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The Private Pig.

The number of pigs kept by the Golfers
and artisans of the north of England fiuc-
tuates with the price of coal and yarn. In
good times every collier keeps live ami
NAL of some sort, and, though dogs, guinea
pigs, cage birds and homing pigeons are
attractive, his fancy animal is usually a
pig. He admires this on Sunday after
moons, and groups of friends go round to
smoke their pipes and compare pigs and
bet on their ultimate weight. They have
private pig shows, with subscription prizes.
Each animal is judged in its own sly, and
it is interesting to know that the eyolu-
ton of an almost perfect pig was due to
the innate sagacity of the Yorkshire pit
hand
The sites in which these animals live
are very rough affairs, often made of few
boards nailed over railway sleepers, but it
is interesting to learn that when the au-
thor was acting as a peripatetic judge at
the Golfers show he found young pigs as
blooming and healthy as possible, and
that, small though the GOLFERS back yard
is, he always contrives that his pigsty shall
be thoroughly ventilated and look toward
the south. Architects of costly home
farms often house the unhappy pigs under
north walls and condemn them to rheu-
matis1n, cold and sunlessness. Yorkshire
produces not only the best pork, but has
long been famous for the best cured hams
in the world.-London Spectator.
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CHINESE DOCTORS.
The Medicines That Are Used by the Ce-
lestial Medicine Men.

The Medicines That Are Used by the Ce.
lestial Medicine Men.
The ways of the Chinese medical man
are certainly, like those of the heather
Chinee, peculiar. Chinese medicine is
chiefly based on plants, and is taught in
books which are often very ancient. In
his practice the doctor strictly follows the
methods of the master by whom he has
been taught. He is above all things con-
sentative. With very grave face, his
eyes protected by large spectacles Of thick
glass, the physician feels the pulse of the
patient and never fails to make him show
his tongue. Next he examines his eyes
and asks a series Of questions, the answers
to which will help him out in his dag
nosis. Then he writes his prescription on
piece of rice paper and hands it to his
pupil, who proceeds to compound it. 1t
should be observed that Chinese doctors
both prescribe and sell their remedies
Generally the prescription is made from
the directions in some book, which are
simply referred to by name or number
The pupil goes to the book for directions.
The seeds, herbs, leaves and stems, the
essences of which are to be combined to
form the remedy, are generally weighed
out or measured and given to the patients
with directions to boil them at home with
a prescribed quantity of drinking water to
a measure which is exactly indicated
''Put all these plants into an earthenware
pot with a large glass of water and boil
them over a bright fire down to teacup-
full. Then strain carefully and drink
hot" The remedies are all taken in bed,
and rest or sleep, if possible is recon-
mended. The potions as administered
have very powerful effects.
Chinese doctors have various devices to
make their products attractive They have
luxurious shops and modify with liquorice
and other substances their vilely tasting
pills. These pills are inclosed in capsules
Of wax as large as pigeons eggs, which
preserve the compound from compact with
the air, and are broken when the remedy
is taken. One of their remedies is the
dau-nhu-y, a medicinal oil which pro-
duces excellent effects in headache and
generally in cases of brain WEAKNESS of
every kind. It is rubbed on the temples
and is inhaled by strong breathing after
having been rubbed upon the nostrils.
The basis of the preparation is camphor.
New York Ledger.
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Centuries ago, people used to
fear what they called the pestilence.
"Black Death" was the most terrible
thing in the wcrld to them. They
feared it as people now fear the
cholera and yellow fever. And yet
there is a thing that causes more
misery and more deaths tnan any OF
these. 1t is so common that nine.
tsnths OF all the sickness in the
world is traceable to it. 1t is mere
~ that simple, common thing con-
stipation. II makes people listless,
causes dizziness, headaches, loss of
appetite, loss of sleep, foul breath
and distress after eating. The little
help needed is furnished by DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One pill
is gentle laxative and two a mild
cathaftic. Once used, always in
favor. If you are careless enough
to let an INSCRIPTIONS druggist sill
you something on which he makes
more mon ey, it is your own fault if
you do not get we'll Be sure and
get DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Send 81 cents IN one cent stamps
to Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, Buffalo, n. Y, and re-
ceive Dir. Pierce's zoos page Conn
mon Sense Medical Adviser" pro-
fusely illustrated.
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some Queer Texts.

When ladies wore their "topknots' ri
diculously high, it occurred to Rowland
Hill to admonish them from the pulpit,
and he did it by means of the words,
"Topknot, come down., which he evolved
from Matthew xiv, II, "Let him which is
On the house top not come down" OF
course nothing but the exceeding quaint
ness of the preacher could have excused
such liberty with the sense and sound of
the sacred text.
TWAS almost as bad as Swift's uniquely
brief discourse on the text, "He that hath
pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord. !"
by friends" said the dean, as he closed
the book, ''if you approve of the security,
down with the dust" AS matter of fact
it is usually only the quaint preachers who
do venture on such liberties, Chambers
journal.
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Field of Labor.
Russia has 40 GOO coal miners.

Russia has 40 GOO coal miners.
Frisco sailors struck for $50 a
month.
New South Wales has ninety-six
coal mines.
In London $4,000 VS. paid for an
orchid.
Providence stationary engineers
organized.
A Boston theatre was unionized
last week.
Cleveland bss an Italian laborer's
union.
Brocktop, Mass, shoemakers won
a strike.
Boston has workiugman's politi-
cal league.
Uncle Sam pays plumbers S. a
day at Frisco.
Cardiff navies lost a strike for IL
cents per hour.
Budapest masons struck for a
nire-and one-halt-horr day.
Insurance rates have been mater
tally reduced at Fall River.
A Detroit cigarmakers' union is
organizing debating society.
Fall Rivers BARRIERS union will
not permit member to work in a
scent shop.
Benjamin Constant is now paint
ing the ceiling of the redecorated
Opera Chomique in Paris.
Dublin printers will demand a
ffty-two hour week. They now, ex-
cept in few shops, work ffty-'our
hours.
The Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation OF Atlanta may take hand
in the local political battle.
Men who load ships at Portland
Me-, went on strike for the dis.
charge of Italians and Is cents an
hour.
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pR. JASPER on The SUN.
Ills Famous Sermon Shows That tho Orb
Really Moves.


Among the show places Of the city Of
Richmond the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist
church, with its pastor, the Rev. John
Jasper, is not regarded in the same rank
as the capitol or the site OF Libby prison.
But he ought to be, for he is the author of
that famous sermon on the sun called
The Sun Do Move. .
DR.. Jasper is proud of his sermon and
loves to di1ate on the various times and
places in which he has delivered his unique
argument. 1t was first heard in his own
church, and then by request in the Market
house before vast gathering. After that,
under the direction of Lyceum bureau.
which paid him 800 month and all his
travelling expenses, be delivered it In Bal
timore, Washington, Philadelphia, Cam
den, Pittsburg and many other places,
convincing many deep thinkers of the fall
lacies of the now generally accepted theory
of the solar system.
The doctor lives in a little room near
his church in which he welcomes visitors
with much cordially His masterpiece is
an attack on the doctrines of Mr.. Copper
nicus, who, he says, aclaims that the earth
reyolyes on axles." Mr.. Isaac Newton
and Mr.. Hersche1 and other scientists of
that caliber. He is not at all sure of
where these eminent philosophers reside
at present. but he has vague idea that it
is "up north somewhere"
The text for the sermon DIR. Jasper finds
in Exodus 1t is 1.-THE Lord is a man of
war, the Lord is his name. 1t is long
way from this to philosophical portion
of his argument. This he establishes by
quoting from Revelation the verse which
relates to the spectacle of four angels
standing on the four corners of the earth
holding the four winds. Through this he
points out that the earth is square and not
round, according to the general belief
which has existed for some years.
OF the fact that the sun really does move
he brings the Scriptures again to bear
witness, notably in the psalm beginning
" From the rising of the SUM-" But in
Joshua command to the sun to stand still
DIR. Jasper finds his greatest argument and
his peroration. The eighth verse of the
thirty eighth chapter of Isaiah and the
twelfth and thirteenth verses and the
tenth chapter of Joshua end the sermon
thus:
Behold, will bring again the shadow
of the degrees, which is gone down in the
sundial of Ahaz 10 degrees backward So
the sun returned 10 degrees, by which de-
grees it was gone down.
"Thus spake Joshua to the Lord in the
day when the Lord delivered up the Amo-
rites before the children of Israel and he
said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou
still upon Gideon, and thou, moon, in the
valley Of Ajalon.
"And the sun stood still, and the moon
stayed until the people had avenged them
selves upon their enemies New York
Press
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When wear begins to exceed re-
pair in your body you are going to
fall sick. The signs OF it are loss
of flesh, paleness, weakness, nervous
ness, etc. The repair needed Is
food. You think you eat enough,
and yet you feel that you wear out
more tissue, energy, nerve-force,
than your food makes for you. The
difficulty is that You do not digest
enough. And this is SO serious it
is worth sitting down seriously to
think about. II you can't digest
what you eat, take few doses of
Shaker Digestive Cordial. The eff
feet of it will be to increase your
flesh and make you feel stronger.
You won't fall sick. Proof that it
is in control of your repair appara-
tus. It's easy enough to test this
for yourself. Take few bottles OF
Shaker Digestive Cordial
Sold by druggists at 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle.
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Origin of Names.

Where q community persisted in calling
q man Black, it was useless for him to try
to call himself White-he had to acquiesce
in the choice of the majority, says writer
in Good Words. This class is the most
difficult of all to do justice to in the short
space of a paper Indeed the bases of nick
names are so numerous that it is almost
impossible to classify them-physical Pc
culiarities, complimentary, as Strength
arm, and derogatory, as Spindleshanks
Sheepshanks, Crookshanks, Heavisides
etc.; mental attributes as Grave, Stern
Wise, Sage, Moody, Proud, Courteous
(Curteis), on one hand, and ON the other
Blythe, Gay, Foolhardy, Jolly, Meek, etc. !;
nicknames from complexion and color of
the hair, as Black, White, Brown and
Browning, Rudy, Readman Hoare, Grey,
etc. nicknames from peculiarities of dress,
Curtmantel, Shorthose, etc.; from social
position, as Bastard, Lacklands, and SO
on; from the animal and vegetable king
doms, from birds and fishes.
Then compounds were made by applying
sobriquet to Christian name, as Mickle-
john, Littlejohn, Brownjohn; if he was a
comedy, well made fellow he was Proper
john. These names appear again in Nor
man guise, as Grosjean, Petijean, Bonjean,
from which comes Bunyan-so that when
we speak of good John Bunyan we arc
(perhaps unconsciously) only transposing
the name of ''the inspired tinker.
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Winter Excursion Tickets on
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

On November 1st the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company will place
on sale at its principal ticket offices
excursion tickets to all prominent
Winter resorts in New Jersey, Vir-
gina. North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Cuba. The
tickets will be sold at the usual low
rates, with the usual liberal return
limits.
The magnificent facilities of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, with its
many connections, make this the
favorite line for winter travel.
An illustrated book, descriptive
of winter resorts, and giving routes
OF travel aud rates for tickets, will
be furnished free on application to
ticket agents.
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One day while Rabbi Meir was away
from home teaching at college his two chill
dren were suddenly taken i'll and died.
When on returning he inquired about
them, his wife, Beruria, first gave him an
evasive answer, and then, leading the con-
versation to another topic, related to him
how a man who had left some jewels in
her care had come to reclaim them. cam
to give them bacb2' she asked. "How
can you put such CUSTOM" saidhe "Of
course you are to return them to the own
En-" Beruria then took her husband into
the chamber where the two children were
lying, and pointing to them, while her
tears were OVERLOOKING and her heart was
nearly breaking, she courageously said,
1.-THE owner has come today and reclaimed
Ghese jewels in our trust. From tho Tai
mud in Minorah Monthly.
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Hicks for November.

Rev. Ira Hicks says with refer
ence TO November weather: Au.
tumnal rains will fall from the LIST to
4th, and frosty weather will follow
for three or four days. Warm
southerly winds may be expected
about the 9th, followed about the
Tth to 10th by storms of wind and
rain turning TO snow in some Sec
tions and cold wave. About 18th
and 14th the cold weather will break
and warm rains with thunder NAV
be expected on or about 18th and
18th. Cold, frosty weather will
prevail, and storms about the gath
and the month will close with warm
er weather.
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The smallest book in the world is not
much larger than mans thumb nail. 1t
was made in Italy by firm of Padua
publishers the Salmin Brothers 1t is
four-tenths of an inch high and about a
quarter Of an inch wide The volume
contains 20S pages, each having 0 lines
and from 95 to 100 letters The text is an
unpublished letter written by the famous
inventor of the pendulum clock to Nine
Christine of Lorraine in the year 1915.
The next smallest book is issued by the
same firm. 1t is an edition of Dante's
''Divine Comedy" being little more
than an inch high, little less than an
inch wide, with type so small that it takes
q microscope to read the letters.-C Chicago
Record
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Catarrh Means Danger.

Because if unchecked it may lead
directly to consumption. Catarrh
is caused by impure blood. This
fact is fully established. Therefore,
it is useless to try to cure catarrh by
outward applications or inhalants.
The true way to cure catarrh is to
purify the blood. Hoods Sarsapar-
lila, the great blood purifier, cures
catarrh by its power to drive out all
impurities from the blood. Thous-
ands of people testify that they have
been perfectly and permanently
cured of catarrh by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
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A. KOCELSCHATZ
UNDERTAKING
AND
EMBALMING
Caskets. Collins and Robes Kept
Constantly on Hand.
Will take charge of funerals and at
tend to all arrangements, ETC., at
MODERATE PRICES.
One Door West Of Trinity M. E.
Church, South. w. Martin st.
3-l3-9I-1yr.


II you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If "la-
grippe" has left you weak and weary
use Electric Bitters. This remedy
acts directly upon the Liver, Stom-
ach and Kidneys, gently aiding those
organs to perform their functions.
Ii you are afflicted with sick head
ache, You will find speedy and per-
manent relief by taking Electric Bit
ters- One trial win convince you
that this is the remedy you need
Large bottles only SOC. at L,G. Mat
thaei's Drug Store
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Tired of the Choir.

If we are to sit back in our pews and
gaze up at lot Of singers and not be able
for the life that is in us to distinguish five
words of their hymns, anthems, ETC., then
let choirs come down. If our prevailing
thought as listeners is, who is the hand
soonest female singer or the ugliest male
one-if she went up to G and he down to
z, if the heart has not been impressed by
the sentiment of the song, which they
have kept all to themselves, then let them
stop off awhile and take lessons in euncia-
ton from an elocutionist.-Alt Con-
stitution
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Mothers, Save the Babies.

Summer q piaint, dysentery ard
di2rrloea many babies to the
grave. 4 .ers, take waning and use
in time II. John w. Bulls Baby Syrup
toregulate tle bowels andallay infanl-
nation. "3Ye have used Dir. Bulls
Baby Syrup for thirteen years with the
best result. We would as soon be
without -four or sugar in The house as
tii,is remedy. A. N. Burgess, Grove,
Clio" AK your dealer for DR.. John
w. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price 25 cts.
Fer sale by MA. snodgrass, u N. Queen
street.
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An Expert Accountant.

"Do you not think, Miss Smiles, " he
pleaded, that in time you might learn to
love meP''
Possibly" the girl replied "If you
could render me a statement of what you
are worth, Mr.. Giles might learn to love
you. I'm very quick at figures. London
Finn
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system not only makes life miserable, but
il is sure to lead to something worse unless
promptly taken in haiid and corrected. It
IS foolish to attempt to dcd.ge such troubles
by any mere temporary cxpedient. The
only sensible way is to get rid of them for
good and all by thoroughly rational, scier-
ti6c medicine like DR.. Piercc's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
1t cures all disor6ered, debiiitated condi-
tons by its direct action upon the liver and
digestive organs; il gives them power to
make fresh, healthy blood free from bilious
impurities; it drives all disease-gerfus out
of the circulation; it creates solid, muscular
flesh and constitutional power.
Lung and throat affections, which are
often simply the result of impaired nutri-
ton, are reached and cured by this wonder
full Discovery" in cases where cod liver
oil emissions are useless, because the Dis
covery" is readily assimilated by delicate
stoinaclis. It is far superior to malt cx-
tracts, because its beneficial effects are
permanent
CDR Pierce, am one of your most grateful
patients" writes Mrs. Annie M. Norman, of
Equinunk, Wayne Co., Pa. II have taken
Golden Medical Discovery, also Favorite Pre-
scription and Pellets with wonderful results
am, as many of my friends tell me like the
dead brought to life. The doctors said 1 had
consumption and death only matter of
time. That was six years ago. concluded to
try your medicine continued until had taken
nine bottles of Discovery and several bottles
of Pellets I got well and have done great
deal of hard work SINCE
When the liver and bowels don't work,
the body and brain won't. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are a sure, safe, speedy
and permanent cure for constipation, and
a torpid liver One Pellet" is a gentle
laxative and two mild cathartic
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whats the matter between
Blims and his typewriter ?" aHe
thought when he hired her that he
was going to dictate to her, but he
has discovered his mistake. De
troit Free Press.
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First Cabman--I asked him tree
dollars, but he said he had only two;
an, anyhow be said de legal fare
was only one.
Second Cabman-Well, / suppose
you took de two dollars and accept
ed de apology.
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What is

CastCria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for IA
and ChiIdrens It contains neither Opium, MOrpsss
other Narcotic substance Is is harmless suss4assite
Paregorc, Drops Soothing SyT1ps, and Castor OIL
IL IL Pleasant. guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and alays
feyerishness. prevents vomiting Sour Curds
cures Diarrhoa and Wind Collie. CastOria relieves
teethng troubles, constipation and fatulency
Castoria assimiIates food regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy natural sleep. Casa
tor;a is tho Childrens Panacea-he Mother's Friend
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The Rev. W. Bingley, in his "Customs
of the Welsh, states that formerly it was
usual in some parts of north Wales when
ever the name of the devil occurred for
the congregation to spit on the floor, and
when the name of Judas was mentioned
to express their adherence of him by
striking their breasts. Wales News.
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Reflections of . Bostenian.

AT the menagerie there is a universal
laugh on the faces of the people about the
monkeys cage, while there is a look of
sadness upon each simian yisage Can it
be that while the monkey only appears
funny to mankind the contemplation of
mankind fills the monkey soul with cor
roWP-Boston Transcript.
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Waggish Friend-Where did you

Waggish Friend-Where did you
get that
Spriggins (gasping)-Eh Wba-
Waggish Friend-That hat.
Spriggins-Oh Hat 7
Waggish Friend-Of course
SpriggiDs-Bought it around the
corner. | was afraid you were 60
ing to ask me where I got this UNI
bIella.-New York Weekly.
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An Opportunity You Now
Have

OF testing the curative effects of
Ely 9 Cream Balm, the most posi-
tive Cure for Catarrh known. Ask
your druggist for 10 cent trial
size or send 10 cents, We will mail
it. Full size so cents.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren ST., New York City.
NY son was affi icted with catarrh.
I induced him to try Elys Cream
Balm and the disagreeable catarrhal
smell all left him. He appears as
we'll as any one.-J. G. Olmstead,
Arcola, Ill.
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An Insinuation.

Mrs. Ginger-How dare you talk to me
In that way? never saw such imPudence.
And you call yourself lady's maid, do
your
The Maid-I was lady's maid before
worked for you, 'am,-Boston Tran
script.
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An attempt to acclimatize ostriches in
south Russia has proved successful The
ostriches born in Russia are much less
sensitive to cold than the imported Ones
and their pluines are equally good.
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II you wish to purify your blood
you should take a medicine which
cures blood diseases. No other
medicine has such record of cures
as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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''They did nothing at Mrs. DUN.
py-Dimple' g reception but talk about
the weather" We'll, Whist greater
variety could you desire at this
time of the year ?''
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There are only nine different tones in
the human voice, but there arc II, 592,-
1856, OLA, AIS different sounds.
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4 snnoesssn1 nnanatinn

did you get back that So goldpiece
your baby swallowed?'
mo. The doctor took it for his fee. -
Fliegende Blatter.