HFRALDRY ON JTHE PLAINS. [ the Social Bearing I or Cattle-Branding In I the Western States. Alice MacGowcn in McClure'3 J Magazine: The subject of the brand (lis overs itself sooner or later, in one way or another, in most of the affairs of cattle-country life. The unac companied children of lonely and remote ranches play at roping and branding each other. The wife of the kindly, liberal-hearted cattle man will early bo given her own brand; olt.cn Is is little girls as well. These brands may begin in a little hunch of cows oi' a few orood mares; but with no demands upon the "in crease" tlie. soon glow to very rc spc table herds of cattle or hunches of horses. It so iinls wonderfully picturesque and Western to hear a dainty little ninetv-pound woman, speaking of some femino or artistic luxury re mark: "Well, 1 can have it if I can soli olf some beef this fall;" or to have a bright girl, discussing the relative desirability of a course at an art school or an Eastern pleasure trip, assure vou that she can easily meet the expense of whichever she decides upon by selling her 189(1 crop of colts, which are now I years old and just broken. You would not suppose that the small, blind, iiisuillciontly-clad deity of i holiow and quiver would ever neglect his classic, weapon to concern himself with so gross and barbarous utensil as a branding iron. Yet such things have boon. I have heard the tale how that, away back in the'7o's, there appealed (along with the rest of her family), in one of the far-out piain counties of the Texas cattle country, a fair one liv J lie romantic and mc lillous name of l.ilybol i'lunki tb Pur the capricious and uncertain favor of this, tlio only marriageable young lady in the district, all the susceptible and unattached cowboys iof wo.eh class tlie population almost wholly consisted) strove together eagerly and without ceasing, mayor icking right anil loftcvcrything they could lay tlioir hands on, with a run ning li:and 1,. J. I. until, when the tenderfoot she had all along been en gaged to came out and married her, she brought him great herds of 1,. 1. !,. cattle with which tho.v gayly set up a ranch beneath the noses of the forlorn celibate community. Also, there was Buck Redmond, who, when lie had quarreled with his sweetheart (old Drake's daughter, known facetiously as "the duck"), proceeded to singe upon the hide of an incidental maverick his burning resentment of tho scorns, gibes, and indignities she had heaped upon him in the heat of her anger and tho im munity of her sex. J t was a delicate example of cow boy repartee, the retort bucolic, to catch up this un.ortunate third party, brand it a I over its helpless bovine side in groat sprawling let, tors, Dl (' K, and turn thecipcriug hon mot looso where It could not fail of meeting the c.ics of the c uel fair one. The performance served its purpose of deadly affront, tjie Drake hoys holding for some time that the obli gation was upon them to kill some body about it, as no fluid loss cxpen sivc than heart's blood could properly wash out such an insult And 1 think thev did shoot to death—be fore an\ thing like a reconciliation could he brought about —tho calf. 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This if tho grave rroparcd ; ret down tho bior; Mor,bor. a fitlibful sou we briny tbee hero In l->\Jng ea.so to lie beneuih thy breast, Which tufliiy ft yoar with loving toil ho urest, His was the cldost craft, tho simple skill That Adaui pliod, oro good was known by ill; The thro.stlo's song ut dawn liis spirit tuned; Ho HOI his seods in hope, ho grafted, pruned, Weeded and mow'd, and with a true son's care Wrought thee a m-dillo of embroidery rare. Tiio snowdrop ami tho winter ucouito Came to his cull ero irosiß bhd ceased to bite. Ho I ado tho crocus fianio as with n charm; Tho nestling violets bloom <1 and fear'd no barux. Knowing thut fur their sitkos u champion meek Did bloodless buttle with the wonther bleak ; But when tbo wealthier "mouths with largess Ills bD/.oiiod buds put heraldry to shnmo, And on the summer air such perfume east, As S'ubu nor tho bpico loloa no or surpassed, the birds nil loved him, for ho won d not shoot Even tho wiug'd thieves that stolo h s fruit; And ho lov'd them -tLe little foariesH wren, 'J lxo rod hi oust, cuiiouu in tho ways of men, The pilgrim swallow, and tho dearer guest That sets beneath our eaves her plant erect nrst ; 'I ho merry white throat, bursting with his song Fluttor'd within bis reach mid fear'd no wrong; Ami tho mute flycatcher forgot her dread. And took her j rey beside liis stooping head. );<• eive bim, Mot her I art b, his work is dona* Blameless ho live 1, and did olioiiso to none; Dinniele.irt ho died, forbiding us to throw Mowers on his grave, Locauso he lov'd tbom so; But 1.10 uu among the grasses on Ids mound. Ho woxld not have tin in stifle under ground, Wo that have loved must leave him; Mother ko p A f iitlilul watch about him in his sloop. — lk udou Spootutor. "JUST TASTING." Jnnc Cragin put down the morning paper with a laugh. X wish Mrs. Ken worthy would read that story. I.cad it <v. 1 think there's u hint In it for us. "Xlav'iit time; hut Rive us tho pint ou't *n' lot the rest go, What is it? ■ "Why, tho jeweller when ho stopped into his gr eor'.s just tasted whatever ho could put his hands on. Tile RIO er got tired of that and tho first, chance lie Rot he went into tho jewellers to look ut some, unset dia monds and picked up tho best look ii)R one and threw it into his mouth, exactly as Mr. Jeweller always picked out the best strawberries and tossed thmu iriLo 11is mouth. Of course, that made a rumpus, and when tho Rro'-cr put back tho diamond, lie Rave the Jeweller to understand that he'd pay for his tastiiiß after this or he'd know the reason why." Cy. laughed. "That's all rißht for a story; hut what yuu Roin't' dew in be:ry timo to keep folks from entire a handful every Utile they RO by? I can't stop 'em. There is that old man Hawkins that'll come along any time 'u' claw into a tray o' herr.es 'n' take a half ot 'cm at a grab—ho's Rot a hand's big \s tlie hand o' l'rovldenco —'n' what he don't take he'll mush. Say anything, and In hair an hour it'll be all over town that we made a fuss because Dawkins picked up one or two huekloberrios while he was doin' some tradin'; 'n' Dawlcins aint the only one that does it, by a long shot!" "Well, I should say not!" Jim took the floor. ' Old Lady Walker came balancing in here yesterday with her nose up 'n the air. "Uahve vol a-ny su-po-ri-or-prooncs?" the fellow imitated exactly the woman's tone and manner, "some-thing a-boye the aver age?" 'u' she stuck up them speck's o' hern with her left hand 'n squinted at the prunes, 'n' her right hand somehow got all tangled up with them til) top strawbeiries (hut Wilcox brought over. It took her the longest time to make up her mind about the prunes, 'n' after she'd eta dozen o' so of tho biggest berries she didn't want the prunes. Then sh happened to see the straw berries! "D-oh: what love-ly straw bcr-ries." 'n' that hand o' hern hove ed over the tray like a hawk over a chicken coop, 'n' then that thumb and lore-flngcr gave a swoop, 'n' I'll he dog-gone if she didn't lake tlie biggest three berries tlicro was. She smacked her lips as the last one went down. "How much arc these re-ally line berries?" Fifteen cents, and mighty cheap 'f that. I p Hew her hands'a' down bobbed her head like an old lien turkey and she yepped out: "O my! 1 nev-er could think of paying that price for straw-hcr rics and these are not quite sweet yet! an' oil she teetered with berries enough in 'er maw to keen her alive for a fort nit! Buy anything? Of course not. She was full as a tick; what should she buy anything for?" "Well, that's taking them one at a time, sai I Jones; hut when Mrs. Kcnworthy comes in w.th the twins and tlie (log I confess I'm ready to give up, 1 think we shall have to draw tho lino right there. We sim ply cannot afford to lot this thing go on. Th" other day Mrs. Kenwortby came in to look—she didn't want anything--and, of cours •, the other three came too. Zippy was promptly put out: for a dog in a store I can't, abide and won't Tho tw ns howled and the d g howled, hut they soon got oter that. Mr.-. Kcnworthy wanted an apron—that is, she said Bile did —and while wo were busy with tho prints tlie twins were making the most of th ir advantages. Amelia likes sweet tilings and l'amelia hank ers after the sour; so while one was up to her eves in sugar the other was trying to li ok up tho biggest pickle. 1 kept looking over at them, tiiatthe mother might see thut th y wore an noying me. Finally, 1 said that 1 was afraid that if Pamelia should io o her balance, she would go head lirst into the pickles; and that wo man with a "■), I guess not," never so much as looked around. Well, 1 stood it awhile longer and throwing on the counter a new print, X took Amelia from th ■ sugar and covered the barrel tight, and wiped Pamelia's hands on hoc apron and covered the pickle barrel, and then went back to the mother. X got there about the timo the twins found the peanuts. Thay ate what thej w.mted and tilled their pockets and then began to tease to go home. Of course where they are right In the village here we can charge up their tasting on something else and its all right; but take such a case now as XJeacou I'helps. He doesn't have any charges. XVhat ho brings from the farm is always good arid iusti what wc want in every wav; and yet that man always goes for the crackers and cheese the minute ho strikes the store. X wonder how he'd like it if we should start in on his huttcr and eggs or anything else that lie brings in?" "You can try, Miss Cragin, ior here he comes. 1 dassen't 1 tell ye that 'fore hand. • Why not let Cy. see what lie can do. Come now. You're the boss, Cy., just g'out 'n* most eternally du 'uu up!" into .laue Cragin's face crept that little spot of pink—the unering tell tale of things to come—and slipping from the high stool, she gave that portentous little llirt to the immacu late apron and with a cheery good morning went out to attend to wants oi her thrifty farm customer. Al ready the screen cover of the cheese box was turned back and a generous slice was in the hands ot the deacon who was peering over his spectacles lor the crackers. "The Xlill-fa m folks are all well this morning. I hope." The deacon managed to say with his mouthful of dry crackers and cheese that "they was putty will.' " "What have we here?—some of Mrs. i'hclp's Dutch Cheese? Well, ain't that nice." and reaching lor the cheose-knife, she cut the big gest ball of snow in two and took a generous mouthful. "Well, that is goud! Here Cy. you and Jim may have that, half. This is mine. As long ago as X can remember, X used to tease for ginger-snaps and Dutch cheese. When 1 have crackers-- these are rather nice—don't you think they .are, Deacon?—X ust like 11 dip into a jar of Mrs. I'hclp's but ter and spread it on thick. The I'helps butter—l call it—is just salt enough to go with the o flaky white crackers in the box hero: and if any body is cracker hungry—cy. says 1 always am—and will slice the butter oIT like that—she suited the action of the word—by the time it gets melted in the mouth with the cracker, it's what X call good eating. A-ha! what have we here? Well, Deacon those are the finest radishes we've seen yet. Here Cy. just try that. Want one Jim? M-iu! Arc'nt they good!" And three of the best disappear in a shower of praise. "Here! 1 guess I'd better get these things out of sight before they arc all gone. Jim take the butter in and weigh it and weigh the cheese, too, and I'll count the radishes. Cy. i wish you would wait on the Deacon for X must get on with those books You must remember me to Mrs. X'helps and .just tell hr from me that we want all the ladishcs and Dutch cheese she can possibly spare." A minute later the high stool was occupied by the book-keeper, Cy. was tilling the Deacon's ordc:s. and Jim was sampling still further the rad ishes juhl the butter in the back store. Deacon l'helps? O, yes. lie didn't say anything; but he never after in the Milltowu store helped himself to the crackers and cheese.—ii. M. Strcetcr in Tri-Matc Grocer Tlie BushTul Day. What pangs the bashful hoy suf fers! How lie flushes when he is obliged to address a stranger, and how his limbs tremble under him when lie is introduced to some one! But the climax of his trials Is reached when hp is called upon to do the in troducing himself. Shrinking from such tests may perhaps ho natural ltom one who is constitutionally shy, but there are phases of bashfulness that seem not only inexplicable hut closely allied to pride rather than modesty. Tim idity of this sort is that displayed by a youth in his teens who dreads to en ter a dry goods store much frequented by ladies. He knows no one there, no one knows him. and yet forsooth he imagines that he is going to bo singled out from the crowd of pur chasers as though ho were an Adonis. After all, when one eoracs to an alyze the trait there is not as much vanity as felf-depreciation in the hoy or man who is always wondering what people are thinking of him. Time to Stop. Under the machinery of the law as at present administered a lawyer has great advantages over a witness. Recognition of this fact is probably the reason why people always enjoy seeing a witness gut the hotter of his examiner. Au exchange reports a case in which the plaintiff had testified that his financial position had always been good. The opposing counsel took him in hand for cross-examina tion, and undertook to break down his testimony upon this point. "Have you ever been bankrupt?" asked the lawyer. "X have not," was (lie answer. "Now Do careful; did you ever stop payment?" "Yes." "All, X thought we should get at it finally. When did that happen?" "After I had paid all I owed." A Doctor's Dilemma. A bachelor physician, who main tains a splendid establishment on Diamond struct, is in a dilemma. He bought the house, in which he lives several years ago and made, a ten-year contract with a widow, with children, to furnish the house and boa.d him and his man servant lor the free use of the, dwelling. Since then the widow has married. Now the doctor wants to wed. The erst while widow rcfus 's to vacate the house; the bride to be refuses to move in until the other woman moves out, and the doctor is hoarding else where, while the man servant and the widow are in supreme possession. The contract lias live years to run, and the doctor must either get an other honsQ, another woman for a wife or buy the housekeeper oil. ■— Philadelphia Record. THE UNSEEN GOLD SUPPLY. IT MOVES IN A STEADY STREAM TOWARD THE MINT. Keepsakes and .Jewelry May Be Hoarded, But tho Mint Gets Them —How Gold is Melted. ss / \I.D Gold and Silver Bought f 1 Here," was a sign hanging V bi front of nn Eighth avo nuo shop that attracted the attention of two passers-by a few days ago. One of tho passers was a Sun reporter, the other was Mr. J. Roblev Dunglison, Registrar of De posits in tho Philadelphia Mint, who probably knows more about tho un seen supply of gold than any other man in this country. The "unseen gold supply" is a term the mint peo ple use to describe the tons of gold and silver that lie in tho half-forgot ten boxes in bureau drawers—old gold pencils, old watch cases, neglected pocket pieces, broken chains, specta cle rims, and a thousand other bits of metal that have intrinsic value. Most of these things are sure to find their way to the mint sooner or later, and when they do it is Mr. Dunglison who makes an entry of their weight in the mint's big books. "There is one of our feeders," Mr. Dunglison raid, as he read the sign. "You would be surprised to know how much of tlio gold nnd silver that we turn out in coin comes to us through such places. There are thousands oi* buyers of old bullion in this city, and tens of thousands of them throughout tho country. In the aggregate they send us a great many tons of bullion every year, and so put a great deal of money into circulation thai would otherwiso lie idle. "There is no piece of gold or silver so largo or so small," fie continued, "that the dealers will not buy it. Do you know that gold filling out of ex tracted teeth make a considerable item in the mint's gold? They do. When a dentist extracts a tooth ho is sure to extract also any gold that may bo iu it, and these tiny bits after a while make a little boxful, which is sold to a dealer. The idea seems unpleasant, bub it iH not, when you know how thoroughly all bullion is refined and cleansed in the mint before it is coined. "You will find that all those dealers would a little rather buy old silver than old gold, because there is more profit in it. Tho price of silver fluctu ates so much that they caualways buy it for considerably less than its real value; but tho price of gold never varies. An ounce of gold is worth #20.07 always, in all civilized coun tries; and this is so well understood that tho dealer must pay pretty near ly that much l'or it. He generally in creases his profit a little by paying in goods instead of in cash. The dealer must bo able to do a littlo crude as saying himself, or ho is likely to make mistakes. Gold jewelry, for instance, is rarely made of pure gold. Our mint standard for pure bullion is 1000, and we rarely get a watch caso or a ring or a chain that assays more than 500, showing that it is half gold or silver and half alloy. You think you are carrying a gold watch, but the chances are ninety-nine in a hundred that tho casos are half copper. The cases will reach the mint some day, almost to a certainty, and then the copper will come out. "The flow of old jewelry to the mint is almost as certain and steady as tlio flow of water down an incline. The old trinket is broken and useless, and you lay it away. Perhaps it is an heir loom, or for some other reason you are attached to it, and you would not think of selling it. But a rainy day may come, and you are glad to sell it. In any case, you are sure to clio some time, and your heirs will not. care for tho chain; then wo get it ancl turn it into dollars or eagles. "Wo do not buy bullion in small quantities at tho mint—nothing loss than SIOO worth of gold or silver at n time, and then wo do not pay for it until it has been assayed. It* you bring us SIOO worth of metal that you suppose to be gold, wo weigh it and give you a receipt for it, and three days later 3*oll can call and recoive the money for whatever gold wo find in it. No matter if tho lot only con tains a dollar's worth of gold, we will receipt for the weight and extract tho gold for you and pay you for it. lint you lose all tho base metal, because in the refilling everything but the gold and silver is destroyed. That is, it is practically destroyed, because our work is with gold and silver only, and wo do not make any effort to save the base metals. It could easily be done, but it would not pay lor tho time and trouble. We could separate not only the gold and silver, but tho copper also, and the lead and whatever else is present. "When you take a quantity of old gold to tho mint to sell, your metal is not mixed with any other metal. Each lot is kept separate until it lias been assayed. Your gold is put into an iron box with two looks, and when its turn coiucs tho box is taken to tho melting room, where it is opened by two men, each of whom has a key to 0210 of the locks. The metal is put into a cruci ble, witli a little borax to prevent its sticking. The crucible is put into a furnace, and when the metal is melted it is moulded into a bar. That bar contains all the metal in your lot, whether it bo gold or brass, and it is the assaycr's business to find out how much gold it contains. While it is in the crucible it is stirred constantly and thoroughly, so that all its metals may be distributed equally through out the bar. "When the bar is returned to the weighing room the assaycr chips from it a tiny piece that must weigh just half a gramme, or 7.7 grains troy. The bar and tho sample are numbered !to correspond, nnd tlic bar is locked jup in tlio iron box ngaiu. But the ! chip is taken to the assaying room, i where it is put through one of tho I most delicate mechanical processes in the world. No danger of visitors fol lowing the chip to the assaying room, I for u man who is working with scales that will weigh the thirteen-hundredth of a grain cannot be talking to visitors. ; "You are not familiar with the bone | ash cup, I suppose, that wo cull tho cupel? To the uninformed that is one of the wonders of the mint. It is simply a little, shallow cup made of bono ashes moistened and pressed, but it docs some wonderful work. It. will absorb any metals that are melted in it, except gold and silver. That sounds a little doubtful, but it is a fact that can readily be accounted for on scientific principles. You melt a lump of mingled gold and copper in this little cupel, and every particle of the copper disappears, leaving tho gold alone in the bottom of the cup. That is the first step in assaying gold, taking 110 account of a dozen minor operations that merely lead up to it. •'This melting in tho cupel does not give pure gold, however, for gold is often alloyed with silver. After the tiny button that remains in tho cup has cooled sufficiently, it is tlattened with a hammer and run between rollers till it comes out a little spiral that we call a cornet. This is put in i a little vessel like a thimble with a | slit in the bottom, anil is boiled in I nitric acid. Tho acid dissolves the I silver, which runs out through the ! slit, but it cannot dissolve the gold. ! The tiny chip that remains in is pure j gold."—Now York Sun. SEivEUT SI FUNGS. Water lilies are unusually large this year. ! Tracts are published in 20.) lan guages. Overeating is the greatest cause of disease. Dramas in India arc played in the open air. Phoenicians invented the tirst alpha bet about 1500 B. C. A sixty-pound boy hauled in a filty pound cattisli at Wiuiield, Kan., n few days ago. One of the largest sassafras trees in this country is in Central Park, New York City. A recent Berkshire (Penu.) funeral was graced by the presence of a mourner on a bicycle. The elephant is tho chief beast of burden in Siam and Afghanistan. An "elephant load" is estimated at two tons. Boasted coffee nnd ground coffee beans mixed with honey are, it is stated, used to restore broken-down horses iu Germany. Salvator Rosa's remarkable skill in 1 painting brigands was duo to the fact that in his youth he associated with the biigaiicls of Southern Italy. I A New York undertaker displays, among other funeral emblems, a clock raai lu of immortelles. The timepiece bears the iuscriptiou; "Tho sail hour." Three widowers at Marvel! Ark., have married again. They hve made love to nnd been accepted by three sisters. Their iirst wives were also i sisters. | Phil Hubbard, of Palmyra, Me., is ' eighty-five, nnd began hunting sixty j nine years ago. He has averaged ! from forty to sixty foxes a year, bo j sides other game. j In each wing of tho ostrich twenty- I six long white plumes grow to maturi jty in eight months. In the male these : are pure white, while those of the fe- I male shade to ecru or gray, i There are forty-eight different ma terials used in constructing a piano, laying no fewer than sixteen different countries under contribution and em ploying forty-live different hands, i Ju Gladeville, Va., a party of honey hunters treed a bear recently. They j had no gnus, but chopped tho treo ' down and pitched into the bear with ; axes. Ho was killed after chewing one j man awhile. The rushlight, or rush candle, which has been the "poor man's light" for ; many centuries, was prepared by | stripping a dried rush of its bark, ex- I cupt one small strip, which hold tho i pith together, and dipping it repeated | ly in the tallow. | One of the curiosities of the Stink ing-water Canon, Wyoming, is the alum cave. Tho cave appears to be an extinct geyser, and is about fifteen feet across and easily accessible. The alum is along tho side and about six feet iu thickness. Ilow Thermometers Are A small glass tube, blown into a j bulb at one end, is partly tilled with j mercury ; tho mercury is boiled to ex pel air and lill the tube with mercury I vapor, and then tho tube is hernieti j eally sealed and allowed to cool. Tho gradations are found as follows: Tho I instrument is immersed in ice water, i and the freezing point is found and marked; thou it is placed iii water which is allowed to reach the boiling point, anil so 212 degrees is found. Tho spans between are marked by mathematical calculations.—New York Telegram. Way to Please an Author. Mark Twain says there are throe "infallible ways of pleasing an au thor: 1. To tell him you have read one of his books; 2. To tell him you have read all of his books; 3. To ask him to.let you read the manuscript o.' his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits to his admiration ; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart.'' —Chicago Her ald. I 'l|r THERE arc any house- |L ajj II *i keepers not using ROYAL j® |g I 1 BAKING POWDER, its Jj iffi. great qualities warrant them in making a trial of it. fsjj The ROYAL BAKING POWDER £3 takes the place of soda and cream of l&j tartar, is more convenient, more eco- ?£: nomical, and makes the biscuit, cake, pudding and dumpling lighter, sweeter, ssj more delicious and wholesome. tori Those who take pride in making the finest food say that it is quite indispen- sable therefor. Siia $ Mi ROYAL DAXINQ POWDER CO., 10G WALL ST., NEW-YORK. When You Are Strongest. Vnuehan Hurley agrees with Dr. 1 Lombard in considering that the amount of work tlono ty the same set of muscles at different times of tho day undo goes periodical varin t ons; so wo may accept as a fact, says the Journal of l'hysiolugy, that there is a diurnal rise and fall in the power of doing; voluntary muscular work, in the same way as there is a diurnal rise and tall in bo lily tem perature and pulse. It is remark able, however, that instead of the greatest amount of work being done, as might have been expected, on ris ing in the morning, after a good night's rest, it is found that at i) a. m. the smallest amount of work is j accomplished, the powers of doing muscular work in Dr. Hurley's case increasing each nour up to 1! a. m. Immediately after lunch there is a marked rise, iollowed au hour later by a fall, while again an hour later, or about :t p. m., the amount of work accomplished reaches its maximum. Then, from some unexplained cause, there is a noticeable fall at 4 p. m., which is succeeded byariseatSp. m , after which a progressive fall takes place during each successive hour until dinner. Even during a prolonged fast more work was capa ble of being executed from 11:110 a. w to 4:JO p. ui. than at 0 a. m. Wants His Anatomical Scrap. Seven years ago, in Chillicothe, Ohio, George Jlerncr got into a dis- | pute with a man, and the latter em phasized his argument with tlie aid of | an ax and chipped off' a piece of Hor ner's skull. This little piece of Pone was used by the court as evidence j and marked "Exhibit A." Now J Berner is searching the court records tor the missing hit of skull. The undertaker lias been suspected ( of a silent partnership in cure-all remedies. BE EC HAM'S PI LLS (Vegetable) What They Are Eor 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 arc 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. V rite to P>. 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 bo sent by mail, 25 cents. "Good Wives Crow Fair in the Light of Their Works," Especially if They Use WMBBSSK oilier in IKMIK \M (111 VI'•: to /J MO. I'rkv. y-.ronts. Sam c .'•!.> • i wii t u:ul full purtieiPnr* oln iiit-d .it t'i •■•nirc. \l Nowsdoa'.ers, nr r.-t Kant lUM KM N • •> '' rU • I' at 10 N• i KM; nf Invention . Send for invent >r- on rnvir li->\v i i\ |latent. I'ATIUCK UKAKU:i.I„Ua-.11 <iiVov lu\ nni T Pfm Nornml. mlnrMu i.-. Art Den'li liULLbubi VfV . . L ;; 1V ; i I'. 1. \\ eltit.l I \\ . (armingtoil.i >. I 000 ; ritANKLIN C'OI.MKii:, New Allien Ohio. Board, room mid books <■' per week, out I. free. Etiquette of tho ITaucl. A lady never extends her hand to a man whose acquaintance she is making. She may or may not shake hands with a lady who Is introduced, but she must not give her hand to a s range man. A cultivated woman will not shake hands with any man, no matter how long acquainted with him, unless she respects and admires him. A gentleman never extends his hand to a lady first. To do so would bo presumptuous, and subject lilrn to a snubbing. A man shows ills breeding the way he eats his din ner; a woman shows her breeding the way she receives people. Origin of "Book." The Anglo i-axon word bnc signl 3cs a beech trre. Before paper cams mto general use the wood of this ireo. being close-grained, was used to write upon, and from this fact comes the word book. PIERCE—CURE Oil MONEV IS nrFCXDED. Disease follows a run-down system with fie liver i" ,i i;ve .-Mi.i tho blood disordered. Pimples, Boils, Sores, Carbuncles, Ulcers, i aud liko manifestations of impure blood, should bo driven out of tho system with Br. Pierce's (Jolden Medical Discovery. §Mrs. KUFTN, of 618 H. City, writes ns follows j state tlnit I hud a run atcd 'up< >n three time^ Discovery.' I took A few bottles and was _ husband had a lump MRS. Jvun>. behind his car; lie tried your medicine, and one bottle cured lii:n. I ahu.ll always recommend your medicines. W. L. DOUGLAS IS THE BEST. V.jIUS hw& NO3QUEHKINO. 45. CORDOVAN, /£ V FRENCH&ENAMELLED CALF. (M \ 5 - 0 Fi NE CAlf& KAKCAHU ;v, , II $3.59 POLICE,3 Soles. " ts?£ . . \ KTTRA FINE. NS N& ,;|Jk s2.f 1.5 BOYSSCHOOLSHOES. \ J^^S^^^blstKON . SEND FOR CATALOGUE ' •.'$ -V-L-DOOGLAS, ' -W-i * - BDOC&TQK, MASS. You can but a money Ly wearing tho W. li. Douclnn 83.00 Shoe. DccaUNO, wo oro tho larresfc manufacturers of thisgrudoof fill is <- l.ar.dguaranteo their value by stamping tlio namn tntl price on tho bottom, which protect you against high prices and tho middleman'a profit /. Our shoes oquul custom wjrk In style, easy lilting and wearing qitnll'le?. VVohav • them field everywhere at lower prices for ' the value rlvi n thau any other make. Tako no sub* I stltutc. If your dealer cannot supply you, wo cau. PNU 34 *4
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