Si
I mm
THE OUTf OSJ AJ VALLEY FOQE
Well sun are fur who slcln by slda
iMeot death wiul shout and fllerj
But whnt or li!rs "rho mutnly rtlod
With never a comrade near?
Wll sunn r thv, the first who (ell
Alone their buttle linn;
Tlmlr enrl tholr children' children tell,
Their grave 'tis grown a siirinel
But he who died by nlsht, nlone,
An outpost In the Know,
(rusting, unknown, on bronze or stone)
Fought butter than we know.
Aye, he who wMohed thro' his long night,
And unseen Hosts dolled
II tonjtht end won the nobler tight,
In tne darker death he diod!
General' hone, with the empty sad
die, holsters and pistols, the cofnn
borne by Freemasons, the twelve
principal mourners of the household,
the Masonic Lodge, the corporation
of Alexandria, the farm hands, and
other men nnd women of the neigh
borhood. The Be. Mr. Davis read
the service of the Episcopal Church
and made an address. The Masons
performed their rites, aud minute
OSOO'JOOOOOOOOOOi
fftitort's Last tj ears.
fib-
V.: Wife at Mount g
Vomon. Q
oooooooooooaoooo
ft time of his retirement
ni "fount Vernon, after the
'"'jrauon of his term as
r"J,.'i,iont'' "the iM fl8nre of
l iM ""'jT slightly bent,
(iot,tilt supposed to weigh
url..iwo hundred pounds,"
Twiine, of "The Last
r. djicstoa's Life," in the
.Journal. "Excepting
bis false teeth, and
i dva hearing there was lit
" ' jal appearance of age in
"": per&oD, his gait and his
Ul i-marked face. He was
)rt.'irry wRh his best friends,
,,'hnd t'ia true hospitality
H.l t,- gentleman in inviting
!fron a distance to his
W. bo J over night, his polite
Krlly formal. Yet if he
u-tn'tied the conversation
he came into the presence of 'the
bridal party Nellie ha 1 to throw her
arma aronnd his neck, for there he
was in the good old bine and buff of
the Continental Army, with a black
ribbon cockade and a cocked hat, the
uniform in which he had plannod and
fought so many battles. He was fond
of the buffand blue.
Ho rode about his farms in the hot
summer, surveying, carrying his com
pass himself; his dross suitably plain
drab, a great round hat on his head,
an umbrella fixed in the saddle. Ho
was quietly collecting and digesting
items for his will, and for the minute
directions he won writing to his agent
for the conduct of the estate for sev
eral years to come. If belated, he
galloped home at a round pace in time
for the gntting-ready-for-dinnor bell.
ills library contained more than
eight hundred volumes, but his read
ing was chiefly on agricultural sub-
loctB, and one of his hobbies was that
the Government should established a
National Board of Agriculture. Often
he stripped off his coot and worked
with his farm hands when they were
iiarci pushed, wnen he footed up
me expenses ana tbe receipts of his
MARTRA WASniNOTOlf WATCHIK HER
HfSBASD's ORAVB FROM TUB 0OM
IV WFirCH H PIBD,
guns boomed from a schooner on the
Potomac. When the body was car
ried into the vault the infantry and
the cavalry fired three volleys, and
eleveu pieces of artillery were simul
taneously discharged as the rays of the
sun of a short winter day were turn
ing into the shadows of twilight.
Tho news of Washington's deati
traveled rapidly over the country dt
by day. Wherever it went it pr
duced an exhibition of public grief
such as had never before been knon
in the Bopublic.
It wafl proposed on the part of th
National Government that tho body of
the patriot should be taken from the
vault nt Mount Vernon and laid away
iu the new capital on the banks of the
Potomac. The widow gave her con
sent to Congress, but the change was
never made.
Only a little more than two years
passed awny and the tomb at Mount
Vernon was again opened. There, in
the white gown which the venerable
little woman had set aside for her last
dress, was tenderly, reverently aud
regretfully laid the body of Martha
had I -
0 It
Jilt if
,!"" WABlilMUI'ON ENTERTAINING THEIR FRIENDS ON THE LAWN AT MOUNT VEItJOV
r
n:r pny mm me ooni
r tt-fcleniugto him until after
; itiP or even of lighting him
tfrt.jdle fo a bedroom for the
As'fc Washington at this time
d -f, plcaant and unosten
; ' Se w-r.ftu, still showing
'jd ' Q'l with seldom
, ,lon hau of playing re
l( iMto.a sf mistress of tbe
iat,pctrj jentloman, of car
uri I0.""'"1' or of amusing her-
10 ttL lB' 8110 ha1 K1,60'
ich"eo( '. for making 'cherry
I ou a ruid-summar da
ni.iV(r t p pairs of breeohes
i 4u tue ueuoral felt
ileasod from school
residency, and she
ion in settling down
of an old-fashioned
tt, steady as a clock,
nd cheerful as a
Mtjfbee,
gtis oocupied no small
iwffanliiiifjJou's affectionate
iuroi- hia return to Mount
l"f ti t pharged the young
M to fall in lov with
( her heart until sho
farm for 1798 he found that he had
made a clear gain, during the year,
of about $1500, and he studied with
much cxnotitude as to how ho could
improve the management of his laud
and make it yiold larger and more
i.y
WASUINGTOM AS HIS OWN SURVEYOR.
varied crops. It was in that same
year that he exeoutod his last will
and testament.' It was carefully
written by himself, covering forty
two pages, including a schedule and
T--i--1 1 1
11
A it r u ti'T r " ' "
'''viewing S.?,uU.?.!'..!?5bades 1n am and NEiauuons
feiMAIa UF WABHINGTON.
ii
(t'l'iif'.-i
Vnowledge of Us
y whether he was
for be assured a
'0 never be happy
J bis walk of life,
fortune and. above
of his affections,
wish seems to have
"tii wonld marry
nephew, Lawrence
the last of the
shington presided
"on waa the wed
iu Fobruary, 1709.
o ppear in all tho
new uniform, with
iJt plumes, whioh
oent had just de-
General. The
unwilling to have
n tha trappings of
"ok. But when
description of his estate, which ho
valued, or rather, perhaps underval
ued, at 8530.000.
It was about this time that he spent
hi last Fourth of July at Alexandria.
There he was received by the militia
men of the town, whom he reviewed,
after whioh he dined with s party of
oitizens and was hailed as the "Cin
cinnatus of Amerioa."
The wish of Washington, whleh i
dioated tbe possible apprehension of
burial alive, was sorapulonsly ob
served after his death. The body had
been placed in a mahogany ooffln lined
with lead and inclosed in ease cov
ered with black oloth. The ritea of
sepulture were short and simple. A
little procession was formed to march
from the bouse to the family vault. It
consisted of the troops from Alexan
aria, musiolans, four clergymen, tho
Woshington by the side of him whose
loss had made her feci that she was
only a stranger among friends and as
one waiting gladly for the hour to joiu
her beloved mate.
Vraililnetoii en J Oflnernl Howe's Don.
While the British occupied Phila
delphia and the American force lay in
winter quarters at Valley Forge, says
a writer in tbe Ladies' Homo Journal,
one day, as Washington and his staff
were dining, a tine hunting dog, whioh
was evidently loBt, came to seek some
thing to cat. On its collar was the
name "Goncral Howe." Washington
ordered that the dog should be fed,
and then he sent it to Philadelphia
nnder a flag of truce, with a letter
reading: "General Waehtugtou'a
compliments to General Howe. He
does himself the pleasuro to rotnru to
him a dog which accidentally fell into
his hands, and, by tbe inscription on
the collar, appears to belong to General
Howe." The British commander, in
reply, sent a cordial letter convoying
his warm thanks for this nut of courtesy
of his onomy.
BurTorort ly Washington.
Tho Dismal Swamp Canal, which
was originally surveyed by Goorge
Washiugton, but which has boeu prac
tioully disused for a hundred years,
was reopeuod for business on October
11. The onnal extends from a point
near Norfolk, Va., to the Paso.uotank
River, in North Carolina, a distance
of twonty-two miles. It is ten feet
deep and eighty feet wide By tuo
use of tho canal atrial! vessels that do
not draw over teu feet of water can
avoid tho perilous outside trip around
Hatteras and its treacherous shoals.
Topeku Btato Journal.
Wllilt lleimv Knew,
"Bonny," said Mr. Bloobnmper,
"if Goorge Washington is the ilrst iu
the hearts of hi3 countrymen, who
comes HocoudV"
"I dou't know nbout that," replied
Benny, "but Independence Day -is
the rourth." Harper's Bazar.
I.llo Mnk of Washington.
mm
Madi by Hoadoa ia 1785,
COPPERKING'SPARADISE
MARCUS DALY HAS SPiiNT A FOR
TUNE ON HIS MONTANA RANCH.
In Rammer the I'lure lis All I he
Charms of a I'eudal Kslate Irrigation
".ratem Alone Coela .ID.OOO Magnl
tmle of Thin Model Karin.
"T" "T""THILE the world of specu-
V lators is occupied in
V guessing ns to tbo future
movenieut of Marcus
Daly, the Montana millionaire, bis
family and friends know that in a very
short tirao ho will rotire to the mag
nificent eittatA ho has created in the
Bitter Boot Valley, tho famous Bitter
Boot stock farm. This immonso ranch
ooraprioes in the ranch proper more
than 17,001) acres, with over ilO.OOO
acres of mountain lauds, used solely
for pasturage. In summer tho place
h.in all tho charms of n feudal estate,
and even in tho dead of winter it is
full of iulorest. One roason so little
is read of it in that it is quite a distance
from the beaten track. Up to n little
more than a dorado ago nearly the
whole rauch consisted of barren, arid
bench lands, but when Mr. Daly no
quired the land he made it blossom
like the roso. The bottom lands were
partially watered by a tiny creek,
water being a scarce article; aud Mr.
Dnly immediately inaugurated a sys
tem of irrigation, nt a cost of $'150,000.
There are numerous large ditches
which divert tho waters of Skalkaho
and Gird's Creeks which supply water
enough all the time, but to guard
against every possibility a largo canal
over twenty miles long has recently
been completed, which is connected
with the river. Whon Mr. Daly re
tires to this homo he intends to so ex
tend this systomof irrigation as to re
claim the whole unproductive area of
the Bitter Boot alley.
fx?"rnhu xor ooxHinnr.r.n.
The dwelling house, is a model of
modern architecture and not n con
venience known to ninn, no matter how
cestly, has been omitted. Tiie fnrni
ture is very handsome, suitable for a
mansion on ruth avenue, New ork
The house stand in the middle of
grounds that are parkliko uud is lo
cated about .a mile from the railway
station. Bunning iu front of the
house is a wide driveway, or boule
vard, which crosses the entire ranch
from south to north, over six miles in
length and whioh has at intoraU
other similar driveways bisecting it
and running transversely. Theso
driveways are shaded on either side
by Balm of (Ulead trees and Califor
nia poplars. Scattered about ate
wooded parks, where wild animals
abound. In tho busy seasons over
500 meu are employed and in all the
year around over 200 make thoir hoiua
on the rauch. To house theso men
and their fumilios hundreds of cot
tages have been erected with more
pretentious residences for the super
intendents aud foremen.
Takiug a bird's-eye view at tho cen
tor of tho ranch, all the homes, the
immense barns, lofty paddocks, scut
tered here aud there, make a scene
that is picturesque and full of life.
The magnitude of operations may be
guessod at when the monthly payroll
is never less than $7500, iu tho off
seasons. Over "5000 cattle of tho
choicest breeds supply tho iluest
cream and butler, much of it being
consumed in Butte. While ho has
about 15,000 acres devoted to agricul
ture and 500 acres iu fruits, Mr. Daly
does not allow his products to in any
way interfere with tho markets of tho
farmers in the Bitter Bout Valley.
Much of it is shipped to Butte aud re
tailed in the big Hennessey fttoro, now
the property of the Amalgamated
combine. The bahtneo linds its way
to other mining oeutors controlled by
Mr. Daly, affording better vegetables,
milk, cream, butter, meat, etc., than
the general market, affords. Only
cream is shipped to Butte from the
dairy, no milk at all. The cream re
tails at ilfty cents a quart. The ranch
is so striotly up to date that every
building from tho inausiou aud cot
tages down to the smallest barn is
lighted with oleotricity aud water
from Skalkaho Creek hus been piped
to every one. Mr. Daly for his head
men employs only specialist.
Tbe way the name of tbe Bitlor
Boot ranch has becomo famous
throughout tbe sporting world, both in
Amerioa and abroad, is because of its
famous horses, which born and bred
ou this ranch have borne uwuy the
honors ou every racetrack of note.
This is Marcus Daly's one hobby
horses and racing. His open aud
covered circular tracks, his vast train
ing inclosures, are the admiration of
every racing r,mn. Mr. Daly wont
into the busiuoss systematically ; ho
first visited the most celebrated stock
farms aud stables in this country;
from oaolt ho purchased tho choicest
get, tbe fastest strains of racing blood;
then he Bent to England, Fiance,
Persia and Arabia, where no horse
was too high priced for him to secure
for this Bitter lioot ranch iu the wilds
of Montana; this blending of tho
blood of centuries of tbe most illus
trious liueago hus brought forth
equine wonders whose achievements
havo amazed the racing world. No
matter whore these princes and pro
cesses huvo been reared they can liud
no fault with their quarters here.
Over 700 uures sown with blue
grass arc devoted to the stud pad.
docks and to the brood mures and
their colts. Nearly 1500 uoies have
been set aside for the thoroughbreds
aud for this purpose it liai been cut
up into hundreds of-high-fenced pad
docks. Near by is the residence of
Sam Lucas, tho genial Keutuckiau,
the famous expert breeder in chargo
of the thoroughbreds; grouped arouud
are massive burns, cottages, orchards
and gardens. Everywhere are shade
trees and driveways, ruuning water,
making a veritable oquiue paradise.
A HOUSE I'ALACK.
' Iu the centre of this thoroughbred
department is the pride of Daly's
heart, the famous "Tammany Castle,"
located on a plateau whioh risea gen
tly fully 100 feet above the surround
ing lands. Mr. Luoas designed the
castle and will show the favored ones
over it with a good deal of pride, lt
is a one-story brick building, tire
proof in every detail. Iu it are only
six stalls and an office. These stalls
are eighteen feet square aud have n
brisk ceiling twelve inches in thick
uess. Eaoh stall is not only plaster
ed, but wainsooteJ and finished In
solid oak, with ventilation at. tun
bottom, brought from tho roof. A
perfoctly equable temperament is
maintained the year ronad.
At the rear of the barn is the im
inense granary of solid stone. A mac
adamized walk runs all aiound tho
castle, rflid this is all roifod over,
forming attractive verandas; these ver
andas nre literally enmeshed in kuiii
mer with the choicest of viues and
flowers. In tho front is over an aero
of green velvet lawn; all nbout arc
beds of flowers. In the front is over
an acre of glittering rand, while foun
tains ore playing in every available
spot. In this department arc kcpttlio
finost stallions; Hamburg, valued at
$75,000; Tammany, Ogdeu, Bathaup
ton and Inverness, costing Marcus
Daly over 8250,000, but which no sum
could purchase from him now. All
nro well kujwu as royal stallions and
winners of the largest ptlzos ever
offered. Here nro also quartered tho
cream of the brood mares over 20!)
iu all, together with fools, to whom
tho racing men of America look for
world-beaters.
The standard bred or trotting de
partment is located in tho lower lauds
and over 1000 acres is devoted to it.
Like the thoroughbred department,
everything is in the most elaborate and
convenient form. Paddocks, barns,
all built with an rye to tho greatest
convenience, but still pleasing to look
at, both outsids and inside. There
are about 100 brood mares nnd the
foala there. The entire ranch, every
department, is connected by telephone
with tho Btock farm olliee, which is iu
Hamilton, in the rear of the Bavalli
County Ba nk.
FAMED FOR ITS llOOH.
Another thing for which the ranch
is famous is its dog kennels, which
are nil grouped around Tammany
Custle. The different strains and
breeds are well known to dog fanciers.
One can almost pick out tho dogs in
Butto which hnvo come from Daly's
kcnuels, so superior nro they. An
other sight well worth seeing nro the
hatcheries aud fowl coverts, also situ
ated on tho plateau. Every kind of
pigeon is to bo seen here; every kind
of game cock flourishes nnd English
and China pheasants nbonnd. Tho
pea fowls add a pictnresqno touch.
As for domestic fowls not a breed can
bo named which is not hero repre
sented. A peculiar thing is the hun
dreds of quail iu tho fields all over tho
rauch. Mr. Daly imported them from
California and they are multiplying
beyond his most naugniuo hopes.
From a very brief description some
idea of the magnitude of operations on
Daly's ranch may be gained. But no
one can arrive at an idea of the beauty
of the place unless ho visits it. Weeks
could be ploasautly spout, visiting tho
different departments. It has so fur,
stock aud all, cost Mr. Daly over 31,
000,000, but it will repay hiinn thou
sand fold, although that part he does
not care about. He has turned tho
desert into a park nnd has built n
home that might well bo the envy of
kings.
CU3IOUS FACTS.
The wife of a New York niorchant
has paid $800 for a cat.
Malleable glass was made in the
Nilo Valley years aoo aud the process
lost.
Toads' becomo torpid in winter and
hido themselves, taking no food for
livo or six months.
An old man named Anton Knm, who
died recently iu an Austrian almshouse,
was found to bo worth 95,000,000.
A tdgn of politeness in Thibet on
meeting a person is to hold np tho
clasped hand and stick ont tho tongue.
The British soldier's dross wai not
always rod. It was white in the reign
of lloury VIII., nnd dark green in the
liuio of Elizabeth.
A cobra that measured somewhat
over seven aud one half feet, taken at
Jaffua, Ceylon, is stated to be by far
tbo lurgost ever recorded.
Tho Icelanders will not burn ashfo:
firewood, because of their ourious
superstition that those who sit abjut
such a lire will become enemies.
A peonliur clook, of the time of
Charles I., was the lantern, or bird
cage style, which hung from the walls
high up, with its works exposed.
The Sioux and Bluckfeet will, at
parting, dig their spears iu the earth
us a sign of confidence and mutual
esteem. This is the origin of term,
burying tho tomahawk.
At tho conclusion of a trial iu a
small Southern town recently tbe ver
dict gavo such satisfaction to every
one that a local laundry advertised it
would givo a week s washing free of
charge to the jurors.
A moat remarkable flower has ro-
ooutly been discovered on the isthmus
of lehuautepeo. The tree which bears
it changos its appearuneo three times
duily, for in the morning the blossoms
are white, at uoon tbey are red and at
night blue.
It is a curious fact thut tho roots
and brunches of a tree are so alike in
their nature thut if a tree be uprooted
aud turned upside down the under
ground branches will take to them
selves the functions of rouLs, aud the
exposed roots will in lime bud aud bo
come veritable branches.
Knlriiem ami CtntuV.yn.l M'oinnn.
All British soldiers share the com
mon superstition against mooting a
cross-eyed woman. A reservist who
recently journeyed to Aldurshot to re
join Uis regiment umler orders for
South Africa, wrote to a friend ou tho
ove of his depurture for the front : "I
shan't oomo back this trip, old fellow;
there was a cross-eyed wonch in the
truin as I came down to joiu. She
looked at ine all tbo time, confound
her, and you know what that means.
I shall get the knock this journey."
The poor fellow's gloomy forebod
ings came true he was oue of the
Grouadiera who fell at Belmont, aud
his fate has strengthened in oue or
two minds at all events, the belief
that the night of a oross-eyed woman
is inimical to the safety of a soldier
going on active service.
An KnjlnserlDK Triumph,
Oue of the latest triumphs iu the
engineering world consists in the con
struction, shipment by steamer and
subsequent transfer to railway trans
portation of steamer of 4200 (tons
displacement, whioh was finally put
afloat in Lake Baikal, Siberia, not
less than five thousand miles from St.
Petersburg.
"DIED CLORIOUSLY.':
Knlgliti-Krranl or liiiiriialltui Who MM
liPAtli nt flip Front.
Again the ranks of the knights
errant of journalism have been broken
by death on the Hold of duly, George
Warrington Stcovens, of tho London
Daily Mail, has just died at Lady
smith. He was at his post when the
Roers invested tho town and shnrod
the common lot of his companions.
Although a non-combatant, ho en
dured all the privations of tho siege,
but succumbed to fever at a time whou
the relief of the beleaguered camp
seems to be assured. Now that be is
dead, many n snge clubman in Pall
Mall who never had nn idea that be
didn't filch from tho newspapers must
cease to begin his wise talks about
tbe South African campaign with the
words: "I see that Steevens ssys."
It was so when the American, Mso
Gahan, showed Kauffmnn andBurnaby
the way to Khiva. And later, wheu
be described, with n pen dipped in
his heart's blood, tho horrors of the
Turkish massacres in Bulgaria, Lon
don listened, then as now. Mno
(lahsn's letters put a new face on the
Eastern question. Though an Oriental
ist was then Premier of England and
sent a British fleet to the Dardanelles,
he dared not lund a man or tire a gnn.
Just as tho American correspondent
had told the Bulgarians, amid the
smouldering ruins of their homes at
Batak, the Czar did come and avenge
their wrongs. MacGahan rode with
the Bussiau army np to the hour of
his death at San Stefano. He breathed
his last in sight of tho minarets of
Constantinople, ami the immortal
Skobeleff was chief mourner at bis
grave.
The brave O'Shea, of the London
Standard, lost his lifo in Egypt.
Balph Keeler, of the New York Tri
bune, was mysteriously killed at San
tiago during the Virginius campaign.
Mauy other heroes of journalism could
be mentioned.
For years in tho Grand Army it was
the custom at nightfall when the roll
was called to have the name of Latour
d'Anvergne read off in order that the
sergeants of the Greuadiers might
salute and say: "Dead, ou the field
of battle!" So iu every newspaper
office to-day, wheu the name of Steo
vens is called lot each working jour
nalist give tho salute to tho dead nnd
say: "Died gloriously at. his post of
duty!" Philadelphia Times.
I'rlmltlva !ullg-A I. If.
Onr quarters were of tho simplest:
two students had one room, with onu
bed, uud there we lived aud studied,
says W. J. Stillman, iu the Atlantic.
At half past live the boll rang to wake
us, nnd half an hour later for prayers,
the sleepy oues returning to sleep af
ter the waking bell aud thrusting
themselves mto their clothes as they
ran when the prayer boll rang, to got
to prayers before tho roll call was
over. From prayers wo again dis
persed to the recitation rooms for tho
morning recitations, aud then to
breakfast, mostly iu town. There wero
two boarding houses, oue at each end
of the college wulk, known as North
and South Hails, and forming part of
the architectural scheme of the insti
tution, and here board was provided
at somewhat lower terms aud very
much inferior qnulity than that at the
private boardiug houses in town. Tho
price at the Hulls was, if I remember
correctly, 31.25 a week, three meals a
day, that in the town ranging from
$1. 50 to $1.75; furnished rooms in the
town costing 75c. per week more, and
a few favored or wealthier studouts
had permission to room in them, but
as rule the undergraduates of Union
were men of very limited means, on
which account the president, Dr. Nott,
bad planned the arrangements to fa
cilitate the attendance of that class of
students, and the rules were such a",
to closely restrict the students from
auy participation iu tho social life of
the townspeople.
Miiumift l-:iiliMlit Helps tho Doctor.
The intelligeuc of the elephuut is
well knowu and is illustrated iu an
interesting incident, as follows, says
the Chicago Times-Herald: A youug
baby elephant hud received a severe
wound in its head, the pain of which
rendored it so fruutio and uugovern
ablo that it was found impossible to
persuade the animal to huvo tho
part dressed. Whenever any ouo ap
proaohed it ran oft' with fury and
would sutler no person to como within
several yards of ih The man who
bad charge of it at length hit upon a
contrivance for securing it. By a few
signs aud words ho made the mother
kuow what was wanted. The sensiblo
creatnro seized her young one with her
trunk and held it firmly down, though
groaning with agony, while the sur
geon dressed the wound, aud ho con
tinued to perform this service every
day until the wound was perfectly re-
ovored.
1'urls riHicmitl Willi Voracious Itats.
Paris is suffering from a plague of
rats. Their ordinary resorts tho sew
ers having been disturbed by tho
work connected with the 1000 Inhibi
tion along tho bunks of the Seine, they
took refuge in the neighboring houses,
preferably tho new oues. Thero aro
now streets near the river where the
inhabitants are afraid to ullow their
children to cross the garden or tho
courtyard after dark.
The central markets are infested to
such an extent that rat huutiug hus
been abandoned in despair. As soon
us dark sots in armies of rats attacks
the reserve provisions, to which they
have burrowed thoir way beneath tho
masonry.
The cuts, which aro numerous at tho
central markets, live on tho best of
terms with the ruts, aud they are seen
trotting about together.
44 A Stitch in Time
Saves Nine'
A broken stitch, like ths
4 'little rift within the lute'
is the beginning of trouble.
"I am tired, not ill." "It
will soon pjts.i ttvAy." " I dm't believe
in medicine." Pies tre the broken
siitches thtt lesd to serious illness. Nature
is nvise ttnd in Hood's StrstptrilU she
his furnished the means to tjtke up
broken stitches. Why? Hcc&use it
starts t the root And cleanses the blood.
Bad BlOOd "For yejrs I -was
troubled wilh my blood, my face ixts
pale, 1 never felt -well. Three bottles of
Hood" s Sarsaparilla made tne feet better
and gave me a healthy color." Mae Cross,
24 Cedar A-v., South, Minneapolis, Mint:.
3(ccd& SaUabaitfn
Hood'i Pill rnr llrrr Ills; ih non lrrltsllnic still
jHllfj-sthartlr to tattx with HihhI'i Hripnrtlllk
Doff as a Mall Carrier.
New York Times: A woman called
at a houae on Laf.iyetts avenue, Brook
lyn, the other day. bearing a letter
Addressed to the lady residing there,
lt had been mailed the day previous,
but the address was almost effaced.
The woman explained that she bad a
young collie which was In tho habit of
picking up and playing with article
he found on the sidewalk. She had
been out walking with him when she
noticed that he was playing with a let
ter, which he had evidently found. 8h
took It from him. and, finding that lt
had not been opened, sho called at the
address and delivered It. It was
found about a block away from Its
address, and had probably been drop
ped on the sidewalk by a letter car
rier. The owner talks of getting a po
sition as m.ll carrier for her co.de.
ilIV, The best roniedy tor
vOUgll Consumption. Cures
CtiKMn Coughs. Colds, Grippe,
5 V r U P Bronchitis, 11 oars e-
S dp, Antlima, wliuopin;-
cotigh. Croup. Small tUisrs; quick, sure rrnli.
Vr. jiHtt'ti'tlUcureCoHttif'atton. 'Jtal,xoJot sc.
Value of rii'turea.
Pictures do more toward furnishing
a house and determining the status ol
its inmates than anything else. If yon
have a suspicion that you nre not wise,
In choosing and hanging pictures, get
advice from someone whose taste need'
not be questioned, says tho Pittsburg
Dispatch. Cheap pictures are not nec-.
cKsnrily poor, but a poor picture li
usunlly cheap. To be able to dlBcern
the difference Ih a quality with which
every one Is not blessed. A good plan
Is to purchase copies of famous pic
tures, etchings nnd engravings. These
are almost sure to bo good. In fram
ing pictures remember thut gold
frames are for oil paintings and dars
pictures, white frames for water col
ors, nnd black enumel or Flemish oak
nnd modern oak for etchings ami
photographs.
The (iernmu aeoxut with which Queen Vic
toria has always spoknu l'.iigllh 1 snid to
have grown imi'.-h more marked with ago.
FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN.
Two I.etteri from Women IIliol Through
tlia "CliaiiR of l.lfe" l) Iil E. l'liik
liatu's Vegetable Conipuuuil.
" Dear Mas. Pixkham : When I first
wrote to you I was in a very bud con
dition. 1 whs passing through the
change of life, and the doctors Baid I
hail bladder and liver trouble. 1 bad
suffered for nine yours. Doctors failed
to do me any food. Since 1 have taken
li.vdiu K. I'inlihiii.i'r: Vegetable Com
pound, inv health has improved very
much. I will gladly recommend your
medicine to others uud urn sure thut it
will prove he grcnt a blessing to them
us it has lo me." Mms. (iiio. II. June,
U01 I)Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. V.
Relief Came Promptly
" Dkaii Mus. Pinkham: I had been
under treatment with the doctors for
four years, and seemed to get no better,
1 thought I would try your mudlciiie.
My troublo was chungo of life, nnd I
must suy that I never hud anything
help me so much as Lydia K. Pinlt
haiu's Vegetable Compound. Relief
came nlmost immediately. I have
better lu-iilth now tliiin I ever had. I
feel lilto a new woman, perfectly
strong. I o-he L.vdia K. I'itilchain'is
Compound ull the credit, uud would
not. do without her mi'ili'dnn for uny.
thing. 1 have recommended it to
several of my friends. There is
need of women fciiflering" Hit much for
Mrs. l'inlilium's remedies aro a Hiiro
cure." Mahai.a Hi-ji.kii, llridge
wuter, III.
Another Woman helped
" 1 ) K A ft Mns. I'lNKiiAM : I took l.ydia
K. J'inUhum'H Vegetable Compound
during change of life uud derived great
benefit from its use." Mauy E. Jauks,
K1U Coydon St., Bradford, l'a.
Hlrencth of the Hoer Army.
An apparently well-informed cor
respondent of the Moruiug Post, of
London, says:
"The Boer strength, originally 83,.
000 men, is now heavily augmented
by Cape Colonists, and the enemy's
fighting forces may be estimated fair- i
ly at 100,000 men and 20U guns. The
Boers are not compelled to guard
their commuuioations. Their grass ia
good, the crops are growing, vege
tables, cattle and sheep are plenty,
and game is abundant."
Population of Manila.
The census of 1887 showed that the
population of Manila, P. I., was 154,
002. Since that time there has been
uo accurate census taken.
TWO hundred bushels
of Potatoes remove
eighty pounds of "actual" Pot
ash from the soil. One thou
sand pounds of a fertilizer co
taining 8' "actual" Potash
will supply just the amount
needed. If there is a de
ficiency of Potash, there will be
a falling-off in the crop.
' We have some valuable
books telling about composi
tion, use and value of fertilizers
for various crops. They are
sent free.
GERMAN KAU WORKS,
yj husau til., Ntw Vnrk
CARTERS unit
Is TUB WENT Ink.