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THROUGH THE MESHES OF WINTER. Through the meshes of winter she slipped -it day From ont some radiant south; Boo breathed a spell from her flower-shaped month. And the round world dreamed of May. . The birds dreamed softly of nesting-time, ' The bare earth dreamed of flowers, The brook!&glad. dream was a merry rhyme, But the best of the'dream was ours. -For the song ot the wind swept Into our ken, From the first pink dawn it blew, And we dreamed we laughed in the sunshine then, When joy and the world were new. Bot the day passed by on folded wing, . And our dream is ashes of rose. Till over the threshold ot winter snows She sbalrsmile from the heart of Spring. ?-Alloe Kai barine Fallows, In Harper's . Bazar. ^ v '.' - jfflSS THOME'S W?LL. j Lawyer Northbrooke had just driven away from Glenthorne, and Elizabeth Everill stood for a moment on the broad terrace, and then, with a sigh, turned and eutered the house. Only that day her aunt, Miss Matilda Thorne, had been buried, and Mr. Northbrook^ had come down from Lon don to read the dead woman's will. It ?was simple enough, and those who had knqwn Miss Thorne intimately hardly wondered at its wording: "To my niece, Elizabeth Everill, provided she marry a man of title, I will and bequeath all my worldly pos sessions." "And if I do not marry?" Miss Everill had asked. "Toa retain your inheritance," the lawyer answered with a smile. "Miss Thorne dre v np the. will herself, and it-is deficient on that point." Elizabeth's mother, Miss Thome's lister, had run off with Pani Everill, the organist of the church, before she was 18. Her father had forbidden her name to be mentioned in his hearing, and' at his death Glenthorne had passed to Matilda unconditionally. She had held no communication with her married sister till she read in a news paper of the death of Pani Ever ill, and then she had paid one visit to the dismal London lodging where Mrs. Everill lay dying. There had never been mach love between the sisters, bat Miss Thorne was willing to take her sister's daughter under her care. So, when the organist's wife was laid beside him, their only daughter had been brought to her mother's home. Masters and governesses had been employed to perfect her education,and ber aunt had never wearied of instal ling a love of wealth and power, and a . horror of poverty inte the girl's mind. That her words had not fallen on barren ground she would have un derstood could she have known her niece's thoughts that evening. She was thinking of a scene that had taken place there just five years before. Some old paintings had been sadly in need of the attention that only a skillful hand could give, aud Miss . Thorne had heard Bal ph Crosby favor ably spoken of, and had asked him to do the work. Elizabeth had been much in the long portrait gallery while Balph Crosby talked and painted, and at length he had forgotten that be was only a straggling .artist and she the niece of the wealthiest woman in the country and had spoken his love. Miss Everill.. could still remember the haughty stare and mocking 'smile of her aunt, when she spoke of her love forBalph." . ? ..Lovel Your mother loved Paul Everill, I suppose, auu you know something of her life. - But maker your own choice. Marry this young man if you wiil, bnt not ono farthing of mine "will be yours. " And the girl had lain awake till day break thinking of the sordid sur roundings amid which her childhood had been "passed, and of the poverty for which she had such a horror, till at last she resolved to answer "No" to her lover's pleading. She winded even now as she re called the grief that struggled with a contemptuous pity for her reasoning when she told him the next day that she could not be a poor man's wife, and remembered the few bitter words that fell from his lips as he turned away without' seeming to see her out stretched hand. In the last few days she had thought once or twice, in a va^ne way, that if Glenthorne should chance to be hers she would find a way of letting him know that she loved him still,that she had loved him always, j "Aridnow-and now," she said to herself, while the shadows grew deeper in the corners of the wide library, "an insurmountable barrier divides, us." She clasped her hands tightly,j and, with eyes that were dimmed by tears, gazed : '"to the glowing embers. - "Oh, Aunt Matilda, your very kind ness is but cruelty. I wonder where Balph is now? Oh, I almost wish I was a poor girl today. And yet, no I couldn't bear that!" And the latter reflection was con stantly passing through the girl's mind as time wore on. It was very pleasant to be mistress of the great house and to have money to command. Under her rule Glenthorne became a very pleasant place indeed; and be fore tho year was ended it was whispered that Lord Arthur Kendal was very much in love with her. . Elizabeth heard Balph Crosby's name mentioned several times later, when she went to London. He was occupied upon a work that was make a name for him, some said. O hers hinted that he was ill; sud Miss Evori'.l wondered that her heart should beat?' quickly at the sound ol his name. She had resolved to accept Lord Arthur. He was rich-mnch richer than she-and quite at the top of the social ladder. Certainly she did not love him; he was hardly a man whom any woman could respect. Anyhow she did not respect him, and yet she would marry him They were uncongenial spirits, she knew, but what of that? In suoh ? mood she was going one sight to a great ball given by one of the most fashionable women in Lon don. Lord Arthur would be there, sad probably she would say "Yes" to his pleadings that night She rather thought she would as she stood be fore a mirror when her maid had given the finishing touches to her toilet She ?had on a new white dress, and pearls were on her neck and amid her.dusky, hair; she was radiantly beautiful. "Six years ago!" she muttered. "Six years and more since the day Balph Crosby said--" She turned away. Now and again a feeling came over her that she could not understand-a feeling that her wealth and her beauty were not to bring her happiness; and she had grown impatient with herself for feel ing so. Generally at such times she was even gayer than usual, and when, some boars later, Lord Arthur sat by her side ia a convenient recess in Lady Javenell's conservatory, he felt th&t he could almost die for her. "then was something in her be anty that night-a saunes? in the dark eyes behind their mirth-that he could, not understand. '.Elizabeth," he whispered, "say .Yes!'"and just thon the sound of voices readied them. "And Crosby, the artist, you knowv is blind." "Blind!" "Quite. He consulted Beynolcis yesterday, his case is hopeless." "Poor beggar! What will he do?' * "I don't know. He hasn't a penn; u He has never steadied himself to wor k for years. Somebody told me of a girl who jilted him, or something." Miss Everill rose. "Lord Arthur, I hope you wifll never speak to me like this again'" Lord Arthur bowed. He knew tKat further pleading would be useless. Very early on the following mo ru ing Miss Everill'a carriage stopper1! at Balph Crosby's chambers, and I liz beth was informed that he WOB at home. She tTave no name, but-entered the room whore ho was. "Balph!" ? "It was a voice that he had not heard for Six lo ng years, but- he re cognized it at o ace, and turned his sightless eyes toward her. "Elizabeth!" ho cried rapturously, opening his arms, nud in an instant she was folded in th em. ' 'But you must nof, Elizabeth, " ha said later, "you musv not sacrifice all forme." "It is no sacrifice," she replied, composedly; "but I am dreadfully afraid that I had to ask you to marry me! I wonder what Mr. Northbrooka will say when he hears of this?" and she laughed: "What fools women'are!" was what the old lawyer said on being apprised of it, and he drew a large envelope! from among a number of papers that were in a largo box before him. It was addressed, in Miss Thome's very masculine cnligraph, to himself, and written in one corner were the words: "To be opened in the event of my niece's marriage." Inside was a will, properly signed and witnessed, and the old lawyer's face cleared as he glanced at it. There-, was also an open letter addressed to Miss Everill. N "If you have sold yourself, my niece, take the price of your slavery. If you have been honest enough to marry for love, take your reward. In either case Glenthorne is yours." j "Heaven bless me!" the lawyer ex- i claimed, "Heaven bless me! There's ? no understanding a woman! I'm heartily glad, nnyhow; and now 1 must go and tell these two that they won't be beggars after all," I JUSTICE IN JOLO. The District Cillers Power or rife and Death Over HU Subjects. The social system among the Moros is much more primitive than it is aniong the greater part of the other Philippine races. A chief, or dato, controls a district; he has his own particular followers and his slaves. Besides these, he may command all the mev bf his own district in time of war. H.? also has the right of life and death over his subjects. For in stance, a fow weeks before we arrived in Jolo, Da.'o Jokaniue hud occasion to execute o.ne of his followers. The man had been intrusted with money belonging to t?ie dato. The first time he came to his chief and said: "0 great ami benevolent dato, 1 have gambled away thy money; for give me!" "Very weil," said the dato. "See that it does not happen again." Once more the retainer came, say ing: "0 great and benevolent dato, again I have gambled n.way thy money, and again I beg thee An thy great mercy to forgive me." "This is the secor/.d time I have for given thee," said Jokanine, "but the third time, I warn thee, thou shalt die." Yet again the unfortunate mau re turned without the mon ey he had col lected for the dato. "0 dato," he cried, tttrowin^ him self at the feet of bis chi sf, ' i have Binned again and taken thy money. Mercy, mercy!" "Cut him down, " said the dato to one of his men-at-arms. The man offered no resistance and was cut to pieces with one of the great knives of the natives. Another story which shows well the authority of the dato over his people is worth the telling. It seems that a blacksmith had. been making love in a quiet way to a member of tlie harem of Dato Jokanine. Jokanine k'uew of this, and came to the man's smithy oue day. The smith was just finish ing off a large barong. ' * "Let me see that knife," said Jok anine. Then, running his finger along the edge, he added, "It seems sharp; may I try it?" "Certainly, dato," said the unsus pecting smith. Without a moment's hesitation Jokanine raised the knife and split the smith to the chin. The right a master has to kill a slave is therefore no stronger right than th nt exercised by all the datos and the sul tan over the lifo of every man in Sulu. -Harper's Weekly. POOR RICHARDISMS. Mind your faults before telling me mine. The way to be safe is never to be secure. He that sows thorns should never go barefoot. Diligence overcomes difficulties, sloth makes them. Silk, scarlet and velvet have put out the kitchen fire. Laziness travels so slowly that pov erty soon overtakes him. Let not your tongue give evidence against your understanding. Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with a few, friend to one and enemy to none. Think of three things, whence you came, where yon are going and to whom you must account The honest man takes pains and he enjoys pleasures; the knave takes pleasures and then sutlers pains. When a friend deals with a friend' let the bargain be well penned that they may continue friends to the end. A wise mau will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully and leave con* tentedly. * ? Misplaced Lines. Nell--Mad at him? Why, he wrots a lovely poem to her. Belle-Yes, but she never read it. When she saw the title of it she tove the whole thing np in a flt of anger. You see, ho called it "Lines on Mabel's Face. "'-Philadelphia Catholic Standard and Times. In the Island of Ceylon there are only 6000 Europeans as against 3,250, 000 natives. Stage Realism. ? .raith (after the performance) W ?11, old man, what did yon think of ie show? Jones-Great! That chnrch scene ( was the scene of realism. Smith-So it was. I actually went f io sleep while it went on. For Wireless Steering. An English Invention for steering any craft, j ??raether submerged or otherwise, by means of HP etnar wavo on the wireless telegraph prin j ?pie Uas been perfected. In naval war lt is ?xpc?ted to mako tho torpedo boat almost ?nf ?llible. In this respect lt will equal the ! KMat American dyspepsia cure-Hostetter's fc?omach Bitters-which never falls to euro i constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, bilious ness, malaria levee and ague. Everyone weds lt and all druggls.s sell it. Thirty-six foreign vessels, having an ag gregate tonnage of 57,556. met with disaster in American waters last year. Ton't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. 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J., wa< ina1 ried recently. When the brido cut the cake she fr ?'und In tho bottom of lt a bag containing ?1.500, nb ich h?d been contributed by tho parishouers. "Never Do Things ?jj) Halves/9 Sometimes the condition of your health could be de scribed as hdf-sick and half well. You may not be ill enough io go io bed but too til io be happy or efficient in ivjur home or your business. Why not be wholly <zveU? Your drugged oui, tired feeling is due to poor blood und nothing else, blake your biood rich by us ing Hood's Sarsaparilla. It ivorks to perfection; there is nothin\j like H. Tired Feeling - "J?fy husband 'would come home from <u>ork so tired he could hardly move Ke began taking Hood*s Sarsaparilla, and ii cured him. It cured my girl's headaches." Mrs. A. J. Sprague, 57 O?h St., Fall Iftver, Mass. ?5 S( OIL Hood'? PiHscnrellvet Hie; the non-ln-llntlng und only cathartic tu take with Hood's Sarannarllln, Character in Finger Nails. In days when superstition was more prevalent than it is now the shape and appearance of the finger nails were considered to have reference to one's destiny. To learn the message of the finger nails it was necessary to rub tlieni over with a compound of wax and soot, and thea to hold them so that the sun light fell fully on the m. Then, on the horny, transparent sub stance certain signs and characters, were supposed to appear from which, the future couhl be interpreted. Persons having certain kinds of nails were credited with the possession of certain characteristics. Thus a man with red and spotted nails was sup posed to have a hot temper, while pale, lead-colored nails were considered to denote a melancholy temperament. Narrow nails wt?re supposed to be tray ambition and a quarrelsome na ture, while round-shaped nails were, the distinguishing marks of lovers of knowledge and people of liberal senti ment. Conceited, narrow-minded and obsti nate folk were supposed to have small nails, indolent people fleshy and those! of a gentle, retiring nature broad nails. ; _i W oman's Why trifle with health when the easiest and surest help is the best known medicino In the; world 9 j Lydia E71>inkh^^ BS known everywhere and thousands of women have been cured of serious kid ney derangements by iU Mrsm Pinkham's meth ods have the endorse ment of the mayor, the postmaster and others of her own city m Her medicine has the endorsement of an un numbered multitude of grateful women whose letters are constantly printed in this paperm Every woman should read these lettersB Mrs* Pinkham advises suffering women free of charge* Her address ls Lynn, FJIass* ATH ? I have been asian; CA8CARET8 and aa a mild and effective laxative they are simply won derful. My daughter aDd 1 were bothered with sie? stomach ned our breath was very bad. After talcing a few doses of Cascnrets wo have Improved wonderfully. They are a great help In tho family." WILHELMINA NAGEL. 1137KH.tcnb.ousc St., Cincinnati, Ohio. CANDY r CATHARTIC TRADE MARK PC0I8TCRSO Pleasant. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Nover Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe, 10e, 25c, 60a ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... BttrllBr negra? Compur, Ch|nte, Rostir?!, Ktw York. 318 Mfl.TO.RAP Sold and guaranteed hy all drag nV" I U'Dnw gists to CV IEE Tobaoco Habit. nDADQV NEW DISCOVERY; gives BJFB% VB ?MD I quick relief and euros worst cases- Book of testimonials and IO days' treatment. Free. Sr. E. H. GUEENA SONS. Ba; B. Atlanta, Ca FOR FARM ?ND GARDEN Int tm inc; Fowls. To fatten your fowls, give them cora meal mash arid whole' corn, and keep them from working. You should keep your house clean and free from lice. Yon can keep lice out by keep ing the house whitewashed and the nests well sprinkled with sulphur. Keep the roost clean and wash it with* kerosene once in three or-four weeks. Ferns ns Bonse Finnis. A well grown, thrifty fern makes a. beautiful house plant, but delicate and tender kinds are not suited for parlor or sitting room. One great advantage of ferns as house plants is that they do not require-in fact, do not like much direct sunshine, although they do require plenty bf light. The ma jority of ferns thrive best in a com post of turfy loam, old leaf soil and loam, and some sharp sand. Gross growing ferns nie benefited by a litr tie manure. If succulent drainage is given they can hardly be over-watered; but the most important requirement of ferns is to have them sprayed over head two or three times a week. When to Subsoil. Whether or not subsoiling will im prove the ground depends altogether upon the character of the soil and also upon the amount of rainfall during the growing season. In dry sections where the subsoil ia very compact, BubBoiliug is usually profitable. The breaking up of the impervious sub surface layer lessens evaporation from the surface of the soil and provides a large storage place for moisture in the npper few feet of soil thus loosened. The roots of plants are better able to go downward and Becure the neces sary plant food and moisture. If the soil is moderately loose, with a sandy, open subsoil, this method of treating the ground is not profitable. The'h,. too, if there is sufficient moisture al ways available during the growing season, it is not necessary to subsoil. Try the subsoil plow in a limited way, carefully noting the effects, on subse quent crops. You will then soon be able to determine whether or not sub soiling is profitable.-New England Homestead. Lime in the Garden. Usnally the garden soil is full of humus, and lime may be used on it to good advantage. Lime is one of those clements of the soil which is essential to the growth of plants aud trees, and wheo it is properly used a vast differ erence in the growth of the vegetation is noticeable. All farmers and horti culturists use it iu many ways, but it is probably as often abused as used. The full and direct effects of lime upon plants under all conditions have not yet beeu fathomed, but enough knowledge concerning its general ef fect is possessed for one to use it in telligently on many crops. In the vegetable garden lime is invaluable. It is the bedt preventive and check for mildew on cucumbei-3 and diseases of potatoes. As soon as the cucum ber vines show sigus of the dis ease, the powdered lime should be sprinkled over every part of the plants that are affected; and the operation re peated* after rain so long ns there are any signs of the mildew. If. one watches the plants early in the spring, and applies the lime as soon as the disease manifests itself, it will never; be allowed to make much progress, but sometimes in the case of plants being nearly dried up with the disease, the limo will give them new life and growth.-Farm, Field and Fireside. Glanders in Horses. Glauders in horses and mules are liable to occur at any time, and there have beeu recent reports of the dis ease in certain sections. It is ordin arily a fatal disease, only a few cases iu mau or beast ever having recovered. It is such a dangerous disease that treatment is too full of risk and too uncertain to be warranted. The pro nounced syn^itonis are tubercles on membrane of the nasal passages, and, when these break down, there is a discharge of pus from one nostril and a swelling under the lower jaw. Ibis swelling is usually about the size of a walnut, is tender to the touch, and not very firmly connected. The disease in some horses does not make rapid progress, but remains sta tionary, giving no evidence of being dangerous. But such cases are ex- j ceedingly dangerous and are often the. cause of spreading the disease broad cast Horses have been known to have glanders in a mild form for a long time, to keep in good order and work right along, the real trouble never being suspected. In advanced stages of the disease Bores may appear on the surface of the body. These are stubborn, discharge pus and can not. be healed. Farcy, which is caused by the same germ, is indicated by farcy buds-swellings on the skin, usually on the legs-which break and dis charge freely. The legs swell and be come a mass of sores. Animals that even slightly show any of these symp toms should be immediately isolated until the character of the disease is determined. If it is glanders, kill the animal nt once, and wash the stables and everything with which the horse has come in contact with a solution composed of one ounce of corrosive sublimate iu two gallons of water. Wash several times at intervals of two or three days.-Agricultural Epito mist. Importance of milk Veins. An examination of the stomaoh of an average cow that is producing milk will reveal thereon, extending from the udder along each side, a milk vein about one-half inch in diameter. These milk veins, at thu point most distant from the udder, pass through ' what are called the milk wells in the walls of the abdomen. These orifices through which th? veins pass should be of good size, thus permitting a strong How of blood through them. As a rule, the greater the milk se creting power of the cow, the larger and more twisted of outline will these veins be. In such a case the cow may have three large veins, the third being a shorter one between the outer two,, j and branching over the udder and on I the belly immediately in front of the j former, mny be fouud quite a number of very pronounced smaller veins. These veins extend in no definite di rection, being usnally very irregular j and somewhat knotted. The develop ment of these blood-vessels becomes most pronounced with age, although, there is a noticeable difference in their size and extent in young heifers. The writer has seen cows with re-| markably large, long, elastic veins, i which extended from the udder and I disappeared high in the armpit at the j front lea,. Such veins may measure an iuch in diameter, and on compres sion with the fingers exhibit great elasticity. Writing of the milk vein, nearly twenty-five years ago, Hazard stated that, if largo and tortuous, with a considerable opening through the muscles of the belly to admit of its passage outwards, it is frequently .connected with a rich ndder; but far greyer reliance can be placed on the network of veins seen beneath the skin over the forequarters of the ud der. This characteristic is little no ticed by authorB.and dairymen or deal ers in cattle rarely speak of it. But both the veins and the udder itself, and thoso which pass upwards behind towards* the tail, when large, are sure tests of a competent milker. Scientific ?.rm in cr. Scientific farming is farming in nc cbrdnnce with nature's immutable laws. That is what farmer? have been trying to do since the very first be ginnings of the industey. These laws men have measurably learned by ex perience. Should each depend ou his. own experienca for the kuowledge needed to guide him in his industry, he would not learn in his lifetime the alphabet of farming. He has uncon sciously benefited from the accumu lated experience of ages. Could he not benefit more, now that so much has been learned, by frequent farmers' meetings, discussions of methods and exchange of experiences? Farmers should learn the objects and appreciate the value of the agri cultural experiment stations. The object of the station is to ascertain what crops, and what particular variety of crop in its own state will give the best results, how they can best be cultivated, protected from damage by drouth or insects, cared for during and after harvest; how the vaines iu the soil may be maintained at the least cost, and what manures, commercial fertilizers or crops will best maintain fertility; what is the best rotation of crops; what varieties of fruit to plant, when to plant and hov/ to care for them by culture, manuring and pruning; how to feed livestock to obtain the most and the best quality of meat at the least cost and in the shortest time; how to do best all the many necessary things in the care of the dairy herd and the making and care of dairy products. These are only some of the matters which the stations are investigating with a scien tific and practical training and with such equipment as can only be had at such public institutions. Each inves tigation entered upon is followed up persistently until results are obtained that enable the station to say ia its bulletin thereon something that has practical value to the farmers, and the officers of these stations are al ways glad to give freely the informa tion thus obtained to the farmers who will take the trouble to apply for it. The farmers themselves could extend the value of this experimental work by organizing local farmers' associa tions, undertaking certain experimen tal crops, methods of culture, eta, under tho advice of. the station offi cers, discussing the work at their meetings and reporting rf snits to the stations.-Texas F?. ajournai. An Enormous Vocal Kepertolro. My mother's love for music was so great, says Sarah T. Meigs, that she could sing anything that was called for, from the old Scotch and English ballads, through the entire range of Italian opera, down to the modern German Lied; or play anything, from Clementi to Chopin. All this in any key, and with an exquisite taste and enthusiastic enjoyment that was ir resistible. On being asked once how many pieces she thought she knew, she re plied: "About 1000." My father said: "I'll give yon $5 if you will write down the names of 500." "Very well; I'll do it." A blank book was se cured and the only Bound heard in our sitting room was the scratching of a pen. On my father's return he asked what progress was made. The answer was: "I wrote until I was tired. If there are not enough names, don't think I've exhausted my repertory, for I can write at least two hours longer." The juveniles crowded round to watch the counting, and when the last column was reached there was just 800. "How am I to know that you really, know all these pieces?" "I will Bing them to you," was the undaunted reply. ? My father laughingly said: "I am quite willing to take your word for it, my dear," and paid over the money amid the cheers and laughter of the delighted family.-Indianapolis News. The Dend Man's Plum Bush. One autumn afternoon, many people streamed toward tho dwelling of our near neighbor, says Zitkala-Sa in the Atlantic. On our way, I ran ahead of my mother and was reaching out my hand to pick some purple plums that grew on a smgll bush, when I was checked by a low "Sh ! " from my mother. "Why, mother, I want to taste the plums!" I exclaimed, as I dropped my hand to my side in disappointment. "Never pick a single plum from this bush, my child, for its roots are wrapped around an Indian's skeleton. A brave is buried here. While he lived-he was so fond of playing the game of striped plum seeds that, at his death, his set of plum seeds were buried iu his hands. From them sprang up this little bush." Eyeing the forbidden fruit, I trod lightly on the sacred ground, and dared to speak only in whispers, until after we were many paces from it, Since that time I have halted in my ramblings whenever I came in sight of tho plum bush. I grew sober with awe, and was alert to hear a long drawn out whistle rise from the roots of it. Though I had never heard with my own ears this strange whistle of departed spirits, yet I had listened so frequently to hear the old folks de scribe it that I knew I should recog nize it at once. The lasting impression of that day, as I recall it now, is what my mother told me about the dead mau's plum bush. Ohio's New Hill. On the Taylor farm, ten miles east of Delaware, Ohio, is a strange eleva tion of land which has made itself visible lately iu some inexplainable manner. In the centre of a rolling piece of land there heaved up au area of ground to about the height of an ordinary dwelling house. In the cen tre of its top is a depression indicating some action underneath the earth. It is perfect in formation, and looks like the handiwork of an artist Rare Matrimonial Event. A triple we lding is a rare event in the matrimonial market. But here is a rarer. In the little flower-garnished hall of the little Armenian society at Ninth and Callowhill streets, Phila delphia, three brothers were wedded a few days ago in one ceremony, aud the blissful knot was tied by a fourth brother of the three joyous benedicts. With a single exception the brides and ?rooms are Armeniaus % What a lot of trash is sold as cough cures. The hollow drum makes the loudest noise--the biggest advertise ment often covers worthlessness. Sixty years of cures and such testi mony as the follow ing have taught us what Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will do. " I had a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and made me lose flesh rapidly. I was treated by many eminent physicians, but could get no permanent relief. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and I be gan to get better at once. I now sleep well, my old flesh is back, and I enjoy myself in every way at thc age of seventy-four."-R. N. MANN, Fall Mills, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1899. It's thc do-as-you-would-be done-by cough medicine. Try a 25-ccnt bottle. i mi m mm mini i III II i mu?a wi Philippine Women. The women are not all homely look ing, although they are very young in life. Their hair, which is of a jet black, silky texture, is allowed to hang In a loose, flowing mass, and in many cases reaches*alinost to the feet. Their eyes are black and brilliant. They are remarkably clean in dress for such a dirty, muddy country. White, red and light yellow seem to be t??e?r favorite colors. A waist with a draw-sting at the neck, made of some light, fluffy material, and a red piece of ^ess goods neatly wrapped around them, reaching to the knees, goes for a dross. The headdress is worn only on official or special occasions. They wear no stockings or shoes, but have much dig nity. - Correspondence Indianapolis News. Each package of PUTNAM FADELESB DYE colors more goods than any other dye and colors them better too. Sold by all druggists. _ A Faithful Proxy. "And do you miss your poor deaf, husband much, Mrs. Muges?" Mts. Muggs-"No, thanking you kindly miss. What with my parrot which swears and my monkey wot chews tobacco. I ain't lonely. I can almost laney he's'ere." To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All drucglsts roiund tho money if it falls to cure. ?. VT. GROVE'S signature ls on each box. 25c. Balloons of Gre t Service. Balloons have boen found of greater ser vi co In South Ai rica than on tho drill ground in England, partly because oj the groater clear ness of tho air and partly because tho land ls less encumbered by objects which hinder bal loon transport. Beaufv ls Blood Deep. Clei.n blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Coscarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keepit clean, bv stirring up tho lazy Aver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and thnt sickly billous complexion by taking Cascarets,-benuty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c During the year ended Dec 31 last, 20,255 immigrants landed in Baltimore, VITALITV low, debilitated or exhausted cured by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. FREE 81 trial bottle for 2weeks' treatment. Dr. Klluo, Ld.,931 Arch St., Phlladelpha.. Founded 1671, 1 I believe Piso's?ure for Consumption saved my boy's life last summer.-M rp. ALLIE DOUGLASS, Le Roy, Mich., Oct. 20.18M. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tho gums, reduces lnflatnma Uon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 23c a bottle. The statement nf tho administrator shows that tho estate of D. L. Moody practically consists of his library. How Are Tonr Eidneye f ?i?5' Hobby 8parajrn? Pills cnroall kldnei Ma. Sam. pl? free. Add. Sterling Bumedy Co.. Chicago or N. r. Great Engineering Triumph. One of ihe latest triumphs In the engineer ing world consists In the construction, ship ment bvsteamer and subsequent transfer to raliway transportation of a stenmor of 4,200 tons displacement, which was finally put afloat in Lake Baikal. .-Iberia, not loss than 5000 miles from St. Petersburg. Deafness Cannot Bo Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the oar. There lo only one way to cure deafness, and that ls by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of tho mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When thin tube gots in flamed you havo a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, nnd when lt ls entirely <;losed Deafness ls tho result, and unless the inflam mation cnn bo taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will bo de stroyed forovor. Nine cases out of ton are caused by catarrh, which ls norning but au In flamed condition of tho mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any eas? of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENET & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist?, ?3o. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Coal mlnning is developing rapidly in Can ad?, in Nova Scotia both the areas workod and thc number of mines show a great in crease._ Fducate Your Bowels With Cnscnrets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Hc.SBc. If C. C. C. fall, drugpistbrefund money. A Plague of Octopi. Tho coast of Cherbourg promontory. France, has of late boen visited by a plague of octopl. Th.-y ato everything. Including even crabs, lobster and oyster*, und many llshormeu have boen forced to lay np their boats. Cures all Throat and Lung Affections. Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. IS s Dr. SuWs Pilli cure Dyspepsia. Trial, sojorsc Moat talked of potato ou earth ! Our Catalog tells-so also about Sal ter'a Earliest Six Weeke' Potato. Largest farm and vegetable seed growers la U.S. Potatoes. $1.20 and np a bbl. Send this notice and Sc. Stamp for Die C?talo?. ijOHNA-SALZER-SEEDflACROSSLV/ls Tho host ink mado, but no dourer than the poorest. 8 RY ANT & STRATTON (Bookkeeping Be?essColieie^^SS? Cost no more thnn 2d class school. Catalog free THF DC?TFIVE-ccnt 1 HC DEO I SMOKING Tobacco on Earth is NOT in IheTRUST TOP IS THE BRAND. Union Made! tilDftPifSSPii! J?ANUTACTURED BT BROWN BBOS. CO., WINSTON, W. C Red, Rough Hands, Itching, Burning Palms, and Painful Finger Ends. One Night Treatment Soak the hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, and anoint freely with CUTICURA, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose kid gloves, with the finger ends cut off and air holes cut in the palms. For red, rough, chapped hands, dry, fissured, itching, feverish palms, with shapeless nails and painful finger ends, this treatment is simply wonderful, and points to a speedy cure of the most distress ing cases when physicians and all else fail. Pain So Intense Would Nearly Twist Fingers From Sockets. Hands Puffed Up Like <i Toad. Water Ran Through Bandages to , Floor. Had to Walk the Floor Until Would Fall Asleep. Fingers Would Peel Like an Onion. Doctors Could Not Cure. Eight years ago I got sore hands, commencing with a buming sensation on my fingers and on top of the hand. When I rubbed them, you could see little white pimples. I felt like twisting my fingers out of their sockets. I had high fever, and cold chills ran over me, and so I kept it going until I was tired out. Nights, I had to walk the floor until I fell asleep. My. . hands peeled like an onion, the finger nails got loose, and the water' ran out, and wherever there was a little pimple there the burning fire was that happened at least ten times. I am running a blacksmith shop, horse shoeing, and I would not shut up the shop for anybody, but it was. hard. My hands puffed up worse than a toad. When I drove horse nails, the water from my hands ran through the bandage, on to the floor. My cus tomers refused to look at my hand. I had a friend take me to the doctor; he gave a solution of something to bathe my hands. I went to another doctor, I think, for a year. I found your advertisement in a Utica news paper, and I got the C?TIC?RA, remedies. As soon as I used thc-m I began to gain, and after using a small quantity of them I was entirely cured. I would not take fifty dollars for a cake of CUTICCRA SOAP if I could not get any more. I would not puffer any more ns I did, for the whole countrv. Pcb. 22,1893. CASPEB DIETSCHLEE, Pembroke, Genesee Co., N. T. Complete External and infernal Treatment tor Eiery humor, consisting of CmcuRA Pfup (2?c ), to clranie the stein of crust? nod scales and soften the thickened cuticle, CtmctmA OIMTXXKT (50C), ^_,to Instantly ?Hay itching, inflammation, nnd Irritation, and soothoand THO SOT, Si .25 heal, and CUTICCRA UENOI.VENT (60C), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SixeiJE SST ls often nu trident to cure the most torturing, disfiguring, and humiliating skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss of huir, when all else falls. Sold throughout tho world. 1'orrtR Dnro Alts Cuca. Cour., Sole Props., Boston, U. 8. A. " AU about tho Skin, Scalp, and Hair," free. Millions bf Women Use Cuticura Soap Exclusively for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusta, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and soro hands, in tho form of baths for annoying Irritations, Inflam mations, and dialings, or too free or offensive perspiration, In tho form at washes for ulcerativo weaknesses, and for many sanative antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, and especially mothers, and for all the purposes of tho toilet, bath, and nursery. No amount of persuasion can Induce those who have once utcd lt to uso any other, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scnlp, and hair of infanta and children. CCTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICCBA, tho great skin cure, with tho purest of cleansing Ingredients and tho most refreshing of flower odors. Ko other medicated soap ever compounded ls to bo compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying tho skin, scalp, hair, and hands. >"o other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, ls to bo compared with lt for all tho purposes of tho toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus lt combines In ONE SOAP at ONE TRICE, viz, TWT.XTV.FIVT CENTS, the BEST akin and complexion soap, the BEST toilet and BEST baby soap In the.world. ?Ileura OXTON Culture5' is the name of a valu able illustrat ed pamphlei which should be in the hands of every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent FREE. Send name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. DOH'T STOP TOBACCO SUDDENLY It injure? nervous system todo *o. BACO Cfmointhe only euro that REALLY CURES nnd notifie* you when to stop. Sold with a puarantee that three boxes will cure any eas??. RAPA PURA is vegetable ?nd harmless. It PMIiU-?UnU ha. Jnrpd thousand*, it will rare you. A tall druegists or by mail prepaid, 81 a box: 3 boxes 82.?? Booklet free. Write El'HEKA CHEMICAL CO.. Ln Crosse, Wit. "MONEY" for OLD SOLDIERS Union soldiers nnd widowsof soldiers who made homestead entries before June 22,1874 of less thnn 160 acres (uo matter if abandoned or relinquished) if they have not sold their additional homestead rights, should address, with full particulars , j;iv lng district, ftc. 81117 H. C0?P, Waihisgtoa, D. 0. GUARANTEED with no !"??. un less suerul. Patent advertised free. Freo ad vice us to patentability. Send tor "Inventor?' Primer." MILO I?. STEVENS Jk CO.. Anw.. Kstaij., ISfrl. SIT 14thSt., Washington, 0. C. Branches: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.S0 SHOES aaa .Worth S4 to $6 compared. with other makes. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. Hie genuine have W. L. j Douglas' name and price I stamped on bottom. Take( no substitute claimed to be as good. Your dealer should keen them-if. not, we will send a pair" _ j|on receipt of price and 250." extra for carriage. State kind of leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free. cc.esEYELETS W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. FOR 14 CENTS S We wish to ?rain this year 200XCO . now costumers, sud h once oiler G I Pkg. City Garden Beet, . Rc m Pkg.Enrl'Bt Emerald Cncumberlcc Q La Cromo Market Lettnco, 15c A Strawberry Melon, l:t Day RadNh, Early Kipe Oabbace, Karly Dinner Onion, l">c ~ lOo J l'jc Q ICe 15o ? sri/ _ . Brilliant Flo-? or Seeds, Worth $1.00, for 14 cents. $U0 $ Abovolo PkesTworth 91.00, we will znsil yon free, toe ?thor with ocr crest (.'alaine, tel li nc all about SALIER S MILLICH DOLLAR POTATO npon receipt of this notice Al4c. stampi. Wc inviteyonrtrado, and ? know when yon once try Sn iz er's Inecds you will never do without. '*200 Prizes on Sailer's 1?00-rsr est earliest Tomato Giant on earth. C JOHN A. SAL7.BR 8KK0 CO., IJL CROSSE, WIS. EOCC I This Two Qnart I ntl. s FountainSyrince made from the best quality white HubbiT with about six tot of Tubing, three han! Rubber lipes and pat ent Shut-off. will be st-nt, p.->btapo Flure to any ad dress In the United states on receipt of Fifty Cent? nnd tho names of two or vour neluhbors. A? tills ls Ws than tho cost of manu facturing these Koort? wo make thu offer tor thirty ?lavsonly. Write forOtalog of "General Merehandi?*. SEC030-H0PKINS CO., 2?J to WO 115th St. CHICAGO, . . ILL. ELECTED SEA ISLAND Cotton Seed ?For Sale! Silk or Extra Fine tl.sOperbn. Medi um FlneSl.0?. Grown In the heart of the famous sea Isluzid Cotton Beitof the S. C. ?cart. Address W. C. Ci ri \ TY, Formerly of Geraty dc Tow les, YOLNGU I ~L A YU, 8. C. '?"f'^V'V-. -'"5 m Mention this Paper In uniting to advertisers. AKLT-1900-nlne. Wanted You can earn ?B0 perno. ha'"iiii e naliicu our Portraits and Frames. \i rlu?fer terms. C. B. Auderson&Co..8T2 Elm St.. Dalia*. >cx. Agents ???!SSS???h I Thompson's Eye Water : :M- P ISO vS 'i G U R Z T O R b?H?S WU tnt ALL ELSE FAILS, I Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use | in time. Sold by drucaista.