TALK OrACUCKUO PASS.
Servantee Burton was patentea
I a lifting Sate cakeA the -A, 8. CL"
"It f s snatla took Umpto war
tjawaehlea ! wJfk li,' he word My.
Mr, Bvrtoa bed ahowa this weodrotit (aia
At katf tba fairs U UM Saabs State.
To open it all yon bad to no
Was to pIM a button and Bp It Saw.
Ae farmers and breeder are coing tnera.
! Bika an exniDii at tbe fair."
" So amid Cervantes, and straightway
Be wrote tor space end a pleee toatey.
They sllotted bim twenty fast or mot
In X M, M M,
In division 3 of tba aonthaast lot,
A quiet and moat aaoladad epot.
Thar aold bim a badge of omata brass,
And gave bini a pbotograpbio peel.
Cervantes received bis pat one day,'
And it was good from tba lit ol Hay.
Ttaa photograph (bowed a balry man
W ith tousled whiskers a abada of tan.
With a hickory shirt and a slouchy bat.
paper collar, but no cravat..
Eaoh day Cervantes showed bis book
And the man at tba gate would take a lees
At the hiokory shirt and tba whole arm 7
Then be'd let bim in without delay.
e e e
On tba first illumination nigbt
Bm fall In lore witb a beauty bright,
A peerless fay whose task, forsooth.
Was to sell the checks at adder boots.
He taw her oft and bit lor it grew
Through June. July, and August too.
At a critioal moment the did eonfeit
That aba didn't admire lilt style of dret.
And she also said she greatly feared
bba would never marry a weal lb ol beam,
a a
Kext day tbera came in tba pass-gate row
A man wboaa suit was a rtsiTIIng snow.
ft was loudly checked, had a wide lapel
And tba Derby bat waa horribly wall.
This man was shaven and chalky of hne;
Us wore a soar! of a delicate blue.
He steppsd to the gate and offered his book.
The gate-keeper opened and took one look.
Be looked again and ha chuckled with glee,
"So you're Corveutes Burton IT said be.
"Cancel number tlx nought four fifty-eight.
And cbata this dude to tba other gate."
"Hold on." said Cervantes, "that's all right,
Uy name It Burton; I shared last nigbt. "
But the guard came up and drove him away
I'rtil be was oalm and willing to pay.
The girl cashier, she knew 'twas he,
Go she said "It's bim 1" in ecstacy.
She gated on hit person with much delight
and she whisperea a "Yea" that btlf-tamt
night.
do they're engaged in the regular way,
Thouga it easts him 60 oentt a day.
Chicago Tlmus.
AN ACCUKSED HOUSE.
The Vlcomte de B , an ami.
able and charming young man, was
peaceful! enjoying an income of 30,.
U00 livres yearly, when unfortunately
for bim his uncle, a miser of the
the worst species, died, leaving him
all his wealth amounting to $2,000,
000. In running through the documents
of succession, the Vlcomte de B
learncd that he was the proprietor of
a house in the Rue de la Victorie.
Qe learned also that the unfurnished
building bought in 1819 for 300,000
francs, now brought in, clear of taxes,
rentals amounting to 82,000 francs a
year.
"Too much, too much entirely,"
thought the generous Vlcomte. "My
uncle was too hard. The rent at this
price is usury, one; cannot deny
it. When one bears a great name
like mine one should not lend himself
to such plundering. I will begin to
morrow to lower', my rents and my
tenants will bless me."
With this excellent purpose in view
the Vlcomte da B sent Immedi
ately for the concierge of the build
ing, who presented himself as
promptly, with back bent like a bow.
"Bernard, my friend," said the VI
comte, "go at once and notify all
your tenants that 1 lower their rents
by one-third.
That unheard of word, "lower fell
like a brick on Bernard's bead. But1
he quickly recovered himself; he had
beard badly; he had not underetood.
"Low er the rents:" stammered
be, "Monsieur le Vlcomte deigns to
Jest. Lower! Monsieur meaus to
raise tha rents."
"I was never more serious in mv
life, my friend," the Vlcomte re
turned; "I said, and I repeat It,
lower the rents."
This time the concierge was sur
prised to tbe point of bewilderment
-so thrown off his balance that he
forgot himself and lost all restraint,
"Monsieur has not reflected," per
sisted he. "Monsieur will regret this
evening. Lower the tenents' rents 1
Jiever such a thing known, monsieur!
If the lodgers should learn it, what
would they think of Monsieur? What
would people say in the neighbor
hood? Truly
M. Bernard, my friend," dryly in
terrupted the Vlcomte. "1 prefer
when 1 give an order to be obeyed
without reply. You hear me go!"
Staggering like a drunken man, M.
Bernard went out from the house of
bis proprietor.
All his ideas were upset, over
thrown, confounded. Was be or was
he not the plaything of a dream, a
ridiculous nightmare? Was he him
self, Pierre Bernard, or Bernard some
body else?
"Lower his rents! lower his rents!"
repeated he. "It is not to be believed.
If, indeed, the lodgers bad com
plained: But they have not com
plained; on the contrary, all are good
payers. Ah, if his uncle could only
known of this, he would rise from
tba tomb! His nephew has gone
mad, 'tis certain! Lower the rents!
They should have up this young man
before a family council; he will finish
badly! Who knows after this
what be will do next? lie lunched
too well, perhaps this morninrr.
And the worthy Bernard was so
pale with emotion when he re-entered
his lodge, so pale and spent,
that on seeing bim enter bis wife and
daughter Amanda exclaimed as witb
one voice:
Qoodheis! what la It? W1JM Ml
happened to you nw7'l -
'Nothing." respond, he wlib al
tered voice; "absolutely nothing."
"Yon aft deceiving hi" insisted
Mme. Bernard: "yoa are concealing
something from me; do not spare me.
SpeakI 1 am strong. What did the
new proprietor tell you? Does he
think of turning us off? '
"If it were only that! But lust
think, be told me with bis own lips -haloid
me to ah! you will never be
liove me "
Oh, yea, only do go on."
"You will have it then! Well,
then, be told me to notify all the
tenants thatbe lowered their rents
one-third! Did yon hear what I said?
lowered the rents of the tenants
it
Bat neither Mme. nor MJle. Ber
nard beard him out toey were twist
ing and doubling with convulsive
laugbjer.
"Lower!" repeated they, "ah, what
a good Joke, what a droll man!
Lower tbe tenants' rente!"
Bnt Bernard, losing bis temper and
Insisting that be must bt taken sori
otHiy lb his own lottee, his wife tost
her tSransj. toe. ini rmvrel tsl
lowed, tame. .Bernard declaring-mat
M. Bernard bad beyond a doubt taken
bit fantastic order from tbe bottom
of a liter of wine in tbe restaurant
at tbe corner. But for Mile. Amanda
tbe couple would undoubtedly bare
come to blows, and finally Mine. Ber
nard, wbo did not wish to be thought
demented, threw a shawl over ber
bead and ran to the proprietor's
bouse. Bernard bad spoken truly;
with ber own two ears, ornamented
witb big gilded hoops, she heard the
incredible word. Only as she was a
wise and prudent woman she de
manded 'a bit of writing" to put. aa
she said, "her responsibility undei
cover."
She, too, returned thunderstruck.
and all tbe evening In tbe lodge
father, mother, aua daughter delib
erated. Should they obey or should they
warn some relative of this mad young
man, whose common sense would op
pose itself to such insanity?
They decided to obey.
Kext morning Bernard buttoning
himself into his best frock coat, made
the rounds of the three and twenty
lodgers to announce his great news.
Ten minutes afterward tbe bousi
in tbe Roe de la Victorie was in a
stage of commotion impossible to de
scribe. People who for forty years
bad lived on the same floor and never
honored each other with so much as a
tip of the bat now clustered together
and chatted eagerly.
"Do you know, monrleur?"
"It is very extraordinary."
"Simply unheard of."
"The proprietor's lowered my rent!"
One-third, is it not? Mine also."
"As.ouishing! It must be a mis
take:" And despite the affirmations of tbe
Bernard family, despite even the
"bit of writing under cover," there
were found among tbe tenants doubt
log Thomases wbo doubted stiil in
tbe face of everything.
Three of them actually wrote to
t ho nrnnrlntnr tn toll him what hnd
passed, and to charitably warn him
that his concierge had wholly lost his
mind. The proprietor.responded to
these sceptics, confirming what Bern
ard bad said. Doubt thereafter was
out of tbe question.
Then began rellections and com
mentaries.
Why bad the proprietor lowered
his rents?"
'Yes, why?"
"What motives," said they all, "ac-
tuate this strange man? For cer
tainly he must have grave reasons
for a step like this! An intelligent
man, a man of good sense, would
never deprive himself of good fat rev
enues, well secured, fur the simple
pleasure of depriving himself. One
would not conduct himself thus with
out being forced, constrained by
powerful or terrible circumstances."
And each said to himself:
There k!s something under all
this:"
But what"
And from the first floor to tbe
sixth they sought and conjectured j
-i -1 i : . i i i 1 t7 '
ana ueiveu m tucir uraius. .every
lodger had the preoccupied air of a
man that strives with all bis wits to
solve an impossible cipher, and
everywhere there began to be a vague
disquiet, as it happens when one
finds himself in the presence of a sin
ister mystery.
Some one went so far as to haz
card: "This man must have committed a
great and still hidden crime; remorse
pushed bfm to pbilantbropby."
"It was not a pleasant idea either,
the thought of thus living side by
side witb a rascal no, by no means;
he might be repentant and all that,
but suppose he yielded to temptation
once more?"
"The house, perhaps, was badly
bulit?" questioned another anxiously.
"ITum-m, so so! no one could tell,
but all knew one thing it was very,
very old:"
"True, and it had be n necessary
to prop it when they dug the drain
last year in tbe month of March."
"Maybe it was the roof then, and
the house is top heavy?" suggested a
tenant on tbe dfth floor.
"Or perhaps," said a lodger in the
garret, "there is a Dress for coining
counterfeit money in the cellar; I
have often heard at night a sound
like the dull, muffled thud of a coin
stamper."
The opinion of another was that
Russian, maybe Prussian, spies had
gained a lodgment in tbe house,
while the gentleman of the first story
was inclined to believe that the pro
prietor proposed to set Are to bis
bouse and furniture with the sole ob-1
Ject of drawing great sums from the '
Insurance companies, I
Then began to happen, as they all !
declared, extraordinary and even
frightful tilings, on tbe eUthuuui
mansard floors it appeared that
strange and absolutely inexplicable
noises were beard. Then the nurse
of tbe old lady on the fourth 6tory,
going ope n'ght to steal wine from
the cellar, encountered the ghost of
tbe defunct proprietor he even held
in his hand a receipt for rent, by
which she knew him.
And the retrain from loft to cellar
was:
"There is somethicz under all
this'."
From disiiiietude It had come to
fright; from fright it quickly passed
to terror, so that the gentleman of
the first floor, who bad valuables in
bis rooms, made up bl3 mind to go
ana sena in notice by bis clerk.
Bernard went to inform tbe pro
prietor, who responded: 1
"All right, let the fool go."
But next day the chiropodist of the
second floor, though he had naught
to fear for his valuables, imitated tbe
gentleman beneath him. Then the
bachelors and the little households
on the fifth story quickly followed
this example.
From that moment it was a gen
eral rout. By tbe end of tbe week
everybody had given notice. Every
one awaited sprue frightful catastro
phe. They slept no more. They or
ganised patrols. The terrified do
mestics swore that they, too, would
quit the accursed bouse, and re
mained temporarily only on triple
wages.
Bernard was no more than tbe
ghost of himself; the fever of fear had
worn him to a shadow.
Meanwhile three and twenty "for
rent" placaids swung aratnst the fa
cade of the house, drawing an oc
casional application for lodgings.
Bernard nevdr grumbling now
climbed tho sLi!rcass and ushered tbe
visitor from apartment to apartment.
You can have your choice," said
be to the people that presented
themselves "tho house Is entirely
vacant: all tho tenants have given
notice as one man. They do not
know why, exactly, but things have
i bappenu , oh yes, thlngsl a
j mystery such as was never before
i known the proprietor has lowered
j the rnW."
An J the would -bo lodgers fled away
i affrighted.
The term ended, three and twenty
vans carried away the furniture of
thi tine tad twenty tenant, Every.
body left From cop to bottom, from
foundations to garret, the bouse lay
empty of lodgers.
Tbe rats themselves, finding noth-
1 Ing to live on, abandoned It also.
I aTlfJ. I W wKaTa Mtn I sS tMVfsTs Mfllfll fV4l
green with fear In hi lodge. Fright
ful visions haunted bis sleep. He
seemed to bear lugubrious bowlings
and sinister murmurs at night that
made bis teeth chatter with terror
and bis hair erect itself nnder bis cot
ton nightcap. Mme. Bernard no more
closed an eye than ha. And Amanda,
In ber frenzr, renounced all thought
of the operatic stage and married
for nothing In the world but to quit
the paternal lodge a young barber
and balr-dresser whom she had never
before been able to abide.
At last one morning after a more
frightful nightmare than usual Ber
nard, too, took a good resolution.
He went to the proprietor, gave up
bis keys and scampered away.
And now on the Hue de la Vlctoirk
stands tbe abandoned house "The
Accursed House" whose History I
have told you. Dust tbickens upon
the closed slats, grass grows in the
court. 'No tenant ever presents bim
self now, and in tbe quarter wbert
stand this accursed house so funereal
is its reputation that even tbe neigh
boring bouses on either side have alsc
depreciated in value.
Lower one's rents! Who would
think of such a thing! Translated
from the French or Emilo Gaborlau,
or So Cae to Aim.
The man with an Important ait
took tbe seat next to the amiable
looking man and smiled, says the
xew iork Herald.
"Vacation trip, I s'pose." ventured
tbe important one. The othei
nodded.
"Ever bear of the engagement in
surance company?" asked tbe man of
importance. "You know in summer
how very impressionable men are.
Well, I represeut a scheme that is
simply great A man may become
engaged to a beautiful girl during bis
vacation and upon bis return to town
totally forget the fact, owing to pres
sure of business, hard work and so
on. But the girl may remember, and
then there is likely to be trouble.
Now, you take out a policy in our
company and we insure you againsr
further worn. Furthermore"
"But," interposed the amiable
man, ' '1 am not"
"That may be," continued the
other, "You do not 6eem to be that
kind; but there's no telling what may
happen. Now, for SI a month you
become a member of cur company,
and if you should be engaged and
afterward suffer witb lack of memory
and a breach of promise suit looms
up, why then we take take the mat
ter out of your hands an 1 settle it.
See? Only one paltry dollar a month
insures perfect liberty to you. Do
you not think it would be well to
take out a policy?"
The amiable man shook his head
sadly.
'No. he answered, "it is too late
I have Leen married several years."
Killed by Moccasin Snakes.
Minnie Hightowrr, the sixteen-year
old daughter of Hiram Hightower, s
trapper and fisherman, who lives os
Horseshoe Lake, in the St. Francii
bottoms, Arkansas, was killed by moc
casin snakes the other day in a singnlai
and horrible mnnner. The story wai
told by a man who saw her body. The
moccasin snake loses its vision almost
entirely during the month of August,
just before it sheds its skin. During
the period of blindness tbe reptile ii
very vicious and strikes at every noise
Horseshoe Lake )s noted for the num
ber of snakes to be fonnd in its waten
and along the banks. Miss Hightower
had killed hundreds of the snakes dur
ing her life, which was spent on anc
near the lake, and had little fear ol
them. She paddled her canoe to a
drift of logs in the middle of the lake
for the purpose of fishing. There ni
no one at home but her brother, aged
six years, Hightower having gone tc
tbe head of the lake with the onl;
ibcr boat they had.
When Hightower returned at noon
he found the boy running np and down
the shore of the lake crying. The child
said Minnie got on tbe drift and fished
for a few minutes, then began to beat
something with a pole and scream.
Then she fell down. Hightower looked
toward the drift and could see his
daughter's body. He paddled quickly
to the - island of logs, which is not
more than 100 yards from the bank.
Lying on the logs was the girl, dead,
swollen and discolored almost beyond
recognition. Hightower counted seven
large moccasins coiled on and around
the body. She was barefooted and the
marks of the serpents' fangs were on
her feet, face and neck. It was apparent
that the girl had fonnd a colony of
snakes on the drift pile and that while
she was killing one others had bitten
her on the feet. -She fainted from pain
and fright and the reptiles sank their
fangs into her faso and neck. The
snakes showed do disposition to retreat
when the agonized father approached.
They coiled and struck at him as soon
as he set foft on the logs. He dis
patched two with his paddle, then, at
the remaining five did not retreat, he
got a long polo and thrashed them to
death. It took him nearly an hour tc
recover the body of his child from the
snake-infested wood drift pile. Chi
ago Herald.
Tbe Vision of Blrdaw
Birds have very acute vision; per
haps tbe most acute of any creature,
and tbo sense is also more widely
diffused over tbe retina than is the
case with man; consequently a bird
can see sideways as. well as object;
In front of It.
A bird sees showing great un
easiness in consequence a hawk long
before it is visible to man; so, too,
fowls and pigeons find minute scraps
of food, distinguishing them from
what appear to us exactly cimllar
pieces of earth or gravel.
oung chlc'.ccns are also able to
And their own food knowing its po
sition and bow distant it Is as soon
as they are hatched, whereas a child
only very gradually learns either to
see or to understand the distance ol
objects.
Several birds apparently th
joungof all those that nest on the
ground can see quite well directly
they come out of the shell, but the
young birds that nest on tbe trees or1
on rocks are born blind and have tc
be fed. Chambers' Journal.
QUIT rrFFZBC3T.
Mrs. Kidder "I thought you said
Mr. Snorkey was an aubuxi-haired
person? Why, his hair is as blaok t
jet!"
Mr. EirlJcr "Oh! I referred to thi
cut" Puck.
Japanese brides, during the mar
riage ceremony, wash the feet of the
bridegroom.
THSI 1ANICKV Tsf AW. (
tTheaerer there's trouble in this thing or
that, -
No matter hew distant tha plane,
tfhm aomabody aaya Uiat nnaaees are flat,
Or that war-aijcns ara easy to trass,
faavrae person would stick to his tasX
Still doing- tha beat that ha oaa
fo keep thing aa wit aa its reason to ask
But along comes the panicky man.
nth sigiiifleant looks and a Toioa thatfelo
He hints at disheartening thlnga t
Bis "Ton mightn't have thought it, but now,
don't yon know"
In monrnfalleat minor he sings.
though tall ot good oheer and eontentmers
Tonr task for tha day you began.
fou'll presently almost regret you war
bora
For along comes the panloky man.
Shall people be led by tha raren whoso not
Is the moaning ot idle despair?
Shall mere puny Terror take Thrift by tha
throat
And Courage her mission forbear?
Rot so ; for tha publlo is wlsar to-day ;
It has hit on.a different plan ,
for Hia well understood that the sensible way
Is to ait on the panicky man.
Washington Star.
An Immense VrllL
There has lately been constrncted at
one of the Massachusetts establish
ments for manufacturing machinists'
tools, drills and general iron working
machinery, a massive radial drill of
immense proportions, - pronounced to
bo the largest of its kind in the United
States, and of correspondingly super
ior workmanship for operations on so
vast a scale. The radial drill weighs
some 30,000 pounds, is sixteen feet
from top to baie, and has a radial arm
eight and one-half feet long. By means
of this powerful mechanism hole
five inches in diameter can be bored
and a hole drilled to the centre of a
circle thirteen feet in diameter, and,
though the machine is designated for
accomplishing the heaviest description
of work, it is so constructed that one
man can operate it There is mechan
ism for moving the radial arm, and
the head is moved by a spiral gearing
with a qnick and easy motion. The
machine is also adapted to giving from
three to ten different speda. -Detroit
Free Press.
Cotton Manufacturing.
An interesting discovery has been
made by two young chemists of Lon
don which will doubtless have a very
important bearinj on the manufacture
of cotton. Cotton wa&te is trans
formed by a new process into nitrate
of cellulose, and cotton fabrics can be
covered with a solution of it which will
add materially to the weight, strength
and value of the material. Thin,
lightweight fabrics can be filled np
with this preparation, whieh costs little
more than sizing and fuller's earth.
t he cellulose thus prepared is also ap-
pliesble to many different purposes.
1 he coat is very little more than the
raw material, being cheap and the
process of manufacture inexpensive.
New York Witness
Wan,tel to Know How.
Mr. Oswald has the reputation ol
being the "hardest fighter" at th
London bar, says Truth. He wa?
once arguing a case In the court ol
appeals at great length. - Already
the court had Intimated pretty clear
ly that it had beard enough; but Mr.
Oswald bad treated these Intima
tions in his usual manner, and went
in raising point after point
"Iteally, at last one of the lord
Justices remonstrate! "really, Mr.
Oswald, if you Intended to rely on
these points, you should have raised
'.hem in tbe court belcw."
"So I did, my lord," replied Mr.
Oswald, "but their lordships stopped
me."
"They stopped you, did they?" in-
julred Lord Escher, eagerly: "how
lid they do it?"
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
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A rreneral banking; business is done h
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posits in its vaults whatever wealth we may
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up agrainst "a rainy day " as a reserve fund
we're in a condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient camtal to
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need,
there is danger in -getting thin, because it's
a sign of letting down in health. To gain
in blood is nearly always to gain in whole
tome flesh. The odds are in favor of the
Terms of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
if our liver be inactive and our blood im-
?ure, or if our flesh be reduced below a
ealthy standard. What is required is an
increase in our germ-fighting strength. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes it wholesome, stops
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builds up the strength. A medicine which
will rid the blood of its poisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body,
vitalize the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely a remedy of great value. But
when we make a positive statement that 08
per cent of all cases of consumption can, if
taken in the early stages of the disease, be
cured with the Discovery," it seems Hke
a bold assertion. All Dr. Pierce aaka is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to tne world's Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., you can get
a free book with the names, addresses and
photographs of a large number of those
cured of throat, bronchial and lung diseases,
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by the " Golden Medical Discovery." They
also publish a book of 160 pages, being a
medical treatise on consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed on
receipt of address and six cents in stamps.
pERSONATj Know thyself: Sneceai should Ik
' courted. Sen! 10c, lor "Astrological Facts."
50c. for "Thk Horoscopk," in book form, iret
correct Information. Ths Hoboscofical Co
lledinah Building Chicago.
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In Early Spring
Nmi-Iv evervbddv needs a good
medicine. The impurities which
, . a a
have accumulated in tne Diooa
finrincr the cold months must
be expelled, or when the mild
days come, ana tne eneci oi
bracing air is lost, the body
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
is liable to be overcome by
debility or serious disease.
The remarkable success of
Hood's Sarsaparilla and the
universal praise it has re
ceived, make it worthy your
confidence. It is Peculiar to
Itself in curative power.
It does purify, vitalize and
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
enrich the blood, create an
appetite and give great nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive
strength. Possessing pre
cisely those elements of sup
port and assistance which the
body at this season craves, it
is the "Ideal Spring Medicine.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Cold by all druggists, f 1; six for IS. Prepared only
by C J- HOOD A CO., A pothecanes, Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
BIQHTIsa A 'WHOSO.
Dobber (the artist, "I have called.
Clr. Gotroz, to make a confession to
hich I am driven by the panga of a
gnawing conscience. I grossly de
ceived yon in regard to that pastoral
picture yon purchased from me two
months ago."
Old Gotrox -'Did, hey? How, may
I ask?"
Dobbler "Those blotches in the
forecronnd of the painting yon spoke
of them as barberry bushes Mr. Go
trox, I I can not conceal the truth any
longer ; they are cows 1" Puck.
A noFKLEsa JOB.
"Did yon get the swag?" whispered
the burglar who had stood on guard
while hia comrade went in the house.
The latter ah 00 k his head gloomily.
"Well, I know he took it home with
aim in his pants' pocket, because I saw
him get the money and it was too late
to put it in the bank. Couldn't you
find his room?"
Tee; found that all right"
"Weren't his clothes there?
"Tea."
"Then what was the trouble?"
''Well, jnat aa I was about to open
the door I heard a slight noise in the
room. I opened it a little way and by
the light of the moon I could see his
wife going through his pockets. I
watched her transfer the roll of bills
from his pocket to her own dress
pocket. Then I knew it was useless to
try to find it and gave up the job."
Town Topics.
Breakers Abead.
Auntie (anxiously) Do you think
you have bad tbe proper training for
a poor man's wife? Sweet Girl
Yes indeed. Papa hasn't given me
any spending money worth mention
ing for years. I always get things
charged. Sew York weekly.
Mental Alertness
depends very largely on the physical condition
-Miffglah blood dulls tbe brain. A Kipan Tabule
(tKt meals will clear away the fogs In abort order
A Dutch artist has printed a land
scape correct in all its details as seen
oy a magnifying glass, but so minute
as to be covered by the wing of a fly.
Tbera Is more Catarrh In this secthnwof the
country than all other dtaeasea pnt together,
and until the last few years waa eupposvd to be
incnratile. For a STaat many yean doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
a ith local treatment, pronounced it Incurable.
Science has Droven catarrh to be a const itu-
tional disease and therefore require-, constitu
tional irearmenL. nail s alarm uore. man
ufactured by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken Internally In dosea from lildropa to
a tuannooDful. It acta directly on tha blood
and mucous surfaces of tbe system. Tbey offer
one hundred dollars for any case it faila to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
free. Address
. . F. J. CnattET & Co., Toledo, O.
SoId by Druggists. 75c
Cnrionsl v. thA mirror i an Amhlpm
of female divinities, and a sacred mir
ror is kept in the innermost shrine of
sninto temples.
Dr. Kilmer's 8 w a hp-Root cares '
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
1'amplet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
Tnorfl arn ahnnt irMYftflfi inlunrta
farce and small, fwnttnrnd nvr thA
ocean. America alone has 5,500 around
ts coasts.
aarrs Clorer Root, the great blood partner,
f iTtstresbnesi and clearness to tha ooroplexloa
id cures constipation 2d eta. Mcts., SL
The loncest tplAo-ranh nnln ia in
Trenton N. J. It ia 110 feet loner
and stands ninety six feet above the
5 rouna.
Para Rich Blood is essential to good health.
because tbe blood is tbe vital fluid which sup
plies aU tbe organs with life. Hood's Sarsaparilla
s tbe great blood purifier.
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, harmless.
effective, do not pain or gripe.
Byron's first poems appeared at
nineteen. At twentv four h roaotuui
the highest pinnacle of his literary
'ame.
After DhMlclani bad civen m nn I
by Piso's Cure Kalph Eaiao, Williamsport. 1'a.
Lnmbermen ara no mora Kntkararl
to get rid of sawdust and edgings. It
all goes into wood pulp nowadays.
Mrs. Wlnalow"s Beothlng Syraai for ehtlflrars
taelhinsr. softens tha nma radtu-aa inflamma-
uon. aliajrs asia. cares wind eattc Sfic a bottle
Excetit wandArino rtrioata triArA arn
few beggars in Japan, and most of
hese are fat and rosy.
A white panther, an animal never
before seen in a 'mensrerie. has trial
arrived at the Jardin des Pla rates,
vans.
Iron bedsteads are aafn dnrinr a
thunder storm, beceese, being good
conductors, they keep the electricity
irum 1 ue uuuy.
More than 400 diamonds Via 17a Kaaii
found in the ruins of Babylon.
To the Orer-Oarcful HonsawifSs.
There should be a placard on tbe
wall of every bouse, "Do not put
away things." Tbe babit of putting
away things baa brought untold mle-
lerr to thousands or families. Youi
morning and your evening papers art
put away. Your magazine of tba
current month finds Its way to the
storeroom a a part of the literature
of last year. Tour cigars ara to care
fully put away that they are never
available. Once five boxes of quinine
pills were found In as many places
after tbe man who wanted them was
dead. Once there was no light In a
country bouse for three nights be
cause some thousands of matches bad
been put away. Ob, do not put
away! Do not be too Infernally care
ful not to have things where you can
put your bands on them. Leave tbe
chairs, tables, and beds sufficiently
In sight to be used and occupied. II
you cannot do that, at least leave tbe
bouse within view, that it may be
entered, If peradventure one baa lost
his spectacles. Judge.
A fAHOUH IMSTlTDTIOa.
The Invalids Hotel aad Surgical Iaatk
tste of IlufTalo, IT. Y.
- From tAs Eoatoa Herald.
What can ba accomplished by Judicious en.
terpriae. when backed up by ability and pro
femioual aklll, ia shown by the magnillcant
l.ull.lin of the Invalids' Hotel and Bunrlaal
Institute at Buffalo. This model sanitar
ium tarnishes one of tba sighte ot Buffalo, not
alone for ita architectural Deanty, bat on ae-
count of the world-wide fame of Dr. Ray V.
Pie roe. who established the Institution many
enrs ngro. and ia to-day Its manavrirur director
and president. A beautiful five-story build
ingBitaa'edon Main Street,the principal bust
l eas street of Buffalo, the Invalids Hotel can
well be said to surpass any Institution of its
kind in I lie country.
Mxteen physicians form (he medical staff of
thia institution, who devote their time to the
patients In the building, and to correspon
dence by letter with patients who consult
them from all over the United States. Each
physician or surgeon Is chosen for his akiU
and proficiency in curing one class of chronio
disease. Thus tbe patient has for his physician
an experienced specialist who ia thoroughly
familiar with the case. A material aid to the
medical treatment are the machines for giving
"mechanical movements." or massage, elec
trical apparatus, Turkish baths, etc., with
which the Hotel la thoroughly equipped.
I-arge aad airy rooms, parlors, residing rooms,
elevator, and many other conveniences make
this
A rULaSART KUEDIAr. BOMS,
and far different from the private hospitals as
commonly known. Tho Wcr.d a Dispensary
Medical Association, of whloh Dr. Pierce is
l'resident. Is tbe owner of tbe Invalids' Hotel
and the largo laboratory, called the World's
Dispensary, as well, rjianding on the same
lot. which runs through to the next street
back, is the huge laboratory, six stories in
height, which f tirniahea ample room for man
ufacturing Dr. Pierce 'a Favorite Prescription,
Dr. Pierce's Oolden Medical Discovery, Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, Dr. Pierce's Kxtract of bmart-W'eed,
or Water Pepper. These are proprietary rem
edies which have been sold for over a quarter
ot a century all orer tbe United States, Irora
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Carloads ot these
iueliciues are shipped every day xroin Buffalo
to points Kast, W est and boutn. An idea of
the extensive busineu carried on by this Aft
sociat on can be gained by what is said of it by
the puetoilioo authorities at Washington, D.
who rejxirt that this one firm spends an
nually for stamps more than all the oanks and
newspapers of buffalo corauiiied, or over Jl(J.
IMI. Tne mail matter amounts to from UU.UUD
to 40,000 pieces daily. The first story ol tne
Wortds Dispensary buildinic is occupied by
theshinpiuK department; le becoud floor is
devoted to ihe u-. uetpaper advertising ; de
partment and tbe untiling; third floor, print
ing room and bindery; fourth floor, drug milts
and paper warereoins; fifth floor, bottling,
wrapping and packing department; on tua
sixth floor ia one of
THK BKST-PI-aSHBD LABOH.VT3R1E4
In the conutry, f.i charge of a thoroughly
scientlflc chemist, formerly of the Harvard
medical school laboratory. In fact, the equip
ment, the machinery and tha system with
which these large Institution are equipped,
and the marvelous manner in which every
thing works along as though by clockwork
would well repay a visit to Buffalo.
Nourishes lO.OOO.OOO People.
It has been said that Egypt is the
creation of the Nile and with equal
truth may it bs said that Eastern
Russia is the creation of the Volga.
The whole history of the country has
been intimately connected with that
river for more than 1,000 years; the
character and pursuits of all the East
Russian tribes have been greatly
modified by It, and upon It now de
pends, directly or indirectly, the wel
fare of more than 10,000,000 people.
It length is nearly 2,300 miles and Its
greatest width in time of high water
30 miles. It washes tbe borders of
nine provinces or administrative di
visions of theemplreand on lis banks
stand 39 cities and more than 1,000
villages and settlements. The waters
of the Vo'ga River system annua ly
float neany 0,000,000 tons of mer
chandise and furni.sh employment to
7,000 vessels and nearly 200,010 boat
men.
OIVI5 KVJOYS
-Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the tarte, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, 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 agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on band will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Io not accept any
substitute. a.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAM FKAHCI3C0. CAL.
uouisvaiE. nr. y roar. r.
DAVIS HMD OR POWER
CREAD SEPARATOR
Oae-tatrd raors better aad et higher
qaaUty taaa by ether knows aysleraa
SAVIS BH)NIV AND LABOR
Slass from 1 to UM (Jews. Pesxpalat
Mailed Fraa. A cants Wanted
ivis uauku? bldo. ahd mo.
fXX. Sols Kanraetnrrs. Chi a. 1U.
DROPSY;
Treated Vmmm.
Positively Crasa
wiia vegetable
Bemedlea. Have
cured many thon-
sana cases pro
nounced boneless. From first dose symptoms rap
Idly dlsappear.ana in ten days at least two-thtrds ot
all symptoms are removed. BOOK of testimonials
of mlraculr as cures sent FREE.
TIIDATS TUATKEHT lTRXISBES nZX
by Mil. Dr. H. H. CKXEX SOBS. Specialists.
Atlaata. Ga.
I FOR FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used by Blllllsns af Mather
, for their children while Teethlnc for ovar
i fifty Tears. It soothes tbe child, softens tha Z
rrnms. anays an pain, eores wina eouaana Sj
is uk nest re
Twenty- - o Centa a Battles'
, KIDDE.T8 PfcSrnilE&
i nure reiier i oirrrw
Price SSCU.1STHIL
rnau. BtoweUAOa,
MBWWSSSUSJ,
is
If you've neuralgia, take St. Jacobs Oil rub it 9
on rub it on bard keep rubbing it on it bas got
ll to stop tbe paintbafs what it'sor. g
FOR
Cures Where All Else Fails. BEST COUCH SYRUP.
TASTES GOOD. VSM IN TIME.
"Where Dirt Gathers Waste Rules."
Great Saving Results From tbe Use of
SAPOLIO
BUDGET 01
? FUN.
4UMOROTJS SKETCHES FKOM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Fair Broker The Rivals An Im
possible Wrong; A Rare Com
bination Trlala of Liove
Quite Irlfferent, Etc.
As with the stocks, with her
It oft befalls ;
people upon her list
Sna pats and calls.
rack.
THS HTVALS.
The Blonde "I wonder if I shal
ever live to be a hundred?"
The Brunette "Not if you remair
twenty-two much longer."
A RARE COJfBCtATIOX
Che "Do you think that
idea'
rives are hard to find?"
He "Yea. Deaf mutes are not un
common, but they are seldom rich and
beautiful. " Life.
THKUt PECULIARITY.
"It's funny about bridal pairs. The
ere not like other pears at alL"
" Why not?"
."They're softest when they are
reen." Indianapolis Journal.
SHEER VANITY.
."How did Fred come to get so hor
ribly round-shouldered?".
"He isn't. He humps himself that
ray because he likes to look like an
athletic bicyclist. " Chicago Tribune.
AH mPOaSTBLE WBONO.
He "Don't you think it wrong for
people to marry their intellectual in
feriors?"
She "Yes, always wrong, and in
some cases quite impossible." Bose
leaf. Old Gentleman "I have studed me-
teorology a little."
"Well, I've been standin' here 'most
a hour, waitin' for the wind to blow
hard, and it don't blow a bit Do yon
think it will soon ?"
"I shouldn't wonder, my little man.
The sky looks very streaky. But what
do you want of wind?"
"I want to have a swim."
"It does not require wind to go
swimming."
"No ; but mamma won't let me go
in. That's why I want wind."
"I don't understand."
"Don't? Guess it's a good wbilf
since you was a boy, isn't it?"
"Yes, a good while."
And your mem'ry isn't very good.
i s pose t
"Perhaps not I certainly cannot
ecall any connection between wind
and swimming."
"Wy, don't you aee? If a wind
comes along and blows my hat into the
water, I can go after it, and mamma
won't say as word. She paid a dollar
an' a half for that hat" Good News.
EOltETHTSO EX HAD FOBOOTTCf.
"So you enjoyed your European
trip, did you?" inquired the simple
old gentleman. 'I haven't been over
since '53, but my recollections are still
vivid. I remember once standing on
Mont Blanc, watching the sun sink to
rest behind the blue waters of the
Mediterranean, while to my right the
noble Rhine rushed onward to the
Black Sea, and the Pyrenees, still hold
ing the snows of winter, were on the
left I remember whilst standing
there"
"But, Mr. Gray," feebly inter
rupted his listener. "I was on Mont
Blano myself, and really you'll ex
cuse me but you really must be mis
taken in your geography."
"Mistaken?" retnrnnrl thn man
lightly. "Not a bit of it But I for
get it's different now. You know,
my dear boy, that since my day the
entire man of Enronn has been
changed by these awful wars, and so,
01 course, you can t appreciate what it
was in '53." Albany Argus.
HOT IP SHB KNXW rr.
A few weeks ago a railway collision
killed, among others, m passenger liv
ing in a country town. His remains
were sent home, and a few days after
the funeral the solicitor tn tha
pany called upon the widow to effect a
seuiemenb, one placed iter damage?
at $25,000.
"Oh, that sum is unreasonable I" re
plied the solicitor. "Your husband
was nearly fifty years old?"
"Yes, sir."
And lame?"
"Yes." ,
"And his general health was poor?"
"Very." ,
"And he, probably, would not have
lived nore than five years?"
"Probably not, air."
"Then it seems to me that two or
ihree thousand dollars would be a fail
compensation. "
"Two or three thousand?" she
echoed.
"Why, sir, I courted that man for
ten years,, ran after him for ten more,
and then had to chase Urn down with
a shotgun to get him to marry me.
Do you suppsse that I'm go'ngto -fettle
for bare cost ot shoe leather and
ammunition."
The man of law concluded that she
deserved all she could get --Sparc
Moments.
"Whin a woman r'-ows suspicious
other husband, he steps telling her of
the things he does 'hlch are abso
lutel Innocent.
" W think Pieo'a CURE
for CONSUMPTION is the
I only medicine for coughs."
-JENNIE PINCKARD,
I Springfield, I1L, Oct 1, 31
SOLD BY W K I; tilJl-vi . vto ut.
There's No Use
Wasting Words on
RipansTabules
THEY
CURE Headache;
ixrixuxn '
Dyspepsia.
Constipation.
Heartburn.
Dizziness,
Biliousness.
THEY COST 50 CENTS A
DRUGGISTS SEIX TEEiL
And That's All
There is to Say.
031
0t ymr w onaancd lborfe plan of idrnt'-rr,
tVql btrfur w w)r kail Uirwugh, Ul K All? KM f tV. S 1
IvlSirriiMKII. hy bcMtiie I UtKnHtl.M
MUM VtlUftMa. Tbvr waa but en Umtf to do: ,U.4ra.v
( wrtitMsTsg an4 devota rvry wry to fllluf tL order
wiias whtd, wa war lwode4. Thia w aid, avod handled wita,
naaanabla prOasptnaaa a svaf wnprce4ntrt year's b-'r.t4.
mm ksLju.itD rttioKiKH, imreahku r. IM I II,
AM IWtftTff ItOlNrS KUH wHIt ft To 1HS-
Tatiarrs oik fcouiM, mm cam ow akk pott all who
CUBE Last year wa eonld not raducw prices ha- we war
osapalrwd in aotna wavy to Itnut tl datnand for Aertnotar gyads.
Wa would haa besM aatilflad with kar pnc, hnt why treat
dwaasMd whteli wa caald not sti-flyt Lav ma-le th
hew-Mart fvurcharisM of atal and twatanal bomarit in An-ane Una
year, and at unprecedented prirtm, and have made torsos t
4aalrs which aob4a thesn to suaka unprecedented pr.rsi.
In a,aaJrly, eharactar, variety, Bnah, and accessitxhtr ta
fill stack of fAods and repairs, wa ara without aompetitors.
In tor plan af adwTtilti( last year, w proposed to furnish a
lead eottor andar carta eaniilirit.s fr U. fur reasons slated
above wa did rat eonp!H tli advertisinr, and ! frrd em.
tor waa not past out. We now pmpm to n-ka an rn ii t
the f-Uowliif manner: new 11 imronnrs in tli
HSW ALL-STCE1 V2K1 SifiaUiUK aVA.l tl TTJiH. " UsUll
aaall wHh oKtr, f. e. b. Cinraf n Only-on to o person, he Co
forntah tddreisoa ot ten rienhWs who cs-rtit to hata enmt
tfatnc in ear hne. Cot, dmciiyuntn and tuU uioru-vaueo re
garding re win arrpanr soon.
wepegafsW stoefr tw
: ourice. iMfraibis
drolrr ta eeerrAa't e
sew en we pmrt e ae
f-rM. fwe.
- $tO
sWie-. re 1
propr arrV an
tjeasr nria
tesTsraaMOfe
sr-0,ll to fAe
rhat yes pe( (A
aHQ be Msnesl. no
are. and al wavra have been
re in low tricos.
Because ot the predigioee-aj
are anab'ad to have s fecial
thua rodueo tha hand tabor
tha material tnd Uying it
beeeaae tha coat at lahor put .
aril that It b Ot worth
k output of our factories wo
tol fur each piece, end,
on it to merely pi'a-lBa; up
down sg " to tatall ba
on the material wntch a
I mentioning. - we have be-
ansa tli largest dealers in
Tn ate rial in tle country.
tne Materiel, or course, ue-
ins; made H in the form ot
l Set ion wuiiJniilla, to em
luni-i, e'e., To vjr-h an
aud to such an extent ls
en that account Ul
steel gal tsmiaed-aftaf -
(tilting and ftaadl, tanks,
mtonf haa titia bes oar e true.
tho pnee of a-sr feeds (and
a rata of aar boenos ran- i
cored conirvetition
iNe. that laAVOE WI1P1ILL lUhCSKKS AMI Hl .UH
T'latl TQWVlto OF Id THIS TIAbt IHgf IM IT hK
CAOAS mm Pill THB OgLf AtOM TII.1 Rri.UKI.F Ills
aUrS TvWEBt MCA 1' AS Tit RT CAM BTY OF 18 ( HClPK
THAI TUB CAN WILOi RE' At SIC f) A I AM ARK CHK.
FA T ALTArlUE KTKKTTHlNa A FT fit IT IS litn
risCTKm. ANt) COarlJCTl BVI.RTT1IIN4. IXtl lLT RK..IT.
Thaao nserna ara wteo, for, even though the? may nL
ftsrasah the has of wheels, tho wheel will have the best of n
porta. Send to yamr name and address, and those of your
neigh he re who smay need eemething In onr line, en1 therel'i do
afc ssa a good torn. Tho Aerwotr Co, fa one of the most suceei
fi ooainosw onterpnaes which ban been launched tn reeit
Uaaoa In eo eon ding advortieementa will be discussed atd ms e
sseaar tho lines em which that sue haa lecn worked o t. ft
woe 4oae hf farmer bo. A earefal following of these s1
ssieieensonto mav eoggest to enme other fat mar's boy ratT
Avrmetor Co.. ius, iuefc-ii a nu-
W. L. Douglas
C'S'CUrtIC IS THE BEST.
5)t3 dnVlLriTFoitAKiNs.
9, CORDOVAN,
rREHCH CALF.
;4.35? FlIJECAlf aKKiGAHOU
3.eppCLICE.3 soles.
-,spt2.W0rlKlNGl!E
' -EXTRA flNE" ;.
2.$l7.-?ECYS'SCHCOI.SH0a.
LADIES
SEND TOR CATALOGUE
Ovar One Million People wear tho
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
AU our ahoes ara equally satisfactory
They five tha beat value for Ihe montv.
They equal custom shoes In style and lit;
Thslr wearing; qualities are unsurpassed.
The prices are nnifom, stamped on sole.
Prom $i to $3 saved over other ntskes.
It your dealer curort supnly can.
l'apluu !, Anet-io. kdutm. Tms
Tbe LINEN B" are the Best and Mo fcowm
eal Collars and Cuffs worn: they are irneoBa
rloth, both sides finished alike, snd b ii rsrn
ule. one collar is equal totwoof anyotlier fcmd.
Tne v tft tccll, vttar well anl l.,ic tstil. A holS
Ten Collars or five fairs ol Coils lor Twoorr-I'ln
fjsita
A Sample Ootlsr snd Pair of On"", hv man fat IS
vsala. Mame style and size. Address
BKVXB8IBLE COLLAH COMPART.
n STaaJtun at., new York. 7 Kilby St., 1
J-IIGHEST AWARD
rp) WUKL1J 1-AiK. J
lBEST'sTlTEs
roINDInoHsDIGESTIVEO'
Dy$peptic,Delicate,Inf irm' and
AGED PERSONS
TheSAFESTF00D,n
THE SICK ROOM TOS
INVALIDS
$40 S1 0
aavrj-,
I ara .aaLr5,,ak"aw '
s'fc.
s em m.
r m..,m
I
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in
vNURSING MOTHERS,.KFANTSr
CHILDREN
(.DRUGGISTS.
John Carlc&Sons. KcwYohk.