Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Page 3

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A BABEL IN AUSTRIA.

Many Widely Different Tongues Spdk* en lit the Various Provinces. In the Austrian Alps the local dialects so vary as to be unintelligible from one district to another, and yet have been cultivated in passion plays and popular poetry. Over and above these dialects are scattered—chiefly in Lower Austria, but even round Vienna —Slavcolonies. Czechs, Slovaks, Croats. In Vienna itself the Czechs claim to b« 150,000. Slovenians spread over thret crownlands —Styria, Carinthia and Carniola—and dominate in the last, which contains also Uscoks, Roman Catholic Serbs, but the Slovenians seem to be retreating before the Germans. Of these a remarkable group occurs in the barren Gottscbee country, southeast of Laybach, only inhabited since the fourteenth century. Here again we find a dialect unintelligible to other Germans, yet rich in tales and poetry. Strange to say, the reawakening of the Slovenian race In the course of the last hundred years seems to have been determined by the first Napoleon, who replaced German In the normal schools of the so-called Illyrian provinces (six in number) by Slovene and called forth the passionate Sdmiration of the Slovenian poets. Tyrol and Vorarlberg, again, are divided between Germans, Italiani and “Ladins” (Latins), the so-called Romanseh of Switzerland. In the Tyrol also each valley has its own pronunciation, its own accent, its expressions unintelligible a few miles off. The Ladins were predominant in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; toward the eighteenth century the Italians got the upper hand, but seem now to be becoming gradually outnumbered by the Germans. The Ladins form a curious little group of from 10,000 to 20,000 in Tyrol, with nearly 50,000 in Friuli (besides the 40,000 of the Grisons). Their language is nearer to Provencal or Catalonian than to Italian. They chiefly inhabit the valleys, while the German climbs the mountain sides, just as he has done in Bohemia, the Czechs mainly occupying the plains.—Spectator.

Feel the Influence.

Cold and heat alike aggravate neuralgia, because the nerves feel the cold and heat sensitively, but nerves are sensitive to treatment and feel the influence of St. Jacobs Oil; which cures the ailment promptly.

Germs Survive Half a Century.

Fifty years ago a well in Stelnerville, Belmont County, 0., was closed for the reason that it was contaminated with typhoid germs. Recently it was reopened and the water used, and although the well was made deeper thafi formerly the germs had remained and a fever epidemic was the result. The well has again been closed.

Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when It is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an Inflamed condition or the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Dearness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for clrpnlarc frAA ’ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. 83* Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Now for Cheaper Coffee.

Cheaper coffee will probably be one of the results of the Spanish-American war. The finest coffee in the world Is grown in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, and under the stimulation of American enterprise these countries will, within a few years, be able to supply the world with coffee.

Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

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A Noble Young Man.

“I trust, sir, that you have not been indiscreet enough- to speak to my daughter about marriage,” said the stern parent to the youth who had just asked for his daughter’s hand. “I have not, sir,” replied the youth; “but I was strongly tempted to do so last evening when she kissed me goodnight on the steps.”

Turkish Bath Money.

Among the Turks bath’money forms an item in every marriage contract, the husband engaging to allow his wife a certain sum for bathing purposes. If it be withheld she has only to go before the Cadi and turn her slipper upside down. If the complaint be not redressed it is ground for divorce.

Lane's Family Medicine

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To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L.B.Q. on each tablet. Ten cents In your pocket will purchase more than the dollar someone owes you. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the only cough medicine used in my house.—D. C. Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 11, '95. Wonder—A boy who turns out to be as smart as his motber predicts. Good counsels observed are chains of grace.—Fuller.

EVE

CHAPTER VII. Midsummer day was come. Mr. Jordan was in suspense and agitation. His pale face was more livid and drawn than usual. The fears inspired by the surgeon had taken hold of him. As the sun declined Mr. Jordan became uneasy. He could not remain in bis study. He could not rest anywhere. The money had not been returned. He had taken out of his strong box Ezekiel Babb’s acknowledgment and promise of payment, but he knew that it was so much waste paper to him. Seventeen years ago, on Midsummer day, there had stood on the little folding oak table under the window a tumbler full of ehina roses, which were drooping, and had shed their leaves over the polished, almost black, table top. They had been picked some days before by his wife. Now in the same place stood a glass, and in it were roses from the same tree, not drooping, but fresh and glistening, placed that morning there by her daughter. At 5 o’clock, seventeen years ago, Ezekiel Babb had come into that hall through that doorway, and had borrowed his money. The clock told that the time was ten minutes to five. If Mr. Babb did not appear to the hour, he would abandon the expectation of seeing him. He thought of the pocketbook on the gravel. How came it there? Who could have brought it? -Mr. Jordan’s eyes were fixed on the clock. The works began to whir-r. At the last stroke the door of Jasper’s sick room opened, and the convalescent slowly entered the hall and confronted his host. The last week had wrought wonders in the man. He had rapidly recovered flesh and vigor after his wounds were healed. As he entered, and his eyes met those of. Mr. Jordan, the latter felt that a messenger from Ezekiel Babb stood before him, and that his money was not forthcoming. “Well, sir?” he said. “I am Jasper, the eldest son of Ezekiel Babb, of Owlaeombe in Buckfastleigh,” he said. “My father borrowed money of you this day seventeen years ago, and solemnly swore on this day to repay it.” “Well?” “It is not well. I have not got the money.” A moan of disappointment broke from the heart of Ignatius Jordan, then a spasm of rage, such as might seize on a madman, transformed his face; his eye blazed, and he sprang to his feet and ran toward Jasper. The latter, keeping his eye on him, said firmly, “Listen to me, Mr. Jordan, and I will explain to you why my father has not sent the money.” Mr. Jordan hesitated. His face quivered. With his raised hand he would have struck Jasper, but the composure of the latter awed him. “My father is a man of honor. He borrowed of large sum, and he laid it out in the purchase of some land. He has been fairly prosperous. He saved money enough to repay the debt, aAd perhaps more. As the time drew nigh for repayment he took the sum required from the bank in notes and locked them in his bureau. Others knew of this. One day he was at Totnes at a great cloth fair. He did not return till the following day. During his absence his bureau was broken and the money stolen.” “Was the thief not caught? Was the money not recovered?’ asked Mr. Jordan, trembling with excitement. “The money was in part recovered.” “Where is it?” “Listen to what follows. You asked if the—the person who took the money was caught. He was." “Is he in prison?” “The person who took the money was caught, tried and sent to jail. When taken. some of the money was found about him; he had not spent it all. What remained I was bringing you.” “Give it me.” “I have not got’ it. I have, lost it.” Again did Mr. Jordan start up in a fit of rage. He ground his teeth, and the sweat broke out in drops on his brow. “I had the money with me when the accident happened, and I was thrown from my horse, and became unconscious. It was lost or taken then.”, “Who was your companion? He must have robbed you.” “I charge no one. I alone am to blame. The money was intrusted to my keeping.” “Cursed be the day I lent the money,” moaned Ignatius Jordan. “The empty, worthless case returns; the precious contents are gone. What is the shell without the kernel? My Eve, my Eve!” He clasped his hands over his brow. “And now once more hearken to me,” pursued Jasper. “My father cannot immediately find the money that he owes you. He does not know of this second loss. However, as you say the money is for your daughter, will you allow it to lie where it is for a while ? I will undertake, should it come to me after my father’s death, to sell land or transfer it, so as to make up to Miss Eve at the rate of five per cent on the loan. I will do more. If you will consent to this, I will stay here and work for you. I will act as your foreman, overlooker or bailiff. I will put my hand to anything. Reckon what my wage would be. I will work for yon as long as my father lives; I will serve you now faithfully as no hired bailiff would serve you. My presence here will be a guarantee to you that I will be true to my undertaking to repay the whole sum with interest. I can see that this estate needs an active man on it; and you, sir, are, are too much given up to scientific pursuits; to cope with what is required.”

CHAPTER VIII. Those words, “scientific pursuits,” softened Mr. Jordan. Jasper spoke in good faith; he had no idea how worthless those pursuits were, how little true science entered into them. He knew that Mr. Jordan made mineralogical studies, and he supposed they were well directed. “Order me to do what you will,” said Jasper, “and I will do it, and will double your gains in the year.” “I accept,” said Ignatius Jordan. “There is no help for if, I must accept or be plundered of all.” “Let us join hands on the bargain.” At that moment Barbara and Eve entered from the court. “Eve! Eve!” cried the father excitedly, “come to me, my angel! My ill-treated child! My martyr!” He caught her to his heart, put his face on her shoulder, and sobbed. “My darling, you have had your money stolen, the money put away for you when you were in the cradle.” “Who has stolen it, papa?” asked Barbara. “Look there!” he cried; “Jasper Babb was bringing me the money, and when he fell from his horse it was stolen.” Neither Barbara nor Eve spoke. “Now,” continued Mr. Jordan, “he"has offered himself as my help to look after the farm for me, and promises, if I give him time ” “Father, you have refused!” interrupted Barbara, “On the contrary, I have accepted.” “It cannot, it must not be!” exclaimed Barbara vehemently. “Father, you do not know what you have done.” “This is strange language to be addressed by a child to a father,” said Mr. Jordan in a tone of irritation. "Was there, ever so unreasonable a girl before? This morning you pressed me to engage a bailiff, and now that Mr. Jasper Babb has

By-S.BARING-GOULD.

volunteered, and I have accepted him, you turn round and won’t have him.” Miss Jordan stood thinking; 'the color mounted to her forehead, then her brows contracted.. “Mr. Jasper,” she said at length, “I entreat you—go.” He was silent. “I have nursed you; I have given my nights and days to you. You confessed that I had saved your life. If you have any gratitude in your heart, if you have any respect for the house that has sheltered you—go F’ “Stuff and fiddlesticks’.” shouted Mr. Jordan. “He shall not go. I forbid him.” Jasper turnedl “Miss Barbara,” he said humbly, “you are laboring under a mistake which I must not explain. Forgive me. I stay.” She looked at him with moody anger, and muttered: “Knowing what you do—that I am not blind—that you should dare to settle here under this honorable roof. It is unjust! it is ungrateful! it is wicked! Heaven help us! I have done what I could.” Jasper was installed in Morwell as bailiff. Barbara had done what she could to prevent his becoming an inmate of the house. She might not tell her father her real reasons for objecting to the arrangement. She was rendered more uneasy a day or two after by receiving news that an aunt, a sister of her mother, who lived beyond Dartmoor, was dying, and she was summoned to receive her last sigh. When she received the summons to her aunt’s deathbed, knowing that she must go, she asked wherd Mr. Babb was, and, hearing that he was in the barn, went thither with the letter in her hand. Barbara had a curt, almost rough, manner at times. She was vexed now, so she spoke shortly. “I am summoned to Ashburton. That is close to Buckfastleigh, where, you say, you lived.” “Yes, Miss Jordan.” “If your story be false I shall break my promise to you, and tell my father everything.” “If you go to Buckfastleigh, Miss Jordan, I shall venture to send word by you to my father where I am, that the money is lost, and what I have undertaken.” Barbara tossed her head, and sashed an indignant glance at him out of her brown eyes. “I cannot be a porter of lies.” “What lies?” “You did not lose the money. Why decieve me? I know your object in lurking here, in the most out-of-the-way nook of England you could find. You think that here you are safe from pursuit. You made up the story to impose on my father, and induce him to engage you. O, you are very honorable! discharging a debt!—l hate crime, but I hate falsehood even more.” “You are mistaken, Miss Jordan.” “Then tell me all, that I may form a more equitable judgment.” “I cannot do that now. You shall be told—later.” “Then I must judge by what I know.” “Should you favor me so far as to visit my father,” said Jasper, “I beg of you one thing most earnestly. Do not mention the name of my companion—Martin.” “Why not?” “He may suspect him of having robbed me. My father is an energetic, resolute man. He might pursue him, and I alone am to blame. I lost the money.” “Who was that Martin?” “He told you—that I was nothing to him.” “Then why do you seek to screen him?” “Can I say that he took the money? If my father gets him arrested—l shall be found.” Barbara laughed bitterly. “Of course, the innocent must not be brought into suspicion because he has ridden an hour alongside of the guilty. No! I will say nothing of Martin.” CHAPTER IX. The air under the pines was balmy. Eve carried her straw hat on her arm, hung by its blue ribbons. She needed its shelter in the wood no more than in her father’s hall. She same to a brook, dribbling and tinkling on its way through moss and over stone. The path was fringed with blazing marigolds. Eve had already picked some, she now halted, and brimmed the extemporized basket with more of the golden flowers. Suddenly a flash of vivid golden light broke before her, the trees parted, and she stood on the Raven Rock, a precipice that shoots high above the Tamar and commands a wide prospect over Cornwall. As she stepped forth on the rock to enjoy the light and view and air, there rushed out of the oak and dog-wood bushes a weird boy, who capered and danced, brandished a fiddle, clapped it under his chin, and still dancing, played till his little arms went faster than Eve could see. The girl stood still, petrified with terror. “There, there,” said he, at length, lowering the violin and bow; “how I have scared you, Eye!” Eve trembled in every limb, and was too alarmed to speak. The scenery, the rock, the boy, swam in a blue haze before her eyes. a “There, Eve, don’t be frightened. I followed in your flowery traces. Don’t you know me?” Eve, shook her head. She could not speak. “You have seen me. You saw me that night when I came riding over your downs at the beck of Martin, when poor Jasper fell—you remember me. I smashed your rattle-trap gig. What a piece of good luck it was that Jasper’s horse went down and not ours. I might have broken my fiddle. I’d rather break a leg, especially that of another person.” “I remember," she said, “there was a boy.” “Myself. Watt is my name, or in fuH, Walter. If you doubt my humanity touch my hand; feel, it is warm.” He grasped Eve and drew her out on the rocky platform. “I am come from Martin. You remember Martin? Oh! there are not many men like Martin. He is a king of men. Imagine an old town, with ancient houses and a church tower behind, and the moon shining on it, and in the moonlight Martin in velvet, with a hat in which is a white feather, and his violin, under a window, thinking you are there, and singing.” Eve’s blue eyes opened wonderingly, this was all so strange and incomprehensible to her. “I must run home,” she began. “He stole something from you—wicked Martin.” “Yes; a ring.” “And you—you stole his heart away. Poor Martin has had no peace Of mind since he saw you. His conscience has stung him like a viper. So he has sent me back to you with the ring.” “Where is it?” “Shut your blue eyes, they dazzle me, and put out your finger. Next swear never, never to part with the ring I put on.” “I promise,” said the girl. “There, then, take the ring.” He thrust the circle on her finger. She opened her eyes again and looked at her hand. “Why, boy!” she exclaimed, “this is not my ring. It'is another.” “To be sure it. js, you little fool. Do you think that Martin would, return the ring you gave him? No, no. He sends you this in exchange for yours.: It is

prettier. Look at the blue MeWtt ea Of jufi" “I cannot keep thia. I want my own,* Baid Eve, pouting, and her eyes fillilng. "You mdat abide Martin’s time. MeanWhile retain this pledge.” "t cannot! I will not!” she stamped hes foot petulantly, tears of vexation brimming in her eyes. “You have not dealt fairly by me. You have eheated me.” “listen to me, Miss Eve,” said the boy in a coaxing tone. "You are a child, and have to be treated as such. Look at the beautiful stone, observe the sweet bine flower. You know what that nwana—-forget-me-not. Our poor Martin has to ramble through the world with a heartache, yearning for a pair of sparkling blue eyes, and for two wild roses blooming in the sweetest cheeks the sun ever I kissed, and for a head of hair like a beech tree touched by frost In a blazing autumn’s sun. Do you think he can forget these? He carries that face of yours ever about with him, and now he sends you this ring, and that means—‘Miss, you have made me very unhappy. I can never forget the little maid with eyes of blue, and so I send her this token to bid her forget me not, as I can never forget her.’ ” Eve could not make up her mind what to do. While she hesitated, the opportunity of returning the ring was gone. Watt had disappeared into the bushes. (To be continued.)

A SUBMARINE BOAT.

Four Successive Crews of Confederates Were Drowned in Her. Horatio L. Walt, formerly paymaster in the United States navy, writes an article for the Century on “The Blockade of the Confederacy.” Mr. Wait says: A built of boiler-iron, was made by the Confederates to attack the fleet off Charleston. She was to be worked by hand-power. Lieutenant Payne of the Confederate navy, with eight men, started in her; but she was swamped by the sea, and they were all lost. The boat was raised, refitted, and started a second time. She was again swamped by the sea near Fort Sumter. This time six men lost their lives in her. She was again raised, and a third attempt was made. She sank again, and all her crew were lost. After the lapse of some time she was once more raised. Then Lieutenant Dixon and eight men made a fourth attempt. This remarkable persistence in such a desperate undertaking shows the determined spirit of the men we had to contend with. Lieutenant Dixon ran out to the steam-sloop Housatonic, on the. outer blockade, about 9 o’clock at night. The officer of the watch saw a ripple on the surface of the water, that looked In the darkness like a moving plank. He slipped the chain, started the engine, and opened fire with small arms; but before the Housatonic could gather headway, Dixon exploded his torpedo under her, and she sank in twentyeight feet of water. The torpedo-boat also sank—from what cause is not known. Captain Gray of the Confederate Torpedo Corps, in his report, wrote: “I am of opinion that she went into the hole made in the Housatonic by the explosion of the torpedo, and did not have power sufficient to back out, and consequently sank with her.” But our divers, who went down to examine the wreck of the Housatonic some time after, found the torpedo-boat lying on the bottom, at a distance of many yards from the Housatonic.

Upper or Under.

Whistling in a public conveyance is an offense against good manners, but a Chicago journal reports an Instance which really seems to have been excusable, as it was excused. The rest of the passengers were reading the morning news, but one man gazed with unseeing eyes out of the window and whistled softly, the tune being broken now and again by a smile that crossed his hirsute lips. The young girl directly opposite thought him handsome, and ascribed his preoccupied air to romantic reasons; and the older woman who sat with her glanced sharply across from time to time, wondering what the young man meant by rudely whistling in a public conveyance. But the looks of youth and age were alike lost on him, and, after awhile, he turned his face towards the light and sang with such, hearty untunefulness that his spectacled neighbor felt bound to remonstrate. “Young man,” she said, “have you hired this car for your own use?” He stared at her blankly a minute, and then flushed to the roots of his hair. “Was—was I singing?” he asked. “You were making a horrible noise,” she replied. Then he laughed, a hearty, honest guffaw, and leaned forward confidentially. “The joke’s on me,” he said. “To tell the truth, my baby has just cut a tooth, and—and I was thinking how cunning the little chap looked when he grinned.” The angry light in the woman’s eyes faded, and a smile touched the corners of her mouth as she beamed on the young father and said, with deep interest, “Upper or under?”

Trials of Genius.

Tennyson exercised no direct guidance over his and he must frequently have been astonished at their interpretation of his ideas. In the poem of “The Lady of Shalott,” for example, the lady’s hair is never mentioned. Holman Hunt, however, represents her with flying masses of crimped hair spreading over her like a veil. “My dear Hunt,’’ said Tennyson, when he first saw this illustration, “I never said that the young woman’s hair was flying all over the shop.” “No,” said Hunt, “but you never said it wasn’t;” and after a time the poet came to be wholly reconciled to the design. He never quite forgave the same artist, however, for giving King Gophetua a long flight of steps to descend to meet the Beggar Maid. “I never said,” he complained, “that there were a lot of steps; I meant only one or two.” “Well,” retorted Hunt, “the flight of steps doesn’t contradict your account; you merely said: Tn robe and crown, the king stept down.’ ” But Tennyson was not to be appeased, and kept on declaring that he meant only two steps at the outside.

Still the Champion.

They had been chums during their school days, but had drifted apart. Years after they met again. “What became of that auburn-haired Jones girl that used to be the boss tennis player in our set?” “I married her,” replied the other. “And does she still play tennis?” queried his friend. “No,” was the reply, and a look of sadness stole over his face, “but she’s still the boss.” The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder—a waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.—Carlyle. Chumps—What one half the people In the world are working the other half for.

Make H a Point To Cm the Beat Every Time, When You Buy Medicine. Health b too valuable to be trifled with. Do not experiment Get Hood’s Sarsaparilla and you will have the best medicine money can buy—the medicine that cures when all others fait You have every reason to expect it will do for you what it has done for others. Remember Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine. Price sl. Hood’s Pills are the favorite cathartic. 25c. My Sprained Arm. . 1 • > HOUSTON, Texas. Fsb. 25,1888. DB. IUDWAI 4 Co.-D«r Sire: August 25th last I had a badly sprained arm. After using mx different (what was called) remedies, I never gotrelief till I used Badway*s Heady Belief, which eased the pain at once andtured me in two days. My father, whois 66 years Fbff’fh A Cure for aU Oelda, Owha, Bare Threat, laflueasa, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Swelling of the Joints, Lumbago, InlammatioM, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, Frostbites, ChUblains, Headaches, Toothaches, Asthma, DtHeult Breathing. CUBES THE WOBST PAINS in from one to twenty minutes. NOT ONE HOUB after reading this need any ousBUF’FER WITH PAIN. Sold by Druggists. BADWAY A CO.. B 5 Elm Street, New York.

The Story of Ponce.

Ponce is an old story to-day. In Its history is a fairy tale which has the merit of being true. In the years when time went slower a page lounged through the leisures of Ferdinand’s court. • He was young, Impudent and abominably good looking. A princess smiled and beckoned. That was enough. There and then he was sent to another world, to a better one, to the tropics which Columbus had founded. He landed at Boriquen, assisted with easy gallantry In eliminating the natives, assisting also In gathering the gold which they bad left. Between the lines there are two decades. Meanwhile Boriquen had been christened Porto Rico. Incidentally the page had grown old. Whether he regretted the princess is problematic. That he missed his good looks is clear. In an effort to recover them he took a trip. The story of El Dorado has not yet been told. But another story, equally if not more seductive, was current then. It was to the effect that somewhere near by were the fountains of eternal youth. In search of these waters he sailed. The land which he reached was so rich In flowers that he called it Florida. But of the waters not a trace. And yet, may it not be that the legend of them typified fame? For it was that which he did find. His name was Ponce de Leon, and it was he who founded Ponce. In Winter Use Allen’s Foot-Ease. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. During winter your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous, and often cold and damp. If you have perspiring, smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It warms and rests the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a certain cure for chilblains and frost bites. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

To Feed Paris.

If Paris is ever besieged again, it will in all probability be spared the horrors of famine. A commitee appointed jointly by the minister of war and the municipal council has just approved a scheme for building large stores for preserving supplies of frozen meat. Paris in time of war needs 620 tons of meat a day At this date all the flocks of sheep and herds of oxen that could be brought together at the last moment would last but a few weeks, and it might be impossible to feed them. The stores about to be erected will contain even in time of peace large supplies of meat, and immediately upon a declaration of war will receive 80,000 tons of beef and mutton. This represents flfty-days’ rations, or 100 days’ half-nations. The forts round Paris have sufficient food to last three years. No war is likely to last this length of time.—Pearson’s Weekly.

THEY WANT TO TELL

These Grateful Women Who Have Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham, Women who have suffered severely and been relieved of their ills by Mrs. Pinkham’s advice and medicine are constantly urging publication of their statements for the benefit of other women. Here are two such letters: Mrs. Lizzie Beverly, 258 Merrimac St., Lowell, Mass., writes: “ It affords me great pleasure to tell all suffering women of the benefitl have received from taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. I can hardly find words toexpressmy gratitude for what she has done forme. My trouble was ulceration of the womb. I was under the doctor’s care. Upon examination he found fifteen very large ulcers, but he failed to do me good. I took several bottles of Ly dia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, also used the Sanative Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine saved my life, and I Would recommend it to all suffering women.” Mrs. Amos Trombleay, Ellenburgh Ctr., N. Y.. writes: ** I took cold at the time my baby was born, causing me to have milk legs, and was sick in bed for eight weeks. Doctors did me no good. I surely thought I would die. I was also troubled with falling of the womb. I could not eat, had faint spells as often as ten times a day. One day a lady came to see me and told me of the benefit she had derived from taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s medicine, and advised me to try it. I did so, and had taken only half a bottle before I was able to sit in a chair. After taking three bottles I could do my own work. I am now in perfect health.”

Cubans Learning English.

In Havana ’now many people are wrestling with English. Formerly the Walters said “All right” to every complaint; latterly they have learned to ask, “What’s wrong, sir?” Cab drivers are picking up the language of the conquerors. But they ask “To where?” instead of “Where to?” and sometimes they put IL “Which where?”

Peculiar Insect.

The insect known as the water boatman has a regular pair of oars, his legs being used as such. He swims on bis back, as in this position there is less resistance to his progress. Don’t think because a man advocates temperance that he never smiles.

Breaking a Reindeer to Harness.

Reindeer are refry useful la countries where there are ho Snow and Ice the greater part of the year. The United States Government has found theffi useful for transporting the mails -In Alaska. Reindeer have to be broken to harness just as horses are broken ( to harness. The Laplanders and Finns "i are the people who best understand the . reindeer.. They are to these people ' what the horse and the mule are to us I for drawing loads; in addition, they are food for these people. A young relnder is called a buck. He is first taught to lead with a string or halter on his head. When he has learned to obey this leather thongs are fastened to his horns, or the halter about his head if his horns are gone. Then -the driver gets behind the reindeer and strikes him with a whip, and uses the word for “get up” or “go ahead” in his own language. When the reindeer . learns to obey this a strap of leather is put over his neck and carried to the sledge. When he has learned to draw the sledge it is loaded slowly until he is able to draw a full load. The strap on his neck is carried between his fore . legs and outside of his hind legs, when it is fastened to the sledge; this is all the harness lie wears. As you know, the moss under the snow in Arctic countries provides food and drink -for the animals.

Hiding the Dirt.

It cannot be said that the oyster impresses one as being a cleanly creature; yet he dislikes dirt, and gets rid of it in his own way. In the hollow of most oyster-shells will be found dark blotches, the size of a finger-nail, which look not unlike blisters. These, spots seem to be a discoloration in the shell. The silvery surface is unbroken over them, though the black or dark blue places bulge slightly above the surrounding white shell. Touch these spots with a fork, and they are easily broken, showing a layer of shell of tissue-paper thinness covering small masses of mud, which may be scraped away until, beneath, the ordinary white oyster-shell Is reached.

A Royal Author.

The Crown Prince of Siam is among the bo"y authors of the world. He has written several stories for English children’s magazines, and can write fluently in three European languages.

Makes the Spot Vanish.

A slight rap may cause a bruise, or a slight blow a black one, sore and tender. But it is easy to cure a bruise by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, and make the spot vanish and the soreness heal. Our respect for old age depends a great deal on whether ft be applied to men and women or boarding house poultry.

SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS Use Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grippe and Catarrh—A Governor’s Letter. A ST. VINCENT’S ORPHAN ASYLUM, EAST MAIN ST., COLUMBUS, OHIO. St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, i . „ East Main St., Cor. Rose Ave., Columbus, O. I a Dr. S. B. Hartman: “Some years ago a friend of our institution recommended to us Dr. Hartman’s ' Pe-ru-na’ as an excellent remedy for the influenza, of which we then had several cases which threatened to be of a serious character. “We began to use it and experienced such wonderful results that since then Pe-ru-na haa become our favorite medicine for influenza, catarrh, coughs, colds and bronchitis. ’ f “SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS, St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum.” 1 k Charleston, W. Va., March 9,1898. J ■ The Pe-ru-na Drug M’fg Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen—l can recommend your preparation, Pe-ru-na, as a an tonjc. Its reputation as a cure for catarrh is excellent, it having been : vl used by a number of people known to me with the very best results. J Very truly, G. W. Atkinson. 1 . Dr. Hartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in the United States, was the first man to formulate Pe-ru-na. It was through ’ his genius and perseverance that it was introduced to the medical pro* MB session of this country. Send to The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus; Ohio, for a free book written by Dr. Hartman. I Governor Atkimbon. Ask any druggist fi»r a free Pe-ru-na Almanac for the year 1899. YOU WILL REALIZE THAT “THEY LIVE WELL WHO LIVE CLEANLY,” IF YOU USE 1 SAPOLIO

The Heart of the City.

Grand Central Station Is situated In the very heart of New York City. That is where the fast trains of the Michigan Central, “The Niagara Falls Route,” land you. The New York and Boston Special leaves Chicago every day at 10:30 a. m.; Fast Eastern Express for New York, Boston and New England points, 3 p. m.; Atlantic Express, 11:30 p. m.; Detroit Night Express, 9:35 p. m. All trains passing Niagara Falls by daylight stop five minutes at Falls View Station. City Ticket Office, 119 Adams sireet, Chicago.

She Couldn’t Miss the Chance.

Mrs. Drayton—Ah, well, It has always been my dearest wish to grow old gracefully. Mrs. Winston—ls that so, dear? I’m awfully sorry for you. Mrs. Drayton—You are sorry for me? Why? Mrs. Winston—Because your dearest wish has been to grow old gracefully.' Of course you’ll never have a chance to try it over and make use of the practice you’ve had.

What Do the Children Drink?

Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes tne place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about as much. All grocers sell it 15c. and 25c.

The Boston Girl.

• “Were you out in all that rain?” asked the Clifton girl. “No,” said the young woman from Boston. “I was merely in the portion of the rain that descended in my immediate vicinity.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Gross earnings of the Chicago Great Western Railway, “Maple Leaf Route,” for the week ending Nov. 21 were $115,835.12, showing an increase of $3,386.10 over corresponding week last year. The total increase since the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1) is $95,040.70, as com-

The Heating Capacity of Wood.

A writer in the Slants Zeltung cor* tects a very common supposition in regard to the heating capacity of wood, the most notable fact in the case being that such a practical and easily demonstrable error should so long have prevailed, namely, that the heating capacity of hard wood is greater than that of soft wood. - The fact, as ascertained by repeated determinations, is that the greatest heating power is possessed by one of the softest varieties of such material. viz., the linden. Taking Its heating capacity for the unit, the second best heater is also a soft wood—fir, with 0.99 heating power; next follow the elm and the pine, with 0.98; willow, chestnut, larch, with 0.97; maple and spruce fir, with 0.96; black poplar, with 0.95; alder and white birch, with 0.94 only; then comes the hard oak. with 0.92; the locust and the white beech, with 0.91; and the red beech, with 0.90. These examples leave no doubt of the general fact that hard wobd heats the least.

Railroad Trains to Run Slower. I

Railroad officials claim that it is very expensive to run their express trains, and are talking about reducing the speed. It is likewise expensive to the health to struggle and compete in business affairs as men do nowadays. The whole system gives out. For restoring strength Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is the proper remedy. 1

Work of the Cable.

Much of the work in the cable and telegraphic offices throughout the West Indies is done by negro girls who are intelligent and obliging in their manner, but, like all the natives, they cannot understand why it is necessary to hurry. The activity and rush of the Americans is a source of never-ending wonderment to them.

Coughing Deads to Consumption.

Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. ' ' ■ Greek and Roman doors Invariably open outward; a person passing out of the house was therefore obliged to knock on the door before opening It, to avoid collision with a passer-by.

Will Get Down to It.

It is certainly true that as deeply Imbedded as the sciatic nerve is, St. Jacobs Oil will get down to it and cure It. \ It is a proof of how penetrating and efficacious are its curative powers. | Constancy is the complement of other human virtues.—Mazzini. F»7m* Tor »ala,»2peracrecu*k7t>at®M| g Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Sybup for Children teething: softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, allays pain, curea wind colic. 26 cents a bottle. WANTED.—Caseof bad health that RIP-AN'S will Sst benefit. Send 5 cents to Bipans Chemical Oh, aw York, for 10 samples and 1.000 testimonial*,

INSOMNIA HI have been using CAffIOMKETS «br Insomnia, with which I have been afflicted for over twenty rears, and I can say mat Cascarets have given me more relief than any other remedy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recommend them to my friends as being all they are represented.” Tnoa GillaßD, Elgin, 111. CANDY W CATHARTIC TRAM MARK Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. '"Taste Goto Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. Ute. 36c. 50c. CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterll. t Mo.tryal, T«rt. MS mo-to-mc E asTHJM a| ■g- POPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC Gives relief in FITS minute*. Send «CURE YtUMEIF! rritation* or ulcerations >f iuucoui > Painless, aid not gent or poisonous. X Sold Sy nraggiau, or eent in plain wrapper, taxch* Circular sent on request. CANCERS! TUMORS’ cancer bHitucno; ivmuno. remedy 1 A Perfect Cure at Your Home! Never Lost a single Casel Write for circulars. Mizpah Medicine Co., Monsey. N. V. D A T F UTsecured or Bouy til Mtanwd. Search fr«a I A I Ell I CoUatner & Co. i F St. Washington J).C. C. N. U. No’ RO-VS | WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE SAY " yoe taw the advertisement is this paper.