j PRICE S2.2S—READ ON! No. 083. Brass Trimmed White En ameled Bedstead, made in 54,48, 42nod 86 inch widths—length 75 inches. It has one-inch pillars, two inch brass vases and caps. This bed retails at from sto 6 dollars. Buy of the maker and save the mid dleman's profits. Our Catalogues are ■ mailed for the asking. Complete lines of Furniture, Draperies, Crockery, Pictures, Mirrors, Stoves, Refrigera tors, Baby Carriages, Lamps, Bedding, etc., are contained in these books. Our Lithographed Carpet Catalogue show ing all goods in hand-painted colors is also free: if Carpet samples are wanted mail us Bc. in stamps. Drop a postal at once to the money-savers and remem ber that we pay freight this month on pnrehaneN of 4'arpeta, Lace C'nrtalnn, Portlera and Rags amounting to 99 and over. Julius Hines A Son BALTIMORE, BID* Flattery on Ice, He told her 6he was stunning, Her smile was very sweet: Just then, somehow, in turning. They slipped and lost their feet I He fell, and she fell on him, And, as in pain he lay, "Ah, yes, indeed, you're stunningP Was all that be could say. Itever Too Sure, Against the probability or possibility of mischance or accident we can never be too sure. But if we should stop to oonsider how great Is the chanoe of sudden death, we would be made too timid and unhappy. Caution is needed not to be foolhardy, and precaution to know what is best to do* when an accident happens. One day this winter two men were walking and one said: "We're too timid in treading on slippery places. I tread ilrmly and never think about them, and so escape a fall." "Never be too sure," said the other; "it Is that that throws you oft nnd makes the fall the harder." Just then they came upon a Elace covered with thin snow, where kids ad been sliding. The llrst speaker slipped and came down with his foot turned and bndly sprained his ankle, lie was a cripple on crutches until a short time ago, having used many things without benoilt. Up to that time he hud not used St. Jacobs Oil, which, when used, cured him completely, so that he walks as usual. There is a prob ability that for the rest of the season ha will walk cautiously, with the precaution of having this great remedy ready for use. The largest bell in France has been hung in the belfry of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Paris. It weighs 25 tons, can be heard at a distance of 25 miles, and its vibration lasts six min utes. To Cur© A Gold In On© Day* Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet©. All Druggibts refund money if it fails to cure. 85c. It is alleged that the use of the pince nez in the place of spectacles is apt to cause cancer. A gentleman recently died of this disense, brought about by pressure on the bridge of the nose. Chew Star Tobacco—The Best. Smoke Sledge Cigarette?. Bottles Made of Paper. A German paper-maker has recently obtained letters patent on bottles made of paper, for use on board of ships par ticularly. It has been a cause of much damage to steamer lines that in bad weather a large number of bottles of wine and other liquors are broken in the storerooms, in spite of every pre caution. The uew bottles arb made of a composition which, with the solution in which they are made water tight, la still the inventor's secret. After being Impregnated with this fluid the paper bottles are slowly dried m gas stoves, and this process of drying must be watched carefully, for otherwise the bottle© would remain porous and al low the fluid to leak out. These bottles can be handled roughly without the least apprehension; neither tbe pitch ing nor the rolling of a great steamer during rough weather nor the break irg down of a truck upon which they are loaded loosely would be apt to damage a single paper bottle.—New York Herald. ~ CONSULTING A WOMAN. Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Inspires Confidence and Hope. Examination by a male physician is a hard trial to a delicately organized woman. She puts it off as long as she dare, and is only driven to it by fear of can cer, polypus, or some dreadful ill. Most frequently such a woman leaveo than better In consulting Mrs' rink ham no hesitation need be felt, the story is told to a woman and is wholly confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass., she offers sick women her advice without charge. Her intimate knowledge of women's troubles makes her letter of advice a wellspring of hope, and her wide experi ence and skill point the way to health. 44 1 suffered with ovarian trouble for leven years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells which would last for two days or more. I thought I would try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I have taken seven bottles of it, and am en tirely cured."— MßS. JOHN FOREMAN, 26 N. Woodberry Ave., Baltimore, Md. < The above letter from Mrs. Foreman la onLr one of thousands. Miss Anthony's Medallions. Plaster paris medallions about five Inches in diameter of Susan B. Antho ny are now being sold by the various woman's suffrage leagues for the pur pose of swelling the funds with which to carry on their campaign work. Doubtless the suffrage pioneer would be quite horrified to learn that the little scheme for which she has posed Is quite in accord with a social fad across the ocean which is accredited to the Duchess of Marlborough. Superstition About the Turquoise. An ancient superstition connected with the turquoise is even to-day believed in. If it is given with love it carries with it happiness and good luck. If the well-being of the giver is in peril the faithful turqnoise pales; if, on the other hand, the giver proves faithless, the stone tarns dark. It is an emblem of prosperity and is also dedicated to December. A cluster composed of diamonds, loadstones and sapphires combined is guaranteed by the ancient faith to render the wearer almost invincible and altogether irre sistible. New Jersey*. Woman lawyer. Somerville, N. J., has the honor of possessing the first woman Commis sioner of Deeds in the State. Miss Mary 51. Steele, (laughter of former Congressman W. TV. Steele, was able, in 1895, after a persistent struggle, to secure the passage of a bill permitting women to he appointed Commissioners of Deeds in New Jersey. This bill was approved by Governor Werts, who appointedjMiss|Steele the first in cumbent of that office under the new law. While not in active practice Jliss Steele has passed a legal exami nation, received her certificate as an attorney at-law and has been appointed Master in Chancery, and has appeared in several important cases in the local courts.—New York Tribune. A Woman Archaeologist, slrs. Cornelius Y. Stevenson, prom inent in fashionable society, has left Philadelphia for a two months' tour of investigation of the Upper Nile. It is understood she goes as the represen tative of the University of Pennsyl vania and that she will conduct her researches in company with Flanders Petrie. Sirs. Stevenson comes of an old Quaker City family, although 6he was born in Paris, it eared in the household of Achille Jubiual, as a girl she imbibed from the noted antiqua rian a thirst for archieological study. When the university department was created by Provost Pepper in ISB9the choice of manager promptly fell upon Mrs. Stevenson. She is the only fem inine member of the Oriental Club, and has lectured publicly on a num ber of Egyptian themes. Mrs. Steven son is secretary of the department of Vchioology and at the University of Pennsylvania and hon orary curator of the Egyptian and Mediterranean section of the museum. Rose Leaf Wishes For the Bride. A St. Louis belle, Miss Nellie Lee Hull, introduced a unique feature on the occasion of her marriage to Will iam H. Wissing. After the ceremony, while the bridal party were making their preparations for traveling, the bridesmaids were not idle. They ob tained several rose jars full of the dried petals of all the American Beauty roses which the groom had sent the bride three times each week during the period of their engagement—six months. These numbered 1000 roses in all, and made a vast quantity of rose petals. As the bride and groom walked from the stairway to the door, they were vigorously pelted with these frag rant missiles, instead of the usual rice. The costliest and most; unique gift which the bride received was a square box of heavy glass, mounted in gold and set on a standard. Within it were five and ten-dollar gold pieces to the amount of 8"00, and in one corner was a small card, which read: "Pin money from Grandpa Hull."—St. Louis Re public. Wearing the Hair. There are two ways to wear the hair. ' The way you like it best and the way that is most fashionable. The fashion able way depends upon your hat. With the front tip-tilted hats the hair is worn a little under the back of the hat in the medium space that is so un comfortable with all other hats. With the front tip-tilted hats the hair worn a little under the back oj the hat in the medium space that is so uncom fortable with all other hats. With the hat that is worn way back the hair is dropped to the back of the neck. It is never scraped up under the hat. That is a Bowery style not to he tol erated on Fifth avenue. Yet there are women who do it. The hair, with a hat, is never worn very high. The style of piling it up on top of head and setting the hat owex it is an abomination. The only way, positively, in which it can be worn on top, is when the hat is open and tho hair is allowed to stick through the top of the hat. This is sometimes the case where a becoming bandeau is worn. But it is never seen otherwise. Of course the bandeau is only for very full dress. si The prettied way to wear the hair is medium low. But with women with regular features who wave the hair, this has the curious look of a fashion plate. An easy mode is the Langtry. This is a low knot either loose or braided and fastened so low in the back of the neck that it seems to be falling off. Doctors recommend this, with as few hairpins as can be used consistently with keeping the hair in place. Tho hats turned up in front allow only one style, and that is the low coiifnre. There is a side puff that looks quite pretty but it is hard to ar range and so is rarely successful.— Trenton (N. J.) American. The Women of Bnrmnh, Women in Burmah are perhaps freer and more contented than they are any where else in the world. Although Bnrmah is bordered on one side by China, where women are held in con tempt, and on the other side by India, where they are kept in the strictest seclusion, Burmese women have achieved for themselves and have been permitted by their men to attain a freedom of life and action that has no parallel among oriental peoples. The secrect lies probably in the fact that the Burmese woman is active and in dustrious, while the Burmese man is indolent and often a recluse. Becom ing, therefore, both by'taste and habit, the money earner, the bargainer and the financier of the household, Bhe has asserted and obtained for herself the right to hold what she wins and the respect due to one who can and does direct and control. Things are strangely reversed in Burmah. There man is the religious soul of the Na tion and woman its brain. Burmese women are born traders, and it is more often the wife than the husband who drives the bargain with the Eng lish bhyer for the poddy harvest, or at any rate she is present on the occa sion and helps her easy-going husband to stand firm. .So highly is trading esteemed that the daughter of well-to do pareuts, and even a young mar ried woman, will set up a booth in the bazaar, and gowned in a bright skirt and white jacket, with a flower jaunt ily stuck into her coiled black tresses, she will start every morning with a tray of sweetmeats,fruit or toys on her head,and,with a gayety and grace horn of the sunshine and the bounteousness of the land, will push a brisk trade all through the short and sunny day. The earnings made thus are the woman's, and cannot be touched by her hus band.—Chicago Times-Herald. FAgliion Notes. The latest ties for women are the sailor knot 3 of silk with broad ends, sometimes trimmed with tiny plaited frills, i Wide stock bands of white mousse line de soie with huge bow knots are worn around the throat, recalling old portraits. In fine buttons for bodices and jackets some handsome novelties are shown in celluloid, jet, steel and por celain. The latter are especially lovely, and often look like miniatures, so exquisitely are ideal heads painted npon them. In fine buttons for bodices and jackets some handsome novelties are shown in celluloid, jet, steel and porcelain. The latter are especially lovely, and often look like miniatures, so exquisitely are ideal heads painted upon them. Blouses of brown velvet, trimmed with mink or sable, and showing ap pliques of P.ussian lace, may be seen ready-made in some of the large retail stores. Different colors may be seen, but brown, in its many lovely shades, seems to be the favorite. Poplin waists are fashionable, nnd make a pretty, serviceable garment for ordinary street and house wear. They are made up in Norfolk style, with box pleats in the front and back, and a belt two inches wide. They can also be made in regular shirt-waist style. telack crepe do cliene gowns are very much worn, and very prettily trimmed with narrow ruffles of the same, edged with black guipnre or Chantilly lace. Bands of lace inser tion, with frills of narrow lace on either edge, stripe the blouse bodice. The belt craze is on the increase, and the most beautiful specimens are shown made of leather, silk, velvet nnd metal. sLiuy of the latter have jewels set irregularly in the large links, and the enamelled belts are things of real beauty. The buckles are also handsome. An exquisite white velvet gown seen at an afternoon reception was trimmed with pearl passementerie. The blouse _ front was of white net embroidered with small pearls and silver threads. Full ruehings of white chiffon finished the edges of the blouse, and were worn at the wrists and throat. A very large number of evening dresses are made with transparent sleeves reaching to the wrist. The . bodice proper may have a transparent yoke, or guimpe to correspond, or be cut low, or in three-quarter style, either form being without doubt fash ionable; nevertheless, a low bodice with long sleeves in Victorian fashion looks extremely odd, and it is rhrely if every becoming. FIGHT IN THE AIR. Battle Royal Between a Gray and u Bald Eagle. A man sat on the sands n/t Capron In let, opposite Fort Pierce, and admired the graceful flight of an osprey, says I the Jacksonville Florida Citizen. About fifty yards above the blue water, he wheeled on widespread pinions, dlrect ! lng his course by a motion of his tall or a curve of the wing. Presently he bal anced himself, the wings shut on the [ body and ho plunged Into a long swell and rose with a fish in his talons. With i scream of exultation he shook him self free of moisture, like a dog, and circled to attain sufficient altitude to clear the woods. But a fishing eagle, twice his weight, had seen the performance, and answer ed the scream. He mounted to strike, and the osprey, burdened as he was, gave up the contest and dropped the fish. With a swing, t&e fisher turned aud caught it and flew low to regain the blasted pine and feast, j But out of the blue came another scream and a dim spot detached Itself from a cloud and moved straight on the scene of action. The fisher heard the cry of bartle, and he knew he was lost If the bald eagle struck him with a swoop. Hastily he turned and flew al j most directly upward, still holding hi* prize. The osprey soared back with | shrill whistlings, as If he mocked the efTorts of the robber. The bald eagle screamed again and wes answered by the gray. The bald came with leveled head, like an arrow i from the bow—the fisher still struggled ; for an equal position. Then tine bald ; curved the forward edge of his great 1 rans and started downward. The gray ' dropped the mullet and turned upside | down In midair, with beak and talons i ready. The osprey caught the mullet and sailed homeward. ! Then the two great birds struck with a thud, distinctly heard below, though they must have been half a mile In the air. Feathers flew as If you had rip ped a pillow In a strong breeze, and as the two fell, it could be seen that the talons of the bald straddled the body of the gray and were burled at the roots of the wings. But the gray's beak tore at the throat of the bald, while his claws were busy tearing like I the lawn of a wolf who Qerhts a bull log. xueir Wiilgs mrn iftutrr as a foose fights, and they tumbled over and iver, slantingly to the sea. As they touched the water each broke its hold ind made for the shore. The gray fell n the edge of the woods, the bald land ed on a tree, nearly fell, and igalnst the trunk for support as it sat u the crotch. An Overwork#*! Brain. I From the liecord, Pierccton, Ind. I Determined to rise in his chosen pro ! fession us un educator, Ernest Kemper, of Pierceton, Ind., overtaxed himself men tally and physically. He was ambitious, his mind was always on his work. From early morn until late at night he contin ually pored over his books. Few persons, even with the strongest constitutions, can keop up under such a strain. In nddltion to his studios, Mr. Kemper was teaching a school some throe miles from his home. Finally, his excessive study and the exposure of going to and from school in all kinds of weather undermined i his health. I He was taken to his bed with pneumonia | and his overworked brain almost collapsed. ' For several weeks he was seriously ill. Catarrh had taken root in his system and his mind was in a delicate condition. He . —r wassenttoColorndowherehe P months without 1 land treated r "y=ll fil him without avail, In ftD n tl ch a k° Sl)i " [P \A\ [\\ tried, but all abso ll 11 K W lutely without I 111 L/Yftl benefit. Finally U 1 his physician re- VI BP commended Dr. £? Williams' Pfnk Ovcratudy. Pills Tor Pale Peo ple, and from the first box he began to im prove. When he had taken nine boxes he was completely cured. This famous blood and nerve medicine bad accomplished what all bis former expensive treatment failed to accomplish. Mr. Kemper says his ca tarrh has entirely left him; he is strong again and weighs nine pounds more than he ever did. He gives tho pills the ontlre credit. He is sturting teaching again and (eels abundantly able to coutiuue the work. To prove that the above is true in every respect, Mr. Kemper made an uffl davit as follows: Subscribed and sworn to before mo this die 10th day of September, 1897. R. P. WATT, Notary Public. We doubt if these pills have an equal In all the range of medicine, for building up a run down and debilitated system. Shrewd Young Man. The young man approached the elders ly capitalist with a confident air. "Sir," he saJd, "I love yonr daugh ter. I ask you for her hand." Tho old man turned pale with rage. "You want my daughter," he snarled. "Well, you'll get my foot." And h. made a sudden advance on the youth. The latter did not quail. On the con trary he leaped in the air. He waved his arms. He yelled "Kill him! kill him! robber! robber!" He Jumped at the old man, who trembled and shrank back. He cowered before the savage onslaught. "Kill him! Kill him!" roared the youth. "Wait, wait!" screamed the old man. "I'll reverse my decision!" "For it appears that the young man trad In some way learned the fact that In his early years the aged capitalist was a base-ball umpire. More Peer tlian Slicep In Maine. Twenty-five years ago there were rery few deer In Maine, especially lu Franklin and Oxford Counties. They were there unknown. In fact, X never saw a deer track In tho State till about 1880. Since that time they have In creased very faßt. I have no fear for deer in the future. They are to-day In every county of the State. Indeed, 1 may safely say, I am sure that there are more deer than sheep In the State to-day. And that this Is so Is due. In my opinion, to protection afforded tl~——ZCastoa Herald- America's Greatest leiisiste Tho following is a characteristic Ilood's i Harsaparllla testimonial. Facts like these have mado Hood's Sarsaparilhi America's Greatest Medicine and endeared it to thou sands of homes scattered all over this broad land. "We like to tell what Hood's Sarsapa rilla has done for us. Our four children had diphtheria. From the very first our little boy Ralph, then seven years old, was H@@cl pn ill i Is America's Greatest Medicine becanse it accomplishes wonderful cures when all other medicines fail, sold by all druggists. sl, six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. • 100 Howard. SIOO. The renders ol this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to cure tu all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Core is the only positive euro now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally. acting d.roctly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, und 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 car*. Scud for list of testimonials. Address F. .T. Cheney <& Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall'* Family Pills are the best. Oh, What Splondid Coffee. Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes: "From one package Salzer a German Coffer? Berry costing -5? 1 grew 200 rbs. of better coffee than 1 can buy In stores at 30 cents alb." A. C. 6. A package of this coffee and big seed and plant catalogue la Bent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after lirst day's use Oi.' Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Itostorer. trial bottle and treatise free Da K. 11. KniNK. Ltd- U3l Aroh St..Phiia..Pa. Mrs. Window's Soothing Srrnn for chfWrem teething, softens the gums.reducing inflamma tiou. allays pain, cures wiud colic. 26c.a bott.% Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me /nnny a doctor's bill. —fc*. V. Hakdy, llopkius Place. Baltimore. Md„ Dec, 2,lbbL The colored people of the United States maintain 7 colleges, 17 academ ies, and 50 high schools. A Consoling Thought. Even the best of mirrors is a libelous iff air. The reflection we see there does not accurately portray our likeness. The hair is wrong In tone, the eyes art hot correct In color, and as for the com plexion—well, if the looking-glasses tpoke the truth, the sale of various complexion washes would decrease tc half, for any fair skin looks grajr and pallid in the glass. You may lie cer tain that however plain your face Beems, It is by no means so plain as 11 fippears In the telltale mirror. Second y, you cannot assume your natural ex pression whilo peering In the looking glass. The eye must bo In a certain position before you **an see at all, and the eye, so far as egression Is con rerned, governs the face. The conse quence Is that you can see only one ol your expressions in the glass, and thai expression is one of attentive examina tlon. All the other expressions bj which your friends know you, favora ble or unfavorable, you have never seeD and never will see. Founded 1,000 Years Ago. The present year la said to be the thousandth anniversary of the founda tion of the British navy. ONB ENJOY© Both the method and reunite 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 kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, 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 hand will pro oure it promptly for any ono who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ± ' uuaviiu. a. new FORK. RX. \ j very sick and for several days It seemed as | if he would never bo any hotter. After a I whilo ho begaa to improve and in a few weeks was able to go out, although weak and miserable. Then, gradually All Strength in Hl3 Limbs gave out. Tho physicians told us It was paralysis, which sometimes follows nn at tack of diphtheria. Wo did everything for him, but bo grow worse until be was in a pitiful condition. Ho suffered terribly at night and complained continually of bis bead, and in what little sleep bo was able to get, moaned unceasingly. He lost all control of tho muscles of bis body and limbs. Ho had no appotito and complained of feeling sick at his stomach all the time. After wo had triod many different reme dies and had about given up all hope we commenced giving hiin Hood's Sarsa parilla. In a short time he ceased to com plain, his appotito improved and at the end of three months he was able to attend school part of the time. Now he is well and quite a strong aud rugged boy. You Colli Elite Bicycles. | J Price s i2s. I f The Columbia cbninless bicyolo has already passed harder tests than Ml > I any bicycle ever made, and has proved itselt the best. Other makers JU '[ may decry the Columbia ohalnless, yet they oiler you an untried linita- '{l I tion in the same breath. Bfl 'I ItEMEM RF.H THIS— We make but one quality of Columblas, and (l ■ that is the very best. There is no varying of material, construction or t] | I quality. All Columblas are madeoi 5 per cent. Nickel Steel Tubing which jg i costs twice as much and Is 30 per cent, stronger than any other tubing [fl n known. Kl 1 Columbia Chain Wheals, - Price 575 Hartford Bicycles, ..... " QQ ft! Vodotte Sicycios, - - Price S4O and 35 POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. IS Catalogue freo from any Columbia dealer, or by mail for one 2-cent stamp. m IPJUNTSWALLMfIUNB I HURALO WATER COLOR PAiSTTS I roa MSCMTINB WALLS Mil CEILINGS H your grocer or paint dealer anil do your own *' "A deco- ! [| rating. This material is a HARD FINISH to ho applied with n brush jj n and becomes as hard as Cement. 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