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"Klajr oftho Ganuaoaa. Tho King of the Commons was the title gl?eu to James V. of Scotland,

bnrn IS I diml I.i4' n htiuma "King in 1513, when ft year and a half old; and until was under the recency of tils mother, Princess Mar garet of England, of tha Duke of Albany, and of tho Karl of Angus. the last named being his mother's second husband. Janus was accustomed to mingle in d.sgutse among nis saojects, and some of his adTentures are told in popular stories even Jet. The son?, "The Gaberlunzie Han," is said to be by Kins James, and to recount one of his adtentures. The name was Riven to him because of his care for the poor and oppressed. A play called "The King of tba Commons" was written by the late Andrew fialliday in 1863 and was very successful in Great Britain. Another play, "Tne Gnidman o' Balleogeleb," Is founded on various eomio adventures ascribed to this Kin, who was wont, while rambling boot incognito, to pass as the gnidman, or husbandman, of Balleugelch, a royal farm near Stirling. James V. Is the hero of Scott's "Lady of the Lake," and in tho notes to that poem you will flnd further information about the Kin. MUttery Bolloooias ta Trwii, Some experiments in military ballooning' were made in Paris recently, live balloons were sent up from the Esplanade dea Invalides. The aeronauts in charge of them were instructed to descend within an hour as close as possible to Comba laVlllo, after passing over a radius of twenty miles supposed to be occupied by on enemy. At half-past 4 o'clock a number of cyclists were sent off with instructions to pursue and capture any of the five balloons that failed to cross the zone of investment. M. Jacques Courty, in the balloon Patriots, carried off the palm. He alightea within a mile of the church of Combs la Villa. The ballon directed by M. Picq touched the ground only a couple of hundred yards further from tho town, while M. CompiegnQ alighted from a third balloon at Beaux. The other two balloons fell within the radius, and were captured by tho cyclists. London St. James Gazette. Tba tTaefnl Bat-Water Bag-. Every woman who knows the comfort of a hot-water bag wondors how he ever lived without one, for they have not been on the market many years. For cold feet, neuralgia, ana various other ills they are an immediate and sovereign remedy. Cases are made for the universal comforters, having a nap like that of an envelope to button down. These cases may be of dainty embroidery or of simple flannel or linen. They should have a lining of oiled skin to retain the heat and a strap across one corner 'and made of ribbon or of the material of the case, by which to carry it. Sefoatlsts Kmy Differ As to the ousel of rhenmsttsTn., bat thus to no dftmea of opinion among them at to tho dangtr which attends it, the symptoms by Which It manifests Itself, sod tita dlffloolty of dlslodsiaf it in its chronic stage. Several n-ilaexal and Tegstabl-) poisons are prescribed fox it, but none of these has bees shown by experience to possess the same efficacy as Hosiotters Stomach Bitters. This benign speclSo (trpnrates tho blood by promoting- igorons actios, of the kidneys, which strain from the Wood aa it passes throtigu them the rbeomatlo virus when it exists in tho system. Physicians of eminence testify to the valne oi the Bitters 2a rheumatism, and tho professional opinions regsrdina; it are borne out and corroborated by ample popular evidence. The Bitten remedy chills and fever, ttvex complaint, dyspepsia, and constipation. Coat of KoUlng Stock. "Few persons," says a railroad man, "have any idea of the enormous cost of rolling stock. The price of a single car ranges from 315,000 down to $380. The.former Is the price of a first-class Pullman car, while the latter is that of what is known as a flat car, such as are used to haul gravel and dirt. A common flat-bottomed coal car costs 9500, while a car with a double hopper-bottom is quoted at a hundred more. A refrigerator car 'costa $550. A combined baggage and mail car costs 83,600, and a first-class coach is valued at 5,50a." Ware Yet. "My eracious!" said Aunt Jemima. "The big storm in Iniianny. the paper ays, carried everything before it." "Skasely everything, Jemima," said Uncle Reuben. "It left ruin behind it." Puck. &KCOBDBN.sffr, Claris Scott, writes : "I find Ban's Catarrh Car a. nlnahle rasnedv Draawfi asfltt. 75c. UsrtariavKod. A good and effective system of lightning rods can easily be made of common one-inch steam pipe, provided with galvanized points at the upper ends. There is no advantage to be gained by supporting the pipes or rods on glass insulators; but it is ot great importance to have plenty of points on exposed parts of the buildings, and a gcod connection with the ground, which is easily obtained by means of a well or water PipeIVOW BATS BAKTEST EXCURSIONS to Iowa, sftnnvsota, Kansas. Nebraska. Colorado. Wyoming. Utah, North and Sooth Dakota. Manitoba, Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana. Arkansas. Indian Territory. Oklahoma Tew, and Arizonla. will leave from, all stations of the Wabash BallToad on September 13th and October 10th. at very low rates. Tickets good returning twenty days from date of sale. For particulars apply to the aearaat agent of the Wabash Bailroad. The broad highway that leads to destruction is the root of all evil. The wool-grower and the editor know the value of good clipping. A current remark I must make some Jelly this season. Bezcbam's Pills act like ma jlc on the liver and other vital organs. One dose relieves sick headache) In 20 minutes. When a struggling man strikes oil he is able to smooth over his troubles. The rain which comes in sheets is not much of a comfort. The Testimonials We publish axe sot pnrcbvged, nor written rjp 1b osr odes, mat from our employes. They sc facta, pxoTUf that HOOD'S CURES "Tor onr twenty years! htm soffsrad with neurairhenmtUim and dysia. Many uma icoiua turn In feed. Hood's nut imoi .pr.ua ui aom m s imouat oi good. I US 12 years old and health. which It Hood's 9aiwt Boat, 1 Tor. Sassrstosst Hood'sCures Hood's Fills Care Blc Headache. Ma Tsts Traps XarkaeanMBsst WATERPROOF COAT 1 lath World I A.J.lVWU.ICfmM

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CHAPTER III. FARM LOVE THU SWEETEST. Louis and Mary spent their first summer vacation at their home near the country village. They were both at that age when love of romance overshadows all else in life. The practical and real will come soon enough, but they do not obtrudo themselves on young hearts when all the surroundings are bright and joyous. These young people lived In oastleB In the air, aim thoy hoped Mint if tho realities of life were to run counter to their dreams, and thoir airy castles, they might never awake. Not a ripple broke the harmony of thoir young lives. Much of the time was spent in sailing on the little hike. They called it sailing, but their homely craft had neither sail nor mast on which to fix a sail, or place to put a ruddec. It was a fraii thing which Louis had monagod to put together at odd times somethills' after tho nature of a raft, with a rough box-like structure built much as children build play houses. This served for protection from sun and wind and rain, and as it was tho only craft that floated on those wators, it had the right to go anywhere and ovorywhere, and no one cared to object or protest against it. In ordor to direct the course of the craft and control if. a sculling oar was fitted in the end of what might be termed tho prow, and thus easily and roadly was Louis able to manage the little float. ' So, dr&tiug and lloatingin whichever direction the wind blew, they had naught to do, save tell the story of their love, and over and over again they told it, and it neither grew monotonous', nor did they weary of telling it. Leisurely and unconcernedly they drifted on, with now and then a slight wind from the bluffs to break the the smoothness of the placid waters. and they wished they could float all the years away, and at will land on a shore where love weighed supreme and always. "Louis, if you love me, tell me so. " "Did you say 'if. Mary? In the vo cabulary of love there is and can be no it. xne little word nas never come betwixt your love and mine. It must not now. 'If chases love away. 'Ms' flourish where there is least love. They drive the schoolboy to despair, and make him hate his books, his teacher and himself, and yet, 'its' arc tne rounds in the ladder of fame wme h enable the student to nlimb to tho ton. In that blissful realm whero love is queen there can bo no 'its', because love would aie were an 'if admitted there. There never was yet a heart large enough for love and an 'if to dwell together. I know thoro is not an in any part ot my Dcing wnen love for you is mv theme." "There now, Louie, I like to hear you talk that way. That is music to my ears. It is real poetry the noetry born of love. But why don't you keep on telling mo you love me?" "Why, Mary, only yesterday, I told you a hundred times that I love yon." "True, true, I remember now yon did, and to-day I want you to tell mo so a thousand times. I live or.ly in your love, and that withdrawn for a day, or lessened by so much as a breath of air, and I care not to livo. Tell inc you love me; not in words, for thoy deceive. Tell me with vour eyes; tell me with your cheeks flowing with the name that comes from swift-flowing blood through veins that ought to know no other duty but to bear the messages of love from your heart to mine, tell me through silent lips of the height, depth, and duration of your love. Put the story in big volumes and be ages telling it, that I may know that I am truly loved." "Mary, since early childhood I have told you the story of my love, and it has been the story of my life. As life grows apace, niy story grows, too. and whither I tell it with eyes or lips, with heart, or soul, it shall be the love you ask of me. It shall take me ages to tell it, then let me live those ages in your love, and the story tells itself. To live and to love are one. May Heaven never close the cords that bind our hearts together." Thus these lovers talked. The great big world and all therein wore nothing to them. Love was everything. Did Heaven hear that prayer? Tho summer vacation ended, Louis resumed his studies at the college. His class would graduate in the spring. The fall months pass rapidly, and winter finds him busily engaged in preparing the paper he is to read at commencement. Tho professors expect much of him. He has been a diligent and tireless student, and his heart in his work. His theme is one of great interest throughout tbe land, and particularly to the farmers. Brought un on a farm himself, and at home and in the college a close student of the effect the tariff has on agriculture, he aproaches his srbiect of "Tariff Reform" with his whole soul full of wellmatured thoughts. CHAPTER IV. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANG.EB. One day the news spread rapidly through the neighborhood that Major Nordrum was seriously ill. A malarial fever was having its run with a constant uncertainty as to the sick man's recovery. Mrs. Patterson was a frequent visitor at the Major's house, making herself bo useful in tho sick room, relieving Mary and the nurse of a part of their duties, that they beseeched her to mako her homo with them for a time, so that she might, with less inconvenience to herBolf, render the assistance she proffered. Seeing that Mary was worn out, and likely to break down, Mrs. Patterson consented, and was placed in charge of the house. A male nurse was needed, and inquiries for one were made at the county seat. In time, a strong, stout, middle-aged, gentlemanly appearing stranger applied for the place. His interview was with Mrs. Patterson: She employed him and installed him in his work. There was a mysterious sometMni' aoout this man and his habits v. Inch Mary oftentimes found herself trying to fathom, and the most singular thin;; was that the mystery seemed to involve Mrs. Patterson with it. Whv or how no ono that noticed It could toll. Mary threw it off with the thought that the worstof it was only a suspicion. Mrs. Pattersons' early history was a blank as far as the people in the neighborhood knew anything about it. While she ha lived thelifeof a Christain woman since coming there, urid while her character was pure and spotless, yet the closest observers had, from time to time, noticed a Hti'iin;;..ness in her actions which created a faaU&g that aaawt-tng wag wrong.

Men unknown in tho community had been loitering after night in the shadow of the trees that grew near her house. Thev came, from where no one knew, and tuoy wont, no one knew whither. She was never known to mention the name oi husband. If he were dead sho never told it. If ho were living she never mentioned it. Yet she had a

son sho idolized. Why silently feed tho mysterious with mystery? The stranger faithfully applied himself to tho work assigned him. He gradually won the respect, and, it may bo, the confidence of t he sick man. He studied to please Major Nordrum. Ho labored to mako his services indisponsiblo, There was. however, a coolness between him and Mrs. Patterson which others could not help noticing. Why was the man nurse who was only a temporary employo of the household, i and a stranger, too. and who, when his services were no longer required, would go. as he had come, a stranger, worthy of even being shunned by Mrs. Patterson? The man soon became a necessity at Major Xordrum's bedside. No nurse ever more faithful p crved tho sick, than did this stranger serve Major Nordrum. He vnsevor on the nl-jrt to make himself useful, and he succeeded in so ingratiating hin.self into tho affections of Mary and t'ne physician, and tho nurse, by little arts of kindnt-ss to all of them, and by his constant devotion to tho falling' invalid, that all was ready to trust him and put the utmost confidence in his honor and integrity. To all theso marks oi' respoct shown tho stranger, Mrs. Patterson demurred by looks and signs, which seemed to ho never understood, bu t she communicated her thoughts to no living person. Sho evidently wanted to warn the family of something connected with tho stranger's presence, but her lips wero sealed. She was the woman of mysteries. One morning, after a restless night, the sick man called Mi's. Patterson to his bedside. He told her that he believed he had bit a few horn's to livo. Ho assured her that he was prepared to die but he was in doubt as to a future world? ''Where can Heaven be?" had been the subject of his thoughts for weeks. Could Mrs. Patterson, whom ho had always found so sensible and wise in worldly matters, give him some reasonable theory as to where tiod might put the souls of men, when life on earth was ended? then ho would die full of faith in the power of the Almighty to redeem the promises of Christ. Mrs. Patterson stood aghast. She was astonished that Major Nordrum. a man of so much intelligence and information, whoso life was spotless and blameless, whose mature years hud been spent in doing good to his fellow man. who, though making no outward profession of religion, was known to be a Christian, should, on the verge of the grave, harbor a doubt as to the existence of a future state. The good lady controlled her feelings the best she could. She understood the situation at once. Major Nordrum had not seen Heaven, had never seen any ono who had, and now he was in doubt whether there was a Heaven. "Major, "replied Mrs. Patterson, "as you have faith in God's promises, have faith now that he will fulfill thom." The dying man gave the Christian woman a loos of satisfaction as if to acknowledge tho justness of her mild reproof, and to accept her words of hope and comfort. H:.s lips parted as if he would say something more. That the end was nigh was evident. The household was ouicklv stimmoiiod. but no word did he utter. Mary, woeping as ono whose cup of sorrow was full, held her father's hand. Mrs. Patterson, oalm and almost stoical, held the other, and the stranger bathed the dying man's tomplcs. A sigh, a groan, a fluttering hoart, and all was over. Then camo the funeral and after that a sensation t hatstartled the whole community. CHArTKB V. STORY OF A LIFE. In a drawer where Major Nordrum had kept his private apers there was found, after his death, the following letter written by Mrs. Patterson: To My Dour Friend Auclrow Nordrum : Yesterday I told yon I would give yon my reasons in writing, for refusing your oiler of marriage. I will now fulfill that promise. I was an only child. I was lorn in , a New England factory town, in tho year 18. My father was the senior member of the Arm of Patterson & Groundwig, who owned and operated a large woolen mill, and were considered quite wealthy. 1 was given as good an education as the semina-ies of those days furnished young ladies. At the ago of 10 1 graduated, not at the head of my class, but with my head well stored with book lore. On my return from school I took a great interest in the welfare of the operations of the mill, and was constantly busy in various ways trying to improve their condition. Silas Groundwig was the city partner and received and sold the goods manufactured at tho mill. He visited the factory three fir four times a year, and each " visit ho sought to make his coming and stay agreeable as possible to me. It did hot take mo long to perceive that his politeness grow out of something more than friendship, so I could hardly say I was surprised when he askod my hand in marriage. While I had no particular reason to dislike him, I did not entertain that lovo for him that I felt I should to warrant mo in accepting his offer. I lost no time in telling him so, and with real sadness and sorrow I acquainted him with tho state of my feelings towards him and we parted. A few months afterward I hoard mutterings among operatives about payday having passed without their wages having been handed them. At this timo my mother died, and after the funeral, upon visiting the factory, I learned that matters were in a worse condition than ever. I asked my father to tako mo into his confidence and toll mo all, and he then informed mo that his partner had invested the monoy in schemes that had proven worthless, and that the tactory would have to be sold to satisfy the mortgage that had been placed on it. 1 saw that such a prooeodine would leave tho operatives men, woman, and children without money, without food, and with scant raiment, and, in many instances, without shelter. I knew that Mr. Groundwig was a man of many resources, and I was not long in getting to his office, and importuning him to corno to the aid of the penniless operatives. He did not appear a hard-hearted man. Ho was u business man in every sense of tho word. Tho world might have called him cold, and, it may bo, the world would have been right, but I thought I detected in him a warm, sympathetic heart. So when he reforred to the love he once had for me, and assured mo that it had grown stronger with timo, and when ho again asked me for my hand, and g"ntly intimated that we could do to-g.'t-her what I had implored him to do lor the operatives, I yielded, not for lovo, but for humanity, not because of any affection I had for him, but that almost a whole viilago full of people I loved (and I loved them all the more because they were poor and needy) might not bo turned out into the world friendless and homeless. Wo were married. The factory hands were paid all that was coming to them. They never know that the one they loved so much, made the greatest sacrifice a woman can make, for their soke, I did not then know, myself,

how great the sacrifice was. How bitterly 1 have learned it all tinee. A few months after the marriage my father died. I think he believed to tho hour of his death that 1 had married a man I did not love to save my father from bankruptcy. My great sacrifice bore bitterer fruit than that. A boy bubo was born to gladden my heart. My whole soul was enrapped Up in the Child. Thoro was no ono else for me to love. The father of my darling boy had continued his speculations and lost all ho possessed, and, on the dcy my child was born, my husband camo to my bed-chamber and demanded that 1 should sign a paper transf erring to him -all the property

my ra tier naa ien 10 mo in ms uuatu. I refined, and tho man who had tho right to call mo by the holy namo of wife, in that hour, if in no other, angels should guard tho mother's couch . struck me a savage wow, and then passed beyond my threshold, out into the world," no longer my husband, except in name. If ho could have then cono to his crave instead of afterwards returning to my presence, much of sorrow 1 havo ltorno, and many team 1 have shed would have been spared mo. For seven years he remained away. I heard of him from time to time, as an adventurer seeking a livelihood by dishonest means. One dav ho returned to mv home. He claimed my boy my darling boy. His boy. Though the father had never seen the child, though ho had aimed a blow at tho mother on purpose to kill tho babe, though lie nail abandoned the family and left the mother alone to enrn for tho child, vet tho lawvor told me there was danger that the law might tako my boy understand, my boy and give it to lus unnatural lutner TO UK IXiXTlNLTKll. Is the Sun Itlue? Some years ago Prof. Langley gave expressions to tbe idea that the sun is not white, but blue, its apparent whiteness being duo principally to the absorptive action of lit own atmos' phere, but In quite an appreciable degree to that ot our air. After several vears of further re search the professor was able to show that the sun, although we regard it as white, is blue, or at leaat bluelsh. He reasoned in this way: It appears to us when setting that Is, when wo look at it through along range of our atmosphere to be rea, or orange, or yellow, according to the state of the air. When the sun is high above the horizon the action of the air ;s similar but less intense, thus making the sun's disc yellower than it actually is. Moreover, tbe extreme edee of the disc is less brignt than the center, although it is a fact that just as much light is emitted from the former por tion as from the latter: this can only be due to the absorptive action of solar atmosphere upon the light. A further proof is given in photo graphs of the sun. It will be ob served in these, that the darkening toward the edge is distinctly notice able. This shows that the rays which produce the photographic image (principally blue, indigo, and violet) are affected to a far greater degree by the sun's atmosphere than those which form the ordinary visual Image of the sua Thus, after a series of detailed ex perlments, Prof. Langley demon. strated the accuracy of his theory that the sun is really blue, Its apparent color being tho result ' of the absorption exerted by its vapory atmosphere upon th.' rays of light as they passed through. The Months a nd the Flowers. A charming ocsupation for the minds and eyes of all who love (low ers is suggested by a recent invcstlga' tion made in Canada concerning the relation of floral colors to the time of flowering. Mr. A. T. Drunimond announces as the result of his obser vations oil this subject that April, May, and June, and to some extent July, are remarkable for the preval ence of white llowcrs. In July the yellow flowers begin to prevail and their reign seems to cul minate in August, which is the month par excellence of golden hues. In September and October the ascend' dancy passes to blue and purple biossoma. One cannot help noticing that this march of color among the flowers, carrying them from white in the spring to blue in the autumn, recalls the supposed progression of age among the stars as indicated by their colors. It has generally bceu thought, at though tbe fact has not vet been finally demonstrated, that the white stars are the youngest, that tho yel low stars represent the mid-season oi solar life, and that the deeply colored stars, red, purple, and biue, are those which are fast passing Into decadence, If this is true, then in the heavens also we may say white is tho color of springtime and purple the badge of tbe season of decay. Hut Mr. Drummond's observations on the flowers pertain only to those which flourish in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario There is need of additonal Investigation of this interesting subject, and every one who has sufficient love for the beautiful objects of nature should observe and report the result. The Lost Tail. When one passes from the head to the other extremity of the human body one comes upon a somewhat un. expected but very pronounced characteristic the relic ot the tail, and not only of tbe tail, but of muscles for wagging It. Everyone who first sees a human skeleton is amazed at this discovery. At the end of the vertebral column, curving faintly outward in suggestive fashion, are three, four, and occasionally five vertebra! forming the coccyx, a true rudimentary tail. In the adult this is always concealed beneath the skin, but in the embryo, both in man and ape; at an early stage it is much longer than the limbs What is decisive as to its true nature, however, Is that even in the embryo of man the muscles for wagging it are still found. In the grown-up human being theso muscles are represented by bands of fibrous tissue, but cases are known where the actual muscles persist through life. That a distinct external tall should not be still found in man may seem disappointing to tbe evolutionist. But the want of a tail argues more for evolution than Its presence would have done. It would have been contrary to the theory of descent had he possessed a longer tail. For all the anthropoids most allied to man have also long since parted with theirs. McClure's Magazine. To Remove Grease. Aqua ammonia, two ounces: soft water, one quart; saltpeter, one teaspoonful; shaving soap in shavings, one ounce, mix together; dissolve the soap well, and any grease or dirt that cannot be removed with this preparation, nothing else need be tried for lb Noisy children are found to be extremely useful in preventing one from hciiiing the ringing of th.- -ell when one (ioes not wish u sec company.

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PROBABILITY THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT ADJOURN. .ea,ciera or tlte I I'ltioouta In tKs House Favor mi ttiiut',!:tilc Attack ou tha MoKliiloy Hill 1'i'of.liii-ut tloveland's Wishes to Be Cunsultoil. l)oltlH Ht fcliO ('Hpltnl. Washi&gton corro-i indfNee: T is tho plan of liland, Springer and Crisp to go right on with Congressional business and avoid an ad journment. The sentiment of nearly all the Democrats and a strong contingent among the Kepubl leans is in favor of continuing 4ln ses in and go at tne tariff, tho api propriations and all jp-""1' other questions which press for sot- " itlemont. This is I. 1I jitirLit'iuitriy bl ue ui the Southern and Western Democrats who disliko to go home and face the resentment of silver constituents over tho House outcome on tho Wilson bill. A Ue from that, as stated by Kithian. Dockery of Missouri, Savers of Texas, and others, they believe that prompt, radical steps in tariff revision will allay the indignation of their people. They are getting letters every dav which show their districts to be afire over tho silver question. Thoy think a strong tariff bill might l?e used In the nature of a wet blanket to smother these silver flaines. It can be safely laid that throe out of every five Congressmen here d not want to adjourn, but are eager to push on with tho work and get through. However, this wants to bo remembered: t ongross proposes but Cleveland disposes. Congress will adjourn or not just as President Cleveland wishes, and no ono has heard whether Mr, Cleveland wants it to adjourn or not. lioutlno Proceedings. The Vice i'rfwtdent announced in the Scnule Thursday tbe npnoliitmftnt ot thCommittee on tho Commemoration of tue One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner-stone of tbe Capitol m follows! Senators Vonrhees fiherman Hun win. Clandier. White, Hqulre and Martin. Tha House joint resolution, making tbe act of May 14. 1890, as to torn ttes, uppllcablo to tbe Cherokee Outlet, wus reported back to the Committee on Public Lands with an amendment requiring the trustees vbo are to be appointed to t:e residents oi the territory oi Oklahoma at tbe time of tbelr appointment, and an effort was made by Mr. Berry (Dem) of Arkansns to have Itpsssed. but objection was made by Mr. Mandnrson (Rep) of Nebraska and the bill was placed on the calendar. The silver debate was then resumed In the Senate, aa also In tho Hou& Saturday, In the House, ex-6peaUer Reed and Bourke Cncbrnn spoke In favor of the repeal oi tho Sherman law. Mr. Bland followed Mr. Cochraa, advocating free silver, and was followed by Mr. McMlllln, of Tennessee; Mr. Gear, of Iowa; and Mr. Wilson, author of the Wilson repenl bill, who all oppose the Shorman law. Tba debate in the House was ended. The Senate will probably go right along talking silver, as It has been doing for several days. It will do this for two weeks, and probably longer before the final vote will be taken. 'J bo House was occupied Monday altogether with the sliver question The Benate, by a vote rf 3-' to i. decided Mint Mr. Mantle, of Montana, and Mr. Allen, of Washington, are not entitled to seats to that body, and that the Governor of a State has no right to appoint a Senator to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of a regular terra not happening by resignation or otherwise. Tbe House bill to repeal the Sherman actwaa laid before the Senate aud referred to tbe committee on finance. The bill allowing the banks to increase their circulation up to tho par value of the bonds deposited by them was taken up, the question bain? on the amendment offerod by Mr. Cockrel' for the redemption of such two cent, bonds as may be made and the payment therefor in a new Issue of treasury notes. The amendment wsa rejectedyeas S3, nays 80. Mr. Coekrell then offered an amendment authorizing tbe holders of any United States b nds to deposit and receive In exchange legal ten ter notes eiual to tbe faco value of the bonds, the bonds to be held In tbe treasury sublet to redemption In the same amount of legal-tender notes, which are tben to be destroyed, and no interest to be paid on ' ho bonds while so held In the treasury, :ut when again withdrawn the Interest is to be paid, less 1 per cent, per annum! but without action the Senate proceeded to executive business aud soon adjourned, Tuesday in t ie House was marked by a lively tilt between ex-Speaker Reed and Sneaker Crlsn The latter left the chair to reply to criticisms by Mr. Reed and to sustain bis own position. In the Senate a resolution offered by Mr. Stewart, directing tbe Secretary of the Treasury to Inform the Senate whther there is danger of a deficiency In tie revenues of the government during t ie current year, and, if so, what is the probable amount of such deficiency and whether tbe legislation is necessary to supply such deficiency, was adopted. Mr. Dolih Introduced a bill (which eas referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations) impropriating S500.000 U: enable tuo Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the Chinese exclusion act Silver discussion is net yet ended. Senator Sherman, in Ills speech Wednes day, submitted no plan, but made a few 4to.'Restlons. tie minus ciai tne silver bullion now In the Treasury should all be ned. and ho Is also lu favor of author izing the Secretary of the Treasury or the President to inane binds whenever It is necessary. Mr. Sherman was followed by Mr. Teller, and at the conclusion ft Mr. Teller's speech tbe Senate went into executive session. The House is still dis cussing rules. How the World Wags. The Fourth National Bank of Louis ville, Ky., has resumed. ' It is denied that Miss Florenco Pull man is to mar -y Prince Isenberg. It is said that Miss Annio Howard, of New Orleans, will marry Mayor Carter Harrism, of Chicago. A mob of unemployed laborers at Denver drove away Bevonty-fivo men who were working on a sewer at $1.20 a day. rms Harvest Home picnic for South ern Michigan at Devil's Lake was attended by 5l,li00 farmers In an address at Kissingen Prince Bismarck declared himself opposed to tho centralization of tho imperial power. A. V. Blytiie, Sheriff of Millor Coun ty, Ark., Is $16,000 short in his ac counts. K XPERT Hayes, from Comptroller Kckloa' office, has gone to Indianapolis to unravel the affairs of the Haughey Bank. Okoroians express an opinion that Minister Blount will receive the Dem ocratic nomination for Governor of Georgia. MOLI..IE BirJFORD, a protty 18-year-old member of tho Wilbur Opera Company, died at St. Paul from a criminal operation. Speakers at a mooting of unem ployed in Now York made anarch istio speeches and tho police broke up tne gathering. SEVERAL encounters occurred nt Vienna betwoen strikers uiid the police. A largo number of persons were wounded. Extensive repairs have been made at nearly evot y mill in Youngstown, O., and indications point to an early resumption ol work. Ki.i.a I.awton was shot dead at Pittsburg by Edward Freeman, colored. Freeman thei: committed suicide. J. S. Rutherford, anil his wife, liv ing near Dolly Varden, Ohio, were tarred and feathered by marked men. Barclay's wife thought him the greatest man that ever lived. After hie death sho raised an uproar because some person sho deemed unworthy had ween Dun on ii.nr film. ht iiui ins body removed to another olmrcli, and took his bust back to her own house,

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Postal Cards or the World. It seem almost incredible that there should be 8, 000 varieties of postal cards, but that is tho extent claimed for the Watson collection. These, however, Include various issues of the same nation and denomination and also cards issued for special occasions. Postal cards have been In circulation a little less than twenty-four years, declares the Collector. The Idea originated with Dr. Emanuel Hermann, a professor of national economy at the imperial Academy of Wiener, in Neustadt, Lower Austria. His ideas, under the head of "New Means of Correspondence Dy Post," were published aud attracted the attention of the government oiticials. The Director General of posts took up the Idea and succeeded In having an issue of postal cards put in circulation la l$h'0. The original name eiven to them was the "correspondenz karte," and this has been retained ever since. This new movo on the part of Austria quickly excited other countries to adopt a similar method of correspondence, and before the close ot 1870 nearly all the European countries were using cards. Germany was really the second country to use them, and a special series was issued to the soldiers engaged in the Franco-German war. These were culled the field-post correspondence cards and were sold unstamped to the soldiers at the rate ot about five for a ceut The soldiers had the privilege of using them without paying postage. Another series was issued for civilians. These had a place left for a stamp and the writer bad to a nix a German postage stamp to tbe card before posting. Tbe Held post cards are now rare, the used ones being scarcer than the unused ones. Another card of equal rarity, and also a reminder ot the same war, is tbe balloon postal card, issued by France during the siege of Paris. The cards were sent up from Paris in balloons, and the mail bags were thrown olf into the surrounding country, when there was tbe least possible opportunity of their capture by the enemy. They were smaller than the postal card now in use, and wero covered with war-like expres slods, as "Paris defies the enemy!" "Glory and conquest signify crimes, defeat signifies hate and a desire for vengeanc--." "Only one war is just and right that for independence." The United States was rather backward in adopting the postal-card system, and did not use them until 1873. The first issue printed was of reddish color, with the head of Liberty In the rlgnt-hand corner. As a rule, Uncle Sam's cards have been Inferior to

those of other countries in excellence of engraving. The designs also have not been very artistic Tbe blue card bearing the portrait of Gen. Grant is the finest specimen ot art work issued by the United States Government. Wealthy Chinaman. Wah Chong, a wealthy Chinese merchant of Seattle, Wash., made his fortune in Building up American trade with China and in Importing Chinese laborers in past years. He is said to be worth over a million dollars. He had several w Ives, both here and in China, one ot them an Indian woman, the mother of a son 16 years old, of whom he is very fond. Wishing to leave his property to his son, his Chinese children born In this country having no claim to citizenship, he appealed to the courts on the ground of the mother being a nutivet and judgment was rendered in favor of the boy. Wah Chong 's large interests In realty were acquired years ago, when a Chinaman could hold property. Under the existing law this right is denied them, nor will a bequest of property to them hold good. New York Tribune. Fattl's Fondness for Candy. The great Straknsch, who taught all (he famous songbirds from Patti to Nikita, was continually at war with cooks and candymakers. ''Child," he used to say to Patti, "do you want to make jelly of your vocal cords? For heaven's sake pitch that candy out of the window and go and drink a little water." But Patti went on eating cream dates and gumdrops, and stopped only when the toothache came, Mrs. Roger Pryor said to the diva the last time Patti was in New York: "I remember meeting you in Virginia the time of your debut, and I thought you could eat more candy in less time than any human being I bad ever seen." Although the sweet stuff had not hurt her marvelous voice. Mme. Patti paid for it with her teeth. The AcropoUs at Athens. There Is no rock in the whole world so famous as the Hill in Athens, upon which stands the remains of the Parthenon, or Temple of Minerva, and other ruins. Tho hill is known as the Acropolis, which was a term applied fenerally to the citadel or fortress ullt upon the highest point of a city. The Parthenon was adorned with the grander" sculptures that have been executed, but the temple and its treasures have suffered incredible damage, mainly from the Turks, during tho course of ages. To save some of the figures from further injury. Lord Elgin brought many of them to England in 1818, and placed them in the British Museum, where they are known as the Elgin Marbles. Days of Varying ingth. At Stockholm, Sweden, the longest day is 181 hours in length; at Spitsbergen it is 3i months. At London, England, and Bremen, Prussia, the longest day has 10 hours. At Hamburg, Germany, and Dantzlg, Prussia, the longest day bus 17 hours. At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day lasts from May 21 to July 22. without interruption. At St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tobolsk, Siberia, the longest day is 19 hours and the shortest 6 hours. At Tornea, Finland, June 21 brings a day nearly 22 hours long, and Christmas one less than 3 hours in length. At New York the longest day is about 15 hours; at Montreal, Canada, it is 16 hours. Ilescara. During tho reign of Henry VIII 71,400 persons were legally executed in England, the larger portion of whom were guilty of no offonco worse than misdemeanor. In one year 300 starving beggars were hanged for asking alms. Safe from the D. T. "Ish thish rare Oirish whisky, Dermotfi"1 "It is that same." "Then fill it up, man alolve. for tbanksh to Shaint Fathrick there'sh no shnakes in ould Ireland!" Life.

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A Book la Tree Trunk. There have been numerous stories told of the finding of live frogs in the heart of a tree which was sound in its outward appearance, but perhaps the best tree story ot the series comes from Ware County, A negro there, as tho story goes, was outting down a pine tree, when the blade of hla ax disclosed numerous thin particles of printed paper. He was naturally amazed at this, but kept chopping away until he discovered the remains of a leather-bound book, which subsequently proved to be a testament or small bible. There, was a considerable hollow In the heart of the tree, but it was not visible from the outside. The leaves of tho book were old and faded, and the question is, how did it get there? This is the second occurrence of the strange finding of strange articles in Georgia trees within the last month or two. Atlanta Constitution.

An Orerstoeked Intellectual Marks The number of employed graduates of Gorman universities has beoome so great that some of the most eminent professors in Germany, including Poof. Von Gnelst, Von Esmarch, KlamRoth, and Osthoff, have felt compelled to come to their rescue. These professors have prepared a circular which is to be addressed to Germans in all parts of the world asking tho recipients to reply whether there are possibilities of employment in their particular dwelling places for educated German teachers, physicians, druggists, lawyers, ministers, and engineers. The professors hope In time to form a sort of central employment bureau, so that graduates may start to seek their fortunes in foreign lands with some hopes ot succosb. They expect at the same time to relieve the overstocked intellectual market at home. A Bandy Egg Tester. To make an egg-tester to use with a common lamp, follow these directions as given in the Fanciers' Review: Take a pasteboard box about seven inches long, six inches wide, and six inches deep. Cut a hole in the bottom big enough to fit the large part of a lamp chimney, and a hole opposite in the top just large enough to let the top of the chimney through. Next cut a hole about the shape of an egg, but rather smaller, in one end, so that it will be opposite to the lamp flame when the tester is slipped over the chimney. Now cover the box outside with any dull, black cloth, so that no light can get through, and you are ready for business. Light the lamp, place the tester in position, and the egg to be tested over the oval opening in the side. Turn It gently as you look, and its condition will be clearly exposed to view. What are tha Dng Days? We owe the notion of the Dog Days to the old Romans. These days embrace tho period between the 3rd of July and the II th of August. Falling thus in the height of summer, it noed not have surprised the Romans that July must naturally be a very not month. But this explanation was too simple. So they made out that the heat and the diseases that it gave rise to were due to the fact that the star Canicula (the Little Dog) rose and set at the same time as the sun. This was an absurd superstition, for the Little Dog does not rise with the sun now till the end of August, and yet July remains as hot as ever it was. But popular delusions die hard, and the ''Dog Days" will be a favorite phrase lor ages to come. Wanted to Die Correctly. "I wouldn't have mindeditsomuch," said the prisoner, as he smiled a sad, sweet smile at the lady who had brought him the bouquet, "if the court had been a man of anv culture " "Isn't it terrible to think of the dreadful, coarse, horrible fellows who are elected to honorable positions here in the West?" she murmured, sympatneticaiiy. "Yes," he answered with a sigh, "to lie tried and condemned bv a man of his stamp was awful, and then when he said that I was to be 'hung' by the neck until dead it grated on my nerves more than I can tell you." Detroit xrioune. Nothing- Llks It. "I have traveled about a bit in my time," remaraea a taii.trianguiar, gontleman last evening, aa he cast aside a magazine he had been reading, "and of wonders I've seen a few; I've been in Indiana; I've been in Connecticut; I've been in Now Jersey; I've talked with all sorts and conditions of men; but I've never heard a man talk as these dialect poets write, and I hope I never will. Do you know where I can find a water cooler?" Washington livening iNews. The Telephone. A writer in Electricity has succeeded in establishing telephonio communication between nouses in the same city several hundred feet apart by using the gas and water pipes, with a two or three cell battery, instead of wire. The gas and water pipes, he found, are usually insulated from each other, and nis experiment was entirety successful. THE MODERN BEAUTY Thrives on Rood food and sunshine, with plentv of exercise in the open air. Her jortxi kiuw s iriig uwaiiu tuu uuriuee uiuoma with its beauty. 11 her system needs the cleansing action of a laxntlve remedy, she uses tho gentle and pleasant liquid laxative oyrup oi t iga. Tall Men. Innnmlmt. rt nil T? V.Vl" M i'y nmilnvo the whole human race before the flood were giants. Henrion tells us Adam was 123 feet 6 inches in height, Eve 118 feet y mcnes ana u lines and. jNoan zi feet. CHEAP EXCURSIONS TO THE WEST. An exceptionally favorable opportunity for visiting the richest and most productive sections of the west and northwest will be afforded by the eeriei of low rate harvest excursions which havo been arranged by the Bonn-western Line, nceeta for these excurslona will be sold on Aua-ust 22d. Ben. tember 12th. and October 10th. 1898,to points In Northwestern Iowa, Western Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota. Manitoba. Nebraska. Colorado. Wyoming, ana Utah, sad will be arood lor rotu rit passage within twenty days from date of sale. Stop-over firivueges win oe auoweu ou going trip in orrttor? to which the tickets are sold. For further Information, call on or address Ticket Aifonts of conneotlni linos. Circulars giving rates and detailed information" will be mauea. free, upon application to w. A. Thrall.Oeneral Passenger a nd Ticket Agent, uaioago & norm-western jiauway.umoago. Busy People. He My dear, I've been so busy for a weeK that l actually nave not had time to cut my finger-nails. She And I haven't had time to let mine grow. Judge. Are vpur lungs sore? Batch's Universal Cough fiyrup will oure them. aSo. A pushing man always get ahead in tho world. So does a cabbage.

"German Syrup" Mr. Allert Hartley of Hudson, N. C, was taken with Pneumonia. His brother had just died from it, When he :."ound his doctor could not rally him tie took one bottle of Ger man Syrup and came out sound and well. Mr- S. B. Gardiner, Clerk with Druggist J. E. Barr, Aurora, Texas, prevented a bad attack of pneumonia by taking German Syrup in time. He was in the business and knew the danger. He used the freat remedy Boschee's German yrnp for lung diseases.

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