Be.aty la Blood Om».
1 Clean blood means a clean skin. Ko
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the iazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets.—beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
It costs over sls n minute to Are the
jMaxim gun at the rate of 750 shots a min
ute.
ter.iTE of Ohio, Citv ok Toi.ebo, I
Lucas County, <
Fuank .I. Cheney makes oath that, he is the
.senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co., doing businessin theCity ofToledo.County
and State that said Arm will pay
the sum of one hundkek doi.i.aks for each
fend every case of catahuh that cannot be
cured by the use of iiALi.'s Catauuh Cure.
* Fiiank .I. Cheney.
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Hall's Family Pills are tho best.
Knndy, the old capital of Ceylon, and
Singapore aro about to install tho olectric
light.
Coughs Lead to CoiiMtiiiption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Goto your druggist to-day and got
a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerous.
Queen Mary used the first sido saddle
with a pommel ever seen in Scotland.
Happy Cltiltlrvii
Aro they who take Hoxsie's Croup Cure for
croup and whooping cough. It cures
! quicker than any remody known. 50 cents.
Blind men outnumber blind women by
two to one.
Catarrh
In the Head
Is an inflammation of the mucous mem
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by a cold or succession of colds, combined
with impure blood. Catarrh is cured by
Hood's Sarsaparilla, which eradicates from
tho blood all scrofulous taints, rebuilds the
delicate tissues and builds up tho systom.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
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It Didn't Apply to Him.
During the latter part of September,
says the Sail Francisco News Letter,
Mr. Willis Polk was a member of a
house party being entertained at a
country place not so very far from San
Francisco. At dinner one night tho
subject of art was broached, and the
discussion soon became general. The
hostess, however, threw a damper on
the topic by a frankly expressed dis
like of wielders of the pencil and
brush.
"I can't stand artists," she 3aid,
petulantly, and when every one looked
surprised she added: "They are always
•so dirty, you know."
Polk leaned impulsively toward his
hostess, with a deprecating gestfire.
"My dear madam " he began, in
polite but emphatic protest.
"Why, Mr. Polk," replied the lady,
answering his unspoken exception with
airy frankness, "you are not an
artist!"
AN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs.
Pinkham About it. She Says :
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ing she knew it would cure me. I then
sent for your medicine, and after tak
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appeared. Oh! you do not know how
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me. 1 shall recommend it to all suffer
ing women.—Mrs. Rosa Gaum, 720
Wall St., Los Angeles, Cal.
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of the female organs, demonstrates
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More than a million women have been
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Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass.
Sour Stomach
"After I was Induced to try CAICA*
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My liver was in a very bad shape, aud my bead
acbed aud 1 bad stomach trouble. Now, since tak
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Iboni with beneficial results for sour stomach."
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BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
If you've a gray-haired mothot
In the old home far away—
Sit down and write the letter
You put off day by day.
Don't wait until her tired steps
Beach heaven's pearly Kate—
But show her that you think of he#
Before it is too late.
If you've a tender message,
Or a loving word to say.
Don't wait till you forget it.
But whispe* it today.
Who knows what bitter memories
May haunt you if you wait—
So make your loved ones happy
Before it is too lato. j
We live but in tho present.
The future is unknown—
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is all our own,
The chance that fortune lends to u.
May vanish while w« wait.
To spend your life's rich treasure
Before it is too late.
The tender words unspoken,
The letters never sent,
The long forgotten messages,
The wealth of love unspent.
For these some hearts are breaking.
For these some loved ones wait-
So show them that you care for them
Boforo it is too late.
—lda Goldsmith Morris.
J FOR LOVE OF HER MOTHER, J
• • ;
112 The Stlf-Sa:rifice of Kaomouna, the j i
j Hawaiian Flower Girl. j
• •
Tho usual Honolulu crowd was
down at the dock when the Hteiunship
Australia, seven days i'roiu San Fran
cisco, pulled alongside the pier on a
brilliant, balmy afternoon in January,
1895. American women, trim, groomed,
wholesome to look upon, in summer
afternoon costumes, such as happy
feminine exiles in the subtropics con
trive so prettily and effectively; a few
English and a few German women of
society, arrayed also for the steamer
day (which is a Honolulu function),
but lacking in the elusive distinction
and that indefinable "last touch" that
characterized the appearance of the
American women—these leaned back j
languorously in their carriages and
phaetons, under the shade of parasols, i
listening to the Jpzy, complimentary i
talk of tho duck-clad, lei-enwreathed j
young business men who combined |
duty with pleasure in thus waiting for I
the great steamer to laboriously slip
into her measured berth beside the
pier. The usual groups of silent, ex
pectant-eyed Kanaka men stood in the •
shade of the pier sheds, humble in !
attitude, chary of words, and yet not
sulky—your ordinary Kanaka man is
the sweetest-natured human animal in
all this surly world. Some of the
men wore shoulder leis (wreaths of
flowers) over their labor-grimed hick- i
ory shirts. All of the Kanaka women j
(there were perhaps fifty in all at the
ilock) also wore leis in cross belt wise
over their flowing white mother hub- i
bards. In truth, the flower wreaths
were everywhere. Staid, middle
aged merchants among the whites
wore them about their helmets and
straw hats,and all of the white women
in carriages had belts of Hawaiian
exotics.
All of the Kanaka women were in
their bare feet. They stood about in
little groups, as silent as the men of
their race. There was no envy in the
glances they directed toward the
female occupants of the carriages, even
if there may have been some wonder- I
ment over tho lavishness of the Ameri- ;
can and European women's costumes, j
A few of the Kanaka women carried j
tiny brown babies—silent also. Posi
tively, Kanaka babies do not cry. No J
mother of children will ever believe j
this until she has lived somewhere in
Hawaii.
The Kanaka women,young and old,
wore the flowing mother hubbard.
The young women were of varying
degrees of prettiness, even of beauty
—the countenance of no Kanaka
young woman is actually homely. The
figure of no Kanaka young woman is
ever anything but genuinely excellent
—the forms of most of them are
simply beautiful.
One of these Kanaka women at the
dock on this brilliant January after
noon was as beautiful in face and form
as an empress—in a way of primitive
ness, of course. She was clad like
the rest of the women of her race.
Yet she was stately, even in her bare
feet—which were small and perfectly
formed. She was fully five feet ten
inches iu height, and the white silk
cord with which, unlike the other
Kanaka women, she drew her white
dress about her waist, emphasized the
splendid, heroic proportions of her
figure. Her glisteuing, raven-black
hair hung straight down below her
waist. Her features were of the
aquiline, classic mold, her skin a dark
olive, with a film of rose under her
great black eyes. Kaomouna, who
had been one of King David Kala
kaua's flower girls, was a woman such
as many a young student, day-dream
ing in the quartier Latin, would have
given worlds to see—famous painters
did see her, and portray her.
Kaomouna, surpassingly beautiful,
neemed quite unconscious of her
beauty on this brilliant January after
noon. The young shipping clerks,
hurrying to and fro on the dock, with
their pencils behind their ears, t
stopped suddenly when they caught
sight of her, aud then stolo off be
hind bales of goods, in order that
they might observe her carefully, un
observed themselves. The women in
the carriages who had not been long
down from the States or from Europe,
saw Kaomouna, aud asked the women
of longer Honolulu residence. "Who
is that glorious creature?" Kaomouna,
with a very sad face, spoke only an
occasional word to one of the Kauaka
women. Her voice was a deep con
tralto, like the harmonious monotone
of palms and the sea, heard from a
distance.
The Australia was made fast to the
pier, and the passengers began to
troop over the gangway. There was
one man with his pretty young wife
and three-year-old little girl. The
little girl was the first to catch sight
of Kaomouna as she reached the bot
tom of the gangway. She quickly
freed her Laid from the grasp of her
father's and ran toward Kacmouna
with baby words. Kaomouna smiled
at the little girl, but did not offer to
take her up. Instead, sho folded her
arms, lookiug down at the little piuk
faced child pleasantly. The child
hung onto her skirts, and was thus .
found by her mother. When the
mother had taken the little girl, she
raised her eyes to look at Kaomouua.
She gave a start—as, inileed, all men
and women did, who first gazed upon
this woman, who had been King David
Kalakaua's flower girl.
"Did you ever in your whole lifo
see suchaperfectly beautiful woman?"
asked the young wife of lier husband
in a whisper when he came up. "And
Tita seemed to take to her immediate
ly. If we could ouly have her for a
nurse for Tita!"
Kaomouna heard her.
"Kaomouna would lovo to be that,"
she replied in a soft Kanaka-accented
speech, smiling. Then a look of pain
darted across her face. "But it may
not be—it may not be - "and with her
hands on her eyes Kaomouna turned
suddenly and disappeared among the
departing men and women of her
race.
Three mouths later the parents of
the little girl —they had come from
the States to settle in Honolulu —were
at the dock together to witness, for
the first time,the saddest sight in this
world—the departure of the lepers
from the Island of Molokai. The
Kilauea Hon, the leper steamer, was
out iu the stream, and the lepers were
being carried out to her in barges. A
litter was borne through the roped ill
closure for the lepers. On it lay a
very old Kanaka woman, loathsome in
the* final stages of the disease. At
the side of the litter walked Kao
mouna, still as beautiful as ever, with
no tear in her eyes. Yet her face was
very sad. The parents of ti e little girl
wondered. They spoke to ail official
of the Hawaiian board of health, who
was busy in the task of embarking the
lepers.
"Surely," they said, "slie does not
accompany the lepers?"
"Who, Kaomouna?" replied the
health official. "Oh, yes, she does,
but it is her own choice. Kaomouna,
you know, has been secreting her old
mother, who, as you perceive is a
leper in leprosy's advanced stage for
a number of years. We always knew
there was something mysterious about
Kaon o ina—that is, we have known
it for ino past five years. She had
made queer visits to a palm hut far
over in the Nuuanu valley. Last
week we followed lier—we felt there
was leprosy in it We found her
mother in the hut—Kaomouna had
had her in hiding, trying to save her
from Molokai, ever since the disease
became evident. Kaomouna is not
infected in the least—she has been
careful. But she elects to follow her
mother to Molokai, and she will be a
leper herself after a while. Extraor
dinary? Why, not at all! You do
not understand the filial devotion of
Kanaka women—men, too, for that
matter. Such cases are common
enough."
The parents of tlio little girl looked
at each other. There were tears in the
mother's eyes.
"That is why she folded her arms
and would not touch Tita!" she said.
"In this world of God, civilized or
uncivilized, could there be anything
more noble?" »
All was ready,and the Kilauea Hon,
with Kaomouna and her mother on
board, slowly started down the har
bor, the Kanakas on the dock setting
up the weird, wild chant of farewell
which is always sung when tho leper
ship sails.
The l*as«ion for Wealth.
No insanity is more complete than
that which unreasonable craving for
sudden wealth often produces. Tho
great Duke of Marlborough used to
walk twenty furlongs through the rain
and sleet in the middle of the night to
add one English sixpence to his fortune
of more than a million pounds ster
ling. A celebrated French miser
picked bones out of tlie streets, gnaw
ing them like a dog, while his income
was over SSOOO francs a day. One of
the most remarkable chapters iu the
early Dutch history is the reference
to the tulip mania. The impression
was that fortunes were to be obtained
in the trading in tulips. The bulbs
were bought and sold by weight, each
fraction of a pennyweight couuted as
carefully as jewel merchants count
their diamonds. The trade of the
nation was turned into this single
channel and ordinary industries suf
fered almost complete paralysis. So
high at length did the fever rise that
over SSOOO was offered and refused for
a single bulb. At last the bubble
burst. Men once rich became poor,
people of the middle class were re
duced to pauperism, and Holland
hardly recovered from the blow iu a
hundred years.—Detroit Free Press.
Only One W»jr.
Someone tells a story of a judge who
could not control his temper and so
could not control other people. One
day there was unusual disorder in the
court room,aud at last the judge could
endure it no longer.
"It is impossible to allow this per
sistent contempt of court to goon,"
he exclaimed, "and I shall be forced to
goto the extreme length of taking the
one step that will stop it!"
There was a long silence; then one
of the leading counsel rose and with
just a trace of a smile inquired: "If
it please jour honor, from what date
will youl take effect?"—
Youth's Comnanion.
LITTLE HAMPERED BY BLINDNESS
lteinarkable Things Done by a Sightless
Man in the Ifoosier State.
John Wnlther, who lives within two
miles of Clinton, Ind., has been blind
from birth. Until he reached man
hood John lived on the farm with hie
father, and it was not uncommon to
Bee him driving to the city with a
load of corn, wheat or other farm prod
uce. A piece of ground was given
to him, and each year he would plant
and cultivate a big garden, which he
would market in Clinton and place
the proceeds to his credit in the bank.
He would buy horses, cattle and hogs.
Even wheu a boy he was regarded as
a good trader. It is now a common
occurrence for John to stop in the
middle of the road and trade horses
with some jockey, and it is said that
he is never worsted. He will go tc
auy part of his father's large farm,
unattended, in search of a truant horse
or cow, and his searches are usually
successful. How he manages to distin
guish the stock for which he is search
ing is a question which puzzles every
body, aud a mystery which the blind
man himself cannot or does not ox
plain.
When he decides to come to town
he goes to the woods and, with appar
ently us little difficulty as a man blessed
with two good oyea, selects his favor
ite horse from perhaps a dozen grazing
in the pasture. He has each season
for years made a hand in the harvest
field, and the farmers regard him as
one of the fastest and most reliable
wheat "shockers" in tho neighbor,
hood. It was thi ee years ago during
harvest that tho blind man's brother
became entangled in the machinery
of a harvester and suffered a broken
arm. As soon as the accident occurred
John started on a run from the field
to the barn and began hitching a lean
to a spring wagon.
Ho worked rapidly, and when the
men bore the injured man to tho
house the blind boy had the team
hitched up, driven out in the road and
ready to start with his brother to a
doctor iu this city. He drove almost
at breakneck speed, made the turns of
the streets after reaching the city,and
brought his horses to a standstill iu
front of a doctor's office. Alter as
sisting tho wounded brother up the
stairway into the office he drew out
liis watch, slid his index finger quickly
around the dial, and, with a sigh, re
marked. "Just hull'-past 10—I was
only twelve minutes driving to town."
There is no work on tho farm that
the blind man canuot do, aud during
idle times he builds aud repairs fences.
He can lay the "worm" for a rail fence
as well as any man, and prides him
self on tho rapid manner iu which he
gets along with the work. Ho built a
plank fence along the gravel road iu
front of the Walther house. The line
is perfectly straight, while the work
manship on the fence aud gates is not
excelled by many meu who cau see
and who profess to be carpenters.
John Hriglit*« Prophecy.
Colonel Birch tells in a Plattsburg
paper of the following conversation
he had thirty years ago with Colonel
Vincent Marmaduke, aud its applica
tion to present conditions is such that
we give it to the public. Every Mis
souriau knows that Colonel Marma
duke, like his brother, was a decided
Confederate, and during the war he
was tho bearer of despatches from
Mr. Davis to Mr. Mason, who repre
sented the Southern confederacy in
England. Marmaduke says that one
eveniug Mr. Mason said to him: "Mr.
Marmaduke, John Brigiit is to make
a speech to-night in the House of Com
mons, and I think it would be to your
pleasure and interest togo down to
hear him." It will be remembered
that at that day Mr. Bright was the
most conspicuous figure in England.
Marmaduke went, and during his
speech Marmaduke says that Bright
stopped, and changing his line of
remarks, said : "Mr. Speaker, if our
kinsfolk on the other side of the At
lantic settle their civil war satisfacto
rily, and get back together in peace,
iu forty years there will not be a gun
fired in the world without their con
sent." This statement at that day
seemed preposterous, and no one but
a man with Bright's comprehensive
miud, could have dnred to make such
an assertion togo before the world.
It has been but thirty-five years since
Mr. Bright made that statement, and
yet events have happened in the last
few months which give to Mr. Bright's
words the spirit of prophecy, and no
one would now hesitate to reproduce
it. —Kansas City Journal.
A Painter's Secret Vanished.
A fortune awaits the man who
painted a station sign at Harper's
Ferry on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road shortly after the completion of
the line at that point. The Western
Society of Engineers iu Chicago has
the fign on exhibition iu its rooms in
the Monadnock building.
The engineers are using every effort
to ascertain who mixed the paint and
applied it to the sign, which was
placed iu position at the Harper's
Ferry station about 30 years ago. The
summers' heat aud winters' storms
have in no way dimmed the lustre ol
the paint used tb make the words
"Harper's Ferry." The words stand
out as boldly as the day they were
formed by the artist's brush. The
wood around the letters has beeu worn
abont one-sixteenth of an inch by sand
beaten agaiust it by fierce winds, but
the letters have withstood the ele
ments.
It is claimed that no paint manufao
tured nowadays is equal in durability
to that which was applied to the old
sign, and if the persou who mixed it is
living and will take advantage of the
secret he possesses as to its composi
tion it is said he can, by engaging in
the paint manufacturing buainesa. soon
accumulate wealth.—Chicago News,
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES,
To Clean Morocco.
Hold the leather as taut as possible
and scour it briskly with a stiff brush
dipped in soft soap and tepid water,
'o which has been added a few drops
J{ oxalic acid. Hang the leather over
4 line or chair back, and when dry
rub over with a rag dipped in sweet
ail.
For Cleaning Carpet on Floor.
Dissolve one pound of best laundry
soap in four gallons of hot water, add
two ounces of sal-soda, one ounce of
bora* and one ounce of fuller's earth;
nix thoroughly, then add four gallons
if cold water and set aside. When
you are ready to use it add three or
four ounces of ammonia. Put a pint
o- more on carpets, scrub very lightly
with common scrub brush; scrape ofl
the suds with a rubber window-clean
er, that raises the sap, wipe as dry as
possible with dry cloths. Do only a
small place :it, a time and be sure your
:leaniugs meet.
To flown 111 licit Silk.
Wheu a thrifty Frenchwoman wishes
to clean black silk she brushes it thor
oughly and wipes it with a cloth,
l'hen, after it is free from dust, she
lays it flat on a board and sponges it
with hot cott'ee which has been
strained through muslin and freed
from sediment. The silk is sponged
nn the right side, allowed to become
Inrlf dry and then ironed on the wrong
side.
The coffee removes every particle of
grease ami restores the brilliancy of
the silk without giving it the shiny
appearance or the crackly and papery
stiffness which results from any other
liquid except ammonia and water,
which last does not freshen the color
ind gloss of the silk as coffee does.
The silk is much improved by the
process, and the good effect is perma
nent.
Silk should nevev be ironed with a
not ii on put directly on the silk. Al
ways lay thin wrapping paper, such
as is used by our best dry goods
stores, over it, and iron through the
paper.
When stitching t' in silk or, indoed,
my goods flimsy enough to draw iu
the machine, lay paper over it also
and stitch through. The paper will
.ear away easily along the line of per
forations made by the needle.
The Care of Picture*.
It is necessary to take care of pic
tures hung upon tho walls, as well as
jf everything else. Engravings,
though carefully framed, become mil-
Jewed and rusty on the edges, though
the house shows dampness in no other
way. The fancy that any one can
frame a picture is a mistake. Do not
trust auy one to frame a valuable en
graving but some one who under
stands the business. Engravings
should be hung iu a strong light, be
cause they are not injured by it as
watercolors are. Watercolors, which
ire liable to fade, should be hung iu
a more darkened part of the room,
tine attention being first paid to their
being hung where they will be seen
to the best advantage. As a rule, wa
tercolors look better framed passe
partout than any other way. Such
frames should have a rough, creamy
white mat of watercolor paper, about
three or four inches wide, and should
be bound with white.
Photographs look well framed with
out any mat to the edge of the picture
aid mounted in frames the color of
the photograph. Photographs ordi
narily fade, but the excellent English
olatinotypes and the carbon photo
graphs are made so that they are
nearly permanent, like engravings, the
paper of which bleaches a little. All
"/liese pictures should be protected by
glass. Oil paintings are not seen to
advantage when they are protected in
this way, and are only placed under
»lass under exceptional circumstances.
Dust oil paintings with a feather dust
3r, and about once a year, at lionse
jleaning time, wipe them oft' so care
fully with a soft flannel rag wrung
Dilt in warm water that the varnish on
the outside is not injured. Do not
ittempt to clean a valuable picture,
out submit it to a person who under
stands the business. —New York Trib
me.
Reel p 3d.
Molasses Cookies—Two cups of mo
..asses, boiled and cooled, one of but
ter, four eggs, one tablespoouful of
extract of ginger, a little salt, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, flour
for dough. Roll half an inch thick,
bake in moderate oven.
Savory Eggs —Boil eggs hard, shell
and split lengthwise. Remove the
yolks and set the whites covered in
the oven to keep warm. Rub the
yolks through a sieve. Add salt, pep
per and cream and a little minced
chicken. Heap in the white sholls,
put a bit of butter over and brown in
hot oven.
Coffee Sponge—-Make an infusion
with one-quarter of a pound of ground
sofl'ee, strain it through a cheesecloth
bag; then dissolve three-quarters of a
pound of sugar in one pint of cream,
add this to the yolks of six eggs, then
putin the coffee and shake until ol
the consistency of lemon sponge. This
may bo piled high upon a dish, aud
makes a most attractive aud delicious
dish.
Creamed Onions—Peel one quart of
medium-sized white onions, place
them in a saucepan, cover with boil-
Jug water, add one teaspoonful of su
gar, boil till nearly done; add one tea
spoonful of salt, boil a few minutes
longer, then drain them in a colander.
In the meantime melt one ounce of
butter, add one-half tablespoouful of
flour, stir and cook two minutes; add
one-half pint of hot milk, cook two
minutes; season with one-quartet tea
spoonful of white pepper and a sprin
kle of salt; put the onions in a hot
dish, and pour the sauce over it.
Hardships of Army Ml«>
From, the Press, Milroy, Ind.
One of the first to offer their services for
the country iu the Civil War was A. 11. Bof
ton, of Milroy, Rash Co., Ind. He made ft
good record. The life of evory soldier is a
hard one, and Mr. Sefton's case was no ex
ception. "Wo were in Tennessee, penned
In on all sides. Our rations wero very
scarce," said ho, "and wo had begun togo
on quarter allowanco, and ns the rain was
not enough to replenish the wells or streams,
our canteens went empty. We were hur
ried on, and tho only way to quench our
thirst was togo down on our hands and
knees and drint from tho hoof tracks made
by tho horses. ;
Our Canteens Were Empty.
"Some of us wero taken sick from the
effects of this. I was laid up several woeks
in a field hospital from fever. From that
time I was always afflicted more or less.
"About four years ago I became much
worso. Our family doctor seemed puzsled
over my ease, and it began to look as if
there was no hope for my recovery, and
that tho inevitable end was near.
"Last November I was advised to try Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. The physicians said
they were an excellent medicine, but would
do no good in my case. But I tried them.i
ttud «TTi glad I did, for I became bettor at
once, jiigut boxes taken according to di
rections cured me. I used the last of tho
pills about a year ago, and have not boen
troubled with my ailments since."
The power of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People in the vast numl.»r of dis
eases due to impure or poisoned blood lias
been demonstrated iu thousands of in
stances as remarkable as the one related
above.
World's nnnual coffee production is 1,-
G00,000,000 pounds.
Five Cents.
Everybody knows that Dobbins' Electric
Soap is the best, in tho world, and for :S"> years
it has sold at the highest price. Its price H
now 5 cents, same as common brown soap.
Bars t ull size and quallty.Order of grocer, Adv
Little Girl Caused a Delay.
The President's visit to the Omaha
Exposition was the cause of a pretty
bit of by-play. While Mr. McKiuley
was passing through the buildings tho
immense crowd was lined up on either
side, and super-abundant enthusiasm
was restrained—as usual—by ropes.
But there was one who was not to be
kept back, As the Chief Executive of
the Nation entered the Manufactures
Building a little girl, with tawny hair,
slipped under the ropes, and before
the vigilant arm of a burly policeman
could obey the warning of his more
vigilant eye she had gripped the Presi
dential coat-tails.
"Please, Mr. McKiuley," said a
small voice with a childish lisp,
"Please, Mr. McKinley, won't you
wear my rose iu your buttonhole?"
The President paused, smiling.
"Certainly, my dear," he said. "We'll
exchange." Taking from the lapel of
his coat the red carnation that he
always wears, he gave it to the little
girl and put the rose in its placo.
Then, and not until then, was the
long proceseion of Cabinet Ministers,
diplomats, Governors, Senators and
soldiers allowed to pass on, wondering
what could have been the cause of this
delay.—Philadelphia Press.
The Anti-Germ Barber Shops.
Even barbering is becoming scien
tific. The germ theory now comes to
tho aid of a man who is getting his
chin reaped or his hair cut.
Chicago barbers are introducing
"antiseptic shaves" and "sterilized
razors" and "hygienic" brushes. In *
many of the first-class shops all the
towels, shears, razors, combs and
brushes used on a customer are sub
jected first to a bath in an antiseptic
fluid. The operator likewise washes
bis hands in a solution warranted to
destroy germs. Every customer is
furnished with a separate cup, which
is kept for his individual use.
It is claimed that by this method
infection is impossible. Under the
old system germs throve and were
transmitted from face to face by the
barber's tools.—Chicago Inter-Ocean,
An Elizabethan Letter.
I have sent the a letle provision
ageu this time, but I cold wish it wero;
much beter. Ther is a goose pye, a
netes tounge pye, aud a mutton pastie
for standers for thy table this Cris
mas, for a nede, I knowe they will last
tell twelftide, for they arc now newe
baked. I have sent the a goose and
ij capens alivo for feare they wold not
last tell ye holy daies if they had been
killed, but I wish the to kill them [on
Saterday at ye iurdest lest they growe
worse. * * * I prethe doe so
much as bestoe for me vjd or yiijd in
sume oringes or lemons or ij pouns
siterns and sonde them downe nowe
by Hale * * * and so with my
best wishes to thee and Kitt I rest,'
THY MOTHEK, S. D.
—Antiquities and Curiosities of the
Exchequer.
Hawaii's Liabilities and Assets.
The total liabilities of the Republic
of Hawaiian) 83,914,608.35, while its
assets as represented in Government
lands, which include the old orown
lands; harbor improvements, water
works, public buildings and cash in
hand, are about double that amount.
Hawaii is not a jtauper country. It
is probably wealthier in resources de
veloped and undeveloped than any
locality in the United States, and, in
stead of being a drag and expenso on
the United States, it is well able to
take financial care of herself and will
pay its just proportion of the coun
try's expense and thereby enrioh
rather than (as nome would make it
appear) impoverish the home Govern
ment by just that much. —Chicago
Inter-Oeeau. —;