44 Necessity is the Mother of Invention " £ qui the necessity for a reliable blood purifier And tonic thai brought into exist tnce Hood's SarsapariUa. It is a highly BDncenirated extract prepared by a com bination, proportion and process peculiar to itself and gkiing to Hood's Sarsapa- power. There Is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, end until the last few years was supposed to be wearable. For a great many years doctors Knounced It a local disease and prescribed d remedies, and by constantly failing ta care with local treatment, pronounced it In. curable. Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitutional (liseaso and therefore require! constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by K. J. Cheney St Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from lOdrops to a toaspoonful. Itacte directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer oue hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F.J. CfiENEY& Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are tho beet. One of the minor, but yet very con siderable, demands for Iron and steel, of recent origin, is that entailed by the use of metal tubing in mine shafts. To Cure Constipation Forever* .Take Cascarcts Candy Cathartic 100 orSSo. If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money- Alcohol was first distilled by the Ara bians, and when we talk about coffee and alcohol we are using Arabic words. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tonr Life Away, To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netlo, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 60c or gl. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York. DYING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Qlant Poplar In Maryland Has Lived Two Centuries or More. From the Baltimore Sun: The old est and largest tree In Talbot county Is dead. It has been dying for twenty-five years or more. The tree Is a mam moth tulip poplar In a field of Poplar Hill farm, near the public road leading from Baston to Trappe, about a mile and a half from Baston. The farm has been named for the tree for at least 200 years and Is the property of Mrs. Edmund Law Rogers, born Plater, of Baltimore, and was part of the orig inal Plater grant made In early colonial times. Scientific men who have from time to time visited this tree have said that It would take at least 1,000 yeara for this species of poplar to grow to such size In this lo cality. It stands alone, a picturesque feature of the landscape, in an open field, and can be seen for miles from all roads and from the water courses. The wonderful size of the tree is In the magnitude and height of Its trunk. Approximately It Is 250 feet high and twenty feet In diameter. The head Is comparatively small and the first limb is 200 feet from the ground, and It car ries its diameter symmetrically all the way up. From its top at night, for many venturesome and agile climbers have ascended It, the light In Sharp's Island lighthouse can be plainly seen. A horse and carriage behind It cannot be seen from the nearby public road. The lightning has not spared It. It Is ■earned and gashed and split by the many bolts which have also knocked huge limbs from Its top. Tradition ■ays that 200 years ago, which U as far back as tradition claims te have known the tree—lt la named in land deeds 150 years ago—lt had lightning marks on It, and even then showed algas of failure. Three years ago It was struck four times in one summer. This fierce attack undoubtedly has tened Its end. Well, the giant tree is dead. The old poplar of Poplar Mill probably saw the beginning of the twentieth century and died lust before the beginning of the twentieth. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Com- £ pound enough. I now find myself (a*/ pregnant and have begun its V vßt UXa use again. I cannot praise it I think Lydia E. Pinkham's / / Vegetable Compound is an / excellent medicine. I took JIS several bottles of it before the birth of my baby and ] I IK99|HM got along nicely. I had no I \ after-pains and am now I I HjuMHl strong and enjoying good I \ health. Baby is also fat and I MRS. CHAS. GERBIG, 304 1 South Monroe St., Balti- I more, Md., writes: "DEAR 1 Hfl l L'| MRS. PINKHAM —Before tak- I MflJ |* tng Lydia E. Pinkham's llr J Vegetable Compound I was | unable to become pregnant: but since I have used it my health is much improved, and I have's big baby boy, the joy and pride of our home." , That books do not necessarily pro mote intelligence is proved by the fact that Italy turns out twice as many publications as the United States every year. In the number of books published annually this country is sur passed by Germany, Prance, Italy and Great Britain, the countries ranking in the order named. Beanty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, 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 Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Many cities in Europe are solving the problem of the destruction of iron gas and water pipes by electrolysis by substituting for them pipes made of glass. As glass is almost a perfect non-conductor of electricity, there Is of course no electrolysis. Further ad vantages are the saving of electricity and the absence of danger of shock from wandering currents. Mm. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic.2sc a bottle. Lake Superior is remarkable for the fact that it never gives up its dead. There are three varieties of the dog that never bark—the Australian dog, the Egyptian shepherd dog, and "lion headed" dog of Thibet. Wholesale Prices for All. should pay retail prices for N. Nditw anything you buy. We sell f*n everything to EAT, WEAH nd USE at manufacturer*! (- j) a 3(M-page illustrated book, that coat 69c. to^mail. Guaranteed Buggy, write for it. It tells all about everything you use in your house, everything you wear, everything you eat. It tells about all sorts of Agricul- ~i gm . tural Implements, all sorts h±"JT'. everything except Locomo- . jJKI <. £ ' tives. Boats, arid Live Ani irals. With book |n merchandising made the nmo "Hlnee" on an 2iF to 11.10. article correspond to the Freight Paid ■ sterling ma-k on silver. Sewed Free. _ LITHOGRAPHED CARPET ana M RUG CATALOGUE SHOWING Fm GOODS IN NA TURAL COLORS, I AND exquisite hade-to. I aL ORDER CLOTHING CAT A -1 LOGUE with CLOTH SAMPLES f\ W a TTA CUED. A ItE A LSO FREE. CA RPE TS SE WED FREE AND VAF 1 ING EXPRESSED FREE Shoes, EVERYWHERE Cntalnnues oj , n r n MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS and 1 Co BICYCLES ALSO FREE. Which book shall we send you? Address this way: JULIUS MINES & SON BALTIMORE, MD. Dept. si 3 The Prison Bird. In the Paris Museum of Natural His tory at present there Is to be seen the only living captive specimen of what African explorers have called the "pris on bird." The peculiarity of this feathered beauty is that he is the most tyrannical and jealous of husbands, Imprisoning his mate throughout her nesting time. Livingstone watched the bird's habits while in Monpour, and in his subsequent observations referred to the nest as a prison and the female bird as a slave. The nest is built in the hollow of a tree through an open ing in the bark. As soon as It is com pleted the mother bird enters carefully and fearfully and settles down in It. Then papa walls up the opening, leav ing only Just space enough for air and food to pass through. He keeps faith ful guard and brings food at regular Intervals without fall. The female thrives under her enforced retirement. But If the prison bird is killed, or In any other way prevented from fulfill ing his duties, the mother and her little ones must die of starvation, for she cannot free herself from bondage. Nor mally the Imprisonment lasts until the chicks are old enough to fly. Then the male bird destroys the bsrrler wlth.bls beak and liberates bis family. *Tt li charming," writes Livingstone, "to see the joy with which the little prisoners greet the light and the on known world." CHEAPER TO FARM WITH TRAMPS THAN HORSES IN OKLAHOMA. The farmers of Oklahoma have decided to do away with horses to pnll their binders and reapers. At this day the machines can be drawn so easily and horseflesh is at such a high price that it iB cheaper to advertise for a gang of tramps and hire them to pull the maohines during the harvest. The first work of this kind was done on the big "101" Ranch, in the northern part of the Cherokee Strip. "Joe" Miller, the man who owns the ranch, says that he has hired teams from the neighbors to help in his hsrveßt for many years, and that this year he hired twenty tramps and the work was done at just half the cost. In Oklahoma the ranches are, so large that no one man owns enough horses to do the work, and in harvest time a horse is a scarce article and costs a great price. The Miller ranch contains five thousand acres, and is said to be the largest wheat farm in the world. gOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOGOOOOCOOQ | of Yachting. § v Diagrams That Will Make Details Q q of the Columbia-Shamrock Race a O Plain to Landlubbers. Q 00000000000000000000000008 fH E diagram whi 0 h accom panies this article shows a sloop yacht, or a cutter yacht, as the Englishman would say. A sloop yacht has one mast, the main mast. The great race be tween the Columbia and the Sham rock is a race of sloop yachts. The Amerioa, which was the original winner of what is now knowD as the Amerioa|Cup, was a sohooner yacht, but nearly all of the cup contestants sinoe that time hare been sloopß. , is supposed, to begin with, that the reader knows that the extreme forward tip of a yacht is called the stem, that the forward portion is oalled the bow, that the rear end is oalled the stern, and that the sides of the boat are the beams. Everyone also knows that the keel of a yacht is the portion which cuts deepest into DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF SPARS AND SAILS ON A SLOOP YAOHT. the water, and it is in the construc tion of the keel that the greatest ohaages and progress bare been made Inyaohting. Everyone who reads the Eapers knows of the discussions whioh ave gone on for years as to the com parative value of the center-board keel—a board which lets down side wise from the interior of the boat through the bottom, the fin keel, whioh is a deep, sharp, fin-like pro jection on the bottom of the boat, the bnlb fin and the ordinary cutter keel. So much for the hull of the boat. The backbone of a sloop's rigging is the mainmast, marked (1) in the diagram. This iB usually made of the very best and straightest spruce tim ber, although in |the] case of the Columbia an immensely strong steel tube has been used. At the top of af the mainmast, the topmast (2) is attaohed. In the case of the new cup defender this topmast is so made that it will slide down into the hollow portion of the mainmast, but in HOW THE COLUMBIA'S CREW LIE OUT ON THE DECK. ordinary yaoht construction it is firmly attached to the outside of the mainmast, as shown in the diagram. These masts are held in place by what are known as shrouds, long, heavy wire ropes (10 and 11), which run from the "hounds" at the top of the mainmast and from the top of the topmast to each side of the hull, where they are firmly attaohed. In order to further strengthen the topmast a crosstree (9) is placed at the head of the topmast for spreading the topmast shronds. It was the breaking of this spreader which caused "! I SAwoy . • I Pf 5 Jj+ jS V ■' ,A>>£wNb(K \ IMWJL—^iV^" 4 ' > -'"1 *jS?W \ L . -'" Cißctt if hvon - \Vi ■"' ABOIIT ' A/ie m .Q R;;f P/AAeTtR WITRIH WR/C/J . # j; £ me Tivb YACt/rj .( JK/1 - m" iahocter Vw ftesfc&S I'S For A START JJO£<AJMI • F., ALL others EXCEPT :' 71/P6ES BOAT \ J- W/it ee Excti/tifO X.JW— rs; DIAGRAM OF COURSES FOR COLUMBIA-SHAMROCK RACE. The first will be a triangular course, the second fifteen miles straight to wlndwai and return. Dotted lines show course taken to beat to windward and round stal boats. The best three out ol five races will deoide the fate of the cup the recent accident to the Columbia. When the crosstree snapped the top mast was loosened and fell beforo the wind with such force that the steel mainmast broke short off about half way of its length. Next to the mast in importance is the bowsprit (3), which is held down by the bowstay and the bowstay fall (16 and 17). The main boom (4) spreads and holds fast the lower portion of the mainstail (A). At the top of the mainsail is the gaff (5), and above that is the club topsail (D), reaching higher even than the top of the topmost. These are the principal sticks in a sloop yaoht. The raoers are also provided with a very important boom called the spinnaker boom (7). This boom is removable, and is only nsed when the yaoht is rnnning full before the wind. It is always conveniently placed on the deck, so that when the wind is right it can be instantly plaoed in position. It is let down by the ping lift (18) and held in plaoe by the spinnaker boom braoe (19) and the spinnaker bo<?m guy (26). It is usually spread almost opposite the mainsail, so that it gives to the yaoht praotiqally two broad wings, by means ef whioh she oan take full advantage of a following wind, in this way immensely increasing her speed. A yacht with spinnaker set and bellying full of wind is a most beautiful sight, resembling some huge seagull skimming over the surface of the water. Indeed, the sails are so big and reach so far on each side of the yacht that the body of the boat itself is hardly visible. No doubt much will be said in the reports of the coming races about the spinnkker and how it is set, for it is an exceed ingly important feature in yacht rac ing. The principal sail of a sloop is the mainsail (A). It is held in place by the ropes and tackle shown at (25). These ropes are callled the sheets, and they are by all odds the most im- portant ropes connected with a yacht. The skill of ayachtman is based largely on his ability to let out or take in these sheets, thereby giving the sail more or less wind. The speed of the yacht is dependent very largely upon the exactness with which the mainsail |is managed. If the wind is behind I the boat the sheet will, of course, be eased out until the mainsail stands at a wide angle with the length of the boat, thereby exposing as much sur face as possible. In sailing into the wind or "by the wind," as the old seamen say, the sheets are drawn in very close; in other words, the yacht is "close-hauled," so that the main sail stands almost parallel with the length of the boat. The skipper must keep his eyes wide open and never allow his hand to leave the sheets for a moment, if he would get the best speed from his boat and pre vent being capsized by sudden squalls. The mainsail is assisted by a number of smaller sails before the mast. These are attached to various ropes connecting with the tip end of the bowsprit and with the stem of the yacht. The rope which connects the bowsprit with the top of the topmast (15) is called the topmast stay and holds the topmast from being pulled backward, just as the topmast back stay (20) holds it from being driven forward. The line which reaches from the top of the mainmast to the stem of the boat (14) is called the forestay, and it supports the mainmast from falling backward. The sail (B) is called the foresail. The sail (0) the jib, and the sail (E) the jib topsail. They are all held in by ropes which can be easily extended or shortened so as to draw more or less wind. One of the most picturesque of the sails is not shown in the diagram because it is used only under certain favoring conditions. This sail, the balloon jib, is an enormous sail made of very light cloth—in the Columbia of silk—and it is larger than either the mainsail or the spinnaker. It is attached at the very front of the boat, and it is sup posed to gather up all the wind that there is. It is usually used when the winds are very light. The correot method of using a balloon jib is a very important feature of the yachtman's work, and it may play au exceedingly important part in the coming race. The little flag at the top of the top mast (22) is called the burgee, and that whioh flies from the tip of the gaff (23) is called the pennant. In case of heavy winds it is found neces sary sometimes to reef the sails. This is done by means of the little strings whioh are seen hanging in rows along the lower part of the mainsail. The canvas is pulled down to the boom and tied with these strings, so that less surface will be exposed to the wind. Beefing is only done in case of a very heavy storm or squalls. I-obtra Change Their Shells. "All young lobsters ohange their shell, or molt, several times a year," said a Fulton market dealer in New York, "and as they grow older the change takes place less frequently. Unlike other deep-sea animals, the shell of the lobster does not grow with the body, therefore nature pro vided them with clothes which they could throw off when they begin to 'fit too quiok.' It may easily be seen, therefore, that as some of them grow to the length of forty inches, begin ning their oareer at less than an inch in length, tho ohanging must take place a great many times."—Wash ington Star. Association Devoted to Custard Pie. The town of Hartford, in Oxford County, Me., has a Custard Pie Asso ciation, which meets annually in a hem lock grove on the margin of Swan Pond and gorges itself with custard pie. It grew out of a ousiard-pio-eat ing contest between two residents of the town on the annual Fast Day thirty-nine years ago. The match was adjudged to be a tie, the association was formed, and everybody in it now strives to beat everybody elt<e eating custard pie. Secretary John D. Long, who was born in the near-by town of Buckfield, is an honored member. Foreigners in American Cities. The foreign-born population of London is only 255,252 and that of Paris 180,000. The foreign-born pop ulation of New York by the police census is 879,972. By the census of 1890 450,000 of the population of Chi cago were foreign born, and 270,000 of Philadelphia, both of which you will take notice have more than Lon don. Boston had 148,800, San Frau cisoo 126,000 Baltimore 122,000 and St. Louis 115,000. Where Pearls Are Found. Pearls are found in both salt and fresh water, and it is said that they belt the earth, including all of the tropical portion and a part of the tem perate zones. The great "Queen Pearl" was found in Paterson, N. J., in 1857. It was sold to the Empress Eugenie of France, and is valued to day at 310.000. n~T l Should women vote? Well, if they could, They'd vote for what is pure and good; And Ivory Soap, because it's best, Would simply overwhelm the rest. IVORY SOAP IS 99%. PER CENT. PURE. Plan's Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine.—F. M. AimoTr, 383 tien eca St., Buffalo. N. Y„ May 9, 1894. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness alter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $3 trial bottle aud treatise free. Dr.R.H.KnN*,Ltd.U3I Arch rit Philu,l'a. Macon, Mo., has been suffering from a house famine for several months. S Wo-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes treat men strong, blood pure. 60c, |l. All druggists. Wild Excitement on a Carette. People who Imagine that the carette Is a sedate and quiet vehicle, fit only for old women and elderly men who wish to avoid excitement, are cherish ing a delusion. As a typical carette experience a trip from the river to Madison street, recently, may be cited. Directly In front of Cen tral Music hall the carette, which was on the wrong side of the street, collided with a heavy truck loaded with coop 3 containing live chickens. The truck driver expostulated with the car ette driver, and ordered him to take the othey side of the street at once. The latter declined. Hot words followed, and a moment later a challenge to a duel was given and accepted. Both men drew their whips and 6tood up on their seats. The lashes flew, and the horses, thinking the blows Intended for them, started up and pulled the ve hicles apart. The carette turned out so quickly that a beer wagon almost took Its wheel off. A moment later, while the passengers were recovering from the excitement, a cable train swept round the corner of Madison street and was stopped within three Inches of the venerable equlnes at tached to the carette. while the passen gers scrambled out In confusion and alarm. —Chicago Inter Ocean sad Ending to FMtlvttlea. The cable announces that young Vis count Castlereagh, eldest son of the Maiquls of Londonderry, has suffered eoftouHslon of the brain tnrough a tall from his horse and will be confined to his bed for several weeks at least, even If no more serious complications de velop. The accident will put a sud den and sad ending to the festivities In honor of the coming of age of the young nobleman. The birthday hag been celebrated at Mount Stewart, County Down, one of the seats to which the viscount la heir. One day last week more than 1,000 tenants were feasted on the estate. Viscount Cas tteseagb, who was educated at Sand burst, the English West Point, Is a second lieutenant In the Royal Horse Guards, and Is heir to 60,000 acres of land. ■All from Kansas Soldiers, The mall matter that comes to To peka from Manila sometimes numbers as high as 1,000 pieces a day. FSIF pms: Look at yourself! Is your face covered with pimples? Your skin rough and blotchy? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure constipation, biliousness, and dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. Want your moustacho or heard a beautiful brown or rich black? Then uae BUCKINGHAM'S DYE CvhisSora "One Year Borrows Another Year's Fool." You Didn't Use SAPOLIO Last Year. Perhaps You Will Not This Year. Find ley's Eye Salve Cure* Bore eyea In 8 days; chronic case* in 80 days, or money back. All druggi&ta, or by mail, 26a per box. J. P. HAYTEU, Decatur, Texas. Various devices have been used in Europe for the ventilation of tunnels. 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