' According to the statement of tha
Freuch Govemmeut meteorologist at
ruj-do-Dome, the least rainy town
in France are Kismes anil Nice; for it
only rains there on one tiny in sis.
But tourists had better avoid Bordeaux,
for there it rains on two days out of
every three.
The United States is ahead of all
other countries in the art of mnkitig
artificial teeth. A recent computation
makes the number of artificial teeth
fabricated here as high as 6,000,000
annually.
Feed Your Nerves
Upon rleh, itr, nourishing llooJ ly
taking Hoou'j Sarsnpnrllla, and you
will lie free from those spells of Ja
spalr, those sleepless nights na J anxious
days, tho90 gloomy, iloathlika feelings,
those giiJJeu starts nt mere nothings,
those dyspeptic symptoms and blinding
headaches. Hood's Sarssparilla has done
this for many others It will euro you.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for 0.
Hood's PITS ctro i'k headnrho. 23c.
An Incident at Santiago.
An incideut of the trenches before
Santiago is told by a member of the
Ninth Massachusetts. He says: "We
arrivod at the battlefield about noon,
and were lined up in position behind
a hill to act as reserves and to protect
the food and ammunition. Bullets
were whistling over our beads in a
perfect storm; but we were becoming
quite used to that sort of thing, and,
being tired out, we lay down on the
ground and tried to keep cool. Yuile
we were lying there a shell dropped at
the feet of Sergeant Walker, hot three
feet from him. Fortunately it did not
explode; if it had, the whole company
would have been wiped out.
"It gave some of the boys such a
fright that they started to run, but
Sergeant Walker called them back, as
suring them that the danger was past,
and that he was goiug to use it for a
seat. He walked over to it and plauked
himself down; but ho had no more
than touched it when ho jumped about
five feet in the air, and grabbing him
self by the seat of the trousers, yelled:
"It's hot!" New York Suu.
The Original Tommy Atkins,
The question as to the origin of
Toiurnj Atkins as the godfather-in-chief
of tho British army has been re
cently discussed in the columns of
the Western Morning News. The ro
ceivod version is that the name origi-
ally appeared in a model account
form issued by the War Office. But
it is asserted that a real Thomas At
kins was, in the beginning of the
century, a gunner iu the Royal Artil
lery, and kept a pay-book in such a
neat ami orderly manner that it be
came a model for soldiers' account
books iu general, which took the
name of their originator. Then by a
process of substitution known to stu
dents of mythology, the individual
soldier took the place of the book,
ond the mythoposio Tommy came into
being. Household Words.
Known by Hit Walk.
A tutor of one of the Oxford colleges
who limped in his walk was some
years ago accosted by a well-known
politician, who asked him if he was
not the chaplain of the college at such
a time, naming the year. The doctor
said he was. The interrogator ob
served: "I knew you by your limp."
"Well," said the doctor, "it seemed
my limping made a deeper impression
than my preaohing." "Ah, doctor,"
was the reply, with ready wit, "it is
the highest compliment we can pay a
minister to say that he is known by
his walk rather than by his conversa
tion." St. Louis Star.
"consulting a woman. "
Mra. Pinkham'a Advioe Inspires
Confidence and Hope.
Examination by & male physician Is
a hard trial to a delicately organized
woman.
She put3 it off as long as she dare,
and is only driv.:n to it by fear of can
cer, polypus, or some dreadful ill.
Most frequently such a woman leaves
a physician's office
where she has un
dergone a critical
examination with
an impression, more
&3Sr or 'css discour-
wizer nsrement.
TMi mJt.
"Laa destroys
the effect of
advice; and
sho grews
(jVii.i4Sr " worse rather
than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink
ham no hesitation need be felt, tho
story ia told to a woman and is wholly
confidential. Mrs. I'inkham's address
is Lynn, Mass., cho offers 6ick women
her advice without charge.
Her intimate knowledge of women's
troubles makes her lutter of advice a
wellspringof hope, and her wide experi
ence and skill point the way to health.
" I suffered with ovarian trouble for
Beven years, and no doctor knew what
was the matter with me. I had spells
which would last for two days or more.
I thought I would try Lydia E. I'ink
ham's Vegetable Compound. I have
taken seven bottles of it, and am en
tirely cured." Mrs. John Foreman, 20
N. Woodberry Ave., Baltimore, Md. f
' The above letter from Mrs. Foreman
is only one of thousands.
"CAftOARFTS do all claimed for them
tod aro a truly wonderful nieolniie- 1 baveotu-n
wished fur a nierticiiio pleasant to take aud at hut
have Inund It In Cat-mirots. Hnce taking them, luy
Dluoa n ueen Jjnriut'a ana hit oouH'U'XHm oas im
proved wonderfully audi fuel much tatter In over?
ay.
Was. balub K. tLLLAHa. LjttreU, Teuu.
Pleasant. Paiatabto. Potent, Taste Good. Do
Good, ISever Wlrkcn. Weaken, or Gripe. 11. 2jC. JOu.
... CURS CONSTIPATION. ...
Stsrtlsf torur. rakw. satfeel. Rw Tart. Sit
M.Trt PIP fold and unnnnteed by all (!rn-
I U'DA W vial w t I'iCC iobacco UabiV.
s
ffipffii CANDY
-STIAO MASK tT!aX!
Newly Cleared Land.
If any one wants to know what dif
Gcnlties the early settlers in wooded
sections had to eucounter, let him
make a clearing in some wood lot and
then try to grow a crop among the
stumps, no will break nioro plow
points and harrows working this land
than the crop will be worth when
grown. But the early settlers had at
least one advantage, and that was that
their newly cleared land was free from
weeds. In all the older settled parts
of the country there are many bad
weeds among the trees in the woods,
the seeds of which have been carried
there by birds or other animals.
The Strength at Manures.
The value of farm manures depends
very largely ou .the food the animal
eats as to its richness. As is general
ly known, hen manure is the strong
est, then sheep, pigs, horses and cows
iu the order named. Hen manure is
rich iu both potash and nitrogen and
to prevent the escape of the latter ele
ment it should be mixed with soil as
soon after being gathered as possible.
Sheep produce from the same quanti
ty of dry food a much larger amount
of manure thau hogs, and not being
moist to any considerable degree it is
very rich, but must be well cared for
to prevent the escape of the ammonia
iu it. Hog manure being moist and
not inclined to heat mixes well with
horse manure, but its richness is not
indicated by its odor, dependingi ather
on the richness of the food given the
animal. Horse manure requires care
ful management to prevent its heat
ing, but when well handled is valu
able, the liquid portions from grain
fed horses being especially so. Cow
manure, although rated as the least
valuable of itself, increases in value
by being mixed with horse mauure,
and the quautity made makes up in
some degree what it may lack iu rich
ness. Where the Profit la.
One trouble with the farmer who
attemps to raise poultry for profit is
that he expects to make that profit
wholly from eggs, or wholly from the
carcass, either of which plans is not
a profitable one unless carried on
with large flocks. It is carefully es
timated that the food for a mature
hen for a year costs in the neighbor
hood of fifty cents, more if none of it
is raised, aud that an average egg
production per hen is about ten dozens
a year, bringing an average price of
hlteeu cents per dozen, leaviug $1
profit, or rather $1 ou each hen to rep
resent the labor and investment in
buildings.
While some hens will lay more thau
the number of eggs mentioned and
others less, the average is a fair one,
as is also the average price named
per dozen. Iu order to make hens
in small numbers pay, tho increase of
stock, whether raised or sold, should
pay for the feed, leaving the entire
proceeds from the eggs as profit, in
terest on investment and payment for
care. This is possible if each hen
raises four chickens a year to a sala
ble age. The poultry farm, bo it
large or small, ruu on this plan will
yield a satisfactory profit. Atlanta
(Ga.) Journal.
What to Do With Skim Milk.
If you have not enough pigs or
poultry to use up the skim milk from
your butter dairy, the best use you
cau make of it, and perhaps even bet
ter than feeding it to pigs and
poultry,, is to give it to the cows that
have produced it. If the cow will not
cat it at. first, put some wheat bran
with ground corn aud oats with the
milk, aud sho will eat it for the
sake of the graiu. Soon the cow will
begin to like the taste of the milk,
even if it has soured some. It un
doubtedly helps tho cow's digestipjif,
especially in summer, when .uuost of
the food the co v cats is Laxative. The
milk furnishes variejs "and of just the
kind of nutriliorj. 'vuat the cow is apt
to be ln'Jiiflg. Much of tho complaint
f.Vst feeding graiu dries cows up and
fattens them is due to the fact that
the grain does not furnish enough of
the nitrogenous elements that go to
form milk. There is a limit to the
amount of butter fats that can bo put
into the milk. Whtn that limit is
reached tho cow fattens. In other
words, she puts the fat on her flesh or
iu her stomach and lessons her milk
product. Another benefit from feed
ing milk to cows is that it gives them
a healthy appetite for all kinds of
food, and iuduces the cow to become a
yo?rj r.s. even u oiaciotu feeJo:-.
Separator milk is best for cows, or,
for that matter, for anything else. All
the souring fiat milk undergoes is ac
companied with some loss of nutri
tion. American Cultivator.
A Worm llntvliery.
During the full and winter, when
ever we cleaned out our ben houEes.
we threw the cleanings ia 0110 corner
of our garden tot. We usod mill
Bwccpings, wheat chuff, short straw,
etc., in the houses for scratching pur
poses. All of these, together with the
chicken manure, made finite a com
post heap, thut heated inside like tho
maniire pile at the back of the coun
try stable usually does.
In removiug the stuff for fertilizing
purposes to the garden, iu the serins.
we noticed a great many worms uud
grubs at the base ol the heap. Our
young chickens were right at our heels
evory time we turned the compost, or
broke the eartli beneath it, Bcrutcliiuir
and working away after tho vermin
that infested the lower part of tho
heup. They would go, also, of their
own accord ufter each, shower in the
spriug and work industriously iu tho
neap.
This led us to investic-ata further.
and also to leave a good part of the
refuge in a heap for them to scratch
over. We discovered, on digffing
down about six inches, that the earth
beneath the edes of tho heap was
Luiav.miuhci llOCS llludo bj
what the boys call fish-worms, and
that whenever it rained aud the sun
came out later, the worms came to the
surface aud theu the chicks would
scratch down a little and get them.
At the top of the grouud where the
fertilizer lay there was a great lot of
very small and red worms, and a great
many white grubs.
After taking a good view of the
situation we decided to foster our
worm hatchery, aud to utilize it as
ono of the sources of food for our
little chickens. Iu warm, showery
weather it yields abundantly, but iu
dry spells the worms seem to go
deeper into the earth and can theu be
obtained by deep digging only. II.
B. Geer, in Agricultural Epitomist.
Profitable Beef Cattle.
Practical aud experienced feeders
who breed or purchase steers for fat
tening observe striking differences in
the aptitude of animals of varying
types and makeup to lay ou flesh
readily and in such form aud quality
as to command the highest price on
the market. It requires a well-trained
eye to detect in all cases the possible
variation of results iu the store, or
stock, steer; but there are some dis
tinctions that are easily detected.
There are certain types of cattle, for
instance, that never feed profitably
under any conditions, aud it is quite
as importaut to discriminate against
these in the feed lot as to be able to
recognize the excellence in other
types.;
The characteristics that make the
profitable feeder are naturally more
difficult to detect in animals iu stock
conditions thau when fattened, but
notwithstanding this there are a num
ber of indications that are fairly re
liable. Though the young steer may
be comparatively thiu in flesh and
temporarily lacking the thick, even
covering of the back and ribs so es
sential in the finished carcass, he
must nevertheless present that blocky
frame and stoutness of build, accom
panied by short, straight legs, wide
back and loin, well-sprung ribs, ful
ness back of shoulders and in flanks,
prominent brisket, full neck vein,
wido chest aud well-rouuded barrel,
together with a good, soft, mellow
handling skin aud fine, silky hair,
giving what is termed the thick,
dressy coat; without coarseness, and
with it all a good, strong, vigorous
head, clear, full eye, aud quiet tem
perament. The importance of an even
covering of flesh and good handling
quality can hardly be overestimafed.
The bone should be moderately fine
aud clean. Coarseness eithor in the
bone or about tho head and horns is
particularly objectionable, as it indi
cates coarseness of texture through
out and a greater percentage of offal
and cheap meat, as well as a ten
dency to sluggish circulation. The
head should present a certain refine
ment, finish and vigor that in a meas
ure indicate a general quality and
superior excellence of finished prod
uct, though this refinement must be
accouipauied by delicacy. Professor
C. F. Curtis, in Farmers' Bulletin
No. 71.
Agricultural Notes.
Nip off the seed pods of the bache
lor's buttons, poppies and coreopsis.
Keep the sweet peas well watered
and pick the blossom from the viues
every day.
A hay press for bailing hay is essen
tial on all farms where large qnauii
ties of grass are cut.
Dnrinar hot weather ."fie plants
should be watcrod tOf night, as there
is less loss from evaporation.
Uncut cevrn fodder is troublesome to
haudjii, in the barn' and if fed loosely
inhe yard it is partly wasted.
As a rule a sick fowl does not re
spond to treatment, and it is a waste
of time to bother with it, unless it is a
valuable specimen.
If short of pasturage and no soiling
crops are ready, supply the stock with
a ration of bran daily. Bran is cheap
enough now to pay a profit if fed to
yo'i,'ig growing stock.
When a sod has been turned nnder
the land should be manured or ferti
lized every year until it is in sod
again, and if the sod is being mowed
for hay, it should at least receive a fair
application of tho mineral fertilizers.
Keep the flower-buds out off the
plants that you wish to bloom during
the winter. Let the plants make
strong growth during the summer, and
by removing the buds the extra
strength is thrown into the plant.
The War and the Song-Writers.
The newspapers which are saying
tliut tho poetic spirit in the United
States is less active than it was in
1SG1 05, because of the absence of
war songs iu the present conflict,
overlook two highly important
considerations : (1) Less than
three mouths have passed since the
first naval battle of the war, and less
thau one month has elapsed since the
war's only importaut laud battle was
fought. (2) Tho war of a third of a
century ago necessitated immeasur
ably greater sacrifices than this war
will entail, and stined the country
for moro profoundly. Let the papers
which are saying that the Civil War
inspired more and better songs than
the Spunish wur has done, cite the
names of tho songs which came out
before the hrst battle of Bull Kun,
Julj, 21, 1SC1, three aud a fpaarter
months alter the fall of 8umter.
This war in.iy or may not call out
any songs which will compare with
"John Urowu's Body," "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home,"
"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys
Are Marchiug," "Johu Burns at
Gettysburg," and the rest of the well
known lyrics of the Civil War days.
Very few of those songs, however,
were heard of when that war was aa
young as this one "ini " 4V Itflui
Globe Democrat.
A TEALPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
the lllgheet Living Authority In the
World Give the Latest Kalmat of
tha Coat of tha Liquor Traffic An Aa
toumltnc Showing.
Invite the boys to takes ilrluk,
Mix poison with their bruins.
Ensnare their princely power to thluk
In ruiu's ilebauciilnic chains.
What though a mother heart slmll broak
And eaitti bo II lie J with gloom,
fiiuoe these are things which help to make
The devil's buin boom.
Oh, who slmll heed a sister's tears
Or hoar the moan of wife,
Or count the bleared aud blasted years
That blot the drunkard's life?
What though a childish heart must ache,
And tthauio a soul consume,
(Since those aro thiugs which help to make
The devil's Lmsiucss boom.
Ws, ask tho boys to drink, tor when
They learn to drain the cup,
though they attain tho strength of men,
They shall not give it up.
Mid drug them so they may not wake
To He their dual doom,
For hull itself wns plauned to make
Tho devil's bustues boom.
Temperance Uuuner.
' Irlnk Hill or the I'nlted States.
Wo prlut herewith a very accurate esti
mate ot the cost ot the liquor trnllio to tha
united Mates, its author. Dr. llargreavcs.
ot rhiladelpbia, Is the highest living au
thority Iu the world ou this subject. Ho has
mndo it a life study, and tho information
thus Imparted In his declining years may
be his lust statement. It Is of the highest
Value, and will probably bo 'appreciated by
our readers.
During the fiscal year ending Juno 30,
IS'.Ul, there were registered and operated
B15S distilleries, grain and fruit. Fruit dis
tilleries produced 1,440,810 proof gallons.
li mill distilleries produced C7.03tl.910 proof
jMllons, or a total ot ts. 40,720 proof gal
lons ot II ft v per ccut. alcohol, which when
prepared for market by rootillcatlon reduc
tion of uleohol to forty per ceut., will make
lor consumption, 71,140,804 gallons, which
at i6 a gallon to consumers, will bo t432,
C43.1S4. There was not less thau theabove
wheu wo consider that during tho year
thoro was discovered 2'i4l illicit stills and
S2!) persons arrested for the business. Dur
ing tho same period, there were 1S30
breweries that produced 33,SJB,oys barrels
of thirty-one gnllous each, or l,110,C0'J,03ij
gallons of fermented or malt liquors (alo.
Leer, porter, etc.), which at 20 a barrel
retail, will cost tho consumer not loss thao
t71l!.521.'.l(i0.
There were engaged In the liquor busi
ness directly and reported to tho revenue
department the same yenr: 1S55 rectifiers,
11158 distillers, retail liquor dealers, '.204,214;
wholesale liquor dealers, 4308; brewers,
retail malt liquor dealers, 11,070;
wholesale malt liquor dealers, 5749. lie
fides tho above domestic liquors already
named, there were Imported the following
forelgu liquors on which duty was paid
aud entered for consumption ill the tlscal
year lH'.Hl, viz.: Spirits and spirituous com
pounds, brnndy, proof 2511,704 gallons;
other spirituous compounds iu bottles,
S14.1U0 dozens; champagne aud other
sparkling wiues, 2M,:W3 bottles aud jugs,
la.244,703 gallons. Kenorted wholesale
value malt liquors, i,0i'5.0ir; distilled
Fplrlts and compounds, $3, 137,034; wines,
fr7,107,003; total value, 10,900,655. Tho
drluk bill ot the United States for 1896 was
not loss than this:
Gallons.
Domestic spirits. 71,140,004 $432,843,184
Domestic. ale,
beer, etc 1,110,009,038 716,521,900
IniportoiVspirits,
brandy 250,704 2,597,049
Imported other
spirits 1,249,955 12,493.950
Btlll wluos lu
casks 2,834,898 14,174,490
Alo, beer, et.... 3,283,44 9,850,213
Dor.eiis.
Still wine bottled 814,190 3.144,193
Champagne 510,303 5,240,393
Total
...tl,lil6,878,413
'Set Down That Glass."
responsibility It's a strong word. A
young man of capability, fascination and
powor lias a passion for brandy that noth
ing could control. Oftou a friend remon
strated with him, but Iu vain; as often la
retlfrn would he urge his friend to take a
social glass.
Ou ono occasion the latteragreed to yield
to him and they walked up to the bar. Tha
barkeoper said, "Oeniloinen, what will you
have?" "Wine, sir." Tho glasses wore
II Hod and tho friends stood ready to pledge
each other In tho renewed aud eternal
friendship when the young ninn said to his
Intemperate, friend, "Now,. If I drluk this
glass of wino and become a drunkard, wijt
you take tho responsibility?"
The drunkard said, "Het ilo'wn that
glass." It was set down., "and the two
walked away. If evysj person woulfl realize
that tho furiL in season would show tha
responsibility of being "my brothor'a
kopr," aud say, "can I accept tho re--sponslblllty,
the ruin of health, the broken
hearts, the loss of life, tho waste of prop
erty, the blighting of hopes, and the dam
nation of boll that waits on the trafllclng
in body and bralus of our people?" Wo
would soon find many who are ia the busi
ness to sny, "Take back the iicouso; let me
live a lile of poverty and toil thau win
wealth and tho comforts of this life by
spreading ruin and desolatlou among our
coming citizens." The liescue.
Model Temperance Town.
The little village of Alfred, N. Y., lying
between the hills, nt an nltltudaof 1800 feet
above tho level of the sea, Is proud of being
six miles from n drluk ot beor. This vtllugu
of 700 or 800 Inhabitants is strictly an
American town, not a family ot foreign
birth living there. Tho valley lu which the
town Is built Is one mile wido and two long,
surroundod ou nil sides by hills. As no
llcenso for the snlo of Intoxicating liquors
bus been granted tor over II fty years, there
Is scarcely any drunkenness lu tho town,
and pauperism and crime aro almost un
heard of among the villagers. They sup
port a justice ot tho peace nDlco aud a
notary public, but so little litigation Is
carried on that no lawyer has been able to
make a living there. New York Tribune.
What the Canteen Docs.
Tho strongest argument lu favor of tha
abolishment of the army ennteen is a
drunken soldier. The liquor may not have
been secured at the canteen, but that does
not count. If the boys deslro to preserve
the canteen let them keep sober.
Convivial Lodgea.
Many fraternal organizations seem to
exist onlv for convivial purposes, and In
stead of helping those who join them to
live soberly and decently, they very often
are tho causo of making drunkards of mou
who otherwise might lead sober lives.
Temperance News and Notes.
Whisky II oats more trouble than It
drowns.
The total abstinence plodgo Is au in
surance against drink.
Cork screws have sunk more people than
cork jackets over saved.
Tho brewer's horse Is kept fat by food
taken from the poor man's child.
No persou In Norway may spend more
than threu-peuce at one visit to a public
bouso.
The Anti-saloon League of Michigan Is
working for the passago of a law that will
forbid the establishment of a saloon within
live miles of nny colleo iu thut State.
Icelnud has seventeen temples and 840
members of its flood Templar lodges.
Tho liquor bill of the nation Is larger
than the groeery, dry goods and boot aud
shoe bill; In other words we spend more to
kill people In our country than to make
them alive.
An Anti-Haloon-Ktnll Movement has Imou
started in Milwaukee, Wis., which It Is
hoped, will result iu abolishing tho use in
saloons of private stalls. Tho policy de
clare they are nests of infamy and the causa
of much crime.
Temperance advocates aro often asked;
"What could wo do with tho grain if all tha
distilleries were closed?" Convert It Into
starch, aud we need 10.0O0.00J bushels to
stiffen the back bono of the temperauc
people wttn in this nation.
A Case oT Identity,
A Russian peasaut having gone to
tho town to buy himself pair of new
boots, fell asleep by the roadside on
his why home aud was stripped of his
cherished boots by a light-fingered
tramp; but his sleep remained un
broken until a passing wagoner, see
ing him lying half across the track,
shouted to him to "take his legs out
of the way."
"My logs?" echoed the lialf-arousod
sleeper, rubbing his eyes, "those legs
aiu't mine miue had boots on!"
Modern Society.
The raaalng of an Old Coachlnt: Inn.
One of the lust of London's old
coaching inns is being demolished.
Long threatened, the White Horse, iu
Fetter Lane, survived to see evil days,
for, under tle name of White Horse
Chambers, the old house became any
thing but select. The aristocratic
name of "Chambers," as understood
iu St. James's, was somewhat of a
misnomer, for the iun was in its last
years a couimou lodging house, where
a varied assortmeut of tramps ob
tained nightly shelter. To this com
pleiion did that rooftree come, which
once had sheltered such lights of
fashionable and legal society as the
famous Philip Dormer, Karl of Ches
terfield, aud Lord Brougham. From
the courtyard of the White Horse de
parted daily many ot the crack West
Country ooaches iu the Augnstiau age
of tho road, arrivals and departures in
tho late twenties of this century num
bering about forty every day. New
York Tribune.
A New French Submarine Boat.
A now submarine boat has just been
begun at the French Government dock
yards at Cherbourg. The vessel,
which will bo christened the Narval,
will measure over 100 feet from stem
to stern, aud twelve feet across her
bows. The Narval is to be built to
sail nnder water at will, and will be
armed with four torpedo tubes placed
astern. The craft, which will meas
ure 100 tons displacement, is expected
to sail from eight to twelve knots.
She will not, however, exceed eight
knots under water. Sho will be
manned by a crow of eleven officers
and men, and will be propelled by
electricity as well as by steam.
Told by the Sergeant.
From The Democrat, Grand Rapids, .VlWk.
At the Michigan Soldiers' Home, In Qrand
Kapids, lives Sergeant Kichard Dunn, hale
and hearty, although ho carries the scars
ot several wouuds sustained lu some of the
battles of the Civil War. In recounting his
experleuue to a reporter, Mr. Dunn said:
"About a year aud a halt ago I began to
have trouble with my stomach. My suffer
ing was so intense that I tried different
medicines and doctored with several physi
cians, but without permanent relief.
"I road an
account of Dr.
Williams' Pink
rills for Tale
People having
cured a case
in u o h like
in I no, and I de
cided to give
thorn a trial,
which 1 did.
"After tak
ing live boxes
I was cured. I
never felt bet
ter than I do
now. even In
A Wounded Soldier. my y o u n g e r
Says. I am naturally a robust man, but
that stomach trouble, together with rheu
matism, which afterward set in, wore mak
ing fast iuroads upon my health aud I am
Hitlsned that It would have been but a short
time before my comrades would have been
conducting the regulation funeral cere
monies over my remains, had I not chanced
to read of and taken Dr. Williams' fink
I'lils for Pale People,
"There are several others In the home
srtao are tnking these pills and are receiving
great beuolit." llicuAnD Dunx.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
1st day of Nov., 1897.
lUxnv Giusom, Kntary rubllc.
Sergeant Duun Is perfectly willing that
anyone should write liim In reference to his
ase, provided stamp Is enclosed for the
toply.
All the elements necessary to give' new
Itfo and richness to tho blood and restore
battered nerves are contained In a con
Jenscd form In Dr. AVllliams' Pink rills for
Pale People. They are also a speclflo for
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
pressions. Irregularities and all forms of
weakness. Iu men they cure cases arising
from mental worry, overwork or excesses
of whatever nature.
A secret cable has been established be
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Dsi't Tobacco Spit tnif Sraola Toor Lift Away,
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Ileware of Ointment for Oatarrh Thai
Coutiilu Mercury,
as morcury will surely destroy the sense ol
smell and completely dcrnnvetnewholeayHten)
when entering it through the murous surfaces.
Such articles should nev er be used except ou
Sre-eriptionsfiDm reputable physicians, as the
uuinge they will do Is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from ihoin. Hail's Catarrh
(tare manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
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internally, acliug directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
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It Is taken internally, aud is made in Toledo,
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Hall's Family 1'ills are the best.
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New Year's eve is called Hogmanay.
No-To-Ilae for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
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Now York has more fire-engines than
London and Berlin combined.
To Cure A Cold Iu One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Onlnlne Tablets. AU
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The flower trade ot London exoeeds in
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Cold winds roughon and cbap the skin.
Glenn's Sulphur Soap softens and reunites it.
Hill's lluir as Whisker Dye, black or brown, fiOo
Butler College, of Indianapolis, hns been
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Candy Cathartic, eure constipation forever
10c, 6c. If C. O. C. (all. druseints refund money.
Abcrdoen torriers are driving out all
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Sirs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
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Kon tacky claims to have mere water
power thau any oibur btate In the Union.
To Cora Constipation Forever
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Americnu oapltsUsU at rutUtiig Into
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Clean blood means a clean skin. No
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There are only about thirty phystclani
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Ever Uava a Dog Bother Von
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lave given a small farm Just then for some
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of ammonia shot from a l.lqnid Pistol would
do it rITecliially and still not permanently
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Every bicyclist at times wishes ho had one.
Canada's unexplored area Is 1,000,000
square miles.
I have found l'iso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine.-F. K. Lots, I'M fecott
St, Covington. Ivy., Pi t 1. ISM.
San Francisco has two Chinese weekly
papers.
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ouly, a knowledge of that fact will
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