1 ,
"COAL MINE RUN BY WOMEN.
1 gletlc Bisteiw Who Cam Farat aa4
p, 8oaMork aa Wall aa Dig CeaU
' i toal mla run by women la aa in
' rttJon to America. In sections of
Jrniany. England and Wales it la a
Juaoa thing for women to work In
Tjlibout coal mines, although of lata
this custom has been almost
bedlnWa).
, j, the Mahoney Valley, sereral miles
west of Shamokln, Pa, Uves Jo-
iiaua, a usjUts of Germany, who
lnrner aiul operator of a coal mne.
gn (our grown daughters and thres
naiffrt girls help him in operating the
pUierj-. Their father consklers them
MARIS HAUS.
best slate pickers and workers la
,to tatiraclto rotjlaa. He finds them
juUful. cheerful workers, and he never
ju asy fears of their going on strikes
lrt higher wages or from any lmag-
juy grievances.
jlr. Maus supertntondi the mine and
rofks at cutting out the coal. The old
it daughter, Katie, 22 years of age,
trfonus the duties usually assigned to
i outitdu foreman. She supervises
M runnlns of the breaker In a very
itlsfaetory manner, and attends to
riling the coal to the hundreds of
miners who live In the valley. Mary,
1 years old, has charge of the mules
Filch bokt the coal from the Interior
(the mliie by an old-fashioned gin.
aw, who is a pretty good mechanic,
as the pump that keeps the mine
so flUius up with water and feeds
t holler and engine that operates tho
jrfiinery. Ilzzle Is tho slate picker
as and Is assisted by her three young,
r sisters and little brothers In clearing
iecoaJ of slate as It passes down the
lats Into the storage pockets.
These energetic young women are
specimens of womanhood and arc
lns(r than the average man. They
almost six feet In height, and well
Luportiuned, erect and weigh on nn
erase of -00 pounds. They do not
aliae their muscles and lungs In cor
am! hioe them Into elghteen-Inch
Ists, with the assistance of the bod-
previous to going to work, and
U are satisfied with the fine physl-
perfections with whicu nature has
plowed them and are content to let
urc have her sway which - keons
a m penetrt Jieaitu and stranrth
i.,!ia.vi iu'ver known a day's illness
ttj-.r I. :ind a Visit from a doctor.
m o.n .Mi expunence.
TVt,.-iif.in'.s are not of the apnroroil
J woman order, hut are of servicea-
material, the skirt Just reachlne the
titles. Thoy wear stout browns rn
Yi reet and take turn about helping
prmouicr wuu tne woioa the farm
a m uie nouse. They are expert
pers and housekeepers, airs. Maus
pi the farm and her husband claims
a 1 better paying Investment than
cool mlue. The trlrls work hard uIt
iji In Uio week and seem happy and
pienicu with their lot
A LiaQXboaao GlrL
OusUt Kobbe writes a paper on
"Heroism In the Lighthouse Service"
fov the Century. Mr. Kobbe says: Ser.
era! of the violent storms that hava
whirled over Matlnlcus Rock have
tried the fortitude of the little band of
faithful watchers upon It One of these
watchers, Abby Burgees, has become
famous In our lighthouse annals, not
only for long service, but also for briv
ery displayed on various occasions. Her
father was keeper of the rock from
1S33 to 1861. In January, 1S56, when
she waa 17 years old, he left her lo
charge of the lights while be crossed
to Mattcinus Island. His wife was aa
Invalid, his son was away on a cruise,
and his other four children were little
girls. The following day It began to
"breeze up;" the wind Increased to a
gale, and soon developed Into a atorm
almost as furious aa that which carried
away the tower on Minors Ledge In
1851. Before long the seas were sweep
ing over the rock. . Down among the
boulders was a chicken-coop which
Abby feared might be carried away.
On a lonely ocean outpost like Matlnl
cus Rock a chicken Is regarded with
affectionate Interest, and Abby, solici
tous for the safety of the Inmates of
the little coop, waited her chance, and
when the seas fell off a little girl rush
ed knee-deep through the swirling
water, and rescued all but one of the
chickens. She had hardly closed tho
door of the dwelling behind her when
a sea, breaking over the rock, brought
down the old cobble-stone house with
a crash. While the storm was at Its
height the waves threatened the gran
ite dwelling, so that the family had to
take refuge In the towers for safety;
and here they remalued, with no sound
to greet them from without but the
roaring of the wind aroundthe lanterns,
and no sight but the sea sheeting over
the rock. Yet through it nil the lamps
were trimmed and lighted. Even after
the storm abated, the reaeh between
the rock and Matlnlcus Island was bo
rough that Captain Burgess could not
return until four weeks later.
f much attention Is called to the
fcsurenient of the strawberry around
waist that the fat man Is escaping
tment.
Hiske Into Tour SboM
ln'i Font-Raw, a powder for tho feet It
pumnui, rwoiieu, unnnitiK leet, ami iu-
hUV tulit-H tilb stinir iit. fif i-iirni Anil ltnn-
fc ll'slli Kiu-ntest ninifnrt diHcoverv of
lit. Allrli K FiKit-EuHO makes tiKlit-flt.-
f or nw (.hoi s feel easy. It III a certain
"vtwi-nuni;, railous aim not, tired, ach
t Try It unlay. Sol.1 ly all druKKlKts
-toe iUn-i'. lw mntl for 36c. in stumps.
'jlhie HIKE. Address, Allen S. Olrn-
BODBLESOME PIMPLES
K Perfectly Purified by Hood's.
" been troubled with small red
'i breaking out on mv faca. The
a eri'nt dnnl nf nKln T h
PvmhI bottles of Hood's Sarsapnrillo
"Ds Biv.'ii mo rellof. I have not been
W vita tho plinules since I beean
M It " Leer FiBCBEn. 230 West 144th
P. New Vorlc City. Itcmembor
pod's Sarsaparilla
C!!lLa''t " One Trne Hlond Pnrifior.
d' Pills euro constipation. Soocats.
PA
Bicycle rrlcei Fall.
After several years of exorbitantly
large profits the manufacturers of
bicycles have beau compelled to very
largely reduco their prices. The pub
lic actually refused to longer pay $100
for a machine which can be built for
one-quarter thnt amount.
A few makers paw this some time
ago and put on the market cheaper
machines at very greatly reduced
prices which so cut into the businens
of tho higher pricod manufacturers
that in pure nelf-defenso they were
cnmpellod to bid good-bye to their old
high prices.
Why should not the same thinfr oc
cur with type-writiiifr machines? They
no doubt coat considerably loss to pro
duce than bicycles, and yet some of
them are selling at the ridiculously
high price of $100. It is fair to infer
that a machine which sells at $50coBts
close to $15 to manufacture.
If a few large department stores in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, eto., would arrange .for large
quantities to be manufactured for them
by some one outside of a Trust the
prices would come down to reasonable
figures as have those of bicycles.
The Oyster.
The oyster has no greater enemy than
tho starfish. It appears difficult how
ever, for a fish to open the ahell of an
oyster, which requires a certain
amount of skill even with an oyster
knife; but the starfish has a peculiar
method of leverage upon tho opening
of the two shells which the oyster can
not resist. Biologists used to think
thnt the starfish simply starved tho
oyster until it opened of Its own ac
cord; but observation has shown that
by the pressure it applies the bivalve
speedily becomes a victim to its In
genious enemy.
A Good Excuse, '
"Ilave I dono anything to offend you,
darling?" he asked, brokonly. "To-day
rou passed mo without bowing and now
you sit there with such an air of hau
teur and pride that "
"George," interrupted the girl, with
an unbending air, but In her voice a
cadence sweeter than music at night,
"I have a stiff neck." Bostun Globe.
After a man has lecu sick as long at
three weeks, his wife, who nurses him,
looks as if ehe had been sick six ream
Try Ciraln.Ot TryCrain.Ut
Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack
nua of tiraln-O, the new food drink that takes
tlio place of coffee. The children may driuk
it without injury as well as tho adult. All
who try it likii II. Croin-O tins that rit-h
(hrowu of Muchn or Java, hut it is made from
pure Km I us, anil the miwtdcliinU! Mtoruiu-h re
ceives it without diptri'Kx. l)nc-iuartcr the
price of coffee. I A cts. and o cts. per puckase.
bold by all grocers.
',-1, . r.,i ,--. - f. - r - r - . r.. , f' .- x r:- i'
Xejy Ni V:. w N.oas' -
' J.Qi i ; vp) (on i (o) i :if:oi IV
Pill Clothes.
Tho good pill has a good coat. The pill coat
serves two purpoaes; it protects the pill, en
abling it to retain all its remedial value, and it
disguises tho taste for the palate. Some pill
coata are too heavy; they will not dissolve b
the stomach, and the pills they cover pass
through the system as harmless as a bread
Pellet. Other coats are too light, and permit the ,
Bpoed7 deterioration of the pilL After 30 years
exposure, Ayer's Sugar Coated Pills have been
found aa effective as if just fresh from the labor
atory, it's a good pill -with a good coat. Ask
your druggist for
Ayer's Cathartic Pills.
Mor pl'.l particular In Ayer' Curehook, loo paces.
Beat tree. J. C. Ayer Co. Lowell, Mans.
ct wm DIB
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE. '
A Plea For Cheerrulnru Three Freserlp
Uona For th Cure of BnatnsM De
preulon: Cheerful Converulioa cad
Behavior, Proper Chriattaa lareet
mea aa a Great Spiritual A wakeainf.
Text: "Wherefore doth a living man
complain?" Lamentations ill., 3!.
A cheerful Interrogatorrin the most mel
ancholy book of the B iblut Jeremiah wrote
so many gad things that wa have a word
named after him, and when anything U
surcharged with grief and complaint we
call It a jereiqlad. But in my text Jere
miah, as by a sudden jolt, wakens us to a
thankful spirit. Our blessings are so much
more numerous than our deserts that he is
surprised that anybody should ever And
fault. Having life aud with it a thou
sand bleasings it ought to hush into perpet
ual silence everything like criticism of the
dealings of God. "Wherefore doth a llvlug
mnn complain?"
While everything In our national finances
Is brightening, for the lust few years the
land ban beeu set to the tune of "Naomi."
There has been here and there a cheerful
soloist, but the grand chorus has been one
of lamentation, accompanied by dirges over
prostrated commerce, silent manufactories,
unemployed mechanism, and all those dis
orders described by the two 'short words,
"hard times." The fact is that we hove
been paying for the bloody luxury of war
more than thirty years ago. There worn
groat national differences, and we had not
enougn unrisimn character to settle them
by arbitration and treaty, and so we went
inio uaciie, expending lireand treasure and
wen mgu bwampiug tno national finances
and north and south, cast and west, have
ever since hecn paying for those lour years'
indulgence In burbarism.
liut the time has come when this depres
sion ought to end yea, when it will cud If
the people are willing to do two or three
thlugs by way of ilnnncial medicament, lor
tho people as well as Congress must join In
the work of recuperation. Tho best politi
cal economists toll us that there is no good
reason for continued prostration. Plenty
of money awaiting investment. Tho na
tional health with never so strong an nrm
or so clear a brain. Yet we go on gronulni;
groaning, groaning, as though Hod had
iiui ims utiuon upon gruel and allowed us
but one deccut breakfast In sir mnxili.
The fact Is, the habit of complaining lias
prvuiuu ciirouic in mis country, and nfti-r
ull these yeursof whimper and walling aud
objurgation wo are under such a momentum
of snivel that we cunuot stop.
There arc uro three prescriptions by which
I believe that our individual and National
llnauces may bo cured of their present de
pression. The llrst Is cheerful conversa
tion and behavior. I have noticed thnt tho
people who aro most vociferous ui;uiiit the
day iu which wo live aro those' who are in
comfortable circumstances. I liavo nindo
inquiry of those persons who are violent in
their jeremiads against these times, and I
have asked them, "Now, after all, aro vou
not mukiugu living?" - After somo hesita
tion ami coughing and elenrinirthoir throat
three or four times thoy sny stauimerlnlv
"1-e-s." Kothnt with a groat multitude of
people It Is not n question of getting a
livelihood, but they are dlssatlsllud because,
they can't mako us much money ns they
would like to muko. They have only
C2000 in the bank, whore they would like,
to have 4IOO. They can clear in a vear
only 5O00, when they would like to dear
flO.OOO, or things couio out Just even. Ur
in their trade they Kot 3 a day when they
wish thoy coul I make 14 or 5. "Oh "
suys some ono, "are you not nwaro of tlio
fact that there Is n great population out of
employment, und there aro J luudreds of
the good families of tills cuntry who nro
... mu iiii. ruu, nut Knowing which way
luIU' Kst i Kuow.it etter than any
man in private llfo nn know that sud fact
for it oomos constantly to my eye aud our'
hut wlio is rvspousijjla for this stuto of
things?
Much of. that responsibility I put upon
mon in comfortable circumstunces who by
an everlasting growling keep publio eoull-
ueui-a uepreasuu nuu now enterprises from
starting out and now houses from being
built. Vou know very well that one de
spondent man cnu talk fifty men Into de
spondency, whllo ono cheerful physician
cun waku up into exhilaration a whole asy
lum of hypochondriacs. It is no kindness
to tho poor or tho unemployed for you to
Join in this deploratlon. If you havo not
tho wit aud the common sense to think of
something cheerful to sny, then koop silent.
Now I will miike a contract, if tho peo
ple of tho United States for ono week will
talk cheerfully, I will open nil tlio manu
factories, I will give employment to ull tho
unoccupied men aud women, I will make a
lively market for your real fatnto that Is
eating you up with taxes. I will stop tho
long processions on the wny to the poor
house aud t lie penitentiary and I will spread
a plentiful table from Jluluo to California
and from Oregon lo Sandy Hook, nud thu
Whole land shall carol and thunder with
national jublleo. Hut says somo win, "I
will fake that contract, but wo cau't nITect
tho whole nation." My hearers and rend
ers, ropres uillng'ns you do ull professions,
nil trades und nil occupations, If
you should resolve never ugulu to utter
a dolorous word about the money
markets, but by munnur and .y volco
nnd by wit und enricuturo aud. nlovo
ull, by faith lu God to try to scatter this
national gloom, do you not believe the in
fluence would bo instantaneous and wide
spread? The effect would be felt around
the world. For (lod'ssuke and for tlio suko
of the poor nud for tho sakoof the em
ployed (iuit growling. Uepond upon it, if
you men In comfortable clrcumstnuees do
not stop complaining, (iod will blast your
harvests and soo how you will get n'long
without a corn crop, and Ho will swoop vou
with Hoods, and Ho will devour you with
grasshoppers, and Ho will burn your city.
If you men lu comfortaldo circumstances
koep on eoiupluiulng, (iod will give you
something to complaiu about. Murk thnt'
Tho second prescription for tho allevia
tion of financial distress is proper Chris
tian investment, (iod demands of every
individual state and nation n oertulu Pro
portion of their income. We aro parsimo
nious. Wo keep back from Ciod that which
belongs to him, and when v,o koep hack
liny-thing from Ood hn tukos what wo koep
back, and ho takes mora. He takes It l.v
Storm, by sickness, by bankruptcy, ,y any
ono of tho 10,000 wavs which hit
ploy. Tho reason many of you uro cramped
ui4;.iii.v.n i uocauso you nave never
jenrueu mo lesson or Christian generosity
l'ou employ an agent. Vou give him a
reasonui'io salary, and, lo, you find out
t uit ho Is appropriating your funds, be
sides the salary. What do you do? bls-
cmuibu mm. won, wo are (iod s ogonts.
Ho puts In our bands certain mon
eys. Part in to bo ours, part is to bo
Ills. (Suppose we take all, what then?
Ho will discharge us. Ho will turn us over
to Ilnnncial disasters and take the trust
nway from us. The reason that great multi
tudes are not prospered In business is sim
ply because they have been withholding
from God that which belongs to Him.
Xho rule is, give and you will receive, ad
minister liberally and you shall have mora
to administer. 1 am iu full symputhy with
the man who was to be baptized by Immer
sion, und some ono said, "Vou had better
leave your pooketbook out; it will got wot."
"No," said he, "I want to go down under
tlu) wave with everything. I want to con
secrate my property nnd nil to God." And
so he was baptized. What we want In this
country Is more baptised pocketbooks.
The only safe investment that a mnn
can make In this world is in the cnuso of
Christ. If a man give from a superabun
dance, God may or he mny not respond
with a blessing, but If a man give uutll he
feels It, If a man give until It fetches tho
blood, if a man give until his selfishness
cringes and twists and cowers under it, he
will get aot only spiritual profit, but ha
will get paid back In hard cash or la eon
vertlhle securities. We often see men who
are tight-fisted who seem to get along with
their Investments very profitably, notwith
standing all their. parsimony. Bat wait,
huddenly in that man's history every
thing goes wrong. His health fails,
or his reason la dothroued, or a
omestle carsd smites him, or a mid
night shadow of some kind drops upon
bis soul and upon his business. What Is
the matter? Uod Is punishing aim for his
small beartedneM. lie tried to cheat God,
and God worsted him. Ho that one of the re
cipes for thecuroof individual and national I
uuauuvs u more generosiiT. vvaere you
bestowed f 1 on the cause of Christ give a.
God loves to be trusted, and he Is very apt
to trust back again. He says: "That man
.knows how to handle money. He shall have
more money to handle." And very soon
the property that was on the market for a
great while gets a purchaser, aud theboud
that was not worth more than fifty ceuts
on a dollar goes to par, and tho opening of
a new street doubles the value of Ids house,
or in any way of a million God blesses him.
Unco the man finds out thnt secret and
he goes on to fortune. There aro men
whom I have known who ftr ton years huvo
been trying to pay God 1000. Thoy have
never been able to get it paid, for Just as
they were taking out from ono fold of their
pooketbook a bill mysteriously somehow in
some other fold of thulr pooketbook there
enmo a lurgor bill. You tell me t hat Chris
tlan generosity pay's in the world to come.
I tell you it pays now, pays in hard cash,
pays In Government securities. You do
not bolieve it? Ah, that is what keeps vou
back. I knew you did not believe it. The
whole world and Christendom is to bo re
constructed on this subject, nnd as you are
a part of Christendom let tho work begin
in your own soul. "Hut." snys Somo one,
"I don't believe that theory, because I
.have been generous r.ud I have been losing
money for ton yours." Thou God prepaid
you, thnt is all.
I'oople quote as a Joke what Is a divine
promise, "Cast thy bread upon the waters,
and It will return to thee nftur mauvdnvs."
What did Ood menu by that? There Is" an
allusion there. In Kgypt when thev sow
the corn it Is nt n tlmo when tlio Nile is
overflowing Its banks, and they sow tho
soi'd corn on the waters, and as tho Nile bo
glus to recede this seed com strikes In tho
earth and conies up n harvest, and that Is
the allusion. It seems ns ii they nro throw
ing the corn nway on tho waters, but after
awhile they gather it up In a harvest. Now
says (iod lu His word, "Cast thy bread
upon , tho waters, and It shall come
back to thou after many days." It may
seem to you thnt you are throwing it nwav
ou charities, but it will yield a harvest of
green and gold a harvest on earth and a
harvest lu heaven. If men could appre
ciate that nnd net on that, v would have
uo more trouble about Individual or na
tional llnnncos.
Proscription tho third, for the euro of nil
our Individual and national Ilnnncial dis
tresses, a great spiritual awakening. It Is
uo more theory. The merchants of this
country were positively demented with tlio
monetary excitement In 1H57. There never
before nor since has been such a state of
llnnucinl depression as there was at that
time. A revival came, nnd 500,000 people
woro bora luto tho kingdom of God. What j
enmo after tho revival? Tho grandest 1
Ilnnncial prosperity wo have ever ha I iu i
this country. The finest fortunes, tho i
largest fortunes hi tho United Ktati-s, have i
boon made slnco 1S.17. "Well," you say,
"what has spiritual Improvement and rii- !
vlvnl to do with monetary improvement
nnd rovlvnl?" Much to do. The religion
of .Kvois Christ has a direct t iidency to
ms'io men honest nnd sober and truth tell
ing, nnd nro uot honesty and sobriety and
truth tolling auxiliaries of material prosperity?
If wo could hnvo nn awakening In this
country as in tho days of Jonathan Kd
wards of Northampton, ns in tho days of
flr. I'liiloy of Husking Itl.lgo, ns in tho
ilnysot Dr. Orlftln of Iloston, the wholo
hind would rouse to a higher moral tone,
and with that moral tone tho honest busi
ness enterprise of tho country would como
up. You sny n gront awakening has nn
Inlluonce upon tho future world. I toll you
It has a direct Inlluonce upon tho flnanciul
walfare of this world. The religion of
Christ Is no foo to successful business.
I Ms its best friend. Jfnd If thnru should
cdiiio a great nwnkenlng In this coun
try, nnd all tho bunks nnd Insurance
companies and stores nnd offices and
shopsshould close up for two woeks and
do nothing but attend to the public wor
ship of Almighty (iod, after such a spiritual
vacation the land would wako up to such
financial prosperity as wo hnvo never
dreamed of. Godliness is prolltalde for tho
life that now is as well as for that which Is
to como. Hut, my friends, do not put too
much emphasis on worldly success ns to
let your eternal affairs gf at loosa ends.
I huvo nothing to sny against money. The
more money you get the better, If it comes
honestly and goes usefully. For the
Inclc of It sickness dies without medi
cine, nnd hunger ilnds its colli n la
nn empty bread tray, and nakedness shivers
for clothes aud lire. All this canting tirudo
against money, as though it hint no practi
cal use, when I hear a man indulge In H,
makes mo think the best heaven for hi in
would bo nn everlasting poorhouse. No;
tli"re!s a practical use In money, but while
we admit that wo must also admit that it
cannot satisfy tho soul, that It cannot pay
fot our ferriage across tlio Jordan of death,
thnt It ojinnot unloose tho gato of heuvcu
for our Immortal soul.
Yet there nr.) men who net ns though
pucks of bonds and mortgages could lo
traded off for u mansion In liouveu, and m
though gold wero a legal tender lu thnt
land where it Is so common that thoy make
pavements out of It. Salvation by Christ
Is tho only salvation. Treasures In heaven
aro the only incorruptible treasures. Have
you ever cipiiuroii out ttrit sum lu loss and
gain, "What sliall it piollt a tnan if ho
gulu tho whole world aim lo-u) his soul '"
You may wear Duo uppuroi now, but tin)
winds of death will lluttoi it like rags.
All tlio mines of Australia -nil llrav.il.
strung In ono onrcunct, nro not worth to
you ns much as tho pearl of gro.-.t price.
You remember, I suppose, some yei rs airo,
tho shipwreck of tho Central America? A
storm eamo oi that vessel. Tho t urges
tramped tho deck nnd swept down tluougli
tho hatches, nud there wont iri u
hundred voiced death shriek. Tlio Ram
on tho jaw of the wave. Tho pitching of
tho steamer, ns though it would leap a
mountain. Tin glaroof tho signal rocket.
The long cough of the steam idpe.i. Tho
hiss of extinguished fttrnueivi. Tlio walk
ing of God on tlio wave. Oh. it was a
stupendous spectacle. Hut thnt ship did
not go down without a struggle. The pas
sengers stood In long linos trying to hail it
out, and men utilise, .) toil tugged until
thulr hands wero blistered and their muscles
were strained. After awhile a sail cuino In
sight. A few passengers got off, but tho
most went down. The ship gavo ono lurch
aud was lost.
i Ho there aro mon who go on In llfo a
fine voyage thoy nro making out of it. .All
is well till somo uuroclydon of business
disaster comes upon them, and they go
down. The bottom of this cointiicrctui son
is strewn with tho shattered hulks. Hut
because your property goes shall your soul
go? Oh, uo. Thero Is coming a morn
stupendous shipwreck nrter awhile. This
world God launched It 00(10 years ago, and
It is sailing on, but ono duv It will stagger
at the cry of "Flro!" and tho timbers of
tlio rocks will burn, nud tho mountains
llame Ilka masts, and tho clouds llko sails
lu the judgment hurricane. God will tnko n
good tunny off the dock, ami others out of
the berths, whira they nro now stooping In
Jesus. How many shall go down? No ono
will know until It is announced in hoavon
one day: "Shipwreck of a world! Ho many
millions saved! Ho many millions drownodl"
Because your fortunes go, because your
house goes, uocnuso ull your earthly posses
sions go, do not lot your soul go. .May the
Lord Almighty, through the blood of the
everlasting eovenuut. save vour soulsl
TJstag Lea Words.
Doctors irfco ara tn the habit of nakic
koc wotxls when Tialtluf people may
tat a hint from the following little
story: Aa old woman whose husband
waa aot very twll ecut for the doctor,
who cam aud aaw the old wife:
"I will send hlui some medk'ine which
must be takeu la a reLmnilxiut posi
tion." After be had gone the old woman sat
down greatly puzzled.
"A recumbent position a rpciunbent
position!" ahe kept rvpoatlng. "I
haven't got one." At last she thought.
"I will go and aeeOf Nurse Lowu has
got one to lend me." '
Accordingly ahe wont and sold to the
nurse:
"Ilare you a recumbent position to
lend me to take eome medicine in?"
The nurse, who was equally as Ig
norant as the old woman, replied:
"I had one, but to tell you the truth,
I haTe lost It."
We have not hern without Pj,'s Cure for
Consumption for 30 years.- I.ikzir Kkhiiki,
Cauip tt.. lliirrisburg. l'n.. May 4. isui.
ilchtlng Fires 1st winter WcatHen
To stand upon the peak of a ladder,
at perhaps the third or fourth story oi
a bulldtag. directing the stream of
water at the blazing Ulterior, while the
thermometer la at about lu lowest
point, is not a comfortable task. Pen
haps another stream is playing ove
your head, and you atand In an Icy
apray. Icicles lmiig from every point
of your fl re-hat, and tho rublier coat la
frozen to your back; and the water thai
is falling about you freezes as fast aa
it falls. Every movement uiHn the lad
der is fraught with danger; for it hi s
euorustid with loe that It Is almost bw
poss'ble to get a solid foothold, and
misstep would hurl y-ju to the ground,
forty foet lxdov.-St. Nicholas.
Fits pcrmincntlvriired.
No fit or nerrons.
ness after llrst diiv's use of Dr. Kline's llrrat
None Kcstorrr. li'trlal ImlUcaud treatise frr
Du. It. 11. K i.i Mi, I.ul.. Kll An h St.,l'hil..l'a.
..J'11- ,firl!,,,n' .J'ksnn. Michigan, writes!
'Suffered with Catarrh for tlltcen Tears.
Hull Cnturru Cure cured mo." told by brug-
Mrs. Window's Soothing S nip for. hlldren
teething. softens the giiiii.rctlu. iio; intlumiiiii.
tiou.alliiys pain, cures wind mile. iVa bottli.
I897G0WBIAS$76W
staii:i or tiii: uoki d,
HAVE MADE themselves tho leading bicycles
on account of their quality not on
. account of their price
1896 COLUMBIAS, $60
1897 HARTFORDS
HARTFORDS Pattern 2, . . .
HARTFORDS Pattern I, . . .
HARTFORDS Patterns 5 and 6,
50
45
40
30
"JiViV(Vi.i
POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn.
ttrCatalogue free from any Columbia dealer, or by mail from us for
a 2-tent .stamp.
If Cnliimliliii, arc nul properly r prineuled lu Tour vlrlnll v, n-t
i
Biiiifliicm
By J. Hamilton Ayers, A. M., IT. D.
Thin Is a most Valimtilu lino!; for
the Household, tenehin ; nn it doo
the easily-disliiiRuiiha I Symptom
of differont Diseases, th.i Cniifw,
and Means of l'revoutiii'; iipm Dm-e.-ies,
nnd the Mimplut lU'inoliej
which will nllovinteor cure.
C98 PACES,
rnOFlJSKLY II.I.UKTUATFlY
ylfv The Uook is written in pln:aevjry.
i3 day English, nnd i fr-s from the
L a Leenriiejtl lAemi .vl.o.l. .. j .
- ..... ...mm, k-iitjcr most
Doctor Hooks go valuJa!u to the
generality of readers. Tula Hook is
intwided to lie of Service in the
Kumily, nn 1 Is so wordoj ai to ha
readily understood ty all. Only
CO CTS. POST-PAin.
71,or, nnd Afl.r Trttn,.' all0 low ,,ric9 nly ,,,,
possible liythe immense edition prints.!!. Not only d'tai this lloolc conUilii so
much Information llolativs to IJIsonses, but vor propoily rIvbs a Complete
Analysis of everything pertaining to Courtship, Mnrriaja an 1 tho ProJu -Hon
and lUanng of Hlthy Families; tocethor with Vnluiljl Kvipos nn I I'r
Boriptions. Explanations of Hotanical 1'rnetiee, Currert nso of Ordinary Herbs.
Now RdlUon, llevisud and Knlargod with Complete Index. AVith tun Hook in
the house there is no siouio for not knowing wht to do in nn emeroney. Don't
wit until you liavo illness In vour family before vou nr.l-r hut sen I nt one
for this valuable volume. ONLY 0 CKNTS I'O.S l'-I'AII). (Send postal
noUs or postage stumps of any deiiorniiia Hon not larger I mm & rent'.
BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE 134 Loonard Stront. N. Y. City.
BAP BLOOD
PIMPLES, ERUPTIONS, BLOTCHES,
SCALES, ULCERS, SORES, ECZEMA,
and CHRONIC SWELLINGS.
I
ARE WONDER WORKERS in
the cure of any disc.u caused by bad or im-
pure blood. They eliminate all poisons, build 1
up and enrich the blood, enabling it to make 1
new, healthy tissue.
PURE BLOOD MEANS PERFECT i
Ml? At TII J :t -ii nirninrTA
s Jsjb a i, stnu II yuu Will II W lMOLMnt lO I
they will give you GOOD HEALTH and a PURE, CLEAN SKIN, tree from f
i pimples and blotches, 3
I To TRY CASCARETS is to like them. For never before has i
J there been produced in the history of the world so perfect and so harmless a i
I BLOOD PURIFIER, LIVER and STOMACH REGULATOR. To use S
a them regularly for a little while means .-. f
I Ar.TJ5 Pure Blo&d and Perfect Health. !
INVENTORS!,",,
I 'lcr'iMii " No I all-in nn inn,"
HP-it rii In k. i-'i-. Ueil.isi'ir.iilnr
Wil'.V nr IIM
n I'.i .-ii A;.-i-.-ii--
I'll.... ,,. ,u
HP-it rii hin. i-'e. (ril.. ii-i.iila:- -uri-iit Ihi s-
y.ii- ;m, Ailiiee tree. 111,-..- t ri li-n-uc 1 1
Virlto Ii". H.VI'MIS r. ( Ill l tlW, sli,-,.
turn ul linn ion. m r. htini, H!-litii(:iiii. li.f
I
SILOS
HOW TO BUILD ssk
WIUIAMS MfO. C3.. KAUMAZ03. MICH.
DRUNK
Fiill infonustion (hi pluli
Wanted-An Idea s
ARDR ran 1 mthI with.
cut inrir kin.tlcil)s l.j
Alili-Jn- Ids iintrvFl.-us
jure lur theilmik lislii;.
wrile llriiioa Chrniii-sl
tuU Infonustion (in plulu rap,er) iiuuKJ trt,.
VTho ran llilnfc
of niiuii. sliiiiiln
1 r.11;""1 inrr mny nrinir yuu wi-s i.
Wrllo JOHN Wt'DHKimfllis it (., Patent Attor.
neys. WsniiliiBKin. I), i!.. for tln-lr i.ttou prize uScr
anu now luitut ouu ibouaaudluveutlous wautd.
N U30 B7
Ix Hie lict time .i
fllllf.il bun MiAntiN
III Ml lliini,li,-Hr..lil
Clllli-r lV"liet llllisler. K I. lilt) i. II ,!,,.,. 1. .
Y. II. H.tUTII Hull hIii, . ., l'rii, .
F
AnmiLfm
iiKaiiaiiiioiKiaiiiaiii4iii.iaiiii.Hiaiiii,saiiii
! A GREAT CHANCE!
want nn njrt'M n I'M-i.v tnwn in tlie I'. H, and
1 Cuiiniii. Nit i-xfntni' V i:iit"i 1 .n-.liv4 tutikH
iii"M ttin-ct ul ufh. t i or hlicml
i ui iitisit in . uii i mi u,r l nil Mm- ii im' r ti-lsiird
; ln-urn. an. I ran nru f.t.in I U. Ill' TO T I J.VI-:
i ixu.i.aks j'i;ic i. t -i,;. 11
5 COTTAGE LOTS FREE
Tt tnir Ti nt"-f sih'.ost'il r;'piiIi. 'I !. 1 in nrit
w.tiIi m.odii , -h now, will ii MMi-th s:t,(Miu
W ll"H I Hill's IMI1H'iV Tlir Ill's llH'lllril Mt
I'llTIT HNN, Die nttfii I llir Hnim-
rnttl. If M'ti iltr tn
lli((llll tl UH'I m ill W"
tlll'IM iS Itlltt lit lllf
n: is' mi- - d r full j nr'i nlur to tin
I. U. I.. A. I. COMJMNV, . . KrllnM, Mr.
UNIVERSITY e NOTlSTAME
Notre Damo, Indiana.
i liml', 1.1'tllTM. i ll-UK- Law. I lvil M.
l liiiulrill Mini l: i-rll li ul l.nKi rlliu.
TliiirmiKli ITi pnritliirv iiikI iiiiniii-n liil
Comm.. Ki'i-lcBiiiHtlfiil sluiii-nts lit hiiui-I
rail's.
Ittinllis Frei1
Kintii t 'oursi't.
lllliliT II.
'I Im lo'lli Term will open reptember 7lh,
I KIM. I Ittlllnu'llf M-nt I- ree mi lliili'iitliil to
liev. A. MurrlnM-y, C. N. C , I'nulili-nt.
FOR YOU
liiiiiiir nr Senior Ve.ir, Hille.
St. Kit aril's Hull inr buys
P
ENSIONS. PATENTS. CLAIMS.
JOHN W MORRIS, WASHINGTON, 0.0
lt rnnclpsl Ciaitlstr U. S.- fenilou Huru.
Sjirt. U lut sr, IJuiljuduuius tlniius. uAy. ilu
It
M uut ( ouiih ryrun. 'I'lmtusUisju. CseM
I rfiVsr-iT-ts"is ml IJlr",:" W
Well Done Outlives Heath." Even Ycur Memory Will
Shine if You Use
SAPOLIO
'i
'i
s-
VI
P.
, SI
V
'0.
' ' 1