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Prince Albrccht of Prussia has
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A HINT FOR SPRING.
TVIion Housekeepers Arc Ilrlglitoninp ; the
Interiors of Their Homes.
Now that the backbone of this re
markable winter is broken , housekeep
ers are remarking the dingy look of
the home interior. The question of
new wall coverings is up. Paper is
dear and short lived ; kalsomines are
Uirty and scaly ; paint is costly. The
use of such a cement as Alabastine.
Cor instance , will solve the problem.
This admirable wall coating is clean ,
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on with no trouble by anyone ; there
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Great Snips for the Pacific.
President Hill of the Great Northern
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transpacific steamship line he has or
dered vessels that will carry 20,000
tons , or a measurement capacity of
in over 28,000 tons. In other words , he
I ill have In operation , eighteen
months hence , vessels equal in carry
ing capacity to the Campania and the
Lucania combined. The deck room of
each vessel will amount to over five
acres.
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THE WAYSIDE POND.
A lUfrcshlnc but Little-Noticed Fea
ture of Ilu-ral Scenery.
The wayside ponds In England are
one.of the most refreshing , if least
noticed , feature of rural roads , beloved
of all the weary animals , but not cele
brated In verse or prose , and rarely
painted , because they are too confined
In area , and have no "vista" beyond
them. They are all alike ; shallow by
the road and deep under the farther
bank , from which oaks or elms , or
often one single tree , rise with an up
ward curvewith a woven mass of roots
and rootlets going far down below the
surface level. The field ponds , often
set at the corner where four fences
meet , so as to afford water to four
fields equally , are prettier and more
varied , but often so overhung by
masses of thorn and briars that the
fallen leaves make the waters thick ,
and when still on their parent
branches shut out the light and air.
When these ponds lie in the center of
the meadows they are really beautiful
objects. In the more waterless coun
ties , such as Suffolk and Essex , they
are numerous and very ancient. Rare ,
indeed , is the farm on which history
records the making of any one of them.
At one end the cattle enter to drink ,
and th way down is made broad and
easy. There the tall water plantains ,
with pale gray flowers , and the water
grasses grow. Beyond , the whole sur
face is covered with a narrow-leafed
surface plant , more beautiful than the
water lily leaves , because they lie
p&Jnting all ways , like the leaves oi
frost crystals , just separated by nar
row settings of water. The finest
hawthorns and the oldest pollard oaks ,
full of polypody fern on the lower side ,
hang over these ponds , and in them
dwell a tough and ancient race of carp ,
proof against all weather and drought ,
and killed only by the hard winters ,
which seal the field ponds with ice
from lip to lip. 'In the clay counties ,
and in places where there was little
running water , the larger ponds were
only half left to nature. They were
dug for fishpools , or purely for orna
ment , though the fish were mainly
carp and tench , and not the good trout
of the southern pools. The grass is
still kept smooth upon their banks.and
the sides of the pools are planted with
the trees in fashion eighty years ago.
The quince was the favorite pondside
tree of our ancestors. It grows best
by water , and from spring , when the
pink blossom and gray leaves cover
the drooping branches , till late in au
tumn , when the golden fruits dropped
into the pool , and were gathered thence
after a week's bath , which was be
lieved to improve their flavor , the tree
was always an ornament to the mar
gin. London Spectator.
SHE KNEW HAWTHORNE.
Mr * . On a Sodgwick Tells of Her Expe
rience with the Noted Author.
I do not recollect Hawthorne's talk
ing much at the table. Indeed he was
a very tactiturn man. One day , tired
of seeing him sitting immovable on
the sofa in the hall , as I was learning
some verses to recite at the evening
class of recitation formed by Charles
A. Dana , I daringly took my book ,
pushed it into his hands , and said ,
"Will you hear my poetry , Mr. Haw
thorne ? " He gave me a sidelong
glance from his very shy eyes , took
the book , and most kindly heard me ,
After that he was on the sofa every
week to hear me recite. He was one
evening alone in the hall , sitting on
a chair at the farther end , when my
roommate , Ellen Slade , and myself
were going upstairs. She whispered
to me , "Let's throw the sofa pillows
at Mr. Hawthorne. " Reaching over
the banisters , we each took a cushion
and threw it. Quick as a flash he put
out his hand , seized a broom that was
hanging near him , warded off our
cushions , and threw them back with
sure aim. As fast as we could throw
them at him he returned them with
effect , hitting us every time , while we
could hit only the broom. He must
have been very quick in his move
ments. Through it all not a word was
spoken. We laughed and laughed , and
his eyes shone and twinkled like stars
with laughter. Wonderful eyes they
were , and when anything witty was
said I always looked quickly at Mr.
Hawthorne ; for his dark eyes lighted
up as if flames were suddenly kindled
behind them , and then the smile came
down to his lips. We laughed merrily ,
and went off to bed , vanquished , with
out a word. I suppose Mr. Haw
thorne's face must have worn that
wonderful smile , which always seemed
suddenly kindled behind his eyes ,
twinkled there for a second , and then
ran swiftly over his intensely grace
toce. Atlantic Monthly.
A Queer Caller.
A writer in Cassell's Little Folks
tells a story of a runaway hippopcia-
mus , whose keeper succeedej in recap
turing him in an unusual manner. In
the days when Mr. A. D. Bartlett was
king of the Zoo the hippopncamus once
managed to break out of his house. It
employed its freedom very properly to
make a friendly call on Mr. Bartlett.
He was not pleased to se'j this huge
charge out of bounds , and sent for one
of the elephant keepers to come and
secure it. To this man the "hippo"
had taken extreme dislike , and when
he shouted to it , it turned and chased
him. Away flew the keeper at the top
of his speed toward the hippo's den
the big beast in hot pursuit. The keep
er darted through the gate , and bolted
up the stairs to the platform over the
hippo's tank. Here he was safe.
Meanwhile , Mr. Bartlett , who had been
following the runaways , had securely
closed the gate , and the hippo was
again in prison.
A corabing-sack is a fancy thing a
woman puts on after she has got her
hair combed on the morning she ex
pects some woman to come and see
her.
FITS Permanently Carpel. JContiornervoncnoiiinfter
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Homes In Idaho and Utah.
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Convention is the soul's barbed-wire
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Carter's Ink.
Good ink Is a necessity for Kood writing. Car
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Higher Abroad Than Here.
At the mines in England coal is to
day quoted at $1.46 per ton , as com
pared with $1.18 at the mines in the
United States. Coal mining in the old
world is getting to be more expensive
all the time by reason of scarcity , the
English mines alone being the deepest
in the world.
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The Sirdar's Former brother.
Lord Kitchener has a younger broth
er living in New Zealand , who , in
stead of following his three brothers
into the army , chose a lonely pas
toral life. Arthur Black Kitchener is
a bachelor , 48 years of age , and the
owner of a fine estate at Waihems
Grange , near Dunback , on the Shag
river.
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The Prince Still Grand Master.
The Prince of Wales will be rein
stalled as grand master of the English
Free Masons on April 25 , the annivers
ary of his twenty-sixth year gf grand
mastership.
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He who is never guilty of follies is
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If all the microbes were elephants
some women wouldn't make any more
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Getting married is not like laying
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MRS. COLONEL HAMILTON.
That Pe-ru-na has become a house
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Columbus , Ohio.
Mrs. Margar-
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Racine CityJ
Wis.says : "I feelj
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and healthful
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well , but if I should be sick I would
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am in the change of life and it does
me good. "
Have you catarrh of the head , throat ,
lungs , stomach or any other organ of
the body ? If so , write to Dr. Hartman -
man at once. He will send you direc
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Address Dr. Hartman , Columbus , O.
The famous "man milliner , " Worth ,
is brought to life again in Richard
"VVhiteing's "Fashionable Paris , " in the
April Century. Mr. Whiteing once in
terviewed the great modiste on the
subject of starting the fashions. Under
the republic , said M. Worth , "the
fashions were not started at all ; they
simply occurred. " But under the em
pire , it was simple enough.
Do Yonr Feet Ache and Burn ?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-
East , a powde'r for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Hot and
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Address Allen S.Olmsted.LeRoy , N. Y.
About the age a woman quits sav
ing "When I marry" a man begins to
&ay , "If 1 marry. "
The Hockey 1'rincess.
The Princess Beatrice of England
has become quite an expert hockey
player and is so devoted to the game
that she plays nearly every day at
Windsor Castle.
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HISS ANNiE WVANDOTTE. |
Miss Annie Wyandotle , queen of
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"Dr. Uartman :
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Can you wonder at my delight ? 1
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April 15 I felt so elated over the res
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pupils. The advertisement , which cost
me 05 cents , brought me five pupils ,
and that was the beginning of my pres
ent large class. Yours gratefully ,
"Annie Wyandotte. "
A congestion , inflammation or ulcera-
tlon of the mucous membrane , whether
of the head , stomach , kidneys , or other
organ , is known to the medical pro
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different names , such as dyspepsia ,
Bright's disease , female complaint ,
diarrhoea , bronchitis , consumption
and a host of other names. Wherever
there is a congested mucous mem
brane there is catarrh , acute or
chronic.
| MISS CLARA STOlsCKI-R. \
Miss Clara Stoeeker pays : "I had
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many remedies , but found no relief un
til I saw an advertisement in the paper
of your treatment for chronic catarrh.
I tried it and I think I am now well.
I recommend Pc-ru-na to all my
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Miss Stoecker lives at Pittsburg. Pa.
Mrs. Margar-
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I applied to Dr. Hartman. 1 did not
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but I followed his advice , and used only
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ever was , thanks to your remedies. "
Pelvic catarrh has become so frequent
that most women are more or leas
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In vievof the many mislsacing and unscrupulous imitations ot " Baker's
Chocolate " v.-hich have recently been put upon the market , v/e find it neces
sary to caution consumers against these attempts to deceive
and to ask them to examine every package they purchase ,
ar.J make sure that it has on the front a yellov/ label v/ith
our name and place of manufacture.
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.
DORCHESTER ,
and cur " " the
"La Belle Chocolaticrc"
trade-mark back.
If ycur grocer dees not keep the genuine article , pleace let
. .
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getting it. Send for a copy of our Choice Recipe book , mailed free to any ap
plicant who mentions this paper.
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ESTABLISHED 1780.
Stops the Cough
Works Off
A KLOND3KE SCENE.
, Every druggist from Klondike to Cuba sells Laxative Bromo-Ouinine Tablets
for Colds and Grip. In fact it is the only Cold and Grip prescription sold throughout this
vast territory , which is striking evidence of its virtue and popularity. This signature
appears on every box of the genuine article. No Cure , No Pay. Price , 25c.