A t'nrlons Pream. , M"y husband was i minister nt a largo church in a New England Til Sago whero he had served several yenrg. One nipbt I had a most enrious dream. I seemed to bo in front of a long mirror, and reflected in it was the fneo of a woman I had never seen before. Rho had lipht golden hair, while mino was dark, and hor whole appearance was different from mine in every way. I remember I thonght it peculiar that I should have changed bo suddenly. Then I woko Tho next night T dreamed the same thing again, but while I was standing before tho glnss tho woman came into the room. I turned and pointing to the mirror, asked her what it meant. "Ob !" sho snid, "that is tho wav you will look I" Tho following day i told the family about my dream, and they all thought it very strange. A fow months after this, ns I was Walking out of church one Sunday, I passed a pew with a strange lady in it; she turned as I passed, and whnt was my surprise to see the very face of tho lady I had seen in my dream. Six months later my husband died. One afternoon the maid announced a lady and gentleman to see mo. I went down to the parlor and enmo face to faoe with the lady of my dream the same ono I had seen in church. She introduced her husband, who sho eaid was a minister and who had beon chosen rector of that parish. I soon left the parsonage and my dream partly camo true; for this lady did take my place and became mistress of the rectory. Illustrated American. Strasslmrg's Strange Club. ' An original Mca in the way of clubs Las been conceived in Strassbnrg. A number of people in that city are said to have formed themselves into a so ciety whose principal rule requires that each member shall mako the as cent of the cathedral spire at least once a day. The club is thus compre hensively entitled Strassbnrgermunst erthurmplattformalletageeinodermehr mahleorsteigernngsverein. The word is certainly nn admirable one if, as may be presumed, it has been designed for pronunciation by members during the ascent Westminister Gazette, Wild Flies. Tho devastation and snlTerlng caused by the flames of the wlUl prairie and forest tiros In the West, last summer, has a horrible de tail In the loss of life an.l destruction of prop erty. Men, women and children, by scores, choked by smoke and roasted alive ; their homes destroyed and haudreds mutinied and crippled. It Is painful to contemplate, but (till Important an t charitable to make it known that St. Jacobs Oil, used according to directions, is one of the best cures for burns and tmlJt, and should be kept on hand. There is no household that should be without the great remedy for pain, lor there are none without the need of it. Little things like slight outs and wounds It heals and cures like uiagio and helps the house work on. Passamaquoddy signifies "good bay fot caroning naddock." Dr. Kilmer's Bwavp-Koot euros all Kidney nnd Dladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. There is less than a square league of ster ile land In Illinois. I Haw's Tbls I ' V' offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by iuu m laiarrn cure. F. J. Ohrwrv A fn.. Tnlpdn. ft. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 1ft year, and believe him per fectly honorable in nil business transactions and financially able to carry out auy obliga tion made by the. r firm. 1VK8T A Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio, WALDiso. KiifvAW & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. TIVl's Catarrh Cure is taken Internallr. act- m I 'rcctlyupon the blood and mucous sur- he system, 'testimonials sent free. er bott le. hold by all Druggists. veihiuii head' TTTE PRACOHT HORSE WANTED. Horse bnyers go from Europe and the United States and Canada to find a good Clyde or Shiro weighing not under 1500 ponnds from three to even years old, good head, well- shaped neck set npon full shoulders, large girt or full heart, barrel round, and straight, heavy quarters, heavy bono flat, wide and cordy ; short in pasterns, hoofs good size, well shaped and kind, and a good walker. For animals of this kind the de mand is considerable. The prices paid range from $150 to 5200 in the loonl markets, nnd to the first oost of animal must be added the expense of the trip and the oost of transporta tion. It would seem that our farmers might make money by raising such stock. New York World. IJ.-ST.CTS OS TREES IH WINTER. A few wintor davs may be Tory profitably employed in thoroughly cleansing fruit and shade trees. The fruit and shade may thus be saved, and the appearance of the trees during the next summer will be improved. The aim sliould be in all eases to have clean, healthy', well-fed trees, as these are the least susceptible to insect at tacks. Feeble or infested twigs or branches should always be out out promptly as soon as notioed, and in all cases these should be burned to kill any larvae which they may con tain. It will pay to scrub tho bark of all kinds of trees each winter with a stiff brush and the suds of whale oil or other soap, to remove harboring mosses, fungus growths, or other par asitic plant life and to kill the insects wintering in tho" crevices. American Agriculturist. A rtJTURB FOB MUTTOJI. There is no doubt that tho mutton sheep has a great future before it. If, despite free trade and high rents, tho English farmer can find money in the industry, the American, with his un rivaled natural and political advan tnges, ought to be able to. It is not true that the English sheep-raiser has any idea of going out of business. Tho nnmber of sheep in that country has declined, owing to last year's great drouth, but at this year an tumn sales at the sheep fairs high prices have prevailed. A Lincoln ram was sold for $760, and nineteen others of the same breed averaged $150 each. Another lot of twenty averaged $140 each. At a Scotch ram sale one Border Leicester ram brought nearly $H00, and the two others $500 each. The same breeder sold thirty-two rams at an average of over $200. To be able to pay these prices farm ersmnstrnot only have made money heretofore, bnt they mast be satisfied that there is still money to be made, and that it is to be obtained only by the use of the hncst rams procnrable, The importance of breoding only the best has been too much overlooked in Amerioa. We are only slowly realiz ing that it is qualitr rather than qunntity that counts. While we may find that ono good animal may cott more than scrubs, it will also bring considerably more when marketed, and meantime the greater expense of maintaining two animals must be set off against the original cost. Col man's Rural World. '"" - KIMEDY FOB SHEEP TICKS, -icions insect will soon n-ck, and every ad' . 1 Bheep should with the ""ks. soil artichokes yield enormously, and one acre will fatten twenty-five or thirty hogs, with a fow bushels of corn to hardon up their flesh at the close of the season. In localities where the ground does not freeze hard in whi ter, a field of artichokes will be found most excellent food for pigs and swine that are to be kept oyer as stook ani mals. The artichokes will not spread into adjoining fields, and if yon give the hogs a chance at them yon will not need to resort to other means for killing out the plants. The tnbers can usually be obtained at seed stores if orders are sent in early or during the winter months. New Xork Bun. coxstrtjctioh of a rrr. From a lady skilled in florioulturo, writes M. W. Early to Home and Farm, I have obtained the following reliable directions for the construc tion of a pit. "Having suooosofully tested the virtne and eoonomy of having a pit, says she, "I wonld sug gest to others the advisability of try ing the same. No one need be ap palled by a fear of any very great expense. I venture to say that tho sum of $15 will secure a good pit, pro vided a few necessary precautions are taken in the structure. Six feet is amply deep. Choose a warm, sunny spot as little shaded by trees as pos sible, on the southern side of the lot. Begin by laying off the ground, nine feet by fourteen. These dimensions will furnish a pit large enough to hold more flowers than one person can attend to out of a pit, and loaves room for any vegetable whioh yon may wish to start either by sup or seed carlior than a cold frame or hot bed wonld enable you to do. Indeed, there is no safer and more convenient plan for having early tomato plants than to raise them in a pit. They are far more forward than any you at tempt to raise in the house, and it is a great saving oi trouoie to nave them in the pit." After the pit is dug it is a good plan to dig a little hole or well, three feet deep and three feet square, to hold the water which rises after rains or snows, and whioh is apt to produce mould or mildew in the flowers, especially those on the lower tiers. This hole being dry, the next thing is the frame or woodwork, and this .re quires about a day's work from a car penter. The frame should be three, or four feet above ground at the back, and should have a slop of at least two feet from top to bottom. Be very careful to have the planks tight and close, tiave a double casing of the frame made after the four posts are secured to the corners and a frame nailed to the outside. An inside casing will give a neater finish to the job and keep out any little cold whioh might force its way in. It is an ex cellent plan to fill up the oasing with saw dust. Be very careful to see that the frame for the sashes of glass is or tight a fit as possible. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES, Go into winter quarters with as many Toung Dees as possible. Mnut rrnrilnn vncntablns are cross feeders, for whom the soil can hardly bo made too rich. To know what to do and to do it in time, after the hive is selected, is to succeed in beekeeping. Florida trnnkers whose orons vara destroyed by the storms ore turning their attention to planting strawuer ries. Opening a furrow so as to drain off -ater into the nearest aiton win save TBnts being thrown out by the 1- the greenhouse -ood growth, ".Ween fly TEMPERANCE, tWtWXWARD STItrS. (tta number one, ouly In fun. Olass niimtmr two, as other boy do. Glass nnmlr three, It won't hurt ma. Gins number four, only one mom, Olass number five, before a drive. Hints number six, brain In a mix. Olnss number seven, stem up In heaven. Glass number eight, stars In hi pate. Glass number nine, whisk? -Hiot wins. Glass number ten, drinking again' Glass number twenty, not yet a plenty. Drinking with men just now and then. Wasting his life, killing his wife. Losing respect, manhood nil wrecked. Losing his Iriends thtw It nil ends, in Tnk tst'AL onoove. Civilisation in Africa Is running In b ual groove. At I'unehnl. Madeira. In IMS here were dei'lnrod in transit to several of he now Plates "fil.OOO eases of gin, 84,000 utts of mm. 30.000 eases of brnndv. ann'nnn demijohn of rum, 28,000 ene ot Irish whisky, HB.O00 barrels of rum, 3(1.000 nas.-s of iMii torn, 15,00;) eases of absinths nnd 40 . 0CK) casus of vermuth. A ORKAT SIMIKR'S VIEW. Madams Pattl believes anr one who am. pirns to suoeessi as a voonllst should hn total abstainer. Rhesavs: "Aleohollc stim ulants ot any una tend to Irritatethe throat, nnd should be entirely a'wtnined from. Even ngnt wines are no exception to this rule. Most people are familiar with tho hoarse voice of the hard drinker, and It la often said of such an Individual that ho has burnt hi throat with drink. Evou a mo lento use of alcohol may, therefore, tend to mike the vnlM tin.krv ' A MOTHER AT A 0ALOOX DOOn. In 1874, I saw my mother kneeling In ths snow to pray at a saloon door, and I crept out by a side way, stepping softly in tho saw- ousr, asnamea or her. 1 tint day s work cot her her life, but the snlooa did not even pause, and her only child sped downward to the Bell of darkness : but that snow-et prayer persisted nt God's throne through thirteen awful years, and for importunity He could but always hear, and when I would," ne books to me, anil speaks and will sponk on and on until on some sweet Christmas eve I And my mother's arm again, and, lean ing on her great heart, celebrate the end of tnecrusuae. j. . w collar. am. orross dbixkiixi. A wrltor who Is discussing the nnnvtlnn nl drinking and total nbstinenos from a praotl- iMiiun noun ot view, ana ignoring the moral nnd sentimental side, says i Life In surance oompnnies find the moderate drinker a more dangerous risk an I his mortality greater, henoo refuse to Insure him at ordin ary rates, or nt nil. Mercantile agenaies nnn mat nasmnss conducted by moderate drinkers is more prmon and followed by a greator number of failures, henes rate snob. nrms low as to responsibility. Railroad companies find that accidents and losses In- ereosn under the care of moderate drinkers nine me income nnn scaointy or tne road are diminished, compared with the same service by total nbstnlners. Capital everywhere dis covers by fl ;ures wlilch hnvo no other mean ing that under the care and control of mod erate or excessive drinkers the losses, perils nuu ruH3 ui outness are increaseu. TKVPKRAKCK AND ODSTIXACY. "The tomnernnceDrini-Inlns of the regiment ot Illinois Infantry Volunteers, known ns iue -um jiunarea and Two Dozen," nro well illustrated in an incident related by tho regimental chnplaln. In the battle ot Cham pion Hills Orderly Sorgoant Abrnhnm New land, Company D, was Bbot In the face, and loit to aie upon the field, but was picked up later and carried to the hospital. Bergennt Newlnnd's j.iws ncd mouth seemed to be all shot to pieces, and he was la a sinking condition. Seeing this the sur geon ordered, him to have a little brandv. whioh the dying man, ns tbey thought him to be, refused. The surgeon lold him ho must tnke some stimulant or die. Newlnnd motioned for onner and nnncll and wrote, "If I die, I will die sober." This obstinacy angered the surgeon for a moment and he muttered. "Die then." Hut bis kind heart conquered and be gave tho sergeant tho best ot attention, and saw him recover with scarcely a trnoe of the wonuJ. The surgeon remarked afterward : "Sergeant Newland was too olstlnnto about the brnndy ; but no douht his temper anae principles saved his life, sinoe a drink- Ing man never could have rallied from suob iwouud." ' Trtn winow oor dahaoks. Tn 1890, Mrs. Mary E. Sawyer, of Pallno t-onnty, Nebraska, y her ntlorneys, A. o, Wolfeubaiger and W. Henry Smith, of Llu- cotn, uroufeiir suit lor damages against sev eral saloon-keepers for constant I r aunnlvlng liquor to her inobriato husimnd, causing bis death, nnd thus depriving her and her minor children ol needful support. The evidence produced at the trial showed that Andrew J. Sawyer, the husbnud, w:w nn honest, hard working farmer when he began P'Uroni-.ing tneauioons ot tho ueiendama in i'rete ; mat he continued drinking uutil he became inen- Eable of performing the uecistaary work on is farm i that he would go on pcrio ileal sproes cSgnuny days' duration ; that one pe riod oKuukeniuss would l o speedily fol lowed by another, until at lust, in ISMS nnd 1889, by his reek liws squandering of his prop erty tdrouti annk, nu nna tits lamuy were reduced to abjx't poverty, and friends and neighbors assisted the mother nnd children with food and olothing to keep them from starving. Ine cose wits bitterly louitbt by a prominent ex-dlstrlot Judge and bis assocl ate on behalf of the liquor men, but the wld ow's lawyers won a Judgment of 1500 for her and the children. The liquor men car ried the case to the Supreme Court, where It bos been pending since lH'JJ. Judge Morris appeared lor the saloon-keepers and A. u, '"olfenbarger for the mother and her chil- "1 sw duvs ago the case was decided -.imamind tier ohlldren, ner .iftn nn verv Doint. J'J lVX-. Bawyer A VA W 4. Lighter, ROYAL baking powder co. A IYrullar Disease. "I cannot say whether I shall mako any detailed and professional nso of my observations," said a neurologist, but I do not mind telling you in a general way that New Yorkers are fast becoming a raoo oi unoonsoious mono logues thst is, of talkers to them selves without knowing it. Oo down into the business quarter of the city and just watch the people there. I have not got my percentages together jet,, but it is safe to say roundly that you will see nearly half tho people ex hibiting some of the forms of the dis ease for of course it is n disease. They are cither moving their lips, wagging their heads, puckering their eyebrows, making gestures with their hands, or doing something, while in a great number of cases they are busy carrying on imaginary conversations between themselves and somebody else, laying down the laws with much emphasis, reading tho riot act to some one, or else meeting imaginary issues with circumstantial replies. "ion will see men doing the same thing in hotel lobbios, in the street cars and on the uptown thoroughfares. Women are falling into the habit also, but not so much as men. The other lay, whilol was waiting for my coupe, I sat at tho otlice window, and I de clare that out of the soveuty-tive peo- pie who passed, eigbt were snowing some signs of monalogania. Of course the primal cause of the disease is that we never allow our minds any period of repose. We are so eternally full of plans ana schemes that anythiug like a quiescent mood is unknown, and that condition of morbid mental activity supervenes, which in turn is followed by a distinct weakening of the censory cells, of wnich condition self-oomtnnnication is always one of the symptoms. . "At the same time it must not be overlooked that undoubtedly much of the habit is due to the fact that this city is so full of noise that ono cannot hear one's self think, and so people have to think aloud." New York Sun. rulseometer. A pulseometer has been invented which, it is claimed, it is possible to tell to a fraction the exact condition of the heart boat. Au electrio pen traces on prepared paper the ongo ings, baitings and precise peregrina tions of the blood, showing with the fidelity of science the strength or weakness of the telltale pulse. This should, it is considered, be of special advantage to life insuranoe doctors, as well as to the profession at largo. Invention. " PHYSICAL STRENGTH, cheerful spirits and the ability to fully enjoy life, conic only with a healthy Doay ana niinri. me young man who sutlers from nerv ous debility, impaired mem ory, low spirits, irrita ble temper, and the thousand and ote de rangements of mind ana boay tnat result from, tin-natv-'al, pernici ous habits usual ly contracted in youth, through ignorance, is thereby incapac itated to thor oughly enjoy life. He feels tired, spiritless. laud drowsy ; his jsleep Udisturbed rand does not re fresh him as it the will power is weakened, haunt him and may result voocboudria, or xnelan ' soiling of the brain, ralysis, locomotor insanity. restore such happiness, is r a book: of 't chaste s and 'ch ft I W, I X V You can make better food with ADSOLDTCLV PUKE sweeter, more wholesome. The Story ol tho Thumbs, "If yon will allow me the Hibernio ism, " said a young lady of observation, "I would like you to note for me that the true index finger is tho thumb. I do not moan that from the length of its phalanges yon can find out whether there is a blonde divinity or a brunette fate awaiting yon, or that from its spatnlntod or oval nail I can tell whether you like pictures or horse races all that sort of digital conjur ing I leave to the palm mysticists. But whnt I do mean is that the thumb is a remarkable indicator of its owner's bodily and montal condition. "The now-born babo hold its thumbs in the palms of its hands, clenched in its little fists, and it is only when the mind and body both ex pand that it takes its thumbs out and holds them up as independent organs. What deep connection there may be between this fact and our Bimian an cestry I cannot ray. Lot mothers watch their children's thumbs, and if they ntick out boldly it is an unfailing indication of good health and aggres sive disposition, while if they have a tendency to seek the shelter of tho fingers it means feeble health and sub servient will. "Just notioo the thumbs of your friends now, and you will soe the same relations between their posture and the man s constitution of mind and body. The conditions are simplicity itself ; the weak man's thumb is weak and pendant, the strong man's thumb ia strong and ereot. The parallelism is so marked that you can tell from a glance at a man's thumbs whether he is an aimless thinker or a man who carries his ideas, or somebody else's, into action. "It may be treachery to my sex, bnt I don't mind telling yoiLthat it will be a good thing for yojwsrllows to mark well tho thumbsjinhe ladies of your choice. If list r'irl's thumb, be it ever so prettilFros'y, has a tendency to i stand at right angles to the hand I ..ii . :n i - i. : . wuu, itiu gray mart) will uuuti i uii, that's all, while if it lies flat, or droops a little, you can count on marital sub mission to the master mind, and that's the sort of domestic paradise .all you sons of Adam are looking for, isn't it? "With the waning of the powers of frame and brain pot comes the depres sion, I had almost Btiid the recession, of thumb, and whether "h senility or idiocy the thnmb is always turned in. And then, when you turn your faoe to the wall and know no more summer s heat ncr winter's cold, those that stand about you and any : 'Well, poor old chap, he's gone at last,' will find that yon have tucked your thumbs away in the shelter of your hands, just as .you had them when you were a little baby." New York Sun. In photographio portraits tho very largest size are most in domand. W.L. Douglas S3 S O S ' OH A k'n. . COBDOVANi rillKtHfcANAMUAXD CALF. '43. Fine Cau.Kanoarw 3.4P POLICE, 3 soles. Mftf2.W0RKINSk,EN'3 " -ix ia rim 2.l.r BoyS'SOlOOLSHO-k LADIES' llWcfaw. SMtOCICTOKJ-lUS. Ovar Oo Mllllaa People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes AH our shoes are equally Mtlsf actor Thsy rive the but value for the money. They equal custoaa shoM la stylo aod fit. Thfr wearing qualltioo are unsurpassed. Tho price ars uniform. stamped on sole Prom i to j sovas ovsr other makoa. Ii your dcAlar caonot supply you ws cub UapUavei, Ausfctu, KuIwm, Tt o v-v0 V.. TV-' TheMMWEN" r tb Boat and Mrwt HcodovI eal Collars ami Cuff worn; they are maAe of fine Cloth, botti alde Anib! alika. and betnf rverl s onerollar t equal to two of any otber k art. v Jit well, war tptlt end loi A bos of - - of Omfla fox Xweoty-rtve au ii J 10 WALL ST., NEW-YORK, The Food nl Hie Future. Chemistry, while yet in its infancy. has already bIiowu what tho 'possibili ties of chomioal oompounds are. Wo, eati alroady prodnoo tea and coffee ar tificially, ns well as many other food substances. A new process claims to produce sugar from gases at tho cost of one oont per pound. There is al ways a supply when a demand Dooomoe imperative, nnd whon eoneentratod food tablets nro insisted upon, there will not be wanting invontive- genius to study out tho whys and whoroforon of chomioal thoories nnd furnish the articles roquired. Now York Ledger. !. 'IAS..'. 'In "-ll sA KNOWLEDGE - firings comfort and Improvement and tendB to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet tor than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best product to the-needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Ita excellence is due to Its prenentlnjr; In the form most acceptable and pleaa ant to the taste, the ref resiling and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches- and fevere ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak, ening thein and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all dnjff gists in 50c anil $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Byrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitutif offered, EASTMAN , ,y Rational Business Col-rD . lege and Shorthand Miliaoi. affords Thnfannarh toe uchi iirrparatluo In st.-.V ar.- t'.r inmlneoa lire. anil HiuinMt lTactk'al worjt Cuit mm. Short hawitl and TviMarit. eoaltlnns fumiihfKl Huh 'tuit Morirn Lkq- Inir Panmanihln Ptiar. tntrtua St., HouffhkftriUiwS H. V.. COLLEGE TO f ECONOMIZE 1 LIFE ' must keep np the supply of 6 iietdet hv the ayetfiu. ThU A A rau only be done hy Nutrition, w Cu iri tion nd good tllgmtliou we ynouymuuA. RIPAMS , TABULES 'Should he taken immediately l wheu there in any aigeetiv ufj- nuiKemeiit miiulfiuit. i T Ley are thy tHtveretifn remedy 'for DYSI'KIA.' t'ONHTlPA- TION, ML Ol'HNESS, aud all ' disorders of btoiuach. Liver and l bowels. ONE TABULE GIVES RELIEF. I "atic P.hpwinir
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