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Tophet and Gehenna.

The Hebron road passes near the splen-
did piece of rock excavation which most
men love to call the Lower Pool OF Gihon,
and then gives one chance to look down
the valley Of the Sons OF Hinnom on the
left. The first mastery of the latter view
produces "A sense of collapse which Is dis
tinctly painful Tho bursting of bub-
bic. whether of conceit or of romance, Is
always depressing. A time honored i'm
preston respecting Tophet and Gehenna
causes "a feeling of awe stricken horror on
hearing some Turk round out his criticism
of his wifes' defects by n loud mouthed
"Gehenneme gitl" GEO TO Gohenna }.
The same horror may DO felt on hearing a
plain spoken American reject adistasteiui
proposal by saying, IN see you In To
phet 1lrstP'
The names of Tophet and Gehenna, by
long association with the general dump
ing ground of the worlds rubbish, have
become things too solemn to be lightly
used by any having pretensions to respect
for religion. But u view of the place abol-
ishes every atom of awe for the name.
Henceforth Gehenna is no moro than the
detestably dirty gorge, lined with broken
tombs, and foul with garbage, which
plunpes down and down from the foot OF
Mount Zion toward En-rogel. There Is
main in this fact 1t seems like denial OF
some fundamental theological doctrine
But 90 to Tophet, and you likewise VII
lose your illusions.-I
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Consider the symbolic Meaning.

In making present of jewelry 1t Is wei
IN consider the fancy which attaches SYM
bolic meaning to certain gems. Ihere Is
n superstition that blends are imaginative,
ideaiistic while brunettes possess the more
staid qualities of discretion, strength, eto.
therefore the jewels suited for blonds are
those symbolic of wisdom, such as garnets
and rubies. Turquoise and sapphire be-
long peculiarly to blends. as do the anne,
tbyst, the stone of hope, and the emerald
En- brunettes. The diamond Is the sympoi
Of elegance, and the pearl of tears. Brides
especially avoid the latter, as they are DO.
lieyed to bring misfortune. The moso
general superstition of all Is regarding Inc
opal, and some people still actually refuse
20 wear this beautiful stone, which Is re-
garded ms an omen of Ill luck, but those
horn I'm October should always wear an
onal as in this case its influence is changed
to GOOD, It being the birthstone Tor TINS
month. The same rule holds for tho
metals as for the gems. Blends shouia !,
wear gold, which represents the moro SOHO
Qualities, while silver, which Is symbolic
~ fancy, should prevail in the jeweiry Oh
hrunettes. New York Tribune.
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OLD AGE HOMES.
How They arc Conducted In Austria-Thc
Inmates and Regulations.

How They arc Conducted In Austria-Tho
Inmates and Regulations.
Such Of the old people as hayo clothes
OF their own or have friends willing TO
provide them with clothes wear them,
while the less fortunate are supplied by
the poor law department with what they
require. In tho latter case the dress,
though as plain as possible is warm and
comfortable and Of tho kind worn by the
artisan class-of gray or brown homespun
or dark colored serge. 1t is not uniform.
Indeed, ms il is made in tho building, IL Is
exceedingly probable that they who wear
tat least If they be women-have "a
voice in deciding its facon. With the ex-
ception of the invalids all are required to
keep their clothes in good repair and to
pay certain amount of attention To their
own personal appearance. These are
points which, especially in Wilma, are
strongly insisted upon, for the city does
not choose to have its old pensioners going
about dirty or In rags. The hall porter
| has strict orders tn allow no ono to go out
| until he has 'tidied up, and this regula-
| ton is warmly approved of by the major
| ity of the inmates themselves. To an out
| slider it certainly seems superfluous, for
most of the old people are the very picture
of neatness. They all appear to have "a
| good supply of clothes.
| One of tho inmates of tho Prague home
insisted on showing mo his wardrobe. In
addition to the rough gray suit he was
wearing, he had pair of dark trousers
and waistcoat, u black coat and long
blue overcoat, all in thoroughly good con
dition He had, too, under his care sir
gown which ne displayed with infinite
| pride. 1t was his wife's wedding dress,
no told me. His wife, who lives In an
other wing of the building, had, it seems
handed it over To him for creator safety
"She always wears it, though, OF course
when we pay visits, F" he remarked Incl
dentally. One of tho laundry regulations
of tho homes sounds in English ears us ;
sorry jest, yet perhaps, after all, 1t has I'll
raison d'etre. The inmates are warned
that it is only their bed linen ana clothes
that are washed free of charge-not thell
putzwasche-i. O., lace frills and furbe
loWsl-Nineteenth Century
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I'm the ,Iafr Cnnnl.

John Punnelt Peters, in his book, nip
pur; or, Explorations of the Euphrates,
thus describes the dress of tho people on
the Jafr canal
Numbers of both sexes and all ages
had lost an eye, and most of them seemed
to be SCARED by tho aleppo button,' or by
smallpox. A III of the women were tattooed,
and most of the men. One peculiarly ugly
form of the tattoo which the women of the
Euphrates valley favor is the bluing of the
lower lip. They generally also have dots
of blue on the checks and forehead, and
frequently on tho tip of the nose. l once
reached DER after the whole female popu-
lation had been tattooed afresh and while
the colors i'm their lips, checks, noses, fore
heads, breasts, wrists and ankles were
still staring bright blue. The effect was
indescribable. In addition to the tattoo,
by way of further ornament, the women
wore nose rings. A few of them wore the
untidy looking large rings fastened in the
central cartilage of the nose and falling
down over the mouth. Least UNI
tidy, but also least common, are the very
small rings in the nostril, so arranged
that the jewel fits closely into the curve Oh
the nostril on the side. ;"
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rHe CHE.
MILL.
A Buifiing Made From the Timbers OF
the Famous Battleship.

In st. Nicholas there Is an article on
"Ihe Chesapeake MILL" by William Alb
bait, accompanied by a picture of the in
teresting old building, probably tho first
one ever printed. Mr.. Abbatt says:
III there Is a naval fight In our history
about which every schoolboy ought TO
know-to use an expression of which his
torians are rather fond-it is the sea fight
between our man-of-war Chesapeake and
the British Shannon off Boston harbor on
the LIST of June, 1913. lt has been so often
told that i will not tell 10 over again ex-
cept I'm the bricfest way. The Chesapeake
was captured, chiefly or altogether through
the mutinous conduct of part of her crew,
who refused To work tho cannon on her
lower deck at all. Captain Lawrence and
Lieutenant Ludlow were killed, or, tn be
exact, tho captain died of his wounds four
days after tho loss OF his ship, and the
! Shannon took her prize into the harbor of
Halifax where her arrival caused the
! greatest rejoicing.
The dying words cf Lawrence as he was
carried from tho deok, "Don't give up the
shipV' have bsen familiar to our boys and
girls for more than 80 years. 1t is these
words that make the combat most memo
able. They arc C0od Eaotto in every
trouble of life. Don't givs NJ the ship
don't despair. ioss heart, surrender, but
take courage, ana, Like General Grant,
Eight it Qua an tksI line ii it takes all
summer"
With the Chenpsakes entrance into
Halifax harbor aN trace Of her disappears
from our smaller histories. Some years
after the war Of 1913 was over the English
naval authorities decided that the Shan
non was useless and had her broken up.
think if they realised how much romance
was in after years 20 attach to the story
of the fight they might have kept the old
ship in repair, - Admiral Nelson's old
Victory has been preserved. The Chesa
peake was sent to England, where SHE
must have been an object of great inter
est, but in 1890 she, too, was taken t.
pieces. This was probably done In the har
Dor of Southampton, for her timbers were
sold to one John Prior, the owner of I
flour mill in the little town of Wickham
near Southampton. He pulled down hi
mill and used the great beams of TIN
, American frigate in building new one
The great deck timbers, 32 feet long ant
. 10 inches square, served for floor beams IL
the mill and the smaller ones for uprights
: all without being cut or altered in an
. way. OF course many of them were full
. of the shot fired by the Shannon in Tn
ght and the shot are there still.
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A Rare Coin.

City Detective John Halpin has In his
possession one of tho rarest British coins
known 1t is little larger than an
American half dollar, and has ON the OBJ
verso sido an idealized head of George In
the center, with the words "Georgius Del
Gratia Rex" The reverse side has in the
center the harp of Ireland, surmonnted by
crown, and on the border Is stahpeo
"Hiburnia. -" The date is worn away,
as is part of the lettering around tne
head of George /. But this Is undoubtedly
the coin that so aroused the anger OF
George 1 that the issue was never circu'
lated in England. Although it was on
its face an Irish coin, it was neither coined
nor circulated in that country, but, owing
to the indignant protests of Irish leaders,
accumulated by the sarcasm of Dean swift
it was shipped over to Boston, where Al
was circulated as the colonial halfpenny
II was called the woods halfpenny" Oh
account of its coinage by Londoner o.
that name.-Kansas City Journal.
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Free pills

Send your address to II. E. Rucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a box OF DR..
Kings New Life Pills. A trial will con-
vince you OF their merits. These pills are
easy in action and are particularly effec-
tive in the cure of constipation and sick
headache. Forlmalaria and liver trou-
bles they have been proved invaluable.
They are guaranteed to be perfectly free
from every deleterious substance and to
be purely vegetable. They do not weak
en- by their action, but by giving tone TO
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size, 20 cents per
box. Sold bv ID. T. Macdonald. uggist 4.
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CARS MAN FRIDAY.
Prince Uchtomsli Is the Friend and Con-
fidant of Nicholas.

Prince Uchtomski is perhaps the most
intimate friend and associate that Nicholas
has among his subjects. He accompanied
the car on his memorable trip to China
and Japan and was able thoroughly to in
gratiate himself with the youth who was
destined so short time after to become
his sovereign. Uchtomski was at the time
an official of the ministry of the interior,
but was not liked either by his immediate
chiefs or by the minister himself, NJ. Dour-
novo, and consequently had seen many Of
his juniors promoted over his head. No
sooner had Nicholas succeeded to the
throne than the minister, anxious to curry
favor with the new car, submitted to him
memorandum proposing Prince UGH
tomski for promotion and for the appoint
ment as chief of new department.. The
car read the memoir, and then, with sar-
castle smile, remarked, "Oh, you are sud
denly approaching Uchtomski's merits.
NJ. Dournovo became perplexed and ter
ribly embarrassed, whereupon the car
commanded him TO leave 1t on his desk.
| Uchtomski received the appointment in
question, but held it only for few days,
resigning IL in order to assume the presi-
! dency of the newly organized Russo. Chi
nese bank at st. Petersburg, To which he
J had been nominated by the car, and
which is intrustcd with the management
| of the extensive financial relations between
the two governments The czar likewise
authorized him 20 become the editor in
chief of the now important daily newspa-
| per, the Viedomosti, which derives its i'm
portance from the conviction that 1t re-
| fleets the personal views Of the car, and
which distinguishes itself for its cham
pionship of Russias interests in the orr
ent.
The prince holds the appointment OF
chamberlain and master of ceremonies &c
| the car, SO that he is able to obtain access
20 his imperial friend and patron ut al
| times. Exchange
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Sweetheart, the eyes whose lightest glance
Has power 20 thrill me through and through
With life and love and laughter dance,
They arc not black nor gray nor blue
For fear you may not understand
Explicitly III state their hue
or all brown eyes they re brownest, and,
Sweetheart, those eyes belong to-you!
Sweetheart, the lips long to kiss
Are sweet and fresh as summer dew,
Unsulliod AZ the blossom Is,
Whose honey no tgc tvCr knew.
Would their fair mistress reprimand
NE If 1 stole "a l--.,s-or t~UD
OF all rcd lips tAcy'ro rcdGost and,
SwoothCart, tA.so lips belong to--youl
Sweetheart, the frl that ! would wed
Is so sweet nctLrCd, iuro and .gae
So wise, 30 winning, SO wen bred,
From mod.sh hat TO dainty SHOE
] love her well, AID for her hand
In 81 sincerity sua
or al fair maids she's faircst, aud,
Sweetheart, this vision rare is-yuui
-Erauk Preston Smart Ia Detroit Free Press
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NOT WHOLLY IRRELEVANT
"' Least to Her womaniy Eve. I'M, r.
Made Him Wax Sarcastic

to- n',erything seems to be out of proper.
=, WY ne replied, "the picture that
'he architect drew looks first rate. wos
going TO frame it and hang it I'M whether
we Duild the house or not "
That shows your idea of consistencv
vi course the house is very well. bnt yor
realize, don't you, that il will havo 90
stay exactly where we nut itg' ~
Unless "A cyclone comes along -
but you must take the locality into
consideration. What / have doubts about
is the propriety OF putting Sl5, 900 house
on s 1000 lot. "
>. wen, we've got TO do the best we can
~ would DO just as hard to move the house
afterward." '''0
Oh course That's just like you. Moth.
ing makes you so comfortable as to wear
an overcoat That cost SO with a suit of
clothes for which you paid So"
nave been doing anything like that?"
he inquired apprehensiyely.
vi course you have, and the ARRANGE.
ments you have been making for the sta.
Do on this property show precisely the
same spirit You know that our horse /,
| ''''A''fii anu 9uu lluNN dfFunReu INT
shelter Tor him as if he were tho common
est sort OF IA beast Of burden. 1t does seen
out OF all reason 10 me TO house an anima
Win a pedigree In a cheap stable of tina
sort
Maybe IL is little unusual"
Yet 1t is nothing more than was TO b.
expected from man who put 81 franz
around -, coo oil painting, as you did,
He maintained thoughtful silence TO
some time, and she exclaimed:
i hope you are not poutingf"
mo. I'm just holding my peace.
don't want to make any comments 70
fear you will think am sarcastic"
You needn't be afraid of hurting IN
feelings. OF what were you thinking?"
"Of your new dress, for which the ma
terial cost $3.50 and the lining $27."-
| Washington Star.
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A Fine Piece of Work.

81 tell you" exclaimed the young med
ical student, "our professor is an eminent
surgeon"
Elbows that?" asked bis chum.
"Well, q fellow was brought in with
crushed leg. The professor said it must
come off, but by some means or other he
cut off the wrong leg
"Do you call that fine piece OF sur
geryS"
'sWait bit. The professor said 1t would
be terrible for the poor fellow to go about
with no legs at all, so he splinted up
the crushed leg instead of cutting that OF,
too. and now it is ms good as ever. An
ordinary surgeon would have left the fell
low Ieeiess. Wonderful Skill the profess
or'sp'-Strand Magazine.
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WEST POINT.
The Radical Defect In Uncle Sans Great
Military Academy.

The military academy was founded not
so much for the purpose of furnishing Off
GERS to I'll the vacancies In the regular
army as to create kind Of reserve of OIL
GERS which the government would be able
to draw upon I'm case of war. Congress
has not carried out this intention of the
founders for variety of reasons Econ
omy was one, but as the military academy
costs little moro per annum than full
regiment of cavalry this reason is not sufii-
cient. Another reason is the jealousy OF
West Pointers as favored class, who In
time of war are selected for high command
over the heads of men lacking military ed
ucation or experience. But these reasons
are supplemented by another and n stron-
ger one, and that is that West Pointers, as
class, have not favored such an increase
in tho number of cadets graduated as
would make It difficult to provide all grad
yates with commissions as officers. In
this respect they may be said TO have lost
sight of the paramount needs of the coun-
try in their anxiety for the interests of
their associates.
The cadet at West Point has great
prize In view--a commission. 1t is n
| stimulus to a tremendous effort. The in
structors at West Point have been fearful
| that this stimulus once removed the stand
ard of education there would he lowered.
The officers of the army have not combated
this view. While they prize above all
things the training received at West Point,
while as professional soldiers they see more
clearly than any other class the danger the
country runs in having so few educated
officers, they so strongly sympathize with
tho desire of the undergraduate to obtain
commission that they have not seen their
way to recommending policy that would
possibly exclude some graduates from the
army And thus it happens that the mill
tary academy, failing, as 1t does, to fur
nsh a body of officers of respectable size
for the emergency Of war, or even an out
put sufficient for the army, seems to be
conducted not for the glory of the repub'
lie, but of West Point.-Captain James
Parker, U. S. A., in Harper's Magazine
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Treatment of tuberculosis.

Tn the Black forest in Germany Is
sonotorium devoted to the treatment OF
tuberculosis patients. Reports from this
mace saw that feeding and fresh air with
carefully regulated exercise are the means
npon which much OF the cure uepehus'
Tho patients declare that the eating Is SIM
NV stufling until they are rs lazy as enc
can imagine There are raw meats, iat,
honey and some fruit, with quantities OF
milk and butter Meat is given three
times n day. and between meals II the pa
tients will take it. In fact, the general
idea seems TO he to build mp and brace up
ond fatten ND as much as possible. Inc
rooms are comfortably heated, but the
windows are open, so that there Is con-
slant supply of fresh air. The patients piou
obour In the sun and in all sorts of weath J.
or ond seem TO flourish with the treat
ment ANY amount of pork Is lnciuucu III
tbo diet. and eggs, custards and sweets also
are nrovided in abundance. Inc patleh's
,oin and write home to their friends tna'
tbev are wonderfully improved. Ihey,
however. agree that the same treatment
,yould he impossible at home, as the pa
.,o,,,s ,yopld not prepare for themselves the
diet that the doctors prescripo 10 ior ono
and insist upon their taxing mhiio q"
] hitting that there is much in this uisooe'
| that has never been satisfactorily eAPiain
cd. the physicians are connuehC ',"O 80
building up the system tho patient Is ao ~
In successfully resist the eDcroacniienU y
disease and finally to throw OH uiseas'
Germs or became practically immune
| New York Ledger.
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The Efnlanders,

Mutual Fire Insurance company Of
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
panized In 1890 according to the laws oil
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper
ty o. its members. Have paid fire losses
over 81, 900 and dividends nearly $4,000
during the last seyen years to members
of five years standing. On the first day
of July the company had 541 men,
hers. $4,000 worth OF property in
sured and 81. 121.13 in treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under
signed. JOHN BLoMQvIsT, President.
ALEX LENoNEN, Secretary.
Office. 448 Pine street. upstairs DIE
JarkeS
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What the "Arabian Nights" Brought.

The production of this book may be de-
scribed as Joint affair, for though the
lions share of the work of Transmitting,
writing and correcting proofs devolved
upon Burton alone, the financial part OF
the work fell upon his wife, and that it
was big thing no one who has had any
experience of writing or publishing would
deny There were several editions in the
field, but they were all abridged or "Bow-
dlerized'' ones, adapted more or less for
"family and domestic reading" Burton 8
object in bringing out this great work was
not only to produce u literal translation,
but to reproduce it faithfully in the Ara
bian manner. He preserved throughout
the orientation of the verse, and figures OF
speech instead of Anglicizing them. 1t Is
this, combined with his profound oriental
scholarship, his fine old world style and
the richness, variety and quaintness of his
vocabulary, which has given to his original
edition its unique value.
At the beginning IA publisher had ofier'
ed Burton $500 for the book, but Isabel
said. mo; let me do it, 1t was II months
hard work, and during that time they had
! to find tho means for printing and binding
and circulating the volumes as they came
out. The Burtons were their own printers
/ and their own publishers, and they made,
! between September, 1855, and November,
| 1883, 16, 900 guineas, 5000 of which went
! toward the expenses of publishing, ana
/ 10000 guineas into their own pockets
Isabel writes: ''It came just in time to give
| nv husband the comforts and luxuries anc
freedom which gilded the last five years OF
his life When he died, there were llorln'
, left which l put into the poorDox' -
"The Romance of Lady Burton.
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The Doctors Advice.

lad in remote country village swal-
,o,nod = small leaden bullet. His parents
, nnd friends became very much alarmed
ahu the matter. and his father sent for a
a 1sSus;o;an some miles away "in haste, .
ppn nybi his speedy coming. The physician
however, took tho matter , nJ,v r note
sophically and wrote the to,,o ,hroe weeks
apo not DO alarmed. III ai'er .nt .S, T nov =
the bullet is not removed, give t"e ooy :"
charge of gunpowder. Yours truly ~, a,
MD. p. S.-Do not Shoot inc Wy -
anvbodv San Francisco Argonau''
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His Curiosity.

81 have no objection" said Mabers IA
Their, Ito your being an advanced woman.
None whatever. In fact, am rather In
terested in seeing the result"
'How do you meanY'
81 want to sec whether the advanced
woman is going to have sense enough to
appreciate the young man who improves
his mind and saves his money, or whether
she'll just go ahead as usual and fall IN
love with the one who has curly hair ana
plavs the guitar. "-Washington Star.
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Great money-saving sale

At the Laurium Fair, next TO the post
Office. Fifteen hundred pairs OF ladies'
and Misses fine shoes, worth from $3.50
to 81 a pair, to be sold at 81 pair for
thirty days only. We also have LOT OF
baby shoes, sizes from o to No. 4, at D
cents a pair. Call promptly, as it is to
your interest. l. FEINBERG K Co.,
Hecla Street, Laurium.