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MAN’S HUGEST WORK.
The Wall of China and How it
Was Built Long Ages Ago.
A Monument to the Worst
Hated Monarch in History.
The most gigantic monument that
any king or emperor ever left behind
him is the Great Wall of China. The
Emperor Chin IShih Huang, who set up
the wall 2000 years ago, though ho
was as great a man as Cscsar, or Alex¬
ander, or Napoleon, is detested today
by millions. So it is that the hugost
work of men’s bands in all the world,
stretching half way across the conti¬
nent of Asia, preaches the same ser¬
mon iu stone through all its length
that you will read, written in words,
in George Eliot’s “Ifoinola”—tlie sad
foolishness of a selfish life.
Tho Emperor Chin Shih Huang was
not a wicked or a vicious man. Ho
did more for his people than any ruler
before or since, giving them a good
government, roads and canals, and
drove the robber Huns out far away to
the North. So great was he that the
name of his dynasty—the Chin dynas¬
ty—has ever after been given to all
the country, “China.
But he wa9 not satisfied. He wished
all future generations to think of him
as the first emperor of tho Chinese
race. How could he do this, when,
scattered all over the laud, there were
books and histories telling of tho great
deeds anil sayings of teachers and
kings before him? There was only
one way.
He ordered all books in the empire
to be burned, especially every copy of
the famous writiugs of Mencius and
Confucius. Strange as it may seem,
this wus done, and so thoroughly that
Chinese scholars believed that uot a
single perfect copy of these books es¬
caped destruction, and what exist to¬
day are only such portions as could be
written out from memory.
Even this destructive edict was not
euough. There were men living who
could write new histories—and all
such scholars, to the number of nearly
500, were burned or buried alive, so
that neither book nor teacher might
remaiu to tell the world of any great
Chinese beforo him. Ho built tho
Great Wall (though lie died before
completing ii) to make his memory
glorious forever after; it only keeps
fresh in every Chinaman’s heart the
national hatred for its builder.
It was when Carthage was just be¬
ginning her last great strugglo with
Rome that the wall was being built,
and it still stands, though in ruins,
and is still something strange and
wonderful to see. Tho top of tho wall
is a paved highway “wide enough for
six horsemen to ride abreast,” exactly
as the old geographies used to say
with perfect truth—except that no
horse could mount its long flight of
steps, sometimes hundreds of feet in
height, which were built because the
mountain side is so steep that an even
iucliue would be as impassable as the
dizziest house roof. Everywhere on
its outer side the wall is more than
twenty-five feet in height, faced with
•tone ami topped with brick battlo
meuts in which frequent embrasures
for arches tell of the preparations once
made for its defeuse.
The inner side, from which no at¬
tack was feared, is uot so high above
the ground, and is pierced by occa¬
sional doorways leading up to the top
of tho wall by a flight of vaulted
steps.
Towers arc placed at iutervals of a
few hundred feet; being uo more of
rise to shelter the soldiers of long since
forgotten armies, ttiey now furnish
rare quarters for camping out.
Altogether the wall is more than
1500 miles in length; that is, it would
reach on our continent from the
southern part of Florida to Hudson’s
Bay, croosing all mountains on Its
way, and not turning aside for any
obstacle. And whether build of
granite, as iu its eastern portion,
where, staudiug on any peak, you cau
follow it till hidden in the clouds, or
ot common eartb, as on the great
desert where it has stood undisturbed
in solemn silence, still it remain* the
greatest work of man iu all the earth.
— [New York Press.
Wonderful .lust the Same.
The drummer had finished an es¬
pecially miraculous story of some of
his personal experiences, aud had
stepped just outside the door oi the
smoking compartment, where he could
bear the couuneuU of his fellow
travelers.
“Goodness me,” said an up-couutry
fellow, “what a wonderful man that
chap is. M
••Huh,” retorted a rival drummer,
“uothiug wonderful about him. ft
“But,” persisted the greeu-looking
man, “just think of all that happening
to him that he told us about **
“Do you believe that?” asked the
other one iu a pitying tone, “why,
there wasn't a word of truth iu any of
II.”
The countryman never turned a
hair.
“I reckon nut,’ be replied solemnly,
“but a lutr like he is is a wonderful
tnttu to me anyway,” and Ihe drum¬
mer gave a warning cough and came
back into the smoker. — [Detroit Free
Tress.
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
COOKING CLOVER FOR STOCK.
Both very young and very old an
mals thrive better if their food is
made easy of digestion. Cut clover
cooked and mixed with grain meal is
more digestible than the grain alone.
A small quantity of the clover is
enough to prevent grain meal from
clogging and heating in the stomach.
— [Boston Cultivator.
CULTIVATION OF THE CHERRY.
Cherry trees may be set out quite
safely in the spring, but all stone
fruits are apt lo fail if transplanted in
the fall. The tree should lie not older
than three years when transplanted.
As the cherry does not graft easily, it
is best to procure the budded or root
grafted trees from a nursery and so*
them where they arc to stay, giving
eacli tree 25 feet of space on each
side. —[New York Times.
EXPERIMENTS IN FERTILIZING SOILS.
The tabulated data of experiments
with fertilizers, furnished by the
Maine Experiment Station, on five
farms iu different parts of the state is
of general interest. Dissolved bone
black, 500 pounds per acre; muriate
of potash, 100 pounds, and nitrate of
soda, 150 pounds, were applied
singly, two by two anil all three to¬
gether on fourteen duplicate plats,
two plats remaining unmanurod. In
throe cases the crop grown was pota¬
toes, and in ono case each barley and
corn.
In four out of five of these experi¬
ments the increase in tho crop was
produced at least expeusc with either
potash or phosphoric acid, or a combi¬
nation of the two. In the fifth ex¬
periment (with corn) not only the
largest crop, but the crop iu which the
increase was produced at least ex¬
pense, came from fertilizing with
muriate of potash and nitrate of
soda.
In an experiment with spring versus
fall manuring for oats, at the rate of
five cords of manure per acre, spring
manuring gave the largest yield of
grain. The largest yield of straw
came from the fall manure plot.—
[New York World.
Ol.l» PASTURES ARE REST.
Old pastures arc best. The grass
Ihnt grows on old sod has a fineness In
it that is transferred to the butter
from the milk of cows that feed on it.
The pastures of Orange County in the
days of our boyhood were esteemed
the best in the country. Its butter
held the highest rank. Now things
are changed. Milk is tho great desire
of the farmer. We believe that the
income of tho farmers of that section
of tho State has been very sensibly
diminished by such a course. Butter
is the most profitable farm product.
The bettor it is tho more profitable.
There is no reason why tho Orange
County farmers cannot produce an
article equal to Elgin and in quantities
sufficient to meet the large and grow¬
ing demand of the cities distant a few
hours’ ride.
There is money iu a scheme of this
sort, especially when the natural con¬
ditions favor it. Our advice to these
farmers would be to get cows of the
best butter breed and keep only thoso
that yield at least 5000 pounds of milk
a year that averagos four per cent,
butter fat. Such animals insure profit
if their product is handled with judg¬
ment and care, The use of brains in
a dairy is absolutely neeessary if suc¬
cess is the thing aimed at. — [American
Dairyman.
PEA VINKS AS A FERTILIZER.
All plants belonging to the pea
family gather from the atmosphere
certain elements of nutrition, and
stove these up in tlieiv leaves, steins
and seeds, and when the plants arc
ploughed under amt decay they be¬
come an excellent fertilizer. This
fact has been known for centuries,
and red clover, which is one of the
same family, has long been nsed for
green manuring in this country and
Europe. Analysis of the ash of peu
straw show that it contains consider¬
able potash, lime, phosphatic acid and
sulphur, all of these being important
elements of a fertile soil. Bnt when
a green crop of poa vines -is turned
under to decay in the soil other
equally valuable materials are also
added.
Many experiments anti investiga¬
tions have been male to determine
why leguminous plants should be so
much superior to those ot other orders
for green manuring, but the results
have not always been satisfactory, al¬
though the fact they are most valuable
for this purpose is well known. Land
seeded down to red clover appears to
grow richer even when the crop is
removed for hay or other purposes.
Men who rai.e peas and turn them uu
der for the purpose of enriching the
soil will make no mistake unless thev
continue the practice until Ihe bind
becomes soured by the addition of too |
great a quantity ot succulent carbona¬
ceous matter. To prevent this acidity
of the soil, lime iu some form should
be applied every two or three years.—
(New York Suu.
SHOELESS HOUSES. I
Try your light driving horses wiiii- j
out »hoe7. Lo Island, D S Whitney, tVood- )
pury. tg has a horse eleven
year* old that was never shod bnt
once, and never needs shoes. He is
given hard usage on the sand and peb¬
bles of island roads, a footing that is
far worse than common earth roads,
because unstable and yielding. Mac¬
adam and paving also do not affect
him, and his owner thinks he is u»
sure-footed as if shod.
A furniture mover at Walden,
MasB., has driven three horses nearly
eight years without shoes. One of
them weighs 1,300 pounds, the others
1,100 pounds each. The largest was
a cheap horse that always went lame.
On removing its shoes, lo, it traveled
as well as any horse, and has ever
since, although driven on hard flint
roads and the Iloston pavements. All
the horses travel better than before
their shoes were taken, lie says:
“They are not afraid on slippery
pavements, as formerly while wear¬
ing shoes, and there is no trouble in
getting around on any kind of going.”
And they do have plenty of 6>iow and
hard ice to try them “down” in East¬
ern Massachusetts.
A colt 1 am driving does well so far
barefoot, and I mean she shall never
be 6liod until she proves her need of
shoes. Through mud and snow and
over ice and frozen hubs she goes
without fear, and I have yet to see
her slip. But if you try barefcct
with horses used to shoes don’t pull
off the iron until the mud season; then
leave it off’. The soft, wet roads will
encourage a good growth of horn and
frog. Never allow the smith to pare
the feet of such horses. Let him use
Iho fde only, anil this for leveling tho
foot; never on its outside wall. And
don’t borrow trouble (nor let him)
about the suffering that horse will
come to. It is false fear.—[New
York Tribune.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
In raising chickeus to sell as breed¬
ers, cnll closely.
Where poultry decapitation is prac¬
tised let the bleeding bo perfect.
The cow’s manger should be made
tight, so that no feed will leak out
amt be lost.
Gravel from a bank or pit is sharper
anil therefore better for poultry than
river gravel that has been worn
smooth.
It is too often the case on the farms
that no care is taken to keep any ac¬
count of the ages of the fowls, anil
in consequence too many old fowls are
kept.
When the milker comes in and kicks
the cow because her udder is covered
wiili manure, tiie lack of pleuty of
good bedding costs another percentage
of feed.
Geese and ducks should be sheltered
at niglit now, but they will thrive bet¬
ter if given tho range of a good pas¬
ture during tho day. They will not
thrive well in confinement.
When (lie cold wind goes through
the cracks in the stable, it takes a cer¬
tain per cent, of cow feed with it.
When snow accompanies that cold
wiuil the percentage of cow feed Is
much increased.
Esparto Grass for American Farms.
Why uot cultivate esparto grass in
the United States? It has been sug¬
gested to the Department of Agricul¬
ture that such an industry might be
rendered most profitable. In Spain
this plant has a natural and luxuriant
growth in the valleys and on the table¬
lands, especially in tho provinces of
Almeida, Murcia and Granada. It is
round and wiry, very strong, grows
about two aud a half feet high and
yields abundantly two crops a year.
It is not cut, but is pulled, and tho
ground is burned over every ten years.
It is gathered in July and August,
grows spontaneously and needs no
irrigation. The total annual produc¬
tion is from 70,000 to 80,000 tons, of
which 60,000 tons are shipped to Scot¬
land and England for tlie manufacture
of paper, the balance being retained
for home consumption in the making
of very strong ropes, baskets, matt in O) rr
sandals, etc.
Formerly the esparto grass in Spain
was permitted to run to waste and
was used only as fuel; but uow it lias
become ail important article of export,
and land that was considered oniy a
few years ago almost valueless has
been rendered of great worth by the
yield of this article. The plant is al¬
most identical with what is called
“wire grass” in tie L'uited States. If
some enterprising mau in this coun¬
try would begin its cultivation its util¬
ity in the mauufac'urc of rope, mat¬
ting and especially paper would make
him rich. It need* no care, growing
while people sleep.
The matting foi floors made out of
this grass is of the finest kind, aud it
serves iu the manufacture of the
strongest baskets and of ropes as
strong aud dural,le as those of hemp.
There would be -n difficulty iu begin¬
ning the cultivation of the product.
llie enteipUsing farmer pick out
ihc plan I from ids timothy aud blue
joint, plant it, gather the seeds, re
*'• a, 'd •" a few yeais be will
have au luiuicuso yield of this valuable
article. F’e-U.ips it would be belter
to ed some seed from Spain and £ ow
hat. l’Ue « is uo doubt that the e—
p.M io as/! will grow iu th; United
> t iles jitsi as well as in the climate
of Aa^alasw. — (IVteluqgtou s;ar
QCAIhT AND CURIOUS.
The ostrich is the swiftest runner
known.
The price of parrots in South Amer¬
ica is only ten cents.
An Indian girl student at Haskell,
Han., institute is named Jenny One
Feather.
One-fourth of the laud surface ot
the globe is occupied by English
speaking people.
The wide skirt, under the name of
fardingale, first appeared in 1530 at
the court of Frauds 1.
It lias been discovered that Smiles,
the female rhinoceros in the Central
Park menagerie, New York, has two
perfectly developed tongues.
A dog at New Haven, Conn., being
the object of much abuse, committed
suicide a few days ago by jumping out
of the third-story window of a fac¬
tory.
The word “preface” used in the be¬
ginning of books was originally a
word of welcome to a meal, and was
equivalent to “Much good may it do
you. >i
Theve are 300 depositors in the
Boston Five-cent Savings bank with
sums raging from $25 to $2300 who
haven’t been heard from for over
twenty years.
A deaf and dumb book canvasser
sold seventy-six books within four
days recently in three small New
Hampshire towns, with commissions
amounting to $150.
R. Henry Taylor, who is said to
have invented baby carriages, was
found by the Waltham (Mass.) poliee
the other day in a starving and men¬
tally unbalanced condition.
At the table of the Regent Duke of
Orleans it was the custom for the
guosts to drop a piece of gold in the
plate from which he had just eaten a
dish whose taste he fancied.
There is at present on exhibition in
tho window of a well-known New
York jeweler the tusk of a sacred ele¬
phant from the east. The tusk is
said to be one of the finest ever seen
in tlie United States.
The caves of Burmali are rich in
wooden carvings, glazed tiles and
images, as well as tablets in terra cotta,
marbie, alabaster and other materials.
The relics illustrate the ancient and
modern phases of Budhist worship.
Quail love potato bugs as au article
of diet. One of these birds was re¬
cently opened which had 101 of these
farmers’ pets concealed in its crop.
It will pay the average potato grower
to nave » node ot trained qnait among
his other live stock.
Among curious facts relating to
liglit-vessels is their mode of being
moored. Except on stony ground,
they do not ride to anchors, but to
“mushrooms,” weighing about two
tons, which bury themselves in the
mud, or saud, and form an absolutely
secure mooring.
Boston has an “Odd Gloves” So¬
ciety, the members being a coterie of
professional people who have “uo or¬
ganization but friendship and a vow
recorded on their consciences to inter¬
polate at least one novel jollification
into each season’s experiences.” This
year it is to be a big ghost party.
The only man in the world who
lives iu a mansion built in the air is
Mr. hay, an American millionaire.
The building in question Is situated at
Guanajuato, Mexico. It is over 800
feet high and is supported by massive
iron pillars. Access to the building
is obtained by a gigantic elevator, aud
the communication with the town is by
telephone.
Alligators Are Tough C ustomers.
“An alligator is a hard animal to
kill,” remarked Walter B. Wilson of
Jacksonville, Fla., at the Lindell. “I
recently went on a trip down on the
St. Johns River and saw over 400
shots fired from tho boat at them and
only one was killed outright, and lie
was struck in the eye. His brain was
penetrated and he never moved. It
generally requires an alligator’s own
weight in lead before he is killed. A
man tires at him aud he plunges off in
the mint, and then the hunter imagines
that ho is dead. But if lie would wait
a little while he would see him rise
again and look about as good as to
say: ‘I haven’t gone anywhere; try it
again.’ Some of the old rascals rather
like to be tired at. They are used to
it, aud being one of Florida’s attrac¬
tions they try to do their duty by
affording amusement to the traveler > i
while it doesn’t hurt them. There is !
one alligator a few miles from Silver !
Springs that has been shot at with pis¬
tols, shotguns, rifles and every other j
sort of shooting utensil, except a can
non, every day in the year since the
war closed aud he has never flinched.”
— [St. Louis Republic.
A Professional Failer.
Fathom—Well, Doctor, how do you
find my neighbor, Skeauier, this morn
mg?
Doctor—1 aui sorry to sav, sir, that j
Uo is failing.
Fathom— Why, sorry, doctor? That
sounds to me like good news.
Doctor—Good news ?
Fathom—Certaiuly. He's been in
si-vcial failures before aud he’s always
'.otnc out bette* off — [Boston Courier.
The Hawaiian Islands.
The total area of the islands which
compose the government of Hawaii is 6,-
340 square miles. There are eight islands,
ranging from an area of sixty-tbree square small¬
miles in Kahoolame, which is the
est, to 4,210 squaro miles in Hawaii,
which is the largest. At the time of Capt.
Cook’s discovery of the islands, upwards
of a century ago, the population the native num¬
bered 200,000. Since then
population has rapidly decreased, The
census of 1884 showed a total population fe¬
of 80,578—51,539 males and 29,039
males.
The islands are to a great extent moun¬
tainous and volcanic, but tho soil is
highly fertile and productive. Sugar and
rice are the staple products. The sugar
exported from these islands in 1889 was
valued at $13,089,302.
The word Hawaii is pronounced syllable by
Webster, He-wii-ee, the first pro¬ is
nounced like he in her, and the accent
od the second syllable. The constitutional government
of this country has been a
monarchy. Iu 1887 a new constitution
was granted. The executive power
was vested in a sovereign and cabi¬
net of four members. The Sover¬
eign Queen, Lilinokalani recently sought
to replace the constitution with one ex¬
tending her own powers, but her cabi¬
net refused to concur, and immediately
the people rose in support of the cabinet,
and the Queen was compelled to retire
and yield to the pupular desire. A pro¬
visional government was formed and a
commission was appointed to go to the
United States Government and ask for
annexation,
Mustard as Medicine.
Few domestic remedies are of greater
value than common mustard. As a con¬
diment and agreeable simulant to the di¬
gestive organs, it is found upon most
every table. Used in this form it will
sometimes remove obstinate hiccough.
The unbroken seed of the white mustard
is of some value as a laxative when taken
iu tablespoon doses. Of more impor¬
tance is the use of mustard as an emetic.
A tablespoonful of ordinary ground mus¬
tard, taken in a cupful of warm water,
will produce copious vomiting in from
two to five minutes. On this account,
and because it is especially poisonings valuable in
emergencies, in cases of by
opium or other narcotics, it is without
an equal as a domestic emetic.
A Start tn Life.
Medical s udeut—“People don’t waut
young doctorn. How on earth do they
get started?”
Professor—“It’s sirnplo euough. They
just sit in their office and fret and worry
over the rent until their hair turns gray,
and then the patients come with a rush.”
Cio West!
Right enough. Rut if you go to a malaria
troubled region, protect yourself against the
prevalent scourge in bottom lands and new
c learings. How ? With Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters. Tlie answer comes clear and unani¬
mous from thousands of new settlers and pio¬
neer emigrants whom the great preventive
has kept in hea' th when threatened by mias
nia. Use the Hitters for kidney, liver, bowel,
rheumatic and stomac h difficulty.
Sixty persons nowinhaMt Robinson Crusoe’s
islan I. Shall we an nex it ?
An Important Difference.
To make it apparent to thousands,who think
themselves ill, that they are not affected with
nnv disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
Loss of memory and a slow way of speaking
are said to he certain signs of paralysis.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in¬
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price2Sc. John R. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va.
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Mr. Harvey Heed
I.aceyvillei O.
Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa*
ralysis of the Throat
“I Thank God and Hood's Sarsa¬
parilla for Perfect Health.
"Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hu¬
manity I wish to state a few facts: For several
years I have suffered from catarrh anil heart
failure, getting so bad I could uot work and
Could Scarcely Walk
1 had a very bad speilof paralysis of the throat
«ome time ago. My throat seemed closed and
1 could not swnlloie. The doctors said it
was caused by heart failure, and gave medi¬
cine, which I took according to directions, but
it did not seem to do me any good. My wife
urged Mr. me Joseph to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, who telling
me of V. Smith, had been
At Death’s Door
but was entirely cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
After talking with Mr. Smith, I concluded to
try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. When l had taken
Hood’s parilla Sarsa¬ Cures
two bottles I felt very much better. I have
continued taking it, and am now feeling excel¬
lent. 1 thank God. and Hood's Sarsaparilla
and my wife for my restoration to perfect
health .” Harvey Heed, Laceyville, O.
Hood'* Pills do not purge, pain or gripe, but act
promptly, easily and efficiently. 25 cents.
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Do Hot Bo Deceived
wlth Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the
hands. Injure the Iron and burn red.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor¬
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase._
H m a?T*u to T e I in (1) This THE is ti GREAT ly BUFFALO novelty BERRY. of
ii the greatest t he cen
ALZER’S UNE8ERRZ tury. This shrub grows 10 to 15 feet
coTering flowers which itself in early spring by with beautiful
are succeeded great quan¬
tities of luscious fruit. It is hardy, as beauti¬
ful as a picture, while ihe fruit is incomparable.
It will grow any and everywhere and forms a
urand addition to our lawn and garden shrubs.
Each, 30c.; 10 for JUNEE^RRY. Si.25, postpaid.
(2)
J*. Wfi A shrub of woDdrous beauty; covers itself
with a great mass of pure white, deliciously
fragrant daik blossoms. colored berries, These are followed by
large, excellent for pies,
Bt3RY.l sauce, etc. Each, 25c.; 10 for f 1.25.
:-gf AT fc'JFf ALO mtRSTRftCRAHBIRRY (3) TREE. CRANBERRY.
Cm 7 body is fond of craobeiries, &ud we
I RARE NEW FRUITS, 50c. have a shrub that will flourish and l»uar pro*
’j : aits sv. ; r ifitrt laerd erexted finch » sensation m ti igiously iu every sec tion of America. Kacb,35t\
r Buffalo Be /. Juneterry and TraeCranherry. Fromths time tl>« The above 3 Novelties, postpaid, onb 60c.t
J-.-ares begin to uuto-.d a;a a source of constant beentv. Shrubs rare
\ lasted this season bltom _r.j. boar the n*xt year llardv 'aa oak with catalogue, 58c.
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Tried to Please Her,
Mistress—“I’d just like to know what
was the meaning of all that loud and an¬
gry talking down stairs last night.” and
Domestic—“That was just me me
husband, husband mum. You told when
“Your ? me
you came that you were not married.
.. I wasn’t then, mum; but you com
plained about havin’ so much love makin’ ^
in th’ kitchen, so I married one of 'em.’
—New York Weekly.
Mission Teacher--“What did Colutn
bue do?”
Gotham Waif--“W’y, der—”
Mission Teacher—“Why don’t you say
‘the’ instead of ‘der’?”
Gotham Waif (with dignity)- “I ain't
no Anglermaniac.”—Street' & Smith’s
Good News.
The Royal Baking Powder is in¬
dispensable to progress in cookery
and to the comfort and conve¬
nience of modern housekeeping.
Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking
powder offered to the public.— U. S. Gov’t Chemist's Report.
For finest food I can use none bnt Royal.— A. Fortin,
Chef, White House, for Presidents Cleveland and Arthur.
The Wealth of Nations.
The wealthiest nation on the globe is
the United States, which has an assess¬
ed valuation of $47.4'?5,000,000, next
comes Great Britain with $43,600,000,
000. France ranks third, with $40,300,
000,000, theu Germany with $81,600,
000,000. Russia comes next with $21,-
715.000. 000; Austria follows with $18,
005.000. 000; and Italy succeeds with
$11,755,000,000. Spain is worth $7,865,
000,000; the Netherlands, $4,935,000,
000; Belgium, $4,030,000,000. The as¬
sessed valuation of Sweden is $3,475,
000,000; of Canada, $3,250,000,000; of
Mexico, $3,130,000,000; of Australia,
$2,950,000,000; of Portugal,$1,855,000,
000; of Denmark, $1,830,000,000; of the
Argentine Confederation,$1,600,000,000;
of Switzerland, $1.620,000,000; of Nor¬
way, $1,410,000,000; of Greece, $1,055,
000 , 000 .
Rights of the Child.
One thought more—one that every pa¬
rent should consider: Children love in¬
dependence, desire something that they
can call their own, hunger for a recogni¬
tion and a share in business matters.
Every child who has a lamb, a calf, a
crop of his own, has love for the farm
deepened, and this feeling will last only
if the child is fairly dealt with when his
property is sold. You can make a child
love the farm by making home attract¬
ive, or lead him to bite it by making
him feel that somewhere else he wilt be
considered—not at home. A home where
tho children are taught to look toward
one who will share their cares, and where
they r.re from infancy made partners in
the work, wi.l turn out strong-hearted
men and will rarely be for sale.
Dog Language.
Little Johnny—“Dogs don’t need to
talk, 'esuse anyone cau understand their
bark.”
Visitor—“Can you?”
Little. Johnny—“Easy as rollin’ off a
log. AVhen my dog is at the door and
barks, that means he wants to get in;
if he’s inside the door and barks, that
means he wants to get out.”
Visitor—“Humph! Suppose barks, he is
half inside and IMS' outside and
what does that mean?”
Little Johnny—“That means that
there’s a bigger dog than him in our
yard.”- Street k Smith’s Good News.
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IS IMPORTANT
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properties contained in Swift’s Specific (9. S. S.) It
c. certainly one of the best tonics I ever used.
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Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free.
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We otter One Hundred Hollars reward for
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Fresh Air and Exercise,
Get all that’s
possible of
both, if in
need of flesh
strength
and nerve
force. There’s need,too, of plenty
of fat-food.
Scott’s Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil builds up flesh
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other preparation known to sci¬
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Scott's Emulsion is constantly ef¬
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Bronchitis and kindred diseases
7 vhere other methods fail.
Pr-p.rcd by Scott A Bo,rn«, N. V. Ail druggists.
u German
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Boschee’s German Syrup is more
successful in the treatment of Con¬
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
every variety of climate. In the
bleak, bitter North, in damp New
Kngland, in the fickle Middle States,
in the hot, moist South—every¬
where. It has been in demand by
every nationality. It has been em¬
ployed in every stage of Consump¬ used
tion. In brief it has been
by millions and its the only true and
reliable Consumption Remedy. X
A Worn * as
very little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and is
entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping D- or
any ordinary duties,If afflicted with SI Civ IIEA
ACHE DAY AFTEii DAY and yet there *?«
few diseases that yield more promptly to proptf
medical treatment. It is therefore of the utmostUn*
f ortunes that a rellahle remedy should always be at
and. During n period of more than (j(f YEA
there h*s born no Instance reported wher* ancH
eases have not been permanently an 1 P I? OM PT I< Y
CU it EI> by the use of a slHaie l>ox of the gen ulna
am) Justly celebrated Dr.C. E LIVED.
PI LLS, which may be procured at any Drug Store,
or will be mailed to any address on the receipt of 25c.
In postage .stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
be careful to procure the genuine article. There ar*
several counterfeits on the market, well calculated
to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. MeLane's Celebrated
Liver Pills are manufactured only by
FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
WITH
THOMSON’S
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS:
No tools required. Only ,i hammer needed to drKe
an i clinch them easily Requit and ing quickly, ho leaving the clinch
absolutely smooth. the Rivets. no They e to be made in
•he leather nor bur'* tor arc slrong.
louirki and durable. Millions now In use. AU
‘enaths. uniform or assorted, put un In boxes.
A*k your dealer for tliera, or send 40c. In
ftamps for a box of 100, assorted sizes. Man’fd by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO.,
WALTHAM, MASS.
i
PISO’S CURE-FOR
Consniaptlvea and people
who har« weak Innci or Asth¬
ma. fhould ui« Pico’s Cure for
Conmroption. It has enred
thousand*. It has not Injur¬
ed one. It if not bad to take.
It is the best cough syrup.
Bold everywhere. *5c.
consumption; ’
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EfSHlLOH’S
fc0UGHCUR pm V tgmgm
Cores Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat* Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee.
PATENTS Washington* \V. T. Fitzgerald, C»
P.
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