A fearful JkHismit of Ilslr. «U nm oixty year* old," said a down* town lurrolmoli "and I liafe shaved uvi r.v morning of my life sinco 1 waa tw«nt v. I got to wondering the other tiny how tuuoh beard bad gone to «mlo, and I made a calolation. It ia rafe to say thai I grew a quarter of an inch of whifkora a week, which wonld givo tne thirteen inches a year, and thirteen inches a year for forty yeara Mould givo mo forty-three feet and four inches. That'a a fearful amount of hair to get out of a man's system." —New York World. Wily Not. It issnid that If wo take care of little things, t lie Ijlk things will tnke cure of themselves. But wliy enn't iro be always prepared for ninny of our little troubles. Whnt's the use of suffering days and weeks, when In ten minutes we cnu get rid of the I'ilin. A sud den ntt-ick ol bnoknehe, toothache, or ncu rnlvle headnche, finds the most of us without iinythiiiK at hnnd, whilo St. Jacobs Oil would curennd put an end to the trouble promptly. The police census of Brookl . reports 81,- 58(1 horses owned In the city. If yon are doubtful «» to th« use of Dobbins' Electric Soap, and cannot accept the experience of iniliitnt who use It, after the 81 years it has been on the market, cm« trial will convince you. Ask your grocer for iC* Take no imitation. About 000 worth of property is yearly lost by fire in England. I A Couoh Should Not be Neqi.f.cted. "liroini's I!rmicli iiij Ti ocheti" are a simple rem edy and give immediate relief. Avoid imita tions. In Germany the butohers have lately been raising the price of horse meat, owing to the exhaustion of the supply of cheap horses. lVliere Did You Get Tills Coffee T Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our Church out for tea, forty of them, and all pro nounced the German Coffeeberry equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tolls you all about it! 35 packages Earliest vegetabloseeds SI.OO Order to-day. If you will cct this out and send with 15c. stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co,, La Crosse, Wis., you will got free a paokago of nbove great coffeo seed and our 148 page catalogue! Catalogue alone sc. postage, (A.) ILOItIUA FACTS. February nud March are two of the best months to visit Florida. The climate is tine <ind the soeiai features at their height of interest. When you have made up your mind togo, you naturally want to get there as soon as possible nnd in the most comfortable man ner. It you live in New York, Boston or Buffalo, you can take one of the Magnificent Trains ot the "Big Four Route" from any one 112 these cities to Cincinnati, nnd with only le change of ears continue your journey to acksouviile. Direct connection made in Cen lttl Union Station. Cincinnati, with through rains of nil lines to Florida. Address E. O. McCormick, Passenger Traffic Manager, or i). D. Martin, General Passenger and licket Agent Big Four Route, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ther« it mor® Catarrh in this section of tba country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to he incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure I with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu tional disease and iherefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hail's Catarrh Cure, man ufactured bv F. .T. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. 1 hey offer one hundred dollars f«.r any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials free. Address _ F. J. Crktet & Co., Toledo, O. 53PSold by Druggists, 75c. Spring medicine Your blood in Spring is almost certain to be full of impurities—the accumulation of tho winter months. Rod ventilation of sloaping rooms, impure air in dwell ings, factories and shops, overeating, hoa\y, improper foods, failure of the kidneys and liver properly to do extra work thus thrust upon them, aro tho prime causes of this condition. It is of tho utmost importance that you Purify Yourßlood Now, as when warmer weather comes and tho tonic effect of cold bracing air is gone, your wenk, thin, impure blood will not furnish necessary strength. That tired feeling, loss of appetite, will open the way for serious disease, ruined health, or breaking out of humors and impurities. To make pure, rich, red blood Hood's Sarsaparllla stands un equalled. Thousands testify to its merits. Millions take it as their Spring Medicine. Get Hood's, because Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Bio d lur i tier. All druggist s. fl Prepare t only by a. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Uus. Unnrl'c DSIIa ard ° Is to take nOOa 5 rlllS with Ho» -saparilla. . N Y U—| I ASK YOUR DEALE R ,M DOUGLAS /HOE "WOI/IDT "■ 84 to 80 for shoes, ex- W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9 . a good shoe you can buy for ■ -R 100 STYLES AND WIDTHB, CONGRESS, BUTTON, JF* \ And LACE, made in all Vai I kinds of the best selected leather by tkilltd work- | m men. Wo ipII more manufacturer in the world. None genuine unless name and <fINN price is stamped on the bottom. Ask your dealer for our 88, /STi Y3 ■4, S3.no, 52.80, 53.25 Shoes- /112 . »».SO, B'l and 51.76 (or boys. ' jtH?/ 1 TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE, if your dealer / M cannot supply you, send to fac- Sr tory, enclosing price and 3ft cents F l "®* to pay carriage. State kind, stvle I of toe (cap or plain), size and I Jw width. Our Custom Dept. will fill Ijggr your order. Send for new Jlhw trated Catalogue to liox It. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. JfiIIRAIAIISM Amer| ean School if Jouf * UllnnHLlOm unttan., Mtddletown. N. y <,si;-t.nFhi d tstM, Jotnnullsm u nibracing work (I editir, reporter, proofreader!, 10 im»„ SIOO. in * traction by Mall: Journalism, 4 iuob.. <U2 ; Proi ' reading, 2 nm, *7. Ca nto«ue. To Writers: Th couTKe will your work more ae.-ei.tabl toedltorn. W. KI.M KII OONK 1.1 KG. Dtrcem Be«» "ough Syrup. Tantei tjood. Use M iwrnurrrcL apflb trees. j Too oarly fruitage in newly-set trees ' ia often a sign that disease or inseots have attacked the treo and driven it ' into premature bearing. Too late 1 coming into bearing usually indicates '' an excoss of nitrogenous fertilizer,; and often a deficiency ol the mineral : elements of plant food. Liberal dress- ' ings of potash and phosphate will bring many old orchards into bearing. 1 —Boston Cultivator. RAW PHO^PIIATE. "Natural plant food" or "soft phosphates." These and other names are applied to the raw phosphate mined in Florida. In some of those deposits tho phosphate is fn a softer or more soluble form than in fine ground South Carolina phosphate rook untreated with aoid. These Florida phosphates vary widely in composition. All reputable dealers in these raw phosphates guarantee the amount of phosphoric aoid or bono phosphate in the material they sell. In the absence of such guaranty, we should hesitate to buy, fearing that an inferior article was being palmed off on the strength of the known quality of certain brands or mines of reputed merit.—American Agricul turist. roci/nvy. It would seem as if every person might see that poultry keeping is a profitable industry now that eggs are from forty-fivctotiftycentsper dozen; and there certainly is money iu a lim ited number of fowls rightly managed. Considerable care and attention are, however, imperative. Perhaps there is more detail to the work of poultry culture than to any other class of live 6tock husbandry. Certainly there are any quatity of so called "little things" to be attended to. Probably the poultry house needs whitewashing, if this has not been done, recently. This not only makes things "look" vastly better, but is effective against lice and parasites. The wash may bo mixed quite thin and applied with a spraying pump; or it may be used thicker and put on with a brush. To every gallon of tho wash add a gill of carb.olic acic, which is an excellent disinfectant and insect killer. The feed of fowls during these cold mouths needs attention. Bugs and insects are no more, and therefore, we must sup ply our birds with animal food. Boiled meat, beef scraps, etc., are all good; but fresh, raw meat and ground bone are much better and more nutritious. Only comparatively recently has a machine been put upon the market that will reduce hard, green bones to hen food surely andexpeditely. Bones themselves are ve SJ(II f y '; o^e d up! ate available as poultry food. Green food must be supplied to fowls that are confined; and in fact, to all poul try in winter. Hang up a cabbage, where the hen will be obliged to jump for it. This will "kill two birds with one stone," for the fowls will get the groen food they need and also got the exercise so essential to healtn. Boil potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and parsnips, mix with bran and cornmeal, and feed same every winter's morning, as a warm mash. Once or twice a day scatter a small amount of grain about 1 to induce tho birds to scratch. SMOKING AND STORING BACON. Before it is hung up in tho smoke- ! house, the entire flesh surface of the 1 hams and shoulders, and sometimes the 1 middlings also, are sprinkled thickly with fine black pepper, using a large tin pepper box to apply it. Some times a mixture of about equal parts of black aud led pepper helps very much to impart a good flavor. Tho meat is now hung upon sticks and hooks, close together without actually touching, and is ready for smoking. A few live coals are laid down, and a small fire is made of some dry stuff. As it gets well to burning, the fire is smothered with green hickory or oak 1 wood, and a basket of green chips 1 from the oak or hickory woodpilo is kept on hand, and used as required to ' keep the fire smothered, in order to ' produce a great smoke and but little 1 blaze. If the chips are too dry. thoy ' are kept moist jvith wator. Do not I allow the fire to got too large and hot, i thus endangering the meat hung near- ! est it. The fire requires constant care ' and nursing to keep up a good smoke and no blaze. Oak and hickory chips ' t and wood impart tho best color to s meat, while some woods, such as pine, < mulberry and persimmon, aro very ob- ( jectionable, imparting a disagreeable flavor to tho bacon. Corncobs make ( a good smoke, but they must be wet t before laying on the fire. Smoking j half a day at a time on several days a week for two or three weeks, will » bring best results. Bacon keeps nowhere so well as in ! i the house where it is smoked. It needs , air and a cool, dry, (lark room for , keeping well in summer. Tho least , degree of dampness is detrimental, j causing the bacon to mold. It has t been noticed, however, that moldy a bacon is seldom infested with tho skipper. Some housekeepers preserve ~ hams in close boxes or barrels, in a K cool, dark room, aud succeed well. £ Others pack in oat shells or bran, or wrap in old newspapers, and lay away . on shelves or in boxes. Inclosing iu r cloth sacks and painting the olotii is ' „ also practiced. The bacon thus cared ! „ for must be constantly watoued to ( prevent mice and ants fyom getting t access to it.~New England Home stead. COMMON SENSE POULTBV MANAGEMENT ' What breeds pay best? is a question ~ often asked of the fancier aud answerer 112 generally by recommending the bsreede i e he handles, writes S. N. Wolcott. in I <] my experience the first cross between , the Leghorn and a largo breed manes . u the nearest to an all-purpose fowl of I . nuy oue I ever used. My first erQ-is'j was from White Leghorn cockei'Tj*' I and Plymouth Rook hens. it. pro, ittjjd toffmtifaj I? Fih $9 me- V jority having the form of fhe Ply month Bocks, weighing anywhere from five to seven pounds. They grow quickly and, feathering early, were salable at six weeks to two months old, ing fancy prices as broilers. The hens from this cross lay nearly as well as the Leghorns. A few crosses make a little mongrel fowl that is an eyesore and too small to be profitable. My next cross was Light Brahma males and White Leghorn hens. These were generally pure white, larger than the first oross, good layers as hens, and early broilers, but do not feather as early as tbe first named. One can keep two breeds without confining them if the large breed is hatohed early and the small one later. I did this for some years by letting the flock run ont with Brahma males. I set only the dark eggs until I had all the hens sitting that I wished. About tbe middle of May I sold my Brahma males and brought home my Leghorn cockerels, which I lent to a lady who had a pen of Leghorns. After two or three weeks I began setting the pure white eggs, which hatched from July 1 ;to August 1. The pullets from these made early spring layers, con tinuing almost without intermission until moulting time, not stopping even then if well carted for. These late } hatches come when there is an abund anoe of small seed and grain on a farm, besidos insects, and it their quarters are kept free from vermin they require but little care after the first few weeks. They should have warm, comfort able quarters to themselves through the winter. I have a brood of Brown Leghorns hatched in June. One at least began to lay in January. Of course if one intends to keep puro chickens of any kind for sale, one breed is all that can bo kept unless yarded, and so securely that there is no chance for mixture. But for farm poultry this plan ce.n be followed with good results, and first crossos obtained by setting the Leghorn eggs while mated with the large males. The large breeds lay yellow or brown eggs, tlie small breeds white ones, so they are easily distinguished. If you are breeding pure chiokens of two or moro varieties, tho males should be separated from them l>y tho tirst of February at least. I like to let my hen;s run at large as long as possiblo, so I shut the males up until ready to yard them for breeding pur poses. Then I put each breed in its pen and turn the extra males out with my stock poultry. I like to havo two £ood maleH of each kind, and then if anything happens or the one yarded does not prove satisfactory, I have a vigorous malo to replace him without further ♦rnuhln or. loss of time. A few weeks' liberty will sometimesraouper ate a fowl until he is as good as ever. When yarded, chickens must Lave good care to do well. Change of diet, green food, or scalded c'over in win ter sprinkled thickly with bran, applos snd potatoes raw sometimes, a warm mess in cold mornings, with a good sprinkle of pepper and salt, meat scraps, broken dishes pounded fine enough to bo swallowed, coarse sand ind grave), and plenty of coal ashes ;hrown about the yards—are inexpen live helps to keep poultry healthy. Then one can purchase tho oyster shoil, ground Done and many other things 'ecommended for chickens. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Apple rust is ca ughfr from cedar trees , affected with an enlargement of tho branches known as cedar apples. Hence the remedy for apple rust is to destroy all the cedar trees iu tho neighborhood* or else to paint tho apple trees green with the Bordeaux mixture. Those who retail fruits in the oity find that those of good appearance pny best, irrespective of quality. The largest and best looking are first dis posed of. It is only after quality is known, as in the case of the Sockel pear, that a fruit of common appear ance can be sold. It is an almost universal mistako to think that trees require no water, or but little, in winter. There is a great deal of evaporation all through the winter, and if moisture is not closo at hand the tree will die. Keeping this in mind, it will be seen why there is great benefit in mulching newly plant ed trees. Tho impression that tho growing of small fruits is both difficult and expen sive has been obtained by the putting of this clase of plants in the kitchen garden, which is usually too small. To save space, the plants are crowded. Cultivation is, therefore, to difficult to be thorough, and a good yearly yield is out of the question. An orohard of 100 trees should con tain not more tht»*. twenty-five sum mer and fall sor .; the balance should be winter apples of best approved varieties. A few standard apples, well grown and propared for market, will make a farm's roputation, whilo if there be a score of kinds, there will not be enough of any one to establish a name. The fruit grower who desires to make the most of his trees must get acquainted with them and visit them frequently, even during tho wintei. Thus he can look «fter their welfare, protect them from rabbits and mice, romove inseot eggs wherever found, nnd otherwise assist them. To leave an orchard to its own resources all winter is a, great mistake. Apples may be kept in good condi tion until late in the Hummer, by wrap ping perfectly sound specimens in soft paper and packing them tenderly in clean barrels and storing them iu a cold, dark cellar. Another good plan for keeping them is to bnry them in earth below the reach of freezing. They will come out in the spring in good condition, hard, smooth, sound and juicy, without any loss of flavor, •nit a gain of it, by the slow, perfeot j-iponing. About the best one can do in some n-j.p.uci# is <9 t«ll iinth »u<l fuo, WISE WORDS. Th« ileeping fox cntohei no poultry. B* np and doing. Some people ere too intellectual, M some people ere too nioe. A tyrant never taateth of true friend* ahip, nor of perfect liberty. An ad. that indncea people to think ia anre to induce aome to bay. Saperatitiona are, for the moat part, bnt the shadows of great truths. Often we love a woman when we ean't admire the shape of her hat. When a mania asleep and forgets that he ia alive, it ia his happiest time. Most people waate the beat part of tlieir livea making other people rioh. The beat sweets, like the greatest joys, should be sipeed, not gulped down. The moat entertaining talkers are those who say tho most in the fewest worda. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wioked are cruel. Theologies are well in their place, but repentanoe and love must come before all other experiences. As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The only time b man of experience takes his wife into his confidence is to tell her he is not making any money. Man progresses from aversion to love; but when he began with love and arrives at aversion he never re turns to love. Every night before a man has put his head upon hispilow he has learned some new way of making a fool of himself.—The South-West. Cannibalism in Africa. The oannibalism of the black secret society known as the Human Leop ards, in the country near Sierra Lo one, disolosed by a recent trial, brings forcibly before us the difference be tween the East African and the West African habits of eating human flesh. The Sherbro cannibals waylaid and killed their victims and afterward feasted on their flesh. The cannibal ism of tho east coast is of a very dif ferent kind. The flesh of the old people—the grandfather and grandmother of a family—is dried and mixed with con diments, and a portion of this is of fered, with a dim sort of sacramental meaning, to travelers who become guests of the family. To refuse it would bo a deadly insult. To accept it is a passport to the privileged posi tion of a friend of the house. Many of our travelers in East Africa have eaten thus sacramentally of ancestors of some dark-skinned potentate. The cannibalism of the west coast is, as has just been 6eon, of a more horrible kind. There is a hideously genuine appetite for fresh human flesh still existing among the natives of West Africa. The cannibalism mani fests itself in a relinemeit of glut tony which has its mild analogy ju the tastes of Europeans. Toilng boys are ■Avu-£xtt\fT>z.T~ jJi jVJ*" in pens, fattened and finally killed and! baked. To these Thvestean feasts domes not only the savage chiefs of tl»e interior but also, it is whisperod, blick merchants from the coast.—Londop Saturday Review. Too Many Horse Hides. The hide of thaf horse has always been valuable for making ladies' liiie shoes and thongs for bolt lacing. It is much liner than the hide of a beef, and when split make? a very tine and soft leather. A few years ago the market could not get enough of them. That was in the days when n horse was a horse, and worih something, be fore the eleotric motor drove him from the street oar service. As high as $3 was paid for a good hide, and it was a very poor one that would not bring $2.00. But as the horse got cheaper and the advocate of horse flesh as food was re-enforced by the butcher who could palm it oft" for beef, thing.* slow ly began to cliangd. Prices went down steadily, until now it takes » No. 1 hide to bring 51.50, while fair ones go for fifty cents, and the poirer ones are thrown away.; The consumption of horse flesh in Europe, particularly in Paris, seems to liave increased won derfully, judging from the heavy im portation of hides to this country, while in this country it is said there is not a large city: where the horse is not slaughtered foi the market and sold either openly or secretly. The meat canning establishments are also creditod with ntilizing n great many broken-down animals. Thus, while the beef hide marliet has its fluctua tions and days of glut and scarcity, thciiorse hide market is completely stagnated, and there does not seem to bo any possible hopo for a revival of it.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Kick of a Tliirtecn-liicli (inn. Some time ago tho English Govern ment experimented with a thirteen inoh gun on a ship of tho Royal Sov ereign class. At the first firing of tho gun the entire upper deck was lifted from its position and sprung along its entire centre, so terrible was the shook. The United States battleship Indinna has been specially equipped to provide against any such disaster and her decks have been constructed in snoh a manner that naval experts agree that no suoh damage cau befall her when the thirteen-inch guns send out their flaming message. Naval experts are agreed, however, that when she is iu action and the four thirteen-inch guns are performing their deadly work tho oxplosious will shatter and destroy every piece of woodwork and glass in every portion of tho vessel.. That is expected and prepared for and for that reason the battleship -Indiana is composed almost entirely of iron and steel. She has been aptly described os an enormous floating steel fort with a ship built around it for purposes of navigation. Fully one-half of her could lio shot away and she would still float, and re tain her nucqualled fighting power. Those facts and figures should bring us to a realization of what a serious thing war is in theea modern times.—• Philadelphia Times. The camphor of commerce is tho product of several vavietioi of trees which grow wild iu India. Ueyloa aai SifeK 9* .tiegiiti A|i* PHYSICAL SUFFERING MAY WEAB OflT BODY AND MIND. Ordinary Wlwlnai» food Will Boater* lln Former, bat Mot tit* Latter; a Urate Food Nioiiur;. rrom He Timet, Troy, N. Y. William H. Harrison, Jr., a well-known re«ldont o( Berlin, telle the. Timrt bow bo was stricken wilb a complication of disease* some time ago, being left, after bis partial recovery, a mental and physical wreck. Con sidering tbe fact tbat Mr. Harrison was com pelled to use crutobes, and bas now fully recovered so as to be able to put tbe orutohes •side, this was Indeed an interesting case. Mr. Harrisoa {plls this story: "I am llfty-one years old. Three years ago last March T was taken sick with a com plication of diseases; my doctor helped me somewhat, but I was left with my feft leg swollen, tbereurere purple patches on the tnsido of the iSiklo and there was scarcely Any feeling in the leg from the knee down. Above the knee there was a weak, faint feel ing. Thfa suffering was almost unbearable, I was, iu fact, a mental and physioal wreck. I had neither energy nor ambition, mv mind was blurred and I could not concentrate my thoughts. I was nearly discouraged when I happened to read an advertisement of the cures of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I felt thnt they would hit my oase, and a neighbor, tell ing what the pills had done for a friend of his, made me decide to try the remedy; so I ven tured to send to Schenectady for some of the Pink Pills. "For a year I had been able to do no man ual labor and walked on crutches most of the time, but before I had taken half a box of the pills I felt like a different man. After taking several Ipoxes of th j pills my legs im proved, nnd mybodlly health was altogether better. I put aside my crutches, my strength returned, my mind became clear and all tho organs of my body seem now to be doing' their work well. "I am now working most every day and I am In nearly as good health as I bad been for several years prior to my last Illness." Mr. Harrison was loud in the praises of Dr. Williams' Pills, undhe continued: •'I can honestly say that I feel that if I had not bad the pills 1 should not have been here to-day, so I most cheerfully tell of the won derful work they have done for me. I sin cerely hope that this statement may reach some other poor sufferers and accomplish n* excellent work for them as I have nad the benefit of." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all tho elemjnts neoessary to give new life an 4 richness to the blood nnd restore shattered? nerves. Tlioy are an un failing specific for such diseases as locomo tor ataxia, partiaPparalysis. St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, pal pitation of the heart, pale nnd sallow com plexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female, and all diseases resulting from vitiateil humors iu the blood. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by tlie 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Immnuuel Baptist Church, Chicago, is to have a choir of 200 voices. Dr. Kilmer's HWAMP-KOOT cures ail Kidney nttil Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Cousultation free. Laboratory Bini;hnmton. N. Y. The insurrection against Japanese rule in the island of Formosa is spreading. C'nECK Colds anil Bronchitis with Hale's Honey of Horeliouad and Tar. I'ike's Toothnche'Drops Cure in one minute. Goose Fed on ft Diamond. Mrs. Robert • Rosenthal, of East Thirty-second street, recently becamo the possessor of a diamond of consid erable value in a singular manner. About five weeks ago she went to her butcher's and selected a goose. It was sent home and, as she does not believe in confiding such matters to her servant, she proceeded to opeii it. Sha felt Something hard under her fingers and upon examination found what was very niuoh like a diamond. Mrs. Rosenthal did not at first sup pose it was a diamond, but to make sure she took it to a friend who is a judge of preoious stones. After in specting it he declared it to be a dia mond of excellent water, worth in the neighborhood of 8150. The goose did not cost more than 81.50. Mrs. Rosenthal said nothing about her find outside tho family for some time, but finally the bntoher heard of it and visited her house to examine the jewel. He said last night that it had a small fragment of gold adhering to it as though it had been set iu a ring. It is said that when he returned to his shop he immediately performed autopsies on all the geese he had in stock in the hope of discovering more jewelry. Ho was not successful, how ever. Ho could not remember where he had bought the particular goose which Mrs. Rosenthal purchased. It is his oustom, he said, to purohase of wholesale dealers wherever he can get the best for his money.—New York Herald. Parents of 58 Feet ot Children. The family referred to is famous in the West Forks (Ind.) neighborhood as being the tallest in the aggregate of any in the county, although there are individuals of greater stature. What will also interest students is the faot that the parents are rather small. The father is 5 feet 4 inches in height j the mother less, thongh both are of squatty mould. The height and weight of tho children is thus given : James Connelly, 6 feet 9 inches in height, weight 260 pounds. Edward Connelly, C feet 4. inohes, weight 245. Sarah Connelly, 6 feet 4 inchjs, weight 266. W. Connelly, 6 feet 7} inohes, weight 198. M. Connelly, 6 feet 4} inohes, weight 242. * Daniel Connelly, 6 feet 6 inches, weight 245. Bernard Connelly, 6 feet 9 inohes, weight 248. Ellen Connelly, 5 leot 11 inohes, weight 200. Bridget Connelly, 6 feet - 2 inohes, weight 195. T. Connelly, 6 feet 6j fnohes. weight 178. The total height of the ohildren is 58 ftet 3} inohes; total weight, 2277 pounds. The father thinks that life among the timber coupled with abun dant diet, is the cause of the extraor dinary growth of his ohildren.—lndia napolis Sentinel. Tolstoi proposes to establish a poly glot school in Russian, French anc German. He says that be has contri butions in plenty sent to him anc money oflered "for the good of man kind," whioh could be used for th< purpose. London University seems to hav< | awakened to the necessity of reform, j for at the recent meeting of Convooa- i tion a resolution asking the Govdrn- { ment to bring in its bill for reconsti tution was carried by a majority ol 431} to 240, A Ooad Doc 1. Worth Urtiii Alter, If you own a do* Ad think anything „( blip, Jfon should be able toSraat btm InteTllxentlr whan 111 and understand blm snfflclentljr tn detect symptoms of Illness. The diw doctor book written by H. Clay (Hover, t>. V. H., ape clallat In canine dlseaae* to the principal ken nel club>, will furnish t Ills information. Jt la a cloth bound, handsomely Illustrated bank, and will be sent Boat paid by the Hook I'ubllah lns House. 134 Leonard St., K. Y. City, on receipt of <0 eta. |n poataga stamp*. FITS stopped (fee by DR. Kt.tNr.'a OH*AT KCRVI RMTORID. NO fit* after Brat day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and ft.m trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline. KU Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa. Piso's Cnre for.Consumption la an A No. 1 Asthma medicine.—W. H. WtLLUJU, A ntlocb, 111*.. AprIUVIBW. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teethins, softens the trams, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Gladness Comes \X7ith a better understanding of th& * * transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts—gentle efforts —pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative* Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. Tnat is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed 60 highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when yon pur chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only,, and sold bj all rep utable druggist*. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with-any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. \,fj& ASTHiVIA POPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC aMBHWaSL (lives relict in rITB minutes. Send package. Sold by WsJjaQyV-i Drucplsta. One Box sent postpaid receipt of St.oo. Kii Si. a,. Address THOB. I'OPIUR, FHILX., FI. CHANGE OFA LIFETIME liaper sent to j our address free. Do you wont the New York Mercury—briglif, breezy and bristlini;— sunt to you or your hel: n or assigns—forever? You crm obtain the New York Daily aud Sunr'ay Mercury free. Fur full particulars address the Supt. of Circu lation. New York Mercury, 3 Park How. Now York. Cj MMWinks « il l#oud we will ph;»w you how to Na jtAJ luaktTfa a day; ah olmely i>urc; tro lur- Ki\l*h the work aud teach you free ycu work in «he locality where you , '- antoea o. ' T mnn,i. v » Worki ahfclutely wrhe at out. L 112. *OR(.A., 112 Manaser. Hox LP, PKTKOIT. MHHIi o FJEMSIOMWKfiiWft'ft 3yuiu last war, 15 claims, atty sine*. GOLD rrolNiTu? GOLD Beats Cripple Creek: Safer! Wrlle for partienlarsand prosrrrtus. ".HINES" ITlll Stout St.. Uenv. r,Col. nDIIIM nu<l WHISKY hahiiscnred. fiuoksent i yriWffl niKf. I'r. 11. )l. n OOI.r,KV, ATI.AVTi, IU. ALABASTINE.fXSf '' T WON ' T R UB OFF. I Wall Paper is Unsanitary, ffl 2,*°s Kalsomine is tern- f§l /rimm \ j^ Ol |^sHL3J?po rar y, rots, Poff and Scales. ' '< 1 \ 7fJ |C Ijf sTy««—✓ M . j> Ma . B _ 7tt£ &QCTOM-" o*9 Imgtr of I alabastine essms* irwWn V\Y M 3 f°rms a pure and permanent coating and docs ' \ oVTSa'/ 1 \\TSf irW not require to be taken off to renew from timer I \Mr XL_LI totime. Is a dry powder. The latest make J J\ " e, »S. aoapted to mix, ready for Use, with \ \ 1 \ Vx^V/^— Cold Water. Can be easily brushed on by any 112 112 .A I \ \ onc - Wade in white and twelve fasiiionaWei g eJSfijl l\ V tints. ALABASTINE is adapted to all styles\ \ 1 V> of plain and relief decorating. 112 112 im *SK VOUR PAINT DEALER FOR CARD OF TINTS. 112 112 ' " no * ' or **'* ' n your town, writs ua for nine of J A nearest dealer. 112 112 MWFACTUKEd ONLY BY ALABASTir.'E CO.. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.4 | Better use them I I this way, Bi| if you don't use Pearline. *Give your tired arms and aching back a J>\ p| rest, sc nehow, when you're scrubbing J and cleaning. "An absurd idea?" Of course, house with Pearline, year. in M ' uV and year out, and kn r nvs how much work it saves, and time, and rubbing, nothing seems more absurd jthan to try to clean house without it. Pearline— no soap with it—just Pearline—makes house-cleaning easy. Whue&Mtitot When Hamlet Exclaimed s " Aye, There's the Rub 1" Gould He Have Referred fo S A POLIO nON'T YOU OFTEN SF-K ■ W ■ B *i2Br W nn.l references in tlio news papers nnl books which you don't fuiiy understand, and which you would like to look up if you had some oomp set book which would Rive the In formation In a few lines?—not be »bliged to hau lie n twentj-poun 1 •ncyclopaallft costing f3B or »30. at {% In stamps sent to BOOK PXIB MSHINC HOUSE, 1 34 Leon- £% |J »«• Street. N. Y. City will lurnishyou, postpaid, with just such a book, containing 520 page?, well Illustrated, with complete han.ly Index. I>o you know who Crassus was.and wuero he lived? Who built thePyrnmids, and when? That sound travels 1125 feet per neanndV What Is the longest river lu Ifce worldV That Marco l'olo invented the compass In 1200, l.nd who Marco Polo was? What the Gerdlan Knot was? The book contains iliriu'.-iuda J— of explanations of just molt matters as you wonder mm about, Buu It nt the very low price of Bg V/« w W ft«</ a dollar and IMPIWVL 101nsiL*, Vr Mr. E. M. Craw Mr X of lem. H8 fo. have bi with my couldn't eat a souring on my > times whilo wor great moot* 1 ' gall. Ik. time and' leine, I* much. me. It stomas" fid worked itself all ov~r me. IK JJardener. the new doutor up on Twentieth Street, told me when I saw him it was my stom ach that caused all the trouble and give me an order to the drujf store. I took it there, and the boy give me a box of Ripaus TabuleK. began getting better, and have usc-i a little overtwo boxes, and am now sound and well. (Signed). MARTHA GILKISON, No. 1820 Fourth Avenue, Huntington, W. Va." RlransTabules ore sold hy druggist*. or b/ malt It the price (30 cent* a box) is s.-iil to roeiHluani Chemical Company. No. 10 Spruce at., New Yorit Sample vial, 10 cent a. CRIPPLE CREEK Offers great opportunities for the fafe ami profitable iu vestment of c apital in developing gold mine*. Jnt gold in there, but need* capital to get it out. >• e art the official brokersof one of the most prom ping gold Kiock* in the District, which will for a short time b9 sold at the ground floor price of tic. Per ftliare. liet iu before the rise; write f<»r prospectu* nnd full Information. We do not handle "Wild Cat scheme*, but only the most promising and conserva tive investments that have been carefully examined. Highest references Kl v **n. C. W. HOYT &. CO., Rnnkei'M A llrok^rs, Jarobson Building, Denver, Colo. dropsy BwS ■ H rnS I VW * H cured many thou sand cas-s pro nounced hone'es*. From first dose and in ten day. at least tno-thirds of all symptoms are The "LINENF." are tl>* B*»t ami Mont Economi cal Collars and Oufl's worn; they ore made or nne cloth, both sides finished alike, and be'.n* reversi ble, nne collar is equal to two ot any o.her kind.. 'ihcj ft toell, iriMr tne'.l ani look mil. A bo* of Ten Collars or Five Pairs ot Cuffs for 'lwenty-Fivo A Sample Collar and JVir of Cuffs !>y mail for Six Cents. Name style aud size. Address KEVERBI3LE COLI.AR COMPANY, 77 Franklin St., Kew York. 37 Kilby St., Boston. Eg it your door. It can and do6s furnish » Y&JSrfr and Fix"! Steel lowers. Steel Bomsaw *>«*<•' jrramefi. Steel ff »d Cutters and ttri vMitk urlnrtera. On application it will -a." ifl of these artfclsi that It will Iu tanuary tot at 1/3 the nsual Tanks kuw * ..utt'soi catalogue factervt 12tb. Rockwell so 4 FUlnare Strati. Cklcilfc ARBlll|Morpli:ne Habit Cured In Jo Rlfß|||X9 to 20 days. Nojiay till cured. Hi IWIW DN.J.BTEPHEN#, Lebanon,OhSo. WE HAVE. NO AGENTS - . bat sell direct to tlieconsum* tfWßm er at nhole*ale prices. Ship an>where for examination Sjea \ ranted 100 styles'oTCar r'a ff es . 90 styles of Har f ?p<Aness.ai styles RldlngSad i Write for catalogue. v ' \S~ Carriage A Harness Mf^Ca. W. B. FaaTi 1 , Geey. Elkbart, led.
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