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Dr**eonlnc Won’* Dor Wot with the llvar. Violent oholagogues, Uko calomel and bine piU, administered in •heroic" or exoeoelTe doses. a* they often are, will Mt permanently restore the activity of the great hepatic organ, and are productive of much mischief to the system generally. Institute a healthful reform, it inactivity of the liver exists, with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Which insures a regular discharge of the secretive function of the liver, and promotes due action of the bowels without griping or weakening them. The discomfort and tenderness in the right side, nausea, fur upon the tongue, yellowness of the skin and eyeballs, sourness of the breath and sick headache, which characterise chronic biliousness, disappear, and digestion—always Interfered with uy biliousness—resumes its former activity. The Bitters annihilates malarial complaints, rheumat■nn. kidney trouble, and is a promoter of healthful repose. A Fish-Catching Dog. A family living near Newcastle, on the Maine coast, have been eating alewives tor breakfast for several weeks past, thanks to their dog. A short distance from the house is a brook that empties Into salt water, and which for fifty yards, when the tide Is out, spreads its water over a broad bed of pebbles and stonea Several pool-like inclosureshave been made, so that -when the tide goes out the shallow pools are loft writhing with the fish. Then the dog darts into the water and driyes the frantic fish before him. When one is stranded be seizes It In his mouth and bears it ashore. The dog never cuts tho fish witn his teeth, and never cats them. A r - -.-- - - - CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMIS. Detroit, Mich., cays: "The effect of Hall *. Catarrh Cure la wonderful." Write him about it. Bold by Druggists, 75c. Hairloss. Belie —You say May has a dog to match •very one of her toilets. What dog can she possibly get to match her bathing gown? Blanche—Oh, one of these Mexican pelons.—New York Herald. Fite stopped tree by Dr. Kline's Great starve Baste* er. No Fite after first day’s use. velous cures. Treatise and IS CO trial bottle tree to nt case*. Send to Dr. Kline. SBI Arch St., Phils. Pa. Most men and women become maudlin In moonlight When Charlemagne and his “ Knights of the Round Table ” were making war on the Saracens, in Africa, it frequently happened that Knights on either side would fight in ■ingle combat for the honor of their respective armies. The Saracens had been, for many years, the scourge—the dreaded invaders—of Europe, and all waged war against thia common enemy. But in these da vs the worst scourge that .threatens us, is that dread invader, Conownptten. Consumption fastens its hold upon its victims while they are unconscious of its approach. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery has cured thousands of cases of this most fatal of maladies. But it must be taken before tho disease is too far advanced in order to bo effective. If taken in time, and given a fair trial, it will euro, or money paid for it will bo refunded. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, ShortDess of Breath, Bronchitis. Asthma, severe Coughs, and kindred affections, it is an un»qualed remedy. For all diseases that arise from n torpid liver and impure blood, nothing can take the place of Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Nothing will, after you have seen what it does. It prevents and cures by removing the cause. It invigorates the liver, purifies the blood, sharpens the appetite improves digestion,’and builds up both strength and reduced below the standard of Bold by druggists, everywhere. Kidney, Liver and Bladder Cure. < Rheumatism, Lumbago, pain in joints or back, brick dust in urine, frequent calls, irritation, intinmation, gravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder. Disordered Liver, Impaired digestion, gout, billious-lieadache. SWAMP-ROOT cures kidney difficulties. La Grippe, urinary trouble, bright's disease. Impure Blood, Scrofula, malaria, gen'l weakness ordebility. •■■raatw-Uae nontent, ot One Bottle, It not benanted, Druggists will refund to you the price paid. At Druggists, 40c. Slue, SI.OO Rise. "Invalid.' Guide to Health"tree-Consultation ties, Db. Kilmzb A Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. pfee a beautifully* illurt1 t trated book, containhv fl s I ing over ninety pages If j 1 I« 11 1 o { most important in- , formation about the tO ailments of women. Also a full code of Ladies I established rules of etiquette for women ———————— and a perpetual ladies* calendar. Contains not a word of objectionable matter, and is crowded from cover to cover with information which every woman, young or old, should becomejamiliar with, and advice which has restored many and many a suffering woman to perfect health and Sm happiness. No woman W Wv should live without a S’ copy of “ Guide to Wr* JRz, ~ Maith and EtufuetU," by Lydia E. Pinkham. Send a two-cent stamps to. cover postage and packing when you write, . ' Lydia E. Pinkham ' Mid. Co, Lynn, Mass. ,— — {■CTT POLISH ill THE WORLD. |

BLOODY BATTLE-FIELDS ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OP THE REBELLION. « 111 ~»■ Graphic Aocourfts of tho Stirring Scene. Wllneasml < n the Battle-Field and In Camp—Old Comrade. Ileelte Experience, of a Thrilling Nature. Keineniber the I'oat Room. Old comrods remember the Post room, And tnuke It your duty to call; Forget not to-night there* a meeting, And bo at your place In the hall. Go greet your old comnul* with kindness; Go stand as we stood In the fight. With the touch to left ut the elbow. Forget not the meeting to night. There's a genial glow in the Post room That elsewhere you hardly will find; There's warmth In the greeting of comrades That ties nt fraternity bind. Those links that now blinl ns together Were forged 'mid the flames or the tight, 80, comrade, remember the Poet room, And go to the meeting to night. Remember the dead that when living Bo bravely stood by to the last. And cherish the names of the old tent-mates That fell by your Hide In the past. Remember their widows and orphans. And eee that their burdens are light; For the sake of the dead ami the living. Go visit the Post room tonight. Remember the tolls and the dangers Endured when we settled the row. And those that survive need our friendship. 'TIs right we should stand by them now. And see that tho wolf never enters The threshold, for tho sake of the past. Os those that helped save us the battle, And fought for the flag to the last. Stand up for ouch other united. And keep the old camp tire aflame, Regarding our contrails as brothers. And aid In sweet charities name. Be loyal to post as to country. Stand firm In the Cause of the right; Forget not to ahi by your presence The boys at tho Post room to-night. Too soon will our marches hoover, Too soon tho last bugle will call. When death will extinguish our camp fire, And crown himself monarch of all. Bo comrads attend to the Post room to-night And see that the camp lire is bright; For the sake of the past and the present, Attend the meeting to-night. How many times after battle the Old comrads would fall to appear, As the sergeant would call the roll over How few conld answer back "Here " But to-night there are no such excuses. Respond, for theduty Is light. For the sake of our comrades, the fallen, Oome down to the Post room to-night. Then comrades remember the Post room. And make It a duty to go And stand again shoulder to shoulder As once when we throttled the foe. Salute the old flag at the altar. Our emblem of freedom and right. And cheer the old boys that sustained it With greetings of kindness to-night —American Tribune. The Apple Tree or Appomattox. -“SfltoßgHE writer being

anxious to discover the truth concerning the traditionary apz ple tree of Appomatox was escorted by a Mr. , Hix, who was the j owner of the field ’ in which the apple tree was said i to have stood, writes E. J. Edwards. Mr. Hix led the writer

through the orchard to a place where there was a hollow in the ground, and then he told thia story. Said he: “It is too bad, perhaps, to spoil this tradition, but it is purely a myth. Gen. Lee came up with his army and encamped on that ridge you see yonder. Lee had hoped to get around by another road so as to get into Lynchburg, which is practically an impregnable town, but lie found that this conld not be done. Sheridan had cut off his retreat by all the roads. . Gen. Lee had also received letters from Gen. Grant suggesting tbe hopelessness of further hostilities, and when he saw Sheridan’s army beyond him he realized the truth of that suggestion. I saw him ride down with his staff until they came nearly to the brink of the Appomattox creek. They halted right here, along side of the orchard. Then they dismounted and went into the orchard, and somebody made a rough seat for Gen. Lee out of fence rails. He was sitting under an apple tree, that one there, near the bank. He seemed to be in consultation with his officers. “At last one of the officers started out oF I the group with a white cloth tied to a stick, as it seemed to me. By and by there came from the Union army a group of officers who met Gen. Lee and his staff in the field, just this side of the creek. 1 was told afterward that they had come to arrange with him for the meeting with Gen. Grant in tbe afternoon. Gen. Lee then returned to the orchard and sat for awhile under the apple tree. Then he and his staff mounted their horses and rode back to the army. “After the surrender was announced in the afternoon somebody started the story—l never could find out who—that Grant had met Lee in the orchard and that the surrender, under an apple tree had been made. That evening I saw scores and scores of Union I soldiers in the orchard. In some way they li ad selected a particular tree, and* before morning there was not even a fiber of its roots left. In getting the relics they had dugout this hole you see here, and I have always left it just as they did that night, t suspect that the story originated from the fact that the flag of truce was sent out while Gen. Lee was sitting under that other apple tree near the road.”— Chicago Tribune. Army Sarvlce Pleasanter. The discouraging state of affairs in the enlisted force of the army has prompted Gen. Scofield to desperate measures. The department people recently appealed to Congress to withhold from the soldiers certain privileges he enjoys, which, while preventing desertion, are not of sufficient attractiveness to keep men in the army, nor induce them, once they leave it, to return. |Gen. Scofield has accordingly issued an order which materially modifies the privileges accorded the enlisted men by the law of June, 1890, which privileges could be established by the president. One of the modifications makes it possible to purchase a discharge only during the first eighteen months of an enlistment. Heretofore the soldier has been allowed to purchase his discharge from -the day he entered the service up to the day when his first three years would at which time he was enabled by the same law to voluntarily withdraw from the arnqb with a three months furlough. The general’s order, therefore, cuts down the period on the theory that a soldier knows in the course of eighteen months whether he cares to continue in the army to the three-year date oi withdrawal or to the expiration of his regular term of enliaiment. Another change is in the period which must elapse before re-enlist-ment when a man leaves the army by

the end of three year*’ service. The department insisted all along that six months must elapse before a discharged soldier conld re-enter the army, and now the time has been reduced to two months. This change makes the men so discharged available that much sooner. It is fonnd that men after they receive their discharges with a throe months’ furlongh and tho sum of money the department has withheld as a sort of a guarantee fund, do not care to come back to the life of the soldier and the desire is not increased by delaying the period of possible ritnrn. It is in the hope of getting back into the service men who have become valuable by experience that Gen. Scofield has modified the conditions in this respect. T.achlng the Itaw Recruit. Everybody in the National Guard of Pennsylvania knows what a strict disciplinarian James A. Beaver was when he was Governor. Austin Cur - tin, who is from his native town, told me this reminisence about him at the Coleman House the other day. While Beaver was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Forty-Fifth Regiment he wart sitting in front of his tent one day when a slov- <* y soldier with a badly fitting uniform lounged up and asked: “Vereish der doctor?” “Sir, is that the way you address a superior officer, roared Col. Beaver. The German stared at him in amazement without saying a single word. Then Col. Beaver said : “Take this chair sir, and ! will show you how to address an officer.” “An* me vas der boss of der regiment?” “Yes, sit here and I will show you how to act.” The new recruit sat down in Beaver’s seat and then the Colonel walked off a few paces, turned about, returned to a position in front of his temporary substitute, wheeled around, and making a military salute, inquired: “Colonel, can you inform me where I can find the surgeon of the regiment?” The recruit rose, and looking seriously at Beaver replied: ”D— if I know where he is.”—Philadelphia Inquirer. Camp-fire Sketches.

f*AJ. D’ARLANDES I like many another soldier, was ® tired of waiting for | promotion and opbportunities to distinguish himself. He ’ seized an opportunity to enjoy a little - excitement and at the same time to re-

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rninil Louis XVI. of his baffled ambitions. He made a balloon ascension, which at that time was thought to be a very risky affair. The king promptly reproved him for his rashness. “Your majesty will pardon me, I hope,” said the officer, “but the fact is, tbe Minister of War has made me so many promises in the air that I went up to look for some of them.—Youth’s Companion. • • During a sham fight Napoleon came unawares upon a soldier who was lying asleep in a field among the corn. “Is this your post ?” exclaimed the emperor, rousing him with the full intention of making an example of him. The soldier thus, suddenly startled out of his slumber, rubbed his eyes and, on recognizing the emperor, sprang to his feet, presented arms and said: “I beg your majesty’s pardog, but we were going through a sham fight and in order to make the illusion more complete I was preparing to be dead.” Napoleon could not suppress a smile and forgave the witty linesman.—Ex change. ♦ * * General W. T. Clark of Denver, Colorado, recently fell into a reminiscent mood when a brother member of the Loyal legion got started on some war stories. “Reminds me of a tale about a big negro that I had in my command before Atlanta,” said Generat Clark. “He would do anything for a man who would praise him for his bravery. I watched the big fellow and ascertained for myself that he was no coward in action. One day, however, while galloping over the field I saw Rastus, as we called him, dodging behind a tree. The musketry and cannonading was playing havoc with the boys. “ ‘Here Rastus,’ I shouted; ‘you will lose your reputation as a fighter. What are skulking for?” “I’ll never forget how he turned his face, not livid with fear but actually grinning, toward me as he exclaimed: ‘Boss, I tell you I an’t no pusson what is skeert on ’em when dey goes 'pip pip, pip, pwz, puff,’ meaning the musketry. But, boss, when dey goes ‘wharwharwhareesyohs ?’ I done duck behind a convenient shelter.’ “The fellow meant that as long as the Johnies confined themselves to ‘firing muskets he cared no more for the battle than if so much corn was lining hurled at him. But when the screeching shells came bounding though the tree-tops, making a noise that he liked to the shout ‘where are you?’he was not so brave. I didn.t blame him. Poor fellow, one of the whareesyoh ?’ shells made promiscuous matter of him on the following day.” * ♦ An old Indian fighter on one oecasibn was called on to make a statement concerning a battle, to a Congressional Committee, and was requested to couch it in language intelligible to the statesmen, instead of using the vernacular of the plains. “Will you be kind enough,” said the chairman, “to give us an account of the fight?” “Course, that’s what I’m here for,” he responded. “You see our company of 100 men set in a game With about that many Injuns, and it was our deal, for we had slipped up on’em. They stood pat, right from the start, and we filled and went in at ’em from behind the -rocks on a straight bluff, fer .we didn’t know how many there wuz, and they met us in the open and kivered our ante, for they thought they had us. It was hot in thar, shore, and both sides was a shootin’ and a slashin’ and yellin’ when night settled down and ended the game.” What was the condition of the contestants at the close ?” asked chairman. “That’s hard tollin’,” was the frank reply. “All I know is,, after both sides pulled out there was a pile of reds and a pile of whites on the flat, an’ nobody on neither side had sand enough in bis craw to show up an’ claim ’em. The members of the committee afterwards stated that more lucid and intelligible testimony had never been produced.—Detroit Free PreM ' ' J ,

A DETROIT MIRACLE. A GREAT TRIUMPH FOR CANADIAN MEDICAL SCIENCE. Particulars of Ona of the Most Remarkable Cures on Boo»r<l Described by the Detroit News—A Story Worth a Caretui J'ersusal. [Detroit News. | The following paragraph, which appeared in the News u short time ago, furnished the basis of tills information —a case that was So wonderfully re- ; markable that it,demanded further ex- I planation. It is of sufficient importance ; to the News’ readers to report it to them fully. It was so important then that it attracted oonsldeiablo attention at tho time. The following is the para- ; graph in question: “C. B. Northrop, for twenty-eight years one of the best known merchants on Woodward avenue, who was supposed to be dying last spring of locomotor ataxia, or creeping paralysis, has secured a new lease of life and returned to work at his store. The disease has always been supposed to be Incurable, but Mr. Northrop's condition is greatly improved, and It looks now as if the grave would be cheated of its prey." Since that time Mr. Northrop has , steadily improved not only in looks but in condition, till he has regained his old,time strength. It has been hinted to the writer of this article, who was acquainted with Mr. Northrop, that this miraculous change had been wrought by a very simple remedy called Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. When asked about it, Mr. Northrop fully verified the statement, and not only so but he had taken pains to inform any one who was suffering In a similar manner when he heard of any such case. Mr. Northrop was enthusiastic at the result in his own caee of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pllte. It was a remedy that he had heard of after he had tried everything he could hope to give him relief. He had been in the care of the best physicians, who did all they could to alleviate this terrible malady, but without any avail. He had given up hope, when a friend In Lockport, N. Y., wrote him of the case of a person there who bad been cured in similar circumstances by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The person cured at Lockport had obtained his information respecting Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills from an article published in the Hamilton, Ont., Times. The case was called “The Hamilton Miracle,” and told the story of a man in that city who, after almost incredible suffering, was pronounced by the most eminent physicians to be incurable and permanently disabled. He had spent hundred of dollars in all sorts of treatment and appliances only to be told in the end that there was no hope for him, and that cure was impossible. The person alluded to (Mr. John Marshall, of 25 Little William street, Hamilton, Ont.,) was a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance, and after having been pronounced permanently disabled and incurable by the physicians, was paid the SI,OOO disability insurance provided by the order for its members in such cases. For years Mr. MarshaU had been utterly helpless, and was barely able jo drag himself around his house with the aid of crutches. His agonies were almost unbearable and life was a burden to him, when at last relief came. Some months after he had been paid the disability claim he heard of Dr. Williams’ Pink PiUs and was induced to try them. The result was miraculous; almost from the outset an improvement was noticed, and in a few months the man that medical experts had said was incurable, was going about the city healthier and stronger than before. Mr. Marshall was so well known in Hamilton that all the city newspapers wrote up his wonderful recovery in detail, and it was thus, as before stated, that Mr. Northrop came into possession of the information that led to his equally marvelous recovery. One could scarcely conceive a case more hopeless than that of Mr. Northrop. His injury came about in this way: One day, nearly four years ago, he stumbled and fell the complete length of a steep flight of stairs which were at the rear of his store. > His head and spine were severely injured. He was picked up an<L, taken to his home. Creeping paralysis very soon developed itself, and in spite of the most strenuous efforts of friends and physicians the terrible affliction fastened itself upon him. For nearly two years he was perfectly helpless. He could do nothing to support ( his strength in the least effort. He bad t» be wheeled about in an invalid’s chair. He was weak, pale, and fast sinking when this timely information i came that veritably snatched his life from the jaws of death. Those, who at that time saw a feeble old man wheeled : into his store on an invalid's chair, would not recognize the man now, so great is the change that Dr, WiUiams' Pink Pills have wrought. When Mr. Northrop learned of the remedy that had cured Mr. Marshall in Hamilton, and the person In Lockport, he procured a supply of Dr. WiUiams’ Pink Pills through Messrs. Bassett <t L'Hommedieu, 95 Woodward avenue, and from the outset found improvement. He faithfully adhered to the use of the remedy until now he is completely restored. Mr, Northrop declares that there can be no doubt a&j to Pink Pills being the cause of his res-’f toration to health, as all other remedies ■ and medical treatment left him in a condition rapidly going from bad to; worse, until at last it was declared there I was no hope for him and he was pro- i nounced incurable. Ho was in this ter- I rible condition when he begah to use 1 Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and they have i restored him to health. Mr. Northrop was asked what was claimed for this wonderful remedy, and replied that he understood the proprietors claim it to be a blood builder and nerve restorer; supplying in a condensed form all the elements necessary to ehrich the blood, restore shattered nerves and drive out disease. It is claimed by the proprietors that Pink Pillp will cure paralysis, rheumatism, sciatica,: palpita-! tion of the heart, headache, and nil dis- i eases peculiar to females, loss of appe- | tite, dizziness, sleeplessness,.; loss of i memory, and all diseases arising from overwork, mental worry, loss of vital | force, etc. "I want to say," said Mr. Northrop, ' •that I don't have much faith in patent medicines, but I cannot say too much in praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The proprietors, however, claim that they are ; not a patent medicine in the sense in . which that term is used, but a highly i scientific preparation, the result of years of caretui study and experiment on the part ot the proprietors, and the I pills were successfully used in private practice for years before being placed for general sale." Mr. North-

rop declares that he is a living example that there is nothing to equal these J dlls as a cure for nerve diseases. On nqulry the writer found that these pills were manufactured by Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y., and Brookville, Ont., and the pills are sold in boxes inever in bulk by the hundred), at 50 cents a box, and may bo had of all druggists or dlreet by mall from J»r. Williams Medicine Co., from either above addresses. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatment with them comparatively inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. This case is one of the most remarkable on record, and as it is one right here in Detroit and not a thousand miles away, it can be easily verified. Mr. Northrop is very well known to the people of Detroit, and he says he is only too glad to testify of the marvelous good wrought in his case. He says he considers it his duty to help all who are similarly afflicted by any word ho can say in behalf of the wonderful efficacy of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Exit Stanley. Henry M. Stanley has had as lively a time in his race for Parliament as he ever had in forcing his unwelcome way across African territory against the vigorous protests of natives who naturally objected to his lawless invasion of their homes. Many of the electors of North Lambeth clearly did not like him or his pretensions, and when speaking he was often interrupted with such questions as: “How many niggers did you kill in Africa?” “Who hired you to conduct your marauding expeditions against innocent people, and for what purpose?” “Who killed King Coffee?” “Where arc you from, anyway?” etc. In his political venture Stanley has all along seemed aware of the fate in store for him. Boys daily roared after his carriage and yelled after him. The workingmen of Lambeth have shown him little consideration, and have exhibited an embarrassing familiarity with his exploits in Africa, where, according to his books, he indulged in a very large amount of promiscuous shooting of inoffensive “niggers,” appropriate enough, no doubt, to his character of traveler and explorer, but hardly in keeping with his attitude before the radical electors of Lambeth as a bumantarian who has conferred the blessings of civilization upon the dark continent. With a Bible in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other, his self-recorded piety and heroism in wiping out “niggers” and their homes have clearly not made a favorable im-. pression upon the workingmen of Lambeth. Stanley posing as an aristocrat and attempting to break Into Parliament is one of the absurdities of the political world. That he should be defeated is perfectly natural. Proving His Identity. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a kindhearted man as well as a great novellet. While he was consul at Liverpool a young Yankee walked into his office. The boy had left home to seek his forttune, but evidently hadn’t found it yet, although he had crossed the sea in his search. Homesick, friendless, nearly penniless, he wanted a passage home. The clerk said Mr. Hawthorne could not be seen, and Intimated that the boy was no American, but was trying to steal a passage. The boy stuck to his point, and the clerk at last went to the little room and said to Mr. Hawthorne: "Here’s a boy insists upon seeing you. He says he’s an American, but I know he isn’t" Hawthorne came out of the room and looked keenly at the eager, ruddy face of the boy, "You want a passage to America?” “Yes, sir.” "And you say you’re an American?" “Yes, sir." “From what part of America?" “United'States, sir.” “What State?” “New Hampshire, sir." “Town?” "Exeter, sir.” Hawthorne looked at him a minute before asking the next question. “Who sold the best apples in your town?" “Skim-milk Folsom, sir,” said the boy with glistening eyes, as the old familiar byword brought up the dear old scenes of home. “It’s all right," said Hawthorne to the clerk, “give him a passage.” Law Against Hypnotism. Belgium Is the first country to make hypnotizing an offense against the law of the land. The law recently approved by the Parliament iff Brussels is as follows: .. 1 1. Whoever exhibits an individual hypnotized by him or by another shall be punished by imprisonment for from two weeks to six months, and by a fine of $5 to S2OO. 2. Any person, not a physician, having hypnotized an individual under 21 years, or one not in full possession of his mental powers, shall be punished by a fine of $5 to S2OO, even when the hypnotized individual has not been exhibited publicly. 3. With imprisonment shall be punished, moreover, every person who, with the Intention of cheating, or otherwise injuring, causes a hypnotized individual to sign a paper containing a contract, disposition, obligation, release, or declaration or intention. The same punishment shall be inflicted, also, upon the person deriving benefit from such a paper. The Sea-Horse. Only three or four inches in length, -the sea-horse is more dignified than 'many large fishes, and, in addition to the distinction conferred upon it by its graceful stateliness, possesses the unique power of looking two ways at once. It is a dainty, pretty creature, with head shaped much like a horse. In color it is pale gray, dotted with tiny, scarcely visible, spots of blue, and small silver spangles. The dorsal tins are bordered and 1 ringed with gold, and the strong little prehensile tail, wound around some fixed object selected by the owner, supports him in an erect position in the most wonderful manner. Some Signs of Kain. When flies sting sharply, and ants may be seen making haste with their tiny burdens; when the donkeys bray unusually, and the cows cluster in corners of the fields before milking time; when the pigs pick up straws and carry them about with lively interest, as if they had some business with them, or wished to learn if straws really do show the way the wind blows; when the dog is heavy .with sleep, and the cat seems possessed to wash her face; when all or any of these signs are seen they are not In vain, for it is sure not to be a dry time and rain is on the way. A NEW carpet fastener consists of a pin woven 4n the under side ot the carpet near the edge, and a hook or catch secured to the floor. A twist of the •wrist is all that is necessary to secure the carpet to the hook, thereby rendering the use of tacks unnecessary.

The Banana, The banana Is only now beginning to be appreciated and will be much better iikdfl when people learn to cook this deliclouz fruit and prepare It for food as It is used in countries where the plant growa In the South, In Mexico and in the West Indies the banana Is fried like the sweet potato, is made into pies, is mashed up into paste and dried. Is preserved and in any and .every way Is good. There Is more nourishment in the banana than in the potato. The same land that will grow 1,000 pounds of potatoes has been proven by actual experiment capable of growing 44,000 pounds of bananas. Even new this fruit is cheap, but ten years from now bananas will be universally eaten in the United States and will furnish a ueliclous substitute on the family table for the potato.—The Housekeeper. A Famous K<>< kln< Stone. In England "rocking stones” are called "loggans” or “logganstones,” and have been known since early times. One of the most remarkable of these poised stones in the world is now lying evenly balanced on top of Tandll Mountain, in South America. It is twcntv-four feet high, thirty feet long, and weighs twenty-five tons. A man can move it with one finger; even the wind is said to sway it to and fra John A. Smith. Ligonier. Ind., had been suffering from severe backache caused, physicians told htm. by chronic kidney trouble, and was all broken down in health. He began using Swamp-Root and is now able to do a good day's work and considers himself a well man again. Swamp-Root did the business. He considers it by far the best remedy he has ever used for Kidney Disease. Simeon Duck’s Sevens. Mr. Simeon Duck, of Victoria, B. C., is a seventh son of a seventh son. In 1867 he left London on the seventh day of the seventh month and arrived in this country on the seventh day of the following month at 7 o’clock in the morning. When he put up his name for member ot the British Columbian Parliament ho was elected by a majority of exactly seven votes. At| the election following he was defeated by the same mythical number. Are You In Poor Health? Write To-Day. The INDIANA MINERAL SPRINGS, near Attica. Warren County, Indiana, on the main line of the great Wabash Railroad, offers seekers after health combined with pleasure, everything that the heart could wish. A $150,900 hotel, a bath-house, steamheated. electric-lighted, elegantly furnished, intelligently managed, and the use of the wonderful MAGNETIC MINERAL MUD and WATEB BATHS, are a few of the attractions at a small expense. The surroundings are delightful and great physical benefit is sure to be derived from a visit to this noted resort. WRITE TO-DAY for a beautifully illustrated book, that will tell you all about it. It will be mailed free to any person. who will mention the name of this caper and send their address to F. Chandler, Gen. Pass. Agt. Wabash Railroad, St. Louis. Mo. A Mistaken Idea. "That cat made an awful noise in the back garden last night” “Yea, lather. I thing that since he ate the canary he thinks he can sing.”— London Tid-Bits. Ona readers will remember the particulars of some remarkable cures published some weeks ago in these columns. These articles attracted widespread attention, for the reason that medical science had hitherto held that the diseases In question were Incurable In this issue will be found the particulars of another equally remarkable case, the person who thus miraculously recovered being one of the best-known merchants of Detroit, Mich. The article appears under the heading “A Detroit Miracle," and is worth a careful perusal. As long as a man is kept busy for God, the devil never knows just how to get at him. The man who lives to help other people will soon have other people living to help him. An Important Difference. To make it apparent to thousands, who think themselves ill, that .they are not affected with any disease, but that the system simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort homo to their hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured bv the California Fig Syrup Co. Confidence. Owner —Now, Jack, remember, I want you to win that race at any cost Jockey—Count on me, boss. I’ll cross the finish a winner if 1 have got to get off an’ carry the horse mvself. The evils of malarial disorders, fever, weakness, lassitude, debility and prostration are avoided by taking Beecham’s Pills. Real Imitation* Perdita—ls that imitation lace? Penelope—Yes, real imitation. Mamma brought it from abroad. —New York Herald. The Deadly Gan* of Pneumonia may be warded off with Bale's Honey of Horehound and Tar .... riKE’a Toothache DrofsCutc in one Minute. If we had to be jtiaged by one another the gates of Heaven would remain closed forever.

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