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With their high-heeled iwot R petite, Made nttlallmt heart a to Iwd, - " An' ttkey ehfd her dancing to. , young and old alike she anjred, This alluriug Hi tie maid, Tb<n;«u shs •sas not i riir. and (tald JLik£ the folk of long ago; . : • Kvery youth from fur nml widfc ,- , I.onged to win hor fur hit btil* , > But t'rlecilla only sighed And demurely answered "No.* J Put at last- there crtme a day When her heart was charmed away, When flie.coulil not answer nay To a soMior, lone ago; • :? * Fo her brave eyes, clear and blue, V And her red lips sweet and true, "Answered h<m who caue to OMk "Ves, because I love you 8o|"* k •-Household Comimnion. LONTTON Times first printed by steam in 181%. General astonishment. pim'tfi'eil r'a nee. Mir. cores. Treatise and' |M9 trial bottle free to Send to Br. Sine. Ml Arch St., Phila. V*. 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MI AI JUMI WI FLF 3»OOII M certiaiii to lil^ver Ihein tho n%it"1 morning. Of course the natural sup­ position would be that the house had been entered by a common burglar, and that before he had had time to steal anything he had been fright­ ened away by some noise, But in spite of his precautions, the photog­ rapher failed to conceal his guilt, and only a part of what he desired hap­ pened. The divorce was brought about, but Callahan's hope that he might subsequently marry Mrs God­ win, and derive benefit frum the large fortune which she held in her own right, was blasted- He h*id culti­ vated her husband's acquaintance for years, for thts purpose of finding an opportunity for the gratification of his evil desires. The opportunity had at last come, but in his attempt to use it, he had been thoroughly thwarted. "Although he had stolen nothing, the act of breaking into the house constituted burglary and be was sent to prison for a few years. It is here interesting to note that the manuevrea which brought ill-luck to Callahan bmught good luck to me. Soon after he went to prison, 1 married Mrs. Godwin and have since lived happily witn her. During his imprisonment the photographer bruodetl over his troubles, fiiid when he was released he was in a murderous mood. One evening, while my wife and I were walking in a thinly settled district of the city, we were startled by two pistol shots fired «n rapid succession by some one behind us. I turned around and running a few feet back gmppled with our assailant. I threw him upon the ground, and succeeded in holding him there untii two men who happened to be in the vicinity hurried to my assistance. The villain was Callahan, who had secretly fol­ lowed me and my wife until there was a favorable opportunity for him to attempt murder. He cursed me in a frightful manner when he found that he was a prisoner. A second time he was punished by being incar­ cerated- Three years later, knowing that he had a disease that would soon illBLJi 'STFCUCK TM¥TEAL?FFIR*IIRHTO the moat below/ Descending, he took from the- bottom of the shallow curiosity now. My reason will be e°d his life, lie bequeathed his re plain to you when my narrative is ended." "Very well; J promise." "To give you a thorough under­ standing of my singular experience, it is necessary for me to recall a series of events which preceded the super­ natural horror which I shall describe. "When I began to practice medicine, In a small inland city, I became ac­ quainted with a beautiful girl, who so charmed me that I sought her so­ ciety frequently. I have since learned that she then regarded me with favor, and no doubt I would have conducted a regular courtship which would have ended in a happy marriage, had it not been that entirely unexpected cir­ cumstances suddenly separated us.' My father was stricken with a fatal illness, and my presence was required at his home in Massachusetts until his death, which took place after x had been with him six months. When I returned to the West and re­ sumed my medical practice, I learned to my great cl.agrin that Mfcs Wilk- lns, the girl to whom 1 had been so attentive, was engaged to lie married to a young lawyer named Godwin. He had been as rapid in his love atfair as I had been slow In mine, and I then learned the bitter lesson which many other young men who have been dilatory in courtship have also learned, that if a prompt and zealous rival ap­ pears, and he is pretty sure to do so if the girl is highly attractive, he will win the prize during an absence of even a few months on the part of the dilatory suitor. Of course there was nothing for me to do except to accept the inevit­ able. I bore my disappointment as best I could and gave assiduous at­ tention to the duties of my profes­ sion. Meanwhile I learned that I was not the only d sappolnted suitor. Mr. Callahan, a handsome photographer, had tried to win the hand of Miss Wilkins during my absence in Massa­ chusetts,but he soon found that God- in was preferred to himself. Calla­ han was a moody and disagreeable fellow in spite of his good looks, and mains for anotomical purposes to the physician of the prison, to whom he' had taken a ?reat liking. I was well acquainted with this doctor, and as a token of his esteem he presented me with Callahan's skull, he being well aware that I was at that time en­ gaged in making a choice collection of skulls of all sizes. "The skull was placed in my col­ lection, which was kept in a closet connected with my office, and I thought no more about it until one day I was seized with the desire to see how the skull® would look when arranged so that tl.ey could all be seen at once. Accordingly I placed them, in three rows on a broad table in my office, Callahan's being in the centre of the front row, being accorded, as it were, the place of honor. I bad just seated myself in a chair for the purpose of gazing at the array in an admiring manner when a messenger arrived and asked me to visit a patient whose symptoms had suddenly become alarming. ' * " "It was late at night when I re­ turned to my office. I lighted a gas jet, bat turned on so little gas that that the flame was small. I seated myself in the chair which I had ieft when disturbed by the visitor and gazed at the skulls which were about ten feet distant, They looked un­ canny, unearthly, perhaps, is a bet­ ter word, in the dim light. 1 had always prided myself on not being superstitious, and had frequently laughed at friends who stood in awe of the supernatural. But somehow as I gazed at that ghastly array of grinning skulls, listened to the sol­ emn tick of a great clock that rested on top of a desk, felt that 1 was alone and that all of the people in the city except a few watchmen were sleep­ ing, I felt a chill run down mv back and my heart began to thump as the thought came to me that those skulls mig it move against me. M~i*;ht not Callahan, who had tried to kill me, who had hated me intensely during his second terra of imprisonment, be able to introduce his troubled spirit into his skull, marshal the spirits be-I was decidedly glad that Iw hi.d hecn,, 'h „ ,kl)'u h unsuccessful. Knowing what hisdis- j 8pi*lti° inappropriate receptadc. and position was, 1 was surprised serve that after Miss Wilkins had be­ come Mrs, Godwin ho cultivated the husband's acquaintance, and within a few months became his intimate friend. I often saw them together, and used to wonder whether Callahan was sincere in his friendship. Several years passed away and brought .about interesting changes. Godwin, who' was a pleasant fellow, but was not a j man to heed the claims of morality ! when they strongly conflicted with his i inclinations, fell an easy victim to the wiles of a fair adventuress, He kept his infatuation well concealed from his wife, however, and she was en­ tirely unsuspicious until she finally discovered his unfaithfulness in a most singular manner. One night, while Mr. Godwin was absent on a long journey, his hou«e was entered by a burglar who went to the library and broke open a desk in which Mr. Godwin kept private papers and let­ ters, and which was never left by the owner unlocked. In the morning Mrs. Godwin found the contents of the desk scattered on the floor,«<MI among them a package of love letters from the adventuress. The cat was now out of the bag, and the wronged wife instituted proceedings for a divorce, which was granted. Soon after she had accomplished her object, the community was startled by the news that Callhan had been ar­ rested on the charge of having com­ mitted the burgKry. At the trial, during which the' court-room was crowded, on account of the high social standing of the guilt was skillfully proved by< a chain of circumstantial evidence. It was shown that the photographer after breaking into the house had committed but one offence. He had opened the desk and scattered the papers that he had found in it, but he had stolen nothing. The mystery was great until the prisoner confessed that he had entered the house for the sole purpose of furnishing Mrs. God­ win with evidence that her husband was untrue to her. His intimacy with Godwin had enabled him to dis­ cover wheie his friend kept the dis­ reputable love letters, and then he thought out the mean plot by which he effected the scattering of the let­ ters, so that Mrs. Godwin, for Mr. ' '-ud«in be knew was away, wo'ild be ! as a horrid death's army, so to speak, j swoop upon me and quickly batter out j my brains. It was a fantastic, an ut­ terly absurd idea, but it wasneverthe- the kind of Idea that disturbs a per­ son when the nerves are shaky. "I soon recovered myself, however, and smiled with contempt for my momentary weakness. But the next instant a frightful fascination com­ pelled me to stare at the skull of Callahan. There was a slight noise in it and it actually moved a little. The lidless eyes appeared to glare and the jaws about the gasping mouth to move up and down. I sprang to my feet and grasping the back of the chair with both ' hands, raised it in readiness for an attack. The skull moved again, more decidedly than bifore, and 1 trembled all over. There was a loud rattle, a big move­ ment of the skull, it crashed to the floor and bounded to my feet. I jumped so high that my head grazed the ceiling, and as 1 came down, the skull shook violently, turned over, and out sprang a big rat that scam­ pered across the floor and disappeared. "I felt sheepish enough. I had been frightened like a child by some­ thing that was as far removed from the supernatural as anything that could well he imagined. 1 never dared speak of the occurrence to my friends lest the story should reach the ears of the doctors at the city hospital, and cause them to overwhelm me with ridicule. Remember your promise, for if you should reveal what I have nricnnAr huitnIdvou' my reputation as a doctor \.l! who has an iron nerve would be lost forever.--Household Companion. Peat and - loth. From a bog to a great-coat Is now rendered an easy transition by the new treatment of peat Being a vegetable substance of a fibrous ma­ ture, when dried and cleaned from impurities it can be readily spun into a kind of yarn and then woven into clotb. This material, it appears, can be made up fully 50 per cent cheaper than any ordinary materials of the kind. EVERY man has the secret hope in his heart that when he gets to Heaven, every one he kpew on earth will go off Into a remote corner Wiile 'tis record is read. C* »- .v •»' t rS , J*\ \ J -"'j 1: PraC fluster Advances Soma TbesHw m* to the CHUM of Qreat Fim, Shehan & Upton's "History of the Great ConfiagraUon of 1871," speak­ ing of the eastern part of Minnesota, says: "It is the universal testimony that the prevailing idea among the people was that the last day had come. They could give no .other in­ terpretation to the ominous roar, the bursting of the sky with flame, and the dropping down of lire out .of the very heavens, consuming instantly everything it touched. There was a | pitiless rain of sand, and it seemed i as if the fiery fl lends of hell had been looseued. It came in great sheets of •flame from heaven, with great balls of fire unrolling and shotting forth, in streams." A civil engineer doing business in Prestigo, says: "The heat increased so rapidly that when 400 feet from the bridge and the nearest buildiug, I was obliged to lie down in about two feet of water behind a log, and by going under water occasionally and holding my head close to the water, l managed to breathe." 2sear Port Huron, Michigan, sev­ eral hundred miles east of Chicago and the fires above noted* the con­ flagration was terrible. Allison Weaver covered a shallow well with four-inch oak studding and got into the water where he remained while the lire swept over him. The well was in a ten-acre open space, but tue flames completely covered it. The fire did not run along the ground or leap from tree to tree, hut was a sheet, of flame reaching from the earth to the tops of the trees. The planks, that covered him were on fire, and his den so hot that he could scarcely breathe. The earth was on fire in spots. At Williamson's mill, .Wisconsin, thirty-two people jumped into a well, and were there suffocated by heat. In Michigan fully 15.000 people were rendered homeless by the fires, and their food, crops, clothing, horses and cattle were destroyed, the same night that the fires occurred in Chi­ cago and Wisconsin. Of the Chicago fire Ignatius Don­ nelly in his "Ragnarook," says: 1 The fire was spontaneous The story of Mrs. O'Leary's cow having started the conflagration by kicking over a lantern, was found to be false. It was the access of gas from Biela's comet, that burned up Ch cago." The Chicago tire marshal testified that he felt it jn his bones that they were going to have a fire, and further said: "We got the fire under con­ trol, and it would not have gone an­ other foot, but the next thing I knew, tney came and told me that St. Paul's Church, two squares away, was on fire, and then the fire broke out in Bateman's planning mill." A writer in the New York Post, st ated that he saw buildings far beyond the Une of fire and not in contact with it, burst into flames from the interior. On the same day of the Chicago fire, the States of Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, and Illinois, were severely devastated by prairie fires, and ter­ rible tires raged in the Alleghanies, the Sieras, the Rockies and the region of the Red lliver of the North. Shehan & Upton's "History of the Chicago Fi re," sa ys: ' 'The h uge stone and brick structure melted before the fierceness or the flames as a snow flake melts and disappears in water, and almost as quickly. Six story buildings would take fire and disap­ pear forever from sight in five min­ utes by the watch At the great Union Depot, the fire turned half a mile against a gale of wind which blew a tornado, and in which no ves­ sel could have lived on the lake. Strange fantastic fires of blue, red and green, played along the cornices of buildings." Hon. William B. Ogden wrote ai> the time: "In thd jrard of one of the large implement factories, was staked hundreds of tons of pig iron. This iron was 200 feet from any building. To the south of it was the river 150feet wide. No large building but the factory was in that vicinity, yet that pile of iron melted and run, and is now one large and solid mass." Of this great and strange conflagra­ tion, Mr. Donnelly further says: "Ail this brings vividly before our eyes, the condition of things when the ancient comet struck the earth, when conflagrations spread over wide acres, when human beings were consumed by the million, when their works were obliterated and the remnants of the multitude fled before the flames filled with unutterable consternation, and as they jumped pell meil into wells, so we have seen them in Job, clam­ bering down ropes into the narrow- mouthed bottomless pit." "Who shall say how often our at­ mosphere has been affected by ac­ cessions from celestial sources, caus­ ing conflagrations, pestilence, failure of crops and famine?"--W. T. Foster, copyrighted, 1892. 1 several han^Als of the most per­ fect shot he had ever seen. Watt's fortune was made, for from this ex­ ploit emanated the idea of the shot tower, which ever since has been the only means employed in the manu­ facture of the little missiles' so im­ portant in war and sport . --Boston Commonwealth. Mr the Baby "Not much mistaken sentlitte can remain in the minds o' benevo­ lent persons after a term of work amonir those classes who keep city prisons filled. But it is replaced by something far better, an understand­ ing Of practical methods of helping them, and a genuine sympathy whica exists along with a just estimate of their short-comings and misfortunes. M. Du Oimp writes a bit of wise and tender sentiment which he noted in visit a tb a Paris mission for women. One of the branches of the "Work for Prisoners Discharged from Saint Lazare" is the work of clothing and finding employment for the women. In connection with it the women are helped in many ways in accordance with the spirit rather than the letter of its rules. - One poor es^prisoncr caame in dur­ ing M. DuCamp's visit, to thank the committee for»getting her term of imprisonment shortened, because in his absence the burden of the sup­ port of a large family of children was more than she could carry; another came to thank the committee for furnishing her husband with respect­ able clothes and assisting him to get work, thus partially relieving her of the support of the family. It was an extremely business-like place. The name of every ex-pris­ oner and the main facts of her his­ tory, and all the work of the associa­ tion, were recorded in registers. Amid so much that was strictly practical and useful the visitor was struck with one seemingly incongrous object. It was a beautiful white funeral wreath, with imitation of pearl pen­ dants. ••What is that for?" he asked. < "The wreath? That is for one or onr prisoners who now is working in a good place," explained the manager. "She lost, her baby a little while ago. She will come for this and take it to put on the little grave next Sunday. Extravagant? Not at all. As long as she cares for her baby's grave, we believe the loving remembrance of it will save her from temptation." Needs assistance it may be best to render It promptly, but one should re­ member to use oven the most perfect remedies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. v . I«rr« Sink , A stout lady went into a shoe*>8t<Mr« ln New York City, and said to a salesman: "I want a pair of bath slippers, please --ana very quickiy.B "What number, ma'am?" ' "What number? No. 846, sir." f "No. 24t>? What do you melD, ma'am?" " Why, No. 246 5th avenue, of course!" HALF-FARE TO SBE y . LANDS. WESTERN Inventor Watts' Vision. Before Watts, the discoverer or the present method of making shot, had his notable dream, induced by over­ indulgence in stimulants, the manu­ facture in question was a slow, labor­ ious and consequently costly process Great bars of lead had to be pounded intosheetsof a thickness nearly ejual to the diameter of the shots desired. These sheets had then to be cut into little cubes, placed in a revolving bar­ rel and thete rolled around until, by the constant friction, the edges wore olT from the little cubes, and they become spheroids. Watts had often racked his brain trying to discover some better and less costly scheme, but in vain. Fin­ ally, after spending an evening with some boon companions at an ale house, he went home, went to bed and soon fell asleep His slumbers, however, were disturbed by unwel­ come dreams, in one of which be was out with "the boys,*' and as they were stumbling home it began to rain shot--beautiful globules of polished, shining lead--in such Inumbers that he and hisb companions had to seek she'ter. In the morning Watts remembered his curious dream and it uotruded it­ self on his mind all day. < He began to wonder what shape molten lead would assume in falling through the air, and, finally, to set his mind at rest, he ascended to the top of the steeple of the Church of St. Mary at Ifhdcliffe and dropped .slowly and regularly a ladleful of molten lead Cenana of Fools. •JEtie art of cynicism has never been brought to a higher degree of cultiva­ tion, the Persian historians say, than it was durincr the reign of the Shah Shahabaham XXVIII., and the vizi- rate of ids great prime minister, lb** hihim the Audacious. ' On one occasion the Shah ordered Ibrahim to prepare a list of'all the fools in the kingdom. The vizir went piously about the work, and in a month's time brought the sovereign the list, which, he declared was com­ plete and authentic. The Shah took it, and was aston­ ished to find the first name on the list the following: "Shahabaham the Twenty-eighth, King of Kings." His first impulse was to order the vizir to instant execution. Then he reflected that Ibrahim had been ad­ vanced to his present position on ac­ count of his audacity, and that no uoubt the vizir's act in heading the list of fool's with the Shah's name was merely his idea of.being efficient "May I ask," the Shah said, "to what particular act 1 am indebted for the honor of heading this list?" "Sire," said Ibrahim, "it is because you have just entrusted a large sum of money, for the purchase of horses in foreign lands, to a set of men who have gone off with it and will never come back." "But suppose they should come back?" said the Shah. "Suppose they should come back?' "Why in that case 1.should take your Majesty's name off the list and put their names in its place!" This act is said to have been the cause of Ibrahim's dismissal; and the Shah declared that he had not hum- hied him for his audacity, but for his extreme cynicism.--»Youth's Compan­ ion. -. . - Taking It Easy. •*' f It is slow work traveling m Ger­ many, writes Jerome K. Jerome. The German train does not hurry or ex­ cite itself over its work, and when it stops it likes to take a rest When a German train draws up at a station, everbody gets out and has a walk. The engine-driver and stoker cross over and knock atthestatioumaster's door. The station master comes out and greets them effusively, and then runs back into the house to tell his wife that they have come, and she bustles out and welcomes them effu­ sively, and the four stand chatting about old times and friends and the state of the crops. After awhile tho engine-driver, during a pause in the conversation looks at his watch and says he is afraid he must be going, but the stationmaster's wife won't hear of it "Oh. you must stop and see my children," she says. "They will be home from school soon, and they'll be so disappointed if they hear you have been here and gone away again." The engine-driver and the stoker laugh, and say that under those cir­ cumstances they suppose they must stop; and they do sa The second guard has gone down into the town to try and sell a dog, and the passen­ gers stroll about the platform and smoke, or partake of a light meal in the refreshment room When every­ body appears to be sufficiently rested, a move onward is suggested by the engine-driver or the guard, and if all are aigreeable to the proposal, the train starts. Out of Reach. The discomforts and disadvantages of excessive obesity are many. A curious and pathetic example is thus recorded by an exchange: ">Vhat has become or the big man who used to beat the bass drum?" the leader of a military band was siskcd. * 'Oh, he left us mote than three months ago."" "/ ' "Good man, wasn't he?" "Yes, first-rate; but he got so fat that when he marched b* couldn't hit the drum in the middle.** <*Rt Cliance This Tear. The third and last Harvest Excursion will bo run to especial territory--Oklahoma and Indian Reservations and Texas The Great Rock Island Route runs into and through these reservations, and is the only roud that torches these lands, lately put on the market. See band-bills giving particulars, and remember the date is Oct. 25, for Chicago and points to and including Mississippi River, and one day later fur Missouri River polnta JOHN SEBASTIAS. G. T. and P. A., Chicago, IiL "What is August Flower for!* As easily answered as asked. It is for Dyspepsia. It is a special ret$» cdy for the Stomach and Liver. -- Nothing more than this. We believe August Flower cures Dyspepsia. We know it will. We have reasons for knowing it. To-day it has an honored place in every town and country store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, and sells everywhere. The reason is simple. It does one thing, and does it right. It cures dyspepsia# Important to Fleshy People. W® have noticed a page article in the Boston Oioho'ot! reducing weight at a very small expense. It will pay our readers to send two-cent stamp for a copy to Betlna Circulating Library, 3# E. Washington street, Chicago, IIL WOODBN railroads were built In Eag- land in 1602; iron rails were first used in 1789; the first iron railroad, waa laid in America in 1827. ,.W:« Fine Playing Cards. Send 16 tents !n stsisri to John Sebas­ tian, Gen'l Ticket and Pa*& Agt. O, R L ft P. R'y. Chicago, tor a pack of the "Rock Island" Plavlng Cards. They are acknowl­ edged the best, and worth five times the cost. Send money order or postal note for 50c. and will send five packs by expna, prepaid. Bart Yon Asthma? Da R. ECHICFMANN. St. Paul. Minn., will mail atrial package of ScbifTniann's Asthma Cure free to any sufferer. Gives Instant, re­ lief In wortft cases, and cure* where others fall. Name this paper and send address. WATER is COMPOSED of oxygen and hydrogen in the proportion ot one vol­ ume of the former gas to two volumes of the latter. Ir you are constipated, bilious or troubled with sick headache, Beechanrs Pills afford Immediate relief. Of druggists. £5 cents. The father of Thomas Paine was a corset-maker and taught his son the same trade. How ABBOBD TO • BOAK AND WHKKZB with a cou^h which HALE'S HONET OF HORBUOOND AKD TAR will cure. Pius's TOOTHACHE Dnops Curs in one Minute. ATTOTTRTUS CJSSAR, as far as known, died from overwork and exhaustion. King Of Medicines is what I consider Hood's Sarsapa- rilla. For 6 years I was confined to my bed with white swelling* and ficronila sores. To my Win. A. Leiii'. great joy, when I began with HOOD'S SARSAPAR1IXA the sores soon decreased. I kept taking it for a year, when I was so well that I went to work, end since then have not lost one day on account of sickness. 1 am always well and have a good appetite." Wm. A. LEHB, » N'. Railroad St., Kendallvllle, Ind. ROOD'S PI 1X8 are the bsst after-dinner Pills, assist digestion, cure hesdaehe and biUonaness. The Croat Liver and Stomach Remedy, For the eure of all dlomileni of lb* Stosatcli, Llvw, Buwols. tihlnoys, Itladder, Ke v*us Diseases, Headache, Co- atlpatlon. CoitUve- ness, Iiidl.esliou. Dyspepsia. Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of he Rowe's. Piles* and all derangements of, lie Internal Vlsrara. Purely Vegetable, containing no Mareury. Mtneiatft, or l)ele:cr«ous Dru^s. Price, 83c. per bo*. Mold by all Druggists. DYSPEPSIA. DR. RADWAY'H 1'ILLS arc s cure fo- thi« com-pis nt. 'J'bey rpotoi* t-tiength to the •tonmch uud enable it to perform its function*. Th« symptoms ol Drapepei& di8&p|>e&r, and with them the liability ot the ajtitem to contract disease*. Tike the medicine accenting to the directions, and observe what we say in 'Fihe and True" respecting diet. 4t^Obeerve the tollo wing symptom a resu lting frc in diseases ot the digestive organs: Constipation, in- ira piles, fuiluesa ot blooa In the head, acidity oi sensation wben in a lying posture, dimness of vision, dots or webR before the slfbt. fever and dull pain in the head, deficiency of pbrspirstion. yeUownees of the akin and eyes, pain in the side, che»t. Umbs. and sudden flushes of beat, burning in the flesh. A few doses of KAUW AY'N PILLS will free the sys­ tem of all the above-named disorders., , „ _ Send » letter KtaniD to DR. RAD WAY & CO.. No. SI Warren Street. Jiew York, tor "False and True." "HOTHER'S \ FRIEND'*/ is a scientifically prepared Liniment and harmless; every ingredient is of recognized value and in constant use by the medical profession. It short­ ens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to life of Mother and Child. Book ®"To Mothers" mailed free, con­ taining valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt flf price, $1.60 per bottle. BRADFIELD RE6ULAT0R CO., Attala, 6a. Sold by all drugsJsts. RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA Plain, common sense ftfty-paga treatise on origin, causes, na- 1 ture, varieties, prompt relief and almost infallible cure, sent for 6c. nickel. No stamps. .Write to K. N. aBAlulES, 'New Haven, Conn. iltNTION THIS PA PEP WBBM WKITIKS TO iKIRIUIt. Asthmas The AIMeaat KolaPlaat, discovered In Congo, W est Africa, is Nature's Burs Cure for Aathma. Core Ossrsalced or Ma Pay. Kxport Office, 1104 Broadway, New York. ForUmsTrlal Caw. PBEE hy Hall, addreaa seta uooBtma oo.. x»a vusat.,ou«iaaau.Qhi* DOUBLE flrath- S7.50. RIFLESIt WATCHES "r£|||£ :HESUUIVW« SAPJBhMM* where. Before vou hny<, fttaiDp for catalogue .MtPWEUAClEMlHTCO. 1M Bala St., ri«ttauU,0. ,*V'; '1 _ ' -i4" v Aft* THE NEXT MORNINti I tEEL BRISK? NEW AND MV COMPLEXION IS BETTER. Hy doctor says it acta gently on the etomacfc, n*wr and kMvsya aad Isa pleasant laxative. This Male a mads from herbs, and Is prepared forass as iaBr sates. It Is called LIME'S HEDIGIHE Alt drttCffi*!* sell it a! 50c And $1 per parks**. If yon rttMljA It, »end yonr address for » trm sample. Uw'* Faallr BITH tae towels *«rii day. In ord*r to be healthy, thi» is ury. ADDRTO ORATOR F. WOOI>WA*U>. L*ROY, N. Y. * Tie Beit fatenrflf Coat In the WORLD! SUCKER The FISH BRAND SLICKER Is warranted water proof, sndwHI keep you dry In tho hardest storm. The new POMMEt. SLICKER is a perfect riding coat, and covcratheewireasddlc. Bcwareofimitations. Deal buy a coat if the " Fish Brand" Is not on It. Mo*ti». t«l Cataioctie ttr*. A. S. TOWElt. Roston, Bias*. n , 4 Two Great Remedies. The human citadel is open to at­ tacks from two sour.es, and, aside from accidents, these two are the ave­ nues from which all of the ma Sadies that afflict the race spring. The first of these are what are known a»the ex­ cretory organs. These are the lungs* the kidneys, and the skin. These sutfer from congestion, which takes the form of colds. Starting from what is called a cold, the maladies that re- suit are widespread, ranging from m cough to consumption. They attack all ages and all stations. Ko one i& free from these troubles. There is^ however, a remedy that is a safeguards This is REID'S GERMAN COUGH ANI> KIDNEY CURE. It contains no poison* but it will heal any form of lung trouble, or any malady that arise» from a cold. The other class of dis­ eases arise from derangement of - the digestive organs, and result in consti­ pation. When the bowels do not act, the t-to math soon refuses to digest the food,, and we are troubled with Indigestion, fever, and a long train of disotdera that embrace a wide range of maladies. The Laxative Gum-Drops will correct any difficulty of this sort. They contain nothing deleterious, but are safe aad pleasant. Get them of any dealer. SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Feoria, IIL, i * £ '• 'j* ;•%? PRINTING' OFFICE OUTFITS at reasonable rates and upon liberal terms. Run FOR PASTICCI, A jut. CHICAGO NEWHVlKt UNION, OS >o«ith Jeflfcreon Strswt. Chi aw gsi EWIS' 98 % LYE I Powderad and Parfminwl. a* (pATSimn.* The ttrongwt and purnsf Lye niaAB Unlike other Lye, It baing a fine powder and packed In a oan with removable lid, the contents sie always ready for use. WiU make the beat perfumed Hard Soap to SKt minutes without bctiinp. It is the beit for cleansing waste-pipe^, aiausi'aoting sinks, cloeets. wa«fc» lag bottles, psints. trees, etc. 1KNNA. S\LT M'fO CO* Gen. Agts., Phils., Pa. HM -"•*-$ V- • e best meoicine known forbilioaa a nern, eonatlpation. dyspepsia, nala bresth, headaebe.menua deprashw.* painful digestion, bad and all diteaateoaaserf' the stomach, liver or I luu ouiuunw,* bowels to per-w et by taking one after cach aeaLI or sewc b}jnap.X at •form their proper functions.' Persons glrea to ovsr- benefited by taking one aT " ~ CHlikcAL Ctt^lC^jpruM sCKew V seating are ********************* •**••*'*••***' $40,000,000 gamed by the Bell Telephone Patent ia TM* Invention may be valuable. You nhouid protect It by patent. Address for full and intelligent advice. Jlut W. DIDI.KV & CO., N. Solicitors of Patents, Pacific Bldff.. 822 F St. N. W.. Wasliiuxton, Mention tJUt paper. M FIT FOLKS REBU6E* /7"\ Mrs. Alice Maple. Oregon. Mo., writ-- 1 \ I I "Mv wijrht was328 poands.now Jtwljv a redaction of KB lbs." For circulars ad4re»s. (itkk. Dr.O.W.l«"JSNYl»KB. McVieker'sTheatre. t'hic«*«NlU. plei ISM :rarMCea»tlpa*N wkHW »«•> «Mk Mm. hm lot (a ra PATENTS! PENSIONS! Send for Inventor's Ouide, or How to Obtain a Paten*, Send for Digest ot Penalou and Bounty la» PATRICK O'FARhKLU Washington. IX t. Sacciafui wkcaattmwitnfaU. S*UrSCK Se#cwfui when Bit-- - , - t-r V. IIMCU*. S36 > .*. Wrtfci for twok ot o ELY'S CREAM BALM-Cleanses the Nasal| Passages? Allays P*ftn and I attain mat! o a, Sores, Bettow Taste and Smell, aad V q\i ,^4 1 M (iives Keller at once Apply into the A'ottHla. It i» Quickly 60c. JDragebrtsor bjmail. KLY BUO^UWac WE PAY POST AGE. Ail you have guessed about life insnrance may be wrong. If you wish to know the truth, seud for "How and Whv," issued bv the PKNN Hl'i l AL LIFE, 921-3-5 nut Street, Philadelphia* C. N. (I. .No. 44 WHKN WRITING TO A1 v v iilrasr any you saw the ia this i>;»rer. • Ptso's Remedy ftx Cttarrh ts the BeVt. Easiest to C*. and t^bwgwt CATA R R M SMI toy draagi&u ot asoi tqr mail. a* <.. i. „ »•(., • - t" • L LIS'