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r. Vatfdftftxit. George W. Vanderbllt, who h*» n- * «ently made a little provision for hte l»irs by insuring his life for $1,000,000, need not resort to that experiment ex- > cept for amusement, for Mr. V&nderbilt Is worth $20,000,000. Altogether he is ^ • peculiar fellow. He 1B passionately - fond of collecting curious things, such •« old rare books, odd coins, Egyptian beetles, ancient Hindu weapons, and , ^flid hookahs. He spends only $20,000 ft year on himself and about $200,000 in charities, on other people who have no Hioney at all. Once Mr. Variderbllt J thought he would like to see life from ,. ttie reporter's point of view and rented - himself to a newspaper at a very mod* ^ erate salary. He retired from journal- .• fern not because he did not like his aew duties, but because intense appli- A cation to hard work wore down his health, and he felt that he would not . t>e doing Justice to himself if he per- , • fisted In an occupation that was injur­ ing him without the necessity of doing i Jft). .Mr. Vanderbilt recently made a lour of the world and brought back , • With him a tremendous collection of CMrios. which he added to his already •aluable store. He is a most studious, ^ , Hind,- simple man, and his whole life , lias been marked by an extreme devo- I "flon to his mother. His wealth has •' foiled him in no way, and he is popu­ lar among young men who are not rich .in the worldly wealth. , What Will Become of Chiait k None can foresee the outcome Of the quarrel between foreign powers over the ^division of China. It is interesting to . the going to pieces of this race. cauany people are also going to pieces be- ;45ause of dyapopsia, constipation and ttoinach diseases. Good health can be re- l if we use Hostetter's Stomach Bit- Good at Arithmetic. Lady (in employment office)--As Ibere are only my husband and myself .fli the family, I think you ought to be •willing to come fox less than you ask. There are only two persons to cook for. Domestic--But, mum, when I'm wid you there 'ud be three.--New York Weekly. Nerves Oat or Tune. Just as the strings of a musical instru­ ment get out of tune through lack of care ^-«nd break out Into ear-torturing discords •when touched, so the human nerves get *ut of tune, and make everybody misera- _ ble that comes in contact with them. Ev- ^ry tobacco user's nerves are out of tune , more or less, and the real tobacco slaveia fterves are relaxed to the utmost. No-To- Bac is the tuning key which tightens the nerves, makes them respond quickly to the emotions, resulting in the happiness of all. No-To-Bac guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong. We ad­ vise all tobacco users to take No-To-Bac. The Office Boy's Romance. , *'Mr. Jenkins, I've got an uncle, a brother and two cousins in this war." "I see; you're fixing to get off to a base-ball game every time we hear ru­ mors of a battle." Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan- -r gerous. Unexpected Belief. "We won't have to go away this sum­ mer/' "Why not." • v* "The girl next door has had to stop playing the piano to read the war news to her grandfather." If you plant your money while young you may harvest a fortune in after years. Gross earnings of the Chicago Great Western Railway for the second week of July were $86,410.07, an increase, com­ pared with $73,562.16 for the same week last year, of $12,847.91. . . If one man holds fdur aces In the showdown, about ail the others hold is their breath. Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a godsend to me.--Wm. B. McClellan, Chester, Fla., Sept. 17, 1895. The total cultivated area in the Uni­ ted Kingdom is nearly 50,000,000 acres. W W W W W A. A .A *rw « Does Your Head Ache ? Ate your nerves weak? Can't you sleep well? Pain in your back? Lack energy? Appetite poor? Digestion bad? Boils or pimples? These are sure signs of poisoning. From what poisons? From poisons that are al­ ways found in constipated bowels. If the contents of the bowels are not removed from the body each day, as nature intended, these poisonous substances are sure to be absorbed into the blood, al­ ways causing suffering and frequently causing severe disease. Tucid iii mt<Shiinon sense AVER'S PIUS They daily insure an easy and natural movement of the bowels. You will find thatthe use of SAyer's urSupuuuu i with the pills will hasten recovery. It cleanses the blood from all impurities and »J is a great tonic to the nerves, < f *.. I ibs D&tttor. K A Our Medical Department baa one L ^ of the nn>8t eminent j>hy«ielans in W 'J the United States. Tel! the doctor I < 4 Just how YOU are suffering. Tou k . 1 will receive the beat medical advice ¥ 4 J without cast. Addreis, L 4 .. DR. J. C. AVER. W 1 . Lowell, Mass. f 4 * w w w w v vK 8. N. U. Mo. 31-98 ,.. TIME'S VAOARtg*. We wandered by the river side, The maiden fair and I; My arm abont her waist was tied. Her looks were coy and shy. The moon on high in brightest sheen' Looked down with face benign-- My years they numbered just sixteen,. While she was twenty-nine. • v I We talked in lovers' tend'rest strati, -- That maiden fair and I; My blighted state was my refrain, She gave me sigh for sigh. And sweet words, too, which die did mean, Were meted out to mine-- " My years they numbered just sixteen^ While she was twenty-nine. *.r Bnt cruel interruption came, li-1 Betwixt that maid and mt^ And I was hurried off to clatt 1 A fortune o'er the sea. I thought of ker, my fairy queen* " . And for a while did pine-- For I was only just sixteen, . While she was twenty-nine. Now, thirteen years have come and gone Since we met by the shore, And I've come back from torrid zone, And we have met once more. .But what is thiB--it beats me clean--' ' Explain it, orb divine! The lady now is just sixteen, And I am twenty-nine! --Life. MILLIE AND MOLLIE. I SVE come to ask you for the hand of your- daughter," said young Bromley, stumbling to the seat offered him by the girl's father. "Which one?", asked old Dimmock, the coal merchant, laying down the newspaper which he had been reading and eying the young man curiously. "Sometimes I think it is Mollie, and again I am sure it is Millie," replied young Bromley, genuinely^ perplexed. The old coal merchant looked sympa­ thetic. "You can't have both," Skid he, after an awkward pause. "They're splendid girls, good enough for anybody!" exclaimed the young man. "I could be happy with either of them," went on young Bromley. "I'm disposed tn think," nhaorroH nin ing to feeepfrom laughing, Dimmock, "that you have been happy with bo,th of them." "So they've told me more than once," said Bromley, with the pleasant light of recollection in his eyes. 'Well, can't you make up your mind which girl you want to marry?" Young Bromley did not answer for a moment, and then he said slowly: "Which do you think sounds the bet­ ter--'Millie Bromley' or "Mollie Brom­ ley?' Sometimes I've looked at it in that way." * "I don't think there's much choose," returned the old coal mer­ chant, weighing the question with ev­ ery desire to be fair. "You know," continued the young man, "there have been times when I've gone to bed perfectly charmed with tha name 'Millie Bromley,' and in the morning 'Mollie Bromley' has caught my fancy. Millie, Mollie; Mollie, Mil­ lie--it's an awful puzzle." "Of course^ you've proposed to* one of the girls?" inquired their father. "Oh, yes, indeed," said young Brom- ley. "Then that is the girl you want to marry," exclaimed the old man, tri­ umphantly. "Why, it's simple enough, after all. You've taken quite a load off my mind. Which one was it?" "It was Millie--I think," answered young Broinley, hesitatingly. ^ "Think! Good Lord, don't you know?" The young man flushed, and looked reproachfully at the coal merchant. "Mr. Dimmock," said he, "I'll put it to you as man to man: Which is Millie and which is Mollie?" "Don't cross-examine me, sir," re­ joined the old man. "If you want to marry one of the girls It's your busi­ ness to find out." "Heaven knows," cried young Brom­ ley in anguish, "I want to marry either Millie or Mollie, and have her all to myself. It's trying enough for a fellow to be over head and ears in love with one girl, but when there are two of them it's more than flesh and blood can stand." "There, there, my boy," said, the old coal merchant, soothingly, "don't take on so. Either girl is yours with my blessing, but I want to keep one for myself. Let me see if I can help you out." And going to the open Frenph window, he called: "Millie, Mollie; Mollie, Millie!" "Yes, papa, we'rei Coming," sounded two sweet, well-t>red voices from the shrubbery. There Was a tripping of light feet along the stone walk under the grape­ vine, and Millie and Mollie bloomed into the room. "How do you do, Mr. Brofhley," they said together, with the same Intonation and the same merry glint in their eyes. Millie bad auburn hair and brown eyes; so had Mollie. Millie had a Cu­ pid's bow of a mouth, little teeth like pearls, and a dimpled chin; so had Mol­ lie. Millie's arms, seen through her muslin sleeves, were round and white; so were Mollie's. There was nothing to choose between Millie's bust and Mollie's bust as they stood side by side. "W^ll, papa?" "Young Bromley tells me," began old Mr. Dimmock, after he had taken draughts of their fresh young beauty by I<k>king first at one and then at the other, and then dwelling upon the fea- i&S-of both with one eye-sweep, "that e proposed to you last night." "Ob, hot to both, you know, Mr. Dim­ mock," interjected young Bromley. "He asked me to be his wife," said Millie, demurely. "He told me that he couldn't" live without me," said Mollie, mischievious- ly. "How is this ?" said the old man, turn­ ing to young Bromley with a severe look. The young man blushed furiously and lifted his hands in protest. "I'm sure," he stammered, "one of you is mistaken. I asked you, Millie, to be my wife in the summer bouse--and --aid--I kissed you. That was before supper, and later in the evening, when we sat on the front steps, I said that I couldn't live without you, and that we must get married." "Before we go any further," Inter­ rupted the coal merchant, "which Is Millie and which is Mollie? When your dear mother was alive she cpuld tell the difference sometimes, bat f don't know to this day." ' *Oi>, how Ml jfiatwl* --« » gt«U in duet, ^ • "I think this is Millie on th*< qlgb^" •poke up young Bromley. "Why, Mr. Bromley," said she, "I am Mollie." , "Very good; now let's, go on." said their father, "where were we? Oh, yes, ypnng Bromley says that he asked you- to be his wife, Millie, and declared he couldn't live without you." "I beg your pardon, papa," said Mol­ lie, "he told me that he couldn't live without me." ** "Well, let's get onr bearings," contin­ ued the old coal merchant. "Bromley, you asked Millie to marry you down in the summer house, and you kissed her? that's correct, isn't it?" "There's no doubt about that, ill* said Bromley, eagerly. "And after supper when you sat to­ gether on the stoop you told Mollie that you couldn't live without her?" "That I deny, sir. Oh! I beg your pardon, Mollie, you needn't look, so an­ gry. I meant no offense." "Did you kiss Mollie?" went on the old man, relentlessly. "No. sir; .1 " - "Yes. you did, Mr. Bromley," flared up Mollie. "I admit," said the young man, strug­ gling with his emotions, "that I kissed her when I said I could not live without her, but It wasn't Mollie." "Qh, Mollie!" said Millie, "how could you?" J', - "Now, Millie, do be reasonable," said Mpiiie. • •••'•" r • : Old Mr. Dimmock looked mystified. "It seems to me'," he said, with a show Of impatience, "if -I were in love with one of those girls I could tell the difference between them. So far as I can make out, young man, you have asked Millie to be your wife, and have tried to make Mollie believe th&V'ybti could not live without her. Now, to any one who does not know Millie and Mollie, your conduct would appear tc be perfidious. Of course, as between you and Mollie, I must believe Mollie. for the girl certainly knows whether you kissed het." The old man eyed both his daughterT hard. Millie was biting her nether lip. and so was Mollie; but Millie was try- TOBACCO PIPES OlAQMOSECk Old Mr. Dimmock had an Idea. "I1 would like to clear up this thing tc your satisfaction and my own, Brom­ ley," said he. "Let me ask you whethei Mollie kissed you when you told hei you couldn't live without her?*' Thei young man got very red In the face. "You mean Millie, of course," he re­ plied with embarrassment. "Perhaps? she wouldn't mind my saying that she did kiss me in the summer house. Bui she didn't kiss me on the stoop, I kissed her." i- "How is that, Millie,'Mollie?'* asked their father. "Papa," said Mollie, ^decidedly, "1 couldn't keep Mr. Bromley front kissing me, but I assure you I didn't kiss him.' Mollie looked her father straight it the eye and then she shot an indignanl shaft at Mr. Bromley. 11' ' ' Millie hung her head and her fac€ was as red as a poppy." "I think," said the old man, dryly( "that It's plain I'll keep Mollie, and we'll have that marriage before you make another mistake, young man."-- New York Sun. |ie Statistics recently published by the Interior Department show that the Government still has over 600,000,000 acres unoccupied. This Is enough to give each of the 73,000,000 people in the country a homestead of eight acres and still have 16,000,000 acres left. The land is distributed among twenty-six States and Territories. The largest amount is located in Alaska, where there are 369,529,600 acres. Most of tnis land will never be available for homestead purposes, of course, but its mineral value may be more than if the whole vast tract was available for grazing and farming purposes. The re­ mainder of the land lies in productive States, but much of It Is barren and arid or mountainous. There are 1,193 postofflces in the State of Maine, and although many of them, especially in the Southern and more thickly populated portions of the State, bear plain, simple, short and easily pronounced American naihes, there are a considerable number in what may be called "the backwoods," or the interior, which bear names of Indian origin. In Aroostook County there are W.vtopltlock, Mattawamkeag. Oxbow, Mooseluck, Meduxnekeag and Macwahoctown. In Piscataquis Coun­ ty there are Mattagomonsis, Spurdna- bunk, Ubsumtalum, Nahmakanta, Al- laguash and Pamedecook. In Somer­ set County, Chembasabamticook, Cau- quomgomoc, Maskampbunk and Se- boomook. In Franklin County, Moose- lookmegun'tic. In Oxford, Malehunfee- munk, Parmachene and Umbagog. Medical Preference for Clay Orer Wood--Objectionable Mottthpiecee, If tobacco smoking is justifiable at all on hygienic grounds, it is generally con­ ceded that the pipe is the least injuri­ ous means. But tobacco pipes differ considerably In material and shape, both of which must be Important fac­ tors in determining the character of the smoke. Thus there Is the day, the meerschaum, and the various wooden pipes, the brier, the cherry, or myall. Next to the tobacco, therefore, which should always be pure and free from added flavoring, an expedient which is resorted to far too commonly nowa? days, probabjy in many instances to cover an inferior quality of tobacco, the best kind of pipe is the point to be con­ sidered. Even assuming tlistt he is smoking good tobacco, the smoker knows how different in character the smoke is when drawn from a clay or a wooden bowl. There i$4>rdl>ably a scientiiic ex­ planation of this fact which must have some bearing on the noxious or ihnocu- ous character of the stroke associated with other product's of combustion. A soft clay is invariably cool sinoking, because the acrid oils obtained in the destructive distfllation of the tobacco are absorbed ihst«|id of collecting in a little pool, which jiiust eventually, eith­ er by the volatilization or by mechani­ cal conveyance, reach the mouth. A particular: pipe "smokes hot;" not nec­ essarily because the, temperture of the smoke is high, but because it favors the passage by one of these means of the oils into the month. Meerschaum is an­ other porous material. Again, an old wooden pipe or brier, so dear to inveterate smokers, becomes "smooth smoking" because the pores of the wood widen and so absorb, as is the case with clay and meerschaum, a large proportion of tiie toivacco oils. Thus an old pi't>e "sweats," as it is termed--that is, the oil intrudes into the expanded pores of the wooden bowl, and ait length exudes. Similarly, a hook-shaped pipe must be better than a pipe the bowl of which is ou the same level as the mouth, for the simple reason that in the former a considerable quantity of the oil is kept back in the U-shaped part of the pipe, while In the latter the oil trav­ els easily down the stem. Ebonite stems are in general objec­ tionable bp$Clise they commonly spoil the true fjfhVor of tobacco smoke. This Is most probably due to the sulphur of the ebonite combining with the volatile oils in the'sn^oke. We know instances where eborfitfe stems have produced dis­ tinctly objectionable symptoms in the throat, most probably for the reason Just given. Bone or real amber makes a much more satisfactory stem, or the pipes should be of wood throughout. Amber substitutes, and especially cellu­ loid, should be discarded entirely as dangerous, while the flavor of camphor wh5ch these Invariably communicate to the smoke forms a -very unpleosdnt combination. Pipes of special construct ion cannot be regarded witli much favor, such as those which are said to be hygienic, and usually contain a so-called nicotine ab­ sorber. Those smokers who require such auxiliary attachments had better not smoke at all. As a matter of fact tobacco yields little nicotine in the smoke produced on its partial combus­ tion. It is mainly to oils 6f a tarry and, acrid character that the toxic symp­ toms of tobacco are due.--London Lan­ cet. Jesse James' Last shave in Kentucky "I shaved Jesse James, the once noted outlaw, down in Kentucky a long time ago," said an old, gray^-halred fel­ low on the train the other day, "when the man's life wasn't worth a penny. Jesse rushed into my little, country place, down in the Red River country, one day in the latter part of December, and asked me if I wouldn't shave him while he looked after his Colt's revol vers and watched the door. I was not a barber by trade, but thus persuaded I was Induced to try my hand with a new Wade & Bjitcher razor I took put of my showcase. . As I shaved the map of iron nerve sat with a cocked pistol in each hand and told me In a few hur­ ried words that a posse was pursuing him, bent on capturing him, dead or alive, on the charge of robbing a bank at Russellville, a crime, he averred, ef which fie was not guilty. He wanted his beard shaved off that he might fool his pursuers if they should happen tp catch up with him. I finished the Job of scraping. The much-wanted indi­ vidual thanked me, and, mounting a horse, which had been hitched in the rear of my store, bade me good evening and rode away. I didn't know for cer­ tain who my visitor was, although I suspected It, until the next day, when I heard that a man In the neighborhood was telling that be had seen the elder James the afternoon before. I suppose that was the last shave Jesse James got in Kentucky, and I have never seen him since."--Syracuse Standard. Jersey Lightning. When John Doerr left his home in the pretty town of Lackawaxen, Pa., he had no idea of getting married. Mrs. Grace Wahler, of Hoboken, is a widow of a year. ^She Is 30 years old and handsome. Mrs. Wahler and Doerr are wards of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Feible, of Jersey City Heights, and visit them frequently, but the widow and John had never met until last Friday night. It was exactly thirty minutes from the time he met her that Doerr proposed to Mrs. Wahler, and Mrs. Wahler ac­ cepted him. "Where can I find a justice right off?" Doerr asked his host. A telephone message caught Justice Moes--it was, sent through the police station--and he hurried to the Feible home. He performed the marriage in quick time. Husband and wife had met just forty-five minutes before.-- Philadelphia Press. „ Faith Care Doctors Called Shams. Judge Wright, of Baltimore, recently decided In a suit to recover pay for at­ tendance on patients by two faith cure doctors that they were not entitled to any remuneration whatever and that their services were virtually a sham. Riders Must Close Their Months. A tphyslcian who has given much thought to the subject says that so long as the cyclist can breathe with the mouith abut ne is certainly safe io'xa* «g heart strain is concerned. Deaf and Dumb Athletes. In blind men some of the senses are much keener than those possessed by people who have the full use of their eyes, and the deaf and dumb athletes of Washington Heights offer a striking instance of this marvelous provision of nature. These boys not only make physically powerful athletes, but they are quick of appreciation and learn new sports rapidly. They pick up the fine points of a play, if anything, a trifle more quickly than the ordinary boys of their age, and they are certain­ ly very successful in competition. A team of exper| basket ball players has been developed from among the pupils of the school. They also had a strong baseball team last spring, and a year ago one of the strongest foot-ball teams produced by any school from boys of their age was turned out. Deaf mutes have a distinct .advantage over ordi? nary boys, in that their attention is never distracted from their play by happenings outside of the game. Their Inability to bear\nakes them concen­ trate their minds better on what they are doing. They are particularly easy to teach, forltujy are very tractable and understand quickly what is wanted of them. lhak'lUktaf . ia *!m Middle Aces. It required a man of great parts to be a successful publisher at that time, as much as or even more than It does to-day. Such an institution, for exam­ ple, as the Sorbonne or University of Paris required the highest guarantees of character, capital and literary capac­ ity In the licensed bookseller. He must be an adept in all the knowledge and science of the period, as well as per­ fectly skilled in the mechanical needs Pf his business. The university, too, which was always In close touch with the church, even when Its studies had begun to broaden, exercised a jealous censorship, lest some religious heresy should creep In. Whenever an" error of this or even of a more trivial sort was found the transcripts were burned and the bookseller heavily fined. Some­ times his privileges might be entirely revoked, indeed, and he himself im­ prisoned. The bookseller could not even fi,x a price on his own products. Four of the guild in Paris, for exam­ ple, were sworn as appraisers by the authorities of the Sorbonne to fix the selling value of a book, ana any devia­ tion from this was a penal offense. To students the price was fixed at two- thirds of the charge asked of the gen­ eral purchaser. The booksellers could not dispose-, of their entire stock and trade without the license of the univer­ sity, which must also approve the pur­ chaser. As an additional help to stu­ dent? the Sorbonne in the iplddle of the fourteenth century framed a law compelling all booksellers to keep books to lend out on hire, and this ex­ ample was imitated at Toulouse, Bo­ logna, Vienna and Oxford. In this way circulating libraries were estab­ lished in the middle ages.--Harper's Round Table. When people see a hearse, they are no longer reminded of the Hereafter. Tliey wonder how the corpse looks in­ side. When a woman gives a party and doesn't invite "the neighbors, it indi- csvtcs thst sis caa get siosg widest borrowing. YOUNG AT SIXTY. Serene comfort and happiness in ad­ vanced years are realized by compara­ tively few women. Their hard lives, their liability to se­ rious troubles on account of their pecu­ liar organism and their profound igno­ rance concerning themselves, all com­ bine to shorten the period of usefulness and fill their later years with suffering. Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make women strong. She has given advice to many that has shown them how to fpiard against disease and retain vigor­ ous health in old age. From every cor­ ner of the earth there is constantly com­ ing the most convincing statements from women, showing the efficacy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound in overcoming female ills. Here is a letter from Mrs. J. C. Orms, of 220 Horner St., Johnstown, Pa., which i» earnest and straight to the point: " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:--I feel it my duty to tell all suffering women that I think your remedies are wonderful. I had trouble with my head, dizzy spells and hot flashes. Feet and hands were cold, was very nervous, could not sleep well, had kidney trouble, pain in ovaries and congestion of the womb. Since taking your remedies I am better every way My head trouble is all gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am cured of womb trouble. I can eat and sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I consider your medicine the best to be had for female troubles." ^ The present Mrs. Pinkham's experi­ ence in treating female ills is unparal- lolled, for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year. Another Pftnt of View. "There's altogjHSne*r too much liberty allowed in thkS country. Look at our public streets. There's no safety there for man or beast." "I thought the streets were full of safeties. But what's the matter now?" "Our pet dog went out In the road­ way, where he has a perfect right to be, and Just because he wouldn't get out of the way quick enough to oblige a desperate wheelman he was run over and had his tall half amputated. It's an outrage and somebody will have to pay for it," "What are you going to do about it?" "I'm going to sue the fellow who ran over Wm." "Where Is he?" "He's still in the hospital."--Cleve­ land Plain Dealer. Beartv$r B^t^Mi Caliuabia. Bears--black, brown, ffnd grizzly-- are distributed throughout the entire country, and may be met itt any mo-; ment; but <to the banter th^t moment seldom arrives, al thought. curiously enough, he a>pp0t#«, according to re­ port, to be tlje oiily el^ss of man who dares venture otft xvfth'out being at­ tacked or chased by an Infuriated grizzly. Certidnly, considering how plentiful bears are. they have a surpris­ ing knack of keeping out of sight. There exists in Alaska a^iuge bear, larger far than any grizzly, which also probably inhabits the ,western bound­ ary of British Columbia, hut which has not yet been sufficiently studied for classification; also another, still rarer, and, up to the present, almost un­ known, will probably prove a distinct variety; it" Carries the most beautiful slate and whfte colored fur, and is about the size of a black bear. Shake Into- Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder tor the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart­ ing feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the great­ est comfort discovery of the age. Al­ len's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it to­ day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mall for 25c in stamps. Trial package FUEE. Address Allen S. Olm­ sted. Le Roy, N. Y. . By working hard, and then yon caii rested again. But If you are tired an time it means that yonr blood is § You need to take Hood's $arsa($ajrilla, wmm great cure for that tired feeling beetijMtl it is the great enricher and vitalfecr of titt' blood, tfou will find appetite secret mental and digestive strength ia Hood's Sarsaparilla America's Greatest M&icino. Hood s Pills cut* OMfeft, indigestion. % The Qsecc ssd Lady Mitiafs. It is related that, when Sir John Millais fell ill, theTjufSSn sent the Prin­ cess Louise to the dying man to In­ quire What favor she could accord him that could alleviate his sorrow, If not his pain. Sir John thereupon called for his writing tablet and inscribed upon It the words, "I should like the queen to see my wife." Then the queen broke through her Iron rule not to receive any woman whose marriage tie had been once dissolved--whether there be blame or not--graciously ac­ ceded to the request, and accorded the sorely tried lady a tender and sympa­ thetic interview.--St. James' Gazette. Wheat 40 Cents a Bushel. How to grow wheat with big profit at 40 cents and samples of Salaer's Red Cross (80 Bushels per acre) Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats, Clover, etc., with Farm Seed Cata­ logue for 4 cents postage. JOHN A. SAL- ZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. C JJ U One may smile and smile and be a villain still.--Shakspeare. TIE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to ths care and skill with which it ia manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SVBCI" CO. only, and we wish to impress upon all the Importance of purchasing ths true and original remedy. As tin genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured, by the CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other poli­ ties. The high standing of the CALI­ FORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi­ cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It Is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken­ ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its booeficiatl .effects, please remember the name of the Company-- ~"~TEF~~ CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP C& SAN FRANCIS©*, OaL .KV. HCWT«KX»M% Reduced Rates to Dixon, Via the Northwestern Line, from stations within 200 miles radius, on account of the Rock River Assembly, to be held at Dixon, July 25-Aug. 11. For dates of sale, etc., apply to Agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway. The Tardy Repast. "We Americans," said the physician, "are not careful about our eating. A man ought not, after eating a hearty breakfast and lunch, go home and try to eat a hot, heavy dinner every day." "There, Henrietta," said Mr. Meek- ton, triumphantly, "that is what I have been telling you ever since the base-ball opened."--Wasflington Star. ine's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 60c. War Cries. "What was that dreadful noise in the street last night?" "Don't know; there must have been about 19,000 Spanish battleship^ Bunk after 1 o'clock." Hall's Catarrh Cure. Ia taken Internally. Price 75 cents. If it wasn't for the lynchlQgs occa­ sionally there would be more trials in this world. Mr*. WtawloWs Soonmra SISUP for Children teething: •oltens the sums, reduces Inflammation. tllAyg nun. cure* windcoli£. S5 cento » bottle. BRDSC? A Beautiful Present : FRBB for a few moaUui to ail ssers of the celebrated ELASTIC STARCH, (Flat Iron Brand). To induce you to try this brand of starch,so that you may find out for yourself that all claims for its superiority and econ­ omy are true, the makers have had £Ct$ar cd, at great expense, a series of four PLAQUES exact reproductions of the $10,000 originals by Muville, whicty win be given you ABSOLUTELY FREE by your grocer on coaditiontf named below. These Pfa$te* are 40 inches in circumference, are free of any suggestion of advertiltog; whatever, ahd will ornament the most elegant apartment. No manufacturing concern ever before gave away such valuable presents to its CUStom*X*c Thm aM not for sale at any nric*- and ran Kp hi thenuu^for specified. The subjectsars; : "'"V* American Wild Ducks, Amricaa Pheanutt* | 4 English Quaff, English Snipe. -- The birgs are hand SOP? e'y embossed and stand out natural as Bfl. Bscb Plaque is bordefed with a band of gold. ~ ELASTIC STARCH has been the standard for years. TWENTY-TWO MILLION packages of this brand were sold last year. That's how good it is.. ASK YOUR DEALER to show you the plaques and tell you about Elastif Starch. Accept no substitute. How To dot Thorn: All pnrchaser - of three 10 cent or six 5cent packages of Elastic Starch (Flat Iron BrandV, areentitled to re­ ceive from their grocer one of theae beautiful Oaae PlaqaM free. Tbe plaques will not be sent by mail. They can be obtained only from yonr grocer.J Every Grocer Keeps Elastic Starch. Do not delay. This ofte is for a short time only. It Was Before the Day ol SAPOUO i t? • - v < They Used to Say "Woman's Work Is Never Done." Fairly Jumped Into Success! KEITH'S ENAMEL STARCH Right from the start, notwithstanding all the other laundry starches on the market. Now, why was it? Why is it that millions of packages of KEITH'S ENAMEL STARCH have been used in the few years since this starch was invented? Just do your ironing a month with KEITH'S ENAMEL STARCH and you will see. It makes ironing so easy--it puts op that beautiful enamel finish-- that it puts it at the head of every known aid for ironing. Manufactured by KEITH'S ENAMEL STARCH CO„ CHICAGO, ILL. REMARKABLE DISCOVERT FOA FINE LAUNDW W0MX. REQUIRES NO C0OKINC. Wfr's CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. Tbi Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ELSE FAILS. Beat Conch Syrup. Taste* Good. Use to time. Sold bv druggists. «u*i«I .L aftaBAauiuaoiaa Th<> receiver* of the Baltimore and Oln-. Railroad hare purchased forty miles of 85-lb. sixtj>foot steel rails and will e.\- ;periment wjth. them on the Pittsburg di vision and in the Baltimore tunnel. Thewe rails were originally bouj^it for the Co­ lumbia and Maryland Electric Railroad, whieh wa# designed to parallel the Balti­ more and Ohio Railroad between Balti­ more and Washington and to become an important factor in busiuess between those poiuts. The project failed and the material which was purchased has been sold. These are the first sixty-foot rails to be used on the B. & O. 'C C*1 Pays to Live in This Town. The town of Dornstotten in Wurtem- berg lia6 its funds so well invested that the Inhabitants, Instead of paying taxes, receive a bonus of If25 each an­ nually; besides free fire-wood and free use of land for raising vegetables. CORE rODMilF! i ' »«' Big « iw "'•charge*. tafluuMUonii, » irritation* Off ttteMmtiou Fi of omcouft nimhiMM JPnrtou muitw, I'aihleM, and not ITHEEYANS CHMICILGO, «ent or polwmow. \aitCUIIUTI,0.r*I"j| S*M fcy Brvggkkb * *• 7*. \ --^\J Qjt*l» Mt on regnaat. T H E FRAYT ®CST SCALES- LEAST » JOMES OF BINGHAMTON r* v. M Ymt fmtm DOUBLE ________ O QUIC^Kt PENSIONS Fire Cento. Everybody knows that Dobbins Electric SOAP VS UIP best in tbe world, and (or thirty-three yt**r» it bu sol 1 at the highest price, it < price is now HT» oentt, MOM .a* rnrnjnon brown Order ol sroctr.--Ad*. IVrfei-t TO«r hom«: Sw»r lo»t * fat. M1IPAS mUClAlW. M--«r. si. X. U. «• No. 31 VN MRTTLMM «• MWRTEL.- Ml MR Ml • tfta jpm m <