"Never Do Things by Halves " Sometimes the condition of your health could be de scribed *s half-sick and half ■welL You may not be ill enough togo to bed but too ill to be happy or efficient in your home or your business. Why rtbi be wholly <well ? Your dragged- Aul, tired feeling is due to poor blood and nothing else. Make your blood rich by us ing Hood's Sa.rsa.pa.riUa.. It works to perfection; there is nothing like it. . Tired Feeling "My husband would come home from luork so tired he could hardly move. He began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and it cured him. It zured my girl's headaches." Mrs. A. J. Sprague, 57 Oak St., Fall 'River, Mass. Hood'B Pillgcure ltTer Ills; the non-Irritating and 'only cathartic to take with Hood's BaraaparllUu What do the Children Drink ? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-0 ? It is delicious and nourishing and takes the place of coffee. Tho more Grain-0 you give the children the more health you distrib ute through their systems. Grain-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. and 25c. Try Crain-O! InsiFt that yoor grocer gives you GRAIN-O Accept no imitation. Why Tliey Didn't Interest Him. Politics is absorbing; so tho gusli ing young woman who had been talk ing to a Congressman at last decided "See those distant stars," she said, in a soulful tone. "Did you evei pause to think that they may bt worlds?" "Ye-es, I believe I have thought ol j it,"was the somewhat dubious reply. "And that they may be inhabited by linmau beings that hope and strug gle as we do." continued the young woman, earnestly. "Oh, did you ever give deep thought to those people so far away, unknown to us?" "No," was the unhesitating answer, "I've never thought about them ai all." "Why not?" demanded his ques tioner, with suddeu briskness of man ner. "Well," said the man, feflectively, *'l suppose one reason may be that they don't vote in my district."— Youth's Companion. IfjfOman's Kidney Troubles Why tHflo with health when the easiest and surest help Is the best known medlolne In the world 7 Is known everywhere and thousands of women have been oured of serious kid ney derangements by H. Mrs. Plnkham's meth ods have the endorse ment of the mayor, the postmaster and others of her own olty. Her medlolne has the endorsement of an un numbered multitude of grateful women whose letters are oonstantly printed In this paper. Every woman should read these letters• Mrs. Plnkham advises suffering women free of charge• Her address Is Lynn, Mass. BAD BREATH •• I k*T« been using CAICAKKTS ui u a mild and effective laxative tbejr are simply woo - derfnl. My daughter and 1 were bothered with tick stomach and our breath was very bad. After taking a few drises of Cascarets we Lave Improved wonderfully. They are a great help in tho family. WILIIKLMINA NAOKL. 1137 Hlttenbouse St., Cincinnati, Ohio. CATHARTIC THADI MANN WfOWTfNVD> Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 26c, 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... •UrHaf Rratdy C«»M>r< CkltsfS, ■setrrsl. »«w Y.rh. 315 MTfl RAP Sold and guaranteed by all drug ■ I U-DHb blms to a'RE Tobaoco Habit. HDAD QV n* dhcotzby: gwe* I Qai«li relief and cures wnvst 25m. Booki* testimonial* sad lO days' treal®S'>» W b a I ItUl'lKli. >« I. lUaaU. Is. WHAT'S THE USEi Life's n grand delusion, An' a snare. Trouble and confusion Everywhere! Luck with your contrlvin' Plays the deuce; Wrecks your fondest strivin'— What's the use? Daylight brings you sorrow, It's knee deep. Toll an' pay au' borrow. Then"you sleep. Work nin't showiu' any Flag o' truce. Cares are far too many— What's the use? But there's no escaping What we get. Fate we can't be shaping, Though wo fret, What's the use o' cryin', An' abuse? What's the use o' slghln', '•What s tho use? 1 ' A A A-A A-AAAA A A THE £ \ Mistake of a Gossip. \ \ \ BY MARY EDGWORTH. wwvwr-wervw "Engaged to young Hazel, is she?" said Miss Felicia Adtlertongue, sharply. "Going to be a fina lady, eh? And I cau remember the time when she was ft barefooted girl, pick ing raspberries in her father's field." "She has grown up very pretty," said gentle Widow Mark ham, in her mild way. "Engaged to young. Hazel, is she?" repeated Miss Addertougue, with a vicious look in her coal-black eyes. "I can put a spoke in bor wheel, I think. Tall, young cli»,p, ain't he, with black hair curling close to his head, and luustaohe as black' as ink?" "i'es," said the wondering Mrs. Markham. "I didn't know you knew him." "Oh, I know him," said Miss Ad dertongue, with a toss of the head; "and I know one or two things about him that Millville society don't seem to be up in." "You don't say so?" said tho widow, curiously. "I do say so, I mean it. You see, Mrs. Markham, I have ways and moans of getting behind the scenes that no one else has. My sister, Phebo Aun, that married Slatterly, ftnd was left a widow six years ago come next March, she's housekeeper at the H Hotel. Aud I was visit ing her there last month, aiul that's how I came to see Mr. Hazel." "My I" ejaculated the widow. "With my own eyes," said Miss Addertongue, rolling up those organs until there was some danger of their retiring altogether into her head. "Harold Hazel, tall and dark, aud always full of fun?" "Exactly," cried Mrs. Markham. "He was there," remarked Miss Felicia, "with his wife." "His wife!" echoed Mrs. Markham. "It can't be possible!" "But it is, though," asserted Miss Felicia, with gloomy relish. "I saw 'em myself. I heard him introduce her as 'Mrs. Hazel,' aud tell some body as how she was a great heiress. Older than him, but still not what you'd call au old maid, though of course he married her for her mouey. No kind of doubt about that. Such diamonds as she wore—aud such silk gowns and overskirts of point lace as you might cover up with bank notes, and still not come up to its value." "But," cried out bewildered Mrs. Markham, "he's engaged to Juliet Heed, for I've seen the engaged ring she wears." "And he's married to the black eyed lady," said Miss Addertongue, with equal emphasis, "because I saw the wedding riug." "Then what does he mean by mak ing love to Farmer Kee l's daughter?" indignantly cried Mrs. Markham. "Humph!" said Miss Felicia, purs ing up her lips viciously. "That's a question I can't preteud to answer. What do men mean generally by their pranks? Just to have a little fun, I suppose, find amuse themselves for the time being." "It's a cruel, wicked thiug," said Mrs. Markham, "and Juilet is such a pretty girl." "Tastes difTer," said Miss Adder tougue. "For my part, I never fancied thorn big blue eyes, aud hair as looks as if it had been bleached. Juliet Heed always did feel above the rest of the Millville folks." "Some one ought to tell her," said Mrs. Markham. "Of course they ought," said Miss Addertougue. "I couldn't do it," said the gentle hearted widow. "I could," said Miss Addertongue. "I can mostly do anything when I feel it to be my Christiau duty." I'retty .Juliet Peed was sewing in the cool porch, where the shadow of the great elm trees made a greeu oasis in the desert of sunshiue around the quaint, one-storied farmhouse. She grew pale as death as Miss Adder tongue unfolded her tale. "Harold married!" she cried. "Harold with another wife? I do uot believe it. It is false." "I seen her with my own eyes," said Miss Felicia, secretly enjoyiuo; Juliet's agonized terror. "A great heiress—and of course a man will strike for money." "I'ut it must be a mistake," per sisted Juliet, the color coming and going on her face like a rosy Aurora Borealis. "Alas!" groaned Miss Addertongue, "it is but too true. Of course it is a great disappointment to yon, Juliet Heed, but maybe it's meant by an all | wise Providence as a lesson to lower your pride, and teach you that we're all poor worms, and " "Miss Addertongue," said Juliet, drawing herself up, and fixing her blue eyes on the malicious old crosaiD "pray bo silent. It is not your plana to preach a discourse to me nor to dictate iu matters which pertain to me alone. Will you excuse me if I ask you to leave me?" "Oh, certainly, cevtaiuly," said Miss Addertongun, rather discon certed, but venomous as ever. "But it ain't no use trying to conceal the truth. He's played you a mean trick, and jilted you,just for his own amuse ment, when he had a wife living al roady, and " But to Miss Addertongne's amaze ment she was left standing alone 011 the porch. Juliet Beed had quietly walked iuto the and shut the door in her face. "What does it meau?" Juliet aiketl herself, in a sort of dizzy be wilderment. "rie was guing away— he had not written for a week. Oh, surely, surely it cannot be possible that there is the faintest shadow of truth iu the monstrous story!" And with her flnshe 1 face buried in liei hands, Juliet Beed trie I to fancy what the world would be with Harold Hazel's love aud constancy out of it. "I told you so," croaked Miss Ad dertougue, dragging ilie Widow Mark ham tj the window aa hour or sc later. "That'a him a-settiug back in the carriage, as proud a Lucifer. And that's the lady with the yellow silk parasol, covered with lace. Now will you say I was mistaken V" "Dear, dear," said Mrs. Markham, adjusting her spectacles on the bridge of her nose. "I couldn't have be lieved it, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." "And they're driving straight to Farmer Beed's," added Miss Adder tongue, diligently flattening her nose against the window-panes. "Well, well, it's clear she's cha-ged him with with it, and he's determined to brazen it out. Get your hat, Mrs. Markham. Let's walk that way. I need a skein of darning cotton, and the way tc Perkins' store lays right past Mr. Beed's door." But to Miss Addertongue's infinite astonishment—perhaps we may say disappointment—there was no sound of violent hysterics, no sign of family dissension or tragical debate as they sauntered by the farmhouse gate. ".My! ' ejaculated Miss Felicia, "il they ain't all a-setting together iu the porch, as loving as so many turtle doves. Well, now Isha'l believe that Juliet Beed is goiug over to Mor monism, an 1 believes in a man's liav iug as fliany wives as lie pleases " Juliet Ree l, however, ha I sseu them as they slunk by, aud rising from her seat, beckoned them tc advance. "Airs. Markham," said she, "and Miss Addertougae, /illow me to pre sent to you Mr. Hazel." The widow dropped a little cour tesy. Miss Felicia stiffly inclined hei head. "Also Mrs. Hazel," added Juliet. "O!" said Miss Addertongue. "My stepmother," said Mr. Hazel, mischievously, "just returned from a visit to Paris. My lather will be with us next week." AT THE COST OF A SHILLINC. A Threatened International Incident f'lofiod Witli Economy and I!e*t»atc!i. There is a story now going the rounds in London which,if true.showf that with tactful handling the friend ship of nations may sometimes be pre served at the trilling cost of one shil ling. An American congressman from the far west, who was sightseeing ir Loudon during James Russell Lowell's term as minister to Great Britain, on« day visited the museum of the Boya' College of Surgeons. He viewed the various specimens with admiring in terest, and would doubtless have left the building most favorably impressed if curiosity had not attracted his at tention to a certain dust-covered skull lying uncared for in a long-forgotten corner. He adjusted his glasses and leaned forward to decipher the faded inscription upon the label. His patri otic indignation upon reading the fol lowing cau best be imagined: This is the head of I ; JOHN PAUL JONES, ; American Pirate. Upon his return to the United State? he spoke of this "outrage" to othet members of Congress, and at the state department insisted that "reparation be demanded for this awful insult tc our lag." In short, he raised such 0 commotion that the state department felt itself compelled to write to Minis ter Lowell calling his attention to the matter. Mr. Lowell turned the letter over to an attache asking liiin to look into the charges therein, and if found true to see that the matter was satis factorily settled. The attache visited the museum on the following day, and with the aid of a candle and the janitor finally found the skull still innocently reposing in its corner. But now, he thought, his troubles were just beginning; the find ing of the skull was a simple enough matter, but how was ha to see that it should be satisfactorily settled? At last an idea struck hi r. "I say, my good mau," he said tc the janitor with some hesitation, "jus! how much would you take to-er-lose er-this head of Mr.-er-Jones?" He produced a bright shilling from h's pocket and thrust it iuto the jani tor's hand. The latter smiled under- and thus what might have been rat international incident waj closed with economy and despatch.— w York Sun. DMia'oll. "A man sometimes thinks he's hav ing his owu way when he is really doing what his wifeplanned for him." "Yes," answered the mild eyed philosopher; "many a one thinks he's an autucrat when he ia merely an automaton." NEW YORK mmmi Designs For Costumes That Have Be come Popular in the Metropolis. NEW YORK CITS (Special).—The newest head-dresses add not height but breadth to the wearer In conse quence, they are not so generally be- SMART HEAD DRESSES. coming, but a change is what fashion is ever after, even if it be a change for the worse. The upstanding sprigs of maideuhair and ivy in green velvet, so novol but a few weeks ago, now find themselves displaced by the regu lation classic chaplet of ivy, such as bound the head of the victor in the Olympian games or the winner of the prize in a poem-contest. Rose and geranium leaves also appear in this same chaplet fashion, and one merit of the wreaths is that they may be worn with the hair dressed either in Grecian or up-to-date Parisian mode. The first figure in the cut shows the effect of this broad head-dress. Upon TARTY DRESSES FOR GIBLS. the very tall girls that seem to tower above the rest of us in such numbers nowadays it is especially becoming. A chic, if less novel bead-dress has a circlet of plaited ribbon in any color to suit the costume, white preferred. The circlet is finished with a small bow and ends and a single jeweled os trich tip in white. This ornament may be worn so that the plume rises directly in the front, or at the side. It requires high hair, however. TWO WATS OF WEARING TUB OSrREV. Many heads appear dressed for evening with no other ornament than a single long osprey in the dominant color of the costume, set at one side an 1 curving over the middle coil of hair most gracefully. The osprey starts from a tiny rosette in bebe rib bon the same color as the osprey, or sometimes a jeweled clasp or buckle holds the plume in place. This is one of the most effective because most simple modes of adorning coiffure. To give that breadth to the coiffure that the latest dictatos decree, the osprey is set at one side of the coil and extends out instead of up. With the hair parted in front this way of dressing the head is a decided change from the long dominant pompadour and its aigrette that towers straight aloft. Two Pretty Models. Children are keenly sensitive on the subject of their attire and its fashion, but, luokily for them, they share one favor in common with men: their frocks do not go out of style quickly. Although many of the models for their dresses follow closely those of their elders, yet they never goto the same extremes, consequently when the pendulum swings baok it has not BO far togo and does not hurry mad ly. When we wore balloons for sleeves they wore large ones, of oonrse, but not monsters, consequent ly, wh:le we had to oat oars dowa about once a month to keep pace with Dame Fashion, theirs were some time in becoming passe. And the tight sleeves, thank their happy little stars, they can never have in entire discom fort, for any healthy child who took the proper amount of exercise would wear out a pair of the sleeves, whicu do not allow the arm to be raised, in about five hours. The party dress is just as important, if not quite so elaborate, to Little Sister as it is to Big Sister. The double-columu sketch shows two pretty models, which can readily be utilized also in the summer dressmak ing. The first is in cream ponge silk, with insertion aud lace, and is worn over a colored silk; the other is in white silk trimmed with lace and rib bon. Mitten Sleeve*. Mitten sleeves have undergone sev eral interesting variations since last season. For instance, one of the new est mitten sleeves reaches from the thumbs to elbows, aud is fastened to the shoulder by a lattice work of vel vet ribbons. Another sleeve, that only the girls with perfect arms should attempt, reaches midway to the elbow. A second sleeve half covers the hand and forearm. Upper and lower sleeves are connected with a lattice work! of velvet ribbon. On a perfect arm this sleeve is beautiful, but unless the el bow im dimpled and the upper aud lower arui in perfect proportion, it is very ugly. Another pretty sleeve that is being used on many of the newest dinner gowns is lace on the under side, the edges strapped together with narrow bands of velvet ribbon, pulled through jeweled buckles. For Spring Millinery. A basic fact of importance in tha millinery liue is the probability, al most amounting to certainty, that the new hats will be higher in price thau ever, owing to the increased cost of everything employed iu their making. That flowers are to prevail in hat trimming seems assured. Somo Taris models are made wholly of the smaller blossoms. A Spanish turban, for in stance, is all of violets, with the steins drawn over the edges to form n facing. The crown is of violet leaves with a drapery of lace around it. The brim iB wide in front and narrow at the hack. Ostrich plumes are to be used in combination with flowers of the larger varieties. A toque of white tulle, with crown of creamy Irish lace, hai lace of the same desigu twiued in tha brim, which is caught back at the loft front by a, kuot of dahlia purple pauno velvet, held by a rhinestone orna ment. From uuder this knot a single white ostrich plume sweeps over the left side of the crown to the back. ( SAILOR FOR SPRING WEAR. Under the brim, at the right, near the back, is a cluster of crushed velvet roses iu dahlia shades. Sailor hats will be more the rose than ever A Duty to the Weekly. That man who docs not (Ake his local newspaper is indifferent to the only agency which can give his com munity a public voice. No matter what other claimants may be in the field, there is not one which cau have a place ahead of the local newspaper. If the paper is weak, it is no because the people make it so by non-support. One of the best services which the business men of the towns of Georgia could undertake would be to make jin inquiry into the stauding of their local newspaper?, -with the idea of supplying any improvements which might be needed. The investment would repay itself abundant!; within the year.—Editorial in the Atlanta Constitution. Implement For Digging Pout Hole*. Post holes of any size can be rapid ly dug by a new implement, which has a conical boring tool, with a cut ting blnde inserted in one side, which cuts a section of earth out of the hole as it is revolved, the tool being lifted out and emptied when it becomes full. Don't Tobacco Spit end Suiuko lour Mfe Array. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be majj; nctio, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Bac, the wondcrwor'-'er, that makes weak men strong. AU druggists, 00c or 11. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remodv rn . Oilmen or New York. It costs for food about S3O a week to keep an elephant. Deafncn Cannot lie Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is hy constitu tional remedies. Di afness is caused by an n flamed condition of tho mucous liningofthe Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam mation can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will b» destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten an» caused by catarrh, which is nothing hut an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Seattle, Wash., claims the remarkable low death rate of eight per thousuud in 1800. To Curo Constipation Co rover. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 23c. H C. C. C. fall to M --itroi« refund money. It has been decided to do away with wooden sidowalks tn Chicago. The Best Prescription for Chilli and Fever Is a bottle of GROVg'B TABT«L*M CHILI. TONIC. It Is simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure—no nay. Price 50c. Tho Congo region exports about 3,000,- 000 walking-sticks a year. Tlicy Arc Going- South. The tide of travel is headed that way. The Southern Hallway, o| erating 5 trains daily from New York, aro aligning tilled to their capacity with tourists enroute to Florida, (ieorgla, and the Carolina resorts. The sea son promises one of the best for years. Write Alex. 8 Thweatl. Eastern Pass. Agent, South ern Hallway, 118.5 Broadway. N.Y., for a copy of "Winter Tours In the South." It will give you all the information regarding the resorts South, and the famous Limited trains be tween New York, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami. Nassau and I nmpa. Key West and Havana, Aiken, Augusta, Asheville. New Or ients, Mexico aud the i'aciflc Coast. It will take more than 920,000,000 to run Chicago during the ensuing year. I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my boy's life last summer. - Mrs. ALXIE Douo i.ASS, Le ltoy, Mich., Oct. 30.1WH. ——— Illinois expended 518,290,803 on Its pub lic schools In 1899. Kdncate Your Buncli With Caioreti. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. IfC.n.O fin. •!=!■: refund money. It Is proposed to make English the of ficial language of the Island of Jersey. JelNO, the Sciv Dessert, Pleases all the family. Four flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry, it your grocers. 10 cts. Oreat Britain Is Increasing her regular winy, chiefly in the artillery branch. To Core a Cold In One Day. Take T.AXATIVB HKOMO QUININS TABL«T«. All druggti-ts refund the money If it falls to cure. K. W. OKOVX'S signature la on each box. 25c. The street accidents In London amount 10 about 3500 a year. Mrs. VVlnsioiv'sMoothing Syrup lorohlldren ieethlng, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c.a bottle. Mrs. W. E. Gladstone owns three acre? In Niagara. How Are lour H.ldueya t Dr. Hobbs' Sparagus Pills curo all kidney ills. Sam ple free. Add. Sterling RercedyCo . Chicago or N. * Fruit wrapped In brown paper will stand fllteen degrees more of cold. ?DrßulJs\ Cures all Throat and l.ung Affections. COUGH SYRUP W Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. N.IS SURE / Dr. Butt's Pitts cure Dvfirpsia. Trig!. ->r< <-■ w. CARTER'S INK The best ink made, bnt noduarei than the poorest. ■A m mm wm MI V GUARANTEED BR B 112 ■" AS M with no lee nn |v n I ■ IV I less Mireeiwl 111. • ■ MJ| I ■ IV ■ l'atent advertiaad m n I ■■ I" I free. Krre a«l --vlrp an to patentability. Send for "Inventors triraer." Mfl.O l«. HTEVEN* & CO., Aliy»» tatab.. 1864. 817 l tltl Nl., W a«Ulii((l«n, l>. C. Branches: Chicago, Cleveland aud Detroit. pHIuMMIAR™ TAI S^i H Most tallcedof putatoon earth ! W Cataloe tella-ao al*o about Hal- /hfJLmaJU] 1 zar'a Arlleat Six Weeka' Potato. lgjiSMiAi 11 I-argeat farm and vegetable aead lil V"W| I frowera In U.S. Potatoee, |l.2oa_ud X 1 Jjfc 112 1 up a Mil. Heiut thia notice and oc.BtjjJiJßjMFl C I mi ft CLEARED YEARLY. V I IIUU LADY OR GEMTLEMAN Wanted to sell Dr. Carter's K. & B. Tea. One ugent •.leaml a thousand dollars last year. We will send, .two 2f;c package* and an elegant silver pukla r orK and I'rrt* and special airentH term* im receipt of twentvftve ce its Any lady ran clear twelve dollars ;i week and not interfere with her hnnsehold duti-s. Write ns forparrjculars. THK II it OWN miDM INK < Q.» Ertp. Pa. Happyl T rem B edyfSr St l • JOHNSON'S MALARIA,CHILLSAFEVER Grippe and Liver Dleeates. «- KNOWN uxMVMim. M»C- !M©K!
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