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I, Gets a Medal lor Speed. Engineer William Tunkey, who pulled the Lake Shore's record-breaking train from Erie to Buffalo last October, has just been given an elaborate silver medal by W. K. Yanderbilt andW. Seward Webb. Mr. Tunkey's ability as an engineer saved this trial of speed from being a failure,for when the train reached Erie it seemed irretrievably behind the scheduled time, and Mr. Tunkey's quick -work saved the day. The medal given to Mr. Tunkey is of solid silver, weighs nearly two pounds, and is a work ox art. ?Scientific American. I Hired Swains. A curious custom prevails in some provinces of Holland during the carnival season. Young women of the working class, especially domestic servants, who have no sweetheart of their own, are in the habit of hiring "followers" for their Sunday out, or for the whole of the carnival period. These lovers are by no means to be had very cheap. Often two or three maids will clnb together and share a lover among them if he come6 too expensive for one girl. This temporary ] over has many duties to perform. Of course, he must be good looking and well dressed, aud an effioient and indefatigable dancer, "fit to be seen with anywhere," he must likewise possess good conversational . powers. Besides receiving a variety Ioi vaiaaDie presents irom ms "gins, he is "found" by them in victuals and drink. If a young woman can afford to engage a "swain" all to herself, so much the better, for the hireling often develops into a real lover and ultimately into a hnsband. It can thus be said that, in some districts of Holland, the girls do all the wooing.? Buch fur Alle. President Clements PL Markham, of the Royal Geographical Society, has probably risked his life oftener than any other civilian in Great Britain. He is a great adventurer and was trained in"~the navy with McClintock, the illustrious Arctic explorer, as a comrade. ITrost, Frolic and BminenK. The tvind over frozen pounds and lakes, over snow-fields of plains and open country. Is heavily charged with frost and line particles of frozen matter. It is the most penetrating way for <*hill to set in. Sudden warmth, sudden chill, and severe colds. Girls and boys skating, driving for pleasure or business, and men at work afield know the difference in temperature. Tet the youngsters skate away and with mouth open laughing take in a dose of sorethroat. Drivers and workmen throw aside wraps and all know the next day from soreness and stiffness what sudde? chill means. Now the best thingto do when housed is to rub well at once with St. Jacobs Oil. If you flo, you will not have sorethroat: or if you are stiff and sore, it will cure by warming the surface to throw out thechilL The bicycling clubs of New York State have an estimated total membership of 73,000. iTbe object of the lnannfacturers of Dobbins' Electric Soap Jias been for 31 years to lunke tills aoap of such tvptiuor quality that it will give uniterxU tatir/ac/ioii. Have they succeeded ? Aak your grocer 1 or it. Take do otber. The sold minas of Cherokee, Ga.. are now engaging the attention of English capitalists. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laooratory Bin^humton. N. Y. Nebraska prohibitionists have started a boom for-C. E. Beutley for President. The Genuine " Brown's Broncriai., Tkoches" are sold only in boxes. They are wonderfully effective for Coughs and Throat Troubles. England proposes to spend $50,000,000 on her navv this year. The World'* Karliest Potato. I That's Salzer's Earliest, fit for use in 2S days. Halzer's new late potato; Champion of tho World, is pronounced the heaviest yiclder in the world, and we challenge you to produce its equal! 10 acres to Salzer's Earliest Potatoes yield 4000 bushels, sotd in June at $1 a bushel?$4000. That pays. A word to the wise, etc. Now IF YOU WILL cur THIS OUT AND SEND it uitb 10c. postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co-. La Crosse. Wis., you will get. free. 10 packages grains and grasses, including Teo?inte, Lathyrus, Sand Yetcli. Giant Spurry. Criant Clover, etc., and our mammoth seed catalogue. (A.) FIT* Mopped free by Dr. Kt.ine's Gi?fa? JJektb Restoht.r. No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2.00 trial bottle free. Dr. Klinn. S31 Arch St.. Phila.. Pa. Ir you want 1t> he cured of a couch use HaVs BoiVeyof liwreliound and Txr. Pike"\s Toothache Duops Cure in one minute. March April. May are most emphatically the months for takings good blood puriller. because the avutem is ooit movt in m*il of ^ut*h a meiK Ilcine, and because it mora quickly respond*, to medieinal qualities. Id winter impurities do not pa?s out of the body freely, but accumulate in lbs blood. The best medicine i April |to purify, enrich and vitalize the blood, and Ibus give strength an 1 build up the system. Is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Thousands take it as [their Spring Medicine, and more are taking pt today than ever before. If you an- tired, ["cut of sorts." nervous, have bad taste in fee morning. aeltin^ "?r dizzy head. scar i>in:ic1i and feel all run down, a course of i[ood*F kSiir<;!)inri!la will put your \vb->).? oily in ?00'1 ordcrum! make vou strong :md lgorous It is iIih idoal Sjiriufi: i n-.l '.ru<? ijfrvc u ui<\ Sarsaparilla ithe One True Bioo l Puviller. All druggist?. SI repared ouly by C. I. Hdix! * Co., Lowell. Alas.-. Dill*, are purely v^vmiui.-. i lOOu S PHIS Kiii! invpui<i. r, y Y N i-;? nfl HALEWIEX towll New <a?h Krister icut UU price). Hijrpay. Xaliounl Co.. WiuFton. N. ('. kltlfl&fl Morphine Habit Cured In 16 IPIIISH fn paj till cured. Fl IVHI DIJ,;,tTfePHEN8, L?panpn,Ohio. RELIGIOUS READING. orr. n* x incapacity. It is quit'- common to mistake our nvn infapacity for ?r?.<!"- unwillingness to give. We cannot take more than our hearts and lives t-an hold.not even of the free and abundant grace of (iod. The limit of blessing for every man is the limit of capacity. Even. God does nnt put more than a pint into a pint '-up. Therefore God's richest blessing is the Messing of enlargement. When a soul submits to Him He causes it to grow.so making room for more delight and larger power of use in every blessing. God's will to give may always be taken for granted. Our will xo receive is not so sure. And when we are disposed to complain of our small share of spiritual blessing, may it not be best to ask ourselves whether it is not our will that fails and our littleness which cannot find room to receive? (Sod's apparent grudging, we may lie sure, is always a sign of'our incapacity. What we most need, therefore, is a continual enlargement of soul which comes to men only from the continual presence of God's Spirit. God does not offer gifts at random, much less does He enlarge a soul which has no desire for Him. He who thinks that spiritual capacity may be picked up anywhere along life's dusty road, and that one may set his 1 ? o?/l fhpn <*niiw the JK*?tri li J M >11 I Jir- tm % LJ. ..** * ?J-, full measure <>f a disciple's happiness hesides. will surely be disapjKdnted.--Congregntionalist. THE WAY IT OFTEN IS. "I'oi too interested in what is sjoing on to take much time to remember or brood. | ami I never take hut one day at a time.'* [ The words came from an old ladv certainly beyond seventy, but whose blue eves were I clear, and her fa<*e full of the cheer ami strength lacking altogether in that of her far younger companion. It was on an elevated train, where often the listener hears strange confidences, or gleans unexpected bits of wisdom, and the words came as the pair passed out. the echo of them remaining as a text for other lives than the speaker's. The brooding. lindane holy face at her Mile had evidently never tried the prescription. . . . Whatever else may be in our cup, we should never fail to add love ami gratitude. We cannot always see "goodness and mercy" going before us. but we may feel sure they are following." and so go forward without the fear of evil. The chemist goes about )K>urin? one ingredient after auotluir into a ?lass. and the mixture lies dull and quiot. He pours in one more, and it sparkles and (lashes and.rises quickly over the brim. Take life's cup with its .*weet and - HI...... *1... T ,.,.1 II uml and forget U'it nil His benellts!" iind it will run over in praise and thanksgiving.?Emily Huntington Miller. LOOK I'.NTU JESt'K. Through all of this life we must look unto Jesus. A prize is before us. and we must' ever keep that prize full in view, keep it in view while we are laboriiyr with our build-: ing. while we are keeping ourselves from the evil that is in this world and in the love of God. We inay not see this prize with the iof flesh, peering through the dust and smoke of this dim and lower earth, but some day the atmosphere shall suddenly dear, and looking forth from our surrounding gloom, we shall behold its shining splendor. A friend of mine was onee spending the ni^ht in u part of the West about eighty miles from Mount Hood. Ke arose early in the morning to find himself completely shut in by the mists which hud Collected through the night. As he stood ]#eering into the thick vapors in the direction of the mountain, hoping to catch aglimpse of it through some opening in the clouds, suddenly the vapors were in commotion. and in their writhing mass a great ?ap grew till the veil was lifted, and there. through tlit* rift, appeared the great peak, snow-capped. glistening iu the darling splendor in the morning .sun, rearing its magnilincent head into the very vault of heaven.?Kev. W. H. Hudnut. ladder of life. In climbing this ladder of life, we leave the rounds behind and they are soon forgotten. So must it be with the days themselves and with what they bring. How many thing* now look little which once looked large! Who cares to remember his toilsome, days, the tossing nights the pains that wrenched his nerves, or the pangs that smote Ills heart'{ The steps mibt Im* taken, the voyage must be made, tuit the incidents by the way are forgotten in the destination. Weleomn are the experiences that conduct us to wis-; dom and gooduess. to power and peace. Welcome ail the rouuds by which we may a?eend.?Itev. Charles G. Ames. made i on ax b-xn. There is not a spider hanging ?>n thu king's wall but hath its errand : then- is not a nettle that groweth in the corner of tin: church-yard but hath its purpos? : there i:j not a single insect Muttering in the breej&j but accomr>lisheth some divine decree : and I will never have* it that God created any man. es|>e?*iuily auy Christian ir.au. to be a blank and to be a nothing. He made you for an end. Find out what that end is : find out your nich<j and 1111 it. It it l?.' ever s?i little, ir it is only to be a hewer of wood and drawer of water, do something in lids yr^at battle for God and truth. DTVIJJK THE Kit KIT OK GOD WITHIN VOX". O. do not let the sluggish, turbid current of your ordinary days seem to you thai which truly represents Jo you what you are. what you an- able to be ! No. the time when you made the holiest resolutions, when yoi\ etruggled most with the powers of evil.when love conquered you .and freed you from other chains that you might wear her chain.-, that, that was the true index to the divina purpose concerning you: that tells vou whatj the Spirit of God is every hour working in you tliaa may l>e.?F. I). Maurice. God is asking constancy of us. You do i?o$ meed that I should remind you what ever-be-; setting ami jearitu tempters are waylaying your (steadfastness and loyally.?Bit-Lop Huntington. When the air is filled with sunlight. there j is no opportunity for the deeds of darkness. Where the si ml has tasted of the I trend of life, it cannot huuger for the stones ot tho wilderness. Where God is all to us. the world is nothing. -Canon Farrar. Men Were not weighed by God according to ability: not weighed according to their talents, but by the manner of using them. It Is not he who serves much.but he who serves perfectly that stands highest in God's kingdom. Mrs. ('. I*. Wilder. The lamp of Christ's comfort may seem useless to you in the happy days of youth, when you have no sorrow: but some time it will grow dark about you. with no earthly light to shine upon your path, and then this heavenly lamp will be most welcome: it will teach you where to go when the night darkens about your own soul.? An on. It is instructive to notice how each living thing takes from the sunlieatn what i: want?one it.- aroma, another its color, a third its luscious taste. So should we extract from Christ whatever we require to complete our character. The short-tempered mu-t take patience: the passionate, purity: the eowardlv tnor;:i strength : the domino-ring, patience : tie- dowm-ast. comfort. We must Ilt>; MIIipjY i'ir 1111*111. > >11 [ Ulh'' I II?*JJ1.? F. ];. M. y. r. We must lti.vc oiir daily soul wrk (n*tWBii iiurwlvts jiiid .uir - ret *o?iiiiuuioii with Him urwe shall starve ?-v?*n though surroumU'il l?y plenty. NVniot read our own i'ilil' s. <ln <>ur <>wii |*r;iy?utr ami i?? lieving and weeping l?*i'ort* she l.i.rit. \W cannot l>e. pardoned in mas.-.? > r-av?-d in ri'Wi!-. Straight i* thegate.and ;j<*li fiinl it am! enter for himself i'lone.? II. i.. Hastings. revolutionizes Can Mnl'ing. One of the pioneer fruit cauner.- of California ha? just perfected an invention that win revolutionize tbe can making industry. His machine can he operated by a child, it ! in led at one end with sheets of tin of the I proper size, and it turns out at the other nil sixty-four cans of auy size every minute At this rate the machine will produce 38,100 I eanp in teu hours. Ali the joining of seams j and soldering are done by parts of the ma- ' rhice. With a number of these machines j one fa-tory w.'iuld be able to supply all the can? u?-?d on the Paelflc coast for fruit, wg. erables and saln-un tit one-tenth of the present COft. fmbr?geou? Pbilatle^pfila. Philadelphia is said to nave more treo3 1 lmn ??y other city in this country. ,f J SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR MARCH 15. Lesson Text: "reaclilug About Prayer," Luke xl., 1-13? Golden Text: Luke xlM 9 ?Commentary. I. "Lord, teach us to pray." Thus spak?' one of Hi9 disciples to Him as He was praying in a certain place. He was much piveu to prayer, much in communion with heaven *? 1!- an i-tH nlnravc nloasinn tht anu in mo hhj <-? ? ~j Father. Luke records Ave instances of Hi.' praying which do not seem to be recorded by the other evangelists (chapters iii., 21 ! v., 16; vi., 12. 13; ix., 29, and here). Ii i should be a great comfort to us that, though | we know not what we should pray for as wt; j ought, the Spirit Himself inaketh intorces( sion for us with groanings which cannot be uttered, and He maketh intercession accord' ing to God (Rom. viii., 2r>, 27), a ''When ye pray say, Our Father whicli art in heaven." This seems to have been on another occasion than that referred to in Math, vi,, 9, a repetition and indorsement ol this beautiful summary and sample of all prayer. Only Christians can truly use it, for none but the redeemed can truly say "Our Father." Compare John viii., 44, with i., 12. Inasmuch as the carnal mind is enmitj gainst God, none but the redeemed can honor His name, and only such will desire His kingdom to come and Hi<- will to be dom on earth as in heaven. ? hr /low nnr ilnilv hrpnr].'' The whole teaching of Scripture is that we have to live but one day at a time ana not to allow to-morrow's cares to intrude upon today. "As thy days thy strength.'' "That which they have need of, day by day without fail." "Adaily rate for every day, all the days of his life." "Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself' (Dent, xxxiii., 25; Ezra vi., 9; II Kings xxv., .'JO: Math. vL, 34).| p 4. "And forgive us our sins." If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John i., 9). It is understood, however, that confession includes, on our part, the forgiveness from the heart oi all who have injured us (Math, vi,, 14,15; Mark .vi., 26). As to temptation. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tompteth Ho any man (Jas. 1., 13,14), and yet it is written "God aid tempt Abraham" (Gen. xxii.. 1), but Heb. xi.. 17, says that Abraham, when wa? fripd offered un Isaac. God tries His people for their ?ood (D?ut viii., 1(1:1 Cor. x., 13), but never teinuts them to do wrong. 5. "Which of you shall have a friend?" Abraham is the ouly man mentioned in Scripture by name as the friend of God fll Chron. xx>, 7.; Isa. xli., 8; James ii.. 23). but Jesus said to His disciples "Henceforth I call you not servants, but I bave called you friends, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name. He may give it you" (John xv.? 15,16). And this in connection with fruit to the glory of God. 6. "J have nothing to before him.'' What a condition of emptiness and helplessness. but just such is our condition apart from our Lard Jesus Christ no matter how hard we may toil. His own words are "severed from Me ye can do nothing" (John xv., 5). When the disciples had toiled all night and Jesus in the morning, from the shore, said "Have ye any meat?" they had to answer. No (John xxt., 4. 5). 7. "My children are with mo in bed. I cannot rise and give thee." Children come closer than friends, and while it is good to be a servant of God. be ter to be a friend, it is best of all to be a child of God by fuith in Christ Jesus. A father will keep nothiun good from his children, and as to all our need Jesus has said "your heavenly Father knoweth that ve have need of all theso 8. "Because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth." There is somewhat of the same teaching in chapter xviii.. 1-8. What do we know of the heart that says. "I will not let thee go except thou blew rac"' (fieu. xxxii.. 2G). Dn we understand anything of prayers and supplications with strong Tying and tears? (Hel>. v., 7). !?. "Ask. -eek. knock * One has said, "Ask with th?* humility of a beggar, seek carefully as a faithful servant, knock confidently ns a friend." Some h'-lpful words on each of tl)n?e will be foutul on "'ask'' in John xi\:.. 13. 14; xv., 7: Mark xi.. 24; "seek."' Prov. ii.. 4: viii.. 17. I?. V.; Jer. xxi.v, 13; "knock.'' Col. ii.. 3: John vi.; 37; Rev. iii.. 20. We are apt to think of asking or seeking something for ourselves, hut Jasus never sought anything for Himself (John vi., 3$: viii.. 50); always and only for God. 10. "For every oaetba: asketh reeeiveth."' The limitations are given elsewhere as, <That G^d may be g orlfled." "According to His will. ' "in me name 01 .icbus (jonn xiv., 13.14: I John v.. 14). Could we but live .solely and wholly to hallow His name, to hasten His kingdom, without a thought for ourselves, we would then know the meaning and power of the words "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."' When we live uprightly unto Him, we may ask what we will fur His glory and receive it, and be perfectly sure that lie will see weil to all that concerns us without our askinc anything (Math, vi., 33: Ps. Ixxxiv., 11.) 11,12. ''If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father." Xo parent would ever give a stone for bread, or a serpent for a fish; ' or a scorpion for an egg. or anything to harm his child instead of something good. If a man will gratify his friend at the cost of his children's comfort, how much more will he give what is good and needful to his children. The thought running all through the lesson Mscms to be that of "Our Father" and His children. Others may have to ask and seek and knock, but*a child is at home in its father s house and counts all that the father has as its own (etnpter xv.. ;il). 13. "If v<*.then, being evil, know how to I give good giftsuuto,your children, how much mor?' shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirjf to them that ask Him?" This confirms what I said on the last verse, that the whole to pie is one of our relationship to Go<t as our Father by faith in Christ Jesus and tlio privileges of that relationship which shouM itisur** u? the most absolute rest of j .soul anil fivi'tmiu troni all are of self be| cause "Iff can-fb." Th<*yulv way to this freedom fr.ini self carts and a whoie heart I for His kindoin is to be filled with His | Spirit, which, by comparing this verse with Jlatli. vii.. U. you will sec to be the sum I and substance <?f all good things. If filled with the Spirit (Epli. v.. IS), the life will be right, thoughts, words and actions all subjet io Him. .self-subdued, the whole be,ing for God. Christ magnified in our bodies and a .vanillic of the reign of Christ seen in our lives.?Lesson Heluer. WILL RUN AT PHENOMENAL SPEED. Great Things Expected of New AVnuhincton-l'.altimore Klectrlc Trains. . A contract has just been awarded to the I Weelinghouse Company, of Pittsburg, for I the electrical equipment of the new railway between Washington ami Baltimore. The, contract provides that the machinery furnished shall send the express trains between Washington and Baltimore at a speed of ! sixty miles an hour. Trains will be run every half hour. The equipment is to comprise eight 700kilowatt generators, switchboards and panels. Tho first generator in each power! Vinii<o ie in he r^.-ul v for onur.itinn j by May 15. The "hooker" .-y?te:ii i has been adopted < for the operj ation of the jilaiit-i. With the cxcep! tiou of a comparatively small portion of the ! road, the rv.Jte lies through a level country, j and at i* expected the trains will make pheI nomenal sped. No railroad grade crossing? ! are made ?ri r.:iy part of the line. The ! single trolley with feed wires will be employed. but a ii'*w iifthod suspension will be u-.e>l tor tin* ptirpo.-e "f If.-^eain^ the i danger <;f the trolley wheel jumping off the j wire. By June 1 tin* road will, it is expected. )>: i in operation between Baltimore and Elll| oott City, and two months later between WuchiiiL'tnii :u'(l Baltimore. U'omni .11 iiiit lipiunve Their Mat-. Judge Johnson, in the District Court. Denver. Coi.. approved a:i order requiring women to remove their hats, bonnets or other paraphernalia upon their heads during performances at the Tai'Or Grand Opera House. The theatre is at pre.s?*:;? managed by assignee? under directions ir jn; the District Court, and this recent rub Jiade by tho assignee had to receive the iormaJ consent of 'ho .C'<.;rf bv'Iore it cvlH i.-e en >o:c;cJ. OOULD ONLY EAT PEPTONOIDS BUT PINK PILL'* MADE IT POSSIBLE TO EAT ANYTHING. Get Tour Diction Kieht and Tour Health Will Take Care of Itself. From the Star, Washington, D. C. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills miraculously cured me of two dlseaseaand hayeotheiwise done me a vast amount of good," said Mrs. E. A. Meeker, of No. 207 Third street, Southeast Washington, D. C..to .1 Star reporter to-day. , "For many years I was a sufferer from muscular rheumatism in its worst form, and ; In addition had stomach trouble to such an | extent that for a long time I could eat noth; ing stronger than beef peptonoids. The rheumatism commenced in my back aud not i only extended Into my left arm. almost paras lyzing it from the shoulder to the elbow, but attaoked my hips and limbs with such ves hemence that it wa9 Impossible for me to gc out on the street without being supported by an attendant. l "I was attended by four different physii cians?not all at one time?of both the alio At_? > 1 I paiaic IUIU Qumcufjaiuin ocuuui?, auu mere [ were times when I was covered from my ! neck to my feet with porous or some other kind of plasters, for I tried everything ol the sort that was recommended by my friends. "During the greater part of this time mj i husband and son were urging me to takeDr, Williams' Pink Pills but I steadily refused to > do so. ' About two years or two and a half years ago. the physician who was then attendinf i me, and I have had none since, said to me, 'Mrs. Meeker there is no use for me to com* and see you any more, you have musculai rheumatism, a disease iucident to old age and you cannot be cured. I Trill give yoi i some iron for your blood, and when thi; prescription runs out you can get it renewed ! If you get much worse you can send for me but I will not again cA.ll until I am sum ; moned.' "Of course I was much discouraged, bu still I tried a noted massage treatment thor oughly, but without the slightest effect. A last ray husband persuaded me to try th< Pink Pills. 'I want to say that when I began takinj the Piok Pills it was without Uhe least faitt in their efficacy lor good or belief that the; would benefit me, but simply to please m; husband and son by taking something. How ever. I took them as directed bv the makers and about the end of the month I found, t< my great surprise, that my stomach was s< much better that I had no longer to subsis on beef peptonoids, but could begin to in dulge in more solid looa. "So I told my husband that as the Pinl Pills were evidently doing me good, I woul< try them for another month. ' "'I continued to nso them as directed ant during the second month my eyesight, whicl hud been very bad for a long time began t< improve, and it was much more plensant fo me to go on the street, though I still had t< be attended on account of my weak limbs. "How many boxes-of the Pink Pills I tool in all I could not begin to tell a? there wen periods when I would stop using them for i week at a time. But from the time I com menoed until I felt I could safely cease takin) them was about lifteen months, i "Sometime after my eyesight began t< grow better, my memory, whieh had beei defective and caused me much trouble for i | long time, returned and became good a when I was many years younger. Dur ing the period to which I refer I ha< great difficulty in remembering where I hat put anything, but. as I said before, thii trouble entirely disappeared and has neve: returned, while" my eyesight also continue excellent. "My long continued illness had re3uce< my weight from between 130 and 140 poundi to 112 pounds, but while I was taking thi Pink Pills I gained 30 pounds, and I nov weigh 138 pounds. "Some of my friends freely asserted tha my flesh, as they noticed my increasing weight, was not solid and predicted that would speedily lose it. Such, however, ha! not been the case, although I have not takei any of the pills since last December. All mi rheumatism having by that time disappeared since which time I have had no return of th< dread complaint. I have been told that th< disease will visit me again, but if it does, ] shall again resort to the use of Dr. Williams T>:iio x iuiv. x ma* , ' With my experience with Dr Williams Pink Pills I have not hesitated to recom mend them to others who were afflictei. 31} niece, who lives near Hillsboro, Londout County, Va., suffered for a Ion)? time with ? (jeculiar disease of the hips and limbs. Ibe^ ieved the medicine which did me 60 muct good would cure her also, and I bought three boxes of them aud sent to her. She tool them and was cured completely of her coni' plhint." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred) at 5(1 cents a box. or six boxes for $2.50, and maj be had of all druggists or directly by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. . " Half-Hanged Magpie." A curious instance of the hangman's rope failing to perform its fatal work gave to Margaret DicksoD, an English woman of a century and a half ago, the nickname of "Half-Hanged Maggie," a name by which ehe was known throughout the British Isles. Maggie had been convicted of some capital offense (there were several such offenses catalogued in the English statutes at that time), and was finally taken to the gallows on the hill at Edinburgh. After the drop felt she was allowed to hang several hours before friends claimed the remains and started with them in a cart for Musselburg, sis miles away. On the way some drunken apprentices rudely halted the cart and opend the coffin in order to see the woman who had been hanged. This let in fresh air, and the air and jolting of the cart combined to revive the suppossd dead woman long before the home of the relatives was reached. Arriving there she was carried into the house, alive, but very faint and barely conscious. A minister was called to pray for her, but she soon recovered sufficiently to demand that the preacher be dispatched for a doctor. The physician soou arrived and Maggie quickly recovered, but was never again tried or even arrested for her crime. Later on she married and m/.thpp nfseveral children. MCUdUb VUV Uawvmv. She lived to be quite old, but the nickname of "Half-Hanged Maggie" stayed even after death, being engraved on th? sandstone slab that marked her grave.?St. Lorn* Republic. Tlio Lnnrfst BieyclP. j Wlmt is said to be the largest bicycle I in the world has been made by a I bicycle company in Providence, R. I. It is made to carry six persons. Its length over all is 15?> inches, and its wheel base is 125 inches. The diameter of the wheels is thirty inches, the tires are 2} inches in diameter, the gear is compounded to 1 .k>, and the machine weighs K57' pound.-. A llo? Soltl lor JjtSOO, Iowa's prize hog, "King Medium," belonging to a famous Poland-China herd on J. A. Htm son's "Norwood" < /-?>nf flint. Stat/v i iarm it. v_? ijiicu vunuyi I wins sold this week for 8800, probably | the largest price ever paid in this | couutry for a hop. The rest of the I herd averaged $70 a piece.?Washington Pathfinder. The first theatre in the United States wa? opened in Virginia in the year i l7W' ' || TEMPERANCE A CCr OF WINE. "Thick as billows of the seas Are the graves of debauchee?. Shall we warning take of these. Since they form of death the line? See the faces white with care, See the pictures of despair, See the shadows in tho air ( Coming from a cup of wine! "And the beads which bubbling rise Are the serpent's glittering oyes, And its fangs are in the wine." EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. [ Alcohol, which apparently brings so much pleasure to its partaker, acts as poison, if even consumed in small doses daily, by i means of its cumulative aotion, as strikingly shown in Munich, the centre of beer consumption, by the frequent and sudden cases a nna rant! u kanlfWv man IPuf+v enfeebled hearts, shriveled kidneys, fatty or i hardened livers, changes in the texture of i blood vessels, which cause paralytic strokes and softenings of the brain by bursting In the brain, chronic catarrhs of the stomach and bronchial tubes, etc., trembling of the i limbs, aberrations and diseases of the men tal faculties, delirium tremens, etc.?these are some of the consequences of au immode[ rate drinking of alcoholic stimulants. Professor Dr. Bollinger, of Munich, has in the same manner proved the prevalence of varir ous diseases of a definite nature of the internal organs caused by the universal drink lng of beer. A normal heart or kidney is the exception only in Munich. This state of i affairs also Injures the progeny in a most ? serious manner. Dr. Demme found thar of i the children of non-drinkers eighty-two per J cent, weresound, while of those of drinkers r only seventeen per cent, were sounl. Al, though large quantities of beverages were i drunk formerly, still only in the last century, 3 and more especially only in the last decades, In which the brewer's art was perfect, has , drinking become universal. It nas spread - everywhere and increased to a frightful, most alarming extent. It has been introt duced even into country communities, and - the only Inevitable consequence will be the t thorough degeneration of the human race, If 9 the evil is not checked before it is too lato. Although it is contended that beer contains ? less alcohol than either wine or whisky, it is 1 nevertheless as injurious ns either of them, f while its vaunted nutritive value stands in 1 no proportion to its price. When a man is - required to perform the greatest feats of cor, poreal exertions in battle, sport, explora5 tions, etc., the baneful effect of alcohol Ls ) most strikingly shown. In spite of the marA 1 ? ?An a# Ann nrooartf a era a rrron f l 1 VCIUU3 iiu vauiui^cd ui vui pvjvui ?^e>^ - retrogression In an ethical sense is undeniable, tbe chief cause of whioh is principally c due to the Increase of drunkenness, because 1 the beer saloon has become the center and focus of social life. 1 1 WASHINGTON ON THE CSE OF LIQCOK. ) . General A. W. Greely says in the Ladies' r Home Journal: "In his younger days Wash* ington extended at his first election the usual post election hospitality, whioh, in those ? days, consisted in the minimum amount of 3 food with the maximum amount of spirits. 1 We find him paying an account for such an * entertainment for some 400 voters where the 5 account wa3 three shillings for food and thirty-seven for liquors. The capacity of the 3 average drinker may, perhays. be placed at 1 three quarts at a sitting, as derived from this 1 iaccount, which covered one hogshead of 8 fcuncb, or barrel of punch, forty gallons of ~ .punch, nine bowls of punch, forty-five gal* Ions of wine and forty-seven of beer. Wash1 Ington, who was not present, expressed his 3 surprise at their moderation, and wrote his r agent that he feared he had not been liberal 3 enou gh, and expressed tbe hope that he had not 4 eglected those who had voted in the " opposition. 0 . tvtinrl on/1 nontc nliaorvft. I ~ I ; X11S 1OUOCII * o miuu uu-.? vwjw. ... 3 tion soon noted the ravages maao by drink, T | and doubtless confirmed that personal moderation which never permitted him to ran into excess of any kind. In the Provincial ? army, when general charges of drunkenness ? were made against the Virginia troops, there 5 was no word against Washington personally. 1 He had, moreover thus early deplored it as f 'i serious vice, forbade it by stringent orders, > und applied a hundred lashes to every man 5 found arunk. Stiil later he wrote that gin ' shops served to ruin the proprietor and those C tvho make the most frequent application to Ihem, and in advising his nephew he adds. , 'refrain from drink, which is the source of alt avil and the ruin of half the workmen of this country.'" 1 L1QCOK Ar.ITH3rF.TIC?OBJECT LKSSOK. J , "Boy at the head of the class, what are we " paying for liquor as a Nat ion?" "4900,000,U00 annually." , "Step to the blackboard, my boy. Fin-it L take a rule and measure this silver dollar. How thick is it?'" "Nearly an eighth of an inch." . "Well, sir. how many of them can you put in an inch?" "Between eight and nine." : "Give me the benefit of the doubt ; call it nine. How many iDcbes would it require , '.o pile those ?900,000.000 in?" "100.000,0!l0 inches." 'How many feet would that bs?'* "8,333,333 feet." "How many rods is that?" "505,050 rods." "How many mile3 is that?" 1 "1578 miles." i "Miles of whut?" "1578 miles of silver dollars, laid down, packed closely together, our National liquoi Dill would make. This is only one year'? grog bill." i Reader, if you need facts about this > temperance question, nail that to a post and read it occasionally. It would take ten men with scoop shovels to throw away money as 1 fafit ;is we are wasting it for grog.?National Temperance Advocate. A NATION* OF TIPPLERS. England's annual drink bill reaches the extraordinary total of almost $800,000,000. In many of the museums und libraries you can get what you want to drink, and It is served gracefully by prim young women. On every floor of-tho average theater there is a bar. The steamers that ply up and down the Thames all have liquors, and there the i prohibited hour3 on Sunday do not apply. At the railway stations are all the liquors. Very often eaoli separate platform has its bar, in addition to th? several bars along the general platform. Wherever an express train stops there is a bar on each platform, and the train almost always slops long enougn ior you 10 ge: your arm*. Lunch baskets always contain a drink of some kind. generally a Dottle of ale. It is not an uncommon sight to .see a gray-headed lady sipping ber bandy ai tho station. One day at Broad street we beheld a funeral party solemnly won;ling their way to thn bar and soothing their sorrows. Jnalliuy travel here, if the journey was for any distance, the occupants of the compartment.?, with two exceptions, have at some stage of tho journey pulled forth llask.s and taken drinks.?Correspondence Baltimore American. MUST STOf .SKLLl.NO BRANDY Di.OI'S. Owing to the receipt of numerous < vmplaints concerning the sale of candy containing spirituous liquors to children, the Polico Board of this city investigated tho matter and found that tho charges were well founded, and that brandy in large quantities is contained in thecaudv known as "brandy drops." Orders were therefore i.-?ucd to the police last week to notify confectioners that thoy must cease selling such candy to children uudcr penalty ol arrest.?N<nv Yurk I Witness. I NATIONAL THIRST. j For the 11 sea I year 1805 the f'nite.l Stute* j f:nwminput issued 228.000 liciuor licenses. I which is mfuivulent to .1 licen.v.!d saloon for each 298 jit'oj.le?to .say nothing of thj liquor-dealers that :ire unlicensed. In the Capital of the S-iti-.n there are C0.? .' . vn.-cd bar-rooms;. <u- .j::o Inr each ?!"? ]r- ; ! ?. If wetak<? out the women aud children ami tomjierance people as a class, there are lc.<c than a hundred drinkers to support oa'-h saloon in the Uuited States. DOST HAVE A BEOINNI.N'O. Young man. if you have not b'gr.n to drink, don't begin, says a contemporary. You don't neod liquor now aud you don't [ care for it. But jf you drink it once or twice j a day for a week, you will need it aud must have it. Resist the beginning?. This is ex- 1 cellent advice; but the advice we are giving 1 you is even more excellent. Don't have any \ beginnings to resist. Don't begin at all. Think of what the schoolboy said in his coir.- J position "Beware of the flrst drink, for ji ( you don't take the flrst drink, you will never 1 i abe the sevond." _ ' 1 < * ? Earliest Vegetables Always F?y, i That's so, the editor hears Mr. Markot Gardner say. Well, why don't you have them? Simply because you don't plant j Salzer's Northern grown seeds. His vegeta- ; bles are bred to earliness and they never disappoint you. Salzer is the largest grower of vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, clovers, potatoes, etc. If yoo will cdt this oot axd send it to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., with 10c. postage, you will get sample package of Early Bird Radish (ready in 10 days) and their great catalogue. Catalogue alone, 6c. postage. (A.) How's This t ' We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foi anv case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Caiarrh Cure. * . - ? F. J. Cheney & Co., Props.. Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che. ney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by tneir firm. Wbst & Tkcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Waldinq, Rtnvan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, Ohio. Ha'l'a Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists- TaAtisftonials fre?. FLORIDA FACTS. February and March are two of the best months to visit Florida. The climate is fine and the social features at their height of interest. When you have made up your mind to go, you natnrally want to get tnere as soon as possible and in the most comfortable manner If you live in New York, Boston or Buffalo, you can take one of the Magnificent Trains of the "Big Pour Route" l'rom any one of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only one change of cars continue your journey to Jacksonville. Direct connection made In Central Union Station. Cincinnati, with through trains of all lines to Florida. Address E. 0. McCormick, Passenger Traffic Manager, or D. B. Martin, General Passenger and Ticket Agent Big Four Route, Cincinnati. Ohio. A Goad Dog 1> Worth Looking After. If you own a dog and think anything of him. you should be able to treat him intelligently when ill and understand him sufficiently to detect symptoms of illness. The dog doctor book written by fl. Clay Glover. D. V. S.. specialist in canine diseases to the principal kennel clubs, will furnish this information, it is a cloth bound, handsomely illustrated book, and will be sent postpaid by the Book Publishing House, 134 Leonard St., N. Y. City, on receipt of 40 cts. in postage stamps. I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consumption to sufferers from Asthma.?E. D. Towx6ejjd, Ft. Howard, Wis., May 4.1894. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammalion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle ASK YOUR DEALER FOR 7 W. L. Douglas 83. shoe BESvUVHE . If you pay 14 to 86 for shoes, ex- 4* amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9 see what a good shoe you can buy for a OVER 100 STYLES AND WIDTHS, t CONGRESS, BUTTON, and LACE, made in all kindi of the best selected leather by skilled workmanufacturer In the world. None genuine unless name and price is stamped on the bottom. |Ml lM Ask your dealer for our 95, JSCS Ijf 4, 93.SO, 92.50, 92.25 Shoes: /SCl/l 92.00,92 and 91.75 for boys. ?XS/ 1 TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer / M cannot supply you, send to factory, enclosing price and 36 cents to pay carriage. State kind, style I JV of toe (cap or plain), size and | jv width. Our Custom Dept. will fill your order. Send for new Illustrated Catalogue to Box R. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Masti THE AERMOTOR CO. toes uut iKtrUTs windmill business, because It has reducsa the cost of wind power to 1/8 what It was.? It has many branch ^ a B houses, and supplies Its goods and repairs at jour door. It can and does furnish a iSMK . - better article for lea money than 2y?X3?gi?ouiers. It makes Pumping and Geared. Steel, GaWanlzed-altei^ completion Windmills, lilting and Fixed Steel Towers, Steel fcuxs Saw Frames. Steel Feed Cutters and Feed Grinders. On application It will name one ill o' these artfcles that It will furnish until January 1st at 1/3 the usual prlca. It also male* Tanks and Pump# of all kind*. Send for catalogue. Futon: IZtfc, RockwtII 111 Fillmore Streets, Ckicu* W rf VI f/and we will show yon bow to \ All make *3 a d?T; absolutely surei we fur K^J nl?h the work and teach you free ryor work la th? locality where you lire send uayoor address and we wUl explain SgnpHjW the butlueea folly; remember we ftua-N antee a clear profit of |3 for every uay'x | ^ i~~- work: absolutely sure; writ# at mk. I KUY4L MiM'FACTl'KlAG lOiri.lY, In LB, Dttrtll, Kick. CHANCE OF A llFETIME;wi',?S paper sent to your address free. Do you want the New York Mercury?brlghr, breezy and bristlingsent to you or your heirs or assigns?forever'? You can obtain the New York Dally and Suuday Slercurv free. For full particular* address the Supt. of Circulation. New York Mercury, 3 Park Row. New York. 0 o "Plai' ,Ev.ide' J/ 7 ,m \V cleaning x {? ^ yS pearii U fy ) /i/ahvays be pleatan hear of it, though. They sim lives the work of house-cleanin< satisfactory, so soon over, so th< Cp?J Peddlers and some unscrupulou OCIlU or "the same as Pearline." anc* 'f y?ur grocer ser.di HURRAH, FARMERSr T!i? nilloanttun li coming for tb? firms (GO bu.l, Oiti (209 bu.), B?rle? (U6bo.), Co bu. >, H*y (6 ton), and Greoa Fodder (lVH> toi millennium i? h?r? for thtftrmerl 8ILVEI BThif Oat yielded in rennejlTama (iworn acre, and huadrede of farmer! who tested em _ SILVER KINO BARLE That li tb? wonderl 116 bu. par acre la 189 thousand (rower*ikr.- ItUnumloui, ?oad ? CatMlonue tell* *11 *tout it. It 1* mailed y< eludiai Corn and Barley, upon reoiipt of 10c. In a World Where " Cleanliness Praise is Too SAPC ifl 8 nON'T YO paper? and books which you don't like to look up if you Uuil souse c formation in a few lines??not ncyclopaj lla costing ?23 or .f JO. mm , -ISHING HOUSE, 134 Leon- |J urnish you, postpaid, with just such llustruted, with complete handy Index. ]>n v< ived? Who built the Pyramids, and when? '!' Vhat is tlie longest river in the world? That M nd who Marco Polo was? What the Gordian J v of explanations of just such M B about. Jiuy it at the kJ \J half a doltc.r and 1M1' ?^??? > G^r^ils Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many physical ills which vanish before proper ef* forts?gentle efforts?pleasant efforts? rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual disease, but simply to a constipated condition of the system, which tne pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt* ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one' remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note when you purchase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxatives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, S^rup of rig* siauua jugnesk uuu lE^muaii lutgcij used and gives most general satisfaction. Hii U?9 Mrs. James Taylor, who resides at No.'82 Bailey avenue, Kingsbridge, New York, on the llth of December, 1894, said; "My age is65 years. For the past two years I have had liver trouble and indigestion. \ always employed a physician, which I did ! in this case, but obtained no beneficial result!?. I never had any faith in patent medicines, but having seaa Hipans Tabules recommended very highly in the New York Herald, I concluded to give them a trial. After using them for a short time, t found they wore just what my case i demanded. I have never employed a physician since, which means |s2u call and $1 for medicine. Our dollar's worth of Ripans Tabules < lasts me a mouth, and I would not be without them if it were my lust dollar. They are the only thing that ever gave mo any permanent relief. I take great pleasure in roc- \ ommendingtbem to any one similarly affected. (Signed), 'Mns. J. Taylor." Rlpans Tabules are sold by druggist or by mair if the price (50 cents a box] Is sent to Tbe R panr Chemical Company, No. 10 Spruce St., New York. Bample vial, 10 ceum. WE HAVE no agents. 1 but sell direct to the comonv-er at wiioleMle price*. Shl^ nu.vnhere for eiamin?tloa \ XX JjBIx before vale. E?err'.hin< war* 9^ rented, too styles.of Car* "' ges, 90 styles of Har? Lness.41 styles RldlngSad* P^l^^DS&rat^K^ndles. M'riw for catalogue. VAPmTxA^VV ELKHART ji VI Carriage ft Harnets Mfg Ca. W. B. PmiTT.'Secy Elkhart, Ind. FIETIUCIAMjoh> w.jiorbis, BCildlvIl Washington, D. c. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner u.8. Penaion Bureau. ? 1... ilmlim nllllllfl and WHISKY babirscured. Bookwnt llr IUHI VRER. "r. I?. *. WOOIXEi^ATUm^e^ Lrj Id time. Sold by druggists. Igi n, but athletic." ter sketch in New York Truth.) ttly the picture of a woman house for the first time with ne. She finds that what has en the hardest kind of hard is now comparatively easy, it, quickly done?and in her and enthusiasm and hisrh , she kicks# up her heels, bably this is an extreme case, if- mav bf there are numbers of women who, when they clean house first with Pearline, manifest their pleasure i thfe same way. You don't p]y tell you that in all their y has never been so light, so Droughly well done. s grocers will tell you "this is as good asIT'S FALSE?Pearline is never peddled, . 70a something in place of Pearline, be JAMES PYLE. New York. 8HOUTFOR JOY! , r, for with our new ercitionf id Wbeit >ro . -07 bu. , Kje (70 bu.,', ji per acre) ? *( i?y with tnch jields th? 9?wKfVffll R MINE OATS?$200 IN COLO! SBHNMHi ita:rn>entj 2cb in. from eoe cultured TjJW7lT77|l >e are ?ur?250 bu. it pofritle in ltPG Illll'lifl Y?#100 IN COLO! ? ISSSAaSII J an! ISO bo. if potliblt in 60 ct? raWWJ aiul.wOh, the ttillensinm it ntrel QMJ l|V :owiih 11) grain ?rd (ran in* MjlilM jciuge. or Catalogue alone for 5c. j cr.ajt. ^UJ&I s is Next to Godliness " no Great tor i|| OFTEN * and references in J ho dhw-fnliy understand. a:nl which you would o nip act book which would giw the inbe oblige:! to ban lit* a tv.vnty-pona i in stamps sent to BOOK PUB1/1 ard Street. N. Y. City, will a book, . ontainiiu' pa^e.*. well >it know wiio wa-. and wher?- Jin nat sound Ir::v?*ls IlliO per second? iiri-o J'olo invci.t".' i :h- oa>jnss in 12(J0t Knot w::k? "J ii*- l ook '. ontri'a? ihou-atuls ii:;rlt*'r> as you wonder agg vera pi'icf of 01 hove vnrn>n.i V