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.
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ipII more
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Ask your dealer for our 88, /STi Y3
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TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE, if your dealer / M
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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.
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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
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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
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i Write for catalogue.
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