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Table Mountain Ropeway.

The rOpeway located at Table noun
tain, in South Africa. is an important
example of a line $3.50 feet long. 1t
consists of a single fixed rope. on
which one carriage is drawn to and
fro with an endless hauling rope. the
driving gear having reversing motion
so that the direction of travel of the
carrier can be controlled COmmenc-
ing at sea level and following the
ground on posts spaced about 300 feet
apart. the cable takes a span of 1,50O
feet. rising to n projecting rock some
l,4SO feet above the starting point.
Resting on a support at this point, the
cable again takes span of 1,400 feet
to an upper terminal 1900 feet above
the lower one. This ropeway has work
ed so satisfactorily that it is not only
used for the carriage of materials en-
ployed in the construction of a reser'
vOir, but is at times used for passen
gers.-Engineering Magazine.
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Calculating Machines.

BabbaGe's calculating machine. which
was adopted by England in 1891. was
capable of computing any table by the
aid of differences and of extracting the
roots of equations and printing its own
results, but it's complexity prevented it
from coming into general use, and
when grants from the English govern
ment were discontinued it was put
aside.
The machine used in the census bu-
reau at Washington is one of the most
marvellous mechanical calculators ever
contrived. By the use of system OF
perforated cards it tabulates and re-
cords the returns with which the of.
flee has to deal with absolute Ger.
tainty and with a speed which could
not otherwise be reached save by the
employment of a very large clerical
staff.
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Dutch streets.

Commend us to the ever tranquil
Dutch streets, with their mellow, an
tique houses. These mostly follow cir
cles, as is to be expected in a fortified
place. But the typical Dutch street,
found everywhere, is the line of houses
by the canal, a range of old trees in
front, shading the Indian red brick
behind with it's bright white window
sashes. as bright as much polished
brass.
Nothing is more suggestive of tran
duil repose and old fashion. They
stretch along the broad canal before
them, where bridges cross and barges
lie together alongside. Even in very
populous capitals we come in the
suburbs on some delightful, retired
bits of canal leaving much the same
effect as does Church row at IIamp
stead
ola fashioned. well to do folk live
here i'm retirement. There is one sucl
at the entrance of The Hague on the
Scheveningcn side. where the charm
ing woods begin. Anything more ole
world and solemnly attractive canno
be imagined. We might well fame!
ourselves back to the days of Sir vii
liam Temple and of William of Orange
who may have strolled along thes'
banks.-Gentleman' Magazine
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Recy had toned up my old cousin. so
that he was in gay spirits. AS he was
leaving Auberive lie saw an old farmer
Of his acquaintance standing in the
barn door, very preoccupied. He hail
ed him jOcosely:
'Eh, there. Father SausSeret! What
are you doing waiting for the
PrussianST'
I'm not waiting" he answered sar-
castically, because they're here al
ready. All you have to do is to look
toward Montavoir to see them"
Melasippe turned his head quickly
and saw the Prussians pouring forth
from the edge of the wood in the direc-
ton indicated.
He trembled from head to foot, a
cold sweat burst out on his temples,
and he flung out sharp crack of the
whip at his mare who trOtted on quick
ly. He thought of the important dis
patch in his pocket, and a train of lu-
gubrious reflections wound through his
mind.
"They will take to the road. They
will search me, find the dispatch-cOm-
munication under cover of the Red
Cross. The military code is pitiless;
shall be shOtr'
How to execute his patriotic mission
and at the same time to rid himself Of
a compromising paper! He naturally
thought of Dumas, who makes Chicot
in a similar situation destroy a conf
dental letter of Henry IIPs after
| learning it by heart An idea! He
would burn the letter after reading
and memorizing the text. But perhaps
the woods to the right and to the left
were filled with hostile sentinels. They
had undoubtedly seen him already. To
strike a match and burn paper would
lay him open to suspicion. While ter
ror and the sense of peril were thus
agitating him and he was sweating un-
der the painful mental operation he
suddenly felt the pipe in his pocket
Saved he said There can be
nothing unnatural about lighting ones
pipe with a scrap of paper"
SO he fastened the reins down under
the dashboard of his coach, prepared
his matches, quickly broke the seal OF
the dispatch under cover of his cal
and dutifully began to read. These
were the contents, word for word:
Prefecture of Cote d'Or to the sous-prefet Of L
Hello, old fellow! How your You must b
bored to death upon that rock of yours. vii
drink to you tonight. CASTOR.
"In heavens name" swore Melasip
pc, twisting the official papers furious
ly and making them blaze up from th
bowl of ais pipe in a great rage. The.
played the devil with mew
He returned to l. as peaceaDly a
he had left, but to this day, even afte
&c years, Cousin Melasippe has neve
forgiven the sender of the dispatch
Each time he tells the story he adds
shaking his fist, as if the malefacto
were before his eyes:
"Oh, the mean, the beastly, cur! He
pay me some day! He'd better kee
out of my way? ?-Translated From tn
French For Short Stories.
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Philadelphia, Wilmington Z Baltimore Railroad
DELAWARE DIVISION.
Exp. Pass. EXP. Pass. Mail. Mai

On and after Nov. 20, g, trains viii leave
as follows:
SOUTHWARK
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BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations Milford Georgetown, Berlin. Lewes &C.
10 3S a m and 6S p. m. weekdays. Return
ing, train leaves Fran Kiln City 90 a. m, and
Las p. m. week days.
Leave franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) - m. ek-days. Returning leave
ChincuteAgue 4 81 a. IN. week days.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, and Lewes
at 10 SO a. m, 81 p. m. weekdays Returning
leave Lewes Al m, and 03 p. m. week days
Leave Harrington for Berlin, l0.SS a. m. Ind
6 81 y. m weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
7C2 a IN. ana z 81 D. III. week days
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta
at 9.2l a m and 53l p. m week days; leave
Centreville SO a m. ana 2 81 p m, week days
Leave Clayton for Oxford at 9.3S m. and 547
p. m: leave oxford Gas a. n. ana 143 p. m.
week days.
Leave SeafOrd for Cambridge at 11l7 a m.
and 7.l5 p. m. week days Returning, leave Cam
bridge at 90 Il m. and go p. m. week days,
Train leaves Clayton for CheSteItOwn 20 l5 N
returning leaves Chestertown. $50 a. m.
CONNECTIONS Porter with Newark & Della
ware City Railroad At Townsend, with Queer
Anne's& KentRailroad AtClayton, with Delaware
&Chesapeake 4 Railroadan Baltimore q Delaware
Bay Railroad AT Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland g. Virginia Railroad. AtSeaford, with
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad At Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicomico &
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
2Daily except Sunday.
J. B. HUTCHINSON. General Manage.
| J. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
"f' Stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal
"i" stops 10 leave passengers from Middletown
and points south.
NEW CASTLE ACCoMMoDATION TRAIEs-Leave
Wilmington S.l3 a m, 235, and SOS p. m
week days. Leave New Castle S.3l, $40, IL O4
a m { 81 p m weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington S.C5 a. M,
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark
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RESIGNATION.

The saddest tears are those that never fall,
But are held smarting in the aching eyes;
The truest prayers can find no words at all.
But futter wearily to God in sighs.
We need not speak il with our hearts we pray
And by our living try to do his will
Who leads us gently in the narrow way
And when we murmur whispers, peace, be
still.'
Annie Linden in Pail Mall Gazette
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ELECTRIC AMBULANCE.
Duiit Not Long Ago for ST. Vincent,
Hospital, New york. nnd Sue
cessfuIty Operated.

A motor ambulance is set down as
the latest thing in horseless vehicles
and one that has just been put in opcr
alton by st. Ninccnt's hospital, New
York, is said by its maker TO be the
first automobile ambulance TO be built
and put in service In this or any other
country. "An ambulance of this kind
he says, possesses many advantages
over it's horse drawn prototype, y
greater speed is attainable; there Is
more ease and safety for the patients;
itmay be stopped within its own length
when running al fun speed, and on ac'
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in Daily Use)
count of its weight it runs with greater
smoothness."
The gears in use are an adaptation
of the carriage gear. but improved and
made identical with the pedestal gear
used on locomotives. The wheels are
Of wood, and are furnished with three
inch solid rubber tires. The rear wheels
are AZ inches, and the front wheels SO
inches in diameter. The motors which
drive the rear wheels are mounted on
the rear axle. The steering is done
with the front wheels by means Of a
small handle close to the driver. I'm
der the body, In box, is carried the
"a cell storage battery, which has suff-
cient power to drive the vehicle 25
miles on one charge, and at a rate OF
speed varied by controller from a
slow walk to Is miles an hour.
The ambulance, as described by the
New York Tribune, Is trimmed inside
with leather, and has room for two
patients besides the surgeons. Twenty
candle power lamps are fixed at either
side of the drivers seat, and another
lamp of the same power is placed In the
roof and lights the interior. The win
dows and the back door are plate glass.
A new feature about the ambulance
Is the bed. This is arranged so that it
may be pulled out and still remain at
tached to the body of the ambulance.
When the vehicle backs ND to the side
walk the bed Is drawn out and rests
like a shelf over the sidewalk when the
patient has been lifted to 1t the shelf
is moved back into its place.
The new ambulance is supplied with
all the modern fittings, and on trial
run 1t made 14-mile trip to the perfect
satisfaction of the builders.
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POPULAR AND WISE.
Congressman HIT as a Statesman
and Friend of Statesmen.
Began Life ms Chicago Newspaper
Reportcr-UoN lie Came to Com
gress-Authority on All pip
lomntic Matters.

If Representative Robert Roberts
Hit, of Illinois, were to compile his
"reminiscences, the result would be q
volume of extraordinary interest. Not
only has he figured prominently IN
national and international affairs for
hearty n generation, but he has en-.
toyed personal relations of peculiar.
ly close character with more men OF
eminence perhaps than any other man
of the day.
Away back before the war, says the
Washington Star, when mere boy
he was attached to Abraham Lincoln
in way that gave him enviable fa'
.cilities for studying the processes OF
Lincoln's mind. He was stenog-
Irapher and newspaper reporter for
the Chicago Tribune, and throughout
the memorable debate between Lin.
coin and Douglas, preceding the lat
ter's election TO the United States
senate, young Hit followed Lincoln,
taking down in shorthand every word
that publicly fell from his lips. These
famous addresses which made Lin
coins national reputation, and which,
more than anything else, contributed
to his election as president, owe their
permanent and enduring form to the
youthful reporters notes, the original
of which the congressman still boards
among his literary treasures. Lincoln
called him Bob" and was fond of the
boy.
After the war Mr.. Hit came to
Washington as clerk of a congress
sional committee and had an opportu-
nifty to become acquainted with the
great statesmen of the reconstruction
era.
His good luck sent him to Paris in
1874, just after the Franco-Prussian
war, as secretary of legation and
charge daffaires ad interim. History
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where Lafayette Is Hurled.

"We visited the convent du Sacre-
Coeur, in the Rue de Picpus, where La
Fayette is buried, writes Edith" from
Paris to the Ladies' Home Journal.
Here birds of passage, like ourselves,
seldom come. AT the end of rose
grown garden Is "A little cemetery,
where bearers of some of the oldest
names in France lie buried. Now only
descendants of those who died on the
guillotine are eligible to grave there,
and in one corner, in the shadow Of the
great wall, are the graves of La Fayette
and his wife. Beyond the first ceme-
terry is a second, where the bodies of
1900 aristocratic victims Of the revolu-
tion were buried"
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was being made rapidly in the French
capital in those days, and Mr.. Hit
spent seven years in Paris, a period
which was closely packed with i'm
iportant events. He returned to Wash
ington in 1881 to become assistant Sec
retary of state, and the next year
was elected a member of the house of
representatives. All through his
career in congress he has been con-
spicuous in the discussion of interna-
tional questions, and now, as chair
man of the house committee on for
eign affairs, he is regarded as diplo-
matte authority without a peer.
Mr.. Hit has had the good fortune
to cement friendship more firmly
than almost any other man now in
public life. He was Blaine's closest
friend in Washington. In the conclud-
ing years of Blaine's life Hit was
the man in whom he confided most
and was often TO be found in the his
toric old mansion on Lafayette square.
At the same time that he enjoyed
these affectlonate relations with the
great secretary of state he was the
best friend Of Speaker Reed, Blaine S
bitterest enemy in public life. And
no finer tribute could be paid to the
delicate tact OF the Illinois represent
ative than that he should have con-
tinued for years such relationship
with two such men without losing
the confidence of either.
In Mr.. Hits house in X street is
room which Is devoted to the mem
ory of Blaine. The walls are covered
with pictures of the Maine leader
with autograph letters and all sorts
of relics which bring Blaine to mind
Elsewhere in the house are Lincoln
relics, and stored away somewhere in
places where they will be found some
time and brought to light are scores
and hundreds of confidential letters
from men whose names will figure il
history.
Mr.. Hit is OF medium height, o.
modest bearing and one of those il
public life, not too numerous, who il
gentleman always. His voice is sof
and modulated; his manner is franl
and friendly, although he never for
gets the diplomatic proprieties; hi
conversation is stored with informa
tion and anecdote, and yet he ha
never been known to reveal thing
which was to be kept in confidence
He makes no pretensions to orator.
and is not much of politician.
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the honored guest. A flock of kings,
princes, dukes and other mobiles will be
in attendance from all parts of Eu.
rope.
The young queen, who takes justi-
fable pride in her own personal APP
pearance, is at last satisfied with a
medallion of herself. The lucky artist
is Hans Jansen. So pleased is the young
ruler with the work that she has or
dered the likeness put on all the coins
and postage stamps, This necessitates
the destruction Of all the dies at the
mint and all the plates at the postage
stamp factory.
This is the third time that the queen
has done this. She has never been sat
isfied heretofore with the likenesses of
herself that adorn the currency.
"They make me look 80 years old" :"
she said to the trembling postage
stamp factory superintendent. "Per-
haps / may look like that when am a
grandmother, but the thing is libel on
me now"
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The Washington Post, though a
gold bug and high tariff paper, is not
so blinded by partisan prejudice as to
advocate abolishing the constitution
whenever 1t seems to interfere with
government by the trusts and for the
trusts. II gags at the proposition to
put a tariff on Puerto Rican imports,
and happily dubs the policy that pro-
poses 1t as benevolent suffocation."
This term is far more fitting than Mr..
McKinley's benevolent assimilation"
Before the president was made drunk
with the wine Of imperialism he char
acterized the policy he is now attempt
ing to carry out as criminal aggres-
sion" The Posts term. benevolent
suffocation," describes fairly and forci-
bly, the policy Of the Hanna admins
tration.
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Mr.. Mckinley, in his New York
speech, declared that there is no i'm
perialism and that there can be none,
because those who have faith in the
republic are against it. The latter part
of his sentence is correct, but the first
clause is an indication that Mckinley
doesn't know imperialism when he
sees It, No public man ever attempted
to perpetrate a great wrong under its
proper name. 1t is always garbed in
something TO conceal its repulsive feat
ures. Mckinley may have some other
name of Imperialism, but, like a rose,
under any other name it smells just
the same.
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bargains might make mistake by marrying
a widow
The mother who would be Mortified at the
thought Of letting her daughter wander away
to n strange country without guide or coun-
sci, yet permits her to enter that unknown
land OF womanhood without counsel or eau
tion. Then, in utter ignorance, the maiden
must meet physical problems whose solution
will affect her whole future life. Dr. Pierce's
Favoritc Prescription has been well named a
"God send TO women" 1t couects irregu-
larties and imparts such vigorous vitality to
the delicate womanly organs, as fits them
for their important functions Many a nery.
GUS hysterical, peevish giil has been changed
TO happy young woman after the use Of
"Favorte Prescription" has established the
sound health of the organs peculiarly femi-
nine.
Every woman should own copy of the
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser,
sent free ON receipt of FL one-cent stamps to
pay expense Of mailing only. The same
book Of 1908 pages in substantial cloth for
81 stamps. Address DR.. X. V Pierce, Buf.
falo New York.
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Magnetic Force In 2riclss.

From time to time experts have no
ticed certain uneXplainable peculiari-
ties in magnetic instruments in various
buildings. Electricians now declare,
as the result Of experiments and inves-
legations, that the vagaries are due to
the presence of magnetism In bricks.
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That the next presidential battle will
be q battle under the same captains
who led the opposing forces in '96 there
is scarcely room to doubt. On the side
of the common people, under the lead
ership of one of the grandest men Of
the age, will be ranged those who op-
pose imperialism, the encroachment of
the money power, trusts and all special
privileges that enable some men to
secure more than their just share Of
the comforts of life by virtue of the
law. On the other side will be aristo-
cratic wealth under the banner of a
man who has proved uncertain, vacil-
lating and truculent. Fighting under
this banner will be found those who
advocate the use of sword and cannon
to secure commercial advantages, those
who believe in special privileges which
enable the few to prosper at the eX-
pense of the many. and those who be-
lieve in trusts, monopolies and the pri-
vate control of the currency. Were the
people left to decide the case on their
sober judgment there could be no doubt
as to the result; but corporate wealth,
ready to corrupt the corruptible, with
corporations coercing their employees
into voting for the interests of the
wealthy classes, the contest promises
to be a most bitter one. Let every
man who loves his country do all he
can from now until the battle Is over
to win q victory for the people.
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TRY GRAIN.O! TRY GRAIN. .O!-Ask your
grocer to-day to show you a package of
GRAZING the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. The children may drink
it without injury as well as the adult. All
who try it, like it. GRAIN.O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
of pure grains, and the most delicate stom.
ach receives it without distress. 4 the price
Of coffee I5c. and 2sc. per package. Sold
by all grocers. a 90 4td
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SATISFIED AT LAST.
wTheiminn, Hollands Young Queen.
Expresses Herself Pleased with
This Medallion.

Amsterdam correspondentwrites
This city is preparing to celebrate its
six hundredth birthday, which occurs
this year. The wealthy burghers, who
are proud of their town, mean to make
the festival a magnificent affair. The
queen will come down from The Hague
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Notes and Comments, Political ana
Otherwise, ON Matters of
Public Interest.
By Andrew j. Palm.

Among the largest of the protected
infant indutries is the Carnegie steel
plant, which Mr.. Frick, one OF the
partners, says will make more than
$40 600 900 this year, though the origin
al capital was only $4,000, 900. Pro-
lection is a glorious thing for the fell
lows who profit by the special privi-
leges it affords, but how about the
great number who are obliged to put
up the money to pay these enormous
profits?
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DISTRESSING STOMACH DISEASE Perma-
nently cured 10y the mastery power of South
American Nervine Tonic. Invalids need
suffer no longer, because this great remedy
can cure them all. 1t is cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and indigestion.
The cure begins with the first dose. The
relief it brings is marvellous and surprising.
1t makes no failure; never disappoints. No
matter how long you have suffered, your
cure is certain under the use of this grea,
health-giving force. Pleasant and always
safe Sold by c. A. Klein, druggist, las
West Main street, Bloomsburg, Pa Iy4 Ie
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The late General Lawton, several
months before his death, declared that
all the Filipinos want is little justice.
That is what Mckinley & Co. are de-
termined they shall not have. The
war Ia conducted for spoliation and
commercialism, and no considerations
OF justice, consistency or decency are
sufficient to induce the administration
to call off its dogs of war. The people,
however, will have chance to ex-
press themselves later on, unless Nc
Kinley, backed by the trusts and Mark
Hanna, concludes that It is not safe
to trust such questions to the voice Of
the people, and declare the country
under military rule. Such a proceed
ing would be scarcely less surprising
or more revolutionary than some Of
the acts of the present administration.
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Judge Bicycle not only knows great deal
about horses, but what is more important,
he knows how to imnart his information in a
way that will be understood. One does not
have to wade through a mass OF undgested,
unimportant matter. The Bicycle Books are
models of clearLess and concl .cness. The
price is so cents, by MALL address the pub
fishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co., Philadelphia.
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There are I3o illustrations in Bicycle Cow
Book, many OF them made from photo.
graphs from life. There are eight colored
gle Cow Book is cream, rich Jersey Cream
you ought to have it. Send so cents to the
publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co., Philad'a.