Cold rilling. Dental surgeons have patented prr cesses for imitating gold fillings in false teeth. This is done hy burning gold foil upon them in the manner commonly termed "fire gilding." No body would ho likely to suspect that grinders showing plain signs of re pair were artificial. Several appli cations have been made for patents for processes for setting diamonds in the teeth, the front teeth, of courre, holes being drilled to receive the gems. CApt,TJ\otn&s Cnstite j Beach Haven, N. J. EICHTEEN YEARS A f eafaring Man Suffers From Impure Blood P.l.onou. Tntnl KxprllFil mid Health lm pii riPil liv Hood's. "C. I. Hood Co., Lowell. Mass.: "1 wish tolet you know what Hood's Barnai>a rilla lius done for me. I have been troubled with A fertlklMi p*.re for about eighteen years. For the past year the poisonous impurities have spread through my system, and sores have broke out all over my body. 1 tried many kinds of medicine and Hood's*;.""" Cures nothing did me any good until 1 betrnn to try a bottle of food's Sarsaparilla. I continued with It regularly and have taken four bottles, 1 am Now Perfectly Well and sound, being W years of age. Several of my friends noting the benefit Hood's Sarsana rllla has been to me are now taking It with Kod results. I shall gladly recommend Hood's rsaparilla at every opportunity." CAPTAIN THOMAS ( HA NK. Heat h tin veil. New .lersey. Head's Pills sre the be*l family catbartie, gen tle and effective. Try a bo*. 35 centa. PNU 10 *94 Friendly Regard tis never en tertained by the children for a medi ci ne that tastes bad. This explains the popular ity among little ones of Scott's Emulsion, a preparation of cod-liver oil almost as palatable as milk. Many mothers have grateful knowledge of its benefits to weak, sickly children. WALTER BAKER & CO. Qh. COCOA and CHOCOLATE Highest Awards World's Columbian B [ifmQu 1 n ° n ,llow^ >K * rtlcl ®* a 4>ia brkakfant cocoa, B Km PREMIUM no. I i iiofouTK. ■ ! I|lo|#Eß)lA* SWEET CIOCOLATK, H fi JiVAMtti CHOCOLATE, ■L PRjujWCOA BITTER, form even composition." •OLD BV CROCERB EVERY WHIM. WALTER BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MASt w. i.. norm. AS n SHOE $4 to $6, best value lor the money the world. Name and price I.WELT, A .stamped on the bottom. Every I 1 P n ' r warranted. Take no subtt i ) Tatulc. See local papers for full Ji^wATERPc fVllemen or send for 11- Catalogue derby mail. Postage free. You can get the best bargains of dealers who push our shoes. January 'J, • • I'A percent. 15 10 •• February 1, . . . • 11 *' •• 15 " TOTAL, 48 Iter cunt. We have puld to ntir customeva In 45 duya. Troflte paid twice each month; money can be withdrawn anytime; S3O tosUKA)can be invested write for lqf( rmatlon. I'IBUEIt A CO., Banker# and Broken., IBA and 30 nKilldo*y. New Va/. BA V Q LEARN BOOKKEEPING ' / I 0 ot Home. 9.1. EXPERT BOOK ——, ■ KEF.riNO Ptß. Co, Detroit, Mich CHEAP LAM). - Hie la- i'OD. SAFE ( HE U* land for homes aud investments Is In South Dakota. Prices are advauclng. Don't de lay. Address STATE LAND CO., Sioux FALLS, S. D. SF.NT. Charges Free! Ribs Blue Vitriol 75c; H, 1. 2.3. (and 6e.p.unsocketcl lneaudeseent lainpsßnc;dooi bell outnt ll.ffi; t cell licit, dry battery 85c; bo* bell 75c. The Buckeye Elect ileal Co., Warren, O. 1> ATI/ \ T f I'Si TRADEM \HKB Examination './ P"'l n'lvico ii.iopt.ntabllltr Of Invention. Send for Inventors Outde.or howtoicet ii patent. PATRICK O't AKUELL, WASHIMOTOS, D.O. GOOD LUCK Home Beautiful . n inoiitTily on Needlework. Stand ing, etc.,postpaid, 35e. Pai nhnm's, IB W. HthSt.,N.Y. GET THE BEST. MILLER'S \ njnll prices. Postage 5 "■■■ **** ' cents. Perfect imita- DQTIA'P t ' on stained glass. i AGENTS WANTED. J. K Kit WIN ill I LLEIt A CO., ss Builih'*\id Birelt Piriahiirgli, Pa. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE, STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE FUNNT MEN OP THE PRESS. A Plagarlst— He Knew the Cause— Conundrum Pleasures of In fancy—Wouldn't Trade, Etc. The mnn who thinks before he speaks, Discovers with dismay That some one else has said the thing He had in mind to say. —Washington Star. CONUNDRUM. "What is the difference between a barber and a butcher?" Victim's answer—"There is none." —Judge. A BOYCOTT. "Why do all the men at the club shun Thompson?" "Thompson's baby is getting old enough to say things."—Judge. HE KNEW THE CAUSE. Giggleton—"l nearly died laughing last week." Parker—"Which one of your jokes were you telling?"— Truth. PLEASURES OF INFANCY. Wife—"The baby seems to be very happy to-day." Husband—"Why wouldn't he? He kept me awake all night."—Life. WOULDN'T TRADE. Bichard —"Would you ever take Noodles for a bright fellow?" Kate—"No, indeed; I should keep the bright fellow." Boston Tran script. SCIENTISTS ALL. Man—"Do you tramps consider your occupation a trade or a profes sion?" Tramp—"Neither: we've got it down to a science."—Judge. THE HIGHEST DIDDER. "Miss Cashdown says the Count de Broke, whom she is about to marry, is the first person to appreciate her." "He has demonstrated her purchas ing power, any way."—Puck. AWKWARD. "Weatherby's in a terrible stew." "How." "One of his friends sent him a SI2OO grand piano on his birthday, and he's only got a S6OO cottage to put it in." —Chicago Record. AMBIGUOUS. He—"l am afraid you don't like to have me dropping in on you for these little chats." She (earnestly) "lndeed, I'm sure your short calls are perfectly delight ful."—Chicago Record. AN AGRICULTURAL BUCCEBS. "How is Dykins getting along with the farm he bought?" "Pretty well. He tells me he saved money ou it last year." "How?" "Rented it to another man."— Washington Star. A BENIBTIVE SPIRIT. "Dear me," exclaimed the lady jour- | nalist who WAS editing a fashionable article, "I must get an old-rose pen- j oil." "What for?" "This piece is describing a brunette, and this shade of blue would be so un becoming to her complexion !"—Wash ington Star. BEGINNINGS OF A BAD HABIT. "Father,'' asked little Tommy as he climbed his father's knee, "did you ever see an echo?" "Why, no, my son," replied the parent. "Well, Willie said his sister went to see one, and it returned her call." And the strong man bowed his head to hide his emotion. —Life. POLICE JUSTICE. Commissioner—"Officer, I find, on the testimony of the witness you have brought forward, that you are not guilty of the charges preferred against you. I will, therefore, fine you fif teen days' pay and warn you not to repeat the offence." Officer (gratefully)—" Thank you, sir; thank you!"— Puck. CONSIDERATE. Judge Begad—"Prisoner at the bar, you are charged with shooting the plaintiff through each ear, one foot, an elbow and along the to]) of his head. What have you to say for yourself?" Alkali Ike (the prisoner) "Wal, I didn't have no killin' grudge agin him, and so I jest shot him in the thin places around the edges so's not to hurt him too much."—Life. WHERE TO BEGIN. Mrs. Highmind—"l think it's a great pity that one can't find a newspaper that isn't tilled with all sorts of hor rible crimes. We ought to have an organization to prevent such matter from being printed." Philosopher -"Would it not be bet ter to have an organization to prevent such crimes from being committed?" —New York Weekly. COULDN'T KEEr HER AWAY. "I was afraid, Mrs. Witherby," said Mrs. Snapperly, "that you wouldn't be able to got over to my house this afternoon, for it isn't, so easy to get away when you have to do your own housework." "Oh, 1 wouldn't have missed coming for anything," said Mrs. Witherby, as she glanced around beamingly t the assembled guests. "I wanted to see just how all my silver aud 6ut glasH I looked on your table. "—Truth, IMPROVEMENT'S MARCH. The King of Dahomey shuddered. ,4 Aro you sure?" he asked. The Grand Vizier pointed again to the latest dispatches from Europe. "Very well," said his Majesty, de cidedly ; "then we must have bicycles in our army too, of course ! War—" Ho mused. " is fast becoming mere butchery, killing and maiming—nothing more." No; the King had no choice as be tween cushion and pneumatic tires. Either served the purpose.—Puck. AN OBLIGING YOUNG MAN. The young man's father had decided that he had led a life of idleness long enough, so tho other day he bad him put to work in his store. Yesterday he asked of the manager of the busi ness : "How is Charley doing?" "First rate." "Is ho industrious? Does he keep busy ?" "Well, you see, he's right consider ate about that. Some young men in his position would jump in aud try to do things. But he seems just as anx ious as can be to keep out of the way." —Washington Star. A PRACTICAL YOUTH. Old Gentleman—"Sir, are you able to support my daughter?" Suitor—"No difficulty about that, sir. The 'Home Charity Association' will give us a delightful little flat iu a model apartment house, at a merely nominal rent; the 'Bread Fund,' 'Beef Fund,' 'Soup Kitchens' and 'Sick Dainty Charity' will furnish our table without expense, while the 'Flower Mission' can be belied on to donate bouquets for the centre-piece. Coal we can get for almost nothing through another organization; and ice doesn't cost a cent. Clothes, as good as new, may always bo had for the asking, and there will really be nothing to pay for beyond our theatre tickets."—Puck. THE TWO FLAGS. An American ami an Englishman were sitting on the balony of the Anglo-American Club in Brussels one day last summer, and were whiling away an otherwise uuoccupied half hour with a little friendly "chaffing" of each other's nationality. Presently the Britisher, who thought he was getting the better of tho duel, com placently remarked : "I say, old man, you can't imagine what your flag reminds me of!" The American was serious. "Well," he returned, "what is it?' "Why, it looks to me just like a deuced big gridiron, don't you know." The American smiled a faint smile, and thou quickly observed: "That's all right, Johnny, that's all right. But do you know what your flag reminds me of?" "Can't imagine," said the other, with the air of one who is bored by a silly question. "Well, it reminds me of a big red beefsteak that we can fry on our gridiron." The Englishman withdrew from the contest. —Munsey's Magazine. A Report on the "Grip." It is about four years since the epi demic influenza began its ravages in this country, having been originally imported from Europe; and, having become domiciled, it has now entered upon its fifth season of mischief in the United States, although, not with the same severity that has characterized its previous prevalence. An official report on this malady by medical officials connected with the Local Government Board of Great Britain has recently made its appear ance. Therein the existence of an in fluenza bacillus is reaffirmed. Doctor Klein says that this microbe "is al ways abundantly present in the bron chial secretions of patients," and "di minish in number as the disease is abated." The germs are disseminated, according to Doctor Parsons, by bring ing the affected and healthy together, as in public vehicles and places of meeting, and especially by the poison being present in confined and vitiated air. Doctor Caldwell Smith says: '"An individual is affected by breathing at once the expired air from a person suffering from the disease, and I be lieve this to be the only method of in fection." Numerous stories are told to show how the malady is carried from place to place. A music teacher visited two relatives who were victims of it, and three days later was himself attaoktd. However, he made a round of his pupils before succumbing, aud two days afterward ten of them also developed the disease. The ordinary intercourse of a household or business office, letters written and sealed by sufferers, fingering account books whose leaves have been turned with moistened finger-tips by affected per sons, and riding in close and crowded railway cars, are among the most com mon methods of propagation Isolation of patients, disinfection of rooms, and ample ventilation are strongly urged as preventive measures. At Brighton the inmates of the borough sanatorium were protected effectually by such precautions as these for two successive seasons, and during a third season the only case was that of a ser vant returning from a distant place where the disease was prevalent. When she fell ill she was promptly isolated, and thus no one else was affected.— New York Tribune. Redemption of Obi Hills. A cartload of worn notes arrived at the United States Subtreasury at New \ ork last week for redemption, amount iug to $820,000. This is the largest amount ever presented for redumption in a single day. It takes at least ten days under the most favorable circum stances for the Subtreasury to pay the banks the amounts one them for worn out bills. —National Economist. BILLIONS IN U. 8. BONDS. HOW THE GOVERNMENT BORROWS MONEY. Coupon and Registered Bonds —A Notable Attempt at Counterfeit.- lng United States -J~T HANK G. CARPENTER Bays in I=/ the Chicago Herald that the I new five per cent, bonds will (T be Hcattered all over the United States. They are but a drop in the bucket with what Uncle Sam has borrowed since he began business, a little moro than one hundred years igo. The total amount of bonds sold by the Government from the begin ning of the Union down to the year 1880 was $10,690,000,000, a sum which tiakcs the mind dizzy and which would buy up a dozen of the small Monarchies of Europe. This vast sum includes the bond issues of the United States up to that time. Many of them were made to fund previous loans, but interest was paid on every one of these lobars, and the gold which has been jpent in this way by Uncle Sam would gild the great departments of Wash ington and leave enough to make a olid gold statue as large as that of the Goddess of Liberty which stands on the Capitol dome. This last loan is for $50,000,000. The interest on the bonds is five per cent., but Uncle Sam las sold them at such a rate that he pays in reality orly three. Have you ever seen a Government bond ? It is only a piece of paper, but it is )ften worth its weight in diamonds. The bonds of the present issue are in lenominations of SSO, SIOO, SIOOO and UO,OOO. The bonds are of the same ize and the difference is shown by the igures on their faces. Four of these would make a good-sized dinner nap tin, and I would like to have a set of napkins made up of these SIO,OOO bonds. Each napkin would be worth |40,000, and the twelve would make a aice snug little fortune of $480,000 or nearly half a million. These bonds run for ten years and they bring in are per cent, interest. Each of the aapkins would pay S2OOO in the way >f interest, or $20,000 before they would have to be redeemed for their 'ace value. The new bonds are of two kinds. One class is of registered bonds and ;he other coupon bonds. The coupon bonds are payable to bearer and to ;hem are fastened a number of detach able coupons about the size of an old ten-cent shinplaster. The interest is payable quarterly, and every three months you clip off these coupons and ?ash them at the Treasury of the Uni ted States or at the banks. Any bank in the country knows just what they ire worth and will pay you the inter est on them. You can use the coupons And the bonds in business deals and their value is so well fixed that they could almost pass as money. The chief danger connected with them is that anyone can use them, and if the holder of a coupon bond loses it the man who tiuds it can turn it into money on the uext pay day. No identification will be asked at the bank by the man who presents it, and the burglar who gets bold of a lot of coupon bonds consid ers them more valuable than so many greenbacks or S2O gold pieces. As to registered bonds, these are of A somewhat different nature. They bave no coupons and are payable to the person whose name is written on the bond. In the office of the register Df the treasury at Washington there is A record kept of the men who hold these bonds, and about a wagon load Df ledgers and journals are devoted to this purpose alone. As soon as a boud is Hold an account is opened with the person who buys it betwee.i him ami the Government, and in this is stated the amount he paid for the bonds and the rate of interest. Every three months the clerkH go through the books and make out a set of accounts. They notify the Treasurer of the Uni ted States to pay all the interest due to the persons who hold these bonds, and this money is forwarded to them in the shape of a treasury draft. As soon as the bond is redeemed the account is closed. If the owner of a registered bond desires to transfer it to another the transfer must bo indorsed upon the back of the bond before witnesses appointed by the Government and a record of this must be made at the Trensury De partment. As the iuterest is always paid to the last owner of record the books for these transfers are closed a mouth before interest payment day. These registered bonds are the safest investments known to the United States, aud rich men put large suras of money into them. Only the fewest Dases are known where such bonds j have been stolen. One of these oc curred a few years ago when the Man- ! hattau Savings Institution was bur glarized by Jimmy Hope ami over $1,000,000 of these bonds Mere stolen. In this case Congress authorized duplicate bonds to be issued to the Manhattan Institution, and they lost nothing. Hope was finally captured and the story of his burglary and pun ishment, is one of the most, interesting chapters in the history of bank detec tives. Can bonds be counterfeited? Yes; and there have been many at tempts of this kind. The only really successful one, however, was in con nection with Jay Cooke & Co. These bankers once bought SBO,OOO worth of coupon bondH of the denomination known as soven-thirties. They were, pronounced counterfeits by the Treas ury Department, and although the company sued the Government for the value they represented they lost the case. The counterfeit was made with the aid of u lead impression taken from the genuine plate in the bureau of En graving and Printing at. Washington by an unfaithful employe, which ae counted for the wonderful likeness of the spurious article to the genuine. i ✓WROCERS recommend the I vJ ROYAL BAKING 1 . POWDER because they de pj sire to please their custom- || ers, and customers are most pleased when they get the best and the most for their money. 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S Ijjjj SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga Deafness Cannot be C'nred hr local application*, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the our. I hero Is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Dcafne-s is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect bearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is tiie result, and unless the inflam mation can bo token out ami this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give Ono Hundred 1) dlars for any "nsoof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can dot bo cure I by Jlall's Catarrh Cure. Send for Circulars, *ree. F. J. OIK.VKY .TJ Co., Toledo, O. r*r~i|il• intiv for llenuty, I n T : , r H sirengtli and 4'tt'Bpnra. 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