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;"Weaa by l-aprudenoe, are many T-nmrM jSnny peop'e have, invariably, week dlae-rtlA. Wis robust as a rale eat heartily and Mafmllate their food. A naturally weak stonunh, oil -me that has become, aMhoaa-a not to orfjrlAmlly. datives needful aid from this thorottb. stomachics Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Th restoration ot vigor te the delicate Is the prompt effect of a recourse tr this preftasioa-aU-r aaaotroned and universally esteemed proimoter of health. Nervoasness a symptom of chronlo Indigestion Is overcome by it. Be are liver complaint and cxmstipatte-a. Ihdptr rseurunism ana money trofetrte ft defeats -thoro-urt-lv, and It coestitntes an emelent defense against malaria. But In order that the tuU benefit derivable frett Its rise should be availed ot It should not be nasd in ahapbasard way, b-i con inually. The same alarI Wbu, Treat-aeat at Pauper ! n. i x lie to arc no great poor nouses ana . tow aoie-Bodied paupers In Holland. i nere is a tract ot public lamt con- i .Taming flve thousand acres. It ia divided into six model farms, and to one or tnese is seat trie poor person annta ing for public relief. If he voluntarily "t-rves im uo tearas agriculture, no ta auoweo to rent a small farm himself, and be what is collect a free fsrmnr Every pauper who is thus reclaimed o nouest, regulir Industry is so much scn to xne stale, i nero is also a forced labor colony, where beggars uu vagrants are sent ana made to do farm and othesr work, whether they wain u or mm. MOW to nest a Diamond. One of the easiest and most tnmtH. worthy modes of determining whether l supposed diamond is srenuina or falan is as follows: Pierco a hole in a card with a needle or pin, and then look at it, using the stone as a lens. If the supposed diamond is genuine vou will see but one hole; if false, two will ap t-ear. ni,u un imitation stone you may see the linos on the skin of your uager, witn tne true gem you cannot. franklin, Neb. A Running Sore Hood's Sarsapartlla PUrifle the Blood and Heals the Sores ' "My father, James H. Chapman, has had a rnnnmit sore on nis ietr ior seven year, caused by a robber boot robbing the skin OS It's ankle bone. The sore spread until it reachc d arormd bla leg three times and extended half way to bis knee. He tried different doctors and many 'kinds Of sal re, bat it wrew worse. Last sprtafc Bwwme so oh wu ne Could Hardly Walk or attend to his work on the farm. My mother n myself persuaded him to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. Before the third bottle was taken the avies nan entirely neatea ana disappeared, Hood's fyaisa. Sarsaparilla - Cures yeyaye, leavins; hts limb as sound as ever. For some weeks past he has been able to work hard about the farm. 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That Dearing-down Feeling feaosing pain, weight, and backache, is inj stantiy relieved and permanently cored by (ftonsSL Under all circumstances it acts is .harmony with the laws that govern tho female system, and is as harmless as water. ijnirlgipj Hum. la omtteaes, Lydla Plnkhair'a Liver PNIa, 2S cants. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement ind tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by mors promptly adapting the world's best products to theneed8 of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is doe to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, th refreshing and truly beneficial properties of s perfect laxative ; effectoally cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently caring constipation. 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CHAPTER VIII.- ('ontluued. Instantly as shn did so. the whole assembly seemed to change, its mind again as if by oontayinus magic. A loud shout of ".She cries: tho Oucon of the Cioitdt! Cries''' wont up from all the assembled mob to Heaven. "It is a good omen." Toko, the Shadow, whis pered in Polynesian to Felix, seeing his puzzled look. "Wo shall have ilenty of rain now; the clouds will reaK. our crops will flourish." Almost before she undorslo d it, Muriel was surrounded iiv an eager and friendly crowd, f till tifraid to draw near, but oridentlv anxious to see mid to comfort and ( onsolo her. Many of the women eagolv held forward thcif native mats, which Mali took from I ll 1 ... - . . . 1 r 1 ao-alm-f. Mm.'..!'. h,.,l,,,l M., I hi.ir ;tii ;i.t .. t,.!,,;..;, ,ii tn,.. I left glistening in'tlio torner. Tho nappy recipient leaped ami nhouted with iov. "Xo more drouirht;" thev eried merrily, with loud shouts and qesticulations. "The Oueen of the Clouds is good: she will weep well from Heaven upon my yum and taro plots!" Muriel loosed up, all flawed, and saw. to her intense surprise, the crowd was! now nothing bill affection and sympathy. Slowly they gathcrocl in closor and Closer, till they almost touch the hem of her rone: then the men stood by respectfully, laving their fingers on whatever she had wotted with her tears, while the women and girls took her hand in theirs and pressel it sympathetically. Mali explained their meaning with ready interpretation. 'No cry too much, thorn sav," she ob served, nodding her head sagely. "Not good for Missy Quconio to cry too much. Them say, kind lady, be com forted. " There was genuine good nat ure in the way they consoled her: and Felix touched by the tenderness of those savage hearts: but the additional ' explanation, criven him in Polynesian '. I I c?1 1 ,!..! .1 1 t i to detract from the disinterestedness of their sympathy. "Thev say, 'It is I good for the Queen of t he Clouds td weep,'" Toko said, with franfe blunta; "Out not too nitu-ll -lor lear the rain should wash away all our yam and : taro plants.'" I By this time tho little bride had roused herself Fivora her sttnmr smiling away as if nothing had hanpened, said a few words in a very low j voice to Felix's Shadow. The Shadow turned most respectfully to his master. and, touching his sleeve-link, which was of bright gold, said, In a very doubtful voice, "She asks you, oh, king, will you allow her, just for to-day, to wear this ornament?" telix unbuttoned the shining ban bie at once, and was about to hand it . to the bride with polite frallantrv. "She may wear it forever, for tho matter of that, if she likes." lie said good-humoredly, ant of it." I make her a pres- 1 ; But the bride drew back as before in speechless terror, as he held out his hand, -and seemed just on the point of bursting out "into tears again at this untoward incident. The Shadow intervened with fortunate perception of tho cause of tho misunderstanding. "Korong must not touch ttr give anything to a bride," he said, auietly; "not with his own hand. He must not lay his linger on her; that would be unlucky. Hut ho may hand it by his Shadow." Then ho turned to his fellow-tradesmen. "These gods," he said, in an explanatory oi,e, like. ne bespeaking forgiveness, "though they are divine and Korong and very powerful see. thev ha o com o from the sun, and they are but strangers in Boupari thoy do not .yet know tho Ways of our island. Thoy have not eaten of hnman flesh. Thev do not un oerstand Taboo, am tnoy win soon be wiser. They mean very well, but l tney ao not Know, uehold. no gives her this divine shining ornament from ' I the sun as a present!" And, taking it in his hand, he held it up for a mo-1-tnentto public admiration. Then ho passed on tne trinKet ostentatiously to the bride, who, smiling and delighted, nnng it low on ner Droast among ner Dther decorations. The whole party seemed so surprised nd gratified at this proof of conde scension on the part of tho divine stranger that they crowded round Felix once more, praising and thanking him volubly. Muriel, anxious to remove the bad impression she had created by touching tho bride's dress, hastily withdrew her own broo;:h and offered it in turn to the Shadow as an i additional present. But Toko. shaKing his head vigorously, pointed with his forefinger many times to Mali. "Toko sav him no tulto it," Mali explained hastily in her broken English. "Him ! no your Shadow: mo your Shadow, mo do everything for you: me givo it to the lady. And taking the brooch in her hand, she' passed it over in turn j amid loud cries of delight and shouts of approval. ! Thereupon the ceremony negan all over again. They scorned hy their m- ' I tervention to have interrupted some set formula. At its close tho women crowded around Muriel and took her hand in theirs, kissing it many times ' over, with tears in their eyes, and betraying an immense amonnt of genuine feeling. One phrase in Polynesian ! Lhey repeated again and iigain: a phrase that made Felix's cheek turn 1 white as he leaned over tho poor En glish girl with a profound emotion. "vvnat does it mean that they say?" Muriel asked at last, ncrcoivinir it was all one phrase, many times repeated. relix was anout togivo some evasive explanation when Mali interposed with her simple, unthinking translation. "Them say Missy Onoeno verv good and kind. Maio them s.id to think. Make thorn cry to see her. Make them cry to soo Missy Queenie Korong. Too good. Too pretty." "Whv so" Marie! exclaimed draw ing back with somo faint presentment of unspeakable horror.' Felix tried to stop her; but tho srirl would not be stopped. "Because w hen Korong time up," she answered, blurting it out, "Korong must " Felix clapped his hand to hor mouth in wild haste, and silenced her. He knew the worst now. Ho had divined the truth. But Muriel, at least, must be spared that knowledge. CHACTKR IX. SOWING THE WIND. Vaguely and indefinitely one torriblo truth had been forced by slow degrees upon Felix's mind: whatever else Ko rong meant, it implied at least somo fearful doom in storo. sooner or later, for the persons who bore it. How aw ful that doom might, ho, he could hardly imagine; but be must devote himself henceforth to the task of discovering what its nature was, and, if possible. of averting it. Yet how to reconcile this impending terror with the other obvious facts of the situation? the fact that they were , 1 J 3! 1 I 1 . , considered divine bein consiaereu aivme oemgs ano treated like gods; and tho fact that the whole population seemed really to regard them with a devotion and kindliness closely bordering on religious reverence? If Korongs wore cods, why should the people want to kill them? If thoy meant to Icti I them, why i ay them meanwhile such redpeut uud oi-

One point at least was how, however

quite clear id Felix. .While the lia-I fives, especially the women, displayed toward both of them in their personal aspect a sort ol rogrettiil sympathy, he couia not ne.p notleiug at t he same time that tho men, at any rate, regarded them also largely in an impersonal light, as a sort of generalized tlbstvaetion of tho powers of nature an embodied form of tho rain and tho weathor. Tho Islanders wore anxious to keep their white guests well suipiiod, well fed. an.l In perfect health, not so much for the strangers' sakes as for their own advantage! they cvi dently considered that if anything Went wrong with cither of their twd new gods, cdt'respon.ling misfortunes might happen to then' crops and the proddee Of their breadfruit groves, .Some mysterious sympathy Was held to subsist between tho" persons of the castaways and the state of the weather. The natives effusively" thanked Ihem after welcome rain, and looked askance at them, scowling, alter long dry spell. It was for this, no doubt, that they took such pains to provide thcin with attentive Shadows, and td gird round their movements with taboos (if excessive stringency. Nothing that the now-ciliners said or did was indifferent, it seemed, td the welfare of the community: plenty arid prosperity dehphded upon the passing statodf jlrirU el's henlth.niid famine drdrought might be brought about at any moment by tho slightest, imprudence in b'elix's diet. llow stringent these taboos really were Felix learned by slow degrees alone to realize. From i he very beginning he had observed, to be sure, that they might only eat and drink the iooci provided lor them that they were supplied with a clean and fresh-built hut, as wol! as with brand-now cocoanut cups, spoons, and platters; that no litter of any sort was allowed to accumulate near their enclosure: and that their Shadows never' left them, or went out of their sight, by day or by night, lor (i shield moment. Now, however, he began lo perceive also that the Shadows , Word tin very purpose, td watch dve there for that t henl. as it, Wftl'fl lllr rimild nn tinli'ilj nf rl,. it were, like community: to see that they ate or iirahk no tabooed object; lo keep them fr01D heedlessly transgressing any nnwritten law of the crevd df lioupari: "uu "., ansverauie ior ineir goou "enaviur rrencruuy. i noy were partly servants, it was true, and partly sure tics; but they were partly also keep- j constant watch noon the persons of their prisonere. Oiuro or twice Felix, yr-uwiuir ureu ior uiu monioni, ot inis continual surverlaneo, had tried to I give Toko tho sliu, and to stroll away I from his but. for a walk through tho j island, in tho early morning beforo his ' Shadow had waked; but on each such ! i occasion ho found to his surprise that, i as ne opened tne nut door, tlic Shadow rose at onco and confronted him anei'ny. with an inquiring eye: and m tune no perceived that a thin was fastened to the bottom of the door, i 1 ,e other end ot which was tied to me Shadow's ankle: and this string could nt be cut without letting fall a sort of latch or bar which closed the door outside, only to be raised again by some external person. Cloarly.it was intended that the Korong should have no chance of escapo without the knowledge of t ho Shadow, who, as Felix afterward learned, would have paid wit h his own body by a cruel death for the Korong's disappearance. Ho might as well have tried to escaped his own shadow as to escape the oho the islanders had tacked on to him. All Felix's energies were now dovoted to tho arduous task of discovering what Korong really meant, and what possibility ho might have of saving Muriel from tho mysterious fate thatseemon to be held in store for t horn. One evening, about six weeks after their arrival in tho is' and. the vounaI Englishman'was strolling bv himself (after tho sun sank low in heaven i along a pretty langlod hillside path, overhung with liohus and rone-liko tropical creepers, while his faithful ouauww nueruu , sejj ui two ueiiiiiu, ! keeping a sharp lookout meanwhile on j his movements. I Near tho top of a little crag of vol1 canic rock, in the center of tho hills, he camo suddenly upon a hut with a cleared space around it, gome what neater in appearaneo than any of the native cottages he had vet seen, and surroundod bv a broad, white belt of ; coral sand, exactly like that which ringed round and protected their own 1 inclosuro. Hut what specially attracted Felix's attention was tho met that the space outside this circle had been cleat ed into a regular nower garden. quito Kuropean in the clellniteness and orderliness of its quaint arrangement. "Why, who lives here?" Felix asked of his Polynesian, turning round in surprise to his respectful Shadow. The Shadow waved his hand vaguely in an expansivo way toward the sky, as he answered, with a certain air of awe, often observable in his speech when taboos were in question: "The King of Birds. A very great god. Ho speaks the bird language." "Who is ho?" Felix inquired, taken aback, wondering vaguly lo himself whether here, perchance, he might have lighted upon somo stray unci shipwrecked compatriot. "Ho comes from tho sun liko yourselves,'' tho Shadow answered, all deference, but with obvious reserve. "He is a very groat god. I may no' speak much of him. Put he is not ' Korong. Ho is greater than that, and less. Ho is Tula, the same as Tu-Kila-i Kila." "is he as powerful as Tu-Kila-Kila?" i Jtelix asKOil. with intense interest. ; "Oh, no, he's not nearly so powerful a; that," the Shadow answered, half torrihed at the bare suggestion. "So god in heaven orearth is liko Tu-Kila-Kila. This ono is only king of the birds, which is a little 'province, while Tu-Kila-Kila is king of hoave'n nnd earth, of plants and animals, of gods and men, of all things created. At his nod the sky shaves and the rocks tremble. Hut still, this god is Tula, liko Tu-Kila-Kila. Ho is not for a yi-ar. He goes oh forever, till some other supplants him." "You say ho conies from tho sun." Felix put in, devoured with curiosity. I And he speaKs the oirrt languajro? What do you mean by that? Jiofy. 1 speak liko tho Cueeu of the CI m and myself when we talk tngctliei.-af' he ids i "Oh, dear, no," the Shadow ,in swered, in a very confident tone. Mlio doesn't speak the least bit in the wjrld liko that. Ho speaks shriller ind hiffhor, and still more bird-like. Ii, U chatter, chattor, chatter, like the parrots in a troo: tirra, tirra: tarru tarra: la, la, la; lo, lo, lo: lu. In, lu; liht. And ho sinsrs to himself all tho lime. He sings this way" And then the Shadow, with that wonderful power of accurate mimicry which is so strong in all natural human beings, begun to trill out at onco, with a very good Parisian accent, a few linos from a well-known song in "La Fille de Madame Angot:'' "Quniiil on c(,npipl ro, Outind situs Iruyour On peut se di-ro Coriip'rntoiir. Pour tout le nion-tlo II font nvotr I'mriiinio hliiii -do Kt oolhjt li iir -IVri-uqiK! Lflon-.lo Kt col lot noir." "That's how the King of tho Ilirpi sings. thoSliiKlow said, as lie Imished, i th owing I tick his ho .d, an I laughing I with lilt hit might at his own imitation,

"So funny, isn't It It's exactly like

tho sontr 01 tho pinlt-creswd parrot. "Whv, Toko, it's French," Felix exclaimed. usiiil- the r iliaii word for Frenchman, whieh tho Shadow, of course, on his remote island, had novel1 before heard. "How on oarth did hd come here?" "1 can't toll vou,"' Toko answered waving his arms seaward. "Ho catne from the sun, like yourselves. But not in a sun-bout. It, had no lire. He came in a italic c, nil by himself. And .Mall savs!' here the Shadow lowered his voice ttt a nulst mysteridus whispor "he s a man a-oul out. Felix quivered with excitement, Maii-a-oui-om" is the universal name over seml-civilizod Polynesia for Frenchman. Felix sei.ed uiKin it with avidity "A maii-a-oui-(iui."' he cried, delight d. "How strange! How won derful! 1 must go in at onco to his hut and see hi in!" He had lifted his foot and was just gome to cross tho white line ol coral sand, when his Shadow, ca chiug him suddenly and stoutly round tho waist, pulled him back from the inclosuro with overy sign of horror, alarm, and nn t astonishment. No, vou can go," lio cried, eruppliiig with him with all his force, yet using lnm Very ten derly for all that, as bdcOmos a god "laboos lunoo there: ' 'l?tlt 1 am ui;od myself," Felix cried insisting upon his privileges. If you have to .submit to the disadvantages ol taboo, vou may us well claim its ad Vantages as well. "The King of Fir and the King of Wat er crossed my ta; lioo line. hy shouldn't I cross e.iually the King of the Birds', then?" "So you might as a rule," the Shadow answered with promptitude 'Yon are both gods. Your taboos dd not cross. You may visit each other Ydu may transgress one another's lines without danger of falling dead on tho ground as common men would do if t hey broke taboo-lines. But this is tho Month of Uirds. Tho King Is in retreat. No man may see him excopt ins own Shadow, the i.ittle Cockatoo who brings him his food and drink, Do you see that hawk's head, stuck upon the post by the door at tho side, That is his Special Taboo. He keeps it for this month, feven gods must re spect, that sign, for a reason which it would be very bad medicine to men tion. While the Month of Birds lasts, no man may look upon the Kingor hoar lnm. 11 they did, thoy would dio, and mo carrion inrds would cat them Come away. This is dangorous." TO HE CONTINUED.! A PENURIOUS RICH MAN, Traveled tYlthont Jltifrgajre and Ild Hot Wish ii Ilerth in the Sleeper "I have a friend," said an out-of. town coil operatdr to a Pittsburgh lUspatcb man, "who is worth nearly Si)Oo,uuO, una yet is the most penurl ous man 1 ever saw. The other night we were going on to Chicago iber and as I wis ouite 'Whcre'o your berth?' I asked. Ilerth?' repeated my friend; 'why, I'm nut going to takea birth. I shall sit up In the day coacb.' When told him there was nothing but sleepers on the train his face fell and he s cmed worried. I knew what the trouble was; he was thinKing of the few dollars ho would have to spend for a bed, so 1 said; 'I guess you'll have to hand over to-night. He appeared much distressed, and suggested that we double up and b tli sleep in one berth, 'for,' he said, 'it will be cheaper for both.' laughed at the idea, and Informed him that 1 did not care to make myseir unconiiortaiiie ir tne sake of a few dollars. Well, he resigned him self to Ins fate, ana I noticed when a oirui was assigned mm ne was without a handbag of any sort. As he was going to stay ;io Chicago but a day I said: 'Where's your bag Surely you didn't bring a trunk for one day.' He then sat closerto me, ana, crossing nis legs, began In a most earnest manner: That's just where yu i leiiows make a mistake. 1 ou ca ry a Dag witn you as a sign that vou aro a good subject to beat. jnow, i carry nothing not even so much as a package for my night shirt, for I have that on now, under my other shirt and you see that I dress shabbily. Why, if I carried a bag hotels, hack men, porters, and everybody would charge me double what they do now. I've got too much common sense to lay myself open to high prices.' He seemed satisfied with himself after ho had given me this oration. As 1 crawled into my berth I woedcred for what object .some people with $500,000 lived, any how. " NOAH'S LOAD OF ANIMALS. ; The Number of Thorn a Tough Puzzle for the K:irly Theologians. I As far back as the seventeenth cen. : tuary iarslglited theologians had l e- : can to (lis e;-n d ifiictilt es more serious than any that had be ore con- ! fronted them, says Andrew While in the Popular fcienco Monthly. More : and more it was seen that the num- : her of different species was Tar greater than the world had hitherto imagined, i (ireatcr ana greater had become tho i old di bculty in conceiving that o. ! these innumerable species each had ! been specially created by the Al- ' mighty hand, that each had been ! brought before Adam by the Almighty ; to be named, and that each, in couples ! or in sevens, had been gathered by JSoali into the ark. Hut the dit lieu i ties tuns suggested were as nothing compared to those raised by : the distribution or animals. ! Even In ths first days of the church this had aroused serious thought and above all in the great mind of St. Augustine. In his 'City of God" he had started the dl ihculty as follows: Hut t here is a question about all those kinds of beasts, which are ; neither tamed by man nor spring ! from the carih like frogs, such as wolves and others of that sort, as to j how they could llnd their way to the : islands ofter this I'.ood which de- ' stroyed every living thing not pre- ! sen ed in the ark S; nie, indeed, might I bo thought to reach the island by j swimming In ease these were not very I far, but somo Islands are so remote : from continental lands that it does i not seem possible that any creature j could reach tliem by swimming, it is not an incredible tnii)g,eitner,uiut ! some animals may have been captured by nic'i and taken with them : to those lands which they intended ; to inhabit, in order that they might i.,ne i he measure of hunting, and t cannot be denied that the transfer may ha o been a-ompli hed through the agen y of angel , lommanded or allowed to perforin this labor by God." Klimlnat ton or Hie Cubic Root. A council of pedagogues has decided that the cubic root must lie eliminated from rudimentary instruction in arithmetic. In tho early days the schoolmaster explained the problem very lucidly by the use of wooden blocks and birch switches. Hut there has I cen a great decrease In the timber supply, and lieu c the study may have increased in cost. Anyway, it is of very little use in ordinary husl. ncss, and the modern student can llnd something more engaging in the study of "puti" ami "calls. "'iioy Times.

DOINGS QF CONGRESS.

Measures considered and .ACTED UPON. At the Nation's Capital What la Being Done by the Senate and House Old Mat ten Disposed Of and New Ones Consid ered, The Senate and HOusei Tim action of tlio Attorney General Iv claiming SIS, OO'l.nfU from the estiito ot tho late l.elunil Htanfora occupied ths attcn tion of tint Sonnlo until t In- turilr bill was taken up, on Thursday Mr. Hopkins' bill for a new public Uulldlnc at Elgin. Ill, was reported to tho House. 1 no original Dili carried un annroprlatlmi of $100,00 ), but (he (ommitteouii l'ubllc Buildings and Grounds cut donn the amount to 5T3.OO0. Witn this nniondinont tho inensuio was favorably reported and "us pluccd upon tho calendar. The House Coimult:eo on Hallways and Canals airoed to report lbs com promise bill drawn by Representative Hyan, of Now York, for the survey ot a ship i-annl route from the Ohio lllver to Mine I'.rio. The out places mo matter in tlit bands of :i board of engineers to bo appointed by tho focrmary of War, who are to select the most practicable route aud for which work $50,000 is to bo appropriated. The t-'onate did nothing of Importance Friday. The tariff and the Stanford claim wero tho only in utters discussed. The day's proceed In in tho House were onlivened by Mr. Walker's complaint of the poor ventilation of the House uaa the in capacity of tho architect of tho Capitol, and by Mr. 'Weadock's re pit to tho attack of Mr. Llntou oil the Catholic church. Tho business transacted In tho morning hour was the passage of u bill for the registry or en rollment of the bark Bkudenaes and of a bill to define the present units of electrical measurements. Tho con l'erence report dii the Pennsylvania and Sew Jersey Railway bridge bill was adoDted. and a resolution authorizing the Maryland State courts to occupy for five years the old t nlted btates courthouse lii lialtlmore wits agreed to, At 4150 o'clock the House took a recess until 8. The ovening session was devoted to pension bill tn tho t'enate Saturday bills were passed as follows: To extend the time limit for tbe construction of a bridge at Burllonton, Iowa, and to 11 .1 the salaries ot railway postal clerks. It provides that tney shall bo divided intossvsn classes. The salaries for each class shall not exceed tbe following amounts annually : l'lrst class, S00; see md claBf, $1,000; third class, $1,200: fourth class, $1,300; fifth class, $1,600; sixth class, Sl.BOOi cvenlb class, $1,800. The Postmaster General is authorized to fix salaries In the different Cbisses accord In? to tho hours of work, entitor Walsh, of Georgia, Introduced a bill for tbe permanent location (or the exposition to bo es tablished for the dlspluy of the broaucs and resources of the several States and Territories, and creating a commission to consist of the Postmaster General, the f-ocrotary of Ibe Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture, to r;port a plan for the proposed exposition to Concross. His Idea Is that tbe exposition should bo permanent and free to tbe public. Tho House held a short session and practically no business was transacted. The Honor and cotton schedules of tbe tariff bill were disposed of in tho Senate Monday, tbe prompt passage of the latter being due to concessions to manufacturers. The trolley bill was not called up In tho House, in tno senate ir. vuay aonieu any interest in tho scheme. Senator Caffery told tbe su .'ar-trust Investigators hts meeting with Mr. Havemeyer was to secure Informatioa as to comparative merits ot ad valorom and specific rates. There was absolute blockade ot tbe tariff hill In tho Senate Tuesday. Not a cog was turned. The entire eight hours were devoted to set speeches prelltnlnury to the consideration of tho wool schedule. Mr. Quay resumed the delivery of his speech, which had already occupied four days, and after speaking four hours his manuscript seemed unappreclaDly diminished. Then he yielded from sheer exhaus tion aod Messrs Pettigrew, Hoar, Tower and PefTer made 6et speeches against free wodt Other set speeches will follow. During a lull in the debate Mr. Mitchell, ot Oregon, moved to lay tho tariff bill on tbe table, Tho motion was defeated by a strict party vote. Two hours were consumed in tne House over a bill re ported by Mr. Outhwalte settlug aside 100,000 from tho fund belonging to the estates of deceased colored soldiers of the civil war for the purpose of erecting In tho District of Columbia a national home for aged and Infirm colored people. Tho bill was passed. The Iodian appropriation hill was then taken un. but the House ad journed without completing Its consideration. The debate on the wool schedule in ado no visible progress lu the Senate Wednes day. A bill to disapprove the treaty here-tofoi-e made with the southern Ute Indlaus for their removal to tho Territory of Utah and providing (or settling them on lands under the severalty act was passed by tho House. At 12:40 p, in, the Indian appropriation bill was taken up. Delegate Flynn, of Oklahoma, obtained the adoption of an amendment waiving tho restrictions to the sale of lands owned in severalty by In dians over 21 years of age so far as applies to the citizen nana or rotiawaioniies except when such Indians are residents of Oklahoma. An amendment was offered by Mr. Holman Increaslug the appropriation (or support and civilization of the Apaches. Klowas. Comanches, Wicbitas and affiliated tribes on reservations from $00,000 to $100,000. Mr, Cannon, of Illinois, offered another amendment Increasing (he appropriation for fhosbono Indians la Wyoming from $10,001 to ? 15,00a At 4:35 tho House adjourned. Test of a Weak Stomach. The Zoothermic Institute in Rome is "cure" nlacis where people gotodrink l, ,wh iilcKid for the cure of L-out. rheu matism, and the groat prostration and an.-emla caused oy tno maianni ievers ,f tlstt TYintln mflpshos. The lilood til bo imbibed is first rapidly freed from ftlin tiir a onr'efiil nsnntin tnnthorl. the animals from which it is derived having previously undergone inspection by a veterinary surgeon. Some patients bathe either a part or tho vhnlA nf thA hrxlv in the warm blood. and, the Italian doctors think, with great uenetlt. The 'Ferris Wheel Outdone. A much bigger wheel than tho groat Ferris wheel is being erected ot Karl's Court, London. It is a -HKJ-foot wheel, and will carry :',00i) people in lifty urs. Three restaurants win Do built on platforms at varying heights on tho supporting towers, anu a uig oanroom win crown tne it were ui tno axle. This and That. THK Oueen is sometimes rather haky in her spelling. When she is in oubt she writes tne worn so niegiuiy that the possible mistako is hidden. Wlt.MAM Chamhkrs. of Chatham, Ont., who is claimed to be a survivor ol the battle ol Waterloo, is reputed to be well and hearty at the great age of 107 years. It is said the appointment of Kditor Walsh as Senator from Georgia t: succeod the lato Mr. Colquitt, is largely no to Gov. Northen s wife, who used her influence in his favor. Sik Arthur Sullivan's father was bandmaster of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. As a boy he was made to learn overy instrument in the band except the bassoon and the haulbois. and to this invaluable training Sir Arthur attributes all his power uf orchestration. Tub Emperor of Germany drinks nothing but Mexican cotteo, and a year's supply is sent to him regularly after every harvest from a plantation in the Slate of Mtclioacan, which lies on the 1'aeii'ic coast of Mexico about midway belweon the United State -i and Central America. There is a large Jerinan colony there which has been ultivating ctitfeo for many years. IT appears from some family rominisconco of Lord Rosobory. recently published, that the title of Posjbery as borrowed I nun lorkshire. the llrst lord married an heiress from Ro-ebory Topping, in the broad-acred hire, and when he was ennobled he took the name of the place for his title. Tliic general public aro of the belief that tl o word "storm'' simply implies a precipitation t f some kind, either rain, now, or loot, wnen, in lact. in a selenitic son o the word "storm" means wind in motion." and when storm is mentioned by tho Weather Rureau it s exported tin t tho winds will bo high, i eirardlos - of tho aUoiuliny conrtitlona,

Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake? It Is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest of all the bak'ng powders. The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweetest, most delicious food. The strongest baking powder makes the lightest food. That baking powder which is both purest and strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome food. ' Why should not every housekeeper avail herself of the baking powder which will give her the best food with the least trouble? Avoid all baking' powders sold with a gift or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal, as they invariably contain alum, lime or sulphuric acid, and render the food unwholesome. Certain protection from alum baking powders can be had by declining to accept any substitute for the Royal, which, is absolutely pure.

Revolving Ron icsMany very queer dwellings Imta undoubtedly been constructed in this country. Circular house i, with rooms shaped somewhat like j.leces.of pie, have been built several tin es, and octagonal houses are t-i be found, probably, in every state. But it is extremely doubtful 'whether any such house was ever constructed as is described in a Paris journal as being exceedingly popular in the United States "on account of tli! cyclones." This house, in behalf t f which the Paris paper inform; us tliat a patent has been t iken out, is ;hc inaison revolver, or revolvitu house, and is described as follows: , 'The model represeivfe a houso mounted on an avis or pivot, and at its two extremities ate tti immense and powerful weather-vatie and a cannon. When a male comes, tbe house turns on its pivot, sheying the movements of the weather-van-?. This movement fointe the cannon in the direction froai wbiofc the gale Is blowing, and at the s; mc time automatically discharges 'ibe gun." As It Is well known, this effect of a cannon-shot on a cyclone in to produce such a concussion in the at mosphere as instantly to break tbe force of the wind, and even to change its course." The inhabitant of the "cyclone region" of America is able, according to this Parisian account, to sleep in peace in his revolving Louse, con llde.it that, no matter how suddenly the tempest may come, his weather-vane and pivotcannon will take care of him and his family. The absurdity of this statement, Which does more credit to the inventiveness of the French editor than it does to his trustworthiness as a chronicler ot the times, j'istifies the w sdom of the proverb about the necessity of going from heme to hear the news. What Can Be Done? The poet Tennyson could take a worthless sheet of paper ai d by writing a poem on it make it worth Kio.lXW that's genius. Vanderbilt can write a few words ou a sheet of paper and mate it worth 5,ii00,000th at's capital. The United States can take an ounce and a quarter of gold find stamp upon an "eagie nira" ano raa o it wortn 0 that's money. Tbe nt-sehaniccan take material worth 15 and make it into a watch worth $1.00-that's skill. A merchant can take an artic e worth 75 cents and sell it for $. that's business. A lady can purchase a very comfortable bonnet fur 3.''5, btt she pre fers one that costs $27 tha;s foolish ness. The ditch-digger works ten hours a day and shovels three or four tons of earth for $2 that's I ibor. The editor of this paper can write a check for $80, (XX), 000, but it wouldn't be worth a dime that's rough. Young Lutheran. A Japanese Godd-u. Tn the FJananese canital there is a gigantic image of a womun made of wood, iron, and plaster. Tie time of its erection and tne name ot tne de signer are in dispute, but it is known to have been dedicated to jrlnchiman, the god ot war. In bo: gb! it measured flfty-four feet, the head alone, whieh is reached by a wincing stairway in the interior of the fle ui-c, being capable of holding a company of twenty persons, t he goddess holds a sword in her right tm.nd i.nd a huge painted wooden ball in the left. .Inter nally the statue is the nnes:, anatomi cal imodel in existence, every bone, joint, and ligament being re presented on a gigantic scale in proper ion to the neight anu general sizes of trie huge figure itself. The large aye i ure magnifying glasses, through wh.ca a fine view of the surrounding country may be had. Keep Vour Temper. If you wunt to live to be IX), keep your temper. Never uu id ufcere you keep it, only don t let it sed the light o' day, and the chances aro longevity for you. Mrs. Charlotte I loll, who has just celobratod her 103d birthday. boasts that sho has never been 'angry in her life, and, owing to t lis ec liability, her days are long in the land, though, unhappily for her, she is to end them in tne almshouse. Some ot us do not consider ago worth the price. For there is a good deal ot !Jreek in our compositions, in spiu, of the mixture of races, and ws Americans would rather die yojng than never have a tantrum, or a ' criso des nerfs," as they say in French. Rightotuis anger is a good thing. It generally purifies tho atmosphere, aven if it does take an hour or so off tho nUoted span. Boston Herald. Vast Time bjr Oxan. Dwight Piatt of Mil ford. Conn., hitched his ox team, loaded v illi lumber, to somo fright cars stand:' ng on a side track near tho Milford Railway Statiou, one day recently, and wont into a neighboring hostelry to recuperate. A freight train cn.ne along about that time and, coupling on the cars without noticing the team, started up. Tho oxen never wonv, sc fast in their lives as thoy did during the next few seconds, and t heir path wis strewn with lumber for somo dietan e. The team was discovered by a bi-akeman before the oxen were injured, however, aud Mr. Piatt now uses ordinary hitching posts. Hartford Goii 'ant. Ferritt-Herlnade money ai everything he went into. Merritt -Yes, he once went into an excavatlor. and recovered heavy damages rom ;he city. I JACOBS

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Search Lights for canal. A very handy little portable plant is being used ou vessels navagating the Manchester Ship Canal at night. The apparatus is practically a duplicate of that employed for lighting vessels through tho Suez Canal during the last twelve months. It comprises a small ent'lne and dynamo combined, a search-light projector of the Admiralty pattern, and a mast art; lamp and reflector. The projector barrel is twenty inches in diameter, rolled out of steel sheet, all the mountings being of gunmetal finished bright. The mirrow is twenty-inches in diamoter, Id-inch focus, with a bayonet-socktit attached to the barrel, so as to fa.:illato removal for cleaning, etc. The electrical connections aro carried inside tho projector, and an instrument similar lo a camera is provided at one side of the projector for viewing the arc image thrown on glass.

An Impressive Ceremony. The sole occasion when Knglish noblemen wear their coronets is at the coronation of the sovereign. They hold "mem in their hands through the ceremony, and at the iroment when the A rclibishop of Canterbury places tho crown upon the monarch's head every peer and peeress present dons his or her coronet. The "V'-on's coronet worn by Lord Byron s.t the coronation cf George IV., and which was manufacture! for the ocension, is now in this country, and is slid to have been converted into a chafing-dish far tho humble vegetable known as the potato, the velvet cap having been removed froai the inside and the coronet t imed ut side down, so that the four ! Vialla ftrmtitiito thA Slir,HOrt of the chatir g-dish. Rapid Transit In Forelrn Cities. Whilo Now York has been laboriously discussing plans for underground electric rapid transit similar to that which London has enjoyed for two or three years past, the bustling, bright new city of Buda-Pesth, in Hungary, bas been up and doing. Its municipal engineering department bas authorized tho construction of stch a road, and the capital for it is put at $1,500.0(10. I, is noteworthy that like schemes are btiing discussed for Boston and Paris, and that tho latter city is anxious to get its road in operation in time to serve the necessities of the city when overwhelmed by tho crowds attending its great Exposition in 1900. Wanted Them to Work Hard. Mmo. Parvenu Can I get yon and yonr orchestra to play at my soiree next Thursday night? The Orchest.-a Leader Certainly. Mme. Parvenu Well, v.ju may consider yourself engaged. But I want to make arrangements to hire you by the piece, do you understand"' The last time I engaged you by this hor, ind your men took advantage - ol it and played slow, soft things riost of the time.- Chicago Record. Whist Logic. Sir .Frederick Thesieer. while engaged in the conduct of a case, objected to the irregularity of the consul on the opposite side, who, in examining his witnesses, put leading questions: "I have a right," answered the coumel, to deal with my witnesses t.s I pleat o." "To that I otter ni" "-tloa," retorted Kl. tH.. Jtl .i.. J 2-ur r n'uoi ii's- i like, but you aha 'n't deal as you Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a constitutions! cure. Pries 73 cents. It is sad to see family relics sold at auction, but tho most pa nful th'ng under t he hammer is generally your thumb-nail. - Many people would be more truthful but for their uneoutrolable desire to talk. Faa was a dear, sweet girl, with a complexion of aoRcllc lovoltnoss, such as all young h.dles possess who use Glenn's S ilpuur Soup. She-Do you, drink? He No. "Do you, smoke?" "Never;" "Have you anv vices "l Vrtainlv not."' "Wi ll. run away to dear." your mamma. There's a ATT2X3 tho Fort Wayne llttsinosa Colin-fl. When advised to give a man all t le rope he wants remember the cordage trust. Stalloh'f. Consumption Care Is aold on a f u.tr antes. Hi-urns Incipient Consumption. It Is tae bettt'ougt Cure. 23 cents. 50 cants and tLM. It is a common error to mistake gold for sunsnine. ENLIGHTENMENT enables the more adranotd i -. .. a-eona of to-day to cut many aiaeasea wnoout outlng, which wen formerly regarded as iaourable wttltout resort to the knlfo. RUPTURE or Breach, -a now radically oured without the kulte and without pain. Clumsy Trusses oan he thrown awa-r I TUMORS, Ovarian, Woroia ( uterine) ana many othen, are now removed without the perils of cutting operations. PILITUMQR8, however larg-e. Fistula ana other diseases of the lower bowel, are permanently cured without pain or resort to the knife. 6TONK In the DUdder.no matter how targe, is oruetted, pulverized, washed out and perfectly removed without cutting;. For pamphlet, references and all particulars, send 10 cents (In stamps) to World's Dispensary Medical Association, No. 66 Main Street, Buffalo, N. T. OIL MAKES A Perfect Cure of

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