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I Weak Backs strengthened c . Bv (\ci .n}€Yl6 BdUdcnna IT - LA TK> ' TOUCHES FT the r-iifT* lr • / SPOT 1 I: I —.— MINDERCORNS The only rare Ctre for Corn* Stop* all pain. Mateo walking —y. 15c. at DruygiM*. PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Clearths and beautifies the hair Promote* a luxuriant growth. Nover Fails to Reatore Gray IS2<£'4> war! Hair to its Youthful Color, i I *> - Cure* scalp di«eav* & hair &'c, and 11.00 at Drugging T f you or bar® Inclination, Painful ills or lability of any kind use PARkER’? GINGER TONIC Many who »-re hops less afiti disc uuraKedhavv regained health by its u*e. • <• ’ . . ~ ~ - ■ - - . C’hl 'Hc.'-.trr'* Knxilfu* D!atucji-’< Brand. I SSili’i.OVkL FILLS E> Orlglanl asd Only Gernfne. A. Wy* sme, always reliable, uao-ls ask XS\ H Drugaiat fin- Chichester 9 Knahek Dia- fa'-i/.?' brand in Red and G<>id metallic * ■•’Wlcd with blue ribbon. Tube Vy •iM ulher. .>>«« dangerous tubstUue V i *- AiHunt and imitation*. A t Drapgiai*. or pend 4c. W 2/ i < *tafljpt f r particulars, t< stimonkU aud “ Belief for Lad lea,?’ in letter, by return ir Me’.L 10,000 TrstlmootaU. Name Paper. Chick cater Chemical Co., Mad U«»n Square, . gUd by aU Local Druciist*. I’hiladau. i &■ cream y balm CATARRH la quickly ab sorbed. Cleanses Ril V\w the Nasal Passa- C(/p7rCOLDI ges, Allays Pain ■„■ and Innammn- 4R> £ R >J| protests tlic UrA Membrane from EJ S /3M ~ Cold. Restores the Senses of UdRBR mB „„..„a It „m COLD^HEA|) A particle is applied directly into (he nostrils, is agreeable. 60 cents at Druggists or by mail; sam ples 10c. by mail. ELY BI.OTHERS, 66 Warren Street, New York. A BOON TQ HUMANITY! CUSHMAN’S MENTHOL INHALER Greatest Discovery of l!>lh Ciliary. Cures all troubles of the iW CATARRH, HEADACHE, Wfrm jfz? ft, NEURALGIA, LaGRIPPE. ISKKK" & \\ Wil I PIIPC You. First In- vUliL halation plops !Li*f Sneezing, Snuffing >4 /'N£<>yo Coughing, Headache. fejwsSg S J 3 Continued,use effects <@gSl / A yv SURE cu RE y 9/ It has no equal for COLDS,SoreThroat f \A \ Hay Fever, Bron- • I \lXa V chitia, La GRIPPE. ■ ' 'W x ' y - The most Refreshing ' VNLtfl&Sl'k a*" l Healthful aid to t> It fadache Sufferers. ’ ' Brings Sleep to the Sleepless. Cures Ln*° m nta Nervous Prostration. KMJMtSED UY finsKIAHS t.Vh w ’. WHI.RE. J. LENNOX BROWNE, E. R. C. 8. Ed. r-eiilor Surgeon to th* Central London Throat and E*r Hospital. “The vspor of Menthol •hecki In a : tanner hardly let* than marvelwui, acute Cohh tn th* * bead. For all forma of nasal diseases, enuring cMUrnclion to th* natural bre.vhway, I prescribe CL’SIIM AN’S MEN’IIIOL I Mill.l-11 to the extent of hundreds per annum.” DR. BROWNE also says: “Always carry the Ingenious MEN THOL IMI.iL’jCR known is (TXtIMAN’S, which should be used not only on the ir«t approach, hut three of four times a day during an epidemic, and always in cold catching weather by tbeie subject to lUCI 1117117* f OR* J- W SAI.ISBDRT. S,distinguished II LiUjall tM ■ physician of New York, i.kid ■ “ Inhaled M» - «l<»»inictive tc ’ffe O f the Influenia bacilli.’’ A—ftSSSSJF*W < I> 7Tsrr’rTie and gar Ihnwi' reed no othe. aimranct f my g<Mxl opinioi • I • ,a y h‘ at ‘ con»ta«»tl} u»ing and Don’t be fooled with worthless imitations. Taj;e only < i Mi ll AN’S. P-dee. Sue. at all Druggist s, or mailed postpaid on receipt of price V>*iit* for book on Menthol ai d U-stimoLiala. AGENTS WANTED Addr»si Cashman Drug Co.. \iactnnea, Ind., or 324 Dearborn St, CLicagd Softens the Hands. Go and get a 25c. box of ( iiahnuin'a Slenthol Biilm end keep it in the house. It Is the safest reiuetiyand surest for Cuts, Burns. Bruises, Scalds, Cbnppec Hands. Sores, or any skin eruptions. It is quick to relieve pain and inflammation. ForFvrm ere cracked bands it is a Wonderful cure. Largest box o*o ntuient on the market. * Cured His Mother. Mo., July 28. 18*.V>.—Y’otir Menthol Bal te cured mother's bands. She has had no trou ble wltt her hands since I got her the box. .My mother is happy and doing all her own work again. She was not able to do any work for three years op recount of heriiands. Your Balm has cureM them, thank ;rou ierjr much. Roy RAUAiI It Acts Like a Charm. Salem. Ala . April 6.18112 —1 have used your Men thol Ji xltn on some old bad sores, and on two or tb ■eecaies of itch and other eruptions: thepatient.s •ay it “r ets like a charm.'’ Please send four boxes Bnhu. ] Intend to encourage the use of your prepa rations because they do act sure enough “like a Charm. ’ I). VV. FLOYD. M. I?. If you cannot get It of your druggist send 25c. for one box by mail. Sold by all leading druggistfli Cushman Drug Co., Vincennes, Indiana. J Teak Inv. *“ . ' Eyes! iKTCHSIX’S - HYE-SALVE A Certain Safe a -.i Sfiectiva ?eme<!; tor SORE. WEAK em’iNHAMEB EYES, J P»-«>ifn«*i»'7 f.ns.- ’-*}»>/A/r fi;; -ss. anti Bt'ntorinff tJti' cf Che ohl. Cnn s TeTr Props, Granulation, Stye Juniors, Ksd Eye'. JHattedJiye L&sbes, AND PTJODVCTNC- QUICS RELIEF AND V jiU>uXNENr CURE. ‘ Als<k evjns.ty cfyrn<t*o<»s»"whrn nseA. Svs otbvi'm. .ia.lior. -:u; : .■>"« I'lrers, FfetrCS" Sore?.. 'l'.inttrs, St>?i Kisewtn. U-irnH. Pile*, oi w tiered er ».»u e-xtsis MITt'UEI.IZS S.UIK may bit n.etl 1 atlvn riiope. S3LO EY V. 03US0' c »AT 23 CESTS. 50 YEARS’ experience. v Ja W B s i H * ■ ■ sS k S 1 : RADE MARKS* designs, COPYRIGHTS 4c. An?" One sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain, free, whether an invention is probiw patentable. Communications strictly contktential. Oldest agency for securing patents in America. We have a Washington office. Patents taken through Munn i Co. receive special notice in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, bMaUfalbr mustrated. lanrest circulation of S?L ,<! ’ ent, ?£lC urlla ? - week! Y. terms*3.oo a year; fl-cv six monte ~ specimen copies and H akts B<x>:£ OX I aTknts sent free. Address MUNN A CO., 361 Broadway, New York. Ki pans Taouies cure dizziness. Ripans Tabules cure headache. Ripans Tabules cure flatulence. Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia. Ripans Tabules assist digestion. Ripans Tabules cure bad breath. THUS THEY WEDDED. Colorado Charlie and Sophia Blossom Mads Man and Wife. I went into the little New Mexi can village just as dusk was deep ening into night- As the stage with its jaded team rolled into the outskirts of the place I at once no ticed something unusual was going on. Cowboys gotten up iii their fanciest togs rode by us on gdly caparisoned bronchos, galloping gaily to the merrily jingling of the huge spurs on their riders’ heels Men and women on foot, evident ly of the “society” element of the town, walked alongside the road, all going in the same direc tion. Presently we passed the lit’le adobe church, which was brilliant ly lighted, and, as I could see through the small windows pro fusely, if not artistically, decorated with evergreens and clean white cloth inside. “What’s up?” I ventured to ask the driver, who had not spoke a word for the last twenty-seven miles. “Weddin,” he replied, laconi •cally, and gave the horses a vicious cut with the whip which started them into a trot. I said no more and in a few mo ments we drew up at the door of the “hotel,” another low, rambling adobe, whose front rose squarely up from the street. The landlord was at the door,- and welc med me with a grunted “good evening, sir.” I went into the house and, laying aside my wraps and seeing my grip safely set behind ihe little office countei 1 and cigar stand, was led by a frow sy lad of 10 to the rear of the house, where I found water, soap and towel. After washing the in evitable desert grit out of my eyes, ears and nostrils and from my face and hands, I walked out to supper, which was announced at that junc ture. The meal was clean and well prepared by the landlord’s wife, who did her owh cooking, and I was in the proper condition to enjoy it, which I proceeded to do. “You are goin’ to the weddin,’ J. s’p'-se,” remarked my hostess as she poured my second cup of cof fee. “I don’t know,” I said, “who is to be married?” “Colorado Charlie’s the man and Sophy Bh ssom, a Texas gal, is the woman,” said. “They’re the spry est couple in this part o’New Mex ico, an’ ever’body knows ’em. He’s killed two men an’ a sheriff an’ come clear afore a jury ’cause they knowed ’im, and she’s run off with ’im an’ the new preacher is to splice ’em.” “They must be an interesting couple,” I remarked, “I think I shall go.” Having finished supperl walked into the front room, paid fifteen cents for a five cent cigar, lit it and strolled up the street. When I reached the church it was filled with cowboys, Mexicans, fine peo ple and coarse people, large and small, all busy talking and guying each other, smoking and waiting for “the fan to begin.” Presently there was the sound of horses’ feet at the door, a half a minute of silence, then two big burly fellows in Mexican sombre os, whom I afterwards learned were the ushers, elbowed their way in and by main force cleared a pas-j sage from the door to the altar, be- 1 hind which the dapper young preacher, who had entered from the rear, took his place. The groom could be seen peeping in at the ’back door anxiously. Every head was turned toward the front door as the tramp of the . bridal party was heard entering, i First came the ushers, who had re i turned to the door after clearing i the aisle. The spurs rattled on 1 the rough floor as the stalwart fel i lows stalked in stately manner . through the room, and after the}’ : were past my station I noticed the ' big bump under the coat of each, made by the indispensable six shooter. Then came the groom’s attendants, bigfine looking fellows with long hair aud fierce mous- taches, waxed for the occasion. But one of these wore his spurs. The other was with ut them, but made up the difference with a “laundered” shirt aud standing collar. Both carried “guns” .of regulation size. The bridesmaid followed, each chewing her gum vigorously and looking her sweetest, one in pink and the other in white, with bou quets of wild flowers in their hands. The bride followed, alone, looking superb —Tier complexion fair, her hair thick, long and brown, dark, fiery eyes aud smtll firm mouth. She walked with the stately confidence of a western wo man, born and raised in an atmos phere of independence, where every one looks out for himself or her self, as the case may be. The groom meanwhile entered and met the bride at the altar, where he saluted her with a kiss, vigorously applied to her lips. “Colorado Charlie” was not so large a man as either of his atten dants, hut was a muscular and firmly knit fellow, with a cool, gray eye, cold, thin lips, and jet black short hair. He was not a vicious looking man, but certainly impressed the beholder as a lion in disguise for courage and resolu tion. There was withal some thing about him to compel admi ration. The minister, who was shaking from head to foot, commanded the contracting parties to join hands, which they did. Turning to the audience he said : “If there be any present who would forbid that this man and woman be joined in holy matrimo ny, let him now speak, or forever after hold his peace.” The groom and attendants pulled their six-shooters. The minister almost fainted. The bride looked at him curiously for a moment, then burst into a hearty laugh. “The tenderfoot’s skeered,” she said. “For God’s sake, gentlemen, put up your weapons,” he pleaded.” ”“oh, it’s all right,” said the groom, assuringly, “wo just wanted to git a glimpse of tht galoot that was goin’ to forbid this perseedin’ to perseed.” “You bet we did, parson,” re marked the principal attendant, who stood beside him. “Sophia Blossom,” began the minister solemnly, “do you take th**t man whom you hold by the hand to be your lawfully wedded h u ” “Ee-yaw,yaw-yaw,” broke in the voice of the omnipressent burro as he put his head in at a broken window and failed to reach the dried grasses on the hat of a wo man sitting inside and unconsci ous of his presence. The woman started at the warm breath on the back of her neck and another wo man in the next row turned and leaned back to see “what was the row.” At this moment there was a flash, a roar like a cannon, a shower of feathers in the air, sud denly silence and the burro sank back out of the window a carcass. The feathers came from the dried jaybird on the hat of the woman, in the front seat, who came in range just as the usher pulled the trigger. After a little good natured “joshing” about the good shot and the accident to the hat, for which | the groom promised to pay, the I ceremony went on without further accident or incident worthy of mention to its completion, the crowd gathered r und the happy pair and wished them the pisu..! long life, happiness and prosperi ■ ty, and the peop e dispersed. “ColoradoCharlie”and his l?ride came to the hotel to spend the night before going to his ranch, a thirty-five mile horseback ride i awav, and I was fortunate enough | to receive an introduction and be came pretty well acquainted with both and was agreeably surprised to find how much real refinement is sometimes hidden under the I rough and unconventional exterior of the cowboy of the plains and the woman who shares his rough 1 lot with then l - D. F. I’. HE DIED DECENTLY But Ha Wouldn’t Consent to Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil Until He Was Prepared. The Sunday Republic. For weeks and weeks Tom Shep- I pard had been a sick man at our mining camp at Black Bear Valley. Everybody felt soiry for him, and yet a man in a mining camp was a 'great inconvenience and a burden. : One day Judge Watkins went up i to see him, and after finding him i no better and no worse than he : had been for many weeks, he said : “Tom, I don’t want'to seem cold hearted about this thing, but the . boys are beginning to wonder why i you don’t die or get well.” “Yes, reckon they are,” replied Tom, “and you can tell ’em I’m goin’ to die.” “Do you feel it’s fur the best, I Tom?” “I do. I ain’t got much to live fur and might as well peg out now as any other time. I’ve been wait in’ fur a week or two.” “Waitin’! Fur what?” “Fur to die decently. I’m no lord or duke, but I want things fixed up in good shape. I want to be washed up, shaved, hov my ha’r cut and git into some decent duds, and I won’t die till I do.” The Judge told the boys what was required, and that afternoon two or three of ’em knocked off work and fixed Tom up. A shirt was borrowed of one, a coat of an other; a vest of another, and by and by the sick man was rigged out in the best the camp afforded, When all this had been done, he said: “Now, then, I feel more like dy in’, but there’s one more thing I want. I want Joo Billings to come up with his fiddle and play me a few tunes.” “But Joe’s mighty busy today,” protested one of the men. “Can’t help that. He either comes up, or I don’t die. I’m go in’ out of this camp in decent shape er hang right on fur the next three months!” Joe was sent for, and after con siderable kicking he got his fiddle and wont up to Tom’s shanty. Tom was propped up in bed and waiting and Joe sat down and gave the “Old Oaken Bucket,” “Old Fol ,r s at Home,” “Nellie Gray,” and a half dozen other well-known airs. He had been playing for an hour, his eyes on the hills opposite, Judge Watkins looked in aud said : “Cut it off, Joe —Tom’s dead !” And so he was, and when the boys came in and observed the placid and contented look on his face they were agreed that he had died decern ly and been given a fair start on his way. M. QUAD. How to Cure a Severe Cold. A few weeks ago the editor was taken with a very severe cold that caused him to be in a most misera ble condition. It was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe and recog nizing it as dangerous he took im mediate steps to bring about speedy cure. From the advertise ment of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and the many good recom mendations included therein, we concluded to make a first trial of the medicine. To say that it was satisfactory in its results, is put ting it very mildly, indeed. It acted like magic and the result was a speedy and permanent cure. — The Banner of Liberty, Liberty town, Maryland. The 25 an& 50 cent sizes for sale by H. 11. Arring < ton. The world is not so much in need of better preaching as it is of bet ter practice. There are three kinds of liars in the wor d ; one lies to please his : hearers, one lies to amuse himself I and the other lies because he’s ; ‘’built that way.” Biivklen’s Arnica Salve. Ihe Best Salve in the world for ’ Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter ! Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns ; and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles or no pay re quired It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re > funded. Price 25cents per box. ’ for saje by H. H. Arrington. Slept in the Hen Coop. “Papa, is Mrs. Bigelow very poor?” “No, Cedric, Mrs. Bigelow is well off; dont you know what a nice house she has?” “But she sleeps in a hen coop, papa.” “Why, Cedric!” “She said she did.” “What do you mean?” “Don’t you remember when she was here to dinner night before last she excused herself, and said she must go home early because she went to bed with the chickens?” —Harper's Round Table. Don't worry about your health. Keep your blood pure by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and you need not fear the grip, colds, bronchitis pneumonia or typhoid fever. Hood’s Pills are the favorite family cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate. The National Recorder is author ity for the statement that there is a rupture of an engagement be tween a young man and a young woman because the latter insisted on wearing motto buttons. With the motto button breaking up en gagements, the suspender button breaking up marriages, and the collar button doing business all the year around, iPs about time for we men folks to begin wearing hooks and eyes. THROWS WATSON OVER. Says the Contest For Black’s Seat Is Too Much. Raleigh, N. C., December 16. Senator Butler’s paper today con tained the following editorial: “And now it is announced that Hon. Thomas E. Watson will con test the seat of Black, from the tenth Georgia district. We have strained ourselves right much to be loyal to Watson since his nom ination for the vice presidency, but our strength is now exhausted and we give up the job of loyalty to him.” A Sudden Death. On Nov. 24th, Claudia Ellis, aged three years and eleven months, died very unexpectedly. He was bright and playful as usual — seemingly hearty and well, but be tween 11 and 12 o’clock the older boy called the mother to find Claud gasping and ready to fall in the yard. In a few minutes he breathed no more. All efforts to revive him had no effect. The physician arrived only to find him dead. T- H. Ellis was at his work in Trion when he received the message,“Come at once, your baby is in a manner dead.” At once he came aud found the baby boy asleep in death. The pet of the home had suddenly left for the “Home Beyond the Skies.” A grea ter shock never came to a devoted father and mother. The father looked upon the lifeless body and said, “Goodbye my dear one, the I Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.” This affliction rests heav ily upon the hearts of these par ents and seem harder than they can Bear. They ask for the pray ers of the Christian people. F. Scales. Tired mothers find help in Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which gives them pure blood, a good appetite and new and needed STRENGTH. The report of the state dispen sary of South Carolina for the eleven months ending November 30, show that the total number of drinks sold during that time is 26.881,280. That would amount to an average of twenty-five drinks each to every man, woman and child in the state. A pretty good average with Christmas still nearly two weeks off. Several months ago parties de siring to locate a colony purchased 10,000 acres of land from J. R- Menrae, nine miles southeast of ' Abbeyville, lying on either side of the Abbeyville and Waycross rail road at Forest Glen. The com pany expects to settle the colony with thrifty farmers from the northwest this winter. MEMORIES OF A LIFE. Stories That Seem to Support the Theory of Reincarnation. “I have a number of friends who have a shadowy recollection of a previous existence upon the earth,” said a theosophist, supporting the doctrine of reincarnation. “You doubtless have also had experiences with an indefinable va gue remembrance of something, or somebody came to you, which puz zled you and made you say, “I'm sure I’ve seen that before.’ Yit you may know positively that as far as this present existence is concerned it was impossible for you to have received even an idea of the place or person. I have of ten met people with whom I be came intimate at first sight. It seems as I have often told them that I had known them for years. It was only the other evening that I met a lady from San Francisco whose face had been in my mind for years. As soon as wo mot there seemed to be something that drew us together. Wo were as old friends. “The most remarkable instance I ever heard is that of the daugh ter of Isaac Fulton. Twelve years ago he resided in Effingham coun ty, Ills. While there he buried a daughter named Maria, who was taken away just as she was budding into womanhood. About a year later he rem >vod to Dakota, where he still resides. About three years after his daughter’s death he was blessed with another little girl, who was christened Nellie, it being the favorite name of his wife. When the little one became old e nough to talk, she persisted in call ing herself Maria. She became quite angry when told her name was Nelie. She said the nameb - longed to her, as her parents used to call her Maria. A matter of business took Mr. Fulton back to Effiingbatn county, and for compa ny he took Nellie along. The father was surprised at the intui tive knowledge the girl had of the place. She not only recognized the old home, but many people she had never seen whom the first daughter had been acquainted with. About a mile from the home was a schoolhouse where Maria had gone to school. Little Nellie had never seen the place, yet she gave an ac curate description of it to her fa ther and expressed a strong desire to visit it. Accordingly her father took her out to the schoolhouse. As soon as she was inside she marched straight up to the desk her sister had occupied and said, ‘This is mine.’ In telling the sto ry Mr. Fulton said that it seemed as if the dead had come back from the grave, but her mother would not have it so. She says, if that is true, she had but one child, and God gave her two.” —Pittsburg Dispatch. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed when the languid, exhausted feeling prevails when the liver is torpid and slug gish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fe vers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poi son. Headache, Indigestion, Con stipation, Dizziness yield to Elec tric Bitters. 50c and SIOO per bottle at H 11. Arrington’s Drug Store." Crisp Elected. Americus, Ga., Dec , 16. —Chas. R. today elected to con gress from the third district to fi 1 the unexpired term of the late Judge Crisp. There was no opposition, but de spite this he was given a handsome vote. George W. Walker, stone con tractor at Lithonia, has just re ceived a telegraphic order for 5 000 granite blocks to no used in street paving at Memphis. The entire amount has been quarried and loaded on cars ready for move ment. For the transportation of this material, thirty-five freight cars, with a capacity of thirty tons per car, is required.