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M«P! I tk 1 >4 0 4 r_- m SkaM' . w. 5 111^ THE EXCEUENCE 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 Syrup 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 all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken¬ ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. 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To those doctors, who went up and down the country in every kind of wind and weather, faithful, patient, and true, Ayer’s Sarsa¬ parilla owes its first success. Today any doctor of repute who prescribes any Sarsaparilla prescribes Ayers. We have thousands of testimonials from doctors all over this land that it is the one safe Sarsaparilla, and the doctors know what it is, because we have been giving the formula of it to them for over half a century. This is why Ayeks is "the leader of them all,” not because of much advertising nor because of what we put around the bottle, but because of what is in the bottle. It is the one safe spring medicine for you. "4 4 * A 4 ■4 7 i B 9 t mnnemaeiipy m m - s 5 : The nnglluhrean's experience. He xvns an American citizen, and a bit vainglorious, arid he was talking to an Englishman, who bad a wit of his own, despite reports to the contrary, ?T^to2^^SS #l subject of conversation!), and the Yan¬ kee fairly bulged out with pride. ‘‘I am a free American, I am,” be said, slapping his manly bosom, though there was no especial occasion for such a demonstration. “I fancy not,” responded the English¬ man in a tone that sounded as if ho knew what he was talking about. The l'ankee resented it with ness and dispatch. “I’d like to know, sir, why I am not?” he exclaimed, with the color of wrath rising to his face. “Von are married, aren’t you?” “Yes.” “And to an American?” "Yes.” “Well, that settles it in my mind, I’ve got an American woman for a wlf« myself.” The Yankee smiled, stuck out MS hand and said be thought it was about time for them to organize an Anglo- American alliance not entirely fpr com¬ mercial purposes.—Washington Star. Montreal’s Famous bridge. Victoria Bridge, over the St. Law- rence, at Montreal, is one of the fa- mous bridges of the world. It is 0,520 feet long. It is a tubular bridge, and was completed in 1800, after six years’ labor on its construction, at a cost of $7,000,000. The bridge has 25 spans, the middle one being 330 feet, and each of the others 242 feet long. All its iron work was made in England. ! Don’t Tobnrco Spit and Smoko Tear Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag¬ netic, full of life, nerve and vicor, take No-To- Bao, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50e or $1. Cureguaran- < ! teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York, i At Jasper. Go., a cow poked her tongue through a crack in the partition between her *tall and that where the horses were confined and one of the horses bit her tongue off. : To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU Druggists r efund money if it Tails to cure. 35c. According to the Publishers* Circular, 6,008 new books were published 1807. last The year de¬ in England—336 fewer than in crease is almost entirely ip. the class of novels and juvenile works. Educate Your Bowels Witt* Cascaret** C y ^'c'c'c'V U1 °° n MJ Z5c 4 (1 At. refund money The Wheeling Steel and Iron Co. granted its employes from 8 to 15 per cent, increase. CASTLES OE ENGLAND. Picturesque 4 eights r , , , a land g , in Falling Into Decoy. The castle moat, that ancient means of defence, Si, famed in song and story, is now scarcely more than a memory in all the broad lands of the queen’s domains, Britain to the other, and scarce see more of a moat than an empty ditch around the castle, In nineteen out of twenty instances even the ditch lias been filled up, and not a trace of the moat can be found. There are just eight castles and manor housed in the entire United Kingdom around which is still to be found the inoat filled with water, and to which access can only be had by means of a venerable drawbridge. The nearest of these to London is Tgtham House, in Warwickshire. Not quite an hour’s ride by train from Lon¬ don brings one to Igtham Station. From here it is a four-mile drive to the baronial house. The road Is splen- didly kept, and is bordered by thick woods from almost the very door of the station until Ivy Thatch is reach- ad, a charming little cottage boasting an age of nearly three hundred years, [t is at the head of a steep, winding, green lane, which brings one to the wall surrounding the garden. This wall j S 0 j> comparatively recent (late, having been built during the latter part of the eighteenth century. The garden is quaint, curious and reminding one very u *ucn 01 f garueu p- ar< j en w wiui jth which wmeu Scott ow surrounds Tully-Veolan, with its trees and bushes clipped in fantastic shapes. A short walk over the tan bark path and one is at the moat, fully 40 feet wide, With ... its green water „. 0 i ny shimni'Ll *.v,i™vwor ing in the sunshine like an emerald of somewhat pale hue, out of -which rise the massive walls Of the castle, fu „ y 500 years ol(b A bridge, solidly built, leads directly into the tower surmounted gateway. It is a beautiful picture of the ex- terior of a typical mansion of the four¬ teenth century. Before us loom gray walls, covered in patches with dark green ivy, carved and fretted gateways, dark red roofs, quaint doorways, and leaden lattice windows filled with stained glass. The distinguishing features of the interior are the baronial hall, and the private chapel. The hall is fully 100 feet long, with a ceiling supported by huge cross beams of oak. The walls, paneled with oak, are dec¬ orated at intervals with pieces of ar- mar. What mem- ories of mediaeval days such a hall revives! Days when the hall was filled by hundreds of rough knights and their ladies, and great tables groan¬ ed under the good cheer provided for them. Over in Sussex stands all that is left of Bodiam Cas¬ tle, still surround¬ ed by the stagnant moat. Built by Sir Edward Belyu- judge, in 1386, it has been changed, and what remains of it is a perfect specimen of the architec¬ ture of that period. The outer walls and keep are still in a fair state of preservation, but the balance of tbe structure is nothing but a complete ruin, In one corner of the moat are to be seen two- stone columns. Tradi- tion has it. that these were spanned by a crossbeam of wood, surmounted with rows of iron spikes, and that the first lords of the castle hurled male- factors from the castle walls at this point, impaling them on the spikes set in the wood. In fair Cambridgeshire is the moat¬ ed castle of Cburlelinge, built by Ed¬ ward I. in the twelfth century. It is a noble pile, built in the form of a rect- angle. Here Roger Bacon, the monk philosopher, spent many of his declin¬ ing days, and here, in 1578, came Queen Elizabeth, to visit for three days. Hanham Hall, Huntingdonshire has with its circular moat. It is an ugly structure. It is no longer inhabited, but is kept in good repair by its own¬ ers who are doubtless proud of the fact that it was the residence of the Princess Elizabeth during the reign of Queen Mary'. The only moated castle that now re¬ mains to be mentioned is Great Tarry- ley, in Surrey, The first structure erected on the site of the present castle was a hunting lodge built by King John about 1200. About sixty- years later the lodge was destroyed by fire, and another and larger structure was subsequently erected. In 1380, for some unknown reason, the castle was besieged by peasants, and, after the capitulation of its little garrison, was entirely destroyed. For nearly two centuries no further attempts were made to build on the spot, but in 1582 the present structure was erected, and enjoyed, at that time, the reputation of being the most magnificent in all England. Its outer wails are built en¬ tirely of huge pieces of timber. It is a splendid specimen of the architecture of the time of Queen Elizabeth. Nearly all of these castles and manor houses arc in the hands of im¬ poverished families, and an American millionaire looking for an English home', rich in historical associations and unque, even in a land of castles, in the possession of a moat, could ob¬ tain any one of them at a bargain price. WHY SHE KEEPS YOUNG. Gives a Fo»w Ilinta to the Failed Friends. “Everyone has to do some disagree¬ able things in this world,” said the pink-cheeked woman of 40 to the woman of 25, w'hose complexion looked like a bit of faded gray crash, “But there are always two ways of doing disagreeable things and the choice rests with the person who has to do them.” The faded young woman looked puzzled and the wrinkle deepened between her eyes, says the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser. ‘‘You and I illustrate the two ways of performing unpleas¬ ant duties,” continued the pink-cheek¬ ed matron. “If I go to bed early it is because I want to keep young and healthy and good-looking as long as possible, or because I am tired or be- cause my book is dull or for some other purely selfish reason. If you were tired to death you would stay up if you thought ally one needed your society or you ought to finish your embroidery or you ought to send letters to China. If you wanted to do any of these things I wouldn’t object, but you don’t. It is the staying up he-' cause you feel it your duty to do so that is making you old before your time.” The faded woman of 25 sighed and the cheery woman of 40 went on: “You give big parties because you think it your duty to entertain and make your house pleasant for your husband’s friends. You always look like a ghost at the feast and have a nervous headache for a week after¬ ward. You look forward with dread to a big dinner, but you give one every two weeks. I give parties, too, but not for conscience sake. I enjoy them. I never gave a formal dinner in my life and my only reason for not doing V rl tJ ;fi \ -c: iTJ ffia.lft pf U-m iA *3 @1 8S m H 32* gjk | sbq * ~ , & ?iite L' ' N mv, ■r-j ■a; I m m r;: —' Si •=-L 1 r.': pH 1 c 2 1-2 pfeisl pus 4 Em®” Sf! A S -2=5 RSSala- BODIAM CASTLE WITH ITS ANCIENT MOAT. so is that I don’t like them. Of course I cannot escape unpleasantnesses, but I take them as lightly as possible. ■ It wasn’t very enlivening to have to nurse an old third cousin who called on me one day and was taken down with the grip. But I waited on her day and night because I wanted her to get well and go home. You would have don» the same thing, even for a stranger, hut not for any selfish, ma¬ terial motive—simply because you would hail it as a duty. When I stand for two hours to have a gown fitted I do it of my own free will. In order to have the gown I would willingly stand two hours more. No such vain courage buoys you up. You dress be-, cause your means and position and family demand it. I tell you there is a great difference in how you take things, my dear. The point of view is everything, and the right one, which is the wrong one, I suppose, does one’s complexion so much good.” MUST MARRY. Or Feast a Whole Legislature on Succu¬ lent Oysters. The way of the bachelor in Dela¬ ware political circles is a thorny one. In the present legislature there is one member of the house, Hon. William F. King by name, from Sussex county, who is a bachelor and a prosperous merchant. Mr. King is about 35 years old. He wears a beard, neatly trimmed m the latest style, and there is prob¬ ably no better dressed man in the house. He attends strictly to his own business and that of his district. Even the pretty young women of Dover, who have also learned of Mr. King’s single state, have been unable to make an impression upon him. In order that all the members of the house should enjoy wedded bliss, Representa¬ tive Donahoe of Wilmington, the Democratic leader of the house, arose to a point of persona! privilege a few days ago. He said that he regretted to learn that one of the members of the house was traveling through the world alone, and he desired to have the following resolution read: ‘‘That Hon. William F. King, member of the house of representatives froiji the Fifth representative district of Sussex county, he, und he is hereby, ordered to have himself united in the bonds of matrimony within the next thirty days ensiling. Or else he shall be fined an orstdr supper for the members of the house of representatives of the pres¬ ent general assembly. The lady of his choice must be under six feet three and must not weigh over 300 pounds.” The resolution was passed without a dissenting voice. It begins to look as if the members would enjoy the oyster supper, In fact! it is whispered that Dr. O’Day has already been instructed to look out for some of the finest oysters that he can secure, Mr. King has received a number of letters from forlorn maidens in neighboring states who want to link their fortunes with his. He keeps these letters locked in his desk, but says that some day he will show them, A Baltimore young woman wrote re¬ cently, inclosing a bow of blue rib¬ bon. Several widows are also report¬ ed to have implored the legislator to surrender to Cupid. Some inclose pho¬ tographs. Matrimonial journals have also been sent to Mr. King, and re¬ quests for his photograph have been received. One New York woman wants to be married in the hall of the legislature, and says that if Mr. King consents she will throw in an oyster supper “to boot.” Some choice litera- j ture, such as the “Ways of Cupid” and i the “Marble Heart,” have also been forwarded to him, but if any -of the women have succeeded in making an 1 impression upon the legislator, his fel- i low members cannot find it out. . ) IN COLD WATER. ! i Annual Cliristmas nan<licap of London ; Serpentine Swimmers. I Long before most of us were out of bed on Saturday morning, December 24th a shivering band of swimmers stood ruefully surveying the , ice-eoa . at . _ , v,. ‘ v, + -u Q , r e louio , usually hold their annual Chris m a s handicap. Ice, as a m e, is a i matter to those indomitable spirits, but it is a more seiioas impediment where racing is concerned. So, for the first time in thirty-four years the whole lifetime of the club, in fact the course was reversed, the race be- ing started from the east instead of the west, thus insuring a stretch of water free from obstruction. Previ¬ ously the winner had always finished at a flag post in the water; this time he had to reach the shore, where the winning flag was held. At 7 o’clock in the morning at this time of year is not a popular hour to turn out for open-air entertainment, and there was not a big crowd present; the fact that the race was held a day earlier than usual, too, probably took a certain number of would-be onlookers by sur¬ prise. The race itself resulted in a somew’hat easy win for E. Harrison, a Cambridge university freshman, who was given a start of 29 seconds. A Pass from Sarah Bernhardt. A London bookseller tells this story: "One time Sarah Bernhardt visited my shop. I showed her every attention, and she seemed pleased, As she was going out she took hold of my pencil and asked me something in French which I did not understand. Seeing that I had failed to catch her meaning, she looked about on the counters, then, quick as a flash, she took up a volume of one of the very best sets of Scott, bound in tree calf, opened it at the very center, wrote something quickly, calmly tore out the leaf, handed it to me, smiled and went out.” The as¬ tounded bookseller looked at the leaf and discovered that Sarah had written a pass for two to her performances that evening. Russla’g Large Standing Army. Russia possesses the largest standing army on earth. Every year some 280,- Ouu conscripts join the Russian forces, which in time of peace number 1,000,- 000 men. On a war footing this rises to 2,500;000, and calling out the present reserves would increase it to 6,947,000 well-trained soldiers, Should neces- sity arise the militia would he called out, bringing the czar’s forces up to 9,000,000 men. Don’t think the woman who poses as a man-hater can't be induced to change her name. AMBUSHED! Startling’ News From Apia. AMERICAN A NR BRIT¬ ISH MARINES SLAIN. Ambush Occurred On a German Plantation-Victims’ Heads Were Severed—Excite¬ ment In Washing¬ ton and Lon¬ don. Dispatches received at Auckland,N. Z., Tuesday from Apia, Samoa, dated April 1, say that a party of 105 Amer- can and British sailors were forced j- 0 re treat to the beach after having been caughtin ambugh on a German plantation on that date. The expedition was led by Lieuten- ant A. H. Freeman, of the British third-class cruiser Tauranga. Lieutenant Freeman and Lieutenant Lansdale, of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, and Ensign J. B. Mon- ahau, of the United -States cruiser Philadelphia, were left dead on the field. Ensign Monahan remained to ass i K f Lieutenant Lansdale and was ^ Two in British retiring. and two American • sail- ° r8 ™ re ?. lso killed. The natives engaged were some of Mataafa’s warriors, about 800 in mim- They , everf , d tVle hf;ads of tbe British and American officers wlio were k jn e d. l J r jests of the French mission after- ward brougllt the heads into Apia, The mana g er 0 f the German planta- tion has been arrested and detained on board the Tauranga, on affidavits declaring that he was seen urging the rebels to tight. Mataafa’s loss was forty killed and a number wounded, these being carried off the field by the rsbels when they retired. In a previous engagement Mataafa lost twenty-seven killed while the Europeans escaped without in¬ jury. Washington Excited. With the ambush and massacre of English and American marines the war clouds seem to be gathering once more about Washington. There were hurried conferences at the white house Wednesday, and every one who saw the president admitted that the situation is most grave. Rep¬ resentative Hull, chairman of the mil¬ itary committee, said on leaving the white house: “It means retracting or war—notliing more or less.” The arrest and detention by the British uaval officials of a German subject is one of the most dangerous features of the controversy. The News In London. A cablegram from London, says: The dispatches to the Associated Press from Apia, Samoa, via Auckland, New Zealand, were the only news received of the treacherous attack made by the Mataafans upon the American and British naval forces. They created considerable sensation in official circles and among the gen¬ eral public. The newspapers sent out large plac¬ ards printed with such startling state¬ ments as “British and American forces routed,” “German treachery,” etc,, etc. “The heroic conduct of Ensign Mon¬ ahan, of the United States cruiser Phil¬ adelphia, particularly appeals to the public. received The British admiralty has a dispatch from Captain Stuart, the se¬ nior British naval officer in Samoan waters, giving the news of the death of Lieutenant Freeman, of the British cruiser Tauragan, in “an engagement with the rebels. ” Beyond this no fur¬ ther details were received. EVIDENCE FROM BOOKS. Contention In Quay Trial Is Decided By the Judge. When court opened for the third day of the trial of ex-Uuited States Senator Quay in Philadelphia there were indications on all sides that the crucial point in the whole proceedings and been reached, namely, the. qr.es lion of the admission of Ihe books of :be bank as evidence, and especi¬ ally those documents found in die private desk of Cashier Hop- ■;in«. It was ruled that the books ould lie produced by the prosecution. STREET PREACHERS ARRESTED. Atlanta Baptist Ministers Protest Against Mayor’s Action. The Baptist ministers of Atlanta, Ga., at their regular Monday morning meeting of the city pa stors, introduced . resolutions condemning the action of Mayor Woodward in ordering the ar¬ rest of the street preachers Sunday, declaring the civil authorities have no right to interfere with religious teach¬ ers and preachers when they do not interfere with the rigts of others.