imIUiUAD TIME TABLES I'BNV'A K. K. EAST. WEST 7.13 A.M. 9.14 A.M. 10.17 " 12-88 P- M 2.*1 P. M. " 6.01) « .51 " SUNDAYS 10.17 A. M. 158 P. M. 1». L. A W • K K. EAST. w EST (S.SB A. M. O.OU A. M. io.iv) " :V? P- M -2.11 P.M. « s5 ti.lo " 3.20 " SUNDAYS. #.oh A. M. 13.47 P.M. 8.10 P.M. 8-30 " P Jtl/A & READINU K. K. NOHTH. SOUTH. A. M 11.26 A. M. p. M. 6.05 P. M. BI.OOM STJiKKT ni a M 11.23 A. M. Hi p. M! "-01 P. M. ] VK. J. BWKIBFOBT, SURGEON DENTIST, umriOK MILL ST., Opposite the Post Office. Operative and Mechanical itentistry Carefully performed. Teeth positively extracted without patn.with Oas, EtheT and Chloroform: Treat ing and Filling teeth aSuecialtv. Ki!iF. WtNT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, office over l'aules' Drug Store MONTOOMKKY BUILUINO, ILL STKKEI'. - - DANVILLE. PA J. J. BROWN,: THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested, treated, titled with glass es and artificial eyes supplied. 311 Vl.rket Street, Hloomsburg, Pa. Hours—lo a. m.to sp. m. Telephone 1430. A SOLDIER'S TREASURE. With a rose in the rim of hi? fawn colore,! bat And a jingle of sabi rand spur, A soldier rode by in the dawn and the dew Ere the village was scarcely astir. The patter ami clatter of sharp, little hoofs Brought her into the window above; Her eyes were a3 blue as the sky overhead, Unclouded by sorrow or love. In the gold of the sunrise they halted below. Bay mare and brave rider, apace, And her kerchief dropped out as she leaned from the sill, A fragmmt of linen and lace. Be caught it in air on the point of liia sword And buttoned it under Lis blouse, And cantered away, but drew rein on the hill And turned to look back at the house. While she dreamed of a soldier returning from war To halt at her window again, The mare and her rider lay dead in the dust Where bullets were falling like rain, And a comrade who passed in a moment of truce Stooped over and covered his face With a kerchief he found in the breast of bis blouse, A fragment of linen and lare. —Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly. DAN RICE'S LAST NICKEL. It Was Soon Inereafteil So That He Could Spare SIOO For a. Church. "Circus people as a rule are the best traveling class railroads have to deal with," said a railroad man who has had much to do with such combinations. "They arc- always found to he close Us urers, presenting a million and one con tentions, asking as many, if not more, courtesies, hut in the end the results are generally satisfactory to both parties. "It is only within the last few years that railroads began handling circus out fits. The country road and wagon once afforded a cheap method of transporta tion between small towns, where nickels, dimes and quarters rarely ever failed to be taken in by the hatful. Those not on country roads were found on the large rivers, shifting their dates to suit the seasons all the way from St. Paul and Cincinnati to Cairo, Ills., and New- Orleans. The late Colonel Dan Itice, who probably pleased more people as a clown than any other sawdust king, was a striking figure among the performing river craft and one of the first to put his show on the rails. "This was hack in 1873, when a panic swept over the country and river towns had hit the sky, right and left, for the show business. Kice and his animals were tied up at St. Louis, waiting for times to grow better, when a trading firm offer ed a good lump sum for his boats. He figured it was go broke in almost any event, so he sold, and then began to tour eastward with a train of borrowed cars. It was a big undertaking, even for Rice, who was about the richest in the business in those days, but everything went rea sonably well until he started to enter In diana. The last Illinois town was 'rot ten.' The show had hardly made 'ani mal meat,' to say nothing of the money to get to another stand. As a last resort Colonel Rice 'soaked' the show to the rail road company to put him into Vincennes, just over the state line, agreeing that the company's agent there should play door keeper and hold out what was coming. Vincennes did not look a whit good. The town was dead and the inhabitants wouldn't enthuse a hit over the bum band and bright colored wagons. An hour be fore the afternoon performance was to begin found Colonel Itice pacing in front of the main entrance, figuring with him self for dear life, when a party of ladies approached. " 'Colonel Rice,' they began, 'we have always heard of you as a very charitable gentleman and unfortunately our church has been damaged and needs a new roof We thought you might be willing to sub scribe toward it.' "There was a man who had just stood np a railroad asked to give money away, but he was equal to the occasion, when he pulled from his pocket a nickel and poising it on his finger replied: "'Ladies, I am now balancing a cash account. It appears small to you no doubt, hut in truth represents all the money I possess. If this show does any business here. I'll not only contribute to ward repairing your church, hut I'll put a new roof on It.' "The two performances that day nettec' the old man $750, paid for the nest jump, and out of it was donated SIOO to the church."—Kansas City World. Don' to Make Maryland Muah. Sprinkle gradually three-fourths pint of Indian (corn) meal into one quart of boiling water previously salted with n larire teaspooDful of salt; allow it to boil half nn hour. Sirain one pint of oysters of their liquor and stir them Into the mush; allow ten minutes lon ger, then pour the mixture into a square mold o* a baking powder can which has been wet iu cold water. Cut in neat slice* in the morning and fry. HOT? to Make Itaiaed Corn liread. Scald two cupfuls of corunieal with one cup of boiling water and let it stand for ten minutes. Add oue cup of cold water, half a cup of molasses, two cupfuls of graham tlour, half a cupful of »Uist, half a teaspoonful of salt and Lalf a teaspoonful of soda. Beat thor oughly, pour Into buttered pans and stand in a warm place over night. In the morning bake in rather slow oven. How to Conquer or Die. "I was just about gone," writes Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel Springs. N. C., "I had Consumption so bad that the best doctors said I could not live more than a month, but I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery and was wholly cured by seven bottles ami am well now and stout." It's an unrivaled life-saver in Consumption. Pneumonia, La Grippe and Bronchitis: infallible for Conn lis. Colds, Asthma. Hay Fever, Cronp or Whooping Cough. Guaranteed bottles 50c. and SI.OO. Tritl bottles free at Pauley & Co's drug store. , ROAD IMPROVEMENT. Intelligent Effort Cnn Do Much For <o iii ill oil Kiirfli Honda. Engineering News in a recent edito rial on the good roads question express es the opinion that it is a mistake to confine all effort to the construction of macadam highways and suggests that many of the dirt roads may be made to answer the demands made of them. It says: "It seems to us that to confine the work of road improvement to the con struction of high class roads alone Is contrary both to sound engineering and to common sense. The great bulk of our highways must remain dirt roads for one or two generations at least if not indefinitely, but a great deal can be done to improve their condition and fa cilitate travel over them without re sorting to macadam construction. The intelligent use of road machines, provi sion for drainage, removal of soft mud and replacement with more stable ma terial are examples of work which can be done at very moderate outlay and which will often repay Its cost in de creased expenditure for road repairs. Where a road has a large enough trallic to justify greater expenditure gravel top dressing can often be applied in glacial regions at a small cost, or a nar row telford foundation may be placed where the soil makes such a founda tion advisable. Local conditions will of course determine local requirements. There are sections of the country where the natural soil forms an admi rable road for moderate tra die during the illi A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. greater part of the year. There are oth ers where the roads become quagmires at every heavy rainfall, and in such districts, of course, the need for road improvement is far more urgent, and expenditure in this direction is far more justifiable. "If the state is to do the most for the improvement of public highways, it cugbt to aid in the Improvement of the ordinary highways ns well as in high class macadam construction. There are thousands of miles of much traveled highways in almost every state on which an expenditure averaging per haps SSOO per mile would produce large results, especially if the work were su pervised by a competent engineer, as would naturally be required if the state were to bear part of the cost. It may be argued that this expenditure would not be a permanent improve ment like the construction of a macad amized road, but the real way to meas ure permanence is by the necessary ex penditure for maintenance. If either road were left to wear out with no ex penditure for maintenance for ten years, it is a question whether a larger percentage of the expenditure on the costly road or on the cheap one would remain intact. "It must be clearly understood that we are by no means arguing against the construction of macadam roads. Where the traffic warrants them they are without doubt the road to build. What we protest against is the idea that no other class of road improve ment is worth the attention of engi neers or deserving of aid by the state. "It cannot escape attention, more over, that in work of this sort the state can secure local co-operation, as it can not on the more expensive roads. In Massachusetts the state pays three fourths of the cost of the state roads, which average nearly $9,000 per mile in cost. "Suppose that in a state where a much larger mileage was to be covered and funds were less readily available it were determined to spend P.'OO t< SI,OOO per mile in improving main high ways. At such a rate one-half the cost could well be borne by the locality benefited, and a given appropriation by the state could be made to cover a large extent of territory. It may per haps be contended that such an ex penditure is more than could be profit ably made on ordinary dirt roads. If this Is the case, make the expenditure less and cover a larger territory. The only point we contend for is that it is feasible to effect great improvement* in ordinary earth roads at a moderate expenditure and that it is worth while for the state to foster such work by financial and other aid." Itepnir of Slone Itnari*. Where the material of the road sur face is very hard and durable a well constructed road may wear quite even ly and require hardly any attention be yond ordinary small repairs until worn out. It Is now usually considered the best practice to leave such a road to it self until it wears very thin and then renew it by an entirely new layer of broken stone placed in the worn sur face and without in any way disturb ing that surface. If a thin layer onlj of material is to be added at one time, in order that it may unite firmly with the upper layer of the road, it is usually necessary to break the bond. (•ood Kohilm For Mnnlla. At the first public legislative session of the Philippine commission held at Manila recently bills appropriating sl,- 000,000 gold from the funds of the is land for highways and bridges and $2,- 500 in part payment of surveying ex penses were passed. Call Help, If Sepe»»ary. The patient was ill to death. He wag contemplating the end with equanimity, not to say satisfaction, as a happy re lease from his sufferings. His medical man was the more anxious of the two "I really think, with your permission, sir," said the doctor, "that I should like to call in another professional man in consultation." "Do what you like, doctor," said the sick man wearily, turning on his pillow "If you can't do the job by yourself, for heaven's sake call in some of your ac complices."—Modern Society. The Omaha police have at least been successful In making things very un pleasant for the relatives of Pat Crowe. Will Boom His Business. S. Lavel. a merchant, of Dallas, Tex., writes: "I thought I would have to give up business, after two years of suffering from general debility brought, on by overwork and long hours, but four bot tles of Electric Bitters gave me new life I can now eat anything, sleep well and feel like working all the time. It's a wonderful tonic and health builder for tired, weak, sickly and run-down peo ple. Try it. Satisfaction guaranteed. On 50c. at Paules & Go's drug store A Ray of Light For woman's guidance is found in the fact that Dr. I'ierce's Favorite Prescrip -1 tion cures female weakness and the dis eases of the delicate womanly organs which darken the lives of so many wom en with suffering and sorrow. That ray i of light has penetrated many darkened chambers where women moaned in mis ery, and has guided them out to health and happiness. " Favorite Prescription " is not a tonic, not a palliative, but a pos itive cure for the diseases which are I peculiar to women. It gives vigor and | vitality. It banishes nervousness, head ache, and all the aches which come from i a diseased condition of the womanly organs. A temperance medicine, it con i tains "Hthei alcohol nor narcotics. "I was ir-ii'oled for three years with ulceration and female weakness and tuy doctor gave me , but little relief," writes Mrs. Lulu Hunter, of Allenton, St. I,ouis Co., Mo. "I saw an adver tisement in the paper of Dr. I'ierce's Favorite Prescription. I began the Use of it about a year ago. I took five bottles of it, and one bottle of 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and my health is better now than it was for years. I have also recommended these medicines to some of my friends, who suffered from female weakness, and good results have followed." MAKES WEAK \MOMEN SIM -AMP SICK WOMEri WELL. THE VERDICT. | New York's vaccination appears to have "took."—Washington Post. ! Many people will be glad to learn that skimmilk is more useful for paper mak ing than for sale to city people at 5 cents a quart.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. In searching for the south pole the Duke of Abruzzi will enter upon a field of exploration which has been very little cultivated as yet. It would be a scien tific surprise if the south pole were to be first reached.—Buffalo Courier. The present congress may be asked to consider the expediency of uniform mar riage and divorce laws. The ease of American divorce is one of the national jokes. There is an opportunity for wise legislation in that direction.—Ohio State Journal. The protests of the artists against any meddling with the White House in ad vance of a report from a representative national commission of architects, sculp tors and landscape gardeners seems to us altogether reasonable and not untimely.— Hartford Courant. The Germanizing of eastern Prussia proceeds apace. It is announced tliat at Ivijewo a schoolmaster and his pupils have received notice that tliey must cease to wear boots high in the leg, such foot gear being considered as a sign of na tionalist ideas. —Hartungsche Zeituug. The multiplication of accidents with automobile vehicles emphasizes the need of "other devices, other rules and cus toms." The new machines are capital things so long as they keep In their place and go right. Out of place or out of con trol they are a menace and a horror.— New York Tribune. If the settlers at Plymouth could have managed to land on the historic rock on some day either a mouth before Christ mas or a mouth after the recurrence of that high festival, Forefathers' day would find much more general observance at the hands of this latter day genera tion.—Boston Globe. A Seattle physician cheerfully and ap provingly announces that the practice ia becoming more and more common with the members of his profession to"put to sleep" permanently patients whose suf ferings are incurable. It might be well for people who travel to be a little cau tious hereafter about getting sick ia Se attle.—San Francisco Bulletin. THE HORSE SHOW. Ira Ryerson of Goshen, N. Y., has tak en a string of four to Europe. Danny Maher, the jockey, is driving the pacer Tod Crooke, 2:10 1 /i, on the road in Hartford. Temper, 2:12*4 (2:09% to wagon), will be taught to pace and raced as a pacer this year if the conversion is a success. Frank Calhoun, Sidney, 0., has a very fast trotting mare in Bessie K, by lied Wing, 2:iy>i, dam Lady Lightfoot, by Almout. It is announced that Theodore Shelton, 2:09%, the brother of John It. Gentry, 2:00 1 _>, will make his first appearance in hobbles next season. It. L. Smith, Greenville, N. C., expects to race Paddy McGregor, 2:2 lVi, and Lucy Ashby, 2:21 l ->, through the Lake Erie circuit next season. Beautiful Chimes, 2:22%, by Chimes; Emily Chimes, by Chimes —Emily, and Goldfinch, dam of The Monk, 2:OBVi, have been sold by Village farm to Count Tarnowski of Austria. Patsy Freeman, the well known jockey, states that his contract for next season will be worth #20,000 to him alone, as he is under engagement to Baron Dreyfus, Maurice de Gheest and Mine. Menier. Lord William Beresford has registered with Messrs. Weatherby names for American yearlings as follows: Quilla for bay fill by The Bard—Foxtail, and Al banian for bay colt by The Bard—Loot. Des Moines, la., has more horses in proportion to her population than any other city or town in the United States, the census showing a total of <5,031, or one horse for every ten of the population. The highest tried yearling at Nashville this winter is Sallie Green, a daughter of Luke Blackburn. With a stable boy on her back she negotiated a quarter in 23 seconds. She is owned by Henry Brown of Nashville. Jockey Fred Taral has signed a con tract to ride 3-year-olds for Baron von ZeitaflVl of Vienna. Taral will take his family with hiin. lie has sold his bil liard and poolroom in Mount Vernon, N. I*., and will rent his home in that city. <ii ituttcr. The lowa experiment station has been making a series of interesting experiments concerning the absorption of water in butter which are reported in bulletin Ti2. The greatest amount of water was fount! in the butter when the churning temperature was low (52 degrees) and the wash water warm (70 degrees). The least amount of water was found where the tempera ture was 71 degrees at churning and the wash water was 40 degrees, the granules in both cases being the size of bird shot. The principle shown by these experiments have proved effect Ive in practice, as shown by the result.' of analizing butter made by the collegt creamery for the English market, whet it was desired to make butter rather free from water. Op Start n Paper. She—Just imagine! Suppose yon wer* go immensely wealthy that you couldn't possibly spend jour income. What would you do? He —Marry yon.—Harper's Bazar. For Shattered Nerves. A remedy that will soothe, build up the wasted tissues and enrich the blood is indispensable. Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound has l>een wonderfuly suc cessful in cases of nervousness, as thous ands of grateful people will testify, i Sold bv. Rossman <fc Son's Pharmacy. ROADS OF LOUISIANA. BETTER HIGHWAYS WOULD MEAN GREAT SAVING TO FARMERS. Rnormom Sam Mow R««atrfi to Transport Farm Product! and Sap plies—Lack of Material Sugges tions For Improvement. Major Richardson, chief state engi neer, speaking of the need of road Im provement In Louisiana recently, said: "The scarcity of suitable materials for making a firm roadbed or a good road surface and the excessive work requisite for proper drainage In a large part of the state render It more difficult to build good roads In Louisiana than In almost any other state. But no one can doubt that by systematic care and timely attention it Is entirely practica ble to greatly Improve the condition of our common earthen roads and thus save to the producers of agricultural products some part of the Immense cost of hauling them to shipping points and to avoid some of the delays and dis comforts of travel on public roads. It should also be possible without burden some expense In some parts of the state", and I emphasize some where stone and gravel are available to build better roads than can be made with earth alone. "The United States department of ag riculture In a circular has estimated the average cost of hauling one ton of the crops of the country from the farm to the shipping point at 25 cents per mile and the average length of haul at a lit tle over 12 miles. "It seems possible that the cost per ton of hauling over the common roads of Louisiana is more than the average in the entire United States, though the average distance Is possibly less. If so, Is appears reasonable to let the greater cost offset the shorter distance hauled and to accept 25 cents per ton per mile as a probable average cost and. say, 12 miles as an average haul that is, an average cost of $3 per ton for hauling from the farm to the point of shipment. These figures are not stated haphazardly, but are founded on careful statistics prepared by the board of state engineers and may be regarded as a fairly correct estimate. "The staple products of the state, sugar and molasses, cotton, cottonseed and rice, amount to at least 1)20,000 tons per annum. Adding to this the weight of other products raised for market with return freight and build ing materials, etc.. It cannot appear an extravagant estimate to put the total weight of farm and plantation prod ucts and supplies at 2,(MK»,000 tons per annum. At s.l per ton, as estimated, tills would amount to the enormous sum of s<>,ooo,ooo per annum for mov ing the agricultural products of the state and the supplies necessary to make them upon the public roads. This Is equal to a tax of 40 mills on the total assessed value of the country parishes. "The constitution of 1898 gives the police Juries power to raise funds for the purpose of constructing, maintain ing and repairing the public roads and bridges of their parishes, which should suffice for the continual Improvement of roads throughout the state. "It would be difficult for Louisiana to have a system of roads uniform as to the materials used. Of course the width and the general construction could be uniform, but the 'metal,' or the material, used for the surface would vary. In some of the parishes gravel could be used as a surface and In others shells. Several of the parish es In the northern part of the state have gravel available and those parish es near the gulf coast shells. However, there are many of the parishes that would have to depend entirely upon earth Itself, as they have neither stone, gravel nor shells at hand, and the cost of hauling the same would be too great. Some legislation might be had whereby the cost of building the public roads could be divided between the state, the parish and the taxpayer. It would mean a great saving to the people of Louisiana. "As to the cost of an average mile of road in Louisiana, it would be Impossi ble to make any estimate on that score. The conditions of the various parishes would govern that, and the conditions vary In each parish. In a large pro portion of the parishes there is no ma terial available at reasonable cost for surfacing roads except the natural earth on which they are located. This fact seems to make It almost useless for the present to urge any general un dertaking of macadam or even gravel roads. In a few parishes this kind of Improvement may be not altogether Im practicable, but as a general rule It would seem that the larger part of Louisiana at least must for some time depend upon common earth roads. "If the road authorities will devote a larger part of their attention and labor to opening up natural drains and cut ting leading ditches and canals where necessary to dispose finally of the wa ter that would otherwise stand along side the road I believe It would result lu a great Improvement of some of our worst roads. 1 also believe that a good road machine Is essential." The Final I-ayer. A coat of three-quarter Inch stone aud screenings of sufficient thickness to make a smooth and uniform sur face should compose the last course and, like the other layers, should be roll ed until perfectly firm and smooth. As a final test of perfection a small stone placed on the surface will be crushed I efore being driven into the material. A tJrent Question. The good roads movement involves one of the most comprehensive and farreachlng reforms now contemplat ed. It directly affects the Interests of thousands of men, women and chil dren In every state, and directly It Is of Importance to the entire nation.— Chicago Itecord. THE COOKBOOK. You can make a more tender and deli cate "devil's cake" with sour milk and soda than you can with sweet milk and baking powder. Baked potatoes are much Improved by first boiling for about ten minutes with the skins on and then drainiug before putting thorn In the oven. In making jelly roll, when the cake is taken from the oven place it on a cloth dipped in cold water; then spread tho jelly on the cake and roll quickly. An excellent salad is made by placing red kidney beans that are seasoned with salt and pepper on lettuce or cress and covering it with French dressing. The modern cooking teacher says eggs should be put into cold water, which is then brought to a temperature of 175 de grees and allowed to stand in this from six to eight minutes. This is the rule for soft boiled eggs, the white of which is L.-11 coagulated into a delicate jelly. Bucklen'i A mica Salve Has world-wide fame for marvellous cures. It surpasses any other salve, lo tion, ointmeui or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tet ter, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions; infallible for Piles. Cnre guaranteed. Ouly 25a at Panlsa * Do'» drug rtors. i DO IT YOUKSKL.K. You can tell just as well as a physician whether your kidneys are diseased or healthy. The way to do is to takea bot tle or glass tumbler, and fill it with urine. If there is a sediment —a powderlike substance—at the bottom after standing a day and a night, there is something wrong with the kidneys. Another sure sign of disease is a desire to urinate often, and still another sign is pain in the back. If urine stains linen, there is no doubt that the kidneys are affected. Any and all disease? of the kidneys, liver, bladder and of the urinary passag es and constipation of the bowels are cur ed by I)r. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy- There is no question about its being the best anil surest medicine in the world for such troubles. It quickly relieves and cures inability to hold urine and people, young or old, who take it are not compelled to get up a number of times during the night. For putting an end to that scalding pain experienced in passing urine, nothing is so good as Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. It corrects the bad effects of whiskey and beer; is plessant to the taste, and does not seam to be medicine at all. Diseas es of the kidneys and the bladder often require the use of instruments to push back the sandy matter so the urine can be voided. In such cases Favorite Rem edy should be taken without further de lay or the disease may prove fatal. Itis sold for one dollar a bottle at all drug stores. It is well worth many times its price. SamplfH Free If you wish to test Dr. David Kenne dy's Favorite Remedy before buying to send your full post office address to the Dr. David Kennedy Corporation, Koiid out, N. Y., and mention this paper. We will then mail you a sample bottle free, as well as circulars giving full directions lor its use. Every reader of the MON TOUR AMERICAN can depend upon the genuineness of this liberal offer and all sufferers from kidney troubles should take advantage once of it at GASTRITIS. tlir Symptom* nnd the Treatment of This IrrltatinK DUease. Inflammation of the stomach, gastric catarrh, or gastritis, as this unpleasant affection is variously called, mty, like most inflammatory diseases, be acute or chronic in its course. The chronic condi tion often results from a succession of acute attacks, or it may come on gradu ally, almost imperceptibly, without being preceded by acute symptoms. The signs of an acute attack are pair, and soreness over the region of the stom ach, nausea and vomiting, a loathing for food, usually a coated tongue, a bad breath, headache, dizziness and some times a blurring of the sight, especially after stooping. The stomach is often dis tended with gas, and belching, sometimes accompanied by very sour eructations, is a troublesome symptom. There may be more or less fever. The pulse is weak and may be rapid or slow er than in health. Sometimes, while there is no appetite, there is a craving for pic kles or highly seasoned dishes, but indul gence of this craving soon tunis it to loathing. The symptoms of chronic gastritis are similar to those of the acute form, but less pronounced. The tougue is coated, the breath is foul, and often the sufferer has a bad taste in the month. The head aches dully, the wits are blunted, and the temper is apt to be irritable. There is a sensation of weight or distress in the stomach, «ructations are frequent, aud occasionally a recently eaten meal is vom ited. A not uncommon symptom is a slight cough, with raising of mucus. Sometimes, especially if the patient is losing flesh, this cough causes unnecessary alarm, be ing taken as an indication of consump tion. Gastritis, whether acute or chronic, is caused by some irritant acting upon the mucous membrane of the stomach. This may be a poison, such as arsenic, whirl) has been swallowed; or it may be alcohol or acid or highly spiced food; or the irri tant may be formed in the stomach by the fermentation of indigestible food or of food taken in too great quantity. Fi nally it may result from the secretion in to the stomach of poisons circulating in the blood. The treatment of acute gastritis con sists in the removal of the irritating ma terial by copious drinking of warm wa ter, followed by vomiting, and then giv ing the stomach a complete rest, allow ing only a little diluted milk occasional ly. The cure of the chronic form is a less simple matter and often calls for the use of drugs, careful dieting and the in stitution of a hygienic regime under the physician's direction. —Youth's Compan ion. "OPERATIVE WORDS." What They Meun In I.oKiil iiiml Duftl uem Transactions. "'Operative words,' said a member of the District bar to a reporter, "are of the utmost importance in legal docu ments and in busiuess affairs. "Probably the most seriously impor tant operative word in human affairs is composed of but three lettcis. and it ap pears in print thus, 'Yes.' When she says 'yes' to a man, it means that she transfers her heart and band and for merly all of her property to him who asks her to be, etc. This little word es tablishes the most important contract of society, aud, while this contract may aft erward be dissolved by mutual consent, if one of the contracting paities demurs and backs out a suit for damages is open to the other. "In auction sales the property put up is anybody's until the auctioneer says 'gone' or 'sold' and the hammer drops. No matter how the sale is regretted or how much the parties would like to re tract it it stands, and the courts will sustain it. "In a will they are 'give, devise and bequeath.' Real property is 'devised* and personal property 'bequeathed.' "In a note the borrower must 'prom ise' to pay, aud in a bond he must 'bind* himself. "In some states in a deed certain words are necessary to convey real es tate. The courts have held generally, however, that the word 'grant' will car ry a good title. In New York, for in stance, the operative words constitute quite a formula aud are 'grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer, set over and con vey.' That's the old form. Now the words 'grant and release' are sufficient. "In a lease the word 'let' must be used. They have an odd formula in New York, used for centuries probably, consisting of 'grant, devise and to farm let,' aud applies to all kinds of property. In a quitclaim deed the word 'quitclaim' must be used."—Washington Star. The new president of the republic of Switzerland, though only 44 years of age, is one of the ablest International lawyers in Europe. This seems to be one of the essential qunllticattons in a Swiss executive, for the reason that more International cases are submit ted to Switzerland than to any other nation in the world. Now If Mr. Ilarmsworth will tell us how we may have tabloid congression al appropriations he may consider his mission to this country as being eminently successful. As war Is about all that has come to China through the "open door," it is not surprising that she Is not particu larly enthusiastic over it Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers—Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are always at work night and day, curing Indigestion, Bil iousaess, Constipation, Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe. sure. Only at Paules Co's drug store. HUMOR OF THE HOUR, j Parlor elocution is not so much of a fad as It once was, but it is a style of entertainment still indulged In. At a ; recent Detroit function the many j guests were favored by a young lady , who has fiue histrionic ability coupled with exceptional powers in the delivery of stirring lines. , In one part of her selection she was called upon to shout "Fire, fire!" and did so in a scream so realistic that a newsboy on the outside was left with out the slightest doubt of his duty in the premises. He took up the cry with a vigor rivaling that of the gifted young lady. Other boys joined in with youthful enthusiasm, the unaccount able crowd poured In from every direc tion, and the man on the corner who is custodian of the key lost no time lu turning in an alarm. Engines and trucks came with a dash, an ambulance swung around from a side street and swooped down like a bird of prey, and a patrol wagon hurried to the center of the excited as semblage without regard to conse quences. "Fire!" whooped a timid but observ ing woman within, nnd there was a stampede that choked the doorways, tore dresses, made men forget the pre cedence to which the gentler sex is en titled, even though hysterical, and caused some to dive through the win dows regardless of glass, clothing or bodily harm. The guests, after learning that it was a false alarm, went In. looking like the trail of a cyclone. They could not reorganize, for spoiled clothes and lac erated flesh develop an unconquerable tendency to the meanest kind of ugli ness. The "Good nights" came out with a snap, and "Had a delightful time" was belied liy looks and tones. The newsboy was really the chief ben eficiary of the occasion.—Detroit Free Press. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Orpan, or Mnsic Boy, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and don'tcostas much. It reproduces the music of any instrument—band or orchestra—tells stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. See that Mr. Edison's signature is on every machine. Cata logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 135 Fifth Ave., New York. _ IF YOU EAT OR DRINK /> THIS WILL MAKE YOU Bright. THINK. Breezy. | ■ Sensible. Practical. The Publication Women Have Wanted. A Genuine Help to the Housewife. 10 cents sent to CULINARY TOPICS, 14 Oliver St., Boston, Mass., will bring you a copy of this beautiful high-class household magazine. Be sides timely articles, illustrations, stories, recipes, etc., it announces prize competitions—one for swo, one for #35, and one for five beautiful silver tea and coffee sets. Any practical housewife has a chance of winning , these prizes. 25 Cents will bring you three copies. They contain household hints worth many times the money. j SI.OO will bring these three copies, ij and also CULINARY TOPICS for the 12 coming months— 15 months in all. Address, 14 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. Cents Dollar a Copy. * Ye * r - N CULINARY TOPICS $ PLANING MILL? HOOVER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERSIDE, NORT'D COUNTV. FOHmsfCLASS IDEE DILI GO TOf t#- I Good Work. * Prompt DehVery ' I Right Prices. ( All p g nJ 1 • 1 r I delivered free. . 1 Give 11s a call. ' Danville Steam Laundry,; No. 20 Cana St Lore and Kase, Prop Felt So Ken p. "It would t.f- better if you'd hold st'.ll, «ir," suggested the harder. "Ain't jou j afraid of me cutting your throat?" "So," answered tlie victim, with an other lurch, "not as long #>s you use that razor."—Philadelphia Itecord. Her Method. When cheeks and chin are hid from sight 'Xeatli hat and boa, still F'rue's wise- She works crcat damage left and right With pretty witchery of her eyes, j.,. —Exchange. .An experienced chemist gays that fresh meat in a room filled with smoke of to bacco absorbs nicotine readily and may become badly tainted. An African, who had visited England, Jesctilied snow as "rain gone to sleep." A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. Dr. Agustus Ruggles, Treasurer of the Greater New York Medical Association, says, There is just one scientific compound , known as DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS which s can be relied upon to cure dyspepsia and constipation so they will stay cured. Posi tively the only advertised dyspepsia remedy 1 ever endorsed by prominent physicians. i .Hi They promptly digest every particle of food taken Into the stomach, and are positively guaranteed to cure the worst forms of l>y»i»epnia. 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The hair brooch not only daily in creases its various attractions, but has added another function of utility in that it seems good to many of its wearers to attach the end of the eyeglass chain to it. A bracelet hinged at the back ends in two elephants' heads, displaying all the newest features in their line, as well as the standard one of each holding a pre cious stone with the tip of its trunk.— Jewelers' Circular Weekly. THE PEDAGOGUE. Professor William James of Harvard, now in Itoine on account of ill health, shows no signs of recovering. George ('. Fish, formerly instructor in Greek and I.atin at Phillips Andover academy, has been appointed an instruct or in I.atin at the University of Chicago. Morris F. Tyler, treasurer of Yale uni versity. announces that Alfred G. Van derbilt. wbo was in the class of 1890, re cently sent l.is check for $25,00U to the university without condition. ID the Boston high schools the girls outnumber the boys by 1.000 or so, but in the primary grades the boy 3 outnumber the girls by 2.r>00. This means that be fore rea< hinj; the high school the boys have to <i'iit and goto work "" CATARRH Nothing but local remedy or change of riV climate will cure *1 CATARRH Ely's Cisss Salajy^jgrfß sorbed. Gives Ke •> ay CC\ICD lie fat'once. Opens KMT ■ tVtll and cl« an-es the Nasal Passages. Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. No Memtry. No In jurious drng. Regular Size, 50 cents: Family Size, SI.OO at druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street New York Whichre it^ Is it the carpet, furniture or walla which give the key note most elec tive lv in a room? Without doubt, it is the walls. There are four re member. 8 the ceiling, Other things are important, but yon inns have your walls ta-teful and appro priate, if you wish to get a good style. Our papers are the best. A. H. 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