A t'nrlons Dream.
. My hnsbnnd was a minister at a
largo church in a New England vil
lage whcro ho hnd served several
years.
Ono night I had a most curious
dream. I seemed to bo In front of ft
long mirror, unci reflected in it was
the fnee of a woman I had never soon
before. She. had light golden hair,
while mino was larli, and her whole
appearance was different from mine in
every way. I remember I thought it
peculiar that I should have changed
bo suddenly. Then I woke rip.
Tho next night I dreamed the same
thing agaiu, but while I was standing
before tho glass tho woman eamo into
the room. I turned and pointing to
the mirror, nuked her what it meant.
"Oh !" she snid, "that is tho way yon
will look I" The following day i told
the family about my dream, and they
all thought it very strango.
A few months after this, ns I was
walking out of ehureh one Sunday, I
passed a pow with a strange lady in it ;
she turned as I passed, and what was
my surprise to see the very fnco of tho
lady I had seen in my dream.
i Six months later my husband died.
One afternoon the maid announced a
lady and gentleman to soo mo. I went
down to tho parlor and enmo face to
faee with the lady of my dream
the same ono I had seen in church.
She introduced her husband, who she
said was a minister and who had beon
chosen rector of that parish.
I soon left the parsonage and my
dream partly enmo true ; for this lady
did take my place and became mistress
of the rectory. Illustrated American.
' Strassbnrg'g Strange Club.
' An original idea in the way of clubs
has been oonceivod in Strassburg. A
number of peoplo in that city aro said
to have formed themselves into a so
ciety whose principal rule requires
that each member shall miiko the as
cent of the cathedral spire at least
onoe a day. The club is thus compre
hensively entitled Strassbnrgermunst
erthurmplattformallctageeiuodermehr
mahleersteigornngsvcrein. The word
is certainly an admirable one if, as
may be presumed, it has been designed
for pronunciation by members during
the ascent. Westminister Gazette.
Wild Fires.
Tho devastation and sudor lug caused by
the flames of tho wild prairie and forest fires
In the West, lost summer, has a horrible do
tall In the loss of life an 1 dost ruction of prop
erty. Men, women and children, by scorns,
ehokod by smoke and roasted alive; their
homes destroyed sad huudreds mnimed and
crippled. It Is painful to contemplate, but
till Important and cbnrltable to make it
known that St. Jacobs Oil, used according
to dlreetions, is one of tba best cures for
burns and soalds, and should be kept on
hand. There Is no household that should be
without the (Treat remedy for pain, for there
are none without the need of it. Little
things like slight cuts and wounds It heals
and oures like magic and helps the huuss
work on.
Passamaquoddy signifies "good bay foi
catching haddock."
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot euros
all Kidney and Gladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binglismton, N. Y.
There Is less than a square league of ster
ile land In Illinois.
How's Talo I
VT offer One Hundred Dollars Howard for
Jny case of Catarrh that cannut be cured by
IaU's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chkkev A Co., Toledo, O.
we, the undersiguvil. Lave known F. J. Che
ney for the last 15 year, and believe him per
fectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out auy obliga
tion made by theT firm.
West Tuuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WaLdino, Kiivai & Mahvik, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
JJTs Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
"roctly upon the blood and mucous sur
'Ihe system. Testimonials sent free,
er bottle, rioltt by all Druggists.
Nothing
iji,itir a.,, head.
'I
THTt PHAUOHT HORSE WAJ5TKD.
Borse buyers go from Europe and
the United States and Canada to And
good Clyde or Shire weighing not
nndor 1500 pounds from three to
seven years old, good head, well
shaped neck set upon 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 do
mand is considerable. The prioes
paid range from $150 to $200 in the
local markets, and to the first cost of
animal must be added the expense of
the trip and the cost of transporta
tion. It would seem that our farmers
might make money by raising such
stock. New York World.
IXSECT8 ON TREES IH WINTER.
A few winter days may be very
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 nest summer will be improved.
The aim should be in all cases to have
clean, healthy; well-fed trees, as these
are the least snsceptible to insect at
tacks. ieeblo or infested twigs or
branches should always be cut out
promptly as soon as notioed, and in
all cases these should be burned to
kill any lnrvna which they may con
tain. It will pay to scrub the bark of
all kinds of trees ench winter with a
stiff brush and the suds of whale oil or
other soap, to remove harboring
moeses, fungus growths, or other par
asitic plant life nnd to kill the insects
wintering in tho" crevices. American
Agriculturist,
" A FTJTURB FOB MUTTON.
There is no doubt that tho mutton
sheep has a great future before it. If,
despite free trade and high rents, tho
English farmer enn find money in the
industry, the American, with his un
rivaled natural and pohtioal advan
tages, onght to be able to. It is not
true that tho English sheep-raiser has
any idea of going out of business.
Tho number of sheep in that country
has declined, owing to last year's
gTent drouth, but nt this year a au
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 $600,
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 prioes farm
ers must not only have made money
heretofore, bnt they must be satisfied
that there is still money to be made,
and that it is to be obtained only by
the use of the finest rams procurable.
The importance of breeding only the
best has been too much overlooked in
Amerioa. We are only slowly realiz
ing that it is quality rather than
quantity that counts. While we may
find that ono good animal may cost
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.
"e BEMEDI FOR SHEEP TICKS.
-"onicious insect will soon
lck, and every ad-
sheep should
u with tho
'"iks.
soil Artichokes yield enormously, and
one acre will fatten twenty-five or
thirty hogs, with a few bunhols of corn
to harden up their flesh at the close of
the season. In localities where the
ground doos not freeze hard in wni
ter, a field of artichokes will be found
most excellont food for pigs and swine
that are to be kept over as stock ani
mals. The artichokes will not spread
into adjoining fields, and it you give
the hogs a chance at them you will
not need to resort to other moans for
killing out the plants. The tubers
can usually be obtained at seed stores
if orders are sent in early or during
the winter months. New York Sun.
cossTRrjcnoH of a rrr.
From a lady skilled in floriculture.
writes M. W. Early to Home and
Farm, I have obtained the following
reliable directions for the construc
tion of ft pit. "Having suooessfnlly
tested the virtue and eoonomy of
having a pit, says she, "I would sug
gest to others the advisability of try
ing tho same. No one need be ap
palled by s fear of uy very great
eipense. I venture to say that the
sum of $15 will secure ft good pit, pro
vided ft few necessary precautions are
taken in the structure. Six feet is
amply deep. Choose 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 ft pit large enough to
hold more flowers than one person can
attend to out of ft pit, and leaves
room for any vegetable which you
may wish to start either by slip or
seed earlier than a cold frame or hot
bed would 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 yon at
tempt to raise in the house, and it is
a great saving of trouble to have
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 ft 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 eareful to have the planks
tight and close. Have a double casing
ot the frame made after the four posts
are secured to the oorners and a frame
nailed to the outeide. Ad 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 np the casing with
saw dust. Be very careful to see that
the frame for the sashes of glass is or
tight ft fit as possible. -
FARM AMD GARDEN NOTES.
Go into winter quarters with as
many young bees as possible.
Most garden vegetables ore gross
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
sucoeed in beekeeping.
Florida truokers whose crops were
destroyed by the storms are turning
their attention to planting strawber
ries.
Opening a furrow so as to drain off
ater into the nearest diton will save
' lb'ili-nts DeuS thrown out by the
i the greenhouse
-ood growth,
.r?e.n fly
TEMPERANCE.
Downward sntrs.
Was nnmlwr one, only In fnn.
Olass nurntor two, as other bns do,
Glsss nnmlxr three, It won't hurt ma.
Glass number four, only one more.
disss number five, before a drive.
Olnsg number six, brain In a mix,
Olnss number seven, stars np In heaven.
Glass number eight, stirs la Ills pate,
Olsss number nine, whisky-Miof win
Glass number ton, drinking again?
Olaas numher twenty, nor yet a plenty.
Drinking with men just now and then.
Wasting his life, killing his wife.
Losing nwport, manhood nil wrecked.
Losing his Irleiids thnsjt all ends,
lit Tns 'l'scal onoov.
Civilisation In Africa Is running In thrt
usual groove. At 1'iinelial, Madeira, in 1SA1
there were declared in transit to sowr.il of
the new Klates MO.OflO eases of gin, 44,000
butts of rum, 30,00(1 cases of brandy, 8OO,'n00
demijohns of ruin, 28,000 eases ot Irish
whisky, Wi.non hnrrols of rum, 8(1.000 oases of
Old l orn," 15,00.) eases of absinths and
000 casus of vermuth.
A ORKAT SISOKR's VIIW.
Madame Tattt tiellevns any one who as
pirns to success ss a vooallsl should bo a
total abstainer. Bh saj-s : "Alnohollc stim
ulants of any kin, I tend to Irritatetllo throat,
and should be entirely attained from. Even
light wines are no exception to this rule.
Most people are familiar with tho hoarse
voice of the hard drinker nn,l ff I nn .i
of such an Individual that ho has burnt his
tnroat with drink. Evon a mo ier.ue use of
alcohol may, therefore, t-jid to mtke the
voice huskv.tf'
A MOTHKB AT A SALOON DOOR.
In 1674, 1 saw u.y mother kneeling In tho
snow to prny st a saloon door, and I crept
out by a side wsy, stepping softlv In tho saw
dust, ashamed or her. That day's work cost
her her life, but tho saloou did not even
pause, and her only child sped downward to
the bell of dnrknessg but that snow-snt
prayer persisted at God's throne through
thirteen awful years, and for Importunity Hn
could bnt always hoar, and wheal 'would,"
He spoke to me, nnd speaks and will speak
on and on uutil on some swaet Ohrlstmas
eve I find my mother's arm again, and, lean
ing on her groat hosrt, colebruto the end of
the crusudu. J. G. Woollev.
ALL Ol'I-OSS naiHKINO.
A wrltor who Is discussing ths question ot
drinking and total nbstlnenoe from a practi
cal business point of view, and ignoring the
moral nnd sentimental side, says i Life In
surance companies find the moderate drinker
a more dangerous risk an I. his mortality
greater, henoe ro'usa to tnsur him at ordin
ary rates, or at all. Mercantile agonnlea
find that business conducted by moderate
drinkers Is more pnM.tnous and followed by
a greater number of failures, hence rate soon
linns low as to responsibility. Railroad
companies find that aooldonts and losses In
creoso underthe care of moderate drinkers i
that the Income and stability of the road are
diminished, oompared with the same service
by total n!stu!nnrs. Capital everywhere dis
covers by fl .cures which havo no other moan
ing that under the earn and control of mod
crato or excessive drinkers the losses, peril
and risks of business are inereased.
TSMFKRANCK AND ODSTIKACY.
The tompernnce principles of the regiment
of Illinois Infantry Volunteers, known ns
the "One Hundred and Two Dosen," nro
well illustrated in an Incident related by tho
regimental chaplain. In the battle of Cham
pion Hills Orderly Sergeant Abraham New
land, Company D, was shot In the face, nnd
loft to die upon the field, but was picked up
later and carried to the hospital.
Sergeant Newland's jaws ncd mouth
seemed to bo all shot to pieces, and he was
In a sinking condltlou. Boeing this the sur
geon ordered hi in to bavda little brandy,
which the dying man, ns they thought him
to be, refused. Tho surgeon told hi.-n he
must take some stimulant or die.
Newlnnd motioned for paper and pencil
and wrote, "If I die, I will dia sober."
This obstinacy angered the surgeon for a
moment and he muttered, "Die then." But
bis kind heart conquered nnd he gave tho
sergeant tho best ot attention, and saw him
recover with scarcely a traoe of tha wonnd.
The surgeon remarked afterward :
"Sergeant NcwlHnd was ton olMtlnnte
about the brandy but no doul bis temper
anoe principles saved his life, slnoe n drink
ing man never could hava rallied from tuoli
t wouud,"
Tni WIDOW COT PAXA.lxS.
In 1890, Mrs. Mary E. 8wycr, of Pallnti
County, Nebraska, by her attorneys, A. G.
Wolfeubarger and W. Henry 8 .nllh. of Lin
coln, brought suit lor damages against V
eral saloon-keepers for constantly supplying
liquor to ber inubriutu husluind, causing his
death, and thus depriving her nnd ber minor
children ol needful support. The evidence
produced at the trial showed that Andrew J.
Sawyer, the busbaud, w is an honest, hard
working farmer wheu he began patrouiing
thesnloons of tho defendants In Crete; that
he continued drinking uutil he became inen-
Sable of performing the necessary work on
is farm ; that he would go on perio ileal
sproes of many dayo' duration ; that ouii pe
riod of druukentM ss would t o speedily fol
lowed by another, until nt Inst, in 1H8S nnd
1889, by bis reekless squandering of bis prop
erty through drink, hu aud his family were
reduced to abj M?t poverty, and friends and
neighbors assisted the mother nnd children
with food and clothing to keep thjm from
starving. The case was bitterly fought by a
prominent ex-distrlot judge aud bis associ
ate on behalf of the liquor men, but the wid
ow's lawyers won a judgment of (1M0 for
her and the ohlldren. Thu liquor men car
ried the case to the Supreme Court, where it
has been pending since 1892. Judge Morris
appeared for the saloon-keepers and A. G.
""olfenbarger for the mother and her chil
"1 SCX days ago the case was decided
'mau and ber children, her
"WT" faso on every point.
J,Jitk-rlawyer
i !tv VZZZ3L
OYAL tAKINO POWDER CO.
A Peculiar Disease.
"I cannot say whother I shall make
any detailed aud professional use of
my observations, " said a neurologist,
"but I do not mind telling you in a
general way that New Yorkers are fast
becoming a raco ot unconscious mono-loaists--thst
is, of talkers to them
selves without knowing it. Oo down
into the business quarter of the city
and just watch tho people there. I
havo not not my percentages together
jet,, but it is safe to say roundly that
you will see nearly half tho people ei
hibiting some of the forms of the dis
ease for of course it is n disease.
They are either moving thoir lips,
wagging thoir heads, pnokeriug thoir
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 somobody
else, laying down the laws with much
emphasis, reading the riot act to some
one, or else meeting itnagiuary issues
with circumstantial replies.
"You will see men doing the same
thing in hotel lobbies, in tho street
cars and on the uptown thoroughfares.
Women are falling into the habit also,
but not so much as men. The other
day, whilo I was waiting for my coupe,
I sat at the ofUce window, and 1 de
clare that out of the soveuty-tlve peo
ple who passed, eight were showing
some signs of monalogama.
"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 and schemes
that anything 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
which condition self-communication
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 noiso that one cannot
hear one's self think, and so people
have to think aloud." New York Sun.
l'ulseometer.
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 tho 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, bo of speoial
advantage to life insurance doctors,
as well as to the profossion at largo.
Invention.
PHYSICAL STRENOTH,
cheerful spirits and the ability to fully
enjoy life, come only with a healthy
body and unnd. The young
man who sutlers from nerv
ous debility, impaired mem
ory, low suirits. irrita
ble temper, and the
thousand and one de
rangements of mind
and body tnat
result from, un
natval, pernici
ous habits usual
)y contracted in
youth, through
Ignorance, is
thereby incapac
itated to thor
oughly enjoy
life. He feels
tired, spiritless,
and drowsy j his
J sleep tsdisturbcd
"aud does not re
fresh him as it
the; will power is weakened,
haunt hun and may result
'"' vpochoudria, or nielau
sotting of the brain,
-rulysis, locomotor
' insanity.
" restore such
" happiness, is
' a book of
't chaste
"s and
ch
Q
m
I s
You can make better food with
Powder
.ADSOLTEfcY PURE
Lighter, sweeter, more wholesome.
The Story ol tho Thnnibs.
"If you will allow me the Hibernio
ism," said a young lady of observation,
"I would like yon to noto for me that
the true index finger is tho thumb. I
do not mean that from tho length of
its pbalangos yon can find out whether
there is a blondo divinity or brunette
fate awaiting yon, or that from its
spatulatcd or oval nail I cau tell
whether yon like pictures or horse
rnoes all that sort of digital conjur
ing I leave to tho pnlrn mysticists. lint
what I do mean is that the thumb is a
roinarkablo indicator of its owner's
bodily and mental oonditiou.
"The now-born babe holds its
thumbs in tho palms of its hands,
clenched in its little fists, aud it is
only when the mind and body both ex
pand that it tnkos its thumbs out and
holds them tip as independent organs.
What deep conneotion there may be
between this fact aud our simian an
cestry I cannot say. Lot mothers
watch their children's thumbs, and if
they stick out boldly it is an unfailing
indication of good health and aggres
sive disposition, while if thoy have a
tendency to seek the shelter of tho
lingers it means feeble health aud sub
servient will.
"Just notico the thnmbs of your
friends now, and you will soe the same
relations between their posture and
tho mau s constitution of mind and
body. The conditions aro simplicity
itself ; the weak man's thumb is weak
and pendant, the strong man's thumb
is strong nnd ereot. The parallelism
is so marked that you can toll from a
glanoe at a man's thumbs whother he
is an aimless thinker or a mau who
carries his ideas, or somebody else's,
into action.
"It may be treaohery to my sex, bnt
I don't mind telling you that it wiilbe
a good thing for yon fellows to mark
well tho thumbs of the ladies of your
choice. If the girl's thumb, be it ever
so prettily rosy, has a tendency to
stand at right angloa to the hand
well, tho gray mare will need a bit,
that's all, while if it lies fist, or droops
ft little, you can count oo 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 braiu pot comes the depres
sion, I had almost said the recession,
of thumb, and whether in senility or
idiocy the thumb is always turned in.
And then, when you turn your face to
the wall and know no more summer's
heat ncr winter's cold, those that stand
about you and say: 'Well, poor old
chap, he's gone at last,' will find that
you have tuoked your thumbs away in
the shelter of your hands, just as you
had them wheu you wore a little
baby." New York Suu.
In photographio portraits tho very
largest size are most in demand.
L. Douglas'
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The Food oftlie Future.
Chemistry, while yet in its infancy,
has already shown what tho 'possibili
ties of ohomioal oom pounds are. Wo
can already produce tea and coffee ar
tificially, as well as mnny other food
substances. A now process claims to
produce sugar from gases at tho oost
of one oout por pound. There is al
ways a supply whou a domand beoomea
imperative, nnd when concentrated
food tablets nro iusisted upon, there
will not bo wanting invontivo genius
to study out tho whys and wherefores
of ohomioal theories nnd furnish the
articles roquired. Now York Ladger.
KNOWLEDGE
'firing comfort and improvement and
tends 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 products to
the-nceds of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of ft perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevcri
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kld
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Fip is for sale by all drnp.
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figa,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered,
EASTMAN
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LIFE
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We muft keep up the supply of (
force needed hy the rVBteiu. ThU .
ran only be done hy Nutrition.
l Nutrition aud good
Koliou are ,
' uyiionyniQUri.
RIPAPuS
I TABULES
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