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V J .. ." . - t I . M .-.-- . .-" ( r I'i: , A Burmese doctor, whoa called to prescribe for a patient, just asks Wat to name the day and koar of 1 birth. If he was bora, in the merilnr, oa a Tuesday, he, of course, rf lrca dlf ferent treataieat taaa trotrtd be gtvea to a man irho came late the world on Saturday evening. Four pounds of steak, with the etcet eras in proportion, make an ordtnary meal for George Washington Walker of Argos, Ind. His food seems to rap idly assimilate, as he la constantly gaining flesh. His height is feet ten inches, he measures the waist, and his weight is 540 pounds. Pains and Aches Of Rheumatism Make) Csuntls ' But this disease it cored by Hood's 8ar saparilla, which neutralises the add In the blood. If you have any sjiptesjs af rheumatism take Hood's BsrsspariDa at once and do not waste time and aaaney oa unknown preparations, lbs ssstft af Hood's SarsaparlUa Is nnojaestloned and Its record ot cures unequalled. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest MedlctoeforrheaaMOaav Hood's Pills cure all Utct Ills. S9 cents. FIGS AND THISTLES. . When you cease to give, you eease to possess. The "larger hope" may eai In the deeper despair. It requires abundant grace to with stand abundant prosperity. No man can follow Christ, and not have trouble with the devil. -A high ideal is a standing Invitation to reach a more exalted position. The man who loses his Ills In lore, cows the seed of untold noble lives. The sermon on the mount Is higher than some church members care to live, The man who will not suffer for the truth, will have to suffer for neglecting IL Let the world mold your opinions, and it will soon squeeze all religion out. Christ's people have no disappoint ments: everything is of divine appoint ment, The miser who Is able (bat anwlll !ng) to relieve want, is truly a miser able man. The exasperating trivialities of life are little lead lines let down to fathom our religion. The January Atlantic opens the new year and the new volume brilliantly and forcibly with a careful and dis criminating comparison betweeen the Destructive and Constructive Energies cf our Government, by President Eliot of Harvard University. President Eliot pays a high tribute to the con summate skill and energy displayed by President McKlnley and his Cabinet Officers in the management of the late war. showing, moreover, that these de structive war powers were, and always must be, previously prepared and de veloped by the constructive arts of peace; and in this connecttion he calls attention to many proper objects or the operation of the beneficent con structive energies of the government in times of peace, and which he be lieves should be energetically and sys tematically fostered and sustained. A child's set silver plated knife, fork end spoon free for Diamond "C" Soap wrappers. Ask your grocer. Not the least interesting feature of Lieut. Hobson's account ot the sink ing of the Merrimac in the January Century will be its unconscious reve lation of the author's personality. A distinguished naval officer recently re marked that Hobson was almost the only man he had ever known, no mat ter how dautless, who did not feel any unusual sensation on going Into battle. This coolness does not seem to have deserted him for a moment. Once, wncn the ship was sinking, he thought t.at the dryness of his tongue bet tokened fright, but on feeling his pulse, he was surprised to find it nor mal. ?oa Couch J tfcs olusst and heat. It will break as acoMl UiKusajLblnzctoe. U H alwajt rcIlaMe. TfTtt. Occasionally every man wishes he were a woman, so that he could bury his face in a handkerchief, and have a good cry. TOE EXCELLENCE f SYWFIP HB is due not only to the originality ami simplicity of the combination, bat aim to the care and skill with which it t manufactured by scientific atacaaws known to the Caxrrosjru. 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For particulars as to routes, railway fares, etc., apply to Su perintendent of Immigration, Depart ment Interior, Ottawa. Canada, or to W. V. Bennett, 801 New York Life Building, Omaha, Neb. WAXTZD-can or i-F-a-K-a will cot benefit- EeadB toKtoaaa Chemical Co en Toricxor id Dr. Raj's LHg Uto tor easels.' coMs. sad threat flluan Mffi WM B Bart CMasfisEJaV.ssBttfjM LHMBiastiannnSBmVSBBBBBBBBl CAMPFIRE SKETCHEa QOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. eVHfltaffBVHaV They CwUS Ormc- t Wai Twa itt Tk Battle!. Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands. Were trampled by 4 hurrying crowd, And iery hearts and armed hands Encountered In the battle-cloud. Ah! never shall the land forget How gushed the life-blood of her brave Gushed warm with hope and courage yet. Upon the soil they sought to save. Now all is calm and fresh and still; Alone the chirp of flitting bird. And talk of children on the hill, And bell of wandering klne, are heard. No solemn host goes trailing by The black-mouthed gun and stagger lag wain; Men start not at the battle-cry O be it never heard again! Soon rested those who fought; but thou Who minglest In the harder strife For truths which men receive not how. Thy warfare only ends with life. A friendless warfare! lingering long Through weary day and weary year: A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front and flank and rear. Yet nerve thy spirit to be proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot; The timid good may stand aloof. The sage may frown yet faint thou not. Nor heed the shaft too surely cast. The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers: But Error, wounded, writhes In pain, And dies among his worshipers. Yea, though thou lie upon the dust, When they who helped thee flee in fear, Die full of hope and manly trust, Like those who fell in battle here! Another hand thy sword shall wield. Another hand, the standard wave, Till from the trumpet's mouth Is pealed The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. William Cullen Bryant Tha Chlaaaa aa Sfedara SaMtera, Having succeeded in making good soldiers of the Sikhs and Goorkhas of India, the fellaheen of the Nile and the negroes of the West IflMes and the Cape. Great Britain Is going to try her educational system on the Chinese. A battalion of 1,000 natives of Bhantung are soon to be enrolled under British officers at Wel-hal-wel. In the length and breadth of China there could be no more unpromising material, for the Wel-hal-wel Chinese are the ones that led the flinching be fore the invading Japanese in the win ter of 1894-95; so. If the British officers succeed with them, they may safely count upon the soldierly qualities of the race. That such qualities exist was long ago asserted by Gen. Gordon, and was even recognised by Japan in the late war. Gordon's "ever-victorious army," as the corps with which he suppressed the Tal-Ping rebellion was called, con tained men of Indubitable courage and zeal. So. indeed, did the hordes ot Tai-PIng. In the contest with Japan the Chinese In the Far North held their own gallantly, keeping Moukden from capture by Marshal Yamagata's army, while Admiral Ting's sailors made a drawn battle of the Yalu. For eign observers, who saw them at their best In 1894-95, as well as during the Tal-Plng war, concluded, as Mr. Mach ell of the British army recently put It, that they are not at all a cowardly people when properly paid and effi ciently led; while the regularity and order of their habits, which dispose them to peace In ordinary times, give place to a daring bordering upon reck lessness in time of war. Their In telligence and capacity for remember ing facts make them well fitted for use In modern warfare, as do also tne coolness and calmness of their disposi tion. Physically they are not so strong as Europeans, but considerably more so than most of the ether races of the east; and on a cheap diet of rice, vege tables, salt fish and pork they can go through a vast amount of fatigue whether in a temperate climate or a tropical one, where Europeans are Ill fitted for exertion. Their wants are few; they have no caste prejudices and hardly any appetite for Intoxicating liquors. What prevented the Chinese from doing well at Port Arthur, Tallen-wan and Wei-hai-wei are matters which foreign organization and discipline would remove. In the first place, the Chinese government has never con sidered honesty or fitness as a sine qua non in the appointment of command ing officers. Scholar Cata af War. When MaJ.-Gen. Merritt sailed from San Francisco he asked the govern ment authorities for three cats to tatce to Manila. Probably the trio of Amer ican felines are now teaching Yankee habits to their misguided fellows of the islands, for it was Maj.-Gen. Merritt's intention to send them ashore when he landed. The cats came from the com missary depot in San Francisco, and their progenitor may be seen there any day busied among the barrels and boxes or dozing lazily In some snug corner. It Is not generally known that the government spends several thousand dollars annually for the maintenance of cats, but the accounts of the United States depot commissaries prove It In .every storehouse there are from one to Ave of the animals, and their rations are provided as carefully and regularly as those of any of the gallant soldiers. They are not fed on scraps, as are those of the enlisted men. but they are allotted so many pounds of choice beef or any other delicacy their palates may desire. Of course, they may have, as much game as as they wish, and the storehouses seldom fall to furnish an unlimited supply of rats and mice. That the cats save many times their cost of support is well known, as such supplies as crackers, cheese, bacon, flour and meal are much sought after by the rodents. That the army cats in San Francisco re well trained may be Judged from the fact that while New York quotes f cents per day per cat as the price of cat meat Col: Baldwin, depot commis alener here, lads 7 cents as law as he can get the proper beef iter the felines which protect his stores. Boies time ago a. new attache of the warehouse procured a tenter and in stall him in the territory of the Col onel, which is the father ot the animals MaJ. Gao, Merritt took with him. The next morning the terrier was fOnftu; in side two rats, badly . Scared, while Colonel guarded five with a pride that spoke fa the severe arch of his back and his loud meouws. The terrier was forthwith removed. All men-of-war carry cats. Their usefulness Is never more apparent than on shipboard. The writer was crossing from Antwerp to New York on the steamship Southwark when he was awakened by the sudden stopping of the ship, an occurrence which, happen ing In middle ocean, generally means something serious. The passengers rushed on deck half-clad, and were dis gusted to learn that a rat, having crawled into the cylinder, had caused the halt Such an event on a man-of war in time of action might be fear fully paid for, and an active cat Is the only preventative of such a possibility. The Colonel has a host of admirers, and in his many years in the army he has become the pet ot many officers and clerks and the progenitor ot many other cats whose ratting qualities have won them distinction. Washington Times. tare Vtoeaya Button A war correspondent returning from the front brought as a souvenir to 'one of his friends a button found In the captain's cabih 'of the wrecked Vlscaya. It was a buck and ruined thing, the royal arms of Spain hardly distin guishable through the crust of cor rosion which flame and flood had spread upon its once shining surface. Impressive as a relic of Pompeii, it spoke of ruin as fearful. The recipient bore it about with him wherever he went proud to display It, this elo quent trophy ot our splendid victory the battle of July 3. Calling one evening on a Spanish girl of his acquaintance, he produced it Then the senorlta looked at It for a moment, then rose and left the room. Returning shortly she. too, displayed a souvenir, a bright and shining but ton with the royal arms of Spain. "Capt. Eulate gave It me," she said, "when the Vlscaya Was here for the Grant monument celebration."' Nev York Commercial Advertised. Chlncae Born Colas One of the interesting features of the life of the Chinese in America is their annual custom oi going back to spend the holidays. Hardly a Chinaman who is able to make the trip but Is now packing up his belongings and prepar ing for the long journey across sea to homeland. Each celestial, before be ing permitted to leave the country, must get identification papers from the collector of the port in the district where he resides. At the port he is measured, his measurements and per sonal appearance being rcorded on the collector's books kept for the purpose. Then the Chinaman is given a passport to which Is attached his photograph. Each Chinaman leaving the country temporarily must have Interests in this country valued at not less than $1,000 in order to entitle him to return. At Saa Jaaa. Two or three of the boys called upon Tim at San Juan, while he was dancing around behind a big cactus, ducking his head and twisting his neck like a man looking for a squirrel dodging about in thick foliage. "What's the matter?" wa3 asked of Tim. "Whist! Hould your blather. There's one of them yeller fellows In that tra furnlnst a sbarpahootin' the boys, and whin his bead bobs out Oi'll blow it off." "But your gun's all knocked to pieces. You can't fire It" "Pet! Rape still till Ol've drapped the Spanish dlvll, will yez. He don't know there's anything the matter wlr the ould gun!" The Gallant Capt. Paget, R. N. Capt Paget pulls out his notebook: "Let me see what time is It by your watch? 1:30 p. m.? The blockhouse and the entire Spanish lines taken by our boys. If I hadn't seen it it would n't have been true. Those fellows without the immediate aid of artillery charging an enemy armed with re peating rifles, machine guns and field artillery, and by 1:30 In the afternoon the whole line, blockhouse included taken!" And he tucked his white trousers into the tops of his socks and away he went shouting: "Boys, the victory is ours! The victory Is ours!" Scribner's. Norway Skating Beslnaeat. The Norwegian corps of skaters, a force peculiar to the army of that coun try, is a body of soldiers, armed with rifle3, that can be maneuvered upon ice or over the snowfields of the moun tains with a rapidity equal to that of the best trained cavalry. The skates used are admirably adapted for travel ing over rough or broken ice or frozen snow, being six inches broad and be tween nine and ten inches long. In ascending steep slopes the men take a zigzag course, tacking up the mountain side as a ship does against a head wind. Detroit Free Press. Wonderful Old Women. It is an acknowledged fact that wom en more often attain a very great age than men. Among women one of the most famous centenarians was the Countess of Desmond, who died in the reign of James I. from the effects of an accident. Her reputed age was 145 years. This wonderful old lady, at the age of 100 years, was so lively and well that she actually took part In a dance, and only five years before her death she traveled from Bristol to London a tremendous journey in those days In order to personally at tend to some business matters. Lady Desmond's fame sinks into nothing compared with that of a French woman of the name of Marie Prion, who died in St. Colombe, at the age of 150 years. Toward the end of her life she subsisted entirely on goats' milk and cheese, and, although her body was so shrunken and wasted that she weighed only forty-six pounds she retained her mental faculties to the lsst It Is a curious fact that some women have been known to enter a second youth when most of their fellows dis hair and teeth come again, and sigfct and hearing once more become shars aad quick. A certain Marquise de MIrabeau Is an example of this. She died at eighty-six, but some years be fore her demise her whole appearance changed so that she looked certainly not more than thirty. The population of the earth at the time of Emperor Augustus Is estimated at 54,000,00. It Is now estimated to he about 1.50.000 sOO. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. fat Varaaan Operate Thla Daswrtaaaat of tmm Faraa A raw tela m to tki Can at Uva Steak realtor; Among- the Poultry. From Farmers' Review: Dust for Poultry. It Is a well-known fact that all land fowls depend on their dally dust bath as a preventive of insect parasites, and as the winter closes up the outdoor and under the barn dust ing places, some provision should be made on every farm, and within every poultry house, for this source of health and comfort The prudent poultry keeper will have stored up from the dry road track a good lot of the summei dust, which Is the best and cheapest material for this purpose. If this pro vision has not been made then sifted coal ashes are an excellent substitute. Wood ashes, if used, should be mixed with equal parts of dry soil, or when damp will be too caustic for the legs of the fowls. This dust bath should be 'put in shallow boxes, large enough for two or three birds to roll in at once, and set ia the warmest, sunniest cor ner of the house; it will need replenish ing or renewing every, week or two. Dry Leaves for Litter. Next to the dust bath for the health of the poultry is the scratching pen; for birds to thrive, they must have exercise. Fine hay or straw or chaff Is good, but we find dry forest leaves a most excellent and convenient litter for the entire pen; and a little grain thrown on this litter will Induce the birds to "scratch for dear life." As often as once a week this litter should be renewed and the pens thoroughly cleansed. Some poultry-keepers have several inches of dry sand for the floor, which is all right when new and fresh, but soon becomes flltby, and is with great difficulty re newed in the winter. We prefer a tight board floor for the pen where fowls are to spend most of their time 'n winter. e e a Keep the Poultry House iee from Lice. It is our honest conviction that faihe-tentts of the "cholera" and. "drooping" among poultry comes from the presence of some form of lice, which must be destroyed before there can be any pleasure or profit in the chicken business. Of the many reme dies frequent and thorough cleaning comes first Insecticides will avail lit tle if filth is allowed to accumulate un der the roosts and on the floor. After cleaning up spraying the floors and roosts with some of the many insecti cides is In order. After using niost of this with varied success, we have tied to the caustic potash, or concentrated lye, as the most effective and cheapest remedy. This is used in solutions Etrong enough to bite the tongue, say one pound to eight gallons of water. This can be prepared by dissolving in warm water as much as may be needed at one time and reducing to the re quired strength. This can be applied with broom, brush or spray pump to reach every possible hiding place of the lice. This also is a perfect renovator of hidden filth, and the only cheap and effective remedy for the worst of all, he red mites or spider lice. J. c. PLUM3. Getting Rid of Laying Workers. In a late issue of the American 3ee Journal Edwin Bevins claims to have discovered two alternative ways in which laying-worker colonies can be disposed of so as to get all the service out of the bees that they can render, and yet keep the number of the col onies up to what it was before. One way Is to place the hive containing the laying workers over a strong colony with a fertile queen, placing a newspa per with a small hole in it between the two hives. The bees will unite peace ably, and when considerable worker brood appears in the upper hive the hive can be placed on another stand, and the bees will rear a queen from ths brood, if the old queen is left in the lower hive; or a fertile queen can be introduced about three days after the removal of the hive. The other plan involves the taking of a couple Df frames of hatching brood from a hive and placing them in another hive over a strong colony, with a frame having wire-cloth nailed to both sides of it between the two hives. Then a fertile queen and her escort are released on the two combs, and in a few days there will be a nucleus strong enough to take care of the queen. This hive is then set down by the side of the hive holding the laying workers. Every two or tbree days a frame with its bees must be transferred from the lay-Ing-workcr hive to the nucleus. By the time all but two of the frames are placed in the new hive the queen is at work there and everything is harmoni ous. As regards the two frames taken to form the nucleus, they can be re turned to the places from which they were taken, or these places can be filled by the frames remaining unused in the laying-worker hive. Milk Falls and Disease Germs. Milk pails should be carefully handled in order to keep disease germs out of the milk. Doubtless this utensil is often the carrier of disease from one place to another. It is a connecting link between the disease and the healthy people in the distant city. A child may be sick with scarlet fever in the house of some farmer that sup plies milk to city milkmen. The fact of the scarlet fever being in his house is thought no reason why his milk should not continue, to be used, as the cows are in the barn perhaps far from the house. But the milk pails are kept In the house. The germs of dis eases are very small and very numer ous. Some of them fly like dust in the air. It is very easy for a single germ out of the millions to get into the room where the milk pails are kept and settle into a pail. The milker takes the pall and does the milking, and the milk and germ are sent to the city. In the transit the germ multiplies, for it has a delightful medium in which to grow. By the time it has reached the city customers the milk contains thousands of germs and these are dis tributed to numerous customers. In most cases the people that swallow this germ-infested milk receive no barm from it, their systems being able to throw off or destroy the garms. But among the customers are found a few whose systems are susceptible of being made the prey of the disease germs, and these fall victims. In case of any contagious disease breaking out in the family of a man that supplies milk extraordinary pre cautions should be taken. The milk palls should never be used till they have been scalded out with boiling water. Even this Is not a sure way of keeping out the -germs, steaming being required to makethem absolutely safe. Aa most people are not in reach of an apparatus for steaming, the next best thing Is the scalding. Then care should be taken that the garments worn by the milkers be not those. that have been exposed to ,'the germs.. Every thing .about the milking, should be washed',: including hands and face. Ws realize the fact that It would be better If the fanner. In case of the outbreak of a contagious disease in bis family, would decline to sell his milk tor some time, but we also know that most farmers feel too poor to make so great a sacrifice. Unless the sacrifice Is to be made, extraordinary precautions should be taken. Origin of the GaUowaya. In a pamphlet on the "Hlstoy of the Galloways." Col. D. McCrae says: Galloways are a hardy hornless breed of beef cattle, which take their names from an old district In the southwest of Scotland. Near the sea, and along the valleys ot the rivers are many glena of rich fertile land. On the higher ground the surface is more Undulating and irregular with numerous small lakes, wide stretches of mossy moor land, rocky hilis, and high heathery mountains. The climate is mild and moist, and while cattle usually have winter shelter provided, they sbme time3 winter well without any. and sheep are out all the year. In the days of tho Romans it contained dense for ests, largely of oak, and many traces of the Roman occupation may still do seen. The forests have disappeared, but there is still in many sections con siderable wooded shelter. Much has been written about the or igin of our modern breeds of cattle. The Romans when they came into Britain found tho great Bos Urus roaming through tho forest, Caesar, says this animal resembled the domestic cattle, but in size was more like an elephant and exceeding wild and fierce, with im mense horns. Professor Low says their skeleton indicates an animal "nearly three times the bulk of the oxen of the present time." Much has been written to show that our modern breeds are de scended from this savage wild ox, but the bulk of opinion seems to be against this supposition. Youatt in his work on tho cattle of Great Britain says: "There appears to be the remnants of two distinct breeds of aboriginal cattle, one in tho parks of Chiilingham, in Northumberland; the other at Chatel herault in Lanarkshire. The first are middle-horned, and the second are poll ed. In continuation of the first we have the Devon, the Hereford, the Sus sex, and the Highland cattle. The others would appear to survive in tho Gallovays, the Angus humlles, the Suf folks and the Norfolks." This may be a feasible supposition, but it is just a3 likely that these wild cattle are the de scendants of the domestic animals es caped into the forest, and become wild there. Youatt says: "In the compara tive roving and uncertain life which our earlier and later ancestors led, these cattle would sometimes stray and bo lost The country was then over grown with forests, and the beasts be took themselves to the recesses of the woods, became wild, and sometimes fe rocious. They, by degrees, grew so numerous, as to be dangerous to the inhabitants of the neighboring district As civilization advanced, and the for ests became thinned and contracted, these animals wero seldom seen, and at length almost disappeared. They are still to be found in a few parks." In stead of attempting to domesticate the buffalo we have brought with us the breeds of cattle used by our forefathers in Europe. The buffalo is readily tam ed and has been more than once used as the ox in the plow. To Judge by the historical accounts he is a meek and mild animal compared with the ancient Urus. When the white man came to America the horse was unknown, now there are many bands of wild horses de scended from those escaped from set tlers both in North and South America. The most likely theory is that our mod ern breeds of cattle are descended from the domestic cattle brought into Eu rope by the early settlers. The Scots are said to have come across Europe and through Ireland into Scotland, from Scythia, and it is a singular fact that Heroditus, the historian, who wrote about B. C. 400 says: In Scy thia "the oxen have no horns." It is therefore probable that the Galloways are the direct descendants of the old Scythian breed cf polled cattle. National Inspection of Meat. The inspection of meat for interstate commerce is, by direction of Congress, conducted by the Bureau of Animal In dustry. It was instituted in 1S91, and now there are 12S abattoirs in 33 cities where the Bureau inspects all meat slaughtered. The number of live ani mals inspected in 1897 was as follows: Cattle, 8,250,025; sheep, 8,044,355; calves, 448.SS3; hogs, 25,566,744; total, 42,310,107. Of these the following numbers were rejected: Cattle, 25,140; sheep, 11,260; calves, 2,653; hogs, 53,114; total condemned, 92,304. This last to tal does not show a large percentage of diseased animals in this country, but it is unpleasant to think that, without government Inspection, many of them would find their way into the butcher's block; some would be condemned by state or municipal inspectors. In ad option to the above figures, there were pcst-mortem inspections of 26,580,689 animals, and 49,295 parts of carcasses were condemned. Besides, there were kilted by city inspectors 641 cattle, 1,527 sheep, 40 calves, and 2.081 hogs that had been rejected in the stock yards by the oflicers of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Angle of a Horses Foot. By the angle of a horse's foot is meant the angle formed by the wall and the ground surface of the foot at the center of the toe. In order to get the feet alike in shoeing trotters horseshoers usually measure the length of the toe and the height of the heel from the coronet to the bottom of the wall. It is well to remember that different horses may have toes and heels of the same length and height, and yet the angle of the foot may be different in each case. A study of a picture of the bones of the leg will show just what is meant by a straight line striking the center of the pastern and coffin joints. It means when a straight line will pas3 through the center of both position Lones and the coffin bone. Horse Re view. Decline of Swiss Cheese Exports. Attention is called by the Gazette de l'Emmenthal to a decline in the ex ports of cheese from Switzerland, which is a serious matter, in consid eration of the vast importance of the cheese industry in that country. In the five months ended in December last, it is pointed out, the export of cheese amounted to only 203,000 cwt. against 215,000 cwt. for the correspond ing period cf the preceding year; while those of the first five months of 1838 were 167,800 cwt. against 180,890 cwt. for the like period of 1897. Tho de creases are attributed partly to un favorable seasons, and partly tw an in crease in the expenses of cheesemak ing. Plants to grow well require a cer tain amount of air-circulation in the i soil. . .. : How did .you get your overcoat away from your uncle?" "Spouted my bicycle." "Didn't you get your bi cycle out of pawn in the spring by hocking your overcoate?" "Certainly: it takes an astute financier to get the most out of his assets." Pittsburg Chronicle. Harry Say, old man, I'm in a hor rible fix. Fred What's up? Harry I've gone and got engaged to two girls. How the dickens am I going to get out of it? Fred Oh. that's easy enough. Just contrive to get them together, so that they can compare notes. Pittsburg Chronicle. THEY WANT TO TELL These Grateful Women Who Have Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham. Women who havg suffered severely and been relieved df their ills by Mrs: Pinkham's advice and medicine are constantly urging publication of their statements for the benefit of other w& men. Here are two such letters: Mrs. Lizzie Beverly, 253 Merrimac St, Lowell Mass., writes: ., 44 It affords me great pleasure to tell nil suffering women of the benefit I have received from taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I can hard ly find words toexpressmy gratitude for what she has done forme. My trouble was ulceration of the womb. I was un der the doctor's care. Upon examina tion he found fifteen very large ulcers, but he failed to do me good. I took sev eral bottlcsof Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound, also used the Sanative Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's medicine saved my life, and I would recommend it to all suffering women." Mrs. Amos Tromdleat, Ellenburgh Ctr., N. Y.. writes: 44 1 took cold at the time my baby was born, causing me to have milk legs, and was sick in bed for eight weeks. Doctors did me ho .good: j surely thought I would die. I was al so troubled with falling of the womb. I could not eat, had faint spells as often as ten times a day. One day a lady came to sec me and told mc of the benefit she had derived from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine, and ad vised mo to try it I did so, and had taken only half a bottle before I was able to sit in a chair. After taking three bottles I could do my own work. I am now in perfect health." CHURCH AND CLERGY. It is stated tfcs.t last year sixty-seven lottery permissions were granted to religious denominations in New Zea land. Dr. Gunsaulns of Chicago would have the church "oocn a door large enough to admit a m;jn as religiously great as Abraham Lincoln, however small he might be theologically." The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge received last year about $200,000. This Is given as evidence that the press ia an agency for the spread of the gospel. It is said that recent discoveries In Egypt not only carry the history of that country long back of the time or Adam, but show us that the civiliza tion of Egypt was derived from an other that tras already old. The Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Smith, the venerable pistor emeritus of the Cen tral Presbyterian church of Baltimore, will celebrate his 80th birthday on Nov. 6 by preaching a sermon in the church of which he was pastor for 21 years. The Christians of Corea have of their own accord adopted a custom of dis playing on Sundays white banner from their houses. Thus the homes of Christians are plainly indicated and give the people an impressive exhibi tion of ths reverence which Chris tians have for God's holy day. Caleb T. Row, who, alter a service et forty-four years, has resigned from the general management of the American Bible society, i3 said to be the great est authority on the various editions of the Bible and their history in the United Stftes. He owns one of the best private collections in this country. The following summary shows tne strength of the orthodox Congregation al denomination in the United Statej: Churches, 5,614; ministers, 5,475; 'com municants, 025,864; additions on ex aminations last year. 31,090; amount of money niised,$6,G43.S18; 271 churches made no report. These figures are about the ame as these of the Pres byterian cliurcb. no rricuoB. i "The relations between the passen ger departments of the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads," said D. B. Martin, manager passenger traffic of the B. and O., "are not strain ed nor is there a rate war in progress, as has been stated in several recent newspaper paragraphs. While, of course, we do not like the new feature introduced Ly the Pennsylvania rail road, considering tie aggressive action of cur own line and all other circum stances in connection with the passen ger situation at this time, we are not in a position to find much fault." A catalogue of 300 prizes, suitable to every taste and condition, mailed oa inquiry. Prizes given for saving Dia moud "C" Scap wrappers. Address Cudahv Scap Works, South Omaha, Neb. J Franklin Brown, a mind reader and hypnotist, tried to hypnotize a lieu in San Francisco. The beast viewed his gestures with a. sort of sleepy wonder, and then ended the tableau by biting his hand. Although the wound was inflicted months ago, it never healed. Mr. Brown scratched it a short time since, blood poisoning resulted, and caused death. A laughing fit attacked Miss Sallie Hollins of San Joaquin, Tex., and for three days she laughed hysterically, with only brief intermissions. Local physicians failed to cure her, and her father decided to take her to Galveston for treatment As they were crossing the San Joaquin river the boat cap sled, and the sudden plunge cured the girl. Why isn't it genuine sarcasm to call some servants "help?" fOffHvHMtOHHtH Try Grain0! Try QralnOI Ask you Grocer today to show you cjackageof GRADJ-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. . Tho children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, liko it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure groins, and the mo3tueJicaio stomach receives it without distress. the price of coffee. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee Insist that your grocer give yon GRAIK-O Accept bo imitation. Crimsonbeak Let me see; didn't they send a New York man down to see about cleaning the streets ot Ha. vana? Yeast Yes; I believe they did. "Well, it wouldn't be a bad idea if they sent men up from Havana, just now. to see about cleaning the streets of New York." Yonkers Statesman. The British museumcontains the .complete manuscripts orPopc's trans lations of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey." Much of the copy Is written on the backs of letters, and among them are epistles from Steele, Addison, Rowe, Young and other celebrities. A toper in Colby, Kans., was a very forgetful man. He came home tight the other night, stumbled into bed. and on the following morning he and his wife were found dead. It Is be lieved, as the room was full of gas, that the toper had turned it on and forgot to light It A DoublS Cro of Apples. On a Long Island farm is an apple tree which bore two crops of fruit the past year, and the farmers are taking unusual interest In this, peculiarity of nature. Just as much interest is be ing shown , in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which cures dyspepsia, indi gestion, constipation end blood disor ders when other remedies fall to benefit. Wonderful markmanship is dis played by a young man of Austin, Tex., named Petmecky. One of his feats is to toss a brick in the air, and with a rifle shot break it in two; then, before they drop to the ground, he breaks each of the two pieces in the same manner. DcaraeM Caaaot B Cared Sy locsl applications as tbey cannot reach ths SUe&ied ponton or tho car. There Is only ono way to cure deafness, and that Is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucus llnlnu of the Eustachian Tube. AVhen this tube fe inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear ing, and when It i entirely closed deafness la the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, bearing win be destroyed forever: Bine cases out of ten aro caused byvatarrh; ' which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the muous surfaces- i We will si ve One Hundred Dollars ror any case of Deafnoss (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by HaU's Catarrh Cure. Send for irculars, free. . F. J. CHEXEY & CO.. Toledo, a Sold by Druggists. Tic. Hall's Family Fills are the best. There is the usually panicky feeling among the women because they re ceived presents Christmas from some one to-whom they gave nothing. There is little that causes a woman more dis tress than this. Soap that's all soap Diamond "0" Soap. Tho poor man must go out and weather the storm, while the rich man can stay at home and storm at the weather. Iteming the Patent Law. The commissioners appointed to re vise the laws relating to patents, trade marks and commercial names had a final meeting November 21. Prominent members of the Patent Law association (among them ex-Com missioner Doolittle and ex-Chief Clerk i Rogers) expressed themselves in favor of abolishing the Caveat system. We have advised our clients for -0 years to file incomplete applications in lieu of Caveats, and were the pioneers of such practice, and upon appeal won a decision in favor of the practice. In the list of United States Patents issued this week are the following for which we prepared the applications: To S. H. Plumberg of Leland, Iowa, for an adjustable wagon and hay rack. To W. Z. Marsh of Brooks, Iowa, for vehi- .cle axle, lubricator and sand band combined To B. C. Armstrong of Bur- , lington for the simplest and moat practical wagon tongue support known to us. To J. F. Hand of Des Moines for an apparatus for purifying waer. ' Consultation and advice free to invent ors. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO., Solicitors of Patents. Des Moines, Dec. 17, 1SD8. Every man on the streets today , wore a new mufiier or a new tie. It is the cross that old tramp of Santa Clans marks on the front gate of every man he visits. . FITSrrnuinfntIrCiir!. So fits ornerronm-M after Orat days ns m ir. iwnc irr . ..r-i.-.r.. Pcnd for FKEE S.OU trial bottlf anj treailfe. Da. R. U. Kusr, Ltd., Ml Arch St, I hiladelj-la, I'a. A woman is so grateful that she lets her Christmaas gifts stay "spread out" a week, to show them to the friends, the milk boy, etc., who happens to call. TO CUBS A COtD JTf ONE DA Tko tiixatlve Bromo Quinine Tablets. All tTruc-Rlsts refund the monf-r If it faUs tocun tfe. The genuine has L. O- Q. on each tablet. The man who spent the summer con structing air castles is now trying to borrow heat for the air. air. "Wintsiotrii wnotwisr syratj For children t-thlnr.!'oftfn the irum.rrdne?IaBio. naUou,Hay pain, cures wiuilcoilf. i'tentooUU. We often wonder if the Prince of Wales doesn't feel that his life is be ing thrown away. Am delighted with DK. SETII ARNOLD'S COUf.n ; KII.LHU; It cures every time. Kev. J. S. Cornish, Wayesavllle.IU. I5c. a bottle. ', History tells us the ancient Egypt- I ians honored a cat when dead. The ancient Egyptians were wise in their t day and generation. I shall recommend Pico's Cure for'Con- ! aumption far and wide Mm. Mulligan, niuiuicau, n.cui, ui;Kiauu, .u'. i A girl is usually willing to strike a match if a man has money to burn. I UAUMAMtl 1 TWO OW CrUtCheS will often of long suffering from U.VILnVJS9 Jfi!&3 and how they were thrown away by use of St. JacobsOiL "DON'T BORROW SAPOL CATARRH CURED Ll.es of surt-crlnsand misery fto-JU ngaij. c-turned into health and happf Richard's Catarrh After veareofsnoclalstndy and practice in diseases of th Mucus Membrane. inl p ala'lv of crrhaVtronblcs. we har at last developed a tratinont that wlU P ,,; manritly cure Catarrhal Diseases-ln whatever form they n.ay ho. A tt ru j- " SS?tng the merit of this treatment In a Prt"c,?hIIT"JVK- ffi for a cum: ol Iieafnfru. resulting from Catarrh, qn Ick y cured. Lol of en of frmell od t quickly restored brrath, nanal !UcliHrKe All renulslve symptoms peculiar to Cuturrhal troubles, as i ackln&. CoaKhln. and fplttln. relle fd at once , lmlls-.tlon. Sick Stomach, t:iarrhI Affection of Stomach, Uy,rorIjlaneyfcC3US.n"i . Most of the weakness of men and women l?nt g a vl distributed tuniucuout rrWgfinS. -odrSadedlflrcwygM"AMT an(1 perfect healtn and These weaknesses aro fd '' lXl t" !B.miaN In pnb of this treatment re SvUWaESoft iSTlBo. teicatiWhrany Catarrhal Wum. RICHARD'S CATARRH EXPELLAIMT Wlllcureyo THE C. H. Mrs. Smarte says her husband to tba worst man that ever wasta go shop ping. He's almost suro to- get swirid led every time. "Why," she says, "it was only t'other day that he bought a flute, and when it came home, it you'll believe it, 'twas full of holes." Boston Transcript. "That youngest boy of yours does not seem to be a credit to you," said the white man to Uncle Mosc. "No, sah," said Uncle Mose. "He is the wustest chile I has. He is mighty bad. He's de white sheep of do fam ily, sah." Boston Journal. -.TTc know of nothing bcttcrto tcarthi lining of your throat, and lungs. It is better than wet feet to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Only keep it up long enough and ycu will succeed in reducing your weight, losins your appetite, bringing on a slow fever and making everything exactly right for the germs of con sumption. Stop coughing and you will get well. &l cures coughs of ever Kind. An ordinary cough disap pears in a smsle nnrhf. The racking coughs cf bronchitis 3 arc scon completely mas tered. And, it not too far along, the coughs of con sumption arc completely cured. Ask your druggist fcr one of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pcctorc! Piaster. It will fiid the action cf the Cherry Pectoral. If jwi luvro arr c(itn-Talnt tiat evcr an.l Cr-.'ri; t! I".' i:i-'!im1 1t!o ynu ran J-"'?!!'? !ti!:, vrlto u free'y. Y"ti wi!'rvit"u prompt rjity itt ; " to of rjl nlr. J.j -u. i!r m. D1L J.'C. Al'IUi, Lowell. :!vi. you ere rzitltit"t to aa aitIiti-:n:il 'iitry, which Is nssUnsMe an.l worth MKi.etMntf. Wiilo.i.s and m.iior orphans nf tliviuvM m. dier hav same r.jclit. I will buy it. Do not waste jotve tin''-, voti made an oririn:it entry as st it-d al.v . U;::K COI.M::s, Uc-Ioua, .Montana. Whenliuylni Staivli nsk your jriifctT nr MAGNETIC," JS Ilist coMw.it t spin-!. tn.'Mlo. 2J3 A ?cbrnHkn Product. y Sar.Ja Clara "jn.ifaclur.'nj Co.. umana. .eur. Relief at Last rri'r.'.l ly t!i'iai:.l or eatSlIcI liMit- fit fat-. ! V.-UJ-1 rrll.it.Ie kii.1 T.-lthut D? MAPI's -. 7REIKH FBMA3.E IP15.1V I'T Mnrt.l'sF'rpmii trill i! 131 Vliu la n-rtal l-.r vitt'i FidiCli-l-KOii m;itnn.ue. White and Urd. In!t on l..iinc tho fwii"""" "Betief forvVcmcn."ni-..l-I FUEKlii !' ''I Irttrrvl:htp:tl:i!r:i"-Is.-i'i'tl'-iri!ci-:r.r. .i!i!rH. FRENCH DRUG CO.. 3Ci ar.a 333 Pea.-! St., H.i . I" !:. I r ti mi a :?.:! '! ii.irjfe, i!i.iiiinia:!.'n. irritnt. or ul. r:..t. .. ot in ti t i. i m.'iHl'r.ip.'S. Int. I. -, uii'l imt asliiu- nt .r '"isiE'iiy, tr nt in jl.in w tai',vr. t. Mrr... ;r.-T.-ii., fii t .. .r ju.tti". ?: :. 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EocttTHUVm OriZMXiUa. trC!1C!IHTI.0. 113 t-ftE&iTE3 lpfe! s I I IKilUail!l f3rfJV? m. f i rasstts?? i It says, "GET OUT I" i says, "GET OUT and the pnin goes, tIMimi"JIUli TROUBLE." BUY rr v --x."2? 'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END. AS EF BY PilACIC. EVERY WAN AND WOMAN SHOULD READ. RICHARDS CO., OMAHA. NEBRASKA. . - i -r r-M .. i -1 u- I
