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economy. 647 NOW USE "She ought to. according to the laws of the game. Then he was to take hold of her hand and ask if she would make life all fair weather for him--and so on." "Aud, then?" "Oh! he'd be able to go on from there. He's not a fool, you know, really. He's a very fine fellow, as a matter of faet." "Did he do it?" "I expect so. Anyhow, he came baclc beaming like a sunflower, and threw up his hat When he saw me at the window; so I concluded they'd settled it." I chuckled. "So that is humor!" Arabella strolled over to the window, and her lips quiv­ ered as if I had hurt her. "Why, whatever is the matter. Bell?" "I call it mean--horrid--cruel," she cried, stamping her little foot angrily, "10 make game of a man when he's in rove. I don't see that it's a subject for humor at all." "But, my dear Bell 1" "Miss Murison, if you please." And we had always been such chums! ".I think that if humor is making ridi­ cule of the most sacred thing in life, one is better without it,",, she continu- ued. . "But I do not ridicule it, Bell. There was an element of humor in the case, all the. same."• " .. .' ; - , Arabella twisted... her handkerchief round her fingers. Did she think that I Iliad no serious affection for her, I wondered?- Perhaps I had better tell her. . .• - '"Let me tell you something serious. Boll," 1 said, going close up to her. But she suddenly interrupted. "You do not know her name?" "No. But if you want to know I'll " "I know," _ She turned upon me with her eyes Hashing. "And I know that she is a very proud and happy girl." Good heaveus! "So perhaps we had better close the subject," she said. 1 felt as if the room was going round me. I had made a pet of her from the time she was 10, and I thought that she and all the family un­ derstood that I was only waiting for my promotion this year. But she must never know now, or she would be so grieved for me--for a very kind-hearted little soul is pretty Arabella. "Well, my dear," said I. slowly, "I didn't think it was you, I confess. But Ted's a good fellow--almost good enough for you, even--and I congratu­ late you." I spoke so unsteadily that she must almost have noticed it, so 1 tried to laugh it off. "When you were a little girl, you know, you promised t6 be my sweetheart, so 1 feel a bit jeal­ ous"--I felt nearly mad, to tell the truth. "Perhaps the best amends I can make is to ask you to choose your own present. A piano--or a necklace and bracelets--or anything you like." Well, well--dear me! I couldn't pretend cheerfulness much longer. I must be off. "God bless you. little Bell!" said I. "He's a lucky fellow." And I made for the door. Just as I was taking my hat she rush- ed down the stairs in her most reckless fashion, and ran right into me, so that I had to catch hold of her. "I believe I have a sense of humor." she said breathlessly; "It was young .Sis he projiosed to--not me. Hadn't you bet­ ter go and offer lier the piano?" It was Ted and Sis who caught us ten minutes later, and my arm was round Arabella's waist.--Black and White. THE MOUNTAIN MAID. 5he Had a Natural Anxiety and Phe Sought to Allay It. v As my horse, puffing like a porpoise, drew me and my buckboard up the last sharp acclivity of the mountain • road that led out into the pass between the summits rising on either hand, he would have exercised his privilege and stopped a moment to blow, but a hun­ dred yards ahead of us I saw a bright bit of calico gleaming In the morning sun, and driving on I came up to a buxom mountain maid sitting on £ stump at a point where a footpath, leading up from the valley, met the main road, says a traveler. - "Good morning," she said, before I had a chance to stop, and there seemed to be an anxious tone in the voice. "Good morning," I responded, and I was on the point of asking her how far it was to the next place, a favorite manner of starting a conversation on mountain roads, when she broke in. "Air you a preacher?" she asked. 1 "No." I answered, with a smile, for I had never been asked that question be­ fore. "Nor a'squire?" "No." ' "Well, Jim Martin's comin' along this way pu.rty soon now an' I wuz jis' axiu' so's tliar wouldn't be no mistakes." "I don't quite understand your ex­ planation," 1 said, completely in the dark, as to what she Was trying- to get at. • • . ' "I reckoil not. but I ain't taki.ii' no chances, an I thought I'd better stop you while I had the chance," .. "Thank you, I'm sure, but if you will tell me what's up I may be able to know what you are talking about." She laughed good-naturedly. "Well, you see it's this away," she said. "Jim, he's been a-courtin' an' a-sparkin' 'round me fer about two ye'r now, an' last night he popped an' says ez how ef Ifd be here this mornin' ez he come along we'd go down to Logville an' git hitched, an' Jim's mighty on- reliable an' like's not ef we got thar an' the preacher ner the 'squire waru't thar. I'd never git Jim in the mind ag'iu, so I kinder thought mebbe you might be the 'squire er the preacher an' I didn't want yer to git away. Ef you meet Jim anywheres down the road don't toll him you seen me, fer I don't want him skeert." How to Wasft \*ltb Ease. That washing ccunot be satisfactorily done with a scant-supply of hard water and inferior soap is* not always clear to housekeepers, aiid -yeOt is the cause of oft-repeated failure. 'To wash properly, assort the clothes. 'Put tile linens first in a tub of (hot watenj rub with Ivory Soap, scald, rinse, stnrch. hang on the line. Wash the colored pieces through 'clean suds in the same way. When dry, sprin­ kle, and lay in a basket over night. Iron carefully with well-heated irons. ELIZA It. PARKER. The I)ragon-Fly. One of the mose useful of insects is. owing to the ignorance of the public, forever being killed. It is known as the dragon-fly, the needle-case and the devil's darning-needle. Says a writer of authority: In its larval state it subsists almost entirely on those small squirming threads which can be seen darting about in any still water, and which hatch out into the sweet-singing mos­ quito.. As soon as the dragon-fly leaves its watery nursing-ground, and climbing some friendly reed, throws away the old shell and flies away, it is helping man again. Its quarry now is the house-fly. Not long ago the writer saw one of these insects knocked down in a veran­ da, where it had been doing yeoman's service, and the children and women seemed delighted, although they shrank back from the poor, wounded dragon­ fly. They all thought it had an awful sting at the end of its long body; a cruel injustice. When the writer took the insect up there was general wonderment, which was increased when a captured fly was offered it and it ate it greedily. The boys of the household will never harm a dragon-fly again. She Didn't Want Much. When Andrew D. White, now Uni­ ted States ambassador at Berlin, was our minister to Germany, nearly twen­ ty veal's ago, he received sonie queer letters from Americans, asking for his influence in their behalf in court cir­ cles. says the Youthful Companion. Perhaps the funniest of all was a very mandatory epistle from an old lady living in the West, who inclosed iii her letter four patches of white mus­ lin. each some six inches square. "We are going to give a fair in our church," she wrote, "and I am making an autograph quilt. J want you to get me the autographs of the Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince and Bis­ marck. and tell them to be very careful not to write too near the edge of the squares, as a seam has to be allowed lor putting them together." Not Exactly the Words. Irish orators frequently discount their own rhetoric through an imper­ fect appreciation of word values. A Home Ruler was haranguing on En­ glish terrorism, and after drawing a picture of babies speared on the points of bayonets, etc., he concluded: "If that's your civilization you may keep it. I call it most improper." This re­ calls the story of the Westerner who, having been absent from home for a day, returned to find his house and family swept away by a cyclone. Look­ ing around him in amazement he ex­ claimed, "Well, I call this redic-'lous!" The poor fellow had used what lie con­ sidered the strongest word in his vo­ cabulary- Eating Contest. An eating contest is to be held at Paint Lick, Ivy., between two men, one of Whom has a record of thirty-two hard-boiled eggs and a dozen onions. It is pleasant to see this sort of friend­ ly rivalry succeeding the t'oll gate war in the Blue Grass State. ITEMS FROM INDIA. In India the jackal is more dreaded than the tiger. Cotton cloth was first made in India and was in use there over 2,000 years ago. The native inhabitants of India spend only about ten cents per annum on clothes. About 1280.000,000 letters, newspa­ pers. parcels, and packets pass through the Indian postofiiee every year. There is a sect in Orissa, in the Bon- gal presidency, the members of which worship Queen Victoria as their chief divinity. One of the greatest living authorities on Indian statistics calculates that from 30,000,000 to 40.000,000 of the peo­ ple of India scarcely ever lose the sen­ sation of hunger;, in fact, they do not know the feeling of a full stomach, ex­ cept in the mango season. Millions of men in India--especially on the richer soils and in the river del­ tas--livev marry, and rear apparently healthy children upon an income which, even when the wife works, !s rarely above two shillings a week, and frequently sinks to eighteen pence. The explanation of the queen's ap­ parently inexhaustible supply of In­ dian shawls, one of which is lier regu­ lar wedding present, is that early in her reign one of the Indian princes, in consideration of his having a large and valuable territory ceded to him, bound himself to pay annual tribute, which included a number of the finest Cash­ mere shawls. The Hindoo nose-ring seems likely to disappear with many native customs. Some of the most prominent Hindoos in Bombay have decided that hencefor­ ward the women of their caste shall wear a flower in the nose instead of a ring. If the ladies refuse to obey they will be liable to a fine. Tradition de­ clares that wearing the nose-ring is a memento of an injunction from Vishnu himself. A Noble Woman. The wife of Gen. Washington proved herself fully equal to the high position. Her levees were more select aud court­ ly than any that have since been given, yet she preferred home-life and home- comforts, speaking of her public life as her "lost days." When she took up her residence with the army her chief occasion was to care for the welfare of the soldiers. To those in camp, she showed a most worthy example of courage and cheerful patience under all manner of privations; to sick and weary she carried that balm to sooth a weary spirit aud body, which only the presence of a noble and sympa­ thetic woman can bear. Mrs. Wash­ ington, with her large fortune, could easily have outshone all others in fash­ ion and display, but lustead, she put herself and her servants in home-made materials. Sixteen spinning wheels were kept in constant operation in her house. On one occasion she displayed two dresses of cotton, striped with silk explaining that the silk stripes were woven from the ravelings of brown silk stockings and old crimson damask chair covers. Richest Woman in Texas. Mrs. Richard King, of Texas, is prob­ ably the richest woman in the United States, not even excepting Mrs. Hetty Green, She is a widow, and her land­ ed estates in Southern Texas amount to 1,250,000 acres, or about 2,000 square miles. The ranch on which she resides is the largest in the world. It is called "The Santa Gertrudes." In the center of it, thirteen miles from her front gate, is Mrs. King's home, a central chateau, looming up like a baronial castle on a slight eminence. All around it are the pretty homes of dependents, surround­ ed by well-tilled fields and gardens. The 200.000 cattle, of improved and imported breeds, and all sheep within the Santa Gertrudes ranch belong to Sirs. King. The current expenses of the ranch reach $100,000 a year. Three hundred cowboys are in her employ, for whom she keeps 1,200 ponies. A Woman's Reason. He--Yes, 'because' is a woman's rea­ son--and it is about all the reason she has. She--It is about all tfie reason she could have for marrying a man.--Cin­ cinnati Enquirer. : TO CURE A 90LD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Alt .prnjrgists rotund the money if It falls to cure. -35c The Pnrsnit of Happiness When the Declaration of Independence as­ serted man's right to this, it enunciated an Immortal truth. The bilious sufferer la oa the road to happiness when be begins to take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the mosti efficacious regulator of the liver In existence. Equally reliable Is it in chilis and fever, con­ stipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism,, kidney' trouble and nervousness. Use It regularly., and not at odd intervals. Hadn't Worked in Vain. "Have you caught that murderer yet?" "No," replied the detective, "we?' haven't caught him. But we've got him so scared he doesn't dare show* himself when we're around."--Wash­ ington Evening Star. He'll Be Heard From, "People said that young Lumley would squander the money he inherit­ ed, but lie's gone and Invested it in a sound business." "That so?" ' "Yes; lie bought an interest in a boil­ er factory." . . . - The Itching, caused liy'skin diseases and. the pain of abrasions is always relieved by Glenn's Sulphur S«.»ap: Hill's Hair" and. .Whisker Dye, black or brown, 50c. Unwelcome news enough heard. , is always soon Lane's Pamify Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order, to be healthy this is necessary. Acta: gently^ on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price *25 and 50c. A Yar.l Long. King Henry I. had an arm thirty-six inches loug. This is why the English and American yard is its present length --a little fact which, many students have learned and forgotten. FITS Permanently Cured. No'fits or nervooanen after first day!/; use of nr. Kline's Great Nerve K»- s.orer. Send for FKEli 82.00 trial bottle and treatise. DR. K. K..ki.INK, Ltd., Sal Aicli St.. Philadelphia, P#», Mrs. Wfuslow's SOOTHING SYBUP for ChtWres, teething.; gotten^ the (rums, reduces inflammation, allays pam. cures wind colic. 25 cents a battle!'.' About half the time, when a woman does bit the nail on the head she drives it in the wrong place. MEN CALL WOMAN A M1STKHY. So Sbe is to Them--Not BO to a Woman. A Woman's Knowledge Saves Mru. Kbbert From t»u Operations A woman understands women as a man never can hopa to. For this reason Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mass., now known all over the English-speaking world, set to work to help her sex. After long and patient investigation, Mrs. Pinkham confirmed her own conclusions, namely: that sevens eighths of the sufferings of women are due to dis­ orders of the uterine system. Reasoning on this line, she saw that the only preventive of early breaking down, was a specific medicine which would act alone on female organism. This was why she prepared her excellent Vegetable Compound, which has been such a boon to thousands and thousands of women. If you have headaches chiefly at the top of the head, and are troubled by painful menstrua­ tion, dizziness, sleeplessness, backache, and that bearing-down feeling, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will tone up your whole system. MHS. CHJLS. D. EnBF.nr, 330 Wood St., Reading, Pa., testifies to the great power of the Compound. " Mrs. Pinkham--I can say that your medicine has cured me of the pains and troubles which I had. My case was i a very bad one, and puzzled the doctor. »My womb had fallen and I had terrible pains in my back and hips. I could hardly walk. My husband went to our fam­ ily doctor, and he prescribed-medicine for me, but^ I found no relief, and grew worse instead of better. The doctor examined me and wanted to perform an operation, but my husband would not consent. Seeing? the advertisement in the paper, I got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's. Vegetable Compound, and before I had taken half of the second bottle, I felt like a new wo­ man. In all I have taken four bottles of your medicine, and can say that I am entirely cured. I hope that every woman suffering as I did, will follow my ad­ vice and take vour medicine at once." A FORTUNE; GOLD-MINING IMOts. 300,000 SHARES OF STOCK ABSOLUTELY GIVEN AWAY. THE COM STOCK P..3FERRED OOLD-MININQ CO. OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. CAPITAL STOCK $5,000,000. INCORPORATED. The lnrtwst fortunes have been made by small investments in legitimate Gold Mining. It costs but 60 centa to become o stockholder in one of the largest mining corporations in the Northwest. The stockholders of this company have set aside 2,5tt0,00# shares of their stock to be sold <if sold quickly) at 50 cents per block of lw share*, and to induce quick sales first purchasers will receive Free additional shares as follows: 4th lOO purchasers lOO shares each To 1st applicant from any State 5,000 shares. 1st lOO purchasers.. 1,000 shares each 2nd 1OO purchasers 500 shares each ishares 3rd lOO purchasers.... 250 i i each 5th lOO purchasers 6th lOO purchasers 7th lOO purchasers. 75 sh~res each SO shares each 25 shares each EVERY PERSON WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST 1,0 SHARES. The order of purchases decided by postmark on letter, so all stand equal chance for large blocks, regardless of residence. This notice appcare but once, and in all paper# same IPSUO. This company's interests are inJjUna Gold Mine*, any ono of which ought to develop a Bonanza, and if so your stock will be worth fron $1(X) to J lJWMJ. All iw.nert have excellent showing of cold on surfoce and it is desired to immediately develop same. 11MM mines ought tqjmy dividends in few months. Working of mines will be paid for out of sales of treasury stock. Each W Cents Entitles You to 10 Shares and n Chance for Large Blocks as Above. Stock sent by return mall. Sticl. 6 dimes to letter, if larger amount send P O. money order. Write name and nddress plainly for record. Enquire of Secretary of State or any bank here of our responsibility. Address C0MST0CK PREFERRED GOLD-MINING CO., 521 and 522 Rookery, Spokane, Wash. A good ide% is to keep some Pearline ..i a sifter, ready to use for floor-washing, dish-washing, etc., etc. You sprinkle a little over the floor, for instance, and then just wash it over with a wet cloth. See how much more convenient to use than soap, to say nothing of the easier work ! If you're buying and using Pearline simply for washing clothes, and not for all kinds of washing and cleaning, you're cheating yourself out of a great deal of comfort and economv. His name is Williams. It was as conductor on the Denver cable line that I knew him. He was always complaining of some trouble or other with his stomach and bowels. He seemed to be either bilious or constipated all the time. In describing his condition he used the expression " out of whack." I remember it particularly because I had never heard it before but have often heard it since. Finally somebody recommended him to use Ripans Tabules and he told me that never in his life did anything do him so much good. Said he felt like a new man. He told me that his wife used them toj; but what she took them for I don't remember. A new rtylc backet containing TBK RIPAXS TIORUTS in a paper carton (wlthont fflags) Is now for sale fl-J "tores ,-roB rcvs CKXTS This low-priced sort ,w intended for the poor and the economical. Or _ !?i .._. ilK>;fi.1 K.. h>H hr miif bv sendinc fortr-e'irht cents to the RIPANS n One d AmiT MtorCM -FOR K1VS CKXTS Tills iovr-pncea sort ,15 ijnteuuou lonm* fvurwiu meivuuuuucu. vw of?§o tlvi«!ont cartons (*0 tabu!*!? can be had by mail by sending forty-eight cents to She Rjpans CH OoNPisi, No. 10 spruw Street, New Voxk-oi- a ua&La carton (XSH tawus.) will be seat to.r a»« c-»t* No. 51--97 IN writing to Advertisers, please do not fail to men* • lion you saw the Advertisement in tbi3 paper. IE ALL ELSE FM CURES WHERE ALL &SE FAILS. Best Congh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use | In time. Sold by druggists. SI CUBES coau<i«a. CURE YOURSELF! • I'se Big CJ for ouoatonil aifchar^v«% inflsmznstions, I irritation* or ulcerations of mucous membranaa. I --- « --- 1 amies#, and not aatria- ATHEEWNS CHEUICAICO. cent or poisonous. \0INC!KN1T1,0.|_ | Sold by Dra|gMh or sent In plain wrappar. Circular Mat on rn--I "He that Works Easily Works SuC' cessfully." Tis Very Easy to Clean House With SAPOLIO A SENSE OF HUMOR, 1VE me," said I, "before everything a sense of humor." "To h i m that h a t h V", inquired Arabella. "Well." said I." modestly, "I hope 1 have. But I would desire even more." She sni i 1 e d. "Yo u may • smile, young lady." -) "I'm not smiling." "L ook in the ^lass." "I don't want to grow vain." "Then look." "Evidently there is some joke in your remark, if I could see it. But you know 1 have no s^use of humor." "Then you should cultivate it. It is a remedy for half tlie ills of life, and when you are my age you will realize it." "When I am my grandmother!" I am 3."? and she is 20. ' "You wouldn't make that remark if you had any sense of humor," 1 retort­ ed, crustily. "But I haven't, and I don't see that I should be any better if 1 had." "I admit it is difficult to imagine any improvement in you." "Is that humor or sarcasm?" "Oh. well! llumor is--er--well, it's-- er " "Ignorance of itself?" Arabella has plenty of humor, you know. "Humor is a kindly appreciation of foibles and incongruities. And " "I don't appreciate the kindness. How can you feel kind to people when you're making fun of them yourself?" "I -don't see any difficulty. Why, I had an example this morning." I laughed at the thought. "I've half a mind to tell you." "Oh, do!" Arabella is as curious as a --woma n. "It was rather confidential, you see." I knew that would excite her interest. "But you might trust me." You may have noticed that the more attractive a woman is, the more she,emphasizes the lirst person singular. Arabella al­ most puts it in capitals. "Ifi strict confidence?" "Yes--Of course." "Well, a nice young fellow, whom you know, came to me this morning, and----" "Who was it?" "That isn't material." "Oh, but it is, though! Very ma­ terial." "But, my dear Arabella!" "If you will not trust me we are on distant terms." I've known her since she was in short frocks. "It really isn't relevant to the point of humor." "I don't care anything about the point of humor." "Oh, well, if you don't want me to tell you " "But I do. There's a good--Tom." "It was Ted Naughton." "Oh. how interesting. I like Ted aw­ fully, don't you?" "Yes--oh, yes, certainly. I do, but I don't see why Arabella should." "Now, tell me.' She clasped her hands round lier knees aud cocked her pretty head expectantly on one side. "Well," said I, laughing, "poor Ted Is in love." "With whom?" "I didn't ask." "Is that your sense of humor?" She looked at me as if I had made a plum pudding without the plums. "I don't sec that it matters." "Not matter! You don't care who it is!" "Why should I so long as he's satis­ fied ?" "Well!" Words seemed to fail lie:-, which is rare with--Arabella. "Anyhow, she seemed to be the usual kind. There never was anyone like her. according to the love-lorn Ted. She was beautiful, amiable, accom­ plished. gentle, saintly--in short, per­ fect. They all are in these cases, you know." "So they should be--to the lover." "Of course t hey should." Why, it's just what I think of Arabella. "Where is the humor?" "I'm coming to it. Poor Ted. it seems, is very diffident in the face of such wondrous charms. He is burn­ ing to avow his passion to the young lady, but he doesn't know how to pro­ ceed. So he came to ask my advice." "What do you know about it?" Ara­ bella sat bolt upright, and put the ques­ tion like a sword thrust. "Nothing--except a vague general idea. But he evidently thought I did." I had a little, experience, but, of course, I wasn't going to tell lier. "Did you.give him the benefit of your vague general idea?" "Oh, yes. poor beggar! Indeed, I put it into concrete form for him. - It was very funny." "You are so humorous, you see." Somehow Arabella seemed a bit cross. "Please go on." "We went through quite a. little re­ hearsal. I assure you. They were to be-" giu with the weather, of course. Ha, ha!" "Very, humorous, certainly." ,,•> "Then he was to make some remarks about the weather, not mattering where she was. Of course, she would blush and look down." Arabella laughed. "I don't suppose she would." THE WELCOME HOME. When twilight bells are ringing sweet And evening echoes greet me, My happy heart seems singing sweet Of some one who will meet me. Of blue eyes 'neath a golden crown; Dear eyes that Watch and wait, And little footsteps pattering down The pathway to the gate. Though sad the toil in barren soil. Though fortuue lias not found me, I know that night will bring me light And twine two arms around me. And let the day be gold or gray, What thought so sweet as this, j It drifts and dreams my darling's way, Who keeps for me a kiss. Oh, love of life, and strength in strife; Oh, joy to sorrow given, O, dear child eyes that make life's skies, And earth as sweet as heaven, I still can b?ar with grief and care, And face the storms to be, If love, the comforter, will share. The'crust, the crumbs with me. --^Baltimore American. | The Next Thing to It. \ 's The coffee habit is not as bad as the ' Bquor habit, but it is the next thing to it. Coffee and tea drunkards are get­ ting to be a noticeable type. These bev- | erages injure both the nerves and the digestion. Nervous diseases are often produced, and always aggravated, by Indulgence in coffee and tea. Yet peo- : pie fdncy they can't get along without these drinks. Perhaps you think so. Try Grain-0 for a^change. It tastes like coffee. It is a new food drink, , made from pure grains. It is full of cheer. Varmtli and nourishment, with­ out a particle of narcotic stimulant. The old. the middle-aged and the chil­ dren can drink Orain-O freely, day or night. Use it awhile and you will want no more coffee. And it costs only a quarter as much. Ask your grocer for It. Sold in 15c. and 25c. packages. A STORY OF HENRY GEORGE. His Answer Was Sufficient to Bring Down tlie Hottse. The late Henry George"had a special gift in the rejoinder as a weapon in argument. After his addresses on his land tax theory lie always invited his hearers to a.sk questions which he de- • lighted, an answering. J n 3SS8, after a lecture.at Howard University in Wash- . ington, a Western Congressman, ac- - copting the invitation, said: ' .- J "'After all, Mr. George, you advocate a system of confiscation of property. If I should take wild land and culti­ vate and beautify it. I would have won undisputed title.to the land /itself, and. you. should recognize my proprie- "torship. ill it." • ,' ' - v ; This sally Avon loud applause" from, • the audience, but the applause was. deafening when Mr. George had flung back this reply: "I thought I had explained that all improvements ought by right to belong to the improver. On that we agree. I go farther. All that you produce ou>t of the land by your labor should belong to you. If I should see you sitting on the seashore fisliing and should see you catch a large fish, or, in other words, bring forth or produce that fisli, I should maintain your right to it as your property, to use. to sell, to give or bequeath: but I'll be hanged, sir, if I'll agree that you own the ocean from which you produce that fish. Land stauds an the same relation to man." Coughing JLeatis to Consumption. Ivcmp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your drnsn'st to-day and f;et a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 aud 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan­ gerous. Some one has calculated that the postmen of London walk together, something like 4S.300 miles per day, a distance equal to twice the circumfer­ ence of tlie globe. Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1805.--J. II. Madison, 2400 42d ave., Chicago. 111. Rheumatism Hood's SarsaparillaGives Complete Relief^ Also Cures Catarrh. "I was troubled with rheumatism and had running sores on my face. One of my friends advised me to try Hood's Sarsa­ parilla, which I did. After taking six bot­ tles I was cured. Hood's Sarsaparilla lias also cured me of catarrh." MISS MAMIE ET1I1EK, 4S08 Moftit Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tlie best--In lact. tlio One True Hlooil Purifier. Hood's Pills tuire constipation. 25 cents. "KLONDYKE BULLETIN" Will be published by the S00 LINE every Monday, containing all TELEGRAPHIC NEWS and up-to-date infoitnation as to BEST ROUTES. SERVICES, STEAMSHIP SAILINGS, and every facility as same develop. INVALUABLE to Alaskan prospectors and all their friends. Tob« placed on .mailing lists, send six cents (6c* In stamps to ^ r CALLAWAY, G. P. A.. Minneapolis. Minn. A VALUABLE INVENTION IffifA GOOD M'BOBTON 8 BUBTOH agtaSSs Constipation Positively Cured LI V E R SfiRMS MILLER'S Regular • ize 25o. In remitting send silver. I)R. MILLKlt, HR IVKKTOWN, PA. RENT; FUKNISHED HOUSE. HKN'HERSONVILLK, N. C. Excellent climate for throat troubles. H TWYFUIU), P. O. Box 164. HetidersonvlUe, N. C. f Q c A | E? Several nice 5-acre STRAW- rUlt OA I. Ei BERRY or SMALL FRUIT FARMS at P.jtt Jefferson, near New York City, for $250. '1 erms..SI 0 cash, then $1 tier week. Call or write. Vernon J. Miller, 416 Am. Tract B!dg , New York. TTITJ rirri 1X111 T> A TT\ on orders of 2.000 BO. J: XVXilvT-El i. Jl AIU ft. of Rooting or Wall Rn.1 Celling ManUl.i. Write for samples and prices. Tlie i'ay .Manilla ltootmg Co.. Camden, J. S. N. U. No. 51-07 Kaiser a Millionaire. There are 1,500 people upon tlie em­ peror's list of employes, including 350 female servants, who are engaged in looking after the twenty-two royal pal­ aces and castles that belong to the crown. Their wages are small. The women receive not more than, $12 a mouth, and the men servants, who number ovei; 500, from $15 to $25 a mouth. Most of the" palaces aud cas­ tles are in a sad state of decay. The emperor himself seldom uses more than three or four of them. The rest are oc­ cupied by his relatives and dependents, who number a hundred or more, and are nearly all supported from the royal purse. His private fortune is esuniat- ed at $25,000,000, the greater part of which is represented by landed estates. He has forty-eight farms, fourteen for­ ests, eight vineyards and owns the roy­ al porcelain factory near Berlin. jTlie income from several of the estates goes directly to his brothers and sisters. Prince Leopold, a Second cousin, is much richer than the emperor. His wealth is inherited from his grandfath­ er,. Prince Carl, a brother of the old Emperor William. In addition to this income the kaiser draws full' pay and allowances for all the titles lie assumes, both civil and military. It is said that, he can add to his income at auy time by creating himself a duke or a baron, or by appointing himself general of an army corps or colonel of a regiment. He is already the colonel of several •German regiments and holds honorary commissions in the armies of England, Austria, Russia and Belgium., He is also an admiral of the German fleet atid has just been made an admiral in the Russian navy, for which he draws full pay and allowances.--Boston Trans­ cript. Never Awake. Some people will never wake up till the last horn blows, and then they'll ask if that's the horn for dinner. De­ lays are dangerous and ruinous. Thou­ sands can say if they hadn't put off an opportunity, they would have been rich and happy. Some never know they have rheumatism until crippled by it, and all the while in pain, thinking it will pass off. But St. Jacobs Oil never delays, and is always wide awake. It goes straight to its work of cure in a business way, and cures rheumatism in any form and at its worst stage. It's a live remedy. Kaiser Wilhelm's Playiitc Car:!s. Emperor William's faithful subjects are interested just now in an account of his playing cards. It appears that tlie royal table does not admit the usual French designs. His majesty's packs are printed in an Aitenberg manufactory and exhibit old German patterns. The backs are devoted to a symbolical exposition of the* triple al­ liance. The Prussian eagle, the dou­ ble eagle of Austria and the silver cross of tlie house of Savoy appear on a red field, surrounded with ivy and surmounted by the imperial crown. Similar designs are introduced at the corners and the "four colors" are strewn over the card. The picture cards are executed in corresponding style. The king of diamonds is said to have a family likeness with the great Kurfurst. The queen of hearts appears as a simple gretchen and the knave of diamonds as a knight of St. John. History does not relate wheth­ er the emperor is a whist player or confines himself to the national game of skat.--Loudon Post. Deafness Cannot Bo Curea Dv local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure Deafnc.s, and that Is by constitu­ tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an ln- tianied condition of the mucous ilninc of tlve Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed vou have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear­ ing. and when it is entirely closed Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir­ culars, freo. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. .8®"Sold by Druggists, 75c. Unlooked For. P3 IUS Talker--You shouldn't feel so sore at Jones. He did just right in holding you and preventing a disgraceful fight. What it lie had let you go? Bluffer (caressing a black eye!--Darn it! that's what the fool (lid.--Judge. His Method. Mr. Younglove--What do you do when your baby gets sick at-night? Mr. Oldpop--I generally lie still and wait to see if my wife isn't goiug to get up and attend to it. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THI". EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA," AND **PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Eyarvuis, Mcissaclutsetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now Sip V/fT/V c * " 011 everiJ hear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought Sip V/V/J t SJ ~ on, the a n d h a s t h e ^ s i g n a t u r e w r a p ­ per. No one has authority from vie to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. 11. Fletcher is President. " * March S, 1897: . Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. ^ T H E C E N T A U R C O M P A N Y . T T M U R R A Y S T R E E T . N E W Y O R K C I T Y .