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Questions Often Aske?t. Q. What is Alahastine? A. Alabastino is a durable coating for wall# and ceiling*. Q. 1* it tno same as kalsomines? A. It is entirely different from all other prep. nr.it ions on the market. ?,?. Wherein does it differ from these knlsomines on the market ? A. It is mailt from a cement that goes through a process of setting on the wall, and grows harder with age. Q. What are kalsomines made from? A. From whit lugs, chalks, clays or other inert |>owder? for a hase. and arc entirely dei>endciit ljtoti glue to hold them on the wall. O. Why <lo kalsomines rub and scale? A. Because the glue, l>eitig animal matter. uaAjniiiu?aun lime oy exposure to uir and moisture, ur.il the binding qualities of the material are t hen gone. y. Duo* the Alabastinu contain any injurious funstanoe? A. Alabastlne has been most carefully tested, and is recommended by leadimr Hnnitarinn* throughout the country, on account of its sanitary nature. tj. What has the same investigation shown regarding wall paper? A. Sanitarians condemn in strung terras the use of wall jiaper for walls of living rooms on account of the |x>isnn used in its manufacture. t^. Can anything but plain work be done witli Alahastine? V. \ny kind of work, from plain tinting to tile most elalMirute decorating can lie done. ij. How can 1 learn to do ibis work and decorate my house ? \. Hy writ ing t lie Alalmst ine < 'ompany.t irand llapids, Mich., for lssik of instructions and suggestions, and illustration of stencils; a'so showing six sets of tinted wall designs. Sent free. American colleges arc every year elding largely to their libraiie?. harvard now lins :ior?,00t) volumes; Vale, <J00,(100; Cornell, 150,000; Columbia, 90,. 000; Syracuse, 75,000; Darlinoutli, 68,500; Priuceton, 08,000; Lehigh, 07,. 000; lirowu, 06,000. Rev. James I* Stone of 1.cover t'ubot. Vt .formerly of Dillon. V. II. 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Tills will certify that two members of my immediate family, after having Buffered for earn from l*Ienelrn*l Irregularity, | being treated without benefit by physicians, were at length completely cured by one bottle of Bradfield'e Vemnlo lCegulator. lie ffM't In tmlv wonderfuL J. W. STBAHni. dock to " WOMaN " mailed FREK, which contain* raluablo information on all female dlsea*e*. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA mqh a alb nr all v&uooi&xa. "August I Flower" I Lave been troubled u itb dyspep* ' sia, but alter a fair trial 01 Augusi Flower, am freed from the vexatious trouble?J. B. V'oung, DAUgiiters /*A_11 1 F t t -- ---I v-uncsie. riarrousuuri Is.v. l had | headache one year sttacly. One bottle 1 of August Flower c tredmc. It was | positively worth one hundred dollars j toine?J. \vr Smith, P. M. ?r.d Gen. j Merchant, Townsend, Gut. 1 have used it myself for constipation and dyspepsia and it cured inc, It is the ! bestseller I ever handled?C. Hugh, j Druggist, Mechanicsburg, Pa. 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Low J iVBhr of Appetite, Mental IXiproMlod,* Painful Direction, Pimples, Hallow! f Complexion, IM rami, ud) f every wymptom or dlteaee reeultlmr from Impure J f blood, or* rrlliiro by the etomarh, liver or int?etlceaf ?to pei form tbelr proper funetloDW Pemonefflveo to? Xover-catinK nre bonenled by taking a T A HI'I.K after? irarli neat Price. Ii? mail, lj?ro??fti 1 bottleIV. AdX 2 dre> ? THII P IP A N8 C| I KM ICAL CO .lOSprucc St. .N. Y.X Ajin'i 11 onlrd| KltlUTV per cent profit. 4 wtth"f^su^*, ^uu'iur?*. And Paint* which statu J The Riving Sun Stove Polish is ftrllllant, Odor-1 lea*. Durable, and too consumer pays for uo tin I or glass package wltb every purchase. 1 CONS tCH AT ION. Though Fate my own name had decreed Imperishable, high enrolled. The human heart is one in JeoJ, My own heart's throbbing life hath told; And whilo that heart beats free and bold. To thee, O sorrowing world. I'll live, Leaving the laurel-leaf and gold! All, all is thine I have to give! Thoogh Love with measureless rich moei Of light and warmth my life enfold. Could 1 forget thy bitter uee!, Sad world, whose unkissod lip3 are cold! Poor world, like unkinged Lear of old. Can Lovo thy shameful state retrieve, Thy daughter's heart shall nought withhold ! All, all is thine 1 have to give! ?Urace E (.'banning,in Youth's Companion A LEGAL MORTGAGE. BY MA1IY B. SLEIGHT. O doubt the m I placo is yours by rlrnk I t?ooc* rights,ain't (?'"7\^H jl '^hc w ? m a n U that asked this -J question, though f ^ ^ Pa8t her girl(1 II .//-"^M-fifer^^hood, was still ^-X /SSj . young, and there had been a time Jz^rwkurll w 1* e u ^a80IX ?aDt^8' 'n t'10 *n" fatuation of youth, had ' ~ thought her pretty ; but her mouth to day had a shrewish look, and there was a viudictivc snap in her small black eyes. Her hair was twisted so tightly that the wind was powerless to ruffle it, and in her starchod calico gowu and gingham apron there was a grim tidiness unrelieved by collar or ribbon. She had bceu to the garden, nnd she held in her hand a stalK of rhubard, from which she was pulling in a preoccupied way the silky red peel. "f^h, I've got a sort ot a lien on it, but that ain't ownin' it," said the man, without looking tip. He was raking the frout yard. "You hoi' the mortgage, don't you?" said the woman, bitiug off a bit of the rhubarb. "S'pose I do?" "Why, the int'res' ain't b'en paid for three vears. You know that 'thout my tellin' you." "Well?" said the man, indifferently. "Weill" repeated his wife, sharply, "how long you goin' to let it run on so?" Jason stopped raking, and looked at Iut uneasily. "You don't mean, Mirandy, that you want me to foreclose on uiy own father and mother?" 44Why not? Business is business, relation or no relation; an'if you did that, the place d oc ours to do as we please w ith." "I ain't so sure about that. It's down in black an' white that, whether the int'rcV is paid or not, father's al'ays to have a home here. Uucle liichard use' to hoi' the mortgage; an' wheu he died, some live or six years ago, father got mo to take it, so's it wouldn't go out o' the family; but 'tuin't ever be'n changed." 4'Then 'twas made out 'for he married agin?" said Miranda. "Well, what o' that?" "Nutkin'; only in that case she ain't counted in. An' she aia't your mother, any way." 4'She's the onlv mother I ever knew anything about, Mirandy. She's be'n a mother to me ever since I was three year ol'?a right-down good one, too; an' as for her not bein' counted in, she's jus' as much right here as if she was; 'cause after father got hurt in the brickkiln, there was a good many years that he wasn't able to do much, an' all that time she kep' the int'res' paid up out of her own pocket. I'uclc Richard tol' me so." Miranda, who had stood nervously nibbling the rhubarb stalk, made haste to change her tactics. "Ok, of course, Jason, I'd al'ays expect you to be good to her. But you know yourself 'taiu't very pleasant bavin' two heads to a house; an' so long as Mother Hands thinks she owns it all, I dasu't say a word even if everything goes to rack an' ruin. Besides, she's gittin' too ol' to have the care." Jason listened with a sort of helpless patience. Ho was an easy-tempered man, ready to yield uliuost any point for the sake of peace, and his wife was well aware of his weakness. It was to please her that he had sold his farm; and though at the time he fully intended to buy another, before he could decide on one she had persuaded him to take a place that had beeu ottered him by a city friend as drummer in a wholesale grocery store. It was a business that seemed to her much more "geutcel" than farming. Meanwhile he had accepted his mother's iuvitation to In ing h>s family home for a visit. "Jus' till 1 can get time to look lip a house," hu said. Ibil Miranda had always coveted the pretty cottage, aud before they had been in it a week she had determined to get possession of it. Jason had never toid htr of the mortgage. Knowing that the place would eventually belong to him, he had not been troubled by the fact that the interest was not always promptly paid; neither did he want the old folks troubled, and it vcxe.1 him thut. Wiri?<i<? had cliancod to tind the paper.*. But iiei reasoning iu regard to the housekeeping seemed very plnusablc. 1 lia mother was past seventy, it was time alio hid a rest, j and she could have it as well as not it she would only consent to let '.Uirandy*' take charge of things for a whi'e. "1 wish you'd speak to her 'oout it," said Miranda. "She'd bo a go i I dcil more likely to do it if you purposed it 'nn if I did." Jason did not covet the task, but hf knew the penalty of refusing. "She's in the. kitchen '' Mirundo marked, with another nibble at the rhubarb stalk. "No hurry about it," grumbled Jasou. Uut presently, with ad air of forced surrender, he laid down his rake and went into the house. He found his mother making bread. "You see, mother, you're gettin* kinder along in years," he argued, t4an' you'd ought to let somebody else do the heft of the work. Why don't you let Mirondy, long as she's here? She's a lira'-rate housekeeper, an' she'd rather do jt 'an not." The little old lady lifted her head with a troubled iook. "Why, I shouldn't know what to do with myself, Jason, if I hadn't something to keep me busy. I've al'ays he'n use' to it, you know. But," site added, drawing in her lip, and slowly patting the loaf she was kneed ing, "if Mi randy wants to take a t urn at it for a while, she eau. I won't hi ndei her.'' The daughter-in-law accepted this concessiou with secret triumph, and she so soon managed to get entire control of tho kitcheu that the deposed houscwifo, missing the homely cares that for ao many years had occupied her hands and thoughts, would have been in a sad strait had it not been for the children. "I loves gramma," said little Delia one da}', as she mounted her grandmother's knee. "Me do, too," chimed the baby, clambering up beside her sister. "Makes me think, Hesba," said her husband, a sudden mist dimming his glasses, "of t'ue times you use' to sit holdin' Jany an' Ruth." Hesba's eyes also grew misty, for there were two little graves in the far corner of the garden; but the prattliugchildreu on her lap left her no time for reminiscence. "Do put'cm down, an' let 'em 'muse Vmsclves. You coddle 'cm too much," fretted Miranda. "Oh, I like to have 'em 'round rae," said Desha. Rut Miranda frowned. "They're gittin' 'mos' as bad as Jason." she complained to herself. "They think there's uobody like that ol' woman." Jason's new business often took him from home for weeks at a time, and it was while he was off ou one of these expeditions that Miranda improved the opportunity to carry out a long cherished project. ' Seems to me, gran'ma," she began, warily, having joinca her mother-in-law in the sitting room, armed with her knitting work, "you're lookin' kinder peaked. If l's you, I'd take a little trip some whores. Jason says you've got a brother livin" o\cr in Connecticut. I shoula think it'd bo nice for you to go an visit him. Why don't you, now?" "Well, I don' know. I never was much of a han1 to go visitin'," said Jlesba, as unsuspicious as a baby. "And though I don't doubt brother William 'd be glad to see us; he's got such a family of his own, I should leel as if we's i nposin on him." "Might as well impose on him as on folks that's no relation to you," And Miranda's needles clicked viciously. licsba looked at her in wonder. "What do you muau, Miraudy. I didn't know's I was iuiposin' on anybody." "I don'know what else ycu can call it," said Miranda, with merciless deliberation. "You know well enough that the int'res' ou the mortgage 'aiu't be'n paid for years, an' Jason could turn you out to-morrer if ho wanted to." "Turn us out!" repeated Heaba. "Oh no, Mirandy, he couldu't do that, 'cause father's to have a home here as long as he lives; he's got that down in writin'I" "Yes; but you an' father's two different persons. Your uumc ain't put down on the paper, an* l's on'y sayin' what we could do if we wanted to. But I'm cxpcctin' coinp'ny from the city next week, 'twould obleege me cousid'rable if you'd jus' go over to your brother's an' stay a spell, 'ciuise while you's away father could sleep on the cot in the hall oeuroom ' "Go an' leave father! Is that what you menu, Mirandy?" "It was pitilul to see how white and tremulous she grew. "Why, you wouldn't waut to tuKv aim with vou wheu your brother's got such a family already? What'd be the use?" said Miranda. She was very willing to have the old mau stay; she depend id on him to bring all the wood and water. Hesbn t irued to tho window to catch her breath. Outside, gray clouds were lowering, and spiteful gusts were sending little coveys of brown leaves scurrying through the air. But Hesba saw only the tall gaunt figure in the potato patch, and throwing a shawl over her head sh< hurried out. The old man dropped kil hoc and went to meet her. "If you go, Ilcsbu, I go too, you can depend on that," he said hotly, when she hac told her trouble. But after talking it over, they decided that unless Miranda herself brought up the subject they would not mention it again. Perhaps before the week was out Jason would be hq,me. And byand-by Miranda, who had taken Hesba's place at the window, saw them cominw o up from the potato patch hnad ia hand, the o!a mau walking very erect, his hoe across his shoulder, and the little old wife clinging to him like^a child. 'I s'pose they think they've got it all settle!," muttered the womau; "but, we'll sec." Two days later a letter came to Hcsbn from her brother. 'She's ben a writin' to him," blurted the old man, clinching his fist. llesba took no notice of the remark. "He says," she began, following the lines slowly with her dim eyes, "that he'd like very much to have a visit from me, uj' he hopes I'll come right away, 'fore cold weather sots in. But he's 'frnid I'll have to put up with sleepin' with one o' the children, they're so short o' room." "Then o'course that putt an end to father's goin'," said Miranda, coming in noiselessly from the kitcheu, tho door iiuviiij; been lett ajar. "An' to her goin', too, I gue3S," answered the old mau. "Oh, you shouldn't say that, father," said Miranda. "It '11 be a real uico little trip for her, and do her lots o' good." The old mau scowled, and thumped the fioor with his caue. "She ain't goin' to stir a step, not with my consent," he cried, angrily. " 'Sh-sii, father," whisper his wife. "Don't let's hive any words about it." Mir.ui la put her apron to her eyes. "I'm sure I don't want to have no words," she whimpered. ii ~ i ... ucauii wiuj up wiiu ner nand on her husband's shoulder. 14Wo won't say anything more, Mi randy. I'll go te William's as soon as I can get my thing* ready, an' stay till your company'* gone." Miranda walked out of the room without answering. She had gained the day, and there was nothing more to bt said, but she still held her apron to her eyes. The old people had seldom been separated oven for a day, and during the time that intervened they would sit?; hand in hand, by the hour, trying forlornly to tind So.no way of escape from Miranda's plan. 'It's no use, father," sighed Hosba. ' She's inado up her mind to have me go, an' to go 'fore Jason comes home, an' she won't ros' till she gets ine out o' the house." "Weil, she'll repent it," said the old man, shaking his head. "Don't, father," entreated his wifa. ' .. : V 1 h " 5 1 ?~ 41 'Tttft't for us to make her repent it." It was not until the time oame to any good-.bv that the ohiidreo began to comprehend that the was going away. "Gramma mustn't do," cried little DeUejL clinging to Hesba's skirt*, and then the baby set up a wail, and refused to be comforted. Hesba strained the little creatures for n moment to bier bosom. "I don't want any harm to come to you, Mirandy," aht said, turning .to her daughter-in-law, "but I can't hdlp feariu' that separatin' father an*,me as you're doin', the Lord may see tit to separate you from some o' them you love." That was "her farewell word. When Jason came home tho following week, it was an easy milter for Mirsnds to make him believe that Jris mother had gone of her own free will to visit bet rother, the old man, obedient to his wife's entreaty, ke-eping aiiont. Sho took much credit to herself lor haVThg managed it so well. Her visitors came and went, but she said not a, word about Ilesba's coming home. Not'even the old man's pleading eyes could move her. One morning in November, while Miranda was busy in the kitohen,little Nan wandered into the yard,and . futi-cl herself for half an .hour chaainu tip;. chickens. The ground was covered with fliusu, ami tnat. night tbe child was seized with diphtheria. For three dava tho lay tossing and moaning,anc. almost the only words that passed her lips wcra, "Gamine! I ont gamma." * s~~ "Baby cab't have gran'ma. Gran'ma's gone," said Miranda. "Momtaer'a hero to take care o' Nao." But she was not skilful at nursing. Nan grew rapidly worse, still moaning for "gamma;" and death came with the suddenness characteristic of the disease. Jason reached home the day before the .funeral. lie was almost heartbroken. "You'd ought to sent for mother," be said ut ouce. "I don't know what for," Miranda protested, in an injured voice. "The doctor an' mc dul everything that could bo done, au' there wouldn't be auy earthly use sendin' for her now." A. day or two later little Delia came and leaned agaiust her knee as she sat sewing. "I want my grsmm*;" said the child, with a long-drawn sigh. I want her to tell me stori'es." "Delie seems to think she hoi's a mortgage on mother," said the old man; "an' I guess it's legaler 'an tbe one some other folks hoi'." Miranda winced, but she was too wise to make him any answer. "Go to gran'pa," she said to Delia. "He'll tell you 'bout Jack the Giant-killer." "I doesn't want to hear 'bout Jack 'e Giant-killer," said the child, perversely. "Gramma she telled me stories 'bout little chillen love oue anuver." Her grandfather took her on his knee. "That was said for grown-up folks as well as for little children," he remarked, looking furtively at Miranda, "au' it means that everybody ought to be loviu' an' kind to each other." " Gramma was lovin' an' kind," said Delia. The old man laid his cheek agaius! hers, but he drew back with a startled face. "Why, Miraudy, this child's sick I* he exclaimed. "She's got a rag in rover. * . Miraffba mre* down her sewing, and snatched the child away from hitn. Oclia was her idol. "I want gramma," repeated the little one, drowsily. Just then Jason came in. Go tclograph for mother," cried Miranda. Tell her not to wait for anything." When the doctor came tho next afternoon, he found his little patient nestled in Hesba's lap, while close beside them, his chin on his cane, and his face beam ing like a lover's, sat ?he old man. ' Ah, she is better," said the doctor. "She is getting on finely." We're all better," piped the old man, blinking behind his glasses. We've got our gramtna back," said the child, contentedly.-r-Heczw'ii Biuar. Saved From Snteide by His Dog. Au intelligent pet dog owued by Louis Schmidt, of Camdem, N. J., has prevented him I7ofm committing suicide. Schmidt is just recovering from a serious attack of typhoid fever, which left him very nervous and subject to fits of melanchoiia. He was 6cizcd with one of those spells Monday night, and while his wife was asleep stole to the kitchen, nere he procured a rope, and, making a noose, tied one end to an iron hook in the wall. Then procuring a chair lie adjusted the rope, and kicking away the chair swung himself off, as he thought, into into eternity. But, unknown tc Schmidt, his faithful dog had followed him, and instinctively knowing something was wrong the intelligent animal went back into the bedroom whining pitifully. Finally be awoke Mrs. Schmidt by tugging at the bed clothing and rubbing liis cold noec in her face, and she followed the dog down stairs as soon as she missed her husbaud. There she found him hanging from the hook. She managed to cut liim down in time tc save his life. Philadelphia Times. interesting History of a Piece ef Www, Suspended on the west wall of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, is a small nine* of decayed wood, which has aa interesting history. It was obtained from that part of Westminster Hall which was built ic the reign of William Itufus. This war the hall in which so many stirring events were enacted. Here it was that thi eloquence of Burke rang out in the 1m peach men t of Warren Hastings. It October, 1890, the beams were expoeec during some repairs. Mr. Dutton, o London, was oa the scalold when th< piece of chestnut beam was sawed off, He caught it and presented it to Mr Frederick Treves, F. It. C. 8., who gav< it to Dr. J. William White, by whom il has jost been presented to the Pennsylvania University Library.?New Orleans -Times- Democrat. tfroMhopper Traps. It is singnlar that those who, in th? West, sutler so much from grasshopper) do not give more attention to a methoc of captuie Which bas been in use foi many ages'Jin the grasshopper Strieker region* of the Old World." A* is wol known, tbf grasshoppers can essilj tx driven like iheep in front of snyon< driving them, and by extending lon( lines of ratber closely woven fishing no the grasshoppers may be driven int to those n?r| and easily captured.?Bt Louis liepiiblic. - THE POLITICAL CALDRON What la Occuring In Theae Unite Statea. 1 Getting Ready For the Great Bat tlea of the Autumn Campaign. i A People's Party was formed at Mot roe, N. C., last week. Omaha, N b b.,?The Stat convention of the People's indepe ideu party will be held at Kearney, April 8. Governor Buchanan, of Touncssce hr announced himself as a candidate for rt , nomination. Rhode Island Republican convcntio 1 was held Tuesday and the sentiincii was iu favor of Harrison. This give him Ave States thus far. Raleigh, N. C.?Capt. R. B. Pe< bles has announced his candidacy for tli Democratic noinin..tion for Attorne General. Other candidates for the non ination are Frank Osborne of Charlo'tt Colonel Paul B. Means of Cabarrus, Ed Chambers Smith of Raleigh, and C. I Pcttigrew of Plymouth. Grano RiPim Mini ?Cnv Winnn in an interview expresses himself as de siring to see Cleveland the party candi date for President. But he adds that i is his belief that neither Cleveland uo llill will secure the nomi nation. If the candidate is to come froti the West he thiulu u?U??otK? ........ iT from the East, then Gorman has th best chance. Naphwlle, Tenn?At at meeting c the Democratic State Executive Commil tee, it was decided to hold separate cot ventione for the selection of delegates t the Chicago Convention and fcr thenon illation of canidates for governor. Bot c inventions will meet in Nashville, tii ihst on Thursday, May 26th, and th gubernatorial convention on Tuesdaj August 20th. Poiitland, Mk.?There is a movemer on foot looking for the formation c societies all over the StAte pledged t agitate for a resubmission of the pre liibitory law to-the voters for recoosidei at ion. A document in circulation state that the prohibitory law is detriment! io the business, social and moral intern of the State of Maine, and calls for il repeal, while expressing a strong interesl for the cause of temperance, which is r< tirded, not helped, by the operations o the present system. Lakewood, N. J.?Ex-President Clev( 1 land was seen at his home here to-nigl by a representative of the United Pres and asked if there was any truth iu th story published iu the New York Teh graph that ho had written letter declining to be renominated f< the presidency, which he was about t make public when friends, whom Mr: Cleveland informed of her husband's ii tcution, dissuaded him from bis purposi Mr. Cleveland denied the story in tot and said it was mado out of the whol cloth. Col. L. L. Polk, president of tl Farmers' Alliance, was asked iu Ha eigh, N. C., a few days ngo if he was i ; the Third Parly movement. He said i reply that as far as he was concerned 1 1 was foot-loose from all parties. lie adi ( ed, however, that the Northwest is c fire for the Third Party movement. li had several conferences and taucust with Alliancemen during bis visit to Ra I sigh. The First American Railroad. The construction of the Baltimore ?! >hio Railroad, with a branch leading t Washington was begun in the early par of Gen. Jackson's administration; and i .vas ridiculed by some, while others wcr lositive that it would never be of an practical use. At first the cars wcr Irawn by horses, and for a t'anc a ca vas propelled by sails, which, with 'air wind, made fifteen miles an hour ?ut finally a locomotive was constructed ' ind driven by Peter Cooper. It was combination of belts and cogs, with i 1 dower kept in motion by a cord attache to one of the wheels. English locc motive uiiilders had asserted that no ct gine could be built to turn a curve o less than 900 feet, but some of the curve oa the Baltimore ?fc Ohio Railroad wcr only 200 feet, yet Mr. Cooper's engin ' ran around them.?Detroit Free Press. 1 Long Survival of a Habit. | An inexplicable habit in a church a Valsbol, Kussia, has at la9t been cx plained. When the men went to the alts to receive the sacrament and then re turned to the body of the church eac made a genuflection in the direction o the women, always on the same spot 1 No one for along while had known wh this was done. Lately one of tbe wall ' was being cleaned, and a pictaro of th Virgin was discovered which had bee | covered up for four hundred years b, the whitewash. The genuflections orig [ inally made to this picture had been eoi tinued by the forco of habit for ccc turios after it had disappeared.?Boslo * Transcript. > Bl; California Dam?. ' Some of the biggest dams in the world aie in California. The Merced dam is sixty feet high, with a capacity o( 5,500,000,000 gallons, spread over 6i}(] i acres. The sweet water dam, near ban i Diego, is ninety feet high, and has a ! capacity of 6,000,000,000 gallons, cov? ; ering 725 acres, and the Bear Vallej I dam is sixty feet high, with a capacitj l d 10,000,000,000 gallons, covering i 2280 acres,?New York Commercial Ad I vertiser. I Beat or All ' To cleanse the system In a gentle and trot; ' beneficial manner, when the Sprlngtim ' comes use the true and perfect remedy Syrup of Fi?s. One bottle will answer for at j the family And costs only MO cents; tbe larg t else fl* Try It and be pleased. Manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. 1 Tn OerraantReiobstar'appropriated 1250 COO for lh> Cjblwgo World'a Fair. The Only On* Rver PrlntM. CAW YO0 FIND THE WORD? The?lift8 Inch dl><play advertisement I k thla paper, thin week, which has no two wort ' Alike except one word. The name is true < I each new one appearing ea^li week, trom TL Dr. Harter Medicine Co. Thla house plac.-n "Orraeont" on everything they makennd pul F lleh. l/ook for It. send them the n;imr or ill . word and they will return you n >ok, bkaut * rUL l.tTHOOR aphb Of bampi.KM rilKK. i Utidima la interfering with the aucoet . et the season at French and Italian winU rtmrla ' ! TWTKD BT Ttmr. For Bronchial affect lorn k Cough*, etc., Hkown'h HKonohial Troohi , have proped their efllcacy by a lest Of man 1 rears. Prioe <6 cts. Natural jnw hat been foRnd near Ma fake City, UTab. f# flow's This V We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot bo cured by gx taking Hall's Catarrh Cur3. u F. J. Cheney A Co.. Props., Toledo. 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for tho last 16 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any oh>* ligations made by their firm. West & Tkuax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Wai.dino, Kinnan A Makviw, Wholesale ? Dru^fgistSj Toledo, O. ??> o vntnuu Vrunj la 1AKVD internally, actIiik directly upon the blood and mucous sur'* faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Prlco 75c. i?er bottle. 8old by all druggists. e Thi grip la spreading throughout the t East. Bkbcham's lima take the place of an entire iS medfcino chest and Bhoula be kept for use in every family. C25 oents a bo*. Fibrcb Ores, heating the earth white,have been touud near the surface near Warrensburg, Mo. ' Brown's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma'3 lnrin, Biliousness and General DobMty. Gives Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves? creates appetite. The best tonio for Nursing >- Mothers, weak women and children. e Sweden and Norway are preparing to eny ter the German anti-protecttomst league. ' Mr. J. H. Estill, President Morning Nows Co.. Savannah, (ia? says: " A ineinlior or my family | who has >>een n martyr to nenrnigie headaches for twenty > ears, has found in Bradycrotine an ' in Callable remedy for headaches." is hah uaspar, W yoming, a valuable vela s of ooal has been fouud just beneath the grass root* The worst casea of female weakness readil) yield to Dr. Swan's Pantiles. Samples fre? t Dr. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wis 1 The manufacture of beet sugar is attainlng large proportions in Nebraska. || M At.aria ^cured^nnd eradicated fr >m the o riches the blood, "tonoi"tlio *ncrvcs, nYtls'lhrftftt ion. Acts like a charm on persotiB iu general ill health, giving now energy and strength. 1 v you would be correct in pronouncing t- Manitoba accent tbe last syllable. r KITS stopped free by Dn. Ki.ine's Gkbat o Nkhvk Hk-storkh. No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and atrial bottle free. Dr. Klino, '.<11 Arcli St., Plilla., Pa. If nfllictcd with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac TliompC son's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle n . l.i rij t sous; jrimpK >f AND ERUPTIONS ON THE BODY, are in o that nature is making efforts to throw it out. { changes the character of the blood, so that the the pores of the skin, and the poison is also for !3 il C. \V. Hopkins, Postmaster at East Lame it had been confined to bed fourteen months with to by Swift's Specific. The boy is fourteen years '9 statement to be true. f S. S. S- h*1 a wonderful effect on Chil* debilitated child. Send for our Book on the I swift it ? S There is ease for those far u gone in consumption?not ? )r recovery?ease. * ?. There is cure for those not ^ far gone. ? There is prevention?better than cure?for those who 10 are threatened, n Let us send you a book on " careful living and Scott's i* Emulsion of cod-liver oil, [C even if you are only a little J8 thin. Free. ScorrA Bc./tis, Chemists, tjsSamh sih Avenue. New York. l Your druggi.-t koto* Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver il?alt druggists every whcte do. ft. 0 jo t 1 YOU WILL 8AVE MONEY, 0 Time, l'nln, Trouble y and will CURB H Cn?TARJrVo 1 " CATARRH &//] by using Mr ' Ely's Cream BalmB /,H J Apply balm Into each nostril. u LLY "ROS-. M Warren sc. N. Y. Pel I * YOU NEED NOT FEAR '' (lint prople will know your liair Is tlyccl If i- j on use tliHt. perfect Imitation of nature, A j Tutt's Hair Dye D It imparts n glossy rolor ami fresh life to the hair. Trice, 91. Oltlce, SO Turk l'luce, N. Y. 8 N U 12 MMgjUjm : IHIIIIHiklHIIIIl KTrnwiYHir Hold by all dealers. : W. L. DOUGLA s. For gentleman Is a tine C k \ the best leatber produoed In v> \ taoka or wax threads to but r Y\. >\ etnootb Inside ns a band sowe VS \'\ Wttlng and datable as oustc f A \ 00 to $5 00, end pohn :?'.? Best in the ^or For GENTLEMEN. $C AA Genuine ?3?%TJk 9avv Hand-8ewed. HE Jt *4.00 Mp i *3.50 *"??,. I $A C/\ Extra Value A 1 2.50 C.ll Shoe. A . 15 f! O.OS /B?f! r MWMW UI?U i OUWO, *2.00 ^|jHbaj BJ^- TAKE NO 8U ? . IT IS A DUTY you owe to your ? times, to get the most value for your mo C wear if you purchase W. I/. Douglas' Sh [. a greater value for the money than any o . CAUTION. XWSSS " consumer against high prices and who acknowledge the superiority o i, Ing to substitute other makes for tf ? ulent, and subject to prosecution I y false pretences. W. L. DOUGLAS, I .. If not i*r sale la year alace arad Urn I wauled. Pueiaae tree. A OK NTS WANTKt where 1 have a# ?( !> est adveriUe ihesa J -TOWHEtes; Lopywoht IB9I ^ ^ A utedy tcomt^n ?the one who's overworked, nerv?' ous, and debilitated. What she needs is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-' scription. It's mado exactly to fit; her case ? an invigorating, restoretivo tonic, and a soothing and> strengthening nervine, giving tone; and vigor to the whole system. Bat' it isn't a mere stimulant. It's a1 legitimate medicine, that an experienced physician has carefully prepared, for woman's ailments. AH the functional derangements, chronio weaknesses, and painful disorders peculiar to tho sex, are corrected' and cured by it. And because it's a certain remedy, it can bo niado a guaranteed one. If it fails to give satisfaction, in any cnac. vou^have vour. money - hank???~ The best pill costs less than any other. Costs less, but does more. They're smaller, too, and easier to take. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets' are the best pills. They regulate' Eerfcctly the liver, stomach, and owcls. ^ | % es! Blotches, dicalions of Poison in the Blood, and show 3. S3. S. w?ll assist in this good work. It poison bearing germs speedily leave through ced out. I >inc, Me., writes that Mrs. Kelly's son, who i an Abscess, has been cured sound and well old, lives next door to me, and I know the Iren, and should be given to every weak and Stood and Skin. SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. abinet mmumxr^rx >4.AO a dozen. (Komi postal uote.) C. J. VBE 'knburo. 67 n. wkstkiim ave. ciiicaoo. iii. WAIL PiPERrartrmes * 1.1. I ni L-l pics sciii for 10c. poatam. TUoa. J. My era, 1U10 Market Ht., Phlla., Pa. Flao's Remedy fbr Catarrh la the Beat. KaMeet to Use, and Cheapeat Sold by druggists or seat by mall, Kj Oa K. T. Haxelttnt, Warren, Fa. H ^^^^WOODBURY'8 FACIAL BOA?." the Ilia, lali and l'.?>liiiiii Ra. ? ^ nut of to roara'experience. *Foraale / at Druggfiits or by mall, an*. Sample /. J^^^BCaknand ltSp look on Dermatology MB and Beauty, TlUua.li on Hkln, Scalp. mj J^Bk SKJ Nervous ana Blood disease and their T7trostment. sent eealod for lbl.1 aloo Jr DISFieVUbURTS Ilka NBTI U1U Warts, ladla lak and fWaOar Barks, Sears, PftUsaa, Kidasss af ha, la> .css'aia 0^mriM W TONIC Will purify BLOOD, renlita KIDNBVS, remove ufVllS disorder, kul!<1 strength, rtnra appetite, restore health and vlgororyouth. Dyspepsia. Indigestion, that ttredfeell lnganffllniely eradicated^, Ml ml brightened, brain power Increased. inirA bones, nerves, mnsI IIIILV cles, receive new fore*. I II IIII ? Buffering from complaints peLRU I LU collar to their sex, uslugU.flndt _ a safe, speedy cure. Return? rose bloom on checks, beau tides Complexlo?. ..gold everywhere. All genuine goods bear "Cresceut.'' Bend no 2 cent stamp for 32~paM pamphlet. % ? ^ OR. HARTER MIMOINB 00., St, LmIs, */ pmE9| Bill Acccvt no sub>tlt"'e. . . :a S~S3.?? SHOE j Salt Shoe, made seamless, o( y this country There are no y rt the leet, and Is made as / i / id shoe, it Is as stylish, easy / J J im made shoes oostUig from / 1 /y >dge<J to be the / J-Uh Id for the price. tFor LADIK8. -J, *3.00 "*"%?*. 5 2.50 2.00 ^.u. '1.75 HUMES. For BOYS' & YOUTH'8. O ft. SI TC "-W Mippr SCHOOL SHOES. IB8TITUTE8. aelf and your family, during these hard ,'5j tiey. You can economize in your foottoes, which, without question, rcprcumt j Iher makes. J AS' name and the price Is stamped ' I m of each shoo, which protects the 1 Inferior shoos. Beware of dsalera ?3 f W. L. Douglas' Shoos by attempt- I ism. Such substitutions are fraud- I by law, for obtaining money under ' | Brockton, Mate. g f 'tJiMW' U??d. ?l*e ?o4 wl4tb ; I !>## tiVJoVl Vn!**' " '* I