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or THE QOmYniON bow MMMML TORONTO, I&TFLSS^ FARM J Salr.cr's Seeds are Warranted to fnttm. tua f E. Walter, LeKarsville. Pa,, astonished tbevorU by growing 260 bushels Salter's corn; J. Ure&dtar, H MUhicott, Wis., 173 bush, barley, and P. SiaaoC, jam Hisi-H*, Trtw* hr crowinr 196 bush. 8alwr'« mmca B1 per acre. If you doubt, write them. We wttfc (spai HB 150,000 new customers, hence will tend on trial W 10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR 10c. M 11 pkgs of rare farm seeds, Hog Pea, Sand Veteb,fl '40c. Wheat,' Sheep Rape, Jerusalem Cora, etc.. It- { eluding our mammoth Seed Catalogue, telHi>g all fljf d about the |400 gold prises for best name for ear Ml % new marvelous coru and oats, 4'Prodigies," jSPw ^ also sample of same, all mailed you epea Xjl jjfjhk receipt of but 10c. postage, positively j&nW VugL worth $10, to get a start. 100,099 bbls. JQSKf Seed Potatoen at ft 50 a bfel. So i>ltgs. earliest vegetable wVwk .seeds, 51.00. d this alone, 6c» •«w. jf 1 Ti'ft'y *•- VERY MUCH THE SAME IN EFFECTS ARE •a«.MrfMH.-ag3a-a CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Us© In time. Sold by druggists. Kiij to A4rertl«rs, pltase do n# tafl t» you saw tile Advcaittacst la tkii pq«, 4 : MIDLAND RSUTE CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS. Via the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul BaiLwny, to Los Angeles and Other Points in Southern California. A . These popular every Saturday Califor­ nia excursions for both-first and second class passengers are "personally conduct­ ed" by intelligent, competent and courte­ ous "couriers," who will attend to the wants of all passengers en route. This is an entirely new feature of tourist car service and Will be greatly appreciated by families or parties of friends traveling together, or by ladies traveling alou§. The Midland Route Tourist Cars are upholstered sleeping cars and are supplied with all the accessories necessary to make the journey comfortable and pleasant, and the sleeping berth rate is but $(3.00 (for two persons) from Chicago to "California, Ask the nearest ticket agent for a tour­ ist car "folder," giving complete informa­ tion about the Midland Route, or address "Eastern Manager Midland Route," No. 95 Adams street, Chicago, 111. Six Men Whose Ages Aggregate 493. The combined ages of six men who acted as? pallbearers at the funreal of James Grigsby (himself 05 years old) recently in Indianapolis was 403 years. The men and their age's are as follows: T. M. Child, 86; J. F. Daugherty, 85; G. W. Ryan. S4; D. G. Kern, 70; D. Sheerer. 77; .T. L. Avery, 82. How's This 1 , :u. We offer One Hundred Dollars Itewatd for any case of . Catarrh that cannot be* cured bv "Hall's Catarrh Cine. . F. J. CHENEY Si'CO,,' Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan­ cially able to carry out any obligation made bv their firm. West & Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Warding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internallv. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 7">c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. HIS COMRADES IN SOLITUDE. When the Trouble Ends. "Sometimes," said Uncle Eben, "dar wouldn't be so much objection to a man habbiu' his own opinion ef he didn't persist in goin? auoun' an' tryin* to gib everybody else a clear title to it." It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry And is the only cure for Chilblains, Frost Bites, Damp, Sweating l«'eet. Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad­ dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. Therefore the Convict "Wept When They Killed His Pet Rats. A few days ago, at sunrise, there was an exeeutibn in the damp, chilly yard of the New Jersey penitentiary, at Trenton, and as the sharp sound of musketry died away Burglar George Pytzel, a twenty-year convict, wept piteously and refused to eat or be com­ forted. Kitty.' his pet rat, was sacri­ ficed with the other rodents which in­ fested the prison, and the man Who had sinned and. had borne sin's conse­ quences without one word of complaint was overcome with grief. Prisoners iiave made strange com­ rades in their loneliness before this, but Pytzel's. friendship for the rats was peculiar: Years ago he was direct­ ed to -clear the cook house of the pests, but much tb the surprise of the keep­ ers he became the master of them. lie taught them to respond to his voic?5 and perform all sorts of tricks, calling them forth from their holes by a whis­ tle and sending them back by a signal similar in kind. But the old quarters had to be demolished, anil tor fear the new cook house would be infested Keeper Moore decided - the rats. must go-. ' _' .V The ififan who loved them was com­ manded to call them,out to be slaugh­ tered, but with flashing eyes and color- less; "face i the usually tractable and obedient coiiVict sullenly refused. He was urged," commanded,, threatened and finally punished, hut he would not yield. Then the rodents were tricked into traps and sentenced. Pytzel beg­ ged for the life of the one he called "Kitty." "She is such a comfort to me, sir," he pleaded. "She knows as much as a child." But the word had been given and Kitty was killed, but there is genuine sorrow in the heart of the old prisoner, as he cries in his cell for his only real friend. Unhealthy Business. It is rather unhealthyobusiness- to be president of Mexico. ° Mexico lias had fifty-five rulers si ace 1821. Four of these were executed, one poisoned, four murdered, and seven killed in battle. If you are disappointed in love it may save a greater disappointment in marriage. It Cures Colds. Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, Influ­ enza, \v hooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at onoo. You -will see the excellent clTcct after taking the first doce. Sold by dealers everywhere. 25c and 50c Per Bottle. iOats.^WWIt: Weather Notes by Cipher. All reports, communications and mat­ ters pertaining to the weather bureau are sent by wire in cipher. Economy and not secrecy, however, is the reason for its use. Though very concise, the cipher is read at sight by any observer in the land. A full report from any station may be embodied in five words. In general the'fi?st Avord of the cipher gives, reduced, the barometric pressure and the dry thermometer; the second thew-ibid direction, the state of weather ! and the precipitation; the'third the ve­ locity of the wind, the maximum tem­ perature in the evening, the -minimum temperature iu t lie morning; the fourth, the dew print, the local predic­ tion, fair or foul; the fifth, the kind, amount and direction of clouds; the sixth, the maximum wind velocity and direction. It can easily be seen what a saving the cipher makes.---Exchange. A Clam's Brain. It is only within a comparatively short time that the existence of an or­ gan properly termed a brain in the lowest orders of animals has been rec­ ognized. Of course, very far down in the scale of creation one finds hardly more than a system of nerves and ganglia, with nothing especially recog­ nizable as representing a brain. But even a clam may be said to have a sort of brain, though it is extremely small; it can be dissected and pyoperly identi­ fied as the thinking center or principal ganglion of the creature. This princi­ pal nerve bunch or ganglion has direct control over the so-called "foot" of the clam. When it comes to the higher mollusks, such as the squid, nautilu •, argonaut and other cephalopods, it is found that they possess quite large and well-developed brains.--Philadelphia Press. j.pr. A. 9 How to prow wheat at 4»>e a bit. and 231 bus. oats' © ~i 173 bus. barley and 1600 bus. potatoes per acre* •* "ATA^OGUE mailed you 6 imply*, upon receipt of 5 lO cent* In stumps. J i JOHN A. 8AI.ZRU SKKD CO.. I.A CRORSF., WIS. (C.N.) A ? lid mis. uariey ana iouu i; 6 t3TSEK OUR GREAT CA f with 11 eh:«« meed sin J THIS NOTICE anil ] gaoi ROOFING 1 lie best Ked Rope Boollng for 1 CL per so. font, enps and nails Included. Substitutes for Piaster, samples frea The l'ay"Manilla Kootimr Co.. < atwden. N. J. ARE YOU TO UVE IN ALASKA? Some Requirements that "Will Be Found Indispensable. The universal article of diet In that country, depended upon and indispen­ sable, is bread or biscuit. And to make the bread and biscuit, either in the camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be used--it must be baking powder; and the ppwder manufactured by tho processes of the Royal Baking Powder Company, miners and prospectors have learned, is the only one which will „stand in that peculiar climate of cold and dampness and raise the bread and biscuit satisfactorily. These facts are very important for every one proposing to go to Alaska and the Yukon country to know, for should he be persuaded by some outfit­ ter to take one of the cheap brands of baking powder, it will cost just as much to transport it, and then when he opens it for use, after all his labor in packing it over the long and difficult rohte, he will find a solid c^ked mass or a lot of spoiled" powder, with no strength and useless. Such a mistake might lead to the most serious results. A|aska is no place in which to experi­ ment In food, or try to economize with your stomach. For use in such a cli­ mate, and under the 'trying and fa­ tiguing conditions of life and labor in that- country, everything must be the best and riiost useful, and above all it is imperative that all food supplies shall have perfect keeping qualities. It is absurd to convey over such diffi­ cult and expensive routes an article that will deteriorate in transit, or that will be found when required for use to have lost a grfeat part of its value. There is no better &uide to follow in these matters than the advice of those who have gone through similar expe­ rience. Mr. McQuesten, who is called "the father of Alaska," after an expe­ rience of years upon the trail. In the camp, and in the use of every kind of supply, says: "Y\*e find in Alaska that the importance of'a proper kind of bak­ ing powder cannot be overestimated. A miner with a can of bad baking pow­ der is almost helpless in Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and have been obliged to settle down to use nothing but the Royal. It is stronger and car­ ries further at first, but .above all tilings, it is the only powder, that will endure the severe climatic changes of the arctic region." It is for the same reasons,that the U. S. Government in its. relief expedi­ tions, and Pearj\ the famous, arctic traveler, have carried the Royal Baking. Powder exclusively. The Royal Baking Powder will not cake nor lose its strength either. 011 board ship or in damp climates, and is the most highly couqeutmted and efficient of leavening agents. . Hence it i.; indispensable to every Alaskan out fit. It can be had of.any of the trading companies in Alaska, but should the miner procure his supplies before leav­ ing, he should resist every attempt of the outfitter to palm off upon him any of the other brands of baking powder, for they will spoil and prove the cause of great disappointment and trouble. BIG GRIST OF BILLS. s. N. u. 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 dan­ gerous. Impose not a burden on others which thou canst not bear thyself. Wo will forfeit $1,000 if any of our pub­ lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PISO CO.. Warren, Pa. OVER EIGHT THOUSAND AWAIT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, ~ Case of Practical Realism. Wing--How does it happen you've al­ ways had such complete success in playing the part of the villain? Flies--By feeling the part. .You see. 1 always insist upon being stage man­ ager at such times, and in that capacity it's dead easy to get mad enough to en­ act a dozen villainies before I get my cue.--Puck. $400 FOR NEW NAMES! The Salzer Seed Co. want, suitable names for their 17,-inch long corn and Wh\te Oat prodigy. You can win this $400 easily. Catalogue tells all about it. Seed potatoes only $1.50 a barrel. Send This Notice unci lOCts. in Stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., and get free their great seed cata­ logue and eleven new farm seed sam­ ples, including above corn and oats, positively worth $10, to get a start, c.n. The blossoms of spring are the proph­ ets of autumn." So a joyful service in youth promises a rich fruitage in after years. A Total Disability Claim of $1,850 Paid to a Mao Who Was Afterward Cored. The Monitor, a nev -paper published at Meaford, Ont.. Canada, first discov­ ered this case two years ago, and pub­ lished it at length, which now seems, owing to the cure of it. to be a miracle. The facts were so remarkable that many people doubted the truth of them. They said: "It is too remarkable; it cannot possibly be true; the paper is mis­ taken, and the man, although he may think himself' cured, will soon relapse into his former condition." etc., etc. The accuracy of its report called in question, the Monitor determined to find out defin­ itely' whether the facts were as stated and whether the man would really stay cured. They accordingly kept a close watch on the case for two years after the first article appeared, and have just now food. The doctors called the disease spinal sclerosis, and all said he could not live. For three years he lingered in this con­ dition. Then by some friends he was ad­ vised to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. He took them and there was a slight change. The first thing noted was a tendency to sweat freely. This showed there was some life left in his helpless body. Next came a little feeling in his limbs. This extended, fol­ lowed by prickling sensations, until at last the blood began to course freely, naturally and vigorously through his body, and the helplessness gave way to returning strength, the ability to walk returned, and lie Was restored to his old- time health. iu even better health than when I gave you the first interview." "Do you still attribute your cure to the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills?" asked the Monitor. "Unquestionably I do," was the reply. "Doctors had failed, as had also the nu­ merous remedies recommended by iiiy friends. Nothing I took had the slightest effect upon me until I b^gan the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. To this won­ derful medicine I owe nvy release from the living death. I have since recommend­ ed these pills to many of my friends, and the verdict is always in their favor. I shall always bless the day I was induced to take them." Such' is the history of one of the most remarkable cases of modern times. Can -ziDo/Iars Pras/efc/jr Treasurer. J published another article about it, in which the original reports are completely verified, the cure permanent, and they publish a facsimile of the check given by 1 he Canadian Mutual Life Association for $1,050.00. amount of total disability claim paid by them to Mr. Petch. The first account stated that the pa­ tient (see address below) had been a par­ alytic for live years,-that there was feuch a total lack of feeling in his ,limbs and bodv. that a pin run full length.could not be felt; that he could not \val& or help himself at all; for two years he was not dressed; furthermore,!that he was bloat­ ed was for that reason almost unrecog­ nizable, and could not get hio clothes om The paralysis was so complete as to affect the face and prevented him from opening his mouth sufficiently wide to take solid • - . . ! Tltf? above is the substance of the first ] article published by the Monitor. Now fol­ low some clippings, taken from the same paper two years afterward, and there is not the slightest shadow of a doubt, in view of this testimony, that Mr. Petch s cure is permanent. Here follows the ac­ count: a On being again questioned. Mr. Petch said: "You see those hands--the skin is now natural and elastic. Once they were hard and without sensation. You could pierce them with a pin and I would not feel it, and what is true of my hands is true of the rest of n^y body. Perhaps you have observed that I have now even leased to use a cane, and can (ret about my business perfectly well. You may say there is absolutely no doubt as to my cure being .permanent. Indeed I am any one say, in the face of such testi- | mony, that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are not entitled to the careful consideration of any suffering man, wom,an or child? Is not the case in truth a 'miracle of modern medicine? To make the evidence complete we pub­ lish above a facsimile cut of the check received by Mr. Petch from the Canadian Mutual Life 'Association, being the amount due him for total disability. It is unnecessary to add that this life'insur­ ance association did not pay this large amount of money to Mr. Petch, except -after the most careful examination pf his condition by their medical experts. They must have regarded him as forever in­ curable. Mr. Petch's address is as, follows: Reu­ ben Petch,. Griersville, Ont., Canada. - The Outlook for Hawaiian and Cuban Legislation--Talk About Bankruptcy Measure -- General Appropriation Bills to Be Closely Scaled* * Now Hard at Work, Washington correspondence: ONGRESS is now wcl} down to its work, and the process of grinding out bills is in operation. Over 5,4S8 bills and 107 joint resolutions have been referred to the House committees, and 2,918 bills and 77 joiht resolutions to Senate committees. The calendars are hoppers ' into which the grist of the. com­ mittees is thrown. P--The House has sent two of the great ap- v'Ot' li 1' ' propriation bills'over to the Senate. They cai;ry $lG2,000,GpO. Eleven others are to follow. These ap­ propriation bills are the essential of leg­ islation. Without therii the Government is blocked. When- the differences concern­ ing them have been settled by conference committees, and they have passed both houses and received the signature of the President, Congress, will be ready to ad­ journ. It is. evidently the intention of the lead­ ers in the House to scale the general ap­ propriation bills as closely as possible, and to force an adjournment at an early date. Under the rules other bills carrying ap­ propriations can be buried without allow­ ing them to come before the House. An appropriation bill is a privileged measure, and it is frequently used to shunt offen­ sive legislation from the track. It has the right of way at all times, except when confronted by a contested election case or by a special order from tho Committee on Rules. An appropriation bill can switch a contested election case from the track at any time by a vote of the House, but it requires unanimous consent to set aside a special order after it has once been sanctioned by the House. Bearing this in mind, the question of the annexation of Hawaii becomes interest­ ing. If the Senate fails to ratify the treaty by ft two-thirds vote, a bill pro­ viding for its annexation will undoubted­ ly pass that body. If the leaders of the House are opposed to such a bill they can easily prevent its consideration by the House. It may be buried in the Commit­ tee on Foreign Affairs; and if reported from that committee, there is no way in which the House can consider it, except by a special order from the Committee on Rules. The Cuban question is in n similar sit­ uation. The House is held up by an ap­ plication of its own rules. If three-quar­ ters of the members favor the recognition of Cuba, they would havs 110 opportu­ nity to vote for it. The -Senate resolu­ tion is still buried in the House Commit­ tee on Foreign Affair p. If this commit­ tee should- report it favorably to the House it is in the condition of Lord Lov- ell's wife, who jumped into a box that closed with a spring. It could not come up for consideration without the usual special order. Once on the calendar, it might be called up ofi suspension day, pro­ vided the Speaker would consent to rec­ ognize a member of the committee for this purpose. Then a two-thirds vote would pass it. Bankruptcy and Currency. There is much talk abefut a bankruptcy bill. The Committee on the Judiciary has reported a bill practically the same as the Torrey bill. Gen. Henderson of Iowa is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He is also ft member of the Committee on Rules. The bill will probably be brought before 'the House by a special Order. If this is done the friends of the Nelson bill will offer that as a substitute, unless pre­ cluded by the terms of the special order --another spring in the box. At all events, it seems safe to say that if the House pa«ses any bankruptcy bill whatever this soason it will be the bill reported from Gen. Henderson's committee. There is no probability, however, that such a bill will pass the Senate. It can be amended in that body so as to make it entirely un­ acceptable to the leaders iu the House. Ttie differences between the two bodies are apparently so great that they cannot be settled in conference. The same is true of a financial or a cur­ rency bill. Men of experience in both houses agree that there is no probability of the passage of any such measure this session. If necessary, the appropriation bills may be used to send them awry. At all events, there will be 110 Sabine assimi­ lation. The situation was aptly describ­ ed by Senator Thomas H. Carter of Mon­ tana, who said that to ask the Senate to pass a financial bill based 011 the plan of the monetary commission would b(? like "squirting water against the Wind." The Committee 011 Rivers and Harbors ft in session and giving hearings to those interested in such appropriations. It is clear that an effort to pass a river and fcarbor appropriation bill will be made be­ fore the end of the session. Such a bill has the same privilege, uuder the rules, an the other appropriation bills, and is usually so framed that it can pass the tiouse by a two-thirds vote on suspension dfty, without debate. This was the case in the last House, and this House is equal­ ly as eager on the question of internal im­ provements. Another bill of importance is what is known as the anti-scalping bill. It was brought before the House in the last Con­ gress under a special order from the Com­ mittee on Rules. I11 the., Fifty-fourth Congress it was put to sleep in the Senate* Its opponents had the benefit of the short session, when appropriation bills were crowding each other to the wall. They used these bills to defeat it. They will have 110 such opportunity in this session, for it is the long session; and Congress is not compelled to adjourn by the 4th of March. In strong contrast with this stand what are known as the letter car­ riers' and postal clerks' bills. Both have reached the calendars in previous Con­ gresses, but their friends have never been able to get a special order for their con­ sideration. Another bill attracting considerable at­ tention is what is known as the Loud bill. It revises the lates for secopd-class mat­ ter iu the mails, making stringent limita­ tions affccting «the newspapers, and all periodical publications. This proposition was brought before, the House on a spe­ cial order last session, and will probably receive similar treatment this session. Like the anti-scalping bill, it came up last year in the short session, and was buried in the Senate. This year, however, it will have a free course, and the Senate Will give it due consideration. Another important measure is the im­ migration bill, better known as the Lodge bill. It passed the House by a.large vote at the short session last year, and was lost in conference. Its fate will be different this year, as each house will have plenty of time for its consideration. The bill has been shorn of 6ome of its objectiona­ ble features, and the prospects are fair for its passage. Army and Navy Affairs. The army and navy are especially inter­ ested in legislation this session. The Committee on Military Affairs is consid­ ering a bill providing for two additional regiments of artillery.- The proposition is strongly favored by the War Department. These regiments arc wanted to man the guns in the new fortifications planned and being built for coast defense. If the ap­ propriation for them is placed in the regu­ lar army appropriation bill it is liable to be stricken out on a point of order. Should a separate bill for this increase be report­ ed from the committee it would go on the calendar, and: could not be considered without a special order from the Commit­ tee on Rules. Its fate, therefore, is pri­ marily in the hands of the leaders of the House. Once before this body, the bill would give rise to a sharp discussion, and probably pass. Judging from the liber­ ality shown by the Senate in the appro­ priations for fortifications, it would read­ ily pass that body. WILL SEEK THE POLE. A Canadian, Captain Bernier, to Try His T.itck iu the Frozen Arctic. ('apt. .t. E. Bernier of Quebec is about to join the long, list of men who have tried to find the north pole. On March 1 lie will start'north with a party of eight, in­ cluding a surgeon and a geologist. The expedition, will 'head for the, northern coast of Siberia, and then will.begin',the jour­ ney overland. . The expedition'"will use the ship Windward to roach, by sea,, the northern coast ef Siberia. This vessel is the one that was used. by the English explorer, Jackson, on his recent arctic journey. Bernier expects to reach the pole by means of dogs, and he believes he will be able to make about six miles a -day in this CAPT. .T. E. BERNIER fashion. After landing he is assured he can reach the pole in about 120 days, or four months. He expects to abandon the Windward after landing, and to make the journey home by way of Spitsbergen. Bernier is going north with provisions to last him for two years. Reindeer will be taken along to enable the party to use them for meat in case of necessity. Bernier has carefully studied the expe­ rience of former explorers, and he believes that with the proper establishment of food stations 011 the route he will be able to reach the pole without danger. - MANUSCRIPT ROOM, Most Interesting Place in the Whole ' British Mnienm, In the bewildering maze of the Brit­ ish museum, where many, miles of shelves and eases are filled with world's .treasures, there is one little room that attracts a greater number of visitors than any other, savs Lippincott's. The crowds that tliVoug about the eases in this room are Composed of persons of curiously diverse characteristics. It Is a center of interest for scholar and literary people, and yetseems as attrac­ tive to the least learned of the visitors. This is the room which contains the de­ partment of autographs and manu­ scripts, and the treasures within it are perhaps the most humanly interesting in the whole museum. Here are all manner of writings by the hands of the world's great men of many ages and countries. There are personal letters of kings and popes, queens, ministers and courtiers, whose, names in history, in story and in song seem hot to stand for real men and women, but rather for legendary be­ ings; and these letters reveal in some homely phrase or bit of simple senti­ ment a touch of human nature which seems to make them more akin to those who curiously scan the documents to­ day. Here one may come, as it seems,- to .actual,acquaintance with the most notable Of the characters in Shaks- peare's historical dramas, and get 1£• new reading, in the quaint original, of passages in his works. Here are char­ ters and state papers that tell volumes of history in a few lines; letters of the great religious reformers, of statesmen, generals, poets and composers. These autograph documents, many. of them letters from husband to wife or lover to sweetheart, show famous personages in a very different light from that in which they are commonly seen in the pages of history. Always Delicate But Hood's Sarsaparllla Has Mwiai Her Strong .and Rugged. ' "My little girl has always beta nwyj delicate, and has been using Hood'* 8ur- saparilla. She has taken several haHfayj of this medicine and is a ragged now. We believe Hood's Sarsap has done what no other medieine do." S. S. CARR, 1310 Grand Ate, 1 cine, Wis. Hood's Sarsaparllla, Is the best--in fact, the One True Blood Ptatfldc. j Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. ,25 A New Crazy Sect in Connecticut. A lot of fanatics in the State recently im­ mersed an old rheumatic woman bodily In water to "heal her." as they said. She •arly died in consequence. How much bet- it would have been to have treated the poor old woman for her infirmity with Hos- tetter's Stomach Bitters, which not only cures rheumatism, but prevents kidney com­ plaint and remedies dyspepsia, constipation, liver trouble and nervous prostration. Give it a systematic trial. Whew! But It's Hot There! Careful observation and comparisons made by scientists prove that the hot­ test region 011 earth is on the south­ west coast of Persia, where that coun­ try borders the gulf of the same name. The thermometer never falls below 100 degrees at night, and frequently runs up to 12S degrees in the afternoon. IN AN ICY GRASP. Great Damage Wrought by Snow( Frost and Wind in Chicago. Chicago was 011 Sunday a wreck el but a beautiful city. From underneath a tan­ gle of telephone, telegraph and trolley wires its streets and rooftops sparkled white, while every tree stood out against the blue of the sky like a diamond cluster aglow in a turquoise setting. Ruin itself was not hideous, for the sun gilded the icy coating of the fallen wires, as well as the interlacing snow and frost fringes of twigs and branches. Dawn looked upon * city as isolated from the world as if it lay lock­ ed in the heart of the arctic zone. I", was walled at its outskirts by banks of snow which blockaded every suburban tftreet car line and furnished picturesque resting places for broken telegraph poles and miles of twisted, useless wire. Chicago suffered more than any other city included in a territorial storm area extending from Wyoming, Dakota, Min­ nesota, Wisconsin and Iowa on the west and north to Pennsylvania and New Vork 011 the east. Railroad and Western l)uion telegraph authorities agreed in the state­ ment that the destruction of their lines was confined practically to the edge Of the city circle. No lines were affected beyond a radius of 100 milei froni Chi­ cago, few beyond one of twenty-five. Demoralization of telegraph service caused the principal trouble for railroads centering in Chicago and seriously inter­ fered with the movement of trains. On many of the lines the wires were com­ pletely disabled and train dispatching came to a standstill until dispatchers could be sent from the main offices to outlying stations, where the communication was not (lso badly hampered. But the havoc wrought among the wires was not the only trouble that was met by the railroads. The heavy , snowfall and consequent wretched condition of the tracks delayed triiins and added an element of danger to their operation. Chicago was for hours cut off telegraph­ ically from nearly all the principal cities of the country, and the storm's havoc af­ fected the city telephone and fire alarm service to the point of temporary disable­ ment. There Is a Class of People Who are injured by the use_of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without dis­ tress, and but few can tell it from cof­ fee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c. and 25c. per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Established 1730. Baker's Chocolate, f celebrated for more than a century as * ̂ delicious, nutritions, and flesh-forming ^ beverage, has ©ar <? well-known ^ • ' ;y, YE' Yeilow Label on tn^-froiit of eveiy ^ package, and oox trade-maik,"LaBefle *gr Chocolatiere,"oa the 2 back. NONE OTHER GENUINE. -- -'C'Sj MADE ONLY BY WALTER BAKER & CO. LtiL, Dorchester, Mass. 35 - : v M yMfr-ryE- 1 T ^ f n r T r * FISH SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. . Don't be fooled with a mackintosh or rubber coat. If you wantacoat that will keep you dry in the hard­ est storm buy the Fish Brand Slicker. If not for sale In youc town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER. Boston, Mass. LUETGERT IN TEARS. Sobs Convulsively as He Tells the Jury His Story. With a smile on his face and the utmost confidence in his manner Adolph L. Luet- gert took the witness stand in Chicago. The court room was packed and the stern eyes of Judge Gary roved Constantly over the breathlessly expectant throng, com­ manding silence as they fixed face after face, A small army was denied entir.n.ce to the building. Slowly, impassively, Luetgert weighed the questions and gave back his answers until lie was asked-, of his first wife--the first love of his strange career. Then to the astonishment, the utter amazement, of the great audience, the iron-hearted prisoner burst into tears. Covering his face with his broad palms he sobbed con­ vulsively; his shoulders shook with emo­ tion, and his tones choked in his deep chest as he.tried to go forward with his story.' At the afternoon session the examina­ tion of the witness by Attorney Harmon was so slow that when court adjourned nothing pertaining to the alleged murder of Mrs. Luetgert had been brought out. Walter Nasli of ,the West Hoboken (N. Y.) police found $92,000 worth of counterfeit money in a vacant house.' It was all in $100 notes on the Bank of Mon­ treal. The house was the one formerly occupied by William Brockway , and his confederates, Abbie L. Smith and Wil­ liam E. Wagner. They were arrested in August, 1895, charged with counterfeit­ ing. The United States Board of General Appraisers in New York has overruled the protest of Charles P. Coles of San Francisco against' the assessment of a duty of 07 centu per ton on an importa­ tion of coal which he claimed was entitled to free entry. Sterp Hanging. There is a species of parrot in Caro­ lina that sleeps by hanging themselves up inside hollow trees which are open at the top. 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