NORWEGIAN WEDDING ouUs-
TOMS.
Nowhere in Europe are the customs
of long defunct generations so thor-
oughly waintained, and nowhere have
modern ways and fashions exero sed
so little influence as in Norway. ‘Lhe
peculiarly wild and romantic character
of the country, and the verv limited
imtercourse of the people with neigh-
bering nu'ions caused the character
and individoality of the Norwegians to
be almost preserved iu its originality
since thousands of vears, The present
customs rved at weddings are
mainly derived from ancient times, and
no trueNorwesian would dare to neg-
lect a single part of the time honored
habits. Pogasgements and marria es
take place during the winter season,
which lasts fanily eight months,
offers the only mea:
tween the inhabitants
very distant villages and
Snow and ice muke
to cross densely woode wl forests as well
Oe
small towns,
ing the open weather the difliculties of
moving from one part of the country
te the other are almost unsarmounta-
ble. Consequently life in summer is
much lonelier than in winter,
young people the opportunity of fre-
eir mutual qualities.
Pardanger, a very lively and pleasant
Mstle place in the heart of Norway, in
about the following terms:
retains her festival attire during the
whole time of the wedding festivities.
well by peasants as by girls of the
ing of their wedding day.
juterrupiod by dancing, the expense
being shared by the bridegroom and
the tride’s parents. The guests ar-
mve from many miles distance, each
Bringing a gift, according to his means
Fhe presents generally consist of ar-
goles required in the young conple's
household. On the last day, just be-
fore the hour i n the p arty is brea
mg up, the brides girl friends take off
the me'al crown th: om her _head in the
presences of the ole company and
then undo her hair, leita ya it fall down
on her shonl Afcer t more
dance with the happy brid i
the music snddenly stops as a sign for
the guests hat 1< time to leave. Then
everybody withdr but without say-
img good-bye to ti newly married
people, as their matrime nisl life would
herwise | py — 80 custom
mys.
Yhe interval bet ween an engagement
snd a marriage is often very
Parents like the delay, as they want
their children to know everything
shout each other before the irrevoea-
Me step is taken. The Norwegian poet
Ww i
+ ¥
fers, ua one
ToOom, and
WH,
©
unbs
wath
eeremonies observed at engagements,
Meany a romance, and now and then a
wacedy, is enscted between farms at a
few miles distance, but on the other
hand, a poor peasant earns, not seldom,
moh maiden.
themselves fully tied to each
though they live apart,
honeymoon — viz., the
months after the marmnage-
band undertakes all household duties.
He prepares the dinner, takes eare ot
the linen, and even sews and kuits,
first
any work. Later on, however, the
household affairs are silently trans.
ferred to the bride, and the bridegroom
enly attends to cutdoor work.
Norwegian girls are aware that—unless
sborious, and thus the only motive for
leaving the free and happy existence in
$heir parents’ honse, as wel as the
frends of their youth, is true 1 ve.
This feeling alone can indnee a gil to
follow a siranger to his distant farm-
house, where she is entirely separated
fom her earlier friendships and
habits,
The same mumplicity of manners ex-
iets in Iovland and on the Faroe Isles,
belenging to Denmark, but inbabited
by the descendants of Norwegians,
The people still wear the old national
eostame, women are walking about
im costs and skirts, so ads in one, either
blue or red. Fringes and d or
ver ornaments-—or brass rings
bracelets for the POT “a Are
“German
Syrup
We have
Vi. 4
sil.
and
nue
sok
wd
selected two or
three from letters
freshly received from pa-
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Croup. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub-
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-—a med-
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fidence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Bo. L. WiLLtrs, of Mrs. Jas W. Kirk,
Alma, Neb, | give it Daughters’ College,
to my children when Harrodshurg, Ky. 1
uoubled with Croup have depended upon
never saw any if in attacks of Croup
preparation act like with my little daugh-
itis simply mi- ter, and find it an in.
raculous valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger-
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible Toes of child.
hood, Whooping cough, croup, diph-
theria and t a rs ri mma-
tions of delicate De, lungs. @
¥
mes
Croup.
Nothing can > said |
in favor of the best medicine in the
world th:
most
il may not
worthless, In
true; in the other, it isn’t;—
can you distinguish ?
he
One Case,
but how
Judge by what is done. There's
It's Dr. Pierce's
Medical Discovery—and this is what
anteed.
is done with it;
| or cure, in every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All the year round, as well at one
time as another, it cleanses and pur-
| ifies the system.
must go. For Dyspepsia, Bilious-
ness, Scrofula, Salt-rheum, Tetter,
Erysipelas, or any blood-taint or dis-
order, it is an unequaled remedy.
It’s the cheapest, too. With this,
you pay only for the good you get.
And nothing else is “ just as good.”
It may be better—for the dealer
But he isn’t the one that’s to be
helped.
All blood-poisons
Falued. The neatly
wered witha red,
whi h is by no
The «
the Now egians are a8 simple as their
at ire,
rated from any contact with the
world, their fanily attachment
pronounced, lhe traveller
ment tells of 8 woman who earned
her poor living under great hardships,
and whe { d iid pot
go witl ly to the nearest town,
t do much better,
plied in those terms: ° My husband
an industrioos fisherman, and as
myself, I am doing w. rk for the rio
people in the winter time, whereas
during the summer I am attending to
my =mall piece of ground, for which I
pay a very moderate rent. Thas day
goes by alter day, and at the
the year we find that we are neither
short of barley for oar nourishment,
nor in want of wool for our clothes.”
——
Ferm sad Stock Notes.
Never feed the cows when milking |
them.
it pays less fo handle a poor grade
tight-fitcing cap,
means unbecoming.
is very
One i
why she
wl
ere 8
ree
-
for
|
|
stock.
In feeding soft feed to the cows
palatable.
A colt given plenty of room wiil not
close room.
(Give an animal a good chance at the
at toe outcome.
There aro lew substances more
easily contamiouted by pure odors
than fresh milk.
Two things— perfection of flesh apd
of dairy ‘products~in the same animal
can hardly be expected.
Much of the work of properly
training the trees in the orchard can
se done in mild, winter weathen
OWS
Your Liver
If sluggish and painful,
invigorate it to he althy
action, by taking
Sarsaparilla.
40
——
A Toure shill standing in
Masx, , is reported to be 2°56
and is probably the oldest
the Commonwea th, It 18 in a
of preservation and its present
owner has occupied it iity-3even years
cuntinually.
=A remarkable
Chicopee,
sears old,
dwel ing in
case of the attach mend
is reporud
which ir,
case of an old Lorse
ueariy twenty years before his
On the latier event the hor:e
gave varioussigns ol recognizing the los:
of his master, becoming unmanageable,
when he was conflved, died, apparently
from grief.
The longest shaft in the world In
ore piece, or in any number of pieces,
is in the Wash ngton Navy Yard,
Washington, District of Columbia, It
is 3% inches square, 4€0 feet long, and
transn its power to traveling cranes,
It runs st 160 revolutions per minute,
One of the London street car com pans
ies has in use an automatic *‘starter.”
Two powerful spiral springs, fastened
to the front axle, are wound up throvgh
being applied to the car’s stoppage, 80
that wh p it 1s desired to go oun agaln
they are capable of starting it.
The great Howeitake M ne at Lead
uses powder to
When the ore is crushed,
it isthen stamped Into powder and
washed over a quicksilver p'a‘e tocalch
the gold, More thau 1500 wen are em
ployed, with a pay roll £100,000 a
wonth,
Os
Experiment upon the
gC nes of gems show that
cording to the un of
ila y 3 .
Inmouds ho tive;
phosphores-
ik Valles ac.
the
raz
or yellow
lla yellow, 1
stone,
ian
+ and
ibe, Or
blue,
allel
(O%e
to a
a componnl ¢
} { and
* Clare Ol
inges the output
wit]
»B
wiund of iron
stepan te )
in a fun 5 Ow
Con
On
an d slew]
C hanging
ment.
A tramp returned to Moberly,
the oth r day arly 84 year's
Mo.,
alter n
it 1s stated that in Tangier, Algeria,
locusts fall in the street like rain, and
| the sound of their falling resemb! es a
James Henderson, an old sailor, at
is so small that it cannot be fully dis
, . ——-—
“A Savior of her
upon Lydia E
world, mi lions
sex.” Is a title Destowrd
of whom are | Ddeuied to her
the worse off he is, and it is only a
question of how long he can stand iu
thei
tha
the breed of animals that is being
kept
Ia many cases iuferior products can
not bo grown and made ready
market at 4 fair profit. They are too
often a drug on the marked.
he of tho animal and the
quality of the meat depend mainly oD
. % develope
the feed.
deriva
for
form
The growth and
«8d largely upon
fant
important, in order 10
possible results from feeding
animals, that the
stand
al used
it
thom
of tho
farmer should
the gualit
wr
oughly under y
tate
While
of |
{s not now possible for
yet they can take good care
to realize
of stock,
of what they do have so as
the most profit. i
Help from «(nod Housekeeping."
The merit of a salad is that itshould
to cool, crisp and fresh.
Fine emery paper and sweet oil are
excellent for polishing steel grates
Dredgo a little flour over the top of
ene to keep the icing from running.
slippers handy in case of night sicke
nossa,
Nevar wash macaroni. The cooking
| water dissolves everything undesir
i able.
Soupd are $0 nutritious and palatas
ble, that it is a pity that they aro nod
more generally used.
‘The best of the potato ie not just
under tha skin, as 50 many suppose,
therefore pare thickly.
One absolutely essential factor In
the preparation of a good beelsteak is
that it must be served at ounce,
Is is nonsense to think soda will
freshen anything in cookery that ls in
RY. Je3eVs approving ‘decumpots
\
A civil engineer has been looking
i
|
3,000,000 years,
»
“What it
2 by the
posta™ wt carefully consid
f pean a, in buying
arsaparilla com.
bines positive economy great medicinal
power. It 31 ne of which can
truly be sald “100 Doses One Dollar.”
4
oes Lies
*al majority
Hood's
with
medic
even ne
is the or
—-——-
Waste sawdust and 8° avings are being
utilized by Mons. Calmant, of Paris,
Fraoce,
table charcoal,
a
Epa anrow, ONTARIO, CANADA,
Mewrrs P. Newstowdter & Oo
Enclosed §) for St. Berna
Pills The ioe th you
proved more efliond than
hy me Actopt my
Pilea t
With be
Tr
sent me, have
any other Pill
vest thanis for
Vid
ever used
the samp
as possible regarcs
nnopons
-—-——
Weansen,
of freshly
by the
d in the por
the
ind
i is caused
Lhe crackling so
wool or con
quid contain
by heat and bw
whieh it 18 confine
v ——
ignited
air or
cs expanding
sting covering
«1
Not a Neostram,
pr
ut
Sold §
Address A. P. |
M. Ader of Paris, after exp nding
110 yards, He says it is propelled by a
“combination of vapors,”
a —
J.B PARKER, Fredonia, N.Y.
not eall on you for the $n
belive Hall's Catarrh Uyre will curs any ease
of eatar:h, Was very bad’ Wri to him for
particulars, Sold by druggists, Te,
———
Paris is soon to be lighted, as ‘'o its
streets, almost entirely by ¢ dec tricity.
Saye: “Shall
reward, for 1
1 Jacob Ger weheimer, of Clay
ton, , have been thoron he
d of my rupt ure oy Dr.Jd. B. Mayer, 811
Phila f do the hardest Kind ot ire
ing and wear no. truss, Go to ses him. Dr,
Reading, Pa. on the 2 Saturday and follow
ing Sunday of each month.
A cabie foot of aluminum welghs 157
pounds, A cubic fool of copper weighs
568 pounds.
RRS
Cann's HKiiney
Dropay, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's,
Heart, Urinary of Liver Diseases, Norv.
ousness, &o. Cure Ruataoged, aa
Arch Street, Philad’s. $1 a 6
for $6, or druggist, 1000 ot soria O
cares, Try in
The wost recent steel tails have a
higher percentage of carbon and the
steel produced 1s harder.
-
i
i
1
”
Digroskp ov, —Will--Borus won’s
trouble me any mo e,
Bill—Then vou bave effectually dis.
posed of Wim?
Will —1 tink so. I’ve lent him some
money.
Wny ue LAvangp,—Professor (to
student) — What are you lau thing at?
Btudert - Al your appearance,
Professor— 10 you laugh at every lit-
tle al surdity you chance to see?
Name Wourp Go. -Giaz-
von the name of that town
0: the Isthmus of Pavama?
Buating — That used to be its name,
but 11 has been changed to Period since
the Nana ns Canal came to a full stop,
Tue orp
lay—1 nt Cs
sr ———
FrLL Ixrorne ser, -Mirlam (walk.
ing on tue sands) ~ 0, does ’t that peb-
Lie 8 ar le like a dian.ondl
Me, Y¥ vnencodle--Aw, Miss Miwiam,
wt
Too Frrim ENTIRELY.—**Why,
Tommy, why did you siap sister Ethe
el Yr”
‘She was so jolly good, 1
couldu’t help it”
——
Qu ericus— Ww hat Is Mes. Moneybag-
ge~"s position In society?
Oj nicus— Why, it's capital.”
She-— Why do you shudder and shut
your eyes when vou see a hammock?
He— Because I've been there,
mamma,
ONIZ ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Byrup of Figsistaken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
edd nt promptly on the Kidneys,
Aver and Bowels, cleanses thes
tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
aches and fevers aud cures habitual
constipation. Byrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever
duced, pleasing to the taste - ao
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
in action ly fraly benetcial
ects, prep from the most
healthy and Tale substances,
its many excellent qualities com-
mend it to all and have made it
fe} most Pop ular remedy known.
{Fi is for sale in 500
and 01 Bottles all leading druge
gista. ie reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
eure it promptly for any one whe
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
SAN FRANCISCO. C
NEW YORK. N. X.
FuerMoHeR
Should Mave It in The Mouse,
Dropped on Sugar, Children Love
take Jomwes w's Awonyer Lorene for Cronn, Oclds,
Sore Throat, Tonsil wile, Cramps and Palos. Ree
eves all Ray iainta, Cute and Bralees like
magic. Bold ave Price Be, by mall: § hotties
Express paid, " L 5 JOHNSON & OO, Bosgos
Elys Cream Balm
WILL CURE
OF CATARRN.
Oo each noalr
% Warren M
AMERICAN gp
ATARRH URE
Ome Pottle Cares,
a address
ne
fons
¢ throat in o
IOAN NEURALGIA
$Y Mais.
; “ANFR]
AI A 0. 1
Sd pees,
s Nou
AW EE EIN WWW We We ww wethy
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
§ MRS. WINSLOW'S
$ ! SOOTHING SYRUP
ren
it
?
»
Tiss been need hy vot errs for thelr child
while Teothing for over Filly Yonra
ction the onild, softens the gu Bars
all pain, Cures w nd onliv, ana is the wel
ply for dinrrboa
Foarngy i Cents un Bottle,
-n————
WaAR, Nenvoos, WRETCHED morta)
SICK aang keep well, Health Helper
tells how, Tota ert bg copy
you. Dwr, J, HH. DYE Bditor, Buffalo, N
ITS: STOPPED_ FREE
ER ereons Hextor
RE LINE" ‘COR sal
fw all Boum N
RESTOR
ERV BR RES Owmly
cure for Nerve Afveriom, Ps, fy po “he,
Tora Lope if Sakon a O96 Fats after
frst day's we. Treaties and $2 trini ett free is
Fit patients, hey ree che res on bow when
rowdy 0. and ox of
di A TIE I Fr ening or
See et WARE OF IMITATING FhATDE
HAY FEVE
& ASTHMA
v. Sand Canada. Address
Amid Tape 1.3. Buin 1
of cure.
few months. It is harr
and builds up the general he
“gS, S, cetm sum
commenced taking Bwilt's "Be cific
ently cured.”
Treatise on Blood and
* spoon
Look then to
5.5.) every
to the most
-F
1 of contagious Blood Polson. As
1 afflicted with the diseases |
weeks 1 was perms
a
Ww
and
Gro
Bs
in a few
rewart, Bhelby, O
d free
JRGE |
IBO'S REMEDY
Cheapest. Hellef
Cold in the Head it has ¢
FOR (
It is an Ointn
nostrils, Price
P
Ladies, sek Droge
bukes onind w pine ribbon
ATL gil mptabonry Duges
de. tu samp for parte
16,000 Testimooinie, Name Paper,
Sold by all Local Druggists.
it 10 use,
rigin. For
DiAwOND BRAND
Pius
The only Rafe, Bare, snd reliabie P11 for asia,
FEepunre Substitutions and Imiiatione h,
ue sounilerfeita. At Droggios, or send
“Helief for Ladies” = fatten, | by F vam 4 ed
CHICHESTER CHEMICAL Co. som Mg w
Fai. ry 1 HA re
MOR OU.
HU?
A man who sleens
just is one who is just
mii
aslee P.
ration rolls down,
THE whe 1to
i you ake me
“Mello,
old DOY,
The telephone gir! may be frivolous,
b.t everything she says goes,
————————————————
barefoot boy enough
bottom to
You can't give a
to eat. His appeliie Las Do
it,
——— li—
A man reache: a turning-point in the
every tune he grabs the door-knob.
The man who speaks without think-
| ing is sure to come out second best with
the man who thinks without speaking.
se MA —
ments, do you! me
He—~'*No;:
too many things about each other,"
a——————
i
If the Um
compelled to let loose the dogs of war,
it can be sure of having on hand a flue
| pack of West Pointers,
-_
Walter (at fashionable restaurant)
{ “What is your order, sah?"
Costomer—*Bowl
| milk. (Giving Lim tp.) Hurry, please,
My train leaves in three hours.”
of
| “Call him stingy? Why, he is a man
that would divide she last cent with
| youl’
“You don’t tell me?”
“Yes; he is perfectly willing, for Le
knows 0o one is going to ask him to
divide a mere cent. ”’ “Ohi”
a
tory--**Beg pardon, but there
two more acts, ”’
‘Yes, I know
going.”
sir,
it
a—————
“The Eastern
there is a si *a on each
that the apgels may read.’ he whisper-
ed softly, “What is yours?'’ she an.
swered, “To let?”
sages believe
wus Lage — She--Yes,
that he has ‘ost
re IKE Cul
do has got so oid
he :
HsWhy don’t you give him Peruvi-
an bark.
his
sn
ANATURAL RrQuest.-"*And are yon
an old sea~dox?'’ asked the fresh young
woman
a | 34
“Lo
Ya
m."’
me fear vou bark,'’ said
—
Faint Puaase “You seem
mire Miss Fortune, 1 hand that
{ sald she was pretty and good.”
“No. |sald wat pretly good."
shim
Will Fight to a Finish,
As long as the
{ wall paper manufacturers, the
| Wall Paper Co., of No. 12 N. 11th St,
| Philadelphia, will give he public the
advantage of the drop in prices
get this from them direct. Send
8, 10 and 12 cent gilts,
-——.
sand pieces mm a moderna locomotive,
Raed All Fite wopred tres ny Dr, Kine's does
Ive llestorer, No Vasaloer are day's ses fare
YEIOtE Cares, Tres! ise and WE ia bolle (Tee 10
Fit onren Sapte. gine, #5 Aen 8, Paua, Pa
i -——
In Africa there are immense tracts of
| wild cotton of excellen. quality.
Sr
Ladies often compare notes on heal:h, and
while they may differ om ny points they als
WAYS A tee that ivda kK cinkhins es Vege a
ble Compound is the standard ‘on 1 mesticine,
Porpoises re sard lo oxist in Lake
Nyanza, Afra,
Hafibcted with soreeye ase Dr, leans Thome
nu kye-waten Druggiste sell at bo, pec votus
Plouro-preumonia seemt to be quite
prevalent in Great Britain.
|
net
Of Roxbury, Mass., says
Kennedy’s Medical Discovery
Old Sores, Deep-
‘eated Ulcers of 4 years
In Tum
every disease the skir
Thunde
that
Price, $1.50.
Druggist in
rid
standing, Inward re, and
OX~
and
i,
r Humor,
has taken rook
Sold every
United States
Cancer
by
the
and Canada
ther f
No other form of indisposition occurs se fre.
quently with adalts, as well as »ith children,
§ weakness of digestion). No gthey
itself by so many different symp
cunsequently mistakes for
No wher nas
neglected, and yo
} & more sasily cured than so-called
ndige«tio It oscars with babies and leesth
ng children and with grown persons parties
larly id vu Lhe stomach
catarrh) caused by wel feet, improper diet on
seranoce ig eating or drinkirg. The ose
is particularily dangerous
manifests itself al first by ‘ow
aversion to certain Kinds of food, 2
coated tongue, parched lip
st above and belween Lhe
f any ieagth
weak, aad
me
disorder
results if
”~
n consequence of 8 ©
of fev beverages
this respeot It
of appel te,
e to vomit,
f the troud »
ne, the patient
continues or
prow thin and
ae joe 1 (An
4 nfinsd
of tis
any whers
Hs as broom:
an a roper @i«
sia 3 be hiv
St Bes yege
ad fro Le
1 extract
YOu NEED N NOT FEAR
pie will know veur hair is o>
mtation of dred ot
Tutt's Hair Dye
No one can detect it. Tt imparts a glossy
ender and Tres life to the hair, Fasily a
whind. Prios. 5. Offios, 39 Park Place, N ‘
pe at pred
Hae hat perfect
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ivnly worthless edition of
marketed under varfoee