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may not be so full as he -wishes, but if he is wise he will neglect his coffers awhile and attend to his cough. A man's coffers may be sov secure that no one can take them away from him. But a little cough has taken many a man away from his coffers. The "slight cough " is somewhat like the small pebble that lies on the mountain side, and appears utterly insigniflcant% A fluttering bird, perhaps, starts the pebble rolling, and the rolling pebble begets an avalanche that buries a town. Many fatal diseases begin with a slight cough. But any cough, taken in time, can be cured by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral More particulars about Pectoral ia Ayer's Cureboot, Scat free. J. c. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. •Jfeiivift i* EFFECT OF AN ERUPTION. riUlian Prisoners in Abyssinia.. The Osservatore of Rome prints in­ teresting news concerning the 2,000 Italians that were captured by Menelek during the recent Abyssinian war. These prisoners, who are lodged in the towns in the interior, are scarcely guarded, ahd are allowed to roam about pretty much at will, for the surround­ ing deserts furnish the best jail walls. Every prisoner, however, is made to occupy himself with some useful em­ ployment, usually the trade or profes­ sion that he practiced in Italy before he was recruited for the army. "For," says the wise Menelek. "I do not want them to become mere drones or to lose the habit of honest toil." Pasha, in honor of Emin, and was all that has been reputed of its species". Pasha could talk, and especially swear, in the best Arabic, and though he soon learned English enough to hold a conversation equal to some people, he never learned to swear in English. When any one was to be gone over in the bird's best style of vituperation it was the language of the Nile that was adopted for the purpose. Pasha liked America, and lived here fifteen years. The bird was a good friend when ac­ quaintance was once formed, but a cas­ ual visitor was his special aversion, and he made use of the strongest notes of disapproval when subjected to any intrusion. His vocabulary was large, and he knew how to use it as some peo­ ple, even, could not. But he was so unfortunate as to take into close friendship a man of the fam­ ily who had consumption, and caught the disease from him. A violent hem­ orrhage ended Pasha's life.--New York Press. Can Lieap Seventy Feet. • The champion jumper of the world lives in Borneo, which'is one of the largest islands in the world. This leaper can jump seventy feet when it is pressed hard, and it is no trick at all for him -to go forty and fifty feet in a single bound. The name CINCINNATI FLYER. A Tenacious Clntch t Is that of dyspepsia. Few remedies do n«r» than palliate this obstinate complaint. Try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, however, and you wilt find that it Is conquerable, alone with Its symptoms, heartburn, flatulence, lysrvousness, and loss of flesh and vigor. Bit- ionsness and constipation frequently accom­ pany it. These, besides malarial, rheu­ matic and kidney complaints, are also aub- dnable with the Bitters. , Don't brag. Your life may have beea blameless, but have you no sons, daugh­ ters, or kin who may yet disgrace you? Don't boast. It is always too early to brag. Motion Route and C., H.&D, The Monon has put on a fast flyer for Indianapolis and Cincinnati in connection with the Cf.» II. & D. The train leaves .Chicago. Dearborn Station, at 11:50 a. in., reaches Indianapolis'at and Cin­ cinnati at 7:45 p. ni., thus making the run, v hicago to Indianapolis,0 in four hours and forty-seven minutes', and Cin­ cinnati in seven hours and fifty-five min­ utes. This is the fastest time made be­ tween Chicago and Indianapolis and Cin­ cinnati by any line. The "Cincinnati Flyer" is equipped with elegant day coaches, the Monpn celebrated high-back­ ed seats, parlor car ami dining car. City Ticket office, 232 Clark street, Chicago, Hall's Catarrh Cure. Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents. Who, Indeed? At one of the later banquets of the coronation festivities at Moscow, in returning thanks for a toast proposed in his honor by General de Boisdeffre. the French envoy. General Dragomi- roff.'saiil: '•We must love one another; for il' we don't, who the devil in Europe will?" People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves tp copy after. If the hair is falling out and turning gray, the glands of the skin need stimu­ lating and color-food, ahd the best remedy and. stimulant is Hall's Hair ltenewer. Cascarets stimulate fiver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. FRENCH JUVENILE LITERATURE. Sarsaparilla "1 am Bigger than the Biggest j Better than the Best I" J|j What a chewer wants first Is a (| good ; tobacco* then he thinks about j| the size of the plug. He finds both ̂ 0 goodness and bigness in "Battle Ax." _ li ̂ He finds a 5 cent piece almost as ̂ GD large as a JO cent piece of other high ̂ ̂ grgjg brands. No wonder millions ̂ ̂•) chew " Battle Ax." (< & TUTTLE®*oil"° i ENGINE Economical, Safe. Cleanly. HeHa- ble. Simple. Available for Grain Elevators, Creameries, Cider Mills, Trinting Offices, tirlnding Mills. Ventilmin" Fans. Dynamos.Laun­ dries, Small Factories. Foundries, Machine Shops, etc. Will run with natural gas. artificial gas. Rasolitw or kerosene as fuel. Always ready lor work; requires no attention. Send for descriptive circular, and state your wants. Chicago Newspaper Unioa, 93 S. Jefferson Sf., CHICAGO. 76 Clinton St., FORT WAYNE, INB. 212 Pearl St.. SIOUX CITY. IOWA. ' . ' >> 'V.".. '.' -v ' .. ... .. ' - Xiydia E. PiRkhams Vegetable 'Com­ pound. It speedily relieves irregu­ larity, suppressed or painful men- stiniations, weakness of the stomach, Indigestion, bloating, leucorrhcea, •wojnb trouble, flooding, nervous pros­ tration, headache, general debility, etc. Symptoms of Womb Troubles are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi­ tude, "doncare" and "want-to-be- left-alone " feelings, excitability, irri­ tability, nervousness, sleeplessness, ' flatulency, melancholy, or the " blues," and backache. Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound will correct all this trouble as sure as the sun shines. That Bearing-down Feeling, carsing pain, weight, and backache, i» instantly relieved and permanently cured by its use. It is wonderful foi Kidney Complaints in either .-sex. • Gladness Comes TX7ith a bettei' imderstanding of the * * transient nature of the many phys­ ical ills which vanish before proper ef­ forts--gentle efforts--pleasant efforts-- rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many 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 ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial 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 all important, in order to get its bene­ ficial effects, to note when you pur­ chase, that you have the genuine article, 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 skillful 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. UKtS WHtRE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best CouRh Syrup. Tastes Good. TJBO la time. Sold by dmRjiBts. SERVtHTS SUPPLIED 16 1^^ th^ treet! Nfitv York City, near 3rd Am Licetued Kmplo ment Office; • sla llshed 1883. We Rir pl urt.e.t all over the Un'ted States w th very rrspectab'e s?n a-it Klrls of iill nations. w:th ft--t-c-lftBS references; also Herman and Kncii h tr r « lately lauded. FOR TKBN PEOPLE. • A great flesh builder; health and plump ess eislly attained. 5 to 10 poumln trained jjv»ntli Presclp t ou, si. Money tn this for aseitA Vdr.^s, \v. 1*. BA\TKK, (iakuc.ii tenter. Mien. t HOW ISTOOR CHANCE Steagtai wo $75 to he cured; H'.w you can have f ho formula, a pa niesR Ct/re (trae) for 10C, with 2; for postatre. Address MRS. li. li. MOKGAJi, Girard, Ala. PATENTS. TRADEMARKS. Examination and ad Woe as to PuteiuabUlty of tnvea- tSons. Send for INVENTORS' GI IDK, OB now TO GET A Pi.T*NT. I'atrU k O'FarreU. Wnsliinsctiui, O.C. P ENSIGNS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON.D.C. Lace Principal Examiner U. S. Peualon Bureau. 3 yrs. i*i last war, 15 adjudicating claims, arty, since J Habit Cured. Est. In 1.871. Thousands I cured. Cheapest and best cure. FREE TJU- 1 AX.. State case. OB. MARSH. Qulncy. Mich. KIDOER'8 PA8TlLLEsHliiSS: !i I i;iltlideii -IHI SOREEYEi V j| j m w THE POrCTIF.n JUMPER.. of the tliampiou is "pouched jumper," and it is ;t member of the kangaroo family. It iYioWs about mueli as the kangaroo does. ?jut it can outjump it any day. . \ '•. - : It lives on.sqnlrrels, birds and small animals, jmd is so quick in its move­ ments and can jump so well that it has little trouble in getting all it wants to eat. When it is in hot pursuit .of its prey it has been known to jump sev­ enty feet on a level, and it is not at all unusual for it to make jumps of tifty feet. Current Condensations. Leon Valliant describes niorti than 300 species of fish, heretofore unknown to naturalists, as inhabiting the hikes of Borneo. The mere cost of producing the six­ ty-four volumes of books containing the evidence given at the English hi-, bor commission was almost $200,000. Toads and frogs carry a supply of water about with thenl 'in' a srick pro­ vided for the ]>urpose, and if by acci­ dent the supply becomes exhausted the animal dies. Russian punishments comprise com­ pulsory labor in the Siberian mines for life or for a term" of years, compul­ sory labor in fortresses or in factories, the loss of rank, personal rights and privileges, and deportation to Siberii or elsewhere as colonists. The importance of the movements of the port of Paris, which includes the whole department of the Seine, will astonish many readers. The arrivals in 1893 gave a total tonnage of 1,021.- 560 tons and the departures <>.034.804, which, compared with the preceding year, shows an increase of 07.185 tons and 78,180 tons, respectively A form of sport very popular in Nor­ mandy is that of dying kites, wliicli are, some of them, of very large dimen­ sions. There lias been a competition at Rouen, on the heights of St. Cath­ arine. The victorious kite rose to tlie height of 8,500 feet and would have soared higher but for lack of string. A French electrician, M. Trouve, catches tish by sinking i'i the water a uot with an incandescent lamp attach­ ed. The curious tisli collect around the light, when a pneumatic tire around the edge of the net is silently inflated and rises to the surface, entrapping tlieiu without frightening them and, hence, without destroying the spawn. When the Mercer County (X. J.) Medical Association wan in session a few years ago a colored individual named William King came before them for examination. He claimed to have two hearts, but a careful examination revealed the fact that his heart was double instead of being two separate blood-pumping organs. Besides hav­ ing two distinct pulsations, which could easily be felt, he had wonderful con­ trol over his double life engine, being able to stop its beating for sixty sec­ onds without inconvenience. The French mode of conducting auc­ tions is rather curious. In sales of im­ portance. such as of land, houses, etc.. tlie affair is placed in the hands of a notary, who, for the time being, be­ comes an auctioneer. The property, whatever be its nature, is first examin­ ed by competent judges, wlio fix upon it a price, considerably less than its value, but always sufficient to prevent any ruinous loss by a preconcerted plan or combination of bidders. The prop­ erty is then offered with the fixed val­ uation stated. The auctioneer is pro­ vided with a number of small wax tapers, each capable of burning about .five minutes. A s soon as a bio-is made one of these tapers i* placed iii full view of all interested pat-ties and light­ ed. If, before it expires, another bid is offered, it is immediately extinguished and a fresh^aper placed in its stead, and so on until one flickers and dies out of itself, when the last bid be­ comes irrevocable. This simple plan prevents all contention among rival bid­ ders and affords a reasonable tiiue for reflection before making a higher offer than the one preceding. By this means, too, the auctioneer is prevented from exercising undue influence upon the bid­ ders or hastily accepting tlie bid of a favorite "Why Sea-Water Is JLimpid. Another result of these experiments is au explanation of the limpidity of sea-water, and of the fact that the mud brought down by great rivers is de­ posited close to their mouths. The salts contained in the sea-water cause the fine particles of clay to coagulate into larger grains, which sink to the bot­ tom. Thus the saltness of the sea is directly a cause of its blueness, since the latter depends upon the Clearness of the water; Lime has a similar effect, and lakes which contain no salt are often as limpid and blue as the sea. , How the Ground Breathes. French experimehtei-s have lately brought out ihter^stin^ facts about the circulation'"of air ill the 6611.'.: it: ap­ pears that considerable oxygen is ab­ sorbed by the roots, of plants, and the supply of th&' oxygen is maintained by air penetrating through the minute interstices of the soil. When the ground is covered with \yliter, or when fae molecules, or grains, of soil are dis­ solved in water and packed into an im­ permeable mass, then air cannot cir­ culate below the surface, and vegeta­ tion suffers. The experiments referred to show that lime or salt in the soil solidify the earthy molecules and pre­ vent their being dissolved and packed by the action of water; hence the im­ portance of lime in keeping the ground open and permeable for the circulation of both air and rain-water. Objected to Kain-Makinjr. Most men of science treat with scorn the attempts to induce showers by ar­ tificial means. They do not believe that It is possible to draw rain from heaven by exploding dynamite in the upper air. They may be wrong, for in these days nothing can be declared im­ possible; but thus far experience says they are right. In South Africa there? is another objection to rain-making. The very strict religionists of the South African republic deem all such efforts Impious. After a full discussion by a committee to consider certain memori­ als against rain-making experiments, a resolution was passed instructing ilie government to draft a law forbidding them. The chairman of the committee declared that it was a monstrous thing, a defiance of the Almighty, to shoot in­ to the clouds, and that it should be niadc -a eriminal ofi'ensc.- , -- Nineteen Years. Mr. IL C. Russell, a scientific man of New South Wales, announces as a result of a prolonged examination of history from the earliest times that seasons of drought recur with unfail­ ing regularity at intervals of nineteen years. Of two hundred and eight droughts recorded since tlio year 900, all but fifteen conform to his theory, which is that there are every nineteen years one long period of three years during which the rainfall is somewhat deficient, and a shorter period between each of the long periods when the de­ ficiency is excessive. He even finds a confirmation of the Bible chronology in the fact that the dates of the Egyp­ tian drought in Joseph's time, the drought dtiring King David's reign, that foretold by Elijah, and that pre­ dicted by Elisha, all fall into the nine­ teen-year period. No. 44-ttb A Fish Aids Science. There appears to be no limit to scien­ tific curiosity, especially in Germany. Recently Herr Regnard at Leipsic, wishing to ascertain whether fish are warmer than the water they live in, stuck a needle connected with a ther­ mo-electric circuit into a living fish in an aquarium. The needle formed one element of the circuit, while the other element was immersed in the same water that contained the fish. The latter was not seriously injured by the needle, and quickly became indifferent to it. Then, as the fish swam about, carrying the needle, the ingenious sav­ ant closed the circuit and kept watch of "the galvanometer. It showed no de­ flection whatever, from which he con­ cluded that the fish and the water were precisely equal in temperature, for had either been warmer than the other a current would have been generated in the circuit. A Plant with Eyes. The "eyes" are not foreseeing, exact­ ly. but they serve a no less important purpose. They belong to a plant called the "shining moss," which inhabits cracks and crannies in old stone walls and rocky precipices, and appears to take every precaution against expos­ ing itself to full daylight. Only with­ in a few years has the fact been learned that the property possessed by this moss of shilling in the gloom of its dwelling-places is due, not to phosphor escenee, but to the existence on the surface of the leaves of thousands of minute cells filled with transparent liquid, and shaped like the lenses of an eye. These microscopic eyes focus the faint light that reaches them upon the green coloring matter of the leaves, called the chlorophyll, and thus enable the plant to live. Shining moss appears first to have been described in France, but recent writers on natural history have shown that it abounds in somfe parts of tills country also. There are other plants that exhibit a similar phe­ nomenon, and Dr. Alfred C. Stokes in­ cludes among them the ice-plant and certain varieties of begonia. H Is Prim tQ the Extreme of Insi­ pidity According to Mine. Blanc. Literature in our country, not having as its aim either instruction or amuse­ ment, but the production of works of. art, is forbidden to French children. I except ' fairy-tales. Perrault has written masterpieces; Mine. d'Aulnoy and others have followed lilrnV the fairies of , other countries may have been more poetic, but they have never been as witty as the French. Leaving fairy-tales aside, children were obliged for a long time to be satisfied with the very slight collection bequeathed by Berguin, Bouilly, Mine, de Genlis, those clever people who know how to coat a moral lesson with a thin layer of pic­ tures, as bitter pills are coated with sugar. In fact, this is the French parents' very ideal in the matter of story-books, and to please them the les­ son must not be too well coated, or hard to find, for the spirit of investi­ gation is not encouraged in young readers. During the past twenty years, how­ ever, the meager library at their dispo­ sal has grown wonderfully; celebrated pens have contributed toward it; we need but mention Jules Verne, whose scientific fairy-tales have, alas! almost completely dethroned thoseHhat ap­ pealed to the imagination alone. But neither in his books, nor ill those of any of his competitors; will you ever find what both English and American writers currently permit themselves to do, namely, to arraign a relative, as. for instance, the wicked uncle in "Kid­ napped," or to make teachers hateful, or merely ridiculous, as is the case in Dickens' works. This would be an outrage upon the respect due them in the aggregate. For this reason traus- lat.ons are nearly always expurgatodJ The friendly adoption of poor Laurie by the four girls in "Little Women" would be considered very unseemly. Yet. for all that, they were good little New England gitfs. T. B. Aldrich's "Story of a Bad Boy" was deprived of one of its prettiest chapters, the one about his childish love for a big girl, "It is useless," they say, "to draw attention to that kind of danger." Authors and editors are often great­ ly perplexed before this severe tri­ bunal of French parents. The differ euce between the books children are allowed to read in France and those sought by their elders, the contrast between the tasteless pap on one side and the infernal spiciness on the other, must greatly astonish both English and American readers, who nearly a accept the same literary diet, youlig and old, parents and children.-^Gen tury. The Loving Cup. One account of the origin of tli? lov­ ing cup runs as follows: King Henry of Navarre, while hunting, became sep aratcd from his companions, and, feel ing thirsty, called at a wayside inn for a cup of wine. The serving maid, on handing it to him as he sat on horse back, neglected ..to present the handle. Some wine was spilled over, and his majesty's white gauntlets were soiled. While riding home, he bethought him that a two-handled cup would prevent a recurrence of this disaster, so he had a two-handled, cup made at the royal potteries and sent it to the inn. On his next visit he called again for wine, when, to his astonishment, the maid (having received instructions from her mistress to be very careful of the king's cup) presented it to him, holding it her­ self by each of its handles. At once the happy idea struck the king of a cup with three handles, which was prompt­ ly acted upon, as his majesty quaintly remarked, "Surely, out of three handles I shall be able to get one!" Hence the loving cup. People and Cattle Bar led Under a Shower of Stones intheWeatindies..' But the bombardment in some places must have been terrible. I have seen tracts of land, once smooth and fertile plantations, now covered with the great rugged stones so that you have to pick your way among them as you pass. Many of them are four or five feet broad. Of course, these are only the larger stones; the little ones were bur­ ied under the soil long ago. Stones seem to have fallen all through the eruption, sometimes in one place, sometimes in another. Not long after the first expulsion of smoke, a negro boy was tending goats on a hill­ side; I have seen the place often. Sud­ denly a small stone fell near him, and then another. He thought that some of his playmates were pelting him from the bustees, and so began to throw stones in return. But the contest was too unequal, for it was the mountain tyiat was throwing stones at him; and ere long he fled in terror, leaving his goats to their fate. I have no space to tell you the whole story of .this great eruption; how many plantations were ruined by the shower of stones, and, far worse, how fifty or perhaps a hundred people were killed by them, with great numbers of cattle and horses; how the lava dammed back a stream and formed a boiling lake, which " broke through after a month and came hissing down the val­ ley, overwhelming a whole negro set­ tlement; how ashes were carried five or six hundred miles out to sea and Bardos, eighty miles on, was darkened by the cloud, so that people had to grope their way at noon and use cau­ dles in their houses: how the explo­ sions were heard hundreds of miles away, and it was thought that they were the gnus of a great fleet or'army. But one tiling I must tell you. When the eruption was over and people could ascend the mountain again, they found the crater--the one Dr. Bell had visited--all changed. Instead of the smoking cone, there was a lake of water nine hundred feet below, filling the whole area, and so deep that 110 one has ever been able to fathom it. And beside this, separated from it only by a thin wall, they found a new cra­ ter. even larger; it was nearly a mile long, three quarters of a mile wide, and eight hundred feet. dw?p, with sides like walls. That pit was blown out by the great explosion. I have stood between the two cra­ ters, and looked down into them. The new one.is green and pretty now, with bushes and ferns, and 110 signs of fire; but the old one is a hideous depth of gray green water, through which bub­ bles are always ascending and burst­ ing into sulphur fumes at the top. Sometimes the wind carries these fumes over the neighboring planta­ tions for miles around, as if to warn people that the old fires are not yet extinct. I hope it may be long before Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Yonr ; ; v . r \ : L i f e A w a y . > , ; f \ • / - ̂ If you want to Quit tobacco using easily and forever, regain lost manhood, be made well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and vigor, take No-l\.-Bac, the won- dor-worker that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten pounds iu ten days. Over •400,000 cured. Buy No*To-Bae from your own druggist, who will guarantee a cure. Booklet and sample free. Address Ster­ ling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York. they break out again!--St. Nicholas. Emin Pasha's Parrot. Dr. E. E. Snow, of Batavia, is mourn­ ing the loss of the most remarkable pet that has been brought to this part of the country for a long time. It was a parrot, and had a past as well as a won­ derful personality. When the doctor was in Egypt in the days of Emin Pasha he made the acquaintance of that potentate, and on leaving for home said he would like to take with him one^of the small gray parrots that are peculiar to the Nile country, especially on account of their intelligence. So the viceroy sent out an attendant, who •oon returned with one. It was called He Was Game. My sister and I taught school one winter in adjoining districts in Browii County, Kansas, close to the reserva­ tion of the Kickapoo Indians. One member of the tribe, old Joe, a shiftless, good-natured fellow, was a frequent visitor at farm houses in the neighborhood, where he used every means at his command, except work, to secure the gratification of his fond­ ness for civilized cookery. He was taken in to dinner one day by a kind-hearted farmer at the hotel of the little country town. Joe noticed there, among other things, that t,he men all made free with' the pepper sauce bottle. At the first opportunity lie helped himself 'to a liberal portion, and took a spoonful of the mixture. Instantly clapping his hand- over his burning mouth lie sat for a little time with tears running down his face. As "soon as he could catch his breath he exclaimed: "Heap good!" Easily Explained. "Sam, how is it that here we have two legs, presumably off the same chicken, and yet one is about 100 per cent tougher than the other?" Sam--Always the case with chicken; one leg lias 100 per cent more Work to do dan "de oder and de muscles conse­ quently git tougher. "Why, I never heard of that. Which one is It?" Sam--De one de chicken sleeps on, sah.--Harper's Magazine. Seems to Flow Lip Hill. The historic Welaka River, the mod­ ern St. John's, is to the stranger one of the most interesting rivers 011 the American continent. It is unique in many particulars which go to make up a river. Finding its source in the far South, it flows northward for nearly all Its length until, reaching the metropolis of Florida, it turns eastward and pours Its great valume of waters into the ocean. This fact seems the more 6trango since the universal opinion prevails that the extreme south is low and fiat, and would leave the impres­ sion that the river ran up hill as it cuts its way ihrough the much higher lands of the northern boundary. This, however, is a minor point of interest compared with the wild appearance it presents to the eye of the stranger as first lie beholds it, with its sombre cypresses, almost awakening supersti­ tion, and the swamp hickory, with its peculiar foliage alid small but rich sweetuut, upon which the far-famed razor-backed hog and the beautiful gray squirrel feast in profound silence, but doubtless with voracious appetite. A large part of the shore on each hand conveys an idea ofl vastness of expanse because impenetrable to the eye. I^his sombre scene is relieved by the stately palmetto, 011 which are often festooned from tree to tree the wild convolvuli. When seen in the early morn, when the palatial steamers, Bea-going and river, make their way up and down the majestic stream, these turn their beautiful cup-shaped flowers, white as snow, toward the coming king of day, sparkling with dewdrops. The broad savannas occasionally lie apparently almost on tlie level of the river itself. On these queer formations abound wild flowers of every hue, Bhape and botanical order, making one vast picture, framed In the surround­ ing forests, enlivened all over with birds of every hue and sweet song, while the strong, green growths pre­ sent a tropical vigor of life which is really an inspiration to health and strength. She Was*a Heroine. Among a party of young men and women who were taking an evening ramble the other day near the village of Clandy, in County Derry. was a young man from Belfast who had come to marry a Derry girl, one of the party. In crossing the River Faughan by a wooden bridge he missed his footing and fell into twenty feet, of water. In vain the distracted girl besought the men around to rescue him, but 110 one was willing to court an almost certain death. As he rose to the sur­ face for the third and last time she leaped into the river herself and. clutching her now exhausted lover with one hand, swam with'great difficulty" to the river side, where willing hands received them both. A man always judges ft woman by his idea of how she would suit him for a wife-. Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, the fin­ est liver and bowel regulator eTer made. I know that lhy lifts was saved by I'iso's Cure for Consumption.--John A. Miller. Au Sable, Mich., April 21. 1S95. When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10,25c. Those who use Bobbin's' Kl etflc Soap each week (ri/itt their name ix legion) save their clothes and strength, and let the xoaj) do the work. Ma y u ever try It? If uot, do .«/ next Monday sure. .Ask your crooer for It. Catarrh cannot be cured by local appli­ cations. It is a constitutional disease, and requires a constitutional remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, working through the blood, eradicates the impuri­ ty which causes and promotes the dis­ ease, and soon effects a permanent core. At the same time Hood's Sarsaparilla' builds up the whole system, and make* yon feel renewed in strength. Mrs. Winsloiv's SOOTHING STROP lor Children teethinn: sottens the Burns, reduces iflflammation. allays pain, cures wind colic. 'J5 cents a bottle. Is the Best--In fact, the OheTme Blood Purtfler.. Hnnd'c Dille cure Liver ills; easy to I ivHJU » nils take, easy to operate. 25c. IN -wrltlngr to Advertisers, please do not failj to mention this paper. Advertisers lite, to know what mediums pay «h*m be$U >»! one hundred and fifteen years Walter Baker & Co. have made Cocoa and Choc­ olate, and the demand for it increases every yean Try it and you will see why* Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. If the devil will just burn him, and find no fault, a man won't mind hell very much. .A man In politics will lie as surely as a man who hunts or fishes. ^ Measurements. " I've seen the machine workers," said Senator Sorghum's emissary. "How do they feel?" "Their enthusiasm is beyond, meas­ ure." . ' o "No, it isn't. There is always one way of measuring their enthusiasm." "How?" "By the barrel."--Washington Even­ ing Star. Identity Complete. Burrows--Did you ever meet a man down there with one leg named Wil­ son? Furrows (doubtfully)--What was the name of his other leg?--^Washington Evening Times. Cleanliness Is Nae Pride, Dirt's Nae Honesty." Common Sense Die* tates the Use of fif