BINGI.V 'LOXQ 1)12 ROAD,
He nj dps de happiest creetur dal de
rom' worl' ever knowed
Singin' 'lung de road singin' 'long de road!
I lreamin' in de night
Of a infnrnin' HWi'ct en hriirlit.
Flingin' wide de shutters fur ter let in all
; de light!
Hnppy !n de renpin' of de harvest what he
sowed
Eingin' 'long de road singin' 'long de road!
'X ro8t fields wlmr birds wuz wingiii'
Dey heerd his voice a-ringin',
En de toilers stopped tor listen en ter bless
him fer his singin'.
Tearcd Ink it fetched de sunshine, en light
ened up de load
Dot singin' 'long de road dat singin1 'long
de road!
I En "It's work it's work ter do'
Whilst de light shine down on you!"
'(Teared lak de birds dey heerd him. en dey
fall ter singin', too!) .
Oh, des de happiest creetur dat de roun'
worl' ever knowed
6ingin' 'long de road singin' 'long deroad!
. Kn de darkest day wuz bright,
En Trouble say, "Good night!"
Fer he des th'owed wide de shutters en let
in all de light!
-Frank L. Stanton, in Youth's. Com
panion. ...fc I "A.
TUr FAIDY'C
tt i nt. mini o
I Silver Bell !
f (Fmm the Scandinavian)
By JEAN S. REMY. V
' Fur up In the frozen north, In the
land of the midnight sun, there is a
wonderful rnce of fairy folk, known
as the underground people, or the lit
tle people of the hills.
Oh, but they play queer intlcs and
niarry-pranks, these wee brown folk,
clad in dusky Buits, Just the color of
the earth In which they live, wearing
on their feet tiny glass slippers, and
furry caps of brown finished with a
fllver bell adorning each elfin head.
.These caps are possessed of magic
power, which makes the wearer quite
invisible to mortal eyes. So, though
one often hears on a moonlight night
a soft whispering and low rustle
.while walking through a lonely for
est or over a moonlit meadow land
strewn with flowers yes, though one
often sees by daylight the grass
pressed down by the tread of dancing
feet the night before one never sees
the elves themselves, unless he be
lucky enough to And either one of
the little caps or its silver bell, lost
by some careless dancer.
1 Now a shepherd lad of Norway had
heard so much of these little folk of
the hills that on one St. John's Eve
lie made up his mind to wait for the
fairy folk all night on the top of a
Very high hill, which was their favor
ite dancing place. "Who knows,"
thought he, "I may be lucky enough
to find one of their magic caps."
As soon as the night fell, on this
magic night of all the year, the shep
herd stole away to the top of the hill,
and lying down in the very deepest
snadow be could find waited in si
lence for the fairy folk. Exactly at
midnight the chiming of Bllver bells
and a gay mingling of chatter and
laughter sounded over the lonely hill
top, then a rustle through the grass,
and then a whizzing and a buzzing
that showed very plainly that the lit
tle folk were whirling round and
round In the dance, tumbling and
sporting in the moonlight, playing all
orts of merry pranks and tricks.
The shepherd could not see any of
this merrymaking, you know; he
could only hear the mirth and merri
ment; but all of a sudden something
cool and Blippery touched his hand,
and one of the little folks set up a
great cry "Oh, my bell, my bell!
I've lost my little silver bell!" You
may be sure the shepherd lost no
time in slipping that bell in his pock
et, for of course that was what bad
touched his hand as It had rolled
from the cap of its tiny owner. Now
he could see the little folk running
bltner and thither in the most dis
tracted manner. One little fellow
was in great distress. He peered in
the hearts of the wild roses, he
poked his .wee-finger into the blue
bell's cup, and searched every blade
of grass. All in vain, however. He
could not find his silver bell.
The shepherd in the meantime,
knowing what a prize he had found
was running down the hill as fast as
he could, and never once did he
pause till he was safe in his own cot
tage. He tried the magic power of the
bell the very next morning, when he
led his sheep out to pasture, and
found that all he had to do to guide
bis sheep was to wish the way they
should go, and then ring the silver
bell. At once the sheep would meek
ly turn in the direction he wished.
"My! but this saves me a lot of
trouble and work," said he. "I will
bave to be given something pretty
good before I give up this treasure."
Now the poor little elf who had
lost his bell was having a pretty hard
time, for not one wink of sleep could
ho get until he found it. Then, too,
by laws of his race, he could not
come to the upper world in the day
time in his true form. So he scurried
over the bills and through the val
leys of Norway in every form of an
imal; he flew through the air, dis
guised as a bird; he crawled on tbo
ground as a little green snake; he
wiggled In the earth as a wee little
worm; and. In the shape of a man,
lie even made his way into churches,
houses and barns, searching every
where for his lost bell.
I So pasGed many a weary day, and
the little elf had grown quite thin
and 111, and his eyes fairly popped
wut of his head with weariness. But
one day it happened that In the form
of a bird be was flying row over a
meadow where a flock of sheep was
grazing. Some of the sheep had
bells on their necks, which rang with
a soft tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, as they
nwed about.
"There's Just a chance that my
bell is here," thought the weary lit
tie elf; and In a soft bird carol he
sang this little sad song:
"Alas, my little silver bell!
Frotty sheep, if you can tell
Where is hid my silver bell,
Tejl me quickly now I pray!
v I have not slept by night or dav
6ince my bell was taken away."
The boy who was keeping the sheep
heard the words of this song very
plainly; and luck at Inst was with
the little elf, for he was the very
shepherd who had run off with the
bell, and it was now safe bid in his
pocket. Just at this moment the
sheep started restlessly to scatter
about the field, and. In order to bring
them together, the boy rang the
magio bell. At the first sound of Its
sweet tinkle the little elf knew that
his search was ended; but he also
knew that he would have need of all
his cunning to win the bell from the
shepherd. He at once flew down to
a neighboring thicket, and changed
himself. In the twinkling of an eye,
to an old woman dressed in shabby,
ragged clothes, who with sighs and
groans, limped across to the shep
herd. "Bid you good morning," said she
in a cracked, tremulous voice. "Can
you tell me how I can get to Ber
gen?" The shepherd still held the
bell in his hand, and, as he turned
to answer her, the old woman ex
clalmeO: "Well, well, did ever a
body see such a pretty little bell!
And the merry tinkle that It has!
Why, it takes the lameness out of
these old legs of mine! Come, my
gentle lad, I'll buy the bell from you
at any price."
"Oh. no you won't, grandmother,"
said the boy, with a laugh. "Money
could not buy my bell. See how the
sheop obey its silvery notes!" And,
sure enough, at Its gentle tinkle all
the sheep turned to follow where it
led. "And see how all care and wor
ry vanish at its merry chlrael Why,
I have never known real Joy until I
owned this bell. I'd not give it up
for all the gold in the world."
"Perhaps the sight of gold will do
more than Its sound," thought the
shrewd old womnn; and, stretching
out a handful of gold pieces, she Bald,
"Gold will buy much Joy for the
young, but will not give back health
to the old, as the little bell does.
See, I'll give you ten times this sum
for the bell."
The shepherd was a kind-hearted
lad, and he really felt very sorry for
the little old woman, and he said:
"No, gold will not buy my bell; but
ptvhaps you can give me something
elst that will take its place." He
begaA to suspect now that the little
elf sttod here In the guise of this
feeble o;d woman.
"CertaVnly, I can," said the old
woman, and drew from under her
ragged cape a little white stick, on
which were carved Adam and Eve,
surrounded by their flocks, in the
Garden of Eden.
"This shall be yours In place of the
bell. The cattle you drive with it
shall always be fat and well. As
long as you own this stick, you will
succeed in everything you undertake.
You will grow wealthy, you will be
wise and good, and you will marry
the most beautiful woman In the
world."
"Ah!" said the lad, "now I will
give up my bell; and may you, good
mother, be as happy with it as I bave
been." So saying,. he laid the bell
In her outstretched hand.
To his amazement, she at once van
ished from his sight, leaving him
staring at the place where she had
stood; but the little white stick in
his hand commenced at once to work
its wonders. For these little people
of the hills do not dare to lie; all
sorts of dreadful pu'nlshments await
them, if they do. They are changed
Into moles, bats, snakes and all sorts
of unpleasant creatures, and cannot
resume their own (shapes until they
have kept their word. ,
The shepherd rubbed his eyes In
wonder as he saw his flock of twenty
sheep increase until it filled the great
meadow, and his one dog turn into
a dozen that ran hither and thither,
keeping the great Dock in ordyr.
His own rough clothes fell from
him, too, and he stood in rich gar
ments, talking to two shepherds
about the care they must give his
flocks and his herds. lie walked
homeward dazed and astonished at
his own good fortune; and in the
place of his humblo little cottage
there stood a great mansion, with
servants waiting to do his bidding,
Then, too, and this was perhaps the
best of all, he was given wisdom to
manage well all the wealth that had
so suddenly come to him, and kind
ness of heart, so that he did much
good with his money.
Is it any wonder, in view cf all the
good things that came to him
through the little silver bell, that the
children of the far north love very
dearly and are always looking out for
the little people of the bills? Chris
tian RegUter.
Free Advice.
A man sat for some time in a res
taurant looking thoughtfully at his
saucer of melting ice cream. At last
he left .his chair and made his way
to the proprietor.
"I see you advertise that you make
your own . ice cream," he said, in a
confidential tone.
"I do, sir." said the proprietor.
"Well," Bald the man, "would you
permit me to give you a pointer? I
won't charge you a cent, and it'll be
money in your pocket."
"Glad to hear it, I'm sure," said
the proprietor.
"Get somebody else to make It,"
said the man, in a hone whisper.
Youth a Companion. -
! THE COST OF 5
e uTur MAiirn ri5T
1Kb IlinibbW'l IJIi O
That Germany Is paying the piper
for her vast armaments ou land and
sea is strikingly shown In a paper in
the Atlantic, by William C. Drel.er.
Since 1877 there has been only one
year In which the national debt has
not been Increased. It now amounts,
according to recent official state
ments, to $1,013,000,000, or a little
more than the French Indemnity.
The debt has been doubled since
1895. For the past eight years, Gov
ernment publications again admit, ex
penditures have exceeded receipts by
$471,000,000, or an average of $53,
000,000 a year. The national debt
has already cost the country in in
terest and administrative expenses
about $380,000,000; and yet Ger
many could have kept out of debt al
together, as Professor Schanz has re
cently shown, if the revenues had
only been Increased by about $12,-
000,000 yearly.
That a country with so much in
telligence, character, and efficiency as
Germany undoubtedly has, should go
on piling up its national debt like
this In a time of profound peace, is
certainly a most astonishing phenom
enon; and some explanation of it
seems called for. If we ask a bank
rupt why he failed, we shall most
likely learn that his Income was not
big enough; if we ask his friends,
they will probably tell us that he
spent his money extravagantly. In
the case of Germany both explana
tions would apply the Empire has
never bad adequate and steady
sources of revenue; and Its expendi
tures, nlggnrdly enough In many or
dinary items, have been lavish In the
exCTWio with the army and navy.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Appreciate the good things of life',
but don't be one of them.
It doesn't pay to take things easy,
unless .they belong to you.
A man may be a good husband
simply because he hasn't the nerve to
be anything else.
If a girl wants to be happily mar
ried, let her marry a fellow bo homely
that no other girl would have him.
It's always the other fellow who
ought to be satisfied with what he
has.
The man who claims he never
breaks his word is probably stretch
ing the truth.
There Is plenty of room at the top
because most of us who get there
fall off.
The accident of birth 'Is sometimes
an accident from which it takea us
a lifetime to recover.
The only way some people can be
happy is to realize that they are get
ting more than their money's worth.
It seems strange that trouble
should ever be unexpected. There
are always so many people to predict
It.
Most girls would rather be a rich
man's widow than a poor man's wife.
The pull that keeps a man out of
Jail isn't going to get him into
heaven.
It sometimes seems as though the
fool killer had given up his Job in
disgust. 1
The man who takes a post-graduate
course In love must pay his tuition
fee in alimony.
The foreign nobleman has his air
castles and Is generally looking for
an heiress to go with them.
As we grow older It is very com
forting to assure ourselves that wrin
kles are merely the dimples of sec
ond childhood. From the "Green
wood Philosopher," in the New York
Times.
Toll and Sleep and Dirt and Toil.
Dirt and neglect and noise. Over
the stone pavement of the neglected
street, long out of repair, filled with
holes and old ruts, the great trucks
thundered all day long, and on a de
crepit track one of Mr. Ryan's ancient
horse-cars bounced and Jingled.' Be
yond belief, beyond endurance in un
accustomed ears, was the roaring of
that dreadful place; the clanging din
of traffic mixed with the yelling of
push-cart peddlers and the babel of
the vast throngs that overflowed the
sidewalks, made up a torrent of mad'
dening sound whereat the nerves quiv
ered in lost protest. From the demon
of that uproar was no escape; In
any room along the thoroughfare the
tumult resounded; even into the fear
ful rear rooms that were shut in and
walled around against air and light
and health came this hubbub; all day
and' all the hours of It, roaring streets
and pounding trucks and Jolting cars
and Bcreaming children and yelling
men. And in that nightmare of dirt
and noise and foul odors, with scanty
food and scanty light and scanty air.
without one glimpse of beauty or
comfort, on the bare rock of grim
existence, absorbed in a savage and
primitive fight for bread, these of the
next generation of Americans were
being reared. Toll and sleep and toll
and dirt and toll. Amen. After us
the deluge. From "The Slum as a
National Asset," by Charles Edward
Russell, in Everybody's.
Schools of Journalism.
Sit State universities 'have In
stalled departments for the teaching
of Journalism. They are: Wiscon
sin, Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Ne
braska and Washington. All of these
now provide courses of greater or
less length for the preparation of
newspaper writers, and the State
universities of Indiana and Missouri
will, also add such departments this
year. Columbia (S. C.) State.
Useless to Force Food.
It Is useless to force any kind of
food on an animal. An animal may
be compelled to eat something that
Ht does not desire, ' but It will not
thrive. It is necessary, therefore, to
observe their individual peculiarities
and supply them with whatever they
prefer. What may be a delicacy to
one may be repugnant to another.
Bpltomlst.
Fashion In Blood.
Fashion in blood lines Is continual
ly changing. By carefully studying
the records and analyzing the blood
lines of the winners, students of the
breeding problem and practical
breeders can foresee the change in
fashion that 1b likely to occur. The
breeder who can do so and take ad
vantage of the coming change will
reap the greatest advantage from It.
The safer way for the average email
breeder, however, Is to breed In the
best of those old, well-teBted, success
ful producing lines that have been
most successful In producing speed
with uniformity In the past. Ameri
can Cultivator.
New Cow Feeding Tests.
An experiment in feeding cows,
which It is believed will be watched
with keen Interest by the dairymen
of the Stato has been started with
the college herd at the Connecticut
agricultural college.. The test will
run for an Indefinite period and will
consist of feeding two separate ra
tions to two different group3 of cows.
One group will be fed a very narrow
and the other a very wide ration,
and the outcome of this experiment
will determine whether high or low
feeding has any effect on the vigor,
fertility or production of the dairy
cow. It Is hoped to have these ex
periments carried on for at least
twenty years. American Cultivator.
Legs of a Draft Horse.
The construction and set of the
bind legs of a draft horse are of
vital Importance. A great many of
the diseases to be found In these
regions are largely due to the wrong
set of the limbs. In' a correctly con
structed hind limb, viewing It from
the side, a line dropped from the
hlndermost point of the slope strike
the top of the hock and continue' par
allel with It until the pastern Joint
is reached. If the conformation of
the leg be such that the lower part
of the leg Is thrown more under the
body, thus making It more subject to
a strain of a tendon or ligament Just
bejow the hock, it is termed "sickle
hocked," and It is very likely that It
will become curby. Weekly Witness.
Potato Scab Control.
The potato scab disease, says the
Indiana Farmer, has been pretty
thoroughly studied by potato special
ists. This well-known malady is the
result of a fungus Infestation which
also causes scab on beets. Its germs
occur in great numbers on scabby
smooth tubers. Much of the loss
from scab is directly due to the use
of Infected seed. When the fungus
is not present In the soli a clean
crop Is assured if clean seed is used.
It is cheaper to abandon potato
growing upon badly infected soil for
a time Chan otherwise to combat the
pest. Chemical disinfection of soil
Is not effective enough to warrant
the cost. Seed potatoes can be effec
tively disinfected elxlicr toy soaking
one and a halt hours In a solution
made by dissolving one ounce of cor
rosive sublimate- In two gallons of
water; or by eoaking two hours In a
solution made by diluting one-half
pint of formalin with fifteen gallons
of water.
Insist on Stable Cleanliness.
In the production of commercial
milk the dairyman must not only
keep himself and his own cows clean,
but he must not draw the milk from
the cow in a stable filled with dust.
He never should feed hay before
milking. He should not feed grain
nor disturb the bedding before milk
ing. I may get Into an argument in re
gard to this statement, for there are
those who claim that the stable
should be cleaned before the milking
is don'o. I maintain not, for you
know the more you disturb some
things the worse tUcy smell. The
dairyman' must not feed silage be
fore he milks, for If contamination of
the air of the stable occurs with the
acid odor of silage the milk will cer
tainly be tainted. It may not be de
tected at once, but the city neighbor
who attempts to use this milk when
forty-eight hours old will certainly
detect an unpleasant flavor. John
D. NichoHs.
Don't Use the Ax.
A complaint we often hear is,
"Egg eating." This also can be
,stopped. Some say "Use the ax."
No, don'tl It is better to lose ten
'minutes time than a dollar. Take
an egg shell, fill it with pepper, oui
Iter and a few of those things which
Mrs. Hen hates, and put it in the
test. When the hen tastes of its con
tents she wonders whether or not
fche Is eating an egg, or perhaps she
Ibas a funny taste in her mouth. She
Imay take another swallow, but to her
disappointment, find that she has
been stung shnrper wan before. She
feels rather faint and quickly runs
for the drinking fountain. Immed
iately she makes up her mind never
more to eat eggs. Another way to
put an end to "egg eating" Is by col
lecting the eggs as soon as possible
after they have been laid and putting
nest eggs in ithelr place. There are
other ways of curing this action
which you may know, but think you
will find my ways helpful. Try
them, and see. From Farmer's
Home.
Talk to the Horse.
Some man, unknown to the writer
hereof, has given to the world a say
ing that sticks: "Talk to your cow
as you would to a lady." There Is
a world of common sense In It.
What else Is It but the language of
the Bible applied to animals: "A
soft answer tucneth away wrath."
A pleasant word to a horse In time
of trouble has prevented many a di
saster where the horse has learned
that pleasant words means a guar
anty that danger from punishment is
not Imminent.
One morning a big musculur groom
said to his employer: "I can't exer
cise that horse any more. He will
bo-lt and run at anything he sees."
The owner, a small man and ill at
the time, asked that the horse be
hooked up. Stepping into the car
riage be drove a couple of miles, and
then asked the groom to station
along the road such objects as the
horse was afraid of. This was done
and the horse was driven by them
quietly, back and forth, with loose
lines slapping on his back. The
whole secret was In a voice that In
spired confidence. The groom had
been frightened at everything he saw
that he supposed the horse would
fear. The fear went to the horse
like an electric message. Then came
a punishing pull of the lines, with
Jerking and the whip. Talk to your
horse as to your sweetheart. Horse
World.
Ladybirds.
Editor Indiana Farmer:
Not long after noting what the edi
tor had to say concerning ladybirds
(lady bugs) I happened to see some
interesting tactics of one in our gar
den. There are several different species
of ladybirds, one kind which the De
partment of Agriculture imported
was for the purpose of destroying
the San Jose and other scale Insects,
and the Year Book tells us of their
behavior and propagation in Amer
ica, showing In half tones the screen
cages they are kept In, for the pur
pose of watching them attack the
San Jose scale; however they seem
ed to Increase slowly, and for this
reason were not altogether success
ful. The one I saw recently was much
like the spices described by the De
partment; its shape was that of a
hemisphere, or in other words, was
the shape of a bail cut into halves;
was Jet black, with one orange yel
low spot on each wing shield (bee
tle, hard shelled).
I am not an entomologist, yet I do
pay some close attention at times to
insects, for they are one of nature's
forces which the farmers should un
derstand. My attention was drawn to this
Insect on the limb of a pear tree. I
looked closer; It was hunting, hunt
ing on the- same style- of a bird dog
this way, then that way, I became
interested, and noted it was hunting
for scales, and when it came onto
any little unheaval In the bark, which
resembled a scale it stopped, care
fully examined It, then proceeded on
its search, examined any and all
places resembling a scale. I con-
eluded to remove it and place it near
a scurfy scale, but the little fellow
became frightened and made a dash
for liberty. O. R. Abraham in the
Indiana Farmer.
Farm Notes.
More pigs are underfed than are
overfed.
Give them salt often, also plenty of
fresh water daily.
Don't let the hogs have access to
.dirty or filthy water holes.
Never use a scrub male and then
expect a fine litter from a good sow.
Pigs that mature- early are the
ones- for profit when well cared for.
Wood charcoal, wood ashes . and
salt should be accessible at all times.
Ground wheat and corn give better
feeding results than ground wheat
and rye.
The profit in feeding young pigs Is
with those that are not stinted in
their food. .
The greatest profit of the dairy
consists in converting the by-products
into pork.
Oats fed to sows during pregnancy,
by sowing them broadcast on the
ground, increase size of the unborn
pig, also helping to keep the sow and
litter in good condition.
A large saving in the cost of rais
ing a bog may be accomplished by
boiling all its food. A half-bushel of
corn boiled will go as far again and
fatten better than as much corn fed
dry. If the table refuse can be added
to the kettle It will be still better.
LUNG HEMORRHAGES
(I TOOK PE-RU-NAJ
lj'''" 'till
MISS NINETTE PORTER,
Miss Ninette l'ortor, Braintree, Vei
mopt, writes: "1 have been cured by,
I'eruns. i
"I had several hemorrhages of the lungs.
The doctors did not help ine much and
would never have cured me.
"1 saw a testimonial in a I'erana nlmanoo
of a case similar to mine, and I commenced
lining it, 1 wrote to Dr. llartman for ad
vice. He kindlv gave me free advice.
"I was not nlile to wait on myself when
I lx'gan using it. 1 gained very slowly at
first, but 1 could see that it was help
ing me. !
After I had taken it a while I com
menced to raise lip a stringy, sticky, sub
stance from my lungs. This grew less and
less in quantity as 1 continued the treat
ment. 1
"I grew more llenhy than I had been
for a long time, and now I call myse'f
wen.
A Bad Cough.
Mrs. Emma Martin, Odessa. Mo., writes!
"I cannot thank you enough lor curing me.
"For two years I doctored my cough,
which cost me many dollars, but still I
seemed to get worxe. Aly cough was
bnrl 1 could not sfeen.
i- I - S t . ill- .
Alter the use ot six bottles 1 feel
am cured."
can now secure 1'eruna tablets.
t. - ;n . . 1 iii
ine i ruin aijoiii i eruna, aonrpss ine
Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio. Mailed post
paid.
Sermon Factory Proves Failure.
Canal Dover, Ohio. A "sermon
factory," which was operated in this
city for a time, has proved a failure
through the lack of patronage. The
concern offered to furnish "stock"
sermons to preachers or to write ser
mons to order on any text. The form
er were supplied at low price, while
the latter were somewhat more ex
pensive. Always Keeps a Iiotlle In the House.
"About ten days beforeChristmas I
got my hand hurt so badly that I had
to stop work right In the busy time of
the year," says Mr. Milton Wheeler,
2100 Morris Ave., Birmingham, Ala.
"At first I thnneht I wnuM have to
have my hand taken off, but some
one told me to get a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment and thnt would do the work.
The Liniment cured my hand and I
gladly recommend It to everyone."
Mr. J. E. Matthews, proprietor of
St. James Hotel, Corning, Ark., says:
''My finger was greatly Inflamed
from a fish sting and doctors pro
nounced It blood poisoning. I used
several applications of Sloan's Lini
ment and it cured me all right. I will
always keep a bottle of Sloan's Lini
ment in my house."
Mr. J. P. Evans of Mt. Airy, Ga.,
says "After being afflicted for three
years with rheumatism, I used Sloan's
Liniment, and was cured sound and
well, and am glad to say I haven't
been troubled with rheumatism since.
My leg was badly swollen from my
hip to my knee. One-half a bottle
took the pain and swelling out."
Turkish Mines.
The mineral wealth of Asia Minor
is proverbial. In the Vilayet of Sy
mrna there are about 60 mines being
worked under firmans and 75 under
licenses. On the shores of the Black
Sea the coal fields of Heraclea form
an actual source of vast potential
wealth to the Turkish empire.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will bepleasert to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stagehand that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing it
work. The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. Chesey t Co., Toledo, O. ,
Sold by all Druggists, 75c -
Take Hall's Family Pill for constipation.
Giant Cranes. - I
Australia has few more curious
creatures than the giant cranes of
ten five and six feet inJJ3ht, with
beautiful blue-gray pmiuage. These
huge birds mate fi,r life, and as
mates are singularly and touchingly
devoted to each other. Among their
practices that of dancing together is
the most remarkable.
Brown's Bronchial Troches are a sim
ple and convenient remedy for Bron
chial Affections and Coughs. In boxes
25 cents. Samples mailed free. John I.
Brown & Son, Boston, Mass.
Thex city of Sheffield, England,
famous for its cutlery, is the first
municipal body in Great Britain to
decide to provide a rifle range at pub
lic cost for the use of the community.
Mrs. Wina!ows Soothing Syrup forChildres)
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniiainma
tion, alUys pain, carts wind colic, 25c s, botUa.
Pn of the fastest growing cities in
tta world is Kobe. Japan. Its popu
lation Increased from 130,000 to 360,
000 in 10 years.