Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1893 — Page 3

’ A CHILD ENJOYS The pleasant flavor. gentle action end I ■oottung effects of Byruu of Figs, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother be oostlve or bilious, the most gratifying results follow Its use: so that It Is the best family remedy known, and every family should nave a bottle on Band. An Apt Pupil. Mr. Pullemln—l made a pad mistake wilt buying dose goots. I bays too much. Little fifin—Th’ teacher say ve must profit by our meest&kos. Mr. Pullemln—lsh dot zo? Veil, I got dem Insured.— Exchange. Winter Tourist Ratos. Bates lower than usual to all points in Florida and the South, In effect from all points on or vis the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton R. K. D. G. Edwards. General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, O. "A GOOD name Is better than riches,” as the forger remarked when he attached the name of a millionaire to a heavy check. Saxby’s Query to Ingersoll. This beautiful song, (words and musio. regular sheet music size.) will be mailed to any one enclosing 6 cents in stamps to . D. G. Edwards. General Passenger (Agent 0., H. & D. R. 8.. Cincinnati. Ohio. A GOOD name may be better than precious ointment, but the latter is the better remedy for chapped hands. DrSPKPSia. impaired digestion, wonk stomach, and constipation will be instantly relieved by Beecham's Pills 25 cents a box. LOVERS are fond of star-gazing because of Its sigh-dear-cal suggestions. Why so hoarse? Use Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup. AU druggists, 26c. It Is a great day for the small boy when he can whistle for himself and wear his brother's pantaloons. STTBI AU Ota -topped tr.e by Dr. Kill tf* Greet Nerve Restorer. Ko fltv alter flrat day’s ««. Marveltux cures. Tnatl.esnd *I.OO trial butt e few to Fit cases. Bend to Dr. Kline. 831 Arch St. PbUa.. Pa. Why must logic have legs?—Because it stands to reason. ! A FAITHFUL SENTINEL V GUARDING ONI of Unclji Sam’s PORTALS BJBLATEB BIS EXPERIENCE. World's Dispxksaby Medical Association: Dear Sire— From early childhood I have suffered from a sluggish liver with all the dte«companylng such a companion, rreecriptlone and patent medicines d in abundance; they only afforded relief. I was reoomsneeded to try 's Pleasant Pellets, I did so, taking light and two after dinner every o weeks. I then reduced the doee to eye -reuet'' every day and continued tbie Pierce—cure OB MONEE BETCRNEDu : practice for two mouths. I have in six months mcreaaed in solid flesh, twenty-six pounds. I am in better health than I have been since Childhood. Drowsiness and unpleasant feelings after meals have completely disappeared. Respectfully yours,

U. 8. Inspector of Immigration.* WEAK AMD NERVOUS. Sleepless Nights, All Unstrung. But Groveland, N. T. Mv U. lU9. De. Kilmer * Co., Binghamton, N. T. Gentlemen:—Last March I differed very bag with heart and kidney JT trouble. After using f \ two bottle, of your jf X Swamp-Root I bell g ■ 1\ gan to improve and I n k eirt® u now feel uke anotber W « f person. I do not I have those terrible Pains hi ay Back 1 and across ray kidneys. My food doe. not distress me, I have a good appetite and sleep well nights; something I have not done in a long time. Now I do not bar. that tired dragging feeling that I used to have before taking yout medicine. After Utting down awhile and getting on my feet 1 would have to stand and steady myself before t could place one foot before the other on account of the pain across my back and kidneys. Swamp-Root Cured Mo. I was troubled with constipation very much, but your medicine bas regulated my bowel, which were in a bad condition. I will willingly answer any one who will write to me. Mrs. William Teter. At Druggists, SO eents and SI.OO Size. -Invalid.’ Gold, to Health” Irea—Ootmltatlon frea Dr. Kilmer A Co., - Binghamton. N. Y. NICKHpATE? H.dWljMit.Cliicag^jtl, ()u j s R i R i SOLID THROUGH TRAINS -=sRATES. THROUGH SLEEPING CARS between Chicago’ Buffalo, New York and Borton. SUPERB DINING CARS, Cuisine Unrivaled. Per rates or othrr information, call on nearest Ticket Agent, or address A. W. JOHNSTON, B. F. HORNER, Gen’l Superintendent. Gen’l raa-easer GgeuL CLEVELAND. 0. ELY’S CATARRH CREAM BALM Cleanses t e CO\Jg Nasal Passages. fjEAtJ Allays Pain and W|>.v,f£VEߣ), 4 jfl Inflammation, Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. > TRY HAVTMvES A particle Is applied Into each noarrfl and j* i la 1888, my son, suffered very much from Cancel of the mouth. By advice of physicians, an operation was performed, extending from the jawbone, which __theyscraped ih'vs REMOVES S.W Finally, after trying many remedies In vain, I commenced to give him & S. S.; after seven bottles had been taken the cancer dis- — -assusa appeared entirslyand though ft BMft ED 7 years have lapsed, there UANuEII t?’ be ’". n 2 return, and I have every lesson to believe that he is permanently cured, Hu cure is due exclusively to S.S.S. . J. R. Murdock, Huntsville, Ala. Treatise ea Blood snd Skin Dlksws Mailed Free. SWIT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ba. ■ GENTS WARTED ON SALARY •••• fl or commission to handle the New Patent Chemi A- J tiV.. ■ 'a,, ‘e’: h ' .

RUSKIN'S "EXPERIMENTS.” tome Were Rather Kxpenaive, But All Were Instinctive. Ruskin's father left him half a dozen houses in Marylebone, one of the wealthy districts of London, but one which contains also many poor people. Ruskin thought that if ho accepted his rents he ought to be a good landlord. Kents in that loca tlon paid the' landlords twelve per cent on their capital He was contented with five. In return he cared for his tenants, and gave them habitable dwellings, recreation, and long leases. One of his "experiments" was a tea-store. He had written so much about the possibility of carrying on honest retail trade that he felt bound to ’prove that it was practicable. Adulterated tea of the most pernicious quality was. sold to the London poor. Ruskin opened a corner tea-store in Marylebone in which to sell the unadulterated leaf to all comers. No advertisements, no self-recom-mendation. no catch-penny tricks of trade were allowed. The only attraction to draw in customers was the window decked with fine old china brought from Italy. Art alone should aid business. The business prospered with legitimate, not extortionate, profits. Ruskin believed that cleanliness is indeed "next to godliness.” He advanced from Lord Bacon’s idea, that reverence to God begot cleanliness of body, to the assertion that "the speedy abolition of all abolishable filth is the first process of education.” He exemplified his idea by undertaking to keep certain streets, between the British Museum and St. Giles’s, cleaner than the public seemed to care for. The work began by Ruskin’s taking the broom for a start, and by his putting on his own gardener as a foreman over three sweepers. These swept for eight hours daily, "to show a bit of our London streets kept as clean as the deck of a ship of the line.” The idealist of the nineteenth century did his best to show Londoners—slightly to change good George Herbert's lines—that he Who sweeps a street as for Thy laws, Makes that anyth’ action fine. Then this most unpractical man, who wanted to be the guide of those "worth having in any way—of temper to make good growth of,” said to the undergraduates of Oxford, “Dig.” He had noticed a very bad bit of road not far from the macadamized streets of the university town. It was nobody’s business to mend it, and carts and pedestrians’were constantly bemired. He sent for his gardener Downs, the foreman of the streetsweepers, laid in a steqk of picks and shovels, took lessons in Stone-break-ing himself, and then called on the X”Y ——A— —. 1 MA.MMzIZ. M. A— A MM MM m! to L. to * “*—— to —

Oxford students to spend their recreation times in doing something useful by mending the bad road. They responded. Picks 'were broken, and time was lost sufficient to make a regular contractor tear his hair; but the farmers had agood road, and the students learned a good lesson in the art of helping those who do not help themselves. MANLY RETALIATION. Here's • Little Story with » Very Large Moral. A few weeks ago, a lady accompanied by a sturdy boy was seen to stand before a famous painting in a European art gallery. It represented ; the dying Richelieu, with a face as cold and hard as in the days of his strength, a soul of steel in a body of ice, lying in his barge, scarcely strong enough to move; while towed behind in another boat were the two state prisoners, Cinq Mars and De« Thou, whom he was dragging to their execution. “It is a picture of revenge,” the lady said, in reply to the questions i of the boy. “I would not be that’ Richelieu for all the satisfcvction this | world can give No passion of the ; human heart promises so much as re- ( venge and pays so little ” A. gentleman near by overheard the ! remark. He rose suddenly to his | feet, and walked nervously down the i hall. Two years before he had been grievously wronged by a neighbor, and now revenge was within his reach. At that time he had begun building a house, and when the walls were up and the framing of the roof in place, he was informed by the man ; who owned the adjoining property] that the new house was six inches on j his land. The nentleman offered to pay hand-1 somely for the few inches that he bad , built upon by mistake. The owner refused to sell. He said that his ; plans were made for occupying the whole lot, and for no consideration would he part with the six inches. The gentleman could do nothing else than tear down the encroaching side of his house. This was done, and the wall a moved back twelveinches instead of six. A year later the owner of the ’ neighboring property erected his! house,and placed his wall just against I that of the finished building. Os. course this wall was then on the land 1 of the first builder, who intended ■ .making no remonstrance until the ' house was finished, furnished, and ■ occupied. This very day the work was com-, Dieted, and he had stopped in * the 1 quiet of the art gallery to spend the' hour before his intended cail. The woman’s word’s about the picture, meant for the ears of her child alone, stirred the latent manliness of the man. “I would not be that Richelieu for all the satisfaction this world can give,” he repeated over and over to himself as be hurried into the outside air. Nevertheless he made his intended visit, and informed the obdurate man why he had come. The victim was speechless with rage, and waited for > the doom he expected to hear. In-1 stead, the gentleman handed him a deed to the six inches of ground, saying: "1 have no wish that you should be put to any expense; I make you a present of that six-inch strip,”— Youth’s Companion. Hat Umbrella. Thb Corean does not have the trouble of carrying his umbrella in bis hand. It Is like an ordinary umbrella in shape, only it has no handle and la smaller, it is made ot oiled 1

paper, and is worn on'ifce head over the hat. . v -’ The Origin of Bread-Making. It seems incredible that nothing should be inown of the early history of the commonest article of food. But there Is no record which tells where wheat and corn were first ground and made Into bread. Where did whept grow originally? Egyptian monuments show no ago when grain was not in use, and tbe Swiss lake dwellers, wty> flourished thousands of years ago, were agriculturalists. The ancient Romans and Greeks thought that the lirst member of the human race lived on acorns. Until quite recent times, the inhabitants of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia lived on acorns and chestnuts. Most modern stomachs demand wheat bread, though rye is also extensively used. Maize, or Indian corn, is indigenous to the American soil, and it must have been a novelty to the early European discoverers. The Norsemen, who visited this continent several centuries before Columbus reported that wheat grew wild here, but they probably meant maize. The traditions and legends of all races of men attribute the origin of agriculture to various heroes and divinities. The Greeks had their harvest home,, and the ancient people of South American countries also observed the same festival. Grains of wheat and corn have been found in wrappings of Egyptian mummies. Indeed, there is no land whose inhabitants do not have in one form or another a story purporting to explain the beginning of agricultural pursuits/and hence the genesis of bread-makiug. Wanted to Buy a Wife. A story is told of the first white woman who journeyed through New Mexico. She was the wife of a German on bis way to the mining regions to seek his fortune. As the first white woman whom .the savages had ever seen, she naturally made a great impression by her comeliness. Several of the principal chiefs followed the train of wagons for same days for the privilege of gazing on the woman’s beautiful white face. One of them, a Comanche chief, expressed a wish to buy the white squaw, "How much you take?” he asaed the German, pointing to his wife. “My wife is not for saje,” replied f the German, supposing that the matI ter wap only a joke. , “Me give two buffalo skins,” said the savage, \o whom that seemed a price not to be refused. “No,” retorted th® Gernan, more seriously. “Me give three,” said the chief, •igood skins.” Then the white man peremptorily bb b. A b~l AL. bb bb Z. — —'— z 3 Mb zt ZV — Z"l WT* Zb T

refused the offer, and ordered the Indian to be gone. It is said that the German felt somewhat anxious lest his “better hair’ should be stolen from him, and he declared that if he succeeded in getting to Santa Fe with her he 1 would never again run such a risk, or give any Indian a chance to tempt him with three buffalo skins. A Story of Count D’Orsay. A story going the rounds is one told of the famous Count d’Orsay. On the occasion of his first visit to England, while he was very young, very hapdsome, and not easily disconcerted, he chanced to be seated at I dinner next to the brilliant and I singular Lady Holland. That remarkable and many-sided woman was in, as it happened, one of her imperious humors, and her young neighbor soon felt it? weight. She dropped her napkin; the Count picked it up gallantly; then her fan, then her fork, then her glass, and ' as often her neighbor stooped and restored the lost article. At last, j however, the patience of the youth ; gave way, and on her dropping her j napkin again, he turned and called ' one of the footmen behind him. “Put ■my plate on the floor,” said he. “I I will finish my dinner there; it will be ;so much more convenient to my ; Lady Holland.”—New xork Times. — How “Ben Hur” Came to Be "Written A great many versions have' been given as to how Gen. Lew Wallace came to write - Ben Hur.” The Gen eral is the best authority on the subject and this is what he said the I other day in New York City: “1 i just sat down and wrote ‘Ben Hur’ ! and that is all. I had no vision, no I dream, and was urged to do it by no ] necromantic or romantic inspiration, i My intention at first was to make a , serial story and it grew into a novel. . and I have not regretted it lam ! now (i» years old, but I shall not rest You see, I have become so accustomed to work that 1 cannot quit it” A Substitute for Coffee. In the Island of Reunion is a plant - known as the wild orange, which produces a fruit green at first, after- ' ward bluish, and verging into purple ■as it ripens. This has been tested ■ and found to make a beverage in i every way equal to coffee, and at a ' much lower price. The product is I called “mussaenda,” and it can be ' used alone or mixed with pure coffee. |lt is announced that about 24,000 j acres of this plant are now being cultivated, It is most likely, however, t I that chicory,-more than coffee, will suffer from the introduction of “mas saenda.” Bainbow Colors. Many people whose memory is not their strong point, use odd systems ol mnemonics. One of these is the phrase “by vigor,’ as an aid in recalling the names"of the primary or rainbow colors. Put down the word v-i-g-o-r, with the b-y in the center, and divide the whole with the letter g, and you will ever after have the I colors of conveuanted bow” | indelibly engraved upon your mom ory. Thus; Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red. An Old Custom. A pretty old cu tom, somet mes revived n this day, was that of setting rings w th tiny ..ewels wh ch ent rely encircle the anger instead of as usual only form ng a sort of a crown. One g ven by a scion of an old fam ly to h s betrothed is now worn, by the y granddaughter, and is a . sight band lof gold wh ch is sunken a full c.r ' ole ot Bmatl but perfect pearla

Sell-Contained Electric Locomotive*. The new plan for railroads brought forward in France is the subject of much comment. fiThe system aims to combine the features of greatest value In electric and steam motors for railway lines—a system which, as claimed in the account given, can be adopted anywhere without change of track or rolling stock. The electric current is to drive the wheels, but is not to be conveyed from stationary machines along tbe line, and is generated on the train, the locomotive being simply a traveling electric plant A steam engine at tbe rear of the locomotive works tbe generating dynamo, this furnishing current to a small motor placed on each axle of the locomotive, and, also, when it Is desirable to extend the system further, to a motor on each axle of the cars. The absurdity of converting tbe steam into electricity before using the power t is declared to be only apparent; and the double loss in thus using the energy of the fuel is more than offset by the gain in applying rotary power direct to the axles, avoiding slipping of the rails, and maxing unnecessary the connecting rods, cranks and wheels, whose jar and friction übsord a great part of the motive force. The new locomotive is said to give exact regulation of power and an increase of speed per hour, fifty-six to sixty-two miles, without change of roadbed. m-W ’ < Diplomatist and Caterer's Tout. A frequenter of one of the leading clubsof the capital, a member of the diplomatic corps and a financier by natural instinct, augments hie salary by aeting ae a medium between his fashionable friends and the tradespeople of his acquaintance. Tire diplomat has established himself in this business, which for several years has been profitable alike to himself, the caterers and jthe florists. At the beginning of each season he enters into a formal agreement with several of the leading caterers and confectioners to use his social influence in obtaining for them the custom of the wealthy contingent ! of his acquaintance in whom ball-giv-ing propensities are likely to develop. On all orders received a heavy percentage is exacted.—Washington. All Day at the De<k. Even In the strongest constitutions the stock of vitality is not inexhaustible. All day at the desk, without a due modicum of out-of-door calculated to pump the inherent i vigor out of a healthy man or woman with as much certainty as water is pumped out of a [ ship’s hold by a donkey engine. Application to business is praiseworthy,of course, but this may be overdone. Expand your lungs, stretch your limbs with vigorous exercise occasionally, and above all, if you find that overwork has 1 made inroads upon health, try a course of Hostettgr’B Stomach Bitters, which stimulates digestion and regulates the bowels, liver and system generally. It is the king of tonics, and possess qualities which, say physicians, commend it to the use of invalids in general. Beneficial in malarial, rheumatic, kidney and nervous complaints.

■ Kindness. In the intercourse of social life, it is i by little acts of watchful kindness re- ! curring daily and hourly—and oppor- • trinities of doing kindnesses if sought j for are foiAaver starting up—it is by , words, by tones, by gestures, by looks. that affection is won and preserved. He who neglects these trifles, yet boasts that, whenever a great sacrifice is called for, he shall be ready to make it, will rarely be loved. The likeli--3 hood is, he will not make it; and if he does, it will be rather for his i own sake than for his neighbor’s.— , Sala. State or Ohio, Cm or Toixno, I t Lucas County. j ■ Frank J. Chznkt mskei oath that he la the 1 senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chknby & Co., doing buaineas in the City of Toledo, County ■ and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay 1 the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each 3 and every case of Catarrh that cannot be curaj . by the use of Hall's Catarrh Curb. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my I presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. ~A. W, GLEASON, i 4 BBAL. > Jiotarv Public. 1 r—’ . Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and 1 acte directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a 1 xarSold by Druggists, 75 j Wanted It In Advance. t Poet—Can I see the editor? [ Office Boy—Yes, if you will give me > a dime. j Poet—l will when I come out. Office Boy —Yes, but .you won’t have time then. —Truth. 1 It is well to get clear of a Cold the I first week, but it is much safer to , rid yourself ot it the first forty-eight hours • —the proper remedy for the purpose being Dr. D. Jane’s Expectorant , A Cinch. [ “What a very fortunate Mrs. > Tipper is! Her husband never spares ; expense in gratifying her every wish.” “Is he so very rich?” "No; but Mrs. Tipper is one of those enviable people who can have hysterics 1 at will.”—Puck. > FOR BRONCHIAL. ASTHMATIC AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS. ’’Brown’s flronckial Troches" have remarkable eurakive properties. Sold only in boxes, I - • A claret punch—A prize fight. ; Sra “Colchester" Spading Boot ad. In ] ttbar column. A hub-bub— A Boston boy.

HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES Wtf ■ llld Pains in the Back and kidney trouble caused me four years of Buffering. Was helpless when I commenced to P take Hood’s Banapar.Ha* An improvement was quickly noticed and I continued taking Hood's Sarsaparilla till now my back Is strong and I am tn perfect health. I think no one can praise Hood’s Sarsaparilla M mnob as it will praise itself." John SaxTon, Scottdale, Pa. Get only Hood’s HOOd’S Pills are the beat after-dinner rate, assist dictation, cure beadache.

Don’t Forget BAKING POWDER that makes the delicious biscuit, griddle cake and doughnut Knowledge. Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite: sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; sometimes to enable them to obtain the victory of wit and contradiction, and sometimes for lucre and.possession; but seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift or reason for the benefit and use of man. as if they were sought in knowledge a eouch where- , updn to rest a searching and restless spirit or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind, to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a -tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort on commanding grotffid for strife or contention, or a shop for profit and sale, and not a rich storehouse' for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate.—Bacon. Life. As the pleasures of the future will be spiritual and pure, the object of a good and wise man in this transitory state of existence, should be to fit himself for a better hy controlling the unworthy propensities of his nature and improving all his better aspirations, to do his duty first to God, then to his neighbor, to promote the happiness and welfare of those who are in any degree dependent upon him, or whom he has the means of assisting, never wantonly to injure the meanest 'hing that lives, to encourage, aS far as he may have the power, whatever is useful and tends to refine and exalt humanity, to store his mind with such knowledge as it is fitted to receive and he is able to attain: and so to employ the talents committed to his care that when the account is required, he may hope to have his stewardship approved. —Southey. Express Cars Guarded in Maine. A strange sight in these days of peace is that witnessed on the Pullman trains east or west from Waterville. When the train comes to a stop a man appears from the baggage car with a Winchester repeating rifle in his hand and takes a tour of the express car.

He looks under, over and on top of it, I to make sure there is no one seeking 1 ■ i to make entrance to the American F,x?ress Company’s valuable freight. ( 'his man with the rifle is not its only , , guard. There are two men ii\the car with the most improved Smith & Wesson revolvers in a belt, which they are obliged to wear upon duty. —Lewiston , Journal. ~ Surprise In a Cyclone Fit. Some years ago, in 1883-4, quite a i number of persons dug “cyclone pits” i near their houses. Luckily, they have . had no occasion to use these. Near Louisburg, Jack Adams has one of these pits, and a few days ago, thinking a cyclone was approaching, he sent , his wife and children into the pit. A highland moccasin, a very poisonous j snake, had his home in the pit and bit ] one of the children. Prompt and lib- , eral doses of whisky saved the child’s life. —Raleigh (N. C.) News. “Points” in the stock market are probably so called because speculators generally get stuck on them.

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A Maine Hermit, A Waterville hermit gets well down to the limit of subsistence for ho lives on mush and molasses almost exclusively. He cooks his mush in a big kettle and his method is the beau ideal of simplicity. Gradually layers of mush harden and stick to the kettle's sides. Succeeding accretions at last nearly fill the cavity and then the hermit has a festal day of purification. He cants the kettle over the fire and “burns her out.” Then we're ready for more of the dietary mush. China Hermit Goddard also cooked all of his curious compounds in a kettle, but he kept it passably Olean. The China hermit, however, wore no pants unless on strictiv dress occasions, and therefore stands the unique and unapproachable even by the Waterville misanthrope of mush, molasse,s, and moody mortification. —Lewiston Journal. Falcons Better Than Homing Pigeons. The experiments of ( olonel Smoilon of the Russian army, with falcons as carriers of dispatches have proved successful and the Russian army hereafter will employ them in preference to the ordinary “homing” birds.. The Colonel has found that the falcon can carry 1,640 grams without diminishing its rate of speed, which is considerable greater than that of the pigeon. The falcons, he says, are less likely to fall prey to other biras, as they arc better fighters than the pigeons. It is on record, according to the officer, that a falcon once flow from the Canary Islands to the estates of tbe Duke of Larina, Spain. Itseems highly probable that the falcon will become the servant of other European armies.—New York Tribune. The Number 13 a Good Omen. In Judaism, as shown by Dr. Goldfahn, the number thirteen is a symbol of good omen. For instance, the mercy of God is promised in thirteen expressions, thirteen young steers were sacrificed on the firatday Sukkoth, thirteen years is the age of religious majority, Mainmonides wrote thirteen articles of belief. According to the Mishpah, in the sanctuary in Jerusalem there ' were thirteen money boxes, thirteen ■ horns of plenty, thirteen tables, thirteen prostrations. Friday, too, ih ■ Judaism is not unlucky. On Friday i man was created and blessed by God. Hence the Talmud calls Friday a day : of blessing. ! The Handwriting on the Walk ’ It would probably surprise the Amer- ’ ican manufacturer to look through the ’ London city directory and see the J names enrolled,, there of American ’ firms who are represented here. The ’ Englishman is the most conservative man on earth: however, they are gradually realizing that America is already king in much which she pro- ! duces; and we believe, although of course they jrillnot own it. that right down in bottom of their hearts they see the time is coming and not far distant when America, from a comi mercial stand point, will be the all- . supreme power on earth.—Hardware. i —— I, Limit of *in Trees. I Elm, 300 years; ivy, 335 years; maple, • ' 516 years; larch, 576 years, orange, 630

years; cypress, 800 years; olive, 800 years: walnut, 900 years; Oriental plane, 1,000 years; lime, 1,100 years; spruce, 1,200 years; oak, 1,500 years; cedar, 2,000 years; yew, 3,200 years. The way in which the ages of these trees have been ascertained leaves no doubt of its correctness’ —New York Times.

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