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Hood's
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THE ONLY WOMAN MASON.
fihe "Packed," and Reinz Caught Was
"Initiated"
There lias been Just ono woman Ma
son. Sho "peeked," was caught In the
net and forthwith Initiated ns the ono
menus by which to keep her silent Sho
was Lady Aldsworth.
An authentic portrait of her Lady
ship hangs In tho Masonic Temple In
New York among the rows of bearded
linen who have won Masonic distinc
tion. She was painted In the very act
of laying her hand upon the "booke"
nnd swearing eternal loyalty to the
Masonic vows. Lady Aldsworth's
brother, who was the son of an Irish
nobleman, entertained lils lodge on an
evening that Is vaguely located In the
last century at Ills home, Domarito
Castle.
Ills sister, who was not free from tho
:viee of her sex, crept to the corridor
outside the room where the meeting
was being held and watched the cere
monies until sho became so overcome
by the sense of her transgression that,
woman-like, she shrieked and fainted.
Wife
I.ADY AI.IISWOIiTII.
This aroused the spiittnel, who, In turn,
Summoned his brother Masons. They
deliberated until 3 o'clock in the morn
ing, hesitating how best to protect
themselves. Then It was decided to
have gentle Lady Aldsworth register
the Masonic vows. Sho did so, and be
came the only woman Mason who ever
lived. Whether she proved an efficient
member has never been recorded, but It
Is to be hoped that the gallant Masons
who Initiated her never had reason to
regret their stem
A MOTHER'S DUTY.
Your daughters are the most pry
cious legacy possible in this life.
The responsibility for them, an<f
their future, is largely with you.
The mysterious change that develops
the thoughtful woman from tho
thoughtless girl, should find you on
the watch dny and night.
As you care for their physical well
being, so will the woman
be, and so will her children
be also.
Lydia E. Pink ham's /
Compound" is the sure reliance in this
hour of trial. Thousands have fouuo
It the never-failing power to correct
all irregularities and start the woman
on the sea of lifo with that physical
health all should have.
IVomb difficulties, displacements and
the horrors cannot exist in company
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetablo
Compound.
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A SWEET SINGER.
THE MOST POPULAR SONG
WRITER IN AMERICA.
Career of Stephen O. Foster, Author
of "My Old Kentucky Home,"
"Suwunce River" and Othor
Well-known Melodies.
itIWANEE m¥BEiV r ~ and
"My Old Kentuoky Homo,"
J which wero sung with such
effect by tho colored dele
gates to the Republican National Con
vention, shows the extent of tho recont
revival in popularity of thoso famous
old Southern molodios, says tho New
Orleans Picayune. Hand in hand
with this announcement comes the
nows that a National fund for tho
erection of a monumont over the neg
lected grave of their talented com
poser, at Pittsbuig, Ponn,, is to he
mude. It already extends throughout
Pennsylvania.
Forty years ago no namo among
Amerionn song writers was so well
known as that of Stophen Collins Fos
ter. As tho writer of comio songH ho
had no superior, and the songs that
ho wroto at the dawn of tho Civil War,
in tho dialeot of tho colored man, who
was then working among tho cotton
and the cano in tho far South in slav
ery, caught tho popular fancy and
made Foster a name that will live for
timo immemorial. Nillson, Patti and
all tho greatest singers of tlio day have
won their laurels through rendering
some of his compositions, and his
name stands pre-eminont among thoso
of Faync, author of "Home, Sweet
Home," and othor leading composers.
This is tbo fame and tho roputation
of a man whose grave to-day occupies
an nnfroqueuted spot in tho old Alle
gheny Cemetery at Pittsburg, which
tho soxton could scaroely point out to
mo. Although his friends and ac
quaintances live all about him, yot
thoy might visit the cemetery every
day with never a thought that in part
of it lay the remains of hijn who was
once so famous. For what man or
womnn or man or child in tho oountry
to-day but can "carry tbo tune" of
"Old Folks at Homo," whioh, however,
may be better known as "Way Down
Upon the Suwaneo Bibber," or has
heard tho plaintive notes of "Old
Blaelc Joe," pr laughed at the humor
in "0, Susanna, Don't You Cry for
Me," which are only a fow of tho many
things whioh came from tho faoile pen
of this man.
Tho songs which wero written by
Foster always found a prominent place
in tho campaign issues of tho dny, and
somo of his sougß, which wore rewrit
ten and used in tho political bnttlos of
half a century ago, will be used in tho
campaign, und will continuo to be
used so long as tho Unitod States re
mains a free country.
During his oareer as a song writor,
Foster wrote so many compositions
that no eompleto record of them has
been Uopt. It is estimated, however,
that 150 of them beoamo famous,
which list iucludos sneh popular dit
tios as "My Old Kentuoky Home,"
"Come Where My Love Lies Dream
ing," "Good Night," "Old Unolo
Ned," "O, Susanna, Don't You Cry
for Me," "Way Down Sooth," "Old
Folks at Home," "Willie, Wo Have
Missed You," "Open Thy Lattice,
Love," "Old Black Joe," "O, Lemuel,"
"Old Dog Tray," "Hard Times Oomo
Again No Moro," "Maggio at My
Side," "Jennie With tho Light Brown
Hair," "I Seo Hor Still inMy Dror ms,"
and "Mosta's in tho Cold, Cold
Ground."
Foster was born In that portion of
Pittsbnrg known as Lawrouccville, on
July 1, 1820, Tbie patriotic birthility
wns in kcoping with tho norvioos reu
dorod t'uo country by liis illustrious
grandfather, William Barclay Foster,
founder and for a long time tho owner
of Lawroncoville. His vast estates in
cluded tho present sito of tho United
Status arsenal, for which tho Govern
ment paid him a snug sum. Tho IIOUHO
in whioh tho future song writer wan
born is still standing, and is situated
between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth
Btreets, on Peun avonno.
At tho ago of thlrteon Foster was
sent to Towauda, Penm, to scljool, and
two years afterward ,to Athens, Ohio.
At both placos ho gained tho reputa
tion of being tho quietest and most
modest boy in tho school. These
traits clung to him through life, and
his friends in Pittsburg remember him
as being as "gontle as a woman." Ho
completed his eduoation at Jefferson
Oolloge, Oanonsburg, whoro he gradu
ated with credit. Fostor then dis
played an aptitude for mercantile lifo,
and was sent to Cincinnati, where ho
secured a position as olerk. Horo ho
remained for somo months, but after
tho success of his first song, ho re
turned to Pittsburg and remainod un
til his departure for Now York, in
1860. Ho was a rosident of the iattor
city until his death, on July 13, 18G4.
Foster manifested his musical bent
early in lifo. When hardly able to
walk ho displayed a kcon enjoyment
of all kinds of musio, and as ho grow
older was quiok and oorreot in oatoh
ing tunes. While at Towanda ho
wrote his first musical composition,
"Tioga Waltz," whioh was published
boforo tbo youthful author had
reached his fourteenth birthday. For
this he reooived the munificent reward
of twenty-five copies of the piece for
distribution among hiß friends. While
clerking in Cincinnati ho wrote his
first song, "Open Thy Lattice, Love,"
which was published for him by a Bal
timore liouso in 1842. A fow months
afterward "Old Folks at Homo," his
greatest suooess, made its appear
auco. It uchievcd such instant
popularity that Foster was paid
SSOO by one Thomas McNally to first
produoe it on the minstrel stage. It
spread like wildfire through the South
and in a short timo the song was
whistled and snog by almost every
Bluve. It beoarno better known na
"Way Down Upon the Suwauco Bib- [
ber," the opening line, than by the :
legitimate title whioh Poster bestowed
upon it. In fact, it is said tho lattor
was several times persuaded, but una
vuilingly, to change tho nemo. This
refusal to alter anything once written
was ono striking peculiarity of all Pos
ter's compositions.
Composing songs was as oasy to Pos
ter as swinging an ax is to tllo back
woodsman. All that ho noodod was a
flimsy tbemo, and tho remainder came, j
His brother, Morrison Poster, who is
at prosont u Pittsburg business man, 1
tells of a day when his brother en- I
tered his office.
" 'I want tho namo of a river in tho
United States containing two sylla
bles,' said Stephen. I mentioned
Yazoo, Peedoc, and several othor out
landish names, but they would not do.
Finally wo got down an old map of
tho United Statos, and, as my flngors
wnnderod over tho State of Florida, |
they stopped on the line that marks
tho course of tho Suwanee. There
they stopped. 'That will do,' said
Stephen, as ho left the office. I nover
gavo the matter any further thought
until some weeks later I discovered
that ray brother had written a song
about the name, and had given it to
tho world, 'Old Folks at Homo.' "
Weary of tho tedious confinement
which frequently came to him, Fostor
sought rest and quietude in the sum
mer of 1859, at the residence of his
cousin, Judge John Bowan, near Bards
town, Ky. Ho was so pleased with
tho place, whioh he called his retreat,
that, during his stay there, ho com
posed a song, which is known to tho
world as "My Old Kentucky Home."
A movement is now on foot in Pitts
burg to start a National subscription
for the purpose of orootiug a monu
. ment to the memory of this genius,
whicli will bo plaood in ono of tho
parks of that oity. It is the intontion
of tho projectors to complete the fund
and have tho monumont unveiled on
the 4th of July, 1897, which Will be
tho annivorsary of the birth of tho
composer. No American song writer
has acquired such a reputation as has
Fostor and that his grave should have
been neglected for so long is tho won
der of all who look for tho spot mark
ing his last resting place.
Freak ol' an Old Duck.
Ono of tho oldost ducks in Han
Francisco is named Tom, and ho be
longs to Charles Young, who lives in
tho Potrero, about two blocks back
from the shores of tho bay. Tom is
nearly six years old, and up to a few
months ago was always diguitiod and
as correct in his demsanor as tho or
dinary duck. About that time, how
over, ho becamo possessed of a straugo
desire to accumulate all tho old shoos
on tho water front.
Early every morning he starts out
by himself and is often gone for sev
eral hours. When he returns ho is
sure to bring an old shoe and store it
away in the poultry houso. As soon
as ho feels satisfied that nobody will
intorfero with it, ho starts out again,
and soon returns with another. Ho
will keep this up all day, nnd if shoes
are plontiful will havo soveral dozen
in places stored away by nightfall.
Tom had beon at this peculiar busi
ness for soveral days bofore ho was
discovered, and when his ownor weut
to tho poultry house and saw the pilos
of old footwear, ho thought that ho
was being mado tbo victim of a prac
tical joko. He dumped tho old shoes
out and was more than surprised to
see Tom deliberately start to carry
thorn back again. Young carriod tho
the shoes as far away as ho oould, but
in a fow hours tho duck had them
where ho wanted them, and started
out for more.
Sinco Tom has beon in the "shoe
business ho has forsaken the other
ducks altogether, and seems to have
but one desiro in lifo. People who
have seen him think that it is a case
of tho duck going crazy.
Mr. Young has given Tom his own
way tho last six months, and mado it
a business to throw the shoos out
evory few days, so as to give him a
cliauco to curry them back again. But
ho says it is gotting monotonous, and
that if Tom doesn't got over his fool
ishnoss socu ho will bo forced to try a
remedy that tvili snroly ouro him, al
though ho hates this, beuauso Tom is
too old and tough to mako good eat
ing.—San Francisco Call.
Tho Fair Bicyclist and tho Enragcil Mnlo
Yesterday morning a .vomaa was
riding along tho smooth asphalt of
South Figuoron street. A wagon drawn
by two big mules was driving slowly
along tho street. Tho fair bicyclist
wished to got ahead of tho wagon.
Thoro was not much room botwoon tho
wagon and tho ourb, but sho determ
ined to try to pass. Sho rolled silent
ly and swiftly on. The danger was
almost over. Bat when she bapponod
to glauee at tho mules and saw how
very close they wero, hor heart rolled
up into hor mouth. Sho gaspod,
turned palo and began to wobblo.
Inatinetivoly tbo woman put out hor
hand toward tho nearest support—tho
hind log of ono of tho mulos.
Then a oyelono was let looso. The
wheolwomau miraculously esoapod
without injury, but tho insulted mule
kicked tho wind out of the pnoumatio
tires, the spokes out of tho uxlos, the
scrows out of tho saddle and the stuff
ing out of tho wholo whoel.—Dos An
geles (Cal.) Times.
Thin I,'old Leaf.
Ono dollar's worth of ordinary com
mercial gold loaf is said to covor 900
squnro inches; but this material is
thick compared with tho gold leaf that
is now mado by depositing yollow
motal with electricity in a bath upon
a highly polished shoot oi copper. In
this mannor a film only otic-four mil
lionth of an inch in thickness may be
produced, Mounted on glass it is truna
paivut.
BAD KING RIFF.
EARTH'S CRUELEST MONARCH
REIGNS IN NORTH AFRICA.
Ills Pirates live by Plundering Help
less Veaaels Near Their Shores
lie Lives In a Cave In llar
burlc Splendor.
TIIE eruolont monarch in tho
world is again making him
self felt. KiDg Riff, King of
tho Riffs, ruler of the Errif
country, has taken advautage of the
troubles of his noighbors, England
and Spain, and is again ruling the
high seaß of the Moditorranoan after
his old polioy.
The Riffs began thoir doprcdations
a thousand years ago. Then they had
no name, hut ns thoir course lay thou
along the Riviera, Italy, the name
Riviera was ehortouod to Riff. This
was in the Morocco dialoot, and it
clung to thorn.
Tho kingdom of tho Riffs is that
part of tho Mediterranean opposite
the Rook of Gibraltar. It extends
back into the Atlas Mountains, and
completely fills tho low-lying hills and
up-jotting peaks of tho coast. Tho
name Errif Mountains was long sineo
bostowod upon theso hills, wherein no
white man daroß to go.
The Biffs havo settlements which
thoy oall towns or villagos, and hero
they livo generation after generation
with their wivos and familios. Their
homes are mixtures of barbaric
splendor and squalor. They havo
what thoy capture on tho high seas,
but they lack the simplest olomouta of
civilized life.
Tho priuoipal possessions of tho
Riffs is a small boat, called a folucoa,
holding not more than ten men. It
has no soils, and is takon along swiftly
by oars. Upon tho waters of tho
Mediterranean you see theso folucoa
lying peacefully about, with large nots
between them and the sailors ongagod
in fishing. This craft is also used ty
tho honost shore folk, and tkero is
nothing in tho outsido appearance to
indicate whother tho oeoujjants bo
these or the dangerous Riff pirates.
Only a short time ago tho Dutch
briguutine Anna set sail from a port
on the Adriatic Sea witli'a cargo of oil
bound for a port on tho coast of Brit
tauy. She was manned by a crow of
six. Tho Anna sailed safely along
until she reached Centa, whioh is tho
poiut direotly opposite Gibraltar.
There a calui fell over her, and sho
lay seven miles from shoro. All around
wero these folucoa fishing.
Ono of tho crew of the Anna notiood
a felucca pulling toward her. In tho
boat wore ton dark, ugly Moors, armed
with ltnivos, clubs and rifios. Their
faces had a savago look, and their
heads were tho ballet shapo of the
Moor-Riffs.
Tho lcador called to tho Auna to
lower sail. The Anna's crow refnsod.
A shrill whistlo brought up another
folnooa, and another, and soon the
Riffs stood aboard tho Dutch boat,
with tho Captain lying on tho deck
fatally wounded, and tho crew cowed.
When tho Riffs loft tho Anna the oil
was gone; so was tho bedding, the
side-lights, cooking utensils, ship's im
plements and everything that could he
carried away, exoept the sails, for
whioh tho Riffs had no use. The crew
they stripped, and loft them tied to
the dook. When wind filled their sails
and drifted them over to tho European
shoro it was a sorry oargo that the
Anna landed.
Tho European Powers havo taken
turns stamping out tho Rilf pirates.
Sjrain, aftor tho Molila war, started to
exterminate the Riffiaus, and would
probably havo done so had not the
British interferred. John Bull became
jealous of tho riches of tho Morocco
const, and warned Spain to keep her
hands off. A few months luter the
British ship, the Virgen delos Angeles,
was attacked and completely lootod of
all possessions. The crews escaped
by offering everything, even to the
shoes on their feet.
By tho timo England had sent her
warships to the Mediterranean the
Riffs had apparently withdrawn, and
only a few peaceful fishermen were to
bo found.
Tho Itlff settlements are prosided
over by a king, who takos his name
from his band. So muoh was found
out by Duvoyrior, nn adventurous
Frenchman, who, in disguise, traveled
through Errif Mountains. Ho found
there forts with armaments of (1000
guns. He found cannon, rifles,
bayonots and oven dynamito. He
found swords, knives, olubs and tho
savago weapons of barbarians, and ho
found, too, an interesting collection
of skulls and oross-bones, whioh tho
Riff pirates of old days ueed to carry
at tho poaks of their vessels.
The religion of the Riff pirates, for
, thoy aro a race of long established an
i oostry, is a mixtnro of Mohammedan
ism and Christianty. Thoy are Moors,
and thoy are the Barbary Rangers who
wero fnmed as long ago as storios were
written. "Wator devils" they wore
oallod by tho peacoful dwellers of
Southern Europe and tho citizens of
Morocco. But there they havo lived for
hundroda of years, nover adding to
| their nuinbor from outside their own
I oluuu, and never intermarrying with
: other races, until now thoy havo tho
| most powerful savago kingdom on tho
I globo. Thoir worship is partly a firo
worship. Yet thoy havo a rovorouco
for tho oruuilix, and iu thoir rudu
homos thoro are church ornament;-,
- erossos, aud beads carefully troasurod
from tho looting of the ships. Thoir
| business is that of plunder, and to
, thoir barbarian way of looking at it is
| a legitimate moans of livelihood.
The sway of the Riff king is the most
absolute on earth. He carries always
in his hand a olub, and is armed to the
tooth with kuivos and rifles. Insubor
dination, any attempt to usurp his
power, any failure to give up plunder,
is punished by him with instant death.
Ho lives in a cave, low, but of groat
depth, and at a roaring fire in front
of it his food IR prepared. There aro
no women in his shore household, and
his slaves are Riff pirates chosoa by
him to work for him.
Reports of him deciaro him to revel
in tho bloodshed of his pirate slaves.
Tales of cruelty fill tho Barbary coast.
When plunder is not brought in fast
enough and when attacks are made
upon tho pirate band, tho rago of tho
king is ungovornable, and with his
great bone club ho fells his slaves
right and left.
All of tho imraonso plunder of tho
Riffs is token to the king. It is sorted
by him and his slaves into separate
lots. Gold, silver, iron, cloth, and
provisions aro oolleotod in great lots,
and placed in oaves. Each cavo is
guarded by a Riff guard armed with
knives.
Provisions, jewels, motals and nec
essary clothing aro dealt out by tho
king to his pirates, a reward for their
misdeeds, and tokeu by thorn back
into tho tanglo of wild hills, whero
they have homes oud farms. Hero at
homo the king lives in wild splendor,
in tho richest of tho Barbary valleys.
In oruelty tho Riff pirate is unique
in warfare. He admits of no fighting
back. It 1B a word and a blow, and
tho blow means death. Once having
rosisted a Riff, no man is allowed to
live, not though he may hoist tho
white flag of surrondor, and beg on
his knees for his life. He lias givon
tho Riff too much trouble. This is the
king's order. Tho king never stirs
from his domain. In justice to the
Riff it may be told that ho has not al
ways taken tho lifo of the crew of the
plundered vessel. Ho is after tho
booty, not after life, and if that is
freely givon up to him ho will return.
Explorers who have had descrip
tions of the Riff king say ho is a fat
bodied, rough-headed Moor with a
face brutal enough and without refine
ment, but with enough cunning to
prompt him to take udvantngo of tho
Anglo-Egyptian and Spanish troubles
to make tho Mediterranean his own
freo laud.
Sign Language at Fires.
Among the accomplishments of Chief
William 0. McAfee, of tho Firo De
partment, is that of conversing with
deaf mutes by tho sign language, says
tho Baltimore Sun. Tho other day
tho Chief attracted utteution in a ros
tuurant wore ho sat silently convers
ing with a group of deaf mutes.
Ho picked up his knowledge of sign
talking from a deaf mute friend who
visits him at his headquarters. His
circle of acquaintances among tho si
lont peoplo has gradually widened un
til now it includes a number of men
in various occupations, each of whom
is known among his follows by somo
peculiarity of his own or tho occupa
tion he follows, which is expressed iu
a sign made with one or both hands.
In an extended conversation Chief Mc-
Afee spells out tho words to his friends
by means of tho finger nlphabot, of
which ho is tho master both of tho
one-liaud and two-haiil methods.
Tho application of signs to replace
spoken orders in the working of the
Fire Department suggested itself to
Chief McAfee several years ago. When
ho was couuoctod with Engine Com
pany No. I ho introduood signs for
turning on and off water, bringing a
firo oxtiuguishor and other short or
ders which had frequently to bo given
from a distanco. The objections found
to tho goneral application of sign or
ders wore that smoko obscured them,
as did tho darkness of night. In the
day time and with a small fire, whero
tho volume of smoko was not great,
tho signs wore found to work satisfac
tory.
Fish That Yawn.
It is not generally known that fish
yawn. Tho writer saw a turbot yawn
twice, and a cod once—tho latter being
one of tho widest yawns accomplished
by any animal of its size. The yawu
of a turbot being something not com
monly seen, deserves more particular
description. A turbot's mouth is
twisted on ono side, rather as if it had
belonged to a round fish which somo
ouo had accidoutally trodden on and
squashed half flat. Tho yawn begins
at tho lips, which open as if to suck in
water. Thou tho jaws become dis
tended, and it is seen that this is going
to bo a real, genuine submarine fish's
yawn. But tho yawn goes on, works
through the back of its head, distend
ing the plates of tho skull, and oomes
out at the gills, which open, show tho
rod inside, aro inflated for a moment,
and then, with a kind of stretching
shiver of its hack, tho fish flattens out
again, until, if unusually bored, it re
lieves itself by another yawn,—Tho
Spectator.
Death by Boiling.
In Old England, before tho law was
passed which prohibited "cruel and
unusual forms of punishment," mur
derers wero often condemned to death
by boiling. In such cases the viotims
wero chained in largo kettles of cold
water, which was gradually heated un
tif it caused the flesh to drop from the
bones. The last English victim of the
"boiling death" was ono Rouse, a
cook, who, it was alicgod, had killed
seventeen persons.
Tho Fatal Horse and Wagon.
If tho statistics of accidents could
be collected it would iu all probability
bo shown that fcUo moat dangerous way
of traveling is with a horse and wagon.
SVo believe there is authority for stat
ing that in proportion to the number
of people traveling iu various convey
ances, horses and wagons kill nioro
people thuu steamboats or railroads
or trolley cars or bicycles.—Pough
kecpsio Eagle.
Tho Frineo of Wales recoives from
the British peoplo $200,000 every
year,
ANY ONR whs HA* been benefited by tht
ase of Dr. Williams* I'lnk Pill*. will receita
Information of inucii value and interest by
writing to Piuk Pill*, P. O. Box If.WB, l'hila.,Pn.
A now tiro, made of steel, in being talk©#
about in cycling circles.
A Child Enjoys
The pleasant flavor, goutlo action and sooth.
Ing effect of Syrup of Figs when in need of a
laxative, and if tho father or mother be costive
or bilious, tho most gratifying remits folio .v
Its use; so that it is tho best family remedy
known and every family should have a bottle
Nelson's flagship, the Fomlroyant, is now
lying oil Woolwich on exhibition.
Buy fl.no worth Bobbins FlottTi*-l*)r*x Soap of
four grocer, send wrapper* to Dobbins Hoap £j"ar
Co., Philadelphia, l'a. They will send jou Irrs
•f charge, postage paid, u Worcester Pocket iiw
tionarj't puges, bound in clotli, pro'usely Il
lustrated. Oiler good until August Ist only.
A Stratford boy died from meningitis, re
sulting from n biuck oyo got at school.
FITS stopped free t>y DR. K LINK'S ORF.AT
Nf.KVi: HKSTOHKR. No fits after first day's
uen. Marvclou* cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial
but tin free. Dr. K line, 031 Arch Ft., Phllu., Pa
Albert Ilurch, West Tolodo, Ohio, says i
** Hall's Catarrh Cure saved my lite." Writs
him for puruculard. bold by Di-uu*ut9. 7ran
I have found Piso's Cure fur Consumption
an unfailing modicine.- F. it. LOTZ, 1305 Scott
St., Covington, Ky., Oct. 1,1801.
Mrs. Winslow*s Soothing Byrtipfor Children
teething, sof tons the gums,reduces inlluinmu
tlou, allays pain; cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
If afflicted with sure eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists soil at 25c per bottle
St. Vitus* Dance. One bottle Dr. Fanner's
Specific cures. Circular, ii'redoiiiu, N. Y.
§ How Old are You?
§Tou need not answer the question, madam ,
for in your case age is not counted by years. It {4!J
■will always be true that "a woman is as old 0%
na she looks." Nothing sets the seal of age tipp
so deeply upon woman's beauty as gray hair. 0%.
It is natural, therefore, that every woman is PP
anxious to preserve her hair in all its original
abundance and beauty; or, that being denied W
(fflfsi) tlie crowning gift of beautiful hair, she longs Rgm
yp to possess it. Nothing is easier than to attain 'jpf
jt'ojY to this gift or to preserve it, if already
Pf possessod. Ayer's Hair Vigor restores gray x
( j or faded hair to its original color. It does this yf J
Jiv by simply aiding nature, by supplying the /
P'-p nutrition necessary to health and growth. \ )
P \ There is no bettor preparation for the hair /: \
IP than
) AYER'S IIAIR. VIGOR, U
ft % oQioQ©©
j j '
j
A woman knows what a bargain J
fo really is. She knows better than a man. 9
g "BATTLE AX "is selected every time 3
F by wives who buy tobacco for their hus- y
jr, bands, They select it because it is an honest "-j
P bargain. It is the biggest in size, the yl
N smallest in price, and the best in quality. J
F The 5 cent piece is almost as large as the jj
P 10 cent piece of other high, grade brands. >4
BnananEiißKPmgjncßsre^
rVERY FARMER IN THE NORTH
CAN MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE MIDDLE SOUTH.
lie can iunlti twien as much. II can sell nls Northern farm and got twi-e as many acre* for liK
K3BO luonev down hero. W'o 'll improved farm- f. . sSm *:.'> tin nci r. lriity of rr.Ur.nd* S ni
of fliem Jin droughta. Neither too hut nor too .• .)d rlimu'o nst r/ht. X.n hn\ I . i m ' - ■ ~ . ~,j
•verv w-ek. Ifvuuftio n'are-.'e.l write for I-ItHi: i-ainpi.! •. and ask all Iho quesHuii yon waul to. i'
Wu pleasure t.. list.. answer tliem.
NOUTIIIiK.N IIOdIJXKKIvJiKM' LAM) COUI'AHY, Joiner vilte, Tenn.
" The Best is, Aye, the Cheapest." Avoid imitations
of and Substitutes Lr
"OLD STATE OF PIKE."
Fhf TTomeof tho Stark. Brothers* Nurseries
—One of tho itlciretd Institutions in the
World—lts Trade Extends to Nearly
Every Civilised Nation on Earth.
St. Louis Republic, January T, 1893.
One of the largest institutions in th's stato
the Stark Rros.* NurMt-yies and Orchards
company In Louisiana, Mo., end lloekport, 111-
J'he trade of THE firm extends not only
Ihrotigh'UlT the UNITED States. Canada, Ger
many, France, Italy, Hifsraryand other for
ri.'N con lrie-, but IT litis n number of cus
tomers both in N'TFV Z-.alnn.L an I AU-tralia.
K '-'II Y ••NR 1 .'■> tnere • I NO from KENTUCKY
IUE'F. .MI • tn- . .1.1 ! Stark, tii • a
young M IU f E \ fr • TUD tlic 'RY'- N-w
MAT". ' ivin 'iifii 'lut e-c-'Mi . i r ex
fr IN K'-I J • .
'I he ,I*l II*M IHGILF CN'F'I I . AR F,
I no. H d no S* o-'twVt • " L • F I • " '"r 1 FT NO .
TiuirefhU 1J ifivelm/ n - tors, NNL •••U
I'IIV* in S P '.V .-n tmlflivn th . W .11 T H<
NEE*** rytormi I '•. • •.N EJ I • M_ <• U
II •
f /.I are a .! <■ N I - R'L,-. r- . ,I.ct I
W.tu t e RA'"IO;d b/ ip c d r c F.oni
( " !*-" IN -kin : HOUSES bundre *S >f ear'oa ls of
arrou 1* rmb-ne- a i i• • ■ ' faun- con
venient t IH CH , W .IETE I X ' "> I: .••'*.
ior . H , \> •- tii.-vj .* a ;U.t o. - ve a?
million trees.
The p • riarlivo-H.-c-ioc-i s f* e th-
LMINI .TO mrge o,ch r.L . i- • . IC .. : i,
4 States G r.v'utu nearly .•>') a)) RE* and
ino.e tuati N.JV* OJIJ iro , M <h- • .rii-r-Mp
Na , The firm *rilm oler D I -n AH-AIT AS
me.it. I henur er.es Imv.l bron be LELICINI not
only to their tiom;*, LIUL Missouri ow - no IITILE
of lier pre.-ti. as A fruit gr iwing rot* lon to tlw
PRO/RCRS ;tnd work of developineid. of t uis drill,
Ibe exhibits OF this firm, whenever made,
ptiraot great alt out on. and do much TN adver
tise tho state. Tito firm pays amounts
for new varieties of fruit, and conducts the
largest business of the kind iu America, if not
in the world.
Louisiana, Mo. firms have more traveling
ineu upon tlie ROAD for them than travel out
of any other city of the world of its size. Tlii.l
is largely duo io I lie large number of men eni
ploved hv TLIE Stark Hroa/Nurse.rioK, who fur
nish their men the most complete r.p-to-ilatti
outfit, ever issued. They are increasing their
orco ut sulcsnieu daily and room for MORE.