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piffWlpi "Germ re8, Mrs. Lyman; he is carting fctcna ail • " Tbm amottni of plain speaking that te will bear from ooe of whose will they are assured is some-' „ .. s a surprise ta others. In "liecol- WJtions of My Mother," Susan Lesley swrs that her mother had the greatest affection for both Davii Lee Child and his wife, the gifted Lrdia Maria, but ' v»»f» oft<~n Ttii'ph trird wftH « nmmf of time, hard labor and nnnev, which Mr. Child expended on icieni3 after achsme, none of which e ver succseded. One aay Mrs. Child came in t) spend a * quiet afternoon with my m ther. They eat with their sew ing and knit- tins' at the west window, whi e 1 sat with one or two fr'enls in the l allnear the open dcor. There had been a long silence, when we heard mv mother say: "Afrs. Child, can you tell m) what is the lest thing that your husoand is en­ gaged in?" An amused sml'e played over Mr Child's face. for the new railroad." "Q-o-h!" said my mother. Apother pause; then, "Mrs. Child, how much ao you suppose your husbacd lot63 on »everv load of stone he carts t» the rail­ road.'"' Another amused look on the dear Lydia Maria's 'a e, and she answered cheerily, "Wei . Mrs. Lyman. a« near as 1 can compute it, he must lo.se about 10 cents (n every load." "Oh--well--now--Mm. Child," said my mother, in the bravest and most cheerful tone, "if your husband has got hold of any innccent occupation by which he only loses 10 cents on a load, for heaven's sake encourage him in it." She had little pati nee with paople who backed, down in emergencies, and considered it her duty to stifien them up a little. She never had to go far to find an illustration "to point her moral and adorn her tale." Some good neigh­ bor's example would instantly come to mind. "Look over the way at my neighbor Hunt's front yard," she would say; "fee that splendid hydrangea, that elegant smoke bush, that buckthorn hedge, all in the most perfect order, and all kept so by her own hands. Always she has sickness, Borrow, death; at every turn something sad and unex­ pected. But who ever dreamed of , Mrs. Hunt's abdicating? She cjuldn't doit." . In Torment. 8orely If there are nnhappy sufferers on earth upon wJjom the angels look down In pity it to the people agonized with rheumatism. They are in tcrment the year round, with lit­ tle or no respite. Now, there is no evidence to which publicity has been given in behalf of HOstetter's Stomach Bitters more concurrent and con vine ng than that in behalf of Its effi­ cacy in incipient rheumatism. And since rheu­ matism and rheumatic and simple gout are among the most obstinate complaints to which this admirable remedy is adapted, and since they all have a fatal tendency to attack the vital organs, the advisability of an early ue •f the Bitters, when they manifest themselves, mnst be apparent. Efficacious, and most sig­ nally so, are the Bitters, too, in malarial dis­ eases, kidney and bladder inactivity, eonstt- paticm, dyspepsia, liver complaint and nervous ailments. The Good lilttle Bacteria of Cheese. In a report issued by the Boarti of Agriculture on the distribution of | grants for agricultural education in Great Britain is a chapter of special research in Cheddar clieessmaking. The author, Mr. F. J. Lloyd, says: "It appears more and more probable that all taints and peculiarities which are injurious to cheese, as also all the changes which combine to prcduce a good or first-rate cheese, are due to bacteria." After reading this, consumars of chee-e will long be told how they may distinguish the benevolent from the malevolent microbe, and how the one may be cultivated at the expense of the other. Mr. Lloyd does his best to satisfy their curiosity; and it is com­ forting to learn that of the many organisms which have been found, "only one can ba said to be invariably f>resent." This is tha benevolent Acidi actici, which is essential to the pro­ duction of a good cheese, and thare is "ground,p,t present for the assumption that no other variety is necessary." But how to keep the others out is the question. Mr. Lloyd says they do not come in at the open door or window Of the dairy, but hide in crannies, "where a littlo decomposing milk or other animal or yegetable matter may supply all the food which these organ­ isms need to enable them to grow and multiply." The moral of this for cheeseraakers obvious'y i j--be scrupu­ lously *cle an.--London Daily News. Give ATTBSTIO.V to the fir« symptoms of a Lung Complaint, and check the dreaded disease in its inciuiency, by us.ng Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, a safe, old-fashioned . remedy for all Affections of the Lungs and Bronchia HE was a bold man who first swal­ lowed an oyetsr.--James I. BSECHAM'S Pitit<8 are proverbially known ** "Worth a guinea a box," but tuey are sold at 25 cents a box. HOME AM) THE FABM. DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. ftt'lte* Feeding of Horses--iPottl Air In a Well- staples i'mlr-r strew Smm-ks;-- Aa Improvised Vapor Bath--Hints to The Osiaw Ctofct. . , The domestic guinea fowl under ordinary circumstances can hardly be considered profitable poultry, but their character, nevert'eles-, has De:n considerably belied. Among other objections raised against it are, first, its disposition to straying pro­ clivities; second, its disposition to lay away, by which many eggs are lost; and third, its pugnacious habit of beating other varieties of poultry. We have it on authority .of Mr. Lew­ is Wright that but for this latter habit the guinea fowl would long sirce have been naturalized as a game bird, having been turned into covert with perfect success; but it was soon found out that the guinea fowls drove away other descriptions of game to such an extent that the birds had to be destroyed on that ac­ count As a domestic bird, however, these bad qualities are susceptible of much amelioration, Mr..Wright tells us, provided the treatment be kind and good. It is, he admits almost hopeless to commence a stock with adult birds; directly thev are left at liberty they are "off," and probably never return. But by setting eggs under common hens and rearing them at home they grow up tame and will flock around the ptyson who feeds them, and even allow themselves to be taken up and petted like other poultry. When reared thus kindly, and secluded nests are provided, they will generally lay in the house, * and If perches are placed high for them, and they are regularly fed every night, will roost at homfe also. So far domesticated they will pay to rear, in places where they can have ample range. Th9 hens lay from sixty to one hundred eggs per annum, the eggs being rather small, very pointed at the end and of a dark cream color. These eggs are of a beautiful flavor, and there is consider­ able demand for them in London, where wa have often seen them ex­ posed for sale in little baskets lined with graen moss.--Fancier's Journal. France had in 1837 85,545 schools, 136,800 teachers, and 6,308,000 scholars. Beautiful birds and fragrant flowers an nature's charm, but a divinely lovelv complexion comes irom the ims of Glenn's Sulphur Soap. FITS.--A11 Fit#; stopped tree by Dr. Kline's G'Cit Nerve Kestorer. No Fits aftar first day's use. Mar­ velous cures. Treatise and 00 trial bottle free to Fit eases. Send to Dr. lilme, iffll Arch St., Phila, Pa. IT FILLS THE BILL --£ dose of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Sick Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, In­ digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derange­ ments of the liver, stomach and bowels are promptly and permanently cured. Glen Eamnu Marshall Co., W. Fa. B._v. PISBCK, M. D.. Buffalo. X. Yi: Sir--Two years ago I was pale and emaciated, food fer­ mented in my stomach. A physician pronounc­ ed my case "Catarrh of the Stomach." but he oould not help me. I lived a ruonth without solid food and when I tried to eat 1 would vomit. At tfato time I began taking Doctor Pierce's Pieasaat Pel­ lets, and in two weeks , I was decidedly better. ' 1 am now id gooa health, and never felt MiSB AKGIXISH. better In my lite. I nave a better color, oat more, ana Save no distress after eating*--having gained thirteen pounds since I began taking- thes*; YOUrs truly, MART ANGUISH. Ike Han of Seliiog Medicines Tlwoagh Dakn, P I E R C E Ely's Cream Balm yfi.i. CUBE , CATARRH |Wce80CenMj Apply Balm intoeachnostril. EUrBBO&tfifiWarren &I..N.Y. 8. N. V. A Facte of l'layliiw Cardt* furnished by the Burlington Houte (C.. B. & Q. K. 11.). which is the Best Railway irom Chicago mid St. Louis to all points Northwest, West and Southwest. Send 15 cents in costage for • lull deck to 1*. S. EUS'ITss, Gen­ eral Passenger Agent. CHICAGO III. THOMAS P. SIWSOW,Washington, & C. K<> »ity'sfeo until Patent ob­ tains WiiiM tot tovcutor'h Quid*. No. 1--94 I I" ^ . r An improvised Vi P >r Bath. Set a red hot brick on end in a can, 8mall bath or other suitable vessel; place the latter under a chair, ou the seat of which a piece of flannel is spread. The patient, undressed, sits on this flannel, and he and the chair are well wrapped in blankets to ex­ clude the air; his bead is to be un­ covered. Oienthe blankets a little at the Jjottom and carefully pour about a pint of boiling water over the brick, and keep up the steatn by occasionally repeating this. The patient remains in the bath until re­ lieved by perspiration. To make a vapor bath in bed with hot water bottles, fill about six oval-shaped half-gallon stone bottles with boiling water; cork well and fold each in hot wet flannel. \ Lay over the bed a water-proof sheet and blanket; place the patient on these, cover him w.th a blanket and distribute the hot hot- ties about him--one to each side, to the calf of each leg, and tu the sole of each foot Wrap up well with extra blankets ana tuck in to retain the heat. For ths spirit lamp bath, place a damp towel over the seat and before the front of a cane-bottom chair, under which a spirit lamp is lighted, and over the lamp a tin vessel with boiling water in it The patient, enveloped (except the head) in four or more blankets, sits on the chair UnMl free perspiration occurs. --Hall's Journal of Health. Rations for Horses. The proper feeding of horses is a very important operation to the farmer. E. M. Shelton, of the Aus­ tralian Station at Brisbane, reports the experiment of a transfer com­ pany, as to the practical lesults of the value of cut hay in comparison with uncut In the experiment, 3,000 horses wore fed a daily ration consisticgof sixteen pounds of ground oats, and seven and one-half pounds of cut straw. A second lot of 3,000 horses were fed nineteen pounds of oats not ground, and thirteen pounds of hay not cut It was found that the horses' that ate the twenty-six pounds of ground oats and cut straw and cut hay. kept in equal condition and did the same work as those that had thirty-two pounds of uncut hay and whole grain. It was calculated that the grain for 6,000 horses using cut feed would have amounted to 5 cents a day for each,horse, or $300 per day for the entire stable; In these large stables every detail was scien­ tifically and systematica iy per­ formed and the most carefui economy practiced. In ordinary practice, the cost of cutting the hay and grinding the grain would be much greater, and necessarily the individual gain would thereby be much lessened. ing cucumbers in his bcuse of forced vegetables: The plan to are set two in a hill, and finally thinned to one. The hills are two feet apart. About three cords of horse manure are placed in four trencher, 1£ . feet deep by one foot wide, running the length of a house 194 feet long. The ma­ nure is covered with nbont seven inches of soil. Cucumbers are picked In seventy davs from the sowing of the seed. Mr. Frost's forcing house Is 25x194 feet Each year he raises therein two crops of^ettuce, one crop of cucumbers and one crop of French breakfast radishes «r own with cu­ cumbers. The following are the ap­ proximate crops: Lettuce "00 dozen each crop, cucumbers, 1^.000, rad­ ishes 500 bunches. He uses steam heat. Plants rai<%d from selected seed are so started as to time that one crop follows another without in- i termission. Slablw liidw Straw Stacks. Provided the stack is held up by strong wooden supports,* a stable un­ der the stack makes one of the best, cheapest and warmest winter shel­ ters for any kind of stock. It should be built so that animals cannot eat away the stacks where it has no sup­ port?, as they will often do when forced to get their living from a stack. In olden times stacks of hay were often left to be eaten away by young stock, with the resu't of waisting a good dea! of the hay and toward spring having an overturned stack, killing calves and sheep im­ prisoned under it. There is little of this kind ot wastefulness among farmers now. The wonder is that such management could ever have | been so common as it undoubtedly i was. Hints to Housekeepers. case the oven becomes too hot a pan of water put in it will lessen the heat perceptibly. OILCLOTH when soiled should be washed with a soft cloth in lukewarm water,' without soap, but it should never be scrubbed. THE buffalo bug is to be eradicated only by benzine or naphtha. Appar­ ently nothing else will have the slightest effect on him. THE sunflower is probably the coarsest and rankest of garden weeds, yet in Russia the oil of its seeds is used on salads, and its stalks are good as fuel A GOOD itay to test ham is to stick a knife under the bone. If the knife comes out clean and with a sweet smell the ham is pure and whole­ some If not, not A PIECE of chamois skin cut to fit the inside of the shoe will not only prove very comfortable in cold weather and to tender feet, but it wiil save the stockings from wear., A GOOD set of carpenter's tools are amon? the most va'uable articles to have around the liou-e, and they should always bfe kept in a box by themselves, where they can always be found. ^ KoTniNG should be cooked in iron vessels that can be cooked In earth­ enware, The heat is more uniform, the flavor is better preserved and there is less liability to burn in the earthenware vessel than in the iron. THICK woolen rugs are the only ones to be used in front of a fire, if any should be there at all. In such rugs, if they are Aery thick, even a { slight flame may be rea lily smothered, I while cotton ru'gs are very inflamma- j We. I THERE is a liability of disease | germs in the dust and dirt that ad- | here to the ordinary wear of any per- j son during the day, and it is wise j therefore always to brush your cloth- I ing every time you change it after a | day's use of it. AN easy and effective way to cover over scratches on dark wood furniture is to rub them.well with walnut or butternut juice. This, at leasts bides them, as the oil is of the same color, and that is the best that can be done with such defects. PETER COOPER'S, ILLUSTRATION Foal Air la a Well. 1 saw, says a writer in the Globe- Democrat, a method used the other day in Illinois to take the foul air out of a well. The well was to be cleaned but the man that took the job was afraid to go down until he had ascer­ tained the quality of air at the bot­ tom. He let down a lighted candle, and when it descended to about six feet of the bottom it went out as suddenly as if it had been ex* tinguished by a whiff of air. That was all he wanted to know. He was then sure that the well bad poison­ ous gas in it and took a small um­ brella, tied a string to the handle and lowered it open into the well. Having let it go nearly to the bot­ tom he drew it UD, carried it a few feet from the well and upset it. He repeated this operation twenty or thirty times, with all the bystanders laughing at him, then lowered the lights which burned clear and bright even at the bottom. He then con­ descended to explain that the gas in the well was carbonic acid gas which is heavier than air, and therefore could be brought up in an umbrella just as though it was so much water. It was a simple trick, yet perfectly effective. A Mining Opportunity Mfaaed, "Speaking of gold excitements," said George W. Beal in the presence i of a little social gathering in West i Park street a few evenings since, ! "reminds me ot a chance I once had i to purchase a placer claim in Con- i federate gulch. The men who owned the bar offered it tn me for $400 cash and were anxious to sell at that flgure, I but 1 hesitated. Finally I told them j I would have an«expert examine and ; te-t the gronnd and if it was what ; they represented it to be I would purchase it This was satisfactory, and my exDert made the test and re- f ported unfavorably upon it That J settled the deal, and I went on my | way in search of other fields. About I two month later 1 returned to Con- i federate gulch and found a six-mule i team and a wagon behind it contain- : ing two tons of gold taken from a | portion of the bar those men wanted 1 to sell me for $400. The team was i ready to start for Fort Benton with I the gold and was surrounded by thirty j armed men, who were to guard the metal on the way. After I refused to purchase the ground the men con­ cluded to work it themselves and from a space of 100 feeb square had taken the two tons of gold. 1 have not seen the •expert* since then."-- Butte Miner. Cactunbers Under Varnum Frost of Arlington gives the following as his method of rais« The Circus as a Political Agent. "Perhaps the most brilliant ruse ever attempted was practiced down in North Carolina a number of years ago," said a politician yesterday- "At the time there was a possibility of the Republicans carrying the ' State and they worked hard for suc- | cess. According t&the law the poll I taxes were required to be paid al- ' most a year before the registration I took place. The Republicans, in ! order to secure their yotes, paid the J poll tax of each colored citizen, pre- | senting him a receipt The Demo­ crats heard this with dismay. It waa > a move that seemed hard to beat j The tax receipts were in the hands i of the colored people and it looked j as though every one of them would I register. The Democrats met the difficulty, however. They had John Robinson's circus go through the State and advertise that poll-tax re­ ceipts would be taken as admission tickets to the show., I doubt if a jingle tax receipt remained in a col­ ored man's possession by the time the circus finished its season. The Dem­ ocrats carried the State."--Pitts* burgh . . , "T '. < How Hs Corad ft Merchant of the Bsbb ot Morrow luff st Knlnous Bates. Mr. Cooper was always a careful and prudent business man. He was always opposed to the methods of many merchants, who launched out In f>*tr*»v?»f»3nt: enterprises or. bor­ rowed money, for which they pnjr! exorbitant prices of interest. Once, says the jSew York Evening 1 ost while talKing about a project with an acquaintance, .the latter sai<| he would have to borrow the money for six months, paying Interest at the rate of 3 per cent "Why do you borrow for so short a time?" Mr. Cooper asked. • Because the brokers will not ne­ gotiate bills for longer." "Well, if you wish," said Mr. Cooper. "I will discount your note at that rate for three years." "Are you in earnest?" said the Would-be borrower. "Certainly 1 am. I will discount your note for $10,000 for three years at that rate. Will you do it?" "Of course I will," said the mer­ chant. i;Very well," said Mr. Cooper, "just sign this note for 910,000, pay­ able in three years, and give me your chock for $80u, ana the transaction is complete." "But. where is the monev for me?" asked the astonished merchant. "You don't get any money," was the reply. "Your interest for thirty- six months, at 3 per centum per month, amounts to 108 per centum, or $10,800; therefore, your check for #800 just makes us even." The force of this practical illustra­ tion ot the folly of paying such an exorbitant price for the use of money was such that the merchant deter- mined never to borrow at such ruin­ ous rates, and he frequently used to say that nothing could have so fully convinced him as this rather humor­ ous proposal by Mr. Cooper. She Wrote Too Well. In an after-dinner talk, as report­ ed by the Boston Transcript, a lady, whose handwriting has never driven her publisher to request the use of a typewriter, told a most amusing story of what happened once, because she wrote a hand as finished and legi- ble as copperplate. While she waa in England, at a friend's country- house, a former maidservant wrote to her hostess, requesting a written "character." The hostess was glad to comply with the request but be­ ing for the moment much engaged, she asked her visitor to write the "character" from her dictation. About a fortnight later, we were interrupted at an afternoon tea by the parlor maid, who said that t*arah --the one to whom the "character" had beeo sent--was In the ball, in charge of a policeman, crying bitterly and begging to see Mrs. , my hostess. We went to the hall together, and found the girl in an agdny of shame and distress. ,lO ma'am," said she, "I applied at Lady Graywhacke's for a situation, bearin' as how a maid was wanted. "Her ladyship asked for my char­ acter; and 1 showed her, immediate, the one you was kind enough to send me, ma'am. And she looked at it awhile, then she touched a bell, and said to the footman: " 'Send for a pleceman at once!' says she. 'This girl is using a lady's name without her permission,' says she. 'She has hired same professional clerk or accountant to write out this paper, with Mrs. ----"s name in it,* says she. 'No lady ever wrote suph a hand as that!' says she. Only peo­ ple who write for a liviug write such a hand,' says she: "and that's how I know it is a forgery!' "Well, ma'am, 1 cried, and I stuck to It before her and the pleeceman that you'd sent me this paper just as she saw it. And at last she told the pleeceman to bring me down here, in charge, and get your word for it, ma'am. And O ma'am, you'll speak for me?" My friend spoke for her to such purpose that the good-natured Bobby was soon on his way to London. The girl was comforted with the assur­ ance that, in addition to the message which the policeman was to take, she should have a decisive letter, in my friend's own handwriting-- "which is bad enough to be a duchess's," said she The most truly English part of the whole queer matter is that after Lady Graywhacke's outrageous insult to the poor unoffending girl, the girl meekly and gratefully went into her service, and has continued there these ten years. Recognized Mis Figure* The newbookkeeper entered Bank* er Bock's private office in a state of great agitation. "There's a young man out there who says he's got to see you, sir, and refuses to state what his business is. 1--I--I'm a-afraid he a dangerous crank, sir." "Tell him he can't see me unless he states the nature of his errand," said the banker nervously. The bookkeeper returned a mo­ ment later and whispered hoarsely; "He says he must have some money." Banker hock's face blanched, and as be slid silently into the great vault and swung the heavy doer nearly to, he gasped:"Ask him how much he want«." f There was a moment of awful sus> pense and then the trembling clerk returned. "He says you better make it 8500, and be quick about it" The great door swung open once more and the banker emerging seized a checkbook, remarking: "Only $500, eh? Let me see--it's the first of the month, too! Ob, that's lay son BilL Send him in; I want to talk to him." r *£• m OF EVERY Re f 1 ceipt that calls ~ ibr baking powder use the "Royal." It will make theH food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and ; wholesome. "We recommend the Royal ' Baking Powder as superior to all others."--United Cooks, 'andPastry Cooks Associ­ ation of the United States* A ^ t'nolo Lesson, Madame Betsey Patterson Bonaparte, the sister-in-law of an emperor, was born ia Baltimore, and. after living many years abroad, leturced to her native land, where she passed ihe la at years of her life. She was a weman of great beauty, but of an ungovernable temper. A writer in the Boston Tran­ script tells how her sense of humor once enabled her to accept a reproof graciously. One of the old lady's crack stories in her latter davs was of a lesson in eti­ quette given her by the black butler of her host. At 'breakfast she mo­ tioned to him and handed him her cup, wishing a second eup of tea. Uncle Bob, instead of taking the cup to his mistress at the head of the table, put it down with a great flourish on the sideboard. "But I wanted another cup of tea," said Madame Bonaparte. "Did you, mum?" blandly asked Un­ cle Bob. "You see, mum, you put your spoon in de saucer, an' that means you doan' want no mo' tea. When you wants some mo' tea, de c'rect way is to Eut de spoon in de eup -- like di* eah." And Uncle Bob gravely illus­ trated the correct method of proced­ ure. The family were on thorns, expect­ ing an outbreak from the sister-in-law of an emperor, although there is no doubt that a black butler in his own bailiwick could face an emperor him­ self; but Betsev was oply amused, and laughed heartily. After fifty years of money-getting and money-saving, she realized In the latter part of her life how futile It was, and exclaimed, grimly. "Once I had everything but money! Now I (have nothing but money." Women as Gardeners. Women in America appear to be successful in making a business of gardening. One lady in Mississippi has started a good business in ship, ping rosebuds submerged in water, thereby making them retain their freshness. Another in California owns two orchards, of ten and twelve acres, In one of which she grows aprl- co s and cherries so successfully that they net her $5,000 a year. A widow In the same State, who was once the reigning belle in her town, Is at the head of a cut-flower Industry. She bas twenty acres of violets and chrys­ anthemums; in her chrysanthemum plantation alone she bag 18,000 blooms this year. , t The Nutmeg P»lson. Cases are not infrequently reported in which children and sometimes grown persons are poisoned by the free use of nutmegs. It not being generally known that this article of common household use is really a deadly poison. This is true, in fact, of most common coniiments: but when misused these articles, such as pepper, capsicum, etc., are to obnoxious to the taste, except­ ing when taken in very minute quantl* ties, that the consumer Is warned in a very positive manner before he has had an opportunity to'do himself te- rious injury. This is not the case, however, with the nutmeg. This nut, which contains a poisonous principle of a very deadly Character, may bo con­ sumed without inc onvenience in quan­ tities sufficient to produce fatal conse­ quences, and it is surprising not that death occasionally occurs from its use, but that/deaths are not more frequent. A fatal cAHd has been recently reported In which ^ boy of 8 years fell into a "fioQiatos^Condition after eating two nutmegs 'apd died within twelve hours. Deafness Cannot He Cured By local applications, as they cannot rteeta the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is br constitu­ tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in­ flamed condition of the uiucous lining ot the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in- fluuied. you have a rumbling sound or imper­ fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Peafntms is the result, and unless the inflamma­ tion can be taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition hearing will be destroyed forever ; Aine cases out of ten are caused by ca­ tarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condi­ tion of the mucous surface*. We will give One Hundred Dollar* for any case of Deaflioss (caused by catarrh) that can­ not be enred by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure, tiend for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O, 49"Sold by Druggists, 73c. Burton a Gamiu. Richard was a regular gamin: his keen sense of humor, his ready wit,, were always present. He adored shock­ ing dense people and seeing their funny faces and stolid belief, and never cared about what harm it would do him in a worldly sense. I have frequently sat at a dinner table of such people pray­ ing him by signs not to go on, but he was in a very ecstasy of glee: he said it was so funny always to ba believed when you wero chaffing and so curious never to be believed when you were telling the truth. lie had a sort of schoolboy bravado about the«o things that in his high spirit j lasted him all the seventy years of his life.--Life of Sir Richard "But ton. Have You Asthma? Dr. R Schlffmann, St Paul. Minn., will mail you a trial package ot "Schlffinaun's Asthma Cure" free to uny sufferer. He advertises by giving it away. Never fails to give Instant relief in worst cases and cures where others faiL Name this paper and send address for a free trial package. THE bird of greatest endurance is the albatross. One has been known to follow a ship for sixty-four days with­ out once being seen to l*est on the water. A COUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT should not be neglected. BROWN'S BRON- CHIAL TROCHES are a simple remedy, and give prompt relief. 25 cts. a box. EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY--lay­ ing to barrow an umbrella. Moral philosophy--refusing to lend It, £•• "Colchester" Spading Boot sil la other column. Catarrh If • Constitutional Diseas* And Requires A Constitutional Remedy Like Hood's S&rsaparilla. wliich£ working through the blood, permanently cures Catarrh by eradicating the Impurity which causes and promotes the disease. Thousands of people testify to the success of Hood's Sarsa- parllla as a remedy for Catarrh when other preparations had failed. Hood's Sarsapa- rilla also builds up the%hole system, and makes you feel renewed iu health and strength. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. because Hood's5#"* Cures Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills, Bilious­ ness, Jaundice, Indigestion. Sick Headache. PATENTS and PENSIONS Secured. No advance fee. Fitzgerald ft Co., "'athand G," Washington, D. C, The Citizen Who Refuses to Vote. Indifference to public affairs shows itself not merely in a neglect to study them and fit one's self to give a judi­ cious vote, but in the apathy which does not care to give a vote when the time arrives. It is a serious evil already in some countries, serious in London, very serious in Italy, serious enough in the United States, not indeed at Presiden­ tial, but at city and other local elec­ tions. for some le former to have pro­ posed to nunish with a fine the citizen who neglects to vote, a-* in some old Greek eity the law proclaimed penal­ ties against the citizen who in a sedi­ tion stood alcof, taking neither one side nor the other. For, unhappily, it is the respectable, well-meaning, easy­ going citizen, as well a ? the merely ignorant citizen, who is apt to be list­ less. Those who have their private ends to serve, their axes to grind and logs to roll, are not indolent. Private interest spurs them on; and if the so- called "good citizen," who has no de­ sire or aim except that good govern­ ment which benefits him no more than every one else, does not bestir himself, the public funds may become the plun­ der, and the public interests tbe sport of unscrupulous adventurers.--Forum. Regis I>.f)3&nc is a French dian store keeper at Notre Dame d£ Stanbridge, Quebec, Can., who wa* cured of a severe attack of Congest* ion of the Lungs by Boschee's Gel** . 9an Syrup. He has sold many # bottle of German Syrup on his per* sonal recommendation. If you axog v him a line he'll give you the faff facts of the case direct, as he did tev and that Boschee's German Syrup brought him through nicely, ft always will. It is a good medicine •and thorough in its work. • THE JUDCE8 & • WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXrOSIDM J Have made the v- £ A HIGHEST AWARDS (Medals, a^d^XMplomaa) to Vh :" WALTER BAKER ft CO. , On each of th« foUowlng BREAKFAST COCOA, • . • • Premium No. 1, Chocolate, • • YantUa Chocolate, ... • • German Sweet Chocolate, # Cocoa Butter. • • • • • • For "purity of material," "excellent flavor," and "uniform even composition." MOP BAKER* CO., OORCHESTER, BASS. PR. KILMER'S SWAMP > * « , , : Singular Provision in a Will. A curious will contest, according to Paris papers, is about to ba tried in tbe Seine courts. Five years ago a Rus­ sian princess died, leaving a large fortune. There was great surprise among her relatives when the testa­ ment was opened. By one of Its clauses she left 5.000,000 francs to the person who would remain a vear in the chapel to be erected above her grave In the Pere-la-Chaise. The body of the Prin­ cess, according to the legendary re­ port, lies in a crystal coffin, in a won­ derful state of preservation. No one' of her relatives has been able to remain longer than two or three days in the chapel. What will become of the 5,000,000 francs Is the question. In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently cure habitual constipation, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system. Electric Fire Engine*. Frfenk Irvln, a Passaic (N. J.) electH- clan, is at work on the model of an electric fire engine. He claims that it is practicable to build an engine which will propel Itself over the streets to the scene of a fire and there work the pumps. His idea is to substitute a storage battery for the furnaca and. boiler now in use on steam fire engines. • Glass Labels. For sticking glass labels on drawers the best cement to use is a thick solu­ tion of shellac in benzole, in which gutta percha in the proportioa of 1 in 12 has been dissolved. Thi csPAf, treatment of catarrh is very unsatis­ factory, aa thousands can testify. Proper local treatment in positively necessary to success, but many, if not most, of the remedies in general use afford but temporary benefit. A cure certainly can­ not l>e expected from Rnnffs. powders, douches and washes. Ely's Cream Balm, which is so highly com­ mended, is a remedy which combines the important requisites of quick action, specific curative power with perfect safety and pleasantness to the patient. HhUob's Consumption Cure is sold on a guar­ antee. It cures Incipient Consumption. It is the best Cough Cur«. 36 cents, SO ceats and 11.00. ME. Smlliag.CoM as lci. LIFE WAS A BURDEN. ^ "Sw*mp-Bo»t» saved mjr life after 1 igf Buffered everything but death. ft I send you my pho­ tograph and this des­ cription of my eaae ana you can use it if you wish. My hands were as bold as lee; fire would not warm them. Dropsical swellings of the lower limbs; I could not button my shoe*. Exertion com­ pletely exhausted me; death seemed so very near. The swell­ ings have gone and all my trouble have disappeared. My bealtbli better now than It has been for years. -; ~ "SWAMP-ROOT CURED ME." v Tell doubting ooes to write me 1 will tell tfcOK . all about it" Mas. R. J. Ccrmraam, Jan. 15* 1MB. Marietta, Shelby Co., IadL AS Dragglate 50c cents sad tl.OOSbNfc ' " Invalid*' Guide to Health" ftw -ConaaHatioa tn». Dr. Kilmer & Co.. • Biughamtoc, N. Y. ' br.Kilmer'sll&0ARointneatCMS PH«I Trial Bex Free -- At Dragalst* B0 cant*. MTARRH W IN GHULDREN For over two years my little girl's Iifj» was made miserable by a case of Catarrh. The discharge from the nose was larger constant and very offensive. Her eye»* - became inHamed, the lids swollen an& very painful. After trying various rem» dies, I gave her The first boft- " tie seemed toBeSSIaggravatetha disease, but the symptoms soon abate<£ and in a short time she was cured. DR. L. B. RITCHEY, Mackey, Indt Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases maile* m. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. • free. ASTHMA-->> CUBEDi FWHAV8 1BTIMA SMOFHi Ota* Relief In rir* Ifiavte*. TMslB hctap Mat m£ Sold by Dntf *1«U. On*Box **nt Bo*t-paid <>•(»• 8U BoM.f«A Add. Thoa. Popham>Phila.I pwats. TMDE-ilMS. A A j r -- N Examination and Ad rice aa to Patentability ot YenUon. Send for Inventors'Guide, or How t ' a Patent. PATSIOK O'Fabkeix, Waskiagtsa. wanted in every town. The best thias vet. No trouble to .sell. Send postal not* . . for 45e for 1!) valuable samples. KxpreM pa£3 free, with full instructions. You'll never rngtm it. B. H. 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