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fc . . I WOS". Her children's checks are rosy. Their litnhs are strong and straight. Her husband loves her truly. And servants on her wait! let oft she sits and sighs And oft she cries Out bitterly at Fate. The ancient rugs are costly That lie npon the floor; The lawn is broad and shady That stretches from the door; She has enough, you say?? Her sister, o'er the way, Has just a little more! -S. E. Riser. . } A LUCKY FIND."] ? BY ELLA M. HESS. ? About eight years ego, on a warm ( summer's night In June, within a few j minutes of 12, I was patrolling a quiet part of East Broadway when a man ; called out from a second story win- j dow? r'Hold on, policeman?" "Well," 1 asked, "what's the mat- j ter r *"1 hare just heard a heavy thump in Mr. Bentley's house, next door. He may have fallen and hurt himself. He eame in a few minutes ago. Hadn't j you better ring the bell?" Mr. Bentley was a rich old bachelor who had lived entirely alone for years. It is said that in his house, to which no outsider was ever admitted, he kept a large amount of money and bonds. ?I ring the bell, but there was " no response. *Ate you sure you saw him enter?" I $8ked. "Yes. He hadn't been in half a minute before I heard a heavy jar. I have heard no sound since." "There must be something wrong." I said, after ringing the bell a second tim? and receiving no response. I tried the door, but it was locked. "Better force it," suggested the man at the window. "1 don't like to do that Is there any other entrance?" "Voo that ollor Itiei' lx?Von(l tllP (* tUO(> MUV^ J WCV v?- - ? ? , steps leads to a back yard; but tbe , gate is probably locked, as well as tbe rear door." "I will go and see," said I. Walking up the narrow alley, I discovered, by the dim light of a street lanp' nearly opposite, that the pate stood open. 'I looked in and perceived " that the rear door was (.pen, and a. faint light shone ont. All was ; quiet I returned to the street. <4The gate and the back door are open. Come down, and we will go In." I said to the man at the window. ; In half a minute he joined me ou j the sidewalk, and I recognized him : as an acquaintance named John ! ? -"* '? Burse. i didn't know you lived here," I ?tii . "Abd I didn't recognise you when I Blfl spoke, w uiancicu. v . . there may have been foul ; ' > vodC' in his house, and we had bet- t ter enter together." . \Ve: went op the alley, into the yard, ! tad entered the open door. The rear j H room was evidently used as a kitchen, and guided by the dim light, we ; passed through another open door into a narrow ball with a stairway. Near the street door was a table on which stood a lighted candle. At the foot of the stairs lay Mr. Bentley, quite dead, and a frightful wound upon bis head convinced me that he had been murdered. ? At my request Mr. Burke hurried g- to the police station, a few Mhchs off, to inform the captain of the murder, while I took the candle - %and made a hasty examination of the premises. A number of drawers in the second story back goom had been - broken open and ransacked, 'iand on the floor lay half of a fresh looking newspaper. It struck me that% w the robber might have had it in his ? pocket, and possibly used the other half to wrap up some of his plunder, leaving behind him, in his hurry, what might prove a valuable clue. I Z therefore folded up the fragment and put it in my pocket A moment later Mr. Burke returned, accompanied by several officers and a surgeon. 'To make this part of the story ? ?M -i- A- ik.4 11.. ????1 oner, x wm siute iusl uie usuai iw^| malities followed, the body being basded over to the coroner, and the case was placed in the hands of the detectives. I at first intended to give then the bit of newspaper I bad picked np, but as I had a half-formed theory about the murder I concluded to keep it, at least for a day or two, to see If I could find a clue to the insiIn on my own account. It was lucky.I did. After dinner on the following day, while off duty and in citizen's clothes, K paused opposite a well-known hotel on the Bowery, to watch some painters who were at work en a swinging ladder under the eaves, when my eye chanced to alight cm a man who sat by a second story window, apparently engaged in packing a valise. It was Burke. What was he doing there? I had been vaguely suspicious o? the man from the first; he was i too officious, I thought, too anxious for an investigation. I resolved to keep nay eye on hfm, and see where" be was going. With this end in view I posted myself In a doorway from which I could ? 1?J T, | BeC LUtT W iuuuw at n u?.u uc cai. xt IMS open, and as be lifted some %.' article from the ledge to store it away, the piece of newspaper on which it had been lying was carried i out by a draught of air, and came ! fluttering down near my feet On the alert to notice every trifling circumstance, I saw that the paper had been torn irregnlarly, and I fancied it corresponded with the piece I had found in the murdered man's house. I snatched it up and went into the nearest doorway to compare the I fragments. What a leap my heart j gave when I discovered that they fit- j ted together exactly! There was no doubt of It "I am on the right track," I muttered. "Well, Mr. Burke, you don't get off with that valise so easily." j I cossed the street, entered the j hotel, and was soon at the door of the room from whose windows the paper was blown. I knocked softly. "Come inTsald a voice within. I entered, and found Burke still j seated on a chair by the window. "I thought it was the porter," he j said in some confnsion. "Who said you might find me here?" Without replying I locked the door and put the key in my pocket "1 see that you are getting ready to j l - go away?" I remarked. "Yes; but?but?" "Suppose you stay in New York a little longerr "tVhat do you mean?" be exclaimed, rising from hi9 chair ' "Oh. nothing of any great consequence." I replied coolly. "Perhaps you wouldn't object to my taking a look into that valise." "Perhaps yen will do me the kindness to get out of my room." he retorted. "Are you drunk or crazy? Hand me that key and go. or 1 will throw you out of the window!" "Not so fast," said I. drawing my revolver. "I am an oilieer, you know, and I am here to arrest you for the murder you committed last night." He stared a moment, then a change came over his countenance. "Great Heavens, Mr. McAuley, what do 3*011 mean?" "Have 3011 ever seen this bit of paper?" I asked. As I extended it toward him I saw that it was a weekly paper, published in the city of Penny si vanla irom wnence uurice came; u? uaie was so recent that he must have received it on the very day preceding the murder. With a look of despair on his white face that I shall never forget, he staggered to a chair. He was thoroughly cowed, and made no attempt to escape. You see the poor wretch was new at the business. In five minutes I marched him into the station, where he made full confession, giving substantially the following account of the crime. The stories of Bentley's wealth had tempted him to rob him. He forced his way into the house a little after dark, one night, when he kuew that Bentley had gone out, but had barely entered when the old man came in at the front door, locked it, and lighted the candle on the table. Determined not to be foiled now. Burke rushed upon him and struck him down with the tools he had been using to break" the locks. This was between 9 and 10 o'clock. Then he ransacked the house, finding a number of banknotes. In order to make a compact parcel of them, he hastily tore in two a paper which he chanced impo u'c nr?.?kpt nsiner one half for his purpose and, in his nervous haste, leaving the other lying upon the floor. Then he returned to his room, from which he called my attention to Bentley's house, foolishly thinking that by so doing he would not come within the range of suspicion. In due time he was tried, found guilty, and paid the penalty of ki? crime. It was this case, which I worked up on my own account, and in which my | success was largely due to mere chance, that gave me a place on the detective, force. Many a man has worked harder and displayed far more sagacity than I did on that occasion, without accomplishing his end. But I do better things now, and like my work as well as some persons like to solve a puzzle.?Waveriey Magazine. THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM. The Two Clatae* That Husband* May Be Divided Into. The problem as to wliether husbands really love their wives is again uppermost in society, and battle, murder and sudden death, politics, trusts, floods, earthquakes, heat, hades and hurry have been relegated to their proper places. Husbands may be roughly divided into two great classes?those who are managed by their wives and those who think they are not. The rest are so far in the minority that they are net worth considering. But the fact that a husband is duly controlled by his wife is no evidence either that he loves her or that he does not. The average husband is a meek, burden-bearing auimal, with domestic traits, his mind intent on one or two things, and it is a comparatively easy thing to shift him about. A light breeze may blow him in almost any direction, provided he is let alone on the one subject he is interested in, and if a light breeze does not suifice, the average wife is almost always equal to the emergency, and can induce a more powerful aeolian curreut at a moment's notice. But do husbands love their wives? They do, they do! And the proof lies in the subject on which the average man is interested in, to the exclusion of everything else, even to the excitement of making love.to his wife. And this subject is the almighty dollar. He hasn't time for anything else, and he chases It mostly for love of his partner. ! It may not be amiss to say that our mammoth dry goods establishments are pulsating monuments to the love that the average husband bears to the average wife?God bless her!?Life. PEARLS OF THO JCHT. Gentle of speech, beneflcieut of mind. Custom reconciles us to everything. Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. Happiness is not perfected until it is shared. A fool must now and then be right by chance. Self is the storm centre from which all disturbances breed. Nothing gives more sympathy to the ../.I/UV +l,o>, ?anl orftrt/lnPM * V1VC iiiau icut The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness. The least cash account has all humanity for debtor and creditor. The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. A man who does not know how to learn from his mistakes turns the best schoolmaster out of his life. Self-knowledge is that acquaintance with ourselves which shows us what we are, and what we ought to be. Baby Got Itself Adopted. From an orphan asylum in St. Louis, Mo., comes an interesting story. A millionaire of that city with his wife visited the institution, and while in the nursery stopped to admire a pretty boy just waking from a nap. The baby smiled at the millionaire's wife, and stretching his chubby arms toward her, said: "Take baby.'' She took him in her arms, and the child laughed gleefully, as he commanded: "Pretty mother, kiss baby." The rich man and his wife looked at each other, and the same thought flashed into both minds, as their home was childless. When they left the building the golden haired boy was taken to the carriage, and the orphan asylum had a vacancy. ?? ? ? Th? Brazilian Rubber Supply. An English consul, located in Brazil, estimates that at present 24,000.000 rubber trees are being tapped in the ' Amazon region, covering an area of 1,000,000 square miles. Some trees are being destroyed in order to secure their rubber at once, but upon tin whole, he sees no reason to believe that the supply will run short. I Training the Saddle Horse. In teaching colts the walk-trot-canter, It is necessary that they have some good thoroughbred blood close up, and If they have good action they may make admirable saddle horses, but if they are low-headed and nattiral-galted trotters it will be difficult to tench them the saddle-horse gaits. First, they should be properly shod, say with eighteen ounce shoes forward and ten ounce behind, providing they have good action, but if they have poor action, add two ounce to each front shoe (it the heel and make the shoe with a roll toe A good way would be to let the colts wear these shoes a few days before beginning to teach them. We want them thorough nt the walk first, then perfect their trot by riding them at a brisk jog well taken in hand and let the canter be taught last. Give them several daily lessons in the bitting harness before mounting them, and these lessons in the bitting should be continued daily until they are thoroughly mouthed and mannered. It should be remembered also that these bitting lessons are very hard work, and the head should be but a little higher than the natural pose in the first lesson. The first lessons should be correspondingly short, reining the head a little higher and the chin a little in are in each day. The first lesson should not exceed thirty minutes, and they can be safely increased in length of time up to two hours. The canter Is taught by urging the colt out of the trot into the gallop, and gradually taking him in band until he has the canter proper. Ton must he on good terms with the colt you are teaching, and the first thing of all Is to teach him that you are his friend, and let your rule be not to overwork him in his lessons, and he will learn to love it. Do not fool away any time on a horse that is poorly bred or a laggard, for you will sooner or later give him up in disgust.?Dr. .T. C. Currver. in American Agriculturist. Indication of Bad Management! Lice on animals indicates bad management. Horses or cattle in good condition seldom are afflicted with lice but a low condition of the animal, the skin being hidebound, affords excellent inducements for lice. Good feed and the use of a brush will rid animals of parasites, with the aid of other remedies. Military Automobiles. The immense advantages presented by automobiles have had a great fascination for progressive military men all over the world. Large sums have been offered for the best military automobile. In wur, ac in everything, it pays to use the best weapons. X UC UV3V JUi'v?U n IkM nutw *vr v?w? k??v stomach is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is a certain cute for constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia and biliousness, and prevents malaria, fever and ague. Inopportune Wtddin? Presonts. "I dm't like to hive my frlen Is g.>t married In the fall." "Why no:?" "I've got all I can do t> buy my wlntar suit." To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxativb Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. E. W. iinovK'3 signature is on each box. 2>c. Not Left In the I>*rk. "Did that horse dealer do the fair thing by you?" "Well, h? t"dd m? all the horse's mean trices after ho had sold the beast to mo." Salesmen Wanted. Two honest, reliable men: experience not absolutely necessary: salary and expenses paid. Poeriees Tobacco Works Co., Bedford City, Va. Hit Way. "Twiggs Is one o' your familiar friends, Isn't he?" "Well, he isn't such an old friend, but he's darned familiar." Every year over 100,000 persons die of consumption in this country alone. Cherry Pectoral would not have cured all these. Taken in time, it would have cured many. A Mr. D. P. Jolly, of Avoca, N. Y., wrote us, a few weeks ago, that his mother had regular old-fashioned consumption for years, and was given up to die. She tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It helped her at once, and she is now completely restored to health. We believe Mr. jolly's story, because it's only one of thousands. Three sizes of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral: 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1.00. Buy the most economical size for your case. J. C. Ayer Company, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mas. If, for any reason, your druggist cannot or does not give you Ayer's Cherry Pectoral when you call for it, send us one dollar ior the large size and we will deliver it to you, ail charges paid. MINCE in I mammoth | SB Wm Ek n"B" kitchen we em- I BY1 1 ploy a chef | I who is an ex- | pert in making mince pies. ( I | He has charge of making all of | I Libbv's Mince Meat. |* x - ^ 7 W e don't practice economy here. [ I He uses the choicest materials. He 1 r is told to make the best mince meat t I ever sold?and he does. * | Get a package at your grocer's? T I enough for two large pies. You'll I I* never use another kind again. r LIBBY, MoNEILL 4 LIBBY ] I Chicago ? ? Write for ov.t booklet. "How to Make J GoodThings to E?t.;' Now is the best time to Paint. THE TRIPOD PAINTS are the best to use, as THEY OUTLAST ALL OTHERS. If your dealer does not handle them, write for color-cards and lnformntfie? THE TRIPOD PAINT CO., ATLANTA. GEORGIA. " i Thompson's Eyi Wator OPERATORS BLAMED Not One Striking Miner Has So Far Esturned to Work, ALL DEMANDS ARE NOT GRANTED While Malty Operators Tlate Not Even Accorded the 10 Per Cent Advance Says President Mitchell. A special from Hazletou say?: President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, practically admitted to a representative of the Associated Press Saturday that if every operator in the region were to post notices similar to those that are now being tacked up by some of the mine owners this action would in itself probably not end the strike. lie was asked if all the companies were to post such notices, what his next step would be. At first he i . .. -i ncsitatea, ami men replied: ''Under the conditions laid down bj the Scranton miners' convention there could be no partial resumption "of work." In a later interview, President Mitchell said: "As there appears to be some disposition on the part of the public to place to responsibility for the pro-, longation of the strike on the shoulders of the mine workers, speaking for them, I want to say that when the Scranton convention accepted the 10 per cent advance in wages providing the operators abolished the sliding scale and guaranteed the payment of the advance until April 1st, the miners had met the operators more than half way. They had shown a conciliatory spirit and I know of no gcod reason why the proposition should not have been accepted by the operators. "As a consequence, the responsibility for the continnance of the strike rest solely upon the failure of the operators to treat the proposition of their employees considerately. The pnblic should understand that, unsatisfactory as is the proposition of the operators who make the redaction iu the price of powder a part of the advance cf 10 per cent, even this proposition has not been offered by a veiy large number of the coal producing companies in the anthracite region, aud unless all companies guarantee the payment of the 10 per cent advance above the rate of iVages paid in September until April 1st, according to the decision of ! IV O l l! iV ine ocrauion convention, me miners arc powerless to act. I want to repeat again that there can be no partial sectional settlement of this strike. "The large companies in the Lehigh region that have refused to move at all since the Scrantou convention was held, are Coxe Brothers & Co., the largest coal producers in the Lehigh region} G. B. Markle, the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company and a large number of smaller companies. There is also a considerable number of coal compahies in the Lackawanna and Wyoming regions Hint have not guaranteed the payment of the 10 per cent advance until April 1st. The only district that has accepted the terms of the Scranton convention in full is No. 9, better known as the Schuylkill district. Companies which produce about 65 per cent of a total production of the anthracite coal fields have guaranteed the payment of the 10 per cent advance and have abolished the sliding scale. When Mr. Mitchell was asked what he would do if all the companies were to post notices, ho said: "When all the companies have posted notices then I will have something to say." SUPERSEDES (JOEBEL LAW. Kentucky Legislature Finally Passes Nonpartisan Election Measu-e. The two houses of the Kentucky legislature passed the non-partisan election law agreed upon by the conference committee. There is no doubt that Governor Beckham will sign it. The new election law does not contain any emergency clause, aod will not go into effect for ninety days. The legislature adjourned sine die Monday. Kruger Off For Holland. The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, with President Kruger on beard, sailed from Lorenzo Marquez, Sunday at noon. She will call at Darts?, Salaam, Tanga, Jibutil and Marseilles. COM PROMISE AUKLK1) UPON. Two of the Kentucky Legislature Coine to An Underiteiidiu?. The conference committee which has been considering the disagreement between the two houses of the Kentucky legislature and which lias been unable for several days past to reach an agreement, agreed upon a report Friday which foreshadows the passage of an election law. A compromise substitute offered by the auti-Goebel Democrats was adopted by the conference committee by a vote of 1G to 4, and it is nearly certain the bill will now pass. WHEELER AM) ilOBSON Arrive Together In 3Iontg.-.tnery and Receive a Royal Welcome. ? -r . ttti 1 _ . _ t; Uenerai Josepn wneeier ano .lieutenant R. P. Hobson arrived in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday night at 9:20 o'clock from New York. A committee met the distinguished Tisitors at Chehaw, forty miles out, and extended the greeting of officials and citizens. On their arrival at the union depot they found a crowd of several thousand present to welcome them to the city. Parker lye NONE PURER, NONE BETTER. ASK FORIT AT ALL 1 DISPENSARIES BY MAIN STRENGTH What Some Strong Men of Mains Have Dons In Lifting. "Who is the strongest ii.in in town?'' asked rt correspondent at Belfast of some workmen at noontime. "No one knows/' was the reply. A farmer, a stableman, and a milkman came along and the conversation became general. "I am not so stout as some," said Ira Flanders, "but at my work of wheeling brick, 1 once took away 300 weighing 1,800 pounds on an ordinary barroW, and think that I can do it again, although It don't do a follow any good." "Silas Beekwith," said the milkman, "shouldered a barrel of pork and carried it from one truck to another about twenty yards away. lie said that he felt relieved when he put it down." "The greatest feat of strength within my knowledge," said the farmer, "was when Si Wentworth shouldered the 700-pound anchor and carried it oiit of the company* shed. Si had to stop down one step, and though no one knew that he was hurt, the jab in jured his hack, and he has never lifted heavy weights since.'* "Probably the strongest tnan in tliis Vicinity to-day," said the stnblenian, "is Alf Allis of Prospect. Alf got a reputation for lifting up in the quarry^ and was pestered nearly to death by people who wanted to get up some kind of a trial with him. "So he rigged up some straps to a big rock that lay under his shed, and lifted it with ease in the presence of a large company. 'There is my load,' says Alf, 'and when you bring a man that can take her up I will try again.* "No one has ever lifted it, and it is safe to say that no ordinary man ever tvilh foi* it weighs somewhere between 1.100 and 1,200 pounds." "Speaking about feats of strength," said the blacksmith, "puts me in mind of a contest we had in front of my shop last fall. We put out a big plank on blocking about breast high, and all the strong men up and down this street had a try at lifting the plank with a big box of old iron on top of it. "Freeman Batclielder, who works in the shop at the head of the street, came down to look on. and was invited to take a try, although rio one sppposed that he could budge the load. Well, Sir, Freeman lifted it as easy as an ordinary man would have raised the plank. "Then two men and a boy got on, and he lifted the lot. The interest among the other fellows seemed to die nffax tJxof on/1 tlioro lincn't llPPTl UUL a L in l.1144. if uuu V VWM any lifting around here since." Inquiry among the police force shows that the city marshal, William II. Sanborn, has been and is yet one of the strongest men in the place. On one occasion he was known to lift 985 pounds. There have been frequent trials of strength by lifting on scales. The contestant stands on the scales and lifts 011 a bat that is attached to a rope tied under the scales. Weights are added until the limit of tile cbmpetb tor's strength is reached. Wolman Hanson, a foreman in the shoe factory, tipped the beam with 1,200 pounds opposed to him in a trial to this kind. At the shipyard there are many strong men, but the lifting is now done mostly by power. Abner Jipson. a former employe there, had remarkable strength. He could lift as much on one end of a stick of timber as three or four ordinary men could on the other. On one occasion he lifted the Result of Staking Tomato Plants. At the meeting of the Horticultural Society in Columbus, O., one of the essayists told of the results of staking tomato plants and trimming tiiem. One hundred plants were sot In a row and tied to stakes. Another hundred were set in tiVo rows alongside of these, as they were set twice as far apart. For the first three weeks of picking they had 7l0 tomatoes from the staked vines, weighing 263 pounds. From the others 744 tomatoes weighing 263 pounds. From the others 774 tnmntnps weicrhins? 263 pounds. The yield in weight was the same, but those on th? *oaked vines would have sold better because of extra size, and because none were discolored by lying on the ground, as were many of those allowed to spread at will. The labor of staking and trimming was more than made up by less labor in picking and preparing for market, beside the saving of one-half the land occupied by the untrained vines. Rye As a Clover Crop. While nitrogen is the fertilizing element most easily lost from manures and soils, it is the most expensive, costing almost three times as much a pound as potash and phosphoric acid. The readiness with which nitrates are washed out of the soil during heavy rains when the ground is thawed suggests that during the period of such rains it should be covered with some catch crop, which will feed upon the nitrates formed aud store nitrogen.in its tissues. For this purpose rye is nu excellent crop and is much used. While it adds no nitrogen to the soil which is not already found therein, as crimson clover does. It is a much surer catch than the latter, and is thoroughly hardy. It forms quite a root system during the fall, starts off early in the spring, and makes the finest of spring pasturage or early hay, and j leaves the ground in fine order for corn, potatoes or cotton. Hygiene la the Air. j The chemical composition of the atl mosphere varies very little. Whether | we take a sample from the top of the i Himalayas or at sea level the con| tents of oxygen, nitrogen, etc., arc j practically the same. The favorable effects 01 nign muiuues uyun diseases cannot be explained by any gaseous peculiarity in the composition of the air, and is probably largely due to the decrease of microbes and dust. Health resorts in pine, birth and oak forests owe their beneficial effect to the traces of hydrogen, and hydrocarbons iu the shape of essential oils and aromatic products, which are found in the air of such localities. Valuable Addition to Food. Linseed meal is a valuable addition to the food of all kinds of stock not excepting poultry It serves to regulate the system, loosens the hide and also to balance the ration, as it is rich iu mineral matter. It is a wholesome food, and is never Injurious, which cannot be said of cottonseed meal when fed to swine and young animals. . ' *7\ . V . " """ ?* / A Compliment For Eojltoi One of the most important matters 1 claiming the attention of the English : engineering world at the present date ' is the necessity for far-reaching reform ! in British methods of designing constructional iron work, ropular atten(ticn was concentrated on this poiut by j the Atbara Bridge Incident, but much j of what appeared of tills subject in j the press at the time, was totally bej side the point. We all know the atj tempt which was made at that time to I show that English builders had not : had fair treatment, but the South | African campaign has shown us that j under present conditions British bridge | builders are quite unable to compete i on equal terms with their American competitors. An examination of the structures which. In certain cases, have been sent to South Africa to replace the bridges destroyed for military reasons is suffi i dent ro snow any unprejunicea oser! vcr that a radical chance In our j methods of bridge design is essential j if we are to retain our fair share of the i increasing colonial demand for con: structional iron work. Germany is I supposed to be a country where labor I is cheap, and where, at anv rate, the ' j theoretical side of engineering is well j | understood; yet it remains a fact that j ! the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, of | East Berlin, Conn., has found it posj sible to successfully compete with ! Gorman firms on their own soil in the j erection of factory buildings. The i material, after being finished in New ! England, was transported 3,000 miles j across the ocean, and was subject to a heavy import duty. Yet as the result j of the economies arising from the keen 1 competition of firms responsible both , for designs and construction, the ! American firm could still undersell the I native.?Loudon Engineering. Where WW Is Wild. The Rocky Mountain jester delights ! you with violent, boisterous, unpredlct able whimsicalities. He Is mannerlessj ly frolicsome. There sat next me at , table a married man who so reverently ' adored his wife that in our presence t he uniformly addressed her as "Old i Sweet Apples." Looking up from his ! plate one morning at breakfast, he soliloquized in this fashion: "Folks," ! said he, "I don't know where I'd be if I it wasn't for my wife." The lady i beamed affectionate appreciation. " ---1 "?>ope, couxinueu iut? pruuu uusuauu, "I don't know wliore I'd be if It wasn't for my wife?she's a great drawbackl" Gentle Sarcasm oa Athletes. With reference to the deification of the athlete at public schools, the Oxford Magazine has the following: "It appears that a few days back the rice chancellor received the following letter from a gentleman: 'How much would I have to pay for the education of my son in your university? Let me know if I shall have to pay more in case my son, besides rowing, should wish to learn to read and write.' London St. James Gazette. Eest b'or the Bowels* No matter what ails yon, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until yotlr bowels are put right. CxsciitEfs help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CxaclRETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up iu metal boxes, every tablet has C.C.C. stumped on It. Beware of imitations. What She Woulil Do. "ffh-n we're married, dear, you won't be always threatening to gc home loyour mother, will you?" "No: I'll ihreaten to have mother come and live with us." 4 Wanted. A traveling salesman In each Southern State; $50 to $60 per month and traveling expenses; experience not absolutely necessary. Address I'exicks Tobacco Works Co., Penicks, Va. Peace Tactics. "Have yoti started out right with yotlr new cook. Laura7" "Yes. Indeed; I'm going to let her do all the things I wouldn't let the other cooks do." 7 l:e Rest Prescription for Clilllt niid Fever Is a bottle of GkOVE's Tasteless Clini.Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In k lusieless form. No cure?no pay. Price Wo. Oulte Inadequate. "Does your steam heater heat ycur flat on a cold day?" "Naw, It wouldu't even heat It on a warm day." FITS permanently cured. No flts ornervousiicfs after first day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. R. II. Kline. Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa. Election Hats. | In pollti s, you'll please to note, there Is tho hat we bet. And then there Is the kind we win and always fall to got. | Have you ever experienced the joyful : sensation of a good appetite? You will if ! you chew Adams' Pepsin Tutti Fnnti. I5r<1 Form. "Look at Dobb." "What Is ho doing?" "Riding in an au'.omobilo with a horseshoo pin on." j Tin sax Fadeless Ttes do not stain ; the hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all druggists. Running a Risk. "Claire broke her engagement with Claude be *J?use he spells 'whl' h' *wich.' " "Well, she may live to marry a man who spells It 'whitch.' " Catarrh Cannot be Cured With local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in ordef to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cureis taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mnconssurface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a qhack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular proscription. It's com nosed of the he>t tonics known.coinbined with the best blood purifiers, acting direct'y on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the twoir.gredient* is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Unii'o v.niiiv P'llc nr? the best. Perhaps. Patient?Doctor, I am very short of breath. Doctor?Oh, we. 1, we'll soon stop that. j Libby'i Food Products at (he Paris Exposition. ! The Grand Prix d'Honneur and two gold ' medals have been awarded by the Interna[ lional Jurv of Awards at the Paris Exposii tion, to Libby, McNeill & Libby. of ( hicago. I for the purity, excellence and superiority of m their Canned F<>ods. Here in America, the " Libby " Brand has always been recognired 1 as typical of the highest standard of excel. i lence attained in the preservation, of Meats, and it is a noticeable fact that the products of Libby, McNeill & Libby have received the highest awards at every Exposition held in the United States during the past two decades. Jlrs. WIdsIow's Soothing Syrup for ehildreu teething, softens the guins, reduces Inflammation. altays pain, cures wind colic. s?5c. a bottle. Plso's Cure is the beat medicine we ever used for all affections of th-oat and lungs.?Wm. O. ESDSLSY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Calculated to Arouse. "We don't seem to be making much noise in the literary world." "No; I tell you what?you perpetrate a plagiarism, and I'll accuse you of It." ' ; ^ THE TORN OF LIFE. The Most Important Period in q Woman's Existence.?Mrs. Johnson Tells How She Was Helped Over the Trying Time. -v ? . ? Owing to modern methods of living, not one woman in a thousand ap* proaches this perfectly natural change without experiencing a train of very annoying, and sometimes painful symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes, sending the blood surging to the heart until it seems ready to burst, and the faint feeling that follows, sometimes with chilli. as if the heart were going to stop for good, are only a few of the symptoma of a dangerous nervous trouble. Tne nerves are crying out for assistance. The cry should be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound wae prepared to meet the needs of woman's system at this trying period of her life. The three following letters are guaranteed to be genuine and true, and still further prove what a great medicine Lydia E. Pinhfcam's Vegetable _^s Compound i* for women* . J Mar. 12,1807. f| " Dkar Mas. Pink ham :? I hare been sick for a long time, a wu imp? sick with flooding'. All my trouble seemed to be in the womb. I ache all the time at the lower part of the womb. The doctor says the womb is covered with ulcers. I suffer with a pain on the left side of my back over the kidney.; I am fifty years old and passing through the change of life. _ Please advise m* j ; *?;f? what to do to get relief. Would like to hear from you as soon as possible."--, Mes. Charlotte Johxsox, Monclova, Ohio. -J [ 5 " I hare been taking your remedies, and think they hare helped me a great deal. I had been in bed for ten weeks when I began taking your Vegetable j Compound, but after using it for a short time I was able to be up around the[ house. The aching in the lower part of womb has left me. The most that troubles mc now is the flowing. That is not so bad, bat still there is a little ( every day. I am not discouraged yet, and shall continue with your medicine, < for I believe it will cure me."?Mrs. Charlotte Johxsox, Monclora,Ohio. April IS, 1900. 1 " I send you this letter to publish for the benefit of others. I was side far! -' about nine j'eareso that I could not do my work. For three months I could j - not sit up long enough to have my bed made. I had fire different doctors, aad-j all said there was no help for mc. My trouble was change of life. I suffered j with ulceration of the womb, pain in sides, kidney and stomach trouble,hade- j ache, headache, and dizziness. 1 Sm well and strong, and feel like a aerr' person. My recovery is a perfect surprise to everybody that knew me. I owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1 would not do without * your medicine for anything. There is no need of women suffering so much if they would take your remedies, for they are a sure cure."?Mrs. Charloto -Tmrvanv Monclova. Ohio. . . " When one stops to think about the good Mrs. Johnson derived from Mrs. * SgSH Pinkham's advice and medicine, it seems almost beyond belief; yet it la all true as stated in her three letters published above at her own request. As a matter of positive fact Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of letters fronr women who have been safely carried through that danger period " Change of Life." Mrs. Johnson's cure is not an nnnsnal one for Mra. Pink- jfe ham's medicine to accomplish. AP AAA*RKWARD!^Webaved^3t?dvUMbeNltlc?!riCitj3a3t^I^a^5^J'C2 IP t llllll -which will bo paid to any p?r?on who can flad that the abore taMmonisl I A B I 31 fl 11 are not genuine, or were published before obtaining tha vrlUr't .C.n'sgs VUVUU n'.isalon. LYDLL S. PLXgHAM MKDlClXg % Most everybody knows * something about /MJtr:..:.:. r>t 9 wia v irgima v^iiciuvi&9 m o 9 as 300,000,000 of them are being i| ? smoked this year. Ask anybody about J ' -I B them, if you have never smoked them b ^ yourself. They have made their 9 own reputation and their own place 9 ? in the cigar trade, wholly on their B merits. Three good smokes for five b ? cents, and no waste 1 q Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this gg year. 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A horse ' should be fullv matured before he can .l*rge?t mafcery of be considered at his best, no matter and ??U moro S3 and 9&50 shoe* than any . . . , other two manufacturer* In the U 8yrhat hisjbreefllpg m?y_be. t?. ? e. 1.1 , m DCOT Doojitoe $.<00ami tS 30?hoea for DCCT % __ wan 19 _ Safest, surest cure for otul atylo. eemfort. and ve?ria kacwa DLul ** Dr. Bull Sgsjasjs.ja ?3 50 S?S $3.00 1 Couch Svruoi^?tctorspreacTibi.it tb* h#* ?***?? WUU?ll *JJ1 up Quick. Bare result.. CUftC pkeM m kd that the twwB CUAC --f Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. Btul's Coajjh Svrup. dllvEe expect raore foe their modtj OiiVm then they au get eleeahwe. ' .. - . .... . ? THE KKAbON more W.I* OtwgiM ** ??? P 1 \TP MILLS, isFsftFsisS iftttSriHg I A \ l-< Fvannratnr; i^i3.?aie?h52?irti vrai KETTLES, $sm^ssa,rS'ii$Ma^3? Our shoes will rttch you tsyvyft* CaiuJiifws^JlWo /? ENGINES, BOFLERS AND SAW BILLS, w- *- ?? AND REPAIRS FOR SAME. 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