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INFECTION BY BREATH.
Simple Illustration Showing How
Easily Disease Germs May
he Disseminated.

In order to impress on us how east
ly infection may often be disse minated
by the breath, writer in The Hospital
(London) bids US watch the course of
the smoke expelled from the mouth of
one who is enjoying cigar. He says:
THE fumes do but make visible what
is happening all the day whether we
smoke or not. Each of the tiny par
ticles of carbon or condensed vapor,
which in their millions make up a
wreath of smoke, does but indicate the
track taken by corresponding par
ticle of expired air, which, if it can
carry the visible carbon, can still more
easily carry the invisible microbe.
Thus a Whit of smoke entering our
nostrils and penetrating our lungs
does but show the course which might
be taken just as easily by swarm of
microbes, and serves to demonstrate
one at least of the ways IN which a
crowded life passed in close communi-
ty with our fellows leads to mischief.
The passage of Whit of smoke from
mouth to mouth does, in fact, but illus
trate the mode in which the well-rec-
ognized evils of rebreathing expired
air are produced. 1t is not the air, but
what the air carries with it, that does
the harm. What is illustrated by to-
bacco smoke is sometimes proved in
another way. In the bright sunbeams
notes are said to dance, and by careful
watching one may see not only how
numerous these notes are, but of what
nasty stuff they are not infrequently
composed. The wbeezy flower seller
coughing over his tray of violets, the
loud-voiced hawker shouting over his
barrow of strawberries, the smiling
child sneezing at the street corner,
the painting person who will shake out
his handkerchief in the bus before
using it, even polite people talking to
each other, are all doing things which
on dull day seems innocuous enough.
Let the sun shine, however, and the
tell-tale sunbeams soon display the
showers of saliva and the crowds OF
dust which are thus scattered in the
air and can almost be traced from
mouth to mouth. This is esthetically
abominable, but in the vast majority
of cases probably does no harm. Here
and there, however. these particles
come from people who are diseased,
and carry disease to'those who are
healthy. The rebreathing Of expired
air is certainly one cause of disease,
especially to those who live In towns
and in close dwellings,; and how real
is the risk, and how readily the passage
of solid particles from man to man and
from mouth to mouth is accomplished,
is made manifest every time Whit OF
tobacco makes ms cough"
The leader., 1898-09-14

the butler here He gets a stated price
Ter meal, or in some cases per dish.
By this system one avoids the trouble
of marketing and looking after the
cook, as well as being insured against
dishonest servants. The providore
simply takes charge of your house, re-
lieving you from all possibility, and
You are his guest in your own home.
One good feature of this plan is that
you know to a certainty what your
household expenses are. 1t is often
the case where a half dozen young
men club together and rent a "bunga-
low" to secure the services of a pro-
,.dore and live in home like comfort.
In no other land can one live so cheap.
Taken all in all, in spite of the in
tense heat and humidity. the immense
amount of rain at certain times of
year and the discomforts and annoy
ance of the little red ant, and the mu-
steal mosquito, all the year round,
there are many worse countries on
the face OF the globe, and very few
that present so many charms, and
none that have such enormous future
commercial possibilities as the Philip
pines. j. b. GAYLORD.
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AS Manila hemp. In the production of
all these they still use the most prim-
tive methods in both cultivating and
preparing for market. The pillow is
crooked stick, drawn by water buff
falo, which, with the single exception
of the sloth, is the slowest brute on
earth, and the sugar cane in many of
the islands is crushed by the natives
withlar2e mauls or clubs, this being the
reason of the low grade of sugar pro-
duced there. At the present time, and
for years past, the inland and inter
island trade has been exclusively in the
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eanization known as the Woman's Relief
Corps, whose aid to the soldier OF to-day,
fighting against the world for living, is no
less notable than the heroism Of the COS.
One of the most earnest members OF the
corps at Byron, H., Is Mrs. James House
weart, but illness once put stop to her
active work. A year or so ago, when she
was nearing fifty years of age, the time
when women must be most careful OF their
strength, Mrs. Houseweart was taken seri-
ously i'll. The family physician told her
that she had reached critical period OF her
life, and must be very careful. His pre-
scriptions and treatment did not benett her,
and other treatment proved unavailing.
At last Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People were brought to her notice, with in.
disputable evidence that they were helpful
in cases such as hers, and with renewed hope
she tried the remedy Last March she took
the first box of the pills, which gave much
relief. She was determined to be cured,
and kept on with the medicine, until now
eight boxes have been consumed, and she
feels like a new woman.
Mrs. Houseweart said: Il have taken
eight boxes, and have been improving since
have lived without the pills. They have dore
me more good than any physician or any
medicine have ever tried.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold in boxes
(nevsS in loose bulk at so cents box or
six boxes for $50. and may be had OF all
druggists, OF direct by mail from DR.: VIII
liams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
When worthless man isn't staring at the
clock he is gazing at the thermometer.-
Atchison Globe.
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UNTRANSLATABLR
The American Phrase, acct There
Il DimcuIt for Foreigners %
Translate.

"What gives me most trouble" said for
eign military attache, lis trying TO translate
your American language into English first,
and then into nv own language, 80 % to
give my government a correct understand
ing Of the spirit and character Of your sol
diers. ! find the phrase get there for eX-
ample, difficult. When | saw your infantry
going forward against the opposing troops in
the forts and intrenchments, said to the
officer with me that the infantry should not
attempt such a moven. mt without the artil-
lery. You're right he told me, but the
boys will get there At night. when we were
all so hungry, vcntured to inquire IL fur
Their movement were contemplated till your
army was provis,oned Then the officers,
who were gentlemanly, all laughed, and said
the army would think about rations when
they got there The second day we met
many of your wounded men coming back
as we were. going forward. When the colo
mel asked them about the fighting, 50 many
times heard them soy We got there And
afterwards / also heard those words used
very often. But it u so difficult for me to
explain so my own people will understand it,
what nature of tactics is get there. BIOS
ton Transcript.
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HOW CYCLONES FORM.
Lieut.. EIIicott Throws Some Light on
a Subject with Which Bnt
Few Are Familiar.

Lieut.. John NJ. Ellicott, U. S. NJ, con-
tributes to St. Nicholas an article on
"The Cradle of Cyclones" Lieut.. Eli
colt says:
ITO get an idea of cyclones forma-
ton, imagine a large circular pan or
tub with quite large hole in the mid
die Of its bottom. With this hole
plugged, fill the vessel with water;
then draw out the plug and watch.
There is first rush of water from
all directions toward the hole and a
turbulent effort to get through. Then
the water surface above begins to sink
and swirl, the particles gradually
circling around and around and rush
ing. ever faster, toward the center. AT
last there is actually hollow space
through the center, around which all
the water in the tub is whirling. slug
gishly neal the rim, but with more and
more violent rapidity towards the mid
die, until il rushes downward through
the bottom. Now, if that water were
air, you would be watching a little cy-
clone turned upside down, for the air
rushes upward instead of downward.
in the cradle of cyclones during the
summer months, when the land and
the water grow hotter and hotter be-
cause of the longer days than nights,
layer of air, hot, light and full of
yapor, is for time held down by a
denser air above it. Restless, expand
ing tumulIuous, it moves about like a
beast at bay until a thinner place in
the air bove is found. Then up it mad
~ PUSHES, and into the vacuum left be-
hind the lower atmosphere hastens
from all directions, pushing and twist
ing and pouring until it has fallen int
a regular spinning around a common
center. The cyclone, once formed,
rushes away from the tropics toward
the pole and begins its career of de-
strAction, bruising, wrecking and sink
ing the luckless ships which happen to
be in its path. More and more of the
surrounding atmosphere is drawn into
the whirl, until the storm often covers
an area nearly thousand miles in di-
ameter, Sometimes il filings itself up
on our Atlantic coast and tears fierce
~ through forests, fields and cities.
linen again ii sweeps away across the
broad ocean and dashes itself upon the
coasts of Europe. Once in awhile it so
adroitly avoids the land that we never
know it has passed until ships cCme in
torn and broken"
The leader., 1898-09-14
A NEW WAY TO PROPOSE.
The GirTs Father HAD . Chance 60
Get n Fine sample of Nerve
In the Family.

As the young man entered the old
man looked up and scowled.
"Well?" said the old man, shortly.
"Your daughter" began the young
man, but the old man cut him of
abruptly.
"rve noticed that you've been hang.
ing around a great DEAL" he said. 81
suppose you've come to tell me that
you love her and want to marry her?'
NO." replied the young man, calmly
"rye come to tell you that she loves me
and wants to marry me-"
what" roared the old man.
"She says so herself" persisted the
young man.
81 never heard of such an exhibition
of egotistical impertinence," said the
old man.
Then you misunderstood me-" ex-
planned the young man. my assertion
is dictated by policy, and not by i'm
pertinence. You see, It's just this way.
What want is nothing to you, now, is
it?"
"Why-er-not exactly"
81 might want a million dollars, but
that wouldn't cut any figure with you,
would to"
Certainly not"
you're under no obligations to sup.
ply me with what | want, are you?"
Hardly"
"Then what a fool proposition it
would be for me to come TO you and
say: Mr.. Parkinson. | have been favor
ably impressed with your house and
lot or, 4 think I'd like your daughter,
or anything else in that line. But when
your daughter wants anything it's diff
ferent. Now, isn't it Different"
at certainly is different" admitted
the old man, cautiously.
"Precisely," said the young man.
"She and figured that out carefully
last night. You see, have no particu-
lar prospects, and we could both see
that there wasn't any chance in hun
dred that you would give her to me.
Then she suggested that you had never
yet refused anything that she wanted,
no matter what the cost might be, and
that perhaps il would be good plan
to change the usua! order somewhat.
We sort of felt that ii wouldn't be
right to ask you to do anything for
me, but it's different in her case, as
remarked before. So I'm here merely
as her agent to say that she wants me-
that she wants me very much and to
ask you 10 please see that she gets me.
She never has wanted anything so
much as she wants me, and am SO
favorably disposed toward her that it
you care to make the investment ]
shall be quite willing to leave the term.
entirely to you and her"
Naturally she got him. No wide
awake business man is going to over
look a chance to get such fine sample
of nerve in the family.-Chicago Post
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holds the tubes extended on one side,
while they rise on the other side, the
same mechanism allowing them to I'M
lock automatically and hang pendant,
Mr.. Falls idea being that the tubes
present less resistance when hanging
pendant than when extended.
AS the tubes pass the apex of the
pulley the quicksilver flows quickly
down the inclining tubes, constantly
adding to their weight as they go. Mr..
Fall believes that If he can succeed in
governing the weight accurately he
will be able to overcome the dead-cen-
ter. The other idea that he describes
is what he terms double cross, the
arms imparting motion by means Of
weights, the whole governed by the
central portion above the arms. This
he believes is certain to prove sue
cess as soon as he is able to overcome
the dead-center
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his vacation brought home nth him what be
thinks is q new motherin-lsw story. Moth
er.in-Iaw stories are q drug on the market,
but this one seems TO oe little less jruegy
than usual. A man and his wife went 70
Europe and the mans mother-in-law went
along. Up TO this point there 10 no novelty
in the story. On the voyage me motnerin-
buried at sea, and 20 the usual canvas sack
was made, but instead Of an iron weight 70
sink the body they used big bag OF coal. II,
commenting on the arrangements afterwaro
the bereaved sonin-law. who suffered bad
ly, said: I-alwsys knew where m-m-m'
mother.in-law vas g-going, sut bb-b,sme me
if 1 ss-supposed she'd have 70 carry her OWE
f-f.fuel ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The leader., 1898-09-14
AUTOMATIC MACHINE.
cord All Kinds of Powdered
or Granular Material.

An Ingenious machine, designed to
weigh and deliver automatically pow
dered, granular or similar material
such as flour, sugar, coffee and the
IKE and at the same time to register
'he amount thus weighed, has been de-
rIsed and patented by Prof. Shanker
nnlse' OF bombay, India, says the Sci
entific American.
Inc machine comprises a suitably
supported cylindrical casing. having
u ieeu hopper adapted to receive the
material to be weighed. The measurer
10 carried in the casing and consists
The leader., 1898-09-14
NEVER STOPS RUNNING.
The Latest Creation Of the Perpetual
Motion Crank Described
and illustrated.

For 90 years Samuel p. Fall, OF East
Lebanon, Me-, has lived the life of q
hermit and for more than 40 years has
been most untiring in his efforts to
solve the problem Of perpetual mo-
ton.
His latest device of perpetual mo-
ton has large pulley set in a stand
ard. To the outer surface Of the pull
ley are attached q number of tubes
containing quicksilver, which acts as
floating weight in each tube. AS the
pulley revolves a system Of mechanism
The leader., 1898-09-14
Battleship Sofa Cushions.

A battleship sofa cushion is neces,
sary for every sofa and divan in your
house if you would show the proper
degree of patriotism. 1t is simple to
make and very decorative, besides be
ing patriotic. What is more, there is
not a room or lounge that its colors
do not harmonic with. These sofa
cushions are made of white denim
Across their fronts is embroidered
one of the battleships of the fleets
with the name worked in ornamental
letters below. 1t requires good needle
work to carry this out. as the copy
should be exact aud as much a work
of art as possible. The cushions are
finished up with vice ruffies of red
white and blue.-N. Y. Herald.
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=. series of radially arranged receiv-
s mounted on a suitably driven hori-
aoh'al shaft. While the material is
tsg into the uppermost receiver
M Ne iowermost receiver is discharging.
.leans are provided whereby differ
ences OF weight per cubic inch are
btOmpensated for. This is accomplished
~ providing each compartment with
at iaise elastic bottom bent SO as to en-
49, NE u 10 be introduced in the receiver,
aa n'cn bottom, owing to its residence,
-. "aliy tends to rise and expand at
Us s ends to reduce the size of the re-
s lever Each elastic bottom has fiex-
, ,o.e strand or chain secured to its GEN.
;er and extending to a rotatably adj
H. t,s''oie sleeve on the shaft. A rotata-
;, movement of the sleeve thus ad-
, ,ts's the positions Of all the bottoms
simultaneously.
whsistering mechanism is provided
,sreoy the amount of material
sned may be quickly ascertained.
IN. More than zoo municipalities in Eng
sh ua, scotland and ireland now own
we municipal gas works.
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And now our thoughts are all Of peace and
home. There are, too often, people 70 be
found who have no home, and it is to them
these few words are addressed. II you real
ly want home you can easily get one, but
you should act at once before the relapse
from the war puts prices on the advance
In Marinette County, Wisconsin, the very
finest farming land is to be had now at
most modest figure. Excellent home mar.
kets are at hand to take whatever the farm.
er raises, and good prices are given. These
lands are on the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st.
Paul Railway, and fun information con-
eerning them will cheerfully be furnished
by G. E. Rollins, immigration Agent, l61
La Sale Street, Chicago.
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Tomato Butter.

Red tomato butter is an excellent
relish for luncheon or for children's
suppers. To make il use seven pounds
of red-ripe tomatoes, four pounds su
gar, one teaspoonful ground ginger
two teaspoonfuls ground cinnamon,
two very oily skinned lemons Scald
and skin tomatoes, add sugar and
spice, and cook until thick. Chip the
skins of the lemons very thin or CRATE
them; then carefully remove all the
thin white skin; slice lemons, remove
seeds and separate into sections, then
add to tomatoes. Cook the lemon
thoroughly with tomatoes. This is de-
licous. The ginger may be omitted
and the preserves will be very fine
n Y. Tribune.
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Crane Sherbet.

Two pounds of Concord grapes, two
lemons, one quart Of water, one pound
of sugar. Lay square of cheesecloth
over a large bowl, put in the washed
grapes and mash thoroughly with "a
wooden masher. Squeeze out all the
juice and add an equal amount of cold
water, the lemon juice and sugar
enough to make quite sweet. Freeze
N. y. Ledger.
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swallowed . Needle ana DIED.

A tailor in Chicago accidentally swallowed
. needle and died 80 result OF the milan.
nation set up by the small needle. Little
things have frequently great power, as 10
seen in few small doses Of the famous Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which, however,
has an entirely different effect from the
needle in this notice. The Bitters make
nervous, weak and sickly persons strong and
well again. They are also good for dyspepsis
and consultation
The leader., 1898-09-14
Excellent Fly Paper.

Melt rosin, and while warm add to il
enough sweet oil, lard oil or lamp oil
tc make il of the consistency of mo-
laSses. Spread this upon writing pa
per with brush. 1t will not dry in
a long time, and is so sticky as to hold
fast the legs of any insects that may
come in contact with it. 1t may also
be placed on table legs, and the pre-
pared paper be put around trees to
prevent insects from climbing up
them.-St. Louis Globe mocrat.
The leader., 1898-09-14
WOMAN'S HEROISM.

From the Register-Gazette. Rockford, Ill.
During the civil war nearly as much hero
ism was shown by the women Of our nation
as by the brave soldiers Many a woman,
weeping for her dead son, bound up the
wounds of his suffering comrades, rejoicing
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DisprOved.

"What nonsense!" exclaimed the
roud young father, as he flung the
book aside.
ITO what do you refer?" asked the
friend who welcomed any topic that
did not lead to description of phe-
nomenal children.
This statement that all men are
born equal. It's an utter fallacy.
Why, my baby weighed ten pounds
when it was born and Tackley's
weighed only seven and a half
Washington Star.
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Would Like a Change.

Dorothy (who is accustomed to have
her eggs prepared before they come to
the table)-Mamma, can't ! have my
eggs cooked with the covers on soma
time, same's you do?-Judge.
The leader., 1898-09-14

.That's a very old joke about the
scarcity OF men at the summer re-
sorts"
1T may be old. but it's no joke
IN. Y. Truth.
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in their
rene W ed
strength,
evenwhle
borrowing
for the
one who
was gone.
At tbat
time was
laid the
{ O unda-
tion for
world
famed or.
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TVHE TRADE of the Philippines
can be classed under four heads;

can be classed under four heads:
II The export and import, the in
land, the inter-island and the native or
domestic. The export and import trade
is carried on by foreign firms who have
establishments at Manila, Tlo-Ilo and
Cebu, but the great bulk of the trade is
done at Manila. Great Britain leads in
both exports and imports, with the
United States close second in
exports, France, Japan and Ger
many coming in for only a small
proportion of the whole, while
Spain, who should be at the head of
the list, Is at the foot. There are three
staple articles of commerce now extern
sively produced, sugar, tobacco and the
fiber of species of banana plant called
abaca, but better known commercially
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I could not get along without Piso's Cure
E. c. Noulton, Nsedham, Mass, Oct. q, ~.
The leader., 1898-09-14

An actress is often indebted to the florist
for the flowers she gets over the foothghts.
Chicago Daily News.
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Instructor-"There is no point to this
theme" 1901 (confdinglyl-aOh, always
was bad at punctuation Harvard Lam
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If mirrors portrayed US as others see us
we wouldn' use them.-Chicago Daily News.
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To Cure q Cold In One Day

All the honey bee gathers during its life
doesn't sweeten its sting.-Chicago Daily
Nova
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Why isn't memory the thing we forget
with ?-Chicago Daily News.
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The speed of our fastest ocean
steamers is nov greater than that OF
express trains on Italian railways.
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Halls CRtarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.
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Take Laxative Bremo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II it fails to cure. Csc.
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CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal
LoUDvILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. n. r.
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When a worthless man isn't staring at the
clock he is gazing at the thermometer
Atchison Globe
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-07

WASHINGTON. D. c.. April e--Thc
most careful investigation In official
circles tonight failed TO develop any
thing in support OF tho theory that the
delay of tho Presidents message was
due to the situation at Madrid rather
than that at Havana. When the an
nounccment was first made to-day that
the message had been Withheld. tho In
ference was drawn in some congress-
ional circles that the delay was PARTIAL
w influenced BY the attitude OF, the
queen regent who was reported willing
TO yield everything demanded by the
UNIFIED States, provided It could be
done without preclpltating popular
disturbance In Spain, Press. dispatches
OF 4 pending cabinet crisis III Madrid
tended to confirm this.
Those closest to the President refused
to discuss the Madrid situation further
than to say that there was no informa-
ton from that quarter. and that no
fresh negotiations had been opened. II
was reiterated that the crux OF the sit
uation was In Havana. This was con-
firmed by members of the foreign rcla-
tions committees to whom this explar
nation had been made In such form that
they professel themselves satisfied 10
accent K.