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Nickel and War. It 18 reported from Canadian sources that the rf& ent of the Provines ‘of Ontarfo 1 q;merifithe ‘advisa bility. of withdrawing m sale or lease the as yet unsold nickel lands within its territory, and reserving them for the use of the British impe rial government in the manufacture of armor plate and guns. The Ontario nickel deposits, and thoss of the isk and of New Caledonia, a French penal colony in the South Paci_fig Ocean, ara at present the world’s most prolific gources of nickel. The metal is not Wlda}y distributed. But in Austria a process has been discovered for the manufacture of bronze which is said to be equal to nickel-steel for making great gunsg, and the Austrian govera -ment has declded to continue the use ~of bronze instead of nckelsteel for that purpose. SHRINKAGE. “Hello, Uppercus! Are you atill at liberty?” “No; that’s what I was a month ago. I'm simply out of a job now.”-= Chicago Tribune, FlTSl)erma.nently cured. No flits ornervous ness after flrst day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerveßestorer.s2trial bottleand treatisefree Dr.R. H. Kurng, Ltd., 931 Arch Bt., Phila., Pa After listening to a poor yeung man’s tale of woe it’s llé] to-the heiress to give him a helping hand. Use A—"en'l Foot-Nase, It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease, apowder tobe shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk, At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25¢. Don’t accept any substitute., Sample sent Frer, Address,Allen 8. Olmsted, Leßoy, N.Y CAN THIS BE? Plodding Investigator—lt is one of my hobbies that everything of a ca lamitous nature is caused by a mi crobe, and L am trying to locate and classify the strike microbe. Man About Town—You won't find him, professor. He’s the critter that draws the salary and keeps out of sight.—Chicago Tribune. . How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, F. J. CuexEY & Co., Toledo, O. We, the ufidersigned, have known F.J, Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made l:,y their firm, WesT & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O, WaLping, KiNvaNx & Marviy, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucoussur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75¢. }l\er bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation GETTING AT THE FACTS. Miles—The duel has had its day. Giles—On the contrary, my dear fellow; it never had a day. Miles—lt didn’t, eh? Giles—No; two seconds was ity limit.—Chicago News. When a woman stops crying over her troubles it’s a sign that she has yesumed the celebration of her birthday anniversary. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tlon, allays pain,cures wind colic, 25¢.a bottle Tf it woron’t for their mistakes a great many men would never be heard of. Piso'sCure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SamueL, Ocean Grove, N.J., Feb. 17, 1900, People may not think you a fool, yet they may not be in a position te deny it. BB B BOTANIC hibiBLOOD BALM The Great Tested Remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Scrofula, Rheuma tism, Catarrh, Ulcers, Eczema, Sores, Erup tions, Weakness, Nervousness, and all BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. It is by far the best building up Tonic ard Blood Purifier ever offerad to the world. It makes new, rich blood, imparts renewed vi tality, and possesses almost miraculous healmi properties. Write for Book of Won derful Cures, sent free on application. If not kept by your local druggist, send $l.OO for a large bottle, or $5.00 for six bottles, and medicine will be sent, freight paid, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Why College Athletes * s 5 - Come Very High. It Takes Two Hundred Footvalls, Four Hundred Base~ balls, More Than a Hundred Pairs of Special Shoes and a Lot of Board and Traveling for a Season. = : By Arthur Camp. . £ks ‘ . HAT college athletics.com e high in these modern_Qaysvlsi gen srally understood. That we must nevertheless have them I 3 ’Fha positive argument of the majority among studenis and facultx.e:s:.. | Without entering into the discussion, one may contemplate Wlfifi' m interest the new details concerning supplies and their coit foi 2 the athietics of a great Eastern university. The general repor of the treasurer in this instance reminded the W;'gt?]r Ofltte:t budget of some small city, considered as a nlat(er of fiscal maga u e.f bgut forth receipts reaching up nearly to $lOO,OOO, with total expenditures ol a the same imposing sum. ‘ Of the outlay, about two-thirds went for runll_ing expenses of the cEeWS and the thres athletic teams, and included such items In rotund figu%%a fa% $lO,OOO for board at “training tables,” $7.000 for sporting goods, $14,0 or traveling, hotels and meals, $2,500 for “trophies,” and so on. g Hers was what entered into consumption for the football squad u:utxg a single season: 107 pairs ofsshoes, 29 silk ankle suppoiters, 170 undershirts, 167 under-jerseys, 20 vq??? jackets, 87 nose guards, 76 leather belts, 579 Pt?lr: of “pants,” 70 sweate ‘:v;g’a_"z‘ghin guards, 17 headgears (le‘ather caps), :4,3. e; g; and shoulder pads, sevéPal hundred shoe cleats, 10 “charley-horse” EUAres,. 15 silk knee-caps, 189 pairs of nose and 200 footballs. . : 4 It should be explained that the football squad at the university referred to consists of about fifty men, including the large and well defined nucleus of the “regular” eleven. Each one of the squad during the season averaged about $B7 in his supply of sporting goods. ; The smaller baseball squad averaged for the season almost $lOO per man in consumption of sporting goods, with nearly 400 basehalls as a vivid item. The high consumption of footballs connotes the fact tpat some 'fif'ty of those ovoids, costing about $3 each, are distributed to candidates during the spring and summer, partly for home practice. It appears th'at after a day or two of uSe the ball has a tendency to grow “round” and lose its othodox shape. ) In catching punts the player can practice on the rounded ball only at some risk of the deadly fumble of the new ball used in the match game, and thus ~a fresh ball must be substituted in practice as soon as the norm?l arc of the - ovoid is impaired. Y . | “Charley-norse guards” interprets itzelf as a peculiar stiff padd?d guarld of the large frontal muscle of the thigh, which is very amgnable to the degp “charley-horse” bruise, €o calldd. Tricky players in earlier football epochs sometimes adopted a concealed metallic guard at that vu_lqerable spot. The ample stock of 170 undershirts means that provision must be made for frequent changes, to avoid an irritating eruption of the_s'kln. A supply of 107 pairs of shoes, made to order, and retailing at about $8.50 a pair, certainly seems liberal on the face of the return. But the up—tq-date i football man must hie him to a fresh pair at first symptom of rash 01"‘ bhstq;‘; i and a wet day and match signifies that the shoes dry stiff and must be dis carded by the wholesale, with most disastrous results to the football ex i chequer.—The Outlook. 1 ‘ &t & & H Geniuses lhe » ? ig o Marry! By Nixola Greeley-=mith. aCCORDING to a lecture delivered in Chicago by Mrs. Kate Upson Clark, of New York, a genius should not marry. “Genius is 10- sanity,” she declared. “In order to be a genius one lives most d of ihe time in a world of deep emotions. It is hard for people 2‘,‘\,6”3: of artistic temperament to conform to ordinary rules. fThu; OCBRdrY divorces, suicides, drunkenness and impulsive vices are oun ameng people of genitis. The irrepressible temperament seems to be absolutely necessary to art.” : Undoubtedly, this is the greatest blow that has been struck at the In stitution of matrimony in recent years. For, eliminating the genus genlu-:: from the list of possible sacrificers to Hymen, who or what will be left? No% you, surely, gentle reader, not your brilliant cousin, your ta}lented b:'pther, your wonderful nephew, nor your next door nzighbors, nor mine. 'l?or 1!? the bell were to ring for the great international genius sweepstakes this minute would we not all be ready to toe the line? Coansidering the subject more seriously, how may a man or woman deter mine—or other men and women determine for them—whether or not he or she possesses the divine afflatus that, if Mrs. Clark and others before her are to be believed, unfits one for the married state? So far as the artistic temperament, which cannot conform to ordinary rules, is concerned, more crimes have been committed in its name than in that of all the seven deadly sins for which it exhibits such a marked proclivity. If a man who can't play “The Campbells Are Coming” without making 'his neighbors wish Fhat’they would come in a rush and get it over wants to elope with his best friend’s wife, he suddenly remembers that he is a musician and does it—ln the name of the artistic temperament. If an amateur photographer pcsing as an artist, or a ha] { & S ¢ n ¢ , alf-bak who can’t spell, or a ten-twent’-thirt’ actor out of a job wants Ito %lgegn?,g‘l?:; that a self-respecting weasel would balk at, he does it becauas: i ot e , § 1. because he is a genius and because of his artistic temperament. It would be too bad, however, if the crimes committed i e ! . L T ’ Tl ed in . genius should bar the few real and fortunate possessors of it fl‘;[)}rllf rrxll;a;r?r?agef and inflict upon the human race the inevitable deterioration that must comes froml the limitation of its joys and sorrows to mediocre people ¢is true that many unquestioned geniuses have ledl : 4 . : g 3 » led un 7 But they did not do so because they couldn’t help it—no pce()l'gz)fintltf)nald}.aves. intelligence does anything for that reason—but merely bec of ordinary afford to. : Yy Dbecause they could The lives of ordinary people are cut according t - 0 Svs &l . : are. They get them ready-made because the; ccan't );ftf%md - °hm.r clothes - When a genifs comes alonz he thinks he would like his lifer anythmg: e - measure, and in order to fit himselt out properly takes a ;nade to his own commandment and puts a gusset into another unti Vos?r h'ength SR bR recognize his handiwork. voses himself would mot Generally, he is very much disappointed in th ] T At i = i o i : . life is decidediy the best one to be had. And theref(;;(g'..,for the ready-made marriage, which has a certain disciplinary value for every B.made life includes New York Evening World. < 'Y one, genius or not.— Only ten persons in 100 have both 50 : ChGemey : ) per cent. have the left leg sli 1 t leg slightly legs of the same length. More than longer than the right. 3