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A WOMAN'S WORD. Strange, ain't it, bow a woman's word, Her answer, yes or no. Can plunge a heart by passion stirred In ecstasy or woo? Aa' that's jus', what's a-botherin' mo ld give a world to know Jes' what her answer's coin' to bc- , Tl! bet she says it slow. I'd rather hear the doom o' death, Twould be no harder blow, ? Thia jes' the simple whispered breath ier little answer, "No. But then upon tb'J other side, Altho' 1 ?Jare no guess, Yet there's n hint she doesn't hWte I httievo she'll uuswer "Yes." it How Sile MW Him. I 3? - $ ? BY CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS. ? Littlewood Phillips had been in love with Mildred Farrington for two .'years, "ever since he first w.ct her at the Hollwell's card party. He had no good reason to doubt that his love was fetorned, yet so fearful was he that h? had misread her feelings, so much 'did he dread her refusal of his suit, that he had never hiuted that she-was more to him than any of the girls he met at the church sociables and card parties in Newington. Innumerable chances for a declaration of love had offered themselves, for he . was , a regular caller at the Farrington man sion, but this youth was as devoid of spunk as a hare, aud was no nearer the RAIUI of his desires today than he had oeen when,Cupid first aimed his . dal t at him. ' ; So matters stood when a snowfall - that brought sleighing in its wake* visited Newington, and Littlewood , berame conscious of the fact that he had actually asked Miss Farrington to take a ride with him. Of course he must perforce bring matters to a crisis now. He was afraid that Judge Far rington would be asking his inten tions,;'und it would be humiliating to have such a question come before ho could refer him to the girl for an answer. No, beyond a doubt he must pluck up courage to ask her to be his wife ?i: else cease calling upon her au "aj'f'irnative , that was hideous errtjp.-gh to chill his heart. l'he eveuiug was soon at hand. A crescent moon shone in the east and the stars were cold and scintillating. H? walked to the live/y stable aud ?isked for the cutter, and a few miu utcs later he was driving a handsome chestnut to thi house where his thoughts speutmost <-f tho time. Miss Farrington kept him waiting a good half-hour, but he rejected that it wns the privilege of her glorious sex, and it only made him love her the more. If she had come oat aud placod her dainty foot upon his nock he would have been overcome with rapture. In fact, in his present state, which had also been his state for twenty-four mouths, Little wo jd was not mauy re moves from a calf. It was cold waiting, so he got ont and hitched' his horse aud paced in front of her honse, her faithful sen tinel until death-if need be. Not that there was any reason to think that his services wqtild be required; but it pleased his solf-love to imagiue himself dying for this lovely being of whom his tongue stood in such awe that it could scares loose itself in her presence. AtJast she appears. The restive horse'slants his ears nt her and paws - thegrohnd inadmiration of her beau* For Mildred-was as pretty as regular features, a fair skin and melting eyes could make her. Littlewood handed her into the sleigh, stoppotl in himself, tucked ia the robes and chirruped to the horse That intelligeut animal did not move. A flush of mortification o'erspread the face of the would-be amorous swain. A balky horse, and at the start! What ... -chance would hs have to deliver his precious message that was to make two hearts happy? He clicked again to the hur.se, but again the horse con tinued to stand still. 'Toil might unhitch him, Mr. Phillips. That would help," said Mildred iu her sweet voie . "Oh, yes-t-to be sure. I must have tie! him. I moan I-e;--I-di -I think I did hitch-er-" ^j'^Thjece sjeams tb have been a hitch somewhere," she answered. He stepped out of the sleigh and looked over his shoulder at her in a startled way. Could she mean any thing? Was this enoourageme.it? Oh, no. Jt wa? too soou. (Too soon,and he had been in love "two. years!) He unhatched" the'hdrsc and once more placed himself beside his loved one. The frosty night seemed to have set a seal npou her lips, for as they sped over the crouching snow and left the _town behind them she was silent. ' "Fniust have, offended her. I've probably made a break of some kind," said Littlewood to himself. "How un'ortunate. But I must tell her to night. It is now or never. This at tention is too marked to pass as a mere courtesy of the winter season. She knows I never took anybody but my mother sleigh ridiug before." Then bogan the process of nerving himself to the avowal. He ground his knees together until the bones allied. His breathing was feverish. "Mnin-Mildewed -I mean Mil dred." And then he stopped. He had never called her Mildred before. Ho had never calle "I her Mildowed,either, but that was accidental, and he hoped (hat she had not noticed the slip. "I have something of the greatest importance to say to you." Did he imagine it, or did she nestle closer to him. He must have been mistaken, and to show that he was quito sure he ?dged away from her as . mich as the somewhat narrow con fines of the sleigh would allow. "What do you wish to say, Mr. Phillips?" "Mister" Phillips. Ah, then she was offended. To be sure sho had al ways called him that, but after his last remark it must have an added significance. "I-er-do you like sleigh riding?" "Why, of course,or else I wouldn't have come." . Did she mean that as a slap at him? Was it only for the ride and not for his company that she had come? Oh, he could never make au avowal of love after that. He knew his place. This beautiful girl was not for a faint hearted caitiff like himself. "Nun-nun-no, to be sure not. I -er-thought that was why you came." Mildred turned her gazelle-like eyes upon him. "I'm afraid I don't under stand you." That settles it. If she didn't under stand'hrnr when he talked of nothing in particular, he must be very blind to his utterance, and he could never tr/jst his ongue to carry such a heavy fi eight as a declaration of love. No, tnere was nothiu : to do but to post pouo it. After al!, her house was the best place for it. The horse sped r.n, past mantled -aeadews ??d through pine woods full of filtered moonlight, and Mildred drank in the beauty of the scenes and wished that it were decorous for woMea. to propose. The uight was ravishing-, the sleigh bells jinglad harmoniously, the horse swept oil with steady.rhythuiic stride, and under the influence of sw<;dt sur roundings Mildred at last said, point edly; "Is it so that more people get engaged in winter thau iu summer?" She blushed as she spoke. It was uu maidenLy, but he was such a dear gunlp. Now he would declare him self. But she did not know the capa bilities for self-repression of her tv. o year admirer. He said to himself: "What a slip, what a delightful slip! If I were nu principled I would take advantage of it and propose, but I would bitterly reproach myself forever, whatever her answer was," so he said, in as matter of-fact tone as ho could master when his heart was beating his ribs like a frighteued cageliug: "I really can't luswer on", but I'll look it up for you." "Do. "Write a letter to the news paper." Her tones were as musical as ever, but Littlewood thought he detected ? sarcastic ring in thein,and he thanked his stars that he had not yielded to his natural desire to propose at such au inauspicious time. "What was that important thing yon Avanted to say?" asked Miss Far rington, after several minutes of silence, save for the hoofs and the ruuuers and the .bells. "Oh, it wasn't of any importance. I mean it will .keep-I-er -I was thinking of something else." "I thiuk you have gone far enough," said she, innocently, look'ug over ber shoulder iu the direction of home. Maybe the return would loosen his ob durate tongue. His heart stopped beating and lay, a leaden thing, in his breast. Had he, then, gone too far? What had he said? Oh, why had he come out with this lovely being, the mere sight of whom wns enough to make any one cast all restraint to the winds and de clare iu thunderous tones that he loved her? "I thiuk that we'd bettor go back," he said, and turned so quickly that he nearly upset the sleigh. "Your mother will be anxious." "Yes, when one is accouutable to one's mother oue has to remember time. I suppose it is different when one is accountable to a-" "Father?" said Littlewood, asin inely. "No.that wasn't the word I wanted. "A-a'-aunt?" Could Mildred love him if <? gave mauy more such proofs of being an abject idiot? "No, husband is what I want." Littlewood's brain swam. He had been tempted once too often. This naive girl had innocently played into his bauds, and now the F.ubicon must be crossed, even if its angry waters engulfed him. "Pardon nie, Miss-er-Mildred" he did not say Mildewed this time "if I twist your words into another meauiug, but if yon -er-did-er want a husband-do you think that I would do?" A head nestled on his shoulder, a little hand was in his, and when he pussed the Farrington mansion neither he nor she knew it.-Chicago Record. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Comfort is tedious when it lasts too loug.-Elizabeth Stoddard. Cleverness is serviceable for every thing, sufficient for nothing.-Amiel. A descent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.-John son. Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.-John son. The common opportunity comes, ?3 the divinest 0])porti nity in the whole history of the world came, cradled in obscurity.-Christian Union. Kiud looks, kind words, kind acts, aud warm hand shakes-these are the secondary means of grace when men are in trouble, and are fighting their unseen battles.-Dr. John Hall. I have no doubt that much sorrow might be prevented if words of en couragement were mbre frequently spoken, fitly and iu season; and there fore to withhold them is sin. -C. H. Spurgeon. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well eoueern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speal what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contracts everything you said today.-Emerson. It is the little words you speak, the little thought you thiuk, the little, thiugs yon do or leave undone, the little moments you wastoor use wisely, the little temptations which you yield to or overcome-the little things of every day tL.U are making or marring your future life.-Light on the Hid den Way. The present consequences of our conduct are not all wo have to meet. The Hues of moral and spirit ual law mustruu ou through all worlds and states of being. The change which is made by dro?)ping the body cauuot arrest the effect of deeds done in the body- So far as those deeds were done by the mind and will, they work their results in the mind and will.-Channing. For the world to say, and for us to hear, nothing better thau "Enjoy!" is to turn the relation between the world and mau iuto something hardly better thau that which exists between ihc cornfield and the crows.He who i? alwayshearing and answering the call of life to be thoughtful and brave and self sacrificing, he alone can safely hear the other cry of life temptiug him to be happy and enjoy.-Phillips Brooks. To Be Cheerful. The sovereign voluntary path to cheerfuluesSjif onr spontaneous cheer fulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there. If such conduct doesn't make you soon feel cheerful, nothing else on that occasion can. So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and a courage-tit will very likely replace the fit of fear. Again, in order to feel kindly toward a person to whom we have been inimi cal, the only way is more or less de liberately to smile, to make sympa thetic inquiries, aud to force ourselves to say genial thiugs. One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestliug with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. To wrestle with a bad feeling only pins our attention on it and keeps it still fastened in the mind, whereas if we act as if from, some better feeling, the old bad feel ing soon folds its tent like an Arab and silently steals away.-Professor William James, in Scribner's. HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES ?Ue itt the Sick Rooiri. Tile khowledge of how to keep ice in the sick room may be of service in saving life. A deep tin pan or pail should be taken, aud a piece of flan nel so .fastened over tho top that it will sag in the middle, but not enough to touch the bottom of the pail. A good-sized piece of ice can be placed iu the flannel aud completely wrapped iu its folds so that no air can reach it. Small pieces of ice can be broken oft*, using a hatpin. Heliotrope Sachet Powders An excelleut formula for heliotrope powder is as follows: One-quarter of a pound of pulverized orris root? one quarter of a pound of dried rose leaves, two ounces of tonquiu (ground fine), one ounce of vanilla, oue-eighth of au ounce of grain musk and two drops of attar of almonds. By sift iug through a sieve the ingredients will become thoroughly mixed The most practical sachet bags alie mnde of thin chiua silk aud absorbent cotton. Th? New Soul Pillow. A brand new idea in sofa pillow cov^ ers is 'the old fashionod- worsted worked canvas cover. Tile design varies, The swellest is considered to be oue's family coat of arms or crest, if fortunate enough to possess one. This may be sketched by au artist in the proper colors and done over with worsteds in the simple stitches with which our grandmothers used to work their samplers, eombinod with newer and more elaborate conibiua tions to obtniu the desired shadings or accentuate the lines of the design. Those who have no right to use a coat of arms or crest, aud'very few there are who cannot scare up some thing to which he may managt) to lay claim iu a forty-second cousin Bort of way, may use his monogram. Or If the pillow is for the college boy, hi.u college colors, pennant or yell may bo portrayed in dashing design and ap propriate colors in the same manner. Of course, the college yell has rather been lost sight of nowadays for the warwhoops of the recent and present uupleasautness with the nation which claims to have discovered us and wishes it'badn't. The flags of all couutries, or the flags of our navy, or a combination of the stars and stripes with the Cuban flag, or any and all of them, aro worked out in the same cross stitches on canvas aud adorned about the edges with immense heavy ropes or cords made to order aud containing 'breads of every color in the body of the desigu. The easiest pillow cover, however, and the most popular of the present moment, is the simple flag-each side a complete flag, and instead of the shape being square, the pillow is made tho shape of the flag, so that Old Glory need not be changed or mutil ated by the new use.-New York Herald. In Case of Fire. Thc /verbial ounce of ])revention is worm several pounds of cure in case of fire. "When a fire occurs, by splashing and spraying burning articles with a solution of salt and nitrate of am monia an incombustible coating is at once formed. This is a preparation which should be kept on hand, and is easily home made at trifling cost. Dissolve twenty pounds of common salt aud ten pounds of nitrate of ammonia in seven gal lons of water. Pour this into quart bottles of thin glass aud you have fire grenades at hand in case of need. The bottles should be tightly corked and sealed to prevent evaporation, and when there is a fire they must be thrown in or near thc flames, so as to break and thus liberate the gas con tained, to ct?eot the desired result. At least two dozen of these bottles should be ready iu case of need. It is well to remember that wrier poured on boiling oil is only fuel to the flame; scatter flour over the oil and the blaze will be speedily ex tinguished. Salt thrown upon a firo-for in stance, if the chimney is burning will help to deaden the blaze. If chimuey flues were liued with vitri fied drain pipe, which are quite inex pensive, the chimneys would be abso lutely lireproof. An outward covering of some fireproof, rrstprcof, nou-:ou ductiug jackets on the hot air pipes would not ouly be a very good pre cautionary measure, but would .save heat now radiated from the tiu. A silk handkerchief dipped in water is the best thing to wrap aboui the month and nostrils to prevent suffoca tiou from smoke; failing this a piece i.f wet flannel or cloth will answer the purpose. Should the smoko fill the room be fore you can get t) the window, wrap a blanket or woi'en garment about you, with the wet cloth over the ittce, drop on the bauds and knees and crawl to the window. Smoke "goes first to the top of the room and to tho floor last, so that, some time is thus secured. It is well to remember that there is no more danger in getting ont of a high window than out of one ou a first floor, if there is nerve and cool deter mination to hold on to tho rope or bidder. Don't try to slide down, but go hand over hand, keeping the body near the wall, and break the slide by scraping the feet along the wall. Philadelphia Press. Recipes. Dandelion Salad-Wash thoroughly one quart of white dandelion; pick out the leaves and roots beforehand; drain and place in salad bowl. Add a tablespoon ul and a half of sweet oil to a little salt and pepper Mix thoroughly, pour over the salad and serve. Splitters-Four cups of flour, two cups of cold water, three-fourths cup of shortening-butter and lard-tWo heaped teaspoonfuls baking powder, saltspooniul suit. Koli into a sheet less than one-half inch thick; cut into rounds aize of a bowl, bake on a well greased griddle to a light brown. Split and butter while hot, and serve at once. Cranberry Dumplings-Make a good rich dough as for apple dumplings or baking powder biscuits. Cut in squares and put in the centre of each a half-cup of cleaned cranberries and two heaped teaspoonfuls of granulated sugar. Pimm the edges of the dough together, aud steam one hour. Serve with a good boiled saucs. They can be baked, if so pref erre 3. Plain Cake-Cream together in a7i earthen bowl two cupfuls of sugar, and one-half cupful of butter. Add the yolks of three eggs beaten light, three cupfuls of flour which has beeu sifted twice with two teaspoonfuls of Dream of tartar, one cupful of sweet grille in which one teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved, and a teaspoonful of lemon or vam'"' . Eoat thoroughly, l?on fop1 '. lightly the whipped whiten the eggs, and bake in a moderate oven. feCIENTlFI? MISCELLANY*; Attempts tb eniplby electricity in stimulating plant growth appear td have met with some success; Doctor Stone, bf th? Massachusetts Agricul tural college, reports that in the case of 20? OOO plants experimented with} the results show that germination is accelerated by the application of elec tricity, although the beneficial effect* is obtained Only within certain limits determined by experiment; G?tta percha is iibw ?t tile highest price in its history, arid ? questio? has arisen as to where the supply would come from in case it is decided to build a cable across th6 Pacific ocean from this country to bur new possessions in the Philippine Islands. So short is the supply of gutta percha that cable people say that if this cable is laid it trill be the l?st one that will be laid Until somo neW insulating ma terial is discovered that will take the placo of gutta per cud; The average duration bf hiinidn life, according to Professor Warren, is about thirty-three years; One-fourth of the inhabitants die" before they reach their seventh year, bne-half be fore their seventeenth yean Of every one thousand persons only one reaches the age of one hundred years; bf every one hundred only six reach the ttgo of sixty-five, and not more than one in five'hundred lives to see the eightieth year. There are about 1,500,000,000 inhabitants on the globo. Of these fifty million die every year, 137,736 per day, 559? per hour, about ninety per minute, or three in evory two seconds. It has recently been shown in sonre investigations dealing with the bacte rial diseases of plants that tho suscep tibility of a plant, stich a3 the- potato, to bacterial infection varies not only wita the variety of the potato, but ??so with the mode of cultivation. For example, certain chemical man ures increase the susceptibility, tvliile others, such as phosphates ana com mon salt, serve to decrease it. The typhoid bacillus will attack potatoes with great energy if their resistance bas becu reduced by treatment with . au alkaline solution. The experiments were carried on with potatoes grown on soils variously treated, and then inoculated with different micro-organ isms. A familiar belief that Russian ex plorers hr ve ^rovon to be an error is that the ?Teat Gobi desert in Asia is ?in arid waste. Instead of being a sandy waste, Obrutscheff tells ns, it is a steppe-like plateau, with numerous hills and valleys that have been pro duced by erosions since it rose from beneath the sea, aud with enough rain and snow in years to give a growth of grass sufllcieut for vast herds belong ing to waudering Mongolians. In the most barren part of the caravan.-route from China to Urga, over which yearly pass 100,000 camels loaded with tea, the wells are mostly not more than twenty or thirty miles apart. It-was in this desert that once swarmed the hordes of mounted barbarians that threatened China, leading to thc build ing of the great wall, 1200 mile? long. Au investigation was recently car ried on by Professor Grehaut with a view to determining ine products of combustion of illuminating gas under various conditions. The formatic ?I. carbon monoxide was given particular attention on account of its poisonous qualities, and the effect of-small trac?s on the health was studied both by physiological and by chemical methods. The results of the experiments showed, that in the uso of au ordinary bat-wing burner tho amount of thia gas pro duced was ?n'actically inappreciable, but that it was evolved whenever a gas flame happened to strike an obsta do within a short distance of the ori fice through which tho gas issued, '1 hus an ordinary incandescent burner would give oli* traces of the gas, while in a gas stove attention should be paid to the upward draught. It is stated by the investigator that no burner in common uso gives off enough carbon monoxide to render necessary any pre cautions, and that leaking pipes or fittings, may introduce more of the gas into n room than would be evolved by any burner. The KnilroA<l und tho Farmer. The railroad is of tho greatest ser vice io thc iariner.and here the patent System is most intimately connected with its institution and development. The railroad ships live cattle and per ishable fruits aud vegetables from dis tances that would be inpossible with the old methods of transportation, be cause such products would perish on the way, and, besides carrying more stable products, it brings the farmer his implement and fertilizers. In fact, if he had to haul all his products by wagon, many large areas in this country could not be worked, because they are so far from the markets that the cost of shipment in tho old way would be prohibitive. The railroad puta the farmer in touch with the consumer, no matter what distance may separate them. Indeed, tue rail road and steel steamship opon to the American farmer the whole world as a market. The steel steamer is much more economical than the wooden sail ing vessel which it has supplanted, because it is several times larger,much safer aud faster than the sailing ship, and yet it requires a smaller crew and a shorter period of time to make a trip, resulting in a great saving of wages. The farmer gets tho benefit of these differences in lower transporta tion. -Scientific Americau. A .Sniokelesa-Povder Cane. One of the most unique caues ever designed for an American officer has just been completed in San Francisco. lt is made of government smokeless powder and is to be presented to Cap tain Charles O'Neill of Washington, D. C., chief of the bureau of ordnance of the United States navy. The cane is a beautiful rich brown in color, with a highly polished - sur face. It is finished with a heavy ?old handle, decorated at the curve with a raised and elaborate monogram of the letters "C. OW." Ou the end of the handle is the Latin inscription, "Scipio in pace, in bello fulmen" (a staff in peace, a thunderbolt in war). A solid silver ferrule encircles the lower end, and upon it is engraved the apt warn ing, "Cave ignem" (beware of fire). Well may the owner of this cane be ware of fire, for though this particular brown powder, so powerfully destruo t?ve when confined iu a cannon, is harmless when ignited in tho open, it ts very inflammable and will burn as readily as celluloid and with much t he same effect when a blaze is applied to it. The warning upon tho ferrule io intended as a caution not to use the cane as a poker. For all ordinary purposes the pecnliar stick is both useful:.-id ornamenta!.-San Francisco ?hroD An Historic Disaster. .Th? recent disastrous wreck of th? Stella on the Casket Rocks recalls a long Hst of casualties on the same dan gerous reef. Historically; the Caskets ?r'6 famous as the cause of the disaster which changed the success bf the Eng: ilsh Crown, and brought upon th? cbuhtry all the misfortunes of a long civil war. It was in the year 1120 that ?rinc? William, son of Henry the First, sailed for England from the port of Barfleur, on the Channel Coast, near Cherbourg. The wind was fair for crdssihg, probably from the south west; The mariners seemed to hav? madfe a westerly course in dreier mor? fensily to fetch an English port, prob? biy that of Wareham, and carried by a strong tide or current, struck th? Casket Rocks. The ship soon went to pieces, but the Prince was put into the long boat, and was clear of thb ship, whe? hfe ordered the rowers to put back to save his sister. The crew and retinue erbwded on board the boat; and she sank and all were drowned. ? butch?r' bf Rouen was the only person who survived. He clung to the mast, and was taken off next morning by ?sherm?n:-Household Words. "Victoria Gotting Young. Ihvl?wbf tho fact of tho Qucon's approach lng riait tb tho continent, J?ngllshmeu aro especially Interested lu hbr majesty's health. Jt ls announced that her hearing has grown acute and' her eyesight keener. Youthful faculties In old ago depend merely upon the health. Tho blood Should ho kept pure nnd tab Stomach sweet with Hostottor'a Stomach Bluers. It cures Indigestion, constipation, biliousness, nervousness, lirer and kidney trobbles, os well as malaria and fever and ague. It keepB peoplo young. The Lieut. Governor of South Carolina when presiding wears a purple robo of office. tfo-To-llac for Fifty Cents. G?arahteod tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blocd pure. SCc, H. All druggists. An electric Aro engine is ono of the new attractions of Paris, lt runs '?ii miles an hour, "Pride Goeth before a Fat" Some proud people think they are strong, r?dtciile Ihe idea of disease* Heglect health, lei the blood run down, and stomach, kid neys and lever become deranged. Take Rood*S Sarsaparilla and you <will prevent the fall and save your pride* Baying Cats Wholesale. Dr. J. B. Kinnaird, one of the prom! nent physicians of Lancaster, says thal in 1849 a European tobacco buyer was In Garrard, stopping at a house neal tho headwaters of Sugar Creek, an im portant shipping point, and one day ac old man from Casey County, who hap pened to pass by, asked the European whose name was Billy Walls, what he was buying, when he laughingly an Bwered: "I am here buying cats tr ship to England." "What are yoi paying for them?' "Ten cents apiece.' The Casey mau pursued his journey and going to his native county he gath ered up every cat within its borden that the owners would give up, anc with bis four-horse team pass?e through Lincoln aud Boyle, adding tc his stock of cats, till at last woodei cages full of felines were piled as hlgl upon his old government wagon ai they could be kept on, and arriving a Mr. Walls' bonrding-house in Garrard he said: "I have brought you then there cats we were talking about, ant I have in that old wagon 1,100 (elevei ; hundred) of the best rat-catchers ii Kentucky." The European gentlemai saw the joke was on him, and h handed over $110 "amid the grea laughter of the crowd that happenec to be present. The cats were liberate! at once, and they Jo say there hasn' been a rat in that portion of Ken tucky since.-Harrodsburg (Ky.) Say lngs. ? 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In order to get its beneficia1 effects, please remember the name ol the Company - CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN" FRANCISCO, CnL :.0CISVILLE, KT. JFEW YORE. Ii. Y WANTEn-Cass of bad health that RTP-A-N will not benefit. Send S cts. to Ripant Chemic: Co, New York, for lu tramples and louu testimonial Fate of Non-Combatants io War. Modern warfare entails less sufferini on the part of non-combatants. It i said that Germany has not even yet re covered from the Thirty Years' Wai which brought desolation to a grea part of Europe. During that conlllc battles occurred once in about thre years, whereas in the Franco-Pi jssli1 struggle engagements took place ever; second da}*. It is a tendency of mod ern warfare to hasten results, battle following at ciose intervals, so tha peace ls soon reached. Contrary t< the popular impression, the number o troops engaged in modern battles I not greater than in those of ancien times. At Plataea 300,000 Persian fought against 110,000 Greeks, ant over 1,000,000 men were engaged at Ar bela. In the battle of Lelpsic mor< than 486,000 took part; the number) eugaged at Solferluo were 300,000, a Gettysburg 186.000, at Metz 500,000. Xew York World. To caret 01 X?!* X"X* ?X-*!- ?X-X^X-X' * ?X-X . I Paying Double Prices for everything li not pleasant, is it? But Price, $16.75. ?* Machines, Organs and Pianos. Y What do you think of a fine Y suit of Clothing, made-to-your. *J measure, guaranteed to fit and Y expr?s* vaid to your station Y for $5.50? Catalogue No. ?7 '?* shows 33 samples bf clothing '?* and shows many bargains In y Shoes, Hats ana Furnishings, y Lithographed Catalogue Nd. ? 47 shows Carpets, Rugs, Por y tieres and Lice Curtains, in Y hand-painted colors. We pay Freight, sew carpets free, and furnish lining without charge. What do you think o f a Solid Oak Dry-air Fam ily Refrigera tor for 53.95 ? that's whit Voil are doing, if you don't buy ? here. Did vdu think it V *V^4 possible to buy a ?50.00 v ? Bicycle for $18.75? Cat- y alogiie No. 59 tells all 9 about Bicycles, Sewing 6 Price, $3.95. Il is but one of over 8000 bar gains contained In our Gen- .-, era] Catalogue of Furniture .', and Household Goods. We save you from 40 to 60 2 per cent, on everything. Why buy at retail when you know ,?, of us? Which catalogue do A you want? Address this way, ,?, ^JULIUS HINES & SON, Baltimore, Md. Dept. 301Y ' Grandfathers' Clocks ?f To-dayi There were made iii old times some fine grandfathers' Clocks with musical attachments, a music box contrivance that w?s operated by a separate move ment and made to play at the hours. Such clocks sometimes come In to be repaired, but they could scarcely be as musical as the modern grandfather's clock, equipped as it is with a set of chimes. The modern clocks aretmade In many styles, chiefly, however, In colonial and other old designs. There are used for the chimes tubular bells, whose form adapts them perfectly to the space ar command within thc clocks tali case. The quarter, the half hour, the three-quarters and the full hour are marked most musically OD these chimes with one, two, three and fout rounds respectively^ and then comes the hour, struck oh another bell, the most musical of all, with a sound like that of some deep-toned bell far away. Such clocks are sold as articles of ball furniture and for their timekeep ing qualities as well, for use in both city and country houses. In cases of rich mahogany and of dark oak, per fectly finished, they are many of them beautiful. Grandfathers' clocks with the modern improvements sell at $150 to $600 each, and they are articles of steady sale. "Rather costly, aren't they?" asked a man who was looking at a long row of these clocks standing side by side in the establishment where they are sold. "Why,no!" was tho response. "What could you possibly get for the money that would furnish a hall better or give more pleasure or be more use ful ?"-New York Sun. Burglars in Evening Dress. Quite the newest thing in burglarious operations is the robber in evening dress clothes. Not long since four men in very low-cut vests and swallow-tall coats drove up in a carriage to the front of a flat building on the South Side. Those who happened to see them enter the building never for a moment supposed that the men were other than evening callers who had dropped In for a few moments to see some friends.. No one who saw them would have en tertained for an instant the idea that they were burglars. The carriage and the attire of the men made a complete blind. Leisurely and quietly the men robbed thc flat on the third floor and drove away unmolested. The success of this novel system of conducting a burglary created such wide comment that* it is very doubtful if the dress suit will be of much assistance to the original burglar in the future.-Chica go Times-Herald. As She Understood lt. "Clara Jane," said the returned soldier, whose heart was beating tu multuously, "you musk pardon me if in my confusion, I gave you the mil itary salute when I came in." "But you didn't, Oscar," shyly re I plied the maiden, ?who had formed a ' crude idea of the military salute from what she had read about Hobson, Chicago Tribune. Beauty ls Blond Deep. Glenn blood moans n, clean skin. No beauty without it. Casearots, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keepit clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving nil im purities from the body- Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casearets,---beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c A Frenchman proposes to print papers by exposing the original copy to the X-ray. Try "TIz-n-Kuro" for Dyspepsia. This ls a grand new remedy for all stomach troubles. Mnny people suffer all the timo, when they nan easily bo relieved and cured. This remedy is In tnblot form In a small box easily carried In Ibo vest pocket, ready nta mo ment's notlco to bo taken when distress '.s felt. If your druggist does not havo lt send 25c, or if you prefer to try it first, 6eud for freo sample. Tizakuro Co., Tarpon Springs, Fla. Cncoannts come from the East Indies. West Indies and other islands near the equator. Educate Yonr Dowels With Casearets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forovor, 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund monoy. By experiments with ball bearings on streetcars tho saving of power was 25 percent. Hall's Cntarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of the syst?m. Write for tes timonials, free. Manufactured bv F. J. CHENEY <fc Co., Toledo. 0. A threo-day trial of heavy traffic vehicles will begin at Liverpool. England, July 31st. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forover, bo mag netic, full Of lifo, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-workor. that makes weak mon strong. All druggists, 50c or SI. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. Hazel nuts crow In Europe. Russia, Asia' North Africa and Ncth America. Skin Diseases In Young or Old. Totter, Eczema, Ringworm, and kindred trou bles, aro cured by Totterino. Sold nt druggists for 50c. a box. or prepaid for same price by J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Voluntary letters blessing us for cures, from all over the country, aro on Ale, and we are glad to show thom. Lot3 of people are willing to do any kind of work, but really want an easy job. Mrs. WinMow's Soothing Syrup for children toething.soitens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Fits permanently cured. No lits or nervous ness aftor first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. 82 trial bottleandtrcntisefree BR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd.. 031 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my boy'slifolastsummer.-Mrs. ALLIE DOUG LASS. Le Roy. Mich., Oct. 20.1801. Queen Victoria's Dressmaker's bills would be modest for a woman in ordinary society. To Care Constipation Forever. Take Cascareis Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C fall to cure, druggists refund money. Nothing boros a man moro than an expla nation of something about to be explained. money refunc[e4 by your j A FUTILE EFFORT. Witherby Thought He Was Safe, hat He Forgoi tile Flaxseed. "I have not a moment to lose." As Witherby whispered these words to himself he hurried off his walking shoes, and, encasing his feet in noise less slippers, stepped softly to the head of the stairs and listened intent ly. Yes? she was busy in the kitchen. Rapidly going to the linen closet, he Opened the door furtively and gazed within. There, amid a ghostly array of bottles, he detected his old ene i les, the camphorated oil, turpem i t e, and Mother WInklenod's sure cure for coughs. There, also, re posed the deadly box of double strength mustard plasters that, even as he gazed, drew tears to his eyes. With the cool Intrepidity of a brave man in the face of danger, Witherby gathered the whole mass of carboiated mixtures, syrups, boxes, bottles and powders into a great paper bag, ?hd, with the training that yet lingered from his days on the baseball field, threw his burden with straight aim out of the back svindow in co the open mouth of a walting ash run. "There," he muttered, triumphantly, "if this cold develops during the night my wife won't have a chance to try any of these remedies on me." ' lt was two o'clock in the morning. In spite of his utmost effort, Witherby had sneezed one moment before. Mrs. Witherby, like a white-robed guardian angel, stood instantly at his bedside. "? knew that cold was coming on," she said, with a joyous, therapeutic Sniff. "Nonsense!" replied Witherby. "Can't -a man sneeze? Besides," he added, securely, "there isn't a thing you can do for me. You've tried about everything on me." ' "No I haven't," replied Mrs. With erby, with a glad smile and a brooding hen manner that boded no good to the victim. "I haven't tried flaxseed. For tunately, I bought two pounds to-day, and it's downstairs in the kitchen now, and HI have a red-hot plaster on your chest in ten minutes."-Life. Oa tbc Anions Bench. One of the great magazines accepted | a sonnet from an unknown author the first manuscript he had submitted to IL A check was inclosed in the letter of acceptance. ' Then the author sat down and waited. He waited for the sonnet to appear. After three years-during which per iod he was a regular purchaser of the magazine-he ventured to call the edi tor's attention to the <"act that the son net had not been published. The editor replied, in substance, as j follows: "Dear Sir: We cannot say when your poem will appear. There are just 075 ahead of it, and we only give place to three poems a month. It will come, however, in its regular order." Then the author went out and fig ured just how old he would be when the 975 were exhausted, and rolled up his sleeves, and went to work, and shook the dust of literature from his poetical feet-Atlanta .Constitution. Realistic; Friend-Your war drama seems to be all right so far as it goes, but when it's put on the stage the whole won't be fifteen minutes long. Yon sai'I it would consist of five acts, but here you have the whole thing corjiuded in the first-act. Playwright-Oh, yes, that's merely the fighting part of it.. It's not quite finished yet. The other four acts will consist of the war investigation. -World._ Do Yon ic Feet Ache and Burn ? Shake into your shoos Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for tue feet. It makes Tight or Now Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun ions, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Aching and Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists, Grocers r Shoe Stores, 25c. Samplo sent FREE, i Mress Allen S. Olmsted, LoRoy, N. Y. _ A balf-miliion-dollar electric cotton mill is to be erected ia North Carolina. If you are young you nat urally appear so. If you are old, why ap pear so? Keep young Inwardly; we will look after the out wardly. 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