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UP BRAZIL.
Enormously Rich Country to BE
Reached by New Water Routes.

Bolivia east Of the Andes is one OF
the richest regions of the world in
timber, rubber and minerals and it
has some fine agricultural lands. It
has no outlet on the Pacific coast. It's
only outlet is through the Amazon and
Para, and since peace Vas made with
Brazil a railroad activity in this di-
rection has taken possession of the
whole republic.
East of Bolivia is the great Bra
| lillian State of Malto Crosse, a terri
tory nearly three times the size of
Texa. A dozen large navigable riv-
ers pour northeastward out Of this
| State into the Amazon. According
to the Engineering Magazine its agri-
cultural, mining and grazing posi-
tilities are very great.
1t is said that a great deal Of this
territory will grow as fine long staple
cotton as Mississippi or Alabama.
The Brazilian Government has ma
tured a plan to connect by canal one
Of the tributaries Of the Amazon with
one of the tributaries of the La Plata
In this State, thus opening an all in
land water. route from Para to Buenos
Ayres, a distance Of nearly 5000
miles. This extensive route would
reach the whole interior of the CONT
nent.
Turning to the west and north
west, the Amazon is navigable in its
chief tributaries in Peru, Ecuador and
Colombia to the very walls Of the
Andes. One may go aboard a steamer
at Para and remain on board until it
has ploughed its way up to the hill
city of Iquitos and several hundred
miles beyond. Peru has little Pacific
coast trade now and the develop
ment of this country must pour its
wealth into Para.
But If Brazil and Para had none of
these Andean republics to draw trade
from the development of the Brazil
ian Amazon Valley alone must in
time amount to untold wealth. In
the States OF Para and the Amazonas
and the federal territory Of Acre
there are near the waters edge ten
million rubber bearing trees of the
Hevea variety. These trees if proper
ly tapped will live indefinitely and
steadily increase their yield. The
State of Para is considerably larger
than Texas and much of this State
will grow excellent cotton. .
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Dutch O Names.

In few of the affairs of life does
the Englishman display such a lack
Of originality as in the choice OF a
name for his house. Often enough
1t would seem that he does not choose
at all, but meekly accepts whatever
designation an unimaginative builder
cares to place above the door. J.
In Holland they do this thing much
better. A recent traveller in the land
Of bikes and windmills has been at
pains to make notes of the names be-
slowed by Dutch merchants upon
their country houses. Here are q few
examples, translated: "Our Content
ment,,"' "Joy and Peace" Leisure
and Happiness 2 my Desire is Salts
fed" Friends and Quiet" "My Wife
and T." mot So Bad"
To say the least, any n of these
would seem to indicate more Of the
genuine sentiment of the householder
than can possibly be expressed by the
Believes" and "Cedars" Of Sub
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
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The Austrian Navy.

Because Austria has not been a
sea power in the past Is no sign that
she is not going to be one in the
future. You are not aware that with.
in two years Austria will have avail
able thirteen Of the most powerful
battleships in the world. Do you ap-
'p~reciate that these thirteen battle
ships will be at the service of Ger.
many, and do you appreciate what
such an Austrian fleet can do in the
Mediterranean with no force to hold
1t in check? 1t would have Malta,
Cyprus and Egypt at its mercy.
Austria would not find the slightest
difficulty in dcspatching an expedi-
tionary force to any of these points,
and once in control Of Egypt and
dominating the Suez Canal she could
despatch her smaller ships to attack
commerce proceeding by the Cape
route to India.
Thus it is clear that in case of war
a powerful British feet must be sta
toned in the Mediterranean unless
the British people are prepared to see
their commerce destroyed. their COM
munications with the East interrupt
ed, their fortresses in the Mediterran.
can n by one attacked and captured
and staggering blows struck in every
quarter against their empire. With
a navy which. will certainly be the
most efficient in the Mediterranean
in the near future, Austria may en-.
terrain daring ambitions. Every.
bodv's.
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Not For Goodness Sake.

She was a blonde, very light O!
hair, almost silvery yellow, very beau,
tiful, but her hair was thin, exceed.
ingly thin.
You don't seem to be prudish,'
they said, cor too goody-goody tt
wear false hair. Why in the goodnes:
don't you? If you would only puff
your hair out with curls you'd be
beautiful"
IF you want to know the rea'
truth of the matter" said she, %,
don't wear false hair because I cant
match the shade. Eve looked till I'm
black in the face. and it's not to be
found. That's all there is to it,
New York Press.
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g8gR|HNEP I4EREHE1

Jellies often refuse to jell when
put into large receptacles.
Cream cheese mixed with canned
currants or jellied cranberries makes
a good sandwich filling.
To remove the odor of onions after
peeling, put the knife and the hands
in very cold water for a few minutes.
This will entirely remove the scent. /.
Small cold cream jars and the like,
if scalded, make excellent containers
for jelly which at some time or other
you will desire to place in a lunch
basket.
TO get rid of rats and mice, stuff
the holes where they come in with ab'
sorbent cotton moistened with for.
%maldehyde, then cover with plaster
Of paris.
To have bright lighSs boil the lamp
burners in q strong solution Of soda
and let dry thoroughly before using.
Soak the wicks in vinegar while the
burners are drying.
If dark wool material, mems suits.
women's skirts and the like, become
shiny, sponge with a solution of com.
mon washing blue and water. Press
while still damp under a thin cloth.
At a certain cooking school they
recommend hot gingerbread served
with fried apple sauce. The apples
are stewed and then reheated in hot
butter and Drowned like ordinary
fried apples.
When the edges Of doilies or table
covers curl up, run weight tape into
the hens and they will lie perfectly
smooth. The same is very good to
run in edges of sash curtains on book
cases and the like.
Did you eve use a shower Datn
hose on ironing day to sprinkle the
clothes? A watering pot with a fine
stream should do just as we'll. The
clothes are sprinkled more evenly
and in a shorter time.
A perfectly clean paint brush is q
good thing to keep ON hand to clean
dusty fruit. Grapes, sandy dried
peaches, strawberries and other fruits
in their season are quickly cleaned in
this way.
II you are beginning to have trou'
BILE with your feet, battle them often,
powder them freely, rub alcohol Oh
them occasionally-give them careful
attention until you discover the sort
Of treatment they respond to.
In choosing footwear for young
children, it should be remembered
that lace boots are better for them
than buttoned footwear. The shanks
of the button are apt to press on the
instep or ankle and cause discomfort,
while better support is naturally
given to the ankles when it is posi-
BILE to draw in the laces at will.
The flavor of the seeded raisin is
better than that of the seedless sui
tana raisin, but some cake makers
and pudding makers find the stoning
of the fruit tedious and object to the
waste involved-for there is a GER
tain amount Of pulp cleaving to the
seeds when removed. A little butter
rubbed on the fingers and on the
knife will do away with much .stickl-
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Victor Emmanuel's Rare Coins.

King Victor Emmanuel, according
to o French newspaper, is a numis-
mstist Of the first rank, and his Ma
jesty possesses a collection which may
be termed q museum. His cabinets
contain $4,000 coins, some most rare
and almost priceless.
The King is a scientific collector
and will shortly publish a treatise on
numismatics. 1t will run into several
volumes, and will be entitled Corpus
Minimorum 1talicorum." The work
will be a complete catalogue Of me-
dieval and modern money struck by
Italy or by Italians in foreign lands.
Tie printing of the first volume is
almost complete. To insure correct
ness proof sheets have been submitted
to the keepers of the coin depart
ments in the principal museums OF
the world.-London Globe.
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OF all the existing mar apes the 60
rilla is beyond question the most for
midable, a large male standing not
infrequently owe FIVE feet six inches
in height, and bones being known OF
n which apparently measured In
life no less than six feet two inches.
It is not, we now know from exper-
fence in the gardens and elsewhere,
always when young so utterly IN
tamable abeast" and so entirely and
constantly an enemy OF man" as Du
Chaillu represented, but it is savage
and morose enough.
1t is still uncertain whether in a
wild state, except in the immediate
moment Of attack, it ever actually
walks erect without either resting its
knuckles on'the ground or supporting
itself by a branch overhead, but that
it does beat its fists upon its breast
when enraged (Du Chaillu says that
he heard the noise like a great bass
drum" at a distance Of a mile) is es-
tablished, and when the male gorilla
turns, as seemingly it does, to con-
front man fearlessly when attacked,
with its huge size, its great hairy
limbs, and hideous head set almost
down into its shoulders, we can be-
Iieve that mo description can exceed
the horror of its appearance Add
that the gorilla usually lives in the
depth of forests where the light is so
dim that it is difficult to Q any OBJ
ject clearly at a distance of more tLdn
a few yards, and it is not to be won
dered at that the natives have invest
ed it with attributes even more hor-
rife than those which it possesses.
Many believe the gorilla to be LII
man; others hold that, though itself
a beast, it is often Informed with the
transmigrated spirits of the human
dead. It. is said to lie in wait
crouched on the lower bTancheI Of
trees overhanging a path, and when 4
human being passes to drop n of its
long hind limbs and, clutching the
victim by the throat SO suddenly and
in so terrible a grip that hardly a sob
is heard, to drag it-man Or woman
up to its lurking place. 1t is cred
tied with capturing and stealing wom-
en- and carrying them off to keep
them in the forests, and, armed with
clubs, is said to attack and beat off
elephants. The formidableness Of the
great apes as compared with other
beasts, however, is not an easy mat
ter to pass upon. In Africa it is note
worthy that the lion and the gorilla
do not occur together, and it has been
%conjectured both that the lion has ex-
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Retribuion.

Stand up, prisoner" orders the
stern judge,
The trembling culprit, who has
been found guilty by a jury of his
delighted peers, stands. i,
Prisoner at the bar" solemnly de-
clares the judge, you have been con!
victed of building house after house
containing one Of these COMPOUNDED
little boxes called reception rooms.
in which there is neither room to re.
ceive nor hooks to make it a ward
robe. The sentence of the court Is
that for the next ten years you shall
be confined in one Of these alleged
reception rooms Of your own con-
struction and design!"
Immediately the lawyers for the
defendant begin work upon an ape
peal on the ground that a cruel and
unusual punishment has been de-
credible.
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gy CAMILLE
X Il X X X X

, dig out a certain quantity OF this de-
post and carry it back to the banks.
! This gradual raising of these rivers
! has the result that in our day they
cross the valley on a greatly elevated
bed like water that runs in an aque-
duct. 1t follows that the surface OF
| the Pc, for example, is higher than
the roofs of the houses of Ferrara.
Entertainments of the Land.
The increase of the land is consid-
cradle in an this region. The town
of Ravenna, which was formerly sur
rounded by lagoons and was a sea-
port like Venice, and under Augustus
was q naval station for the Adiatic
fleet, is to-day ten kilometres from
the sea and it's only communication
with its present port, Porto Corsini.
| founded in 1885, is by the canal OF
that name.
Besides, all along this coast, sc
celebrated in history, may be seen the
works Of mar in constant struggle
with nature and only dominating hel
on condition of subjecting himsel.
| to her laws. But, on the whole, the
victory remains with nature. The
works Of man are nevertheless last.
ing. All the marvels Of ancient art
which have escaped the carnage Of
wars, of ~invasions and of revolu.
tons and which have been preserved
| for US, often by the earth iself, and
handed down from century to cen.
fury, bear testimony to this.
vestiges of Former Glory.
The ancient lighthouse of Adria,
| washed by the waters of the sea three
thousand years ago, is still standing,
but for a long time it has not looked
out upon the Adriatic, which is con-
| stantly moving away. It has become
the belfry of a church. This light
house, which %antedates the founda-
ton of Rome, could tell US of many
human %depravities if only as the wit
ness of its neighbor, Ferrara, the
famous city over which still hangs
| the tragic memory of Lucretia Bor-
| gia. For example among other deeds,
it might remind us of the following:
Marquis Obizzon d'Este, detested for
his cruelty, strangled by one Of his
| sons; Alberto, who cut of his inep-
hew's head and burned his wife alive;
Marquis Giovanni d'Este and his wife
torn to pieces with red hot pincers;
| Nicolas I'LL, legitimatized son of AL.
berto. cutting of the head of his Sec
ond wife and aiding in the bloody
| quarrels Of his twenty-five natural
children; Hercules l., causing his
nephew to be hacked to pieces, cut
ting off the right hand and putting
out an eye of $50 c~onspirators; his
son, Hippolyte d'Este, causing the
eyes of his brother Julius to be torn
out on account of his rivalry in love.
etc. In this order of things. man
sometimes seems to surpass nature.
To return to her from these scenes,
the secular Transformation of coasts
constitutes one of the most interest
Ing chapters in the history of our
planet. Everything is rapidly chang
ing on our mobile globe. Alone the
progress of mind triumphs over the
slow and inexoratle work OF Time,
whose Scythe gathers in it's harvest
everything about it. and this progress
Is perpetually upward toward the con-
quest OF, truth. !
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Wellesley Tapioca.

This is a pleasing variation from
the old fashioned baked Indian pud-
ding. Soak five tablespoonfuls OF
pearl tapioca two hours in cold water
to cover. Pour four cupfuls of scald-
ed milk over four tablespoonfuls OF
Indian meal and add three-fourths OF
a cupful of molasses, three table
spoonfuls of butter and one and one
half teaspoonfuls Of salt. Cook in
double boiler twenty minutes, then
add tapioca drained from water. Turn
into a buttered pudding dish and pour
over one cupful of cold milk, but do
not stir. Bake n and one-fourth
hours in a slow oven. Serve with or
without thin cream. - Indianapolis
News.
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Circulating Children.

A scheme has been originated in
Italy which we are sure will have
little cooperation in the United
States. Miss Laura Garsin Is entitled
to whatever credit is attached to Or
ganizing an international Jewish child
exchange. But meagre reports Of
the plan have reached here. The
plan roughly seems to be to exchange
children from one country to another
so that the child may better learn
the different languages.--American
Hebrew.
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His CIeVernesS.

The consul in London of a cont.
mental kingdom was informed by HE
Government that one Of his country.
women, supposed to be living in Great
Britain, had been left a million OF
money. After advertising without
result, he applied to the police, ard a
smart young detective was set tc
work.
When a few weeks had gone by his
chief asked him how he was going on.
i've found the lady, sir"
Good! Where is she?"
~At nv nIace rOt marriad To her
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Refectionsgo f a Bachelor.
A really brave man is afraid to act

A really brave man is afraid to act
SO.
Friendship best endures by not un-
dergoing any tests Of 1t.
If the baby would sleep all night
the house would catch on fire or
something to keep you awake.
The trouble with making love to
your wife is it gets you into the habit
of doing 1t when she's not around.
There's nothing makes q man adj
mire a costly gown on q woman as
much as If he didn't have to pay for
it.-New York Press.
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DODGE Library in Paris,

The American Chamber Of Com
merce in Paris appears to be pros
pering. It's membership is steadily
increasing.
The remarkable military library of
the late Gen. Theodore A. Dodge,
which was %bequeathed to it by him.
has lust been added to its already
~ . q IL .i- - h1nr,.
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SORE EYES CURED.
Eye-3alls and Lids Became Terribly
infiamed. - Was Unable to Go
. About-AIl Treatments Failed
--- n-o.,aI C,rcnoccfu1 .

Cnticura Proved Successful.
About two years ago my eye got in
such IA condition that,I was unable to 60
about. They were terribly infiamed, both
the balls and lids. | tried home remedies
without relief. Then | decided to 20 to our
family physician. but he didn't help them
Then / tried two more of our most promi.
nent physicians, but my eyes grew contin-
ually worse. At this time a friend OF mine
advised me 10 try Cuticura Ointment, and
after using it about one week my eyes were
considerably improved and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have never
given me any trouble since and | am now
sixty-fve years old. | shall never fail to
praise Cuticura. G. 3. Halsey, Mouth OF
Wilson, Va. Apr. 4, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass.
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Strange Resemblance.

A statue in Wells cathedral, Eng.
land, representing The Fruit Steal
err" is almost an exact copy of the
features of Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-
herman. The statue is carved on a
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RESTORES LOST POWERS. a weak
is like a clock run down-MUNYON'S
>VITALIzER will wind him: up and make
him 90. II you are nervous IL You are
Irritable .s;t If Il you n lack &c confidence fdar I'll n m ySss,
vigor, beginJon this remedy at,once. There
are rs VfTALIZER tablets In one bottle;
every tablet 10 full Of vital power. Don't
spend another dollar on quack doctors or
spurious remedies, or all your system With
VITALIZER at once, and you will begin
to feel the vftalizing effect Of this remedy
utter the first dose. Price, 81 postpaid.
Munyon, 53rd and Jefferson, Phila. Pa
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It is claimed by the inventors that de.
railment is impossible on a railroad line OF
mono-rail construction.
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COdSl, Ou WA1Sn - 40
tie by little. 1t is destined to reign
over the place where the cruel and
tyrannical emperor, believing A1m-
self master of the world, thought ne
alone had the right to rule.
But the waves themselves offer
strange paradoxes. While the Tyr
rhenian Sea is eating away in this
vicinity the cliffs and the strand or
ancient Latium, on the other hand
I on the opposite or eastern coast OF
Italy the Adriatic is constantly NOV
ing away from the ancient Etruscan
town which gave it its name. :
Adria, which three thousand years
ago was a famous and fourishing
seaport, lies to-day desolate and for
gotten in the midst of fields Of corn,
of vineyards and Of prairies, twenty
five kilometres distant from the sea,
which has moved away this entire
distance since the beginning of our
era. There is nothing there from
which one might guess its former
power-gone to-day. 1t is a dead
city. Agriculture and trade have
there replaced intense maratime &C
tivity and are very much inferior to
it. Here the land is gaining rapidly
before ones eyes, so to speak
at the rate of ten metres or so every
year on account of the alluvium of
the Pc and the Adige.
Alluvial Deposits.
Like the Rhone, in France, and
the Nile, in Egypt, the Pc and the
Adige are constantly bringing down
soil from the higher ground and car
rying' it to their mouths. The floods
to which this region was subject from
the beginning Of the thirteenth CEN
fury necessitated to dykes,
and they have since caused the adop-
ton OF a general system Of embank-
ment, with the result that the Pc and
the Adige and almost all their tribu-
taries are now kept within artificial
borders, which are very much raised
up. The increased velocity which
currents thus restrained acquire gives
them the power to transport to the
see a very much larger quantity Of
sediment than formerly. Thus the
deltas Of the Pc ami the Adige have
constantly encroached upon the Adri-
attic. Moreover, a part Of the sand
and slime, which in a natural condi-
ton of things would have been spread
over the plain by annual floods, is de-
posted on the bottom OF, the beds Of
the streams, whose capacity thus be-
comes diminished.
It therefore becomes necessary to
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Some people suffer continually with
tired acbine and swollen feet. Little do
they know how soothing is Hamlins WIZ:
ard Oil. Rub it in at night and have
thankful. happy feet in the morning.
Sicily lost $4,000 inhabitants by earth
quake in 1893.
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Ivory doubles in price every fe"
veare N.Y.-52
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
leething. softens the gums, reduces lnf1amma'
tron. aIlavs pam cures WING collc. 21c. bottle.
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Norway has a factory in which "a
600 pounds of paddock. can be turned
into fish balls in q day.
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The Swiss matchmaking industry has
shrunken to half its one-time size. /
Itch cured in 80 minutes BY Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
TIE German army numbers 100000
men. - AtEL @s tl{.
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SHOWS HOW EARTH GAINS ON THE. SCI.

Mons. Flammarion Tells Of the Entertainments OF Land
on Eastern Coast of Italy-Due to the Pc and Adlge-
Adria, a Famous Seaport Three Thousand Years Ago,
is Now Sixteen Miles Inland.
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From the European Edition OF the
New York Herald.)
; The Herald recently published an
count of the curious discovery al
of a beautiful Greek statue
kh was brought to light by the up
g of a wall of Nero's villa under
erious battering of the waves OF
lea. This important discovery
double interest, artistic and
!. Not only does it put be-
eyes a masterpiece of antique
it also shows us the work OF
billy the sea is taking posses
his beach of Antium, where,
centuries ago, the imperial
K a sumptuous Roman palace
played. Century by century,
eS year it rushes to attack this