8UOOC88 OAMt TOO LATC
Death Hob a eoatfecra Claiaaaat Jvt
When HU Hope Ara Raallzed.
"The big cotton claim which was left
H a legacy to the Touro Infirmary and
Jewish Orphans' home reminds me of
a curious story," said a prominent New
r Orleans lawyer to a Times-Democrat
' writer. "One of the many people who
lost cotton through confiscation during
the war was a Mississippi planter,
whose name I would rather not men
tion for fear of hurting the feelings of
somebody now living. He had been a
rich man, bat after peace was declared
his bill against the government for his
cotton was practically all he had left,
and he went on to the capital to press
the matter personally.
"He fonnd It a . bigger Job than he
anticipated, and eventually be became
one of the great army of chronic claim
ants who form Much a pathetic element
In Washington life. I used to encoun
ter him during the occasional visits,
and he always assured me that he was
on the point of securing a settlement. I
think he had a small Income from the
remnant of bis estate Just enongb to
keep soul and body together and It
was easy to see that he was desperate
ly poor, but he was a gentleman to hit
finger tips, and he never made the
slightest reference to his straitened
circumstances
"Fully fiftwn years went by In hope
deferred, and the old man was begin
nlng to fail rapidly in health, when at
last. In 1SR4. a special commission ap
pointed by President Arthur ordered a
compromise of his claim at $22,000
cash. That was less than a fifth of
what he asked, but he immediately
drew the entire amount In currency
at the treasury. I suppose he wanted
to feel the actral money In his hands.
and if so It was the only good it ever
did him, for that very evening, while
he was unlocking his bedroom door In
a cheap Washington boarding house,
he dropped dead of heart failure. To
cap the climax of ntter futility, the
money for which he had waited so pa
tiently and bravely for so many year
was stolen In the confusion that foi
lowed, and never recovered.
'Toor old fellow! Whenever I think
about the case It seems to me that des
tiny went to work deliberately to per
petrate a grim practical Joke."
BELOW THE BOILERS.
The Mighty Powers of Propulsion of
Transatlantic Liners.
Twenty-five years ago the Engineer,
Of Loudon, the recognized authority on
all matters pertaining to steamship
navigation, made the prediction that
the crossing of the Atlantic ocean, by
a steamship, at the speed of twenty
five miles an hour, was one of the
things impossible of accomplishment.
At that time the Atlantic had never
been crossed by a screw steamer at as
nigh a speed as fifteen miles an hour;
the Cunarder Scotia, the last of the big
sldewheelers, never doing better than
in average of fourteen and a half knots.
Therefore the prophecy of the Engineer
was not at all a wild one. But to-day
then, are steamers that have reached
the speed of twenty-five miles an hour,
and others are In course of construc
tion which are expected to surpass It
The fastest liner of to-day has done
more than an average of twenty -five
miles. Her enormous engines and pow
erful propellers, mignty powers of pro
pulsion, have forced her through the
roughest waters of the Atlantic at an
average speed of twenty-one knots,
which is a fraction over twenty-six
miles In the hour.
The distance of the Southampton
Kew York route Is 3,060 miles, which
rovers on the average in five days and
leventeen hours, considerably over
twenty-five miles an hour for the en
tire trip; her mighty engine that
throbbing, thumping heart down below
revolve about eighty times per min
ute, or about 672,000 revolutions to
cross the Atlantic Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly.
A Symbol of Wealth.
The Joneses did not know they were
rich, or even considered so, until an
other tenant in the flat building said
that the janitress had spread the re
port of their wealth. What's more,
the janitress said she was sure of their
financial standing, because she herself
had seen their means. She gave out
this piece of gossip on rent day: "Yer
see this bit av white paper with some
wrltln' on ut? Yes? Phwell. that's
wut Mrs. Jones gev me for the rint.
and It's all rolght, cause the owner
takes ut without a wurrud. That' pa
per is wort' $35, and would yer be
lieve ut7 Mrs. Jones has got a little
book with hundreds of thlm in ut
Them Joneses Is wealthy." New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Original Chimney Sweepers.
The first people who employed boys
for the purpose of clambering up chim
neys to clean them were the French;
and the greater part of chimney sweep
ers In Paris at the commencement of
the century were Savoyards. One
might then see everywhere In the
streets large groups of these boys,
many not above eight years of age.
clad In linen frocks, and who, whoa
called upon, would scramble up chim
neys at the hazard of their lives, with
their brooms and other Instruments,
often through a narrow funnel fifty
feet In length, filled with soot and
smoke, and In which they could not
breathe till they got to the top, and
all In order to gain but five sous. The
custom was Introduced Into Great Brit
ain, but put down by an act of Parlia
ment In 1S40, In consequence of the
many serious accidents which attend
ed the climbing of chimneys; and, al
though the use of machinery was sub
stituted. It does not perform the op
eration so effectively as the old mode.
As long as chimneys were simply and
wisely built they were easily cleaned
by servants with wisps of 'straw or
brushwood fastened to a - rope; but
when, to y.ive room, narrow flues were
made, the cleaning of them became so
difficult that It was necessary to have
small boys for that employment The
first who thus swept chimneys were
the people In the northern part of
Italy, more particularly the Inhabitant
of Piedmont and Savoy.
Dead Languages.
There are certain languages which,
although they are still spoken and
written in, are to ail intents and pur
poess dead. For Instance, Icelandic la
practically identical with the dead
Norse language, out of which the Scan
dinavlan tongues have grown. So, too,
Provencal, the ancient language of
Provincia, and the speech in which
the troubadours sung, has now sunk to
the level of a patois, although a certain
trench Iitprorv Krhrml is molh,n
.
forts to revive It as a literary language.
Hebrew, again, thopgb still spoken, la
to all Intents and purposes dead in the
sense that Greek and Latin are. Corn
ish, Manx and the old, mysterious
Romany tongue are also example
Wfcicb should be menttozved- i
0) Mot
It baa often bean said that the
ty of the negro rate, for enduring beat
baa never been folly tested. An lne.
dent related by a dairyman living oo
the outskirts of the city seams to bear
out this assertion. He has a young ne
gro boy. who looks after the cattle and
does chores around the place. The
only effect that the heat produces to
his case la a desire for al amber. The
dairyman had a young calf In the barn
yard and as the snn was pouring In on
the poor animal hla wife sent "Carllna"
oat to tarn the calf loose, so that he
could seek a shady spot. After wait
ing an hour for hla return the house
wire went to the barnyard to Investi
gate. There ahe found both boy and
calf curled up In the hot and stifling
barnyard. The calf waa dead from the
effects of the snn. bat the boy was
slumbering peacefully by Its side.
While a negro can stand any amount
of heat on his head, he loves to cool his
heels. It Is a common sight In the win
ter to see a negro boy on a frosty morn
ing with his head bundled up to keep
out the cold and at the same time walk
ing unconcernedly along the frosty
ground In his bare feet. One of tbs
hottest places In the city on a hot day
Is at the lumber wharves of the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad.
When the men knock off for noon they
frequently take a nap with their face
upturned to the rays of the biasing
sun; at the same time they get their
feet under the shadow of some friendly
(umber pile. Florida Times-Union.
A Bagacloxts Elephant.
O. E. Peal states that he once saw
young elephant deliberately fashion a
surgical instrument. He saw the ani
mal in question go to a bamboo fence
and break off one of the pickets; thli
picket it further fractured with Iti
trunk and one of its fore feet until 11
obtained a sharp fragment some ten oi
twelve Inches In length. Then, leaning
forward on one of Its forelegs, it thrust
this fragment, which It grasped with
Its trunk, into Its "armpit," and vig
orously moved it to and fro. As a re
sult of this operation a large elephant
leech was dislodged, which dropped tc
the ground and was at once ground to
mincemeat beneath the horny toes ol
the sagacious brute, which grunted Its
Intense satisfaction!
Jessie, the elephant mentioned above,
had some knowledge of pneumatics.
One day I tossed a peanut, which fell
to the ground some eight or ten Inches
beyond the utmost reach of her trunk.
She stretched out this organ to Its full
est extent toward the peanut, then
blew through It a sudden, quick and
powerful blast. The peanut was hurled
against the wall, whence It bounded
and then rolled beneath the feet of the
Intelligent animal, which at once swal
lowed. I tried this experiment several
times, each time with a like result.
Scientific American.
The Tlmmer Market.
On the last Wednesday of August
every year there I a fair called the
Tlmmer Market" held In the Castle
Square In Aberdeen, Scotland. Soma
fifty or sixty years ago nothing could
be bought at It but wooden articles
from which arose the name "Timmer."
Stow, however. It la the Scotch house
wife's last chance or getting her ber
ries for preserving. Every patron ol
the market knows that after thai
month the only chance of fruit is gow
hence the rush. Great and small
rich and poor alike turn out
Booths, set to the best advantage ant!
numbering perhaps two hundred, art
arranged In rows, ample room beinf
left for the buyers and pleasure-seek
ers between. Fruit stalls, old clothei
dealers, shooting ranges, wheels of for
tune everything to make a penny cat
be found there. Schools and college!
have no recognized holiday on thai
Wednesday, yet the average "med" ii
a regular attendant Up and down h
parades, blowing his trumpet in th
face of everyone be meets and looking
the very picture of happiness, althougt
past the age of three.
By 7 o'clock the "tarry rope" lampt
are lit and the fun commences. Coun
try "bumklns" fetch their "lasses" and
buy them candy and pears or whatevei
Is wished for; provided that the cost
does not exceed sixpence. The eliti
of both sexes mix with the crowd and
"treat," the one the other. When al
Is about sold out the students start foi
home with a rush, upsetting the stalli
as they go. Nothing, of course, is said
by the police. It being "Timmer" day
Should any one be so absent-minded
as to forget the months and the dayt
thereof he has no doubt whatever
from the head-splitting noise, of thf
last Wednesday in August
Tricks of Choir Singers.
One of the English bishops ha been
complaining that he notices about
many choir boys and men a want of
reverence and of attention to the serv
ices that are going on, and he exempli
fies this by saying that the choristers
talk In song and have a sort of "volun
tary" of their own wherein they drop
the original words and, to sacred mu
sic, chant "I am so hungry; I hope ws
shall finish soon."
But this. In reality, is a very old com
plaint, and the average stage managei
is far more afflicted by It than even are
choirmasters connected with places of
worship. The rows of chorus men and
girls one sees on the stage carry on
long and animated conversations about
everything under the sun, and all to
music. And all the time they Indulge
In the gestures they have been taught
as appropriate to the scene, their
thoughts are really with the themes of
their musical chat and thus it Is that
these gestures seem so wooden and
artificial. And It Is a fact that the
great bulk of the chorus people engaged
In the highest class "Italian" opera sing
any gibberish they please.
Old Joke Given New Twist.
A man well known In professional
circles was standing In the Union De
pot a few days ago when a womaa
came up to an officer stationed at tht
depot, and the following coDversatloa
took place:
"Will this train take me to Detroit r
"No, madam, but you can change
cars at Toledo and get to Detroit"
"What time will that get me tharef
"Six twenty p. m."
"Are you sureT"'
"Well, if It's on time It will."
"Are you sure I'll make connection
at Toledo?"
"Tes'm."
The woman went away apparently
satisfied, bnt came back a moment lav
ter, and asked all the questions over
again. When she had departed the pro-
fesstonal man walked up to the officer
and Inquired:
How many dura fool questions do
you have to answer In a day?"
"It's the third time to-day," said the
officer, with a twinkle la hla eye, "thai
I hare answered taat etka." ClsvelaaW
Plain Dealer.
ty always
RAWS MORN BLASTS
OD'8 work never
waits on the maa
who la not ready.
In order to show
as the stars God
had to give ni
night
Before the devD
can be chained tht
saloon door must
be shut.
Nothing but sin
ever made any
body doubt the di
vinity of Jesus Christ.
Prayer for dally bread la answered
with dally strength.
To nail your doctrine to the cross
will not take away your sins.
Good fortune sometimes cornea to aea
us in a very shabby looking carriage.
The devil probably dressed In white
on the day the cigarette waa Invented.
A man had better sleep in sloth than
keep himself awake with wickedness.
There can be no refinement of man
ners where there 1 corruption of mor
ale.
It would puzzle an onion to under
stand what there is about a rose that
people like. -
Angels weep on the day that a young
man begins to spend more money than
be can make.
The cross corrects the pessimism of
the reign of natural law by the revela
tion of the reign of divine love.
Many a man whose prayer were
long will be kept out of heaven be
cause bis yardstick was too short.
When an evil thought la trying to
force Itself upon your mind, the devil is
knocking at the door of your heart.
The man who says. "Our Father," in
honest prayer, will not be found stand
ing with his foot on his brother's neck.
YANKEE HENS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Change Their Mature After Having
Bean Acclimated In Boerdom.
"One of the greatest troubles expert
enced by people living In tropical coun
tries," said L. T. Varden, of Chicago
at the Gilsey house, "Is to obtain meal
of a quality fit to eat Take the Phil
ippines, for instance. The cattle then
are magnificent to look at, but they
cut up into mighty poor food, being fal
and also stringy. Almost all the meal
used by our men there comes from
Australia, being brought In refrigera
tor ships, from which It Is Issued thret
times a week. The Australian Is as
good beef as a man would care to eat
There la, or rather was for it Is nearly
a year and a half since I was there
lack of poultry," also. No hens oi
chickens can be obtained, but onlj
ducks, which Is an exceedingly pool
substitute for a hen's egg. In my esti
mation. I understand that since then
they have tried to remedy this and
other deficiencies by Importing hem
and other things, bnt I doubt the suc
cess of the experiment for the climate,
different kind of food and the like, may
change the flesh of the fowl and the
quality of the egg. C. A. Williams, a
friend of mine, who used to be United
States consul at Johannesburg, and
who now lives In the Transvaal, told
me that when he first went to South
Africa he endeavored to raise the char
acter and quality of his table supplies
by Importation. The meat In South
Africa was poor, but that could not be
helped. American fowls, William
thought would be a decided Improve
ment over those of the Transvaal, and
their eggs would enable htm to begin
each day with an easy stomach and a
satisfied mind. So he brought out
flock of American-bred poultry. At
first all went well; the breakfast egg
was a godsend and the occasional
chicken at dinner all that he bad fond
ly anticipated, bat then there came i
change, at first so gradual that Will
iams was Inclined to attribute it to loss
of appetite. The breakfast egg grew
coarse and coarser In flavor until It be
came wholly uneatable and the dinner
chicken deteriorated In similar manner
and with Identical result With tt
former, however, the outward appear
ance of the egg remained the same, but
the poultry not only changed In qual
ity and flavor of flesh, but also In ex
ternal appearance as welL Without
Increasing the size of the body, the
necks grew longer and thinner and the
legs lengthened out of all proportion,
until at last the hens resembled noth
ing so much as diminutive ostriches.
They were unfit to eat and of no other
domestic nse, and so Williams gave
them away to the Kaffirs, but for some
time he thought of exhibiting tbeni
here at a poultry show, mainly to as
certain what names competent Judges
would apply to them, but the expense
deterred him. He also had another
scheme to get even, which was to en
ter the roosters In cocking mains.
Williams said they could lick anything
that wore feathers, short of an eagle
or an ostrich, and that there was not a
dog In the Transvaal that would come
anywhere near his house while tbey re
mained his property, so utterly bad the
few dogs which bad tried conclusions
with them been routed." New York
Tribune. '
Vast Cost of Imported Perfumes
A recent compilation of statistics
ihows that In 1803 American dealer
Doiight u:ore than SfOO.OCO worth of
foreign cosmetics and perfumes. The
ate Kate Field ssld, a few years ago.
.hat American women spend $22,000,-
XX) a year In those toilet luxuries. "most
of which. she said, "are poisonous.''
Porcelain Tower.
This waa one of the . architectural
boasts of Nankin, China. It waa reared
In the ninth century before Christ bj
King A-yon, and has been twice rebull
once In the fourth century of thi
Christian era and again In 1418 bt
Hoang-ll-Tal. The tower originally at
talned a height of 850 feet. It consisted
of nine stories surmounted by a greai
mast bounded by a spiral cage an
crowned by an immense globe. A hun
lred and fifty-two large bells were hunt
from the roofs of the nine stories
which were ornamented also with 122
lamps. The cost of the original edlflct
was estimated at between $35,000,00C
and $40,000,000. It was made Of white
brick and the walls and roofs were
brilliantly ornamented with porcelain.
The great porcelain tower waa destroy
ed In 1853, during the Tae Ping occupa
tion of the city.
Iceland's Elder-Down Trade.
About 10,000 pounds of elder-down is
collected annually in Iceland. 7,000
pounds being exported to foreign coun
tries. Formerly the peaaanta used to
receive over 21 shillings a pound for It
jut the price has now fallen to hall
:hat amount The peasants seldom re-
elve money, and are obliged to barter 1
their down for merchandise furnished '
by the Danish merchants at the little
settlements on the fjolda.
Time conquers all, and we must Time
obey.
Those best
can bear reproof who
ourit praise.
Vsialag MeeaeOetl
How ire
and have
I ill Hli II lki y
i.mn i iiti i t--
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That's
Spring
Nearly every one needs good spring medicine; a medicine
taat will remove impurities from tie system, strengthen the
digestion, and bring back the old force and vigor to tie
nerves. A perfect SarsapariHa is just suck a medicine: a
Sarsaparilla taat contains the choicest and most valuable in
gredients : a Sarsaparilla accurately and carefully made, and
one that experience his shown is perfect in every way.
That'sAYEl'S
"The only Sarsaparilla aaade nndcr the personal supervision ol
three graduates: a graduate m pharmacy, a gradvalc in
cteaaistry, and a graduate la axdJctoe."
$L00 a bottle. AH Drviiists.
"I am perfectly confident that Ayeri Sanspsrilla sad PUk bars saved my Eft
by taking them every 611 an4 sprinf. I Km kept them in the home for the
part twenty yean." Era N. Hast, Buftalo, N. Y., March so, 1900.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
fHIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayiaaa and Case Dosavse ef the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other tit
tle Osae ta Rsad.
A boy who Is evidently very nice tc
Bis little sisters writes to the Cincin
nati Enquirer a description of a lot of
paier furniture he made for the girls'
loll house. As he tells how the articles
ire cut and shaped we reprint the ar-
icle for the benefit of our little read
's:
There Is nothing more cheerful than
in open Are In the dining room, and a
aper lady has just as much right to
heerful surroundings as any one else
x'ho depends entirely upon other peo
ple's labor for their comforts In life.
Figure 6 Is a pattern for a fireplace for
FIRBPLa.CE, VASE. CLOCK 1XD CHAIR.
he dining-room. The heavy black lines
ihow where to cut with the scissors.
The dotted lines show where to fold
he mantle to give It the form of Fig
ire 7.
When the space In the panel above
he mantel Is cut out, as shown In the
liagram, paste a colored picture from
wime paper on the back, so that the
anel frames the picture, as in Figure
'. Rend the grate back Inside the fire
rifice, and fill It with crumpled piece
if bright red paper to represent fire
flie paper fire will be warm enough foi
1 paper doll, and prevent her from suf
fering with cold feet. Figure 8 shows
low to make vases of flowers, the point
ed ends at the bottom being Intended to
itick through the slits cut In the top of
:he mantel.
Figure 9 shows how to make a man
tel clock. A grandfather's clock to
natch the Janice Meredith chairs can
e made by simply making Figure 9
hree times as long as it appears In the
llustrntlon.
Dolly cannot sleep upon the chairs,
tnd a bed Is as necessary a thing for
:he bedroom as a stove Is for the kitch
n. Figure 13 tells you Just how to
build a four post bed for the little miss.
n. j
I r er.N0 tmii ue ( J
I ".. 1 e'-fiKi" 1 " J"
IHO
TH3 in
the roua-POST nan.
ut it does not tell you how to make
he mattress and bedclothes.
A small paper bag of tissue or some
ther kind of verv llarht nnner mada tn
it the bedstead will answer for the
oattress cover, and If this is filled with j
mull crumpled bits of tissue paper It I
Mil make as soft a mattress as the most
lainty paper doll could wish for a good
i!?hfs rest or an afternoon nap.
Make the sheets of line white tissue
paper and a coverlid of soma bright col
Kd Paper, Jhe bolster qafjfcp sSt if
Rp CeT-avf
tie cnildrea tab ipriag?
Complaining good deal of lead-
acaccan 1 sraav as wcu a asou,
'v easily fall asleep, and are tired
all The time' svna now a a
with yonrseiif is your
strraet a slipping away? Doyou
tremble easily, are your nerves all
nstrons, do yon feel doll and sleepy.
yon lost all ambition ?
Poisoning
a roll of soft paper and the pillows
made In the same way as the mattress.
White paper bags make beautiful pil
low slips, and If you have some old
candy boxes you can use the paper lace
with which to trim your pillow shams.
Dolly la now ready to go to bed and
sleep a sweet paper sleep and dream
happy paper dreams of pasteboard pie
and blotting paper pudding.
But no lady's bedroom Is well furnish
ed unless It has one or more rocking
chairs. Figure 14 Is a pattern for
bedroom rocking chair, and Figure IS
shows how the chair looks when It li
finished and ready for your little house
keeper to sit In and rock" white she uu
her fancy work or chats with her papei
friends upon the prevailing styles.
Mathematical Made Made Easy.
Ton never can tell what figures will
lo. Of course they are truthful If prop-
?rly handled, but some of them are ca
pable of the most bewildering antlca
Here Is a method by which figures ma;
ce made to tell tecrets In a way that
will astonish those who are not inform
ed about bow to do the "flgurlnau"
. Ask some person to put down un
known to you a number composed of
three figures (say 702). Tell him to
transpose the figures (making 267) and
to subtract the lesser from the greater.
Then ask him to tell you the first figure
of the result, and you can tell him the
entire number. For Instance, your first
number In the present example Is 702,
which transposed makes 267. Subtract
tract 267 from 762 and you have 495.
The only figure that you are told le
4, the first of the result. All you have
to do Is to subtract 4 from 9, which will
give you 5, the last figure, and the cen
tral figure Is always 9. So your num
ber will be 495. This Is true In all cases
where only three figures are used In
making np a number. The central fig
ure will always be 9 when the trans
posed number is subtracted from the
original number, and the two end fig
ures when added together will make 0.
So, knowing either the first or lat fig
ure of the result, you can give the en
tire number.
Toy Trains on tne Man.
On the floor of a room of one of the
leading board schools in South London
is a plan of South Africa'nearly twenty
feet square. Toy trains run on the rail
way lines, the rivers are In white chalk.
and the whole plan has been carefully
constructed to scale for the Instruction
of the children.
POWER OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Misconceptions of the Force Exerted by
Dynamite and Gunpowder.
There la a widespread misapprehen
sion in regard to the devastating effect
of these high explosives, for when un
confined the effect even of Urge
charges of them upon structures Is
comparatively slight At the naval
ordnance proving grounds, so long ago
as 1884, repeated charges of dynamite.
varying from live pounds to one hun
dred pounds in weight were detonated
on the face of a vertical target consist
ing of eleven one-inch wrought Iron
plates bolted to a twenty-Inch oak
backing, until 440 pounds of dynamite
had been so detonated in contact with
it and yet the target remained practi
cally uninjured, while at Braamfonteln
the accidental explosion of fifty-five
tons of blasting gelatin, which was
stored In railway vans, excavated but
30,000 tons of soft earth.
This last may seem a terrible effect
but the amount of explosive involved
was enormous and the material one of
the most .energetic that -we possess,
while, if we compare It with the action
of explosives wben confined, its effect
becomes quite moderate. Thus at Fort
Lee, on the Hudson, but two tons of
lynamlte placed In a chamber In the
ock and tamped brought down 100,000
ns of rock; at Lemberls, Wales, two
ns and a half of gelatin dynamite
imllarly placed threw out 180,000 tons
f rock, and at the Talcen Mawr, in
Vales, seven tons of gunpowder, placed
n two chambers of the rock, dislodged
from 125,000 to 200,000 tons of rock.
We might cite many auch examples,
but on comparing these we find that
the gunpowder confined In the Interior
st the Talcen Mawr was over forty
two times aa efficient aa the explosive
gelatin on the surface at Braamfon
teln, while the dynamite at Fort Lee
waa over ninety times aa destructive.
Popular Science Monthly.
It Looks Like It,
"I think my landlord must be a chess
player," said Dinwiddle to Van Braam.
3.!? 700 tWnk
H m m9 K wa mT morB-"
Pitts-
ours vinrxr cie-xeiegrapn.
nest springs from, strife, and disso
nant chords beget dlvlnest harmonies.
Wben the people have no other tyrant,
their ows public opinion becomes oaa.
T::2imrjcrY:-ai.tEa
Twasa"
Helped by Mrs.
' mDbab Mas. PraaHAif I am sixteen
yonra old and am troubled with- any
naonthly sickness. It la very Irregular,
occurring only once in two or three
months, and also very painful. I also
aulfer with cramr- and once in a while
pain strikes me in the heart and Ihave
drowsy headaches. If there Is anything
vea can do for me, I will gladly follow
... A ' -
your advice."
Miss Mast
Gomks, Aptoa,
CaL, July W
1S8.
" Dbax Mas.
PIb-kbaii:
After receiv
ing your letter
I began the
use of your rema
dies, talrino- both .
Lydia E. Pink-.
ham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier. I am now
regular every month and suffer no pain.
Your medicine is the best that any suf
fering girl can take." Miss Mabt
QomeS, Aptoa, CaL, July . 1890.
Nervous and Dizzy
' Dear Mas. Piskham : I wish to
express my thanks to you for the great
benefit I have received from the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I suffered constantly from ter
rible sldeache, had chills, waa nervous
and dizzy. I had tried different kinds
of medicine bnt they all failed entirely.
After taking three bottles of Vegetable
Compound and three of Blood Purifier I
am all right. I cannot thank you enough
fonwhat your remedies have done for
me." Miss Matilda Jesses, Box IS,
Ogdensbure. Wis.. June 10, 1899.
Never Admit Defeat.
Never admit defeat or poverty,
though you seem to be down and have
not a cent. Stoutly assert your divine
right to be a man, to hold your head up
and look the world In the face; step
bravely to the front whatever opposes,
and the world will make way for you.
No one will Insist upon your right
while you yourself doubt that you pos
sess the qualities requisite for success.
Never allow yourself to be a traitor to
your own cause by undermining your
self-confidence.
There never was a time before wben
persistent, original force was so much
In demand as now. The namby-pamby,
nerveless man has little show In the
hustling world of to-day. In the twen
tieth century a man must either push
or be pushed.
Every one admires the man who can
assert his rights and has the power to
demand and take them if denied him.
No one can respect the man who slinks
In the rear and apologizes for being lu
the world. Negative virtues are of no
use in winning one's way. It Is the
positive -man, the man with original
energy, and push that forges to tho
front Success.
Belter Farm la Cabs.
In the province of Matanzas, Cuba,
at Celba Mocha, an industrial relief
farm la carried on by a New England
relief society. Its first crop was early
potatoes. - Nearly all the cultivating
and harvesting were done by war wld
wi and orphans. During the Insurrec
tion 8,000 reconcentrados were crowd
ed together at Celba Mocha. Eight
hundred are left Five thousand arc
In a cemetery near by.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-
Ease, a powder for the feet It 'makes
tight or new shoes feet easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions. Swollen. Hot. Smarting
and Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
25 cts. Sample Bent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy. N. Y.
He that hath an estate, and he that
hath a calling hath an office of profit
and honor.
What Shall We Have roe Ptisaertl
This question arises in the family daily. Let
as answer It to-day. Try Jell-O. a delicious
aud healthful -ieasort. Prepared la S mln. Mo
boillDKl no baking 1 Simply add a little hot
water set toeool. Flavors: Lemon.Oranits,
Kuspberry and Strawberry. At grocers. lOo.
Kind words are benedictions. They
are not only instruments of power, but
of benevolence and courtesy; blessings
ooth to tne speaker and hearer of
them.
To Care a Cold ! On n...
t sas UXiTi T BlniM CJ rim.. T... i -m
S' & . """"r rails to ears,
K. W. Qsovs's slcnatnrs Is oa each box. gfio.
Tne soul is not made as the statue
is. with click of hammer and chin of
chisel from without, but the soul is
made of its own ingrowth, as a peach
is.
Mrs. Windows Boothia Syrup lor children
teething, softens the sums, rcducine inflamma
tion, sllaya pain, cures wind colic 2oc a bottle.
Let each day seem to me wasted
that passes without my having spoken
of help and sympathy, without having
maue some one Diess my name, be it
but a little child.
I do not believe Pico's Core for Consumption
has 40 equal for coughs and colds. JoHit F.
novas. Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1MM.
Changeless) Changeling.
"Guess I must have been changed In
the cradle."
"Why?"
"I've never had any change since."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Doesn't Kcqnire Jtioqneace.
"I delivered an address hist night"
"Ton! Why, you couldn't make a
speech."
"No, but I could tell a man my street
and number, couldn't I?" Philadelphia
Bulletin.
buy a MCKA6E of FMENDS'
This onlj shows a few of the premiums.
We have many more.
FRENCH JEWELRY.
Light Gold Plated Belt Buckle.
Sold Plated "Brooches.
Sterling; Silver Hearts,
Uerlisjg Silver Show Horn.
iterlin? Silver Nail File.
Sterling Silver Eraser.
Sterling; Silver Darning; BalL
Sterling; Silver Hair Curler.
Sterling' Silver Button Hook.
i?v- ifl
NIS 8PIT1 TRUNK.
He's Schesae to Oct Kven for a
. Gradate Airainat a Railroad.
Tne lengths to which a man will
sometimes go to avenge a real or fan
cied Injury are amusing," said a con
Suctor on a suburban train one morn
ing last week. "Do you see that prosperous-looking,
middle-aged man in the
third seat on the left? Well, sir, be
must be worth at least $100,000, from
tne Btyje f country place be supports
np on ,0 Sound. You will find In the
I. - - I 1 .A M t 1 I .U
baggage car a Dig uaiu:reu-iuus.iuK u,u
trunk with his name and address paint
ed on It In large letters. Every morning
when that man comes into New York
his trunk cornea with him, and when
' be goes home at night the trunk Is on
board. Between trips It rests in the
baa-gage room in New York or at the
station in the country where its owner
reta off. That trunk has been travel
og back and forth for two seasons now,
ind It's an awful nuisance.
"The reason for this Is: Two years
ago this man was -thrown down In the
car by a sudden Jolt and be sued the
road for $25,000 damages. He wasn't
Injured a particle, but he stated that
be had been waiting to sue the road for
something for a long time. Well, he
waa unable to prove carelessness on the
part of the road or Injury to himself,
and he lost his case. He waa an angry
man. and if be had not had an expens
ive home on our line he would not have
used the road. He looked around for
some way to get even and he hit upon
the trunk Idea. He found that he was
entitled to the transportation of 100
pounds of baggage on each trip. He
rigged up this big trunk, the largest
one that he could find, and put in
enough lead to make it weigh Just 100
pounds. So that every one might know
that he was revenging himself he paint
ed hla name In large letters on the
trunk. Every morning he has It check
ed Into New York and every night he
checks It home again. During the trip
he usually walks through the baggage
car to gloat over the sight of It He
gets a lot of fun out of It, but It means
a lot of bother also. He must get to
the station ten or fifteen minutes be
fore his train leaves In order to check
hla trunk. I have known htm to miss a
tram rather than leave that thing be
hind. Every man who rides In our
train knows that old trunk now. It's a
nuisance, of course, but we have got
used to It and we don't kick. The
owner of the trunk thinks that he Is
getting even with the road, and he
made out a little statement at the end
of hut season showing how much bag
gage he had forced the road to carry,
lie sent It to the treasurer of the road.
but I never heard that he received any
reply. Funny trick, isn't It?" New
Xcrk Sun.
Take Care of the Old Newspapers.
Old newspapers form an important
Item In domestic economy, and are use
ful for polishing window-glasses, for
sleaning lamp-chimneys, for testing and
cleaning flat-irons, and for a dozen
other things. You will also need heaps
of them when you come to pack away
the winter clothing. The cloth-moth,
like other evil-doers, has an aversion to
printer's Ink. An excellent moth-proof
bag, second only to the expensive tar
paper, and costing nothing, may be
made of two thicknesses of newspaper,
with the edges folded as If for an inch
wide hem, and securely pasted. Bags
of the same kind are about the best
thing you can use for keeping seeds
and dried herbs. They are dust and in
sect proof, and can be labeled and bung
In the store room until needed.
O ld Retaliatory Boycott,
The young men and women of Fox
Hill, Fa., have a nover conflict and a
mutual boycott on hand. The young
women decline to receive the attention?
of yonng men who refuse to be teeto
talers and the beaus retaliate by refus
ing attentions to young women who
wear birds on their hats.
Hla Money's Worth.
Oohensteln So she has broken her
engagement? Dlt she gift yon back der
ring?
Isaac No; she said dlamonts haf
gone up, but she vould glff me vot I
bald for It Puck.
Conacten Hons.
I suppose you will vote according to
your conscience in this matter?"
"I will," answered Senator Sorghum.
And my conscience tells me that It Is
always wrong to waste good moneys
Washington Star.
Jell-O, the Sew Dewaert
Pleases all the family. Four flavors:
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry.
At your grocers. 10 els.
Our grand business is not to see what
lies dimly at a distance, but to do what
lies clearly at hand.
Prescription for Chills
na 'svesj t a bottle of OROTS'S TA8TXI.IPS
Chili. Toaxo. It Is simply iron and quinine la
a tasteless torse. Mo curs no pay. Price 50c,
It Is better to suffer wrone than to
do It, and happier to be sometimes
cheated than not to trust.
Carter's Ink Is the Best Ink
Biade, but no dearer than the poorest. Has
the largest sale of any Ink In the world.
There Is nothing more precious to
man than his will: there i ki
which he relinquishes with so much re
luctance. x. a.
ipejn, Martine!. W. Ta says:
trrh Care eared me of a very bad
" Hall's Catarrh
Cass of catarrh.'
The same vices which are hugre and
Insupportable in others we do not feel
in ourselves.
OATS add find how to obtaix Valuable Premiums Free!
Wi-1
SCISSORS. 5-INCH.
Embroiderj Scissors.
Gent's Stag; Handle Knife.
Ladies' Pearl Handle Knife.
Boys' Jack Knife.
Razors.
Bo, tor Adults, Ymag Peo,Ie
His safest.
Judge (to accused) You are now so.
quitted of the charge of having stolen
a watch and may leave the court
Accused May I wear It now? New
York World.
(eXleluilf9g
1900
There U every good
reason why
St Jacobs Oil
should cure
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
LUMBAGO
SCIATICA
for the rest of the century. One par
amount reason is it does cure,
SURELY AND PROMPTLY
KCCCCCCCCC
ALABASTIIIE
Is a durable and
natural cement
base wall coating.
In S lb. paper packages, made ready for use in
white and fonrte.ai beautiful tints by mixiu?
with cold water. It is a cement that goes
through a process of setting, hardens with age,
and can be coated and recoated without washiug
off its old coats before reneniog.
ALABASTINE
Is entirely
different
from all the
various kalttomines on the market, being durable
and not stuck on the wail with glue. Alabaatiue
customers should Insist on having the goods in
packages properly labeled. They should reject
oil imitations. There is nothing "Just as good."
ALABASTINE
Prevents much sickness, particularly throat and
lung difficulties, attributable to unsanitary
coatings on walls. It has been recommended
in a paper published by the Michigan 6tate
Board of Health on account of its sanitary
features; which paper strongly condemned
kalaomines. AlabeHtine can be used on either
plastered walls, wood ceilings, brirk or canvas,
and any one can bruh it on. It admits of m il
eal changes from wall paper decorations, tuns
securing at reasonable expense the laUst and
beet effects. Alabastine is manufactured by the
III
Instructive and interesting booklet mailed free
to all applicants.
ao
PILES
If Ton have sot the PILES.
run nave notuaea ua.nikl
ii'Br Pile Ci hk. or you
wouldnot b&vt them now.
J he only Guaranteed Cure No detention from
business, no operation, no opium or morphtne.
12 Suppositories fiOc. or 24 and box of ointment
$l.(t, postpaid by mail. Send for book of valu
able in formation on 1'iles, r'KEE,wnether you
nee our remedy or not.
THE DANIELS L'RE PILE CURE CO.,
S94 Asylum St.. Hartford. Conn.
FREY'S VERMIR'GE
cures children of W0KM4.
Removes them effectually
and witboot paiu or an
noyance. 60 years' un
broken record ot success.
It is the remedy for all
worm troubles. Entirely
rege able. 25c. at druggists.
country stores or njr mall.
A H. FKEl't Haitiere, Ms.
FOR FIFTY YEARS.'
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
baa been naed by millions of mothers f r
Uielr children while 1 setblng for over Fifty
Veara it soothes the child, softens the
cuius, allays all pain, cures wind oollc, aoj
m me uw reuicay lor aiarrntes.
Twanty-fiva Cents a Bottle.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 & 3.50 SHOES union
Worth $4 to $6 compared .
mm umvr inaKSi,
Indorsed br over
1,000,000 wearers.
Tkr otaslas hare W. I. I
CoagUs' name and price I
ramped on bottom. Take i
no substitute claimed to be
as good. lour dealer
snould keen them if
sot, we will send a naiit
on receipt of price and ice.
extra for carriage. State kind or I rather,
sue, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free.
W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Uiu.
STOPPED FRCB
Permanently Carta kf
DR. KLINE'S GREAT
NERVE RESTORER
Ne Vita 1W Irn dstr a un
tWMfliBJ or to snail: treatise tai
aft. TBI.I. RirTTI.R ITRRR
afh fMvU4Qta who pmf "'praaaajf aalr an deU vary.
a ia-t, srot osvy sarniporsiry rriier. tvrsui ut
I Drtlllt,. Klki
airp7- past ma. p.. Vlttta Pane.
aVaK. K. aTl.BBVxL.iil K, BWat.
' 831 arch Street. Ptulaoslpkia.
DROPSY HEW DISCOVERT:
S I atiick relief and cures from
SMS- Book of testimonials sad lO slays' treatment
rrea. Dr. B. a. eaua SS0BS. aea a AUaata. es
gmrLKA Hrfleale Mir treatment, m tk&n t
CT- Addraes B. W1UGHT. Broetieu
W1UGHT, HO, Broetlwar, M. T.'
A Sure S-1L-
KIDDER'S PASTILLES.
relief for.
Hi ilium.
Sold by
he all i IniL'm.:-
Cbaxlestown. Mass.
fwsiorji-xi.
te1Myn8a.o91lnit
lyratu civil war. li aujudlcatuia -JUmt, atty allies
leyjiiaafsl:
rrfS anise all flKf falia.
Coae-n Syrup. Tastes Uoud. Use
vuue. boic oy uroBBlsts.
THE ROUND TRADE MARKS
ARE VALUABLE.
A Complete Premium List sent
on application to
FRIENDS' OATS,
MUSCATINE, IOWA.
Aluminum Coffee Strainer.
Aluminum Combs.
Silver Napkin Rings.
Sterling; Silver .Coffee Spoons.
Sterling Silver Cream Ladle.
; Sterling Silver Sugar Spoon.
Sterling SUver Bon-bon Spoon
taaSJ
aT 1
n7 ,9
ITS
OjMe&flfcm.
JSi
B I 1H
j a n
&
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S3i
sterling Silver Olive Spoon.