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' The McB cogitated duly and then declared solemnly, with the faintest twinkle in his gray eyes: "Leddies, as it is no' a matter o' rank, I think it wull be that the oldestamang ye suld. have the beegest bowl." With njurmured thanks they filed out again, but that basin was never used wt* during the voyage. Spanish Newspapers. " ; The Spanish and Italian newspaper is essentially of one school, and there is much that might be said of it that would be interesting rather than in­ structive. When we remember that Madrid, with less than 600,000 inhabit­ ants, has fifty-eight daily newspapers, we can readily imagine the various in­ terests represented and the multifari­ ous plans evolved by their editors to enable them to live." With one or two exceptions, they are of small circula­ tion. It is a city of political organs. Every minister in office and every ex-cabinet minister out of office has his own particular press. There is one really live newspaper, La Correspon dencia,which, if I remember correctly, Is printed on American perfecting presses. It issues probably 40,€00 copies a day, and its last edition greets the patrons of the theater or opera as they emerge from the playhouse at half-past 10.--Weekly Journalist. The Queen's Eyesight Failing. ueen Victoria's eyesight is failing, the royal oculist has frequently to be called into requisition. Her maj­ esty now has to use very powerful spectacles when it is necessary for her to sign state documents. Blindness is hereditary in the family. SEE TO IT that you're not put off with some poor substi- tute, whoa you ask for Dr. Pierce's Golden . Medical Discovery. Get ' it of an honest (feeder , Aa a blood - cleanser, strength - restorer, and flesh-Vmilrlor--a certain' remedy in every disease caused by an inactive liver or bud blood, there's nothing else that's " just as good " as the "Discovery." 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Enclose ia a letter containing ' your full name and address, the outside wrapper of a bottle of Smith's Bile Beans (either size). If your letter is the first one opened in the first morning mail of any except Sunday $5 will be sent you at once. If the 2d, 3d, 4th. 5th or 6th, $1. Ask for the SMALL size. Full list maiiedto all who send postage for it (2 cts.). Address J. F. Smith & Co. \ No. 355 Greenwich St., New York. " Not a gripe in a barrel of them FOUND IN TMW.OS- PARTMENT. f " IS?. lie Best Waterproof Goat In the WORLD! SLICKER Tlie FISH BRAND SLICKER Is warranted water- proof, and will keep you dry in the hardest storm. Tbe new POMMEL SLICK£K Is a perfect riding cost, and oovers the entire saddle. Beware of Imitations. Don't hoy a coat if the " Fish Brand" Is not on It. IUnatra- pd Cataiopie free. A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. >. N. U. No, 48--93 ICTTJRES, Picture Frames, i Mirrors, Photographs, Photo Engravings, Card and Cabinet Frames, and Beautiful Artis­ tic Wares. Catalogue of Pic­ tures upon receipt of stamp. EABLES' GALLERIES, 816 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,Pa. Plowtaf Under Omen Craps for Xmnnr*~» HanMtlaf Apple* and Fmh-TIw Hm tat flw Cornfield - Cantdho ITIMM St*» pertinent*--Odd* and Knds. Value of Bone Steal. £he turning under of green crops for the purpose of manure "has been a settled practice for thousands of years. But still there are those who oppose it as beiyg injurious to the the land. In opposition to this be­ lief a correspondent of the Country Gentleman gives his experience as follows: "I have been plowing under green crops for ten or fifteen years--cow peas for wheat and rye for my ensi- I&ge crop--and always with good re­ sults. My land Is a mixture of clay and sand. Ten year* ago I broke a rather poor sod for ensilsige, using 300 pounds of raw bone to tne acre when 1 planted the corn. As soon as the crop was cot 1 plowed the land and sowed one and a half bushels of rye with 300 pounds of bone to the acre. 1 continued this practice for six consecutive years. The crop of corn improved year by year. The seventh year 1 sowed sapling clover and timothy seed with the rve, stiii applying the 300 pounds of raw bone. The crop of grass was magnificent. One of my neighbors,Rooking at the crop, said to me/ 'You bought this land for $10 an acre, and now it is worth $40.' On my home farm, where the land is better, I have a lot of twelve acres that has been planted in corn for ensilage for twelve or fifteen years. On this lot 1 have used all the manure from 120 stall-fed cattle, with 300 pouuds of raw bone to the acre. For the last three years, after cuttting the corn. 1 have sown the land in rye, with 300 rounds of bone to the acre, turned it under when in the milk and planted the corn, using 300 pounds of bone and all the man­ ure from the cattle stables. This spring 1 was turning under the heav­ iest crop of rye I have ever seen in this country. Some of it measured eight feet four inches. When I saw the great ditticulty the men had to thoroughly cover the rye (we were trying to plow ten inches deep) I feared that 1 was overdoing the green manuring,and my manager has just told me that, while my regular corn crop, planted three feet ten inches by three feet ten inches is showing the effect of the drought, my ensilage corn is looking as fresh as possibly, / Harvesting; Apples and Pears. A late writer says that he has lost a hundred barrels of choice apples in the course of fiis experience by not picking them in the right season, often deterring the work for bis corn- cutting or potatxj-digging. There is no doubt that many orchardists lose a great deal by not gathering their apples in season, or else, on the other hand, by picking them too soon. If the orchard and its crop are valuable, many kinds of fruit are worth two seasons of picking. The first half is when they begin to drop from the tree; but there is another half or more, with some varieties which ad­ here firmly and remain. If the gath­ ering of these is deferred about two weeks* they will keep longer and be of better quality. It is not difficult to select the most mature first by their color, and they will readily loosen at the stem, while the others strongly adhere. The well-known rule for gathering pears when the fruit will readily separate from the tree when lifted half way up is an excellent rule, but there is usually less difference in the time of ripening than with apples. Pears which ripen early and in a medium season should always be gathered some days before ripe. Choice varieties mav be packed in drawers or boxes, and will become more delicious at maturity than if ripened ia the open air and on the tree. This is particularly important with early pears, and, wrapped in flannel and allowed to remain some days, they will be greatly improved, apd those which have a slight blush naturally will redden into real beauty when matured. Late autumn or winter varieties require rather less care and may be treated more like winter apples, but at the same time they should be carefully and secured ia a cool and uniform perature.--Country Gentleman. Fig* Bctamlnt to Their Old Home. The pig is not thought a very In­ telligent animal, but he has the faculty of findinc his way to his homt? after being removed from it, though carried in foojres where he could cot possibly retrace his tracks. An in­ stance of this sort is told of two brothers who were farmers, who bought a new farm twenty-five miles distant from their old home. Select­ ing two pigs they placed them in a box on the sleigh and started. The pigs were released at night and placed in a pen, but they broke out before morning and couid not be found any­ where. The brothers returned to their old ho^ne the second day after, resolved to get two more pigs from the same litter and take better care of them hereafter. To their surprise, the strayed pigs had returned before them, and comparing notes when they arrived it was found that they must have gone the whole distance In not exceeding twenty-tour hours. Why Cows Give Dawn MUk. To make a cow milk easily she should be kept as contented as possi­ ble. If worried, there is sure to be some tension of the muscles which retains the milk, and this holds it up. Usually a feed that the cow llices will remove the worry, and the holding up muscles will be relaxed. It has often had this effect on cows that were worrying about the re­ moval of their calves. A cow's ma­ ternal affection is active^ but her memory is not so stronsr as to make her think- of her calf while she is eating. If the milker is careful, it is quite possible that the cow may for the time think her calf Is suckling, and so give her milk more readirv than she otherwise would. We have seen cows that after milking was over would look around and show their disappointment plainly in not seeing their calve% as they evidently ex­ pected. The Harvest Moon. What is called the harvest moon in this country is a misnomer, unless our corn crop be the one that this moon is thought especially to favor in harvesting. It is the full moon that occurs nearest the September equinox, and In England at this time the wheat harvest is in full blast As the full moon near the September equinox rises at nearly the same hour several evenings in succession it is possible to keep to harvest work all through the night. It is not likely that in these days the privilege of working night as well as day is much availed of by farmers. Shorter hours of labor are coming to be the rule in €be country as well as in cities. Odds and Knds. ALWAYS keep a piece of white mus- j lin in the sewing basket and the ma- I chine drawer, and when the light is dim place it under the needle when threading it | OLD paint and varnish may be re- I moved by an emulsion formed of two , parts ot ammonia shaken up with one part ot turpentine. It will soften them so they may easily be scraped oft A LITTLE turpentine dissolved in warm water is the best thing to wasn window glass, mirrors, or glass globes, j A little alcohol will also do Wonders in brightening glass. Turpentine is excellent for washing singR which have become dull ana dirty. | DOUGHS that stick to rolling-pin, 1 board, and hands in a hot kitchen J should be set away till thoroughly chilled, but all trouble might have been saved by using cold fat* flour, and liquid at first, and the tex­ ture of the dough would have been i better. | To REMOVE thidew, stir a quarter of a pound of chloride of lime in a gallon of cold water; after setting an hour, pour off the clear liquids and soak the mildewed cotton or linen in it for two hours, w4bh well and ex­ pose to the sun. It works like a charm. j Tua simplest icing for ca«« is made of the unbeaten white of the egg [ mixed with a cup of powdered sugar and the juice of half a lemon. It is a mistake to beat the whites of the j eggs to a stiff froth for this purpose, 1 as is so frequently done. It takes much longer to make the king if this is done. well tem- The Hoe in the Corn Field. Eastern farmers have never learned j the Western way of entirely dispens­ ing with the hoe in growing a corn crop. It used to be boasted by West- era farmers that in their land weeds were so few that all the work needed could be done with a horse cultivator. This is not true now, and it is likely that exclusive reliance on horse labor is responsible for the abundant weeds in Western corn fields. With per­ fectly straight rows both ways very Wrote Sermons While Asleep. One of the most remarkable and puzzling cases of somnambulism is one told by the Bishop of Bordeaux. The subject was a young ecclesiastic at the seminary. The bishop was so deeply interested that he went nightly to the young manfs chamber. He saw him get ouf of bed, secure paper, compose and write sermons. On finishiug a page he read it aloud. When a word displeased him he wrote a correction with great exactness. The bishop had seen a beginning of some of these somnambulistic ser­ mons and thought them well com- little hoeing will be needed, but that i P°sed and correctly written. Curious little cannot be dispensed with ex-! ascertain whether the young man Memoir Tins mm < * APYaaffsssttc cept at a loss. Some farmers set the cultivator teeth to throw earth! against the corn, and thus smother [ small weeds. This is injurious to ^ the corn in two ways. It covers up some of the corn leaves,- which rot! under the soil, and it removes some | of the rich soil from the middle of ' the row to the foot of the stalk where corn roots cannot get it.--American Cultivator. Canadian Wheat Kxperimf The Ontario Agricultural jaent Station reports a series of in­ teresting trials of winter wheat. Eleven kinds were experimented with, the best of 62 varieties that had been tested on the station plots. One square rod of each was sown, and from a large number of trials the average weight of straw and grain per acre was found by careful weighing. A variety known as Dawson's Golden Chaff, originated by Robert Dawson, Paris, On t, took the lead both for gram and straw. It yielded at the rate of 34. !> bushels per acre and 1.85 tons of straw. The Golden Drop was second, yielding 1.71 tons of straw and 34.^ bushels of grain. Mediter­ ranean yielded l. 85 tons of straw and 30.8 bushels of wheat. The largest weignt of straw was of the Fultz, 1.92 tons of straw, but the wheat yield was next to the smallest, only 26.4 bushels,' it Is quite likely that made use of his eyes the bishop put a card under his chin in such a manner as to prevent him seeing the paper on the table before him, but he still continued to write. Not yet satis- lied whether or not he could dis­ tinguish different objects placed be­ fore him, the bishop took away the piece of paper on which he wrote and substituted several other kinds at different times He always perceived the change, because the pieces of paper were of different sizes When Experi-! a piece exactly like his own was sub­ stituted, he used It and wrote his corrections on the places correspond­ ing to those on his own paper. It was by this means that portions of his nocturnal compositions were ob­ tained. His most astonishing pro­ duction was a piece of music written with great exactitude. He used a cane for a ruler. The clefs, the flats, and the sharps were all in their right places. The notes were all made as circles, and those requiring it were afterwaid blackened with Ink. The words were all written below, but once they were in such very large characters that they did not come directly below their proper notes, and perceiving this he erased them all and wrote them over again. vV §».g Ax outsider asks: "In a *driving storm' does Jupiter Pluvious * hold the rains?' No: be lets them gu of MUltmeters Caliber Ay- proved by the Secretary. The adoption by the army of a new magazine rifle, to displace the rifles with which it has been armed for years, is to be followed by the selec­ tion of a new arm for the navy. The small arras board, which for weeks has been discussing the caliber or gun best adapted for naval pur­ poses, has concluded that the army 30-caliber is not the gun for the navy, and has. recommended a rifle of the remarkable small caliber of six milli­ meters, or of about 23§-caliber. The report of the board was approved by the Chief of Ordnance and forwarded to the Secretary. He has just ap­ proved it The Ordnance Bureau will no* begin the manufacture of rifle barrels of this caliber, and will call upon inventors of the country to submit their inventions of breech jnechanlsm and stocks to rait this caliber. The adoption by tbe arm/ of an arm of foreign invention will not con­ trol the navy, if it be possible to se­ cure a riHe of domestic Invention and having every feature of value which the mechanism ot the army gun pos­ sesses. The board, in determining upon the caliber was influenced by the greater value to the service of a gun with a smaller caliber than that of the army, rather than by the ad­ vantages of having the guns of iden­ tical one size, with a view to the use ot interchanareable ammunition. This advantage was not overlooked, but it was decided that the occasions for the use of interchangeable ammu­ nition were so rare as not to warrant sacrificing what the board thought was a superior type^ of gun. The board finds that the smaller caliber rifle has many ad vantages over the Krag-Jorgensen gun of the army, which is of 30 caliber. These are: Flatter trajectory, which will do away with sights; greater velocity and necessarily greater range, lighter ammunition and greater (accuracy. Some barrels for test at the ordnance shops are now being manufactured n this caliber., The buieau will aUo experiment ' tftth a barrel manufac­ tured of steel, with 25 per cent of nickel. Under the^plans of the department the navy will furnish the barrels and ammunition and the inventor who shows the best breech mechanism will supply the stock and all other parta Fully 5,000 rifles are necessary to sup­ ply the enlisted force of the navy. Perfumed Mists. On certain parts of tho coast of France, including the channel, mists occasionally appear which are gen­ erally called "perfumed mists." They come in the morning, especially dur­ ing the spring, and, strangely ̂ nough, only when the wind is in the north­ east Sometimes they only last for a few minutes, at others the? hang about all day. They have a charac­ teristic smell, similar to that of a lime kiln. The origin of these mists is a mys­ tery. In one district the inhabitants thought the smell came from some lime kilns some miles to the north­ east and they may have been right; but that was not the explanation of the phenomenon, because the smell from those lime kilns could not have been carried by a northeast wind to all the other places where the mists were seen and the smell noticed. In one of those places the north­ east wind comes from the sea, in another it comes from overland; the smell does not, therefore, necessarily come from the ground. During the past few weeks the northeast wind has been very prevalent and the mists frequent The best explanation given is that the blustering northeast and east winds sweep up the dust, gases and germs of the ground over which they pass, and drive them toward the sea. When this wind has continued for some time it contains such a quantity of these things as to effect all our organs; that is the cause of the com­ plaints which appear when the east wind blows, and it may be the cause of those "perfumed mlste M--Paris Petite Revue, Where the Snafee Boards. The prairie marmot and the bur* rowing owl come into neighborly con- taut with the rattlesnake, but the acquaintance does not quite amount to friendship The prairie marmot takes a lot of trouble and builds a nice burrow and then the owl, whoia only a slovenly sort of architect him­ self; (Comes along and takes apart­ ments. It has neVer been quite set­ tled whether or not the lodger and the landlord agree pleasantly ^ to­ gether, but in the absence of any positive evidence they may be given credit for perfect amiability, "because nobody has fouod traces of owl ib a dead marmot's interior, nor of mar* mot in an owl's. But the rattlesnake is another thing. He waits till the residence has been made perfectly comfortable and ttien comes in himself, not in the friendly capacity of a lodger, but as a 6ort of unholy writter--a scaly man in possession. He eats (ho marmot's family, and perhaps the marmot him­ self, curling himself up comfortably in the best part of the drawing-room. The owl and .his belongings he leaves severely alone, and whether from a doubt as to the legality of distraining upon the goods of alodger or from a certainty as to the lodger's gt,ods including claws and a beak, naturalists do not say. Personally I incline very much to the claw-and- tfeak theory, having seen an old owl kill a snake in a very neat and work­ manlike manner, and indeed the rat­ tlesnake sometimes catches a Tartar even in the marmot The Good Old Day*. Where are the croakers who say that everything was all right in "the good old days?" Here comes along a diary written by a lady of fashion some fifty years ago, and among other complaints, which are like those we hear every day, are these: "Our streets are not wide enough for the carriages, nor the week long enough for one's engagements. There isn't enough money, or enough time to spend it in. In short, such a mess!" Also, the writer of the diary, Lady Georgiana de Ros, says: "No wonder girls are delicate if they eat mutton cnops before dinner." ROYAL Baking •J Powder surpasses all others in leavening powef, in purity h and wholesomeness, and is; indispensable for use " wherever the best and finest food ^ required ;f 5\ v' ' •• A- All other Baking Powders contain ammonia or alum. AL BAKING POWDER CO., 10* WALL ST., NEW-YORK. An All-around Genius. I sing the wonders of the deep, where monster serpents swim and creep, where billows high apd awful sweep; but I have never seen the sea. I tell of wild and awful deeds of men who fight for heathen creeds, and trumpet forth the heathen needs, but little do they worry me. I make the blood within you boil by writing of the crimsoned soil where soldiers meet in mad tur­ moil, but I would dodge an empty gun. I prove that death is but repose, this fitful fever's gentle close, but when my stomach painful grows I seek the doctor on the run. I praise the poor man's homespun coat and grasp the wealthy lordling's throat: out when the lordling hands a note td me I take it in, of course. I preach at length of wedded bliss, the wifely smile, the husband's kiss; and, tell me, is there aught amiss that I'm applying for di­ vorce? The former's colt and calf and'lamb in mellow verse I do embalm, nor does it hurt my little psalm that I despite the rural soa. . In fact, I write on every theme from addled eggs to frozen cream, and people really do not seem to know a genius from a fraud. U --Evening Wisconsin. '• . A Thriving lndnstrjr. Ever 6ince the James boys inaugu­ rated express robbing as a mode of profitable employment the life of the express messenger has been at stake. The work of the Reno gang in Indiana, the Star gang in Indian Territory and Texas, the astonishing pursuit led by Evans and Sontag, both in California and other States, has merely added to the general risk that has "constantly hovered over these men. The danger cannot be modified or explained away to a minimum. When it is seen, as has often been illustrated, that these des­ peradoes traverse whole States and even the entire Union to execute their daring work, the danger becomes ap­ parent. Evans and Sontag traveled from California to Wisconsin to hold up the American Express Company's car at some unexpected moment and out of the way place. It has since been learned that they traveled elsewhere and further to accomplish their pur- , pose. The James gang did likewise and all the Southwest knew them from St. Louis to Brownville and from the mountains of Tennesse west to the coast. It stands to reason, then, that the messenger in Florida or Oregon,, in Maine or Old Mexico, tending the wealth of some of these great corpora­ tions is as liable to receive a visit ?rom outlaws who have traveled from afar to their shadowy night work. ?Jm World's Fair I Take ttalllniU the world U fair. That la. Its judgments are pretty generally Jtut. No doubt it has formed many incorrect con­ clusions from the time the oaraTels of Adam- bus appeared off the shores of SAB Salvador to the pre ent year of celebration, bnt there are Instances of Its fairness which can be cited unquestioned. It has, after comparative tests, given its award to Kostetter'a Stomach Bitters for efficacy in oases of malarial, rheu­ matic and kidney disorder, dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation, nervousness and de­ bility. Among " positive facts without any doubt" this verdict deserves a prominent- place. The experience of a generation justi­ fies and the concurrent testimony of hosts of eminent physician bears out its trutik Give the Bitters a fair trial and verify It. " I have been affiictcc! withbilidtM* cess and constipation for fifteen yean and first one and then another pCUfî ' aration was suggested to me and tried, but to no purpose. A friend recommended August Flower and words cannot describe the admin' tion in which I hold it. It has give* me a new lease of life, which befim was a burden. Its good qualitaei and wonderful merits should bemadt known to everyone suffering wiflfc dyspepsia and biliousness." jBSSt Habere, Printer, Humboldt, Only a Bell-Boy, bnt a Hero. "Say! What you doin' there? Don't you know Jimrnie hain't slept none for goin' on two days'?" It was a chunk of a bell-boy, with white hair and almbnd eyes at one of the down-town hotels, talking, and his remarks were addressed to ^ second blue-coated urchin who was engagedin an attempt to arouse Jimmie, the hero of this story. "Well, if you dont let him alone I'll smash you, continued the speaker, and he advanced to put his threat into execution. "How is it Jimmie gets to sleep while the rest of you work?1* I asked'the pugilistic call-boy. "This is the first sleep Jimmie's got for more than thirty-six hours," said Jimmie's friend, "and I'm here to keep the porter from seeing him You fi that little squirt with a scar on 1 nose here the other day? Well, he's "been sick, and Jimmie stood his watch so he wouldn't get docked. Dis boy helps his ma, who's sick, and he telis Jimmie what awful times dey has, so Jimmie just does his watch. Now, when de porter sees Jimmie and tells the clerk then he gits de run, and that's what I'm doin' here." To my way of thinking Jimmie ia a hero. He may never be President of the United States or even go to Con­ gress, but if I was proprietor of the hotel I would fee that he got a better position just as soon as he could 'take care of it.--Kansas City Times. "Me Scare!" Some of the uninitiated Canadians bring with them into Maine a lively apprehension of personal peril. Being strangers in a new land makes them nervous, perhaps. A Somerset County farmer who lives well up on a hillside tells a story of his hiring through an interpreter a Canadian who could speak no English to work for him. The farmer is rather a large, stern-looking man, and just after the Frenchman arrived at his house he stepped into the pantry and came out with a large butcher knife in his hand whetting it on a sharpener, as a preparation for cutting some meat for supper. He at the Name time began to make some talk in English to the Gatil, whoso eyes opened wider and wider in alarm as he watched the whetting of the knife. He evidently thought murder was intended, for, as the farmer came nearer him, he bolted out of doors like a deer and ran across the fields and down the hillsides. His only answer as the farmer ran after him, endeavor ing to "call him back, was, "Me scare Me f-oare!" The employer had to go to town and have matters explained by an interpreter before he could in­ duce the Frenchman to return.--Xe wis ton Journal. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement nt' tends to personal enjoyment when lightly used. The many, who live bet* ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly laxative principles embraced in remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presently in the form most acceptable and plea* ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect la£ ve; effectually cleansing the system, & lspelling colds, headaches and feveia ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medial profession, because it acts on the Kid­ neys, Liver and Bowels without weal^ ening them and it is perfectly free float every objectionable substance. Syrup of Fin Is for sale by all drq^ gists in 50c andfl bottles, bat it is man­ ufactured by the California Fig Syrnp Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Fig% and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute U oftni 4 •* S* ̂* <* \ » • % ^ died Not Like Our Oysters. Very few people are aware that the pearl oyster is not in any way like the oyster8 which we eat. It Is of an en­ tirely different species, and as a matter of fact the shells of the so-called pearl oysters are of far more value to those engaged in pearl fishing than the pearls. There are extensive pearl fisheries in the Gulf of California, and some of the finest pearls have been taken from those waters. In 1881 one pearl--a black one--was sold for $10,- 001), and every year since that time many pearls have been taken from the beds m the California gulf, valued at over $7,500 each. The Difference Defined. On the bridge the other day a couple of lexicographers were arguing re- of specting "Bah!" si the definition words. do you know about defining words? You don't know the difference between an accident and a misfortune." "Define them," demanded Kid Miller. "Easy enough," retorted Gardner. "If you were to lean too far over this bridge and fall in, it would be an acci­ dent. But if some derned fool were to pull you out, that would be a misfor­ tune." /• " AFTER working hard in the morn­ ing, Robault would spend the after­ noon strolling about the streets of Paris. JERUSALEM -uses Philadelphia loco­ motives. A Fortune Left to Negro Servants. George W. Dye, of Elberton, Ga., recently' arta left his estate of $fi00,0')0 to his negro servants!, Before the war he was a rich planter, and after that event his negroes refused to leave him, but still dwelt on the plan­ tation as before. It is to these people and their children that his wealth all goes. HALL'S CATARRH CURB iia liquid and Is taken internally, and aets dirsptly upon the blood and mucous Burfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 760. F. J. CHENEY <fc CO.. Props., Toledo, O. Not Equal to the Hay Product. With all the hubbub about silver, tho yield of the mines in ten years has not equaled the annual value of the hay product, $600,0u0,000. Tai human system needs continuous and careful attention to rid itsolf of its impuri­ ties. Beecham's Pills act like magic. 35a BLACKMORE, the novelist, was fond of gardening, and spent in that amuse­ ment all he made by writing. t f-: "4 IT makes no difference how lnno* cent a man may be,- if he Is suspected, everything he does is a sign of guilt Hood's^Cures "For years rheumatism, neuralgia and heart dis­ ease caused me such ex­ cruciating pains that I could hardly endure thorn. Doctors' medi­ cine failed to give me relief. The palpitation of my heart was so se­ vere at times it would seem as if I was going to die. I was growing worse when I com­ menced to take Hood's Barsaparilla. It relieved me, and afterwards when I felt a bad spell coming I always took a dose of the medicine and it shortly cured me. I am 67 years of ace and can truly say in my declining years that Hood's Sarsaparilla has done mors forme than all other medicine*" MBS. H. PAR ABOUT, Chitteimago Falls. X. Y. iiraclts lot Ended Yet. WHAT A MINISTER SAYS OF SWAMP-ROOT. Sageyille, N. Y- May 12, 1888, Gentlemen:--For years I suffered with Igldney and liver trouble. Doctor after doctor treated me with no avail. I grew- worse and was in despair of ever be­ ing any better. What agony I endured when tbe attacks came on, rolling on the floor, screaming and half crazy! Nothing but morphine would quiet me. It seemed death would be a relief from my suffering. My stomach was in a terrible condition, food, what little I ate, distressed me, my complexion was yellow; bowels con­ stipated; I was only able to walk as far as the front porch. A friend recommended your Swamp-Root. I began to take it at onoe. Swamp-Root Cured Me. After passing off from my system a fearful amount of poisonous matter, imagine my Joy to find I was decidedly better. My improve­ ment after that was rapid ant! uninterrupted and in six months I was completely cured. Hev. Wm. H. Van Deuseiu At Druggists, so cent an«l $1.M Size. "Invalids' Oulde to Haalth" fre«- The Rugged Child is largely an "ou tdoo r " p roduc t . Fresh air and exercise usually pro- duee sound appetite and sound sleep. Sickly chil­ dren obtain great benefit from Scott's Emalsioa. Y of cod-liver oil with Hypo- phosphites, a fat-food rapid of assimilation and almoa^ »; as palatable as milk. fpypd hT Hentt « Bowsf. «• V. An ItHaL • Young Mothers! •V •f; .SA W. W« Ton •H'Meh Intur-- Safety *• ii/s of Mother mmA CIIM. "MOTHER'S FRIEND „ ' Mob* Confinement mf Us JPain, Horror mmdMUk, but Uttl* weakness afterw, Aana OAOB, Lamar, JBBADPIEX.DXIBe«ri.ATO« OOw. ATI^ANTA, OA. mu> BY ALL DBUaoum m Unlike the Dutch : No Alkalies < --OR-- Other Chemical* are used In On preparation of 11 Xj !P manrrxi). W.BAKBEJkC».^K|: reakMCocoa': / «c hieh <1 SIMMI% ^ rt, • pure mnd MfaNt. ; ^ It has mors tAaatArMttmaf \ St tho ttrength ot Coom iiini : - with Starch. Arrowroot oi\ Sugar, and is far uBm «e*> 'MS than ot nourishing, nomlcal, coating lest than one cent It is delicious, and Sold brGreesrsererywhMfe W. BAKER & CO.. Dorchester, IJr. Kilmer & Co., - * treo--Consultation freo, Binghamton, N. Y. ELHST Mood's Pills are the best family cathartlo and llrer medicine. Harmless, reliable, aire. t 4*," *i' jgmfl8iiiT̂ E¥£!SS ••••••••QiirMofii, Mas* eatest volume ot thf kni' chock full ot Bood tbirurx for uOc. THE 1UMJIEM PUB. CO f A book every Sporting _ I Man ought to read1 ever published. SOOpajreg DlPlirC "T ONCE! Triflintr labor, no capital; 3 tnval-nlunLu uabl recipes SI: easy .inexpensive to pre­pare; (tr. at ruiistiiut d-mand everywhere; low pnee; irnm profits; aus. guick; first sale secures territory; otu> UtHUmi'. H CK'St Hronkiyu.N.V. CCILLLHR EK6LISH 6IRGER "FOP " FLWIFL. One OLIlUinL p^'KiUe makes nw <5> g-iiioua of a pure, unadulterated, effervescent drink, healtkful and pal- (table. Piice, 85c; 5 packagex SI; U' package* •£. inooKLXS S.fEClALTxCo.. 15U Dean tit.iJrooklj u.N.Y. rfi. irt. . ConesnraptlTeB and people who have weak lungs or Astb- in^. should use Plso'sCure for Consumption. It has eared tko^estsiJlsii. It has not Injur­ ed one. It is not bad to take. It is tbe best eough syrup. Bold everywhere. S5C asy«; tPBis rapidly disappear, and In ten nurds of all symptoms are ran testimonials of miraculous Tei Days Treatment Fa U. I. l. TLEER I SEN srt 1,000,000 £ 7 A AORSS or UMO A*n>»larU*aAivrFAi» Down iatuoA* BendlWlts»aa* COMPANY In Minnesota. Thar will be sent to last war. WAHftA. free prepaid in five years: IJBlSoStl'p? ^ - | : MENTION THIS rn (ICaiUC-riM tact of Umber i I ert; excellent faming land; no iai well loeas* branef LMUd Oa* P DOMINOES SSLIRSASF" * fttk- KN.il. RasS'su's • . • • few; ..S'̂ 'A• Jt * sent under sealed cover New York City.