Don't worry overmuch about those sharp pains in J your head. Seek their cause * in your liver. One Ayer's Pill at night ror a few nights drives away morn ing headaches. J. C. AYER COMPANY, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. ► Ayer's Sarsaparilla Ayer's Hair Vigor Ayer's Pills Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ayer's Ague Cure Ayer's Comatone Notes From tlie Pari* Exposition. "The Siuger Manufacturing Com pany, ot 149 Broadway, New York, show their usual American enterpriso by having a very creditable exhibit located In Group XIII., Class 79, at the Paris International Exposition, where they show to great advantage the cel ebrated Singer Sowlng-Machiue which is used In every country on the globe, both for family use and for manufac turing purposes. The writer was highly pleased with tills display and observed with much satisfaction that V It was favorably commented upon by visitors generally. The Grand Prize was awarded by the International Jury to Siuger Sew ing-Machines lor superior excellence In design, construction, efficiency and for remarkable development and adap tion to every stitching process used In either the family or the factory. Only One Graud Prize for sewing machines was awarded at Paris, and this distinction of absolutely superior merit contirnis the previous action of the International Jury at the World's Columbian Exposition, in Chicago, where Singer Machines received fifty four distinct awards, being more than were received by all other kinds of sewing machines combined. Should it be possible that any of our readers are unfamiliar with the celebrated Singer Machine, we would respectfully advise that they call at any of the Singer salesrooms, which Y can be found in all cities and most towns in the United States." Every year on June 30 the pension ers of the Civil War are counted. In June, 1898, the number on the lists was 993.714- East year there were about 2.000 less, and this year also there are fewer than in 1898. rcTXAM FADELESS DYE producos the fast est aud brightest colors of any known dye stud. Sold by ail druggists. A landslide occurred recently in Sat tel. Switzerland. An inn and its gar den and outbuildings slid down the hill side a distance of 35 feet without being in the least injured. Two stately elms in the garden were also moved without injury. Cannot lie Cured by local application*, ns they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness in caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous liningof tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness i* the result, and unless tho inflam mation can be taken out and tills tub© re ' stored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed foivver. Nine cases outof ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing butau in flamed rendition of tho mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars tor any case of Deafnes* (cau-ed by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. .1. CHENEY & Co., Tolodo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c Hall's Family I'll Is are the beat. The report of the geological surveyors appointed by the British government declares that reefs have been discover ed in two localities in Burniah, contain ing payable gold. To Core A Cold in One Poy. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggl*u refund the money if it falls to euro. E. W. GROVE'S signature Is on each box. 25c. Steamboats carry from 60.000 to 100.- 000 packages away from St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Mich., daily. Fits permanently cured. No fit* or norvons noes after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. ?2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr.R.U.KLiNB.Ltd.93I Arch StPhila.P* As late as the fifteenth century Vienna had no street lamps, and every wayfarer carried his lantern. I Inm sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mas. TIIOB. BOB BISH, Maple St.. Norwich. K. Y., Feb. 17.1U00. f The mackerel fishing on the south and southwest coasts of Ireland has been a failure this year. 25c. will cure the children of wormtroublos. Frey'. Vermifuge, at druggists, country stores or by mail. E.A 8. Frey, Baltimore, Md. A syndicate in Philadelphia is trying (o corner the entire cauliflower crop of Long Island. A dyfjertlc if never on good terms with himself. Something is always wrong. Gel it right by cbewlng Beeman's Pepsin Gum. The best lands of Germany arc now devoted to the culture of beet sugar, the greater portion of which is exported. Mrs.Winslow'pPoottolngPyrap forchlldran teething, softenß the gams, reduces inflmmmrv tion, allays pain, euros wind colic. 25c a bottle. Probably 100,000 people lost kindred in the Texas calamity. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever Is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It 1B simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No oute—no pay. Price 60c. a There are more muscles in the tail T of a cat than in a human hand. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. The man who pardons easily courts Injury. To see wbqt is right and not to do it, is want of courage. Affliction teaches a wicked man to pray; prosperity never. The superior man has dignified ease without pride; the mean mau has pride without dignified ease. See what a man does, mark bis mo tive, examine in what he rests; how can a man conceal his character? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do 110 know a thing, to allow that you do not know it—this is knowledge. What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who meet men with smartness of speech for the most part procure themselves hatred. Teach more self-denial and make its practice pleasurable, find you create I for the world a destiny more sublime than ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer. • A moral young man's characteris tics an* honesty of speech, respectabi lity of carriage, industry of mind and consideration for others. With these a young man is as "model" as it is given for an earthly being to l>e. The most vindictive people are those who have brought upon themselves the injury of which they complain. A drunkard who has exhausted the | patience of his relatives during long years of indulgence, instead of re- I memberlng their innumerable kind nesses, turns upon them when they put liiin under restraint. CATS IN COLD STORAGE. Six Months in a Low Tempornture Made n Change In Their Appearance. The effect of cold upon the capillary properties of certain animals was strikingly illustrated in New York some time ago. A warehouse man on Jane street was annoyed by the rav ages of hordes of mice. lie had little trouble In the main part of his build ing where a couple of well-truiued 1 cats kept the place tolerably free from I the pests, but in the cold-storage por- I tion the mice held full sway. They I nibbled into packages and boxes, and | destroyed such quantities of fruits that heroic measures were necessary. It seemed rather a cruel experiment, but the nuisance became so unbear able that he decided at last to install a cat in the cold-storage warehouse. Provision to a certain extent was made for her comfort, and she was left to her own devices and the mice. Pussy seemed to flourish, notwith standing the cold, and In the course of about a week became the mother of a fine litter of six kittens. After a time three of the latter were removed, but the old cat and her remaining progeny were left in their arctic quarters. When allowed out It was noticed that she grew weak and list less. She tottered about in an aim less way, as though nil energy and in terest in life were lost. As soon, how ever, as she was returned to her colli quarters, she recovered her vigor and became as bright and active as usual. A curious feature was soon observed in the kittens. They grew to an im mense size, their coats became long and shaggy, and the fur much coarser than that of an ordinary cat; it had also a peculiar tendency to curl. The feelers, or whiskers, too, grew to nearly double length, so that when they were placed beside the members of their own immediate family tho difference was so marked that they might have easily passed for an entirely different breed. The change took place within three months, giving a curious example of how suddenly and completely nature will adapt itself to the exigencies of climate with the young.—Washington Star. A Fonr-footed Policeman. Joe belonged to n llrm In Lelth; but he resolved to be a policeman. He was sent bnck several times to his owners, but returned so persistently tothe force that linnlly ho was allowed to join them. He had no ambition to rise in his profession. The sergeants treated him well, but he took little notice of them. He ordained to go on duty with constables only, and bis particular beat was the east end of Princes stijeet, with an occasional Inspection of Rose street. He walked at a measured (llgnilied pace, or ensconced himself at the base of an island lamppost opposite the Reg ister House, watching and observant Like Spot at Waverley. bustle and noise pleased blm. Ills tail was run over by a lorry once, and when any of Ills bluecouted friends Inquired about it he rose to show them the injured point People in civilian dress he did not encourage to speak to lilm. Tram way Inspectors or postmen he per mitted to commend htm, but the eon stables alone were allowed to pat lilm. He never shirked bis self-imposed work, for it was not only when the sun slione he acted as ofllcial watch- Jog. In foul or fair weather Joe was on duty superintending the regulation of traffic or parading his beat He fured sumptuously, for the neighboring ho tels kept their scraps for him. lie was given a collar and a coat and for six years he was In the force; but walking along Princes streets in August 1807, he fell dead at the heels of his biped comrade-guardian of the pence. He Is burled near to the scene of Ills con stant though unpaid labor in St. An drew Square Gardens. Joe, having placed himself under the eye of the law, could afford to wink at the tax collector.—Chambers's Journal. HER PRECIOUS LITTLE PURSE. Not much gold did she disburse, Yet we'll she siient each golden minute. She hail a precious little purse Aud there was precious little in it That was before she started out She meant to shop; her means were ample— When she got back that purse was stout For it was stuffed with many a sam ple. —Chicago Record. HUMOROUS. "Pa, why do they call it 'cold cash't" "Because people have a habit of freez ing to It, I guess." "My wife," boasted the happy young Benedict "is an open book to me." "Mine, too," declared the old married man. "I can't shut her up." Amicus—So you have another baby at your house. What Is he like? Eminent Critic—Well, he is not very Interesting, hut he is mighty convinc ing. "Didn't the quiet in the country be come monotonous to you?" "Quiet? We had to turn out about seven times every night and chase cows off the porch." "I wonder why they don't name one of tlie new ships the Mayflower?" "What for?" "Why. so that future generations can say their ancestors came over on It" "Little Jim, how can you rush around aud play so hard In hot weath er?" "Aw, ma, 'taint hot at all; me an' Tommy Tibhs lias bin a-playin' camp-out In a blizzard." The meanest man up to date Is Sniftklns. He sold Jones a half In terest In a cow, and then refused to divide the milk, maintaining that Jones owned the front end. Kodd—Are you going to take your servants with you camping out? Todd —lf I can get thein to. I want to get even with them for all the discom forts tliey have caused me. She —Of course, yon have heard of the theory that Bacon wrote Shakes peare's play? Cliolly—Aw—yea—aw— the Idea is that Shakespeare was Ba aon's nom de plume, is it not? "Now," said the new reporter, handing in his copy, "what shall I write about?" "I think," said the editor, after glancing at the stuff, you had better light about face, march!" Miss Johnson—Did he take It hard when yo' refused him? idlse Jack son—Yo' bet he took it hard! He started a row an' I hit him wlf a flat-iron, a an' a rollin'-pln. "You've given up swimming, haven't you?" "Yes. 1 don't mean to culti vate a talent that will put me in a position some time where the drown ing fellow who can't swim will be sure to drag me under." "Pa, why do they formally notify a man that he is nominated for presid ent?" "Well, mainly, 1 think, so that he can't get up after he fails to he elected in November and vow he wasn't lu polities at all." She (after discharging the new servant)—l wonder why they call the place where these girls come from an "Intelligence office?" There doesn't seem to b any there. He —-There must be some there, for none ever comes out of it Stox—Do you believe in women hav ing the same rights as men? Sluggs— Yes, I do. There was one stood in front of where I sat In a car today j and tramped all over iny feet, and if she'd been a miui I would have hit her one, sure. "You told me to come and begin work today," said the new boy. "Oh, yes," replied tlie druggist, "yon may begin by catching flies and putting thein ou these sheets of 'Sure Catcli Flypaper,' we're displaying In the window." "Well that's great." "What's great?" "Our Chinese laundrytnan lias put his prices up on account of the war In China." "How's that?" "Why, he says he has to be paid for the time he waists tolling people what ho thinks of It." "The hostess la a lovely woman and she gave us n tine dinner. But why did she seem In such a nervous hurry? Really, It was the swiftest feed 1 ever sat down to." "Then you didn't know her before she married Blxby ?" "No." "Sho used to be u waitress In a quick service dairy lunch." Observing the manager of tlie drug deportment the woman accosted him. In a spirit of badinage. "1 have klepto mania," she said. "What would you advise me to take?" "The elevator, by all menus!" said the manager wit tily. "And not something just as good?" exclaimed the woman affect ing great surprise. Where Women Are Never Imprisoned. Austria Is the one country In the world which never puts a woman tn prison. Instead of giving a female criminal so many months In Jail she Is sent, no matter how terrible Is her record, to one or other of the convents devoted for the purpose and kept there during the time for which she is sen tenced. The convent Is not a mere prl. on In disguise, for Its courtyard stands open all duy long, the only bar to egress being a nun who acts as portress, Just as In other convents. France's Fortreneee, France has on the German frontier three flrst-class fortresses—Belfort, Verdun nnd Brianeon; ou the Belgian frontier, Lille, Dunktork, Arrus and Donaz; on the Italian, Lyon, Grenoble and Besoneon, nnd on tlie Atlantic coast Rochefeit, Lorient and Brest SCIENCE NOTES. The mean density of the sun is only about one-fourth that of the earth. This low density is one of the several reasons for believing that the suu'a mass is gaseous throughout. As destroyers of many of our most pestiferous night-flying insects, like mosquitoes, the bat is almost our sole slependenee, and, as he is known to hunt insects afoot as well as on the wing, he is also of tome value for larvae that do uot fly. So says one of the scientists, who also credits the bat with destroying coddling moths. According to M. Sigrlste of the French Academy of Sciences, the only thoroughly scientific shutter for in stantaneous photography consists of a slit moving rapidly across the sen sitive plate. But to obtain good re sults, the space between the plate and the shutter should not exceed ono tenth of a millimetre, and the edges of the slit must be sharp and care fully beveled to exclude reflection. A remarkable effect of the great hurricane of IS9B in the West India •Islands was the complete disappear ance from the island of St. Vincent of n species of humming-bird, which, previous to the storm, had been one of the commonest and tamest birds that inhabited . the Island. Other species of humming-birds, of n larger size, survived tlie tempest, and are yet to be seen in St. Vincent, but the little bronze-green birds with erected crests, which formerly attracted much ad miration, are all gone. The brilliant "photosphere" of the sun is now held to be a shell of clouds, within the sun's gaseous mass, but at an altitude—or distance from tlie cen tre—such that the temperature is low enough for the partial condensation of those substances which are the most intractable to heat. This theory is well illustrated by steam issuing from tlie nozzle of a tea kettle. Steam is an invisible gns; but as soon as it becomes cooled below a certain poiut from contact with the outer air it condenses Into a visible vapor, form ing clouds. The droplets which form the solar clouds are probably mainly of carbon, although condensed to the liquid, or possibly the solid form, they are still hot enough to be intensely in candescent. Within a few years scientists have paid particular attention to the collec tion of skulls which bear wounds, and especially the weapon, and in our museums and those of Europe many remarkable and Interesting examples are known. In the French cavern of the Sordes, which may date back iIO.OOO years, more or less, a woman's skeleton was found, the skull of which had been beaten in with a flint weapon, a gap ing and terrible wound showing In the right side. Some attempts have been made at surgery, ns pieces of the broken bone had been removed anil the wound lind begun to Ileal when death ensued. In the Stone Age eaves of France many interesting specimens linve been found, pointing to the method of death by these crude but telling weapons. SOUARI NUTS IN CHICACO. 0(1(1 Products of ItrllUli Cuiann Finding Favor in Our Fruit Market!*. Souria or Su-war-rownuts from Brit ish Guiana made their first appear ance in the Chicago market during the last week and promise henceforth to become a regular contribution from South America to the commerce of the North American continent. The Souuri nut is very plentiful in parts of British Guinna, but so far as known is not found in any other country on the face of the earth. It is quite pal atable, but the shell is of unusual thickness and strength, and for this reason the nuts have never been high ly prized by the not over-industrious natives. In Chicago, however, the nut is llnding considerable favor and the importations In this direction promise to reach fully as large pro- IKjrtions as those of any other tropical or semi-tropical nut. Its sliaie and appearance Is quite odd. The color is about the same as that of a cocoa nut, but the exterior, instead of being hairy, is hard and warty and the nut is about treble the size of an ordinary Brazil nut after it has been extracted from the "pod" or covering in which It is grown. Imagine a dark colored lady's purse, well tilled and cut off squarely with a pair of scissors just above the contents, the upper sides re maining pressed together Just ns they were when the 6018801*8 began cutting them, and you have the nearest ap proach to the Souari nut. Fully two thirds of its bulk is shell and consider able power must be exerted to release the kerneL Tlie latter, however, is well worth the extra trouble. The Souarl Is classed by botanists as of the Cnryocan nudferum, or ten family, and Is also presumed by the in to be Indigenous to British Guiana. According to the botanists also It Is related to the butternut family, though It resembles its North American rel ative in nothing except perhaps the color which the letter's covering as sumes after it lias lieen darkened by frost and exjKisiiro. The name Su war-row is that by which It is com monly known in South America and is a corruption of the proper name. Const traders and others familiar with It have known it for years as the South American butternut This, too. Is presumed to have been because of its scientific classification.—Chicago Times-Herald. A gorgeous eostume Hashed "beneath the brilliant lights I Of ball room. The queen of society is radiant to-night. jj " The nervous hands of a weak woman have toiled day r and night, the weary form and aching head have known no j rest, for the dress must be finished in time. To that queen of society and her dressmaker we would say a word. One through hothouse culture, luxury and social excitement, and the other through the toil of necessity, may some day find their ailments a common cause. Nervous prostratio.n, excitability, fainting spells, dizzi- 1 ness, sleeplessness, loss of appetite and strength, all indicate I serious trouble, which has been promoted by an over-taxed | system. For the society queen and the dressmaker alike, there is I nothing so reliable as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable g Compound to restore strength, vigor, and happiness. g Mrs. Lizzie Anderson, 49 Union St., Salem, N. J., v/ritcs : " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM t—l feel it is my duty to wei'o end tell you hou 3 grateful I am to you for what your medicine has done forme. A nc '] time I suffered everything a woman could. I hod inflamm. on of the J ovaries, falling' of tlie womb, and leucorrhoeo. At times could not hold a ■'] needle to sew. The first dose of your Vegetable Compound helped mc so J much that I kept on using it. X have now taken six bottles and am well and able to do my work. I also ride a wheel and feel no bud effects from it. I urn thankful to the (liver of all good for giving you the wisdom of _, curing suffering women. I recommend your med icine to every woman troubled with any of these Mrs. Sarah Swoder, 103 West St., La Porte, Ind., writes: FLFLF W " HEAR MRS. I'INKUAM:—It gives me great iKftlS'.' pleasure to tell you how much good Lydia E. Xpm dify Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. (n . V I "I had been a sufferer for years with female ~ / time without suffering terribly with my liead. YA My back and kidneys also troubled me all the rtime. I was advised by a friend to take your med icine. I had no faith in it, but decided to try it. After taking one bottle 1 felt so much better that 3W' I continued its use, and by the time I had taken MRS.SARAH SWODCRI six bottles I was cured. There is no other medicine 1 'I for me. I recommend it to all my friends." I SKIM 1 B B U B B M H deposited with the National City ltank, of Lvnn, M.iss., fs.<Nx>, II H IMH ■ 1 which will be puid to any person who will show that the above SAjSU I JLB ml testimonials are not genuine, or were published before obtaining w THE writers' special permission.— LYDlA E. I'INKUAM MBDICINB CO. Biblical Customs in Abyssinia. I have alluded to the survival in Abys sinia of the manners and customs cf Bible times, says a correspondent of a London newspaper. You have only to stop at a well to realize the kind of scene at which Rebecca figured. In our conception of the word, it is not a well at all. Sometimes it is a pit in the sand, about 15 feet deep. At the bot tom of this is a hole as big as a wash hand basin, full of water, which has to be ladled out with a mug or cocoanut shell. The basin keeps on replenishing itself from the springs except in time of drouth. Beat Fop the Bowels, No matter what alls you, headache to a Cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cahcarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, {•roduoo easy natural movements, cost you ust 10 cents to start getting your health aok. Cascabeth Candy Cuthartlc, the I;enuine, put up in metul boxes, every tab- [ et has O.C.G. stumped ou it. Beware of imitations. Ihe English tobacco trade employs to-day 121 women to every 100 men. rt e* D,■ Rl9 Safest. surest cure for Is !■ Dili I S all lhr ° ht and hing • r troubles.Peoplepraise i Cough Syrup {yMrsiSSi Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, LIBBY'S g 11 Plates of Soup, 10c. | a 10-ct. can of Libby's Premier Soup akes eight plates of the best I soup you ever tasted. If there was away to make soup better, we would learn it buc there isn't. Oxtail Mullacatawncy Turtle Mock Turtle Chicken Kidney or Giblet Tomato Ready-made Sottps. One can will make you a convert. Libby, McNeill 6* Lib by, Chicago Write ° st ®l '°|j o 'p{^ re , c k°°p • "How ; Thompson's Eye Water The rough part of the Atlantic ocean is between the fortieth and fiftieth paral lels of north latitude. a3>ora.*-fc Stop Tobacco Suddenly! It injures nervous system to do so. Dipn PIIDn is tin* only run'that If cully Cures DAuU'uUnU iiutl notifies you when to stop. Sold with n guar untce tliut three boxes will cure nny cssr. Rlfln man is vegetable and harmless. It has DfIUU-UUnU cured thousands, it will cure you. At all dniKjrists or by mail prepaid. s I ,(K) a box; IMxixes, 52."0. Hooklet free. Writ'. ICL'ItEKA CIIEMII'AL CO., l.u Crosse, Wis. 1 If yon have been pnj- T "V iniC S4 to 9*i for shoos, / % at rial of W h. Doug- 31 las 93 or 98.50 shoes feflf igj- >5 will convince y° u that j*~7 V s yh jin every way and cost ffiMnhl Js from 91 to 91.50 less. f Over I,ooo,ooowearers. JfeZf 1 |rsf tAf i&s&tjats ! IX EYELETS VV^w wi " positively outwear \\\ 0, two pairs of ordinary I'.' S3 or $3 S6 t 'r ,c!s '> tlinn nnv otner two manufacturers in the U. S. r>T h , e cepututlon of W. L. DCOT ojigi,, 13.00 and is-wuho.., for nror OtOI *'J I®, comfort, and weuri* known BEST ao CM J.V rjF T hore!hp " u*ho,,,,hew,wW s3 50 Z^ 7 il." veto .P iv * bp,,fr so nn til -!U °% SJ.UO ennr J u V alH '*y been SHOE T ! i0 h '* h ,hat ,he w 'rer OUfIC ' , C h , 'r f o more ,or thwp SHOE. than they can get elsewhere V 1 1 1 - -* f KAfcO.N' more W. I. lJnuir'a. i i ami at are* Tnii? n n f-r' 'l'•'riorir them tv. spiv#. n. a i * ," ur dca.er should keep T. W A'/ I '/ "le in each town ■ ukc no aiiliHtltute! Inmt on hnvina W I S W in h n * me ,nd pr "' p ~ <>n bottom" d ? , *. r W,U no " r * t ,h ' m yo„. ,i nd dinette Our Jo., will r..ch ny wl,. r„ P r ! , ,„ri"'>Se P N. U. 41, 'OO. That Little Book For Ladies. SaS SLICK IIAKON. Hocukktkr. N. Y. DROPSY qnick rli*fand on to.'worst oaaea- B> * *>f testimonial* und lOiinia' tntmut Free. Dr. 11. B. QUEEN'S BOMS. Box B Atlanta. On.
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