Tlie Shortest Way. The shortest way out of un attack of neuralgia is to U9e St. Jacobs Oil, which affords not only a sure relief, but a prompt cure. It soothes, subdues and ends the suffering. Birmingham turns out every week : 300.000,000 cut nails, 100,000,000 buttons, 4,000 miles of wire of different sizes, five ton 3 of hairpins, 500 tons of nuts and 20,000 pairs of spectacles. To Cure A Cold in One Day. f Take Laxative Brorao Quinine Tablets. All Drutgibte refund money if it fails to cure. 2uo. The public entrance doors of the | great building of the Bank of England ! are so finely balanced that a clerk, by pressing a knob under his desk, can close them instantly. Dr.Seth Arnold's Couch Killer invaluable as a tough remedy. p:ilect magical.- LIZZIK J. JL'.NK, 446 West Xth lit.. K. Y., Dec. 11, ISU7. In case Canada becomes a part of the United States, a native Missourian proposes the state motto for greater America: "United we stand, divided by Niagara Falls." To Care Constipation Forever, Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money There are 118 schools for music in Berlin. " Out of Sight Out of Mind/' In other months we forget the harsh winds of Spring. c ßut they have their use, as some say, to blow out the ! bad air accumulated after ' Winter storms and Spring thaws. There is far more important accumulation of badness in the veins and ar teries of humanity, which needs Hood's Sarsaparilla. This great Spring Medicine clarifies the blood as nothing else can. It cures i scrofula, kidney disease, liver troubles, rheumatism and kindred ailments. Thus j it gives perfect health, strength and ap petite for months to come. Kidneys - "My kidneys troubled mo, and on advice took liood's Sarsaparilla which gave prompt relief, better appetite. My sleep is refreshing. It cured my wife also." MICHAEL BOYLE, 3173 Denny Street. Pittsburg, Pa. Dyspepsia Complicated with lfvor ami kidney trouble, I suffered for years with dyspepsia, with severe pdins. Hood's Sarsaparillr. made me strong ami hearty." J. B. KMEKTOX, Main Street, Auburn, Me.' Hip Disease " Five running sores on my nip caused me to use crutches. Was confined to bed every winter. Hood's Sar saparilla saved my life, as it cured nie per fectly. Am strong and well." ANNIE I ROBERT, 49 Fourth St., Fall River, Mass. 3(oGtlA ScilMifiaulfa j nood'H Ml* core liver IMB, the non-lrritnttng and J the only cathartic to take with llood'a SarsaiwirillaT > Fluno Practice and Pram Leschetizky, the famous teacher of the piano in Vienna, often brightens his talk with reminiscence. "I al ways practiced a piece with six dried peas," he said to one pupil. "When I began I would lay the six peas on the piano rack side by side. Then when I had played tho piece through perfectly, or a part of it, I would put one of the peas In my pocket. And so I would go on until I had played it through perfectly six times in sue- , cession and all the peas were in my ' pockets. But if I made a single mis take, say in the third playing or the fourth playing. I would put the six peas on the rack and begin all over again. Whoever practices with six efried peas is sure to play as well as he can."—Ladies' Home Journal. President Kruger's favorite reading is the work of Mark Twain. PERFECT womanhood depends on perfect health. Nature's rarest gifts of physical beauty vanish before pain. Sweet dispositions turn morbid and fretful. The possessions that win good hds- bands and keep their love should be guard- 5 "If® ppn •g* ed by women every moment of their lives. fmm 2L> M The greatest menace to woman's per- VLRffm a/a Ma# manent happiness in life is the suffering wv wU! that comes from derangement of the flß(Hitn feminine organs. SafUffLPaJ Many thousands of women have realized —— this too late to. save their beauty, barely in time to save their lives. Many other thousands have availed of the generous in vitation of Mrs. Pinkham to counsel all suffering women free of charge. MRS. H. J. GARRETSON, Bound Brook, N. J., writes: "DEAR -JHL n-r-rl - M RS- P' nkham —l have been tak- J-jgi ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable chronic inflammation of the left could not walk across the room without help. After giving up all hopes of recovery, I was advised to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and wrote for special information. I to improve , from the first bottle, and am now fully restored to health." Z You Will Never Know Z W how much money you 6 ▲ ch C ,osinK t °° y ° ur pur j 4 C ° ur ree j Ca * a ' 0 B u . eß - ▲ ed. Send sc. in sumps ▲ Z "Is |° r ".la'ch of samples. ▼ Kjf V 7 issue catalogues ▲ Sewing Up- ▲ 1 holsterv Goods, Clocks, Y Q Baby Carriages, Refrig- 9 ♦ erators, Pictures, Tin A Ware, Stoves, Mirrors, Pianos, Organs, etc. ▼ [ Our made to-order Clothing hook with sam- V A pies attached, tells you all about guaranteed-to- X fit Suits, expressage paid to your station. X Y We publish a 16-color Lithographed Catalogue Y 9 of Carpets, Rugs. Portierts and Lace Curtains, W ▲ all in their natural colors. We sew Carpets A Y free, furnish wadded Lining free and prepay T | | Y All catalogues arc free—which do you want ? Y Address this way: V IJlllillSHiHßS&Sfllj ▼ Dept. 305 Daliiniore, Md* V Fnclose Ten Cents And get by mail trial bottles Hoxsie's Croup ' tire and Iloxsie's Disks for * roup. Cough", Colds, Brouchit.V.A.P. Hoxsie, Buffalo,N. V* Fit* permanently cured. No fit," or nervous ness after first tlny's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. ?2 trial bottle and treatise iiee. Dr.R.II. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch St.Pliila.Pa Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup foreliildron teething, softe-ns the gums,reduces intlannna tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25u a bottle. After physiclnns had given mo up, I was saved by Piso's Cure.- RALPU KUILU, Wil lium sport, Pa„ Nov. 22, 1803. Jerusalem is now nothing but a shadow of the magnificent city of ancient times. It is about three miles in circumference, and is situated on a rock mountain. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarcts, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarcts,—beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. General Annenkow, the builder of the Trans-Caspian Railway, who died recently, had been disgraced and de prived of all his offices four years ago for peculations which were said to amount to 11,000.000 roubles. In the war against Turkey in IS7S he was in charge of the transportation. From BQead lo Fool. For all actios, from head to foot, St. Jacobs Oil bus curative qualities to reach tbo pains and aches of the human family, and to relieve and cure them promptly. "The thin red line" was formed by the Ninety-second Highlanders at In kermun: Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea" describee it. Kinglake was the first to use the expression. ISdneate Your Bowels With Ciisearets. Candy Catharilc, cure constipation forever. lOc, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money The annual report of Superintendent of Prisons Collins to the Legislature at Albany shows satisfactory progress in the development of new industries in the prisons. Sixteen industries have been established, giving employ ment to 1,546 men, an increase during the year of 492. The value of goods shipped from prisons for the use of the State and its various political divisions was $494,720 15. Tliev Never Sleep. There are several species of fish reptiles and insects which never sleep during their stay in this world. Among fish it is now positively known that pike, salmon and goldfish never 'sleep at all. Also that there are sev eral others of the fish family that never sleep more than a few minutes during a month. There are dozens of species of flies which never indulge in slumber, and from three to five spe cies of serpents which the naturalists have never yet been able to catch nap ping. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Be happy anil you can pose as being oml. t Women aren't any more of a mys tery to a man than their clothes. The queerest thing is the new ideas a girl gets abou*. modesty after she is married. A woman is bound to have trouble; if it isn't servants or mumps she goes to house-cleaning. It isn't that widows know such a lot more, but they can make so much out of so little. There is no place where a woman can have such a good cry as sitting down on the floor. It's discouraging the many ways n man can getcratched by the pins a woman wear# Hplf the time when a woman pre tends she is jealous about you it's be cause she is mad because you aren't jealous about her. There is one thing a woman can't forgive in her husband; it's to have him come home on time when she has thought up a lot of heart-breaking re marks about his staying out late.— New York Press. £ye* Llkfl Telescope*. It has often been remarked that civilized people tend to become short- I sighted. This is because in towns and cities their vision is mostly confined to short distances. Savage races, on the other hand, are generally gifted with remarkably keen sight, and few tribes are more noteworthy in this re spect than the Africau Bushmen, whose eyes are veritable telescopes. This power is, says a writer, no doubt a wise provision of nature, for the Bushmeu are a small race, and if they were not able to see danger a long way off they would soou be extermi nated by their various enemies, whether savages of other tribes or wild beasts. A traveler in South Africa relates that while walking one day in com pany with a friendly Bushman, the savage suddenly stopped, and, gazing across the plain, cried out that there was a lion ahead. The traveler gazed long and earnestly in the direction in dicated by the Bushman, but could see nothing. "Nonsense," he said, "thero's nothing there." And he went forward again, with the Bushman fol lowing at his heels, trembling and un willing, aud still asserting that he could see a lion. Presently the native came to a dead stop, and refused to budge another inch; for this time, he declared, he could see a lioness with a number of cubs, a fact which made the animal more dangerous tliau ever. But the European, who could see no lioness, much less its cubs, pushed ahead, de claring the Bushman was dreaming. After walking a quarter of a mile, how ever, he could dimly make out au ob ject moving across the horizon. Still doubting that it could be the object which the Bushmau said he had seen, he continued to advauce, and at lasl was able to distinguish a lioness, with her cubs around her, walking leisurely toward the woods.—Pall Mall Ga zette. Milken Eec* of Bare Birds. In these times, when such rarities as the egg of the extinct great auk are constantly chaugiug hands, the prices running into the hundreds of pounds, it is interesting to learn that there is in Paris a man who makes an excel lent living by manufacturing the eggs of rare birds and selliugthem to pub lic institutions and amateurs of orni thology. He seems to be a workman of exceeding skill. A visitor actually saw him make a penguin's egg that could not be distinguished from tiie genuine model displayed before him. The shell was made of plaster of pans, which after being cast was hardened by burning and then glazed. Another of his methods is to turn the eggs of n common species into those of a rarer one. For instance, the eggs of a com mon fly-catcber are almost worthless, but treated with chemicals they ac quire the bluish-green, shining color of the high-priced eggs of the silk tail. A common duck egg is stained a silvery green and is then passed ofl as the egg of a falcon, which is worth from $8 to $lO. Pigeons' and wood pigous' eggs are also easily trans formed into the eggs of scarce birds. The ordinary lark's egg, colored a dusty brown, becomes the egg of the nightingale, which is difficult to pro cure and therefore very expensive. The Origin of Writing. The origin of writing is a subject that has much exercised the learned of late, and Professor Houiinel, of Mun ich, has communicated to the Society of Biblical Archmology some further proofs of his theory that the Egyptian hieroglyphics were imported from Babylonia, where picture-writing is known to have preceded the cunei form. In the discussion wnich followed the reading of Professor Hommel'a paper, the Rev. C. J. Ball, chaplain of Lincoln's Inn and a distinguished Babylonian scholar, said that he had no doubt that the ancient Babylonian picture-characters were the origin of the Egyptian hieroglyphics aud of the Chinese characters as well. As these three scripts, the Babylonian, the Egyptian and the Chinese, are im measurably older than auy other yet discovered—aud Mr. Bull is generally held to have proved his case so far as Chinese is concerned—we may look upon the Babylonians as the first in ventors of the art of putting thoughts on paper.—Pall Mall Gazette. Honors to u Monkey. A lady of Sharon, Mass., buried her pet monkey several days ago in s coffin covered with bine silk and lined with white satin. A quilted robe ol white satin served as a shroud to the beloved dead. A silver oil the. coffin lid bore tbo name "Peppo.*' A handsome monument will be erected later. THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to tho originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP Co. only, and wo wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by tiie CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par tics. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it docs not gripe nor nauseate. In ordcrtoget its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. BAN fit AN CISCO, t'aL LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW voriir, N. T. " For six yonrn 1 was a victim of dys pepsia in its worst form, i coulil cat nothing but milk toast, and at times my stomach would not retain and digest even that. Last Marc h I began taking CASI'AKETS and since then L have steadily improved, until 1 am as well us I ever was in my life." DAVID 11. MTIRRNV. Newark, u. tfPvpk CANDY M J®! CATHARTIC Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10e. 2f>c. .'A)o. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling Itrmrdy fompiint. lhin.ro, Mnntrr.l. Sew York. SIl BTN.TO.RAP Sn,rt nml guaranteed by nil drug- LIU IU EJMU gists to CUKE Tobacco ilablt. ftjty Sahfr'i Seeds are Warranted to Produce. N&A El 10 DOLLARS VipllTH FOR 100. |gj k "fj ,y udv. along. .i 3No. £Q Spalding's, Means of Quality" on Athletic Goods Insist upon Spalding's Handsome Catalogue Fra>. A. O. BL'ALDLNU AI LIT OS., NOW York. Chicago. Denver. i or Know Thyself Manual. nent mecfletS^utho 6 ' a *' un,Qn * tarlan ani * cml fr.I h \i 8 J "'Jr Mpcum ° r Medical Science for MEN ONLy , whether married, unmarried, or about to marry: young, middle aged or old. Prlco 5' by inall, "caled ; Font free forCUdavg. Ad dress ThePeabody Medical Institute, No. 4 flulflneh 5h 9<>nultlng Physician, craduate of Harvard Medical College, class 1864. Lato Surgeon ftth Mass. Rep. Vols., the most eml- AMCT!'" JS ALWAYS CITIES m t ,Tr, r Fr?.T 9 e^ C F, yL-„ rt^",V, l , t r. , | , " tl ,n person ur . J h ". r . nm " 'IT P<*nbople everywhere, are the products of the knowledge of the most eminent phy- 1 slogans, and presented in the form most acceptable to the human system by the skill of the world's great chemists: and one of the most successful examples is the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the Call f,Qriiiu Fig Syrup Co. Unlike a host of imitations and cheap substitutes, Syrup of ' Furs is permanently beneficial iu its effects, ; .(Ad therefore lives and promotes good ,health, while inferior preparations are be- : jug cast aside una forgotten. In olden > times if a remedy gave temporary reliei to I individuals here and there, it was thought | good, but now-a-days a laxative remedy I must give satisfaction to all. If you have | never used Syrup of Figs, give "it a trial; you will bo pleased with it, and rec ommend it to your friends or to any who \ suiTer Irorn constipation, over-feeding, colds, headaches, biliousness, or other ills resulting from an inactive condition of the kidneys, liver aud bowels. In the process of manufacturing the pleasant family laxative made by the California Fig Syrup Co., and named Syrup of Figs. Ilgs are used, as they are 1 pleasant to the taste; but the medicinal j properties of the remedy are obtained from an excellent combination of plants kuowu j to te medicinally laxative and to act most i benellcially. As the true ami original remedy, named Kvrup of Figs, is munufuc- ; ! tured by the California Fig Syrup Co. j only, a knowledge of that fact w'ill assist! in avoiding the worthless imitations manu factured by other parties. The Company has selected for years past the leading pub- ! lications of the United States through which ' to inform the public of the merit-* of its remedy. Clreeee Burn the Theater Hat. The first official act of M. Trianto- i phyllaeos, the Grecian minister of the ; interior, was to issue an order forbid ding the wearing of hats at any theat- | rical representation. This met with 1 unanimous approval from the men and ; I n storm of protests from the women, j ! One of Athens' leaders of fashion ap-' peared at the theater a short time ago % with her luxuriant tresses crowned I with a very minute bonnet. The of ficer on duty politely called her atten tion to the printed notices forbidding the wearing of hats, and she was i obliged to remove the objectionable headgear, all the while vowing to be revenged. The next evening the wom an arrived at the theater bonnetless, but her hair was arranged in such a manner that it was little short of a monument on tcp of her head. Those 1 . of the spectators behind her deeply regretted that the law had not also | | forbidden monstrosities of the hair- I dresser's art. Fnsdlv C-otioii Over. 1 A cripple fr >m a sprain is one who i, lects to use St. Jacobs Oil to cure it. ! Prompt use of it brings prompt cure, and ; the trouble is gotten over easily. Professor (to his young wife as they \ come out of the church after the wed- ding)—So, now we are each other's I ' forever, Emma. Wife—Yes. Ferdi- 1 nnnd, but you had better make a note of it or else vou'll foreet it. ( 1 Don't Tobacco Spit nnd Smoke Tour I.ife Away. < To quit tobacco easily ami forever, be mag netic. full of life, nerve and vipv - take No-To | IJac. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men ! strong. All druggists, 50c orfl. Cureguaran- i teed. Booklet and sample free. Address | Sterling Kemcdy Co., Chicago or New York, j In the last week of January Barce lona had it strike of cabmen. They re- ! i fused to take anyone but priests on i | their way to dying persons; these they i took free of charge. 1 Xo-To-llac for Firty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco hoblt cure, makes weak ! meu hiroug, b.ooil pure. f-oc.ftl. All uruggists. i J. Pierpont Morgan is said to be greatly displeased that the fact has been made public that lie gave $35,000 ; for the electric lighting of St. Paul's j Cathedral, London. >'/) Modern Science Recogn'ncs. )i | RHEUM AT IS M g k &s & Disease of th& Blood l*j l;j) There is & popular idea,, thit this d\sesse (pv IK is caused by exposure to cold, and that x\) Op some localities are infected with it more K\ than others Such conditions frequently JMI ']) promote the development of the disease, W U\ but from the fact that this ailment runs JA A'J in certain families, it is shown to be hcrcd-JSI ra itary, and consequently a disease of the W (55 blood. w jfty Among the oldest and best known residents of Bluff's, 111., Is Adnm fdiJ fi]/ Vnngundy. He has always been prominently identified with the interests Vftp vf of that place. He was the first President of the Board of Trustees, and for [nl |Af r. long time has been n Justice of the Pence. He snvs : "I had been n suf- (fU 111 1 ierer of rheumatism for n number of years and the pain at times was very Wi \VI I tried all the proprietary medicines I could think or hear of, but iOJ I\\ "1 finally placed my case with several phj-sicians and doctored with fzA Ay I them for some time, but they failed to do me any good. Finally, with my V/j) i (/A hopes of relief nearly exhausted I read an article regarding I)r. Williams' Wr Pink Pills for Pale People, which induced me to try them. I was anxious Jfi) AXI to get rid of the terrible disease and bought two boxes of the pills, I began Vjf (Id? using them about March, 1597. After I had taken two boxes I was com- f Vyi 1(1/ pletely cured, and the pain lias never returned. I think it is the best medi- Ajp/ tJf cine I have ever taken, and am willing at any time to testify to its guud \uV YA merits."— Dluffz (III.) Timtt. 11)7 w P cr b°* Schmttidy,'^ "To Save Time is to lengthen Life." Do You Value Life? 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Auk for them. Cost no moro than common chimney p. All dealer*. I'lTTSltrut; ULASS CO., Allegheny, I'a.. A GOOD GARDEN 1* a pleasure and a profit. Gregory's so**! book (11- rect> h riyhf ltcirtmiing. Gregory's .-eed insure tho Uiost wuceessful ending. Get tho book now it'slroe. James J. H. Gregory & 6ou. Murbicueal. iilass. y b o u u y r WALL PAPER B\ MAIL. Ciolee of many factories. Suuiples mailed fioe. Price. 3 cents to s:i.oo it roll. Akentn wmtodtn every town. A. FA.M ALI.SB, JJ7, ;.H and 41 North Seventh Street. Philadelphia. 1 a. P. N. U. U '99 D F?0 PQY NEW DISCOVERY; ve S n „V ■ O I quiek relief and enm wont eaeea. Book mi testimonials nnd IO dnvi' ueaUneob Free. Dr. H. Q GKEEN '8 SONS. Box D. AUcata. OA. RHEUMATISM % Alexakdkb lUmkd* Co.. iJ4t>Greenwich St.. N.i! "o^e^usa 11 ! Thompson's Eye Water