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police were asked to assist in finding
him. An aunt of the boy called at the
police station to request the aid of the
authorities. She said the boy had a
fuss with his school teacher last Thurs
day and ran away, fearing to return
home lest he get a chastising from his
father. She feared that, Tom Saw
yer like, the boy. with two other young
sters, had decided to turn pirate rather
than endure the frowns of his good old
aunt or take the licking ne believed
was in store for him.
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The police We're notified last evening
that 12-year-old Ross Morrison, son of
Alex Morrison, living at 901 East
Broadway, had run away from home
and there was a longing on the part of
his people that he should return. The
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A London burglar was set upon by
pet orang-outang in a house he was
robbing, and was so badly bitten and
mutilated that he died.
Most of the so called projections
against burglary, do not protect any
lin VI more than most of the so-called
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Big Sewing Machine.

The largest sewing machine in the world
Is said to be in operation in Leeds. Il
weighs $500 pounds and sews cotton bat
ting.
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oSSNS ~ oAA eiAN
lrglary of the
house Of this
I'd y" by the
atty burglar
.sease. Like the
regular burg
; lar, disease
3 works with
rs as little dis
III turbance as
) Z possible.
IS You think
s. you b a V e
that jewel of
health you
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(QIttiiCllr'aa

Remedies stands beyond all doubt No
evidence
afford immediate relief the certainty of
civilized world The
youngest adults Battle the affected parts 'h
CUTICURA SOAP crusts
scales soften the cened ue Dry, hou hard rubbing and
CUTCURA OINTMENT duay Hching irritation and
aon and soothe and hee and lastly take the cu1IcURA RE-
affords relief permits the forms eczema
the skim and blood
all
fail The SET price SOAP ONT
RESOLVENT f be had of all druggists and
CHEM CORP, Mass
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applications noticed the redne and inflammation
disappear Before there Ecma
truthuy that $oo worth CUTcURA REMEDIES
There sign Of its anywhere
body you cured, nearly four Hardly
a letter calls and
got cured, had Eczema bad and if the
has been permanent etc. always take pleasure
tightening them the best I
JOHN D. PORTE, Pitsburg, March I, 1S9o
OF JOHN D. & Co., Real Estate and Insurance,
423 Fourth Avenue, Pttsburg, Pa
agonng itching burning skin, the fhul
of the scalp in SCALED
pmples and ngwom the awful suffering Of
milk
superhuman successfully
with them That
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Wild With
CT : MA

Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters and
Great Red Blotcfes. Scratched Until Almost
Wild. Burned Like Fire. Sleep Impossible.
CUTlCURA Remedies Bring Speedy Relief
and a Permanent Cure at Cost of Only 81.
sufferer for eight from that distressing Of
al diseases of the best physicians the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
asset, not deficit. She is quite con-
scious of the advantage, and is, OIL the
whole, rather proud than otherwi Se OF
her experience.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Wives and Mothers.

l cannot close this paper without
reference to the unjust laws relating to
wives and mothers which disgrace the
statute books Of most Of the states, and
which should be annulled. Only very
small proportion of the state Of the
American federation allow the married
father and mother to be equal legal
owm RS and controllers Of their minor
children. Their legal ownership resides
in the father in most states, and the
mother who bore them, and won them
ut the risk Of her life III the valley of
death, is denied share in them. The
laws of many states not only give to
legal ownership of the wife's person and
earnings, which practically reduces her
to slavery. To the husband is given
the right of choosing the domicile for
the family. regardless of the wishes of
the wife. If the husband dies interstate,
the law divides the property among his
heirs, and very often in such Il way as
to cause great hardship to the wife.
These unj just statutes are an inheritance
from a long-gone past, and were not
formulated by the Legislators of the pres
ent. The majority of American husbands
and fathers are better than these laws
and never enforce them, and many are
entirely ignorant of their existence. Still,
their influence is felt in the community,
and their practical results are always
disastrous to the home and the family,
when interpreted by men who lack an
ideal comprehension of the worth and
glory of motherhood and home.
The time is coming when an exalted
conception of motherhood will prevail.
as the most important and sacred of all
the functions given to woman. Enlight-
ened motherhood will be complemented
by enlightened fatherhood, and science
will come to their aid with all that it
has learned concerning prenatal being.
Invention will have simplifed household
as it has agricultural labor, or co-opera-
ton will have extended to housekeeping
as it has to business, and the home
will then become sanctuary for the
young child whose surroundings will be
ideal, and who can be trained and mold
ed Alright from the cradle. Then will
the statelier Eden come again to man.
Then will human fatherhood and human
motherhood take on something of the
fullness, tenderness and divineness of
Godhood. And then will the children
born into the home have trooping about
them such divinities as were never never
throned on old Olympus-Mary A. Liv-
crnlore in Frank Leslics Popular
Monthly.
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which is doing we'll. This mine carries
copper in it's ore, while the other zinc
and lead mine in the same county, which
is down GOO feet, shows similar ore, but
without any copper.
The moment that young crocodile
breaks it's shell it is to all intents and
purposes as active as ut any time during
it's life. it will make straight for the
water, even If it be out OF sight and a
good distance off, and it will pursue it's
prey with eagerness and agility during
the first hour Of it's free existence.
New Nork has a new evening theo-
logical school, undenominational, to fit
young men and women for more efficient
work in their respective churches, to pre-
pnre students for the ministry, to make
more proficient Sunday school teachers,
to train deaconesses, to give instruction
about missions and to cultivate a Chris
tan spirit among the denominations.
A Hungarian phlolugist thinks he has
discovered the original language Of man.
languages lndoGermanic, Semitic, Ha'
mitic and Altaic, are all based on be-
tween two hundred and three hundred
ancient Chinese roots, some Of which
have disappeared from the Chinese Ian
guage and are now found only in Japa-
ncSe.
The enormous destruction of birds to
supply trimming for women's hats was
clearly shown at the fire recently in a
factory ut Wautagh. l.. l., when among
the property destroyed were 10000
stuffed seagulls, 10000 wings of other
birds and 10000 heads of birds repre-
senting varieties from the pluned birds
of the South to the ordinary Long Island
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IS GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES, s.

which only the wealthy can indulge.
This is Il bit Of favOriate nonsense which
can hardly be treated seriously. The
assertion that women are hot as sensible
in these modern times as their grand
mothers were, that they want ull> estab-
lishment and a guarantee that they will
be supplied with all the comforts Of life
before going to the altar, is libel on the
sex. There are just as many girls who
arc ready to share the humble fortune
of the men they love as there ever were,
Just us many who are willing to begin
their careers Oh small scale and Il
slender income. These grandmothers of
ours, OF whom we are constantly boast
ing, did not enjoy monopoly of all the
They were we'll enough for their time
and in their way, but they can be
matched every day in the year by their
grand daughters of the present age. Vir-
tue of every kind is just us plentiful as
ever, and our girls would win the prize
III competition with the girls of any gen
Grafton since Adam and Eve sat In the
sunshine under the apple tree in Eden
1t is Il base insinuution, with no foundn.
ton in fact, that they are not willing to
live humbly with a man, provided they
can live happily. with him.
But the number Of girl bachelors is
increasing, we are told: That is I'M
uouoteuly true, ana II indicates con-
dltion OF things which is worth looking
at second time. What are the social
Influences which have brought about this
result, and which DIR. Scudder and his
brother eclergymen deplore? why do
women hesitate to marry? Because
they want excitement, because they are
unwilling to assume the responsibilities
of a household? Not at all, It is fash
ionable to say that, but it is not true. It
is largely because the men of the day
are so degenerate that they can't be
trusted with woman's happiness. Wom-
ell have observed a great many disagree
able things. The intercourse of the
sexes is SO free and the peccadilloes of
men are such an open secret that girl
bachelors are unwilling to take the risks
which are inevitable. They prefer an in
dependent life, with it's sacrifice of home
comfort, to a life in which they will
possibly be made miserable and at last
forced into divorce court for relief.
The men rather than the women are
the deterrents to ma trilnony.
If clcrgymen will preach on this sub
ject, it is plainly their duty to tell the
whole truth, whether it is pleasant to
hear or not
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Trimming a Child's Will.

trary with a child, by making him do as
we wish without first getting at the
causes of his willfuness,'' is the position
taken by Anna Wikel in the Woman's
Home Companion. "A child's yolitions
are transient. The endeavor, then, must
be to get at his fleeing volitions and
said to have governing purpose
Some put implicit faith in reasoning with
child. Well, it shows respect for child
nature and occasionally reaches him; at
least it may have some effect in devel-
oping his reasoning powers, and certain
ly promises confidence between parent
and child. If his reason were already
developed there would be less difficulty
in training the will, nut since it is not
we must train the will through other
avenues, and his feelings his emotional
impulses, form the best of these. In
order to strengthen and train his will
child must be allowed to exercise it by
choosing for himself as far as practic-
able. The parent or teacher must advise
the child before the choice is made, or
when he is suffering as the result of an
unwise choice he may we'll reflect on
them for not giving HIM the, benefit of
their experience; bnt after both sides are
made plain the child must be left free
moral agent. If there is choice be-
tween Il pocketknife and new pair Of
trousers a boy will almost surely choose
the knife. When he feels ashamed of
his patched knees it will be a means of
culture to his judgment through the
emotion of shame, and his next willing
may be on the line Of reason. But it
takes more than one lesson to learn that
we cannot eat our cake and have it,
too Robertson says, There are two
ways of reaching the truth-by reason
ing it out and by feeling it out A child
must feel his way to truth. A child
lives in his feelings, and through them
he is reached for good or evil =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
A Lack of Manners.

The authoritative tone that the major
lty of young women take with their
mothers nowadays is not precisely an in
dication of good breeding; but then good
breeding seems to be rapidly going out
of fashion, complains y woman Of the
world. \ few relics of it are still left,
just enough to show how delightful a
thing it was. A really courteous man is
now described as being "of the old
school A really high-born woman is
called ''oldfashioned."
Nobody would like to see children 20
back to the stilted stiffness of the days
when they called their parents "Sir" and
MADAM But their present demeanor
is the reverse of polite or gentle, and re-
fleets but little credit on themselves or
on those. who have brought them up.
The mothers seem to get accustomed to
this kind of bruSqucrie from their daugh-
tiers, and do not perceive it's effect upon
time
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Care of the Scan Dish,

There is good deal of nonsense about
the use of soap. Amy good soap that is
manifestly not made of rancid oils is cf-
ficient and harmless if it is properly used.
Almost no soap will ever chap or roughen
the hands if the latter are thoroughly
rinsed in clear water.
Not one person in Il dozen washes his
hands properly, because of the neglect Of
this important part of the operation An
other point about soap is that where it is
used in cakes the cake should be rinscd
before being returned to the soap dish,
Dirty soap dishes and cakes of soap with
crusted suds upon them can be found in
many otherwise neat homes, says the
New York Evening Post.
The best soap dish for cleanliness and
economy is rubber one This is quickly
secured out every morning, and there is
no fear of it's clinging to moist cake Of
soap and dropping to crack or break an
expensive marble bowl as metal or china
may.
Powdered soap in shaker is the most
sanitary and economical kind to use in
family. A further desideratum for the
washstand is powdered pumice stone in
common salt Shaker 4 dust of this on
the fingers when washing will quickly re.
move ink and other stains
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
War MOurninr.

One American born lady has already
been placed in mourning through the
losses on the English side in the Trans
yaal war. The lady in question is Lady
Wolseley, wife of Sir Charles Wolseley,
and daughter of D. II. Murphy of San
Trooper Hubert Wolseley, who was
killed in the battle of Elandslaagte, was
a favorite nephew of Lady Wolseley and
ters younger brother, Edward. Young
Wolseley was engaged in the mines ut
johannesburg when the war broke out.
and immediately Joined the regiment Of
Imperial Light Horse volunteers, raised
by Col. Chisholme. He was an exceed
ingly handsome man, 6 foot in his
stockings, and, owing to his stature, was
q specially good target for Boer bullets.
M He belonged to the same family as Lord
British army. 1t is Sir Charles, by thu,
by, and not the field marshal. who is the
head of the house, and Sir Charles still
holds today the deer park which his an
cestors inclosed away back in the reign
of King Edward ".
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S0meWhere.

Somewhere.
The time when man feels IN impulse to
Scold,
And almost an impulse to swear:
Is when he inquiries for thing and Is told:
II put 1t away somewhere!
S0meWhere!
Somewhere!
The thing that he's yearning for more than
Is safe and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES!
1t may be his pen. or his pipe, or his book;
Says the wife Of his soul, With the kndliest
look
"And-somewhere-I put it away.
Secure.
I'm sure
Youth find it somewhere hereahouts, for
Such trouble to put 1t away"
So the man sets about in a maddeaing
search,
Now hopeful, now filled with despair.
And he ransacks each Granny and drawer
In quest Of that "hazy somewhere"
Somewhere!
Somewhere!
And he thinks In Il way that's tabOOcd by
As he e gropes for the hidden somewhere.
Oh, women who love us, we beg and be-
You, check that devotion and care
Which place all our chatties 80 far out Of
reach
In safe and forgotten somewhere"
We tear
Our hair
And glowing and eloquent figures of speech
Are born Of that hunt for ''somewhere.'
We know you desire to promote, not to mar,
The joy of our brief earthly stay,
But please leave our pouches and pipes
where they are,
And don't, oh don't-put them away!
Away
To stay
In a nook that's so near, yet so battling far
That the search makes us wrinkled and
gray.
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The Christmas Candles.


hundred Christmas candles, once.
Were talking 'n,ong themselves,
ana wondering II they'd ever leave
The toyshop's dusty shelves,
When In lovely maiden walked
And bought them, every one,
"Ha! ha!' they cried in bOundless glee-
AT last our life's begun
When taken from their box they found
AS far as they could seq, ~
That they were bought to stand in rows
Upon a Christmas Tree
shining ball that hung below
Kept them upright and straight.
"Oh, ho"' they cried while gazing round, -
But this Is simply great!'
Soon several ladies came around
With loads of dolls and toys
And every bough was laden down
With gifts for girls and boys.
Then tinsel chains, with flowers and flags
Were added to the show.
"Oh, N.Y. the little candles gasped:
Don't we look gorgeous, though
When darkness came Il man came in,
And with lighted stick
Reached high up, all around the tree,
And touched each candles wick.
The tinsel took the many rays
And made them dOubly bright.
''Hurrah!" the candles cried again.
Were in for sport tonight.
Then, through the folding parlor doors,
The children romping came
And each received IL pretty gift
When called upon by name.
But soon the wax was melting down
And candles growing small
"Oh, DEAR" they moaned, Its dreadful
warm.
This isn't fun at ALL
But mid that ring of childish glce
Each candle felt possessed
TO do his part; each one tried
TO outlast all the rest.
And when they'd all burned out but one
He thought: "Oh. well; no doubt
We gladdened some young hearts, and
then
He fickercd-and went out.
Ernest Vincent Wright in Boston Tran
script.
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Nettic'a Dream.

Nettie was dear little girl Of II years
of age; her disposition was so sunny that
one could fancy she had indeed trapped
some of the sunbeams in her heart as well
as in her golden curls. Why, just a sight
of those shining curls bobbing down the
street would bring a smile even to the
face of old Bachelor Grimm, who board
ed next door, while all the other neigh
bors united in calling her Sunshine
Bright, and this name fitted very well.
Her mother tried, by precept and eN-
ample, to instill good principles into Net
ties heart, and was pleased when the
child had some plan on hand to help 9th
ers, and always lent an attentive ear, and
gave timely advice, but preferred that the
child follow the dictates of her own
heart, knowing that experience would al
ways prove the best teacher: just now,
Nettie's great plan was, Christmas shoes
for the Ford children.
4 square away from NettieS home
stood a tumbled-doWn Shanty, weather.
beaten and old: the window panes were
nearly all gone. and the old hats and
rags stuffed in the holes only served to
give the place a more diSreputable look.
The front yard was filled with rank
weeds, scared and burned by the frost;
they shook their plumes in the winter
Winds and sent their feathered seeds to
nestle in the fine gardens of the neigh
bors The poor, old house was quite an
eyesore, and seemed as much out Of keep
ing with it's smart neighbors as it's in
mates did with the more fortunate dwell
ers on that street, for it was the home of
poor Widow Ford and her five children.
They were very, very poor, for Mrs.
Ford was not strong, and could only do
mic in q shirt and thprt..
fore, earned barely enough to keep a
roof, such as it was. over their heads,
and provide food for the little ones. They
We're gaunt wildeyed children; their
pale, pinched faces and under sized
bodies plainly showing lack of proper
food and clothing; they all wore that sub
dued look that extreme poverty brings to
ents. Their voices were low and one sell
dom heard a hearty child-laugh in that
house, for they were mothered by sister
Rosy, a child of II years, and she
promptly quenched any undue hilarity:
Poor little mother! she was ever striv-
ing to keep dirty faces clean, and tousled
locks smooth, and sewing great rents to-
this she could do passably well, but
when it came to cobbling-alas! what
would ever fill up those gaping holes in
Eddie's shoes. while Willie's soles were
clean gone, and Etta's and NAMES We're
nearly as bad.
Sadly shaking Der head at the chill
dren, Rosy said one night: Il don't
know what we will do about shoes for
Christmas, for mother never could buy
a pair for each one of us on the same
day"
Maybe Santa Claus will send us
some" said Willie. in hopeful tone.
"YeS,' chimed in Eta, ''ChriStmas
will soon be here; just two weeks We'll
have to wait"
Santa Claus can't think of u.s. was
Rosy's answer, as she knitted her child
ish brows over this dreadful shoe prob
lem; 1--WE are too poor. and he will be
sure not to notice us; all you can do is
to pray real hard every night until God
sends them; now, don't forget. you
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KAFFIR TELEGRAPHY.
Their Mysterious Transmission of
News Over Long Distances.

The battle of Majuba Hill was fought
ON February -. 1881. Pictermaritzburg
is as nearly as possible $50 miles from
Majuha. Yet the native servants of Off
GERS ouartered in that garrison town
heard the news of the battle and told
their masters of the result within ten
hours, and long before any official tele-
graphic Information came through.
Again, the total defeat of the Zulus at
Clunui in 1870 was heard of by the ma
tiveS Mt Il distance of 30 miles within
twelve hours.
How is it done?
Many explanations have been offered,
but none Of them are entirely satisfac
tory. Perhaps the most plausible expla-
is the following: The various Kattir lam
guageS, particularly that spoken by the
Zulus. have very many broad, open vow
els. The "a" is pronounced as in father
Such words as "amba gashle'' (go care
fully, "lkona mali tho money, ''hamba
kaya' lgo home,. are all words that carry
far. The natives are said to shout to one
another from hilltop to hilltop, and these
long -drawnout vowelS can be heard for
immense distances. The extremely rare
fed air OF the high veldt also helps the
sound to travel: and chain of natives
being arranged. one on each hilltop, four
or five miles apart. the message flies from
Out' ~ duttueE WITH tllltLllS
Another explanation. which seems less
likely, although many old residents
among natives declare that it is true, is
the tapping of an outcrop of ironstone or
other magnetic mineral with success
Sioh Of light blows, after the manner OF
the Morse alphabet. These, it is said,
can be heard along the whole length of
the outcrop, even if the reef dives under
ground for miles and then reappears on
the surface. The recipient places his
ear on the stone and receives the impress
sion Of the taps over Il distance of many
miles,
When there is a stream of running
water it is known to be possible to con-
vey sounds along the surface over con-
siderable length thereof. But this would
hardly be applicable to the South At
rican natives methods, as the streams
through the veldt flow only for few
mcnthS in the summer, and then only i'll
termittcntly, after thunderStorms; for the
rest of the year they are practically dry
beds of sand and rock
Whatever their method may be. it has
been proved over and over again that
natives get news of any great event, re-
ported accurately and succinctly, long be-
fore it is flashed across the Geographic
WireS.-LOndOn Mail