lit* Wiiti k Square Han. It was a bright August afternoon. The sun beat its rays warmly upon hundreds of acres of freckled, rosy cheeked peacliesdown In Howell Coun ty, Mo. Old Levi Howard's fruit farm was second to none of the small er places in point of excellence of product, hut up to date no one had appeared to buy his pouches. •Have you had no offer?" the old man was asked. "Oh, yes," lie said. "A fellow came along here seven weeks ago, when the first of the fruit was show in' signs of ripenin'. He said he'd be back in live weeks an' take 'em all at live bits a bushel." "And hasn't he been here since?" "No, he aint, an' niore'n that he stayed here at the house an' boarded fer 'leven days, going out inter th orchard ev'ry mornin' an' takin' what fruit was ripe." "Did he pay you anything for hit board?" "Nope. Said he was eomin' back an' 'd fix it then. He borried $8 on the same terms, too," the old fellow added, with a hopeful air. "Well, I don't think you'll ever set him again, and you ought topickyoui fruit and send It up to Kansas City.'' "An' not hold it fer Mr. Thomp son?" "Why, no, he's an evident fraud." "Look here, stranger,"said old man Howard, "two wrongs don't make no right, ez the feller said, an' you betei Mr. Thompson don't keep up his part of the dealin' nobody kin ever sav 'af old Levi Howard Hopped. I'm square ef I am pore."—[Free Press. J*Mlge WHXMIII'H I'olitldiil Proverbs. Some candidates don't own them selves. Winimin can't improve politicks by gittin' in urn. Raisin' a family is good pattriotism. The people lias more confidents in a statesman ef he takes his licker strate than ef he sweetens it- Diplomats air a tricky breed. Tain't safe to sware to a stump speech.' So far the Anicrikin Kagel ain't bit off more'n lie could chaw. The Goddess of Liberty has got a perpetule lease 011 the western con tinent, and pays rent to the Lord. Wheat at a dollar a bushel makes votes. Speakin'of votes tan't quality so much as quantity that counts. A man in politics has got to trim a leetle now and then.—[Free Press. It takes about three seconds for a mes saoo to go from ODU end of lliu Atlanta ca do to the other* TWO THINGS In Regard to Catarrh tut, it in at oitstitul ion til 1) itteanef fill if M, it Hrtialren a ion stitutiomtl ilvmvftij. These two facts are uow so well known to tha medical fraternity that local applications, like snuffs and inhalants, are regarded as at best likely to give only temporary relief. To effect a permanent cure of catarrh requires a constitutional remedy like Hood s Harsaparllla, which by purifying the blood, repairing the diseased tissues, and imparling heulthy tone to the effected organs, does give thorough and lasting cure. "I want to say for the hcuoflt of suffering humanity, that Hood's Sursaparlliu is A Permanent ture /or Catarrh. After suffering with catarrh in my head for a num ber of years, and using every obtainable remedy, 1 was requested to take Hood s Sarsaparilla I did so, and after using three or four bottles I am healed of the most annoying disease the human sya tcm is lieir to." P. H. STOUT, Sheridan, lud. "German Syrup" For Throat and Lungs " I have been ill for Hemorrhage " about five years, "have bad the best Five Years, "medical advice, "and I took the first " dose in some doubt. This result " ed in a few hours easy sleep. There 1 ' was no further hemorrhage till next "day, when I had a slight attack " which stopped almost immcdiate "ly. By the third day all trace of " blood had disappeared and I had "recovered much strength. The "fourth day I sat up in bed and ate "my dinner, the first solid food for "two months. Since that time I "have gradually gotten better and " am now able to move about the " house. My death was daily ex "pected and my recovery has been "a great surprise to my friends and " the doctor. There can he no doubt "about the effect of German Syrup, "as I had an attack just previous to "its use. The only relief was after " the first dose." J.R. LOUGHHEAD, Adelaide, Australia. to ely'S catarrH CREAM when applied into the WMF R> N ML nostrils will bo ttb- M 3 I >n' aorbed, effectually 1 cleansing the Ueatl of £*J catarrhal vim,. eau FEVER ing budltliy seerotlouH. ItallavM in It mil matlon, gW . Bra brane from additional r.'n hayfwr A particle ia applied into each nostril and Ih agree able. i'nee Mi cents at brut g:ntu or by mull. ELY Hilt)'l lIKlt-s, iti Warren Street, New York, WORN KIC.HT AND DAYI | d™ RVTC rcunu'antjjM. l'.t. Jul, F, H-'L 111.. 74.' llrirtlwi V.'-- 1 ; >: ,AV fit. ■ lot. .SWAN, Ihuvi.-r Lunp AVia' WE P A Y S AL A R YA'.IVIMS men nr wornr, i. WMIK STKAIIT. ILIU PAY for ljarl tin. Oaf 'I free. Eaperlonee notiueoj. d. .1. I'.ilvri.e WI.LINER. Kucht-ater, N. V. KANSAS FARMS SH good prices. PurniH fir uuie at tuirgaiua. List free. Cli As. ic. wo.Mri.EY, Owborne. Kan. AiAl/ WEAK, nßKToiia, W HKTCHBD mortals GOT 3k||.H woll and keen well. Health Helptr wlWim tells now. 50eta. n year, sample cqay (*EE. l)r. J. 11. II VE. Editor. IluTnlo. N. 1 k MOT? !"• IOC PIS CENT riß CASHFrUt Ahavi. M iuriwrr. Dr. Bridsmitn, m M.( ffOTES AND COMMENTS. FOR the best definition of money, a London paper lately offered a prize. Henry E. Baggs, a Sheffield man, won it. Ho defined it an "un article which may bo used as a universal passport to every- I whore except heaven, and as a universal provider of everything except happi ness." WHEN Little Johnny Abbott, agod eight, of Battle Creek, Mich ..dreams, ho devotes his whole attention to the visions of Morpheus. A few nights ago he dreamed that he was out West slaying whole tribes of savages. In his night clothes he arose, crept to thereof, slid to the ground, and walked thirty rods in the wet grass before he awoke. I HE savants and historians of Italy aro now deeply interesting themselves in the question of Columbus' real birthpluee. hive or six places besides Genoa claim the honor, and utnong them is Bettola. It is reported that proofs have lately been discovered establishing Bettola's claim, and that the town will erect a monument to Columbus at once, and in tends to send an envoy to the World's Fair with these proofs and other his torical documents of interest. MR. S. T. WILLIAMS of Chicago is the author of a novel plan for promoting the interests of the World's Fair. lie pro poses that the Commission shall strike off Bevernl million stamps and supply every druggist and railroad agent in the I'nited States with a quantity of them, together with little blank books having "World's Fair" printed on the cover. Any one applying may have a book, and he or she will be invited to buy the stamps, of a denomination of 5 to 50 cents each, and place thorn in the book. The World's Fair management is to redeem the stamps. Any one purchasing SIOO worth of stamps will receive $99.50 in cash and an admission ticket. In other words, the Exposition Company would constitute it self a savings bank, paying, however, no interest. THE impoverishment of Europe seems to he strangely balanced by increasing wealth in this country, and as the re sources of the Old World are exhausted those of the new are increased or made apparent. Our bountiful harvests aro supplying Europe's deficiency, and just as Great Britain is figuring on the proba ble oxhaustion of her coal fields, dis coveries of immense supplies of that fuel are being made in Alaska. Captain Miner, of the schooner Henry Dennis, brought to Seattle a few days ago some specimens of excellent coal from I 'nger Island, in the Schutnagin group, Alaska. The coal is similar to canned coal, and is pronounced to be of first-class quality. THE Baldwin locomotive works of Phil adelphia have just completed for the freight service of the Erie Hail way the largest compound locomotive in the world. The weight of the engine is 135,01K) pounds, exclusive of the tender. It has throo pairs of driving-wheels sixty-two inches in diameter. The weight on these wheels, which is the measuro of the power of the locomotive, is 107,000 pounds. Its length is 50 feet, and height 10 feet. It is expected that this engine cun he run at a saving of from 30 to -10 per cent, over the same size single expansion engine. But, after all, the Erie's new locomotive will not appear so big when the Baldwin Coinpuny has constructed, for the same company, five new ones, which are to woigh 177,000 pounds each. UNLESS there is some mistake in the figures, the wculth of the city of London during the last ton years has increased at un astonishing rate. According to the City Press, the profits assossed to income tax under Schedule I) in 1879-' BO were about £39,000,000, while in 1889-90 they were £70, 000.000. That is, the profits have almost doubled in ten years. This result in greater part is due to a general growth of prosperity, and the tendency shown by the great profit-bearing busi ness to centralization. Every great pro vincial house finds it necessary to have a brunch in London, and London branches tend to become trunks. It is suggested, also, that the increased vigilance of the revenuo officials may have something to do with tho matter. SAYS an American dentist, who is p no ticing in Mexico: "1 am gotting rich, und any good American dentist who will come here and stay can do likewise. I made SIO,OOO the first year, and I have done considerably better right along since that time. I get from SIOO to $l5O for a full set of teeth on rubber. The same thing in the Stutes costs you sls. Whenever I administer gas I charge $lO for tlie pulling of a tooth, and when a number are pulled I charge $lO for the first tooth and $5 for all succeeding ones. For jerking out a tooth without gas 1 charge $2, and in tho United States you would only got 50 cents for this work. As to fillings, they range from $5 up ward, und gold fillings cost from sls up into the hundreds, according to the size of the cavity and to the size of tho bank account of the man who has his teeth filled. 1 always get SS(K) for making a set of teeth on gold, and all other busi ness is done at proportionate rates. I know of many dentists who are making more thuu 1, und 1 know of a number who charge moro than I do. I often aiuko $1,()(H) a mouth, but dontists in the City of Mcxico*inuko more, and 1 know of a man there gets SSO a tooth for any kind of a filling, and who came to Mexico from South Americu, where he made S4O,(HK) in u singio year." THE sessions of the Hail way Mail Superintendents at Washington have been so fruitful that it is proposed to hold a similar conference ovory year. Tho deliberations have led to the simpli fication of matters at the departments, and u general improvement in tho matter of handling tho mail as it Hies across the country. There are about 8,300 postal clerks under these eleven division super intendents, di.ided as follows: Boston district 475, New York 720, Washington 355, Atlanta 425, Cincinnati 1,010, Chi cago 920, St. Louis 030, San Francisco 225, Cleveland 000, St. Paul 450, and Fort Worth 320. The superintendents want tho examinations ohaugtd so us to secure men better fitted for the service physically than those now turned over to thou by the Civil Service Commission. They say it is necessary that applicants should pass a very strict examination to determine whether they are of the proper hoight, of good lung power, good heart action, good sight, and strong nervous and muscular systems, all of which are essential to good work in tho postal ser vic . Another thing they want is that they shall have a regular paid uuxiliury corps to net as substitutes when tho men on regular runs are sick or disabled, those auxiliary clerks being subject to the same practical working examinations up plied to regular men and also to the examination of tho Civil Service Commis sion. MR. STKFPANI, of Berlin, wants tobuih a Moorish castle on the World's Fail grounds, and proposes to spend $500,0(X on it. He exhibited a structure of ftlii* kind at Paris, but its cost was much less The plans have been submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means, and if they are adopted visitors will certainly be dazzled by the Oriental magnificence of Mr. Steppani's palace. The building, it is proposed, shall be 200x200 feet, one story high, and constructed of brick in the Moorish style. Mirrors will make of the interior a place of brilliant and many times multiplied reflections. In deed. one will be likely to lose himself iu the maze of hovelled and prismatic glass, , for it is intended that a feature of the custle shall be a labyrinth where the il lusions are to he so perfect that on en tering one will think ho is advancing to an endless series of colonnades. In this hall of plessant bewilderment will bo shown the interior of a hurem. Hero will also be found Rebecca at the well, and the visitor gazing down will see him self reflected in what is apparently a bottomless pool. A cave of splashing waters is to be another source of delight. Of course there will bo a restaurant, and of a most sumptuous and imposing style. One of its attractions will boa vista of ancient cities seon through the colon nades. Altogether, it will be a new world of wonders to the untraveled American, and when ho issues from the portals of this Moorish palace, ho will feel like rubbing his oyes to muke sure of his identity. BREAD OUT OF SAWDUST. When It Can be Made Mankind Will be Happy and Rich. A Star reporter was informed that the Department of Agriculture is interested in a plan for making breud out of saw dust. Absurd? By 110 meuns. Scientists be lieve that there is 110 good reason why the thing should not be entirely practic able. Everybody knows that starch is a substance extremely nutritious; in fact, it is nearly all nutriment. Well, starch and sawdust are the same thing. Saw dust, which is "cellulose," is of precisely the same chemical composition as starch. The two are expressed by the same chem ical formula, C 6 1110 Oo —that is, six parts of carbon, ten parts of hydrogen and five parts of oxygen. These are the simple ingredients of either starch or sawdust. Scientific experimenters have been trying for a long time to find out a way to transform the 0110 into the other. If they should succeed the discovery would be away ahead of the philosopher's stone in point of value. All inexhaustible source of food supply would at once bo rendered available iu the forests, the grass unit even in straw and chaff. Hitherto chemistry has occupied itself almost wholly with taking things apart, in order to And out what they are made of; but now the science is directing its attention to putting elements together for the production of useful substances. Already it has succeeded in the artificial preparation of indigo, alizarin, uric acid and many other compounds. The aniline colors, obtained from coal tar and yet rivuling the most brilliant tints of the rainbow, are similarly produced. 80 complex are some of them that their names, which give full accounts of their composition, have to be regular seven league words, one beautiful dye being known as "lioxamethylinethoxytriumido triphenylcarbinol." From coal tar iu like manner are derived many valuuble anti fever medicines and soporifics. The prospects of this new science of putting elements together scorn infinite, and the era of bliss may yet dawn which has boon prophesied by the illustrious naturalist Frederick Colin, who says that all struggles for existence among men arising from want of food will be done away with when chemistry shall have learned to make starch from carbonic acid and water. Plants grow by doing just that, and it may, therefore, be said that farmers have been engaged sinco time immemorial in this very chemical industry. It would scarcely bo so sur prising, then, if the farms of the country should be replaced at somo time in the future by chemical laboratories. —[Wash- ington Star. A Barometer of Finance. There are not so many diamonds worn in New York now, writes a Gotham cor- | lespondent. as there were a few years ago. Probably the farmers out West j who have been raising such tremendous j crops have been buying them up with j their surplus cash, or it may be that the pawnbrokers have them. At any rate, thero are fewer diamonds to be seen now than for somo time. The dia mond is always a barometer of fiuanco. If money is plentiful everybody Is wear ing them. When there is a stringency in the money market the diamonds aro sold. The New York money market has been in a state of stringency for some time, and 1 guess that accounts for the scarcity of diamonds. They are good j things to invest in, aro diamonds, because ' they can nearly always realize their full value. Next to the diamond the most popular stone is the ruby; emeralds of fine color ure next. Opals of brilliant lustre are always in demand and a good many people prefer thorn to diamonds. The old-time superstition about the opal is rapidly disappearing and they are considered as desiruble for purposos of ! ornamentation as any other stone worn. The cat's eye is another popular stone, although hurd to get. The turquoise and garnet, except they be of the first quality, are not so popular as thoy used to be. Fine peurls are in demand, but the average do not sell as readily as thoy i did once. You remember a few years | ugo men used to wear pearls in studs and ill their gold sleeve links. You I rarely see a man wearing pearls now, except iu a scarf-pin. and these ure not ' numerous. Their use is almost entirely I confined to women. Sapphires are not I in such great demand as they were a few I years ago, and those that are worn ! figure iu combination pieces affected by j women. The agate is the most popular cheap stone. [St. Louis Globe-Demo crut. Buld-lfcudcd Cotton Seed. The Spartanburg correspondent of the Greenville (8. C.) News, says that the lintlcss cottonseed plant whose discov -1 cry was announced iu the News and I Courier last year, and was much derided jat that time, "has come to stay." 11. T. Ferguson exhibited a stalk of the plant jin B]>artauburg which contained 300 I bolls, each boll filled with large plump | seed, lie has taken much pains to get. ' the variety perfect, and announces that , ho "will have seed enough this year to i plant the entire State." The estimated j yield is four hundred bushels to the acre. I The product is easily harvested, and the yield of oil is about one-third moro than that of ordinary cotton seed. If all ; these statements are true, it is seen that ; South Carolina has developed another j new and important agricultural industry, j and will soon bo able to supply the world with a practically unlimited quan tity of vegetable oil, stock food and fer tilizers. It would ho a remarkable re sult truly, if the cotton-seed crop should largely supplant tho cotton crop, but it may ciimo to that in the end. These aro record-breaking times, and the cotton plant is us full of surprises us a monkey. —[Charleston (S. C.) News. RAIN SUPERSTITIONS. Method of Coaxing Ruin in Different Countries. In the Caucasian proviueo of Georgia, says a writer in tho Golden Hough, where a drought has lasted long, marriageable girls aro yoked in couples with un ox yoke on thoir shoulders, a priest holds the reins, and thus harnessed thuy wade through rivers, puddles and marshes, praying, screaming, woeping and laugh iug. j 111 a district of Transylvania when the | ground is parched witli drought, some girls strip themselvos naked, and, led by | an older woman, who is ulso nuked, they steal a harrow and curry it across tho fiold to u brook, where they set it afloat. Next they sit 011 tho harrow and koop a tiny tlamo burning 011 oacli corner of it for an hour. Then they loavo tho harrow in tho water and go home. A similar rain charm is rosortod to in India; naked women drag a plow aoross tho fluid by night. It is not said that they plunge the pluw into a stream or j sprinkle it with water. But tho charm would hardly ho complete without it. I Sometimes tho charm works through un I animal. J "To procure rain the Peruvians used 1 to set a black sliocp in a field, poured | chica over it, and guve it nothing to eat j till rain foil. I "In a district of Sumatra ull the women of the villugo, scantily clad, go to the \ river, wade into it and splash each other [ with tho water. A black cut is thrown ; into the water and made to swim about for u while, then allowed to escape to the hunk, pursued by tho splashing of j tho women. In theso cases the color of the animal is part of the charm; being black it will darken the sky with rain clouds. So tlit? Bccliuamis burn the stomach of un ox at evening, hocuuso they say 'the black smoke will gather tin? clouds and cause the rain to come.' j Tho Timorese sacrifice a black pig for rain, u white or red one for sunshine, j The Gnros offer a black goat on tho top of a very high mountain in time of j drought. "Sometimes people try to coerco tho ruin-god into giving rain. 111 China a I huge dragon, made of paper or wood, ! representing tho raiugod is carried about in procession; but if 110 rain follows it is cursed ami torn to pieces, hi tlio like circumstances the Feloupes of Seneguin biu throw down their fetiches und drag them about the fields, cursing them till ruin fulls. Some Indians of the Orinoco worshiped toads and kept them in ves sels in order to obtuin from thorn ruin or sunshine, as might ho required; when their prayers were not answered they beat tho toads. Kilting u frog is a European rain charm. When tho spirits withhold ruin or sunshine theComauolics whip a slave; if the gods prove obsti nate tho victim is almost nuyed alive. Here tho human being muy represent the god, like the leuf-clud Dodolu." Venison Given Away. A letter from Kongo, Karnes county, j Texas, says; For some unexplained rea son the deer of neighboring counties ap pear to have centered near here. For three weeks past the brush has been filled with bucks, docs and fawns. They linve vaulted over pasture wires, and in many places cropped the grass in the pastures so closely that cattlo cannot live on it. They have invaded corn fields and broken down the growing stocks, and in somo of the cotton plantations their passage is marked by a swath of crushed plants. Venison has been killed and given away here until nobody will cut it. Yesterday afternoon Sam Dailey, a ranchman, left town on horseback. A half mile out ho run into u drove of thir ty doer, which wore browsing on tho in side of tho road. He was armed with a Colt's rovolvor, and omptiod six barrels into the fioeing herd, lie was rewarded by threo dead deer and one, which had its spiuo touched by a bullet, run a short distanco and was subsequently taken. Preparations uro making for a grand deer drive, in which 200 men will take part. It is the intention to gradually pen the animals in the corner of a pas ture fence. For fear of accidents tho hunters will be armed only with pistols and clubs.—[New Orleans Times-Demo crat. Novel Ventillutiiig Apparatus. A French electrical paper has a <le scription of a novel electrical ventilat ing apparatus for supplying a building with fresh air, either warm or cold. A motor operates a ventilator, thus drawing the cold air in, but if warm air is desired, the electric current is sent through a network of fine wires which becomes highly heuted. The air is drawn through this network by the ventilator and comes out as warm as furnace heat. It is claimed that the hygienic results of such un arrangement are excollout.—[Now Orleans Times-Democrat. A Small Philosopher. He was six years old, short for his age and barefooted and dirty, llis eyes were sharp and watchful and his faco was lined and old. lie ran away from school ior weeks at a time, and scoured alleys and instinctively avoided all the conven tional and decorous paths of childhood. When he listened to admonitions and promised to amend, his inner ear was deaf and his words were from the lips outward; but he voiced his geuuine ex perience and reduction with the brevity of a maxim: "I think I'd rather be a girl; they don't, git so many kicks."—[Detroit Free Press. China Silk Industry* The Empress of China has recently been endcuvoring to give an impetus to the manufacture of silk in that country by starting a silk-weaving department of her own. One of her great motives for this step, according to a Shanghai corres pondent, is to croutu an employment for tho many millions of girls and women who arc at present excluded from ull labor except that of making embroideries and doing the lighter kinds of housework. The Empress has bad tho necessary looms, skilled artisans and women trained in tho manugeinant of silkworms sent to the palace at Pekin from the imperial silk manufactory at Ilnng-Chow. Tho industry will bo started in the palace grounds, which Her Majesty, by Chinese custom, is forbidden to leave, so that the apprentices will be under her super vision. Trewrt toy Feecorleft. The peccary is found in large hyds In Mexico, Arizona and Southern'lex is. If one of the herd is wounded by a shot so that it squeals, the whole ; herd will charge the hunter on sight. He can escape being devoured only by tlight or by climbing a tree. In "Big Game of North America," Mr. A. G. Kequa says that he and three other sportsmen were camped in the mount ains, forty miles from Hermosillo. It was arranged that they should try to get close io a herd of peccaries, and near several trees. One man was to shoot and cripple a peccary, so thai lie would squeal. The hunters were then to show them selves, and on being charged by the herd, to climb the trees, from which they might kill every peccary. The next morning, therefore, the hunters started up the mountain, each with a hundred shells. Mr. Re qua, seeing a flock of wild turkeys, sep arated from Ills companions, and walked a long distance to get a shot. The others went on. lie shot one turkey and sat down on a rock to rest, taking off his coat, lor it was very warm. Five minutes after, a dozen pecca ries came in sight, and as there were plenty of small pines to serve as a reliigc, the hunter thought lie would kill the whole herd, provided they showed light . He fired at one and crippled it. The pig squealed, and the peccaries came in such numbers that Mr. Kequu started for a tree, forgetting in his excitement his coat and turkey. He had scarcely time to get up when two hundred maddened peccaries were squealing around the tree. lie killed tlve, that being the num ber of shells in his ritle, a Martin re- ! peater, when lie remembered that his ammunition was in the coat he *.ad left on I lie rock. So he threw down his rifle that it might not burden him, retaining two revolvers and a hell full of pistol cartridges. Tlie peccaries were gnawing the base of the tree, and climbing over each other trying to get at their ene my. Bach shot from his revolver knocked over one, hut made tiie oth ers more furious. They rushed at the tree, gnawed at the hark and wood, while (lakes of froth fell from their mouths. lieiuen]boring that his cartridges would soon run out, the hunter stopped shooting and counted the dead hogs, lie had killed twenty three, but there were over two hun dred left. His position was uncomfortable,but the peccaries showed no signs of leav ing. It was noon and very warm, and he was getting tired of being treed, lie thought of his companions, and remembered that he had not ilred the three shots from a revolver in quick succession—the signal agreed upon. He fired them and and killed three peccaries, and then waited. Three o'clock came, but no signs of his comrades. Fatigue made it hard for him to sit on the limb, and he took off his belt and buckled him self fast to the tree, so that he could not fall. At 7 o'clock the sun went behind the mountain, darkness came on, and with it hunger and thist. At 12 j o'clock the moon disclosed his guard scattered around. At 2 o'clock some thing, a grizzly or a puma, alarmed the hogs, and they went scampering down-the mountain. Unloosening his belt, Mr. Eequa descended the tree, but was so still and cramped that he could hardly walk. The turkey had been eaten and his coat thoroughly chewed. He reached the camp at daybreak. Twc of the boys were out on horseback hunting for him. How to CIoHII It I'lHHtor Hunt. A correspondent of a scientific jour nal states that a bust or statue can be most thoroughly cleaned, provided it has not been painted, oiled, or waxed, by inverting it and filling it with water free from iron. The wa ter is then allowed to filter through the plaster. After the filtering has been kept up f'ora sufficient time, and the outside surface occasionally washed with water and a soft brush, the plaster is allowed to dry. It is then found that all the. dust has been wiped out of' the pores of the cast, which is thus restored to its original whiteness.—[lnvention. L.nnrlon. Was have noticed that the boyswhc were great to "cut up" are always in vited when thoie is a party. OIViS 3SJVJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem erteetually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of'its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to tho taste and ac ceptable tc the stomach, prompt in its action ami truly beneficial In its edicts, prepared only from tho most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and 81 bottles by all leading drug gists Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept ny substitute, CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. _ UUISVILLE, KY. n YORK. *./. QO9GGO & Q & © © THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WORLD I o TUTT'S • CTINY LIVER PILLS© ©IIITVPHI! tho virtues of the larger ones; equally effective; purely vegetable. 9 ivvuet size HIIOWII iti thin border. Too lUplrf (irowth. In the last decade the cities ol j Washington, now a State, made uiar ; velous advance. Seattle gained in population 1,112.4s pur cent., Taco ina, 3, 17U.23, Spokane Falls, 5,592. The aggregate of this populutloh was nearly 100,000. The cities enjoyed phenomenal booming, but the boom is over, and, unfortunately for them, the country, a great source of wealth when fields are tilled, did not 1111, as rapidly as the cities tilled. Those cities are now ex periencing the reaction which Wichita and even Kansas City sut fered. Chicago had several experi ences of the kind. Incorporated in 1837, its growth was checked by the ensuing panic. It experienced "hard times during the panic of 1857. Again in 1873, and for several years succeeding, its activities appeared to have led it too far, ami booming holders of real estate equities suffered great loss. These checks, however, were felt at times when panic was general throughout the country. The Hurry of last November found Chica go so stable that it was complacent when tlnanciul New York was ex- cited. The Washington cities liavo over j done themselves, and must for a time I pay the penalty of their excessive ! booming. Before they recover and start anew the hack country must till up. (if the ultimate prosperity of these cities there is practically no doubt. The far Northwest is mar velously rich in natural resources. In soil, in forests, in minerals there is | sufficiency to support an empire. The harbors are spacious. There is mag nificent opportunity for commerce, agriculture, mining, manufactures, but growth in these directions must be slow to be sure. The city is but the complement of the country. Mummotli i lag; The Overman Wheel Co., Chicopee I Falls, Mass., Hung to the breeze one of the largest United States flags evet made (and possibly the largest), the dimensions being 41x71 feet. This monster Hag was stretched from the top of two live-story factories, and gathered within the folds were num erous flowers which fell into the crowd below when unfurled. Wise IMothrrs n (' c " ta ;a Or on,, Curf.tiie only V ' 'ro'ulr ST&PS ir,'r Only ouo man in 203 is ov.r six feet ill neigh i. Tlie J.ydla E. 1 iukhum Medicine Co., Lvnu. " toautlful lllnstraied .IV. wh.V.V u o to tfraitii and Etiquette." La copy ynd their address and stamp for lh.if are now published 1,178 iiiuiru-! ZIIIOH. W iVs. ,l(l "n,M r m' V* I s ' Mich.. I . i it. KV i Hails Catarrh Cure I* KuSKW "• Sold " y Montana is larger than the empire of 'lui key. 1 Nttivv IISEP 6 * trve, bv Da. K Lure's (JKHAT rjwtv k K witntKii. No fits ufter lirst day's uso. uud $2 trial bottle free. Or. Kline. Wll Arch St.. Phila.. Pa. California boasts of a wheat crop double the size of that of last year. Well preserved women, wheu consulting their mirror see beside their satisfied reflec tion tbo calm and earnest faco of Lydiu E. Piukham. They can t.-li \ <JV i whv. New Mexico is larger than Great Bri tain and Ireland together. II alllicted with sore eyes use Dr.lsaac Thomp son's Eye-wator.Driufljiats sell at U6c.per bottle Nicn' iieua will erect n fIO,OOO building on the World's Fair giounds at i'liieugo. U45 LOBS OF TIME IS COSTLY I | 1 ST. JACOBS OIL, J I FTR' THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN, - lIJMJ RHEUMATISM, B Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Wounds, Soreness, g Stiffness, Swellings, Backache, Neu- Dfi.TALMACE'S "LIFE OF CHRIST." tjw 1000 AGENTS wan|rFn'^° 1 wuu HULit 1 0 nHII I CU. Ad.iro HISTORICAL PUB. CO.. PHILA. PA. Kj Modirino. Rooommended by Physicians, pn| taste. Children take it without objection. By druKßistH. O — UOM E ?I Vn \' ltoo . K *, K *™ (l - "'•<- yrms. M Uln w Dnimaruihip, Arithmetic, Short-hand etc AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY. , or com m salon to linn Hit tlio New Patent Cb-niical Ink Erasing Pencil. Aget tB making &60 per week. i 1 **' Erasor Mf 'g Co., I,a troxHe, Wis. Ho* Ml. H&V EEI/EQ CURED T0 STAY cured. iiH I ILVL ll We want the name and ad drcssof every sufferer in the fit A QTWFLFLFL U.S. and Canada. Address, X& ilO I 11 111 ft P. HaroldHayes, M.D., Buffalo,N.T. SIB IIKNUT TIIOMTBOX, the half of all Ulßcar,cs come from J or Free Sumplo of Garfield Tea to 310 West Street, New York City. OARFIELD TEA ™i tOti "I I<1 imlln,;, ur,i hi, u Ileadorßei roioraaComplM •.nt.ar.iCan.i 1 pot lon. f. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE CEN?IIWN THE BEBT SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY? fiENTI.EMEN anil LADIES, .... your dot .sr* by wearing W. L. Douglm Shoes. They meet lite wants of nil classes, ami are the moat economical foot-wear ever offered for tho money. Beware of dealers who offer other makes, as bo Inpf Just us good, aud be sure you have W. L. pottglas Shoes, with name and price stamped on bottom. W. t, Pouglas, Brockton, Mass. PV TAKE NO MI.'USTITUTK. _#J Insist on 100% l advertised dealers supplying yon. All back every cent you've paid for it, if it doosn t benefit or cure you. A med icine tnat promises tliiß is one that promises to help you. I!ut there's only ono medicine of its kind that can and does promise it. It's Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery. It's the yuaranteecl remedy for all Blood, Skin and Scalp Dis eases, from a common blotch or eruption to the worst scrofula. It cleanses, purifies, and enriches the blood, invigorates the system, and cures Salt-rheum, Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas and all manner of blood taints from whatever cause. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign iniluence. It's the best blood-purifier, and it's the cheapest, no matter how many doses are offered for a dollar—for you pay only for the good you get. Nothing else is "just as good" as the " Discovery." It may be better for the dealer. But he wants money and you want help. Sheridan's Condition Powders MAKP HENS' flf you can't get It Mend to us. WE mail ouo pack JUU. Five |1 A 2 1-4 lb. can 11.80. RU, •ft. Ex. iniiil. Poultry Halulny <•' unit, froe, with si orders. I a. JOIINaUN k CO., ti Cualoiu ilouee Bt., It is an old-fashion notion that medicine has to taste bad to do any good. Scott's Emulsion is cod liver oil with its fish-fat taste lost—nothing is lost but the fate. This is more than a mat ter of comfort. Agreeable taste is always a help to di gestion. A sickening taste is always a hindrance. There is only harm in taking cod-liver oil unless you digest it. Avoid the taste. Scon & UoWNß,Chemists, i3aSouth sth Avenue, New York. Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil—all druggists everywhere do. sl. PBTobias UNEXCELLED! APPLIED TXTIRNLUY Rheumatism, Neuralsia, Pains In the Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Sore Throat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises. Stings of Insects, Mosquito Bites. TAKEN INTERN All. Y It new lllie 11 ckarm lor Ctiolcrn Morbiio. J, fei Dyttemery, Colic, Crump., Nou "Oft, Hick llriidnehe. Arc# Wurrniuud perfectly hnrinle... (Beconlli urconipiiurlou eorb boitle, .1.0 dlreriiunn Tlx'.? 0-1 H,m H N V PKNETU a- TIM. uuollllc. wro lei I Immeillwlely. Try il null lie , 011 v I need. '•"> "<? 00 ceole. Hold by all rfruit "'•'■'"T. AO AII'IIHA V HT..NEW YOIIK. [JONES^bcaies >■ " =a "°rUUUY WARRANTED O I 5 TON SCALES $ SOFRIICHT FTTIO A °"2 n, NY at "* I* >'' f ' E " rsa,f /_ ... wjj&bd 'K HuViaSn tjof.k ou'lerniAo"oLy DIHIIU IJTI MR. ITS uke BIHTII IIIKKM,' RY 1 "H" IWBTITITK, ISA WH 43<Oatro.t, 1. T. tit*. ColWUltattOO free, at ottce orltj letter. Agent wanted In each ylaon
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