Plxtrrn T ho in ml Miles of Ptrf t Curs,
There are in the United .Stnles street
railway and trnction lines, city, sub
nrbnn and inter-nrbnn, apRrifgating
18,050 mileji in length, or euorifth to
make nearly five complete lines from
New York City to San Francisco.
These figures, which are corrected up
to December 1, show an increase in
mileage of 2780 within two years. To
operate these roads requires 28,154
Sassenger oars, 20,777 motor cars, 200
urumies and 28,021 horses. Since
1891 the number of horses has de
clined 102,000, or eighty per cent,
?iw Brearitnnklnff Frooess.
' A French inventor converts grain
into dough at one operation without
milling. The grnin is soaked, and
entering one cud of the machine is
crushed and distiutegrnted, the paste
passipg on to the kneading mnchine
at the other end of the apparatus,
where it is aerated and kneaded into
dough, which can be preserved inde
finitely without injury. The nutritive
qualities of the grain, bran included,
are kept. Tit-Bits.
Denfnoflu Cannot He Cnreil
bv lornl appllrfttionMisllipyrnnnntroneh the
diwftsod portion of tin er. There Is only one
way to cure desfnos. nwl (lml is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness in caused by an 'n
fliiined couditlon of the mucous llnlngof tho
KnttHrbian Tube. When this tulie ifcts in
flamed yon have a rumbliner pound or Imper
fect hoArinir. and vhen it. is entirely Closed
llesfness I the result, and uiilcs the intlam
mHtion ran be taken out and till tube re
al ored to its normal condition. Ucarlr.it will bo
destroyed forever. Nine can1 out oi ten are
caused by catarrh, which 1 nothing butau in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
Wewillxive One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused hycatarrhl that can
not he cured by Hall's Catarrh Lure. Send
for circulars free.
V. J. Ciiexet Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by PruKk'ist. lac.
Hall's Family l'llls are the best.
Forty pairs of slippers are kept at Apsley
House simply for the Use of visitors, in
consequence of the Duke of Wellington's
horror of people wnlktng about indoors with
their boots on.
It Keeps The Feet Dry and Warm
Ar.d Istbe only cure for C hilblains, Frostbites,
Damn, Sweating Feet. Corns and Hunloiis.
Ask for Allen's Foot-Kaso. a Powder to he
shaken Into thn shoes. At all Druggist and
Shoe Stores. c. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LeKoy, X. Y.
An aluminum airship has been made In
Germany which has reached a height of
1000 feet and floated for twelve minutes.
Rheumatism
la permanently cured
By Hood's Sarsaparilla
Which neutralizes the
Lactic acid in the blood.
Thousands who were
Sufferers write that they
Have felt no symptoms
Of Rheumatism since
Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
What do the
Children
Drink?
Don't give them tea or co.Tcs.
Have you tried the new fooil drink
called GHAIN-O? It is delicious
and notiriahiDg and takes the place
ot coffee.
The inoro Grnin-0 you give ths
children the more health you distri
bute through their systems.
Grain-O is made of pure grains, and "
when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee but costs
about 4 as much. All grocers Bell
it 15c. and 25c.
Trv Grain0!
Insist tint your grocer fives jrou GKAIN-0
Accept no imitation.
Proverbs About the Czar.
A Moscow newspaper publishes the
following proverbs with reference to
the Czar:
"A crown does not protect the Czar
from headache.
"The Czar has never lived in a
peasant's hut, so he does not know
what poverty is.
"The Czar's arm is long, yet it does
not touch heaven.
"Even the Czar's hand has not more
than five fingers.
"The Czar's voice has an echo, even
when it is not near a hill.
"Death carries on its back a fat
Czar, as easily as it docs a thiu beg
gar. "A tear in the Czar's eye costs the
people many handkerchiefs.
"When the Czar amuses himself,
the Ministers have but one eye, and
the peasants ure quite blind.
"When -the Czar cuts thougs, the
peasants furnish the leather."
aC'ougu Cured Consumption.
Davis nllftiv of Sticklerarille, Del.,
who for nearly ten years has been
treated for consumption by the doc
tors, in a coughing tit the other day
brought up a tooth which he swal
lowed almost ten years ago. It had
stuck in his windpipe then. The pby
aiciaus now say thut it got down into
Lis lungs aud that it is the tooth which
has caused what they treated as con
sumption. W Vegetable Sicilian
PAIRRENEWER
It has made miles and miles
of hair grow on millions
and millions oi heads.
Not a single e ray hair.
No dandruff.
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Mixed Feed For Hog.
The Dairy Commissioner of the Do-
miniou of Canada snys:
"I have found the best results to be
obtained from using such grains (a
mixture of peas, oats, barley and corn,
or a mixture of peas, corn and bran)
ground fine aud soaked for not less
than thirty hours before they are fed.
I think hogs should be kept so as to
permit, andCcveu to cause, them to
take a good deal of exercise until after
they weigh more than 100 pounds
each. In the growing of young pigs
it is important that they should re
ceive a daily allowance of skim milk
for six weeks or two months after they
are weaned. Hkiui milk is the great
flesh-forming or muscle and bone
forming food; and if the young pigs
are stunted in these regards at that
time they cannot be developed into the
best class of hogs, no matter what
breed they may be of. In my judg
ment, it is highly important that the
Canadian hogs, in regard to propor
tion of loan flesh and lirmuess, should
be maintained and improved, if the
best customers for hog products are to
be secured aud retained.
Cut Feed For Women.
Almost all farmers practise feeding
their horses while at work with cut
hay, moistened and mixed with ground
corn and oats. The hay is much more
easily digested when cut and wet, and
the meal on it causes tho horses to
more thoroughly masticate it, as they
like the taste. There is also much
less waste in feeding grain after it has
been ground, especially after the mas
tication which is made necessary when
cat hny is fed with it, and which thor
oughly mixes saliva with the food be
fore it goes into the stomach. There
is economy in steaming cut hay for
feeding all through the winter, when
less meal is required. When the hay
is steamed, and corn and oat meal
sprinkled over it, the flavor of the
meal permeates the cut hay, as it can
not when only cold water is used. But
care should be taken not to give at
any time more of this cut feed than
will be eaten, and especially not to al
low poultry to come into the stable
and soil the mangers and feeding
boxes, as they surely will if tho horse
barn is near the henhouse or poultry
is allowed near it.
Tlie Pie Plant.
We expect that next spring, the ap
ples being scarce and cranberries
high priced, the rhubarb or pie plant
will be in better demand aud sell at
a better price tlinn it has for some
years past. Last spring it was espe
cially low, as apples were very abun
dant. Ferlmps, also, the abundance
last year of cauued small fruits helped
to lessen the demand for rhubarb.
By the way, how many know that
rhubarb cau bo put up in glans jars
for winter use, at no expense and
with but little trouble. Cut it up as
if for pies, rill the jars, place them in
tub of cold water deep enough to
cover tho iar, which will fill with
water, uud put on the rubber bands
and covers while, under water, so that
no air may enter. Theu make covers
tight. Rhubarb so kept is even bet
ter than when first picked, becoming
very tender, losing some of its acid,
but none of its rich flavor. Last win
ter we kept it until rhubarb came
again, and how good those pies did
taste when we kuew that rich people
were paying twenty cents a pound for
rhubarb not as good, forced under
glass. But this is a digression.
The rhubarb is a gross feeding
plant. It requires a large amount of
mauure, and cares but little what it is
if it is strong and abundant. Those
who have roots of it will do well to
cover them with manure now, whether
the ground is frozen a little or not,
and when the ground thaws, even if
next month, fork that mauure in
around the crown of the roots. The
more manure the bigger the stalks
will be. No matter if a few roots are
broken if tlie plants are old ones, as
sometimes, with too many roots, it
throws up too many stalks and they
will be small. Ju tue spring a square
box with an old half window over it,
or even a covering of cotton cloth
nailed on top, cau be used to give it
au early start, that it may be brought
to market when worth five or six cents
a pouud.
Last spring some gardeners plowed
up fields of rhubarb because the price
was so low they thought it uuprotit
able. Others allowed it to stand, but
pulled but little from it, for the same
renson. We thinV. th wer unwise.
1'or the reasons given above, scarcity
of apples, craubeivies and cauued
berries, we think good rhubarb will
sell well next si)rin?. The stalks
should be pulled often aud not too
much at one time. Long growing
without pulling tends to make the
crowns grow above ground, aud the
stalks will not be as long. Uoiug to
seed has the same result. Hoots
should be broken up and divided, aud
a new bed set when it gets so as to
throw up a lurge number of utalks of
small bize. American Cultivator.
Fanu and l-urileu N'olpa.
The Wyandotte class in the recnut
Dairy Show, England, was the lurgest
of any, numbering entries, while
the leghorns numbered !()7, uud tho
famous Englith table favorite only lul
entries.
Plymouth Hocks numbered 1CK at
the same show which clearly shows that
they have taken well ulso. We have
much to thank England for m the
poultry line and England has much to
thank us fur in the same line.
One advuiitue of breeding thorough
bred fowls is that we know just wUut
the chicks will be before they are
hatched. AVe will know juntbnt to
expect from them, and, if we have
bred them any length of time, just
what they will be good for when ma
tured. All others are "chance" birds.
The Wyandotte is about the best
table fowl we have. It is a uood
broiler, good roaster and a good
dressed fowl. It is not quite so rapid
a grower as some other varieties, but
plenty rapid enough, and is fit to kill
at almost auy age. It has an cxcelleut
breast and comparatively little offal,
and, withal, is a good layer.
At intervals during the summer
when the bees can not gather honey
the queens cease laying and
the strength of the colony is cur
tailed. A little feed at such times
keeps the queeus laying aud the col
ony is thus made much stronger than
it would have been otherwise: This
is very important in early summer.
If bees are wintered in ordinary
thin unprotected hives the moisture
arising from them will condense and
freeze to the hive, thereby 'encircling
the bees with ice. On a warm day
this will melt aud run down over the
combs and bees and produce disease.
Protect with chaff hives, thoroughly
made with double walls, aud pack with
good dry chaff.
Bees that lack stores for winter
should be fed in autumn, and the
month of September is the proper time
to do it. They should be fed while it
is warm, so that they can seal over
their stores. The best winter food
for them is thoroughly sealed honey
of the best class, aud for feeding the
best of grauulated sugar should be
used: It is a mistake to undertake to
feed bees during the wiuter.
The broiler season is with us once
more, in fact, those who work on a
large scale already have their houses
partly full or at least many eggs under
incubation; Those who intend to start
for the first time ought to get every
thing in apple-pie order this month at
latest and start tip the machine or ma
chines the first of the year, so as to
get, (l) experience in hatching.and (2)
be able to get three or more batches
off before April.
A FAMOUS DUELIST.
New German Amliasaatlor at Wnnlilngtoii
ltenr Muoy grnra of Conflict.
Dr. von Ilolleben, the new German
Ambassador to the United States, is
one of the best-known diplomats in
Europe. The doctor is also well
known and highly esteemed in Wash
ington, where he filled the post of
German Minister from March, 1892,
to September, 1893. The mission was
then raised to an embassy, and Dr.
von Holleben was replaced by Ambas
sador Haurma-Jeltsch. The new Am
bassador is highly educated and a
most suave man man. He speaks
English with as much fluency as a born
American or Englishman, and during
his stay five years ago won many
friends in Washington society, where
he was known as one of the few bach
elors of the diplomatic corps. lie is
about fifty-five years old and has an
inclination toward the pleasures of
literature.
Dr. von Holleben is probably most
widely known as "the dueling diplo
mat." His face is covered with the
scars of saber wounds received on tho
field of honor, some while he was a
student at Heidelberg and some since
then. More than that, he comes fresh
from serving as second in one of tho
most deadly duels which have taken
place in Europe during recent years.
One of the combatants was killed on
the spot, and the other has since died
of his wounds. The duel took place
at Stuttgart, where Dr. von Holleben
was stationed. Both principals were
titled ypnng men, aud the other second
was a General in the Prussian army.
Dr. von Holleben was severely criti
cised by the press and public, but his
imperial master evidently sanctioned
his oourse, for he soon after gave him
a decoration and new has made him
an Ambassador. San Francisco Chron-
iole.
Sea Llona llnt-C'atchcra.
The wonderful alertness and activity
of sea lions in the wuter, which en
ables them to get fish for their food in
Arctic seas, are qualities that are mani
fested in a still more striking way by
the captive specimens at the 'Zoo, says
the Philadelphia Record. These three
sprightly individuals in the big out
door tank have developed into rat
catchers that never miss their prey.
Itats are pests that naturally thrive
about the auimal houses, and at nights,
when the Zoo is deserted by visitors,
the rodents run in all directions. They
are fond of water, and they find their
way in considerable numbers to the sea
lion tauk to dabble at the water's edge.
They may go to the lake and seal pond
with impunity, but when they venture
to the home of the saa lions that visit
is their last. Swiftly and noise
lessly the sea lion dives aud reappears
at the surface' precisely at the spot
where the rat is peering mto the tauk.
One snap and it is all over. The rat
goes down the hungry throat at a sin
gle gulp. So many rats do the sea
lions catch in this fashion that they
are sometimes indisposed to take their
early morning meal of fish thrown to
them by the keepers.
Ciood-ftturel Prlncea.
It is a favorite device of novelists to
I avo some one put a letter in the
wrong envelope, and au embarrassing
instance in English high life is re
called by the death of Princess Mary
of Teek. A caudid young lady once
wroto to a friend that she could not
play tennis because "Eat Mary" had
invited her to a party. The good
natured Princess somehow got the
letter, and when the young lady ap
pealed gave her this wholesome ad
vice: "My dear girl, I know I um
stout, but I cauuot help it. You
should be more careful in posting
your letters, aud never forget that
yon never know who will read what
you write. Duu't apologize. I have
forgiven you."
Tobacco-chewing members of the
Methodist Church in Albertsville, Ala.,
have bbnu levied upon by the stewards
for a euociul tax of $10 a rear.
j HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Keeping Tlilngr not.
When it is necessary to keep a mea
hot place the plate upon the fire over
n pan of boiling water, covering the
plate with a pan that will fit over tho
edge of the plate.
Filling f rneks In Floor.
Cracks in floors round tho skirting
board or other parts of a room may be
neatly and permanently filled up by
thoroughly soaking newspaper in paste
made of one pound ot flour, three
quarts of water and a tablespoonful of
alum, thoroughly boiled and blended.
The mixture will be about as thick as
putty, aud may bo forced into the
cracks with a kuife. It will harden
like papier-macho.
On VentllittlnK Sleeping Rooms.
The wiudow should be lowered from
tho tox two or threo inches every
night. If it is also raised an Inch at
the bottom a current is created in the
room by the entrance of the two
volumes of air. This keeps the air
always sweet and fresh.
Very often 'mothers do not dare to
allow even so small an open space in
the wiudow because the bed is neoes
sarily in tho line of the draught. In
such cases it is wise to make a little
window screen of cheesecloth and
wood.
On a frame that will exactly fit the
window sash across, and that is not
higher than threo or four inches, tack
tightly a loosely woven piece of cheese
cloth. Through this tho air will
filter, rather than blow, and there will
be no danger of colds from draughts.
A screen at the foot of the bed is
also useful in those rooms where the
bed is opposite the window.
But no matter how cold it is or how
windy, remember that it is bettor to
wear a 'night cap aud blankets to no
end thau to kexp the wiudow closed
and get along with fewer coverlids.
It is not cither wise or necessary
that an Arctic gale should blow upon
one while she sleeps in order that the
air in a bedroom be kept fresh.
Pneumonia need not be made the in
evitable result of fresh air.
And yet night after night they go on
filling their lungs with nir that has
been used so often that it is positively
poisonous. New York Journal. .
Ilecljca.
Punipklu Cakes To one cup of
cooked and sifted pumpkin add one
well-beaten egg, one cup of milk, one
third teaspoonf.il of salt, one scant
teaspoonfnl of baking powder and suf
ficient flour to make a batter.
Beet and;Potato Salad Cut one
third port cold beets (cooked) and two
thirds' cold potato in dice; a small
onion. Dressing; Two tablespoons
oil, salt, pepper, one pint vinegar. Ar
range salad in glass dish; cover with
chopped hard boiled eggs, and pour
dressing over.
Cliesnut Sandwiches Boil one pint
of chestnuts nutil tender, remove the
husks and skins and rub the chestnuts
through a wire sieve with a wooden
spoon. Butter the bread, slice thiu
aud spread the chestnut paste over it,
a dust of salt, a sprinkle of grated
cheese aud cover with another slice.
Boasted Onions Preparo as for
bpiling. Parboil twice, cooking twenty
minutes; thon put in baking pan. Sea
son with salt aud pepper. For one
dozen onions mix one-third cup water.
Pour part over the onions and keep
rest for basting. Boast forty minutes
(do not let cook too fast), pour cream
over aud servo hot.
Spanish Potatoes Cut three large
boiled potatoes in dice. Put two tablo
spoonflils of butter in pan, aid a
minced onion and a tiny bit of garlic
Stir until brown, theu add two ounces
of cUoeso cut in dice. Pour over half
a oup of vinegar; put in the potatoes,
season with one-half teaspoonful of
sal, one-half saltspoouful of cayenne
pepper, simmer five minutes. Serve.
Artichoke Sauce Take the bottoms
of twelve artichokes (use the canned),
two level teaspooufuls of butter, one
level teaspoonful of flour, one small
onion aiid two sprays of parsley; mince
all vgry fiuo. Let all this fry for one
half hour; when browned, put in two
teaenps of boiling water, oue-half tea
spoonful of salt, one saltspoouful of
pepper. Let simmer until thick.
This is a delicious sauce to pour
over a broiled beefsteak. The sauce
is always very dark.
Had a Illfhl to the M. D.
The following blunder occurred re
cently on a Canadian river steamer:
A lady passenger was taken ill in
the night; the doctor's assistance was
required, but the steamer did not
carry a member of the profession.
The list of passengers was read
through in order to discover whether
there was a medical man among them,
atid, sure enough, there was the name
of James Thoinpsop, M. D. The
steward quickly ran to the berth and
aroused the occupant by several vig
orous blows at the door.
"What's the matter? Is the boat
sinking?" came from within in a star
tled tone.
"There's a passenger ill, aud we
waut your assistance, doctor," replied
the steward.
"What are you ploying at?" growled
the voice. "I aiut no doctor."
"Why, you've got M. D., after
your name!"
"Well, I can put them letters after
it if I like, can't I?" said the M. D.
"That's my trade; I'm a mule driver."
Detroit Journal.
Itromedaiiea Thbt Huioke.
Dromedaries aro said to be particu
larly fond of tobacco Binoke, aud can
be made to do almost anything under
its influence. Travelers in Egypt, it
is asserted, rely more on the tobacco
smoke for their control over these hugo
beasts than anything else. When trav
eling on long journeys the dromedaries
are in many cases required to travel
night and duy without rest, and the
beasts are kept up to their tasks by
Kiuoking cigars. The driver carries a
triangular piece of wood, which is
pierced at one point like a cigar-holder,
This is inserted iu the mouth of the
beast, the cigar being lit and pressed
into the hole in the same fashion fol
lowed by man. The dromedary imme
diatuly closes its eyes aud putls away
through its nostrils until the cigar is
burned away. The indulgence at)
pears to refresh it aud the keeper Las
nq difficulty in persuading the auimal
to ldod on withtAat4i.u'tUur fccai.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
Th Tramu'i F)rrch When Invited to
Mnjie an AAdr In the Hurroom, H
ttoarrlbed the Cau an of All nil Hrlrh.
erineftB-A Conraneoai nualnrs Man.
It wng irrowltie late, nays tlie New Or
leans Plnviinn. The tldo of humanity
that earlier In tho evenlug had ebbed and
flowed through thestrMtn of tho (Treat city,
had swept onward, lonvlnir tho utraneo mid
nlmont appalling npnso of donolatlnn that
conwn wnn the noie9 or the town are
hushed. In front of a saloon whose lights
Bhone out bright aorofs tho imvemrnt
stood a tramp, unshorn, ragged, dirty, dis
gusting. Ha watohed with envious eyes
tbemon who passed In and out through
the swinging doors, and then he turned his
eyes toward two young lellnws In evening
dress who were coming down tho street
towards him. They had boon drinking
deeply, and they stopped before the saloon
door and looked curiously at him.
"Kay," said one, "lot 's give the tramp a
drink."
The other hilarlouslv consented, and the
tramp slouched Into the saloon at the
heels of the two gilded youths. The bar
keoper set beforo them glnsses and liquors,
and with a hand that shook the tramp
poured out a brimming gloss and raised it
to his lips.
"Ntop." cried one of the vouns men
drunkenlv, "make us a speech. It is poor
liquor that doesn't loosen a man's tongue."
l lie tramp nastily swallowed down the
drink, anil as tho liquor coursed through
his blood be straightened himself and
stood beforo them with a grace and dig
nity tnnt an nis rags aud dirt could not
obscure.
(elltlmon,,, ho said. "I look to-night at
you and at myself, and It soems to me I
look upon the picture of my lost manhood.
This bloated face was once as young aud
handsome as yours. This shambling 11 sure
once walked as proudly as yours, a man In
a world of men. I, too, once had a home
and friends and position. I had a wife as
beautiful as an artist's dream, and I
dropped the priceless nearl of her honor
and respect In the wide eup, and, Cleo-pntra-liko,
saw it dissolve aud quaffed It
down In the brimming draught. I had
children as sweet nnd lovely as the flowers
of spring, and I saw them fade and die un
der the blighting nurse of a drunkard
fntlier. I had a homo where love lit the
flame upon the altar and ministered before
it, and I put out the holy Are, and darkness
and desolation reigned In its stead. I had
aspirations nnd ambitions that soared B9
high as the morning star, and I broke nnd
bruised their beautiful wings, and.' at last.
strangled them that I might be tortured
witn tuoir cries no more. To-day 1 am a
husband without a wife, a father without a
obild, a tramp with no borne to oall his
own, a man in whom every good Impulse is
dead. All, all swallowed up in the
maelstrom of drink."
The tramp ceased speaking. The glass
foil from his nerveless lingers nnd shivered
Into a thousand fragments on the floor.
The swinging doors pushed open nnd shut
again, nnd when the little group about tho
bar looked up the tramp was gone.
A Courageous Business Man.
A New York correspondent of the Pnblla
Ledger, In commenting upon the Chamber
oi Commerce annual dinner, which costs
tho diners each if 20, which, the writer says,
is more than is usually taxed upon the
subscribers to a pnhllo dinner, and he
Instances the New England dlnper, which
costs f 10 a plate, but tnis is without tonlo.
Ho then adds:
"Right here let me Quote what a distin
guished New York business man said to me
o-day in regard to this Question of wine.
I do not,' he said, '1190 wine myself, and
lome time ago I made up my mind that I
would not curve it at any of my dinners.
In my position I am obliged to give many
formal dinners. I make them as line as
money can provide, but no wine. It took
courage to lo this. It was setting one's
Belt ngalust a social custom whioh lias al
most the same authority as that which
oompcls the wearing of evonlng dress.
But, strange to say, I have succeeded la
arousing no criticism, and many of my
guests huve taken occasion to thank me
for my courage. I was moved to do this
because It has been my experience that,
where wine is free as water, too much is
drunk. Cue of the foremost business
organizations of this country, which holds
a meeting every year, is actually tn danger
of going to pieoes because the annual re
unions uavd pecouie occasions tor tue in
temperate use of wine. My rule, whenever
I have anything to do with subscription
dinners. Is to have the subscription cover
only the nieul without wine. Then, If any
dluor desires wine, let blm order and pay
for it extra. With champaign at 3 to i
a bottle It is not as likely that there will
be as intemperate a use of it at when it
can be ordered without limit as being in
cluded In the subscription price.' "
A Pathetic lecture,
"It Is breaking mv heart." were tba na-
thetio words of a widowed mother who
was called to the witness stand to swear to
a painful complaint 9he was forced to make
agnlUBt her son. Ue was her only child,
nnd it should have been his delight to
work for and make happy his good mother,
his best earthly friend. Instead ot work
ing and providing a good home for her, he
squandered at the saloon the little that he
earned; she had to work hard to give him
a home, ills bnblts grew so bail that at
last she determined to have him oommitted
as an habitual drunkard, hoping that he
wouiu men roiorui.
When called to the witness stand to tea.
tlfy agalust blin, she satd, "It is breaking
my heart," and fell dead with tho words on
her lips. What a lecture for any mother
to deliver!
boys, don't let it ever be said ot von that
you uro bringlug grief to your mother's
heart. Let it be your aim to make ber
happy. You can do It by little loving acts
every day of your life. Youth's Temper
ance Banner.
A tlood Plan.
The plan adopted bv the Frusslan State
Railway Department is one whioh the man
agers of our American railways might well
inaugurate on their lines. The Prussian
btnte Department has Issued instructions
to station masters to arrange that In all
railway restaurants a good oup ot coffee,
wuu ninu auu sugar, is to be supplied lor
ten pfennigs (two cents) aud that an extra
large supply of this beverage is to ha on
baud during the time ot the departure and
arrival of early trains, when large bodies
of working people are traveling. Havlug
forbidden their employes visiting saloons,
on or off duty, our American managors
might provide fur the sale at the prlnoipal
dopots, particularly at terminal points, oi
good coffee and tea ut an equally moder
uto rate. They could give tho traiumen
and traveling public a llrst-clnss cup ot
pure coffee for two ceuts and not lose
money.
"The llust Men ou Earth."
If saloon keepers are Indeed "the beet
men on earth." as the Mayor of Indiana
polis, himself one of thorn, assorts, we
shall havo to revlbe our ethical systems so
as to represent the worst as the best and
the best as the worst. It would seem to be
nobler to make a man drunk thau to help
hi in to keep sober; to minister to the in
dulgence of bis appetites than to influence
him to control them; to start him on the
road to tliu almshouse or Htate's prison
tuiin to eucourago liiiu to thrift, industry
uud uprightness. If saloons are the best
places ou earth, homes nnd school houses
uud churches must be the worst, they are
so widely different. Independent.
Food and 'Alcohol.
Food Is digested; alcohol is not.
Food warms the blood, direutly or indi
rectly; ulcohol lowers the temperature.
Food uourishus the body, lu the sense of
nssliuiintlug itself to thu tissues; alcohol
does not.
Food makes blood; alcohol mixes with it
aud poisons it.
Food feeds the blood-cells; alcohol de
stroys them.
IV in iterance tfwi aud Notes.
The ullurlug wlne-vup Inevitably leads
to the destructive whisky cup and rum
cup.
Home people seem to believe that the
wuy to rwlurul the suloou tiger is to surfeit
l.liu with thu blood of vlctiuui.'
JOYFUL
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again,
ders.
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III A T..l
restore the strength of the nerres apd the tone of the parte, and nature
will do the rest. Nature has no better ally than this, Compound, made of
her own healing and restoring herbs.
Write freely and fully to Mrs. rinkham. Her address Is Lynn, Mas. 3he
will tell you, free of charge, the cause of your trouble and what course to take.
Believe me, under right conditions, you hare a fair chance to become the joy
ful mother of children. The woman whose letter Is here published certainly
thinks so:
' I am more than proud ot Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
cannot find words to express the good It has done me. 1 was troubled Very
badly with the leucorrhcia and severe womb pains. From the time I was
married, In 1888, until last year, I was under the doctor's care. We had no
children. I have had nearly every doctor In Jersey City, and have been to Belvln
Hospital, but all to no avail. I saw Mrs. Pinkham's advertisement in the
paper, and have used five bottles of her medicine. It has done more for me
thhn all tho doctors I ever had. It has stopped my pains and has brought me
a fine little glrL I have been well ever since my baby was born. I heartily
recommend Mrs. Pinkham's medicine to all women suffering from sterility."-
Mrs. Luot Lttlb, 255 Henderson St., Jersey City, N. J.
Portable Telegraph Plant.
The Signal Corps of the United
States Army now operates about 802
miles of military telegraphs. The
most notable advance of the year in
its system has been the adoption of a
combination telegraph and telephone
apparatus, whioh only weighs sixteen
pounds, and, consequently, can easily
be carried by one soldier. With this
apparatus one -soldier can telegraph a
message to another, while a telephone
conversation with another station can
be simultaneously carried on, the dis
tant operators only receiving the mes
sages intendod for eaoh.
Florida.
Florida literature secured free upon appll
CAtlon to, I. J. Farnsworlh, Emt'n Pass. Ag't.
Plant System, ail Broadway, y. Y.
Over 4,000,000 frozen rabbits are annually
exported to the London market from Vic
toria, Australia.
Every Person Has to I'm 8oap.
Why not use the bostf Dreydoppel's, the
only real and genuine borax son p. for all pur
poses that snap is to be used. Dreydoppcl
eoap, full pound bars, sold everywhere.
The albatross has been known to follow
a ship for two mouths without ever being
seen to alight,
Do Yon Dance To-Night?
Shake Into your Pboes Allen's Foot-Ease, a
powder for the feet. It wakes ttKht or new
Shoes feel F.asy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Chil
blains and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists
aud Mhoe stores, fee. Sample sent FHEE.
Address Allen a. Olnit-tcd, LcHoy, N. Y.
In tropical seas the hues of certain fish
are too gorgeous to be reproduced on can
vas. To Care A Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU
Druggists refund nioueylf Itfailstooure. 2ta.
Zoologists say that all known species ot
wild animals are gradually diminishing In
size.
Fits permanently cured. Nofltsornervons
ness after lirst day's use o( Dr. Kline's Ureat
Nerve Kostorer. t-trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. R. H. Kmns. Ltd.,8;il Arch St,.l'hilM.,Fa.
The wnters of the Grand Falls of Labra
dor have excavated a chasm thirty miles
long.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp for children
teething, softens the ruil9, reduces iuMamuia
tlou, allays pain, cures wind colic, Srica bol tie.
Sweet potatoes are cheaper than white
ones this season an unusual condition.
Chew Star Tobacco-The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
Sixty languages are spoken in the empire
governed by the Czar of Itussia.
PI so's Core for Consumption Is an A No. 1
Asthma medicine. W.K.W n.i.iAUs, Aulloch,
His., April 11, im.
Glass brushes are used by the artists who
decorate china.
a If you want to feel that $
YOUR SPINE IS A PIPE STEM, $
p rnadv to email- luat cat w
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jt If you want to feel as
STRONG AS A STEEL RAMROD, USE
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IT HAS MACIC.
P.ONSUMPTION AND CATARRH
VAre result of Contracted Nostrils. Drupa Cynnot
Cure Send Mc. for N AHA.L INHPIUATOR or Btamp
for lmiuphletto O. I) Fammlb, FerlU, Out., (.'miadn.
"A Fair Face Cannot Afons for an Untidy House,"
Use
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MOTHER OF CHILDREN.
ISn. Pinkham Declares that In the Light of Mod
era Solenoe no Woman Need Despair.
There are many curable causes for aterlj
City In women. One of the most common
is general debility, accompanied by a
peculiar condition of the blood.
Care and tonlo treatment of the fe
Lmale organs relieve more cases 6f sup
posed incurable barrenness than any
"trier known method. This la why
h Lydia B. rinkhnm's Vcpotatde Cont-
r pounu nns enccteu so many cures)
IU tonlo properties are directed es
pecially to the nerves which supply
the ntcrino system. Amoflgf other
causes for sterility or barrenness
are displacements cf the womb.
These displao:: acnls are caused by
lack of strength in the ligaments
supporting the womb and tho ovaries! re-
these, and the difficulty coascs, Here,
the Vegetable Compound works won
See Mrs. Ly tic's letter, which follows
this column. Uo to the root of the matter,
Light From Sawdust.
A town in Canada is partially lighted
by gas made from sawdust. The saw
dust is charged in retorts which are
heated by a wood fire, the gas from
the retorts passing into a series ol
coils and thence into the purifiers,
which are similar to those used for
coal gas. Lime is the principal puri
fying agent employed. The works
turn out daily 640 cubic meters of gas,
for the production of which about two
tons of sawdust are required. A man
and boy furnish all the labor n$6deSl
at the works. The gas n an ordinary
burner gives an illumination of abotlt
eighteen candle-power. 'Jfhe best qual
ity comes from resinous woods. Tit
Bits. Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Dowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duoed, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and ngreeablo substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug,
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not havo it on hand will pro
euro it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it, Do not aooept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FI0 SVMP CO.
SAM FIAKQI3C0, CAl.
UHimiUE. Kit. HE WKK, If.
KLONDIKE GOLD
IF YOU AHK (HlINO TO T11E
ALASKA GOLD FIELDS
MAKE NO MISTAKES,
For your Hf dcprml" upon l(ii rcllabl
utilirt nd huv.m ilu m litti'ked .i'oirly
Kep may fvm HilK-inrm ml ottitTM who know
not Mn a lout your want. We Uv told tiioutwncU
of Alahkii out Htd, know exactly wb4t wmittHl nd
nverytlunif 4s iwcktHl ly xertoiH'ed uteu. V mm
ttif oldoM, and aiuciiff the mottt rltbj ttruw In tbii
Imsiuf-bs. We mail fr of i bare a pond map show
ing the btwt route and a supply IM rdiowinft 'oat
uf ai tit les for 'ou man for uus year." Address
COOPER & LEVY,
IOI4 I Oil Hrl Avi., Iomi1i,
Dept. N, Seattle, Washington.
Htt'renre: Dexter, Horto Co., Haiikerl, AVulllf.
5? i Thompson's Eya Watei
a mrrDTTOTMri in fum pai'bk
flU V Jjlti LlOllIU PAYS. Nthu
iuu - pago iwi&wi. awwim
relatluir to tba care ot 11 ones, or
r teaching; von how to so care r ana
uandl Fowliaa to waka their railing
- earners. jri iAok,
that doe iV,