TP PijICE OOn-FEJD ON! Hlnck wtdtbn lensa 7t Inch- IthM one-lnoh pillar, two lean brass vsaes and esp. Tblibed retails M from 6 to Bat of th maker fljake mid dleman's profits.. Our 0V9tU are man co tor tee auiai. vompiei ot FuanRure, Dre ricturi, Mirror. ton, nany cam etc. are contain Llthoerached Carctt Ids ail geodsjn Band-palmed cole; aleerree: it Carpet ample arawl mall ua So. In stamp. Drop i price to the mosey savers sad I kor that at na ll tnsalh in nejrehaaea ot arata. vi par irvwi Hera Julius Illncsfi Son BALtlMORB, MDi flattery oa lee. tie told her she wu stunning,; ' Her smile w very sweet; ' Juat then, somehow, la turning, ' 1 The)r allpped and loat their fettl Be fell, and she fell on him, And, as In pain he lay, "Ah, yea, Indeed, you're stnnnrngr . .Was all that be could saj, Haver Too Sura . Against the probability or possibility of mttohanc or accident we oan never be too ' anra. But If we tbonld stop to consider bow great Is too chanoe of suddea death. wewonldb made too timid and unnannv. Caution la needed not to be foolhardy, and precaution to know what is beet to do whan an aooiaeni Happens, una aay tnis winter . swp men were walking and one said: "we're too timid in treading on slipper plaees. I tread firmly and never think aooni mem. ana so escaps a ran." "Never be too sure." said the other: "It la that that throws you off and makes the fall the harder." Just then they oame upon a iiiw cuvsreu wua tain enow, wnere Bias bad been sliding. The first speaker slipped aad earn a down with hla foot turned and badly sprained his ankle. Be was a orlpple on eruicnes until a snort time ago, bating Used many things without benefit. Cp to that time lie had not used 8t. Jaoobs Oil, whteh, when used, cured hjm completely, to that he walks as usual. There la a nrob. ability that for the rest of the season ha will walk cautiously, with the precaution of having this great remedy ready for use. The largest bell In Prance has been hung In the belfry of the Church of the Bacred Heart In Paris. It weighs 2D tons, can be heard at a distance of 21 miles, and its vibration lasts six mm utea. To Car A Cold la Oa Da. Take Laaetlve Bromo Quinine Tablets. AO Druggists refund money tmialletoour. an, It Is aliened that the use of the pince ttes in the place of epectaelea is apt to cause cancer. A gentleman recently died of this disease, brought about by pressure on the bridge ot the nose. Chew Star Tobacco The Best. Smoke Hied tie Cigarettes. Bottles Made of Paper. A German paper-maker has recently obtained letters patent on bottles made of paper, for use on board of ships par ticularly. It hua been a cause of much dumugo to steamer lines that In bed weather a large number of bottles ot wine and other liquors are broken In 'the storerooms, In spMe of every pre caution. The new bottles are made ot a composition wblcb, with the solution In which they are made water tight. It still the Inveutor'a secret After being impregnated with this fluid the paper bottles are slowly dried in gaa stores, and this process of drying most be .watched carefully, for otherwise the bottles would remain porous aod al low the fluid to leak out Tbeae booties can be handled roughly without the least apprehension; neither tb pitch ing nor the rolling of a great steamer during rough weather nor the break leg down of a truck upon which they are loaded loosely would be apt to damage a single paper bottle. Now York Herald. yMwgeeaawwraaesaaaaaaaaanaaaaBas CONSULTING A WOMAN. Mrn. Plnkham'e Advioo Inspires Confidence and, Hope. Examination by a male physician la a hard trial to a delicately organized woman. She puts it off as long as she dare, and is only driven to it by fear of can gr, polypus, or some dreadful ill. - Most frequently such a woman leaves physician s office where she baa un dergone a critical examination with an impression, more or less, of discour age menL This condi tion of the tntnd destroys the effect of advice; and m i - " w a " " J A worse rather than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink ham no hesitation need be felt, the story Is ftrid to a woman and Is wholly confidential. Mrs. Pinkhara's address i Is Lynn, Mass., she offers sick women her advice without charge. Her Intimate knowledge of women's troubles makes ber letter of advice a wellapring of hope, and her wide experi ence and skill point the way to health. " I suffered with ovarian trouble for 1 seven years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells ' which would lost for two days or more. I thought I would try Lydla E. Pink ham's- Vegetable Compound. v I hare taken seven bottles of It, and am en tlrely cured," Mb. Joes Fobxmax, m '' V. VoodberryAve., Baltimore. M4.C T above letter from Mra. Foreman t ' j one of thousands. w hum stoves, jumMra. iaat , Lean, seating, pd In theeebeoka. Out Catatonia ehow- Am ela, ana V THE SILENT ARGUMENT. If you would only pause to think, when mad enoughto choke, That the word that onts the deepest Is the word that's never spoke, You'd let the other fellow talk, 'Till the storm has passed awayt Then he would get to thinking of Tue things you didn't say. Chicago News. HUMOROUS. The Circassian Princes Are you ready to go home? The Two-Headed Oirl Wait a minute. Are my hats on straight? He But I don't understand. She Bee here, Franky; if you've checked your Intellect don't forget to call fur it, please. "Why. Teddy, dear, what Is the matter? Don't you like asparagus?" yes, Mrs. Jiircberu; but Hie uamues are so hot!" "These horseless carriages must be dull riding." "Why?" "They won't stand on their hind legs when the band strikes up. Miss Summit I must answer his letter, and I want to write something that doesn't mean anything. Miss Palisade Why don t you tell him you love him? Young Jinglefritz I proposed to Dolly Hwift lost night, mid she gave me a Klondike refusnl. Askius How so? Young Jiuglefritz Sixty degrees below r.ero. "Yes, a wheelwoman ran me down; but I suppose it was mv own fault." "How?" "Well, I ought to have known enough to let a woman have her own way." "Why does the Baron look so glum? I thought he had just married an heir ess." "So he has; but he speculated a few days after the marriage and lost the better half of his wife. Charming Widow And what are you doing nowadays? He (Jli.amus ing myself looking out for number one. And yon? Charming Widow- Looking out for number two. "Mrs. Lowdiet," meekly muttered the hitherto patient boarder, "I can stand hash every day without a mur mur, but when you put raisins in it and call it minoe pie I draw the line. "Now," said Mr. Oargan, as he read the headlines, "how could there be a 'double murder?' Oh, I see," he continued, after rending a little. "Sure I thonght it was the man was killed twice." First Arctio Explorer I have nl wars considered Columbus a some' what over-estimated man. Second Arctio Explorer Why? First Arctic Explorer He discovered America the first time he weut to look for it. "Ah!" said the Literory Gent, flatter myself I have made a nent phrase. Listen: 'The reeking mys teries of a great city. How's that?" "What are you talking about?" asked the Crude Person, "t ranknirters? "How enn yon say such cruel things of your antagonists in debate?" she inquired reproachfully of the states man. "Oh," was the reply, "that's easy enough. I keep a scraplmok.nnd when my own ideas give out I go to that." Under her influence the mighty crowd of men swayed back and forth, from side to side, even as the forest in the storm. It didn't do any good, however. There was no seeing ruH that hat even with the rubberest ot neck motion. She When you ask papa, the first thing he will do will be to accuse you of seeking my band merely to become bis son-in-law. He Yes? And then "And then you must agree with him. He's a lot prouder of himself than he is of me." Mrs. Brimby No, marriage is not what single persons think it is, used to think that Brimby oud I were made for one another; but we are sad lymismated. Mrs. Person Why, you surprise mel Mrs. Brimby Alasl it is too true. He tells me I talk in my sleep, and I'm sure that he often sleeps in my talk. A Famous Toy Maker. In plying their trade the toy-makers of Austria confine themselves to the manufacture of the particular articles in which they excel. For example, one worker an old woman carves cats, dogs, wolves, sheep, goals and elepbauts. She has made these sis animals her whole life long, and she has no idea of how to cut anything else. She makes them in two sizes, and she turns out as nearly as possi ble 1000 of them a year. She has no model or drawing of any kind to work by, but goes on steadily, unerringly, using gauges of different sizes, and shaping the animals out with an ease and an amount of truth to nature that would be clever if it were not utterly mechanical. She learned from her mother how to make these six animals, and her mother had loarned, in like manner, from her grandmother. The old dame has taught the art to her own granddaughter, and so it will go on being transmitted for generations. In some houses there are families that carve rocking horses or dolls or other toys, and in other houses there are families of painters. In one house are a dozen girls painting brown horses with black points. In another house they paint only red horses with white points. It is a separate branch of the trade to paint saddles and head- Sear. A good hand will paint twelve ozen horses a day, each horse being about a foot in length, aud for these she is paid sixty soldi, or about half a crown. Tit Bits. Gaa Light Moat Harmful, A Parisian ophthalmologist says that the iucandesceut electric light is the least harmful of all artificial light Next comes the light of a good kero ins lamp, after that candles, and the worst of all is ordinary gaslight riQHT IN TH1 AIR. Battle Beyal Betweea a Gray and a Bald Baals. A man sat on ithe sands at Capron In let, opposite Fort Pierce, and admired the graceful flight of an osprey, says the Jacksonville Florida Citizen. About Bfty yards above the blue water, he wheeled on widespread pinions, direct ing his course by a motion of his tall ot a curve of the wing. Presently be bal anced himself, the wings shut on the body and he plunged Into a long swell nd rose with a fish In his talons. With a scream of exultation he shook him self free of moisture, like a dog, and circled to aMaln sufficient altitude to clear the woods. But a fishing eagle, twice hla weight, had seen the performance, and answer ed the scream. He mounted to strike, and the osprey, burdened as be was, gave up the contest and dropped the fish. With a swing, the fisher turned and caught It and flew low to regain the blasted pine and feast. But- out of the blue came another scream and a dim spot detached Itself from a cloud and moved straight on the scene of antlon. The Usher heard the cry of battle, and he knew he was lost If the bald eagle struck blin with a swoop. Hastily he turned and flew al most directly upward, still holding bin prize. The osprey soared back with shrill whistlings, as If be mocked the efforts of the robber. The bold eagle screamed again and was answered by the gray. The bald came with leveled bead, like an arrow from the bow the fisher still struggled for an equal position. Then the bald curved the forward edge of his great vans and started downward. The gray dropped the mullet and turned upside down In midair, with beak and talons ready. The osprey caught the mullet and sailed homeward. Then the two great birds struck with a thud, distinctly beard below, though they must have been half a mile In the air. ' Feathers flew as If you bad rip ped a pillow in a strong breese, and as the two fell, St could be seen that the talons of the bald straddled' the body of the gray and were burled at the roots of the wings. But the gray's beak tore at the throat of the bald, while bis claws were busy tearing like the laws of a wnlf who fights a bull log, xneir wiaga uvan rai-u uuier u a loose fights, and they tumbled over and ver, slantingly to the sea. As they touched the water each broke its hold ind made for the shore. The gray fell n the edge of the woods, the bald loud ad on a tree, nearly fell, and leaned igalnst the trunk for support as It sat) o the crotch. I Aa Overworked Brain. I From llut Jtecord, JHrrctton, Irvt, Determined to rise In bis chosen pro. fe.islon as an educator, Ernest Kemper, of Plerceton, Ind., overtaxed himself men. tally and physically, lie was ambitious, his mind was always on hla work. From early morn until lute nt ulgbt be contin ually pored over his books. Few persons, even with the strongest eonstitutions, oan keep up under such a strain. In addition to his studios, Mr. Kemper was teaching a subool some three miles from his home. Finally, his excessive study and the exposure of going to and from school in all kinds of weather undermined his health. He was taken to his bed with pneumonia and bis overworked brain almost collapsed. For several weeks he was seriously HI. Catarrh had taken root In his system and his mind was in a delloate oonditlon. He waa sent to Ooloradowhere h spent three months without reoeivi ng any penent. Then a not ed specialist Irom Clove land treatod him without avail, ana men a Hospi tal In Chicago was tried, bat all abso lutely without benefit. Finally his physician re commended Dr. Williams' Pink 9er(ady. Pills for rale Peo ple, and from the first bos be began to Im prove. When he had taken nine boxes hs was completely eared. This famous blood and nerve medlotne bad aooompllshed what all his former expensive treatment failed to aooompUah. nr. Kemper says his ca tarrh has entirely left him; he Is strong again and weighs nine pounds more than be ever did. He gives the pills the entire aredlt. He Is starting teaching again and feels abundantly able to continue the work. To prove that the above is true In very reapeot, Mr. Kemper made an affi davit as folloirsi Subscribed and sworn to before me thla (he luth day of September, 1HOT. It. P. Watt, Notary PuJiMn. we doubt II these pills hove an equal In all the range of mediolne, for building up a run down and debilitated syvtem. Shrewd Young Menu jl ' The young man approached the e le ty capitalist with a confident air. , "Sir," be said, "I love your daugh ter. I ask you for her hand." The old man turned pale with rage. "You want my daughter," he snarled. "Well, you'll get my foot"' And he made a sudden advance on the youth. The latter did not quail. On the con trary he leaped In the air. Be waved bis arma. . He yelled "Kill him! kill him! robber! robber !" ne Jumped at the old man, who trembled and shrank back. Be cowered before the savage onslaught "Kill him! 1X01 html" roared the youth. "Walt waltr- screamed the old man. Til reverse my decision ! Tar It appears that the yoong man had In some way learned the fact that In tils early years the a god capitalist aa n base-ball umpire. store Dear tDan Sheep In Maine. Twenty-five years ago there were very few dees in alalne, especially In Franklin and Oxford Countioa. They were there unknown. In fact I never taw a deer track in tho State til! about ISaO. Since that time they have In creased very fast I have no fear for deer In the future. They are to-day tn every county of tho State. Indeed, 1 may safely any, I am sure that there are more deer than sheep in the State to-day. And that this is so is due, tn my opinion, to protection afforded them. Boston Herald. if "TO. faVVH America's The following Is a ebaraeterlstln flood's Harsaparllla testimonial. Pacta like these have made Hood's Harsaparllla America's Oreateet Medicine and endeared it to thou sands of homes scattered all oves this broad land. "We like to tell what Hood's Barsapa rlUa baa done for ns. Our tour children bad diphtheria. From the very flrst our little boy Balph, then seven years old, was IMloodl s Is America's Greatest Medicine because Bold by all druggists. $1, six' for 15. Stoeitewara'.StnO. The readers of this paper will be pleased 4n lrn tht there la at laaat out drnaded dis ease that science har been able to cure In all It ataxes, anl tnat is catarrn. nan s uatarro Cure Is tho only positive cure now known to the nwillcal fraternity . Catarrh belna a con stitutional disease, requires a cnnsttcnttonel treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure lataknn Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mo cons surf ares of the svstem, thereby destroy ing the fonnclatlon of the dlseaae, and (ivina the patient strength by building np the eon. stltutlon and assisting: nature In dotnff Ita work. The proprietors nave so much faith In Its curative powers that they offor One Hun dred Dollars for any case that It falls to ours. Bend for list of testimonials. Address F. .1. Ciirnbv & Co., Toledo, O. Pold by rrn(tlrt, 'In. Hull'. Family I'iUs are the best. Oh, What Splendid Coffee. Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., Ill writes: "From one package Bailer's German Coffee Berry costing !5e I grew 800 lbs. of better coffee than I can buy In stores at 30 cents a lb." A. C. t. A package of this coffee and big seed and plant catalogue Is sent you by John A. Salser Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt of IB cents stamps aud this notice. Fits permanently cured. No fits omerrone. neaa after flrat day'anae of Dr. Kline's Oreat Nerve Restorer. $3 trial bottle and trantisefree La. R. 11. Klaus. LUL. Wl Aroli BUPhUawPa. Mrs. aestbl Hon. Plso's Core for Consumption has saved me many a doctor's blll.-H. F. HsitoT, Hopkins 1'laoe, Baltimore. Md Deo, t, ltwt. The colored people of the .United States maintain 7 colleges, 17 academ ies, and 60 high schools. A Consoling Thought. ' ' Even the best of mirrors is a libelous iff air. Tho reflection we see there does oot accurately portray our likeness. The hair Is wrong tn tone, the eyes are. not correct In color, and as for the com plexionwell, If the looking-glasses spoke tho truth, tho sale of various complexion washes would decrease to half, for any fair skin looks gray and pallid In the glass. You may be cer tain that however plain your fact seems, it Is by no means so plain as II ippoars In the telltale mirror. Second y, you cannot assume your natural ex iresslon while peering In the looking glass. The eye must be In certain position before you can see at all, and the eye, so for as egression is con cerned, governs the face. The cone quence la that you can see only one ol your expressions In the glass, and thai expression is one of attentive examina tion. All the other expressions by which your friends know you, favora ble or unfavorable, you have never seen and never will see. Founded i.OOO Tears Ago. The present year la said to be the thousandth anniversary of the founda tion ot the British navy. osns XSJNTJOYO Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, bead aohes and fevers and cores habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy ox its Kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac cen table to the stomach, rjromnt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most DODuIar remedv known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60 cent bottles by all leading drnsr- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on band will pro care it promptly for any one who wisnoa to try lu uu uut iuxxjjji uuy substitute. CJnrcr.:iM m ski? csl u nuouoo. cl ammo. a. urn roc ftf Greatest very slek and for several days It seemed as If hs would never bs say better. After a while he began to Improve and In a few weeks wss able to go out, although weak and miserable. Then, gradually All Strength n Hla Llmba gave out. The physicians told us It was paralysis, which sometimes follows an at tack of diphtheria. We did everything for him, but be grew worse until he was in a pitiful eondftlon. He suffered terribly at night and eomplained continually ot his bead, snd jrj what little sleep hs wu able te got, moaned anoeaslngly". He lost all control of the muscles ot his body and limbs. He had no appetite and eomplained of feeling ilok at his stomach all the time. After we had tried many different reme dies and had about given up all hope we commenoed giving him Hood's Barsa parllla. In a short time be oeased to com plain, his appetite Improved and at the end of three months be was able to attend school part of the time. Now he la well and quite a strong and rugged hoy. Xou it accomplishes wonderful - cures when all other medicines fail.. Prepared only by 0. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass.; STAlVnAHP OF TIIK WORLD. . The Columbia cbalnless blcyole has already passed harder tests than any bloycle ever made, and has proved Itself the best. Other makers may decry the Columbia ohalnless, yet they offer you an untried imita tion In the same breath, REMEMBER THIS We make but one quality of Columblas, and that Is the very best. There Is no varying ot material, construction or quality. All Columblas are made of S per cent. Nickel Steel Tubing which costs twice as much and Is 80 per oent. stronger than any other tubing known. Columbia Chain Whaola, - Prloo 870 Hartford Bicycles. - - - " 60 Vedette Bicycles. - - - Price 840 and 38 POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Catalogue free from any Columbia PAINaVALLSCEILINGS riURALO WATER COLOR PAINTS FOB DECORATING WALLS IMP CEIL1MBS JJJg PffiX your grocer or paint dealer and do your own r i deco rating. This material is a HARD FINISH to be applied with a brush and beoomes as hard as Cement. Milled in twenty-four tints and works equally as well with cold or hot water. aWBEXD roK SAMPLE CARDS and it yon cannot purchase this material from your local deal ers let us know and wa will put you in the way of obtaining it. THE MX'RALO CO., NEW BRIGHTON. S. ., PJEW TOBK. 17EI1AVEN0AGENTS Cai .alavkTaBvavar bat asitr U 3d talt flMI, m eu EwTlklM 116 ?Vm tit U twylet ef Snra.tMar. On Sna raiiMsa Tnat. w Ma Sartat-awi sa4 I at uTZtZZZlIiSS. CsHiansalaUtataylas. kUasenausiisam.lu. uamlMMUsariX IlKHAKT CAMxaaa ajp nuuasa srra. 13 r siniaaj isriOTirfni n MTffrl" "T " pBSSM Saturn if Tu fuUleutoa TUS OH. DON'T DORROW TROUBLE," BUY SAPOLIO 'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END. Established 1750. Baker's Chocolate, celebrated for mora than a century as a delicious, nutritious, K9 s and fleih-forming , beverage, has our ' well-known ' Vellow Label on the front of every package, and our ' trade-mark,"LdTlele Chocolatlere,"on ihs ' ZZk. S MONB OTHER QENUINB. SIAOS OMLV BV I WALTER BAKER fc CO. Ltd., g Dorchester, Mass. aeti?oulhrup.ima iiioj Casl I In tlma 8l by iinigaTjta. F I Medicine are at liberty to use this testimonial If yoaj desire, as we feel we cannot say too muoaj In praise of Hood's Barsaparllla as a bloodV purifier and building up medicine." Mas B. E.Ardbbso, Cumberland, Maine. Economy Is also a characteristic ol Hood's Karaanarilin. F.very bottle con tains 100 Doses, and hence there Is a solid fat oonolsely stated In the familiar lino, 100 Doses One Dollar. Price $I25. dealer, or by mall for one J-cent stamp. jsjgtrt Wavoe HVlSag aUBB las Vvafea. Rartaa. on. w. rmATT. swr. ukmamt, tn. r - ".'" tii yhentiiMt and tl-. bast Stt! WUItUUU. MEOHIUINK Co.. South Bead, la FARM SEEDS bit', tods an Wtrrute U fwdte. ' . Valvar. LaHavavlll. Pft.. UUStihw its World 1 ? ffTOvria aau Hiunria sauaar voww, , nrvun, w yiabiealL. Via.. 118 busk, barlsf. ud P. llnnL 1 I feaatdalli, Is, r fTOwttiC 1H bah. alHI'l MM 1 fT TT9. IT JOS aoUDl. Wri I I rlSaa. WfValtlSlia lau.uuD dv satiamsrs, dbm win swa an - 10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR I0o I P-'C8' wi form sr4.p Hot Fn, lul Tsisk, , '. Villi,' Enajp KShw, Jtrusatssn vara, wtm., i i jaingaurmammtn nmn ratsiogua. miubi w.j Imui ibs O0 fold prises rr toest asms fbr J ur nsrvvious corn snu osts, - rrw i cum MmpL or wu, til tutus yo aptm rMiii of oat tusj. BWici, poBiuvvny m rtwttH m 91 m s m. W paS. fsVfltS'l VCfOUMIO - li ii ii a i mm no . n fiardin ft FItvtr rlth a wortd-wMa reputation. JUTIS J. .BSfi0BT aS0H,larkUka PATENTS Mgrass llrtlor of Pnteata, SOI V Ml., Waaa. lunula. 1. C. Curratpviulvaoe Bolkited. OPIUM and Uqaor Habltenrad In u to aw uan. no pay ail Mlrl Dr. J. Igtephaaa, Dept. A Labaaoa, Oaia. FOB SAI.K A Z-revnlutlnn Baboock Optl mua Hook and Newapapcr Preaa, aa tfood aa new. Addraia, 0 Tower t Alleghany, Pa. It efBkfted wttk uiThompson'iEystTs aura area, a v n n bis "w - I Jsa