Flontliitf Balloon flasket. ' An Rppnrstus for flontinff a balloon banket in iho event of its fulling into tbo tea hns been invented liv French man, says tbo lhillulpbia lloconl. It consists of A cylinder of membrane, which is antomnticnlly inflntoil by pressing n button, mul is clnimctl to render tho basket or car uosiukable. The apparatus is cnpnble of buoying np two persons. ! Russia raises 51, 500,000 a year by tho sale of passports. A Little Thins:. "Tt Is a llltlo thins to speak a phrneo of Vommon comfort which hy dnlly uso lias al most lost Its sense, yt on the enrof htm who thinks to ilia unmonrnet It will f ri II llko eholeit music." It Is a simple tlilnjj to suf fer ordinary pnln s but when It comes ly dny and nlffht with nenniijjm's cruel hurt, there s nothing; better to euro It thnli St. J1100I Oil. which, penetrntinc to every part thnt nohes, lenses the pnln nml lenves n perfect cure be hind It. It's a little thins to do, but the com fort of relli't from Mich distn-ss will make Ono feel the happier hours of lite. March 4 Is a lnfrul holiday In New Orleans It Is called Fireman's Dny. I)r. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot cures nil Kidney and Madder troubles. Fnmphlet and Consultation frea Laboratory Ulnglmniloe. N. Y. ', The sc Is cstlmnted to conti-ln 2,250.000, 000 cubic miles of water. Beware of Ointments fur 'nturrh That Contain lUrrmrv. as mercurv will surely tlmtror the sense of smc-ll and completely dnranice t t o w hole system when entering it through theniiK.iussiirfiwos. Such articles ehnuld nfver K him1 except on Srescriptlons from repntshle rhyrif in., ns the smttce they will do is ten fold tot lieood you ran posibiy derive from them. Hull's Catarrh Cure mnnufact tired hy F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, ., contains no mercury, end is taken Internally. ''f ing directly upon the blood tuid mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catsrrh Cure bo puretoir'ttuepenuine. H is taken internally, and is made la Toledo, Ohio, hy K, J. Cheney & Co. Te-titnonlalsfree. Unsold hy llruiriTifts, price 75e. per bottle. An Important Utflerettce. ' To make It apparent to thousands, who thln themselves 111, that they arc not affected with any disease, but that the system simply neels cleansing, Is tobrlng comfort home to tholr hearts, as a cestiye condition Is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California FIr Syrup Co. i - ' Black It Inn tinder the eyes and a pallow complexion show biliousness.' Tills Is one of the most dlsa'irrce able of stomach disorders and if allowed to have its own way will result lu great harm. Cure biliousness at once by usiug Kipaus Tub ules. One labile gives relief. ' Mrs. Vinsfcws Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums rmliK-es inflamma tion, allays pain, euros wind colic. '-'o. a bottle Karl's Clover Hoot, the great blood, purlfmr. fflves freshness and clearness to the complex COIUD1CX- ion auu cnr,-s rnnsHpntto'i, cts.. V) cts., 18. ' IiiK Oil Upon Troubled Waters Is Hale's Boney of Horchound and Tar upon a cold. Pike's Toothache lrop Cure In one roiuute. I cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for Consumption. -Mrs. Fhank Mobhs, 215 AVet Twenty-second St,, New York. October 38, W. Ifaulietedwithsoreeyesuse Jr. IsaHcThotnn eon's Eye-water. Druggists sell at tc ner but tie Hattis HelUnil Happy Used to Suffer From Impure Blood and Eruption. Hatlle Dancer Lawrence Station, N. J. " Hood's 8 irsaparllla cured my child of Impure blood and eruptions on the head. She would scratch her bond so that It would bleed. The soros spread bohind her eurj, and the poor child suffuro 1 terribly.. I doc tored horthe best I know how but the sores did not get rny hotter. but thank to Hood's Sarsnparilla and Hood's Olivo Oint- HoodVyCures tnent, she is now well as any ot the children. Bhe Is as lurgo and healthy as Rny child live rears old. This is all the medicine we take, lor I do not think there Is any bettor." Geobqe Dajjceb, Lawreuoe Btution, N. J. H fin ri'aPill Easy to liny. wy tn The Greatest ledical Discovery of the Age. ... " ' KENNEDY'S m Medical Discovery. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MAS?,, Has discovered ln one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind ot Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. He has tried It in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He bos now ln his posseaslon over two hundred certifi cates ot Its value, all within twenty miles cl Boston. Bend postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfeot oure Is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This Is cause by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears ln a week after taking it. Bead the labil. If the stomach Is foul or bilious It will cause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, aud enough of It. Dose, one tahleepooulul ln water at bed time. Hold by all Druggists. WALTER BAKER & CO. The L&refet Manufacturers of PURE. HIGH GRADE .COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES t rrfT. Oa thU Continent, qt rctlT4 U-3 HIGHEST AWARDS ( Industrial M Food V;,' EXPOSITIONS -t VV In Europe and America. lit oi utticr 1 ht'uki pwj ud oi alM, hud i Jcm Urn unc cttu a ck. OLD BY GROCfcH tVERYWHERt. V ALTER BAKER i CoTdQRCHESTEFI, MASS. BsU k uutjn orup. T;i.iity G.ul. Ve tan.m H&F e-iT 'jv rv-ri 'li rx'n Jannnry U tho greatest shopping month of the year. Camphor plaoed next to furs will make their color lighter. Wedding outfits can be hired ln New York for so much an honr. The newost neglige jackets and gowns nro niado of Japanese qnilted silk. Lillian Bnssell is said to possess the finest collection of tnrqnoises In the world. Among yonr odd pieoes of fnrnitnre yon mnst have a carved antique oak spinning chair. Of 1!,840 girls in tho public schools of St. Louis 5o(37 wore dark-haired and 10,273 light-haired. Mrs. Havemeyor, the snjar king's wifo, employs sixty servants and tays hor boss cook 810,000 a year. Whon my lady shops or goes skat ing she wears the heaviest gloves made, with hnge bono buttons and big clumsy fingers. Miss Cora Sheep-ln-the-Woods, a Sionx maiden, has, under the influence of civilization, become Miss Cora Bell Wether. There are twenty-fonr women taking the graduate coarse at Yale this year. Among them is one from Radoliffo College. The death of Miss Frances Mary 13u?g, at the age of sixty-seven, re moves one of the educational pioneers of the day. The Eor. Lydia Soxton, who for fifty-six years had been a preacher in Washington State, died recently, aged ninety-five. Miss Cora Benneson, a graduate of the law school of the Michigan Univer sity, has been admitted to the bar in Massachusetts. When Sophie Lyons, tho noted shop lifter,'waa arrested in 8t Louis a much thumbed copy of "Trilby" was fonnd In her possession. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker attri butes her good health in her old age to the fact that she employs an electri cal masseuse at least twioe a week. -It slhe privilege of one of the no ble ladies-in-waiting to the Queen of England to extract the seeds from the orange Her Majesty intends to eat. Mrs. Arthur Stannard (John Strange Winter) is very superstitious, and always carries two scraps of gray fur inside the fleck of her dress as a talis man. There is no doubt that big sleeves are going out. The Princess of Wales and tho Dutohess of York have all their gowns made with very moderate sleeves. A colored woman in New Orleans it about to take her degree in medicine, and will be the first woman to practice in that city with a degree won in Louisiana. Mrs. L. R Castle, of Iowa, who is serving as justice of the peaoo, was elected to that position because the ticket had her initials instead of those of her husbaed. The ex-Empress Eugenie, of France, Las recently visited Queen Viotoria at Windsor, and the two ladies went out shopping together in the quaint and drowsy old town. A woman who was to play Lady Macbeth in a Topeka (Kan.) amateur show refused to go on because she couldn't have big sleeves for her sleep-walking gown. "Patti can eat more candy in less time than any human being I have ever seen," is one New York woman's verdict regarding the sweet tooth propensities of the diva. The appointment is announced of Carrie Liebig as a division surgeon of the .Northern racino at Hope, Idaho. This is the first woman physician to be appointed in the railway service. M. E. King, of Charleston, Me., has two young daughters, aged respec tively ten and twelve years, who have broken a two-year-old colt to wagon and sleigh' without the aid of any ono. Miss Ida -Lockwood, of Munioe, has lately been commissioned . Deputy County Recorder, in Delaware County, Indiana. She lias been a clerk in the oliioa-for eleven yeat-it, and is the first woman deputy in tint county. Queen Louise, of Denmark, 19 one of the oldest European monarehs. She is seventy-seven years of age, but is quite youthful in appearance. She was a princess uf Hesse Cussell and like Victoria she has Veen a good mother. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, D. D., of Philadelphia, has received diplomas for the ministry, law and medicine. She is Vioe-Prosident of the National woman suffragists, has an orotund speaking voice and is one of the most aggressive talkers of her sex. Professor Porter's elaborate investi gation ol tue weight of women seems to show that during early girlhood brunettes weigh a tride more than blondes, but that after they have at tained womanhood there is no signifi cant dUicreuce in their weight. One field in which woman has not yet attained reat prominence is pilot age. Miss Elizabeth Polhemus, of Han Diego, Cul., is qualifying herself to remedy this defioiency. She ex pects in eight months to pass examina tions admitting her to the company of (iioun pilots of tue harbor of Kan Diego. Mm. Elizabeth E. Parker, of Phila delphia, deserves the thauks of all women. She has invented a trnnk that can be raised to any desired height for convenience in packing and ucpackiug, doing away with the liack-breakia and the kneeling posi tiocs necessury in packing ordinary trunks. A lieu J hat Sings. Miis Addie Baum, the pretty young daughter of Captain bimou Baum, at Baxlcy, Oa. , has a singing hen that attracts great uttention from the traveling public. Miss Buiim plays while the hen in on the top of th piano. Khe tells the huu to sing. The hcu biugs with expression, keeping correct time and varying its tones to correspond with the piano. The hen a a iiiuiicul freuk. Atlanta Couuti tUtluM. TEMPERANCE. jnr:i wai.tkr think. Now, what ilo ynu tlilnk' VotniR Vl(ir Htlnk ITi" hail in his a culli'iro Hi" hah-il a fool. So ho wont to school, Anil fllloil his hi-ail with knowledge. Put his sister .Tano Wa so terribly vain That slio tfrew tin weak and simple; She twisteil her mouth 'Wav rounil to the south To show off her pretty dimple! Yomur Walter llriuk Oft took a drink lYom the wayside well, qnito handyi Sii his brnin was clear, For no wine or heer Prank he. or (jin, or Itrandy. Mrs. M. A. Kidder, in Tomperaiieo Banner. Til KIT WtBK ALL TirsY. Ill the town of X (Vii'torinl I had occasion to tfo and see the Mayor. I found him tipsy. On leavini? his pi-csenoo I went to the office of the Town i'lerk. He was tipsy. From then" I went to call upon the director ot the principal bank. Ho was tisy. The pro- riot or 01 the hotel where I was staring was n bed, suiTerintf from delirium tremens. The same nitrlit at mv lecture the nolii-o had to ojtvt from the front sents two indi- lduals who. hv their conduct, wore prevent ing tho audience, from following me. Ono was a prominent person of the town, and ttie other was the wtirthv reprosontativo of the district in Parliament. Max O'llell. SCIKXTIFIC TKMrr.BANCF. TEM'IIINO. Fifteen million children in the Vnited 8tatts are now studying theelYectsof alcohol on the hum nn system. Helcntiile temperance :eaehlng has also Imm'ii introduced into Cana da. France, England, Germany, Norway, Pwedcn, ltussla, Denmark, the lianish West Indies, llulgnria, Turkey In Astn, India, Siam, China and Japan "The Child's Health timer having tieon translated Into t liinese :v an American missionary Australia, New Zealand. Hawaiian islands and Houth Africa should bo. included in the estimate; and every State and Territory of the fifty subdivisions of the United States (five onlyVxceptedl now enjoy tho advantage of a law requiring in struction on this subject. Thanks to tho women s Christian Temperance tnioiu ANOTHER SINOKB B TESTIMONY. t W V.lllA Ua .-.. ..i .. i... 1 sicl manager, has lived to see a great change In the accepted notions as to the enoct of stimulants upon the voice of a public singer. formerly an singers nan, in otieaience to medical advice, to indulge greatly in stout. and plenty of port was also recommended for tue voice, stimulants were, in laei, ordered lavlshlv. Nowadavs, on the other hand, it is an accepted article of belief that spirits harden the tone. I'ort ts out of date ns a medicine, and. lemons have lieeome tho fash ion for those who wish to preserve purity of Intonation and keep their power of sustain ing high notes. COLH WATEB SOLDI EttS. Ono of the surprising features of the ele- gaut reception tendered to the new chief of Governor Morton's staff, General Edwin A. McAlpin. at Albany. . x., recently, wastno entire absence of stimulant among the bev erages. The general brigade and the doughty warriors who thronged his drawing rooms satislled themselves with minoral water and coffee punch, which last is stnitdv clear strong coffee, mollified with sugar and diluted with lemon juice. The precedent was an unusual one for a military man to establish, and has excited quite us much ad miration as surprise. It was a good exam ple for officers to set their men. A drunken sohliar should never be trustini with a guu, and a captain who drinks while on duty can not expect his men to remain sober. Pica yune. TOTAL ABSTINENCE THE BEST BULK. Statistical observations made in 1837 among British troops ln India gave the following re sults: The dally percentage of invalids among the members of temerance societies was 3.65, while for the remainder of the troops it was 10.20, or nearly three times as great. The average annual mortality in Eng land for all ages betwoen nfteon and seventy years is about twenty per 1000. Among in sured lives It is about eleven per 1000, while ln the Temperance 1'rovident institution, al ter an experience ol eight years, and with several lives about seventy years of age, the average mortality nas been only six per low. The llriton l.lle Association lias made an annual reduction of ten per cent, upon the premiums of all who have been total abstain ers for two years. It is a question whether nu occasional spree, with enure ahstinence lietween, would not be lens injurious than to be constantly nOHorhiug aiconoito poison in small uautitles. What is the moral and the application of those facto? Just this: An order like ours should never receive into membership any who huve crossed the line and who even occasionally drink to ex cess. Moreover, the nearer we can come to the standard ot total abstinence tho better It will be. Quality is more important than quantity. Total abstainers are, other things being equal, the best risks. Total abstinence from all that intoxicates is tho best rule for everyone. Irish World. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. Persistent drunkards should be classed as suicides. Cleveland, Ohio, has one saloon to every 175 inhabitants. The number of liquor licenses In tho city ot Brooklyn January 1, 18K5, was 1594. The Knights of Pythias now have a general law excluding bar-keepers from its lodges. The Good Templars of Sweden number 60,000, and have twelve members of the order in the Swedish Parliament. Women's Christian Temperance Union, of Rockford III., has decided to establish a free institution for curing drunkards. Increase in the number of saloons In the Yukon mining district, Canada, calls aj usual for an Increase in the police force. It is estimated that there are 2'J,'J03 Bunds of Hoe and Juvouile Temple organizations in Grout Britain, with a membership of 2, 6711,674. The Boston police are making an effort to see tliut none but "pure liquors" are sold it the saloons. Dr. Wlllard Parker once said, "The purer the liquor, the greuter the poi son." The Supreme Court of Indiana has de cided tbut it Is unlawful for a woman in that titate to hold a saloon license, and no debt contracted by a woman in that business pi valid. A clause has been inserted in each deed ln Talo Alto, Col., which has recently been in corporated, stipulating that no liquor shall be sold on the premities under penalty of for feiting the bond. The Irish Temperance League says: '"The Halifax Hchool Board has given permission for the delivery of an annual lecture to the senior pupils of each school on the Injurious effect of alcohol on the human system." Nebraska Republicans had a banquet re cently in honor of Hon. John M. Thurston, their candidate for United States Senator. No wine was served, the gentleman making that a condition upon which he would at tend the banquet. Au Englishman cured a prolonged attack of rheumatism and gout by pluciug under each bedpost a broken-off bottle, thus insii latiug his bedstead. Many men who are ail ing might cure themselves by simply break ing their bottles and spilling the contents. One thing la now clear thut alcoholic. In toxicants are very rarely useful as a mcdi clue, are at the best dangerous remedies, and thut, other things being equal, the loss they are resorted to the better the chuuees for the patient's recovery, the better for body and brain, the better for physical, intellectual and morui well-being. Norman Kerr, M. 1). Meniu'lnir OnliutL.p. 1 .. ..... In Chinese waters at present Orent Britain! tlD..lllt.-uli.l.. H... ..LI.. - . .7 totul water displacement of 71, WJ tons and " ... ...i.i.iin Wi j 1 4 ifuiia. nussia has twenty-two sliij of 7l,61X) tons displace ment, carrying 8W guns, and France thirteen vessels, representing 211,643 tons dbsplaoe. uiunt and armed with 165 guns. Although numerically smaller, it will be noted that the husbiuu Ueet Is stronger than the ttrlun by 134 guns. Nurtli Carolina Prosperous. Never was the eotton manufacturing ku itustry in North Carolina more pruspcrjiua. Nearly all the mills are earning large divi dends, and tbelr nuuibei Is steudily fuorea-uig. Injects In 0 ommnnltlo. In a paper recently read before an English scientific association, an in toreatinf; ajoonnt was givon of tho management of communities of bees and ants. The functions and duties of individuals, tbfl guardianship of community welfare, tho facilities for increaso and reconstruction, and tho mothods of government were com mented on. In colonies of whito auta, it was stated that tho governing forces had tho power to produoo at will various kinds of individuals. Ucrtnin oommuuitics have what nppearod to be assistant queens and kings, evident ly provided in case of accident to or the death of tho existing queen. There wero colonies in which soldier ants abounded ; others where there were nono nt all, but whore they wero produced on Bhort notice in times when thoro was likely to bo need ol them. Some sorts of ants feed upon their dend relatione, nud multitude have been destroyed by those who went outside to get food. They returned to their homos, died, and wero do vonrod by their fellows, they in turn dying in large numbers. Entire tribes wero swept off in this way. The study of bees is oven more interesting. There nrosomotimos hundreds of thou sands of worker-bees with ono queen. It is quite tho rule that only tho workers and tho queen survivo tho winter. Tho drone is the male boo, and when his services are not required ho is killed and thrown from tho hive. The queen lays her eggs in cells built for her by the workers, who are sex less bees. In largo cells the eggs hatch into drones ; in tho small ones into workers. Tho queen is fed, the young bees cared tor and the house work of the establishment is done by bees too young for flight or so old thBt their wings will not bear them on their honey-gathering flights. Tho queen rarely allows a rival, and if a new queen is hatched, a swarm almost immediately sroes out from the parent hive, or eleo tho original queen or the now one must perish. There have been instances Jwhere two qneens dwelt peacefully in one hive, but arrange ments are so rare that thoy may be looked npon as phenomenal. New York Ledger. He Leaped lor Lite. Governor James IT. Budd, of Cali fornia, recently told the following story of an escape from the bite of a rattlesnake which he once had : "I was np in Calaveras County fishing along the Stanislaus. I had been told of an almost inaccessible pool np the river at the base of tho perpendicular olifttt, and fairly alive with trout. I found the place, and also found that there was only ono way to got a hook in the pool. I had to climb on my hands and knees up a steep patn to a sort of shelf on the olltT. On the other side of the shelf was a sheer drop of forty feet down to the pool. Just as I dragged myself npou the top of the ledgo the whirr of a rattlesnake startled mo. Naturally I 'jumped to my feet, exhausted as I was, but dropped my fishing rod. "The coiled rattler was within two feet of me and preparing to strike. Either I had to get down on my hands and knees again or jump forty feet in to the pool. As I saw the diamond head of tho snake draw back to striko I decided and j umped. Just as I sprung the rattler struck. I had a pair of moccasins on my feet and the fangs of the snake fastened in the ono nearest him. As I went down I remember see ing the snake flying over the sido of the pool, lis fangs bad oaught and I had carried it with me. "Just what happened in the sooond or two after I struck the water in my dive of forty feet 1 don't know. For tunately the pool was fairly deep. As I dragged myself upon the rooks at the edge, I realized with a thankfulness I never knew before that I was not only alive, but had escaped the snake and broken bones. 1 was badly bruised. but not seriously hurt. What beoame of the enake I don't know." Detroit Free Prese. AN ALPENA MIRACLE. MRS. JAS. M. TOOU, OF l.ONQ KAPIDS, DISCARDS IIKK Cltl'TCH EN. Ia an Interview with a Reporter Hhe Re views Her Experience and Tells the Real Cause of the Miracle. (from the Argut, Alpena, Mich.) We have long known Mrs. Jus. M. Todd, of Long Itupid, Alpena Co., Mich. Bhe has been a sad cripple. Many ot her friends know the story of her recovery; for the bene fit of those who do not wo publish it to-day. Eight years ago she was taken with ner vous prostration, and in a few months with niusculurund inflammatory rheumatism. It affected her heart, then her head. Her feet became so swollen she could wear nothing on them; her hands were drawn all out of shape. Her eyes were swollen shut more than half the time, her knee Joints terribly swollen and for eighteen months she had to be held up to be dressed. One limb became entirely helpless, and the skin was so dry and cracked that It would bleed. During these eight years she hud been treated by a score of physicians, and bus ulso spout much time at Ann Arbor under b"st medical udvioe. All said her trouble was brought on by hard work and that medicine would not cure, and that rest wus tho only thing which would ease her. After going to live with herdaugh ter she became entirely helpless and could not even raise her anus to cover herself ut night. The Interesting part of the story foi lows in her own words: 'X was urged to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and ut last did so. la three duys after 1 commenced taking Pink Pills I could sit up and dress myself, and after using them six weeks I went home und commenced working. I continued taking the pills, until now I begin to forgot mv crutches, and can go up and down steps without aid. i am truiy a living wonder, wulkiug out or doors without assistance. "Now, if I can say anything to induce those who have suffered as I have, to try Pink Tills, 1 shall gladly do so. If other like sufferers will try 1'iuk Pills according to directions, they will have reason to thank lioit lor creating men who are able to con quer that terrible disease, rheumatism. 1 have in my own neighborhood recommended l'iuk Pills for the after effects of lu gripoe. uud weak women witii with good results." impure blood, uuil ilrs. Todd is very strong iu her faith in the curative powers of 1'iuk Pills, uud suvs thev have brought a poor, helples cripple back to do her own milking, churning, wa.-hiiig. sew ing, knitting uud iu fuct uiout all of her h'm.vhold duties, thanks to Dr. Williams' l'uik l'ills. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the ele ments necessary to give new liieund richness to the blood and restore sliaTLered nerves. They nro lor sale by all druggists, or may be hud. by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine l.'uuipuuy, tii.-heuectudy, N. Y., for &Uc. per b'jx, or si uoxc lor v.du. A Bel led Itnixard Shot. Vtr ni-nViftlilv Itrfnlv rears, at in tervala, the press of the State has con tained notices of a "belled bn.zard." (Sometimes he would be eeon in north Mississippi, sometimes in south Missis- ippi. Unless there were more than ono "belied buzzard, however, this mnch-wondered-ftt curiosity in no lonirer in evidenoo. While L. J. Dear, of llankin County, was out hunting his attention was nttraotod by the tinkling of a small bell, tho sound of which seemed to come from nowhere in par ticular. For some timo ho senrchod for tho source of the ringing, a.id was finally rewarded by discovering a hnzr.ard flyirg over him with a bell suspended from its neek. Ho shot the bird, and iound the boll fnstonod on with n small leather strap, upon which waa cut tho nnmo "Forks," presuma bly tho surname of iudividunl who fastened it ou tho bird. It is to bo regretted that Mr. "Parks" did not also engrave his postoftlco address on the collar. It would bo interesting to know how long tho bell has boon worn nud how many miles bis bnzzardship has traveled siuoo donning his badgo of civilization. Terry (Miss.) Head light. Metal Knilrond Tien. A protest against the denudation of forests in order to secure material for railroad tics is mado in a report issued by tho Agricultural Department on tho uso of metnl railroad ties and pre servative processes and metnl tie plates of wooden ties. It shows that about twenty per cent, of tho railroad mile age of tbo world, outside the United States and Cnnnda, is laid ou metal. Although progress in this direction in our country has been nlow, tho report sovs by the waning of forest supplies, nud as the railroad companies begin more and more to nseume a perma nent and less speculative character, it can bo a question of only a short time when this saving ot foreBt supplies will be forced npon them, insuring greater eflloiency and final economy. Washington Star. THE ONWARD ilARCH of Consumption is stopped short by Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. If you haven't waited beyond reason, there's complete re covery and cure. Although by many believed to be incur able, there is the evidence of hundreds cf living witnesses to the fact that, in all jhLfz-y sumption is a curable Jbtl ., disease. Not everr case, but a large per centage of cases, and we believe, fully VM 1MT rent nr cured by Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery, even after the disease has progressed so iur as to inuuee repeated Dieemngs from the lungs, severe lingering cough with copious expectoration (including tubercu lar matter), great loss of flesh and extreme emaciation and weakness. Do vou doubt that hundreds of such rases reported to us as cured by " Golden Med ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that dread and L tal disease ? You need not take our word for it. They have, in nearly every instance, been so pronounced by the best and most experienced home physicians, who have no interest whatever in mis representing them, and who were often strongly prejudiced and advised against a trial of "Golden Medical Discovery," out wuo nave been forced to confess that it surpasses, iu curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicines with which they are acquainted. Nasty cod- nver on and Its hithy "emulsions" and mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to bene. nt, or nad only seemed to benefit a little for a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, and various preparations of the liypophos phites hod also been faithfully tried in vain. The photographs of a large number of those cured of consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh and kindred maladies, have been skillfully reproduced in a book of 160 pages wuicu will be mailed to vou. on re ceipt of address and six cents in stamps. u can men write tiiose curea ana learn Iheirexperience. AddressWoM.D's DlSPKN- Sary Mhuical Association, Buffalo, N.Y. Katlwy' Beatly Rrllrl ! uf p. i liable and efltx'tual btH-auKc uf ibe MmulathiK actio which It fxeria uvrrthe nervo sad viMl powers of the body, adtltnif tone to tho oue and lucltliiK Ut rvuew d itd Qcrt-tted vigor the slumbering vitality of tli tibvsl cat airuKtiirc, ami Uiroutib thl healthful ilr.uiUiton ud tiH'reaed action tin CAT Mi of tba Fata U driven away, aud a natural condition restored. It Is thus thut the Heady Itellel la so admirably adapted for tue 4 ure of Pnln. and without the risk of Injury which i sure to result from the use of many of the so-called palu reiuedlus of the day. It ia Highly Important 'that Every Family Keep a Supply of ADWAY'S READY RELIEF Always. Ia tin bout. Its use will prove beneAclal on all ocoaitloos of palu or sickness. There Is nothing la ibe world that will stop pal nor arrest the progress of dlaeiue us quUk as the heady Relief. STOPS PAIN 30 ci a. a bottle. Sold by drug-a-lsta. HAD WAY dc CO.. Nrw York. 11 East, West, Home SAPOLIO Consumption tvaa formerly pronounced incurable. Now it ia not. In all of the early otages of the disease Scott's iJS-Eisr TMhSK MAN. ,U(nVf,VIVf III tl' r J fC f m Sendor pamphlet oh Scott's Emulsion. J- REE. Scott &. Bowne, N. Y. All Do Vou Wish the Finest Bread and Cake? It i$ tonceded that the Royal Baking 1'owdcr 19' the purest and strongest of all the baking powders. The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet-, est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow-' der makes the lightest food. - v , That baking powder which is both purest and strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome food. ' Why should not every housekeeper avail herself of the baking powder which will give her the best food with the least trouble? :, ' Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift or prize, or at a lower price than the Boyal, as they invariably contain alum, lime cr sul phuric acid, and render tho food unwholesome i Certain protection from alum baking powders can be had by declining to accept any substitute for the Royal, which is absolutely pure. Treat men t lor Sprained Ankles. In tbeso days of bicycling, skntinc, tobogganing ami other out-of-door amusomonts iuuident to the seasons, accidents of various kinds are daily oconrring, not usually serious, but of ten painful when seemingly slight. From time to time ono hears of different means of caring for spraiuod aukles, tnrnod ankles, twisted wrists etc, but tho way now in vogue nccins to give better results than any in the past. It is generally an hour after the ac cident that you are called in to sco tho case. The patient is suffering very severely, and wanting very much to know if "anything is broke." Af ter examining for fraoturea, tho Southern Medic.il Journal recom mends the parts to be bathed in ex tremely hot water, every honr or two, for a period of fifteen minutes at n time. Have the wator just as hot as the patient can bear it, and apply with a sponge or cloth, rathor thau al low tbo anklo to lie i the wator. Then dry and let tho part rest quietly, wrapped in flannels, when an applica tioaj4.,hamamelis, or veratrum and hamamvlia, may be made. Beforo retiring, applj .a flannel bandage tightly around tho swollen part, only being careful that the cir culation is not sun 'oil. It is surpf rsiug-hoiWto lisjTifii4iii i tions relievo the pain and produce ab sorption, and how the bandage, by pressure, prevents swelling aud in flammation. Sciontiflo American. BEJiXIHAM'S PILLS ' (Vegetable) - What They Are For Biliousness dyspepsia sick headache bilious headache indigestion bad taste in the mouth foul breath loss of appetite when these conditions are caused by constipation; and constipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sickness in the world, especially of women; and it can all be prevented. Go by the book, free at your drug gist's, or write B. F. Allen Co., 365 Canal Street, New York. Pills, 10c. and 2 5c. a box. Annual sales more than 6,000,000 boxes. ENGINES AND BOILERS For alt purpose rtatiirlnig over. Automatic, CorlUi & Compound Kiitftneti. Hor izontal V Vertical Holler. Complete 8 team Pluutt. B.W.PAYNE&SONS, K.Y.Ofll,m,rn N'Y 41 DoyHl. is Best," if Kepi Clean With Emulsion a will efJCect a cure quicker than any other known Bpecifio. Scott's Emulsion pro motes the making of healthy luug-tisaue, relieves inflammation, overcomes the excess ive waste of the disease and gives vital strength. . For Coughs, Golds, Weak Lungs, Sore Throat, Brouokitis, Consumption, Scrofula, Anmia, Loss of flush and Wasting Disease of Children. Buy only the genuine with our trade Drusglata. BO cents and I. Ciinibersoiiin Samo. The Director of tho Mint at Wash ington is having a terrible time trying to rodueo tho names of foroign exhib itors at tho Exposition to the dimen sions of tho medals granted by the Bureau of Awards. There is a little tablet on tho medals which will con tain at tho utmost only thirty-two let ters, and some of tho foreign namos contain 150 or 200 letters, which be does not know bow to abbreviate. There is a Russian exhibitor, foj ex ample, whose four names contained more thau 100 letters aud only one of them can be placed upon the modal. It is a very ombarnusiug and ticklish duty to make a selection, particularly when ono is not familiar with the Rus sian language. Tho Germans, tha Austriaus, the Hungarians aud the Bohemians are quite as bad, and aa the list rea ls now less than half the foreign names cn bo properly in scribed. Tho Director of the Mint has, tboreforo, decided to ask the as sistance of the members of the diplo matic corps iu Washington, and Sec retary Carlisle will address a letter to the Secretary of State requesting him to invite the Amliiufs !ors and Minis ters from tho European countries to call at tho Mint Bureau and edit the names of their constituents. Chioago Juecord. j i It is believed by microsoopists that the highest powers of their instru ments have not yet revealed the most minute forms of animal life. sallow skin pimples torpid liver ' depression of spirits SHE WAS BLIND. - A blindness comes to mi now sad then. 1 hsvs It now. It Is queer, 1 csn see your eyes but not your nose, lean's read becauaa soma of tha letters ara blurred; dark apots cover them It is mighty uncomfortable. 1 know all about It; It's DYSPEPSIA. Tska ona of thecal It will cure you la ten minutes. What is It t ARipans Tabule. N V 11 U-8 VV.L. Douglas QSJfE" i s the acar. UW O fill 21 tit roa akin '9, CORDOVAN. FRENCH fctNAMtOiU CALf. ?43.spfiNECAtlKAN0AH0( 3JPOLICE.330LtS. 12tf2.WQRKINGMfi. '2.l.7 BOYS'SCHOOLSHQa, LADIES 'SEsT0ON.ota ' . ...ia ' ' i n sal' tuotK-roii.-vj4r Over Oos Million people wear th W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our Ahoes ere equally satisfactory They lv tha best valu for the money. They euual cuetom shoes In style and fit. I hsir wearing qualities are unsurpassed. 1 he prices ara uniform, .tnniptj on sulsW From il to $ j tm eJ over other makes, il e j dtiOtf uunut supply , git w (a. life Mm
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