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slepbke ron a PARTNER. 1RUGAL SK-*.- 4Btod to Trade Tlt^ir Quail for ToMt^oogh ?" " to S«rv« Then, On. ' * Several men were sitting abont a ta­ ble in an np-town cafe the other night, discussing the prices marked on the bill-of-fare, and comparing them with . those of other houses. "Ineyersee the prices on a bill-of- . fere" said one, "without being reminded of an adventm-e of mine in Kansas City. X went out there when the State of Kan- •ttswas enjoying its first boom, and When most of its high and treeless plains were still unfarrowed by the set­ ter's plough, and nnwatered by the ir­ rigating ditch. With a school-chum I Mt out determined to make a fortune in the We3t. Neither of us had much money when we started from the old homestead in Vermont, aud we deter­ mined from the first to }>ool our funds and share alike in the hardships and necessary expenses before we reached . the Eldorado a'jd began to reap the fffoiits. v "Now, Bill was an intensely frugal *-•chap. One of those fellows who had made up his mind to get rich according to C. P. Huntington's plan (that is, the plan he advocated in the newspapers), hi always living within one's income; •nd it was a constant effort on his part to keep me from what he considered •wild extravagance on our journey. He nearly starved me 011 the way out, so that by the time we reached Kansas City my mouth was fairly watering for a ttoto of something more luscious than ^crackers and cheese, something like the good food my mother used to cook on the old home .tead. "Accordingly, I insisted on going to .the dining-room of the biggest hotel in the town and having a square meal, and with much difficulty I made Bill dome too. I took up the bill-of-fare, not expecting to find a'ajthing but the plainest of chop-house dishes. There were no price3 marked on it, but what was my grateful mu]?ri*e to see an abundance of game. Now, if there is any meat I like bfttter than another it's game. And I had not tasted any for(, a •vy: long time.. So I ordered quail on toast • to begin with. "I saw Bill's eyes open a little wider than usual, but he said nothing, not •S Asking to betray the state of our finance* to the waiter, and set him­ self to find something cheap enough to counteract my extravagance. He lit on oyster-stew. I knew he did not like oysters, but thinks I to myself, *01d man, it your soul is so small as cot to have a fling once in awhile, why, so Jje it; that's not my style.' " The quail were delicious and I or­ dered a wild duck to follow. This was tOo much for Bill and he started to re­ monstrate, but choaked it off when he * caught the waiter's eye on him. He was considerably rattled by the lack of . prices on the bill-of-fare, but would not condescend to ask them, and so, after Manning it over three or four times for ' something that he was sure was cheap, in desperation he brought up at oyster- fry. "As soon as the waiter had vanished, Hill broke out, 'Now this4hing's got to atop right here. I won't pool finances with such an extravagant glutton as you, not by a jugful. Do you know how much we've got left, after setting aside enough for a modest farming plete on arrival at dock. Accommoda­ tions will be furnished for 10,000 pass­ engers.--Ora?e a Week. / X Data's Wife. Such marriages as that contracted by the Duke of Cambridge with the lady who was called Mrs. Fitzgeorge, who died recently and who was known to all Great Britain to be his wife, are not valid in the eyes of British law. They are forbidden by the provisions of the royal marriage act, which makes the reigning sovereign's consent essential to the validity of marriages of members of the royal family under twenty-five years of age. Members of the royal family over that age, contemplating marriage without consent of the sovereign, may marry after twelve months' notice to the Privy Council, and such union is legal unless within that time both houses of Parliament shall declare their disap­ proval of it. To solemnize a marriage in violation of the royal marriage act is punishable. The act was passed dur­ ing the reign of that heartless and brainless King, George III., and was intended to keep the royal blood pure. Two of his brothers shocked him very much by marrying subjects. Of course, to one who was the descendant of an ob­ scure line of petty German princes the idea of the Carriage of one of the royal house with a member of one of the noble families tllat were great and pow­ erful before Hanover was known to Eiir glishmen was abhorrent. The act lias always been regarded with dislike by Englishmen, though it continues unre­ pealed. Several members of the royal family, among them t .vo sons of George III. himself, ftpenly violated its provi­ sions. It is now as well known that George IV. was married to Mrs. Fitz- lierbert as it is that he subsequently married Caroline of Brunswick. Le­ gally, George IV. was not a bigamist, but morally he was a bigamist and a preak. As Mr?,, Fi*zherbert was a jCath- olic, it has long fyeen a question with some English legists whether George did not at the same time lay himself liable to exclusion from the succession. Howeve", as he succeeded to th§ throve unquestioned, it is scarcely worth while for the curious to go over this very un­ savory episode in his career. His brother, the Duke of Sussex, a man of very different mold, married tvfice in defiance of the royal marriage act, and his widow, socially recognized by Queen Victoria, by whom she was much liked, died within twenty years. She was created Duchess of Inverness, and was a most worthy woman. By his first wite the Duke had two children, who made an ineffectual claim to establish their right to l\is honors. The Duke of Cambridge is said to have been very proud of his wife, renowned in her youth as one of the beauties of the London stagtf, and to have enjoyed ljiis home life. He is said to have urged the Bat- t en berg marriage on thegrouud that he had found the heart the safest guide to happiness. His children, who cannot succeed to his honors, bear the name of Fitz-George. One is his military secre­ tary and a Lieutenant Colonel. Every­ body in England who takes up the army list knows that Lieut. Col. Fitz George is the son of the Duke of Cambridge, though the Duke is put down as un­ married in official publications. What a premium on hyprocrisv such an arrange ment puts 1 What respect for the hu­ man right of a prince or princess is manifested in the power conferred on a monarch to make invalid a union in every wajr un­ objectionable! Why Englishmen should permit the continuance of a law which places the subject under a social ban is one of those things that ouly En­ glish conservatism explains.--Boston Transcript. outfit ? No, of course you don't. I calculate that ire can afford to spend for our meals and i "IUUiI*\!,L bed in this town just $2, before packing desP°tlc or unsympathetic our outfit, aud starting to look up a farm to-morrow morning, and I'll bet my hat you have eaten up more than that at this One meal. I'm going to call for the checks now, and if you want any more i expensive dishes we will divide our cash right here and henceforth go each his |%n way.' " 'Well,'old man.' I replied peni­ tently, lor I knew Bill's worth and how he disliked oysters and felt that I had been imposing on him a little, *if that's the way you feel about it order the checks. I've had enough,' and I scooped up the last of the delicious duck gravy, and sighed a little as I thought how /much it had cost and how soon it had vanished. "The waiter brought two checks* One for 50 cents he lay at mv plate, a»d one for $2 he pushed down by W* Hill. " 'Ugh,' grunted Bill, 'guess you got ' the checks mixed, waiter. The $2 one Is for that gentleman and the 50-cent I is for me.' " 'I guess I know my business,' says the waiter. 'You had oyster-stew aud oyster-fry didn't you?' " 'Yes I did,' snapped Bill, 'just that, and mighty poor ones they were, too, while that gentleman had roast wild . dock and quail on toast.' " 'Just so,' said the waiter, ' and oys­ ters is a dollar a plate, while duck and quail is a drug on the market at 25 cents. Yon ain't on the seashore now, mister, but on the boundless perary, Where every bluff is alive with quail, aid every marsh is black with duck.' . "It. took a long time to persuade Bill that his gluttony had devoured 50 cents of the sum set aside for our outfit, and I growled about it for nearly a day to tease him. Finally we settled on two quarter sections of Government land ad \ The Dreas Our Fathers Wore, One hnndred years ago the leading men of the United States read in their Bibles that the body is more than rai­ ment, but they dressed according to the advice of wordly-wi-e Polonius: "Costly thy habit as thy mirse can buy-- For the ttjiparel oft proclaims the man.* When Gov. Bowdoin, a tall, dignified inan. reviewed the troops assembled at Cambridge, in 1785, he was dressed in a gray wig, cocked hat, a white broad­ cloth coat and waistcoat, red small clothes and black silk stockings. John Hancock, thin in person, six feet in stature, was very fond of an or­ namental dress. He wore a wig when abroad and a cap when at home. A gentleman, who visited Hancock one day at noon in June, 1782, describes him as dressed in a red velvet cap lined with fine white linen, which was turned up two or three itches over the lower edge of the velvet. He also wore a blue damask gown lined with silk, a white stock, a white satin embroidered waist­ coat, blaok satin small clothes, white silk stockings and red morocco slip* pers. Washington, at his reception in Philip delphia, was dressed in black velvet; his hair was powdered and gathered behind in a large silk bag. His hands were encased in ypilow gloves, lie held a cocked hat with a cockade on it and its edges adorned with a black feather. He wore knee and shoe buckles, and at his left hip appeared a long sword in a joining each other aud revelled in game ^lishel white '^ther scabbard, with a W irdsofourown shooting till we tired hilt of them, and I have seen many days John Adams when I'd have gladly parted with a dozen fat ducks for a hunk of beef or a •core of quail for toast enough to serve them on." --New York Tribune. The Ocean Steamship or the Future. ' She will be o /er a quarter of a mile iB length, and will do the passage from ftandy Hook to Liverpool in thirty-six hours, being one night out. She will be driven by electricity, and in such a fashion'as to keep "railway time, despite of storm or fog. Passages can be se­ cured by flash photo, Edison's patent, nnd the ticket will ibclude an opera- stall, or a concert ticket, or a seat in a church pew--the opera-house, ooncert hall and church being all on board. A covered ring for horse exercise will also on the day of his in­ auguration was dressed in a full suit of pearl-colored broadcloth, and his hair was powdered. Chief Justice Dana of Massachusetts used to wear in winter a wh\te corduroy surtout lined with fur and held his hands in a large muff. The judges of the Supreme Court of Massa­ chusetts wore till 1893 robes of scarlet, faced with black velvet, in winter and black silk gowns in summer.. At the begmniug of this century powder for the hair became unfashion- uble, tying up the hair was abandoned, colored garments went out of use, buckles disappeared, and knee breeches gave place to trousers. His Worst Way. General Singleton, of Quincy, 111., be providedT and a racing track for fast I who was one of the young lawyers of trotter*. A base-ball ground and ten-1 Springfield when Abraham Lincoln nis courts will also form a portion of j was a verdant youth there, tells the the attractions. For business men a j following laughable story of Lincoln's •lock exchange will be operated, the | ability, or lack of ability, to dance well: quotations being posted from the ticker j The bevy of young ladies to which every two minutes on the vibration I Miss Todd belonged before her mar- aVstem. ^ The leading papers of all J riage to Mr. Lincoln used to indulge in countries will be repriuted each morn-; a great deal of good-natured sport at lag by the electric reflection system. A | his expense. spacious conservatory, containing the ' One evening at a party Mr. Lincoln ehoices*, flowers of ail" climates will af- j approached Miss Todd and said, in his ford an agreeable lounging-place, and peculiar idiom, "Miss Todd, I should PAID Oi HIS "Tfct Big Stoat Man from Olneyvtlta" W»* a Blair, "1 knew a gambler once who was troubled by having a dishonest partner," said a Boston sporting man to a Olobe reporter. "You know, in running a faro bank, or any kind of a gambling game, a man has to rely upon his partner's honesty a great, deal, for when he is absent some qpe is liable to come in aiul either win or lose considerable money. If the la iter, a dishonest man might keep the money, and his partner would never hear of it, or he might say that a man won money which he didn't, and he could then put the money in his own pocket and his partner never be the wiser. This gambler that I * refer to, who I will call Jim Grady, had just such a partner as this, and he got most beautifully square with him. The partner's name was Mike, and the pair opened a faro game in Provideuce. Jim furnished most of the money. The game did not pan Out well, and as there seemed to be quite a number of players, •Jim could not account for iU The money, or the greater part of it, that was lost was lost while he was out, and on coming back he would find a tab card in the drawer with $125 on it, or something a little smaller or a little larger than that figure. So he finally tumbled that something was wrong, and on coming back from dinner one day and fiuding one of these cards for a pretty good amount, he asked Mike who had won the money. , , "It was a big, stout red-faced num. with a soft white hat, who lives at Olneyvitle," said Mike. "H'm," said Jim, meditatively': "I don't seem to remember of ever seeing such a man.* , "Oh, you've keen him lots of times," returned Mike, and the matter was dropped. That night when Jim came in from his supper,* there was another tab card in the drawer and Mike, on being ques­ tioned, said that the same man with the soft, white hat from Olneyville had won it. "He's a pretty lucky follow," re­ marked Jim as he sat down to deal, but although he said nothing more he kept up quite a thinking all the time. This went on for several days, and there were tab car Is in the drawer al­ most every time Jim went out for an hour, and the same man with the soft white hat from Olney vilie won almost all the big amounts. Finally Jim lost patience, and he said to himself: "I'll fix that fellow." So the next day he did not show up until quite late, and as he had expected, he found a tab card in* the drawer (this time it was for $180, and Mike, on be­ ing questioned as usual, said: "Why, that stout man with the red face who wears a soft white hat and lives at O'neyville, was around here early this morning, just after I opened up, and beat me tor that money. "That's a bad starter for the day," said Jim, "but I'll try to win it back while you are gone to dinner." Mike went tc dinner, and while he was gone Jitn drove all of the players out, put the entire bank roll (which amounted to about $25,000 in his pocket and sticking his feet up on the layout was busy reading a copy of the Boston Globe when Mike reappeared. "What's the matter?" exclaimed Mike as soon as he opened the door. " Why are you not dealing?" "For the simple reason," replied Joe, with great nonchalance, "that that big, stout, red-faced man with the soft white hat, wjio lives at Olneyville, was in here while you were out to dinner and won the bank roll." Mike stood for a moment dumb­ founded, for the big stout, red-faced man with the soft white hat, who lived in Olneyville, was a bluff, having been invented by Mike himself, but he did not dare to remonstrate,us Jim was a bad man to have trouble with. So he quit that game several hundred of dollars short, the result being directly brought on by his own dishonest actions. You see it pays to be honest even if you area gambler. -- Boston Olobe. bouquets will be provided gratis. As at Monaco and Monte Carlo, a suite of apartments will be laid out for play, to Be kept open all night--a sumptuous supper, with costliest wines free. En­ glish tailors and shoemakers will be in attendance, and cloth«s will be made ihd finished during the passage. The miilinery department will contain the French fashions of the previous day, apd costumes will be confectioned while like to dance with you the worst way. The yonng lady accepted the inevit­ able, and they hobbled around the room together, for by no stretch of the imagination could Mr. Lincoln's gyra­ tions be looked upon as dancing. "When Miss Todd had returned to her seat, one of her mischievous compan­ ions said, "Well, Mary, did he dance with yon the worst way;" "Yes," she replied, with cparkling # . ' . , . . . '.Si..* t'lwbi s'J-.S' 'A.r V Mrs. Franklin's Letter. In "Annals ef Philadelphia" there is a copy of a letter, written in 1765, by Mrs. Benjamin Franklin to her husband in Europe. It is given as a picture of domestic doings at that time. "In the downstairs is the sideboard, which is very handsome and plain,with two tables made to suit it, and a dozen chairs also. The chairs are plain horse­ hair, and look as well as Paduasoy, aud are admired by all. "The little south room I have pa­ pered, as the walls were much soiled. In this room is a carpet I bought cheap for its goodness, and nearly uew. The large carpet is in the blue room. In the parlor is a Scotch carpet which has had much fault found with it. Your timepiece stands in oue corner which is, as I am .told, all wrong,--but I say we shall have all these things as they should be, when you come home. If yon could meet with a Turkey carpet, I should like it; but if not I shall be very easy, for as to these things, I have become quite indifferent at this time. "In the north room where we sit, we have a small Scotch carpet, the small bookcase, brother John's picture, and one of the king and queen. In the room for our friends, we have the Earl of Bute hung up, and a glass. "May I desire you to remember drinking glasses, and a large tablecloth or two; also a pair of silver canisters? Tl e closet doors in your room have been framed for glasses, unknown to me; I shall send you an account of the panes required. I shall also send the measures of the fireplaces, and the pier of glass. "The chimneys do well, and- I have baked in the oven and found it is good. The room we call yours has in it a desk, --the harmonica made like a desk,--a large chest with all the writings, the boxes of glasses for music, and for the electricity and all your clothes. The pictures are not put up, as I do notlike to drive nails, lest they be not right. "The blue room has the harmonica and the harpsichord, the gilt sconce, a card-table, a set of tea china, the worked chairs and screen, a very hand­ some stand for the teakettle to stand on, and the ornamental china. The paper of this room has lost much of its bloom by pasting up. The curtains are not yet made. "The south room is my sleeping- room with my Susannah, where we have a bed without curtains, a chest of drawers, a table, a glass, and old black walnut chairs, and some of our family pictures. "I have taken all the dead letters (meaning those he had as Postmaster General), and the papers that were in the garret with the books not taken by Billy (his son, W. Franklin, at Burling­ ton/, and had them boxed and barrelled up, and out in the south garret to await IJ ' . i your return. Sally has the south room up two pair of stairs, having therein a bed, bureau, table, glass, a..;1 the pict­ ure, a trunk and books, but these you can't have any notion of!" She finally concludes familiarly and pathetically. "O my child! there,is a great odds between * a man's being at home and abroad, as everybody is afraid they shall do wrong, so evetythlng is left undone!" A -- Knew Him by the Scratch. "Do; rou see that little group of men," said a drummer in a Washington hotel corridor recently, as he pointed to a knot of office-seekers in one; corner. They seem to be enj6fing themselves, don't they ? That one with the goatee has been telling a funny story." "How do you know that that par­ ticular one told it?" was asked. 'Because he is laughing the most," replied the drummer sententiously. "I am a student of human nature and an observer of the habits and particularly the foibles of men. That's an indis­ pensable element of success in - my line." "Now do you see that other man with the clean-shaven, thin face?" he con- tinned. "That man's from Florida, and not only that, but he's from a rural dis­ trict of Florida and is accustomed to working on overseeing work in the fields abd brusliu" " "Oh, come now," said the drummer's companion; "that's a little, too steep. You can't tell all that just by looking at him. What makes yotf think so?" "Watch him the next time he laughs," said the drummer, "and you will see him stcop forward, lay both hands on hi9 trousor legs below the knee, and give his shins a good scratching or rub­ bing. Most of the Floridians do that from habit. It gives theui pleasure be­ cause all of them who wOrk out of doors in grove or field are pestered with a tiny insect called the red-bug, all but invisi­ ble to the eye, which swarms on fallen brushwood, decayed weeds or grass and makes itself most unpleasantly and last­ ingly apparent on the legs of all who come near tliem. Sand-flees and mos­ quitoes add their attentions and on the whole a Floridian 'cracker' gets about as much amusement out of a good scratching as from a yawn or even ft drink. Watch him now. They are gJng to laugh again.1® Sure though the clean-shaven man began to smile, then chuckled, then roared and in hi1* ecstasy reached over and gave both his shins a brisk rubbing with a handful of his trousers. "Come with me," said the drummer, as he sauntered past the jolly group, who had now stopped talkiug add be­ gan to break up. "Can you tell me, sir," he said to the scratclier "how the Florida orange crop is this year along the lower Gulf Coast,?" "Fair to middlin', I believe, sir," was the reply, "but nothing like ours down on the Indian River, sir! That's God's own country for oranges, you bet." He Cut It Down. A telegraph editor's story: One night one of our force was sick and we had to supply his place with a sub from the city editor's force. He was also a sub in that department. He had come in "to learn to be a journalist." A 1,500- word special was coming in and it was turned over to him .to edit. The night editor was passing in and out and was watching the copy pretty closely, be­ cause the counting-room had sent up word that an extra page of "ads" would be sent in, aud the city editor had seut word that he had a "geperal alarm," "two shooting scraps," "a suicide," and "an elopement." The night editor asked the sub what he had in hand. The sub told him. "How many words?" asked the niglit editor. "Fifteen hundred." » "Cut her down to five hundred." About two hours later a man from the proof-room came in aud told the night editor that the article which he held in his hand ended somewhat abruptly and that it had a dash marked at the bot­ tom, indicating that it was finished. The night editor looked at, the proof and took it to the sub, who looked at it and explained innocently that he had followed instructions. And so he had. He had counted 500 words from the be­ ginning and thrown the remainder of the special in the waste-basket*^-Cfci1 cago Tribune. ' :*o.y Split Gold Coins. "Two tens for a twenty, please," Mud a gentleman to the cashier in the County Treasurer's office. The cashier took the "twenty" and rang it on the counter. It had that pe­ culiar tlull ring that characterizes coun­ terfeit coins. He rung it a second time and then inspected it critically. "Is that bogus?" asked the owiier ol the coin. ' "Oh, no," answered the cashier; "it's good as wheat, but split." Continuing, he said: "That is the first split twenty I ever ran across. The stamping machine at the mint sometimes c6mes down too hard on the coins and splits them; but it is seldom the larger coins split. It's mostly 'fives' that suffer. But they are very careful at the mint and stop every split coin they detect. Now, in the thou­ sands of dollars handled here every year I barely ever find a split coin. I don't think I've found more than four or five in a year, and, as I say, the coins were mostly $5 pieces." The split $20 piece looked perfect, and, so far as the eye could detect, bore no flaw of any kind. The only flaw with it was in the "ring," and the split made it sound "dead" when thrown on the counter.--San Francisco Exam­ iner. , Shoes Shlned by Steam. •' During a recent trip to New York City a sign in front of a 6th avenue barber shop reading "Shoes shined by steam while you wait" attracted my at­ tention, and wondering what next would be introduced in the line oi labor-saving machinery, I walked in. On a boot staud, such as are found in all the hotels, was a row of nickel- plated machines about two feet square. I placed my foot into an opening, my foot resting on an iron stand; the man in attendance turned on the steam, and a set of stiff revolving brushes were set in motion, and in a jiffy my boot was cleaned of the accumulation of mud and dust. I then took out the foot and placed it on a rest, while the operator applied the blacking by hand in the old- fashioned way. I then stuck the foot into another machine just like the first, and in less than a minute my boot shoh4 like ebony, and the shine lasted all da/i The whole operation of cleaning and shining was done in less than three minutes. The brushes are on cylinders, like those which were used in the hair- brushing machines ko popular 15 or 20 years ago.--Interview with a ' St. Louisan. King- and Avffst. j The good-nature of King Louis Phil- j lope and the engrossment of Bohton, a French artist, when at work, are illus­ trated by an anecdote told in the Epoch. Bouton was bnsv one day when a man entered unannounced and stood behind him. He had his month full of paint brushes, and did not glance up, but mumbled: "Look about, if you ilka. Don't mind me." The visitor did bo, titd then came back to his oiiginnl position. Bontou felt annoyed, but repressed his impatience. "Well, how is everybod. at home?" he asked. "Oh, nicely, thank yon," was the >eply. "The children are well, I suppose?" "Oh, perfectly." The visitor then began to criticise the picture, and when a^ter a half-hour's conversation the artist turned around, he beheld the King of - France. Bonton b.nshed and st>mmered: "Sire, yon are artist-king enough to know that I would have lost my tint had I stopped to dis­ play the atelier to your Majesty." "Yes," replied the Kiug, "I,like vonr reception of me so well that I mean to have that picture. " Deafness Can't Be Cured . . Py local applications, as they can nab reach tha diseased portion of th» oar. There is on!v oue way to cure Deafness, ami Hint is by conatltij- tioual rouuHlies. 1 >nafneas is caused l>v an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the tusiftchiau Tsil»t?. Whou this t«l>e pets inflamed yon have a r;miblins sound or inijieifect hear­ ing, and when it is entirely closed l>eafne*s is the result, and m.less the inflammation can lie taken out and this tube restored t« its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out ot ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We' wjll give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that we can not cure by taking Bali's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. , F.-l. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. SW8cld by Druggists, toe. * Pi-egress. | II Is Tery Important In this ace ot vast material progress that a remedy be pleasing to the taste and to the eye, easily taken, ac­ ceptable to the stomach and healthy in its nature and effects. Possessing these qual­ ities, Syrup of Mas Is the one perfect laxa­ tive and most trentle diuretic known. The Roval Botanic Society has re­ ceived for its museum a specimen of the double cocoanut, known also as coco de mer. For hundreds of years the origin of these nuts was a mystery, for they were never seen except when they were washed up by the sen. They were supposed to have wonderful powers in the way of curing disease, nnd were the subject of pther superstitions until the place where they prew was at last discovered to be the Seychelles, a small group of islands in the Indian Ocean. Formerly they were worth their weight in gold, and they are rare now. The Handsomest Lsdjr In Town Remarked to a friend the other day that she knew Kemp's Bulsatu fertile Throat and Lungs was a superior remedy, as it stopped her cough instantly when other cough remedies had no effect whatever. So to prove tiiis and convinoe you of its merit, nay druggist will give you a Sample Bottle Free. Large aize, 50c uud $1. CURES PERMANENTLY S P R A I N S , Suffered Tears in Pain. 14Sumner St., Cleveland, Ohio, : . In l&'l I gprained my arm clubbing ekes nnta; suffered years in pain and could M N It was finally cared bv St. JnM JACOB ETZEXSPEBCJEfc. At Duvggists and Deae.*:^. THE CHARLES A. Vnrc. r«j CO.. B*ffrr»orakai my Oil arm. A traveling dramotic company per­ formed so execrably in an Indian village in Michigan that the audience chtsed them from the exhibition building, but held onto the orchestra and epent the evening in dancing., -- .» - If Dobbins' Electric SoajM« what so many insist it Is. you can not ajtovd to g<> with­ out it. Your grocer has it, nnd you can deride for yourself verv soon. Don't let another Monday pass without trying it. •To cure Biliousness. Pick Headache-: Co_. Malaria, Liver Complaints, tnke and certain reinedr, SMITH® ' • r B I L E B E A N S TTse the SMALL. SIZE (40 little beans In rhalW tie). They are the roost convenient: salt aB Price of either size, 25 cent* per botUa KISSING panel file ot this pento (coppers or stamps). * J. F. 3MTTH i CO . Makers of ' 'Bile Beans." St. toaim. SK - R E A D Y R E L I E F . ' Yellow Teas..: Yellow teas, at which the hostess and all her social apparatus and equipment, down to the very doylies themselves, nre yellow, aud progressive dinner parties are fashionable fads among society's devotees. At the progressive dinner party a number of courses arA served to the guests, two.couples of whom sit at each of many tables. Afte^ each course ona of the couples moves to the next table, if the man isn't too unsteady on his pins in consequencs of the rapid succession of talkables, edibles, and drinkables, •. ' A Remedy for the Influenza coot*:,; A remedy recommended for patient* af­ flicted with the influenza cough is Kemp's Bidsani, the speciHe for coughs and colds, which is esp -daily adapted to diseases of the throat and lungs. Do not wait for the first symptoms of the disease before secur­ ing the remedy, but get a bottle Hnd keep it on linnd for use tbe moment H is needed. If nesrlected the influenza has a tendency to bring on pneumonia. All druggists sell the Balaam. A sinqtlak inscription has been found by M. Lambackis in excavating •round the Haghios Andreas, in Athens. It is a fragment of a decree dating from 8re-Euclidean times, in Which a certain .allicrates is charged with the construc­ tion on the Acropolis of a kind of railing around somesanctuiryorincloeureto pre­ vent any fugitive slave, garment stealer or pickpocket (lopodytes) taking refuse therein. The duty of watching over this inclosure is intrusted to three guardians, chosen by turn from the tribe holding the prytmea. Hlhhard's Rheumatic and' Liver Pills. These Tills are scientifically compounded, uniform in action. No griping pain so com­ monly following the use ot pills. They are adapted to both adults and children with perfect safety. We guarantee they have no equal In ttie cure of Headache, Con­ stipation. Dyppt'psia. ^liliousness; "and. as at) appetizer, they excel any other prepara­ tion. "Gnaw, yon don't," as the cheese said to the mouse when be tried to eat m hole in the wire screen that covered it. Wagner is to have a statue in Munich. It will probably be fastened to its pedes­ tal by brass bands. Cot oHs and Hoarseness.--The irritation which induces cousrhlng immediately re- _ lieved by use ot "Jiro>nn's Bronchial Tro­ ches." Bold only in boxes. man who feaohes the top of tha id-about Thb ladder must get there in a roun way. ° Florence, Ala. , The personally conducted excursions to this rapidly growing city have been so suc­ cessful that the Chicago and Eastern Illi­ nois Itailroad (Evansville Houtel will iua one on each of the tollo'wing dsttes: Feb. 4, 11. 18. and 25. For copy of "Alabama as It Is" and further information, send to Wiliiam Hill, Gen. Pass. Agent, Chicago. ilL The old smoker's delight--"TansiU's runeh" America's llnest 5c Ligar. Ko Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump­ tion. Cures where other remedies fait 25c. If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Iaxie 1 hompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c. Prepare for Spring Now is the time 1o attend to j-onr perianal con­ dition la pwparmtion for the change to spring se»fOti. If you have net "wintered well," If yon •re tircil out from overwork, if your blood has become impure from close confinement in badly ventilated offices or khopB, you nhould take Hood'a Ssrsapsrilla at once. It will purity and vitalize your blood, create a Ri nd appetite, and sive your whole, system tone and strength. "For a first-class spring medicine my wife and I think verv highly of Hold's Sarsaparlila. We both took it last spring. It did us a great deal of good aud we felt better through the hot weather than ever lefore. It wired my wife of Hick head­ ache. from which she haR wittered a great dea', and relieved we of a dizzy, tired feeling. I think every one ought to take something to purify the blood before the hot weather comes on, and we shall certainly t ke Hood's Sarsaparilla this apriug." J. H. Pkabck, Supt. Oranite Railway Co„ Concord, X. H. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold hy ail (Irugglsta. M: Fix for US. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOD & CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Maaa. IOO Doses One Dollar 2*^ :*r THE 6REAT CONQUEROR OF For Snralnn, Bruises, Backaehe, Pkia la ( Uest or Side*, Heiidnelie, Tootlnrhm ar •titer external pain, a few application*), on by hand act like iiut^ic, timing lite to instantly stop. For Cmiij;e«tiniis fol(h> Rronrhith, inouia. Inflammations, Rheumatism. X IfciM. LuiiiIkiso. Sciatica, thnrnajlj repeated applications are- nei e«arj. All Internal Pains, lliun-tiea. ( irfic. S> Nausea, l-'aintiittc Spells. X'eitomnnw, lossness are relieved iuslniltly, and eurcd l»y taking inwardly 20 to CO haft a tumbler of water. SOu. a IwrtBa PruKsiita. P I L L S An excellent nnd mild Cathartic. Vegetable. The Safest and be»t in tlie world for tli« Cure of all of the LIVER, STOMACH OR B0VB1 Taken according to diracttenn -mwrn restore health and rtntw vitality. Price 25 els. a Box. bold b? all O P I U M MKSTION TUIS PAl'ER Hnuc CTIinV Bookkcetnne UMb d I III! « »Penmanship.ArithjaeMcj! hand, etc.. thoroughly taupht i>y nun I. free. Bryant's Bi-sisksst'oi.u.ciF.. BrrTatonTEW, iltNTloN THIS I'AHKt Habit. TIwobIti and easy cure. 1>T. 1. _ _ _.i»vheiis. I#ham>n. MKSTION Tills PAl'ER »l> wkitim TO , lENSION'r""*-FI L b r a o i v r a W a a l i l n g t M | M k &igi£gi'ill£!2&g'££&gEg& 3 yrs in last war, 15 adjudicating c!aim», attya reiirf KIODER'S PAsnm&r** ,;'9 r *' brmasf, A 8 T H MM* Fophaa'* AitkaaSfMb Keltef 111 TW UHRK Firuli.iiwom.ll.liVM*- Mn. i'H-. Wl •»•« : -tl Asthma I «• s»y«ant* relief vinu) i tf'dli tic. \v : thntciv . * SoU by pist.K. Si per box,t>yi littAL riCKASS 1 AdOre**, T. POPH ML NORTHERN PAC , If LOW PRICE MILROJID J, FREE Government IM1L.L.IOXS ot .1, in Miitiic>»ta. *!pcwt«i,Moiitia*»M.Idal!o.\Va*liiiiK;t«»i ami' OCMI) rflDPnl'liciiticus «it • it»:ips 'Set-wi. NpLNtl I Un BEST AgiH-uitm-al-Oia/u,.* »i>4 • ^LM)ds now open to Stttiers. SKS f PKKK. Mi CHAS. B. LAM60RN.r.' fSS*- *?,!' II i-tiE GREAT TUBULAR WELL AND PROSPECTING MACHINE famous fur saewi'ittnu- «b*n others have failed. SELF CLEANING. trill dr«p* 60 ta W time a mtaate. CATALOGUE FREE. 100MIS & HYMAN, TIFFIN. OHIO. FASHIONABLE SOCIETY. The trying ordeals which fashionable soci­ ety imposes on its devotees are enough to leverely test the physical strength and en­ durance of the most robust. Irregular and late hours, over-rich and indigestible food, Ate suppers, the fatigue of the ball-room, die bad air of the illy-ventilated, over- ;rowd<xl theatre, are each, in themselves, guftlcient to upset the system and ruin the health of the delicate and sensitive. Com­ bined, they can hardly fail, if persisted in, to seriously impair the health of the hardi­ est. Ladies generally possess less powers of endurance than their male eonsorts, and so •the sooner succumb to these deleterious in­ fluences. They become pale, haggard aiid debilitated, and constantly experience a Sense of lassitude--that "tired feeling," as so many express it. The least exertion fatigues them. Various neuralgic and other Si ins harrass and distress the sufferer. eadache, backache, " bearing-down" sen­ sations, and "female weaknesses" follow and sorely afflict the sufferer. As an invigorating, restorative tonic, soothing cordial and bracing nervine, for debilitated and feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has no equaL* In fact, it is the only medicine for the peculiar Trealmesses tod ailments inci­ dent to females, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from its manufactur­ ers, that it will, in every case, give satisfac­ tion or its price ($1.00) will be promptly refunded. It improves digestion, invigorates the system, enriches the blood, dispels aches and pains, produces refreshing sleep, dispels melancholy and nervousness, and builds up both the flesh nnd strength of those re­ duced below a healthy standard. It is a legitimate medicine -- not a beverage. Con­ tains no alcohol to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar to sour or ferment in the stomach and cause distress. It is as peculiar in its com­ position as it is marvelous in its remedial results. Therefore, don't be put off with some worthless compound easily, but. dis­ honestly, recommended to be " just as good," that the dealer may make more profit. " Fa­ vorite Prescription" is incomparable. The manufacturei*' unprecedented offer to guar­ antee satisfaction in every case, or money refunded, ought to convince every invalid of this fact. A Rook, on Woman's Ailments, and their Self-cure (ItiO pages), sent under seal, in plain envelope, for ten ?ents in stamps. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y. PURELY VEGETABLE and PERFECTLY HARMLESS. Unequaled as a U¥EK FILA. Smallest, Cheapest, Easiest to take. One tiny. Sugar-coated Pellet a dose. Cures Sick Headache, Bilious Headache. Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the Stomach and Bowels. , 2." p Hi>:. bv drtis-irists. whdt VOtt Prettiest HOOK «nr»r FREE SEEDSmSSS I and upwards ticcoixi&icr loraritjv, scarcity, or cost. CIie:ipt*- t of s*mjr~ by oz. Jt 7>. lonooooeTtnii*. gue free. R. H. Shunraay Bockbnl Hi-- f F YOU WISH A /-^ fswrakmm * * K E V O I . V E R turc iiB'! on<* of the „ , ^ rated SMITH k WESSON > arms. Tbt-fiin st > niail anus aver inarnifactur, d and th« trst ch"ine of all esj>erti>. Ilunufactured in calibres 32,3Sai<J *4-100. S ti- aieordotihlc uotiun. Safety Hunnu<-rl.«» aod Ta*vtmodels. Constructed entirely o- I "ry wronssht *reei. «-.ref>;:iy in-i-<irt tor ek, i h«-y are unriva I nccMi-nciv Ilonot tvd«r*i' maneh'pand stock, ih^y are unrivaL d for tl tarikllilv nnd nrc*rncv. Do not cheap muilenble cant-irnn itnimtioa* arc often sold for the K»'!niii»» aitu-lr ul u» m fiiilv mnrcHab'e. but daiitm-rons. Tilt" SMITH _ WESSON Keveiwrs are ail stamped -inon TeIk wi h finis X name, at.'.,ire** and d.ite•> ftf and are gun run Iced perfect in eveiy a:>> t ) i ( H > n h a v i n g t h e p e m u i i e a r t i c l e , a i t i f dealer cunnot supply you an order s nt to In-low will receive prompt and careful at Descriptive catalogue a i.t priceaf rtrsh"'! potion. SMITH & WESSON, Cr-Ment!on thi* paper. Sprinsrflelti. : - TffiHflCTOR mmYf» DR. PIERCE'S PELLETS: Best Cough Medicine. Recommended by Physicians. Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to the Children take it without objection. By druggists. C O N S Tti* Spe«»d>«f. T tnv-l'ricctl VTrJ' rhiiiv<>0 Hie rKKFi t T Mi c.»aar»ia a reeord ot KKwy-M* «ei iuii;"'e. CatnloKU • <>11 rt- ! cxtion. «K»K1HIXI.V * M FKBV W VNliK.\CTl KlN'i « (»..( !iirs MKUMCTums OF ucrcus TKicrcus A*u : _ CHICHESTER'S ENSUWlP PENNYROYAL MILS. -- K e d C r o s s l l i u u i u B i l H n a i : • » : be rn!r relinMe pi!* f<?r Uiiiw, l»r<adn:t*l MM*till iir»lll4?.LU red : n n -boo. TtUMoikw.: <-I •• u>: ffcrttCLt&r* aJ J "*iSC*l LiutU'*." . i->-atail. • . %!efce*tcr €itcadc«l i,^. Ua^iMm £•«-. rbtlau!-. 1 prescribe srt'l fully <!orse Bik H as tiM- s p e c i f i c f « > r i t i e o i l : u . . & > : • <1 rliis disease. 11. iXU It AIIA a. M. IV HAYS. v;»l U c!j by to* A:u*trrdiavt. N. bare wid Ws 4 many years, biw] U civen tbo *eat «£ * fuction. D.K. DYCRI4CB. • • Chfe-awr®. SI.09. Sold by \\ jTMKN M'HITINf: Tf» At»VK!TllN uicasc stay y-J <MI» tfee n*tx In tkf»|uit>cr. SEEDS V n R A V \ - S 0 \ l S S l H D t U M I S , A N U V t & t T X C v i S t C O S A S F E C X A U t Y . ^ O S C S P L A N T S Y - > ' T H t j O H N r t . 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