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" •' ? •A •£ r** '->• f k"?**" v i'.jNwos of Rifle In the English official regolattons for 11898 It is stated that the mean extreme grange of the Lee-Metford bullet may be taken as about 3,500 yards, although, •with a strong wind, 3,700 yards have • "been observed. The bullets Kind their • way through joints of walls, unless the walls are made very fine and set in cement. About 150 rounds, concen­ trated on nearly the same spot at 200 Syards, will break a nine-inch brick Iwall. Rammed earth gives less pro­ jection than loose. When fired into Band the bullet is found to be always turned aside after it has entered a lit­ tle way. aw***' Victoria Getting Tonn; In view of the Queen's approaching TIS- it to the continent. Englishmen are OSJJJ- . .-.-ciallj" interested in her health. It is an­ nounced that her hearing has grown acute and her eyesight keener. Youthful fac­ ulties in old age depend upon the health. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cures indi­ gestion, constipation, biliousness, ner­ vousness, as well as malaria, fever and ague. THE- TONGA ISLANDS. HOW THEY CAME INTO ENGLISH POSSESSION. Cake of National Slfarp Practice and "Getting There First" -- Germ&or Wai About to Seize the Group, bnt Was Outwitted by the Native Kins. Making Trouble. *"Mamm& and I are not on speaking terras." "How distressing" "She went and told Harry that I trimmed all my own bats before We •were married." Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a godsend to me.-Wm. B. McCIellan, Chester, Fla., Sept. 17, 1895. Alfthough a man may acknowledge he has faults he seldom owns Up to those his friends accuse him of. "Pride Goeth "Before a Fa!L" Some proud people think they are strong, ridicule the idea, of disease, neglect health, let the Mood nun down, and stomach, kid­ neys and liver become deranged. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla and you •will prevent the fall and save your pride. ^ ImitaI THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par­ ties. The high standing of the CALI­ FORNIA Pifl SYHUP CO. with the medi­ cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty •of the excellence of its remedy. 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YThai would the world do without ink? Just think of it ! CARTER'S INK IS THE BE8T INK. Forty years experience In the making. Costs yM no more than poor luk. Why not have it? PENSIONS Trite Snt. OTAUSIX. P«atloa AgnVWtiMigtm, tA Set your Pesalss DOUBLE -C* QUICK I H S1Q MCinMJOHN w.noBBia. lldlUll Washington, ».c! Successfully Prosecutes Claims. .MaPiincioal Examiner XT S. Mansion BurMb yrm In civil war IS tulj udicat iug claims, atty eiuca Will pay for » 0-LINE advertisement (oar week* <n IOO high grade Illinoia newspapei-s--100.000 circulation per week guaranteed. Send for catalogue. Stan­ dard-Union. W8. Jaffsraoo St.Chioaco SORE tr|> Or liA^TfiOMRSOfb EYEWATER The details of the taking of the Tonga groups of Islands tinder the Brit­ ish flag have only recently been made public in this country, but there is a vein of humor running through the af­ fair thjit gives it a more^ tban usual •amount of Interest. The Tonga gro ferms a portion ands, and lsTocate<I a little nort tropic of Capricorn, between It and the Fiji arcliipelflgd, and ioutTnvest of Sa­ moa. While the Tongas are of no great commercial value, they form a hered­ itary monarchy, governed by a king and a legislative assembly, composed of thirty-one nobles and thirty-one rep­ resentatives elected by the people. Tills litle kingdom embraces three groups of islands--the Tonga, Haapai and Va van--covering an area of 374 square miles, with a population of 17,500, the capital being located at Tongatabu. The islands have several of the best harbors in the South Pacific. For years Germany has .been schem­ ing to get possession of Tonga. Last winter the German vice consul at Sa­ moa, Mr. Grune, arrived at Tonga and presented claims amounting to $100,: 000, as being due from the Tongans to German traders, and1 demanded their immediate payment, but as some of these claims were more than twenty years old the king repudiated them. When Mr. Grune found he could not secure the money for his claims he de­ parted with the official notification that within a few intfhths a German war vessel would arrive at Vou-Vou and enforce immediate payment, or, to case of further refusal, seize the islands. The consul had no soner departed than the king communicated with the British authorities at Sydney and the cruiser Tauranga was at once dis­ patched fo* Tonga, arriving early in December. The officer in command had a conference with the king, and after some three hours of debate the sover­ eignty of the entire group was trans­ ferred to Great Britain, the Tougan government remaining a dependency of the British crown. The captain of the Tauranga turned over to the king $125,- 000, and the next day tl^p British flag was raised with all necessary formali­ ties and great rejoicings on the part of the people. Great Britain guarantees peace and order to the islands, secures flexity of land tenures and additional rights to foreign settlers on the group. --Chicago News. 1 " • I II "i liw cn;st gradually sinks around him, forming a kind of basin 9ome yajrds across. Between 80,000 and 90,000 tons of aspbnltum is removed from $he lake annually.: vr' • . •* •' " " 1- • -V ' LAW AS INTERPRETED. A theosophical corporation is held. In New England Theosophical corporation vs. Boston (Mass.), 42 L. It. A. 281, to be neither a scientific, benevolent, nor charitable Institution, within the mean­ ing of a statute respecting taxation. A municipal corporation enforcing a valid ordinance for vaccination is heW, in Wyatt vs. Rome (Ga.) 42 L. R. A. J 180, to be exercising a governmental | ! function and therefore not liable for j E> any damages caused by Impure vaccine • I, matter. - n fiVVESfnGO Observations at the Blue Hill Observ­ atory showed that for several days be­ fore the great cold wave of February last, the high cirrus clouds, which at­ tain an elevation of about nine miles, moved with unusual velocity. On one day these clouds were flying at the rate of 1GG miles per hour. It is thought that measures of cloud motions will play an important part in weather pre­ dictions hereafter. Dr. D. G. Brinton calls attention to the rapid extinction of the Polynesian tribes Inhabiting the Pacific archipela­ goes. A hundred years ago the Hawai­ ian Islands were said to contain 400.000 native inhabitants; to-day they have scarcely 30,000. The same rapid dimin­ ution has occurred throughout Poly­ nesia, and is attributed mainly to lep­ rosy, tuberculosis and evil ways of living. *• The best way to prevent fog is the consumption of smoke and the removal of dust. Hot bodies repel dust by molecular bombardment; cold bodies attract it. For this reason furniture in a room with an open tire is less dusty than when the heating is done by a fur­ nace. A discharge of electricity also dispels dust. A thunderstorm clears the air, not only by the fall of heavy drops yf rain, but by the electrical dis­ turbance. The particles of dust are thrown down, and the germs falling into milk and other foods produce fer­ mentation. It is for this reason that when there is thunder in the air, it is bad keeping weather. According to the newspapers of San Francisco, that city is siuking into the sea. Surveys made by the city authori­ ties are said to have shown that the average rate of subsidence is two inch­ es a year. The engineers explain the phenomenon by the condition of the ground on which the city is built--sand mixed with decayed vegetable matter extending to a depth of at least sixty feet--and believe that the compression or escape of soil, this under the heavy load of buildings which have been placed on it, is sufficient to account for the' subsidence. Whether the spongy soil settles by compression or escapes into the sea remains to be determined. The director of the geological survey of India says there is abundant evi­ dence that the tenacity with which epi­ demics of the plague cling to particular localities, such as Bombay, is influ­ enced by. the geological formation of the underlying soil anil rock. Areas where trap and crystalline rocks exist seem to be especially adapted to the spread of the disease. The agency of rats in disseminating the plague is also regarded as proved. After the granaries at Bombay have been emptied, in the jrnjin export season, the plague imme­ diately spreads, because then the rats are compelled to scatter through the town in search of food. Recent descriptions of the great lake of liquid asphaltum, or bitumen, in the island of Trinidad, show that notwith­ standing the enormous quantity of the substance removed every year, the sup­ ply is undiminished. The lake covers about 100 acres, and is higher in the middle than at the edges. Near the center the black pitch is semi-liquid, but toward the sides a cru3t, Intersect­ ed with fissures, covers tbe surface, and on this crust a man can walk, al­ though when he stands Cor a time tbe An injunction against adding names to a political committee, or striking names therefrom, is refused in Kearns vs. Howley tPa.), 42 L. R. A, 235. on the ground that the committee has no prop­ erty rights. The fact that the law rec­ ognizes political parties and commit­ tees chosen at primary elections is not deemed sufficient to give the court any control over the acts of the committee. A curfew ordinance passed without express legislative authority, prohibit­ ing all persons under the age of 21 years from being on the streets or alleys of a city after 9 o'clock at night, unless accompanied by parent or guar­ dian, or in search of a physician, is held, in ex parte McCarver (Texas), 42 L. R. A. 5S7. to be void for unreason­ ableness and as an invasion of the per­ sonal liberty of citizens; Good faith in the valuation put upon property for which stock of a corpora­ tion ifc issued is all that is demanded in Kelly vs. Fourth of Jul}* Mining Com­ pany (Mont.), 42 L. R. A. (523, under a law which provides that stock may be issued for property to the amount of the value thereof. And this good faith is held to be such belief as a prudent and sensible business man would hold in the ordinary conduct of his business. The attempt of an executive commit­ tee to forestall the action of a party convention which it calls is held, in Hutchinson vs. Brown (Cal)., 42 L. R. A. 232, to be ineffectual, and the viola­ tion of their pledges or the1 sacrifice of party interests by members of the con­ vention in making a nomination or adopting a plan of fusion is held insuffi­ cient ground for refusing to file a cer­ tificate of nomination. A boulevard 150 feet wide, of which sixty f*et is graded, while the re­ mainder is occupied by grass plats and sidewalks, and which is under the con­ trol of park and boulevard commission­ ers. who constitute a city agency, is lield, iu Burridge vs. Detroit (Mich.), 42 L. 11. A. *584. to be a street, for the de­ fective condition of a sidewalk on which the municipality is liable as if the boulevard was under the direct control of the Common Council. POLITENESS Of Women to Women a* to £eats in * treet curs. If anythiug riles a woman, it is to have some younger woman get up and offer her a seat in a street car. This misplaced civility infers that the elder woman is to be considered on account of her age, when, in fact, there is little difference in years between the two. I witnessed a droll bit of comedy the otliev day iu a Brookline electric that makes me smile every time I think of it. The car was full, with several pas­ sengers standing, when in bounced a stout, well-preserved person, with white hair beautifully pompadoured. She was dressed in deep mourning, but a punch of violet in tl;e front of the coat gave a touch of "mitigation" to her grief, which was quite borne out by the merriment lurking in her mouth and eyes. The lady grasped a strap and looked out of the window. Then suddenly a young person sitting near, observing, perhaps, that no man in the car intended to offer his seat, rose and leaning forward touched the other ou the arm, saying: "Won't you have uly seat?" "Are you going to get outV" asked the standee. "No, ma'am," replied this tactless treature, "but you are older than I, and--But the sentence was never finished. If a glance could slay, tjiat young person would have fallen on the floor dead. "Thank you. When I am too old to stand up, I shall not enter a public con­ veyance." That was all. The junior woman slunk back into the seat, and some of the passengers tittered.--Cincinnati Enquirer. Quaint Prayers. A small farmer, an Eglisliman, old and devout, had a dozen cattle, two or three of which he lost by the cattle- disease then prevailing. A clergyman expressed his sympathy, and the aged man replied, "The Bible tells us that the cattle on a thousand hills are His, so when He wants any, He knows where to find 'em." Evidently the good farmer took pride in his small herd, and felt compliment­ ed by the death of two or three of them. The Rev. Newman Hall, from whose "Autobiagraphy" we have taken this quaint bit of piety, reports as quaint a prayer, uttered by an old, decrepit workman, whom he visited in an alms­ house. "We prayed together, and at my re­ quest, leaning back iu his easy chair, he prayed for me in terms I have never forgotten: 'God bless him! Make him like the candlestick--beaten gold.' Help him to say as the sailor when he rounds a dangerous point, "All is well!" If Thou make him useful Thou wilt give him trials; but it's grand cross-bear in* wlitn it's tied on wi' love!' " During our civil war there was a gr.'at dearth of cotton in the English manufacturing towns, and a quautity of inferior short fiber was imported from Surat in India. A mill-hand, pray­ ing at a prayer-meeting, said, "O Lord, stud us cotton! send us cotton! but no Surat, Lord!" Paris Barber Regulations. Parisian barbers are legaly com­ pelled to wash their hands after attend­ ing a customer and before waiting on another. They must also use only nickel-plated combs. Learn to avoid detail. It will help you when on the witness stand, and will often save embarrassment when yon are telling an innocent little rtory. SILVER TO BE THE IS$U$. Loatirill* Bpeakera Declare 10 to 1 la the 1900 Rattle Cry. That free silver at l(i to 1 will be the foremost issue in the Democratic national platform next year was declared positively by every speaker at the opening sessions of the Ohio Valley League of Bituetallic Clubs in Louisville. John P. Altgeld of Illinois, Congressman J. M. Robinson of Indiana, Flavins J. Van Vorkis ut' Indian­ apolis and James P. Tarvin of Kentucky, president of the league, addressed the del­ egates. Each insisted that silver must be kept to the front until .victory crowns the efforts of the bimetallists. Bryan senti- jaent was evident, many declaring him the only XP3B to lead the silver forces to success*, jgifd«uf QPx*-< --«* < •> • Txvo Meetings of the convention were held--one in the afternoon and the other in the evening. James P. Tarvin was the orator in the afternoon and John P. Alt­ geld in the evening. Both were plain in their speech. They were fur the Id to 1 plank without change as the great Issue for the Democratic party in 1900, and for Bryan as the candidate. The convention developed a movement to capture for Louisville the national Democratic convention next year. The prominent silver nien of the vicinity in or­ der to further the project asked the lead­ ers of the party present to support the Kentucky city and use their influence with the national committee, in the choice of the meeting place. A banquet to Judge Tarvin by the Young Men's Democratic Club was given at night, at which Mr. Bryan, John P. Altgeld and other distinguished men were present, and at which 300 plates were laid. Mr. Bryan responded to the toast, "The Democratic Party." Following Mr. Bry­ an Charles K. Wheeler of Kentucky re­ sponded to "The. American Army and Navy." David R, Murray of Kentucky responded to the toast, "Shall we retain the Philippines as a part of our permanent possessions?" Ex-Gov. John P. Altgeld of Illinois responded to the toast, "Gov­ ernment and Municipal Ownership of Public Franchises." Following Mr. Alt­ geld, George Fred Williams of Massachu­ setts responded to "The Mouejfof the Constitution." IOWA REGIMENT ATTACKED. Two Men Wounded Near Son Pcrnan* do-Macabebej Unlisted. The Filipino insurgents reo.eupied the lines iaround San Fernando, attacked the Iowa regiment's outposts and wounded two men. Captain French took the re­ mainder of the Twenty-second infantry to Canadaba, the insurgents having ap­ peared in considerable force thereabouts. Capt. Wren of the Seventeenth infantry has completed the enlistment of 100 na­ tive Macabebcs as scouts. The Macabeln.1 city of Panipanga, which was always loyal to Spain, is now loyal to the Ameri­ cans. They are always lighting Tagals, and now offer a regiment. By the reor­ ganization of troops, Gen. Lawton, with the First division, now commands the Ma­ nila defenses from Calooean to Pasay, while MacArthur commands all north of the headquarters to San Fernando. SIX PEOPLE DROWN AT TOLEDO Three Men and Three Wouien Perish Before Aid Keachea Them. Late Wednesday night six persons were drowned in the Maumee river abreast of the most frequented dock in Toledo, while hundreds of people listened to their cries for help. Shortly after the pleasure steam­ er Pastime passed down the sailors on board the State of New York heard cries for help coming from the river. The steamer's searchlight was brought into play, and it showed six persons--three men and three women--struggling in the water, but there was no trace of a boat. In a few minutes one of the steamer's lifeboats started to the rescue, but when it had covered half the distance the searchlight showed that all the struggling people had disappeared. iHEKT T.»ie«t. Col. Picquart's salary is $3.G0 • day. Carl Browne is preaching from Kansas pulpits. Gov. Stanley of Kansas smokes cubdb cigarettes. George Gould's chief delight is polo. He rides horseback every day. Amateur photography is the chief diver­ sion of the Princess of Wales. Neoslko, Mo., lias named its new public school in honor of Eugene Field. Joseph Hatton. the author and journal­ ist, takes a ten-mile walk every day. King Charles of Itoumania has publish­ ed his reminiscences in three volumes. In her youth Virginia Fair Vanderbrlt was passionately fond of playing marbles. Earl Rosslyn has followed the Earl of Warwick's example and incorporated him­ self. ltudyard Kipling is said to be the first poet who could afford to travel in a private car. Czarina Alix has become a solfcr, and will introduce the game at the Russian court. The JJucfeess-of-Sntherland is-WTiting a novel. She will give the proceeds to charity. Admiral Sampson weighs thirty pounds less than he did at the opening of the war with Spain. Collis P. Huntington says that the best way to become rich is not to talk during busiiless hours. M. Delcasse, French minister of foreign affairs, can speak all of the modern Euro­ pean languages. Siam's crown prince is a student at Har­ row, England. He is popular with his school fellows. Henri Becque, the French playwright, who died the other day, «moked on an average 200 cigarets a day. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who has just celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday, has a fortune of $10,000,000. For a while President McKinley smok­ ed a briar pipe, but found it as injurious in its effects as cigars were. Ian Maclaren has traveled 11,000 mile# in America, visited twenty-six States and lectured in fifty-eight cities. Franz Ebert, the Liliputian, was nat­ uralized in New York last week, when he foreswore allegiance to the Kaiser. Gen. Leonard Wood is partial to cigar­ ets, rarely smoking cigars, a fact which commends him to the Cubans in his prov- ince. President Loubet of France is some­ thing of a musician. His manners are simple and his conversation racy of the south. Senator Bate of Tennessee has taken t<( bicycle riding and is making a toup through the mountains of his State, where the wheel is still a novelty. Ex-Queen Natalie of Servia is writing an autobiographical noyel, in which her family troubles are to' be given to tin world in; the guise of fiction. FREE. lflndly inform your readers that for the next 30 days we will send a sample box of our wonderful 5 DROPS Salve free, which never fails to cure Piles, Ec­ zema, and all skin diseases; also old running and chronio sores. It is a IlijUJJw specificforPiles, and the only one in existence which gives in- stant relief an<? cures within a ***"" f e w days. Its effect is wonderful when applied to Bums, Scalds, Sunburn, Boils, Absjes-es, Scrofu­ lous Affections. Scalp Humors, Chafing Parts and Raw Surfaces Write to-day for a free sample of 5 DROPS Salve to the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Comoany, 160 to 1C4 E. Lake Street, Chicago^ 111". Grass Grown tn the Shade. From a Pennsylvania city comes an inquiry as to whether In order to grow grass in the shade it is necessary to use some particular seed, or whether the only cure is to cut some of the sur- rou^fMng trees aj.ul thus lighten the simile. A park expert says Uiat^grass tan be grown in shady places, provided good seed is u&ed and the soil is not sour. To settle the last question It is only necessary to take a piece of blue litmus paper, turn some of the soil and, after wetting it. place It on top of the paper for ten or fifteen minutes. If the paper turns red the soil is sour. The remedy for sour soil is from one to two bushels of lim:> per 1,000 square feet, according to the degree of redness shown on the paper by the test. To preserve a growth of grass close to large trees fertilization will be neces­ sary every year. A particular brand of seeds is also desirable, and on this point the advice of a" good seedsman had better be'taken.--St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Cool Reeorta of the North. The Popular Summer Tourist Route is the Grand Trunk Railway, reaching all the famous Summer resorts, including Pe- toskey, Mackinaw, St. Clair Springs--The Mtiskoka Lakes, Lake of Bays (High­ lands of Ontario), Niagara Falls, Thou­ sand Islands, Rapids of the St. Lawrence, White Mountains, Montreal, Saguenay river and the Seashore resorts' of the North Atlantic. Also Watkins Glen, (lien Summit, Atlantic City, Asbury Park and other popular resorts on and reached by the Lehigh Valley R. R. Vestibule Train Service. Copies of illustrated literature with full information as to p#tes, etc., will be sent on application to J, H. Burgis, City Pas­ senger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark street, corner Jackson boulevard, Chicago. Curious Chriatian Name. In the Canterbury Diocesan Gazette there is an interesting and authentic record of the use of the Acts of the Apostles as a Christian name. The en­ tries are iu the registers of Boughton- under-Blean. Actsnpostle, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Pegdeii, from Dunkirk, was baptized Aug. 2, 1795, and the burial of this Actsapostle Peg- deu, aged 70 years, took place Nov. 14, 1805. The name seems to have been abbreviated to Actsy, for the vicar of Bougliton has heard a parishioner speak of her uncle Actsy Pegden. Again, Acts of the Apostles, son of Richard and Phoebe Keunett, was bap­ tized at Bougliton church April, 1833. Supreme Court Sustains the Foot- Kase Trade Mark. Justice Laughltn, In Supreme Court, Buf­ falo, has ordered a periuuneut Injunction, with costs, and a full accounting of sales, to Issue against Paul B. Hudson, the manu­ facturer of the foot powder called "Dr. Clark's Foot Powder," and also against a retail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining them from making or selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, which Is declared. In the decision of the Court, an Imitation and infringement of "Foot-Ease," the powder to shake Into your shops for tired, aching feet, now so largely advertised and sola all over the country. Allen S. Olmsted, of LeBoly, N. Y., is the owner of the trade-mark "Foot-Ease," and he is the first Individual who ever ad­ vertised a foot pewder extensively over the country. He nih send a sample Free to any one who writes him for It. The decis­ ion In this ease upholds his trade-mark aitd renders all parties lluble who fraudulently attempt to profit by the •extensive "Foot- Ease" advertising. In placing apoa the mar­ ket a spurious and similar appearing prep­ aration, labeled and put up In envelopes aad boxes like Foot-Kase. Similar suits will be brought against others who are now Infrin­ ging on the Foot--Ease trade-mark and com­ mon law rights. Credited with a Smart Saying. Hearing of the grace and agility of a pretty Scotch lassie who danced the sword dance. Queen Victoria sent for her to dance liefore royalty and was greatly entertained. At the close of the brilliant performance the girl ad­ vanced and courtesied profoundly. "What can I do for you?" asked her Majesty. "Give me the head of Glad­ stone!" said the modern llerodlas. "I would gladly do that, my dear, but he lost it some years ago," retorted the Queen. A Study in Mechanics. The Deering Ideal Mower, made in Chicago, affords an interesting study in advanced machines, and is as prefect a machine as brain, brawn and money can build. It is furnished throughout with Deering Roller and Ball Bearings. The "Ideal" has a very wide truck and high wheels, insuring great stability and am­ ple traction. Its gears are light, strong and reliable. In this machine the amount of lost motion is so slight that the instant one of the mower wheels starts it com­ municates power to the crank shaft and knife, thus making it possible to start in heavy grass without backing. The knife may be removed in "fifteen seconds, sim­ ply by raising a latch. It is the only mow­ er on the market equipped with Ball Bearings of the bicycle pattern. Height and Genius. Here are a few statistics bearing on the question of height in its relation to genius. Tall men: Burke, 5 ft. 10 in.; Sir R. Burton, over (i ft.; Sir Walter Raleigh. 0 ft.; Peter the Great, G ft. 8 in.; Thackeray, 0 ft. 3 in.; Lincoln, 6 ft. 1 in.; George Washington. 0 ft. 3 in. Medium stature: Lord Beaconsfield, 5 ft. 9 in.; Byron, 5 ft. 8% in,; Voltaire, 5 ft. 7 in.; Wellington, 5 ft. 7 in. Short men: Balzac, 5 ft. 4 in.; Beethoven, 5 ft. 4 in.; Keats, 5 ft; Napoleom 5 ft.; Nelson, 5 ft. 4 in.; De Quincey, 5 ft. 3 in. Ask Your Friends About It. Your distressing cough can be cured. We know it because Kemp's Balsam with­ in the past few years has cured so many coughs and colds in this community. Its remarkable sale has been won entirely by its genuine merit. Ask some friend who has used it what ha thinks of Kemp's Balsam. There is no medicine so pure, none so effective. Large bottles 25c and 50c. Sample bottle free. Disappearance of an Island. Australian newspapers report the complete disappearance of Metis isl­ and, which as late as 1890 projected 150 feet above the ocean. Hail's Catarrh Curat (•taken internally. Price Is cants. Sheep's Wool as a Barometer. The wool on the back of a sheep hi a shepherd's barometer. The curliev the wool the finer will be the weather. PUNISHED THE DISTURBER. BevCnge of a Man Roused from Him Snnday Nap.. When an obstreperous peddler breaks up a Sunday afternoon nap It Is no great wonder that the sleeper feels like taking revenge! The London Telegraph tells of a miserly old bachelor who was roused from sweet dreams on a Sun­ day afternoon by a thundering "rat- tat!" at the street door. Being the only occupant of the hour>e, the bachelor hurried down two flights of stairs as fast as the decrepitude of age would allow, and threw open the dor, only to be assailed by t^ie cry, "Muffins! Want any muffins, sir?" For a few moments the irascible old gentleman stood staring at his inter­ rogator, dumb with rage; but on the question being repeated he fouhd his vorc£ "No, confound your impudence! I don't Want muffins, and Just get off my doorsteps before I kick you off! Di& turbing respectable citizens on a Sun­ day afternoon! Do you hear me? I don't want any muffius." The purveyor of Sabbath luxuries, af­ ter a last futile attempt to do business, walked sadly away, while the other gazed after him, immersed in thought. Suddenly, when the muffin man had got some two or three hundred yards down the hilly Toad, a brilliant inspira­ tion struck the old gentleman, and with a frantic "Hi!" and a wave of the hand, he summoned the man to return. Then, as the muffin man, perspiring, but happy in the thought of disposing of some of his wares, once more smil­ ingly stood before him. tlie old gentle­ man, tapping him solemnly on the chest, uttered the Impressive words, "Nor next Sunday!" and triumphantly marched Indoors. Unequal ed for lt» As a covering for walls and cdfflhpk there is nothing equal to Alabostfa*^ the celebrated product of the Aiabaa* 1 tine Company of Grand fiapids. It Is eminently healthful and econom-. i leal. Being porous, it permits ventlla-» jl tlon. In which It Is superior to wall pa» f V pers, which, besides, are often taJnted(' with poison. Tills makes Alabastin**; } unequal for use in sleeping room*. Too f much thought cannot be given to the! condition of the apartments In which ^ (^ we sleep, and they should be freed ut ^ much as possible from the germs of disease and death. By coating tha " 1 walls and ceilings of these rooms wltl* / J the pure Alabastine, this danger is ob- . | viated. There is nothing more pur»('i ,( and cleanly than this wall coating, the • base of which is a natural rock product r, that sets on the wall and hardens witlt age. Alabastine docs not rub or seal* off and requires no scraping before re* j tinting. There is absolutely no com- ,',\i parlson between the beautiful and dur» J able Alabastine and the dirty kal-. souilEtes and othei disease-engendering". J appliances of which the world is aovt" weary. It is the only preparation . which can be properly applied by th« householder himself. It is only neces*: sary to mix it with cold water. It !• then ready for use, and a child call brush it on. Alabastine is for sale by paint deal* ers, who, when requested, will giv* * -*J inquirers a card of tints, running fro nil. * white to twelve other beautiful color** / ^ Or this may be had, with a free copy • /'» their paper. "The Alabastine Era," b|T , . * . >ij> * i .>• V ' , '?> Try Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Alien's Foot-Ease. • It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures iugrowing nails, swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug­ gists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial pack­ age FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The Alabastine Era," bjf writing to the company. Purchaseri should refuse any offers of "something .just as good" as Alabastine. By insist^ ing on having Alabastine In packaged and properly labeled, they will get saf* isfactory results and beautiful walla. K Dramatic Kconomr. "Won't It be very expensive to serve an entire dinner in the play?" "No; I've fixed it so that the host will have apople,xy during the second course." Progress is the activity of to-day and fhe assurance of to-morrow.--Emerson. -- ' Envelopes Made of Silk. . « * ^ A French novelty is a silk envelope* ), The silk fabric is chemically stiffened^ .. < and a small piece of paper is pasted o*-7 the envelop^, for the address. The la» ^ ventor of the envelope is endeavoring to secure the permission of the. govern* " t-' meht to weave into the silk envelop# , „ the design of 10-centime postag* ? stamp, with ..the idea of selling the en­ velope during the Paris exposition. If the government consents the envelop# will be a real curiosity, and will b# very valuabe to postage stamp collect­ ors.--Philadelphia Record. Homer was a beggar. Mrs. Wlnslow's SOOTSIKO STBTT* for QilMril teething: sotteas the sums, reances infl»inm»ao% SUUTB pais, CUTM wind colic. V eeate » BOTTL*. WANTED.--Case of bad health that R-rP-A-Jta* Kt benefit. Send 5 cents to Rlpans Chemical C iw York, for 10 sample* and 1.000 teetiraonlals. M HAGGARD FACES m WOMEN "ANY young women are completely prostrated for A week out of every month by menstrual sufferings. The terrors of menstruation overshadow their whol# , lives. How needless this is in most cases is shown by th# thousands of grateful letters constantly coming to Mrs. Pink ham at Lynn, Mass., from women $he has helped. Miss JOIE SAUL, Dover, Mich.« writes as follows to Mrs. Pinkham: •*I suffered untold agony every month and could get no relief until I tried your medicine; your letter of ad­ vice and a few bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have made me 'the happiest woman alive, I shall bless you as long as I live." Miss ROSA HELDEN, 126 W* Cleveland Ave., Canton, writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-- Four years ago I had almost given up hope of ever be­ ing well again. I was afflicted with those dreadful headache spells which would sometimes last three or four days. Also had backache, bear­ ing-down pains, leucof* rhoea, dizziness, and terr|» , ble pains at monthly periods confining me to my bed. After reading so many testi­ monials for your medicine, I •' concluded to try it. 1 began to pick up after taking the first bottle, and have continued to gais ^ rapidly, and now fed like a different woman. y*1 I can recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compotmd in highest terms to all sick women." Pain leaves its mark. Faces become pale and thin. Fea­ tures grow sharp and haggard. The stamp of suffering is un­ mistakable. Write to Mrs. Pinkham for aid. Her experienoS is the widest in the world and her advice is free. OS t#.; . -S?! -- ,"t- " - 1 H '/j " 5 .•T Why is a Ten Dollar Bill Always Worth Ten Dollars?-- BECAUSE THS UNITEDSTATES4MEMNENT ' IS BEHIND IT. Why is a Deering Binder Always Worth What You Pay for It?-- BECAUSE THE DEERING IS BEHIND IT. The man who owns a Dc«rtag machine knows that lie has (till •aloe for liia money --knows It because the Deering guaranty a-- with every machine sold by theni. Deering Machines are as strong as the Deering claim, and that claim, in substance, is that Deering Grain and Grass Harvesting Machines will outclass all others in practical field performance at harvest time--that they will "clean up the crop" (I better than any other--that they are by all odds of lighter draft than any other--and that either" in the field or on the road they ars more conveniently handled than any other. -m Cp1 '/Hi S-# These are ctroiifr claims, bnt remember tbe Deering Harvester Company is behind them. PEERING HARVESTER CO., Chicago. S3aj'0ll!0!BE3aijG£D0!S0£D "Thoughtless Folks Have the Hardest Work, but Quick Witted People Use S A P O L I O .AILS. TataOool. Use I Best Cough Syrupi In time. Sold by 4r*fylrt>. LADIES! The Peri«dkmi Mootoly Rumlater never iaiis; irtM box bi mail. 91 UO X£w tUU CHilMK Al. CO.. 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