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BEST IX THE WOBLD, ^ox CkWva>o\\\\\^ \ox 1 TYV&VPCVESS W\\S - vxa\m vb \yu\\^ www a\\e& THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH in cakes for general blacking of a stove. THE SUN PASTiE POLISH for a quicfk after-dinner snide, applied and pol­ ished with a cloth. Morse Bros., Props., Canton, Mass.. U.S. A. China's Sunken Ships. The snips sunk in tlie China-Japanese •war are being examined by divers, to see Whether they are worth salvage. •One of the first victims was the Chin­ ese transport Kow Sliing, tired upon by a Japanese warship for carrying troops, although she tiew the British flag. The divers Who have been down jo the wreck report her in a terrible condition. She is literally torn 'to pieces , by shot "and shell. • To the average eye hot more, than 5'.0Q0 thousand stars are visible; sonre persons having;extraordinarily strong eyes can see about 8,000; stars.'Through the Lick lelescope^and other powerful instruments about •50.000,6(10 stars-are visible. There are believed to be stars in .existence beyond the. reach of any. telescope yet constructed. - , Girls we loye: for what they are; young nien for' what they promise to be."-Goethe. c i 00000000000000000000000000300000000000000000000000000 M Y dear fellows suddenly T saw that she loved me.. I saw it in her eyes, as the saying is: Imagine my consternation. I am by no means insensible of the great good luck of a man who is loved by a good sort of woman, though quite capable of pre­ tending not to envy him. But this wouldn't do at all. She was the pret- is an attempt to take their own view, to put ourselves~in their place for a moment. The fact.is that very few men take any interest in individual women; it is the sex that they think about--the whole lot at ouce; it 's so like a school book; I hate anything dry." "Tea?" I said. TELL-TALE FACES. PINCHED AND CAREWORN, As Worn by Many American Women. [6PECIAI. TO OCR L.ADY HEADERS ] The " tell-tale face " is worn by many American women, and is a symptom of symptoms^ 2. signal of distress. While women do all in their power to hide their condition, the practised eye soon detects the trouble. 'When pains and aches are felt in every part of the Jbo<iy, when faint- ness, dizziness, and that bearing-down feeling prevail, when loss of sleep and appetite are re­ ducing flesh daily, when the society of friends is irksome, and the hopeless "blues" predomi­ nate, then the face is pinched, haggard, and careworn, and prompt relief is nec­ essary, or a beauti­ ful life will be sacri­ ficed; With pleasure," said she, smiling for tiest girl there, and I had gravitated | the first time; and we went oft together, toward her beauty as a matter of j Well, we were getting on, but still I course. . I always pick out the prettiest j didn't see the end. Chance came to my face, and go. straight for it mechanical- J rescue,, as it does to .everyone, if they ly. Of course. 1 .don't often arrive; only wait long enough. - There "was a there may be obstacles, and I am quite new play, the great situation in it was content.to make my bow to the next j the heroine. \vlio ( was universally sup- Venus. It would be a peal shock-to | posed to be a light and unsubstantial, discover that there was a degree, a pas- ] woman, demonstratui^ quite without sibility between 'what I had achieved ! design her love .for.her husband; eVery- and what I had abandoned, that I was j body was talking about it. On this oc- paying my homage to a star of lesser -ca-siou conversation was general, and brillianoy thin necessary. The fact is. I some genius remarked that his only ob- I have quite ehough ojj reason arid ideas j .lection to" the „new .womaii was that and intellect generally when I am at | she was So. hopelessly old she was al- work, and we are all bf-us eternally ap- ways relapsing into weakness of this plying some principle, and that's phil- sort; there was no strength in such a osoph.v. When I join the ladies, all I j care about is to have my eye and ear j agreeably-stimulated, not because they j are not capable of making me think,-j j though I don't say they are. but be- j cause at those times I want amusement, j I not instruction. That's why I am so j j severely logical about feminine charms j I of person, and feel a personal loss when j didn t love their husbands it was their ; I worship at a shrine of ninety beauty j (the husbands') own fault. I power instead of 100. However. 1 am j "Quite so," I said, "if they will per- j not often m this dilemma, as nature sist in being satellites instead of haviug superfluous'.. Indeed, society' Is to be recommended as a <means of avoiding them. Good cuttinsSlacquaiutances are enough." "What a queer idea! ^liat a prospect for the woman! WhatLdo you think is to be her fate in this scll?me?" : "Singleness," I said, 'tempered by a husband." "Who may turn oiit--she went on. "Who may turn her out,"." I said. She laughed artificially and went off. In three weeks I heard she was en­ gaged to the well-groomed youth.--Pall Mall Gazette. SUGAR IN MINNESOTA. character. A strong woman would have acted quite differently in the second scene, where she could have deserted with honor. A well-groomed vouht sitting next to her remarked pointedly that, if she did love her husband, you know, that made all the difference. She said if wives An American wo­ man, Lydia E. 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It has many branch ^houses, and supplies Its goods and repairs . at your door. It cau and does furnish a , bet;er article for less money than f others. It makes Pumping and [Geared, Steel, Galvantzod-after- • Completion Windmills, Tilting and Fixed Steel Towers, Steel Buzz Saw Frames, s^eel Feed Cutters and Feed i Grinders. On application it will name one of these articles that It will furnish until January 1st at 1/3 the usual prlcft- It also makes Tanks and Pumps of all kinds. Send for catalogue. Fcctary: 12tb, Kockwcll esd Fillnsre Streets, .Chicago. doesn't cut things so line. Well, what-was I to do? As I said, it wouldn't do; she had 110 ideas; there was nothing for me to cling to. We might have gone like that the rest of our lives. I admiring her noanty and she existing beautifully. I don't think I was to blame; 1 faced the question fully, and hotrorably acquitted myself."'** I never .sought hcr-society, but when we met I certainly did enjoy her musical small talk: she had a charming voice. I don't know what we talked about. I can't remember<^?er>^ying anything worth remembering. anTT 1 certainly didn't attempt to converse. There was a string of questions and answers, just like a royal commission, and about as romantic. But the whole thing, her /ace, her vuii'! ' . her eas.v chat..the Iron frou, was a perfect holiday for me. and 1 felt some of the acquiescence of sleep without any of its unconsciousness. I am a utilitarian person, hut T novoy an orbit ot their own, piaying Damon and Pythias instead of Darby and Joan, theycau'texpectthat the wear and tear of their society can be made good, un­ less they allow the proper intervals for the worn and torn to discover that oth­ er people continuously please, either." "That's a nice view of married life," she said. "I know you don't mean it." "Unfortunately," 1 said, "the experi­ ment can't be made, or you'd see." "What should I see'. '" "Well, something, 1 fancy, would as­ tonish you. The fact is, 1 don't think any one has understod matrimony be­ fore me, and I've had 110 experience of it. It has long been recognized as fatal to,love, it it exists, and more or less apt to produce it, if it does not. just as there are p4aces which give you neuralgia if you don't take it there, and cure you if you do. Hut I don't think love has any­ thing to do with the matter; that's a I detail important enough in the earlv DROPS! Jiiuipm with Vesre table Keinedlcs. Have _ _ _ _ _ .cured manv thousand cases pronounced hopeless. From lirst dose snnp- toms rapidlv disappear, and in ten days at least two- thirds of all (ivmptoms are removed. BOOK of testimonials of 1 miraculous cures sent FREK, Ten Days Treatment Furnished Free by Mail. BR. H. H GREEN T SONS SPECIALISTS ATLA.EITA. 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IIow- j ever it came about, it did come about. Of course. 1 might be wrong; in that case it wouldn't matter what I did, but I knew I was not wrong. At any rate I elected to assume I was right, and I had to do something. Clearly. 1 couldn't run away. In the first place, this was practically incon­ venient. Like other peo ered in the shallows of eircumstam secondly, it smacked of the heroic, of which, of course. 1 have a horror. I was afraid, too, that she would take a feminine pleasure in feeding a senti­ ment for the absent, and my obvious policy was to discourage, not inflame,, her imagination. Externally I had to maintain the old attitude, but it would have been a false pretense to do so with the old nonchalance. I took the first opportunity of denying myself. "Have you been to see the pictures?" she said. "Not I," I replied. "What do you mean? Don't you like beautiful things?" "Only when I am looking at them, and even then I am haunted by tin1 fear that I am wasting time and might be more profitably employed." "More profitably ?" "Yes; storing up sources that will last --facts, thoughts, goods, money, any­ thing but fancies." "You are coming out in a new light," she said. "A new darkness, you mean," I re­ plied. "I suppose you are what is called a dark horse," she rejoined. We bbth'i laughed and she went away puzzled. Next time I managed to staitle her We were talking of the latest uovel.. "Romance," I said, "is all very well, but it mustn't be contemporary. Put it into bygone days in as large quantities as you like, but the tale of to-day. which deals with us and our friends, ought only to encourage sober business prin­ ciples." She ought to have retorted "Such as answering a fool according to his fol­ ly." or by referring to the fact that most fiction was designed to stave off bank­ ruptcy. quite in accordance With my theory. Hut she only said: "Don't you think wc~want a change fromx>ur every-day life?" "I don't," I said, "because my chief amuseSient consists in watchin people's." (lays of licet ing, but not comparable to the bargain which is the essence of the business." "The bargain?" she almost gasped. "Yes." I said, "the bargain. Then he says: I must have feminine society. I must have the female point of view al­ ways there whenever I want it; my own womankind won't do. In the lirst 1 place. I can't rely 011 their punctuality; j aud then at any moment they may I lapse into seriousness, think hard for j me--the very thing I want to avoid, and | the mischief Is done. Besides, they j know you: they never give you a j chance. Now. matrimony at its bos' | must be" between people who don't i know one another, •and who never will. | That's the great secret. It's the only I am tetli- | chance of a revelation. It is the only hope of getting anything read into you. | and then learning the lesson yourself, j especially anything high, noble or not 1 commonplace. There is 110 room for love here. That discolors such a union j ---such a contract, if you like--with all 1 th(> pageantry of the rainbow; it is very | natural, a pleasant sight, but it effects | nothing. On the other hand, the she | says: 1 am tired of this kind of lift4--I j want something new. 'Whatever I like in my present existence I can practical- | ly keep; he will make a new woman of 1 me. Iteally, what she wants, too, is | a trusty companion; if she has any j qualities they must come out. because j she is in a new world. So what each i demands is to !)<> developed and made j. the most of; really. I'm not at all sure, ] when I come to think of it. that an en- ! l i gh tened sys tem of po lygamy n iav no t . | " | after all. be the greatest encourage- I ment to man to advance to his highest | ends. At any rate, it would secure the requisite amount of absenteeism." I I could hardly refrain from smiling | at my own paradox, but she was quite j serious, gradually maturing to grave. "Don't you agree with my theory of | a bargain now?" "Well." she said, "there must be give ami take, of course, but 1 -1 think I pre- 1 fer the old fashion." "It is the o"*l Vffshion I jam pleading for." I said "At It Successful Experiments Made in Rais­ ins Cane iu 'the North Star State. Among the, unusual manufactures of this-State is that of cane sugar and sirup, which has been carried on in this county with varying success for many years. At Kenneyyille, near here, Seth Kenney has.made sorghum sirup and. sugar since 1S59, atld during the last few ye'afrs his plant has grown very largely. His first,mill consisted of two wooden rollers; which wa§ operated by a pair of oxen and had a capacity of thirty-two gallons per day. lie' made but" one barrel the first year. Of late Minnesota sirup, ijnade by him, has won niany prisc.es, among them, being the best sirup at: New Orleans, a gold -med­ al; in .1891, at Paris, and the medal for the best exhibit at the World's Fair in 1S93! \ • -. The farmers i,n this neighborhood are growing cane,, aud it is treated as wheat- is at custom mills:! This year they are bringing it to the mill in quan­ tities far in. excess of preceding years, the records for three days this week being 3do. 114 and 131 loads a day. In 110 preceding year was the fall weather ! so much" like that of the South, and j never before has-the saccharine quality 1 been so fully developed. The cane this j year will average fourteen gallons of j sirup to the ton of cane and sixteen j tons of cane to the acre. It is s'aid to be no more trouble to raise sugar cane j than corn, and the soil is no more viti­ ated. The more than '200 gallons of j sirup produced per acre will sell at , about $200, and the refuse pressed cane I is valuable as fodder or for Hie land j direct The crushing mill at Kenneyville j weighs, five tons and squeezes out i about 1 (X) gallons of juice every fifteen 1 minutes. The expressed juice i:» pump- ' ed into a vat, from which it passes into | a boiling pan heated by copper tubes, 1 having previously been treated with j lime. The boiling process is completed j in a finishing pan, where the skimming ! is effected by an ingenious and cxpedi- j t ious device. The sirup passes off from the evaporator at the rate of about a j gallon a minute into the cooling pans. I After passing tlm>ugh these it is dis- , charged into a receiving tank ready i for use. The surplus above what is I divided to the' cane-growing farmers : is pumped into wooden tanks having a ; TiTpacity or -, 'HiO gallons each! In these i the sugar settles to the bottom and is j afterward run through a centrifugal ma- I chine, which throws off a line grade of j dry and very pure sugar of a yellowish ; tint. The machinery used is of the best type, and is as modern as that in sugar mills anywhere. The success reached" here would indicate that the cultivation j of amber cane for sugar might become ' a profitable industry of the Northwe:d. j j -- Watcrford special to Minneapolis I i Tribune. 0 An I'lulergroiiml City. The Russians have made a singular | : discovery in Central Asia. In Ti'rkes- i I tan. on the right bank of the Anion ! Daria. is a chain of rocky hills near :he | | Hokharan town of Karki. and a num- I | her of large caves, which upon exami- : nation were found to lead to an under- | I ground city, built apparently long l>e- j fore the Christian era. In Popular 1 Science News we find the following description of this singular city: According to effigies, inscriptions and j designs upon the gold and silver money j unearthed from among <h«; ruins, the existence of the town dales back to I some two centuries before the birth of Knocked Down a King. The death of the Count of Punenros- trb, a Spanish nobleman, recalls to a -writer for The Million a singular story about his ancestor. -The Emperor Charles Y. was-luiuting, one day, with one of his body guard at his side. Pres­ ently a partridge passed qufte high over" their heads. Both sportsmeu fired at the same time, and the" bird fell... It was brought by the emperor's%ervants. "Which one of us, do you thiuk," said Charles, "killed, this partridge?" "It was I," said the guard. "Thou liest, scoundrel!" exclaimed the emperor. • > . He had hardly spoken when the guard struck him so severe a blow in the face that he cojjld not keep his feet. Charles' first movement was to point his gun straight: at the audacious guard and pull the trigger; but the weapon had just been discharged and had not been reloaded. While the emperor was reloading, he .decided that -he would tio t- - shoot the guard o.u the. spot. .He.sent him to prison instead, With orders to prepare for his execution. • - • _Lt:You!- fault is the gfeater;'- ' said the emperor, "because there .was., doubt k, whether thou didsf really kill the bird..-" "There is up. doubt, sire,"In my mind." said -the guard; "Will'you -permit-' 'Hie fo see th'e'iiird?". : The-paru'Idge was brought, and the .guard showed'the emperor that ii lonl. been killed with" ttvball from his, ritie! The emperor Jiad been vising bird shot a l l . d a y . " " 7 ' " • ' /The emperor felt a little-remorse at this, but did not countermand his order for the guard's death. Hut at the last moment he had the man brought be­ fore hint. < . "Dost thou repent of striking me?" "No, sire." said the guard. "If I had a thousand lives, and your majesty should tell me a thousand times, with­ out reason, that I lied, a thousand times would 1 put my list in your face tnii puno en et rostro). and a thousand times would i go calmly to the block." The emperor sat pensively for some time, revolving the matter in his mind. The words, mi puno en et rostro, ran­ kled in his mind, but presently lie said: "My reign has need of such men as you. after all. 1 wish there were a thousand like you! Live, ami be known its the Count of PunenrUstro!" The count' became the most devoted of all tht1 Emperor Charles" vassals, and liis family has survived to this day. A Famous Paper. The Youth's Companion has become famous because there.is hardly a famous man or woman in Croat Rritain or the 1'nited States who does not contribute to the paper each year. The writers en1 gaged fur 1N!I(> promise to make the pa-*' per_more attractive than ever before.. To those who subscribe at once, send­ ing $1.7o. the publishers make an extra­ ordinary offer--to send free a handsome four-page calendar, 7x10 inches, litho- / Highest of all in, Leavening; Power.--Latest U.S. Gov't Report Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Held by a Hair. Iii a gathering of officers, after the! Franco-Prussian war. a French officer,! claimed that the French nation is the. most artistic "nation oh the earth, and that her .artisans can make a thing of beauty out of anything, however ordi­ nary 01* crude. The great Prussian general. Von Man- teut'el, who was present, plucked a hair frWi his shaggy beard, remarking: "Let them make something beautiful out of that."' ' - ) • The French officer sent tlm !jpa4r. to C friend in Paris, telling him the cir­ cumstances, and urging that, "as . the Prussians had-defeated the French in the late war, they -sh.ould not be per­ mitted to defeat them iu the claim to ar­ tistic supremacy. (Jiving the hair" so a capable artisan, with/ proper" instruc­ tions, the result AVas -a, beautiful :scarf-. pin. representing, a Prussian eagle, ar­ tistically wrought, hi go'ld,-standing on a rock, and depending J'rohv his-beak, was.a single hair, at-the ehds.of which were two beaujiful gold "medallions, on tine of" which was inscribed "Alsace' and 1111 the other "Lorraine." Thus the artistic scarf pin described the political situation; Prussia, as the eagle, with its conquered provinces dependent, but held by a hair; for tln- temper of the people of Alsace and Lor­ raine was bitter toward the Germans, and the tie which held them was very slight. 4- Saijsculmtism. , Sanseulottism was" the name. givec| to the policy of the extreme Republicsnd in the French Revolution--^the rifFrafljl or literally, the men without breeeheaJ They rejected breeches as the badge i» the aristocrats, and wore pantaloons! Carlyle used the word as signifying thai aims of the needy, hungry, tattered mob. . ; "y The Modern Mother Has found that hei* little ones are im­ proved more by the pjeasant laxtitive, j Syrtlp of Figs, when iu need of the laxa-i five effect of. a gentle remedy than by) airy, other, and that it is more accepta-l bio to them. Children enjoy it a,nu iti benefits them.. The true remedy, S*yrup of Figs. -Is manufactured by the Califor­ nia Fig Syrup Co. only, • Impatience, drieS the blood sooitcr tiiah age orsorrow. ' • . V " • } ; Pisb's Remedy for Catiifrh :s the- • iije.diemo for that disease d. usetli --L.. C, .Johnston, Ioki, -Te'x;is, .1 tin©l , 2 - 1 t l i . 1 S P 1 . „ ' . ' • . - ' . . . j ' Sirs. 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It is used in medicine as a tonic, to dress wounds that are slow of healing, and as a ttwv;h powder to rub the gums with when they are spongy or sore. BIAS VELVETEEN SKIRT BINDINGS It's easy to prove it for you> self. Con't take any binding unless you see "S. H. & At." on the label, no matter what anybody tells you. If your dealer will not supply you, we will. . Send for samples, showing labels «r.a mate­ rials, to the S. H. & M. Co., P.O. Box'699,New , Y ork City. Croup i s qu ick ly re l i eved , and whoopin ; Cough g rea t ly he lped , and i t s dura t io i ' shor t th icd by Dr . IT . . l ayne ' s lOxpec to ran i the o ld fami ly s t and hy fo r t ' oughs am Colds , and a l l Lung o r Throa t a f fec t ions V t, it i^what I be- 1 lieve and hope: of course, we never i know, because those in the secret never J tell us. But common sense tells us it ! must be so. Marriage Ls an agreement j for occasional companionship on terms, i and very strict terms." J "Oh. dear." she said,- with a genuine sigh, "I dare say you are right, but how | horrid!" "Anyway.' ' I went on. "that's, the j type, and so it ought to be. Idealize it i as much as you like, but remember that I there is nothing iu this life which may \ not be idealized--crime, dress, furni- j ttire. a fashionable 'at home,' scliool- ; boys, impecuniosity, even bourgeoisie other | comfort, so why not marriage?" I was just goiug on, "If ever I have a _ rfect litung. So alterations, simple thpV <ive ' and accurate, if not as represented mon- • ey returiied. 5t)i)00 sold. GKAY TAILORING SCHOOL-. ,1'2S9 & lliOt Broadway. New York. S. N. U No. 49^-95 MlU.ILj llilhKE ALL EtSE FAILS. • Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Ue tima Sold by druggists. • "I didn't know you were such a critic. I wift I hope you haven't reckoned me up." r "The critic." I said, "shuts one eye in order to get a better view; the cynic pUrposely-pnts"oB~gTasses that don't lit him; the philosopher sees one thing with one, and the opposite with the other." "Have you got a bettpr view?" she asked. "I have no view or views," 1 said, "I ani the plain man who is supposed not to exist. Now, the plain wom­ an " "I know lots," she1 said, 'and very "What a pity it is," I said, "that only women can understand women. That's why it is that men never really make them good companions. We think too highly of them; for instance, we thiuk that they are all beautiful." "But you know better all the time?" "Of course we do in practice, but the theory is a good one all the same. It " when I reflected that such a parting shot would be too crude. Be­ sides, she had clearly lost, her interest. So I trailed off automatically. "Talk­ ing of 'at homes," are you going to the Idyls?" I asked. She said she was. "Ppu't you think that kind of hospi­ tality a mistake?" "Well, of course, it isn't a dance, but what do you prefer?" "Where each sticks to his or her kind; he foregathers with his bachelors, and she. like .Tephthah's daughter, with the maids of her youth till they desert.; the two tributaries ought never to mix at the matrimonial confluence like Mr. Dombey's party." "Then, how about seeing your friends?" ' . "Xou oughtn't to want to see them all at" once;, the1 frequent,. though not un­ limited. meetings of husband and wife ought to be enough for thd purposes of companionship; all other friends are Christ. The underground Bokharan city is a little over a mile long, and is composed of tin enormous labyrinth of corridors, streets and squares, surrounded by houses and other buildings two or three stories high. The edifices contain all kinds of domestic ut'.msils, pots, urns, vases anil the like. In some of the streets falls of earth and rock have obstructed the passages, but generally the visitor can walk -about freely with­ out so much as lowering his head. The high degree of civilisation at­ tained by the inhabitants of the city is shown by the fact that tlmy built iu several stories, by the symmetry of the streets and squares, and by the beauty of the baked clay and metal utensils, and of the ornaments and coins which have been found. It is supposed that long centuries ago this city, so carefully concealed in the bowels of the earth, provided an entire population with a refuge from the incursions of nomadic savages and robbers. Ingenious Telephone Attachment. A Kentucky telephone exchange man­ ager has devised an ingenious attach­ ment to be used in factories and shops where the amount, of noise makes it almost impossible to hear the call bell of the instrument. It consists of a steam whistle which is turned on by means of a lever operated by magnet­ ism. When the instrument is called from the exchange the bell rings as usual, and by the electric current, pass­ ing through a magnet a weight is re leased which pulls the lever to the whistle. Once started, the whistle keeps up its shrill note until some one answers the call and turns off tli steam, which is done by simply replac­ ing the weight. One of these attachments is being placed at the local steel plant, another at the tannery, and several more will probably be installed in saw-mills and similar establishments. Two Historic Guns. Among an interesting collection of relics brought from Russia for the Me­ morial museum at San Fran­ cisco' were two guns that w<;re on the ship commanded by Behring, after whom Behring sea was named. The guns were hauled overland from Cronstadt, two centuries ago, through Russia and Siberia, 9,000 miles, to. the jl 'acific. The vessel sank in the Ok­ hotsk sea, and the guns remained un­ der water for 150 years, and until about a year ago. graphed m nine bright colors, retail price of wh.*h is , r>0 cents. The Companion free every week to Jan. 1, 1N1K1, the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Double Numbers free, and The Compan­ ion a full year, fifty-two weeks, to Jan. 1, ISbT. Address The Youth's Compan­ ion, l '.iy Columbu* avenue. Boston. He Sent Tbcui Something. When Bill Iloey and "The (Jlobe Trotter" arrived at the Chicago Opera house from the Cast recently the whole outlit was a trifle frayed at the edges. Salaries with great regularity had not been pah! for weeks. Edward Eter­ nal Rice was behind the enterprise, but a long way behind it. Ariel Bar­ ney. the angel child of the theatrical profession, had the pleasing task of wrestling with unpaid actors, hotel and railway bills. Even his neckties were subdued and the stripes in his trousers were chastened by the time the first week of "The Globe Trotter's" career in this city had come to an end. To till his cup the company individually and collectively informed him one warpi afternoon that unless they were paid something on account they would not go on the stage that night. So Mr. Barney went to the telegraph office and sent this message: E. E. Rice, New York: Company re­ fuses to go on to-night unless you give them something. ARIEL BARNEY. Back flashed the answer . in t-wo hours' time: Ariel Barney, Chicago: Give them my kindest regards. E. E. RICE. Dewfne'ss Cannot Be Cnrod bv local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There ls only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu­ tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In­ flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets Inflamed, vou have a rambling sound or imperfect hear­ ing, and when it ls entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which ls nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bv catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir­ culars, free. , _ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. •BSrSold by Druggists, 75c. "Old Kentucky Home" is the twenti­ eth song in Foster's book of plantation melodies, though when and under what circumstances it was composed cannot be exactly stated. One writer on musi­ cal curios says that it was suggested by au allusion that Foster heard a slave make to his former home in the Blue Grass State. ^Cooper is said to nave written "The Spy" in less than six months. Most-of his stories were founded on legentb well known in his neighborhood. I f you des i re a luxur ious g rowth <>t ' h ea l thy ha i r o f a na tu ra l co lo r , na tu re ' s c rowning o rnament o f bo th sexes , use on ly Ha l l ' s Vege tab le S ic i l i an Ha i r Re- newer . We are very poor when we have nothing that will do more for us than our money. Jack Fros t i r r i t a t es sens i t ives sk ins . Glenn ' s Su lphur Soap overcomes t l i e i r r i ­ t a t ion ' . "Hi l l ' s Ha i r and Whisker Dye ," Black o r Brown. 50c . FITS.--All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Hestoier. No Fitn after first dav's use. Mar­ velous cures. Treatise and £.'.00 trial bottle tree to 1'it canes. Send to Dr. Kline, U31 Arch St., Phila, Pa. Mrs. Serenah Creug, of No. 1728 under date of June 19. 1895, states: "I have been ill with dyspepsia and indigestion for about seven years without permanent relief uu'tsl 1 finally tried Ripaus Tabules. After using a box of them I can eat anything without any unpleasant effect and am gaining strength and think I am permanently cured, and think it my duty to give this testimony, hoping that some one suffering from the same cause may be benefited by using them." Hlpatis Tabules are sold by drujrKtsts. ur by tnaii li­ the prico (50 cents a box) is-setit to The Ripstts t;heml-( cal company. No. 10 Spruce Street. New VurK. Sample) vial. 10 cents. S. N. IT. No. 49-95 IN" writing: to Advertisers, pleaso do not fall to mention this psper. Advertisers like to know what mediums pay them best. One of the largest--if not the largest --scientific bodies in the. .world is the British Medical Association, which re­ cently met in London. On its formet meeting in the same city, iu 1873, its membership was 1.500, whereas it his now grown to 15,(1(19 members, and holds property of great value. Brown's Bronchial Troches relieve throat irritations caused by cold or use of the voice. The genuine sold only in boxes. The aqua marine, a variety of beryl, has been discovered in North Carolina. OOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOS "KTo Poolin." ST TAPftUS niT 1>0ES NOT "FOOL'ROUND"; KJL. JMAMA? UAJL,IT GOES STRAIGHT TO WORK ON PAIN AND DRIVES IT OUT AND "SHUTS IT OFF" FROM RETURNING. THAT'S BUSINESS. 30000000000000000COCOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bear in Mind that "The Gods Help T h o s e W h o H e l p T h e m s e l v e s . " S e l f Heip Should Teach You to Use _ SAPOLIO Let the men wash> f they won't get you Pearline. Let them, it Jior themselves, and see if they don't; say that washing with soap is too hardj for any woman. This hard work that Pearline: saves isn't the whole matter ; it saves! money, too --money that's thrown! away in clothes needlessly worn out| and rubbed to pieces when you wash] by main strength in the old way. That appeals--where is the man who wouldn't want to have the washing: made easier--when he can save money by it ? Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell yon, '• "this is as good as or "the same as Pearline." IT'S FALSE--Pearline is never peddled: if your grocer sends you an imitation, be honest--sfttd it Lack. 456 TAMES P\ LE, New York. Aches And pains of rheumatism can becured bv remov­ ing the cause, lactic acid in the blood. Ilood's Sar- saparilla cures rheumatism by neutralizing this acid. Thousands of people tell of perfect cures by Hood's \ • T" SarsapariUa Tfce One-True Blood Purifier. $!; filx for $5. Hood's Pills ^i1rtSrn25a lywlUi HooJ ' iSar ' Picked Up In Church % \v Moral: USE SANTA CLAUS SOAP. Sold Everywhere. MADR OJfty BY THE N/ K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago.