TELLING STORIES.
I know of a boy that's sleepy,
I can tell by the nodding head,
And the eyes that cannot stay open
While the good-night prayer is said.
And the whispered "Tell a 'tory,
Said in such a drowsy way,
Makes me hearthe bells of Dreamland,
That ring at close of day.
Ho you want a story, darling!
What shall the story be?
Of Little Boy Blue in the haystack,
And the sheep he fails to see.
As t hey nibble the meadow olover
While the cows are In the corn?
0 Little Boy Blue, wake up. wake up,
For the farmer blows his horn !
Or shall it be the story
Of Little Bo Peep I tell,
And the sheep he lost und mourned for,
As if awful fato befell?
But there was no need of sorrow
For the pet that went astray,
Since, left home, he came back homo
In his own good timo and way.
Ob, the pigs that went to market—
That's the tale for me to tell!
The great big pig, and the llttlo pigs,
And the wee, wee pig as well.
Here's the big pig—what a beauty I
But not half as cunning is ho
As this little tot of a baby pig
That can only say "Wc-wo I
Just look at the baby, bless him !
The little roguo's fast asleep,
1 might have stopped telling stories
When I got to Little Bo Peep.
Oh, little one. how I love you !
You are so dear, so fair!
Here's a good-night kiss, my baby-
God have you in His care!
—Eben E. Rex ford.
OCTAVIA'S CHOICE.
BY HELEN WHITNEY CLARK.
Mookboi?,' HCvere
lent!" added the old lady, winding
briskly away on a big ball of clouded
red and white yarn.
Miss Octavia Mockbee, black-eyed
and scarlet-lipped, turned sharply
around with an impatient frown on
Uer shapely forehead.
"I haven't asked your consent yet!"
she retorted, imperiously. "When I
do, it will be time enough to refuse!"
"Then yon ain't a-goin' to marry
him after all, Octavy?" cheerfully
commented Aunt Adaline, looking up
from the sponge pudding she was mak
ing for dinner. "I'm so glad! Mr.
Fothergill may be respectable, for all
we know, an' then ag'iu he mayn't.
But we know all about Jerome Mead
owgay, an' his folks afore him. Not a
shiftless cue among 'em."
"An' like as not the t'other one is a
wolf in sheep's clothin'," sagolv com
mented Miss Martha Phipps, who was
spending the day. "It ain't best to
take no reeks, Ootavy."
"But you hadn't ought to encour
age Mr. Fothergill so much, Celtic,"
admonished Mrs. Mockbee, with a
mollified glance at her tall grand
daughter. "It ain't right to accept
the attentions of any man without you
think—"
"Now, look here, graiidma, and
Aunt Adaline—and you, too, Mins
Pliipps!"
The black-ejed beauty wheeled
around and leveled a whole battery of
angry glances at her startled hearers.
"You may all keep your good advice
till it's called for! I don't want it!
I'm going to marry Ferdiuand Fotli
ergill and live in the city. I shau't tie
myself down to a common farmer like
Jerome Moadowgay, and you needn't
think it!"
And the offended Xantippe flounced
out of the room, leaving her auditors
breathless with astonishment.
One hour later, sixteen-year-old
Margie, coming in from the barn-loft
with a flat split-basket of fresh-laid
eggs, mot Jerome Meadow-gay leaving
the house.
"Oh, Jerome, do stay to dinner!"
greeted Margie, cordially. "We're
going to have rioo waffles and sponge
pudding."
But Jerome gloomily shook his
head.
"I'm going away, Margie," he said
gontly. "This is the last time I shall
see you for a long while—perhaps for- .
ever."
Margie's dimpled face clouded over
like an April sky.
"Going away, Jerome! 'But—but
where?" she asked, blankly.
"I—l don't know yet," hesitated
Jerome. "Maybe to Greenland," he
added, reoklessly. "Butgood-by, lit
tle Margie. lion't forgot me, will
you? There'll be nobody else to re
member me."
But Margie clung to his hand.
"Oh, Jerome, mamma and grandma
will remember you, and so will I!"
shu declared, impulsively. "And if
Cousin Octavia prefers that little dudo
of a Ferdiuand Fothergill to you,
she'll rue it some day, see if she don't.
"But you'll write to us, won't you,
Jerome?" she pleaded, looking at him
through a pair of forget-me-not bluo
eyes fringed withthick, curling lashes.
"That's is, if you don't get froze up
in Greenland." she added, dubiously.
Jerome laughed iu spite of his
gloomy prospects, aud a ray of
warmth seemed to tiud its way to his
chilled heart.
"I don't think I'll freeze, Margie
and I'll certainly write to you," ho
promised.
And releasing the milo of a hand,
he strode away, while Margie hurried
into the house.
"I mustn't watch him out of sight,
because it would bring bad luck, and
maybe he would never come back,"
she commented, gravely, to herself,
as she stowed the eggs away in a stone
jar on the pantry shelf. "Ugh! how
I would hate to go to Greenland I" she
reflected, with a shudder at the pict
ure her fancy conjured up.
How Jerome Meadowgay had come
to fall so desperately in love with Oc
tavia Mockbee was a mystery, seeing
there were plenty of other girls --quite
as pretty, and with more amiable dis
positions around the village ofiHills
dale.
However, love is proverbially blind
to all defects, and though Octavia
was as heartless as one of th© marble
Bacchantes at Forest Park, she was
really very attractive-looking, with
her red lips and Spanish black eyes.
And as Jerome Meadowgay was con
sidered quite an eligible match among
the belles of Hillsdale, the course of
his love seemed to drift placidly along,
and bid fair to run in a smooth chan
nel for a time —until Ferdinand Foth
ergill appeared upon the scene. Then
everything was changed.
Mr. Fothergill was an insurance
agent, and made plenty of money ; at
least he spent it plentifully, which
amounts to the same thing as far as
appearances are concerned.
Ho was a dashing young man, with
sharp gray eyes, and whiskers cut a la
Vaudyke.
Hc wore a seal-ring, a dangling gold
watch chain and the finest of broad
cloth attire.-' And as Octavia Mockbee
was one of those persons who are
caught by superficial attractions and
outside glitter, she straightway gave
Jerome Meadowgay the cold shoulder.
The forty-acre farm, well stocked
and timbered, with ite snug cottage,
Gothic-roofed and coveted in spring
with clambering hop vines and Vir
ginia creepers, whereof Jeromo had
hoped to make her the mistress of
compared to the prospects offered by
the dashing citydmle, soon,dwindled
info insignificance.
And in spite of all opposition, Octa
via determinedly took her fato into
her own hands and mado no secret of
the fact that she was "off with the old
love, and on with the new."
Seeing that Rhe was determined to
follow her own course, Grandma
Mockbee and Aunt Adaline docided to
give her a respectablo wedding, at
least.
"It's the best we can \do fur her,"
sighed the grandmother.. "A willful
girl must have her own way; but if
she lives to repent, it won't bo laid to
our charge."
And so the wedding drewtnear, and
there was whisking of eggs*aud baking
of eakes, to say nothing of dress
making and clear starching, within the
old Mockbee homestead.
The prospective bridjgroom had
gone on a collecting tour which would
detain him till the eve of the wedding
day, and the morning before the aus
picious event arrived.
Octavia was trying the effect of a
pale pink necktie against her creamy
complexion ; Annt Adaline was basting
the box pleats in a silver gray poplin
that was to do duty as a "second-day"
dress; Grandma Mockbee*was thread
ing the laces in a French corset, over
which the wedding gown was to be
tried on.
Margie alone was idle, leaving re
fused to lend any assistance whatever
toward the coming festivities.
"I shall not help to injure poor
Jerome!" she declared, with a curl-j
ing lip.
"Poor Jerome, indeed!" mimicked
Octavia, sueeringly.
She was about to add some stinging
remark, when a scream from the dress
maker, Miss Martha Phipps, drew
every eye in her direction.
"Oh, Miss Mockbee— Octavia—look
here! I don't understand it. Maybe
it don't mean him, though."
"Dear me, what a fuss you are mak
ing Miss Phipps!" cried Octavia, im
patiently. "Cau't you tell what the
matter is, or have you lost the use of
your tongue?"
Miss Phipps resented the caustic
speech with a toss of her head.
"No, I haven't lost the use of my
tongue," she respouded, spitefully—
"nor my eyes, either, or I wouldn't
have spied this notice in the Poplar
Bluft* Gazette! It's the marriage li
cense of Ferdinand Fothergill, Hills
dale, and Miss Amy Cotterill, of Pop
lar Bluff."
"It's a lie!" shrieked Octavia, evi
dently verging ou hysterics. "1 don't
believe a word of it!"
"It's right hero in black and white,"
asserted 'Miss Phipps, holding up the
paper.
And at that very moment a letter
was brought by a special carrier, ad
dressed to Octavia.
She toro it opeu and read:
Dear Miss Mockbee—Owing to the hard
times anil business reverses. I regret to say
that 1 ilnd myself uuable to support a wife.
Under the circumstances I cannot afford to
marry for love alone, and. therefore, I give
you buck your freedom, and hope you will
soon forget that there over was such a per
son as Ferdinand Fothergill.
"Three years since I went away a
bachelor forlorn," laughed JoroAe
Meadowgay, as he strode along toward
the Mockbee farm and turned his
steps toward the old stile at the foot
of the lane.
A tall figure stood in the dusky
twilight, saintly outlined against the
slowly-fading crimson of the west.
"Welcome home!" called a soft
voice.
Jerome sprang eagerly forward.
"Margie!" ho cried.
"No, not Margie !" in pettish tones.
"It's Octavia. Don't you know me,
Jerome?'' 6he asked ; then added, in
dulcet acceuts, " —I did not know my
own heart when I sent you awav. For
give mc, Jeromo, and—and let us bury
the past!"
A no ft hand was laid on his arm, and
Octavia s liquid eyes looked apparently
into his.
Jerome *rrit the hand coldly aside.
"The past is buried, so far as I am
concerned," he assured her. "You
said all was over between us that day,
Octavia, and I accepted your decision."
"But—but it is not too late yet,
Jerome. I—"
"It is too late!" was the stern re
ply.
Pretty, pink-cheeked, Margie made
a charming bride, a few weeks later,
and the Gothic-roofed cottage, with
its hop-vines and Virginia creepers,
is no longer in want of a mistress.—
Saturday Night.
New Building Material.
A new buildifig material called
compoboard is thus described by the
Northwestern Lumberman: It is
made of one-eighth-ineh strips of
wood from three-quarters to oue and
a quarter iuches wide, placed be
tween two sheets of heavy strawboard
and united under heavy pressure with
a strong cement. The process of
manufacture is peculiar. luto the
machine that molds the board are run
two sheets of the strawboard from
rolls, oue from above and one from
below a table onto which are fed from
a feeding device the strips of wood.
A rolleT running in a tank of the
liquid cement rolls upon the inner
surface of the sheets of strawboard,
and the three layers of material run
together between rolls and iuto a hy
draulic press capable of exerting a
pressure 120 tons to the square inch.
Ton feet of the board is stopped auto
matically for a few seconds in tho
press, then run out upon a table fit
ted with cut-off saws, where it is
sawed to the desired length. It is
then run upon trucks, placed in tho
dry-kiln, and when taken out is
trimmed to forty-eight inches in
width.
The strength of the board as com
pared with its weight is marvelous.
The ends of an eighteen foot can be
brought together without breaking or
warping it. No conditions can warp it.
Wall paper is put upon the beard
and the tiuish is as fiuo as upou any
plastered wall. The strong points
claimed for the board: It is not more
expensive than first-class plasteriug.
It forms an absolutely air-tight wall.
It stiffens a building much more than
any coat of mortar can. It is quickly
put on and produces no dampness, thus
causing no swelling and shrinking of
floors and casings. It is light, thus
avoiding the dragging down of the
house frame, the consequent cracking
of walls and the warping of the door
frames. It forms a solider, cleaner,
drier wall at no more expense than is
involved in the old way.
Paper Manufacture in America.
It is a curious aud rather startling
fact that uext to the articles entering
into food nd clothing, paper is the
most universally used commodity iu
the world, says the Philadelphia Times.
The daily output of news print paper
in the United States is about 1200 to
1500 tons. Just think of 125 or 150
carloads of newspapers mentally de
voured each day iu this country ! The
production of news print is larger than
any other grade. That of book paper
is probably as much as 1000 tons and
of writing 450 tons each daily.
The gross daily capacity of the paper
nulls of the United States in opera
tion during 1802-93 for all kinds and
grades of paper was estimated at about
10,000 tons. Of this amount nearly
2500 tons represented newsprint and
book paper, 1800 tons wrapping paper,
850 tons strawboard, 450 tons writing
paper, and almost 2400 tons of the
various other kinds and grades.
Tho States which rank iirst iu the
production of paper are New York,
Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. From
these seven States come nearly three
fourths of the entire paper supply of
the country. By far the greater part
of the vast output is consumed in the
United States, the greatest paper
using country iu the world.
Death From Fright.
"During my forty odd years ol
practice I have never seen but one
case where death was caused by
fright," said a physiciau. "The in
stance I speak of happened in South
America, through which I was makiug
a tour. One afternoon we experi
enced a rather severe shock of earth
quake. Some time before the shock
was felt a young Mexican who was em
ployed to work about an anatomical
museum in the town where 1 was then
visiting fell asleep iu a chair in the
room which contained all the ghostly
relics. Suddenly he was awakened by
an extraordinary noise. He WUJ. hor
rified to seo all the death's heads nod
ding and grimacing, and the skeletons
dancing about and waving their flesh
less arms madly iu the air. Speech
less with terror, the poor fellow fled
from the scene, and upon reaching the
street fell to the ground unconscious
and half dead with fright. After a
few hours he became somewhat ration
al, and it was explained to him that it !
was an earthquake that had caused all
the commotion among the specimens,
but the shook had been too severe and
his death followed in a few days."—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The l'otomae to Light Washington.
The War Department has been mak
mgan investigation into the feasibility
of making the great falls of the Po
tomac furnish power for the lighting
of Washington City, ami the report
which has just been submitted shows
that the project is entirely practicable.
The engineer in charge of the matter
say that there is no trouble about
transmitting the power to Washing
ton ; that at a reasonable cost a canal
can be constructed around the falls to
a power plant below them, and at the
lowest stage of the water there is
6395 available horse-power, while
4400 horse-power .is all that is needed
at present,—New Oilcans Picayune,
A GUINEA PIG NURSERY.
PROPAGATING THEN FOR VIVISEC
TION PURPOSES.
No nigger Than Mice When Born—A
Monster of the Species Weighs
Seven Pounds.
DR. EDWARD W. LAMBERT,
of New York City, whose
summer residonce on Now
C. Canaan Heights, Conn., is
one of the most beautiful properties
in that pretty suburban town, devotes
considerable time and money to the
propagation of guinea pigs for vivi
section purposes by the surgeons at
tko numerous New York hospitals. A
visitor saw there, the other day, 250
of them, old and young, big and lit
tle, black pigs, black and white, white,
black and brown, brown and white.
Some were scurrying away, some hid
ing under the hay with which the pens
are bedded. Some stopped to look,
ethers huddled together against the
far partition, and then tumbled over
one another in their efforts to get
further away. The soothing words
and professional cluck of Breoder
Schuster soon quieted their fears, and
a littlo white beauty was captured for
closer inspection. Crouched in Mr.
Schuster's hand, and having the fine
hair of his back rubbed "contrary,"
ho half closed his beautiful pink oyos,
and rosigned himself to contented en
joyment of his four pounds of avoirdu
pois pig meat.
The pig house is a building thirty
" nix feet long and fifteen feet wide,
formerly used as a playhouse for the
children, and was fitted for its present
use about two years ago by being di
vided into two rows of pens, with a
passageway between them. On the
cast side are ten pens, about three by
five feet, and at the north end are two
closets, one at each corner, where the
stores of food are kept. On the west
side is one long pen, about four by
twenty feet, in which 140 pigs, of all
sizes, ages and colors, were running,
routing and squealing. The smaller
pens are for breeders, and here was a
two hours' old litter, about aB big as
mice, and quite as lively, and near by
was a pen where fifty of the older pigs
were set aside as the instalment next
to be sent to the market. One soli
tary pig, the monstsr and patriarch of
the piggery, had a pen by himself.
This Goliath weighed almost seven
pounds, and Mr. Schuster was voluble
in his praises of this triumph of skil
ful development. The guinea pig is a
sensible product and his house must
be kept warm, clean aud comfortable
in winter and well ventilated in sum
mcr. But these cunniug, tricky and
sprightly littlo beauties arc doomed
to a fate that would cause every indi
vidual pig of them to shudder if his
instinctive foresight could bring it to
his knowledge.
When the experiments of Dr. Kooh,
the great lymph specialist of Berlin,
were creating so much interest in this
country, Dr. Alexander Lambert be
came greatly interested, and procured
a numbor of guinea pigs for the pur
poses of experiment. His pigs pro
duce three or four litters a year, and
from one to six in a litter, according
to the age of the parents. The oldest
pig is two years old. They breed
whon six to eight months old. Their
dry food is oats and carrots, and they
eat anything that iB green. The
easy capacity of Dr. Lambert's nursery
is 400 pigs a year. The pigs are sold
to the New York Board oi Health,
which orders large numbers—oue or
der calling for 140—and to the Van
derbilt Hospital. A few are sent to
Dr. Lambert, in New York, for his
owu use, and quite a number of the
prettiest aro sold for pets. They are
sent by express, in boxes holding
twelve pigs ouch, aud the prices run
from seventy-five cents to 81 a pig.
Until the experiments of Dr. Kooh
demonstrated that the characteristics
of the guinea pig make it more valu
able for labratory experiments aud for
iuooulatiou purposes, rabbits wore
used chiefly and other animals leHs ex
tensively. Dogs, calves, cats, frogs
aud pigeons are also used, the latter
chiefly for experiments on the braiu
anil nerves, and frogs for electrical
and galvanic nerve tests. The expe
riments arc not aimless, but are made
to incrcaso the ability of physicians tc
cope with human ailments. The data
derived from the action of virus oi
various kinds, the inoculation with
germs, the devulopmeut of pus, in
theso guiuea pigs, are used by scien
tists in the treatment of human be
iugs, aud proved to be of great value.
While it is true that vivisection, as
originally practised, was regardless of
the sufferings inflicted upon the sub
jects, raoderu soionce and anaesthetics
have reduced suffering to a minimum.
But vivisection is one thing, and in
oculation is quite a different thing,
and while theso pretty littlo guinea
pigs suffer when inoculated as men
sutler wlieu diseased, the balance in
favor of comparative anatomy is very
decided. —New York Tribune.
The Latest British Rifle.
The latest issue of the Lee-Motford
rifle to tho British Army illustrates
the improvements that liavo been
made as tho result of tho recent ex
periments. The "feod of the ear
tridges has been so improved that the
magazine will take ten instead oi
eight, tho barrol has been lightened,
the sight is now graduated up to 1800
yards aud the total average weight has
been reduood to nine pounds foui
•unees. The experts have reported to
the War Office that the effect of thesi
improvements is to considerably in
crease tho effectiveness of the weapon
and to still further establish its claim
to being the best army rifle in use in
Europe.—New Orleans Picayune.
Mount Blanc observatory, in Switz
crlaud, is the highest in the world.
EXPERTS WITH A PISTOL.
•om Wonderful Records Mode by French*
men -M. Bon son's Deodty Aim.
Target shooting with the pistol la
practiced but little in this country,
says tbe New York Herald. Within
the lost five years, however, it has
been taken up by some as a pastime.
Prior to the war pistol practice was
by no means uncommon, hut the rifle
supplanted the smaller weapon to a
large extent when hostilities began.
Now pistol shooting, or rather re
volver shooting Is growing in favor
again. In France it is claimed that
there are more expert pistol shots
than in any other country. This is
open to dispute, particularly by Amer
icans, but it is pretty safe ,to assert
that there is more target pistol shoot
ing and more Interest in it in France
than in any other land. At the last
annual tournament, held at the gal
lery of Gastinne Renette, 17 Avenue
d'Antin, Paris, there was plenty of
evidence of the Frenchmen's skill
with the pistol. The scores were
probably the best ever made in
France; These tournaments continue
about a month, and are participated
in by the best amateur pistol shots in
France. To win a prize is considered
a great honor. At the last tourna
ment, recently concluded, the premier
prize was won by Monsieur H. Bon
eon. This gentleman is considered
to be the peer of all the pistol shots
In Paris. His remarkable perform
ance wus accomplished at a distance
of sixteen metres (fifty-two and one
half feet) and the bull's-eye was oire
and one-eighth inches in diameter.
For the first time In the history of
this famous gallery—the oldest In
Europe—the use of revolvers was
peimitted, and It will be a source of
pride to America to know that M
Bonzon used a revolver of American
make. It carried a44-callber ball.
M. Bonzon tired six shots at tbe
target. Not only did each strike the
bull's-eye, but each took off a portion
of the carton, the small white disk
in the center, which is only three
eighths of an inch In diameter. For
this wonderful bit of marksmanship
M. Bonzon was awarded the grand
medal of honor, a prize greatly cov
eted, but seldom won. The second
prize at this tournament was won by
M. Molinie-Paget, who scored forty
eight points by sending six out of
seven bullets square into the bull's
eye. Several competitors scored
forty-seven points. The illustration,
which shows the work of M. G.
Kohn. in filing at the word of com
mand, gives a further idea of the
prowess of the Frenchmen with a
pistol, as docs also the one showing
the steadiness of M. Bonzon in per
forating the target, scoring fifty
points
The firearm generally used in these
competitions is very similar in size,
shape and weight to the old dueling
pistol. It is breech-loading, is about
ten inches long and carries a .'lB-cali
ber ball. A new French powder was
tried in the last tournament and was
universally commended. It made
but little noise and produced scarcely
visible fugitive smoke that vanished
almost instantaneously.
Irrigation In ' a l>ronthy" Kansaa.
A large individual Irrigation plant
In Kansas is described as follows by a
paper in that State:
"Among the irrigation plants in
course of construction in Kansas
probably the most extensive Is that
of Mr. G. M. Muuger, of Eureka,
Greenwood county. He is construct
ing a reservoir which will cover about
ISO acres with water. This is done
by building a dam 2,800 feet long and
118 feet high at its greatest height.
This, as descritied by the Irrigation
Farmer, will catch the storm waters
from a large area and will be used
primarily for the irrigation of a 500-
acre orchard now just beginning to
bear. The water will be raised by
two compound duplex steam pumps,
the water cylinders of which are
twolve by fifteen inches. Each pump
has ten Inch suction and eight inch
discharge. These pumps will ele
vate the water to a holght, of sixty
flTe feet, delivering it on the highest
part of Mr. Monger's farm. The es
timated cost of the plant complete,
including ditches for distribution of
the water is tin.ooo.
IT IS easier to make new opportu
nities than to find lost ones.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
Tnethinii, softens the minis, reduce** inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2fs'.a bottle
American corset faotorios re present an in
vestment of $7,000,000.
Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and ('onsultation free.
Labratory Binghamptou, N. Y.
Emperor William's ancestors kept a toll
gate several centuries ago.
Karl's Clover Root, the prreat blood ptirlfler,
fives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation. 25 eta.. 50 cts., $L
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at&V per bottle.
Tho True Imxktlve Principle
Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleas*
ant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has a permanently
beneficial effect on the human system, while
the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu
tions, usually sold as medicines, are perma
nently injurious. Being well informed, yon
will use the true remedy only. Manufactured
by t-he California Fig Jsyrup Co.
Sleepless Nights
Make you weak, and weary, unlit for work,
indisposed to exertion. They show that
your norve strength is gone and that your
nervous system needs building up. The
Hood's Sarsa
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If purifies the blood,
Strengthens the nerves
eroates an appetite,and gives sound.refresh
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HofdTaiPilll cure all li\#r ilia. 26c.
M! npHE U. S. Government Chemists have %
Jj| * reported, after an examination of the
IH different brands, that the ROYAL Bak- p*
ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest SSY
|j| in strength, and superior to all others. Jpf
ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY. 106 WALL ST. NEW-YORK.
I.adlrp Have Rights.
A New Orleans woman visiting As
bury Hark, N. J., writes tbat there is
a notice stuck up in the pavilion
there that might with profit be copied
and placed in some of the public
places of our city. It reads thus:
"Tobacco squirters are requested not
to occupy this pavilion. Ladies with
neat dresses have rights which must
be resDected."
Origin of the Strawberry.
Professor Bailey, of the Cornell
University, is reported to have made
an exhaustive Investigation into the
origin of the common strawberry,and
finds it a modification of the straw
berry discovered ages ago in Chill,
South America.
Street Bands in Germany.
Street bands are not permitted in
Germany unless they accompany pro
ceaslons. In Vienna the organ-grind
ers are allowed to play only between
midday and sunset
AOtjl And conditions In life,
r " V art* liable at timet, to need
I 'an Invigorating Tonic: a
I Regulator of the natural, periodical
I function, and a Soothing and Rrac-
I ing Nervine. For this purpose
I Dr. Pisrce's Favorite Proscription
I is the only medicine so certain in its
A curative action that it can be guaran-
U feed. Your money is returned if It
R does not cure.
n In Muidenbood, Womanhood, and
}| Motherhood, it invigorates and
R braces up the exhausted, run-down.
\\ overworked and delieato: allavsand
I banishes all Nervous Weakness, Kits,
II Spasms, Hysteria, Chorea, or St. Vl
■ tus's Dance; corrects all unnatural ir-
H regularities of monthly function and
|l cures Periodical Pains, Weaknesses.
Hearing Down Sensations, Dack
rfn ache. Catarrhal Inflammation,
-y. \ffP /] Ulceration and kindred maladies.
For those about to become
V *r / mothprß a priceless boon,
ifi> 1119/ * or len the puins anil perils
wTr* itlukL. °* childbirth, shortens "labor"
"TfSt x tho Period of confinement,
_i i\ * jand promotes the secretion of an
1 of nourishmeat for
the ohild.
a^^^"FREE!
THIS KNIFE I
lt.tled fre. In e.ch.n,. for 3® Lnr,, Lion Head, cut
from Lion Coffee Wrapper., nnd n leent .tump to J
onv postaue. Writ© tor llet of niu- other tine Pro
miumr. WOOLSON SPICE CO..
UO Uuroa St., TOLHDO, o. I
BEEC HAM'S PILLS
(Vegetable)
What They Are For
Biliousness indigestion sallow skin
dyspepsia bad taste in the mouth pimples
sick headache foul breath torpid liver
bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits
when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con
stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for everybody to
learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick
ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by
the book.
Write to H. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New
\ork, for the little book on CONSTIPATION (its causes con
sequences and correction); sent free. If you are not within
reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail, 25 cents.
W m COLLEGE
■ a Ama 4* AZtITH.MI-.rK' anil other ENGLISH HRAN• TIF.S, llOi >K K KKI'fN'T.
h 0 OTIH 0 n^m^ i ;^ D s" ,COMKERt ' u " LAW ' M "
CddUlldll^^Cnctmnn
fitting them for honorable position*. Business hoiiHtu supplied* B Bj H & Bjg
with satlafaetory assistants. Situations turnishod rninpr-H ■■ a l IM& El fTA ■ ■
tent student. For mtnloune. mldrrss < I.KMKNT <' BJI EZ B. MH fl EJB HII
OAIWF.S. pRff.mDKKT, 1) Washington Street, Poughkeepale. N. V. W■ O !D B H
What Brings Release From Dirt and Grease? Why,
Don't You Knew?
SAPOLIOI
WALTER BAKER & CO.
The Largest Manufacturers of
QJ3 PURE, HIGH GRADE
AND CHOCOLATES
SPECIAL AND HIGHEST
mWKT AWARDS
a CALIFORNIA
fil v-'&ift MIDW|NREFL EXPOSITION.
jfil
BOLD BY OROCERS EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER AGO. DORCHESTER, MASS.
RUPTURES HORSES, COLTS,
Ac., cured by owner. Information free. I
MOORE BROS., Albant/, If. T.
lM|i*ya^^sa , j!ra , saa
re. OUNMCL'S MONTHLY. Toledo. Ohio. (
Pretty If Xot Vsefnl.
A marvel of the ceramic art Is a
? bureau and bedstead made at the
t factory of an English potter as a
I wedding gift for the Duke and Duch
: ess of York. These frail pieces of
: furniture are as perfect if not as use
j ful as If they were made of wood,
i The large mirrors are wreathed in
. roses, and In their hearts, so tha
they light the mirror at night, are
tiny electric lights.
I Ptftfntaa Cannot bo Cured
I jby local application-*, as they cannot reach the
, diseased portion of the oar. There is only one
• way to cure Deafness, and that is by coostitu-
I tional remedies. Deafness is caused by anin-
Aftraed condition of the mucous lining of the
Knstaohian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect. hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafnoas is the result, and unleae the inflam
mation can bo taken out and this tubo re
stored to its normal condition, hcuring will bo
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
i caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of tho mucous surfaces.
Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that, can
not. be cured by Hall's Caturrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
• IV"Sold by Druggists, 75c.
W. L. DOUGLAS
CUA ST ISTHE BEST.
OWEUU NO SQUEAKING.
§*s. CORDOVAN,
FRENCH* ENAMELLED CALF.
*4*3 so FINE CALF& KAN 6AROH
$ 3.£P POLICE,3 SOLES.
v'SSW**
*2A 7 - 5 BOYS'SCHOOLSHDES.
SEND TOR CATALOGUE
K v W-L.-DOUGLAS,
BROCKTON, MASS.
You enn envo money by wearing tho
W, 1,, Douglne 83.00 Shoe.
Recnuso, wo nro tho largest manufacturers of
this grailoof shoes ia tho world, and guarantee their
value by stamping tho name ami price on the
bottom, which protect you against high prices and
the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom
work In style, easy fitting and wearing qualities.
We have them sold everywhere at lower prices for
tho value given than any other make. Tako no sub
stitute. If your dealer cannot supply you, wo can.
IIIMDI IIP Th * v hop " k,p> l um P- dance, turn sonv
UUltinnil ersaults almost Incessantly Trim An-
DC A 11Q Bust to May. Wonderful product of a
■ SRNP Foreign Tree. Greatest curiosity to
j wherever shown, .ireeu. In shop
, windows, etc. Just imported. Everybody wants
• one. Full history of Tree aud sample .lumping
Bonn to Agents or Streetmen \i.l cent*, postpaid.
; I Uc,Mi; U •i.mi; 100, $11). Kus'i or.leV und ft
I first. Sell quantities to your merchants for window at
| tractions and then sell toothers. Quick Sales. Try 100
Big Money. Agents' Herald, No. 148, J. 13., Phlla.. P*
ynurv
■Bfl U I Hvfl ff" V at lowest price* of this
If! wI ■ fti I century and securing the
ad vatic* certain to com*
soon. You can make as much bv carry lug It ou small
margins as by buying outright. RIO will margin
against a 1 cent declineaud secure you nil the nd
vnnce. Send tor our free • ooklet "How to Trade.**
c. K. Van Winklo&Co., Room 45, La >atleSt.,Chicago
1 > A r 1 * L? V MARKS. Kxamltiatioo
l Y\ I 1-j I" I NJTaiid udv|. eas to putentabllltv
of iuveniion. Rend lor i nveii tors tin dc.urhow to set
a patent. PATRICK O'FAHKKI.Ia,WaBUINoton.D C
DO YOU offer employment to 1 men or
women In each county that will
WANT P a > * mouth. No capital re-
U/AnuA quired. Address P. W. ZIKHI.KR *
WUKR r CO . Box ll.ni, Philadelphia, Pa.
P N U 3s
■ mmnaaaai ■
Consnmptlve* and people
who have weak lungs or Asth
ma, should use Piso'aCure for
Consumption, it has eared
thousand*, (t has not injur
ed one. It is not bad to take,
it is the best cough syrup.
Sold everywhere. t&c ' '
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