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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.
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Rev. James I* Stone
of 1.cover t'ubot. Vt .formerly of
Dillon. V. II.
A Faithful Pastor
hi M in h\ h Mwm i>v bin iwojiic, unit his
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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.
'
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V
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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
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