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All druggists sell thr Pinkhnm medicinep. Addrfftr la Bonfldcmy. I/YIHA. K. 11.NKIIA.M MED. CO., LTNM, M^AA. Lydla' E. Plnkham's Liver Pills, 25 cents. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. nps CWJOfCf" ~x*rv-. „&Oie meeting seconded the motion with a roar. Mr. Bangs arose and looked at the cobweb in the corner of the room as if he thought the e was an inspira­ tion in its dusty drapery. He then glanced at trie i oor and said he be­ lieved he had nothing to say. The crowd stamped and yelled, and amid the discord could be heard cries of "(jo on." "You must say some­ thing." '-Hurrah for Bangs," and so forth, all of which quite took the old farmer by surprise, and before he knew it he was standing and balanc; lag himself against the desk. The uproar ceased and Bangs cleared his throat •'Well, I'm not that sort o' citizen _ as wants to make hard feelin's'niong Suppressed or Painful Menstruations.-Weafc. each other, but when I sees a screw •ess of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloating, #/1 ,i_; ^Flooding, Nervous Prostration, Headache, OSe A Wants to t<lKe a screw dri\0T "General Debility, Kidney Complaints ia i and tighten it. ,The audience tit­ tered and stamped. Bangs fixed his eyes on the cobwcb, then glanced at the chairman, who acted as if he had been s ot, and turned his eyes from the speaker to a crack in the ceiling.] it is a good tliing^to have a Orange, it is a useful thing to have it pjade strong; in fact, it is the best screw-driver we ever had. [Loud flwn and read "Woman's Beauty, Peril, ! laughter.] There has been a screw Duty," an illustrated book of so paees, con- i loose for a long time in our neigh­ borhood. | Deep silence ] It is time to commence turn in' yo;ur screw­ driver on it. Y< u all know what a botheration it is to bo low, and w< at a still disugrceabler thing it is to lend. [Loud clappingand stamping. ] As I said, 1 don't want any hard feel- in's, but if any «f you have been bothered as much as I have, you'll not blamejroe for saying Caleb Haynes is the worst huisance we have. He borrows everything. His wire is getting into the same habit, and the youngsters too. He is the screw that's finuiin vriiurnv r»r nnvnnnu •««„ I loose. Now let's talk up some way OONALD KENNEDY, OF RQXBURY, MASS>, I to cure Caleb, lor we all know he is Has discovered in one of our common | a®1 heart; besides that, I want' to get a screw-driver he borrowed of ine not long ago, for my woman is about to take up the carpet." This brief, extemporaneous address was followed by wild cheering and ^xcited stamping till the whole room was one cloud of dust. No one minded it but the spider, who scamp­ ered over his swinging mansion's del­ icate carpetings and settled himself down IU his back chamber in per.ect disgust at the behavior of the grang­ ers. The plans suggested for curing Caleb liayncs of borrowing were numerous, none of which seemed en­ tirely satisfactory but the one set forth by Mr. Bangs. It was unani­ mously agreed to begin the tightening of the screw the ne.\t day, and that the Hovel method should be started by Mr. Bangs. The meeting then dissolved and the grangers dispe sed to their homes. Caleb Haynes was feeding the pigs. Looking toward the hill his eye caught the wagon of John Bangs, loaded with something. "Good morning. Caleb," said John. "Good morning, John. Going to market?" "Oh, no. I lust merely thought I would bring you over a few things. You weren't at the Grange last night?" "No, I couldn't come. Had to go to towu last night with my old wo­ man's cousin Ann, to lorrow a flut­ ing machine. I knew there was no such thing around the neighborhood." "Wish I had one. 1 would loan it to you. But I guess there is some­ thing here you will like. Now, he e 1s a new ax I will let you have till you get ready to return it, and--" "Oh, you are too kind--" "Ancl a coffee grinder, and a first- rate grind-stone. Yes, and here is a double-shovel plow, just what you want for your new corn." "John, you are a Christian. If everybody was like you, this would be a happy world." But befo e he could say anything more, Jo!in whipped up his horse and started for home. | Mr/. Haynes was delighted with the colTee-arinder, and defaced that she would not '.e in a hurry to re­ turn it While they were breakfast­ ing they heard the clatter of wheels, and soon after some one knocked at the door. "Come in." said Caleb. •'Good-morn nir,"said Jacob Fulle~. 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S5e. few things." ^<1 "How clever y.o are,'J said Mrs. Haynes. "Here is some sugar and nutmegs my wife Dut in, and a bottle of vin­ egar." "How thoughtful she is. Why, JE was just coming over after tho# things, for we want a dumpling, and we can't eat lettuce without vinegar, vou know." "Of course pet," observed M*. Fuller. "And there is a sfcdoSf'of thread; she said she thoaght^ jou weretjuL" •*Ye«, 1 am. How 1 can finish Bobby's pants." Mr. Hayne* smiled and rem&rged that Mrs. Fuller would have a brikht spot in Heaven. Mr. Fuller drove on and wondered what sort or a nook Mrs. Haynes would, have in the same place. 4 William Boynton was none the slower for his gray hairs. He rusned into the yard like an antelope. "Why, what's the matter.'" asked Caleb. "The fact is," said the old man, "I'm in a sort of a hurry, and I thought 1 might as well be a little lively. Here is a string of dried ap­ ples my wife thought jou would like to try; and I thought J'd save you the t ouble of coming after the weekly pa^er. There is a good d al of news in it. An i b^re is a sc.,tue to cut your grass. Good day." Boynton was off as quick as he came, and had not got ten step* be­ fore youag llobert l>anvers came rid­ ing down the road on a gallop and leading another horse. Caletihanded the string of dried apples to his wife, and went to the gat.' to see what was wanted. "Pa sent me down with the bay mare, Mr. Haynes," said Danvers. "lie said he knew you didn't like to borrow, but he thought you needed a horse ior a while" " Before Caleb could utter a word the young man had galloped away. Caleb led the animal to the barn, and then walked slowly to the house. "Tell you what it is" said he to his wife, "I'm growing 'spiciousi" "Of what?" she said. •\)f the neighbors. I can't tell what's the matter with them; they're getting too good, besides--" He was interrupted by Ben Top- ham yelling at him from the front gate. Caleb left his wife and asked his friend what was up. "I'm goin* to town to see to some business. My wife told me to be sure and call at your house as I came along, for she wanted your woman to try our new coffee grinder." "We've already borrowed one this morning," said Calebs with a puz­ zled face. "That won't make anv difference. You can use both. Let me see. Oh, yes! here is the weekly pacer. I | thought, perhaps, you would like to read the news." • 'But I've got a copy already. Bill Boynton brought me over one not long aga " •'Oh, that doesn't matter! You can read one while the woman is read­ ing the other. I must m Good-by!" •'Good-by." returned Caleb Th«s coffee-grinder and news­ paper sat Mrs. Haynes to think­ ing. How these two articles should have happened to have been dupli­ cated the same day was a mystery she couldn't seem to make out. Mr. Haynes was. thoughtful, also^ and he hitched the borrowed horse to the borrowed doubled shoveled plow in a manner that would lead any bystander to th nk that Caleb had committed some act of which he was deeply ashamed. He worked hard and ate but little dinner. The otticiousness of his neighbors troubled him more than the probability of a short crop of corn. When the sun set Caleb ce ised work and wearly started for home "Well," said he, coming into the back door, "has anybo !y else been over to loan us a paper?" "Caleb, vou're a fo l." The farmer's hands dropped t > his i lap as if they had received an ele •- j trie shock, and he gazed .at his wife j in mute astonishment. "Yes, Caleb, um're a fool, i am I a fool, and anybody that bor.ows is I a fool! Do you hear?" "I hear. But what has come! across you so suddenly?" j "I don't think it has come FO su | denly. If we had not been fools we'd seen it before this." "Sav, Susan, 1 wish you'd explain your nonsense, and stop acting so much like a fooi! I'm hungry." The most sensitive point of Caleb's feelings was touched, and he arose fiom hts chair and walked the room impatiently. "I'll give vou to understand," said his wife, that you shan't have a mouthful till I have had my say!" "Well, hurry up," said Caleb. "All right. In the first place, neither you nor 1 were at the meet­ ing last night, were we?" ."So." "Well, now, to comedown to busi­ ness, I Know very well they talked about us and our habit of borrow­ ing." "Don't believe it." "I do. I know it I've been think­ ing about it all this afternoon. How could it happen that they'd bring us so many things the same day? And think of it--two co.iee-grinders and two newspapers^1 "Susan, I begin to believe you." "You'd better. It's just as pla'.n as beads on a string." "What can we do?" „ "Do? Why, take everything back as soon as you get through supper." "But don't we need the things?" "What of it? Take them all back, and say we can buy our own things.'* "But, Susan, it will cost a good deal." "Can't help it We must act in­ dependent. We'll buy our own things after this." "Why, of course we can: and if we can't, we can go without^" said Caleb, brightening. "That's right I'll round up the coffee with a hammer before I bor­ row another grinder." A new feeling cam1 over Mr. Haynes. His manhood seemed to have returned, and his heart seemed to be lightened of a heavy load. After supper he hitched his old mare to his wagon, and started on his journey to return everything that was brought to his home in the morn­ ing. Harry, the oldest son, rode the borrowed bay. The neighbors were dumfo inded. I There was not one member who : thought the trick would be fcund out | before a week. No one had an op- i po tunity to question him. He merely announced that he had come to re- turn the articles borrowed, and that he hoped to never get in the misera­ ble habit again. It was o'clock before he returned home, and by the time the chores were finished the clock* struck 10. The next morning was a bright one. and Caleb declared he felt better than he had for many months. "It seems so much better to use vour own things," he remarked "You are right," assented Ills wife. By the time the month had passed' Mr. Haynes had bought another horse, subscribed for the weekly paper, and turniihed the house and farm with the necessary implements and con­ veniences. At the next Grange meeting Mr. and Mrs. Haynes answered promptly when Jonathan Fuller came to their names on the roll, and when there w.ts order and quiet Caleb arose and said he would like to say a few words. The whole audience was silent. They seemed to think they were in the p.eseuce of a man whom they had in­ jured. ~ "Ladies and gentlemen," began Caleb, his voice coming with an ef­ fort, "1 was not preseht at the last meeting, and I am glad ot it You have done a great g*jod. I don't want auybody to feel bad because he might have talked about me behind my back. 1 am cured of the miserable, begKarly habit of borrowing; and fiat is enough. 1 move to Speak Upon another subject." At the conclusion of this brief speech, which was uttered with a great deal of leeling, Mr. I oyuton stepped forward and pressed Caleb's hands. Every one in the room fol­ lowed the example of the agile old man. and Havnes felt that he was honored beyond his merits.| At the end of the unusual perfo m- auce some one suggested that singing should be the next thing in order. Not an objection was offered, so Jon­ athan Fuller hunted around (a while for his tuning fork and started, "There is Best for the Weary." in as high a key as he could maintain j without lupturiug his windpipe, j To be sure some said "we-ar-ry" j and others let melodious sounds pass I through their no^es, but their hearts were enraptured, and their souls as­ piring above the sordid earth. Even the little black spider came out of his dark chamber with three other little spiders and listened intently to the music, and did did not seem half so disgusted as dur ng the last meet­ ing, when they raised such adust-- Waverly Magazine. CRAMP'S SHIP- MODERN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER It May Have Faults, bat It Is a Po*srfal Influence for Good. The development of the newspaper has been something phenomenal. The whole number is nearly l!»,000, a*out one in ten published every day. Tney have many faults, has the newspaper --which is only the history of each day, written 1 efore its close--musl have. The faults are, perhaps, some­ what exaggerated with us, owing to the wider range of news topics. Their sensationalism, scrappiness, and dogmatism produce something of mental dissipation in cases of over­ indulgence. But the majority of i newspapers everywhere aud of everv ! grade, are conducted with honesty I and couscience l y men who have j learned loth what the public wants i and in what they can hope to lead it i The influence of this history of a | day--read by millions of people--is | incalculable, and, in general, it is ! good. It leads many persons further | into the study ot some questions ! alout which they had received a hint \ or a scrap of information. Nowhere is this great engine of modern civili­ zation better used and appreciated than with us. In addition to the news it pours into its columns day by day, it publishes every year thousands of articles on the most important and interesting topics. Nowhere is it thoroughly encyclop i die. It was once the fashion to insist upon the truth of Pope's line, "a little learn- ing is a t.angerous thing." but tho field of knowledge has become so vast that we must recognize the limita­ tions of time and insist that if a lit­ tle be a danger none tit all is fatal. Our newspapers give thousands o! persons first a faint idea of the exis­ tence o1' something before unknown, then a little insight, and, last of all, the thirst that can enly be quenched by deep draughts at the fountain of knowledge. In brief, they draw out the faculties of uncounted millions i who otherwise would neitb££ learo nor have the desire to learn. Mrn'Mtmy. of Hen employed In ftaf)Ultag» tho •ouster Battle-ships. In the Century Albert Franklin Matthews describes "The Evolution of a Battleship," mainly with refer­ ence to the building of the Indiana, the most formidable engine of war in the world. It is worth while to look about a place that pioduces such a monster, he says. The Cramp ship-yard has nearly » Quarter of a mile of water-front. Along this frontage are ships in vari­ ous stages of construction, some on the stocks and some in the water, il­ lustrating almost every step in the building of % vessel. Here near the entrance of the yard, Is an acre or mope of punching-machmes, enor­ mous contrivances that, as they close their jaws, with their ungainly teeth bite out holes for rivets in the plates and frames as easily as a farmer's wife tal:es out the core of an apple. Over there is a steel checker-board frame into which big pins are set in a curve. Against the pins stalwart sledce-swingers, half naked, bend the cherry-red frames and plates, as they a e slid out of the furnace, into the shapes they must assume lor use in the vessels. Here is a great row of blacksmith forges. Over there is a building where a dozen monster boilers are in con­ struction, and where a traveling craue lifts and moves them as easily as a hotel porter does big trunks. Here are big ship engines, some set up and some taken down. Here are foundries where manganese-l ronze screws are cast, and where brass and iron are fashioned into a thousand forms. Here is the great mold-loft where every line in the ship is laid down,and from which wooden counter parts of vessels are made I efore the steel construction begi ns. Here are the wood-working shops, the gun factory, the great store-house, and there is the floating derrick that can pick up a 70-ton boiler, move it 300 feet, lift it hi«h in the air, and place it in a ship in thirty minutes, with as care­ ful an adjustment as a watch maker uses in fitting a movement in its place. And here are 5,000 men employed in various capacities--machinsts, wood-workers, moulders, and ] erhaps most noticeable of all, riveters in sets of thsee, one man to hold a big sledge against the red-hot rivet and two, one a right-handed worker and the other left-handed, to pound it until it becomes a part of the ship So the work goes on until after about two years the sh p that existed only in specification becomes a living thing. *'IN THE WHITE CBLLS. Best Things h to Eat Arc made with ROYAL BAKING POWDER-- bread, biscuit, cakc, rolls, muffins, crusts, and the vat* rious pastric^ Squiring a leavening or raising agent Risen with ROYAL BAKING POWDER, all these things fire superlatively light, sweet, tender, delicious and wholesome. if ROYAL BAKING POWDER is the greatest of. time and labor savers to the pastry cook. Besides, it I economizes flour, butter and eggs, and, beet of all, makes the food more digestible and healthful. , , BOYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 1C6 WALL STT, NCW-VORK. In the Rough. Once upon a time a number of the foremast literary society people ol Ch cago we e assembled for the pur­ pose of carrying out a program ot es­ says, readings, and chats upon liter­ ary topics. Among the party was a young Englishman (and this is a true story) who had accompanied a friend to the "literary." The guests not being favorable impressed with tho young man's appearance, treated him with a cold indifference, and though he felt it keenly, he quietl.v seated himself in a corner and listened. An essay was read upon English society and customs, and at its conclusion a discu-siou commenced. Finally one of the sruests, rather sneeringly asked the stranger hi? opinion, saying "I bel'eve you're English." The stranger saw his opportunity, and, though as­ suming an extreme modesty, he be­ gan to talk. Gradually each guest grew closer and closer, and all were intent upon listening. The rough diamond began to glisten, and for nearly two hours he held his au- d euce spellbound. Those who had simply greeted him with a glance de­ sired his company at their homes. They forgot his rough coat and un. prepossessing manners. He i ecame the lion^of the hour. It simply shows that it does not pay to spurn men because they do not wear bn.ad- cloth and patent leather "pumps." Defrauded. A short story, bat very much to the po nt is one t Id of John Alien, an English clergyman. He had heard that a brather minister kept his con­ gregation waiting, and kindly re­ monstrated with him. "It was only ten minutes," said the offender, apologetically. '•How many people had you in church?" asked Mr. Alien. "About ."tOO." "Th.ce hundred? Weil, then, you wasted 3,000 miuutesl" Very Simplo. In 6ome parts of Mexico^ the party in power maintain ti eir positions by throwing into jail their pol t eal op­ ponents on the eve ot an election. When the elect, on is decided, the dis­ franchised are released. iAWYER' their namea like to see sow iftod A Hpecles of Punishment That No Prisoner Can Long Endure. "Solitary confinement in a dun­ geon cell has always been considered as the severest of the corrective measures resorted to iu penal institu­ tions, but it has been improved upon," remarked Abner V. Chadwick of Hartfr.rd, Conn., who is stopping for a few days at th^ Everett House on his way home from the rccent ses­ sion of the National Prison Keform Congress. "Public sentiment became so strong several years ago in tne State of Illinois against the dark cell that the Legislature took a hand and abolished the institut on. >vome means of subduing the refractory spirit of convicts who would not work was necessary, and as whipping was abolished the Warden at Joliet P ison evolved the most retined and efTective form of torture yet discovered. The dungeon was supplanted by what is known as the white cells. They are located in a detached building in a portion of the inciosure far distant from the work shop The walls of the cell are of great thickness, the silence of the tomb prevails. They j a:e lighted from above, but no t glimpse of the sky can be obtained, | and the walls, floor, and ceiling are painted a glariug white. Even the narrow board, the only p ece of fur­ niture in the cell, upon which the prisoner is permitted io sleep outside of working hours, is painted white. During the hours when the other convicts are at work the man in the solitary is handcuffed to the door of I bis cell, bis hands being chained at i an easy and natural elevation. There; is not a speck of color to relieve the I steady, glowing white with which he | is surrounded. The effect is terrible when taken in counection with the deathlike silence. Within an hour the brain of tbe prisoner begins to swirl and he becomes deathly sick. Few men have ever be jn able to stand the white cell, with its maddening, I monotonous, unrelieved glare for a | single day before they begin to beg for mercy. Two or three hours of the tomb-like surrounding-: generally brings the most violent and rebellious spirit to terms."--New York Ad­ vertiser. ' Your Conscience. Are you not humoring it more than you ought to? Are you not trusting in it more than you are in Cod? Are you not governed by it more than you are by the Bible? It is well to ask yourself these questions. They refer to matters of more than ordi­ nary importance. Conscience is a good rossession, but there are some things which are better, higher,, wiser, stronger than conscience. They are much more reliable. Your con­ science is.j}ot Jkn invariable entity. It is subject- to fluctuations. It is not tbe same thing now that it was yens ago. It will rebuke you now for doing things which it allowed you to do jears ago, And acts for which It rebuked you years ago, it does not now--the very same kind of asts, toa Why? Because, for one thing, your moral chaiacter has changed; it is more enlightened; it has grown much larger. You are better in­ formed. You have learned a good deal since you were a child.. But what is more reliable than con­ science? God: the Holy Spirit; the Bible. From these supreme sources learn your duty. Let these I e your guides in all relig ous and Cnristian duties, privileges, pleasures. The Holy Spirit, not conscience, is the true interpreter of the Bible. Your conscience may contradict the Bible; the Holy Spirit never does. Your conscience may mislead you in the matter of duty; the Holy Spirit and the Bibie never da Worship God, not according to the dictates of con­ science, but according to the dictates of the Holy Spirit and the teachings of God's Won!--lion's Herald. Cimoretc Foundations in Quicksand. I About two years ago an ingenious ! method of making stable foundat ona ; in quicksand made public. This ; method, which i$ especially adapted ! for putting down fouutiations in copious water-learing materia1, where e\ca- i vat ion in open pit wov.ld ba difficult or | Impossible, con-ists briefly in driving ; down pipes, seme distance apart, to i the quicksand strttltlm. and connecting the alternate pipa^ "to a pump, by which a str. ng ourront of water is forced u: dergrolbwi^w^d i ises as flow­ ing wells from the other pipes, bring­ ing with it a laVjffr volume of sand. This is continued until an underground chamfce • is excavated, and by trans­ ferring the suction ho e to a*tank of cement grrut the underground cavity is then filled with cement, which socn set-, forming a concrete. An inter- e t ng test of this system was recent­ ly made. Pipes were dt-iveh at the c rners of a he agon about seven eet ; in diameter to a depth of seventeen I feet beneath the surface and eleven J feet below the water level. CLar! water was then forced int > three or' the pipes from htw-e connections, and water carrying sand was seen issuing from the other Uirco pip^s. After tho re iuired. - ca .ity was thif3 excavated hose was c; nuectod to the fix pipe* and the sani ar.d water were forced up through the. center pipe until a clear flow of waiec was secure:!. Aftar the interior of tHfc envifcy wits further agitated \ry currents of water to put tho s.ind in suspen non. the suction hese was transferred to a .grout tank, and the grout was forced in until it ap­ peared at the center pipe. Opera- j tions were then suspended until the cement set. The resjlt was that a | bLick of concrete was formed which practically filled tho cavity and consti­ tuted a stable floor. "** A GrPAt Hf-nrl. A man with a head two feet one an4 five eighths inche3 in circumference, is a curiosity, and when Mwes Hall, colore!, of Owing < Mil s, w Ikeiinte the sto e of C. B. Bates, recently, ME. Bares was not a little surprised. At first glance Hall's head looked as if jm hat would fit it That is an m- usually large size, but when tbe hsfc was tried on it was too small. Then Mr. Bate * Vethousht hha eff of an old Eerby which he hid ia hie wind w off and on for over a year. with, a placard stating that it 'wonld ba given to any one it v.ould fit. T.e !-ia» was 7', which is the la ge*t Mr. tafees had sold in ail his ten years' expert- en e. After force search the hat1 wa; formfl ana tried on. V-ut to the d:sgust and ae- tonishme t of the storekeeper it was toosmal'. It rested on the back of Hall's head as a 10 year-old boy s hat wmid rest t n that < f an ordinary inaa. Mr. l?ates then measured the mans hea l an 1 foun.I that t would require a ha* of siie. That is twelve sizes iar er than the average hat man.--Baltimore Amaru an. !^iii: Chemistry of the linked Potato. Usuallv the first vegetable prescribed by the i>hy!=i ian for the sick person who is beginning to use solids is a baked potato. A bak d potato, how­ ever. may be no better than a boiled one unless it be done in so high a tem­ perature that the staivh is affected. Boiled potatoes cannot be subjected to a higher temperature than ^12 deg. Fahr. Bake.I potatoes may be done in such a way that they are l ut a little better than boiled--for instance, done in a slow oven. On the other hand, if they are put into a temperature of .^0 or 4(H) degrees Fahr., or what is called a "hot oven," they will be dene in such a manner that the conversion of starch will in a degree tako place and the potato be consequently palatable and easily digested, t'otatoos roasted in hot wshes < r embers are delicious and for the same reason. The high degree of heat co.)ks the starch prope. ly. Mighty Is the Troth! And It will prevail. Against underhand com­ petition and spurious imitation, the genuine efficacy ot the great national tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, always has and always will prevail. The public rcoognize it everywhere is the chief preventive ot malaria, and a relia­ ble specific for dyspepsia, constipation, ner­ vousness, rheumatism, kidacy trouble, bilious­ ness and loss of appetite. Efforts made by irresponsible dealers to compete with it by in-, direct means have and will continue to fall upon the heads and, it may be added, the pock­ ets of those making them. Through the length and breadth of the American continent it is the acknowledged household remedy, re­ liable and prompt. It relies upon facta, npon public experience, and upon the emphatic commcLdatlon of the medical fraternity. !Wurrie<l His Wife's <>raii(l(lauelitnr. Charles Men;es, whose wife died but ten days ego, married at Steven ville yesterday bis decea.ea wife's granddaughter. Elsie Main. Consider­ able difficulty was experienced in get­ ting a license, owing tj the supposed youthlulness of the brldie, but Menges and Miss Main both swore that she was 18 years oi age.--Helena Inde­ pendent. Only st Few Ijoft. Gen. Mellinet, the ^father" of the French ar.ny. who died recently, was the last surviving Waterloo officer France had. Waterloo furvivors are very scarce, and it was a surprise to the British war office when an old se - dier, years old, turned up in London the other day with a Waterloo pension certificate. i Hall's Catarrh Carp [3 s constiluttcDul euro. Price 75 ccnta. What an Alt! in K n An albino is a freak of Nature^ rather than one of a race of pa p e. Leoco- pathy, or albinism, is a peculiarity ia the physical constitution of certaia persons wh se skin and hair are per­ fectly white, ow ing to the absence of the minute particles of c loring dermis or cuter skin. Albinism is hereditary to a slight degree, as nea>sight, deaf­ ness, etc., are. Albinos have redeye^ which cannot bear strong light Al­ binism is most common in the oegm and Indian races, but it occurs ia al races and in all parts of the world. No Cause for Alarm. Prof. Edward Or ton, of Ohio, esfi* mates that the present rate of eoa- eumptirn will not exhaust the eoal* fields of that State in less thaa um years. •An: Tom, there is no greater than a peach-bloom complexion, sach aa the young lady had we heard extol!lag Glenn's Sulphur Foap." Christianizing the 8ioux- Christian Indians of the. Dafcste tribe raised nearly $2.lil0 last year ta christianize their pagan Sioux bratfc* ren. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement 1 tends to personal enjoyment m' lightly used. The many, who live i ter than others and enjoy life more, 1 less expenditure, by more pronptljr Litke Gold. Aluminum doe^ not rust or tariiish. PIERCE--CURE to every nervous, delicate woman, suffering from "female complaint," irregularity, or weakness: In every exhausted condition of the female!" system. Dr. Piercc's Favorite Prescription is an invigorating restorative tonic, fitted to tho needs of nursing mothers, and women approaching coniinement. South Bend, Pacific Co-, IVath. Dr. R. V. PIERC*, Buffalo, N. Y.: pear S'r--I b^gan tak­ ing vour " FavOritc Pre­ scription " tho first month of prcgnancy, uud have continued tal.ing it since confinement. I did not experience the nausea or any of the ail- Mtnuj due wto pregnan­ cy, after I began taking •your "Prescription." I was only in lubor a short time, and the physician said I got alops un- MHS. BAKER. usually well. We think it saved me a great deal of suf­ fering. I was troubled a great deal with leu- corrhea also* &ud It has dont* a world of food for me. Sincerely yours. MRS. W. C. BAKER. DAVENPORT^ ...IOWA... A BOYS' BOAROINC SCHOOL. Swens sfc'ptemlx"- r.». i*s»i. 1 or CataU *ae aAd-rta Hartey Kay ( oleman, A. M„ Head .Master. of the pure^liqaidl laxative principles embraced ia 0m remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its piewuliog in the form most acceptable and pie si ant to the taste, the refreshing and tnly beneficial properties of a jieriect l»i- ative ; effectually cleansing the sjp dispelling colds, headaches and ana permanently curing constif It has given satisfaction to million 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 fnmt every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all dray- gists in 60c and $1 bottles, but it is osaat- ufactured by the California Fig Sy Co. only, whose name is printed on evexj package, also the name, Syrup of and being well informed, you accept any substitute if offered. D~ lt.T. PEI.IX fiOl RArD'S ORTEHTVL CREAM,OIOIAUICAL BEACTiriM. Removes Tan. 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""" uua par thcui hnfc In writiM to AU to mention this bn know what mrtli Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm Justly celebrated as the Peerless Liver and Kidney