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to take Dr. Dtvid K innrdy's Favorite
Roinedy. 1 leit baiter almost instancy, wtien
I had taV-n about tvo bntties. the finw frotn
the bladdar was mur.h cK-anr. the ot" stop
ped, and 1 was savad from the tuigcon's knife
end am now well."
Dr. W. H. Morse, the famous physi
cian of West field, N. J., has this to 'say
of this great medicine :
"! have known It to cure chronic Inlam
irafion of the kidnnvs, where the r'trnding
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Pr. HM Kennedy's Salt Iternm ( ream rtirei
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Crlae-Croaa.
Ehe wonid rot show t.er love. ah. rot
ThouKh In her eyes 'twns halt teveakd;
And he was dull at pui2ies i-o
Cine romance sttll la veil concealed.
Detroit Free Press.
Sit Unite.
Kind Lady Certainly, we will give
you something to cut, my poor fel
low. Come in nml tulte a ieat until
the meal is ready.
Poor Tramp Ah. bless you, my
(laughter! This is Heaven!
"Oh, r.o, it Itn't; it is n cooking
school. M
"A what? Fxeuse me, Aunt .lane,
but I ain't got it that bad." Phila
delphia bulletin.
A Comfortlna; Aaanrnnce.
"Do you think that 1 am compe
tent to fill this government posi
tion?" said the conscientious man.
"Don't have a moment's doubt,"
answered the friend, who is rich in
worldly experience. "Anybody who
is smart enough to get a political
place nowadays is smart enough to
fill it." Washington (star.
Eneter Than Honaerlean Ins;.
Samson had just pulled the temple
down on himself.
"You see." he gasped, "it will do
away with the spring house clean
ing." Iienllzing too late what a great
mar he was. the people made haste
to ao r.im reverence. jN. Y. Tribune.
laveatlona That sell.
Two inventors want to see you,
sir. One has a rapid-firing gun. war
ranted to kill 50 men in SO f ecor.ris,
and the other has a new patent life
saving apparatus.
Capitalist Show in the man with
the gun. Kick the other fellow out.
N. Y. Weekly.
More rraetleal.
He (ardently) If had you to en
courage me, I feel confident that,
some day, my nnme would be re
corded on the tablet of tame.
She (lightly) What'a the matter
with the financial register! llrook
lyn Life.
A Marvel.
"What do you think is the most
extraordinary invention of the age?"
"The phonograph," answered Mr.
Meekton, promptly; "the way that
machine stands and talks back to
Henrietta positively takes my breath
away." Washington Star.
AbBfylatelr Pat Hope.
"She is the inot inconsistent woman
I ever knew."
"Xcver does what she ought to or
what you expect, eh?"
"That, is just it. Sometimes she
does." She is inconsistently inconsis
tent." X. Y. Times.
Hat Mia Fault.
Itobbie I saw you kitting my sifcler,
and 1 want ten cents.
C'astleton Hut you are mistaken,
Hobble. I wasn't kissing your sit.tr.
"Same thing you could if you bad
wanted to." Brooklyn Life.
Mailer of W ill.
Smiles Will power is a great thing.
Now 1 have sulbcient will power to
either keep on drinking or stop.
Giles Yes, I've noticed that every
time you see a saloon you slt:p. Chi
cago Daily News.
atatSattCOfctuMba.
'lealth
" For 25 years I have never
missed taking Ayer'i Sarssparilla
every spring. It cleanses my
Mood, makes me feel sironr;, and
docs me good in every way."
John P. Hudnetle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pure and rich blood
carries new life to every
part of the body. You
are invigorated, refreshed.
You fctl anxious to be
sctive. You become strong,
steady.cGursous. That's
what Aycr's Sarsrparilla
will do for you.
il COaUula. All dmfit.l.
amir"?-? f
RAILWAY TRAVELING RISKS.
The. Mnen of nclnnil Snld to fie
Murh Snfer Thn n 1 hoae of
Thla ( fianlry.
Ic 1'ifll train acridriils did not
rnuse the der.fh of a single pnsenrri.r
in the llrfti-di isleu, though this was
the fiiv-t year in railway history in
which no prnfifyir. a result was
ahown, according to th'e l.ondfui Mai'.
Against this the statistical report ot
the infrstate coitunerce commission
of the I'nited States shows that in
the yenv ending June M: Knit) the
latest figures available IM'J passen-
rrers were killed und l.l-S were in
jured in rnilwny neeidents in the
I'nited States. Ineludinp; deaths mid
injuries to employes nml tri'spnssera
the fifrures reaeheti a total of 7.q,'5
killed and ,'0,:i''0 injured. Many of
the accidents in which these casual
ties arose were due to carelessness
on the part of railway servants.
ihe reports of the ICnlish railway
companies in l'.Hit indicated that, by
nccidents directly or indirectly con
nected with railways the best fig
ures that enn be compared with the
prered intr proup 1.277 persons were
killed and IS. .17.1 injured.
Hallway accident insurance rnt-.'s
In the states are far burner than
tiiose existine; here, which are infin
itesimal ns compared with the pre
miums charged for general insurance
against nccidents. It will be seen
how good a risk railway accident in
surances are for Knglish companies
when it is said that the average num
ber of fatal accidents among passen
gers is only about one In every 4.0(10,
000 per annum, or ten persons in the
whole population. Futhcrmore, most
of the Knglish companies offer dou
ble payments in case of death by
railway accidents.
GETTING DRUNK ON BREAD.
Chemist Suva II t an He Hone If One
Eata F.nonah o' e lrrrali
Article.
"You could get drunk on fretli bread
if you eat enough of it at one time,"
said a chemist ton woman with a white
ribbon in her buttonhole.
"1 don't believe it," the woman an
swered, reports the l'hiladelphia ltec
ord. "And yet it is a fact," the chemist
pursued. It used to be thought that
the alcohol w hich bread in its ferment
ing generated all passed out in the
baking, but Thomas Kolas, a distin
guished scientist, has proved that
bread, after it is ready for eating, st ill
contains alcohol. I myself analyzed
the other day 12 loaves of fresh bread,
and found that they contained on the
average alcohol in the proportion of
.314 per-cent. When, therefore, you
have eaten 100 pounds of bread yon
have consumed five ounces of alcohol.
That is quite as much alcohol as you
get in a pint of whisky.
"You, madam, eat, 1 fancy, about 30
pounds of bread a j ear. That is 3,500
pounds in ten years. In those 3,500
pounds there are 175 ouncesof alcohol,
which is the same as 17 quarts of w his
ky. Think of it! Every len years you
consume 17 quarts of whisky with your
bread !"
"I don't believe it," said the woman
with the white ribbon.
CAPACITY FOR SILENCE.
Rnft'linh Pro pie I-end Those of All
Other Xntlnna In Ihe Art of
Keenlnir Still.
The Anprlo-Knxon race, ncoordinf? to
a writer in the Lontlon Queen, hr.s a
tremeniloiiH en pari tj- for silence. "Re
cently," he says, "I have been traveling:
and seeing at close curirtera people of
nearly all European rations, as well as
Americans. Arabs, negroes and Her
bert?, Of these the English and Ameri
cans seem to have must closely laid to
heart Kosf-.enus doctrine regardinp
the vanity of continual chattering. I
oficn see Knglish people sitting in sol
emn silence at their little table? in the
saile-a-manper, reanlinfr, vvith a cer
tain frigid purprise, their chattering
and lanhing neighbors. Americans
may be. as they are often Raid to be.
brilliant converwntionnlintB in general
society, hut they have apparently lit
tle to say in the family circle. French
family parties-- make their vtc!Kin ring
with their Fallies. (Germans lift the
roof with their gnttcrnl uproar. The
peculiar, complaining Round of Italian
voices seldom ceases even for a mo
ment, but I have nern an American
coupie sit through dinner in unbroken
filtnce, and in the hotel in which I am
now (slaving, I (line every evening at
the table next to an American father,
mother and tm strapping daughters,
w ho tekioiii ut ter a win d and never
carry on continuous eonverpai ton.'
The America it Nile.
Tiiifi name, Mr. li. II. Kin bes. of the
agi icuit iii al cxpei in.cnt tstation at
Tucson. Ariz., myt. is applicable to the
river Colorado because of its nosibili
tit as a fource of irrigation for the
elhiviiil bottom lands tlmt surround it
P.etween 400.000 and M0,(MK acres of
these lands have been surveyed. The
Colorado resembles the Nile in being
subject to an annual summer rise suf
ficient to overflow ihe extensive areas
of its bonier and delta land. Its si It
also possess great fertilizing proper
ties, sy that lamia irrigated with the
Cn him do muddy wa ters rrijui re no
additional fen ill at ion. Mr. Korbes
vers that when the Colorado is fu!!v
uti'iied it will become ''the mot her of
an occidental Egypt."
A filramrr'i Momentum.
Ex peri ii, e n t s show that a large ocean
steamer, g"ing at knots an hour.
w ill move o i-r a '(! ihta nee of t o niitet
after hs engines are Mopped and re
veiled, anti no authority jivea lets than
a mile or a mile and a iiaif as titer
quired spm-e to ttop its progreK.
O ANTED Fnithful pirson to
trHVt-1 for well etnblishod house
in a few counties, calling on retail
iiiereliantH rnsil agents Local terri
i tory. K.ilary tlO.'J n year and ex
penses, 'uyuble J19.T0 a week in
cali and expense advanced I'oi
ti'in permanent. Bu.Miiess sueefv
ful Bud msliing. Standard lluusw,
L'taiborn !-t. CliivKS-J. 6 1-3
TKMPTIXCi A MUSTEK
nv c. (s. iitivii,i.
(Jorpe EfJinri & Co. wcie oipnnid at
11, At tirt U'u.ts to hive hern Eianri"
ft H rndTron, tor Hiny Hrndei sn flnsthe
junior pnnrrr. Atterwn'd it df-ulp.l
th'it it ; i i t I ri hp better to muke Nellie Kinn
f'W tlir? nilice boy. nml, in nilr to avoid on
plenant comiilicjitioii. sut li aa lit i y .
!hpy made liet- a member of thrhim.
with the under! :i ml in that s!ie warn to
be a dcct.Ieiliy silnnt pmtner.
The Hun of Kriiriei & Co. traniirled
a job T"'in'ii'S bn-ineN, (Jeorfre had
Ihcii presented w i t h a handpreKS that wa
too lnrne tn be reir.i riled n men toy. and
Harry' father had piven hi )n seveial
new fonts of type.
Kv pool ing their intere!! thr found tbnt
they w onld hnve a enn-ddeiable stork. n
t-iry rrtiinl to a c'Tner nml drew up the
1;h t nei -.hip. Mi . Et urn-is le;iH.'d space in
his stable to the new mm for 2n ernt a
week, with the express uniierstanditiff that
they cleaned their tjpe with lye instead of
beii.ine.
Itolli boys hml firown familiar with type
setting thronph Harry's wmaller pre. and
noon they not only lmd tht ir printing nflice
etabli-lied, but they were in proud ob--to--ion
of a tin bufine s'Kti. made for theni
by the rcjjular rign painter in return for lt0
huitie" cards.
The prtrentu of the headw of the firm wpre
mildly kepttenl as to the in! inn powers of
the concern, but before the month ton over
thov had to admit it was ftrietly bnnes.
There were internal dw-rnMom. of course,
a when Harry made the ridiculous rate of
two cents a dozen for pome caid to Erank
Seymour because (Jertio Seynumr wan a
pretty pirl.
(ieorge retaliated by printing fiertie her
self another two dozen cards for nothing
at all, anil after that he and not Harry car-,
tied ber school books home for her.
Eor n week huine-" was MiMcnded. jnd
the firm was threatened. Then Nellie told
Ham of an order that amounted to a whole
lobar and a quarter, and a truce was patch
ed up. the leading feature of which was the
understanding that prices were to be fixed
by the three partners ntjoint see-ion.
Nellie canvassed for orders, and they final
ly grew so prosperous that they decided to
have a letter head and call themselves a
"Printery."
I hey even latd in a new line of fancy cards.
and were considering the idea of getting out
comic Valentine, when the town election
came and gave them higher ideals.
There were no job otlues in the town.
for Ha-ting- wa not large enough to sup
port a local paper. The day of the election
the mail train was wrecked and the ballot.
that had been ordered from the county seat
were burned in t be express car.
Then the town clerk tinned to the
printery. The pi-briery promptly turned
out the ballots.
Later in the afternoon Tlioma Jackson
put in an appearance. Mr. Jackson was the
richest man in Ha-ding. He was running
for ofHie on an independent ticket and the
town clerk had conveniently ioigottcn to
provide hi ballots.
The printery was very tired. From the
lenior partner to the silent one they had
hurried to get the regular job out, and now
here was Mr. Jackson insisting that they
print another set.
''Never mind making a price," he said;
"Ell make it all right with you; only have
the baljots down at the town hall at 8
o clock and see that no one ge'.s them but
me."
Mr. Jackson had been gone only half an
hour and the forms were abuo.-t completed
when the town clerk entered.
"Has Jack-son been here," lie demanded.
The children said that he had.
The clerk unfolded a crisp $10 bill. "I
paid $o for the other ballots," he said
smoothly. "I am willing to pay $10 for t he
ones Jackson ordered, and you won't even
have to print them. Just upset that type
and tell him you couldn't get them ready.
Ell leave the money now. 1 can truart to
your honor."
The three looked at each other. Fifteen
dollars for the printery in one day was a
terrible temptation. The clerk had ordered
two sets of ballots, so that they eouid not
very well charge Mr. Jackson more than half
that sum for his single set.
It was an awful temptation, but George
was equal to the situation. He picked up
the bill.
- "Mr. Stevens, " he called after the re
treating figure. "Better take this. The
printery of Eraneis & Co. intends to do right
by all of its patrons."
Stevens turned angrily. "What do you
mean?" he demanded. "Don't you want the
money?"
"We want the money," George retorted
quietly, "but we want honest money."
With a face red with anger Stevens
snatched the bill and at these tne time etruck
out at the boy. George swiftly stepped to
one side, and instead of hitting him Stevens
arm swept over the table and upset the can
of lie with which they had been cleaning the
type.
With a howl he dashed out of the place.
for the lye had spilled tftr his leg. Two
L 1 . . . , .. t cV,,.' 1. 1
trousers was well circulated about the vil
lage. That evening the printery made delivery
of the Iwlhits to Mr. Jack-on, ami after the
most exciting contest in the history of the
town Mr, Jackson was elected.
Tne children sent him a bill for $2.50, but
beyond a note of thanks they received no
reply for more than a month.
Then one Saturday afternoon one of the
Jackon trucks drove up to the door of the
printery and unloaded a brand new press
and huge boxes of type. With it was a note
from Jackson which read:
"My Dear Children I send payment for
my bill, which you will ph-a-e receipt. The
siorv ot how vou withstood Stevens tempta
tion is known to me, and I know that you
saved tt:e election lor me. 1 am sending a
prcs, which -I hope will be frequently put
to my serviie. I need a lot of printing and
shall ee that the printery of Eram,i--8M "o
gets my work, since it has proved themt lve
to he reliable, l.iithltply your,
Thomas Jackon.
Eor a moment nothing was heard in the
ufhve. T!im, even the i-iient partner let out
a ell ttiat startled the head of the family
ami nrougm mm out to see il another can
of Ive had been upset.
The printery has a bank account now
and the haiuUonie&t printed cheek in tie
vdhpe with the hue. ."Orticul Printery ft
the VilUge of Hatihg."Ho...ton Globe.
Proprietor (who ha been looking over
the account) .Mr. awle, no vou ev r
take any money out of the culi di a tver 'r'
Sa!eman 'T occasionally tnke out a car
fa! e." Proprietor "J Km. h'm! Do y.u
live in San Ei am ico or itka iIjit.,-4
Transcript.
"George ay hit father will cut him eff
wiih a ninlling it he iu-itk upon maityih
me." "And what did you .?'' "1 r
minded in in that papa ut a lawyer and that
he'd be glad to lake up the cae again M, hw
father' eatme on harea," Cleveland Kiam
Dealer.
When you want a pleasr.nt pbysie
try C'bamlx'iliiiii's Stomiu'h fltn!
Liver Tubleta. They a;e easy tn
ake and pleasant in effect. For
sale) by lioUU & Sun, Matninoras.
all general ntnres in Pika county.
Dress making in all branches.
Will go to tlui hoUHO cr do the work
it homo. Address Maky Luowkj,
liiuaj btreet, Wdfoi'd,
THE ENVY OF OUTSIDERS.
1 1 my W tin ( Rnniil Force n Fnl rftnrl.
Into aor(.ty (lpaort to
Ahnnr nf It.
Tbe nbtie nf surety 1 a fnvorito
neenpji I ion u ilb most people w bo
rinnot force nn entrnncp into It. It
i not even new. Cynics nml satirists,
prencbers nm! writers bave wnp-cd
war on socinl iimcmsirH nil down the
l(s, writes 'A Countess.'- in the
London Outlook. We bnow bow I'in
Icl denounced the ltab Ionian court
nml bow Horace revealed the profli
gacy of Anjrnstnn Home. Every lend
er of n rcge nerntinp movement,
whether It be St. llerimrd exhorting
to crusades, St. J'nincis tenchlni;
I'topiitn poerty or John Knox
preaching reformation, has de
nounced the easv tmrnlH nnd the eas
ier standard of the toleration of cur
rent society. The reformers of every
Hte denonncp their own eontcmpoi
nries In accents of varying deirrpcs
nf violence, ltosseau and Ynltntrc
ponred ont tliatribcs from different
points of view iifrninst the frtvoloim
oeielv which was cut off so nbrnptly
by the puillotinp. but their dennncln
ttons fell on diaf enrs. "Nobody."
said Talleyrand, "could have nay con
ception of bow plea -ant society conhl
be who had not lii'd before the
French revolution." To reform those
who will not be reformed is difllcnlt.
The prandmother of Ambrosiiip hold
ing n scented nochet bnndhercliief to
her nose to keep off the odor of the
crowd ns hp tripped to the guillotine
nnd Marv. Queen of Scots, yawning
in the face of Knox, exactly typify
the attitude of nil ages toward the
Jerptnbihs hammering nt the portnls
of societ v.
MEN INFERIOR TO CATS.
Srvrrnl I'olnta In lYhlch the Frllnc
linn the AdvantiKr Ovpr tlie
Unman Sppplea.
Tlierp are several points in which
man is inferior to the cnt. The cat,
for ime thing, has no vermiform ap
pendix, and consequently never suf
fers from nppendieltis. Fnthermore,
while man has chosen to be n noc
turnal ns well ns n diurnal creature
be has only the. diurnal vision;
whereas the eat. devoting "its days to
eivilizal ion nnd its nigiits to bnrbar
ism." can see in tiie dark ns well ns
in the light, having n patent adjusta
ble eye. says the New York Mail nnd
Kxpress.
Slip possesses nine lives nnd nil of
them have to be taken In order to
get rid of the eat. If the red slayer
thinks he slays be knows not well
the subtle wnvs in which this admir
able cert nre passes, turns nnd brings
forward ber successive entities for
obliteration, llrowned in the pond
ehe returns to the woodshed or the
kitchen door, requiring to be shot.
Shot, she comes back to be n.sph'
inted. Smothered by the fumes of
chloroform, she revives and calls for
prussle ncld. She is n walking, liv
ing, breathing, vociferating exempli
Mention of the principle of metemp
sychosis. Her reincarnations in one
brief period outrival those to which
man is condemned by the Hindoo
theology in hundreds of years and
her avatars outnumber liuiUlna s.
It Is no wonder tbnt the Kgyptinns
worshiped the cat. She has been able
to get bold of some principle which
man, the boaster, who vaunteth him
self almost a god, is denied.
PASSING OF OSAGE HEDGE.
Blllea of l eneea llnve Dlaannraref
glnee the Invention of
llnrbed Wire.
The osage hedges which border thou
sands of Illinois farms nre gradually
disappearing. This hedge, int rodueed
a half century ago by Prof. J. B. Turner,
of Jacksonville, became very popular,
and for many years was a favorite
fence, not only with farmers, but with
lot owners In the smaller towns, and
with the railroad companies, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The high price of fence posts and
lumber made the osage an eeononiicnl
fence, nlso, nnd in spite of its faults
it gradually beenme extensively used.
It held its own until wire fencing Ap
peared. Then it beenme evident that
t lie osnge was doomed. Wire fencing
was more effective, was cheaper, tool;
up less room and required Jess enre.
The rnilronds began grubbing up their
hedges nnd substituting wire. The
farmers followed their lead, nnd where
there used to be miles of hedge there
are only rods of it now.
Tlie osage is still used for wind
breaks, but owing to the fact it is in
jurious to vegetation near it is beeoin
ing a fixed idea-it w ill probably soon be
abandoned entirely.
Cuttle In the W eat.
"More cattle are being raised in the
west than ever before. Punches of
thousands of acres have been divided
Into fciuall farms, but each fanner
raises much more in the aggregnte,-
faid Hubert S. Faulkner, of Kansas
City. "It Is true the big ranches of 20
years ago have disappeared, but these
lands are held in smaller parcels by
farmers who nre largely engaged in
raising corn and feeding stock. Where
there were formerly herds of several
thousand cattle there are now nianv
small farmers who raise from 20 to -0
head of cat! le annually. Tlie horse and
node business has been on the boom
fur several yeura. and that time the im
pression that the cattle raising had
become a side issue. During the Hoer
war the llrltish made the raising of
horses and mules quite a profitable
business for us in the western statea.M
Millions Sent Abroad.
The money seni to relatives abroad
every year by foreigners living in tLis
country is at least 10,0O0,0UU.
Our ice niuriicii il we luil. Auy one ueuaiug
iL-ich ninl dt!(.i-ijiiou of auy invention wi!t
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