Homeless Carriage. Edison thinks that there trill ho a horseless carriage on the market, com bining the lightness anil trlmness of the bicycle and costing not more than SIOO. There are no Insurmountable difficul ties In the way. The thing Is feasible enough, and an array of Inventors Is at work upon It. When It comes the bicycler will have the choice of work ing his own passage or having It work ed for him. Some of them pretend to like the former, but with the alterna tive in reach the chances are that they will develop nn Indolent and luxurious preference for the latter. The vehicle Is certainly on the way, various In type and function, and Mr. Edison's declaration that It will speedily arrive Is the more significant from the fact that he ought to know what he U talk ing about—Farmer's Review. Penalty il>r Desertion. Desertion in time of war Is punish able, In all armies, by deatb, usually In flicted by shooting. In time of peace It Is regarded by various governments with different degrees of severity, ac cording as the military system Is mild or severe. In France, Germany or Rus sia desertion, even In time of peace, Is very harshly punished, but In the Uni ted Stateß it Is punishable by a term of Imprisonment at hard labor. As a matter of fact this penalty Is rarely In flicted. The desertions In our urmy number from 1,000 to 1,200 annually, and few of the runaways are ever caught. SCROFULOUS HUMOR Sores Ilenleil by Hood's Hnrsnparilla and Hr.tc Never Returned. "I was a sufferer with scrofulous humor, and had a vory largo soro under ray chin. It caused me much pain. I also felt tired and despondent, but after taking a few bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla my sores were liealod and have never returned." Mrs. C. N. Rockwell, White's Store, N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the beet—in fact the One True Blood Purifier* Hood's Pills Constipation. 26 cents. A Spelling-bee. "I'm going to have a .spelling beo to night," said Uncle John, "and I'll give a pair of skates to the boy who can best spell 'man.' " The children turned and stared Into one another's eyes. "Best spell 'man," Uncle John? Why, there Is only one way!" they cried. "There, are all sorts of ways," replied Uncle John. "I leave you to think of It a while." And he buttoned up his coat and went away. Time went slowly to the puzzled boys for all their fun that day. It seemed as If that after supper lime would never come; but It came at last, and Uncle John came, too, with a shiny skate-run ner peeping out of his great-coat pock pt. Uncle John did not delay. lie sat down, and looked straight Into Harry's eyes. "Been a good boy to-day, Hal?" "Yes—no," said Harry, flushing. "I did something Aunt Mag told me not to do, because Ned Barnes dared me to. I can't bear a boy to dare me. What's that to do with spelling 'man'?" he add ed, half to himself. But Uncle John turned to Bob. "Had a good day, my boy?" "Haven't had fun enough," answered Bob, stoutly. "It's all Jo's fault, too. We boys wanted the pond to ourselves for one day; and we made up our minds that, when the girls came, we'd clear them off. But Jo, he " "I think this is Jo's to tell," interrupt ed Uncle John. "How was it, hoy?" "Why," said Jo, "I thought the girls had as much right on the pond as the boys. So I spoke to one or two of the bigger boys, and they thought so, too; and we stopped it all. I thought It was mean to treat girls that way." There came a flash from Uncle John's pocket. The next minute the skates were on Jo's knee. "The spelling match Is over," said Un cle John, "and Jo has won the prize." Three bewildered faces mutely ques tioned him. "Boys," he answered gravely, "we've been spelling 'man,' not In letters, but In acts. I told you there were different ways, and we've proved it here to-night. Think over It, boys, and see." To be popular with some people, all that Is necessary is to say "Thank you" In a very loud voice. A TALK WITH MRS. PLNKHAM About the Oause of Anemia. 1 Everybody comes into this world with a pre disposition to disease of some particular tissue; l 1 J FJf in other words, everybody has a weak spot, ray/ I In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the JY l I wea k spot women is somewhere in the uter- j v * ne s Y stem * uterine organs have less re- I * sistance to disease than the vital organs; that's I I '■//'.. N cliHrge I r advice. Utglmut j references. Write us. WATSON K. COLEMAN, Solicitor of Patents, wrj V. St., Washington, 1). 0. 0. LOOK AT THESE oCENT||gre?ffiPlate CulT I.inke. ! DUMB itV.LL M.Watkins & Co, P N U 43 '97.