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Ants on Horseback.


A French traveller has discovered, q
new species of ant in Siam, or at
least new trait he has never before
seen recorded. The creatures were
small, of a gray color and lived in
damp places. They travelled often. and
in troops which seemed to be under
the direction OF commander who rode
ON hors eback. M. Nielsen, the
Frspchman who noticed this peculiar
ity:. was attracted. to these groups by
discovering that each company con-
tanned aTiafge ant that, travelled more
rapidly than the others. Observing
them more closely, he noticed that
each large ant always carried a, small
gray ant upon its back. though the re.
mainder Of the troop!4were on foot.
This mounted aM MOULD ride out from
the line;; trasel swiftly among the col.
unn from head to rear, and apparently
overlook their manIeuvers. M. Mics.
sen concluded from what he saw that
this species Of ant, while on its trav-
els, is under the direction Of COM
mander, though such "ant horses" as
the general rides must be rare and val
liable, for he scarcely ever found more
than one mounted ant in a colony
Boston Budget.
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WORLDS: END IS PREDICTED
FOR. The COMING DECEMBER

We all know that from the begin.
ming of recorded history stars sup
posed to be new have from time to
time blazed out in the heavens, says
Prof. Simon Newcomb in McClure's
Magazine. The scientific men know
that these stars were not really new.
They were simply common place stars
which, through the action of some
cause that no one has yet brought to
hight, suddenly increased their heat
and light thousands of times. II
We have also known that dark
bodies many times larger than the
earth are flying through space like the
stars themselves. Now, my theory is
that If one of these objects chances to
strike a star + bursts, through its
outer envelope and sets free the enor-
nous fires pent up within. which burst
forth in all their fury.
Next December one of these objects
is going to fall into our sun. Now, /
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CUTICuRA
OINTMENT
Purest'* Of Emo||ients and,
Greatest. Of Skin Cures.
The Most Wonderful Curative
Of All Time
For. Torturing, Disfiguring
= Skin. Humours
And .Purest and Sweetest Of
: :. Toilet EIno||ients.

Cuttcura Ointment is beyond question
the most successful curative for tortur-
Ing, disfguring humours of the skin and
scalp, including loss. Of hair, ever
compounded, in proof of which
single amounting preceded by hot bath
with Cuticura Soap, and followed in
tbs sevcrcr cases, by dose Of Cuti-
cura Rcsolvent, is often sufficient to
afford immediate relief in the most
distressing forms of itching, burning
and scaly hunburs, permit rest and
sleep, and point to a speedy cure when
all other remedies fail. 1t is especially
80 in the treatment of infants and chill
drcn, cleansing, soothing and healing
the most distressing of infantile hui
mours, and preserving, purifying and
Identifying the skin, scalp and hair.
Cuticura Ointment possesses, at the
same time, the charm of satisfying the
IeilnpHe wants of the toilet, in caring for
the skin, scalp, hair, hands and feet.
from infancy to age, far more effect
ually, agrecably and economically than
the most expensive Of toilet enollients.
Its "Instant relief for skin-tortured
babies" or Sanative, antiseptic cleans
ing" or Zone night treatment of the
hands or feet" or '' Single treatment
Of the hair" or "Use after athletics"
cycling, golf, tennis, riding, sparring,
or any sport, each in connection with
the use Of Cuticura Soap, is sufficient
evidence Of this.
Fold throughout the world. Csncufs Resovent 5oe In
FORM Of Chocolate Coated Pls DC per vial Of CO., Oint-
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r.; fsrs, Rme de 10 Pix; Boston. l Columbus Ave.
Potter Drug Chem Corp 6oe Propriecss.
a. Send or .Ths Cutieura Skin Book
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AGED people.

Bellflower. Mo-, July 6th.-Mr. G. v.
Bohrer of this place has written an
open letter to the old men and wom-
en- of the country, advising them to
use Doid's Kidney Pills as a remedy
for those, forms of Kidney Trouble SO
common among the aged. Mr.. Bohrer
says: 5
Il suffered myself for years with
my Kidneys and urinary organs. l
IS Obliged to get up as many as
seven or eight times during the
night
Il tried many things with no sue
cess, till saw one of Dodd's Alma
macs. and read of what Dodds Kidney
Pills were doing for old people.
Il bought two boxes from our drug
gist and began to use them at once.
In very short time was well. This
is over a year ago, and my trouble
has not returned, SO that I know my
cure was good. genuine. permanent
one. .t
II believe Dodd's Kidney Pills are
splendid medicine for old people or
anyone suffering with Kidney and uri-
nary troubles, for although am 81
years Of age. they have made me
well.
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do not want to brighten you unneces-
sarily, but l think we may as well
look this matter in t,lenface.;= If. my
theory is correct, the light and heat Of
1.-The sun will be suddenly increased
thousands of times. Should this result
follow, can there be any. doubt as to
the consequences? The whole surface
of the earth will be exposed to a, radi.
alton as intense as that in the focus
Of a burning glass, which, you all
know. will not only set fire to wood,
but melt iron and crYpble stone. The
flood of heat will destroy all the work
of man and every living being that
exists upon the earth. The polar re.
gions alone will be exempt from the
radiation, because the sun will not be
shining on them at the time of the
collision. But they will be visited by
SINGH food of hot air and steam that
thefE fate can hardly be different from
that Of stthe, rest of the world.
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THE RULING sp.RlT STRONG.
Generous oivar Shaved" His Own
= Prornjseory Note.

Generous oivar Shaved" His Own
Pron,issory Note.
The following story was told at q
public dinner concerning one John
Hopkins. who was said by the mar.
rator TO besmore Int nt on accumulat-
ing wealth than on the wise disposi,
ton Of Il. II would appear that three
young men waited upon Mr.. Hopkins
to ask help for the local Young Mems
Christian associAti ion. sgi ss fss3
3 S.' But Il have no money Mr.. Hop.
skins SAID that is.s have no ready
money. don Y ~ how can aid
YOU = 4 I'D A. s8 "a s,s ENG N
.sswell, H oip,k ins, sid the
spokesman, we shall be glad to take
sa promissory not s.5s
I'm! Nov, that i IL clever. You
shall have It. And ne forthwith wrote
one for 5000. payable a. six months.
As he handed itSover III said !; Il j s5ss
Toll IS. &. 4 n aEe going
TO 40 with this az b. ss ~ /. G III n
We shall convert - into cash. !, Z, 83sS
hut, ssee here, y, said Hopkins.
what will that cost you
Der cent. 4,
nat will never do s IItt,.s too
ssglls discount ayssl
sSs And she a "a sed TN storys L,
va y i Xxi ! 4 /. 81 d n
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HOW SHREWD IRISH MISER
GOT HIS GVINEAS BACK

Dor, whom he had suspected from the
first, and said: 49,;
Mike, lad. have zoo guineas
saved. l have buried 100, and the
other 100 think Of putting with their
brothers; but I'm wondering II
burials safe way to keep money.
What, Mike, Is your opinion?"
mike thought a bit, then answer
ed: 'Burial's fine. Sure, burial's
fine.'
"'I agree with YOU said the miser
of Donegal, and tomorrow night I'll
lay this last 100 guineas where the
first are ~.
HE departed, and that evening
had the satisfaction of seeing from
hiding place his dishonest neighbor
replace the stolen guineas in the hole
from which they had been filched."
New. York Tribune.
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Maud Come, the eloquent pleader
of the cause Of Ireland, does not sym
pathize with George Moore's hope
less view Of the Irish situation, and
in a recent talk with him she said,
as Mr. Moore tells the story:
Il wish that Ireland could get back
her stolen liberty as the old miser of
Donegal got back his stolen guineas.
Don't you know that tale? Well, I'll
tell 1t then. It seems that the Done
gal 5miser had buried 100 guineas
under an apple tree in his garden, and
his neighbor, q prying and dishonest
man, discovered the hiding place
and took the gold. ii.
The miser, when he discovered
the theft was heartbroken, but, being
a resourceful man, he cast about him,
and finally hit upon a plan to make
good his loss. He called on the neigh
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OR GIN OF THE AYING,
SURE AS SCRO GGIN'S HOSS

ts;sgs
Y The Fossil Coterie; as an organiza-
ton OF baldheads IN West End ave.
nue. calls itself, had 4 resurrection
party the other night. and one Of
them dragged out the origin OF the
expression, "As big q fool as Thomp.
sons colt VI IA ~ 5
The Offset to that story, !" said one
[of the fossils, was AS sure as Scrog-
gins hoss.' Never heard Of it? Well,
it was still running In northwest Mis-
souri, when left there In 1876.
u railroad had been constructed
between st. Joe and Savannah in the
early days. It covered distance Of
about twenty-five miles. There was
one train a day each way, and it was
made up Of a combination caboose, q
freight car and OF course an engine.
There was no sroundhouse at Sa-
vannah; nothing but turntable, q
switch and station. When the train
arrived there the engine was turned
around, run down on the switch and
backed up to the caboose and freight
car. The train did not leave until
afternoon, SO that the crew frequent
ly went to town, about mile distant,
enjoyed themselves and returned in
time. to take out the train.
Railroads were a novelty in that
section. A farmer named Scroggins
lived near town. One day she drove
to the station with some produce to
ship to st.. Joe. ,
\, When he got to the station no one
was about to take his stun and he
hitched his horse to the end of the
freight car while he went to town, to
hunt for the conductor He did not
know, or If he did he forgot, when
the train left.
When he failed to find the con.
ductor he returned to the station, but
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FROM SOLDIER TO MONK.

Romantic Episode in the Life Of Aus.
Il: trisn Prince.
The death of Prince Edward Of
Schoenburg-H artenstein in the monas-
terry Of Emmaus in Prague serves to
recall his most remarkable career.
The prince was born in 1s63.--He on.
tered an Austrian cavalry. regiment
and for . decade he was notorious as
the widest and most dissipated young
blood In Jenna. sudd enly, at the
age Of thirty, when he had reached
the rank Of captain and had gained
the reputation OF II smart ofncer, he
threw up his { military career to be.
come e monk. His renlnciation 81
worldly things was$ quite dramatic.
He rods direct from the maneuyez
field tos the monastery. dohed his
Uniform. broke his sword and assum:
ed Inonkish tire. Instead Of solns
through the usual period O = novice
he observed the sstrictest rules from
the beginning i. The cause 81 his VIII.
sdrawal to ~ monastery haa s. never
been definitely ascertained "
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the train had gone. Ditto scroggins'
boss and wagon and produce. When
the train pulled out it. took Scroggins'
OUTFIT with 1t. y y 3.r
That was what q man. who saw
the incident told scroggins. The old
farmer said nothing, but started down
|. the track.
"He picked up here and there .
wagon spoke, a hub. q tire and occa-
sionally q busted pumpkin, q smashed
cabbage head and the Settlement Of
eggs and butter. But no signs Of the
boss, except here and there q hit Of
harness. ~
'The old farmer turned of some
where and walked home When he
arrived at his farmhouse he found his
boss standing at the gate safe and
sound. The boss could not talk, so
Scroggins never knew where the
train and the animal parted company.
"But he sued the company for his
scattered produce, and that was the
first lawsuit In that part of the state
against a railroad company. He got
judgment, Of course, for the jury was
composed of farmers.
ut was that incident, gentlemen,
which caused Gen. Craig, attorney for
the company, and afterward president
of the Hannibal & st. Joseph railroad
company to recommend to the com.
pany that it shift the cowcatcher
from the locomotive to- the rear car
of the train, although Artemus Ward,
RI believe, got credit for saying that.
But from that time on whenever a
man spoke Of anything as being dead
certain he said: .
Its as sure as scroggins' hoss.'
."And it was passed down to sue
ceeding generations. New York
| Sun.
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BABY WEATHER.
Little Fellows Don't Like the Hot
f-l-s EIlss DAYS

5 Days.
Mothers should know exactly what
food to give babies in hot weather.
With the broiling hot days in July
and August the mother of baby is
always anxious for the health of her
little one and is then particularly care
full in feeding. Milk sours quickly and
other food is uncertain. Even in spite
of caution, sickness sometimes creeps
in and then the right food is more nee
essary than ever.
"Our baby boy two years old began
in August to have attacks of terrible
stomach and bowel trouble. The ply.
stefan said his digestion was very bad
summer and hotter weather we would
surely have lost him. d.
Finally we gave baby Grape-Nuts
food, feeding it several times the first
day and the next morning he seemed
better and brighter than he had been
for many days. There was great
change in the condition of his bowels
and in three days they we're entirely
normal. He is now well and getting
very strong and tleshy, and we know:
that Grape-Nuts saved his life. for he
\ was very, very III baby. Grape Nuts
food. must have wonderful properties
to effect such cures as this.
s.We grown:ups ia our family all use
Grape Nuts and also Postum Ia place
,,of coffee with the result that we never
1 any Of us have any touee ills, but are
well and strong. Name given BY Pos
y tum Co. Battle Greek ich.
IL The reason Grap Nuts food relieves
bowel trouble IA babies al adults ID
8 because the starch of the grain Is pre-
sdigested and does not taxs the bowels,
nor ferment like white bread. potatoes
Il and other forms of sstarchy food.
B Send Tor par lcllaTs Nv mail Sof ex-
i tension 81 time on tue ol. 90 cooke,
i contest for RS money prizes. y Z:
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A prominent Southern lady,
Mrs. Blanchard, Of Nashville,
Tenn, tells how she was cured
Of backache, dizziness, painful
and irregular periods by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Gratitude compels me to acknowl-
edge the great merit Of your vegc-
table Compound I have suffered for
four years with irregular and painful
menstruation, also dizziness, pains in
the back and lower limbs, and fitful
sleep. I dreaded the time to come
which would only mean suffering to
me. Six bottles of Lydia e..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
. brought me health and happiness in q
few short months, and was worth
more than months under the doctors
care, which really did not benefit me
at all. | feel like another person now
Ny aches and. pains have left me.
am satisfied there is medicine so
good for sick woman as your Vege-
table Compound, and advocate it. to
my lady friends in need of medical
help" - MRS. B. A. BLANCHARD, 422
Broad ST., Nashville. Tenn. -. $4,000 FOR
felt original of abous letter proving genuinencss
cannot Be produced. aza5,s 80. a, $ 50
When women are troubled with
menstrual Irregularities. weakness,
leucorrhna, displacement or liberation
of the womb, that bearing-down feel
ing, inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, they should remember there is
one tried and true remedy. Lydia e.
Pinkham's VegetableC Compound.
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Let this Coupon be your Messenger Of Deliver.
ance from Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Troubles.

It'S the people Who
doubt and become cured
while they doubt who
praise DoAn's pills the
highest.
Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and ioin pains
overcome. Swelling OF the
limbs and dropSy signs
vanish.
!, They correct urine with
brick dust sediment. hiRh
colored, pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wettiAg. Doan's kidney,Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation,
sleeplessness, h g adache,
nervousness, dizziness.
TAYLoRsvILLE, MISS. -"I
tried everything for q weak
back and got no relief until I
used Deans Pills"
j. N. LEWIS.
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M an EAR AZlr

to let in the sur.ight, making it pos
sible to grow q smooth, rich slope of
velvety grass.
There is renewed interest in the
historic house since Germantown res.
'idents have been attracted to the spot
because of the improvements. It IL
claimed to be one OF the Oldest houses
in Philadelphia limits. It is not known
exactly when the house was built, al
though It il stated on good authority
that It was previous to 1851. Some
historians declare that it was built by
Shoemaker In 1880. others are equally
confident that It was built by Gerhard
Hendricks IN 1852. s
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PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern inventors.
Antoni Brzykey, Minneapolis, Mimi,
window shade bracket; Archie Claw
son, Rock Vale, Mont, horseshoe;
Christian Jensen, Dwight, N D., nail
feeding device; Walter Kennedy, Min
neapolis, Mimi, log car; Trued Lind,
Monson, Mimi, needle bar for self
binders; Albert Murdick, Minneapolis,
Mimi, acetylene search lamp.
! Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawvers. OIL
and 9l2 Pioneer Press Bldg, ST. Paul.
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weapons, cooking utensils and other
articles exhumed from these burial
places of the ancients unfold many
facts regarding their methods of living.
OF the various places used by the
anctents in which to deposit their dead
the rude stone chamber known as a
cromlech was probably the most often
adopted for any burial other than the
very common ones. The picture shown
is an accurate one of a cromlech
which was discovered in a barrow
near Paradis, on the Island of Guern
sey. On digging into the mound the
large fiat top, or cap-stone, of the
tomb was discovered, and when this
was removed the upper part of two
human skulls was exposed to view.
The chamber was filled up with earth,
and as this was gradually removed.
exposing the bones of the entire fig.
ures, the latter were found to be in
a good state of preservation. The
teeth and jaws denoted that they were
tho skeletons of adults, but not of old
men. A singular feature in connec.
ton, and one unexplained. is the fact
that the bodies had been so placed at
burial that one faced north and the
other south. Possibly they were pris
oners or slaves, who were slain-per
haps buried alive-at the funeral oil
some great tribal chieftain or great
person whose body was placed in the
large chamber near by.
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Lucy.

Lucy.
She dwelt among the untroddel1 ways ii,
BESIDE the springs Of Dove:
MAD whom there were none to praise,
And very few to love.
"A violet by messy stone
Half hidden from the eye:
FAR az a stafs when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She; lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!
F. William Wordsworth.
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As Aesop Might Write It N,

One day fox saw fine ripe plum,
but it was beyond his reach.
So, as he had no friend to shake the
tree for him, he turned2up his nose at
it and passed on,
tits wormy!" he said.-Chicago
Tribune.
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The reason yOu can 81
this trial free ID because
they cure Kidney Ills sla
will prove 1t to you.
W Est BRANCH, MIca-
Doahs,Kidney Pills hit The
case, which was an unusual
desire to urina.e to get
up five or six times OF q night
Think dinbetes was well un.
der way, the feet aud ankles
swelled. There was an In
tcnse pain Ia the back, the
! heatof which would feel like
putting ones hand up TO o
lamp chimney. I have used
the free trial and two fun
boxes Of Doan's Pills with tho
satisfaction Of feeling that I
am cured. They nre the rem
edy par excellence"
B. +. BALl.AEp.S
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Too Exactino,
Arthur

Flora-1'm afraid that Arthur
doesn't love me all the time.
Carrie-You seem to forget that he
has living to make, my dear.-Town
Topics.
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House Over Two Centuries Old.
Workmen have been kept busy
throughout the spring months on the
WiEgohocking meadow, surrounding
the "Rock house," the Shoemaker
house." or the Hendricks house." as
the historic building is variously
called, which is built on the huge rock
at Wingohocking station, near Phil.
adelphia. This rock is famous for
being the pulpit, or the preachers
rock" used by William Penn in pre-
revolutionary days. In the famous
old meadow through which, until re-
cent years, the beautiful Wingohock
ing creek flowed, and in which during
the revolutionary war some of the
British cavalry had their encampment,
there are now huge flower beds and
clumps of hardy Towering shrubbery.
All underbrush has been cut from the
stretch of woods on the hillside above
the meadow and lie trees are trimmed
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sure Evidence.

but how do you know he went to
heaven 81 ,si ,ts .E ' F 4. 5l..f
..Kaze the mule kicked him that
away an he hain't never come down
4 VT! Atlanta Consti tnti lon. y sl I
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Piso's Cure for Consumption 50 an infnl,,b,e
snedictne for coughs and colds IN. W. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. N. =. Feb Y. 1901 ~ IS y 81,
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Stops the 1ougheand
Works OFF the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price CSC
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S Ssrt dsy:s IA osfs- EG aft
e. Send for EREH o.. 90 trtl bottle ana fsestisA
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price, 75c
A Conversation Overheard.

A Conversation Overheard.
Goodness gracious, Maude, where
are you going with that big bunch of
roses and those boxes of candy?"
"Why, haven't you heard? They've
got just one of the loveliest murderers
in the county Jail that ever WASH
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No. Cordelta bafhacIe isn't z
tramp who sleeps IN ! barn.
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An Ancient Burial Place.

3. An Ancient Burial Place. -
Ever since the advent of man upon
the earth, the question of disposal Of
his remains after death has been one
OF vital Importance. 1t is to mans
ever-present desire for safe and suit
able repository for his dead that arch.
biologists owe much of their knowl.
edge of prehistoric. time; for the
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Industry without knowledge 10 bet
ter than knowled ge without industry.
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Elsetrie prinkl !.

s
81 Paris engineer has Invented a,
seiaetgic sprinkler that viii Water ten
NIL sof streets "a hour. It Win costs