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d"Nonaensical frotton. :'- acalCuy believe that they can Cure oughtheir ttomachs. It's absurd cn the face of the man who too, because his disease stays right rs there till he uses Tetterine. It' Sa17saLe.and certain cure for Tettor, Ring ma and other itchy !rrtiations. Good Se-,andruff, too. At drug ltores. 50 cents, or tUmail froa J. T. Shaptrine; Sa'rannah, Ga. sommen who.possess neither gold nor thv bave lots of brass, M > aitiaEi Irmosro$ sad all stomaeh trotblaa -' m.=ed-r Taberon Pep.in Conw'uad. Sample bott;e '-et.e. rite ).Jr. Taber M. C.., Eavatnab, Ge. The battleship Kertuf y took water in those launching oeremonies, dieeats Yor owels With Casesro, Ot Osthartle. cure consti-sation forever. Ik s&t Q Q C.fall, druggistsrefund money. The dollar you pay back looks twice s arge as the one you borrowed. To Cure a Cold. In One Day. TakeLazative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Draggists refund money if it fa ls to cure. 25e. Come to think of i, a worthless man couldn't be worth lea, anyhow. Mrs. Winslow'sSoothing Srup for children leethia& softens the gum , reduolninama to aalays paia,cures wind oollo 25o. abottle. ItIs wicked to bet and lose, for a man has ao moral right,to be wrong. To Cure Coustipatidt Toreverz. Ts C ascarets Candy Cathartic. 10a or 5 . C fall to cure, druggiets refund mone. Everything seems to get round in a sewing trole. Lyon & Co's Pick Leaf Extra Smoking To "bacco is made from the purest, rigeA sweet 'est lea grown in the Golden Belt o N. C. Vhenever the counterfeiter needs money bad he maksa it. Chew Star Tobaco-The Beat. Somk Sledge Cigarettes. A man may be fast asleep, but rather slow wls awake. Bet'EFbieeo Spit and Smoke Your i.ie Away. 'To 'qit tobacco assily and forever, be mag setia;enli of life. nerve and vigor, take No-To Bao, the wabder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggsts, 50c or >1. Cure guaran t' c: Booklet and sample free. Address 8i It0 at Emedy CaM Chicago or New York ti.] e and sea sickness may be felt, butthey cannot be des.,rbed. -It r e ured. No fits or nervous after first da,'a use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerr estorer ralbottle andtreatise fro$ Dr.-R.H. KLllc, Ltd.,9lArch St., Pulla., Pa. an reeembles a ball of twine when he is vaftied up in himself. ' Laid and a Living Are best and cheapest In the New South. Land8to $5 per acre. Easy Terms. Good sohools and ehurches. No blizzards. No osdraves. New illustrated papor, "Land aid a Living," 8 months, for 10 cents. in stmps. W. C. Rz*-Anso , G. P. A., Q ueon s.escent Route, Cincinati. W rs disagree the patient has s - leauty-Is Blod Deep. 'ean blood means a clean skin. No e y without it. C-acarete, Candy Cathar tia.clean'your bloo and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver.and driving all im. rties from the bod.. legin to-day to -sapmls boils, olotches, blackheads, and'that sclbilious complexnon bytaking Casnres,-eaty for ten cents. Aldrug aist, eaifcinguaranteed, 10c,25c,50Oc. Don't ThY to keep house without Blue Rbbon Balg Powder. At all1 Grocers. B. R. B.-P..Company, Richmond, Virginia. It is easier-fora borrowed umbrellato keeg lestthan its for the average man.. -'--iuo'a Cure for Consumpton has noeua s a Cuhmedicine.-F. MAssorT,8383 ben. SeoLSt.,Bnal,N. Y.,May 9, 189t . The English language contains 41 distinol sund ._ _ _ - -e~-To-Bae for Fifty Cents. .9eateedtoboees habit enre. makes week - maastong, blood pure S0,V2. All druggista. Itis Intimated that the inec.ndescent lamps in use In allparts of the world have over (00,. -OO0,000candle power, sArma or OEIo, CrrY or TOLEDO, - LUCAs-CoUNTY, TRA3K J. CnsT makesoath thtsel the senior prnr of tneofirm of J. F. CEzNEY & Co.,don business in the CityoflToledo, oun. ty and State al oresaid. and thatasaid firm will pvthe sum of oxNE eUNRED DOLLARs for oshand every case of CATA-RBB that cannot be ured by the use of HA.LL's CATAnna Cuns. FaAxx J. CurszY. Sworn .to before me and a.:bscribed In my peetethis 5th daof eoem3er, sAI, A. D.8d A. T. GLEAsor, ( -y--Notary Pubi!o. RalsCatarrh Cure Is taken internally,and acts directly on the blcod and mucous sur. taces of the system. send. tor testimoniale free. . 'J,'unrnrY&oO., Toledo, 0. U E ' amiy k-ls ae the best. 'When a man begins to d o wrong, he esanot answer for himself how far he may be carried on. He does not see beforehand,:he cannot know where he will Sd hhnaelt after the sin is comn niitted, One false step leads to anoth er; one evi connection requires an ether. *Spring Medicina A Good Blood Purifier a Neces sity Now Wood's Sarsaparllla Unequalled . for Making RIch, Reti Blood The nesessity for taking a good Spring Xeiilne to prf the blood and build up the system is based upon natural and un avoidable eauses. In cold weather there has been lees perspiration and Impurities have not passed out of the system as they - .shou!d. Food has consisted largely of riah, fatty substances, and there has been less opportunity for outdoor exercise. Thae result is, the blood Is loaded with im purities and these must be promptiy ex pelled or health will be endangered. eeod's Sarsaparilla Is the best Spring Kedicine beeause It Is the best blood puriner and tonia. It thoroughly purifies the blood and gives vigor and vitality. ~9 Sarsa HoodUs ,a,,,,. Xe A me=ica's Greatest Mearcane. $1; ei. for $5. Hood' Pills are the favorite cathar SEND FOR A BIOYCLE Bishtrade '9$ Models, *14 to 040. CR EAT CLEARINC SALE of 'W7and 'IS models, best makes, COS.r to O18. Seat es cewout a eentFree nse t ragents. Wiefor our new pln"Nov to Ear.a . El ele" and make aPECAL RIs EE-dehlgh grA'?models alyti ahDoe, ste.;s ee."Waewtg.Awhe* a souvenir bGOkOfa%nRnE s.rtamp wage they isas. gas- EAD CYCLE COMiPAN~Y, Chicage. - -S L.U. NO, 14-'S. Best.Tast s o.Ue SGOOD ROADS NOTES,I Comparo Conditions Carerury. Misrepresentation makes mischief. Care should be exercised in making comparisons. Statements have been made that some States are paying S2000 a mile for good roads, while other States pay $10,.000 for about the same thing. As a matter of fact, the roads are s ery unlike, and differently built. First-class, permanent stone roads, well drained and properly graded, are likely to cost very much tiearer the latter figure than the for mer.-L. A. W. Bulletin. Different Forms of ravementb There is no one variety of pavement suited to all degrees and forms of traf fic, says the Municipal World. "Granite block pavement is the most durable which can be constructed, re quires but little repair and is well adapted to steep grades, but is rough, noisy and trying on the - hoofs of horses. Asphalt is a very smooth and agreeable pavement onwhich to drive, is handsome, sanitary and may be kept -ery clean, but is less durable than granite, and cannot be used on steep grades. Vitrified brick is fairly well adapted to steep grades, ranking next,to granite in the foothold afford ed horses, is smooth and less noisy than granite, is very agreeable for driving or wheeling, may be kept very clean, but is less durable than either granite or asphalt. Crushed stone (macadam) is the most agreeable for driving, is not noisy, is superior to all in safety is adapted to steep grades, but under excessive trafic is very ex pensive to maintain." A Stimulus to Life in ural Communi ties' We have 1,300,000 miles of country roads in the United States. Most of them are so bad that hauling is costly, laborious and often cruel work, while driving for recreation is out of the question. The pleasures of country life would be doubled were there turn pikes in every neighborhood. Notice those counties in Kentucky, like Shel by, where the roads are kept in a high state of improvement, and others, like Green, where there are virtually no highways. Witness the improvement in the rural life of Hardin and Warren counties, whica have recently built ex tensive and valuable systems of turn pikes. There is no greater agency to stimulate farming and the whole life of rural communities th.n the build ing of roads; no other so easy to be re sorted to. It is not necessary to invite foreign capital; it can be done at home. It will relieve the hard conditions of rural life so fully that the drift of the population to towns and cities would be at once arrested. When pleasure and profit are so joined together as in this scheme of improvement why should there be hes itation?-Louisville CourierJournal. Good itoads Eas't to Secure. [A Pennsylvania paper says tirat a ~offers to give bonds to gridiron;an ,caster County with first-class m d Iroads within five years, so that .won't be a farmer who will liveen [mile-and-a-half from one of -these roads Ion any side of him, and three-fourths will live immediately on them, pro. vided a four mill tax per annum or the county's valuation (outside of Lan caster and Columbia) be paid him for ten years. This looks like an easy way to get good roads. The county is about twenty-eight by thirty miles, so it would require nearly 500 miles of road to cross it in both ways, .every three. miles. But the conti'actor allows for building 600 miles, as fol lows: 800 miles, 15 ft. wide at 63,000. ...$, 900,000 300 " 10 " "" 2,000.... 600,000 Interest on annual expenditures..- 250,000 Bepairs live years............100,000 e;,850,000 nEcEIPT5. Tax four mills, annually for ten Deduct epniue.....1,850,000 Net profit.,................ ,413,207 And this on a tax of only four dol I ars on each thousand of 'valuation. L.A .Bulletin. To Work Virginia's Convicts on the Road. The bill introduced in the Virginia Legislature, for the empIoym'ent of convicts on the roads of the State, provides that all able-bodied male prisoners, sentenced to jail or peni tentiary for more than ninety days, shall be subject to work on the roads. Those sentenced to county jails shall twork upon the roads of such counties, unless there is no immediate need of them, in which case they may be hired (to other counties, but only for road [work. The convicts not required for ser vices in the penitentiary are to be dis tributed among the counties, on ap rplication, and none are to be hired out for any purpose but road wort. Not less than five, nor more than twenty-five, are to be assigned to any one county, every assignment to be made for a year, unless shorter time is requested, and even then for not less than ninety days. If the number of convicts is not saulcient to fill the applications, they are is. be supplied ratably. Convicts, in respect to their work, are to be under the control of the county authorities in which they work; but, as prisoners, they are to "remain in the custody cf the State* authorities as if they remained in the penitentiary," and transportation ex penses, guarding, feeding, clothing and medical attendance are to be paid by the State, the counties to provide suitable shelter. Each county is to adopt and put i'n operation a scheme or plau for working its roads by such prisoners in its jail as are available, together with those which may be secured from the State, and "every acanLy shall an nually levy a~road tax of not less than fifteen cents, nor more than thirty cents, on every one hundred dollars of the value of the property, real and personal, assessed for taxes in the county, the proceeds to be applied to road improvements in said county." cost of Ba'I Road Transportation. tomte vey interesting observations atotecost of bad roads to farmers v:ere made in an address delivered to t+i students ci Tinin Coilege E. IV by Mr. Francis V. Greene, President of the Barber Asphalt Company. As a thorough discussion of the expense as well as the inconvenience of bad highways is necessary to bring about a reform some of his remarks are here reproduced: "In the older and more settled por tions of the country the railroads are so numerous and the rates are so low that they yield but a small return on the capital invested, and the construo tion of new railroads has ceased to be an attractive field for investment. The rates ci freight have been steadi'y reduced, year by year, until they are now barely one-fourth of what they were thirty years ago. Still the trans portation problem can not be consid ered as satisfactorily solved if it costs as much to carry a ton of wheat or pota toes to the railway station as it does to carry it 400 miles over the railroad. "The bad condition of the roads be gan to attract widespread attention something over ten years ago. Certain elementary principles were evident at a glance, to wit: the price of farm products is fixed at the great cities or centers of consumption and distribu tion, and is wholly beyond the farmer's control, and the cost of transporta tion is a principal factor in determin ing his profits or the possibility of any profit. On the railroads this has been reduced until it varies according; to bulk, from one cent to sir mills per ton per mile. But the average roads are so bad that a two-horse team and wagon, the value of which is $3 per day, cannot haul a ton of produce more than ten miles and return in a day. The cost of road transpartation I is, therefore, thirty cents per ton per mile, or about forty times as great as the rate on the railroad. The average distance from the farm to the nearest railroad station is at least ten miles, so that it costs,as much to get the goods to or from the railroad station as to carry them 400 miles on the cars. It only needs to state these element. ary facts to show what an enormous drain bad roads make on our re sources. "It is evident that an improvement in these conditions is imperative, and the remedy is equally evident, for it has been proved, not only by me chanical experiment but by actual test, that the same force which draws one ton on a-muddy earth road will draw four tons on a hard macadam rcad. On the improved roads in New Jersey loads of four to five tons are habitu ally drawn by a two-horse team. This effects a saving of fully three-fourths of.the cost of hauling to the station, and reduces the cost of road trans portation from thirty cents to seven and one-half cents per ton per mile. What this saving amounts to may be imagined when it is known that the New York Central railroad alone car ries nearly 20,000,000 tons of way freight in a year. If this is hauled only two miles by road to or from the station, and a saving of twenty-two and one-half cents per ton per mile1 could be effected, it would mean a' total saving of nearly $9,000,000. we realize the having actually afc road rates in the last twenty-five y'ears. For instance, in 1869 the average freight rate on the New York Central Railroad was 2.4 cents per. ton per mile; in 1893 it was seven mills. This saving, on the business of.1895 is up ward of $84,000,000. This is the re suIt whic'h has been accomplished by the application to the railroad -prob lem of the highest available talent. During these same twenty-five y3ars little or no attention has been givento the railroad problem. The roads are as bad now as they were in 1869, and the cost of transportation over them as great now as it was then. yn the next twenty-five years the results ac complished on the common roads are likely to be as remarkable as those achieved on the railroads in the last twenty-five years" "ca:; Shakes," Not Cake-Walks, Now. Cake-walks are now out of date, if the latest newa is to be trusted, as "Cat Shakes" will supersede them in popularity and wild hilarity. The first one was held at a '3aptist Church in yeffersonville, Ind., for' the pur pose of raising the debt, and im mediately caught on, although there was some difficulty in catching the cat. The director of the ehake was a minister, who stood in the pulpit with a gannybag in which was a large, able-bodied black cat. First he shook the bag vigorously to arouse the ire of the cat and limber him up, and then to the music of "Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose," he turnerT the cat loose into the audience, who immediately joined in a frantic though zealous cat hunt. A football rush would have been child's play compared to the scrimmage which ensued, and every Ithing was in order, there being no penalties for foul tackling or holding' othe line. The one who catches the ctgets fifty cents reward. Now, in stead of champion cake-walkers we shall doubtless have champion cat catchers unless the S. P. C. A. steps 'in and interferes, for while this amusement many be fan for the people who join in the chase it is not e:x tremely joyful for the cat.-Boston Traveler. Great iat Catchers. According to an acecunt in the "ournal d'Hy:;iene." rats hav3 be como so abundant in Brazil that a domestic snake, the giboya, which has about the circu.mferenca of the arm, is sold in the marketplace in Rio ya neiro, to be kept in the house as a protection againt rodents. It would seem that the serpent pursues its prey more for the pleasare that there is in it than from a sense of hunger, since it is said it rarely eats the rats caught.' Siilar in its habits and attachments Ito the domestic cat of our moro north ern latitades, the giboya will, it is said, find its way back to the house of its manstcr even if transported to a considerable distance.-Medical Re cord. The Ihour of Victory. The Army museum in Paris has just ~cuired a watch formerly belonging to the bravest of the brave, Marshal N ey. A history attaches to this watch, which was given to Ney by Napoleon. On the morning of Ausierlitz, so says the tradition, Napoleon asked Ney the time. "By your watch," replied the mnarhal, taking it out of his pocket, "it is the hour of victory."-Chicago Chronicle. OUR1UDB OFIIHUDMOR,1 LAUGHTER-PRO C STORIES FOR LOV OF FUN. leal Joy-At Mi4 night-Tho Cheerful Idiot-Some Dy-Why He Does It Pleased wo Points of VIew. Mfust Have Inspired. Etc., Etc. Of ali the jo that fate can fi; This makes, the heart elate; To hear the lell at half-past six . And not get up till eight. -Chlcago Record. Occupation For Them. "I wonder what the Arctic explorers will do after the iNorth Pole has been discovered?" i "Well, they cai make trips to see if it is still there!"-'-Fuck. Shocked. "An anti-scalping law!" gasped the British tourist, as he read the head. line. "Great heavenq!- Is it possi ble that scalping is still prevalent in this coaitry?"-New York Journal. Two Points Of View. Diggs-"Senator Poser seems to be a man of very brt d views." Biggs-."Yes;' eed; I don't believe it is possible to bring up a question that he can't stiaddle. "-Chicago -News. Strange. "How are you getting along?" asked the old friend. "Well, reallyi" said the undertaker, "I hardly seem to be able to keepbody and soul together." -Indianapolis Journal. Pleased him. The Milliner-"; What did your hus band think of .that $30 hat I made for you last week?" Mrs. Heighfly-"Oh, he just raved over it-whenItold him the price." Chicago New3. The Cheerfal Idlot. "A man nowadays," said the young cynical boarder, "who.is upright, is a pes.ch." "I should suggest," said the Cheer. ful Idiot, "that he was plumb. "-In dianapolis Journal. Telephone Engagements. First Telephon?Girl-"What did Belle say when you told her your en gagement was broken?" Second Telephone Girl-"Oh, she said it only meant another ring off." -Yonkers Statesman. Perc Brardusesa lot of per tame. Doesn't he know that it is bad torm?" Harold-"Well, it's a sort of family pride. You know he comes of old colognial stock."-The Widow. Some Day. The Fair One-"I suppose you will marry, though, when denoppor. tunity offerswon't 0 The Cautiohs depend apan how mu -lan the opportunity.' ~fbL t-night, Tho Sec rand 'negi wailingfo ou, thrown anythin4tm Misunderstanding i Bridget (f,ocross4yed el' hoy yez any1rish)ggs, sor?" Clerk-"'Plenty. yust lo-ok this way, ma'am." Bridget (loftily)-"Shure, an' Oi'll not look thot way ii Oi niver hov any." -Judge. ____ In Luck. Seedy Individual-"Can't you give a dime to a poor homeless iwanderer?" Well - dressed Individual - "No home? Why, man, you're in luck. I've got'a bill in my pocket for $200 taxes on mine, six months overdue, that I can't pay."-Lewiston Journal. He Must Rave Been Inspired. She-"There is a doctor in Berlin, who, after amreat deal of study, has found that.afarNd mer. live longer than bachelors." He-"Save my life!" She-"Oh, Claren'ce, how did you guess that I loved you?"-Chicago News. ____ I How TJey Got Bich. She-"I c'id-havo married either Whipper or Snay,per if I'd wanted to, and both of these men whom I reiused have since got rieh, while you are still as poor as a church mouse." He-"Of course; I've been sup porting you all othese years. They haven't."-New York Weekly. Getting at the Facts. Dixon-"I understand that you said I didn't know as' much as your yellow dog." Hixon-"I never said anything of the kind."diyosa? Dixon--"Then whatdiyosa? Hixon-"I saijd my yellow dog knew! more than you did."--Chicago News. Not Persnitted. "The subject "of my lecture," said the man who had- been engaged to give an entertainment for the benefi. of the church, will be 'Th Weather.'" "But, my desr sir," protested th chairman of the committee, "you for get that it would never do to permi an profanity in the church. "-Chi cago Post. Equal to Leap Year. "Do you ~kno,w, Miss Willing, said young Woodbe the other evening "that your face -reminds me of a per feet mirror?" "Does. it?" slie asked,; "and wh so, pray?" ".Because," he~ replied, "it reflect nothing but the truth." "Oh!" she exclaimed in a tone f disappointmrent, "I thought 'it wa for a better reason than that." "What did yo-, expect me to say. he asked. "I thought," continued t he bIns - ing maid, "that it was be cause ever time you looked in my face you sa your own." The engagement has been a - nounced.-Chicago Post. Felt Acquainted. A Boston lady of the most reserv :d and exclusive type was waiting for h er change at the glove counter in one >f the -large stores when she w is approached by a very large, gaudil.e drsaed and lou4-looking woman, who hel a pudgy hand in a bright green g e, and said, r uWhy how do , you do, Mrs. I Blank - Mlrs Blank ignored t'ue prof'ercd han n nd draw ing herself up sti8ly, gyf. rigidly o not think that I know yoi mada - I s'pose not," replie th3 wom , in no wise embarrassed by the c ldness of her reception, "but I've k owed you by sight for a long time ud now I've got a hired girl who orked at your house once a year or tw ago, and she's told me so much about you that I feel real well acqu, inted with you. Pleasant day, ain't t? Well, if she ain't polite to sail o without somuch,as a word! Show her raisin', anyhow!" --Harper'3 Baz WORDS OF WISDOM; A ife spent worthily should ba mens red by deeds, not years. Th man most in need of mercy, is the ne who will have no mercy on hims lf No man can be provident of his tim'e who is not prudent in the choice of h- company. D ing is the great thing. For if, reso- utely, people do what is rights in ti e they come to like doing it; T re is no greater aid in securing enri ment and fertilization of one's who nature than intimate association with superior men and women. Li e is continually weighing us in very sensitive scales and telling every one of us precisely what his reat,l weig t is to the last grain of dast. H W does a man become ..iser as he ows older but by looking back uno the past, and by learning from tbe istakes that he has maie in his earl r year3 E cry attempt to make others hap .y, every sin left behind, every tem tation trampled under foot, every step forward in the cause of what is goo is a step nearer heaven. G od does not take away our gifts arb trarily. Ho gives them to be use , and if they are not used; they dwi die, they vanish; the power goe , the will becomes like an unused mustle--paralyzed, useless. e greatest and noblest work in the orld and an effect of the greatest pru ence and cure, is to rear and build up a man and to form and fastion him to piety, justice, temper. anz e and all kinds of honest and w oothy actions. pike alone acts upon like. There for, do not amend by reasoning, but by example. Approach feeling by feeling; do not hope to excite love ex cept by love. Be what you wish othars to become. Let yourself, and not your words, preach. e that great mystery of Time, were there no other, the illimitable, silent, -1e.restng thing called tim , roll in, rushing on, swift, silent, like an alle mbracing ocean-tide on which we a all the universe swim like exhal atipas, like apparitions, which are an then are not; this is forever very Itrl-a miracle-a thing to strike umb, for we have no worl to about it. Our guide asks~ us to keep silent; then, 'ting the heavy, broad paddle with ich he has been propelling our boat, strikes with' all his strength the side on the surface of the w er. Instantly the subterranean .unders of this under-world are let 16ose. From all directions' come iolling waves of sound, multipiled a ~ousandfold, receding, and again re tining with increasing volume, ingering for many seconds, and finally. eying away in sweet, far-away- melo dies. Then, when the last faint 4ounds have ceased, he agitates the water with his paddle, and asks us to listen. The receding waves, reaching cavities in the sides of the overhang ing arches, break the stillness with aweet, bell-like sounds. Some notes, 'triking the key-note of the rocks, knultiply the musical melody; some notes are soft and low; others are oud, almost with an alarm-bell langor. This music, such as cannot o heard elsewhere on earth, gradually dies away in receding echoes, coming ver the waters from far-away hidden hambers. The e2ho is not such as we hear above ground or in buildings, but a succession of receding waves of sound, lasting for about thirty sec onda, and adding an indescribable melody to all sounds, whether from shouting or from instrumental or vocal music. -John PR. Procter, in the Cen tury. ______ __ FCylindrical Baling of Cotton. Consul Boyle, of Liverpool, has for warded to the Statc Department a re port of investigation which has been made at the port of the cylindrical method of baling cotton. Much dis parity of opinion exists as to the merit of the new method of baling, both as to economy and practicability as a method of shipment and as a means ol protection from fire. One decided ad vantage in shipment is reported in that there was no loose cotton in vessels bringing the close-rolled bales, and not a single instance where marks were destroyed, as is so often the case with bales made in the old way. The only certain conclusion reached, ac cording to the Consul, that if Ameri cans would compress the old fashioned bales more compactly, as Egyptian cotton is baled, much of the complaint against the present method might bo obviated.-Washington Star. The Widow's Witty Eeply. IThey are telling this story in Lou. don about the Countess Waldegrave, who was married four times: One evening she appeared at the opera is Dublin, during her fourth husbaudi'i occupancy of the post of Chief Secre tary for Ireland. An audacious Celt, catching sight of her ladyship in one of the boxes, shouted out with real Irish temerity, "Lady Waldegrave, which of the four did you like best?" The Countess was equal to the occa sion. Without a moment's hesitation, she rose from her scat and exclaimed enthusiastically, "Why, the Irishman, of course"-a remark which natnrally "brought down the house." MI!eroscopical Screws Soh:nc of the screws used in watches arc so small that it takes 38001o them to weigh a pound, : oen saa the Wheel. y om a eaiesse, Deraware, Oh.- . The hoalthfulness of bicycle riding for women is still a disputed question between inlnent physicians and health.reformers. Used in moderaion it sunely creates for ,romen a means of out-door exercise, the benefit of *hich all physicians concede. ased to excess, like any other pstime, its iffect is likely to be dangerous. The experience of Miss Bertha Reed, the ieventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. J. B. ed, $35 Lake St., Delaware, Ohio, may point amoral for parents who, like Mr. and Ers. Reed, have experienced some eoneern l'or their daughters who are. fond of wheel Lg. In the fall of '96 31iss Bertha who had ridden a great deal, began to fail in an tlarming manner. She grew steadily paler nd thinner, and it appeared she was going ato consumption. Rest and quiet did her absolutely pno , Ci ~ clan found her pulse at 104-a very high rate. Thinking this mal have beenp due to tempo ness when he She Rides Well examined her, itwatched her closely, but her pulse continued at that rate for two wc.ks. He was satisfied then, from her high mise and steadily wasting condition that he was suffering from anamia or a blood ess condition of the body. She became ex remely weak, and could not stand the sast noise or excitement. Inthiseonditio if affairs they were recommended by an ld friend to get some of that famous blood nedicine Dr. Williams' -Pink Pills for Pale People. They did so, and almost from the irst dose Bertha began to improve. She sontinued to take the pills and was by neans of those pills made entirely well, and more grateful people than her parents sannot be found inthe whole State of Ohio. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved a oon to womankind. Acting directly on he blood and nerves, ther restore the req. isite vitality to all parts of the body; ,reating functional regularity and perfect armony throughout the nervous system. Dhe pafcr of the cheeks is changed to the lelicate blush of health; the eyes brighten; ;he muscles grow elastic, ambition is ireated and good health returns. Conneofcut'Oa 1k. About oak trees an important chap ter in Connecticut history might be written. The famous Charter Oak tree in Hartford was an old tree when he colonists Srst came into these parts, ad the Glastonbury oaks, of about the 4ame age, are now held to be over tree hundred years old. The Poetry )ak of Pachaug stands in front of -Pa faug meeting-house. The tree was dluded to in the agricultural papers of the country half a century ago be :ause of Its enormous size. C. Ed ards Lester, author of the "Glory and shame of England," mused under its ihade; George D. Prentice .wrote his Lrst poems beneath its shadows, and alusha Grow passed many of the; itudy hours of his youth- under it. Mr.. Eteade says of this oak: "It has heard ifty-two sermons a year for 177 years, Lnd political speeches from the settle. nent of this country down to the pres nt day. One foot from the ground its I runk is 19 feet and 10 inches in eir mmference and its longest limbs ex end each way 119 feet." On the farm t Tames B. Palmer, of Lisbon, Is an mmese black oak that measures round the trunk one foot from the ;round 22 1-3 feet This, Mr. Read. Iculates, must be at least 5i00 years d.-New York Sun. GEOhumA LADIES . 1ALL WE 7WLUTH. tended me, but I continued needtakn Dr. )L. Smmas Liver Mledicine three times a day, and Iwas well -before one Package was taken. Have taken a my.iveraswea.Dr.R. AS. L. X. FemaLe Complalis, therear-etwo critical andevendangetons perodin female life, when the greatest -rn ic thismysrosdvlpzni inererdwih rthwate,even in th smallest dge,the are libeto som nc as hysteria, fts or even consumption; able, anditsrecomnmended thata dose ofit be taken twice aweek for some time be tween and durn the menstrual p30B and for strengthning the ySo we Sevile, Ga., says: I hare used Dr. X. A. Simnsn L iver K edicino in my family for 90 years with sue cesin many caesof Idi gestion end Sour'.tom aeb. Ithinkit superior M "Thedford'sBlackDraught" ndI shall recmedDr X. A..LX,.68 3OgasI live. men it go v orga s uchto s patient's clothes should be ; she should have an abundance ofVfresh air. conofldwa toTthehe iandf lirl yDrag S o.. Ensve,'ho. 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