"Spring Unlocks The Flowers To 'Paint the Laughing Soil." 'Ana not even Nature would allow the flowers to grow and blossom to perfection without good soil. Now Nature and people are much alike; the former must have sunshine, latter must have pure blood in order to have perfect health. V Hood's Sarsaparilla cures blood trou bles of all sorts. It is to the human system what sunshine is to Nature the destroyer of disease germs. It tterer disappoints. 112 Poor Blood-" The doctor said there were not seven drops of sood blood in my body. Hood's Sarsaparilla built me up and made me strong and well." SUSIE FI. BROWN, 16 Astor Hill, Lynn, Mass. > Dyspepsia, etc.-" A complication of troubles, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh and 'lnflammation of the stomach, rheumatism, etc., made me miserable. Hadano appetite until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, which acted like magic. lam thoroughly cured." N. B. SKKI.KY, 1874 \V. 14th A v., Denver, Col. > Rheumatism —" My husband was obliged to give up work on account of rheu matism. Np remedy helped until he used Hood's Sarsaparilla, which permanently cured him. It cured my daughter of ca tarrh. I give it to the children with good .results." MRS. J. S. MCMATH, Stamford, Ct. Hood'« Plllt cure ltrar lilt, the nnnirrltttlng and the only cathartic to take wlth_Hood'a Sarsaparilla. Fatality of Newatead Abbey. Another link in the chain of ill for tune -which has followed the famous Newstead Abbey was forged the other ■week. It seems that a curse rests on the Abbey, and that the eldest son of its owner has never succeeded to the estate. Byron sold it to Colonel Wildman, in 1808, who died child less. The trustees sold it to Webb, the famous sportsman, whose eldest eon died that week. Byron had the skull which was reported to have be longed to the ghost which haunted the Abbe;?, and he used it as a punch bowl. Webb buried the skull, hoping to lay the ghost.—London Correspon dence in New York Tribune. A Human Nature Pastel. The newsboy had stood on the corner holding an undiminishing bundle of papers for half an hour. Au unvarying and meaningless Bound issued from his lips, but neither he nor anyone else thought he Was saying anything. Suddenly the clang, bang and rattle if a fire engine divided the traffic. "All about the fire! All about the £re!' : he shrieked. And every fafth person bought a paper.—Fuck. MANY & dutiful daughter pays in pain for her mother's ignorance or perhaps neglect. The mother suffered and she thinks her daughter must suffer also. This is true only to a limited extent. No excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her m self for her own sake and especially \mm infff ACAfT for the sake of her daughter. Write Mw m to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., \,m£§ for her advice about all matters mVBwLM E &W concerning the ills of the feminine organs. Many a young girl's beauty is wasted by unnecessary pain at time of menstruation, and many indulgent mothers with mistakc;i kindness permit their daughters to grow careless about physical health. Miss CARRIE M. LAMB, Big Beaver, Mich., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM —A year ago I suffered from profuse and irregular menstruation stomach sour and bowels was subject to pains like I wrote you and began to take Lydia G. Pinkham's y _ ■lf Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Youcan't courses are natural and 1 "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM— \ J F ' Vegetable Compound has yJ \ If done my daughter. She \ _ x lll/ / fl ' suffered untold agony at / 111 / 'Jk time of menstruation be relieved the pain, given her a better color, and she feels stronger, and has improved every way. lam very grateful to you for the benefit she has received. It is a great medicine for young girls." THE GLORY OF MAN! Strength, Vitality, Manhood. THE SCIENCE OF LIFE; OR. 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" The Feabodt- Medical Institute has many Imitators, but no eauals."-£octon Herald, He Attends to Business. He attends to business who goes straight to work to cure Neuralgia by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, and saves time and money and gets out of misery quickly. He's all right. The invention of the typewriter has given employment to 500,000 women. Don't Tobacco Spit anil Smoke Tour Life Away, To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mar netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or (I. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. , Chicago or New York Eighty-flve per cent, of the people who are lame are affected on the left side. To Cure a. Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. "Sx. Before 1840 men almost universally bad their faces clean shaven. Without Knowing It. While sitting in a draft without knowing it we may become sore and stiff from cold. We feel soreness and stiffness all gone after using St. Jacobs Oil, hardly know ing when. Bussia has about 25,000 miles of railway besides 7000 now in courso of construction. Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer the best ever used in my family.— THOMAS M. BUTLER, Cor. 10th and Locust Sts., Phila.,Pa., Nov. 1167. Boston banks and trust companies have gained $106,000,000 in resources In four years. Plso's Cure for Consumption has saved me many a doctor's bill. -S. F. HAKDY, Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md., l)ec. 2, 1X94. China exports to Europe and America 11,000,000 fans annually, educate Tour Bowels With Caacareta. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever 10c, 25c. If C. C. C fall, druuclsrs refund money In Prussia only 6497 of 100,000 attempts at suicide were successful. Not to Be Overdone. There are several children in the family, and they were talking of their garden. "I am going to plant the seeds Uncle John gave rue," said one, "and grow the most beautiful flowers." "I am going to grow pinks and vio lets." said another. "And I'm going to have roses,"sa<H the third. But the little boy said nothing. He had no seeds to plant. And presently his mother noticed that he took no part in the chatter and her heart smote her. "And what is Georgie going to ~row?" she asked. "Perhaps Georgie's lip trembled, but his voice didn't. "Oh," he said stoutly, "I expect I can raise a worm or two."—Pearson's Weekly. A BUlpoßtlng Machine. Successful experiments have been made in Paris with a new billposting machine, which does away with the use of either a ladder or paste. It can be used to post bills at a height of fifty feet from the ground, and is be ing put into practical operation. 8 THE REALM OF FASHION. # NEW YOBK CITY (Special).—The corded taffetas that are sold in the shops all ready for use present oppor tunities for stylish effects with little trouble, that are readily appreciated LADIES' WAIST. by the home as well as the profes sional dress maker. The waist here illustrated has the yoke, plastron aud collar made from this attractive fabric, the pattern pro viding the smooth shaping. Its ivory white sheen contrasts daintily with the French grey broadcloth waist which matches the skirt, and the vel vet bertha, flaring cuffs and collar portions are in a darker shade of grey edged with fancy satin ribbon ruch ing in the same shade, showing a white border. The bertha has scalloped edges which meet in centre back outlining the graceful round yoke. The waist is adjusted over fitted lin ings that close in centre front, the yoke plastron closing with the stand ing collar at the left shoulder. STYLISH WAIST FOR A YOUNG GIRL. Pretty fulness is given over the bust by slight gathers collected under the bertha, gathers at the waist forming a stylish pouch effect. The sleeves ar ranged over fitted linings conform to the close style now almost universal, the tops having a few gathers at the front and back as well as on top of upper portions, that cause the becom ing wrinkles preferred by many. To make this waist for a lady of medium size will require one and three-fourths yards of material forty four inches wide. For a Mls» of Fourteen. Smooth-faced cloth in dove gray, as shown in the large engraving by May Manton, is attractively trimmed with rows of bebe satin ribbon in a pretty shade of burnt orange, that on the outer edge being gathered and applied in scroll design. The yoke and collar are covered with white tucked taffeta, bought ready tucked for this purpose. The arrangement of this dressy waist is made over fitted linings that close in centre front. The yoke and collar close together at the left shoulder. The right front laps over on the left and closes invisibly with hooks and eyes. The whole back fits smoothly across the shoulders, the fulness beiug drawn smoothly to the waist in centre and the front pouches slightly over the belt. Stylish puffs top the close-littiug two-seamed sleeves that are decorated just below the puff and at the wrists to match. Harmonious combinations of material and coloring can bo developed by the mode in wool, silk or ootton fabrics. With silk, all over lace or mousseline de soie, shirred or tucked, will make hand some yoking, and all-over em broidery or nainsook tucking may be used with cotton wash goods. To make this waist for a miss of fourteen years will require one and one-half yards of material forty-four inches wide. Black and White Combinations Favored. White veilings, summer silks, fancy satins for waists and accessories, mohairs, taffetas, etc., dotted and striped, are set forth among the ex tensive array of in quiet ef- fects invariably sought by women of refined tastes. Black and white com binations, however, are largely in evidence this seaeon, both in utility costumes and headwear, in neck trimmings and in elaborate evening toilets, in which handsome silks, matelasse satins, nets, laces, chiffons and extremely ornate and beautiful jet garnitures are united. Tlie Season's Kmbroideries. Irish point, Swiss and very fine nainsook embroideries, some with Valenciennes or heavier medallion in sertions introduced, others in bow knot, fleur delis, or open floral de signs, with straight or scalloped edges, are exhibited among the large assort ment of the season. There are also heavier embroidered bands and edg ings, which closely copy venise-point patterns. Desirable Fabrics. Camel's hair, serge, Scotch tweed, wool, bengaline and French diagonal are all most desirable fabricE. Stylish lilouse Waist. Fine lawn all-over tucking is the material for this stylish blouse waist, embroidered insertion, with edging to match, providing appropriate trim ming. The heart-shaped plastron and sleeves are cut with the tucks running crosswise of the goods, and the fancy collar may be cut on a double fold, with the tucks cross wise in back or on the bias, with tucks forming a V-shape at the centre seam, as shown. The waist is simply adjusted with under-arm and shoulder seams, the neck being cut low in V shape to disclose the plastron between the revers of the btoad fancy collar. The closing is accomplished by but tons and buttonholes through wide hems in centre front, which is ren dered invisible by a strip of insertiou edged by narrow frills of embroidery that is applied over the right front edge. The stock collar is joined to the edge of the plastron, and closes in centre back. The plastron is sewed to the right front, and closes under the collar on left, with buttons and buttonholes. Pretty fulnesß at the waistline is gathered and atitched to position over a belt at back, front aud uuder-arni seams. The back is drawn snugly to the waistline, and the fronts puff'out with fashionable blouse effect. A casing may be applied on the indicated lines, through which tapes are inserted to regulate the fulness, if this man ner of adjustment is preferred. The sleeves are shaped with under aud upper portions, moderate fulness be ing gathered at the top. The wrists are completed by bands of insertion, from under which pointed cuffs in two portions flare stylishly over the bauds. This simple waist, made with out lining; is designed with special ref erence to summer wash fabrics, which are shown this season in the most fascinating all-over tucking, with plain, crossed or fancy effects, with or with out insertions, incrustations of lace or embroidery. Less pretentious lawns, pique, dimity, nainsook, percale, cam- WOMAN'S BLOUSE WAIST. brie, gingham, etc., will develop charm ingly by the mode. To make this waist for a woman of medium size will require two and three-quarters yards ot thirty-inch material- A TEMPERANCE COLUMN THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. We Muit Have More Boyi—Kepreienra tlve New York Untitles* Men Give Their View* Upon the U*e or Liquor by Employe*—lntemperance Barred, We must liave more boys," hear the vil lains cry, «s they oli'ik their jlnprllner glasses; • "Tls strange how fast the drunkards die!— A hundred thousand craves heaped high Each year marks off as it passes. 'We must have more boys—at least twelv each hour We must win by cunning devices. To gather the brightest of youth's (lower From the garden of home; its peaceful bower. We must use every art that entices. "Wo must have more boys. Then let (lends be sent To make their persuasive offers; Get the boys to drink; 'A nickel that'' spent On a glass for a boy, Is money lent To bring dollars back to our coffers.' 'We must have more boys; for only with boys Is the array of drunkards reoruited. Slay the fathers' hopes and the mothers joys. Use the devil's most deceptive decoys, Aud render the boys imbruted. 'We must have more boys; see the prisoD waits For those we shall school in sinning; The asylums yawn; the almshouse gates Gape open to groan the fate that awaits The boys we succeed in winning. 'We must have more boys. Then let uf begin To pursue them in every quarter; (iVith a hustle and bustle and din we shall win; l'hen hurry and scurry them Into their sin; Rush thorn on like sheep to the slaugh ter." —Ram's Horn. The Handicap of Drink. A representative of The New York Voice asked of snvoral business men, well known and highly esteemed in Now York com mercial circles, their views upon the use of liquor by business men and their em ployes. The answers given by all of them showed marked hostility to drinking habits, and many of them remarked upon the change that has come to pass In the busi ness world in this respect within the last few years. The old custom of treating, that used to plav so largo a part iu the transaction of large wholesale deals with out-of-town customers, they all agreed ha? largely disappeared. Among the men with whom The New ; York Voice representativotalked was Henrj ' Clews, one of the most widely known flnan- | elal operators in the city. Mr. Clews said: "Drinking dwarfs men's abilities, make; them erratic, and interferes with good judgment. It makes them see things with a distorted mental vision and leads them in to disastrous enterprises. Competition is so keen to-day thut a man must keep his head cool and his judgment unimpaired in ordor ■ to protect his own and his customers' in terests. Drink makes a man see either the : brightest or the gloomiest side of things. ■ which is dangerous! On the Stock Ex change to-day a man who drinks habit- J ually is apt to be avoided, where a few years ago the fault was overlooked. Busl- i ness to-day is conducted on a different | basis from that ot twenty years back. I( j was then thought thut if a man was con- \ vivial and mnde friends, business would be ' induced; and some of the houses in the "Street" used to have "drinking" part ners" to take customers out and treal them; but such a thing Is not known an; more. It is no longer necessary for s broker to open wine for his customers; ir : fact, such a course is to-day regarded with suspicion. Men aro apt to think less of a man for putting temptation in their wav." Mr. Clews, who is familiar with the social :ustom of the best families ot the city, also expressed his opinion that the con sumption of liquor in the homes of wealth has very materially diminished; and also ! that "bar drinking" in Wall stroet has I within the last fifteen years decreased not • loss than fifty per cent. The subject was also brought up in cou rersation with Mr. Chester S. Lord, who has for eighteen years been the munagiug editor of the New York Sun. Mr. Lord de cidedly believes that a newspaper man in these days of intense competition cau not succeed'if he allows his powers to be im paired by the use of liquor. With regard to the condition of affairs in the office of the Sun, he said: "Intemperance will not be tolerated in this office on the part of anybody. The only men whom 1 have been compelled to let go during the last three or four years own their dlsmi-sal to intemperance." President John ClaAtn, of the great : wholesale house oTH. B. Clallln Company, ' speaking ot drinking among employes, said: "We can not afford to keep a man who j drinks habitually—no matter how good a : salesman ho may be. There is a marked , change for the better in this respect j throughout the entire business section of i Now York, and I think throughout the country. Competition is so active that every concern must be on the alert for ' trade, aud intemperance on the part of ! talesmen will not be put up with." Horror* in a Casual Paragraph. A casual paragraph in a daily newspaper reads: In a recent troatise on alcoholism by Trull it Is stated that in England seven ty-five per cent, of all cases of pauperism are due to drink, and in Germany ninety per cent. In Germany drink loads to IGOO cases of suicide a year, and supplies the lunatic asylums with 11000 victims. Note* of the Crusade. Drink buries sorrows that rise again to morrow. "They that give themsolves to drinking, and that club togethor, shall be consumed; aud drowsiness shall be clothed in rags."— I'rov. xvill., 21. A writer in the November Atlantic in an article on "Colonial Lessons of Alaska," gays: "Whisky is the greatest curse of the people of Alaska—American, Russian and native. I have not a word to say in favor of its use." Lord Roberts says that the total abstin ance movement in India is worth Ss3,- 000,000 to the ludiau finances. Lord Rob erts further said to Mr. Caino when in Calcutta: "Give me a teetotal army, Mr Calue, aud I will take it anywhere." An Indian outbreak near Juueau, Alaska, is reported. Cause—liquor sold iu viola tion of the law. A bill is before the Illinois Legislature to establish to State hospitals for drunk ards, to bo supported by a special tax upon tho saloons of the State. Miller, the total abstainer, who won the six-day bicycle race in New York, has won a similar race In San Francisco, covering 2192 miles iu the six days. A bill has been introduced in the Legis lature of North Dakota to create a State office, Commissioner of Temperanoe, to bo charged with the enforcement of the pro hibitory law of the State. It is announced that thoneoessary funds for opening the "Squirrel Inn" on the Bowery. New York City, have been sub scribed. This is the institution in behalt ot which Bishop Potter was spe iking when be used the expression about .the saloon a "poor man's club" that hai caused so much diScuss'nu. The Toy* of Oar limy. "The boys of the present times know many things the boys of forty years ago did not know," remarked a toy dealer , "but in the way of toys they are far behind what their fathers and grandfathers were. The boy now is satisfied with a penny ash or poplar top and with a string for his top cord, and he gets all the sport out of it that he seems to want. Now, such a thing as a painted top would not be used in my boyhood days here or in Balti more, where I spent some of them. Iu those days nothing but a hard turned dogwood, hickory or mahogany top was considered the proper thing. The little cast-iron plugs of the tops of to-day would be laughed at then, and the boys would be ashamed to be seen carrying such a thing or play with it on the streets. The plug then was a steel bolt, was heavy, and was strongly screwed in. Of course, the top then cost from five to fifteen cents, but it was rigged up to do service, and aid it, to. Such tops are not to be had now in the toy trade, though now and then I have had some turned out by the old mau who made tops for me when I was a boy, but the boys won t touch them, preferring the painted machine-made tops. The leather top cord is also one of the things of the past, and the ordiiary boy knows no more about it than he does of the 'lost arts.' Several of the old shoe cobblers of Georgetown who were so famous for making top cords have told me that they have not made a top cord for thirty-five years, and that they have not had a call for them in that time."—Washington Star. Endurance of Arabian Porters. Arab carriers bear great loads upon their backs and go at a trotting pace from 6a.m.t06 p. m. Duriug the mouth of Ramadan the Koran forbids the taking of food between sunrise and sunset, and this law is said to be held sacred and rarely violated. Not only do these porters continue their arduous physical exertion during the twelve laboring hours of the day without taking any food during that period, but the French inspectors who are in charge of the gangs told our in formant that they could work better during the month of the fast than at any other time of the year, because their energy was not needed for digestion. At eventide these Arabs have a moderate meal of wheatmeal porridge, mixed with large proportions of butter (it is to be had cheap) or olive oil. Their expenditure for food is not more than six or seven cents a day, and the only luxury which they permit themselves is a cup of very strong black coffee and a cigarette. The idler exists on one cent's worth of bread, with a little olive oil, which he buys for an additional five cents. — Vegetarian Messenger. After the Cooling: Proccws. Don't cool off too quickly after being in an overheated room. It you do, you will need St. Jacobs Oil ta cure Lumbago, which sets in very often after the cooling process. It relaxes the stiffened muscles- The Roman Catholic population of the United Kingdom is about 5,500,000. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candv Cathartic. 10c or 25e If C. C. C. fail to cure, drugcists refund money The population of the world increases ten per cent, every ten years. What Do the Children Drinli ! Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the n«w food drink called GBAIN-O? It Is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more GBAIN-0 you give the children the more health you distribute through their sys tems. GBAIN-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. aud2se. German railway receipts in January in creased 51,550,000 over January, 189S. Fits permanently cured. No fltsor nervous ness alter first day's use of I)r. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, gi trial bottle and ties tise free DR. R. H. KI.INE. Ltd.. DM Arch St.,Phila.,Pa Cornstalk pith is of high value in the manufacture of smokeless powder. No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco babit cure, makes weaw /sen strong, blood pure. &oc.tl. All druggists The highest price ever paid for a race horse was $150,000 for the famous Ormonde. Mrs. Winslow'sSoothin? Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inttammn tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. --"> c.a bottle- Marine underwriters paid $12,000,000 in losses on sea last year. Spalding's^^^^^^ of on Athletic Goods Insistupon Spalding's Handsome Catalogue Fre*. A. G. fcI'ALDING * fcliOS., York. Chicago. Denver. 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