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WIVES AMBEE PUZZLED THEM. That Is Why the Greeks Called It "Electron." You a Remedy Which Insures SAFETY to LIFE of Both Mother and Child. MOTHERS FRIEND COSF1SEMEOT OF ITS FAIX, HOttUOtt ASD DANGER, Makes CHILD-BIRTH Easy. BBADHBLD HZGflLATOB Atlanta, Os. SOtD JIT DBUOOISTS.

A SHORT JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA IN FIRST CLASS STYLE The Southern Pacific Co "SUNSET LIMITED" TRAIN. Over the Sunset Orleans to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Was discontinued Apr.l The accommodations given thb gr-at number of- of the above during tbo past tourist was Th MnnnnllCCUlt'Ut flt toc next season of ilut-r vijiilpuient siiin-rini- iiuyiLilnv 1 in transeontlaenml irHilic. Loot for early of "HUNSET LIMITED" this fall. For Home Seekers.

The Southern Pacific Cu. "Sunset In connection with tiw "Queen tnd Cre 8 cent Route" are running tbo only line of through tourist Pullman Bleeps leaving Cincinnati Thursday evening for Los Angeles and Francisco. These excursions are-specially cou- Hocted. and the object Is to. enable tho.t do not care to buy.

the flrst-class ronnd trip or one way tickets, to enjoy comfortable ride with sleeping car privileges and no change of cars at the low second-class rate. For further Information, address B. CONNOR, Commercial Agt. 8. P.

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New La, TIME TABLES. Sta-clffia. from That Word Derived Our Own Chlneno Ood or a I'CHrt Other Kurt) CurloH, -WashinKton -Electricity is. something about which nobody Knows very much, nnd concwning which very few kaow anything," says the electrician of the capital "I have been hnndliag electricity for many years, hut 1 have much to learn 0b recently I did not know the derivation of the word. U-cnuso 1 am not a dialectician.

I have become interested in the collection of amber, pearl. A FINE SPECIMEN. 5W8Biiaipmi Bradford 3:00 am; ni. m. mi J.

A. McCUI-I'OttGH. Agent. BAST BOUND. 1 1 A Boston llm dally 'old no 42..

Ml a EEL RIVER DIVISION. WEST BOUND. 10:30 am EA8 BOUND. VAN DAL! A LoT IND No lifts South Bend via Coltax. Mnckl No 20 lias tniough sleepers, St Lonls to MacKl naW FOR THB BOOTH No 18 Torre HRUtedalljex Sun 7 13 am So 11 lor Haute dally ei Sun No 21 dflllj 6X No 13 has lliroiiRli pBtlor car, Sontn oenu iu lndlanaix)lU Tin Uouux.

a No 21 Has through Sleeper, Mackinaw to 31 l-rals. Arrives dallj except i-- ftuareM Or B. A. Ford. General Bt Loulfc Ho.

pneumonlt. A. J. IvBirrence, of Beavei-; Balm brought me ont pneumonia in Myi: ri ot nletidid It wonderful tern- for eonijba and long troublet. Also for outward tue, for cold wret snd cha for outwar tue, or urn, snd chapptd hands face, it likenuglc.

It Invaluable in the 07." tilings ni nn- t.Vrriiml" wiiVshow you the but first I want to tdl you about electricity It 11 in the Greek word doktron, which was applied to timber of years ago. The nnc.enU aiseovercd amber, but it puzzled them to la'iou- whether it was a lactul, mineral or iewcl. found that it was made eli'Ctrical by friction, and so they called it elektron; and from that we get our word electricity. are various forms of electricity Common- electricity is produced by friction, and for many years glass and amber were the principle articles used in producing it. it came into common use electricity was looked upon with owe bv even those who produced i i by friction.

Then J.here is galvanic or voltaic electricity, resulting from chemical decomposition in a galvanic battery. Atmospheric electricity is seen and wondered ot everybody from childhood to old age. It comes with thunder storms, and is sometimes very. destructive, shattering church steeples, setting houses, rushing down the sides of trees, and sometimes killing people in open fields. There are many artificial rannifestatibns of this mysterious power of nature, and it is becoming ft necessary part of modern civilization.

It is the most econoimcol and popular motive power for street and suburban railways; it has superseded das as on illuminnnt; It is used for cookery in place of wood, coal and gasoline; and its uses for telegraphing and 'telephoning ore mnrvelous in extent. in the capitol life would sometimes bo unendurable with gas light and its "There are thousands of miles of wire concealed in these solid marble walls, and throughout the granite basements and subways. The weather bureau its connects here, and in the senate and house and lobbies there ore skilled scientists who tell the statesmen -all about the weather in their distant homes, as well as the speed of the wlnJ and the condition of the temperature outside the capitol building. The tele- craph wires which connect tie capitol with the white house and the executive departments also tap the through wires to the commercial centers, so that with electricity we are constantly in conneAc- tion with the entire world. And yet, as I said before, very few people know any- thmg scientifically about it, and only recently did I know the derivation of th all men, I am talking about my own specialty, when'l started out to show you my curios and tell jou some of the strange about them Amber being electric was colled elektron, and you see how attractive becomes with a little fraction.

Heic is a large piece of virgin, amber, of the Jarg est piecc3 in the world. By robbing it with this chamois 5km it becomes heavily these bits of paper and cardboard flying after it as I pass it the table It is not to be wondered that the ancients regarded it as (ffld magical. They believed that there was of good or of evil in the amber, and that heat incited that spirit to hUelf. The prevailing impres- 8io was that it was a spirit of aflco- tion, drawing others towards it without malice. Many, however, belied that the spirit in the amber was malevolent, and that it would deceive ar.d destroy all who came under its inl u- ence.

The human mind is naturally more theological than philosophical, and.hcnce we have so many religions the world. They all fieem to arise from natural 'disposition of lathom the unfathomable, and to build theories concerning' the supernatural. The amber was fruitful of much speculation and'the old-time philosophers pled away from earth without even knowing the. origin of the mysterious 61 of amber having flies or. other Innectaimbeddedin them excited philos, ophers and of the, olden Amber must have attracted "he insects arid them: and ye amber appeared be a solid, sub- ktance, without life, month, or digestive organs.

These phenomena are 6 for we know that in the process of hardenacg in. the flies and other held In its gummy embrace, and there they are to-day, perfectly preserved, and looking very much alive, although imprisoned. I once saw and tried to purchase- a beautiful specimen which contained a little i7 ard with five legs, looking as alive as a living lizard could look in a teaspoonful of syrup; but It had been dead for' thousands of yeiu-s. specimen is in' and no amount of money will buy it. was at one time more valuable than gold, because it was scarcer.

In the Fourteenth century nnd previous to that time, amber was made into knives and forks with one-prong for the use of princes and dignitaries of the church. In those days nobody knew the real amber fields, and a great deal of it was found by the seashores, where it was washed up by the waves. It has been discovered, however, that the extinct cone-bearing trees nourished in immense forests on the plains of north Germany, and amberistherediscovered in large quantities by miners. Large quantities of it are also found in the yellow sandstone along the Baltic "shores. There are regularly opernterl amber mines in cast Prussia at I iil- micken, and it is also picked from the cliffs, much as placer miners find gold in California pockets.

Consequently amber is no longer more valuable than trold but on the contrary it is on the market nt from two to fifty dollars per pound, according to its quality. It is no longer used for knives nnd forks, but is most gererally used for mouth pieces on meerschaum and other pipes. is EO longer one of the mysteries- of the world but one of the commodities. But the specimens found in various- pjacei. in peculiar conditions, still find their way into the cabinets of the collectors of is something as wonderful aa the containing in.wc-)-s, at this diminutive Cbiufse.

It is a Experience of Three Gay Youths a Female Sandow. ey Start a mrtiitlon on a Cubic at MMnlKht THut Thorn All In thu (iottur Sic Scmpor peri'ct pi-nr. that no senator could ever have chiseled it nnd polished it so perfectly. "Pearls axe morbid symptoms oysters If a bullet is imbedded in human flesh nnd not extracted, the man lives, the bullet becomes encysted. Nature forms a coating around it.

I fiat is exactly what is done by nature for the pearl-bearing oysters. All along the -Chinese coast this fact Is token advan- of. The cunning Chinamen know that if a grain of. sand gets the shell of the oyster, nature will fora. coating after coating of pearly secretion around the disturbing particle, thereby protecting the oyster from irn- Three Hyde Park (Chicago) who luivu hitheito prided themselves their winning ways with the Xajr sex are nursing their numerous secret, a- recent attempt at flirtation with a strange woman having ended disastrously.

Their uttfi- discomfiture on this occasion is credited to Mme.tucea, as she is known on the stage, and who has been giving performances in a concert pavilion Lake avenue, Hyde Park. She is fair of feature and perfect in form, her vaudeville performances being general' ly a great attraction for beardless youth and bald-headed men alike. The other night Mme. Yucca closed her engagement at the pavilion and started for the city on a cable car which left Fifty-fifth street and Lake avenue shortly before midnight. was unaccompanied, with the exception oi a small dog, which she held in her lap.

The seat occupied by the performer was the front ouc in the grip our, ana tbfl hour being late but, few passengers were aboard when the train of three curs started on its trip to the city. At Fifty-first street and Cottage Grove ttVenue three young men cut across from Washington park and boarded the grip car. All of the new passengers were smoking cigarettes and carried canes of large size. The fair occupant of the forward seat eoon attracted their attention and all three began the cus- tomary'small talk which leads up to tin- Two'of the youths seated themselves directly hack of Jlme. Yucc.i.

while the third, 'after standing'for a short time on the. footrail, attempted to seat himself beside the woman. As Mme. "cca form is of ample proportions she filled up the entire seat and the- young man 'was forced to resume his former posi- tioi on the footrail. He had spoken to jrazilian Baint THE GEESI SODTfl AMERICAN I RAC10ALJ.Y CURES CATARRH! It clears the head of foul mucous; heakOic ores and ulcers of the head and throat; the breath, perfectly restores.

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tS: -Some ingenious Chinaman fashioned this little god, and then forced open the HOME TESTIMONIA otuei. UULUS-. i ca'arrh. Brazilian aaiin "It ste es in worn almost to the gravewltkarac B. F.

JACKSON Means, H. D. Haltery and A IlNGOLfi TIABCUJJK. THB INGENIOUS CHINAMAN. the occupant of the seat, however, and considering the.

ice broken started in to hold a conversation, while his companions smiled in apparent appre- 01 Aiflrst Mme. Yucca paid no attention to the youth's prattle, turning a deaf ear to his volley of questions, but as his In JJOWES Conrtlpatlon. Art. on Colds Rofreshlna Condition. CURES CWa Compl.xlbr, 0 tml r-t ForsalcbyB.F.KEESMNG digestive organs.

no longer mysterious, for we.know that "mber Is aetually the fossil gum of nn "m- limber is actuuujr extinct tree. This ghell of a largo oyster, and put the god inside. Natures proceeded to cover the intruding object with numerous secretions, until behold we have a pearl god; ami it is indeed one of the Bonders of my collection. The oyster assaulted must have been a large one. It 1s'not unlikely that this experiment may'have been tried on a number of oysters before one was found strong and hea'lthy enough to live and cover the idol with pearl.

"The Chinamen make a regular business of raising pearls, and they introduce all sorts of little objects oyster shells. It is a difficult to pry open the oyster shell without break- ine.lt.ThB live oyster shuts his mouth pretty tight, and it re-quires patience, experience and skill to force open the lips just far enough without killing tB8 mbllusk. Of course, all pearls are not artificially produced; in fact only small proportion of them. Exit all of the curiosities are the result of Chinese manipulation. The pearl.divers bring oysters to the surface for food, as well as for their pearls.

risk their lives on all occasions, for. the ocean is full of'sharks, and many a diver has gone goyly at his work, never.to be seen again on earth. He has become food for some one of the monsters of the deep. I have -reatl some wonderful stories of fights which pearl divers have had with sharks, in. which the divers have come out victorious by striking the sharks behind the pectoral with lo'ng, keen knives.

It is narrated of one diver that he matin by killing two sharks iff day, one 30 feet Jong, and the other 35 long. He was.called the bravest man on earth, and; was made captain of the body guard of liis king. "Now with these few pointers about amber and pearls, if you will go to the Smithsonian institution and study, the immense collection there you will find much to interest you and your readers. You should also look at the crystals. The word crystal comes from the Greek word Krystallos, which means ice.

The ancients believed crystal to be ice so thoroughly congealed: that no amount of would melt it. is one the exploded fictions of ancient science. Nearly all 6f the jewels-of nature have their histories and-their legends; Even until this day some of our ladies beve their theories concerning- lu'cky stones, unlucky stones, birth- stones, and all that sort of thing. A novelist once made a novel- the t. Everybody, read man, instead of heeding the i beamed nt her ecstatically, possession of one hand gave ivas more than Mme.

Yucca could stand. She rose up and grasped the bell or which she pulled several tunes, the Irlpman instantly applying the: brakes ndW.ng to ahaltin the nr.ddleoi: the block between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets. As soon as the tram came to a standstill Mme; Yuccasteppedfrom the car and-seized her tormentor by the lapelofhiscoatandwlthajerkthrewhim head first into the. gutter. The youth two companions started to his but the angry woman was prepared for and.

demonstrated the fact- by catching the flrst.one who jumped from the the waist and witbher right arm gave squeeze that toolt his breath away. Then dr ln f. limp form Mme. Yucca caught the third vouth by the back of the neck and the radded end of his coat-tails and.piled him in the gutter on top of his whowaajuRtawakcningtothe.facttliat something had struck him The disturbance only losted-ubout 30 seconds, arid by the time the conductor and gripman had reached the scene the three youths-were making long strides ta tte' direction of Hyde Park. Fearftl that a report of the affair would be made the company the conductor re- the fair defender of her dignity for her name, xne woman calmly Hand him a card bearing the following in scrlption: MADAME YUCCA, THE FEMALE SANDOW.

Champion Strong Woman of the World. "The'conductor'ceased to wonder why it was thathis plucky woman passenger had disposed of the trio of "mashers in such on easy manner. BOYSTAKTlNVOLUNTARY RIDE. Four Xonogiter. Looked ht While If four small boys who on Saturday played hide and seek an cor standing in the freight of the Centxal railroad lphia.

had but remembered that there snap lock on the door they would pot have been found half starved and a state of nervous collapse locked the car early Sunday morning by an in- 'ptS his rounds in the Jersey City yards of the railroad. Each of the boys Is 13 years old. Their favorite pastime Is to play among, the empty box cars that in th! yards. Saturday afternoon the boys, hiding from another, entered an an engine, backed up 10 draw Hie train away. Then they realized condition, and, as no one answered, of last sank exhausted to the car floor.

The train in the meantime bad started, and soon gained rapid headway. run from to Jersey City a picturesque one. The boys, did not appreciate the glimpses they, caught of it through the chinksof car door. At last the boys, tired out by their shouts aid, up on the car floor and went to sleep. six o'clock Sunday morning: Ibta inspector making his rounds in the; freight yards at Comnrunipaw s.

some one sobbing as he passed the in which the boys were con ing the door, he found one of the boystoj state of collapse, lying on Two others were sobbing in one All were taken to City and given a good meal. was sent to their parents 5n phia, and they were later taken home. BIG LUMP OF GOLD. Worth Sent to New to BB Melted. The largest chunk of gold ever been in Kew York city was.

down Broadway the it might just as- well of coal for all the general about it. It was taketi from Central depot, to the United States say office in Wall street in wagon and guarded by Actives. The big lump is worth 000. It was shipped to the assay bv the Bank of Montreal, Canada, belongs to the Cariboo Mh.ing mnv of British Columbia. I nt the-assay ojnce mat UK- been seen such nn amon'nt of one lump there before.

It was up in the aftersooa. IOVM the- mysteriouB." BMTTH positively cured fey these Little Pills. They alw relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion-and Too; Hearty A'per; fcct remedy, for Dizziness, Drown-. ness Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated. Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID, LIVER.

They Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. tmallPHU Small THE INSPECTOR MAKING HIS ROUNDS. imp ty box car. Crouched in the darkest Corner.

chuckling over their chum's inability to find them, when suddenly a man snapped the car door shut hurried to foe door and tried to force open. It resisted their efforts, however. Then they shouted for. help, but none came. Then four very miserable and frightened small boys wit down upon the floor of the Death by starvation and other flashed through their mmds WhHi-tbev cried there was a bump and the forward.cars:,of the tram, drawn For A ke.Trip? a i'ou'll fully ou lake ono rv AND 1AKE SU1 TRANSPORTATION CD'S EOANT STEAMSHIPS Iwidlour rew stacl ala.