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with a fresli report to the letter is a Both men and "women are apt to feel a little blue, when the gray hairs begin to show. It's a very natural feeling. In the normal condition of things gray hairs belong to advanced age. They have no business whitening the head of man or woman, who has' not begun to go down the slope of life. As a matter of fact, the hair turns gray regardless of age, or of life's seasons ; sometimes it is -whitened by sickness, but more often from lack of care. When the hair fades or turns gray there's no need to resort to hair dyes. The normal color of the hair is restored and retained by the use of Mwm--' • A Qat that Dives fbr Fish. Most cats are afraid of water, but the tabby mascot that sails the seas on board her Majesty's ship Pallas is an exception. This cattthas more of the habits of a muskrat than of the ani­ mals of its own kind. From kitten- hood it has had a marked fondness for water, and improves nearly every op­ portunity to swim and dive. Like all cats, it likes the flesh of fish, and does Shake Into Yonp Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It elites painful, swollen, smart­ ing feet, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of tlie^age. Allen's Foot-Base makes tight-fitting or, uew shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try It to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25 cents, in stamps. Trial package FREE. 'Address. Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, X. Y. • • • ' • . • • • • > - • ' Venom Inhaled with the Air, ence sanctions confident in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a prevehtlve of tbl» scourge. All over this continent and In the tropics It has proved Itself a certain means of defense, ana an eradlcant of intermittent and remittent fevehs, and other forms of miasma-born disease. Nor.is It less effec­ tive for kidney troubles," eonfeipation, rheu­ matism and nervousness. 1 ., They Cannot Be jh^ident. Among the eminent' members of the TTulted States Senate who can never be President because they were born in a foreign eountry are Knufee Nelson, of Minnesota, born in Norway; Gallinger. of New Hampshire, born in Ontario; Jones, of Nevada, born, in England; 'McMillan, of Michigan, born in On­ tario; Mantle, of Montana, born in Eng- Pasco, of . Florida. born in Eng­ land, and Sewell, of Nov; Jersey, born Itf Ireland. '• ets with the precious stones in generoiis profusion. A low whistle outside told me that my faithful pal, Herring, was watching to see that my coast was clear for my exit. I therefore took my way out Into the passage, and using my best efforts to make no noise I slid back the great bolts and turned the key of the massive house door. Everything went perfectly. The lane was deserted and I walked rapidly in the direction of the Mansion House, where I was joined by Herring, who burst into a loud peal of laughter when he saw me. 1 v \ " 'Ow are yer, Mr. TolleTrmy?" he said. "Give us yer 'and. Blow if yer ain't the coolest bloke wot I ever set eyes on." Then he said no more, and Jve walked on silently till we reached our den in St. Luke's. Next morning a train from Charing Cross conveyed us *o Folk- stone, whence we journeyed to Paris, and from there to Brussels, where the swag was duly sold aud split up into shares. My companions, Herring and Tovey, decided that as I had had the lion's share of the work I should also have the same share of the proceeds, ind the result was that I was richer by the night's transactions to the tune of something very much like £8,000.--Lon­ don Tit-Bits. v , • : The Best Saddle Coat Keeps both rider and saddle "per­ fectly dry in the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint. Ask for 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker-- it is entirely new. If not for sale in y°.ur town, write for catalogue to ^A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. Write Cast. 0'FA22S£>L, Peodsa AstatWasJifietat'aaL] V I • IU IpVW 'I Lit if Lialv ittjs atm. Parties preferred who can (five wbotc time to tibis bnl oera. Spare hours, though, may be profitable eaghajul Good openings for townfasd city work as wcilu osofti dUtricta. ¥ " • r '"V fr tl«1n fltn TTIrtmmi* T« ts often madu cos r OF (ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. 'JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON. Late Principal Examiner X3. 8. Pension Bmreaa, 3 yr». la last war, 15 adjodicaUn^ rltlTn% Walter Baker & Co.'s si'jZ Breakfast COCOA Pure* Delicious, Nutritious. Casta Less than ONE CENT a cap. Be sure that the package bears our Trade-Marie. Walter Baker & Co. Limited, (established 1780.) . Dorchester, Mass. Trade-Marl The Women of Thibet. Miss Taylor, a young English woman w hp recently returned from Thibet; and is now gathering missionary re­ cruits for that mysterious country, says that men and women who under­ stand medicine will be most successful in that field. The knowledge of drugs, she adds, among the natives is almost equal to that of the English themselves. The position of women, according to Miss Taylor, is higher in Thibet than In any other country of the orient, save perhaps in Mongolia. In place of po­ lygamy, so common among the Mahom­ etans, polyandry rules in Thibet, a woman being married as a rule to all the brothers of a family. In conse­ quence of the nomadic character of the people, usually one of.the husbands is at home at a time, the others being ab­ sent iu more or less distant parts, sell­ ing the products of their lands. Wom­ en, ih Thibet. Miss Taylor asserts, are never punished--a fact to which she at­ tributes the saving of her life 011 sever­ al occasions. ' Try Graih-O ! Try Grain-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GItAIX-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The chil­ dren may drink without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha and Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stom­ ach receives it without distress. One- fourth of the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package, sold by all grocers. India's Big Towns. India has 2,035 towns with an aggre­ gate population of 27,251,176, about one-tenth of the total population. Of these towns twenty-eight have over 100,000 inhabitants, forty-eight more than 50,000, and 556 more over 10,000. The largest are Bombay, 821,764; Cal­ cutta, 771,144; Madras, 452,518; Hyder­ abad, 415,089; Lucknow, 273,028; Ben­ ares, 219,467; Delhi, 192,579; Mandalay, 188,815; Cawnpore, 188,712; Bangalore^ 186,366; Rangoon, 183,324; Lahore, 176,854; Allahabad, 175,246. It took twenty-eight years for an Ar­ kansas wife to learn "that no woman can live happily with a pigeon-toed man. Baldness is either hereditary or caused by sickness, mental exhaustion, wearing tight-fitting hats, and by over-work and trouble. Hall's Renewer will prevent it. When a man begins to raise the devil he always lowers himself. SUFFERING WOMEN. How Many of Them Have Quietly Obtained Advice That Made Them WelL My sister, if you find that in spite of following faithfully your family doc­ tor's advice, you are not getting well, v/hy do you not try another course ? Many and many a woman has quietly written to Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., stating her symptoms plainly end clearly, and taken her advice, which was promptly received. The follow- £ A mg pretty strong confirmation of our claims: " I had been sick for six months; one doctor told me I would have to go to a hospital before I would get well. I had female troubles in their worst form, suffered untold agonies every month ; my womb tipped back to my backbone, had headache, hysteria, fainting spells, itching, leu- corrhoea. " My feet and hands were cold all t'»e time, my limbs were so weak that I could hardly walk around the house; was troubled with numb spells. I have taken four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one bottle of her Blood Purifier, one pack­ age of her Sanative Wash, and am entirely cured. I have not had one of those numb spells since. Can you wonder that I sing the praises of a medicine that has cured me of all these ills ?"•--Mns. LOUISA PLACE, 650 Bel­ mont St., lii'ockton, Mass. Wiwm not wait for the cook to serve it. It has contracted the unique habit of diving off the side of the vessel whenever it wishes a fish dinner, and seldom comes to the surface without a good-sized fish in its mouth. It hunts its water game in much the same way that an ordinary cat hunts mice. Crouching on the deck, it peers over the side, ready to spring when its prey'swims alpng, and then dives with unerring accuracy. This distinctively sailor cat is the pet of the officers and crew,1 and if- regard­ ed as the ship's mascot. Its fame has spread throughout her Majesty's realm, and crowds collect to watch its antics wherever the ship goes into port. UUHtS WHERE ALL ELSE FAHLS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold bv 0ru?R'«-tR. -nnnrEOSn best Red Koro Rooflnsr frr 1 ct. rlilllryNin P°r P|). foot, cijt* and nails included. I'*UUI ill O substitute's for i'lastrr. samples free, 'i lie l'"ay .Manilla Kooting Co., Camden. IS. J. a M. B. WtLLSON t CO., Wnflh IVington, B.C. No ohargro till patent • 1 ̂ ^obtained. &0.p«co bouk free No 30 #7 Current Condensations. A vein of lime rock ninety feet wide has been opened in Maine. The owners of the quarry are assured that it is of the best quality. At Boscoreale, among the remains of the Roman villa now being excavated, has been discovered an inscription re­ ferring to the worship of the Kriperor Augustus. Business men in Toronto are trying to devise a scheme to make the annual exposition in that city permanent. They think Canadian industries have reached a point which warrants such a step. t It is said that a hypnotist in Utah has begun a series of experiments in the territorial reform school at Oeden look­ ing to the cure of kleptomania aud kin­ dred mental conditions of children by hypnotism. He claims that the sugges­ tions given in the hypnotic state will overcome criminal tendencies. It is not generally known that asso­ ciations of German soldiers who served under Napoleon I. have been celebrat­ ing the victories of the grande armee at humble little banquets iu Mayence ever since 1816. The German authorities never interfered with the veterans, but in France, under the monarchy, kin­ dred associations were outlawed and their members persecuted as conspira­ tors. A 10-centime piece, about 2 cents, was found by a porter at a railway station in the north of France. The man carried the coin to the station master, who thereupon registered and forward­ ed it, with a report, to the office for lost articles, which then communicated with the police commissary at Paris. This functionary sent the parcel on ltli a fresh ronort to tho nrpfp^turp of police, by which it was also register­ ed, and there "the 10-centime piece will remain a year aud a day awaiting a claimant. In southeast Louisiana, on the South­ ern Pacific Railroad, a syndicate of Northern men has purchased a large body of land and will engage in farm­ ing on a large scale. The land was under water, but has been reclaimed by scientific draining. It will be put in rice and sugar. The land is 100 miles north and south, and twenty-five miles east and west. It contains 1.500,000 acres. The fencing cost $50,000. The plowing is done with steam plows. Thirty acres are plowed in a day with the labor of only three men. Horses are only used by the cowboys who herd the 16,000 cattle on the place. There are many places in Philadel­ phia occupied by business firms which furnish a standing puzzle to the com­ munity. Take, for instance, an impos­ ing-looking haberdashery on Chestnut street. At all times the window is fill­ ed with neat neckties and the finest kind of hosiery and linen. Yet no one, as far as the general community is concerned, ever saw a customer enter the store and make a purchase. The store is itself a fine property and is well located. The same firm has been there for years, and how expenses are met is the puzzle. A certain restaurant in the heart of the city has an apart­ ment set aside for ladies exclusively. The room is quite large and richly car­ peted. The furniture is of the best, and the linen and crystal-ware are of the tinest. A colored waiter stands with towel across his arm at the end of the ro(Vm. but no man, so far as can be as­ certained, ever saw a customer of either sex eating there. It has been conducted, in the same manner for years. . . » THE SONGS MY MOTHER SUNG. As one who stands at evening by the ocean's lonely shore . • May hear the voice of Memory &bove the breakers' roar, # So, calm and clear and beautiful as bells for curfew rung, • I hear above life's surge 'and flow the songs my mother sung. I've sought the light of Fortune's smile in many a distant bourn, Found many a fount of gladness and learned what it means to mourn; And many are the voices, mild with-love, or harsh with strife. Whose tones for me have mingled in the symphony of life. V """ ' - A moment s retrospection, and all these to calm subside, And from the land of Childhood, far across Time's restless tide, The veil of mist is lifted which the years between have huug, And looking.back, I hear again the songs my mother sung. I'm a child again--the twilight steals across the upland farm, => And homeward from my play I come through evening's mellow charm: The crickets and the katydids are singing through the dew, ' And one pure star buds into light in heaven's liquid blue; I toss my cap upon the floor, and mother's hand, so fair. Draws to her heart the little lad aud smooths his tumbled hair; " * y She smiles to feel the chubby avms so loving round her flung, And hark!--I hear them rising now, the songs my mother sung. " . Aiul when the simple prayers were said, and down to sleep 1 lay, She bent and kissed me,°and that kiss is on my brow to-day; I fancied round her fair white face the very darkness smiled (She ever wore an angel-look when she was with her child), And softly from the distant woods I heard the whip-poor-will, But in that dear and hallowed hour her voice was softer still: Sweet breezes stirred the window where the honeysuckle clung, But dreamland caught its music from the songs my mother sung. There was no voice more wonderful, for love was all its tone. And love hath never heard a tongue more beauteous than its own; And where the proud world fails to win our homage with its art. Love's simple song unchallenged takes the fortress of the heart. What wonder that when life is hard 1 smile back through my tears As I hear those holy echoes haunt the hushes of the years!-- What wonder when Care's stormy bells against my calm are swung The Tast speaks comfort to my heart in the songs my mother sung! Oh, sacred bond that through all time in blessedness remains!-- A voice hath bound me to the Past by Music's viewless chains; - For where Love links its golden words between the heart and home There is a charm that holds the thought howe'er the feet may roam; So, fondly from my toil and care my heart will backward turn. And I shall he a child again, and for God's altars yearn, Whenever that sweet angelus across life's sea is rung, That music out of Childhood's heav'n-- the songs my mother sung. -- Ernest Warburton Shurtlfff, iu Youth's Companion. mrr<1 CONVICT'S YARN. ?; v. , /• . Egyptology in the days when I was at college, before I took to the profes­ sion which I followed for many years, was my chief delight, and to the fact that I was a .student of the ways of ancient Egypt I -owed one of the lucki­ est hauls of my life. It fell out in this way: We hud long turned our eyes with ardent looks to­ ward the establishment of Air. Ponti- fex, jeweler and valuer, of 2 Moore Lane, city, the contents of .vhose s;iop were said to be worth some £20,000. Mr. Pontifex, in addition to being a jeweler and valuer, was also a bit of an enthusiast on Egyptian relics, and one often saw paragraphs in the paper regarding recent additions made to his Egyptian museum at Norwoo'J. One day my chum, Dick Herring, lounged into my room smoking a clay and reading a newspaper. "Listen to this, guv'uor. Seems a waste, doesn't it V "Fire away," I returned "and I'll give you my opinion afterward." "'We understand that Mr. Christo­ pher Pontifex, the well-known jewler, of Moore Lane, E. C., has just ordered a mummy from Messrs. Wood & Sous, the curiosity dealers. The mummy is supposed to be the remains of Ptolemy II., and there is no doubt that there will be a great rush on the part of all Egyptologists to the rontifex museum to see the new importation from the land of the Pharaohs.' " The para­ graph then went on to say that £1,001) had been stated as the nriee of the mummy in question. "Ain't that a waste o' money?" he said angrily, "and all on the mummy, of a bloke as died thousands aud thou- j sands of years ago. Still. I shouldn't mind ehangin' places with that ere mummy, purvidin', o' course, that it was to be lodged over the shop. What, ho!" he concluded, with a wiulc at me. I laughed. "I agree with you," I said. "I shouldn't have any objection at all to changing places with the mummy, say between the hours of mid­ night and 2 a. m., but I don't quite see how it's to be done." "More don't I, guy'nor," returned Dick, moodily. He then relapsed into silence, blow­ ing great clouds from his pipe, and the business, passed out of my mind. It was recalled to me, however, in a very sudden manner some two months later, when, passing down a street near the Strand, I espied close to a pillar box a letter already stamped and addressed for posting, but which had evidently missed the box and fallen to the ground. Acting on the principle which has always led me to obtain a.; much knowledge as I can, I opened the envelope and was astonished to find that it was from Messrs. Wrood & Sons and was addressed to Mr. Pontifex. This is what it said: Dear Sir--The mummy to your esteem­ ed order has now arrived at Southarrtf ton, and we expect it in Loudon to-morrow. Will you kindly say if we can deliver; ime to-morrow afternoon? We understand the mummy is to be deposited first of all on your premises at Moore Lane. Await­ ing your reply, we are, yours very obedi­ ently, WOOD & SON. As I read these words a happy thought flashed across my brain, and I resolved to put it Into execution at once. Going straight to&n telegraph office in the city _ I sent the following message to Wood & Sons: Leaving London for a few days retain mummy till further notice. PONTIFEX. The message having been duly dis­ patched, I took my way at once to my lodgings, where 1 found my chum, Herring, sitting disconsolately on the sofa. "Buck up, Dick, my lad!" I cried. "I think we're in luck at last. Read that letter." I landed him the note which I had picked up near the pillar box, and he read it carefully. Then he said: "Where's the luck in that, guv'nor?" "What would you say if I told you that I intended to impersonate the mummy which Mr. Pontifex has order­ ed, and/that, moreover, I intend to car­ ry off :jjl that I can lay my hands on during tlife night following my, being deliveied into his keeping?" He smiled incredulously. "How's it to be done, guv'nor? It's a knockout plan, of course, but how's it to be done?" •. "It will be by no means an easy task," I made answer, "and it's risky, but it may be done with care and dis­ cretion. Being extremely thin, I have the 'huike-up' of an ideal mummy. The first thing we have to obtain is an an­ cient mummy coffin, which I will go and buy at once," I then proceeded to the establish­ ment of the Messrs. Wood, where I bought an imitation coffin. The real article would have been exceedingly dear, and so I contented myself wltii a colorable imitation. Deep down in :> huge recess I packed a loug overcoat with capacious pockets, a few neces­ sary tools, a lantern with matches and a few other handy appliances. This being done, I obtained a quan­ tity ol' butter cloths hi which l was to hi swathed. To give the same an an­ cient and brownish appearauce I smoked them at the fire, the effect af­ ter that process being admirable. Herring gave me valuable service, and we also enlisted the help of Jack Tovey, an ingenious youngster who had often done good work for us iu days gone by. He showed himself an apt pupil at the mummy business, and when I had rehearsed the attaching of the butter cloths to Herring's figure, as an exam­ ple of the manner in which it should be done, he expressed himself as being quite able to do the same office for me when the time came. It was a dangerous game, and only too well did I know it, but I deter­ mined to hope for the best and trust to the luck which always seemed to be­ long to me. I determined to lose no time in cttr- rying out the scheme because, al­ though delays are dangerous every­ where, they are especially so in our profession. I therefore arranged that I should be conveyed to Mr. Pontifex's house in Moore Lane arrayed as the mummy to his order on the following afternoon, Friday. Fortunately the weather was very gloomy at the time and King Fog was over all things. We engaged a spring cart to convey the coffin containing me to Moore Lane, and at 4 o'clock on Friday af­ ternoon we set out, my chums and I. In speaking of myself I should, per­ haps, use the word "it," for never did any live man present so dead an ap­ pearance as I on that occasion. If it had not been for fear of bursting some of the butter cloths 1 should have brok- eu out into hearty laughter, for the whole affair seemed . - me one of the finest comedies on record. At length the coffin was duly depos­ ited in the room, and then I heard Pontifex tell the car men to withdraw the lid. This they did, and then I could feel that the jeweler was gazing at me fixedly, and knew that if detec­ tion were to come it Avould come now. Thank heaven, it did not come! On the contrary, the worthy dealer in pre­ cious stones seemed greatly impressed with his purchase and insisted on de­ livering a short homily to the car men ou the subject. "See here, my good men," lie said in an unctuous, satisfied voice; "see here, and admire the work which the an­ cient Egyptians knew so well how to perform. Think of the ages which have rolled by since Ptolemy I. lived and ruled! Think of the millions who have since then turned into dust, and yet here am I able to look to-night on the intact body of that very king! Ah, a marvelous science, the science of em­ balming! Marvelous indeed!' The hours went by with a slowness that tortured me. My face was ou fire with perspiration, and though I could breathe through some small holes we had made in the butter cloths, my whole position was so exceedingly pain ­ ful that I do not think I would go through such an ordeal again even for twice the temptation. I heard the church clock in Cheap- side strike the hours, and the interval between each hour seemed like a week. At length midnight struck, and then I knew that my awful rest was near its end. I could hear the servants locking up for the night. I could hear Pontifex bidding them good night as he passed up stairs to bed, and half an hour later the house was as silent as the tomb. "The time has come," I thought, "for Ptolemy to come to life. Here goes!" I had provided myself with a ring to which a small blade was attached, and working away with the same I was able after much toil to free my arms, and afterward, of course, the work was comparatively easy, but for ten min­ utes or so I could not rise, my limbs be­ ing too cramped to allow of my doing so. At the end of that time I pulled my­ self together, and making a mighty ef­ fort I leaped out. Sieziug my lantern. I lit it, and then put on the overcoat and other clothing which I had concealed in the deep receptacle. Having put on my India rubber shoes and collected my professional instru­ ments, I went down stairs silently, and soon found my way into the shop to-, ward the treasures of which we had so long turned our eyes and which treas­ ures now lay within my reach. I made a deliberate selection, filling my pock- ON THE GRAND BANKS. How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken by the Small Vessels. Gustav Kobbe writes an article en­ titled "On the Grand Banks and Else­ where" for St. Nicholas. Mr. Kobbe says: The trawlers are generally found on the Grand Banks, the hand-liners on the Western Bank and Quiro. These hand-liners are smaller vessels with fewer dories, and the men fish with hand-lines, one man and two Hues to a dory. The hand-liner sits in the mid­ dle of his dory, with a compartment in its stern and another in its bow for his catch. When you see the bow stick­ ing far up in the air, you know the fisherman has his stern-load. Then, as fish after fish flashes into the other compartment, the bow settles, and when tlie dory is on an even keel the liand-liner pulls back to the vessel. The trawlers bait with fresh her­ ring, mackerel, and squid; the hand- liners with salt clams. The catch of both is split and salted, and the vessel has a full "fare," or catch, when she has "wet her salt"--tlyit is, used up all her salt--and is full of fish. A trawl­ er's voyage lasts about eight weeks;' a hand-liner's, eleven. A trawler's crew receives no wages, but fishes on shares. First, the cap­ tain gets a percentage; of the remain­ der one-lialf goes to the vessel, which "finds," that is, supplies the gear, stores, salt, and half the bait; aud the other half to the captain and crew in equal shares, which run from $110 to $150, and even to, $250. " 'r But among the hand-liners each man is paid according to what he catches, the "fare" from each dory being weigh­ ed as it is taken aboard. This stimu­ lates competition. There is judgment In knowing where to fish, or how loug to stay over a certain spot; and even the quickness with which a line is hauled in will make a perceptible dif­ ference at the end of a day's fishing. It means something to be "high liue," as they call the best fisherman, at the end of a voyage, and those who win this distinction time aud again, as some do, become known as "killers" and "big fishermen." The main catch on the Banks is cod and halibut. There is also 1i fleet of small American vessels which pursues the merry swordfisli. Swordfisliing is good sport--^whaling on a email scale. A man, dart in hand, stands in the ves­ sel's bow, supported by a sami-eircular iron brace. When near enough to fish, lie lets fly the dart. A swordfisli may weigh three hundred and fifty pounds. One can tow a dory a mile, and a piece of the sword lias been found driven through the bottom of a pilot- boat. The Smart Boy. "Father," said a young hopeful, the other day, "how many fowls are there on the table?" "Why," said the old gentleman, as he looked complacently on a pair of roasted chickens that wei\J smoking on the table, "there are two." "Two!" replied t e smart boy, "there are three, sir, « id I'll prove it." "Three!" replied the old gentleman, who was a plain, matter-of-fact man. "I'd like to see you prove it." "Easily doue, easily done. Is not that one?" said the smart boy, leaving his knife on the first, "and that two?" pointing to the second; "and do not one and two make three?" "Really," said the fath­ er, turning to his wife, who was stu­ pefied at the immense learning of her son, "really this boy is. a genius,, and deserves to be encouraged;" and then to show that there is fun in old folks as well as in young ones, he added: "Wife, you take one fowl, and I'll take the second, and John may, take the third for his learning."--The Full Moon. , ~ " 1 She Was Too Kittenish. At the lemonade table in a Worcester fair the other night a patron related the story of a pretty English woman who dispended similar fluid at a society function. Exorbitant prices were ask­ ed and men were wheedled into contri­ butions by various seductive methods. A wealthy man of title was informed that a glass of lemonade would cost him a shilling. Then the fair custo­ dian took a sip from it, and as she smacked her pretty lips said: "Now tuis cup will cost you a guinea." The patron pulled out the sum, and as he laid it down said: "Here's the guinea; now please give me a clean glass." Too Much for the Father. Tommie is a very precocious young­ ster and he has an answer for almost everyone. A few mornings ago his father was talking to him about sleep­ ing late in the morning. "Pa," said Tommie, "do you know that light travels 136,360 feet per sec­ ond?" "Yes," said the father, "but what of that?" "Why, if it goes as fast as that, is it any wonder tlfat it gets up in the morning before I do?" asked Tommie. And the father subsided. It is as hard to suit a farmer in the mattes- of weather as it is to. suit a woman with a husband. - •: ' - 0 ' vf " .(Hall's Gatarrh Cnre. Is taken internally. Price ~5 e<?n{s. • •/ _ t ' 1 t , - ' v, , ; Au. Elephant Corps.. Perhaps the Iviug of Slain during his visit to the nations p£ the. west will de­ cide to substitute a bicycle army corps for s his 800 (.trained war. elephants. These animal^ are partly protected by armor, but tliey could not stand before European weapons. By. replacing them with bicycles the King can save some­ thing in his f orage bills. , Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1865.--J; R. Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago; 111. The armor of ^he fourteenth century was so heavy that a fallen knight could not rise without assistance. , Mrs. Window's SOOTHIVO STROP tor Children teething: sottens the Bums, reaucfls inflammation. »U»jb pain, cures wind colic. 25 eedits A bottle. "A Good Tale Will Bear Telling Twice." Use Sapolio! . . . Use . . . 1897 COLUMBIAS and HARTFORDS TAKE THE SHINE OFF OF OTHER BIGfGLES Enamel that wears and does not wear out--that is Columbia enamel. It gives that lustrous, lasting and unequalled beauty to Columbia and Hartford bicycles. Our secret process gives us this advantage. .• I (otumbias STANDARD OF THE W0RLP. $Jg to all alike. 1896 Golumbias, *60. Hartiords, *50, *45, *40, *30 POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. If Columbicts are not properly represented in your vicinity, let tts know. CARRIE. ELSIE. You wouldn't think I would give Ripans Tabules to a f-hnj • like Charlie, would you ? "' No, indeed. He could not swallow one, and it would be toe powerful. , $g|g CARRIE. 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