_— —-— A BUIENTIFIO PHENOMENON. ~Ob- ftoury Editor—**Perhaps no scleuce has seen so much adva ce during the past cent ry as chemistry, Every thing is now being made from cucmicals — muct la ga, ink, whisky, beer, an l inuan- erable oi her substances, I saw an evi- dence of this to day in our mal'ing room. A man took abo tle of mucilage and’? we Bnake Editor—*'Weli?" 0. E.-——"He actualy turaed it into a paste pot.” WISE BEYOND HER YEARS.—Regin ald—I love you, Madeline. For you I would give up tamilv, position, wealth, Madeline— Hold, Rag'nald. Give up family is all right—I1 fain would be spared a mother-in-all—give up your osition, if you can get a eller one, Jo for heaven's sake hold on to your wealth, We may need it. —— Ap — CLEARED HIMs¥LF, — Professor (in cluss)—*Mr, Tuffern, Is your book open?’ sophomrre—* No, rir; it hasn't been cpen in three weeks,” HESPOKE FROM have a mind LO gel marrie “Well, you won’t have any after- wards, I can tell you.” EE — — A Romarikable Ofer, For saveral years a well known Boston busi. sess house has made parson Ke eplag po itry, few or many r+ narks 1s off ars of premiums pyable in gold, so a: as hich ws fAfiy dollars to the first and na les than Avo dollars to any winver of & premiu a Ths best thing sbout those 0 fora was that ths premiums havo always bean promi ity pald as agreed in god coin, Fifty dollar premiums do not “orow on every oush™ as the old sayine isand w : ha.» no doubt to many who © pets i for then, the a uoaut received cane in handy to help ay the necessary bills of a bard winter, or il not, bay 20 ae luxury that thy family ab. soiut | sided, but other «ise conld not af. ford, tle seine firm, I. 8. Johnson & Ceo. 8 Cast ma House ~ H« yston, Maas. to stats that Aba have prepar i an offer of similar emiams this year, with one very Line portant improvement and that is, so that the first winner stand. a fair chance with others of getline one handred and fifty dollars in old preminms. Why! that » as good as fifty oliars per month for the three winter mounfhs. It's worth trying for anyway. John. son & Co., will send full particulars free to any pers n sending them their aidress on a po-tal card. MMese premium offers are made in o onnection with the uss of Sheridan’s Cone dition Powder to make hens az. VOCAL SARCASM, — Miss Hysee—*'1 was encored tiree times wasn't 177 Mme. Logee—'*Yes; the company seemed to recognize that you needed practice,” EXPERIENCE, --*1 i. »” authorize us ——————— iy Soh and C olds. Those who Throat TRC Boring are sumer 4 { olds, Sore # wx's BR INCHIAL States has 3 547.0 Austria, which in- Zealand and Tas- 755 square miles, encoun le who have s Sarsaparilla, in thus prepa red many w ’ The U square m les, ant cludes Papua, New mania, bas 3,053 nited The ¢ Hood" marka It has cu to derive any good whatever Fo rases cansed by ww state of the eles system it is wr -—— - Beans imported from Canada or Europe must now pay forly cenis per bushel of sixty pounds, Do You Ever Specalate ? ame and ad. at will lead Security Any person sending © dress will receive to a fortune, Bea} Bailding, Kansas Cit Nearly 20,000 pounds of bread are daily eaten in the Sultan of Turkey's household, a — Cann Kidney Cure Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bri Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv- ousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. S31 Arch Street, Philad’a. $1 a bottle, & for §5, uggist 1000 certificates of cures, Try it. th The weight of a cubic foot of fresh water 18 given at 62.5 and of sea water at 64 25 pounds. for gh i's, or ar Oklahoma Guide foo & wad Ma & receipt of cts. Tyler -—_—— In Engl and last year 9,028 persons were imprisoned as debtors or on civil process, sent anywhere Lansas City. Mo. n nprare on re guaranteed vy Dr, B. Mayer, 831 Arch St, 1’hil Pa. Ease at opce, no operation or io. lay from business, atiested by thou. sands of eures after others fail, advice {ree, send for circular. A ——_ A single page of manuscript by Charles Dickens recently brought $200 at a sale by auction, nese He \dache © ure. i fn stile. Harmless action. Sent : Adeler & Co. Kat 1928 ( ity, Mo. In 1880 we imported 742,136,640 pounds of tin plate at a cost of $21,- 126,707, ——————— Frazer Axle Grease, One tria) will convince you that it is the best. Ask your dealer for the Frazer Axle Grease, and take no other. Every box has cur trade mark on. There are 210 Presbyierian parishes in Michigan and 21, 698 members that church, “Woman Ber Diseases and Their Treat- ment.” A valuabie {llustrated book of seventy. two pages sent free, on receipt of ey to cover coat of Railing, ete. Address, FP. , Box 1066, Pilla, Pa. The China Sea and the Bay of Fundy are the two roughest seas In the world, Why rub, and toil, and wear out yourself and {oF Slothss, oath ou; Te en offancy fered LTR There are 20,000,000 aeres of une Surveyed land in the State of Washing ber, Mincral, F Lands and Ranches exas and A Bey Sold. Trier & Co., Kansas City, Mo. The King of the Netherlands bas be- gome a dangerous lunatic, mens —— Haff ioted with soreeyes use Dr, Isano son'sEye-water, Druggists sell at 2a, per AROTHER THING.--"Did you tell Bkittles that I was an infamous lar?” oo, J 1 did not, Quite the reverse, in 1 said won wars a famous one,’ Le A Hin ‘00 Trick. Keller the magician, saw a trick at COsloutia which, he confesses baffled him. He was in a long, vacant room | with four friends, and they were al-| lowed to examine it thoroughly. There were four fakirs present. The party | took seats on » bench midway of the) room. The fakirs lighted a censor, from which exuded a mokly, sweetish | smoke, filling the entire room, The fakirs then began a wild, whirling dance, all the while chanting and beat- ing tom-toms, when suddenly ihe dancers appeared to increasein num- ber until a fall dozen were dancing and whirling about. These then decreased | until but one dancer remained, an old | man with flowing beard. What ove- came of the other dancers Keller can | not tell, though he tried, by another | search of the room to discover the se- | cret. | ———— USEFUL IN THE KITCHEN. Ten common-sized eggs weigh one pound. i One pint of eoffee A sugar weighs twelve ounces. One cup of sifted flour (well heaped) | one pound. One pint of best brown sugar weighs thirteen ounces Two teacups (well heaped) of coffee A sagar weigh one pound. i 8 8 | Two teacups (level) sugar weigh one pound. of granulated | Two teacups of soft butter (well- pa ocked) weigh one pound. i Two tablespoonsful of pow dered | sugar or flour weigh one pound. co S————— Frep's MISTAKE, —Amy— Fred, I! hear that your engagement with bn s | ! Fred —Yes, it is Amy —It must have been butlt on the sand to fall so soon, | Fred —I thought it was founded on rocks, but I discovered she hadn't any. rrientleim— MAKING FIVE CENTS GO A LOXG WAY.~Philanthropist— Y ou asked me | for anickel to get something toeat wilh, Igave ft to you, and here you are drinking a glass of beer, Tramp Yes; but wait until you me get at the lunch counter, efrssm—— ACCIDENTS IN HIGH LIFE, — Firss tramp— ‘Say, pard, how'd ye smash yer finger?” Second Tramp-—*Shuttin’ th ar,” Aa see @ pain- ec — rioN, —**That man has a OD POSE " “Wi fond tis it?» up, chest well out and legs | ~ BEF E.--Highwaymwan - Mone ¥ Or your life. ncarriage with wife) Money or my wife, take my wile, One Thousand Dollars. | His sa deal ine livid Dear Individs $F hat's that? Well, then, * i WO I will for prove th at Fi “Det 0 is up the ak sysiem and | remedies fail { you Valu wing,” also, sampi ATES pre Pal ad Ww arren Street N pee al i Fraoklin Hart, ish landlords are finding it ex- | y difficult to rent their farms, ee - Beware of Olntments for Catarrh That Con. tain Engl tremely Mercury, Hall s { ure, Chene Toledo. O., ¢ and is tak en ft ly, A t the blood and mucous surfaces of In buying Hall's Catarrh C tire be s the genuine. It is taken internally, and 1oledo, Ondo, by F J Cheney & Co. &¥-Sold by Druggists, price 75¢. per bottle, dn A Hosea Brown of Lynn county, Ore- gon, aged 102 years, and a veteran of 1812, has just been awarded'a pension | of #40 a month, y& EA ——— A Superior, Not Possible. The Bt. Bernard Vegetable pill stimulates torpid livers, kindneys, lungs and bowels, re moves congestions, purifies the blood and pro- motes healthy digest on, nutrition, secretion, and excretion, and is therefore able to counter- act the causes of disease and cure nearly all the ills that flesh is heir to, which ¢.nnot be said of any single preparation In existence, A sample « the S§. rnard Vegetable Pills will be sent free to all applicants. Address, Bt. Bernard, Box 2416, New York. Augs- 3 tendored the Prince Bis! The municipal authorities at burg, Davaria, have freedom of the city to marck. aman —— How a Girl Made Money. Mu. Epitor-1 am tempted to give my Jptience for the benefit of others. sent #5 i. F. Delno & Co, Columbus, OU, and re aIveg a fine machine for plating with goid, silver and nickel. The plating is done so nice every per- son wants work done. 1 get all the Kn ves, forks and Jeweiry I can plate. 1 made $4.50 the the first day, £79 the first week: in one month 1 ‘had $163 clear profit, My brother makes ot $2 per day selling fated, ary one can do as much by writing ot firm for cirzulars. Yours pir Lucy V. Bammer. The survey of the projected ship canal in Pennsylvania connecting with Lake Erie, has been completed. Guaranteed five year eight per Mor on Kansas City pro aa ie every six months ; Jie ected when due an pose to lender. For sais b 0., Kausas City, Mo. Wri yo Bo Soot i pal ind Inter Ou J. H. Bauerisin for particulars. France has ordered a submarine boat, 131 feet long, to be built by the inventor of Gymnote., (terest fn 3 doops, lots Fartcthrs ob ppl The pro, of a railway across the des: rt of meets with considera- ble opposition in Algeria, ISA GR AL Sry Sisto i Trettiss iri feet the average have been . ONE EN ovs Both the method and results when Byrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gusdyyet promptly on the Kidneys, ver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers aud cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the | only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste =r ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the mos healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com- mend it to all and have made it the most A remedy known. Syrup o Figen for gale in 6500 snd $1 bottles b 7 all leading drug. gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- eure it promptly for ¥ a7 one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute, - Two Giants. On the one hand—Sorofula, the an-ient di grave, known the world over, gnawiog at th vitals of every nation, existiog in the blood © nearly every family—inherited, or acquired be our wrang habits and indu'gences powerful obstinate, alinost impregnable, On the other hand—Hood’'s Barsaparilis, the modern medicine, the great enemy of impure blood, accomplishing the most won erful cures of serofula, saltriem, ete. ,—~the conqueror of disease, economical, reliable, sure, If you suffer at all from the Giant of Disease econquer him by the ald of the Glant of Healtl Hood's Sarsaparilla Rold by all druggists, $1;six for 85. Prepared only by C. 1, HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar “Nothing On Earth Will MAKE ‘HENS Lop LIKE Sheridan’s Condition Powder! It is absolutely pave. Highly concentrated In quan tity 18 costs Joes than a teath of & cent a day. Birielly s CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRA NCI LOUISVILLY, CO, CAL. NEW YORK, N,. XY. TASELINE- FOR A ONE-DOL, LAR BILL sent as by mall we will de , free ox all char gen, 10 any person in the Un a Staten all of the folowing articies, Care fully packe nee bottle of Pure Vaseline, » Une tw oe tx ttie of Vaseline Pomade, - Gne Jar of Vas line . ne ko of Vessll One Cake of Vaseline L One Caxe aseline Soap, sxguiat One two-ctunoe botle of White YVaseilos, KY. b ii One tw ¥ ou any single article af x ries be preryuaded 1 gt from , N. ¥. 24 Sate st. BEECHAM'S PILLS cure SICK HEADACHE. an Cents a Box. OF ALL DRUGGISTS, (Exerciser Complete $5) Cincvian Fran, Booxs: For “An 1deal Co | & Complete Physical wy Ils 3 ris & Strength in Phvsieal Cultare.” 40 11s oo cts, Chart of ws ils for Dumb Bells & Pulleys, sg cts Ad. INO. E POWYS Vocal & Physical Culture school, 116 Moree 56 Chicago NEW LAW CLAIMS, =" Milo B. Stevens & Ca, Attorneys, 1419 ¥F Se, Washingten, D, OC, Braach Offices. { leveland, Detroit ‘hicsge. Be STOPPED_ FREE Insane Persons Restored Dr. KLINE'S GREA® NERVE RESTORER # Nanve Divgasts Owiy sais A Fernona, Pun, Epliepop, e308, i taken sa Sirected. No Fie after Treatise and #1 oie! bottls fies to i patie sts, They paying ox jrem charges on boy when i. Bend mame, OC and sxprees address of FE HB INE. ¥ii Asch Sa bi wdeiriie, Fa. BEWARE OF IMITATING FRAUDS en ple nion i Ive opment, ” “Health IT for ali Baste Norve LaipLe i ry AXLE GREASE BEST IN THE WORLD, Its wearing qualities are unsurpassed. asty ally 3 ecind by o boxes of any other brand. eflected Dy heal, &&G THE GENU- U¥om SALE BY DEALERS GENERALLY. HOME Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand, sto, thoroughly taught by MAIL, Circulars free Bryaut s Cel! exe, 45 , Buffalo X. ¥ FOSITIVELY REMEDIR! BAGGY KNEES Greely Fant Stretoeher, Shien fs at Harvar Amberst, and other pte al sa, br professional an 1 busi ness HET Every wher IF nok for made Four town send 28¢. to B. J. GREELY, 715 Washington Street, Bos STUDY. Poox-keeping, Business Forms, Main ton THE BEST BROODER Ever inventad for ralaing chicks; only $3, Address 6G. 8 SINGER, Cardington, 0, or ol cular. Write at onoe Tow PATENTS! coe J.B, CRALLE & CO hs Washington be and fully en. Insra wons free Inventors. % en ihe ot of satis DR pYCHE 4 CO ts. f1.00, Sold by Drueste FLEES PATENTS }: SERRE ARTED_PERSON oF SUH From fv sight ickln on Paris p medicine. Prevents and cures all discases, Good ior oune chicka Worth more than gold when beng moult jnpie for 35 cents in stamps, Ave packages §1. 314 1b ons, bs mall 1.98, Bix canes § i, espress paid “Tie EST POULTRY MAGAZINE,® sample copy free. try Rairing Guide free with §1.06 orders or more. OO. 28 Custom House BL, Boston, Mass. ~ ASTHMA. FPopham's Asthma specific ives immediate relief It is believed Lo be the gles ANTHMA Remedy known to humanity As evidence we give a rial Package FRE Fe sold by br {sts Ment by m THOS, PO WP 0 Sip adeiphia, for §1 per Box. Address, Ridge Avenue, PLil ORATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPY’S Gin BREAKFAST. LI iad ge maladies ready Wo attack whore ver thes We may escape many U forufied wi wei Serwvios (laselle, baliing walar or and tins, hy Eh whe iabelied th Ps & CO, Ho Loxpos, LMRGEL.L NT onl ¥ In half: JAMES E pecopatliab HUMOROUS, ————— AFTER STRIKING THE ICEBERG, — Captain—*"Hurry up there, Get into Le boats, She'll go to the boitom in five minutes.” Excited passenger —*'But I say, Cap- tain, give me time to get my rubbers, won't you? If I ge t my feet wet It will be the death 0’ m VERY ACCOMPLISHED. Mulr—-“"How charming you day!" Miss de Meanor—(slightly dyspeptic) “I regret 1 cannot say as much for you.” Miss de Muir{sweetly)— “You could, dear, if you were as accomplished a liar as I am.” -Miss De- ook to candi—— A PLAUSIBLE THEORY. Mrs De Sweet—'*1 cannot understand why 80 many cultured men are willing to leave all the happiness of home, al the blessings of ¢'vilization, and spend a life-time in explorations in sach coun- tries as Africa. Colonel! Warmheart(gallantly)—*‘All men, madam are not blessed with such wives as Mr. De Sweet.” —————— SOME ARE DEAR AT THE PRICE, ~~ “1 think I'll be an author when I grow up,’ remarked Freddy Hojack., “I wouldn't, replied his father; “brain work is very poorly paid.” “Why I didn’t know that,” added Freddy, in surprise. **Y es; you never heard anybody offer | another more than & penny for his thoughts do you?"’ A BAD FAILURE, -Staggers--"Yes, sir; marriage is a failure with me,"’ Snoope r-**AlLl" Stay “Yeu, sir; I was led to be- lieve that the girl I loved was worth ten thousand dollars, After the ceremony I heard she had only one hundred dollars in bank.” Snooper~*That is a bad failure, Just one cent on the dollar, wasn’t it?” A Proound Youngster, There wus a convention of Sunday. school teachers in session at Crystal Lake and all the teachers of the three counties represented were there. The amount of Biblical and theological astounding. On the last day of ‘he convention the high chief ranger of the affair announced to the 400 delegates that he would be pleased to have the knowing ones think up some hard ques- | tions on subjects pertaining to their work, write them on slips of paper, | and submit them to him, Sind that | evening at the last session, which was to be a sort of entertainment, he would | answer them. A lot of people wrote great professor, and when evening came he had about fifty good gnarly problems in his bunch of paper slips. The evening's exercise began with reading and answering the and though some of them were from | away back and very obtuse, the good old man who had put himself up there | Talking of yatent t medicines —you know the old prejudice. And the doctors—some of them are between you and us. that what's cured thousands won't cure you. You'd be- lieve in patent medicines if they didn’t profess to cure everything —and so, between | the experiments of doctors, land the experiments of patent !medicines that are sold only because there’s money in the “stuff,” you lose faith in every- and impressed the great gathering with his vast knowledge. Finally he ran against that made him knit his scowled at it a moment it aside. When he rest he picked up query and ¢ Here is a question which 1 I am unable to answer. 1 submit to the audience, and if anyone is able to give me theanswer I will be glad to hear what it is, Then he read this query: “Who was the boy and what was nis name who held the basket ing the five loaves and two fis fed the multitude? Nobody any effort to it, and the professor said : “Jt ge that nobody more about it than 1 do. to call the person who the question to come answer it. Will you pl To a brows. and then laid answered all the side-tracked question | He the said: confess contain- io Ina Answer knows I will CIs on orn ease do so? great sui y mol a8 Wi a thirteen-vear-old school-boy, walked up the looked at * said: up and modestly Ever amazed. The «iid vou “Yes, reson ofl { 1 ¥ - gn On of Mirren, one of the tonishment ran ing te ing LOO over re was someth in ded. The fessor tu boy: “Ind yi nm find that in the “No, sir.” «Where, then, did you “In Greek history.’, That was the cap sheaf. thirteen bowling down 400 teachers in the cause, telling th in that he dug the Greek histor) i think it will be well boy room to §j - i -— hic SecoInes a man. convention assemt pro- raed to the Bible 7” erst 187 get it: A Chr istian and em an unassuming info yrmation out Ory. to give if when 190 Maul. $1,000 REWARD! The a we reward will be pald for proof the existence of a bet ter ANT NIMENT “thas or & betler A tho MERCHANT'S WORM TABLETS Sold everywbers, JOAN HODGE, Sec'y, Merchant's Gargling Ol Co, Lockport, X ¥Y, U.K A. of | And, you can’t always tell the prescription that cures by what you read in the papers. So, perhaps, there’s no better way to sell a remedy, than to ‘tell the truth about it, and ‘take the 775k of its doing just what it professes to do. That's what the World's Dispensa Medical Associa- of Buffalo, N. Y. does | Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, Pleasant Pellets, and Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. If they don’t do what their makers say they'll do— you get your honey back. ed a a tn el tl al i Ck Sl nl Wl =- TEN A FS As a Flesh Producer there can be no question but that SCOTT'S | EMULSION 0f Pure Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites Of Lime amd Soda is without a rival a pound a day t cures ES meno { SCROFULA, BRONCHITIS, COUGHS COLDS, AND ALL FORMS OF STIRS Dip { EASES. AS PALATABLE AS MI \ Be sure you get Lhe genuine as there are { poor imitations. EN AANA SN ——— PARA et — t FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP abr mothers for thelr children £ for over Fifty a, ne Uhe F Yi ox lie, and is the best have gine of cummins thsi ssies ied Twenty-five Cents a Bottle. VV YVWVYYYY Are You Your HEAD- CHE & Nervous! BROMO- SELTZER cusRANTEED cue TRE Be ps ia TIMOR, Xa Bure relief Price ses AS THNA toail. Sowell & Oa : OR. SCHENCK'S OR. SCHENCK'S ULMONIC SYRUP Will Cure complications, re. wi COUGHS, S, COLDS, ¢ YWROAT AND Ane Lunas. Tt is pleasant to the Waele, a Pries 88 ota, por bettie. ay on on Comumpticn and ite Ir Pa. Dr.L0.Sebeneh & Bon, PHS. * Pills La #
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