THE SCB ANTON TRTBTTNE TIITTTlSDAT MORNTNG. MAT?1 31,' 1894 tBeecham's pills are for biliousness, bilious headache, dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid liver, dizziness, sick head ache, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, loss of appe tite, sallow skin, when caused by constipation; and consti pation is the most frequent cause of all of them. Book free; pills' 25c. At drugstores,or write B.F.Allen Co.,365 Canal St., New York. GORMAN'S iir ! The Fan senson is notv upon ns, nnd we are showing these artistic and prot ty articles in the most beauti ful patterns nod colorings. Fans from lc. to $7.50 Each, SILKS mat Look Well, SILKS That Wear Grandly, SILKS That Even Wash When required. This, in brief, is the story of the Foremost Lino of American-made Figured In dia Silks. If tho designs were not so exception ally sprightly, the quality alone would Bell thorn. Then, :igain. oven if the quality were not of such superior excellence, the stylos alone would quickly compel purchase?. WIDTH 22 INCHES. PRICE 48 CENTS. Spoiled Hi llnslncss. A boy with ragged cloches and with fate and hands that had not bceli troubled with water for many days, perhaps months, en tered thu office of Tax Collector Stewart Saturday morning and begged the loan ol a dime. "I will give yon one," said the tax collector, "if you will take that piece Of soap there and get under that hydrant and wash yourself." The boy took the soap and putting his head under the hy drant undid the work of many weeks in a few minutes. He was completely transformed when he Rrose from his ablutions. The lax collec tor gave him the dime and remarked, "That is the best money you have ever earned." "Rest nothing," replied tho hoy scornfully, "yon have played hob with my business." Atlanta Journal. Harp of Wood. Two Frenchmen, the brothers Forre, have Invented a new kind of harp, made en tirely of wood. Instead of strings the in ventors use strips of American lir. The eound is produced, as in the ordinary harp, by the contact of t he fingers; but the play ers wear leather gloves covered with resin. The tone of tho instrument is of remarka ble purity, New York Telegram. I I ' I" '.1 Soup. Wash a bunch of asparajjus; put in a saucepan with boiling water; let boil gently 'for half an hour. Tako from tho water, cut off tho tops and set aside. Put a quart of now milk on to boil. Press the asparagus stalks through a colander and add to tho milk; thicken with a tablespoonfnl of butter and 2 tablfiapoonfull of flour rubbed together. Add tho asparagus tops, season with salt and pepper and serve. Lettuce With Ham Dressing;. This is a common salad with the Ger man and is a most appetizing relish. Wash aud dry tho lettneo carefully and havo ready in a dish. Mako a dressing from a small half cupful of clear hot ham gravy. Fill the cup with good vinegar. Stir into this a little sugar, seasoning with pepper and a very little salt. Mix thoroughly with the dry let tuce. Good Gingerbread. One cup molasses; stir sifted flour into molasses until it is stiff, a pioco of molted butter sizo of an egg, a cup of hot water, a tcaspoonful soda dissolved in tho water, a teaspoonfnl ginger and ono-half teaspoonful cinnamon. Bnoklen'a Arnica Salve. The best salve In the world for Cat i Bruises, .Soros, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Come and nil Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money rofanded. Price 85 cente per box. For isle by Matthew Brae. 6110 DEPOT FANS CABBONDALB. One of the featur- s of Memorial Day was tho exorcises pertaining to tho Da presentation to school No. 3 on Salem avenue. It) spite of the rain a large crowd gathered to eee the flag raised aud liiten to tho exercises. Shortly after 2 o clock the procession, which consisted of the Graud Array of t'e KepuDlic, bona or Voterans. tho uilfei ent patriotic orguniz.aioas, Cttrbondale police and two bum's, moved down Purk street to the iceno of the celebra tion. A selection was rendered by one of the bunds, after which the handsome new iWg, winch was ti led with little 11 sirs, was uufurlvd. Tho small fltfl showered to the ground and the little children scrambled for one of the little souvenir. The ilsg was hoisted by Mr. Hugh Powdvrly.of High street. The Geruianiu baud rendered a famllai patriotic selection, three vol leys were tired by tho Grand Army of the Republic and threo by the boas of Veterans. Then it was announced that on account of the ruin that the presvi tation speech would bo given In Wattu by It-v. A. Jones and tho acceptance to which was givfti by George Grills. The remaining numbers of the pro gramme could not be rendered on 00" count of Hie weather. Dr. A. E. Burr, of Scranton, was Hinong the visitors in thi city yester day morning. At a rpcent m?eting of the High school alumni it was li ci led to hold the annual hauquet on the evening of Juno Horatio Moore, of Scranton, spent yesterday with friends in this city. N. S. Wcnacott spent yeaterduy with his psrent in Wnym.irt. Yesterday was the opening of Far view, the far-faruod summer resort. The excursion was under the nus pices of the Delaware and Hudson. But few uvailod themselves of the opportunity of spending the hol iday on the mountain. Bauer's baud of Scranton arrived here at 10 :I)0 o'clock and paraded Main street, ren dering some music, previous to their taking the train for the picnic grounds. Miss Jessie Weatherby of Wayne street is entertaining tho Mifscs Mar garet Vipond and Elsie McDuuald of Scrauton. City Clerk McMillan hns finished the city duplicate for the year 1801 and tho amounts that will be collected from the different wards iu the city is $32. 077 08. Suppers were earvod last eveninL' by tho Woman's Rolief corps in tho Young Men's Christian association rooms, and by the ladies of tile Congregational church iu the said church. The Ep vrorlh league of the Methodist church served ice cream and cake in tho din ing hall of the chnroh. Mrs, D. K. Mores and Miss Alice Butler will leave next week for Dans ville, N. Y., where Mrs. Morss will undergo a course of treatment for sev eral woeks at the Dausville Sana torium. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock oc turrod tho funeral of Mrs. Frances Nealon. Services were conducted In St. Rose church, when a requiem mass was celebrated, with Rev, J. J. Currun officiating. The remains were interred in St. Rose ciinetery. Misa Julia Webstir, of Nineveh, N. Y., will arrive in this city this evening on her roturnfroin a visit in New York, and will oo the guoat of Mrs. C. R. Munn, of Terrace Btreet. KEYSTONE ACADEMY. Miss Kate Gardner spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Dunmorn. Miss Lodusky Dimes enjoyed a fish ing expedition at East Lemon on Sat urday while calling upon her friond, Miss Lena Stark. Paul Cure, of Jcrmyn, was a caller at the Academy on Sunday. On acconnt of illness Professor IIul loy failed to m -ft bis appointment at Waverly on Sunduv last. He. how ever, oxpscts to deliver a sermon there on Sunday next. A very interesting meeting of the Young Men's Christian association was held in tho grov on Suudny. Mr. Washburn led tho devotional exercises and all present enjoyed a spiritual bless ing. The fourth annual banquet is now one of the grand events of the past. It was celebrated on Friday evening, May 18. About eighty were ipresent, including the invited gnesta and the faculty. The committee on arrange insula spared no effort to make it tho most successful of any precedin?. The decorations were very beautifully conducted under tho management of Miss Dt llu Coleman and E. J. Dnmplee, Promptly at 9:"() p, m. the doors of tho dining ball wore swung open, and tho whole company with tho toastmuster, B. F. Thomas, and Miss Lodusky Barnes at the head, began tho grand march. Tho tables were gar nished with beautiful fliw.-rs which made tho atmosphere fragrant with their rich pjrl'um II, After partaking of a hearty repist a literary aspect wi.s then entered upon. The loastmaster introduced each speaker with a suitable stanzi of poetry, ofttitiKS bearing directly up ju the qualities of the toaster and his or her toast, thna inciting thorn to greater effort to vindicate, the qualities attrib uted to thoin, as well as to cause gen eral aj plaSM. The viands were o' a high order and wo desire to ninko spe cial mention of tho cream which w.is lurnUhui by Mrs. H. N Cupwll. Among tho invited quests were Rev. Wilbur and wife, Rev. aud Mrs. M. J. Watkins. Mr and Mrs. W. N. Man chester and Miss Nollio DeUraw, HAMUNTON, Hon. W. N. Curtis was in town yis terdny. H. A Wrd returned to Scranton yesterday after having passed several days visiting with friends here and at Holiisterville. Miss Anne. Harder is again in town. Miss Price, the young lady who scalded herself so severely on Saturday. Is bnt little if any better. T. B. Orch ard is the attending physician. It is understood that the Ariel and Salem base ball teams will play at Salem on Saturday at 2 o'clock AMERICA ILLUSTRATED. By a now arrangement The Tnin dnk is rnabltd to offer Its readers any ono of tho twenty parts ot the "America" portfolio for ten cents. All parts aio now ready. This is tho finest collection of popular photogra phic viows in prints. Send stamps or cash. No coupon is necessary. "The Face ok Rosknfkl." When Baby was siclr, we gave her Cofltorts. When aho was a Child, she cried for Castorto, When sho bucomo Miss, sho clung to distorts. When sho hod Children, she gave, them Castorlty HALLSTEAD. Thorn is Allot:, of Binfrbnttttnu, Is visiting his sister, Mrs. Johu Crook. G. R. Mason, of Binghamton, is vis iting friends in town. Dr. Charles Barnes and wife, of Thompson,are visiting friends in town. Mrs. Juiues Brooks, of Binghamton, is visiting her sitcr. Mis. S. C. Cease. Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Brien ate visiting Scranton frUuds. Miss Anna Lown is visiting h-r sis ter, Mrs. C. H. Munson. 0. L. Capwoll, of Nipholsoa, ia visit ing bis brothers, Charles aud Gould C ipwell, in this place. The large hull in the Railroad Young Mali's Christian Association bnildiug was filled to overflowing with friends of the association who had come to at tend tho farewell services given in honor of Henry Curry, secretary of that institution, who is uboui to depart to another field, and also to welcome tho new secretary, W. W. Adair, of linffalo, who has boon chosen to suc ceed Mr. Carry, From out of town wore the following secretaries: Secre tary Pear-sell, ot Scranton; Sieratnry Leese, of Eltntrn, and Secretary De Long, of Binghamton. All spoko in the highest praise of Mr Curry and tho work winch he bae done in tho threo nnd one half years Whion he has been in this place As a token of the ctoni in which ho was held, a beautiful I O O, F. gold budge from that order and a pares of nuney from the ladies auxiliary wero given him. Tho pri Sensation! were made by editor Moore of the PJatndealer in his usual pleasing stvle. Mr. Curry will locate at West Pittston. Mr. Adair the Gen'l Secretary, will enter upon his duties Saturday. Mrs A. B Catchum, of Wilcox, ia visiting at tiie resideuoe of George Wilcott on Chase avenue. Tho teachers' mooting will bo held at tho residence of S. A. Hall on Fri day evening. The W. G. T. IT. will meet at the home of Mrs. E E. Tattle, to-morrow, at 8:80 p in. The Gospel meeting in the Young Men's Christian association on Sunday at 'S:'M will be addressed by the new secretary. Tho little son of Mr. an l Mrs. Henry Carry picked off from one of the tables a bottle of ammonia an I drank some of tho contents. Medical aid was sum moned and toduy the ehild is all riaibt, There seems to bo several ilesorUra from the Coxey's army in town. Mrs. Rebecca Connors, of Bingham ton, is visiting her duughtcr, Mrs. Poter Allen. Mrs. J. J. Compton was in Bingham ton yesterday. Miss Mary Allen, who bus been vis iting Binghamton friends, has returned home. PECKVILLE. Cards are out announcing the mar riage of Miss Etta Callendnr to the Rev. illim J. Guest, at tho Baptist church. Tuesday evening, June 5. William Payne, of Dnntnoro.. visited his mother last Sunday, Mrs. P. Snedi- cor. Jinn s F. Cowans received a dip itch last Tuesday announcing the death of his father at Freeland, Pa. Air. and Mrs, Cowans left yesterday morning to attend the funeral. Floral Sunday will be observed in the M. E, church on Sunday, June 10. Blakely council. Order United Amer ican Mechanics, attended the parude at Carboudale Saturday. Dr. Charles Irevertou. of Harvey, Illinois, is visiting his brother, Gjorge iroverton. John S. Jenltinp of Pittston sp?nt Decorrtiou day as the guest of his son Corey. Mrs. Abner Davies and daughter, Mrs. A. L, Dimming, circulated among friends at Hyde Park yesterday. Airs. Stephen Kimble and daughter. of Carbondale, are visiting Mrs, John Whittle. On account of tho weather yesterday tho memorial servicos were hoi i iu thu Methodist Episcopal church. Attorney Charles E Olvor, of Scranton, deliv ered the address, whioh was well re ceived. Miss Jennie Goalie, of Wilkes-Barro, is visiting at the homo of Air. and Mrs. Hnlsoy Luthro. Ihe A1im-s Jennie and Kut.i Weld- man, or l le.'tville, spent yestotduy with tho Misses Lena and Etuma Barnes. Quinsy troubled me for twenty vears. Since I staried uing Dr. Thomas' Er.lec tiicOil, have not had an attack Tho oil cures sure throat at once. Mr. Letta Con urd, BUndlsb, Mich., Ojt. HI, 'Si. JERMYN. All the prominent business plac s were closed yesterday. On account of the rain, the parade yesterdav morning w is not as great a success HS war expected. At 10 a. m. Win. Hunter post, ucootupunid by n few members of Uoussy'ri TrilM, 1.0 R M., nnd tho Jeimvn Ci tit mi's hand, inarched to tliw cemetery and decorated tho Krav. s of the fellow veterans. Th- exercises wer ncossirilv inef. Too I. O. O F., Red Men, P, O. S of A . St. George and Crystal Hose company, No. 1, sent C'tiimit tees 10 plac- 11 iw- ers on tho graves of deceased brothers. The lestivul in the evening, under tho uuspiees of the post, was Well attended. J.J. Sampson, of Duryea, culled on frlendl here yest rd.ay. On account ot t!i rntn the tiicnic party adjourned to Grr liter's ball y- s ti-rday afternoon. This wae the first picnic of th" season. P. H. Maker is improving his prop erty on Main street by thu addition of a neat porch. Edith, only daughter of John May - nard, of South Main street, is seriously ill. It would sooin that the diff rent companies might give the men a holi day on such occasions as yesterday and Mow them to work full tiino for three days to make it up. Men working half and threi -quarter time would appreci ate a Uttlo consideration occasionally. Foi( Coliln f'l'oim A.Oimn I l r. , tw . O i . and Sore Throat use Dr. Thomas' Edoctrlc Uil, and get tho genuiue. ELM HURST. J. E.,E lwards, wife and family, of Glenbnrn, visited friends in town on Sunday lust. We aio pleased to note that Mrs. Clnronco Stevens is improving iu health daily. V. W. Hiiilord, editor or tho Signal, is erecting a now house on tho Schoon- u) ilr- r plot Mrs. D. E. Olds has moved into one of T. E. Carr & Son's houses. George L. Adams, of Strondsburir. superintendent of the Union Tanning company, made u business trip to this place on Alonday lust. Protossor J. U. laylor. cotvitv super intendent, held a teae'uer's examination iu this place on Tn - -d.lv. A meeting of the board o7 trade was held on Tuesday evening. Committee on constitution nnd by laws submitted tbeir report, which :was adopted: the other committees reporting progress. Ei.-ht nw numbers were addal to the roll at th" m-etinp. Committee on manufacturing submitted their rprt, which v;:s received and tho OOmttttttee discharged. Chair appointed J. M. Rhodes, A. B D.inning, jr., and H. G Thayer temporary committee oa manu factures and real estate. A vote of thanks whs extended to the Scranton board of trid for favors granted, after which tho adjournment was taken to Monday evening, June 4. Sincere sorrow is felt here on th? sadden lUath of Rev. B C. Jonen, of Clifford, formerly pastor of the Bap tist church at this place He ws stricken with apoplexy while preach ing on Sunday morning, Aluy 27, and died in a few minutes. His faithful, unassuming service is remembered with prolit by many, and all who knew him revere his memory and extend sjtnpUhyto his bereaved widow. C. F. Edwards, of Scranton, spent yesterday visiting ids parents in town. STROUOSBUKG. Lightning did considerable dnmige yesterday afternoon in the country. The barn of E F. Werklieiser in Ham ilton township was struck about 1 o'clock and set on fire. Tho flimes quickly spread owing tho infl iminuble contents ot the barn and in spite of the efforts of the neighbors and the pour ing ruin the place was nurnod to the ground. An unfortunate accident happened to Mrs. Divid Keller last niu'ht at her rsidenc ton Main street. Airs. Keller whs down iu th cellar looking at some milk nnd hOcame giddy from bending over the pan. She wub picked up and carried to bed, where she now lies in a setious state. Tho Farmers' Alliance and Industrial union, No. 875, of Tanuersville, will hold their annual picnic in KiBtler's grove on the day aud evening of Juno tl. The procession will form iu line at the school house at 10 o'clock and march to the grove accomp iniod by the Glen wood Hall band. Good speakers huve been engaged to instruct the peo ple of the good qualities of the alli ano s. Bert Kintner, a nephew of R H. Kintner, has been appointed agent at the new South Stroudsburg depot of the Wilkes-Burro and Eastern railroad. Air. Kintner is at present u student ut Lafayette college of Easton. At the mooting of the Epworth league of the East Stroulsburg Altbo dist Episcopal church, Aliss Bessie Sampson and Messrs. Herbert Lush, Charles Teetor and Frank Eckert wero appointed delegates at tho Lehigh con vention of tho loagua to be held at Pen Argyl. Tho R?v. N. Turner is in Philadel phia. A huge rattle snake was killed near Bush kill yesterday. John Henuecke has sovero l his con nection with the White Ribbon army. Dandy, a dog belonging to Forest Fungbooner. wus run over and killed by a train. A grand temperance meeting was hold iu Grand Army Republic hull on Tuesday evening. A Ashing partv consisting of Mr. A. J. Brodhead. J. W. Snowball. W. W. Hawko and Captain Westbrook, of this place, left yesterday morning for Hun ters Range. A grand programme has been ar ranged for tiie public m-ietiug of tne Literary Bociety to be hold at the Nor mal tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. The Welsh choir will sing and John B. Storm an address. It i understood that the admission is free. Scarcely fi.'iy persons wero present at the meetinu ot tho Monroe county De mocracy held last night in the court hnusp. Th? meeting was called iu the usual manner nnd Walter Dutot, tho prothonotary, was chosen as president, and be handled the thing very cleverly. Messrs J. a Sheill, W. M. Gash and M. F. Coolbaugh wore appointed as a committee to draw up resolutions. It is estimated that if the Stute Belt Electric ruilw.iy would extend to Siylor's that it would carry no less than 50.000 passengers during the sum mer. Many excursions would come over the New Jersey Contra), Lehigh Valley and Bangor and Eastou and Northern branch to Wind Gap. and , . . l . . . 1 , . . : ,, . . i . nuro wiu in- uioctrio nuo 10 Mia Inno. Hon to Vso Statistics. Ono long engaged in statistical work feels more and more keenly, us the results of original Investigation, not only the lim itations of statistics, but the fact that per fectly honest nnl truthful statistical tables may not only be vicious in them selves but may also lead to tho most worthless conclusions, the tables them selves not, indicating and It not being pos sible to full indicate by them the exact truth they contain. The method I believe is the surest for as certaining conditions and tho truest on which to base conclusions, but the method must bo supplemented by full and frank analysis. A statistical tablj independent of such analysis ts to mo what a red flag is to a bull. It Immediately excites antag onism aud invites attack. The value of any statistical presentation must depend upon the basis upon which it Is made, the integrity of thu collection of the various elements of it, and thu analysis which accompanies it. No one has any right to quote statistical tables withuut using and understanding tiie analysis of them. It Is because of tho flippant aud cureless use of statistics by writers and Speakers that it receives their condemna tion. No one thinks, however, of condemning ann'sthctics u-cause the burglar chloro forms his vic tim; or the elementary rules of arithmetic, the means by which all honest accounts are kept, simply because dishonest accounts arc made possible by the same mo- pa. Carroll I). Wright in Popular Science Monthly. A flaxseed lemonade is excellent for a cold. Try a small quantity nt first. To do tills tako a pint of water and add 2 small tnblcspoonfnls of the seed, tho juice of 3 lemons, not using the rind and swee ten to taste. Whe n too tasty, tho mixture may be dilated with water. WEAK MEN Y0UR ATTENTION laSHSSSVMSJ W .1.1 1 n ii' till. Oiout EnglUh Komedy, Gray's Specific Medicine 4sW IF YOU SUFFER from Nor- MSSTMSJ. mv nm "i.--. - .......-.... vouh De bility, Weakness of Bo.ly and Mind, Hperma- torrnea, ant) Impotoooyi and all diseases that arise from over-indulgence uml self-abuse, as Lossol' Memory and i'uiver, lu mnous of Via- Ion, Prematura Old A?e and many other die esses that lead to Insanity or Consumption and an early grave, write I'm- a pamphlet. Address GRAY Mi- DielNE CO., Buffalo, N. Y. Tho Siecltlo Medlolne is sold by all draaatsts at per package, or six paekagea for J,or nent hyinail on reeelpt of money. and with every ?6.txi order WE GUARANTEE u t loo oi moiiuy roiunui'u. lir un account or eounierteits wo havo adopted the Yellow Wrapper, tho only genu ine. Sold In Scranton hv Matthews Bros MR, ALEX, PHILLIPS Now has hasrhnrgo of tho KEYSTONE HO 'i I'U formorly culled tho Cross Keys, corner Bromley avo. and Swethmd. A full lino of Liquors, Iloor, Ale and Kino Cigara will he k'tit In stock. Mr. Phillips Will bo pleased! o greet his many triouda who will favor him with a cull SfMMM T'-.rool AN INANIMATE LEECH. I Mi.dKtnno That Una l.trirted Cures ot Ilydiopliobiik and flhnrsr It nil that bus been said of the almost Bupernatural powers of the madstone be true the poo)le of CIiIcuko und vicinity need have no fear of blood poisoning or hydrophobia in the future. A reul mud stone. In tiptop workiug order, has made Its nppearauce in the city, tho custodian being Mrs. Daisy MuhnUin, formerly of Columbus, W. Va. She is prepared to cure the most obstinate of blood diseases by simply applying the peculiar looking pebble, which she has treasured (or years. "The stone which is my greatest treasure was found In a sand bank near Wheeling over fifty years ago by u man named Wil liams," said Mrs. Mahtahn, "and it came into my possession about live years ago. I have used it a number of times, and al wuys with perfect results. Among the cases in which it has proved beneficial is that of Mrs. K. W. Schneider, of Columbus, O. This lady had suffered for years. Her mouth was eaten with cancer, nnd her case was one of eleven years' standing, A num ber of doctors had all pronounced Mrs. Schneider's trouble cancer, nnd it looked ns though her caso was hopeless. The stone was applied and it took hold aud be gan to 'nurse' immediately. In two weeks the lady was entirely cured, and today she is a well woman. "Mrs. Mary Fleming, also of Columbus, bad blood poisoning in her left urm. The limb had swollen to treble its normal size and was of an angry purple color. A sur geon had just decided to amputethe arm at the shoulder when I heard of it. The stone was applied, nnd it 'moved' so hard that Mrs. Fleming fainted. The treatment was kept up and in two hours thu dis coloration had disappeared and in threo days sho was recovering. She la now en tirely well, "Eddie Logan, a little boy of Logan, O., was bitten In the leg by a rabid dog. I bad the bov brought t;i Pnln,,,),,,. Th stone wns applied aud the boy was all right In an hour. Another boy, Charlie Grey, of Kansas City, was nlso suffering from rab blesand 1 cured him by applying the. stone. "It has cured a great number of cases of hydrophobia and blood poisoning and also a number of snake bites copperheads and rattlesnakes. I don't believe any amount of money would induce me to let it go." The stone Is about, an inch in length nnd three-quarters of au inch in width. It is of n peculiar shape, being a quarter of the original stono which was split up and divided years ago. It i covered on three sides wdth little cells filled with "suckers" that closely resemble tiny seashells. These suckers send out minute tongues, when the Itone ts applied, and each little tonguo draws on the wound With astonishing power. The stone absorbs all of thu poison drawn out, and when tho wound is clean the stone drops oh. It is then placed In milk, which fluid will instantly turn green. The stone is then cleansed and is ready for another application. Chicago Tribune. Bow to Keep Witches Away. There are it great many people whom I know, both white and colored, who never go to bed on a windy night without first sprinkling salt arouud their beds. This keeps the witches out. Another protec tion is to set up a knife, fork and spoon at the head of the bed, and then, so say the Sufferers, one can see the witch that visits one und tell exactly who it is. Placing bent pins in the track of a reputed witch is another method of proving wit hcraft. If upon returning In the same tracks sho limps, then the pins have struck home iu their uncanny mission, and she is a witch. Cor. Chicago News. How the Chinese Preserve Grapes. They cut a circular piece out of a ripo pumpkin or gourd, mnking an aperture large enough to admit the band. The in terior is cleaned out, the grapes placed in side aud the cover replaced and pressed in firmly. The pumpkins are then put in a cool place, and the grapes retain their freshness for a longtime. Careful selec tion of the pumpkin is requisite, the com mon field pumpkin, however, being well adapted for the purpose. Providence Tele gram. The people of India look upon soap as a curiosity, and it can hardly be bought of any shopkeeper. The amount consumed in ono year was only 5,000 tons, which, taken with the enormous population of that country, would give un average of but about one ounce to each person. Kxcellent Cookies. Excellent cookies may be mode using 2 cups of sugar, a cuu of butter. 1 eiros. a teaspoonful of sotln, 3 toaspoonfuls of cream of tartar. Flavor with nntmcg and add enough flour to roll out. Do not roll too thin. mm ma Mr. James 11. Bond Philadelphia, Pa. Muscular Rheumatism Sciatica and the Piles Adds to the Sufferer's Misery Four Bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla Effects a Wonderful Cure. "C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "aontiomehi As u result ot the memorable blltsard Of March, 1S8H, I contracted mUMUlai rheumatism i at that time i was engaged on jni of steamnttlng In PlalnSeld, N. J., ami it was necessary (or me to wade through tho snow to tho building, a new residence, In which wr were working. Kor eighteen mouths after wards I was laid up with muscular rheumatism and sciatica. I then Joined my son-ln-luw In Denver, Col, where I was engaged In Steam nttlng .mil engineering, und where l commenced to take Hood's Sarsaparilla for my rheumatism it cured mo not only of the rheumatism and sciatica, hut also of outward piles, from Which tor thirty -threo years I had I Offered A Thousand Deaths. Previous to going to Denver I visited th University of Pennsylvania to ho operated upon. The doctor pronounced my case elongation of tho bowels und the worst he ever saw. He re fused to perform an operation, saying that after having suffered so many years It was not worth while that I should die at that late day from the effects of the knife, and die 1 would If ho used It. No Wlsn Can Conceive what I suffered for thlrty-threo years. I tried all sorts of remedies and treatments, often without thes Slightest relief. Four bottles ol Hood's Harsapaulla not only relieved, but cured, both tho piles and rheumatism. The Hood'ssrCures only truce of rheumatism which I feel now Is a little stiffness when the weather changes, and as I will be 73 years old In August that Is but Incidental to my age. This Is a simple, state ment of facts,'' ,1am as R. Bo,ni, W 'West Norrls Street, Philadelphia, Ta. Hood's Pills euro liver Ills, constipation, biliousness, Jaundice, sick headache, Icdigestiua limiHH.mn1iMi11111111iii111111111111111111iHi1111111111111111n111iMi11n.Hr 400-402 LACKAWANNA AVE. SALE THIS WEEK ONLY. 500 DOZEN HnW VIA fll ATTAfl uauica mi mum Li i i- j GO 5 and 7 Hooks, WORTH $1.00 PER PAIR. SALE Remember, The Fair THE LEADERS IN LOW PRICES, rdllllliHIIIUI!III9galHIIHIllHNIIIHIIIlHHIIlHHHHlllll!lllllHIMIIlUII!!yl!rs! Wholesalers and Largest Retailers of Straw Mattings from China and Japan. KERR & SIEBECKER Fine 406 and 408 Garpetin gs LOWEST PRICES. One entire room devoted to Oriental and Domestic Regs and Art Squares. A Dollar, Toschor-GeorRe, what's a dollar? 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