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M the needi'of inch peraoni, and It alwaja ;' "fill the bill- Dyspepsia, conatlpatioa, rhea--na(iiai, kidnty titrable and la grippe are -. among the utonblea that it orercomea. '.. Hf-iy Gold la'tTse- for Decayed Teeth. . Thorn is n nnnnlnr irioa that dentists :".".-ustt gold for their fillings Because they :.. -" lean" charge more for It, and'this 'Idea is i .-. - an me inur -juici-i w-uo .." V xilVer -prill resist the acids of the mouth ': ': --" quite as well as gold. The troe explan : . -'ation,-'however, lies in the fact that gold " ! '--istho only -metal "that -will weld while --. t-.cpld This neither silver nor any othr --: . --.-metal will do. The cohesive properties ;"-- ""-Qf porfectly smooth and, cle'ar gold are ''- remarkable.. If a sheet of gold foil be ...' V. 'allowed to fall upon another both will be -."'Bbflrmly joined that it will be lmpoaai- . We to separate them. .- -.- "v. - , V. The-Oaly Ob Ever ITlBtet Cae Tee. ' Had. the Word? ' '' . " There Is'a 3-Inch display advertisement .' ' - In.thls paper tbs week, which has no .two .-- " ' w0rd5 alike except one word. The same Is " - -. .true ot each new one appearing eaob . week '. --from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. Thla .?.!-' 'house pluces a "Crescent on everything - --" they make.and publish. Look tor it, aend .- therri tlie name of the word, and they fill 'return you book, BZAunrnL uthoobapw, . . or EAfeYi.es nur. '-. ' Trees for Christmas. " --..- -t . It is ascertained that from 203,000 to '". V "'.'.Q.ooo trees, of all sizes, styles and .- '-.'shades, were in New York City for the ,-.."--. Christmas trade. These trees are ""- - ."brought In boats fromMaine and from -ho ; .-. " . Ca&skills and by rail from Massachusetts - - and . efmont. They are principally of -..'- " balsam fir 'and spruce Tf:e tallest ones ..-,".- ' ar"from the Catskills and are used -"mostly by managers of entertainments. tlT. AM fits etopped free by Dr. Xline'l ' Creat Nerve Beatorer No fits after first day's Use.. Marvelous cures. Treatise and K.OO trial -,ntt i irw-tn Tit rawR. Send to Dr. Kline, gfl ArchSt.. Phila. Pa - "Sho'sy'Tive d' oop1ezion Idma aftab: d blood what's dis he s beaq'ful complexion ffuar'ntud if d blood am pure! Befo' d' Lo'd dt am salvation fo Aunt Sophy." All we claim for it is an tinequaled remedy to purify the blood and in yigorate the liver. All the year round you can depend on Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in all . case's of blood-taints or humors, no matter what their name or nature. It's thov cheapest blood-purifier ' sold through' druggists. No mattei how many doses of other medicines arc offered for a dollar. Why? Because it's sold on a peculiar plant &d you only pay for . the good you get. Can you ask more? "Golden Medical Discovery n is a concentrated vegetable extract, put - up in largo bottles ; contains no al cohpl'to inebriate, no syrup or sugar to derange digestion ; is pleasant to .the taste, and equally good for adults or children. . The "Discovery" cures all Skin affections, and kindred ailments. "firjs Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs k taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts --. - gently yt promptly on the Kidneys, '.Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- - - :tem efiectually, dispels colds, head- - aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup cf Figs is the . only remedy' of its 'kind ever pro - duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the dtomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its ' many excellent qualities commend it : to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. V oyriip of Figs is for sale in 60c - :;-and $1 bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who - may" not have it on hand will pro : .:ure' it promptly for any! one who 'wishes-to try it. Do not accept any " -'.Bubstitufe. .... CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SHU fXAKCISCO. CAL -- U.UISVlUE,Kf. EhVMK.M.r. - FROM THE"PAC1FIC JOTJ7UfAL. A mat btratlM lua !! -mLm. V. Tk - v BV ... . 7 & VW m DVftUMa .frmwtfm.lm J r. .if.. . m Prlce.au. Qlce. SB 41 ParkPlaee, X. T. PILES ANAKKSlStfTwlnttABt "CUKE for PILES. iziis. Xkw Tobx Cot. IVORY SOAP Pure ,im BtSTfM EVE1Y PURP0K W?. -?jzL 1 t.wTa .aaiLLiLm 3H tcj -LibLp aKaK preemeeal Tuffs Hair Dye 9m THE CROCODILE. line WltKBWftleud. aaibegged to dccliae. Sfaa aaat ot at oaee to a Goat. "Pray don't disappoint roe," abe wrote; . But be aaawered too late. He'd forgotten the date. Having thoughtlessly eaten her note. - Tne Crocodile tboofht nim Ul-broJ, And invited two Babbita instead ; Bat the Babbits replied. They were hopelessly tied .By a previous engagement, and fled. . Then abe wrote in despair to some Eels, And begged them to "drop in" to meals ; Bnt the Eels left tbeir cards With their coldest vegards. And took to what went for tbeir beel. . Cried tbe Crocodile then. Id disgust, "My motives tbey acera to mistrust. Tbeir suspicions are baee 1 Since they don't know tbeir place, I suppose if I must starve, I inustt" -St. Nicholas. ' THE VENTRILOQUIST. Down at the famous Strand tavern, the Cole hole, In London, we were gathered together one evening, laugh ing over the amusing scenes of ven triloquism with which that clever comedian Toole had Just been edify ing us. A journalist present complimented him somewhat ironically on what he called his "little society talents." "These same little talents," said Toole, in a grave "tone, "have some times a great utility In life; do not despise them. An infinitely small talent may save a world of trouble; nothing Is unproductive here below. Let roe give you a single illustration: "Some years ago I was passing one eveningHhrough Drury Lane on my way to'the Gaiety Theater, at which I was at that time playing a role. "My attention wassuddeniy attract ed by a pathetic- voice imploring charity. I stopped and looked around me. The voice proceeded from a misshapen being,, apparently a cripple crouched in the corner of an archway leading into one, of these winding alleys so numerous In this popular quarter. His white hair and beard and cracked voice indicated clearly that the beggar was an old man. "A few pence for a poor man, sir,' said the tremulous voice; 'I am cold andbjJLQfxvr-oh, so hungry! I have eatennotbfflgtnce yesterday.' "The sight of ajwing man, however miserable he mighthave been, would not have moved me. Old cockneys like me are too weirposfejd on all these borrowing schemes which flourish in our town, but this decrepit old age and horrible deformity filled mc wun compassion. What. misery!' I exclaimed, gaze ingatthc old" man. 'Is it possible that you are condemned-to begging at your age? Have you 'no sons nor daughters?' "Alas! yes, gentleman,' replied the beggar in smothered tones, as if ashamed to acknowledge the truth, but they have abandoned me.' " 'It is infamous!' I added. "I drew from my pocket a half crown. "A? I handed it toward the beggar mv custoniary suspicions seized me. Perhaps ilt was alter all a made-up cripple. "I prefer to assist you more ef fectively,' I remarked, after an in stant's pause. " 'You have a refuge somewhere? A home? Where do you' live?' " 'Not over a quarter of a mile from here,' replied thcripnle. 41 will take you to my lodging,lt if you like.' "The earnestness with which he re sponded occurred to mc after the ad venture was over. At the time 1 laid no stress upon it. " 'Very well go, ahead; 1 will fol low," I answered. "The beggar started oft on his crutches, dragging after him two 6tumps of legs, and with a hundred protestations or gratitude, maneuv ered rapidly along the muddy and slippery sidewalk of Drury Lane. "It was a dismal London winter evening. A thick, humid fog hung heavily over the macadamized pave ment. By the dull, yellow light of the street lamps the passersby took on the aspect of phantoms. "From the doorsteps and windows of the miserable houses in the alleys and courts through which we passed, gaunt, palid faces gazed out upon us, and cut-throat countenances with wolfish eyes glared out into the night. "Not but that we must acknowl edge our police force is admirably organized, for, considering the wide spread misery and degradation in London, It Is only astonishing that crimes are not twenty times as num erous as they are. But, despite this energy of the police, how many a black deed rests hidden, buried for ever in the slums of our great town! "At last we crossed Convent Gar den market and Long Acre and en tered that hideous quarter which you all know Seven Dials. The adven ture commenced to only half please mc. 'Are we far -from your room still?' I asked, catching up with the beggar. 'I haven't time to spare.' "As I spoke I drew out my watch an excellent chronometer of Dent's, of considerable value. Looking sud denly up, I surprised an ugly, covetous glance beneath the beggar's bushy eyebrows. " Oh, ho!' I said to myself, -that's a mighty young eye for an old man.' "My suspicions returned with triple force; but often our paltry pride over rules our better ju3gment. More over, with the Seven Dials quarter re turned the bustle and noise of Lon don life. Laughs and shouts greeted us on all sides from the "public houses and bar-rooms of the neighborhood. "I determined to push the adven ture to the end, and more so as my companion now turned to mc and said, in his cracked and flattering tone?: " -Here is my 'home, gentleman!' He slipped through the half-opened door of a dilapidated building, and started up a rickety staircase with the agility I had before remarked. I had difficulty in. following him in the nauseating obscurity. The smart rap of the crutches sounded on "the step and served as a guide. At the third stoiy the old beggar stopped. I heard him feeling about in the dark: then came the sound of a key turning in a lock. One mom cat-, my good gentle- man.' saw the trembling voice; I will light a candle.' "Some seconds passed; the dismal glimmer of the tallow candle lit up a room which struck me as tolerably spacious. The beggar had slipped behind, me, and I now heard the sharp click of the key in the lock. I had expected to find a sordid,' miserable hole, fitted out with a broken stool, and a bundle ot straw hi the corner for a bed; instead of which the room was furnished a certain 'de-' (tree of luxury, and the floor was cov ered with a nch'carpet. TV"hnr Ai .- thl iriAnn' T dl-A1 "I turned toward the door. The old man had vanished; a man in the vigor of life, a white wig.in his hand, his face cbvored. wich. penciled wrin kles, looked up at me and laughed. ' " Youloolcsurprised,' he said in a. mocking tone. 'There are miracles' still in our days, you. see. My good legs have comeback to me, and my crutches look thereP' "He pointed toward the corner near the door. " 'Well, what do yowantof me?' I asked resolutely enough. " 'I want you to let me have your watch,' impudently -answered the man. -Mine happens to bo at the Jeweler's just now, and 'yours looks like a tolerably good one. I'll war rant it to keep good time.' "After all, it was but ,one man;' and a struggle man to man demands but an ordinary courage. "But my pseudograytcard drew a revolver from his pocket. "jJfow,'saidhe, holding the muz zle to my face, 'the watch and the purse first.' "I drew back. Indignation and anger at letting myself into such an absurd trap almost suffocated me; but what could I do against this man armed?" "All at once, an idea occurred to mc ' 'Imp of Satan! I'll catch you yet?' called a. gruff voice from behind tbe beggar. "Instinctively he turned around. I seized the opportunity to rush upon him and snatch the revolver from his hand. " 'My turn now,' said I, holding the revolver under his nose. Open that door this instant or I'll blow out your brains!' "The robber looked at me with a stupid air. He was a resolute fellow without a doubt, but the revolverand the mysterious voice together were too much for him. Growling savagely like a bull dog he opened the door and slammed it violently after him "Feeling my way along I found the staircase, and with some difficulty gained the street. I directed my steps at once toward the Strand. I arrived a half hour late at my thea ter, where reigned the greatest in quietude at my non-appearance. Albany Knickerbocker. A a,ecad et TLoeh Maree. The most interesting of the iAands in Loch Maree is by no means the biggest, but it differs entirely from the others in its varied vegetation. There is a romantic legend in con nection with this islana. In olden times a Norwegian Prince and Princess lived there happily. In time of trouble the Prince went forth to war, leaving his island to be guarded by his wife. It was agreed that when he was in sight of home on his return a white flag should be hoisted if all was well; if not, a black one. Time passed, and the Princess became Jeal ous of his long absence. When his boat at length appeared in the loch a black flag was hoisted, and when he landed he found his wife lying as if dead, on a bier, she having feigned death to. prove his love. Heartbroken at the sight, the Prince unsheathed his dagger and plunged it into his breast. A thud, and he lay dead at her feet. Horrified at the sight, she grasped tbe dagger from his breast and took her own life. They were buried in this romantic spot, foot to foot, with the hilt of a dageer engraved on their tombstone. Since then the land owners of the neighborhood have had the right to bury on the island, and some of the graves arc of curious, un hewn stones. This island burial is quite common in Scotland. It is a delightful idea that the dead should rest in peace, surrounded by beautiful scenery, and far enough from human habitation to do no barm to the liv ing. London Queen. Eloetrie lreof Safes. Some time ago, when safes were being blown to pieces frequently, an Indianapolis inventordevised a scheme to as completely protect his safe as if he had surrounded it with a lake of molten iron. He put in a large electric battery and when everybody had left the 6tore but himself he turned the electric current loose upon the safe. He knew that the safe was thoroughly charged from a quick touch of it and with a feeling of pride that he had at last, completely baffled the burglar who should design to rob him he went home. Being cautions, he did not .tell any of his employes of the charge, intending to get down early and shut off the battery himself. At an unusually early hour by chance next morning bis book-keeper came in, and not finding any one down he prepared to fix for business. Going to the safe, he seized the com bination knob. Then he turned somersaults before he let go of it. Then.he stepped back and studied. Picking up a poker he began to punch the knob, and he was again wrenched. Then the office boy came down and volunteered to open the safe. A reinforcement of clerks then came, and armed with all sorts of weapons they began to assault the safe, but Just at this moment the proprietor came in and shut off the battery. New York Telegram Coalda'C Get A ay Mapper. "Wal, sir, do you know I've been In this town for a week, eat three meals a day reg'lar, and haven't had any supper yet?" said an M. C of de cided ruralistic appearance in the lobby of one of the leading hotels to another M. C, who represents the boys ia the furrows also, hut who has been here once before, says the Wash ington Post. "Well, why don't you cat supper, make it four meals a da', and get the worth of your money," said thcsccohd-termcr. "Why, they don't have any supper up. here," re plied tbe" first-termer. "Now, for in stance, one of my Senators asked mc the other night to. take dinner with him at 8:30 o'clock. Confound his old time, I recollect when he used to get up at 4 o'clock in the moming to feed the hogs and horses, and by 8:30 o'clock at night he was sound asleep. Wal,' 1 reckon it all depends upon how .and -where a man was "brought ' up, .'but if my wife knew 1 wasn't eating dinner until 8 o'clock she would think I was being worked to .death." Practical Atfrtoe. An'Irishman and an Italian were before a justice for being drunk and the Irishman pleaded 'guilty;- The Italian, not' knowing the "ropes" so well, appealed to the Irishman for id vice "It's thishway, Dante," said Mike. "Af yez soy yez was dhrunk, that will ind it to wanst; but af yez soy to the oonthrary, they will argy and argy and make yez out a dhrunk anny way, so yez bad betthcr conflss and be done withit." Dante confessed. "Chaxge for the better," said the cashier 'of. the pool room, as he paid I .- a.a fl.llV Wl IWUIj U out the cash to the winner. AGRICULTURAL .TOPICS. m A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. ; JBtseald Alwaya Bar Done naaaaa Aa Kasltsfc Writer aw taw Maaace- aaeat of the Herse Magpie Fee 'as; Balee reenter Wetea BaaaeTaeM. Bains; Work la Seaeea. HEBE is more .fatal X' among ho turists tha of tardiness. Some men are always behind in their work, and when this bad habit, for it is really nothing but a habit, gets in its work on spring planting the result is a very serious one. More .trees and plants arc lost from late planting than from all other causes put together, arid when a tree or plant, owing to some favorable conditions, does manage to survive transplanting, its growth for the rest of that season is but a very trifling and miserable one. - For comr'ete success, trees and plants must be put into tbejr places while dormant and before the buds start, and to do this other and preliminary operations must be performed earl', such as preparing the ground, etc. Thus, he who is be hind in the first steps of his spring's work Is, as a natural sequence,, be hind in the last., and he is fortunate indeed if he catches up by the close of the year. A. Bis Help In Clearlas; land. I have invented an attachment to my stone-boat by which the team is compelled to do the loading of heavy stumps, rock, etc., which facilitates the moving of large quantities of rubbish, the leveling of knolls and filling of cradle holes. As will be seen in the engraving, the right-hand rail is removed from the common stone-boat and the boat-plank is at tached to the boat by a heavy hinge. This extra plank is drawn by a chain attached to the team the same as the main boat. We will suppose a heavy rock has been pried out of the sod or earth. The chain of the wing is loosened and attached further back on the main chain, while the . block at A is inserted to separate the wing from the Iwat. The boat is then driven lieside the rock, and as the team proceeds it will frequently take its place on the boat without effort on the part of the driver, the wing tend ing to force it in place. If, because of its shape this is not readily done, a very little prying while the team is in motion will set it where it is de sired. Meadow land which is to be leveled must first be plowed, when the attachment will quickly take up a load if the boat be weighted, 'if there is very much of this scraper work to do, the edge of the wing should be shod with a strip of steel, like an old cart tire or piece of saw blade. The outside rail of the wing also should be higher than for stone. The hinge should not be too loose. It should keep the wing on the ground by the weight of the boat. A. C. West, in Farm and Hume. Keep the Caltlvator !oIbs Whether weeds appear or not there is great advantage in constant use of the horse and cultivator, and if it needs weeds to remind farmers of their duty to stir the soil, then blessed be the weeds, they may well say. How cultivating warms the soil may be noted by the much larger surface which is exposed by tbe rough ridges the cultivator leaves after it has gone through. Besides it turns the warmed fcoil on the surface two or three inchs deep, where it is in just exactly the position to feed the roots. This, when the cultivation is done on a hot June day, affords no inconsiderable amount of heat to the roots of corn iu the middle of the rows. Some of these roots may be cut off,' but enough more will start out to more than make good their loss, especially if the soil be r'.ch and moist.' LIVE STOCK. atanacemeat af Horaes. An English writer says that the question with the farmer is how best to feed the horses required on the farm. The food of thchorsc is nat urally grass, and this will,bc the food of the young horse, with the addition of some hay in winter. As the horse increases in age, so will it increase in working capacity,, and its food wilL have to become correspondingly richer. Of the richer food, hay, oats and beans have'been used from tituc immemorial. The hay is first cut fine in the chaff cutter, and then is termedhay chaff; straw chaff may also befeivcu to the horses with ad vanugl, mixed witlrits other food. Tuat- and clover well cut up and theornier pulped, or even mashed, may be used with advantage in the winter and early spring. Subse quently vetches or tares will supply an early and valuable green food be fore putting the horse out to graze A horse must be fed frequently, and its food being prepared ' for it, grain being crushed, and hay, straw, roots, etc., cuttip. The stable must be well ventilated, -and contain a sup ply oi iresn water. Such is briefly the main outline of farming with regard to livestock; the objects which the farmer has in v'ew, how to attain them-and how science has helped him."lh the treatm'ent.of stock the main object on all , farms will be to keep them healths, and that at the present day is becom ing more and more difficult. Every thing which tends to the abnormal growth of the animal tends also to weaken it and render it liable to dis ease, and less-able to resist disease when.it comes. Hence the greatest precaution should be taken by the farmer to prevent disease, the prin ciple, "Prevention is better than cure," being the invariable rule with him. Ot the predisposing causes to disease, wantot cleanliness may be placed first as most frequent and most unjustflable; secondly, inefficient shelter; and lastly, - contagion. The worst diseases which live .stock are subject to are undoubtedly contagion-: therefore, as. in. man, so in animals, the bea i'ibfe thing when JT W tift thW m C? ibn fClTIM jW'b P kjissi KfS28aT 'the least disease occurs In the stock Is to" thorough iy isolate the affected animals. So important to the gen eral agriculture of the Kingdom is this subject of contagious diseases in cattle, -that the Government takes it up, but not efficiently. for though something is done to prevent the spread of disease, little is done to prevent the introduction of disease THE DAIRY. Simple Feeding Rules. The live weight of an animal de cides its ration of support. It should belequal to 2 per cent.- in dry food 'matter; or not less than thirty pounds per day of good hay, .or its equivalent in grain, straw ensilage or roots for a thousand-pouna cow. No definite details can be given for feeding a good cow. Her food will depend on tlie owner's supplies, her appetite, digestion, and the value of her marketable goods. For a standard quality cow of 800 to 000 pounds weight at flush, making twenty-five pounds to thirty pounds of milk per day, or one and one-half pounds to two pounds of butter, it will be safe to feed her rich, digesti ble food. Her bran should be about 4 per cent, of her live weight, peas and oats ground, about 1 per cent., and cotton-seed meal or a mix ture of linseed cake meal and cotton seed meal in equal proportions, equal tt per cent, live weight,. clover hay, 1 per cent, ensilage, roots, as carrots or mangels, or green feed in summer, according to their quality, such a quantity as will yield not less dry matter than 2 per cent, of live weight. The above ration has been sug gested because it represents a good variety of food, is rich, or has a close, nutritive ratio of about 1:5 to 1:51, and will pay for a standard (fourteen pound) cow. The value of mammal residues must always be born in mind in choosing food. The richer the food the higher the manure value, and the greater the care required to preserve it. The ration here given is a winter one, and a cow as good as the one in mind would earn from ti0 cents to $1 a day in milk, cream or butter. How much to feed and how rich the food should be must always be governed by the produce and its value from calving to drying off. Intelli gence and discretion must be exercised from day to day. Weigh and register every dav, or at least every ten days, thecow's products. Reduce or increase her food supplies, according to her condition from calving and earning power of her produce. The net food cost may be taken at about two-thirds the value of the ra tion. The balance is the value of the manuic Always give salt in the food, never less than one ounce per day or per cent of the live weight per month. The length of the milking period of a well-bred and well-fed cow depends on regular and persistent milking by her attendant It should be 300 to 350 days, or within a month of calv ing. Never feed turnips, cabbage, or any thing which taints milk. Make changes gradually. Dairy Dots. The more succulent foods make the more watery milk and oily cream, which churns the easier. Hence en silage and roots are favorable to butter-making, the oils principally giving butter its flavor. The cow must not have to travel a long distance for water If she does she will go without it until she gets very thirsty and feverish and then tlxink until she is painfully uncom fortable. Both conditions arc un favorable for milk secretion. Shade is almost as important in summer as shelter from cold in win ter. See that the cow has plenty of feed and clean water while in pasture, so that she can till her stomach in a short time and then He down in the shade, chew her cud, enjoy herself and make milk. Mixed pasture grasses, including clover, make a well-balanced summer ration: but a little dry food is relished exceedingly, and is beneficial. Some of tbe best dairymen not only feed hay, but cornmeal and bran, or some other form of grain, all summer, to advantage. Ik case of trouble about churning, look first to the temperature. A higher or a lower one mav remove the trouble. Next, see that , the cream is not too thick. If itisthin with water of the churning tempera ture. Using skimmed juilk would only be adding more of the same viscous material. But if the cream Is not viscous, but simply lacks fluidity the addition of skimmed milk may do. THE POULTRY-YARD. Groaad Hones for Poaitrj. Ground bones and cut bones arc dif ferent. A fresh, green hone cannot well be ground. It may be crushed or pounded, but not easily ground. Hand-mills are in us that permit of grinding bones that have become hard and dry, or have been steamed and heated, but the green bones must be pounded or cut in fine pieces with knives.. There is a great difference in the value of fresh bones from the butcher and those that have been ex posed until they arc dry. Green bones contain quite a proportion of meat and cartilage, and arc greedily eaten by all classes of fowls. Poultry Note. The Mottled Java is a very good fowl for market and they arc fair laj-crs. Japanese farmers are usually great lovers of poultry and breed large num bers of market fowls. In Tokio you may see them driving and sometimes carrying in coops supported on their heads a flock of marketable stock. They always sell live poultry. Dbv pick all fowls for the table. It does not destroy the texture ot the skin like hot water. 'Broilers also look better not shriveled up in ap. pearancc. ? THE HOUSEHOLD. Tha Family Doctor. Staj- ox the Eyelid. Put a tea spoonful of tea in" a small bag; pour on it just enough -boiling water to moisten it; then put it on the eye pretty warm. "Keep it on all night, and in the morning the stye- wHI most likely begone; if not, a second application is sure to remove it To Purify the Blood. A well known physician says that he consid ers the following prescription for pu rifying the blood as the best he has overused. One ounce yellow dock, one-half once horseradish, one quart hard cider. Dose, one riheglassful four times a day. Boils. These should oc brought to a head by warm poultices of camo mile flower, or boiled white lily root, or onion'root, by 'fermentation with hot water, or by stimulating plasters When ripe.they should be destroyeof by a needle or lancet; but this should not be attempted until they are fully proved. ' . - MRS. POTTER PALMER. ' Short Sketek aaa PIctare af the rreef cleat af tha Board of Lady Maaesers. The women of the United States are' fortunate in having so charming a repre sentative as Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chi cago, on the Board of Managers for the World's Fair.. As President of tho Board of Lady Managers "ohe -occupies a very prominent position, and the eyes of the world, so to speak, are upon her. In her official capacity she meets tbe various representatives of other nations, and consequently it requires a woman of. social as well as executive ability. SheTias'lately entertained various nota- sFsVXSiaBBMBsbd lrftfeBMMJMMK! VbtIbmSRbt SMbSbWbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbwbV v31 asMBVBMMMr JMa ' HaaBmsSHi jbT fl0jH"fs . . BeaaWMKr mMB7kw Jsa amTMaMP" asLimMaaaSBSEJamK. vTisFVN,. saSamSsW bMbbV aV VT7aV BBBaBBrar sbbbbb7 BERTHA BOSORB PALMER. bilities at herhous,all of whom must have taken away with them an agreeable im pression of an American home, an Amer ican hostess, and a graceful, cultured, and charming woman. Mrs. Palmer is a native of Louisville, Ky. Il,- maiden name was Bertha Honore, and eho was educated in a convent at Gco.gctowu, D. C. She was married to Potter Palmer in 1871. Mrs. Palmer is acknowledged to be one of Chicago's most beautiful women, and tlie striking bea'dy of her clear-cut feat ures has been effectively brought out by the artist in the excellent portrait hero presented. Here is shown the highest typo of mechanical engraving the photo-gine etching, which has now 6uperseded all of the old expensive methods. For a zinc otching tlie design is drawn from n photograph on white cardboard double the bize wanted. This is photographed on zinc plate, and the plate then p't into an acid bathwhich eats or etches awr.y everything except the lines which are to appear on the cut The engraving process is altogether mechan ical, and is, therefore, mechauically per fect, as is bhown by the above portrait. All the daily and weekly newspaper illustrations arc photo-zinc etchings, and they have heroine so cheap in price that well-made portraits like the above can now be had from the Sioux City (Iowa) Newspaper Union for $2.50, while a cut like it by the old method of wood engrav ing would have cost $6 or $8. The Sioux City Newspaper Union will, upon re quest, give full information as to the making and cost of all kinds of zinc etching illustrations. STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT. Pie is prosperity. FiSAJtciAi wealth is not the greatest. An empty head is full of vain conceits. No HOXEY can sweeten the bread of discontent. Tiiebe is a good deal of religion in a church collection. As a rule it requires more time to do tittle th&G to do much. The devil and the love of money are always on speaking terma. The man who thinks life is a joke sometimes wonders were the laugh comes in. Some men are born to bachelorhood, porno achieve bachelorhood and some have bachelorhood thrust upon thorn. W'nF.s Cupid goes traveling he never looks to see whether h has money enough in his pocket to pay expenses. When Baby was sick, we g&re her Castorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, When she became "Miss, she duns; to Castorla, Warn she had Children, she gmre them Castorla. Their Birthdays Their Dying Days. "Born and died on the same day" was true of the following conspicuous men: Shak6peare was born April 23, 1064, and died April 23, 1616. Kaphel Segio d'Ur bino, the great artist, was born on Good Friday, 1483, died on Good Friday, 1520, aged 37. Good Friday is a movable feast, so the day of the month may not have been the same, but the "Encyclo pedia Brittaunica" says "he died aged exactly 37. Sir Thomas Browne, au thor of "Heligo 3Iedici," was born Oct. 19, 1605, died Oct. 19, 1682. Timothy Swan, composer, was born July 23, 1758, died July 23, 1842. St. John of God, one ofthe most eminent of the Portu guese "saints, was born March 8, 1495, died March 8, 1550. John Sobieski, King of Poland, who 'delivered Vienna from the Turks, was born June 17, 1629; died June 17, 1696. How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cored by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. rropa, Toledo, Ohio. e, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transaction, and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Tbdax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Waldixo, KD.NAV AtMabttx, Wholesale Drng- gsts. Toledo. Ohio, all's Catarrh Cure ia taken Internally, act ing directly upon, the blood and mucous sur faces of the svstem. Testimonials sont frrw Price 75 cents per bottle. Bold by aU Druggists. A Peculiar Chinese Cnatom. As soon as a Chinese girl is betrothed she is placed in different relations to the world generally. She is no longer al lowed such freedom as hitherto, although that may have been little enough. She cannot go anywhere, because it would be Inconvenient she might be seen by some member of the family into which she is to marry than which it is hardly possible to think anything more horrible. . FOR THROAT DISEASES AND COUGHS uso Brown's Broxcriai, Troches. Lika all really good things, they are imitated. The genuine art tfM only Hi boxet. GOLDtec oate ark, san jrrancisco, is to have an immense cocoanut tree from Honolulu. It weighs six tons, is already boxed, and awaits shipment., Foanrr FKeblk ldxos against Wwtkb Blasts with Haus'b Honet or Horehocnd and Tab Pike's Toothache Drofb Care In one Minute. FrmiiT four times as many people speak Chinese, as speak the English language. Bekcham's Pills cure bilious and ner vous illness. Beccliam's PilU sell well be cause they cure. 25 cent a box. The constant use of the telephone .produces impaired hearing, headache. and nervous excitability. .' j. rjACOBSOl l W 1 "HADE CO-P MARK RtiSgKjMl. RlSATlM, fTSORALGIA, 9mn Threat, SwaO-Hp, great Mta BC I ATI CA e nil aw rrfcM .. MMNbtt APHORISMS. GExKTtosrrr is tho.flowar of Justice. Hawthorne. A constant friend Is a thing rare and bard to find. rintarch. . Evr.itvTnixo good in a man thrives best when properly recognized. J. o. Holland.' A man is never so on trial as In the moment of escoisive good fortune. LewWalV.e. - ' . Whatever mikes men good Chris tians, makes them good cit zca3. Eaalcl Wobstor. It Is not by his faults, bat by his ex cellences, that we mua' measure a great, ui:in. Georg Eliot .H.vrrixES grows at our own firesidos, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens. Do-'g'as Jcrroid Great names stand not alono for groat deads; they stand also for great virtues, and .doing them worship, wo elevate our selves: Hear Giles. Grvtituhe is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance, giving a classic beauty, an angelic Iovo linetts. to tba character. Theodore Parker. - Goo will put up with a great many things in tho human heart, but thero Is oncthing that ho will not put up with In it a second place Ilo who offers Gca a second p'aco, 'offers him no place. Ruskin. All That la Heeded. In ourphysical needs we want the best of anything required, and we want all that is required to te done, to to done promptly and surely, and those in pnfn. especially, will find all that is needed in what Is her.-ln recomn ended. Mr. T. J. Murphy. 61 Dete Tolce pi ice. Brooklyn. N. Y., ays: "Having teen afflicted with sciatic rheumatism for some time peat and finding no relief, I tried ct. Jacobs OH. which I found rery effica cious." Miss Clara Aho'.t. Jl.ihwah. N. J., writes: I bruised my limb and it became greatly swollen and stiff. I used two bot tles of a patent liniment which did not re lievo me. A physician was called wht or dered the limb to to poulticed, and he gave mo nietline internally, without benefit. I then got a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil. which cured me. It acted like magic. n Mr. Lorenzo. Buck. Bancroft, Shiawassee County, Mich., say.: I jnd chronic rheumatism for years, contracted during tho war. After Mtting or lying down, at times. I rould not get up. from stiffness and pa ns. At work my btrangth would give out. then I would pass through a sickness of several weeks. I had to w:tlk with a rane, and was at one time so ill I could not lie down without ter rible pains in back and limb-. I trie J St. Jacots Oil: next morning got up out of bed without assistance. To-day I'm a new man and walk without a cane. "Mr. A. H. Cunningham, I'crryopolls, Fayette County. Pa , writes: "My wife was sorely affllcteu with lame back for several years. She used innumerable liniments tut experienced lit tle relief until St. Jacobs Oil was used. I can confidently say we owe her cure to Its wonderful effects and would not keep house without It." They f.ook Cnoil. hut Tate Bait. A rather remarkable story is told about an apple treo that grows in St. George's Cemetery in Middletown, Del. It is said to yield fine round apples in great abundance. But no ono can rat them, as they have a graveyard taste." Even tho hogs, when the upples are offered to them, refuse to touch them. When put by the fire to roast the apple?, it is said, simmer to oil and emit a dis agreeable odor strongly suggestive of graveyards. Willi I'lv'ri Cream Balm a child ran be treated vitliout pain and with per fect -afety. Try the remedy, it cures Ca tarrh. My Son lias been afflicted with iiavil catarrh .'luce quite young. I va- Induced to try EIy"- Cream Balm, and he fore he bad used ono liottli that li.-:i;;rccablc ca tarrhal smell had all left him. He ap-ear as well as any one. It !-. the best catarrh remedy in the market. J. C. Olmstcad. Areola, III. One of my children had a very bad dis charge fiom her nose. Two physician i re scribed, hut without benefit. We tried Ely's Cream Balm, and. much to our surprise, their- was a marked improvement. We con tinued iisln the Italm and in n short time the disoharg" was cured. O. A. Cary.Corn iug. X. V. Apply Ita'ni into each nostril. It N Quickly Absorbed. Givrts Jtelicl' al Once. Pi Ice 50 cents at Druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHEL'S. CG Warren St.. New York. Skins of African Animal. The giraffe is mainly sought after in Africa for the value of its hiu, which commands a value of from 2 lfls 1 4 10s a skin, varying according to age awl sex. The hule of a tough, thick-skinned old bull, from an inch to an inch and a quarter in thickness, Is of course the most fought after. Not many years since the hides of the rhinoceros and hippopotamus furnished ox -whips and riding vrhips colonially known as sjam boks all over South Africa. But the rhinoceros is all but exterminated south of Zambesi; the hippopotamus becomes scarcer yo.tr by year, and the hide of tho giraffe is consequently in greatly in creased demand. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will btop the Cough at once. Go to your Druggist to-day and get a free sample bottle. Large bottles 50 cts. and SI. El'OENE WINCHET, or Dayton, Ohio, Is a popular man. He owns a street railway in that city, and permits all the working girls to ride for half fare. Wiikx tiik Mrrocs ScnrxcES of the Bron liia are sore and inflamed. Ir. l. Jayne Expectorant will afford prompt relief. For breaking up a Cold or subduing a Cough, you will find iu it a certain remedy. Two IiItioants in Boston have very suggestive and antagonistic names. When the clerk called th- case, he shouted, Taine vs. Bliss." Dyspepsia Caneed me slmcrt nntold raCering. I felt miserable and nervous. Mr a'omach would hardly dlge; tread and milk. Eut f eon af er I tezaa tak c flood's Sarsaparilla I had a better appetite, and could not on!y eat well bnt had Xo Distress Afterward. I am so glad I am tc tt r. for I feared I nerer shenld est well. My cnridnff ba')y. tco.ieems to be tet'er tian ever, and I tell fo ks Hood's Sarsaparilla makes Mm etion;. and that he acta more ot it thin I do: He Is 10 months old. plump and fat. and weighs 30 pounds." MBS.F.B.LioxABD.Souihtf Street, Louigvl le. Ky. Hood's PillS core liver ills. Price 25c. UctHgPigPJfgH Ths GREAT COUGH CURE; this snecess fol CONSUMPTION CURE is sold by drug gists on a positive guarantee, a test that no other Care, can stand successfully. If yoa have a COUGH, HOARSENESS or LA GRIPPE, it will cure yoa promptly. If your child has the CROUP or WHOOPING COUGH, use it q-tck.y nd relief is sure. If you fear CON SUMPTION, don'twatt until your case is nope- If vour lungs are sore or back lame, use Shfloh 's Porous Plasters. ewi Meal. tKM CrahMaTUair aa- Cara. I Bfcella, . la tha &mm CF.V.ilioci wW IIS --- Linr. m.-l. r. 1-tant). krtplnie t'am.tri. Alto leirik VlLLfSandPAKM rek MltU". Clit-nl-rs and teadmodlala utc. it- WILSON BR OB. .XASZZV.TL. FT FOLIS REDUCED Mrs. Alice Mapla. Oracon. Mc writaa 1 A Mr weight aa MB poaada. n- it ia 1 I Salba." FercirealaraaddraM,witb6e.. ' aiMactloaof IJklba." Forcireaaraa-dram.witb6c. ' R.O.W.K-Um.EK.MaYickar'aThaatm.raicaao.IU.. akf! anTMKra 'A diaabled. C fee for Increase. -8 years tx ntrtence. Write far l a W rO.-iii- A torn. Waaaucarax. D.'C Cuciisati. a la writing to Ailvertiae r, Ldardu nut uil te mention thla paper. AilTertlsera lim te less, but take this Cure at once and receive immediate help. Trice 50c and $1x0. Ask vour drucRist for SH I LOH'S CURE. ft w waat eearaai pay tneta aat. r "German Sypup'-A Just-a bad cold, antra hacking' cough. We all suffer that way some times.. How to get rid: of them is the study. Listen ' ' I am a Ranch nian aud Stock Raiser. My life is .' rough arid exposed. I meet all. weathers in the Colorado mountains . I sometimes take colds. Often they are severe. I have used Gcrmat -. Syrup five years for these. A few doses will cure them at any stage- The last one I had was stopped in" 24 hour. It is infallible." James A. Lee, Jefferson, Col. 5 S. BfBBfffa' 4"b"bV"b Va ."""eKQ aS"""! It Cnre CoM, Coaglm. Sot Tbrnnt. 'Croats InfliieuZM. Whtxipliu: Cousli, Itronchitla n4 Astlliiin. A certain cure f.r Contutitiition In first 'KeB.aiK. j mr-relief in ailvunced stH v. VW at on.-e. You will nee the esreUe.it effect attav taklnc tlie lint dose. Sold by Ueaiara ever;wlin. Large boU.e. 5J cent and USA r$rflRr(ori(i EveTo FhysIelauM Couldn't Cure. 7 Sbdamsvillk. Hamilton Co.. O., Jane, IBS). Ono bottle of 1'aBtor Koenlg's Jferre Tonla snred me entirely, after physicinna Itatl tried unsuccessfully for 8 months to rolleve' me ot nervous cRMlity. W. DUENNEFELd: Ost, Reno County, Kan., Oct., 1SQ0L A boy eight years old satf ered eovrroly from nerrounness And twltchingg. After using Pas--ron Komio's Nerve Tomo for a time, he waa entire!? restored. Another caso is. that of a youmx'lady who after using 8 bottles of-Pastor Koenlg's Tonic a positHe cure wus offocteo from--pileptic fits. REV. JOHN LOEVENICH. ITornw. Soctii Dakota, Oct. 27, 1900. My health was entirely ruined by epilepsy and A I.UIUU ULJ 1IU W I'lA. a USVtl astui akWiaa, m Tonic. Tho effect True such that I dall7 grew I'l'llUt UUU fttfl'UfelT , DlillU 1UIV .UIVUIUO A . :one ncavy moor, anu navo nau no mors ms.. JOHN MOL1TOB. FREE '-A Valuable Ttoolc en Keryooa and lKjor s&Uenu An 'alKO obtain ini 9 uieuxciu-a o va ,- This romedrbas been prepared by the Beroren Pastor KtnlB. I Fort Wariic. inn, since u Unow prepared under his direction by tho KOENIC MED. CO.. Chicago, II". Sold byriross'st.int SI per Bottle. Gfbrflo". 'nre"sUe,!l.7.". cnottleforflP. " LITTLE '! LSVER i PILLS no 5ot CRiri: sou sicKxir. Pure tttn (or SICK IlEAO- ACIIK. Imrit-d diction, conrtl- piaoa.torrl't glnnu4. rreyarou. VHB& UIa). ir;ilU I WM..K. UK" zir? alas1?! rnrci on mviii nevs aril bladder. Connate bilious nervous dis order. Kubliin nat- ural Uailt Actios. Bnnatlfr complexion by purlfyinK Mood. PfsrtT Vegetable. T.s.e dw it rirly trijuitnl to a!t eae, at on. pill esa neifrbttenrrcth. Each vial contain A eiriJ int po-rn.t like lead p'neil Huine man's ft torurr.l'iicr Taken ea.irr tfcan mgar Coldertrj" here. All grruine Roods bear'Crretnt." Send 2-cect ttsaip. Yoa fti 32 page took with ta tuple. I. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. Lottli. Mfc FOR 12 cts Tnerder to Intrnrfnro mv i.nM AOKTIIi:Kt GltOU HEEDS ifuSrfiSuUn. . CtalocP.leo "J1 j jr"""- viier i?rmiil h ?"" Tomato. I 8eeIaX Prleo risiv.i.H.li I icta. ai'CK. Il.ted in no Catalog In America tvt-4B a. a jbh aaa . -r- aai'uw tvv .irtj4jr ACrriUK'l J-TIMRU fnf TOlnn. -. . t v, - ....1 tl.k J "n '-am mi a tuuiuuw iiuuu-uru, -i-k.w'.r-t- a r-.. "" i ."vin i tJLC-5. laiaicjan-l ax.Te 3 Pkg?., I Tc -JOHN A. 6ALZHRV LA CROSSe, Wt9. Sib Itmi bonko, mm most noted phy ldan of Eng land, says that more thaa half of all diseases come frona errors in diet Send ftr Free Sample of GarCcld Tea to 319 TVet 45th Street, Vew York City. Ojrai al- offca jf lSMTta Melt Jleadarhei rcstoresompiela;curaCoaat!patloja YOU want to make- 310XEY. Yon are a good agent? you can sen GrThe Simple Account File-3 To everybody who keeps accounts. It will pay both the agent-ahd purchaser.-. -5K.: FOR TKKM.. .l 1,'innl ChilHCC. Tho .1. B. Van J.orcn C o., "Fremont, Ohio. by return mall, fnll da scriptlve circulars ot MOODT'aVew and MOODY'S IM PKOTEB TAILOa STSTZK3 r DKEI8 C.TTH9. Krrtird to tnte. Ttiw. only, are tha genulneTA-LOR SYSTEMS Invented anil copyrighted by Ior. D.W. MOODT. Be ware of Imitations. Any lady of ordi nary Intelligence can easily and quick ly Jearn to cut and make any garment. In any style, to any meamr. for Indlee, men and children. Garment suaran teed to Mt perfectly without trying on. -.4i.ru neeiir a ce.ci.Nci.N-iATi.ai BORE tic "OHIO" WELL DRILL WELLS with nor itimOHM Well illnctilnery. Th only perfect Mlf-cleaninjrand, ta-t-droppipgtoclsm nse. LOOMS 5 NTMAff. TIF.'l.N. OHIO. tal FltEK. PILES Iin Ir live. lltTIRT IT IIFF Pinal curet !CdaT.Veerrfiariw.i:opunra; nopalte !m.i DO-it.irr. A victim tried in vain en-rv rented t; ha di-CO-reJ a nirajJe care. h eh In will mall fres i h a teliow xnferera. Ad dresa J. U. KEEVE:- Box o290,X.Y. City ,. fc"lRfilJ)llXA-.-tlOKKI.V BPaWvlwP- IVantilHZton, tt.il "'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Iate Principal Zxamlper U S. Pension Bureau. SjrmtuUktuar, IjadJ!Pdicaliii-.Uitus, atty tiucv r a ja viaaivni .o-rai I LIwl I - l-.rVl.UR..- MM-B ABVtiiTOH, V. O. flnillBa Morphinr Habit Cured In 19 lll'IIISto-Od.tT. Nojiay till cured.- -". ? IVIIInR. J.ST-PHENS.-ebanon,Ohio. DiTBNTfiQ1117 obtained. 2o afya le until patent ia allowed.. Ad tea Eckfree. .eUJUMUITSJCY Wash-IXC. s. ex. u. ft-92 Coaauaawilcea and people I who hare weak inncsor AMh- m. honldu5e I'iso's Cure for Cnun.ptto!. It has eared Ikuiitnnrfa. It ha not lnlnr- tfit'i'r. it ia i.ufr uau loiaae. Ulti bi cough syrop. :id cTerfwnerf. 5c. & t"Tilc5SSs'' HJW FflPlj Jul) n I tviai " yu M . ..'- vl :t - - -" i ' .. ii :L.' l -T V . V fr V rK - '.Or.-. ft k": :, h. - . 1 - ?";"V ' - . - f '. .. -fc-" -.'.a - -tl '...' ..: -.v!-' - iZ -- f -1 r". m "' . &-