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IBB Drying Fruit. L ?t ia suggested that Ihe drying of trait, which requires great care and a certain regnlatian of the temperature, * flers & promising field for el?otrio feating. Fuel for beating by steam ?? often expensive, but fruit districts usually hare abundant water power that could be used for driving dyna mos. The electric current would prove serviceable in a variety of Ways lu addition to beating?-News Letter. Peace en Earth. TMs ls one? tnore enjoyed by the rheumatic ?fee enough to counteract their progressiv? taalady with Bostetter's Stomach Bitters. 25? Netimony ia strocgor than that which in dicates lt as a source of rel'ef in this com plaint. It is al?> eminently uffective as a treatment for kidney trouble, dyspepsia, de bility, liver complaint and constipation. Use it wt Ik penitence lor the above. ' Tho batter of India is i>aid to have a bluish cast, which ls probably due to the feeding of ^ attie._. Ever ?lace las there hare been women (mort aaea tmr) vho claim that there is no soap half as ff xxl, or as economical ac Dobbins* Electric JTbore mutt be Domo truth ia their claim. Try lt, soe how muon. Tour grocer has it. * The maa t nat ho'di ont for tho right against oppoeiilou is the mac that will be trusted. % now'? -mis? "Wa offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for T^,?*?? of Catarrh that cannot be cored by Hall's Catarrh Caro. f. J. CnrmsT?tCo.,ToledOvO. r. a, the undersigned. bar? Jtnown F. J. Che aay/ec the iait 15 yearn, and bolievo him per rwtty honorable in all business transactions SM financially able to carry out any obliga On mado by their firm. WBST & TKUAX, Wholesale Drugglats, Toledo, Ohio. WALOINO, KINSAX & MABVIN, Wholesale ; l?rurrlsts, Toledo, Ohio. Hairs Catarrh Cure ls taken internally, act. lue directly upon the blood and mucous sur Jncee of th? system. Testimonials sent free, Trico, F*. per bottle. Sold by ail Druggists. jtall'a Family Pills are the best. . We have not been without Piso's Cure for Consumption for 20 year.?.-LIZZCE FERREL, ? amp St., Harrisburg. Pa., May 4. '94. Loo IT Sh i rpi y to the condition of your blood, lt this season peen liar perils assail the system. There are sudden changes In temperature; fogs and dampness, chilly nights, lowering elouds, drenching raina. These sudden changes bring on colds, fevers, pneumonia, bronchitis and other ailments. Keep the blood pore, rich and fnll of vitality and you will be well. Remember, Hood's f Sarsaparilla Is the best-I?>fact tb* One True Blood Purifier UAAJlA DSIIM ore the best after-dinner I!OOO 3 rlilS I'iUv ai.l discst.on 26c FLOATING FACTS. A pickax at least 3,000 years cM has recently been found in a oave at Nor folk, Eng. There are over 100,000 children in the national schools of Germany who are stutterers. A snuff box ?o?d at a recent Londc . suction for $9,000. It was of the Louis XVI period. The New Tork stock brokers are said to wear ont tho floors of their ex change every five years. Mrs. Hetty Green has denied that she has offered $100,000 for a home in Chicago for aged actresses. An almost inexhaustible supply of bauxito is said to have been discovered in Little Maumelle oounty, Ark. The Paraguay congress has voted $100,000 for a military hospital. Latest returns give the army as 82 officers and 1,845 men. The poet Longfellow never saw the reef of Norman's Woe until some time 'after he had written "The Wreck of the Hesperus." The Iltis appears to be the eighth vessel of the Prussian and German na vies which has been lost at sea during the last thirty-six years. Another legacy of 100,000 francs has been left to the French aeademy, the ?ncome of which must be awarded to the authors of moral works. TIRED SALESWOMEN -\ EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE MORE CONSIDERATE. Interesting Statement ny a Young Lady in Brooklyn. Li the vast retail establishments-of large cities, many women are em ployed as saleswomen. Men formerly held the positions that women now hold, -A and while v.oincn'sor ganism is leas strong than men's they are expected to do the same work: Their duties compel them to.be on tb eur feet from morning to night, and many of them, in a short time, contract these dis tressing complaints called "female diseases." Then occur irregularities, suppressed or painful .menstruation, weakness, indigestion, leucorrhoca, general de bility and nervous prostration. They are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, ex citability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, blues and hopelessness. " In such cases there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes mich troubles. The following is a ?sample : "My dear Mrs. Pinkham:-After writing you, and before your answer came, 1 was too miserable to gc? to the store, and so lost my position. That was five weeks ago. I am no ;v back ugain in my old place, and nevei.* lelt no well in all my life. Tho bear ing-down pains and whites havia left me, and I am not a bit nervous or blue. Life rooks brighter to nie. I don't get tired, my temper is real sweet, and I could scream ri^ht out sometimes for; Your Vegetable^ Compound is my stand by. You don't know how thank ful I am to you for sav ing me from suffering-. Every woman in my position should know of your won derful remedy. I never saw you, but I love you for being so good to me." EDITH-W. Otu Ave., Brooklyn, N. x\ A, & ?...f .,.. ..Fortrie, '88. MRS. LAI NSOONCED in the depths of hex big arm chair, a smile lighting X^NJe^oO** up her Ano. old face ?rV-> that her white hair y/- ? framed with a crown of Jjr ) snow, Mrs. Harmon was considering her nephew Andrew, a fine-looking young fellow of twenty-eight, who, for his part, was considering the timepiece on the man tle, whose hands were already well past 3 o'clock. "Well, Andrew, do you find my clock every interesting?" - In some confusion the young man stammered an excuse, hut she went on: "Now, don't deny it, you naughty fellow. You want to know if your visit had lasted long enough for you to take your departure deoently." 'Not at all, aunt Your guess is qcite wrong, for I haven't the slight est intention of going yet. But why dc you keep a regular sun-dial like that in your drawing-room?" "Perhaps "because I was born so long ago that it is I and not the clock that is behind time. But come-in stead of criticising my drawing-room, tell me what yon are going to do when you leave here." "In tho first place I am not going to leave here for some time, but, when I have wearied you with my presonoo until you cannot stand it any longer, it will be time for me to go to Mrs. Lat on's tea." "Mrs. Laton-Pauline Laton?" "The same." "Ah, yes, I used to see her some time ago. She is a widow. I remem ber her vaguely-a large woman, dark-" "She is a blonde, aunt." "Indeed? She used to be a bru? nette. And so you are sighing at the feet of Mrs. Laton?" "We are all sirring at her feet." "She must enjoy it." "Well, I rather think she does." "Ia it fun?" "Yes, after a fashion. We are al ways the same little cirole of friecds, and then, besides Mrs. Laton, there's a sister, a rather good-looking giri, and a few other young matrons und baohelor girls. " "And what do you do besides look at these women ?*' 'We take tea, wo gossip and we flirt." "Ob, oh!" "Bat, my dear aunt, ono must do something between 5 o'clock and din ner." "Evidently, and flirting is what you havo found to do." "It is a way to kill time." "I scarcely know what you mean by the term. Explain it to me." "Oh, impossible. A definition for the word has long been sought, but it has not yet been found. But, r?iven a young woman tete-a-te with a young man who is not a fool, and I warrant you it won't be long before yen will have a practical demonstration. Flir tation is a manner of being discreetly indiscreet. To know how to flirt is no common accomplishment. It is a veritable science." "And is love a science, too?" "No, it is rather an art." "And marriage-what is it?" "Oh, that is philosophy." "Indeed ?-at what age docs one at tain this philosophy ?" "As late as possible." "It seems to mo that at twenty eight-" "Aunt, aunt!" cried Andrew,spring ing from his chair, "confess that you are concocting some terrible plot. Yon look as guilty as a conspirator." Mrs. Harmon smiled a fine smile and enjoyed for a moment the consterna tion in her victim's face. Then 6he answered, after a pause : "Yea, you are right. I wish to get you married." "In heaven's name, what have I done to you?" gasped the young man, with comic seriousness ; and as the old lady still smiled, he continued : "See here, aunt, I should never have sus pected you of such a thing. Yon, a woman of intelligence, a superior woman, descending to the rolo of matchmaker ! It is a terrible shatter ing of my ideals." "Come, come, my poor boy, do not be so cast down. The girl is charm ing, I assure you." "Of conreo," Andrew burst out, "the girl is always charming. Oh, I know her ; I can see her now ; she may not bo exactly pretty, but, as you have said, she is oharming. She dresses admirably, and makes all her own gowns. She stood at the head of ber classes in school, and attends lec tures now. Moreover, she has taken cooking leesons and can put up pre serves. She plays tho piano, she sings, she paints, and 6ho has a tidy fortune in ber own right. Bah ! No, a thousand timc3 no ! I do not want this miracle of per'oction. I know a thing or two, aunt, even if I don't look it, and if I marry, I shall marry a woman who suits me, simply for the sole and unique reason that the docs suit me. But I know girls-they are all alike, and I know what they are and what they are worth. There isn't one who snits me, or can suit me, and I shall remain a bachelor. " "And you go to take tea at Mrs. La ton's," murmured Mrs. Harmon between her teeth, while a disturbing expression came into her clear seeing old eyes. Under this ironical and even inquis itorial look Andrew lost countenance a little ; he could not deny that to mat rimony he preferred flirting with Mrs. Laton. He was palling himself together to reply, or rather to defend himself, when the street door boll was heard. %9k oaller, eh? Is this your recep tion day, aunt, cr do you, too, give yonr friends tea at 5 o'clock?" "Yon are impertinent, nephew. At my ago a woman does not give '5 o'clock flirtations.' It is not even a caller. I am sore it is my little friend Rosamond, thc 'oharming girl' I spoke of." "I shall flee then." "Do you not wish even to seo her?" "Never! Or, if you insist, I shall go into this little antc-roon and look at ber through tho orack of the door. That is the only concession I shall make," and the yoaug mau stepped quickly into the next room -is the op F?N'S TBA. posite door opened to admit the visi tor ; throngh the slit Andrew oonld make ont the graceful silhouette, of a young girl. "How do you do, Mrs. Harmon?" said the girl, as she entered the room. "I have brought back the little books on the orphan asylum that you lent mamma. May I stay a moment with yon?" She continued to keep her back to ward Andrew, and he, now beginning to get tired of the game, had about concluded that she must be fright fully ugly. "Sit down here, dear, beside me," and Mrs. Harmon easily contrived to place the girl just opposite the small room ; and the young man, approach ing his eye to the crack, was struck by the pretty face he beheld. "Well, Rosamond, what are you do ing nowadays? Are you going out muoh?" "No, very little. I had a card for Mrs. Laton's tea this afternoon, but I wrote her I was ill. You wdl not be tray me, will you?" and she laughed o merry laugh that set Andrew's heart to vibrating. "Do you not care for suoh affairs?" asked Mrs. Harmon. "Surely, Mrs. Harmon, you do nol think it would be amusing to spend an hour or two watching Mrs. Laton's flirtations, with no one to talk to but the insipid women and stupid men of her set?" "You are severe, my ohild." "Severe? Well, with a woman like Mrs. Laton, I do not think one can be too muoh so." Instinctively Mrs. Harmon raised her eyes to the door that concealed Andrew, and, nuder pretext of ar ranging the portiere, she crossed the room and, as she re-arranged the dra pery, whispered to her nephew : "It'e nearly five-you'll be late for your tea." Bat her warning was unheeded ; Andrew did no.' budge. As for the girl by the fire, s was still full ol her idea. "Do you kno\ irs. Laton, Mrs. Harmon?" sho asl; "Yo?, yes," the lady hastened to reply ; and to tur e conversation, she went on : "But a are vrrong tc declare that all men J stupid. There are some who are qui te.sensible." "Sensible? Well, I do not know them. I do not mean that they are all stupid, but they think themselves so superior that, they are wearisome. They aro vain, insufferable bores, with their blase airs and their idea that they are irresistible because they can flirt with Mrs. Laton, who has bleached hair, and emears paint on her face as it it were a palette, and whose brains are good for nothing but to devise outrageous gowns. " Again Mrs. Harmon cast an uneasy glance toward tho little room, iu which Andrew was fast waxing angry. Ho would have liked to strangle this girl, whoso superb health and triumphant beauty irritated him. "And when will you got married, my dear?" suggested Mrs. Harmon, again throwing herself into the breach. "I shall never marry." "Indeed? Why not?" "Why not?" repeated Bosamond, a phadow of melancholy coming over tho face that Andrew admired in spite of himself. "Because I am a little fool who can do as the rest do. I would wish to love my husband and to have him love me. I would wish to marry a man whom I should single out from among the rest for his good ness and intelligence. I would wish to have confidence in him, and above all to be prond of him." As the girl spoke, she had become animated with a gentle exaltation, which was not without its effect on the young man behind the door. "Well, Rosamond," said Mrs. Har mon "why do you not realize your dream?" "Because there are no young men nowadays who caro to look for a girl who pleases them. Marriage for them is a matter of business, nothing more, and the woman herself does not count. They marry when they have lost their money, and when the little heart they possessed has been frittered away on somo Mrs. Laton or another." Again Mrs. Harmon arose, and, pre tending she had an order to give, ex cused herself, and hastened to her nophew. "Well, aunt, she has given us anice dressing down, eh? For a 'charming' girl,' 1 would back her against the world." "Hurry, Andrew; it is late, and you have almost missed your tea." "My tea 1" he repeated. "Bother my tea? Is there nothing else in the world but my tea? No, you must find an excuse to bring me into the room, and I'll show that young shrew whether all men aro fools. Oh, she need have no fear, I shall not try to marry her, for I still have all my hair, a little money and a heart still intact." Mrs. Harmon could not restrain a smile at the young man's vexation, and five minutes later Andrew entered the drawing room. But, contrary to all expectations, the conversation did not become a wai of words ; on the contrary, the girl's fresh gayoty disarmed Andrew's anger nt once. His preconceptions fled be fore her dimpled smiles and her gentle voice, and he soon fell under hot charm, forgetting his anger in his ad miration for her graoeful movements, the penetrating timbre of hor voice, the sparkle of her wit: The hour for the tea had long passed, and Andrew was still there. He had lost all desire to run after Mrs. Laton, that faded doll whom Bosamond-as he was forced to admit to himself-had portrayed so truth fully. And ensconced once more in the depths of her arm-chair, Mrs. Harmon smiled a kindly smile, and silently re garded the young people, who, for their part, looked at one another with looks that do not deoeive and in which the old aunt read with joy the hope of a happy union.-From the French, in Argonaut. An Indian who had a tooth filled am. another pulled at Waterville, Me., furnishod the first instancs of a red man's patronizing a dentist which had come to the knowledge cf a prac titioner of thirty years in that place. The Conqueror. I saw an Angel with majestic mien And radiant brow, and smllo dlvlno'y 8 weet; Strong human passions writhed beneath bis feel. There too expired those coward faults whloh 6creen Themselves behind Inheritance, and lean Ondead men for their strength, and think it meet. All, all lay prostrate, owning their defeat. Then to the spirit with tho eyes serene I cried aloud, in wonder and in awe, '.Ob, mighty Ono, who art thou, that thy glance Can circumvent heridity, cheat ohnnoo. And conquer nature? What thine occult law? Art thou incarnate Force-the Over-Soul?" The Angol answered. "I am Solf-Control." -Ella Wheeler Wilcox,in Harper's Weekly. When tho Crop's Laid By. Tho world is looking brighter When the orop's laid by; The heart is foeling lighter When tho crop's laid by. You forget the summor's heat In tho fields of corn and wheat, Ard the reaping song is sweet When the crop's laid by. There's time for love and laughtor When the crop's laid by A kind of glad hereafter When the crop's laid by. Each day some joying is bringing; Tho sweetest bells are ringing, And you hear your sweetheart singing When the crop's laid by. Tho world-it goes a-SIaying Whea the orop's laid by; And every fiddle's playing When tho orop's laid by. And in the mild sun streaming The golden rod is gloaming And life ls love and dreaming When the crop's laid by. -F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Bicycle Song. Light upon tho pedal, Firm upon the seat. Fortuua'a wheel in fetters. Fast beneath our feet, , Luavo the clouds behind us, Split tho wind we moot, Swift, oh, swift and silent, Bolling do oro tba street! When tho dark comos, twinkling Like fireflies in tho wheat, > Bells boforo us tinkling Fairily and feat, By tho gate of gardens Whore tho dusk ts sweet, Slido J i leo apparitions Through tho startlod strcoti Spears mon in tho desert 3Inybe fly ns fleet, Northern lights in heaven Spurkles On the sleet! Swift, oh, swift und silont, Just beforo wo greet Th? outer odge of nothing Turn rolling up tho streot! -Harriot JL?. Spofford, la St. Nicholas The King of Lapland. I know a tiny monarch who has takoa his command Within a qulot region, where a faithful little bann Of people do his bidding, or-yield him hom ngo true, And watch his faintest gesture, ns old vas pa's used to do. His territory's bordorel by two encircling arms, And keeping in their sholter, ho is safe from nil alarm?; This land ls sometimes "rooky" if ho foeLj inclined for jest, Or lies at peace, a quiet plaiD, whon ho would stuy at re=t. Ono mountain rises northward, and is known as Mother's Brow, While east and west aro twin-gray lakes, re . fleeting, I avow, The prettiest blt of Nature that a human heart can see Whene'er the little monarch ls alert for jubilee. But whon ho's fooling weary from tho riding out in state, Or bowing to his subjects and serfs importu nate, Bet Iring to tho cast lo, his regal head, oui King Lays down in princely grandeur, whllo lov ing minstrels sing. It yon would Hud his royal scat, you neod not sail the sea, For-strange enough-his throne is sot in this homo of tho free. Just find tho nearest nursery, and bow to thc c' raman I Of tho loving llttlo monarch, who Is King ol all Lapland. -Alice Crnry, in Ladies' Home Journal. City Kickiianips. Washington-The City of Magnifi cent Distances. Pittsburg- The Iron City. New Haven-Tho City of Elms. Cincinnati-Porkopolis. (This name has sometimes been applied to Chi cago.) Ancient Rome-Tho Mistress of tho World. Aberdeen-Granite City. Indianapolis-Tho Railroad City. Raleigh, N. C.-The City of Oaks. Chicago-The Garden City. London-Tho Modern Babylon. Baltimore-Tho Monumental City. St. Louis-Tho Mound City. Boston-Hub of tho Universe, Brooklyn-The City of Churohes. Brussels-Little Paris. (Tho nnmo is sometimes applied to Milda.) New York-Gotham. Detroit is known as the City of the Straits ; Boston, the City of Notions, the Puritan City, the City of Culture, the Modern Athens and the Hub of the Universe ; Philadelphia as the City o? Brotherly Lora and the Quaker City ; New Orleans as the Crescent City; Cleveland and Portland as the Forest Cities; Springfield, 111., as the Flower City; Rochester as the Flour City; Hannibal as the Bluff Citv ; Buffalo as the Queen City of the Lakes ; Pitts burg as the Smoky City ; Keokuk as the Gate City ; Cincinnati as the Queen City of the Wast; Nashville as tho City of the Rooks, and Louisville as Fall City.-Boston Journal. Reproduction of Limbs. It seems strange, to say the least, that a haman being must pass through life as a cripple if he ever has the mis fortune to lose a leg or an arra. The reader may not see anything peculiar about the fact that an amputated limb of a human being never grows out again, but to the editor of Notes for the Curious it appears that such a provision might have been made for the higher creatures just as well as for those low down in the soale of life. A lobster's amputated claws will grow out again, and a crawfish's eyes, if clipped off, reappear in a very short time. Bennet, the French naturalist, has amputated the legs of tritons (a species of lizard) and found that their powers of reproducing such severed members were almost unlimited. In one case a leg was reprodnoed twelve times in a single year and an eye oat oat was perfectly supplied with a now one within loss thaa nine months. The Bicycle Craze m England. I Ttie most striking feature of the Somerset House (England) returns of 1 new companies registered during I tho first six mouths of 1896 is the rush of cycling manufacturers to < avail themselves of the oraze for thk j pastime among the moneyed classes. ' The companies registered connected ! with this industry have an aggregate capital of $70,051,374, as against $1, 830,000 ia the first hali of 1895, BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Notice Next Time-Positive Proof Breaking tho Spell-In the Fi nancial Way-At the Seance, Etc. What's foremost in an old maid's mind She shows plain in her glee; For, liston when one laughs, you'll And It's naught but "he! he! ho!" -Puck, POSITIVE PROOF. She--"Then yon really love mo?" He-"Don'tT allow you to ride my bicycle?" IN THE FINANCIAL WAY. "Ho was vory much embarrassed when he proposed to me. " "Yes, I can fancy how hard np he must have been."-Chicago Journal. BREAKING THE SPELL. "This won't do," exclaimed Mrs. Box excitedly, "there's thirteen at -table." "Never mind, maw," shouted little Johnnie, "I kan eat fur two. "-Detroit Free Press. AT THE SEANCE. The Medium-"I am in communica tion with the spirit of tho deoeased Mr. Soandso. Does any one wish to ask him a question?" A Voice-"Is it hot enough for you?"-Puck. HE HAD EXPERIMENTED. Bobby-"Mn, you said that I shouldn't eat that piece of oake in the pantry-that it would make me sick." Mother-"Yes, Bobby." Bobby (convincingly)-"But, ma, it hasn't made me sick."-Puck. JUST BEFORE THE FIGHT. "Thishere sixteen to one," said the grocer, "is too mnoh for me. I don't understand ii." "Of course, you don't," said tho man who owed so much that he could afford to bo saucy. "Of course, yon don't. It means that a pound of sugar shall weigh sixteen ounces. " Indianapolis Journal. BRUTAL. She-"There! How do yon like my singing?" He-"There ia oertaialy a great deal of feeling in it." "Thank you." "As 1 was about to remar;:, it gave me an impression that you wero feel ing arennd for the notes without being euro of finding thom."-Indian apolis Journal. A STXTEEN-TO-ONE LOVER. "Charlie is a sixteen-to-one man," said Ethel to Mabel, speaking of her fiance. "I don't take any interest in poli tics," replied Mabel. "Oh, this is isn't politics." "What is it?" "He is willing to give mo sixteen kisses for every one I give him." Harper's Bazar. MOBE DESIRABLE. Client-"Good morning, Mr. Swell plead ; I've just reoeived your bill for getting me oil in that assanit and bat tery case the other day." Mr. Swellplead-"Ah, yes, to bo sure. Any further information I can give you about it?" Client-"les. I'd like to know if I oan chango my mind and go to jail instead."-Truth. TOO MANX POETS. She (lo young poet)-"How much do yon get for your peems, Charlie?" Charlie (with pride)-"From ?2 to S5." "Well, isn't that very little? I see that Sir Walter Scott got S10.000 for ono of his." "Yes; but you seo writing poetry isn't the business it used to be. There's too muon competition. "-Texas Sifter. FIT FOR THE CABINET. "The idea of making women oar political equals 1" exclaimed the man with the hat anchored to his coat by a half-inch cable ; "there is not a posi tion whioh one of them could fill-" "Ob, yes, there is," broke in Mr. Henry Peck; "there is one job my wifo could hold up to perfection." "Name itt" exclaimed the exoited orator. "Secretary of War."-Buffalo Ex pi ess. DECEIVED HER. "Keginald," said tho dear girl, "you have deceived me." ' "I have," said Beginald, waiting like a cautious man, for particulars. : "You told me my eyes wore brighter than the stars." "Yes, Marie." "And I believed you." "You did?i* "I did. And I thought there would :be no need of having a lamp on my wheel, and I carno near getting ar rested."-Cincinnati Enquirer. INFORMATION CHEERFULLY IMPARTED. It was after dinner and they ohanced to bo talking of insurance. "Papa's life's insured," said his favorite little daughter, aetat 5. "Indeed J" said one of tho guests, interested at the child's intelligence. "Yes," Enid the child proudly, con scious that every one was regarding her with admiration, her father and mother in particular. "Yes," she went on, ''it's insured for ?5000." "Whatha3ho done that for?" said another of tho guests. "So that mother can buy a new hus band when pappy's d?ad," was the child's immediate answer. THE RIGHT NAME. "I wish you'd stop calling that boy .Willie,'" he said irritably, as he looked np from his paper. "It does seem rather odd to call a ?iollego boy 'Wilho,' " she admitted. "1 suppose I ought to call him 'Will iam, ' but a mother ought to be excusa ble for holding to the diminutive as long-" " 'Will' wouldn't suit me any better than 'Willip,' " he answered. "I heard From some more of the Harvard trades men to day, and I want something ap propriate. Supoose you oall him plain 'Bill.'"-Chicago Post, AN ANALYTICAL HUSBAND. "I was very near to Mrs. Dinwiddie when 6ho fell from her whcol," said Mrs. Snaggs, who was telling her hus band at tho tea tablo of a minor acci dent. ''Wo wcro twice as near to each )thor as you aro to me now." "Let's see," replied Mr. Snaggs, who po;ees8e3 a critical and analytical mind. "You and I aro now about six feet apart. Twice six is twelve. So \-ou and Mrs. Dinwiddie were twelve .rt apart. Is that right?" _ Theh Mrs. Snaggs said her husband was real mean, and she furthermore promised never to tell him anything any more as long as she livod ; no, never?-Pittsburg Chronicle-TeJe graph. HTS SELF RESTRAINT. She-"Mr. Jones, look at that im pudent man on the other side of the street. He has been following us foi the last ten blocks." Jones- "Why didn't you tell mo so before. I'll teach the impudent puppy a lesson. " Walking boldly across the street, Jones says co the man i ?'Look -here, Snip, I am Very B?rry I've not got tho money to pay yod for that last suit, b?t yon ought not to follow me up and dun me when I'm trying to capture that girl. She has got lots ol money, and if I succeed you will not only get your money, but also an ordei for a wedding suit." Snip goes off satisfied. Returning to the young lady, Jone& says : "I am glad you called my atten tion to that cowardly scoundrel. I don't think he will ever stare at yon again. I had great difficulty in re straining myself."-Texas Sifter. How Allspice Grows. The pimento or allspice tree is cal tivated in the West Indies and Jamai ca. This beautiful tree usually grows to a height of about thirty feet; it hos a straight trunk, much branched above, and covered with a very smooth brown bark. The leaves vary in size and shape, but are always of a shining green color. During the months of July and August the tree is in full bloom, the blossoms consisting of vory fragrant, small white flowers. When a new plantation of pimento trees is to be formed, no regular sow ing or planting takes plaoe, because it is next to impossible to propogata the young plants, or to raise them from seeds in different parts of the connery where they aro not found growing spontaneously. Usually a piece ot land is selected either dose to a plan tation already formed, or in a p: rt of the woodland where pimento trees are growing in a native state. The chosen piece of land is then oleared of all wood except these trees, and the felled timber is allowed to remain on the ground for the purposa of protecting the very young pimento plants. At the end of two yeprs the la id ia thoroughly cleared,and only the nost vigorous pimento trees and plant i aro left standing. The plants come to maturity in about seven years. In favorable eeasons the pimento cop is enormous, a single tree often fielding a hundred or more pounds of the dried 6pice. The berries are picked while green, because if left on the tree till ripe they lose their pun gent taste and are valueless. The green berries are exposed to the sun for a week or ten days, when they lose their green color and turn a reddish brown. When perfectly dry they are put in bags and casks for exportation. Tho odor and tho taste of the pi mento berries are thought to resemble a combination of those of cinnamon, nutmeg and clovo3-hence the famil iar name "allspice"-Philadelphia Times. Thc First Money. It is difficult to realize that prior to B. C. 700 there were no true coins, that ingots or buttons of gold and sil ver were weighed at every mercantile transaction. The Lydians of Asia Minor are credited with having been tho first to cast and stamp with an of ficial devico small oval gold ingots of definite fixed weight, an invention strangely delayed, but of inestimable importance to industry and commerce. A coin ha3 been described as "a piece of metal of fixed woight, stamped by authority of government, and em ployed as a medium of exchange." Medals, though struck by authority, are only historical records and haye no currency value. Tho bright, far-flashing intellect of Greece saw the import of the Lydian invention and adopted it quickly, and every Greek State, nearly every city, island and colony, established a mint, generally at some one of the groat temples, for all early coin types are religious in character. They bear symbols of somo god as a pledge of good faith. The offerings, tithes and rents of tho worshipers were coined and circulated as money. Temples thus became both mints and banks. Our word "money" is said to have been derived from the Roman shrine of Juno "Moneta" the earliest Latin mint. The first shape of these carly coins was that of an enlarged coffeeberry, punched on tho rounded side with official letters, or sinkings, as they aro called.-Good Words. \ Pineapple Cloth. The flne3t pineapple cloth comes from the Philippines, but very good tissues are turned out wherever there are Malays, and of late year jy Mon golians and other communities. Thc thread is obtained from the pineapple leaves in some curious way which sep arates the fine filament from all the other vegetablo tissues. It is then partially dried and bleached in the sun, and is then carded and spun. After its spinning and before it is thoroughly dry, it is woven on tho old-fashioned loom?, which are busy to-day in Asia, The teohnicai skill possessed by tho spinners and weavers is truly admirable. Men are too clumsy for tho work, and women havo a practical monopoly of it, but even among them there aro many whoso eyes and fingers r.rd liol truite delicato enough to distinguish between tho thickness of one thread and another. The weaving is done within doors and usually in a Malay house, who?o bam boo framewark, walls made of leaves and heavy thatohed roof, keep the in terior quite dusty and damp. When produced the cloth is plain in color or else made according to Malay tastes. The finest quality of cloth is so fine a% to bo practically translucent, and some tissues which wore worth moro than their weight in silver would stand successfully the test of the In dian rajah, who would accept no cloth unless ho could draw the wholo roll through his signet ring.-Atlanta Constitution. Fun of Fabulons Cost. There are some almost pricoless fm doaks in existence, mo3t of them be longing to members of the Russian no bility. Mrs. John Mackay has a sabio doak valuod nt $15,000, which con sists of 10,000 small skins. The most costly wrap of this kind is a fur cloak sent to the Empress Dagmar on her coronation. It cost 800,000, and weighs only sixteen ounces. This was a pres ent from city of Irkutsk, in Siberiu. Tho Duchess of Saxe-Coburg inherited a magnificent cloak from her mother, the late Empress of Russia. Judie, tho French actress, hus a sabio cloak valued at S5000. Other fortunato wo men in this respect aro the Countess Potoka, tho Countess Greffulha and the Duchess of Leuclitenberg? all of Russia, the land of furs. HE WHISTLED. When oraps wus burnt to flinders An' not a rain in sight, He opened all the windera An* whistled in the light Jest whistled, An* whistled, Like that 'ud make things bright! When mortgages wuz girowin' Like weeds by day and night, He kep* right on a-hoeln' An' whistled in the light Jest whistled, An* Whistled, Like that 'ud make things bright t Insowin' time or reapln' in wrong as well as right, When Ehaddors como n-creepln', He whistled for tho light Jest whistlod, An' whistled, Liko that 'ud make thiags brlghtl Somehow ho'd hoar bolls rlngiu' For all the night an' day, An' still the birds kop' stngin' Whon bluo skies turned to groy. Ho whistled, Jest whistled, The rocky world away! -F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. PITH AND POINT. A cyclone is like a waiter-it carries everything before it A man who is blunt in his ways may be sharp in his speech. A heavy man may be very light, es pecially when he's down. "These are trying times for mo," was what the cook said as she stood over the lard keg. The woman question: Now isn't this a pretty time of night for you to get home?-Texas Sifter. Mary-"Oh, I just iive in Reggy's heart." Alice-"How do you like living in a flat?"-Washington Times. Kitty-"Harry won't take no for an answer." Kate-"How do you know?" Kitty-"Because I shan't give it to him."-Odds and Ends. She-"Everybody says you married me only for my money," He-"But I didn't dear. I know you look it, dear, but I didn't."-Indianopolis Journal "Why, Mr. Portly, you are all done up. What's the matter?" "Bicycle." "Bat you don't ride a wheel-" "No, but the other fellow docs."-Fliegende Blaetter. Bubbles-"My wife and I met by accident. Thrown together by chance, as it wore." Wheel woman (eagerly) -"Did you break the bicycle?" Buffalo Times. "I knew a fellow who could tame a tiger with a glance of his eye." "What became of him?" "He's dead. He tried it on a bicycle scorcher." Chicago Bccord. Luoy-"Clara's honeymoon was completely spoiled." Alice-"How?" Lucy-"The papers containing the account of the wedding did not reach her."-Brooklyn Life. % "Ez long ez dey's got plenty er campaign buttons," said Uncle Eben, "some men doan' seem ter car3 whed der dey hab any s'pe nd er buttons er not. "-Washington Star. "Everything is easy after you once learn to ride a wheel." "Yes ; you're so badly smashed up in the effort that you can stand anything then,"-Phil adelphia North American. Mr. Sparks-"Sir, I love your daughter so that I cannot livo without her." Old Gruffy-"Good? Then go away somewhere and die. There's another load off my mind."-Cleve land Leader. ? Spirit (at Lily Dale seance)-"Don't you know me? Pm the spirit of your mother-in. law. " Investigator-"You can't fool mo. My mother-in-law al ways brought her trunk with her. Buffalo Times. Hospital Physician (with a view to diagnosis)-"What do you drink?" New Patient (cheering up at the pro* posai)-"Ob, sir!-thank yon, sir - whatever you-I loavo that to yon, sir 1"-Tit-Bits. Manufacturing Hairpins. For ages the English and French controlled the manufacture of hair pins, and it is only within the last twenty years that the goods have been produced in other countries to any ex tent. The mao hinery use i is of a del icate and intricate character, aa the prices at which the pins are sold ne cessitate the cheapest and most rapid process, which can only be secured by automatio machines, says Pearson's Weekly. . The wire is made expressly for tho purpose and put up in largo coils, which are placed in a clamp, and so carried to the machine while being straightened. This machine cuts, bends, and, by a delicate instantan eous process, sharpens the points. Bunning at full speed it will turn oat 120 hairpins every minute. To econ omize, it is necessary to keep the en gines going day and night. The difficult part of the work is in the enameling, which is done by dip ping tho pins in a preparation and baking in an oven. It is here that the most constant and careful attention is required, as tho pins must be abso lutely smooth and the enamel have a perfect polish. The slightest parti cles of dust cause imperfections and roughness. _ Horn Books. Some 155 liQrn bc?ks have been un earthed, of which thero aro three in the British Museum and eleven in tho South Kensington Museum. The horn book was a small alphabet book, or board of oak, of various dimensions, on which were printed the alphabet, nine digits and sometimes the Lord's Prayer. It had a handle and a thin sheet of. horn in front to keep it from soiling, and the back was sometimes ornamented with a rude sketch of St. George and the dragon. A nairow frame or border ot brass kept the horn in position on the board. An alphabet tablet came to bo known as a horn book whether proteoted by horn or not. The earliest record of horn books occurs about 1450. They well nigh disappeared at the end of the eighteenth century, although there are still persons living who have used them. For tho Matrimonial Market. It is proposed to send 40,000 un married women from Eastern Canada to British Columbia, for the purpose of supplying the demand for wives. The same thing was done once by Franco for the benefit of the prepon derant bachelors of Eastern Canada, and the results were entirely satis factory. _ _ A Royal Priest, Prince Mas, the nephew of King Albert of Saxony, who was recently consecrated to the Roman Catholio priesthood, after officially renouncing the right to the succession as a Prince of the royal house, will begin his ecclesiastical career ia England. ALMOST ? MIRACLE; THE RESTORATION TO HEALTH OF ? PROMINENT ALAN. Worn Oat by Exposure and Broken Donna In Health He WM In Misery.for Months-Ii Now a Well sad Happy Man-Bead the Story. From the News, Clarksburg, W. Va. Ia the interest of common humanity, your reporter hos the honor to send you an inter esting and profitable Interview had with one ot Harrison County's mest highly oeteomol citizens) concerning hts narrow and miracul ous escapo from death. The person ref errol to ls Jktr. Fioyd ft Barnett, of jarvlsville, West Virginia, who ls welt known through^ D?t Harrison County add Othor sections Of :ho State. Mr. Barnett's narrative is as follows: "1 Jive at JarvisvHle, West Virginia, was born and raised there, and am thirty-nine years of ago. I am a farmer by occupation, and the exposure and hardships Incident to this life flnully overcame a strong constitution, and in the month of May, 1894,1 was seized with what tho medical fraternity pronounced sciatic rheumatism. "The disease was first felt In the h'p an I soon b 'carno severely painful. Within it short time the whole lower extremity was affected and became terribly swollen, and at times tho pain which was almost unbearable extended un into th3 shoulder. I consulted tho best physicians and specialists in the country, some of whom treated mo some time, but to no successful purpose. I used various patent medicines and liniments of wido recommendation, but none of them gave relief. I worried along this way for some months, being unable to work nnd at times unable to move. I became restless nt night and could not sleep. The disease seemed to affect my heart and it was utterly Impossible to lie on my left side on account of thu seriousness of the palo at the heart. "My condition seemed a hopeless ono and I was much discouraged, whoa by chance I happened to road an account In thu Wheel ing Independent of tho wonderful cure of a n -rson afflicted like myself, that Dr. Wili Inms' Pink Pills had effected. This was some timo in tho month of December. I immedi ately procured a box and bogan to use them. A change commenced at once. "I continued to take the pills until I felt entirely cured. To-day I nm a well and sound man. Toe pills not only cured my rheumatism, but drove that troublesome pain from my heart as well. For more than a year now I have not been troubled in tho slightest with either malady, or any other for that matter. I am a strong man and perform as much manual labor as any far mer." Mr. Barnett is a man highly respected foi veracity. His statements are corroborated by his neighbors and his recovery is ascribed to the use of Dr. Williams'Pills. As ho talked to your reporter, he showed every sign of being a man in excellent health and only too - Riad to toll the simple story of how his lifo was saved by the nso of the pills. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all tho elements necessary to ?ive new life and richness to the blood and pastora shattered noms. They are an un failing spociflo for such diseases os locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, 8L Vitus' dance, sciatica, nouralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tho after effect of la grippe, palpi tation of tho heart, pole and sallow com plexions, all forms of weakness either in mole or female. Pink Pills are sold by alt dealers, or will bo sent post poid ou receipt ot price, 50 cents a box. or sl.v boxes for ?2.50, by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine ComDnny. Schenectady. N. Y. Concerning Flowers. Flowers should always be placed in water as soon as possible after being picked; when received bj post in a somewhat wilted condition an immedi ate plunge into hot water with a little sal volatile will accomplish wonders in the way of reviving them. Lilac laburnum and aztdeas require to have a piece of bark stripped up and left hanging, and this, with the addition of a few leaves in tho water, will often keep them in quito a fresh condition for Weeks. The bouquet which yon have carried daring an evening will be sure to re vive if you spray it well with water and pat it under a bell glass; and if yon wish to wear flowers in your hair or on your corsage, they may be made to retain their freshness for an entire evening by patting a bit of wax over the ends._ PBOvinKsez, R. I. S/n. J. T. SnuPTuiNir, Savannah. Ga. Dear Sir:-"Please erad half-a-dozen boxc? of your TETTERINE, C. < ?. D. 1 his makes i li ana one half dozen I hove ordered from >ou. Fome I have ukcd myself, thc rema'nder Irii tributcd among friends requiring :t. Jt 1 ai effected a care in every caso where tried. . Some of them have been doctoring with our best physician', both here and in Boston, lor yr '.rs w.thnut any benefit. Some paid ?t could Dot he cured, as it. was inherited, but ono box of TETTEUINE effected a complete cure. I ??hall always keep a Mjpply on han I. as I know myself what lt b worth. Gratefully yours," P. O. HANLON. Filver Springs Bleaching Co. 1 box by mnll for 00>. in ntamt??. A look is very often a good reproof to those who boast in their ev.l ways. FITSstopped free and permanently cured. Ko fits after first day's use of DR. ELIOT'S GUE AT N ERVE RESTORER. Free $2trial bottieand treat h ;e. Send to Dr. Kline. 031 Arch St.. Phi la.. Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing' syrup for culldreu teething, softens the gums, red oxes intlamm * i ion. al lav h ?iain.cures wind coll?:. a nort I?. Gladness Comes With a oetter understanding of tho transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not dne to any actual dis ease, brit simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, which thc pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of iamilies, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are ?due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes iuternul cleanliness, without debilitating the organ? ni which it nets. I tis therefore) all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to noto when you pur chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by thc California Fig S3TUP Co. only, and sold by all rep utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health* and the system is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. Is interesting, especially when it t'A.Vz all about the NEW FRUITS os well as the old ones, and offeri all at very low prices. It's Free. Send for lt. Address W. D. BEATIE, Atlanta, Ca. DW?l?lUT?k We can cure yon without lt. If you have the PILES use Planter's Pile Ointment. We guarantee to give instant and permanent relief. Send five two cent htamps to cover postago and we will mail FREE package. Ad dress Dept. A. New Spencer Medicine Co., ' CHATTANOOGA, TENN. OPIUM ind WHISKY habits cured. Book 1 tnt Free.Dr.B.M-WooLtiT.ATLAWTA,<?A. GURfcS WriEflE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. In timo. Sold br druggista