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Famous Parrots at Washington. Chief Justice Fuller has a Mexican parrot of which he is very fond, and of whose acquirements he is exceed ingly proud. Its latest accomplish ment is to call the Chief Justice "Grandpa," The title was not so pleasing to him at first, but since his '..?vst married daughter, Mrs. Beecher, has presented the family with two grandchildren in two years he is per fectly resigned to the inevitable title even from a parrot's lips. There are eeveral distinguished friends of the Chief Justice who talk parrot with him, and swap bright sayings of their pets. For one, the British Ambassa dor has an exceedingly talkative and well Informed bird. His name is Ja cob, and he has been a pet in the fami ly fer thirteen years. Not long ago Jacob was blown from the window of the dining-room of the embassy, and was picked up in the street by a boy-a good boy as it happened and consequently was restored after about a week, in which the family nearly went distracted. The good boy was rewarded with the finest atlas that Sir Julian could find, with his name in it as a reward of merit, and the good boy is the envy of all his schoolmates. The wife of the Mexican Minister, Mme. Romero, has a parrot, who is a fine linguist. He speaks Spanish and French, and occasionally English. He is a beautiful Mexican bird, and is quite the idol of the family. Miss Mit chell, cousin of Mrs. Stanley Matthews, has a parrot of rare attainments, wi:c talks and sings. Judge Advocate Gen eral Lieber also has a well-trained parrot. The Queen's Precious Toys. At Osborne, during the festive sea pon, the little folks are always allowed to play with those toys that once be longed to the queen's children, but the nurses are held responsible for their safe keeping. There are the wheel barrows, rakes, spades, hoes, dolls, dolls' houses and mechanical animals which belonged to the Empress Fred erick, the Prince of Wales and their brothers and sisters, and, needless to say, the most extreme care is taken that none of these precious toys.are broken. Apropos of dolls' houses, perhaps the finest specimen in these isles of ours is that possessed by the little Lady Victoria Bentinck, the Duchess of Portland's little daughter. The doors open and shut, the stairs are carpeted, the reception rooms are hung with brocade, and tho bedrooms ire beautifully furnished.-London Figaro. Used to Electrical Shocks. The Ambulance Surgeon-This is most remarkable. The full current from the trolley wire passed through your body, yet the shock, which might have killed a horse, hasn't seemed to have feazed yon a bit. It seems per fectly unaccountable. The Victim-Not at all; my wife talks to me every day over the 'phone. -New York World. Sound Money Discussions. Between now and next presidential electiou there will be hosts of discussions of the ques tions of "sourd money" an 1 silver. However opinions may be divided on these points, there is but one public and professional opin ion, and that is a favorabis one, regarding tho merits ot Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a remedy for and preventive of malaria, as well as a curative of kidney complaint, dyspepsia, constipation, liver trouble and rheumatism. Ida Sharp, of Stockton, Pa-, wenttoaMeth odist revival last week and was so wrought up that she fell into a cataleptic lit Al! ef forts to arouse her have been futile and she will die. _ To Cure a Cold In Ono Day. * Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta. All Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. A cynical bachelor says that a widow should bu either married, buried, or shut up in a convent. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put toge ther. and until the last few years tvas supposed to be incurable. For a croat many years dectors {ironounced it a local disease and prescribed ocal remedies, aud by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it in curable. Science has proven catarrh tc bo a constitutional disease und therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, ohio, ls the only constitutional cure on the mark..''. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Tbcy offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F.J.CHENEY & Co.,Toledo,0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills aro thc best. The Komance of Palestine-The Greatest Hook of the Day. Written by Rev. J. W. Lee, D. D. If you want to make money send at once for circu lars and terni?. Two large editions were sold tho first Ct) days. Agents are coining money with this book. Highest endorsement by tho clergy and press everywhere. Territory be ing rapidly taken. If you want to make money this is your opportunity. Apply at once to The D. E. Luther Pub. Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Oh, What Splendid Coffee. Mr. Goodman, Williams. Co., 111., writes: "From ono package Saber's German Coffee Berry costing 15c I grew 300 lbs. of better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb." A. c. 7 A package of this codee and big seed and plant catalogue is sent you by John A. balzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon re ceipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness alter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great 6V erveRestirer. $2 trial bottleand treatise free, a. R. H. KLINE. Ltd., ?SI Arch St. Phila., Pa. DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION and all Stomach troubles cured by Taber's Pepsin Compound. Sample bottle mailed free. Write Dr. Taber Mfg. Co.. Savannah, Ga. Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up children's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. M. G. Bi.rNT, Sprague, Wash.. March 8, 1891. BloodHumors Spring is the Cleansing Season Don't Neglect Your Health You Need to Take Hood's Sarsa parilla Now Spring ls the season for cleansing and renewing. Everywhere accumulations of wasts are being removed and prsparations for the new life of another season are being made. This Is the time for cleansing your blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Winter has lett the blood impure. Spring Humors, Boils, pimples, eruptions, und that tired feeling are the results. Hood's Saraparilla expels all Impurities from the blood and makes it riohand nourishing. It builds np the nervous system, creates an appetite, gives sweet, refreshing sleep and renewed energy and vigor. It oures all spring humors, boils, pimples, eruptions. Hood's * parilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5, Prepared by C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Unnrl'c Pille ftr? the only Pills to take itOOU S rlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. ?NJOY LIFE wMSfi St. Andrew's Cold Tea AND BE HAPPY. M For sale by Dealers. To get free sample packages s^nd 2c. stamp to ANDREWS MFS. CO., Bristol. Tenn. OPIUM Habit. NEW HOME CURE. P?lales*. Na Detention (rom work. Oaarantetd. Writt DR. PURDY, "euston, Texas. PISO'S CURES WHERE AIL ELSE ... Best Cough Syrup. Taste* Good. Ute In time. Sold br druggists. OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR. LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Typographical-Penetration-Wad Case Accounted Por-Cool-Equally Damp Faith Cure-Arctic Accuracy-Progress in Domesticity-Too Much Snake, Etc. Tho removal of tho powder from _ His mustache he effects That is to say, ho prints tho kiss, And then the proof corrects. -Life. Penetration. "Bindley is a great hustler.'' "Yes, but he never has time to get started right."-Chicago Journal. Had Case. "What are von treating me for, doc tor?" "Loss of memory. You have owed mo a bill of $80 for two years."-De troit Free Press. Accounted For. Algernon-"I've such a deuced cold in me head, you know." William-"You must still have that Boston girl on youah mind, old chap." -Pittsburg Press. Equally Damp. "You throw cold water on every thing I undertake." "Well-you wouldn't like it any bet ter if I threw hot water, would you?" -Detroit Free Press. Cool. He (theatrically)-"You have re fused me! To-morrow I go to seek my fortune in the Klondike." She-"May I have thc refusal of you when you return?"-Puck. Fal t il Cure. "You took the doctor's advice?" "Yes." "And you are-" "Much better. I took it instead of the medicine."-Cincinnati Times Star. _ A Settler. "DarUng, idease answer me," he fairly moaned as he stood in the centre of the parlor. "I am on the rack." "So is your hat," shouted the old gentleman, who had a gallery seat on the stairway.-Detroit Free Press. Not to he Evaded. "Foiled!" hissed the burglar, and turned aud fled away into the night. For he had evaded the improved burglar alarm only to discover that there was an old-fashioned rocking chair in the front parlor.-Puck. Arctic Accuracy. "Spitzbergen is just about skeen teen miles from Washington as the crow flies," said Morgan. "Excuse me." remarked the arctic explorer, "you mean as the carrier pigeon flies."-Philadelphia North American. Mari? the Allowance. "Oratory is a gift, not an acquire ment," said the proud politician as he sat down after an hour's harangue. "I understand," said the matter-of fact chairman. "We're not blamin' you. . You done the best you could." -Detroit Free Press. L'lisclcntillc. First Arctic Explorer- "I have al ways considered Columbus a some what over-estimated mau." Second Arctic Explorer-"Why?" First Arctic Explorer-"He dis covered America the first time he went to look for it."-Puck. "***' Too Much Snalr^. Kisdig-"Form three snakes in a circle, and let each begin swallowing the other, and what will the result be?" Slimbig-"The result ! My dear boy, simply this. That if you don't stop drinking you'll land in a lunatic asylum. "-Philadelphia Call. Inconsist \ "I'm afraid of you," said Miss Kit tish to Mr. Callow, saucily. "That's strange," replied Mr. Cal low. "A few minutes rgo you-aw said that you were afwaid of nothing, doucher know. "Well, what of that?"-Detroit Free Pre^s. An Awful Ordeal. "Now just as soon as you are mar ried," said the experienced husband, "the life insurance solicitors will be after you ia droves." "Is matrimony so dangerous as that?" asked the candidato for nuptial honors, with apprehension in his voice. - Detroit Free Press. Why Ho Is u Bachelor. "No," said the rich old bachelor, "I never could find time to marry." "Well," replied the young wom.m with thc sharp'tongue, "I am not sur prised to hear you say so. Ii certainly would have taken a good while to per suade any girl to have you."-New Orleans Times-Democrat. Modern Improvements. Perry Patettic-"Whai; is these here bath-robes they advertise in the papers?" Wayworn Watson-"I give it up, unless it's some sort of rubber coat to keep wotter from gittin' ou a guy when he takes a bath because it is the style. "-Cincinnati Enquirer. In the Rhetoric Class. "Miss Kerbiff, iu the sentence, 'Daniel Webster stood there like a great oak tree,' point out the idea the author was trying to convoy. In what respect could Daniel Webster be said to resemble a 'great oak tree?' " "Well, he might have been rooted to the spot."-Chicago Tribune. The Boy thc Father of the Man. Binson-"How do you like married life?" Hoblow-"Oh, it makes me feel like a boy again." Binson-"How so?" Hoblow-"Because ? have to saw wood, lug up coal, run errands, and listen to a course of daily lectures on my shortcomings. "-Boxbury Gazette. Progr?s? in Domesticity. "Did you ever," asked the young husband, "have your wife look you in the eye when you came home and ask you if you had not forgotten some thing?" "Many a time, me boy," answered the old married man. "Sho does yet. In the early days it used to mean a kiss; now it is usually a reference to wiping my shoes."-Cincinnati En quirer. Faulty Judgment. "Here's an account of a man who has been arrested for stealing plays," said the man with the paper. "For stealing plays!" exclaimed the man who was smoking, in astonish ment. "That's what the paper says." "Oh, well, the trouble with him must have been that he didn't use any judgment. If he had stolen some of the plays I've seen they wouldn't ar rest him; they'd give him a vote of Shanks."-Chicago Times. WORDS OF WISDOM. Any one may clo a casual act of good nature, but a continuation of them shows it is a part of the temperament. The man who is ever lamenting, never rejoicing, is playing a part, for life is neither constantly painful nor constantly gay. The great duty of lifo is not to give ?pain; and the most acute reasoner cannot find au excuse for one who voluntarily wouuds the heart of a fel low creature. Teach self-denial, and make its prac tice pleasurable, and you create for the world a destiny more sublime thau ever issued from the brain of the wild est dreamer. True nobility is shown by gentle consideration aud courtesy to all, and brings ita owu reward in the extra fineness of perception its practice bestows. Good resolutions are like vines, a mass of beauty when supported on a frame, of good deeds, but very poor things when allowed to Un unheeded and untrained on the ground. . My experience leads me to believe that thc supply of poetry, or verse as sumed to be poetry, is more egregi ously in excess of the demand than auy other description of literature. To-morrow you have no business with. You steal if you touch to-mor row. It is God's. Every day has enough to keep every man occupied, without concerning himself with the things that lie beyond. It may be truly said that no man does any work perfectly, who does not enjoy his work. Joy in one's work is the consummate iool without which the work may be done indeed but without its finest perfection. Mun i* Condensed Air. Liebig, the greatest chemist of the century, writes: "Science has de monstrated the fact that man, the be ing which performs the great.wonders, is formed ot condensed air and solidi fied and liquid gases, that he liver upon condeused as well as uneon densed air, and that by means of the same mysterious agent he moves or causes to be moved, the heaviest weights with the velocity of the wind. But the strangest part of the matter is that thousands of millions of these tabernacles of condensed air are go iug on two legs, destroying othei forms of condensed air which they may need to build np their own wasted tissues, or for shelter or cloth ing, or, on account of their egotism and fancied power, destroying each other in pitched battles, using imple ments which aro but other forms of condensed air, the material of which the}' themselves are formed or com posed. Chemistry supplies the clear est proof that, so far as concerns this, the ultimate and most minute compo sition and structure, some of which are so infinitesimal as to be beyond the comprehension of our senses, man is, to all appearances, at least, com posed of materials identical with those which compose the structural being of thc ox or the dog, or even the lowest animal in the scale of creation." Solomon seems to have entertained thc same idea. See Ecclesias' ->s iii., 19: "Bor that which befalleth th* sons of men befalleth the beasts; as the ono dicth, so dieth the other; yea, thej' have all one breach; so that a man hath no pre-emineuce above a beast." Pittsburg Dispatch. Hatty MarrInj;e-l>y-SelecUon, "Let not blind passion guide yon in your choice of a life partner," ad vised a lecturer while lecturing at Scranton (South Dakota) on "Love, Courtship and Marriage," "but aim rather to select one of congewai tastes, fitting age and temperament similar to your own-your physical and mental complement." The professor looked sagely about and added: "That young lady," pointing to a damsel on tho front seat near tho platform, "has a sanguine temperament, domestic tastes, quick but not vindictive temper and a warm and loving disposition. There," and he pointed toa yoting mau near the center of the room, "is one who would make her an excellent husband. Their lives would blend harmoniously, and no matter how slight their mutual regard at first the union could not fail to be a happy one." The damsel was Miss ^tittie Weaver, daughter of a well-to-do merchant of Scranton. The man was J. W. Ellis, a stock raiser living near town. They had never met, but the professor's words nB.tur.ally caused an exchange of glan s. Tho inspection was mutually,, isfactory. So Ellis asked Miss Wit!,ver after the lecture what she thong iVof acting on the professor's suggestion. Miss Weaver saw no ob jection, a^.d added that there was no time like tho present. The County Clerk was in bed, but he donned his clothes at Ellis' summons and issued a license. A justice of the pence was roused from his couch, and iu less than an hour after the lecture the ceremony was completed and the two had been made one. -Detroit Fro3 Press. lind u Money-Making Hip. Railroad officials here are blue ove-: news received from Virginie. Two months ago a man fell on the platform of a train about five miles out o?'( this city. His heel caught in a crack and his hip was dislocated by II19 fall. Three surgeons examined him, includ ing the company's surgeon, and all de clared that the man would be a cripple for life. The mau was paid S2200 and his lawyer's fees. In addition to this he was furnished with a baggage car and transportation for his lawyer and a nurse to go with him to Chicago. The railroad officials felt that they had made a cheap settlement. The other day a man fell on a platform on the Norfolk and Western in Virginia and worked the same old story of the dis located hip. But he had been seen on the previous day hunting for a place to catch his heel. A traveling man was present and recognized him as the man who had been paid hythe Indian apolis road. An investigation revealed that the man was a professional, con tortionist and could dislocate any part of his body without pain. He has swindled several roads.-Indianapolis Correspondence Chicago Inter-Ocean. T.ai'catit Generator in the World. The largest armature for the largest generator of electricity ever made in the world for a trolley railroad has just becu completed in Cleveland, and was shipped yesterday from the works of the Walter Company for Brooklyn, N. y. The whole generator when assembled will be twenty feet high, twenty feet .long and fifteen feet wide, or equal in height to.four ordinary sized men. It is the first of a pair of such monsters being made by the Walker Company for the Brooklyn Heights Street Kail way Company. The armature, which is the revol ving part of the generator between tho magnets, weighs 09.000 pounds. It i?? seven and a half feet wide and ten aud a half feet high.-Washington Star. __ _ I ?? III >>mwn AGRICULTURAL,' White-Legged Fowls. In English markets white-legged fowls have the preference in the mar kets. Here the popular taste ?B re versed. Breed has much to do with color, bat we note that it is the heavier breeds tbat eat most corn which are fattest, and whose legs most show the yellow color that is an indication of superior quality. The English fowls are mostly fattened on barley and oats, as com cannot well be grown in the English climate. Buying Cheap Fertillxers, It is the natural tendency of farmers when confronted with low prices- of products to save themselves by the purchase of cheaper fertilizers, or by dispensing with any boughten fertiliz er. But this is nearly always a mis take. The cost, of? the fertilizer is only a small part of the cost of making a crop. Labor is a much more ex pensive item, and if the soil be not rich enough, much of this labor will be ineffective.' As. for using poorer grades of fertilizers, they cost as much to apply them as the best. In fact, the more expensive grades of fertilizers are usually in finer condition, and can be easily made to cover a large surface and do more good to the first croj). "-American Cultivator. A Cheap Plant Stand. Au.y boy can make this plaut staud with a few laths aud a few wire nails, and it need cost only a few cents. If the women folks make it themselves, they had better make it the length of a lath so that a saw need not be used, as sawing is one of the hardest things LATH FLOWER STAND. a woman eau do, as we know by ex perience. This stand is not so frail as it looks, as the laths are quite strong when placed on edge. Make the shelves first aud then make the frame and wherever the laths cross drive a wire nail through and clinch it. Paint the ataud green. -Farm, Field aud Fireside. Thc Caro of Xevr Seeding. It requires time as well as plenty of grass seed to make a perfect sod that shall cover the entire surface. Whoever after the ground has once been frozen in the fall, shall examine the grass seeding of the previous spring, will be surprised to find how little the soil is really covered. Be fore the freezing came the fresh leaves of grass seemed to make almost a perfect mat over the surface. But under the touch of frost the whole plant appears to shrink to not more thau a quarter of its original size. This allows much freezing of the sur face soil, and many of thc grass roots are undoubtedly destroyed, as the soil is alternately lifted by freezing and falls back again whenever thc hold of the frost has relaxed. A mixture of clover and grass seed helps to cover the surface much better the first winter than grass can possi bly do alone. Tho clover will in such case make a spreading head that will cover most of the surface. It, too, will show the pinching of winter's freezing, but as thc clover leaves are browned and fall on tho soil they cover the grass roots -with just the. kind of fertilizing mulch that is needed to make rapid growth when springtime comes. The clover will also start into growth quickly enough to check the weeds that ave pretty sure to get the advantage when grass seed is sown alone iu weedy soil. Beauty is Utility. Does it pay to cultivate flowers, or namental trees and shrubs and make thc surroundings of a farm home at tractive? A farmer should plaut only such trees and shrubs as aro useful. As for flowers, of what use are they? We often hear tho useful and orna mental contrasted as if they were the antipodes of comparison. Anything that ministers to our physical needs is useful. Anything that does not afford food or shelter may be beautiful, but if it is not essential to our existence it is of no particular usc, so we are told. What things aro essential to our existence? We find ourselves subject to certain laws. Wc aro hungry and must eat, thirsty and must drink, cold and must be warmed. We comply with these laws and we exist. But "it is not all of lifo to live." If it were, we would be no better than the ' 'beasts that perish." We have a higher na ture that demands attention. We have no more right to neglect or starve it than we have to abuse our bodies. Potatoes and cabbages are excellent things to have in the garden, but there are more suitable plants for the front yard. Let us plaut trees for protec tion, shade and ornament. They will serve also as homes for our friends, the birds, who cheer us with their merry songs whilo they guard our orchards aud gardens from injurious insects. Trees should ' be carefully selected and planted so that they will not en tirely shut out the purifying, health giving sunshine. We occasionally see a home fairly buried in trees, so that moisture col lects on the walls and a musty atmo sphere pervades the place. But the owner who has plante.; and tenderly watched the growth of the trees can rarely be persuaded to remove even one. Groups of trees ave fine for shade. But let them be removed a space from the house. Pines may be planted in a circle, the lower limbs trimmed away on the inside as the trees grow, mak ing a lovely summer house carpeted and roofed with fragrant pine needles. Here one may swing iu a hammock and eu joy a book after the day's work is done; or the children may spread their lunch and "playhouse." Ornamental shrubs may be planted where a tree would bo out of place. They may screen an unsightly view; but they should not be scattered pro miscuously about the yard. A well kept lawn is always beautiful, but one besprinkled with shrubs and flower beds is not always. When laying out flower-beds in the spring, we must consider our time and strength as well as our love for flowers. We are tempt ed to plant more in May than -we can cultivate in July. Often a bed of cut flowers in a corner of the kitchen gar den will afford more real satisfaction than elaborate designs. Trees, shrubs and flowers, if -well chosen and tastefully arranged, in crease our happiness by making home life more enjoyable, and are, there fore, iu the highest sense useful. Margaret Marlowe. German and Swiss competition has had a depressing effect on the Calais mechanical lace ti ?de. WOMAN'S WORLD1 Memorial to a Woman. Mrs. Margaret McDonald Stanton founded the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames. A memorial is being erected to her by her husband, the Professor of Political Economy. It is a bell tower containing a chime of oleTen bells. A Much-Needed Invention. To women who still cling to tho trim little bow tie,, inoire is the material used in black, and twenty-nine inches in length. The individual who will invent black ties, dark furs, and other dark articles of wearing apparel worn up around tho neck which will not leave a black mark on au immaculate collar will receive the blessing of tho community. Gnn-Metal Beading. The newest things among the novel ties are gun-metal beading, very much seen on fine half-mourning dresses, and gun-metal buckles for hats and throat latches, and in dress decoration, gun-metal belts. Another charming recent arrival, to be hailed by women of small purses and large ambitions, is the late jewelry noticed in the shops. Scraps of pretty old lace are applied on black or cream net and worn as dog collars, and as collars with lace tendrils falling out on the shoulders as pendants. Lace brace lets are among other pretty oddities, and especially exquisite patts; ns are mounted on white wire and worn as coronets in the hair. A Kldlcnloufl Fashion Craze. The fashion of wearing aigrettes and feathers in the hair in the evening has become such a "craze" that some ol the girls are rebelling against it. Thej are at least opening their eyes to th? fact that a fashion which it carried tc such nu extreme ceases to be an at tractive one, in the first place, and, in the second, that the slaughter of birds must be something terrible to supplj the demand. To give some examples of what is being done in the way ol killing birds, at a large ball the othei oveniug one girl wore as ornaments (fancy calling them o.naments!) three blackbirds, with spread wings, one in front nestling on her curls, and one on each side. Another girl wore a large and entire bird of paradise, with sweeping tail, at one side of her head; and still another had, directly on top of her head, a tremendous marabout aigrette, big enough for a hearse! plume, in black and white. If she' had only known how unbecoming it was! But it is the fashion, you knowf -Harper's Bazar. Latest In Hosiery. The shops are making a brave dis play of silk stockings for balls and cotillons, and dancing slippers to match. Now that the season for all tho large balls has opened my lady must ponder on the proper thing for her foot gear. All the articles in a woman's costume must be in perfect unison. A few years ago, it sufficed if a woman wore a handsome white or black silk stocking and white or black satin Louis XV. slippers for dancing. In fact, for a long time a black slipper and stocking were the only ones permissible. All this is changed to-day and a woman's foot dressing must correspond with her gown. As a rule, the clippers are made to order from pieces of the gown to be worn. The first class shoemakers make a specialty of matching the colors of the gowns and making slippers to order. As regards stockings, that is a diff?rent matter, and as the stocking cauuot be woven of silk the exact shade of the gown, the shopkeepers aro obliged to carry a very large and extensive stock of hosiery in all shades and styles. Some of these silken hose are per fect dreams of beauty. The favorite fashion this year is a very delicate pattern of lace work ?ver tho instep, and lace work clocking. One of the newest novelties shows a clock work of open work lace which is fully two iuohos wide at the heel, spreading so as to show on either side of the front when it is on the foot, and tapering up to a point on the side. This is sometimes in a contrasting shade, but the effect is prettiest when it matches the stocking. Blue silk stockings, embroidered all over with tiny rosebuds, are another novelty, and pale blue silk stockings, with a beautiful design in black Chantilly lace over the instep, are an other favorito style this winter. The oxquisite patterns in the lace work de signs in pale blue, pink, green and lavender stockings are more like works of art than ordinary foot gear. The latest fad in stockings for street and; house wear are those of plaid silk and fine lisle thread. These stockings1 are mostly shown in the dark blue, green and black plaids, with large cross bars of bright gold. After the question of the stocking is decided then comes the selection of the slippers, and it would be difficult to please a woman who could not take her pick and make her choice among the great variety offered for inspec tion."-New York Herald, Fashion Noten. Belts of all kinds and conditions are worn, but one of the prettiest fancies is the belt of finely-tucked black satin or colored velvet. It is announced that ginghams are to occupy an important position in the line of spring cotton goods. Small plaids will be a favorite design. Bangle bracelets are coming into favor again. Coin bangles aro popu lar, and gold and silver baugles enam eled in colors are especially pretty. Even the severe-minded tailor-made girl is now regarding with a favorable eye the cluster of pretty, airy curia that are permitted to fall from tha lower part of some of the very latest French coiffures. Some of the newest silk waists are made of damasses, showing colored designs on black grounds cr black de signs on colored grounds, the latter being in moire effects. The designs are arranged in clouded groups and irregular outlines. Lace of yellowish antique color ia liberally used with fur, and even the orthodox fur muff, with some of ita padding removed to give a flat effect, becomes a thing of beauty when frills of lace fall from each side and unite on the top under a bouquet of scented violets. Handsorao leather belts are shown with raednllions of gold and silver and enamel sunk into them. Some unique Fronch leather, belts are studded with jewels. The new velvet belt is a dainty toilet adjunct, and the most effective bucKle is of cut steel, engraved silver or dull gold. The skirts, waists and sleeves of ball gowns and evening costumes are tucked, and the tucks lap over each other. The square-cut neck is much seen, and sleeves are in leg-o'-mutton style and are made a little longer. The dressiest waists fasten iuvisibly under the arm, PLANTINC_THE TREE, What do we plant when we plant the tr#?? We plant the ship which will cross tho ssa; We plant the mast to carry the sail; We plant the plunks to withstand tba gaie The keel, the keelson, and beams andkn?a; We plant the ship whon wo plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant tho tree! We plant the homos for you and me. We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, Wo plant the studding, the laths, the doow, Tho beams and sidings, all parts that be We plant thc home when wo plant thetreo. * What do we plant when we plant tho tree? A thousnnd things that wo dally soe. We plant the spires that outtower tho crag, Wo plant tho stalT for our country's flag, We plant the shade, from tho hot sun freo; Wo plant all thcso whoa wo plant tho I roo. -Now Yoik Evangelist. PITH AND POINT. "Those opposition fellows at Colum bus received a decided check." "What was the amount'?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer. He-"But you might in timo learn to like me." She-"It is not impossi ble, if you will keep out of my sight." -Boston Transcript. "Do you know I don't think much j of Mawson." "You don't have to. You can size Mawson up in two sec onds."-Brooklyn Life. Peggy-"Aw-Miss Guace, youah always in my mind, dontcher know." Miss Grace-"Goodness! that is worse than living in a flat."-Up-to-Date. . Hattie-"Maude doesn't show her age at all. does she?" Ella-"No; but you can see where she scratched it out of the family Bible."-Chicago News. He-"She told me I was the light of her heart." She-"Then what?" He-"Well, her old mau came down and put the light out."-Columbus Journal. Her Father-"Have you heard my daughter sing, young man?'' Edwin (nervously)-"Ye-es-sir-but in spite of that-I should like to have her, sir."-Ally Sloper. . Tommy-"A lighthouse is a sign of rocks, isn't it, paw?" Mr. Figg-"lb depends on whether you are referring to the seashore or the drama."-In dianapolis Journal. "No, I never take the newspapers home; I've a family of grown-up daughters, you know." "Papers too full of crime, eh?" "No, too full of bargain sales."-Truth. Edith-"She siugs like a canary." Bertha-"Oh, no! A cauary begins to sing when people commence to talk; people commence to talk when she begins to sing."-Boston Transcript. Tommy-"Paw, what sort of a fight er is a 'cyclone fighter?' " Mr. Figg -"I don't know much about fighters, but I suppose it is one who goes blow ing around."-Indianapolis Journal. "Does that baby of yours talk yet?" "His mother says he does; but if it is talk, then the kid has invented a new node of slang that will make him fa mous."-Philadelphia North Ameri can. His Opiuion.-"Whatareyou doing, Jimmie?" "Readin* th' dictionary through." "How do you like it?" "Oh, some o' the words is good, but others hain't much sense in 'em." Judge. Old Million-"My dear Miss Young thing, if you'd only marry me I could die happy. ". Miss Youugthing "Why, Mr. Million, if you were dying I'd marry you in a minute."-New York Weekly. "Why does the baron look so glum? I thought he had just married an heiress." "So he has; but he specu lated a few days after the' marriage and lost the better half of his wife." Fliegende Blatter. Mr. Romanz-"I tell you what, a baby brightens up the house, aud that's a fact." Mr. Practickel-"Yes; we've had to keep the gas burning all uight ever since ours was born." Philadelphia Record. "Do you think that glasses tend to weaken the sight?" asked Colonel Stillwell's friend. And after pensive consideration the colonel replied: "It depends, sub, entirely on how many you take."-Washington Star. A norse aft a? Orevfteer. On Sunday a mover in a prairie schooner passed through Parsons. I Kan., going West. He had a small ! drove of mules and several horses, all loose, following the wagon, and among them was a beautiful sorrel horse, with bridle and saddle on, but no rider. People on the streets no ticed that the sorrel seemed to be overseeing tho herd and would round them up occasionally. As the caravan reached Central avenue the sorrel horse ran ahead and stood in the mid dle of the street, looking up and down, as if watching for danger. After sat isfying himself that the way was clear he rounded up the herd and the cara van started again. Having reached the "Katy" cross ing, the animal again went ahead, and standing in the centre of the tracks, looked intently each way. When the herd had partially crossed the tracks he suddenly pricked up his ears, and hurrying to the rear, he rushed the herd across on the run. A train was coming from the south, and passed shortly after he had got safely over. He hurried to the next track, which brauches off several rods from the main line, and seeing a train coming from the opposite direction, rounded up his herd and waited until it passed. It was a most remarkable performance, witnessed by a large number of people on the streets. The horse was evidently a high bred ani mal, built like a racer, with small ears and very intelligent head. During all this time the mover did not get out of the wagon, but left the management of the whole matter to the horse. A Mau Faurs Tor Twenty Year*. There is a Jew, a native of Litsk. Russia, living iu the East End of London, who has fasted for twenty years, his solo daily diet during that time consisting of six pints of milk, three pints of beer, and half a pound of Demerara sugar. His name is Morris Fox. He is au excellent Tal mudical scholar, and in spite of his frugal meals, he is the most healthy, iutelligent and wideawake persou in his quarter. He is now o/er forty. At the age of seventeen, it appears, he caught some lingering fever, which ! shattered his constitution ard entirely destroyed his digestive organs. He took many kinds of treatment from mauy physicians, until his stomach became inured to all medicine. At tho Kioff Hospital they vainly tried to cure him by sponging and electrolysis; at Vienna his physicians included the well-known Drs. Albert and North nagel. His treatment at Carlsbad was a failure; then he traveled to K?nigs berg, when the physicians decided that he must live on sugar, milk and beer. He adopted their prescription, and soon regained normal health. For twenty years no solid food has passe?! his mouth. ttagfi's Golden Rute. There was once a man out West of the name of Boggs, and everything went his way. He was so fortunate as to be the object of much curiosity and comment among his associates and acquaintances, who asked him how he played his game. Mr. Boggs replied that he worked on a theory that was left his as a legacy by his father, who was one of the most suc cessful men he had ever known. He divided his proportion among the other children, and to his eldeel son, John Boggs, he left the family Bible, as a token of his love and confidence, and added that "within its pages you will find the secret of my success In life." Boggs v/as a good deal put out, but he had a philosophical tem perament, and nobody discovered his chagrin and his feeling of envy toward his brothers and sisters, who divided the real and personal property. The next Sunday he took down the Holy Word from the shelf, and, turning over its pages, discovered a sealed en velope which bore his name written in the well-known hand of his father. Tearing lt open he found a short but significant sentence upon a sheet of pnper. In telling his story Boggs said that he had faithfully followed his father's dying Injunction, and the the ory which the'old man had practised so successfully had been equally valu able to himself. Then, of course, everybody sprung up and Inquired what was written on that piece of paper. "Only this," said Boggs . "Lots of good things are lost by not asking for them."-Chicago Record. An Uneven Race. Twynn-I hear that Skidmore has led the Widow Weeds to the altar. Triplet-That is what it is called for politeness sake, but from my post of observation it looked as though the widow were a neck ahead of him all the way up the aisle.-Exchange. Emergency Preparations. "Does your wife ever raise a row with you when you go home full?" "I don't know. When I go home that way I take the precaution to be so full that I never know what she does." _ Ke?-p on Scratching. Dip clear into the bone and tho Tatter will only ht? the worse. There's only or e way to treat an irritated, diseased ?-kin. Soothe it. Kill the germs thnt en use thc trouble and heat it up sound and strong. Only one thing in the world will do this-Tftterino. It's 50 cents a box nt drug stores or postpaid for 5l> cents in stamps by J. T. Shuptrinc, Savannah, Ga. You can't judge a mini's character by tho high standing ot his collar. Chew Star Tobacco-The Best Smoke Sledge Cigarette? Woman is tho fairest creature on oarth also the uufairest. ' M rs. Wi nslow \s Sooth lng Syru p for child ren teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pah:, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. f Beware^ QPHJM? 9 ? ISI ever gi\ e a remedy con tainiug ? G)pium to your children. 2 Refuse to accept strong, poisonous ? IV3 edie:nes that arc not O Alone nauseating but dangerous. ^ NoRNA1V3 Neutralizing Cordial Saves children from premature death. Carries health and a new lease O? life to numbers of sufferers. Rosy cheeks, good appetite, restored Digestion, are results of its use. 11 is the sovereign remedy for All affections of the stomach and Lower bowels. Absolutely cures ? DYSPEPSIA. T 25 and 50c. at druggists and dealers. ? THE NORMAN CORDIAL CO., Prop's, 9 CHARLESTON, S. C. NORMAN'S INDIAN WORM PELLETS ? i Remove Worms. Thc Best LlYcr Pills. ? io and 25c. A Corn responds readily to proper fer tilization. Larger crops, fuller ears and larger grain are sure to result from a liberal use of fertilizers containing at least 7% actual Potash Our books are free to farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 53 Nassau St., New York. But that Has Not Changed Our $5 A MONTH UNEXCELLED HOME TREATMENT. This includes consultation, examination, treatment and all medicines. SPECIALTIES-Catarrh and all Diseases of tho Kar, N'ose, Throat and Lungs, Nervous Dis eases, Skin and Chronic IMseases. Z2>" Write JW Free Svniptom Book. COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Rooms 315-310 Klser Building, ATLANTA, GA. OPIUM and Liquor Habit eared in 10 to 30 days. No pay till cured. Dr. J. L. Stephens, Dept. A, Lebanon, Ohio. EXPOSURE t( \ gAS pi Wet entii orga Profuse, ? Whites, F health-de to follow cautions eases app C Ferr It will reg ^female die It is used i sultations If there is indigestio Liver Reg MY DAUGHTER SU From female irregularities, and bad ti could get no reliet. and we had despaii try Gerstle's Female Panacea, ; For Sale at Drug St L. QEKSTLE & CO., Props. 'wWfWwWwWf mt STOEIES OF RELIEF* Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham,^ Mrs. Jomr "WH.LU.MS, Englishtown} N. J., writes : V " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I cannot be? gin to tell you how I suffered before talcing your remedies. I was so weak that I could hardly walk across the floor without falling. I had womb trouble and such a bearing-down feeling ; also suffered with my back and limbs, pain in womb, inflammation of thc bladder, piles and indigestion. Before I had taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal b?ticr, and after taking two and one half bottles and half a box of your Liver Pills I was cured. If more would take 3'our medicine they would, not have to suffer so much." > Mrs. JosErn PETERSON, 513 East St., Warren, Pa., writes: 1 .'DEAR MRS. PIXKIIAM:-I have suf fered with womb trouble over fifteen years. I had inflammation, enlarge ment and displacement of the womb. I had the backache constantly, also headache, and was so dizzy. I had heart trouble, it seemed as though my heart was in my throat at times chok ing me. I could not walk around and I could not lie down, for then my heart would beat so fast I would feel as though I was smothering. I had to sit up in bed nights in order to breathe. I was so weak I conld not do any thing. ''I have now taken several bot tles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and used three pack ages of Sanative Wash, and cu' say I am nerfectly cured. I do not think I could have lived long if Mrs. Pink ham's medicine had not helped me." FREE ? SCIIOLAR FOR SHIP. ACTUAL BUSINESS TAUGHT Railroad Faro Paid. POSITIONS GUARAN TEED, Opon all year to Both Sexes. GcorKin-Aliilmiii.i liuslnexH Collcce, MACON, GEORGIA. THE FRAUD ENJOINED. Report oi Decree-Tho Famous 850.? OOO Trade-mark Caso Decided-C. F. Simmons Medicine Company, St. f.onis, Defeats *J. II. Zcilin <fc Co., Philadelphia. [From St. Louis Ropubllc. Juh 4,1393.] " Tho Supromo Court of Tennessee- ou Juno 30 de cided th? moit importent trade-mark cuo that bu ever ben tried In that State and ono ot tho largest ?Ter tried in tho Union, affirming and enlarging tho opinion of tho court below. Tho court he d; 1. Tba: Dr. II. A. Simmons, the predecessor of complainant, by extensivo advertising of his celo Drated remedy known as " Simmons Liver il CL I lino,'1 mndo it a standard remedy for Hrcr direases los; pri >r to the inquisition by J. H. Zcilin ft Co. ot any rights. 3. That ?hs assignor of J. H. Zeilin ft Co., through irhnm they claimed tho rieht to mako tho frcudclont packages enjoined, never derived any tiilefrora A. Q. Simmons to mako tho medicino nor to uso bis name or picture, and that such uso by Zcilin & Co. is A irnud upon the pubJIc, and is thcrcicro cr.jolccd, & That Zellin ft Co. purposely, fraudulently la beled their medicine in Imitation of comj-'iinant's medicino to unfairly appropriate tho trade rf th? Simmons Medicine Company, and tho execution ot this fraudulent purposo and act ls enjoined. 4. Enjoined Zoilin ft Ct. from ualrg t??lr com petitor's trado-narr.o, trade-narks, or syrrbch, or initiations thereof, to deceive the public And unfairly appropriate to themsolvoa tho trade of tho C. r. bun mom Medici no Co. 6. Enjoined Zeilin & Co., from dcroiring a-d practicing a frau 1 upon tho pub;:; by labeling their packages in imitation ct tho wrappcra and trade marks of the complainant. C. Enjoined Zei'.in & Co. from tho manufacturo and saleot tho rr.cdi ino under tho name of "Sim mons Liver Medicine," cr "I.'r. Simmons Liver Medicine,'1 or " Liver Modi cleo by A. Q. Simmons," and from using tho picture ot A. Q. Simmons la connection thcrowiih. 0 7. Enjotcod Zeilin ft Co., their assignees, agents and employos from decelvl.itf and practicing a bard upon the public by the sale of packages thus falsely Iib' li I. either upen orders or calls for tho gonnine '.Simmiso Livor Medicino" of complainant, or la r.nr i>ackago thus fatecly labeled. 8. The court stated that it rcs tho pnrposo of the court to entirely dectroy lha fraudulently labc'.cd packages abovo described, and causo th.i: removal from the market, and ordered Zellin ft Co. o d. I Ivor to tao cleric to bo destroyed, all cuts, dies, electro types, engravings ced other paraphernalia used In impressing oitherof the above names or the picture of A. Q. Uimmoss. 9. Decreed that Zeilln ft Co. pay all the damages which har? accrued to complaisant tr tho salo of these fraudulently labood poci'.i?es. Tho .dnsnoges Claimod by compln.ma.nt nen i'-O,'.' 0. 10. Beerend that Zella & Co. pay all th? costs, which amount to several thoasand dol lars, tho record being ono of tho largest ever Clod in tho Supremo Court." - -- Cheap Medicino. As ? rulo, "chea? medicine" ia inert, worthless, of dangerous. In Zcilin ft Co.'eanstvcr to our bill they said the package* enjoined were designed as "cheap negro medicine for tho negroes of tho Mississippi Valley." ri ow", as Zollin & l o.'s advertisements pay, and their manager swore, that all the liver medicine which they mako ?3 made by the samo formula, is t.. Is cot conclusive evi lenco from their sworn testimony, and advertisements, tbatalt the livor medici ne emaa atiugf rom them is "Cheap Negro Medicine?" ques tion : Do ti.o erk of America desiro"Cheap Negro Medicine?" Let tho afflicted answor by their future purchases. Dr. M. A. Simmons* Lirer Me Keino, established in ls not "cbeap medi cine." It ?J *no cure all," ?nd is only recom mended for thoso indispositi ons caused by inactivity of the liver. FOR 14 GENTS We wish to gain 110,000 ns tr cus tomers, ?nd bene* offer 1 Pkg. 13 Oay Kadish, lOe 1 Pkg. Esrly Spring Turnip, 10s - .' Eirliost R-!d Beet, lOo ** Bismarck Cuccmber, 10c 1 " Quern Victoria Lettuce, 16o % Klondyke Melon, l?o j " Jumbo Giant Onion, l?e J '. Brilliant Flower Seeds, Uo * ' Wortb $1.00, for 14 cents, t j Above 10 pkg a. worth $1.00, we will ( m-.il you free, together with onr i great Plant and Seed Catalogue j upon receipt of this notico and He. J ?ostage. We invite your trade sud J now when yon once try Salter's 1 i seeds you will never get along with-1 ont them, Potatoes at ?L.60 j a Bbl .Catalog alone fie. No.Ac ' j nug A. siLnit two co., LL cxojw, wa. j fl* Ol Elli ?*" ? ?-> 3 XllffilNlR. tia. Aciuai bUMnnr.-. IfptftXI books- Short time. Cheap board, hin.l tor etCftlogtt*. XCatalogues sent free descriptive of?? Furniture, ltnby Carriiures, Steel W Kan-res, Refrigerators, Ice Cream ? Freezers, Oil xnrl Gn?olin?- Stoves. Jp* Wo:? * Bowaoat SttTs t Fursitri Cc, .#m 86 4 87 Whitehill Ctrset.' Ladies Wanted. TO TRAY lil Jor old est ?lil lobed house. Permanent position. $40 per month ?nd all expenses P.W.ZIEGLER & CO., iii Locust St., Philadelphia. MENTION THIS PAPER ?u".f?fo D WET^COLD roven disastrous to many women, feet and damp clothing chill the :e system and the delicate female ns are at once effected. Painful, Suppressed or Obstructed Menses, 'ailing of the Womb, or some ether stroying disease is almost certain such exposure unless proper pre are taken. Wh?r my of these die ear women snouia c .'gin the use of ?ERSTLE'S laie Pan?cea. v??oc(Q, p, mm ;ulate the menses, euro all forms of lease, and give health and strength, n the privacy of the home. No con . No humiliating examinations, i any tendency to constipation or ?n take mild doses of St. Joseph's ula tor. FFEREDINTENSELY ried physicians and other remer?ies. but .ed ot her recovery. We were induced to and I believe it saved herbie. A. J. MACE. Jamestown, Tenn, ores, $1.00 per Bottle. , Chattanooga, Tenn,