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I- Into ^onr Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and in- | stantly takes the sting ont of corns and bun- I ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of j the age. Allen's Foot-Easo makes tight-fit? -.1??ncT* Tt Icn rpr+jiin ' ting or uew juwn mi vMf... cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists ana shoe stores. Ry mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S-trial bottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd.. 031 Arch St..Phila.,Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children (eethinc, softensthegums,reaucinginfiammaiion, allays pain, cures wind colic.sSc.a bottle. E. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen ? years ago and she has had no return of it. It's a sure cure." Sold by Druggists, 75c. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs bv Piso's Cure for Consumption.^?Louisa L'ixdaman, Bethany, Mo.. January e, i?h. If affllctedwith sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thompson's Eye-water.Druggists sell at25c.per bottle. HAVE DONE WONDERS Was Able to Do No Work?Liver in Bad Condition. WOOD HULL, N. Y.?"I was all run down Jn health and hardly able to do any work, Except a few chores. My liver was in a bad condition and my head ached constantly. I have been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and | am now entirely well. I have also taken TTnnd's Pill's with benefit. Th?se medicines j have done wonders for me." H. J. Mablatt. f. ? I OIIIa th? beet family cathartic HO00 S r HIS apd liver stimulant. 25c. Perpetual Earthquake There. "There is a place in California where earthquakes may be said to be kept on tap," said a Fresno County fruitgrower. The spot is at the headwaters of the Keweah, at the border of Fresno, ? Tulare, and Inyo counties. You can't hire an Indian or a Mexican to go near that locality. They say it is the home of the evil spirits. The country is rugged and rocky?mountains with ,deep valleys and precipitous cliffs. Snakes, scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes, and all sort9 of hideous reptiles and insects seem to have made that v ViniT" nora/liQA fnr f.ll Pi? UClgUUUlUUUU w, J are there in very palpable abundance. "But in addition to these attractions, the region may be said to be in a state of perpetual earthquake. The ground trembles and quakes continually, and the rocks themselves seem to j be grinding and grating against one another constantly, as if subject to some great internal force. These phenomena are said to be more emphatic at night than in the day tiiAe. Fre- j quent booming discharges, apparently | * deep in the earth, are heard, and men | who have heard both say they are ex- ; actly like the muttering of distant ar- j tillery. I have never heard any one advance any theory to satisfactorily explain this uneasy and perpetually dis- j jturbed condition of nature up among " ' ? ? -1 1 i Zi tne tar Ji.ewean rocKs ana 11111s, uui i< i is there. If you ever happen to be iD that vicinity, ask the first Indian you meet to guide you to the spot, and see j how quickly he will shy away and disappear.?New York Sun. Where Prisons Are Untenanted. The inhabitants of Iceland are commended as the most honest people out. L Cases of theft are almost unknown tc j 1 them, and a murder does not happen * once in a generation. There is only ! one policeman on the island, who 'spends six months of the year in the I .north and the rest of the time in j 'Reykjavik, where the only goal is located. According to the islanders, .this prison is a magnificent building, in that it is built of stone, and they think it is a direct invitation to wrongdoing, as an inmate of the prison j lives in a nioe room, enjoys the privi- I lege of reposing on a real bed and eating bread at meals?luxuries which an ordinary Icelander scarcely ever lias the opportunity of indulging himself with. In spite of all these temp- j t&tions, says the Prisons Service Gazette, the Reykjavik prison is nearly : always empty.?Pall Mall Gazette, Chose Scotch Titles. It is rather remarkable that Her j Majesty Queen Victoria chose Scottish j titles for two of ner three younger sons, the Duke9 of Edinburgh and j a half-Scottish title for her remaining j younger son, the Duke of Connaught j and Strathearn. She gave an English i title to none of her sons except, of j course, the Prince of Wales. MS. 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It has not yet appeared in this country, but the English leaders of style have decreed that it shall be worn. One was ordered not long ago which cost $500, made of Brussels rose point in a beautiful design of flowers, scrolls and a border of tiny roses. Another lady ordered one with a pastoral picture in which figures tt? i 4- T-> o nf were muvuutcu ?nu ? w* flowers. Still another apron was ordered lately from Venice decorated with butterflies, birds and blossoms. During the last century the Duchess of Queensbury wore what is supposed to be the most costly apron ever made. It is entirely of point lace and its value was placed at $3000. Another favorite idea is for travelers to buy the dress apronB of the peasants. ?Home Queen. Pretty Blue Stockings. Quite a feature of the "cappings," as the degree ceremonials are called at the Scotch universities, says London Woman, has been the number of girl graduates who came up to be duly "capped" and congratulated by the Vice Chancellors, At the Edinburgh ceremonial the other day there was a creditable show of lady M. A. 's, most of them young and pretty. The academio dress proved vastly becoming, especially in the case of one lady graduate, who wore beneath it a gown of white alpaca and long white kid gloves. The men students and visitors had a specially hearty round of cheers for the ladies as they came up, and the Vice Chancellor made the distinction between the men graduates and the ladies by shaking hands with the latter after he had performed the ceremony of lowering the big black cap over their learned heads. The Pearls of an Empress. An interesting story is told concerning some of the jewels belonging to the Empress of Germany. She ? ? ? ? AAIPIaaa *V?A/1A 0WU3 U Vtiry uue ucuaiakc, mnuo ui large pearls, well matched in size and singularly pure in color. The necklace, however, had been laid aside for some time from the light and air, and as a natural result the color of the pearls had suffered considerably. In fact, when the Empress took out her necklace it was so discolored that she found she could not possibly wear it in its then condition. The court jeweler, when appealed to, gave it as his opinion that nothing would restore the pristine purity of the pearls except a very long immersion in the sea. A glass case was aocordingly made, with holes in it to admit the water, the pearls were deposited in it, -and it was sunk "full fathoms five" in the waters of the North Sea. The spot chosen is close to the shore, and it is said that sentries are on duty night and day. jrrincesft ox xaonaco* The tiniest dominion in Europe is that of Monaao. The Princess of Monaco, who was a beautiful New Orleans girl, is said to be the kindest sovereign on the continent. A pretty and pathetic little tale is told of her eldest daughter, the lovely young Duchess of Richelieu. As a child she was extremely proud, and her mother, wishing to soften her haughty disposition, used to send her every week, while in the country, to learn sewing and knitting in the village school with the little Cpcasant girls. This displeased the small lady, who did not refuse to go, though she hated it, but ijj _-i u a?~ Ai.? wuiiiu nut upcu iici rnuutu uiuiu^ iuc whole afternoon, never deigning to join in the merry laughter of the children. At tea time her governess was sent to bring her home, and the Princess, the Duchess of Richelieu, regularly met her -with the same question, ""What have you said to the little girls to-day?" "Nothing at all," was the proud answer. "I cannot find anything to say to those common things." "Very well, neither can I find anything to say to you, mademoiselle," and, turning on her heel, the lady would leave the child alone in the hall, and refuse to see her for the rest of the day. For a long time the little Dnrthp.sa would not vield. and at last she was not allowed to come downstairs to her mother. However, one afternoon, unable to stand it any longer, and as Bhe was coming back from the school with a swollen heart, she fell into her mother's arms, and said, with great sobbing, "I?I?I have asked them if they liked knitting, and if they prefer to knit with blue wool or with gray?" The ice was broken, and now the haughty little girl has become an amiable young lady, as charitable as her mother.?New York Commercial Advertiser. The American Htiresn Drain. It is estimated that American heiresses pay aunually to foreign titled fortune-hunters the aggregate sum of 830,000,000 to induce the titled foreigners to marry them. Referring to this evil one of the United States Senators, in a speech on the floor of the Senate the other day, compared such American heiresses to "heifers fattened for the foreign market"?that is cnv fattened with their fathers' millions, which makes them attractive in the eyes of their aristocratic lords. So prevalent has become the fashion of rich American women marrying foreigners that the last New York Legislature felt constrained to pass a law to protect such women and their heirs from the disposition of their husbands to grab everything they possess. This law provides that any woman born a citizen of the United States, who shall I . * m!Wi 111, have married or shall marry an alien, and the foreign-born children and descendants of any such woman shall, notwithstanding her or their residence or birth in a foreign country, be entitled to take, hold, convey and devise real property situated within the State of New York. Under this law, if New York heiresses will leave the bulk of their property at home when they marry abroad, they will be able to control it, and will thus be able to command good treatment from their respective spouses. When a foreign fortune-hunter gets the woman and her property into his own control the ?IX. - - ?vtinA??y P/\r a result 13 uauiillj 11XUUU UilDCiJ AUA tuv American woman, as the numerous separations and lawsuits growing out of international marriages testify. It would be better if the American heiresses would marry Americans and save the $30,000,000 drain; but as there are many who prefer foreigners, it is well that our laws should offer them such protection as is possible from the result of their felly.? Minneapolis Tribune. Women Cyclists in Paris. Among women cyclists in Paris there are three distinct styles in dress?the French, the English, and the American. The French women wear bloompra Not licrht knickerbockers, but bloomers cut very full at the knee, growing more scant toward the waist. This gives them the look, when a girl is standing or walking, almost of a skirt. When these are perfectly made, and worn by a petite little person, they are very jaunty. But they are too often "home-made," and all the figures, even of French women, are not perfect. The general average of bicycle suits worn by the "best 9 3 i.Vff areB8eu women uu ettrnu arc wuat wc would call "frights." A correspondent tells of a young French girl, in the Bois de Boulogne, who watched the cyclists speeding by. She would say: "Those are English; those others are French; these" two are Ameri-" cans." "But how can you tell?" she was asked. "It is easy enough," she said; "watch, and you will see for yourself. There come to long, flopping dresses. Look how red those' girls are in the face, how tired they look. They are English. Look how low they have their saddles, and how far back from the pedals they sit. English women all ride a bicycle as if they were ashamed of it and had only half got their own consent to do it. Tiiey wear tneir long sireeii-areBBea the regular width, and then they incumber their machines with guards enough to sink a boat in order to keep their dresses out of the wheels. If they were not as strong as animals, it would kill them, they make such hard work of it Here come two Americans," she continued; "see how straight they sit over the pedals and how high their saddles and handlebars are. They ride like the wind and are so independent. Look at their ehort, neat skirts and tailor jackets. Look at their fresh shirt-waists and bright ties. But look at the heavy leather leggings they have on. That is the only silly thing the Americans do, I think." Frenchwomen not only do not wear leggings, but they very commonly wear some kind of fancy colored stockings with their low shoes. A French woman can do this, however, and not be as conspicuous as would an American, for reasons anatomical. The American woman buying her hose in Paris learns to look out for elastic ones, or else has the embarrassment of calling for out-sizes.?San Francisco Argonaut. Fashion Notes. A gray feather boa is one of the necessities of fashionable outfit just at present. Long, narrow envelopes are taking the place of the square ones for weddings and other invitations. Monograms are smaller, and are enclosed in a ring not larger than a tencent piece, and are frequently backed with blue or green enamel. Striking novelties in writing paper are plaided, blocked and brocaded in elaborate fashion. Pale tints are also fashionable in blue, gray, pink and cream. A skilful needlewoman can make collars from a pattern collar with very little trouble, with one or more interlinings of cotton according to the stiffness desired. A homespun wool material is a new weave, very loose and thin like grenadine, is in the market. It comes in stripes and is made up over the inevitable taffeta silk lining. Swiss embroidered muslin of the finest kind is made up into dainty summer gowns over silk linings, and pretty figured lawns are tucked from the knee to the deep hem as they were years ago. Transparent effects play a large part in summer millinery, and mull, chiffon, net and tulle are shirred into the prettiest-shaped hats, with both lightness in color and weight to recommend them to favor. Lace is more in demand than ever, and the woman who has a lot of old real lace is to be envied. Yet the imitations are exquisitely fine, and the art of producing pretty effects with in expensive lace is "wen kiiowii to me dressmakers. Ribbon belt9 made of two lengths of ribbon folded and crossed on the hips so that they form points back aud front are a useful acccessory of dress, since they are boned and hooked in front, and, consequently, are always in place. To utilize last summer's hats one should, for a white straw, brush it well, then remove the stiffening wire and wash it with cold water and good soap. After rubbing well, dip it in clear water and dry. Last of all, ? s\f exrrct tx?zi11 hpuii^e iu wim LutJ wuiicvi ^Oo n w* I beaten to make the straw toutf/w FREAKS OF LIGHTNING. THEY HAVE SAVED AS WELL AS DESTROYED HUMAN LIVES. The Notion That Lightning Never Hits the Same Spot Twice la Erroneous?Punishment Meted Out to Lucky lawson ? Feud Settled by tbo Fluid. A paragraph in an inland paper of recent date, says a Cedar Bayou (Texas) letter to the St. Louis (jiooeDemocrat, calls to mind "Lucky" Lawson, a well-known sea captain on the Texas coast several years ago. He was a big, blue-eyed Swede, and about the most profane man that ever trod a ship's deck. But the ship owner who could seoure Lawson to rup his vessfel was considered fortunate, for it made no difference, it seemed, however hard the -wind might blow or in whatever direction it might be, when he was ready to sail the weather was good enough, and the wind had at least a slant in it, if it was :aot exactly fair. But Lawson was wickedly profane, and the thunder and lightning, especially, called it forth in all its hideousness more often than anything else. It was no uncommon sight, when the thunder pealed the loudest, when the lightnings rent the black sky above him., and the water foamed with phosphorescent light all around him to see him stand bareheaded, his broad face turned upward, his clenched hands uplifted, cursing everything, and roaring defiance at the disturbed elements and the rulers of the universo. The newspaper paragraph mentioned gives the ending of "Lucky" Lawson's life as follows: "Peter Lawson, a resident of this place for several years past, and known far and wide as 'Lucky' Lawson, met with a sudden death Monday evening last. Mr. Lawson had been ftttendincr the bier camc -meeting: and revival at Elm Grove, where he was converted last week, and was returning home. On his way home, during the thunderstorm of that evening, he was struck by lightning and instantly killed." The accounts of the notorious Dickaon-Burnham feud down on Big Bushy filled many newspaper columns a few years ago. It was said then that it had cost the two warring factions over twenty lives. It came to a sudden end last summer. At that time only two males of the factions remained, the others having either left that part of the country or been killed. The last of the Dicksons was an old man, over seventy, and the only remaining Burnham a youth of eighteen. A week before tho final ending of the feud these two had met at the store, and only for the iimely intervention of some mutual peaceful friends their differences would nave oeen Beuiea then and there, - and would perhaps have left one survivor to claim the victory. As it was they were prevailed upon to part, and each went his way, vowing to kill the other. It was Saturday. Early that morning young Burnham rode across the oountry to intercept old man Dickson on his way to the store. The road the old man had to come lay partly through the timber along Big Bushy. The timber had a dense undergrowth of twining vines ?.nd high palmettoes, a good hiding pliwje, and there young Burnham tied his horse and lay in waiting. At his back was a tall cottonwood tree, in front of him was an opening among the vines and palmettoes, giving s, good view of the road, and across his: knees lay the old Winchester rifle which had been his father's, and whioh, it was claimed, bad slain nearly a dozen Dicksons, ready for use. There were sounds of distant thunder and faint flashes of lightning in the air, but as the time passed both increased in volume and m'tridnoaa PrPHftnt.lv 'khfirfi n.ftmfl the sound of a horse'* hoofs, then a horse and rider came in view. It was old man Dickson. Young Burnham raised the Winchester to his nhoulder, waited a moment, and then pulled the trigger. Simultaneous with the flash of the gun there was a vivid flash of lightning, and a clap of thunder that jarred the ground. Dickson's horse galloped away riderless, while in the middle of the road the old man lay dead, shot through, the heart. With his back still against the cottonwood tree, young Burnham was sitting, his face black and scorched, his eyes staring wide, and on the ground beside him V\onl on /I fnnofo^ 1ttj tuc ^UU) 1VO UVUV U1.IU VfTAWWM out of shape by the lightning. In one of the churches in Nechez City a few years ago there was a stormy meeting between the members and the preacher in charge. The meeting broke up at last, and the preacher was the last one to leave the church, and alone. When he reached the street, however, he was joined by one of the members, who had lagged behind to try and persuade him to give in for the sake of harmony. But the preacher was obdurate, and would not recede an inch from the ground he had taken, maintaining that his cause was just. Then the member became dis couraged and disgusted. "Larson," he exclaimed, "it would not surprise me if the Lord caused a thunderbolt to strike our church and rend it from dome to foundation." The preacher smiled disdainfully, but the next moment there came a blinding flash of lightning and a deafening crash of thunder, and when they looked back at the church which they had just left they saw that the lightning had struck it, and that its steeple and roof had been demolished. About Cabled. Cables have tbeir adversities even on the bottom of the Atlantic. Icebergs passing over sometimes cut them in two. Volcanic eruptions sometimes injure them. A :few years ago three Atlantic cables went down at the same time and in about the same spot. No other explanation has been found but volcanic disturbance. Near shore the risks multiply. One of the commonest is the anchors of fishing smacks, a whole fleet sometimes riding on a cable at once. The rocks and breakers near the coast are also dangerous. About English PrInonll. Absolute uniformity touching diet, discipline and clothes prevails in English prisons. In the last twenty years the British have cut down the number of these restraining institutions from 113 to fifty-eight. This does not necessarily denote, however, a higher tone of morality. __ 9 WORDS OF WISDOM. He that talgee no holiday hastens i long rest. ^ No sin is so little that it may not be come the soul's master. Language fails to paint a woman a the eyes of a lover sees her. If you want to know the value c money go try to borrow some. A sack *of flour unceremoniousl; dumped in tbfe cheerless bouse of poor and needy family, will carry mor solid comfort to a hungry stomach tha a lot of eloquent sermons. No quality will ever get a man mor friends than a sincere admiration o the qualities of others. It indicate generosity of nature, frankness, coi diality and cheerful recognition c merits. I cannot praise a fugitive and clois tered virtue, unexercised and ue breathed, that never sallies out an sees her adversary, but slinks out ( ;he race, when that immortal garlan is to be run for, not without dust an heat. Finish every day and be done wit it. You have done what you coulc 3ome blunders and absurdities, n 3oubt, crept in; forget them as soo is you can. . To-morrow is a new u?i begin it well and serenely, and wit loo high a spirit to be cumbered wit four old nonsense. This day is a :hat is good and fair. It is too deai .vith its hopes and invitations, to wasl * moment on the yesterdays.?Th South-West. Lord Nelson's Human Fellowship. Captain Mahan, in his "Life c Nelson," just published, claims th following as an original story showin the inherent kindness of the gret sailor. The fleet letters had just bee 3entoff, when Nelson saw a midshij [ man come up and speak to Lieutenar , Pasco, the signal officer, who, upo hearing what was said, stamped hi , loot in evident vexation and uttere \ an exclamation. The Admiral, < , whose nearness Pasco was unawart called him and asked what was th , matter. P "Nothing that need trouble yor j lordship," was the reply. I "You are not tne man to lose jox , temper for nothing," rejoined Nelsoi "What was it?" , "Well, if you must know, my lord, will tell you. You see that coxswain pointing to one of the most exactii of the petty officers. "We have not better man on board the Victoria, an the message which put me out wt this. I was told that he was so bue , ( receiving and getting off the mailbaj that he forgot to drop his own lett< into one of them, and he has just dii , oovered it in his pocket!" "Hoist the signal to bring h< back,"was Nelson's instant commanc ' 'Who knows that he may not fall i fiction to-morrow? His letter sha go with the rest." And the dispatc vessel was brought back for that alom A Seal on the Warpath. An "educated" seal, on exhibitio at the Schiller Theatre, elbowed i' way out of the tank and went on tl warpath recently. The afternoon show was over an the theatre almost deserted when tt watchman and Policeman de Marr wei aroused by yells from the rear of tl stage. They ran behind the scenei where they found the largest of a ha dozen trained seals had escaped au was engaged in a fight with Manag< R. C. Gardner's pet dog. On seeii flu* m?n thfl aaa! left the doer for larcr< game. It failed to catch them, ho\ ever, for they made the most hasl exits from the stage in the history < the theatre. The policeman secured a heavy cln and returned to the battle. The dc had left the field. Several heavy blov from the policeman's club failed 1 make a lasting impression on the fu coated fighter, and the officer wj twice knocked down, but he luckil escaped its sharp claws and fang After .wearing out his club the polic man went for re-inforcements. Whe he returned, with half the employes < the theatre at his back, the bellicos seal had returned to its tank and w? quietly nursing its injured fin.?Ch cago Tribune. An JEmcient salesman. Imagine a clerk trying to sell a article to his own "boss" and actual] accomplishing it and winning an ii crease of salary as a reward! That what happened recently in one of tl branch stores of Lipton, the grei English grocer and provision deale He has so many clerks that some < them do not know him by sight. wa8 one of these latter who called WD Lipton'8 attention to a fine specime of poultry as he was walking throug one of his stores, and the clerk was e earnest and adroit in extolling h: wares that finally the customer ordere it to be sent to his residence. When the address was given th energetic clerk, and he found that t had been pressing the goods upon h own employer, he nearly had a fi but soon recovered upon being ii formed that his assiduity had earne him an increase of pay.?Merchant Review. Echo Used to Measure Distance. A most interesting method of en ploying the echo of a sound has bee devised for the location of the carrier which sometimes lodge in the undei ground pneumatic tubes. Knowin that sound travels at a speed of, rougl ly, 1100 feet per second, and knowin the time measured iu thousandths of second between the firing of a pistt *hot in the conduit and the arriving c he echo at the outlet of the tube, jimple calculation gives the exact loci ion of the obstruction. The mean of five experiments in the recent tes gave 2793 seconds, and when th j sound velocity was corrected for ai temperature tne oosuucnou \> us lut-ai fcil at 1537 feet from the instrument which was the exact location.?Scienc< Harvard's Endowments. During the last twenty-eight year Harvard University has received cas gifts amounting to $7,839,703.38. Add ing to this the value of land gifts an buildincrs. the whole foots up to S9, 209,703.38, or an average of ?328,91 a year. If the benefactions of Har yard continue in the same proportioi (luring the next twenty-five years, thi institution will hold property in exces of $20,000,000.?Harvard Graduates Magazine. \ Making History, At the recent celebration of old Em1 peror William's centenary Herr von Werner, the German artist, had this '* to say concerning the famous painting of Professor G. Bleibtrou, represents King William after the battle of Gravelotte, receiving Moltke's report, "Vicil 1-3 1 3 if tory is ours," seated on xne aeaa oouy of a white cayalry horse. When the _ old Emperor saw this painting he uta tered a mild oath and said: "Strange e how people insist on making history! D I am sure I never sat on a dead horse, but have always given such horrors a wide berth." Taciturn Moltke, when ? he read the bombastic distortion of his report, for once, likewise, opened his 8 mouth and said: "I never uttered " such nonsense. When I found his majesty at. headquarters sitting on a camp-stool I merely reported. 'The l* Second Armv Corps has arrived at last.'" d )f Norway's Artificial Coal. d The peat coal now being turned out d on a considerable scale in Norway is made by the process of Rosendahl, a ^ -?I-?' nArtoiafo in I) iiurwtjgiuu tuigiueci, wuiw v/uiioiowu I heating the peat in closed retorts to 0 250 degrees, for Beven hours. The n finished product retains eighty per T. cent, of the original tar and gas. An}j' alysis shows this coal to consist of h sixty-five per cent, of carbon, sixteen 1] per cent, of oxygen, six per cent, of r hydrogen, thirty-seven per cent, of ^ water and only five per cent, of ash, e and its heating value is that of the average bituminous coal. The cost of manufacture is about sixty cents per ton, or about a quarter of the cost in ,f Norway of natural coal. The# peat e coal has proven suitable for foundry g work, and all rooms have been heated with it at exactly half the cost of the n same effect from ordinary coal. >- * it A Queer Judgment. N n An Atchison (Kan.) mother goes ? once a month to court and takes out ** judgments for $10 each against her two sons, the money being due according to an agreement the consid 16 eration named in which is th^t the mother shall refrain from annoying the tr eons by her presence or talk. She says that the sons have defaulted in paylr ments since last fall. * i. I Porcelain coins were for a long time >? current in Siam. I I HALL'S y Vegetable. Sicilian ? HAIR RENEWER 3Beautifies and restores Gray Hair to its original color and vitality; prevents baldness; cures itching and dandruff. I it A fine hair dressing. . ? g a R. P. Hall & Co., Props., Nashua, N.H. I Sold by all Druggists. 1 n ^ J Col. Ben. S. Lovell, , 31 | A Treaa. Lovoll Arms Co. ,g M 1897 lovell Diamond "> 'fl 1896 Lovell Diamond, t 11 1897 Lovell Special, >* j] Excel Tandefy I M Simmon's Special, e- [n] Boys' and Gilrs" Our reputation of 50 years [Ml ^ be8t wbeel 16 LnJ Insist on seeing the Lovell Di 19 H lySEND FOE CATALOG!! " li JOHN P. LOVE il 147 Washington St., 131 [y i- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is O _| me w icon i I BICY1 ! s the standard S o X yaCtjC ? 1897 COLUMBIAS RED O The Best Bicycles Made, ? o 1896 COLUMBIAS RrD o Second only to 189T Models, ? 0 1897 HARTFORDS RrD c q Equal to Mom Bicycle*. HARTFORDS . RED I O PATTERN 2, ? HARTFORDS RPn l' O PATTERN 1, J ? HARTFORDS RED c Z . PATTERNS 5 and 0, ir O I O Nothing in the market approached t, ' ? former prices; wf > j J yCi'O'C ? POPE MFG. CoT I Q i o C3~Cataloffue free from any Columb ^ o 2-cent , oooooooooooooooooooo ll s " One Year Borrcws Another SAP ( i' Last Year. Perhaps! M Z _ _ 9 i: mere is a j tm i; Class of People ii || | [ Who are injured by the 11 i > use of coffee. Recently i i J | there has bean placed in J | v ; | all the grocery stores a n . .(:,yi5 < i new preparation called < * ? GRAIN-O. made of tiura ! ! A3 < > grains, that takes the place of < 1 ! \ coffee. < i .. 'jlvM J | The most delicate stomach j [ ?-?$f| < J receives it without distress, < ' 11 and but few can tell it from < i ' J | coffee. J /< ' It does not cost over \ { ? ^ o * as much. Children may < > '4m| J | drink it with great benefit. J \ j'v -0 < > 15 cents and 25 cents per J ? ? 1 package. Try it. Ask for 1 1 \ ; GRAIN-O. ! | '-?9 ! Try Grain=0! i| HIRES 1 H Rootbeer Ml Quenches the thirst, tickles vl \:j? H the palate; full of soap, sparkle S ' Wand effervescence. A temper- V' ml ance drink for everybody. 9 ' V KiJi oslj bj Tht CIujIm X. Him Co., FhiMalphfe V V A. pM>M? <It? qIIooj. g . <3 SHREWD INVENTORS 1D??L? 'I w money on Patent Agencies offering clap-tiip <\ prizes or medals. We do a regular patent TinmnMf ' Highest references. Wrlte.WATSON E. COLEMAB- f *?; Attorney at Law and Solicitor of Patents. Washing. ton Loan and Trnst Building, Washington, D. GL. "0 3 SILOS | HOW TO BUILD ASK W1LUAMI UFO. CO.. KAUMAZOO. MIHL Cu In time. Sold by druggists. |5|_ ^j~??""-'"fiiHMfgl .J LOVELL . I DIAMOND I ^LBADS i^i latest Price-Smashing Bicy- p II :le Sale of the Age. - JWj WORLD. Reduced to $65.00 JU 1 Reduced to 40.00 M A Reduced to 49.70 ujj Reduced to 89.50 fUf: Reduced to 24.50 || - Reduced to 19.75 S la a guarantee that our 1897 model ! amond. Agencies everywhere. ? AND SPECIAL LIST.^a Fj :ll arms co., y^lj oooooooooo00000ooooo Prices I mbiaII CLE8 !-| OF THE WORLD | 'UCED TO $75.00! jf UCED TO 60.00 | | UCED TO 50.0Q I | jirrn TO as nn s "TVIVW g UCED TO 40.00! 1 UCED TO 30.00 i : the value of these Bicycic* at the ? lataretlicy now? ? Hartford, Conn. S ia lealor; by mail from us for one Q stamp. (f OOOOOOOCGOOCOOOOOOOQ ? ii >? ni t .ii II Tears im" you mani ust DLIO reu Will Nof This Year. ,