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1,340,000 CONSTANT WEARERS. SHOE BEST M TIIE WORLD. For U yearn thl* shoe,by merltJUone, hug distniieed all competitors. Indorsed by over 1,000.000 wearers as the beat In style, lit and durability of uny shoe ever offer­ ed at SS.OO. It is made in all the latext SHAPES "and styles nnd of every variety of leather. One dealer in a town Riven exclus­ ive sale nnd adver­ tised in locnl paper 0114-eccipt of reason­ able order. Write tor catalogue to CT. I- 1MIUGI.AS. Itrookion, Mass. ON A SCALE ' 1 " -MEAMS > GUARANTEED ACCURACY*-DURABILITY Xjowest Frioes. •JONES .... BIMCHAMTON, M. Y. X>p€KETKTNKT0SC0FI^.^m8PicUi7eT JL People act as If alive; New goods (our own nianu- laeturei now. ready., far superior to anything yet pro­ duced. Kissing scene, dancing girl. lovers' quarrel, prize tight. AgetU-s wanted. Sample LIY mall. 10 oents. THB EDISON lutmu&KJtPH Co.. 23 S. 8th St.Phlladeiahla.Pa. UK. TAFT'S A,STIIM.VI,K\E CURED NeverFail8- Sen3 yt ur; duress. We will mail a iria' b"ttle DR. TAFf BROS.. 45 Mm St.. Rochester. N Y. FREE S. N« 1/ No. 13 -97 linwi FIRMS f°rSaleoncr°Ppayment.*1 per] |iwf<n i niimu acre cash, balance crop ye arly J kpatd for. J. MulhalL Waukegan, III European Peanuts. Peanuts grow in large quantities on the northwest coast of Africa, but are known there as ground nuts.. They are dug up by the natives and bartered with the European traders for mer­ chandise, tobacco, etc., at many places on the Gambia Iiiver, and afterward shipped in steamer loads to European ports, principally to Marseilles. The nuts are not roasted for retail sale, as in this country, but crushed and a fine oil extracted, which is valuable com­ mercially. A Strange Freak of Nature. We hope to sell 1,000,000 packages Golden Rind Watermelon, the most wonderful freak of nature--smooth, shiny, yellow rind, crimson flesh, deli­ cious! It's sensational. Took 500 fi"st prizes in 1896. You must have it to ue in the swim. Melons go like wild fire at $1.00 apiece. We paid $300 for one melon! $100 prizes for earliest melon" -rripened in 1896 in 41 days. Lots of money made in earliest vegetables. Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty- five earliest sorts, postpaid, $1. Sent! This Notice ati-1 15 Cents for a Package of Golden Rind and wonder­ ful seed book, 140 big pages, to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. C. N. U. The First Thermometer. The first thermometer was made in 1621 by a Dutch physicist named Cor­ nelius Van Drebbell, and consisted of a tube filled with air closed.at its up­ per end and dipping at its other ex­ tremity, which was open, in a bottle of nitric acid diluted with water. As the temperature rose or fell the air in the tube increased or grew less in volume, and consequently the liquid descended or rose. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OK TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY. I SS- FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the senior partner of tlu; firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Tol«lo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay tlie sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pres­ ence. this 0th day of December, A. D. 1880. SEAL A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public. Hairs Catarrh Ciire is taken internally, and acts directly on the bloOd and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. t^~Sold by Druggists, 75c. Greatness of the Danube. The Danube flows through countries In which fifty-two languages and dia­ lects are spoken. It is 2,000 miles in length, and bears on its current, four- fifths of the commerce of Eastern Eu­ rope. No-to-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac regulate or remove your desire f..r tobacej? Saves money. make; health and ra nhood. Ourj guar.tn.eed. boc and $1. all druggists. In Kansas whole sections Mof land have suddenly disappeared, leaving only fathomless lakelets to mark their location. Whiskers thnt are prematurely gray or faded should be colored to prevent the look of age, and Buckingham's Dye ex­ cels all others in coloring brown or black. CAUTION TO MOTHERS. Be Careful of Your Daughter's Health While in Her Teens. From the New Era, Greensbura, Tnd. A. peculiar case was reported to this paper regarding Miss Mattie, the 13- year-old daughter of James Everett, edit­ or of the Dearborn Independent. The re­ porter called at the home of Mrs. Everett in Aurora, Ind., to learn the particulars. Mrs. Everett said: '-'Our daughter has not been strong since her siege with the fever two years ago. She didn't fully re- cover, and was just entering a delicate- age. She become all run down, her blood got oiMt of order, and she was almost con­ tinually troubled with sick headache. She studied hard, being so ambitious, but finally became so bad she could not study, and we were compelled to keep her from school. We doctored with her for a long time, trying all remedies, but she failed to improve. "Mrs. Mary Groves, of Jonesboro, was visiting a neighbor and learned of our daughter's case. She became interested and advised us to get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for her, as her son had been cured by their use. We at once procured the medicine; the first few doses helped her, 'and after taking them for a time she was greatly benefited, and was able to return to her studies at "school. Her energy is returned, her blood is in good condition, and she feels much stronger. She has not been troubled with headache since she took the first half box, and is now using the last of the second box. We feel very grateful to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and are confident that they, and they alone, restored Mattie to her former health." , , Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo­ ple contain, in a Condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shat-1 tered nerves. They are also a specific for! troubles peculiar to females, such as sup-, pressions, irregularities and all, forms of; weakness. They build up the blood and; restore the glow of health to pale and sal-* low cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental wor-; ry, overwork or excesses of whatever na­ ture. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose br.lk) at 50 cents a box or six box­ es for $2.50, and may'be had of nil drug-, gists, or direct by mail from Dr. Will ams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Would Adapt Him. A theatrical manager had considera­ ble trouble with his star actor, who was constantly meeting with accidents or falling sick. One day, as the story! goes, the star was. hurt in a boiler ex-j plosion. When the manager heard of it lie remarked to his agent: "I am sick of this sort of thing. Advertise him. as usual, and add that we intend bringing out a new piece, in which the great star, Mr. D----, will appear in several, parts." Merit Wins. The invention of Alabastine marked a new era in wall coatings, and from the standpoint of the building owner was a most important discovery. It has -front, a small beginning branched out into every country of the civilized world. The name "kalsomine" has become so offensive to property owners that manufacturers of cheap kalsomine preparations are now casing them by some other name, and at­ tempting to sell on the Alabastine com­ pany's reputation. Through extensive advertising and per­ sonal use, the merits of the durable Ala­ bastine are so thoroughly known that the people insist on getting these goods and will take no chance of spoiling their walls for a possible saving of at the most but a few cents. Thus it is again demonstrated that merit wins, and that manufacturers of first-class articles will be supported'by the people. „ The Joke Was On Tbem. Having summoned his friends and neighbors to an outdoor beef roast, a Greensbury Point (Md.) doctor, after his beef had b^en praised, informed his guests that he had fed them on an eight-month-old colt to dispel prejudice. CASCARKTS stimu.ate 'tver, kidneys and bowels. Nev­ er Kickeu. weaken or gripe. 10c. Largest in the World. The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New llaveu, Ct.. are the largest manu­ facturers of repeating rifles, repeating shot gnus, single shot rifles and ammuni­ tion in the world. From a small begin­ ning this famous company has pained the enviable position it now holds through the unequalled excellence of its gmis and ammunition. Winchester goods are far superior in every way to any others on the market, as all who have used them will testify. In most parts of the world to shoot means to use a Winchester, and to use a Winchester gun means to shoot Winchester ammunition, for the best re­ sults are always obtained by the com­ bination of Winchester guns and Win­ chester ammunition. This company sends a large Illustrated catalogue free upon request. Interested in the Concern. -- "I hear that Jigson holds quite a re­ sponsible position, and that lie is finan­ cially interested iu the concern lie is with." "Yes; they owe him six months' sal­ ary."--Judy. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. There are 300 mountains In the Uni­ ted States which have a height exceed­ ing ten thousand feet. The greatest number is in Colorado and Utah.. Use Instead of unwholesome cosmetics. CHenn'B Sul­ phur •-oau, which purines and beautifies the Skin. Hill s Hair and Whisker Dye. black or brown. 50c. The world's creed is. "He Is the best man who wears the best coat." • _ We will forfeit $1,000 if any of our pub­ lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PISO CO., Warren. Pa. A W0MAFS BODY. What Ita Neglect Leads to. 3YEt3. Oha3, Kong's Experience. A woman's body is the repository of th » most delicate mechanism in the whole realm of creation, and yet most women will let it get out of order and keep out of order, just as if it were of no consequence. Their backs ache and heads throb and burn; they have wandering pains, now here and now there. They experience extreme lassitude, that don't-care and want-to-be-left-alone feeling, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleepless­ ness and the blues, yet they will go about their work until they can scarcely stand on their poor swollen feet, and do nothing to help themselves. SJhese are the positive fore-runners of serious womb complications, and unless given immediate attention will result in untold misery, if not death. - Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will, beyond the question of a doubt, relieve all this trouble before it becomes serious, and it has cured many after their troubles had beeome chronic. The Compoundi should be taken immediately upon the appearance of any of these symptoms above enumerated. It is a vegetable tonic which invigorates and stimulates the entire female organism, and will produce the same bene­ ficial results in the case of any sick woman as it did with Mas. CHAS. KING, 1815 Bosewood St., Philadelphia, Pa., whose letter we attach: " I write these, few lines, thanking you for restoring my health. For twelve years 1 suffered with pains impossible to describe. I had bearing-down feelings, backache, burning sensation in my stomach, chills, headache, and always had black specks before my eyes. I was afraid to stay alone, for I sometimes had four and five fainting spells a day. I had several doctors and tried many pat­ ent medicines. Two yqars ago I. was so bad that I had to go to bed and have a trained :,nurse. Through her, I commenced to take- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I never had anything give me the relief that it has. Z have taken eight bottles, and am now enjoying the best of health-agaia. I «>,« truthfully say it has cured mo." - A1811 Aerial Travel. Prof. S. P. Langleyis Reporte3 as say­ ing in a recent interview that, having proved both theoretically and practical­ ly that machines can be made to travel through tlie air, If he had the time atid money to spend, he believed he could ifiake one "on a scale such as would demonstrate to the world that a large passenger-carrying flying machine can be a commercial as well as a scientific swfeess." Dnnger from Wall Paper. It was formerly supposed that the reason why wall papers, containing ar­ senic were dangerous to health was be­ cause ars&netted hydrogen was formed through the action of mold upon the pa per, and then, given off in the air of the room. Recent experiments in Ger­ many, however, seem to show that the danger really arises from particles of dust preceding from the paper. It is said that at present few wall-papers containing arsenic are manufactured. Guarding a Coast by Klectricity. A correspondent of Nature suggests that a long coast4ine may be rendered safe to ships in foggy weather by means of an electric cable lying ten tulles offshore, and parallel with the coast, in about fifty fathoms of water. When ever an iron ship approached within 200 yards of the cable, he says, an electric detector on board the vessel would give the alarm In support of the suggestion he asserts that messages sent along an electric cable lying on the sea-bottom have been read, with suita­ ble apparatus, ou a ship floating above the cable. More Monsters Of Olden Times. The fossil remains of an apparently new species of the ancient reptile named by geologists the "mosasaur" have just been discovered in the chalk- beds of Northern France. These rep­ tiles, which became extinct ages ago. were of enormous size, some being sev­ enty or more feet iu length. They had comparatively slender bodies, like a snake, paddles like a whale, and some of the characteristic features of a liz­ ard. They were-especially abimdant In America, and their remains have been fonud in New Jersey and in the States bordering the Gulf of Mexico, as well as west of the Mississippi River. A Vanished River's Track. * Explorations made last .autumn brought to light many interestteg facts about what is known to geologists as the "Nipissing-Mattawa River." This is believed to have been the ancient outlet for the Great Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior before their wa­ ters began to flow through Lake Efie. The old river bed was traced, in the Canadian province of Ontario, from Lake Nipissing, near the northern part of Georgian Bay, to the valley of the Ottawa River. At one place the site of an ancient cataract wasi discovered, and reason was found for believlug that the size of the vanished river was very similar to that of the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, through which the Great Lakes now have their outlet. shapes of huge, ungainly animals and reptifes of enormous proportions. The fogs and mists are driven across these waters by the winds, and, as the objects referred to loom up in the fly^ ing vapors, they appear like living crea­ tures, and seem to be actually moving rapidly across the plain. At other times they appear high in the air, but this is a characteristic of the northern mirages that are seen near the seashore. When the vapors aud mists are driven out to sea the Images mirrored in them ap­ pear to be lunging through the waters at a terrific rate of speed, dashing the spray high in the air, while huge tweak­ ers roll over them and onward toward the yiountainous islands beyond," and against which they all appear to be dashing. Monstrous serpents, apparently sev­ eral hundred feet long, sometimes with riders on their backs, men on horse­ back thirty to fifty feet in height, ani­ mals and birds of all kinds of horrible shapes and colors, seem to be scurrying past, racing, and chasing each other, until they are lost in twilight fogs or dashed to pieces upon the rocky islands mentioned above, aud which are twenty miles out afc sea. Lajiag Down the Law. . "Some years ago," said the Professor, "I bought a tract of land in Southern Missouri. I took the pains to have it investigated in advance and had satis­ factory assurance that the low liin^s were fertile while the hills were full of iron, coal and some minerals even more valuable. I also learned that there were a lot of squatters on the premises, but my own regard for law was so high that I anticipated no trouble in having them- vacate. "Armed with a deed, and nothing more formidable, I went down to take possession and put things in such shape as to insure a revenue. When I had explained my purpose to two ot* three of the squatters whom I happened to come upon fishing in one of my streams, they entered no protest, but looked at one another and said I had better see Spud Deariug, as he was the man they had chosen to do the business of the colony. I tried to impress them with the fact that there was really no busi­ ness to be done. They were trespass­ ers, tlie property was mine, and they would have to leave. They made no sign as to the merits of the question, but told me to see Spud. 'He warn't no eddieated Iaw'er, but he knowed his bus'ness.' " 'Howdy,' was Spud's salutation when I found him arguing with a mule that wanted to go toward home while Spud wanted to travel a mile out of the way iu order to visit a still. "I hearn you bought this place,' he announced with startling promptness. 'Weuns kim iu here au' opened up lan' an' rais­ ed truck and r'ared our fam'lies an' 'stablished a buryin' groun' an' made all our 'rangements ter live an' die here. It's too late ter change our plans. Btit they hain't nuthin' mean 'bout us fellers. I 'tend tec bus'ness fur all of 'em an' it won't 'tain you moren's three minutes. You k!n come in here an raise crops an' dig in yer mines, but we mus' have th' cabins an' th' little patch­ es we's got au' stay here. Nobody else kin bother you. That's th' law an' th' rest of it is that ef you don't agree you"ll be planted right here on yer own lan'.' "I agreed, and never made a better bargain. I don't miss what Spud and his colony take and ihey see to it faith­ fully that no one else takes anything." --Detroit Free Press. Liquid Crystal. Among the minor wonders of mod­ ern chemical discovery are Doctor Lehman's "liquid crystals." Recently Professor Miens, of the Royal Society, has been experimenting with some of these curious substances, and he finds that when "azoxyphenol" crystals are warmed on a microscopic slide they un­ dergo a sudden transformation from the solid to the liquid condition on reaching a temperature of 134 degrees. Yet, having become liquid, the sub­ stance nevertheless retains the form of crystals, and these remarkable crys­ tals possess the property of double re­ fraction. If heated up to 105 degrees, the substance undergoes another change, and loses its double refrac- tivity. Is It an Ancient Alphabet? Monsieur Piette has made some re­ markable discoveries in a cave at Le Mas-d'Azil, in Southern France, near the Pyrenees. This cave, shaped like a tunnel, was evidently inhabited in very ancient days by the race of peo­ ple called the "cave-dwellers" who lived in the Neolithic, or Later Stone, age. They left a great number of ob­ long and flattened pebbles on which they had painted curious figures and devices with peroxide of iron. Some of the pebbles contain only dots, or stripes, which, the discoverer thinks, may have been symbols for numbers. Others bear devices having some re­ semblance to alphabetic characters. One pebble has painted upon it the singular row of figures here represented, and Monsieur Piette does not hesitate to suggest that some of these designs are possibly phonetic symbols, which had a definite mean­ ing to the inhabitants of the cave. A writer in Nature, reviewing Monsieur Piette's "astonishing ° discoveries," makes an additional suggestion. "As­ suming these markings to be syllabic signs," he says, "can it be possible that these pebbles were employed in build­ ing up words and sentences, much as children use boxes of letters?" Mirage in Alaska. The most wonderful mirages ever be­ held by mortal eyes are those that are seen in the twilight winter days in northern Alaska. Those remarkably ghastly pictures of things, both imagin­ ary and real, are mirrored on the sur­ face of the waste plains Instead of upon the clouds or in the atmosphere, says a correspondent of the St. Louis Repub­ lic. Mimic lakes and water courses fringed with vegetation are to be seen pictured as real as life on the surface of the snow, while grassy mounds, Btumps, trees, logs, etc., which have an actual existence some place on the earth's surface, are outlined against mountains of snow la all kinds of fan­ tastic shapes. Some of these objects tre distorted ind magnified iiito the GIANTESS OF THE SEA. Eugene Field's Devotion. Children lost a devoted lover when Eugene Field passed away. But his devotion to his wife was of the complet­ ed; in all the world she was-the woman he loved, and he never wished to be away from her. In one of his scrap books, under her picture, are written these lines: You are as fair and sweet and tender, Dear brown-eyed little sweetheart mine! As when a callow youth and slender, I asked to be your valentine. Often she accompanied him on his readings. One summer it happened that they went together to St. Joe, Mo., the home of Mrs. Field's girlhood. Ou their arrival Mrs. Field's friends took possession of her and carried her off to a lunch party, where it was arranged that Mr. Field should join her later. But he, left alone, was swept by his thoughts back to the time when, a youth of twenty-one, he had here paid court to the woman now his wife, then a girl of sixteen; and so affected was he by these memories that, instead of going to the- lunch party, he took a carriage, and all alone drove to the places where he and she had been wont to visit in the happy time of their love making, espe­ cially to a certain lover's lane where they had taken many a walk together. Considerate. "You say," remarked the debonaire debtor, "that I am owing more money than anybody else that your firm have on their books?" "Yes, sir," replied the collector.' "And that I am about the only per­ son with whom they have trouble iu getting their money?" "That's what they told me." "Young man, I like your looks and I like your manner, and I'm going to be a friend to you. I hate to have that debt knocking around my accounts, but foi- your sake I'll put up with it. If I were to pay up, the chances are ten to one that your firm would find collec­ tions so easy that they would discharge you, and then I should never forgive myself." Value of the Swallow. The food of the swallow is composed of insects alone, and the number these birds destroy In a single summer is incalculable. They are in summer on the wing for fully sixteen hours dur­ ing the day, and the greater part of the time making havoc among the millions of insects which Infest the air. Cheap Books in England. The cheapening of literature in En­ gland has resulted in the production of books creditably printed and sold for a penny. Dickens, Scott, Goldsmith, Lyt- ton and other standard authors, bound in stiff <fovers, are now procurable in this series. You rare no doubt punished a great deal, but here. Is ^something worth thinking about; you do most(of It your­ self. ' - A widower is saved^from a second marriage by* his daughters as Often as "the wheat is saved by the snow. Bicsrest of Steamers to Be Next January. The largest steamship ever built-- greater even than the famous Great Eastern, until now the "largest ship- will be launched at Belfast next Jan­ uary. It will fly the flag of the White Star Line, and will be placed in the New Yoiic and Liverpool sen-ice. The shipbuilding firm of Harlan & Wolff has been commissioned to build this" modern giantess of the seas. The fem­ inine form of the noun is used to desig­ nate the ship, because Rudyard Kip­ ling, who is ah authority on all such things, has said, 'The liner, she's a lady--the man-o'-war's her husband," and this ship, not being an engine of destruction, -but intended to carry pas­ sengers and the mails, why, she's a lady, and a most colossal lady. Over an eighth of a mile in length will be this giantess. To be exact, she will have a length over all of 704 feet-- twenty-five feet longer than the Great Eastern, which, after performing tlie historic service of laying the Atlantic cable, retired because its proportions made it unwieldy. The Oceanic--that is to be the name of the new greatest ship--will be sixty- five feet longer than any vessel now afloat or in process of construction, and, with the knowledge gained since the Grea t , Eastern was Wilt, she will not be unwieldy. She is to be a twin screw steamer, and while she will be fast enough, speed Itself will be sulP ordinated to the comfort of passeugers. S. Tenney French, the general West­ ern agent of the White Star Line, said regarding the new steamship: 'The time has arrived wrhen circumstances necessitate another step forward in the means of oceanic transportation, and Isrnay, Imrie & Co. have authorized Harlan & Wolff, who have built all the White Star steamers, to build, for the LiveiTiool and New York service, a twin screw mail and passenger steam­ er, in which extreme speed is afaiu to be subordinated to the comfort and convenience of passengers of all class­ es. In her internal arrangements the vessel will be an enlarged reproduction of the Teutonic and Majestic, except in so far as improvements may have sug­ gested themselves in the size aud fit­ tings of tlie rooms, and which may be rendered practicable by increased di­ mensions. Although a much higher sea speed than now contemplated is quite practicable, from an engineering point of view, it has been determined, as far as possible, to aim at a regular Wednesday morning arrival, both in New York -and in Liverpool, making the Irish land and Queenstown by day­ light and enabling passengers who may be traveling to places beyond the port of arrival to proceed to, and in the majority of eases reach their destina­ tion with comfort during the day. "It is expeeted the steamer will be launched In January next. Her com­ pletion will mark another step in ad­ vance in the history of ocean traveling. An auspicious revival of an old and favorite name has been determined on, as she is to be called the Oceanic, after the pioneer vessel of the company, in which steamer, it will be remembered, were introduced for the first time many Improvements then regarded as crlt- iclsable luxuries, but which the trav­ eler of to-day takes as a matter-of course and as essential in oeedn travel. "It is interesting to note that this ves­ sel which we are sure will long be re­ membered as liaving done so much to make the passage of the stormy west­ ern ocean more comfortable in every way, has only recently been with­ drawn, after completing a most suc­ cessful career of more than a quarter of a century in the service of the pub­ lic and of the White Star Line."--Chi­ cago Times-Herald. Sailing Under False Colors. "Yes," admitted the jolly looking man with full face and rotuud figure, "I have a nice position here, the house pays me well and it looks as though I was fixed for life, but I was prett/well discouraged when I fell Into this good thing. In fact I had concluded that the world had decided to put me on the shelf as superannuated." "Why, man, you're just in your prime." » 'So I think, and it's true. But I'm go­ ing to let you iato a secret just for your own good. Get permanently fixed in your life work before your hair turns gray. When I came here I was as white at the top as a badger. Physi­ cally and mentally I was as 6trong as I ever was. I knew my business thor­ oughly and was progressive In all my Ideas. No man could carry better rec­ ommendations, but when I presented them and myself, the man whom I asked for employment looked at my hair and took soiue polite method of letting me know that my services were not available. I had gone almost through the list of firms to be seen when I decided-that my only hope lay in^strategy. "Going to a barber shop, I had my hair dyed blacker than it ever was be­ fore. Then I called on my present em­ ployers and was snapped up as though I were a good thing. I looked vigorous and full of a day's work. I've been with them seven years and you see that my hair is still a glossy black. That's the way it's going to stay as long as I can pay my barber bills. To put it plainly, Pm here in partial dis- gtilse and under false pretenses. But there Is compensation in knowing that the house keeps raising my salary and wouldn't trade me off for any one else, especially any gray-haired old codger. --Detroit Free Press. Too Honest. Clerk--Sir, I have joined the church." Grocer--Right glad to hear it; I've been a member of some years. It's a splendid thing and--" "Yes, sir; and you will get some other clerk to sell those pure spices now?"-- Adams Freeman. - ^ The Risrht Place. "I shall apply for a divorce. He Is treating me like a„dog and he makes me work like a horse." "Well, then you should make your complaint to the -Society for the Pro-* teotion of Animals and not to the courts."--L'llluatre de Poehe. Bagpipes for Soldiers. Six sets of bagpipes have been or­ dered for a French regiment. The First Watch. » ! At first the watch was about the size of a desert-plate. It had weights, and was used as a "pocket clocks" The ear­ liest known use of the modern riame occurs In "the record of 1552, which mentiofas that fidward VI. had "one latum or waftjh of iron, the, case being likewise plum­ mets of lead." The first watches may readily be supposed toVrhaye been of rude execution.- The firstf-great im­ provement, the substituttyMVPf springs for weights, wajs. ip IpSO. "ine earliest springs were not coiled, , but only straight p.iecesr.of ^ee^ JfiE^ly watches had only oho Wnd, an$, rbeing wound up twice a d-Ay, they could not be ex­ pected to keep time nearer than fifteen * v--i , the back .iHit' front.' and were four or five Inches 'diameter; A plain watch cost tlie eqVtiyaleht 6r $1,600 in our cur­ rency. and? imef ekie' "was ordered it took a year t!c>' ra&fci; it,; > V . v :'.iivnny< •:>:. ir -• Waiter (kahdin£ <Lfnele Zeke the bill of fare)--Hew? ydti fare, sir. Uncle Zeke--Just >-,fifeep '<you<f paper, young man; I dotf^keerSbout teadin' till after dinner.--Washington Times. jr>, v -- r- KOIJ.•<* .. •:--»'•: $ • - On,, Time, cessitybythe Medicine impure condition of .the blood after win­ ters hearty foods and breathing vitiated air in home, office^ schoolroom or shop. When weak, thin or impure, the blood; cannot nourish the body as it should. The demand for cleansing; and invigo­ rating is grandly met bjr Hood's Sarsa- parilla, which gives the blood just the quality and vitality needed to maintain health, properly digest food, build up and steady the nerves and overcome that tired feeling. It is the ideal Spring Medicine. Get only S Sarsaparilla The One Trns Blood Purifier Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills ScuS. which experience indicated ;as, supplying the req.tiisUe sttsiiulhtlon io'the of"--~ exciting theflil '^m<MetXer7e organs without , e Stomach Bit-, ters. l>oa't delay; .kidney Inaction and dis­ eases are not far apart. For fever and ague, dyspepsia, constipation^ 'rheutbatlsm and nerve debility, also, use the fitters. You can put into a minute of rime only just so'Jmueh manual labor, but you can add to the same minute thought and love. •••>"' ." «, - THAT SPLENDID COFFEE. Mr. Goodman, Williams County, I1L, writes us: "From one package Salzer's German Coffee Berry I grew 300 pounds of better coffee than I can buy In stores at 30 cents a pound." A package of this and big seed cata­ logue is sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., ripon receipt of 15 6tamps and this notice. - C. N. Goodness, like the River Nile, over­ flows its banks to enrich the soil and to throw plenty Into the country. Lane's family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In or­ der to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. The Best Saddle Coat. Keeps both rider and saddle per­ fectly dry in the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint Ask for 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker- it is entirely new. If not for sale in '5 your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. Every lie has other sins hiding be­ hind it Mrs. Winslow's BOOTHRSO STROP for Children teething: sottens the jcunis, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. WHXN bilious or costive, eat a Cascarat, candy ca­ thartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c. JVST try a 10c box or Cascarets, candy cathartic, fin­ est liver and bowel regulator made. ^QUARTER OF CKSTtTRY OLD. sWÔ GWATERPROOF,̂ ̂ No RUST nor RATTfiK. Outlasf fin or iron. A Durable Substitute for Plaster on walla. Water Proof sheathing of same material, tha beet A cheapest in the market.Wri to for samples,etc. The FAY MANILLA B00F1XG CO.,CAJiDfcN,N.J. A bonkle , handsomely illustrated, describing Nebraska, her iarms and tlie opportunities there lor voting men and farm reiiters to tecome farm owners. Mailed without charge on apolication to P. S. EUSTIS, General Paten­ ter Acent, C. B. & Q. JR.. It., ChViago, IU. FREE • -*n C p Send 5 cts. to cover postage f--< lY and packingr, and receive a „ thlsmainifloentSolidUolied Gold Imitation Diamond Pin for iady _____or crent. Only one sent to any one rer- HWBCB son. Also oar 100-page catalogue of noTeities and ladies' wearing apparel, v. K. Dnachaea Jb Co., 30 East Uth St., New York City. gnaws FINISHES 10* 25* 50* pie and booklet free. NDY CATHARTIC CURE CONSTIPATION TE T ALL DRUGGISTS to en re any case of constipation. Cascarets ax1 the Ideal lua-i tire, aever grip or pipe, but cause easy natural results, 6amh LING BKJIEDT CO., Chicago, Montreal, Can., or Kerr York. ui.| "IF FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY The doable eagle; In gold, is 1 7-20ths ot ail Inch in diameter. , r A journeyman barber in Cincinnati, a specially intelligent man and . a favorite with his patrons, says of RIPANS Tabules " I want to say that for eight months I have taken three a day, and have not been to see a doctor once since I commenced to take them. Before I would have to have a big tube put down my throat and have my stomach flushed (I believe that is what they call it) three times every week by a doctor that charged me 50 cents for every time. Of course, that gave me relief, but the trouble always came back ̂ again, and I can tell you it was no fan to be pumped out about every two days. The doctor said I had catarrh of the stomach. Whatever it was, it don't bother me now." For four years I was troubled, so that I used to lose about three days out of every month." When this barber observes that a customer has a feverish breath, he occasionally presents him with a Tabule, and if taken it removes the difficulty forthwith. \ iiiiap MURTONII BURTON is ofien made proflt- . lees by a poor patent, and advice on Amen­ de foreign patents I UtUXir. | Bid;., l hl«ro. Ill • \ M I D c a n o w n a H O B U S w t t h t h e m o n e y y o a vf KB 1 1 pay out In rents. Write for Catalogue. • ^ ̂ Bigger & Janes, la Clede, Mo. rial to5U CURE YOURSEtF* I •.for unoati- ol tnaaadnatK.us, i imUlwha or ulcer*tiozia Ot mucolli niambrattea. r ; r------•--_ Painless, and no* astrio. |lTHEE**KSCH£l»IMtBo. sent or poisonous. \cmcui<*n.o.c^J sou «»y Prmuu. or sent la plain wrapper, by eapress. prepaid, fog or 3 botuiirii-S. „ 1/ tw^la aulnut. [Pr»T«au cunft, •I.®, or; Circular N N. U. NO. IS *1 * to n«nUoa this paper. Ad tdkaow what mertfamtp tall per Own few*•