University of South Carolina Libraries
Tfca Way to riMkt Vrtad. I ( One morning, Humbert, senior, tbe j j Senator and ex-Mlnl*ti-r, com?*s allTatli- j J ant to a friend'* house and announces j ! that bis children bare just inherited j an immense fortune. Congratulation*. ! of course. Humbert, senior, thereupon invites the friend to a little celebrating breakfast. At tbe feast only intimat* ! friends are present. among tbeui four bigwigs in law and politl***. After coflTee. Humbert, h nior. draws bis friend aside and signs to bis daughterin-Inw to follow. The ex-Minister ?- unffiianiini Thnrr are niativ (?? VW o V vuuuvu ? ? ? ?^ difficulties In the settling up of on in- | berHance of one hundred and twenty j mlltons. aud the expenses incident thereto are of course beavy. Neither be nor bis daughter-in-law have the funds required. They need two millions, but tbey are naturally disln- , dined to deal with usurers. Their ; friend, though, had influential banking j connections, and they would allow a i commission of ten per cent. That very night the friend left for i Geneva and quickly negotiated a loan 1 of two millions (fraucsi. But tbe tie- { neva bankers have never recovered. I oor the friend either. who loaned both ! his commission and a heavy sum from ! * a? ii., nntv imnnc ili? , OH UWU JIW Kt I. ?< -v.. r , mot* regretful creditors.?Story of the Famous Humbert Swindle in Pari*, in Leslie's Monthly. KUtaior Mu PrnmUad Ralw. He bad come to New York to pmldto his own canoe. He bad answered advertisements by iln> score, which be found in tbe "Wanted" column, but for some reason which be could not understand no one wauted to pay bim a high salary. He bad heard that several of his friend* who were in New York were getting from $30 to $50 a week?that is. tbey said tbey got that, but when be called on them and asked v them if they knew of ^ny other 130 or $50 jobs, tbey only shook their heads. True, he found one or two $7 a week Jobs, but be could not figure out bis expenses within that limit. At last be was about to give up from otter discouragement, wuen He saw this advertisement in a morning paper: "Wanted, an elevator man; $8 a week, with a raise. If satisfactory." "I wonder if that is meant for a Joke?" he said, as -he out out the advertisement.?New York Tribune. aehtn* Drills Sqmrt EIoIm. A machine which will drill square boles has at last been made. An Englishman named Edward 8egits is the Inventor, and his apparatus is said to have solved a problem heretofore regarded as being about as unaceompllsbable as the mathematical impossibility of "squaring'* the circle. Segitz's machine is a "three-winged" drill, semi-round, which cuts four straight edges in its rotary motion. That is, the motion appears to the eye to be rotary, but there is. of course, a maneuvre In the triple flange which produces the square cut. triangular, or other angular boles, with automatic regularity ^ and machine speed. OrgM Fall of Coi*l?rMti. When the Warsaw police recently raided a forged banknote factory tbey found a cabinet organ stuffed -with counterfeit note*. One of the forger* was playing the instrument, and its defective music attracted suspicion. Johnson's Happy Pills are manufactured by the Happy Medicine Co., Borough of Richmond, N. x. City. They are highly recommended for malaria and chills and fevers. Host cf us try to deserve the good opinion we have of ouraclve*. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and muoous surfaces of the system. Write for testimonials, free. Manufactured by F. J. Caesar k Co., Toledo, O. The largest coral reef in the world is the A-istrali&n barrier reef, which is 1100 miles in length. FITS permanently cured.Xo fits or nervousoess after first day s use of Dr. Kline's Great Xerrefiestorer. *2t rial bottle and treat be free Dr.K. H. Klise, Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa. France's 18,000 doctor* average leas than 780 a year professional income. Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syru p for children taathinir .soften the gums, reduces Inflamma boo, all*j* pain, cure* wind colic. 25c. a bottle It's the tircfome people who bore their way through life. lam sure Ptoo's Care for Consumption saved my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Boaax?,Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17,1900. There is a difference between being outepoken and being out-talked. Puthaic Fadeless Dtes color more goods, per package, than others. 8ome people love their neighbors for what they can get out of them. \MilLunqsI " Aa attack of fa grippe left me with a bed cough. My mends ssid I bad consamption. I tben tried Ajtr't Cherry Pectoral aad it cured me promptly." A. K. Randies, N oho mi*, 111. You forgot to buy a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral when your cold first came on, so you let it run ^long. Even now, with all your hard coughing, it will not disappoint you. There's a record of sixty years to fall back on. 2Sc.nc.tl. AIInqMl g Caaralt mt Soetor. If lM nn take U. 1 Ilkn it h kt ma. If 1m talk m* | to tok* fcfg 4?Jt uka n. B? kam. I tett It wttk kte. w?tr* vt lilac. * j. o. ay** CO. Unroll. Kmc. | Headache ? Appetite poor? Bowels constipated ? It's your liver! Ayert Pills sre liver pills. Want jtcr moustache or beard a | beaitlfol brown or rich black? Use Buckingham's Dye P.tWIiC*.. N?fcw.N.H. - . ! WOMAN'S ? 1 ? REALM. WOMEN MAKC HOMES. ?h?jr Tkkr t'p Abandoned F?rmi ud I Kural Exlitcnc*. Tin' proi?!eui of the "abandoned" 01 "run down" farm in New Hampshire i? find tut: at least a partial solutiou, as simple as it is characteristic of tbt times. These places are beiug redeemed ami beautified iu considerable uumtN-rt by intelligent womeu from Hup< ton aud flucwhn*. poinc of whom ?|M'ud only their vacation in the coun try. Withiu a circuit of uIhmU tweu< ty-tivt utiles, among the foothills of the White Mountain*. one who has the eutree of these delightful l:o.uc3 may visit several. These women, and others siiuiiz.ly occupied, many of whom arc well known and well educated, are distinctly recognized in the farming communities where they have become property holder* as residents to be counted upon when public improvements are to be 'idertaken. aud public opinion is to oe formed. Oue woman, for example, who has for the prevent given up her profession .Ill aCCOUUl Ul HIT IH'UJIU. llits uuugui u farm of rather exceptional value. because it includes fertile "intervale" laud. On this* she raises large bay crops. She has put duruier window* Into the quaint old bouse that she lound iu the place, at ted it up with old fashioned furniture, put settles beside the big fireplace in the living room, hung u crane and kettles iu it, aud placed odd old pnlutinc* aud prints on the walls. Here she entertains summer boarders and winter bouse parties. Another woman farmer. Miss II., has rorne from the West aud established herself ou so high a hill that she is unusually safe from intrusion. She raises an abundance of fruit aud vegetables of unexcelled quality and enough hay for her stock. With her own hands she makes the delicious buttes served an her table. One man can do her outside work. One strong woman doe* the heaviest work of the household, Find wnu no tempiauous 10 speuu iirr wages, she is making money. Her mistress is not doing this. Imt she is making enough to live on. nnd is si>ending her days amid glorious mountain views, in dust free and ozone charged nir. where her relatives and friends from far and near are only too clad to loin ber hi summer. In winter she has time for rongenial pursuits. Within neighborly distance cf this place yet a third woman has bought n farm, as an investment rather than a home. She goes up in the early summer to do the needed repairs and rleaning and to get ber quaint old stuff into its most effective positions. Then she leaves It for tbe tenant, wbo ban seen her advertisement and has comc hundreds of miles, perhaps, to this spot hidden among orchard and forest trees, far from any much traveled road. One enterprising woman has made ber bouse an absolute model of comfort and beauty?an object lesson to farmer folk and city jteople alike, and both couie from miles around to see It. She is improving her place in many ways; valuable timber in carefully guarded; wild fruit trees are being grafted; rare plants, like Labrador tea, are cherished; comfortable benches arc placed where specially fine views of the mountains are commanded. Many varieties of wild berries, reindeer moss, curious ground pines and other plants native only in high altitudes add their inten-st to the place, while massive granite bowlders and gleaming quartz ledges add their picturesque charm. In another part of the State a youn? woman, who is an nuiatcur artist, hat converted au abandoned farm Into at nil-year-round home of such elegant* and proportions as to suggest an Kug' lixh estate. Landscape gardening it a conspicuous feature of ber undertak ing. She niscs cattle, horses aud sheep ou a considerable scale, and goes so far as to have her wool woven lutci fabrics and designs of her own selection.?New York Tribune. The Good-Xatarcil VTomau. The woman of a thoroughly good uutured disposition has a far hroadei Held in which to exert her influence than ber serious minded sister. Tbt former radiates her personality wltfc that sunny, intangible something thai always makes for herself n score ol friends where the latter looks on ant wouders what the maguct can be. When adversity fuces the man witl l be good-natured wife, that is the wont au who can smile and see the "otbei side" even in the gloomiest aspect, ii is he who looks to the good-humoret side of the household for bis cousola tion. says tbe Bostou Tost. Tbe woman who smiles when othcn frown is the woman who reaps th< richest harvest and finds in lift* ib< greatest opportunities, the lightest re sensibilities and the acme of all hei truest and most womanly aspirations for the woman who smiles see* ligh and infinite pood iu everything and ev erybody. She accepts the Inevitabh with a hearty, cheery laugh. and causei the shadows to dissipate and hie a?ai to other quarters. Women learn valua ble lessons from a smile, while mei silently adore tbe possessor, and al because she is capable of manufactur ing sunshine where ill-humor bcfori existed. Hood humor establishes an equili briuni when all eJwe falls. It adjust! relation* between husbands and wives mother and children, and mistress am maid. It is the lever of suet-ess. the fulcrun of all happiness in the home, the peace maker between nations. It is the rec ogultlon of love above ull things elw and ik the goldeu key that unlock* al door*. Without It life Is a desert, i dreary aotbiuguess; for, devoid of th smiled and good nature of woman the wlioie world assumes whatever tb< serious minded jtessimist may make it Dream* la Headgear. Tbe exaggerated hat trimming of thi autumn seldom has been equaled, an< the more grotesque aud unusual fruit and flowers on my lady's bead th< more praise her milliner will win. For t vMfrjj f;..' &&a is ? ttmately for the peace of mind of tb? f Audubon Society and tbe birds of para[ diw In general. artificial trimming if | more fashionable (ban aigrettes and } wing*. for this is distinctly uot a | feather year, lints have l>eeu *ur- j mounted with raw IIrs. pine cones and lemons. while grapes of every type are , especially adapted to picture hat*. This grand revival of fruit* aud odd flow. ers recalls tbt* period of Louis XV.. s when the King's favorite. Marquise de j , Pompadour, originated the wearing of . absurd vegetables in the hair. PomI (tadour and' another wouian at court , had wagered that Pompadour "would . not appear at the royal ball with rad( Isbes in her bair. - Almost as much to amus<' the King as to win her friend's loM-s the favorite entwined in her pow. J tiered wip a bushel of red radishes. I Her headdress creaieu a jircui luiuuution. and tbe next day every woman in court had her head looking like an ngricultural fair. Beets, peas and all smaller vegetables were in vogue for months until the famous Frenchwoman changed tbe fashiou by Adopting an equally original whim.?New , York Press. , rhr? Strie* of Welkin;; tilrt. There are three new styles of walki ing skirt, says the Chicago Journal. Due is short, about an inch above the I floor, aud has a hip yoke. I Another is two inches from the floor, severely plain and with slotted seams and just enough flare at the bottom to give it a modl?di effect. The third almost touches the floor, arm id me uai-? uoi ? i?ut about three inches. Third style isn't for rainy weather, auil is amenable to tbe side-clutch, being light-weight at i the border nn account of its banded plaiuness. This long walking skirt tbat must be held up seems to be dei signed a* a convenience to wear in tbe i street when tbe walk ends in a house affair of an inforniul sort, not particui larly dressy, but to which the long [ skirt is adapted. You know any woman is more attractive in a long skirt than in tbe short type?this lightweight, long walking skirt is next best to a regularly i trained one as to a becoming appearance. A Brave 'Woman. i The French Academy has awarded tbe Audiffred prize of lfi.duo francs to a womaa-Mme. Meyrler. wife of the I French Consul at Diarbekir. The Von, sul and his wife were present in tbat town at tbe time of the Armenian massacres. in ISC. says the Westminster % * * ? t tiazetie. m me. Meyrier luuicau, uru and cared for more than 700 Armenian refugees in tbe Consulate building, which was several times lH*sieged. M. Meyrier and bis staff repulsing tbe Turkish assailants time after time. > This lasted twelve days, and when all immediate danger bad disappeared tbe rescued Armenians left, showering , blessings on tbe heads of their saviors. Six months later Mine. Meyrier led a caravan of 000 Christians to the coast. | u fortnight's journey. The valiant woman led tbe band on horseback. , with her four children following in a litter, and passed with ber party , through the midst of hostile tribes. She reached the coast in safety, with | all the refugees under her care. Costa Tor Btblei. Long cloaks are fashionable again for small babies; they are made of silk or , cloth. These Lave generally a coat 1 tn wear under tbetu, but may be in themselves, 1f uiadr with Inter lining or wadded lining, quite warm enough. | The objection, of course, is that the baby's hands cnnnot get Oiit. but for , a tiny baby it is often well to keep the ; bands covered In very cold weather. All white should be used until a child i* > a year or two old. and even then it is a , mistake to use anything hut light coli ors. Cloth coats, ribbed silk, bengnline > and poplin arc all fashionable, and the . style is the sauie for one and all. No ( coat or other garment that a baby . wears should be made in a way that I will not allow of its being cleaned fre, quently.?Harper's Bazar. > Women tn Holland. The right of mothers as well at? fathers to decide regarding the domicile, choice of profession and marriage of minor children has been recognized legally by the Dutch Parliament. Holland has also passed a law bv which women may ix- appointed guardians of children not their owd. Pretty Thing* to Wear. Gray shades are known an srorm, ' cloud, pearl, moonlight and monkey. , Visionary blue is a delicate tint wltli . a Lint of gray that is very effective, r Holland bows of delft blue satin I promise to figure largely as a hair decI oration during tlie season. A new fancy in auto wraps, also Knglisb. is a coat of white hair sea) 5 lined with flannel In check effect. Fruue shades in combination with violet nnd lighter toned purple are used to some extent in autumu millinery. One of the daintiest thiugs in neck | wear is a Freuch stock of white loulsine silk combined with linen cord and , hand work. 4 An Knglisb novelty in motor coats is j of brown frieze, leather lined and set . off with leather buttons. The wide , cuffs are lined with fur. 1 Some of the new felts in ivory and - white are exceedingly picturesque. a? p art* the Lauibnile shapes m wuue sou pastel tinted silky leaven. Short coats of fur will be much worn x aud considerable Is anticipated for gray ' squirrel aud moleskin, relieved by col 1 lars of white cloth, embroidered. Quite the newest neck bow Ik lightly 1 bowed in order to hold the luce stock upright. The bow is set at the back ol the neck, and Ik in reality a very full 'j rosette of black baby velvet. z j Trimming* cover a wide rauge and p include guipure, appliques in white and | colored cloth, oriental em broideries In tinted worsteds. braiding, long ias*ei* and cord cud chenille aud crochet cords. As garniture for dark cloth costumei tt exquisite design* in decoratire cashj mere have been Introduced woven on s plain pastel tinted cashmere bandit Is p delicate tones of yellow, brown, blue, green and pink. t - Ti I ~~ ' Stock Notes. | j Clnalai Hoc Houm. Arrange the pig pens so that they rau be cleaned easily and supplied with fresh Iteddiug. A hog bouse should be j eleaued every day. otherwise it will J soon become filthy and harbor diseaise germs. If this is properly attended to ! it is no more work to eleau the pig pen 1 t-vnrv inrirnine than it is to elean the I horse stable. Winter Fuillui of Caw*. If m-veral kiuds of food are placed , tiefore irows they will delect the kind tirsr that in must palatable, and when I satisfied will reject a large portion, ; which may t?e wasted. When the 1 foods are prepared, and made more > palatable by the addition of ground ; grain to hay. straw or fodder, there , will 1k> i? ks waste. During the winter ; the object should be to hare the ani- ! mal consume tin* least desirable foods ' as a matter of e(*ouomy. and at the ' same time give them other foods in . countctiou therewith that will enable the animals to gain, as it should not be I satisfactory to have tln-m simply to re- I main at the same weights. _ f A Ration For Lambs. The Massachusetts station snys thax { they have proved that linseed meal, cottonseed meal and Chicago gluten J meal have about the same value for feeding lamb*, and the change does not! materially affect the cost of the ration. j Buffalo gluten feed and Chicago maize ! feed have about equal value and cost. ' The dry matter in four pounds of ensil- \ age is about equal to that in one pound of good rowan. Lambs that had a nu- { tritive ration of oue pound of protein j to 4.7 of carbohydrates made a greater , gain to live weight and manure of better quality than when the ratio was one of protein to seven of carbohydrates. A Winter Bin Window. Where manure is thrown out of & tie-up window the latter Is likely to be a board fitted to slide in the window ?asiug. This is not so tight but that j cold air may enter, while the tie-up la i SHCTTBR FOR A STABLE WINDOW. I lr??t iinlionlthiliT rinrtr Thn enf ahnvi a better method. The sliding window j is of glass, Tvbile a hinged board shut- j ter outside can tie let down at night to keep out cold air. This abutter It set ! at on angle so that its own weight will I keep it closely shut or it may shut flat | against the casing and be kept tigbtly closed by a book.?Ornuge JuddFfirmer. Cattle Tuberculosa. Tul>ereulosis among cattle 19. withou'c doubt, frequently caused by con- j lining the animal* in dark, damp and j poorly ventilated barns. Sunlight and', fresh air are the most effective de- J stroyers of the germs of disease known to maukind. and after disease has once j obtained a bold upon any being, : whether human or brute, nature, if aided by dally access to plenty of sun- j light and fresh air. will do more to ef* feet a cure than all the doctors and ; veterinary preparations lu existence 1 combined. But as prevention is al- 1 ways better than a cure, precaution should lie taken to prevent the spread , among our animals of such a disas- j trous disease as tuberculosis by keep- J Ing the animals lu well lighted and j well v<\nttinted barns. For those con- j ti-mplutiiig new barns it will be wise > to take into consideration the advisa- I Mllty of having them well lighted by \ putting in numerous windows. Win- j dows will not cost more per square : foot tluiu other parts of the building. ! hut I hey will do so much to maintain j tin* dealt li ?U(i cotnrort or tne u in ma is at a lime of tbe year when they -will appreciate all tbe sunshine they can ir?'t.?I- O. Folio, in Tbe Epitomist Mrrtlnn of Rrrrili. Any breed will lose its prestige if tbft selection of the l?ent individuals is not j strictly adhered to. aud all breeders . rely more uikju the exploits of certain ; members of their "herds or flocks than upon tbe whole, for. no matter bow careful the breeder may be. or bow judiciously be may mate bis animals, he , will have some that will fall below tbe } standard of excellence. If tbe expe- i ricnced breeder of pure-bred stock is > compelled to continually select and , breed from the best sires and dams it ; should be more important for the j farmer not only to improve with purebred sires, but to use only tbe best to be obtained. But tbe majority of farmers are disposed to purchase the "culls" oi I lie ureeaer lor oreeuing purposes, i and are disappointed if they do not se- j cure good results. It Ik never profit- j a hie to use au inferior animal for any purpose, wore especially when {trading up a herd or flock, as the better the sire ilk* greater his influence. WorthIt ss sires should rather he avoided, a* they entail loss of tioie. labor and 1 money. The male is "half of the [ herd." for every young animal partakes of his characteristics, its value depending more upon the excellence of tbe ' dire and the advancement of the herd and in exact ratio with the influence of that parent. Pedigree in a safeguard and protection, but pedigree alone is not to be relied upon. The form, disposition. health and other Indications ' must assist in selection, but. as some sires can give uo evidence of their value until tried, the pedigree should never be overlooked, as it points out tbe several families among breeds that have excelled and also the best Individuals among those families. Every farmer should endeavor to be a breed er. and also to breed to a standard of excellence by selecting the best to be obtained of any breed.?Philadelphia Record. Of those sentenced by English courts aa habitual drunkards more than one- j third are women. ' i > - i_a , ^SUFFERED S rt With Catarrhal D Pelvic CONDITION OF THE CROP The Report Issued by the Deoartmei of Agriculture. INDICATED TOTAL WHEAT YIEL II Is Calculated at 620,803,000 Bnihi aft Compared With Last Year's Ha VNt of 74S,460,S 18 Indwto < Estimate Yield aad Condition of Corn, Oat Barley. Apples and Potatoes. Washington. D. C.-Thc monthly r port of the statistician of the Depar ment of Agriculture shows the averaf condition of corn od October 1 to ha^ been 79.6. as compared with 84.3 lai month, 52.1 on October 1, 1901, 7&2 i the corresponding date in 1900, and 77 the mean of the October averages < the last ten years. The preliminary estimate of the ave age yield per acre of spring wheat 14.4 busbels, subject to revision wbc the final wheat estimate is made. Tt estimated averages of yield per acre 1 the 8tates having 100.000 acres or u] ward In spring wheat are as follow Minnesota, 13.0: North Dakota. 15.' South Dakota. 12.4; Iowa. 12.0; Nebra ka. 13.9; Washington, 21.0; Oregot 18.1; Wisconsin. 17.8; Colorado. 17.Kansas, 10.9; Utah. 24.2; Idaho, 28. The average quality of sprlug wheat: 87.7. The preliminary estimate on the a' ?t-?? l-i Ortno nf nn tu la !U rruKv JIVIU |i? "mi v. v... ? ? bushels, as compared with 20.1 bus] els ou October 1. 1001, 29.0 at tt corresponding date In 1900. and 26 bushels, tbe mean of tbe October est mates for tbe past ten years. Tbe pre: ent estimate of yield per acre is tb largest ever reported by tbe Depar m rAtara?"sat, i'm ntm ikitt m sm.f, amd i batex't km moboamlsi S1TIKA, rMUM IHL VUIUJAKU UM? meat of Agriculture. The a vera Re f< quality is 8G.7. against 83.7 laat ye; and 88.2 in 1900. The preliminary estimate of yield p< acre of barley is 29.0 bushels, again 24.7 bushels on October 1. 1901, an 23.3, tbe mean of October averages f< the last ten years. Tbe average f< quality la 87.3, against 89.2 last yet and 82.1 in 1900. Tbe prelminary estimate of tbe yie] per acre of rye Is 17.0 bushels, as cou pared witb 15.1 bushels on October 1901, and 14.4 busbels, tbe mean of O tober averages for the last ten year Tbe average for qunllty is 91.8, agalni 89.4 last year and 92.0 in 1900. Tbe average condition of buckwhes on October 1. was 80.5. as compar< witb 86.4 last montb, 90.5 on October 1901. and 80.2, the mean of tbe ave ges of tbe last ten years. Tbe average condition of potatoes c October 1 was 82.5. against 89.1 la: month. 54.0 on October 1. 1901. ar 71.0. tbe mean of the averages of tl last ten years. As to tbe condition of apples. Xorl Carolina reports 8 points, Illinois ' Missouri 10. Pennsylvania 11, Mail 12. New York 15. Iowa 10 and Midi gan 27 points above, and Ohio 2. li diana 3. Virginia 9. Tennessee 11. Kei tucky 29 and Kansas 21 points bolo tbe mean of their October averages f< the lust seven yean. The estimated average yield of hoj Id pounds per acre is 1207 in Washini ton. 1400 in California. 1100 in Orego; 1300 in Wisconsin and 325 in New Yor New Yorl* City. ? Statistician J. < Brown, of tne New York Produce E: change calculated, on the basis of tl figures of the Government crop repor that the indicated crop of spring whe: was 240.874.000 bushels. The actui harvest last year of spring wheat w: 318,780,000 bushels. The indicated t tal wheat crop (spring and winter* 820.805.000 bushels, comparing with n indicated crop in September of G10.011 000 bushel* ntid Inst year's actual hn vest of 748.400.218 bushels. The indicated crop of corn Is 2.352 776.000 bushels, against the Septembi estimate of 2.495.081.000 bushels an an actual yield at harvest last year < 1.522,510.891 bushels. Xaval Academy Examination*, Information has been received at tl Naval Academy^ at Annapolis. Md rrom the Navy L?epartnient to tne ?' f<?<-t that another examination of cai didates for admission to tbe Navj Academy will take place during N< vember. This is a rather unusual tim of tbe year for such examinations. bi this step wni) takeu by tbe departmer or account of tbe pressing need of oti cen for tbe nary. Killed ia a Building's Fftll. One man was killed and four sever* ly injured by the collapse of tbe nortl west section of tbe new Otsego Hot* building, at Jackson. Mich., con*tru< tion of which bad reached the fourt story. Tbe cause of the collapse is u< known. Two Ktuno* Co ttcra Uoichcd. Two Uaitwl States revenue cutte: were successfully launched at tb Bpedden shipyards at Baltimore. Mr One of them is the Mackinaw, chrii tened by Miss Alice Fuller White. ? Chamberabur?. Pa., and the other th Winnisemmett. christened by Mr*, y P. Mahon. wife of Congressman M: hen. of Pennsylvania. Oofiraor Crane In n Raaaway. Governor Crane, of Masgachusetti narrowly ricaped serious* injury in runuway near Dalton. Mass. !V?wt of the Toller*. Candymakers at Cincinnati, OhU have organized. The sanitary employes at Santiagi Cuba, struck recently. The South Wales Miners' Federotio has a membership of 120.000. Striking weavers at Toronto. Can hare declared their strike off. Fishermen at San Francisco, Cal have taken steps to form a union. Cement, concrete and tile worker of Memphis, Tean. hare organized onion. - ' -- 1. " 18 MIm Kate Brown. Recording Secretary of tbe L. C. B. Association, of r* Kansas, in a letter from 006 N. Seventh ? St., Kansaa City, Kan., says: ,e "for seven year* I havfnotkiunen .8 ?ehmt it ins to ajtend U wcU day. ! 1 caagbt a severe cold, wblcb I nets' lected. It was at tbe time of menstruie atlon, and Inflammation set In and t- prostrated me. Catarrb of tbe kidneys - and bladder followed, my digestive orcans cave way; In fact, tbe cold dlsar ranged my whole / tern. "I epent hundredc of dollar* wttt doctors and medicine, but derived but little benefit until 1 began treatmentieithFeruna. I kept taking It for nearly sine months before I was completely cured, bat I kept growing better gradually so that 1 felt encouraged to continue taking Peruna until my health was restored. 1 send my thankj fiininriBif in (K jfi _aioimcicmr KIBIBIWIYIEIO V We ?1U five the above reward to ur peraon w a the ubm of thrve American dtiea. I'm each le g money away, and you mar Le the fortunate perec mmwtk the money win bo divided equally. F answera, each will receive |M; abooJd tan pereoa r* twaaty peraona, (Veach. We do thla to iatrodBi :o athia. Sand bo money with your asawar. Thiala *' Tboee who bare act received acyti >r 1ATZ0VAL SUPPLY CO., 1 ir 1 KIM IB SpniM UDD1. ?r 8t While there is no rise in price as jet d for confirmed gum chewers who par>r chase their supply in fire-cent pack>r ages or one-cent slats, manufacturer* ?r who hay spruce gam by tbe quantity say that It has gone op from fifty to ^ seventy-fire cents a pound. A scarcity j of genalne black spruce trees in tbe el Maine woods is tbe cause. Prior to the s. time when the large pulp mills were Bt built there was no trouble in securing the gum, many of tbe professional har** vesters having retained large tracts ol I forest for their own use. The pulp inr' dustry spoiled all these preserves by cutting off tbe best trees to be convertin ed into sulphite palp for paper, and the st gum pickers were forced to set k other ld forests further away from tbe routes ,e of travel. As the new trees had to be h scarred for several years before tbej 0 came into full bearing, the supply ol ie gam grew scarce and the price ha; i|. doubled inside of a year.?New York a- Times. Q \v 3r OScUI Cravat AHJaatcm. Tbe leading haberdashery shops *mploy only clerks who are export in arR* ranging cravat shapes. Made-up neckwear is adopted for provincial trade, a? a rule. Among the duties of such asn, slstants is to attend weddings and I', other fiouse functions. The bridegroom ie nowadays presents his "best man" and t. ushers with cravats aod gloves for the it ceremony. The haberdasher's clerk real ports at the proper place in doe time 19 and adjusts these cravats uniformly, j3 placing tbe scarfplns in correct postn tion, etc. He also fits the glovea in l,. each case. His employer collects a r- handsome fee for this professional service.?New York Times. 'pElSiFj si UIL | 5 I POSITIVELY CURES | 5! g Rheumatism g g Neuralgia | ^ I Backache S jj | Headache ? I I Feetache | J | All Bodily Aches S | AND I ; CONQUERS II PAIN, j UkUk ??H? j Gcviae stamped C C C. Imr soli ta balk Borne ofthe dealer who tries te Mil , M?ttiit^jist Mnoi." ?IWII1UHJLJ1,I.WJIM MfiBi yiui MI iu(,wu., H 9 O&RBwt Coock Irnw. Taate* Uood. um N ^3 la ? ?. Bold j>7 droqrUto- Ml ^ asft'Fi'iniaiii'irM^i III IIMIIMLI EVEN YEARS erangements of the Organs. V&., Hundreds of Dollars Spent in Vain?Peru-na Cured. neglected cold ie frequently the V ? cause of death. It la more often, however, the cause of tome chronic dlaease. There la not an organ in the bod? hot what la liable to become aerioualy deranged by a neglected cold. Dieeases of the kidneys, bladder and digeetlre organs are all frequently the result of a neglected cold. tt IaIIovj ata ananl am UttUIUVW V& doctor* and medicines trying to cure these diseases, hat until the true mom of them is discovered there will be no use in using medicine. ; Dyspepsia medicine, dlsrrhoes medV cine snd constipation medldne Is of no food whatever when catarrh is the csuse. The catarrh must bo treated. The cause being removed, the derangemeats will dlssppesr. Peruns cures catarrh of the digestive organs, the urinary organs or aay of the internal organs. If you do not derive prompt snd satisfactory results from the use of Parana, writs at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of jour case, and be will be pleased to girt yon his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hsrtman, President of 1 The Hartman Sanltarlom, Colnmbos, O. ' and blessings to yon for Peruna."? t Miss Kste Brown. IB i" CASH FREE J bo win correctly imip th* tbev* Mt?i t* *f*U turbatoac*. Try it. W# will poottfroty |i?i Ik ?. ttbould tkm bo am tku om art of oomot or ta?Ua<o> tic old flr? yaneaa aand to eorcaet * atad fa comct isivta Mth wtn nain $M; MMrlmudpodimkuUi M ?aickl/ Mp? a frn coatMt. A post card will do. iln* from otbor ccntoou try tkfc oao. (IA8A1A VAILB, 01TA1I0. 1 W.L. Do-fla$tho9tan tt* ttmmdard tf tin morM. w. L. Soulu M4? mm4 Ml<i Mr* MI'I GM4> fur W*tt (fud Hmd PrMW)ilmliUHCnt I* Mitha t lMt Iku ur ?tWr nidkctinr. $10,000 SniS^ahtttSAST*"" fc-LsgVSMfcWfi?" Sff&IK 103^201127^. 12*40,000 But Importtd iW Amtrkm htUmt, *%/' P*t*tC*if. ?m?m4 fuCktf.My, Vict KH, Oem* Cert, ftt Kangaroo. T*Mt Cotor EyslHs and. ClotkM I ** mniMbtTC t7. L DOOOLAf Mw fry muIT^c. extra. Kin*. Catalog firm. y kV.L douolas, bkockton. mass. RM : Tourists, sports^ieu, hunters and fishermen find Ripans Tabuies an always bandy article in hotel, sleep-. ing car, field and camp. They art < the beat and only mcdlclne needed for an outing, aa they keep bead. stomach, bowels and liver In the right condition, and tbua prevent any other trouble likely to arise from exposure or sitting at lata campfirea^ At druggists Dm Fire-Cent packet i? enougii tor aa ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 80 cents, contains a supply for a year. UpSKm ufrntorf (Ma pinr. fc ??r la afta?m wjlii S?SRITS?SJ8SH^!iotjcsk wiwik IIIIIIIIIMIWHIIMi. innnukraM taMkttnki W> ww aara He aM iiw wiNnw aa4 MmiIih. F?r mipM* Hill M? Hutlil tMalwM.nl Oila *4. oat ud mailta aa. Scam, RtfKiucK * co f cnibaio. Old Ijetters. I wt?b to bar Antarrapfe latUra ?f famous ptaplt. Band Uxt of what rou ha??. W K. BENJAMIN. llXBri*.:wajr. NVw York. TlMTrO-M?> for tha Cnltad Xtatr* Nary. aUaWIHICHinmUmL a<ra Uto *. and Imj*. a<a I* ta 17. Writa/or Information NAVAI. llErKUITINQ BENDEZVoUft. W Sooth Hlr*ct, Nrw Y.rt. or MM yrmlaolUl BiiUdluy. buffalo. ________ I inotype School?1^: Lino type uperm!r>ra,aa?l?r work, hltrharvaM. ^"abortar bonrg; aix uaw marlilara. Partlrul .r? malltd. Llnotjrr* icbootWorid Bulldiigr. Naar York. DR0P8YSrSIS i mih fcaaa tt ta?ii?aaiala ?ad ludaya' LTI11 ?4 I IfM. 8r. B. B. KZSB'Bsoil. Baa S. AUaata. a*. ADVERTISING KE"VfrK Happy I P<Eohnsotff