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- % > MRS. CLEVELAND ILL Indication That th? Health of the Ex President's Wife is Shattered Lakkwood, Dec 17 ?It fx Imriifd tliat Mrs Cleveland has not, as was hop ed, derived ical btuclit froin her star hero Kim f?, i, iini.iij so writ an when flic arrived ten rfny* ago. A trained nuise i* still on duty. Mr*. Cleveland takes massages daily and lives exclusively on milk mid wine. When she and her distinguished husband drive out, Mis. Cleveland is mullled in furs, cloth leggings and wraps and h< r husband's strong light arm is at h> r back for support. She look* like n ghost; colorless, blue lipped. hollow eyed, aud with sunken cheeks Not m soul is admitted to tho cottage. *,?. ?f * Mr. Cleveland situ in the window all day long, except when bo and Mrs. Cleveland are away for their biicf outing. The baby, wrapped t > the cliiu, and in her little carriage, is taken out each day l?v her nurse She seems very well, fresh ami c heerful. The temporary and other residents.of th s ipiiet little hamlet, have come to tin; conclusion that llahy Until Cleveland is as wc uie fioin prying eyes in the hands ot her nurse as she would he in eare of her accomplished mother. In eotiHima tioli of this In lief this inteieat ing sliey is going the loutul.s of the village. 'Ilieothei day the nurse was pu hing the perambulator about the sunny corner of the North Woods drive, near the Cleveland cottage, when a zealous te pollei ?if a New Yolk newsptp.r, who li id been lying mi wait seveial days appealed with his Kodak (bulged He was anxious loi pial sin h an oppoitunity to get a pi lure of tin Imliy 'Iherepoit ' ei hastened alollg the diive, eaiefutly J ? oneealing his eaineta uiulei his oven out. lie took a i on in la I Mint way, and, as In? faced the pel ambulator, snapped the I Kodak Italiy Moth'., iiiii.se, however, was on t the alert, and aw the tepoi tei advam ing. I She also deli ite I tin initial ill at size of | his c od on on side, ami was supic ions. ( .lust as the caiueia was witlidiawfi fioiu | 11 s 11141 in** |il;n r Mil' | it i' M v I'D ii'Villil was lliinwn mi i tin k 1:11?y'** IiU'i". 'I lie . j ii'|niili'i \v:i alilu tu ii 111 iiiiii ?* tIn* 111vrr ( li t ami it t- said tn la .t vt-ry lair jiictun* j _ . _ ii Tin* in wrst ami liainUniiM'st fishing m Iuhiiu i i:i New Knv.laml is tin- .limits ^ <? Itlninr, i I (iliiin i .trr, ('apt. Mrlkm alii. Sin- is a iicauty of tho Burgi-as uimlrl. wailiuilt at. Kssrv, Mass., mid ' l aitiivs iji'litcrii men and t-iolit dories. ii The Failure ' (>f tin- ki'l* iiml liver In | i |miI\ lenitive Km- lac tic or hi it iit ltl Iroin hie h>htrin, it-siilIs in (' Rheumatism 'i ills a. ii| at t 11111111 ilrs In lltt hl*rt?lis i lr.siii h, |*iirt It'll lailv in i|m- |<?|iii^ ati'l t ail .i s liilluiiiiiiitlloii itlitl tin* s t* ?i ililc |i.iiii ami .it'lti'-*, v\ lilt ii me mole nk<?liulh>{ * 'vi i v linit a i it \t iiu-iil Is made. i Tho Way to Curo Kite muni islli Is lt? |iiii'if> (lie IiIihnI. Ami ti> tin llils s klkl? i lie* lit .i l?|t Hit i |i||| Kiel*. ' Brief, but Important 1 iii lilt* follow iiik ft*w 11 Ill's, ml s. l'*lf fill.ill. pio* piifltir or Hit* ikill House, 1'ifiiitii. oliiti,h?)k iikrcul t If a I * I lnnk IIv t* ami tnif half Ih?HIcs of II Hoodf?5 Sarsaparilla V1 ninl II i'iii'. iI inv i lii'iiiii.'iilsin >>f ? ji'iirs' hlan.lltiK " Ii. S. Krei'lii.-iil, I'lriiiiiMl, I'lilii. *' CHILD BIRTH MS . . . Trnrrrr-^b--?^v-t~n I I I ? " Mmm ks' i'KiFNit " is a scientific- si all\ 1'iep.iird I iniiiieiit, every ingredient <>f letvalue aiul in ll ?. ?:?st.ml use l?y the medical pio- n (?-\si,>n. I hese ingredients ate combined mi .1 niaunei liilliatnunknown I "MOTHERS* : E RSEND" > Wit. I l>ti .ill th.it is claimed for it AND Mi >K5;. It Mint lens i abor, I c ens Pain, I timini'tics D.ingei to t ill' < I Mi'lhi't .Hid t Inld Moult ( ? " m i hi f " ii'.ttlcil I d b.l'., iOit- , taming valuable infoiillation and I vo'unlaiy ? iIiiihiiiijIs, % tilt In r t|ii i >. ii ii ; I I (it tee ft 60 (iei It 111# kiHAIlMI I O l u l'IMOIl CO., Atlanta. G?. HOI.lt I t . I I. 11HI 'till IHTH. 1 CK'f WKI.I. IBS HflM ~ ! Y kkkh1d, 1*h*<vwm?? f'orm\ |-lVJ(i! fVriitniiM^/it strif/imW tf<% Short turn*I, #/<*., lA t'lioiiot'Min.i I M'ouTiiy .11 A I J? I'imttlnr* frivtv JJryrtfif'i fntfrtro, f -*S? Main :;l, iiufTaJn, N. V. j I v\ \ vvi.y \n??\ .mi.i fi'im11 \yi* v*iii|ii i*ntii % " " !??: tie \% till il of? ||t .(I l\ l.i? I' \ ,i>|| ?li|c |i| , ml||ins Ill loll \\ lilt .1 l.? \\ I \ I'l'WI llil I tl!i?|M* 1 nl iii?*i 5 f sill nil n \ I M Hi <' *. SIJ* .? !* M \ Y Vile cod liver oil has lost its vileness in Scott's Kmulsion and gained a good deal in efli':eacy. J \ It is bioken up into tiny di\>j>s vviiii ii are covered with ' gl\ieiine, just as quinine in , pills is coated with sugar or gelatine. You do not get the taste at all. , 1 he hypophosphites of lime and soda add the ir tonic effect to that of the half digest* 1 cod-liver oil. Ii i s send you a book on 1 caw:.! i. i v i \r(.?free. * "? i i'. n. ,1 ii i .i?, i | s.mmIi stn Av-n-.ir, M - V V. a * Yi'iir?i"i. 1 ' . . lis Kiiiilniitufioil livci , oil -all i!ru ?> . n .i . -. Ituic il<? ?i. J I .. . * ' mfiMEM : PILLS HO NOT Oil IFF. NOU SICKEN. Hll'O r%trn for SICK M KAIV* Vyyffifflk AVIVK, tmpairwl 1 - |{f?i?i<!rt. Tti.*?y jrotir) j v '*iI ' fiu*i?t,?( vi A '':,i 1,# '' "" >< U -n iit'v^uii*! I !??'Y<t1 r Co..)!!. f j, /% '/nl' i". ? ? !' !t net- . < V/ v/ ucal Daily A- nutf. lifiMitifv roinplc?*ion by ptirilylsic * t>'no?f. Fmri v \ k'.i rAHt.r. H h** i* i *? 1 mii*fi I infnit mr* ?? or* pill run Hift r !?ct.?o inn- !| l.o !i v-.|| 4J, 'imrrf In v*t ( prfV. t hVp i ill I#ijhIiiirinn** g:'Ht er\<-i?l*prr !'*'? m h?n l- ? *--?:<! evrrjr- I Vh-rv. A!I ff?fi ? f ?I- ?# ir ( - - * a* Btrt49 etnl rtensr . \t ? ; -t 3? pre- book u tfh sample. OK. H*iTEK PiEDIOINE CO., St. Louis. Mo. ? HUNKUM H 11. L. I u??rl In i;nuon llunkum Hill AiiiI tbink it very ht>*h, Ami? n? nf Nature's mighty propa That help uphold the sky. One day I toddled up it* side And >tooil upon its top. And ?h?- ? - i aSj t Upon acme other prop And thorn I ww it just beyond, Anothor hill much higher. It*summit rninKlc<i with the ?ky All fused with sunset tiro. "That hill's n button on ttm earth," Hold I to little John. "'Jhorrent fcky KproQilM it* buttonhole And tlury it hitches on,'' , .a , - " ** - ?, . On* Amy 1 filmed this otlinr hill, Ami found with heavy heart The button mid tin* buttonhole Were very fur apart. Hut there against t lie crimson West Another hill uiih seen, A no.-lily spangled cushion wlioro The liii; n\y love I t<? lean. Audi.) I've kept oiielmihiug hllla From busy day today. Hut from the topmost peaks I tin I The sky is far away. In spite of many tumble-, still This sermon I would preach. Life s greatest fun is i?r.ispiii4 for The things ive caiuixl retell ...V IF Fo.V* Ml J link,;- III,III* IN A ST KMT CAB. iiv imiioriiY I'VMiiwiiui). It was a little virion a street car go1m? ii11 tow.i. She was a pretty child in ii broad I ii iiiMtii'f I, | .M l hi ( -.jut- liat, loaded with o-.li ich plumes. She sal beside her Mother, a sweet-fara d woman w ith kind y, patient eye*. The little one r allied a bio huneh of lowers. "It's most as bio as a bushel rusket." she said lai|o|ilii;;ly to her at her, as he ImmioIiI. tliein down town hi hei at the (lowei show. There were 'oyal ehrysaiitheiiiuins, ii-ses with lair, inlltd lares, and others bmiiiuo with lectin eolor. There was ul-o tall spikes f oladiolii.eaeh one as slid as if n. ha I wallowed a ramrod, yiir;i'ous dahlias, n tlaimtiiii^ rosettes ol red and yellow, aid towering ahove all, a liii>Ii and niohty oreliirl, lull of airs, lint looking ,s much like a veijeliibh) lobster as anyliitifr else. The ehihl clutched them so Inscly that her neat little km ylove win irst ready to split. You see there were o many of the glorious blossom;, that ir-r tiny hand could hardly lmhl them It. "I am tiiinkiiro, mamma," she aid in ii happy Utile whisper, "how ovely they will look mi the dinner table, o niithl, when papa ramies home!" There was only mim- v.leant scat in (lie* .11, ami that was prd beside the lit Liu ill. 1'irtly soon tin; enmluclor rani? 111 another laii*, ami a (all,ungainly man lid into the piuee. II" lo.?kel like a Mhim11111itive, ami 11:1 <I evidently liren li ink in;/. ??nly a little, iliniii;li. Pernips pi-t em.null 'oluaee liiiti up against nine trouble, ami make the poor fellow eel a little hit socialite. His liaml rcmhlcd slight I v, and he io.ikeil kimlly lewn at the eliihl ami Iot (lowers. ' My! sis, ain't Ilieni pretty posies? Vhy them's just the-oil my old ;;ramlinther u>ed to have in her garden, .lien I was a little shaver! Them's the i*:iI garden roses. I ran tell them hy lie riiiell," lie said in a voice that had a nod deal of pathos in it. The niauV lanner was friendliness itself, and his ' ieo was as honest as tlTe ilay' lA idn^, F* ill the timid little one edipsl alon^ the 1 . ill eloser to her mother. "Say, s;is! what'll you take for youi loweis'f" he r? sinned pleasantly: "Coins iow ! Let's make haripiiti. I low much m the hull lot? I want to luiy Vm. Iiie he drew a shining ,-ilver half dollat rout his picket ami lichl it in his ex ended pahu. The child look no notice of the coin lit looked aoiiealim I v :il her mother Mu> thought (lie man a crank ami was a ittle aliaiil ut liiiu. "Sho!"' lie I>1 in 11' I mil again, 540011 1:11< 11? -111 \ . "Not. enough, ell, for thai >i;r |-Ir.\ ' y , |jt 5 want 'cm, ami i want cm ha'l. So I'll 00 you a dollar, am! icrc's the dust. You can Imy candy nnngh with it to last you a month.'' Mere the little girl hccamc so cmhur | assist I that her mother tclt cotnncllcd to ; 'ay to her in a sotto voce tone, "Don't >0 afraid, dear. Tell the gentleman [hat you do not wish to sell your Unworn." J'he man heard ami so it was unneces nry fi.? tin, child 10 speak, lie raised tiis haltered hat respectfully and hands -till trciulding, lie turned to the child mil continued, "No, sissy, don't Indented, I wouldn't harm you or hurt sour feelins for all the gol I ia America. I think a heap of little gals like you. I didn't mi .in no haiin in try in' to inaki 1 deal with you for the llowers. 1 uaute-l 'cm and i want Yin yet, if you ire willin to sell Ym to iae. The motlier .smiled ph-i-autlv, the llild 11l< ii i - .... I I....- f.- ' ... ... ? in i i\ * i ^ mix i MTlil!4 that no o If euro w is :>iveu, 111* man eon linited. "You ; rr I've ';o( a liillr nieee up I own :i 1 ?< ?u I a^ I ?i:? as you. Sue looks like you o:uo, too, only her eueoks ain't led ami |ilu:iij> like youru, Vuim> she's ilivays lim n puny like. I*ut she's smart, Iiom.'hTell yon what, "die's way up i 'ritlimeiir. She ? oi write a letter .one as a pui-on, ami l.ord,how tint litle one can sinj;! I -pit a leMei Iro n her wilier *jes now,ami I'm ooino up there. I'lte poor little thine has Item iek all j aer life with hip disease, and now she's i J\ in". Can't live till morniti' nohow,the loetoi say*. Slit' lores llowei nil1! alien I i;ot mi tin' in-, aii'l seen ,.ni with that hi'; Imiii? h i>" vmirn, I 1 n>iII;111 lioiv it, 111i 111 cheer liei up a it in In'!.I 'tin in Iter |u?oi little thin, a liitn hand at the I i -l. " l'he enilil was ?iyiii ; nftlv now, the cai ; wi ie fulling n.fht into the laces oi ler cherished llowets. The mother's jyes jjrew brighter than their wont, vhile the mail went on, his hand-. still i einhlino. Yes, poor little Un<y! I took her mil her ma oil' in the country, wnv up ' i lain" Islaii'l, last rnimoVr, hoping; the i . iue of air mioht tone hei up a hit. hit it didn't <h> nouoo.l. Theie was just ihniit enough of In i hoily left to hold an little soil! when we ?;ot hick, and it .ad wore away so thin tint you could ihnost see through it. I knew she. ;-ouidn t hold on much Ioiium, hut it's ' infill tou^h on her ma,though, just the same.'' Here the poor fellow '>ri-h I the hack I >f ' is hand Hi'Ki" hi< |; shoot errihh. "Yes, she used to ?it up on the pile n' iwect hay out in the me i low, where she could look cleau across the Sound on to li:c lilue hill* wvy over in ('unuccticut. She ? die I it her 'Luid of ileulah.' Homo <>! her Sunday-school lingo, I reckon. Au) way, her little crutches wm there handy, anil I would bring her great load* o' daisies and them jailer thing* ?i.?? I caiien em wieh, hut the mid the/ wu golden rod*. She'd string the daisies into long ciiaim, and tie the others up in |>o*ios. She always (billed me 'Uncle Hod' for short. My right name ia lioderick. But after that aho never called uio anything hut 'Uoldeu Hod,' and I reckon it waa all on account of them flowers. Never mind, sissy I Don't feel bad. Yon needn't sell me your flowers If you den't want to." By this time, the little girl waa crying hard. Her mother's arm held her close, hut with au irresistible impulse she sobbed out: ''fill, mister! I can't sell you tho flowers, hut I want to give them to you for little Hosie! Here, take them ell, ami. Oh, dear, I hope she won't die! * in i me uocior no sometime' lo make her #et well, mammal" Tins <*1>it<I wiih fust hccomin# hysterical. The next corner was their stopping place, ami her liK'ther hurricil her olT the ear. .1 list it* she was pason;; out, an old fellow in the corner seat, stretched forth hia hand and touched the hem of her simple, brown dress. As he did so, he blew his nose with a "rent snort on a bio, red bandanna to make believe he wasn't cry in#, and then he whispered sol'ly, under his breath, "Clod blew the ciiild !" lot the pathos of this little incident win to lind }et further expression. A moment later there was a little jolt, the ipuek scream of a child, and the sound ol a man's voice, swearing horribly, "book sharp! ye little imp!" he yelled !! > lie nulled no Ins luirsi-s w il.lt n siulilon I I ? ?' - jerk. A little child lny close beside the track. Its rag of a hat was crushed upon the rail, and the skirt of its calico frock had heuu cut clean in two, l?y the edge of the heavy wheel. It was a mere tot this time. "Ifehhens and carf," she screamed. "I'se all runiied ohcr, an' me mudder's losted!" site added, with another yell that might have aroused the dead. A policeman came over from the corner to see what the row was about. The child was too little to club and so lie took her in his arms ami tried to soothe her with kindly words. A crowd began to gather and she wailed yet louder still. "I tells you me mudder's lest an' I'm all rutiued ohcr! I wants me inudder!" she screamed, with both tists jammed tightly in her eyes. The tears were washing wiiite streaks on the ^riunij little face, and tlulTy tendrils of tangled Hold strayed about her temples. "Well, never mill I! Don't cry, babv, but coil e with mo and we'll lind your mother," said the bio kind-hearted policeman, while lie tenderly lilted tin; wee >mg child and got on tin; car. lie took the seat just vacated by the little girl who had carried the Dowers, and tried to comfort flic poor waif by showing her the big brass buttons on his coat and promising to liny her some candies. Mill all to no purpose. I lor poor littlo heart was broken, and she could only cry, "I want my mudderl I want my muddcr!" I.'veryhody thought what a pretty child she would be if her face weie only clean. I [or startled eyes were like two big purple |tansies an I her hair the color of a marigold. Tho man with the flowers couldn't stand it any loug?p*> Lit; had fttnied haiil'trrinrdi^Tvei tfsoiticnt an the opposite side of the car without blinking to keep tliu tears back, and now lie thrust the shilling coin into the grimy hand of the poor wstif. "Take it, sis, ami don't cry," he *aid. "Tell the copper ycr name, and he'll take you lo vcr mar. Poor thing! I reckon she wants you as had as you want her, and she's eryiu' Iter eyes out about you this hlcssid minute. Take the dollar home to her and tell her to Imy ye some libit* shoes. She'll have you back all safe an' sound. Mill my little gal's mar, that I'm takin' thine (lowers to," lie added, sadly, us lie stopped the car, "won't have, her hack again, no more, forever."?Xew York AVv*. VIRGIN!A'S OYSTKU, LANDS. They Are Rich Enough to Pay the State Debt. UtcnMONO, Va.?The importance of the oyster industry is now being pressed to the front as never before. Matshail McCormick, of Clarke county, one of the Icaditnr members of the I.eo isl.ntni e H.-iiil Iir considered it the biggest ipieMion of the dny in Virginia finances. He favors the lelcgntion of this whole snhjeet to an impartial commission to report upon, the commission to be chosen by the I.egisln ture. "I believe," said Mr. RlcCormick, "that if propel I v managed Hih State's J oystei interest could he made to pay olT hoi *\ hole debt. Indeed. I am told of i capitalists w ho have hinted at theii wil Imgness to assume it upon i omlilion of heing given theiigh* t>> contiol Yiigm ia's oysioi beds." I'lie Slate owns about a million and a half acres of oystei lamb whiih, if leased, could hi- made to y ieh, a large revenue. It is not. improbable that this ipnstion will be pi esse I at this cssion as it never was hcfoie Mr. Mc("oimii k and othei |nouiint'iii ^<y ? > should be coiisidcied eiihout parly or : State sectional 1 i is, strictly as a biuiuc. s ' ipicstiou and one r-f leveiine. A Wontlerlnl (brbl Mine. One of the woii'len: of Australia, and otic of the gicate '. natural cnrio'ilics in ; the woild, is the Mount Morgan gold mine in tJureii land. The precious metal cruitaiiied in this mine, which hn.r paid a divident of not less than "!>(?,Of"'tb(K) in a year, was deposited 1 ?y a hot spring. .Mount Morgan i- a hill about 500 feet high, containing al its lop a cup shaped deposit made l?y the hot spring which once unshed out llioro, and in thin deposit the gold exists. Truly a cup of Cue us! Through untold ages the waters dropped their glittering burden, and j now man comes and exit nets the hoarded . in* I at to add to the wealth of the world. 1 Spceipu us of the ore from thisstrango i mine have recently been sent to the i I'liiled Slates, that tlioy might be com- j pared with the deposits of the great hot j springs in our ow n Yellowstone Parle. It was but natural to suppono that the Yellowstone springs h.vl also a gniricn lu isiue in their cups, but the mo-t careful si arc'i by goolo \,ts has thus far failed ?o defect any bice of it.?St. / o'lis Itrjiiihlir. Surgeons inPitfsburg,Penn. ,nrr trying to make new eyelids for an unfortunate man whose natural and proper eyelids were burned off. *1-: OF THE KA1S1 RNIA METHOD OV D1 AND PACKING, w 1 Picked the ?Mln the Field to MKMIIIIX rfocew. Tf| Cilifoiuia method of drying i packing the mi*iu is peculiar and * waHp a brief deacriptiou. When grdB hftU-ii a certain degree of ri iioflniM rfceetops the requisite aino of jp^Ultine matter a large force i* )W^HMw)sril oud the pickiug oSHHRflE'tmaches of riuu grapes -piaR-uyCTOCTully on wroooeu trays a are left in the ncul to cure. lne p cess retjures from seven days to tin weeks, according to the amount of si ahiuo. Tpis climate is no entirely f from tie* it uight that there is daugcr of uur>t. The grape cures p fectly in tlia way and makes u sweeter rtiisu than when dried artificial hea. When the grape* dried suiHcictf ly the trays are gathei and stacked ii piles about as high a man's waist. Then begins the tedir but necessary process of sorting into t fweat boxes. 'I'hese boxes are aln eight inches dep aud hold 125 pou' of grapes. Around the sorter are th sweat boxes or the three grades grapes. In cs h box are three layers mauilia paper which are used at eq intervals to ptrvent the stems of grapes from lo oming entangled, tl breaking the file large bundle* when moved. 'IVaorter must ho nn expt Ilo'takestrn fmnehns l?y tlie stem, pi ing fcluf largest and tinest in the f grade Box, those which are mod in sized in the second grade, aud broken and ragged hunches in the tli class. When the boxes are tilled tl are hauled to fire brick building knn as the equalizer. Tins is constructor as to permit ventilation at the top, I to exclude light and air as much possible from the grapes. The bo are piled in tiers in this house n allowed to remain in darkness for fr ten to twenty days. Here they undo a sweating process, which ditln moisture c ptally throughout the c tents of each box. This prevents sc grapes from retaining undue moislt and it also softens the sterns and ma! them pliable. lu-itin flii? oriinili/iiKr.roniii tho uw boxes arc taken to the packitig-rot Hero they are that weighed. The t aud second grades are passed to the i tcr, whirV the third-grade raisins placed in a big niaehiue that strips the stems and grades the loose raisin three or four si/.es. Tiiese are plaue<! sacks and sold us loose raisins, higher grades are carefully sorted i lit nt and second class clusters. AI this sorting the Imxes arc passed women and girls, wiio arrange the el tors neatly in snail live-pound ho with movable bottoms. These Ixi are placed under alight pressure, i four of them till one of the rogi t weuty^Utlbd boxes of commei The work of placing the raisins in small boxes requires much practice, women arc found to be much swifter t men at this labor, and as they ire ji by the box, tlie more skilful earn ft to 5>.'l iv day. It is light, pleas work, as the room is large, cool and v ventilated, and there is no mixing of sexes, such as may be found in many the Sua Francisco canueriss. this reason tlje work attract* idee pji iMMftme mrtty^see many attractive facea trip through a largo packing hoi One heavy-slum hi red, masculine-look Herman woman, who, however, had lo slen lor lingers, was pointed oat as swiftest softer in the room. She m regularly a day. The assuraiiet steady work of this kind for tli months draws - many people to Fres and tliu regular disbursement of a la sum as waircs evcrv week iroe.s fui explain U|i> thrift am! comfort seen every liatflT. The live-pound boxes of grapes passed to the pressing machine, \vh four of them are deftly transferred t< twenty-pound hox. The two higli grades of raisins are the Dehcsu ami London layers. It lias always been ambition of California's raisin-makers produce the Doiiesi brand. Tiiey ku that their best raisins are equal in s and quality to tao imt Spuush raisi but heretofore they have found the e ?r v voujt^wWgrr.tup layer in the Bpm style very costiy, ii. ITYe raRtna nan to flattened out (m* Munubc I, as it is tool rally called) by hand. In Spain, wh women work for twenty cents a day, I hand labor raits 110 figure in the cost production, but here, with the cbca| labor at $l.f>Oa day, it has proved a to eonipetion. Anioriean ingenu liowever, is likely to overcome this hat rap ol high wages. T. C. White, an raisin-grower, has invented a packi plate of metal, with depressions at re lar interval* just the size ol a lug ri This plate is put at the bottom of preliminary packing-box, and when wank of par king is complete the bos reversed and the top layer, pressed the depressions of the plate, hears e\ mark of the most careful hand nianio tif>11. Mr. Ilutier usoil this pinto lor lirst time this season, ami fottn-l it a i ress, ami tii-rc i no question of its i oral a'loption Kvcry year see; inore toutlr<U IHviu la? i'hti (ailoful ^lldiuj raisins, as upon this ileperals much their inarUctahln v due. Tim large pa in:; houses have ?i nio good work in forcing this rule, an I the chief sine who still indulge in caveless packing small growers with p > m facilities. I'r ahlv the next lc.\ y- in will sen a gi increase in the numiier ami si/.c of packing houses which will prepare market most of Fresno's raisin et The growers also will avail theinsclvi the co-operative plan, for which colony system oiTer- pcctiiiar a Ivauta ?At 10 Yvrk J'rt'iu. r. Virginia, "M >thc- of yri iin.tiiii n4 will it( Sti?f>n f the National House of Itcrescnlati since slio )ins furnished as many sons that honor ns have New York, O .Maine and New Jersey combined. : lorty. mgo ^jit of OUO llUIldfrd ftnd years the SfFjf jeer's chair lias been ti oy either a Virginian or a Kcntuckia To Bo Moo croof. C'ot.t'Mnua, OA.--The Muscogee cc ty commissioners have decided toe in Columbus a handsome jail to cost $ 000 and to be mob-proof. A test is to lie made by the; CnHfoi /'V'/d fJivukr to determine whet Iter - '(.Is of ijtilicially fcnili/.jd tigs \ gel iniiiatiijSk |J? Aa Alligator Story. It is not often that one hears of an alftT ligstor ? r |iet; in fact none hat ever been beard of so tame that it could be approached by a human being without running off or sho ?in? ?/? *?? rbe to ngllt There is, however, an old man who lives not a dozen miles from Jacksonand ville, on the St. Johns Itiver, who has roll what might be called an alligator farm, the He owns a tract of about twelve or tbirpe teen acres, and in one part is a low, unfc marshy place which in wet weather is put tilled with water. A deep ditch counects bo- this with the river. are One spring day the owner of the farm Jid while walking near the swamp heard a ro- crashing sound in the marsh grass, and ree looking over to the ceutre saw a largo on- alligator moving around, lie stood still res sod watched the saurian and discovered nr that it was throwing up a mound of mud >cr- aud gross. Alter a time, when the heap far had assumed a shape not unlike that of a by hul such as the K?|uitnaux are pictured lire as living in, the alligator lay on top. rel The farmer cane to the conclusion s a that she was laying her eggs, aud, not ous wishing to disturb her, left. The next 1... .l-iv Iw. vi?iti..l III.. IIhi.-.. u.1.1 ouu. ..IV) J ......... ...... >ut tliiil the mound bad l?een lirmly bedded lib all around, while the old 'gator ley sunir?e ning herself on n lot;. Ivich day lit , of visited the place and carried food to tlit i of old one in the sliipg of lisli and meat, nid and its the time went on she got ho tamo the that at a certain hour she \va-> 011 the Iiiih lookout for him and u ime crawling up to re- be feed. ;rt. One morning be was startle I by a lou 1 lac- bellowing in the direction of the swaiup, irst and, hastening over, found tilings in a an- high state of excitement Tiicre, lying all hi a pool of water, was (lie mother, Huron! rounded hy numerous little alligators, hey some of which climhc I upon her back and nvii tlum slid oil, see mug to enjoy the fun ( so imuieusely. At the sight of her friend 11 lint bright light beamed in in r eyes, and, sis alter receiving a few caresses, she started xes olT towards liio river followed by lui md young. om Every spring after that the owner of i-.ro the place lias watched for the old 'gator, ises which lias never failed to show up and uii. each year Imild a new mound and raise her young.?Florid-i '/'inn* Union, Clo'Misiiig the ripe Lines. The cleausing of the pipe lines which connect Philadelphia and New York ltll. ..... .. . 1 - ..... with the oil regions, ana 01 wntcn tnero 1|s is a strong probability that another will >01' be constructed between this city ami tiie ,u,y new field in Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, is a very ingenious ! ." matter. The crude petroleum, in pusI'l,''. through the pipes, leaves a waxy doposit on the sides, which, if allowed t no^ euiuiilate, would soon till them ami check ' ^ t!ie How of oil. To prevent this a clever spiral contrivance of knives is force I through the pipes with the oil from the pumping station, cutting out the wax ami elTeetu.illy cleaning the pipe. There j are now ab nit half a !<?/. :n pipe lines between tie.' oil liel'ls aiel ihlewater, ami .. ' tbey are kept open in 111 is way.?I'/iilu but dclVUi*l^I. Evoii Corn Husks Are Valuable, laul .. ... om bites are combining to make 1;ll|t tilings plcasaiiter for the Western farv,.|l liter, the latest discovery of value to him tllu being that the husks of coru will make ?f excellent paper. Hitherto husks have l<'or not bad any eoanuercial value ami have t.(s> only been eaten by stack under protest , i,j mid during hard spells. Now, however, ,su. the establishment of paper mills in the jM , West should put a stop to the const infc i,.r> whipping of paper from the East,and also the convert a waste article into what mumid,. factureis would call a "residuary profit,'* . ?t such as coke hi a gas laetoiy. it is not rue many years since old rags were lo ike I no upon as the only possible raw material pre for the inmufaeture of paper, ami the r to course from cast-olf shoddy to the cov 0:1 cring of corncobs lias been both steady and lulcrcsliug. ? tit. Ijouib Globe-Demoare crut. i? II A l*i*s story l< lll(! loan to tin- I tost effect that Hen t" lir, the champion this sprinter of Hollands, Cal., recently trie chased a squirrel that had twenty yards i to start of him, caught the animal by the ow tail and beat its brains out on a lo?i. jize ? - ?? ? Pnown's tron Hitters euros Dyspepsia,Mal&ng rin. biliousness ami rienurul Debility. Gives ' 8tremit h, aids Digestion, tones the nerves? ;><t creates appetite. 'l'he best tonic for Nursinu isli Mothers, weak women anil eliihlren. CottNTKUFKlT Swedish iiiuuej is made In ' 1 this eountry. ere diis - -- ? - - ' I ||?j||s !cn ONl$ Ilt* Both the method and results when ' ' Oyiupuf FigslsuiKen; u ispiensant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses t ho system effectually, dispels colds, headhit aches and fevers and cures habitual oli constipation. Syrun of Figs is Che r<vlt only remedy of its Kind ever protlu. duced, plensing to the taste and aoa" ' ceptable to the stomach, prompt in "j'f its action and truly beneficial in its (I. effects, prepared only from the most ?CJ healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and huve made it the most popular remedy known. " is Svrup of Figs is for sale in 50o kci s and |l bottles by all leading drugv,'8? gists. Any reliable druggist who (or tnir not have It on hand will j,-()'r cur? it promptly for any on? who lwo wishes to try it Do not aoc?pft lied ?ny ?ubfltitut?. CALIFORNIA F/0 SYRUP CO. MAU cOMfjnionf\ o?* UM/t8VtlL?. Kt ?1SWV0HK. H.?. Z: 4 f m E SMALLEST P1LL }N THE WORLD! _ * TTJTT'S * rno *TINY LIVER Pitts* flip a have nil the rlrt iim of t lie lnrger niion j a ^Pfi|iiHll]r pnrply Trgrtalile. ^ vill | P.iact ilte ohoirnl|> thli borilar. : Nn Semerf. I hare traveled pretty extensively over the world," said Mr. Dillman of Spokane. "and I ?upp<ise I shall be accused of iodulirinv in >> ? i say there is more diversity of scenery in Washington tbnn iu any country I ' have ever seen. A complete circle of 1400 miles can he made around * the State by rail. Do not cove nervously | in yout seat when 1 tell you that on this j you will see mountain scenery to which | that of 8.vitzvrlind is commonplace; landscM|?cs tiner than those in southern Italy; fotcsls richer than Turuer'e views of old Ilrittuuy; au?l brook scenes like those in the forest of Ardeu. To my mind Pu?et Sound is more beautiful th in the Mediterranean Sen.*'?Hem York | /W. DMficM C'hu'i be Cared By local applieatIons, as they rannot reach the diseased (>ortioii of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by cuuslitutiomil remedies. I leafuewi 1m caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Kunt&rbian TuIkj. When this tube gets Inflamed you haven rumbling sound or imper feet heartuk. and when it in entirely closed, deafness is the reMilt, and unless the inflammatinn can bj token out and this tube restored to its noriuol condition, hearing will he detd roved forever; nine cases out or ten are caused by ratarrli, which is nothing but an intin rued condition of t lie mucous surfaces. We will give <>ne Hundred Dollars for any case of deaf utv-H (mused by catarrh) that we cannot cuae by taking Hail's Catarrh Cure, bond for circulars, free. h\ j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. (x Sold by Druggists, 75c. A new Tennessee lew prohibits Sunday work. The Only One Ever Printed. CAN YOU FIND the WOltD? These is a 3 inph display advert isement in this paper, this week, which has no two words alike except one word. The Haute is true of each new one aopuaring each week, from The Dr. Harter .Medirlne Co. This house places a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send thcin the name or the word nnd they will return you BOOK, DKAUTtrut. LITHOGRAPHS or BAM I'l.t.S rilKK. There are 6711,064,663 acres of pobUo lands still vacant. Ir your Back Aches, or you are all worn out, good for nothing, it is general debility. Brown's Iron Bitters will cure you, make you strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite?tones the liervus. Co-operative Alliance store* are to be established in every couuty in Kansas. Dr. Swan's Pabtii.e*Ciire female ireaknr***; hlsT-Tal>letscureclironicconsti|>atlon. Samples free. Dr. Swan, Beaver Barn, Wis. The man-of-war Tallapoosa has been oooItmusd. F1TH rtopped free by Da Kline's Great Nerve Rkstohkr. No tits after first day use. Marvsleus cures. Treati e and trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. 881 ArchSt.,Phlla ,Pa Horse flesh In Germany Is now nearly as eostly as beaf. If afflicted with sore eves use Dr. Isaac Tliomp- j ton'tt Eyc-wutor.DrUKitlHtH sell at 35c. per bottle | How About^ Scrofula or Kings Evil is the fections. Whether inherited 01 and cannot be permanently ci A GRATEFUl My Mother \v:ib sorely allTctcd with dor'ntR that tlmo tl o glands on her met openings were stna'l and liea'cd right it bieak open .mow, about evnjlw wed prosit at ion She was so reduced n s r be gen r utsly used to keep hot .ill o improved from the start, the lit ! h >Mh lie liuished the fourth botllu I e tie k M :%s (looks on uiooO a.n<l Skin iltMiaim live "German Syrup" " We are six in fainA Farmer at ily. We live in a _ , place where we are Eclom,loxao,!.u|,jtcl to vjok.,lt Gays: Colds anil Lung Troubles. I have used German Syrup for six years successfully for Sore Throat, Cough, Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the Chest and bungs, and spitting-up of Blood. 1 have tried many different kinds of cough Syrups in my time, but let me say to anyone wantingsuch a medicine?Oermnt? Sy*"?tp i > tlie best. That has been my experience. If you use it once, you will go back to it whenever you need it. It gives total relief and is a (puck cure. My advice to everyone suffering with bung Trottblesis ?Try it. You will soon be convinced. In all the families where your German Svriip is used we have 110 John trouble " Hi tl.o Frank||n Clings at all. I Lis lire inediciiie for tlii.t Jono3. country. -) G. G. GK!:L\ Sole M iii'li .\\'o(nlhtirj,N.J. A JH m? L? M erri TwhT# r^j I I |i| y* | l? I ' II ON IIK.A I. US!?l ?? I ? fc? I I'ATK. * lit*w |ii(in, mul to TO writer ai-|>!Unllolift fur our .?a?. ah ? mm m D lllt;K IVI Ill.ilttfS. MUTUAL ! MI I 3 ffl Ctl " v imtaiks r COMPANY, m Nlc B ? ? ollft A > rillii'i ' tlili'-Hl'till*, Mltill. Plan's Ramatlr fhr Catarrh Is the Hi t'? rrr, nun ? lltTI|im. MB PNoltl by druiuiiiilH or unit l>y until. W &oc. K. T. Ilazrltlne, Warren, I'a. cs ACTUM A i>n tapi-s ahtiimaiuni, W tj I Tr "VP ft - PI'nCa ' *""1 Mlb. rruil tit jrmn ? 111 - . nr Will null til li V Wf I*. Wit. I I i K pn " FT IHiOR. f AI T BROS. M CU ..ROCHESUM.t.P KkC 1 fLFIJTQ mak. 100 PES CENT ??! w*n ??48 CA8Q Pti?ei a?MaalAWoa UIV |l*lu. Hruphei and HoJ'r?o?? w fto#. 1 diioiy. Ur Qrld^nmn, $u h'w*j, N.t <A> COLDS aV cough HOARS v CONSU All, A FFKCTIONN OF Tl TAYLOR'S CHFRC SWEET GUM Is the IIKNT Kl> Ask your druggist or merch as nothiug else eau take its plac I Sk-V <1 J "ITtere'g iomething bthfncf ft* .' 'J That's what you thick, perhaps, when you read that tho proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer *ksw\ -.1 r,.? ?? .... . iv: ..?VU?MU1U V^KTV of Catarrh. Rather unusual, yotti think, to find the makers of a medicine trying to prove that they believo in it. "'lucre must be some- * thing hack of it! " t Rut it s a plain, square offer, made, in good faith. The only thing that's baek of it is the Remedy. It cures Catarrh in the llq^. To its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, the worst cases yield, no matter how bad or of how long standiup. It has a record that goes back for 115 years. It doesn't simply relievo ? it perfectly and permanently cures. With a Remedy like this, tho proprietors can make sueh an offer and mean ^ To bo buro there's risk in it,"but it's so very small' that they are willing to take it. ~ \ You've "never heard of anythingx like this offer?" Truo enough. But then you've never heard of^A anything like Dr. tinge's Remedy.fj ely,s catarwh CREAM BALM IS WOltTH MR S500 TO ANV MAN. ffiiAYfEVEftyj? Woman or Child gk '"'J&fM Hullt'i-itiK IVom HT y fCy y^M CATARRH WmM LIQUID or SNUFF. HAY-FEVER A |>nrllelo Is applied Into c.-u-li nonlrll anil Is agreeable. l'rloo DO cents at liruagiHts or l?y mall. KIjY ItltoTIIKlts, Mi W.tui'ii .street, New " AniOIIIMorptilno iiniiit Cnrml in l||*l 11HH to "Jo ilnyo. No pay till rurwU UllVm DR. J. STEPHENS, Lcbanon.Ohjo. four Mother. i \ most stubborn ol all Skin af otherwise, it is a blood disease ired by anything but S. S. S. . DAUGHTER. ,< S r'fulii for lliioo yoara and a half; t bur.-t open in live placos. Tbtoe of the l?, lint tlio oilier two would (ill up and is always causing kcyoio pain and oflon n ;lli, that tonics and-e^-a^'sp^^nf*0 gavc licr an appetite aud by the time healed up. she Is now onUrolly wclL li. J. I>< wkli.. Mtdford, Mass. ' . ? I TIIE SWIM SrtX'IPIC CO., A rutin-:*. oa. PFNSinN Ho Pension. No r??T A IJillJ.ll/ll JOSEPH II. lirNTElf. WAH1I1NUTON. l?. ^ ARFNTS**TRXv^CINTRIN nULIl I 0 IVANTBD to SKI.I. lb* WOKI.Il'S ( HAM I'lON.ih. f> 'a Uroaleel ll.in l C'orn Shelter on Kacth. ViesSryS rVl TI'O "illy Hiellor (hat will nub cor* \V / "( "epiiiale the cob. Hindi* 10 bnib* i*l i per hour. I'nce ?3. JO. Ntrkel 1 I'lated, Wniinnt.d. The Improieil le U h - fl II I""' em,silnl is I be fluent on recon!. IVJ0 H ? JU# u r**i month f??t agent*. Ken<1 20 /?v JL l??r tonns. Alliance mux $otteiltd. y ? K.1?A VIiisoM Tnvt'iit.ir.Ne^hviUc.ToitV wiiODIIURV'S FACIAL SOAP. I-or llir Nlln, .v.lpaii,| ('nmpi..I.., Re? ? tull.if ill!vi'ir* expeilem*. 'CorMHt I awU el llrtiKiflMe orliv mall, iiv. : ample / i '.ik on.I I2N p. lin k on lienmatnlorry H le IBSq .'ii'I Itcjiuty, 11 line. |; on Skin, Scalp* Br Kyij. wWJS N? rvcn> .in.l HIimmI rifeca.-e ami their 1/ ffcj tri'iitnli'ill. M'llt relied for 10..; aleo Ui v l)IKHtit'li?1tKYI'H like nlHTII HAIttH, Role., n?rt>. ludla Ink anil P.o<d*? Pjrk., M.*r?, Maine*, H.He.t. or At.., Rr .\ V mi 0...hi. Ilnlr, Mmi.lr., A... removed. . ' .'oha it. wonuni'RT, prrHtTiiLoniru lHSTIH'TK, l-i Wert (jeASIrml, N. %. I lly, (Ynmiltetioa Int. at ulRie orliv li tier. Arrut wanted In each plAa, FREE?TO^ Whoti you got ?lred of tlio "doctors" with thotr big prices rim quack i imediM, write to me ssd I wtlisetia eml (wali*li rprr n prescription thill will quiCKi.T and cKUTAis rntC i.v i?rllk Ixvst I'owor, Wasting Wenkness, l.nck of Development. Impotency, Varicocele, etc., from eicossoi or other causes. A New Positive Itemed* whleh cures when everything toe fail* J. IK HOI SK, box Albion, Ihlcb. PPM Beaut yof polish^* Saving Labor. Cleanliness. DUHABI lity8t cheapness.UNEQUALLED. . No Odor When Heated. i Toil don't want romlorl. II )0u nm gmm 1 don't wish to look well dressed. \?7\ /ym If >ou don't want tho best, then iwA frpM i sou don't want the lace Back 1 , Suspender. Your dealer has it II M Yjrt M he is alive. II ho isn't ho shouldn't YU / M be your dealer. We Will mail a < ! /Si Bj I pair on receipt ol $1.00. None ,-v A'/Vsk W1 | genuine without tho stamp as y\Jjj *j Lace Hick : iw|K niter Co., ^tfL Juv 67 t'riuco ! licet, N. Y. S. N V. .'?l >. i rv ? MPTiQN IK 'I'll HO AT AMI liUXOS, >KKK HF.MEDY OF LLEIN fOWN KE1MKDY. c ant for it, ami tako no substitute, :n. a Thorough, Fraction! In*truction. Or.idu air* assisted to positions. Catalogue FREK Write lo Bryint I Stratton Business College, L0UI8VILLE, KY. 0 *iV'