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l\V*- T •••»'«. may t» tram" the oft pub­ lished I usrtiiih'r of nidi pmou relating to the moUrttw lafl frmedial qa>lltl«8 of Hos- tettifs Stomach Bitters, a very Talnable remedy to those who traverse "the briny deep," or are subjected to malarial Influences or oat door exposure. With as much cer­ tainty as Dr. Koch's celebrated lymph destroys the organic microbe, the Bitters counteracts nnhealthful germs In malaria-tainted air and brackish water. It J»event s and removes dis­ orders caused by poor and unaccust omed food, and restore* tranquillity to worn out nerves and ^eaxy brains. Rheumatism, kidney and liver complaint, cramps, colic and dyspepsia are among the ailments that it subdues. The solar system is well illustrated by the following statements: Let the sun be represented by a globe two feet in diameter. A grain of mustard seed at the circumference of a circle 164 'feet in diameter will adequately repre­ sent the si^e and distance of Mercury. The earth will be represented by a pea on the circumference of a circle 284 feet across, and Venus by another pea, on the outside of a 430-foot circle. Mars will be adequately represented by a Ein-head at 054 feet, and the Asteriods y grains of sand 1,000 to 2,000 feet away. An orange at the distance of half a mile will stand for Jupiter, a very small apple at four-fifths of a mile will answer for Saturn, and a cherry on the circumference ol a circle a mile and a half across will represent Uranus. The soldierly Duke d'Eperney be­ come sick for hours if he saw a hare, and once kept his bed for a week be­ cause one leaped on him. ^ YOUNQ GIRLS entering womanhood ought to have just the special help that X)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- tion can give. • Thev need to be started right. The 14 Prescription" aids and promotes the proper functions, § corrects the delicate weaknesses and derangements that might be­ come chronic, establishes regu­ larity and health, lessens pain. They want a nourishing, sup­ porting, strengthening tonic, such as an experienced physi­ cian has especially prepared for the female system, In the " Pre­ scription." In every "female complaint" and weakness, and in all nervous conditions, if it doesn't benefit or cure, the money will be returned. Miin Maggie Jackson, of Barbreck, St. Lan- dmPari alt, Im„ says: " I was lying sick for lome time with female complaints, and all the medicine my friends sravc me did me no good. Death was approach! n«fj all my friends had ip to die. I nei - " card of your wonder- medicine, and I bought two bottles of it, and befor® I&ad taken the last, I vot entirely well. I am still enjoying good health, and ex- iir medicit given me up ful medicine, 1 before I had fatten 1 II. I am still enjoyini „ pert to praise your medicine every where I go.' ICKAPOO J INDIAN • SACWAJ The greatest Liver, 2 Stomach, ltlood and X Kidney Remedy. m Made of Roots, X Barks and Herbs, Z and is Absolutely Z Free FromZ All Mineral Z o r O t h e r s Harmful In- a r e d i e n t s . m ruggists, $1 q per bottle. 6 a bottles for f 5. Z _ Klckspon Indian Hedieine Co., I 2 Heafy A Blgelow, Agents, Mew Haven, Ct. J 2••••••••••••••••••••••••• Laughing Dog, agt tobyrs KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and finds to personal enjoyment when lightly used. The many, who live bet­ ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the*needs of physical being, wiii attest the value to health of the pure, liquid laxative principles embraced in th& *emedy, Syrup of Figs. ^ Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas­ ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax­ ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and feyefli ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid® Bey% Liver and Bowels without weak­ ening them and it is perfectly free front every objectionable substance. Byrup of Figs is for sale by all drug* gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man­ ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will nefe accept any substitute if o: I PlSH Waterpi Goat la the WORLD I SLICKER The FISH BRAND SLICKER is iQuruited water- ^r<^tTthe"^lh BSid* L not on 1U 1.^ A. J-TOWER. Boston. Maw. £ $10 A Day Free 1 Enclose in a letter containing ^ your full name and, address, the . outside wrapper of a bottle of Smith's Bile beans (either sire). Ifyour letter is the first one opened in the first morning mail of any day except Sunday $5 will be sent you at once. If the 2d, 3d, 4th, stji or 6th, $1. Ask for the SMALL size. Full list mailed to ; all who send postage for it (2 cts.). Address J. F. Smith & Co. No. 25S Greenwich St., New York. " Not a gripe in a barrel of them " S.N.U. No. 40 -»» 8ii> P I S O S C U R E r o n Conrnaaptivet and people who have weak lungs or Asth­ ma, itaoald in JMbo's Cure for Consumption. It has cared tkaauui<*. It has not Injur, ed one. It It not bad to take It la the best eongh syrup. Bold everywhere. Me. O N ' U M P T i f i N , SOMETHING HERE THAT. WILL INTEREST THEM. Food Detfa^ble for Hogs--How 1 Help Oat--Farmers Who Succeed-- •alt oa Wheat--What Maehfa--ry Has -Read the Papera. <* llf AIITED MEN to TRAVEL. We pay S80 WAI1 Ifill to *10)» a month ft excensei BTONK A WEUJMUIOS. MADISONTtoS As Feeding of Hog* Hie re are people who object to giv­ ing warm food to pigs, and there are others who pin their faith to it as advantageous. Numberless state­ ments have been published to show the desirability of both processes. A set of experiments lust concluded makes it appear that there is no ap­ preciable difference in the number of pounds of grain required to produce ' a pound of increase in the live weight of a pig, when it is niven steamed and warm, as compared with grain raw and cold. Another point, too, was ^accentuated, that there is a gradual and great increase in the quantity of grain consumed for every pound of increase aftei the second month of fattening period, and after! the average live weight exceeds 100 pounds. Therefore, it is economical to market animals to be slaughtered when they weitfh from 180 to 200 pounds live weight The consump­ tion of food per day is the greatest when the quantity of food consumed per pound of increase is smallest To produce an increase of 1&23J pounds in the live weight of twenty- four swine 4.14 pounds of a mixture of equal parts of ground peas, barley and rye were required for every pound of increase in the live weight A further experiment was made at the same time in order to test the value of ground and upground grain as compared with a ration composed of grain and skim-milk. From this it appears that 4.45 pounds of grain (equal parts of peas, barley and rye), were consumed per pound of increase when fed unground and soaked for forty-eight hours, and 4.36 pounds of grain were consumed per pound of increase when fed ground and soaked for twelve hours. The pigs fed upon a ration containing skim-milk were lustier and more robust than those fed upon grain only, and one pound of grain was found to be the fatten­ ing equivalent to 6.65 pouad««r skim- milk.--Southern Farmer. hMxaam uiiiiro- two Mid then r«oover iw powar to produce crops, and from this 1 reason that rains leach it readily into the subsoil Therefore I prefer an application after the winter rains are over and just before it is needed by the wheat plants. It is supposed to repel in­ sects, free nitrogenous compound * and render them available for plant food, stiffen the straw and hasten the ma­ turity of the crop. I sow from baskets, broadcasting from 4 to 6 bushels per acre. If the field is seeded to clover and the plants are hardly in the third leaf, it might be hazardous to sow even 6 bushels, but the wheat plants will probably bear a greater quantity. I think that about April 1 is generally a good date to sow it Alva Agee, in Farm and Home, Die of Manure. A large manure pile is believed to be an important factor in the pro­ duction of all farm crops, but some­ thing dependsypon its use. Manure may be applied so as to assist nature in some of her processes in addition to the manurial influence it exerts. Coarse manure may be plowed into a soil inclined to be moist, aDd render it drier by causing cavities that cut off the capillary ascent of the water from below. Under ordinary circum­ stances manure that is plowed in near the surface, or is simply mixed with the surface soil, being subject to moisture and access of air, goes to decay more rapidly and so becomes more soluble and thus more available. When possible, it is better to have manure spread where it can exert some influence or become subject to such changes as will render it useful, rather than to have it remain piled in the yard. If no direct use can be made of it, let it be spread upon mowing lands; even though exposed to the sun, the loss will be very little and the atmospheric influence will tend to the changing to a more solu­ ble condition, and the plant food ele­ ments will be carried to the soil and roots of the grass, while the coarser portions will serve as a mulch during the slower process of decay. Grass is especially benefited by a line mulch, when the young blades can pierce themselves through it to reach the lull light --Germantown Telegraph. Too Busy to •Too busr to read!" Well, I m Sorry for yon j You're busier for than occasion demands. I'm afraid you just bring that objection to vitw To rescue yourself from the canvasser's hands. If you are too busy to look at the page That tells of the methods that others panne, That shows von are lagging in this busy age-- You don't drive your business--it seems to drive you. The plans and ideas, the systems and schemes That other men find it pays them to employ, Are just what will help yon to Uve oat your dreams Of plenty, prosperity, honor, and Joy. If you would tnfee time to read and reflect, Your busint-aa would yield you the time that yon need; For those who have tried It have found this By reading newspapers they have time to read, • .:. . - .. _ _v . How to Make Cheap Fork. it is worth while for a man to study economy in the production of his pork in these times of small margins, al­ ways bearing in mind that a penny saved is as good as two earned. I have tried for forty-five years to de­ duce the cost of pork production, and I think I have come off conqueror. I have my pigs to come the last week in February or first week in March, and I boom them from the start, feeding them mush and sweet milk along with bran slop, and have them to run in clover in the orchard, where they get the falling apples. I usually kill between Thanksgiving and the holidays, and my pigs aver­ age about 300. -- Correspondence Stockman. Fattening Sheep and Iambi, It takes a careful, skilled ' raster, who gives his best thought to what he is doing, to fatten sheep success­ fully. Because a few make well at it is no sign that others can succeed. Lambs are even more difficult to feed than the sheep three or four years old, usually fattened. But the lamb will gain faster from the feed than the older sheep, showing that with sheep, as wii>h most other animals, the most rapid gains are ma#e when they are young. THE JOCKEY'S DEATH. »$• F" How Sheep Help Oat. ^ The farmer who keeps sheep has an Important advantage over one wbot does not, in the fact that he has something to sell long before the farmer who grows only1 grain can ex­ pect to market anything. Wool sales furnish money just when farmers find it hardest to get. It costs heavily to put in crops, and if part, at least, of this expense is not paid in advaace, the store and blacksmith bills and living expenses will take most of their value when grown. A few sheep can be kept on any farm ot fifty acres, without really lessening the.amount to be sold, as they will eat much that would otherwise be wasted. Sheep are especially valuable in apple or­ chards to destroy the earliest fallen fruit Pigs will not eat fruit until it becomes too mature, but sheep have a liking for the smallest and greenest specimens. Sheep in winter are the best customers for bean straw. It is a very nitrogenous food and makes a rich manure. FOP these reasons every farmer should manage to keep a few sheep, and the fewer he . can keep the greater care he should exer­ cise to have them of the best It is not the number of sheep but the quality that gives the profit Better start with two or tnree sheep and have them thoroughbreds than buy a lot of mongrels whose produce will be worth nothing above their price to the butcher. * What Machinery Has Done; How much easier a hay crop is put up now compared with, old times. Then the scythe and the pitchfork and r&ke did the work. In still older times when people did not live as well as they do now, the mowers were especially well fed.. We have it in tradition of butter being given to the mowers when others had to do without it, and that when the plow was started in the fall a beef was killed and the plowman only get beef. This indicates several things, but in point, it suggests that mewing was hard work, and we can vouch that it was. Now a boy goes out and cuts teu acres a day, then a wagon with a loader attached brings the hay to the barn or the stack, and then a horse witn a fork attached pulls it off the wagon. The present farm hands of this State could not do the work of to day with old methods, nor any­ thing nearit Salt on Wheat. It is my custom to apply salt to wheat fields in the spring, although experiments in England show good results from applications in the fall JUASIFIUFI TN OT TILQA, 'M: Patsy's iMt Vision Waa of a Race That Had Greatly Interested Him. There had been an accident that afternoon at the track. A fallen horse, a cloud of dust, screams from the women and curses from the men, a small limp form carried off on a stretcher and rumor had it that Jockey McCarthy was padly hurt At 11 o'clock that night the track officials at the club-house were dis­ cussing the meagre condition of the Disabled Jockey's Fund, and Patsy McCarthy lay white and still upon a hospital cot surrounded by the stable owner and a few jockeys. The hos­ pital physician had assured them that Patsy would not survive the night and with awed whispers and anxious faces they waited for the end. Suddenly the boy sat bolt uprignt in bed, his face whiter than the coverlet his staring eyes burning with unnatural lustre. With out­ stretched arm and pointing finger he r\ed: "Do you see them, father? They're weighing in!" The owner put his hand gentljr on Patsy's shoulder, but sitting firm as' an iron bolt and with every muscle strained he cried again: "They're weighing in, father! Don't you see them? England and Ireland for the Liberty Handicap!" Patsy had taken great interest in the Home Rule struggle, and his mind was wandering on that subject "You see nothing, Patsy! Lay down!" said the owner, softly, "They're at the post, father! Glad­ stone up and fit to ride for his life! "They'rfc off! They're off! and En­ gland first by a length! "England at the quarter by two lengths1 Oh, don't you see theiii? "England at the half by three lengths! "England at the three-quarters by two lengths! And it's a killing pace! "England at the mile by oge length! Look, father! Look! "England into the stretch by a neck! And they're both whipping!" For a second the boy paused, then raising his arms high over his head he cried in a voice that rang through­ out the ward: "Ireland wins! by a neck!" and falling back upon his pil­ low Patsy finished his last race.--N. Y. World. Burro*. Donkey is, in Spanish, burra In Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and in Arizona, where the donkey is as well known as the horse, he is always called by his Spanish name, on ac­ count of the fact that this section of the United States so recently belonged to the Mexicans, whot as everybody knows, talk that language. The Spaniards and Mexicans also apply the term "burro" to a stupid or ig­ norant person, just as English-speak­ ing races use the word donkey." The donkeys found in Kentucky and Missouri are probably the largest of their race, because they are care­ fully bred and looked after. But the donkey of the West--the burro--has no "blood," no pedigree. Like Topsy, he "just growed." With ancestors no better off than himself, he has been kicked and cuifed and over­ worked all his life, and left to pick up his living as he could. In conse­ quence he is stufrid and lazy and stubborn and dwarfed. And yet, for all that, he is patient and long-suffefing, will grow fat on rations that would scarcely keep a nobler animal from starvation, and is a most valuable aid to the progress of industry and civilization in the West--St Nicholas. Every man mistakes merited pan- Bat Tliass Were TMRI, aad ' * Shed for Him. "It's only one of them pesky tramps Bill," said a brakeman to his com­ panion, as the lights from two lan­ terns fell on the form ot a man man­ gled as only a railroad train can manula "I suppose we will have to get him into the caboose and leave him at the station They gathered up the remains as best they could, and after getting them aboard the train, gave the sig­ nal to go ahead. Yes, he was only a tramp The brakeman addressed as Bill had seen the man fall between two cars while stepping from one to another. The train had been stopped, and the two railroaders went back to see what damage had been done. In the ca­ boose they made a search of the dead man's clothes. They didn't find much; no money, nut, even a knife. In the inside pocket of the ragged vest was a greasy-looking envelope. In taking out the letter a tiny band of gold fell to the floor. While one picked up the ring the other read the letter. It had been well fingered, and there were unmistakable spots that only tears could have caused. The hand­ writing was a woman's, and read as follows: "Dear Jim: Mary is dead and in her last words she inquired for papa. She missed you so much, and never seemed to be well after you went. I am sorry. Jim, for what I said that night, and if you will eome back I will never complain and worry you any more. I send yon Marv's ring; you remem­ ber when you get it for her." Please come back to your wife." That was alL The wife had heard in some way where her husband was and had sent him the letter. It oc­ curred to one of the hrakemen to look at the postmark, and with difficulty it was seen that it was a month old, and that it was that of the very place at which they had decided to leave the dead body. Jim must have met with misfor-, tune, and was stealing his way home, which he reached only to be carried out and laid beside little Mary. Lotteries. * 'The origin of lotteries is to fee found in the custom inaugurated by the Roman Emperor Augustus, of distributing at his feasts sealed pack­ ets similar in appearance, but con­ taining orders for articles of very dif­ ferent value. In the middle ages, the same mode was adopted by the Italian merchants in the disposition of their wares. A money lottery called the lotto was instituted at Florence, in 1530, for the benefit ol the State. In Venice, half a century later, lotteries existed under public control, and from that time many of the European States resorted to the lottery as a means of raising a reve­ nue. In the United States, the lot­ tery was from the earliest settling of the country a familiar means of rais­ ing funds, and the State lotteries were generally fairly managed, but the numerous private lotteries, and scandalous abuses to which they gave rise, aroused public opinion against the principle, and in 1843 a society was formed in Pennsylvania which advocated its suppression, and to the efforts of this society may de attrib­ uted the acts of most of the States in prohibiting their establishment Always Yofrnff. ' That one is as old as he feels is an aphorism that is receiving constant exemplification. Sir Julius Benedict once played so admirably in public that a listener rushed up to him and declared, enthusiastically: "I am amazed and delighted. You never played better. This has really been a most remarkable perform­ ance!" "Well," said he, with a twinkle in his eye, "to tell the truth, I don't think it was at all bad for a young man who is within a few months ol eighty years of age!" On the day when Doacon Jobo Bitch cock of Springfield, was seventy years old, he said to his wife: "When we were first married, you know I used to take my hat down from the peg with my toes. I wonder if I could do it now!" He jumped from the floor, took his hat on the toe of his bocft, and came down safely on his feet. Then he said grace and ate his breakfast as if nothing unusual had happened. A cheery ano courageous spirit of one's own, and the love of other people--these are the best aids toward attaining a youthful old age. realize the dan- use of the baking powders nowadays found upon every nand, and which are consumers with such per- peddlera aad many grocers on aeoount of the big profits made in their Sale. Most of these powders are made from sharp and caustic acids and alkalies which oarn and inflame the alimentary organs and cause indi­ gestion, heartburn," diarrhoeal dis­ eases, etc. Sulphuric acid, caus­ tic potash, burnt alum, all are ufed as gas-producing agents in such baking powders. Most housekoepers are aware of the painful effect,^.pro- duc d when these chemicals are ap­ plied to the external flesh. How much more acute must be their action upon the delicate internal membranes! Yet unscrupulous manufacturers do not hes­ itate to use them, because they make a very low-cost powder, nor to urge the use of their powders so made, by all kinds of alluring advertisements and false representations. All the low- priced or so-called cheap baking pow­ ders, and all powders sold with a gift or prize, belong to this class. Baking powders made from chefmic- ally pure cream of tartar and bi-car- bonate of soda are among the most useful of modern .culinary devices. They not only make the preparation of finer and more delicious cookery pos­ sible, but they have added to( the di- frestibility ana wholesornenssp of our ocd. But baking powders niiisj be composed of such pure and wholesome ingredients or they must be tabooed entirely. * Dr. Edson, Commissioner of Health of New York, in an article in the "Doc­ tor of Hygiene," indicates that the ad­ vantages of a good baking powder and the exemption from the dangers of bad ones in which the harsh and caustic chemicals are used, are to be secured by the use of Royal Baking Powder exclusively, and he recommends this to all consumers. "The Royal," he says, "contains nothing, but cream of tartar and soda refined to a chemical purity, which when combined under the influence of HE 18 IslltaM tn ud Hc Sipped Ovt ttf •' raW« and Got It. ;' Not long ago there was terrible ex­ citement at the royal court of Anam. The King, Thanh-Tai, who is now 14 years old, was missing. Etiquette re­ quires that the Anamese King shall never leave the royal grounds. He is a kingly prisoner. * And that the King should not only be absent from the pal­ ace. but that no one should know Where he was, constituted an event of such direful consequence that the whole court was in dismay. But the young potentate was not hard to find. Though he was a king, he was a boy: and it is natural for a 11 am happy to state to yon to suffering humanity, that my wififc has used your wonderful remedy, August Flower, for sick headache and palpitation of the heart, witi| satisfactory results. For several y ears she has been a great sufferer, has : been under the treatment of eminent ISIS boy, when he has some money in his | physicians in this city and Boston " pocket, to want t^ go out and spend it. j and found little relief She was is£$M That was exactly what the King of | dnrp.fi a Anam had done. * Entirely alone he | _^ ̂ August Flower, which , • Prudent Investments. It Is a great blessing to have a cheerful confidence In the future. Two eminent French gentlemen who were great friends used to relate an amusing story of their impecunious days. Neither tame nor fortune had come to them, but they were always hope­ ful. The years had weighed heavily enough upon Jules, however, for him to have become entirely bald. One day Alphonse met him with a beaming countenance, ^nd cried g a i l y : . . . \ "What do you think. Jules! 1 have been buying a strong box!" "Then, Alphonse," replied Jules, firmly, "I shall buy a hair-brush-M Precaution. It is interesting to study the sim­ ple reasoning of children, with their 8tran<re interpretations and connec­ tions of words. Harold was but 5 years old, and could not understand how his mother knew of all his misdemeanors. When questioned she usually replied, "A little bird told me the tale<" One day he was left alone in the nursery, and to the dismay of the family he captured a pet canary and removed every one of it? tail feathers. When called to aeoount he said: "But I didn't want birdie to tell tales on me!" , Coining Silver Dollars. It ma7 have surprised some folks to learn that it would require five years for the mints of the United States Government to coin 167,000,. 000 silver dollars, but the time is not so surprising when one has done a little figuring. The mints have scarcely 300 full working days in<the year, ,or less than 700,000 working minutes in five years. To coin 107,. 000,000 in that time, therefore, it would be necessary to turn out more than 250 dollar pieces per minute. IT is as hard to pay a compliment to a girl of 16 that is entirely satis­ factory M it is to pay an old debt, < - % - had started on a "shopping expedition through the streets of Hue. Of course, no one knew him because he had never shown his face in public. He was sim- i ply a boy, like any other boy, and this j was exactly what he wanted. ] But he was treated with great re- j spect by the shopkeepers because he seemed to have plenty of money. Curi- ! ously enough, the thing that seemed to | attract him most was a head-shearing j machine, or hair-clipper, and when the ! frightened nobles of the court di«cov- ; ered him at last it was with this singu- i lar implement in his possession. No j doubt he Intended to amuse himself by shearing the, heads of all his depend- j ents. . | A Race Between Geese and Turkeys. ! jurious chemicals in place of those of a well-known, pure, ana wholesome char- and moisture produce pure carbonic, or leavening, gas. The t*-o materials used, cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly harmless even when eaten, but in this preparation they are com­ bined in exact compensating weights, so that when chemical action begins between them in the dough they prac­ tically disappear, the substance of both having been taken to form carbonic acidga6." Hence it is, he says, that the Royal Baking Powder is the most perfect of all conceivable agents for leavening purposes. It seems almost incredible that any manufacturer or dealer should urge the sale of baking powders containing in- ,1s in pi .d. acter, simply for the sake of a few cents a pound greater profit; but since they do, a few words of warning seem to be necessary. How Fish Are Colored. There is no phenomenon of nature that escapes the investigating eye; of science. In England they have lately been experimenting with flounders in order to determine whether the white­ ness of the under sides of tho*e fish is due to the exclusion of light, and the presence of color on their upper side s to exposure to light. They have kept the fish experiment­ ed upon living in a glass tank having a mirror placed beneath, so as to re­ flect light upon the under sides of the. fish. One of these prisoners has survived for three years under conditions "so strangely different, from its ordinary habits of life, aad all of them have ex­ hibited the development of spots of pigment on their lower surfaces. The experimenters have concluded that it is exposure to light that causes the coloration of the upper part a of the bodies not only of flounders but of oth­ er fish, and conversely, that it Is to the comparative absence of light that the whiteness of the under sides of fish is due. They extend the same principle to explain the colorless condition of the skins of many animals that pas$ all their lives in caves. ' «Trbrb are dictionaries and dictionaries. but the noblest Romac of them all Is Web­ ster's." This was said of the latest "Un­ abridged" by a prominent writer. Am )t WrtH '.rU6 Ol that wurii. bi»n iuuCii uiOfq op" plicable the statement is to its successor, the "Internationa)," i*hich after a ^ast outlay has been brought to completion and placed upon the market. This new Web­ ster, by natural right, has taken &,rwarm place In the regard of the Engll«fc-sneak­ ing people. It Is recognised as th*"stand­ ard authority. While compact. It is suffi­ ciently comprehensive, and while strik- luitly attractive typographically, and rich and substantial tu binding, it Is still within the reach of about all who wish to possess a work of this klrd. In these days of sen­ sational publishing atid advertising it is refreihlnK to oTis«rve with what conscien­ tious scholarly labor this new Webster has beeu produced and the conservative meth« ods by which it is being presented by the well-known Merrlam publishing, bouse of Springfield, Mass. ' " "v The Stars Are Like Our San, Referring to some of the more valu­ able conclusions arrived at by the re­ cent astromical research an English writer argues in favor of the theory that the stars, or many of them, are very similar to our own sun, this be­ ing clearly shown from three consid­ erations. *One of these is their great intrinsic brilliancy compared with th'eir small apparent diameter, a' di­ ameter so minute that the highest powers of the largest telewiope fail to show them as anything but mere points of light without measurable magni­ tude; second, their vast distance from the earth, a distance so great that the diameter of the earth's orbit dwindles almost to a point in comparison--this also accounting satisfactorily for the first fa^t; and third, the spectroscope --that tinerring instrument of research in this field--shows that the light emit­ ted by many of them'is very* similar to that radiated by the sun. Thus their chemical and physical constitution ap­ pears analogous to that ot our central luminary. Though the sp^qtra of the red stars differ much from' the solar spectrum these objects are compara­ tively rare, forming exceptions to the general rule. George IV.. when Prince Regent, was j much given to wagers: but oftentimes i he was beaten at his own game, Once j a gentleman who had frequently lost j wagers with his Royal Highness deter- j mined to be revenged, and among ] other subjects introduced one evening, j he casually observed that he met a drove of turkeys, and noticing how ! slow they traveled, said that he be- ! lieved geese would travel faster. "Non- j sense," said his Royal Highness. "Well," said the gentleman, "I believe ! heat they will; and I am willing to wager j gave immedaite relief. We cannot say to much for it" I* C. Frost, Springfield, Mass. # ^ - j*-' ^-- mi----------a Looking Better feeling better-- better in every­ way. There's more consolation in that than well people stop to ponder. To get b a c k f l e s h a n d spirits is every­ thing. ^ that I drive a flock of geese one mile along the turnpike road against any one you may select to drive a number ; of turkeys, only allowing me to name J time and place. " "Done, for a thousand Sounds," was the reply: and the next ay was fixed for the trial to come off. J They met at a certain spot; the Prince ; Regent was there incog., but had a j trusty friend with a flock of turkeys, j Presently the gentleman appeared with ] his geese; but as he had tne time to ; name, he fixed a quarter of an hour i before sundown. The tima arrived, | it o Lin; of pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypcif phosphites is prescribed by leadfefc? ing physicians everywhere for ailf ments that are causing rapid lost of flesh and vital strength. Scott's Emulsion will do fifore thaa to stop a lingering Cough-it fortifies the system AGAU1ST coughs and colds. Prepared by Scott 4 Bowne. N. V. All dramUta < The Greatest Medical pi^oyt of |he Age. - fJ KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, HtSS, Has discovered in one of our common , , . . . . | pasture weeds a remedy that cures every i thfl Jnl l 1^'! Kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula, pinff tn8 ff€8S6 8» hundred vftrd# in B>1 si/\««*r% +a i>AmmAn Pimnu ^ pmg the geese few minutes: but gradually,~a'3 the sun went down, the turkeys desired to roost, j and rushed through tho hedges. fi*;st j this side and then tho other, until they i finally found some threes, in which they sought refuge, and ail the efforts of the driver to get them on the road again j were of no avail. All this time the ! geese kept going quietly along, and, j like the tortoise with the hare in the | fable, arrived at the goal while the turkeys were sleeping. A Whole Army lasnred. The Swiss army has entered into an arrangement with an insurance-com­ pany for insuring the whole army against accidents in time of peace. It is, of course, understood that such ac­ cidents shall not be due to anv miscon­ duct on the part of the injured, because if there was misconduct the eompany could not be h'dld legally responsible. Neither do tho policies extend to such members as may b« subject to epilepsy, fits, somnambulism, apoplexy, or any other physical disorder of this sort, which would cause them tp lose con­ sciousness. . , Origin of the Word "Yankees." The word Yankeas, by which the natives of New England are designated, had its origin in a mispronunciation, Yengees being the neat est the Indian tongue could come to enunciating the word English. . Beecham's Pills stimulate the ptyaUn In the saliva, remove depretsion, give appe­ tite and make the sick well. •• ' . . ,' ! • 't 'k " • At the beginning- of thii? year (eays j the Revue Scientifique) there were > 1.168 submarine cables in existence, of j which 880 belonged to different domin- j ions, and 288 to private companies. The former possessed a length of.16,- €52 miles, and the latter had a length j of 144,743 mile*, thus the total length was 161,395 miles. : j W. H. GRIFFIN, JacliBon, Michigan, writes: •Suffered -with catarrh tor fifteen year®. Ball's Catarrh Core cured me." Sold by Drtigglata, TSo. down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He nas now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, aii within twenty miles of Boston. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war» ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; tne same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being-' stopped, and always disappears in 4 week after taking it. 1 If the stomach Is foul or bilious it will cause Squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of It. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed» time. Read the Label. Send for Book* fi MM Mother ̂ Friend" s BIKES CHILD BIRTH EUSE » Colvin, Idi, 8,1886.--My wife and KOIHXB'E FBIIHO beforo Imt third confinement,«n<l says she would not be without it for hundreds of dollar*. DOCK MXUUK •ftasBfiffisssaas BRAoipmLD nmouLATon oo« ; ' km uu iTUiMMtltn, mjutrAii \ WEBSTER'S The total number of families in the United States In 1890 was 12,690,152. Hood's^Cures "I have been 'taking Hood's Sarsaparllla for some time, and every dose helps me. My lit­ tle boy, six years old, had sores on his feet, and he conld not wear any shoes. Wherever the cracked bad sores would form, presumably Bin. Titus. gQ account of the blood baring been poisoned by Ivy. Many remedies failed to do ht™ any good. Finally I gave him Hood's Sarsaparllla and after a week the sores healed and disap­ peared. After taking two bottles he was entire­ ly enred and his general health was greatly ben- silted." MBS. C. S. Titus, South Gibson, Pa. N. B. If yon decide to get Hood's Sarsapa­ rllla do not be induced to buy any other. NO HARD TIMES Like Sick Times. Swamp-Root Cared Me. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1,1808. Dr. KOmer & Go., Blnghamton,, N. T. Gentlemen:--I am happy state that by the use of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root I ' lave been cured of bladder and kid* Sey. trouble. J ad used many gther remedies with­ out avail. If you fere disposed to use this letter so that others may know of your wonderful Swamp-Root you are at liberty to do •0. The remedy was recommended to me by Mr. E. B. Morgan, of Langdorne, Pa., who hafl been cured by its use. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Cured and it affords me pleasure to recommend it to others. I am not in the habit of giving testi­ monials, but when a medicine possesses snob merits as yours, others should know it. Samuel A. 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