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- f,,-A New pronie. Lemon jul& applied to cast ircn arti­ des gives an excellent finish to the surface of the metal. It turns the por­ tion of polished cast irdia to Which1 it is applied to a bronze black, and when touched over with, shellac varnish will "afysbrb a sufficient amount of the var­ nish to preserve it. To many lemon juice would seem to be a weak and in­ effective acid for metal, but every one knows how quickly a knife blade of steel will blacken when used to but a lemon,, and the darkening of polished iron by the acid is very beautiful. Another Story of Wellington. A characteristic anecdote of the Duke of Wellington: "One of his aids de camp was found by the Diike at Strath- fieldsaye reading a French book, in which it was said that the Duke did not win the battle of Toulouse* 'I do not care a"straw.' said the Duke, /what ithey say as to who Won the battle; the French fought it to keep me out of 'France, but I got into France..' " Highest of all in Leavening Power.--Latest TJ. S. Gov't Report Built on the solid foundation of ptire, healthy blood is real and lasting. As lbng as-yon~ have rich red blood you will have no sick­ ness. When you allow yoUr blood to be­ come thin, depleted, robbed of the little red corpuscles which indicate its quality, you will become tired, woru out, lose your ap­ petite and strength, and disease will soon have you in its grasp. Purify, vitalize and enrich your blood, and keep it pure by taking WsSEEaitsM & tYvewycvsss n \s \yu\^ wtvuva\\ft&. THE RISING SUN, N\ STOVE POLISH in 1/1 ijUWrv'i. 1 cakes for general blacking of a stove. THE SUN PASTE POLISH for a quiet LaBOSs2Vo^ after-dinner shine, Tni y!S-i&r applied and pol- ished with a cloth. Morse Bros., Props., Canton, Mass.. IT.fi. 4. the list, with 1 GO different patents In thirty months, Theu comes cooking utensils, with 100 inventions; furniture, with 55; heating, and washing or clean­ ing apparatus, with 40 odd each; sew­ ing and spinning devices and building apparatus, with about 30 each; educa­ tional, medical apparatus, toys and trunks, about 20 each. Other lines In which women have tried their inven­ tive faculties are baby carriages, barrel and bicycle attachments, printing and bottling apparatus, boxes and baskets, clocks, flowers, horseshoes, motors, musical instruments, plumbing and preserving devices, screen*, stationery, theatrical apparatus, toilet articles and typewriter attachments. Very few of the patents issued to women were for entirely new creations. Excluding those especially concerning -women's work, nearly all the other patents were for attachments to soine^prevlously exlst- *1ug device. : .< / • ~ ~ „ ' ' : • ' * Steain and Chiffon, * Steam is a great ally'of the would-be •-thrifty,- woman. A chiffon dress,that has become mussed cam be freshened to look as good as new unless torn, by steaming it over a large volume of steam such as a wide mouthed boiler affords. Veils that are wrinkled can be smoothed out better by steaming thdu by ironing them. The moisture as soon as evaporated has the effect not only of taking out the wrinkles, but of giving -some life to the net. Ironing! destroys the "life" of silk or net. MORE THAN ONE OF EACH. The5}- Were All Gone. One,, by one the guests had said fare­ well, and now the house seemed envel­ oped in a ,deep stillness. The .newly wedded pair were very happy. After nineteen years of deferred hopes they were at. last one.' Far away from the turmoil of city life , had they. prepared an hacienda for themselves. Hither they had come, on this jhappy night with minister, hired girl and a host o<f friends. Now it was all over, and the last trolley car was humming down the valley toward the railroad station. "Have they all gone?" he asked in j loving tones, throwing his arms about her slender Waist and covering her face with kisses. "Yes, dear,- I think they have all gone," she replied tenderly. "Then, love, you had better explain to the hired girl at once what her du­ ties shall be." •< , ^ The beautiful woman swept majes­ tically from the room. Then a mighty scream rent the atmosphere. j "What is it, love?" he exclaimed, rush- j ing excitedly into the kitchen., "Haven't ; they all gone1/" "Yes, yes, sweetness," she replied, and between her sobs she added, -'and ; the hired girl has gone, too/'--New j York Recorder. Hood's SarsaparilJa The Next Congress Will Contain Many Duplicate Names. The Fifty-fourth Congress will contain a Considerable number of members of duplicate names. There are two mem­ bers by the name of Arnold, one from Pennsylvania and one from Rhode Isl- and; three Bakers, from Kansas, Mary­ land and New Hampshire; two Bart- letts, from Georgia and Texas; 4tw0 ^ acks, from Georgia and New York; two,Burtons, from Maryland and Ohio; three Clarks, from Alabama, Iowa and Missouri; two Cannons, from Illinois and Utah; tijvo Cooks, from Illinois and Wisconsin; three Coopers, from Flor­ ida, Texas and Wisconsin; three Cur- tises, from Iowa, Kansas and New York; two Cobbs, from Alabama" and Missouri; Gillett from Massachusetts and Gillet. from New York; two Hen­ rys, from •'Connecticut and Indiana; two Johnsons, from Indiana and North Dakota; two Millers, from Kansas and •West Virginia: two Mnrphys, from llli­ hois and Arizona; two Mc.Calls,' from Massachusetts and Tennessee; Miner from New York and Minor from Wis­ consin bear the same name, with the distinction of one letter; two members bear the name of Russell, one from Connecticut and the other from Geor­ gia. There are two Smiths, one from Illinois and one from (Michigan; two Stones, both from Pennsylvania; two Turners, from Georgia and Virginia; two Walkers, from Masachusetts and Virginia. Tl\en we have more men bearing the name of Wilson than any t>ther--four in all--from Idaho, New JTork, Ohio and South Carolina. SOME women are born managers of bank books, says a writer in the Philadelphia Times. By this we do not mean that they are able to,.spend every cetjt which they can lay their hands upOn, but that they know how to live within their income, whether It be large or small, and always have some­ thing laid aside for that inevitable visi­ tation of Jupiter Pluvius. Economy to some women, however, is an almost unknown term. They-think they understand its meaning, but they* do not, a fact which has been borne home t> her in many ways. Economy is such a coy, elusive thing. You may think..you have captured It and that you will be able to hold it fast and, sure, wheh, presto! it slips from your very fingers, and it's extravagance itself that you have grasped. have' often noticed," remarked a sagacious woman the other day, "that my most impressive; fits of economy are inva­ riably followed by far more impressive fits of extravagance. I save a penny or so on some dozen petty things' and then suddenly rush into some rash ex­ penditure costing ten times as much as all the money I've been saving. I ai­ rways dread an economical fit. there­ fore, for I know that it merely precedes some outrageous expense." This is truo of most women. There was a certain art student last winter who became shockingly "short"--so much so, in­ deed, that, greatly as she disliked the Idea, she was finally driven to the ne­ cessity of borrowing from her chum. "If they don't send me a check from The Ofce True Blood Purifier, prominently in the public eye. $1.00. All druggists. Hood's Pfijc cure habitual constipa- 1 I U U U 9 n u a t i o i l . P r l p f t - i - . n n p r h n v CONSUMPTION AVERTED, From the Herald, Peoria,- III. . More than four years ago Mrs. Cyrilsi T. King, of Williainsfi-eld, Illinois^was taken sick and for • three years treated with five of the best physicians.of Peoria, 111. None of th&n seemed able, to under­ stand the nature of her ailment. Finals- one physician declined she Was suffering from a tumor in the abdomen. This she took medicine for until it was dried up, hut still there was no improvement in her condition, •• ,! " "Finally," to use • Mrs. .King's own words, "niy condition became stick that all of my friends declared it-.wa§ a merfe matter of time .amtil faiy death would fol­ low. All thought I had consumption^ "I was> compelled to lay down two or three times during the day even if I did not work at all, and I was able to do only the lightest. One evening 1. was sitting in a chair, while my husband was lying on the lounge reading a magazine. He read the advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and turning to me? said, 'Jennie, you ought to try those pills. Goodness knows you are pale enough.' The next day I tried to get a box at the drug store in town, but they had none, so I sent to the firm for them and got half a dozen boxes. I had no more than takep one box until an improvement was noted in my condition. It was but a very short while Until* I was able to take up my work again and I began to rapidly gain flesh. My blood, which had been like water, became healthy arid strong, and I never felt better in my life. I forgot to say that while first sick I had rup tured one of _the inner walls of the ab­ domen. For three years I had been com­ pelled to wear a truss and bandage* That I think had considerable to do with my weakly condition. I had not taken the pills more than a week or ten days until I took the truss and bandage off, and it has not been necessary for me to wear it ever since. I had weighed but eighty-five pounds when sick, but in a short while my weight had increased to 118. I am fully convinced that I owe my life to the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. "Not only myself lias bcen benefited by the pills, but many of my neighbors who took them on my recommendation are now enjoying perfect health where before they could hardly do their work. I was the first in this neighborhood to get them, but soon many of t.he surrounding farmers were sending for them, and now the. local druggist always keeps a good stock on hand.. "Early this spring I met with a severe accident that threw mo back for a while, but 1 got six boxes of the pills and am now feeling just as well as ever." The four little children of Mr. and Mrs. King, two boys and two girls, are strong and healthy looking, and the mother says they are kept so by taking the pills when they feel bad. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements neces­ sary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregulari­ ties and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases aris­ ing from mental worry, overwork or ex­ cesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes only at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, aiui may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. '-The many, who live bet­ ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the'needs of physical being, will attest the value td health of tHe pure liquid '<? " laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas­ ant to the taste, the refreshing and trulyf* beneficial properties of a perfect lax­ ative ; effectually cleansing the 'system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipatioti. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid­ neys, Liver and Bowels without weak­ ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug­ gists in 50c and'$l 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 not accept any substitute if offered. SOUD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. » •ALTER BflKEfl ft CO. LTD. DORCHESTER, MASS. Ex-Missionary a Slaver. . Inasmuch as the British ex-mis- sionary Stokes is OOAV proved to have been caught not only red-handed in the act of selling arms and ammunition to the slave raiders, in defiance of the laws enacted by the civilized powers of the world in congress assembled, but to have been actually captured in the company of Ivibonge, the greatest slave raider in Africa, the man who mur­ dered Emin Pacha, there appears to be no reason or just cause for the outcry now7 being raised in Great Britain about Stokes' summary execution by the Belgian. Maj. Lothaire, of the Con­ go Free State. The major had just marched through a vast tract of coun­ try entirely desolated by the man hunts of Kibonge--man hunts which the latter ceuld not have carried out without the assistance of Stokes, and as it would have been impossible to send the latter back 1,000 miles through the forest to be judged by the regular civil tribunal of the Free State capital, there was nothing left but to hang him on the spot.--New York Tribune. A Blind Letter Carrier. The remarkable things which blind men have been able to do, things which would seem lo require good sight, would fill a big voiume, but none of them is more to be marveled at than that by which Arnold Scott, of Bernardston, Me., so ably serves his country. Mr. Scott, though totally blind, is a letter carrier, and there is none better In the United States. At the postoffiee Mr. Scott is given the mail for his route piece by piece and is told to whom each belongs. Without the least hesitation he arranges the letters and papers in the order in which he desires to de­ liver them and never makes a mis­ take. Mr. Scott is 60 years old. A mother writing from Plymouth, Mass., of late date, says: "I have raised eight children on Ridge's Food--the oldest about 24, the youngest three years old, and have never .used any other artificial food. I have saved the lives of several children from cholem infantum by its use, one of which the doctors had given up. I heartily and gladly recommend it and have done so for over twenty years." The extent to which a chimney can poison the atmosphere has been scien­ tifically determined by a test made in Berlin. The soot which comes out of the chimney Of a single sugar refinery was gathered for six days and found to weigh 6,S00 pounds. How to Arrange the Hair.' The Woman About Town in tha Washington Post describes the head' dress of her near neighbor at the thea -i ter recently. She was the envy of her obser^rs. Her gown was uot different from many another, but her hair was unique. You thought when you first Keep Your Weather Kye Open. Fraud loves a shining: mark. Occasionally spurious imitations spring up of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the great American family remedy for chills and fever, dyspepsia, con­ stipation, biliousness, nervousness, neural­ gia, rheumatism and kidney disorder. These, imitations are usually flery local bitters full of high wines. Look out for the firm sig­ nature on the genuine label and vignette of St. George and the Dragon. A CYCLE OF WELL-DRESSED WOMEN Hall's Catarrh Cure. Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents. I EW!S'98%LIE !• Powdered and Perfumed. Love Knows No Age. Three marriages were performed in the little Baptist church at Coal Run, Ky., recently, by Rev. Dr. May, in short order: "Uncle" Levi Tliornby, aged 81 years, was married to Mrs. Linda Fidler, a widow of SO years. Each had been married five times pre­ viously. Rev. Samuel Ray, aged 01 years, was married to Miss Martha Lowe, aged GO years. Neither had been married be­ fore. * The remaining couple was Remble Leslie, aged 20, of Pikeville, and Miss Emma Whatlngton, a girl of 10 sum­ mers. It was the most nov^l wedding affair ever known' in the country. The church was filled with people. The bridal couples wore the usual mountain style of clothing. The two old ladies wore sunlHumets and the girl a sailor hat. The old ladies Wore black calico dress­ es, while the chili! bride had on a gown of flaming red calico.--Philadelphia Press. Mr. J. W. Spencer, who has been examining the evidence that the West Indies were once a part of a great con­ tinent, concludes that It existed, and that these islands were once connected with what Is now the mainland of North America. • KITS.--All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Gre <t Nerve Hestorer. No Fits aftor first day's use. Mar­ velous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline, 981 Arch St., Phila, Pa. A Good Tale Will Bear Telling Twice/' Use Sapoliol . . . Use . . . The brims of silk hats are said to be curled by hand, though in some fac­ tories, this process is now accomplished by machinery. When the brim is liand- curled the workman relies altogether on his eye for the necessary curve. '^Cate Field in Denver. Denver. Sept. 10.--My journey from Chicago was ,over the Chicago, Burling­ ton and Quincy Railroad, one of the best managed systems in tlio country, 1 should say, judging by the civility of the em­ ployes, the comfort I experienced, the excellence of its roudbod, nud the punc­ tuality of arrival. I actually reached Denver ahead of time. The Burlington Route is also the best to St. Paul, Min­ neapolis, Omaha and Kansas City. China Old in Art. Besides the art of printing, in manu­ facture of paper,, and even the issue of newspapers, the Chinese are credited with having made use of wrought iron and steel for 2,000 years, and it is re­ corded that they threw a bridge of cast iron over a ravine 1,000 feet deep in the first century of the Christian era. 1©M looked at her that she was wearing a bonnet, but she wasn't. Her heavy brown hair was dragged to the crown o? her head and there twisted and puffed and pinned into a very fair imi­ tation of a Dutch bonnet, complete even to the big bow in the back. It Was odd, it was striking, but it was decidedly the latest fashion. SAPOLIO Housekeeping in Samoa. Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson relates many interesting things about Samoan women and Samoan society, and Sa­ moan housekeeping and Samoan clothes, and other things women love to hear about. "Samoan housekeeping isn't so sim­ ple as it sounds," says Mrs. Stevenson. "You have to get all your supplies from New Zealand or Australia every month. Think of sending half across the Pa­ cific for a bottle of bluing and a bag of flou,r, and you'll have some idea of the sort of times we have down there when it comes t,o keeping house. "Of course you grow a lot of things that are good to eat, but they are most­ ly luxuries. The necessities you have to buy. It takes a native to live on poi and bananas. White people can't stand that. " "The servant problem? No, we don't have that. The reason is that we don't have any servants. We have families. If you want a cook you let your wants be known, and you'll be besieged with applicants. When you see one you real­ ly like yqu say: 'Now, if you'll be a good boy and do so and so'--and then tell-him what you expect him to do, don't you know--'I'll let you be in my family, and I will allow you so much a month for spending money.' "if you called the money you give your 'family' for spending money 'wa­ ges' they would leave you in a body. They are excellent help. They do a great deal of work and* do it well, and they are devoted and faithful. But you cannot call them servants or treat them l'.ke servants. "It costs money to live in Samoa, no •matter what you hear to the contrary. How much? Ah, just about six or sev­ en times as much as it takes to live here. We don't have to spend much money on dress there, to be sure; but when you have to go 1,000 miles to buy a pair of shoes and just as far for a new hat things begin to get complicated."-- San Francisco Examiner. TOWARDS HER DAUGHTERS, Suggestions Which Bear Repeating, as Their Importance is Immeasurable, [SPECIAL TO OUIT LADY READERS.] Only a few years ago even the mcdical profession scouted the- idea that young girls could suffer from the misery of uterus troubles. That form of disease, it was claimed, came onlv to married women. Clever Mother and Daughter. Since the franchise was granted tc the women of Wyoming the sex has taken a much greater interest in public affairs than formerly. None is more interested In the welfare of the State than the wife and daughter of Governor Richards. During his recent absence on an Eastern trip public affairs were largely in the hands of his daughter, who while acting as his private secre­ tary broke all records by signing a re­ quisition on the Governor of a neighbor­ ing State for the return of a man who was wanted by the poli.-e authorities of a Wyoming city. Miss Richards thoroughly understands the duties of If afflicted with scalp diseases, hair falling out, and premature baldness,- do not use grease or alcoholic preparations, but apply Hall's Hair Renewer. Fruit cools the blood, cleans the teeth and aids digestion. Those who can't eat it miss thebenefit of perhaps the most medicinal food on nature's bill of fare. More mountain climbers have been seriously hurt in the Alps this season than ever before in an equal length of time. I HAVE found Piso's Cure for Consump­ tion an unfailing medicine.--F. R. LOTZ, 1805 Scott St., Covington, Ky., Oct. 1,1891. Pay as you go if you can't get your trunk without doing it Mrs. "Whralow's SOOTHING SYIUJP for Children teething: sottens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. It's all right to let the little girls have an early introduction to It will not only make their clothes clean but when in late years the cares of the household come they will know best how to meet them. There are a great many women who have learned a lesson ef economy and cleanliness by the use of Santa Claus. Sold everywhere. Made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company, - Chicago. When Lydia E. Pinkham first sent out the news of her great discovery, there was no lack of harsh speech from those wlvbse practice and opinions she set at defiance. ' « - But when young girls by the hundreds were absolutely cured by Lydia E- Pink-1 ham's Vegetable Compound, then the tongues of the traduccrs were stilled, and faith was allowed to live in the hearts of the people. Young girls are subject to this trouble. It robs them of the buoyancy of youth. It makes all effort distasteful. It causes retention and suppression of menses, leucorrhoea, severe headache, waxy complexion, depression, weakness, loss of appetite and interest. Certainly mothers ought to know that these are all symptoms of the One cause of nearly all the suffering that comes to women; and to save their daughters ought to begin treatment at once. .4f JLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound is the surest and most natural remedy for women ever compounded. It will accomplish its work with certainty. when Frederick George Moore. M. D., of London, a specialist hi chronic diseases, writes from Boston, under date of June 20,1S95: "I have had wonderful success with the 'Ripans Tabules' and highly recommend them. The formula is good, and I do not hesitate to say that in every case where J have prescribed then they have proved successful." Bipaius Tabules are sold by druKgists. or by mail If the price. (50 cents a box) Is sent to The Ripans f heml-, cal Companv, No. 10 Spruce Street. Sew Vorfc Sample vial. 10 cents. ELEANOR ALICJI KICUAKDS. Silas Forman, of Jacksonville, Fla., Is a collector of rattlesnakes. He. has accumulated twenty-six of the reptiles. MSiONv The best remedy for all diseases of the blood. W âstiii. .by mail. Stowvlt&Qlh Plaid Silks. There is a new fancy for making skirts of plaid silk. With these are1 worn plain silk bodices. A great ma-ny of these plaid silfcs have been pur­ chased by the importers, from which may be inferred that they are to be worn in the fall and winter. Some of these plaids are very handsome and effeC'Mve; the colbrs are subdued and artistically blended, and the effect is not as striking as the word "plaid" usually suggests.' . ' > The best record. Half a century of genuine cures. SARSAPARILLA Permitted at World's Fair. in. Sold by