The Economy of Jtubbera. Rubbers are prodigious money iavers—iu two ways: tliey save shoe / leather aud doctors' bills. The best •Hoes iu the world soon crack and go to pieces if you wear them in the rain and snow and slush. A pair of s'l shoes with rubbers will outwear a puir of sl2 shoes without rubbers. And as for doctors' bills, a 50-cent pair of rubbers would have saved many a huudred dollar doctor's bill, to suy nothing of the discomfort of being sick and the danger of pneumonia or con sumption or grip. Debts of Cities. Among the cities of the United Statei San Francisco has the least and Phila delphia has the greatest debt. The debt of San Francisco is $138,917.01, and of Philadelphia 56,872,795.22. In the bonded debt per capita Boston la the highest, with $97.33, while San Francisco is the lowest, being 38 cents. Rheumatism Is caused by acid In the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla neutralizes this acid and cures the ache 9 and pains. Do not suffer any loDger when a remedy is at hand. Take the great medictue which has cured so many and you may eonfldontly expect it will give you the relief you so much desiru Hood's s pa ß ,L la America's Greatest Medicine. Price sl. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills cure sick headache, -ou. t rislips That Kulld There is a fish found in Hudson bay which absolutely builds a nest. This It does by picking up pebbles in its mouth and placing them in a regular wnv on a selected spot on the bottom of the bay, where the water is not too deep. Bennfy la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascaretb, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver aud driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. The number of laborers at work on the Simpson railway tunnel is S3l. Educate Yonr Dowels With Cancarets. Canny Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 26c. IX C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. There are nearly 3,000 stitches In a pair of hand-sewn boots. Patronlxlnc: a Pot Grocer. One day Mistress MacPhairson was trotting home from her grocer's with some spiritual* comfort tucked under her apron, wh>n she ran up against her friend, Mistress Macleod, and felt called upon to explain. "I waur just beyont at Muster MacTavish's store. He keeps th' very best ham in a' th' land. Our Johu loves a bit o' guid ham, ye ken, and is ay yammerin' aboot th' ham at ither shops bein' ower fat and saut." "Oor Tarn th' same," said Mistress Macleod, "and so I'll gang and gle MacTavish a trial now." Five minutes after that Mrs. Macleod went to the obliging grocer and asked for "a pund of ham." "What kind o* ham?" inquired Muster Mac- Tabish. "Oh, gle me the same kind that Mistress MacPhairson always gets here." "A rlcht," returned the grocer, with a cunning leer. And then, bend ing over the counter, he said in a high ly significant whisper. "Whaur's yer bottle?"— Weekly Telegraph. THEY WANT TO TELL These Grateful Womon Who Havo Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham. Women who have red severely and been relieved of their ills by Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicino are constantly urging publication of their statements for the benefit of other wo men. Here are two such letters: Mrs. LIZZIK BEVERLY, 258 Merrimac St., Lowell, Mass., writes: 41 It affords mo great pleasure to tell all suffering women of the benefit I havo received from taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I can hard ly find words to express my gratitude for what she has done forme. My trouble was ulceration of the womb. I was un der the doctor's eare. Upon examina tion he found fifteen very large ulcers, |>ut he failed to do me good. I took sev eral bottlesof Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound, also used the Sanative Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's medicine saved my life, and I would recommend it to all suffering women." Mrs. AMOS TROMBLEAY, Ellenburgh Ctr., N. Y.. writes: 44 1 took cold at the time my baby was born, causing me to have milk legs, and was sick in bed for eight weeks. Doctors did me no good. I surely thought I would die. I was al- BO troubled with falling of the womb. I could not eat, had faint spells as often as ten times a day. One day a lady came to see me and told me of the benefit she had derived from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine, and ad vised me to try it. I did so, and had taken only half a bottle before I was able to 6it in a chair. After taking three bottles I could do my own X am now in perfect health." Seed I'' ' <1 for Prom 11m I. f> to 11 -• Dr. Br fit Arnold Medical Corporation# Wounaocket, 11. 1. niICIIU ATICII CURED—One bottl#—Podllvt RHcUmA I lom relief in 34honra. Pout paid, fI.M llAl*X4Vl>k*Rsmxdy CO., 846 Greenwich BL.ILX. CAPTAIN SIGSBEE'S STORY HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF THE BLOW ING UP OF THE MAINE. Co \Ta§ Writing V Letter In Ills Cabin When tbe Explosion Came—llo Thor oughly Relieves the Vessel Was Clown | Up From the Outside. Captain Charles I). Sigsbce is con tributing to tho Century 3lagazine bis "Personal Narrative of the Maine." In his second paper he describes the blowing up of the Maine and the scenes that folio wed it. Captain Sigsbee says: About an hour before the explosion I had completed a report called for by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, on the advis ability of continuing to place torpedo tubes on board cruisers and battle ships. 1 then wrote a letter home in which I struggled to apologize for hav ing earried in my pocket for ten months a letter to my wife from one of her friends of long standing. The cabin mess-attendant, James Finokney, had brought me, about an hour before, a civilian's thin eoat, because of the prevailing heat; I had taken off my blouse, and was wearing this coat for the only time during the cruise. In the pooket I had found the unopened Und undelivered letter. Fiuckney, a light-hearted colored man, who spent much of his spare time in singing, playing the banjo and dancing jigs, was for some reason iu au especially happy frame of mind that night. Poor fellow! he was killed, as was also good' old John R. Bell, tho colored cabin steward, who had been in the navy twenty-seven years. At taps ("turn in and keep quiet"), ten minutes after nine o'clock, I laid down my pen to listen to the notes of tho bugle,which were singularly beau tiful iu tbe oppressive stillness of the uiglit. The marine bugler, Newton, who was rather given to fanciful ef fects, was evidently doing his best. During bis pauses the echoes floated back to the ship with singular distinct ness, repeating tho strains of tho bugle fully and exactly. A half hour later Newton was dead. I was enclosing my letter in its en velope when the explosion came. The impression made ou different people on board tho 3laine varied somewhat. To me, iu my position, well aft, and within the superstructure, it was a bursting, rending and crashing sound or roar of immense volume, largely metallic in character. It was followed by a succession of heavy, ominous, motallio sounds, probably caused by the overturning of tbe central super structure and by falling debris. There wi;s a trembling and lurching motion of the vessel, a listHo port and a move ment of subsidence. Tho eleotric lights, of which there were eight in tho cabin where I was sitting, went out. Then there was intense black ness and smoke. The situation could not bo mistaken; the 3laiuo was blown up and sinking. For a moment the instinct of self preservation took charge of mo, but this was immediately dominated by tho habit of command. I wont up tho inclined deck into the starboard cabin, toward tbe starboard air-ports, which were relieved somewhat against the background of the sky. Tho sashes were out, aud the openings were large. My first intention was au escape through an nir-port, but this was aban doned iu favor of the moro dignified way of making an exit through tho passageway leading forward through the superstructure. I groped my way through the cabin into the passage, and along the passage to the outer door. The passago turned to the right, or starboard, near tho forward part of the superstructure. When the turu was reached, some one ran into me violently. It was Private William Anthony, the orderly at the cabin door. Ho said something apologetic, aud reported that the ship had beeu blown up and was sinking. He was directed to go out on tbe quar terdeck, and I followed him. Anthony has been pictured as making an ex ceedingly formal salute on that occa sion. The dramatic effect of a salute cauuot add to his heroism. If be had made a salute it could not have been seen iu the blackness of that compirt ment. Anthony did his whole duty, at great personal risk, at a time when ho might have evaded tho danger with out question, and deserved all the commendation that he received for his act. He hung near me with unflag ging zeal and watchfulness that night until the ship was abandoned. I stood for a moment on the star board side of tbe main deck, forward of the superstructure, looking toward the immense dark mass that loomed up amidships, but could see nothing distinctly. There I remained for a few seconds iu au effort to grasp the situa tion, and then asked Anthony for the exact time. Ho replied: "The explo sion took place at nine-forty, sir." It was soon necessary to retire from tho main deok, for that part of the ship was sinking rapidly. I then went up on the poop-declt. By this time Lieu tenant-Commander Wainwright and others were near me. Everybody was impressed by tbe solemnity of tho dis aster, but there was no excitement ap parent; perfect discipline prevailed. The question has been asked many times if I believed then tbnt the 3laino was blown up from tbe outside. 3ly answer to this has been that my first order on reaching the deck was to post sentries about the ship. I knew tbat tbe 3laine bad beeu blown up, audbo lieved tbat she had boen blown up from the outside. Therefore, I ordered a measure which was intended to guard against attack. There was no need for the order, but I am writing of first impressions. There was the sound of many voices from tho shore, sugges tive of cheers, American pnip-making machinery is gaining considerable headway in' Sca n Y * AN IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE. Fatal and Destructive Consequences of • Train Dispatcher's Conscious Error. A singular psychological plieuom* cnon occurred at Hagerstown, Md. t the other day. Governed by some impulse which he cannot explain and could not control, the train dispatcher on the Baltimore & Ohio Baifroad at that point committed an error of which he was fully oon3cious at the tirnq and which wa3 followed by fatal and de structive consequences. Ho says that he simply could not help it. No. 19 freight was oomiug down the road at full speed, with right of way. The track was open, the signals were all properly set, and if the dispatcher had gone to sleep or left his post or turned his back and looked out of the window the Jrain would hnvo passed on to its destination aud all would havo been well; but, prompted by Bome irresistible influence, be stepped across the tower, seized the handles of one of the levers and (brew a switch whiob turned the train upon another track occupied by an idle locomotive, only a few yards away. When tho engineer of the freight saw that the switch was turned he blew an alarm on his whistle aud reversed his throttle, hut the heavy train of twenty four loaded cars was coming down a grade at a speed of sixteen miles an hour, and struck the dead engine with tremendous force. The lireman jumped. The engiaeer attempted to do so, but was caught in some manner and killed. One of the brakemenwas thrown off a car aud so badly injured that he has since died. Both engines were practically destroyed aud 8100,- 000 worth of freight was so badly damaged that tho compauy had to pay for it. The train dispatcher was a man of middle age, temperate habits, good judgment aud had been iu the service twenty years without getting a mark against him. No dispatcher or opera tor (J n the road had a better reputa tion or was considered more reliable, yet be says tbat bo knew be was doing wrong when he pulled the lever aud was unable to resist the impulse that impelled him. He made no effort to evade the responsibility or excuse his conduct. Whfen he saw the disaster he had caused he threw himself down ou the floor of the tower aud cried like a child. He offered himself for anj punishment that might be im posed, has beeu indicted by the Grand Jury aud will plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter at the next term of court.—Chicago Record, Make-Believe Meteorology. Whatever may be tho state of the weather outside, the stago manager within can bring about rain and hail, wind, or a thunderstorm at will; and the illusion is so complete as to some times make nervous members of the audience insensibly shudder. Hail and rain are represented by a closed wooden cylinder about six feet long, which is obstructod inside by various cross-pieces, a quart of peas complet ing the arrangement. By turning this cylinder lirst one way aud then the other, the peas rattle through it with close imitation to the sound of heavy rain on a roof. The wind arrangement consists of a wheel of about two feet diameter, set in a frame like that of a grind stone. This wheel is furnished with ribs on its periphery somewhat like the floats of a waterwliool, and drawn tightly over these ribs is a pieco of thick silk. When the wheel is turned the ribs rub against the sifk, qnd by turning the handle first quickly and then slowly, a very good imitation of the soughing of the wind can be pro duced. Lightning cau easily be imi tated by chemical or electrical ineaus, aud the usual mode of producing thunder is by shaking a largo shoet of flexible irou plate. A snowstorm is brought about by a perforated revolv ing cylinder above the stage, charged with paper cuttings.—Chambers's Journal. All Immune From Musio. One of Chicago's music teachers, a Frenchman, went to Cuba as bugler in an Illinois company. Since liis return he lias had some difficulty iu building up a profitable class, and for that rea son ho has been compelled to accept) a number of unpromising pupils. The other week the patience If the teacher boeamo exhausted in tile case of one pupil, the daughter of a North Side board of trade man. Iu a mo ment of recklessness tho Freuchman summoned all the F.uglish at his com mand nud wrote the following uoto to the father of the girl who was not making advancement in her piano studies: "Hear Sir: It regrets me, indeed, to make announcement to yen that your daughter is what may be called a musio immune. As a man of honor, I give yon my word that, even should she he exposed repeatedly to infection at grand opel'as and concerts, not a single germ of music would lodgo in her mind, her soul, her constitution in general. Again, with apologies most humble I to you declare that mv pupil is a music immune, aud so I hereby uiuqter her out of my class, with regrets most sad."—Chicago In ter-Ocean. An Expensive Custom. I have touched in 31. A. P., writes T. P. O'Conor, on some of tho quaint observances, from generation to gen eration, of the marriage ceremonies of the leading families in these conn tries. Let me dotail a very charming birthday usage, from which there has lieou no departure for centuries in the Rothschild family. With tho Roths childs it is tho custom to purchase six pearls, each costing £IOO, 6n tho birth of each baby girl. On each birthday six additional pearls arc adflo'd to the original purchase, so that' wfien t.ho ; young ladjj moJjes her debut in soei-, ety, a casket of magnificent pearls is, presented to her.—London Mainly About People. I LUMBAGO f! 13 EASY TO GET AND AS EASY TO CURE IF YOU USE h St. Jacc-os Oil H MIMil mJlllwT M! Piso's Cure for Consumption hoe no COUAI as a Cough medicine.—F. M. Aiuiott, 383 Sen eca St., Buffalo, N. Y., May 9,189k Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soltens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 35c a bottie Italy exported last year 21,000 ancient and modern works of art, valued at $600,000. More than one-half of them went to Germany. ®"'l Toh.cco Spit and Smoke Voir life An.,, To quit tobacco easily and f(*ever. be mar aetlc. full of life, nerve and vltfor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, ttant makes weak men •trong. All druKßists, SOc or 11. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling ltemedy Co, Chicago or New York. The present population of New Mexico is estimated at 283,000, Includ ing about 26,000 Indians. To Cur© Constipation Forever. Take Cascurets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25a If CL C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Queen Victoria's favorite sci\g is said to be "And ye shall walk in silk at tire." The late Mme. Carnot was fond of busying herself with the garden and a greenhouse built by her late husband. The duke of York is the only mem ber of the British royal family who can dance a genuine sailor's hornpipe. Ke learned the steps when ho was a young cadet. There lives in Sedalia, Mo., an old gentleman who was tutor to the late King Alfonso XII. of Spain. His name is Col. Van B. Wisker, an American, born of English parents. Pierre Loti is to go to India with Sarah Bernhardt. The actress intends to shoot tigers and elephants and the author expects to keep an interesting journal, from which he will make a book. The duke of Bticcleuch possesses landed estates which are perhaps the most considerable in the United King dom. He owns something like 500,000 acres, which represent a revenue ol some £225,000 a year. Frank A. Vancterlip, assistant secre tery of the treasury, began life an ap prentice in a machine shop, giving his few spare moments to the study ol stenography, having mastered which he became a reporter and later a finan cial editor. Emperor* William uses the largest visiting cards of any member of Eu rope's royal families. They are o! heavy card, six inches long and four inches wide. On the upper line is the single word "Wilhelm" and on the sec ond line are the words "Deutscher Kai ser und Koenig von Preussen." sp sy y Boe$YOV >; ilcadAehe? I; N Are your nerves weak? k ► Can't you sleep well? Pain 4 4 in your back? Lack energy? k k, Appetite poor? Digestion y4 bad? 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Sent! stamp, pet full description and pries nf 4U cheapest farms in Ashtabula Co., i). Best state In the union: best eountvin tha state. if. n. itANcitoi r, Jefferson. Ashtabula Co.. O'tl >. AGENTS WANTED "oeadod at once. HOWARD BROS.. Buffalo. N. ?! SHE SHOPSI- - She shops! She does not mean to buy, For funds are low and prices high, So many people wonder why She shops! She shops! She keeps herself apprised Of all the bargains advertised. And with a gusto undisguised- She shops! She shops! The tired assistant sighs, For long experience makes him wise, Ho knows wherein her weakness liec— She shops! She shops! She hurries to and fro, And when the sun is setting low, ▲ thousand captured samples show She shops! —Pearson's Weekly. p, TH AND POINT. It sounds sort of queer, but it W*s because of his sand that the wise mm built his house upon a rock.—Boston Transcript. Golfer—"Dear, dear, there cannot be worse players than myself." Cad die—"Weel, maybe, they're worse players, but they dinna play!"— Fun. "Pa, what is a lineal descendant?" "A lineal descendant is a person who has to fall back on some praiseworthy ancestor for his own importance."— Detroit Free Press. "Professor Braiuard is the wisest mau that ever lived." vlndeed!" "Yes. Why, he can say 'I love' ill nine different languages—aud hasn't said it in any."—Harper's Bazar. Hills—"Young looking chap— Brown." Hulls—"Why, he's a law yer of twenty years' standing." Hills —"I should think ho would lie tired by this time."—New York World. Miss Sheafe—"Oh, just look at that wheat rising aud falling in tho breeze! How beautiful it is!" Mr. Cityraau—"Ah, but you ought to see it rising and falling iu tho Corn Ex change. " —Tit-Bits. "How about the children?" asked the inquisitive neighbor. "Oh," said the man who had married again I to get a mother for his little ones, "she doesn't mind them at all."— Cincinnati Enquirer. | "I think,"remarked the fond moth er, '"that our little Willie will make a noise iu the world some day." "I shall have no objection," retorted lit tle Willie's father, "if it will help to keep him from howliug at night."— Judy. Wright—"l believe a good deal of human interest could be put iuto a play with the scenes laid in a pawn shop." Deed—"My dear boy, the in terest in a .pawnshop is something ab solutely inhuman."—Cincinnati En quirer. "Here is a short poem takeu from the Freuch," said the would-be con | tributor. "The French should be j everlastingly grateful to you," snorted the editor, 11s he opened the door and bowed a series of short bows.—Cas sell's. She bad sent a telegram and was waitiug for au answer. Suddenly the peculiar halting click of the receiving machine souuded in the ollice jand she said to her companion: "That's from George, I know. I cau tell his stut ter."—Modern Society. "It's all up with us now," he re marked. as he raised the umbrella. "No," she replied; "you mean it is all over between us." A,nd if it was not laughter that shook the ribs of the umbrella it must have been the wind. —Philadelphia Bulletin. First Artist —"Wei!, old man, bow's business?" Second Artist—"Oh, splendid! Got a commission from a millionaire. Wants his childien painted very badly." First Artist (pleasantly)—" Well, my boy, you're the very mau for the job."—Life. Sho was a lovely girl, but she didn't know anything about the language of the gume. "Why," she innocently asked, "why does that big fellow look as if he had stuffed himself out with a pillow?" The young man at her side laughed convulsively. "So that he can touch down," he hoarsely shrieked, aud fell off the seat.—Cleve land Plain Dealer. - v By Height, Not by Age. Nearly every one knows that tUe rule on railways trains and other pub lic conveyances which provides for the carrying free of children under five years old, aud of charging half fares for those between the ages of five and twelve, often results in statements from the (threats which are as trying to a uorpial conscience as the affidavits made by many tourists regarding dutiable goods among their belong ings. Sometimes these Rnswers result in unpleasant controversies between con ductors and passengers, but usually our national tact and good nature help along the adjustment without undue friction. In parts of Europe they have away of fixing this matter BO that no one has cause to quarrel about it. Instead of going by n child's age, as to what rate of fare it shall pay, they go by size. The collector is provided with a five-foot rule, nud he rates the children by this. Any child gndet twenty-four inches in height travels free, while those who measuro be tween twenty-four inches and fifty-one inches pay half fare. All who meas uro more than four feet three inches pay full fare.—New York Bun. lie Couldn't Have That. A poor man lay dying, aud his good wife was tending him with homoly hut affectionate care. "Don't you think you could eat a bit of something, John? Now what cau I get for you?" With a wnii smile he answered fee bly: "Well, I seem to smeLl a hath a cooking somewheres; I think I could do with a little bit of that." "Oh, no, John, dear," she answer,ed, promptly, "you can't havo thut v Tjiat'a for the funeral,"—Weekly Telegraph. I*'* ''* ' I [' A single shade is not an expensive thing, but if the entire house *\ C must be fitted out with new ones, the bill will be one of the largest of •) (b the house-cleaning series. Have you ever cleaned the shades with 2 § Ivory Soap? Try it and make the old ones look like new. * Lay the shade on a smooth table, brush off the dust lightly, then •) Co wipe with a soft rag. Make a basin of light suds with Ivory Soap cut jb into chios and dissolved in hot water; cool until luke-warm. " 2 Take some of the suds on a damp sponge, washing only a small Co part at a time and quickly wiping off with the sponge which has been ci ( b dipped in clear water and squeezed. Wipe dry with a soft, clean cloth. Jj % Avoid using too much water. Hang the shade as soon as finished, but Co do not roll up until dry. A , t -... ill. i.t I rcc. lira H uKEtn'S SOUS Atlanta. Ga. TV ANTED-Cass of hn.l health that IVI PA N-B /, * UI n v l benefit Sen.l ft cts. to Hipntn* Chemical Co.. New York for lu aauiidoti and luuu testimonials. P. N. U. 52 'Us