Perm'* Be rearm. Several bentra in Pera own a lu|e amount ol property. One well known s' man haa homes worth ten thousand J|ras, and yet is to be seen begging in filthy rigs. A poor governess, who waa • very eharitable, used to give him a pi* astro twice a Week. One day aha missed a lira (pound) and thought she must have given it to the beggar by mistake. He had gone home for the day, so she followed him to his house on the Tax* ime. He received her graciously, look* ing like a pasha at least in his magnifl* cent robes “I never like to lose a good client,” he said, and sent for his bag of takings; “If there is a lira here We shall find it ” Sure enough, the lira was there. “Take It," he continued, and the poor girl, full of thanks, was burry ing away when the beggar stopped her. “Wait a moment; yon haven’t i ’ given me the piastre.” ’ s | Rev. P. J. Berg, pastor of the Swed ish M. E. Church, Des Moines, la., on March 4th, 1896 writes: “Last year I was troubled with a bad cough for about five months. I got medicine from my family physician and I tried other remedies without relief. When I first saw Dr. Kay’s Lung Balm advertised I 'thought I would try it and I'am glad I did. 1 bought a box and took a tab let now and then without any regu larity and after a few days to my great surprise the cough was gone. Ten days ago 1 had sore throat, I was out of tablets and could not get them in Pes Moines, and I sent to the Western office of Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Ca, Omaha, Neb., for six boxes and as soon as 1 took it a few times that soreness and hoarseness all passed away in one night I believe it is also good for sore 1 throat” Kr. Kay’s Lung Balm does not cause sickness at the stomach like many remedies and is more effectual than any other we know of.' Sold by druggists at 25cts or sent by mail, five for SI. 00. Why not send your orders at once and have this valuable medicine On hand? It may save your life, you certainly will need it before spring.* A dose in time will save nine, and may save your life. Order now. Address Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co, (Western office) Omaha, Neb. Send address for valuable receipt book. His Ready Answer. The German emperor, while recently inspecting a body of naval redrafts,1 no ticed an unusually stalwart man in the ranks, and asked him where he hailed from. The recruit, in broad Bavarian dialect, replied: “Prom Wiesbach, your majesty.” “Did you understand whom I meant,” the emperor'asf.ed, “in addressing you sailors about the foreign foe?” Becruit—“Yes, Russians.” The emperor—“And enemies at home?” ,r Recruit—“Prussians, your majesty.” BTATE OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO. LUCAS COUNTY, ss. trank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. » SPVj* C° - doing business In tho City of loledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of gNE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hull's Catarrh Cure. . - , ' FRANK J. CHENEY. swrrif to before me and subscribed In .^yrPr*s®nce. this feth day of December. A. JJ, looo. (Seal,) A. W. GLEASON. . » ,,, n . . _ . Notary Public. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucus surfaces of the system. Send for testi monials, free. bus lV' CHEflEY & CO, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hull's Family Pills are the best ... Edison’s new telephone, a sample of which he had given to Li Hung Chang, does away with the receiver, and per mits a business man to carry on a con versation at a distance of a few feet from the instrument, which is placed against the wall of a room, without leaving his desk or touching the in strument, which works automatically. The Modern Mother Has found that her little ones are im proved more by the pleasant Syrup of Figs, when In need of the laxative effect of a gentle remedy than by any other, and that It is more acceptable to them. Children enjoy it and It benefits them. The true remedy. Syrup of Figs, Is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only. It was once told to a certain king of England that Lord Blank was his po litest subject. “I, will \est him,” said the king, and showed Lord Blank to . the carriage, holding the door for him to enter first, which he did. “You are right,” said the king, “a lesser person would have troubled me with cere mony.” Merchants Hotel, Omaha. COBNRR FIFTEENTH AND FARNAM STS. Street cars pass the door to and from , both depots; in business center of city. Headquarters for state and local trade Bates $2 and S3 per day. PAXTON & DAVENPORT, Prop’a We always admire a man who works much and talks little. !• » disease which afflicts over 75 per LiiLJlio'Z, di*e,tlo“. nervouaneee, bad JJJS21 ®»|J' «»pl«iioD and low ■ ■ * V/V I.--»»'I«*1WU HU low aplrita. It will aventually briar on IZ" dlee.se in nma iSeu, 5"!e . *°,rn- But eufferera from thia dreaded malady ara apaadily X»Rer»i.i8AP.E S?re \nd Warner’a “J? Pul»- Leading phyatciana the world over, have acknowledged thia ‘.•c_tl,and thouaanda of people through, out the land have tcatined to It. * v BAFB Cure puu a atop to backachea, headachea, conatipation, loaa of appe tite, dyapepala. tired feelinga and aleep leaaneaa. It builda up the exhausted aretera. It la a sure cure for liver and kidney complaint in any form, and the only remedy that haa ever been able to cure Bright’a diaeaae. If you are feeling the need of auch a remedy, you cannot do better than try thia king of rtmediea, the great 1 “NEIGHBOR JIM.” There are some ththga about my Neighbor Jim that I want to tell. Not . that I like to talk about my neigh* bora, but Jim should be talked about. Jim started In. so far as onr street Is concerned, unfortunately. He was out of business and had to take a rest accordingly. He moved Into that fa mous “board-fence house,” that la, the richest and meanest man In our village put up a board fence directly on the line between his land and the next dwelling, so that he shut out the view from the windows across his own fair lawns and flower-beds. Near ly every village, alas! has sooner or later such a spectacle of bad neighbor and spleen. Jim took that house with Its side windows all blank view. It was empty most of the time and fin ally the owner put the rent so low that Jim could take It. We all won dered who he could be, a stranger to us, and what sort of a head of a fam ily to subject his pretty wife and chil dren to that darkened dwelling. But Inside, of six weeks that board fence was down! Tea, actually down! Jim had really knocked it down with his smile. Neighbor Jim always wears a cheerful, genial smile.. Everybody likes to meet him in the morning as he starts down the street. People like to hear him say “Good-morning.”, . There Is so much cheer In the tone. .He always asks after your friends and family, and he knows them by name after he has once beard them. No living man of us ever heard Neighbor Jim telling any of his own troubles. He never complains of the hard times, < nor the weather. He never got off a yarn about why he lost his situation, nor how he got down. We found out what little we ever knew from other sources than from him. Neighbor Jim never looked on the shady side of any man’s character. Tou could sit in the car seat with him on the way to New Tork, and you would hear no un kind word from him of anybody. I asked him, one day. If he never en • tertained an adverse judgment of any man or thing. He said, “Often. But I keep all that stuff to myself. And I try to forget the evil that 1 hear of a man—simply £>rget. it.” neignnor Jim listens wnen you to him. He seems interested. That pleases. Few are wise enough to know that even one grunt of indiffer ' ence from a neighbor whom you ac cost and begin to talk to in a store, will dull the edge of neighborly feeling. To seem abstracted, deaf and dumb and rude, even once, is to be’voted a boar by the man to whom you show it You may be tired, may be oppressed with care; but when your neighbor begins to Joke and chat, you must listen. It helps you, too,, to forget your cares. Neighbor Jim is a famous listener. He makes you feel that he takes an Interest in you. I believe half the men in our village have at one time or another confided their troubles to him. He has, how ever, burdened no man with any of his own troubles. . Neighbor Jim is popular with the small boy. He always Bpeaks to a boy, not top familiarly, but in a gentle, courteous way. He never told any boy’s father unpleasant complaints. “I’ll tell your father” has made more trouble between neighbors than any other one thing. Our neighbor never turns round at the Academy of Mu sic to stare reproof at a young fellow who is whispering too loudly, or gig gling with his sweetheart. Jim just lets them go on. Jim lets some one else do the frowning. Some one else always will, if you wait a little, and you, like Neighbor Jim, will escape being disliked by the young things. Nor did I ever hear that Jim was free with his opinions as to the desirabil ity of any match between young peo ple, He always seems to think that, if LISTENS WHILE YOU TALK, the two principals are pleased. It U none of his business. Neighbor Jim la popular with the women, because he is always cordial, but never gets off compliments. To' say very complimentary or pretty thlngB to one woman puts a man in a dangerous plight .with all the others. You cannot say the same of all, or you are counted insincere. But you can look pleased with all. Jim seems to look delighted when ladies talk with him. He exerts himself to entertain them. But no one can go away and quote a burning compliment to make all the other women green with Jeal ousy and incipient dislike. It Is not generally much considered, but the complimenting neighbor does not, as a rule, get along well for any length of time. Neighbor Jim has a way of draw ing out men who have heretofore been In a hole. He gets hold of unpopular fellows, helps them to show up their good sides, somehow puts them on ex hibition to advantage, and gives them recognition among us. He pulls men into a social game, on the morning .train—men that none of us ever hard ly spoke to before. He and his wife make calls together, and the next morning, on the cars, the man oa whom he called shows a bright, spark ling front that Is transforming. The rest of us are surprised at the people whom Jim has dug out. Neighbor Jim respects all men’s opinions, especially their religious opinions. I never heard him joke nor laugh at any man’s beliefs. And yet I we have some of the queerest cranks In our Tillage, men with all aorta oC wheels In their heads. Sneers and Jokes at another's expense are danger ous among neighbors. It will not mend It to say, "I was only fooling.*^ K*«P blear of practical Joking If you would be valued as a neighbor. Some men may do It, and escape being dis liked; but they, are few. Neighbor Jim respects all men, so far as by any stretch of charity he ora see anything to respect £, My neighbor, contrary to what you might expect of so popular a man, rarely does expensive kindnesses. He cannot for he is a sick man: snd not hnvlng strength to spare he has not purchased our love by striking acta of service. His unusual peculiarities I have hinted at. We have alt d$nd him services. That is another reason why ws like him, for he ne^er forgets a kindness, nor shows himself ungrate SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS,.. , , New Translucent Fabric (or Cm at Sky lights and Vault Coitra The translucent frabrlc irecentlfr brought out by a New England firm to take tbe place of glkts skylights has, after a continuous experimental service of seven years been pronounced to be in as good condition as when first putnn place. The material has many adfan tages claimed for it, c»Ief of which Is that by its employment In train sheds, freighthouses and similar buildings having skylights of large areas, the light weight of the material permits of a simple, Inexpensive and light form of skylight construction. The Joints are made water-tight by a special form of construction employed with this ma terial. The fabric is said to have marked advantages over glass in being practically unbreakable, and for this reason leaks on account of breakage or cracking are not experienced. The translucent fabric consists of a trans parent material spread over steel wire cloth, with twelve meshes per inch, which gives the panels a flexible and elastic property, permitting adjust ment to any shape that the roof struct ure may take owing to the expansion and contraction of the framework. The manufacturers state the the skylights mentioned as having been in use for over seven years have never leaked during that time, nor have they cast anything for repairs. Several large industrial establishments have been fitted up with this material, among oth ers the General Electric Co.’s new shops at Schenectady, N. Y., and the new forge shops of the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., of Connecticut. The' fabric is strong and in panels 18x36 Inches tit size, has carried a weight of over 400 poundB per square foot. The amount of tight transmitted is equal in that o; ribbed glass one-quarter of an inch in thickness. The material will not burn unless set five to at the edges, When it will burn very slowly. Brands or coals dropped upon it will not set lire to it. Its cost is much less—20 to 30 per cent—than that of ordinary glass skylights.—Philadelphia Inquirer. ROOMS PULL OF CLOTHES. Wal<% Pays S40 Apiece for Lounge Suite and SIS.SO for Troueere. The Prince of Wales is by no means the small, stout man which most of, bis pictures seem to indicate It Is not every man turned 60 with a forty-five inch chest who can boast of a waist of not more than forty inches. If he occasionally appears stouter It Is be cause he likes his clothes to be loose and easy. This is especially the case with those particular suits known as “lounge suits.” For these he never un der any circumstances pays more than 140. A few years ago Sir Francis Knollys, his private secretary, finding that his tailors were overcharging him, fixed upon a uniform price for each suit. They are ordered in half dozens at a time. There is likewise a regular and fixed price of $12.60 for his trous ers, which under no pretext whatsoever, save in the case of uniforms, is ex ceeded. The prince has a horror of evening dress, which he considers hid eous. He prefers evening dress to uni forms, however, and uses twelve suits of these a year at a fixed price of $80 a suit. Ttie prince never wears any pair of trousers more than four times, and as the discarded clothes of roy alty are not allowed to be appropriated by the valets, but are air preserved, there is a stock of thousands of them at Marlborough house. This need sur prise no one, for when King George IV. died his clothes were sold by public auction, wnicn lasted over three weeks, there being no less than BOO fur-lined coats alone. All the prince’s clothes, old and new, are kept at Marlborough house In what are known as the "brushing rooms," several men being employed tp kmk after them. All his hats, especially the old ones, are for some reason or other kept at Sand ringham. He abominates the high silk hat, his favorite headgear being that which is known as the “bowler." —Odds and Binds. A Postal Card Magnet. No doubt you’ve all made a rubber comb pick up bits of paper by first rub j blng It briskly on a rough coat-sleeve, but did you ever hear of a postal card that could be turned Into a magnet? Balance a walking-stick on the back of a ohalr and tell the spectators that you are going to make It fall without touching It or the chair. Having thor oughly dried a postal card, preferably before an open fire, rub it briskly on your sleeve and then hold it near one end of the stick. The stick will at onco be attraced to the card and will follow It as if It were a magnet As it moves It will eoon lose Its equilibrium and fall from the chair. Of course you understand the principle of the experi ment. By rubbing the card you waken electricity In it, and It thus becomes a sort of magnet, with the power to at tract Ught bodies. Do not try the ex periment in damp weather.—Exchange. ARTIFICIAL 8PONOE CULTURE. A Proposition to Increase the Bappl| Greatly. Several causes have recently combin ed to reduce the supply of sponges in the American market, says the New York Tribune. The paralysis of all In dustry In Cuba in consequence of the civil war now prevailing there is one of them. The West Indies, Bahamas and Florida are the principal centers of production la this part of the world. Reckless fishing,which threatens to ex terminate the sponges, much as simi lar proceedings do the seals off the coast of Alaska, is another factor in the situation. These facts lend peculiar, Interest to the proposition lately made to the United States government, through its consular agent at.Mitylene, by a Greek named Charalampoe Chor phios, to establish the business of ar tificially cultivating sponges .some where on the Florida coast. If he can get a concession. A great deal has been dope) in the past, under the auspices of tbe national and state Bribery commis sions, toward restocking American lakes and rivers with trout, bass, shad l and salmon, with small fry hatched and nurtured under human management. Artificial means, too, have muoh to do with culture of the oyster and the maintenance of the supply of that bi valve. But the reasonableness of the project of Mr. Chorphios does not rest alone on these precedents. Ichthyolog ical experts in Washington are said to have shown confidence in its practica bility. They say that by taking prop er measures the Florida sponge fisher ies could be brought to a high state of productiveness in a few years. The men already engaged In the Industry might not, however, relish this Inter ference in behalf of the public. The tough, soft, elastic, fibrous inoss, which is to be had at the druggist’s, under the name of sponge, is really the skeleton which once supported a whole colony of jelly-like creatures which have built up that structure. These propagate, na turally, in two ways, by means of spores or eggs and by the formation of buds which eventually split oft from the mature polyp'. The scientific sponge eulturist proceeds on a plan which util izes both of those methods, but is like a common practice In horticulture. Me simply cuts up the tenement house of a colony Into a number of pieces, em ploying a sharp knife or razor for the purpose and conducting the operation while the pulpy mass is still under water. He Is also careful to leave a portion of the original outer surface on each fragment. Bach bit may then be loaded with a email atone or other link er to take it to the bottom again. A few of these sections fail to revive; but the great majority, after an interval of two or three months begin to thrive and eventually grow to a considerable size. There are hundreds of distinct spe cies of sponges, but scarcely a dozen are suited to man’s use. It 1b asserted that those which are obtained from Mediterranean waters are the finest in the world; yet the delicate “sheep's wool” and “velvet” sponges of Florida are wonders of softness and beauty. And if a system of artificial culture should .come into vogue these choice varieties could be produced almost as abundantly as the coarser grades are now. Bottled Tears. The Persians are the only people In the world who Still adhere to the old custom of bottling tears. In that coun try it constitutes an important part in the funeral ceremonies performed over the dead. Each of the mourners is presented with a sponge, with which to mop the face and eyes, and after the burial these are taken by a priest, who squeezes the tears into bottles. Mourners' tears are believed to be the most efficacious remedy that can be supplied in several forms of Persian diseases. The custom of bottllg tears 'is mentioned in the Bible. INVENTIONS OF WOMEN. A bicycle skirt. ,< Nonrefillable bottle. ,An improved dustpan. Improved window sash. An Improved medicine glass. An adjustable quilting frame. Fastener for bottles, jugs, etc. An Improved duplex dress shield. Abdominal supporter and bandage. An improved self-heating sad iron. A telescopic-shaped miner’s lantern. An improved device to aid the hear ing. A table implement for holding green corn. A protecting pocket or screen for ranges. An ingenious machine for hanging wall paper. A device for supporting flexible gas pipes or tubes. A shoe upper made of one piece of material and joined by one seam only. An Improved refrigerator wherein the shelves revolve, giving ready ac cess to the contents. A scissors holder consisting of a mejtal loop, with ends bent backward and safety-pin attachment. Ah Ingenious work table provided with handy little pockets and drawers which pull out ju3t where wanted. A combination of curling tongs and stove or heater for same, with fuel, and all combined in a pocket case. A lapboard which, instead of being made in the ordinary shape is made round, and prevents any possible loose ness in the outside material, as the board has practically the curve of the body. Teddy—I tell you it’s so. Nellie—I say it is net. Teddy—Well, mamma says it’s so; and if mamma says it’s so, it’s so even if It isn’t so.—Harper's Bound Table. Excellent Farming Lands A Qood Prutt and Farming Region Now Bain* Settled, r Tbla tract of land 11m In tho Aiitcrn part ot Colormio County and Northern part of Wharton County, Texan, about fifty mllea west of Houston, the greet commercial oen* ter of the state. The soil is a rich* produce tire candy loam. This dUtrlot in Texas has plenty of rainfall for crops, and one of the necessities in order to secure a stood farm is to have land that laps smoothly mid has high enough altitude for perfect drainage, which can be secured m this traot, as it U a smooth rolling prairie, lying on divide between the San Bernardo and Colorado Rivers. This district has a .mild, delightful climate, enabling you to produce some thing almost each month in the year. An other great advantage is that through this tr*9t, there are two lines of railroads, and within the limits of this tract, which is twelve miles North and South, and eight ’ —w ""w vv eae, DHCtW ItWv ewwul located, one on each road, which gives spe cial advantages to any farmer locating there. We anticipate that you desire to Invest in lands for a farm and hoihe, where the prices are low, the terms easy, and where you can purchase and pay for the land in three or four years, as cheaply as you are now paying rent We run excursions to the lands over the C., R. I. & P. to Pt Worth, and from there over the Hants Fe to Wallis, Texas. We secure you. the lowest rates end will ac company you. Write to us for our book, Fertile Farm Lauda,” excursion rates, dates and how to get PRCS PARS TO TBXAB, ■OCTHERX TEXAS COLONIZATION CO. John Lindbbholm, Mgr., 110 Rialto Bldg., Chicsoo. On* Job Not Enoughs When Du Maurier made an engage ment with Harper Brothera to oontrib ute a full page drawing ench month, he received a protest from Punch, whose officials thought themselves exclusively entitled to his services. His reply war as follows: Dear -: “Man cannot live by Punch alone.” . . Css’s Caagh Balsam la ths eldest and beat It will break np a eoldl quicker than anythin* aba. It la always reliable. Try it. A well trained wife is one who always laughs at her husband’s jokes, no matter how often she has heard them. The first horses In this country were brought here in the year 1818. ' PITS (topped tree and parraanaallr cured. No flta tfiar flrai dar e use of Dr. Kilns1* Unat Mows Hestorer. Vrea SI trial botUa and Irasiiae. band to Pa. Kuna. Mi Arch Ht.. Philadelphia, Pa If a sick man is patient his woman folks have every reason for believing that he will die. . . Mrs, ’Wlnalew’a •eathlag Strap Tor children teathlns.aoftena tksfuma, radoesa Inflam, euttioa, allays pain, cares wlad nolle. M cants a bottle. s Looking a difficulty square in the face will often kill It dead. "Wliat a Uim txAmmtiVk . A man .aannot do bw® things at a time A wontn can tmfl iritnE* and ■ee that the uoffae doe*, not bdU ores, and watch the cat tbit the does not steal Use remnant of neat on the kit chen table, and fitfemtba youngest boyi and pat the table, and'sea to the toaatt and vtfr the’oatriiead, And give the or-. derstothe butcher, and she can do it itll at dnee ant) hot Ifklf viy. Man haa done wondera alnce he came before the public. He haa navigated the oceaatii, no haa penetrated the mystarleanf tha-j a tarry lieavena, ha haa harnaaacd the , lightning nnd made it poll atreet cars,. and light the great cities of .the,World lint ha can’t find a a pool of lad' thread' in hia wife'a workbaskett he can't dia-'-K somebody he hatea He can't ait in up rocking chair without, .banging tha t rWkefi into the' baae-bdhrda , He can’,td pat tha tidy on the aofa pillptp right, aide out In ahort, he, fan not do a i He Didn't Wut Theta. . Agaea * fitiicltlaud j ogee urged Mr. Donne to introdnee her to George Bor row, author at “The, Bpmaqy Rye.” .Borrow, who waa in the room at the time, offered some objection, but waa at length prevailed upon to accept the introduction. The authoress com menced the conveTaation by aa enthu aiaatie eulogy of hia works and con cluded by asking hia permission to sand him a copy of her “Queens of Eng land. ” “For God's sake, don’t madam, I should not know what to do with them,” exclaimed Borrow. “Mend it or £nd it,” baa been the rallying cry of reform, directed against abuses municipal or social. . Bor the man who lets him •elf be abused by a cough ifee cry should be modified to: Mend it, or itll end you. Yon can metfd any cdofcli4itjl i >*•>.! f’H* Ayer’s ifJvii Pectoral iMiinmimiiimHHunHHim Mind this. It makes no difference, Chronic, Acute, or Inflammatory of the Muscles, Joints, and Bones is cifted by ...I. none Important Notice! 'r aivjf ’ JK- • The only genuine "Baker’s Chocolate, * I celebrated for more than a century M /de- { ; licious, nutritious, and flesh-forming bever-! ! age, is put up in Blije Wrappers and Yel-;; low Labels. Be sure that the Yellow!! Label and our Trade-Mark are on. every! ! , package. 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