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iUmirn. Kii Rural , mmvrxffatk from one oi Above l,f riser's new •rted Sal- Si'The r®- liid ipoui|d> " earty, lels are Hundred- A DEPARTMENT MADE IIP FOR OUR RURAL fp;>; fold. His new early potato, Express, has a reword of 803 "bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as 12.50 a barrel, and the best potato planter in th« vrorld for lr.it •?. If Yew WIH t;ot Tills «»v-> nnu Semi It with 6c postage to the John A. Saber Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis., you will re­ ceive free hismammoth potato cata- " a package of sixteen-day », Eli,n radish. C logue and "Get There, K v AJfj«!tg»l Bridge of Chalcedony. •'"A mining: expert sent to investigate some Afclzona properties for Denver capitalists recently returned and re­ port* the finding of a most rcmakaMe natural bridge formed by a t.ee of 'agatized wood, spanning a canyon for­ ty-five feet in width. The tree had at THE i'AKj How Sweet Potatoes May Tip Kopt* In Winter--Economy In flood Farm Batld- tagi--Make Friends with Your ^QjCK-- XHkry Motes, Ete. > Kee iritis SW*t ItmtiKImM:':' We have been marketing sweet po­ tatoes for about two months, and are nearly through with them now, as the drouth gave us a very short crop, but as the price has averaged 91 a bushel, tbev have given a fairly good profit Since I have learned how to ceep sweet potatoes through the win-1 ter, and have prepared a place for j them, I ttnd them in y mcst profitable J crop. We have a barn cellar, made'1 rat proof by a cement floor, and by lining with tin the two sides of the „ ot PHP- At IS ,^,„,,Jg#se asMplipnni»gi' mfittg tm mm* *»u bw t*€n :lertilixed and Aliifej.. on ctever coots to penetrate and deepen tbe subsoil. some c©Wte Urn? fallen, *he& it be V" *uo v™ " «,'ura came Imbedded in tha silt of some i £^ .ar "kich have a board partition, great inland sea or mighty water over-1 This partition is ffiade by setting up flow. The silt became in time sand- eight-inch studding and . boarding eat inland sea or mighty water over low. The silt became in time sand­ stone, and the wood gradually passed through the stages of mineralization, until it is now a wonderful tree of solid agate. In after years water washed and ate away the sandst ne until a canyon forty-tive feet in width has been formed, the flinty-like 5ubstance of the agatized wood having- resisted the ero­ sion of the water flow. Upward of fifty feet of the tree rests on one side and can be traced, but how far its other end lies buried in the sandstone cannot bs determined with­ out blasting away the rock. The trunk visible above the canyon varies in size from four feet to three in diameter. Where the bark has been broken and torn away the characteristic colors ol jasper and agate are seen. To the nake.1 eye the wood is beautiful. Un­ der a microsco;>e or miner's magnify­ ing glass the brilliancy of the coloring is clearly brought out in its won­ drous beauty. , $4 to California. Tills is our sleeping car rate on the Phil­ lips-Rock Island Tourlatj Excursions from Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco, •1» toe scenic route and Ogden- You can go with Phillips, the best of all excursion managers, for he has each party accom­ panist! toy a special agent who goes the en* tira trip with patrona These personally conducted excursions leave Chicago twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday. We have also a dally tourist car service, •la our Southern route, through the beau­ tiful Indian Territory and Fort»Worth to Los Angele9 and San Franctaca 1 he tour- tot car rate via this route, the same. Ap­ ply at Rock Island ticket office, 104 Clark street. John Sebastian, O. P. A., G, B. L 4fc P. By., Chicago. ONE can cut glass with scissors as easily as thou&rh it were an autumn leaf. The entire secret consists in plunging the pane of glass into a tub of water, submerging also the hands and the scissors. The scissors will cut . in straight lines, without a flaw. This result is achieved in consequence of the absence of vibration. If the least portion of the scissors is left out of the watery the vibration will prevent the glass cutting. Important to Homeaeelcera and In­ vestors. Those of you who are not doing as well as you would like to do here and are anx­ ious to expend your energies and means where better returns are possible, are In­ vited to investigate the chances for mak­ ing homes and getting rich in tbe «lde new country between St, Paul, Minn., and Seattle, on Puget Sound, in Washington, a distance of 1.827 miles, along the line of the Great Northern Railway, across, fl*e great States, abounding in agricultnral, pastoral, horticultural, mineral and tlm- beral wealth. Printed matter and other Information ssat free by F. L Whitney, St. Paul, Minn. JJOVE is a fancy that the disappointed tenderly cultivate. EM "Colchester" Spading Boot ad. other column. Carbuncles Large as IlcnS £gpt Mrs. NANNIE OOULDMAN, of Beulahvttle, Kino William Co., V'a., writes as follows: * ror about eight or ten years my father, Cbl. T. U. Fogg-, of West Point, Fa., was laid Up with carbuncles, tbe worst that 1 ever saw. Ha tried everything he heard of, his doctor juld do nothing for COU T. U. Fooo. could vtiim. Had six ®even carbuncles at a :>;*ime, as large ae hen's i'fi-i pg-gs. He got so weak and suffered so much lie could not walk a etep. In 1872 he had hie bed put in the middle ot his room and got on it to die. No one expected him to get well. He saw Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery advised for ail blood disorders. Before he had taken half-a^ bottle of ' Discov­ ery' they began to Two bottles entirely cured him. He I years old. and enjoys good health." PIERCE OB HONET 18 REFUNDED. CURE VDED. uo. • 'V-'iV, r ' \ :• COCOA anil CHOCOLATE. Highest Awards (Medals and Diploma*) WoridJs^^umbiMi following arttalaa BREAKFAST COCOA, FRE1IU1 Ho, I CHOCOLATE, OERlAli SWEET CHOCOLATE, VANILLA CHOCOLATE, C0C9A BUTTfX, For "purity of maMMf "eaoellenl flavor, and Ufia- fornj even composition." OKOCERa EVERYWHERE jALTEfr BAKER * CO.. DCflCHESTEft, MAS1 •fe M fs a eon tee of much U M I • suffering. The system -|1M||I should be thoroughly cleansed of all impor- kities, and the Blood lkept in a hcalthv con- Idition. s. S.8.N- moves all taint of Whatsoever origin, and builds up the pea- ..^rai, health, BLOOD! •4, •A . fot three yesrs 1 was so troubled with malirUl 1 • . - fwison that life )<st at I its charms; I tried toeraorial I ,v, J d j>ota^h remedies, but Could nt no Et&fi A *» bottles off wwant-m . v ? t.,'snade a com-f "' : r.i* |>lete and pet- I ^.£aanent cure. t \ ^ •> h » - « :incuicst DIII qc am j. A. RICE, Ottawa.Kui. ' 'Our Book on Blood and Skin l>i&easc> mailed free. WOT SPECIFIC CO., Co. Ely's Cream Balm .. Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation, Restores the Sense of ,tfaste and Smell. Heals the Sores. ' BROS.. M Warreu St., N. V. MADE PURE | Tried BBIN'K'S Thill ConpliB2? H not send to Molcomb Jt Co ^Bloom- I vil e. O., Mid g«t a sample pair ; r retained u not satisfactory. No. 5 94 a. N. ». both sides. This place is grouted w fch cement at the! ottora, and tilled with sawdust above. With a cellar made in this way and fitted with double doors and windows sweet po­ tatoes can be kept all winter without fire heat, providing you have a large bulk of them, but to keep a small quantity (100 or 200 bushels) fire beat will De necessary. Tbe cellar should ho a dry one, not too deep. We enter ours on the level at one side, and it is not more than three feet deep at the deepest paru The potatoes are picked up as fast as duar and taken at once to the bins in the cellar. We would not take the potatoes in when wet from rain or a heavy dew, but do not try to cure them at all in the sun, as has been recommended. We handle them care­ fully so as not to bruise them, and as­ sort as we pick them upi The mer­ chantable ones are put directly into bushel baskets, and we dray tnem on a sled to the cellar and empty them carefully, so that they will not be bruised. They are put in bins about four or five feet wide and the same depth, and we prefer to have two or three hundred bushels in a bin. They heat and go through a curing process which insures their keeping and improves their quality, and all that is necessary to insure them to keep through the winter is to keep the temperature between 50 degrees and B0 degrees. The potatoes them­ selves will give off heat enough to do this where there is a large quantity bulked together, but with a small quantity it is necessary to have some artificial heat* In my cellar we do this by a kerosene lamp that holds three quarts of oil; we can raise the temperature ten to fifteen degrees in a short time with it. The smali po­ tatoes which are used for sprouting are put into bins by themselves. If no potatoes rot we expect the shrink­ age to be 10 per cent or more, and there will usually be some rotten ones, but iu 1892 my loss fro n rot was less than 1 per cent and this year about 3, as the land was in such bad order that we bruised the pota­ toes more than usual in digging.-- Waldo F, Brown, in Country Gentle­ man. ^ m~~> ^^'ijjblMUise the Routine. • JumS7jy- The element of surprise in even the humdrum affairs of every-day life converts the prosaic into the more soul-satisfying uncertainty atout what is to be, and the excitement thus fostered is that fine line that keep us ever on the alert, ever ex­ pectant The housekeeper, in the routine of three meals a day aud the necessary washing, sweapingand bak­ ing incident to the running of a well- regulated menage, thinks, perhaps, jbat the element of surprise should not be introduced into the clock­ work system, lest confusion be the result. Here is just Where the mis­ take lies, for, in the endeavor to secure perfection of detail affairs get into a rut and order becomes monot­ onous and tiresome. The family does not like to feel that on Wednesday it will sit down to corned beef as surely its it will dine on roast turkey on Sunday. Only the other day we aeard a wife say to her husband, "What shall I get for dinner?" and the reply came straight from the man's heart: "I don't care so long is 1 do not know what it is going to be." This sentiment is universal; beans that are unexpected are more relished than terrapin and pheasant talked and planned about for days before hand. Vary the menu, and likewise vary the arrangement of your rooms. The feye gets tired looking at pictures and chairs always in the samte spot Uf course, enter into the new. regime with moderation and good sense or tbe desire to produce a surprise may result in something not as iagreeable as was anticipate,I. Do not throw the house into confusion every day in order to obtain a new arrangement in furnishings, nor do not eschew entirely the sensible meals, well served, that have heretofore been the standby in yoiir daily menu, but con- t nue on e in a while to strike the keynote of variety, for it is likewise the keynote of domestic harmony. Restoring Exhausted Land. " It used to b? the practice when fertility was too much exhausted by cropping to let the land lie idle for a few years, allowing it to grow up with whatever nature was pleased to clothe it with while resting. This was the way that the soils original fertility was stored. It was a slow proc ss, and after returning to the soil tor thousands of years all that it grew, a comparatively s"hort term of cropping with the most exhaustive crops will leave it too barren te be longer worth cultivating. Vet In most cases this exhaustion was,more apparent than real. The elements of fertility were in the soil, but in un­ available forms. Instead of leaving nature unaided to restore fertility the orocess may be hastened bv man's co-operation. Leguminous plants like clo\er, peas and the like., derive a large part of nitrogen fro n tbe air. They aro also the plants which decay most readily, and therefore make the best fertilizer. A single crop of clover grown to maturity will put land in Condition for cropping better than five or six years witn the sur­ face left naked except as nature cov­ ers it "with weeds. In tbe South the CJW pea largely takes the place of •clover as a rec ap rative crop. It will grow in 'land too muck exhaused to Ecesomjr In Good Farm Good farming implies warm shelters for stock in inclement weather. >Varm stables prevent loss of flesti 4nd vitality from coldorwet weather, find at the same time enable the farmer to effect the greatest possible saving of animal excrements for ma­ nure. The increased amount and value of the voidings of sheltered animals will pay a large interest nn the cost of the buildings. The sav­ ing in feed required for maintenance w'll go fa- toward paying rent on thQ structures. Good economy requires that the farm buildings be built of sound, substantial, durable materials, aud that they be well built. Then the cost of repairs will be reduced to a minimum. The farmer's dwelling should also be well built of the best materials, and so conveniently ar­ ranged as to make the housework as light as possible. This is a question of economy as well as a question of justice to the weaker sex who are part of the working force ot the farm. The farmer's dwelling should be well 1 ghted, well ventilated and well sewered, so as to preserve the health and efficiency of its inmates, and the idea of beautv should have full effect in the location and archi­ tecture of the farm dwellings and all of its environments, including its or* namental grounds, kitchon, and frr gardea and orchard. ^ w I'et Your IIuTie, " * Most hfirses will eat sugar, ahfl all after having it a few times become •ery fond of it. This is a habit which is worth while to encourage, for nothing so educates the horse to familiarity with his master as to give him lumps of sugar from the hand. A great part of the value of a good horse is his intelligence. There is no better way to cultivate this than to feed the horse with the kind of delicacies that they are most fond ot The Afahs pet their horses by feeding dates and figs, and the animal thus petted soon learns to obey his mas­ ter's will in every particular. Pegin with the young colts by putting lumps of sugar with their oats. The sugar will give them shining coats,as it is very fattening. It also gets rid of any worms, if there are any in the colt's stomach. The worms are very fond of tbe sugar, and they eat so heartily of it that they loosen their holds on the intestines and are car­ ried out in the excrement The only caution needed in giving sugar to horses is that it is not proper food for animals that have hard work, though a little as a condiment will do no harm even to working horses. The Champion Corn t»fobable the largest amount of corn husked in one day was husked by James Snoke the hired employe of an Illinois farmer. . It was on a piece that yielded 1(50 bushels per acre and Mr. Smoke husked 161 bushels. It was the Dent corn, of course, and the stalks were uncut, so thlre was no tying up of corn stalks to be done ,;as in Eastern husking. When Dent corn is left standing until frost has 1>eeled the husks from the ears and left thenT exposcd»on tbe stalks the husker has only to go through the Held, break off the ears and throw them into a basket or wagon. It is a very rapid %ay Of harvesting the corn, but, very wasteful of stalks. This husking of ltil bushels in eleven hours is not better, considering the conditions, than Eastern huskers have done with flint corn.--Culti­ vator. Dairy Pointers. FEED the cows as regularly ifc you milk them. IF you want to make the straw stack benefit the cow, put some of It under her for bedding. LET the cow. frisk in the open air once in a while: continuous stable life is not good fcr her. HAY green in color and sweet in taste is the only quality that is fitted for a cow in milk to eat BKAUTY or color does not make the worth of tbe cow. but the amount of milk she yields and its' quality measure her value. IT is no aasy task to make wioter dairying pav, and you must depend more on brains than brawn to have it return a profit Do XOT kick the cow because you are angry; go and kick the barn door or the milking stool instead until you recover your senses. A few les­ sons will break you of the kicking habit. A XKKVOUS cow is preferable to a stolid one. The chances are that she would give more and better milk than her dull, mopish sister. There are degrees of mental development even among cows. Intelligence often accompanies profitableness as a milk yielder. Could Endure It No Longer. A man apparently laboring under strong excitement stepped into an in­ surance office on La Salle street yes­ terday morning and asked: "Do you give away calendars for 1894 here?" "\T6s, Sir," answered the agent "Printed in big black letter-, with red letters for Sundays" ••Yes." " With a string tied to them so they can be hung up in front ot "Yes." "Got plenty of them?" .V ^ • 'We have any quantity of them, sir. Want one?" "Mottoes at the bottom telling you about watching out for fires, and where to get insured and all that?" ••Certainly." "How many companies do your rep- resqnt?" "Six or eight There's the old reliable " '< ever mind. Do all oi them send out calendars?" ••Yes, sir, all except one, but " • All except one? Have you one that doesn't issue any?" "Yes" "Then that's the ono Pm looking for," exclaimed the other feverishly. 4 •That's all I want to know about it; I want to insure $10,000 worth of property in that company. I've had twenty-seven different insurance com­ panies since the 1st of December, and the worm has turned, sir---the worm has turned.'"--Chicago Tribune. *he Instinct, of Self-Preservation Olas- trated by Two Singular CirCamstonees. " I never realized the strength ot the instinct of self-preservation in man," said John F. Thompson to a Globe-Democrat man, " until I wit­ nessed a test of it on a steamboat Among the passengers was a man who had a black rattlesnake In a, box with a glass top. The snake wasi a very v icious one and would strike" the vglass whenever any one ap­ proached. The owner of the reptile challenged any one in the crowd to hold his finger on the glass and let the snake strike at it There could not be any danger and there was not a man who did not think :t an easy thing to da O-.e big fellow, who looked as if he never knew what nerves were, tried it first, and. after repeated attempts, gave it up. Then every passenger on the boat tried it and failure followed in each case. It simply could not be done. Instinct was stronger than reason and will power combined. I witnessed an­ other illustration of this in Paris. A young man had lost his last sou at a gambling table. Not only was he without means, but he had lost \ larue sum belonging to his employer. He started for the Seine to drown himself. On the way there was n great commotion, caused by the es­ cape of a tiger from a strolling men­ agerie. The animal came down the street and people fled in every direct* tion. Instantly the man who was seeking death climbed a lamppost and hung to the top of it, trembling in every muscle. When the animal was captured and the danger was over he went to the river and com­ mitted suicide I was interested ia the account of the suicide, and prompted by curiosity, went to see the body, instantly recognizing it as that of the young man whom I had seen make so frantic an effort to es cape death, evidently but a few min­ utes before he sought it and at tbe very time that he was seeking ad op­ portunity to end his existence." •rii,iiM»ia "5? Making Celluloid* The Paris manufacturers of cellu­ loid nave long claimed the most per­ fect production of the article to be found in the world, though a compar­ ison w th the American art cle will hardly be found to exhibit such sur- per or ty. The French process, how­ ever, nas the mer t of s.mplic ty, and the result is most Satisfactory. In brief, a roll of paper is slowly un­ wound, be ng at the same time sat­ urated w th a mixture of-flve parts of sulphuric acid and two parts of nitric acid, wh ch falls upon the paper in a fine spray. This changes the cellu­ lose of the paper into pyroxylin of guncotton. The excess of the acd having been expelled by pressure, the paper is washed with plenty of water unt.l all traces of the acid have been removed. It is then reduced to a pulp and passes on to the bleaching- trough. Most of the water having been got ride of by means of a straiin- er, the pulp is mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent of its weight of cam­ phor, and the mixture thoroughly trit­ urated under millstones. The neces­ sary coloring having been added in the form of powder, a second-mixing and grinding follows. The finely divided pulp is then spread o .t in thin layers on slabs; then from twenty to twenty five of these layers are placed in i uniform manner in a hydraulic press, separated from one another by some slfeets of thick blotting paper and are subjected to a pressure of some 150 atmospheres, this presure being con tinned until all iraces of moisture are found to have been got rid of. In this condition the material is passed between rollers heated to between 140 and 150 degrees F., whence it is­ sues in the form of elast c sheets. The Drying Up of Oceans. At a recent meeting of the French Geological Society, M. Transchold, a Russian scientist presented a papei on the drying up of oceans, in which he expres ed the following views: In proportion as certain parts of the earth's crust rise from the bottom of the sea above its level, the latter must be lowered; the surfaces of nearly all the continents and island^ have at one time formed portions of the ocean's floor, and have risen from the water partly because of the re­ treat of the waters. As continents are formed, one part of thfe waters of the seas is transported to them in tbe character of lakes, rivers, eternal snows, glaciers, and organized sub­ stances, and, owing to this action, tbe waters of the oceans have been constantly diminishing and their lev­ els lowered correspondingly. In pro­ portion as the earth cools down, ice accumulates near the poles ard on the tops of mountains, and water is taken more deeply into the surface of the terrestrial crust, the formation of hvdrated minerals being manl- feste5 everywhere. The result of these conclusions is that since all the water that ever existed may still ex­ ist in the form of perpetual ice, snow, hydrated minerals, etc , tbe waters of ail oceans have been gradually disappearing, and that the lowering of the oceans is going on even at the present day, and faster, perhap^ than ever before. --Sun. _• "" •'A $ I nas • It Was-a-filfe ( A loy sat on one of the window seats in the postotBce corridor re­ cently reading a novel, while his bootblacking outfit furnished a rest for his feet. By and by a severe look­ ing man who was strolling about no­ ticed him and halt d to ask: "Boy, are you reading a novel?" "Yessir." "I thought sol Getting yourself ready to enter a career of crime?" "No, sir." "But that will be the inevitable .^suit it's gm -wj?- pue?" "No. sir." "Some titaiiy then?" "No, sir." • "Then there's a t>0^ fn it wtio runs away from home and performs heroic and unheard of deeds?" "No, sir. It's about a bootblack right in this town. He -got his first start in lift) by a gentleman coming up to him in this very {dace and giv- CR him fifty cents to black his shoesi" "Ah--um! Man was a fool." growled the philanthropist as he trotted alongand left the lad to take the broad and narrow path to the gallows.--Free Press. - } v't- V yj? \ ii(t| .i pf?,-;t., - :o. URING hard times consumers cannot afford to experiment with inferior, cheap brands of bak- pig powder* It is NOW that the great strength and purity of the ROYAL stand out as a friend in need .. -V Ip those who desire to practise Econ^-^ ^ omy in the Kitchen. Each spoonful does its per# ̂ feet work. Its increasing sale bears witness that *5 ll is a necessity to the prudent-- it goes further. A > N RSr. ' 4 * Grocers say that every dollar in­ vested in Royal Baking Powder is worth a dollar the world elver, that it does not consume their capital in dead stock, because it is the great favorite, and sells through all times and seasons. - f ;•/ * V *.-• ; .v, VV - : W .. "te* ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. Extravagant. In many country district*, produce almost takes the place of money. Pota­ toes, corn, and hay can be exchanged at the nearest village for groceries and clothing. Fuel can be had for the cut­ ting, and money is not in such constant use as in larger places. A gentleman who was staying at a farm-house dur­ ing the summer noticed this, and asked of a farmer, a man noted for his saving propensities, if he really had any use for money. The farmer looked at the inquirer in for a moment, and then an-surprise swered: "Tunket! I guess you'd think so if you knew the amount I spent last year. Use for money! Well, if I have to put out as much right along as I had to last season, I shall have to take boarders." "Why, you seem to exchange your prcduce for almost everything you need," responded the gentleman: "I should think when you sold anything for cash it- would be so much clear gain." "It ought to be. I'd ought to be able to save from twenty to twenty-five dol­ lars a year right along, without board­ ers, but I ain't. Now, last year I had a doctor's bill to pay; he come over from the village ana charged me a dol­ lar--regular city prices; but I got bet­ ter, so I didn't say nothin". And then there was a good many other outputs 1 wa'n't lookin' for. vl writ quite a few ldttf»rs, and as near as I can figure, it cost me, for pa­ per and stamps, nigh onto fifty cents. And I had to go over to Bangor; the horse was lame, so I had to go and come by stage, and there was another dollar. "But what plagued me most was a tooth. I was goin' to have it pulled but the feller in the village said 'twas wuth saving' so he tilled it, and I had to pay him more'n if he'd 'a' taken it right out. That maddened me. But experience has to bo paid for, so I didn't say nothin', but when I have any more teeth that need pullin' they are goin' to be pulled. "Take it altogether, I probably fooled away pretty near five dollars last year on jest such things. Use for money! Well, I ddn't sefe how an^ can manage to spend much more'n did last year." Han't inhumanity to Hlmielf. The most inhuman outrages, outrages whlefa would disgrace the savage, man perpetrates npon his own system by swallowing drastic purgatives which convolve his stomach, agonize his intestines and weaken his system. Many people constantly do this under the im­ pression that medicaments only which are violent in their action, and particularly ca­ thartics, are of any avail. Irreparable injury to health is wrought under this mistaken idea. The laxative which moot nearly ap- 8roaches the beneficent action of nature is tostetter's fe'tomach Hitter-.which is painless but thorough, and invigorates the intestinal cenal instead of weakenftag and irritating it. The liver and the stomach share in the benign discipline instituted by this comprehensive medicine, whose healthful influence is felt throughout the system. Malarious, rheu­ matic, kidney and nervous complaints suc­ cumb to it. Paid. A Bhort time since, at one of the weekly dances at which Alphonso XIII., Spain's small King, is the host, a pretty girl of 11 years won his little Spanish heart, and he chose her re­ peatedly for a partner. At the end of the dance the children, as usual, be­ gan embracing and wishing each other "Good-by." Alphonso made straight for his diminutive favorite with open arrps. She shrank away coquettishly, and refused even to let him kiss her cheek. Alphonso looked her over, turned his back and walked away. On tne next occasion the little girl was present, but the King did not dance with her. When the ball closed, how­ ever, she went tP him turned her cheelf lo be kisted. Alphonso, how­ ever, took a step backward and stretched cut his hand that she might kiss it, exclaiming, "I am your king." WEAK LUNGS ARK STBSSGT.IKNSD, Pleu­ risy Pains relieved, and Asthmatic symp­ toms subdued by D.-. D. Jayne'4 Expecto­ rant. a sovereign remedy for all Coughs and Colds. A GOOD man finds something; painful even in the downfall of his rival. BKECHAM'S PILLS, the certain cure for biliousness and sick- headache, are pleas­ antly coated and nice to take Price 25a WORK off in whispers your surplus words. Hood's j,, Sarsaparilla ^ Cures Even wiierx ail o fail to do any good whatever. It is prepared by modern meth­ ods, possesses the greatest cura­ tive powers, and has the most Wonderful record of actual Ctu&s of any medicine in existence. Be sure to get Hood's,- because Hood'sSa;>Cures Mood's Pills are purely vegetable, hand Made, perfect in proportion and appears--. A Street Danger. The chief engineer of the London Gas Company has found that in some streetsT the pavement of wood blocks laid on concrete now forms a kind of arch- capable of supporting traffic, while in many places ,the earth has settled away to such an extent that a man can crawl under the pavement. This is made a serious matter by the fact that the space between the soil and the concrete proves to be filled with a mixture of gas from leaky mains ahd air, a mixture very liable to reach explosive proportions, and to be acci­ dentally ignited,when the streetmight be blown into the air. The Modem Invalid Has tastes medicinally in keeping with other luxuries. A remedy must De pleas­ antly acceptable in form, purely who!#* some in composition, truly beneficial in effect and entirely free lrom every ob­ jectionable quality. If really ill he con­ sults ^physician; if conslipated he uses tbe gentle family laxative, Syfup 9* Figs. * . Balsam. The common balsam has a most singular method of disseminating its seeds. When they are ripe and pre­ pared for germination, the pod ex­ plodes with the sligtest touch, and the seeds a'e scattered in every direction with such force as to carry them a dis­ tance of twenty or thirty feet. Plants have many curious methods of scatter­ ing their seeds, but there is none stranger than the vegetable artillery represented by the balsam. •lOO Howard. SIOO. The readers of thin paper will be pleated to laarn that there is at least one draaded disease tliat scienco has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con. stitutioual treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon th> blood and mucous surfaces of the 'system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. ,T. CHKNEV A CO., Toledo, O. S^Sold by Druggists, 75c. Jfitles. SHI^ Titles abounded in Germany dttriav mediaeval times, but many disappeared abcuit the beginning of this century. Palatine, Margrav„e, Burgrave, Bhiaife grave, Wildgrave, and Altgrave wem among the titles that vanished at thai time. Asthma CanM By Behilfmann's Asthma Cora No1 for results. Its action is immediate^ and certain. A single trial con vis most skeptical. Price 50 cents and 9L af druggists or by mall. Trial package tree by mail. Send your address to frr. ft Schlffmann, 8t Paul, Mtna. THE greatest fire was that of Chicir go, 1871; 17,4i>0 buildings burned, 20$ persons killed, 98,500 made homeless. Facts Worth Know log- In alt diseases of the nasal mucous memtwaaettw remedy used must be non irritating. NotbtMtasa- isfactory can be accompl shed with douches, HSk powders or astringents, because they an an blV tatlng. do not thoroughly reach the affected faces aud should be abandoned as worse th«nfS||. .tires. A multitude of persons who had for rasas Jborne all the worry and p>iti that catarrh caninitlsS -testify to radical and permanent cures wtoogMS# : Kl> 'H Cream Balm. What i* more towlnatiaK than acomplirrtf tinted like the rarest seasheil tad yn iHed bjTSs use of Glenn's Sulphur SkmpT Nhlloh'a Consumption Our* Is sold o« antee. It cures Im-iiur-nt Consumption. Xt is tlko best Cough Cure. •& cents, f>0 cents and It JO. • Continents. There are six continents: Asia, Africa. North .America, South America and Australia. Some geog­ raphers say that there are only five continents giving Europe and Asia as one continent: but the number first given is the usual number. » SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER cause Throat Diseases. There is no more effect­ ual remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc., than BROWN'S BHONCHIAI, TROCHKS. Sold only in boxes. Price 25 cts. THE good have no need of an advo­ cate.--fhocion, when his friends found fault with him for advocating the cause of a criminal. FITS.--All PitftatopnedfrssbrDh mine's C eil ' »ror. So Fits after list day's twe. . . Treatise and IMS Mai bottto free* Send to i*. Kline, SSI Arc* 8fc, Piula. **. Nerve Keston vclous cures. Fit BR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT CURED ME. ; La Grippe! Grippe! Grippvt After Effects Cured. • Mr. Bilger writes.---'"I had a bad attack of tfc* Grippe; after a time caught cold and had a eecoai attack. It settled iu My Kidneys and Liver and Ohl such pain anA misery in my bock and legs! The physicians' medicine and other tilings that! used made no Impression* and J continually grew woneualt' I was a Physical wreck anfl given tip to die. Father bought mem ' bottle of Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP^BOeTjan# before I hail used all of the second bottle I MS better, and to-slay I am just as weU as ever. A year has passed and not a trace of th© Gripip* is left. Swaap-Root Saved My Ufa D. H. BILGER, Hulmeville, Pa., Jan. 10U*, IMS. At Srnnlsls SOMIH* and $l.M*laa "Invalids' Guide to Health" free--('oBSiluatooftta. Dr. Kilmer & Co., - Binghamlon,N. Yl Dr. Kllmtr's PARILLA LIVER PILLS AretftaMI 42 Pills, 25 cents. -- AllBmnMa , rf. T.JACOBS flLSBrr. PAINS AND ACHES. EEDS 'COLCHESTER O WARRANTED. O IBest In the World. _ By mail, postage paid, 1 cent a package and upu Grand lot of EXTRAS given With every order. Prettiest and only FKEB CatalogU®ia j the world with pictures ot all varieties. Send yours and neighbors' address. , R. N. SHUMWAY. •SOCKTOBD. - IXJJNOZ* W. I,. DOUGLAS 13 SHOE equals custom work, costing from $4 to $6, best value ibr the money in the world. Name and price stamped on the bottom. Every lir warranted. Take no substi­ tute. See local papers for full description of our complete " nes for ladies and gen­ tlemen or send for Il­ lustrated Catalogn* j;ivinj£ in­ structions 'UTKT STYlir how to or. der bv mail. Postape free. You <"•">" get the best bargains of dealers who push our shoes. DELSARTE CORSETS. WAISTS AND BRACES Are the rnowt popular art-u-lfs a lady can sell. K»^y Rales and lar*o i sious. aa-St nd for Agents' Terms and special Prires offered to Agents DELSARTE MFG. CO., 111 State St.. CHICAGO, IIX. For the purpose of introiim-icfr fill Madan Nay's Face Cream • ̂ \J W1ii send. <>n receipt ot al»ovo iJSin price. Sample Bottle and any of the following articles: Imported China Butter Set. 7 pieces; tall 4 o'clock Tea Set; V. doz. Silver Knives, Forks orSpoons. Ad­ dress U. S. NV K. ;}'40 3~ th St.. Chicago relief tnm|||wa KinnFRS 'I --5 ' > V 'M" M For Fa> users. Miners, R B. hands others The outer o- tap sole e\t,>uda tile whole length ot the cole d >wn j to the heel, protecting th- *hank in dl ! sing and other work. Beet <ju t.itv thro ASK VOUR N*- ALKR. ASTHMA CURED. rwuniiTiiu imm Ovw» Btlicf ia rtv* Miaata* nwp mt rasa. S«M B» »• gfea. On* Box <wat poc-paw •* ••at rasa. S«M euptoffti OE. Six BOMMSJ*. Thos.Popham,Phiia.P* o:lcstowa.Mat» T:320 ACRES i s corn belt. Rich smTTflue GrBrooklield. Mo..offer- in the heart ot Mi^-souri'i improvements. ?;>0 per sere. Kvery way eii uji if uot superior to farms in Illinois worth to #i«t> per acre. Cut this out aud write him soon. niTFIITC THOMAS P. snCPSOH.Wa-ihl rAlEHI«D °. K"atty'»fM • WiMi'vt&lned. Writ*fori KPSOK,Washington i fee until Patent ut­ ter tavan tor* u uids. PATENTS sad PENSIONS Stearstf. No advance faa. Fitzgerald & Co., "lathaad G," Washtngtaa, IX(• A Pack of i'lui liiK t'ar«la furnish- •! bv tin? unrtingtoa BIMB* If. 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