Hecdle Mine In a JPlnctuhlon,
A few days ago Mrs. J. H. Brown,
ot rtaynpsville, Me., ripped open a
tieedle enphion which was filled with
bran, and had Veen in tine fifteen
pars. On emptying ont the oontents
sb fonti3 840 needles, nil but twenty-e-ipht
being good ones. FittBburg
Dispatch.
Over seventy years have elapsed
since the first railway in the world
was finished. Paring that time 400,-
000 miles of railway have been con
structed. Snnd Soap for Both.
One of the best things for cleaning
boys' hands ia sand soap. It may be
made at home, and so made is cheaper
nnd better than any which can be pur
chared. Scrape or cut into small
pieces any pnre roap nnd melt it. At
coon as the Fonp is melted take the
linb from the fire nnd stir into the
mixture clean, dry sea snnd that has
been heated. Use nearly an much
rand ns yon have soap. As soon as
the mixture is cool enough to handle,
roll it into balls between the palm of
the bands nnd put the balls into a
dark, cool place to harden and dry.
Chnrlos W. Cnss, of Now York City, FresN
dent nf the Cass Realty Corporation, nn Im
portant investment company which Invests
, Its clients' money ot larse of small amounts
exclusively In New York City rent-benrliiB
real estnte, puts new meaning Into the state
ment that "ilelit Is a curse." He savs:
"Every dollnr of interest chnrfto sooner or
Inter comes out of labor. A merchant starts
business on flOOO cash 6(i00 borrowed
money. His interest Is charged on the price
of his' poods. Every dollnr of public, and
corporate nnd business debt is a burden on
labor and takes toll from the "product of la
bor" which should belonK to the worker.
When the fixed annual interest oharpe from
nil cnuws on a peoplo becomes greater thn
the annual increase of wealth, that civlllria
tlon dies. Hence, debt, public or private,
Is curse. The Cass Realty Corporation,
are substltutiuK ownership for debt. It in
vests money in Mnnbattnn Island Improved
rent-bearing, advancing reixl estate only
and in nothing else. Investors become co
owners of choice property. Guarantee fund
pays back money in part or In full when
needed. A tenth regular consecutive divi
dend at six per cent, has just been paid. In
vestments becin to earn profits at once. One
dollar or any amount is received any time,
nnd as often rs desired. It pays six percent,
booauso it earns more. The surplus is dis
tributed to investors by extra dividends ns
shareholders decide. The surplus over six
percent. 1H!I was 2(73.50;in 1895 53,284.S1;
In IBM f 2.7M.52. The Assets of the Cass
Realty Corporation in 1891 were 315.844.90,
in 1895 W4,0M.74; in 1896 tM4.220.83.
Parties Interested may write or call for full
particulars to the Cues Itcaltv Corporation,
409, 211, 213 East Twenty-third street, New
York. The Corporation is certainly a new
opportunity to small and moderate Inves
tors." 1 Great Britain imports annually 66,000,000
bushels of onts. During 1896 the United
Btutes furnished an unusually large propor
tion of these requirements.
So.To.Hae for Fifty Cents.
Over 400,0110 cured. Why not let No-To-Bao
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Eaves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. 00 cents and (1.U0, at all
druggists.
1 The Texas House has passed a bill pro
hibiting Suudny baseball.
Beware
of Ointment for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
wheu entering it through the mucous surface.
Buch articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable pbyslclans, as the
damage they will do is tea fold to the pood ydu
can possibly derive from theiu. Hull's Catarrh
cure, manufactured by r. J. jueney ec coH
Toledo, O., contains no mercury and is taken
InturnaLly, acting directiy upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure to get thegenmne.
It is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Ar Co. Testimonials Ire.
bold by Druggists, price 7"c. per bottle.
, Hall's Family i'ills are the best.
New York and asliTllle, Tenn., Without
Change.
Pennsylvania Southern Railway, the only
route operating through sleeping car service.
New York to Nashville. Tern. .without change.
Through car lenvrs New York daily at 4:30
P. M., carries you through the glorious moun
tains of North Carolina via Washington. Abbe
ville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, New York
office, 271 Broadway.
Wsis billons or costive, eat a Casearet,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10o., gjc
Florida.
The West Coast of Florida, the finest send
ropical country in the woild. Illustrated de
scriptive book sent upon receipt four cents
postage. J. J. Farnsworth, Eastern Pau.
Agent, Plant System, 201 Broadway, N. Y.
Mrs. Wlnslow'e Soothing Kyrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iuflamma
tlon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 26e.a bottle
FITPstopped freeandpermanentlycured. No
fits after first day's use of Da. Kline's Uriat
Nerve REbToitEn. Free 2trial not tleand treat
ise, tiend to Dr. Kline. Kll Arch St.. Phila.,Pa.
Just try a 0c. box of Cascareta. candy ca
tharlic, finest liver and bowel regulator made
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many a d.wtor'a bill. S. F. lUnur, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 2,
" If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp.
fin Vva.v.tnr 1 It n.r.rictu -all - Or... . . 1,
Last and always Hood's Sarsaparilla nnrlfles
the blood. That is why it permanently cures
when all other medicines fail. Kemember,
Sarsaparilla
Isthebeat in fact the UneTrue Blood Purifier.
Cs I Hilt etfoetlVflr. oeenla.
CURES AND PREVENTS
Colds, Cou?hs,SoreThroat, Influenza, Bron
chitis. Pneumonia, Swelling of the
Joints, Lumbago, Inflammation.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Frostbites, Chilblains, Headache, Tooth
ache, Asthma,
DIFFICULT BREATHING.
rrilES THE Mii;sr I A1NS in from cm to
twenty iitiutifs. Mil' ONE Hoi It after ri-miinif
till ii.lvtriiM-uitrUt iieeil anum bliii.lt M i H
TAIN.
Uailwio Hcuclv Jft-lit-r U a Sure Curt tor
fci.v f'itiu, i lilt-, )rni.ft I'toua iu
Hit' llui'K. i Im -.i or l,tiub. l tvui
I liu i-iiM una U i lu- Ouly
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fcJlfclV M.lll.lltltl;:.! lr.li , Hlla l'lil'f I ull -rM ). Ur-. Wllft ilrT
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oru'tn. i v ..lit- nt'i ii
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VUty vrutn r ln-nli-. Ui bv llrumiUiii.
Hi. M UK 'i'tt tit.T K l AVK.
JVY,'T YOU Ft MEAT WITH
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ctt.TS cooKrso srnooii rnoDrrrs.
An entorprising cooking school
teacber in one of tho Western cities
runs nn attractive restaurant in con
nection with her class work. When
her pnpils hnvo made nnd cooked a
dainty dish they are allowed to taste
it only. When the class is dismissed
at noon the various dishes that have
been evolved from tho lesson are sold
to appreciative enstomors, who drop
in regnlnrly for a luncheon that an
epicure might enjoy.
AN EXTRAOIIDrNARY PrrEItHTON.
Mile. Borniche, an eocontrio old
lady, who died some time ago in Paris,
leaving a fortune of G00,U(H), had one
extraordinary diversion. She used to
have herself wheeled about the town
of Mary-snr-Marne in a wheelbarrow,
to the intense delight of the small boys
of the place, who acted as her body
guard. She need to make her gard
ener count all his fruit daily, and one
of ber whims was to have fresh vine
leaves put on her statues ol gods and
goddesses every morning. Now her
will is being contested by heirs,
A NOVEL CONVENIENCE.
A New. York woman who for ton
years has been a successful general
shopping and commission agent, which
has brought her into close relations
with many women in town and out,
has now added to her former business
a Bubscription-room for " ladies, it is
meant chiefly for the benefit of shop
pers, and affords them a place where
they can rest, write notes, recoive
parcels, etc. Here they may also have
tho services of a manicure, of a boot
black, and the comfort of a bath and
a cup of tea or coffee, may use the
telephone or telegraph, order cabs,
and consult the directory or railway
guides.
OFFICE GHU.S IN CHICAGO.
They are introducing office girls in
Chicago, and those who have them in
their employ aro very well pleased
with them. They say that the office
girl is superior to tho office boy in
many particulars. In the first plaoa
sue does not smoke cigarettes. As a
rnle she has absolutely no taste for
dime novels. She Is usually bright,
quick and cnergetio, and ever so much
cleaner ana neater than any boy can
be. Testimony upon this point is ol
most nnanimous, and most of those
who have tried office girls declare that
never again will they huve an office
boy around the premises, Boston
Herald.
THE MATERIAL FOIt SPMsa.
If the trade journals are to be cred
ited, "the" material for spring and
summer wear will be printed in Jap
anese silks. Always cool and capable
of most artistio draping, usually smart
in design and color and rarely unbecom
mg to most women, this prospect of
the increased popularity of the fabrio
b lion Id be heralded with joy by fern'
ininiiy. iso .otner Kind ol warm
weather dress goods is, in the long
tun, more satisfactory. In light colors
and elaborate patterns it is effective
and elegant, while .darker tints and
quieter designs make it admirable for
service. No "doing up," danger of
soiling easily or losing its crisp fresh'
ness is feared where the Japanese silks
are concerned. It only needed the
favor of fashion to make them all that
is exoollent in the eyes of womankind.
If the report proves to be true, and
the lightweight, lustrous, artistio
fabrics are indeed to be the "feature"
of summer clothes, we have much to
be thankful for. New York Sun.
JtrSSIAN FASHIONS IN PAItlfl.
Everything beautiful, useful.or orna
mental in fashionable Paris nowadays,
according to vogue.ia made after Ens'
sian models. There is the Bussian
jeweled belt, with its precious
stones in the matrix enormous in size,
or studded with brilliantly cut items.
or surfaces sprinkled with turquoise
the size of filberts, forming flexible
gold panel?, yielding to the curves of
the wamt ; and the long chain of preo1
lous gems rubies, diamonds,or pearls
measuring irom lorty-tive to Utty
iour incues iu lengtn. xne cut gems
are set in these chains so that they
sparkle from both sides. No neoklace
is quite so smart as a golden thread,
the finest of Venetian chains, from
which are suspended marvelously
brilliant stones. Then small fortunes
lie in the jeweled bangles. Tiaras are
splendid, so are rivieres, jeweled
bangles.ribbons of diamond lace-work,
and the many lowi of pearls, clasped
by a wa"uiticent btoue. Beautiful
rings, jeweled watches, brooches, scent
and salts-bottles Vitu jeweled tons.
golden opera glatscs, diamond wrought
lorgnettes, chain purses, fans more or
less bediumonded, jeweled pins for the
uair, and pins as lovely for the hat,
side-combs tbat sparkle, and back
combs that rise in scintillating beauty
of design these are the trappings of
grande tenue, with as marked and dis'
tinct a time and pluce when they
should be worn as tho fasts and feasts
on the church calendar.
WELFARE OF WORKING WOMEN,
iue uonbuuiers Jjeague is an or
gauizatiou of New York ladies inter
ested in the welfare of working women
and girls. 1 hey liavo published
"white lifct" of retail houses, and in
connection with it ollor much valuuble
advice to shoppers and salespeople.
The league aims at the amelioration
of the condition of workingwomen,
and appeals to choppers, when annoyed
by apparent indiilireuce or careless
nest, to cousi ler the hard labor, long
hours and beggarly salaries of those
who nrvo them. This is all very well
considered ethically ; but, as the league
aokuovvlcdjfcH, the saleswomen in the
shop which, of oil iu New Ycrk, "gives
its employes the greatest number of
privilege-, huve b.eu so Eotoiiounly
rudu ill their treatment of the publio
that ladies have given that reason for
not patroiiin it;" uud pructioully
shoppers lire always irritated audoftpn
eXaspti'iitud hy the. jiuptrUjivliCeyjjf
the ordinary run of these attendants.
The qnostion of manners and consider
ation is of far more importance to the
saleswomen than to the customers.
The onstomera are not obligod to sub
mit to bad manners; they can go else
where. The bad manners of salesmen,
and particularly of saleswomen, aro one
of the misfortunes of modern life.
This criticism is not so truo of the
men as of the women. The fault of
the men when thev try to be polite.
especially with ladies, is coarse fa
miliarity. The fault of the women is
rudeness and indifferonco, especially
toward othor women. They affect not
to soo them wbon they enter the
store, not to hear them when they ask
to see goods; fling the article asked
for befere them, and resume a conver
sation of their own with their mates,
making it difllonlt for the customer to
attract, their attention again. "I am
as good as you, and I want you to
know it, though I am a saleswoman,"
expresses the feeling at the bottom of
much rudeness and indifference.
Manners should be considered by these
people and their employers as neces
sary as neat dress, or ability to add
and subtraot, or English speech. Ar
gonaut. oossrr.
Tho late Mrs. T. S. Slade, of Cin
cinnati, left 910,000 for distribution
among charities.
William Sioibcr, the newest Colo
rado millionaire, has his wife for a
business partner.
Julia Levy, of New York City, gave
up all her sayings to save her fathor's
business from attachment.
Ella Wheeler Wiloox has just cele
brated her forty-third birthday. The
"Poetess of Passion was born near
Madison, Wis.
Miss Artz, of Chicago, hasTprescnted
$10,000 to the Boston Library where
with to establish a Longfellow Me
morial Collection.
Women are employed by a New
York goldsmith as gold beaters. They
surpass men in carofulness and doli-
oacy of workmanship.
Miss Knight, of London, has been
appointed professor of anatomy and
athology in the Lhudiana Medical
chool. Northwestern Provinces,
India.
Georgia Cayynn, the aotross, savs
she eats an apple every night before
retiring and another one upon arising.
To tnis habit she attributes her health
and spirits.
Queen Victoria is said to have been
graa Jy pleased with a present of fruit,
thirty boxes in all, sent her from Can
ada. It comprised apples, pears, grapes
and quinces.
The No-Two-Alike Club is the name
of an organization of women inSonth
ington, Conn., which profess to abhor
all of the opposite sex, and any as
sistance they might render.
Miss Agnes P. Mahony, of New York,
has been appointed from the State
Civil Service eligible list to tho posi
tion of apothooary at the Manhattan
State Hospital, on Ward's Island.
Miss Agnes Q. Scott, of the Alexan
dra College, Dublin, Ireland, has been
awarded the gold medal for first place
in mathematics, in the senior grade,
by the Board of Intermediate Educa
tion. Princess Beatrice has recently dis
covered some very rare specimens of
flowers and plants which she has
placed in her herbarium. She is con
sidered a reliable authority on the
subjeot of botany.
The new Bishop of London's wife is
in many respects a more famous per
sonage in English literary upper cir
cles than her distinguished husband.
Her histories of Franco and England
have given her high standing as an
author.
. Queen Victoria, when she leaves
Windsor for Balmoral, is provided
with about a dozen copies of a sort of
way bill of her journey, which con
tains a list of sll the people in the
train and the compartments iu which
they are.
A Berlin publisher has issued a vol
ume devoted to the women of Berlin.
It contains contributions on this topic
from every point of view by Frcnzel,
liodenberg, Ebors, Wolzoen, Mauth
ner, Pietsch, Franzos, Stettenheim
and other well-known writers.
When Queen Amelie of Portugal re
cently visited Paris, she was much in
terested in the Pasteur Institute and
the many remurkablo experiments she
saw performed there. She is already
writing another book, in whioh she
elaborates hei own medical theories,
FASHION NOTES.
Gem jewelry is worn in greater pro
fusion than before in many years.
The fur with whioh a chapeau is
trimmed should match the tuuQ' carried
with it.
Some lovely chinchilla sets consisting
of hat, stole and muff are shown by
furriers.
Silver toys for collectors are out in
new designs, and are notable for tine
workmanship.
Hose pink satin dinner gowns with
trimmings of sable are favored by fair
ones in society.
Muff ohains are in evidence. When
of gold, with gems set at intervals,
they become coveted treasures.
Women with old Persian lamb muff
are utilizing them for the chio little
turban so much worn nowadays.
The leading style in fans is the
small empire or Marie Antoinette
all'air. The sticks are of pearl, amber,
tortoise shell or horn.
A waist of blaok crepe de chine is
made up with rose-pink crepou and
pink ribbons. The body is litted at
the sides and back and very full and
drooping in the front, which is com
posed of the piuk crepou shirred over
the black goods. The collar is of pink,
olosely shirred, and stand well up
around the throat. 'Ihe shoulder
ruOiea bjo of piuk, liU'.J with Lluuk,
TEMPERANCE.
cru time's ixiia
Who l ths Now Woman? My mother?
For slm will nevrr bo old to me.
If Klin i not old
Thnn sho must be now.
1 hopo that's no
Pnr.7.1" to you.
Brio's a tmnperanco mothor, too,
I love this Now Woman, my mother,
For she's over so
Ooorl lo mo.
If a boy has no mothor,
Tray what can ho do?
Huch mothers as mine
Thoy ar fow
Bho's a tomporance mothor, too.
Mrs. M. A.KMdor, la Tomporance Banner.
no rsn rop. it.
Tho oolobratoil Hr. Nann, of Arotlo re
nown, has roocntly spokon on the subject of
InoluilinR alooholio bevorauM in the equip
ment ot Artio expodltlnn. nnrl, ns will bo
soon from his uttHranoos, ho has no nso for
sut'h nrtli-le in his trip. Tho doctor snvs;
"My nxporlonco loan's mo to tnlto nrloolded
stand ncrainit the rjo of stimulants and nnr
cotlca of all kinds. It must bo a sound prin
ciple at nil times that ono should llvo In as
nntnrnl and simple a way as possible, nnd
especially must this be the oaio when the
life is a life of sevore exertion In an oxtromo
Jy cold climrte. Tho idoa that one (tains by
tlmulntinu body nnd mind by artificial
means bet rays, in my opinion, not only iit
jaorance of tho simplest physiological laws,
but also a want ol experience, or perhaps a
Wnnt of capacity to learn from experience by
observation. It seems Indeed quite simple
and obvious that one can get nothing in this
life without paying for it In one way or i
other, and that arllllcial stimulants, oven if
they hart not the directly injurious effects
which thev undoubtedly have, can produce
nothing but a temporary excitement, fol
lowed by a corresponding reaction.
"Htimulnnts, with the exception of choco
late, which Is mild in its effect and also
nourishing, bring practically no nutritive
substnneo inlo the body, and tho energy
which one obtains in anticipation by their
use at one moment mnst be paid for by a
corresponding exhaustion nt tho next. It
may no doubt be advanced that there are
oocaslons whon a momentary supply of en
ergy is necessary, but to this I would'nnswer
that I cannot imagine such a state ot things
to arise in the course of a protraoted sledge
expedition, when, on the contrary, ns regu
lar andetendy wo.rk ns possible Is generally
the main thing to be aimed at.
"To many this will no doubt appear so
plnln and obvious that it will scarcely be
neoossary for me me touch upon the subject,
lint at the same time it must be romemhered
that even in recent yenrs Arotlo expeditions
have set out from home with large supplies,
not only ol tobacco, but of such fatal stimu
lants as alcoholic drinks. But what Is to be
said when an experienced Arctla traveler
like Julius Payer writes in his book on the
Austrian and Hungarian polar expedition of
inr.i-1 Hint -a small daily allowance ol rum
is almost Indispensable on a sledgo expedi
tion of any length, especially when the tem
perature is extremely low?' As if It were
Dot just in low temperatures that spirits are
most Injurious, and as If it wero not known
that they cause a reduction of bodily heat
instead of nn Increase of it, as many people
are inclined to think because such things
'warm thorn up,' ns they say, ami because
they fuel warm and comfortable alter a good
dinner supplemented by plenty of strong
wines. It is olton supposed that even If
spirits are not intondwd for daily ne they
ought to be taken upon an expedition for
mudloinal purposes. I would readily ac
knowledge this If any one can show me a
single case in which such a remedy Is neces
sary, but till this is done I shall" maintain
that this pretext is not sufficient, and that
the best oourso Is to banish alcohollo drinks
from the list of necessaries for an Arctic ex
pedition." the crass or rch.
The State of Michigan Is said to have one
retail liquor dealer for every three hundred -and
fourteen Inhabitants, aud the ratio of
dealers to population is not growing less.
Why should It? Nothing Is being done to re
duce the number. Our tax law allows just
ns many as ohooso to pay tho price, and
some that do not choose to pay, Pay or no
pay, they all make diunkards, and turn to .
utter waste money, brains nnd lionrr. Noth- I
Ing consumes a fortune more quickly than ;
convivial nntuts, unless it be gambling, nnd
these generally go together. Nothing over
throws sound judgment and brutalizes the
moral nature sooner than drunkenness.
Here and there may be a hard drinker who
Is kin I In bearing toward his wife and chil
dren, but not one can prevent the unklnd
nes of his habits, nor the degrading effects
oT those habits toward the innocent ones he 1
has oworn to protect and cherlth. Whisky
Is nn nnmitignted curse to the man who j
drinks It and to the nation that toleratos It. .
tt Is cursing America. It is lowering ont
moral standards, wenkenlug our commercial
industries, degrading soclul life nnd eating
like a canker into the very vitals ot public
Integrity. It If a shame and disgraoe to our
Republic that, tor a money consideration, It
doles out lloenses to a class of men whom it
ought to sternly rebuke for their disposition
to destroy tlioir follows Michigan Christian
Vdvocate.
A nonrtirnso pic-tube.
Stand in the city streets and watch the
Wretched women slinking into the rumshops.
They are dirty nnd unkempt, and on their
todden races the combined curst) nf drink
and poverty has left its unmistakable mark.
Kou are horrilled, aud wish to turn away
from and lorgct the sight. Yet these women
were once young girls, for whom the future
held high hopes. Uomestio peace and hap
piness and comfort, no doubt, they dreamed
would be theirs. And what has snatched
these blessings from them, nnd left them as
they are now, wrecks of their former selves?
The answer is simply drink. Very likely
the glass "just to be soeluble," the glass "so
ns not to be odd," the glass "so as not to
offend" this one or that one, the glass ot
"only wine, which wouldn't make anyone
drunk." the glass "so as to be fashionable,"
There is always a beginning to everything,
and beginnings are generally small and ap
parently insignificant. But the oonsequenoes
of our every action reaoh out beyond our
Widest thought, as Is sadly exemplified in
the case of the wretched, suloon-frequenting
women, not one of whom plunged into the
abyss of drunkenness at ouoe, but by little
aud little became enslaved by this evil habit,
whence there is no release save in the infinite
mercy of Qod.
the Enr.WEB's DOO.
While walking one evening along one ol
the streets of tho North End, Boston, we saw
two men supporting a third, who appeared
unable to walk. "What is the matter?" w
Inquired. "Why," was the reply, "the poor
man has been badly bitten by the brewer's
dog." "Indued," we said, feelingsomewbat
concerned nt tho disaster, "Yes, sir, nnd he
is not the first by a good many that has been
thus bitten," "Why do they not kill the
dog?" "Ah, sir, ho ought to have been malt
away with long ago, but thelaw won't allow
It. It Is the strong drink, sir that's the
brewer's dog." Nutlonul Temperance Advo
Mia. ALL CiCflED BV riBCNKENNBSS.
Drunkenuess causes very year in Eng
land 60,CUO deaths. According to the testi
mony of the magistrates It is the source,
direotly or indirectly, of seventy-five per
ceut. of Ihe crimes committed, oausing th)
disastrous ruination of families and destroy
ing douicstiu life, together with the prac
tice of religion and the Christian eduoution
of the children.
TEUrSRANCE KIWI AND NOTES.
The mad who eats cloves,
iilay disguise his oonditlon;
But he's never quite free
From the breath of suspicion.
The saloon is the constant horror of every
wife; every husbuud should therefore nght
tho btiloou.
I'm not afraid of anarchy if you will
abolibh the saloon. It is uot the pipe filled
with dynamite tliat is the real bomb, it isthe
buttle on the suloon shelf. Dr. P. 8. lieu
sou. Hereafter no member ct the Masonic
lruteraiiy ia Minnesota cau sell intoxicauts,
und 100 persons now In the liquor business
will be expelled from the Order if they do
uot change their oucuputiou.
Old Adam, iu ''As You I.lko It," In refer
ring to bis vigorous old age says: "I never
lu my youth nppliod hot and rebellious
liquors to my blood." This is a piece of
Khakespereau wisdom which should bs
headed.
Elephant Obttnnry.
.Tennnette, the oldest elephant In the
country, died at Wallace's oirous quar
ters, Peru, Ind. She was the only
frmalo African elophant in captivity.
She was brought over more than
neventy-five years ago, and has been
with many circuses. Chicago Chroni
cle. A Fair Exchange,
In the year 1895 Switzerland had
2,088,104 native inhabitants and 290,
000 resident foreigners, while 290,000
Swiss were living in othor countries,
A Papuan Feast.
According to a recent visitor to the
island of Papua, the basis of exchange
there is arrnck, or Java rum, one-half
gallon of which is reckoned equal to
one day's work at fishing or rattan
cutting. No monoy is usod. "When
this nectar of the Papuan enters a
home, every occupation ia dropped
and the family devotes all its attention
with enthusiastic energy to its con
sumption. Their efforts never flag
while the rum lasts or strength re
mains. The resulting stupofaotiou
lasts for days, but on recovery the
family cheerfully proceeds by per
severing industry to acquire the moans
of procuring more." Arrack, we learn
from tho same authority, is without a
rival as "the most villauous intoxicant
known," and its only competitor in
the affeotions of the Papuan is roast
wild pig. Together, thoy are Baid to
be to the Papuan simply irresistible.
Westminster Gazette.
From the Statistic Fiend.
The fad for collecting ridiculous
statistics seems to be growing. The
statistio fiend has discovered how much
time a man wastes in his life crawling
onder the dressing-table in search of
lost collar-stud ; and he can toll ns
exactly how many yoars we waste for
the purpose of eating; then, again,
how many tons of bread, meat or pota
toes we may have eaten in these wasted
years.
Now a reader, who lives in Glasgow,
has written to inform me that, after
several weeks of laborious calculation
ho has discovered that one ton and
some odd pounds is worn oft the boots
of the London publio every day. This
material, if restored to its proper con
dition, would be sufficient to form a
leather strap an inch wide and ten
miles long and, with one year's ao
cnmnlntion, would reach from London
to Now York. Answers.
In His On ii Hoar Trap.
Abraham Wof terlionse, an old hun
ter, known all through the Pine Creek
district, of Pennsylvania, a few days
ago was rescued by a party of deer
hunters in the Black Forest, more dead
than alive, after having been im
prisoned in a bear trap for over five
days, with nothing to eat, except a
sheep's head.
Wosterhonse left his home, near
Slate Bun, taking an ax, auger and
sheep's head with him. Going into
the Black Forest, be built a bear trap,
set it and placed heavy stones on the
lid, orawling in to tie the sheep's head
as bait. The lid sprung, leaving him
imprisoned. Ho tried to froe himself,
but all eftorts were futile.
Tho resouers came across the trap
by chance, end Wosterbonse's cries
caused the discovery. lie will re
cover. New York Press.
TheSeattle Post-lntelligenoer thinks
it would be a good idea to follow up
the arbitration treaty between England
and the United States with otbere be
tween Spain and Cuba, Turkey and
Armenia, Germany and France.
A Solid Basis.
Gold Is a solid basis of financial transac
tion, and for business that's the best thing
for us. It is so in the physical conditions. If by
some curelessnefs or exposure to sudden cold
the muscles of the back are oontraoted and
stiffened, we have at once lumbago, or lame
back, sometimes culled "orick in the back,"
which is disabling and limits all who bnve it
for any activity. Now, to get back to a solid
basis of health and strength, St. Jacobs Oil
should at once be used to relax the twisted
muscles and restore to their natural eondl
lion. It takes but a short time to perform
the cure and the cure Is certain. The back
Is then on a solid basis for strength and work.
and nothing will bring about the change like
this great remedy for pain.
Boston is to have a grand spectacular
Whist party, made up ol 32UU players.
Cascaiikts stimulate liver, kidneys and
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recent dnty thfy were called tlpon to
perform, involving the arrest ot a
jonng woman ot Salem who had sent
ont a man drossod in woman's clothes
to meet a man who had written to
her mother to meet him. The daugh
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thrash the follow who was trying to
One of Mrs. Pinkham's Talks
Concerning a Mother's Duty to Her
Chat with Miss
Tho balance wheel of a woman's life
formance of this function depends her
Irregularity lavs the foundation of
irC-WiSv. of disease. It is
Is an established fact.
Tu.-.-Io-T"
ing your daughter to the grave, for she
This is gospel truth sho is developing consumption of the bowels!
Lydia 13. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest regulator known
to medicine. Make haste to use it on the first appearance of the tell-tale
symptoms ! it will restore all the female organs to their normal condition.
Miss Marie Johnson s letter to Mrs.
est all mothers and young ladies. She
"Mv health became so Door that
school. I was tired all the time, and
j -
In mv sidn and back. I would
so badly that everything would appear block be
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studios. I was also troubled with
mannfl T Wn WfV WPflV HTlll 1 11 1
that my friends became alarmed. My
is a firm believer in your remedies
ence, tnongni pcrnapa mey mignt
and wrote you for advice. I followed
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Compound and Liver Pills as you directed, and am
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express my gratitude, and I cannot thank you enough for your kind advice and
medicine." Mies Makib F. Johnson, Ceutralia, Pa.
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:: j
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Re ur that yen get th genuine Aitlcl. made by WALTRR
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A St. Loui paper hanger and contractor, in enumeratinp; some ef his
past troubles, said " My wife and I swear by Kipans Tabules. Many a
morning I have gone to work on a job and had lo quit. I can't begin to tell
you all the suffering I have gone through. I lost my appetite and nearly
starved myself in trying to work up a relish for food ; but indigestion, dys
pepsia, constipatiou, biliousness and headache constantly atteuded me. I
took bitters, tonics, pills, but they didn't cure me. My wife had also soma
trouble with her stomach and it was a friend of hers who first told her to try
RIPANS
We started in together to take them.
began to feel bully, and my wife is as
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pet her mother to meet him, and the
thrashing was done. The roan who
was beaten entered complaint apninf t
the girl. The opinion ot tho oflWr
as men was that he shonld have "tak'ri
his medicine."
Experiments in Florida nnd south
ern Goorgia make it clear that tobacco
equal to the growth in Cuba can be
produced on American soil.
Young Daughter.
Marie Johnson.
Together with a
is menstruation. On the proper per
health.
many diseases, and is In itself symptom
of the greatest importance that regu
larity be accomplished as soon as possible after the flow
Disturbance of the menstrual function poisons
the blood. In young girls suppression develops
latent inherited tendencies to scrofula or con
sumption, and no time must be lost in restoring
regularity. Many a young girl goes to her grave,
because this difficulty has been thought lightly of,
and mother baa said, "Time will bring about a
cures she is young, I don't worry about her."
Mother, when you see your daughter languid
and indifferent to things that usually interest a
young girl, when you note that flush on her cheek,
that glassy appearance In her eyes; when your
daughter tells you that even tho weight of her
dress waist oppresses her, and that she has terri
ble pains in her stomach shortly after eating, don't
ignore these signs I If you do, you will be follow
will die I
rinkham, which follows, should inter
says :
I had to leave
had dreadful pains if- :SfV
m . v -
have tho headache 2. .''!-
irregularity ol 7 ' i
Rf Til 11C Vl
mother, who
from experi
ucnenr me,
tho advice
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