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The following is from the Narrative Of a
VoJager IN the Indian ocean:
''The steward IS again pilIowed On his
beloved salt fish, and cur only companion
is a MalaCea cat, which has also an attach
ment for the steward pillow. Puss is q
tame little creature and comes rubbing
herself mildly against our shoes. looking
up into our faces and mewing her
thoughts. Doubtless she IS surprised shat
you have been so long looking at her with
out noticing the peculiarly Of her tail,
which so much distinguishes her from her
mates in other quarters Of the globe.
Take her up in your lap and see for your
self Did you ever observe such a singular
knot2 So regular, tee, in it's formation,
and she has outlived both tie pain and in
convenience. But here comes her kitten,
all full Of gambols and fun, and we find
that her tail is in precisely the same can-
di6ion. So, then, this is q remarkable
feature among the whole RICE Of AIalayan
cats, but no enc seems able to give q salts
factcry explanation Of il"
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Eng2lsa Comments on America.

Some amusing stories illustrating Eng
Hsh isnGranceof AuH7fcan affairs are told
By London resident who IS at home in
literary and political circles
Alta literary reception Mr.. Lowell was
referred to IS 01s Of the masters Of Amer
lean poetry, who had never seemed capable
Of doing anything else.
I think you are wrong, said one in a
critical tone. Mr.. Lowell wrote several
books whIeh were well worth reading"
What ara sheyss asked the first CON-
msEtat0r On A1uerican literature.
9 The Aut0crat' and the other Break
fsst LabIa Books, . was the serene reply.
AS every cne in the group looked wise
and innocent, iswas evident that the rival
claims q Or. Holmes TO the authorship Of
those Breakfast Table Books" were not
suspected.
4 graduate Of an English university was
amazed ~ reference to the American
civil war which was casually made in con-
yersatIoE at 4 clubhouse.
''B hen did it take pIaceg-' he asked. 81
had supposed that there had been no fight
ing IN America since George Washing
tons revolution in the time Of George
Ill"
He had read for degree at an English
university and had travelled extensively on
the continent and in the far east, but had
never heard Of the greatest civil conflict Of
ancient or modern times I-Y0uthfs Com
pani0n.
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That the public have come TO rec
ognize the fact that the best snd
most convenient method OF pleasure
travel is that presented by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company :
personally-eondueted tours, is evil
deuced by the increasing popularity
of these tours. Under this system
the lowest rates are obtained, for
both transportation add hotel &C
commodatioB. inexperienced tour
ist agent aud chsperon accompany
each tour to look after the comfort
of the passengers.
The following tours have been ar
ranged for the season OF 1887.
To Yellowstone PARK on 3 special
train of Pullman sleeping. compsrt-
ment. and observation cars and din
ing car, allowing eight DAYS in
Wonderland, ? September 2. Rate,
$235 from New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington $3.50
from PittsbuTg.
10 Niagara rails, excursion TICK
cts good to return within ten days
viii be sold on July 22d, August 9th
and 10th, September 4th and 18th at
rate of $40 from Philadelphia, BsI-
timore and Washington. These
tickets include transportation only,
and will permit OF stop over within
limit at Buffalo, Rochester and
Watkins on the return trip.
Two ten day tours to Gettysburg,
Luray Cavern. Natural Bridge, Yir-
ginia Hot Springs. Richmond and
Washington, September 2Sth and
October II. Rate, $65 from New
York, $50 from Philadelphia.
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A BIZ ug Hszaaa Nafsrs.

Inc chemist new ssS5StaEItsyT s. On trial
for month, and &C the end CT the third
week his master reminded him that he
must hurry up and show his Tal1a. other-
wise he would net be kspt on. Although
naturally sharp, the yoUng fellow had not
really had an opportunity 20 display his
powers, has il came &c last, and, strangely
enough on the very EsorninE after ehs
governor had given him the above warn
ing
a man walked into the shop. aceonran-
led By q fFienG, who clearly was suffering
TEXTURES from the tooshaeha.
Can yaa give me q niece Of cotton wool
soaked with laudanuu1s5' the former asked
and On receiving il asked If there was
anything TO pay.
mo, slrr nothing, replied TIE zssfstant.
The customer locked round for a no
ment, and then resting his eye On q box OF
toothhrushes, bought one, and then hox
Of fancy soaps.
v hat do you meaE, young manff ak
ed the chemist as soon as the two men had
Departed By not charging for the lauda-
nums7
Il should have done so, = repHed the as
sistant, had there not bsen two Of then.
know very well that his friend, after te-
ing Obliged, would not care 70 leave the
shop without buying something, and I was
right, fer he bought 2 shilling box OF
soap and a l shilling toothbrush, which
he certainly would net have dene had 7
charged him q lew pence for the cotton
wool :"
The young man had proved b Is CONNER
cial oGteless and, needless 10 SAY. was
kept o1.-Pearsun' Weekly.
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aTHE GREAT LAZY. y.


Ek2A4A A-EGAA4r4E1 A1&41l&&
II tha Etruscan museum at Rome ars
gathered many relies cf TIE mighty Taes
that in prehistoric times held sway oyer
norsharn Italy The most interesting Of
these remains Of the ancient Efruscaus il
3 tomb. which ages before the Christian
era was perhaps thu most important In ths
country. Two bodies were then laid in Ii.
The tomb was opened IN this generation
In the lower compartment were found
the bones Of the high priest Of the nation.
His name and rank were inscribed On ths
d0oy
In the larger and chief chamber were
fcaEd little heap of human ashes. a hnrE
comb, headband and chains OF gold
The only inscription IS g Ne Larthia''--
1.-THE great Iadyl
She was evidently so great, her power
Was SO felt, that it was net considered &c
tie necessary to put her name upon hez
tomb Is could never be forgotten. srThs
Great LadyH-shat would ba enough foz
all time.
And now IN the whole world there L
net a human being who can tell who this
great lady was CT has any knowledge Of
her lie or her death All that remain
that speak Of her living presence among
men are few ashes, coarse, bent comb
md some worn golden chains.
The spectator smiles as the Inscription.
but there Is 4 shuddar underneath the
smile. T. too, shall some day be forgotten
I, t0on' he says and hurries On. But yet
in his heart he hopes it viii not be wholly
90 with him
A genial poet, Frederick Locker, who
died not lang ago n England, said ence,
with pathetic attempt to joke:
When / am gone, surely It will not hE
with me as with other mens Somebody
VIII remember. Some of you viii wish
me hack again. PieeadiIly viii not be
quite 50 crowded when am nos theze
He WIS right in degree His thoughts
SIRE lot dead, though his body Is. Even
his pisiful appeal, written On this page to-
day is word from live soul to living
souls, who answer ii again.
The secret whisper in each man . heart,
Ny body may die, my name may die, but
shall live, q Is true
When we, ike s'the great lady" have
guHa on into some other OF the hahitReions
OF God. We shall take with US the characters
that have been shaped here On this thresh-
old Of life That which was good and
true in rs cannot die, and the freed soul
win not then care what men think CT the
chains o. rings or even CT the body that
we have discarded and iaEs behind
Youth ) Companion.
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What is a Billion +?

The following calculation recently
appeared in leading English per-
iodical: What is a billion? The
reply IS very simple. In England
billion is d million times a million.
This is quickly written and quicker
still pronounced. But no man is
able to count it. You viii count
$50 to no minute. But let US sup
pose you go up as high as 200 q
minute, hour after hour. At that
rate you would count $4,000 an
hour 28S, 600 day or los, 100 GOO
in i year. Let Us suppose, now, that
Adam at the beginning OF his exist
euce hadbegun to count, had contin-
ued to do 30 and was counting still.
Had such : thing been possible he
would not ret have finished the task
of counting = billion. To count
billion would require q person to
count eco 4 minute for 4 period Of
9,5I2 years, $40 days. 5 hours and
90 minutes, provided he should
count continuously. But suppose
we allow the counter twelve hours
daily for rest, eating and sleeping.
Then be would need 28,025 years,
319 days, 10 hours and 45 minutes
in which to complete the task.
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Up-tc-Dzte Cookery.

TUTTI-FRUTTI JELLY.-Sosk one
half box of gelatine in oue-half pint
of cold water one hour. Dissolve
with one pint OF boiling water add
Juice of three lemons, one and g
half teacupsful of sugar strain /;
when beginning to stifen put a layer
Of jelly in mold, then q layer Of
sliced bausnas, then jelly, then ba-
nsnas, until the mold IS full pat in
the ice chest to harden. You can
alternate tie layers of fruit with
every ether one oranges, or can use
both oranges and bananas the jelly
must always be the last layer.
Observation-Disclosures teacupful OF
molasses. one teacupful Of boiling
water, three teacupsfal of -four, one
one tablespoonful OF soda dissolved
in one tablespoonful Of boiling
water, added 70 molasses then but
tel, seasoning, boiling water, and last
y add the -four, sitting slowly in,ani
beat all hard bake 90 minutes.
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T TxDE
sle Expes5ezra uf ; Ezan Who EzE1ed
Izaneaaiy and yFaa Helped to EIia Feet.

<Le Exneziezee uf 3 Man Who EzFad
Hnnesaiy ard vFaz Helped to Hia Feet.
Even trade has It's ErInaaces. The other
day srzlEa merchants who have grown gray
in the pursuit of the practical and material
vera swapping stories Of their experiences
Said one, FOX millionaire.
Willie Was still attending school. my
father was compelled TO suspend business.
He and another lan owned mill up in
New England and Iittls retail dry goods
store n Brooklyn. Ny father attended so
the mill and his par1nar TO the retail husi-
ness OEa day nay father learned that his
partner had ahsconded after RAISING AL the
money be cn1ld en- the firms name Ny
father came TO New York, and found thar
altar using every dollar he had IN the
world he would still owe $500. He turned
his assets oTsr 20 his creditors, borrowed
the $500 necessary 90 pay his creditors
dollar fGr dollar ard went to work On a
salary After several years Of hard work
he paid back the $500, and Was free rom
debt once more.
Al that tire ny father was s1pezil-
tendent o. big Sunday school in Brook
lyn- One Of the women who took an in
rerest in the school Was an old maid who
had known my father for years She knew
about his experiences, and was determined
that he should Be Independents again. So
she went to half dozsn leading members
OF the church and told them she wanted TO
borrow s0ue money 20 start dad in bust
ness again- Al responded eheerfuIEy, and
cna day ny father was surprised at visit
frun the WOMAN
Mr. -, she said, here is 81 500
with which you are going to start in busi-
ness for yourself Naturally my father was
startled. Lord bless yuu, Miss - he
saids i can't take that Besides, i do rot
want to 70 into business again I am sat
isaed as am There IS the money, she
replied, ard ron are going iato business.
Now, dent delay about It. The cid man
Sill denErred. but she insisted, and after
awhile sac got his consent to use the
money. That WIS the foundation Of orr
present. business. Father opened 8 little
dry goods store and left school to help
him. Two years later father went To one
Of the men who had contributed toward
his capital and handed him the $500 he
had advanced. What's that fors' he
asked Why that Is the money you gave
Miss - to start me IN business said
dad. Nonsense said he. You don't owe
INC anything, old man. Eliza cams 70 me
and asked me foT s300. and I gave It to
Eer Il she had asked for sf,0e0, she
would have go5 it just as quick I made
no record Ct it. and I don't want it. You
have got TO take It, said dad. Now.
pleasei don T, said he; il viii upset a1
my bookkeeping. Father insisted, though,
and finally had his way. Most Of his other
creditors talked the sane way, bat all had
to give in. Within q week hack came the
money with letterss asking faGhsr to give
the money to the poor II be did not want
TO use it himself l am glad to say we
have been able TO rsEurl some Of the kind
ness shown rs then. New York sun
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IT WAS or THg SQUARE.
lie zops Pulling Was Preceded by
2EplE P1tShIng Contest.

-L- zcEa E0k4AZg 8AS preceded d g
2apIs PltchIng Contest.
sails Chick HotehkIss had not been
cazEn5 red handed. there was hardly any
doulE that he had killed the Mexican, and
SC thu probability Of his being drawn Up
ga the exchanging bough Of q tres was SO
promising thau thoughtful fellow named
Earsins had already brought a rope.
seems to me, said HotEhkiss, 4" at
you are mighty sudden, but s'pose there's
no such thing IS gittin a fair, square deal
ous Of this crowd +"
Chick, +" said Old Man NetEleton, who
had shot two balls into Hotehkiss in the
successful effort 70 catch him, you know
better You know this camp always
gises g man a skow. You've alIays said
SO before this interesting occasion. Now,
we're goin 20 have a trial with a lawyer
IL it. an
WHAT do know about law or Iawyers2
How do I know you waEldu'5 do ne cut
Of MY rights with orea I never seen o
lawsuit"
Old Eetdeton looked puzzled. Boys, &"
BE said, 1hatis right. Ii Chick don't
Enow Dolhin abogs law, there wouldn't
be no justice in tryin him with o lawyer.
What Il wa do to insure that he has o
square deaI2''
Poker, suggested Hende-shot-
Gu an him stan of an shoot it ont. ("
another said
IN tell you what, Eotchkiss OBJ
saEved. Les pitch qGoits fer it. Il Net
lseton wins, I go up in the tree. II win,
Chick Eotchkiss will resume his cordial
relations with the rest oE this population. I"
The idea was accepted as an inspiration,
ard rush was made for Eaves' shop,
wLeze- IN lieu O. harseshoes, some wagon
gsar was pressed into service for the game,
which 20 most Of thu nan cf SkiIIst gap
was bayhood memory u was shortly
apparent tins the man were pre1sy evenly
matched Chick pitched for his life, and
hetcIeton for tina honor Of ths settle
Eeut. ChicE won TIA first game, ard
Ng5-ls5on got tina second. The third was
the deadly che. Finally, after having
made several faulty throws, which allowed
NestLs50n 70 ges a lead, Hotchkiss gath
cred himself together and made five sue
CesslFe double points Net1let0n had
uearWhIls got to 70 Of the 20 elected as
the game number Chick at 10 pitched a
ringer and WAS even up, but his second
shoe went wild
Old NattletQ1 advanced, measured the
distance carefully with his eye, sent ont
his first iron aEs1 missed b. tan feet. Then
up IL the air went the last quoif. It
curved gracefully ard settled over the peg,
a ringer" NetEIeton had won
Come Ok boys" said Chick cheerily
4 leave the camp KNOWN the thing was
on the square I might be tempted to
c-iCicIso the luck Of these prCesedtn's, hut
the Justice was fair an square an .credit
20 all.
Then ParklEs pulled--Chicago Record.
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When your stomach begins to
trouble you, it needs help. The help
it needs, is to digest your food ,and,
until it gets it, you won't have any
peace. Stomach trouble is very
distressing, very obstinate, very
dangerous. Many Of the most dan
gerous diseases begin with simple
Indigestion. The reason is that
indigestion (uot-digestion. rot.
nourishment) weakens the system
and allows disease germs to attack
II. The antidote IS Shaker Diges-
tive Cordial. strengthening. nour-
ishing, curative. It cures iudiges-
tion and renews strength and health
1t does this by Strengthening the
stomach, b. helping it TO digest
your food. 1t nourisbes you. Sha-
ker Digestive Cordial is msde Of
pure herbs, plants aEd vine, is per-
fectly harmless aud will certainly
cure al genuine stomach trouble.
Sold by druggists. price 10 cents 10
Sl.00 per bottle.
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We do not yet appreciate TIE tsilIess cavy
as an article OF human food. In France
they sell them for rabbits, and there are
three farms in this county where they are
reared and which export them to France,
one farmer alone exporting over Isl, 900
Of the little beasts. The flavor of the meat
is said TO tie identical with that Of rabbit
meat These animals need constant at
teution to keep them out Of mischief, as
they are little demons TO Fight, and they
have q habit Of chewing up whatever frag-
ments they find scattered about till they
die Of gastric congestion. In their habits
they are subject to unaeco1ntahle panics,
ard often rush about sgueaking, and then
huddle together quietly for the rest Of the
day They are very prolific, and the young
are not blind ike the young Of the rabbit,
and often when only two days Old, it Is
said, VIII eat grass and sop.
On the farm they are fed On SOP made
Of milk and stale hut not sour bread,
along with green stuff, barley and hay.
In guinea pig farming as in quail farm
ing. it IS admitted that large profits are
made-due no doubt to the fact chat there
IS so little competition Probably the rab-
bit you SO much enjoyed at your hotel din
ners when touring in France was simply
the humble cavy dressed Up.-Chambers
Journal
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onderful Gains.

DR.. Niles Nervine not only cures
all nervous disease. headache, blues,
nervous p,ostration, sleeplessress,
neuralgia. St. Fitus dance, fits aud
mysteries, bat also builds up the
body. I am pleased to say that after
years Of intense. suffering with nerv-
GUS disease, headache and prostration
/ tried DR.. Miles Restorative Ner-
vine, and in two weeks gained eight
pounds in weight I could not lie
down to sleep, but Iow sleep perfect
" easy. and am still improving won
derfUlly. Cannot say enough for the
NerTine.-Ars. L. B. Millard. Dun
kirk. n " s0ne customer used
Nervine and gained fifteen pounds IN
fiesh.-BroWn and Mavberry, Cort-
land, N. II Trial bottle and ele-
CANT book free 81 a. u. GiIbert's,
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A Great Comfort.

4 mothe- owe s comforting, hit L
the haE Iers while teething, DR..
Balls by Syrup IS necessary to
ease the discomfort and remove at
tending pains 50 tIlattle baby rnayrest.
.1Iy baby vas sick lro.a cutting teeth;
I bought T'r. Bali's Ba5y syrup and
found It vezy good fer children teeth
ing I can not praise it too highly.
2Ers-J. E. Smith. Reans Station, Va
Dr. Joha II. Bulls Baby Syrup IS sold
everywhere for . cents. Its the best.
For sale by u. A. suodgrass, u y. Queen
street.
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\ new wrinkle may be learned from an
English soldier who was noted for kesping
his boots IN better condition and making
them last longer than any Of his brother
officers. When asked what he did to them
TO prevent the leather from cracking and
keeping it soft and smooth, his reply was
Mutton bone" When an explanation
was demanded, he said:
st IS nothing. I assure you Ny nan
asks the cook for a kauckle hone. which
he cleans and then hakes- After rubbing
the leather with cream, he then frotlas
them as hard ss he can with the bone.
Usually my boots last me three years. -
Exchange.
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Bedroom Closets.

The sleeping room that hasn't a closet
should have q corner cupboard. Get some
OF the iron brackets that sell for 10 or -
cents pair and have some wide boards
cut 90 1t the corner. Put up two or three
shelves, according TO height, and On the
bottom Of the lowest nail eIaats into which
to screw the hooks 70 hang your gowns
upon cit board to she corner On the
floor and have = narrow board or molding
tackled to the front edge. This is for shoes
Hang curtain from the edge Of the top
shelf, making it laug enough TO reach
quite to the dGor and full enough TO hang
IN graceful folds. This is the best sGbsti-
tube for closet we know Of unless you
can afford 6 wardrobe. Denim, figured or
plain, makes d good drspery. Get ia 70
correspond with the color Of the rooIa.
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AYou should get your ears lop-
ped, Bryan sid smart tourist to
an Irish peasant whom he was quiz
ziug athey are Zoo large for ;
man.
SAN bedsd.n replied the Hiber-
niau, Il wts just thinkin' yours
would want to be made larger; sure,
they re too short for Al ass.
Jinks.
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sYou might put there" said the
rural citizen to the editor. who was
writing an obituary on the death of
the citizen 3 wife, that wen never
hear her voice no more"
@Al right Anything else ~
sNothin, 'cepting that we thank
the Lord for his blessings
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The sick man knocking st the
door of health gets in il he knocks
the right way and stays out if he
doesn't. There are thousands of
ways of getting sick but only one
way to get well. Do whatever you
viii, if you do not put your diges
ton in good order, and make your
blood rich and pure, you win not
get well. Rich, pure blood is the
only thing that can bring perfect
health. Constipation is . disease OF
the blood. A large part Of all dis
eases are traceable directly to i'm
purities in the blood, and can be
cured By eliminating them with DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
The first thing it does Is to put the
whole digestive system into perfect
order. It stimulates the appetite,
excites s copious secretion of the
digestive fluids and promotes as
Sanitation. 1t searches out disease
germs wherever they may be, kills
them and forces them out Of the
system. The Golden Medical Dis
coyeryn has been used with unYsry-
ing success for over 80 years.
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La Grippe.

During the prevalence Of the
Grippe the past season, it was no.
ticeable fact that these who depend
ed upon DR.. Kings New Discovery,
not only had speedy recovery, but
escaped all the troublesome after ef-
fects of the maIady. This remedy
seems to have 3 peculiar power in
efeeting rapid cures not only IN cas-
IS Of La Grippe, but in all diseases
Of Throat, Chest and Lungs and has
cured cases OF Asthma and Hay Fe-
yer Of long sanding. Try i end be
convinced. It won't disappoint.
Trial bottles free At Z. g. Matthaei's.
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why She coaldr.' :.

mo, I didn't have q very good time,
she said 7 wanted to talk, and there
WASH { man there"
But there were plenty Of other girls. -
oh, Of course, but that was no saaIsfac-
ton, for they all wanted 50 talk too.-Chi-
cago Post.
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Magistrate Thraehee-Oficer EIauni.
gan, what's the charge against this MANI
Officer Flanuigan-Batin an Offsur, sur.
Magistrate Threehee-Wha5 did he do2
Officer FlanEiean-Heb 0rruWeds Cuar-
ter from ne, SIR, and forgot TO return it.
st Paul DisUatch
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Entitled to Confidence.

L. G.. Matthaei the drug
gist, should have the confidence Of
this community. Their calling is one
of responsibility. Very often pre-
cious lives are entrusted to their care.
Taking the agency for selling the
celebrated Red Flag OIL should be 3
guarantee. 1t viii do all that is
claimed for If, and no remedy ezeels
it for the quick cure Of rheumatism,
Neuralgia. Sprsins and al bodily
pain. Price Is cents