The great trouble in trying
tv, sell what are called patent
medicines is that so many claims
have been made for them that
people don't or won't believe
what honest makers say.
We have been telling our
story sixty years. Did we ever
deceive you once? If we make
any statement that isn't so, we
will stand the loss. Goto the
druggist and get your money
back.
Here's an example. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is a good cure
for a cough that comes from a
cold. Y our cough, if you have
one, may not come from a cold;
your doctor will tell you about
that.
It is a straight medicine with
sixty years of cures back cf it.
There isn't a ghost of the ordi
nary patent thing about it.
J. C. AYER COMPANY,
Practical Chemists, Lowell, Man.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Ayer's Hair Vigor
Ayer'. Pills Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
Ayer's Ague Cure Ayer's Comatone
L(!g Saved l»y Tickling.
Raymond Crane, aged live, while
playing, got one leg so tirinly wedged
Into a live-foot water pipe that a
policeman and two brawny laborers
Sould not get It out without danger of
dismembering him. "Blow the pipe
to pieces with dynamite!" said one.
"Send for a doctor," said another,
"Sue the city," a third. "Unscrew
the lad," said a policeman, a new ar
rival. "Tickle his foot with a straw
and see if he won't pull his leg out
himself," suggested Raymond's bright
little sister. The plan worked well.
Every time any one tickled Raymond's
foot the boy would draw up his toes
and wriggle his leg and draw it up a
tittle out of the pipe. Finally lie gave
a last wriggle and drew his leg out-
Chicago Dispatch.
Of the 1,070 miles of paved streets
n Philadelphia, only 70 remain paved
frith cobble and rubble.
PURE BLOOD
AND STRONG NERVES
With glowing health ell things are possible, small annoyances fade in\
nothingness and real troubles are battled with successfully. Women who ai\
blescsd with perfect health are a constant joy ~
which health alone can make permanent is a
crown which raise? a woman above other Bwj _l*Y3fc{aM*
women. Such beauty is always accompanied
t>y a sweet disposition, for snappishness is a jffipfj*
lure sign of ill-health and leaves its mark
It seems to be the fashion for women to
ignore health and sacrifice it to the little /<oJi
every-day trials, or offer it up on the altar 4
of devotion to daily tasks. Then again
the nervous organization of women is con- /" fIMH
stantly attacked by woman's natural ex- BK-jKbJM
periences, so that it is practically impewsi- j/jf \Y CHSMH
ble for her to retain the beauty which uif) f\j flEjßKfflj
nature gave her, unless she has discrimi- jUBB-MH
eating advice and right support. BPJo rvw
Dr. Greene's
Nervura
for the Blood and Nerves•
Trials and troubles are easily overcome by 0 jH
the women whose strength is the genuine ® JL .-V**^Wla
strength of perfect health. Dr. Greene's Ner- ESSHT' "J s\J SM
▼ura blood and nerve remedy, bridges the
chasm that separates the sickly woman from jyVcS ° ©t^cS
happiness. It fills her veins with blood that ia o
MRS. WM. E. BOSSE, of 85 Farrington St., ° J
"In regard to myself, I hare suffered for years 0 ifi
with disease, having been troubled with great ner- « lin
vousness, fernnlo complaints, indigestion, and o 1 ® 0 * cMB I
groat weakness and prostration. 1 did not rVfl f / V> >jwill
nave strength to do much of any thing.KKno- n I
ing the great value of health and strength p'f yfy"i 0 c/"2r w?l
I consulted doctors ami took many medi- /
clnM, but they all failed to cure me, , •(/£ ° ro 2 r -U
and I grew worse rather than better. jV
I happened to see In the papers how '■V/ -/Y^
much good Dr. Greene's Nervura, I .4 J [ (\24
blood anil nerve remedy, was doing in a
restoring to health everybody who took it, w " '
and I thought I would try a liottle. I used
it and to my surprise I began to gain strength every day. lam so thaukfnl that I tried lt>
It is certainly tne most excellent tonic and strength giver. I recommend it very highly
and wish that other people who are troubled in any way would take warning and use it."
TO PRESERVE WOMANLY BEAUTY
At all the stages of a woman'a life Dr. Oreene'e Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, is shown to lie efficient to ward off the results of uervousness, or over
work, or impure blood. From early girlhood to advanced years, this world
renowned medicine builds up the forces destroyed by disease, grief, or over
exertion, and the effects of this great medicine are quickly felt and permanently
retained. Let women guard well their health, and consult Dr. Greene freely.
Nothing they can possibly do will so surely Weep them strong and well, or ne
pair the exhaustion from acute Illness, nothing will work so continually to the
preservation of beauty as the great health-giving Nervura. Dr. Greene'a ofllce
ia at 39 Weat Hth Street, Nsw York City, where he may be consulted either by
pereonal call or by letter Women way write is perfect couttdeuce, and get
Dr. Greene's advice free.
A now regulator, just introduced In
Swiss watches, works so accurately
that timepieces furnished with it do
not vary ten seconds in a month.
Eaoe pnokaije of PUTNAM FADELESS DYE
colors more goods than any other dye nnd
colors thorn better too. Sold by all druggists
The pena! code of the Chinese em
pire is at least 2000 years old. and un
der its provisions about 12,000 persons
are annually executed.
Rest For tha Bowels.
i No matter wlmt alls you, headaahe to it
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CASCABITS help
nature, cure you without a gripe or palu,
produce easy natural movements, cost you
just 10 cents to start getting your health
back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up In metal boxes, every tab
let has C.C.C. stamped on It. Beware cf
Imitations.
Since 1891 the population of London is
computed to have increased by 300,000.
Tha Belt Prescription for CtillU
and Fever TE a bottle of GHOVK'I TARTSI.IM
CHILL TONIC. It Is Biniply irou and quinine In
a lasieleß* form. No cure —no pay. Price Sue.
There are nearly 4000 miles of inland
navigation in England and Wales.
Tourist Information, llatcs. Etc.,
South.
Tickets are now on sale via the Southern
Railway, to all prominent resorts of the Car
ollnas, Georgia, Florida. Cuba, Mexico and
( alifornln. Dining and Sleeping I'arsonall
trains. The route of the Washington <V
i-outliwcs'ern Vestibnled Limited, New York
& Florida Express, Washington <& t'hntta
nooga Limited and the U. S. Fast Mail. Dur
ing the winter season theNew York & Florida
Limited, "The finest trnin in the world." De
scriptive matter of t.he winter resort rates
upon application to cither New York offices,
271 or 1185 Broadway. Berths In Sleeping < ars
reserved in advance, and all information
furnished. "No trouble to answer questions.'
i all on or address Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern
Pass. Agont, 1185 Broadway, New York City.
Modern machinery is fast finding its way
to small farms in Cuba.
«tO» lteivard. Stoo.
The renders of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh ( nre is taken Internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
anil assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have BO much laitii in its curative
powers that they olT"r Gne Hundred Dollars
for any esse that It fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills arc the best.
There are about 30,000 lepers in the Phil
ippines.
FITH nermanent.lvcured. No fltsor nervous
ness after llrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer.s2 trial bott.lo and treat! sefree
Dr. R. H. KLINE. Ltd..KU Arch St.. Phila.. Pa
A German firm has built a locomotive
on the American pattern.
A Colonel in the British South African
armv snys that Adams' Tutti Fruttl was a
blessing to his men while marching.
The United States lead all other nations
in the matter of fruit growing.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal lor coughs and colds. -JOHN F.
HOYEU, Trinity Springs, Ind.. Feb. 15, 1000.
An English inventor proposes to build a
boat that will cross the Atlantic in two
days.
NEVER SAID.
If all *b« pity and love untold
Could scatter abroad their coins of gold
There would not be on the whole earth
One hungry heart or one wretched
hearth.
But. oh, if the kind words never said
Could bloom into flowers and spread and
shod
Their sweetness out on the common air
The breath of heaven would bo every
where.
I HOG.'j
| By Bourdon Wilson. |
In January, 18D3, I followed the ad
vice of Horace Greeley togo west, and
I have since grown up with the coun
try, but it was due to a hog that this
growth was not ended terribly almost
in its beginning. 1 went to Silver City,
New Mexico, hoping to get work there,
but was disappointed; and after Idling
about until the latter part of Febru
ary, I Joined a young fellow of about
my own age, and started for the moun
tains on a prospecting trip.
I was a "tenderfoot," and knew noth
ing of mining, but Billy, my partner,
during several years spent about the
mines had learned much of ore and
"leads" and "prospects" and such
things, and he promised to teach me all
that I needed to know. Walking be
hind and driving the two little burros
upon whose backs our effects were
packed, a three days' march carried
us to the range of mountains where
Billy meant to prospect for silver. The
slopes of this range, and the surround
ing country for hundreds of miles in
every direction, are an all but water
less desert; but the summit is a broad,
level tableland which lias an elevation
so great that it catches the few clouds
which drift that way, and thus obtains
such a rainfall that it is covered with
a growth of juicy grass and splendid
pities. The summit is now the range
of large herds of cattle, but in the time
of which I am writing the periodic
raids of Apache Indians made it a
dangerous place for cattlemen.
There being no water elsewhere, we
climbed to the summit and had begun
making our camp when we heard a
crashing of dry branches in a thicket
not far away, and a loud "Woof! woof!
woof!" Dropping everything, we seized
our rifles. The next moment, to our
amazement, a black hog of medium
size, gaunt and long-legged, galloped
toward us, grunting and "wooling" as
he came. Instantly we lowered our
rifles—we had nothing to fear from
this familiar friend of the barn-yard.
The hog ran toward us, frisking,
capering, grunting and "talking" to us
incessantly, showing in every way pos
sible that lie was wildly delighted to
see us. We responded by scratching
his back and talking to him, and after
a while he contentedly lay down, still
grunting with delight
We were glad to have him with us;
he gave the camp a homelike air. and
it occurred to us that our slender store
of provisions might give out. Hut 1
soon became so attached to him that
I could not have eaten a piece of his
flesh had I been starving.
llow a hog, and such a gentle one,
came to be in that wild place, we could
not imagine; his actions showed that
there were no other hugs on the moun
tain. that he was lonesome, and that he
had been used ton gard m n as friends.
Later we learned that while a pig he
was carried to the mountain by h's
owner, a cattleman, who made a pet of
him, U'HI who, becoming alarmed by
reports of an Apaelie outbreak, moved
his herd away In so great a hurry that
the shoat was forgotten.
We called him Dick. Seeming to un
derstand that we were going to stay
at that (amp for some time, he rooted
a hole beside a log, and tilling it with
leaves, made himself a comfortable
bed. But it was plain that he lived in
'constant dread of being again left
alone 'on the mountain.
lie would follow at our heels, goin
with us to and from our work, never
letting us get out of his sight for an
Instant; and at night the slightest noise
would bring him galloping Into camp,
grunting Inquiringly, to see If we were
getting ready to leave. Thus he dis
turbed our sleep so often that I sug
gested building a brush fence round
our camp to keep Dick out, but llllly
would not listen to the proposal, lie
looked upon Dick's making friends
with us as an omen of good luck, and
insisted that were we to restrict his
freedom in any way the charm would
be broken.
"You can't bring us good luck if we
don't let you come in, can you old bug
gy'/" Billy said, scratching the ani
mal's back with one hand, and pulling
his ear with the other. "No, no. of
course you can't; and you are g«>ln' to
bring us the very best kind of luck,
aren't you?"
To this Dick responded with a series
of chuckling grunts that llllly Inter
preted to mean, "Sure thing! I don't
'pardner' with any outfit without bring
ing it good luck.' And so the fence
was not built.
Hut day after day passed by without
a trace of silver l»elng found; our pro
visions ran low, and I proposed that
We give up and go back to Silver City,
llllly laughed at me; his faith In Dick
was as strong as ever, and we con
tinued pecking away on the mountulu
tlde.
Near the end of March we were
awakened before daybreak by a savage
grunting and snapping; and opening
our eyes, we utw a small baud of In
dians standing lu bright moonlight but
a few yards awa?. Between them ana
us was Dick, the bristles of his back
standing fiercely on end, and his jaws
snapping viciously at our visitors.
The Indians were armed, and their
faces were smeared with red paint.
Not understanding the ominous mean
ing of this, we welcomed them unsus
piciously, and driving Dick away in
vited them to scats around our fire.
They were surly at first and ill at
ease, but when we had given them a
good breakfast and some tobacco, their
humor changed; drawing close about
the fire and lighting their cigarettes,
they entered into a good-natured con
versation with us in Spanish. They
left when the sun rose, each shaking
hands with us, and saying, "Adios
amingo." (Good-bye, my friend.)
As soon as they were out of sight,
Billy said to me, "Pardner, we've got to
get out of this; those bucks are lip to
mischief of some kind. When I asked
them who they were and where they
lived, they made out they couldn't un
derstand, although they understood
everything else. And did you notice
how queerly they looked at Dick?- and
at us when I asked them to come to
the fire? I wonder if they aren't some
of the Chirlkahwas slipped back up
here?" We knew that the (shirikahwa
Apaches were "hostiles" aud off their
reservation.
"Surely not," I answered; "if they
are Chirlkahwas, why didn't they kill
us?"
"That's all right," Hilly said, "but
Indians aren't white folks, and at any
minute they may change their minds
and come back after us—you can't
guess what an Indian will do. We'd
better start right away, for we're goin
to take Dick with us, aud we'll have
togo slow so he can keep up with us,"
he concluded, going to where Dick was
rooting for a breakfast.
"We're goin to pull up stakes, old
fellow," he said to the hog, bending
over and scratching his back, "but
we're not going to leave you behind;
you haven't brought us any luck yet,
but —"
lie stopped abruptly and sank to his
knees, looking intently at the ground.
Presently lie gave a whoop of delight,
then cried excitedly, "Come here, pard
ner, quick! I told you the old hoggy
would bring us luck—he's found a lead
that will go four hundred to the ton,
or I'm much mistaken!"
And in fact the rock held a vein of
ore in which even my unpractised eyes
distinguished faint threads of silver.
"It just beats all!" Billy exclaimed.
"Here we've been walking over this
ledge every day for a month, never
once dreaming that a rich vein was
propping out right at grass roots!
We're rich, pardner, and it all comes
of our treating Dick on the square.
Oh, you're a mascot, aren't you.
old hoggy?" he cried, affectionately
slapping Dick's face first on one side,
then 011 the other. And Dick grunted
back that he thought he was—at least
so Hilly understood him to say.
Itunninrf' back to the tire, I brought
a big batch of biscuit that we had just
cooked, and gave them to Dick; and
while he ate them, we gave him such
a petting and back-scratching as per
haps 110 other hog lias ever had.
Next, we carefully examined the
ledge, clearing off the (llrt, exposing
the vein for several feet, and found
that the ore grew richer the deeper we
dug. Satisfied that we had "struck it
rich," we broke off several specimens
to take with us. Then we covered up
the vein, ami hurriedly packing our
burros, set out for Silver City.
Owing to Dick's Inability to travel
far without stopping to rest, it took us
six days to reach our destination; and
then we found 1110 town in great excite
ment. A band of Chirikahwa warriors
had sneaked past the soldiers guarding
the Mexican boundary, and had swept
across Arizona and Into New Mexico,
murdering and burning as they went,
slid passing within a few miles of Sil
ver City.
The Indians we had entertained at
our camp were a part of tills band, and
it set us shivering to think how easily
they could have killed us. Why they
did not do so, we could not imagine.
Hut 11 few years later, after we had
sold our mine for a good price, I met
one of these Indians 011 the Sail Carlos
reservation, and first softening his
heart by a gift of tobacco and money,
I asked him to tell uie why they spared
us.
lie answered readily that It was be
cause of the "medicine" hog. Apachi a
look upon all hogs as being "mcdcine,"
that is, magical or supernatural, and
therefore will not cat their flesh; and
Dick's standing guard over us like a
(log. something they had never seen be
fore, made them think that lie was
peculiarly powerful "medicine." So
they had not dared to harm us. And
as the Indian offered to trade me two
ponies and one of his wives for tin 1 se
cret of this "medicine," I believe that
he told me the truth.—Youth's Com
panion,
Quntl TUIHI'II find I'lintum Wtlit.
Early in the summer l found a
quad's nest at Tr.von, Oklahoma, con
taining Hi eggs, which 1 put under a
bantam hen, and every egg hatched.
The quail are now full grown and as
tame as chickens, and do not wander
fur from the barnyard. I tut what
seems very strange to me Is that they
roost with some chickens in the top of
a black tree about fci t above th •
ground. Another strung" feature Is
that while these quail remain tame, the
bantam hen that raised th -in hits taken
up with a covey of wild quad and re
mains With tllem out 111 the fields Hiitl
wood lot nnd Is as wild ns they. W. S.
Chenowtth. M. D., In Foruat and
Stream.
Now York City.—The comfort and
convenience of the basque that can be
worn with or without an additional
wrap requires no urging. The admii-a-
TIGHT FITTING BASQUE.
ble May Manton model here illustrated
includes all the latest features, and is
well adapted to all the season's cloths,
cheviots and the like; but as shown is
of camel's hair zibeline in a deep warm
tan.
The fronts are curved to give a
graceful rounded figure and are fitted
with single darts. The backs include
side-backs and under arm gores, and
can be trusted to give the desired
| ' PIUNCESd GOVfli.
tapering effect to the figure. The neck
is finished with a regulation turn-over
collar that forms notches with the
fronts, which roll back to form lapels
in coat style. The sleeves are two
seamed, finished only with stitching at
cuff depth. The basque is closed at the
front with small tailor buttons and
buttonholes.
To cut this basque for a woman of
medium size four and one-eighth yards
of material twenty-one inches wide,
two yards forty-four inches wide, or
one and five-eighth yards fifty inches
wide, will be required.
Lntllfft' Prince** Gown.
No other gown takes the place of the
well fitted princess that becomes sim
ple or elaborate as the material is sim
ple or costly. The admirable May
Manton model Illustrated In the large
engraving is of cashmere 111 the new
rich red known as dahlia, with trim
ming of black applique and small but
tons, but Henrietta In any color.
French flannel, challle and a host of
other materials can be substituted.
The fronts are fitted with single
darts, hiddcu beneath the trimming,
but curve to give a graceful outline.
The back includes both side-backs and
uuder-a.'m gores that tit to a nicety
without being over-tight, llelow Mo
wn Ist line is an inverted pleat that
allows of additional fulness iu '.lie
skirt and adds greatly to the stylish
effect. The sleeves are two seamed 111
correct style, the lower edges being
lengthened, faced and turned back to
form slightly flaring cuffs. At the
neck Is a high collar with turn-over
portions attached.
To cut this gown for a woman of
medium size nine and a half yard* of
material, twenty one inches wide, six
and a half yards twenty »even Inches
wide, or four and three quarter yards
forty-four Inches wide, will be re
quired.
l-'ur m ۥ Irl of T**ltr.
A I girl wears a frock of Scotch
tartan In dark green aud deep blue and
black. It Is made up on the straight,
not ou the hem, where » scanty flounce
|M set on like a "cut skirl." A band
«112 black velvet cover* the Join, The
IHMIICC button* up the back, lu front
It Is bloUm-d considerably. About the
shoulders it is cut out to show a deep
yoke and collar of taffeta silk, light
blue la color. This is bordered with
black velvet, and it continues down to
the belt. The sleeve terminates in a
caff, with two bands of black velvet
on it.
What Little Girls Wear.
Little girls wear a groat deal of serge
when they discard wash frocks as tlio
season advances. There is little change
in tbfj style of making up such a gown.
The old-time sailor collar blouse with
its shield divides custom with the
serge suit which has plain jackets aud
skirt. This last requires a shirt waist.
These are the usual models for school
suits.
Flounced Wlilte Petticoats.
French women have always been very
partial to white petticoats, trimmed
witn much liouncing and many yard"
of lace, and once more they are becom
ing fashionable, and are ousting the
silk ones from the popularity they
have so loug enjoyed.
A Favorite Fur.
Black fox showing a few white hairs
is reported as one of the favorite furs
for boas.
Clilld'B Apron.
The apron that is attractive at the
same time that it protects the gown is
a necessity to every well dressed little
girl. The pretty May Manton model
here shown is essentially useful at
tin: same time that it is dainty and
smart, and includes the bolero sugges
tion that is a feature of the season and
so becoming to childish figures. As
shown, the material is nainsook, wi'.li
trimming ot' beading, through which
rilihon is run, the arm's-eyes being flu
ished with sleeve frills of needlework,
but dimity, lawn and all the range of
familiar war", stuffs are equally ap
propriate.
The apron is shaped with front and
back portions and is litted by menus of
shoulder and uuder arm seams. At
the upper edge are laid tiny tucks*,
which give the bolero efTcct and below
which the fulness falls in soft tolds to
the hem or the skirt. The trimming
is applied over the upper edge and the
base of the tucks. Tho apron is closed
at the back with buttons and button
holes. At the lower edge is a deep
liem that can lie hemstitched or sim
ply trimmed, as preferred. At tho
arm's-eyes, forming an epaulette like
finish, are graduated frills that are
wider at the shoulder and uarow be
neath the arms.
To cut this apron for ?t girl of six
years of age two and a quarter yards
of material thirty six Inches wide will
be required, with two yards of bead
iHlLtl'ii Al'UOk.
lug, one and me eight yard of needle
work four luche* wide, and three and
a half yards ot velvet r'Sbou to trim
a* Illustrated.