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A "§ur^tcal Instrument.M A worthy lady of "Chicago Who does not keep pace with the times,-was the heroine of a recent incident, the point of_ which will be apparent to boys. There lmd been a surgiciil operation In the house, which was happily over* Some time after the doctor-had pone the mistress of the house, as is related by the Chicago Record, discovered on ft table what she took to be one of the surgical instruments, inadvertently left /behind. She first carefully cleansed the jiol- ished steel with a solution of carbolic acid and water, then rubbed it dry with a flannel cloth, wrapped it up aud scut a servant with it to the doctor. With it. she sent this note: "Dear Doctor: When you were :it the house -yesterday you were so unfor­ tunate as to mislay one .of your surgi­ cal instruments.. I have tak?n good care of it and return it by the mes­ senger. \ "I am very truly," etc. Before long the messenger came back with the same parcel, a little rumpled by opening, and with it brought this note' froth the; doctor: "Dear Mrs.'-----: I thank you foivyour t hbughtfulncss,. ' but there is, evidently a mistake somewhere. The instru­ ment does not belong to me. I would suggest that you ask your son'about .. it- '• . '• . '"Very, fhily yours.' ' etc. Full of astonishment she went to; lu-r . M-year-old son- t?H>o- you know ,wh:it this is?"' she asked. "Why, yeS; that's the pUrnp that I till my pneumatic tires with." lie said. He wonder then Why his mother should be so displeased with'hint .for ' possessing a bicycle pump, when she had not objected at all to the bieyele. SCARED THE JAPS. V Threw.Jlp His Jot). There .is an amijsinp sttfry told of a boy who was hired as a domestic and told that he would be dismissed if he broke any of the china that was under his charge. On the morning of a great dinner party fie was entrusted (rather rashly) wiWi a great load of plates, which lie was to carry upstairs from the kitchen to the dining-room, and which were piled up and rested .011 his hands. In going upstairs his foot slip­ ped,' ' '£l i i f i the plates were broken to atoms. H>'ht once went to the drawing- room, put iiis head in at the door, and shouted: "The plates are all smashed and I'm away." Mrs, Ellen Spencer Mus«ey. who is making, a reputation as a lawyer in Washington, is the widow of the late (it 'll. Iv. 1). Mussey. who made a credit­ able record in the civil war. CAN'T HELP TELLLNU No village so small. No city so large. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, names known for all that is truthful, .jail-that is reliable, are attached tO tho most thankful letters. They come to Lydia E. Pinkham, and tell the one story of physical salvation gained through the aid of her Vegeta­ ble Compound. The horrors born of displacement or ulceration of the womb: Backache, bearing-down, dizziness, fear of coming- calamit3', distrust of best friends. All, all--sorrows and sufferings of the past. The famed '* Vegetable Compound"' bearing the illustrious mime, Pinkham. has brought them out of the valley of suffering to that of happiness and usefulness. \ 400-liaKP bo.ik 1. i 1 1 h e --ucnu . 11 he h»'!U l roe t my adUresH by Byron andrrw: upon receipt of only *J* immiih In po&ta e s umps. Thm jrrana book Is itiihtruted with sketch^M and po traits «>i ihe leading statesmen and orators. It discuses fu Iv tiie tfo'd and silver <jite tlon and give* a com 1 his­ tory of current* r and tariff lej^sl t on mnee the war. It t» a library on current \ o.iiics. Addre s m \ v . . 1 . c a uI jKT o x. I Spruce .si .. > <-w* Vorl*. A Clever Faker Got HicH. Before Ex­ posure Came. The skeleton of a "demon" was re­ cently placed 011 exhibition in Japan. It was exhibited over half of the em­ pire, and paused an immense sensation wherever it was shown. The "demon" is the great bugaboo of the Japanese. In the olden times In which, according to native tradition, the demon existed, it was possessed of enormous strength, a voracious appetite and a pestilential breath, devastating a district with even greater dispatch than the plague. It is supposed to have had a real ex­ istence and to ,be extinct only in tlu sense that we know the dodo to be ex- P I S O ' S G O : f r E F O R ' . ViuRES WHtHE ALL tlbt FAILS. [ Best Cough-Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In ttma Sold by druffsrists. C D N S U M PiT i ON! . *>- H REMARKABLE OFFER! f\ four hair,na:ne.a#o.>ex,»eadliiffeyii. t. n SO(l*NliFl(' I'lAffNOSlS of >our <•***•* y n-- iDR.K.Ol.\isTEi».New Haven,Conn. Bx 1JS" •" K £1 Km Send 4 cents u * stamps, a .o kof (eadluff symptoms & receive p ENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS. J O H N W . M O R R i S , WASHINGTON.D . C. Lata Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bur««.u $ TVS. in lasr war. adjudicating claims, nttt. sine. Halilt Curei^ K«t. Hi IHTI. IhmiHaiuK cured. Cheapest and best cure. K kkk I ri­al. State case. l*a. M arsh.0«lney, Mich. OPIUM .I jlll'Ylt.] "illi SOKE LYES GET A MOVE: Went 1 eiitie»Nee • in jroii and (vim- t » thn garorn kj>«»i - »• w v •> th* s f"aTe't4> County. ['emteSMee. where Northern far in -r- are l«H*ar luff In Its cen;ai cllm.it•*. Write *ourh#»rri Home- MeekerH' ISuUiervlJif, >'a,e.te 1\».. Tenn KIDDER'S PA8TILil8!SSS ------«CT--1BWBgBt'harl;»:own. Mum, SKKT.KTON OF, AX F. VII. -OOJX tinct. Hence there are many natives of Japan who believe that tln-re is a possi. bility that one remaining .specimen oi' the (leihon may be discovered in sonuj remote place where it has been conceal­ ed for uiany veal's. Therefore, the skeleton, fabricated by an ingenious Japanese faker, aroused great curiosity, and thousandsof Japan- Vse tiocked to see it. Its owner grew rich, and his specimen might' nave Con­ tinued to furnish evident 'of the truth of some of t he astonishing folklore tales of the masses had hot 1 ho fact that ii was a swindle; tyeen proved by the au- ihorities. As it was. the excitement over it was immense. Here is what the .Japan Weekly Mail says of it: "A most ingenious swindler recently met witii well-merite<l punishment at the liands of the Mumanioto police au­ thorities. after having for more than three months done a roaring business by imposing on the credulity of the Kyusha people. He exhibited what he was pleased to call the skeleton of a demon and has been convicted of most laring duplicity and sent up for a long term to a place where tlesli and blood demons, are of not infrequent occur­ rence. "His name is Michigan)] Kataro. his native village Hingo. his real profession that of a paporhanger. Being dissatis­ fied with the profits derived from hon­ est trade, lie conceived the idea of man­ ufacturing a demon of the good old- fashioned Shuteiidoji type, believing with justice that he would make a for­ tune by exhibiting so rare and note­ worthy an object. His professional skill stood him in good stead in carrying out :his plan, the ingenuity displayed being well worthy of a better scheme. "In manufacturing the huge skull lie used tin1 cranial bones of horses and oxen. These he joined together most deftly by covering them on the inner side with skin taken from the styniach of an ox. Horse teeth inserted the wrong way were placed in the demon's mouth, giving the skull a most fero­ cious expression. Two horns remained to be soldered on in strict accordance with the, received traditions of demons in Japan, and here again the horns of an ox were put in requisition. "The thorough preparations being complete, lie set out oil a swindling tout and earned a substantial sum by ex­ hibit ing his handiwork. "Hut fate was lying in wait for him ai Kumanioto. The fraud was detect­ ed. and ihe swindling three--the skele­ ton. the document and the man--were impounded and imprisoned. The man made a clean breast of it. giving a minute description of ihe manner in which he had made the skeleton, to tin? delight of the .Kumanioto police." Current Condensations. ('hew ing gum costs the people of this country SL'o.i 100.(100 a year. Nevada's gold yiehl for ihe past yea 1 is estimated at S1 .-Ji'o.Too. and the sil­ ver yield at W7..~i0n ounces. Michael aud His Lost Angel." is the 4, strange mime that Henry Arthur .ioiies | has selected fotvhis latest play. J There are only :t00 Chinese in the I whole of New .Mexico, according to the | registry certificates issued under the ; i .ew law. ' Russia is pushing' t he construct ion of | the Tittis-Kars Itailway as fast as possi- • bleand will probably have it completed I by August m*xt. Ii will enable her to ! carry an army from the Caucasus to | 1 he diMtr of Turkish Armenia. 1 Kouinauia lias upset the plans of I treaty powers to have only.,I wo fleets J on the Black Sea by setting'tip a little | licet of irs own. It contains one' fast | cruiser, the Elizabeth, and . tiftceen ; smaller cm ft. The Koumauiau ting has been recognbj<*d by the KUssiail^ ivlm ; returned sahites when the.fleet appear- I ed off SelMtMtnpo]. Fatal Measles autl Mumps. It is reported that a terrible epidemic of measles and mumps, is raging in Costa Rica. One writer says that as many as ten thousand children died of these diseases in a period of three weeks. The government suppresses ihe facte. It is well known that measles is a much more dangerous dis" case in countries >yher«? it has never neen known than in Europe and Amer­ ica. It probably becomes; milder by be- .'og filtered through the bodies of 'suc­ cessive generations. ' When measles first gained a foothold in Fiji it was a> virulent and as 1'ataVas cholera. '*"• * Brein and Mirtfl. ~ " : Great size of head and: brain is in- d cati-ve of extraordinary mental powe'r c-nly when "other things are eqiial," that is to say, when the qualify of brain Is line aiid the vital functions generally are of a superior order. Pro­ portion to the size and weight of the entire body Is also to be taken into ac- count. An illustration of the fact that the size of the head is not a direct and unvarying measure of intellectual greatness is suggested iiy the remark in a recent biography of Louis Agassiz that while Cuvier and Agassiz both possessed "enormous heads and largely developed brains, neither Lamarck nor Darwin was abnormal as regard® the s«lze and development of the head." about the criminal courts I have seen many a sad scene, and at last It has come to that point that I am almost de­ cided to cast aside my bright future in law, and enter the service of the Lord.' I answered him that he was writing nonsense. What he meant by 'the ser­ vice of the Lord' was the Christian min­ istry. and that is no "more a service of the Lord than any other reputable call­ ing. It is not what a man does that makes his service Christian; it is put­ ting his career under contribution to the public weal, instead of mortgaging It to his owu preferment, that makes his service Christian. There is a great lot of small thinking about these mat­ ters and well meaning imbecility that works damagingly all around. My cor­ respondent furthermore wrote that lie had 'learned to distrust the law.' All the more reason, then, why lie should stay in the law. We cannot improve a thing by standing off and 'distrusting' it, but by jumping in and converting it. If all the consociation is put into the ministry and all the brains into the' other professions neither the pulpit nor the world will profit. The sum and substance of r.ll of which is that when a young man Ims come out on to the dis­ tinct Christian ground of putting him­ self under contribution, to the public weal, the selection of a career, best suit­ ed to himself and to the neerls of hu­ manity, is simply a matter of -studying adaptations, end deciding by what art. trade, business or profession lie can subserve that, weal the best." D I D N O T P R O V E A N E D E N . A Bin Chunk of Silver. In a popular history of America pub­ lished many years ago an account is given of the.discovery of a silver mine hi Peru by an Indian, who, while clias- mg game in the mountains, seized a shrub for support, and the shrub, eom- :ng loose in his hands, revealed glitter­ ing masses of silver Hinging to its rrtots The Blue and the Gray. Both men and women are apt to feel a little blue, when the gray haira begin to show. It's a very natural feeling. In the normal condition of things gray hairs belong to advanced age. They have no business whitening the head of man or woman, who has not begun to go down the slope of life. As a matter of fact, the hair turns gray regardless of age, or of life's seasons ; ^.^sometimes it is whitened by sickness, but" more often from lack of care. When the hair fades or turns gray there's no need to resort to hair dyes. The normal color of the hair is restored and retained by the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. This story is recalled by the recent dis­ covery In Pinal County, Arizona, of a nugget of native silver which had been washed and worn by water no one knows how long, but which still weighs 44s troy ounces. It is of an oval form, and its surface is so marked as to in­ dicate that it consists of crystals of siiver formed in strings, and afterward compacted into a mass. The nugget has been placed in ihe National Mu- spuii} in Washington. Got Ahead of Them. A writer i;i the Springfield Republi­ can tells a story of the boyhood of Judge C. B. Andrews. of the Connecti­ cut Supreme Court. The story shows how he. when a freshman at Amherst, got ahead of some hazing collegians. It was the custom then to smoke out the freshmen. A party of a dozen or more of the fellows would enter the room of an unsuspecting boy, light their pipes and smoke until the victim gave iu and offered a treat. When they came into Andrew's room they were without their pipes and had 110 tobacco about them, but with a stern voice one fellow handed Charles a dollar and ordered him to go and procure pipes and tobac­ co for the crowd. Charles went out. and soon returned with ninety nine pipes and one cent's worth of tobacco. What the boys did to litm for his audacious act is not re­ lated, but. it is a fact that they did not smoke him ou> that night. The Karlli's Anintaln. A recent computation places the en­ tire number of species of animals which up to the present time have been described by naturalists at .'h>0,000. Many new species are added every year as previously unexplored lands are in- vtided by students eager to gain distinc­ tion by adding valuable contributions to the lists of science. The number of species already known is so great *,hnt even naturalists are sometimes troubled to keep track of them, and a project has just been set 011 foot in Ger­ many to publish a work in which the < ntire animal population of the globe shall be arranged and described on a uniform system. The publication is t > be begun next year, and a quarter of a century is assigned as the probable period needed for its completion. Not- only Herman, but English. French and American naturalists will have a hand in the work. Field's Fondness l'or-Children.' Eugene Field was a man of generous, tender spirit and boundless-sympathy. He gained and held the love of little children, and of men and women; for in his writings he appealed to young and old, and every gentle nature re­ sponded to the magic of his honest verse. lie was a great lover of animal's, and was constantly making pets of them, lie was very fond of birds, but, as he disliked tg, see them caged, he looked forward to the time when he could add to liis new home a good conservatory, where the birds might find a home and fly in aud out among the plants. After he had once become attached to a pet of nny kind it was exceedingly hard for him to give it up. For several years he paid -the board of two old dogs at a farm. Some of his friends thought this Miserable Failure of a New England Colony in Mexico. ; > Newspaper readers will remember the glowing promises and high hopes which some years ago attended the for­ mation of a colony of Americans at Topolobampo. Mex. The place was pic­ tured as an Eden, and many people went there expecting a life of ease "and independence after a few years. Here is what a San Francisco paper has to say of the colony: -- Siaf people--destitute and discouraged people--are all that now remain of the colony of Vermont and Massachusetts people, comprising several hundred families, who emigrated some eight years ago, full of dreams of prospec­ tive wealth and prosperity, to Topolo­ bampo. on the Mexican coast. The steamer Coos Bay, which arrived1 Fri­ day from various southern ports, put into the little harbor at the mouth of the Faeries river, the nearest coast point tu.Topolobampo. It was the. first steamer seen by the-,few inhabitants in over two years. Capt; .Tansen re­ ports that every man, woman and child who could possibly get'-out of the deso­ late country has emigrated long since, all probably still deploring their fool- hardiUess in listening.to the tales of the people w ho urged them away from com­ fortable homes to a region of rocks and sand, where little or no water exists and nothing will grow. The six white people who remain are there, he says, simply because they cannot get out. The eftlemenf of Topolobampo. which was pictured by the colony projectors as the garden spot of the world, is situ­ ated on the north bank of the Fuertes, and is about thirty miles from the delta. It is described by Jansen as being one of the most desolate spots he ever visited. "An Kxamplein Agriculture." Under this head the Youth's Couipan Ion recently published an article giving a newspaper report of the opinion said :o have been expressed by Mr. Morton. United States Secretary 1 of Agricul hire, with regard to the magnificent relate of Ceorge Yaiiderbilt at' Ash >- ville, X. C. In the article was also a statement, said to have been made by Mrf>Morton, that the people of Aslie- vtlle do not appreciate the beneficent character of the work done, aud think Id Hung Cfranjj's 70th Birthday. A notable event in the life of the. Viceroy la \vas the' commemoration, four years ago, of his seventieth birth­ day. whi^li was made the occasion of great demonstrations of respect. The Emperor sent various rich and appro­ priate gilts, with flattering inscriptions written witii his own hand: the Em­ press dowager!' a woman of great abil­ ity, and the ruling spirit ' of the govern­ ment for the last twenty years, vied with her imperial ward 111 her gifts; subjects of hIgli and low "degree, and foreign residents, lavished upon him presents and mementos; processions, ceremon es and banquets, iu Chinese profusion were the order of the day; and all culminated in an address signed by the leading officials throughout the empire, written by Chang Chi-tuug. next to the viceroy the most honored and influential man in the government, and often his poHticitl opponent.--Cen­ tury. ' • • • Ayer's Cureboolc. '.'a story of cures told by the ciired.' 100 pages, free. J. C. Ayer Co., t,owefl, Mass. The Science of Yeasts. A translation into English of tbe work of the great German authority 011 fenueu tat ion. Prof. E. C. Hansen. <alls attention to the important ser­ vices which science has recently ren­ dered 10 the, brewers of the ••Father­ land." About ten years ago Prof. Hansen experienced much difficulty a.id opposition in obtaining admission to ihe Old Carlsberg brewery for the purpose of carrying on researches iu ,> the origin and nature of the yeasts ou Uiell.¥ii« production of beer depends. The brewers were practically familiar Mtli the culture of yeast, and did not believe that a scientific professor could -tell thelu1 any thing neiv or useful about tho subject, although the yeast often behaved in a-mwnner which they could not explain and which caused them much disappointment and loss. But within a few years the professor had discovered facts they had never dream­ ed of. had taught them a better system of cultivating ye«st. and had made their brewery famous throughout the scientific world, on account of his ex­ periments. Various, kinds of yeast cause "disease" In beer, and Hansen has discovered the means of guarding against it. He has also devised meth­ ods of preserving "stock" yeast so that If can be kept pure for years, and transported safely thousands of miles. Selecting a 'Vocation. "The young juan who says. 'I have given my heart to the Lord, and, there­ fore. I aim going to study for rtie min­ istry.' missej- ihe entire point." says Dr. Parkhurst in an article on "Select­ ing a Career," in the Ladies' Home Journal. "There is 110 'therefore' about it., That is a pettifogging way of meet­ ing a great situation. 1 quote from a letter that I received recently from a young lawyer In Ohio; 'In my dally life a foolish expense; bur he said lie would not have the dogs killed, as they had been faithful to him in their younger days and he did not believe in deserting old friends. Several years n;io a Jeru­ salem donkey was given to the Field boys, and they named it Don Caesar de Buena. After they became too old t > drive with him. it was a serious ques­ tion what to do with "D011." For some 1ime he was boarded at a livery stable. His board bill soon became quite a se­ rious matter. But Mr. Field would not aave him sold, for fear that ihe chil­ dren's old comrade might fall into un­ kind hands. At last a friend in Ken­ tucky offered a home for ihe donkey, and there he is now. spending his last days In luxurious ease 011 a blue-grass farm.--Si. Nicholas. Pharaoh the Oppressor. The worst blot on his character was Ms ruthless destruction of the works o*' his predecessors. Xo doubt, in such ,i time of distress, it would be difficult to supply workmen for public monuments; but his utter disregard for everything that went before him outdoes even his orgulous father, and is painfully hi con­ trast to the careful restoration made by his artistic grandfather. Seii I. lie planted his funeral temple just behind ihe magnificent building of Amenhotep j i l l . , and proceeded to smash up every portable stone, whether statue or tab­ let. to throw in for his own foundations, and then reared his walls with the no­ ble blocks of the great temple, and even stole the very bricks. Not con­ tent with taking what he wanted, he further defaced what he could not use; and all over Egypt the statues of the kings may be seen with his name rude­ ly cut over their inscriptions, or bat­ tered with a hammer on the exquisite­ ly polished surfaces of the other 111011- archs. With little of scruples, of taste, or of feeling, he was yet not devoid of ability and energy for a difficult posi­ tion; and though we may not milk, him with 11 Trajan, a Belisarius. or an Al­ fred, yet it would be hard to deny him the company of a Vespasian or a Clau­ dius (rotliicus, a (ieorgo -.tie Second, o' a Victor Emmanuel.--Century. A Poet's GiHs to His Little Friends. As we all know. Mr. Field was ever gentle aud tender to the little ones. If they were in any way weak or afflicted, they appealed all tlie more strongly to the love of which his heart was so full, liis nature was as simple as a child's, and he loved the children's toys as much as they did. liis sympathetic en­ joyment of their pleasure in any new toy was a revelation to ihe every-'.lay man or woman. One day 1 went with him into a toy store to get some little things for the babies, as he rarely went home empty-liauded. After lie had pur­ chased several things, he ordered a doz­ en medium-sized bisque dolls. 1 won­ dered what he was going to do with so manv, and put the question to liiui. He answered; "Oh. I like to have them, and when little girls come to see me 1 can give tlieni,a dolly to take home." Some- time after his-death, ihe-family found the box that had contaiued tiie lolls. There was only one left, and that one in some way had been broken. It was only a few weeks - before his life ended that he bought these dolls-- so he must have had many visits from his little friends.--St. Nicholas. Size of an KartBqiiake Wave. Seismologists say that every great earthquake causes pulsations which ex­ tend for thousands of miles in all d> rcctions on the globe, and Prof."Milne likens such pulsations to the long, low- swells that sweep across the ocean. Recently Prof. "Charles Davison has at­ tempted to measure the height and length of the waves of an earthquake that occurred in Greece on. April 2T. 1894, the pulsations,of which were per­ ceived by the' aid of a specially con­ structed pendulum at Birmingham in England. The pulsations, or waves, passed through the rocky crust of the earth with a velocity of about two miles a second, and each of the largest of them, according to Prof. Davison, \uust have been about twenty-eight miles in length, but only half an inch in height! In order to thoroughly enjoy a novel, a married woman must temporarily forget that sho is married. that .Mr. Yaiiderbilt is •'spending enor­ mous amounts of money to-gratify his pride and appetite." They "imagine that it is jill due to selfishness when he is really working for theni." A correspondent writing from llen- ilersonville. X. C.. declares that what" Mr. Morton is reported to have said w>th regard to the people of Asheville is as unjust as it is untrue, lie says: "The fact is. we are a domestic peo­ ple to whom nothing seeius more 11a;- ural than that a man should build for himself a beautiful home; it also ac­ cords with our ideas of the fitness of things that this home should be as com­ plete as his intelligence can dictate, and as elegant as his means can com maud and as his station in life demands. "The writer's business brings him into intercourse with all classes of peo­ ple 111 this locality, and he iiever heard from any one comments that would justify Mr. Morton's conclusions. On the contrary. Mr. Yaiiderbilt is regard­ ed as a benefactor. He commenced this work at a time of great business de pression; the money expended saved us from a business collapse, and gave employment to hundreds of worthy peo­ ple, many of whoi.ii would otherwise have suffered for the necessities of life. "Mr. Yaiiderbilt and the manager of his estate. Mr. McXamee. have been .hist, even to generosity, in their deal­ ing with our people, and we appreciate It, and are also grateful for the many unostentatious charities received from both these gentlemen." Too Confident. Much of < 111 success depends upon the quality" of self-coi'tidence, but in its extreme it often plays a trick that re­ strains us somewhat. Remembering such mortification it is pleasant to re­ fect that the greatest men have met with a similar check. ' When Mr. Gladstone was a young student, he met with an amusing dis­ aster in tin- examination 100111 at fix- lord. "What books do you laktrJjpV" the examiner asked of him. "It is immaterial to me." replied Mr. Gladstone. "Pray examine me in any book you like." Then t h e examiner grinned an ugly and malicious grin, and produced a corrupt and crabbed chorus from one of the less read plays of Aristophanes,, and invited Mr. Gladstone to translate it. He could not do so. Xo one could have done so .who had not seen it be- lore, and the result, was that Mr. Glad­ stone was more careful when he tried a second M i n e . He Desired Moderation. It is an unmistakable and unforiuna te fact that too many reformations are as incomplete as in the following case, told by Ihe Washington Star; "Yeasirree." said Farmer Cornfossel. as he tilled liack in the rocking-chair and let the paper fold itself' over his knee. "I'm a red-hot. out-itnel-out lee- total reformer every time." "Well. ' replied Mrs. Corn tossed, "I'm right glad to hear you" say "so." • What fur." "Well, of yer goin' in fur reform. 1 ; reckon mebbe ye'll be out o' heel 'fore 1! in the morula' and' have stove wooel hand., fur the break fas' lire, ami do a leetle turn at the mitkiif oucet in a while, an' git yer apple's into town 'fore they're down to .">() cents a bar'l an "Hole 011. Mandy." was the solemn Interruption; "hole on! I said I was out fur reform an' I'll stan' by it. But I'm tlamed ef I'm golu' iu fur any revolu­ tion." Dishonorcel Drafts. When the stomach elishonors the drafts made upon it by the "rest of the systems, ft Is necessarily because its fund' of "strength is very .'low. • Toned with Ilos,tetter's Stomach Bitters, it soon begins to pay out vigor !li lly? shape of pure, rieh blood, containing the elenients of muscle, bone and brain. As a sequence of the ilew Vigor «fforde'el the st'om- soh. the bowels perform their functions reg­ ularly, and the liver works-likeclock wort. Malaria has ne; effect upon a system ihus re-enforced. I'n^onghi fame is a testimony of legitimate work. In it there is 110 vau- ii v. - ' ' • " '„ Hall's Catarrh Cure, , Is a constitutional cure. . Price 75 cents. When UobWiu' Electric Soap It cost 20 cent* a bar. it Ic pred'tlv flrtt m*de in 1M* th» *Ame InnmA- tenlK and quality note and doesn't co»t half. Bmltof- rour procer and preserve four clothes. If he bavol K, he will get it. Mrs. Winslow's S oothing STHue for Cbildreai teetuing; softens the Kama, reduces inflammation, allays paig, cures wind colic. 25 ccnts a bottle. With many, people it is as difficult to live Within their income as without-it. lZiek of vitality and color-matter in the bulbs causes the hair to fall out and turn gray. We recommend Hall's Hair Re- liewer to prevent baldness and grayness. Our liberality does not consist in what we give, but in what we have left. My doctor saiel I would die, but Piso's Cure for Consumption cored me.--Atnos Keluer, Cherry Valley, 111., Nov. 23, 'i)5. He wlio seeks fame wades deep in the mire. ^ • Good Blood is what gives strong nerves, vigor, v.tality, Good Wood aud good health come by taking Hood s Sarsaparilla Be sure to get Hood's and only HtH)l> s. Hood's Pills are the favorite family cathartic. Gladness Comes, With a better understanding of the! transient nature of the many pbys-! ieal ills which vanish before proper ef­ forts--gentle efforts--pi easant efforts--- rightly^ directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so mafiy forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis­ ease, but simply to a constipated.condi­ tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt-. Iv removes. That is why it is the only remedy with ttiillions of families, and is _ everywhere esteemed so highly by, all J, who value good health. Its beneficial i effects are due to the fact, that it is the . one. remedy which promotes internal, cleanliness, without debilitating, the organs on which it acts. It is therefore alllmportant, in order to get its bene-1 Qcial effects, to note when you pur- ! chase, that you have the genuine article, I which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep­ utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa­ tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillfal.' physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. Removes Tan. Pimples,* Fm>k- les. Moth Patches, Rash and, Skin diseases; and every lsh on beauty, and deftvs detection. It, bas'gtood the teat Of •Ti years, and is so Harmless we ta«t« It to be sure it. in prop­ erly made. AvcepC n 0 counterfeit, o f' similar name. L'r. I.. A. Say-.e said to* lady of the (apatient): '• A*yo« ladirs will use them. I recommend 'Gou- raud's e.ream' a* tinv least harmful of ail the Skin prepara­ tions." For sale byi all Druegists » n <1, , Fancy -Goods Utsal-* ere in tlW- United states. Canao»s and Europe. FERO. fT HOPKINS. Prop'r. 37 Great Jones S<reet. K *. PATENTS. TRADE MARKST Examlil'atloii and advice as to Patentability of tnvao- tioue. Send for I nventors' G iude, or how to G et a Patent. 1'atrlck O'Farrell; Washinetou, AJ.C. S. >. U. So. 3G-Ott IN writing to Advertisers, please «lo not fall to mention this paper. Advertisers llkti to know what, mediums pay *h#*m best. It Bridges You Over/' PLUG "Battle Ax" bridges a man over many a tight place when his pocket- book is lean. A 5 - cent piece of "Battle Ax" will last about as long as a \ 0-cent piece of other good tobaccos. This thing pf getting double value for your money is a great help. Try it and save money. A Good Turn. Gobaug--I do not know why folks complaiii about mothers-in-law. Mine tried to do me a £ood turn once. Pshaw--How7 Did she attempt'sui­ cide V liobang--No. she refused lier conse to my marrying her daughter. But*! was suspicious aud we eloped.--New York World. vrhe reason why sponge cake is tough is often because it was baked too rap­ idly. Use the juice of half a lemon In it. aud allow a quarter of an hour longer for the baking. Cheap water sponge Is generally tough unless it hag lemon juice added to it, aud it should carefully baked. "Contains More Flesh Form­ ing Matter Than Beef." That is what an eminent physician says oi good cocoa. The Cocoa made by Walter Baker & Co., Ltd^ Dorchester, Mass., is the best. See that Imitations are not palmed off on you. The More You Say the Less People Remember.',' One Word With You, --4.