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WEST AFRICAN RAILROADS.
Ortst Britain and Franca Hurrying
Construction of Them.
West Africa In pntprlnf on an rs
of railway entorprlso which will have
an important boarlnu on the political
and commercial future of that part of
ths Dark continfint. In tho British
protdctorate of Sierra, leono a lino la
under construction Into ths Interior
from FTeetowrt, whloh will open up a
fertile country; and In the Oold Coant
eolny another has already been built
from the coast of the Tarkwa fold
Delia and la being prolonged to Koo
tnsssls, the capital of the former king
dom of Ashantl. Owing to Its mili
tary importance a railway baa been
tarried at considerable coat from 1-a-rob,
In the colony of tagoB, through
to Ibadan. with a branch line to the
famous Yomba city of Abheecuta with
Its 150.000 Inhabllnnts; from Ihadan
the line will be carried on. within a
hort period.' to Ilorln. and from there
to some point, probably Rabat), on the
Niger; and It Is Intended to construct
a railway as early as possible from
the terminus of the 1-bros line on the
Niger to Kane, the capital of North
ern Nigeria, toward lalo Techad. In
the French West African colonies rail
ways are being energetically pushed
Into tho Interior from the coast. A
railway several hundred miles In
length already unites St. Ixnils on the
Senegal with the I'pper Niger, and
another Is about to bo undertaken
from Kanakry. on the coast a short
distance north of the Sierra Leone
protectorate, through the Fouta DJnl
Ion gold fields to the Upper Niger.
Tho most Important line, however. Is
that which has been begun In Da
homey. It will run due north from
Porto Novo to Lay. on the Niger, par
allel with and only a few miles to the
east of the meridian of Paris. Ulti
mately these three lines prolonged
will meet the projected Trons-Sa-haran
line from Algeria, and so give
to the French tho commercial and mil
itary control of their Immense West
African domain, from the Mediterra
nean to the Atlantic on the west, and
the Bight of Benin on the aouth.
The Chliltau Scherlf, or Hall of the
Holy Garment. Is the most sacred
place In Turkey, for It shelters tho
mantle of the Prophet Mohammed,
bis staff, his saber, his standard, and,
among other relics, two hairs from
bis venerable beard, which are en
closed In a casket of gold.
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
Dow Mrs. Bnicc, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles aro Un
necessary. " I)kir Mhs. riXKH am ; Travelling
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health so completely two
years ago that the physleinn advised a
complete rest, and when I bad gained
'! I
MRS. G. HHL'CB,
Sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. jot a verv cheerful
prospect, to be sure. I, however, wn
advised to try Lyrttn K. Pinklmm's
Vcgtnlte Compound nnd San
ative Wash; 1 did so, fortunately
for me. Before a month had passed I
felt that my general health had im
proved; in three months more I was
cured, and I have been in perfec-t
health since. I did not lose an engagu
tnent or miss a meal.
" Your Vegetable Compound is cer
tainly wonderful, and well worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
been cured are ready to give you. I
always speak highly of it, and you
will admit I have good reason to do
ao." Mrs. O. Unties, Lansing, Mich.
46000 forfait If about tutlmonM It not pnulnt.
Tho fullest counsel on this
subject can bo secured without
cost by writing; to Mn Pinkham,
liynn, Mass. Your letter will be
entirely conflrlv-;ial.
ALABASTINE
Th Only Durabte WU1 Co, tin
Wkll Papr ! tuiM&JtATT. fetoonitnaa twa
parry, rut. rub off ud Mai. ALAbAHTINk'
riur. wrmaaval and atitistlr wJI dmuu . roadf
or tba broth bjr nixiuir im mM water. For aU
b pltit daakir0frrHhrl. V IN PAI'tAtiM
NKMAlU Or WURTULatth ITATaOIUt.
A LAB AST I NE C0.trn4 Rap Ida, Mich.
Gesnlne ttamvei C C C Hevcr sold In balk,
Bowara i
i of the dealer who trie to mu
"tomsthlng Jsst a food."
OCLD.COHD Per Sktra.
Cona'autly mvbmI.
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V CAMPY CATMABTIC
The Dltenci.
When Jifule was a IV girl,
From six to elaveiliy,
Ph used to wait Imdnntly
Far overy holiday.!
Her birthdays, too, tlr came so slow
It vess so ionx betvfn
Thnt when be wih titen. she thought
Vim might have tirtalxteen.
But now that she Ik tr
ty odd,
And none bat com
woo.
Her Mrtlivinvs nre no
hue, she thinks,
Thnt one in three
nkht
rn en Ink.
The first ink lisMiy the ancient
was protnhly somr rort of soot or
lampMaik rendered ,iid with gum
water. An ink of thl Rort is less flow
ing than our modenlnk, and not so
well ndaptr-d to rnp writing, but It
had the great ndvri' ige of bring a
solid body of nn inlterablo co'or.
This atlvaning appf. i In manuscript
dug up nt HoiiuIm um, which, al
though binned ta c mrfect iliaicoal
and biiiird for narl.M8 centuries, are
fclill legible. The ii remains as If
embossed upon the n-face, and ap
pears blac ker than t ? burned pnper.
he rted, which v; the first pen In
use. wur a sort of 1 ilriish. growing
In mony parts of the
hft.'Tlieao rends
were cut in the mni'nr of a quill, nnd
are Mill usr-d 1 y nanus who write the
Arable bnrni ter. Nions v.-ho have
adopted the C'hinef e ( hnracter use a
camel's hnlr pencil, wilch is held per
pcndl' iilr.rly In tno iiind. This would
seem little adapted tlr rapid writing,
yet the Chinese write their complicRt-
ed characters by me
plements with a
Irs of thee Im-
apldlty seldom
ntinlt d by Ruropean writers.
The quill nppears to have been first
In use about the year 600. The word
"pennii," meaning a quill, Is not found
in any woik older than that period,
rrevlous to that we llnd usually the
word "cRlnmuH," a reed. The q!u:l ?is
nn advantage over the reed In bplng
finer nnd more durable, the same quill
often srrxlng for weeks or e-cii
months. Some ancient writer used
the same, pen for 40 years, and then,
losing It by accident, bewailed his Inst
bitterly. It is snid that the translel
or Pliny completed thnt work with a
single pen. and celebrated hia achieve
ment in this verse:
With one sole pen I wrote this book.
Made of a gray goose quill;
A pen It wna when I It took ;
A pen I leave It still. Brooklyn
Eagle.
ftrnverv of n Mntlier (Irtitt..
When first 1 came to the territory
of Washington the desire to explore
the mountains to the west of my home
near Valley grew upon me, nnd at the
first opportunity, taking ponies und
blankets, and accompanied by my eld
est son. a lad of 17, 1 set out on a four
days' trip into tho new wonderland.
The summit of the range was reached
or the second day, at a point entirely
out of the line of travel of either In
dians or whites, and when almost at
the summit. Just as we were passing a
clump of busbes, op June , llS4. v.e
ran into a brood of little ruffed
grouse.
My boy was riding In front ft couple
of ro ls In advance, and the first move
of tho n other bird seemed to be to
hustle her babies away from his
horse's feet, nnd Just as he rode past
she rose In the air and flew ilirctly
toward me. 1 pulled up my pony In
r.tantly, aiid as I tat still she flew
straight for my head, rising iiirt
above It as she came, nnd suddenly the'
boy cried out. "She. Is going to alight
on your head."
It was true and to the day of my
death I shall regret that the unexpect
ed sound of the fluttering of herjvlngs
as sha settled towards my bend pr an
instant started me from my cinil'os
uve, and the tempation to glaiv e up
ward was momentarily Irreslstable,
and. In consequence, my slightuly tilt
ing hat brim frightened her while Just
In the act of sptting'hcr feet upon my
head, and swerving lightly to ber left,
she swung round nnd settled on tho
rump of the tired pony under me.
The pony stood perfectly htlll, and
slowly very slowly I turned my head
and looked at her. Beginning In a
very low tone and gradually raising my
voice. 1 talked to her and toi my boy
about her for a minute or tWo before
she fluttered away In scan li of her
babies. I
Telling her what a graceful little
beauty she was, and how wf bad no
thought of hurting either hr or her
babies, 1 cajoled her into llstjening for
quite a time, and though II am well
persuaded that sho haj in tier before
been either man or horse. l ontended
that It was courage pure
Ind tlmple
which prompted her to
fily in the
face of so formidable an n
a ration in
defense of her little ones.-lCurrcspon-
dent Forest and Stream,
ItAlnftroiV Ouru Sli
We are all little raindrojl frolicking
up In a cloud. I never korw how we
got there until my mother totld me. Of
course, there isn't anything else to
say about it, exoept that ,we were
drawn up In vapor td this clloud. But
I can tell you what happened to me
after that, and make It a kood long
story too.
. As I say, we were all 'j frolicking
around, and pretty noon wJ heard a
great crash, and we were urn falling to
the ground, even mother annr me. We
saw our old home, the tilud -leaving
UB.
We came down In tbia wj
and in the morning we lad
Iv all night,
'ed in some
mud (my mother and I)
soon
soaked into the dirt and i
soundly
(111 spring. Then we tJ
... . I. r. A . '
) Jul
rubbling
cheerfully
down a little stream, kissing flowers
and giving drinks
to poor, thirsty
grass. Many weeks;
passed In this
wa,?, until at last we entered a large
river, all filthy with sticks and gravel
and tin cans and Iron hoops. '
I ventured to asli my mother what
place this was, and she answered:
"Thla Is the Illinois river, my child;
do yon think It la dirty?" I told her
1 thought It was indeed, and that I
hoped we would soon be out of It.
lust then we whlrlvd around a corner
and my wish was j granted; we were
In the Mississippi.! and, though it
wasn"t any cleaner1 than the other, 1
was proud, to be In such a grand river.
Just now we happened to be In a "boat
road," as I called It, and we were being
whirled around and thrown up In foam,
but what cared 1 so long as we were in
the grand Mississippi?
It took us days and months before
we were out of the grand river. I see
ing many things that 1 never would
have dreamed of up In the clouds. Once
we were thrown up onto the deck of a
ship, and were swf pt off by a man with
ribbons on hln bat, which my mother
said was a sailor.
At last we were emptied Into the
Gulf of Mexico. Here I thought I
should die with the waves. They
rulled eveiythlng. and tossed mother
and myself around carelessly. At last
we were in a rougher place; the waves
were awful there. They tossed, us up
against the ships cabin holes nnd back
again. My mother said It was tho At
lantic ocean.
Just as she nnld this, to our great
Joy wo were taken from the awful At
lantic ocean up I'Ho our own old cloud,
B;id we found all our old friends back
again before us. Donald S. McKay,
(age 9), in New York Mall and Ex
press. lite llotnflik Tny.
Were you ever homslck or lonesome?
If so, then you know how llttlo Hnns
felt. Little Hnns Is the Dutch doll
who lives In the llrown nursery. And
he was so homcslik and lonesome one
day last autumn thnt he felt as If he
would have to t ry out aloud presently
if he wasn't a talking doll.
The Swiss music box was lonesome
and homesick too. All day long it
was a rainy day and they couldn't get
out doors the children had been mak
ing the music box play very loudly
and, "Home Sweet Home," tf all airs.
You may think it.ibut Its really very
trying to play "liume. Sweet Home"
when you're oveil a thousand miles
awr.y from home and there's a big,
tossing, storming 'ocean rolling be
tween you and the place you were born
In. The music bo
played so dolefully
at last that the ('.;'
ldrttj grew tired of
II, Besides. It had ktopped lainingand
they had rushed oil
t Into the garden to
run up nnd down the sidewalk and
play racing.
Then the Dutch doll felt he could
bear it no longer.
He couldn't cry aloud, although he
longed and tried to. becauso ho wasn't
a talktnk doll, hut. wooden tears stood
in the corner of his eyes, and would
have rolled down bis cheeks only that
they were wooden.
The round, shinning glass eye of the
music box looked over In his direction
suddenly, and although the eye was
misty with tears, too for the music
box also felt that it was dreadful to be
so lonely nnd sorrowful It could see
that the Dutch (loll felt wretched.
"Cheer up, Dutchy, cheer up!" it
called softly.
No', there's nothing In the world so
good for troubles as to try to help
someone else, as we nil know, and the
very minuto the music box had spoken
it felt better.
The Dutch doll started and stopped
crylnp.
"I'll try to. I am trying." he made
answer, "but," nnd here tho wooden
tears began to tremble again, "I do
feel so lonely and miserable."
"I know," suld the music box quiet
ly, and there was a sh&kc in its volco
that hadn't been put there intention
ally, "but we might as well make the
best of matters I suppose. Just think!
If we were at home we'd be quite com
monplace and of little value, but here
why, they won't let the children piny
with you, only holidays, because you're
a curiosity and mustn't get spoiled or
f.iabby. And they only let them do as
they like with me when they're sick or
It's bad weather and they're shut up
In-doors."
"I wish they did play with me often
er," signed the Dutch doll. "It
wouldn't be sp lonely to be played with
as to bo rtood up here on the mantle."
"Let's wish they will come fn to take
us In to see poor sick little Barbara,"
said the music box bravely.
And a few minutes later the wish
was made true.
Tho nurse carried them Into the sick
room presently, and little Barbara al
most cried she was so glad to see
and hear them. And truly, they Jld
their very be3t to please her.
Wooden Hans stood up so stlftly
and thpn fell over In such a funny way,
as often as she put him on his feet on
tho pillow or counterpane, that she
laughed quiet merrily. And when she
was tired, and cnuggled down to rest,
with the Dutch doll lovingly cuddled In
her arms, the music box played Its
one tune, "Home, Sweet Home," ao
sweetly tfiat tho gentle music lulled
the sick child to sicep.'
And when the nurse carried the
Dutch doll and the mimic box back to
the nursery, by and by, neither of
them felt homesick or lonesoms. And
but you can think out what tho ex
perience taught them Just as well as I
can. Try It the next timo you feel
sad and lonesome and see. Chicago
Kecord-Herald.
HfibbtM.
Men who '.Ide bobbles would not be
nearly so objectionable if they did not
want all the road-h themselves.
Town and Country.
SCIENCE AND INDU3TrU.
fly an Ingenious method of measure
ments, the movements of the top of
the Eiffel tower, when Bwnycd by the
wind, have been studied, and it has
been discovered that the general effect
of the wind Is to mako the top of the
tower describe an eclipse. The maxi
mum displacement during a wind
blowing 71 miles an hour Is slightly
more than four Inches.
Bananas are, as a rule, planted out
Bystematlcally In rows, the. "suckers"
being placed at an average of ten feet
apart. Tiio banana plant bears only
one bunch at a time, hut It la a quick
grower, yielding Its fruit in 12 to 14
months. When the plant Is about six
months old, a second "sncker" or
shoot Is allowed to spring from the
root, a third after the ninth month,
and so on, so that after the first year
there Is a continuous crop being
reaped.
When the moJel of tho great extinct
dinosaur called the trlceratops which
was shown at the Buffalo exposition,
was In process of making, consider
able difficulty was anticipated In sus
taining the huge armored skull In Its
proper position. But when the at
tempt was made there was no diffi
culty. Then It was found thnt naturo,
whose lines hnd been carefully fol
lowed In making tho model, hnd no
cunningly balanced the pin ts about tha
Junction of the head with the neck
that a single pin in the base of the
skull suflieied to carry It.
Dr. A. A. Jullen recently brought be
fore tbe New York Academy of Sci
ences evidence to show that the rav
ages wrought upon sea bluffs during
great storms are often duo to the wind
as much as to the ocean waves. Sand
and salt sproy driven for hours before
a violent wind act like a gigantic
sand blnst, eating away, with surprls
Ing rapl llty, the layers of gravel and
sand of which many projecting head
lands are composed. The surfaces of
bodies exposed to such a wind are
soon pitted. In a great gale in 1S99
a single night sufllcled to convert the
window panes of the life saving sta
tion at Truro Into ground glass.
The question, how far can light
penetrate a layer of water, and what
Is the cause of the very various colors
of the ocean, have been studied on sev
eral scientific voynges during the last
ten years. Transparency varies with
the color of the water (greatest for
blue water), the sun's altitude (great
est for large altitudes), the season of
the year (greatest In winter), with tho
salinity of the water, with the temper
ature (greatest for low temperatures),
with the depth of the water (greatest
for deep water), with the cloudiness of
the sky (greatest for clear skies), with
the disturbance of waves (greateet
for calm stas), and so forth. Tho
greatest transparency observed In the
Eagean seas was fit yards. Photo
graphic plates were also exposed at
various depths, td see how far tho
chemical rays of Amllght penetrated.
SI experiments nt depths varying from
3li0 to 1825 feet were made, and. bo
yond the latter depth, no action at all
was observed.
Tim Width of a Klier.
It Is necessary to make use only of
the eyes and the brim of a hat to meas
ure the width of any ordinary stream,
or even of a good-Blzed liver, and here
Is the way to do it:
Select a part of the river bank where
the ground run back level, and, stand
ing at tho water's edge, Ix your eyes
cm tho opposite bank. Now, move
your hat down over your brow until
the edge of tho brim Is exactly on a
lino with the water line on the other
side. This will give you a vltuial anslo
thnt may be used on any level surface,
and If, as has been Biigs?led, the
ground on your side of the river be
flat, you may "luy off" a corresponding
distance on It. To do this you havo
only to hold your head perfectly
steady, after getting the antic with
your hat brim, supporting, your chin
with your hand. If necessary, and turn
slowly around until your back is to
ward tho river. Now take careful noto
of where your hat brim cuts tho level
surface of the ground as you look
over tho latter, and from where you
stand to that point will be tho width
of the river a distance that may read
ily bo measured by stepping. II you
are careful In all theso dctallsl you
can come within a few feet ofii the
river's width. Detroit Free Prcsu,
llwllcMcjr of Smnll.
Very careful experiments have lntcly
been made to test the delicacy of Uie
sense of smell In the human bslr.s.
A series of solutions of five different
substances was prepared, each series
being so arranged that every solution
was at half the strenght of the preV
ceding one. These series were extemH
cd by successive dilutions till It was
Impossible to detect tbe odors. The
order of the bottles containing these
solutions was completely disarranged
and the test consisted in the attempt
to tlassify thera by the sense of smell
alone. An equal number of malo and
femule observers were selected from
tho best apothecaiieB, shops, and each
was requested to arrange the bottles.
The males were able to detect the smell
of the r.ltrato of amyl In the solution
of one part to 7S3.0OO of water, and the
females were able to detect it In the
solution bf one part of 3 11, 000 of water.
Tho oil of wintergreen was detected In
about the same proportion and to the
snmo extent of dilution. There was,
therefore, a very great preponderance
In favofi of the males as to the sen
sltlveneis and discrimination of the
e-sse off smell. This is certainly an
astoundlVig fact. Tho Gentleman's
Magasin
LANDS WITHOUT COLONIES.
Only a single I.MIn-Amarlciiit Rim flat
Acqnlrtit a Colnnf.
One of the most interesting facts
that wilt occur to any one who exam
ines a map of the colonial possessions
of the world, Is that, of all the Latin
American countries occupying about
onchalf of the Western World, none
has acquired any lands outside of lu
continental domain except the little
Republic of Ecuador. The Galapagos
Islands, which form a llttlo world
opart far from the coast of South Am
erica, belong politically to Ecuador.
These IB islands are really worth de
veloping, though Ecuador has ' done
ncarccly anything for them except to
occupy them In 1832. Their settled
population, concentrated on Chatham
Island, Is now less than 300.
All the other l.atln-Amerlcan coun
tries have hnd so much trouble at
home that they apparently have not
cared to acquire possible trouble
abroad. At all events, their territorial
ambition has been confined to tho
mainland, where moqf of them are
still claiming more land than their
neighbors concede to belong to them.
Argentina, to bo sure, still asserts
that the Falkland Islands belong to
ber by rlrht. but Great Britain hes
never conceded the claim and Is In
full possession of the Islands. The
misunderstanding Is still unsettled,
and sterna to have been pigeon-holed
without any agreement. It Is years
since Argentina filed her Inst protest.
Chill maintains the most southern
postofflce In the world at Funta Are
nas. There are settlements further
south where malls have Irregular dis
tribution, but Punta Arenas Is Includ
ed In tho postal system of the coun
try of which It Is a part. But this set
tlement on tho Straits of Magellan Is
as much a part of Chill proper as Val
paraiso. The time was when Chill,
If sho had been so disposed, might
hnve acquired some of tiio Pacific
groups, for they were open to the first
comer, and Chill, being neare.it to
them. had considerable lnfiiu'iiee
among them. Even today tbe Chilian
silver dollar Is current two-thii is of
tho way across the ticean between
Chill nnd Australia. It Is found in Sa
moa and the Tonga group and barely
misses the Fill Islands. But Chill lost
her chance. She has been absorbed by
homo boundary disputes to the exclu
sion of all the early opportunities
to acquire Pacific Islands.
France. In fact, Is now tha only
Latin country that may be called a
colonial power of largo Importance,
Tho Canary Islands are today the
most valuable remnant remaining to
Spain of her former vast colonial em.
plre. Portugal's African possessions
are large, but she is depending upon
foreign capital and enterprise for most
n' their development, which Is as yet
very small In proportion to their great
pcpulation and extent. Italy's terrf
tcry on the east coast of Africa has
been an rxpenslvo luxury and has
Involved her in tho humiliation of
being the first white power In Africa
to be decisively defeated by a native
foe.
The European powers t'.iat have no
colonies are Iho Kingdom of Sweden
and Norway, which has long aeaeoasts
but small population; AuRtria-Iiungary,
which has a very short sear-oast but
largo population; Switzerland and Ser-
via, which have no sea coasts, and nil
the other Balkan states except Tur
key, pome of tho outlying parts of
whoBO empire enable It to lake rank
among tho colonial powers. All tho
Asiatic possessions of Russia bear tiio
relation of colonics to the central
government, Belgium, to all Intcnta
nn 1 purposes, Is responsible for tho
Congo slate nnd may declare it a col
ony when she chooses to do so.
Japan entered tho colonial a;ena
with the acquisition of Formosn, and
China would have stepped out of It
by tho lors of the snmo liiand If It
had not been for possessions in Cen
tral Asia which he still holds. The
Chinese arc great coloni-ers along tiio
coasts ol Asia nnd In the Malay A re 111
pclngo; but when they leave their rn
live Bhores they have to go to foreign
countries. Slam. Persia, Afghanistan
nnd Cores, which are counted among
the Independent countries of Aula
havo no colonics.
The regions of the world that rank
as colonics are far greater In ex
tent than all the states that have no
colonies;' and some of the colonies
such nn Canada, Australia and India
are of far more Importance than most
of the Independent states that do not
bold foreign possessions, New York
Sun.
Hilflinff and Vlr.
A -.-esiicnt of Versailles. Mr. Gnlg
net, sent to Nature a vivid account of
a duel h. saw between a .hedgehog and
a viper. The two enemies knew very
well .t flrt't sight who was who, and
eyed each other ns If they knew a mo
ment's inattention "would bo fatal. The
viper wan tho first to get tired of sax-
InR. and It began to glldo away, but
Just then tho hedgehog rushed for the
viper's tail, and having naiiel it fast
with its te.Uh, It rolled Itself up. Tha
'lieilyslloa wis very careful, however,
not to cut the tall off. The viper curled
liai k; find delivered furious assault on
1 1: aggressor, wrestling and rolling
with I he ctir!ed-up hedgehog all over
the place. At length the snrrko.
wounded In a hundred places, dler",
The hedgehog began Its repast on the
tnll of Ir victim, and was direful net
to cat the head.
Hlnil.H lilln.
A welding without i ring seems In
congruous; but in Cadiz (Spain) no
ring Is used. After the ceremony the
bridegroom moves tho power in his
bride's hair from left tti
right, for In
various parts of Spain tA
above your rlnght ear Ii
wear a rose
to proclaim
youreelf n wife.
It seems to be about settled that
the two largest Inlands In tbe world
are both In th Arctic ocean. Green
land Is unquestionably the largest
If Australia Is counted as a continent
ind recent explorations of Baffin
Land show that It is second only to
Greenland In extent.
a f I. a .1 1,1. - v.lhln 0 m-hftfl VOH
line Pdtkim Fadcliii Dm. Bold by all
druggist.
Owing to bad weather It Is believed
that there will be a great shortage In
the world' supply of tea thla year.
l.k Van, M-aiar for Allea'a Foot-Kan.
Bunion, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous.Aflhlng,
Hweatlng Fret and Ingrowing Nails. AUbb s
ont-KMe manes nnw or tigm ni i-n-j. j
.11 tlMl.l. ..n Bhn.llnrM 'ill Cftnljl. AO-
eept no sulittitute. Batnpla mailed Fats.-
Aaureaa Alien B. uiauiea. jjenoj,
The domestic fowl Is not mentioned
In the Old Testament.
i. -i 1 o , v. I In..t.ll,li,n
JHr . luniun r nvfiniuiin r., 1 .... .,
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma-
iion.nnnys nin,cim. winu coiir. m uumo
Tnpnn hns acquired tbe American din
ing car system.
FITS norm (meet ly eared. No fits ornervom
nrsi After llrst il.iy'n u-e of Dr. Kline's Ore it
Nerrelte-itorer.t'itrlal bottle and treatl-efres
Dr. ii. H. Ki.i!B.Ltd.,:tl Arch St.. 1'hlla., Pa.
In New York City alone there arc
about 400,000 Ormsne.
Tlsn's Cure for Consumption Isnn Infiilllbln
medicine for coughs and eolds. N. V.
HAMt tL, Ocean n rove, N. J Feb. 17, 1900.
Chinatown, San Franrinco, hn four
dailies printed in its own Inngunge.
Health
" For 25 years I have never
missed taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla
every spring It cleanses my
blood, makes me feel strong, and
does me good In every way."
John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pure and rich blood
carries new life to every
part of the body. You
are Invigorated, refreshed.
You feel anxious to be
active. You become strong, I
steady,courageous. That's
what Ayer's Sarsaparilla
will do for you.
Sl.Olt aotllt. All drait lata.
Atk yaur dortnr whM he tMnkH ot Ayer-i
Krlii:irllla. He know, all hnul thllarsnj
el-l f !mlly meiltrlne. Follow till adrlce and
w will be l.li.nr'l.
J. t. Aran Co., Lowell, MaM.
CUTICURA RESOLV
ENT PILLS (Chocolate
Coated, 60 doses, 25c), are
a new, tasteless, odourless,
economical substitute for the
celebrated liquid CUTI
CURA RESOLVENT, as
well as for all other blood
curificrs and humour cures.
Each pill is equivalent to one
tcaspoonful of liquid RE
SOLVENT. Put up in
screw-cap pocket vials, con
taining 60 doses, price, 25c.
CUTICURA RESOLV
ENT PILLS are alterative,
antiseptic, tonic, and digest
ive, and beyond question the
purest, sweetest, most suc
cessful and economical blood
and skin purifiers, humour
cures, and tonic-digestives yet
compounded.
Complete maimer,! $1
Completo sxtnrnal and Interna treatment
for every humour, oinnltiiiR of CimruRA
Suat, 'Ale., to cleanse the akin of crams
and HCalfS, and ftnn the thickened cut
icle; Cutk cka Ointmknt, 00c., to In
atantly allay iu hlntr, itilUmmation, and
irritation, and anotlia mid heal ; and Cun
ci;ra Itmoi.vFNT Pili., 2nc., to oool and
cImhim ilia blood. A Srjrai.p. Sr.T li often
(alhcirnt to aure the mrt torturing, dia.
ilgurliiR, Itching, burning, and acaly akin,
arwlp. and blood humoura, oczemas.raahea,
and Irritation! with lo-n ot hair, from
Infancy to ngn, when all elas faili.
Ci Tirr.i Rm.nira ... n4 Hironih.nl Um war' J.
RnH.li lrl r- J. 'h.rftriiiiM . l.d.1. eh
l.r -lt ', nu.d.l. Ptli, I'.nt I'ortKB Dacw 4
feir. C02r But. l'nt., Buua. U. i A.
SLICKERS?
WHY' 0W
I?S!S$MiS OF
bJWBWS C0URSE!
THi STANDARD MAKDOr
WATERPROOF
OILED CLOTHINrt
I I YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOWHI
1 I Made ln'blacK or .yellow
L of ths best motcriftb And
reliable deakra rwmvhtrt.
A. i. Towea co.. aodTon mam.
aTAaVLK'-J,MNJ
Homo Worn
Thert irt women ho dtvott thtr wtioU ilvet H
tionw duties, many of whom know what it Ii to drag
along day after day tuff-ftlng Intensely. Th tymp
toma arc spinal weakntn, dlrzIncM, exdtability, bear .
Ing down, all-font feeling, and sadden faintnew. Tha
only fctfe and permanent care for thta la Voteler'a
Cnrattva Compound, which acta directly on tha Stom
ach, Uver, Kidney, and vital organs of the body, ft
removes all impurities from tha blood, tt Imparts
strength, vitality, and vigour In all cases from which
' home women ' suffer.
A free sample bottle will be sent on application te)
Et. Jacobs Oil, Ltd., Hi lit more.
Capsicum Vasoli:
Put up In Collapsible Tubes.
A SnbfttUute for ana Superior to MnitaM or
Atlitr pi infer, -nttwill mtbllnta? th moat do
aWIn TKai naln avtlanrlna M4 (Mirtllv fltlaV HIM
iki. -al ,14.1 1 will iltn tha frtfcav I
hub atrvi id mi wuirin " - v ,
at one antl !( baattsirhe and r-'lattc. f
Wararonrmmd It a tba belt and Mfcat xxr
pottntar-lrrttant known, aa an titarnal rnf
for Dftim In the chftat and ato-narb wd all rhaV
nauraUlc and fouty c m.rla1nta.
A trial will prora what wa ulatm for It
bafonndtob .nvalttitta In tha bouaaho
peupla aay "It latha beat of all y. nr prap
Prlca, 1 0 cents, at all drnirriata, or nj
orbyetmdlnvthia a-nount to tit la t
we will ennd yon a tribe by mall.
No article ahould be atp ad by tli
tha aime carries oar UbU u otb
ranulne.
CHEESESROUGH MAfiUFA
17 Sutt Street. New
Colorado Beats
IN SUGAR BEE
HI I Million Drltnn. hTf hint hNn I
fm'turim. nr Ml limn innra will be In
r. i h lt rmtl i iir a r irif n nt th
1)111 tflaf Iniriiflix rtAUtt for aiunr hinala i
tiM-k nrwt i rlroMet hlriro exh.bit lar i?
lltirliMt tfitiliain ir nfp. aihI liitrltMt r, J
fuffiir, Iwltiir "Vr Iwtre en iuu tt in nuiii Htmifr
mr offprinir a lew Nhitrra nf Mork inr haIh in
.)rvl. Hnifer Mir. i'o. Tn nrar ami only Mil
atork nfOml tli the liillillf. Ths ini.uiftiiv mink ,1
't the mewl tnMerri ami cnmpM rennlnir liiit
lit wtM, fit net in I hi a itmtrirr whfrn thri blu-h-
iTire In nlit fiir niitfitrlli the Cnmitrv. j.o-(il 'fitlt !
Ite Imvpmiht. ritMHl Kivo Humlrril mw Fifty Thou-
fttttMi Dniinr in cjiHli. I hia la an npi ortnnitv of a
metitii. t-Hi-tury 1a built and paid lor. for lull
I'artlrularn write to
Wtl. OKMIIIK cV CO.,
90 llronilv-nr, New Urit, or Kxrhnn
H ii Hit I nits Irrnvrft 'l.
I bn'l a Kr-noral rnn-diwn fee'tia
ambition, and had no appetite
with a very languid feeling at alM
On gnliiK to nipper o-ie even nj my 1
iiir nilKtrtiw reou'unien my tin -tH
plum '1'Hbnlen. 8ha told ma iQr ir.
Willi them, aa troll a that of Vitin rs
woom he had apnken nbont tho TtibulcA
I decided t' mako a trnd and nini'e I b ivi
lifirn taking tliom t feol like a now-md
man, and have nnnrt nf my former eom-
plninta, taking a Innr i d i loj intercut InJ
my wurk and In life in general
At drugKlat. I
Tiio Flvft-rnnt packet l enrftiah for an
ordinary oc'aiou. The falnliy lottle,
00 oontH, contains a supply for a yWr,
fohanyJini
All Mavana Tiiti
G
"fLORODORA" BANDS are
of 3dm s value as tags from
'STANDARD NA VMOLLYTAR:
'j. t.; 'spearhead: vinco'
and "STAR" Tobacco.
P. N. 0. 1.1, 'OJ.
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