be-
fore we could turn around"
Eve have one to three" declared
Jethro, boldly. Didn't Marion whip
out that squad of Britishers up on
Santee last week when he hadn't even
one to ten? That the way our soldiers
fight!' proudly.
"Yes, but we are not Marion" re-
piled Arthur, decidedly.
"But we are Marion's men!" de-
clared Jethro, proudly, the fire of
manhood in his eyes.
The words acted liked q trumpet
call. Each young soldier buckled on
his pistol, seized his rifle and sprung
to his horse, shouting: "Marion's
men! We are Marion's menI'
Once through the thicket they halt
ed about 200 yards from the edge OF
the public road for consultation. 1t
was agreed that they divide themselves
into two squads. One squad was to
take up its position in q small thicket
of pines, with a dense underground
of wild myrtle. about an eighth of a
mile from the scene Of execution. The
other squad was to be concealed in a
similar thicket Of scrub turkey oak
and myrtle, within 200 or 800 yards Of
the first. When the soldiers from the
fort, carrying the old colonel to execn-
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ton, were midway between the two
squads, the attack was to be made,
and with all the noise and demonstra-
ton possible. They had not more
than taken their places when the pro-
cession from the fort was seen APP
preaching,
There were twenty soldiers. Eight
were walking, four abreast, in front,
the same number behind, while In the
centre was the colonel, with two
soldiers on either side of him. These
five were on horseback. The old mans
hat was off. It. had fallen and the
soldiers would not stop to pick it up.
He rode with head erect, the sunshine
cleaning down upon his silyered locks.
His hands were tied behind his back,
but he held himself proudly up. He
looked what he was, every inch a
courtly gentleman, despite the degrad-
alton of his position.
The procession came along slowly.
Evidently the soldiers were in no hurry.
Step by step they neared the first
squad of young partisans concealed in
the thickets.
Suddenly the boot of an owl rang
out. It vas answered by another.
The second had barely died away when
there was a quick report OF firearms,
then the clang of sabers, while later
above the din came the cry Of "Marionl
Marionl Marion!'
At the first sound of firearms the
British soldiers stopped, threw up
their heads and stood ready for the
word Of command. The attack had
evidently come from the front, for the
noise aud smoke were still apparent
from that direction. As the word was
given the soldiers raised their muskets
and fired. The noise had barely died
away when there came the second
sound of attack, this time from q differ
ent direction. The soldiers turned il
CONSERVATION. They were attacked
also from the rear. Something like {
panic ensued. Just as it was develop
ing itself very perceptibly there aros,
that dreaded cry of ''Marionl Marion
Marion!" a name that at that time never
failed to carry terror to the heart o
even the bravest Britisher.
The soldiers were at once thrown
into confusion. 1t seemed to then
that they were being closed in by tn,
enemy, and beyond a Doubt by Marion
whole army, for were not those crie'
of 'Marion! Marion! Marionl' re
sounding on all sides?
The eight men in the rear were tn,
first TO break ranks and fee. B,
making a hasty detour of the woods I,
the right of them they might yet reacl
the fort in safety, The eight in front
seeing their ranks thus weakened AMI
hearing the noises of the combined at
tacks increasing moment by moment
also lost heart as well as courage ant
turned in pursuit of their companions
Only the four about Colonel Rut
ledge seemed determined to remain
They now closed around their prison
er and for a moment or so showed stub
born fight. But the next moment
there being a rush on horseback from
the woods in two directions, it wa
more than even their nerve eouls
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J. G. Thompson, the well-known
surveyor and thrifty rancher at Mono
Lake, has been making some interest
ing experiments. Last year he OBJ
tanned two dozen gull eggs from n OF
the islands in the lake andplaced them
under hens to hatch, fifteen young
gulls or outlets being the result, the
homliest things that ever wore feathers
all legs, bills and squawk. They
matured and became very tame, feed
ing with the other fowls and showing
no inclination to fly away.
From careful observation OF the
habits of these migratory birds, thou
sands of which visit the lake every
year, he had come to the conclusion
that as messengers they might prove
equal or superior to carrier pigeons,
and resolved to demonstrate it. The
first experiment was made two weeks
ago. when two birds were set free
about sixty miles south of Mono Lake.
In a little more than an hour they
were back at the ranch, feeding as
usual. The success of the first ven
ture was so maIheu tudb uo hhNO "a
rangements for further tests. Two
birds were sent to San Francisco and
another pair to Independence, in lnyo
County, to be freed at a certain time.
1t is about IT'S miles on an air line
from Mono Lake to the bay, and about
ninety miles from Independence, from
which latter place the birds returned
in less than two hours. The pair that
were turned loose in San Francisco ar
rived at the ranch in four and a half
hourS from the time they were liber-
ated, showing a greater speed than
that of the homing pigeon. The gull
is a strong and swift flyer. When he
has pressing engagements he thinks
nothing of showing forty or sixty miles
an hour behind him, and for a long
distance he is the toughest kind OF a
slayer. Mr.. Thompson is consider
ably elated over the results of his ex-
periments, which he will continue, be-
Iieving that the gull as q messenger
bird is far superior to the pigeon
California Territorial.
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Temperance Drinks for the Glorious
Fourth.

Ourtn
A Cooling Drink-Pour 8 quarts
water on / ounce cream tartar; stir in the
juice of q fresh lemon, and the peel,
cut in very thin strips without a parti-
Gle of pulp. Sweeten to taste and let
it stand till cold and clear. Pour of
without disturbing sediment at the
bottom. A tumblerful of this, iced, is
a pleasant and healthful beverage on a
hot day.
Lemon Sherbet = Take IL pints
sugar, 8 pints water and the juice Of
10 lemons. Boil the sugar and water
together % minutes, add the lemon
juice, strain and freeze.
Currant Sherbet-One pint currani
juice. II pints water, the juice of
lemon, l pint sugar, l tablespoon
gelatine. Have the gelatine soaked in
cold water and dissolve it in ! pint
boiling water. Mix it with the pint Of
cold water. Add the sugar, lemon
and currant juice, and freeze.
Iced Coffee-Take / quart strong
coffee, i quart cream, II pints granu'
lated sugar, and freeze.
Egg Lemonade-AThe white of !
egg, juice of / lemon, l Tablespoon
sugar and 1 tumbler water. Bea
well together and serve with or with
out cracked ice.
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nYsrERIcs ON WHEELS.
H-aIlucinAtions of Bicyelists Becoming
Recognized Disorder.

Recognized Disorder.
bicycle hallucinations are becom-
ing q recognized nervous disorder"
said a Cleveland doctor to q reporter
for the Plain Dealer. 81 know Of
half a dozen cases or MORE. One
woman came to me and claimed she
couldn't ride on q street when q street
car line was in operation. Every time
o car came along she had a wild i'm
pulse to topple over toward it. She
simply couldn't help it. Another
woman said that whenever she rides
her wheel she has an idea that some
body is ~scorching close behind her.
She feels the scorcher's presence and
expects every moment TO be hurled to
the ground. If she rides in company
with friends she doesn't notice the un-
pleasant sensation, but it comes to her
again as soon as she is alone. A man
came into my Office q few weeks ago
and said there was something wrong
with his eyes. 1 looked at them, and
they appeared to be all right. He
told. me that whenever he rode his
wheel-and he was very fond Of riding
the ground began to slip away from
in front of him, and tho whole land
scape seemed to curl up-and it kept
on curling as long as he rode. / fan
cied 1 knew what allied him. He
watched his front wheel too closely. /
told him to sit up straighter, and to
keep his eyes off the wheel. guess
I cured his malady, for he hasn't come
back. I have another patient, q young
girl. When she rides she trembles
violently, and this imparts a trembling
motion to her wheel. 1t doesn't APP
pear to exhaust her, but she is very
much worried because she can't stop
it. / think she will outgrow the ten
dency as she get older and stronger"
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or seventeen years of age, but he vas
as tall, strong of limb and supple as a
young ash. His body was bent slight
ly forward in the eagerness to urge his
horse to renewed speed, but his head
was well up and his eyes keenly on the
watch. They glowed, too, with the
fire Of excitement, and his fingers were
twitching nervously as they handled
the reins. He was both in haste and
on the watch.
He turned suddenlyfrom the venue
and struck off through the myrtles
toward a dense portion of the woods.
He had gone o half-mile or 80, when, all
of a sudden, he stopped, threw back
his head, and gave the boot of an owl.
It was answered.
Without further hesitation he
plunged on as fast as the underground
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Whilst the Germans are making the
best use OF pigeons the Russians are
using dogs for the transmission of mes
sages and more especially as protectors
Of advanced outposts and isolated SEN
tries. The dogs are deployedi jim fight
ing order, and at o given signal bound
forward to the skirmishes, taking with
them supplies of cartridges placed in
little saddles. Both in this duty and
the conveyance of messages the dogs are
stated to have shown a high degree of
intelligence, rejecting great credit
upon those responsible for their train
ing.
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A Great Train to the Seventh Annual Con-
vention Baptist Young People at
Chattanooga, Tenn.

The grandest trip of the season has been
arranged, over the Southern Railway, fol
Chattanooga and Nashville. A personally
conducted party will leave Boston July 18th,
New York July 18th, returning July 9th,
visiting Washington, Ashevil'e, Chattanooga
Nashville, Norfolk and Old Point Comfort,
A most delightful vacation trip for the old
and young. This is the official tour for the
delegates from Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Eastern
Pennsylvania, Maryland. District of Column
delegation from Connecticut and New Yoss
will join the party.
Write to any agent of the Southern Railway
for full particulars. descriptive matter of the
great routs to Chattanooga Through the
Land of the Sky."N York office, 2l Broad
way; Boston office, 22S Washington Street.
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Col. DEN ?. IoNhL,r rttIHuk Souus.
Treas.Loven Arms Co. still the worlds head
quarters for guns, rifles and revoivers, fishing
tackle, skates and sporting goods OF every a &C.
tba biahest grade BICYCLES The company was
he moving Spirit in forming the comblnation
Of the four leading manufacturers IN thls
M trade and hold down the price Of wheels
Those who were handling the thousand and
one wheels the manufacturers were ashalnea a.
father "kicked.rr The profit on the cneap
nurnose. and today a cyclist may ride a first
Glass guaranteed wheel at the price 1t has oe.
fore cost to ride one made ike the 1smons
Ina Ioyell Arms Co. thanks. A catalogue o.
onr regular bicycle stock and q special INST o.
wheels issued by the BIG, -Four Compinati SI
p. Lowell Arms Co, 13l Brood street, Boston
Mass.
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According to Sir Benjamin Baker,
the charges of powder in guns have.
since the time of the Crimean War, in
creased from sixteen pounds to 500
pounds, the weights of projectiles from
sixty-eight pounds to 1900 pounds, and
the energies developed from HOO foot.
tons to 60, 900 foot-tons.
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Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and in
Ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-ft-
ting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
ing feet. Try ii to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores: By mail for 25c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Ohm
ated. lie Row. N, Y.
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HE sound of horses
hoofs was heard
coming down the
long avenue of live
oaks. From the
appearance of the
rider it was evident
that something very
exciting had hap
pened. He was a
e youth, not
more than sixteen
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The longest distance that a shot has
been tiredis a few yards morethan ff-
teen miles, which was the range Of
Krupp's 13O-ton steel gun, firing a shot
weighing 260O pounds.
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GAlNED IN STRENGTH

WAS Confined to the Bed Most Of the
Time-The Remedy.
"I was much run down in health and had
to keep my bed the greater part of the
time. I had no appetite and did not rest
well nights. I began taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and my appetite returned and 1
gained strength rapidly, and soon felt like
a new man. I attribute my escape from
illness OF any kind the past winter to TAX
ing Hoods S%arsaparilla." ABEL MYERS,
Arthur, New York. Get Hoods.
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Areal estate agent in Newburg, N.
Y, engaged a painter to paint n house,
inside and out. He gave him the wrong
number, and the wrong house was
completely painted before the blunder
was discovered.
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send for pr,c. List,

It is all that we ask
and 1t will cost but q
postal 10 do 1t. All
we ask is to get your
eye for a minute on
details and prices;
The goods win sell
themselves. You
know as well as we
that the John p:
Lowell Arms Co. tof
which the indefatig-
able Col. Ben s.
Lowell, known all
over the world, is
treasurer md acting
head has made and
for a half century
maintained its great
reputation by the
IN anufac ture OF
aterlipV poOds, II IL
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At Bridgeton, Me-, a ninety-one-
year-old man dug up two young maple
trees, on his birthday, carried them
forty rods, and planted them at the
edge Of his driveway.
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/ aarmnn sta.e Railway care.

On the State railways in Germany
the carriages are painted according to
the colors Of the tickets OF their re-
spectreelasses. First-class carriages
are tainted yellow, second-class green
anti third-class white.
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E. B. Walthall & Co., Druggists, Horse Cave,
KY, say: Halls Catarrh Cure cures every
one that takes it." Sold by Druggists, T5c,
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved ME
many a doctors bills. +. HARDY, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 2, 1884.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. H. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St, Phila., Pa.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
leething, softensthe gums, reducing inflamma"
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle.
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The sanction of physicians Is accorded to that
standard disinfectant, Glenn's Sulphur Soar.
Hills Hair &c Whisker Dye, black or brown. 50c.
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(The young King Of Spain has Just
ut his eleventh birthday He pre-
oy court reception with much
ty, 50 attended . state ban