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a DANGEROUS ADVERTISEMENT.
faris Police Keep Tab on Requests fo

Haris Police Keep Tab on Rsuuasts for
Wives.
never advertise for a wife. Such is
ehe wise advice given today by a Par
lslan paper to it's readers. But nobody
."ould ever guess the a why Par
isians are to beware of the offer-of-
marriage column which regularly ap-
pears In some journals here. 1t is not
because young men in search of good
wives will not by this means discover
What they want. The reason is that
the French police use the said column
as a cheap and efficient method of
obtaining private information about
people. The story goes that when any
promising advertisement Of the kind
appears the police projects clerks an
sWer 1t ON behalf of an imaginary lady,
asking in return for accurate and con-
fidential Information about the young
mans life, habits, occupation and so
eli. When the correspondence has con-
tlnued for some time the detective SER
vice is in possession of a complete
"aossier" about the unsuspecting in
dividual. The principle of the French
roiice, according to the story in ques-
ton, which | repeat as related by a
French newspaper, appears to be that
"dossiers about anybody are always
Useful" The person ntay not happen
to be wanted just now, but one new
er can tell.
An instance Of the use to which the
marriage advertisement method can be
rut for spying purposes is circumstan-
tally related. The innocent man i'll
search of a wife WINS In this case a
clerk In a government Office. When a
supposed young widow with G300 a
year jumped at his offer Of marriage
he, suspecting nothing, wrote, giving
full details about himself, his family,
his friends, his manner OF living, his
occupation, and complete information
about his chiefs, and criticizing the
methods ard personnel of the office.
All these particulars were deemed very
useful by the police, and are now re-
corded in a special dossier duly tick
eied and stored away. The unfortu-
nate young mans spirit, If he ever had
airy, is completely broken now he has
found out that he was u~nburthening
himself, not to a fair lady with a nice
little income, but to a police official. He
has foregone all hope of promotion,
and will be lucky If he does not lose
his post, while the rest of his natural
life, whatever may become of him, will
be overshadowed by the knowledge
that there is an only too true and
complete dossier about him on a shelf
at the police prefecture. 1t is affirmed
that the Paris detective service large
IL and systematically makes use of the
marriage advertisement column in the
above manner. Hence the warning to
Parisians in search of Wives.-London
Telegraph.
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The EIenhanfs.

Putting up at the dak bungalow, at
Wapyndaung (Burma) for luncheon,
we made the discovery that knives
were not included in the list of furni-
ture. They were supplied at n time.
but the Government found it necessary
to have them removed, Ashley a
Leen used in addition to the dab ina
tive dagger lin dispatching avictim. A
rusty penknife was all we had between
us, so we battled with our tough Q
with our fingers and bits OF stick.
While resting under some gigantic
bamboos, I was much amused IN
watching some elephants which are
employed in carrying stones for the
road. Their mahouts had dismounted
and gone to sleep. The huge beasts,
having finished their midday meal, be-
gan wandering up and down the little
village street on a tour of investiga-
ton. Very stealthily one sided up to a
hut, and, winding his trunk round the
the open door, drew out a large bunch
of bananas, with which he went on
much pleased with himself. Another,
seeing his friends success, thought ne
would try the same game, and was re-
warded by having a heavy iron pot
aung at him, az which he was SO
alarmed that he stampeded back TO ms
ed that he stampeded back to ms
mornings, cannoning against another
elephant which was busily engaged IN
removing a grass thatch roof. Then
such a trumpeting ensued that the ma
bouts awoke and the truants were cap
tured.-The Cornhiil.
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angling extraordinary.

At Winchester it is quite a common
thing to see men fishing through the
street gratings. Under High street
there flow several streams which ulti-
mately discharge into the River ltchen,
a noted trout stream. These streams
receive the storm and surface water
from the street by means of the ordi-
nary street grating. The line is
dropped through and fastened to the
end of d stick small enough to go
through the crate. When the fish is
hooked the line and stick are dropped
through the grating and the fisherman
rushes to the point where the stream
emerges from under the street and is
there able to recover his line and land
his ish.-Pastime Review.
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Toads and Snakes as Pets.

s "He who makes pets of snakes makes
pets of toads as WELL" said the animal
dealer.
.Toads are more intelligent than
snakes. They have, besides, no odor.
Tree toads are cherished by some per-
SONS like canary birds. The run of the
house is theirs. When they wish to go
out they hop to the front door and trill
till it is opened for them, and on their
return they trill to get in again. They
sleep in beds Of clean sand and thrive
best on grasshoppers and flies. They
can be trained to hop into the hand.
Eyes, a very clean, intelligent, unob-
jectionable sort of 3 pet is the tree
toad, but the snake is clammy, and
his sweet odor will give you, if you
breathe it long, a racking headache"
Philadelphia Record.
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Rahnsldinr Pakin.

Pekin is being rebuilt, says the
Hongkong Press. The whole Legation
quarter is ali but unreeognizable to
those who knew the city only a year
ago. The most striking street improve
ment is in the thoroughfare which is
aanked By the British. Russian, Jap
anese and Italian Legations.
ATT the north end buildings which are
crosses between bastions and gates
have been put up, thus preventing q
possible enemy again en6lading the
whole roadway from the wall Of the
Imperial City.
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S~trangcst of Palaces.

AS his very few European visitors
know, the Sultan's palace at Constan-
tinople is a monument to fear. 1t is
assassin-proof, bomb-proof, earth
uuake-proof, microbe-proof. Archi-
tects and engineers are building and
rebuilding necessarily. Some new Sc
cret retreat is always under way. The
entire domain is surrounded by an i'm
mense wall, thirty feet high, and the
choicest troops of the Empire stand
guard around it. An inner wall, twelve
feet thick, with gates Of iron, in
closes the private residence itself. The
walls of the Sultan's dwellings are
filled with plate to resist projec-
tiles. 1t is said that a mysterious pas
sage connect with ten secret bed-cham-
bers, forming an intricate labrynth
No one but his body attendant knows
where the Sultan may sleep during
any particular night.
He has electric lights and telephones
in his w apartments, but forbids
them in Constantinople. Telephones
might prove handy for co~nspirators,
and he believes that a dynamite cart
ridge could be sent over a wire into the
palace. AS to the real luxury of the
Yildiz, that is a matter of course,
states Household Words. The domain
is a small world in itself. Five thou.
! sand people live within the outer wall,
not counting a small army of Workmen
and the 1000 imperial guardsmen.
There are shops, factories, arsenals
| stables, a library, museums, picture
| gallery, theatre and even a menagerie
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ONE OF NATURES WONDERS.
h STONE Woman of Wingens in New
South Wales.

cOuGh SSaRGBs
In New South Wales, neal Wingen, d
natural curiosity is observable. This
is an object popularity known as the
Stone Woman of Wingen. The spur Of
a mountain range, known as Salisbury
Crag, terminates in a bold, bluff head
land, about 700 feet above the level of
the valley, which it commands, the pro-
file assuming the form Of a gray stone
woman of enormous dimensions sitting
with her back against the cliff, her
head separated from the top and her
feet hidden among the trees which
grow up to the bottom of the cliff.
On her knee there is resting an open
book, which she is not reading, but in
fast, ~unchanging look down the beauti-
full valley of the Hunter. From where
the feet of the stone woman rest among
the towering trees that grow around
the base Of Salisbury Crag to the
summit of her head must be about 500
feet, so that if she were to stand up
straight some day she would be about
800 feet high. If the proper point of
view be chosen the pose of the figure
Is perfect in its magnificent simplicity.
At Wingen also is to be seen the only
burning mountain to be found in Aus
tralia, and the only one not of volcanic
origin known. The summit is 1870 rect
above sea level, and it is easily reached
from the township. 1t is supposed to
be an immense coal seam, which has
in sonic unaccountable way become
ignited and has been burning ever
since. When first discovered, during
the early days of settlement, the abor-
iginals of the district explained, in their
own rude fashion, that the mountain
had been burning in the days of their
forefathers; that. as far back as they
could remember there had always been
the big smoke.
The course of the fire can be traced
q considerable distance by the trans
| verse rents or chasms occasioned by
the falling in of the ground, from un-
| der which the coal had been consumed.
From years end to years end fumes
| of smoke are continually issuing from
| the sides of the mountains, the surface
of which is in many places covered
with a sulphurous deposit. In the vi
| ciIity of the openings from which the
| blush rings of smoke issue the ground
is hot to the touch, the vegetation with
which it was originally covered having
| disappeared, and sticks thrust into the
glpund speedily become charred, If not
| ~ignited.--St. James's Gazette. n
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IN betting could be. stopped, i,
enormous bulk Of those who engags
in it tapart. Of course, from profes.
sional bookmakers) would save :
great deal Of money. but there IL No
more chance of aboiishing bettine
than of abolishing champagne. eigsrs
and mutton chops. It would not be .
bad thing if booknaakers were Hcans.
ed, but they never will be, partly be.
cause Of the difficulties OF finding =
satisfactory licensing tribunal. and
chiefly because OF the outcry thar
would be raised about the sleealiza.
ton of Observation-Disclosures
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neh.Trava Coat.

ON April 2S, 1772, there died at Mile
End a celebrated goat. She had been
twice round the world-somewhat OF
! feat in those days-once on the dis
coyery ship Dolphin, under Captain
wallis and once on the Endeavor, IN
der Captain Cook. She was admitted
To the privileges Of an in-pensioner
III Greenwich hospital by warrant 81
the lords Of the admiralty, but before
she could avail herself Of the honor
she died. Dr. Johnson wrote a couplet
which the distinguished animal for
some time wore round her neck. Here
it is:
Perpetui ambita bis terra praemia
Iactis,
Hac habet, altrici capra seeunda 10
Wis
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If silence is golden tho woman who
is deaf and dumb must be twenty-four
carets fine.
He Knew the 1,aav,

EYES," said the eminent professor
1T a social gathering, addressing his
remarks TO a small man to whom he
had been introduced, II datter myself
that | rarely fail to read a face cor-
rectly."
1907" queried the small a
Eyes. Now, there is LADY, n
tinued the professor, pointing to a 200
pound specimen of the fair sex, "the
lines OF whose conntenance are as
clear as print to me. The chin shows
frmness Of disposition. amounting to
obstinacy; the pointed nose. a vicious
temperament; the capacious mouth
volubility; the square chin, denotes
trouble for those who oppose her
wishes; the eyes show a hardness of
heart
Wonderful, truly wonderful, pro-
fessor," interrupted the small man.
"You. evidently know something Of
the lady then?" said the professor.
"Sure," replied the small man, "she
is my WIFE,"
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The Loco,notlye Does the Rest.

A little boy was drawing the pie
ture of a locomotive on his slate. His
father becoming interested asked
what the object was. The boy re.
piled that it was a locomotive. Then
the father said:
aWhy don't you draw the cars, tooy'
The boy hesitated and slowly replied:
aPapa. the locomotive draws tas
gaEs "~pbiladslpbia Tlmsse
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CONGRESSMAN ALDRICH Il
END0RSES7HE TONIC, PERUNA
Says: SIT Will Build Up q
Depleted System
Rapidly."

Hon. w. T. Aldrich, Congressman from
Alabama, writes from Washington, ID. e.:
"Ihis is to certify that Per1tnG,
manufactured by The Peruna Mcdt-
cine Co., Of Columbus, o.. has been
.used in my ia NJ iLU aCith success. III
is a fnc tonic aud aUiU build APP a
dep c'ed system rapidly. lean rec
,on,ntund it to those Tho need q sdje
-~uegctabte 9'entcdyjor dcbitity.''-W
+. 1tdrich.
II. S. Emory, ice-Chancellor and Mas
ter of Arms, X. P.'s, Of Omaha, Neb.
writes from 2l3 North Sixteenth street
the following words of praise for PERFUME
as a tonic. He says:
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SOUTHERN ID
oRoss-EYED MAN MADE TRoUBLy
How His V:sloaal Defect Discounted a
Lecturer.


81 have faced a thousand audi
ences," said a ~we1l-known lecturer
the other day, land l have never been
able to shake off my nervousness OF
the first 10 minutes. Scores and scores
of times I have wanted to run away
as the moment approached for me to
step out and be introduced, and doz-
ems and dozens of times l have had
close scape from breaking down
after making a fair beginning. The
merest trife will sometimes put a lee
turer clean out.
1.-THE --LATEST failure I ever made
was in a town in Ohio. l had been
speaking for 10 minutes when a cross
eyed man came In and took a front
seat. He at once crossed his legs,
folded his arms and looked me full
in the face. / tried not to see him,
but in spite OF myself I found my
glance wandering in his direction, and
he soon began to irritate me. l got
to wondering if his children were also
cross-eyed-which eye he saw the best
with-why he didn't have them
Strengthened, and / felt myself getting
tangled up. I fought against the in
1uence and went on all right for IL
minutes, and then | noticed h a the
cross-eyed man had a pimple on his
nose. / thought I saw him trying to
look at it, and | just stopped dead still
in my lecture to watch him. For two
minutes the audience was as silent as
SO many dead people, but then they
caught on and began to laugh, anc
for another two minutes the hail was
in an uproar.
Il hadn't meant to call attention Z
the mans misfortune, OF eourse, bu'
his feelings were not at all hurt. 4
appeared that he had bought a new
neck-tie at a bargain that day, n a:
l stood there like a stupid he rose III
and bowed to me and said:
"'Thankee, sir. If you want IN to'
I can tell you where they are sold 10
II cents apiece, and they are the Dig
gest bargains in Ohio!'
Then we had a hearty laugh al
around, and | found my lost wits an
went ahead again, and | do believ
that was the most enthusiastic audl
ence of the year.
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The. only safe course to take is to keep
the blood pure, digestion good, and sleep
regular. No remedy equals, in all respects,
Peruna for these purposes. If the system
is run down and weakened by c~atarrh, Pc
runa renovates and rejuvenates the nerves
and BRAIN.
A book on the catarrhal diseases of sum-
mer will be maileds to any address, upon
request, by The Peruna Medicine Co, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
The above testimonials are only two of
10000 letters received touching the merits
of Peruna as a catarrhal tonic. No more
rsefu! remedy to tone up the system has
ever been devised by the medical profess
sion
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Philosophic.

"You are constantly putting some
capital in the wrong place." said Mr..
Cumrox's daughter, as she read over
II of his letters.
"Well," was the contented reply,
ssit's lucky I do that in my writing in-
stead of my business; otherwise, my
dear, you mightn't be in a position to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
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He Isronsht Them.

Mr.. Slangey-"Well, that's them in
haven't brought any one home to dim
ner!!"
Nj. Slangey-"sure, | have. Haven't
you got any grub for 'em?"
Mrs. Slangey-sOf course not. You
told me you'd bring home a couple OF
Holsters for dinner"
Ma. Slangey-"Weil. that's them in
the parlor."-Philadelphia Press.
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Speed Of ENGINES.

Within a few years the accuracy IN,
the production Of both fiat and round
surfaces has been sc increased thaf
the speed OF engines has been multi
piled by three. With the accurate
bearings of the present the tripled
speed gives less trouble from heating
and cutting than did the slow speed
Of former years.
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framed Ants.

Trained ants are the latest novelty
III Berlin. There IS q little circns IN
which these performers appear daily.
they dance, turn sonersauits, draw
miniature wagons. fight sham bftslss
ana perform 0thsr wonders
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won nv single Vote.

A curious election result is reported
from Montauban Ille ct Vilainel.
where, out of a constituency number
ing about 10000. the Radical candidate
obtained 1904 votes, and won the
seat By one vote, his opponent, o Con.
ssEvatiYe. receiving la,saas Yotes.-
Epudon Mall
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Catarrh ot,Stomach.

att is with pleasure,I recommend Peruna
as a tonic of unusualmerit. A large mum
Der OF prominent mesn bers of the different
aOrders with which L have been connected
have been cured by the use of Peruna OF
cases OF catarrh of the stomach and head;
also in kidney complaint and weakness OF
the EelEic organs.
at tones up the, system, aids digestion,
induces sleep, and is well worthy the con-
fdence of sufferers of the above COM
niaints."-U. s. Emory.
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shis WnuId BE q Joke.

"Sfr," said the indignant citizen in
the gas company's office, this bill Of
mine is an Internal outrage! l haven't
used that much gas in six months"
"Ohr' exclaimed the obsequious
cashier, sit must be our mistake, my
dear sir. Pardon us, and just deduct
seventy-five per cent. from your bill"
Baltimore News.
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Athlete Cupid.

"Tafortunate in love, you say?
G1Vell, rather. l always seem to- Sc
1T a girl who admires physical prov
lis. and then l find I lave a rival WhS
\ bigger than 1 am.nrChicago Post
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Nervous Debility.

Everyone who is in the least degree sub
iect to nervousness, sleeplessness, p~rostra-
ton, mental fatigue or nervous debility in
any form, finds the hot weather of June,
July and August very hard to bear, if not
dangerous.
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An Invalid.

School Inspector Ito boy wading Ia
muddy water)-"Why aren't you al
school?"
Boy-"'Cause I've got the whot1 rgg
,ough."-New York Journal.
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Ladies' Can Wear shan.

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight
ornew shoes easy. C~uresswollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
Allen s. 0lmsted, lie Roy, n. I.
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His View.

she-"Do you believe in taxing bach
elors?"
He-"Certainly! All luxuries should
be taXed!'-Puck.
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Nearly cne-haIf CT the students at
s~wltzarlaud's universities !rst summer
81 asa auf al 4,14s Tsra faFsignsTa
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Mrs. Winslow''s SC othing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
tion, aIlays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. abottle
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A Century Late.

"1t's er terrible ting, Thomas, ter be
born outer yer time. Had L lived
er hundred years ago I feel dat I'd be
famous in history as de greatest Injun
hunter wot even lived."-New York
Journal.
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Another Good Way.

Chimmy-"Wot's de best way to
teach a girl to swim"
Johnny-"Well, yer want to take her
gently by de hand, lead her gently
down to de water, put yer arm gently
round her waist, and
Chimmy-"Oh, cut it out! It's me
sister!!"
Johnny-sOh! push her off de- dock!"
Puck.
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The Funds of information.

eyes" said the lawyer, there, are
many things to be investigated in this
case. The first thing to be looked
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81 heard the master complaing;t to the
cook that the eggs he had for breakfast
were not fresh,' said Mr.. Cochin China
to his wife.
"They were fresh when l laid them,"
replied Mrs. Cochin China, tartly.-De-
troit Free Press.
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Exhibits A, b and C.

ct suppose you set a good table,
remarked the man who was looking
for board.
"Well," replied the landlady, three
Of my regular boarders are laid up
with the gout.'-Chicago News.
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The optimist believes that the best years
Of his life are ahead of him.
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The shadow Of suspicion always has
something behind it.
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Our BUDGET
OF l1uMoR.
The Maids of Yesterday.

Where are the maids of yesterday
Whose dimpled cheeks were all agloW!
For other maidens reign where they
Were queens a little while ago.
[ see the maids of yesterday
All stout and in war-palnt arrayed,
Each scheming that her daughter may
Cast all the others in the shade.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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FITS permanently cured. No fts d nervous-
ness after first dayssuse Of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer @2triai bottle md treaffsefree
DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 931ArchSt., phila., Pa.
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SIS my pocketbook," assented the
client with perfect assurance.-Judge.
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The airship inventor is usually a Eighty
individual.
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lion has an equal for coughs and ~coIds-JoHN
+. BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The florist is not addicted to throwing
bouquets ait himself.
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A golden opportunity doesn't always gilt
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In order to destroy the vermin with
which domestic fowls are often intest-
ed, a Canadian inventor, Edwin L.
Stewart, has devised a nest egg which
is hollow so that it can be filled with
an insecticide. The nest egg is OF such
construction that by the movement OF
the fowl upon it's nest the insectlclde
will be automatically distributed.