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WHAT'S LOVE ? Pray tell me what is Love? ,t A thing Of which the birds And poets sing? A melody ^Trfb&pgible, But wt>G4jrous ? And beautirSir:' Or is it some rare Prize That money buys? Or is it something vt A hint .Which finds development! In print? Or is it sacrifice And shame Endured In that dear name? ' ? Or is it that plain Sentiment 4 , Which pays the bills : For clothing, food and rent' Or it is heart and soul and mind Blind To the world; clear-eyed and true y To itself; ready to do And to suffer; willing to give Or to take; To live Or to die for its own sake? Or ig it pain and longing, j Eyes wet ' j With tears 3. That never can forget? Or is it? Pray tell me what ia'love ? ^-William J. Lamp ton, in New York Sun. gOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOCO , g A STRANGE CAPTUEE. ? o o ooooooooooooccoooooooooooo -TT- T eight bells on an October /\ night in the year 1833, the fast sailing brlgantine Corlear, of New York, bound home from Cape Town, Captain Jabez Starkweather, lay drifting In a thick sea fog, without as much breeze as would wink a candle. The shore line of' Southern Africa was only thirty miles distant, the Walvisch Bay entrance bearing northeast by half east In those days that was a formidable coast, partly from uncharted eurroundings, but more because Its principal products were lions, crocodiles, sharks and half cannibal savages, with a few unfriendly Dutch Boers a long way to the south The dog watch had been set full half an hour, and there ought to have been a breaking of daylight, but the fog thickened, and the darkness was so opaque that the helmsman said he could feel it brush his knuckles when he stirred her wheel. Suddenly there rose from the foggy blackness that lay packed upon the sea off ber port bow, seemingly not two cabtes' length away, a longd^awn, swelling3 indescribably despairing cry, I such as *10 man of that ship had ever I before tftard. Following the strange cry, as the ship settled in the hollow after a lazy swell of. the barely' breathing ocean, could be faintly heard a gurgling panting, as li some tired swimmer or spent dinger lo a wreck was distressed by the hea^'ng water. Every aan on deck clustered along her port bow rail and leaned out, lis<, tening, vith straining eyes. Mate Doolittle leaped up, clinging with his . . right haid to her fore port shroud, his left hand hollowed to an ear. ^ swinging bis body far outward, listen' ing till *.he sound ceased. Then he called: "Name o' wonder! what was that? Do any ?jf you men know?" No ona answered. I: the crew moving or 's voice attracted the ever it was; for while with bulging eyes, the nearer, and with a still >ly whine, but with a ess modulating its desgling panting eould be swimming toward the > jumped Inboard and t lowered. While the bauling her falls he ran lppeared with Captain iy the time the boat was il. mentable cry rose from the sea; this time close ?r starboard bow, follrgling moan, like that lg swimmer in agony." veather ran to his boat. he ordered. "Put a ;d muskets in her stern >little. Tumble in, men! dy?so ? unhook. Mr. tever it is, bring it. lished as the sea heaved invisible in the fog bepulled her length, but could trace her course ig and splashing of her led about, zigzag, three s, and then lay still, lisnly there came from her ing, confused yells, and musket. Mate Doolittle Itflg BZcRea orders. sses! Don't strike him! fire again without orjp ready. Tumble aft. [.' Face him! Oars?let te way. Hilloa. the loat!" Be on deck there, so we Idistance. It's blacker African watch pocket, ft board an awful pasHenough?stand by to Bd out of the darkness Ik. and slowly heaved ^Hitil she lay under the jwas something in her [Hrk heap, from which |Hled aft; the foremost j^Hy cutlasses in hand a leveled musket at ara rau witu an oar "ast forward, sir."' hd all. Heave the k men. up this after |-steady." men climbed up. the k boat was hoisted, ndark heap in her Huge lion, sprawled nBiind parts dragB^^seemed nearly Rgflk gasps. Hfl^vel with the BHBtle said to otinollr / s0' ' . I "There's your waif, Captain! I've brought him aboard according to orders. What shall we do with him?" Captain Starkweather scratched his head and considered. Then he ordered: "Get him on deck." Sailors are ingenious. They cast lines about each limb of the beast cautiously; they muzzled him; they wound and tied him like a great bale; they iiCilVCU UIUI luuvaiu, ) too spent to fight, but alive. Portuguese Perez,who had often beeD on that coast, explained that the animal had probably followed some prey into the sea, or bad been caught by the ebb tide when crossing the mouth of a creek, and floated seaward, lost in the fog. So he had been swimming about all night, or longer, lucky thai the sharks did not get him. There was a great cage on board The Corlear was to have taken on a young leopard at Cape Town, but thf beast died before the ship sailed.. S< now Captain Starkweather had this cage overhauled by the carpenter and set up amidship. Waif, as they namec him, was put into it and nursed verj carefully. His sea swim and tbe crev | rtll winlrlnrr n naf rvf Wm VlilT I an ujuatu^ u. pw VA ****** VM***X?V* ? - ?. quickly. % There was some troubh about food, but the men spared bin all the meat they could, and the shi[ put in twice for fresh stores on he: way home, so when, we made New York there had never a healthier o: stronger beast entered that port. Ii those days lions were rare and costly. Captain- Starkweather cleared ovei $.">000 from the adventure, and Wal: lived many years, the pride of one o; our great traveling shows.?J. L. Bates in Recreation. \, Do Ships Go to the Bottom? What becomes of the ships that sink at sea? Do they go all the way to the bottom, or do they meet somewhere under the surface a certaiit pressure that buoys them up and holds ihem in equilibrium? Somebody, we forget who It is, has given rein to h'.e gruesome fancy and pictured all the ships that have been lost in midocean as wandering about like so many ghosts half way between the surface and the bottom. * There is no foundation whatever for snrh n notion, thoueh manv Dersons have it Any object that will sihk beneath the surface of the sea will gc all the way to the bottom. The pressure encountered on the way down, which Is simply enormous in the deeper parts, has nothing to do with th* objects sinking, for it is exerted on the object, as well as on the water, thus equalizing the conditions. The reason why the object sinks to the bottom is that the water is not compressible, at least it is so little so that its density at the bottom of the sea Is only a trifle greater than it is at the surface. The scientists tell us that the water at the bottom is just about as much denser than the water at the surface as sea water is dense: than fresh water. This slight difference in density, therefore, does not and cannot stop the downward course of a sinking ship or any object that is heavy enough to sink readily beneath the surface. Pressure, as we have said. Is not a factor in the case at all.?\Taverley Magazine. An Obliging Bishop. So kind and obliging is the Bishop of Norwich. England, that a host of stories ai*e told about bow he has got himself Into trouble by his willingness to help others. One clay he was to holti a confirmation in a small town and, arriving some time before the hour for service, took a stroll. His steps led him to the outskirts of the town and, passing a picturesque little cottage, he stopped to adnjire it. A pretty little garden separated , the cottage from the road, finished off with a neat hedge and green gate. "Oh, please, sir," said a voice from the other side of the hedge, "would you open the gate for me?'\ This the Bishop at once did. Then, to his surprise, instead of the tinj child he had. expected, there stepped forth a girl big enough to have opened the gate herself. "And why, my dear," said Dr. Sheepshanks, "could you not open the gate for yourself?" "Please, sir, * because the paint's wet," said the girl. ' A glance at his hand convinced the tnsnop or tne aDSoiute trutn 01 a?r statement. Another story, which the Bishop de nies, yet which is told of him, relates that a small girl having tried vainly to reach a knocker on ^ door, asked the Bishop to rap it for her. Then she advised him to run away, as she in tended to do. Pugilism in Japan. The extent to which the Japanese are becoming Europeanized in the less essential matters of life is shewn bj the manner in which our sports and pastimes are taken up by tbe vernac ular press. The recent fight between Fitzsimmon8 and Sharkey was reported a1 length by more than one Tokio paper, iheir names in the native syllabary becoming Shiyakei and Fuitsuzushimon. Facts like this and also the no less re inarkable one that the last of the sho guns or mayors of the palace, whe treated the Mikaao as a puppet and reigned as absolute princes, is now tc be seen riding a bicycle in Tokio, show how thoroughly me Japanese have turned their backs on their old ways and ideas.?London Mail. St/tin tho niH ATan'a foffin Bnmla Joseph Sims, the old man of Cuckoo, Louisa County, who had prepared th boards for his coffin in anticipation oi approaching ^ath, has much im proved. Abol^three weeks ago somt cruel thief stole these boards. Mr Sims determined that his preparations for "burial should not be interfere^ with. He therefore prepared othei boards for .his caskel, and these lit had placed beneath the mattress ol the bed in which he sleeps. Mr. Sims Is believed to'be 102 years old. He was for a long time believed to b< only eighty-two, but records have re ceutly been found which indicate thai lie yras born in 170S.?Baltimore Sun. f HEROIC WOMEN'S WORK. Made Bags For Defense of Legations, While Cannons Roared. Lady Maedonald, Mrs. Conger and the other ladies of the legation offered their curtains and portieres for use, and the scissors ruthlessly cut up most exquisitely embroidered draperies into sand bags, while those who were in charge of the fortifications nA^finnollTT conf mocconerorQ flfilrtncr fnv "more, more." One of the mission ladies had just laid in a new supply of table' linen, and some of the native Christians, finding It and knowing whose It was, brought It to her. This, with all like material, was used, as were drawn-work linen sheets and pillow cases, while bolts of rare damask linen were cut up without compunction. In fact, all sense of cost, and even sense of beauty, seemed to be lost in the eager desire to furnish the means of protection to human lives. Besides these beautiful things thus sacrificed there were also used common materials, such as old Mongol tents, hangings to Sedan chairs and stacks of old Chinese clothing. These were cut out and sometimes sewed by foreign ladies unused to other than delicate work. However, the foreign ladies were greatly assisted by the Chinese girls of the mission schools, and by the women of the fam1 illes of native Christians. Of the formet there were some 150. Beside the supplies brought from the foreign stores there were great rolls of cotton cloth, also of silk and brocade satin, from Chinese stores. The Chinese at their funerals wear special garments. Many of these were used, the long, large sleeves being well suited to the purpose of bag-making. It was a continual surprise, that new supplies from aew sources came in each day as needed. The housekeeping committee and those who worked in the diet kitchen were particularly hard worked, being I constantly busy, and exhibited an ingenuity in planiling and preparing appetizing edibles that was marvelous. The materials were horseflesh (called pony meat), coarse wheat flour and a dark-colored rice. These were the staple materials. There was a small quantity of canned meats, which was used as an occasional relish. The white rice and all delicacies were reserved for the babies and the sick. One of the missionaries told me she went each day to another part of the legation, in constant danger of flying bullets, to get a slice of white bread for her sick baby. The woman having the flour baked a loaf each day, nof for the use of her family, but for the sick. While there were three ladles on the standing committee of housekeeping, all the ladies took their turns in looking after the cooking, serving, table setting, etc. As there were seventy iu this family they were divided into three messes. And it was necesI sary to have three of each of the meals. As the dininc room was also living and sleeping room, it required much work to keep it in presentable condition. One of the hardest things to bear was the utter impossibility of having quiet. There were times when it was unsafe for any one to be outside the building, and all work had to be done with a large number in the room. Outside was the roar of artillery; inside, three busy sewing machines, and women and children, and servants at work, besides all the men not required outside on the fortifications or at the mill. This constant noise?and impossibility to be alone? was more wearing upon the nervous sj'stem than any amount of work.? Leslie's Weekly. Light Felt Hats Popular. Felt assumes every color. Quite recently a taste was developed for pale rose colored, sky blue and mauve of different shades. This does not mean, however, that there is any decrease in the deilinnd for chalky white and pale beige, and for the many shades of | ugm, liit'uiuni uuu uuih. uivnus. iuc deeper positive tones most in vogue for felts are "Coquelicat" and "Paurpre," and a dark, dull green, which does not figure on the color card of this season, and which may be described as a much darker shade of the two light greens sampled under the names of "exposition" and "universelle." Pale blue and pink felts make charming dressy hats for young girls. Some of these of the soft formless shape Intended to be worn off the face are very simply trimmed: as, for instance, with a breadth of liberty silk to match, twisted round the crown and then passing over the brim in front and fastened to a narrow coronet of ribbon by a small bunch of flowers. The mauve hats have a somewhat less youthful appearance. One is of a Parma tint; the brim is caught back by a torsade of miroir velvet to match, that also encircles the crown, and the hat rests on a coronet in which are fastened two half-open roses of a Bordeaux tint, with a few brown leaves. About the edge of the brim, the head resting on the velvet torsade, Is a marten skin.?Millinery Trade Review. Care of the Finger Nails. Tho ugliest hands cau be Improved if a little careful attention is given to the nails. The paring of them is important, they should be brilliantly polished, and, of course, the appearance of the milk white crescents isvone of the chief features of a pretty finger nail. The shape in which the nails are cut should depend to a certain extent on tve shape of the finger'tips, but filbert shaped nails are generally considered the most beautiful. Manicuring will do much to beautify the hands, and if but one hour a week'is given up to the care of them excclleht results may be expected. Every da^, after washing, the flesh at the base or the nail should be pressed back. j I I 1 / Lemon is one of the best mediums to use for removing stains from nails, and orange wood sticks sbonld be employed for cleaning tbe skin beneath the nails. Rough hands -will be improved by being rubbed with a soaped nailbrush daily. Brittle nails need the application of a stiff toilet cream nightly. After the nails have had their daily * ??J ha r*/\1. Drusu auu L'ICUaI luc)' ouuuiu uc pvtislied with a chamois pad. Rough powders are sold for the purpose of giving a pretty pink tinge to the nails, When these are used they should be sprinkled over the nail before it is polished with the pad. "' Ofj America's Grand Old Woman. At the great bazar of the Woman Suffrage Association, which was held in Madison Square Garden, in New York City, one ot the chief attractions was the presence of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Sharp of intellect, keen of mind, and impressive in speech as ever, Mrs. Stanton is rounding out her long and important life in a golden age of fruition and consummation. Debarred now from public speaking, and from more than occasional presence at gatherings at which she was once the personal leader and vivifying inspiration. Mrs. Stanton still exerts a far-reaching influence. From the big mahogany armchair in which her delightful apartment overlooking Riverside Drive and the Hudson beyond, she sits enthroned, more commanding than many a figure embodying the Inheritance of a dynasty, the venerable .woman watches the world's events as they pass, keeping a sharp eye on those that relate to the efforts to which she lijis civen her life, and almost equally interested in everything that pertains to the development of her race. She often dictates strong, vigorous utterances for publication, and every day her afternoons are spent with her secretary, writing and answering letters and attending to the innumerable details of a still active life. One who meets Mrs. Stanton now, with her eighty-five years completed a few days ago, feels like paraphrasing Gladstone's title and calling her the Grand Old Woman. Like Gladstone, she has fought many battles, scored victories and suffered some defeats. Like him, too, she has never known when she was beaten, counting successful opposition merely a tempo* rary backset, to counteract which renewed effort must be made. Like, Gladstone, too, physical disability has not weakened close interest In public affairs, nor, for a single moment, made her think that everything is not. worth while. Rich in memories and retrospect, it is a privilege '.o have her draw upon them in her I'stener's interest. She has none of the garrulity of age. She will condense the struggle of years in a phrase, though her eye will kindle and her voice thrill over I .nontlonHnn nf urhat thp flWfim- I IUC JL CVUltCViJVU V4. ? * ? -?? ?? w ? plishing has cost her.?Harper's Bazar. w Take Children Inlo Partnership. . A kidy was recently speaking of her plan to keep all business cares and anxieties from the knowledge of her children?keeping everything depressing out of their life, she called It?that they might be free to enjoy themselves as long as possible, with no feeling of trouble or responsibility. "But will that really add to their happlness in the long run?" asked an older mother, dlssentingly. "We have always tried to take our children Into partnership?to have them share our plans and interests, and let them know what we are trying to do and. what we have to live on. It seems to me that successes are more valued if they come as something one has hoped for and helped to work for, and retrenchments are more easily borne if thpv nrp intellieentlv agreed upon in | the family council Instead of forced upon the younger members with only the bald statement that we cannot afford this or that. It strengthens the family tie if the children feel that it is our home, our business and our interest; if they know that their opinion is considered and that their votes count; it is a means of education in wisdom, self-control and unselfishness. Life's best good for all of us lies in its discipline: not in escaping its burdens, but in learning how to bear them.?Leslie's Weekly. / Short Bolero Coats. All the new coat costumes for winter wear show the abbreviated bolerc coat, but the prettiest have some fashion of basque, either pointed, tabbed or breaking, up the plain edge in some manner. Even the bolero which reaches to the waist at the back runs down into tabs or points in front, and the sack coat terminating on the hips shows slightly elongated scallops at the front. Many boleros are single breasted, but slope across and fasten with clasps or a couple of fancy buttons on tli6 left side. Broad revers oY embroidered cloth, silk appliqued with lace or cov ered with perforations of cloth or vel vet, are outlined with narrow borders of fur, and these are smarter than revers entirely of fur. New Stylos In Hat*. All the new hats are shallow at the back and stand out a good deal lc front, but toques will be very fashionable, and the black velvet picture hal of moderate size is certain to be popular. Panne is also used for toques and for bows in straw and crinoline hats All bows, whether of silk or velvet, are stiffened by the edges being stitched in many rows, and frequently the stit?hing is in a different color, such as heliotrope or pale blue on vio* * ? ? ? "? wtWfA An o c*\r let, amuer or pm*, ui ivimc wu but the color is invariably repeated be neath the brim, either in flowers or Id choui of silk or chiffon. Concerning Bridesmaids. There has come a sudden revolutior against overelaboration in tho.costum i ing of bridesmaids, and their lone bag hats and bouquets have been taken J from them. It is right enough to hav? j pretty maiden attendants, but theii i gowns must not dwarf or outshine < that of the bride. J 'v . A^ioUSEHoLD " '' Decorative Ferns. Boston ferns, and the sword variety particularly, have lately sprung Into high favor in the up-to-date home as a decorative plant, quite equaling, if not surpassing, for the moment the vogue of the palm. The Young Daughter's Room. A dainty and pleasant room to which the young ^laughter of the h6use lays 3pecial claim is furnished in this way: The -walls are papered with white paper strewn with apple blossoms, and have a frieze of the faintest tone of green. The woodwork 1$ green and ?be hangings of old-fashioned cretonne with apple blossom pattern and lined tvith sateen tot match the pink of the .blossoms. The furniture, simple and pretty,'is forest green in tone, and the stained -wood floor is covered with a. pink and green rug. < * When the Cat Travels. A novel method to insure the comfort and safety of a cat, while traveling, was seen on an incoming train one day last week. The pet kitten was not as usual immured In the darkness and stuffiness of a bos or basket. Instead, It was sewed in a bag-of-stout ticking, made about eighteen Inches square. At one side the little head was thrust through, the seam closing snugly but not too tight at either side of the neck. In this way the kitten's body was perfectly free inside the roomy bag, and the bright eyes could see the friendly faces about, while all chance of sudden flight was prevented. A loop of broad tape served as a strap handle, which the young owijer slung over one shoulder on leaving the car, and carried her pet with ease and satisfaction to both. A Dinner For $1.50. A dollar-and-a-half dinner will be found am nip for one or two more than the five or six persons provided for, and one need not feel embarrassed at the sudden arrival of a guest if one has a meal such as this: Cream of beet soup 20 Veal' cutlet, breaded, with tomato sauce *, ? 35 Pease, potatoes 20 Lettuce salad, crackers and cheese.. 20 Caramel pudding with whipped cream. 20 Coffee. > (. i ./ *& 1C ' $1.20 This leaves a margin of thirty cents, which may be used for flowers or the little extras of the dinner table, salted almonds, jelly, olives or bonbons, or it may be laid away for such staples as olive oil or fancy cheese, or some relish to be used in an emergency. Such a menu may be varied at pleasure. For instance, if you have guests you may add another course and have a more elaborate sweet, using the whole of your $1.50 and economizing a trifle on other things. If you omit the cheese with the salad and s$ve a little on your dessert you will have forty cents to spend on your fish course. If crabs are cheap, as they should be in the autumn, these will be delicious deviled and served in their shells. If you are where you cannot get them, you can have timbales of any fish in market. Canned salmon, hot, with sauce tarlare is always nice, or you can have a very simple course by serving large sardines broiled on toast. Canned lobster of a good brand may be converted into, lobster a la Newburgb and served in ramekins (individual baking dishes), or you can have creamed oysters.?Harper's Bazar. . la see ^.d recTpes Oatmeal Crackers?To one pint of fine oatmeal add one gill of water; ff'ork a few minutes with a spoon: turn out a dough-board well covered with dry oatmeal; roll out to onesixth of an inch in thickness, and cut into squares with a knife. Bake in a very slow oven. It desired, a heap in? tablespoonful of-desiccated cocoanut may be added. This cracker l>; one form of the Scotch "bannock." Minced-Meat Turnovers?Sift one cup of entire wheat flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder and one fourth of a teaspoouful of salt into a bowl. . Rub in one tablespoonful of butter and milk enough to moisten an J make a dough that will roll easily. Koll out on a floured uoard and cu; with a five-inch patty cutter. Put a tablespoonful of minced meat on onohalf of the round. Fold the othei half and pinch the edges together Bake about twenty minutes. Sponge Cake (a fine old-fashioner recipe)?Beat two cups gj&nulated sugar with the yolks of six eggs until light and foamy; add gradually fout tablespoonfuls cold water: stir in, beat ing all the time, two scant cups of sifted flour; when well beaten fold in carefully and lightly the whites of the eggs, which have been beaten to a stiff froth with one-quarter teaspoonful of salt; bake in a moderate oven, not allowing it to brown until it has risen all that it will: flavor with on? teaspoonful of lemon extract. Potato Soup?One pound shin of beef, one pound of potatoes, one onior. half a pint of peas, two ounces of | rice, two heads of celery, pepper and salt to taste, three quarts of water. Cut the beef into thin slices, chop th.potatoes and onion and put in a stew pan with the water, peas and rice. Stew gently until the juice is drato'n from the meat; strain off. take out the beef and press the pulp and other in gredients through a coarse sieve. Put this pulp back into the soup, add thf celery cut in bits; simmer till this is tender acO jerve. / ' 1 * ^ * ? A Preacher's Remarkable Talk. ~ A preacher in England has three times written out the whole content! of the New Testament. He has done this with the object of familiarizing himself with the various books, which he claims to have in this way completely mastered. He always preaches from the New Testament, ancl is rather fond of boasting of his knowledge of this portion of the Bible. Many a time he has been heard to say that nobody eould quote any words from it for which he could not instantly give book, chapter and verse. Know Thyself. A teacher in one of Boston's public schools had instructed her pupils in hygiene, and toward the end^of the term, wishing to see how well they could remember, lold them to each write out a little story of the human body. The following is copied from the "story" one small boy handed her, with the confident assurance that he knew it was all right, for he bad studied very hard over it: "The human body is divided into three parts: the head, the thorax and the abdomen. "The head contains thev brains, If there are any; the thorax contains the heart and the vital organs* and the abdomen the vowels, of which there are five, a, e, i, o and u, and sometimes w and y."?The Household. Japs Use Arabic Figures. _ There is one thing that strikes a foreigner as being peculiarly strange in the uniform of the Japanese soldier, says a writer in North American Notes and Quepl^&^T&i*. is that the numer* als w#ch he wears upon his shoulder straps, to denote the n'um ucc jjf his rtgiment,. are European number v^ot Chinese or Japanese ideograph. Fois instance, the soldiers of the Third Regiment just wore a 3 upon their shoulder straps. I found upon inquiry that this was because the European numbers were so much more quickly and easily distinguished from each other than the complicated Chinese characters. A truly practical nation the Japanese! General Sbetmtn'i St. lonii Home. The house at No. 917 North Garrison avenue, St. Louis, which was bought for $25,000 by admirers and presented to General W. T. Sherman, has just been sold by General Sherman's heirs for $9500. Thirty minutes In all tfaetlme required to dye wljh Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by all druggists. ' In German cities merchants are not allowed to put up "selling out" signs unless they are honest. In Mainz a fine of 500 marks Is Inflicted for every transgression of this law. * To Carom Cold In Ono Day* Take Laxative Bnovo Quikimb Tablbtb. All druffzlcts rotund tlie money If it falls to euro. E. W. Gbovi'b signature Is on eacn dox. ?o. There are about 100,000 Indians in Canada located upon reserves in different districts. Beat For the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a oancer, you will never Ret well until your bowels are put right. Casoabkts help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, Etroduce qasy natural movements, cost you ust 10 cents to start getting your health tack. Casoibets Candy Cathartic, the f;enutne, put up in metal boxes, every tabet has G.C.C. stamped on it. Beware cf imitations. London pawnshops do a business amounting to nearly' a million dollars weekly. 10Q Reward* 9100. The readers of this paper will be'pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science ha? been able to cure in all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh beinif a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure istaken internally, acting directly, upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, ana giving the patient strength by building up the con Btinraon ana asmsnnR nature 111 uuidk ite work. The proprietors have so much foith in Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druagists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The annual production of coal in the United States is said to be 240,000,003 tons. Winter Homes In the South.' A Book just issued by the Southern Railway, giving complete in ormation regarding all the winter resorts of the South. For prices of board, etc., address New York Offices, 371 or 1185 Broadway, Bureau of Information. or Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern Pass. Agt., 1185 Broadway, New York. 4 There are 994 creameries in Iowa, a net increase over those of a year ago of fortysix. Uncle Sam's Soldiers Will eat Libby's Plum Pudding for Christma* dinner. The U. S. Government has just Durchased a large consignmentof Libby. McNeill & Libby's famous plum pudding, which will be supplied to American Soldiers in the Philippine Islands and Cuba. Some statistician discovers that the average woman carries forty to sixty miles of hair on her head. A Colonel in the British South African army says that Adams' Tuttl Fruttl was a blessing to his men while marching. A sharp-featured person can cut an undesirable acquaintance by just looking daggers. , Mrs. Winslow'sSoothini? Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflaminn lion, allay" naln. cures wind colic.2fic.it bottl*. Scales for weighing diamonds are so accurately poised that an eyelash will turn the balance. The Best Pr??arlptl*n for CIillU and PeTer 1? a bottle of OKOVi'i Titfrn.KM Chiia Tonic. It Is simply iron and Quinine In a tasteless form. No core?no pay. rrwe 600. I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.?Mrs. 'i hob. Robbins. Maple St.. Norwich, N. Y.. Feb. 17,180 . Thirty million persons left Europe during the nineteenth century to seek their fortunes in other lands. F5- .119a Safest, surest cure for I 3 r _ I III Sail throat and lung troubles. People praise I Cough Syrup ksnsrSiS: I Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. Bull's Cough Svrup. | (Thompson's Eye Water 1 JUST THE BOOK CONDENSED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF treats upon about every subject under the ran, and will be tent, postpaid, for 50c. In stamps, poi leas run aorossjvf* BIAII4 natters and things AM CMnyf understand and Mil KallU B \ rill clear up for plsts Index, s* that It may be |" A VI ff la a rich mine of valuable r Hf || la Wresting manner, and Is ^ tales the small sum of FIFTY CENTS ?hl provs of Incalculable benefit to thoee who** edi rill also be found of treat value to thoM who < kMfMffiind, BOOK PUBLISHING H< -'W - ^0 , , M - V The New Oxford Teleeeope. ~ 1 The - trustee* of the ^adclifle Ob- M servatory, at Oxford, England, will I soon have a new telescope, (or which JB a large tower Is now being bnllt Tbe -^Uk buildings will be circular In shape and I H thirty-five feet In diameter, with the H|M top of the dome fifty-three feet above HHH tbe level of the ground. The bnllding will accomraodate-a large double teles* cope, which Is being constructed bj flH Sir Howard Grubb, the telescojfe mak# BUS er, of Dublin^ and will be provided HBBn with a hydraulic lift enabling the fioor to be raised to feny height \ A Little Blrd-Motner. It is very hard to get acqaaJnted^HSHj with a hamming bird. Do yon know, why? It is because the bird is so shy ^KM and can fly so fast. A hamming bird once bailt her tiny . ' ;H nest where it could be seen from a | gentleman's window. One day a heavy m shower yas coming up,. a,nd Just-as I the first big drops began to fall the I little mother came flying b'pme. What I do you think she did? She took a fij large leaf from a tree close by, pat | it oyer the nest so as to coyer it all fl up, and then flew away. The gentle- dfl man wondered why . the leaf did not blow away. He found it was booked jHH fast to a tiny stick just inside the! nest. ^KH When the storm was over the'jlttl* ^|H mother came home, unbooked \the green umbrella, and found her baby H birds all'nice and dry.?Ham's HonA flj Excellent Ancient Tool*. V > , Recent discoveries in Thebes (Egyptfl^^H show that, in the gray ,past, the moBt;^^B9|| exceiieoi xoois were maae, ana xnci such were used by the Egyptians and ?HR Assyrians in the erection of tykmiusive edifices and monument^Hk the" . 1 manufacture of weapoMHEAold I utensils, etd % I \ They had stone' ipKws, wMch .were sharpep^CTW^ptmonda, fine f*ons, motets/ wlj^pBoden haa- , dies; flits wW^jfceeth Me a file-saw; A hollow chisels for wood; rasps, just 4 like the best of those In use to-day; ' . W gimlets, saws with teeth Inclined to- ifl ward the handle?all of which go to show that the -ancient Egyptians were / HI as well fnrnlshed as ourselves with ' J carpenters' tools. H Feeds 1 the Hair I ur A Ut. .nL? N inavc yuu ever uiuuguL wuj your hair is falling out? It is 3 because you are starving your 1 hair. If this starvation con- | tinues, your hair will continue ' to fall. There is one good hairiood. It is Ayer's Hair Vigor. It' *. gpes right to the roots of the hair and gives them just the food they need. The hair i stops falling, becomes healthy, and grows thick and long. Ayer's ' Hair Vigor - does another thing, also: it always restores color to faded or gray hair. v ? j ..< Oac dollar a bottU. # I SBSSflHSSS&SCS&SESSSSSS&^SBfi^B.. If your druggist cannot supply too, sendx , u j $i.oo end we will express a bottle to yon, all chargfes prepaid. Be anre and give na your nearest express office. J. C. aykr Co., l^owell, Mass. Seed for our handsome book on The Hair. If We make a specialty of mince I meat?emfftoy the best skill?use 9 use it to advertise the many other. 1 to g??d things that we make. ^ RIBBY'S I MINCE MEAT CJ - - - 0 Hg 1 ask him. You will find it better I than home-made?better than any 8 mince meat you ever tasted. You'lJ E I eat Libby's foods thereafter. | 1 Llbby, McNeill & LIbby, Chicago | H Our book, "How to Make Good Things 1 (a to Eat," sent ir$e. ( I fieh mm i ft. 1 Tho chlldrea's tonic, I " 1 cures of WOBJ13. Bemoves ? \ > , 1 ^ I them effectually and withA *5?*. ^ Js out pain. 60 years' record ix r . . (j of success. It is the reV_ / .A J medy (or all worm troubles. V * ~t ' J Entirely Testable. 25 eta. ?JV . ^ at druRRists, country stores ' or bv mail. JK. & S. frKKV, Baltimore Md, CANVASSERS, SS. WANTED,-:, for selling our hitfh gra.de Ornamental and Fruit Treei>, Rose* and Shrubbery. Reference* moit accompany application. Business established 1846. ' Th?M.H.Habma:<Co.,Nurseryman, Geneva, n. y. ODADDV NEVT DISCOVERT: i\ B VV I qalek reli?f udcarea wont <!?? Bom o1 uttiimoDial* and 10 days' Fh? Bx. H. M. IIIM IIoai. lu Lillulk b. ADVERTISINGS CURU WHERE ALL a$? FAILS. Q Best Cough Sjtqp. "pastes Good. Ok h In time. Sold by drogtfste. P*i YOU WANT-S UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, m It . It contains MO pages, profusely Illustrated* ital aote or sUrer. When reading yon doubtk fl| Ha m st erences to many ILOPEDIA issm yon. It has a com- ' * referred to easily. This book a IS |j Information, presented In aa ~ well worth to any on* Baay oh we ask to* It A study of this book will loatkm has been nerlected. while th? Tolums sannot readily command tho knowledge they. >US8? 194 Uepnard $VN, Y. Cltofa ^ wr '