Tramp Changed His Mind.
Friends of a resident of the northern
section of the city are enjoying a- story
which he tells at his own expense. The
gentleman in question is a six-footer
snd is proportionately broad and solid.
He lives on Blant avenue, and as lie
was passing along the hallway the
other day a brisk ring was given the
front door bell. He turned to the
door, opened it and found himself con
fronted by a bit of a man, a sort of
pocket edition, much the worse for
wear and evidently belonging to the
genus tramp.
"Well, what do you want?" the man
of the house asked.
"Ah ah please, sir," the man on
the doorstep stammered, looking up at
the man towering above it, "I ah ah
was going to ask for some of your
old clothes, but (another glance at the
big man in the doorway) I've changed
my mind."
We are to be rewarded, not only for
work done, but for burdens borne, and
I am not sure but that the brightest
rewards will be for those who have
torne burdens without murmuring.
FITSpermanpntly currl. No lit or nervous
Bess after flirt day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nprvc Restorer. 2trlBilottlcnnl trentlsofrea
Iir.U.H. Ki.irct, Ltd., U31 Arch Ht., I'hlla.,ra.
Many makers are now building gas en-
Sines of 1"00 lioree power, and are ready to
oubie this efficiency ,
SI .00 Ills BOO-rouiiil ftterl Knuge OflVr.
If you can use the best biff f.OO-pouml steel
nui?o mode iu the world, nnd are willing to
hnvo it placed In your own homo on ttare.)
months' free trial. Just cut this notice out
and send it to Hit Ann, Hokbcck & Co., Chi
cbro, and you will receive freo by return
mnil a big picture of tho stool mono and
tunny other cooking and beating stoves; you
will also receive tlx most wonderful $1.00
steel ranffo offer, an offer that places the
tiefct steel range or boating sto e In the home
nt any family; suoh an offer that no fiimily
In the land, no matter what their circum
stances may be, or how small their income,
need be without the best cooking or aeating
stove made.
Many a man acquires a go.nl reputation
on what is not found o.il about liiui.
Mrs.Winslow's Bonthing Syrup for children
teething, soften the nuinx. r 'lu-es inflamma
tion, alluys pain.cureswiud colic. 25c. a bottlu
It is easier to run into debt than to
crawl out.
H. H. Grkf.k's 8ons, of Atlanta, On., tiro
Ike only successful Dropsy Npeelalists in tho
world. 6ee their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column of this paper.
The baker works und loafs at the same
time. "
Nso's Cnro cannot be too highly spoken of
ss a oough cure. J, W. O'Bbism, 822 Third
Avenue, N Minneapolis, Minn,, Jan. 6, l'JOO.
Diamonds have charms to Boothe the
feminine heart.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more
foods, per package, than others.
The smallest minds axe the ones that
re changed the most.
Willi AnlinnU in Captivity.
Captivity changes animals' nature.
A lion captured when It is full grown
will nlvvnys bp.trcnclioroiis, but lions.
tigers, leopards or other carnivorous
nnimnls that have been born in captiv
ity can no tamed till they are quite
as gonllo and affectionate as noodle
doss.
Dearnesa Cannot Ro Onrerl
by local applications as t 'aey c innot reach the
disposed portion of thoc ir.' There Is only one
why to cure dctifness, and that is by consti
tutional romedlo. Deafness is caused by an
inllumed condition of the mucous linlni; o(
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubo is in
flamed yon btivo a rumbling sound orimper
leei hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is tho result, and unless the" Inflam
mation can bo tttkon out and this tubo re
tlored to its normal condition, hciirinK will
bo destroyed forever. Kino oases out of ton
orocnuscd by catarrh, wluc'i If nothing but au
mnnmeti condition of the mucous surfaces.
wo will pive One Hundred Dollar for any
ease of Deafnessf caused bv catarrh ) that can
not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. K.-nd tor
ciriulars fro3. F. J. CijEnaiiCo., Toledo, O.
noiu oy urunglsts, 7jc.
Hall's Fa-nily Tills are the best.
Homing Inntlnct of the Horse.
When L)r. Erwin's possessions wera
In transit between Oklahoma nnd Mor
rill, Kan., last March, a tine Arabian
liorse was lost from the car. The
horse turned up fast week nt its old j
nome iu Oklahoma and was all riyut. - I
uausas City Journal.
Every human being has duties to be
performed, and. therefore, has need
of cultivating the capacity, for doing
them, whether the sphere of action be
the management of a household, the
I conduct of a trade or profession or the
novernincnt of a nation.
r
BlackHair
" I have used your Hair Vigo
'or Ave years and am greatly
pleated with it. It certainly re
stores the original color to gray
hiir. It keeps my bair soft." Mrs.
Helen Kilkenny.New Portland, Me.
Ayer's Hair Vigor has
been restoring color to
gray hair for fifty years,
and it never fails to do
this work, either.
You can rely upon ft
for stopping your hair
from falling, for Keeping
your scalp clean, and for
making your hair grow.
tl.N I Mil. All araiflita.
It your druggist cannot supply yoa,
HBl us one dollar snd we will express
JU s bottle, lie sure and rive the name
M your nearest express otllio. Address,
J. 0. AYEIt CO., Lowell, Mass.
f CARTRIDGES AND
1 SHOT SHELLS
fj'Jr represent ths experience of J5
i'iS ytart of ammunition making,
ff U.M.C. on the head of a cart
f ridge ft guarantee of quality.
I Sure fire accurate reliable,
t Ak your dealer.
c rec:::iketalu8(
J, MIOSirOUT, CONN.
WHAT IS DEATH
ANjLWHEN
. DOES IT OCCUR
"THE RUPTURE 07 THE IDJUST.
WENT OF INTERHftL TO EXTERNAL
REUTIOHS" MEDICAL RECORD.
Herbert Fpenccr, it will bo remem
bered, has defined life us n continued
adjustment of lnteninl relntloiiH to ex
ternnl relations, and it is doubtful
whether any definition of death would
be better than n rupture of that adjust
ment. Ordinarily, of course, every one
tuinks that lie knows when n man I
dead. But when looked nt more clone
ly the subject is not quite so simple.
for example, shall we suy that a pa
tient is "dead" when respiration
ceases? In the writer's experience n
woman suddenly became unconscious
and ceased all attempts (even the
slightest) nt respiration. Vnder nrtl
ficlnl respiration, however, the heart
beat for five boms, when the nrtliiclal
respiration was given up. The autopsy
showed hemorrhage into the ventricles
it the brain. Was, then, the woman
"living" (luring the Ave hours of art!
Qcfnl respiration, or was ghe"'dead?"
The question, while it may have
somewhat the aspect of a metapbyslcul
Juggle, Is by no means entirely of that
cature. lor ou it might depend the
J new t Ion of survivorship; the question
In luw of "which died first," Involving
an entirely different inheritance of
property. Agalu shall the criterion be
the cessation of the action of the
heart? Urounrdel cites a case wit
nossed by Drs. Reginald nnd Paul
Loye, in which the heart bent for one
hour in a decapitated murderer, nnd
be himself bus seen the henrt-bcat per
elst fifteen, twenty, and twenty-live
minutes in decapitated dogs, und in
those dying from hemorrhage. It is
no easier if we turn to the brain, for
Its functional activities are no mure
necessarily co-extensive with life tlinn
are those of the heart nnd lungs. L'n-
consciousness is normally periodic in
sleep and pathologically It frequently
X'curs without Involving tho ccssutiou
of "life."
The solution of the riddle really lies
In the fact that "death" is a negative
term denoting merely the cessation of
"life." Tills throws us back upon the
Question of wbut "life" is. Without
any desire to dogmatize on this much
Sebntcd question, "life" appears to be
merely a convenient name for u series
jf physicocheuileal processes which
avowedly differ much in complexity
from "inorganic" phenomena, but
which have never yet been shown to
differ from them In kind. On the con
trary, the more we learn about physical
nd chemical phenomena, the more
"nliysiologlcnr' phenomena we are
able to explain. The essential of "life"
then consists In the capability of re
spondlug serially nnd appropriately, by
continual adjustments, to changes in
the environment. It is not the actual
demonstration at every moment of its
presence that constitutes "life." For,
aniens we are to introduce some meta
physical dodge-thc-issue (as, for exam
pie, "capable of life yet not living," or
other empty phrase), bodies are either
"alive" or "dead."
What meaning has tho word "ulive"
when applied to the seeds of wheat
which grew after having lain thou
sands of years In a mummy's cortiu?
Evidently this: A seed represents n
collection of chemical compounds
which, under suitable conditions (of
temperature and moisture) ure capable
of producing, by their mutual Interne
tlons, another scries of compounds,
which, in their turn, r.re capable of
producing, by their interactions, a third
series of compounds; tho first, second
and third series of compounds repre
tenting in their totality respectively the
first, second and third stages in the
development of tho plant But, as
llyder tins shown, this repetition iu
heredity Is conditioned upon repetition
In environment that Is, the seed will
respond in a regular serial order only
provided the physical and chemical
forces act upon it in tho regular serial
order to which it has been adapted,
through countless generations, to re
spond. ""i " ..
The eggs of fishes when extruded
fire flabby and collupsed, and in this
condition they appear to bo in physico
chctuicul equilibrium. Tlneed in water,
however, during the first twenty min
utes they imbibe It, swell, and become
round and smooth, and fertilization oc
curs. But after tho swelling and fer
tilization have occurred, the contents
of the egg are in a different physical
and chemical condition than when first
extruded, nnd this different physical
nnd chenilcnl condition it is which in
volves the next change of state, cleav
age. Yet that tho latter change Is no
necessary outcome of the swollen, fer
tilized condition is shown by the pos
sibility of inhibiting it indefinitely by a
lowering of the temperature.
The possibility of tho continuance of
"life" then depends upon the ability of
the chemical compounds which (collec
tively and at any given moment) we
term "the body," to glvo rise to another
similar collection which shall be able
Inter so to maintain n similar adjust
ment of lnternul relations to external
'elutions. Conversely, when the forma
tion of such a derivative collection is
no longer possiblo, "death" ensues.
Less abstract put, "death" is the name
we glvo to the iuability of the organs
to net together with tho harmony
which characterizes "life." Tho rup
ture of the vital harmony does not,
however, preclude a certain amount of
activity of individual organs. Thus,
perfused with blood or other suitable
fluids, the heart may continue to beat,
the liver to secrete, etc., although thy
Individual is "dead." This mode of
viewing the questiou seems to be the
nly philosophical one. For Just as
there Is no possibility of assigning a
moment at which, lu development, the
physlcocbemical forces pass over into
the "vital," so here there Is no possi
bility of saying when the "vital" forces
pass over Into the physicocheuileal. All
Ke can do is to set un arbitrary limit,
by way of definition, and say that the
.'individual"- la "dead" when tho bur
tnony of interaction in the "vital
irtyod" ceases. Public Opinion.
ARTILLERY OF THE SNOWS.
Nolle and riieuniiicnoii of Falling Moan,
tain Ire.
Those who for the first time have ex
plored among the higher mountain
ranges of the earth lu the season of
early summer, have doubtless bees
perplexed nt the apparent firing of can
non at various points amid those snow
covered mountain penks and pyramids;
n great volume of white smoke being
observed to Issue from n lofty emi
nence, soon followed by n loud report
ns of heavy artillery. It Is soon real
ized that these explosions are vast
avalanches of snow, which, hnvlnj
partly lost cohesion by the increasing
bent of summer, are dislodged by theil
Inherent weight, nnd fall from prccl
pice to precipice with thundering re
verberatlon, the apparent smoke being
volumes of powdery snow dischargee'
high in nir ench time the ponderour
mass is shattered against some rocky
obstruction.
To n spectator at n distance the phe
nnmenon is sufficiently grand and
startling, especially if observed
through a powerful telescope; but If
by any means, whether from a bailout.'
o rotherwise, an avalanche could bf
witnessed from a short distnncf
through its whole course, the spectacle
must be awe-inspiring nnd appalling
At first n mass of snow perhaps a few
acres iu extent, and weighing mnnj
hundreds of thousands of tons, slipi
away from the steep slope on which it
was deposited, nnd with n terrific roat
the mighty mass bounds over n preci
pice uprenred n thousand feet or more
from the lower plateaux. The stupend
ous impact with the snow beneath or
this slanting declivity must cause tht
very rocks to tremble and quiver, ant?
raises n dense cloud of particles of
frozen snow; the whole mass then,
doubled in volume, madly rolling dowr
the slope with ever-enhanced Impetuos
ity. Continually nugmenting in bulk nnd
with more and more accelerated veloc
ity, the great colossal avalanche now
plunges downward in its headlong .ca
reer of destruction with n wild momen
tum which nothing can withstand. If
has left the snow line, has cut n great
avenue through .1 pine forest, break
lug down trees like matchwood, nnd In
a few moments, with n grinding crash,
an entire hamlet or village beneath if
wholly submerged, splintered in tee
thousand fragments, and utterly oWit
erntcd from the face of the eartb;
though the warning roar may probablj
have premonlshed the, inhabitants te
lice for their lives.
This, however, is not always practica
ble, nnd It is rclat" 1 that on one eva
sion no less than 400 Austrian soldlerr
were suddely overwhelmed by a pro
digious avalanche which entombed the
entire battalion in a snowy sepulchre
Glasgow Herald.
Koine Newspaper Proverbs.
Strickland W. (iiliian, of tho Balti
more American, who is the stcretnrj
of the recently organized association
of Newspaper Versifiers and Humor
ists, hns dug up tin? following pro
verbs from out his twenty years' ex
perience as a hard working newspaper
man:
The chap who tiles hardest to vi-otk
n newspaper for special favors is tho
one who never spends n eer.t with It
and Is not even a subscriber.
That the one who demr.nus Hie high
est excellenc? in typography, subject
matter nnd quantity of content-:, do'.
tho least to help the cause along.
That the man w.'io kicks most --i')oi!t
tlto inaccuracy of newspapers lu gen
eral Is tho eno who docs least to assist
in getting tho facts accurately when
he has tin opportunity to do so.
That the man who hns It In for news
papers In general has had the blttei
truth told about him once by som
unusually frank reporter, and has a
big sore spot.
That the man -who urlngs In the
longest obituary of the Into deceased
was not a model husband always.
Thnt the woman who declares It'p
none of the public's business nnd she
"won't talk, so there," always wind
up by giving the reporter a rattllna
good story so that he can't take it
down in short hand.
That the man who begs thnt his
name be left out of tho list of drunks
for fear It will hurt his mother's feel
ings never considered thnt good lady'f
sensibilities befor? in bis life. '
That the men who spend the most
money with the paper kick tho least.
Thnt If you expect n man to find a
compliment nbout himself you must
put It on the front pago in bold-face
type.
That If you put In a oue-line roast in
nonpareil between two patent medi
cine ads on the 'steenth page he'll find
It pnd come hunting the man who writ
(ho piece.
Flawless Weapon.
The sting of a bee Is composed of two
spears or polished Horn ueiu in a
sheath. Tho edge of a very keen razor
when examined under a good micro
scope appears as broud ns tho back of
a thick knife rough, uneven and full
of notches. An exceedingly small and
dellcato needlo similarly scrutinized
csembles a rough bar from n smith's
forge. Tho sting of a beo viewed
through tho same Instrument shows a
flawless polish without the least blem
ish or Inequality, ending In a point too
fino to be discerned. In the net of
tinging, the spears, ench of which has
nine barbs and Is grooved with a chan
nel for the passage of tho poison,
emerge from tho sheath. One of them
is plunged into the fiesii of the victim,
the other following, and alternately
they penetrate deeper nnd deeper. The
vonoia Is forced to the. ends of the
sncars by much the same process ns
that which carries the poison from the
tooth of a snake when it bites. Field
and Fssiii.
Utile Fertilizing Matter In Snow,
It has been the popular belief that
snow is valuable to the land from the
fertilizing elements contained in it.
Scientific investigation has shown that
there Is little foundation for this belief.
From careful examination it is esti
mated that the total amount of ammo
nia brought down iu rain, .dew and
snow in the whole year is only about
eight pounds to an acre of surface, and
but a small part even of tn' quantity
In the snow. But a covering of
mow upon the ground doubtless acts
beneficially, protecting the roots of
grains. Brasses and other Teeetation
from the effects of extreme cold. Hart
ford (Gouu.) Farmer. .
Adding fine sulphur to the dissolved
material, then heating, preferably with
pressure. Is found by Isldor Kltsee tc
more thnn double the resistance of cel
lulose as an insulator for electric wires.
Flexibility varies. with the percentage
of sulphur, and resistance to adds aud
moisture is increased.
The magnetic pole In Northwestern
America Is supposed to have shifted
considerably since Its discovery by
Hons In 18-11. Taking with him seven
companions In n small schooner,
Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer,
expects to make observations on the
present site of this pole from 1SD3 to
18U5.
M. It. Blondlnt announces the discov
ery of a new kind of light, which he
found present after filtering the rays
from n focus tube through aluminum
or black paper. The new rays were
found to be polarizable. Ou pnsslng
them through a plate of mien double
refraction occurred, nud both refrac
tion nnd reflection were observed. The,
radiations being entirely different froniw
Itolitgcn rays. Professor Blnndlot at
tributes them to n new kind of light.
He also obtained the ruys from uu
Auer lamp.
Dr. A. Fnnoni published nn .nccout I
In the PoKt-(!rnduate of some interest
ing experiments to test the value of
formalin injections In cases of blood
poisoning. His conclusions are that
formalin is of no value in these cases,
but on the other hand distinctly dan
gerous. He found that n salt solution,
nt a strength of (Ml per cent., gave bet
ter results than formalin in any dilu
tion. He reports four cases of blood
poisoning treated by Dr. Park with
formalin Injections, all of whom died
in from five days to three weeks.
W. E. Wilson, of Dnramara, taking
the observation thnt one grain of ra
dium can supply 100 calories per hour,
has computed the proportion of rndiuin
In the sun which would be required to
account for Its output of energy. Lnn
gley calculated that the sun Is produc
ing energy nt the rate of S2S,inti,o00
calories per square centimetre per hour,
nnd taking this figure it would require
but 3.11 grains (about ."4 grains) of rn
dium per cubic metre Ci!.37 Inchest of
the sun's volume to account for the en
tire energy given out by the latter.
Mr. Wilson suggests that possibly nl
the enormous solar temperature radium
may be capable of even more energetic
action, and if so the 3.d grams per cubic
metre might be reduced to a still small.
amount.
Position In Advertising.
There Is a tendency on the part of
many advertisers, says the Grand
Forks Herald, to pay undue attentluu
to the position of t lie i r annuunccmeuts
iu the pallets. They ask that their
advertisements be placed nt the top
of column, test to pure rending mutter,
that there shall be no other ads on the
page, that they shall be surrounded
by reading matter, nnd makv a let of
other provisions, with which all ad
vertising men are familiar.
The advertising that depends for lis
value on its ability to obtrude ilself
by virtue of its position where It Is
not wanted, is not good advertising.
Any ninn who is iu a legitimate busi
ness und Is conducting it ns it ought
to be conducted has something ,to say
to the public that the public wants
to know. If the public wants to know'
It, and the story is properly told, there
need be no fear that It will not. be
read If published in any part of a good
newspaper.
There Is a tendency on tho part of
many advertisers to regard the punllc
ns a child to be dosed, advertising as a
nauseous mess that must be crammed
down its throat lu soin way, and n
few paragraphs of "pure reading mat
ter" us tho sugar coating which Is to
cover up the vile compound In the
interior of the pill.
Advertising should be so prepared
that people will want to read It, and It
should be grouped ns all the othct
contents of the paper are grouptd.
It Is an Insult to the public to present
for Its consumption what purports to
be a story or n scientific paragraph,
nnd which ends In nn Invitation to
buy somebody's corn cure.
This is another case of the sugar
coated pill. The prtsunipilon Is a!
ways against the conteuts. The two
classes of matter should be kept sep
arate. If the reader wants to mix
them, he can do so for himself, but
most people prefer them straight."
vourth Estate.
Partly For Ornament,
The trained purse has to meet ninny
curious conditions which nrise among
her poorer patients. One of these
faithful women, who had a sick girl
in charge iu a miserable tenement
house, noticed that' tho oranges which
had been provided for the fever pa tient
were not eaten. They were pluced in
an old, cracked blue bowl on n little
table by the side of the sick girl's bed,
and there they reuutlued untouched.
"Mary," snld the nurse one day,
"don't you like oranges?"
"Oh, yes'm," answered the girl.
"You haven't eaten uny of these?"
the nurse suggested.
"Mary's mother answered. "Oil.
miss," she said eagerly, "Mary she et
a half, an' uie an' Jimmy we ct th
other half; an Mary nn' me we says
we won't eat any more, 'cause It looks
so nice and wealthy t' have oranges
ettlu' round."
Highly Facetious Cold.
Dean Farrar once related this story:
"At oue small public dinner at which
I met Charles Dickens I was struck
with his chivalry to an tibsint friend.
Mr. Sims Beeves had been aunounr.ed
to slug at the dinner, und, as hap
pened not infrequently, Mr. Sims
Beeves had something the matter with
bis throat aud was unable to be pres
ent. Dickens announced this and the
statement was received with a general
laugb of incredulity. This made Dick,
ens, .who was in the chair, very angry,
and he manfully upheld his friend.
'My friend, Mr. Hlms Beeves.' be said,
regrets his Inability to fulfill his en
gagewents, owing,' he added with great
severity, 'to an unfortunately amusing
od hlgaly. facetious coJdr " . .
COMMERCIAL KUViLW.
Grncral Trade Condition!.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
A striking contrast appear when
comparison is made with the corre
sponding week of last year. Prices
were then tending upward in many
branches of industry, new business was
coming forward more .aptdly than it
could be handled, aud in the security
market all records for activity and high
prices were being surpassed.
Later events have demonstrated that
the situation was unhealthy, and spec
ulative excesses have been followed by
reaction and readjustment. Conserva
tism was then the exception; it is nrw
the rule. Prospects for steady gains
and their maintenance are brighter un
der the present system.
Failures this week in the United
States are 181, against 176 last week,
238 the preceding week, and 200 the
coresponding week last year, and in
Canada 7, against 33 last week, 8 the
preceding week and 19 last year.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $175300; best
Talent $5.00; choice Family $4.23.
Wheat New York No. 2, 86c; Phil
adelphia No. 2, 8-zJc; Baltimore No. a,
82c.
Corn New York, No. 2, 50c; Phila
delphia No. 2, SSM(a56c; Baltimore
-o. 2, 59c.
Oats New York No. 2. 38c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 4iJic; Baltimore No. 2,
40'. c.
Hay We quote: No. 1 timothy,
large Dales, $17.00117.50: No. 2 tim
othy $16.00(0 1 6. 50; No. 3 timothy $12.50
? M SO.
Green Fruits and Vegetables. Quote:
Apples Maryland and Virginia, per
brl. fancy, 7ortt75c: do, fair to good,
6o(fifi5c. Beets Native, per bunch
l!"$W2c. Cabbage Native, per too,
Wakefield, $2.00.3.00; do, Flat Dutch,
$4.005.00. Cantaloupes Anne Arun
del Gems, per basket 3ot6oc; do, na
tive, large, per 100 $2.0013.50. Celery
New York State, per dozen sofa toc.
Carrots Native, per bunch. iftiHc.
Corn Native, per dozen, field, 81 12c.
Cucumbers Anne Arundel, per basket
40fri 50c. Damsons Marvland and Vir
ginia, per full barrel $4.50.5.00. Egg
plantsNative, per basket t5ro2oc.
Hucklesberries F.astern Shore. lUarv
land and Virginia, per quart tVi(a?c.
Lettuce Native, per bu box 4ofa5oe.
Lime beans Native, per bu box Coifi'
Onions Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, yellow, per bu 75'?i8oc. Peaches
Maryland and Virginia, per basket,
'ed corg6oc. Pears Eastern Shore.
Bartlett, per basket 50fi75c; do, per
30X ooc(fi$i.oo. Pineapples Florida,
oer crate, as to size. $2.25(3.25. Squash
Anne Arundel, per basket, 2oraz!;c.
string beans Anne Arundel, per bu,
fcreen, 4.W.S0C. Tomatoes Potomac,
per i-baskct carrier .WW 50c; do, per
S-baskct carrier 25r't35C- Watermelons
Anne Arundel, per 100 selects, $14.00
o 18.00; do, prime, $7.00110.00.
Potatoes. White Eastern Shore,
Virginia, per brl, No. 1. $1.251.50.
Maryland and Pennsylvania, prime, per
iu, 45'o .55. Sweets Yellows. Marviand
tnd Virginia, per brl, $1. 752.00;' yel
lows, North Carolina, per brl, ijj'ii
t.oo.
Provisions and Hog Products. Rulk
rlcar rib sides. 8'4c; bulk clear sides.
54C; bulk ham butts, 8c; clear sides,
10c; bacon shoulders, rj-'je; sugar-cur-:d
shoulders, extra broad. 11c; sugar
:ured California bams, 8-V.te; canvased
tnd uncanvascd hams, 13 lbs and over,
l?c; refined lard, half-barrels and new
nibs, 9c: tierces, lard, 8Jc.
Live Poultry. Chickens. TIens, per
lb.iifVji',ic; do, old roosters, each,
5fflJ0c; do, spring, large, per lb. (ri
14c; do. spring, small, per lb, uc:
jo. spring, poor, per lb, C) 13. Ducks
1 uddlc, per lb, Ciiioc: do, muscoyy
and mongrel, per lb, criioc; drakes,
iach, 3orV40c.
Eggs. Choice. Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per dozen, loss off, (ffjoc;
Virginia, per dozen, lotfioj-jc: West
V'irginia, per dozen, loss off. (fTtoKc;
Southern, ner dozen, loss off, -ffti8'i.
Butter Separator sKojjc; Gathered
Cream uii 20c; Imitations (d 19c.
Cheese Large, 60-lbs, 1 irt7 1 1 ,jc ; do,
36-lbs, nJ4nJi; 20-lbs, uy3fu:i.
Live Stock.
ChiesRO. Cattle steady ;g..jd to prime
steers $5 45'S 6.00; poor to medium, $4.10
Jt 4.30; stockcrs and feeders, $j.50(ij'4 25 ;
cows and heifers, $1.50(11500; canners
$1.502.75; bulls, $2.ootfi4.6s; calves,
fa 50O; 7.00 ; Texas steers, $3.25(4.50;
Western steers, $3.20465. Hogs Re
:eipts to-day Ij.oco head; to-morrow, 15,
000; market opened steady, closed 5 tc
ioc higher; mixed and butchers. JvSSfS-
5 90; good to choice heavy, $5 405.75;
rough heavy, $5.100 5.40;' light, $5.50'$
6.15; bulk of sales, $5.30(17.5.05. Sheep
Receipts, 18,000 head; market steady tc
strong : good to choice wethers, Sj.i.l'!?
3 75; fair to choice mixed, $2.25'o3 2j;
native lambs, $3 5001600.
Uerrs Island. Cattle steady. Choice
?5 W'i S-fi prime. $51 oCu 5.25 ; fair, $4 2
"4.50. Hogs active. Prune heavy, $ooc 1
''O.10; mediums.' $6..to?i 6.4? : heavy 1
Yorkers, $6.3516.40; light Yorkers,
$610106.25; pigs, $5.70(3580; roughs.
S.S.cofi 5.25. Sheep active. Best wethers
$J9o(4-l5; culls and common, $1. 5014
200; spring lambs, $3503.75; veal
calves, $7.508.00.
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
The aborigines of Peru can, in the
darkest night and in the thickest
woods, distinguish respectively a whitt
man, a negro, and one of their own
race by the smell.
South Africa is probably destined in
the near future to become a formidable
rival to California and Australia as 3
competitor for the English market in
the supply of fruit.
The largest gas engine in the world
having 3000 horsepower, will be senl
by a Belgian manufacturer to rupplj
part of the motive power of the World'f
Fair at St. Louis.
The common contagious diseases, tht
causes of which are still unknown, are
scarlet fever, measles, rhickenpox, yel
low fever, and hydrophobia. One diffi
culty in experimental research for the
organisms which cause scarlet fever,
yellow fever and measles is that ani
mals are not susceptible to them.
Afl the foreign-born population in th
Tinted States, 52.9 per cent, are of the
English-Teutonic stock, and 20.9 are
Celts. Thus, practically three-fourttu
of the foreign-born in the United States
are of English-Teutonic and Celtic
stocks.
In eleven years British manufactured
exports have decreased by 3.5 per cent. :
American manufactured exports have
increased 174 per cent., and German
manufactured exports have increased
35 5 Pfr cnt ,
Persia buys over $15,000,000 worth
of goods each year from other coun
tries. Of this the United Kingdom gets
43 per cent., and the United Slates one
two-thousandth of 1 per cent.
So important is the Pasteurizing ol
milk deemed by Russia that the im
perial minister of agriculture has an
nounced an international competitive
show of aparstui for that purpose in
St. Petersburg next sorina.
I
FALL KIDN;
vTltb- the chilling tilr of full corn an
exin fax on weal; iti.iiicvs. It's u- '.in.-
DnaVs Kidney Plils arc lueilcd i;ov.
recognized the world over us the chief
Kidney and Bladder remedy.
Aclilng backs are tiiscu. Jllp, nun,
loin pains overcome. rwt-lling i i
firrnrrrxp. t::n. Ii was
rr.lU-il rtitti,uAliin. lc"Vi
pi-l no rt-lu-f from the rlr;.
tur. 1 ri-c;ir. to inipritv..- oil
nlrltitf pofiti s ftiiinjile mul
pit two Ih,x n at our tiniK-(-lain.
anil, allliouh 'iS vi-nrs
of Hue, I urn utmost a ni-ff
mnn. 1 r.-im tr'-ill-ii n frinil
Ur il with my titer - hail to
pt up four nnd live timet A.
nlirht. That trocUe in over
with nnd oic nion. I onn
twt the tiltrht through. My
lini-kiu'he In all rror.e. Rtull
th:ink yirti erorao much lur
tho wnnili-rtul meilijinc,
Uuan'i Kidney 1 1 1 In."
Jso. It. lier.rs.
President, itlim-villi.
Indiana, htuus Iiunk.
TslH
NAMC
stat:
F"r f-ri- trlnl
rnt'.i .Uill.tr 't 1 't
;inv' j- J:t,i.i iv
I IB
RIFLE (Sh PISTOL CARTRIDGES.
" It's the shots that hit that count. " Winchester
Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is,
they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, pene
trating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get,
if yoa insist on having the time-tried Winchester make.
ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OP CARTRIDGES.
Had a Large Family.
It is said that a farmer living near
Plllton vn t.1,lf1illfr ,'n 1,,'c l,-r,.itvl
a few (lays ago when a well-dressed That's what you need; some
stranger leaned against the fence and j thing tO CUTe yOUT billOUSneSS,
inquired how mtn-h he would take for and repulate VOUf bowels. Yoti
one of the cows in the lot.
''One hundred dollars was
ply.
the
"I'll take her,"' said the man. "Can
J'ott give me two more like her?"
The farmer drove two more out of
the ham aud offered the three to the
stranded for three hundred dollars."
"All right." said the stranger, be
ginning to climb the fence. "I want
them to furnish milk for my children."
"How many children have" you?" ask
ed the farmer in some astonishment.
"Ninety-three." was the calm reply.
The farmer was just getting ready'to
ask the man his name, when two
guards from the Pulton Insane Asvhmi
appeared and leu the stranger gently
away.
Wanted O lves fof Grown Folks.
Apropos of olives an exceedingly dig- I
niried elderly gentleman entered a 'fancy j
grocer's recently aud asked it they I
kept oliveshis wife wanted a bottle. i
"Oh, yes." responded the proprietor. I
"we have all sorts and sizes, we have 1
the largest varieties we also have baby I
olives." '
"I haven't any baby," replied the gen- :
tleman, gravely. "I want them for j
grown folks I guess those will do" '
(indicating a bottle) and the gravity i
ol tile clerical stall could scarcely be
maintained until he made his exit.
DYSPEPSIA OF WOMEN,
Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw, of
Guthrie, Okla., cured of a severe
case by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
A great many women Buffer with a
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which
dws not seem to yield to ordinary
medical treatment. While the symp
toms seem to lie similar to those of
ordinary indigestion, jet tho medi
cines universally prescribed do not
seem to restore the patient's normal
condition.
Mrs. Pinkham claims that thers
ts a kind of dyspepsia that is caused
by derangement of the female organ
ism, and which, while it causes dis
turbance similar to ordinary indiges
tion, cannot be relieved without a
medicine which not only acts as a
stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine
tonic effects as well.
ThousauiU of testimonial let
tors prove beyond question that
notlilncr vylll relieve this dUtress
iig condition so surely as Lydia
K. Plnkham'a Vegetable I'om
pound. It always works In har
mony villi the female system.
Mrs. lMnkhum udvlse sick
women free. Address Lynn, Mass.
SAD BLOOD
i. fatck. Ml ruk An., Maw fork Clly. H. T.
Best Tor
Tk. tKm l
CAMTYCATTUjmO
Hn. Mt,bl, Ftont,Tuto4. tVnM,
fVf ".'"H"1. ' Grip. Wf- ff
old In bul l. Th. f.o.ln. Ubl.t il.inpW CCO.
GraU4 u tan or jour bdmi bk
aMlloik.mlyC,,Chleoof N.Y, to
AXX'JAL SALE. TEN KiLUOX COXES
PATENTS,
TKAUK-HAHIl AND FKNHIO).
V.. Ii.r.l.4
Million, of dollar bw bao mad out of ptloatt
and Xr.ila-M.raa. lUUoua of dollar aro onruMpri.
Ird to paj paoalona. W roara ra.-lltxi.
lar luforiuatlou an4 lltaratura, VKKS. writ Ii
tilt W. U. WILIatCOUPshv.
Ua bulldlo. Ill las. Waaluuftoa, D. a
LS 4 W "O I awk r.'aaf aal aaraa oaral
oaaaa. aUak of aaMaaaia.( aad 10 Sara laaataaaal
ha S a. a. UW Savat, SaaltaUaata, 0
"I SmI tfoabl with mr txtwtli which mxl ni
Blt Impura. Mr tmc . roTtnxt with pimnl.i
wnleh no 0tverar rtulr enuld removt. I tried
lour OlMrarru u,t ir.l u bit Joy wb.ti lb.
Dlu.pl.. 4lpird flr uonih1 ut .
;.hK7.c;"Kr.,."?.r..tf m -
1 i
CHILLS.
j ilnibs and dropsy signs .vanish. Their
1 rut r f ; utlr.c with brick d 11st s'-dimunt, '
I.ipli coloicd, t;i;la in iussln?, dr:rtt,lin&
Irnuency, l) wettin;.'. Donna Kidney
1 Pills remove calculi and pravel. Kclicvt
and , heart paipituttm, sleeplessness, licaducno
the 1 nervousness, dizziness.
H ax Ten Fi-RfJfffP. K
I tTrtiU'tl tbft frt ftin
r- of I'otiti'B hi'liH'jr
1 or fir. jMnrs I have hzA
TniK-h p; .inin ni v bad:, whb
ihyii .nt said Hrr front
iny kiilnnyB. Fnir horcunC
In 'n ' ? .'tinny I'iIIh haeen-tfvi-lv
cured the trouble. I
think 1 owj my it:.' in hm
L. Ih. onil t Mt ot'.tors I
Owl It H.tlUK I AM,
99 I3,
Jjuxtcr Srrmii, J
Famioitf, Va ! mifV
f-nd ovs-r In'o.T-t nnnU4
i:n pain in lliCKnixil of mp
b.uk. Mfltr-il;L td pl
tern (TQ'o orilv teinpotor
relief. I)ou k Kir:?.v Tili
cired wo. " 1. H. i;bw.Mt
1 L mouth, Vs
lio. refill tM retipftl !
, l!iif!ui... N, U riiK-Ti
ht, riti swMrt-M .i. kjo-
Liver Pills
ineed Aver's Pills. Vegetable:
: gently laxative.
9. C. AyerCo
Lowell, Kaia.
Want your moustache or beard
a beautiful brown or rich blaek? Use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
r.m rm rrrKf.r.!?Ts-:n a. i nau ro.. m snr. t a
"ALL M FAIL IN A DRY TIME
THE SIGN Of THE FISH NEVER FAILS
IN A WET TIME.
Remember this when you buy Wet
rtetuner uotrung and jook lor Inel
nnm TfWFD nn rk hnttnne f
This iijn and this name have stcotj
for the BE5T durinj sixty-sew
.years of increaiintJ sales.
Ifour dealer will not supply you write for
free catalogue of black or yellow water
proof oiled coats, slickers, suits, hats, and
horse poods for all hinds of wet work.
A.J. TOWER CO.. THE .rfiWER
OCJTON.MAJJ. U.S.A. WNlllj !
TOWER CANADIAN CO. i?'1
TOSOWTO. CAN. "MIUO. ''WSKJlS
HIpansTabnlesart
the best dyspepeJai
medicine ever u:nja.
A hundred millions
of them have be
sold In the United
States Id a sine!
year. Every 11 Iocs
; origins from a disordered stomncb Is
, relieved or cured by their use. So
common is it (hat diseases originate
from the stomach It may be safely s
j serted there no totidltion or III
health th-1 will uot be benefited or
cured by the occasional use of Hlpana
1 Tabules. I'hyclcians know them and
ppcnli highly of tbem. All druggist
i sell thetn. The five-cent package- la
I enough for nn ordinary occasion, and
j the Faulty Buttle, sixty cents, coutalna
I a household supply for n year. Od
j generally gives relief within twent?
uunuioa.
If You Don't Want
CURLS IN YOUR HAIR
VOL" m WACT
Carpenter's OX MARROW POHADE
fnv.wTt or ivtTATioiM.)
It l t hlr trnltrhrnsr oM; mulw
the lutr F'ft An UI ; ni t porftc:iy haria
!(, Mure tliu nurtli tho prlo.
PlCE. 23 CENTS,
And If rnnr .lnifi-l.t ha.n't It wa IU aoaSH by
io4tl on receipt nt & cetita lu atamps.
Aatrof.. CARPENTER & CO.,
Loulsvlllo, Ky,
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3.M&3SHOESSS?f!
Yoa can isvo from $3 to $J yasrlv b
"3 ...... .o, f vl.UU DTJ H0
iney equal tlioio
that have been dul.
lug ynu from 4.01)
to 83.00. Tho lm.
mouse sale ol V. L.
I'oukUs shoes proves
their superiority over
all oilier makes.
Kola by retail hoo
dealers everywhere.
Look for namo anil
prire on hnttnm
That boaclaa a .at for
onatolt prorra Ihrra 1,
valna U Uouvlaaahora.
toroaa la ha klxkaat
rd Pal.Lralhrr laada.
'"V Lint cannot tit tonal, tl at art, arinv
Cstalos fro. . L. COl l. LIS, Brorataa, aaaa.
ASTHMA
TAYLOR'S ASTHMA REMEDY will car ay
case of Asthma by persistent us. Regtv
lar sua bos, by msil, 35c. i thrc lor SLOO.
T. Tajlor & Con Green Cove Springs, FIa.
ADVERTISE w Sa'Vw4 ITPAYS
I 1 In lima. S-.ld hr drujulm. f
CUraa sick toDva;a4
rX TARSAMT CO. Chmaatom. Kam Tad
PaaL