S. S. S. ODE m tut IU BIIL BOTTOM. Promptly Reaches the Seat e? all Blood Diseases and In every test mnde S. 8. S. easl'.y demoniurutog its superiority over other blood remedies. It matters not how ob stinate the case, nor what other treat ment or remedies have (ailed. 8. S. S. always promptly reaches and cures any iV-mc tho Uflrct Pqcov disease where the blood is in any way involved. kiilOO I NO ft UlOl UddOOi Everyone who has had experience with blood diseases knows that there are no ail tarvnts or troubles so obstinate and difficult to cure. Very few remedies claim 8v cure suef) rnl, leip'senteil blood diseases M 8. 8. S. cures, and none cat) such incontrovertible evidenceof merit .S S. S. is not merely a tonic it U a cure ! It goes down to the very seut of uii blood diseases, and gets Ht the Sssnadatlon f the very worst case, and routs the po I ioa from the system, Itdoes ami, like other remedies, dry up the poison und hide it from view temporarily, anly to break forth again more violently than ever; 8. 8. 8. forces out every triv of til int. and rid the system of it forever. Airs. I. Y Lee, Montgomery. Ala., writes: Some years I was inoculated with poison by a nurse who infected any habfl with blood taint. I was covered with mires and MM . a from head t; foot, und In my tereat extremity I prayed Id die. Several prominent physioTani treated me, but" all V no purpose The mercury nnd potash which they me seemed to add fuel to the awful flame which was savouring me. I was advised by friends who hud seen underfill cures node by it, to try Swift's Specific. I im ut ;..cd from the start, as ii-e medicine seemed to go direct it tho eau'' of the trouble and force, t he poigi ':i out. Twenty bottles cured mr completely." Swift'i Bpeciflo jtf 9i FOR THE BLOOD - Is tho only rem dy that id guaranteed purely vegetable, and contains no ury potu-! arsenio, or any other mineral. oi chomloal. It never fails to ire Oaneor, Kciema, Sorofula, Rheumatism, Contagious Wood Poison, Tetter, Boils, Carbuncles, Sores, ho. v aluable Iv k mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Oa. W. . li tiJkti, 'I :. ... A, ) -.si"ii. I -- n TV 1 i fit i r i;uwnDii.Tiun O A 1 V r. I 1 B A t- m..n hid , 1 j Blend most softly and ulav most effectively ovei v . estivc scene wneu turown B bvwaxen candles. li lignt mat iiciUtens ! e. ': charm, that gives the i in hed touch to the drawing mom or dining room, is the v ... . AX CANDLES Sold in all colors und shade to harmonise with nnv interior f hangings r decorations. Alnimfactnrpil ly stTlMnsftB OIL CO. r" l or pule BVsryWQvrv, Mi iwri) odd Obi equips. A moid novel funeral cxt relso was held at Whil 1 Oak, Ind., recently. Two years ego William Hayes died, leaving a large ei tatc During his life he was very ec centric. For years bo culled himself Tike County Dill Hayes." According to the provisions of Ms will his bod was to be lak n up und placed in a vault tnu years from Tfis death, which wiif on a recent Sunday. In addition to this the trees in the ji'irk where the remains were placed were to be deco rated with red, wl lte and blue ribbons. JTlve platforms for dancing wcrv to b erected, two bcu.s.- bunds were to fur nish the music, and the crowd present was to Ik: feasted on five head of cattle, hcud of sheep and u largo number oi hogs and chickens. Fifty kegs of beet were to be dispensed to the crowd, ami for failure to carry out the (drove pro Visions of the will Pierce Hayes, hi only child, wiis to Iki disinherited. A Crowd of 2,000 persona were In attend ance and the terms of tho will were fully complied wltba r-r sSn t ii lli HM lTf'itv,,,,l,;!iB 1 1 'i ' iufm .! m H-m m, 1 J 'SI I M L,' .oi - I ll Oov. Tyler of Virginia the other day grnntod a pardon to William Campbell, w ho is serving a term In the peniten tiary for highway robbery. Campbell's ease la a peoulUI one. It furnishes u striking Instance of the forgctfulnesi of the world ol Ihoso members of so ciety Immured within a prison foi crimes against society. When Clov. Tyler received Campbell's application for pardon he wrote to tho judge nnd commonwealth's attorney of Danville for Information regarding Campbell. j These oflieials could not supply It, and : stated that nobody In Danville seemed ! tp know him. He has no relatives, and, ' so far as known, no friends or even nc ; quaintances In Danville or Virginia. I From the penitentiary it was learned i that Campbell was sent to the pcnltcn ' tlary in i-sto for highway robbery, but that later ten years were added for I striking a guard. He would have com j plcted 11 years ft bis term in April, i making no allowance for good conduct. i. 'oufiHS and Throat Irritations n n ft rrc E I . . . . w v . if .i o n. II.... v.. I, r;.i . ;. 133 C6 bD.. flew IUIK UIIJ. ilinmnnn fidjiiuuu LUIliUJ 111 Wnl nai It fnTTinnt 1 UD1U0U nsotl for Plastering Houses. It Is v. new dlscvry Guaranteed t" laat longer l ban any other plaster. It preferred t Adamant. For tutrticularH ;ill on oraddms B. A. KERN H1DHLEEU30H. PA. c'jdiatt No rrr a! School and Business Institute. The Elkhart Normal Shool ami Business Institue oflers the best Courses, Methods, ntnl Instructions h PfliiAirogyiBooKkeeoinix, Sienoff titoliy, Penmanship, Drawing, K! oeution mill Oratory, and Physical Culture, and at tbo lowest rates for "niti iii and board. Students can nti t tt any time. Circular, blotter, A htm l being told which serves to Illustrate the American characteristic of giving alight heed to rank and place as against efficiency and daring and su premo achievement. The story has to do with Mr. McKlnley and it relates that while visiting one of tho camps during his recent southern tour he chanced to be strolling about unattend ed and sought to puss n certain line which was patrolled by a vigilant sen tinel. The sentinel promptly stopped him and demanded tho countersign. "I don't know tho countersign," said Mr. McKlnley. Then you dont pass," said ths B 'Idler. "Hut," said Mr. Mc Kinley, "I am the president ef the Unit ed Btotcs." "I don't know about that," said the imperturbable sentry, "but If you haven't ; -ot the countersign you couldn't ; ' by here even if you were Qeorge Dewey himself I" The Appendix Scare. It Is remarkable how our forefather managed to live "long and happy" In their Ignorance of the vermiform ap pendix. 1'erhapa, like the X-ray. this appendix U the creation of modern sci ence, or the need of modern surgery. Certain It Is, says tbe Atlanta Constitu tion, that this vermiform appendix, or the knife of the new surgeon. Las large ly curtailed the pleasures, if not the duration of life. We are In mortal dread of berries, grapes, tigs and small seeded vegetables, lest that useless ap pendix or the ready knife of the surgeon will "do us up." 'Which Is which? I confess I am in considerable doubt. Uut one of the profession. Dr. llutton, ap pears to attach more blame to the knife than to the appendix. He may be right. He ought to know; I don't. 1 do know that the knrfe is fearfully fatal. This eminent and experienced Dr. llutton gives some very cheerful encouragement to those chronic Miii'ci- Microbe Nljrhttnaro. A New York woman who had pur shased a pair of gloves was fieu ShrSt ne -foliar bills in change. "Do it up in pap er, please." she said to tkeuli:Kirl The request was complied with, sad thr wrapped-up bills were put in a pocket book. "Some pereons are mlefolx mad," said a physician In explaining the incident. Many have It so bad ths! they will not even pick up a pin. bveuu.v It has been said that oil sorts of dUense germs can be collected under their heads. Dread of microbes Ik u common form of hypochondria. I can sympa thize with a person who does not like tn see a woman with a bundle of dirty clothes for washing get into u public conveyance, but there is no use in going to extremes. Ever since the researches of Koch and Pasteur have attracted at tention the number of microbe maulac? h.is steadily Increased. Take any tucr-bid-minded person and give him a little insight into bacteriology, und the result era with supposed uppendicitis In tho j is sure to be disastrous. He shakes terror at the first little symptom of real or imaginary derangement." Scene in Portugal at the Rio Porto Vineyard KZAU THE raU.1 D2 XZXETIZ WHEBB THKT Ul DUatTED HI TBI ILti JISU VaTJ to bs tbooobm fob fobt win. r 1 v . til ftfk : .! 1 inime - J t .... . s. i -i.. : wi v .... I in 1 .1 I 1 1 I i I V J. . i or t Id UKV Ul II UU. lUOkD 1 L 1111 UUU1U1D J UOC TV M 1 1 1 1. .... I. a ', n . I, . . r . t l AAia1 t -- tksi traerlinrv ItAf AS) t-IVr. it. 'its ir iu r: i v ..u t: lij uc lqi icu liic li&iuiiil' taL jl iui i as they are t treiJ, which d s onti are lare enough for twenty persons cuivT to music furnished by tho proprietor. Medical Kecord from which I iuote; "This paper Is a protest against the cur rent surgical theory and practice that all cases of appendicitis must lo split open. This protest is bnsed on 27 years' experience as physiciun and surgeon. My experience is that uppen dicitis, nnd all other bellyaches for which men now operate, are promptly amenable to proper medical treatment. I can recall 100 cuses treated with in -toma of this maludy, but 1 have never yet met o ease of it which I fell it was my duty to cut. or whleh-tcr-minuted fatally, I bbnil cite other unimpeachable practitioners w!,. share my views, that medical tn ntmei I uxuiis in this maludy, vue showing 48 out of 51 cuses, successfully treated being more than L0 percent. My treut mcnl tor appendicitis Is free calomel nnd soda purgation, supplemented by hot applications, to be followed by a saline if action is too slow." Perhaps it VVhot .3 cxnei.tl,(1 to u tot fastest would be well to forget the vermiform ; oraft ,n th(, ,V(,r,(, u ..naere.x.stmction appendix and let science and surgery , e,i!i(.,(, ,,, T T a -fight it out In their own sweet way. fe0t ong. Bnd deilJgned to run Unots or over -i.i miles a:t hour. The fastest vessel now afloat Is the English torpedo A New York young woman con tracted to marry a minor on the con dition that he should upon attaining his majority assign her $S,OU0. lie agreed to this, und carried it out, but the marriage didn't take place. Hut, before the assignment was made, the y lung swain contracted debts which he could not meet. Then tho sheriff went cftcr him, but could And nothing to at tach but the marriage agreement. He attempted to have it annulled on the ground that the oerem ny hud not been performed. Theanpreme ".:rt couldn't see it that way. It that it was a promise which the hn recognizes and will enforce, because tl regarded it ;.s a contract in which the young lady was i;till willing to do her part. L EEH, ALFIiBD the Pioneer wine jrrowerof New lersey whose P" Burgandy rivals the world, imported thj Port Qr. yeat s ngo, and planted vineyards in the PassaieVall in Passaic county, Naw Jer. y, is identical to that of . '. , S-'cr's Nwjerey Vineyards are situated in t'ne Paasaic valley below the mountain rnp a grapes are carted to tho winery in the town of Passaic wi rs lb. mashed between rollers made ot rubber, which do liot break lhc-c and made Into wine. These grand wines of Spcur': that liave mellowed in flavor in Course ol years ot ripening, are the choicest wines in this c untry to'.'. ho L-riiinv i!7 hr. ,,htnni-f hv liAVino n rTii rhflf iw hirrhor th-)-i npv; winu C- , . .... ... ....... . . . ....... v. wine tht it Le allowed years to mature in wood to ct rid of iu coarse parts; with this object he keeps hi? wines several years It fumigated cellars and frequently racks before bottling cr offering fo pale. The reputation of Speer's wines as a valuable medicinal aoJ family wire extends around the world. rr"Grocers und Druggists sell Speer'a Wines and Brandy, The meanest man in Illinois lives at Cent nil la, reports a state exchange. Be put a large porcelain egg in the nest of an ambitious hen, nnd found that the eggs he hod afterward laid were In creased In size; then be put a goose egg In the nest, and the aforesaid hen laid an i gr, j .st as large, lie was so well pleased with the scheme that he put a whitewashed football in the nest and waiteil ivtiiilts. When he went the next time to search for eggs he found one us big us the football, but no hen in sight; securing the egg he suw en jrraved on It by lieu photography these : words: "I'm no ostrich, but I have done tny best," Luter he found the ben inside of the egg. Frederick Remington has this to Kay in Collier's Weekly about Maximo Gomez: 'Hie has a curious head u very Interesting head. It is fierce and warlike, and brown nnd mustoehed and j goatecd, and altogether Spunlsh-Ainer-lenn, which does not mean 'white man.' ' lTis profile la n triangle with the Jaw BS n base. From his looks 1 should say j his was not a great brain. So far as ; we know, he is u man of one Idea -which happens in his ease to be a very , good one; nnd there is the ioree in the base of that triangle which has carried that one idea as fur as the blood nnd iron and horseflesh of Cuba ooiild carry It- boat Turblnia, with a 35-knot record. ! in the new flyer reliance for speed Is placed upon a l.OCO horse-power car bonic gas motor, the engine havlnf : three cylinders, with n working pres sure of 8,000 pounds to the square Inchi ! The weight of the machinery will be6Vj 1 tons, or less than B tent'i !r:t of steam ! machinery of the same power. Iiuta sin gle screw, two-bladed, Will be used. Fuel for the carbonic gas Is stowed away in pipes. Its weight is one-fifth that of eoal. An Ottumwa (la.) man who served as ii private soldier in the Fiftieth Iowa last summer writes to u Keokuk fellow soldier n follows: "Things are changed now very changed from those days nt Jacksonville. Then I served as a humble private and bore nil the hardships, while men were over me as oillcers who wore shoulder straps and ate good food. To-day I am sitting nt my office desk, with a comfortable roll of bills In my pocket, nnd a fine bank account. Out in the street in front of my window Mjij. , then my com- mander, is up a pole, mending an elec tric light wire, while across the way Lieut Is taking Into a house n enn of coal oil from his delivery wagon." Carpets ! CARPET Carpets ! ! Carpets ! . iSe The whole lower Hoot Ail Soiiaros. 'urtain- Rua Fnnei An 0is " All Floor, J1V i. Wini Btuir nui store ow S ! ill) a i:; tuken 1 1 j witl ades, ( 'tirtaln 1 leOil Cloth, & ,t r. ' ii rr : pet, Hi &e We can -bow you the large ever shown in Ijewistown. ;nd I'i'sl ret ion oi ine a! sA't f( . (OS Doetirs are swift to avail themselves of the expedients mnde possible by the Two hundred men have refused to jlrn;rroRS of invention, snyB F. S. Mar work nt cleaning Brooklyn streets be- tjn in unrner'B Weekly, that when an cause they old not wish to wear the "white wings" uniform. They were hired under a new system nnd all of them are Americans. They say they will not clean streets until the legisla ture changes tho law that compels them to wear white wings. "We are men," they say, not monkeys. Ureal efforts j ty hc IR,t,(lB fxoa its storage battery, were m.-ulo to have the strikers reeon- yj,. Ia beautiful, und recalls the ways slder their action, but with no result, j of thc priniltivs milkman who drove bis cows to his doors nnd squeezed out each family's allowance In the housekeeper's iresenee. X-ray picture Is to be taken of a New York patient the physician no longer finds it necessary to fetch u large elec tric battery from his office, but simply telephones for an electric cab, nnd an It stands at the door runs out a wire from the sick room nnd borrows the eleetriei- a copy E luoational Xiiws fren II i-m applioation. Address, Dr. .'i. Mumaw. Moe'y, Elkhart. Ind. T iere wr.s a fire in a large store, and n huge crowd toon collected, reports n metropolitan exchange, The fire burned furiously, but nfter a time the flames were forced back from the front of ths building. When this was accom plished, to thc astonishment of the crowd, the mnnngcr of thc firm was Been to rush Into thc doorwny, clamber excitedly over beam nnd joist and make bis way toward the second-lloor win dow. Fixing a hastily-written placard on the window sill, he clambered down again, while thc crowd read these words: "Surely we sold Cheap Enough before this Fire! Hut only wait until it is overl Then Look Out for Bargains!" The Kiowa Indians in Kansas re cently chose as "medieino man" the white widow cf the previous Incumbent of tiie office. A woman who lias a perfect horror ol handling dirty money asserts that she not only has all her silver washed, but j her bills as well. They arc put in a basin of lukewarm soapsuds, rubbed gently and dried by pressing with a warm Iron. In this way she is always supplied with bright sliver aud crisp hew Mils, that she can carry In tier pocket with no danger of contracting disease in their handling. In his eagerness to get the Job u con ' W. C. Andrews, who perished by fire In New York u few duys ago, was fond of new Inventions, and his fortune was chiefly due to a device for using coal screenings as fuel. II la advice wan to "save overy dollar you can get nnd irv vest in street railways, steam, heat. electricity, compressed air anything that has to do with the development of the city." ills olau to extinguish fires tractor tooK tiie man route net ween with (teem is regarded ns visionary. BrUHSell Carpet a- low- All Wool Carpet " Hal! Wool Carpel " ")0c and up 50a " " Qtw, (( ( Carpel as low Cotton Carpet " Velvet Carpet " as 2ue, 22c. Toe. Dill Oliina itinl .Japan tyEntting 100 Rolls to 8eleci From Compare quality and ju ices, yon will find that onr store is tl place to huv at, ll.c goods are nrst-ciass, urieesare tiie kr pal Regpeotfally, rt-i v mir room- are clean r.nd no trouble to snow coons. W. ft. FELIX, Levvistown, f'nn'a Liberal Adjustments- Prompt Payments. FJEWlEWlBt. H. HARVEY SCHDCHj ' GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY, (9Bfl4i:N3(Rl&OYB PAt Ouly the Oldest, Strongest Cash Companies, Fire, Life, Accident and Tornado. No Assessments No Premium !Totos. The Aetna Founded A . D., 1819 A ssets $1 1,055,518.88 m Home " - " 1853 41 9,853,628.54 American M 14 u 1810 " 2,409,584.5:? The Standard Accident Insurance Co. The' New York Life Insurance Co. The Fidelity Mutual Life Association. Your Patronage Solicited. though he ramie some InterssttBg lenv- nnstrntions. Wurren, a town In Monroe county, Mo and Monroe City at such a low figure that hc will have to pay his subcontract or $30 a year more than he gets from the government. He will enjoy this privi lege lour years from next June. A Chicago authority bus discovered, loconMng to his published statement, that for a man to munch peanuts when ever a craving for tobacco Is had will speedily rid liim of the desire to use It. The question then rises, what will cure him of thc peanut habit? A Pennsylvania trolley company has had to pay a young man $1,200 because ' Secretary Wilson is determined to dig its electricity got into a barbed wire ! cover if a human being can live corn fence near the track, and when he too I fortably In the coldest portion of Alas hold of the fence to climb it he couldn't ( ha, and has seut there to experiment let go until his arm and hand were j ;u gardening Prof. C. C Gorgenseu, a shriveled- Dane, who is an expert In northern ag riculture, and who will start a station at Sitka. Ju.-t 0 yenrs ago this spring the coun try was wild over tho discovery of gold in California, and companies of men wero forming over Uie whole United totutes to start for the new Kl Dorudi-. Some wiint by Cape Horn, some by Pan ama, but most went overland. These in ufter days were the forty-niners. Mar shall discovered' gold at Sutter's Mill In li48, but it was not generally bclieveil until Polk confirmed It In his annual message. I It Is reported that when the Kansas legislature adjourned the other week, detectives were at all the doors to pre vent members from carrying off furni ture and other movables In the char-.. bar. Bryan's New Book fH?U0LI0 on EMPIRE? THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION L'3 HON. WILLIAM J.OiiUrt With IT't'tl inteWJ nupftfi Don Hour, Vtoft, Alien, Whit', t;,r- "' '.lV-r5-. , rtOS. W. J IllITAN. Chilton, Hulliir, .MoLsurln. Till inun, Mjiiov, Turuer. Tellur. A fire In Elkton, Md., lately destroyed a will by which a young lady of that town had been disinherited by her fa ther, and she got his property all right Edotindn. Oan Hon. 11. IT John.on, Hon. 01ii. A. Towne, l.on. Adli;l B. Btrrwuon, Ez-Hncrjlori Cat. t "T ; 7. , . . - ...... .,.r. i ijuvin aturr tjr.;nri. tic;i i nmnvr, iioi' i.il Bcliurx, Bam 1 Ctoaipors Prott. Am. i i. ofLubur itiul othiiw the sensation or VE!irvnx mMMmommmmum.- . Trrltotll Kxpanwlon d.nomlnatd, TUB IVOIl UATS LOAD" ond otmoaod to tlioCourtitutlon of tho llnitod Htte, tho Doclnralion of Iiidepaadauce, sad all tha moot cucri'd dolriuui of our Kepuhllc aa h m l. .1 down to uh by our Fotliora. THE GOSPEL OF A HIGHER CIVILIZATION AND BROAD!.. LIBERTY. THE ONLY BOOK ON TIIE SUBJECT. AGENTS WANTED. It Ii profoaelr Illoatrateil. Hiving bouullful half-tona portrait, of Mr. Bryua und Iks other oon tribotora; also aconaa of thrilling intorert, ahowing tho oioct oondltiona and cmtora. in tha rhlllpplnaa. 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