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1.How the Engllshnan Told It.

HOW the EngllBnlnAn lou LIE
Here is a joke which comes from the
Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht.
Names were given to the writer, but
they are suppressed for obvious rea-
sons.
A young woman on the Erin while
every one was waiting for wind asked:
"What slang expression which you
have in America pleases pussy cat?"
The listeners all gave itup, of course.
"Why, rubber neck" was the reply.
One of Sir Thomas's British friends
heard it, and thought it was so good
that he called friend up to hear the
conundrum. The one summoned
came all expectancy. The enthusi-
astic admirer of the story could not
wait for the young woman who had
originally sprung the joke to repeat
it, but started to tell it himself.
"What slang expression which you
have in America pleases pussy cat?'
he asked.
The new man also gave it up.
"Why, smooth her back" was the
reply, and the answer brought out O
greater roar than had greeted the orig
inal story.-New York Tribune,
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was the only election in which the

was the only election in which the
electors voted for five candidates,
these being, in their order of strength,
Martin Van Buren, W. H. Harrison,
Hugh L. White, Daniel Webster and
W. P. Mangum. An apparent excep-
ton to this statement was the Greeley
vote, which was scattered after the
candidates death.
The last candidate for whom Whig
convention voted was Millard Fillmore
in 1856. He had been defeated for
the nomination four years before. He
received eight electoral votes, those
of Maryland.
One of the electors who voted for
the Democrat Monroe in the "era of
good feeling" was the venerable John
Adams, of Massachusetts.
Only one man was nominated for
the Presidency and Vice-Presidency
and declined 1t. John Langdon, of
New Hampshire, was nominated by
the Republicans in 1903 for Vice.
President, but one month later de-
clined, and Elbridge Gerry was
chosen.
Since the day of Monroe, the most
sweeping electoral victory was that of
1864, when Lincoln received 212
votes to II for Mcclellan. All things
considered, the worst defeated man
who ever ran for President wos
Stephen A. Douglas, who received but
12 electoral votes in 1860; however,
he received only 100000 less votes
than Lincoln, and 500, 600 more than
Breckinridge, and 800, 900 more than
Bell. both of whom led him in cleo
tors, O situation never paralleled.
The President who was worst de.
feated for reelection was Van Buren,
who in 1910 received but 60 votes to
Harrison's 234, the magnitude of the
Harrison vote being one of the
greatest surprises in the history OF
American politics.
1t will be seen from tho preceding
facts that the American voters are in
the habit of renominating their Presi-
dents. The habit Of re-electing them
is almost as strong. As AL Offset to
these facts, one might suggest that
the only Presidents who were renomi-
mated over opposition, and two of the
three Presidents who were ever de-
feated for reelection, were among the
most recent, Cleveland and Harrison.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan may de-
rive satisfaction, 80 for as his chance
OF denomination is concerned, from
the history of Henry Clay, who was
candidate three times. AS regards
his chances of election, they can
point to the examples of the great
ideals, Jefferson and Jackson, as we'll
as William Henry Harrison, all of
whom were defeated before being sue
cessful.
One notable lesson is easily read in
the figures for the last twenty-five
years, viz, that the day of sweeping
victories is over. Unless some over
mastering issue comes up, Presi-
Dental elections probably will con-
tinue to be closely contested, and
their results difficult to foretell.
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Revolutionary sharpshooters.

The settlement of a new countr.
lmid hostile Indians demanded from
Dur colonial grandfathers eterna
vigilance, and developed in them con
siderable skill with firearms.
Even the colonial boy, we are told
ls soon as he was big enough to leve
rifle, was given powder and ball te
shoot squirrels. After little practice
he was required to bring in as many
squirrels as he was given charges TO,
the gun, under penalty of q severe
lecture or even having his JACKIE
tanned"
At the age of twelve the boy became
o fort soldier. with loophole assigned
him from which to fight when the
settlement was attacked by the
Indians. ..
Growing older he became hunter
of deer, bear and other wild animals,
aud must constantly pit his life against
those of the hostile Indians in the
forest.
It is no wonder, therefore, that the
men OF the Revolution were all expert
sharpshooters, whom the British
dreaded and the Indians feared. God
had been schooling them for theii
struggles for berty.-Forward.
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EUROPEANS TRY ORDEAL BY FIRE.
British Ofacials Walked Barefoot Over
Red Hot Stones Upscathed.

British omcials Walked Barefoot Over
Red Hot Stones Upscathed.
Some weeks ago, writes Andrew
Lang in the London Athen@um, con.
lensed in the Atheneum description
Of the Fijian fire walk (Umu TIL. In
the Journal of the Polynesian Society,
Colonel Gudgeon, British resident OF
Raratonga, late judge in the native
Land Court, and an accomplished stu
dent OF the Maori speech, records hi.
own experience. A Raiatea man,
young, but of the fre-walking clan,
officiated. The date was January 20,
1899. As usual, large fire had been
blazing on a foundation of stones; the
burning logs were hooked out and al
Q p. m. Colonol Gudgeon found the
glowing stones ready for the cere'
mony. The officiating Raiatea man
pointed out to his native pupil that
two stones were not hot, they having
been taken from a mara or sacred
place. Nothing was done by way ot
magic except that the Raiatean spoke
few words mot reported) while ht
and his tauira, or pupil, thrice struck
the edge of the oven with WITCH
branches of the ii (Dracana). "Then
they walked slowly and deliberately
over the two fathoms Of hot stones
The pupil handed his branch to Mr.
Goodwin ION whose land the perform
ance took place. and said: II give my
mana over to you; lead your friends
across" The word mana means king
of magnetic" or magical force which
individuals are supposed to possess
in differing proportions. Perhaps
"power" is the best English equival
ent for mana.
Colonel Gudgeon, before these per
formances, had asked that the glowing
stones "should be leveled down bit,
as his feet "were naturally tender
and 80 the stones were 'leveled fiat
In walking across, three white men &C
companied him-Dr. W. Craig, DR.,
George Craig, and Mr.. Goodwin. Col
onel Gudgeon "got across unscathed.'
He says: II knew quite we'll I wa.
walking on red-hot stones, and coulq
feel the heat, yet was not burned. ]
felt something resembling slight cleo
trio shocks, both at the time and after
ward, but that is ALL"
As to the heat, the oven is made fol
cooking the ii, which is put IN afte,
the rite. Half an hour after that per-
formance green branch thrown into
the oven blazed in quarter Of min
ute. The ii (teste Colonel Gudgeon.
who ate his share) was we'll cooked
He walked "with dellberation," ant
"the very tender skin of my feet wat
not even hardened by the fire." HI
offers no explanatory hypothesis.
In this case ~ no preparation Of
any kind WAS applied to the feet: Y.
they were not hardened by walking
unshod; (3) no abnormal psychica
condition was involved. Three stocl
explanations were therefore put out o.
court. I have none to offer; but tht
facts appear to illustrate the medieval
ordeal, as we'll as certain other curl
GUS phenomena handed down from o
nld
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The "Blasting" Was Good.

"The guides who pilot visitors
about in Norway, said tourist who
has Just returned from summer
spent in that picturesque land, "are
a pleasant, intelligent set OF men.
They have had so many associations
with English and American travellers
that they speak our language fairly
we'll, and are always on the alert to
pick up new words. Sometimes this
desire leads to funny mistakes, too.
While exploring some of the wild and
precipitous cliffs one day with my
guide, we came upon spot which
,oked like an abandoned quarry.
"'What is this, Karl?' I asked;
have they been getting out stone
here?'
"'Yes, SIR he answered; it is
where some time ago they have been
shooting the rocks
"Oh, yes; blasting, I said, smiling,
and Karl's quick ears caugh ht the aew
word for shooting I heard him
murmuring it to himself two or three
times afterward.
"The next day our journey brought
US into a large tract of magnificent
forest. Karl said I, there ought to
be fine hunting here in the season.
"'Yes, sir, was the prompt reply,
very good hunting Then, with the
air of a man who seizes an opportun-
ity, he added proudly, Indeed, it is
near here, sir, that we blast many
bears.' New York Tribune.
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A Progressive Barbarian Monarch.
H2az22sESl2llE[D

A Progressive Barbarian Monarch.
The King of Sonaliland is in Lon
don to promote the interests of his
domain. His subjects are chiefly half
naked barbarisns, but he is highly
cultured, speaking English, German,
French, Italian and Spanish. The
purpose of the Emir Soliman-for so
he calls himself-is to civilize his peo-
pic, an end for which he seeks British
aid in the development of Somaliland.
He confesses that five years ago he
was with the Dervishes, fighting
against England. but he has since be-
come king, and has come to the con-
clusion not only that the British are
not only to be supreme in Africa, but
also that they ought to be, because, to
use his own words, they are "the great
people," Coffee, corn, ostrich feath-
ers, sheepskins, gum, india rubber,
ivory and mines of silver and gold are
all, according to the Emir, to be had
in Somaliland; but there are no en-
gineers, no machinery, no capital, and
he want these.
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Commander of n Large Army.

There are few living generals who
have been called upon to mmand
more than one hundred thousand mer
In time of peace, but that lot has just
fallen to the German cavalry Genera!
Count Won Haeseler. He is the com
manding general of the Sixteenth
Army Corps, stationed at Metz, and
he was intrusted with the chief com
mand during the recent army man.
euvres, which took place on ground
made memorable by the conflict OF
lS70-71.
The mannuvres lasted more than a
week, and four complete army corps,
an entire cavalry division and more
than one hundred thousand men took
part, under the personal observation
of the General. The second in com
mand WAS General von Falkenhausen
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Saye the Nfckelgs

From saving, comes having. Ask your
grocer how you can save 15c by investing
&c. He can tell you just how you can get
one large 10c package OF "Red Cross"
starch, one large 1Oc package Of "Hubln-
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beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed in
twelve beautiful colors, or one Twentieth
Century Girl Calendar, all for Sc. Ask your
grocer for this starch and obtain these
beautiful Christmas presents free.
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Hit by Twenty seven Bullets at Once.


Among those who arrived at San
Francisco by transport the other day
was D. W. Krider, of Wharton, Ohio.
Of Battery K, Third Artillery, who
gained the distinction of being the
worst wounded man in the war. In
February last he was with his battery
IN native attack on Manila, when word
came to fall back. Utah Battery was
given the same order, but failed to
observe it, and a shrapnel she'll from
this battery exploded. Two men were
killed and Krider received twenty-six
wounds from the shrapnel bullets;
while at the same time Mauser bull
let passed through him. Krider still
carries some of the bullets, and it is
doubtful if he will ever recover his
health and strength.
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Civ, I|,;! y y


grocer will package Crosse sarch ono large
panels printed
Twentieth Century Girl Calendar the
All
goods
Laundry entirely and without doubt the great
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made
and ogtna
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Habits OF the PyRmles of Africa.

An ivory horn was also carried BY
some OF the Pygmies and with this,
also, most curious sounds could bt
produced. They oil carried bows anc
arrows, and with them were most ex'
pert little marksmen. Some OF the
arrows were poisoned, others were
not; no doubt the poisoned ones are
used for their enemies, and the or
binary iron-headed shafts for killing
the animals of the forest. I asked
my little friend what they lived upon,
aud he told me nuts and fruits from
the trees and wild honey; also the
animals that they killed. "Whatani
mails can you kiIl?" I asked the little
chief who stood before me on this
memorable occasion. "Antelope,
buffalo and elephants" said he.
"What?" I said, 'little people like
you killing buffalo and elephants!''
At which he laughed heartily aud
turned to tell his companions what I
had said, and they also joined in the
fun. "How do you manage it?" I
asked. "With these" holding up his
bow and arrows. Every many of US
surround the elephant and shoot
many arrows into it." But" said I,
chow long do you take to kill an ele
phant?" "Oh!" he replied, "some
times three days, sometimes six days,
but when he is dead We make oui
tents round the carcass and there stor
till we have eaten all the meat, ane
then we hunt another elephant
From this remark, one gathered M
once that the Pygmies hareno "abid
ing city," but they move from place
to place, wherever there is food to b
found Albert B. Lloyd, in Ainslee's
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Like Finding Money.

The ase OF the Endless Chain Starch
Book in the purchase Of "Red Cross" and
'.Hubincer's Best" starch, makes 1t just
like finding money. Why, for only &c you
are enabled to get ore large 1Oc package
of "Red Cross starch, one large lOc pack.
age Of "Hubinger's Best" starch. with the
premiums, two Shakespeare panels, print
ed in twelve beautiful colors, or one Twen'
tieth Century Girl Calendar, embossed In
gold. Ask your grocer for this starch and
obtain the beautiful Christmas presents free
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Ether Drinking Prohibited in Prussia.
:opYaloHr 1893 ~ THE paoerra oAMslr co. CINCINNATI

Ether drinking in the neighborhood
of Memel, Prussia, has become so gen.
eral that the authorities have been
forced to take measures against the
evil. It is now forbidden under heavy
penalties to sell ether for drinking
purposes. and no dealer is allowed to
supply ether unless the customer pre-
sents a certificate from the police to
the effect that the drug will not be
used as a tipple. Visitors to Memel
say that ether drinking as a habit is
INDUCED in by the greater portion OF
the working population. -Correspond-
ence in New YORK Times. %,.r:,'
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How's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
sny case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned. have known F. ]. Che
ney for the last Is years. and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Island Seen Three Times in $50 Years

Island Seen Three Times in 16O fears
Among the places visited by the
German exploring ship Valdivia, re-
Gently returned from the Antarctic
Ocean, was Bouvet Island, which, al
though discovered in 1879, is known
to have been sighted only twice since
and until the Valdivia's visit had not
been seen for more than seventy
years. The island is the summit of a
volcanic mountain rising 5000 feet
above the sea. Its crater is entirely
covered with ice, which caves down in
a steep wall to sea level. It is about
1900 miles west of south from the
Cape of Good Hope.
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Description OF Woman's Club,

A woman's Society for Political
Study is q club where lot of women
get together to spend twenty minutes
telling each other what their husbands
told them about the Transvaal War,
the yacht races, the Dreyfus verdict,
the Peace Congress-, the Alaskan
boundary, arbitration and the W Gather,
and an hour and three-quarters put
ting on their wraps and eating cara.
mels. New York Press.
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cause. II that cause IS not removed us
influence reaches out and overshadows
whole life. The reason Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been so uni
formly successful for over a quarter Of
century in overcoming the suffering OF
women, is that it is thorough and goes
directly to the cause. 1t is q womans
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Training Canaries.

In the canary breeding establish
ments of Germany only the male birds
are valued, TOR the females never sing.
The method of training the birds to
sing is to put them in room where
there is an automatic whistle, which
they all strive to initiate. The breeder
listens to the efforts of the birds and
picks out the most apt pupils, which
are then placed in another room for
further instruction.
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The Japanese Government has great
difficulty in securing Interpreters for
the courts. Linguists are scarce, and
the best of them can easily find places
in mercantile houses. which pay more
than the Government, which does not
90 beyond 500 year.
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A World Fafpou3 Gem.

The most famous e1tant gen, is per.
haps the Gemma Augestea in Vlsnns,
q sardonyx nearly quarter OF yard
long, on which the triumph OF Angus
tus is cut in the rarest workna"sGip
by Dioscorides of Rome.
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A SOC. Calendar ForTwO &c. Stamps.

If you will send 4 cts. to J. P.
Lyons, Art Publisher, 9 Murray ST.,
New York, he will mail you beauti'
full screen Calendar for 1900, size llx
l6 inches, in panels, Autographed in
IL colors and gold. New York stores
charge so cts. for Calendars as good.
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Clarinda, Iowa, has an insane asy-
lum which costS1, 900, 900. 1t is said
by experts to be the finest building of
the kind in the country.
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Do not wash your hands and face with a common
laundry soap, or if you do, don't complain when you
find them rough, hard and chapped Ordinary laundry
soaps are good for scrbbing oors but not for the skim
Ivory Soap makes creamy lather that rnses easily and
takes the dirt with it. The natural oil of the skin
washed with Ivory Soap is not removed and the skin is
left soft and smooth.
1T FLOATS.
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Southern Railways Service for the
SOuth.

- This popular route announces for the COM
ing winter season the usual improved serv ee
ington. -FOUR through trains daily are oper-
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Florida, Cuba. Texas Mexico or California,
Passenger Agent, 27l Broadway, New York.
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Sore eyes in days; chronic cases in 80
days, or money back. All druggists, or
by mail, Csc. per box. p. HAYrER, Deca-
tur, Texas.
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For every million inhabitants In Russia
there are only ten newspapers and journals
Of all sorts.
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Findlev:s Eve saIve Cures

The proportion OF Latin students in ele-
mentary schools has increased.
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The proportion Of female to male teach
>ers is increasing In England.
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There are five thousand theatres in
he United States.
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Immense ccal fields have been dis
covered in Zaiuiand.
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The class Of 1903 at Harvard contains
over 500 students. * % Az
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Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medicine.
Mrs. W. PICKERT, Van Siclen and Blake
Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 20, 1894.
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w 1OMEN do suffer!
" Even so-called healthy women sufferi )
But they are not healthy!

marks left by pain the faces many Of our
daughters Pain that leaves its mark from curable
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The Hon, Geo. Starr Writes

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have tried various kinds Of baths rnsnipuls-
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His Life Was Saved

Mr.. j. e. Lilly, a prominent
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Typhoid Fever that ran into
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Nothing helped me. | expected
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| heard Of DR.. Kings New Dis
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