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Hot Water as a Medicine. The rises of hot water are many. There is nothing that so promptly cuts short congestion of tho lungs, sore throat or inflammations of auy kind %s hot water when applied promptly and thoroughly. A strip of flannel doubled, dipped in hot water, and wrung oat and applied around the neck of a child that has the croup will sometimes bring relief in ten minute?. Headache almost yields to the simul taneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the neck. Hot water will relieve neuralgia and a onpful taken bef ure retiring is very beneficial. A glass of hot water taken before breakfast has cured many a oase of in digestion, and no simple remedy is more widely recommended by physi cians to dyspeptics. Gilded Silk. Gilded silk, it is said, may possibly come into use as a surgical dr <sing, or in medical applications of electricity. It may bo prepared in several ways. That of Gonin consists in impregnating the silk fiber Ttith chloride of gold, and reducing the metal by hydrogen, Anally polishing by means of a smooth surface. This method is too expensive for ordinary ase, but silk may also be gilt by electroplating it, after it has been made to conduct electricity by soaking it in some metallic salt, such as nitrate of silver, acetate of lead or copper, etc. The gilt silk thus pre pared retains its flexibility and soft ness. The me ?hod is applicable to laces, muslins, tulles, etc A Canal Choked Up Is practically useless. The human organism ls provided with a canal which sometimes be comes choked up, namely, the bowels, through wh:ch much of the effet? and waste matter of the astern escapes. When tney are obstructed -constipated, in other words -Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will relieve then: effectually, but without pain, and institute a regular habit of body. This medicine also remedies malarial, bllloui, dyspeptic, rheumatic, ner vous and kidney trouble, and strengthens the entire system. No reproach ls like that we clothe with a emile and present with a bow. Dr. Kilmers SWAMP-ROOT oures all Kidney and Bladder Troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y. Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so ktenly as the courtesy that polishes it. Tlie Modern Vf ay Commends itself to the well-informed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the orudest manner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headaches and fevers without unpleas ant after effects, use the delightful liquid lax ative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by Calif oruia Fig Syrup Company. M?n by their lives can impress others to do good more so than by theology. The only floating soap now made that is 100 per cent, pur? and contains Borax is Dobbins* Flostiny-Bcrax 8oap. Why buy an adulterated soap when you can get tie genuine? Put up only in red wrapper*. The secrets of our friends are not ours, and therefore should not be given to others. "BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES" are of great service in subduing Hoarseness and Coughs. Sold only in boxes. Avoid imitations. Time creeps toward us with folded wing?, but when 'tis past us its wings flap with speed. FITS stopped free by DH. KLINE'S GREAT NERVE RESTORER. VO nts after first day's use. .Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St., Phila.. Pa. 8100 Reward. 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to lo irn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stiKes, and that is Catarrh. Hali's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the mo Heal fraternity. Catarrh beinsr a consti tutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acUng directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so n.uch faith tn its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENET & Co., Toledo, O. |3P~Sold bv Druggists. 75c Piso's Cure for Consumption ?B an A No. 1 Asthma medicine.-W. R. WILLIAMS, Anti och, Ills., April ll, 1894. Tbo .Kore One Usen Parker's Ginger Tonic the moro its virtues are revealed in dispelling colds, indigestion, pain and every weakness. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reducos inflamma tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. 23c. a bottle. 1 f a fflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp. eon's Eve-water. Dru snrists sel 1 at 25c per bottle. Nervous People wonder why their nerves are so weak; why they get tired so easily; why they do not sleep naturally; why they have frequent headaches, indigestion and Nervous Dyspepsia. The explanation is simple, lt is found in that impure blood feeing the nerves on refuse instead of tho elements of strength-and vigor. Opiate and nerve compounds simply deaden and do not cure. Hood's Sarsaparilla feeds the nerves pure, rich blood, gives natural sleep, perfect digestion, is the true remedy for nervousness. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is tbe One True Blood Purifier. AU druggists. $1. Hood's Pills cure Liver DJs; easy to take, easy to operate. 25c. ?8TH?M POPHAMS ASTHMA SPECIFIC Qlresrelier In FTTB minutes.- Send foraFKKBtrial package. Sold by Druggists. One Box sent postpaid oa receipt of f 1.00. Six berce S4.00. Address TH0S. Ff PUAH, PHILA., rx. UO MEDICAL INSTITUTE. I sj I A diagnosis and prescription malled you upon receipt of a full statement of your case and $3. We (rive you the best medical Berrico In the country. Ilniril of disease. W. H. Lopp, iL D.. Wash.. D. 0. Hi* DRV vou ,0 e*n fru,t tr?o? 1(7 I. r ft I scRiKS, Louisiana, Mo.: OPIUM Sk' STARK NUR Rockiwrt, Ul. d WHISKY habito cured. Book sent Dr. H. H. WOOUIT. ATLANTA, SA. yt PISO'S CURE FOR to ir?1 UUHtS NntHc ALI t Cough Syrup. I in time. Sold by drug; Good. Uso ?. C ON SUMPTION. .*? A Simile There's all sorts of grades comes from Havana. There' parilla plant. The best cor .want cheap tobacco, all right your money. Cheap tobacco it don't cost as much. If you want cheap sarsap it. Of course you don't. 1 To pay for the best and ge saparilla is like paying for Pittsburg "Stogies." There exclusively from the import Ayer's. Just keep it in mi Honduras sarsaparilla when but you don'tgt^rwintjou Sarsaparilla., S, _? Any doubt about it ? *" & It kills doubt*!'. Address: J. C..Afc W03IAN AND THE OLD LAWS a In England less than ninety years ago it was not unusual for a man to sell his wife into servitude. Upon marriage the husband beoame entitled to all his wife's goods and chattels, also to the rents and profits of her lauds. He was her lord, bound to supply shelter, food, clothes and medicine. Ho was entitled to her earnings and the custody of her person. He had tho power to choose her as sociates, separate her from her rela tives, restrain her religious and per sonal freedom and, if necessary, chas tise her moderately, as though she was his child. Tho father of legitimate children wis bound for their maintenance and education, and was entitled to their l.ibor and custody. He had power to dispose of them until they were twenty-one years of age by deed or legacy and the testa mentary guardian's right to the chil dren's custody superseded that of their mother. The mother was entitled to no power but reverenoo and respect from her children. She had no legal authority over them nor right to their service. Only th a mother of an illegitimate child was entitled to its control and custody. Intestate personal property was divi ded equally between males and females, but a son, though younger than all his sisters, was heir to the whole of real property. Uncle Sam Particular. The government is getting more particular every day as to the charac ter of its publio servants, particularly those in the postoffice department. There have been many requirements in i physical way of applicants for clerkships and carriers' position, but after the February examination, the restrictions will be more numerous than ever. The applicants must furnish a physi cian's certificate, under the old ex amination, of good heart, lungs and legs, sight, hearing, etcetera ; but the latest requirement of the civil service commission is as follows : Malo applicants who are under 5 feet 4 inches in height or under 125 pounds in weight will not be accepted for the position of clerk or of carrier in the postoffice service, and such local boards of examiners are authorized to cancel applications from applicants who are under the prescribed height or weight, or concerning whom the answer to questions 6, 10, 20 and 21 (or any one of them) are not satisfactory. It is thought that this will debar many of the prospective applicants. Questions 6, 10, 20 and 21 refer to sight, ruptures, and to the capacity of the applicant to stand prolonged phy sical strain and freedom from disease in general. Practical Education. Among the seven trades which a student ic mechanical engineering must learn at Cornell, is that of the blacksmith, says au exchange Occa sionally there is a protest, but it is never heeded. . One dude ten years ago was unusually averse to soiling his hands. But he had to work at the forge just the same. Last fall he went to Professor Morris and thanked him for being compelled to learn black smithing. "Why?" asked the profes sor. "Why, you bee," replied the former dude, "I am now superintend ent of a mine away baok in Colorado. Last summer our main shaft broke, and ther? was no one in the mine but myself who could weld it. I didn't like the job, but I took off my ooat and welded that shaft. It wasn't a pretty job, but she's running now. If I couldn't have done it, I'd have had to pack that shaft on muh back and send it three hundred miles over the mountains to bo fixed, and the mine would have Bhut-down till it got back. My ability to mend that 6haf t raised me in the eyes of every man ic the mino and the boss raised my salary." -Electrical Review.. Railroad Regulations. That railroads have some rights that oven juries are bound to respect is evi denced by the faot that in Texas it is held that when the evidence shows that defendant railroad had given reasona ble publicity to a regulation forbidding the taking of passengers on freight trains, though there is evidence tend ing to show that conductors had at va rious times violated such regulations, i if it appears that the company had used reasonable efforts to enforce obedience thereto, it is not liable for the death of one riding in violation of the rule. Wocd Mining. China has a record for reversing the usual order of things. Her carpen ters and other artisans use their tools backward. Their men dres3 like our women and visa versa. We are not at all surprised to learn that mining for wood is a large industry in ope of the celestial empires. By seismic disturb ance a former pine forest was buried some forty feet below tho surface. Some of these trees aro of very large size and aro dug up and user1, for va rious purposes, tho mined wood being practically indestructible. The Insolence of Wealth. "That millionaire yonder has cheat ed me out of a fortune." "How? Wouldn't he let you marry his daughter?" "Worse than that-he never hada daughter."-Chicugo Reoord. Had a General Idea. "My paw's goin' into the chicken raisin' business," said Johnny. "Ho's froin' down tomorrow to buy an incu bus, or an indicator. I forget which you call it."-Chicago Tribune. in Smoke. i of tobacco ptant. The best s all sorts of grades of sarsa nes from Honduras. If you -provided you get value for 's not as good to smoke - but tarilla ... But you don't want ion. are paying for the best, t anything but Honduras sar Havana cigars and getting 's only one sarsaparilla made sd Honduras piant. That's sid that you are paying for you are paying for the best ; pay for unless you get Ayer's :nJ for the " Curebook.1 it eurea doubters, r Co., Lowell, Mast. THE HEART'S STORY. I will not doubt, though all my ships at sea Como drifting home, with broken masts and sails; I will behove the Hand which never fails, From seeming evil, worketh good for me; And though I weep because those sails are tattered, Still will I cry, while my best hopes lie shattered, "1 trust in Thee." I will not doubt, though all my prayers re turn Unanswered from the still white realm abov<*; I will bolicvo it is nu all-wiselovo Which hus rofusod theso things for which I yearn, Aud though at times I cannot keep from grieving, Yet the pure ardor of my flxod behoving Undimmed shall burn. I will not doubt, though sorrows fall Uko rain. And troubles swarm like boes about to hive; I will believe tho heights for which I strivo Are only reached by anguish and by pain; And though I groan and writhe beneath my crosses, I yet shall aee through my severest losses The greater gain. -The United Presbyterian. THE MUSICAL MAN. ONDAY morning in Bedstone street. The boarders were all in clined to be cross on Monday mornings that was perhaps in separable from the weaknesses of human ity. The wash boiler was big and tho stove was little-that was perhaps the reason that the cofiee was cold and the chops underdone. The one servant was overworked-that was doubtless the reason that so many extra toils came upon Mrs. Moody's slender shoulders of a Monday. But when the breakfast, with its endless criti cisms and perpetual fault findings, had oome to an end, Mrs. Moody carried a little tray into Major Peok's room. The major was a little lame and a good deal hypochondrical, and always breakfasted in his own room. He was particular, and consequently ocoupied the best room in the house. The major was a tall, tine looking man, with an imposing presence, a good deal of bald forehead, and a great aptitude of Scripture quotations, and all the neighbors said what a comfort it must be to Mrs. Moody to have such a boarder. They did not know that the major was a sort of distant cousin of deceased Mr. Moody, and did not consider it necessary to pay his board very regu larly on that account. But he gave her a good deal of excellent advice, and was always ready to tell her when there was anything wrong about the table. "So kind of him to take such an in terest in me 1" said the little widow, fervently. The major had brushed the two wisps of hair crosswise over the peak of his bald head this morning, col ogned his pocket handkerchief, and trimmed his filbert-shaped finger-nails to perfection, and he was waiting in the big easy chair for his breakfast full five minutes before it arrived. "You're late this morning, Mrs. Moody," he observed, reproachfully. "I am a little late," apologetically confessed Mrs. Moody. "But Sarah Jane was behind band. Tbero'o a regular Scotch mist in the air, and the l?tchen chimney would not draw. Try i nice boiled egg, major. And the rasher of bacon is good, I know, for I cook 3d it myself." "Humph I humph !" said the major. "You ought to be a little particular with your breakfasts, Mrs. Moody. They ate the initial meal of the day, you know. I don't think this coffee is as good as usual. It isn't real Java, Mrs. Moody. It tastes like Maracai bo." "I paid Java price for it,"said Mrs. Moody, meekly; "and the grocer warranted it. " "You never can depend upon what these tradespeople say," grunted the major, with his mouth full of egg and bacon. "By tho way, is it i possible Mrs. Moody, that you have taken that opera man into your third story hall bed room? I heard it, but I couldn't bring my mind to belive it." "He isn't a tiinger, major," pleaded trembling Mr?*. Moody. "And he doesn't play the flute or the cornet. I took particular pains' to inquire about that. He's engaged in writing a musical book-something which is to be quite wonderful-and in the meantime he supports himself by playing the third violin in the variety theatre ; for he is very poor and-" "Poor!" snorted the major, setting down the cup of despised Maracaibo. "In your circumstances, Mrs. Moody, you've no business taking poor board ers. "Yes, I know it, major, but he has just been sick, md ho looks so pale and wretched-" "There it is again !" oried Major Peok. "A woman is so easily taken in. I tell you, Mrs. Moody, the man is an impositor, and so you'll find it." "Dear, dear!'' said Mrs. Moody,the startled tears coming into her faded blue eyes. "And if you will not take my ad vice," said the major, waxing momen tarily more irritable, "you must ex pect to abide the consequences. This toast is charred-absolutely burned to a crisp. Take it away, Mrs. Moody take it away! My Dreaafast is spoiled." "But what arc Ito do about tho new boarder?" said Mrs. Moody, despair ingly. "Do?" shouted the major. "Turn him out of doors! That's the only thing to do. Take away this toast, I say ! It's a perfect outrage on civiliza tion!" To Mrs. Moody tho major's dictum was beyond appeal ; and alter she had had her ttbual morning altercation with the butohor, she crept timidly up to the third-story hall bed-room, to in terview the musical man. Mr. Morton was writing on the cor ner of hin wash-stand, with his shabby great-coat on, and pocket handker chief tied around his neck. His pale, grave countenance softened the land lady's heart at once as he courteously rose up and bowed. "You have come for the week's board in advance," said he. "Pardon me, but our manager never pays until Saturday night. It is not pleasant to confess one's poverty, but-" "Oh,never mind !" said Mrs. Moody, all in a flutter. "I-I only came to see ii there was plenty of fresh towels. And if you find it cold writi?g here, sir, I'm sure you're very welcome to briug your work down to the parlor, where there is a good fire.'" Mr. Morton smiled and bowed. "Yes,'-' he admitted, "it is cold without a fire in November, and I cannot afford the extra expense 01 coa!-ut present." He glanced at his blue fingers and shivered a little. "If \ j it ia not too great a liberty I will avail myself of your kind offer." And Mrs. Moody felt comparatively happy whon she saw the musical man diligently writing, at her south win dow, in the soft atmosphere of the glowing anthracite. But Mrs. Racquet and her daughter -the genteelest boarders in the house -took vehement exceptions to this new plan. "I'm not particular," said the form er, with a toss of her head ; "but this is really a little too much f A man who plays in the orchestra of a third rate theatre !" "But he is very respectable, ma'am, I assure you," said Mrs. Moody ea gerly. "How am I to know that?" said Mrs. Racquet, tartly. "I declare, I was mortified tn death when Mrs. Lawyer Leakington came to call, and found him perched up ID the corner 1 And Melissa and I shall find it neces sary to change our boarding-house, if this sort of thing is to continue." "Mr. Morton is a gentleman I" said Mrs. Moody, rou?ed into temporary spirit. "He has an equal right with yourself in the parlor. " Mrs. Racquet and Miss Melissa, gave warning at once. Mrs. Moody did not care. Miss Jenkinp, tho district school teacher, turned up her nose and left tho house. "I'm not over-critical," she said; "but there aro some things which no ono could stand!" One by one tho boarders dropped away, and Major Peck grew deeply indignant. i "Mrs. Moody," he said, "I wonder at you, after all my advice and coun sel!" 1 'You wouldn't have mo turn this poor man out of doors now. of all times, when he's ill with malarial fe ver?" said the widow. "Yes, I would!" said the major, stoutly. But, for once, Mrs. Moody disre garded his advice. The musical man was very ill in deed-so ill that he would undoubt edly have died without his landlady's careful nursing and unremitted atten tion. But the major never went near his fellaw-boarder. "If Mrs. Moody had taken my ad vice," he said, "sha never would have* got herself into this dilemma. Now let her manage tho best way she can 1" The musical man, however, did not die. He was without means to meet his doctor's bill ; but Doctor Hayden was a benevolent soul, and declared that ho could wait until the profits from the uncompleted volume shoal/ roll in. * It was the first of February when at last Mr. Morton was able once more to como down stairs to the sunny par lor window, where, by way of wel come, Mrs. Moody had placed a pot of* blossoming blue hyacinths. "How can I ever thank yon for all your care?" said he, earnestly. The little widow burst into tears. "I-I don't mind it," said she, "as long-as long as you are well once more ! If you had diod-" And there she stopped short, and grew crimson. "Is it so?" said tho musical nun, in that soft, deep t en or of his. "Is there any one who really cares whether 1 live or die?" "1 do!" whimpered Mrs. Moody, with a fresh burst of tears. It would be difficult to describe ex actly how it happened. . Middle-aged love-making is never exactly like th . ecstasies of youth. But it trant?^ J??* somehow, that Mr. Morton laid his heart at Mrs. Moody's feet, and she confessed that she had learned to love him dnring'that iimo when she and Death stood together over his pillow. "You are my guardian angel !" said he, fervently. "A poor one enough," she mur mured. "Oh, I wish, for your sake, Paul, that I were younger and pret tier!" "You are beautiful in my sight," he returned, with emphasis. "Your eyes were the first that beamed hope and oheer upon me-your heart was the first that softened to my woes. Sweet heart, the flower which blooms at noontide may surely be as sweet as the morning violet !" They were still talking thus, when Mrp. Moody caught sight of a letter on the table. "Oh, I forgot!" she cried. "The rnail-cp.rrier ! And it was a letter fox you, Paul-a foreign letter." * "A foreign letter, eh? That in something which does not often greet my eyes," said he. "And it has a black seal, too." He broke it open and read it, while Mrs. Moody trimmed tho dead blooms off her hyacinth plant with a dainty apir of scissors. "Mollie," he said, suddenly, "read this. Henceforward, I have no se crets from you." It was simple enough, and yet how marvelous! An accident in a Swiss railway train, an apoplectic fit, carry ing off a rich banker in London, and the two lives which intervened between Paul Morton end a fortune had been removed, almost on the same day. The musical man, disinherited by his family, because of his devotion to art, jeered by his relations because he resolutely remained true to music, was rich at last. Mrs. Moody grew pale. "You-you won't care for me now," raid she. "Oh, Paul, I am so sorry! And yet I ought to be glad." "On the contrary," ho said tender ly, "I care for you more than ever. My jewel 1 I can place you in a fit set ting at last." ?f course all this made a great sen sation in Redstone street. There were plenty to declare that they had known all along that Paul Morton was a born aristocrat ; there were plenty to assert that Mrs. Moody was a scheming plot ter. But neither of the pair cared a straw what people said. Mrs. Moody sold out 'the lease and good will of the establishment in Red stone street and went to England with her husband, the happiest of forty year-old brides. While Major Peck polished his eyes glasses with tho corner of a silk hand kerchief, and murmured, thought fully : "No one will ever suit me with an omelette as Mrs. Moody did. And I've got to settlo up my board-bill regu larly now, or I shall get a notice to quit. It's a terrible nuisance-terri ble ! I always meant to marry that woman myself. But the musical man somehow managed to get ahead of me."-Saturday Night. How Artists Worked. Tho Italian painters chiefly paintev. from models in clay, and most o; them were at onco sculptors and en gravers. Vandyke usually finished i portrait in tho evening of tho day hi commenced, requiring a long morning and afternoon sitting. Gerard Douw was so attentive to minutiae that he employed five days in finishing f hand, and was three occupied on i broom. -Washington Post. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FR03I VARIOUS SOURCES. Tho Fad for Dialect-The Point of View-A Successful Mission-A Veteran's Experience Wiso Man, Etc. I wrote alittln poem; 'tuns bright and sweet and Ray Tho cleverest and best I'd done for many and manya clay. I sent it to an editor-alas! my hopes wero vain! Ho coldly wrote, "Returned wiih thanks," and sont it tack again. And then I took that poom apart and tried a new invention; I put it into dialect past human compre hension, Obscured the sense and spoiled the rhyme, and malled the shapeless wreck Back tothnt solf-samo editor-who promptly sent a check! -New York Tribune. A SUCCESSFUL MISSION. Moisture-"Did the missionary briner tears to tho eyes of the natives?" "No, but he made iheir mouths water. "-Detroit Tribune. THE POINT OF VIEW. Mrs. Johnson-'Tour husband has great ability." Mrs. Stimson (who has discovered her husband-"Yes. Irritability." Truth. A VETERAN'S EXPERIENCE. "Major, what was the fiercest en gagement in which you ever took part?" "?My own, dear boy, to the Widow Gayber."-Harlem Life. WISE MAN. Blazjin-"So Dumkins is learning to play the bass fiddle, is he? How is he getting along with it?" Jazkins-"I understand ho takes the.middle of the street."-Koxbury Gazette. MONEY THROWN AWAY. Doctor-"You've been wonderfully weil this six months past, Mudgeou." Mr. Mudgeon-"Ain't 'ad a day's sickness, so to speak ! An' mo a-pay in' into that thero Sick Club all along I I calls it a downright swindle."-Fun. A BUDDING DIPLOMAT. Ethel (aged six)-"I don't love you anv more, grandpa." Grandpa-"Why not, Ethel?" Ethel-" 'Causo I lovo you so much already that I couldn't lovo you any more if I tried. Please give mo five cent?."-Judge. JUST A BIT UNKIND. Gilded Youth-"Yaas, I suppose the terrace at Richmond is all right, but I never walk thero ; I drive past sometimes." Sossy Maid-"Oh, yes, it's very convenient now that tho 'busses go through that part. "-Judy. MUCH MORE SO. ' "Mme. Hulda does not sing as well as she did three years ago. " "She does not. What a shock it must bo when a singer discovers that she has lost her voice." "It is still moro shocking when she does not discover it."-Fliegende Blaetter. SEX AGAINST SEX. "Which do you lovo most, your papa or your mamma?" Little Charlie-"I love papa most." Charlie's Mother-"Why, Charlie, I thought you loved mo most. " Charlie-"Can't help it, mamma. We men must hold together."-Phi) delphia Times. SOLD AGAIN. Mr. Keep Cash-"Did you write that, man who advertises to show peo ple how to make deserts without milk and have them richer?" Mrs. Cash - "Yes, and sent him the dollar." "What did he reply?" "Use cream."- West Madford Windmill. B4RKLESS DOG THAT BIT. "Papa," said Bobbie, pointing to the iron dog that stood on the lawn, "does dogs like that ever bite?" "No," said his father.: "but that one barked once." "Really?" cried Bobbi?: "Yes," 6aid his father. "I stum bled over him ono night, and he barked my shins."-Harper's Bazar. PLENTY OF ROOM. Tenderfoot (to Texas ranchman af ter engaging his services and "view ing the lanuscapo o'er")-"I acccept your terms ; but, really, where am I to sleep?" Ranchman-' Sleep.man? Anywhere, anywhere ! I've two hundred and fifty thousand acres lying round here loose, and I don't care a snap where you sleep."-Judge. PURE BLOOD, Mrs. Bondclipper-"Doctor, what do you think is tho mutter with mo?" Doctor-"I nm inclined to think your blood is not pure. I'll have to give you something to purify your blood." Mrs. Bondclipper (haughtily) - "You aro probably not aware that I belong to one of the old Dutch fami lies of Now York."-Texas Siftings. HE KNEW BETTER. "Algernon is very interesting,"said Mr. Cumrox's daughter. "What does he talk about?" inquired her father. "Why, he's over so'well posted on Shakespearean quotations. " "Young womau," s.iid Mr. Cumrox, "don't you let him deceive you. Don't let him mako sport ot' your ignorance. They ain't no such srock on tho market."-Washington Star. TnE WOMAN OF IT. "Now, dear, I have ono favor to ask 1 of you." ? "It's granted." "Then jilease don't tell me that yov have never loved before, thai you never dreamed tiint yon could love, that I'm the only girl you have ever been engaged to, that - " He (interrupting) -"I won't." Sho (anxiously) - "But you never , have been engaged be lore, have you, dear?"-Brooklyn L'fe. DOMESTIC E< ONOMT. "What's thia?"exclaimed the young , husband, referring to tho memoran- ! lum she had given Irrn. "One dozen j eggs, a pound of raining, a bottle of j 'onion extract, cnn of condensed milk, : .lime's worth of ground cinnamon and half a dollar's worlh ol migar. What do rou want of nil these things, Be- 1 li?da?" "I've got a dry loaf of bakerV bread," replied the young wife, "that ' I'm going to save by working up into a bread pudding. I never let any thing go to waste, Henry."-Chicago Tribune. WHERE SHE PLACED HER RELIANCE. "Jes' sposin'," said Farmer Corn' tossle, "that they should be war-" "Nonsense," his wifo replied, "they ain't goin' ter be no se*oh thing." "But sposen' they should; whur'd this country stand?" "Well, there's 1776 and 1812 ter look back on," she answered. "I know. But ain't we gittin' kinder rusty on warfare?" he persisted. "Ain't we kinder been a lettin' our military spirit git neglected?" "Josia," she said with a touch of impatience, "sometimes you r'aly do make me kinder fatigued. Of course we ain't been a doin* sech a big lot o:' drillin' an' callin' ter arm?, and sech things ez is ordinarily resorted to fer keepin' in practice. But - " and her face lit up with a look of confidence, "there hez been a treemenjis lot o' football playin' goin' on."-Washing ton Star. Don't Lick Envelopes. Most of us have learned that it is neither good form nor delicate taste to lick a postage stamp. We moisten tho envelope instead. It does just aa well and is a more cleanly method of affix ing the stamp to a letter. Few per sons, comparatively, realize that to lick the gummed flap of an envelope is not nioe, either. The same objection to Hoking a stamp applies with more force to using one's toDgue on the gum of an envelope flap. It is danger ous. lt's a pleasant fiction that'envelopes, like stamps, aro made adhesive by gum arabic, despite tho almost pro hibitive prices at r. hich that foreign article is sold. "he gum found on most envelopes, especially those of tho cheaper grades, is made of the hoofs and other parts of worn-out horses. These plugs are cut up for various purposes. The best of them are salted down and shipped abroad it is said-while the rest are used for soap fat and other things. Certain parts of the animals are made into an' especially satisfactory kind of glue or mucilage, and this is used quito large ly iu the gumming of envelopes. If the oiiginal horse that furnished the glue was free from disease there might be no danger in the gummed envelope, but in most cases whore a horse is condemned for tho soap fac tory it is tainted with some one or more of the hundred ailments, such as spavins and glanders, that mark worn out horses for their victims. Hoof disease is perhaps tho most frequent trouble with which these old nags are afflicted, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that some taint of the disease may be carried along despite careful boiling in the product. Anyway, even if there were no danger of contamina tion, it doesn't? give ono a pleasant feeling to see a pretty girl lick an en velope. One man, according to a California paper, died recently from blood pois oning acquired, it is allegeJ, from licking envelopes whoso gum was tainted with ripease. Tho taint had been carried through all the processes of manufacture, aud appeared in tho gum jon tho envelop?. Though this seems strange, physicians agree that it is possible,|and they advise correspond ents to moisten envelopes in other ways than by Hoking them.-New York Press. Tho Fern In (Inst ry* We learn from a Massachusetts paper that about eight yeal s ago a gentleman in that State thought that it would be profitable to have picked and placed on the market some of the ferns which grow in adundance in his neighborhood, and from this modest beginning the business has grown to such proportion that last year ho dis posed of 7,000,000 ferns. Previous to 1886 tho gathering of ferns in their natural state was almost an unheard of industry. Tho few ferns put on the market were raised in hot houses, though a few florists sent their men after wild ferns. But now the Massa chusetts ferns are shipped to every State and almost every laige city in the country, and, strange ns it may fieem,there has been no falliug off in the trade during tho business depres sion, the demand constantly exceed ing the supply. There are two varieties of market able ferns which always find a ready sale-the delicate leal. 1 "fancy" aud the coarser "dagger" fern. The sea son for gathering and shipping tho ferns is from October 1 to May 1. Al though now some two hundred persons are engaged in fern picking, only about sixty do it constantly. Good piokers can earn from 84 to 86 a day, while the pay of others not so skillful in finding the natural treasures amounts to only $2. The ferne are brought in by the pickers, tied in bundles of twenty-five each, and 40 cents a thousand is paid for them. An average amount of 84 a day is paid tho pickers. The ferns not needed for immediate shipment are packed in low rooms, containing each about 1,000,000 ferns. There aro eight buildings containing these rooms. The ferns are placed in beds of 20,000 each, dry moss is placed be tween the layers, and the whole bed is covered with wot moss. Tho great est caro and daily watchfulness are needed to keep the ferns from becom ing heated, and thus bleached or cov ered with white spots. The ferns are invaluable to the florist, as they form a really essential groundwork for de signs, and they aro alfo available for general decorating.-St. Louis Globe Democrat. His Heart in the Wrong Place. John Martel, aged twenty, of La Crosse, Wis., was built wrong side to. That is, the organs that belong on the left side aro on the right, and vice versa. This was discovered by Dr. George Powell, who lintis that Martel's heait occupies the samo position on tho right sido that it should on tho left side had ho been normally con structed. Martel says he has known from childhood that his heart was on tho right side, and had often told his family of it, only to bo laughed at for his pains. Ha did not, of course, know that his heart was located where tho beats wen-, and ho was still less prepared for the information that ho is constructed wrong sida to through out.-Chicago Times-Herald. A Euphonious Name. "Speaking at euphonious names," Hays a Congressman in tho Washing ton Post, "I think that ono of tho nett j members of this House will easily beat the record of all Congresses. He hails from Wisconsin, and bears the natno j of Sauerhering. Now, if great stress j of accent is placed on the first syllable j ind the 'h' lot go unsounded, it isn't j HO bad, but if cut square in tho mid die, and both syllables vocalized, tho j result is distressing. The bearer of ' that name isn't at all in fault. He is a druggist by protest-ion, and stands high iu his community." WlcklessOIl Lamps. The Gloria is the name applied to a new English lamp designed to bnrn oil without a wick, and therefore in the form of gas. It is thus unneces sary to employ a chimney and the flame is claimed to be much steadier and of greater brilliancy than the or dinary gas flame. An oil reservoir is placed at the top of the lamp contain ing petroleum and connected with this is a brass tubo which rnns down ward, and is provided with a filtering wad of cotton wool at its lower end to arrest all impurities the oil may con toin. After passing through the filter ing medium, tho oil travels through a small hore brars tubo which coils spirolly round tho main casing of the lamp, and from tho upper end of this tube the oil falls drop by drop down a slanting uteel tube into the "f,as chamber," whe;:e it becomes vaporized, the gas generated passing down through tubes to the burner. The gas jets from these tubes form a oircle, and when ignited give an intensely brilliant light. This bril liancy is greatly due to the perfect combustion resulting from the excel lent draught which is obtained, a downward draught from the outer air inlets to the horners and an upward draught from the flame right through the center of tho lamp. The lamps can bo had rangirjg from 80 to 500 candle power; they are used for light ing the Empire of India exhibition at earl's court. Tho lamp is very eco nomical with regard to the quantity of oil burnt and is stated to throw no shadow downward. A Feat In Photography. Photography has had many triumphs. Ono of the latest is associated vitia Prof. Macey, famous for his feats in instantaneous work. He has just suc ceeded in photographing a dragon-fly on tho wing-an operation which ne cessitated an exposure of only ono twenty-five thousandth of a second. The photographic part of tho per formance is wonderful onough, and surely some credit should be awarded to the man capable of accurately di viding a second into twenty-five thou sand parts. Certainly a man who can oompute the twenty-five thousandth part of a second can computo any thing.-Photogram. Be Natural and Healthy. Tight lacing, according to Professor K?ster, of Marburg, is a direct causo of movable kidney in women; 93 per cent of the total number occurring in women and only 7 in men. Ile thinks it is the pressure on tho ribs that loosens the kidney. A Case of Ignorance. She-I notice that it is the single men who are the most anxious to go to war. He-Yes. They don't know what war is.-Indianapolis Journal. The World's Earliest JTotato. That's Salzor's Earliest, flt for usa In 23 days. Sulzer's new lato potato, Champion of the World, Is pronounced tho heaviest yiolder In the world, and we challenge you to produce Its equal ! 10 aerea to Salter's Earliest Potatoes yield -1000 bushels, sold ia June at $1 a bushel-$4000. That pays. A word to the wiso, otc, NOW IF ?OU WILL CUT THIS OCT AND SEND lt with 10c. postage you will get, free, 10 packages grains and grasses, including Teo slnto, Lathyrus, Snnd Yotoh, Giant Sparry, Giant Clover, etc., and oar mammoth seed catalogue. (A. C.} Worthy of Trial-That la the Ooinion of Ufr. A. B.-^liuilllUii:1 "?'.>?????. "I think lt is best not to olde a lieht under bushels, and when a good remedy ls discovered lt is our dui y to let it be known In the interest of suffering humanity. "1 have been Fufferingwith indigestion and dyspepsia. I tried all the various remedies as well as several eminent physicians, but with out avail. I wns induced by a friend to try Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy and tho fir-t doso relieved me. Yours is a grand remedy for in digestion and dyspepsa- It builds up, and I recommend it as worthy of trial by all who wish to be cured.' For sale by all druggists. An Atlanta Enterprise of Great Merit. The Bradfield Reculator Co., of Atlnnta, Ga., have at great expense Issued a mo>t at tractive and meritorious book, which they mail free, containing information of the treate.-t value and importance to all ladies ex pect ing to bec. >mo mot hers. Th it the "Mothers' Friend" is a remedy wonderful In its effects, and relieves the ex pectant mother of incredible suffering and robs the final hour of confinement of its dread, pain and terror, is fully attested by the experience of happy mothers allover thiscon Unent A perusal of the book will convince any lady, and the use of "Mothers' Friend" cause her to bicon'c it . enthusi istic friend, blessing the hour when first she heard of it and was induced to tee it. Send your name and address to The Brad field Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga., and receive in ruturn, free, this excellent look, "To Ex pfctant Mother*," containing information of vilue to all ladies. Walking Would Often be a Pleasure were it not for corns. The-e pests are removed with Hlndcrcorns. 15c. at druggists. Around the farm there is at least a Hen Droppings, Wood's Earth, Marl Powell's Prepi make fertilizers rich in Ammonia, Pot: quick acting, producing large crops am the soil. A fertilizer made in this iva about $12 per ton. Many thousand farmers have saw! fully half Chemicals. CircuUr giving instructions for mixing, POWELL FERTILIZER A Good Di| BROWN'S IKON B: by the stomach's 1 BITTER9 supplies alterative tonic-? Purchase money rei taken as directed fail Dyspepsia. Malaria, ( Troubles, Biliousness, Weakness, Nervous Neuralfida. SALZER'S An reeognijrd as th? best for ?ll aci North or South, be-jaus? they Sprout Quickly, Grow Vig Th?! is their fcord tho world ovor. toe\rllo*z9. 'J'iirro if luta nf moa* goin? t 'make a 1->:<1 paiement ho the world s'e prods v i from Salier' fl y i il wt.? t .:nit?.: m.-nry-'.' Hit. I nhotd of voiii' niirhbors -plant 8 (taters'wnolenltII ; ifg-Ijuhta of ?ho wnfU, ut for inarki t in tiOda; W? ma!:-' a.uve inky 01 choice ped Hairer'g T>.r'.'ept dccmbercinne Oar mammoth 1'la.nt ?nil Seed C the chi lewt *?tMtabict,vithprietsd pc^-ji'. "Ti . Ir g ne aid l's 'k?-e . JOHN A. SAU Hr. Il L. Johns, of Selma, Ala., la to the habit of buying Bipans Tabales at White's Pharmacy at Selma. When Interviewed at the time of a recent purchase, Mr. Johns said: "Ever since I was ia the army, where I contract ed indigestion and dyspep sia from eating "hard tack nn 1 POW belly," I have suffered much from thoso and kindred alimcalii. A sou' of mine who clerks for J. N. Harter in a drug store at Wiufl l?, Kansas, told me while home on a visit, over year ago, to get a box of Rlpaun Tabules and take thom. I did, and in a very short time I was benefited, and by tho time they were half gone I was well, and since then I have felt berter. ato more and reliahed it bet ter than at any time since tho war. and am doing moro work now than I ever expected to do again. I tell you. they are the greatest medicino for ? fellow's stomach I ever SAW. This box is for a neighbor of mina out by me in the country. We al ways have them at home, and I never hesitate to reoommend them when a fellow complains about his Btomach hurting him. (Signed), R. L. JOHNS." Bipans Tabule? ere ro!<1 by drugget*, or Ay mall ff tb? price (SO cen:s a box) IR Bent to The PJpana Chemical Compnny, No. lu Spruce lt, New York. tam j le Vial, 10 COOt/. s uccess ful growers of fruits, berries, and all kinds of vegetables, know that the langest yields and best quality are pnoduced by the libenal use of fertilizers containing at least 10% of. Actual Potash. Without the libenal use of Pot ash on sandy soils, it is impos sible to grow fnuits, benries and vegetables of a quality that will command the best prices. O? r pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom? ing special fertilizers, but are practical works, contain. ?ni? bliest researches on the subject of fertilization, and. arc r rally helpful to farmers. They are sent free for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. SECOND-HAND Large t>iz?. Cost $400, in u>e four months Will Be Sold at a Bargain. t3e?"Apply at once to Atlanta Newspaper Moe Atlanta, Ga, OSBORXS'S Y AND School of Sliortliancl AUGUSTA. GA. No t.nt bonks used. Actaal business from day ol entering. Bosinoss paper?, coi I age curr ncr uni irood* Unod. Snocl for handsomely Moat ra ted oata ioffue. Hoard cheaper than in any Southern city. THE AERMOTOR CO. does bau Q? ^rorll^ winda.Ill business, beeac** lt bas reduct toe cost ex erina jo wer to I.? whatlt lt llVL m?n*-vV -??wi Mr*. an?*??*_ " J_UR A at your door, lt can and doe? ?roflW^ , better article for leas money Utan others. It makes Pumping ana Geared. 8teel, OalTaniiod after JOompletton Windmills, TUttai r and flied Steel Towers, Steel Bun Saw Krames, Steel Feed Cutters and Feed Grinders. On application It will name one , of tneso articles that lt will furnl-ti until janna ry 1st at 1/3 die usual price. It ali? makes Tanks and Pumps of all kinds. Send for catalogue. Factorr: Utb. Rockwell anti fillmore Streets. Cattai* Agents-Ladles or Gents. 175 a werk at borne, criag or rtlllaf GraTPIaiers.ortaklcgordersforas to plate. Plate gold, stirer, nickel, copper, whit? urta!, manafectar. the materials and outfits, teach tb? art, outr complete outfit, including trade secrets and fonnolaa, Utk?, wheels, tools, all materials for pre. parley, polishing, plating and Sn iihlnr. no toys, small In tran ling case, large for shops, description, prices, teatirannlal.. ssmrles free. Grui ?ti Co. Platin* Works, Dep't 1?, Columbas, Q PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the half. Promotes e luxuriant growth. Never Feils to Kestoro Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cure* ?calp diseases Si hair tailing. Pic, end $ I.W at Druygirtj ITCHING PILES tSSPU?tSSi I cutts them. i5c. aad 50c. pots at druggists, or sampln malled FULE. J.J. FLECK, Tiffin, 0. Morphine Habit Cured In IO to2(l davi. No y.iy till cured. DR. J.STEPHENS. Lebanon.Ohio. A N. D.Six, a^gsgg^|s|a|f|s^^ s is Walter Baker & Co/s Cocoa :-be sure tliat you don't get an tation of it. Sold by Ciocers Everywhere. .TER BAKER & Co.,Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. the Farm. lon or two of materials, such as Ashes, I and other things, which, if mixed with ired Chemicals, \sh and Phosphoric Acid, which will be 1 at thc same time permanently improve ty t's certain, but costs very little-only their fwrtilirer hills by the use of Powell's Prepared with testimonials from e?ery section sent free. & CHEHICAL CO., Ba?tlmore, Md. gestion follows the use ITTERS. Indigestion is caused lack of tone. BROWN'S IRON the tong. Not a beverage-an limpie, curative, certain, pure. GUARANTEE. nv/ untied should Brown's Tron Bitters to benefit any person suffcrinirwith ;hills nnd Fever, Kidney and Liver Female Infirmities Impure Blood, Troubles, Chronic Headache, or IWN CHKHICAL CO., Baltimore, Md. VEGETABLE SEEDS ils and climes, whether East or West, orously, Produc? Enormous))! Bein ir Northern-grown, they are bred sj milo ia early vegetables, ead we ar ro Chat the earliest, ?holcwt reg eta j[*t in ? (??Us. OurCstalogue tolls you whr. so late vegetables in the market fl te 3> days a'ier'3 Sesils. fond 4o. for market gar Eng C ibbai o (s tbs earliest Cibbags uovelty fl Fag., 15c l cs.. ?Vs ; J : lb., 12HO. ?irrt e OalOn Seed: Pt*. per pound! tb? beat. Pkg , Me : os.. 2i'e.: >i lb.. We. Mologvt, contatniag a mignin-ent amv of tr- di r.". ia Hailed toyua upon receipt af 6c. sf Early Bird Radish upon receipt of Se. gER SEED CO.. U Crow, Wi?.