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The Rising Sun Stove Polish is Bril­ liant, Odorless, and Durable. Each package Contains six ounces; when moistened will make several boxes of Paste Polish. IAS AN ANNUAL SALE OF 3,000 TOM, Mr. Arthur Anthony, ajjed 26, junior member of the firm Anthony & Son, was a peculiar mato. Though pos­ sessed of a broad anil high culture he was known to but few people and was understood by none. His manner of life was simple but very regular. He talkjed little but thought much. In his thinking and studying he had ar­ rived at conclusions similar to those held by most students. He put those conclusions into practice, however, and herein he differed from most men; herein was he called pecul ar. In the following episode let the reader bear in mind that Mr. Antbony was acting from conviction. One summer lnornin# Mr. Arthur Anthony boarded the train at his home in Braywood; he was going on business to the city 100 miles East. He took a seat near the rear of the car, and, as was his custom, bought a morning paper. Tnis he proceeded to read in a leisurely manner; he noted the headings on tbe front page,looked at the stock quotations, glanced at the editorial articles, and was about to-cast the paper aside when he no­ ticed the heading of another column which before had escaped his atten­ tion. It was: "LEFT HEB HOME. Pretty Mr*. Ordway of Brookviile certs htr family." Usually he would have passed such a heading. Now, however, lack of anything else to do he read tbe column article. It told how Mrs. James Ordway of Brookville, wife of a prosperous farmer and milk dealer, had the afternoon before left her hus­ band and two children without any warning, and eloped wlch a young man who had been boarding in the village for a few weeks. This man. since his arrival in the quiet town, had made friends among old and young. He had taken an active part in Sunday school picnics and berry parties, and had even helped one farmer got in his hay before a shower. The unsuspecting country folk--Mrs. Ordwav included--had been much pleased with this man, and in their infatuation had*-forgotten to inquire about his business or his antecedents. The elopement, however, had opened their eves, and in an hour the saint had become a sinner. No reason could be given for Mrs. Ordway's strange conduct She and her hus­ band had lived in perfect harmony since their marriage live yeasrs before, and she had.al ways been happy as far as any one knew. Mrs. Ordway was a very nervous woman, in delicate health, of an open disposition and confiding nature. Mr. Ordway was a stern, hard-working man, little given to sentiment, but of a kind heart His love for his wife was deep but not effusive. Now, however, since his wife's elopement, he was nearly heart broken, and offered her entire forgiveness if she would return to him and her "(children. Then the article described Mrs. Ordway and told how she was dressed when last seen at Brookviile: it told also of the man's appearance and dress. Mr. Anthony laid down the paper, saying to himself, "Another foolish woman." Then he began to notice the people in the car. At tbe for­ ward end were four drummers talking and laughing; near the middle of the car was a party evidently just start­ ing for the seashore: in the seat di­ rectly in front of Mr. Anthony was a couple appirently just married. "Off on their weddirg trip, I guess," thought Anthony. Then he looked to the car window; accordingly Anthony took his seat next to the |rfBle. In this way he could look across and see her face. He thought Jhe detected something sad about it, land yet she chatted pleasantly with the man whenever bespoke to her. |He was exceedingly attentive to her, and she appeared to have entire con­ fidence in him. But she did not seem to lead in the conversation, and when they were quiet Anthony was sure a jsad expression came into her face, as • though she forgot the present and was thinking of the past; once he even .thought he saw a tear. "If some person would only talk to that woman a little he might per­ suade her to return home. Too had to break up a family like that," thought Anthony. Soon he heard j jthe man say to the woman, **1 think I'll go into the smoker a little while. You don't mind, do you?" And she answered, ,4No, I guess not", •co the man went. This %as Anthony's chance A moment latei the woman was startled to hear hei name spoken close to her own ear. She was leaning back in the cornel by the window looking out at the pleasant homes they were passing-- perhaps she was thinking of her own home. At the sound a strange voice balling her by name she sat u( straight and turned around with ia frightened look. •»«Mrs. Ordway"^--he spoke slowly, in the meantime looking straight into her blue eyes--"Mrs. James Ord­ way of Brookviile, I am sorry this thing has happened." Then he rose, stepped around int« the seat in front and said, "May ] Sit here?" She seemed a little frightened but said nothing. He sat down and turned in the seat so that he could see her clearly. Then he continued: "1 don't understand whyyouRhould have done this. You had a good home and your husband war kind to you. You were not overworked. You had all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life. And you loved youi home till this man,"--he pointed to wards tbe smoking car--"met you. He is a man of the world and you were fascinated by his easy ways. Every one in the village iiked him be­ cause he was pleasant and accommo­ dating. You met him and he seemed to like you. Then he told you he did, and his actions seemed to prove it But do you suppose he' loves you aia your husband does? Why, hasn't he just gone off to smoke his cigar? He cares more for that than for you. Is that like your husband? Perhaps your husband doesn't talk much about his love, but isn't he kind to you? This man talks a great deal about how be loves you, and then the first chance he gets lie leaves you alone and goes to the smoking car. You ought not to have been discontented. He may appear better than your husband, MAKING PACES. The W*r tk« Actbn 4o That Bit «T tUtto Work. • "Well, ho," said the actor,lighting a fresh cigar and assuming a more confidential pose; "the rules are sim­ ple enough, and with a little practice, almost any amateur could learn to make up artistically if be has any eye for effect. Some parts, like Romeo, Charles Surface, Sidney Darrell, and Claude Melnotte, require very little make up for a young and good-looking actor. The race and neck should be thoroughly covered with white I»wder, and the cheek bones and chin lightly touched with rouge, which should not be too red. Then, as the lover ought to look handsome, he should d*aw a fine black line under his lower eyelashes with a camel hair brush and burnt amber. This makes the eyes brilliant. I'm sure it isn't much trouble to make up that way.' "Other characters are harder, though." "Oh, immeasurably sa But to make a maturer man, like Cassio, Iago, Mercutio, John Mild may. or Hawksley, it requires only a little more work. After the actor ha3 laid on his powder and rouged his face pretty heavily--for men are com­ monly rather red-faced--he must take his brush and amber and trace some lines from the outer corners of the eyes, and other lines down toward the corners of the mouth from the nose. In short, he must make the crows' feet that are visile in all men who have lived over thirty years in this tantalizing world of ours. Then the chin should be touched with a little blue powder, which makes it look as if recently shaved. These precautions will make the most juvenile face look mature. If he has to go further, and look like old age, as in such charac­ ters as Lear, Yirginius--for, as I said before, Yirginius was an old man-- Richelieu, Sir Peter Teazle, aud so on, more work is necessary. Heavy false eyebrows muist be pasted on, and the eye hollow-darkened and fairly crowded with lines. Wrinkles must be painted across the forehead, fur­ rows down the cheeks, downward lines from the corncrs of the mouth, and (very important) three or four heavy wrinKles painted around the neck to give it the shrivelled appear­ ance common to old age. The hollow over the upper lip should be darkened, and also the hollow under the lower lip. This gives tbe mouth the pinched( and toothless look. A little powdered' antimony on the cheeks makes them look fallen in and shrunken. Theq, tone the face down with a delicate coating of pearl powder, and you'll have as old a looking man as you'd care to see." "How does it all feel?" "At first your face feels tightened, and the muscles don't play easy, but after a few grimaces it comes all James Ord way, but his heart is not j right. -It's a great relief to get it off, as good. He does not care for you are half sorry you left your home; I know you wish you were back again. Don't you remember how the place looks on a morning like this? The sun is shining down on thepiazza,and the morning-glories are all open now. Perhaps your husband is just coming home on the milk cart. He'll miss you this morning, I am sure." Her frightened look had gradually turned into a look of wonder as be had progressed. Now she was star­ ing at him; her eyes were opened wide, and her surprise at his knowl­ edge of her elopement so completely covered her face that he could not tell from it the extent to which she had been influenced by his words. But be saw that his conjectures about the moyiing glories and the sun on the piazza had been correct. He had thought it must be so, tor he knew that most farm houses had a south piazza and that most housewives planted morning glories.. As for the other things he had said, he got them from the newspaper. He was deter­ mined that she should yield, for he was sure of her sorrow for what she had done, and he wished the family to be reunited. So he continued: "And the children have no mother this morning; they cried for her last trtght and did not know why she didn't come back. I wonder who will care for them now." She had yielded. She was crying softly. The mother had loved her children and nothing could make her long forget them. The thought of them would alone have made tier wish to return. If she had been a little sad before she was entirely so now. Anthony saw tbis. and he knew he would succeed His plan was formed at once. In five minutes tbey would stop at another station where they met the up train. The train would make connections at Ashland for Brookviile. If he could get Mrs. at the woman a moment and mut- j Ordway on that train she would reach tered, "A brown hat and a brown home early in the afternoon. He was cape. Well! That's what that paper determined to do his utmost. He said." He took up the paper again and read the description of Mrs. Ordway: "As near as can be found out, Mrs. Ordway wore a small brown hat, a brown cape, a green dress, iind brown gloves. She also had on a pair of brown gaiters. Mrs. Ordway is a small woman of slender build. She has light brown hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion." Anthony read this over carefully and compirrd each point to the wo­ man in front of him. There was the small brown hat. the brown cape, the brown gloves, and the green dress. He could not see the lady's gaiters. But the light hair and fair complexion were there. The appearance of the man agreed exactly with the printed account. Still, it was only the clothes that were different; the hair, complexion, iind mustache were the same. Anthony felt sure that if that woman in frouv of him wore brown gaiters she was M^ Jamea Ordway of Brookvijle. At the first station Anthony left the cai for a walk on the platform. He went out by the rear door; when he came in it w is by the front door. He walked slowly up the aisle towards his seat, his eyes me.inwhile lowered. He glanced into tl\e se it in front of his own and saw a sm ill foot It was a woman's foot ar.d on it W.LS a brown gaiter. T.mt settled it. Arthur Anthony knew th tthis w.;s the elop­ ing couple. "The paper could give no reason, her husband s.iid they had never h.:d even a word of disagree­ ment, and I can't imagine why she did it," he said. Mrs. Ordway. if so it was, sat next continued: t "Madam, I am sure you would like to get home again and I think we can arrange it. He will not be back from the smoking car for 15 or 20 minutes yet. At this next station we meet the up train. By taking that you will get to Brookviile this afternoon, Your husband offers you entire forgiveness if you will but re­ turn to him." "Does he? Then I'll go." This was the first time she had spoken, and there was hope in her voice and countenance. But immediately de­ spair overcame her hope and she said in a trembling voice, "Oh! but I have no money." Her hope was gone again and for the first time she realized how de­ pendent she was upon others. "But I have money," said Anthony "and here is the station." He got up and took her satchel She followed him and they went out The western train was waiting. He had barely time enough to get her ticket and see her safe aboard the car. As it started, he tipped his hat from the platform, and from the win­ dow she smiled through her tears. Then he rushed to the telegrepb office and sent this message: "Mr. James Ordway, Brookvill«: "Your wife will return on the afternoon train to-day. ABTIIUR ANTHONY." --Amherst Monthly. THERE is little music in the instru­ ment that is easily learned. There is the triangle, for instance. EVEF.T thinking person sees some­ thing in himself every day to make him a little less conceited. however, after three hours' work." j "It must cause rather mournful foi coasts when a man looks on his own lace made up for the age of, say, 80 years?" "Not so bad as when he makes up lor a corpse, however. I'll never for­ get the first glance I had at my face after it had been made up for Gas­ ton's death scene, when playing the •Man in the Iron Mask' in^lSGi It positively appalled me, sir, and I lay awake all that night thinking of it, and dreamed of myself in a coffin for a month afterward.*' '•How is it done?M". 4 Well, it varies slightly. You see, such characters as Lear, Virginius, Werner, and Beverley are before the audience some time before they actually die, and therefore their faces can't be made so very corpse-like; but Matthias, in 'The Bells,' LiOuis XI., Gaston aud Danny Man are discovered dying when the scene opens, or are brought iu dead, so that their faces can be made extreme. For the last series the face and neck should be spread with prepared white, and after­ ward touched up with Dutch pink to give it a livid hue in places. Then put a deep shading of powdered anti mony under the eyebrows and well into tbe hollow of the eye, on the cheeks, throat, and temples. This is very effective,as it gives the face that dreadfully sunken appearance as in death. The sides ot the nose and over the upper lip should also be darkened, and tbe lips powdered blue. Then the face will look about as dead as it would three hours after death." "In the make-up of grotesque faces do they u e false noses and chins?" "Very rarely. Usually the method is to stick some woo) on the nose with gum and mold it in whatever shape you will; then powder and paint it as you would the natural nose for gro­ tesque or comedy parts. Paste is put on with gum, instead of wool, some­ times. Clowns have to encase them­ selves fairly with whiting, and they find' this trouble enough without building up noses or cheeks. Grotes­ que artists have to work hard with their faces as a rule, but they otted are repaid by discovering neat points. Many of our best Dutch and Irish comedians owe their first lift to a lucky make up." Siilety In Number*. An Englishman, idly strolling about an Italian town, was surprised by a rough-looking man asking him, in a threatening tone, when he was going to Day him the 25,000 lire owed him. The Englishman protested that he owed no such sum to any one in Italy; but in vain, for the man said he would prove his assertion in the law courts. The perplexed Englishman thought it wisest to consult a lawyer. "Oh, I'll soon put that all right for you," said the legal adviser reas­ suringly. Shortly afterwards Ifche Englishman was summoned to the Court of Just­ ice (?). He felt sure that his case was lost when six witnesses solemnly swore that they had seen him re­ ceive the alleged sum of money from the plaintiff. However, the man of law proved as good as his word, for he triumphantly produced twelve witnesses, who all took their oath that they bad seen the defendant pay back the 25{000 lire to the plaintiff! 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The spirit of his youth came mightily upon him, and he rushed at the ball, his gown flying in the air, and being a powerful man, sent it over the railing into a carpenter's yard on the other wdft of th- strsot. jv^woy the boys to beg the janitor to open the gate on the plea that it was the rector who had sent the ball out of bounds. Now the janitor had lost an arm, and wore a hook on which was hanging the bunch of keys for which the boys were pleading. One of the boys' boldly slipped them off the hook, and while the others detained tbe janitor, un­ locked the gate. Then they all rushed together across the yard, and swooped down upon the carpenter's premises. He was amazed, the janitor was very angry, and the rector was vastly pleased. Every one knew that he was Eleased, for when the class reassembled e sat chuckling to himself and smooth­ ing down the knees of his trousers, a habit which always indicated a merry mood, and which resulted in a line satin polish on his nether garment. On another occasion a boy was stum­ bling through a translation, and at his wit's end, whispered his neighbor to tell him the meaning of a word. "Anything you like," said the other, in pure mischief, and the translator desperately repeated: "Anything- you like!" The rector broke into a hearty laugh and almost beside himself with merri­ ment left his high desk and came down to enjoy the joke with the boys. He was the true and familiar friend of his class, and they loved him with­ out fear. If one were diligent, it was enough. He was never satirized or re­ proved because he covdd not move mountains. "You may not be a great scholar, the rector would say, gently* "but I am sure you will be a good man. "--Yo Companion. -Youth's His Wit Saved Him. A few years ago there was in a law school not a hundred miles from Bos­ ton a very aged and eccentric professor. "General information" was the old gen­ tleman's hobby; like Gou. Garfield, he held it incontrovertible thatif a young lawyer possessed a large fund of mis­ cellaneous knowledge, combined with an equal amount of "horse sense" he would be a sucoess. So every year the professor put on his examination papers a question very far removed from the subject of criminal law. One year it was, "How many kinds of trees are there in the college yard?" The next, "What is the make-up of the present English Cabinet?" Finally, the pro­ fessor thought he had invented' the best question of his life; It was. "Name twelve animals that inhabit the polar regions." The professor chuckled as he wrote this down. He was sure that he could "pluck" half the students on that ques­ tion. And it was beyond a doubt that that opprobrious voung loafer, Jones, '87, would fail. But when the professor read the ex­ amination papers, Jones, who had not answered another question, was the only man who had solved the polar problem. This was Jones' answer: "Six seals and six polar bears." 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The web itself, very delicately woven into a rosette pattern, was white, and the threads that suspended it from the bushes were so fine as to be almost in­ visible. The whole thing had tbe ap­ pearance of being suspended in the air upon a stem concealed beneath. When Mr. Bell knocked the spidpr from its perch into a white gauze net, his surprise was increased upon seeing his captive instantly turn from blue to white. Its former mimicry had been practised as a snare; now it was playing a similar game for the sake of conceal­ ment. But the end of the performance was not yet reached. When Mr. Bell shook his captive its body again changed color, becoming this time of dull green­ ish-brown. Later he captured another larger specimen of the same species of spider, whose flower web resembled an orchid. This spider exhibited the same remarkable power of changing its color. Magnetto Mineral Mud Baths for Health and Strength. The only place in tha world that you can enjoy th<> luxury and benefits of a MAG- NKTIC MINERAL MUD BATH, is at the cele­ brated INDIANA MINERAL SPBINOS, Warren County, Ind. It is nature's own remedy for the treatment of the worst forms of rheumatism, kidney and liver trouble, skin und blood diseases. A $150,000 hotel aud bath-house, steam-heated,electric-lighted, all modern improvements, furnish the very best of accommodations. In point of cost* you will be better and more satisfactorily taken cure of, with the absolute certainty of deriving greater physical benefit, than you can got elsewhere in this country. Located on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Bailroad. 120 miles south from Chicago. 6end to H. L. Krumer. P. O. Box A. Gen­ eral Manager, Indiana Mineral Springs, Warren County, Ind , for beautifully illus­ trated printed matter* which will tell yon all about It Flower Miss C. G. MCCLAVE, School- teacher , 7 5 3 Park Place , Elmira , N„. -M Y. 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'• <• ot DESIGNING and E^GWAVING ADVBBTIS®* T MENTS for all classes of trade. who wish FIRST* « » * CLASS Electron types of Cuts for Catalogue Illustrations will* find it to their interest to communicate with ua#;«.i MANUFACTURERS PRINTFRQ hav™g lonB runs of press*. I 111 ll I LIlU work, which can be lessened? by duplicating forms, and thereby save th* wear of type, will make money by having theiif pages electrotyped or stereotyped. We caA> return forms in six hours after receipt at ooi office, accompanied by plates of the same. : v'- -- OUR LINE OF NEWSPAPER-HEADIN6 lYPl Is the largest to be found in the West, and w# make a specialty of furnishing Headings for all classes of publications. Specimen books, show-' ing the largest assortment of Newspaper Head* tags ever exhibited, will be sent to Printers and- Publishers upon application. 4 CHICAGO NEWSPAPER UNION ST. RS. *t, ii son Jirrcisoa St.. catcm H.L .•i 77 running sore for tv A Candidate for Matrimony. A younce man in Tuscaloosa, Ala., ad­ vertises for a wife who is willing to marry him on his income of $40 a month. He will allow her $50 a year lor dresses and hats. Reveres t.lie Co«t»~s Massachusetts still reveres the mem­ ory of the codfish, once the chief indus­ try of her people, and keeps k wooden model of one httttging 'iff Ho1*s*$£ Bepresentatives. y Catarrh Cannot Be Cured With LOC'AIJ APPLICATIONS, aa they eannot reach the scat of tbe diseAte. Catarrh is a blood/ or eonbtitational disease, and In order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Ca­ tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Ca­ tarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was pre­ scribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, com­ bined with tiie liest blood purifiers, acting di­ rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing ca­ tarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, price 75e. Astonishing. The New'York Tribune speaks «li- torially of New Orleans as "the most populous and Wealthy town" on the bank**of the Mississippi. 4 , . Cranks Wanted. £o Cranky the world owes Its greatest re­ forms. There is one building and loan crank In every community, und we want to know him. Send your card to the Na- tional Building and Loan Herald, 136 Lib­ erty street, New York, N. Y. I am seventy-seven yean < and have had my age renei at least twenty years by tbe of Swift's Specific. Myfoot and let; to my knee was runnins sore for two \ears, and phvsidans It could not be cured. After taking fifteen bottles S. S. S. there is not a sore on my limbs, have a new lease on life. You ought to let all sufferers know bf your wonderful remedy. IRA F. STUBS, , Palmer, Kansas City. •„„ ; ual3 YEARS OLD S.S.S. REMEDY! old people. the general ise on the blood mailed free. ERFUt,w - , §«£.<'> SWIFT SPCIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. 31 Quite a lM'ch. The New Anio aqueduct at Ronle was sixty-three miles long. THE best 5c soap in tbe world fs Dobbins' Perfect Soap. Have your grocer vet it and try for yourself. It Is sure to revolutionise the trade and use of soap. Dobbins* Soap Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. renovated and act rei ^jfor restored. Luther's Wedding Ring. The wedding- ring of Luther's wife has been discovered at Alnna, near Coburg, where it has been in posses­ sion of a family that has had no idea of its interest. An inscription upon it has been deciphered to mean "De Mar- tino Luthero--C'atarino von Boren--15 Juni, 1525." The ring is ornamented with religious emblems, and is like Luther's engagement ring, which is in the art museum of Leipsic. Put up In neat watch-shaped bottles, sugar-coated, Small Bile Beans. THB most quarrelsome creature in the world is the scorpion. Two plaeed In the same box will always sting each other to death. . SssMings in this Meek THE slot machines are admirably adapted for taking the cents of the community. Or goitre, rsiade niv neck fully twice its natural size. For 3 years all my strength seemed to go into the sweU- ing. I took Hood's Sarea- parilla, which gave me strength, relieved distress in my stomach, and. best of all. entirely removed tiie eoitre. I am now m tbt1 Best ot health, and weinh UC pounds." MKS. H. C. !>\YINE- KOHD, Uniou County, Mif- iiinburg, Pennsylvania. Sarsa Airs. Swlneforil. Hood's S Cures Hood's Pills act easily, yet promptly and citt^ ciently. on the liver and bowels. SSo. Nice Mixture; "Bcotch whisky" made in Germany is being largely imported into India. And We Iluy Them. Canton, China, exports 12,000,000 fans every year. <l« re»l ami l erfumed, (PATENTED.! ;/*; stronpent and purest Lye Unlike other Lye, it being a fla# , [S powder and packed in a o*n with, reranva' le lid, the contents aid always ready for use. Will makgH - the best perfumed Hard Soap in 9ft minutes without boilinii. It Is the best 'or cleansing wast«-pipe% disinfecting sinks, closets, wastyi log bottles, paintB. trees, etc. l'K.NNA. SALT M'f 'li CO, " Gen, Agts., Phila., Pa. A SPLENDID SIDE LINE For Traveling Men who YisitV'- many towns. No samples te -' carry and no xnles to make. • The work can be done in few nnuutex while waiting , for trains. No expense attached to it--clear owm*.- pro lit. Many trawling men now making their dai expenses wiiii it. all without sny tiniefro: their regular business. Write to day for partic giving permanent address. "KOWINS," Luck-Rax 818. Clii«««<s 111. * TRAVELING MEN! Eli's Cream Balm wiu CURE C A T A R R H Apply Balm info each nostril. ELY 1JUO&. M Warren 81. N. Y. 1,000,000 OOMPANT in Minnesota. Ian. They will be sent to you ACRES or LAM» fo* sale by UnSimFu>|/ & DCMJTH SAILSX>AI| Send for Maps and Cln# j Dyspepsia, Heartburn. Headache, Las­ situde. Spring Fever, nil debilitation and winter Irregularities fly before Smith's Bile Beans Small THE most remarkable springs in the world are in California; they produce sulphuric acid and ink. THE pleasant coating of Beecham's Pills completely dj8Kuisps, the tusle without im­ pairing their efficiency. 25 centra box. THE oldest monupient in the world is the mound covering the Tower of Babel, erected B. C. 2247. FOR weak and Inflamed eyes use Da Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. It is a care­ fully prepared physician's prescription. iDEAii beauty is b fugitive never to be located.--Mme. Sevigne. THIS country has 9,144,590 men avail­ able for milit^ry(j|i|ty. Sample Package Mailed Free. Address Small Bilo Beans, New York. 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Iwc * i'eoria. IU. a. N. T. in writlig to Advertiser*, please do not fail to mention this paper. Advertisers lite ce know i " ' what mediums par them best. PISO'S CURE FOR Consumptive! und people who have weak lungs or Asth­ ma, should use Plso'sCure for Consumption. It lias cured thousands. It has not Injur­ ed one. It is not bad to taiie. It is the best cough syrup. Sold everywhere. (3c. C O N S U M P T I O N . 1 Thaw gARB Wire VISIBLE , OWtAMENT/U-' DOUBLE THE STRENGTH of any other fence; will not stretch, sag, or get out of shape. A Perfect Farm Fence, vet lltw some enough to Ornament a Lawn. Write for prices. HARTMAN flFO. CO. * istiiucciais, *1*4 Cat*- • ef H&rtraan I Picket Lew ii Fene*, Tr*e j ai;d flower Guards, Flei- »bl e W ire JUt»r etc., VRXL j BEAVER FALLS, PA. j IKS Vi T«rlk BKAIR3US: -J !«*» statist., / U41 S. ST, 1 HARTi : v HKRMLESS TO STOCK . y J. 4.*2