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Burma's BIZ. Bell,

One of the sights of the Shwe Da-
gone pagoda is gigantic bell of
bronze. weighing 42A tons, and said to
be the third largest bell in the world,
the largest being in Moscow, and the
next largest in Mingin, also in Burmah,
and nine miles from Mandalay. After
conquering Burmah, the British under
took to carry the great Rangoon bell
to Calcutta as a trophy. but carelesslv
dropped it overheard in the Rangoon
river, where 1t defied all efforts of their
engineers to raise it. Some years later
the Burmese, who had not ceased TO
mourn its loss. begged to be allowed
to recover it. Their petition was sneer-
ingly granted, and they went to work
with divers and lengths Of hollow bam-
boo. By attaching to 1t an incredible
number of these bamboo floats, the un-
wieldy mass of metal finally was lifted
from its muddy bed, and triumphantly
restored to its place beside the great
pagoda.-From Among Golden Pa
godas." by Kirk Munroe, in Four-Track
News.
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Goats I'm France.

The Bulletin de la Societe d'Accli
matation, France, advocates the rehab
ilitation of goats. In France there are
only four goats to each person, In
Italy eight, in Germany ten, in Swift
zerland IA, in Sweden and Norway 1S
in Spain %, in Algeria 100, and in
Greece ITO. It is remarkable that in
Switzerland, America and Mexico the
number of goats has increased of late
years. In the United States the goat
is valued not only for its milk. butter
and cheese, but its leather. The goat,
in fact, is taking the place Of sheep
and cows in some countries. Among
the best breeds are the Alpine varie-
ties called Saaner, Toggenbourg,
Gruyere and Schwartsshals of Swift
zerland, and the Zaraibe of Nubia,
called the pearl of goats, which is said
to yield four times more milk in pro
portion to size than our best cows
London Globe.
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THEIR HELP.
. o little girl.

o little girl, o little girl.
What is there you can do
To make the world a brighter world,
The sky a fairer blue?
Your little hands are frail. but still
Your help is needed while
You may sometimes look in some face
Where sorrow is, and smile.
o little boy, o little boy,
How may you help along
How help to lift the weak ones up
And leave less room for wrong?
Your knowledge is but meager, yet
Your help is needed while
You have the heart to shout for joy
And look up with a smile.
o maiden fair, o maiden fair.
How may you help the weak?
How may you bring the color to
The drudge's pallid cheek?
Though you may not have gold to give,
Your aid is needed while
The weary and the sick at heart
May see you swcetly smile.
o you that toll from day to day
For few rewards and small,
How may you help to make the world
A brighter world for all?
Though driven hard and sorely pressed,
Your help is needed while
1t may be known sometimes that still
You have the heart to smile
S. Z. Kiser, in Chicago Record-H Herald
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INDIANS AND SNAKE BITES.
Chief Tells How His Squaw Was Cured
by Medicine Man-Red Mems
Curious Practice.

Kot-oh-pee, venerable, red-blan-
keted patriarch of the Euchee Creek
woods. who was reared at the feet of
several Ozaukee medicine men. having
been asked how the Indians cure snake
bites, says the Kansas City Journal,
spoke substantially as follows: mo
snake ever killed Zaukee; Zaukee al
ways kills the bad, biting Mutchee-
Mahn-ee-toh. My squaw was one night
bit by a big rattler. Medicine man cut
snakes head on and cooked him in
kettle all night, He hung snake over
wigwam fire; smoked and fried him
till morning. Doctor cook some snake
root in kettle with snake head. Squaw
sit near kettle all night; medicine man
cut little near squdw's heart; bad poi
son blood all run out; doctor wash
squaw's foot from kettle next day;
noon squaw feel good; cook corn for
Kot-oh-pee. Mutchee-Mahn-ee-toh big,
bad snake, maybe so kill mokaymah
white mani. Indian kill snake"
Mat Duhr, who is authority for the
above story, states that Indian physi-
clans and surgeons simply perform a
quick surgical operation on the biting
serpent by cutting its head of and
boiling 1t with snake root, which grows
plentifully on most rocky places in this
section. They require the bitten per-
son to look at the snake. which is hung
over the fire all night. and also advise
the patient to pray to the Great Spirit
to remove the swelling by next morn
ing. Most Indians persist in saying
that no snake ever killed one of their
YscA ---------------
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The Choice
Of Helen ~
~ lsERBERr SCRANTON


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tcopyrisht. Isos. By Daily Story Pub. Col
THE call to arpeS had come. The
street was alive with uniformed
men, the air resonant with trumpet call
and drum beat.
Drill calls sounded on the green, the
busy whirr of sewing machine and needle
In church and home The faces of the
men were flushed and stern, those Of
the women gray and set
After many weeks Of waiting the issue
had been Joined and nation sprang to
arms. Men and women alike were ex-
cited and determined.
A picturesque group stood in the old
vestibule of the old Methodist church.
A youth of %, tall, straight, heroic in
hts uniform with the lieutenants shoul-
der straps; girl of lS. red-cheeked,
with flashing eyes and raven hair; an
other youth of two and twenty, blue
eyed, firm-mouthed. with cheeks of ash
en- pallor and dogged resolution written
on his features-not in uniform.
Helen" spoke the young lieutenant,
imperiously, "the time has come to
choose. In three days we move to the
front. You know l love you. Can l
carry your picture in my locket, your
promise and yourself in my bosom
when | go onto the battle field? You
have hesitated long enough. I claim
decision before l CO."
The girls cheeks flushed and her eyes
dropped. Her lips trembled with un-
spoken words.
Helen" broke in the other youth.
For Gods sake, listen. /, too, love you
as you we'll know. l cannot, Heaven
help me, present my suit in so heroic
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women, as find itinsures regular and
painless smenstruation, cures leucorrhga
and ovarian troubles, and builds up the
entire system. also consider it one OF
the finest catarrh remedies know Of"
M. G. Gee, M. d.
Catarlh is systemic disease cura BILE
only by systemic treatment. Aremedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly at
the depressed nerve centers. This is
what Peruna does.
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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GREW FROM QUEENS GIFT.
Japnn's Great Navy an OutgrOwth ol
VictOria's Present to the
MikadO.

The present navy of Japan, the best
outside of those of few of the larger
nations Of Europe and of the United
States, may be said to have had its be-
ginning in small yacht which was pre-
sented in 1858 by Queen Victoria to the
emperor of Japan. The queen also de-
tailed some British bluejackets to the
duty Of instructing the Japanese in the
management Of that class of vessel.
Since then the Japanese have risen to
the position of one of the great naval
powers, and her progress of recent
years has been nothing short of mar
velous At the time of her war with
China her whole fleet displaced about
10000 tons; to-day the aggressive dis
placement is over 250,000 tons. Japan
has fishing population of about 2,0O0,-
900 men, and from this section of the
community she draws her seamen
Hitherto she has been depending upon
other countries for the construction of
her vessels, but the time is near at hand
when she will be able to throw off the
assistance of the western world. Her
arsenals are already capable of build
ing protected cruisers and torpedo
craft, and gun factory and armor plate
factory are now being established which
will soon be ready to begin work.
Her seamen are men of intelligence,
resource and sea lore and capable of
quickly acquiring sufficient mechanical
skill to enable them to control the COM
plex mechanism of their modern men
of war with complete success. They de-
sire no pampering and they can live on
the simplest food and sleep anywhere,
but in their new ships they have more
air and in some respects greater COM
forts than are to be found on many, If
not most, of the British men of war.
These sailors of the far east take things
very much as they find them, with stoi-
cal calm. They face danger with much
the same spirit with which they take
their pleasure, and in spite OF the rapid
strides which civilization has made in
their country their luxuries are few, and
they are c6ntented and happy. They
are devoted to simple sports, to fenc-
ing and to acting; no one can ever for
get the dramatic entertainments on
board Japanese men of war who has
been privileged to witness them. Nor
does the memory soon become dim Of
one of these ships when decked out in
gala dress with chrysanthemums, cherry
blossoms and other blooms typical of
Japan enlivening the grim aspect of the
decks. The men are adopts in the maxi
ing of imitation paper flowers, which
so closely resemble the handiwork of
Nature that at a casual glance one hard
ly notices the deception.
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A Deptist's Advice. ,

Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 25thzMr. Harry L
Lewis, Dentist, COZ Sumit street, this city,
says: q certainly advise anyone no matter
how severe they may have Kidney Trouble
to take Dodd's Kidney Pills.
II was troubled with Kidney Disease for
several years and Dodd's Kidney Pills cured
me. had used many so-called remedies
without any benefit. Four months ago,
was fiat On my back with this painful trou-
BILE and must say that almost gave up hopes
of ever getting any better. Through a
friends advice | purchased six boxes OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"At first l could see but little benefit, but
after two weeks, could see an improvement
l had been getting up several times at night
and pains in my back were very. severe.
When ! had taken six boxes l felt better
than had for years. The pain had all
gone and didn't have TO get up during the
night at all. l continued the treatment
until l had used several more boxes, and
now am glad to say that l am completely
cured"
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CHRISTMAS TREE INDUSTRY.
Over n Million Are Sold Each Year in
New York and New Eng
Iand Alone.

Christmas is responsible for the dev-
astation of large tract of our territory
every year in the cutting of young ever
green trees for the Christmas trade, says
an eastern exchange. Fortunately, the
best kind of tree is the balsam fir, which
is valueless to the lumberman. Like the
lack pine" of Michigan, it was a
synonym for worthlessness until some
bright mind discovered 1t would make
the ideal Christmas tree. The bright
mind" alluded to belonged to New York
duck hunter, who saw the possibilities of
the millions of young frs that edged the
coast IF Maine. The honest farmers
thought the New Yorker was ';givin'
'em CUFF" till he laid down the money
for several carloads; then they under
stood what he meant, and the new in
dustry was born. In ten years the coast
was stripped and the business moved
inland. Now over a million Christmas
trees are sold in New York and New Eng
land alone, and tyo-thirds of them come
from Maine.
They say the trees do not cost two
cents apiece delivered in the city. The
Maine farmer gets from five to 40 cents
a tree; the latter price for straight,
symmetrical tree Is feet high. In the
cities the trees sell from 25 and 80 cents
up to five dollars. The sale of the trees
brings something like 100000 into the
state, and the work of getting them in
market provides employment to thou
ands who would otherwise be idle.
It is said fir lands were once exempt
from taxation because of their worth
lessness, and that one could buy town.
ship (23,000) acres) for hundred dol
lars. Now they are worth from $40 tc
SIS per acre. The balsam fir is too ready
to grow to be in any danger of extermina-
tion. The stripped land is easily fitted
for pasturage. and thousands of acres
have been restored to agriculture by the
clearing of the fir; the usual process
seems reversed in this particular case.
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SOLDIERS, PENSION DAYS.
Are = signal for the Presence :
sTouehsrs" who Bleed the Vet
erans for Drink.


"There has been q great falling Of
in the number Of farrests for.touch
ing drunks,' " said . member Of thu
police force. says the Washington
Post. "You know what 'touchin
drunk Is, of course. Don't? Well, III
drunk which comes to number o.
people about the 4th of March. June
September and December, the dates
on which the old pensioners receive
their pension money In short. .
'touchin' drunk is q pension-day
drunk, and 10 usually continued &C
long as the TOUGHER can bleed the pen
sioner. 1t is not the pensioner whI
Is designated as the 'touchin' drunk,
but the loafer and thief who hangs on
to him In order to get what money ans
drinks he can out Of the ward OF the
nation. The practice. is for the light
fingered barroom loafer and beat to
watch the movements of the pensionef
as soon as he receives his money, and
never quit his pursuit until the latter
has been more or less heavily touched.
Some of the thieves ring themselves
on the vets as comrades, whose pen
sions have been belated, but the evi
dent youth of nearly ali preclude mos
from the benefits Of this expedient
The old soldiers are usually men Of
guileless nature, who never learn wis
dom by experience, although they may
be touched every pay day. At one
time there were In Washington num-
ber Of buns who lived of these old
enough from them
on pension day to carry them over un'
til the next pay day. They knew just
where ard when to find them on the
day OF pay, and it was their rule to
doctor them with mean liquor until
they were in condition to be robbed
and to never know who did the job. ]
have known cases where the pension.
er's money would not only be gone, but
his hat, shoes. and clothes, and ne left
in some alley or out-of-the-way place
to sleep off his drunk and to wake up
and find himself moneyless. Clothes
less and shoeless AS l say, these
drunks have about played out. but
they were disgrace to Washington
ten or Is years ago. Some heavy fines
were imposed and the old touchers'
were put out of business"
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PARTY LINE TELEPHONE.
A Squabble Between Subscribers
That Was Settled Very Speed
lily and Amicably.

Washington has thousands of party line
telephones. The best of feeling does not
always prevail between those on the party
lines when both want to use the phone at
the same time, says he Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle. a prominent politician is
on a party line with doctor. He was in
great haste TO get friend over the phone
and began ringing and shouting 'hello."
The other subscriber wanted to use his tele-
phone at the same time, with the result they
were soon saying harsh things to each other.
Who are you" demanded the politician.
"Pm Dr. Blank" was the answer.
"Oh, pardon me, doctor, you can have
the line. 1t it weren't for YOU | couldn't
make living"
"Well, who are you?" asked the doctor.
I'm Jones, the undertaken" was the an
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Leading American Flowers.

The sale of cut roses in the United
States amounts to about $6,000,000 q
year; carnations, 100000; violets
s75O,O0O, and chrysanthemums-s
short-season crop-s700,000 The an.
nual production is estimated at 500,
100000 each for roses and carnations
and $50, 100000 for violets. This state
ment shows the great superiority OF
the cArnation in two important points.
1t caN be produced and sold more
cheaply than the rose, and its keeping
qualities are very much greater. The
carnation will never have as much SEN
timent as the rose. but it is destined
to outstrip the rose as a peoples
flower, IL, indeed. it has not already
done so.-Country Life in America.
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a manner. l wish | could But my
heart is right in patriotism and love. I
wish l could go, but I cannot. Do not
condemn me for it. Do not decide hast
lily, beg of you'll beg of YOU"
Distressed and embarrassed, the girl
glanced from one suitor to the other
from the soldierly figure in the smart
uniform to the manly figure in the old
brown suit. AS she hesitated the lieu
tenant broke in, impressively:
After all your talk of patriotism,
Helen-all your fiery urging that every
man must now give account OF himself
do you hesitate between the man who
goes to the front and the man who stays
behhind?" "---------- N..--,----,--.-.-
The girl glanced up quickly. Her eyes
rested on the proud. handsome face of
the young soldier; then on that of the
civilian. The latter's went blood-red,
then CHASTITY white, and his hands worked
convulsively. She put up her hand with
an imperative motion.
"Stop," she said, and her dainty head
went up imperiously. There shall be
no quarrel here. / will not give an an
swer under these conditions. If patriot
ism is not motive enough, Robert, l
would suggest that you stay home"
Then she turned and fed through the
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GAVE MILLIONS TO A CITY.
Immense Amount of Money Left by
an Italian for the Improve
ment of Genoa HarbOr.

Northern Italy is very prosperous. The
people are honest, enterprising, indus
trious and frugal. There is striking
difference between the population OF
the northern and the southern parts OF
the kingdom. 1t seems scarcely posi-
BILE, writes William E. Curtis, in Chicago
Record Herald, that they can belong tc
the same race.
Genoa is growing in wealth and i'm.
portance. 1t is now the greatest port
in Italy. Its commerce has been in
creasing rapidly and would grow to an
even larger volume but for the limits OF
the harbor, which is always crowded
and hasn't room for any more ships.
One Chicago coal shipper had to re-
fuse big contract for supplying the rail-
roads of Italy with fuel because he could
not get dock to land it, and the expense
of lighterage would have absorbed all
his profits. Another coal firm in Balti-
more has been trying for two years to
obtain landing place for the cargoes
OF its ships, but the best arrangement
it can make is to unload them into light
ers and keep them afloat until sold.
The late duke Of Galleria, one Of the
rich men of Genoa, who had a fortune of
$25, ,000, 900 or more, good part Of which
was made in shipping, left bequest of
81 900 900 to pay for extending the har-
Dor, and the work is now being done un-
der the direction of the city government.
His widow, who survived him several
years, bequethed $1,000000 to the late
Empress Frederick, of Germany, and
immense sums to the poor They were
intimate friends, and it was at the resi-
dence of the duchess of Galleria at San
Reno that the emperor died.
Many rich people of Genoa have left
large legacies to the city. 1t has benevo-
lent institutions of every kind, highly
endowed. No community in the world
can furnish better examples of beneyo-
lenra
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Instead of Iron.

In Iceland horses are shed with
sleeps horn; in the Soudan kind of
sock made Of camel's skin is used for
the purpose. A German not long ago
invented horseshoe Of paper, prepared
by saturating with oil. turpentine, and
other ingredients. Thin layers of such
paper are glued to the hoof till the
requisite thickness is attained; and the
shoes thus made are durable and i'm
penetrable by moisture.
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Similar Tastes.

Aunt Maria-I thiuk you and Mr..
Mann ought to get along nicely together.
You know you both like the same peo-
pie.
Matilda-Yes, and, what is better. we
hate the same people. Just think what
nice long talks we shall have together
Stray Stories.
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Boy Memory.

Editor-in-C Ito Office boy)-Ben-
ME. where's the theater tickets l sent
you after?
Bennie-I forgot 'em.
City Editor-Bennie. where's that
paste sent you for?
Bennie-I forgot 1t.
Sporting Editor-Bennie, what was
Jack Glasscock's battin' average in 1888?
Bennie tpromptly)-Three hundred
and eighty-six.-Clevelan Leader.
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MEDICAL TX ANIlNER
OF the United States Treasury Recommends
Pe.ru.na.
Other Prominent Physicians Use
and Endorse Pe.ru.na.
Pe.ru.na.

NR. LLEWELLYN Jordan, Medical
~ Examiner of the U. 3. Treasury
Department, graduate Of Columbia Col
Point, has the following tosay of Peruna:
"AiiOw me to express my grsfi-
tude to you for the benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth a vast change and I now
consider myself a we'll man after
months of suffering. Fellow suf-
ferers, Perana viii cure y0u."
A constantly increasing number Of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
practice. 1t has proven it's merits so
thoroughly that even the doctors have
overcome their prejudice against So
called patent medicines and recommend
it to their patients.
.Peruna occupies a unique position in
medical science. 1t is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
everyone will admit, is the cause of one
half the disease which afflicts mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases affiict
one-half of the people Of United States.
e-ss-~s-e-s-s-s-e-e-e-e-s-
I Robert R. Roberts, M. D., WASH I
] ington, d. c., writes:
I "Thr0ugh my own experience :
as well as that of many Of my
} friends and acquainfances who
I have been cured or relieved of ca.
] farrh by the use Of Harfman'sl
! Peruna, ! can confidently recon-.
I n1sndH to those suffering from such
J disorders, and have no hesitation In
prescribing II to my patients. ".-.
I Robert K. Roberts. I
DR.. Il. Robbins, Mushogec, 1. T.,
writes:
"Peruna is the best medicine know
of for coughs and to strengthen a weak
stomach and to give appetite. BESIDES
prescribingit 1t for catarrl. have ordered
It for weak and debilitated people, and
have not had n patient but said 1t helped
him. 1t is an excellent medicine ard it
fits so many cases.
II have large practice, and have a
chance to prescribe your Peruna. Ihope
you may live long to dogood to the sick
and the suffering"
DIR. NJ. G. Gee, writes from SIS Jones
ST., San Francisco. CAL:
Peruna has performed so many won
derful cures in San Francisco that am
convinced that it is a valuable remedy.
l have frequently advised its use for
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Not without DfstinctfOn.

A note of family pride was struck in the
conversation between three small Reading
boys the other day. The parts played by
were being depicted by two of the boys in
vivid colors The career of each. it seemed
had been halted by confinement in southern
prisons, and it was on the latter fact that the
lads laid particular stress. The third youth,
unable TO match these recitals with any
military achievement of his own forefathers,
preserved an envous silence for a while, and
then, not to be outdone, said. disparaglngIy,;
was in Jail long time, and he was never in
the army a all. .'-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Jack-What did old Gotrox say when
you told him you loved his daughter?
Tom-He said that he loved her also.
'Well, I'm sure you couldn't object to
that"
''Oh, didn't object to what he said !;
It was the sey he said it that shattered
my financia. prospects. Chicago Daily
News.
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Brown had just given Jones a cigar.
and after putting away at 1t for few
seconds, Jones asked:
81 say. old man, where did you get
this cigar?"
That's one of box purchased on
the quiet from a smuggler." replied
Brown. -
"Ah, I see." rejoined Jones. "He
smuggled them past the health officers. /"
Chicago Daily News.
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Develops Intense Heat.

The heat developed by the firing OF
heavy guns is remarkable. During
some recent trials in Germany a gun
that had been fired rs times melted SOL
der placed upon 1t, while another was
hot enough TO soften leaS
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Money Saved II Money Made,

DR.. VIM. Self, of Webster, N. c., an
old practitioner of medicine, tells us
that after many years experience in med
icine he finds it money saved to his pa
tients to use Tay]or's Cherokee Remedy
of Sweet Gum and Mullen for coughs,
colds and consumption.
AT druggists, 25c., Soc, and sl.oo q