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MKS. CLEVELAND ILL. Indication That the Health of the l?v ur.r. Lakkwood, Dec 17 ?It is learned that Mis Cleveland has not, as was hop ed. derived leal lem-tit fioiu her stay here. She is, in fact, haidly so well as when she arrived ten days ago. A trained muse is still on duty. Mrs. Cleveland takes massages daily and lives cxi htsively on milk and wine. When she and her distinguished husband drive out. Mis. Cleveland is nmlHed in furs, cloth leggings and wraps and her husband's strong tight arm is at h<rl>ack for suppoit. She looks like a ghost; colorless. blue lipped. hollow eyed, aud with sunken cheeks Not a soul is admitted to the cottage. Mr. Cleveland sits in the wiudow all day long, except when he and Mrs. Cleveland au* awav for their biicf outing. The baby, wrapped to the chin, and in her little carriage, is taken out each day by her nurse She seems very well, fresh and cheerful. The temporary and other residents-of th s ipiiet little hamlet, have come to the conclusion that llahy Ruth Cleveland is as scenic fioni prying eyes in the hands of hei nurse as she would he in care of her accomplished mother. In confirmation of this belief this intcicstiiig stoiy is going the rounds of the village. 'I lie othei day the nurse was pu hing the pi ramhulatoi about the .sunny corner of the North Woods drive, near the Cleveland cottage, when a zealous re portci of a New Yoik newspaper, who hid been lying in wait several days appealed with his Kodak charged, lie was anxious fin just such an opportunity to j^ct a | i turc of 11iv I?nlty The repot tvr ha-teued itlotio the diive, carefully , ? oikv.ilint; liis eatneru under his oveicoat. I Ik took :t loinidaliout way, and, ns lie fared the perambulator, snapped the Kodak Malty Moth's nurse, however, was on the alert, ami saw the reportei advancing. She also dctectc I the tiiinatuinl sj/.<> <tf hiseo.t on on. side, ami was supicious. .lust as the taiiteia was withdrawn fitnn its hiding plare, the pielty fur eoverlet wa- tlnown over the haliy's fare. 'I he . lepoilet was altlu to it proilm e the rover let .-in*I it i> said to he a very fair pietine The newest ami handsomest fishing m hootier i-.i New Knglnml is the James <> Blaine, i t CMoureslcr, Copt. McDoi al?l. She is a licauiy of tho Burgess tunnel. was Imilt at Kssex, Mass., nutl < .iiiii - eighteen men ami eight dories. ??. i TheFailure t ?f tln? k iiliit'f.s ;iif 1 Ih'tT to |?io|htI.v rrniovo the lactic or uric at* it I front the aystom, results In Rheumatism 'I Ins aei.l ai ruiiiiilan .s In tin' III.nnis tissue*, port leu larlv In llir j.ilnis in.I Iiillaiiiiiialiiin nml tho ti i rilili'|i.iin. iiml aelii's, \v liioli arc more atomizing very lime a iimiemeiit is maile. The Way to Cure lthcuttiutlMii Is to purify the b loot I. Ati?t to tlo tills take the Ih .iI IilthmI |hirivit*r. Brief, but Important In the follow lux few lines, Mr. O. S. l-'rei'inan. proprietor of llie Hall IIoii.se, Krvinout, Ohio,says < aieat ileal. ' I took fix.' ail.I ......a. .if I-.I.I ? Hood's Sarsaparifla ami if .Mir. ,| m.v rheumatism ?t 83 yearn' sUikIIiik." ' U. S. Kh'ciii.iii, K'ri iiioiK, Ohio. t " Mothlks' I-rieno " is a scientific- se ally piepared Liniment, every ingredient of recognized value and in il< cofrstant use by the medical pro- at fession. These ingredients are com- . bined in a manner hitherto unknown 11 "MOTHERS' !: FRIEND" VviLl. DO all that is claimed fot ^ it AND MOR.B. It Shortens Labor, I essens Pain, Diminishes Danger to ^ 1 ife of Mother and Child. Book to " Moihers " mailed FRkli, con- . taming valuable information and j voluntary testimonial*. *?atl?ye*prrk?? ? .iptof price |t 60 per bolUa bHAtlFIELD liEClllMGR CO., Atlanta.fi*. HOI.I) liv I.I. liHIlUUISTa. 1 niz'ii will i fRtt 1 utn YV DLLy# 1 K-ffirr ; ffnu - STI'll V, HOOK-KKKTISO, MuMivji fhmu, IIUR) 1. rvnmnniMp, /triltiwtli', Short tuinrt, ?/< -, 1* Tiiohoi'oiii.vTai'oirr ur ,>f A I I.- Circulars free. < llryunl'n ('ollrgfi *157 Main SU, IIufTaJo, N. Y. | ON A 1*1*1.1' ATluN .' *. rtaui|i we viul n Cata Iokiii- ? lili-ii oliit" in ai l\ I.??ii y.iIii.iIi|i* iHi tnliinis I I Inn Willi a ln*iv l> |>i*\Yl llir if |||H|I||.I||>|| ) iii 1111*1II ii-iii nil iiy. Kui*:mk <*<>..'J* Iti-.vle M .. N Y. Vile cod-liver oil has lost its vileness in Scott's Emulsion and gained a good deal in efficiency. It is broken lip into tiny drops which are covered with glycerine, just as quinine in pills is coated with sugar or gelatine*. You do not get the taste at all. The bypophosj bites of lime and soda add their tonic effect to that of the half-digest* .1 cod-liver oil. 1 Tot us send you a book on caui.i ui. i.ivino?free. Sr "i ?v IkiwN.'.CIn , p Sow Ii jth Armuf, I ' N ? Y?*iV. Y?wr ilriv;:i*: U-<*|a .-* .ti's Kniulsicn of cod liver oil?all drujj^istu everywlicru ?! ? ft, J 1 K3E' LIVER . fca; PILLS TOklA no NOT ORIPK NOU HlfKTN. Hnti> rurn for SICK IIKAIV^WjeBEn ACIIK. Impaired i'lgr?ll<>n.co?ntl* patton,torpid ftlnn<U. ti107?ronrj ^kj9% yital op;*iik, irmote nauaaa .lit* o >KBM?b Iinaaj. Kluiral t If *1 on Kl'l-i Rj HCrtand iilulfll "f. Cornnrr p, .'3k. ulllons nervous ?!!?i, orflers. EalahlMi n?t3 \f vy urtl liaily a<now. Bonutlfy romplotlon by pttrifyitic ppspi y vitortabi.i. Thr doaa la i irrly adjnatnl In mil par*1, a? nn? pill can mMiesnull. KmIi vislesnfiliK??.rtirlnfln*?f 1 fccki-t. like Trad ? itc iI. I ?iialiia-.<tft innn'a frral yoriT?nl?nrr Takrn m?trr lhan inpf. Sold ??aryVhara. All narulra Romla b* 1 r "Crracmt." HtoAf-eanl rtanip Yr.-i p-t 31 pnpe bonk with aample. PR. HARTEN plEOICINR CO.,81. Loult. Ma HUNKUM Htt.L. i I used In gaze on HunkumHill And think if} very high. And en? of Nature's mighty props That help uphold tbe'ky. One day 1 toddled up its side And stood upon its top. And then I learned the sky must test Upon some other prop. And there I saw it just beyond. Another hill much higher, Ite summit mingled with the sky All fused with sunset tire. "That hill's a button on the earth," Bald I to little John. "1 ho great sky spread* its buttonhole And there it hiteliea on." Ono day I elimed this other hill, And found with heavy heart The button and the huttonholo Were very far apart. But there against tho erimson West Another hill was seen, A mighty spangled cushion where The bin s'?y loved to loan. Audso I've kept on climbing hills From busy day today. But from tti? tiunmui ...... I-. I 1 The sky is far away. In spite of many tumbbv, still This sermon t would preach. Life's greatest fun is grasping for The things we eannot reach. ?5>*. IV. h'ofs, in Van Ave lihtde. IN A STKKKT CAII. 11V DOKOTIIY PASHWOOll. It was a little girl on a street car goin" up-tow.i. She was a pretty child in a broad brimmed, pictures.pie hat,loaded with ostrich plumes. She sat beside her mother, a sweet-faced woman with kiudly, patient eyes. The little one carried a big bunch of flowers. "It's most as big as a bushel basket." she said laughingly to her father, as he bought them down town for her at the flower show. There were royal chrysanthemums, roses with fair, pallid hues, and others burning with hectic color. There was also tall spikes of gladiolii.eac'i one as stid as if it had swallowed a ramrod, gorgeous dahlias, in flaunting losettcs of red and yellow, mid towering above all. a high and mighty orchid, lull of airs, but looking us much like a vegetable lobster as anything else. The child clutched them so closely that her neat litlie ki<i glove was just ready to split. You sec there were to many of the glorious blossoms, that her tiny hatul could hardly hold them nil. "I am just thinking, mamma," she said iu 11 happy little whisper, "how lovely they will look on the dinner table, to-niI'llt, when papa comes home!" There was only one vacant seat in the car, and that was just beside the little girl. l'retty soon the conductor rang up another tare, and a tall,ungainly man slid into the place. 11" looked like a consumptive, and had evidently been drinking. Only a little, though. Perhaps jii<t enough to brace him up against some trouble, and make the poor fellow feel a little hit sociable. His baud trembled slightly, ami he looked kindly down at the child und her Mowers. ".My! sis, ain't them pretty posies? Why them's just the sort my old grandmother used to have in her garden, when I was a little shaver! Them's tho en I garden roses, i can tell them by he smell," lie said in a voice that had a piod deal of pathos ill it. The man's mill nor was 11 icndlincs.s itself, and his 1 tst uuSng7|' it the timid little one edged along the J at closer to her mother. "Say, si9! what'll you take for youi iweia?" he resumed pleasantly : "Come >w! Let's make bargain. How muck iv tiic hull lot? I want to buy 'cm. , tie ne tirew a sinning silver liall tlollai J om . liia pocket and held it iu bis ex :ndcd pal in. I The child look no notice of the coin ut looked appcaliugly at her mother, i he thought the man a crank and waa a , iltlc afraid of liiiu. "Sho1." he blurted out again, good laturedly. Not enough, eh, for that >ig posy? Well, 1 want 'em, and I want em bad. So I'll go you a dollar, and lere'a the dust. You can buy candy mough with it to last you a month." Here the little |'girl became so embar assed that her mother felt compelled to , my to licr in a sotto voce tone, "Don't ao afraid, dear. Tell the gentleman thnt you do not wish to sell your ilow. era." The man heard and so it was unrieces ary for the child to speak. He raised [lis battered hat respectfully and hands dill trembling, he turned to the child und continued, "No, sissy, don't be ifeared, I wouldn't harm you or hurt your feelins for all the gold iu America. | i imhk a neap ot little gals like you. i diiln't mean no liann in tryin' to make a deal with \on for the flowers. 1 wanted 'em and I want 'ein yet, if you are willin to sell 'em to me. The motlier smiled pleasantly, the child dismissed her fears and seeing that no oflence wis given, the man continued. "You see I've got a little niece tip town nhout as big as you. Shu looks like you some, too, only her cheeks ain't led and plump like yourn, 'cause she's d ways hern puny like. Hut she's smart, hough .' Tell you what, uho's way up i 'rithmetic. She can write a letter .tine as a parson, and Lord,how that title one cap sing! I got a letter from her nothcr 'jes now,and I'm going up there. I'lic poor little thing has been siek all iier life witli hip disease, and now she's ilyin'. Can't live till mornin' nohow,the doctor says. She loves flowers and when I gut on the ears and seen uiii with that big bunch o' yourn, I I bought how it might cheer her up a bit to hold 'em in her poor little thin, wliitu hand at the last." 'PI... nl.il.l ....... ...in.. *? . ..v '...I.v, ?..Y Hj.N ; -Wllljr IMMY, mu tears were falling right into the faces of her cherished (lowers. Tiie mother's eyes grew brighter than their wont, while the man went on, iiis hands still trcmbliug. "Yes, poor little Hosy! I took her and her ma olT in the country, way up hi Long Island, last *rthifnei> hoping the change of air might tone her up a bit. Hut it didn't do no good. Theie was just Nboot enough of her body left to hold her little soul when we got back, and it had wore away so thin that you could utmost see through it. I knew she Couldn't hold on much longer, but it's awful tough on her ma,though, just the same.'' Here the poor fellow brush I the back of Ids l.and across his eyes. It sliopk terribly. "Yes, she used to sit up on the pile o' sweet hay out iu the meadow, where she ~y:7l could look clean across the Sound on to 1 the blue hills wey over iu Connecticut. Mte c died it her 'Laud of Beulali.'Bomo ol her Sunday-school lingo, I reckon. ' Any way, her little crutches was there baudy, and 1 would bring her great loads o' daisies and theui yaller things 1 that smell like pixeu. 1 called 'eut weeds, but she said they was golden rods. Sho'd string the daisies into long chains, and tie the others up iu posies. 1 iSlic always called nic 'Uucle Hod* for 1 short. My right uumc is Roderick. But 1 after that sho never called ino anything 1 but 'Golden Hod,' aud I reckon it was *! all on account of them dowers. Never mind, sissy I Don't feel bad. You i needn't sell mo your flowers if you den't want to." ' By this time, the little girl was crying hard. Her mother's arm held her close, but with an irresistible impulse she sob- 1 bed out: '"Oh, mister! I can't sell you the flowers, but I want to givo them to you for little liosie! Here, take them nil, and, Oh, dear, 1 hope sho won't die! Can't the doctor do something to make her get well, mammal" The child was fast becoming hysterical. The next corner was their stopping place, and her mother hurried her olT thecal*. Just as she was passing out, an old fellow in the corner seat, stretched forth his baud and touched the hem of her simple, brown dress. As ho did so, ho blew his nose with a great snort on a big, red bandanna to make believe he wasn't crying, and then he whispered { oltlv, under his breath, "God bless the child 1" But the pathos of this little incident was to find yet further expression. A moment later there was a littlo jolt, tho puck scream of a child, and tho sound of a man's voice, swearing horribly. "Look sharp! ye little imp!" lie yelled as lie pulled up Iiis horses with a sudden jerk. A littlo child lay close beside tho irack. Its rag of a hat was crushed upon the rail, and the skirt of its calico frock had been cut clean iu two, by tho edge of the heavy wheel. It was a mere un this time. "llchhens nml curf," she screamed. "I'se all runnel obcr, an' me madder's lusted!" she added, with auotlicr 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 he took her in his arms and tried to soothe her with kindly words. A crowd began to gather and she wailed yet louder still. ,lI tells you iuo mudder's lost an' I'm all , runucd ober! I wants me mudder!" she screamed, with both tists jammed tightly in her eyes. The tears were washing white streaks on the griiu.ny little face, and UulTy toudrils of tangled gold strayed about her temples. "Well, never mini! Don't cry, baby, but eon e with me and we'll llnd your mother," said the big kind-hearted policeman, while he tenderly lifted the weeping child nud got on the cur. ilo took the sent just vacated by the little girl who had carried the (lowers, aud tried to comfort tiie poor waif by showing her the big brass buttons ou his coat and promising to buy her some caudies. Hut all to no purpose. Her poor littlo heart was broken, aud she could only cry, "I want my mudder! I want my mudder!" 1.'very body thought wiiat a pretty child r.ho would bo if her faco were only clean. Her startled eyes were like two big purple pansies ani her hair the color of u marigold. The man with the flowers couldn't stand it any lonuac^aa * IfrAuUj) Jii.Ud1 ftluJT ^vnT(Ivertlse!mmt j, in the opposite sido of the car without ( iliuking to keep the tears hack, and now ( in thrust the shining coin into the grimy , land of the poor waif. . ( "Take it, sis, and don't cry," he said. "Tell the copper yer name, and he'll take >'ou to yer mar. Poor tiling! 1 reckon the wants you an bad as you want her, ind she's cryiu' her eyes out about you Ibis blessid minute. Take the dollar I 1 i-n t ?- t ? iu iiui mm icu iilt tu uuy yc soma little shoes. She'll have you hack all nafe an' souml. Hut my little gal's mar, that I'm tikin' these flowers to," ho added, sadly, as he stopped the car, "won't have her back again, no more, forever."?New York News. VIRGINIA'S OYSTER LANDS. They Are Rich Enough to Pay the State Debt. lticmroWD, "VI.?'Yho importance of the oyster industry ia now being pressed to the front as never before. Mai shall McCorinick, of Clarke county, one of the leading members of the Legislature, said he considered it the biggest question of the day in Virginia finances, lie favors the relcgntiou of this whole subject to an impartial commission to report upon, the commission to be chosen by t lie Legislature. "I believe," said Mr. McCorinick, "that if properly managed lhn State's oyster interest could he made to pay off her whole debt. Indeed, I am told of capitalists who have hinted nt their willingness to assume it upon condition of being given the light to conttol Virginia's oystci hods." The State owns about a million and a half acres of oyster lambwhich, if leased, could he made to yichi a large revenue. It is not improbable that tliis question will lie pressed at this >cssion as it never was before Mr. Mc( JOl ttliuk and Uthlil ytiiUli mnn n..y ?? should he considered without party or State sectional I iss, strictly as a business question and one of revenue. A Wonderful flolil Mine. One of the wonders of Australia, and one of I lie greatest natural curiosities in the world, is the Mount. Morgan gold mine in Queensland. The precious metal contained in this mine, which has paid a divident of not less than #0,00'',000 in a year, wns deposited by a hot spring. Mount Morgan is a hill about f?00 feet high, containing al ils lop a cup shaped deposit made by tho hot spring which once gushed out there, and in thin deposit ihc gold exists. Truly a cup of C'ncsus! Through untold ages tho waters dropped their glittering burden, and now man comes nnd extracts tho hoarded metal to add to tho wealth of tho world. Specjjnens of the oro from thisstrango mine have recently been soot to the United Stales, that they might ho comDflrflfl wit.ll tlio ilnnAftWfl at 1*^.4 J ...... ...v <?V|>UOI%3 VI V I I V> ^lUIIK IIUW springs in our own Ycilowstono Pnrk. It whs hut natural to suppoeo that the Yellowstone springs had also a golden trciisure in their cupa, hut the most caroful stiircli hy geologists has thus far failed to detect any traco of it.?8t. I.oui* lt*puhlic. Surgeons InPittsburg,Penn.,are trying to make new eyelids for an unfortunate man whose natural and proper eyelids were burned off. rtfjfcoMH OF THK KAIS1N. ^^^^kfoknia method of dryTSHno and packino. *? vSuinK Picked tlie Grapes nre SeK'iti the Field to Cure?The Biventinx I*|o?;csp. The bdiforuia method of drying and mchiii? the raisin is peculiar and well worth brief description. When the ?rtite Caches a ccitaiu decree of ripeiicaflgiulH develops the requisite amount of MtehArine matter a largo force is put Iqtejfrgioeyard and the picking bo'huuehes of ripe grapes are piaccnyewetfuliy <"> wooden troys and are left In / the Held to cure. The process requkes from seven days to three weeks, according to tlio amount of sunshine. Tnis climate is so entirely free from dew at uight that there is nr danger of uunt. The grope cures perfectly in tlis way and makes a far sweeter rai$n than when dried by artificial l??tL When the grapes are dried sulHciea ly the troys are gathered and stacked li piles about as high as a man's waist. Then begins iho tedious but necessary process of sortiug into tho sweat boxes. These boxes are about eight inches (hep and hold 125 pounds of grapes. .Around the sorter arc thr?e sweat boxes tor tho three grades of grapes. In ei'h box are three layers of nianilla paper which are used at equal intervals to phvent the stems of the grapes from (rooming entangled, thus breaking the tile large bunclits when removed. TLk sorter must bo an expert, ilelt?dtc?2Ki7Tmuches by the stem, placing tbd largest and finest in the first grade ijox; those which are medium sized in the second grade, and all broken and ragged bunches in the third class, tviiia the boxes are tilled they are hauled to the brick building known as the equali/.'T. Tins is constructed so as to permit ventilation at the top, but to exclude light and air as much as possible from the grapes. The boxes are piled in tiers in this house and allowed to remain in darkness for from ten to twenty days. Here they undergo a sweating process, which ditluses moisture equally throughout the contents of each box. This prevents some grapes lroi't retaining undue moisture, nnd it also softens the steins and makes them pliable. From the equalizing-room the sweat boxes are taken to the packing-room. Here they are first weighed. The first aud socqml grades are passed to the sorter, the third-grade raisins are placed in a big machine that strips oil the steins and grades the loose raisins in three or four sizes. Those are placed in sacks and sold as loose raisins. The higher grades are carefully sorted into tiist and second class clusters. Aftur this sorting the boxes are passed to women aud girls, wiio arrange the clusters neatly in small live-pound boxes with movable bottoms. These boxes are placed under slight pressure, and four of^ them till one of the regular twentyqntlbd boxes of commerce. The work of placing the raisins in the small boxes requires much practice, hut women are found to he much swifter tliau men at this labor, and as they are paid by the box, the more skilful earn from to $.'$ a day. It is light, pleasant work, as the roout is large, cool aud well ventilated, and there is 110 mixing of the sexes, such as may be found iu many of the , San Fraucisco .carderiss. F,or this ^otvspn^the work. nice hii'Is, SirrWfomSp see many attractive face3 iu i trip tlwugh a large packing house. One heavfshouldrcd, museuli uu-looking Qcrai&a fn>niftu, who, however, had long, slender' lingers, was pointed out as the swiftest Jtortor in the room. She made regularly $ '! a day. The assurance of steady work of this kind for three months draws . many people to Fresno, 1 4i.? 1 .1 : .i * .. 1 iiuu iuu rei^uiui uiiiuuidciiit'ut ui it mr^u sum as wages every week goes far to explain tfi thrift ami comfort scuu on every lutff. The fljMtyoutid boxes of grapes are passed to Lbe pressing machine, where four of them are deftly transferred to a twenty-pound box. The two highust grades of raisins are the Dahesa and the London layers. It lias always been the ambition of California's raisin-makers to produce the Dehusa brand. They know that their best raisins are equal in aizo i?ud quality ,to tue bast Spanish raisins, but heretoldru they have found the cost <> t rtop layer in the Spanish stylo very couiy, as tne raisins na<l tono llattcned out (or thumbed, as it is technically called) by hand. In Spain, where women work for twenty cents a day, this hand labor cuts no figure iu the cost of production, but hero, with tho cheapest labor at $1.50 a day, it has proved a bar to competion. American ingenuity, however, is likely to overcome this handicap ol high wuge3. T.O. White, an old raisin-grower, has invented a packingplate of metal, with depressions at regular intervals just the size o( a big risin. I'liSu nlufo iu -kiit. of thn hnltmn nf Hn? ...., ... ? ...... .. ... ..... preliminary packing-box, and when the work of packing is complete the box is reversed ami the top layer, pressed into the depressions of the plate, benrs every mark of the most careful hand manipulation. Mr. huticr used luis plate lor th first time this season, and found it a success, and there is no question of its general adoption ' Every year sees more atU' tVvxr ratsins, as U|>oii'this depends much of their marketable value. The large packing houses have Uono good work in enforcing this rule, an I the c'.iicf sinners who still indulge in careless packing are small growers with poor facilities. Probably the next fe.v years will see a great increaso in the unmoor and si^e of the packing houses which will prepare and market most of Fresno's raisin crop. The growers also will avail theinsolvesof the co-operative plan, for which the Colony system oilers peculiar advantages. ?JVeio York Tribune. Virginia, "Mother of Presidents," is mother as well of Speakers i f the National Home of ltcresentatives, since she has furnished as many sons for that honor as have New York, Ohio, Maine and New Jersey combined. For 'hirty-oiip^g^of opo hundred and two year* tw sHjter's chair has been filled ?>y eitherm virgittlan or a Kentuckian. To JU Mob Proof. Cor.uilnTJP, Ga.?The Muscogee count.if pommltafnifbra liava HurSrlflfl tn p.rrrt. in Coluffibusp handsome jail to coat $40,000 and-''to bi mob-proof. A feat it Jo bo inaifo by the California fruit lo determine whether tho seeds fertilised Uga will An Alligator Story. It is not often that ono hears of an alligator as a pet; in fact none hat over been heard of so tame that it could be approached by a human being without running oil or sho ving some disposition to tight. There is, however, an old man who lives not a dozeu miles from Jacksonville, on the St. Johns lliver, who has what might be called an alligator farm. He owns a tract of about twelve or thirteen acres, and in one part is a low, marshy place which in wet weather is tilled with water. A deep ditch connects this with tiie river. One spriug day the owner of the farm t?>Kilo wallrSnr* naav fKn o?v*i\ !-?*???? I*????v wUtmu^ MV?I ?nw onaui|/ UQaiVI <| crashing sound in tho marsh grass, and looking over to tho ccutro saw a largo alligator moving around. Ho stood still and watchod the saurian and discovered that it was throwing up a mound of mud aud grass. After a time, when the heap had assumed a shape not unlike that of a hut such as tho Esquimaux are pictured as living in, the alligator lay 011 top. The farmer ca iie to the conclusion that she was laving her eggs, aud, not wishing to disturb her, left. Tho nexl day ho visited the place again, and saw that the mound had been lirmly bedded all around, while the old 'gat^r lay sunning herself on a log. Each day lit visited the placo and carried food to tht old one in the shape of tish and moat, and as the time went on sho got so lame that at a certain hour she was on the lookout for him and came crawliug up to be'feed. One morning he was startle i by a loud bello.ving in the direction of the swamp, aud, hastening over, found things in u high sta'.e of excitement. There, lying in a pool of water, was tho mother, surrounded by numerous little alligators, some of which climbed upon her back and then slid off, seeming to eujoy the fun | immensely. At. the sight of her friend ? bright light beamed in lie r eyes, and, after receiving a few caresses, she started oil towards tho river followed by hd young. Every spring after that tho ownor of the place lias watched for the old 'gator, I which has never failed to show up and each year build a new mound and raise her young.?Floriil'i Times- Union. Cleansing the l?ipo Linos. The cleansing of the pipe lines which counect Philadelphia and New York with the oil regions, and of which thoro is a strong probability that another will be constructed between this city and the new field in Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, is n very ingenious matter. The crude petroleum, in passing through the pipes, leaves a waxy deposit on the sides, which, if allowed to accumulate, would soon till them and check the flow of oil. To prevent this a clever spiral contrivance of knives is forced through the pipes witli the oil from the pumpiug station, cutting out tho wax and clTcctuully cleaning the pipe. There are uow about half a do/, oil pipe lines between the oil fields and tidewater, and they are kept open in this way.?I'hiLidclji/im lltcinl. Even Corn Husks Arc Valuable. The fates are combining to make things pleasanter for the Western farmer, tho latest discovery of value to him being that tho husks of coru will make excellent paper. Hitherto husks have not had any commercial value and have only been eaten by stock under protest and during hard spells. Now, however, the establishment of paper mills in tho West should put a stop to tho constant shipping of paper from the East,and also convert a waste article into what in milfactureis would cull a "residuary profit,'* such as coke in a gas factoiy. It is not many years since old ra-'s were looked upon as tlic only possible raw material for the manufacture of paper, ami the course from cust-off shoddy to the covering of corncobs has been both steady and interesting.?tit. Lout* Globe-Democrat. A big story is going tuc roun to the effect that Ik-n C iir, the cliampion sprinter of Hcdlauds, Cat., recently chased a squirrel that had twenty yards start of him, caught the animal by the tail and beat its brains out on a Ion. Bnown's Iron Bitters cures DyspopslA,Malaria. liilfnu&ntisa and General Debility. Gives Strength, aids DiaeHliou, tones the nerves? crcatOH appetite. The beet tonic for Nnrwlnp Mothers, weak, women and children. CouNTKnvKrr Swedish money is made In ibis country. mil / ^9 g?i ONI? BNJOYS ' Both tho method and results when Cjl up vf rtgBWMOcepJWTBpiOIUBUIX and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys^ Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and oures habitual constipation. Bvrup of Figs is Ike only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and trulv beneficial in its effects, prepared onlv from the most healthy and agreeable substances, Its many excellent qualities commend It to all ?nd have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o nd fl bottles bv all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procore it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not aoeept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIO SYAOF CO. ?? numo, o*u otviui ium, kj. ' mw row. m.r. _ THE SMALLEST PILL IM THE WORLD I ^ I TUTT'S J ximr LITER PIIX8* haT* nil ttMttrtuwoftba larger odni a anally eflfoctlret purely ?r|frt?ble. M tec* also shown In thU border. V Washington's Fine Scenery. I have traveled pretty extensively over the world," said Mr. Dilliaan of Spokaue, "and I suppose I shall be accused of iudulgiug iu braggadocio whea I say there is uaore diversity of sconery iu Washington than iu any country K 1 have ever seen. A complete circle of 1400 inilcs can bo made around * the State by rail. Do not covo nervously in youi scat when 1 tell you that on this you will see mountain scenery to which that of S.vitzcrliud is commonplace; landscapes liner than those in southern Italy; fotcsts richer than Turner's views of old llrittuuy; and brook scenes liko those in the forest of Arden. To my mind Puget Sound is more beautiful th in the Mediterranean Sen."?New York Pott. Deaftaess Can't be Cared By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is cAUsed by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tulw. When this tube gets Inflamed yon have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, ami when it la entirely closed, deafness Is tho result, and unless the Inflammation can bj taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases out often are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafnesa (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cuso by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend for circulars, free. F. J. Ciiknbt & Co., Toledo, (X Sold by Druggists, 75c. A new Tennessee law prohibits Sunday work. J The Onlr One Kvrr Printed. can you find tub woiid? These is a 3 inph display advert isement in this paper, this week, which has no two words alls e except one word. The same is true ot each now one nopuarlug each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a "Crescent" on everything they make end nubllsh. i/ook for it, send them the name of the word and they will return you book, bkautiyui. i.ltiioollaphs or bampi.u cubic. Tiikhb are 67?,tKH,tW3 acres of pobUo lands still vacant. If your Hack Aches, or you are all worn out, pood for nothing, it is general debility. Brown's Iron BittcrH wdl euro you, make you strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite-tones the nervos. Co-opbhativb .Alliance stores are to be Htablisbad in every county in Kansas. Dr. Swan's Pautii-BS Cure ft male teenknesses; his T-Tablet e cure chronic const ipatlon. Samples free. Dr. Hwan, Beaver Dam, Wis. The man-of-war Tallapoosa has bws eoolemued. FIT8 stopped free by Dr. K link's Qrbat Nbbvb Rkatorer. No ilta after first day's oaa. Marvsleus cures Treati-e and trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. SSI ArchBt.,Phila ,Pa Horbb flesh In Germany la now nearly as eostly as beef. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Kyc-water. Drugglsta sell at 26c. per bottle How About"\ Scrofula or Kings Evil is the fections. Whether inherited or and cannot be permanently ct A GRATEFUL My Mother w:ib sorely nfTliotcd with during that thro ti e glands on lirr tuck openings were stna'l and hoa'cd right it break opon .mow, about cv.'iy[tw ? week prostiation. islie was so reduced n s r be gen r uisly used to keep hei .ili o improved from the start, tho lit t h ink she finished tlio fourth bottle I i no k M tts Books on Ulood and Skill diseases live 'Xjerman Svrun" U 1 " We are six in famA Farmer at ily. We live in a c-. _ ? place where wc are Edom,Toxao,?ul)jt.ct ,() viokat Says: Colds and Lung Troubles. I have used German Syrup for six years successfully for Sore Throat, Cough, Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the Chest and Lungs, and spittin^-up of Blood. 1 have tried many different kinds of cough Syrups in my time, but let me soy to anyone wanting such a medicine-?German Syrup is the 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 cpiiek cure. My advice to everyone suffering with Lung Troublesis ?Try it. You will soon be con vinceu. in all uic lamiucs wnere your German Syrup is used we "have 110 John trouble with the Frank|ln Lungs at all. It is tlie medicine for thin ??.??? . Jonos. country. 0 G. G. GKEIiX. Sole Maufr.Woodbtiiy.NJ. |1 O* ft A us ?t?? W mitral errryabrra ||| I j M M * l<? I'm wnuvy ON HKAI. KM1*1 V IK tm I VATK.n" a urtv plan, anil l? yi) aectirc epi-lka:! f<>r our ??? a aa a m a Iiiki ccrllllontea. MUTUAl. INI I J KM IU ? VKtTMKX r COMPANY, 412 NIcl*a^^ a ? ? pilot Avium?, IlinnraptilU, Mlun. Plao'a Remedy fttr Catarrh la the WA a tir imu,-a??r . nii?*l; PKold by druKKtatn or aent by nuuTH 60c. K. T. Uaceltlnc, Warren, Pa. H A OTIIU A on TArfn ASTHMAtilNb HO I IIIVI I -A||BEIIi9>? hill; trad in >imi I'Mirii. ? * ill mall trial \ltflflKlf m n n.a *?? ? TNI 01. TAfT Mil. M CO ,?0CHimM.1.r tlCB IflPWffl-^'tOOmOlMT.^-mriBCAiHPria* ABttlMi ?e ?T I'ti-u, mito. *T..hM umi a Ml Mm* "|| Nil *a> Twra*vjr. I>r. Brlrtfmin,to ?'? #,N.t <A>~ COLDS ryy COUGI4y HOARS * coiisi AUi Of T TAYLOH'3 CHF.RI SWEET GUM Is tho BEST Kl Ask your druggist or mere! i m nothing else cu take Its pin tiaiMiii <1 " ITiertfa something beh incTKf*^ That's what you think, perhaps, ^ when you read that tho proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer $600 reward for an incurable ease of Catarrh. Rather unusual, youi think, to find the makers of a medicino trying to nrovo that they believo in it. "Tlioro must be Boms' * thing back of it 1" k But it a a plain, square offer, made, in good faith. Tho only thing that's back of it is tho Remedy. It cures Catarrh in tho ligM. To its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, tho worst cases yield, no matter how bad or of how long standiug. It haa a record that goes back for 25 years. It doesn't simply relievo ? it perfectly and permanently cures. With a Remedy liko this, tho proprietors can make such an offer and mean it.'(? To bo Kino thorc's risk in it,~bat it's so very small that they ore willing to take itl '^V \ You'vo " never hoard of anything^ like this offer?" True enough. But then you've never heard of^^c anything like Dr. bago's Remedy. ely's catarrH CREAM BftlMy'Sai IK U'lkllTIi B> C/\ta O $ 5 O O TO A N Y 1*1 A N. FHAY FEVEH?<f Woman or Child wL nullerliiK I "row / />C, CATARRH not a BBBr ^ h#?#4r LIQUID or SNUFF. H AY"FEVE|f A |MirtU'lo Ik applied Into oaoli noMrll and t* agroofcblo. l'rleo so wnls at I'rungiKta or l?jr mail. . KI.V llHOTHKItX, M Warren dtrool, New Yotk./* AHIIIII Morphine Habit Cured In # OPIUM four Mother. i * f most stubborn oi all Skin afotherwise, it is a blood disease ned by anything but S. S. S. . DAUGHTER. < Scrofula for 111 roe years and a half; bur.-1 open in live places. Tbiee of the P, but tlio ollior two xtould fill up and :t always causing severe pain and often 11 ;lli, tliat tonics and>yna? ? jpixo licr an appetite nnd by the time Jfi lien led up. slio Is not* eutlrelly woU. |Hj K. J. lb wkli.. Medrdid, MaMt- #'? ;/ v " ' ' i a ,i(N'1 TIIK bWIKI SI'fct lKKJ CO.. AM.ARTA, OS. PENSION mmmmmZtmmm WASHINGTON. I?. Or AHFNK4 tRXv?0#ifJit* nULIl 10 wanted tosxixu* WOHtll'S CHAMPION, tb* /'nnA'JI ilrcilot llmi.t Corn Shelter on Earth. w(>'ISBp!yC'/')Vt T,'? ""'J MtuMu* (hoi will D.b cor* w^VyyV wl eeperete th. cob. Bb*ll? M hub* VS^SK'M ?l" per hour. I'rlo* I3..1I. RHt) I im? IMaled, Warranted. Th* Improved I* I ? * j. | fl pint uiit.roil l? I he buret ou record. SMS M ; j-5 % ter1 month for agent*. Send M A , Im i?n?.. Alliance men tclirtlt*. lMl<>. K.I'truwoK.lnreiilor.NK.hilllr.fKBSr ^ ^WOODBURY'8 FACIAL 10A?. JHB^^Ior the Ski*. Ural* and ( .?plri U.. Re? ~ ' fcultof KOycaru'erperhun-a. 'forMi* f ?l I'ruKvnma orny mail, UOr. tample A < 'nfc.- .m.l l?n. lxx>k on nenmatclapy ffe Beauty, Yillii(.l; oo Skin, Soalp, f ^9|| hvrront and Blood dkuw and thctf 1/_ " " tt|to'Btinnil, v.-nt waled for 10*.t aloa (Wkfc. t-fif DIHnoi'R??R1TH like BIKTII lllll, J^Ea; J>7 Mm, ?itt?, India lak and fuak* Eirh, Var?, rilllaia, K.daru af Daw, Sa* HrliuM Mill, riaialra, i<? removed. , " ' . ohm it. woiiDsrkT, nrrnnToiouirai IMTITI'TR, l? lfnt llaasiml, N. Y. Ika ObnauMao Hat. at oMna or hv letter. Aeent wanted la cack phM* FREE - TO MEN. Whoa you got ?lrr<1 of the "doetoce" with their Ma price. and quack mnitvllca, write to mo and I will ma MOd (aoaled) rgrr a pruacrlptloii that will quicklt and cUBTam- rllCC lt cvu* Ixait IViwor, WmUv| Weakueas, Iju-k of Development, Impotency, Vartooeole, etc., from oxoeaae* or other cauaea. A Maw PaalllT* Remedy which carea when every thing MnafaUa. T. P. IfODBK, Box I, Albloa, Mla?. Saving Labor, Cleanliness, i DOHABILJTY8cCHFAPNESS.UNE0UALIED.1 . Mo Odor When Heated. j don't with to look well drettod! Bk Mtk M too don't want ttw bett. than Wa //) you don't want the loco Back nvkirB koopendor. Your dealer ha* it tf H Wf I bo to alive. It ho lan'l be shouldn't KI tf f H bo yoor dealer. Wo will moll a Kf ti l H I pair on receipt of (1.00. Nona M AM N | genuine without the *Ump M M/jnr WH *^Dacn rinrk !;?<iprn<1cr Co., 7 l'rlne* ! Uvet, N. Y. H. N~U. 51/# k is JMPTiON HE 'I'llBOAT AND LUNGS, OKSE REMEDY OF 1IND MULLEIN TOWS REMEDY.' bant far It, and take no Bubetltnta, M. n --IT-.". ? ? ? * 1 J -?t YThorourti, rraHlmt Inatnictlon. Cradii Brjut 1 Station Swiim CtUin, # LOIM8VILLL, KY. b