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HER PURPOSE.

Down the long vistas Of the years she gased
With eager eyes, expectant and alert
somewhere her Purpose waited; that great
work
For which she was created. In her heart
Burned the deep longing to achieve,
To lead some glorious effort for reforml.
TO feed poor starving minds with loaves of
And hungry hearts with love; to cheer to
aid,
TO help humanity to nobler heights
And purer attitudes. She cared not how
Nor through what paths God led her to her
work,
She was prepared for sacrifice and toll
And suffering. so be it at the last
She might attain her Purpose. Night and
day
This thought was dominant, it had shaped
her dreams
TO be Il wall. which shut her duty out
And hid the hearts Of dear ones from her
view.
good man starved for love beside her
And little children wandered from the
home
TO find their pleasure elsewhere, and to
Lifc's mysteries from other lips than hers,
She dreamed Of leading hosts to happiness
The while her own were hungering for her
care.
She dreamed of fame and glory while dear
Love
Sat in the solitude and pined to death,
She waited for her Purpose, and knew not
1t dwelt forever lonely ut her side
And Wept because she would not under.
stand
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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HOW THEY GET THEIR FIRE,
Madagascar Savagcs Are the Most In

Madagascar Savagcs Are the Most Iu-
genious i'll the World.
Various savages have different methods
OF kindling fire. In New Holland point
ed stock is twir!eI between the palms of
the hand until the wood on which it
stands begins to smoke, and at last breaks
INTO h tame. Other savases obtain spark
by sticking one bit Of wood upright III
the earth, cutting Il slit in it lengthwise-
III which they rub another hit CT wood
with protruding piece until it flames.
Ihe most ingenious method is, however,
that followed by the inhabitants of west
erf auagascar. These use Il string of
animal hide, by which they twirl the up
right stick rapidly and hasten the fire
lighting. TO us who have merely to
strike match under the mantelpiece the
value of fire is little appreciated. but sup
pose that we were caught in the wilder
ness without match, how would we go
about lighting the fire to warm ourselves
or cook our food? Perhaps the savage
will point way. especially as every boy
OF any account has piece of t"lne III
his pocket.-WaShingto Post.
To Grow Earthworms, Cut 'fim in Two
At the meeting yesterday of the 10
ological club Mrs. w. II. Pmney read an
interesting paper on earthWormS: saw
stated in Il natural history volume tEat
if a worm should be divided the anterior
part would grow a tail and the posteri"r
part would grow head. | took tWelye
worms and divided them, placing the az
vidcd parts of each worm in separate
glass. In less than a month l ha1 tWth-
ty-two worms, losing only two tall parts.
The head parts had grown tails ana me
tail parts had grown heads. Two weeks
ago | divided two worms into halves
and put the four parts into glass INTO
which l placed earth, but no food ana
the head parts ate the tail parts-sprlHs-
fold JTn;ou
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-06-08
ICE IN LATIN AMERICA.
The Precious Article Costs Twelve
Cents a Pound in Some Places.

Inc Precious Article Costs Twelve
Cents Pound in Some Places.
While we are rebellious against GO-cent
ice, let us look ut Puerto Cabello, where
the price is 81 a hundred. and at Ca
racas, where the manufactured cakes are
20 inches loiig. 5 inches wide and 3
inches thick, with the center half frozen,
leaving a ridge of SHOW. This sort of
stuff melts quickly and costs cents a
pound. The better families buy only two
pounds for breakfas and dinner. Such
a thing as an ice chest is almost I'M
known. The people are afraid Of iced
drinks. In Ecuador iccwater is regarded
as unhealthful. but the few nabobs who
use use ice pay ~, cents pound in gold.
Guayaquil, city of $4,000 inhabitants,
The rich drink clarct, the poor chica,
guarapo and mayorca.
LII Panama ice is sold at 5 cents
pound, and the consumption is small In
the interior cities of Colombia the price
is nearly cents, and people buy as small
quantity as one pound ut Il time In
Santiago and Valparaiso. Chill, much ice
is consumed. and the price is *, cents
a pound retail and y of a cent whole
sale. In perhambi1co. when two fucto-
rics were in operation. Ice sold at half a
cent a pound; but a trust was formed,
one plant was shut down, and the price
was raised, to, cents. In Bolivia the
Indian is the iceman and the product is
in the country. and the Indians make ii
good living bringing down chunks of
frozen lake from the slopes of the noun
tain Huayna PotoSi. In San Miguel the
price Of ice is II cents pound at re-
tail-\eW York pres,,
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THE SURGICAL ANT.
Natives of Brazil Utilize it for Sew
ing Up Wounds.

Natives of Brazil Utilize it for Sew
ing Up Wounds.
The native Brazilian, far removed, as
ne usually is, from doctors and surgeons,
depends upon 4 little ant to sew up his
wounds when he is slashed or scratched
This odd creature is called the surgical
ant, from the use to which it is put
The ant has two strong nippers on his
head. They are his weapons for battle
or forage.
When Brazilian has cut himself, for
example. he picks up an ant, presses the
nippers against the wound, one on each
side and then gives the bug squeeze.
The indignant insect snaps his nippers
together, piercing the flesh and bringing
the lacerated parts close together. The
Brazilian ut that moment gives the ants
body a jerk and away it flies, leaving the
nippers embedded in the flesh. To be
sure that kills the ant, but he has served
his most useful purpose in life. Tho
operation is repeated until the wound is
sewed up neatly and thoroughly.
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To Kill Cabbage Worms.

George w. Davis, Wellston, Okla. Fol
lowing is the article which appeared in
the Weekly Globe-Democrat of March 80
last. to which you refer:
This spring and summer the cabbage
worm will no doubt cause much annoy
ance. The white butterfly, the parent of
putting in an appearance if the plants
are well advanced. There are many ex-
cellent remedies. Pure paris green is ef-
fectual, but the sale Of the cabbages will
be injured if it is known that the poison
IS used. 1t has been used extensively,
but cases have occurred in which i'll ef-
fects have resulted to consumers. Kero-
sene leaves a disagreeable odor, though
It IS fatal to the worms. One pound of
pyrethrum leaves mixed with 100 gallons
OF water will kill every worm. with which
It comes in contact, and the remedy is
harmless to man." =
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Decapitated Beat"

An cnterrpri~ins Philadelphia restau-
rant proprietor hung out Il large black
board sign the other day with the fol
lowing announcement: You can't beat
our 15-cent dinners" This sign proved
to be good drawing card until a young
man Of humorous turn of mind came
along. The latter, seeing the sign,
stopped, and, after Scrutinizins it closely,
smiled one of those smiles which bode
no one any good. He waited until none
of the employees We're watching. and. TAX
ing out his handkerchief he erased the
letter 'b' from the word beat" The
transformation was complete, and it was
not until Il crowd had collected that the
proprietor of the restaurant discovered
why there was Il larger crowd outside
than inside.
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Sir William Seer Il the Sailor

Not bad little story is now being told
of Sir William Harcourt. A couple Of
months ago he visited man-of-war lying
off the Hampshire coast and, after hav-
ing spent solid hour in examining the
vessel, accepted the captains invitation
to dine on board. Before the meal was
finished, a violent storm had come up,
making the sea very rough and all pros
poets Of the former chancellOr's return
to land that night impossible. So it was
arranged that Sir William should occupy
the berth Of the captain, small wiry in
diyidual. The steward was not notified
of the change of berths. and the follow
ing morning at q o'clock he brought IL cup
of coffee to the captains door. Knocking
twice without receiving a reply was most
unusual, SO he hastily pushed open the
door and inquired: Don't you wish your
coffee this morning, sir?" Sir William
gave snore, and the steward was
amazed to see a huge figure turn over
under the bedclothes. Smash went the
cup and saucer and the frightened sailor
tore off to the surgeons office. For
heavens sake, SIR he gasped, come to
the captain! He's speechless and swollen
to ten times his natural SiZc!"
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portant position.
=. >; Invasion Of Mi11ionaires.

:. Following the lines Of Lady Warwick,
the Daily Mail is exposing for the ben
eht of the public the horrors of the in
vasion Of American millionaires. These
Invaders, the Mail declares, "are so enor-
mously rich that they are Indifferent to
the fancy prices asked for great estates"
Andrew Carnegie, the Mail further re-
marks, lis among the best Of them''
w. w. Astor, the reader of the Mail
learns, came to England to avoid pub
iicity,, and that Is his one personal aim,
though he has a passion for building and
love Of solitude.
The histories of these gentlemen and
the Bradley Martins, James Il. Keene.
Joseph Pulitzer, Marshall Field, Lord
Strathcona and Mount Royal and a few
South African millionaires are carefully
detailed, with estimates about their for
tunes, but the writer makes several curl
GUS mistakes, among them being the
statement that Marshall Field, Who is
dubbed the "Lipton of Chicago" and a
''relentless monopolist, is we'll known in
hunting circles i'll Warwickshre, where
as Mr.. Field does not hunt at all, the
Mail writer mistaking the son for the
father.
In a small paragraph at the end of the
article the following notice is given those
apparently nonmllionaires:
Ihere are political bosses and patrons
OF sport, such as Richard Croker; sober
American bankers, like X. 0. Drexel.
OF yachting and motoring fame and so
cial leaders, such us Mrs. Ronalds and
Mrs. Mackay."
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Tmminous Fire Alarm Boxes

To enable New Workers to find fire
alarm boxes at night, the superintendent
of the fire alarm department is painting
them with luminous paint. 1t is of white
zinc and in some parts of the city, where
there is little light, one of these boxes
can be distinguished for ten blocks The
value of the paint is obvious, and Mr.
Scanned; the fire commissioner, has Or
shall be dressed with this illunlinant 1t
is fact that when person unused to
sending in an alarm sees occasion to do
it, he is likely to experience difficulty in
although It is only to turn key. M and and
pull down hook, it is more than he can
do in his excitement. When to this is
added trouble in finding the box at all in
the dark, the danger Of fire spreading
is increased hundredfold. So says the
commissioner, and he is particularly
pleased with the luminous paint idea
New York Letter.
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Son of "InfOrmer" Carey.

One of the soldiers now on the way to
the Cape is going there for the second
time in his life. His first visit was paid
under strange conditions seventeen wears
ago. He went with his father, James
Carey. the g 'lnvincible' informer, who
was shot on board the Mclrose by Pat
rick O'Donnell; Now he is journeying
once more to the land where his father
lies buried on the outskirts of Port Eliz-
abeth. He joined the army some years
ago. and before being called out as a re-
scrvist was employed as tram conduc-
tor in London, bearing an assumed name.
Weekly Telegraph.
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Crops that Paw Best.

Small farms can be made to combine.
many advantages. Some poultrymcn
grow. plums in the poultry yards. and
also keep bees. Others grow early vryc-
tables under glass and also grow two or
three crops i'll the open ground. One gar
dener near Philadelphia makes large
only lima beans. Another makes peas n
specially, following the peas with late
cabbage To attempt to farm four
acres In the usual way, with wheat, corn.
cats, etc, would cause bankruptcy. The
crops that pay best are those that re-
quire the most hand labor.
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Rare Books in the Vatican.

The Oldest library now in existence is
that of the Vatican, and it probably con-
tains more literary treasures than any
ing Pope, and only he can give permis-
sion to enter. Though there are only
225,0OO volumes, they are the rarest in
the world. The Vatican library has the
only known copy of the New Testament
written before the end of the Fourth
century; the original Dante, the oldest
existing copy Of Virgil, and Terence
which gees back to the Fourth century,
Cleveland Leader.
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Historic Tree to be Cut Down.

The old cherry tree under which Ed
gar Allen Poe used to sit, and in whose
shade he is known to have written at
least part Of "The Ravcn,'' is to be cut
York called Fordham, near the little
house in which Poe lived, and which is
known as the Poe Cottage" There are
to be street improvements made in the
neighborhood, and the cherry tree is in
the way Wood choppers have the con-
tract for cutting it down, and it will soon
be laid low DR.. E. J. Chauvct is the
owner of the tree, and he may have it
preserved in the form of many relics, Or
move it bodily to some other spot. The
tree has been dead for years, but it still
stands.-New York Letter.
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| tently after them. Then she whispered
something to her companions, from one
| of whom she borrowed pencil.
'"ThOse people who were at the next ta-
BILE are following u.s." Norton presently
observed to his companion.
They're going to pelt us with confetti,
no doubt Fleming returned indiffer-
emily.
AS he spoke he distinctly felt hand
thrust into the pocket of his overcoat
1t was a very little hand, as he found
when he seized it, and it was soft and
feminine. Its owner wore a blue domi-
no, ahd wriggled her fingers clear from
his, leaving in his pocket a twisted scrap
OF paper.
The blood rushed to Elemiiig's face.
The situation Of ten years ago was re-
peating itself. Crossing to a brightly
lighted shop window, he unfolded the pa.
per, and disclosed a pink. paper disc,
across which was written in pencil the
name "Mamie."
BY ,Jove, if it should have been my
wifc's hand that ! caught in mine"'
That was his first thought, but the
next moment he recalled the bitter fact
| that Mamie was his wife no longer, but
| the Baroness Riegelthurm.
Nevertheless, he looked round for the
blue domino, and caught sight of her
| er, and followed the party to the door of
the Grand hotel, the hall of which he en-
tered Il few seconds after them.
Are the Baron and Baroness Riegel-
thurm staying here?' he inquired of NJ,
| attendant.
II think they expect you, sir. One of
the ladies asked me whether you wanted
to see the Baroness Riegelthurm or her
| stepsister, Mrs. John Fleming"
Half an hour later the little blue
domino, without her mask, and with
tears in her pretty dark eyes, sat hand in
| hand with Jack Fleming in her sisters
drawing room.
"You horrid, proud old thing" she was
saying. why didn't you come and claim
| me years ago? or course, 1 always ex-
pected you to. And I've been SO lonely
| and miserable sometimes! When hear'l
you tell all that to the man you were
| with tonight. it was all could do not t.
jump and kiss YOU"
There is nothing to prevent you from
kissing me now Jack Fleming said.
And Mamie agreed with him-A1ainly
A h0ut pnOn1n
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THE BENEFIT OF RAILWAYS.
They Bring Producers and Consumers
Into Direct Communication.

Into Direct Communication,
The construction of the great Siberian
railway has even now begun to produce a
marked effect on Siberian trade, which
formerly was carried on entirely by
monopolists. In each district or town
there was a local capitalist, who laid in
a, stock of goods at the fairs of Mimi
Novgorod, or elsewhere, and then fixed
his own prices according to the means Of
his customers, and competition was non
existent An enterprising man, who had
neither capital nor credit, could not com
pete with these monopolists, because of
the absence of good means of communi-
cation.
This abnormal state of affairs is al
ready improving. The railway which
has connected Siberia with centers of
production has rendered travelling cheap
er and quicker and made capital circulate
more freely. People of small means are
now enabled to make long journeys for
the purchase of stock, and they can enter
into direct communication with the pro-
duccrs and wholesale merchants in large
centers. The trade of Siberia has be-
come more democratic, and increasing
competition has affected change in its
character-North American Review.
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Seamless India.

In spite Of British rule India is still
soapless country. Throughout
the villages of Hindustan soap is indeed
regarded as a natural curiosity, and it is
rarely, if ever, kept in stock by the ma
tive shopkeeper. In the towns it is now
sold to certain extent, but how small
this is may be gathered from the fact
that the total yearly consumption Of soap
in India is about 100000 hundredweight
that is to say, every 25O0 persons use
on the average only 112 pounds of soap
among them, or, in other words, consid-
erably less than an ounce is the average
per person.
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An AriStOcratiC Peasant

a curious case of historic ancestry has
just been discovered in Gascony. There
lives in a village Of the old province n
peasant named Auguste de Meyers, who
is a lineal descendant of Miles de Movers.
marshal of France in the reign of Philn
the Fair. This noble was one of the
most powerful vassals of the monarchy
and was in high command at the battle
of Crecy. His humble descendant goes
daily to work in the vineyards, and is it,
tie affected by the fallen fortunes of his
family.-New York Commercial Adver-
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Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

ASK your grocer today TO show you
package Of GRAIN-O. the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without injury
as we'll as the adult. All who try it ike
it. GRAlNO has that rich seal brown
Of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress. One
fourth the price Of coffee. 15c and 25c
per package. Sold by all grocers.
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The Situation in France.

Should the exposition be a pronounced
success, and should, ere it's close, the war
in South Africa be over, the Waldeck-
Kousseau government will have fair
opportunity to complete the work it has
SO we'll begun. But should wailure attend
the great industrial enterprise, and should
the Beers be still holding their own.
France will again be at the parting Of
the ways, with the revived spirit of An
glophobia drawing it toward certain dis
Weekly
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Rusiness Openings in Brazil.

clans, surgeons and especially dentists
who have graduated at American univcr-
sites may find sufficiently y-lucrativc
field of work, provided they are able to
submit to Il very rigid examination pre-
scribed by the laws of Brazil This ex
animation, both oral and written, is CON
ductcd in the Portuguese language. In
nearly all large cities there are American
dentists most Of whom seem TO be pros
perous.-C Secger.
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easily-pierced bark AS these insects are
about the same color as the bark, they
are readily overlooked, while. the ant
which follows and eats the exuding SAD
are noticed. TO rid the tree of the real
pest, the aphis, spray with bordeaux
mixture or kerosene emulsion. The
aphis feed on the tender growth early in
the season, often before the tree puts out
many leaves, so that they must be close,
" watched, or they will do considerable
harm.
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. Ants on Fruit Trees.

There is more or less complaint in fruit
sections about the rayages of ants on
cherry trees. The. grower who thinks
that ants are making trouble for him
does not observe very closely, or he
would notice that the ants are not only
harmless. burt do much good. The real
enemy is the minute aphis, which fre-
:quently attacks the young growth on
cherry trees, sucking the sap through the
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Good Poultry Food,

One of the best poultry foods for in
duclng egg production is COW peas. They
may be fed whole to adult stock or
cracked for chicks. They are highly nit
rogcnous and are superior to corn or
wheat. Another excellent poultry food
is rape, which may be grown OH all kinds
Of soil
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-06-08
The Perils of Panama.

Valuable information was furnished
last winter to Washington officials con-
eerning Panama conditions by David w.
Bartlett, who dleu recently at Spring
field, Mass. Before De Lesseps' far
reaching scheme had been exploited, Mr..
Bartlett took a contract to build twelve
miles of railroad on the isthmus He
took with him 120 men, and left behind
on the isthmus more than 100 graves,
malarial fever being an oyerpowering ad-
versary to all except the strongest of con-
stitutions. Despite the havoc, Mr. Bart
lett carried out his contract.-Ncw York
Commercial.
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Farm Economy.

Economy ON the farm is where the
profits arc made. The utilization of
foods that are usually wasted will permit
of keeping more stock and cheapenng the
cost of production. A leading New York
farmer states that the saving of only /
cent day on the cost of each COW in
the state would amount to over $6,OOO,-
600 a year. The gain of only one, quart
of milk a day would make an additional
profit of $12,O00,0OO i'll one year.
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What Do the Children Drink?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place of coffee The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure
grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades Of coffee.
but costs about Il as much. All grocers
sell it. 15c and 25c.
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Seven Presidents were Ma asons-

Seven Presidents Of the United States
were members of the Masonic fraternity
Washington, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan.
johnson, Garfield and Mckinley. Wash
andria, Va. Jackson was at one time
grand master Of the grand lodge of Ten
nessee, and Buchanan was deputy grand
master Of the grand lodge of Pennsylva-
MIA
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Hoods
SarsapariI|a
CURVE THEIR TAILS.
Bats Make a Handy Pouch for Carry.
ing PiCk-ItD I.uuc1,es
merica's Greatest Blood Medicine

ing Pickup Lunches.
The bat when walking carries it's tail
curved downward and inward, so that
the membrane joining it to the hind legs
forms pouch or bag, into which Il large
insect can be pushed after it is snatched.
ms is done by slightly spreading the
folded wings. bringing the feet forward
TO increase the capacity of the tail pouch.
ana then bending the neck and thruStiuy
the head beneath the body In spite of
violent struggles. the insect rarely es-
caPes, and Il somewhat similar method is
employed by the bat when on the wing,
ana II mas been noticed to always bend
up its tail so as to form a r,ccptacle for
it's urpv
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An English IrOnsides.

The British ironclad Warrior, which
is the oldest warship of her kind in her
majesty's navy. has just been stricken
from the roll of vessels in active service.
The Warrior was launched in 1880 and
completed the next year. She has dis
placement of 921O tons, and her iron ar
NOR is AZ inches ashington
Ti1DnS
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Pearl Necklace Worth $45O. OOO

The Goldsnliths and Silversmths' COM
pany have sent to the Paris Exposition
necklace of pearls worth 100000. 1t
is the finest in the world and contains
forty-six pearls. The five central ones
are immense spheres Of milky splendor.-
London Truth.