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CURIOUS FACTS.
Red hats were first worn by cardi
mails in the year 1245.

Red hats were first worn by cardi.
nails in the year 1245.
It is said that soaps that floats gem
orally are spongy on account OF the
air that is in them.
There is q club in Penang, on the
west coast of the Malay Peninsula,
composed of Chinese who hold debates
in English.
The want of employment in Mel
bourne, Australia, has created a new
"profession. Those who sit on the
Coroner's jury get four shillings a day.
There is rush for those berths.
It is estimated that over twelve
million pounds Of human hair are used
annually for adorning the feminine 9
heads Of the civilized world. Four
tons is the allowance for New York
City.
Antoine Vallbs. Of Sacramento, Cal.,
is alive with ball in his brain. The
man who shot him had taken several
balls before the occurrence OF the
tragedy. #.-...
It is said that q stammering temper
ance orator irresponsible for the word
steetotal." He assured his audience
that nothing but "te-te-te-total" ab.
stinence would satisfy temperance re.
formers.
The Constantinople Museum has
been enriched by archaeological treas
ures taken by the Turks during the
late Greek war from the museums Of
Larissa, Trikkala, Tyrnsvos and
Almyron.
Mashonaland natives, fighting the
British, seem to be provided with
small bore rifles They are pulling
down the African transcontinental
telegraph wires and cutting them up
into bullets.
For once, at least, the practice Of
pouring oil on waters has resulted in
trouble. Georgia COWS which drank
from brook into which oil from q
burning mill flowed have been sickened
unto death.
The expression 3'pin money" comes
from q custom observed in the four,
teenth century, when women were
given money on two days of the year,
January ! and January 2, to purchase
the then expensive pins.
The University of Heidelberg has
made an arrangement with German
company whereby students who are
totally disabled by an accident in the
chemical and physical laboratories are
to receive $500, or a proportionate
sum for temporary damage. The an
nual dues are seventy-five cents.
Alois P. Swoboda, Of Omaha, Neb.,
who three years ago was physically
weak man, is to-day a marvel OF
strength, having built up his body af-.
ter q newfsystem of culture. he now
challenges Sandow to competitive
examination, will allow strong man
to place his hands around his (Swo-
bode's) neck and try to strangle him,
and will permit Fitzsimnons to strike
his hardest blow on his face.
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A Curious Case OF Smuggling.

A curious cases of smuggling has
been discovered by the Government
officials on the Mexican b,rder. In
May last, when the land about Nogales
was declared subject to entry, a man
located q town site directly on the
border line between this country and
Mexico, and built a house SO that the
front doors was in American territory
and the back in Mexico. Goods un.
loaded at the Mexican door were sent
out at the American door, thus evad-
ing the customs duty. The case was
reported to the Government, and the
land Office has now cut off the opera
tions of this enterprising man by de.
Gliding that no town site may be locat-
ed there unless there is street run
ding along the border line.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Give: Thanks I'm Krerythinr.

Am to thank God for eveything2 Am
to thank Him for bereavement, for pain, fol
poverty, for toll? Must ! lift my hands over
my dead and say: Father, thank Thee
that Thou hast taken away my friend2'
Is 1t pleasing to my Father that loss
should be pleasant to me2 Is 1t good that ]
should be told to give thanks fol-
everything2 Be still, my soul, thou hast
misread the message! It Is not to give
thanks for everything. but to give thanks in
everything. 1t is not to praise God Tor the
night, but to bless Him that the night Is. moi
deeper. / have read Of the Son OF Man
that He gave thanks oyer the symbol Of Hi
broken body. Not for the pain, but for the
mitigation Of pain, did the Son Of Man give
thanks-not that His body was broken, but
that 1t was broken for me. In thine hour
of sorrow give thanks like Jesus.
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In Painting Spells.

Whatever the cause nominally of q
fainting spell, it should be remem.
bered that specifically it is due to an
absence of blood in the brain, and the
first thing to do is to remedy this de-
feet. The head should at once be
placed lower than the rest of the body,
so that the deficit may be restored by
circulation. If the patient is sitting
in chair this is easily done by fitting
the chair 30 that the head of the
patient rests gradually on the floor.
There should be no crowding of people
about the patient, and fresh air should
be freely admitted into the room at
once. Then dash cold water in the
face and apply salts to the nostrils.-
Boston Cultivator.
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Must Look Beyond the World.

IA picture which has no sky In 1t Is with.
out the highest beauty. 1T Is the'hortzon
that gives dignity to the foreground"
life without sky in 1t is most unworthy and
incomplete. A man who sees only bonds
and stocks and deeds, bales Of goods and
blocks OF houses, stores and factories and
machinery and chimney tops, with nc
CLEANS, above and beyond all these, OF stars
and blue skies and Heavenly Fathers face,
is not living as an immortal being should
live. There Is no sky In his vision Of life
This world is very beautiful in its place,
and God means US to enjoy 1t AID do faith.
full, earnest, and beautiful work in 1t; but 1t
is only one little part Of our Fathers house.
When in our thinking, planning and doing
we do not look beyond this world, we are
not living worthily. When We lose the sky
out of our life-vsion the glory fades from
1t. The only, secret OF spiritual safety and
good in prosperous times Is in keeping the
eye fixed on heaven.--J. R. Miller, D. D., In
every Day OF Life" ..,
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For Two Weeks Miss Margaret Reeve
Filled the Executive Chair.

For Two Weeks Miss Margaret Reeve
Filled the Executive Chair.
The news that for two weeks a
woman had filled the executive chair
of the State of Idaho-a thing unpre-
cedented in this country's history
created no end of lively comment
throughout the Northwest.
The woman is Miss Margaret Reeve,
who for several years has held re-
sponible places about Idaho's State
building, having for the last four years
been private secretary to the Cover
nor.
When Governor Steunenberg and
Secretary OF State Lewis were called
to the northern part of the State on
business of the greatest Importance in
connection with the States vast do
main of white-pine timber, they were
at their wits end to know whom they
could safely leave in charge of State
matters during their absence, as At
torney- General Mcfarland had pre-
ceded them from the State.
It seemed for time the trip would
have to be postponed, or that one of
them would have to. remain behind,
when Secretary of State Lewis sug-
gested to the Governor that Miss
Reeve be left in charge. The Cover
nor was almost stunned by the bold
plan, but Miss Reeve had proved her
self most efficient, being familiar with
all the routine work in the building,
and the Governor consented to the
plan, and Miss Reeve was left at the
State house clothed in full Guberna-
torial authority, which she exercised
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Love Lends a spell-The Autumn Of Life
The Secret Of Gladness Must Look
Beyond the World = Give Thanks In
Everything-Psalnns of Gratitude.
GAS within the hazel's bough
A gift Of mystic virtue dwells,
That points TO golden ores below,
And in dry desert places tells
Where flow unseen the cool, sweet wells, -
$50, In the wise OWNERS hand.
Be- mine the hazers grateful part,
T, feel. beneath thirsty land,
The living waters thrill and start. ..
The beating Of the rivulet's heart! :
"Sufflceth me the gift to light
With latest bloom the dark, cold days;
To call some hidden spring to sight
That, In these dry and dusty ways,
Shall sing Its pleasant song Ut praise.
10 Love the hazel-wand may fail.
But thou canst lend the surer spell,
That, passing over Bacs's vale,
Repeats the old-time miracle,
And makes the desert-land WELL" ,
Mrs. 8. E. Kennedy, In lions Herald. /,
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Made Blind by q Fright.

While on her way home from Union
Hill q few evening ago Mrs. Henry
schafEer, of West Hoboken. n. j.,
stumbled over a carcass of horse,
which lay In the street. She fell to
the ground, and when she discovered
whatshad thrown her she was com.
pletely unnerved. While riding home
in trolley car she was seized with q
fainting spell and had to be assisted
to her home. She recovered suffici-
emily to inform her husband of what
had caused her illness. Several times
that night she was seized with faint.
ing spells. The next day she was un'
able to speak or to get out of bed. A
high fever set in and in short time
her eyesight began to fail. Soon she
was totally blind.-Trenton IN. J.)
American.
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seventy-two inches in diameter on the
inside, and seventy-six and one-quarter
inches in diameter, outside measure
ment, and twelve feet six inches long
over all. The metal in it weighed TO-
900 pounds. The seventy-two-inch
pipe was moulded for the New Orleans
& Northeastern Railroad, to be used
for culverts under their tracks. A
small river can flow through one of
these pipes. 1t is as large as the great
sewers of Paris which were built of
brick and stone.
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A vehicle to travel twice this dis
tance could readily be built, but it
would need to be twice its weight in
order to accommodate twice the bat
terry equipment. This type of vehicle
is constructed with the view of a speed
of from six to twelve miles an hour,
but vehicle can be built to approx
mate thirty miles an hour, although it
would necessarily be made as racing
apparatus and not fit for street work.
Two one-and-one-half horsepower
motors, weighing 172a pounds each,
are found sufficient for hanson, and
are operated at a maximum speed of
1850 revolutions per minute.
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Temperance Nexs and Notes,

The little principality Of Waldeck, in Ger
many, has forbidden the granting OF mar
riage licenses to habitual drunkards. F..
It isn't the drop in the wages that hurts
man 80 much as the drop he takes after
getting his wages. That's what drops him.
Drink destroys the serene and peaceful
happiness which mother feels, who sees
around her sober and loving and respectful
children.
Scientific temperance instruction Is to be
introduced into Queensland, Australia.
ordered for examination, and all steps will
be taken as rapidly as possible.
A little fellow, in response to q question:
by his teacher, said, "The Monroe doctrine
is knowing what is your own and holding
on to it." think that the Monroe doctrine
is good tenn perance doctrine. Know what
is your own and hold on to 1t. Know the
value Of the mind God gave you and holdl
on to it.-Rev. Doctor Conaty. =
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in manner that not only gave salts
faction to the Governor, but has won
her great distinction. -
Before the Governor and party had
been absent twenty-four hours matters
of great importance were brought to
Miss Reeves attention. The Cover
nor and Secretary of State had left q
number of important blanks to which
they had attached their signatures,
and it was left to Miss Reeves dis
cretion to issue them or not-requisi-
tions, applications for extraditions
from Governors of other States, and
many other matters.
She sought legal advice, but the at
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Psalms Of Gratitude.

A psalm which cultivates the spirit OF
gratitude Is psalm which we ought often
to read. II we were more gateful both our
Joy and our strength would be increased.
Gratitude is born in hearts which take the
time to count up past mercies. If We can
not sing about them, we can at loast think
about them. Thinking about them Is a
means OF grace. Meditating on Gods deal.
ity. 1t leads US to magnify the pronoun
"Thou," and cultivates a feeling Of depend.
ence and trustfulness which is a fountain Of
Joy and strength. Not only happy but
strong is the man who, in the midst OF
prosperity, can look Godward and say,
''Thou hast girded me."-C. E. Jefferson.
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q I TEMPERANCE I]sIll. PER COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS. ii.

The Train wrecker-Ths Evils Of Social
words Of Member Of the Ensliih|
Parliament-Preserve the Desr Boys.t
,,r, N.,n - \ 4
inere ls oanger aneaot inrousR tn1 4ae
aarkness OF n1Snt, r,
NJ harki 2 voice iuii OF anguish Is ealinef
VINO can Diame sne prave nealt hoe ,'al' its mo
Will. sal tSa ., IS. sas,, ,,.. tha a.. 80
Hnue tug tat-rsacIing siossnI ioi tu tne en- 'l-
siles headhght q
~. " rLsioa " uosIIa - iIaniaHt
but tne nano at tne tnrottie l' ooes MOI IateE
OF iaui /, -
HARD down .goe goes the the lever though the eneeE
may sull pa.s -. nm. .,,
Az tne tnousnt OF . deatn SO. .appaniingt
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torney informed her she must depend
upon herself, as he did not "care to be
mixed up in the acts of any female
Governor. When the Governor re-
turned he was surprised at the amount
of executive business his fair substi-
tute had turned out, and frankly ad-
mitted the excellence of her judgment,
although in one instance-the case Of
an application for extradition-he said
he would not have issued it until he had
given the protestants hearing. he
has announced his determination to
defend with vigor every act of "Gov-
ernor Reeve" including those quoted:
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sociaI. Drinklng.

Sir James Haslett, member of Parliament
for Belfast, speaking at q meeting recently
held in London, presided over by the pres-
ent Archbishop OF, Canterbury gaye the
following important testimony, Fhich We
commend to the statesmen and public men
OF the United Statessg IS. - Il TX 3
"My Lord Bishop,it Is With very great
pleasure that I rise to propose that tho
best thanks Of this meeting be given TO you|
are the right man In the right place. The
church must. lead Il we are to have q
healthy influence In society. As q stranger;
amongst You, have had very great pieas-
ure in hearing all that has been said IN fe1
gard to total abstinence. II have never
tasted drink. And, what possiblY IS not an
|. easy matter, have never offered it to-
others. The greatest difficulty We have 81
In the social Intercourse OF Hfesto enter-
tain publicly, as q public man, wtthoutl
drinking. SO strong are social habits that
weapons that satire ssnd eyl corn-|
munication can posstbly md. Yonl
are called mean and Aaggardly,,
and hundred other things j. think
my lord, that the change must come from
tine women. They must sact as q lever tnl
this matter, though I do not know very
well how they are TO do 1t. It was one Oh
taytsin G % tha ra,rssentstiya @ - ] .rorsity = and MI
~ waa a dis1c,,Stv witb ma ho,r Z cnnid AL
a. wIthot,t dr,nt TInsortmnstsI | tSs I,nsd|
Lieutenant dropped upon me Just the week
auo..a as., eh th.. r .siaEt Lssssy hasrI
i.hat. h,st tha,, ~ z yrssst
;ts :, az .aad ~ swaIi -, W. ~
wv !au3.s anu oms sa. gs ~ $3.50 M
tS.o ~. .eJ,s Ea,t a,,id ~ Ie,-,st shst ttS
taowsl =. pest w couau Iu,sta 49, s,so -
IecoLectloA oI tuht may Blu ,ptl8nt6n Makl
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"Dead as q Door Nall"

The door nail in earlier times was
the plate of the door upon which the
old-fsshioned knocker struck to
arouse the inmates Of the house. As
the plate or nail was struck many more
times than any other, it was assumed
to be more dead than other nails.
Hence the phrase, "Deap as door
nail" If old ideas are to be revived,
as now seems possible, the phrase may
soon have a present applicstion.-
Hardware. $50 ~--..- -
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JAPANESE GIRL At YALE.
Miss YsmsguchI, . Student at the Univer
sity, Wears Her Native Costume.

Yale University has for the flrst time in
its history Japanese girl as student.
Miss Yoshi Yamaguchi and her brother,
Leiichi Yamaguchi, have come from Kioto,
Japan, to complete their education. Both
have studied at the Doshisha University,
one Of the leading colleges Of Japan.
Miss Yoshi intends to make a speciality
OF English and music under Professor Cook
and Professor Parker. The girl is at her
sisters home, In Washington street. MIR.
Yamaguchi Is rooming at West Divinity.
He expects to be at New Haven for four or
five years and to study economics in the
classes Of Professors Hadley and Sumner:
The first appearance OF the Japanese girl
on the Yale campus attracted much atten-
tion. She wears her native costume. Her
raven black hair lies close to her head and
is very glossy. She has bright red cheeks
and is short In stature. Her manners are
refined and pleasant. Her brother Is very
enthusiastic over Yale.
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Life Not q Mere Playground.

Life is ample as eternity. Beginnings
alone are here. Life is enjoying, but life is
also achieving. To lie by brooklets dream
ing in the sun is not life at Its best. We
are to do. We are parts OF history. We
come and pass but leave shadow and foot
print where we trod. We change the world
we came to. Make self a prince, a
mighty memory ON whose wings the ages
shall be upborne. Achieve! Life is more
than playground. 1t is harvest-feld and
battlefield. 1t is place to suffer and bear
silent sorrow, a. d exert the effort OF Her
cules, and know the prose Of toll and poetry
of battle.-Rev. William Quayle, D. D., in
1.-THE Poets Poet"
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A Blessed Change.

Temperance people in England are not
Ing with much qualification the fact that
the present Archbishop Of Canterbury, DE-:
Temple has dispensed with the use OF
wines at Lambeth Palace. where during all
episcopal regimes since the Reformation
such refreshments have been habituslly
served. This Is Just what was to have been
expected from as staunch q friend OF tenn
psrance as DR.. Temple has long shown
himself to be-
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A Demand For Meat Inspectors.

The Agricultural Department, Washing
ton, Is finding difficulty In supplying the
spectors required to examine the dressed
meats for shipment, There has recently
been q very pronounced improvement In
the European market for American meats,
which the law requires shall be .;ins pected
before 1t Is shipped, and as consequence
Inspectors are called for from Chicago, St.
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and other
Western points.
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Currents In the Atlantic.

Experiments have been going on for
the past two years for the purpose Of
trying to learn something of the
characteristics of the Atlantic ocean as
a great moving body of water. As q
result the whole Atlantic is shown to
be slowly circulating round andround,
like an enormous pool.
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For Dampening Clothes.

n To dampen the clothes before iron
ing, q Texas woman has invented de-
vice which consists of water recep-
tacle with sponge at the bottom, to
be attached to the nose of the iron and
wet the cloth as it slides along.
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UNAVAILABLE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Newspapers Exploiting Prize Schemes te
Re Excluded From the Mails.

The Post Office Department at Washing
ton has notified Postmaster Van Cott, OF
New York City, that newspapers and other
periodicals containing advertisements OF
schemes Offering prizes by chance will be
excluded from the mails. The order further
specifies: "For example, uncompleted words
which the contestants are to solve by sup
plying the missing letters: VA, a
city. In Austria; O-P-N-A-EN, a city
In Denmark, eto. It Is a mere matter Of
chance whether the competitor selects the
words designated by thS promoter as the
correct List and upon this selection hangs
the chance Of obtaining the prize"
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A Church Literally Founded on a Rock.
The tenth anniversary of the Pres
byterian Church at Waterloo, Iowa,
was celebrated short time ago. There
would be nothing remarkable about
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Largest Cast Iron Pipe Ever Moulded.
Theslargest pipe ever cast was turned
out at Bessemer, near Birmingham,
Alabama, the other day. The pipe was
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WORLDS BIGGEST CANNON
TO PROTECT NEW YORK.
iDAHo's WOMAN GOVERNOR.

9!x!@.xA.s.kN@a<aEAEA<AEA.A.AsAEAEAE
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"At the board of trade" echoed MISS

"At the board of trade" echoed Miss
E,linor. looking at him in some alarm.
YES" he answered. "Ihat situation
demands qualities, aside from those OF
KEY or pen, which / should be 10th to
think unobtainable, but which of late,
haze had some difficulty in securing
What we need there is absolute secrecy.
There must be no suspicion, even, Of any
leakage from the wires, because messages
come there that make and unmake for
tunes. OF course, many of the messages
are in CIPHER, but, nevertheless, cypher
or not, the utmost caution must be OBJ
served, so that none, save those to whom
the messages are sent, shall get the slight
est inkling of their contents. l have
changed operators there three times IN
as many months, and while against the
present man l have no direct proof-if
I had / would discharge him-there have
been complaints and vague rumors or
leakage which are, to say the least, most
annoying. / have made up my mind, in
any case, to remove that young man to
the interior of the state, and the only
reason he has not been removed before
now is, that / can't for the life of me
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sy ROBERT BARR.
.fcopyrieht, 1897, by Robert Barr.)

nervous call, which was answered. Ihen
no proceeded to chatter forth message
to the operator at the other end.
80. no, no, no, nor interrupted the
girl. Don't say that"
Don't say what?" asked the manager
in establishment, forgetting for the mo-
ment that what was mere instrumental
chatter to the lay mind was intelhgible
to her.
Don't tell the operator to begin slow
ly. but ask him to send the message as
fast as he can"
The manager smiled.
80, very WELL" he said.
A moment slater the sounder was din.
ming away it's short, brazen monotone,
as if it were a clock-work mechanism
that had gone wrong and was rapidly
running down. The fine, firm, pretty
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Bailey Brothers OLD BOB" To
bacco is the best chew on the market.