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I Artificial Silk. I Artificial silk is soon to be manufaoI tnred at Rheim9 and Fismes, the lat| ter a neighboring town situated nineI teen miles west of the metropolis of B the northwestern part of France. I The erection of buildings for this new I industry has actually been commenced. The total production of coal in Great Britain last year was 189,661,862 tons?the largest amount on record. There are 3512 coal mines now I* in operation. f i * All who use Dobbins' Electric 8oap praise it as the best, cheapest and most economical family soap made; but if you will try it once it will tell a still stronger tale of its merits itself. Please try it. Your jrrocer will supply you. , The total assessed value of South Dakota I for 189G Is $119,391,156, a falling off of $2,| 859,995. Bow's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Rew&rd for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. _ , , _ F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. We. trie undersigned, have known F.J. Cheney for the last 15 vears, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligoi tion made by tneir firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. L Ohio. Welding, Kinsan & Marvin, Wholesale ? . Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. ; Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly npon the blood and mncons aur, faces of thesvstem. Price. 7i>c. per bottle. Sold fcy all DrosKists. Testimonials fre?. 14 oll'e Tpj mil if Pi llo o ra tKft Koat Are Ton Satisfied With What Too Know Or won Id von gladly improve r^ur stock of knowledge? Yon miy not ha- or $00 you can spare for a 10-volume encyc!op?dia, out you can afford to pay fifty cents for a Hand Book of General Information. You won't want to pay even ths unle.=s yon are desirous of improving: yonr mind and' believe that a fivehundred-page book, filled with a condensed mass of valuable knowledge, will be read by you. This valuable Encyclopeedia will be sent post Daid for fifty cents in stamps by the Book Pnbli?hiner Hons?. 134 Leonard St., N. Y. City. Every person who bos not a large encyclopaedia should take advantage of thi? great offer at once and store his mind with the valuable facts collated in this book. Heart Disease Relieved in 30 Minutes. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect relief in all cases of Organic or Sympathetic Heart Disease in 30 minutes, and speedily effects a cure. It is a peerless remedy for Palr> ? nr\ Cliswf naoa f\f "Rroath ?lTl ntll Print? I Spells, Pain in Left Side and all symptoms of I & Diseased Heart. One dose convinces. If L four druggist hasn't it in stock, ask htm to m procure it for you. It will save your life. I FITSstopped free and permanentlycured. No ^ fits after first day'> use of Dr. Kline's Great ^^NerveRestorer. FreeS2trial bottleand treat rise. Send to Dr. Kline. 031 Arch St.. Fnua.??'a. Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle For Whooping Cough. Piso's Cure is a successful remedv.?M. P. Dieter, 67 ThroopAve., Brooklyn, N\ Y., Nov. 14,18M. Catarah and Cold* Relieved in 10 to CO Minutes. One short puff of the breath through the i Blower, supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, diffuses this Powder over tLe surface of the nasal passages. Painless and delightful to use. It relieves inBtantly and permanently cures Catarrh, Hay Fever, Colds, Headache, Sore Throat. Tonpilitis and Deafness. If your druggist hasn't It in stock, ask him to procure it for you. Cold winds roughen and chap the skin. ' Glenn's Sulphur Soap softens and reunite? It. Hill's Hair <4 Whisker Dye, black or brown. 50c. Heaith Is impossible without pure,healthy blood. Purified and vitalized blood results from taking UAAfl'e ft! IWVI 9 I Sarsaparilla The best?in fact the One True Blood Porlfier. e9 Hood's Pills for the liver and bowels. 25c. S| Cables Catch W bales. SnViTnarinft cables are nsnalJv im I bedded in the slimy bottom of the tocean, but at certain points they hang like wire bridges over deep submarine valleys, so that whales and other large inhabitants of the deep may become dangerous to the cable. Once in a while it is the oable that becomes dangerous to the whales, as recently shown in an accident to the Western Brazilian line. There was some difficulty with the wire, and after many futile efforts the seat of the trouble was discovered I seventy-six miles norm 01 oanta uaxnarine. The cable ship Viking was Bent to repair the damage, and began to take np the wire. After the cable proper had been grappled and was wound to the surface on the large Brums provided for the purpose, it pas lound that it floated very much easier and was more buoyant than is nsualiy the case. [ The reason was discovered wheu in a loop of the cable the carcass of a whale of more than sixty feet in length came into view. It appears that the whale had become caught under the cable, and, not being able to lift it or go forward or back, it becnocmo LUC DUiiuvmtui J AHO IHDV n|/uuuig ^Hor attempts to free itself the whale BHhad damaged the cable so that the in^Hmlation was rubbed off and the wire ^ became useless.?Boston Globe. " CAN'T HELP TELHNGr No village so small- > If Ho city so large. x | From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Itames known for all that is truthful, [all that is reliable, are attached to th? 'most thankful letters. They come to Lydia E. Pinkham, and tell the one story of physical salvation gained through the aid of her Vegetable Compound. nru. iiormvc Vinm of displacement I or ulceration of the womb: Backache, bearing-down, dizziness, fear of coming calamity, distrust oi best friends. All, all?sorrows and sufferings of the past. The famed "Vegetable Coinpound" bearing the illustrious name, Pinkham. has brought them out of the valley of suffering to that of happiness and usefulness. BM 3 Y N u-.ty flM TS C'JRE^ W HEHE ALL" LXfftII $ FJ ttB |2j Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use IB 1 FASHION'S REALM, THE PREVAILING STYLES IN WOMAN'S WEAR. An Up-to-Date Basque of Colored Cloth?Useful Suggestions About 1 ho I,ntoat. M?thod9 of Dressing: the Hair. THE plain but fin-de-siecle basque depicted in the large illustration, and desoribed by May Manton, is made of colored cloth and is a favorite style for morning shopping, traveling, outing, cycling or general wear. The basque ifl glove-fitting, having the usual seams and double bust darts that ( adiust it closelv to the waist line, the ] shaping below producing the fashion- 1 able rippled effect at the lower edge, t The fronts are closed in centre with buttons and buttonholes, the upper edges being reversed in small lapels that are faced with the material and 1 Jf UF-TO-DATELAJd meet the rolling collar in notches, *] The stylish gigot sleeves are shaped t by single seams, the gathers at the top e being arranged over comfortable twoBeamed linings. The wrists are plain- r ly completed, all free edges being a stitched in tailor style. Basqnes in 0 blI10 DbJIO unu uc utauo vi vuw Tivwf ^ tweed, mohair, homespun, serge, cloth 11 or any plain or fancy mixed woolen. 0 The quantity of material forty-four a inohes wide required ? make this t basque for a lady haviL0 a thirty-six E Inch bust measure is two and one-haif a yards. t LATEST STYLES IN HATEDRESSINO. Word comes from London that Eng- * lish girls are all hiding their ears un- c" der a .waving maBS of soft hair. u Whether their hair is dressed high or e low, in a fluffy bang or a severy pom- 0 padour, it is drawn loosely over the f ears, either in undulating waves or II??>_ mu;?i._i t C small puns. misbivicui urcoraiiig buc hair is becoming to few faces aB it has a a tendency to make a long face look longer and a round face fullar. The New York Sun, from which the illustrations were taken, suggests that now n that bo much latitude is allowed in o fashionable hairdressing, and indi- viduality is permitted to have full sway, it ought not to be difficult for any woman to arrange her hair so as to bring out the best points of her X fonlt. TvikVi mflnv wnmen is iavwi ** <(?w4w M*W** j ? that they blindly follow the most favored mode of arranging the hair, without the least regard of the style most suitable to their own cast of features. The best gowned and most attractive women are invariably those who study their own individuality and make the most of their ^jMmgest points. A pretty evening coiiiare has < a few curls on the forehead to soften the severe lines of the face. The hair is turned back in loose waves and arranged in four twisted paffe, one above the other. Two ornaments are used on one side. A simple and becoming arrangement when the hair can be worn parted is to wave it at the Bides and catoh it back in the form of a f figure eight. A jeweled comb is worn 1 on the crown of the head and two lit- 1 THE LATEST tie combs to match are placed at each I I side. The new pompadour iBra-.Ucaiiy ! different from the pompadour which i the American women are nowweuring. Instead of the hair being drawn Btraight back from the forehead, it is first waved and then brushed back. The waves are so deep and undulating that they have almost the effect of email pulls, mis wavy nair at tus sides is drawn over the ears in a loose careless fashion. It is much puffed out, owing to the presence of the small cushion beneath and also to the assistance of the pompadour comb at the back. Ultra fashionable young women I have theBe small cushions delicately ' perfumed. A becoming feature :?f tnit) new pompadour colffnre ??. \ jsistc of the cnrls which rest or the head. Thoy form a bi*ffitchin^ij careless bang, and bo make the coiflnre possible to the woman with a deep intellectual brow. This coiffure, which is a pompadour, and yet ie soft and graceful rather than severe, tills a long felt want. It also shows the bang which will be high in favor this fall and winter. Whether the hair is drawn over the ears or not, the special characteristics of all the new fall coiffures is the broad effect. A profusion of puffs will also be worn. The back dressing of the hair in the moBt up-todate coiffures is a mass of puffs. But the new puffs have lost much of their jonventionalism. They are now more carelessly and loosely rolled, an! are ilso smaller than in other years. The Marie Antoinette curls are still the "ashion, though they will not be worn is much as last season. COJ?CERNlIfG CAPES. The short capes of cut work embroidery are exceedingly fashionable. ^hese are heavy enough to be worn uqil winter sets in, and yet look light nough to be nsed with 6nmmer owns. White satin is the lining, as a nlo, although sometimes green is nsed nd the tan cloth or the black 4 the utside. This cut work iB most effecive, but always expensive. Someimes around the edges is a tiny line i jet, but that adds to the weight, nd one very disagreeable feature of hese capes is that they weigh too aucb to 6tart with. Cloth is heavy nd the cut work, to be effective, must >e made of cloth that is heavy and rill not fray out. The capes of accordion plaited chifon and mousseline de soie in all the iifferent shades and colorB and made ip over silk to match are exceedingly ffnp.fritro The-tr ata ho fnll fchfiV stick ut straight from the neck andshouldrs, bat the material is so soft that it 3 intensely becoming. All these apes?indeed, all capes?are finished round the neck with a full ruche. ODDITIES Df RUFFS. Odd ruches and ruffs are made of aost costly materials. Priceless lace, strich plumes and artificial flowers FLUTED MUSLIN HUFF. ire combined in a fanciful and effec;ive fashion and make a dainty bit of trimming to gowns tnat wouia omer COIFFURES. wise seem too plain and ineffective. Theu, too, with low cut eveniuf gowns these ruches are most conven lent, as they give quite a little warmtl and shield tne neck irom uraugnu and cold. Clever women who hav< the talent of looking well dressed or a small income always make a pom of these acccessories of dress, con tending that they make a cheap gowi look like an expensive one, and alsc show that the wearer keeps up to dat< in the dainty trifles which fashion do 1'yrhts in ordering her followers t< buy. There are more dialects spoken ii China than in all Europe. , ; ' . r: ' *.V ' FOLKS WITH CLAWS. i QUEER COMMUNITY IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 'ta Members Have Feet and Finders Like Eagles' Talons?Thev Are Intelligent and Thrifty?-A Puzzle for Scientists. ON the Cattaraugus River, near the boundary between Erie and Cattaraugus Counties, N. Y., scaroe thirty miles from the busy, bustling city of Buffalo,there a nnmW nf ofranorAlv (Informed MfV - ?v.? w people who are known in the vicinage as the claw-fingered or claw-footed tribe. As the appellation would indicate, these peculiar folks are afflicted with the oddest malformations of the extremities, causing their hands and sometimes feet to more closely resemble the claws or talons of some huge bird of prey than the normal extremities of human beings. There are several families of these qneerly formed people living in the scattered hamlet which bears the biblical title of the Yalley of Zoar. The titlfi dfiPTnfl a misnomer, for there is no Sodom or Gomorrah adjacent to threathen the destruction of the contented villagers. The Valley of Zoar is located in one of the most picturesque spots in the State, nestling, an it does, in a hollow of the heavily wooded hills which form the "high banks" marking the sinuons course ol the swift running waters of the Cattaraugus River. Here, in almost absolute seolusion, the claw-fingered tribe live and work, without exciting special comment. There are in the neighborhood of fifty individuals in the community upon whom the deformity appears. Think what a feast for dime museum manag' ers they must present! Yet they are good, honeBt, law abiding, industrious citizens, who calmly pursue the even tenor of their way, happy and contented in their frugal lot and sinr r>1o_ r?ld funhinnftd homes. The remarkable malformation is not confined to either sex, and is evident' ly of a hereditary nature. The unfortunates are perfectly formed men and women otherwise, of average intellect, with a tendency toward square jawed features and undersized stature. Whence they came and at what period they settled in the valley is a mysterj which not even the oldest inhabitant can solve. ! According to the legend, the founder of the family was named Joshua Robbins, who came from New England early in the century. In support ol this statement, the aged Indian showed a well worn powder horn of ancienl pattern with the above name roughly cat in its side. The Senecas at that time traveled at will through the trackless wilds of nature's playground. A band of Indians had started on a big hunt, when a snowstorm overtook them and they encamped in the forest on the north bank of the CattarauguB, below the lower limit of what is now the reservation. Suddenly aolaw-fingered, claw-footed man, mounted upon a weary, bedraggled little pony, rode into their midst, and fell exhausted at their feet. He was immediatelv seized and bound. When his peculiarity was discovered the Indians quickly released him, believing that he was a magician 01 medicine man direct from the Great Father. He was taken to the chief oi the village, Dowango, who installed him with great honors as head medicinc man of the tribe. For many years he dwelt among them, and all sorts ol miraoulous powers were attributed tc Arlactona, as they called him. ?Of his antecedents - the Indians learned nothing, though was under' stood that he had been jilted by hie sweetheart because of hie deformity. Being of a sensitive nature, he had determined to bide jhis misshappen hands and feet in the solitude of the wilderness. Finally be disappeared from the Indian camp as suddenly as he had appeared, and they knew him no more. It iB believed that be discovered a community of pioneers, with one of whom he married and settled in the valley now called Zoar. Whatever credence may be placed in the Indian tradition, certain it it that the claw fingered people have been seen in the valley for three 01 r x: TITU: 1 ~ xl X lour g^Humubiuua. rr una luej uie uui ostracised socially by the rest of the community, they are looked at ask' ance by their moie fortunate neigh bors, and a strorig prejudice exists against them. In consequence, there is much intermarrying, and this fact may account for the perpetuation of the malformation. There are more than half a dozen families of Rob< binse6 among the afflicted ones. In some instances, their fingere cutve in, separately, like the claws of an eagle; others have the digits grows fast together, and somewhat curved, and some have been known to have hands like stumps of arms, short, thick and square ended. Sometimes onlj one hand is affected, sometimes both. Again, both hands and feet may be claw-like, or perhaps the right hand and left foot, or vice versa. Some children,born of claw-fingered parents arfl normal and Derfectlv-formed. These have, in some instances, married other members of the community whc bore no relationship to the tribe. Upon the arrival of their offspring thej have been shocked to find the malformations of the grandparents in baby's litttle pinks hands and ieet. The disease, if it may be so called, seems to be hereditary through either father or mother, there being apparently no rnle to the contrary. One of the strongest and strangest characteristics of the deformity is thf unique prominence and irregularitj of the finger and toe joints. The liga tures between the bones becomt knotted and hardened, losing Jhen elasticity, causing the joints to be , come stiffened, generally in ft curved ! position, as though ossifieJ. Occasion j ally the fingers and toes are devoid ol 3 nails and the member presents a re< 3 volting aspect. l Owing to the seclusion of their val t ley home but few outsiders have wit . nessed these strange freaks. Because ! of the inaccessibility of Zonr they are j almost completely cut off from interim course with strangers. Notwithstand' it..:- 1 - r ;< ;? CTT.fi IDg llltJJr Ut'lUi nil buc j folk manage to support themselves bj cultivating the cleurings made in tbeir woodland home. 3 Their only visitors are the few Indiftus who coxae from the reeemtioE / to barter their wares in the form o| baskets, moccasins and fanoy headwork, and now and then the passing of an unwelcome traveler through s their secluded vale.?New York Her- ,! M- _____ I t Odd Wars of Procuring Water. c Water iB procured in variouj ways j in different parts of the globe. The I explorer Condreau, for instance, t found some time ago, while wandering ? among the Tumao-Humac Mountains, t in the western part of Quiana, that it was not necessary for his men to de? s scend to a creek when they wanted a j drink of water. A vine, known as the v water vine, is found all through that . I region. It yields an abundant supply 1 of excellent drinking fluid whenever j it is called upon. This vine grows to { a height of from sixty to ninety feet, e It is usually about as thiok as the J upper part or ine numan arm. it B winds loosely about traes, clambers up to their summite, and then falls down perpendicularly to the ground, where it takes root again. The na tives cut tnis vine on ac ine grouna, j and then at the height of about six or ? seven feet they cut it again, which leaves in their hands a very stout 1 piece of wood a little longer than them1 selves. In order to obtain the sap they raise the lower end of the vine upon some support and apply the upper end to their mouths. 1 Six feet of the vine give about a pint of water, which quenches thir&t as ; effectively as water from the most re freshing brook. The bu3hmen in the ' Kalahari Desert often live scores of miles from places where water comes to the surface. During a certain part of the year sharp storms pass over the Kalahari, covering the apparently ' arid region with the brightest Of ver1 dure and filling, for a few short days, : the water courses with roaring tor ' rents. The bushmeu know how to ! find water by digging in the bottoms nf tkaoo dria/l nn ricor ThflV Vi VU&UW U*?VM V*^ **T v* 1 dig a hole three or four feet deep, and j! and then tie a eponge to the end of e 0 ' holJow reed. The sponge absorbs the moistare at the bottom of the hole, 2 and the natives draw it into their 1 months through the reed, and then a empty it into calabashes for future to use. In that enormous waste known ' i as the Gibi Desert, north of China, jj showera sometimes fall during the 9 summer, and the torrents of a day fill b the dried up water course6, through J ' which water seldom runs. It is in these channels that the Mongols dig their wells. emectinc to find a little | water, when upon the surface of the I 1 plateau itself the soil has lost all v 1 traces of humidity. It is owing to v the fact that a part of the moisture fc I falling during a few rainy days is thus t ' preserved within reach that it is po3- ] sible for caravans to cross the desert, t ; ?New York Ledger. 1 i ? t Water Costs Three Dollars a (jjnart. f ' The Papaz Indians inhabit a conn- c try of broad plains, with mountain ? ranges between. The mountains are ? remarkably rugged, and rise sharply * from the lowlands. All over the * plains live the Indians. The oountry 0 1 is one of the most and regions on the ^ face of the globe, a whole year pass- c ing sometimes, without a drop of rain. J The streams rise in the mountains, 1 but never reach the sea, and the c debris carried liy the rivers, instead of 1 | finding its way to the ocean, is spread ? upon tne piainB, lap rivers uryiug up ! bofore they reaoh the sea. Semland, in the State of Sonoro, J [ Mexico, was never seen by a white man until about two years ago, when ? ! the Bureau of Ethnologr sent an expedition to explore that region. The 8 ' natives are constantly vigilant every moment, from day to day, from week 1 to week, month to month, year to year, expecting and dreading the ap- c ! proa-jh of an enemy. They are always prepared for any emergency. x The dearth of water was the great- a | est obstuole to the exploration. Every . | drop we used was carried from twelve c to fifteen miles by men under heavy c guard. Water there is more valuable ^ | than gold, and often we measured it in spoonfuls. In counting the dan- ? j gers and labors of securing water we j: estimated its wurth at from S3 to 31 a J j quart.?Baltimore American. v Slmes of Various Nations. I -------National peculiarities are often ] . illustrated in the style of shoes that < I are worn. "The Portugese shoe," says a contemporary, "has a wooden , sole and heel, with a vamp made oi , patent leather fancifully showing the flesh side of the skin. The Persian ; footgear is a raised shoe, and is often ' a foot high. It is made of light wood, , richly inlaid, with a strap extendiu# ? over the instep. The Muscovite shoe is handwoven, on a wooden frame, , but little attention is paid to the shape of tbe foot. Leather is sometimes t used, but the sandal is generally made of silk cordage and woolen cloth. The , Siamese shoe has the form of an ! ancient canoe, with a gondola bow and ! an open toe. Jhe sole is made oi wood and the upper of inlaid wood and cloth, and the exterior is elaborately ornamented in colors with gold and , silver. Tbe sandal worn by the Egyptians is composed of a sole made bj sticking together three thickness of I leather. This is held to the foot bj ( passing a band across the instep. Th? 6andar is beautifully stitchcd with , thread of diflerent colors. Lapis Lazulf. Lapis lazuli, a peculiar stone, varying in shades from sky blue to dark i blue, comes from various parts of Asia, ; and has usually speciis of yellow or white iron pyrites, which some believe ; to be gold or silver. The fine blue ) color for painting culled ultramarine ' is made from lapis lazuli by grinding - it into powder and purifying it from s pyrites and other substances whicti r are mixed with it in its natural state. - As painters know well, this color is I uow difficult to obtnin genuine since a mode of making it artificially has been f discovered by chemists, ihe differ ence in price is great, the artidcial ultramarine being sold for eight or ten shilling a cwt., whereas a pound .weight of fine real ultramarine would cost from eighty to one hundred \ pounds sterling"ami upwards. The 1 artificial cannot be'distinguished from the real by even the most careful I chemical testa, the only menus of der tectiug the former being by the microi scope, which shows the absence of the sparkling particles of the broken stone froiu which the real ultramarine i is nem /res. * Uncle Billy " flubbell of Bath, 5. T. From the Advooate, Bath, JIT. 7. Residents of Balh, N. Y., have taken a ' Teat fancy of late to Lake 8alubria, which ( les just outside the village, and during the f itist two years a score of new cottages have ;one up on its shores. Choice locations are ecoming scarce ana the early settlers are ? :areful now to keep what dooryard they ( lave left. Your correspondent visited the ( jakerecentlv and dropped in to see "Uncle )illy" Hnbbell in his comfortable cottage " inder the pines. Mr. Hubbell established < ilmself at the Lakte before the boom com- < oenced. and has one of the nrettiest loca- 1 ions there. Mr. Hubbell 9aid that this was the first prins: in twenty years in which he had been ree from his old enemy, sciatic rheumatism. Ie thought he bad contracted this ?Hsease rhilo running as express messenger on the Srie and other railroads between 1849 and 859, although he did not feel its acute ymptoms until some fifteen years later. Mr. lubbell is now the second oldest expressman ntbe United States and recalls many intersting reminiscences of these early days. In 876 he wont to the Western frontier, and ias suffered from sciatic rheumatism ever ince. Speaking of the many efforts he had nade to get relief from this painful ailment. ie said that while in New Mexico he visited he Las Vegas and Hamas springs, and later ie tried those at Manltou, Col, and Little lock, Ark. Coming ea9t ho tried the White Sulphur Spring. Ohio. St Catherine, Can., ind Clifton and Avon, in New York, but i Hthont VkAlnr* oVJn fr\ naf tha aHrrhfAflt rAllflf. Is he advanced In age, his trouDle became 1J nore painful. "Why," he exclaimed, polntng to the farm house of William Burleson, ibout six hundred feet distant, "I would rell so when those twinges caueht me that hey could hear me down there." William H. Hallork, owner of Hallock's >auk, in Bath, is a nephew of Mr. Hubbell, ind last winter he insisted that "Uncle Bily" should try Pink Pills for Pale People for lis rheumatism. Mr. Hubbell is free to say hat be bad no faith in the pills whatever, md only tried them because of the insist- 1 aice of Mr. Hallock. He had already tried 'mnrn than n. mllHnn mmfiiliAc" hofn? Vin 1 ame to Pink Pills and as none had rendered lim tbe slightest benefit, he was pretty well , liscouraged. However, to please Mr. Hal- , ock, he got a box of Pink Pins. Since then ; some three or four months), Mr. Hubbell las not felt a single trace of rheumatism, ; md is now on his fourth box of the pills. He annot explain how this marvelous relief ?as effected, but feels sure it wastlie pills rhlch did it, and is now as enthusiastic in heir endorsement as was his nephew, Mr. lallock. Mr. Hubbell now comes into Bath .lmost every day. and says he could ride a licycle if he only had some one to help him m and off. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d day of May, 1896. W. P. Fish, Notary Public. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People ,re now given to the public as an unfailing iloo.-l builder and nerve restorer, curing all orms of weakness arising from a watery ondition of the blood or shattered nerves. ?he pills are sold by all dealers, or will be ent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a >ox or six boxes for $2.60, by addressing )r. WllHftmn' Mariiftinn r.nmnanv Snhnnflo. ady, N.Y. A Monster Clam. A monster olam from the Sound, reighrug some six or eight pounds, rae displayed in front of a fish marLet yesterday, and attracted much atention, says the Portland Oregonian. ?he neck is a?>out a foot long, and as hick as a man's wrist, and the body oo&s like a mallard duck placed beween two clam shells, not -big enough or it. Suoh clams are seen here oo* asionally, but never in quantities. A lozen or so is the largest number iver here at one time. They are not >ad eating, the neck being no tougher han that of the ordinary clam. They ire only to be obtained on occasion of rery high tides, which run very far >ut, and then are only to be secured rith difficulty by digging a trench ike a sewer. It is said that they climb [own into the mud or sand with as auch agility as a Clatsop razor clam, ma tney go so iar down tnat tney may )e said, like truth, to live at the botom of a well, bat not every well. Tbe slam on exhibition is to form one of he attractions of the Elks' clambake, ind the man who Bwallows it whole is o have a medal and a pain in the tomach. How to Keep the Eyes Bright. Never rub your eyes nor allow your children to do so from their cradles. 7"eils are bad for the eight, especially hose spotted or covered with a patern; so eschew veils when you can, >r wear the softest, clearest net whan >bliged to do so. Never read in bed ir when lying on a sofa. Sit with our back to the light when engaged n reading or working. Pale bines or jreens are the most restful wall pajers for the eyes, whereas red is exleedingly fatiguing. Do not read, rrite, or work longer than two honra ogether without resting your eyes md closing them fully five minutes.? 3ome Queen. There are soaps and soaps but only one Sunlight Snan " w "Y which is the soap of soaps and washes clothes with less labor and greater comfort. Makes homes brighter Makes hearts lighter W/fa, Lover Bros.. Ltd., yeggi Hudson A Harrison Sts., 17. Y. Don't Put Oft Till ties of To-day." 134 Leonard Street, N Y. City for it costing a hundred times the 50c. asked. It is '.nstautly available. With this vain- mm mt edge at your Supers' ends, and can 9 tional advantages. When reading, ^ erences you fail to understand? Isn't 50c. a sm; at hand? Do you know who Croesus was, k^id ^ whan? That sound travels 1125 feet per second? Marco Polo invented the compass in 1260, and w f Q was? 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