Anti-Rlienmatic Potatoes. Corporal Tanner, of the Algiers pre j dnct, sat out In front of the stnttoD I the other night In his shirt sleeves and | took In the glorious breeze that came I down Morgan street In all Its glory. It | has been a rure occurrence to see the Corporal In negligee attire. He has been suffering terribly from rheumatism, and throughout the summer has worn his heavy woolen coat, even when the humidity would woo It from him. When fate had him transferred to Algiers an Irish lady living over there told him of the virtues of the imtnto. She gave him two small "prathies" to carry In his trousers pockets, and he swears that he at once felt the rheumatism sneak ing from his bones. In a few nights it was all gone. The potatoes have begun to get as hard as a rock, and Corporal "Bill" swears he will carry them through life.—Chicago News. ITS WORST FORM All Symptom* of Catarrh Have Disap peared Sitice Taking Hood's. "My daughter has had catarrh in its, Worst form since she was four years old. She obtained only temporary relief from medicines until she began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Since using this medicine tho disagreeable symptoms of the disease have entirely disappeared." M. W. Sllsby, Hartland. N. Y. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. llflAfl'c Dillc as>ist Digestion and cure ■IDUII 5 rlliS Constipation. 26 cents. What Children Fear. President G. Stanley Hall of Clark University has been collecting facts concerning the fears of children. The fears of children, he says, are gener ally created by parents and servants He found that 1,701 children had 6,- 450 fears, the leading ones being the fear of lightning and thunder, reptiles strangers, the dark, deatfy, domestic animals, disease, wild animals, water, j ghosts, Insects, rata and mice, robbers, high winds, etc. A few of these fears are rational. Ir New Jersey no children were found to be afraid of high winds, but in the West that fear naturally leads all oth erR. At Trenton, however, sixty-twc children were found who dreaded the end of the world, n fear created entire ly by adult teaching. His tabulation shows what education can do In this ' respect. No child was found to be afraid of the devil. Two hundred years ago and less that fear would have led all the rest. Few were found who were afraid of ghosts, a fear that would have stood high on the list not long ago. The fear of robbers and of wild j animals Is a survival, though robbers I have not disappeared as completely as the wild animals. Forty-six New Jersey children were ' afraid of being burned alive, a mon strous thing to Inculcate in the child mind Fear will always be one of the strongest influences In human life, but at least It Is possible by teaching wlial real danger consists of to eradicate i groundless fears.—Chicago Tribune. j Klondike Trademarks. The Klondike craze has had Its effect i on the Patent Office, as has been shown i by the application for trademarks , bearing tho word. Two or three patents have been applied for for objects av hlcli I might be better suited for the gold fields there than elsewhere, but the i chief clerk refuses t<> t-ll of them. When a girl does not look with favor | upon a young man's suit he should : transfer his patronage to another j tailor. A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE. ■%— Heat, sense of tenderness and swelling of a part,, BbBBSL^ are all indications that there is need of instant repair HM. —the stitch in time. Where these symptoms exist on KMC* V. >*//;***>• ; P the left or the right side of the womb, disease of the ovary is setting- in, and soon there will be, if there Kb/]ljfflj fOßaJok is not already established, a discharge, trifling at Wv/ first, but later copious and irritating. Soon, also, there will be felt dull, dragging pains radiating from Do not, my sister, let your malady go so far, but ) 11^ those of you who are already suffering in this / / JF way should begin at once a course of treatment j* jn with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable C ompound. J , It will restore the organs to their normal eon- / \ In this connection Mrs. E. L. Mvekr. Quak-/ j I ake, Pa., says: 44 My ovaries were badly dis-j M eased, and for almost a year I suffered with se- • * verc burning pains which were almost unendurable, and a dull, heavy pain h the lower portion of my back. If standing 1 was most relieved with my foot resting on a stool or chair. The doctor told me I would have to take my bed and keep quiet. I had not used half a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound before it worked wonders with me. I now owe my health to the Compound. To those who are suffering from diseases peculiar to wo men, I would say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is just what they need." Mrs. Pinkham wishes to befriend you, and if you will write her at Lynn, Mass., telling her just how you feel, she will give you the very best advice free of charge. Think what a privilege it is to be able to write to a woman who is learned in all these matters, and willing to advise you without charge. I" 1 "'11- *~ 11 >I ~ I >.m I j, % t, fii—I | _ j I GET THB GENUINE ARTICLE! I ,! Walter Baker & Co.'s !, j Breakfast COCOA { Pure, Delicious, Nutritious. I '' U C° sta Eess than ONE CENT a cup, ' ' ' ' jfj [lplkto SUre at ac^ a^e k esus our Trade-Mark. , , '] k| 11| jJJ Walter Baker & Co. Limited, j 1 ' ' RSteMl (Established 1780.) Dorchester, Mdss. \ I Trade-Mark. _ J ,II ** I I 'ft ii I ■ 4 "Forbid a Fool a Thing and that ha will do." Don't Use SAPOLIO |t Vegetable Sicilian jk MairßeneweM It b a renerver, because RsSfTjf it makes new again* S Old hair is made new t YJj-fj the gray changed to the nXjul color of youth. \ffJr SIOO Reward. SHOO. The readers of this paper will he pleased to le&ru that there is at leasi one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally. acting dn-ectly upon the blood and mu cous* surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Chknky & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. There la a Class of People Wlio are Injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there has been placed in all the grocer/ stores a new preparation called Orain-O.mado of pure grains, tuat takes tho place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-quarter us much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per packago. Try it. Ask for liraiu-O. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Creat None Restorer. 32 trial bottle and treatise free Da. It. H. Kline. Ltd.. 921 Arch St..Phila..Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums,reducing inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 26c.a bottle. Origin of "Blue Blood." The origin of the term "blue blood" Is most suggestive. After the black Moors were driven out of Spain the i aristocracy of Spain was held to con- I Hist of those who traced their lineage j back to the time before the Moorish conquest. These people were whiter than those who had been mixed with Moorish blood. The veins upon their white hands were blue, while the blood of the masses, contaminated by the Moorisli infusion, showed black upon their hands and faces. So the white Spaniards of the old race came to de | dare that their blood was "blue," while that of the common people was black. The phrase passed 1o France, where It had no such significance, and was,ln fact, quite arbitrary, and thence It came to England and America. Caring for the Teeth. j Do not eat, or do not feed your chll | dren on, white bread, which Is deficient ' in phosphates, and causes the teeth to I crumble. A little hard food requiring ! thorough mastication should be taken at every meal. The teeth should be brushed both night and morning. Avoid sweets. Drink at least two quarts of I water a day—a glass the first thing in the morning, another the last thing be ; fore going to bed, the remaining quau | tity between meals. Consult a good dentist about every six months.—La I dies' Home Journal. Around the World on a Wheel. Miss Annie Londonderry, the Ameri can woman who has made a tour of ; the world on her bicycle, is now writ ing an account of her experiences. She j was unattended, and it required twe I years and two months for her to make the trip. It is a rare man who commends; men Like to tell how it should have been I doue. | 'fil 'UJJJLJJJJJJJ^^ Protect Trees"With Pino Tar. To keep rabbits from injuring fruit trees mix pine tar and grease equal parts, rvarm and apply with a cheap paint brush to the lower two feet of the tree trunks. I)o Hlolch Eat Vegetables? I have insisted that the mole is a vegetarian, eating se?d corn, roots of plants, as of asparagus, sweet pota toes, common potatoes, carrots, tur nips and other plants, but those chiefly. I have tested the contents of the stomachs of a great manj' moles caught in traps, and in every case found starch in them, and on some occasions have detected the actual starch grains by the use of the mi croscope. Iu 110 single case have I found any animal matter, as the re mains of grubs or worms, but the vegetable matter has been found in all examined without exception. This is direct proof, while the French experi menters have only such weak evi dence as that the moles refused to eat vegetable matter when in confine ment. Within a few days past I have made a test. A mole was caught by hand as he was pushing his way through a bed of sweet potatoes, which had been bur rowed through and through by the pests. A barrel was sunk over two hills of the row which had not so far been eaten into. The mole was put inside the barrel and kept a prisoner for three days. When taken out he had eaten every potato in the hill ex cept the shells of some of them, and in his Htomach was found the undi gested pulp of his last meal. In the attempt to escape he had burrowed completely arouud the barrel, but hail not gone deep enough to succeed. Doubtless he might have doue so had he been left longer in his prison. I have found the dead moles in their burrows on my lawn, where they had died after a meal of poisoned corn. It is the safest way to handle the baits by means of a small-bladed knife or pincers which have been bur ied in the earth for a few hours, and not to touch the bait with tho bands. This animal is sly and wary, and like the ground hog, another wretched beast, will hear a footstep a long dis tance and then lie quiet for a long time waiting for the noise of the re turning steps boforo it will make a move.—H. S., in Country Gentleman. Stacking- Hay Properly. The accompanying sketch shows the form of a stack that will best turn water. A pole extends up through the centre of the stack and a bit of canvas or duck over the apex will as sist in turning rain, paxticularly until Jk i WATER-PROOF STACK. the hay is well settled. Light cords extending down on all sides to pins driven in the ground, will aid iu keep ing the top of the stack from being blown off. The stack should grow gradually larger until the edge of the "roof" is reached. Select a knoll for a foundation, or put down hoards to keep the moisture from soaking up into the hay.—New England Home stead. A Remarkable Potato Crop. The potato crop on the Cornell Uni versity farm at Ithaca, N. Y., for 1897 is attracting very wide attention, be cause of its high excelleuce at a time when rot and blight are general throughout the Atlantic Coast States. The yield at the University, 011 indif ferent, gravelly and loamy soil, which has had no fertilizer for four years, is 800 bushels per acre, absolutely freo from rot. The cost of tlie crop per acre, liberally estimnted, is aboutf-UO, in tho following itoms: Seven cultivations (c, r .50 SB.CO Four sprayings Ca> 1.00 4.00 Sixteen bushels 5eed...... 8.00 Flowing and planting.. . 3.00 Total ; . 418.00 The only item which is liable to much increase is the cost of seed, the seed in this case having been bought vben potatoes were cheap. Now the net price for the crop is sixty cents per bushel, or 8180 an acre, leaving 8100 profit on each acre of the crop. The la lid is of a kin'd ordinarily pur chasable at about $;51) on acre for farm purposes. It is well within the truth to say that this crop (and others be fore it) shows that with scientific knowledge o potato'crop can lie pro duced worth more than three times the purchase value of the land it is raised ou. ... The important points in this suc cessful potato culture are stated by tho College of Agriculture to be: (1) prop er fitting of the land; (2) proper plant ing; (3) proper and sufficient cultiva tion; (4) proper spraying. The last is a specific against potato blight oiul po tato rot. In raising this enormous crop, the college neglected fertilizers, and did not select laud best suited to potato culture. Elsewhere on the farm, these factors being added, the record breaking yield of 380 bushels to the acre has been reached. It should be added that the potatoes are of uni formly marketable quality, with no waste. The average yield in this State this year is estimated at not more than sixty-five bushels to the acre, and the largest average yield the State has ever known was 120 bushels. The prevention of blight and subse quent rot by spraying with Bordeaux mixture is an idea which is already being taken up by farmers. The usual method of using it, however, is to wait until the blight appears, and then spray. It is then too late. At the university the potatoes are repeatedly sprayed while green and healthy, and the blight never appears. The report of this amazing crop at Cornell, to gether with the generally poor crop in the State, has led to a great demand for a recent bulletin of the experiment station treating of potato culture and the prevention of blight and rot, and thousands of copies are being mailed weekly to fanners.—New York Post. New Deatroyer of Fruit Crops. Reinforcements to the seventeen year locusts, the gypsy moth, the browntail moth and all the rest of the busy army of fruit destroyers are to be found in vast quantities in the "Sau Jose scale." The San Jose scale takes its name, not from the lo cality to which it contines its depre dations, but to the one in which it first appeared. Since it made its de but in California it has shown an im- SAN JOSH SCALE. partial fondness for every part of the Union. Florida has not been too warm for it, and Massachusetts has pleased. New Jersey has not es caped, and the Pacific coast as far as British Columbia has appealed to it. The scale, though appearing only recently, has evidently spent several cons in preparing to descend upon the world. It is a microscopic insect which pierces the green bark of the tree with its proboscis and sucks the sap. It has, doubtless with an eye to this ago of germicide solutions, rendered spraying an infested tree useless, because it has a scaly cover ing which remains on the bark of the tree or the skin of the fruit, aud which acts as an armor against such weap ons as washes. Fruit infested by the scale is unmarketable. Farm and fiardati Not en. Don't let the beats ami squashes stay out too long. Drainage will greatly increase the value of wet ground. The silo will enable the farmer to keep more cows profitably. Spare the harrow in the early stages of corn growth aud spoil the crop. The hired man should be a gentle man among tbe children in the house. The tomato trellises will last much longer if giveu shelter during the win ter. In sections outside the corn belt corn can often bo profitably grown for tha silo. When the surface hakes after a rain, a light harrow should be used, whether the crop is up or not. Hay caps are a good investment. They will in a wet season pay for themselves very quickly. Hailstorms are likely anywhere, and insurance against them is as necessary as insurance against fire. Divide up the farm among the grown boys, if it is large enough to make sev eral reasonably sized farms, and en courage each to get a home of his own. Do you allow smoking in the barn? If you do, increase your insurance. That may not be exactly honest, but when a man tries to burn his barn the matter of honesty will not probably worry him. Large pieces of old sod form the very best winter protective material when obtainable. These heaped about the roses will protect the most tender from severe freezing, and they come out in the spring. in splendid order. It is just us good used about any other hall hardy plant. In gathering fruits remember that all fruits are best when allowed to ripeD oh the tree or vine, excepting pears. Nearly all varieties of this fruit may be gathered while still green and put in a dry, cool place to mellow. All fruit should be examined often, as decay id rapidly communicated. Hoot from the kitchen chimney, espe eially from'a wood fire, is invaluable in cultivation of flowers. Rich in am monia it stimulates and deepens the color of flowers. Used as nu insecti cide it is equally eft'ective in destroy ing and removing the pest on account of the creosote contained in it. Soot from hard ooal exclusively is of leas value, still it is worth saviug. j OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR. LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Livelier Clients—lle'i O. K Wlit Was Sle Meant For?— Somewhat Mixed- No Need—Debris Crop All Right— HI" Idea—A Natural Query, Etc.* Etc The poet starved for years and years; His lay 9 wore all of lovo and hope; But now no hunger pang ho fears- He sings of liver pills and soap. —Chicago Record. lie's O. K. Flabson—"How are you getting along, Bogglesby?" Bogglesby—"Oh, walking, riding and biking."—Roxbury Gazotte. Rubious. "Did papa accede to your request for money, Henry?" she asked. "Well," said he, "he told me I was welcome to all I could get from him." —New York Journal. What Was She Meant For? Miss Charmyuge—"Don't you think I was meant for a business woman?" Jack Hustler—"No, I don't. I think you were meant for a business man."—Brooklyn Life. III H Idea. Aunt Abby (at the museum) —"And ain't that critter got any arms?" Uncle Ezra—"Of course he has. They call him the armless wonder 'cause it's a wonder where he keeps his arms." A Natural Query. "Life was all a blank before I mar ried you, Rudolph," said the Chicago bride to her latest husband. "How many blanks have you drawn, denr?" was the natural question which Rudolph put to her. Debris Crop All Right/ "They say the peanut crop will be short this year." "Well, the peanut crop may be short, but I'll wager there will be pea nut shells all over creation just as usual."—Detroit Free Press. Romewliat Mixed. Boy—"Papa, where's Atoms?" Papa—"Athens, you mean, my child." Boy—"No, papa; Atoms—the place where people are blown to." Answer postponed.—Tit-Bits. Increasing the Census. "Those St. Louis people are making a great fuss over that one-pound baby that was born there the other day." "They have a right to. It counts just as much in the census as if it weighed a ton."—Chicago Tribune. Mean Thing. Miss Chatter—"l knew you would be here to-day to see sister." Mr. Cuddler—"lntuition?" Miss Chatter—"No; observation. You always appear on the same day that Ethel refuses onions at dinner." —Judge. Visitor—"l presume your daughter plays the piano?" Mrs. Neuvoricbe (proudly)—"No, indeed. Dear Ethel doesn't have to. Her pa is rich enough to buy her one of those pianos which plays itself."— Harper's Bazar. Adaptability.* "So you asked her if she could bo happy without money?" "I did." "Was her auswer encouraging?" "Not exactly. She said she was sure she could; that she had always preferred buying things on credit."— Washington Star. Not Painless. Victim—"No charge, see." Dentist—"Did it hurt?" Victim—"You bet!" Dentist—"Fifty cents, please." Victim—"But your notice says no charge for extracting without pain." Dentist—"Ah, but you admitted that it hurt!"— New York Journal. Too Much Knjoyinent. "You didn't stay long out in the country." "No; our dog enjoyed it so much that we had to come home." "Your dog enjoyed it? What did he do?" "Killed twenty-seven chickens the first day we were there."—Chicago Record. More Like the Foot. Canvasser —"You are the head of the house, I presume?" Dixmyth—"Your presumption is quite natural, but you've got another guess coming." Canvasser—"Beg pardon, but I don't quite catch your drift?" Dixmyth—"Well, I have to foot the bills, and as my wife says I'm always kicking you can draw your own con clusions."—Chicago News. Subtle KeuHoninK. "Do you see the man and the wom an?" "Yes; I see the man and the wom an." "Do you think they are married?" "No; they are not married." "Why do you think they are not married?" "Because he has asked her if she objects to smoking, and she has replied that she loves the smell of smoke."— Cleveland Leader. Veterinary Surgery Not For Women. Women may not be veterinary sur geons in London. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has refused to admit a lady to examination, asserting that all its charters and its rules were drawn out 011 the assumption that men alone would seek qualification, and that, therefore, it would unduly strain the statutes to admit women. It it> said that the lady thus repulsed iu tenda to appeal to tho law courts. Air Photography. I The experiments to be made by the i United States Weather Bureau in air photography are expected to throw light on many phenomena but little understood at present. Little is now known about the way in which the at mospheric currents run. The nature of a hurricane, such as sometimes runs up the Atlantic coast from the West Indies at this season, is compre hended in a general way, but mystery envelops the working mechanism of the storm. No one can say how a whirling tornado plucks a chicken clean, drives a piece of timber through a mau and carries a bilby a mile un hurt. In order to ascertain how the air flows over houses, mountains and through bridges, a little model of each will bo placed before a camera and an imitation breeze directed against it and its movements photographed. Tho manner of photographing air currents has recently been worked out by Pro fessor E. Mack, of Vienna. The dis covery is, however, due to Fizeau and Foucault, two Frenchmen.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Kiggest Policeman on Earth. The biggest polceman in the United States is on the St. Louis force of peace-preservers. He is new to tho business, and his name is John Gib son. He towers above the average man like Chang, the Chinese giant, and if he so chooses ho can carry ten ordinary men to the station. Gibson is six feet six inches in height and weighs 255 pounds. His arm outstretched measures two feet 7£*inclies; the biceps 15£ inches. His hand is 8h inches in length from the wrist, and his wrist measures ten inches. He is twenty-six years old. He wears a 7j} hat, and in lifting on a scale several years ago raised the point to 1500 pounds. Gibson says that he has never prac tised much in athletics since he was a hoy, but when a lad he could outrun any of the boys on the surrounding farms, and he says that even to-dav he can make a good record for a largo man. Perfume From Living Plants. Captain Smee has discovered a method of gathering the scent of flow- I ers as the plant is growing. He takes a glass funnel and heats the 'thin end over a spirit lamp. He then draws i out the stem to a line point. This ac complished, the funnel is filled with ice and placed on a retort stand, the pointed end being placed in a small glass bottle, without touching it. After this the stand and the funnel are placed in a greenhouse among the flowers . whoso odors it' is desired to collect. Gradually the vapor rises from the I flowers, and, in meeting the colder j surface of the funnel, condenses i'lto I drops on the outside of the glass. From the point of condensation ijfc trickles down until it drops into tho bottle. In a surprisingly short time ' a large amount of perfume is collected, and it is claimed that ninety per cent, of tho contents of the bottle is per fume; the rest is water. Strange to say, this essence of the flower needs to bo adulterated with spirits of wine. Otherwise it would become sour and j useless.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Tho Gulf Poarl Fisheries. The value of the pearl industry last < year on the coast of the Gulf of Lower \ California amounted to $350,000; this, j says tho New York Sun, besides the j exportation of some 5000 tons of mus- ' sel shells, the value of which was esti- ; mated at $1,250,000. The pearl fish- j ing, with appurtenances, forms the en- I tire occupation of tho native popula- j tion, and La Paz, which is the capital 1 for this trade in the peninsula, exists exclusively upon this industry. Until a few years ago only native divers were employed, and the greatest depth to which they would dive was thirty- i five feet. But upon the introduction j of the diving apparatus a depth of 180 ] feet was accomplished, and, while 1 formerly the best divers could not re main longer than two minutes under water, a diver thinks nothing of stay ing two hours at a depth of 100 feet, although at a still greater depth the stay is necessarily shortened. Professional Scarecrows. A great many people may fill the role of scarecrow unintentionally, but to adopt it as a profession is quite an other matter. While the Anglo-Egyptian expe dition is making its way up the Nile and doing battle with Mahdist hordes, the troops as they go up from Cairo to join tho men at the front, see long stretches of grain fields, and, dotting the fields and raised above them, are tall, muscular forms, almost naked. These are the stone-throwers, who guard the fields from the ravages of the birds, and were it not for them tho crops would be entirely ruined. Teeth Affect Eyesight. When n boy, eleven years old, re tired a few nights since his eyes were as usual. In the morning the pupils were dilated, fixed, not influenced by light. He could not distinguish light from darkness. No cause for the con dition oould be found until the teeth were examined, when it was seen that they were crowded and wedged together. Two permanent and four temporary teeth were extracted. The same night he could distinguish light from darkness, the next day objects, and in a few days his eyes were in a normal condition. He had no other treatment. Diameter of n Fog. The captain of a big Atlantic liner, after many calculations, has come to the conclusion that the general size of a fog in the Atlautiu is about thirty miles in diameter. A Pipe That Cost £400,000. The pipe smoked by the Shah of Persia on state occasious is set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies. It is paid to have cost s±oo,ooo. Woolen Ingrain Carpet, 33c. Imported Velvet Carpet, 89c. f° rco working day and night, tilling order®. You, also, can save 50 to 60 per cent, on a carpet by writing for our new Colored Carpet Catalogue which shows all got.dn in lithographed colors and with exact dis tinctness. The book costs you nothing. If you wish quality samples, send Bc. iu stamps. Our now 112 page general catalogue of Furniture, Draperies, Crockery, Stoves, etc.. will be veady after Nov. Ist. Write for It then. JULIUS HINES Sl SON/ IIALTIMORK, IH9. Please mention this paper. I—ma i ■—gJ A novel proposition was made not long ago to the Receivers of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad. The B. & O. has a branch running from what is known as Alexandria Junction, near Washington, to Shepherd's on the Po tomac River, where a car ferry is oper ated in connection with the lines lead ing south from the Capitol. A professor of an eastern college desired to lease this short stretch of track for the pur pose of educating young men in prac tical railroad work. In his letter h explained that he thought there was a wide field for bright and energetic boys Who could be thoroughly well grounded in the practical side of railroading pro vided they could be educated on a reg ular line of road. He believed that by the employment of veteran railroad men as teachers that the boys could profitably spend 2 or 3 years working as trainmen, firemen, engineers, switchmen, station agents, and in other capacities required in the railroad ser vice. As this branch of the B. & O. is of considerable value the Receivers were compelled to decline the offer. How to Learn to Cook. Cooking is a fine art which must be learned by study. Good books on the subject are necessary. Among the best new published is a little work contain ing four hundred recipes from the best authorities. It can be had free of cost by sending a stamp to the Cleveland Baking Powder Co.. New York. ELIZA K. PA UKER. T am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungn by Hso'b Cure for Consumption. Louisa. Liniia.man, Bethany, Mo., .January B,IMB. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at.2sc.per bottle. Odd Pretexts for Duels. Tt's easy to find an excuse for a duel If one is looking for trouble. One hun dred and twenty years ago, says a Writer In the Pittsburg Dispatch, two British officers serving in the army iu America found cause for a fight in a discussion as to tho proper method of eating corn. One contended that it should bo enten from the cob; the oth er that it should be cut oft' onto the plate. One of the contestants lost his Sight arm as the result, and it Is prob able that the manner of eating corn did not concern him much thereafter. There have been many other duels, founded 011 equally foolish pretexts. Oue man lost his life in a dispute as to what was trumps in a card game; .an other because he was refused admis sion to a club of pigeon shooters. Gener al Barry was challenged because he declined some wine on account of ill ness. and another British officer wan called out because he asked his op ponent to pass him a goblet at the din ing table. If some women were to east theii bread upon the water it woidd be prct. ty severe on the fish that gobbled it up. T— | Tho records show cures by the | J use of j ! ST. JACOBS OIL | RHEUMATISM j OF CHRONIC CRIPPLES, AND OF | ! BED-RIDDEN INFLAMMATORY I CASES. THERE'S NO DENYINC, 1 j IT CURES. j Seattle FREE INFGRMATIOH Klondike *>- Alaska CHA ™r Mt#c " Hkattlk, Ki.oxdtkv. At.aska. Washington State. Seattle, tiii.ooo population; Ktulrcad, Commercial, Mining ami Agricultural Centre; liest Outfits; Lowest Prices; Longest Experience; Largest City; Sale.st ltoutes; Address Secretary. fl DIIN If IBGH I I lIE am m>r * tor driuk habit. Lj| I I iff U 10 B 1 Writ* Ranova Chemical iT " Co., 64 Broadwar, N. Y. Full Information (in plain wrapper j mailed free. CHREWD INVENTORS! W l'atent Agencies advertising prizes, medal.-.'"No patent no pay "etc. We do a regular patent bus iness. Law/eta. No elinrcr tor ndvit-e. Highest references. Write its. WATSON 12. COLEMAN. Solicitor of Patents, Viol F. St., Washington, D. Q. rATF.NT CLYSTER SCAISF PIN ... x-avu 1 " f Sample 15c. D. M. Watkins 1 CO Catalocue Frke. Providence. K. I. SEND" STAMP M haw for salt' in Ashtabula county, Ohio. 11. N. BANCROFT, Jefferson, Ohio. Life, Endowment and Tontine INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED. Richard Herzfcld, 35 Nassau St., New York. CHEW STAR TOBACCO-THE BEST. SMOKE SLEDGE CIGARETTES. PN U 45'97. 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