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BUSINESS AND LIFE. Proposed Alliance -with EnslanV. IftheUuited States and England A«BS® form -an alliance there would be BIOB chance for enemies to overcome us. Wh«sai ,men and women keep up their health with Has tetter's Stomach Bitters, there chance of attacks from disease, "ag? it steadies the nerves and increases the ap­ petite. Try it. ? ; A man never sees all that his BMOCT has been to him till it's too lq.te to let her know that he sees it.--W. D. ells. Pi8o's Cure for Consumption has wnff me large doctor bills.--G. L. Baker, 4239 Regent SQ.. PhiIadelphia, Pa.. Dee. 8, VOL English Statistics fhowihg Expecta­ tion of Mortality in Vnrinn« Triidrs. What effeet has your occupation upon your expectation of life? The new sup­ plement of the register general's re­ port referred to in the Daily News re­ cently does not exactly tell you that, W it gives,.'4 ."Jiiortj^itS^.figufe" for ^many occupations; tha^-Iicliis one to judge of the" vitality "OTlthe workers as a class. This figure is based on calcu­ lations limited to the forty years ended at age Go, so that the years of boyhood down the figures applicable to tbe • working .years. It is when judged:by this standard that the clergy are found to have the safest lives taken as a whole class, although a certain class of farmers have still safer lives. Taking 1,000 as the mortality figure for all males from 25 to (55, you can see from the following list how much better or worse off than the average male the men of certain callings nr^ Well jinder the Averr Far over the Aver­ age: age: Farmers (In agricul- Innkeepers(Iiidus- tural districts) .5<X5 trial districts).2,030 Clergymen 533 London hotel ser- Gardeners, nursery- vants ........ .1.971 men and seed- Filemakers .... .1.810 men .553 I<e-adworkers 1.7S3 Agriculturists ... .602 Totters 1.700 Teachers .604 '-Publicans .1,042 Farm laborers .. .632 Glass makers,.. .1.4S7 Lace manufactur-- Brewers .., .. .,,1.427 £rs .......709 Slaters..... 1.322 Tanners ........750 \ailmakers 1,301 Artists 778. Carpenters .783 . ' Nearer tbe average on one side and the other are the following: Curriers ..098 Builders 1.001 Tinplate workers.994 Tobacconists ...1.002 Tailors 9S9 Boilermakers .. .1,006 Cabinetmakers . .979 Hatters .1,109 Watchmakers ....977 Soapmakers 1,109 Shopkeepers .,.... ,973 Drapers 1,014 ©Physicians 966 Carriagemakers 1,040 Fishmongers 963 Bookbinders 1,030 Commercial travel- Cheesemongers ,1.061 ers -- .981 Law clerks 1.070 Greengrocers .y. .946 Printers ..1,096 Barristers ... .4., .821 It may be added for the comfort of some of these trades and callings that although 1,000 is the comparative fig­ ure for all ,males, for all occupied males it should be 953: for occupied males in London, 1,147; in the industrial dis­ tricts. 1,248, and in the agricultural dis­ tricts, 087. The variation in these standards of comparison shows that it is not only what you are but Where you are that affects your chances of long life.--London News. And suffer at leisure. 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"Why have you broken off with Will Kempton V" "He accused me of having a weak­ ness for building castles in Spain, and here I've sympathized with Cuba right from the first!" TEACHERS, ATTENTION. One Fare to Washington and Return The meeting of the National Education­ al Association at Washington, July 7-12. offers exceptional inducements to those who wish to visit the national capital. The Monon Route will sell tickets for one fare for the round trip (through sleepers) with ample time to make side trips to Mount Yernon and other points of inter­ est., Send a two-cent stamp for the Mo- non's beautiful Washington book. Ad­ dress Frank J." *Rced. G. P. A., Chicago. City ticket office, 232 Clark street. Lake Michigan signifies kn the na­ tive tongue "a weir for fish/*~-- HE STARTED AT THIS APPARITION. Suffered four years with female trou­ bles. She now writes to Mrs. Pinkham of her complete recovery. Bead her letter: DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:--I wish you to publish what Lydia E. 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Va, Map of the Scene of War. As the conflict progresses and new places and localities are brought with­ in the sphere of operations, the neces­ sity of having a good map constantly at hand is felt by every reader. The valuable new book. "Official Photo­ graphs of the United States Navy," contains first-class maps of all the Spanish possessions in which our troops and navy are operating, as well as 192 pages of valuable illustrations and matter descriptive of the vessels of the American navy and life aboard ship. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of 25 cents in silver by Chicago Newspa­ per Union, 93 South Jefferson street, Chicago, 111. The World's Telegraph System. The total length of the world's tele­ graph system is not much under 5,- 000,000 miles. This is inclusive of 1,- 814,000 miles of submarine cables. This mileage is apportioned as follows: Eu­ rope. 1,705,000; Asia, 311,000; Africa, 100.000; Australia, >218,000; 'America, 2,500,000. 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At Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis this line has sleeping cars placed in the stations at 10 p. m. which do not depart until after midnight, and in order to make them comfortable and cool have placed lG-inch rotary electric fans in each end of the sleepers, thus removing the heated and impure air from all parts of the car. ,The fans have been in operation about two weeks, and have been the sub­ ject of many favorable comments from the traveling public. It Must Be a Wonder. Jones--I see that a New York man has been arrested for having two wives and living with both of them in the same flat at one time. v Brown--Say, I'd like to see that flat. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the' cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bdttle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan- gerous. - - ; What There Is in It. Miss Wellwood--Do you believe there is anything in love at first sight? Mr. Hardacre--Oh, yes. 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ILL, CONFERENCES HELB ACROSS THE HEDGE rain. Rev. Smiles was called to the hedge by a little cry from his neighbor. "They are coming!" she cried in de­ light. "See! Here is the dearest little blade of green pushing up through the mold---and there is another--aud anoth­ er! Just look at them!" The rector found it necessary to leap the hedge (he had been something of an athlete at the university, and certainly this spring weather was sending the blood coursing through his veins quite like old times) and look at the crocus bed near to. "They are such lovely ones.'" she said earnestly. "I don't believe you noticed them at all last spring" (he pronounced maledictions upon himself for having been so blind as to miss so much beauty the previous season), "but they will be even better this year--if. we don't have that horrid frost you have been prophesying." But when he had returned to his own lonely domain and entered his study he stopped and thought seriously for a minute. Then he cast his flat-crowned ministerial hat upon the floor with great emphasis and exclaimed: "It's my creed. I tell you, that a man in rders should not marry!" Now, there wasT no one visible to argue the question, and yet there WHEN YOU WANT TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE „ OF THINGS, USE Hall's Catarrh Cnre. Is taken internally. Price 75 cents. A man who Can dig garden has a hard lot in life; his w^fe is always lending him to the neighbors. ~ Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Why doesn't the person who eats too much1 angel cake feel angelic? ="51 Certain Cure for £ Tired,Aching, Swell* ing and Perspiring M Feet. "Fut-Ake" curas >. Bunions, Corns. Chll- ^ b'alns. Fro'tbtes. ln- srnvitig Nails.,and Hot, -rtinKlnti Fe<H; also cures 1 •» 11 d prev nts • B istws. w • Callous and Sore Spots --11 on the feot. Price, 10 Cts. at Druggists', or mailed for ; 1 x "o Htamps STKKIJNG PHAhMACAL CO.. 905 dyrtle Avenue, Brooklyn N. Y. Gomez tbe Cuban Commander, With numerous sights and scenes con­ nected with naval service, the vessels of the Amerlcau' fleet and many other interesting war vjews, is represented in that valuable book of illustrations. "Oflicial Photographs of the United States Navy," together with colored maps shoeing the theater of war in the West Indies and the Philippines. Send twenty-live cents in silver to Chicago Newspaper Union, 93 South Jefferson street, Chicago, 111.; end receive the book by mall, postpaid. A quarter sectioL contains 160 acres. iMW. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Hie Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho //fTTT. Signature of T'&CC&iAS PENSIONS-^ Write Ca.pt. OTASBSLL. Pe&ilosAg<nt.WMfcl£gto&, X>.{L in time. Sold br druggtsta. BEEGEEOiaZi IN wrlflag Advertisers, please do aol fall to men* SMV tlr* Aditrtlsemeot la IbU paper.