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Is the season o? hopo ?nd o? promise. It tells of coining days of sunshine, and of returning life and boauty. But there aro thousands of pooplo who will And no pleasuro in the re turn of spring because c: suffering, due to Impure Blood which ls tho cause of untold misery. They will And rolief in Hood's Sorsnparllla, be causo this great medicine has power to make puro blood and thus prevent and cure dis ease. Hood's Sarsaparilla renews the wasted vital forces, creates an appotito and builds up tho strength. Bo suro to got Hood's Sarsaparilla Often fiad relief in Hood's Sarsaparil la, because, being the great blood purifier, Hood's Sarsaparilla cures many forms of disease. Following is a striking illustration of this fact : " I was induced to try Hood's Sarsaparilla for stomuch troublo and catarrh. I felt a chango after taking tho flret bettie. Each bottlo following mado a dcoidou improve ment. Thc almost total deafness in ono car, tho buzxing, roaring sounds in tho head and tho stuffed up feoling went away. I raised lees and was more hearty at my mool?. Good sleep followed my day's work and I am en tirely froe from any symptoms of the trouble. My mothor has taken Hood's Sarsaparilla with benefit, and my father, who had tumor in hisstomach, has been helped so much that ho ls able to ba about and do light chores. A neighbor who was conilned to lils bed with Eoisoned blood, has ulsu been cured by it." . D. B. SKAIIL, West Hartland, Connecticut. Hood's Sarsaparilla ts the Only True Blood Purifier This is why it cures oven whon all other medicines fail. Insist upon Hood's. 'e DH*'* nct harmoniously with D OT I ?5 S Hood's Saraparilla. Sic. The Greatest Hedical Discovery of the Age. Medical Discovery, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in ono of our oommon pasture woeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. Ho bas tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He hos now in his possession over tTfo hunjlrod c?rtjj^_^ oS?!?ffB?vS735!Tn within tweniy miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from th? first bottle, and a perfect euro is warranted whon tho right quantity is taken. When the lungs ire affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them ; tho 6nmo with the Liver or Bowels. This ?3 cousod by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking iL Bead tho label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever nocessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of lu Dose, ono tablespoonful in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. <o SCHOOL or SHORTHAND Tile Bett and Cheapest Buninn.?! College In An-rlci. Four Penmen. TimouUort. Catalogue free. Xddrrasl Sullivan & (richi LUI, Pryor St., AS&aJKA, Qa.} WALTER BAKER & CO. The Largest .Manufacturers o? PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On thia Continent, hare received HIGHEST AWARDS from tho great ?s?ial and EXPOSITIONS t'nllkc thc Dutch 1'roccM, no Alka pies or other Chemical, or ])?M ara u?ed in ?nv of their preparation?. Their dcllclou? BREAKFAST COCOA I? absolutely pure and soluble, and cost, less than one cent a cup. 60LD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER 6 GO. DORCHESTER, MASS. CONFIDENCES. Tes, Jennie, I have noticed it, J would not speak of it at all Were it not for the fact That I know a remedy. I had the same experience. Every now and then. And always ot a time Most inopportune, One of th os: little pimple-like blotches W.ould appear on my face And annoy me Beyond expression. I haven't had one for six months now. I h av? a talisman That protects mc. 1 got ft at the drug; store. You have seen thc advertisement 2 am pretty sure. Ripans ? Tabules Ia the name-three dozen In a box! Swallow one after dinner. Or just beforo bed tine. About once a week a -xi You will be anno-'ed .io more. But moro beautiful I If you Would believe that risible. UMBACH'S PATENT HARROW A Light. Durable Marrow, with Sie*l Teeth, in resell of alt Lo? in price. ?nrl doe* the work. Here is Maaethhsg thu will ?ve sou Nt and labor. It fits on any common Iron . >t Plow Stock. Run it over your Cotton and rom justis it iv Scorning np lt will |iiilv?ri/e the .oil ul kill "ie first crop of ,jr.-iss. It make. c|ioppi-.|i easier ?ml qnScker. Every delighted n. Aifilress ..'?j . Pi SO\S^COT:E" FOR 'fr' " o CUHES WHERE Ali ELSE FAILS Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use io tiuia Sold by dread!ts. Si ?(?0N S UM PT ION ^ Odd Word) Are Wanted. Wanted-"Words, words, words." Only they must be qnaint, curions o? unique. They are wanted by the Amer ican Dialect Society, whose New York branch held a meeting yesterday after noon for the purpose of letting ita warjts be known. So, if you happen to know of any cunoue verbal speci mens, send them to the society at once. The English Dialect Society IE just about to publish a dictionary con gaing all the known dialects spoken on British soil. It is the ambition of the American to do the same for the dia lects of this country. The value of such a complication is threefold. It will, firstly, preserve that which gives any language its variety and scope. [ Secondly, it will give one an opportu nity to perceive for himself how lan guage is made, how words conform themselves to the needs and habits ol living and iuvironment-dinlect being tho di roc: result of life upon language, whilo its final test is but another proof that tho fittest survives. Thirdly, dia lect study binds together different and widely separated sections of country, giving thom a clearer knowledge of each other. There is a possible fourth advantage. It is that all dialect stories of whatever locality be taken care of by tho Dialect society, rathor than in flicted upon a long-suffering public. - New York Evening Hun. How We are Known in England. Tho cablegrams announce that Col onel Cody, who will bc remembered in London, has been returned as mayor of Nebraska. No better selection could havo been made. Colonel Cody was tho friend of a mon named Boone, who discovered Kontucky in 18G9. After marrying thc granddaughter of a distinguished gentleman known as Sitting Bull Frog, Cody was twice governor of Chicago, and at one timo was mayor of tho Arkansas legislature He also served in tho Confedcrato army under Ben Butler, who so gal lantly defended New Orleaus against General Longstreet. The province of Detroit rowarded him for h?6 military services by sending him to congress, where he introduced a bill for the re lief of the citizens of Buffalo. It wus iu this that ho got hiB name, "Buffalo Bill." While Mr. Cody has a largo ranch in St. Louis, he finds time for literature and writes for tho Atlantic Monthly, a newspaper edited by Mark Twain and Unelo Thomas Cabin, a gentleman who made fume by his ne gro dialect sketches.-London Qlobc. Clothes Made of Peat. Underwear is now made in Paris of peat. This sounds like a joke, but there is nothing of the Munchausen order about it. It has been known for some time that peat has certain anti' septio qualities. A dead body which was buried in peat for over a century was found in a state of perfect preser vation. Peat is used in the northern countries of Europe for surgical band ages, and the favorable results obtain ed by tho Russian surgeons with peat bandages have induced tho French army department to use it in the French hospitals. It has also bern found that peat fibers in combination with other material possess wonderful absorbing properties. This has lcd Dr. Rasurel to uso peat fibers for tho making of underwear in the place of flannel. The now material has proven very effective, absorbing perspiration and rapidly drying. Dr. Rasurel calls -hjj^fabjjj^^^real hydraulio pump," and ^pronounces "TlMfl excellent pre ventive of colds. The t?tw_Jextile is already largely used in France.""" - A Puzzler. In Maine a nnmber of years agc lived a couple ; the .wife a good woman, but not very brilliant in intellect. The husband had been very intemperate, but had reformed, although at timee his appearance suggested that the re formation was not a complete one. One day the worthy woman called upon a neighbor, and during tho con versation anxiously asked her "if she could tell her how long tho odor ot whiskey remained after a man left ofl drinking, for her husband signed the pledged two years beforo and hie brt-ath still smelled of liquor !"-Life. The Baker Got Mad. Mother-Take this money to thc ba ker's. It's to pay for last month'n bread, and don't forgot you are to ask him for a receipt. Little Son-Yes; mum; I'll remem ber. Mother (half an hour later)-Well? Little Son-Ho got angry. Mother-What? Little Son-I gave him tho money, and when I told him you wanted to know how he made his bread, he said that was bis business. Thc Dinner Reil Sounds but a mockery to the dyspeptic. Ile bears lt, of cour.-e. but lils rtomach docs not respond to the rall. Ho "coes tliroiiRh the motions" and suffers afterwards for the smnll amount of victuals he partakesof. Hostet tar's Stomach Bitters alters his condition into one of ability to eat plentifully, digest heartily, and assimilate tnorouirhly. Malaria, rheu matism, constipation and biliousness are con quered by this world-famo 1 medicine. Th* value of a good mother can never be estimated._ When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup- of Figs, a? it act9 most pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50 cents and $1 bottles by all loading druggists Hi-ia'a. the product, of a tree in Sumatra, ia becoming a rival of India rubber. Pr. Kilmer's SWAMP - ROOT euro? all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. Carriages propelled by electricity derived from a storage battery aro common in Berlin. Chlongo, III. From personal knowledge, having used lt myself and m my family, and from the en thusiastic commendation of numerous cus tomer-, 1 have no heaitincy In pronounclrg Totterine to bo nnmoasurably superior to any rom vi y known to rn? for skin d?scolos, and I have tried all the well known one*. I write this, the only testimonial 1 have cvor given to a remedy, brcause I am deeply improssod with tho extraordinary merits of Te'terine. C. H. McConnell. Mngr. Economical Drug Co., 12C Clark St. Sent by mail for 60c. in stamps. J. T. Shuptrin?, Savannah. Ga. Notice. I WANT every man and w oman in the United Stat?? interested in the Opium and Whi-ky habits to have mv Itook on thee discas-s. Address B. M. Woolley. Atlanta, (ia., Box381, and one will be sent you free. Hall's Catarrh Cure i> a liquid and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and rail' ous surfaces nf the system. Send for testimonial4, free. Sold by Druggists. 75c. F. J. CHUNKY * Co., Props., Toledo, 0. A Ilrislit Rye is I lie sign of Rood health and an alert mind. straiiK" that it should almost always depend mi the state of the dilation, but it does. A Ri pa ns Tabu e taken a ter meal* gives tb" .iitlo artificial help most crown peop'e need. Mr*. Win-dow'sSoothini; Syrup for children teeth Inc, -oft ens the i;ums, rodn ?<:* in (lam nu i ion. allays pain, cures wind colic. 23 \ a bottle lean n commend Pi-o's Cure for Consump tion to differers from Asthma.- E. P. TOWN SESP, ft. Howard. Wis.. Miv4, 04. If afflicted wit h sore eyes use Ur. Isaac Thomp. son's By e- wa ter .Draggletn sp 11 at Wc per bottle. OPPORTUNITY. Pivo mo tho hour for doing this or that Ono hour among all hours that fato mighi choose And I will do it; wo may gain or loso, Riso nobly or beat blindly like tho bat, Sink in tho miro or climb an Ararat. Livo with strong hearts, or let our oouragc ooze A9 coward soldiers do, and thus ref uso To grasp tho goal which wo are aiming at. Man and his opportunity aro ono Failure or triumph lies deep sown in this And ho that stoops to crawl wneu ho migh run T.obs his own soul of a perennial bliss, And, faltering in soino pathway to the sun ?\Veep for tho hope that ho has chanced t< miss. -G. E. Montgomery, tn New York Herald. Miss Stratton's Portrait. BY SUSAN AJ?CHER WEISS. T'3 of no nee, Delphine," said Miss Stratton, tam ing round from thc glass before whicL sho had been crimp ing her dyed frizzes -"no nae what ever 1 I'll neva give my consent tc your throwing yourself away upon u man who can't earn enouoh to support himself, much less a family I" "But, aunt, ho is clever, and wjil get a good practico in timo." "In time!" repeated Miss Stratton, contemptuously. "Yes, ia about twenty years or so, perhaps. Aud, meanwhile, what do you and he pro pose to live on ?" "Tho-the money that grandma loft me would help us to begin with," said Delphine, timidly. "Fivo thousand dollars! How far would that go ? And besides, you f or^ get that it was left to you only con ditionally. I should be false to the trust reposed in me," said Miss Strat ton, erecting her thin form with an air of moral dignity, "ii I gave my consent to your wedding yourself to a j lifo of poverty, and tho wretchedness which poverty always ontails. You can marry George Irving if you chooso -:mind, I don't say that I forbid it but with my consent, no hard-earned money of my deceased mother 6hall ever go i tito the pockets of an Irving." In tho Inst sentence Miss Stratton betrayed herself. The high, moral tono vanished be fore the self-interested motive, which was the real basis of her persistent opposition to Dclphino's marriage. ?ho had not forgotten that young Doctor Irving's father had jilted her in her youth and married her bosom friend Mary Lane ; nor that this course had been brought about by Doctor Irving's Aunt Dorothea, who had been her special rival from their very baby hood, and who had warned her favor ite brother that ho would not bo happy with Millicent Stratton as his wife. As to tho doctor himself-who had as yet barely become accustomed to his now professional title-it was true that he was very poor, but Delphine had been right ir. eaying that he was clever, and would probably wia a good practice. And if-thc girl often thought wist fully-if only she could bring him that five thousand dollars to begiu with-to 6ot up a horse and buggy, for iastauce, and rent that desirably located, brand-now office-how mach it might do for him, and how happy they might be ! And it all rested upon a word from Aunt Millicent, which she refj^aetrti sneak. " Sosr^?e^pTosaid that that was t very unjust condition of old Maclan Stratton's will, by which the fiv< thousand dollars was to be hers onl] upon tho express stipulation that she did not marry against her ann fe con seut The young folks, ono and all, pro nonnced it "horrid" and "cruel,' though there were some among tho el ders who remembered how the ole lady herself had made a most unbap py marriage, against tho will of hei family; and how her favorite daugh ter, Delphine's mother, had followec her examplo and been equally wretched. And, as she expressed her belie! that such things "rau ia familios,' sho had ia Delphine's instance guard od against a similar rccurreuco bj making it a condition that her grand daughter should marry with the fal] consent and approval of her shrewd, sharp and scrupulously correct Aun1 Millicent, who had boca always vari severo iu condemuatioa of hur eistor'i imprudent match. Miss Stratton loved monoy, anc though very unwilling that tho fiv< thousand dollars should go to the var ious charities to which it had beer bequeathed in case of Delphine's for feituro of it, she would, in her owr heart, rather havo seou it cast inte tho ocean than iu any way benefiting thc son of John Irving and Mary Lane, and tho nephew of Dorothea Irving, who had recently averred that, despite Millicent's airs, nono of the Strattons could hold ? candle to tho Irvings. Delphine's eyes were full of tears as ?he reported to her lover the conver sation with her aunt, and that lady'* declared unalterable decision ia re gard to her marriage. He tried to sootho her. "Let the money go !" he said, impa tiently. "It is a comfort to think that sho cannot forbid our marriage, though 6ho may keep us apart foi awhile. But wo aro young and can af ford to wait-can't we, darling?" "I will wait for you all my lifo, George, if it is necessary," said Del phine, trustingly. Yet, though they both tried to look choerful, their hearts sank at the thought of tho slow-rolling weeks and months, and years perhaps, in which thoy must livo apart, scarcely mooting except by accident, since Miss Strat ton objected to her nioco's receiving the doctor's visits at her own house. It was about this timo that a sensa tion was created by the arrival of an artist-no third or fourth-rate profes sor, but a genuine artist, with a name and a famo-who, having come hither for his health, allowed it to ho under stood that ho would condescend to thc light rocrcatiou of painting a few por traits of tho aristocracy ; and the aris tocracy, for thc most part cager to so euro this proof of their being such, hastened at once to secure his ser vices. Among tho first to call upon Mr. Blender was Miss Stratton. To-he-sure, his charges were enor mous-quite ruinous, indeed-but, then, as Mrs. Goldsby, tho former jeweler's wife, superciliously re marked, there was "the same differ ence in high and low art as in real and imitation diamonds. If ouu would havo tho genuine, ono must expect to pay accordingly ; and everybody knew what incredible prices were paid foi oil paiutings nowadays." And Mrs, Oldhorough, who had nc diamonds, but boasted of pedigree, c served that "of course it was nee L sary for every old family to keep its family portrait gallery." So s meant to have her own likeness tak and hung beside that of her grar father, the judge. } It required a long time for M: Stratton to consider in what style s would have her portrait taken. Finally she deoided upon a fa length figure in thc midst of a garde the face shaded and softened by a pi . parasol, and her hands full of roses, t This woud serve to display h height and tho dignity of her curriag and also allow of considerable picti , esqueness in her dress, falling grac ) fully about. She gave the artist several sitting and being then assured that ho cou complete the portrait with the assit anco of a photograph left with him f the purpose, she waited in pleased a ticipation of tho result. On th? day appointed by Mr. Ble der, Miss Stratton repairod to tl I studio, and tho completed portrait w . unveiled before her eyes. , She surveyed it for eomo momen t in silence. "You don't call this a likeness?" si , at length demanded, very abruptly. "An cxcollent likeness, madam," r . turned Mr. Blender, composedly. ! "But-but"-surveying it first fro . one side and then another-"it lool ! ten years older than it should do. Ai it's too thin-and sallow. And tl smile is not at all Uko mc. I'm sm tho corners of my mouth don't tai np like that. Why, it's a positb smirk ! No one would ever iinagii that it was intended for me." "I beg your pardon, madam, bat have faithfully represented both tl featuro and expression, and consid< tho coloring unusually good and tn: to naturel" said Mr. Blender, polit ly, bat firmly. "It's a perfect fright!" 6?vid Mi Stratton. Mr. Blender shrugged his shonlJor in a deprecating manner, and th lady's face becamo very rod. "You promised mo a good likenes: sir," sho said, "for which I agreed t pay you one hundred dollars Mr. Blender bowed. "I do not consider thi3 a likene: at all. It must bo altered." "To alter it would bc to destroy th likeness." "Yon decline to mako any changi such as I might suggest?" Mr. Blender replied that he was nc accustomed to paint portraits aftc tho suggestions of tho sitter, but at cording to his own judgment: that h allowed none but perfect likenesses t go forth from his hand und under h name, though ho made a point of add ing whatever softening touches coul bo judiciously introduced. Ho ha done so in this instance. Miss Stratton glared at him indig nantly. Hero was insult added to ir jury. "All that I have to say is, that I d not consider tho picturo a likencst and must declino to take it," sho said resolutely. "Do you mean, madam, that yo declino to pay for it?" "Certainly, sir! I cannot bo es ; pected to throw uway a huudrod dol i lars on a caricature such as this 1" sh replied, indignantly. Mr. Blender then proposed to rofo the question of the likeness to on; person whom sho might select ; am Miss Stratton immediately sont across tho street for tho grocer and his wift with whom sho had dealt for a sooro o years. "Now, Mr. Green," said she, a soon as thoy entered, "just loon a this pictnre airir'wHr u?t"'tt"i daiaflft fTeverliave imagined that it was intent ed for me?" i Mr. Green smiled with a recognis ! ing smile, but receiving an admon 3 tory nudgo from his wife, looked so - cain and doubtful, and shook his beac 3 "Lor' I" said Mrs. Green. "Wh^ . you don't iacaa to say. Miss Strattoi as it was ever intended for you?" "Mr. Blender calls it a likeness, > said Miss Stratton, with sarcastic bi . ter ness, "and expects mc to pay on I hundred dollars for it n3 such. I cal . ita caricature. Look at the smirli r and the head thrown back, and th . long nose and hard, black eyes, wit I no 6hado about them. No, Mi T Blender, I will not tako this picture You have heard what these good pee f plo say, and I am certuiu that m ' most intimate friends would not rec . ognizc it." r "Very good, madam 1" said Mi . Blonder, with icrcat politeness. "Yoi [ aro perfectly sure that no ono wouh recognize tho portrait as your own? I "Perfectly." i "I am satisfied," said tho artist s stepping back and bowing, as tho lady followed by tho grocer and his wift I passed out. ; And when tho door was closed o: . them ho saiilod to himself iu a vcr t peculiar aud significant manner. Somo days after this, Miss Stratto: l was passing down thc main street , when her attention was attracted by i , group of paasers-by, who had stoppci I in front of a fashionable book store Glancing at the window, her foot j steps were instantly arrested, and shu j stood still, breathless with surprist and dismay. , There wds her portrait-tho identi . cal portrait which she had pronoanooc j a caricaturo-only that whilo tho fig . uro remained intact, the rest of th picture had undergone a co'mplet metamorphosis. Tho garden was changed to a sunn; glade in a wood ; tho fountain in thi background had given placo to a gips^ , tent, and boforo tho thin, smirking befrizzlcd figuro in laco and volve stood a beautiful, dark-eyed young girl, in simple, graceful gipsy costume , intently studying tho palm of tk< lady's hand, whilo two roguish facet peeped at them from behind a treo. Tho picture was labeled, "Tolling Past Fortune. " "Why, it's tho image of Miss Milli '. cent Strutton !" said one and anothei of tho beholders. "Did you ever se? such a likeness? Ho, ho, ho!" Aud in tho midst of tho exclama tions and tho laughter, Miss Stratton beheld tho new minister coming ap tho street, ovidently bent upon seoing what had attracted tho crowd. Not for worlds would she have had him behold her pniutod in tins char , acter ; and sho instantly rushed into tho storo and confronted tho proprio tor. "Toko it down nt once-instantly !" sho exclaimed. "I-I will buy it!" Tho mau obeyod. Tho pichir? disappeared from tho window just as the clergyman came up, and seeing him pass tho door, Miss Stratton, reflecting upon thc narrow escapo, felt Uko fainting. Howsoever, she recoverod herself, and in a state of tho utmost excite ment, inado her way to Mr. Blender's studio. 1 "Sir," sho indignantly demanded, i "how dared you exhibit my portrait as you have done, and without asking . my permission. It is an insult and au outrage, for which I will have legal i satiafactioul" . j j I And ehe sat down, trembling and breathless. "I beg your pardon, madam 1" said Mr. Blender, with perfect composure. "But did yon not assure me that it was no likeness, and that your best friends would not recognize it as such?" Miss Stratton was silent. What ro ply, indeed, conld sho mako to this? "I shall insist upon the picture be ing destroyed 1" sho said at length. "By no means I I have bestowed much labor and pains upon it, and have sncceedod in converting it into quite an original and striking design -one which will bo sure to pleaso tho public taste." . "I-I will give the hundred dol lars," eaid Miss Stratton, desperately. Mr. Blender smiled a superior smile. "As the picture now ie, I shall charge ten times that sum for it." "A thousand dollars!" gasped Miss Stratton. "A thousand dollars," ho replied calmly. Her face flushed, and tears startod to her eyes. "I could never afford to give that sum ; and yet to have my likeness ex posed in this way to tho jeers aud ridiculo of the public. Oh, Mr. Blon der, have you no consideration for the feelings of a lady?" The artist took a meditative turn up and down the floor, then seated him self opposite his distressed visitor. "Perhaps," ho said, mildly-"per* haps wo can come to terms." "What terms?" she inquired eag erly. "I will destroy the picture, madam, upon ono condition-th.it you will have some consideration lor tho feel ings of ono who should b<i very dear to you-your nieco, Miss Delphino, and by consenting to her marriago j J with my esteemed young friend and ; * relative, Doctor Irving, make two do serving young people very happy." "They-they ai o too poor," said Miss Stratton, taken very much by surprise. "Your mother's legacy will enable them to make a fair begiuniug, and I know of an opening for a young phy sician which will do the rest." Miss Stratton hesitated nervously and wrung her hands. "Give mo a day or two to-to think I < it over," she said. f At the end of the day or two, sho i ? called Delphino to her, and told her j j that she had boen consideriug tho matter of her marriago with Doctor Irving, and concluded to let her havo her own way, and that should she in tho future suffer for it, not to lay tho blame upon her shouldere. And that eamo day Mr. Blender pre sented her with tho picture of "Tell ing Past Fortuno," which she with her own hands cut to pieces and burned in tho privacy of her own room. And as to Delphine aud her hus band, they have never allowed Miss Stratton to suspect that they know by j * what means her gracious consent to ? X their marriage was brought about. Saturday Night. Squadron Drills at Sea. Tho smooth clean hulls of tho new cruisers, their glistening steel weap ons, their speed and power, tho ovi donccs of strength, both offensivo and defensive, which the}- display, their numerous mechanical and scientilio appliances, all mark them as fully abreast of tho development of this age of steel, and as worthy to main tain the honor of tho flag under its new and altered conditions. Onco moro the navy of tho United States j^eems. equal to any demands that might be made upon it, to be a sure reliance in time of National emergen cy, a defence in the event of National peril. The ships weigh from four thousand to ten thousand tons each. They would bo moving at a speed of fifteen knots or more. Their formation must bc compact and regular, for at euch a speed a mere touch of ono to another might bo a disabling blow, and if tho squadron is scattered by ships losing distance an alert enemy may find his opportunity. Then tho admiral's signals must be looked to. If the vessels chango direction, they should change as one. If the admiral desiree to chango his formation or his front, it must bo dono without con fusion. A captain of a ship in a fleet action has therofore a double duty first, to employ his own weapons to the best advautago and to endeavor to avoid thoso of tho enemy ; second, to manouvre his ship with her consorts, obeying and supporting his admiral ; and tho latter ho must do amidst tho torriblo din, confusion, and destruc tion of tho former. Quick manoeuvr ing must therefore become to him a ?coond naturo-something to bo done almost unconsciously as a matter of habit, and this habit can bo acquired only by long and constant practice. The highest school of naval war in timo of peace, that work which solves ?ls problems, and is the best guaran tee of future success, is manoeuvring vessels in company with others-in professional language, fleet or squad ron tactics. Proficiency in this art has always accompanied naval supremacy. It was so in tho galley period and, much iater, during that long period when vessels were propelled by sails alone. The victories of St. Vincent and Nelson wero the joint product of their genius and of fleets of unusual mobil ity and tactical training. With mod ern vessel* of great speed and power, independent of tho wind, and armed with weapons of variety and precis ion, this kind of training and drill is mor* valuable-is, in fact, essential. Naval writers of all countries dwell upon its importance, and continually urge that increasing attention bo given to it during these times of pcaco which ufford tho only real opportuni ty of preparing for the sharp and de cisive wars of modern times. -Har per's Weokly. Rot Mothers. A New Yorkor tolls of au incident which occurred tho other day. Two pretty young women wero talking very earnestly in a street car, not ap pearing to realizo that tho other pas sengers could hear. "I have very little troublo with my boys," said one, "and I havo seven." AH sho did not look moro thau twonty-five years old, it seemed rather a large family, but tho listeners fairly gusped when tho other observed: "Well, I have had eighteen girls, and I like them host." It transpired that they were talking of their Sunday-school dusses. -Now Orleans Picavuue. .Host Remarkable Hook in the World. Tho most remarkable book in tho world, so far as mechanical appear ance goes, is neither written nor printed. It is in the Imperial Library in Paris, aud the letters aro cut out of tissue paper with a pair of scissors. sheet of blue tissue, in which tim ietter? were cut, is placed between i 'J two pages of white, aud sr. iho matter ! p 4-is read.-Courier-Journal. ? ii SONG. ly heart j's thc shore wheo tho tido is gono, Iud tho argent feet of a lovely dawn Valle far and near o'er tho rocks and sand, Vitli a loveless spaco 'twixt tho sea and laud, For thou art gone! ty hoart is tho shoro whontho lido h*s como Vith yearning Ups and sougs, and sorno lavo waked a song iu tho shore's lu?h grass Vherc the wild rose blooms and tho curlews pass, For thou art come! -Eugene Field, iu Chicago Record. PITH AND POINT. Deaf mutes would never answer in i telephone office'.-Hartford Journal. There is a new pretty woman in .own for thc women to kaio.--Atchi lon Globe. A man's experience teaches him to "car nothing on earth bat his friends. -Atchison Globe. MaDy of tho men who aro constant y coming up are tho v/eods of tho garden of progress.-Push. Love needs no deliui tien. Men and vomen loved long before there wero lictiouaries.-Detroit F?ee Press. Thc first thing a girl does after a roung mau caller loaves is to look at ?ersclf in thc glass.-AtcLison Globe. It's mighty lucky for thc photog raphers that thc women don't know vlicn they're plain. -New York Be ?order. Thcro is ono th! ig io bo said in avor of tho American woman who names a count-oho is?'i mercenary. -Puck. Sign in fronS of clothing store in Texas town : "Owing to tho low price >f cotton, all wool suits marked down o 07.08."--Lu:. A pair of trousering Willies sought All labor h:i"' iu shun Two souls with bat a singh- thought, Two tranirr; that beat as ono. -Atlanta Journal. "Ton don't ?esm to hold a very high ipiniou of tho latter-day woman." 'I don't. She has ceased to be a lady md has not yet succeeded iu becom ng a geutlemau. "-Life. Friend-"Sow are you doing now?" dribbler- "First rate. The l?ev. Mr. Miintlia and I have gono iuto partner ship. Nicking money handover fist." '?h? How do you manage?" "I write looks, and he denounces them."-New fork Weekly. "Yes," explained tho party with ho exteuded locks, "I make a spo liolty of accompaniments at functions. ! suppose I have played accoinpaui ucuts for somo of tho most brilliant lonversationolists of thc social set." -Detroit Tribune. Wife -"Why do tho friends of San thez say that bc is such a jolly fellow?" Insband- "Because he is always ilcasaut aud good-tempered ; he is 'cry obliging, spends his money free y and neglects his family to a shamc ul extent."-Mons Calpe. "1 have noticed," said the corn-fed ikilosopher, "that the man who pends most of his time in gotting at ho botiom fact of things often has a rife wLo has to spend her timo in craping out tho bottom of the flour larrel.-Indianapolis Journal. Tommy's Mother-"Did you hear bout poor Mrs. Jones? Sho rau a ecdlc into har hand. Tho doctors ad to open every finger trying to find t." Tommy-" "What made 'em do hat, mamma? Why don't they get bo lady another needle?"-Life's Cal ndar. 'Tm sorry.. Mr. Timoany.'' said the eader of the bi ass baud to "lue UtlsV lrummor, "but we shall have to dis pense with your services." "Why?" 'Why? You af-k me why? A man vbo has got so fat that he can no lon jer hit tho middle of tho drum asks ne why !"-New York Journal. Mothor-"Tho very ha'wa of our jcads are numbered. " Smart Kid (pull ngoneout of his hoad) -"What num? jer is this?" Mother (snatching part )f a handful out of his head) - "Tho ono yon gavo me was number one. You ;an go ont in the woodshed and count these others. "-Philadelphia Inquirer. Dclinition ol Home. A prizo was offered recently by Lou ilon Tid Bits for the best auswer to thc question: "What is Home?'' Hero aro a few of tho answers which were received : Tho golden setting, in which tho brightest jewel is "mother." A world of strife shut out, a world o? love shut in. Home is thc blossom of which heav en is tho fruit. Tho only spot on earth whero thc faults aud failings of alien humanity ire hidden nuder thc mmtlo of char ity. The placo whero thc great aro iomotiuics small aud tho small often ;rcat. The father's kingdom, the children's paradise, thc mother's world. Tho jewel casket, containing tko most precious of all jowels-.loaiesti? happiness. Where you aro treated host and you jrumblo moat. Homo is the central telegraph offico of human love, into which run innu merable wires of affection, many of ivhicb, though extending thousaudi if miles, are never disconnected from the one great terraiuus. The center of our affections, around ?vhich our heart's best wishes twine. A little hollow scoopod out of tJo yindy hill of tho world, where we eau JO shieldod from its cares and an noyances. Ilought Hie Ship That' Brought Him. Au interesting aueclote is told of ?ho lato Captain Theodora Julius vhoso death occurred within tho past vcek. Some time ago Captain Julius vent over to a shipyard in Camden to ?ko u look at thc old packet ship Ton iwanda, which was being converted nto'a coal bargo. Thc captain took a mrticular interest in tho old ship, bc :auso of his having served as mate kboard her in the early sixties. While io stood watching the old vessel, a I ,otal stranger approached him, and isked: "Isn't your name Julius?" | L'ho Captain replied in thc affirmative. J 'You wore a mato ia that ship in tho lummer of 18013?" "Yes," said tho Japtaiu. "You don't remember me," j ?outiuucd thc stranger, "but I romoia )er you very well. 1 was a stcerago msscugcr on the Touawauda at that iuie, being on my way to this conn- j ry. I'vo been pretty prosperous, and 'vo just bought the old ship, aud am 1 Toing to make a coal barge of her. j Itrauge, isu't it, that I should como o own tho ship that brought me, I ?ractically pcnuilcss, to this conn- ' ry?"-Philadelphia Record. Pennsylvania is sending walnut recs to England for veneering pur- | IOHO?, From one felled in Pino Creek 1 township recently a log was cut which .ns thirteen feet long und forty-four I nobes in diameter. ! OF GENERAL INTEREST. Grease may be removed from wool I en goods by sponging it with strong cold coffee. Fine laces may be cleaned by biing packed in wheat flower and allowed to remain twenty-four houra. If a shirt bosom or any other arti cle has been scorched in ironing, loy it where the bright sunshine will fall directly on it. Tea or chocolate should never bc served with fried foods. Always serve coffee with fried oysters, fish or lob sters, also with cheese. A carpet formed of layers of paper, a ply of felt, and an intermediate fill ing of cotton, and provided with an infold side, producing a spring edge, ie a late invention. An agreeablo way of treating thc eyo3 with salt and water is to wini them in a cup that is brimful. Thc eyes will bo suffused by simply wink ing the lashes in the water. A good tonic for hair is salt water. Put a teaspoonful of salt in a half pint of water and rub a little ou the scalp every day with a small, soft cloth. The effect at the end of a month will please you. Any woman doing her work may so systematize it that it will bo the eas iest possible thing imaginable for her. She need not follow any other person'*) methods, unless they are tho very best for her own conditions. A new finish for furuituro is that of Epping oak, and is a green, with a real forest hue in its brown depths. Chairs, and high, straight-backed set tecs intended chitfly for halls, though they are seen in other ports of tho house, are furnished in this way. You cannot make good tea with hard water, unless you softcu it with a tiny pinch of bicarbonato of soda. Let tho water bo freshly drawn and quickly boiled, then use at once. Tho tea will bc ready to drink after an infusion of about seven minutes. To make a mustard plaster for a child, tuko one teaspoonful of ground mustard and three of flour, with enough water to make a good still paste. Spread between two cloths. For an adult, use one quart mustard to two of fluur. Mixed with thc white of an egg it will raise a blister. Don't bathe your hoad ard temples in cologne, and don't try to scent your hair that way, because tho alcohol in it will turn your hair gray, and burn out the natural oil. Abovo all things, don't keep trying all tho new patents medicines that are advertised to make the hair grow on tho back yard fence, even. They may do harm, and they seldom do any good. Tho system of washing linen with petroleum, said to bo customary in parts of Russia, has been introduced into a German military hospital. Fif teen grams of petroleum nre added to fifteen liters of water, containing soap and lye, and tho linen is boiled in the mixture. The cleansing is much easier than by usual methods. The linen suffers less and assumes a whiter color. Highest of all in Leavening Pc Sahara ls Hot. The great Sahara desert of Africa ic regarded as the hottest region in the world. The vast plain which extends 2,000 miles from east to west, and 1,000 north to south has a temperature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit in the hot test days of summer. This is about the temperature of the hot room iv the Turkish bath. Those Poncll Notes. Gent-What is the reason you charge twice as much for cuffs as you did for merly? Washerwoman-Because you have begun making pencil notes on them. Gent-What difference docs that make ? Washerwoman-Thc girls wasto so much time in trying to make them o?t. VASELINE ?6 highly recommended for usc on shoes, instead of any kind of polish. Put it on at night, rubbing it in well ; aftor wearing the shoes a short timo in thc morning, you will be surprised at the polish they take on. A little lampblack mixed with tho vas eline adds somewhat to the polish. Womankind. Consumption kills more people than rifle tullis, it ls mott dcad ly than nliy of thc much dreaded epi demics, it is h steal thy, gradual, slow diseane. It penetrates the whole body, lt is in every drop of , blood. It seems to work only at thc lungs, but the ter rible draiu and waste go on all over the ody. To cure con sumption, work on the blood, make it 'pure, rich and whole some, build tip the wasting tissues, put the body into condi tion for a right with the dread disease. Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery fights in the fight way. It will cure 98 per cent, of all cases If takett during thc early stages of the disease. It? first action is to put the stomach, bowels, liver and kidneys into good working order. That makes digestion good and assimilation quick and thorough, lt makes ?ound, healthy Dodi. That is half thc battle. That makes the "Discovery" good for thos^ who have not consumption, but who are lighter and less robust than they ought to bc. MORPHINE] IN 20 DAYS. HABIT CURED. I NO SUFFERING. Patients sleep at night and every day are able io go about anywhere in the city. Not ron ll ned to bed a singlo day. No pay in ad vancc. Not one cent required till cured and Batist! ed. Coma to seo me or writo me at once lor terms and further particulars. Don't misa this opportunity. Ii. A. SY.MS, M. D., Atlanta, Georgia. 107 Alexander Mreel. Scott's is not a secret remedy. It Cod-liver Oil, the finest I cally pure Glycerine, all co sion so that it will never This is the secret of Scot It is a most happy combina en in g and healing agents them remarkable value in WASTING Hence its great value in Coi the wasting by supplying ishment, and in Anaemia ? vitalizes the blood. In fa< it is most effective. You say about it. Don't be perth Seott & Bownei New York? THE SEOOND LIFE, PURGATORY AND PARADISE COH PARED BT A MAX WHO HAS SEEK BOTH. A Miracle Worked In tits Kural Recesses of Borodino Creates a Sensation. ' (From the Eoeninj yews, Syracuse, N. F.) Albert Applebee was A vary siok man. Hd bad been ailing for months and had been compelled to remain boms, unable to attend I to his business. His friends stood or sat about tho few smajl stores In the Tillage of i Borodino and disous3od his sad condition, j Applebee was a oarpender, and a good ono . top, but since his strange maladv overtook him he had not shown any dispution to do any work. Lifo had lost Its charm? for him, he bocame a misanthrope and lost in every thing. His fricada advised him and the lo? j cal doctors tried their skill on him but itwo3 of no avail Although they no doubt diag nosed hts case correctly, he grew worse [ j despite their efforts. But he recovered and it has made suoh a ' stir In the small town that a Neus reporter was sent out to Borodino to investigate. H3 drove over and found Mr. Applebee hard at ; work on tho roof of a house he was butldtng. "Well, it was just this way," began th? ' j carpenter, who is a good-looking man of , about fifty summers. "In tho fall of 18931 had a siege of grip. It was a pretty rough time for me as I was vory sick and I never ( oxpoctod to-so out again except feet first in a coffin. But I rooovorod after a long sickness but wa? loft with an ailment which was quite as dangerous and infinitely more painful I ; had scrofula in my head for two years and a half or over and thoro was a sickening dis ' charge from my right ear. I took about cvory medicine known to the modlcul frater nity but could get no benefit. "I was also troubled with a severo pain In ? the stomach and indigestion, which ?nade me I feel that life was not worth living. Last fall I began taking a medicine known as Dr. I Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People, which ? wero recommended by a friend whose wifo had read of them in some of tho country I papers. But I guvo it n trial and was sur prised to find that it bonefltod mo. I tried moro and p-jraevorod and at Ult, thank God, j I was curad. My ear has discontinued dls ' charging and for tho nast thrao months I 1 have boon perfectly well. I mako theso state ments merely because I think tho world should be acquainted with this remarkable remedy." Several of Mr. Applobco's neighbors were : soon by tho reporter and they in rum ex pressed thoir confidence in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills after seeing the wonderful chongo i they had wrought on him. Ono said the cure I wasslmply wondorful us the man was a total wreck. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contains all the olements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nBrvee. Thoy aro for salo by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. Y., for 60c. per box, or six boxes for $2.50. Chivalry In New Zonland. A recent letter from New Zealand : 6ays: "I have traveled in many coun tries, but in no other land have I seen tho courtesy and unobtrusive chivalry habitually shown women, whether young or old, by New Zealand young men of every condition and rank. Tho status of a Now Zealand woman is con? siderably higher than that of her sister 1 in Australia or England, and sho is not likely to forget that sho gained the political franchise not by inadvertence or by party scheming, but as a delib erate act of justice no less than chival ry on the part of her countrymen." Womankind. iwcr.-Latest U.S. Gov't Report . SEW PPRE Didn't Want Beal Food. Theater Manager-Ton say yon o re ject to having real food on the table in the banquet scene, Mr. Greesepsynt? Why tho rest of tho company are de lighted with it! Mr. Greesepaynt-Yes, but my part inquires me to rise from tho table, of ter a couple of mouthfulc, and say: "I cannot eat tonight-a strange dread comes over me ; I will seek tho quiet of yonder apartment for a time." Exchange. A FLAXSEED poultice is not to be compared with a good ad for drawing qualities. Patent Force Sprinkler and Noyelty Fumn Most Perfect and Efferth'O lland Aparatas .ever invented for Throwing Water. IT llAs NO EQUAL. It Thrown a Strone Sircam Sixty Feet or .Hore. With tho Sprinkler attached it spreads the water ia ULUI tie shower ur spray. For washing windows ot cardanes, and ^bowering lawns, cardens And greenhouse', it has no ?qua1. It is adapted tn throwing liquid solutions of all kiinl' to destroy noxious in eels and burs of every nature on plant,vine anti tree.and shon'd be kept In every hou-c. store ami factory ia the country as a protect ?on again*! fire-. Sent hr expr?s* prepaid on receipt nf S I ..,(> II II II tt ion 11 ifc ts <. : i i ii *rr fi ( li Co.. .' tlnnta, ??a. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE HT FOR A KING. $s. CORDOVAN; FRENCH & ENAMELLED CALF. ?4.*3S? FINE CAI/?KANGARW $ 3.5? POUCE,3 SOLES. $25.oS2.W0RKlN6W? . EXTRA FINE? .LADIES' 2 SEND FOR CATALOGUE W-L'DOUGLAS. DROCKTONJ*lA3S. Over Ono Million People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory They elvo the beat value for the money. . flt. roast The prices are uniform,-stamped on rote. They equal custom shoes in style and I Thslr wearing qualities arc unsur From St to $3 saved over other makes. If your dealer cannot supply you wc can. A.N.?.Eighteen. '95 Emulsion is simply the purest Norway lypophosphites, and chemi mbined into a perfect Emul change or lose its integrity, t's Emulsion's great success, tion of flesh-giving, strength , their perfect union giving all DISEASES. tisumption, wherein it.arrests the most concentrated nour* ind Scrofula it enriches and :t, in every phase of wasting r doctor will confirm all we. ? uaded to accept a stibslitute / All Druggists?_ 50c. and $h