Deafaru Cannot Be Cored tf local applications,* a they cannot reach tha diseased portion ot the ear- There is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused bv an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. AVheu this tubs gets in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam mation can be taken out, and this tube re stored toits normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten arc caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give fine Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness 'caused by catarrh* that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. u ~, F. J. CHr.xEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. Tfx-. Hall's Family Pills arc the best. VJTAUTY low. debilitated or exhausted cured ' nv, orating Tonic. 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In a book entitled "Roma Finis haecnli," d (Heated to Mark Twain hut extremely serious, a Milan profes sor. under the pseudonym of Polifllo, has made a violent attack on modern ureheologists, whom he accuses of gen eral ignorance and incompetence. Beatify la 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 Casta rots, —beauty for ten rents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. A little more than 30 years ago a few workmen of Rochdale. Kngnnd, joined together t> purchase a sack of Hour and a ( best of tea. That was the be ginning of a co-operative movement which now includes 1.000 societies, with a total membership of 1.000,000. now Are Tour Kidney* ? Pr nobbs'SparagusPillscnreall kirtnor Ills. Sam ple free. Add. Sterling Heoiedy Co., Chicago or N. V The fecundity of microbes is prodi gious, so much so that if 15 drps f water polluted with bacteria are al lowed to fall into a cup of broth the germ population would have increased In 24 hours to X 0,000,000. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoko Tour Life Aoy. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag nclic, full of life, nerve anil vigor, take No-To- Bae. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 30c or CI. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Btcrling liemedy Co., Chicago or New York. —liig crabs arc found in India. Sonic oi them measure two feet in length. Ednrato Your Dowels With CHHcareta. Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. —The Congo region exports about 3,000,000 walking stocks a year. "An Empty Sack Cannot Stand Upright." Shfpither can poor, <u>cak, thin blood nourish and sustain the physical system. For strength of nerves and muscles there must be pure, rich, vigorous blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is established as the standard preparation for the blood by its many remarkable cures. DYSPEPSIA "For six fetrs 1 nam victim ol dya nepala in its worst form. . i could eat nothing but milk toast, and al times my stomach would not retain and digest even that. Last March 1 ttcgan taking CASTAItF/TS and since then 1 have steadily improved, until I am as well as I ever was in my life." DAVID 11 Mrnpnv. Newark, o. M CATHARTIC TRADE MARK RCOI&TERED Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Tnste flood. Do 6ood. Never Sirkco. Weaken, or Gripe. 10. . 25e. 3UC ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... io-to-mo I FOR 14 CENTS | Worth 91.00. tor XX ccnU." ' ira j | I X rat carlfaat Tomato Giant on earth. * C'— X X JOHN A. MAI.ZKK BKEDfO., I.i t ROSSI, WIS. X aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ItOOK AtJENTS WANTED FOR ; 1110 grandest and faatcat aelliog hook over published, Pulpit Echoes lilt LIVING TKETIIH FOR HEAD AND HEART. Oritainini; Mr. MOHIIY'K hr> Srrinona wit!, 600 'lli.tiling Ktoriea. Incidenta Pmonal Eaprrienura etc a told By 1). L. Moody ITNXTEH. With a complete hiMorv ofhlf life by Rev. <TI AS. F. iOKH, Paator of Mr Moody * Chirajio Church lor five year*, and an Introduction by Rev. I.YMAX A DHOTI. D. D. Itrand now, FTOU on., FTFAVTFFWTY ilhwru'nl. 07*1.000 more AGENTS W ANTED- .M. N and Women. £7* Salra 'TXWOKHI'I\GTON AiU, Hurtlbrd, Cono.'" If .o a ™'. c riV. th { Thompson's Eye Water TRAINING A CHILD'S WILL. Through His Feelings He is Moat Surely Reached For Good or Kvll. "Little good can come of being arbi trary with a child, by making him do aa wo wish without lirat getting at the causes of bis willfulness," is the posi tion taken by Anna Wiliel writing of ".Breaking a Child's Will" in the Woman's Home Companion. "A child's volitions are transient. Theen deavor, then, must he to get at his fleeting volitions and train each one aright, until he can bo said to have a governing purpose. Srme put im plicit faith in roasoniug with a child. Well, it shows respect for child-nature and occasionally roaches him; at least it may have some effect in developing his reasoning powers, and certainly promises confidence between parent and child. If his reason wore already developed there would bo less diffi culty in training the will, but since it is not wo must train the will through other avenues, and his feelings, his emotional impulses, form the best of these. In order to strengthen and train his will a child must be allowed to exercise it by choosing for himself as far as practicable. The parent or teacher must advise tho child before the choice is made, or when he is suf fering as the result of an unwise choice he may well reflect on them for not giving him the benefit of their ex perience; (but after both sides are made plain the child must be left a free moral agent. If there is a choieo between a pocket-knife and a new pair of trousers a boy will almost surely choose the knife. When ho feels ashamed of his patched knees it will ho a means of culture to his judgment through the emotion of shame, and his next willing may he on the line of reason. But it takes more than one lesson to learn that 'we cannot eat our cake and have it, too.' Robertson says, 'There are two ways of reaching truth—by reasoniug it out and by feel ing it out.' A child must feel his way to truth. A child lives in his feelings, and through them he is reached for good or evil." Coata More to liulld Now. The advance iu the cost of building materials and the price of labor is due entirely to tho extraordinary demand. In the period of depression supplies were allowed to reach a very low point. There was no need to carry large stocks of lumber and thereforo the sawmills did not make it, while the iron mills were idle for lack of orders. Therefore when a renewal of activity came tho visible supply of building materials was exhausted in no time, and the demand from foreign markets for lumber and steel and irou was beyouo all experience. Tho forces were doubled nud the wheels were never still; but the manufacturers were unable to supply what was want ed and the people who wanted it most forced up the prices. Irou contracts that were being let at a 5 per cent, increase soon went tip to 25 per cent. Plumbing supplies are 15 nud 18 per cent, higher than they were a year ago. The same is true of all kinds of hardware and other staples, while oil fancy iron, marble and woodwork there has been a rise of 40 and 50 per sent. A building that could have been erected for 3250,000 last year would cost $050,000 now, but there does not seem to be any indication of a let-up. Every architect in town is busy, every builder has all the work lie can do, while the real estate exchauge reports unprecedented activity among invest ors. —Chicago Reoord. Keep* No Record of It* Transaction!). One of the most extraordinary fea tures of the British Cabinet is the fact that its transactions are never record ed. What is douo or said there lives, perhaps, iu tho memory of the men who Hi'o present, but not a book is kept nor a line written as to what is done. Acts speak for themselves, and a cabinet is held responsible by tho pcoplo of this eouutry for what it docs. The only other person concerned is the Queen, and she learns what has taken place from ttic communication which it is the duty of every Prime Minister to send her as soon as tho proceedings arc closed. Occasionally a cabinet, council wit nesses a "scone." The incident, however, is never of an exciting char, ncter. If a minister finds himself out of touch with the rest of his colleagues and resolves to resign, ho intimates in n quiet way that he will hand in liis resignation. It is these little differ ences of opinion shown at the secret meetings of (Treat Britain's Ministers that would make the presence of a re porter thereat so valuablo to history. —London Answers, Railroad Dram mar. "What was the next station?" "You mean what is tho next sta tion." "No. What was is, isn't it?" "That doesn't make any difference, i Is is was, but was is not necessarily | is." "Look here; what was, is, and what is, is. Is was is or is is was." "Nonsense. Was may he is, but is is not was. It was was, but if was was is, then is isn't is or was wasn't was. If was is, was is was, isn't it? But if is is was then " "Listeu. Is is, was was, aud is was and was is; therefore is was is and was is was, and if was was is, is i.j is, and was wan was aud is is was." "Shut up, will you! I've gone by my station already."—Life. The Original American Grape. The ancestor of all our nativo out door grapes is the original wild grape which the Norsemen found on the shores of Viuelnnd. The Concord is supposed to be the wild grape cbauged through cultivation. Curi ously enough, tho seedlings of the Concord often turn out white grapes, aud a dozen or so well-known varie ties, white, led and dark, originated in this way,—Bpringlield Republican. THE VELDT BOER OF FACT CHARACTER SKETCH OF THE TRANS VAALER FROM AN ENCLISH PEN. A War Correapomlenfc Who Think* Htm to Re a Quito Different Creature From the Ideal Rullt I'p By Sentimentalists —The lloer Vrouvv'a Ambition. There is no abler war correspondent in South Africa to-day than William Maxwell, of the London Standard. He sends to his paper a description of tho Boer as he finds him, which is the best, and on tho whole the most im partial, character sketch that has como from an English pen. In the course of a most interesting letter, Mr. Maxwell says: "Between the Boer of fiction and of fact there is no affinity. They differ as muoh a6 the 'noble redman' who scalps his way through the pages of Fenimore Cooper differs from his squalid, degenerate son in the native reserve. The Boer of fiction id a chivalrous, though somewhat sleepy, gentleman in corduroy—a mountain of beef and bone, given to solitary musing, and to the shooting of buck or 'redcoats,' whichever happen to cross his path. Hunter and hermit, patriot and philosopher, is the mix ture out of which he is compounded. The Boer of fact is a creature of an other cliy. He is a dull, lumpish, lazy animal, with a capacity for iguo rance, superstition and tyranny un surpassed by any white race. His good qualities—for he has redeeming characteristics—appeal strongly to the imagination. He clings with the pas sionate fervor of a Covenanter to the simple and sublime faith of the literal teaching of the Bible. Love of inde pendence is deep rooted in his nature. Tho history of South Africa during two and a half centuries is full of ex amples of his dogged aud unconquer able spirit. But he has in overpower ing degree the defects of these quali ties. His piety is apt to degenerate into superstition and sanctimonious Pharisaism. Lovo of independence has begot in him hate of everything that might tend to disturb his rever ence for the past, and suspicion of the stranger who threatens to "tread him to death" in the solitude of the veldt. "The absolute seclusion and inde pendence of the pastoral life of tho Boer farmer are accountable for his ignorance. His education is limited to six months' instruction by a tutor, who visits tho farm on the silent veldt as soon as the children of the family are grown up. Few of them can read, and still fewer aro able to write. Yet the Boer will tolerate nothing that would dispel his ignorance or contra dict his superstitions. He is still con vinced that the sun moves round tho earth, and that tho earth is a flat and solid substance resting on unseen foundations. "Persistence in tho ways of his fathers is a strong characteristic of the Boer. Except iu the Free State, where a few fanners have outraged public opinion and flown in the face of Providence by introducing machin ery, the method of cultivating the soil is that of Syria and Palestine. Corn is still trodden, and the law is 'Thou shalt uot muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.' But the ox that presumes to think himself worthy of his reward is beaten unmercifully. Thus is ttie letter of the Law of Moses observed. There is nothing tho Boer is not capable of doing with a good conscience. "As a family man tho Boer's repu tation would justify him iu becoming a caudidato for the Dun now Flitch. Surly and suspicious in manner, heavy and uncouth in his ways, shy and re served among strangers, you may win him to a gruff cordiality, if you are a husband and father, aud care to listen ' to the details of his domestic life. But although the Boer certainly cher ishes with deep affection his wife aud children, he treats them according to Oriental rather than European ideas. The women always stand till the men are seated, and are not served until the wants of their lords and masters are satisfied. I am describing the customs of the farmer who lives on tho veldt, and has no acquaintance with Western maimers. Such a man is little romoved from a state of bar barism, and his surroundings are of ten as squalid as those of a Kaffir. De spite this patriarchial rule, the vromv has groat influence over her man, and is credited with having ou more than one occasion screwed his courage up to the fighting point. The Boer vrouw is not a beauty, notwithstanding the care with which she preserves hei complexion from the effects of the sun. Her ambition, like that of the fish wives at Schoveningen, is to become as fat as an ox, though, unlike the Dutch wife, slio is not an example ol scrupulous cleanliness. The Boer is not hospitable. He resents the pres ence of strangers, aud, being too lazy to cultivate moro thau is necessary for the immediate wants of his family, he has nothing to spare for uninvited guests. "There is a higher typo of Boer, who is comparatively clean in person and almost European iu thought and habit. He may be as corrupt and sly—'slim' is tho word they use—as his detractors make out, yet he is less objectionable thau the semi-barbarous fanatic on t-lie veldt. Where he is in a decided majority ho is arrogant and overbearing, but he is easily cowed by the display of physical force. The Boer of the farm aud the veldt, as well as of tho border towns, is less amenable to reason. His phenomenal ignorance, liis monumental conceit, his unconquerable hatred of tho British, make him a tyrant. The Boor is firmly convinced that the British are a race of cowards. Not all the eloquence of Mr. Gladstone could persuade him that tho color of the British flag is not white, or that the independence of the Transvaal was not won by arms at I Langs Nek aud Majuba." < fRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENTS. While the car famine of whioh ship persaud railroad men have complainod of late has not ceased, another vexa tion is reported. Owing to a lack of proper elevator capacity and other causes great delays in unloading arc noted at terminal points. The trolley Hue in Kingston, Ja maica, which replaced the old mule drawn cars last April, has already built up traffic to such an extent that more ears have hcon ordered. A com paratively novel feature of tho King, ston system is that marketmen are carried for reduced fares, aud ride in "trailers" attached to tho other ears. The United States Consul at Sierra Leone emphasizes the fact that the people of West Africa wear cotton cloth almost exclusively, nnd that there are countless millions of them, too. To get their patronage, he says, it would be wise to study their special religious and other fancies, so that the designs of printed goods will np poal strongly to them. Certain ani mals, trees, plants aud even shells are hold in great veuoratiou by tho West Africaus. It is not necessary to allow any credits there. Two of the most conservative and reputable of machine tool makers in this country have kept prices down to [ the old levol duriug the general rise of the last two months, but have at last departed from that policy. Ac cording to the American Machinist it has been decidod by a certain other manufacturer in the same line of in dustry to adopt a new commercial pol icy—to leave tho fixing of prices 011 goods that have been ordered until the first day of the month of delivery, but the buyer shall have the privilego of cancelling the order if he is dissat isfied with tho price. The apple crop of Germany being a small one this seasou, the importa tion of fruit l'row America has begun earlier than usual, nnd tho United States Consul nt Glauchau says that the amount to bo sold there by this country will probably be large. Ger many took only 22,861 barrels of Amerioan apples in 1898, but this seasou sho may call for 109,000 or more. Inasmuch as Canadian ex porters take great care iu the packing of fruit and get a little better freight rates, American shippers are advised to match their rivals with first-class fruit. WISE WORDS. To .have uo faults is to have no friends. A great sotil is tho greatest thing in the world. Every wrong act kills something good somewhere. The heathen do not all live in a heathen country. No back ever breaks under the burden love gives it. It is easier to run with tho crowd than it is to walk atone. The pruning that helps us most is done with the sharpest knife. The mauwho uover praises his wife would have a better oue if he did. The cheerful giver will never have to go out of tho business for waut of capital. The greatness of the present can not ho rightly judged by those who are living now. No mail has any more right to stay over uight iu a house built ou tho sand thau he has to live iu oue. If putting on our silk hats would only mako us as big as we want to be, j what a crowd of giouts there would bo! Buskin could see beauty in the dust, and yet some folks cau see noth ing but a spell of weather iu the rain bow. Thoro are folks who never givo away any milk until after they skim it, aud then thoy want credit for cream. If you waut a favor from your friend, go to seo him ou a bright day. If you waut to do him 11 favor, go 011 a dark day. If sorno of us would only think twice before we speak ouee what a quiet time there would be.—Bain's Horn Brown, iu Indianapolis News. Some Ancient Wit. Iu Passages From the Diaries of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Porrys there are some amusing chronicles of eighteenth century small beer. For example.- "Princess Amelia asked a remarkably tall young man what lie was intended for. "I'he church,'said he. 'Oh, sir, you must mistake,' said the princess; 'it was certainly for the steeple.' Hitherto this retort has been attribut ed to Cm-ran. Mrs. Porrys also uotes a uew Pope pitn. One day Sir Walter Bluut's father was in Pope's company, aud talkiug of jiupniug. Pope said that was a species of wit so trifliugly easy that he would auswer to make oue on any proposed subject offhand, when a lady in tho company said: 'Well, Mr. Pope, make oue ou keel hauling.' He instantly replied: 'That, madam, is indeed putting a man under a hardship.'"—Argonaut. l'erfluailitii; the Isig Hoy. Seldom in any age havo small hoys been fully persuaded of the beauties of "moral suasion," and it is natural that visitors to the New York head quarters of "Our Animal Protective League" should follow the majority. We quote the Times: "What should I do," asked ouo Binall boy, "if I should see a boy who was beating a dog?" "Couldn't you persuade him not to?" lie was asked. "I might if ho was my size," ho answered, "but what should I do if he was bigger than I nui?" HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, To Detect Water In Milk. Hevo is a method said to be sure for detecting water in milk. An old fashioned steel knitting needle should be dipped into the milk. If, when it is withdrawn, a drop of the milk clings to the needle, the milk is pure. If, on the other hand, the needle comes out clean and dropless, it reveals the fact that water, perhaps a very small amount, but water to some extent, has been added. Proper llcAt ink of Ilio ll. Seventy degrees Fahrenheit is a good temperature at which to keep the', house. If the ventilation is so arranged that the impure air passes out, and there is a proper supply of pure air, all the healthy members of the family will feel comfortably warm. It is a mistake to make one or two rooms hot and keep the rest of tho house at a much lower temperature; no better system could be devised for producing colds.—Ladies' Home Jour nal. flow to Care For Silverware. Any kind of plate in daily use may be cleaned by immersion in strong borax and water for two or three hours. The water should be boiling when the borax and silver are put in. After the plate is dry rub with a little silvor powder and polish with chamois. If silver ornaments in the drawing room are not kept in a case, they soon tarnish. They can be brightened by dipping the articles in to a strong solution of ammonia and hot water. Silver should never bo rubbed with flannel or cotton cloth. Tho plate not in general use should be wrapped carefully in tissue paper to exclude light and air, as these are the two factors that cause silver to tarnish. Expedient* in the Sick-ltoom. Where no regular system of ventila tion exists the windows may be raised several inches, resting on a board made to lit the window, thus forcing an indirect draft over tho top of the sash. An adjoining room may bo well ventilated, and then the doors opened into the sick-room. In warm weather a screen may keep the draft from the bed, and plenty of air be ad mitted. When a siok person begins to count tho pictures on tho wall paper, following tho designs with eye or fiugor, ib will waste the flagging energy as almost nothing else will do. It is time then to cover the wall with a curtain of chccse-cloth, or even a sheet, hanging a favorite picture for a central object of vision, to bo replaced occasionally with a fresh one.—Wom an's Home Companion. Cofteo Jtwle in Glass. Hero is a method of making coffee which maybe worth trying to those who like their inoruiug cup stroug. It is practically tho French drip method, but tho distinguishing char* | acteristie is that it is made in glass, instead of metal. Buy from a depot of medical supplies an annealed glass flask about tho size of an ordinary water bottle. Boiling water will not break it. A glass funnel and a square of coarse muslin complete the coffee machine. The water should boil over a spirit lamp placed 011 the table, in order that it may bo used at precisely the right moment. Fill tho fuuuel, lined with a muslin square, with freshly ground coffee, a heaping tablespoonful to the cup. The flask should lirst be heated by pour ing in a little boiling \frater. The coffee is made by pouring boiling water through the funnel iuto tho flask. It is very black, aud most people will prefer their cups half filled with hot water, Kncipes. Chopped Steak 011 Toast—Chop one pound of rump steak very flue aud put it in a stewing pan. together with one-half cupful of water, one table spoonful each of butter and lemon juico cud a tcaspoonful of chopped parsley. Fry n chopped onion in but ter until a light brown aud add to the other ingredients. Boil for ten minutes and serve on small squares of tonst, Steamed Hatter Pudding—Beat two egg.s and one tablespoonful of sugar to u cream; add one tablespoonful of melted butter, one cupful of milk and two cupfuls of flour, in which two ten spoonfuls of baking powder have boon sifted. Beat well aud pour the. batter ovov any desired fruit in a pudding mold. Steam for ouehour and twenty minutes and serve with a hot sauce. Spaghetti (Mexican Slyle)—Put 11 tcaspoonful of lard aud butter in a porcelain saucepan. When hot, add one-quarter pound of spaghetti broken into desired lengths, half an onion sliced, one large tomato sliced, popper and salt and a dash of cayenne pepper. Stir to prevent burning and allow to brown slightly. Thou add one.largo cup stock or hot water aud boil until the water has been absorbed, being sure the spaghetti is tender. Mashed Potatoes (French Style)— When the potatoes are tender, but not overdone, they should he drained, sprinkled with a little salt, aud then put iuto the oven for a little while to bo completely dried. They should now be strained through a hot colan der into a hot saucepan, a large piece of butter anil half a cup of milk added, thou beaten to a pulp; add another bib of butter aud send to the table heaped lightly 011 a hot dish. Stuffed Green Peppers—Take fivo peppers, cut off the tops and take out the reeds. Boil for an hour in salted ooil'ng water enough macaroni to lilt tho peppers; when tender mince, add a tablespoonful of butter and two tablespooufuls of grated ham; fill tha peppers, dust openings with grated breadcrumbs, sprinkle with milk and bits of butter, put in oven for ten minutes aud serve. Tho peppers cau be opeued lengthwise if preferred. kL.-'i 1 " -r f 1 *" life The "Ivory" is a favorite shaving soap because it makes a profuse rich lather, which softens the beard to be removed and leaves the skin unharmed. It costs about one-fifth as much as the so-called shaving soaps and many who have used it for this purpose for years, will not have any other. I he vegetable oils of which Ivory Soap is made, lit it for many special ases tor which other soaps are unsafe or unsatisfactory. looted II i tut i. A new variety of the "everyday phi losopher" is pictured by the Chicago News in the person of a man who. it says, came racing down the iron steps which led to the train-shed at the Northwestern depot. JUBt as a train was pulling out. He was stout and per spiring, and his arms were tilled with bundles. Everybody got out of his way as he chased the rear car down the long platform, some shouting ad vice and pleasant comment after him. Some sportively inclined people offered bets in a loud voice on his chances of catching the train, and others laughed at his grim determination. But he caught it and was hoisted up on the platform by a trainman without the. loss of a bundle. He shook his fist at the cheering crowd behind him. and went inside the car with the blessed sense of having won. It was only when the conductor came around for his ticket that he learned that he was on the Milwaukee division train bound for Evanston without a stop, when he should have been moving to ward Park Ridge, which lies in a dif ferent direction. Most men would have said something ugly. This man only smiled. "There's one comfort about it," said he. "Those idiots in the depot will never know how 1 fooled them. Tfcev think 1 caught the right train." The largest library of small books in the world belongs to a Frenchman, who boasts that lie can pack 700 of his pocket editions in a single portmanteau. —At BcUvillc, Kan., a circus changed its line of parade in order that two sick boys might look out of the window and see the procession go by. If 9ou will return this coupon end three I one cent stamps to the J. C. X Aver Co., Lowell, Mass., you will receive in return a copy of the 20th Centurv Year Book. This is not an ordinary almanac, hut a handsome book, copiously illustrated, and sold for 5 cents on all news-stands. (We simply 1 allow you the two cents you spend in postage for sending.) Great men have written for the Y ear Bcek. In it is summed up the progress of the :g;h cen tury. In each important line of ' work and thought the greatest | living specialist has recounted the events and advances of the past century and has prophesied what wc may expect of the next. Among the most noted of our contributors are : Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on Agriculture; Senator Chauncey M. 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Tne.v were fishing between Mission Rock and Goat Island when they saw the shark. It followed them persist ently, and once when it came boldly up to the boat the boatmen set upon it with oars, stretcher and gaff. A blow from the big brute's tall came near capsizing the Whitehall. Barnard barely escaped being drawn into the i sea through sinking the gaff into Ihe body of the shark, which set ofT at a j terrible speed, pulling the boat after him. It was so weak from the blows and from loss of blood that it was finally conquered. In tile fight the boatmen broke one oar and a stretcher. lures all Throat and ki)U( A dec COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. J Vis SURE/ Dp . Bull 3 Pills cure Dyspepsia. 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