.Tajimicno Illuuk Teeth. The custom of women In Japan at marriage giving their teeth an ever lasting coating of blacking Is practiced now by only a Email percentage , but there are still seen in the cities hun dreds of women hi.icons with black ivory , and dentists' showcases contain sets of black teeth. Wood Mnntclft. Among the richest and handsomest mantels and fireplaces now manufac tured arc those made of petrified Ari zona wood , veined and colored like Sienna marble and as highly polished. FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH Earnest Letters from Women Re lieved of Pain byMrs.Pinkham. " DKAU MHB. PINKUAM : Before I commenced to tuke your medicine I was in a terrible state , wishing myself dead a , good many times. Every part of my body seemed to pain in some way. At time of menstruation my suffering was something terrible. I thought there was no cure for me , but after taking several bottles of Lydia. LJ. I'inhham's Vegetable Compound all my bad feelings were gone. I am now tvcll and enjoying good health. I shall always praibo your medicine. " Mus. AMOS FKSCIILKK. Box : . ' 2G , liomeo , Mich. Female Troubles Overcome " DKAI : Mr.s. PINKIIAM : Iliad female trouble , painful menses , and kidney com plaint , also stomach trouble. About a year ago 1 happened to pick up a paper that contained an advertisement of Lydia , E. I'inkham's Vegetable Com pound , and whoii I read how it had helped others. 1 thought it might help me , and decided to give it a trial. I did so , and as a result am now feeling perfectly well. 1 wish to thank you for the benefit your medicine has been to inc. " Mns. CLAIIASTIEIIKR , Diller , Neb. No flore Pain "DcAK MKS. PINKUAM : Your Vege table Compound has been of much benefit to me. AVlmn my menses first appeared they were very irregular. They occurred too often and did not leave for a week or more. I always Miiicrcd at these times with terrible pains in my back and abdomen. Would be in bed for several days and would not be exactly rational at times. I took Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Compound , and menses became regular aud pains left me entirely. " MKS. E. IT. CUSTEI : , Brulc , Wis. Tte Wonder of trie Age No Boiling No Cooking It Stiffens the Goods It Whitens the Goods It polishes the Goods It makes all garments fresh and. crisp * when first bought iie-a' . Try a Sample Packase You'll like it if you try iU You'll buv it if you try it. You'll use it if you try It. Try it. Sold bv all Grocers. Send your name and address on a postal , and we will send you our 156- page illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. $ 174 Winchester Avenue , Hew Haven , Conn. i Xs Worth S4 to 56 compared with other makes. .Indorsed bv over 1,000,000wearers. . The acnuinc have W. L. Douglas * name and price stamped on bottom. Take no substitute claimed to be as good. Your dealer should keep them if not , we will send a pair on receipt of jjrice and 250. extra for carriage. State kind , of leather , size , and width , plain or cap toe. Cat. free. " ' . L DOUGLAS SHOE CO. , Brockton. Mass. Tee nfldrossosor all reaerat f-'olrticrs. tbeir widows or WANTED boin. who made n 1IOMB- bTEAI ) FILING on less tban ICO acres on or before ' Juno 22 , 1874 , no mutter SOLDIERS' wuether FINAL VKOOV was made or not. I will bur Land Warrant * . Address Comrade HOMESTEADS W. E. MOSKS , Box 1335. Denrer , Colorado. ALUMINUM CREAM SEPARATORS and up-to-date cliuniB. Tee 2 separa tors 1 have work perfectly. C. Iliinlt. . . . Allegheny Co..Pa. Circulars free ; write Sf quickly. G1HSON-STEWAKT * MFG. CO. , GIt > sonia , I'a. " NEW DISCOVERY ; 9 K quick relief and cures worst ra cs. Book of testimonials and 10 1)1 YS' treatment J'KEK. DK. II. II. GRECVS SONS. Hoi E. AtlanU. Gc. Probablj- the first thing Adam said after he saw Eve was that he wished he had his rib back again. As a dressing and color restorer , PASSER'S HAIB BALSAM never falls to t-atlsfy. UIXDEBCOKXS , the best cure for corns. 13cts. Life is a bundle of conditions , and a woman is never happy unless she's untying a new bundle. AGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY handling our household articles. They sell on sight. Big prizes given. Write at once. C. H. Marshall & Co. , Dep't 10 , Chicago. Reference : Any Bank in Chicago. Eve knew what she was about when fcTte tried to get around Adam the first time with something to eat. Leather money was in circulation in T Ht. sia as recently as the lime of Fcttr the Great. FOB BOYS AND ( MELS. SOME GOOD' STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. V Dozen Conundrums for the Uttlo Folks Story of a l > o y and a Cut IIuUltH of Gray Squirrels New Game for Hoys. Ilcr Little Hoy. "Always a little boy to her , " No matter how old he's grown , Her eyes are blind to the strands of gray ; She's deaf to his manly tone. His voice is the same as the day he asked : "What makes the old cat purr ? " Ever and ever he's just the same A little boy to her. "Always a little boy to her , " She heeds not the lines of care That furrow his face to her it is still As it was in his boyhood fair. His hopes and his joys arc as dear to her As they were in his small-boy days ; He never changes ; to her he's still "My little boy , " she says. "Always a little boy to her , " And to him she's the mother fair , With the laughing eyes and the cheer ing smile Of the boyhood days back there. Back there somewhere in the mist of years Back there with the childish joy. And to her he is never the man we see , But always "her little boy. " "Always a little boy to her , " The ceaseless march of the years Goes rapidly by , but its drumbeats die Ere ever they reach her ears. The smile that she sees is the smile of youth , The wrinkles are dimples of joy , His hair , with its gray , is as sunny as May. He is always "her little boy. " Baltimore American. A Deformed Boy's Sacrifice. He lived in a little village in Italy , at the foot of the Alps. His mother was a widow , and he , her only child , was a poor little cripple. When he thought of his sad condition that he could not play like the other boys , and that if he grew up he would not be able to work like men he felt very unhappy. One day he was going through the village and stood to rest under the open window of a room in which some children were playing. One of them chanced to break a plaything , when another took hold of it. and throwing it out of the window , said : "I'll uirow it away ; it's no more use than Hans , the cripple. " Oh , how sad the words made poor Hans feel ! He crept back home and told his mother , while the hot tears ran down his pinched little face very hard , indeed. His mother took him upon her knee and sang a little song to him that she had often sung before. It ended with trus little chorus : "God has His plan for every man. " And , although Hans felt very happy while listening to the sweet tune and voice , yet he could not believe that God had any plan for him. But he was mistaken. Just at this time the Austrians - trians were at war with the Italians , and trying to take their country. In order that the Italians might know when the Austrian soldiers were com ing , they had built large piles of dry wood on the tops of the hills , and put men to watch them night and day. When any of these men saw the Austrians - trians Coming , it was his duty to set fire to the pile. Then the man upon the next hilltop would see it and set fire to his , and so on , until all the val leys were made aware that the enemy was approaching and the Italians were roused to meet him. The piles were called beacons , and the men that watched , the sentinels. Now , one night a festival had been kept up in Hans' village. All the vil lagers except Hans and his mother were there ; and , although Hans had gone to bed , he could not sleep. So , after a while he arose up silently and crept up the hill to stay awhile with the sentinel. But no sentinel was there. Thinking there would be no danger that night , and being tempted' ' to join the people in the village , he had left his post. Hans now thought he could be of some use , for he could watch the beacon on the hill until the sentinel returned. He had not watched long before he saw the dark form of an Austrian sol dier coming upon his hands and knees , very stealthily , along toward the pile. Yes , so it was ; and now he could hear distinctly the measured tramp , tramp , tramp of a number of armed men. Quick as thought he set fire to the pile. Now the country was warned and the people would be" saved ? But the enraged Austrian soldier saw , and fired his rifle at him. Hans fell , mortally wounded. Hours after ward he was found by some of the vil lagers and carried , bleeding and dy ing , to his mother. She took hi $ upon her knees and wept over him as though her heart would break. But Hans looked into her face with his loving eyes and faintly whispered : "Dear mother , God has His plan for every nlan , " and expired. A Doc and a Cat. Any dog , especially any small dog , greatly respects the teeth and claws of a cat. Generally speaking , he will no more thrust his muzzle into these , when they are in action , than a flian will intentionally put his hand against the teeth of a buzz-saw in motion. As a rule , too , the cat is superior to the dog in strategy , knowing when to put her buzz-saw in operation and when merely to threaten with it. Sometimes , howevcr.a cat may meet a dog who Is cleverer than herself. A correspondent of the Youths' Com panion in California tells of a shepherd puppy which was always given his din ner immediately after the family in which he redded had finished theirs. At the same time the black and white cat was given her dinner. The puppy ate his allowance with extraordinary haste , all the time eying the cat's , and making an occasional lunge toward it , indicating his intention to take it as soon as he had finished his own. His plate cleaned , he darted toward the cat , and received a sharp and stinging slap in the face , which caused him to retreat. Then he jumped around and barked a proceeding which caused the cat no uneasiness. Then , setting his wits to work , he began a strategic movement. He got on the side of the dish toward which its handle projected , and began to crawl on his belly slowly up toward it. The cat ate on , merely watching the dog with one eye. Nearer and nearer the dog came , creeping and watching , until his-nose reached the end of the handle. Then he gently took the handle between his teeth and began to back slowly away. The cat , somewhat confused , no doubt , made no attack ; and as soon as the puppy felt sure that he hid got out of the "zone of fire , " he moved much more rapidly away and then set him self industriously to finish what the cat had left. In this performance the dog showed intelligence of no mean .order per ceiving the use of the handle of the dish , and also how the cat- might be "bluffed" and outwitted. Habits of Gray Squirrels. In Addison county , Vermont , writes M. E. Hall , I have often seen the gray squirrels , in the autumn , dig holes in the leaves and earth apparently at random , and bury a nut therein. Again , in the winter , I have frequent ly watched them running over the snow on some warm day , and again apparently digging at random , bring up a nut from under the snow. More often , however , I have seen them thus digging , but I did not see the nut that they found. Still I am quite sure that they did find a nut for almost in variably their mode of procedure waste to run down a tree , thence to a spot some yards distant , dig in the snow a few moments , and then run up a tree again , being quite undisturbed. They had evidently found what they had dug for. More especially have I watched the fox squirrels do this in Greene county , Iowa. The fox is closely related to the gray , and almost exactly similar in movements and habits. I feel sure that the common red squirrel of the eastern portions of the country lay up a store of nuts for winter consumption. Once , late in autumn , in Vermont , I found nearly half a bushel of butter nuts thus stored. In this case I was sure , as my wife and I watched the saucy little red carry several nuts to his hoard , which was deposited in a great cavity of an old butternut tree before we disturbed it. I think the pine squirrel of the Big Horn mountains , and farther west , which much resembles the eastern red , does not lay up a winter store. My opportunities of observing them were limited , but so far as they went I thought they gathered each day the seeds from the cones that hung on the tree all winter , so did not need to lay up a.store. A Dozen Conundrums. 1. Why do you go to bed ? Because the bed will not come to you. 2. When is a ship like a book ? When it is outward bound. 3. Why has an ocean voyage no ter rors for physicians ? Because they are accustomed to see sickness. 4. Why is a popular novel like au tumn ? Because its leaves are quickly turned and always read ( red ) . 5. Why should a thirsty man always carry a watch ? Because there is a spring inside of it. 6. Who are the most exacting of all landlords ? Why , the children , because they never fail to make their father and mother parents. 7. What is it that no one wishes to have , yet , when he has it , he would be very sorry to lose ? A bald head. S. What conundrums are always at home ? Those that are never found out. 9. What insect does a tall father represent. A daddy-long-legs. 10. When a lady faints what figure should you bring her ? You should bring her two. 11. Why is a pig in the parlor like a house on fire Because the sooner it is put out the better. 12. When are eyes not eyes ? When the wind makes them water. A XOTT Catch Game. Here is a new game of "catch" the boys will enjoy. It is called "stags and hounds , " and in playing it one boy is at first the hound , and he must try to touch the other players. When he has touched one , the two hounds join in and catch another. When they have caught , the three join hands and run after others , until all except one have been caught and joined hands. Then the one that has not been caught has to be the hound for the next time. Lincoln lit Scotland. Scotland seems a strange place to find a statue of Abraham Lincoln , and yet there is one there. It adorns a monument erected in old Calton bury ing ground. Edinburgh , to the memory of the Scottish-Americans who fought in the American civil war. An Annexation Take. South American journals declare that emissaries of the United States are buying up large tracts of land in Brazil , Peru and Chile , for the purpose of getting a hand in local political questions , with the ultimate view if. annexation. Daisy , the famous chimpanzee in the London Zoo , has succumbed to the London climate. Daisy was able to open a pocket . .nife , cut an orange or an apple Into quarters and give a large or a small piece as requested to ad mirers. Bear Signature of See Fac-SImHc Wrapper Below. 1 Vcrj a radl and as easy to talta as cngor. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. BTTLE FGR BILI2USRESS. IVER FOB TORPID LIVER. FOB BOH8TIFATIQH. FELLS. FOB SALLOW SKIN. FQRTHECGRIPlaXlQK CURE SICK HEADACHE. base "all coating , in 5 Ib. paper packages , mdo ready for TIEO in \vhito and fourteen beautiful tints by mixing with cold water. It is a cement thnt goes through a process of setting , hardens with arco , and can be coated and rccoated without watting off its eld coats bcfora renewing. Is entirely different from all the variouskalsonines en the market , being durable and not stuck on the \vall with gluo. Alabastinc customers should insist on hiiving the goods it packages properly labeled. They shonld reject all imitations. There is nothing "just as good. " Prevents much sickness , particularly throat and Inng difficulties , attributable to unsanitary coatings on walls. It has been recommended in a paper published by the Michigan Stuto Board of Health on account of ita sanitary features : which paper strongly condemned kaU-omines. Alabastmo can bo used on either plastered walls , wood ceilings , brick or canvas , and any one can brush it on. It admits of radi cal changes from wall paper decorations , thns securing at rcasonnblo expen o the latest nnd best effects. Alabafctine is manufactured by the Instructive and interesting booklet mailed free to all applicants. EN 3 OR 4 YEARS If you tale up your homes in We tPrn ( . 'an- sida , the land of plenty. Illustrated pamphlets. Diving experiences of farmers wno have be come wealthy In grow ing wheat , reports of _ dolesates , etc. . mid full imorniutiou as tj reduced railway rates caa be had on application to the Superintendent of Immisratlon , I/epartmcnt of Interior. Ottawa. Canada , or to M. V. Bennett , SOI New Vorlc Life 31dg , Omaha , Xeb. Every time a man gets married there is some woman who makes up her mind that she would have refused him , anyhow , if he had been fool J enough to ask her. A man loves a woman for what he thinks she is ; a woman loves a man for what she thinks she can make of him if he will let her. The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon is go ing to start in his church at Topeka a "church brotherhood , " having the fea tures of the average fraternal order , with insurance. Arc You Cslnjr Allen's Foot-Kane ? It is the only cure for Swollen , Smarting. Burning , Sweating Feet , Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease , a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores , 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted , LeRoy , N. Y. Miss Bessie Shirley of Salt Lake City is no doubt the only woman who edits and owns a mining paper. She is but 19 years old , yet she established the paper herself , and has made a suc cess of it. SIS PER WEEK Asalary ot SiS per week and expenses -will be paid to man with one or two-horse rig to introduce our Poultry Compound and Lice Killer among Furuier * . Address with stamp , Acme Mfg. Co. , DCS MaineIowa. . Love at first sight is all right , but what a girl wants is a man who will love her every time he sees her. Tilrs. TVinsIov's Snothins Synp. Foi-clilliiroa teething , rofens the guir.s , - duccs In- tainuaUo , allPjf s pain , cures irina colic. 23c a boulc. Sometimes there is more true gen erosity in a kind word than there is in giving a dollar to a public charity. At Bcsco Rcale , on the slopes of Vesuvius , near Pompeii , excavations have brought up the most remarkable paintings of the Roman period yet discovered. General Cronje has a nephew study ing for a professional career in Lon don. The I.I\V'K KcBtritlnlnx KfTt-ct. It should not escape notice that when a negro in South Carolina was arrested a few days back for criminal assault the crowd around barkened to the appeal of a justice of the peace and permitted the culprit to be taken to jail to await trial under due process of law. South Carolina has a law which renders liable for money dam- gaes to the heirs of a victim any coun ty in which a lynching occurs , and it is a fact that since its enactment lynch- ings in that state have been very few. Andrew Coats , of Perth. Scotland , who died the other day at the age og Sf , was the last of four brothers who built up the spool-cotton trade , representing many millions. Their father was an humble Panisley weaver. Magnetic Su > rch is the very best laundry starch in the world. Had Washington been a poker play er the stack of chips he accumulated with his little hatchet would have conic in handv. For starching fine linen ustj Magnetic Starch. Evictions in Ireland during the past year number only 430 , the lowest in nearly a third of a century. Cnts'.rrh Cannot Ho Ctiroil with LOCAL AITLICATION'S. as they cannot reach the scat of the disease. Catarr.'i is a blood or constitutional ilUivsu. and in order to cure It you must taUeintjnil : remedies. Hall's ' Cat .rh Ore is taken internally , and acts directly on the Mood and mucous Mirfaie'- . Hall's Catarrh Cure is not : i ( juacl : mciiiciiK. It was prescrioed by one of the best physicians in this country fur years , and is a regular pre- . scriptlon. It is composed of the nest tonics I known , combined with the best blood piirUli-rs. acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results ia curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials , free. P. .T. C'HEXKY & CO. . Props. . Toledo , O. Sold bv druggists , price TTic. Ilall'b Family i'ills are the best. Children are society's ciphers , but when they follow marriage , they make it ten times as valuable. heiul for "C'liolco l > y Walter Uaker & < ' > . I.u ! . . lorcliit > ; or , SIcss. , uiullut ! Irco. Mentiuu this I/UIILT. A woman can win any many if she is wise and wicked enough , and hold any man if she is witty and weak enough. Use Magnetic Starch it lias no equal. If a man believed a girl when sh * claimed she didn't liked to be kissed , he would always have his own opin ions about her. The Maker's of Carter's Ink Says "Wo can't mal.e any Iwtter ink than we do ; we don't know how to. V.'e can make po-ircr ink , but we won't. " Carter's Ink is the best. When a woman gets mad at her ) husband she always tries to break his heart by taking to kissing him the way women do. Nearly 8,000,000 persons in Germany are insured against illness. If you have not tried Magnetic Starch try it now. You will then use no other. You can always tell when a girl thinks she is in love by her going around all the time acting like the sun had shone on her. Your clothes will not crack if you use Magnetic Starch. After a girl gets engaged to a man she generally isn't near so careful about the holes in the elbows of her | silk shirt waists. Try Magnetic Starch it will last longer than any other. Probably in heaven the men angels waited on by the women who used to make their husbands stand around worst on earth. urftt. Vontornc vniiMj > snfter > t d'ty's i-o of I > r. Klli.e's ( Jreut Iwne HeKnrer. Semi lor I-'KEIC SiJ.OO trial bottlr and : rrati-e. IJB. K. II. KU.NE , Ltd.'Jot .nrchSt. , I'liiltulelplua , I' w Every photographer knows that women - | men haven't got any conscience by the | way they always have their pictures taken in each other's clothes. If a man looks sad and preoccupied for about six months after his wife dies all the women will say he "fairly worshipped the ground she walked on. " The latest device to encourage high- stepping in coach horses is a glass ! worn like goggles , the crystals being so | formed that the ground appears nearer' ' than it is. It is said to work all right. Durng the past years 76,489 Italians emigrated to the United States ; 53.546 were males and 22,943 females. They carried with them $788,805. Just 1,445) ) Italians were refused admittance to the United States. It is said that the little city of Orea , in Sweden , owns ami operates a nurH- cry that brings it an annual income of $ lf 0.000 , a sum that pays all the ex penses of the municipality , IncludliiK free Bchools for the children and a frco telephone r.ystem for the people. ImmeiiiU * Street C'nr Triitlle. In Now York City the Metropolitan Street Hallway company has Ii8-l miles of track and last year carred on them 255,8:55,000 : passengers , or about half the number carried on all of the. steam railroads of the failed States. DAN. GROSVENOR SAYS : "Peruna Is an Excellent Spring Catarrh Ecmedy I am as Well as Ever. " % ttt g ur &w . . ' * > 'Slftj - & C > 'sC < X \ lion. Dan. A. Orosviior. . of the Famous Ohio Family. Hon. 'O.ni. A. Urnsvcnor. Deputy Auditor for t'oVir ! Hsnartincnt. in : i letter \vrittcn from Washington , D. C. . "Allow me to express my gratitude to j ou lor ; he he net it derived from one bottle of i'erunu. On ? week ha : ; brought wonderful chcngcs ar.d I am now an well as ever. Uesiilcs hcing one ( if the very tat spring tonics it.s an excellent catarrh remcjy. " Very restpcstiully , Van A. drosvcr.or , IIul I' . Denton , Chief Xatir.nal Kx- port Exposition , Pliiladeipni-i. I'a. . writes : "I \\a.s completely run down from overwork nnd the responsibility naturally connected with the exploita tion of a great iiit'Tiiation ; : ! exposi tion. My physician recoinniendcti an extruded vacation. When life seemed almost n. burden I began taking I'e- ruria , nnd with the tiso of the lifth bottle tle I found myself in a normal condi tion. I have since enjoyed the beht of health. " Almost everybody needs a tonic in the spring. Something to brace tins nerves , invigorate the brain , ai.il cleanse the blood. That Penma will do this is beyond all question. Evcry- one who has tried it has ha 1 the same experience as Mrs. D. W. Tirnbcrlake , of Lynchburg , Va. , who , in u recent letter , made use of the following words : "I alwav.- ? take a dose of Pe runa after business hours , as it is a great thing for the nerves. There is no better spring tonic , and I have used about all of them. " For a free book on "Summer Ca tarrh. " address The Peruna Medicine Co. , Columbus , Ohio. A I'ailtiro : it -Kli-.van. . . There is to be a separation between the young women and the young men of Wesleyan University , where the ex periment of co-education has not met with the success that its champions had anticipated. The annex idea seems the alternative now in view. The two sexes will be educated as they are at Harvard. sTryGrain = 0 ! o o I Try Qrain = 0 ! T Ask you Grocer to-day to show yon & a. paekageof GllAIN-O , the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. ' The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it , like it. GKAIN-O has that rich oeal brown of Mocha or Java , < X but it is made from pure grains , and the most delicate stoinucb receives it without distress. the price of coffee. < > 15 cents and 23 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coffee * Looks like Coffee & Insist that y on r grocer gives yon GRAUi-0 Accept no imitation. In view of the many misleading and unscrupulous imitations of " Baker's Chocolate " which have recently been put upon the market , v.-e find it neces sary to caution consumers against these a'tempts to deceive and to ask them to examine every package they purchase , and make sure tfcit it has on the front a yellov/ label , wth our name and place of manufacture. WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. DORCHESTER , WIASS. , " " ° he "La Belle Chocolatiere" | -marK If ycur grocer does not keep the genuine article , piease ! TRADE.MARK. us know , and we will endeavor to put you : n the way cf ? getting it. Send for a copy of our Choice Recipe book , mailed free to ar.y applicant - " ? plicant who mer.tions this paper. jji WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited , Dorchester , Mass. > ESTABLISHED 17SO. J ) If so sppra'atesurr < . ? u r- ' ' ' an < " "ii n unf 'ni.nthir.f. * n vi.ur iriimey than .nv i > ank * I ji > ' .i\ - r JCIM 2 l"j hei nf wheat or < i > r.i imliiar. ' n jni" ' u > n'- . * -fmi on bpeculatloa. IT Is MilK An . r .tit IKU , e r < l sn n J. K. COSV3STOCK & CO. . Room 23 , Traders' BideChicago. .