A Regular Sell.
A shnOby-gonteol sort of a man
knocked at the door of a small sub
urban villa. The one servant of thei
establishment "was out, so the mistress
herself opened the door.
"What do yon want?" she asked,
rather Bharply, not much liking his ap
pearance.
The man looked at her, opened h ; J
eyes wide ns if struck with amazement,
and said:
"Well, madam, I don't want anything.
X see I've made a mistake. The fact is,
I've come to the wrong house."
Then he murmured, but sufficiently
loud for the lady to hear:
"What a complexion! Never saw
such a lovely one in all my life I The
pink and white seem to melt into one
another. Beautiful! beautiful! If all
ladies had such complexions, I might
as woll go into the workhouse at once!"
The lady had listened to his eulogy
on her complexion with visible pleas
ure, and, noticing that the man had a
box under his arm. asked:
"Have you anything to sell?"
"Well, madam I have, and I haven't,
at least, not to you; for you don't re
quire what I have to sell. So I'll say
good day, madam, and must apologize
for troubling you."
"Wait a minute. What is it you have
to sell ? " inquired the lady, her curi
osity being aroused.
"I have, madam—l repeat, it is no
good to you—l have, madam, a wonder- |
ful wash for the complexion. It's called
the 'lily and rose blend,' and is pre- i
pared from a recipe nearlv a hundred
years old, and was used witL fascinating i
effect by some of the great beauties of I
France. But, good day, madam, I I
won't detain you any longer; as I said
before, you don't require a complexion
Wash. Art, madam, great as it is, can
not compete with Nature."
He gave au intense glance of admir
ation at the lady, took off his hat, re
treated two steps, and then stopped to
fiddle with the clasp of his box.
"Is it really good for the complex
ion ?" asked the lady.
"Wonderful, madam, wonderful! but
as I have said "
"How much is it a bottle?"
"One shilling, madam, or two bottlei
for one and nine. But "
"I'm half inclined to try a bottle,"
hesitated the lady.
"Ofcourse, madam, if you feel chari
tably disposed, and would liko to make
a present of n bottle or two to some
ladv friend who suffers from the great
detriment to beauty, a bad oomplexion
—good complexions are very rare,
madam—l say, should you feel chari
tably disposed, madam, why, that's
another thing."
"Well, I'll take a bottle."
" Two for one and nine, madam," said
the man, insinuatingly.
"Very well, give me two, then."
"Thank you, madam. Good-day. I'm
extremely obliged to you, madam."
Said the lady to herself as she walked
indoors: "What a well-spoken man —
quite gentlemanly. It's a pity he can't
Set some better employment than ped
ling,"
Said the man to himself as he walked
down the street, with a boundless,
prairie-like smile on his face: "That
woman has about the worst oomplexion
I've ever seen in my life! It almost
made mo bilious to look at her. What
gulible creatures women are! If
women were fish, how they would
bite!"
How Base-Balls Are Made.
Automatic machines for making base
balls have been so successfully con
trived that their introduction is liktjy
to constitute a praotical industry.
Each machine winds two balls at one
time, in the following way:
"A little para-rubber ball, weighing
three-quarters of an ounce, around
which ono turn lias been made with the
end of a skein of au old-fashioned gray
stocking yarn, is slipped into the ma
chine, thon another, after which the
boy in charge touches a lever, the
machine Btarts and the winding begins,
Tho rubber ball is thus hidden in a few
seconds, and in its place appears a
little gray yarn ball that rapidly grows
larger and larger.
When it appears to bo about half the
sizo of the regulation base-ball there
Is a click, the machine stops, the yarn
Ib cut, tlio boy picks out tho ball" and
tosses it into the basket. When this
basket is full it is passed along to an
other boy, who runs a similar machine,
where a half ounce layer of worsted
yarn is put on.
The next machine adds a strong
white cotton thread; a coating of rub
ber cement is next applied and a half
ounce layer of the very best fine
worsted completes the ball with the
exception of the cover."— Commercial
Advertiser.
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A MAORI IDOL.
It is 250 Years Old, and Was Worn
by a Christian Chief.
Ernera Maihi Patuome, son of the reign
ing chief of the Bay of Islands in New
Zealand, was born in 1704. When Captain
Cook, the circumnavigator of the world,
visited the territories of Patuomc's father
in 1769, that young gentleman was al
ready the rising hope of the brave and
noble Maori race, which is now practi
cally extinct. At an age when American
youths arc struggling with the cigarette,
he was slaying giant warriors in battle.
Patuome, who was destined to live to a
remarkable age, became a Christian early
in life. Disposition was a very difficult
one, for the converted natives were often
regarded by their countrymen as traitors.
He became known as the Peacemaker,
and was instrumental in putting an end to
many of the barbarous practices of the
Maoris, such as that of widows strangling
themselves to accompany their late hus
bands to Heaven.
When the terrible wars broke out be
tween the colonists and the Maoris he di
rected his efforts to securing peace, but
without much success. He was then very
old. He was the most eloquent preacher
of Christianity known among the con
verted Maoris. He died on September
19, 1872, at the age of 108.
It is necessary that tho public should
have this information about Patuome, be
cause the Metropolitan Museum of Art has
just imported the idol which he wore
round his neck throughout his life. It
was purchased for S2OO from a firm in
Auckland, New Zealand.
The idol is made of jade, commonly
called greeustone, and has red rings for
eyes. It is in a fantastic squatting posi
tion, with the head bent over the right
shoulder at a painful angle.
It is an interesting fact that the heads
of the South Sea Islanders' idols are us
ually bent over the right shoulder. It is
flat, about 0 inches long, 3 inches wide
and weighs 10 ounces.
A thick cord of human hair is passed
through a hole in the head of the idol,
and a human wrist bone is attached to the I
cord. The idol is said to be 250 years j
old.
Patuome was a sincere Christian, but I
wore this idol, and believed in its efficacy |
against evil till l>is deatli. Although lie
recommended monogamy he himself had '
four wives and believed in fairies. At j
one period of his life lie was in the liabit i
of eating lately deceased warriors.
The idol at present reposes in a cigar |
box iu company with a work entitled
"The Life and Times and Patuome, the
Celebrated Ngapuhi Chief."—[New York
Sun.
Cromwell's Speech Dissolving Parlia
ment.
The speech with which Oliver Crom
well turned Parliament out of doors in
1053 lias come to light through the re
searches of Dr. Wolfgang Michael, and
there is strong evidence that it is authen
tic. It was this: "It is high time for
me to put an end to your sitting in this
place, which ye have dishonored by your
contempt of all virtue, and defiled by
your practice of every vice. Ye are a
factious crew, and enemies to all good ,
government. Ye are a pack of mercenary
wretches, and would—like Esau—sell
your country for a mess of pottage, and—
like Judas—betray your God for a few
pieces of money. Is there a single virtue
now remaining among you? Is there one
vice ye do not possess? Ye have no more
religion than my horse. Gold is your
God. Which of you have not bartered
away your consciences for bribes? Is
there a man among you that liatli the
least care for the good of tho common
wealth? Ye sordid hirelings! have ye
not defiled this sacred place, and turned
the Lord's temple into a den of thieves?
By your immoral principles and wicked
practices ye are growu intolerably odious
to the whole natiou. You, who were
deputed here by the people to get their
grievances redressed, are yourselves be
come their greatest grei vance. Your
country, therefore, calls upon me to
cleanse this Augean stable by putting a
final period to your iniquitous proceed
ings in this house, and which, by God's
help, and the strength He hath given
me, lam now come to do. I command
you, therefore, upon peril of your lives,
to depart immediately out of this place.
Go! Get you out! Make haste! Ye
vernal slaves, begone! Soh! Takeaway
that shining bauble there, and lock up the
door."
The Czar's Fit of Economy.
The Czar of Russia has been seized
with one of those periodical fits of econo
my which all good wives know husbands
will have about once in so often, and
which must be endured, like flies in
summer or company in house-cleaning,
simply because they arc inevitable. Now,
like ordinary households, this autocrat
and Emperor of all the Russias, first in
stituted his economical reforms by cut
ting down the expenses in the royal
household, and reduced his wife's allow
ance one-half. Poor woman, she re
ceived only $300,000 a year iu the first
place, and every woman's heart will
throb with sympathy for her now. Fancy
her trailing about the royal palace in last
year's gowus and wearing the same old
tiaras and coronets week after week. To
be sure, the Czar thought he had just
reason for his summary proceeding, for
things in the household were not looked
after according to a good housewife's do
mestic thrift. Evidently the Danish
princess didn't go down in the kitchen
and see that that the butter for the day
was weighed out as it should be und gib
lets saved for stock, to say nothing of
dish towels being scalded and the re
frigerator looked after. One bill which
llis Royal Majesty objected to very in
considerately was an appropriation of
some $750 a year for "lip salve," which
some functionary had been drawing, as
had his predecessors since the time of !
Catherine 11., through that august lady
having once, when suffering from chapped
lips, ordered a box of the article. One
would think, however, that a man so be
set on every side by assassins and mur
derers would have trouble enough with
out interfering in the housekeeping or
looking after the coal bills.—[Brooklyn
Citizen.
The Decline of Wig-Making.
Baldness lias grown so common among
men of every age—boys are frequently
bald nowadays—that it lias almost ceased
to be noticed. Consequently, wigs are
very little in demand, and the trade of
wig-making has greatly declined. One
rarely sees a wig now, except on some
very old-fashioned, vory artificial man,
addicted to paste diamonds and dyeing
his whiskers. If it were not for the wear
| ing of wigs on the stage, wig-making
would be almost au extinct industry.
Forty years ago men prematurely bald
! nearly always donned wigs. They did
j not like to be remarkable from the loss
of hair. A man is more apt to be remark
' able now from abundant than from insuf
ficicnt liair. Every year baldness seems
to increase. There is sound reason for
the belief that the coming man will heal- j
together hairless. Of the cause of this
rapidly growing tendency there are many
theories, no one of which is satisfactory.
Baldness prevails not only in this country,
but throughout civilization. Indeed, it
may be said that the higher the civiliza
tion the greater the deficiency of hair. It
seems strange that, in this prolific time
of inventions and discoveries, no one has
found some method of restoring the hair.
The innumerable nostrums advertised are
worthless, and the few who try them are
incurable believers in quackery. A limit
less fortune awaits the genius who can
make two hairs grow where hut one has
grown before.—[New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Broom Corn.
Broom corn grows readily wherever In
dian corn grows. At present prices its
production should he profitable. The
seven States producing the largest amount
are, in their order, Illinois, Kansas, Mis
souri, New York, Nebraska, Ohio and
lowa. It is planted in drills on rich land
—the richer the better—and three and
one-half feet apart. When first up it is
"scraped;" that is, the dirt is scraped
away from each side of the drill, exter
minating the weeds. It is then cultivated
with the same tools and manner as ordi
nary corn. It comes up quite feebly and
gjrows slowly at first, hut when a few
inches high it takes a start and grows
very rapidly. When "brushed" out and
the seed has passed the blossom, it is
"broken;" that is, the stalks are bent
over just below the first joint. If this
were not done, the "brush" would be
bent down on all sides by the
weight of the seed and thus be
come crooked and worthless. When
"broken," the brush hangs straight and
so ripens. It is sometimes "tabled;"
that is, the stalks of adjoining rows are
broken in opposite directions and low
enough so that the heads lap over and lie
one upon another. When the seed is
nearly ripe, but before the brush has
! turned brown, it is "cut." Iu doing
j this, the stalks are cut an inch orso above
the first joint, and the head and stalk are
j slipped out of the sheath. It is then
1 drawn up to barns or sheds which are
; fitted up with sealTolds from bottom to
j top. On these the corn is spread to
j "cure." When properly dried, it is
| threshed by being laid upon swiftly re-
I volving cylinders, having long, slim
spikes or teeth, which strip off the seeds
and leave the brush ready to sort aud
bale when it is fit for market. The
threshing, sorting and packing can be
done at any time during the winter. The
seed is capital for liens, and if well
cleaned, is very nearly as good as oats
for any stock ; for cattle, hogs and horses
it is best when ground.—[New York
Herald.
Antiquity of the Zither,
The zither is no child of these later
days. Quite the reverse. The ancient
Egyptians had an instrument which they
called a kinnor and which, in all essential
points, was the prototype cf thez ither.
This was some three thousand years ago,
and from that time down to the present
there lias always been an instrument in
the hands of one of the leading nations
of the world that was, in most respects,
identical with the zither. In the time of
David and Solomon the zither was played
in the great temple of Jerusalem, and
the ancient Greeks valued their kithara
very highly, and the names of Terpuuder
of Lesbcs and of Aristonikos of Chios
have come down to us as those of virtuosi
ou this zither-like instrument. We know
that at the wedding festivities of Alex
ander the Great with Statira, the daughter
of Darius, some of the most famous
kitharists, as Kratinos of Metliymna,
Athenodores of Tejos and others, had to
play. It is also known that some of the
best zither players of these days, liko
Anobeos, received a magnificent remune
ration for public appeurances, an Attic
taleut (about $500) being nothing un
usually high for the performance. Under
the Roman emperors, too, the kithara
often changed and improved, nourished
as a fashionable instrument, and even as
late as 1150 after Christ the Greek Em
peror Manuel esteemed the famous kitli
arist Saraotheres Logotliota very highly
because of his art.
During the following centuries several
varieties of zither-like instruments were
in use, such as the citlinra burbara, the
cithara tontouiea and the psalterium in
Germany and adjoining countries, the
crowt in England and Scotland, and tho
virginale or claricliordiun later on, about
1500. The latter, together with the
psalter, were popular in nearly all Euro
pean countries, and it was really not
until the time that the forerunners of the
present piano, the spinet, etc., came
into general use—about the end of the
last century—that the zither went out of
date.—[Chicago Herald.
Blood Drinking.
Blood drinking is rather an unsavory
medication. Every morning, however,
in Paris, France, fashionable Indies suf
fering from amentia go to the monu
mental slaughter house of La Villette,
just as if it were a drinking-rooin at Aix
or Vichy. They there drink bullock's
blood at 30 centimes (0 sous) a gluss, and
observers say that the blood cure is often
efficacious. Raspail, the real precursor
of Pasteur, noticed that the butchers and
even the women bookkeepers in butchers'
shops, are singularly healthy and that
their biood is, as a rule, purer than that
of people plying other trades. Mile, ltos
ita Mauri, the famous opera danseuse,
once sprained her foot upon the stage.
The doctor ordered her to go to La Vill
ette every morning early and to bathe her
dainty ankle in hot bullock's blood. The
habit of blood drinking, like hot-water
drinking, is nauseous at first, but the pa
tients think no more of it after a time
than they would of gulping down an
oyster or a glass of absinthe. The ani
mals ought, uaturally, to be healthy; but
this can easily be tested by experts. Al
though the practice appears to have
spread in Franco, the "blood-cure" was
really invented by an English doctor.
The Language of Colors in Korea.
In Korea the noble, the commoner, tho
soldier, the peasant, the priest of Buddha
and the attendant at the Confucian Ilall,
the bridegroom, the mourner, the mar
ried and the unmarried of both sexes
all may be told by their dress, and each
dress is subject to certain secondary
modifications that indicate many thiugs
as to the condition and position of the
wearer. Color also plays a prominent
part in dress distinction. Scarlet is for
the king, and its indiscriminate use by
the masses of the people is forbidden—
that is, for the men, for no sumptuary
law of the east and west has yet been able
to banish any wished-for color from tho
feminine attire. Bed is also, as a mark
of distinction, allowed to young men at
tho time of their marriage. White in
dicates half mourning and the shade of
yellowish brown of unbleached fabrics is
full mourning.—[Washington Star.
SPARKS OF WIT.
ALWAYS at cross-purposes—Charon.
IT is commendable in a fast horse to
lower his record, but we hate to see a
man do it.
IT is reasonable to suppose that after
a dead-beat dies and turns to dust he i
will settle.
WELLOFFF. —Are you engaged in any
industrial pursuit yet? Harduppe—
Guess I am. lam still hunting work.
"You ought to thank the Lord your
daughter married so well." "No," re
plied the millionaire. "The lord should
thank me—l paid his debts."
"POOR fellow," said one Chicago de
tective of another, whose funeral he at
tended, "he tried hard enough, but he
never turned up anything but his toes."
"I SEEM verv popular with your fath
er's dog," said Herbert to Mabel. "In
deed?" "Yes, the last time I tried to
take my leave he did his best to detain
me."
A GERMAN editor, in announcing his
marriage, says: "We have taken this
step for better or for worse; but it is a
poor woman that can't support one
editor."
AT a church fair: Man (to neighbor)
—Look here. I've found a spoiled oys
ter. Neighbor—Don't say anything
about it. They might come round and
take it away from you.
MRS. GOTHAM —The paper says that
chewing wintergreen will keep people
awake in church. Mr. Gotham—lt
might be—but, at the theater I havo
found cloves very efficacious.
MRS. GLOBETROT —So your three
daughters have been married since I
left? Mrs. Homebody—Yes. Clara mar
ried a count, Marie married a million
are, and Nellie married for love.
SHE (just gone into housekeeping)- -
How did you like the shirt I ironed for
you, Alfred? Didn't Ido it beautifully ?
He—You do nothing by halves, my
I dear. You did it up brown, of course.
| PAPA —How are you progressing in
your language lessons, Ethel? Ethel
I —Oh, I have learned to say "thank you"
. and "if you please," in French. Tommy
—That's more than you evor learned in
English.
I Hp:—My dear, I understand that the
dime museum is exhibiting a woman
who is 150 years old. She —Well, what
of it? He—l was thinking, my dear,
1 you might go see her and ask her how
to make pumpkin pie.
I THE battle steed: "I love this old
horse," said the Colonel. "I feel that ho
saved my life at Gettysburg." "How?"
i "He kicked me in the stomach before
the battle so that I could not goon the
field, and my substitute got shot in the
neck."
NOT QUITE RELENTLESS.
"Give you a kiss, indeed !" Raid ahe.
"Give you a kiss 1 Mv goodness i
'Tis strange that you Bhoul-i uiake so free.
I wonder at your rudoneas.
"I could not such a thing endure,"
And then with manner nervous
Bhe added, "for I'm very sure
That Boiueone would observe us."
MOTHER—I don't approve of your
carrying on with Mr. Stay late as you
did in the parlor last night. You sat
too close together. Alice—Why,mother,
there was a chair between us. Mother
—Yes; but there should have been
two.
i'l ticking and Shearing Ueese.
A curious case came before an En
glish court for adjudication recently.
A poulterer was charged with cruelty
to forty-eight live geese by plucking
them of their feathers, and the owner
was charged with procuring the com
mission of the offense. The proceed
i Vigs were taken by the Society for the
| Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A
I witness swore that "after the geese
were plucked their skins turned a pur
ple color, and they seemed to he in
pain. They walked about with their
i backs up, and shrank when touched."
' The practice was shown by defend
ants to be very prevalent, and the so
ciety asked for a nominal fine to put a
stop to it. The defendants said it was
the custom of the district to pluck the
feathers every six weeks, and if they
i were stopped from doing so many peo
| pie would discontinue keeping geese,
as much more money was realized by
the sale of feathers than by the geese.
; The court imposed a tine of eighteen
shillings upon the defendants, and ex
pressed the hope that it would be a
warning to other people. Plucking
live geese and ducks prevails all over
the United States.
There is a species of large water
fowl whose habitat in winter is the
open lakes of the interior, and their
feathers are so firmly set that they can
not be plucked. Shearing is resorted
to, and many housewives have beds
made of the feathers, which almost
equal those of eider down, as the stiff,
troublesome quills are absent. Shear
ing geese and ducks could be made to
supersede plucking— American Agri
culturist.
Two CHESTER fishermen auarreled
jibout the ownership of a boat and
neither would surrender his claim. The
boat was finally sawed in two, and each
* nari
The Foolish Ox.
An old farmer had two oien that 110
wanted to fatten, so he put them in a
corral and then gave them all the corn
they oould eat.
" Phis is a picnic," aaid one. "I am
getting fat aa an alderman, and my
digestive apparatus was never better.
Our master is truly a gentleman and a
scholar."
I "He is also a business man," replied
his mate, "and the first thing you
know you will be turned into porter
house Bteak. Better do as Ido and
stay lean."
j "Being lean and tough will not save
you," replied his neighbor, "for you
will in ttiat case be sold to the butcher.
Since the same fate awaits us both, I
shall be ahead, as I am having heaps
, of fuu now."
MORAL.
i Live while you can. — Chicago Ledger
NERVE-PAINS.
©4TAAT|\, Cures
Neuralgia.
v£/*l Neuralgia.
y V/1L Neuralgia.
Salt Point, N. Y.. April 16,1889.
I suffered six weeks with ueuralgiu; a half
I bottle of fit. Jacobs Oil cured me; no return of
! pain in three years. Ilavo sold it to many,
I and have yet to hear of a sitiglo caso it did not
relievo or permanently cure.
G. JAY TOMPKINS, Druggist.
Green island, N. Y., Feb. 11,1889.
I suffered with neuralgia in the head, but
found instant relief from the application of
fit. Jacobs Oil, whieh cured me.
E. P. BELLINGER, Chief of Polico.
Ely Cream Baim
ia tlio boat remedy for children
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ELY BROS., M Warren St.,N. Y.BBKLJVT tY -
An Accident In a Spanish Bull-Fight.
A few years ago the inhabitants of
Seville read with surprise, in the ad
vertisement of an approaching bull
fight, this unusual notice:
"When the third bull shall have at
tacked the picadors and received three
pairs of banderillas, a young peasant,
by whom it has been brought up, will
appear in the ring. He will approach
the bull, caress it, and, after removing
the banderillas, one after another, will
lie down between its horns."
The announcement of so singular a
feat attracted an immense crowd to the
amphitheater. The third bull ap
peared, an animal with splendid horns
and very brave; it slew four horses,
received the banderillas, and became
furious. Then, contrary to custom,
all the toreadors retired from the ring,
leaving the bull stamping aud slinking
the bloody darts whicn hung from his
neck.
All at once a long whistle was heard.
The bull paused and listened. It was
repeated. The bull approached the bar
rier aud a young man leaped into the
ring, calling the bull by its name,
"Mosquito 1" The animal knew its
master came to caress him, and was ap
peased. The peasant gave it his hand
to lick, and with the other began to
scratch it behind the ears—an opera
tion which seemed to afford the brute
much pleasure. He then gently re
moved the banderillas which annoyed
the neck of Mosquito, made it go down
on its knees, and placed his head be
tween its horns. The grateful bull
seemed to listen with pleasure to a
pastoral melody sung by its master.
The admiration of the multitude,
hitherto suppressed by surprise, burst
forth with Andalusian violence and
shook the building. Hearing this
frenzied applause, which had accom
panied all his sufferings, the bull, till
then under a charm, appeared to wake
and return to reality. It suddenly
rose, bellowing, and the peasant tried
to escape. But it was too late. The
animal, as though furious at being be
trayed, tossed the young man into the
! air, received him again on its horns,
gored him, trampled on him, and
crushed him to pieces, in spite of the
efforts of the toreadors. The perform- |
ance was suspended—a phenomenon in
Spain—and the horrified public quit
ted the circus in silence.— New York
Clipper.
Tlio Two (tumblers.
A fox and a crow once engaged in a
game of poker. They had played but
a short time when an owl came past and
stopped to watch the game. He soon
noticed something crooked, and called
the crow to one side and observed:
"You aro a fool to play with that fox.
He goes to the deck and sorts out
straights and flushes to suit himself."
"I know that ho goes to the deck
after most of his hands," replied the
crow: "but ho is so busy watching him
self that he does not watch me, and I
sort out a full house."
MORAL.
That is the way all gambling is done.
A meeting of journalist# will be held In Paris
to psoest ugaiust the reeent expulsion of
French journalists from Rouie.
Confidence Begot ml Success.
So successful has Dr Pierce's Golden Medi
cal Discovery proved in curing chronic nasal
catarrh, bronchial and throat diseases, that its
manufacturers now sell it through druggists
under a p/JHitivr {jxuxrantce of its benefiting or
curing in every case, if given a fair trial, or
money paid for it will be refunded. Consump
tion (which is scrofula of the lungs) if taken in
time, is also cured by this wonderful medicine.
For Constipation or Sick Headache, use Dr.
Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One a dose.
Fivo thousand bunches of bananas were
tossed over to the mermaids from aNicnraguan
steamer the other day to lighten the ship in a
severe storm.
Dr. L. L. Gorsucb, Toledo, 0., says: "1
have practiced medicine for forty years, have
never seen a preparation that 1 could prescribe
with so much confidence of success as 1 can
Hall's Catarrh Cure." Sold by Druggists. 75c. j
reparations are being made by Russia to
construct a fort on the White Sea and to or
ganize torpedo defences. Two mortur batter
ies will bo addod to the artillery.
Six /Vowels tYce, sent by Or agin & Co. Phlla
Pa., to any one in U. S. or Canada, post paid',
upon receipt of 26 Dobbins's Electrical Soap
wrappers. See list of novels on olrculars arouna
each bar. This soap for sale by all grocers.
Rertram Russell, brother of Lord Russell,
recently won a mathematical scholarship at
Trinity College, Cambridge. He is ouly 16
years of age and the youngest student who
evor captured this honor.
FITS stopped free by DR. KLINE'S GRKAI
NERVE RESTORER. NO Fits after first daj*i
use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and 92 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline. 061 Arch Ht., Phlla., Pa
The Sultan of J >h<>re, who is shortly to re
visit Eng and, would probably pass for an or
dinary, well-developed European gentleman of
middle a^e.
A pock*' cigar case free to smokers of "Tan
sill's Punch" 50. Cigar.
Emin Pasha speaks twonty-seven languages
and dialects. Dr. Parks, who was with Stan
ley, t-ays Emin is suffering from an incurable
cataract, and that before a year shall olap.-e
be will be blind. U2O
Your Biood
Needs a good cleansing Mils spring In order to over
! come the impurities which have accumulated during
the winter, or which may be hereditary, and cause
you much suffering. We confidently recommend
Hood's SurHApnrlllu as the very best spring medicine,
j By Its use the blood is purified, euriched und vital
' I zed, that tired feeling is entirely overcome and the
| whole body given strength and vigor. The appetite
is restored ami sharpened, the digestive organs are
j loued and the kidneys and liver Invigorated.
"1 was feeling very much woru out and found
I nothing to benefit ine till I took Hood's Sarsnparllla.
i 1 have now taken several bottles aud It has made me
| feel perfectly well. I was also troubled with sores
| breaking out in my mouth, but since takiug Hood's
I Sarsaparllla have hod no further trouble from them.
I have recommeuded It to others, who have been
very much beueflted by using It."—Mas. MAIIY AD
DKRL.Y, 627 North Water Bt., Decatur, 111.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
j by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
I OO Doses One Dollar
without it. It is a pi*otical work aad even body buy
taakaflfmoefuio popular demand, to suit the tliues,
" Inch™ in BIZ^
other public building., touothur wltli ,wcMcMlon.
Snreoeipt or 91.00; bound In cloth 92.00.
XflClUTEcr I'll,! IT, V,n;loN,ter Bt, Nw Sorb.
tw m Mention This Paper.JxJ
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KISSED ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE.
"You scoundrel," yelled young Jacob Green
At bis good neighbor. Brown,—
"You kissed my wifo upon the street,—
I ought to knock you down."
"That's where vou're wrong," good Brown replied.
In accents mild and meek;
"I kissed her; that I've not denied.
But I kissed her on the cheek—
and I did it because she looked so hand- I
some the very picture of beauty and i
health. What is the secret of it?"
"Well," replied Green, "since you ask
it, I will tell you; she uses Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. I accept your apology.
Good night."
An unhealthy woman is rarely, if ever, j
beautiful. The peculiar diseases to which
so many of the sex are subject, are prolific
causes of pale, sallow faces, blotched with
unsightly pimples, dull, lustreless eyes and
| emaciated forms. Women so afflicted,
can be permanently cured by using I)r.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription; and with
the restoration of health comes that beauty :
which, combined with good qualities of head
and heart, makes women angels of lovliness.
" Favorite Prescription " is the only medi- j
cine for women, sold by druggists, under u
positive guarantee from tlie manufactur
ers, that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded. This
guarantee has been printed on the bottle-
DR. PIERCE'S PELLETS
Purely Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless.
ITnequaled as a Liver Pill. Smallest, Cheapest, Kasirat
t* Take. One Tiny, Sugar-coated Pellet a Dose. Cures Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
derangements of the stomach and l)ow*ls. cents, by drugerista.
evenrWATERPROOF COLLAR "> CUFF
THAT CAN BE RELIED ON
BE UP 3>Tot to SpUtl
THEM..K JJOt tO PiBCOIOI-!
I———-I BEARS THIS MARK.
NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
To Restore Tone
and Strength
to the System when
weakened by
La Grippe
or any other
Illness,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
is positively
unequalled.
Get the BEST.
Prepared by
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
■iisw-— 11 and it will le
found not only a source of pecuniary advantage, but
I also of great amusement and Instruction to tlio
young. lb' outfit contains three alphabets of rub-
I oer typo, one bottle ofb- st black indelible ink, pallet
for holding type, ink pad. and one pair
tweezers. Tin* entire outfit neatly and securely
packed in a Hiibstantial bo*, with full instructions
for use, will 1 e mailed post paid to any address.
Star Printing Outfit by moll, postpaid, 8r. 3
for HOiM Ufor f I . JBO Adi'iM.
A THING OF BEAUTY IS A
JOY FOREVER.
INITIAL
S&L BADGES.
T ''° l,al,sl NoveKy
One of the greatest noveltteß at the rnris Exposi
tion was the EXCKI.SIOK INITIAL HAIH.LH ; over
three millions of tin in bain* sold in less than sixty
days. Wo have after considerable trouble and ex
l ense been enabled to purchase the original dies, and
are now prepared to supply them to the people of
the United States at iiNK-TlilltD their ordinal
The Excelsior Initial Undoes are made in German
; Silver and iiiiien Loliltone <f nearest ?'! h ;
! stitutea for real gold ever produced), with any Initial
I desired, beautifully enameled in the centre, ihey
I can be worn as an ornament, Kiven forpmcs, used
as badges f. rclutis, soctetu s or lodges.
! i n order to introduce the Excelsior In tial Hodge*.
we will send one sample with your initial for 15 I
: crntH. One do/en. any initial desired, ft 1.85. Two
dozen, assorted as defied. #B.OO. Always nvn-
Hon whether you wish the German Silver or Guinea |
i Ht'cretaricH of lodges, clubs, societies, etc., should I
end for ft sample medal. Hcuool hashers desiring
lielr pupils to take an extra Interest in their studies
aill find the Excelsior Initial Badges a first-class
a-tide. Address all orders to
UNION STAMP WORKS,
15 Vn ndetv liter Street, New Yorlt City* j
! wrapper and faithfully carried out fpr
I many years. It is a positive specific for
1 leucorrhea, painful menstruation, unnatural
suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the
womb, woak back, anteversion, retrover
sion ? l*?aring-down sensations, chronic con
gestion, inflammation and ulceration of the
| womb.
' As a regulator and promoter of functional
action, at that critical period of change
from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorite
Prescription" is a perfectly safe remedial
, agent, and can produce only good results.
It is equally valuable when taken for those
derangements incident to that later and
i critical period, known as " The Change of
| Life."
A Book of ICO pages, on " Woman and
Her Diseases, their Nature, and How to
j Cure them," sent sealed, in plain envelope,
I on receipt of ton cents, in stamps.
Address, WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, NO. 603 Main Street, Bidlalo,
I N. Y.
fIDIIIM HABIT. Only C.rt.l. and
(I Ml II hM eaay (TRE In the World. Dr.
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ffuud is trj Caty. Star.wS mcu u ut u.lr limwtll|l
■ a our Secr Service. KxMrtißec r*rtlolw frW
Granaan DeUctita Bureau Ca. 44 Are4t l 6lidiMtl,%
IPiso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the
■ Sold by druggists or Bent
50c. £. T. llazcltiue, Warren, Pa.
DR. TOBIAS'
celebrated
Vail Lint
It ricta like magic in cases of acute pain, such aj
Rheu uint ism. Neuralgia, Puiris in th
Back, Chest or Limbs, Stiffened Joints, dke.
TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED.
Warranted for over forty years.
Rend to us If your druggfst or storekeeper docs not
1 keep our goods.
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THOROUGHLY RELIABLE, f sfnTbr'wlf
ABSOLUTE LY BAF E. J on rcc'.frt of
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
DR. J. H. BCHENCK A SON, PHILADELPHIA. PA.
AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL
CONSULT DR. l.Oltß, 38!) North Fifteenth
Street, Pliiliidelpliin. Twenty years'experience
iu special diseases; cures tbo worst cases of Nervous
Complaints, Blood Poisoning, Blotches, Eruptions,
Piles, Catarrh, Ulcers, Sores, Impaired Memory,
Despondency, Dimness of Vision, Lung, l.ivor,
Stomach, Kidney (Blight's Disease); confidential.
BtTCall or write for question list and boot'
■ 1 preso. gnu ..inyen
dorse Big ti e the "uly
Chii tn specific (or the certain cure
Av' TO V ATB * vl of this disease.
0.11.15t IIAIIAM.M n.,
Mrl wmstrtauw. Amsterdam, N. \
fes Mrdsaly byttt* We have sold Big fl ' or
cumiai 0,.
01noinnatl,BHH faction. „ .
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