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Stamps of II and 5 sen were to be issued. In the United States one porn-ait would have been on the 2-sen stamp and one on the 5-senstamp, but in Japan it was thought that this would be discriminating against the memory of the one pictured on the lower denomination. This is why philatelists find that there are two new 2-sen and two new 5-sen stamps--each denominatiou hav­ ing one kind in memory of each prince. But even this careful arrangement did not prevent a new trouble. Some con­ servative Japanese are contending that it borders on disrespect to the imperial family to pollute their pictures with saliva and then to blotch them with ink in the process of cancellation. One man lias declared in the papers that lie shall decline to receive any mail matter bearing these stamps. Some postmasters have requested that they be allowed to put the canceling mark only on the edge of the stamp, so as to avoid defiling the princely faces. To old-fashioned Japanesejt is especially displeasing to see foreigners putting portraits representing men of divine descent into their mouths and putting them on the envelopes with as much indifference as we employ with the faces of Washington, Pfanklin and Grant on our stamps. Some Japanese, if they use the stamps at .all, must reverently lift them to their head, care­ fully wet the glue with pure water and then utter a prayer as they attach them to the envelope. Did it ever occur to an American that it was discrimination to place a por­ trait on a lower denomination stamp? If this matter ever was discussed it was probably agreed that the greater honor went with the cheaper stamps, which nre in wider and more general use. As for attaching any respect to them--do you know, without looking, whose pictures are on our various stamps?--Boston Journal. A CKY OF WARNING. "I suffered for years and years with tvomb and kidney trouble in their Worst forms. 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We suppl. . arti«s all over the UnHed States w in very respectaij'e sen ant girls of nil nations, with firrt-class references; also German i trir.s lately landed. NOW !8 YOUR CHANCE painless ciuvfrt'cofit ine $75-to l>t" cured; now yon can have the formula, a l a mess cum (free) for 10c. with 2:. for postage. Address MKS. l>. E. MORGAN. Girard, Ala. CS4%. 46-J»O Drop Business as Fa,r as Possible witlx Business Honrs. "There are times when it seems that a man's house is the best, and at times it is the oniy place for a business con­ sultation of importance, and no wife will resent such occasions," writes Ed­ ward W. Bok, in an editorial protest against " "Talking Shop' at Home," in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Those times are, however, rare, as every man knows, and they should be kept so. Business, at its best, Interests a woman simply because It interests her husband and because his interests are hers. She has no inherent love for it. She cannot have. It is not her sphere. And, there­ fore, to impose business talk upon her every evening, or nearly every evening^ is nothing short of an imposition and an injustice. Men ought to be wise enough to see this. And they ought to be se/nsible enough to understand that, for their own interests," it Is best for them to drop business matters, so far as possible, with business hours. A man's mind needs diversion; it requires exer­ cise in entirely different, channels from those in which it has been running dur­ ing the day. For this reason the prov­ erb-is so full of common sense that ev­ ery man should have a personal hobby as far removed from the nature of his business as possible. A sensible, hobby lias saved many business man from early collapse. The mind needs rest, and a man's home is the only place in all the world where such rest should be given it. And American Wives should more rigidly insist that this mental rest be taken by their husbands. It is not an easy matter in some cases for the woman of the home to take such a stand and persist in it. But she can do it if she will. A woman can do al­ most anything with the man who loves her if she only goes about it in the right way. The trouble is that so many women choose the wrong way. The practice of 'talking shop' should cease in our American homes. Our wives are right in the interest which they take in their husbands' business affairs. Their influence is frequently seen and felt in tlie business world. And it is ail influence which every right-minded man respects, knowing, as he does, that a woman always acts for the best inter­ ests of the man she loves. In her inter­ est and'sympatliy she is right. Nothing works as much good in a man's capac­ ity and enjoyment of business as his wife's faith, interest and co-operation in that business. So long as she per­ mits her interest and sympathy to act only as a means of encouragement she is wise." The Crocodile. There is little in the animal kingdom that can look so dead and be so much alive as a crocodile. The number of unsuspecting persons who have taken him for a log and have failed to dis­ cover their mistake until it was too late to be of any benefit to them will never be known. In ancient times, several years prior to the British occupation of Egypt, some of the people of that country wor­ shipped the crocodile as a god, there being nothing else like him. They fed him on dainties, and togged him out with jewelry. In other parts of Egypt, however, the natives looked upon him as a devil. Having no firearms, they did not till him with lead, but they managed to immolate him successfully with such weapons as were fashionable atcthat time. The crocodile is not so numerous in the Nile as lie was in the days of the Barneses family; in fact, he rather shuns the river now below the second cataract on account of the annoyances inseparable from tourist traffic. It seems impossible for a tourist to see a crocodile without trying to plug him with a revolver, and to a reptile that is fond of a quite life this"sort of thing is simply insufferable. He will not molest a man unless he can take him at a disadvantage, and so long as a man does nol^ unthinkingly, step on him the crocodile will go his way and calmly a wait his opportunity. He feeds on fish, but for a course din­ ner he would rather have humanity, black preferred, which shows there is no accounting for taste even among reptiles. His methods for capturing large game are plural as well as singu­ lar. Sometimes he will lie on a river bank, partly covered with sand or mud, until an absent-minded native wanders within reach. Having grabbed his prey, he will waddle into the water and there drown the straggler. He will then drag his victim ashore and bury him in sand or mud, and wait for days before he gorges himself. The Most Ijuxurious City. John Gilmer Speed writes of the money spent annually in "The Most Luxurious City in the World," in the Ladies' Home Journal. He asserts in a prefatory way that Now York is tlie most luxurious city in tlie world, and that expenditures are made on mere living with an elegance and ostentation unknown in any of the capitals of Europe. The total wealth of New York would, if equally divided, give to each man, woman and child of that city ?3,756.82--an amount greater than any other city in the world. Mr. Speed states that $20,400,000 are paid annual­ ly to the lawyers of New York; $11,- 328,000 to physicians and surgeons; $3,- 000,000 to the clergymen; $2,665,000 to architects; $1,600,000 to dentists; $13,- 020,000 to brokers. An aggregate of about $100,000,000 is spent annually for clothing. $10,000,000 for furs, $20,000,- 000 for diamonds and other jewels, $3,- 500,000 lor cut flowers and growing plants; *$20,000,000 on yachting (the boats representing an investment of $20,000,000), which is something more than is spent yearly on horses and car­ riages. The elevated railroads take in $12,000,000 for carfare, and the surface liues $15,000,000, a total of $27,000,000 for going about New York. Mr. Speed estimates that $31,S37,500 are spent by New-Yorkers each year for European travel, $2,537,500 of which go for steamship tickets. New-Yorkers spend $30,000,000 for beer and $90,000,000 for wine and spirits--about sixty-six and two-third dollars for each person per year. In their gifts to charities New- Yorkers are most liberal, $9,000,000 be­ ing the annual sum thus exp'euded. More money is spent in supporting and furthering church work in. New York than is paid all theaters and play­ houses of the city. The total spent for amusements is $5,900,000, while con­ siderably more than $6,000.0f:0 is con­ tributed to the support of cLurches, Girls' Evening Dresses. "The materials in vogue for young girls* gowns for evening parties are simple but dainty," writes Isabel A. Mallon in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Lightweight silks, chiffon over silk, organdy or dotted muslin developed in the same way with decorations of youthful-looking laces and'many rib­ bons make particularly pretty gowns for evening wear. The young girl's bodice is made, either quite high and finished with a soft frill about her neck or else it is cut out in wThat is known as the 'Dutch square.' Long sleeves or elbow puffs are proper with the 'Dutch square,' and many picturesque effects are obtained by this combination.^ -No matter how rounded ,an arm may be, nor how pretty the hand, evening gloves should be worn with the party dress. The fan is not an absolute ne­ cessity to the evening toilette, but it is always a pretty and a graceful addi­ tion. "China silk, lightweight corder silks, chiffon, organdy and muslin are the ma­ terials dedicated to the young girl. When any one of these is made.up for evening wear the lining should lie of a lightweight, but not -^ corded, silk, or an inexpensive satin! Pale blue, tur­ quoise-blue, rose and salmon pink, pale silver-gray, and, best of all, white, are the colors in vogue for the young girl. No matter how charming the heliotrope shade may seem it should uot be chosen for a young girl, and no matter how- glowing and attractive a bright red fab­ ric is, it is inartistic as a party dress, and should on no account be chosen. In this connection it may be shiil that the prettiest of all party, dresses for a young girl Is the one made of white material.". To Evict a Dead Body. Mrs. H. Lewis, of 5S Second avenue, has begun legal proceedings to evict the tenant of her prospective grave in Cypress Hills cemetery, who, she says, is wrongfully in possesion of it. The tenant is unable to file an answer to Mrs. Lewis' suit, but his relatives are making a vigorous fight against the woman. Mrs. Lewis' late husband bought a lot in the cemetery about four years ago. containing just space enough for two graves. One he intended to oc­ cupy himself ,and the other was for his Wife: Shortly after that he died and entered upon possession of his own share of the plot. It has been the custom of Mrs. Lewis and her son to visit the husband and father's grave at short intervals. Their last visit was on Labor Day, and then they discovered a newly made grave in Mrs. Lewis' «half of the plot, and at one end of it a stone bearing the inscription "Salmon Solomon." Mrs. Lewis immediately retained couuscl, who served notice on the man­ agers Of the cemetery that Mr. Solo­ mon's body must be removed at once. An investigation was made and it was found that Mr. Solomon had been buried by mistake in Mrs. Lewis' grave instead of the adjoining one, which belongs to the Congregation Cheyre Macphela, of which he was a mem­ ber. The congregation, however, re­ fuses to disinter Mr. Solomon's body, as to do so would be a violation of the Jewish law. The cemetery author­ ities have offered Mrs. Lewis any other grave she may select, but she in­ sist on resting beside her husband, "id her counsel have served notice on \ ? managers of the cemetery that un­ less the grave is vacated within thirty days a suit for the eviction of its occu­ pants will be begun.--New York Her­ ald. Early Mining Laves. "The earliest mining laws were en- | acted, not by Congress, but by the min­ ers themselves in the mining districts," writes ex-President Harrison in the Ladies' Home Journal. "It,is a curi­ ous fact that from 1849 to 1866, the period of the greatest development in the mining of gold, there, no law of the United States regulating the sub­ ject. The prospectors roamed over the public lands, located placer or quartz mines, and took out a fabulous store of gold, without any title whatever to the lands from which they dug this great store of wealth. They were In a strict sense trespassers. A policy to reserve mineral lands from sale under the gen­ eral laoid laws lia{l-Prevailed for many years, and-liad. ljeen expressed In suita­ ble laws, but no provision had been made for the sale of such lands. "In the land grants to the Pacific Rail­ road companies it was provided that mineral lands should not pass under the grants. The river beds, gulches and mountain sides were prospected by men who carried picks and basins in their hands, and a brace of pistols in their belts. They were aflame with the lust of gold, and among them were many desperate men; but they had tlie Anglo-Saxon instinct for organizing civil, institutions, and his love of fair- play. There were no mining laws, and in many places none of any sort. They met the emergency by a public nieetihg. which resolved itself into a legislative body with full powers, and made a code that did not cover a wide field, but covered their case. The limits of a. claim and the distribution of the water supply were prescribed and establish­ ed, and every man became a warrantor of every other man's title. These camp legislators had this advantage of Con­ gress, and of all other legislative bodies that I know of-they had a good prac­ tical knowledge of the subjects they deait with." A False Teaching. The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst writes of "The Young Man at Play" in the La dies'-Home Journal. He asserts that "it is play rather than toil that is most germane to our true nature and that lies closest to the Divine in­ tention. The care needing to be ex­ ercised as to the quality of our amuse­ ments must never be construed into a verdict against . amusements in .them­ selves considered. With most of us the play impulse stands far more in need of encouragement than it does of restriction. The proverb,.'It is bet­ ter to wear out than to rust out,' is true in form, but false in spirit. The flowers do not wear out, but neither do they rust out. One reason why so many people are asking whe.i'.er life Is worth living is that we -ire teach'5' ing ourselves that man's chief end is to struggle and to crucify spontaneity on a cross of drudgery. We are not arguing for indolence. Indolence is as distinct from play as a pool is from a mountain brook. But we shall be greatly disappointed in Heaven if it does not give a great deal of oppor­ tunity for energy to issue in activity that takes no thought and is a joy to itself; and an experience Lhar will be saintly in Heaven can hardly with reason be criticised as limp and puer­ ile if indulged in before we enter Heaven." Delicate Prints on Iron. It is a curious fact that has often been proven by actual experiment, that a delicate fern or other leaf may be placed between two smooth blocks of iron and have a plain impression of every rib and fiber of itself left on the hard surface of the iron plates after they have been driven suddenly together by the explosion of a stick of dynamite. Another experiment In. this line and one equally curious is made with a smooth block of iron or steel and a cake of compressed gun­ powder. A delicate piece of lace is placed on the metal surface and the disk of powder is laid on top of the fabric. When the powder is detoued the lace will be utterly annihilated, but its impression will be clearly left on the metal. Is No Choice. Young Man--Ah! How do, Dick? your sister at home? *' Little Dick--Which sister? The home­ ly one what's goin' to have all pa's money, because she's likely<> to be an old maid, or the pretty one what ain't goin' to have any thin? Young Man--Um--err--both of them.! --Woonsocket Reporter. Strength and Sex in Royality. It is noted that the women of the royal families of Europe are, on the average; much stronger, mentally and physically, than the men. When you can't say anything else complimentary of a man, you can usu­ ally say that he means well. Photographs Not Good Evidence. Photographic copies of an original, it is claimed, are not acceptable as proof before a court. Inasmuch as the photo­ graphs may easily be changed to suit the wish. Expert picture makers can take a photograph, and by various pro­ cesses secure a composite containing several features desired that did not ex­ ist in the original. A celebrated photographer of this city says that it is easy to show the body of one person with the head of. another, or it is possible to insert certain features desired in a photograph. The producers of art photographs often use the form of one subject and the head of another, in order to obtain the most symmetrical results, and thus form a sort of compo­ site picture. "By tlie use of nitric acid," lie says, "any part of the silver-print photo­ graph, the one commonly used, can be erased. If the picture were a platinum print, which is unlikely, the same effect could be secured by the use of aqua regia, or a liquid composed of a mixture of nitric and muriatic acids, which acts as a solvent for gold or platinum prints." It was shown that original signatures could be erased and others pasted or copied thereon, and then a photograph taken, from which it would seem that the result was a perfect photograph of an original paper.--Philadelphia Call. ftln9cnlar Rheumatism Had finch a Hold on Him that He Could Walls " Only-with the Aid of C.rntches--Pink Pills Were Given a Trial, and Al­ though 8G Years Old He Has Thrown ABlde His CrutchcS. From the New Era, Greensburo. Ind. Mr. William Levi, of Jackson, Mich., is a highly respected and respectable olil gentleman, who if he lives four years longer will be 90 years of agt*. Mr. Levi now enjoys good health, and is surpris­ ingly active for a man of his yaars. but such was not the case until very lately, for it is not very long ago since Mr. Levi could only get about with the aid of crutches, and then very poorly. The following is Mr. Levi's story in liis own words: "Ever since early manhood I was a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism,' and in the endeavor to obtain relief have become almost a pauper. For thirty years I did not enjoy a sound night's rest, nor did I have anything taste good to trie, and for sixty years 1 could not walk without canes or 'crutches. Of . course, I tried every physician near me without any i,relief, ii«id after .one bitter attack which lasted six weeks', everybody think­ ing my time had come, I Was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People,; and did so. While taking the second box I was able to throw away my crutches, and by the time six boxes wore •taken, I was able to dd .any, kind of wOrk. that a. man of iny lige could do. I how go about with only. the assistance of . a cane.' hijvsight is good and hearing al- ini st perfect, and all the'credit of the change, is due to Dr. Williams' Modi-- cine/' * ,;v.' ./ . Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and riclir.-'ss stO the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box. or six b.oxes for $2.r*.). and may be had of all' drug­ gists or directly by mail from Dr. Will­ iams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. A Sociable Cycle. The tandem cycle does not permit of the travelers sitting side by side and talking tete-a-tete, in a sociable fashion, hence a maker has introduced a bicycle with two seats abreast, two sets of driving pedals, and two steering han­ dles; the bind wheel is thus actuated by two separate chains. "t\ difference in weight between the two travelers only causes a certain list of the ma­ chine to one side. The start is made by one passenger getting into the saddle while the machine is at rest, and the other mounting when holding it verti­ cal and putting it in motion. The de­ scent from the bicycle is effected in the same way, but in inverse order--that is to say. one gets off while the machine is going and holds it upright until the other descends. Chinese Mail Service. Tlie mails in China are different from the postal arrangements of any other country in the world. In China the mail service is not in the hands of the Gov­ ernment, but is left to private persons to establish postal connection, how and wherever they please: Anybody may open a store and hang out a sign adver­ tising that he is ready to accept letters to be forwarded to eertain placos or countries. The result of this arrangement is that in populous towns there are a great number of persons accepting letters to be forwarded to all parts of the coun­ try; at Shanghai, for instance, there are not iess than thirty-five hundred stores competing with each other and carrying on a war to the knife as far as rates are concerned. This system, although having great faults, has some good qualities. There are several parties accepting letters in one certain town. The Chinese mer­ chant who writes letters two or three times will patronize several of the con­ cerns. and asks his correspondent to inform him which he got quickest. Hav­ ing experimented for a while, he will select the firm giving the best service, but he always has the choice of several mailing agencies for his correspond­ ence. Fed a Millionaire Unawares. Herbert Pritchard, a foreman on the Trenton cut-off branch of the Penn­ sylvania Railroad, living at Heaton, Pa., tendered his resignation to the company, aiid has a public sale of his household goods advertised, reward for an act of kindness being the cause of his resignation. One day last week a shabbily attired young man came along by the' house of Pritchard, and asked for something to eat. With­ out any hesitation his request." was granted, and the tramp was taken into Pritchard's household and kept there for several days. The stranger informed ills benefactor that his name was Flaschman, and that he was worth $3,000,000 in his own right, and more­ over, that he would reward him with mouey'as Well as with friendship. Ev­ erything turned out as Flaschman stated. The young millionaire is ab: sent from his home on account of re­ ligious differences. It is said he has already placed $1,S00 in Pritchard's keeping, and will shortlj' deed other property, to him. He also induced Pritchard to resign his position, and the latter will henceforth act as com­ panion to the millionaire. They are making arrangements to sail for Eu- rope.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat Not Original. Editor--I really cannot accept this poem, Mr. Conpal. It is simply non­ sense, and the subject is not original. >oet--Well, you don't need to talk. Your observation is not original either. Lots of editors have made the same re­ mark to me already.--Judy. Texas. In the agricultural line Texas leads all jther States in the variety of its produfcis. Cotton, corn and the cereals grow and are raised in every section of the State and in the central and southern portions sugar cane and sorghum cane are profitably cultivated. On the Gulf <?oa»t two and three crops of vegetables are raised each year. Berries are shipped six weeks in advance of the home crop in the north. Pears, peaches, plums, oranges, figs, olives and nuts all grow abundantly and can be marketed from two to three weeks in advance of the California crops. Large quantities of rice arc now grown. If the land-seeker, the home-seeker or the settler desires to secure a farm larger than the one he occupies, on vastly more reasonable terms; if he wants more land to cultivate, a greater variety of crops to' harvest, with proportionately increased remuneration, at a less outlay for cost of production; if he wants an earlier sea­ son with correspondingly higher prices; if ho wants milder winters, all the year pasturage for his stock, improved health, increased bodily comforts and wealth and prosperity, lie should go to Texas. Send for pamphlet descriptive of the resources of this great State (mailed free). Low rate home-seekers' excur­ sions via the Missouri, Kansas and Tex­ as" Railway ofiTuesdays, Nov. 3 and 17, Dec. 1 and 15, 1896. H. A. Chorrier, Northern Passenger Agent, 316 Mar- ouette Building, Chicago, 111. Handel's Humor. During a performance of the "Mes­ siah"' in Dublin.: Duljourg led the band. and one evening had a close to make ad libitum. Following the fashion, the violinist took his cadenza through the most extraneous keys until Handel be­ gan to wonder when the shake would come which was to terminate the long close. Eventually it came, whereupon Handel, to the merriment of the audi­ ence, exclaimed loud enough to be heard: "Velcome home, velcome home, Mr. Dubourg!" CINCINNATI FLYER. Monon Route and C., H. & D. The Monon has put on a fast flyer for Indianapolis and Cincinnati in connection with the C., H. & D. The train leaves Chicago, Dearborn Station, at 11:50 a. m.. reaches Indianapolis at 4:37 and Cin­ cinnati at 7:45 p. m.. thus making the run, Chicago to Indianapolis, iu four hours and forty-seven minutes, and Cin- citimti in seven hours and fifty-five min­ utes. This is the fastest time made be­ tween Chicago and Indianapolis and Cin­ cinnati by any line. The "Cincinnati Flyer" is equipped with pjegant, day coaches, the Monon celebrated high-back­ ed seats, parlor car and dining car. City Ticket office, 232 Clark street, Chicago, 111. Slow Pay. • "The wages of sin is death," quoted tlie preacher. "If that is the case," remarked Mr. Grump*. sotto voce, "there is a great delay in paying off some people I Jmow."--New York Herald. cGhastly Joys. Hendon, north of London, has a tav­ ern in a churchyard, witn. tombstones. { all around it. which has been kept there for many hundred years, and is the only licensed, house in such a place. The original building was burned down 200 years ago, the present house having been built soon after the restor­ ation of Charles II. It is believed that it was once a church house, as by the terms of the lease a rooirf must lie set aside for parish meetings, and for the preservation of the parish records. STATE OF OHIO. -CITY OK TOLEDO. 1 LUCAS COUNTY. (SF!- FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath tliat he Ls the senior partner of the firm of T. .t. 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