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^ , jM& <£*S^\^Mmj m?:mt -- ** P5S®LJW|PW(IWF"' FLJF' . .. 'her® this belief prevail® a iWill die rather than submit to iiatioa fW ; -*' &s^} wx> Jtfr. John JR. Lochary Real Merit in Hood's Rebellious Stomach--Heart Pal­ pitation--Hot Flashes "I thtnk Hood's RaruptrtlU is the best mei- : iclne ever offered to the public. From the very 'first dose I felt its merit. I did not dare to eat ' any meat or anything greasy fo«- the past four yesrfl, as it would surely sour on my stomach Ud oome up within an hour after eating tt. hsny nights I have been frightened on retiring, for as soon as I would lie down ray heart would Commence to Flutter, and then all ot a pact den it would, peeminglv, stop beatine. Hot waves would then pass over wiy body and legs. I was iu a bad condition. m Sarsa- parilla Hood's Cures but after taking Hood's Sar.aparilla I am thankful to say I feel as sound as ever in my life." JOHN K. LOCHAEY, Koxbuw. Ohio. :' Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation, v biliousness. jaundic. »{gj£ Lydla E. ' Pinkham's Vegetable Compound CURES Irregularity, 8nppresse4 el Painful Menstruations, Weak- new of the Stonjach, Indigestion .Bloating, , Flooding, Nervous Prostration, Headache, General Debility, Kidney Complaints la t either sex. Every time it will relieve Backache, Faintness, ; Extreme Lassitude, " don 'tcai%" and "want to be left alone " feeling, excitability, irrita* bility, nervousness, sleeplessness, flatulency, f;" melancholy, or the "blues." These are ;:ir sure indications of Female Weakness, some t, doauigcment of the Uterus, or - Womb Troubles. Bvery woman, married or single, should : ? ©wn and read " Woman's Beauty, Peril, Duty," an illustrated book of 30 pages, con­ taining important information that every H;; 'woman should know about herself. We y send it free to any reader of this paper. All draggifttfl sell the Pinkham medicine#. Address fa 0 tonfidence, LYDIA E, PTNKBAM MKD. CO., LYNN, MiM. Lydla E. Plnkh»m'i Liver Pills, 25 cents. The Greatest Medical Discovery ' of the Age. " KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. ' DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered In one of our common Easture weeds a remedy that cures every ind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula |yV: down to a common Pimple. K He has tried it in over eleven hundred ^ * cases, and never failed except in two cases [*; (both thunder humor). He has now in his Kw possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of p Boston. Send postal card for book. ft, * - A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a'perfect cure is war­ ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected It causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being . stopped, and always disappears in a week ; after taking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will <ause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat ithe best you can get, and enouglt of it. Dose, one tablespoonful jn water at bed­ time. Sold by all Druggists. i' »..• _ A I, lElt, I!«IIOTM Tan, Plmplea, Frect: 1M, Moth Patches, Huh aiiU i-ihia ilimmi, and every blem Uh OB bMitj, nod defies detection. It has stood the test of 43 years, and la sc harmless we taste it to be rare it is prop­erty made. Accept as counterfeit 01 similar name. Dr. L. A. Say re said to a uf the bant lady of l t-tOQ ivsethem, I recommend 'Gou< I rand's Cream' as the least harmful ot all the Skin prepare tloDs." For sale b) a l l D r u g g i s t * a n d Fancy Good* Deal era in the V. 8., Caaadas and Europe. • FEBP. T. HOPKINS, Prop 'r, 37 Great Jones St., ILY. ACRES or LAND to sale by theSaimPAVb A DOLUTU BAILBOID Send for Maps sad Cine* 1,000,000 jOMrm in Mtnneaota. Tfeey will be sent to yoa HOPEWELL CLARKE, land Commissioner,St. Paul, Miss, C A T A R R H iPRtCE SO CENTS, ALL DRUGGISTS KflltrsnBST-OLlSS ,UU PNEUMATIC $37 SAFETY BICYCLE. J.E.Poor«iBl5v.5th,Gifl.O. i %. • Jk Ml H* ^ wanting rwiaansat. quiet ,.vne bA l#l EC? v.crk- -Mjmetluiic light, ossv imi fat*-inatinar,good wages no cmtmslng--Bend »-eeut StimptoMiaaHABITHrA?rT0»,B0iB,South Bend Ind. «itU .uap ot Cimiate, advantage*, gold, 'and other resources ot L 8. GRAHAM CO.. Bpofcane. Wash. H. y. U. No. tt-94 PI o O o C U * £- ( u R , OHuniftltM and people who have wwk lnassor Asth-1 ma,ih«BldM Ptoo'sCnre for ! Consnmption. It haa «ar«< r^r-ffwiifsyu'siKl U U tb* b«M«oa«i syrn 8oU mtivkm. DEPARTMENT MADE UP OUR RURAL FRIENDS. FOR Dovbte Cropping oa the Farm Pay*--Why FkroMn' Orchards Double Cropplnir on the Farm. It is quite common for the gard­ ener to grow two crops and even a third, occasionally, from the same land in one season. There is real economy in doing to, for the gardener manures so highly aod cultivates so thoroughly for the first crop that by the time it is off the soil is tilled with soluble plant food that would be washed away and lost if something were not planted to gether it, u& The farmer does mot usually manure so heavily; but certain kinds of crops when they come off in midsummer and fall leave the soil with a great amount or available nitrogen. Both com and potatoes are easily nipped by frost; but there is usually a long time of growing weather after frost has checked the demands of these crops on the soil. When turnips are sown in corn and potato fields in July they usually make a slow growth till the crop is ofT. There is a good deal of cultivation of the soil required in harvesting the potato crop. This stirring of the soil develops nitrogen, and if there are no turnips or other hardy vegetables to use it, a crop of most (luxuriant weeds is sure to cover the ground. The low- spreading chickweed or pigweed, as it is often called, make late in fall its most abundant growth on rich land whence corn and potatoes have been removed. This weed is one of the greatest consumers of nitrogen we know of. Wherever it grows we always wish that some turnip seed or cabbage plant had been planted to utilize in better way the plant food that this weed is wast­ ing.--American Cultivator. Varieties of Strawberries. Looking over the list of many hun­ dreds of thousand! of strawberry plants ordered, it is astonishing to see bow little call there is for varie­ ties that were in great demand four or five years ago. At that time a list of one hundred thousand plants would be made up more than 75 per cent, of Crescents, Mineis, Sharp- less. and, perhaps. Townings, while to-day not 5 per cent, are of these varieties, and «5 per cent, will be of Greenville, Princess, Lovett,Swindle, and Bubach, which are the leading market varieties at the present time. Very or very late berries are what there is the most call for, market growers finding less profit in (those that ripen in midseason. The thing to be regretted in all this strawberry business is that the most vigorous productive rarities are those that are pistilate or imperfect bloomers, and have to have some perfect flow­ ering varieties put out with them. For many years past planters have been forced to put out perfect flow­ ering varieties that were not very productive, just for the sake of polin- izing the impertect varieties, and to-day they are in the same fix with late varieties. Gandv is the only large and fine perfect flowering very late sort, but is too thy a bearer to be very profltft* We. But in tde early list we now have of perfect bloomers the Dayton, Lovett, Leader, and Beder Wood, any one of which is pnrftable in it­ self, and therefore a combination can be made without loss, as in former years.--Hartlord Courant. - *.' * " ffhy the Farmers' Orchard* Fall. Profitable fruit griming depends upon precisely the same principles of plant growth as does that of other crops. The natural needs of all plants must be supplied by food of the right kind, or weakness, provoca­ tive or disease, must follow. Thus, the needs of an orchard must be sup­ plied as well as those of the fields or garden. This is, however, a rare thing to be done. The trees are planted and left to get what living they can, and it is "root hog or die," and mostly die with them. This is the reason why so many starving and dying orchards are seen. Consider the apple tree, bow it feeds. The fruit contains in its ash 36 per ceut of potash, 26 of soda, 4 of lime, 14 of phosphoric acid, and 6 of sulphuric acid. The pear contains one-half more potash and one-fourth more phos­ phoric acid. What farmer who is Just now planting trees takes note ot this need of them? And when he sees the tree* dying prematurely, or yielding no fruit, he wonders why it is. But be does not think of the roots occupy ng only a small part of the soil, and that mostly the subsoil, where the plant, food is very scarce, vainly seeking food« and unable to supply the demand of the trees. He procures fertilizers for his wheat and grass, but never for the orchard. Hence the genefal woebegone appear­ ance of the farmer's orchard and the scarcity of fruit --Coiman's Rural World. • Tabarenlosis. Tuberculosis in cattle Is older than consumption in man--at least no one can disprove the statement, as both ante-date any records. It was in Jethro's favorite breeds, and to some extent has been in all breeds since. It is not the product of civ­ ilization, but existed among the bar­ barian and uncivill ed racea It Is learned from eminent writers upon the suoject that wherever the bar­ barians kept horned cattle in any considerable numbers, and especially where these were closely inbred, making use of th6ir milk as fond, human tuberculosis made vast inroads up;>n the health of the people Doc­ tor (iresswell. Colorado's State Veter­ inarian. has made a careful study ot pleuro-pneumonia all his life and cal­ culates that it cost the world $10.- 000,000 annually in the loss of kine stock. The disease is prevalent everywhere and even the cattle of such a favored dry country as Color­ ado are not exempt from it The dis­ ease has become so commonly fatal that it must soon awaken wide spread interest among the best scientists of all countries and determine means to put it down. What Is a Good Mole? This question is asked by a enrres- th« <|fa|poiit|iHa or the cousin of the nofelt Tf»e mnle responds quickly to good feed and kind treatment Ha may be slow and yet he mows more quick­ ly under a load than the average horse. His alleged stubborness and viciou ness are generally the result of had handling We think a good mule for general purpose use ought to be not less than fifteen hands high, wide hips and b;oad chest and in color, black with light spots, is the most satisfactory. A srood mule for use is worth twice as much as an indifferent horse any dav: while for use in the South the average mule is more servicable than a good horse. He becomes exhausted very rarely, and seems thankful for poor food and little of it in fact we shuuld say that the cost of maintenance was not over two-thirds as much as a horse His hearing and vision sur­ pass that of the ordinary horse. If we have not clearly answered our Maryland friend's question, we in­ vite comment from those who live where the mule finds his highest type--in the .Statas of Kentucky and Mifciouii-r-American V&rmM, . #OYAL OOORTTESY. • / . N o t " * ' • . , r. . . . . . . . . Ayr f^dOO hennery is to be built at the country seat of Robert Garrett of Baltimore. AN effort is being made by the planters ot Ceylon to find an Euglish market for the seeds of the tea-plant They contain thirty-five per cent of an oil which resembles olive oil in ap­ pearance and flavor. IF the hens are confined in order to protect the garden, they mast have a daily supply of chopped grass. Too much grain will cause them to become overfat, and fewer eggs will be obtained. The best egg-produc­ ing food is lean meat IT is stated that the best way to test cabbage seed is to drop some on a hot stove. If the seeds burst and pop (like popcorn) they may be con­ sidered or good quality, and those in the package will germinate and pro­ duce good plants. ACCORDING to recent statistics about half the population of France lives by agriculture, a tenth by trade, a twenty-Tilth by the liberal profes­ sions, and three-fiftieths on private incomes. Of the agriculturists y, 179,- Ouo are owners who farm their own land. The others are tenant farm­ ers, graziers, laborers, or small pro­ prietors, who in their time work for others. AN excellent syrup can be made of sorghum. During the late war it was made by nearly every farmer in the South, and was considered an im­ portant crop. As much as 200 gal­ lons ol syrup can be made from an acre of fertile land, and it grown for seed it will produce as many bushels as will corn. All kinds of stock will eat the seed. For poultry it stands at the head of the list WHEN a farmer hauls a toad of straw or hay to market, and then loads up his wagon with manure, which he hauls home, he may sup­ pose that he has done a wise thing. He has really hauled his material a distance, to be converted into ma­ nure, and hauled it back, the profits on the material not always paying for the hauling. All of this work is saved by feeding the material to si^g£ Qjp the farm. POSTAL PROBLEM. Are People Willing to Pay Donhls tta Present Price for Newspapers? Partie -'are going about representing to business men that publishers are a favored class, and do not pay as high a rate oT po tage as they >hould. The claim is made that if postage on newspapers, magazines, etc., is in­ creased seven cents per pound, then letter postage would be reduced iroru two cents to one cent for each letter. Such statements are fnot true, but they cau-e bu-iness men to feel dis­ satisfied, hence Congre-s has beeu urged to increa-e postage on printed matter. As a result the Lower House of Congress, on April 10th, adopted an amendment raising tho rate of postage on certain kindsof periodicals. If the people do not enter their pro­ test this will prove a death blow to i heap literature in this (ountry, att publi-hers will be compelled to charge over double the present pri e lor a great portion or the printed matter, because o' in reased postasre. The increase o^ seven cents a pound for postage is ever double the price oi nearly all the paper used at the pres­ ent time. This iorced in rease in the price of literature will in reality fall on those people who live in small towns and in the iountry, be ause they receive most of their reading matter by mail. The publisher's profit is already down to the lowest possible limit, hence an in rease in postage can only result in a xreat increase in the price of reading matter. As this will (ause a vast majority of the people to pay over twi( e as £»u h tor their reading matter as they do now, or curtail the amount over one hal, we urge each and everyone or our readers to write a a letter at once to the Cong res man irom his district and also a letter tc each of the United States Senators from his State, and demand that the postage shall not be increased on any clas* or kind of printed matter. Tell vo r Representative in Congress that youdonotlhe in a large town or citr, where they ta\e iree delivery of mail by letter-carr ers, whichost the po-tai department about Twelve Mil­ lion Dallar -(812,000,000) a year, there­ fore you demand as an offset to this great expenditure which benefits only a small portion of the entire popula­ tion, that all kinds of printed matter, including bo.ks in paper covers, be carried in the mails at the same rate of postage a< the last five years.-- Farm and Fireside. -* -**»»' fljrgfeae." 1 V." f/ne cause of dyspepsia is emotional waste of nervous force. The nerve force is to the physical system what steam is to the machine. In the nor­ mal condition of things it is renewed as fast as it is used. But nature makes no provision for the immense amount expended by excessive care, by fuss and worry, by hurry and drive, by explosions of passion, and by the undue excitements of pleasure. Ail these are like a great leakage ot steam. The stomach is the first and Aa Amerleaa's Kxpsriemee With Sonra af the Crowned Heads of Kurope. An American who has been hon­ ored by his country with important missions abroad was talking the other evening with royalty, says the Chi­ cago Tribune. "I know/' said he, ,;it is not ex­ pected that an Amer.can should com­ mend anything he sees among the royalty. 1 do not know why an American, of all nationalities, should not feel himself independent enough to commend whatever is worth com­ mendation, whether it is found in his own country or elsewhere. My posi­ tions enable me to see the life, man­ ners, and customs ot all classes abroad. That a conventionality that hedges royalty in, is true, and it should not be otherwise. But the one fact which most forcibly struck me was that once you get beyond the barrier --once over the conventional line-* no people are more delightful, more hospitaaie and more attentive listen­ ers. If they are with intelligent peo­ ple who are below their rank they like it ail the better, so long as thev feel assured that that fact will be treated with the sacred ness they think it deserves. A Queen who had honored me with several invitations sent for me one afternoon and asked me to repeat to her gome stories 1 had told on a certain occasion about Lincoln. Her Majesty was afflicted with a slight deafness, and after I retold the anecdotes, said to me in perfect English: *'i like to hear ybu talk, because you do not bawl in my eai." 'On another occasion 1 was hon­ ored with an invitation to attend an outing with the King and his suite in an old forest near the capital. When the company had assembled the King sail in the mo-t democratic way: 'We^pill all speak English to­ day in honor of the representative of the great In ted States.' "On several other occasions where the rule was French the King and Queen always did me the honor of addressing me in English, although they were aware of my proficiency in the court language. I have no wish to see the government of my own country chamred. I hope and be­ lieve it never will be, but 1 am not afraid to say that those who are fort­ unate enough to pass beyond the lines of which I speak will never re­ gret it" TRAPPED AND FOUGHT A BEAR, A Tennessee Mountaineer's Desperate Strnnlc with an Infnrtated Beast. A mountaineer named J ere Sands had a terrible conflict with a bear in Greasy Cove, near Johnson City, Tenn., the other morn lag. The animal had been e ntrapped during the night and when i-andscame upon the scene he went directly U.J to the bear before making an etlort to shoot it He was standing a few feet away when the inturiated beast made a lunge, broke its fetters and was upon him in an instant. Before the surprised hunter could get his gun in position, says a correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the bear seized his left arm in its caushing jaws, the weapons dropped from the hand of the mangled limb and a battle ot death began. In a moment the mountaineer was in the dread em­ brace ot his antagonist They fell to the ground in the struggle which en­ sued, and rolling over and oyer they went down the mountain side thirty yards and dropped otf a ledge of rock twelve leet sheer fail. The bear happened to fall underneath and during the momentary shock which followed the half dead man managed to draw from his belt his hunting knife, which fortunately had re­ mained undisturbed, and plunged it with all his strength into the animal's neck, severing tne Jugular vein. This euded the battle. The bear soon re­ leased his hold and was dead, but his slayer was too badly hurt to leave the scene of the struggle. His con­ tinued absence caused his friends to go in search of him. They found the victor covered with blood and pil-1 lowed upon his shaggy victim nurs­ ing his mangled arm. The flesh was terribly lacerated, and the tones of tee lower arm so badlv shattered that the brave fellow will probably lose that member entirely. The bear was one of the latest ever killed in tnat region. Have PfrrotH Memories? • Spanish lady had a pet parrot trained only to Spanish language. The lady died and the parrot, still quite young, was sold to an English­ man traveling in Spain, who brought him to this country, where he soon became a family pet The bird mourned for a long while, seeming to miss his natiye associates and air woefully indeed, out gradually be­ came accustomed to the new people and language, and eventually began to chatter in English and feel him­ self perfectly at home. Years passed away, Poll's bright plumage faded, and age left traces all about him. H.s food had to be of the softest he could no longer climb upon his perch, but the family cared for him tenderly in his now voiceless old age One day a Spanish gentleman visited the house, and in the course of conversa­ tion some Span sh words were used, and for the first time in years Poll heard his native tongue again. With a shriek of peculiar joy the bird spread out its wings and uttering a string of long-forgotten Spanish, the next moment dropped dsns tbe floor of its cage--dead. ^ - • His Virtues Set Forth. • In the old Pine Creek Cemetery at Jersey Shored Kou.ette, Pa., is a headstone bearing the following unique inscription: "James McMur- ray. Born in Ireland June 1J6 1764. Emigrated to America In 1790. Was converted to • od in 1820 and united with tne Methodist Episcopal Church. Tbe husband of three wives, the lather or twenty-two children, eighteen living; the grandfather of eUhty-two and the great-grand­ father of thirty-eight who died in Jersey Shore April 11, 1853, in great peace and triumph, being fifty-four years a resident of the county where he exchanged earth for Heaven." Separating tbo Bones of a Skull* Anatomists when they wish to separate the tones of a skull fill it with small beans and place it in a vessel of watec The beans swell and rend the skull apart at the sutures. B*'«w 'Si Good Piaa ftt Chwas to Follow. v A writer "in Harper's Young People tel s of an i lge <iou« t-chcme deviled by a class of young ladies at sch< ol to- eetnor a few years ago. One of them, an Euglith girl, thus explains it: "There were nine of us in the class, and we were all promising to writs to each othe * continually, but in our hearts we knew that such a corre­ spondence c uld never be kept up. finally ote o; the girls suggested a circulating letter, and the i ea pleased us all. "At the expirationo! one nronth from the time WJ I arted, the first girl wrote a letter tel1 irig1 what she had baen do­ ing and Everything about herself which would le likely to inte estthe others. This letiewas sent to the sec­ ond girl, who, after reading it, w/c.te her own lette.\ and sent the two to the third. "The third, fourth, fifth, and all the others in turn added their letters, un­ til the ninth on the li t tent them all to trie first. Then the circuit was com­ plete. and we had the circulating letters fairly under way. "INow, of course the envelopo always contains nine letters, and each girl, when it comes to her, lakes out her own letter, writes a new tne telling what she has been doing in the mean­ time, and start-? it on iti travels again. " Vou can have no idea how Interest­ ing it is to receive the letterj. and how anxiously we will await their arrival when our turn comes. We have kept it up for nearly fcur years, and each time the letters come r< und tne pleas­ ure of reading what all tae girls have to say seems to inc: ea«e." NATURAL AIDS TO LONGEVITY. A Light snd Dry Atmosphere Mav Add 'Ten Tears to Life, Says This Writer. There are two sorts of pressure which tend to short n lif^. Wood pros- >ure within and atmcsi heric p esjure w.tMout The latter is a special.y im- } ortant factor in a humid c.im vte. In advancing a?e th - circulation of thi bl -dad lymph tends to become sl~w, and the cnfe.'blei hea:*t finds its em- barass r entwine reased by this condi­ tion. Es ecially do th ? m re vascular orgars such as the lu; gs. the liver, a id the kidn ys, put skids on the wheels of the blood circulation. Plainly, then, an important condition of cardiac casainent and therefore of life prolongation, is the maintenance o: an uncongested stati O; lung, liver, an i kidney. Thus are internal ore <- sutes relieved, and thus is cirdiac en- orfif.V eon;erved. Of almost e jual im­ portance, at any rate i i Great Britain, is the r uestion of atmospheric pres­ sure and moi-ture tj agel persons. Situations which are at once low-lying and damp give, or c urse, a maximum of atmt,spheric pressure. Suc.i pies- sure weighs down at a single strohe body, mind, ard life. The difference to aged persons between living at tne sea level and living oOO feet above it, between living in a moist atmosphere and living in a dry ono, is some.imes quite incalculab e. Not seldom life m iy lengthened by five or even ten years by living in an atmosphere which 16 both light and dry. Taese phyrio- logical considerations are commended to the aged an 1 to the phy&icians of the aged.--London Hospital. SURPRISING FIGURES. fix tent of Advertising Done by the Lydla E. Pinkham Medicine Company. 6v>tue idea of ih') imporianoo of the Lydla E. i'itikham Meillelne Compauy, its u Lynn enterprise, may be estimated by the amount ot ttuvcrtlsta- wiileh is placed by them lu iho leading newspupers of America. Ad­ vertising ts lu their iiue one ot the surest giiuKe* by wuicb to Judge tbe extent of their business. . he newspapei advertising of this famous concern 1> ail placed through the advertis­ ing agency of 1'ettlnghi & Co., lioston. aud the writer recently learned whl.e In ,ibclr offices that eight tons of oiectrotyi>es were shipped by tl.em to the nespapers in one duy, alt of which wero advertisements of the Lydla E. PiakLium'.s Vegetable Com­ pound. Some idea of the extent of such adver- tislnK can be formed when on* considers the fact that a five-Inch electrotype weighs but a few ounces, uud that eight tons con­ sists of 250.000 ounces, or tin amount suffi­ cient to furnish all tbe leading publications of America with more than five electro- typeieacfi. AS a Lynn enterprise th® Pinkham Med­ icine Company stands in the front rank^ From the Lynn Item. p" Wisdom Tooth of a Mammoth. A fossil curiosity in the shape of a rhariahioth'n tooth was found a few days ago in West Seattle by .loseph S. Rich­ ards. The tooth was found at the foot of the bluff, not far from the beach, and was covered with clay at the lime, indicating that it had been unearthed by the bieaking away of the hill. The cVown of the tcoth, which was of an oval shapo, measured 7* inches in its largest diameter, 3V inches in i:s smallest diametir, and i8 inches in cir­ cumference. The posterior edge of the tooth was 4 inches in 'ength. the anterior edge 6 inches, the largest cir- cumlerencj 22 inches, and the weight tt* pounds. It is supposed to be the lower back tooth from the left side of the jaw. The ridges have turned to chalcedony, and ex4 end entirely thro igh the tooth, whil» the material between has the appearance of iron.-- Seattle .Post-Intelligencer. St. Paul Park--A New Picnic Gronadl bt. Paul Park is located at Uortou, Illinois, 14 miles north of Chicago, on the Chicago. Milttaukre snd St. Paul Railway. The grounds cover eighty acres on tbe North Branch river. One half is a grove of larze maples, the other half Is a level meadow, suited lor base-ball, tennis, and all outdoor games Good boating on river. »nd In every way most attractive picnic ground In the vicinity of Chicago. For further Information, rates, etc. ap­ ply to 1L F. Laiatr, Olty Passenrer Agent. Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul Ballwajr, 237 Clark street . A Great 8c heme. / fyfJb^rent to de magician show l*rs' ntgnt,*' sa d Eavtus. "An de way dat feller done tuk dollars out o' de ears ob people what hadn t any dollars '.ore dey come was a caution. I s gwine recommen' him fo' a pVition in our church. He'd be a Napoleum Bony- gnk for takin up de colleckihuns."--arper's Bazar. Save Money on Lumber. Of eoarsp. when you build you want it to cost as little as possible. Then, why pay your local dealer a c ommission when you cau buy iumber direct from the Pit- ton Lumber t ompany, cornfcr of Laflin and 2^d streets, Chlcaso. ill. at wholesale prices? Write them for terms LBTTKR-CA RRIERS mav be seen col­ lecting letters at midnight, but this dcesn't explain why. tome late males! don't arrive till near morning.--Phila- ' delphia Times. A. M. PRIEST, Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind.. says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure givei tUe best of . •sUsfacUoii. Can get pltf&t7 of teu'.iuionials. as it cures every one who takes it" IttitgSleU sell It, 75c. . - THE heavier a man's head beer mes the more it swims.--Galveston Kews. TO sailor a yacht U superb, but how much wore lo- ely to the landsman are the ro-y cheeks of young ladles who use Glenn's bulphur boap , FNN-on's coksimrcioir CURB is sold on a cuacaotee. It cures Incipient Consump j tlnn. It is the best Cough Com 28 ceuts, < 60 cents and H. 00- i I SIDE from the fact that the cheap baking powders contain! , which causes indigestion and other serious ailments, their use is is- It takes three pounds of the best of them to go as far as one pound of the Royal Baking Powde ̂be- dause they are deficient in leavening Sill /• .»• gas ;v 4. \4 ' . #«'.? * . T *•'>/' ,5 .V* ^ There is 6ot1i health and econ- " in Powder. WOVAt BAKINQ PQWOCH CO.. K0> WAU. 8T.. KEW-YQBIt. Why Chlnmneii Change Stgno. A Washington street Chinaman Changed his s-ign the other day. name and alL Every one has the sign fever nowadays, and he thought he would be in line with the Melicanmen. One of his customers, after the sign had been changed, stopped in to see if a new Chinaman had taken possession of the place He found the same laundry man as had been there for a good many months. "What did you charge the name on your sign for. " was asksd of him. "Oh, that nothin'. Only sign name. That 8 all." ' " "Why doa't you put your own nam: on the sign?" "Oh, see if I selle placee can t Je'le sign, tee? Any same good sign. Taat's all." He then explained that it was a com- m n practice among Chinamen to change their .^igns frequently, and that by so doing they lelie\e that it «»n- courased t'&de and thus reimbursed them for the expenditure in red paint and unpronounceable characters.--Buf­ falo txpres-. I'lie Yellow Glow of the Horison, Painte J on the sky by the setting sun, is bean- tifu'i. Not so the sallow saffron of a face tinged with bile. And oh! the unsFO-tkabte discomfort that bile in the wrong plaoe pro­ duces. Twinges In the right side and uudtr the right shoulder blade, nausea, vertico. sto!c heartache, constipation, faulty dicrestlon. Not In an instant can the symptoms ot biliousness be dispel ed, but persistence in the use of Hostetter's Stooiaoh Bitters will eradicate them, restore digestion and regul«rlty or the bowels, and counteract tendencies to more aggravated complaints, w hteh an interruption of these functions beeets. > ItheumHtism, in­ activity ot the kidneys and bladder ueuraltrl t anrt Inability to a fiep. are also remedied l>y this genial preventive ami restorative of nerve force anil tranquility. As art nntidnt) to th poison of malto ia, it is untaiiinc-aud prompt. A winegiassful three times a day. WellrPaltl Work. When people speak of authorship as an underpaid prolession they lectcou without their Mrs. Humphr y Ward. Fo • the American and English mar­ kets alone she was paid for "David Grieve" $£0,000. Say that !-he gets f> 0,c0j more for "Mareella," and that '•he got $40,000 fo ' "Robert Eismere." That is $200,000 for three bx>ks, writ­ ten nuring a pericd of abaut six yeaie. Two hundred thousand dollars in six years is not bad pay, when one consid­ ers that it is all profit. The success of an author depends upon the demand for his work. The book market is like any other, and the author f. r who-e books the public clamor has no cause for complaint.--Xew York Critic. THE fools do not say all the silly things. A Lucky Player. Two travelers in the express from Paris to Nice got into conversation. "Going to Nice?* , "Also to Monte Carlo?" "Oh, yes: I go there every ^ "You play there occasionally, no doubir" "Certainly--once in the morning ami once in the evening; twice a day refu- larly." "And you lose now and then?" . "Never." "How if that possible? Do yon mind telling me how vou manage tt * "Tnat is very simple. I play tha violin, that's all." Farms on Crop Payment*. • It is not unusual for renters to pay for alarm from the proceeds of one crop la the Ued Elver Valley of North Dakota : Why pay cash rent for land yon cannot hope to own here when a share of tbe crop •• »111 lielp pay for a fartn there? Write ta Grandln & Edwards, Mayville, Honk Da- kola. for particulars. FRANK H. WRIGHT, a full-bloodea: Ind an, has been conducting a series revival meetings in Passaic. S. J., and one of the resu.ts is that thirteen young M {' men and women, said to be prominent :.|§,v socially, have vigned a pledge to give up dancing, card-playing, and theater- - goin^' f jr the re6t of" their lives. 4 FAILURES in conduct follow failures Mp J in faith and courage. If the faith wrong the life will be wnong. EIGHTEEN- DOLLAR PAVB: we pay freight J A Elqi.V ^afb Co., Elqib, 1u» A BAD TEMPER and a bad liver-- you'll always find joined together. Make a note of this, and see if it isn't true. Now, why not give your naturally son- ny disposition a chance? Dr. Pierce"# Pleasant Pellets for you. They correct your dis­ ordered liver, clear up your system, and make life look different to yoa. They ds it in a pleasant way, too. WwrYe the smallest, the easiest to take, and the most natural remedy. Keep a viai of these tiny Pellets in your vest-pocket. They'll give you a permanent cure for Biliousness, Jaundice, Constipation, Indigestion, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and every derangement of the liver, stomach and bowels. The makers are so sore youH be satisfied that they'll agree, if you've not, to return the money. For twenty-five years these Pellets have •old on their merit. Why buy other jails, when P. P. P. are "guaranteed"! « There's nothing likely to he "/ml 6* pood.1 . • y IF YOU WANT TO FEEL A PERFECT CORE PROMPTLY, OF . . LUMBAGO, ST. HCIIIIS Oil WILL DO IT IS WTHIW Hffi CM W. « j j=j,=zin=Jr^; 'r=zJr=Jr=xJr=^;i=zjn=zJr=)rz=l!^Ir: DR. J. ft.McLean's LIVER AND KIDNEY BALM LBS • 1.00 BOTTLE IS ESPECIALLY VALUABLE IN SUB u TREATMENT OP propsy Bright's Disease Seminal Weakness Calculus or Gravel Retention of Urine Incontinence ol Uriflf Diseases of the Prostrate Irritation and Disease of Bladder Irritation and Disease of Kidneys MANURAEYUMD IT ' The Dr. I. H. McLEAN Hedieice ST. LOUIS, MO. n=lrz=Jfi :;:«v - ^ KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and fends to personal enjoyment whea tHghtly usea. The many, who live bet» ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to tb"'s£cds of "hysieal being, will sltsst- the value to fiealth of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced is the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas­ ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties or a perfect lax- i stive; effectually cleansing the system, j dispelling colds, headaches and fevers | and permanently curing constipation. It has £iven satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts- on the Kid­ neys, Liver and Bowels without weak­ ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug­ gists in 50e ana $1 bottles, but it is man- vfactored by the California Fig .Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs^ ind being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. SO, YOU WILL FIND THE Big Four Ronte THE BEST LINE VESTIBULE mm.. ^#i!® ELEGAHT mm CAB*. for Tickets Via Big Four Ronte. E. 0. HcCORMICK, 0. B. HAHTIII. Pmenser TrafSc Memger, Sent fttss. i TktS«t CISfl> >AT1. CURE YOURSELF FRKXCH I •l«^,^!r"uTtoeatTSu ,t -• yj *>• -£ alwKT* °r f'"- •irlaary orana*. elifcer sea or TOndltlon. Full directions with eaei kolUt:inc> " mm. Druflgitt. ijsvaa JM.OO. Sold bv K. j Br~ ' tre« comer FiJsli Aveaue. ChH-*so, iUMMt* eijjton recn 11 of yncf. -'V, *m. i in tact war. )lw» Hf waia Mamo« mm r In vfrltini t«» Au*«'rtiw to mention thl* paper. on what sttcdituiia pay