CAUGHT A WALKING FISH.

large. It then tapers off to a small tail, but the peculiar part is that there are

po gills, or What are popularly known gssuch. Where these should be the skin js jast as it is all over the body. Ata

distance of about half an igeh and pro- trading from the belly near the central

are What might be called arms or legs. They are jointed and have some ten very fine claws. These, together with another pair farther anterior, the fish, when alive, used to walk about with on the bottom of the jar in which it was contained.

It would show fight instantly when approached and gave every sign of be- ing endowed with the spirit of the evil one, bristling up its fins, snapping its sharp teeth, elevating a sharp, knifelike appendage on the top of its nose and sending two currents of water from holes or false gills just back of the large, armilike appendages mentioned above.

When the fish was killed and placed ia alcohol, the bright yellow disappear- edentirely and left in its place a whitish color. —Pacific Commercial Advertiser.

" DIPLOMACY.

The Astute Mayor Knew How te Help Along His Own Town.

Anumber of indignant citizens had filed into the office of the mayor of 2 aval] but progressive town.

“We called,’’ said the spokesman of the party, ‘‘to see about your announce- ment that you would fight to the bitter ead the proposal of those two railroad companies to lay tracks so as to con- nect.’’

**Well,’’ was the reply, ‘‘what of it?’’ | **You don’t deny saying it, then?’ | **Certainly not.’’

“And yet youcall yourself a wide awake man, competent to look after the interests of an ambitious community like this?’’

‘lam doing my best to deserve ap- proval."’

**Don't you realize that the junction of those two roads is one of the best things that could happen to this city?’’

‘Certainly. ’’

““And yet you are doing your best to stop it:’’

The mayor reflected for a few min- Utes and then said:

“Gentlemen, will you keepa secret?’’

“If it’s nothing detrimental to the City’s interests.”’

“Well, lam just as anxious to have that work done as you are, but you know how they usually go about such things If we let them alone, they'll begin work about the last of November, leave things torn up all winter and not finish before next summer is half over. Now, if they have really determined to make this improvement, my saying I disapprove of it won't change them, but it will have one effect—it’ll put them % their mettle. They'll get together a Sng of men some nicht and put them % work with lanterns and rush the job

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Frank Davey, th hot ipher, is the | rz a We strange fish, @bich aft having exhibited toa num- ber | Ww le still alive he put into 8 Che fish is known | to some re, but is quite rare. Its h he deep water, and if the gory | » Chinaman who pro- eared i that the catch was | made in iratively shallow water jest outsic . harbor—is to be de- | pended ou the occurrence is indeed un- gsual.

It is about three inches in length and qhen alive was of a bright yellow hue, with spots of black here and there. Its | youth is quite large, and the part of the body nearest is correspondingly

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LEADERS OF VALUE

Wouldn’t Stand It.

The uniformed guard at the entrance of the Field Columbian museum stopped the man in the brown suit who was about to go in through the turnstile.

‘‘IT can’t let you take that cane in- side,’’ he said.

‘*Why not?’’ demanded the other.

‘‘It’s against the rules. You'll have to check it at that window.’’

‘*What will that cost?’’

**It will cost you 5 cents.”’

The man in the brown suit hesitated.

‘*This is the Field museum, isn’t it?’’ be asked.

«é Yes. ”

‘*Marshall Field’s?’’

‘Yes. He’s the man it’s named for.”’

‘*Well, I'll be everlastingly gumdast- ed if I'll stand it! I don’t care for the nickel, but I bought this cane of Mar- shall Field, by jocks, and I’m not go- ing to pay him for keeping it half an pour while I look at his old show!”’

And he went away, uttering dreadful things. —Chicago Tribune.

The Bishop's Discomfiture.

There is an anecdote of a London bishop who, having read that story of John Wesley cutting out every word of his discourse that his servantmaid did not understand, determined to preach to a country congregation the simplest sermon he could write. He chose an elementary subject and took as his text, ‘‘The fool hath said in his heart there is noe God.’’ On leaving the church he asked the parish clerk what he thought of the sermon. ‘‘Oh, my lord,’’ said he, ‘*it was very fine—very fine and grand.

I’ve been talking it over with Mr. ,

Beard, and we said how fine it was. But, after all, we can’t help thinking that there is a God.’’—Chambers’ Jour- nal.

The Royal Geographical Society of England has nearly 4,000 fellows. In its library are about 70,000 volumes and pamphlets. The society is not mere-

ly the headquarters of geographical {

science in Great Britain. It is virtually the headquarters for the whole world. ED

The Bank of England was opened 202 years ago.

Beginning Novy. 1, 1899, Vienna will make its own gas. The 50 years’ fran- chise of the gas company there will ex- pire then. The city recently proposed to buy the works, but the corporation asked too high a price. Vienna then arranged to build a municipal plant and the cam- pany promptly capitulated.

—_> 0+ A great combine is being formed in New York of the wire rod, wire nail and other | wire interests of the United States.

Are You Going to Dye ?

| Successful Dyeing Can Only Be Done With Diamond Dyes.

Thousan?s dye this month. The vast majority make the work profitable and pleasant, while others are confrented with disaponitmeut. despair and ruin.

The happy and successful dyers are those who always nse the Diamand Dyes that produce the brightest, fastest end most lasting colors. The discontented and unhappy onesare the few that! use the common and crude paekage and soap grease dyes, giving mudey and bloteny colore,

If you desire to make your costumes, drerses, capes, jackets blouses, etc , look like new garments, buy some fashionable dark color of the Diamond Dyes, and you will be astonished with the results. Now ie the time to look out the men’s and boys light colored aad faded clotiing and make them ready for another season’s wear. Fast Diamond Black, Seal Brown, Indigo or Navy Blue will give wanificent shades on all garments. Insist upon your dealer giving you the Diamond Dyes every time you buy; then, and only then is the success assured.

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It is generally expected that the Dom- inion Parliament will be called together for Thursday, January 20th.

NO USE OF HIS LEGS,

Doctors Could Not Help Him, But Two Bottles of South American Kidney Cure Removed the Disease—The Story of a Wingham Farmer.

Kidney disease can be cured. Mr. John

! Snell, a retired farmer of Wingham, Ont., isays: “For two yeare I suffered untold 5 Fa)

avd at times could not walk, and apy standing position gave intense pair, the result of kidney disease. local physicians could not help me, and I was continually growing worse, which alarmed family and friends. Seeing South American Kidvey Cure advertised, I grrsp- ed at itasa dying man will grasp at anything. Result—before half a bottle had been taken I was totally relieved of pain, and two bottles entirely cured him me.” Tocure kidney diseave & liquid medicines-must be taken, and one that is a solvent, and can thus dissolve the aand-like partielss in the blood. Sold by Dr. 8. W. Docd and Geo. E. Hughes.

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' PERT PERSONALS. Sausage Maker Luetgert has defied the

law to do its wienerwurst.—Kansas City

Times.

Edwin Arnold, having married a native, will have somebody to listen to his Jap- anese poems.—New York Journal.

Miss Cisneros secured freedom by don- ning male attire. Dr. Mary Walker has always insisted that women could hasten their emancipation by wearing trousers.— Kansas City Journal.

Lieutenant Peary insists on being al- lowed five years in which to discover the north pole. There is really no occasion for all this hurry on his part. The pole is on ice and won’t spoil perhaps for a century yet.—-Chicago Chronicle.

The Prince of Wales renounced as god- father the world, the flesh and the devil on behalf of that Marlborough baby. This is a pretty broad contract even for ‘* Tummy’”’ Wales to undertake if the youngster in- herits any of the traits of the first John Churchill, dike of Marlborough.—Phila- delphia Press.

ANIMAL LIFE.

’ Giraffes are from 15 to 16 feet from the ground tothetipof their horns. Speci- inens from 18 to 23 feet have been known.

The canary is a delicate bird, extremely subject to diseases caused by chills and drafts, and seldom lives more than eight years.

The common American deer is from 4 to 5 feet in length, and it is a singular fact that the antlers of some species have ‘@ greater breadth than the length of the animal’s body.

The average size of the kangaroo is from 3 to 4 feet in height. Specimens from 6 to 7 feet are frequently met with on the Australian plains. A kangaroo has been known to make a leap of 90 feet.

The golden humming bird of Central America is the smallest bird in the world. It is five-eighths of an inch from beak to tail, and its wings spread almost an inch. tt is only a trifle larger than a bluebottle fy.

CTATE LINES.

a3entucky bankers met in convention and refused wine at a banquet. The other wonder in Kentucky is the Mammoth cave. —Dallas News.

We feel absolutely certain that the gen- eral use of cents in this state would add greatly te the comfort and to the savings of workers.—Stockton Mail.

With the Customary Apologies. The trial of the prisoner Through eight long weeks was strung. He got off easily enough— The jury ‘twas that hung. ' fe —Chicago Tribune,

CONOR? Y in taking Hood’s Sar-

saparilla, because ‘+ 100 doses one

dolla>” is peculiar to and true only of the One True BLOOD Purifier.

But Even a Chemist Cannot Always Rec- ognize It.

‘‘People are apt to jump at conclu- sions,’’ said a chemist in speaking of the latest notable murder case. ‘‘Chem- istry is a very nice science, but it is possible to make some sad blunders in applying it to law and evidence. There are certain things you can prove by it if you are sure of your premises and certain other things that you cannot. This thing of trying to prove a good deal by chemistry calls to mind the beef extract case that gave a packer in this city considerable uneasiness.

‘‘Somebody got hold of his beef ex- tract and claimed that it was made from horsefiesh, and it was proved by analy- sis—that is, to the satisfaction of the man that analyzed it. The ordinary test for horsefiesh, according to the authori- ties, is glycogen. This isa substance that, speaking in a general way, is found in horseflesh, but does not exist in beef, and it was shown that this par- ticular extract contained glycogen.

“The packer came to us in some dis- tress of mind for a way out of the diffi- culty. He said his extract was made of nothing but beef, and he wanted us to help him prove it, and we did so to his relief and to the satisfaction of the health officers. We demonstrated that, while an ordinary piece of beef did not contain glycogen, it existed im the heart, liver and blood of cattle, and some of each of these might have en- tered into the making of the beef ex- tract. The result was that the chemist who had arrived at such sweeping con- clusions from the first test had to back down from his position.’’—Chicago Times-Herald.

The New Ribbons,

The net ribbons are very attractive and are evidently going to be more than ever a feature of dress trimming. There are gorgeous plaids and the most fasci- nating array of stripes, up and down and across in the Roman fashion. Three or four shades of one color are striped together, with possibly a velvet stripe on one edge, and then again there are many stripes of contrasting colors blend- ing together with a bright, pretty effect. Oriental brocaded ribbons add to the variety, and so do glace ribbons with fancy borders. There are uncut velvet ribbons with the ribs ranning cross- wise, some in lovely colors, the newest being a clear shade of purple blue.

A BROKEN DOWN LUMBERMAN,

Not a Financial, But Worse, a Physical

Wceck—Past Doctors’ Skill, But Cured

by South American Nervine-

Prostrated by nervoue debility Mr. E. Erret, lumber merchaat and mill owner of Merrickville, Ont, was forced to with draw from the activities of business. He ssys:“ I tried everything in the way of doctors’ skill and proprietary medicines, but nothing helped me. I was influenced to us South American Nervine, and I can truthfully eay that I bad not taken half a bct:le before I found benefical effects. A result ot several bottles I fiad my self today strong and healthy, and ready for any amount of business, where before my bervous systein was so undermined that [ could scarcely sign my Ownpame with @ pen or pencil. I say, feelingly and know ingly, get abottle of this wonderful med icine,” Sold by Dr. 8. W. Dodd and Geo. E. Hughes.

Bermuda Lobsters.

In the neighborhood of the Bermudas the sea is extremely transparent, so that the fishermen cam readily see the horns of the lobsters protruding from their hiding places in the rocks at con- siderable depth. To entice the crusta- eeans from these crannies they tie a lot of snails in a ball and dangle them in front of the cautious lobster. When he grabs the ball, they haul him up.

It Seemed Probable. "Miss Flyte, do you think Miss Giggle is laughing at me?’’ ‘I can’t say, Mr. Softleigh. She often laughs at almost nothing.’’—Tit-Bits.

Sometimes the mort careful women are the most careless. Many a woman bundles herself up, to keep oat sickness—when the is neglecting the very worst sickness thut can come toa woman, She allows a slight disorder io become worse, to slowly sap her vitality. The little paix and the other slight indications of trouble seem to her unimportant. She goes on, with increasing suffering until life itself becomes adrag. Nervousness, “sinking epells,” digestive disturbances, and fifty other complications may srse from the derangement of the organs distinctly feminine. Over thirty years ago the need for a reliable remedy for so-called ‘‘female complaints” was recognized by Dr. R. V. Pierce, then, as now, chief consuitin phvsician to the Wor!d’s Dispensary an Invalid’s Hotel, at Buff lo, N. Y. He preprared Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescri tion, the most word-rfol’y eflective remedy that has ever been used for such maladies,

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