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What It Larked.
"Mrs, Jinks,’’ said the now board
er, muffin, carefully poising aloft his untasted
“may I respectfully propound
a conundrum to you?”
‘'Certainly, Mr. Hardboy.”
“Then why is this inuffiu unlike a
very frivolous person ?”
“I'm sure I can’t gneRS, Mr. Hard
boy.”
“Because, madam, it lacks levity -
lightness, you know.”
And the muffin fell with a thud that
rattled the cups in their saucers.
Improvement, In Flying Marhlnns.
Inventor. nre plenty who can mnko n ma
chine that will rise and Boat In air, but thn
ona Improvement which none has succeeded
in making I. an apparatus that will eulda the
machine through the many treacherous cur
rents of air. In this respect humanity Is
fortunate In having Hostetler's Htomneh iilt
tera. which acta as a sale guide by curing
treacherous stomach, liver and blood diseases,
Ktvlnc a good appetite, a strong constitution
and nerves like steel.
On an average every woman carries forty
to sixty miles of hair upon her head.
Educate Your Bowels With C’nacnreta,
Candy Cathartic, cure nonstlnation forever.
lOc.tfoc. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
Aberdeen terriers are driving out all other
fashionable pot dogs In London.
Oil cans are being made of circular shape
to be mounlcd on n centra! plvotaml attached
to the wall of n boMdlug, a flange on the can
turning a friction wheel on a vertical shaft
with a chimney cleaner at the top.
To (')irc a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if ft fails to cure. 25c.
XYo live our first years over and over; our
last years are enmmrmly lost to in .nior a pfl
barely saved to hope.
Klt*j»crpianently after day’ll cured. of No l)r. file Kllne'a or nervous
<-ae firet ime (Irr-at
Nerve Restorer. #2 trial liottloaiid treatise free.
Dr. It. II. Ki.ink, Ltd , Ml Arm St., 1’blla., l’».
Chileisa Peruvian word, ‘'denoting land
of *now.”
No-To-ltae for Fifty Cent®,
tjiiarauteed tobacco Imbll cure makes woa'x
men ntrong, blood pure. 60c, 91. All druggist®.
l.lfe Is an Impartial Jury. Death an un
Lia»ed Judge.
Scrofula
Tnlets tho hlooil o( millions, and sooner
or later may break out In hip disease,
running sores or some more complicated
form. To cure scrofula or prevent It,
thoroughly purify your blood with
Hood's Hiirsnpnriils, which has n continu
ally growiug record of wonderful cures.
Hood’s Sarsa- parilla
Is Anicr'cft’s Greatest Medicine. $1; nix for $5.
Hood’s Pills euro Indigestion, biliousness.
Amazing Cleverness of Birds.
There is something very remarkable
In the almost reasoning powers inniil
fested occasionally by birds In eluding
pursuit or In turning ntten'ilon from
their nests and young, but In few Is
this more noticeable limn in the duck
tribes. In Captain Black’s narrative
of his Arctic land expedition the fol
lowing Instance of this is given:
One of his companions, Mr. King,
having shot a female duck,, fired again,
and ns lie though!, disabled Its male
companion. Accordingly, leaving the
dead bird, which lie bud the mortifica
tion of seeing shortly afterward car
ried off by one of the white-beaded
eagles, be waded Into the water after
the drake, which, far from being flut
tered or alarmed, remained motionless,
ns If wntlng to be taken up. Still, ns
be neared It, It glided easily away
through Innumerable little nooks and
windings. Several times lie reached
out his hand to seize it, and having4^
Inst wllh great pnUcnce froiiL^ifleh lininagyff | 0
coop It up In u corner,
there appeared to be 110 cHcn^/ be was
triumphantly bending d<to take- It,
when, to Ills litter astonishment, it
looked around a I ■kn, cried ‘Quack!’
and then way so strongly that
he "jJ^Touvbleed he had never hit it
m The bird’s object clearly was
to draw the gunner away from Its
companion.
Hindoo Carpenters.
In India tho carpenters have an
almost universal objection to sharpen
ing their tools. They never set tlieir
saws, and when they get a grindstone
they cut it into pieces and use the
fragments for anything except to put
an edge on chisel or ax.
MILS. PINK HAM’S ADVICE.
What Mrs. Noll Hurst hn,3 to Say
About It.
Dkar Mrs. I’inkiiam:—W hen I wrote
to you 1 bad not been well for live years;
hnd doctored nil tho time but got no
better. 1 hnd womb trouble very bad.
My womb pressed backward, causing
piles. I was in such misery I would
scarcely walk across the floor. Men
struation was Irregular ami too pro
\ fuse, was also
, . irfiSk troubled with
s~ ill lcucorrhoea. 1
^ 1 V’ * 1,11,1 P iv < 11 up all
^ -
h ll0 P es fl”! I big
/£. a -of MRgS Wl qi; everybody
k- Jpiy thought I had
consumption.
After taking
1 m ® J < five Lydia bottles K. Pink- of
( V ham’s Vegeta
V fl i ft ble Compound,
I felt very much better
and was able to do nearly all my own
work. I continued the use of your medi
cine, and feel that 1 owe my recovery to
you. I cannot thank you enough for your
advice and your wonderful medicine.
Any one doubting my statement may
write to me and I will gladly answer
all inquiries.—.Mrs. Nkli, llritsr, Deep
water, Mo.
Letters like tho foregoing, con
stantly being received, contribute not
a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs.
Pinkham that her medicine and counsel
are assist ing women to bear tlieir heavy
burdens.
Mrs. Pinkham ‘saddressisLynn, Mass.
All suffering women arc invited to
write to her for advice, which it will be
given without charge, is an ex*
pericnccd woman’s advice to women.
The It t BOOK WAR. onnd BrAUTTFri.LT and vnmpt*
nonFjy tuu'vtnvtsd prk’f* #'J , jj> • u»anybody ssiKUns
tworrti. Hoatblj, SAN FKAM.TS .»> .-i |.,V 1, ii'.tke- >«!.. -I
o Sa:npl« Ov«l».;d, ic.
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2.5 3c. m:
-osi Cough in byrup. T.ig--.:©g Gooii Use
tiiCG. Snid iiv druKEists.
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OEN. BLAJil’O RECEIVES AMERI
CA.\S WITH CORDIALITY.
NO SHIITES GREETED RESOLUTE.
CoxumlMiontra Were K»corte<l to Palace
In Illmico'a Cfirrlag©-Meeting*
Will lie Secret.
* Tt' ,r “ H *™"
ntfer daybreak Haturday morning Mor
ro castle signalled that a steamer was
sighted in the offing. The United
Htatcs transport Resolute, having the
United States Cuban evacuation oom
missin on board, entered the port
shortly after 7 o’clock. There were
no Spanish flags flying at that time
and no salute was fired.
launch Bhortly afterwards a government
Bbo ran alongside the Resolute,
had on board Dr. Congosto, tho
secretary Oeneral general of the government;
Solano, the chief of staff, rep
resenting Captain General Blanco, and
Major Garcia Benito, of tho general
staff. Their visit la-t»‘d-fnliy an hour.
At-tke, expiration of tho conference
with the United States commissioners
on officer of the Spanish warship
Alfonso XIII paid his respects to
Rear Admiral Sampson. This inter
view was of a very formal nature.
Shortly afterwurds General Solano,
acting for Captain General Blanco,
placed the latter's private carriage at
the disposal of the commissioners.
All the foreign and American ships
in port displayed every available
piece of colored bunting and the Res
olute dipped her colors in answer to
every salute. The Resolute is moored
to a buoy dose alongside the steer
dock. She was surrounded all the
morning by hundreds of small boats,
which circled around the vessel, while
tho occupants waved their huts and
handkerchiefs. At a quarter past 0
o’clock tho American commissioners,
accompanied by the Spanish officers,
representing Captain General Blanco,
landed at La Mnchina wharf and ar
rived at the palnce at 9:40 o'clock,
wliero tho captain general's body
guard presented arms ns they ap
peared.
Captain General Blanco, dressed in
full uniform, received tho commission
ers in the reception room, where, after
the formal presentations hnd taken
place and the official courtesies had
been exchanged, they sat down and
conferred for about twenty minutes.
Tho Spanish commander sat. in the
center with General Bntler on his
right and Admiral Sampson on liis
left. Next to General Butler sat Gen
eral Parrndo and next to him was
General Wade. On Admiral Samp
son's left, sat Colonel Clouse and Cap
tain Hart, tho official interpreter.
The captain general addressed the
commissioners in English. lie asked
them to excuse any mistakes j 10
might mako, explaining >' '
long time since h« ' ad that ,, lab- ls ft
gunge. V
The United Slntos commissioners
left**' t palace shortly after 10 o’clock,
JVfconip. uied by Oeneral Solano and
Dr. CongoFttp. They were driven to
tho Mnchina whftvf opposite the wreck
of the Maine, whore'Hloy took lunch
before returning to tho Resolute for
breakfast.
The general public crowded (I10
wharf when the arrival of tlie Resolute
became known, hut there was no
demonstration. Kverybody behaved
quietly Late and respectfully.
Saturday afternoon tho Ameri
can commissioners, on the advice of
the accompanying physicians, decided
to live ashore while in Havana. Judg
ing from conversation with the com
missioners all tho sessions will bo be
hind closed doors.
TIlblKillAI’ilKltS BALKED.
ExtrnftlYo Aurora.lloroalis Interferes With
tho Electric Current.
A Chicago dispatch pays: Aurora
boi cubs brought all telegraphing to a
stain.still I’riday afternoon ior a time.
he area of disturbance extended 500
miles or more in all directions from
( lucago.
At ,1 p. m. uot a wire, was working
east of Pittsburg or Buffalo. Atlanta
and Augusta, Ga., reported tbero were
no wires working north to Washing
ton.
PlLHCKl) KMIMIKSS’ HEART.
Dost , . ........ Mortem Lxnmiution Revealed „ , , That , ,
Assassin's Ahu AVns True. “
A special from Geneva states that
the post mortem examination of tho
remit ns of too late empress ot Aus
trin. who was assassinated by an Hal
inn iu.nrol.ist, has revealed that the
weapon completely transfixed the
heart, penetrating threrf and one
third inches, and making wide? a wound
one-sixth of an inch The fact
that her nia'istv walked fifty yards to
the steamer is ascribed to her remark
able will power and natural euergy.
WILHELM I M’S LIFE ATTEMPTED.
.v Would-Be Ai,a,»l" lire, Upon Hoi*
iniuv. Young yuecn.
The Lokal Anzeiger (Berlin) says
u, j a ■" "V* n £° 1 V
made to assassinate Queen .AMIhel
mum near Amersfort, province of
l leelu, on 10 l" 1 ’ *. }
om< rged from behind a tree and fired
a revolver at her majesty. The bullet
missed the queen, but plowed the
cheek of a lady m attendance
Tho would-be assassin was a,Tested.
He is supposed to be an English an
arcliist.
PAWNING PENSIONS.
An Evil That the Ilepartment Will Take
Steps to Remedy.
An appendix to the annual report of
the commissioner of pensions has been
made public. It contains statistics in
regard to the work of the office. Re
ports from the various divisions of the
bureau are also incorporated. It is
statad that the pawning or pledging
of pension Certificates is a
evil, and some stringent measure
should be adopted to reach the offense,
and if possible to effectually stop it,
HOUSE HOLD MATTERS.
Oiling the Wringer.
Do not fail to oil the wringer every
time you wash. It oiled often there
is less wear on the machinery, and
lose strength is expended by the op
erator. To clean the rollers rub them
first with a cloth saturated with kero
sene oil, and follow with eoap and wa
ter. Always loosen the rollers be
fore putting the wringer away.
Caring For the Iron*.
Irons may bo made to last for years
and they may be treated in such fash
ion as to wear out in a few months.
The first great secret in their preter
vation is to keep them from rusting.
pj ac0 . lf, in spite of this care, or,
more likely, because of some neglect,
they should still become rusty, rub
them thoroughly with lard and bees
wax aud then with sandpaper.
Planning the Meal*.
The average housekeeper finds that
her memory is shortest when it comes
to the daily planning of meals. Her
frequent cry that she cannot think of
anything to order never seems to be
suggestive to her of its own remedy.
Hhe lias ordered and does order every
'lay tlle rouu< l of family living, and
> f wllen the process is over she would
arrange in a little hook kept for the
purpose the chief dishes that nave ap
peared on the table during the twenty
four hours, she will find that she
quickly accumulates a valuable memor
al,ilia - Instead of cataloguing these
dishes under Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, it is simpler to classify them
breakfast, luncheon, dinner; sub
atantials and desserts. A housekeeper
who has practised this plan since the
be K‘ nmn ? tho J ear , bas °™ r aud ,
over again been amazed to di.oover
how the useful simple dishes escape
her memory without it.
TI»© China Cloget.
A china closet should have its glass
doors and sides kept as bright as tho
proverbial new dollar. To bring out
the good coloring of your specially
fino hits of china and silver, measure
your shelves with paper aud buy just
enough material to allow au inch be
ing turned in all around. Let the
fabric to cover your shelves beahigh
pilo plush, either of deep crimson,
Lincoln green or golden brown. Crim
son brings out the bright trifles best,
and while I advise getting a thick pile
in plush, I do not think it at all neces
sary to buy an expensive one. A good
housekeeper, whose silver always
looked brighter than any one’s else,
was asked what preparation was used
to achieve this effect. She answered
laconically, “Elbow grease.” And
thou she went on to explain that the
average bit of silver was usually white
rather than brilliaut, since the aver
age maid thought that putting whit
ing on and taking none off was all that
was necessary for the precious metal.
“What a good maid should do,” said
she, “is to use as little whiting as
possible, and to rub and brush until
every particle of the whiting is re
moved.”—Ladies’ Home Journal.
Tli© Hug Carpet’* Return.
The rag carpet, after many years,
has returned. It is once agaiu fairly
poputtti, un.l ‘im vags that for a quar
ter of a contury hav>, beeuweingtotha
ragman, are now being treasured up,
siuce, if they are oj wool, they are al
most worth their weight in gold. AVhy
the rag carpet ever did go out of style
it is hard to determine, and its reap
pearance in society is not difficult to
understand. Properly put together
and made of a good assortment of
ivgs, it is exceedingly pretty and
withal, easy to manufacture, all the
knack needed being the skill necessary
to cut the rags in strips, sow them to
gether in lengths, aud wind them into
a ball. For a small sum the rag car
pet weaver does the rest. Bath room
and study rngs are the chief uses of
tho rag carpet of to-day. It is not so
much rag carpets, in fact, as it is rag
carpet rngs. The rag carpet rug is
not large as a rule. Six feet by three
would bo quite au extraordinary size.
Tho idea is to have quite a number of
them, and these much smaller. They
clean easily and wear like iron.
Recipe*.
Banana Croquettes—Strip the skins
f rom f om . bananas, cut in Halves cross
w j S)5i make straight on ends, roll in
powdered sugar, pour over the juice of
n u . e0 lemons and let stand covered in
30 ] d pi aoe f or aa hour. Dip in egg,
then in bread crumbs and fry in deep
fat.
Peach Cream—Poal and cut up
enough fine, ripe peaches for two cups;
sibl half cup powdered sugar, the
whites of two eggs, and beat with a
fork half au hour. The fruit will l>e
come entirely 7 disintegrated ° and the
,. light. , . Set .,' , oil ice anu serve with
^ Salmon _ Tn . 0 cnpful8 of
, , ,,
J
A . lo -™' of 1 16 ^ *, th,U T*,° f .
“ cr «^ s : A d ee P a ? er of the
'alter on top, bake , Just . before serv
mg this m.y be daintily dotted with
^ Salmon may also bo
Bnnd ou toftst , ’ cro< l uettes ’ etc ’
Milk Soup—Cue quart of cold water,
one pint of milk, two boiled aud
mashed potatoes, ouo tablespoonful of
butter, two tablespoonfuls of tapioca.
Let this mixture boil before adding
the tapioca and then boil ten minutes,
An onion maybe added, if desired.
Serve in tho two-handled bouillon cup.
Baked Corn _ Take fonr dozen efu . s
of £ green sweetcoru, score the kernels
b f th 00 b; ’ pound ' the
^ iu a mortar> a(M a pill t an d a half
or one J quart of milk, '. according to the
jllicin * s of the 00rn aild fo „, eggs,
! one-half teacupful * of flour,
h , f of bntter one table
spoonful & of‘sugar and earthen salt to dish taste;
well f greased in
# hot oyen fol . wo w> .
Tomato Fareie—Chop cold meat
beef, veal or Iamb—season with salt,
pepper, mustard, cloves, lemon juice
aud a grated onion. For one cup add
two of bread crumbs and cold cooked
i*.ce. Cut the tops from large, smooth
tomatoes, take the seed pn’p, but leave
the solid parts; fill with the dressing,
Put half pint soup stock in a pan with
one tablespoon each lemon juice aud
currant jelly, a little celery extract,
thicken with flour, and when smooth
and hot, set (La tomatoes in. Dover
fo1, teu minutes—slow tire—then set in
ov<}a to b! '°' vn the to F- 'lake up with
car#, pour gravy over and serve.
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Function of tli© Itoad Service.
The function of a pavement or road
surfaco is very imperfectly under
stood, even in sections where stons
roads have been in use for long per
iods. It is commonly supposed dry that
a wet spot or bog will become if
filled in; that a good road may be
made anywhere, simply by making a
shallow trench of the desired width
and filling it with stone, and that the
surface of a stone road needs to be
“protected” from wear by covering it
with loose screenings, sod, earth, or
any old stuff that is handy iu hot
weather.
To those erroneous notions are due
many failures to get durability and
satisfaction from attempts at road
building. The importance of drain
age is not fully appreciated in most
sections, but it is at the bottom of
successful road construction, and
neither permanence nor economy is
possible if it is not amply provided
for. A wet spot must be thoroughly
drained before a road is carried over
it, or it will always bo wet, at least iu
the wet season, no matter what else is
done to it. Water under a road bed
is as fatal to the life of the road as
water in a man's lungs is fatal to his
existence.
The not uncommon practice of allow
ing a roadway to be lower than its
sides makes it little better than a mere
drain, for water settles on the sur
face, quickly softens it and prepares
it to be cut up by every passing
vehicle. A raised and crowned road
bed which will shed water readily is
essential. A dry base with a slightly
arched cover of stone, capable of
shedding the rain, is requisite for a
dry, permanent structure. only
The stone roadway is not tc
serve as a roof for the natural base
beneath, but is to take the wenr of
traffic, and not to be covered with
other material as a “protection” to it.
In places where earth is used for
“binding" purposes, and little regular
attention is paid to the roads and
sprinkling is not done in dry weather,
the road surface breaks up rapidly
under the influence of the sun. It is
then that it has heaped upon it, to
“protect” it, quantities of fine screen
ings, or earth and stones, and some
times even clay and so., from the gut
ters. The result is a poor road, foi
mouths, unworthy of the name
“macadam.”
If complete drainage is secured at
the outset, the road crowned and sys
tematically cared for, with sprinkling
in dry weather, aud is thoroughly
rolled’as laid, without the ubb of clay
to bind it, it will perform its functions
satisfactorily and prove a valuable in
vestment of lasting worth.— L. A. W.
Bulletin.
Fftruaev* Can Make Good Road*.
John Gilinor Speed, writing on
“How to Have Good Country Roads,”
in the Ladies' Home Jonrnal, pro
proses “that iu each county there bo
founded a Road Improvemeut Asso
ciation, which shall have a one or two
days’ meeting in the autumn of each
year. To tho membership and to the
meetings all the farmers should be in
vited, whilo all those iu the country
acting as road overseers, 01 road su
pervisors, should be urged especially
to attend. At these meetings special,
definite,, practical instruction should
be given iu maintaining and repairing
dirt roads. Competent men to give
such instruction can he secured svith
out cost to such societies, for the
United States Department of Agricul
ture has a Road bureau, and this bur
eau will always supply a competent iu
struetor to tell the people juBt exactly
what they need, aud how to do tho
work as it should be done.” Mr.
Speed also urges that school childron
be interested in the work aud taught
the rudiments of road-building and
road-keeping.
Added SU200 to Its Value.
In a paper read before tho Mans
field (Ohio) Lyceum by Mr. G. A.
Clugstou, he tells of a farmer who was
bitterly opposed to improving the
pike before his farm. When the work
was deoided upon, ho endeavored to
sell his eighty acres for $2000, intend
ing to move West, but no one wanted
a farm oil the, then, mud road. He
paul his first instalment , . aud tip ueioro
the second one was due had sold
enough wood and timber, which he
could not sell befoie, to pay one-lhitd
of his assessment, and he had refused
an offer of £1000 for his farm, This
rise in valtto of £1500, less his assess
ment, showed a net profit to him of
£1200 brought by a good road.
To Make Rotter Roads Possible*
The electors of Arkansas will vote
at the next general olection, on an
amendment to the State constitution
designed to provide for local option in
road improvements. If the electors iu
any county vote in favor of a public
road tax at the general election for
State and county officers, then the
county court shall have power to levy,
in addition to the county tax, an
amount not exceeding three mills on
the dollar on all taxable property as a
“County Road Tax,” to bo used ex
clusively for building and repairing
roads and bridges of the county.
Noles of the Crusade.
A stone or iron bridge is the best
and cheapest in the end.
A sample half-mile of good roads Is
about to be constructed on the Fork
and nun Kimrsville Kingsville road loan, in in Baltimore liaiumoie
County, Maryland.
The scries of practical articles on
“The Value of Good Roads and How
bo Make Thera,” lately contributed to
the press by D. F. Magee, of Lan
caster, Penn., are about to appear in
pamphlet form. They contain much
valuable matter.
It is proposed in North Carolina
that narrow tires be taxed on heavy
vehicles, one-and-a-quarter inch to
f pav * $4.00 auunaliv, ,**’.- and the amount to
be decreased , down to five-mob, which ,
should pay fifty cents, while six-inch
and wider ones would not be taxed
at- all.
State Highway Commissioner Me
Donald, of Connecticut, says that tho
roads now being built or improved iu
that State are very satisfactory, aud
he predicts that in a few years the
State will have a system of highways
quite up to the standard of New
Jersey’s, which, he says, is the finest
in tbe United States.
Woman's nerotsm.
From the Register-0aiette. Rockfori, IS.
During the civil warnearly as much hero
ism was shown by the women ot our nation
as by tho brave soldiers, Many ft woman,
weeping for her dead son, bound up tho
wounds of his suffering comrades, rejohUng
renewed
v/'V ' stren g t h,
« even whilo
.4* •j -orrowlng
iortheone
- who was
' gone. At
.hi that time
.^7*7 »»"■** was laid
* tS*-" the foun
— elation for
** the world
On the Battlefield. lamed or
ganlzatlon known ns the Woman’s Belief
Corp-, whoso aid to the soldier of lo-day,
llghllug against the world fora living, Is no
less notable than tho heroism of tho early
'60’s. members of the
One of tho most earnost
corps at Byron, Ill., is Mrs. James Ilouse
weart, but illness once put a stop to her
active work. A year or so ago, when she
was nearing fllty years of nge, the time
when women must be most euroful of their
strongth, Mrs. Houseweart was taken
seriously 111. The family physician told
her that she had roached a critical careful. period
of her life, and must be very
His proscriptions and treatment did not
benefit her, and other treatment proved un
availing. Williams’ Pink Pills for X’ale
< At last Dr. with
People were brought to her notioo,
indlsnutable evidence that they were help
lul In cases such as hers,auu \V , th renewed
hopo sho tried tho remedy. Last March
she took the first box o( tho pills, which
gave much relief. She was determined to
bo cured, and kept on with the medicine,
until now eight boxes have been consumed,
and she feels like a new woman.
Mrs. Houseweart said: ‘‘I have taken
only eight boxes, hut I have been improv
ing slnee I took the firstdo.se. I do not
believe I could have lived without the
pills. They certainly have don® me more
good than euy physician or any medicine I
have ever tried.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold In boxes
(never in loose bulk) at 50 cents hnd a
or six boxos (or £2.50, and may he
all druggists, or threat by mail from Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Co., Soucneetady, N.
ile Shed His Clothes.
“Among the few letters I have re
ceived from my son,” said a proud
father whose offspring was on board
the Indiana during the destruction of
Ccrvora’s fleet, “is one which contains
an amusing story of one of the Indi
ana's executive officers. The officer
In question is well known all through
the navy for his fastidiousness regard
ing apparel, and even on beard his
vessel is always the best-dressed man.
He considers it his imperative duty to
appear just so on every occasion,
“My son writes that when the fight
began everybody had on most of his
clothes, the officers generally being in
proper uniform. My boy started in
with a full accompaniment of cap,
shirts, coat, pants and shoes, but says
that before the hour and a half was
over he had slied everything except his
trousers. The heat was, of course, in
tense and tho main cause of the boy's
throwing off all unnecessary gar
ments. It has been his duty to carry
messages several times from the com
manding officer on the bridge to the
rear of the vessel, where our dandy
officer was stationed, and when the
fight began he was fully uniformed.
On the second trip hack the officer was
seen to be the only person in sight with
a coa t on liis back, but (lie perspira
tion was rolling down his cheeks and
dropping off in black beads aud his
f aco was besmeared aud almost un
recognizable.
“.Inst before the last shot was fired
, nv sou svag g e nt to find the executive
officer to deliver to him a message
from t he bridge, He hurried to the
dcck andi iu c i ol ,ds of black smoke,
endeavored to locate the lieutenant.
looked in vain, however, and finally
stepped up to a man who at first ap
p ea red to be clothed in pajamas, and
m y soll was j lis t about to inquire for
fl,. s t officer when the smoke cleared
away a little, revealing our fastidious
but brave executive officer dressed in
his nightgown, with his sword strap
ped around liis waist, and a pistol
stuck in his belt.”—^Washington Post.
First of the Month.
Smith—How are you, old man?
Brown—Poorly, poorly.
Smith—What’s the matter?
Brown (pointing to a pilo of duns)—
Can’t you see? I’m suffering from a
bad bill-ious attack.
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Yonr Lift Away,
To quit tobacco easily and forerer.bemag
»etlc. tall ot life, nerve and vl B or, take No-To
Bac. tho wonder-worker, tiiat makes weak men
strong. All druggists,50cor fi. Curcguaraa
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Uerncdy Co , Clncago or New York.
The tbe blank loaves nt ilie beginning and end
or book of life are its best page-.
Deafite** Cannot 15© Cured
by local applications, of an they cannot reach the
diseased portion the ear. There is only one
way lloiial to cur© deafii< Bs and that is by constitu
remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flam**d condition of the mucous lining of tho
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafnead is the remit and unless tho inflam
mation can bo taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, Nino hearing will bo de
stroyed forever. cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nching but an in
flamed condition of tho mucous pur faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
on of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by nail’s Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, freo.
F. J. CnsNBT & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist*, 75c.
HftlYs Family Pills are tbo best.
Julius Hines & Fon, the well-known deal
ers in furniture. carnets, etc., of Baltimore,
Mil., have issued their new catalogues, which
are now ready for del very, and will bo sent
tree for the asking. The furniture catalogue
contains 160 pages, and is replete with cverv
thi ntr uoc ess/iry to make home comfortable
and beautiful. Everything is faithfully illus
ily trated, though so that purchases can be made before as e-as
as the goods were you.
Prices are such as have made this house fa
thisconntrv. mous throughout the length and breadth is reallv of
The carpet catalogue
easily sn<l satisfactorily sole-tea. Designs
’ r ’ ru ' nri ' ors are faithfully shown, the whole
tiling making a v.-lnnMo work of nrt. In both
catalogues are testimonials from satisfied
rS^;fl^4r^U^^ honesty, of -» ii-h am- h<m,- ini»ht SSni ' well ,,nceof he
Mrs. WinsloAvV, Soothing Syrup for childr©a
teeth iu '.softens tho Kiims roJucAS inflamni
tlon,allays pftin,'jiir©3 wind colic. 2i:. a bottle.
I believe PisoVCure for Consumption saved
! my hoy’s life last,summer.- AFvs. Allte Doug
lass, Lc Roy. M ch., Oct. ?0. l8Jt.
Love is skin-deep, but self-love clasps the
bone.
_ To Cure _ „ Constipation Forever.
Xakn c , m r«, .c.«hara- io, or 35-.
if C. C. C. (all to cure, (lru-^lst. refund mnev.
A liberates us for a mom-at and en
slaves us forex ©r.
DON’T SB FOOLED
iBfo hujiag a “clap-trap.' - “maku-shin'' butrgr.on which
tip prcfiis »rc Jamie. Try a’ BO- K HILL.” “A Little
iu Itu.- —” so Itnl ughcr you can’t afford
th- zisk. Sue >ce t>ur aguut in your town, lit* will sell
5 at lowest ar ta. If uot write us. We’ii «« that you
5 ireated r
ROCK KILL EUCCY CO., Rc.k Hill, S. C. »
Heart Rain • Tdtirnph Line.
The bears of northern Maine com
bine a great love for the crab apples
which are grown in that region with
Ignorance of the appliances of mod
ern civilization. When a telegraph
company started to put up poles In
the woods between Ashland and Fort
Kent, the simple-minded bears began
to sniff at the tall sticks with suspi
cion, evidently mistaking them for
some new form of deadfall that was
erected for the special purpose of kill
ing bears. They stayed away from
the camps of the workmen all the time
the route was getting surveyed and
while the poles were going up, refus
ing to respond to the luring odors of
scorched fat pork and burnt molasses.
But when the glass Insulators were
screwed to the long arms of the poles,
every Bear In northern Aroostook
came out to watch the progress of the
work.
Although the superintendent of the
Jo-b pronounced the lino completed and
ready for service a month ago, the
company has been unable to procure
the transmission of messages through
the long strip of woods above Ash
land. A double force of linemen is
kept at work all the time, but In spite
of their labors, the insulators are
pulled off and broken so often that no
communication can be kept up for
three hours In succession.
The company hired detectives
offered large rewards for the capture
of malicious men caught injuring the
insulators, As this proved useless,
the detectives finally went into the
woods and found the whole line
swarming with bears that climbed the
poles and bit off the insulators faster
than the linemen could renew them.
The only way the telegraph men can
account for this perverted taste on the
part of the bears Is that the animals
believe that the insulators are their
favorite crab apples, aud will not be
convinced of tlieir error until they
have gone aloft and made actual proof.
The telegraph lines will apparently be
able to do no business until every
bear in Aroostook county has thus sat
isfied itself.—New York Sun.
Refused His Pay as a Soldier.
One of the most remarkable incidents
of volunteer army life was experienced
by one of the paymasters at Miami,
Fla., recently. A member of the Sec
ond Alabama regiment absolutely re
fused to accept Ids pay, amounting to
$35. He said that he had entered the
service purely through patriotism, and
did not want any compensation. This
being the first ease of the kind, the
paymaster had no precedent to guide
him. After some thought he drew a
red line through the nahie, indicating
that the sum had not been paid.
Should the soldier ever need his pay,
the Government stands ready to settle
the account. _____
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Casearets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities banish from the bolls, body, blotches, begin blackheads, to-day to
and that pimptus, sickly bilious complexion by taking
Casearets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
A Spanish pesetais now equivalent to about
15 cents in gold.
Lyon it ToN “Pick Leaf ” Smoking Tobacco
does not make every mouth as sweet as a rose,
but comes “mighty nigh’ 1 -docs give every
one a most delightful funoke. Try it.
Every German regiment has a chiropodist
in its ranks.
[(3 ■*!* V
A
MS 4lITI
klAW : v ,
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of ail other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. Iu order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name, of
the Company —
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cit!.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. Y.
IJ Motherhood
f “HIS event in the life of a wo
a man is looked forward to with
a feeling akin to horror—not
because the little one is not
welcome, but because the mother
dreads tho direful consequences
tc herself. Those long hours
3 r 0 agonizing her improper like a hideous labor delivery, stand nightmare. followed out before An by
child-bed fever, may end the scene
in a few short days, leaving the
little one motherless. But there
VC? is another side to the picture. If
women who are expecting to be
come mothers will commence the
use of the great female tonic,
CESSTLFS FEMALE F. p.)—- PANACEA, 9
regularly as directed a few weeks before confinement, and continue
its use until the organs are restored to their normal condition, the
lio-jrs of labor will be shortened, the pain lessened, and recovery
complete. miid If there Jtseph’s is any costiveness, Regulator. move the bowels gently with
doses of St. Liver
SOLD AT DKU0 3T0SHS. L. OEB3TLK 4 CO., Proprs., CHATTAX000A. TSXS
Your attention, *' damt
Yon see her eejfto specimens » Cjinblnatton taken from
Bookcase. T hoy are
(roods to make home comfortable and home
beautiful ever gat ten together by mortal mao.
TbIf Couch,
*3 dear feet lady,It in-
5 11
ches 8 long, inches 2
feet
yiUte, beauti
mr a lEgrcTE7 nnDi.sa%a- ful tered *y uphols- in im*
§10, we don’t know our business.
And this combinallon book- ■Wiil 'Cfi
case and writing r’esk is made of
quarter ished Mahogany, sawed oat or with birch, beveled fin- mm 1 ®
plate mirror. 12 inches x 10 in- m ■i
ches, 66 inches high 87 In
ches wide, polished §8 '. ** * ea P;®**®* *
and tue price, -
a must remember our trade extends
You world. Kota State or 7**1^*J
around the what hoa
in this country but prices which none
loads of cur goods at those neigh
can equal. If you inquire among your
x c c„“j3#s
have our 10-colored Ulho*r#phed Cornel Cat
alogue, which shown designs and colors *s
nerfectlv as though home' you had the carpet on the
floor o( your Both these catalogues
are yours for the asking, , and you will know
more e about such things after reading it care
fully. Address (exactly as below)
JULIUS HINES * SON,
Dept, 3 01. Baltimore, Wd.
Biliousness
without them. I have used them for some time
for indigestion and biliousness and am now com
pletely cured. Recommend them, to every one.
Once tried, you will never be without them in
the family.” Epw. A. MAitx, Albany, N. Y.
TRADE MARS RtOIRTflWO^^^^
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do
Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10c, 25c, 5Go,
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Sterling Humpdy Company, Chicago, Montreal, K York. 881
YELLOW FEVER
PREVENTED "
TAKING
“Our Native Herbs”
THE GREAT
Blood Purifier, Kidney and Liver Regulator.
200 DAYS’ TREATMENT, $1.00.
Containing a Registered Guarantee.
By mail, postage paid. 32-nage Book and
Testimonials, FKFE. Sold only by Agents for
THE ALONZO 0.BLISS CD.,Washington,D.O.
vZ3 ru iNdEcJroi^
|^|oSTpERFECT goiLEaFEEDf|n (jp V M ETP ft pOUCED.
Y
And very LOW PRICES. Large stock. Also
PIPE, VALVES and FITTINGS. EN
GINES, BOI LERS,MILES and REPAIRS.
Lombard Iron AUGUSTA. Works GA. & Supply Co,,
Howdy do! Have you
used St. Andrew’s Cold
Tea? Greatest on earth.
For sale by dealers. To get
tree sample package send
2v. stamp to Andrews Mfg.
Co-, Bristol, Tenn.
131G MONEY
la Fuey STRAWBERRIES
r F° r gardener or field grower.
m 1®*^ Our freo publications make It. tell
55%. how to
Largest in Stock Standard Strawberry Plant* ietfcs
the World. var
Fanry $1. Varieties Super Delivered 1,000. Free
Anywhere.
ft [COrniEJTlL PL15T CO.,
i f Strawberry Speciality, k
Bos 72 , IUTTBELL, N. 0.'
/8^ 1 1 BWIS
’( B fl g drillir.K wells for house,
farm, City and Village
Sains Water Works, Plants. Facto- Brew
ries, ice
1 cries, Irrigation, Coal and
Mineral Prospecting, Oil and
y Gas, etc. Latest and Best. 30
J f years WHAT experience. YOU WANT. WI1ITK US
LOOMIS & NYMAN, Tiffin, Ohio.
Send for catalogue of
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE
and see what is beins done to edneato women
on a curriculum equal to best malo collozes
in tho beautiful capital of South Carolina.
Modern appointments. Able Faculty of Spec
ialists. Terms low. Opens Sep-. 23.
•TOXIN A, RICE, A. HI., B. Pres.
PATENTS- lnstn-Icimilfl.VOW'LES &
Procured on cash, or easy 2i>7 Broad N. Y.
BUR*8, latent Af tor Leys, v:ay,
tbl*
Fla
DROPSYSSS, S'nd book of testimonials and 10 ffivr*S mt
Cfisos. 'or dtiyx’
treatment F r ee. Dr g H GR EEN’S BOSS, Atlanta,'fla.
wanted—O we of bad health that B I 1*-A N 8
\ V will not benefct. Send b cts. to liipans Chemical
Go., NewYork, for 10 samples and 10t‘0 testimonials.
If afflicted with ) i Thompson's Eye Water
sore eyes, use
m HFUUors. ANU 93-37