PRESS THE BUTTON
A picture we would like to make
But how, we do not know,
Until a little box we take
And press the button—sol
We wish to light the room or lmll,
And Jane is down below;
We need not eit her stir or call.
But press the button—so!
We wish to mount a dozen llfghts,
Or down that number go;
To be transported depths or heigat-,
We press the button—so!
To planning brain and cunning hand
Whut willing slaves we owe!
And when we would their help demand,
We press the button —so!
Now soon will earth be heaveh, indeed,
When thought and action go;
The only knowledge we will ueod:
To press the button—so!
—Hunter MacCulloeh, in Puck.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Miss Askins— 4 'Did bo marry her
for pure love?" De Witte —"No; it
was adulterated with money."—Puck.
It is more blessed to give than to
receive, but the majority of us kuow
it merely from hearsay.—Chicago
News.
4, 1 am working for posterity," said
the artist. 44 What grudge have you
against it?" asked his friend. —Chi-
cago Evening Post.
No matter how leisurely a doctor
may plod through his earthly career,
you never catch him boasting that he
takes life easy.— Philadelphia Record.
"How shall you keep your lover's love?"
Great gooduess! I'm no sage above.
It can't be done with gear or pelf—
Just love hiin as he loves himself.
—Detroit Free Press.
She—"l'm sure I've cast my bread
on the water many a time, and I don't
see any results." He— 44 N0; I guess
your bread would siuk, dear."—Yonk
ers Statesman.
"You are wasting your time, old
man," said Fred to George. "You're
courting the wroug girl." "No, she's
the right girl. I'm afraid the trouble
is that I'm the wrong man."
"When a woman who is proposed to
says no," says the Mauayunk philos
opher, "she generally means yes; and
when she says yes she means yes.
Take your choice."—Philadelphia
Recoi d.
Bobby—"Dad, what is a mutual
friend?" Mr. Fog—"He is generally
one who makes it his business to see
that you don't miss hearing the nasty
things your friends say about you."—
Tit-Bits.
Hicks —"What is your opinion of the
new woman?" Wicks—"About the
same as my wife's opiuiou of the new
girl. She is all right for a littlo while,
but she very soon develops into a
nuisance."—Boston Transcript.
"So your little brother is ill, is he?"
said Mrs. Hojak to Freddy Toradik.
"What is the matter with him?" "I
don't know, ma'am. The doctor won't
let me see him, because he has a con
tiguous disease."—Harper's Bazar.
"Did you ever make a serious mis
take in a prescription?" "Never but
once," answered the drug clerk, as a
gloomy look passed over his face. 4 'l
charged a man thirty cents for a pre
scription instead of thirty-five."—
Washington Star.
Gilback —"I am surprised, colonel,
at your time of life, that you should
have any trouble in managing your
wife. All you have to do is to let her
think she is having her own way."
Colonel Quailer "Yes, the only
trouble is that everybody else thinks
bo, too."—Brooklyn Life.
May Have an Kgrtt Farm.
The egret crest, so much prized,
may not be so valuable, if the scheme
of an enterising Arizona man proves
feasible. According to the Yuma
Sentinel a citizen of that borough
proposes to establish an egret farm.
He thinks he can domesticate the
egrets by clipping their wings, and
intends to install a colony of them on
a big stretch of marshy land along
the river bottom near Yuma. Egrets,
which are tropical birds of the heron
family, have been found in great
abundance near the month of the
Colorado River, but there is some
danger of their extinction, as great
numbers are killed each year for their
feathers. The feathers of the egret's
crest sell for $32 an ouuce. The Ynraa
man figures that teu birds will yield
an ouucc a year.
The Orlglnttl Loving Cup.
"We think the "loviug cup" must
have originated in Italy, where it hap
pened not infrequently that hosts
stabbed their guests or poisoned theui
at friendly banquets; but there i 3 no
definite history of the cap. The orig
inal loving cup had three handles.
The host drank from it first, this act
showing that the liquor in the cup
was not poisoned; then, holding it by
two of the handles, he passed it to his
friend on his left. His two hands be
ing occupied, he could not stab his
friend; and as his friend took one
handle in his right hand, he would
have been put to inconvenience to
stab his host with his left hand. The
cup did not prevent friendly assassin
ation at dinuer completely; but it
made it much more inconvenient.—
New York Sun.
Scotland's Cypsv King.
At Yetholm, in Scotland, a man
named Faa was crowned king of the
gypsies in succession to his late
mother, who was known as Queon
Esther. The crown of tin and tinsel
was placed on his head by the village
blacksmith, whose family is said to
possess the hereditary right of crown
ing the gypsy sovereigns. The "king"
rode in a carriage drawn by six asses.
Marriageable Age.
We believe a young man anil a young
woman should net marry until she
knows how to trim her own hats, and
he is prepared to admit that the baby
get its snub nose from its father's
folks, —Detroit Journal.
/oiNwi
( H mj
Ja f M//
tw
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.
from grease or alkalies;
* Ivory Soap their want supplies.
ODD ENGINEERING. f
Water, Taken from the Pacific, Sent to j
Atlantic Oceun.
It is a remarkable fact that water
which flows naturally Into the Gulf of
California and thence into the Pacific i
ocean has been virtually lifted across
the backbone of the Rocky mountains, j
and now, after being used for irriga- j
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- j
waters of the Poudre. Some 400 cubic
feet per second has thus been diverted |
from the Pacific to the Atlantic elope, j
where the water is u3ed 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.
lllrthplace or 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, j
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
MHB—WHMW ■ i imam mt
"My mother was troubled
with consumption for many |
years. At last she was given i
up to die. A neighbor told her I
not to give up but try Aycr's I
Cherry Pectoral. She did so g
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 you 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 arc coughing today,
don't wait until tomorrow, but
get a bottle of Cherry Pec
toral at once and be relieved.
It strengthens weak lungs.
Threo BIBOS: 25C., enough for an ordinary
cold; fiOc., Jut rlßht for aathina, bronchitis,
hoarseuesA, whooping-cough, hard colds;
gI.OO. most economical for chronic cascj
uud to keep ou hand.
Explorations In ratagonla.
In the current number of the Geo
| graphical Journal Dr. Moreno gNes an
account of Patagonia, which Is a por
tion of that vast area in South Amer
ica still unknown to geography, and
I interesting because of the rich prod
ucts, which it probably contains, and
its charming landscapes. It seems that
! Patagonia does not merit the bad repu
tation as regards scenery which It has
had since Darwin and Fitzroy received
a disagreeable impression from the
portion they explored. The plateaus
of Arizona find their analogy in the
table lands of Patagonia, and "the pic
■ turesque fjords and white mountains of
i Alaska seem to be a copy of the fjords
! and mountains of Patagonia." The
I 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
gonlan Indians.
Saw 1 lie Nickels*
From saving, comes having. Ask your
1 grocer how you can save 15c by investing
50. He can tell you just how you can get
one large 100 package of "Red Cross"
starch, one large 10c package of "Hubln
ger's Best" starch, with the premiums, two
beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed in
twelve beautiful colors, or one Twentieth
Century Girl Calendar, all for sc. Ask your
grocer for this starch and obtain these
beautiful Christmns presents free.
Ten-Drlnklng In Russia.
The Russians drink enormous quail
titles 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
in its appearance "plug" tobacco. This
tea, which would probably prove pois
onous to any one else, is consumed by
the Russian workingman at the aver
age rate of about twenty stakans (or
1 tumblers) a day, the Russian stakan
I being quite equal to five of the little
! thimbles of cups used in America at
j afternoon teas. Taking into considera
) tion that black, sour or bitter, brick
like bread, raw onions, garlic, dried
leather-fish and strongly salted herr
ings are usually the chief articles of
food of the people at large, one must
not wonder at the enormous quantity
of hot tea needed to quench a Rus
| elan's thirst and help 011 his digostion.
No Rocking Lullaby.
Strange at it may seem, the time
honored custom of rocking babies to
sleep is a bad one. It is injurious to
the children themselves, and is a cause
eventually of much unnecessary
trouble to their guardians. Mothers
should therefore see to it that from the
very first the little ones are brought
up in the way they should go, and that
the monthly nurse does not get them
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 induc
ing a baby to go to sleep, but if one
once starts, a baby will not sleep with
out it, and at a later age is likely to
suffer from insomnia. Rocking may
save immediate trouble to a lazy nursa
'oi* fnbther by inducing ! sleep; when a
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 !s more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to he
Incurable. For a groat many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
euro with local treatment, pronouncod it in*
curable. Science has proven catarrh to ho a
constitutional disease and therefore require#
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It Is taken internally in doses from
1 10 drops to a tcaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to (jure. Send for circulars and testi
monials. Address F.J. CHKNEY& Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist*, 75c.
Hail's Family Pills are the beet.
METAMORPHOSIS OF ITALIANB ;
Contrast Newly Arrived Immigrants j
and Their Americanized Halations. I
There was a meeting outside the
barge office. A batch of immigrants |
had come in, and Giulia and her man I
were in waiting to receive some new- j
ly arrived relatives. Giulia was brave
in her finest and most gorgeous ral- j
ment, combining a reckless love of !
bright colors with an ardent desire to 1
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. Pietro'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- ,
tie wifo cheerfully made up for all he 1
lacked. Shrill cries of "Ecco! Ecco!" |
turned the dull eyes of three persons j
In their direction, and, extricating
themselves from the excited crowd,
they withdrew to contemplate each
othfcr 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 Ottilia's startling '
headgear. They wore huge, roughly )
cobbled boots, and short petticoats
displaying striped blue and yellow |
stockings, 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.
Like Finding Honey.
The use of the Endless Chain Starch
Book in the purchase of "Red Cross" and
''Hublnger's Best" staroh, makes it just
like finding mouey. Why, for only 5c you
are enabled to got one large 10c package
of "Red Cross" stnrch, one large 10c paok
age of "Hubluger's Best" starch, 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 9tarch and
obtain the beautiful Christmas presents tree
President Kruger'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 fired
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 be
entertained and that England had al
ready extended Its rule too far in Af
rica, has always been remembered b}
Kruger and his associates as an un
dying insult.
Dr. Bull's
COUCH SYRUP
Cures Croup and Whooping-Cough
Unexcelled for Consumptives. Gives
quick, 6tire results. Refuse substitutes.
Dr. Bull's Pills cu re Biliousness. Trial , so jor $e.
TryCrain-O! !
Try Grain-O! \
Ask your Grocer to-day to show
you a package of GRAIN-O, the new
food drink that takes the place of
coffee. i.;
The children may drink it without
injury as well as the adult. All who
try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that i
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, i
but it is made from pure grains, and
the most delicate stomach receives it
without distress. the price of coffee. i
15 ceuls and 25 cents per package.
Sold by all grocers. jj
Tastes like Coffee i
Looks like Coffeo §
Insist that your grocer gives yon GRAIN-O
Accept no imitation.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
• GIVEN - AWAY. •
The first five persona procuring the F.ndlc*i Chain March Rook from the!*
grocer will each obtain one large 10c package of "Red CrowK" starch, one large
10c package of "Hubingcr'ft llctt" starch, two Shakespeare panels, printed in
twelve beautiful colors, as natural as life, or one Twentieth Century Qlrl Calendar, the
finest of its kind overprinted, all absolutely free. All others procuring the Endless
Chain March Hook, will obtain fron; their grocer the above goods for sc. "Red
Cross" Laundry 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 nil parts of the United States. It has superseded every
thing heretofore used or known to science in the laundry art. It is made from wheat,
rice and corn, and chemically prepared upon scientific principles by J. c. II uhi tiger,
Keokuk, 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 aM fine grades of starch in the United States. Ask your grocers fur this
Starch and ootaln these beautiful Christmas presents free.
Kidneys,
GleA^ S EFF|Cuja^^^^H
T RCO UL C 0N STI
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The Crying Need.
Wireless telegraphy, horseless car- 1
rlages and chainless bicycles are all
very well In their way, but what the
world really yearns for is a noiseless
baby.
} Attention i 9 called to the very usoful
articles contained in the premium list of the
Continental Tobacco Co. a advertisement of
their Star Plug Tobacco in another column
of this paper. It will pay to save the "Star"
tin tags and so take advantage of the beat
list ever issued by the Star Tobacco.
VITALITY low. debilitated or exhausted cured
; by I)r. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. FKEK $1
trial bottle for 2 weeks' treatment. I)r. Kline,
I Id., 881 Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded 1871.
PISO'B Cure for Consumption has saved mo
many a doctor's bill. - S. F. HARDY, Hopkins
Placo. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 2, 18U4.
All hand-painted. No I
handsomer lamp mad*. •
Beautiful colored cat. 1
PA^Wtor BA& Q(JBt i
Pittsburg Glass Co.,
voi; BI'Y DIRECT. ' Pittsburg, Pa.
P. N. D. 53
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Can't be beat.
$19,000 OFFERED
> by heirs of the late Anthony Pollok, Esq., for best
> maritime life-saving appliance. We can furnish you
Information. lIAHON, IDNWIIK .V LAW
-1 RKM'li, Washington, I>. (j,
ARNOLD'S COUGH
Cures roughs mul Colds |f | ■ ■ ■■ ■%
Prevent* Consumption. If I H I P R
All Druggists, 25c. ■ ■ ■ ■ l>
! *[sme IST IP™ *
* YOUR <d 1 #4l* TABS *
j 4 "Star" tin tags (showing amall stars printed on under side 4
of tag), " Horse Shoo," "J. T., H "Good Luck," " Cross Bow,"
★ and "Druinmond" Natural Leaf Tin Tags are of equal value in 4
securing presents mentioned below, and may be assorted.
★ Every man, woman and child can find something on the list 4
that they would like to have, and can have
I ★ ™. ★
★ 1 Match Box 25 93 Clock, 8-day, Calendar, Thermom- *
2 Knife, one blade, pood Hteol 25 str. Barometer . 500
8 Sci-Bom, 4lnches 25 24 Gnu case, leather, no better made. 500
★ 4 Child'* Ret. Ruife, Fork and Spoon 25 186 Revolver, automatic, double action,
6 Salt and pepper Set, one each, quad- I 82 or 38 caliber 600
ruplo plu'e on whit, metal 60 j 26 Tool Bet, not playthings, but real jT
i 6 French Briar Wood Pipe 26 tools 660
★ 7 Baxor, hollow ground, fine Kngllsh |27 Toilet Ret, decorated porcelain, A
steel 60: very hand soma 800 Var
8 Butter Knife, triple plate, best 38 Remington Hlfle No. 4, 22 or 35 oal . 800
★ quality 60 29 Watch, sterling stiver,full jeweled 1009 4
9 Sugar Shell, triple plate, best qnal.. 60 ' 20 Dress Suit Case, leather, handsome W
10 Stauq> Box. sterling silver 70 and durable 1000
★ll Knife, "Keen Kutter," two blades .. 75 iBl Sewing Machine, ftrst class, wifh
12 Butcher Knife, "Keen Kutter," 8-ln ail Attach man tl 1600 saw
blade TR 82 ltovolvur, (Jolt's, 88-cailber. bhted
★lB Shears, "Keen Kutter," 8-inch 76 I "ft® 6 * I WO .
14 Nut Set. (backer and 6 Picks, ailver 183 Rifle, Colt's. 14-shnt, tt-caliber. .1500
plated . so I 34 Cutter (Washburn), rosewood, in
*ls Base Ball, "Association," best quel.loo hid 2OOO
17 Hi l !! ( . l r ck o ,llcko V. r • 1W | S5 Mandolin, very handsome 2000
17 Six Genuine Rogers Teaspoons, best L. w , . ~
t'leted goods 15e I Winchester Repenting Shot Gun.
*lB Watch, nickel, stem wind and set.. 200 12 2000 4
19 Carvers, good steel, tmckhorn 137 Heinlnqton, double-barrel, hatu- "NBT
handles. 200 mer Snot Qun. 10 or 13 gauge 2000 rs
★ " ""'r 52?""' T,M ' Btoyol,. standard mako. ladiaa or i
lest plated good* 250 cents 2500
21 Six each. Knives and Forks, but%- „ 1 I"". " K
horn handlist 260 39 Shot Onu. Remington, double bar
ffl Sli aach.Omiiii,Roem' Knlvas I rol. Uainraerl.-.. Sow) .4
and Forks, lest plat"d g ods 500 !40 ltegina Music Box, 15 1 * inch Disc..6ooo
JL THE ABOVE OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30TH, 1900. A
Notion I r l*ln "Star " Tin Tag*(that Is, Star tin tags with no sun U
★ opeciai NOllCe ! BtrH nr i nt frl on Under side of tag), are not pood for prtnentM. A
, I II but will Ist paid for in CASH ..n the boats of twenty cents per W
hundred, if received by us on or before March Ist, lW
★ HTBEAK IN MINI) ikal > north T i,
STAR PLUG TOBACCO ?
will iMt Isncer and nflerd more pituora than a dime's warth of any wr
4 oiK,rbrd. MAKE THE TEST I ,
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DROPSY J^^TSKiSs
cues Bo >k of testimonials and 10 dura' tieatmeai
Free. Dr. H. H. GREEK* SONS. Box B. Atlanta, Oa.
$i AA f/a a, (t> | A Invest 910 *o 9100 and
I UV (Or 91 U pet9loooforsiuosure;
safe as a bank. WM. lIKED, 137 8. 6th St., i'hlla., Pa.