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i Wot. ' *ajesty*» embassador at •---.a thought It wtmld be ex- .„ While passing through Berlin, ' * Twltto Prince Bismarck, whom •^r - -T-*w 10 ^ave prevloiwly represented :lPW in the Muscovite capital. He Ipi^fpeciallf anxtoos to glean from 80 M> authority some really s trustworthy ttnti as to the character of ®i^ES among whom be was to so- jMiWfet TPhe Chancellor summed up his Appreciation of the honest Bussia-i peas- PR*0" the polished Russian scoundrel , eartand Incisive sentence. "The Kiissian," he said, "is a capita fellow till he tucks his shirt in." !/* )' .**»--*• MOW Catwhln thla section othw <BMMM pn* '̂ ;SSifea^ggS^a-.ia "PS**!--t and by eonatantly fttlHag to ears gwhlOM* tmtaMt, pronouncedjt Incurable. Swam baa fiown wtinfe to b*»eoutttn. WMaldlaeaaa, aad tbacefore requires oonatitu- P*M toeattnent. HaU'a Catarrh Con, mina< *;*• JlrtawsAhy ». J. Chanty * 0*., Toledo, Ohio, ia ft*ponatttntloaalmao« the market. It fc la (tktn fptanullf In d«M from ten drops to a tiaspoopfal. It acta dtawtty upon UM blood £ W»d mucous surfaces of the ay torn. They offer ^ hm»d»od dollara for any can* it falia to 1* .• , *or*- Bend for circulars and testimoniala. A* ^ ;S P. 4. CHENHY & CO., Toledo. O. f\ SSfSold by Druggists. 75c. ' Pf; *:»'i - :----- v" Dlqwued to Be Fair, Some time ago a French waiter was jV /attending upon a very roystering party . ft diners in a private room in a London •( restaurant, when an altercation arose, and the waiter, attempting to restore or­ der, received a couple of s aps in the .face. He made no remark at the time, hut when he brought in the bill there Was on it this item: "Deuv souffiets. £5." As the aggressor scanned thl-s entry, the set his IIDS, and said in a signlfi- cant,tone: "If you fiiid these slaps too • dear, sir, I will return them!" [*8*--All Fits stopped dm br Dr.Kllne'a Omt '• Beatoner. No Fits after first day's use. KMV v: V *Fn t Ssss fit cm .KITSj--All Fits raBMtonr J>» cures. Treatise and SIJOO trial bottle free 1 OMMLSea4 *° P*- KUna.Ul Arch sCPhila. Pa. I-J i Zfi BT11--, tlv U '$S? •' F P - t j „ " t ' 1 - A . f t c t o m a n CSn t>e toajfft," Otffc' 'of one that's \*( used-up," bilious and dyspeptic, "iijt's done by Dr. Pierce's Golden liedical Discovery. It starts the (oipid liver into healthful action, :j>urifies and enriches the blood, cleanses, repairs, and strengthens |he system, and restores health and vigor. As an appetizing, restora­ tive tonic, it sets at work all the processes of digestion and nutri? lion, and builds up flesh and strength. It's the only Blood and •ptiiver Remedy that's guaranteed, in if very case, to benefit or cure. If it ?-poesn'jt do all that's claimed for it, the money is promptly refunded. But it keeps its promises--that's <ho reason it can be sold in this Way. ; "Discovery" strengthens Weak liungs, and cures Spittingof Blood, : Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis,, Severe Coughs, and kindred affeo- •ions. Don't be fooled into taking something else, said to be "just as food," that the dealer may make a irger profit. There's nothing at all liko the " Discovery." / RUSSIA. ""1 f-5 In Russia for a woman to lose her hair is a sign of disgrace, and yet the pressure of the famine is so great that many of the women are now cropping their hair and selling it, in order to obtain a few roubles with which to sustain life. In the meantime the farfiiiue is now accompianied by typhus fever, as is common in famine districts. This fever is contagious, and is slowly Spreading. It is said that the reason for the famine is that the taxes were so heavy that the peasants were obliged; to sell their seed corn, so that they had nothing to plant, and that the rascal^ ity of the Russian officials is the real' reason for the trouble. A depleted condition of the system not only in­ vites fever, but pulmonary complaints as well. If you feel run down and .begin to cough, take REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE, and you will soon overcome t'hc foe. This great remedy is the best thing in the world •for every form of lung trouble, com­ mencing with a common cold and ending with consumption Be sure that your druggist gives you Reid's, laid take no other. SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, JJJ. " DECEPTION, nii may look like poatry, bat It O11I; damoaatratea bow eaallv the eye ' May ba deceived. The ear la eometiaM* Deceived by the cry of "Jnrt aa *•<!*> By some draggiata whe» wbaa Dr. Wtite'i Pilmitrli ii ollei ftr, ' Vaa their yeraaaaira powara t» 'i s ladace yoa to take aMMttlig din Om which «h*r Make a larfnr Ijf V"; Pratt, aad akemld yoa allow th«lr; V/A';' tofhlatry to mmwi jaar Wttac ; ladfaaat, yoa win diacorar tki ,< f" ^ Daeaptioa only altar yea have tfaed the ataff aad fbaad it. Worthleaa. Toa will the* aaaai la vala the kwa af yaar coai laaay. *r «hara to aa ath«r Caagh waaly aa g--d aa th» Waaairia «r that will eatf § " Cafh fa apaadlly aad pamaaaatly, ,/V PATtllTB QOicklr obtained. No at»r*a T~f* • • O CM until patent is allowed, bdnea « Booh ft--. MMCnnitMrf *aah. P.O. 1" ,5V * < h * " •' V" Common t i " Sots Clothes and \ Chaps Hands. t- > * Hii r BTASTBtra U mXMCm, aymatea, sturdy boya, * aWnae* in their pla£' gyy* M kUoaa vartaats la tba cares and joya Of many a summer's day. If one were mnde to linger la to When scbonl *»a out. in tore dtaCNMi Tt>o<>ther faithfully wottld wait 'v With aad UUKP mt'linc face, S •" And abare his comra/lcV hipleal IGiSi And murmur at his case. Whatover learning either bad, " *,»' In trnth it wa- H slender iturii'1"', , At lessons they were alwaysf(la<i • Aj'" To share t ile eca >ty loro, ^ * •And bfldom frottcd or wetivtad ' •* Becuuse it <raa no more. . , Oae tntteml book was good fO- Iheir pcncil^ owned a iftntnnl 6wity( >. Tliev w« re companions in their klotb, ' . And fellows in their play; ""'p'h Atod spite of quarrels they ware loth ..Skiiia To part & sing e day. =s ^ One golden snmnaer noon It chanoed ? / That both were trnnnt from the school, They rambled where the xunthine ' U|>on a lonelv iiool; ; * ~\u l&li Along (he sloping marge thevdanced. And laughed at learnings rue. And one has launched a wooden rkfp Upon ih« placid silver tide, e ^ ^., When suildi-nly bis footsteps alia . From off the nmiBtemnl side, V ' *' A stiflnl cry u|ion hi4 ilp; • & i, The pool iadeep and wide >,* 4V With frightened gaze the other atanda ,v ' A moment on th« shelving txiuk, V ,̂: Then plunges in w iih outstretehed baa^jC^- To where hits pl»> mate ^ank. -- • '• HJ V ' i H!i» fdK.Mtinte pinionetl by the banda / Ui and herbage rank. 1 O mothers I--Neil her boy can awim. And he who plungetl itr-o the wfW la held with franiic eru p by hiAk Whom he hnd trie<l to ouve. K 1. They etrnggle in the water* dial,-- • The pool tMJcoiuea a gnive. s** i, . „ \ ^ ^ AcroRB the tide tba wooden boat* * '^.V Swims gttily, and tha sunny ait ^ - Iachceiful iu the thrush'a note.- •?l "S'- That knows not any care. - N Tli"o boyish cnjifi, it o,rnmj-led coO1 »~ • How sttd a tale ia ilwrj! ^ • ,!."»• > And far away cneh mother says Her boy is safe at school; And far away the master uways His i ingdom from his stool, And schemes of birchen vengeanM lays-wi For those benea h the pool. -2) A TALE OF A liUKGLAKY tv. >DOESNOTt . '$ * tf. u . . . ̂ • C J t"l • ->• i - •' f-r*' ^ **11 ' Ar> •' :» *5:1 - •"^ lam secretory of the Anti-Burgflar Security Association. The society has been runningthree years now,and it was very uphill work. But it has, I am happy to say, turned out a tremendous success. My poster did it--my artful poster. On my poster a gentleman and his wife were "discovered" in bed smilin blandly; there was a masked burglar, of ferocious aspect, presenting a re­ volver at them. Beneath was the following legend: i Burglar--Good evening; have you used Pears' soap? Mr. Careful--No, sat; we have not but, being insured irkthe Anti-Burg lar Security Associatiot»Kvwe must request that you will effect your pur- iiose quietly and not disturb our peaceful slumbers. That poster did it; but I worked like a horse. Whenever a robbery took place, I or my canvassers called on the neighborhood in detail,"Tnak ing what is termed a house-to-house visitation. We invariably reaped large harvest of insurers. I believe that, in time, bolts and door-chains will become a perfect drug in the mar­ ket'. When I asked my friend Tom Sniffles to insure, he laughed. "Nobody would think of burgling our little place, Dolly," he said; "why, we've only got a hundred pounds worth at Arabella Villa. There's Aunt Jane's teapot, there's my wife's christening-mug, and the whole of our plate and jewelry might make up the amount. It's hardly ,worth, in­ suring.'* "Well, It's only six shillings, Tom," I said. "Insure yourself for a hun­ dred; it can't do yo.u any harm, and every fresh name is of vital importance to me." • "I wouldn't lose Aun't Jane's tea­ pot, Tom,, for worlds," burst in his wife. Women are so absurd; they think if they insure their lives that people live longer; they think that people who insure their property never have a tire. Of course we talked Tom over between us. "I do it," said he, "just to oblige you, because you're my chum, Dolly." "Tom," I replied, with a chuckle, "I hope for your sake that you'll be burgled within the week; we are most liberal in our settlements." Then we all three laughed, and lit­ tle Mrs. Shiftless declared that if she saw a burglar she thought she should die of fright. I had a final cup of tea out of Aunt Jane's teapot and took my leavfe. Some six months afterward, my dear old friend Tom Shiftless called at our offices to see. me. I kept him waiting outside a good while to impress him with my new-fledged dignity. Then he entered my sanctum, I indicated a chair, and went on writing for full two minuies, letting him see what a busy fellow I was. "Now, old man," I said, briskly, putting down my pen, "what can I do for you? Tom, be brief and con­ cise as you can, for my time is, as you know, the property of the Anti-Burg­ lary Association." » "Can you lend me fifty pounds. DollA?" he said; "I can't be more brier tnan that." Such are the penalties of greatness. In the old days, he would never have thought of asking for more than five. "Tom," I said, a little solemnly, assuming my director-of-the-Bank-of- England manner, "I am deeply grieved. Had you called but half an hour ago, I could have .obliged you. The very sum you mention I have just advanced to an impecunious friend. Fifty pounds I devote annu­ ally to the cause of friendship and charity. But I am a man of rule, Tom: I limit myself to £50. When my friend returns it, it is very much at your service. Till then, my dear fellow, I regret that I cannot help you." Then I began to wash my hands in the air, as I have seen the hard-hearted millionaire do upon the stage. "What on earth am I to do?" said poor Tom. "We owe half a year's rent, the butcher won't give us any more credit, and things are very bad with us." I changed the subject and I tried to cheer him with soft words, a dry biscuit, and a glass of the secretarial sherry. He had a second glass, and the poor fellow went away smiling. As soon as he had left the room, I touched my electric bell. A clerk ap­ peared. "Should that gentleman call again," I said, t£yot»*9Mi tell him that I have gone away on business." The clerk knew what I meant. It was just ii week after that that a claim for indemnity was laid upon iny office table. It ran as follows: To the A nti-Pnrglar feenrtty Association: GENTLEMEN--I regret to intorm yon that my house was entered last night, by an armed burglar. He has stripped the placo of valuubles, of which 1 send yoti an ap­ proximate list. There may be possible ad­ ditions; but my wife has been too much frijrhtened to nsfiist me in making an in­ ventory: One silver tea-pot, £'22 ills,; one silver christening mug, £5 5s.; twelve silver teaspoons. £C. And so on and so on, the total coming to the sunt of £7.^1 Is. 4d. The letter was dated from Arabella Villa, and it was signed Thomas Shiftless. I flew to Arabella Villa in a cab. There was a littfe crowd outside the door: three plain-clothes officers were interviewing the general servant in the kitchen; and the chief of them informed me that an entry had been effected by the scullery window, and that, "from information received," he had no doubt whatever that that eminent cracksman, Mr. Robert Smoucher, had done the trick. He looked tremendously intelligent when I told him who I was, and when I gave him half a crown, he looked more intelligent than ever. TV)m was ministering to his unhappy wife. "The poor thing has had a fit of hysterics every quarter of an hour ever since," he explained to me. "Oh, Mr. Pushard!" cried the poor sufferer to me, "oh!"' I soothed her. Little by little I learned all she had to tell. * To put it shortly, her story ran as follows: Her husband was at his club; she was sud­ denly awakened by noise in the room; she was a gigantic figure standing at the foot of the bed,, it wore a pea- jacket, a red comforter, and a fur cap, the face was concealed by a ftidequs mask. "The man's eyes sparkled like burning coals," she said; "in his hand was a pistol, which might have gone off at any moment. I fainted away at once. "When I came to myself, Tom was holding the smelling-bottle to my nose; and, oh, Mr. Pushard, I shall never believe in you and the Anti-Burglar Security Association any more.". Then she went off into fits of hysterical laugh­ ter, and I went back to the office. They never caught Mr. Smoucher, the eminent craksman. It was about a year after the burg­ lary at Arabella Villa that Tom Shiftless came into his uncle's money. Within a week he had another stroke of luck; lie discovered the . whole of the property which had been stolen from Arabeila Villa; he came to the office one morning and informed me of the fact; in his hand was a check for, £75, lis. 4d. "Mt. Pushard," he said (the fellow, now that he had come intohis money, actually had the impertinence to be distant to me. I was his Dolly once. Bah! how I hatj; ingratitude!) "last night while digging in the garden, beneath a goosberry tree,- which I planted the very day after our burg­ lary"--here his eyes twinkled, and he smiled in a fatuous manner--"I dis­ covered the whole of our plate, and the fur-cap. and the pasteboard'mask of the villain who robbed us. Under the circumstauces, I feel that I can do no less than return the sum paid me by the Anti-Burglar Security As­ sociation. Now, I'll trouble ygu for a receipt." "Your conduct does you immense credit, my dear Shiftless," I cried. "Let me shake you by the hand, I added, in my enthusiasm. But the upstart thrust his hands into his pockets, and he would not even sit down. One can not afford to quarrel with a man who has just come into money. "Let me offer you a glass of sherry, Tom," I hospitably cried, "just to show there is no ill-felling." Then I handed him the receipt. "I don't want your sheWy, Mr. Pushard," he replied. Then a light burst in upon me at once. I saw it all. I knew now who had burgled Arabella Villa. It was Tom.--St, James Gazette. Q v Good Authority. Congressmen "before the war" were somewhat accustomed to the exchange of unparliamentary language; but perhaps no American legislators were ever so practised in vituperation as the members of the much-lamented, vanished Irish Parliament on College Green. Somehow they contrive to keep on friendly private terms while treating one another to most pictur­ esque abuse. On one occasion, pointing a quiver­ ing finger across the house at his op­ ponent, one Thaddy Burke concluded with these words: "And every niimber of the honor­ able gintleman's famille Is benayth contiinpt--from the white-livered hound that is shivering on the flure to the painted hag that Is grinning in the galley." "How did you know that his sister was In the gallery?" whispered a com­ rade as the orator sat down. 'Sure, didn't Thaddy himself tell me she was going to be prisint when we were coming down to the House afther dinner?" . Mwallowed by a Boa-Can«tHa>Wi» - Illustrations of the swallowing capabilities of the boa-constrictor were a familiar and impressive feature of the school geographies and books of travel and natural history of our childhood days. Since then, the uni­ versal skepticism of the times has rather tended to throw doubt upon the reality of these performances; but our faith is powerfully revived by an account which the Kokkai, a Japanese newspaper, recently gave of actual occurrence of this kind. A man named Namura, a wood-cutter, of the province of Turuba, was engaged with his wife in cutting firewood in a forest, when the woman suddenly disappeared. Guided by her cries, the husband sought her whereabouts, and was paralyzed with horror at finding her already half swallowed by huge constrictor. Before he was able to render any assistance the tragedy wa»complete, and the ser­ pent, which in its gorged condition might have been easily dispatched, had taken refuge in its hole. -- HOW TO BATHE. Ba OIMM aad la All Ukaltkaod gl^ trill B« Healthy. The first and common object of the bath is cleanliness. The great im­ portance of abstersion, and the ne­ cessity of keeping the skin clean and in its normal activity, will be more fully appreciated wheii we consider the importance of the function which the skin has to perform. One-third of all the morbid matter in the sys­ tem arising from tissue change is thrown off through the skin, the other two-thirds being excreted by the kidneys and lungs. The excretion through the skin is accomplished by the action of about 2,500,000 of little sweat glands. Each of these glands is surrounded by a plexus of blood vessels, and has a duct extending to the surface, the average length of which is one-fourth of an inch. The aggregate length of these ducts as computed is about ten miles. Think of it. A system of human sewerage ten miles in extent! The deleterious effect upon the organism caused by a stoppage of this areat system of drainage will be perceived at a glance. The effete masters of the body, which in a state of health are excreted by the skin, nature now endeavors to get rid of through the kidneys and lungs. The effect on these organs of the great increase of functional activity necessary to obtain the harmony be­ tween tissue waste and tissue repair results in their disease, #and the en­ tire system becomes deranged from the poisonous effects ot this accumu­ lated matter. Then, too, in health respiration is carried on, in a measure, through the skin by the absorption of oxygen and the giving off of carbonic acid, thus aiding the lungs in theii interchange of gases;in this manner a direct effect is produced upon these organs by a checking of the normal activity of the skin. For purposes of cleanliness the hot bath will be found to lie of the greatest service. Friction of the body with soap will aid in dissolving and removing the accumulated mat­ ter which fills the mouths of the lit­ tle ducts, and leaves them open and free for the egress of the natural se­ cretions. This bath should be fol­ lowed by a cold shower to restore the tone to the skin and avoid the de preasion which always follows pro­ longed immersion in hot water. Right here I wish to say a wbrd to depre­ cate the pernicious practice indulged in by many of taking frequent hot baths. For the purpose just mentioned a hot bath is never necessary oftener than once or, at most, twice a week, provided a person takes a daily tepid or cold sponge bath, which should y e indulged in by every one as a matter of health. Taken oftener than this, the hot bath is enervating and de­ pressing. It produces a lowered state of vitality, which not only lowers the powers of resistance t0 disease, but may actually induce disease by en­ couraging the development of any latent abnormal condition to which the person may be subject.--New York News. , ' V " tiMm i in. a A MAN has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.--Johnson. A Grawlnl Trlbnww Tlie Companion rarely mentions personally those who have helped to make its columns attractive; but there is something to be said about the late James Parton which renders it neces­ sary to transgress a rule to which heretofore we have adhered rigidly. Mr. Parton was one of the most valuable of our contributors, and hundreds of interesting articles pub­ lished without his signature have been enjoyed by the readers of the Com panion. He was one of the most fascinating and picturesque writers of his time. But he was more than that. Al­ though born in England of English parents, he was a most intense Ameri­ can. This does not mean that he dis­ liked England, but that he looked on every question that arose with feel­ ings and sympathies completely American, and with a preference for Republican institutions so long that he could hardly have patience with anything like a monarchy. Further than this, he was a most vigorous opponent of the popular vices, large and small. For years he waged war against the wine habit and the tobacco habit with great effect. The companion suffers a loss in his death, and so does .the country of which he was a foster-child, and which he loved well.--Youth's Companion. YOUTH is indanger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.--*Bulwer Lytton. Bar aad Noaa fferelne. The ornaments put through the walls of the nose vary greatly. There may be but one perforation in each wall or there may be several. In New Zealand flowers, in New Guinea a bear's tusk, in the Solomon Islands a crab's claw, in New Britain thorns, set upright, are the objects thus worn. These are all original and primitive; after the natives come in contact with whites, these give plac&to metal buttons and rings. In the Sturgis collections a rather pretty nose ornament froiti - New Guinea. It is V shaped, and the arms fit by stud-shanks, one into each wall of the nose. Nose ornaments were known to the Jewess of the exile --"And I will put a jewel on thy nose." The cheeks are pierced by some Eskimos, who wear little round stud buttons in the holes. Ears are pierced the world over. A few cases must suffice. Schweinfurth |says that Babucker women pierce the rim of the ears repeatedly and wear therein bits of straw an inch in length, having tweuity such, perhaps, in each ear. This repeated piercing of the ear is common among barbarous peo­ ple, and we have seen a woman of the Sac and Fox Indians who wore seven brass rings in one ear. Ears may be slit and stretched in­ stead of pierced. They then hang in lonsr loops. Cat!in gives a picture of an Indian whose beauty had been in­ creased in this way. The Anchorite Islander slits his ears while the Fijian often has them slit and stretched to such an extent that the two fists may be placed in the openings. Slit ears may be of practical use. The Kaffir carries his snuff-box in his ear-hole, and Capt. Cook flgureR a Mangeia Islander who carried a large knife in his right ear. Her Dliiiappolntxnent. A lady who w & great admirer of Horace tiroeley went one evening to hear him lecture. She had nevor seen her hero, but was a constant reader of his paper, and hai her own Ideas as to how he would look and act The cha rman of th> meeting desired to air liis Latin, and introduced the speaker in the fol owing rather vague and indefinite manner: "Ladies and gentlemen, yo*i came very near bo.nsr disappointed this evening, aa Air. Greeley lias been very ill, and I trust that a slight etiange of programme will b» excused on th s account V.s t know that yon arc all anxious for the lecture to bo? n, I will only de­ tain you to sav that I have the plea - ure and honor of introducing to you the facile princep* of ournalism." The ady waited to hear no more, but went home ia disgust "Well, my dear," asked the husband, who was taking care of the baby during his wife s absence, -how did you like the lecture?" "I didn't stop to hear it," was the re­ ply. "Greeley was sick, and they got another man to take his place who wa* such a queer lo king old guy that I wouldn't waste my time 1 steaiog hint, so I canie back." "Who was the man?" "I don't krow," she answered, still la- d iff nan t at her ufsaopotutment "£ome* bod£ I never heard of before. Ills name w.is Facily Princes." The lady was still more disappointed the next day when she discovered in the paper a long ac ount of Greeley's lec-. t re, which the great editor, although fee ing quite ill. had delivered in a forci­ ble and impressive manner The paper remarked that the chair­ man stated the truth when he cal ed Gree'oy easily the first-of Journalists. It then dawned us on the lady that her "Facily Princes" was really the editor of the Tr.bune.--Youth's Companion. Two Things In Regard to Catarrh <', III, /III m Dtamwr; it Krquirra a 4\m»Htulional Rrtn+dy. These t * o facts ar • now so we:l known to he med> leal frat roliy that local applications like snuff* and inhalants, aie teirarded as at lea 1 kaly to alia »M»!y temporary relief. To effect a permanent cure of Catairti requires a consiltatlnnd Betnely like Hoos. r«ai>atl:la. which b pari ring the blood, ret airi: ft the diseased titvuea. and imparting bealttiy t ne to the affected ouau. does ( ve thor­ ough an.l la*i ins cure. *1 araut to «ay that Hood's Barsaparilla la a per- nancct ..cure for cata-rtu A'ter cuSerirg^ Witb catarrh lor manure w, 1 wa« rtquaaied to take Hood's Sdrsaparilla and aft ru :i K ttree > r lonr t> tt.'eK 1 am k -aledof Unjaont aunofisft di-eaae im fcr*taaato hair to."--P.B.STOCT. Sharidau. I,id. « teifti : It Was Kmharra**lng. They tell an amusing little story of Fenator Vedder when he began to teach school He had one pupil who was about his own Ago, a merry, irrepressible young girl. Her frequent outbursts of laughter were very annoying to the young teacher. It was near the close of the dav, when the weary teachers pa­ tience had been sorely tried, that he de­ termined to give the girl a little squelch­ er in the way of corporai punishment, f-uch torture; were always tnilleted on the hand with a strap or ferule in the presence of all the pupils. >o. thus ap- r roaching her, ferule In hand, he ad­ dressed her thos: ".Miss . give me vo ir hand." She dropped her head an 1 blu?hed. Again he said, sternly, "Miss •, I say, give me your hand." Now, s owly lifting her eyes, she re­ marked: "Mr. Vedder, this is embar­ rassing for me. You should not make such proposals In public. However, you must ask my papa first" It was said the loar of laughter from the pupils must have discouraged the future Senator, for itva< never ascer­ tained that he asked her papa Honest Smokera. 4ttlte a number of cigar storei ftfc&Ht town leave a small bo< with ni kel cigars lying exposed on the showcase. hen a customer *wants a nickel cigar 1 e come* in and deposits his nicke! on the box and takes out a cigar, lights St and leaves the store without disturbing the c erk or proprietor, t-omet mes ho sees nobody. It is noticeable, however, that none of the imported stock that sell for 15 cents straight up to a dollar is thus left lying about subject to the honesty of the cu-tomer. Ferhaps the dealers have come to the conclusion tuat the man who would have the courage to smoke a 5 cent cigar may be relied upon a« always able and willing to pay for it whether watched or not--New York Herald. The Vole® of the People Beachea us--or should do ao--through tbe bal­ lot-box. This ia the medium through which It ought to apeak in clarion tones. But there are other means by which the people voice their sentiments, irrespective of politics, concerning matters of vital importance. Successful or un­ successful are those popular admonitions aa they arc heard distinctly or faintly. But health, the grand desideratum, appeals to ua alL THE avenue is only cleared when the obstacles whio'u bar its complete recovery are awept aside. Hog- tetter^a Stomach Bitters has for nearly a third, of a century occupied (ho first rank among pro­ prietary remedies for debility, dyspepsia, con­ stipation, disorder of the liver and kidneys, and as an effectual means of conquering and pre­ venting malarial complaints. Since the advent of *la grippe" it has alio signaliMd IttsU aa a cure of the complaint. Curious Cause ot Death. Capt Kron, of Lexington, Mass., a Union veteran, sun ived twenty battles of the rivil war, including Cold Barber, where he lost an arm, to die at the age of 64 through having his foot trodden o:i in a street car. The pressure on a bun­ ion caused inflammation, gwhgrene set in, and the poor man died after a week's illness. ' The Otl Buatneaa. There are 46,000 oil we'ls In the United States, representing a capital of 8120,- 000,000, with an output of 1H0,000 bar­ rels per day. The refining capacity of the country is 140,000 barrels per day, while 15,000 barrels are consumed as fuel. A surplus stock is held in tanks of more than 35,00^,000 barrels. ON© ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs Is token; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys­ tem effectually, dispels colds, head- •ches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Svrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro­ duced. pleasing to the taste and ac­ ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial w its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most "popular remedy known. 8yrup of Figs -j* for sale in 50c and $1 bottles Dy all leading drug­ gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro­ cure it promptly fr? nny one who wishes to try It. Do no* aooept anr " We are six in £ta*» A Farmer at ilv. We live in a place where we are Edom,Texas, ̂ ubject to violent Says: Colds end I«ung Troubles. I have used German Syrup for six yeaes successfully for Sore Throat, Cough, Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the Chest and Lungs, and spittingroip of Blood. I have tried many differ­ ent kinds of1* cough Syrups in my time, but let me say to anyone want­ ing such a medicine--German Syrup is the best That has been my ex­ perience. If you use it once, you will go back to it whenever you need it. It gives total relief and is a quick cure. My advice to every­ one suffering with Lung Troublesia --Try it You will soon be con­ vinced. In all the families whem your German Syrup is used we have no John || trouble with the PnLnklltl j Lungs at all. It is •% the medicine for this - f^nnn > - country. g #wiw.^ G. G.GREEN. Sole Man'fr; substitute. €Aumw< Fte srrMP ea S A N F R A M t * C 0 C A l < LOUISVILLE, KY. KrW tOM. H.9- !*sr SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. Th* taceen of this Great Coogh Cm k without a parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos­ itive guarantee, a test that no other cure can sue. cessiully stand. That it may become known, the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home in the United States and Canada. If you have a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for it will cure you. If your child has the Croup, or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief is sure. If you dread that$insidious disease Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for SHILOH'S CURE, Price lo cts., 50 cts. and fl.oo. If your Langs are tore or Back lame, mi Piaster, oae Shiloh'a Bosons Price as cts. The Only One Bver Printed-*Can Toa Ftatl the Word? There Is a 8-Inch display advertisement In this paper this week which has no two words alike except one word. The same Is true of each new one appearing each week from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the name of the word, and they will return you BOOK, BBAIMFUI. LITHOGRAPHS, or &AHPLES FREE. •^veTO^ Twe Btttle* Cared He*. CABBOIX, la., July, 1MB, X was suffering 10 years from shocks In my head, so nfboh so that at time* I didn't expect to recover. I took medicines from many doc- tore, but did not get any relief until I took Pastor Kcenig's Nerve Tonic; the second dose relieved BW and 2 bottles cured me. S. W. PKCK. HPHINO GBOVE, McHenry Oa, III., Hay, W. During the last two years 1 suffered for a tew days every month or two from fainting spells, of winch three doctors could not relieve me, but made it worse. It ia eix months now since I took Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic, and have had no mora spells. OTTO MAN. P. J. Sherlock, of Stewart, Lee County, lit, fonad Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonio to be a good rsacedy. Ho gays: Could not sleep after midnight for several months, sleep now vary wall, have not taken any for two months. It Cures Cnldn, Coaxhs. Sere 1 Ealraeaaa, Whooptn* Coojrh, Asthma. & certain cure for Coawmpwa ta l ••sees, and • Mir** relief in advanced «lM*a us at nnoe. You will nee the en-elleat •fltoct alter taking the ttn»t (lose. Boid bir oeaiers eve«wa«N. Large oolt e*. 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MAGA­ ZINE says that the banana Is a .member of the lily family, from which, by ages of cultivation the seeds have become eliminated and the fruit for which it Was cultivated, greatly expanded. You CAK BREAK UP A BAB COLD by the timely use of Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, an old and popular medicine for Sore Lungs and Throats, and the beat of all Cough rem­ edies. ____________ • ACTIONS speak more forcibly than words; they are the test of character. Like fruit upon the tree, they show the nature of the man; while motives, like the sap, are hidden from our view. USE BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES for Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Troubles.--"Pre-eminently the best."--Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher. GEORGE W. CHILDS' first hit in the pablishing Hue was with "Dr. Kane's Arctic Explorations, * which yielded the author $70,000 within a year. LIKB OIL UPON TSOOBZJSD WATZXS IS the in­ fluence of HALX'S Homer or HOBEHOCND AND TAR upon a cold. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS Cure in one Minute. 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HE is truly wise who galas wisdom from another's mishap. R. fanhlngtoo. D. C $65 A month and board, misxipo aad SO days' credit to nceats. or highest com-. ' credit to (treats^ P. W. Zlejcler & Co. ST. Lena. Mo. iaswsxoar« - •»««> all s«»xj»KKBSt !4 disabled. fZtee for increase. years ex- I perience. Write for Laws. A.W. McCoaaic-K ; BOKS, WASHINBTON. IJ. C. & CiacutKATi. O. P I S O S C l J R E F O R Ceaaaasptlvea and people who hare weak lungs or Asth­ ma. should use Piso's Cure for Consuaiptioii. It has cured theaaaada. It has not injur­ ed one. It la not bad to take. It is the best coughs; Sold everywhere C O N ? U M P T ! C n S . JV- I - . ' 1 ' * . \ \ • * # » • * ' t> '1 1 . J " 4 * . , V A SAVIOR or HER SEX. pais becomes a eoaataat WMiKif i Wea there is ao reposefbr themftrer, ateht; when lift itself seems to be aealsuss aud when all this is reversed br aw aw a a. auM twea the above title? 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