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Show a position as to Insure its handle ing under the cup's bottom. BIRDS ARC EASILY POISONED. corn- Yon have now fulfilled one of tbe laws of gravity which will permit you to balanco your cup on tbo pcot of a knife if you aro careful about one Nature Secma to Have Neglected to Safeguard Them. Birds seem to bavo do diacrtoioa-lio- n whatever la regard to poison, probably because they have almost no tense of tmell and swallow tbelr food without masticating it. They aro ter rifled to paralysis by the appearance of a poison snake (unless tbe terror be due to dread of the appearance of tbe serpent rather than to an In - I herited knowledge of Its venomous power), but such Intelligent birds as rooks will pick up and eat poisoned I grain, and crows and ravens readily I eat poisoned egg or meat. Chickens will eat tbe poisonous seed of labur I cum and die from lta effects. "Whether birds such as tits and greenfinches ever do so does not seem to be known. But wild birds are frequently found dying in gardens, though apparently they have been In good health a few hours before, and their death may be probably due to the consumption of poisonous seeds. Seme Marriage Statistics. Miners marry at an earlier age than any other class of society. Following (hem, In due order, come artisans, la; borers, clerks, shopkeepers and farmer. The Independent class ahow the emalieHt percentage of any. thing find the exact place on the cup'a bottom on which It will balance. Fisos Cur cannot b too highly apoken f at Your hand should be very steady enough cur.J. if. OUiusw, 13 Third Ara, and must not tremblp a particle or lAUuwa polls, hi inn., Jan. 0, liXXX botbecause its the cup will slip off, Target Shooting. Praises Japanese Physicians. and tom is glazed very usually 1 shows tbo target cut out Figure Russian medical journal paya a be same result A ob The smooth. may Cigar bOX wood. A circular plcco Is . , skill of tho Japafirst cut. about one Inch In diameter, tained by us.nt, two knives Instead of high tribute to tho whom it declares to nese physicians, and eight small round pieces of card- well educated Invariably almost be board with the numbers 1 to 8 on and conscientious. tucm are mounted on toothpicks and grouped around it at even distances; Ryntp. Mr. XTIntlovrft Rootlbhi orure, reUue tbo other end of the toothpick are for eblidwa titlnv, ofiowU4 KofttwiUft. cvllu. curM til &AimaMioa, pJa, ji Aquarium Ink Trick. then Inserted In tho sides of tbo circu- There are many tricks which may Worship Motor Car. ho done with ink, but perhaps tho simnumber of people In the capA plest and one of tho roost interesting ital large of Kolapur, India, on seeing a is tbo Ink aquarium trick. motor car for tho first time, prostrated Present a glass full of Ink to the! themselves before it, declaring that II view of the spectators, then prove was moved by an Invisible god. that It is Ink by dipping a visiting card in It and showing tho card. Now announce that there are Hvo fish in American Dressmakers Are Best the tumbler that just thrive on Ink,! It Is said that an American dressand you will prove they are there by maker will do three times as much changing the Ink to water so that the work In a day as a dressmaker In onlookers may sco them. France. Throw a handkerchief over the Old 8oldler'e Story. glass so as to entirely envelop it, repeat an incantation and then suddenly Sonoma, Mich., June 13 That even whisk the handkerchief away. In actual warfare disease is more ten rlbie than bullets is the experience ol The audience will be very much as- Delos .Hutchins of this place. Mr. tonished to find tho glass filled with Hutchins as a Union soldier saw three water, clear as crystal, with several rears of service under Butler Barks fish swimming about in It. In the Louisiana swamps, and as a The trick is performed In this way. result got crippled with rheumatism Get a piece of thin black rubber cloth so that his hands and feet got all lar piece of wood. The target itself and line the inside of tbe gloss with twisted out of shape, and bow he suf- la fastened to a stick of wood about it, then tie a black thread to the up fered only a rheumatic will ever know. I eight Inches long, fastened to a stand, I per edge of the cloth. Attach a littfe For twenty five years he was In I as shown In the picture. The gun con- - button or bit of cork to tho end of the misery, then one lucky day his drug-- sists of a paper tube, which is made thread overhanging the tumbler, as gist advised him to use Dodd's Kid-- by winding cardboard, well covered I shown in the drawing, noy Pills. Of the result Mr. Hutchins I with glue, aroftnd the stem of a lead I Fill the glass with clear water, and I pencil. When it Is dry a piece about ays; "The first two boxes did not help! five Inches long is cut off. At 1 me much, but I got two more, and I Inches from one end we make an I got them used up 1 was a cislon about two Inches long, cutting great deal better. I kept on taking down to about half the thickness of them and now my pains are ail gone! the tubes. (See Fig. 2.) and I feel better than I have In years.! Figure 2 shows how a piece of I know Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure j whalebone about six inches long is f serted, acting as the propelling power of the gun. You shoot with a wooden Inches long, fitting peg about 1 into the barrel of the gun. To loosely more give it weight and strength we Insert a carpet tack as shown in Figure 3V - -- 1 1 in-befo- re 1 One Night Treatment with h'? I the.vBun TM. Will Interest Mothers. whalebone hand, pulling Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Chil- - j f Iren, usod by Mother Gray, a nurse in ( back with the index finger and insert Childrens Home, New York, Cure Feverishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move pnd regulate the bowels and destroy Worms. Bold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy,N.Y. if not, toy fish will serve, though the trick will hardly bo so effective. The ink test witli the visiting card A Good Tip. Be careful what you do here and don't worry about what will be done with you hereafter. Chicago News. There Is more Catarrh la this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and inscribed local remedies, and by constantly failing cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science bas proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore reqnlros constitutional treatment, tlall'a Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, la tbe only constitutional cure on tbe market. It Is taken Internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on tbe blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials Address; F. J. CHENEY A CO., Tolede, Ohio. Bold by Druggists, 75c. Take Halls Family Fills for constipation. r Alpine Gardens. . On the summitsof Rig! and Pilatus Alpine gardens are to be maintained hereafter for purposes of bo-- 1 tanic study and for the preservation and propagation of rare Swiss plants. . the $, it. . , .' of cXSKl'OIlIA. a safe and ears remedy for Infants and children, read see that it 4 ,r s Important to Moth era. Ifrwmlnfl carefully every bottle v? 3f f Bears the 1 Signature of Za XTad; for Over 30 Yeara. .g ? ' Tbe Kind You Have Always Bought. . . . .) . ' i ? t- - 'Germanys Export to Africa; Germans chief exports to her Afri-ea- n colonies consist . in spirituous V-- tutors. C 1 H " i ' '''-'I - is accomplished by means of a confederate who is in the audience and who hands you a card which Is marked with ink on one side. As you dip the card into the tumbler you contrive to turn it around, and the audience then sees the black side, thinking naturally that It has just been ImThe startling mersed In the Ink. water to is effected ink from change out rubber cloth by the by pulling means of the attached thread and button when the handkerchief Is whisked away. Some practice is needed first in order to do this without spilling the water in the glass, but after you have tried it several times you will' find that the cloth may be removed without spilling a drop, and that you are in possession of a very clever trick. . j . ' Some Indian Namea. Kakagos A wood raven. Musquash A muskraL The Balanced Cup. Cheokhes The mink. ; coffee cup, that you are not nervous K'dunk The toad. and have got a steady hand. Hawahak The hawk. ;Get a cork; squeeze it within the Malsum The wolf. handle of your cup as shown In the Moween The bear. . drawing. Then take a fork and stick Kagax The weasel, It into the cork so that two-o- f lta Killooleet The prongsfcfe oh either side of the ban-- 1 row. Meeko The red squirret being sure to fix the fork la each Soak the feet or hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, and anoint freely with CUTICURA OINTMENT, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or linen. For itching, burning, and scaling eczema, rashes, inflammation, and chafing,for redness, roughness, cracks, and fissures, with brittle, shapeless nails, this treatment is simply wonderful, frequently curing in one night. spar white-throate- d . ; CMiU1iif if cmccsg Iimt CtN,of CXocol.t. OmM(m. CmM PUU, BMoivaat, (t fra lr OuwfwitMM. s.. i Port,, 4 iu SihiMtaiAn Potter Drof i. ft Cfcooi L.ftS. i kmm, ij riPrflUi tote f Cor.., |