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COSTLY CAKES.

Four thousand five hundred dollars was the cost of the cake provided at the wedding of John Jacob Astor to Miss Willing of Philadelphia.
 The wedding cake provided on the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Duke of Fife was also made by the opeen's own confeetioner; it weighed 138 pounds and was nearly six Feet high
 The Princess Beatrice's wedding cake was worth $1,50Q It weighed 500 nopnds. was nine feet high and five seet around. Six months it took for modeing the ornaments, among wkich were 500 sprays of sugared leaves of ivy. roses, c1ematis, honeysuckle and oiber plants. It was made In the royal kitchen and was sent to Osborne in a sneeial van. twelve men lifting 1t.
 leading firm made an enormous cake for presentation to Queen Vic toria on the occasion of her jubilee. It measured nine feet six inches around, fen feet high, and weighed over quar- fer of a ton, without any ornaments. cake sent to Dr. Behrend by the congregation in Brooklyn upon his Roth birthday was valuable one, for the ton was srnamented with $500 in i'd coins.
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Just the Thing.

The Merchants Association of San Francisco. says the Popular Science Monthly, has been trying the experi- ment of sprinkling q street with sea water. and finds that such water binds the dirt together between the paving stones. so that when it is dry no loose dust is formed to be raised by the wind; that sea water does not dry so quickly as fresh water, so that it has been claimed when salt water has been used that one load of it is equal to three loads of fresh water. The salt water which is deposited on the street absorbs moisture from the air during the night, whereby the street is thor oughly moist during the early morn ing and has the appearance of having been freshly spTinkled.
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SHORT SERMONS.

There is nothing that Universalism afirms more positively than tue in eyitabie and impartial punishment of sinners.-Rey. l. P. Coddington. Uni- Yersalist. Rochester, N. Y.
 Character is that which makes a noble life; no life is perfect in which God is not the center of it's being. the ruling motive of it's charaeter-Rev. ". H. Carwardine, Methodist, Chicago, III.
 That definition of God which de- seribes Him as pure Spirit carries in 1t the danger that we may lose our selves in speculative contemplation Rev. Dr. Behrends. CongreRa Brooklyn, \. Y.
 The church that fails to obtain hearing and impress to noble purposes the people about it is 8 failure and ought to be reformed or destroyed Rev. J. A. B. Wilson, Methodist, San Francisco, Cal.
 It would be glorious to have one Christian federation. Perhaps in the da"s that are to come such a Christian federation will be made possible God 1 speed the day.-Rev Dr. Eaton, Uni Yefsalist, New York city.
 Cur ideas of property and economics are burdens imposed on us by the dead Whitman wanted to live with animals, because mot one of them was afflicted with the mania of own ing things "-Rev. B. Fay Mills, Evangelist, Boston, Mass.
 The church will hold Christ as the sovereign authority. All power Is given unto Him. Authority is not in reason, not in the church, not in tha Bible but in the imperial Christ Dr, G. H. Combs, Independent, Kan sas City, Mo
 It is something like blasphemy te ask God to give to the church the Holy Spirit which He has already given once and forever. What we want is anointed eyes to see the gift.-ReY. F. J. Van Horn, Boston, Mass.
 If we do not keep our souls filled with Gods spirit the devil can enter in and dwell there. We are not con- cerned merely with overcoming evil habits, but in building up active vir- tues.-Rev. Dr. Christian, Episcopa- Han, New York City.
 This consciousness of and hunger for immortality are the strongest possible evidences of the fact. The Bible teaches it. The Book of Job is poem of immortality. The Psalms throb with the hope. The prophets are spokesmen of the other world-Rev. J. F. Carson, Presbyterian, Brook ,yn, N. Y.
 Detraction injufes the detracto1 himself. iniures the listener, perhaps awakens in its victim-for sooner or later he will hear Of sentiments of i hatred and revenge that will cause him to detract iL turn, or drive him even to the crime Of murder.-Rev. Father puBoise, R, C., San Franc sco, Cal
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I7E7 He Wanted to Know.

An elderly man, who looked to pos Bess the virtue of Iong-suffering pa tienee under the most trying circum- stances. walked into the weather bu- reau on the top floor of the Rialto building yesterday. He was very wet, but good-natured.
 Here l am, like a fool, without an umbrella, he began T thought that I'd come in and see if you could give me any consolation
 My dear sir. replied Forecaster Counor, with winning smile, T have no umbrellas to lend, nor have any"
 "0h, ] didn't mean that" interrupt ed the other. T just wanted to know how long this thing is going to keep up"
 What thing?@
 Why. the rain, of course.
 My dear sir, l haven't the slightest idea of what you mean, returned the prophet in his most insinuating tones.
 The old gentleman was puzzled. He looked about the room carefully and euriouslv.
 Isn't this the weather placer"
 Yes. replied the forecaster in a quick businesslike way. and Pm the weather man. You asked me how much longer the rain would keep up. It isn't keeping up, and that's the trouble. It's coming, and it's going to keep on coming down for some time yet. Every twenty-four hours of the nresen+ month has sean some precipi- tation, and May was a record break CT This is generally a rainy season with us, sir, but this, l admit, is trife above the ordinary
 Well, l much obliged to you" said the old gentleman as he passed out. T just thought I would drop in and see what it all meant, and if some thing coud not be done about 1t, Good-by. Kansas City Journal.
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AWNENd
Msst New Be Considered High Cou-
 piIments

hast New Be Considered High Cow-
 pliment
 Have you ever observed at theater or concert that the people who are most deeply interested appear between the acts to be quite weary of the whole thing, yawning half dozen times in succession? The reason of this is a physiological one When your atten- ton is much absorbed in anything ex- citing CT touching you breathe in a very shallow manner and take into your lungs only half enough air. Con- seQuently, when your attention is re faxed you have to make up the defi= cieney This you do by yawning. which. after all is only breathing 2 very deep breath. If you watch a man at a play, and observe that he is greatly moved by some incident. you may feel sure that when the scene ends he will sigh. and q moment or two later yawn repeatedly. Of course the yawning, so far from being 8 sign of Weariness, is a proof of the liyeliest appreciation. Very often you will ob- serve the same phenomenon in a girl reading a novel And by her yawns you can tell when the end of some ab- sorbing incident is reached.
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Cotton Belt Bulletin.
PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
 Via Getf5u Belt Route

I.aqve Pine Bluff I:tQ 9. n arrive Chicago 57sz5next dIy. Only one change; thr5Isa r.eepers.
 EF,ease Temples Of America. Eiekshurg 75-fz- If ta l5 1s9q. Dates of sale: July IL Il 555rIustve, }-29. Kate, One and one tair3 efsndard fares Tor tire round trip on the certificate pldu'
 Annual sessinn Knights and Daughters 5f r.ebor Texarkana, Arks, July Y to 23, ls9s EaIe. one and UHe-thiEd fares for the r0und f-fB au the certificate plan, provided there we Hfry or more in attendance bV rail: dates ff sale. July Eth 26th, inclusive ls3a, Return unit. July 25th, 1898,
 Annual Meeting Southern Lumber Maau- faerurers Association; rat, one and one 4Firf fare for round trip on certificate plan 71ale of sale, July E toI9 return limit, July
 CreefaI round trip rates ta Denver, Colo ra80 Springs Pueblo and Gleuwo0d Springs l-oi65. june 25th to July Huh, 1895 Round rip tiekers will be sold to Denver, Col rad0 springs. Pueblo and Glenw0od springs Colo. II S43bG. Dates Of safe. June 25th t0 July lith is99 Transit limit continuous passage 16 first Colorado common point ca ra 4te St0D-0vers will he allowed 0n going tT53 be- voud first Colorado common point CD raUte within extreme limit. Final return limit 0ct9BeT jBsI, Hsgt
 Meeting of District Grand Lo7ge No. I8 q. 9. Of O. F.. Hexarkaua, Ark. A u ruSr Ist L0 5fh iea3 rate, one and 8ue-thirl fares for the round trip. date of sale Jgly 18th te AueusI4th 1899; return limit, August le 'as.
 National Educational Association Meeting Los Angeles, Ga}-,J4ly Ii 10 F, fs95 Bate. One frsf-class finite fare plus 800 for tee round trip Dates of sale Tickets may ha sold June 18th to July stn 989g, inclusive. fiDairetUra GmIt September ls9s.
 Summer Tourist Rates te SearcY Springs and Bavendeu springs, from May l5-H ta september i55b. good unttl October a, Iss1- Rate: Searey, Arks, g4 9. Eavenden, Ark G,75.
 International Convention Baptist Young Peoples Union of America Richmond, Va, faly E to E. 1s9a-- Rate Che regular first class standard f8te plus 82.e3 for the round init; Tickets will be good for return pass age leaving Richmond up to and including July 5I, Is34, with the privilege of extension ap 10 and ineIuding Aug I5, 1888, if ticket is deposited With Joint agent of the Richmond Terminal Lines on or before July 2s, ant qg= n payment of fee uf5Q cents.
 Annual Convention United Society Chris tan EndeayOr= Detroit. Mich. July t9 b. Rate One fare plus 82,D9 for the Fepud trip. Dates Of sale ouiY 10 inclusive. Return #mi1s Tickets VIII be good for Feturl psss- s. with the privilege Gf an extension to leave Detroit up ta ana including August E, Is95. provided that ticket is deposited with iofaH agent of DetT it terminal lines on or before aa4y Y, and upon payment of fee of 50 cents Fishing Season 1899. Spirit Lake, 8rk E.ate; Pine BiHf e % per capita for tsree or H0re on one ticKet Dates 0t sale. Da ly ua- ga further notice, Return limit. Two days from date of sale,
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Plsarurs4 on ths Farm.

 Oh, lis royal fun to fr0lie
 On tie fragrant. new-movn hay, To roll and romp and tum619, And to while the time away; What g joy to lie and slumber, Innocent of worldly care, On the clover in the haymow, When some others put 1t there. What a joy, when one is thirsty, Ere as yet 'tis time to sup. To consume the sweet ambrosia That the cows have yielded up To drink out of the milkpail, While you poise 1t in the air When some other has extracted The rich fluid that is there. What a joy it is, in summer, To be free upon the farm; An. the very air seems freightea With mystic sort ot charm; Round and over all a dreamy, Peaceful spirit seems to Turk That is. if you do the dreaming, While some others do &e work
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SPANISH GARaoTE
Relic of Modern Barbarism Uneay,s.s
 from an ola Havana Prison

Prison.
 Among the many relies of the snan- ish war taken to the governors naIaca Tor eataloguing, none is attracting more attention in Havana inst now snah the old official garrote. The ma cnlne has been in active service for iloie than century, the last exeea- Aoner, an aged negro convict having presided at 70 ceremonies. The gar iole itself is a shabby enough old tra3 consisting mainly of rusty iron and an unplaned board or two. The d5ns are aWtully punctilious in regard fo form, but scandalously careless of aD- peaFanee. A judge who might have seven kinds of fits if he should emIt one syllable of the lnterminabIy long 4afangue delivered at the scene of the judicial murder. would calmly offeiate at the same in a condition which to lHe untrained olfactories of the ienor- ant Yankees might savor= of the hum lle animal the dons have declared we resemble. Thus it is that the garrote E simple to excess. It is about 10 rect nigh all told. The platform, which Is foar feet from the ground, is some SIX feet square. Attached to the iron column which runs through and sup ports this is an iroa chair. Two feet above this is the fatal screw. The eul- prit @ is seated in this chair with his hands and feet firmly tied, and his eyes blindtolded At the proper mo menti tWirl is given the screw, which Denetrates his neck and bresks his spinal column. The operation may CT may not be very painful. If it were not for the peculiarly hendish manner h which the affairs were conducted there is reason to believe that the gar rote is less inbumaH than either the rope or the chair. 1t is the Spanish who have thrown the method into odium.
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The Hnstlnot of nslt.natan.o.

Every boy who owns rabbits knows that if stranger goes into the shed where they are kept they give a re- sounding thud with their feet upon the floor. This Is warning signal. Wild rabbits strike the ground tho same way just before they enter their burrows An interesting point s that rabbits give this warning stamp with their hind feet. while sheep, deer and antelope use tho fore feet This is be- cause the action of striking was in former times method of defense or attack. and in rabbits the hind legs are more powerful; in the other ani- mals mentioned the fore legs Chi cago News.
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High LIphes.

The true art Of memory is inatten- ton to facts which age not in our line.
 A man is not really valuable to the world until he ceases to think he is.
 4 girl with her first sweetheart al- WAYS thinks she invented falling in love
 Experience is expensive, but we needn't tell all the neighbors what it costs us,
 Never put off today's work until to- morrow; somebody may want you to go to a picnic.
 Many man who can talk beautiful English never says anything worth rs- nembering.
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PIGEONS OF LONDON.

Of all the common sights of London none is more interesting than its pi- geons, which bring suggestion of o4d-world statellness into the furmoil of the cityA There is a particular flock for most all the big buildings of Lon don, and they are to be found all over the city A curious fact observed ia that the birds on the east side of a huge building have nothing to do with those on the west side, while the bird residents of the north and south sides keep quite as much to themselves.
 The birds live glorious hfa for everybody pets them. The judges of the law courts feed the pigeons, not scraps. but gra.a and such things as birds like. Dozens of clerks in the law yers' offices s5atter food for the birds daily in Kings Bench walk. while the keeper of coffee house retjetouslv brings bits of broken bread for his feathered friends.
 One of the prettiest sights is to sec the pigeons which live on the British museum. There are ha1f dozen read. CTS who make 6 practice of feeding the birds and the pigeons Will abandon strangers who come with full hands Tor their old friends, even when they appear without food The eabmen are great friends of the pigeons. which seem to realize these men are good friends to cultivate for rarely Is there one who will not scatter a handful of grain tlem the horses nosebags
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Sooner or later the world comes round to see truth and do the right HilIard.
 There Is no substitute for thorough going, ardent and sincere earnestnesS Dickens.
 Not to be able to bear poverty ls a shameful thing, but not to know how 10 chase it away by work is more shameful thing yet.-Pericles.
 It is by the goodness of God that we have the possession of three unspeaK. ably precious things-freedom or speech, freedom Of conscience, and inc prudence of using neither of them Mark Twain
 Some men are very entertaining for a first interview. but after that they are exhausted and run out; on sec ond meeting we shall find them very flat and monotonous; like hand or gans, we have heard all their tunes Cotton.
 If religion is to be tried by any out ward test, that is surely to be found IA the answer to the questio8, not how man dies, but how he lives 1t VIII be we'll for those who believe in Chris tianity to leave no advantage 10 the seeptic in that species of argument- Principal caird.
 u.T.,t 500. 900 to Raiire'd
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 At Parkersburg, W. ne months quesne, who died in Paris som and ago, left an estate of S, 1000, GOO, ss.a. bequest to the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad of s100,O00 and certificate of honor The bequest was given to the company for nav ing the best line between Cincfnnali andLef Washington, track equipment. Itir~e Of run and lighting of cars be- Ing the points considered Duquesne invented the air brake, and sold tne rights in the United States for big sum. This was the basis of his for tuue.-New York World.
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USELESS INFORMATION.

A man walking day and night with out resting would take 42s days to journey around the world.
 London's record of deaths by vio- lence was 3,5l4 last year, being 124 above the average of the preceding ten years.
 Seventeen pareel9 of ants eggs from Russia, weighing $50 pounds, were sold in Berlin recently for 20 cents a pound
 The wool on the back of a sheep is the shepherds barometer The curlier the wool the finer Will be the weather.
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wen rreteetea Arelnst Cold.

The dirtiness of the Afghan is proyerbial and it is said that during the last Afghan war Gen Roberts once ordered one to be washed. Two soi- diers stripped the prisoner and scrubbed him for two hours with for midable brushes and soft soap. Then they threw down their brushes in dis gust and went to their captain. What is it, men?" he said. Well, sir" they replied, I've have washed that Afghan chap for two hourse, but 1t is no good After serubbing him. sir, for two hours, till our arms aehed fit to drop off. blest if we did not come upon another suit of clothes
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Electricity Cures.

According to Dr. FriedlaHder Of Wiesbaden, electricity is an antidoce against stings of insects. His plan in such cases is to apply a constant cur rent and to place a negative cathode on the spot stung by the insect. Gal vanization produces a rather strong sensation of burning, but at the same time the pain from the sting disap- pears, and If the electricity is applied very soon after the wound has been inflicted there is little or no swelling The current, however, does excellent service even if it be not applied untii after some time has elapsed, for it re- moves the pain and also quickly re- fuces the swelling. The supposition A that the poison which the insect has Injected through the skin, is neutral ized and rendered innocuous by the current pr. Friedlander has repeat edly made experiments of this kind on persons who have been stung by bees and wasps, and has invariably found them successful. He naturally believes that a similar result would be obtained in the cases Of persons stung by other insects.
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ron Mountain Rates

.,oan R ates to Arkansas Summer Resor- $ r3ayefs on sale up to and including Sept. 50 m tickets 5 E%29 sSr5y ty.g5as s55 RaRen an len }en @ @ July h the hoJs5 IF9n P9qqtaiH PSs5a an5y Ky Ti s
 lnring and return at fare of S3050reurn init. OctU1er 3l.
 5--..zartb ue--Indianapolfs, July % to g if l55T this occasion the Iron Mountain Ry 5sll seIf tickets to Indianapolis and return
 - ,,ne fare Sl6.56. Dates of sale July IS. l5 and 20th. eick-ts limited t9 return
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A~, ntsooptlo..

NO, sir" sa l the man who takes things philosophically; 1t is impos- sible to begin at the top, no matter what the business happens to be. The whole course of human experiences teaches that this is so."
 "Oh. don't know" replied the scof- fer; "our baseball team was as near the top as any of ueni at the begin ming of the season.
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POINT ED PARAGRAPHS.

Lots of bright hope is exchanged for gloomy experience.
 The giddy girl makes a merry conn panion. but a sorry wife,
 Art is long that is why women lin- ger in front of mirrors.
 Some people can best make their presence felt by their absence.
 A mans head is apt to feel Hghtest when he has q heavy load on.
 The chef may not he a sharpshooter. but he is able to hold his own at the range
 The man who thinks he knows it all is compelled to take water oftener than the man who has doubts.
 Nothing Something the rich man wants, the poor man has, the miser spends and the spendthrift saves.
 The knowledge that you are unable to do thing al all is next in impor- tanee to being able to do it well.
 My back is almost broken with thl. weary. weary load, sings a poetess She ought 10 make her husband carry up the coal.
 The meek may eventually inherit the earth, but the chances are that when they do there will be very little de- mand flor real estats.-Chicago News.
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~sIly Jars.

wheF1 we were ma. aysi. declared wIas good enough to eat. 'sss
 He-"Yes and now I'm sorry that didn't drg it." sA'e Sne.ueFhy do you say that7"
 have agrefeeause as dinner you might don,t.a Iced with me; as wife you
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End of His L.ber..

'Hampsley worked hard fer three wears trying to get public ofice.'' fRdeed? Whats he doing noW?" fir rbra thing" t- service.w can he afford that."
 ~office."
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Too Late.

My dear, what induced you to marry such an extremely young man?" Well, you see, thought I would be sure of being his first love, but"
 But whatY'
 T found he had already had an aE fair with his nurse"
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STUB ENDS.

Good things go as easily as Sd. things come.
 Kind words never die-except when killed by ingratltude.
 Gossip is cartridge fired from tho gun of idle curiosity.
 The punch bowl Is more dangerous than the pug.listle punch.
 The good die young and the other kind when they can't help 1t.
 The truth that occupies a nutshell finds some minds too narrow to give 1t room.
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Reason for It.

seWhat in the world has induced Brown to join the ranks Of the picycie scorchers? He used to De sucn ~1' easy. quiet sort of a rider
 seWhy. you see, he feels that IT lno.o " ,s another call for troops 1t VIII 0e na1 duty to volunteer.
 "WeH?" .r.,r-
 awen. he has read that lns eA - ing surgeons reject 70 per senl '. ens aeorchers. Thus he VIII pe aDie t~ rake q reputation Tor patriotism with -. goinr to war.