A RIVER'S BURDEN. pLrcau of Land Transported front IMac* to Place by the Mississippi. I Tlio Mississippi lias in the course of hges transported from the mountains fend high land within its drainage area feuffleient material to make 4r more than double the point to point lebgth of the delta, continually eroding the banks in one place and building up laud iu another, occasionally breaking its way across a narrow neck which lies between the two extremities, and filling tip tlio old channel.—Longman's Maga feiiie. A Poisonous Pish. : A fishing sloop came in this week bringing with it one of the queerest fish ever seen here. It has no head, tall or under fins. It is perfectly round, thin and flat. Over its hack is a row of almost invisible hairs, which are finely pointed and evidently poisonous, for ac cidentally the man who caught it touch ed them with his right hand and the whole hand and arm are paralyzed. It is not swollen in the least, nor does it give him any pain. It is simply use less, hanging limp and lifeless at his side. The numbness began in the lin ger tips and went on up to his shoulder. Fearing that it will not end there ili< man leaves at once for a Xew Voik hospital. The men, frightened h>r they would also suffer from contact with this fish, chopped it in many pieces, and. shoveling it up, ca.-t. it in to the ocean. Long Branch correspon dence Philadelphia Times. /A UucHtion of Pronunciation. /Americans who affect the so-called English pronunciation of the letter "a" in \vords like "ask,'' "pass" and "last" arc so much inclined, especially in Bos ton, to overdo the matter that it is well to reprint the testimony of a Baltimore /traveler who took pains while In Eng land this summer to observe critically the usage of cultivated speakers there on this point. lie found in effect, that their ''a" was a cross between the "a*' of "nh" and the "a" of "at." He list ened carefully to the orthoepy of Lord Chief Justice Httssell. Lord Hosebery. and Lord Salisbury and to that of the eminent churchmen, and found that no where "was there any such broad and deep pronunciation of words, and espe cially the letter 'a.' as we generally con sider to he the English method." Their pronunciation was almost identical with that of good speakers in Baltimore and Xew York. Health Built on the solid foundation of nnro healthy blood is real and lasting. With rich red blood you will have no sickness. \Yhen you allow your blood to become thin, depleted, robbed of the little re I cor puscles which indicate its quality, you will become tired, worn out, lose your appetite and strength, and disease will soon have you in its grasp. Purify, vitalize and enrich your blood, and keep it pure by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla The One Truo Blond Purifier prominently in the public eye. #l. All druggists. Hood's Pills COMVITISE-lESPOiiSIBLE. Have you mona.v in linnk earning h it A per • K 8008 STOCKS!, you may make many limes UiHt amount' f interest. J seldom have so goxl n market to trade In, and a - vantages I possess should rnnblx me to inaVe ; great •leal of money for my <*uslo>ner3 nui-tnc the it xi for •''■br-i.oes and full information. HOWARD SLADE. T4 Broadway, N.Y. Cily. fmu <:: i ITCHING PILES cuii them. mil coc. p >ta til druggists. or ■ample mailed IK EL. j. j. Pi.ist'it, Tiffin, o. Guaranteed Installment Ucbcniiiro Bonds y ou 81 for monlh for .?months, wr Kuiiran t< t > sim. Write us. EDgl'sh-American Loan ft Trust Co.. Atlanta, On. f World's Fair I tIIUHEST AWARD. j i IMPERIAL' i ORAMJM! I Is unquestionably a most | fvaluable FOOD sick! j room, where either little! Nine or adult needs deli-! cate, nourishing: diet i !| f Sold by DRUOOISTS EVERYWHERE I J f John Carle & Sons. New York, s A. -.*3-s*. COBS FOB GROWING ANIMALS, Corn is not a wholesome food for young, growing nnimals, especially colts. It should not be fed exclusive to calves or pigs at tho time when they are mailing bone or muscle, or to work horsos.—New York World. CAUSE AND CUBE OF BLOODY MILK. This disease is due either to de rangement of the action of the liver, or in some cows is the result of ab normal notion of the milk glands. Some cows suffer from it in conse quence of overfeeding, by which an inflammatory condition of the udder is produced, thus exciting the action of tho milk glands, ivhich, on account of the udder being overcharged with blood, secrete somoof this blood,which mixes with the milk. This blood would otherwise be milk, for milk is a direct product of the blood, audit tlio udder were m a normal condition the blood would be changed into milk by the healthful action of tiieglards. Some times Jhe liver is so disordered by overfeeding of rich food that the blood is not sufficiently purified and in this case the impurity of the blood escapes through the milk, instead of, as at other times, through the kid neys, when tho disease would appear as red water. At times this fault in the secretory function is constitution al, and a heifer may always givo bloody milk, and may continue to do so, thus being useless in the dairy. That this kind of milk is wholly ab normal is shown by the fact that calves will not drink it. Tho treat ment should be by laxative and cool ing medicine, such as epaom salts, giv en in half-pound doses daily for a few days, after which the system will prob ably bo relievod of the undue strain on the secretory organs, nnd the milk bo all right.—New York Times. TiIE FABMIIOU.SE AS A BOARDING IIOUSE, I was reading an article not long since, said Mrs. H. A. Whitman before the Androscoggin (Me.) Pomona Grange, upon "Farmers should pro vide separate cottages for their hired men," which, I think, deserves more than a passing thought. The writer said : "Do merchants generally board their clerks? Do manufacturers usu ally imposo upon their vrives and daughters the necessity of furnishing meals and beds for their begrimed and sweaty laborers from forge and loom, of serving them at tablo with their food and sharing their company at the tireside! Why should tho wives and daughters of farmers be expected to do this? And so long as such a burden is laid upon them, is it strange that farmers' sons rebel against their lot and seek the city, and farmers' daugh ters set their caps for clerks, mechan ics, tailors, speculators—anybody but their schoolmates? "The introduction of hired men into tho household destroys tho family relation. The farmhouse becomes a boarding bouse, in which Ihe husband is steward, the wife cook nnd the workmen boarders. Tho employed be comes tho served, and tho employers servants. No well-bred woman can tolerate such a condition of things un less her ambition is crushed." There is many a woman in the land who has cooked tons of food for "tho hired men," who, while her husband has grown well-to-do and been elected Justice of the Feaoe aud gone to the Legislature, has become lliiu aud fur rowed with drudgery, bent to a furi ous and never-ending rotation of scrubbing, baking, stewing for the hired meu. This wretched community system lias prevailed long enough in America, to tho amazement of foreigners and the disgust of our own people. It is high timo that every farmer with a particlo of personal sensibility or in dependence, or with nuy respect for tho rights of his companion, should adopt a better way. TIIK VALUE OF STRAW. The abundance and cheapness of straw do not justify its waste, for sorao good, profitable use may bo found for all of it, writes J. M. Stahl. If fed in couueotion with cottonseed or liuseed men], malt sprouts, bran, etc , which aro rich in tho elements in which it is deficient, it has a fair feed ing value. Tho potential feeding volue of oat straw equals that of sixty iivo per cent, and wheat straw fifty five per cent, of its weight of average meadow hay. But to make the poten tial feeding value of straw near actual it must be cut, moistened and mixed with such feeds, rich in protein, as are enumerated above. Cattle fed on straw alone, or nearly so, cannot pav anything for the straw, for it is so de ficient in the muscle formers that au animal cannot digest enough straw alone to grow any, or even to hold its own. However, if fed as just stated witn such feeds as will mako a well balauced ration, straw has an actual feeding value far too great to justify the waste of auv of it. It it is not possible to feed all the straw to good advantage.it has a value for bedding nnd for shelters that makes it unjustifiable to waste it. As straw is a very poor conductor of heat, it is well adapted for these pur poses. As litter it has the additional good quality of being an excellent ab sorbent. By using straw liberally for bedding ono may reduce the discom fort of animals in poor shelters and avoid the waste of liquid exoremeuf, while giving the animals a comfortable bed upon which to rest. Warm, com fortable shelters can be made out of straw; aud, while they aro not so dur able and handsome as those made of wood, they are within the financial reach of many that cannot well build cxpeusivo shelters. Likely the most profitable uso to which straw can be put is to form a comfortable shelter for farm animals that otherwise would be oxposod to tho severities of tho winter. Finally, rotted straw has a fertilizer valuo that makes it highly profitable to save it carefully.—Ameri can Agriculturist. SCIENCE IN FARMING. Frank W. Hawley, ono of the gen tlemen interested in tho Niagara Elec tric Power Company, nnd a scientific farmer, has a model place near Roches ter, N. Y. Writing on the subject ot the farmer of the future, he says: The new era for the farmer has just begun. In no domain of human ac tivity lies greater scope for genius than iu agriculture. No other calling is so conducive to health, longevity, and happiness. Science lays discov eries at tho farmer's feet and implores their use. For him the chemist toils in his laboratory. For bim the bot anist gleans the fields. For him the inventor has simplified labor and en lightened toil. For bim scholars and experts employed by the Government are ever at work at State nnd National experiment stations to solve the prob lems of tho soil. The broad-minded agriculturist who avails himself of these researches and disooveries is a man to be envied. AVe may yet nttain the art of making malleable glass, and under such proteotion acres may be devoted to the growth of vegetables and semi-tropical fruits for our local markets. Rapid transit and improved refrigerator cars will oularge the ter ritory to bo supplied. The broad belts of the temperate zones extend ing round tho world will be oxplored iu search of new varieties of grain, trees, flowers, and shrubs for our use. The laws of animal breeding and her edity will bo better understood and our domestic stock bo greatly im proved. America will possess the finest cattle iu the world, and the States fitted for eattlo raising nnd dairying will vie with one another for the leadership. Tho electric age will materially im prove the condition of tho agricul turist. I look for the day when each farmer will own an eleetric equipment to furnish power for his creamery, for grinding food, for pumping water, for lighting his house, and for heating his greenhouse and other buildings. Electric roads will pass his door, af fording quick transit for himself and his produce to the nearest market town. His horses will labor on the farm while ho journeys on tho high way iu a wagon propelled by u storage battery. The subtle energy can bo made to serve him in a thousand ways aud perform innumerable tasks. By its kindly aid tlio hithorto overworked farmer may becouio largely a gentle man oi leisure. Then we shall expect much of him. Then .will he have lib erty to assume that political import ance to whioh he is justly entitled. The successful farmer should be tho coming mau, and future legislation must look closely to bis interests. It is a notable fact that many of our best aud ablest men have exhibited a strong predilection for rural life. AVebster delighted to retire to Marshfleld ; tho tha name of Jefferson recalls Monti cello ; Jackson reminds us of Hermit age ; Clay is associated with his be loved Ashland; Mount A'eruou has been rendered classic ground us tha abode of tho Father of his Country. AVitli the advance of this new era, from our rural homes, beautified by naturo aud adorned by art, saving in fluences will como iu the future to guide and guard the future of tho Re public. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Boiled turnips are excellent for tho hens. The nverage farm horse suffers more from poor care than hedoesfrom hard work. Cut out and burn the dead canes from among the raspberries aud black berries. Save the ears from the largest and earliest maturing corn plants for next year's seed. Tho farmers who have held on to their breeding cattle are about toreup their reward. A good crop of strawberries next year depends largely 011 stirring the soil now and keeping the weeds down. The balky horse can often bo cured of this trick by any simple device which may distract his attention for the moment, thereby causing him to forget his whim. Once in the morning is often enough to water house plants, and let tho water be about the temperature of tho room. Setting pots in dishes of water is not a good plan, as tho roots bo come saturated and Lave a tendenoy to rot. All water should be applied at the surface. Buckwheat can come after another crop very well without extra fertiliz ing. It is an excellent crop to sow on laud where oats, barley or corn have been destroyed by bad weather. Such land seeded to buckwheat right away will help the owner out of his diffi culty and save him from the entire loss of his crop. IiaU#EHOLI> AFFAIRS. TO CLEAN DECANTERS. Mix ateaspoonful of fine coal dust with half a teaouptul of vinegar ; put this in the articlo to be washed ; shako vigorously, rinse with clean water un til it appears perfectly clear, andjaet it upside down in a jug or basin to dry. Small bird shot and vinegar is equally efficacious. SIMPLE BUT POPULAR DISH. Bake cottage pudding in gem or pop-oven pans, thus giving to each person an individual pudding. This way not only adds to tho attractive ness of this simple but popular dish, but conserves its lightness, if, as often happeus, a careful hostoss attempts to cut tho pudding with a steel knife when hot from the oveu, Tho usual sauce accompanies tho individual serving,—New York World. HEMMING TABLE LINEN. A dainty woman will never hem her table Jiuen by machine, but she will hem it by hand with the neatest possible stitches. Napkins and table cloths now have half-inch hems. The very narrow hems even for napkins are a thing of the past. Crests and initials consequently have to be placed higher on the napkin-', and the napkin when laundered is folded larg er. Tablecloths should be marked at each ond two feet from the edge of the table, which will bring the design a few iuches from the centerpiece. Tho newest linen has a plaid center, with either a simple flower border or a plain band. Elaborate centerpieces never look so well as when place I on a plain surface. Round centerpieces continue to bo used with the round dolies for luncheons. They are more beautiful than ever, and many are made of real lace, with only tho centers of linen, which are embroid ered with the crest or initials. Pure white centerpieces are the most popu lar.—Chicago Times-Herald. FLANNEL PETTICOATS. Some busy-lingere 1 women who aro fond of the crochet needle make a practice of knitting flanuel petticoats of soft woolen yarn. Those are very warm, and are prettily ma le of a palo color. A scallop finishes the lower edge, and the drawing string of rib bon cau be drawn through eyelet holes at tho top formed in the crocheting. Tho wash ribbons that one finds now in tho shops are very pretty, and are very convenient for trimming under wear. Light-weight flauuel skirts are suitable finished with a knitted laee made of Saxony yarn in white, or any shade that matches tho flannel. This lace cau also be knit of silk. Tho fancy for tatting is again revived, which recalls to mind a lovely silk tatting edging about an inch and a half wide, which I saw some years ago on a silk and wool llaanel petticoat. The hem and all of the scams were feather-stitched with heavy twist. Tho embroidered flaunels in the shops aro rather clumsy to bo made of the full width nt the top. To avoid this, tho side with tho embroidery cau bo torn oil with a margin, having a width of five or six inches, including tho em broidery. A regular gored skirt cau now be cut from tho flannel, to which the piece torn ofT cau bo set ou as a ruffle. A casing is made nt the top, through which is drawn ribbon for tio strings, or a narrow fitted yoke cau be used. Feather stitching cau be put on all of the teams. Still another stylo is a regular gored skirt of flannel lined with silk to pre vent its clinging. At the bottom can bo a facing of ribbon, and it can be edged \yitlt a ruffle of lace, flue tor chon being very handsome for that purpose.—New York Examiner. RECIPES. Veal Steak—Trim, cut iu form, salt and pepper, dip iu well-beaten egg, roll in cracker crumbs, and fry iu equal parts of hot lard and butter. Potato Scones —Take cold boiled potatoes, mash smooth on baking board, add salt and flour to roll. Roll very thin, prick with forks, cut iuto long sticks. Fry in butter or lard. Fig Cake—Two cups of sugar, one of butter, one of cold water, three of seeded raisins, one poun I of figs chopped fine, three cups of flour, two teaspoonfulsof baking powder, one egg Bake slowly. Stuffed Shoulder of Mutton—Take four to live pounds of shoulder of mut ton, take out the bones and stuff with ono onion chopped and browned iu butter and mixed with bread crumbs, having been dipped in ono pint of milk, salt, pepper and chopped pars- Icy. Staffed Potatoes— Bake six or eight long potatoes, cut them iu two, take out all the meat, place iu a pan and mash with two tublespoouiuls of but ter, the yolks of two eggs, half a glass of cream and a little salt. Fill the skins with the mixture and bake foi teu minutes. Cucumbers With Cream —Peel six cucumbers, cut them iu four endwise, take out seeds and then cut in pieces, melt a quarter of a pound of butter, when warm add the cucumbers. Cook about teu minutes, add two glassfuls of milk, salt and a littlo sugar and boil a little while. Vegetable Salad—Placo nice crisp lettuco leaves in salad bowl, cut iu slices cucumbers, young onions and radishes and put on the lettuce. Pour over all ono cup of vinegar, one tea spoonful of dried mustard, ono tei spoonful of sugar, aud salt and popper. Grandma's Sugar Cookie3—One cup of sugar, throe-fourths of a cup of butter, one-quarter of a cap of milk, two esrgs well beaten, three teaspoou l'uls ot halving powder, a pinch of salt, half a teaspoonl'ul of ciuuamou, ilour enough to roll. Cat in round cakes, sprinkle withsugar tvnd bake in a quick oven, GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN NEW TTORK AND CHICAGO. A. $200,000,000 Ship Canal to Con nect Lake Krle With the Sea hoard— l)i ill cullies Overcome. THE boldest plans hitherto of* fered for a ship canal-betweeu Lake Erie and tbo seaboard C, Jiave none of them contem plated less than thirty-five locks, and one of the most feasible would have required fifty-five. To be adequate for the traffic they would bear these locks would have to be as capacious as the new lock nt Sault Ste. Marie, the largest and finest in the world. Tho latter is 800 feet long, 100 feet wido and 21 £ feet deep, and is costing more than $5,000,000. With .locks like tho Sault, the cost for lifts alone for the contemplated ship canal would bo at least $175,000,000 on tho St. Lawrence route, and upwards of $'250,000,000 on what is known as the Oswego route, that is to say, from Os wego to tho Hudson. [So long as nine teenth century engineering was unable to advance beyond the lock invented by Leonardo da Vinci, about the time that Columbus discovered America, the problem could not be solved. Tho cost would have been too great for even Government undertaking. It has remained for an American en gineer to cut the Gordian knot by tho invention of a now lock, exceedingly simplo iu design, easy and cheap of construction, and quickly and inex pensively operated. In 1890 Chaun coy N. Dutton, a young Pittsburg en gineer, took out in the principal countries in the world letters patent for what ho described as a pneumatic balauco lock. His design, revolution ary as it was, seemed, on the whole, so simplo that engineers stared in won derment that no one had thought of it bofore. Colonel Haskell had already applied the compressed air principlo to the pneumatic dry dock, now iu use in all countries. Mr. Dutton pro posed simply to make tho pneumatic dry dock into a wet dock by building up the side walls and putting in end gates between them. Simple as this device appears, it puts navigation by hydraulics upon an entirely new basis, and, in the judgment of tbo most em inent engineers, must revolutionize canal construction all over the world. Merely to indicate the meaning of this new invention, it will now be pos sible to construct huge sliip-lifts of equal size, and at least eight times as high as tho greatest lock now in exist ence. Two locks, each lifting IGOfeet, could roplaco the twenty-five locks now required along the Welland Canal. The cost of these new locks, built as largo as the new lock at the Sault, would not be more than $3,000,000 each. They would pass a ship from Ontario to Erie in an hour, where it now requires a day. It is from the invention of the pneu matic balance lock that Mr. Dutton has developed his huge scheme for a maritime canal, which has recently been before Congress and tho Legisla ture at Albany. It will extend from tho mouth of the Welland Canal on Lake Erie, utilize a portion of that canal, descend, by a pair of locks set tandem, into tho Niagara River at a point about opposite Lewiston, utilize aud enlarge the present Canadian canal system along tho St. Lawrence River as far as Lake St. Francis, and there fork in two directions, one arm ■will reach by a now canal to Montreal, aud thence by the St. Lawrence River to the sen, while another will extend from Lake St. Francis to Lake Cham plain, reverse the current of that lake, und reach from tho lower end of Cbamplain to Waterford, on tho Hud son River. It will involve only about ninety miles of artificial cnuals, Hint afterwards fifteen miles of this will be cut out b3 r the construction of a new canal from Lewiston, on the Niagara River, to a point above the Falls on the American side. The project will require the expenditure of a vast sum of money, but Mr. Dutton lias asso ciated with him some of the best known engineers in tho country, to gether with a number of heavy capi talists, and it is proposed to construct this gignutic system without a dol lar of subsidy from either tho Canadian or United States Govern ment. Tho Cauadian Parliament in chartering the North American Canal Company two years ago, gave it tho right to use the summit levels of the Cauadian canal system along tho St. Lawrencq and across tho Welland Pen insula, to acquire aud enlarge auy present locks, and io construct such new locks aud cauals us M ill be re quired to complete the enterprise. Such National legislation as is Jieeded in this country has been introduced in Congress by Scuator Allison, of lowa. Specifically, Mr. Dutton proposes to build a canal equipped with locks of sufficient size so that an ocean freighter like the Cevic may sail at river speed from New York to Chicago, and that without material interrup tion. Ho proposes a canal system with looks of 20 feet draught, 65 feet wide, and 510 feet clear length, which will lift vessels carrying 12,000 tons ot freight. In plaeo of the thirty-tive to fifty-live locks required iu any other plan yet proposed for a similar canal, this project involves but live. In a word t instead of an estimated expen diture of at least $200,000,000 for locks, tho latter, under tlio new con struction, will not require more than $15,000,000. Tho projector estimates that to carry the first ocean steamship from New York to Chicago will re quire the expenditure of $100,000,- 000, and to complete tho canal to en able vessels like the Cevie to make river speed through the dredged chan nels will require the outlay of as much again—in uO, soino $200,000,000. - Harper's Weekly. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE To Renovate Hlat-k Velvet. To renovate shabby black velvet, add two tableapoonfuls of ammonia to half a pint of hot water, and apply to the velvet with a stiff brush, rubbing It into the pile so as to take out all stains and creases. Then hold the velvet over a hot iron until the steam raises the pile, and it is perfectly dry* Mollle—"Do you like trolley parties?" Dollie—"I just love 'em. You know I'm engaged to one; lie's a inotorinaii."— Yonkers Statesman. Tlie Early l*lrd. It'a tlio early birds that catch the worm, saitli the proverb, but what a foolish worn; it is to get up so early and be caught. Bomo of our farmers are tbcoarly birds. Thoy go forth at dawn to catch up, .as they call it, and they catch something olse. Tramping through wet grass and stubble oil cold, damp, frosty mornings liko these, and going thus till day thereafter, brings to scores of them what they were not looking for. They corao home in the evening to suffer all night with rheumatism. Now, while men must work, they need not suffer. Why should they when a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil will keep them all right? A good rub at night with it will so strengthen and heal the muscles they will resist the influence of the cold and dampness, and a man will bo cured before be, knows it. Let this be tried for a while, and if the man is not cured it is only because he hasn't the patience to rub the pain out. Every saint in the calendar is said to be provided with a floral emblom. bTATE or Orrro, Crrr OF TOLIDO, I x LUCAS COUNTY. I **• FRANK .1. CHENEV makes oath that lie Is the senior partner of the lirm ot F. J. CHENEY nor. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. softens tho gums, "reduces inflama lion, allays pain, cures wind colic.-sc. a bottle Tho Hindoo chronology extends to 0147 D. C.: 13abylon, til.IS B. C.; China, tiloT II Jr. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. I'uinplilet and consultation froo. Laboratory Binghampton, N. V. Mr. (ilads.ono's favorite drink is an egg heaton up in a sherry. FITS stopped tree by Du. Ki. INK'S (HIEAT NF.KVI-. RESTOIIEK. NO lit- after first dav's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and ?LMMI trial bot tle live. Dr. Kline, nil Arch St.. I'hiln., I'u. The saffron is valuable as a dye. It grows wild In many parts of South Africa. tUJ lf TT— ' your fp if e Jj jV- over= worked, Do all you can ~J ' n g to complain of in the trashing and v ;V f cleaning line, anyway. "And J. / / J certainly the proprietors of / / Pca ~linc can't complain. If /?! trv 1 N V | / you only knew how many women, / [ y| szjf every day, are making up their I c / • m ' ni ' s t!)at l!, e old, wearing, tearing, tiresome way of washing doesn't ' tK growing bigger than ever—the success y °f Pear,il ? e: though it has to fight not only against all kinds ot poor but against a sort of superstition that anything which can save so much labor must be harmful in some way. ~8~~% Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers w ill t-11 von fP "t'Vl.j? "IS-" 1 "' 1 * "" r " the as Pea,line " !T : S VV 1' Al.Sh—lenrlinc JS never peddled: if vour grocer sends you an imitation, be honest— setid i: hick, 4so JAMES Pv'LE, New York "The best Is, flye, the Ohespasf." Avoid teiifaf cms of and Substitutes for An Immense Shark. Antone Joseph, an old whaling mate now stationed as cook of the Cornfield lightship. Essex, Cnnii., hooked the boss >burk of the season on Wednesday of last week. The monster measured from hose to tip of tnil 1-1 feet 7 inches, and weighed about 500 pounds. When Mr. Joseph noticed the shark under the lightship quarter, he immediately got oat the share fishing tackle and baited the hook witii a round of I'nele Sam's mess pork, which Mr. Shark very quick ly made a meal of and was towed along side of the ship. The gall's were hooked on to him and he was hoisted on board. The sirloin steaks being removed, ho was cast back into the sou for the Xlnn tlc parties t take pictures of or soma Imaginative reporter to write up as a sua serpent. ON^BNJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its hind ever pro duced, pleasing to tho taste and ac ceptable to the stomaclr. prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on band will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do cot accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAI, CGU'SVILLE, KV NOV YORK. NV. I'N II US OA The "LINFNF" are tho Best and Moat Eeonomt ml Collars anil Culls worn; they ore mad? of fins cloth, both aides tin is tied alil:o, and leing rcversi* hip. ono collar is equal to two of any other kind. Then tH tret I, wear well av-l look well. A bo* ot Collars or Fivo Pairs of Cuffs for Twenty-Firs A Sample Collar and Pair of Cuffs by mail for SUI Oenta. Name style and Size. Address REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY, *7 Faakha St., how York. 21 Kilhjr fit.. Boatc*. RUPTURECurfid aSI T nil c"e h'J POSITIVELY I nil. no 1-1)8 BI'PIT R F. ywJKsf >, Worn night aul day .Has U nn AdJuMablePod which tjA w&pwhwff ft rnn be made larger or WWwJjg Vf j# smaller to suit changing vry condition of RUPTURE. caleiby R.V. HouseMfft.Co.Titllromlway,N.Y.CMy MOV 11. MAM 111 Tt HIM. COMIMM. 11,.\ I 11, llrlruit. Ml.-S. PEHSIOWSVLI^t!^ SuccessfuMy Prosecutes Claims.