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THE OR, TRACED BY A DIVINING ROD. Br LADY MAKOAKXT MAJSNDB. V CHAPTER jcviil. IK At Denstone Court, one charming afternoon in the early part of April, all the family were gathered togeth er expecting the return of Janet. The weather was to charming that the Squire, who had been falling much of late, had ventured' out for a wale, and now, on hiq return, was sitting by the open window, still wearing his great coat, and enjoying the soft balmy air of spring. "I shall be glad to have Janet back," he said. "I can't bear her going away. In my yoiuig dan it would bare been considered highly indecorous for a girl to go away to stay with the relations of the man to whem she is not yet married." "I think It has its advantages, '* raid Mrs. Danstone, gsntly. "It Is lood for the new relations to learn t > love cach other. There they are." "Yes, I hear the carriage," said Tola, quietly. Tola bad been stand ing by the window, looking out. There was a new expression on Tola's little face, so wistful, so full of trou ble. that had anyone had tlmo to no tice it, they must have been unhappy about her. Three weeks had passed and she had not had one word from Arthur, not one single lino to tell her what lie was doing, and when ho was coming home. To others the time might have seemed short, and the silence trifling, but to Tola it was terrible. She and this brother were so used to lean upon each other, so closely were their lives Intertwined, that a silence such as this gave her the keenest anxiety. It had never happened thus before. 8he fancied ail sorts of catastrophes. He must be 111, must have met with some accident, and was possible alone, ill and helpless, in a strange, foreign country. In her distress she even summoned up courage to write to her uncle in Liverpool to ask If they had heard. Her uncle wrote back, laughing kindly at her terrors, and telling her they should be set at rest, for that he would write to his old friend, Monsieur Rlgaud, at Mon Itepos, enclosing a letter for the truant. But now many days had passed and there was no answer from lion Iteposr It was very strango. Tola's little lace grew white, and her brown eyes full of pain; but to the childron she was the same bright teacher and companion, though hor sparkling gaiety was gone, and little Letty, moving restlessly on the sofa, which was now her constant refuge, said : "Oh J dear, dear! What has come over us all? Letty is growing old; every ono is growing old." The carriage Colonel Curtis' well ? appointed brougham, drove up to tho door. Tho betrothed couple were within St. "For the last time, Janet, I leave you at home/' he said. "This day week this brougham will carry you away my wife." Janet blushed and looked beauti ful. "See," she cried, looking out. "There they all are at the door." ? "All of them?" exclaimed Colonel Curtis, with a look of dire consterna tion. "Then 1 will not coino in now. I shall return to dlnuor, as your fa ther kindly asked me, and by that time the children will bo gone to bed." "It Is a pity you let the whole tribe Come to the door, Tola," were almost Janet'* first words to her sister, ?'when you know dear Frederick does ?o dlillke our huge family gather* tnga." "They all wanted to tee you ?o much, Janet, darling," said Tola, clinging to her sitter. "Oh I how btautiful it la to have you back," Janet aubmltted to the passionate hugging of her sister, then she gent ly disengaged herself and rearranged tho hair upon her forehead. How shabby and poor, and ugly It all looked after the rleh comforts of Lady Marsden's wealthy home. Janet bad at onoe adopted all the comforts and all the luxuries she found there. It seemed to her that she had at last acquired her rights, that hitherto she bad been defrauded of her due. "I cannot think how wo have man gled to exist like this," she said, as ahe was completing her toilette for dinner. Iler toilette consisted of one of the trousseau gowns. "Thero was nothing else that was possible to wear," she said, when Toia comment ed on this: "and to-night, when both the Orlmwood party and Mr. Irvine dine here, Frederick cani.ot bear me to look dowdy; and, of course, It is specially Important, as Mrs. Grimes will be there, to make a good im pression. Frederick says that Har riet Marsden knows Mrs. Grimes. Bhe was a Howard, and it was a very bad match for her when she married Captain Grimes. He qulto approves of the possible connection." "I am glad of that," said Tola, ab sently. At another time she might have been half-amused, half-angry, at Colonel Curtis' august consent be ing given to Reggie's hopes; but now It seemed as if r'.jo did not care. "My dear Tola!" cried her sister, quickly. "You aro not going to dlna In that old whlto muslin gown!" "Ytr," eald Tola, rousing herself. ? is my best. Why, Janet, you know we always thought this one did look nice at least" "Coo<l gracious! How It does open one's eyes to see. a little of society!'* exclaimed Janet. "Really I had no idea we were as- bad as this! No wonder Frederick was so horrified !" "Well," said Tola, wearily, "he is not going to marry the whole family, so It won't matter." "That Is what he says." said Janet, naively. "At least put something In your hair, a ribbon or something. Have you none?" "Janet, you know I haven't," said Tola, feeling that this was really af fectation. "What is the use of teas ing me?" and she ran away. She was tired and heated, for till the last moment she had been help ing the cook, and as sho passed a mlrror-ehe glanced Into It rather tear fully.^to see if she did look so very dowdy. She -saw a sweet flushed little face, with pretty curly hair, and a soft faded India muslin gown, and she made herself look charming with two bunches of fresh primroses be forb she went- downstairs; but she felt humbled to the dU3t. She had not spirit enough to rise under Janet's words, and It seemed to her that she had well been named by her brothers Cenerentola. The dinner went off very well. Col onel Curtis was allowed the priv ilege of taking In his bride, and de voted himself exclusively to her. The Grimwood people were old and friendly neighbors. Tola sat among them, and they left her in peace. To them she was but a little Insignificant girl, hardly out of the schoolroom yet. Mrs. Crimes was resplendent in a ruby satin gown; Reggie gave him self up to waiting on her. In the evening he hung over the piano, where she sat for a long time, play ing music of the frivolous order, "Sparkling Dewdrops," "Birds at Even," etc. Then when one of the young ladies from Grimwood took her place, he invited her to come to hi:; mother's sitting-room to see the only picture of any value the house possessed, a family portrait by Sir Joshua. The music was 1c full force, every ono v.ras busy, and Tola, finding her self ai liberty, stole away into a quiet corner of the room, and sat leaning back, giving herself up to fatigue and anxious though Is. Where was Arthur? What could ho be doing? She was sitting thus, rather behind a screen, when a flguro Interposed between her and the lamps, and Mr. Irvlno joined her. "Is anything the matter?" he said, sitting down beside her and speaking with great kindness. "I do not want to bo officious, Miss Denstone, but I cannot help seeing that something is troubling you very much. My moth er has seen it, too, from h'ir win dow. She sees it as you pass." "It is very kind of her," said Tola, in a trembling voice. "And, after all, If 1 tell you, you may laugh at me as all the others do. "I cannot help being uneasy about Arthur. He has been away nearly a month and I have not had ono lino from him. It is very foolish, I havo no doubt, but I cannot help it." "Not one line from bin)," repeated Mr, Irving. "la ho in the habit of writing regularly?" "I don't think he evor mlsseii writ ing to me, at least every other day, for year*," she answered. "There has always been so much to do and settle between us and it became a habit. I ventured to writo to Uncle Alfred, apd he laughed and wrote me a kind littlo letter warning me that that sort of thing could not go on, but the same time he wrote to Ooucy, to his old French friend whero Arthur went, and Mlced him to forward the letter, and no answer has come." "That it very mysterious," said Mr. Irvine. "Either the letters have gone wrong in tho post, or your bother must have left the place. Was he likely to stay there?" "He went there with, the fullest intention of doing so," answered Tola; but I cannot help thinking that he iriust be ill, something must have happened to him out there, and I must confess that it makes me fool ishly an clous, " and slio tried to smile bravely. "I see. Of course It docs; but there may bo eome good reason of wl ich wo know nothing and cannot even conjecture. What address did ho give for you to writo to him?" "The Post Office at Goucy." "Well," said Mr. Irvine, "if you will nllow me, I will to-morrow tele graph fb that Poste-Restante and ask If the letters you have written have been claimed. If I send a return paid telegram wo shall hear all about it." "Oh! thank you more than I can say," paid Tola, warmly. "How very good you are." "If I can be of any service to you," he said, earnestly, 'it is tho greatest plcasuro of my life." "It will be bucIi a relief to do or try something," raid Tola. "I daro Fay It is very silly to bo so anxious." "I should not be so anxious," he said. "Only it Is us well to find out." Then he turned the subject, and began to tell her that he was then preparing to take Ua annual MMV. I til thnt he proPMii this year to go t? Bpaie, where ho. had never been. "I would have stopped for jov sister's marriage," he ssM. "but ss It is to take place st Plumtree, and tho Bishop is to ho thsro, I thought 1 1 shonld not ho srissed, sod It Is tho only time I can get a?v, tor my sis ter-in-law can come to stay wRh my mother. There was another piece of mvs I wanted to toll yon also, but-] It only concerns myself. I have beeh offered. another Hying.'* Poor little .Tola's heart gars a great throb which droTS the color from her face. Ho was going away! Ho saw the sudden change and turned away his head. "I will speak of it another time," he said quickly. "I ? -.1 don't think I can now. I will come to-morrow and tell you the result of my tele gram." He was a little Incoherent. Tola spoke again. "I see Mrs. Grimes coming back again. I sup* pose I ought to go and talk to her. Do you like her?" "Very much," he answered. "I think I never sajr a woman who gave me the idea of such perfect good tem per." "Yes," said Tols, thoughtfully. "I think tbat Is true." 8he rose, and they joined the oth ers, and before long the guests took their leave. Colonel Curtis lingered to the last, talking aside with his betrothed. Reggie was in a fume of Impatience 1 till be also was gone. Then, as the door closed upon him, he put his arm around hfs mother and said, I "Well, Mamma, I have done the deed!" "Oh! Reggie! you don't mean it?" And Janet and Tola came up breathlessly. "Yes, it Is all right, she has ac cepted me; and I think on the wholo I have done very well." I "I should think you have," said Mr. Denstone, plaintively. "Two thousand a year and such a fine worn an for a wife! Done well? 1 should I think so, indeed." I "I hope you will be happy, Reggie, I darling," whispered Tola, caressingly. I **I am sure she is kind and good." "i think It Is an excellent thing," said Janet, in a tone so like Frederfck Curtis' that Reggie could not help I laughing. "Yes, my dear," he said, looking complacently at his handsome sister, I "we may both be said to have done I well for ourselves." Tola stole away to bed. The way I the two beauties of the family spoke I jarred upon her, and she wanted Ar- I thur sorely. Janet cams to her room presently I and sat down by her bed. "Tola, I darling," she said, "I hope you won't I mind my saying it; I know you never I do mind when one says things; but I do you know, dear Frederick thought I It did not look quito well for you to I be sitting talking all alone to Mr. I Irvine for so long behind the screen." j But Tola would not quite staud I that. "Tell him to mind his own af- I fairs," she said, gently. "Tola, you don't mean It!" cried Janet, terribly scandalized. "I am asleep. Don't talk or you will waken me," murmured Tola, from under tho bed clothes, and Janet, to her Indignant remon strances, could get no further answer. Tho next day, according to his promise, Mr. Irvine sent a telegram to Goucy, and in the course of some hours received an answer: "The English gentleman left Goucy three weeks ago, and his letters are lying hera unclaimed." Mr. Irvine was now Beriously alarmed. HO sent another telegram, asking whether Monsieur Rigaud of Mon Repoa wa3 at home or not, and prepaid tho answer. TL?.i evening tho answer came: "Monsieur Rigaud, three weeks ago, was murdered and robbed at Mon Repos. No one in tho hous9 to answer letters." The mystery seamed to increase. Taking tho two telegrams in his hand, Mr. Irvine went over to Den stone Court and showed them to Tola, To b# Continued. Koiton-'s First Building Law, Two hundred and twenty-six years ago a house was burned In Boston, which led to the promulgation of th? first building law, This fact devel oped at a legislative hearing this week, and when told by Assistant So licitor Child aroused great Interest. The order passed on March 16, 1681, was as follows: "About noon the chimney of Mr Thomas Sharps' house in Boston took Are. Tho wind drove tho fire to Mr, Colburn's house and burned that doWn also. For the prevention whereof in our new town indended this somer to bee builded we have or dered that noa man there shall build his chimney with wood nor cover his house with thach, which was readily assented unto." ? Boston Herald. A Poor Argument, An Oakland farmer found a scoro of men putting up telegraph poles all over his best field. Ho ordered the men away, but they wouldn't go. They showed him a paper that gave them authority to put up their poles wherever thoy wished. The old man looked at the paper, taw It was law ful and walked away in slience. He went to tho barn and turn oil a savage red bull Into the field. The bull tnado for tho men, the men fled at top speed and tho farmer shouted after them: "Show him your paper! Show him your paper!"? Argonaut. It Is claimed by grocerymen tn Mexico thnt asparagus Is being Im ported from Franco in largo pack a?e<4 and canned In the City of Mex ico under American labels as though e?m?ng from California. SURE CUKE r~ as w STOMACH, Uvut ? Kimets : l?ll?ftnd Ctrt tor BMd? Dl*xtn?M, ladlfMttoA, M?Urla,?to, V THE DECREEREYOKED ??3S SmS*v52LSf ? ftSSi * ? i iiiilii Tfc? As iwinaiil ma> U by Hm Dvtek lonin MlifaNtr * The Hi|M, By G%Me. ? Th? wvo eatiqn of the trans-shipment decree of Mliy 14th by the VMamlan gov ernment was tUMUMtd in tbe tower House of PaHiomt Wednesday by Foreign Minister V anS winderen. It was this deerce that made moet of the trouble between Venezuela and the Netherlands. Under its terms the trans-shipment of goods st Wil lemstsd destined for Venezuela wss prohibited, snd its operations work ed much injury to the commerce of the Dutch islsnd. The Foreign Min ister ssid also that the Dutch navsl operations along tho Venezuelan coast had been suspended at the re quest of Acting President Gomez. The Foreign Minister's words were as follows: "Following the discovery of a plot sgainst the life of Vice President of Venezuela, Juan Vinccnte Gomez, a new ministry was formed snd some of the supporters of President Gomez x^ere cast into prison. ? "On December 21st acting Presi dent Gomez, as an evidence of friend liness and pending later negotiations by duly appointed delegates, ordered a stay of execution of the degree of May 14th and expressed the hope tliat tho Netherlands similarly would suspend the naval demonstration in Venezuelan waters. " Pending the re-establishment, oi a Venezuelan consulate at Curacao tbe German consul there has been authorized to grant shippinb clear ances. " Nijht-Kider Tells Story. Union City, Tcnn., Special. ? The State practically completed its case against the eight alleged night-riders on trial for the murder of Captain Ranken, when it drew from Frank Fehringer, a member of the band who turned State's evidence, a detailed statement of the Ranken affair and a score or mc.-o of other outrages. It also cailed to the stand Mrs. Emma Thunnan Johnson, one of tho two women said to have beon whipped by the band ami had her tell her story. The startling testimony of Frank Fehringer, who confessed, accusing the men on trial of being actual par ticipants in the murder of Captain Ranken, given with an exactness of detail, amazed the people who throng ed the court room. Outlook is Bright. The Bnltiniore Sun makes the fol lowing summary: While business in the year ending has been unsatisfactory in many respects the closing months have brought such a revival that the out look is regarded as bright. Confidence has returned in all directions, whole sale movements are in greater vol ume, factories are resuming and railronds are putting their extru roll ing stock in motion. One element which suffered no depression was the farming community, crops being abundant and prices higher. The se curity markets have recovered and Baltimore financial institutions close the year in good shape. War Claim Allowed ; Washington, Special. ? Among a large number of war claims bills pass ed by the House on the 18th was one for the rflief of the Citizens' Bank of Louisville for $215,320. That sum was found duo by the Court of Claims nnd tho bill hag passed the Senate many times. The claim arose over tho seizure of the funds of the bank by Gen. Benj. Butler in 1902. Carrie Nation to Entertain London. Lodon, By Cable. ? Carrie Nation is to be the principal attraction in London music halls for a season if negotiations begun by tho managers of these balls are successful. A proposition has been mode to the fam ous hatchet-wielding temperance ad vocate to give a series of lectures the managers guaranteeing her not only protection but a respectful hearing. ICany Witnesses Testify Against 0. r. King. Boston, Special. ? Numerous cus tomers who testified that they had orderd the purchase of stock nnd failed to receive ccrtiilcates after sending their money, were tho prin cipal witnesses in the trial of Car denio F. King, a "financial agent," chargcd with larceny from thirty one persons cf $25,000 by falso pre tenses. A number of the witnesses admitted that recently they had con sented to a settlement of their claims. The Innocent Barely Escape. Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? Though they were once almost mobbed in Rus sell County, it developed that Will and Jeff Latimore, charged with the killing of Walter Willinms, a farmer not far from Eufnuln, had no port in it. The courts have held them guilt less, and the Sheriff of Montgomery county, to whom they were sent to prevent mobs getting them, has sent both homo free. Blacksburg Votes Bonds. Blacksburg, Special. ? The election authorizing tho issuance of $15,00 in 6-per cent 20-year bonds for tho pur pose of paying off some indebtedness of the town, and probably furnish ing electric lights, was held Monday and resulted in 80 votes being cast for and 14 ngainst bonds. Messrs. P H. Freem, M. II. Morrow and 0. A. Osborne were elected commissioner? of publio workc. M*T?MKUHHUTIUL of BkMoutwn ""t kindrad is u we? of arie acid in tha To cor* thia Unibk Ami? tkla Mi bo sspsllad and tha wy>? ao ?agalated that no.oow odd will bo formad is netnirc quantities. Bhwtiw is an. internal dlwiw and nqairn m internal rasasdy. Rubbing with Oik and Liniments , will not core, affords only tsmpsrory rettaf | at beat, causes yon to delay tbo proper treatment, and allows tbo malady to get a firmer bold on you. Liniments may eaaa | the pain, but they will no more cure Rheu matism than luint will change the fibre of rotten wood. * Science baa at last discovered a per fect and complete cure, which is called "Rheumacide. Tested in hundreds of cases, it has effected the most marvelous cures: wo believe it will core you. Rheu niacide "gets at the jointa from the in side," sweeps the poisons out of the sys tem, tones up the stomach, regulates the liver snd kidneys and makes you well all over. Rheuiuacide "strikes the roots of the disease and removes its cause." Thin splendid remedy is sold by druggists and dealers generally at 80c. and $1 a bottle. In Tablet form at 33c. and 50c. a package. Get a bottle to-day. Booklet free if you write to Bobbitt Chemical Co., Balti more. Md. Shooting Feats That Never Happened. A grotesque and foolish view of the West leads many who are not ac quainted with that part of the coun try to perpetrate amusing bunders regarding the possibilities of the typ ical Western weapons, the rifle and the six-shooter. To shoot an animal's eye out at "a hundred paces" is a common feat in Wild West literature. Sometimes it is done with a six-shoot er ? in type; not anywhere else. Of course, no man can see the eye of an animal that far. I have had a good rifleman tell me he could cut off a robin *8 head at a hundred steps. The trulli is that he could not see the head elcaily that far. You read that the desperado Sladc could, with a six shooter at "fifty or sixty steps," hit a man in any button of his coat that he chose; but you may be sure that neither Slade not any one else could do anything of the kind. Even trick and fancy shooting at its best could never cover feats ascribed as matters of course to the averagt? frontiers man by those devotees of frenzied fiction who never say the frontier. ? From "The American Six-Shoot er," by Eemerson Hough in The Outing Magazine for January. The First Sabbath School Bagan in "Sooty Alley." "Bobby Wild Goose and his ragged regiment" was the name hooted after Robert Haikes, the first modern Sunday school advocate, and liis ( scholars. The thoroughfare was "Sooty Alley," and t lie scholars were the ragged boys who toiled in the pin factories of Glouchester, ' England. Robert Raikes paid Mrs. J Brandon, a poor woman, one shilling each Sunday to teach the boys the Bible. That was in 1780. Four years later there were 250,000 boys and girls attending Sunday school in the kingdom. To-day the Sunday school hour in city or village, the civ ilized world over, resembles Lillipu tian land on dress parade. Streets leading to churches are bonny with lads and lassies, not ragged, but dressed in their best, going happily to "hear the wondVous story." Thousands now do the work Robert Raikes started. One of the greatest factors in developing the Sunday school in America is the Sunday School Union. Mr. E. P. Bancroft is the present secretary. This organiza tion has been laboring in the field for ninety-one years. Last year it estab lished 1.878 new Sunday schools in destituc places and reorganized 72-1, a total of 2,002 set in operation, with 102,034 members. Tlio society ein plovcd 207 missionaries. It received $215,013 and spent $200,017. Be. sides the work of this organization, each denomination has its own mis sionaries in the field recruiting for its Sunday schools. ? "How 100 Sun day Schools Have Suceccded," in tlio January Delineator, Itch cured in 90 minute* hy Woolford'i bonitAi-y Lotion Xevorfiiila At drug?i*t?. Circus Darin; Due to Heredity. Alfred T. Kingling tells me that nine-tentha of the leading performers before tho public can bo included in thirty fnmilies. As sharply defined as any old English lineage, they ean be traced backward in some instances iroro than two centuries ? each gener ation accepting without question the heritago of spangles and tights. Tho circus daring and the circus muscles and tho circus restlessness have de scended frcm father to children and thence to children again. The thrill of the sawdust ring has got into the blood. From the parent trunk branch es have crossed and crisscrossed until, as in tho case of tho Clarksoninna and tho Dcmotts and the Sicgrists Florenzes, great circus lines have been built up and guarded with tho zealous caro of a royal genealogy ? From "The Blue-blood of tho Sawdust Ring," by Hugh C. Wier, in Tho Bohemian Magazine for January. OiiIt Ono ?'Dromo Qulnlno" That in Laxative IJroruo Quinine. Look for the signature of JO. W. drove. U?ed the World over to Cure a Cold in One Dajr. 2?c. Humor and Philosophy. Great Hoods have flown from little sources. ? Shakespeare. It's hard for a lazy man to be truthful, for he is happiest when ly ing. A new broom sweeps clean, but, alas, it stays a new broom such a little while. You may retire an old horse after long scrvico without its costing much, but it is another thing to retire an automobile. One way to make yourself unpopu lar and offensive is to know more stories about yourself than you can get people to lisen to. The man who makes mistakes and manages so that the other fellow pays for them docs not need any praying for. Some people are so moan that they won't even let you borrow trouble without good security. r ftltl ? All Ofcr Bnbr'e FM? hoftwlii? I Tiwtf I Faded ?A Perfect One by CKtkwt. ?Wktn my ltttle girl was six months old I noticod small red spots on her right dMtk. They grew ee Urge (bet I esnt for the doctor bet, i netted of bdping the erup tion, kk ointment wwil to make it vorac. Then I went to l eecond doctor who nid it wee ecaema. lie elee gore me en oint ment which did not help either. The die eeee spread all over the face end the ere* began to awcU. The itching grew intoler able end it waa a terrible aight to eec. I conanlted doctors for months, but they Uwere unable to cure the baby. I paid out from $30 to |90 without relief. One evening 1 began to use the Cuticura Remedies. The nest morning the baby's face was all white instead of rod. I continued until the ecsenia entirely disappeared. Mr*. P. K. Uumbin, Sheldon, la., July 13, 1008." Potter Drug ft Chem. Corp., Sole Props, of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass. Experience purchased by suffering teaches wisdom. ? Latin. 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HIGHEST CASH PRICtS PAID FOR FURS, HIDES, SKINS BEESWAX, TALLOW, WOOL Write us for i>rleo? o- shli> wliat you liavo at oner and we will send you check for it* market value. OLD DOMINION HIDE & FUR CO., 1540 E. C&ry St.. RICHMOND. VA. So. l-'09. Iln Owed ta 6 to 14 Day* V fno OiatBMt is guaranteed to can Mfl Mfltof Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Trot raraj Pitas in 6 to M days or money refuodsd. ** Tha best cure for druukenneM it while sober to see a drunken msn.? ? Chinese. J AMTIDOTS rQR SKIM DISK ASM Thai's what tsttssimb la; and It Is Ml% It la an akaolute cure tor ecsema, ' ringworm, eryelpelas and a*. I other Itehlaf catApaoqs diseases. In aggravated MM* Ot tncee afllletlona Ita ouwj have bean she aomenal. It glvea instant relief and erfeetg permanent ourea. 6>o. at dranbts or bf mail from J. T. BovrTami, Dept. A, Sa> Tanuh, 0 a. The American Humans Association will hold its annual meeting in New, Orleans beginning this week. 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Trial treatment [given free. Kothlngcan be falrav Wi ite Or. H. It. Grean's font. ?i Socialists. Bo* b Atlanta, w We Buy FURS Hides and Wool Feather*. Tallow.', Beciwai, Cinaenc, Golden Sea!,1 Yellow Root), May Apple, Wild Ginger, otc. We are dealers | nltUiiHrd in 1856? "Over haif a century ia Louit?iUe"~ and can do better for you than agrnU or commiuion merchant!. Reference, any Bank in Louitville. Write (cr weekly price Lit and iKiwui tag*. Rl. Babel & Sons, 2X7 E. Market St. LOUISVILLE. KY. JOHN WHITE & CO, LOUISVILLE, KY. ItTMUIHU ???? Highest market price paid S? FURS and BIDES Wool or Craunlsaton. "EVERY NAD HIS OWN DOCTOR" "ft s??* COS I'AOEI rKOFllELt II.I.1ITBATED. This Is a most Valuable nook for the Household, teaching as It does the easily distinguish* rd Kj mptoms of different I >lsca*es. the Causes ami Means of Preventing such Diseases, and the simplest renu die* which will alleviate or euro. This book Is written In plain cvery-dsy Kutf'.ish anil are free from the technical terms which render most doctor liooks so valueless to the trcncrality of read'-rs. This Hook is Intended to he of Service in the Family, and Is BO worded as to he readily understood by all. only fZCl C*.f- NT^ PT^TP AID The low price only leliuf made possible by the " v ? wO I ? ?'?' immense edition printed. Not only does this Hook contain so pmoIi Information Relative to l>l?cases. hut very jiruperly nlves a Complete Analysis of everj th utr pertalnnu; to Courtship, Marriage and the I'lixiuctlon and Reavln* of Healthy Families, t .?(??' her wit it Valuable Rd? ivj.es and I'm mtIjiiIoiis. ? xplanations of Botanical Practice. I" oirect I'se of Orelnary Herbs. Ni w Kdlticn Kcv'-.ed and I- nlaryed. with complete Index. With this Itook In the house there Is i.o r xcum' Jor sot km. n in?r what to do In an cmer/ency. I)on't wr.lt until you have Illness l|i )uiir l: mlly ! i f< re you j-c.t your order, hut send at once for lids valuable volume. ONLY H'tllS'JS It f '1 1*A 1 1? f'tdixstal notes or posing M?n>i>sof any Uenoinluatlon not l&iyeff t! r ii (in nth. BCCK a'Bu|6H^Q HOUSE. 134 LCCNAKO ST. HEW YORK t|TY? TO FARM ERS AND POU LTRY M HnT jBJV you cannot spend years you glvo them h?I| ^ earn money ? u tiIir,t ,0 un.cas you understand tin m and know hew to enter to their requirement*, and - , U'... HVII 11 HIFtVI/ ktlp them a? n diversion. In order to hnncilo Fowls ludlclously. you must know iom?? tump ii bout tlnm. To m?et this want wo nro selling a book giving the cxpsrisna* of iv practical poultry raiser for (Only 23e.) twenty-flvo yours. It was written by n man who put nil his mind, and time, and money to mnklne a success ot Chios' cn raising? not as u pastime, but as a business?and If you will proilt by his twon ty-llvo years' work, you can savo many Chicks annually, and innko your Fowl# earn dollars for you. Tho point Is, thut you must be sure to detect trouble In the l'oultry Yard as soon ns it appears, and know how to remedy it. This book will tiach you. It tells how to detcct and euro disease; to feed for eggs and also for fattening; which Fowis to save for breeding purposes; and everything, Indoed, you should know on this subject to make it profitable. Sent postpaid for twenty hvo ccnts in sa^ips. TOOIt J'UULISHINO HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.. NcwYorkClty POSITIVELY BEST ABSOLUTELY CHEAPEST (fuall 4rCcuijL& 5 EXTRA BLADES 25* Save Shaving Money Here's * revolution In fifttety Haxor?, the marvetoue "Shrp-Shavr" 25c Safety Razor which gives you better BLADE ? VALUE then razor* costing 20 tlmen the price. Tho practical value Is In the BLADE. It Is the best because made of tho finest steel tempered by a special process and scientifically ground and honed down to tho keenest posolblo edge. You pay 25 cents for the best practical Rntor ever In troduced, and you save nineteen-twentieth* of tho fancy prices pr!<od for fancy frames and hold ers. The "8HRP 811 A VR" RAZOR In so sot In the frame a* to bo correctly ''angled" to suit any face. We sell you the whole Rnzor ot 25c. so as to create a market for our blades. Extra "SHRP 8HAVR" nind<-s. 5 for 2r<c. And satin finish *llver-platc d stoppers at 10c. each Wo send tho Razor oomplcte, oxtra Blades or the Stroppcr, prepaid by mall on receipt of price in ttamoa or cash. BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE, 134 LEONARD STRUT. w. *. cmr. 'HE M79R Is ? m?rv?l Irrttpte ?*? ?f orlc?. HELP ? nr. XtilllvS Preparation ? ?i/vtat>u 'flmMnnilnnl l< cmnlf. WOWci* At imimomtH, M ini lor hnn't, "llr-llrt lor \V omen." fftKNCH DRUG CO., 30 W. 32(1 St., N, Y. City,