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Care of Lamps. Burners need a monthly boiling if they are to give the clear, stead}' light which well regulated households de sire. Vinegar, with a little salt sprink led in it, ii the fluid in which they should be boiled. Wicks should never ba ont, but the charred portion should be rubbed off every day with a aird or cloth, and the loose threads dipped with small scissors. Wicks shou.d not be used whsnjvery short, but ehotdd^be changed frequently. An old wick be comes tightened and the webbing is no longer loose enough to draw the oil easily. Chimneys should not be washed, but cleansed every day with a cloth wet in alcohol. This will keep them shining and brilliant. Shades should be deep enough to keep the light from striking through tho clear glass to the eye, no matter how low one ia sitting. The tank should be filled every day almost to the trim, bat not quite. Hit Domestic Trouble. A odored witness in the superior court last week stated that he wat un able to testify ea to a certain occur rence, because ho had a "domestic trouble" just about that time. "What was that domestic trouble?" asked the examining attorney. "Well, to tell the truth, boss," said the witness, "I was in the penitentia ry for stealing a cow. "-Brunswick Times. Th* Gift mt a Goad Stomnch Ia ons of the most beneficent donations vouchsafed to ns by nature. How often lt ls Crossly abuted! Whether the stomach ls naturally weak, or has been rendered sc by yaprudenco in eating or drinking, Hosteler's tomach Bitters lr? the best agent for Its restoration to rigor and activity, both diges tion and appetite are renewed by this Ine tonio, which also overcomes constipation, biliousness, malarial, Wdney and rheumr.tic ailments and nervousness. The love of home ls interwoven with a1! that ls pure and deep in earthly affection. Dr.Kilmers SWAMP-ROOT cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. . 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Ir TOO WILL ctn THIS our AND BIND it with 10c. postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will receive their mam moth catalogue and ten packages grosset* and grains, Inoludlng Sand Vetch, free. In the Police Court-Tried and Judgmeni: In Its Favor. Some time ago Judge Andy E. Calhoun Judge of the police court of Atlanta, had oe ca-inn to pass a sentence that was gratifying to him, and if people will take his advice much suffering will be alleviated. The judge i-i sub ject to nervous sick headaches and dyspepsia Here is his sentence: "I am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no remedy so effec tive a* Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. If Uken when the headache first begins lt invariably cures." Price 60 cents per bottle. For sale by all druggist?. _ Piso'* Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Couch medi?me.-F. M. ABBOTT, 383 Seneca 8t, Buffalo, X, Y., May 9,1S94. FITS ?topped free by Du, KLINE'S GREAT NERVE RESTORER. SO fits after first day's use. 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T ; CON SUMPTION sN OIL ON THE WATERS. Tis said that sailors, In the Southern Seas, In danger's hour, Throw oil upon the seething waves, and these Lose half their power Our lives are ves sols on Time's restless tide, Anil, day hy day, The surging billows, rolling tar and wide, Disturb our way. and oftentimes in fell distress we lie, Stranded almost, Lashed, helpless, by the wind and waves, and nigh A rockbound coast. Oh, if in that dread peril we could throw Faith round our bark, The waves would sink, the winds less fierce ly blow, Light follow dark. -J. T. BurtonAVollaston, in Home Queen. La PASCUA. BY RALPH G. TABER. /""?w : /-\ HE blaok bull ls of the ( Sensuntepeo breed ; his V^J |/*T7 like has never been V\\ seen ^ere hefore-so >^ yL0/^ tall, so glossy, so wide xlr^^ of horn, so strong of vaf^. shoulder and lean of flank! You should have seen the fire in his eyes as they drove him into the patio t And there is something more, Se?ores," the speaker leaned forward and held his brown finger upon his thick lips, mys teriously : "it is a secret known but to the few." "Then it is scarcely a seoret," the younger of his two auditors replied. A faint smile hovered uncertainly about the corners of his mouth, and he toyed idly with the glass before him. "What is this wonderful seoret?" asked the other, expelling a cloud of smoke from his lungs. "It is said there will be a new matador." "Ponf ! that is not news, Don Pedro. These matadores-they oome and go, like the bulls they slay ; it is only a question of time with them. Sooner or later a drink too much makes the nerves falter, and then-then the knife hits half an inoh too low, or it fails to strike the right moment, and a new matador is needed 1 The other-" "But this," interrupted the land lord-"this is news, Sonores; for the matador has never even faced a bull, not as banderillero nor capeador-" "Caramba 1 What is the name of this fool?" The question was asked in a tone of contempt, and the tall youth looked up with an impatient frown. The landlord shrugged his shoul ders: "I do not know the name, but he comes from the upper country." "Then we will drink to the excellent bull. Come, friends; shall it be aguardiente?" "I thank you," the youth replied, courteously, "but not for me, Senor ; I do not drink it." Bismg from his seat, he wished them good-day and de parted. "What is our young friend who will not drink?" asked the guest, aa he tasted his glass of strong spirits. "A passer, who came but this morn ing. He gave his name as Antonio. I know no more about him." As Antonio gained the street, he heard the tones of a distant marimba beating out the National air. Follow . ing a tortuous walk, that was hedged on either Bide by banks of blood red roses, he slowly crossed . tha_hxoad sqnare in front of the low adobe inn. He selected a bud, trimmed the thorns with his knife, and thrust the stem beneath the band of his wide som brero. Beaching the street on the opposite Bide, he found himself before the ca thedral, whose pretentious entrance faoed the flower-covered square. A . rudely carved stone high up on its yellow adobe wall proclaimed that the first foundation stone had been laid 120 years before-and tho structure was not yet finiphed. The stucco doc orations within ita Irish arch had fall en away in places, and spots of green mold clung to the plaster casts of the taints. Antonio carelessly noted all this, but his thoughts were of the solemn high mass, that was soon to be cele brated, and of the gaily dressed throng that would fill the church and over flow into the plaza, when the grand processional should draw near. For it was the feast of La Pascua and the crowning day of the Holy Week. The air was tremulous with musical sounds, and the people began to con gregate. The marimba notes swelled louder and louder, the tramp of a mul titude echoed along the rough pave ments, and the head of the procession turned into the square. As it ap proached, Antonio doffed his hat re spectfully; and he knelt when the robed priests passed, with the shining "Santisimo" held on h gb, surrounded by swinging censors. The smoke of the inoense filled the street with its subtle perfume, and served to throw an additional charm about the chariot that followed. Th.J was a float drawn by twoscore of young girls clad in pure white garments, with thin veil ing pinned to their se it, black hair and falling back over their shoulders. The chariot, too, was draped in white, and upon its broad platform was pres ented a tableau of the Nativity. Be fore a gilt manger, in which lay a fig ure of .the holy Child, three boys, representing the three viso men, rev erently knelt and gazed upon a glist ening star that hovered c ver the oradle. Behind them were the s kin-clad shep herds, each with a snow- white lamb in his arms, aud beside the crib stood the Mother, a Blight, fair girl, draped in flowing robes, chosen from all who had oome for the fete because of her saint like beauty, and bashfully proud of the distinction that was hers to enjoy for the hour. As the latter's glance fell upon An tonio, kneeling bareheaded in the throng, and as she felt his eyes bent upon ber, her lace was marked by a passing shade of anuoyauce. Antonio caught the expression, and the quick blood surged to his olive cheeks. rle muttered bitterly to himself: "She is saying again, as she said be fore, 'Antonio, what a coward 1* But it shall be for the last time. To-day -to-day I shall show her 1" Ha rose from his knees and shoul dered his way through the crowd, to enter the church, where the organ was purring the notes of the proces sional. As he unconsciously crossed himself at the font and made the gen uflexion, his eyes sought for her-this girl who had called him a coward. He saw her at last ; she had knelt, near the aisle, in a flood of bright, red sun light that streamed through a leaded window. Her loose gray robe had been laid aside, and the mass of her hair had a tingo of bronze, as the col ored rays fell upon it. Antonio had no thought of the mass. He hardly heard the grand singing. Presently a nervous hand touched his shoulder and a rough voice whia \ pered : "Was it to ace them kill the bull the fine black bull of Sensuntepec that you came down to the city? Toa were wise not to answer the publie challenge. I have seen him, and I even I, who have given many a bull the sword thrust-do not like the look of this fellow." "It is two hundred pesetas,"Anto nio answered absently. "And I would earn ':hem, Antonio, in spite of my broken wrist, if only to gain the glory. But a new Espada has challenged-one whom they say is new to the redondel." Then he added, with some asperity: "Your chance would have been quite as good as his -and think-two hundred pesetas! Had you not lacked tho courage !" Antonio did not resent the speech. Ho merely answered, quietly: "You too, then, think I lacked courage. That it was a lying reason I gave to Lola, as excuse for refusing the chal lenge!" "Hardly a lie, Antonio. I give not the lie save for reason. It is more that your life has been of the sheep - that you have not the nature to battle and kill." Antonio made no reply. He was liv ing again that night on the hills when, wakened from sleep by his lambs' loud bleating, ho had seized his maohete, bad rushed to the fold, and had slain the mountain lion. The angry mark on his shoulder burned again, where the brute's strong claws had struck him, and his olive cheeks burned, too, as he thought of how Lola had called him ooward, and how her father now said he lacked courage. Her father, the famous matador, who had broken his wrist in the last Pascua fight, and yet managed to kill his viotim ! The garrulous old man had con tinued to whisper. What was it he had been saying? * "-is a fortune. And you could have married my Lola. " Antonio turned and laid his hand impulsively on the old man's arm. "It is enough for now, Senor. You will attend the fight with her? Then you will see me later. " Antonio abruptly left the ohuroh and, crossing the square with rapid strides, plunged into the mass of crooked streets, between the brown tiled dwellings, and presently emerged at another square, the famous Plaza de Toros. It was inolosed by a high adobe wall, on whose top was a thick growth of cactus. He did not approach the main entrance, which a merry crowd was besieging, but sought a small door on the eastern tide, at which he knocked nervously. The guard within called out, gruffly : "Quien?" "Antonio Gomez." "Welcome, Antouio Gomez." The burly guard eyed the youth's hghth figure, as a dealer might take I notes of the good points of a horse, and nodded in grave approval: "You would make a brave matador, my son, if you had first the much-needed prac tice. As it is-well, it may be, per haps-if Toro Negro will let yon." He led the way to an inner room, which he placed at Antonio's disposal, and reverently laid out the richly oolored sash,' the small red flag and the short sword, sharp aa a razor, that comprised the matador's equipment. Antonio took np the light weapon, balanced and swung it baok and forth, ran his fingers along its keen edge, and replaced it on the table. Again the guard smiled and nodded. "When all is ready I will call you Senor," he said, as he left the apart ment. Antonio could hear the tramping of -feoefOi -aa-tho picadores mounted, and the music of the band came to him faintly, through the tbiok walls, as it played the strains of a familiar song a favorite song of Lola's. How stir ringly Lola had sung it that night on the mountain! And when she had finished she laid her guitar beside him, and spoke of the Pascua bull fight, and, with a soft arm around his neck, asked him to take up the challenge, in an effort to win the grand public prize-'the much coveted prize that would fall.to him who might conquer the black Sensuntepec bull. In their poverty it was quite a fortuno to them. It was by far the largest prize that had ever yet been offered. Its possessiou would mean they might marry at once, without waiting for that uncertain time when they might be able to Bave enough to pay the fee of the Padre. The Padre's fee was very high ; fifty pesetas for holding the moss, fifty more for the precious scroll that wpuld prove the ceremony. Why, then, hod he so bluntly re fused? It was not from cowardice; that he knew. He hardly understood it himeelf, but that he had an unreas onable dislike of inflicting useless tor ture. And Lola had called him a coward ; had refused to hear suoh a childish ex cuse, and, with a fine scorn, had left him. And he had gone baok to his little cane hut, and had lain awake through the long, dark night, watching tho twinkling Southern Cross and thinking about the girl whom he loved-who had mockingly called him a coward ! And long before daybreak he left the hut, and, at sunrise, awoke the Padre -and the Padre had written a letter for him-at the price of his last peseta. And he had not seen Lola since, un til in the church procession. But to day-to-day he would show her that at least he did not lack the courage ! He heard the shouts and the cheer ing, as the picadores entered ; then he heard the wild, pulsating notes of the miramba, sounding far away and in distinct. Then he heard an occasion al burst of applause ; and still he sat there waiting. At last the guard came to call him. He rose and took up the snort bladed sword and his other safeguard, the small, red flag, and passed out into the sunshine. He cast one glance about the surg ing sea of expeotant faces, and then looked longingly up at the hills that rose behind the city. Their bluish tops seemed trembling in the haze, the air seemed drowned in expectancy, and far-off sounds came plainly among them the tinkle of a sheep bell far up on tho shimmering mountain side. Then a sharp cry rang out : "Gu?rd ese Antonio-gu?rdese !" He caught oue glimpse of a girl in white, who stretched her bare arms out toward him. Then he turned to avoid the great, black bull that came rnshing down the redondel. He in stinctively leaped-only just in time -and the small, red flag was torn from his hand. The maddened beast tossed it high in the air and turned to prepare for a second attack, while the spectators, pleased with his agile leap, boisterously applauded. The bull pawed the ground, with lowered head, throwing a cloud of dust in the air. His parohed tongue hung from his open jaws, his hot breath came in panting gasps, the red blood trickled down his sides where the spears of the chulos had pricked bim, and his bloodshot eyes shone with madness, as he quickened his pace to a thunderoub charge. Antonio calmly awaited the assault and then-then thc mad beast stoppe short in his wild onset, trembled, and bellowing, crouched to "the ground i a spasm of fear. Antonio stupid! gazed at the bull ; then ho heard a dui rumbling beneath him and felt th baked earth lift and surge and sink an rise, like an angry ocean after a storm Thc hilltops swayed in the quiverin air, strong men shrieked aloud in the: dread, and the solid walls of abod groaned and creaked and crackled. Antonio dropped his now ?seles sword and, with a bound, reached th side of the ring where be had seen Lol standing, and where the panio-strioke: spectators were blindly fighting fo the exits. "Lola!" he shouted, "my Lola!' and out of the surging mass he hean her calling to him. "Leap !" he cried with uplifted arms, and, strngglin; through the crowd, she obeyed. Others, gasping the prayers to th Saints that their palsied lips failed t< utter, were dropping all abont him but Artonio oaught her skilfully, and with his light but precious burden staggered away from the crunibiin; wall. As he reached the center of th redondel the earthquake ceased for i moment ; then a second series of shock began, a wide crack opened across thi court, a dizziness overpowered hin and he sank to the heaving, unoertaii earth, i*ot in the muteness of ter ror, nor with a desperate praye: in his throat, but with a neilin; song in his soul, as he clasped hi Lola closer. Was he not from th< upper country-the oountry that laj far baok of the hills, the high moun tain land where Mo ra oto mb o's tower ing black peak breathed blacker smok< from dawn to dawn and made the tree tops bend and nod to the tune of th< hills' fitful slumbers ? Why should h< fear the quaking earth ? Fear was foi those of the lowlands born ; Momo tombo had rooked his cradle ; and tkr song that trembled within his sou! was a song of thanksgiving and' glad' ness-the thrilling note of hui vibrant heart as he pressed Lola to it. It was over again in a moment. The hilltops resumed their still place in the sky, a welcome wind stirred thc tall maugo trees, and Lola shuddered and opened her eyes, and drew hif head down and kissed him. One by one men regained courage to speak, although at first it was only ia whispers. Antonio assisted Lola to rise, os hex aged father approached them. "You have done well, Antonio," h? said. "The Toro lives, but he has made his fight. You have won the twe hundred pesetas." A happy light shown in Antonio'? eyes, and, drawing Lola oloser, ht asked: ,:Then you think, now, 1 lacked not courage ?"-New York In dependent. _ A Modern Monte Cristo. A strange but authentic story re gardmg a hidden gold mine, knowi only to the Indians and one whit? man, has been brought to light by th( attempt of a young man named T. G Doners to commit suicide at Minneap olis, where he had been arrested npor a charge of passing worthless checkE for large amounts. Donors for some time has boen vis iting in Minneapolis. He seemed tc have plenty of money, and a few-rflay? ago induced a hotel man there to casi a cheok for a large amount by repre sent ing that the paper had been drawr by his father, a squaw man, living near Port Arthur. When arrested, the joung fellow was; so heartbroken. ?that-he Ifi?d lu hrtg1 WamjMirT^ IUU police station, but was cut .down by the jailer in time DO save hits life. Deners then told a story so si range that the authorities refused to be li eve it.. . On investigation, however, it ia found that young Donors is a Morte Cristo, so far as wealth goes, and has at his command, when in his own country, gold without end. When Doners and his father left Duluth some years ago they went to Bat Port age, Manitoba, where the father mar ried an Indian woman, the widow of an old chief, who was in possession of all tho secrets of the tribe. She con fided to Mr. Doners and his son, the young man now in jail at Minneapolis, the secret of a hidden gold mine in the northern part of Minnesota, and from this mine the father and son have taken an incredible amount of the yellow metal. Its precise location the owners will not disolose, but it is presumed to be somewhere in the Lake-of-the-Woods region, whore much English capital is now invested. Both Mr. Doners and his son are millionaires, and can com mand from $2,000.000 to $10,000,000 in cash at any time. The elder Doners is one of the best known and wealth iest residents of Port Arthur, and has been offered as high as $1,000,000 to disclose the whereabouts of the hidden mine, which he visits periodically with his wife and son. Mts. Doners, who told her husband the secret of the mine, is a full-blooded Ojibway Indian, and is now well advanced in years.-St. Louis Globe-Democr?t. Development ol Various Diseases. According to investigations made by the Clinical Society, London, the period of incubation for diphtheria docs not, as a rule, exceed four days, -and is more often two, though it may also extend to five, six or seven ; the infection may take place any time in the courBo of the disease, and* mild cases may spread it. In the case ot typhoid fever, this may vary within wide limits, twelve to fourteen days, but not infrequently less, and, as the disease is usually introduced into the system by t^?i and drink, it is not carried fi om one perron to another, but several may get it from the same source, contaminated water and milk being the usual causes. Epidemic in fluenza, or "grippe," has for its incu bation period a few hours to three or four days, generally striking suddenly and without warning, and a patient may oarry infection throughout the whole course of the disease. Mumps have an incubation period of fromone to two weeks, and the chances of in fection diminish daily. In the case of measles, the period is usually short, being oounted from the date of the eruption, which decides the disease. German measles have a long incuba ci?n period, and the infectivity dimin ishes in a day or two after the disap pearance of the rash. -Detroit Free Press. Halt a Thousand tor au Old Oak Chair. At a public sale on Tuesday of the household effects of Philip Still wagon, in Towamencin Township, Montgo mery County, Mrs. Jacob W. Nyeo, of Morristown, paid $500 for an oak chair over a century old that prob ably oost $8 or $10 originally. No historio assoo.ations surround the ancient relic, but Mrs. Nyce waa de termined to have it because of its antiq uity. The bidding was fast and furious, advancing$25 at a time. The lost unsuccessful bid, for $450, WAS that of a man living at Creamery, Montgomery County, who is a relio hunter.-Philadelphia Timen? THE RUINED CASTLE. No sentry on the crumbling wall, No warden at the rusted gate; Tho vinos o'er empty court-yards fall, While siiont la the banquet hall, And the tall tower is desolate. At peace upon the mountain brow The gray stone pile rests 'silently No raiders storm tho castle now, There Ls no twang of archer's bow, Time is the only enemy. -Flavel Scott Mines, In Harper's Weekly. PITH AND POINT. Many wits aro sharpened on tho grindstone of poverty.-Puck. A man may write an utterly illegi ble hand and still not be great. Truth. It is never any trouble to discover arguments in favor of what you want to do.-Truth. "Take away woman," says a society paper, "and what would follow?" Why, man, to he sure. Mrs. Oldboy-"Well, is the baby growing?" Mrr Newwed-"Yes, at least his voice is."-Truth. "When the problem of a man's life is how to become rich, he never seems tc think he has solved it. -Puck. The brook looked up in the i 'oman's faco, And bubbled in gurgling glee; "The lake beyond is the place for you You cut no ice with me." -Judge. "flow many foreign languages can your wife speak?" "turee-French, German and th? one she talks to tho baby." "When a public man is called "floneat Bill," or "Old Eeliablo Jack," it is high time to inveatigato his accounts. Duzby-"What's in that bottle poison?" Dooby-"I guess there must be; there isn't any label on it."-Box bury Gazette. He-"I thought Mrs. Brown seemed quite cold towards her husband." Sha -"Yes; she wants him to get her a eealskin cape."-Puck. There is a lady who is so particular about her daughter's morals that she allows her to play only upon an up right piano.-Household Words. First Offioe-Boy-"You pull a big stroke with the old man, don't you?" Second Office Boy-"You bet 1 dol We iide the same kind of a biko." Puck. Wibble- "You shave yourself regu larly,, don't you?" Wabble-"No; only oooasionally. Manage to get about one hair out of seven."-India napolis Journal. A country farmer once excutid him self for sleeping under the rector's Bermons by observing: "Lor', sir, when von are in the pulpit we know it is all right."-Tit-Bits. Mrs. Waggles-"Doesn't your hus band suffer dreadfully with the rheu matism?" Mrs. Wiggles-"Yes, but it's nothing to what the rest of ns have to endure."-Somerville Jour nal. "Poor fellow 1" she said, sympa thetically. "What's the matter?" he asked. "The poor man was disap pointed in love," she replied. "Of course," he returned. "It never does come up to expectations. "-Chicago Post. Diner (exoitedly)-"Here, waiter, there's not a single oyster in this tur een of oyster soup." Waiter (politely) -"Yes, m'eieu ; but m'sieu must re? mombor ? that- -he -safe- ordered a halt portion. The oyster is in the other half."-Vanity. Teddie Taokle- "Do you mean to say Sapper couldn't get into college?" Ed. Endrueh-"Yes, perfeot chump. Couldn't play football or baseball; couldn't row, couldn't run, couldn't play tennis, couldn't even pass the exams. "-Brooklyn Life. Jags-"I called him a liar, and then, seeing he had a shotgun, I turned to run." Braggs-"Why didn't you withdraw the charge?" Jaggs 'Couldn't get at it. The doctor's boy withdrew most of it with a pair of tweezers for ten cents."- Brooklyn Life. Turn Out Mauy Doctors. The four big medical colleges in Gotham bring to this city nearly 2000 medical students every year. In con nection with these colleges are a num ber of large hospitals, where not only may the graduating students witness clinical work and be.ome practically acquainted with injury and disease, but the positions of internes are held as prizes for those taking the highest positions in the graduating class. Bellevue Hospital and the vari us eleemosynary institutions on the East River islands and Roosevelt Hospital are relied upon for olinical material for the undergraduate schools. Prob ably the greatest factor in pushing New York rapidly to the front as the medical center of the United States was the establishment here in 1882 of two clinical sohools ior post-graduate instruction. It was a new movement for the Western Hemisphere, and the men who founde'd these institutions had two objects in view. First, to af ford every opportunity for the higher and more practical education of men who had been graduated in the vari ous medical colleges, and w..o, for any reason, had not been able to ob tain olinical experience, whioh they needed to make them proficient in practice; and, second, to afiord such facilities that physicians would no longer have to go to tho expense and waste of time of a tour of the medical centers in Europe, but could find at home in the Western metropolis every advantage for better scientific work. Naturally these post-graduate sohools have baen successful. The New York Polyclinio Medical School and Hospi tal have attracted to New 7 rk City over 13,000 practitioners from all parts of the world.-New York Adver tiser. Oddities ot Sight. The two eyes really see two objects. If the two forefingers bo held, one at the distanoe of one foot, tho other two feet in front of the oyes, and tho former ba looked at, two phantoms of the latter will bo observed, one on each side. If the latter be regarded, two phantoms of the nearer finger will be observed mounting guard, one on eich side.-Detroit Free Press. Largest Fire Engines. What are claimed to be the largest fire engines in the world are the two built recently in London. One is aapable of throwing 1-400, the other 1800 to 2000 gallons of water per min ute. The muchincs weigh three and one-half tons each, and can be readily drawn at full gallop by fonr horsee. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Brilliant Canal. The Kiel Canal, recently opened to commerce, is lighted throughout its entire length of sixty-one miles by twenty-five-candle power incandescent lamps placed about 500 feet apart on both sides of the canal, Malaria on the Mississippi Bottoms. From the Banner-Democrat, Lake Provi dence, La. Tho swamp lands along the hanks of the Mississippi river In Arkansas. Mississippi and Louisiana are generally considered vory un healthy in contrast with tho hilly country adjoining them. It ls here the germs of ma laria ar? formed, and from which originate those terrible malaria chills and fevers which the people of the low countries dread. Ia addition to these are intermittent and re mittent fevers, dyspepsia, indigestion and rheumatism, all caused from malaria gorma and the dampness of the atmosphere. Medical soienoe hos been put to Its utmost oapaolty to devise some mode of treatment by whioh these physical ailments can bo moderated, if not era licntod. but so far it has failed. Nor does it seem that there can bo found any cure for thuse symptoms. Such has been the general opinion until recentlr, when Dr. Williams' Pink Pills found their way here, and came to stay. To-day those who have used them say they would nor do without them for all the medicines in tho drug stores. Mr. Dan O'Sullivan. Sr.. is a prominent citizen of this city. Lake Providence. La., and has been identified with its interests for years. At present he ocouplos an important position on the Oity Oouncil aud is also Sec retary of that body. He was ouce a strong, robuit, healthy man. full of vigor and al ways on the go. Within the last year, how ever, his health has boon very bad, his appe tite poor, his digestion poor, ia fact, his en tire system was completely out of order. He began to use various medidnos, but to no purpose, i t length he decided to try Dr. Williams' P: ik Pills for Palo People. In a few days the change for the better could be noticed. He oontlnued to improve so fast that the proprietor ol the Lake Providence Banner-Democrat interviewed him and asked him what he had boen taking to put him In anoh good shape agalu. His reply was in substance as follows: "My liver was all out ot order, my diges tion was very bad, I felt sluggish and d id not want to do a thing but lay around the house. My blood began to get thin, and I felt sick allover. I conoluded to try Dr. Williams* Pink Pills, as I had heard so much about them. After taking them a few days I could feel that they were doing me a great deal of good. I oontlnued the use cf them, and in a week or so I felt like a new man. They toned up my stomach, put my blood in good condition, gave mo a good color, a good ap petite, in fact, put me in first-class shape again. My friends congratulated my return of health, and I smiled when i told them that Pink Pills did th? work." Mr. O'Sullivan takes every opportunity to recommend them to others, who are being likewise benefited. Mrs. D. H. Parker, who waj raised in the oity of Lake Providence, but: who now re sides in Greenville, Mississippi, also ases Pink Pills. Her husband, Mr. D. H. Parker, a popular traveling salesman of the Drum mond Tobacco Company, of St. Louis, says that for years his wife had been suffering from dyspepsia and indigestion, that she had to be very careful what she ute, and would frequently have severe spells from being a little Imprudent in her diet. She sent for some Pink Pills, took them and is now weil and strong, and can eat any and every thing without being effected in the slightest man ner. She is loud in her pruisas of Dr. Will iams' great reme.iy. She also suffered from rheumatism, and that, too, hus left her. These ore only two cases where the Pink Pills have done so much good. Others of a like nature in this locality could be men tioned, if necessary; but the experience of this gentleman and this lady \ro enough to warrant the assertion that for restorative qualities, and general recuperative proper ties, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills aro the best on the market. Dr. Wilhams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give now life and rich ness to tho blood and resiore shattered nerves. They are for sah by all druggist?, or may be had by mall from Dr. Wllllums Modiolne Company, Schenectady, N. Y , for 50 cents a box. or six boxes for i ?.SO. LAW Y K RS IN CONGRKSS. Occupations of the Members of the Illino and Senate. According to tho new Congressional Directory, the house of repr?senta tives of the 54th congress is componed of 223 lawyers, 24 farmers, 18 news paper men, 16 merchants, 15 manu facturers, 9 physicians, 6 bankeni, 5 InmbermcB, 3 brokers, 4 railroad mon, 3 college professors, 2 clergymen, 2 ship owners, 2 miners, 2 budden, 1 ^iateFr-lr-ft^c?itfeetT-l-?rriggist, 1 the atrical manager, 1 school teacher, 1 music teacher and 16 who have fol lowed no other business or profession than politics. The senate of the 54th congress contains 60 lawyers, 6 mer chants, 3 newspaper men, 3 farmers, 3 railroad men, 2 clergymen, 2 miners, 1 physician, 1 manufacturer, 1 banker, 1 ship-owner and 5 men who have fol lowed politics only. In other words, about 63 per cent of our representatives and about 68 per cent of our senators in the national legislature are lawyers. With such a host of lawyers to make the laws and such a variety of occupations and pro fessions represented by their col leagues in the minority, it would ap pear that this dignified body is capa ble of at least considering any ques tion which may appear on the legisla tive calendar. Tho only important class of our industrious citizens con spicuously absent from both houses are engineers-tho men who devise the instruments by which wealth is made, the men who have always held tho throttle regulating the world's speed of progress. This absence of the en gineering claps, however, is doubtless due more to the fact that men of their profession have no time for politics, rather than to the possibility that their good workB lack appreciation.-De troit Free Press. Cuban History in Brief. Spain colonized the island in 1511. In 1543 and again in 1554 Havana was destroyed by the French. Matanzas was the first oity to fall into the bands of the insurgents. Cruelty and injustice to the natives has always been the creed of the Spai. iards. The present revolution began Feb ruary 24, 1895, when the republio was proclaimed by Marti. In 1848 President Polk offered Spain a million dollars for the island, whioh offer was refused. The constitution of Cuba, modeled on that of the United States, waa adopted September 23, 1895. The revolution of 1868 lasted ten years before Spain succeeded in com promising by promising reforms. A triangular blue union, having a single star and five Btripes, three of red and two of white, is the flag of the republio. _ XarUestBadlshe* ?nd Fest. The editor urges all readers to grow the earliest vegetables. They pay. Well, Sal ter's Seeds are bred to earliness, they grow and produce every time. None so early, so fine as Hauser's. Try his radishes, cabbage, peas, beets, ououmbers, lettuce, corn, eta! Money in it for you. Balser ls the largest grower ot vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, clovers, potatoes, etc Ir IOU WELL OCT THIS OUT AMD 8 ?ND to the John A. Balzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., with 10c. postage, you will get sample pack age of Early Bird Radish (ready in 16 days) and their great catalogue. Catalogue alone 6c. postage. (A. 0.) How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cram Sc Co., Props., Toledo, 0. Wo, the nmlerslen-d, have known F. J. Che ney for tho la-it 15 years, and believe him per fcctlrhonorable in all buslnoss transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST <ft TRCAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. WALDI.NO, RINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hull's Catarrh Cure ls taken internally, acting diieet'y upon the blond nnd mucous surfaces of tho system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Bold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. .41 Have Tried Parker's Glugpr Tonic and believe in it." pays a mother, and so will you when you know its revitalizing properties. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces innammi Uon, allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. CURIOUS FACT3. It is estimated that 293 hairs 0:1 the head, 39 ou the chin, 23 on the arm and 19 on the back of the hand are re spectively contained in an area of a quarter of an inch of the normal indi vidual. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain once re marked to a vacillating and somewhat lazy member of the house of commons: "My dear boy, observe the postage stamp; its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing r.ntil it gets there." The new waterworks tower just com pleted at Eden park, Cincinnati, 0., is the highest artificial structure in America. Tho floor of the tower, reached by elevators, is 522 ff et above the Ohio river. Tho base is 404 :?eet above the stream. The smokestacks of practically all the ocean steamers aro of a greater diameter than twelve feet. The stacks of the Campania and Lucania of the Cunard line, aro said to be the largest in use; they aro twenty-three feet in diameter. North Adams, Mass., continues to be puzzled over a queer condition of elec tricity in the Hoosac tunnel. Although vwhen the great four-and-ono-half mile cut was built no ores, magnetic or oth erwise, were encountered, there was a general expectation that rich oro pock ets would be found ; yet for au unex plained reason, no electrician has been discovered who can send a telegraphic message on a wire running through from portal to portal of that tunnel, even though such wire ran inside au ocean cable. Messages have to be sent on wires strung on poles over the top of tho mountains, fully niue miles,and that is tne way the in-going and out going passenger and freight trains are heralded to the keepers of the two tunnel approaches. Mr. W. 0. Lewis, who is connected with the artistic advertising depart ment of the Youth's Companion, and resides at 83 Dwight 8treet, Boston, relates that he had his attention called lo Bipans Tabules by a busi ness acquaintance who expressed a high opinion of them. Ur. Lewis was a good deal troubled with what Le dsHorlbos as a nervous, billons condition that appeared to be brought on from lime to time by high pressure work or special mental activity or excitement, saoh B3 would be common at periods of unusual nervous tension. It has be? come his practice at suoh times to take a Tabule-just one-at the mo ment that he observes tho difficulty approaching. It makes no differ ence when it is. A favorable result ls invariably apparent within twenty minutos. The only noticeable effect ls that he feels all right in twenty minutes if he takes the Tabule; while if he does not the nervous, un? comfortable feeling intensities and leads to a bad afternoon and tired evening. He carries pre of the lit* He vials with him all the time now, but doesn't have occasion to apply to it anything like as often as he did at first. Nowadays there aro fre quent periods of from a week to ten days or even two weeks during wbloh he finds that he has noonga-_ sion whatever to make use of the Tabales, but still carries them in his pocket, just the same/ so that they may be ready if an occasion occurs. Pirana Takules ?re soM by druggist*, or br man li the pi lee (BO cents a lox) ls tent to The Ripaaa Chemical Comprar, No. lu Bpruoo st., New 1 orle Eample vial, 10 cents. ?A DAYSMEN mp iJf.inj we will shon you how to m .kc ?J a day; absolutely ?ure; we fur nish ibo work and teach you free you work in tbs locality worro you lire; send us your nddress and we will explalu the business fully; remember wo guar antee a clear protU ot $3 for erery a ? v work: absolutely sutv: wrlle at ?orr. 10ML 3.t.'??'KAt"Tt'KIV. OiMPANY. Bos LB, llrtralt. Sith. I PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleo-..ci and beautifies tbs hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. Ifcvor Fails to Hestore Gray Hair to ito Youthful Color. Cunt icalp dintaaca Sc hair tailing. ?Oc.andll.Wat Druggists_ OPIUM and 17313X7 habits cured. Book aest raia. Dr. B. a. iroomrr. ATLAJTA, GA. tiir Q? V y?u t0 **" frQ,t tren. STAKT. Ntra 1? C rA I KURI KS, Louisiana, Ho.; Rockport, UL A, N. ?. F v?. ?ti. ^PEARUNE] Kee '?^hZrzl Even 1 i^Vv^/j- hints : "~ Fi Vr? help \ fi) A 7: and washing and cleaning, and to 1 do, they will have helped yoi helped Pearline. You have you could bring to Pearline, in the bucket to the money ye Ci oe ri A Vt??lttt and some unscrupoloi O Gil Cl or " the same aa Pearline." 4 and if your grocer sen? j* BaCk honc*-W*A?i. Unlucky in healtt Here are emblem: . a BROWN'S I QUAF PurchaM Money refunded aboold Brow**' person luffering with Dyspepsia. Malaxi*. CbJl nen Kemnle Inflnuitlea. Impuro Blood, Ve; Neuralgia. More toan 4,000,000 bottle? sold [Stu.]_JJf Waste on Around the farm there is at least a Hen Droppings, Wood's Earth, Marl Powell's Prep* make fertilizers rich in Ammonia, Pot quick acting, producing large crops ant the soil. A fertilizer made in this wt about $12 per ton. Many thousand fanners hare sav?d fully half Chemicals. Circular giving Instruction! for mixing POWELL FERTILIZER BUY SALIER' r/^ HURRAH. FARMERS tiT Tlia millennium ls eeniing for tas ian I r(Mbn.i,Uats(2?? au.), Barley (USbo ), tm. L Hay (8 toss), sad Green Tosser (Hst mllleanlnialsherelortaafarmar! S1LV This Os? yielded la rcnnijlTsnla lewe acre, and hundreds el farmers who t??t?d s 8ILV&R KINO BARI Thstlithswraserl Uti bu. pr sers in thousand growers say. ItlsmsrTilous, we Catslofus tells slltbmit lt. Itlstns?? sleding Cora and Birlsy, ui?ar*o<.ipt sf li j % J9HN A-5ALZE Both the method and resulta when Sjrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant and refreshing to the tarte, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys* tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of FigB is the only remedy of its kind ever pro ducen, pleasing to the tasto and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial m its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try IL. I)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CH SAN FRANCI3C0, CAL. L0UI8VILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N.V. C orn is a vigorous feeder and re sponds well to liberal fertiliza tion. On corn lands the yield increases and the soil improves if properly treated with fer tilizers containing not undei 7% actual Potash. A trial of this plan costs but little and is sure to lead to profitable culture. Our pamphlets ?re not Advertising circulars boom, ing special fertilizers, but are practical works, contain? inc latest researches on the subject of fertilization, and are really helpful to tanners. They ore teat free for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. SECOND-HAND DEVOIR. S^.XJ~E3. Large Siz*, Cost (400, in tue four months. Will Be Sold at a Bargain. \WApply at ouce to Atlanta Newspaper Din, Atlanta, 6a, THE AERMOTOR CO. does half O?a won<ri windmill business, because lt baa reduced UM co* et wind power to 1/6 what lt waa. It haa many branca houses, ?.ml supplies Its goods and repairs r door. It can and Joes tunas* ? . bolter article for leas monet than fothers. It make? Pumping stn* -jj Geared, Steel, ?^Tanl??d-??t?r. sT*8* completion WTiidnallla, TU Ont y and Fixed Stael Tower*, Steel Buss Saw rtaaes. Steel Feed Cutters and reed rOlHidCrt, Oa?PPll8?ttOB4tWtlUim<Qwl. " of these articles that It wUl furnish uni Januar? lat at 1/3 the usual price. It also UM Tanks and Pumps of all kinds. Send for eatalosrua. Fsctora : Utk. BockweU sod Ptllawrg Streets. Otk OSBORNE'S Sohool Of S la ox- tia ?irs. ci A Uti UNTA. 'SA. Ko text books used. Actual I namess from day of enterine. Business pupers, collage carr mer and goori' u-ed. Send for hindson ely illustrated esta, log 'e. Board cheaper than in anr Southern city. WE HAVE N0 AGENTS. eratwaoistssvleprioaa. Ship anrwh/ire for examination bator* sale. EwrytMag wag. ranted, i oo stylo of Car* rlages, oo styles of Har ness,4 I styles Kldlng5sd J dies, write for catalogas. ELKHART Carrie I? a Harassa Uff Ce. W. B. PKATT.'Seey_Elkhart, lad. mm,", GET M A Tl RIED ? Send 10c. for M doa, Leap Year Proposal Cards; lata t. oat: lou of ran. Novelty Prlntlu.Co.. HUhepherd Av.,Brookl7B,y.T. A lil IB Isl Morphine Hublt Cured In 1? p your eye on Pearline "ads." f you use it already, you'll find here and there that will gready rou. And there isn't a man, nan, or child but can be helped >y Pearline. All these advertisements are eant for the good of Pearline, f course-to show you the best easiest and cheapest way of ead you to use it But if they LI far more than they will have more at stake. All the money by using it, wouldn't be a drop >u'd save by it is grwcers ?will tell you " this is ?a good as" ITS FALSE-Pearline is never peddled, ia voa something in place of Pearline, bo 1 470 JAMES PYLE, Kew York. ?? " s of good luck; and [RON BITTERS. ' LANTEB s Iron ?ffte? taken as directed fail .e tttflfJt atty * and Ferer, Kidney and Liver Tree bl?. BlllotM akneas, Nervous Troubles, Chronio Utadaoke off and only $100 ai kid for and refunded. LOW N CHEMICAL CO.. BAXTistoax, Ma the Farm. ton or two of materials, such as Ash??, I and other things, which, if mixed with ired Chemicals, ash and Phosphoric Acid, which will b? * 1 at thc same time permanently improve ty t's certain, but costs very tittle-only their fertiliser bills by the ase of Powell's , with Uitimonals from every section sent free. ? & ClriEniCAL CO., Baltimore, AM. linn 1-8HOUT FOR JOY! . ^ Mr, for vlth oar nsw ercsUocs fa Wheel I Cora 1207 be.', Rye (70 ba.), lV.sto.si 1,2 0 toss Mrixrs)-w* say with seen yields th?; ER MIME O/\TS-S200 IN GOLDI ira stetsons*.) ii S bu. fru?a oe* D.asares sae ar? sar? 2?0 ba. ii porrillo in U96. rEY-? I OO IN COLD! ,M " I?V3 r.nd Ito bn. ii poM:b!? ia 1651 So CM laderhi). Oh, th? ?ilUnaio? ls ber?! lyouwl'h lu grain si d trass (ssplu, In* .c.pestss?,or Cauloju?al?te for tc. postage. -.5E-EDC9 LACROS. L