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Imitative Forma la Rook. There is n universal tendency to seelt »n<l somotlmes to see in the forms of objects around us representations of the tinman figure or of animals and plants. Many interesting examples have been re corded and pictured in La Nature of the nppearanco of a feathered fowl. rocks and mountains presenting roaem- blauces to animated forms. We arc. [quite ready to discern in the clouds all sorts of personages; and at periods when Superstition has been active, apparitions have been described, the whole existence 'of which consisted of misinterpreted Simple resemblances. Stones have usually been considered especially worthy of attention in this category | in tubercles of saudstone and nodules of flint it is eaiy to And features analogous with tho most various objects. A block jof sandstone is exhibited in the forest of Fontainebleau on which one willing to see it inay recognize a petrified knight on his horse, all of the natural size. A nodule of sandstono was once brought to me in the geologicnl laboratory of the museum on which the owner saw tha portrait of oui Lori on the cross. Some |persons are specially ingenious in finding {resemblances in flint; and Boucher do ■Perthes admitted into ills Atlas or Celtic and Antediluvian Antiquities a wholo horios ol figures of imitative forms of ‘♦flat mineral. Sometimes, for mitanco, fossils nro reducod to tho condition of impreisions squeezed botwcon two beds of rock or jbotween two lamime of a schistose stone. Fishes and iusects are found in this con dition, and plants in prodigious abundance. Accidental cases of color or structure externally resembling tlieso 'muy bo found under similar conditions- more or less complicated flgurcsiu which it will be often easy to find suen re- tacmblaai.es ns clouds or tho arahoaques 'of a tapestry give us. Tho figure re presents an example of thin kind, from the Haxonia Bubterranen of Mylius '(Lulpsic, 1709); it is the picture of u stone tho fracture of which exhibits ppota making out the figure or a fowl with her piumago, comb and the scutols ■of tho tarsi.—Popular Boionco Monthly. An fluting Press. The most familiar and, probably, the most satisfactory of these walking-dresses arc made of serge, light in weight,water proof,easily cleared of dust. The skirts outing nnnag or blue srrok. Hre lined with light porcnline or silesia, made plain in front and slightly plaited in tho back. A few rows of stitching trim it. Tho silk blouse may be of auy color and fastens down the front with Btuds. The blazer is lined with light wills, trimmed with rows of stitching and fastened by a narrow strap. A pointed girdle of the serge, also edged with stichiqgand fastened on the side, finishes the waist. Equally pretty arc the dainty cream-white flnnuels, plainer strij od with tine lines.—New York World. Size ol a t'lslcr i. As five gallous a day is n reasonable supply of water for each of a herd of cattle, fourteen head would require 14,— 000 gallons, or nearly 2000 cubic lect, in six months. To hold this qutntily the cistern should be fifteen feet in di ameter and twelve feel deep, but this only if there should be no rain during the sis months. Allowing for an avera :o rain fall, a cistern leu feet in diameter aud fifteen feet deep would lie ample tor fifteen head of rattle. A brick liuin; is not required wheu the soil is haul . ay or gravel. The cement lining mu\ ilieu be laid directly ou the side und bottom. —New York Times. Bachelor—“Bay, Henpecque, as your wife is away let's go to a lecture to night.” Benedict (shuddering)—"No, thanks; I prefer a change from my usual domssl'u routiue. Let’s go to a deaf and dumb asylum.”—New Yorx Jour- The Projector of the Suez Canal. Count Ferdinand de Leuep«,the world- famed diplomat and promotor of colos sal feats of engineering, was born at Ver sailles, France,November 19th, ISOS. In 1828 he entered the diplomatic aervico as an attache of the consulate at Liabon, and subsequently served in like positions else where. lie was consul at Barcelona in 1812, when that city wan bombarded, und was zealous in the protection of the lives nnd property of French citizens, utd afforded an asylum to Spaniards on boned tbe vessels of the French fleot. He was among tho first to urga the ex pediency of constructing a canal across Ibc Isthmus of Suez, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, The practicability of the project was questioned by many of the most eminent vngineera of the world, nnd he Was rid! tilled all over Europe, and especially by English engineers. The Work Was be gun In 1859. It soon commanded the Ittenlion of various Oovernments, which Subscribed liberally to the undertaking u tho work progressed and its practic- ibility became assured. A canal of sufficient depth to admit Of the passage ol small ntcam Vessels wiis opened August 15, 1865, arid by dogi-ecs the channel was dee pencil arid enlarged to that small ships arid schooners were enabled to pass through in March, 1867. August 15, 1869, the waters of tbe Mediterranean mingled with thoso of the Bed Sea, and the formal opening of the canal was celebrated with great pomp tud rejoicing at Suez, and on November 18 tbe canal was formally opened to Port Said. Represuntativea of all tho princi pal Governments of Europe were present on this occasion, and tho fetes wore imong the moat imposing ever Witnessed in modern times, A grand processional Heot consisting of forty vessels success fully made tho passage from Port Said to fsmailie. A few days after this event M. de Lcsseps married Mile. Antard do Bragurd, a young Creole of English ex traction and considerable wealth. Ho received honorable doco rations from Dearly every Government of Europe. Queen Victoria’s gift was Ina nomination is an honorary knight grand commander of tho Order of the Star of India. Tho freedom of tho city of London was pro moted to him. In 1879 ho was chosen it free member of tho French Academy. Me COUNT KISliniNANII 1)E LESBIEI'S. published a history of the canal In 1875, In 1881 he was oluctod President of the French Geographical Society. Tho English Government endeavored to so- suro his services in cutting a second '.anul, but (lie negotiations fell through owing to opposition in the House of Commons an.l the subsequent absorption by English capitalists of it controlling in terest in the existing canal. Turning his attention to the now world M. de Lesscpsundertook the construction of a canal across tha Isthmus of Panama. Thu original capital of the company, 600,000,000 francs, was exhausted, when the subscribers refused to ttdvunco more money und the enterprise was abandoned. He Lcsseps private fortune wus also ab sorbed iu the undertaking aud he war left comparatively poor. A Problem Solved. The other day a journal, hitherto without a spot on its character, inquired with well-foigucd innocence, "How can 6vo persons divide live eggs so chut each hian will receive one and still one re main in tho dish? After several hundred people went Iwn-thirda distracted in the mazes of this proposition tho journal mcauly says: "One takes tho dish with •-be ogg.—Washington Hatchet. The Cradle of n King. Little princos and princesses over in Europe nowadays have the most beauti ful cradles tliat art can produce; but there was a time when they wero very tlmple. King Honry V. of England was born tl Monmouth Castle 5U4 years ago, and Ids eradlo is stil! preserved there. It is only an oblong box of dark brown reeds, hung by the two ends upon little posts nf carved oak, with a dove carved on raeh. It is very old, but it is tenderly CRADLE OF KINO HENRI cured for by the keepers of tho castle, because one of their kings once slept lu it. Plate Glass. The cast plate glass of which mirrors, shop wiudows, etc., are made, is pre pared from the whitest aud. broken plate glass, soda, a small proportion of lime and a much smaller amount of man gancse and cobalt oxides. Tho glass when perlectly melted is poured noon an iron table of the size required, and too thickness is regulate I by a stpp cf iron placed down each of the four sides of tho table. Immediately nftor it is poured out the molten substance is fia’ienu.l down by an iron roller, which lowers ; is glass to the thickness of the snips si the sides. It is then anuesled or temp red for several days, after which it is giouod perfectly level aud polished to 'ren:par ent brilliancy.—Detroit Free Press. Person in Authority—"And how do you like going to school, boyt” The Coming Man—"1 like min’ well 'null; it’s the stoppin’ w’ea 1 gets there I hol lers at.”—Fun. QUEER WAYS OF SPIDERS IHEIB OTTNNINO XAXB* Vt fOfe THBtB DEFENSELBSStfEM; «q;t kD 8tri Singular Method of Protection—Spi ders Which Chase People—Weeps Their Greatest Enemies. PIDERS are wonderfully fond of the music made by stringed instruments,” said an entomologist to a writer for tho Washington Star. “It is not be- cause they enjoy inalody, but simply for tbe reason that tbe sounds to tbalr ear* resemble the buzzing of captive flies, By gently touching the strings Of i guitar one can often cause spiders td come down the walls or from tho bail ings. They will evert walk over the strings and while doing so they appear to bn oagorly searching for something, moving about excitodly and looking tierce aud hungry, "A kind of spider dative td South America is remarkable for the great length df its legs, and has a very singular method of defending Itself. When at tack td it gathers its feet together, fast; fining them td the center of its web,sod gyrates with the velocity of a whirligig, so that it appears like a mist on the well, offering no point for an eoernv to strike at. There is another species which fights by throwing a not about its adversary. I have seen a duel between two individ uals, iu which each tried to entangle the other in snares cunningly cist, the dex- tority with which they avoided capture being wonderful. At longtli one was tripped) and presently the suceessiitl combatant began revolving round and round her opponent) the latter being soon wrapped iri a silvery oacooii,widen was its winding sheet: "Among the most ro nirkalllo spiders Is the Dolo neies, which runs over the surface of water in | irauitof its prey,and dives to escape from its cnemiu3. Stran ger still is the Argyroueta, which builds its house wheroiu it lays its eggs, and rears its young at the bottom of streams. Some species are exceedingly ferocious, though none more so than the huge gray Lycosa, with n black riin round it* mid dle, which will citato pjjple on slight provocation. This fierce creature,which lives partly by catchiug birds, has been known to pursue men on horse-back. "Dr. W. II. Hudson tills of »uoh an adventure which lie mot with while rid- ing across a plain covered with dry grass. Pursuing his way at an easy trot ho sud- deuly observed a great spider chasing him, leaping swiftly along and keeping op with tlie horse. He aimed a blow with his whip at tbe ferocious insect,aut the point of the Insh struck tho ground close to it,when it instantly leaped upon and ran tip the lash. It was actually within three or lour inches of the band that held the whip before tiro letter ear suddenly dropped. These great hairy spiders are very formidable ic appear ance. When approached they stand erect on their four hind feet, like pugilists, threatening their alversary. Then, dropping upon all eight feet,they charge to tho r.ttack. " The greatest enemies of spldors are wnsps, which do not kilt them outright customarily, but simply disable them for tho purpose of utilizing them while liv ing as food for their young. The wasp, ns soon as it has paralyzed tho victim by stiugiug it, drags tho now helples*spider to a hole. Placing it in tho bottom of tha hole the captor lays an egg alongside of it; then, coming out, it fills up am| obliterates tho holo with dust and rub bish, flying away, tbereupou in quest of other prey. As soon as it is hatched the T T „ young wasp grub feeds upon the livingr i quarries, however, being generally pro body of tbe unhappy spider, waxing fat * and finally crawling out of the hole a winged and perfect inseot, ready to con tinue tho war against the spider tribe. "Spiders are singularly defenseless animals. Their small cutting weapons aud supplies of poison afford little pro tection against the attacks of their insect foes. Tlieso latter, being winged, are able to swoop down from above, them selves protected by invulorable shields and armed with deadly stings. With re lation to tlioir foos spiders are placed in a situation very similar to that of human boiugs, having soft and unprotected bodies, possessing no natural weapons worth mentioning and being equipped with very slight muscular strength com pared with the animals they have to con tend agninst. Theirsurvival indention, where causes for their swift extermina tion would seem to exist, is due to the exercise of superior intelligence and cun ning, as is the case with mankind. "Dr. Hudson says that this superior intelligence is closely related to the we'j with which the spider is provided. Im agine tlto case of an arboreal man born with a cord of great length attached to his waist, which could either bo dragged after him or carried in t coil. Experi ence would touch him to put it to use and practice would make him more and more skillful in handling it. He would be gin by employing it, as the monkey does its prehensile tail, to swing himself Iro n branch to branch, and finally, to escape from an ouemy or in pursuit of his prey, he would be able by means of his cord to drop himself with safety from tha tallest trees or fly down the steepest precipices, lie would also utilize it for binding branches together and building himself a refuge. In a close light he would endeavor to entangle his adversary, and at last he would learn to make a snare of it to capture other animals. "To all these aud to a hundre! other uses the spider has put her web. And when we see her spread her beautiful geometric snare, held by tines fixed to widely separated points, while she sits coucealed iu her web-lined retreat among the leaves where every touch on the far- reaching structure is telegraphed to her by the communicating lines as faithfully as il a nerve bad been touched, we must admire the wonderful perfection to which she has attained in the use of her cord. By these means she is able to conquer creatures too swift and strong for tier and make them her prey. When we seo her repairing damages, weighting her light fabric in wiaily weather with peb bles and sticks, ns a fisherman weights bis not, or cutting loose a captive, wh >-e great strength threatens the destruction of the web, we begin to perceive that this wonderful arachnid possesses reason of a highly develops! kind." Mrs. Enpec—"You cannot say I did the courting; you were crazy to marry me." Enpec — "I must have been—a gibberiug lunatic.”—New York Herald. The rvKwler now his rival hunts With crow an 1 prou 1 para ta — He quit - forgets Ins mother one- Lsi'l him in tbe shade. — Truth. Cloth From Ramie. The first experiment in the manufac ture of cloth from ramie in tbe United States wav-made recently at the Sr/i Jose (Cal.) wcolec milt. Mr. Murray, of the department of ramie culture, bad been in San Jose toy Several day* working up the interest irr/be new textile fibre, aud ibtbe coutjMfijif hi* work came in con- «s, with/pdperintendent Burr of tho woolen v imllt. The latter became in fected with some of Mr. Murray's en thusiasm, and it wes not long before arrangements Were made for a practical test of tbe tew weed. That test was made, andfthe result is eminently satis factory: The fibre was put through the tame presses at the mills Us Shy othef material used for making cloth. It went ihrough the machines, was twisted intd thread, and then a thread of wool and d thread of ramie were twisted togctLer. Being put ou the loom tbe machine was started, and in a few minutes the cloth begad slowly to unroll. The fabric resultant frdm the process was a strong; closely woven piece df clotb, strong .and durable. Holding it up to the light one could not eee through It. The color of tbe cloth was a bluish gray, tbe wool supplying the dark hnd the ramie fibre the light portion. Ramie id milch stronger than wool, is forty-one times strohger tbao cotton and more nearly approaches silk in this respeot than any other material used in tho man ufacture of' cloth. Thus it is evident dial a fabric made of a mixture of wool and ramie is far superior to a cotton and wool mixture. The fiber, when ready for tbe mills, is in bunches about live ffiet Idrig, of a crearriy white Color and has i iusiet like silk. It ban ire dyed any color aud still retain its luster, and hence can be used in the mamifiicture of Silk-mixed weaves, making a fabric just os good in every way but far cheaper than.if silk,were used. It will have the effect when it comes into genera^use of cheapening all textiles of this character, while giving a fabrio better in looks and wearing qualities. One of the big points claimed for ramie is the ease with which it can be pro duced aud the consequent big profit to the producer. Ramiu is nothing more nor less than a weed, and grows and Ihcteases With the ptuliticness fur which Weeds Hre noted: Tbe plant does nob need a rich soil; in fact, it seems td thrive beet in A soil in which nothing else will grow, and is especially valuable on this account. It is claimed that three crope a year can be secured, and at the least calculation a profit of 1200 an aero will pour into the pockets of the ramiu cultivator. The field will not have to be replanted for twenty years, for tho plant* wilt grow and produce good fiber for that length Of time,--Ban Francisco Chronicle. RORAIMA’S BIG FLAT TOP The Varied C»o or Slate. Slate is a variety of rock, having s small, compact grain, nnd a very fine, continuous clonvago or splitting structure, by which it can be separated into thin, even places of great consistency. It was originally just so much soft mud on the floor of an ancient sea, but, iu the course of ages it became consolidated, and tbeil metamorplioied, or gradually altered in character by the continued operation of various natural forces, until its present condition was attained. Tbe chief em ployment of alate is commerce is that of a rooBingrraaterial, for which purpose it is better adapted than any other sub stance that Juts yet been tried. School dates are prepared in a very ilmple man- uer from picked specimens of the com mon roofihg-varlety, thoee of the Welsh lerred to any other. The plate* which are to be made into writing slates must have a homogenous or finely grained and equal texture, and be without auy yellow pyrites or "slate diamonds," ns these fiuiiliar glittering crystals are often tornted. Attar they have been separated from tbe other sorts they are carried to workmen, who fashion them into school slates, by first splitting them up evenly if required, and then finely polishing them even with specially adapted steel tools. They are next sent to the joiners to be fitted with woodon frames, after which they are quite ready for the edu cational markets at borne or abroad. One workman can poliah or finish suoh a large number of school slates in a day that the profit to the slate master or company is cousiderable, even if they are retailed at prices as low as a penny or twopence each.—Yantee Blade. The Power of the lliv-rs. The possibility of utilizing the current of our rivers to furnish power on shore has often beon a subject of spoculation. There are few minds which have not rec ognized the immense benefits that would accrue from such an achiove nout if it were possible; but the majority, both lay and expert, liavo been accustomed to accept the difficulties presented hy the unreliability of the flow, the variation of tho height of tho rivors and tho slight fall as practically insuperable from the engineering point of view. An expert who refuses to be tied up by precedent, however, declares his be lief that these difficulties cau bo over come. It says that it will be done half a century hence, and the generation of fifty yoars from now will stand amazed at the wastefulness of this (lay. Tho methods by which he would harness the river—air tight drums on water wheels commuuicatiug their power to dynamos which generate electricity to be distrib. uted for power and light ail over the vicinity—do not appear to be as inher ently improbable as those by which auy of the inventions of the past were made successful did before their success was demonstrated by uctual practice. Without waiting for the grand chil dren of the next generation to achieve this advance, it is safe to say that the en gineer who can make it work in the present day will coufer an immense ben efit. It will create « zone of cheap elec tric powrr and light along the bank of every river and stream with a living cur rent, aud revolutionize a great many of the existing industrial institutions. It is hard to draw a limit to the e i-ioges that might not take place—when this po.vet is successfully utilized. But wu fear that any invention of this sort will have to depend for its success on adventitious aid to prevent the shrink age of streams in summer to a beggarly eighteen inches or two feet in depth with no currout worth speaking of.— Pittsburgh Dispatch. Dressmaker—“Miss Fussbudget, win you have your dress cut with a train?” Miss Fussbudget—“Yes; bnt for good- ness’s s ixes have it an accommodation ” r—Springfield Union. ONE OF TUB MOST REMARK A BLD MOUNTAINS IN THM WORLD. xt na F Its Almost Inaccessible Sdtnmlt—t Wall ot Kock 2000 l-'cet High— What Explorers LV-uml. OR tho first time whito men in November last spent a night on the summit of the famous Mount Roramin, on the border of British Guiana and Venezuela, a moun tain Whose sdnirdit tot many vents was supposed to be inaccessible. When Sir Robert School berg discovered the moun- tsin, he declared it was impossible to reach its tdp eicept by balloon. Three later explorets; Messrs. llrdWri, Whet- ham and Whitley, Were eaget. td solve the myatory of Mount Itoraima’s sdirlmit; but all came home declaring that tho .Upper 2000 feet of the great san lstonu mountain was a perpendicular wall, and they believed it to be impossible to gain the summit. It was lelt for Mr. Ever- ard Thurn to conquer Roraima. Ha gained iti summit in Decomber, 1881. He was so fortunato 0s td fin'd do ooe face of tbe mountuiri a narrow ledge, rather perilous df ascent, which afforded a pathway to the summit. The modntain Is about 8000 feet above tho level of tho sea, blit the ex plorer, when he reaches tho base of tho percipitous ascent, is already 6000 feet above tho sea. Tho explorer was not able to carry up the mountain supplies for a sojourn tbere^ and he was therefore compelled to return to his camp on the ame day. His collections, howc-cr, made both on the mountain top and around its base, were of much Value. It bod been suppoeod thrt the flota Of the mountain top would be found to bo dif ferent from that of the plain. To some extent this expectation was realized by the discoveries of Mr. Thurn. The mountain was not afterward visited until November of last year, when it was climbed by Mr. E Cromer and Mr. Scyler, collectors of orchids. They not only succeeded in reaching its top, but they spent n night there, took several photographs of the scenory, and wandered over a considerable part of Ihe surface, which stretcher back twelve miles from tho face on which the assent was uiade. The Indians felt the Oold at the top df the mountain sn severely that they were sent hick. The two white men then explored tho summit, finding toward the south rriany gigantic and marvelously shaped rocks, forming, as Mr. Biomer describes them, “majestic palaces, churches and foit- res8es. Other smaller rocks resemble pyramids, umbrellas and kettles, and one bore a stiiking resemblance to tho statue of a man.” Batween these gtotesqiie ttlasseS of took. Whose shape is evidently due to weathering, thd rock being of unequal hardnesta, Were in numerable little lakes, some joined to gether hy channels. Most of these lakes were shallow, though here and there a depth of six feet was found. Many new species of orchids and other plauts were found, but the mountain top seemed nlmost destitute of animal life. The discoveries included also one black butterfly, a few spiders, some s nail fro.gt and lizards, aud an unnamed dark-col ored mammal, which on the approach of the explorers gave n sound like a whistle aud crept swiftly awuy into a hiding place. Tho largest lake was 450 feet wide, and all the lakes were swarming with B sort of blnok beetle. The general shape ot the top of the mountain is that of a shallow dish. Tho surface sinks somewhat away from tho edges of the plateau. The general char acter of all the plants is dwarfish and almost Alpine. Everything at the sum mit is in a state of super-saturation on ac count of the constaut mitts aud the fre quent heavy clouds and rain storms that occur: Waterfalls pour over the edgo of the summit in various places, and ono fall which is fully 2000 foot high aud has quite a largo volume of water is probably the highest falls in the world. Mount Roraima is one of the most re markable natural objects to be found anywhere. It is made for the most part of Bolt sandstone, and the heavy winds and storms are denuding it with consid erable rapidity and fashioning the many remarkable shapes of rock that are found on the plateau at the too. A dissipated old mau applied at the Quartermaster’s office in San Antonio, Texas, for a position as clerk. "Do you know anything about general manage ment of the office?” asked the officer. “Do 1 know anything about General Management? I should smile. I knew him when lie was Lieutenant."—Texas Siftings. The man who points out our faults to us is a true fricud; but we feel like kick ing him inst thesamCj—Piii'k. Haw's This t We offer One Huodred Dollars reward foe any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taktuK Hall's Catarrh Cura. F. J. Cnr.Nitv ,t- Co., Props , Toledo O. We, th« undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their firm. M E8T ,4 Thuajc. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Wajjuno, Kins as A Maiivit, Wholesale Druggists- Toledo, O. Hall's (alarrh Cure is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur- lYb .system. Testimonials sent free, f bottle. Bold hy all druggists. Oris 8700 journeymen have graduate! during the last ten years from the New York City Trade School, which at present has about MOO pupils. .Mrs. William l.olir. Of Freeport, 111,, began lo fail rapidly, lost all appetite and got Into a serious condition from Dyspepsia^™?! 11 not k 1 vegetable® or meat. Hood’s Sarsaparilla She felt * little better. Could keep more food on her (stomach and grew stronger. She took 3 bottles, has a good appet it<. gained 22 lb®., does her work easily, is now in perfect health. He “Do you ever mean to marry r* She—“Perhaps I may some time.” He “Have you made up your mind who the man will be?" She—“Mercy! no’” He—"Still you thiuk you’ll marry somebody sorao time?” She—“I may.” He (desperately)—"Well, what’t the milttcr with me?”—Sonisfvilla Journal. It is arousing td d niau worjCiogL. his head oil to save thdd&f to buy a home, while another, who owns u Home/ la trying to sell it ot a sacrifice in order to save money by Iwtr Hoy.—Puck. Dicker—“1 am told that Wahl is a ▼ery different mau in his family than ou the street.” Bond—“Yea* Mrs. Wahl says hc’a a bull on the atreet aud a bear at home."—New York tferild. ^ Th# Oily On® Ever Print®#. CA.N YOO FIND THI WOUD? i Th®«els*8 inch display advertisement itt hi® paper, thin week, which ha® no two word* .like eicef»t doe Word. The same ie true of Aitch new otie Appearing each week, from The Dr. Hartef Meafcitie I’o. Thl® house placet! a ^Crescent” oh everything the* make nnd pub lish. Look f6rIt, sond them the name cf th* Harrt Wright saya Cofrkhlll/of Pittsburg, • the king of outfielders. MANY persons nro broken down from ovof- ! tork or household cares. Brown’s Iron Bit ers febuJ as the pyelem, aldn digestion, re- i6veH o*6cmb Of bile, and cures malaria. A *6endid tdiifc fof wtftoefl afld children. This sponge indtiutry of the Bahama 1*1- Andfi trAploys 500 boat® and nearly 5000 linen. "A word to the wise la fOifflcicrtit," huf it fa not, *lwav« wise to say that word »•> oiid *bo is luffering the tortureeof a headache. However, tlway® risk It and recommend Bradycrotlne. All ilruggHv fifty cents. Fa rm help i* in gfdeft demand in North Dakota. Lambk nee:Hn'4 a tonic, or children i Ant building tip, nnould take Brown’s Iron Utter®. It plenuvnt to take, cure® Malaria, ndlgestlon. Blllo innea* amt Liver Com plaint®, makes the Blood rich and pure. Oirf df tbo 240,000 domestic servants in Ijondori it Is ootimatod that 10,000 of them Are altfnya out eff employment. •Sick llEAOAt lit.,ciiiftn, of appetite, and «U nervous trembling tenit»tfdrte cjmckly cured by Beechani’w Fills. ^. r ? cent® a box. This minimum age of employment on thd Continent is generally twelve,or from twelve In fourteen. Hood’s Pills are the l*‘st after-dinner Pill®. They assist digestion and cure headache. ONE ENJOYS Both llio method and results when Syrup of t\'s Is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the faste, aud acts gently je( promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses (lie sys tem effectually, dispc-l- colds, head aches ami fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy ot its kind eVef pro duced, pleosiug to the taste ami 20- ceptal,ie**N«tlie stomach, prompt iu its action and truly beneficial in its ellfeets, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its ttirttiy excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most poptilar remedy known, Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who tvishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE. NY. NEW YORK. It.Y. “German 99 Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior Court, Walker county, Georgia, thinks enough of German Syrup to send its voluntarily a strong letter endorsing it. When men of rank aud education thus use nnd recom mend an article, what they say Is worth the attention of the public. It is above suspieion. 11 1 have used yourGertuan Syrup,” he says, "for my Coughs aud Colds on the Throat and Lungs. I can recommend it for them as a first-class medicine,”— Take no substitute. <* • • ft • • • • • •• • I f you have .Malaria, Pile*, Sick Head iuh«\ Costive Hows*Is, Dumb Agio* >)i A if your food doe* not UMlinilate, ^ •Tuff’s Tiny Pills? cur® tlie*** troubles. sumll. Price, 3 Ae. Offlc 39 Park I’lare, N. V. « * Rl PANS TABULE8 regulate! the stomach. llTcr and bownl^z iiurlfr the blood. Are safe *ud ef-T fcctuAl The b**t K.-rv-r-fll family! medicine known for Bilimime«.Z B^fh' JSil of ApneUte, Mental Deprunkm.i Painful Digeetiou, Pimp leu, follow® Cornplorion. 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