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less expenditure, by mor promptly
adapting the world's best products to
'fre needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure Uqmd
laxative principles embraced i the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presentiag
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
LencGcial properties rf a perfect lax
ative: effectually cleansing the Bystem,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts cm the JKid-
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ening them and it is perfectly free from
-. everv objectionable substance.
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Flower"
For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
mil that time under treatment by a J
physician. He finally, alter trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that I would have to
cease eating solid food. On the rec
ommendation of a friend I procured
a bottle of August Flower. Itsettn
d to do me good at once. I gained
strength and flesh rapidly. I feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has curedme."
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'Well?" said tho manager of the
theater, eharp'y, in answer to the
rap at his door. He was not pleasant
at his best, this manager, and whon
he was interrupted during It business
transaction ospecially if that trans
action was unprofitable to him ho
was apt to be impolite.- Tho other
occupant of tho room, a tall, gray
haired old jentleman with tho kindli
est face imaginable, laid a paper he
had in his hand upon tho manager's
desk and went to tho long window to
wait until he had finished with his
now caller.
A very small girl came quietly in
a very small girl with largo gray
eyes, and tho yollowestof yellow hair
tumbling about her round face. She
was such a pretty and attractive
child indeed that the gray-haired
man stopped looking out of tho win
dow and turnod his gazo upon her.
She seemed not to mind it in tho
least, for she went straight up to tho
manager's desk and bowed very
prettily to him.
"Whi-t do you want. Dot?" asked
the manager, frowning down at her
from behind the pilo of papers and
letters on his desk. The little gift
took a deep breath.
"Mr. Phillips," aW said, planting
herself firmly before him much as
she was wont to do when she played
Fauntleroy. "I am going to leave
the company. I'm tired of acting;
and acting and acting, and rievdr
having any good times like other
childrcns doesdo I mean. And I
came to cll you that I am not going
to play to-night.'
Well, I What do you mean, you
impudent little wretch?" demanded
tho manager, bringing his largo
hand down with a thump, while ho
fairly glared at his bmall star."
Not coinir to act to-nisrht? I'd like
to know what's gone wrong
nursery to-day. Out with
what's gone wrong?
"Nothing's gono wrong, 'ccpting
what's always going wrong," de
clared the child, not in tho least dis
turbed by his roughness. "It's
always tho same. I just act and act,
forcv r and iorev'r, ecems to me, anu
sometimes," she looked wistfully
away as she spoke, and her voice was
full of childish longing, "sometimes
I get so tired, am1 want to play 50
much. To-day, just a iiUlo while
ago 1 sawed -savv two childrcns
playing in iho alley, out of my win
dowt and I asked Mrs. Mintet to let
mo go out, ju&t this ono time, and
play with them. But she said I
ought to bo ashamed and know
hotter; that it wasn't nice to make
mud-pies. She don't know, though;
I think it would bo. When she said
that I eriod, 'n then I got mad and
when she took her nap, I came hero
to tell you I want," drawing herself
up in a quaint, unchildlike way, "I
want vou to cancel all otti' 'jiaffe-
ments, Mr. Phillips, 'causo I am not
going to act any more. I want to
play like other childrcns, and go
'way off in the country whore they
send tho little sick ones, and pick
flowers and bit on the grass all day
long."
The manager, with eyes and mouth
wido open in spcechlc&s astonish
ment, stared at the little girl, and
$hc waited calmly for him to answer
her.
"Well, I nover did!" declared the
astounded Mr. Phillips at last. Then
he turned to las visitor, wno was
smilinir centlv at tho little actress.
"What do you think of that demand,
Braccly?" he inquired. "I tell you
tho American child is getting so very
fresh and so very independent that it
is a wonder wo older folks arc al
lowed to live."
Mr. Braccly said nothing, and tho
manager turned back to tho little
girl-
Miss Dorotuy, no Degan wun
mock politeness, for all politeness
was mockery with the manager,
"you'll have to excuse mo for not
complying with your request It is
quite impossiblo for mc to do so, I
am sorry to say, but owing to You
get back to your room, young
woman," he broke out suddenly drop
ping his politeness and returning
once more to his natural manner,
"and don't let mo near,any more of
this nonsense. Understand! Then,
skip!" and he accompanied the order
with a comprehensive snap of his fin
gers. The child moved slowly toward the
door, and the visitor saw that she
was making a brave effort to keep
back the tears which welled into her
big gray eyes. As she put her
small hand on the knob she turned to
the manager again.
"I am not going to act any more,"
she said gravely, "I don't want to. I
want to play out-doors, in the coun
try, sometimes." Then she went
quietly out, Avith a very determined
look upon her innocent face.
Well, that gets mc!" exclaimed
the nonplussed manager, as the door
closed. "Did you ever hear of any
thing like it, "Bracely? That little
vixen will be running tho whole show
pretoy soon."
Mr. Braccly came back to his chair
and looked curiously at tho othor
man.
Who is she?" he asked.
"Dot? Why, nobody's especially.
Her mother played small parts in ono
of mv road companies, but she died
soon after her husband was killed in
the wreck, and the child was dumped
on me. I'm not rich enough to sup
port paupers, you know," with a rue
ful face, "and so I put her to work,
and she's a success. She does child
parts to perfection, if I do say it my
self, and there's a fortune in her if I
can just keep her down. But she
can't be allowed one inch, or she
takes the whole thing."
"What was her mother's name."
asked the other man, slowly.
Let me see I forget no, it was
Harcourt, 1 believe, Marian Harcourt,
on "the stage. She married Moutaign,
the comedian."
"She was beautiful?"
"Yes, and Dot inherits somo of it
along with her independent ways."
"How often does the child get out
in the country?"
The manager laughed shortly.
"In tho country," he repeated.
NeTcr."
"She hardly knows what grass and
trees and cows and dogs and horses
are like, I suppose?" - -
. "Very likely; but see here. Brace-.-ly,
this isn't a class in catechism, is
it? Let's set ba -k to, this business,"
tapping tho paper upon his desk.
Phillips," said the other leaning
forward and speaking very slowly1
you are m near a brute as any man 1
know. Can't you see that child it
hungry for God's own green country?
for flowers and birds and fresh art
and blue sky? Cant you understand
what she needs r or are you so blind,
so wilfully blind, that you won't see
it? She knows what she needs, and
she comes and asks you to give it to
her. And you refuse it, like the mis
erable specimen 'of man you are! "
But it is no use trying to get at Voti
on tho ground of common nutiianityj
?ou haven't tJVeh that Look at it
rom a business standpoint, think
how much benefited she would b for
a month even, where She could take
a breath b! fresh air and see some
thing besides filthy streots. Can't
manage to sena ner away ior
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
PLANTING AND CULTIVATION
OP MELONS.
Stable Manure the Beat Fertilizer Gen
eral Purpose .Ilorse Baralaa;
Stablea Stock Notes and
Hoaekold Helpa. ?
you
awhile and give her a chance to get
somo color into her white cheeks?"
What are you talking about? I'm
not made bf money! Of course I
can't S,ho's doing well enough whore
she is, I tell you, and you are wast
ing your sentiment on hor."
Bracely got up and took a turn
about the little office, followed by
the curious oyes of the manager. At
last he stopped before the desk and
lookod down at the humane Mr.
Phillips, and there was a look in his
kindly gray eyes which the other had
seen there but onco or twice before
a loon tnat Douea no goou iur mo
manager.
She has an undorstudy.of course?"
he askodi , .
"Yes,"1 said tho manager promptly.
Who can go on with her work
without any trouble- or inconveni
ence
p"
Ye-Crj," said
(He managor, more
dcublruily.
Then,' said the gray-eyed man,
send for Dorothy at once."
What in creation aro you going
to do?" domandod tho manager; you
aro getting daft oft this Bubjoet,areri'fc
you?" .
'"Perhaps; but send for tho child."
"What for?"
Mr. Phillips," said the older man,
"how much do you owe me?"
Eh? Oh," coloring and coughing
norvotmly, "you ttfd getting back to
business again, aro your I'm glad
you aro Why, you havo
the wholo thing horo,.and"
"It is enough to rather seriously
embarrass you, I believe you said, if
I -were to press its paymont just
now?"
"Yes," returned the manager, color
ing still more. "But see here, Bracely,
I am going to do tho best I .cart, for
you. Ddrt't tfusli m'o; I'll make it all
iighl in the end. I swoar if you will
Only give me a little longer you shall
have it all. I"
"That will do, Mr. Phillips," said
Mr. Bracoly, looking steadily at him,
"send for tho little girl.'.'
"I don't understand Do you mean
this?" he exclaimed suddenly as the
light camo to him. "Is it a con
dition?"
"Jt is. Let me tako tho child to
my homo in tho country where she
can live, and where slid will have ihc
love" she sd much needs, or" . He
stopped, and tho manager frowned in
thoughtful silence for a minute.
"You've got mc," ho said at last,
"but it's a pretty mean trick, my
friend." Then he touched an electric
button beside the desk.
Go to the hotel, Jim," he said to
tho boy who promptly appeared, "and
bring Miss Dot hero at once." Tho
boy disappeared as promptly as ho
had come, and returned in a few min
utes with the little actress.
"My dear," said the manager, put
ting on his vory plcasantest manner,
and what his employes wore wont to
call his "box-office smile" "my dear,
this is Mr. Bracely, and he has taken
quite a fancy to you. He thinks a
month or so in the country on his
place would help you a good deal,
and he is going to tako you there. I
have consented to havo you go, as he
says he knows you will bo quite happy
with Mrs. Bracely to look after you,
and all tho pretty flowers and .birdies
and cr. so on. We will let Katie
play the rest of the season in your
place, and you can get nico and f ested
up till next fall:"
The girl looked from one to an
other in childish astonishment, and
then she went to Braccly's side, and
put her small hand on his wrinkled
one.
"You are a good man," she said,
looking earnestly into his face, "and
I love you." - "Why," she
went on curiously, "you look like my
mamma did when sho was sick. She
had a picture of you, didn't sho? Tho
one she was always kissing"
"There, there," said Mr. Bracely
hurriedly, taking her into his arms
and holding hor there, "we will go
now. Phillips, have her trunk sent
to my hotel We leave to-night
You have the papers, I
believe? Then accept that note of
yours as a present from Miss Doro
thy." Tho manager stared incredulously
at his creditor, and then recovered
himself as the two moved toward tho
door.
Braccly," he murmured, "you are
a gentleman, and you won't regret
this. I thank you." Then he added
aloud, endeavoring to pat the small
actress' hand, "Tako good care of
our little girl, my dear sir." Dorothy
drew away from him and put her
arms lovingly about her now friend's
neck.
"You need havo no fear of that,"
said the latter gravely, holding her
still more tightly in his arms. "And
by the way," he added, "you had best
not count on her for next season, Mr.
Phillip. As she told you herself, I
believe, she is going to leave tiio
stage."
Then the gray-eyed old gentleman
and tho gray-eyed little girl went
through tho door and down the stairs
IrtAviniT Mr. Phillins alone with his
own satisfaction at his unlooked-for
release from tho debt which had so
long hung over him.
The next morning Dorothy woke
to find herself in that paradise of
which she had dreamed so many
times, with Mrs. Bracely's smiling
face looking down on her, as sho told
her it was time to get up and "play
like other childrcns;1 and so long did
the day seem, and so full of happi
ness never before tasted, that the
love-starved child wondered if she
were not still in one of those dreams
at the setting of the sun.
But the manager, as they closed
the door behind them, ran his hand
through his thick hair in a perplexed
av. and frowned down at the floor.
They look alike, by Jove they
do!" he exclaimed, "and I wonder
whatever became of Bracely's way
ward daughter, anyway?" Yankee
Blade.
Not taw. Bat Bight.
A New York cyclist has been fined
for neglecting to tinkle his bell anu
running over an unwary pedestrian.
There is no law compelling the cyc
lers to ring their bolls, but the couri
holds that they arc bounu to do i
just tho same.
Growing Melon.
During a recent meeting of the Illi
nois horticultural society, W. P. Rosb
of Almc, read a paper oh melon cul
ture, from which the following ex
tract is taken:
Melons should bo planted as soon
ns. thn trround is warm. In our lati
tude, immediately east, of St Louis,
from the 15th to tho 20th of May is
about tho right time to plant with
safety . Sometimes they dd. .Weil
planted as early as tne nrst oi may,
but there is groat danger of tne sGed
rotting in the ground, as a cold rain
will always rot thorn, and even the
young plants will rot off just under
the ground, if tho weather ii cold
and wet But if they do succeed,
early melons pay the .best THe safe"
way seems to be to piant part of thd
crop early and replant if they fail.
The ground should bo plowed deep
and well harrowed: the hills should
bo from four to six feet apart each
way. Small melons sueh as Gems do'
well four feet apart LaPge iheiofid
require more room. Vatermelons
take more room than nutmegs: some
planters put them eight or ten foot
apart on very rich ground. Melons
aro great feeders and require some
kind of fertilizer to do the best.
Nothing that we have tried Is better
than rotted stable manure, but guano
and phosphates do quito well when
about a tablespoonful is used in tho
hil1'
Stable manure may be applied
broadcast in any quantity; We have
tried forty loads to the aero and
would use a hundred if we had them.
But as that is rather oxpensivo wo
generally put manure only in tho
hill, using about a two-horse load to
-103 hills, covering the manure nbou
three inches deep with loose soil.
In planting we put five or six water
melon seeds in a hill and when tho
third leaf is two or three inches broad
thin to one plant in tho hill. Wo
generally put ten or twelve nutmeg
seeds in a hill, so as to make good
allowanco for mice and bugs, cover
ing not more than an inch and a half,
arid when in tho third leaf thin to
two in a hilL
Mice aro very fond of hiclori seeds,
and a good mouso dog in a melon
patch will save many a hill of molons.
Striped bugs are a vory great damage
to melons some seasons, and rather
difficult to manage. Somo growers
plant a few hills of squashes among
the melons. Sometimes sprinKiing
tho vino with ashes, or slaked lime
will keep them away. Plowing and
hoeing disturbs them and is quite a
help, and is probably as good a thing
as can be done. Sprinkling the
vines with phosphates is alsd recom
mended. Cultivation should bogin as soon
as possible with plow and hoe and be
kopt up till the middle of July or
later. We have plowed melons with
good results when there wero half
grown molons on tho vines; of course
tho melons and vines had to bo care
fully laid around in tho row, but we
thought it paid. In regard to va
rieties, every one must be governed
by his market
unless natural aptitudes draw him
too strongly away from the farm,
it -will probably make him love it
quite as much as does tho farmer
himself. It is a great mistake to
silppose that, the old farm is hot
largo enough for subdivision in most
cases, when sons or daughters marry
and find need to establish homes of
their own. If it is found that more
land is needed it can usually be -purchased
to bettor advantage in the
immediato neighborhood than will
ai,H. fmm disDersinff a united fam
ily. Thorc is great gain in farm co
operation, and it is bb'st secured in
many localities by tho combination
of farmers in whom affection supple
ments the arguments based on pe
cuniary interests. American uhi
vator. He Raised the Standard.
Att Eastern paper speaks of a caro
iul dairyman, Who, by breeding and
good maiiapttieKt ef his dairy during
ten yoars raised tho staddilr'd of hw
herd from 160 pounds of butter ner
cow, which is the avorago for isew
York state, to more than double that,
and has a cow with a record of 4-10
pdiinds per year. Questioned as to
the breed from Whidli host results
mftv h obtained, ho replied: "Gfadd
herds are far moro preferable than
thoroughbreds." Farmers, as a rule,
do not fully appreciate tho fact that
abdiit eighty per cent of the cost of
food given to cattle is returned to
them iri tho shape Of mailUf'J. Of
fiHcar'afors how ilso'd oxtensively in
somo localities, ho said: 'In tho sav
ing of tho butter fats, a sopSriStor
'that costs $125 can be paid for in two
vettrs from a dairy of eight cows."
The professor' spoko in tho most posi
tive terms of tho good results ol do
horning. He has practiced it in his
hord, which he described as now
entlo and passive as a flock of
shoop." Ho began with a vicious,
bull, which had previously gored a
valuablo horse badly, attd continuod
until the wholo herd was rendered
powerless, as you may say, 10 muici.
injury.
fern rtnrt Onts
for
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General I'urposc Horse.
A writer in the National Stockman
says: I undertook to raise an all
purpose horse. It was for myself.
I had a fine mare to start with and a
good ono which w sighed 1,250
pounds. I bred to a trotting-brcd
horse. He was rather small, other
wise perfect horse, and tho kindest
disposition that I ever saw in a stal
lion. Tho worst I could see was the
service fee, $25 looks largo when we
don't know what we arc going to get
Somo of our largo horso advocates
did "Yiin will have something no
body will want." It is not so. I
have a colt that will make a 1,200
pound horsc.handsomc and as near
perfect as you will often find. There
aro lots of men who would like to
have him. I commenced to edu
cate him when about a
week old, by putting on a
halter. By tho time ho was three
woeks old my little girls, one seven,
tho other fivo years old, could go
halter him, and lead him any place.
I got a bridlo on purpose, with a
leather bit, so as not to hurt his
mouth. We drive him to buggy
and also double, and ho is per
fectly safe for a lady to drive. We
do not give him very long drives nor
put him to very heavy work. He
will go to town and back in as short
a time as any horse, but will make a
v i fnmiiv linrsn. I am so well
pleased with results that I havo bred
tho same way again-
Feed'.
V-thmors Vijivo lnnr icnOwn nat to
sow oats and peas together made all
excellent feed, cut any timo before
fully ripe. They arc both highly
nitrogenous, and yet parodoxically
the combination does not exhaust the
soil. Whilo the oat crop gets its
nitrogen from the soil, tho pea root
has power to tako nitrogen from soil
imprisoned air. Sometimes we havo
thought, noting how the oats thrive
among the peas, that tho pea, roots
fed not only their own plant bdt fii
some way left a littlo in the soil for
tho use of oats also. American Cul
tivator. Stock Notas.
For warts on horses apply castor
oil once a day.
Scrubby stock and good pricos
not go together.
Tho country is reported compara
tively free from glanders.
Whey should bo fe'd in coitfbiaatioii
with oatnieal, peas, bran, etc.
Unless a man intends to givo
proper care he had better not go into
stock raising.
During all the depression in horso
prices tho draft and coachers havo
brought good pricos.
Tho heifer c;ilf does not need fat
tening food. It needs plenty of bone
and muscle forming food.
Warbles in cattle can bo squeezed
out Sometimes a sharp knife is
needed to make tho opening large
cnoiigh.
The growing pigs need succulent
food with a little grain to keep grow
ing. Tho clover field is an excellent
placo for hogs.
The man with a good lot of marcs
on hand should breed them to first
class draft stock, and the colts will
grow him out
If tho butter consumers would con
sult their own interest they would
hover spend a cent in a grocery store
in which butterine is kept
It is poor policy to attempt to
raise calves in a pasturo in which
there is no shado. It is poor policy
to keep cows in such a pasture.
An nvnhanffn thinks that when a
farmer feeds a pig beyond nine
months ho is needlessly throwing
away his profits. Many are slow to
learn this, notwithstanding it has so
often been demonstrated.
It is vory important to start right
in tho cattle business. The man who
contemplates going into the business
should read good stock journals, and
consult experienced and successful
stock men before he invests his
money. The man that exercises this
precaution will not start with scrub3.
A Imaaaaer Smw.
Acotrding to the best records January
aad February of 1816 were warm and
springlike. March was cold and stormy,
vegetation had gotten well along in
April when real winter set in.
Sleet and snow fell on seventeen dif
ferent days in May. In June there was
either frost or snow every night but
three. The snow was 5 inches deep for
several days in succession in the in
terior of New York and from 10 inches
to 3 feet in Vermont and Maine. July
was cold and frosty, ice formed as thick
as wmaow panes in every uuc -New
England States. August was still
worse; ice formed ncany animium
thicknesss and killee nearly every liv
ing thing In the United States and m
Europe. In the spring tit 1 8 17 corn that
had been kept over from the crop of
1815 sold for from $3 to 10 a bushel,
the buyers purchasing for seed. On
May 10, 183.-,, snow fell to the depth of
a foot "in Jamestown, Va., and was piled
up in huge drifts in most of the north
ern states. There was snow in many
parts of Iowa and Illinois cm May 11,
1S78, and again as late as May 23, 1882.
Vegetartenlam.
Vegetariani3fii In the United btatcs
docs not discard the tise of meat diet
merely because it is unnecessary or
harmful, but also because of the cru
elty inflicted on animals by thcfexWbole
ci 1r.ifTl,tr in the caterinc to tne
meat-eatirig -habit This principle is
followed logically' to its end, and shoes
made entirely of felt are' largely com
ing into use among vegetarians. o
only they claim does the use of If
necessitate the killing of animals, but
it is injurious as a covering for any part
of the body, while woolen or felt is a
natural attd beneficial protection.
Cryatala In QutttZ.
A collector of curios in New York
prides himself on a piece of quartztnat
has two crystals cm its face. These
crystals form a perfect cross, one lja
nMtnr, fhnntvior nt. rifTht antflesand
a little hollow benma inem iuw"
them into high relief. It is the only
known specimen of the kind and came
from the west The Iodians used to
have a poetical tradition that the small
crystals of this mineral found on the
upper Hudson and about Lake George
were the tears of stricken deer solidi
fied. .
Mercury.
tu nrvlncfinn of mercury reaches
about 55,000 to 60,000 frascos pern
num. Tho frascos are enormous bot
tles of cast iron, which contain four
arrobes of abdut twenty-five pounds
each. Each bottle, wlilch measures
twenty-two centimeters n xteight by
six in width, weighs, when filled, aboht
100 pounds. The workmen at present
employed, number about 2,0u?.- mere
arc also 1,000 workmen who are de
ployed out of the mines with machine
ry, furnaces, transports and other
works.
TkaEcMla Blrda'a Waata.
The loon great ar. t
wys deposits 9gr JSSVid
most perfectly ellitfieal i Iriaaiy
uesiaeoy siae. -incy "Tt distance
found at over three-fifths thj V-wres-from
the front edge of the fiWsi av Q
aitn that is at about two-fifths . .,
lofirr diameter from the rear end of t
elongated hollow or nest proper. Fro J
the position of the eggs one can leu now
the bird sits on its nest, as we may rea
son that with these long bodied birds
the abdomen, which supplies the direct
heat, is well back from the front of the
hollow. This theory i Verified by
watching the incubating bird.
The turtle dove, night hawk, whip
poorwill and common domestic pigeon,
each of which lays two eggs at each
setting, deposit the eggs side by side,
although this arrangement is frequently
interfered with in the case of the tame
bird, mot rarely with the result that
one of the eggs docs not hatch: Dr.
Morris Gibbs in Science.
Some Gain Among; London'a Poor.
According to the annual report of the
Toynbee hall settlement in the east
end of London, there has been an im
provement in the housing of the poor,
and also in the condition of the streets;
a large increase in the rate of wages;
libraries and baths have also become
a , A . Xit. AM 4Y.A
mrrra Tin m or mi s. ana aiwKcuici, uc
ii for to raaaam
So leaf aa the faUioc eabra of 1uif 5?5,
NHklatt Mac rekindled Into a "- .
Cealalglow.jiuiMicnz wo """ r
weak aad emaciated inralid. Let nun not,,
Ueretore, despond, but Jlerive mu(nfS?BZ
from talji, and from the further fact that tVira
la a restorative inoat jotcnt In renewing tna
dilapidated powenfof a broken-down "J8'"'
Yes, tnanUa to lis unexampled tonic Mr
Uoatottcr's Stomach Hitters la daily reTlyln
atienjth in th bodies aad hop In tho l,ua .
,. - sleea, tn acquisition of flesh and color, ara
V tings attendant upon the reiaraUve Pfo
irV which this priceless inrtgorant ape"
casVa aad carries to a successful eonclualOB.
infhWa U retorrl. the bloort fertilised, and
T1afrV, iiuiueu lu -u ! sHHWimngor
suatk ers, whlcn is inoOensivo ee .
gB ty the' JK nHlate, cgetable la composi
te the fominlaw t ly safe. Use It and regain
tlon. aad UrorcrUpk
TlC0" rarla Shop.
The FauaMMM. Paris is said to
Tne Ben Marche li - nothing but
employ 100 men who dK --i ono esstab-
watch for shoplifters. Tbk . 12,000 to
lishment alone arrests from 0 been
15,000 people annually wno aas . 00 or
caught stealing. Probably if 30,Un ro
40,003 more, who don't get caught k.
added, an idea can be formed of la.
way kleptomania flourishes m I ranee.
04 Advlee.
HI can Heartily sar to any young man who l wast
ing good employment, work for B. r. Johnson k Co.
foUow their instructions, and you will succeed." v
write an agent of B. F. Johnson It Co.. of Rlcli
mond, "Va., aad thafa the way aU thoU men talk.
If the tongue could kill not many would
SJsTiNwimr improved. 1 Uve to old age.
r
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There are a
few people left
i
I
who still follow antiquated methods of raising
bread, biscuit, cake and pastry with home-made
mixtures of what they suppose to be cream of
tartar and soda, compounded haphazard,
but there are very few
The best housekeepers use the Royal Baking
Powder instead. Its scientific composition insures
uniform results. By its use alone can the finest
flavored, most wholesome food be produced. To
any housekeeper who has not used th Royal Bak
ing Powder we would like to send our Cook Book,
free. Mark your request "For instruction.0
Royal Baking Porctf er Company,
106 Wall Street, Nejr-York.
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Burning fetablcs.
I have just had the misfortune to
have a barn burnt and with it two
fine horses. My case is ono of lock
ing tho door after the horso is stolen,
but I feel my loss so deeply that 1
cannot help saying what I shall do in
tn ftifni-n n nno need be told that
the horso in a fire becomes frightened madc of uncooked laundry starch, if
mado to stir,
JloUtchnUl Helps.
Oilcloth is ruined by the applica
tion of lye soap, as tho lye eats tho
cloth, and after being washed it
should bo wiped perfectly dry or the
dampness will soon rot it. If laid
down where tho sun will shine on it
much, it will be apt to stick fast to
tho floor unless paper is laid under it.
It sometimes happens that a
pricked ringer will leave a blood
stain upon some delicate work. It is
a "ood thing to know that a pasto
and cannot readily bo
and the truth is that tho horse, when
a barn is on fire, is scarcely more
frightened than the owner is. The
fire in my barn was woU under way
before I knew it. At onco I rushed
to tho stables, but to tell tho truth I
was so exe'ted that it was with diffi
culty that I could untie the horses.
I had no knife in my pocket to cut
the halters, and after tho horses
were untied I could not get them to
move. It is well known that if some
thing is thrown over the horse's
head" at such times you can get tho
animal out. But I had nothing, not
oven a coat on my back to use for
this purpose. Hereafter I propose to
carry a good, large, sharp pocket
knife which every farmer should
have in my pocket, fer the purpose
of cutting halters when there is a
fire, among other numerous uses, and
I will havo blankets where I can
readily reach them for throwing over
the horse's head. You will io some
thing practical, too, brother farmor,
when you have two valuable horses
dead. Farmers Voice.
Father and Sons in Partnership.
It is natural for fathers to complain
as old age comes on, and they find
themselves left alono with decreasing
power to combat the difficulitcs of
life. But if sons do not choose to
remain at homo arc they wholly to
blame? In the complaints that the
boys brought up on a farm leave it
as'soon as they como of age, if not
before, we generally ask if they had
-nv inducement to do otherwise.
I Usually the answer is that there was
none. A father wno wants 10 nave
his son a help to him in his old age
ought to begin early to train him to
interest himself -inith?farm. Let
the boy see that -he is really
a partner in the firm, and
spread upon the stain immediately
and loft to dry. may then be scraped
oft and with it will disappear all
.traces of tho stain without injury to
the fabric.
A bit of pumice won't take up
much room in tho soap dish, but it
will keep feet and fingers smooth and
dainty, and, by the way, there is no
reason why the feet should not bo
kept as dainty as tho hands. They
are certainly much less exposed to
changes of tempcraturo than tho
latter, and from tho greater heat the
skin should be-softer and finer.
The best soap for cleaning paint
can be made by taking an ounce of
nnuriiotwi hnr.iv. one nound of the
best brown soap cut into pieces, and
three quarts of water. Put all in a
kettle, set on tho back of the stove
until tho soap is all dissolved, stir
ring frequently; it must not boil.
Use with a picco of old soft flannel.
To starch linen, use a tcaspoonful of
powdered borax to ono quart of boil
ing starch. It will improvo tho stiff
ness and gloss and prevent its stick
ing. a mivt.nrn which is excellent for
removing grcaso spots and stains
from carpets and clothing is mado of
two ounces of ammonia, two ounces
of whito castile soap, ono ounce of
"lyccrine, one ounce of ether. Cut
tbc soap in small pieces and dissolve
it in one pint of water over the fire;
Vin nrlrl two nuarts of water. This
should then be mixed with more
water, in the proportion of a teacup
ful to ono ordinary size pail of
water. The soiled articles aro then
washed thoroughly in this.
C6me High.
Some auction price's for antique tap
estries in Paris are: A large tapestry
of the fifteenth century, df subjects
from the history of Charles VI., numer
ous figures in rich costumes, border
garlanded with flowers and fruit, 6,000
francs; another, sixteenth century, sub
ject the line of the Shepherd Paris, 4,
500 francs; large Brussels tapestry, af
ter cartoons by Adrien van dcr Velde,
subject, an allegory of winter, 5.010
francs, and smaller pieces at 1,500, 800
and 1.175 franca respectively. The
Collector.
I Corn Constipation and Djspepahtj
nr. Shoop's Kestorativo Nerve Pills sent free
with Medical Book to prove merit, for 2c stamp,
rruggtetsc. Dr. Shoop, Box W.,Raclne Wis.
Curing Setting Hen.
A ,lCape Coddor" tells How he cured
a setting hen. "I made," he says,
"half a doiccn snowballs and soaked
them in water. In the morning they
were solid ice. I shaped them as near
like an egg as possible and then placed
them under the setting hen. She
smiled. I stood by and watched her.
She cuddled the ice eggs under her and
chuckled softly to them. In about ten
minutes she appeared to get uneasy.
She arose and s 'Hitched the darlings to
gether and shook herself then, evi
dently satisfied, settled down again.
Soon sho got up tincc more, this time
with evident concern; something was
wrong, surely; perhaps the weather was
getting cold. She lelt wet anu cniny,
but, with great perseverance, she sat
down again, and again got up, this
time for good. She walked out of the
box and then turned and looked in, but
she had had enough."
How's This I
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY fc CO.. Props., Toledo, O.
Wc, the undcrslnued, have known F. J.
Chen.y for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tion mnilo liv their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Drug-pists, Toledo,
O. Waldiso, Kinnas fe Makvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle,
gold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Tempering Large Armor mates.
A new process of tempering a four-teen-inch
Harvcyizing armor plate was
tested at Bethlehem, Pa., recently.
Heretofore this wns done by ejecting
ice water against a red hot plate in a
vertical position, with the result that
the water was made boiling the instant
it touched the upper end of the plate,
and the heated water did not have the
proper effect on the rest of the plate.
In the new process the plate was laid
down in a specially prepared frame,
the water was made ice cold by treating
it with salt, and was then led to a large
sprinkler lowered within one foot of the
plate. The water was forced through
the sprinkler under great prcs-sure,
while the under side of the sprinkler
was kept cool by water running over it
from a fixed spigot. The sprinkling
continued for one and one-nali nours,
and the plate was then taken by a crane
and immersed in the oil baths, there to
remain thirty hours. The government
otlicers present regarded the new pro
cess as highly successful.
s
LJ-fe--t''-i
Minnie's Yearly Expenses.
"Minnie can afford to marry a poor
man,-" said a friend of Minnie's mother,
speaking 6'f.the danghtcr's evident lik
ing for an impecunious young lawyer.
"That is just where you are mistak
en," anslftered Minnie's mamnia. "She
has 80,000 a year of her own, and she
spends every" penny of it upon her own
clothes Her dresses last year cost
about $4,000, her hats and bonnets
about $500, Jier lingerie another 8500,
and besides there are her jacksts.glovcs
and all the other accessaries of the
toilet. And she is no exception in her
world; most of her friends spend quite
as much and many a great deal more.
No wonder that young men cannot af
ford to marry nowadays and only rich
girls arc in demand, though If men
did but know jt it is more expensive
to marry an heiress than a girl who has
been accustomed to manage with very
little." New York Tribune.
FIT8-AII ftta ateyparj irae oj
ICfattUAT
1. war-
SKBTt aiSTOaaa. No fit aiier nrai om -
relous cure... TreawaaawwK-"-
gena io ur. unc,oi miv -'. -
It is of no tise tnrnfng back after you get
moro than hah wttj".
Much-doing is not so important as well-doinsr.
Ornamental characters are full of Weak
spots.
Tb Latest AchleTement in Railroading.
This Columbian year, with its many
evidences of the Worfdorful progress
of the country, hae not produced a
more striking illustration than that
shown by the transportation lines; tho
latest and most remarkable achieve
ment of all being the placing in serv
ice of a train between Chicago and
New York making the trip in twenty
hours, including stops. Modern sci
ence and skill has produced engines
capable of running a hundred miles or
more an . honr; it therefore only re
mained necessary to find a perfectly
level roadway free from sharp curves
tn malcn the running of really fast
trains not only possible, but perfectly
Jtracticable and with the same regu- I
arity and freedom from accident ,
that characterizes mo namuiu
of slower trains by first-class lines.
An engineer's ideal roadbed would be
absolutely level and straight the lino
of the Lake Shore and New York Cen
tral is the nearest realization of these
conditions to be found in thia country,
as is evidenced by the recent bicycle
relay races from New York and Bos
ton to Chicago, they having followed
the line of these roads the entire dis
tance. This route was, therefore, the
natural selection as the one over which
the Exposition flyers should run. The
schedule of these trains has been ar
ranged particularly to accommodate
the large number of business met
who have interests both in New York
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Tha aU Hand Cream Separator ana
Feed Cooker Combined. . ,
Completest of outfits for a dairy farmer. Thit
machine lias an attachment which, when the bo-wrl
aas been taken out, is dropped into the Separator so
hat a belt can run to the churn. V; rite for further .,
oirticulars. V-wl Si Jtonkln Bldsr. and Mfar.
Co?. 240 to 854 W. Itke St., Chicago. llH,
Manufacture all kinds of Creamery Machinery and
Dairy Supplies. (Agents wanted in every county,)
To Populist Press and People
I tako pleasure In annourtclna;
that I have made arrangements om
behalf of the National Reform Presa
Association, whereby plates and
ready-prints containing Populist
matter officially approved and rec
ommended by the National Reform
Press Association and Chairman
Taubeneck, In any quantity doslrod.
will be furnished by
The Western Newspaper Union,
Write to the Western Newspaper
wno nave miercsis uoui m j-cv. iwn. - .,.,., mo,
and Chicago, and by taking advantage Union for Samples and ""
of this train can leave rew YorK alter other house turnisnoa ....
matter. W. S. MORGAN, sec. na
tional Reform Press Association.
Address
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION,
OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
4t. ..Ijiva nt linclnaca onrl TftA in C.Yipa.TC I
the next morning In time for a full
day's business there. Leavo Chicago,
eaatbound, 2:o0 p.m.; reach New York
next day at 11:00 a. m. Leave New
York at 3:00 p. m.; arrive in Chicago,
10:00 a. m. next day.
Real glory springs from the silent con
quest of ourselves.
If the Baby It Cntlloc Teeth,
Be mra and usa that old and vrlltried remedy, Maa.
Wissiow's Soothixg Sracr for Children Teethinr.
The most manifest sign of wisdom is con
tinued cheerfulness.
"If anoou'S Bl.iglo Corn Sh1" .
Warranted to cure, or money refunded. Jkik yaur
drufBUt forjt. Price Si cents.
The Chinaman is eTeatly
his hair is upbraided.
abused. Even
Love hopes always because it believes always.
How easy it Is to admire people who agree
with us.
Last year's styles in fly paper, will be
stuck to this season.
It is bard to agn
rels with himself.
ee with a man who quar-
"You don't seem to know me," said
the ward worker to the "boss" as he
unrolled his petition. "Your face is
familiar, but I cannot place you."
THE WAY SHE LOOKS
troubles the woman who
is delicate, run-down, or
overworked. She's hot
low-cheeked, dull-eyed.
thin, and pale, aad It
worries her. . .
Now, the way to look
well i to bs watt. And
the way to be well, if
ri're any each woman,
to lalttfuny use Dr.
Haroa's VBroriim tn
acriptloB. That is the
only medicine Ant's
mutranleeA to buud up
woman's strength aad to
mm 'woman's ailments.
female complaJat," irregularifar,
- aad in everr exaauBwo. wpu-
of the female system u ott u
to beaalt or cure, you nave yoor aaaw
back.
There to only oe medicine for Ca
tarrh wortkjr the name. Dozens are
advertise, fcut ealy the proprietors of
Dr. Sace Catarrh Kemeey say this:
"If we caat own ?, ytwUft
tM0lAel
A V- J,
la every"
4S mnatfevieBsl
uat wwanw
taom
A Sllrer Quarter
Sent safely, with your address to Geo. H.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., Chicago.
111., will fetch to you by mail, without de
lay, a portfolio containing a highly-colored,
correct lithographic view of the
world's ram grounds
and buildings (done bv the famous artist,
Charles Graham), together with numerous
other beautiful lithographic and half-tone
views of unsurpassed lake and river
scenery in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
and Michigan. The "Quarter." otherwise
twenty-five cents in silver or U. S. postage
stamps just coven tho cost of the port
folio. AVe pay for sending it to you.
The supply is limited; therofore, send ad
dress at once, or not later thanJuiylo,
1S93.
A man with a bad liver very often has a
good heart.
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Chicago,
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MEKD YGUfi OWN HARNESS?
WITH
THOMSON'S
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No tools required. Oalr hammer nf,1ed
to drire and clinch them easily and qulckirr
laaTinsr the clinch abtolatelr imcoth. Requiring
bo hole to bo made in the leather nor bnrr for U?
KiTefe. They are STRONG. TU6H an DURABLE.
Millions now in ttie. All leSgthi, uniform or
assorted, pat np la bexM.
Aaar. year dealar fer teaa, or d 10c.
ia stamps for a box ef 100; aaaof ted alzet.
ttajrcfAcresxp r
JUDSON L.THOMSH MFC. CO.,
Waltmatm, Mass.
IlL0tiPMCw
I A mCULTY. I
It any on doubts fa:
weoan car Item jktct
atlaat cm ia 1 tl
daya. let him wr-tafor
partlcalars and larirti
aataoarrellab Ilty. 0:r
ia.-uiclal backing U
CM.OaO. Whan aiercar-.
lo7id Botanists. aarMpirfl! or Hot Sprint fall. -
irai rutwa cara and our Hasie Cyphllaoo 1 tn c r
ttinr that will car permaaenUy. PoittT proof i.
m!d, free, Coox BanaoT Co., Chiano. III.
Piso'a Bemedy for Catarrh to the
Beat, Eaaleat to Use. aaa caaa;
Knirl br Srarzista or sent by 1
50c E. T. Haieltlnc. Warren, Pa.
aaaafjaa jBTKBTOira SHOULD AliWAIB Ban
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INSURE iotha Farawra aad lleralianU lannw.
W N U Omaha. 22 1893
Patents. Trade-Marks.
Examination and Adrico aa to J,,fbI",'rf
Invention. Send for "JyitMm' U".'?''. w?V
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Reference; NATIONAL' BANK OF
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Inrestijata our mathod. Written guaranty to ; J" " JL'Sft.fi
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