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MZHT IN THE SPRUCE. ?Calm stars above, fresh earth beneath, And in mid-air a woven wreath - pijloosely interlacing Ors Ileaohlng to where the night wind Btlre; fy Hares creep near, a wood-owl's flight Crosser the circle of camp-fire light; Bteps on the moss tell where a doe Is leading her fawn to the lake below: And laying there I seemed as near i- To.Uw faceAt'aJieart aa its own red deer; And I felt the folio wshipof the wood, Sad every whisper I understood.^ . -Francis Sterne Palmer,Harper'5 Weekly. 4- ~V Ellen's Fault. ? ? BYW.i ^ "I wish to rook at" fans-party fans, if yon please. " . Ellen Parole swept into the fancy sfor.?, her-giiy silk suit rustling softly, thc long; wine-colored, willow plume drooping over the brim of her hat, and her clark, brilliant eyes sparking with health, good humor and exercise. She was a pretty brunette, with black oye brows, long lashes and the crenui tinted skin which is like velvet, so soft, fine-grained and clearly colored.. . /What a contrast to her was tho fragile girl, standing behind the counter inter; shabby de beige dress with a dyed ribbon bow at her throat and a frill of mended lace encircling t'her'-BlenH?r" neck. But this world offers us contrasts at every step. 1 "Po yon wish white or colored?" the latter asked. "Oh, I don't know. Pink, I sup pose," Ellen Purple answered, after a second of two of consideration on the momentous question. "Pink is my color." The pale shop-girl reached down a box of daintily-decorated trinkets, smelling of sandal-wood, edged with tinted swansdown and inlaid with pearl and ivory-and, as she stood respect- . fully awaiting the young customer's decision, a paroxysm of coughing shook her slender freiae. Miss Keturah Purple, Ellen's mai den aunt, looks.at her with eyes of kindly pity. "My dear," said she, "you have a very bad? cough." The girl smiled sadly. "I have had it this long time," said she. "You ought .to go home and nurse yourself up, instead of standing here in all these draughts," counseled Miss Purple, who had a cheery, dictatorial Way with her, like one in authority. a 'Tes, I suppose so," said the girl "But we are very poer, and my wastes are all my mother and I have to live upon, and--" "Oh, auntie! look here, what a beauty]" cried out Ellen, suddenly.' "White, watered satin, covered with point lace, and the eveetest pearl skicksi (What la the price of this one?" turning to the shop-girl. / The girl glanced at the label. "Twenty-five dollars,'\ answered she. Ellen's countenance fell. "Oh, I eau never afford that," said alie. "Twelve is-all I have to pay. . I must content myself with something less elegant Show me other styles please." - As she spoke she closed the fan so suddenly that one of the sticks slip ped out of place and tore a jagged rent through the exquisito point lace stretched across it. Ellen stared guiltily, and, glancing around to make sure that no one was looking at her, replaced it in its-box. "It was only an accident," she told ^he^sr?,*;au_d the 'shop-girl brought a nen-box of fans for her inspection; "I aa not to blame. No one can ex pect me to pay for a $25 fan destroyed by accident-and besides,they should make these things-stronger." And pushing away the large box she {urned her attention to the new faas, and finally settled upon a pretty rose-colored article, edged with Span ish-blonde, which came'nearer the sum she had appropriated for her fan. .?Well," said Aunt Keturah, "are yon/suited?" "At last, auntie!" '^Then let's go," said the old lady, . "or? never shall get au opportunity to bny my furnituro, chintz and un bleached muslin. Fans and lace poc ket handkerchiefs and pink sashes are all very well, but they're of no use iu a housekeeping point of view! No use ot all !" Ellen Purple went to the party in a dress of rose-colored silk, with an overdress of Swiss muslin, and tho prettiest of sashes, looped artistically over it-and she was very happy. Ah, indeed, why should she not be? Only 18; the petted darling of an old bachelor uncle and maiden aunt, with a face that satisfied her girl-heart every time she looked into the glass, ?nd a sunny, happy temper me nt that was worth more than a fortune, in that it learned her to see the bright side of haman nature and sip the Bweets from life's cup, regardless of its bitter dregs. And, moreover. Guy Middleton danced three times with her,, and carried oft one of the buff rosebuds from the ball bouqnet Uncle Simeon had presented her. vowing he would keep it for ever and ever. "Of course no one know? what these promises amount to," laughed Ellen, as she told Aunt Keturah, who vas sitting ap in a prodigious flannel, dressing gown and ner hair in a por cupine state of curl papers, to hear her niece'B report of the ball festivi ties, "but they are very niue at the time. And he is so agreeable, auntie." ' i Annt Keturah smiled and patted . Ellen's lovely flushed cheek and sent her to bed. "Get your beauty sleep, my love," said she. "It don't hurt a tough old pine knot like me to keep vigil all night-that's one of the numberless advantages of being old and tough but it don't agree with peach-blossom complexions, and eyes like hazel stars." .. i .Tbe nest = morning Aunt Keturah and Ellen went shopping again, in the pnug little claret-colored coupe which Aunt Keturah hired by the month from a neighboring livery stable. "I need sewing silk," uaid Aunt Keturah, -*^and you're always want ing Java canvas or worsted, or some such fol-de-rols, and the good fresh air won't do either of ns any harm, I'll go bail!" "Let's go to Leigh & Balcombe's," suggested Ellen. "They always have the prettiest aud newest shades of e/an.v thing' there?!' "Fm sure I am not particular where we go," said Aunt Keturah. They chanced to go to the self same counter where, hardly more than a weekagO; they had purchased the roa?-colored fan, and a pert miss,with a profusion of mock jewelry, came forward to wait upon them and reeeive orders "You're not the girl that belongs here," said Aunt Keturah, bluntly. "The pale girl that coughed so. Where ia she?!' . The port miss tossed her head? "Oh," said shs, "you mw Min Xewtl She's aoae," "3one!" Aunt Ketarah laid down the spool of silk sba was examining. "I hope she's not ill. That cough souniled to me exactly like consump tion." "I don't know whether she is ill or not," said she, "But it wasn't on account of ill health slio left She was discharged for tearing a lace faa -a point lace,- over white satin,worth, $25. She was compelled to pay the Pull vAlne besides. Mr. Balcombe is ? 7ery particular about such, things." Elton Purx e colored deeply. **Btit are they quito certain that abe did tear it?" asked Ellen. ltO\ she denied it, of course," said the girl "They always do. But she was responsible for the goods under her charge, of course-and if Bhe didn't tear it who did? That's the question. " "I can tell you," Baid Ellen Purple, quietly; "I did." 'Toa, mies!" The girl looked at Ellen as if she thought har partially insane. Aunt Keturah was almost equally amazed. "My dear child," said she "I don't thiuk you know what you are say ing." "Yes, I do," said Ellen, peremp torily. She hns allowed herself through lack of moral courage, to fall into au error whose cousequencO1? were more serious thau she had imagined, and she was determined to redress it aa far as possible, "I was looking at.fhut fan a week ago," she went on, "and through rdy careless ness in shutting it one of the sticks toro the lace. "Whore is Mr. Bal combe? I must explaiu matters to him. If anyone should pay the $25 it is I. And Miss Lowe must have her place again." "Quito impossible, miss-the latter, I mean," said the pert girl. "flor pla?o is filled. There is always plenty of, girls glad to get in here." Ellen wrung her bands. .'Oh, auntie!" said she, "what shall I do? How shall I undo the.-mischief I ljavo wrought?" AUnt Keturah turned to the shop girl. "Can't you give me her address?" said she. "Weean at least go and sexier," And the ipshot of the interview was 'that Eliza Lowe was engaged as seam stress and compauiou to comfortable Aunt Keturah at a salary that seemed truly regal to her? Mr. Balcombe sent a stiff note of apology, inclosing a check for $25, which was daly ma do good by# Miss Purple-and EH?? thought the millennium was at hand. And Ellen Purple carried the point lace fan, skillfully mended by an old woman who made such needle-lore bel' business^ at her wedding with Mr./ Middleton. '* * IN AN <*PRI?OT ORCHARD, s ---- HOTO the Fruit Is Gathered, Drittel Und _ Vrepared for Marked As soon as an orchard of apricots ''comes into bearing, advertisements are inserted ia the newspapers of ad joining towns for women and girls. Thonsands of women leave their drmestic duties, taking with them tneir families, to engage actively in the sheds of the ranches, cutting the fruit for drying, after the men have collected it from the trees. Sometimes 500 people will be en gaged upon a large orchard. Huies and regulations oro laid down for their conduct; tho women and girls sleep in the tents provided at a low rental by the management, and either' cook for themselves or board with wbat would be termed in. railroal circles a "boarding-boss." The men, not so many, occupy some distant part of the orchard. The sole requisite being the ability to pick and cat fruit, an aggregation of humanity represen ting all classes of society, from the im pecunious English family with culti vated manners aud aristocratic connec tions to the nondescript who travels from town to town in search of em ployment, is collected together ' in industrious activity for the revenue to be derived. Each woman has a small tray in front of her, and, alter cutting the fruit with a knife, sho lays ib open on tbe tray. Each tray -is furnished with a raised end; when five are filled they are piled up, and the operator shouts "Tray!" whereupon an attendant ap proaches, punches a ticket with which she has been previously furnished, and takes the five trays to the sulphur house. The women are paid 10 cents a box, each box containing 60 pounds of fruit. All.fruit has to be placed in the sulphur houso for several hours for the purpose of bleaching it, or causing it to retain its natural color, as well as to destroy all insect l?fe that may remain, otherwise the sun would cause it to turn black. The trays aro then carried out and placed upon the ground under the steady rays of the glori?os California sun. Should clouds be hanging over, i the trays are placed one above the other until that great puriner and dries of the uni verse, old Sol, makes his appearance. The fruit reqnires from threo to seven days to dry. At the end of this time men go out into the orchard with what are called "sweat-boxes," and scrape from the trays all the fruit into these Dor.es, in which it is left until fully dried. Finally it is hauled to the store houses and piled up in heaps, perhaps 10 feet high, awaiting the eye of the critical buyer. Too Smart a J>'ig*. It was one evening not long ago when everybody had been trying to outdo everybody else in telling of the wonderful sagacity of animals he had known,, or seen, or heard of that Kev. Dr. Herrick, U. S. A., retired, told this story. On any less authority I confess I should have had my doubts as to the truth of it, but Dr. Herrick actually knew the man. to whom the thing happened. It was about a dog, of coursa The town, I believe, although I am not quite sure, was Atlanta. Dr, Herrick's friend was driving along Peachtree street when he met the man who owned the dog, on foot Dr. Herrick's friend immediately invited him to jnmp in and take a ride. The dog's owner said he would go with great pleasure if he only had his gloves with him. . "Shall I drive around to your office and get them?" asked Dr. Herrick's friend. "O, no," said the other. "I'll just send my dog for them." So he called that wonderful dog, made signs to him, showed him his hands, and sent th? intelligent animal off .to the office to fetch what was most frequently in contact with his hands, his gloves, of course. The dog was gone only a few minutes. When he came back he had something in his mouth, and he was wagging his tail merrily. He had brought the belt from the stenographer's waist. Washington Post A Bargain. May-How on earth did you oome to accept him? Fay-Ob, he looked so cheap when he proposed I couldn't help taking Ual~?hU?$tlphii Prose? ?FOR FARM AHB GARD!.! Rraln for the Sheep. Some breeders do not feed grain to their ewes except at breeding time* bat there is hardly a doubt bat wbfti a farmer wonld gain financially itt th? .end by feediug it io. small quantifies all tho time. If yoii 0?* ttfrn *rner% would" not bo much lo??* and "certainly time saved, by leeming it in the 'ear, for it is churned by a great ninny 'that it doo? not pay to grind tb* grain fed to sneep. 1 The Carrant Worm Giving Trouble. A ceftespoudent from California writes saying that last spring her gooseberries had small .worms or in* sects inside beforo they were rip? nod asks for a remedy. The worm is a o doubt the oue known ns the currant worm, which attack? currants as weft ns gooseberries, A? a *enr*dy use abou t au ounce <oi hellebore to three galfons of water*ttd spray the plants liberally with the mixture. This treat ment ia pretty sure to accomplish all that is le.jnired of it.-New York Weekly Witness, Tho UK? Of SWecl ?1 direr. In an addl'Qss at Bedalia on W? rouovatio i by Dh J\ Wal?rs-, denn of th? Mwsouii igvraultural college, it was 6?id\hut the common sweet clover U not the pernicious, dangerous weed so many seem to think. ? It eau ht easily killed out by mow j?** Twice' a year for two year?, he feaid, and it is one of the mott valuable soil renovat or? knowtt, It will grow and thrive o? laud too poor to grow clover or cowpeas, ana it is especially Buited te buildup the milliouB of acre? of flinty hU's that are now. absolute waste, growing np itt brilia. ( Experiments made at Colombia show that in this qualfty of soil sweet clover is more Valuable than the ordinary clover. After a fe-v years of sweet clover, 9ttclV soil is built np to a point where it will grow other reaovatOfS; ?h snch lands it can he easily seeded ami will ?mother other weeds, and in addition it will famish as a by-product largo quantities of honey. The Hen nwt Re* Carts. Every keeper of p??itry should have a light, Warm house and one that is roftvenient for feeding and caring for the fowl H. It should he built in a warm, Bunny place, where it will be protected from tho cold winds. Tho front of the house should he to the south, and it should have windows enc ..gli to admit plenty of sunlight, as the sun will help Warm it in the win ter, There should be a walk running tho entire length of the house on the north side, so yon can feed and get the eggs without going into the pens. The feed boxes and water tank should be made iu the shape of a drawer, so you eau pull them oat and keep the birds from getting into their feed and drink when you are feediug aud watering. Tue nests should also be made so that they may be drawn out as yon do the feed boxes. The windows are to be cased, the same as they are in the hons-?, so that thero will be no cold wind enter ing. Cold draughts are sure to make your birds sick and stop them from laying in winter. Sugesti?n to Fruit Cultivator*. Many of the tender or half-hardy varieties of raspberries and black berries wonld endure oar severe win ters much better, if in the late fall the cultivator was run between the rows, throwing the earth toward the stems, and in eSect ridging or hilling np around them a little. This loose earth forms a mulch which prevents fre quent freezing aud thawing, and it has thc great advantage of being a mulch that can be quickly aud cheap ly applied, compared to the labor of bringing mulching material from other places and putting it in place. To he most effectual it should be done ns late in the fall as possible, aud if de layed until some morning whan the ground is frozen an inch deep, or dbont thn\ it will be none the worse, ns the success depends much upon the earth that is thrown up being light and po. us. The fall trimming, pruning nod cut ting cut of old or supercilious canes should be done before this, as it facil itates the working among them, and all the wood removed should be taken away and burned to destroy any in sects or their eggs and any fungous diseases that muy be on or in them. We do not doubt that similar treat ment wonld be beneficial to the half hardy roses and many ot the shrubs on the lawn, excepting that some ot them are batter trimmed in the spring. But the hilling up around them will help to protect their roots. Koep Tour Stuhle Llcht. When in a darkened stable the iris, or brownish curtain around the centre of the eye, expands so as to admit the passage of sufficient rays of light for distinct vision, but on emerging into the glare of day the same aperture im mediately closes or grows less, a smaller quantity of light being neces sary under these altered circum stances. Any person who has felt the pain and inconvenience of coming suddenly from a dark room into the full blaze of day will readily conceive th? necessity for lighting a stable in the proper manner. This is too often neglected iu confined stables, and the consequences are most distressing to a human observer. The poor horse, led suddenly- ont to his werk, shows his pain by unmistakable signs, stum bles, and runs against anything that may happen to be near, until the eye has in some degree accommodated it self to the iew circumstance under which it is placed. Nor is this all. By a continuance of this change from darkness to sud den daylight the eye becomes seriously injured. The retina, or sensible ner vous expansion, becomes deadened and more or less useless; the horse's sight is injured; he starts and shies at objects which he sees imperfectly; aud many a rider who has received'a dan gerous injury has had to thank his in attention to this simple cause rather than any vicious habit of the animal, to which it has been attributed. Blindness is almost certain to be caused by inattention to the above caution; but even blindness itself is less dangerous to th- rider than im perfect sight. In the first case the horse is forced to trust entirely to th. bridle; but in the latter objects only half distinguished terrify and startle, though they would under ordinary circumstances be passed without notice.-F. D. Coburn in The Horse Use.'ul. nrenkSnc np Sitters. Borne find the breaking np of sitting bens a very difficult thing to do, and they really think they have to torture the hen in order to make her abandon her desire to brood. We have known poultry men and.worn en to dock the hens in water l?verai timos and then tara-thou loose j hm lue ira tbs hons mk to go abodl With .hoods on HO they re-Aid ftttt s'?e, and to be Bh?t np in 1 dark places without food or water for 1 a week or mora It is not necessary; ! to resort to cruel methods to break up a hen that wants to sit, says a'witter in Blooded Stock. What ia wanted ts to turn the desire to sit into In? desire to lay agai%>. lt Will be .bul; i?Vtl? ud v*ntag% W hnve ^?iem broken from wanting ro aft ??d bav? them lay Mr joA' (five eggs- 'only %6 u'gai? become broody, wh?cn Vney Ml do if they are n?t cared fccf HH they should be. Tho reason for this is that the conditions which mused the hen to Jbecome broody have not been changed and they cannot be changed by felice*. When a hen becomes ^'oody it.meaUs that the egg-prodnciag capacity of her system? fol1 tue time being, ha? become exhausted t?? that ret??^erV-'' ttott ts needed. The first ?f?p to e'?cn re<s??VSr*'troa rs i-i?&Y., *nd Being au in dustrious vWru\ they feel that they inigftt fts well raise a brood while Vesting ns to, fool away their tima Some animals and birds may be stimu lated to do that which is not natural' for them, but is it best? ?he tired horse moy be ui'ged bri by tue aid of g whip, A practice that ?S refc?mmono>? by ?bin? thoughtful breeders which will break the .non, and nt the "sam? fen?? have n'?r ?n a good cou'diliun V? go right to busi.iess, is to place one ??g under her, le ting Ler sit for ono week, feeding her once iii two days dniing the time *?s if she were really sitting ou ? whole clutch. But very little food will be needed on account of lack of exercise. At the close of the weok place her in a coop with A slatted bottom raised a few iftchbS from the ground, for a couple ot?&ysy: and she will losb lier desire to sit and tn a f?ti days will begin laying in earnest. It emu or Interest to Farmer?. Keep charcoal and salt whor? tb'? fattening hogs cali have easy decesstb them-. Breed tlie young sows so that they will farrow their young Jitters in the spring after the grass has come. That the hog is a filthy animal ?B? the 'ault of its ownei'i ???gs pr?fet cleanly quarters a?d will take them when they edn get them. Only a small amount of cornmeal should be used in feeding the pig,and it should be combiued with other feed that makes bone and muscle. Growing pigs must have exercise, but not too much of it, If they ran over aa extensive range they cannot be kept in sufficiently good condition to give the best results. It takes the least feed from the time of weaning until the pig is finished for market if it is kept always in good condition. If it loses that condition there must be extra feeding Hud longer time te bring him up to it again. To raise them profitably the pigs should be kept iu good health aud continually growing. There is some thing wrong in the breeding tr care if the pig cannot bo made ready formai** ket by the time he is ten months .old. The scraps from the table and kitchen Bud vegetable waste, fruit peelings, eta, should all be utilized as feeding stuff. The pigs and chick ens will eat them, and they, furnish a variety, and the kind of food that ia . needed. When the weather is cold and wet remember that a portion of the feed is employed in keeping np the animal heat, and that consequently more feed is needed at such times, Well-sheb tered, clean, diy, warm quarters, economise feed. Too Smart n Doff. It was oue eveuing not long ago when everybody had been trying to outdo everybody else in telling of tho wonderful sagacity of animals belied known, or seen, or heard of that Bev. Dr. Herrick, U. S. Ar, retired, told this Btory. On any less authority I confess I should have had my doubts as to the truth of it, but Dr. Herrick actually knew the man to whom the thing happened, lt was about a dog, of course. The town, I believe, although I am not quite sure, was Atlantn. Dr, Herrick's friend was driving along Peachtree street when he met the man who owned the dog, on foot. Dr. Herrick's friend immediately invited him to jump in and take aride. The dog's owner said he would go with great pleasure if he only had his gloves with him. "Shall I drive around to your office and get them?" asked Dr. Herrick's friend. "0, no," said the other. "I'll just send my dog for them." So he called that wonderful dog, made signs to him, showed him bia bands, aud sent the intelligent animal off to the office to fetch what was'niost frequently in contact with his hands, his gloves, of course. The dog was gone only a few minntes. When he came baok he had something inj his mouth, and he was wagging his*tail merrily. He had brought the "belt from the stenographer's weist. Washington Post. -- The English Grunting Hahlr. j An observant philosopher, who has lately been devoting considerable at tention to tbe study of modern man uels, has Laen muob struck with'the habit of grunting and paeudo-cough ing which is growing among both sexes, and threatens to become a pub lic nuisance wherever two or three men or women nre gathered together. When nobody has anything to say. some one begins an affected cough, which is merely the indication bf a mind with nothing in it, or makes' a guttural grunt, to prove "that its au thor is still alive. The correspondent continues: "If people do not exer cise a little self-restraint and check this pernicions habit we shall soon be called a nation of snorters and grunt ers. On Sunday last I was at church and immediately behind messt alom an with her young children, | and during the sermon, to which I-was listening intently, my thoughts ?were distracted by the woman behind me constantly grunting-possibly the doc trine hit her too hard. Her-children followed suit. When asked on the way home -why they grunted, the elder of the youngsters replied, 'Ma?nmy grunts, so do I.'"-London Tele graph. Work of the Beaven. A stick of wood cut from tho trunk of a small tree by the keen teetHfof a beaver has been presented to the freo museum by Joseph Paquet. If jwill ,Q no novelty to such as have tish ed along streams frequented by bearers, but beavers are becoming scarce now, and there are thousanas of people in Portland who have read of how beav ers cut down tree?, but have never seen a sample of their work, and to these the stick will be very interest ing. Just how large a tree a beaver or beavers can cut down only au old trapper can say, but it is no trick at all for them to fell an ash or alder tree six lnohes in diameter, and they have bettor luok than tho avorage wood'ohoppir in falling trees ia th? dlreotioa ikey desire, He Fell Into the Trap. . Wife-Did yon mail that letter I gave you this morning? T Husband-Of coarse I did?. , ' ^Wife-=-Ebw provoking! I w?ut?d to 4?H ??ltseript. <: Hasban'd {producing the. ietterj-i Welly here it il; Why didn't you tell ?ie "that In tlie fi'rs't place? Our Nation'? Wealth. Gold and silver are poured abundantly Into tho lap o? the nation, but our material wealth and strength ls rather In Iron, the most useful of all motnl-, just as the wraith of a human being Iles,ln a useiul stomach. Ir yon have overworked yours until lt 10 dlSauleHi try Bostettrr'a Stomach Hitters it will relleV? the clo ged boWdlB-.l nuroY? ta* Appetite arid t?Urtt cpbBdbctlon: ?y?.fepsla, bldous?e?s; livor aMkiuWa?enao. ' . "?de ?r^ti??fc " fr?bte-Wist 1'could ll Ve ?? long'is ?eth?se ^uh^-On", i.'i n't know. Think of having to go through niue of thoso end-of-the-cenvury discussions. Beauty Is Blood Deep. CirtJi Mood means a cleon skin. No I enuty without it. Oascnxets, Candjt CdthdN tic clean your blood nh'd keep lt, clean;. by Ktirrinrj uh the liter liv'er ?h'd tfrivlng ill lol; lahfeh rlmplte; btttia;bf?tenes; Bmckhedds; and ti)bt?ickly>nib?3compio?ioii by talcing Cnscnret:?>-benbty Kr t'eh cents; All drtlg cfcrs, thtisfnct?on gbnritateed; lbc, ?Sc, Stic. , i. ' A iFo^iblp jEjcplOjhati?fr. iTan.hat s tb be traiiii arenf, io . , Per mps that will eiplalu, ,. 'Tis,the thought that ali can see through 'that gives the w.ndow pane. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever Is a bottle of QUOTE'S TASTELESS CHILI, TONIC. It ls ?Imply Iron and quinine in a toa.oles* lorin. No euro-no pay. Price 50c. They Threw Him Out. Fat Woman-What has becomo of tho rubber niant Living Skeleton-Uti got bbuflced.-rhllatiel ' ph alive BI ti: ?I'OO Kc ward. si?O. Tre rendersof this paper will bo plea?olt? learn that, there is at least one dreaded dis* eni-o that ?elenco ?as been able to eure ill al) itsstiii'CF.nndthatis i 'atarrh. HallVCatarrh < ure is the only positive cllre now ?.-,b\vn tb the medical frnterhitV: .Catarrh b?tih? ac'dn^ Ftitliti?na! ril?cafo requires a constitutional trentri?. hr. Hell's Untar?a CilHSUtak?n Int?r .'iiwlly. noting directly tipo? the blond? ud m? cons surfaces of the sy?tem, thereby destroy ing the foundation ot the disease, and giving the pi tient strength Hy building up the con= ftitn.ti.on and assisting nature In doinc ita work. The proprietors have so mnr-li faith |ti Itseiirativu.powers thatthev offer Odo Hun dred Dollar fprattyease that ttiailg tocure. send for li^?rio-tirnnhials: Address . F. J. CiiEv?V & Cb ? Toledo, 0. Sold by Drucgints, "Uta. Hall's Family Pills are the best. . Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, Ua virtue which he alone who can practice lt him-elf can willingly believe in another. Colton. ._ Fdiicnie lotir UoWols AT 1 Mi Cnsettrnt*. . Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever. Hr.lte. ll CC. C.lull?drugglstirefuudmoney. Tt is with booka as With mehi a very small humber play a creHt parti the rest are con founded with the multitude^-Voltaire. - Pico's Cure is a wonderful Couch medicine. -Mrs. W. I'ICKEHT. Van Sielen, ?and Blake Aves.. Brookl) n. Yt, Oct. 23, IBU. -?-! Puzzling Exceptibris. Fo'k *ell us, "Don't pr?cra?tlnnlo - ?h? prompt m in holds the key to fate;" tko all advice, this hears revision Once late, 1 ml-sod a bud collision. -Detroit Free Press. l> O j Spring ) I j Medicine, j ?There's no season when good med- r iclno is so much nnod'jd ns in Spring, ? and there's no medicino which does A so much good in Spring as Hood's \ Sarsaparilla. In fact, Spring Med!- y {J cine ie another nnme for Hood's 8af- ? ? snpitriltn. bo not delay taking it. A ' % Don't put It off till your health tone \ f ; gets too low to be lifted. r ij; Hood's j j (Sarsaparilla j r ? "Will give you a good nppetlte, pdtl?y and enrica your blood, oVercomo that tired f colin jj, give yod mental and digestive strebgta and steady nerves. Desure to ask for HOOD'S, and be sure thut you get Hood's, the bost medicino money can buy. Got a bottle TO-DAY. All druggists. Prlco ?1. Money ir) Lullabies. A new industry is that of lullaby singing. Young women who r.e stub ing vocal music very often turn their growing talent to small account, .?'. least, by going to nurseries two or three times a week to sing to the chil dren at bedtime hour soft, crooning I lullabies. It Is In households, of course, I where the mother has no singing voice, I and who believes In the Influence of, sweet and correct singing on the de veloping ear of the child. This may seem the exaggeration of detail, but I in these days lt ls the trifles that are considered In their bearing upon the large results. Trade SecretB. I , - j First Shoe Merchant-Business ls . poor. Why, I marked my stock down to half price, and then, didn't sell any thing." ! Second Shoe Merchant-"You're foolish. I maf??ed my stock down to half sizes, and ?old everything in the ? house."-Baltimore American.. Liquid Fuel for Engines. Liquid fuel for steam fire engines is being made the subject of trial by the London fire brigade. MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY v. - Weak Women Made Happy by Lydia E. Flnlcham'a Vegetable Compound - Letters from Two Who Now Have Children. "DEAB MRS. PINKHAM:-It was my ardent desire to have a child. I had been married three years and waa childless, so wrote to you to find out the reason. After fol lowing your kind ad vice and taking Lydia K. E. Pirdcham's Vege table Compound. I be came the mother of a beautiful baby ( boy, the joy of our home. He is a .fat, healthy baby, thanks to y our medi cine."-MBS. MINDA FIKKT.B, Roscoe, N. Y. From Grateful Mr?. Lane "DEAS MBS. PXSKHAM : - I wrote you a let ter some time ago, stating my case to you. "I had pains through my bowels, headache, and backache, felt tired and sleepy all the time, was troubled with, the whites. I followed your advice, took your Vegetable Com pound, and it did me lots of good. I now .have a baby girl. I certainly be lieve I would have miscarried had it not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. I had a very easy time ; waa sick only a short time. I think your medicine is a godsend to women in the condition in which I waa. I recommend it to all aa tHe boat medicine for womqBi "-MOB. MAB? LASTO) Coytcci Tena, y . & 1 ?8? ? . A. ? SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY? The reason whj the Great Sdit Laka n Utah i? growing ?8nialler; according o Professor J?nies E: Tal rang?; is that the' volume ol water from its four trib utary rivers, is being more and more diverted by irrigation. According to some observations made by Mr. J. W. Post, chief engineer to the Netherlands state railways, rails made of soft steel are apt to be more durable than those ot radar material At the beginning the hard steel rails gre1 less sublet to wear than the soft Oh?s, bht tile latt?r ur? apparently toughen Sd to ? marked de gr?e by th? ?dld rd?li?g effect bf the padsiiig trdinsj sb that id ldt?r years they actually show less wear than the fails of harder steel. Among the glaciers found in. the Rocky mountains ia Gras'shdpper gl?c| 1er; whit li derives its name from the &?ormbuB . quadtity bf grasshopper teni?liis that Aub' io lind du ned in the glacier. . Periodically the grasshoppers take their ?ight southward; and must crosd tile mouuttllris; ' Tlielr fdvorita r'outo seems to be dc das tile wide glacier; add in tli9 passage scores of thousands of them succumb to the rigor of cold an.l wind, fall helpless upon the snow, dud are Anally en tombed in the ice. A serious pest has appeared within the last few years in the cotton fields of the South. It is spreading with great rapidity) And threatens td r?iii the industry) if it Cannot be success fully Combated. The disease is a fun gus which attacks tho roots, cartsing the plant to wither and die. It is most destructive in the vicinity of Cb aries to u? S: C:} dud dd the islands ddj?ceht t? th? c?dst, The depart ment of agriculture has appointed William A; Orton) a botanical expert) to 'investigate the matter) and it is hoped that a practical wdy df erndiedt? ing the pest will be devised; Dr; Fihsen of Copenhagen D?d niark) who is investigating the effect of light in the treatment of diseases and who has made many wonderf.nl cures in the treatment of skin affections, now reports that certaiu kinds of bald ness) Which dre Cdns?d by bacteria, Are readily ctlred by submitting the bald head to the influence of the rays of the bide end of the spectrum! A bednl of sunlight) or electric light, is filtered through d hollow glass lend filled With Copper sulphate solritiod. Which allows only the cqld blue rays to pass through) atid this light when focused dri the diseased skin kills any diseased bacteria present, even though ttndor the Surface, A peculiar industry of the Island of Procida ie the manufacture of fine silk threads from the stomachs df silk W?rme. ?h? worm, jtist b?fdr? th? time Of itft metamorphosis, is cut opeu, and the membrane of the stomach is carefully removed and pickled by d secret process. Holding one end in the teeth and drawing the other with the hands, the work people then work the-tissue into threads of considera ble length. The threads are prized for strength add flexibility, add find d market id Northern Italy at abottt $16 a pound. They are used for fishing tackle, brushes, eta Production is expensive, as the worms must be taken at the time of tlieir greatest value for silk making, and the various opera tions demand ranch labor by skilled hands. , MINERS AND MORPHINE. A ?ceoaurv Custom WI,Ich Ts Mot Pi?is/? ant to ( tintern1 piatas ' "When ? was in the northwest dur ing last October)" said a gentleman with some money invested in mines, "I employed n prospector to go out into the mountains looking for prop erties which had bo n recommended to ma One day he Wds to have gone from our camp over into n very rough and rocky district, but when evening came he reported that he hadn't made the trip." " ?Why not?' I inquired. " 'Because I didn't ha* . my mor phine with me,'he responded ina very matter of faot manner. " 'Morphine?' said I in astonish ment, 'what has that got to do with it? . You aro not a morphine fiend, are you?' " 'Not ns mnoh of n one r,a you are a tenderfoot,' he laughed, and pro ceeded to inform me that evory pros pector who knew his business always carried with him enough morphine to kill a man easily, and that he did so In order to end himself quickly in case of aa accident which would dis able him far away from assistance. There were many instances of pros pectors falling over cliffs and crippling themselves,or breaking a leg in a hole among the rocks, or rendering' them selves helpless in some other way,nud death was sure to foi low by starvation - or freezing,- or in: some . sections, by being devoured by wolves or other wild animals. In order to prevent such a horrible death as any of these, the prospector simplified matters by always carrying a little packet of mor phine, which not only quieted the pain of the hurt he had sustained,but put him to sleep pleasantly to wake no moro ou earth. It struck me at first as uncanny,, not to say wicked, but I got over that feeling after a nar row escape or two, ned I carried my little tin box just like a veteran would. "-Washington Star. "It Came Ont AH Rljrht." The village blacksmith stood within the phade of the chestnut tree. His heart was heavy within him as he be wailed to the new parson his bard lot. "It is verv different to what it was, air," he said. "It's hard now to get a living, what with the rise in food and, worse than all, the competition." "You mean the young maa who has recently opened a forge.at the other end of the village," queried the min ister. "Yes, sir." "Well, weil," answered the minis ter, preparing to take his departure, "you must go on trusting and hop ing," and with these words of com fort he left. A few days afterward, passing the same way, the minister stopped to in quire as to how things were going. This time the blacksmith met him witli a cheerful visage "Things are looking up," he explained; "I went on trusting and hoping, as you ad vised, sir, aud it's all right now. Thc young man's dead!"-Judy. I?fl<Jljrre<? No Olm ruc lc. , "Percy Perkins is hunting up ali Iiis disereditable ancestors. "What for?" "His idea is to show what a flue fellow he is in spite of them."-Chi cago Record. A Kurgnin. ' May-How on earth did you come to accept him? Fay-Oh, he-looked so cheap When he proposed I couldn't help taking Wm|-Philadelphia ProBu, ? Hitit; &h? wrote tb him and cloped her let ter with these maning words: .*I r?ihain Gladys Fitzmaurice. . Sh? sighed deeply us she wiped her pen npod hbi* bAir. * "How Jbng Shall I rem?in this?" she asked herself, in much agony of spirit. Then she folded the missive and sealed it with the ancient crest of the house of Fitzmaurice.-Detroit Jour nal. _ It reqnires no experience to dye with PUT MAM FADELESS LVSS. Simply boiling your gooda tn tlio dye ls all that's necessary. Bold by all druggists. Nature As Att Ink maker. In Algeria them is a river nf ink. It is formed by the union of two breams one rom! ne fr?mn region of iron ore, tbe other drain'ns a pe.it swarnp. The water of the former ls irnprflirnnted with iron, that of tho linter With g illic acid. When the two mingle, tbe a. iii wirb, th ei ron ? of .us a true ink. frn't Tcbacco Spit and Smoke Tour Lite Away. 1 o r.ult lol aeco easily and forever, be mag netic, lull o? life, nerve and vlgo-. take No-To Tao. tho wonder-worker, Hint makes wonk mea strong. All druggists, ?0c ar 31. Core guaran teed. Tooklot olid sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co.? Chicago or Now Tort. Worn MI suitor more 'rom disappointment than men? because they hare moro of faith and are neurally more credulous.-Mar guerite do Valois. ? To Care a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE Bftouo QunirxR TABIBT?. All druccrhti rotund the in<>nay If it falls meure. E. VT, O'BOTE's signature ld on encb box. 23?. Primitive "Woes. Lillian-Whit aWftll, awful hardships onr forofathars mvsthaTe experienced. Blanche-Yes; ' Just think, they didn't have olives. Dow Are Tour Kidneys V Dr. Hobbs'f narama pula cure all kidney lils. 8a*? pie freo. Add. St?rung BeraeUj Co., Chicago or ??. V, Ambition has but ode reward for all-a lit tle power, a little transient fame? O crave to rest in, und a fading name.-William Winter. VITALITV low, debilitated or exhausted cured by Dr.-Klluo's Invlgo-atlng Tonic. FRKK 81 trial bottle lot 2 weeks' treatment. Dr. Kltue, Ld.,0::i .Arch St., Phlladelpba. Founded 187L Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp for children teething, softens tho gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 35c. a bottle. A Northen. Publisher with Sense. From New York ToWn Topics.] A society has been formed at Mont gomery, Ala., with Colonel Francis G. Caffey as chairman, that deserves the cordial commendation and support of all sections of the country. It pro poses to hold annual conferences to discuss the race problems of the south, such as the franchise, the education of tho negro, religious work and so cial order and equality. The society has no theories; its directors are di vided in opinion upon mos? of the problems; it invites the fallest and freest discussion in order, to get at the truth. I am glad to know that my life-long contention, that the southern people are best fitted by knowledge and experience to deal with their own difficulties, is now conceded. North ern interference, even with the best motives? cnn accomplish nothing, because of ignor?neo of the real conditions. Tbe south must work out its own salvation, and 1 believe that its people are intelligent and.con scientious enough to do it grandly. A Natural Ambition. "That Durham is a man of bound less aspirations. He's only a milkman, and yet he acts as if he wanted the earth." "That's naturel enough J he knows j it's half- water." Did Him Good. Doctor-Ah, the little ono looks pretty well; the pills seem to have helped him. How did you take them, Johnny? Johnny-With my air rifle; I shot sparrows with them, doctor. Breath e 'I had a terrible cold and could fi a ri I y breathe. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and it gave me immediate relief. I don't believe there is a cough remedy in the world anywhere near as good."-W*. C. Layton, Siddi, 111., May 29,1899. Cures Night Colds ? . How will your cough be tonight ? Worse, probably. For it's first a cold, then a cough, then bronchitis or pneumonia, _ and at last consumption. Coughs H always tend downward. It's first the throat .and then the lungs. They don't naturally tend to get well. You have to help Nature a little.. You can stop this downward tendency any time by taking Aver s Cherry Pectoral Then take it tonight. You will cough less and sleep better, and by tomorrow at this time you will be greatly improved. You can gat a small bottlo of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, now, for 25 cents. For hard coughs, bronchitis, asthma,and tho croup, thc 80 cont siro is better. For chronic cases, as consumption, and to keep on hand, tho SLOO sizo is most economical. . i I lilil? I IIIIIIIHIMfBII-- I THE DECT FIV?-ccnt I HC OLD I SMOKING Tobacco on Earth is WTintheTRUST TOP 15 THE BRAND. [Inion Mad?! BASOriCTCRf.D HY ?BOW5 Euoa. co., WINSTON. ?frC Woin?il ??? Wai. Mr. Si hi p?on-So you ar? not stead fasti J? tor eh Her IJoor or British?.- , . Mrs. Simpson-No, lndd?dt Tm going to sympathize with either side. Jast as they hap? pen to deed lt.- Indianapolis Journal. Th turo Constipation l"o rc ter. Take ?nscar?ts Candy Cathartic, joe at ?J. If C. c. C. lill tb cure, ?niggfstdreitod-money. Including Our Own. She - When the papers spenk of tho .lower branch of congress wha: do they mean? He-It's pretty bard to say Just now. . Some nf 'the people in the senate aro low enntiRh. i a Cough or Cold at once, Conquers Croup without fail. Zs the best for Bronchitis. Grippe. Hoarseness. Whoopi;ig-Coup;h. and for the cure of Consumption.' Mothers prniseit. Doctors prescribe iL. Small doses ; quick, sure results. FOR 14 GENTS S We wish to ?rain thUyoar a?,0f0 O D?iTcc?tuQiT?, and hence oner 0 1 Pkg. City Garden Her', I' Ice i : Pkg Earl'at EmrrnldCncomberlto I " La Croea? Harket Letta co.lio I " Strawberry Melon, Ito I " 11 Dar Radlun, 10o 1 * Karl; Ripe CaDbepe, loo i Early Dinner Onion, loo J " Brilliant Flower Beeda, lao i Worth ?1.00, for 14 ceata. i AbovolO Pktr*. worth ?LOO, we'trill I mail yon free, toretbor .with oar, grsttOBtaior,telling all about SALIER S MILLION COLLAC FSTA70 upon receipt of thia notice A 14c. , stamp*, wo inritoyoor trade, and low when yon once try Sulrer'n seda yiu will nerw do without. j_ _ nm Prize, on Salaer'e IX'JO-jar- fi) ) est earliest Tomato Giant oaoarth, C- ft J JOH? JL RiU7.SK SE KO CO., LACROSSE, wis. * Z OT ASH gives ?-color, flavor and firmness to all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at least 8 to io% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every farmer's library. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93Nassau St., New York. **I have been utting CASCA METS for Insomnia, with which I have been afflicted Xor over twenty fears, and t can say that Cuacareis have given me morn relief than any other reme- . dy I have ever tried. 1 shall certainly recom mend them to my friends as being all they are represented." Taos. CILULBD, Elgin, 11L Pleasant. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Wovor Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. I0c.3fe.i0o. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling It.uMy ftwapaay. Chinta, MmtmU Sew York. 3 li K0-?0-BAC ^?$,w^%J^^55f? S3 & 3.50 SHOES ggjgg ;Wo rt h $4 to S 6 compared . with other makes. ^Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. Th* aenuino have W. L. J Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Taker, no substitute claimed to be as good. Your dealer should keep them - if. not, we will send z pair* _ Jon receipt of price and ase." extra for carriage. State kind of leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat.' free. Qiatmro w- L DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. . ?-Atru? food fer th. r.w.e DRAIN.NCRVrS. M? c5cicntificTro?mcn? % for all manner ot: DSSE?5ES. TRA TEEING SALESMEN WANTED. MONEY for OLD SOLDIERS Union soldiers and widows of soldiers who mad? homestead entries before June 22,1874 of less than 160 acres (no matter if abandoned or relinquished) if they have not sold their additional homestead rights, should address, with full particulars , git? ingdistrict, atc EZtfS? H. COFF, W.ihfcgtea, 8. C. TYPEWRITERS. Write for our bargain list. Rebuilt machines good os new (for work,) cheap. Machines snipped for examination. Largest, best and cheapest stock In tho country. Wo rent typewriters. THE Tl PE WRITER EXCHANGE, 808 North 9rh St.. St. Louis, Mo. fffc ? BBS Vi Bl ? SECURED OR P?TSFRI ?FeeRefunded rice tu to patentability. Send for "Inventors' Primer," FREE. KULAI II. STEVENS & CG.. 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