Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 January 1889 — Page 3

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

VARIOUS TOPICS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT. V-

ftMoitii from tbe Study of Babylonian Monuments Which Open Entirely New Ideal of the Early History of the Ancient World*

In a recent number of The Journal of the Anthropological institute, Mr. G. Bert in publishes an interesting study of tbe types of m«n found on Babylonian monuments. One of the most remarkable result.3 of his researches is the proof that the Armenian race of these early times exhibits tbo same characteristics to be noticed in the modern Armenians (Fig. 3). This is the more remark able from tbe fact that at this period the language spoken ip Armenia, and illustrated by the inscriptions of Van, is totally different from Armenian, and linguistically connected with Akkadian and Medic. Evidently tbe Armenian population has, in course of time, acquired a new language, while its physical characteristics survive. Dr. vou Luschan luy. (shown that the Turks and Greeks of Asia Minor are of the same Armenian type, and thus the great untiquity of the native population of this region is proved.

A few llguros from the plate accompanying Mr. Bertin'a [»aper, and recently reproduced in Science, arc shown in the annexed cut. It will bo noted that the faces are represented

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TV 1"ES ON HANYI.ONIAN MONUMENTS. in profile, with oyes in full fa^e. Figs. 3, 4, 5and are of peculiar Interest. The persons represented resemble the types of figures on Assyrian monuments, showing people of inferior condition. Fig. 2 is taken from an Assyrian monument. The head is small and round, tho forehead low and slanting, the cheok bones high, tho lips thin and the chin retreating. In many of theso figures a marked prognathism may be observed. The ooso is ofteu largo, and does not appear to have ever lcen Qat and wide, as among the Tartars hair ami beard aro frizzy the stature short In Homo- parts of Babylonia this typo scorns to have formed the great mass of tbo population. According to Mr. Bertin's theory, this people was the •ground race' of western Asia, and he goes so far as to identify it with tho European prehistoric races, which aro by many authors believed to bo of Berber origin. Ho adds: "An important point to notico is that this race is overywhoro found in an inferior social position, and it was equally so in tho remotest age. Nowhere did it riso to tho rank of a dominating or ruling race, but everywhere it accepted tho yoko of tho conquering tribe invading its laud. It is tho race of tho land, and accepts every now master with a passive obedience. This ox plains why this raco lias no language of its own, for it accepts willingly that of its masters." Tho author bolioves that this peoplo was conquered by Akkadians r.ud by Semites, and that the mixture of theso races, with tho addition of some Armenian blood, rosulted in a population showing tho various typos found ou tho monments.

Tho study of tho west Asiatic and Egyptian monuments from an anthropological and philological ]Kltit of view has recently yielded most interesting results, and oponod entirely now views of tho early history of tho oncicnt world. Tho Intercourse between tho various peoples, ami thoir mutual influence upon each other, wcro so important that a comprehensive and comparntivo study of all theso numerous peoples is necessary to reach satisfactory results. Tho theories of Mr. Bertln aro suggostivo, and well worth a careful consideration.

A New Snbmarlne Ront.

Recent experiments with a submarine boat, Lo Gymnote, made at Toulon, havo been very successful. Tho boat moves horizontally as well as vertically, and is easily kept at any depth that is desired. It can be run at a speed of from uino to ton knots. The light is good and respiration oasy. Its crew is ordinarily threo, but during tbo experiments five persons wcro on board. Tho lie rue Bcientifique says that the new boat, an invent of Mr. Krelw, is a complete success, and will become of tho greatest importauc© in marine warfare.

Caricature Photograph*.

It is nn easy matter for the photographic amateur to produco distorted portraits, similar to thoso represented in tbo engraving, with on ordinary camera. Tho method is described by I^a Nature as foJlows:

A full lougth picture is taken in tho usual way. against a perfectly plain background, and without any acco68orios, From this negative a positive on glass is tnado by plowing it in a printing frame against a sensitive glass plate, and exposing to the light of a lamp or condlo for a few seconds. The pod-

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tive transparency t» developed and finished, and placed before the camera to that tbe light passes through it, but inclined at an angle to tbe camera, either lengthwise or sidewiso according as the image is to be shortened or lengthened, and a second negative tut** which will give the distorted figure* shown in tbo engraving. To obtain the best results, tbe hoe used in talcing tbe distorted picture must be of very short focus and as «i»tt a diaphragm need as is possible. From tbe ««cood negative thus produced any oamber of positives can be printed.

THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

Casablanca, the Boy Who Stood or ,« Burning Deck. Every ono who been a school boy is familiar with the lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck." This Is the story of Casablanca, who was the hero of the burning deck:

Owen Casabianca was a native of Corsica, on which island he was born in the year 17SS. His father was Louis Casabianca, a distinguished French politician and naval commander, and the friend of Napoleon. Ho was captain at this time of tho Orient, one of the largest vessels in the French navy, a magnificent ship of war, carrying 130 guns and /j00 seamen. Of Casablanca's mother we know little, save that she was a young and beautiful Corsican lady and devotedly attached to her son. Owen was her only child, a handsome, manly little fellow, with her beauty in his flnnhing eyes and dusky hair. Sh« died while he was yet quite young, and when tho green sod was placed over her grave, the boy left the pleasant valley under the smiling hills of Corsica, to go with his father and tread the hard deck of a war vessel Mero child as he was, Casabianca soon grew to love his father's dangerous calling, and became a favorite with all on board. He was made midshipman, and at the early ago of 10 years participated with his father in the battle of the Nile. The ship caught fire during the action. Soon after, Capt. Casabianca, the father, was wounded by a musket ball. Not yet disabled, he was struck in the head sorr.o minutes later by a splinter, which laid him upon tho deck insensible. His gallant son, unconscious of the chieftain's doom, still held his post at the battery, whero ho worked like tho herj ho was. Ho saw tho flames raging around him he saw the ship's crew deserting him one by one, and tho boy was urgpd to fieo. With courage and coolness beyond his years, ho refused to desert his post. Worthy son of Louis Casabianca, ho fought on, and never abandoned the Orient till tho whole of tho immense vessel was in flames. Thon, seeking refugo on a floating mast, he left the burning ship behind him But ho was too late. Tho final catastrophe came like the judgment doom. With an explosion so tremendous that every ship felt it to tho bottom, the Orient blew up, and from among the wreck the next morning was picked up tho dead, mangled body of the young hero, whose story romance and poetry cannot make more heroic than it was.

Brain Weights.

The study of brain weights is interesting because of its bearing upon the question of intellectuality. The average human brain weighs forty-nine or fifty ounces in the male and about forty-fivo ounces in the female. Great brain weight is not always associated with intellectual vigor, as is shown by the fact that an idiot is known to have had a brain of over sixty ounces in weight. But notwithstanding the evidence of such cases as that of tho idiot referred to, great mental power is generally associated with a brain weight exceeding the average. Cuvier'a brain weighed sixty-four ounces but Gambetta'fi brain weighed less than the average woman's brain, which is, of course, peculiar because of his groat intellectuality. A strange problem Is developed by a comparison of the average weight of tho male and female brains with tho minimum weight of each within the range of intelligence. The average weight of the female brain is about five ounces less than the averago weight of a man's brains. If the weight of tho brain were an infallible gauge of intellect tho average woman would, so to speak, havo five ounces less intellect than the average man. But tho weight of brain in a man below which idiocy exists is about 11 vo ounces higher than it is in woman. This is what presents tho problem. If, say, thirty ounces of brain in a woman saves her from idiocy and thlrty-flvo ounces are requisite in a man, what becomes of man's averago of five ounces of brain weight in excess of the average in woman? Tho conclusion soems to bo that a smaller quantity of female brain is essential to intellectuality than of male brain. This is equivalent to saying that tho female brain is of a superior quality. In contradiction of this the fact may bo cited that in comparison with men but few women of great intellectual vigor havo appeared in tho world. If this held true a woman with a brain of fifty ounces ought to be equal to a man with a brain of fifty-five ounces.

•'Too Thin."

Though tho phrase "too thin," as ordinarily used by schoolboys and others, may now be styled vulgar, tho words may bo used in a perfectly orthodox mannor. "Thin" is equivalent to "transparent," easily seen through: and, as a metaphor, seems to involve the aid of a veil (such as tho ancients call vontus tex His, or "woven wind"), which servod to display as much as to conceal tho person. It is in this sense evidently that Shakespearo used tho words in "King Henry VIII," act v, scene 2, where tho king says: You were ever good at sudden commendations, Bishop Winchester. Out know I come not To hear such flattery now and in my presence They are too thin and bare to hide offenses. That is, "Your commendations are too transparent to hide your offenses." Another instanco of tho uso of the words may be found in Smollett's novel of "Peregrine Pickle," published in 1751. When the hero suddenly informs his lady love, Amelia, that ho is going abroad, the tears gushed into her eyes, and she was at great pains to conceal the cause of her grief by observing that the tea was so scalding hot as to make her eyes water. "This protoxt," says Smollett, "was too thin to Impose on her lover, or to deceive the observations of her friend Sophy." There is nothing vulgar in saying that a pretext is too thin," and this is what is meant by the modern elliptical phrase.

A National Song.

'EL Phiribu* Unurn" is the title of a poem by George \V. Cutter, published in No. 3 of One Ruudrad Choice Selections," by P. Garrett & Co., Philadelphia. It consists of eight verses of eight lines each. Some of the vera* terminate with the words, "Many in one." It was extremely popular thirty or forty years ago, and was considered then national song.

Ktimwnlo Mori.

An epitaph from a stone at Vernon, Vi.: Hem ties cut down like unripe fruit A son of Mr Atmas Tute Ami lint Jiwiina Tute his wife CallM Joanathoo of whom frail life The day* oil summon *d (how short tb" Accouat) Scarcely to fourteen years Amount Bora on the twelfth of May Was he In Seventeen Hundred Sixty-Tbneo To death he fell a helpless Prey April tho Fi*e Twentieth dcy— la Seventeen Hundred Seventy-Pen* Quitting this world we hope for Heaeea But tho' hb spirit fled on high His body tnoukTring here must be Beboki the amaxtog alteration Effected by inooculaUoa The means Employed bis life to Save Hurried him headlong to the Grave Full in the bkmn of Youth he fell Alu What human tongue caa ten Tbe mothers grief her Anguish show Or paint tho Fathers heavier Woe Wbo dow oo nat'ral offspring has Bis ample Fortune to possess To OS his rtac# stand In his steed Or bear his name when he is dead«. So God ordain'd Ms ways are Jusi Tbo tenpins* crumble intoha# ,..»f Lift and the World men* Cubbies ore •at loose from these tor Bsaveo prepare

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TERRE TTAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND INSTRUCTION Or BOYS AND GIRLS.

An Appeal from the Children's Doc, for Little Less Study and a Little More Play, to the Directors, of the School.

Verse for the Children.

"They come back from school every day, -They haven't a moment to play, With such lessons to learn

It makes my heart burn.

Though I'm only a dog as yon say:

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"Such pages of rhyme and of prose Such figures in rows upon rows Why, the thought of their sums

Gives me pain from my gums Right down to my tail and my toes.

"So, Mr. Directors, I pray, Don't wear all their small brains away, Some lessons abolish, 'Lg

And intellects polish,

Like mine, by a little more play!"

A Boy Who Became Famous. It was a bright, warm day in the early summer of 1781, and London was full to overflowing, when a boy about 11 years old, with long dark hair hanging down his neck and a strange, dreamy, far off kind of look in his large gray eyes, came slowly along ono of the busiest and most crowded streets of the great city, so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he hardly felt tho jolts and bumps which he encountered in pressing his way though the hurrying throng around him.

He must have been thinking of a battle or a hard struggle of some kind, for every now and then he darted out both his arms in front of him, to the no small danger of tho eyes or ribs of the passers by. Suddenly be was brought to a stand still, and no wonder, for In flourishing his hands about he had thrust ono of them right into tho coat pocket of a tall man who was just going past him. "Whatl so young, and so wicked!" cried tho man, turning round and seizing him. "You little rascal, do you want to pick my pocket iq broad daylight "No, I don't want to pick your pocket," said the boy, staring about him as if awakened from a dream. "I thought I was swimming." "Swimming!" echoed the man, with a broad laugh. "Well, I've heard a crowd called a sea of people, but I've never heard of anybody swimming in it before. You're either telling mo a lie, or else you must be crazy." "I'm not, indeed," protested the boy. "I was thinking of that man who swam across the Hellespont—Leander, you know—and it seemed to me as if I was swimming across it, too."

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cried the stranger "that's it, is it?

You seem fond of reading, my friend "I'd read all day long if I could," answered tho boy, earnestly "but I'vo only got a few books, and I've read 'em all again and again." "Well, I'll tell you what—I belong to a library, and if you like, I'll give you a ticket of admission to it for six months, and then you can road as much as you please. Here's my address, and you can come for the ticket as soon as you like."

And the stranger, chuckling over this queer adventure, went briskly on, little thinking that he would live to see that boy honored by ail England as one of her greatest poets, and would tell with pride to all bis friends how he had once done a kindness to Samuel Taylor Coleridgo.—Harper's Young People.

The Game of the Key. r'

The gamo of tho key may bo played by any number of persons, who should all, except one, seat themselves on chairs placed in a circle, and he should take his station in the center of the ring. All tho sitters must next take hold, with their left hands, of the right wrists of the persons sitting on their left, being careful not to obstruct the grasp by holding the hands. When all have in this manner joined hands, they should begin moving them from left to right, making a circular motion, and touching each other's hands, as if for the purpose of taking something from them. The player in tho center then presents a key to one of the sitters and turns his back, so as to allow it to be privately passed to another, wbo hands it to a third, and so it is handed round the ring from one player to tho other, with all imaginable celerity, which task* is exceedingly easy to accomplish on account of the continued motion of the hands of all the players. It is the office of tbe player in the center, after allowing time for the key to be passed on to tho third or fourth player, to watch its progress narrowly and to endeavor to seize it in its passage. If ho succeeds in his attempt, the person in whose hand it is found, after paying a forfeit, must take his place in the center and give and hunt tho key in his turn. Should tho seeker fail in discovering the key in his first attempt, be most continue his search until ho succeeds. When a player has paid three forfeits ho is out,

An Illustrated Lesiioo.

We are indebted to Goklen Days for the following lesson in etiquette, which, if carefully studied by our little men and women, will doubtless have a very salutary effect:v

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Convenience la the Pastry.

A useful contrivance in which to keep knives, forks and table spoons is a pocket tacked oo the pantry door, mad* of enameled doth and lined with Canton flannel, tbe interior being stitched in small divisions to accommodate tbe separate article* It is urged •n advantage that "tb* Canton flannel will abaorb all moisture that may be left on tbaartidea.*

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.J

Some New Uses of Ether—The L.". /t» off Ether Drinking and Its Fatal Effect, Ono or two new uses of ether have lately come into notice. Drs. Henoque and Fridel, of Paris, claim that a tooth may be pain lessly extracted by spraying around the external ear with ether. This cause* anaesthesia of the trigeminus, which extends to the dental nerves and obviates the necessity of producing a general state of unconsciousness by inhaling gas.

Another use of ether practiced by himself is reported by Dr. Hare, of the Pennsylvania university, in cases where, during anaesthesia (unconsciousness produced by the use of ether or a similar agent,) tho breathing sud denly ceases. Dr. Hare has found that in many cases ether freely poured upon the abdomen caused so great a shock by the cold produced by its rapid evaporation as to induce a deep inspiration, which was often followed by the normal respiratory movements. In such cases as these it has been heretofore customary to sdap the patient with towels wet in cold water.

But this powerful drug is not always employed for such laudable purposes as those noted above. It is claimed that tho destructive habit of ether drinking is making great progress among women.

This chemical product is an ethereal spirit of alcohol, containing that element of alcohol which has the effect of deadening pain. Most people have had opportunities of observing this effect in drunken men, who suffer severe hurts without feeling them, apparently.

Ether, takeu internally, produces a feeling of exaltation, which is not followed by the disagreeable after symptoms arising from over indulgence in tho crude whisky or other spirits. Its results are slower, affecting the mind by slow degrees and depriving the victim of all moral sense. "The confirmed ether drinker," says one authority, "will murder her own grandmother, without so much as a qualm of conscience, to get 50 cents wherewith to purchase a bottle of her favorite intoxicant. In its effects upon tho moral being ether bears a strong likeness to opium, which might be called a poison for the souL"

Fresh Air as Source of Health. American women of all classes are, says Journal of Health, as a rule sinfully negligent of some of the duties which pertain to health, especially exercise in tho open air. The excuse that their many cares engross them, and that they, in consequence, have but little opportunity for leaving their homes, Is scarcely sufficient. Tho number who actually cannot enjoy each day an hour's outing must be small indeed, even among tho class forced to work the hardest Not only do many women fail in this respect in their duty to themselves, but their young children suffer in consequence of the same neglect. From one week's end to another during the winter not a few of thfim keep their little ones in overheated rooms, if not huddled around the kitchen stove, and the result is we find them, as spring approaches, weak, puny and ailing. In such families colds, coughs, sore throats and the like are common affections. There Is scarcely a day during the coldest season when even tho baby cannot be safely taken out of doors. Mo', hers should understand that upon the daily enjoyment of fresh and open air depends, in a great degree, tho health of their little ones, as well as themselves it is, in fact, absolutely indispensable to the well being of all.

One Way of Catching Cold.

"We find in neck wraps a common cause of colds says a writer on hygiene, and adds, "if, during winter, one was certain to wear much the same wrap at all times when in the open ail*, there would bo loss danger from it. But the chances are that on some occasions when it should be worn it would be left off, either purposely or forgotten, and a cold is the result. The silk handkerchiefs, with which many men adorn themselves, aro perfect abominations, and cause more sore throats than any other influence. When once put on, the wearers are' wedded to them for the remainder of the winter. The coat collar is ample protection when turned up and buttoned closely, and a man is very foolish to use any other means for the purpose."

A NoUelesa Clock for the Sick Room. A recent French invention that will be welcomed by nervous invalids the world over, if it prove successful, is a noiseless clock, the principle of which is described as follows: In place of the usual pendulum, tho hands are set in motion by tho unrolling of a chain, the end of which is fastened to a buoy floating in a tnnlr of liquid. Tho fluid cscapcs at a uniform rate, and can bo utilized to feed a lamp wick, thus giving the apparatus tho double character of clock and lamp. When the lamp is lighted the necessary diminution of the liquid takes place by combustion, at other times by carefully regulated dropping.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

A Little Piece of Rudeness That Probably Comes from Want of Tlynght.

"People should bow to each other even if they havo not been introduced, when one is playing tho part of hostess, the other that of guest." So says Mrs. Sherwood, and tbe hint may serve as a reminder to many who sin in this respect from want of thought rather than through intention. In explanation Mrs. Sherwood continues: At a ball at Delmonico's last winter a young man passed a lady who was receiving and did not bow. "Why were yon so ruder asked the of tho balL "Because I had never been introduced," was the reply. Now, if ladies take upon themselves the trouble of receiving at a public ball, a club or a charity bazar, any one who eaters should return the graceful courtesy. Anything less is a boorish rudeness. It is to be feared that old fashioned courtesy has little place in our fashionable society, or in the Nineteenth century.

While there is no fault of manner greater th.n a too efflorescent and flattering subserviency, yet no citizen loses a particle of his independence by returning the bow of his hostess. "He bows too low," was said of Shakespeare's villain, but "be does not bow at all," even when entering a ballroom or

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Manners and Moods.

Our manners show what we are, and every action and movement made in public is accepted as an index of our character. It therefore behooves us to cultivate kind and refined manners, and the exprea&n of charitable and upright emotion* Tbe very essence at good manners is unselfishness

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gloomy mood. Courtesy requires ail wbo mfegii with the world's peoplo to consider others' feedings before their own. The state at one's mind, health or clrcuiustmw in life riwuld be avoided as subjects for converse

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Nothing indicates good breeding so much as deference to tbe aged. Guests owe tbeir hostf, fint, panctnality second, pohteneM then sincere gratitadeL

Simplicity and purity of language are lbs characteristics of %w^ edpotf^ axd highly coltsral person. 7^

A PUGILISTIC SPOOK.

Boomer In a Mew York Apartment Says He Was Pounded by a Ghost. No. 581 Third avenue is an unassuming five storied tenement house, with "Apartments to Let" on a placard hanging over tb* lowest fire escape. It would not suggest to tho casual passer by its claim and distinction but it has one, just thesama. They say it is haunted.

All the apartments are for rent, except two, of which one is occupied by Mrs. Ann Newman, the housekeeper, and the other by* Mrs. Moloney, a snug little matron, with rosy cheeks and a disposition to give up her apartments. "I don't think it's healthy," ia what she says, but probably other than hygienic motives actuated the plump Hibernian.

Years ago, they say, a poor devil was done to death in the cellar, ^nd everybody knows that gore spots in a house breed ghosts.

One day a large, muscular fellow named Leonard entered into possession of an apartment in tho haunted house. The next night he was almost hammered to death by a thing shadowy But strong. In the morning he bundled up his possessions and lit out, leaving his good $13 advance for a month's rent.

Mrs. Maloney held converse with a trembling Evening World reporter on the subject. "He was a big, stout man," quoth she. "After he went to bed his light went out. He thought be might have left the window open or that the oil in his lamp had given out, as did that of the unwise virgins. "But when he rose and pottered to tho windows in the meager draping of his shirt tails, he found them all closed, and the lamp was filled. "Then he went back to his bed tgain. Then he was pummeled and beaten, and bruised, and discolored generally. He saw a shadowy sbapo that was maltreating him."

Whether this John L. Sullivan of a spook was mad at the way Leonard had voted cannot be told, or why the big man waited till he was pounded to death almost, does not appear, and the deponent averred not. But he was knocked out in the first round.

Ho went into his sister's room and crawled into bed with ber and her husband. His sister's name was Clark. Here he shook for tho rest of the night, and the next day they all fled tho haunted scene to a locality not so affected by departed spirits.

As corroborative testimony that a ghost had licked him, Leonard exhibited large sections of his anatomy to Mrs. Maloney. He bared his .massive legs and arms, "and they was all covered with black and blue spots, like he had been pounded," said Mrs. Maloney.

In spite of the evidence of the ghost's pugilistic exercise on Mr. Leonard, the buxom Mrs. Maloney calmly declared a perfoctly Bob Ingersoll incredulity in ghosta When questioned by the reporter, however, she said: "Tho walls of my room shako every night like they would tumble down. Last night 1 heard a voico in tho corridor at half past 12 o'clock. I'vo sometimes wakened up two young men to lodge with me to have them see what they can find. I don't seo what makes the dreadful shakes."

Mrs. Newman, the housekeeper, professed tho most perfect incredulity in regard to

"I'vo lived here a year, and I never heard any th ing. And my hearing is that good that I bear every little noise. If there was ghosts 'tain't likely I'd stay here with four children. "There was no talk about it until this big man got the fright, and who knows but that he'd been drinking and got the jimjams."

Young Master Newman, aged 4, was training for a circus, or an early death, as luck might turn, by acrobatic performances on tbe rim of a large green washtub. "Do-you believe in ghosts?" the reporter asked hiin, knowing the simplicity and candor of the childish mind.

He shook his head stolidity. He didn't take any stock in spooks. Other children in the house, however, claim to have seen "a man" in the cellar. There is no way for him to get there except by the front or back door or the lower windows, so he was beyond doubt a real ghost. New York Evening World.

The American Boy Abroad. He abounds in Paris, ho is common in Italy and ho is a drug in Switzerland. He is not only restless himself, but he is thecauao of restlessness in others. He has no respect for the quiescent evening hour, devoted to cigarettes on tho terrace after/the table d'hote, and ho is not to be overavyed by a look. It is a constant source of wonder to tbo thoughtfully inclined how the American man is evolved from tho American boy. No ono need desire a pleasanter traveling companion than the American man it is impossible to imagine ono more disagreeable than the American boy.—St. James'Gazette.

A double tenement house is apt to be rent in twain.

The Delicacy of Woman.

"Like the lily once mistress of the field, woman often hangs her head and perishes, trusting to innocence and love to protect." Her eyes may grow dim, her cheeks pale before her lips will reveal the secret of her suffering. Appreciating this element in woman's nature, Dr. R. V. Pierce has prepared a remedy, called "Favorite Prescription," adoptea especially for the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women, and placed tbe same on sale by druggists. Ask for tbe "Favorite Prescription," and you can cure yourself without publicity, and without being subject to the examinations of surgeons. Full directions with each bottle. It is the only guararUeed cure. See guarantee on every bottlewrapper.

The Homeliest Man in Terre Haute

As well as tbe handsomest, and others are invited to call on any druggist and get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that ia selling entirely upon its meritdpnd l» guaranteed to relieve and care all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Large bottles 50 cents and 1. ait-eow

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I have bad nasal catarrh for ten years so bad that there were great sores in my nose and one place was eaten through. got Ely's Cream Balm. Two bottles did the work. My nose and head arc well. I feel like another man.—C. S. McAil lien, Sibley, Jackson Co., Mo.

For all forms of nasal catarrh where there Is dryness of the air passage with what is commonly called "stuffing up." especially when going to bed, Ely's Cream Balm gives immediate relief. Its benefit to me has been priceless^—A. G. se. M. D., Millwood, Kan. 19-2-w

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His Name Was Hill.

It i3 not often that Henry N. Willey, the polite and affable clerk at the Grand Pacific is nonplussed by any gag or trick perpetrated by the would bo funny guests that quarter themselves at this popular hotel, but one evening last week he was compelled to own up beaten. A serious looking individual, one who, it would seem, did not even know the nature of a joke, came in with sachel and umbrella, and, taking tho pen tho ever ready Willey always hands with a bow and a smile that twists bis blonde mustache into acrobatic contortions, he made nine perpendicular dashes on the register. It may be said right bero that Mr. Willey bas tho reputation of knowing everybody, but it is only his cunning that baa earned it for him. Ho always watches a man registering, and has accustomcd himself to reading letters upsido down, so that when ho catches the first few letters of a man's namo he guesses at tho rest, and when the guest has finished writing and looks up Mr. Willey at once calls him by his name, though he appears to bo looking at anything else than tho book. In this way it makes no difference if a man comes there for the first time in bis life, Mr. Willey will surpriso him by putting out his hand and calling the proper name.

On tho occasion in question, ho v. over, Mr, Willey was done up ho had never seen "tho man before and ho could not inako anything out of tho straight lines. With bis pet flourish he swung the register around and said "What price room do you want Mr. Mr. By tho way, what do those lines mean, anyway{ Mig.it I ask your name? "Oh, cxcuso mc," said tho stranger. "I ueglected to finish my signature," f-nd, taking up a pen, mado a horizontal dash at about the middlo and in between tho first threo pair of uprights, when the signature read, "H. H. Hill." Mr. Willey owned that for one® that ho was beaten.—Chicago Herald.

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Rich Hill, Ho., July 7, 1S8S—The Swift BpooUlo Co., Atlanta, oa.—Gsntlsmen: Our little girl when bnt three weeks old broke out with eosema. We tried the prescriptions from several good doctors, bnt without any special beneflt. We tried S. 8. 8., and by the time ono bottle was gone her head brgaa to heaL and by the time she had taken six bottles she was completely enred. Now she has a fall and heavy head of hair-e robust, hearty child. I feel tt. bnt my duty to make statement. .. this I Respectfully, H. T. bobs.

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Hardy M. BtmT, 24 West Ninth St. Hombb, La., May S9L18S9—The Swift Speclflo Co., Atlanta, Ga.—Oentlemea: About two ilrely. I was so debilitated that I almost despaired or ever feeling well ngaln. All that the physicians done for me brought no permanent relief. Friends Insisted that I should give 8. & S. a fair trial, although thought It would be throwing away money. taking a thorough course, my health trengtn returned, and 1 must say that 8. a afr te cured me, as I discarded all 3t hers while using it. As a tonic I can most (artlly recommend It It certainly is a specific.

heartily recommend It for reneral debility, W. F. Bniia«s, J. P. Homes. La.—I know Mr. W. V. Bridges, and will say uutt his statement Is correct.

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