SHE SMILED AT ME. She smiled at me, as I passed her by, "With a smile half-impudent, half-shy And I turned and saw her twinkling'eve- She smiled at me. She smiled at me and her eves were bright! Tfcey danced and twinkled with pure del light, And I carried the smile from noon till night- She smiled at me. 'Tvvus none of your bold, impertinent smiles 1 lhat speak of a willful woman's wiles, But the sunny smile that a heart beguiles— She smiled at me. And all through the day, in memory Her smile and its dimple I still could see. It brightened my daily drudgery— She smiled at me. That night, when my coat on a chair I laid, Tinned to the tail was a card, which prayed: 'Tlease Kick Me Ilard." Thnt's why the maid Had smiled at me. —Baltimore American. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The firßt umbrella appeared in 1777. The last cne disappeared about forty miuutes after wo bought it. —Elliott's Magazine. The Physician—"You have a coat on your tongue." The Colonel- -"I sincerely hope it is a mackintosh."— Indianapolis Journal. 'TIs folly to bo wise, because— Such boomerangs are nature's laws— | The sage may win encomium, But people dodge who see liiui come. —Chicago Record, j Cleverton—"When you told her j father you loved her did he show much I feeling?" Dasbaway—"Oh, yes. I j don't know when I have been so ! moved!"— Life. "This goes against the grain," mur- j mured the college youth who had re- j turned home to the old farm, and whose stern parent had put him to ; work, in the cornfield. An Irish poacher up before a mag istrate iuad§ this defence: "Indade, your worship, the only bird I shot ' was a rabbit; and I knocked that down with a stick."—Tit-Bits. There was a youm; man in the choir, Whose voice rose up hoir and hoir, Till so high did It soar, You could hear It 110 ntoar, And 'twas found next day 011 the-spolr. —Chicago News. ) Mrs. Murphy—"Oi say, Pat, what would yez do if the ould House would tumble on yez and crush yez to death?" Her Husband—"Faith, an' Oi'd fly for me loifo."—Ohio State ; Journal. "There is always something frigid 1 to me about the atmosphere of a bank," said De Vere. "Well, that is prob ably because they always deal in cold cash there," observed ilaudy.— Phila delphia North American. "Gentlemen, this is oue of the most dangerous experiments known to science. The slightest mishap and ' the experimenter will be blown to atoms. I will now step into the closet 1 while my assistant performs the ex periment."—Princeton Tiger. "Yes, I want a salesman," said the manager of the store, "but you are : too old. If you were twenty-tive years younger I would give you the place in a minute." "Shall I come again," I asked the gray-liaired upplicaut, "when I am in my second childhood?" —Chicago Tribune. "So you were bound and gagged by bandits while in Italy, were you?" asked the garrulous person. "Regu- j lar comic opera bandits, eh?" "No, 1 sir," said the traveler; "there was nothing of the comic opera style about them. The gags they used were all new."—Cincinnati Euquiror. "I must send them all circulars," exclaimed the man who was addressed by his acquaintances as professor. "Those men who have testified in the investigation ought to know about me." "What business arc you in?" "I have a new system of memory training."—Washington Post. Proud Father —"My old father, I called to sec if you couldn't make a place for my sou iu your establish- 1 ment. He has just graduated with 1 high honors." Old Friend—"My dear old boy, uothiug would please me better. Tell him to call around in two years."—New York Weekly. ltKilronds 111 Africa. On the day the Boers declared war there were in operation in Africa nearly 12,000. miles of railroad. At the end of 1890 the mileage for the entire continent was only 5813 miles. In the past eight years it has more than doubled, 5972 miles of new roads 1 having been put into operation. Some of these roads are now being extended, j work has begun on a few new euter-1 prises, and these extensions and new lines, for whose completion financial arrangements have been mAde, will add about 2500 miles to the total. Then there are other projects, such as the German road to Tanganyika, the French road from Algeria to the Sou dan, and the Belgian road from the Congo to the Nile, all Government schemes and not yet under way. It is probably a conservative estimate to say that the end of the next decade will see 25,000 miles of railroad in operation. Consumption in France. In a report to the State Depart, ment the United States Consul at Lyons says of the ravages of con sumption in France each year: "For : every six persons in this country at j least one dies of consumption. Of the 850,000 deaths that ocour every year in Franoe over 140,000 arc | caused by pulmonary tuberculosis or phthisis, and this number, instead of decreasing, goes on augmenting every year. Hardly a family but pays to it a sad tribute. No disease, no scourge, can be compared to tuberculosis, so , far as the number of the victims is concerned. All epidemios and oou tagious diseases oombined—typhoid, varioloid, scarlatina, measles, diph- j theria, oholera, etc.—do not causa half as many deaths." If yJr K Mai® Asi> wt A m W \Pn Sweetest thing that can be seen Is a baby, fresh and clean. Dainty clothes and tender skin Need pure soap to wash them in. Nurse and mother must be sure Baby's bath is sweet and pure. Fre.j from grease or alkalies; Ivory Soap their want supplies. COPYRIGHT 1808 BY THE PROCTER & GAMBLE 00. CINCINNAW ODD ENGINEERING. Water, Taken from the Pacific, Sent to Atlantic Ocean. It is a remarkable fact that water which flows naturally into the Gulf of California and thence into the Pacific ocean has been virtually lifted across the backbone of the Rocky mountains, and now, after being used for irriga tion, finds its way into the Gulf of Mexico. A number of small streams on the other side of Long's peak, which flow into Grand lake and thence into the Colorado river, have been di verted by a ditch that finds its way through 10,000 feet high Into the head waters of the Poudre. Some 400 cubic feet per second has thus been diverted from the Pacific to the Atlantic slope, where the water is used for irrigating additional farms in Larimer county. It is not strictly correct to say that this water has been lifted across the range. But a feat of sinuous engineer ing has diverted it, which amounts to the same thing. Birthplace of the Cable. The old house formerly occupied by Cyrus W. Field, in East Twenty-third street, New York, is now being torn down to make room for a more pre tentious structure. It was in this house that Mr. Field lived when he first broached the idea of building a cable between Europe and America. He still made the old house his home when, after twelve years of disap pointment and struggle, the great dream of his life became an accom plished fact. For some years the building has been used as a boarding house. Now it is being razed to the ground. My Mother Had Consumption I "My mother wis troubled 9 with consumption for many 9 years. At last she was given I up to die. A neighbor told her | not to give up but try Aycr's I Cberry Pectoral. She did so and was speedily cured, and is now in the enjoyment of good health. D. P. Jolly, Feb. 2, 1899. Avoca, NY, Cures Hard Coughs No matter how hard your cough is or how long you have had it, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the best thing yon could possibly take. But it's too risky to wait until you have consumption, for sometimes it's impossible to cure this disease. If you are coughing today, dont wait until tomorrow, but get a bottle of Cherry Pec toral at once and be relieved. It strengthens weak lungs. 73"?5. *'f'• : J 8 ?-! •""vzh for a ordinary cold; 60c., Just right for Mthma, brocchltln, hoaraeneaa, whooping-cough, hard colda; $ 1.00, moat ooonomlcol for chronlo coaaa and to kvr ** hand. I Exploration! In Fatantnnla. j 111 tho current number of the Geo graphical Journal Dr. Moreno gives an account of Patagonia, which is a por tion of that vast area in South Amer ica still unknown to geography, and | interesting because of the rich prod [ uets, which it probably contains, and j its charming landscapes. It seems that J Patagonia does not merit the bad repu | tation as regards scenery which it haa | had since Darwin and Fitzroy received i a disagreeable impression from the | portion they explored. The plateaus j of Arizona find their analogy in the table lands of Patagonia, and "the pic- I turesque fjords and white mountains of i Alaska seem to be a copy of the fjords j and mountains of Patagonia." The J analogy might be pushed even further, | for it seems there is a strange similar- I ity between the ancient customs and industries of the Alaskan and Pata [ gonian Indians. Nnvc llie Nicliol*. From saving, comes huviug. Ask your grocer how you can save 150 by investing sc. Ho can tell you just how you can get one largo 10c package ot "Bed Cross" starch, one large 100 packnge of "Hubiu -1 ger's Best" starch, with the premiums, two I beautiful Shakespeare panels, prinicdin twelve beautiful colors, or one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, all for sc. Ask your , grocer for this stnrch and obtain these beautiful Christmas presents free. S'en-I>rlnklng In Russia. The Russians drink enormous quan tities of tea, sufficient to frighten any Englishman or American. The poor people—and the Russian people are | the poorest in existence—use the so | called "brick" tea. This is the cheap est sort, being mixed with stems, and | compressed by some adhesive gum into dry cakes of various sizes, resembling j in its appearance "plug" tobacco. This ! tea, which would probably prove pols- I onous to any one e.'se, is consumed by i the Russian workin t tman at the aver- I age rate of about twenty stakans (or j tumblers) a day, the Russian stakan j being quite equal to five of the little j thimbles of cups used An America at j afternoon teas. Taking into considera- I tion that black, sour or hitter, brick like bread, raw onions, garlic, dried leather-fish and strongly s.Mted herr ings are usually the chief reticles of food of the people at large, one must not wonder at the enormous quantity of hot tea needed to quench ,\ Rus sian's thirst and help on his dig.ration. No Hocking I.ullaby. Strange at it may seem, the ti.ne i honored custom of rocking babies \o sleep is a bad one. It is injurious j the children themselves, and is a causv* i eventually of much unnecessary ! trouble to their guardians. Mothers should thorefore see to it that from the I very first the little ones are brought up in the way they should go, and that i the monthly nurse does not get them I into bad habits by rocking them to sleep either in her arms or in their cots. There is no doubt that rocking is the most expeditious way of indue- ! | ing a baby to go to sleep, but if one once starts, a baby will not sleep with j out it, and at a later age is likely to suffer from insomnia. Rocking may j save immediate trouble to a lazy nurss or mother by inducing sleep when a i child does not require it, or when it ! ought to be taken up from its cot and have clean clothes put on, but it will never cause that sweet, gentle and per fect sleep which should be character istic of a baby who has no artificial aids to Induce slumber. There !§ more Catarrh in this section of ths country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to bt Incurable. For a great many years doctors ftronounoed It a local disease and prescribed ooal remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it in curable. Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitutional diaease and therefore require* constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on ths market. It is taken Internally lu doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts direotly on ths Wood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to oure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F.J. ChcnktA Co.,Tolea, 0. ! METAMORPHOSIS OF ITALIANS Contrast of Hewly Arrived Immigrants ond Their Americanized Relations. There waa a meeting outside the barge office. A batch of immigrants had come In, and Qiulia and her man were In waiting to receive some new ly arrived relatives. Giulla was brave in her finest and most gorgeous rai ment, combining a reckless love of bright colors with an ardent desire to look American. Her hat was a mar vel of Third avenue millinery. Her bright dress was after the most ap proved autumn model, always, of course, from the Third avenue stand point, and the pendant earrings, great yellow brooch, and jingling bracelets were dazzling to behold. To crown all, and as an irresistible finish, she had squeezed her plump hands into a pair of yellow kid gloves, momentarily threatening to burst. Pletro's scarlet necktie, generous expanse of shirt front, low-cut mottled waistcoat, and highly gilded watch chain limited his powers of self-adornment, but his lit tle wife cheerfully made up for all he lacked. Shrill cries of "Ecco! Ecco!" turned the dull eyes of three persons In their direction, and, extricating themselves from the excited crowd, they withdrew to contemplate each other at their leisure. The contrast was painful on one side, pathetically ludicrous on the other. Francisco and his sisters gazed blankly at their changed and resplendent relations. The man had on tight breeches of homespun, a gray flannel shirt with a red cotton handkerchief knotted at the throat, and was a picturesque speci men of Tuscan manhood. The women were bare-headed; covert glances had been exchanged over Giulia's startling headgear. They wore huge, roughly cobbled boots, and short petticoats displaying striped blue and yellow s<cokings, and knit worsted shawls of variegated colors were tightly drawn about the shoulders and fastened at the opened throat with monstrous cor al brooches, the crowning glory of their attire. But Giulia! Truly she was a queen in comparison! Never mind! Americanisms are quickly ac quired, and if the brother is lucky six months may see their metamorphosis. —New York Sun. I.lite B inriilig The use of the Endless Chain Starch the purchase of "lted Cross" and ''Hubhiger'a Best" starch, makes it just like finding money. Why, Tor only 5c you are enabled to got one large 100 package of "Red Cross" starch, one largo 10c pack age oi "llublnger's Best" srirch, with the premiums, two Shakespeare panels, print ed in twelve beautiful colors, or one Twen tieth Century Girl Calendar, embossed in gold. Ask your grocer for this starch and obtain tbo beautiful Christmas presents tree President Krucrer's Father. The bitter feeling which Paul Kru ger cherishes toward the British is cer tainly not lessened by the memory that his own father was the man who ilred the first shot at the English troops at Boomplatz In 1848, and by the fur ther thought that he was one of those who were driven by the English to take part in the great "trek" of 1836. Again, in 1854, when the Boers peti tioned the queen to be allowed to re main under the protection of the Brit ish flag, the elder Kruger was one of its signers. The answer of the duke of Newcastle, who returned the petition with the remark that it could not he entertained and that England had al ready extended its rule too far in Af rica. has always been remembered bj Kruger and his associates as an un dying insult. Dr.Buli's COUGH SYRUP Cures Croup and Whooping-Cough Unexcelled for Consumptives. Gives quick, sure results. Refuse substitutes. Dr. BulPs Pillscu re Biliousness. Trial, jo jorsc. Try Crain-O! jj Try Grain-©! Ask your Grocer to-<lay to show you a package of GRAIN-O, tbo new food drink that takes the place of PS coffee. The children may drink it without I ! injury as well as the adult. Ail who j try it, like it. GRAIN-0 bus that I rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, t but it is made from pure grains, and I the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. {the price of coffee. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like CofToe Looks like Coffee Insist that your grocer gives yon GRAIN-O Accept no imitation. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ' GIVEN AWAY. • The first tire persons procuring the EndleM ( hnln march Book from their grocer will each obtain one large 100 package of "Red CroM" Starch, one large 10° Package of "llnblnger'e Bct Starch, two Shakespeare panels, printed In twelve beautiful oolors, as natural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, the finest of Its kind overprinted, all absolutely free. All others procuring the Endlcee Chain starch Book, will obtain froa: their grocer the above goods for sc. "Red ©roee" Lanndrr Starch Is something entirely new, and is without doubt the great est invention of the Twentieth Century. It has no equal, and surpasses all others. It has won for Itself praise from all parts of the United States. It has superseded every thing heretofore used or known tosoleace In the laundry art. It is made from wheat, rlee and oorn, and chemically prepared npon scientific principles by j, c. Mabingcr, Keekak, lowa, an expert In the laundry profession, who has had twenty-five years' practical experience In fancy laundering, and who was the first successful and original Inventor of all fine grade* of starch In the United States. Ask your grocers far tbU ■torch and obtain thee# beautiful Obrlstmaa presents free. Kidneys. and Bowels^ray^gHk OVERCOMES • BVYTH BGENVIN E-MAN'FD •BY v p VJ>sv,Lt -e k V. C A Li. j\J t The Crying Need. I Wireless telegraphy, horseless car- ' ! riages and chainless bicycles are all very well in their way, but what the | world really yearns for is a noiseless baby. | Attention is called to the very useful : articles contained in the premium list or the 1 Continental Tobacco Co.'s advertisement of their Star Plug Tobacco in another column lof this paper. It will pay to save the ♦•fcjtur" tin tags and so take udvantage of the best I list ever issued by the Star Tobacco. j | Vitality low, debilitated oroxlinuste leured by Dr. Mine's Invigorating Tonic. Fiikk $1 1 trial bottle for 'J weeks' treatment. Dr. K1 <•, . Ld., 931 Arch St.. Philadelphia. Founded 1871. i 1 Plpo'b Cure for Consumption has saved mo i many a doctor's bill. S. F. IDm.v, Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Aid., Dec. 18'jj. PA IU "< >j' ,V v"5 a,ntC x wf make the i.AMrs, Pittsburg Glass Co., TOU BUT DIRECT. ' Pltlftburg, P. P. N. U. 61 "M by heirs . f the lire V-thi ny Pc-llnk, Lsq.. for iest maritime llle-suvhig appliniwe. W'n cim furnish vmi information, tl ASO a Ms.WVH K A LAW- Ki.M'i., Wanliiugtoii, !. 0. AftNDLD'S CO!)Sit K SSSSs£ KILLER "k ik it ix "k >V t'c ~k ik fV "k f- ik ix •& 'k SAVE Mk m TIN t ¥§ys 1 it-Is 5 "!, tass * "K -jjjr ★ "Star" tin tngs (showing small stars printed on under side . of tag), "HorsoShoe," ",T. T„" "UoodLuok," "Gross Bow," TT *aud " Druuimoad " Natural I.eaf Tin Tags are of equal value in , securing presents mentioned below, and may be assorted. ★ Every man, woman and child can hnd something on the list * that they would like to have, and can have ~yt IF" JE*. SS! * ★ H Bo *:v*i ; ; •M! 23 Cloolc. 8-day, Calendar, Thermom- . ? Kn fn, one blade, pood steel 25 I eter, Barometer 600 2 25 ! 34 ° un '' aho - lther, ri> better mode. 600 * i? ,V "i n * K,,i £*' Fork ft: " 1 Hpoon 25 26 Revolver, Automatic, double action. 6 salt and Pepper Sot. onaeaoh, quad- 82 or 38 caliber. 800 A PrU, o P B 1° "w Wh J l i>. l " el,kl 60 126 Tou ! Bet - <> l playthings, but real yt *6 French Br ar Wood Pipe 86 tools 850 7 ltn/.t r, hollow ground, flue English \27 Tidier Sot decorated porcelain A M veryhandaoine ' 800 U 1 *8 Butter Knife, triple plate, beat 28 Remington Rifle No. 4, ii or 82 ral . 800 qualify...... 80 i W Watch, sterling ailver.fnll jeweled 1000 a * t"'" "J"'". Plf. '"> qunl. .eu, u liruaa Suit c,,, 10 S.n.iip "*. at.rltna ailver 10 anil dnrabla HMO *i. ~3 K ilU 9r '"i w " blailnn. .76| Si Sfwlntf Machine, arte dnaa. with . wi j • Keen Satter, 8-In all attachments 1500 n shU.™ ; v :;;; •„ • 75 82 R"™iver. Colt's, 38-eaiib%-' blued ★J?J aI v Keen Kntter. 8-ihcti 76 steel 1500 nut Ret, (slacker and 6 Plcin, silver 83 Rifle, Colt's. i*-shot tV-callW. .1600 i 6 <w ."" bur '"'. ta ; aww X 1' Ila led goods lfto i 36 Winchester Repeating Bhot Gun, _A._ }J nickel, stem wind and set.. 200 j 12 K*ue 8000 . Rood Bteel, bnokhorn 37 Remingfon. double-barrel, hain- K ii &h. KoRSTia-K^-iiat-" 0 s ' n " •> * * horn handles 250 1 8® Shot Gnu, Remington, double bar -22 Six each, Genuine Ropers' Knives | rel, haminerlew 3000 A and rorlts. best plated goods 500 I 40 Begins Music Box, 16* looh Disc. 6000 THE ABOVE OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30TH. 1900. A ★ Spacial Notice ! i, I .*'" T,n T ,*I'";'h,'.K 1 '";' h, '. K B,r t|n ' with no am. t r* nr. 1 ? I*l * n ,*r arH o**>d for prevent*. A hundroti. if n.ce.~y iT"; 0 ° , tWßt y cenUper Alk OKA it IN MINI) that a dime's werili of 2 STAR PLUG TOBACCO ? will lul lonia, >i,d afford mi,re ploaior, than a dliar'a worth of ana ★ athar brand. MAKE THE TEST! Send l.gt to COyTIMIBttTAI. TOBACCO CO., 31. Louii, Mo t * Uuoceiisfully Prosecutes Claims. 1-1 ..o Fib.ol.ml L'x/iminor 17.13.Pension Bureau. K. • vi'h.'i i v:i iiv. l')iidjiulicalia<2claiujH,attysluca DROPSY SJ2! cmcos Ilo.Hi 'i tc*st iix uiuU und IO ilnvn' tieatment $ I 00 for S I O fjft r-lumi fur -ure; safe 't.auli. WM. llKKfi. la. s. 6th Slla. 1 l.i. ! J a. HBerfe i -hSy®/ u y i ® f**s VJ SJP
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