The German woman proclaims her •mancipation not only by going for academic degrees in competition with the men, but by engaging in all sorts of trades In like rivalry. A recent offi cial report shows that there are in Germany three women employed as chimney sweeps, thirty-five es slaters, seven as farriers and nailers, 309 as masons, eight as stone cutters and 2,000 In marble, slate and stone quar ries. Wise boy—He persisted In using a fragment of his broken slate, much to Ills teacher's disgust. “Why don’t you tell your mother you broke your slate?” she asked. “I m sure she’d get you a new one.” "Course she would,” replied the boy, “and she’d call it a Christmas present. I’d rutiier wait till next term before I ask for it.” Beauty la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets,Candy Cathar tic cleans your blood and keens it cloau, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimplos. boils, blotohos.blackhends, and thatoiekly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,-- beauty for ten cents. All drug gists. satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 33c, 00c. i William Pen Nixon, who has been appointed collector of customs at Chi cago, is an applicant for recognition as a citizen of the Cherokee Indian Nation, on account of property there upon which he has a claim. His ma ternal great-grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee. In Olden Times People overlooked the Importance of permanently beneficial effects and * were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently over come habitual constipation, well-in formed people will not buy other lax atives, which act for a time, but final ly Injure the system. Buy the genuine, made by the California Fig Syrup Co. To Coro ConstipaMoii Forever, ( Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or SSe. If C. C. C. fail to cure.'druggists refund money. Attorney—Have you formed cr ex pressed an opinion concerning this case? Venireman—No, Eir, I haven't formed or expressed an opinion about anything for eighteen months. I*m the Janitor of a woman’s club.—Chicago Tribune. ■■ ■ f Star Tobacco is the leading brand of the world, because it is the best: Browning, in his later years, drew 210,000 a year from the sale of his works. - One of the stories going the rounds in Paris concerning the reconcilia tion between the Prince de Sagan and his wife is that their estrangement was partly' due to the prince having retained a check for a million francs given to him by the princess to In duce him not to go to Constantinople on a mission for Baron Hirsch, for which he was. to receive a like sum. The prince went and pocketed two million francs. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. shrank J Cheney makes oath that he IS the senior partner of the tlrm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the City of Toledo. County and Slate aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the aum of ONE HUNDKUD DOLLAKS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Fit AN K J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A'(Sc,;i}SS1 A. W. GLEASON. ’’ Notary Public. Hall s Catarrh Cure ts taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. _ , . K. C. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 73c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Gastric trouble—That was an aw ful tragedy at Minzenheim’s. The hired girl blew out tne gas-” “And was found dead?” “Naw. The top of the window happened to be wide open. Mlnzsnhlm fell in an apopletic lit when he found how the gas had been wasted.” It Keeps the Feet Dry and Warm And is the only cure for Chilblains. Frostbites, Damp, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shak2n into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LsRoy.N.Y. i “Do you consider the Electoral col lege a desirable institution?” inquired the man whose mind is on, the na tion. "Well,” remarked the nervous friend, “I can’t help admiring it for the fact that I never yet heard of an Electoral college yell.” 1' believe my prompt use of PHo's Cure prevented quick consumption.—Mrs. Lucy Wallace, Marquet, Kan., Dec. 12, ’93. 1 w'^hat new hired girl of ours goes out every night.” “I can sympathize with you. So does our furnace.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Educate Tour Dowels With Caietrcti. Candy Cnthavtlc. euro constipation forever. 10c. 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Conan Doyle received $35,000 for “Rodney Stone." SKILL OF DOC Fifteen Years “I thought I sh When the stomach begins to fail in Its duties, other organs speedily become affected in sympathy, and life is simply a burden almost unbearable. Indigestion and dyspepsia nre so common that ouly the sufferer from these diseases knows the possibilities of misery that inhere in them. A typical example of the sufferings of the victim of indigestion is furnished ill the case of John C. Pritchard. He went on for fifteen years, from bad to worse. In spite of doctors he grew constantly weaker, and thought he would die. He got well, however, and thus relates his experience: " For fifteen years I was a great sufferer from indigestion in its worst forms. I tested the skill of many doctors, but grew worse and * orse, until I became so weak 1 could not walk fifty yards without having to sit down and rest. My stomach, liver, and heart became affected, and I thought I would surely die. I tried Dr. 1. C. Ayer’s Pills and they helped me right away. I continued their use and am now entirely well. I don’t know of anything that will «o quickly relieve and cure the terrible sufferings of dyspepsia as Dr. Aver’s Pills.”—TonN C. Pritchard, Brodie, War ren Co., N. C. This caoe is not extraordinary, either in j TORS TESTED. of Suffering. ould surely die.” the severity of the disease or the prompt and perfect cure performed by Dr. Ayer's rills. Similar results occur in every case where Dr. Ayer’s Pills are used. “They helped me right away” is the common expression of those who have used them. Here is another testimony to the truth of this statement:. “I formerly suffered from indigestion and weakness of the stomach, but since I began the use of Dr. J. c. Ayer’s Pills, I have the appetite of the farmer’s boy. I am 46 years of age, and recommend all who wish to be free from dyspepsia to take one of Dr. Ayer’s Pills a?ter dinner, till their digestive organs are in good ofder.”—Wm. Steinke, Grant, Neb. Dr. Ayer’s Pills offer the surest and swiftest relief from constipation and all its attendant ills. They cure dizziness, nansea, heartburn, palpitation, bod breath, coated longue, nervousness, sleeplessness, biliousness, and a score of other affections that are, after all, only the signs of a more deep rooted disease. You can find more information about Dr. Ayer’s Pills, and the diseases they have cured, in Ayer’s Cure book, a story of cures told by the cured, i his book of 100 pages is sent free, on request, by the J. C. Ayer Co., Dowell, Mass. CURS YOURSELF! ■ Use Bix G for uuuatural I dischargee, tuhamuiations, | irritations or ulceratioufl of mucous membranes. -„— l>aiui«sg, nnd not aatrin UTHEEvANSChEMICAlGo. or poisonoua. I Sold by klra^frlsta* *or sent in plain wrapper, by express, prepaid, for f\.«», or 3 bottle**, |2.75, Circular seat ou request* $100 To Any Man. WILL PAY SlOO FOR ANY CASE Of Wnkneu In Hen They Treat and Fall to Cure. An Omaha Company places for the first time before the public a Magical Tueat siicN'i* for the cure of Lost Vitality,Nervous and IJexual Weakness, find Restoration of life Force is old and Young men. No ■worn-out French remedy; contains no Phosphorus or other harmful drugs. It Is a Woxdehful Tbeatmext—magical in its efTects—positive in its cure. All readers, who ore suffering from a weakness that slights their life, causing that mental and physical suffering peculiar to Lost jtlan Lood.should write to the STATE MEDICAL COMPANY, No. 3Ji)t> Range Block, Omaha, Kelt., and they will send you absolutely FREE, a valuable paper ou’these diseases, aud positive proofs of their truly Magical Tbeatmext. Thousands of men, who have lost all hopo of a cure, are beiug restored by them to a perfect condition. This Magical Tiieatmext may be taken at home under their directions, or they will pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who i prefer to go to there for treatment, if they Tail to cure. They are perfectly reliable; have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure, Free Sample, or C. O. D. fake. They have ®K60,0J0 capital, and guarantee to cure every case they treat or refund every dol lar; or their charges may be deposited in a bank to be paid to them when a cure is affected. Write them today. ‘A Perfect Type of the Highest Order of Excellence in Manufacture r Breakfast > . ..Costs less Hag OjlE CENT a Bop Be sure that you get the Genuine Article, made at DORCHESTER, MASS, by ► WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. ► ■> Established 1780. 25.CTS1 ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHNW. MORRIS,WASHINGTON.D.a LftU i*rincipal Examiner D. g. Pousion Bureau. 3/re. lak*t war, 16 adjudicating damn. att... ai„o« IEB5BBS n UUfilsM ALL . „ -... ALL tli>E FAILL [ Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good, in tliue. Bold by druKgtats. CONSUMPTION CRANBERRY AT FAULT BY O. P ]- UR old friend, Spe f cial Officer Andrew Cranberry, is never ashamed to ac ' knowledge the pos ■“ aibility of other men having brains os well ns he, and in proof of it fur nishes the follow ing scrap from bis experience. The Ola gentleman Is given to drawing a long bow" occasionally, and we will not vouch for all the facts, but give the story nevertheless. A sick ward of the Charity hospital Is scarcely the place where one would first seek a notorious character, and the man in question was certainly not a person to excite the Instinctive sus picion of a detective. I had been out to hear the dying declaration of a deck hand, fatally wounded in a drunken row the night before, and found the subject of this narrative stretched on one of the beds, appar ently much prostrated by an attack of intermittent fever. He was a tall, thin man, of perhaps seven-and-thirty, with light, sandy hair—rather fine, though, and silky, a thin, yellow mustache, and regular features. His eyes were pale blue, his eyebrows no positive shade. But what struck me particularly was the utter lack of color in his eyelashes. Though they were by no means thin,at a short distance one would scarcely ' believe that he had any at all., AU , these peculiarities would / probably have escaped unnoticed, but for a con sultation I overheard concerning his case among some students in the dis pensary. VU IW UU I C IU1IU UV..U.U (*U unaccountable habit, of talking In his sleep. So continued were his midnight monologues that others sick in the same ward complained loudly of the nuisance, and the nurses were com pelled to awaken him half a dozen times during the night to silence the incessant talk. There was nothing dis jointed in his sentences, nor did his brain appear affected with either fear or by sympathy with any other por tion of the body. His diet was prepar ed regularly, and the greatest care taken to prevent his stomach from be ing overloaded, and yet, when to all appearances all his physical machinery was in the most healthy condition, he talked the most. So much did I hear of this freak of nature that at subse quent visits I frequently dropped in to listen for myself, and confess to have been astonished at the clearness of a mind buried, apphrently, in profound sleep. On one occasion he gave an accurate description of Warrington navy yard at Pensacola; and so minutely did he detail every feature of that charming place, that, were I on the witness stand, I would have sworn positively he was as wide awake as myself. The doctor, however, listened at his lungs with a stethoscope and pronounced him sound asleep. I had just turned to go when he spoke out again, quite distinctly: “I know that, Andy Cran berry. Tumbled to him right away. Fly old cop, but not Valuable information about secur ing, valuing and selling American and foreign patents sent free, y THOMAS O. OR WIG & CO., Solicitors of Patents. Dcs Moines, la., Dec. 23, 1897. Great editor—They have just in troduced a new-fangled electrical chair at Sing Sing prison, but I have learn ed there is doubts of its efficiency; in fact, some experienced, electricians say it will not kill. Detail a reporter to try it. If he escapes It will be the biggest kind of a sensation. City ed itor—But what shall I do If it docs kill? Great editor—Get a new repor ter. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. Wo arc asserting In the courts our right to the exclusive use of tho word "CASTOU1A," and "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as ovv Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuol Pitcher, of Hyannlt, Massachu setts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CAS TORIA," the samo that has borne and does now bear the fac-simlle signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This Is the original "PITCHER S CASTORIA" which has been used In the homes of tho mothers of America for over thirty years. Look carefully at the wrapper and see that It Is "the kind you have always bought," and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on tho Wrapper. No one has authority from mo to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chaa H. Fletcher Is President. March 8,1887. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. D. Reuben Lane, a rugged man, walked on crutches from Barnesborough, Pa., to Topeka, Kas., a distance of 697 miles, to marry Mrs. Eliza Ann Par ker. When he arrived there she re fused to have him. He has employed a lawyer and will commence action for breach of promise. He is a wid ower 33 years old. She is a widow 60 years old. They became engaged through a matrimonial agency. It took Lane thirty-six days to make the trip. _ Tremendous Exodus to the Klondike. Despite the warnings of thoso who have been on the spot, and predict suffering In the Klondike region, thousands of adventurous Americans are wending thoir way thither ward. All of them should be provided with tliut medicinal safeguard. Ilosteltcr's Stom ach Bitters, wlilcu warms and nourishes the systom, and prevents malaria, rheumatism, kidney trouble, besides remedying liver complaint, dyspepsia and constipation. Peddler—Wouldn’t you like some mottoes for your house, mum? It's very cheering to a husband to see a nice motto on the wall when he comes home. , Mrs. De Jagg—You might sell mo one if you’ve got one that says, "Better Late Than Never.” Coe’« Con via Dalian In the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker th&n Anything else. It Is always reliable. Try it Rotten eggs used in making cake have sent a London baker to Jail. He bad 1,465 unused bad eggs in his ba kery. No-To-nae for Flftj Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c. Si. 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SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.. 1#7 Dearborn St, Chicago, 111.: Thank the Lord, I am on foot once more. The "& DROPS" knocked the Rheumatism In the head and put me on my crutches, so I kept taking It, ana now I have thrown away my crutches, and walk about Uko a man. May Ood bless tho man that got up the "6 DROPS, it Is a dead shot for Rheumatism and Uruvei. Three different doctors gave me medicine and treated my case. Besides I have bought and used every remedy I ever heard of that was recommended for Rhoumatism, and it all did toe no good. One done of “h DROl'S" was worth it all. It atopiiea the palp, and I am now able to go about. 1 have not the time to day to fully state my case, but will gladly write you a complete statement at some tuturo tins tv L T. Stamps. 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