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■ I iMT.m.—■« I. A LITTL1E WHIUK. T«t • little wMla to be Sws, when Mr tare lor* tor lot aaotktr grow to boar— Joarnoyla* through the darkaooo barol Day by day arc soaring borne I Aobiag heart aad feet that roam, Tot alittlo while to bo When tb* dark sight ohadowo mol Tot another aong to stag— Tot another broken string— Then, the rest is toseo girts, 1 And the sloop that vakea In hearts I —Atlanta Oosstltotlon. HUXOB OF THK DAT. / Only two people attend a real pie* bin. —Atchison Globe. It takes hard times to make some people thankful.—Barn's Horn. A boy's idea of a hero is another boy who rnns off—Atchison Globe, a It is human to err, and human na ture to say, “I told you so.”—Barn’s Horn. Bid anyone ever get all the reward that was offered for a thing?—Atchi son Globe. Miss Brooks—“Do yon get board in Brooklyn?” Bridges—“Awfully. Haw York World. A busy man usually prefers telling a lia to answering • let of questions. —Atchison Globe. There is as little mercy in stabbing with a word as there is in doing it with a knife.—Barn's Horn. A woman thinks nothing of buying a fifteen dollar hat, and then eating a aerenteen cent luncheon.—Truth. ' We should always treat fortune in tuch a way as not to cause her smile to'tnm into a horse-laugh.—Puck. Aad what Isa pnsumatle tire? . Ton asked me one* before. It Is the name that, wit hoot blame They now giro to a bore. —Judge. They say that money talks. Prob ably that is the reason a doctor first asks to see the patient's tongue.— Puck. She—“What colored eyes do yon admire; brown or blue?” He—“I can't see well enough in this light.”— Buffalo Express. “Is Fraulein Snssmilch at home?” •'No, sir.” “Please tell her that I mdlmL” “I will tell her at once.”— flHuge Blaetter. The person who can sin^ and won't is bad enough; but surely there is no (orgireness for those who can't sing and will.—Elmira Gaxette. “la olden time did walk on alt To winner of ye maiden fair, But now" -and here the Joker grinned— “He mounts his wheel and rides on win L" —Buffalo Courier. People think it is tough when they hay* to pay thirty-five or forty cents per pound for steak, bnt it is a great deal tougher when they pay only fif teen. —Boston Courier. “Why don't you try to paddle your own canoe,” growled Brown as Jones ■truck him for ten. “I can’t,” said Jones, “but I am trying to float a loan.”—Washington Tims*. Billtired—“The world owes me a good livin’ an* that's all they be to it" Tom Wiser—“Yes, ol' boy; but you see they is so many o’ you fellers that she can't pay her bills.”—Boston Courier. T “Now,” said the young man, “take the average woman—" “But there is no avenge woman,” interrupted the elder. “You just naturally have to consider each woman by herself.”— Cincinnati Tribune. Tonix—“My friend Soarer’s busi ness frequently puts his life in danger, but I've never yet known him to de- sert.his post” Toddies—“What’s his business?” Tonix—“He’s an aero naut.”—South Boston News. Banks (from his berth, feebly)—“I say, steward, do you think it’s all up with me?” Steward (cheerfully)— “Mevery thing, for the present sir; bnt your happetite will be a-comin' by an’ by.”—New York Herald. “Little boy blue, eome blow up your horn, The sheep's in the mesdow, the cow’s In the corn!' Be came woeu the cattle hai long gotten through. A messenger he—thls little boy blue. « —Peek. “I was astounded when I heard that Mr. Brown, who married Miss Schmidt last week, had given up his position. Goes he think that lore will support him?” “Ob, no; but he hopes that his father-in-law will." — Fliegende Blaetter. Miss van Aster—“Did yon tell Mr. Chumleigh I was not at home, Eugenie?” Eugenie—“Ouimam’selle; and he say he spik not Franoais, and I to jiim say sat milady vill comes down her own self and tell him in see Anglais.”—The King’s Jester. Mrs. Nexdoor—“Your little boy climbed over the fence and ran all over my flower beds.” Mrs. Suburb —“Horrors! They had just been watered, hadn’t they?” “N—o.” “Ob, well, never mind; the exercise won't hurt him if he don’t get hiifeet wet.”—Good News. Soulful Young Woman—"Do you mean to tell me that you have never yet met the woman whose presence and touch thrilled your whole being in an utterly indescribable manner?” Weary Young Man—“Only once. It waa when I was in the hand* of a wo man dentist.”—Indianapolis Journal. When she talked she talked; and when she talked nobody elae much talked—at least not in that immediate vicinity. Nor waa her hnsband en- tirelyjpblivious to the fact. “Your wife, remarked a friend to him one day, “has a remarkable command of language.” “Well, yea,” he replied thoughtfully, “I presume she has; but there are times when I almost think it gets awsy with her. "—Detroit Free Press. A Csrleut YscM. A carious looking yacht was that launched Monday at Bookland by Wih bar W. Thompson. She measures over all about twenty-eight feet, and her peculiarity consists in being very full at the bow and having s wide rolling washboard. The boat's name is the 0. F. Kittridge. Her owner confidently expeeta her to show good ■peed,—Bwigor (Me.) Commercial. BURMAH AND ITS PEOPLE, ALAirS OF toSKAUABLa BXtoHTfi AMD totnUOt 2BSA8. Horrible Beggars Who Une the Way t# the Great Pagoda—The Wbfit derful Golden Demet P TJBMAH 1b a country of queer •ights and strange sonnde. I waa talking a few days since to Professor S. 8. Baldwin, the famed traveler, eo well known throughout the East by the title el “The White Mahatma.’' Said he: “Burmah ia what an American gift would call "a fanny country.' ” Rangoon is au attractive city ol beautiful buildings, stately pagodas and long aventtei, overhung with magnificent shade trees, yet right throngh the centre of one of these beautiful boulevards runs a sluggish open stream of tha nature of a sewer, in which dead dogs, cats and rats make the ait redolent with a perfume that is not at all suggestive of “Araby the Blest.” At Bangoon is the great golden pagoda, situated at the top of a hill in the outskirts of the city. The roadway from the valley to the lop of the hill consists of a series of irregular ateps, eome ten or twelve feet wide, and from three to ten inches high. These steps are entirely inclosed on the left side (as you proceed toward the top), and ara covered with an arohed and vaulted roof. On the right aide the root is supported by pillsrs and arches opening ont on a terrace of gardens and walled iucloenres. This stairway is about one-eighth of a mile long, and at the bottom on each side are two enormous dragons, some thir ty or forty feet high, carved out of brick and plaster work. These drag ons have immense mouths wide open, showing horrible fangs and-a protrud ing tongue, while the tail of the beast ia curled and forked, like that of tba traditional devil. The architecture is extremely quaint and interesting, as well as beautiful. The pagoda itself ta built in the center of, and sur rounded by, an immense garden of palm trees, in one of the most beauti ful spots that one can conceive of, and if the place and the approaches were kept clean it would bo a lovely spot But at the very entrance of the stairway, each side is Simply lined with the most disgusting beggars— men, women and children, bnt mostly men and women—thin and attennated, and mostly with some portion of their body half eaten away with leprosy. These people simply swarm aronnd the traveler, clamoring for alms, throsting their mutilated arms and limbs, that have been partially eaten off by the ravages of the disease, fairly into one’s faoe; sometimes an eye will be gone or a portion of the jaw. H charity is given to one, it is almost a necessity to give it to all nis com rades, for they orowd aronnd yon like flies, and fairly bar your passage. Most tourists before visiting this pagoda, which at one time was deemed so wonderful and beautiful that it wae included in one of the lists of the seven wonders of the world, are cantioned to take with them a stout stick, also a light rattan awitch. The stick is in tended as a defense against the pariah dogs,'With which the place is overran. The light rattan is to be used to keep the beggars at a distance, for cruel as it msy seem, often the only way to keep them from absolute annoyance is by a vigorous slashing at their bare backs or nude limbs, and then they will often atand at a little distance and spit at the traveler and over whelm him with corses and impreca tions. As the beggars are all relig ious mendicants, they are looked upon by most of the natives with perhaps somewhat of a spirit of modified vene ration, and unless the English travel er is accompanied by a party suffloient- ly large to be perfect^ able to take care of themselves if* is just possible he might be roughly handled by the natives in case of any hurt to one of the beggars. Should the tourist be accompanied by a native policeman, which is often the case, the policeman has no hesitation at all in poshing the beggars right and left as if they were nine pins, so that they generally keep at a respectful distance. It is said that it cost some eighty or ninety thousand dollars to gild the dome of the large pagoda, but this is dona every two years or thereabouts. This is usually the gift of religious Burmans at an offering to Buddha. Professor Baldwin, who has had very many years of Oriental travel, states that ona of the most peculiar things which he has ever seen is the rocking pagoda at a Burmese village many miles up the Irawaddy. This pagoda was originally built on the top of a very large bowlder of granite, some sixty or seventy feet high. After the pagoda was built the lower part of the bowlder was gradually removed and rounded until now it seems as if the pagoda was resting upon an enormous ball or globe of solid rook. The rook is so nicely balanced that a heavy wind or the exertion of a person pushing strongly on the rook will cause it to slightly oscillate. It does not go far enough to cause any damage, but roll* and rooks backwsrd and forward like an enormous rooking chair. This pagoda is kept exclusively for the priests. The only socess to it being by means of a rope ladder, which is drawn up after them, they are thus kept from annoyance. The phoongyi, or priests, are very numerous, each father, especially among the better class, making every effort so that one son at least shall be long to the order. They are a lazy and insolent lot, and to the European observer never seem to be engaged in any speoial duties except squatting on their haunches and holding conversa tions with eacln other, or else squat ting in the same position for hours, gazing dreamily into the distance and supposed to be contemplating the virtues and graces of Buddha, or in earnest prayer for the joys of Nirvana, the Buddist heaven, where each and all lose individuality and finally sink into a deep and eternal sleep and be come a part of the great mother nature. —New York Advertiser. The fruit of the mulberry tree is not much esteemed in this country. Its chief value seems to be its attraction lor birds, who are thus induced to spare the cherries. FARM AND GARDEN* SCIENTIFIC FARM ISO. The farmers who ehjeet to ioientiflo farming are the dies who are too laay to benefit by the latest discoveries of science. They run their farm in a slip-shod fashion, and then grnmble beoanse their industrious neighbors pass them in the race,-‘Kerf York World, care of Houses’ feet. One of the mUtalies bfteii made by farmers is that 6f keeping their horses shod that db wOfk in the field during a portion of the year at least. Of coarse this sometimes becomes neces sary, bnt in the great majority of cases it is not only uncalled for but it is actually a hindrance to the best service the horse is capable of giving. Everybody knows that when a horse is once shod the necessity of keeping shoes upon his feet grows npon him. It is also recognized that a horse oan do all sorts of farm work just as well without shoes on as with them, and a critieal observer of horses soon dis covers that farm horses are kept wear ing shoes merely from a fancied and mistaken kindness toward them rather than from any sound and logioal rea son. If people were in the habit of giving a little personal attention to their horses' feet upon frequent occa sions, instead of leaving it all to the blacksmith it would be all tha better for the horses.—Nebraska Farmers SALT MAXES MILK. Experiment* have recently been made to ascertain whether the giving of salt to dairy cows has any direct bearing on the supply of milk, and the results have been of a character which will bo surprising to many who attach little importance to providing salt for their cattle. Salt they must have in some form or another, and if it is supplied to them in suitable quan tities and ways, they will take suffi cient and no more for their own bene fit. For about a month, from June 20 to July 18 last year, three cows were kept without salt and the milk from each weighed twioe daily from the 4th to the 18th of July, when they gave 454 pounds. From July 18 to August 1 the same cows received four ounces of salt each, and during that time the milk showed an inorease of 100 pounds, the weight being 564 pounds. From this experiment it ap pears that there was a considerable gain, which would pay admirably any one to keep his stock well supplied with salt; and it may also be added as another good custom to follow to keep plenty of freeh water where it oan al ways be accessible.— Connectiout Farmer. HOW TO MAKE A WATER MEADOW. A water mei dow is a level piece of land on the bank of a stream that is embanked, so a.-! to retain the water of the stream in freshets, and permit it to settle and deposit the soil which it holds in suspension. As the mud which comes down with the high water is the washing of the best of the land above, this inclosed land gathers a large quantity of valuable soil in the course of a few years, and the grass grown on it yields very abundantly. In a dry time the water of the stream may be turned on to the meadow by means of a channel made fnrther up, or at a low dam made in the stream for the purpose, and the growth of grace thus greatly increased. If the land is almost level, the bank on the side of the stream and on the lower limit of the field need not be more than a foot high. Of course, it is pro’- vided with gates to let in the water and discharge it at the lowest point, (t is often the case that the water thus turned on to the field is permitted to flow slowly over it, settling the sus pended matter as it flows. Land thus improved has been km s'n to pay on interest every year on a valuation of 41000 an acre.—New York Times. FATTENING POULTRY. The fattening of fowls for market by means of the process known as eramming is practiced to a great ex tent in certain localities, and decided advantages are claimed for it. While there seems to be a great demand for what is thought to be a speoial de licacy, it may be questioned if suob methods are not productive of objec tionable results. It is scarcely to be expected that creatures fed in the manner described in accounts given of such operations will retain their health, and eome to market in a per fectly normtl condition. AU undue forcing of the appetite gives rise to feverish and unwholesome states, and it seems impossible that meat pre pared under eueh circumstances can be suitable for food. As a matter of fact too much fat is sn objeotiou rather than a gain in poultry. A fowl kept in a good clean rang? and care fully fed is at its best when cooped up for three or four days snd given all of the boiled rice with a little sugar \ and butter that it can eat in that time. In the course of this period it has no opportunity to get diseased and ab normal. It would be well if sani tarians and health enthusiasts would give a little attention to this way of fattening, and see if it is entirely con sistent with the laws of health and hygiene.—New York Ledger. RAISING HORSERADISH. Horseradish delights in deep, rich, moist soil, and requires but little cul tivation as it has much top which shades the ground, prevents weeds from growing and keeps the soil moist and mellow. It is grown or propagated from sets or pieces of small roots out from four to eight inches long with upper end slanting and lower end square. When cultivated ou a large scale the ground is well manured, deeply plowed and thoroughly harrowed,” or otherwise put in good condition; then marked ont in rows from two to three feet apart. In these the root pieces arc planted fifteen or eighteen inches apart. The planting is done by mak ing a hole with a long slim dibber or planting stick or with a small, light iron bar, and dropping the set, square end down, into it so that the top end is left a little below the surface. Thou press the soil firmly against the set. Keep cultivator or wheel hoe going till the top growth renders further working unnecessary. In these days of intensive farming or gardening we must take two fcropi off the same land , each Beason when ever possibly so horseradish is gen erally made a second crop, though planted at nearly the same time as the first crop. The crops usually selected as the first crop are early cabbages, cauliflowers of beets. As soon as the first Crop is planted the horseradish Sets are put but* as described above, midwajr bhtiveh the other two rows, sd as tb stand two or two and a half feet One way by sixteen br eighteen inches the other. The sets are put in deep enough so the upper or slanting end will ba •bout three inches below the surface of the ground. This will give the first crop time enough to grow and be gotten out of the way before the horse radish gets much above ground. While cultivating the first crop no notice is taken of the horseradish un derneath. If a stray shoot comes up it is to be treated as a weed, and the whole surface below the rows kept clean. When the first crop is taken off the cultivator may be run once down the space where it stood and the horseradish permitted to make its growth as rapidly as it wishes. It makes its most rapid growth in early antumn anyway, and with the good •tart it has had below the surface it is , soon ready for a hoeing: this will generally be all the cultivation needed. It is dug late in the fall, the tops and small roots trimmed from the main roots, whioh are stored in cellars and root houses till wanted for the market. The small roots as out off are saved, trimmed and bunched for the next season’s planting. They ehonld be buried in Band till wanted. The large roots are geuerally washed before being sold. The price is usu ally so much per pound. To start a plantation roots may be obtained from most large dealers in roots and plants. —Farm7 Field and Fireside. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Salting with brine is not effective. Excessive feeding of Swedish turnips makes the milk bitter. Begin early and train the trait trees to grow symmetrical and well bal anced. It reqnires ensilage and warm stables for cows in winter to make winter dairying profitable. It is donbtful if there is any better milk-producing food for the brood mare than ground oats. Professor Weigman attributes oily butter to iron, whioh comes from the use of poorly tinned vessels. Keep a close watch on the work hofses. Give them all necessary pro tection against bad-fitting or dirty collars. Buttercups and other varieties of the ranunculus in the pasture are gen erally responsible for the bitter taste in milk and batter. Hot weather brings plenty of work in the poultry yard, and work that can not be slighted nor neglected if profit able results are to be expected. Handsome, well proportioned, sound, sixteen-hand carriage horses that show quality and good action will bring about as much money to-day as ever. Green bone is an excellent egg-mak ing food. It is also excellent for young chioko, as it furnishes the ma terial reqnired for the growth of bona and feathers. Soapy milk has been found to be caused by damp, foul straw upon which the cows were bedded. This abounded in bacteria, which got on to the udders and thence into the milk. Salting with one-half to one and one- half ounces per pound increases tha total weight of butter about twelve per cent. The uusalted butter has a larger water content than the salted. Young ducks are great feeders and will sometimes gain as much as a pound in a week. Duck meat can be., produced almost as cheaply as pork, and with about the same kind of feed. Because there arc poor imported stallions it is very fcolish to refuse to buy or use au imported stallion. Some of the best horses in the world have been imported mto the United States. When honey is capped and sealed it should be removed at once if a fine appearance is desired. If left to the bees it will improve in flavor and quality but at the expense of discol oration. I. Seidi finds that weak brine up to ten per cent, is not fitted for preserv ing butter, and that saturated, brine cannot be relied on, even when tha butter is kept in a cool place. Brine is likely to give butter a “heet” tastes If eggs are desired during the warm season, do not let the hens get crowd ed in the roosting place. Better pro vide a roosting shed with open sides. At the most, not over twenty-five shonid be allowed to roost together. The best time to oil harness is after it has been out in the rain. When it is nesriy but not quite dry wash it clean with lukewarm water with a lit* tie common soap in it; rinse off the soap, and when nearly dry apply the oil. Clover or fine-ent beet tops packed sway tightly while green, in barrels, will make a good juicy food for the hens next winter. The barrel must be air-tight with a tightly fitting head, and the heavy weight must be left on the top until you are ready to use tbo contents. The best temperature for creaming in deep-setting is forty-five degrees. No advantage was found in heating from 93-110 degrees before set ting. Jjhe addition of from ten to twenty-five per cent, water appeared to slightly improve the thoroughness of creaming- Buttermilk as a Drink. For a cooling drink in hot weather there is nothing more generally satis factory than buttermilk. It is none the worse for being from cream that has undergone the acid fermentation, its slight acidity making it agree bet ter with moet people than does absi - lutely fresh, sweet milk. There ar, thousands in cities who were brough. up ou farms in the country, and to suob a drink of buttermilk is a treat. No doubt iu every village farmers who make butter could find a good market for buttermilk if they look up cus tomers who would like to drink it oc casionally if they knew where it could h« uroenred.—Boston .Qultiyplpr. A Scientific Poison. Not long ago the rural districts of France were overrun with a plague of deldmice. They were everywhere, and it was estimated that every acre was infested by thousands of these nuis ances, to the serious detriment of the crops. Some ingenious scientist de vised a method for getting tid Of them all. He procured the germs Of A di sease, which waa fatal to the rodents and contagious, and after cultivating a considerable quantity of them, he soaked in the solution small cubes o', bread, which were then scattered over the fields where the mice were the thickest. Within two weeks there was scarcely a live mouse to be found in the whole district. Au examina tion of their burrows showed them to be full of dead mice.—New Orleans Picayune. A Burning Hountalit. At Wingeu, in New South Wales, 104 miles from Sydney, is a burning mountain, one of the most remarkable sights to be seen in Australia. It is 1820 feet iu height, and is supposed to go a large cowl seam which has iu some unaccouutab.e way become ignited, ind has been buruing for many years wrtaiuly long before thaadveutof the white man in this portion of the col* .,ny. The course of the fire can be traced a considerable distance by thi numerous depr salons or chasms oc casioned by tiie falling in of tha ground .rora beneath which the coal has been consumed. Smoke is continually is suing from the sides of the mountain, and iu the vicinity of these openings the surface is hot, and has a dry, parched appearance,while sticks thrust utn these openings are readily gmted.—New York Dispatch. «a,000,eon Tobacco Bill Have*. Chicago, September 8 .—[Special.]—The Chicago Inter-Ocean's Illustrated Supple ment, describing the great success and merit ot No-To-Bnc, has made It famous In a day. Mr. II. L. Kramer, the active man, was coon to-day at hie office, 45 Randolph street, and in talking of No-To-Bac’s growth, said It was hard work to keep up with tho rap idly Incroaslng demand, as every box sold advertised No-To-Bac’s merit. He said : “No-To-Bac is not sold on the strength ot the thousands and tens of thou sands of testimonial statements, but under an absolute guarantee to cure or money re funded.” That made a long story about merit very short, ns It absolutely protects the user from physical injury or financial loss. “Why,” said he, “No-To-Bac will make 100,000 cures this year, and the sav ing will average $50.00 for every one cured, or a grand total of $5,000,000 save I Irora going up In smoke and oui in spit." No- To-Bac, is indeed, a Ood-send to the poor men these bard times. According to the tesilmonlals, however, the money saving Is the least consideration, tor almost every one reports an improvement of the nervous system, increase in weight, and a revival of physical and mental powers that Is Indeed miraculous. Prominent physicians look upon No-To- Bac ns a great success, and are very free to prescribe It. Every wholesale drug house in t.iis coun try and Canada sells No-To-Bac, and the re tail druggists are pushed to supply the de mands of customers; tho direct mail demand is immense. The cost of No-To-Bac compared with the results is a small ma'.ter, as the saving in a week pays tho cost of a cure for a lifetime. No-To-Bac Is sold for $1 a box, or three boxes, $2.50, with a guarantee to cure, or money refunded. A few exlrn copies of thelnter-Oesan Sup plement (eight pages] Illustrated in five col ors, have been secure 1 an I will be mailed for the asking, by addressing tho Sterling Itemeiiv On_ Chtejn-n office. AS ttsndolnh street j New York office, 10 Spruce street ; Laboratory, Indiana Mineral Springs. Ind. Dressing Small Skins. Small skins may be dressed and made equal to tanned ones by the simple process called tawing. This is as follows: The skin is soaked in warm water to soften the adhering flesh and fat, these being then scraped or.shaved off with a sharp knife, such as a mow ing scythe, with a smooth, keen edge, the skin lying on a rounded block or slab. The skins are then placed in a tub of a solution of equal parts of sugar of lead, alum snd salt, and re- .jnain in it for a week, being turned and opened so that every part is ex posed to tho liquid. After the skins have absorbed all the liquid, or rather those substances whioh are drawn from the water by the skins, they are taken out and again shaved and parti, dried, then well rubbed and pulled, to soften the skin, until nearly dry. The inner side of the skin is then rubbed with a smooth piece of pumice stone and yellow ochre until it is smooth and soft; when thoroughly dry this is repeated until all dust is got rid of. A little oil maybe slightly rubbed over the fur to brighten an 1 soften it.—New York Times. Hew’a This I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Con-. F. J. Chinet A Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 16 years, and believe him iwr- fectly honorable Id all bnslneea transact Inns and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. Wist ft Trcax, Wholesale Druggist*, Toledo, „ Ohio. _ Walmno, Rinnan ft Martin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Core is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the Llooil and mucons sur faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle, hold by alt Druggists. Testimonial* free. London ha* 80S mala and branch poat- effioe*. Mrs. W inslow’s Soothin'! Syi up for chil ren leething, sollens the gam*, redm e infbimnin- tlon, allays pain, i urns wind colt . 2 c. » boitli Dubino the last twelve m onths there have been 466 tires In London caused by paraffine lamps. Karl’* Clover Root, the great Wool pnrlfler, S ves freshness and clearness to the complex- n amt rums constipation, ilcts.. 5tl (t*., >1 Pennsylvania has $200,000,000 Invested ta iron and steel mills. Headache Dyspepsia Indigestion are caused by bad blood, and by a run down, worn out condi tion of the body. Remember Hood's Sarsa - * parilla Be fure (o get Hood’s Hood'a Fills arc gen ie, mild »ad effective. 1 Ann*'your atom* toad aidrtMoaly 10c. 1UUU Thb Hkbald, No. 149A, Luro St.. Phlla., Pa. | In money t besides other 6 remfuins to good gueasers. nil llootcni. cutcla o oner In IIOHE AND I'OUNTltV A /l.\E. Price, 25 cents. Enm:>lo Magazine see i a id full partial ara obtain 'd at ihiB of Newsdealers, or 53 East 10th Street. New Y Take no Substitute for Royal Baking Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. AU others contain alum or amfnonia. lYomlerfnl Nerve. The great railroad strike has cause.! hardships to hundreds of people in this region, and some very grave hard ships, bvtt that bofue by James Me- Murtie, a brakeman on the Sauta Fe Bfcilroad, is the severest of them ali. McMurtio was coupling some freight cars that had been left at Barstow and had his left hand badly crushed. For four days he bathed his hand in cold water and used all the liuimeuts that could he had about Barstow station. He walked tho floor day and night be cause of his agouy. Signs of blood-poisoning began to sbo.v themselves in tho wound, and McMurtie know that something ought to be done in the way of a surgioal operation at ouce. There was no one else to do it, so ho resolved to go to work on himself. He retired to his room, carefully sharpened his knife, bared bis left arm and began cutting and hacking at his hand. He actually oat away hW own han l below the wrist. Tho paiu was hor rible, bnt, gritting his teeth, he kept at the amputation. Ho was heard to fall upon the floor, aud several men rushed in to find him fainting upon the floor, with his bleeding stump of a hand at his side. When McMurtie was restore! to consciousness he directed the dressing of his severed hand. A few hoars later a man who had been a physician and surgeon happened to rids iut j Barstow from the mines, and he took McMurtie’s case in hand, and at last reports ho was doing well. —Pomona (Cal.) Progress. Brazen Impudence He Thought, A west-bound train had just pulled out of the Union Station at Albany, says the Express, and tho conductor was harvesting tickets. All the seats were taken and several passengers were obliged to stand up. Among the latter was a diffident-looking, mild-mannered man, who refused to give up a ticket. "When I get a seat, you get a ticket,” he remarked mildly, but firmly; “you are probably aware that tho company can not collect fares from passengers whom it does not provide with seats. ” “Oh, come now, that don’t go; I want your ticket, see?” Thus spoke the conductor. “No seat, no ticket,” la conically observed tbo passenger. “We’ll see about that,” growled the conductor, who hustled around and finally found a brother-conductor who was going up the road a way, whom he induced to give up his seat to the mildly firm paesenger. “ fliere’s a seat for yott; nowgivemethat ticket," said the conductor, in a ferocious tone. “Certainly, here it is. ” Aud the mild, but firm, passenger handed out a pass good to Chicago. CURES7 OTHERS Dad Cough, Spit up Brx)OD,-Consumption. “ K. C. McLin, Esq., of Kempsvillf, Princess Anne Co., Va., writes: “When 1 commenced taking your 'Discovery* 1 was very low witty a cough, ana at times spit up mm'h blood. I was not able to do the least work, but most of the time was iu bed. I was all run-down, very weak, my head was diz- 8 ’, and I was extremely ‘spondent. Tho first bottle 1 took did not seem to do me mueh good, but I had faith in it and continued using it until I had aken fifteen bottles, am’ now I do ir n M/*Ttw not l° 0 k n '-’ r fee i Mk® MR. Iv. L MCLIN. Bnnie man j wag one year ago. People are astonished, and say, 'well, last year this time I would not have thought that yon would be living now.’ I can thankfully say I am entirely cured of a dis ease whioh, but for your wonderful ‘Discov ery,’ would have resulted in my death.’’ WHY NOT YOU ? iarm telegraphy ilrond IttiMincHa nud S i ■I linn fiiniiah Mt'i ttion.i. cell 4& M/Utt.M.KIU ^rthnude W toac N*-w di alogue fre» a* -Sciioin, (.'a. a N U - 37 French Sahara Troops. A boily of “Sahara troops” is to b« raised bo Franco for service in her arid African possessions, where the heat is fatal to French soldiers. They are to consist mainly of natives of those regions, but tho officers will be Frenchmen.—San Francisco Chroni cle. Life Isn’t Worth Living to one who suffers the maddening ag ony of Eczema, Tetter aud such irri- tnt iig itching skin diseases. Every roughness of the skin from a simple chap to Tetter aud Ringworm even of long standing is completely, quickly and surely cured by Tetterine. Is comfort worth 50 cents to you? That’s tho price of Tetterino at drug store", or by mail from J. T. Hhuptrine, Sa vannah, Ga. Statistics of the recent strike show that the railroads lost $355,912 In cars burned bp the rioters. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and lends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the. remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to ils presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. ' Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in one a<?d 41 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. ’ THE PROGRESS ^ritok SELF-TRAMPING COTTON PRESS. Quirk, totruaff, durable 4 /reliable. Saves trumping !• J 1 box, bonce only one man re* /quired with Prese. 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