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what would happen if ever I should drop.
 Well, I started a little bit slow, and then t came to me that the sooner I got to the other side the sooner I would be away from any possible danger, and' so just scorched it across as hard as I could. The bridge shook a great deal and once I held my breath for a second when the wheel struck something and swerved a bit, but as a matter of fact was not frightened, for the simple reason that l was too busy paying att tention to moving my wheel.
 "After I had made the trip across some of the folks said was frightened If I had been I would not have minded their saying so, but that made me an- gry, seeing. as I have said, that I was not frightened at all. So just turned round and rode over the bridge again, this time without any feeling except that of eXhilaration."
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at the ends. because the bridge sup ports, two wire cables. naturally sae at that point The actual difference in height between the middle and the ends is eight feet, and when you con- slider the swayiug nature of the struc. lure that is considerable.
 T had walked the bridge several times, and the moment I stepped on it noticed that it swayed with me in q rather unpleasant fashion. Any wheel man knows that motion of this sort greatly increased the difficulties of rid ing. l was very sure I could ride the bridge safely, and was not in the least Frightened, although I fully realized that fall from it was certain death. If the water had been deep I would have stood chance of escaping with my life in case of fall, but as it was only two feet in depth and ran over a bed of al- most solid rock it was plain enough
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REGULAR MIND READER.
A Music Box That Knew What Air
 to Play.

'I am fond of music, and, as l do not play and have no little ones about the house, | bought one of the finest music boxes that 1 could find. It was a large box and had nearly score of melodies from the sacred to the catchy negro airs, stored up within It's recesses. There were bells and cymbals, too, and tiny drum. It was swell music box and no mistake Well, one day 1 lost my position and was in absolute need ot ready money. My prospects were excellent, and 1 did not want to inJure them by bor- rowing from friends, on whom, however, | knew 1 could depend To tide me over my difficulty 1 determined to pawn my music box it cost me upward of S100-imported, you know), and 1 readily secured S25. Well, things did not pan out exactly as l expected things seldom go just as they are scheduled to go-and it was year almost before l found myself in position to redeem the music box from the pawn shop. l took the ticket, went to the shop and told the man in charge that 1 wanted to redeem my in- strument, and asked whether 1t had been kept in order and had not been injured. He assured me that 1t had not been tempered with, and, Ill proof thereof, he offered to let me wind it up and make it play before I paid back the money l had secured by its pledge. 1 accepted, and, after winding the box up it started to play. Now, what ten musical instrument played@
 As he looked around the crowd no one could suggest the name of the air, and he said: Darn my buttons. if it did not start right in and reel off I Know That My Re deemer Lveth' Almost human knowledge that, almost human, sirs. IN. o. Times Herald
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sullalngs at the Indiana state fair sslounds' located about six miles from
 luianapolis, and connected by an cleo @ y'c railway" said Chief Barrett in a ,1yent sS letter replying to an inquiry s sSOue his plan. At that time 1 sug- ssS'ea s that large fire cistern be built ~ me premises, to be filled by water sv aop the roof of one of the buildings, s sss mat low trucks be constructed by S,l ~s street railway company, with tail s0s Ssta to let down. so that an engine Ivy nose wagon could be driven quick e,o upen 1t and be carried to the fair sg;a ssspaas in ease of fire. One engine, Ds sufficient supply of water, play ors9 TWO streams, could accomplish a son ms led to more extended discus ssaa,, 0a ot the subject. Indianapolis is a eitr i,uiiaf though beautifully. built ersrs ' IS not compact; in fact almost ns., street in the resident portion is pOon pT'A So extended is the territory qul,s. @ which the city is built that it re-
 much more apparatus for fire
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THE NEWEST WAY TO RESPOND TO FIRE ALARM.

sent so that the latter could be used if water was not available.'
 An experiment with the apparatus arranged as shown in the accompany ing picture has proven very success ful.
 It will be wonderful if this plan is confined to Indianapolis. New York could certainly benefit by it. The city, now that the street railway combine has been made, will soon he covered with network of roads operated by the underground trolley system, This permits high speed-indeed the cars run 20 miles an hour through the Fourth avenue tunnel. If a switch sys- tenn could be provideI by winch, on alarm, the tracks could be cleared; and sufficient number of such flat eazT as Chief Barrett suggests. could S@ built, there is TO doubt tnas great sa'r- ing of time could be made in cases Of need. especially when it YVES desired to rapidly concentrate the fire apparatus around a particularly threatening blaze.
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Deafness cnnnot ne cnrea

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an intlamed condition of the mu- cous lining of the Eustaehian Tube. When this tube gets inAamed you have rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness Is the result. and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by eatarrh, which is nothing but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Gatarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 r. J. Cheney & O., Toledo, o.
 Sold by Druggists, 75e.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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pery chance of p,unging headlong into he gulf below the bridge should he lose lis balance or his wheel become in the kast degree manageable.
 Gyelist Round considered all these shances. but made up his mind that he Bas equal to them, as he had ridden .nross bridges at dizzy heights before. When he tod the people of Williams ln, Mass. what he intended doing they tried to persuade him that his Bought was foolhardy. When one kops to think that the pathway across 'Ae structure on which it was necessary Dor Round to ride when he attempted. |o cross was a single line of ten-inch banking their belief seems wise.
 Mr, Round has been asked to de- scribe his ride and the accompanying HSensations, and in response to this re- quest says: "The ten-inch planking which constitutes the pathway across the bridge is lower in the middle than
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protection than cities of equal size. The suburbs therefore are eorrespondingly hard to cover on account of their dis tance from the city.
 .'The electric lines running from h. dianapolis being well constructed, and telephone connections being had with the suburbs, my plan is to have the trucks constructed, as referred to above, and ordered out by telephone, one of our engines of medium capacity, meeting it en route and quickly load ing as above described and proceeding rapidly to the fire. A combined hose wagon and chemical engine could be
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Hawaii and Japan.

Dispatches from Washington state that there are about to be important develop. government of the Hawaiian Islands. How. ever this may be, certain it is that the dis, turbance of the stomach caused by simple indigestion will develop into chronic dys. pepsia unless cheekmated at the start. The finest stomaehic Is Hostetter's Stomach Bit. ters, which promptly reetifes gastric trou- ble, and does away with irregularity of the bowels and liver
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Papa Brindle-'A Matilda, I seriously ob. that young Spooler. He is the most rakish. looking youth I ever saw Matilda ''What do you mean, papa?" Papa Erin dle-"Why, I mean the way he wears his hat on one side" Matilda That isn't rakishness, papa" Papa Brindle-'.' What is it, then?" Matilda-''It's boil. land Plain Dealer.
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Advantages of the Sleigh.

The man who owns d sleigh has no diff culty in making himself solid with the girls. As girls soon get cold and are ready to go home he can take as many as six in one after noon, taking each girl home as fast as she freezes and going for another The man who gets girl in buggy in summer isn't allowed to turn back till the horse gets lame.-At- chisnn Glnha
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To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the Springtime comes, use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine. Manu. factured by the California Fig Syrup O. only, and for sale by all druggists, at 50 cents per bottle
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-ur MOST DARING RIDE.
r.,.en by cyclist over Two t Hundred-Foot Gorge.
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TCOpYTISHl, ioJo- J
 


 ,.oss the Hoosac river close to the ranont a state fine swings and sways s ..idge that makes person with 2 v .as shudder when he walks across 2 a'ls The bridge is 1sO feet long. and one " .lts down from it 200 feet to the river aotb pYa It was across this structure ,s,t p'pf George Round, bicycle rider, ''ss 'srcbed on his wheel recently. accom- 'esSing feat that to those who atebed him seemed sure to result in ,ss riders death.
 The bridge is composed of stringers, ..Id in place by two wire cables. For gnard rail a single wire is strung. ',S down. so that person riding al a s.ebt S at which the eyelist rode stooe
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Lust . scheme. of course.

Tenpenny-Here is an account in the paper of man who was shipwrecled in mid-ocean and cast away on desert island with another mans wife.
 Mrs. Tupenny-The wretch I hope his wife got a divorce from him-Town Topics
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'Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, who was seeking for information, "how much is gold worth an ounce?" 'I can't tell you what gold is worth an ounce here; but. in the Klondike I understand that gold is worth it's weight in doughnuts. ."-Pittsburgh Ghronicle- e-Helegraph.
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Gained FOrty-eight Pounds.

T had strong appetite for liquor which Thy health. 1 was also slave to tea and coffee drinking. l took the gold cure, but it did not help me" This is a portion of an interview clipped from the Daily Herald, of Clinton, Iowa. It might well be taken for the subject of a temperance lecture, but that IS not our ob- ject in publishing 1t. It is to show how sys. tenn, run down by drink and disease, may be restored. We cannot do better than nuote
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When man gets up saying he isn't pre-; pared to make a speech, you may as well make up your mind to stay an extra hour Washington Democrat
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RAINY REMINDER.
Characteristic Bit of ..OuIdD Ireland
 in America.

A Cleveland landlord has one of his houses tenanted by family that is out of all proportions to the size of the dwelling. In fact he strongly suspects that there are at least two distinct families in the house, and he is quite anxious to get rid of them. He doesn't want to turn them out, and he has been hoping they would take the frequent hints he gives them and seek some other To- cation. Lately they have complained of a leaky roof, but the landlord has determined to make no repairs until they leave.
 A few days ago the head of the household waited on him.
 Well, sor,3 he said, @that roof has been leakin' agin.'
 Has it?" asked the landlord.
 "Yis, sor. 1t leaks right over me sister $ bed. Draps right down on her, sor. This marnn' she came out O the room a-cryin', sor It had been raining on her all night.
 Well, why in Tophet,' inquired the landlord, didn't she move the bed?"
 'Twasn't that, sor," hastily remarked the tenant. 'Twasn't that"
 What ailed her, then2'
 'Why, you see, sor, she were just a-eryin' because it reminded her so much of home. '' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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In Vienna.

First Citizen-And is Herr yon Pom meier proper candidate for the rechs. rath?
 you should see him punch the bag.-Puek.
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Our idea of being just rich enough is to be in such circumstances that one can send telegrams instead of having to write letters. -Atchison Globe.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first days use of Dr. Kline Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial hottie 6 treatise. Dr. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
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The Rrnss of Crltics.

''I often marvel" :" said Pennington, the author, "at these critics who in. an hours time blast a work over which Me authors have spent year.
 Yes" replied Cawstik, who had read Pennington's latest, when a minute would suffice them to say all that is necessary. - Philadelphia North American.
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It's about as hard for man to keep a diary as for woman to keep a sharp lead peuci-Chieago Daily News.
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We wonder why people are always giving us things we don't want and nothing we dc Washington Qa.l Democrat.
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The earth goes round, but it would not go round if divided up among all the parties who want it.-Puck.
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Every man remembers having been re. jected as juror in some lawsuit.-Washing ton Democrat.
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4 oold-sore and stiff All right again. St. Jacobs Oil did it-cured
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Fuddy-"Talk about saving women! suppose. my wife is the most economical woman going" Duddy-"What has she been doing now?" Fuddy-"She has been wanting new cloak, and the other day she said: I wish l had $50 to get that cloak added: No, won't be extravagant. Iwish had $40. Perhaps might be able to get it for that Now, that's what l call econ emy."-Boston Transcript.
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TO FIRES BY ELECTRICITY
trOduces an Innovation. TCopyright, 1S9S1

ICoPS Ai6uls 4o9o.l
 Indianapolis deserves the credit for new plan for fire fighting. It came into the mind of Thomas F. Barrett, chief of the fire force of that city. He decided that the electric roads could give valuable aid in conveying fire ap- laratus to the scene of the confagra- ton.
 Ny attention was first called to this subject by a recent fire in one of the
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A girl puts in great deal of her spare time reading advertisements and wanting things. Washington Democrat.
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I use Piso's Cure for Consumption both in my family and practice.-Dr. G. ". Patter. son, Inkster, Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
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Talk isn't cheap when you hire a lawyer to do it for you.-Chicago Daily News.
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Best of All

The true culture of personal beauty is not external; 1t is heart work.-J. R. Miller
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Tor the liberty we now enjoy than is to-day the name of Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey to the many men and women this remedy has liberated from the terrible agonies of a serious lung Trouble. If taken in time it will stop the progress of Consumption. It will stop the cough at once, and give quiet. rest and refreshing, natural sleep. Coughs, Colds, Group, Whooping Cough and Grip disappear by its use as snow before the sunshine of spring. It exhilarates the lungs, and overcomes disease by feeding to the blood fat-forming oxygen. Take no substitute. price as cts. 90 cts and sI % per bottle Address
 The FEE Sutherland Medicine Company, Paducah, Ky.
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A dull, racking pain-neuralgia. Its sure Cure-St. Jacobs Oil
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A cruel pain-seiatica Its cure Is sure. Use St. Jacobs Oil
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Talk is cheap, but somehow gossip always gains currency.-Chicago Daily News.
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SAS~-S,1-sT =-a=S -- S-eY ~-S -- V~-~ Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it IS pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tenn effectually, dispels colds. head aches and levers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- dueed, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt iii it's action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeablesubstances it's many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made 1t the most popular remedy known.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have 1t on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute.
 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
 SAa FRANCISCO, CAL.
 L0gi2EilLE. KY. NEW YORK. MK
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To Cure Gold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25e.
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Cold quiekens rheumatism, but quickly, Surely, St. Jacobs Oil cures it.
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Limp and lame-lame back. St. Jacobs Oil cures it promptly, surely.
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The long-headed clergyman breaches the shortest sermon.-Chicago Daily News.
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further from the sam
 "For years 1 was unable to do my work. l could not sleep nights or rest days on account of continuous pains in my stomach and back. 1 was unable to digest my food. Headaches and pain ful urination were frequent, and ny hearts action be- came increased. I left my farm and re- IlLeu lO ciSy llIe, TOT l Wis g confirmed invalid, and the doc tors said 1 would never be well again.
 "Soon after I hap pened to use four boxes of Dr. Will Iiar,nc, Dinlr D;llr fon
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l Pale People and since then I have been free from all pain, headache and dyspepsia. I eat heartily and have no appetite for strong drink or tea or coffee, and feel twenty years younger.
 My weight has increased 48 pounds. I cannot say. too much for Dr. Williams Pink Pills and claim that they have cured me.
 JOHN B. COOK" Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of February, 1897.
 A. P. BARKER, Notary Public. To people run down in health from what terview will be of interest The truth of it is undoubted as the statement is sworn to, and we reproduce the oath here For any further facts concerning this medicine write to Dr; Williams Medicine Company, Sche- nectady, N. Y
 The name and address of the subject of above interview is John B. Cook, of POS South 9th Street, Lyon, Iowa.
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Force of Habit.-"The habits we form in our youth" said the selfmade philosopher, "stick to us ali through life, no matter how hard we may try to shake them off, Now, there's Quakerson, for instance, who was brought up in Philadelphia-look at him!,' 'Why, what's he been doing? Haven't you heard? He's got the creeping paraly- sis."-Chicago News.
 She-'sYes, these are expensive materials; !; but agreed with Polonius; Costly thy hab- it as thy purse can buy Her Friend s9That was his advice to young man, was it not?" Certainly No man would find it necessary to give such advice to 3 woman" Puck
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yyHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please state thaf you saw .he Advertiae- ment in this paper.
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WHEN THE
 Liberty Bell<

Sounded the proclama- 9eSl3$ tion of inde ePendence 5S. throughout this land, it ysSA was no more pleasing to
 the ears of our fore SsSllglgS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-06

ployes Of the public works, all of whom
are Spaniards.
The regular military force in Porto
Rico, under the command Of the cap
tain. general. numbers 1850 men, includ-
ing two batteries of artillery and two
squadrons Of cavalry. They are we'll
armed and disciplined, and were re-
cruited in Spain. There is also a corps
of 500 police and fourteen battalions
Of volunteers, containing about 5000
men. The volunteers are not natives
of the island. Since the last uprising.
when battalion Of Porto Ricans went
over to the insurgents, the natives
have not been called upon to serve.
The naval station consists Of two
small gunboats with rapid-firing guns.
The Notifications of the island, while
impotent before modern ironclads,
serve as formidable obstacles to rev.
olution. AT st. Johns there are three
Notifications, on whose bastions are
mounted some ancient cannon and six
teen Krupp buns of four and six-inch
caliber. These defenses have been
strengthened during the last few years,
but MORO castle, which guards the
entrance to the harbor, is an old stone
and plaster building, no stronger than
it was a century ago. In Ponce and
Mayaguer there are old batteries while
small forts to over-awe the populace
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-06

ing station, and this government has
not promised not to acquire it,
1t is neither because it's people have
been happy under the Spanish yoke
nor yet because they have not made
desperate efforts to throw it off, that
Porto Rico is still dependency on
Spain. The Porto Ricans> have long
desired freedom with an augmenting
keenness, and, Furthermore, nine enths
of them wish to become citizens of the
United States.
In his vague reference to law-abid-
ing and contented Porto Rico, the
Spanish diplomat was careful not to go
into a detailed history of the island,
much less to give an accurate account
of the blessings showered upon it by
a horde of greedy Spanish officehold-
ers. as .-,--=.vs
Porto Rico has been held by the
Spanish crown since the days of Ponce
de Leon, who was so delighted with it's
loveliness that he sought there the
fountain of youth, for which the island
seems a fitting location. The misman-
agement of an English expedition I'M
der Abercrombie, rather than the 10y
to Spain in the eighteenth century, and
standing army has preserved it for
her during the nineteenth.
AS early as 1920 the Porto Ricans
attempted to gain their independence
This was years before Cuba had been
fired by the torch of liberty. Indeed
at about this time the Cubans were
taking oaths of eternal allegiance to
the legitimate Spanish dynasty which
they alone supported when Napoleon
had overrun Spain. This first rebellion
was put down after short guerrilla
war. Several abortive attempts to
drive the Spaniards from the island
followed towards the middle of the
century. But they served only as a