Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1897 — Page 3

1,340,000 CONSTANT WEARERB. DOUGLAS $0 SHOE 0 BEST IK THE WORLD. ® Kor 14 rear* this •W.bj m*n talon*, haa Ot»r«nc«d all competitors. . b)r OT ” 1.000000 wraiar* *• tlt« l>e*t lu *tvl*. lit and of \v. i- iioigcas. llrsektea, Msu.

Merit Wins.

The invention of Alabastine marked a new era in wall coatings, nnd from the standpoint of the building owner was a most important discovery. It has from a small beginning branched out into every country of the civilized world. The name ‘‘kalsomine’’ has beoome so offensive to property owners that manufacturers of cheap kalsomine preparations are now calling them by some other name, and attempting to sell on the Alabastine company's reputation. Through extensive advertising and personal use, the merits of the durable Alabastine are so thoroughly known that the people insist on getting these goods and will take no chance of spoiling their wulls for a possible saving of at the most but a few cents. Thus it is again demonstrated that merit wins, and that manufacturers of first-class articles will be supported by the people.'

A Rat that Made Itself a Ship.

A rat was recently caught alive on board a British naval vessel in a trap, and the beast was thrown from the trap into the water without being killed. A large gull that was following In the wake of the ship to pick up scraps of food thrown # overboard by the steward stopped several times, endeavoring to pick the rat up. Once the bird got too close to the rat’s Jaws and the beast grabbed It by the neck. After a short tight the rat succeeded in killing the bird. When the gull was dead the rat scrambled upon the bird’s body, and, hoisting one wing as a sail, and using the other as a rudder, succeeded in steering for the shore. Whether the ra t reached shore or not Is a question, since the ship soon got out of sight of the skipper and Its craft.

A Strange Freak of Nature.

We hope to sell 1,000,000 packages Golden Rind Watermelon, the most wonderful freak of nature—smooth, 6ldny, yellow rind, crimson flesh, delicious! It’s sensational. Took 500 first prizes in 1896. You must have It to be in the swim. Melons go like wild tire at SI.OO apiece. We paid S3OO for one melon! SIOO prizes for earliest melon —ripened in 1890 in 41 days. Lots of money made in earliest vegetables. Salzer’s seeds produce them. Thirtyflte earliest sorts, postpaid, sl. Send This Notice and 15 Cents for a Package of Golden Rind and wonderful seed book, 146 big pages, to John A. Sateer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. C. N. U.

The Joke Was On Them.

Having summoned liis friends and neighbors to an outdoor beef roast, a Greensbufy Point (Md.) doctor, after his beef had been praised, informed his guests that lie had fed them on nu eight-mouth-old colt to dispel prejudice.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous.

Interested in the Concern.

“I hear that Jigson holds quite a responsible position, and that he is financially interested in the concern he is with.” “Yes; they owe him six months’ salary.”—Judy.

No-to-Bac for Fifty Cents.

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tA WOMAN’S BODY. What Its Neglect Leads to. Mrs. Ohas. King's Experience. A woman’s body is the repository of the most delicate mechanism in the whole realm of creation, and yet most women will let it get out of order and keep out of order, just as if it were of no consequence. Their backs ache and heads throb and hey have wandering pains, now here and iere. They experience extreme lassitude, n t-care and want-to-be-left-alone feeling, lility, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessid the bines, yet they will go about their mtil they can scarcely stand'on their poor l feet, and do nothing to help themselves. These are the positive fore-runners of serious womb complications, and unless given immediate attention will result in untold misery, if not death. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will, beyond the question of a doubt, relieve all this trouble before it becomes serious, and it has cured many after their troubles had become chronic. The Compound should be taken immediately upon the appearance of any of these symptoms above enumerated. It is a vegetable tonic which invigorates and stimulates the entire female organism, and will produce the same beneficial results in the case of any sick woman as it did with Mbs. Chas. King, 1815 Rosewood St., Philadelphia, Pa., whose letter we attach: “ I write these few lines, thanking you for restoring my health. Fer twelve years I suffered with pains impossible to describe. I had bearing-down feelings, backache, burning sensation in my stomach, chills, headache, and always had black specks before my eyes. I was afraid to stay alone, for I sometimes had four and five fainting spells a day. I had several doctors and tried many patent medicines. Two years ago I was sc bad that I had to go to bed and have a trained nurse. Through her, I commenced to take Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, and I never had anything give me the relief that it has. I have taken eight bottles* and am now enjoying the best of health agaitfL ] can truthfully say it has cured me.”

LOST APPETITE.

j COULD NOT EAT THE MOST TEMPTING DISHES. - Mamy Days Without Any Food at All —Can Eat Fonr Square Meals s Day Bow-The Cause of the Change. Fi-om the lea er. election* Ohio. For the restoration of an appetite which has been impaired or lost through sickness, no remedy can compare in effeetive--ness with Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. Among the many who can offer testimony to this particular property of Dr. \\ illiams’ Pink Pills is George Marshall Jr., who lives at No. 19 Norwich street, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Marshall is a news agent on the Lake Shore and Michigan isouthern Railroad, and his territory extends from Cleveland to Toledo. Like thousands of others who owe their health and vigor to Dr. Williams’ Pink Fills, Mr. Marshall never hesitates to sing their praises. In his case it was necessary to use only a few boxes of the pilla to restore him to the full possession of bodily health. His digestive organs had become almost useless through a long and serious illness, but in a surprisingly brief perwd, through the agency of this wonderful medicine, they were capable of again performing their functions in a reguar manner. In narrating his experience Mr. Marshall said: “Last spring I was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism, and mv entire system was affected. To relieve‘the suffering it was necessary to paint me with iodine. After three months’ treatment I became convalescent, but the attack had sapped my strength and left me extremely weak and feeble. I could scarcely lift an arm or a leg. This weakness permeated m.v entire system, and applied as well to my stomach and digestive apparatus as to my limbs. I soon discovered that I had lust my appetite almost as completely as though I never had one. I bad no desire whatever to partake of any nourishment, and the natural result was that my convalescence was extremely slow, and my parents feared that I wag going to suffer a relapse or fall prey to another ailment on account of my debilitated condition. “Many a day I would not take any nourishment, and whenever I did the quantity was too insignificant to materially hasten my improvement. I became alarmed, as did my parents, and one day my mother suggested the purchase of some of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for me. They had been recommended to her by a neighbor who regarded Ahem as nothing abort of miraculous, and dwelt so enthusiastically on their excellent qualities that mother was persuaded to try them. There is not much more to tell now, for I don’t look like a man who cannot eat three or four square meals a day, do I? “Three boxes of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills fixed me up souud as a dollar, and they will do the same for anyone else, I urn sure. It was not long after I begun to use the pills that I could feel myself improving. My strength began to return and so did my appetite, and I was on the road again in a short time. That is my experience, and I am glad to give it for the benefit of others who may have lost their appetites through'sickness.” Dr. \\ illiams’ Pink Pills for Pale People contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all -forms of weakness. In men they effect ft radical cure ill all cases arising from mental worry. overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of nil druggists, or direct by mail fiom Dr. W 11 am*’ Mediciite Company, Schenectady, N. Y.

European Peanuts.

Peanuts grow In large quantities on the northwest coast of Africa, but are known there as ground nuts. They are dug up by the natives and bartered with the European traders for merI'hauAW, *tv., ftt mmiy planaa on the Gambia River, and afterward shipped in steamer loads to European ports, principally to Marseilles. The nuts are uot roasted for retail sale, as lu this country, hut crushed and a flue oil extracted, which is valuable commercially.

State of Onio, City of Toledo, i Lucas County. (**• Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of ONE HI7NDRED DOLLAKB for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catahhh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, tills 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. •1 an., I A. W. GLEASON. 1 _ L 1 Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure ts taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. fSfSold by Druggists, 75c.

"Would Adapt Him.

A theatrical manager had considerable trouble with his star actor, wlic was constantly meeting with accidents or falling sick. One day, as the story goes, the star was hurt in a boiler explosion. When the manager heard of it he remarked to his agent: “I am sick of this sort of thing. AdvertlHfe him, as usual, and add that we intend bringing out a new piece, in which the great star, Mr. D —, will appear in several parts.” Whiskers that are prematurely gray or faded should be colored to prevent the look of age, and Buckingham’s Dye excels all others in coloring brown or black. There are 8(50 mountains In the United States which have a height exceeding ten thousand feet. The greatest number is in Colorado and Utah. We will forfeit SI,OOO if any of our published testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PISO CO.. Warren. Pa.

SYMPATHY. are as harps that vibrate to a touch From stranger hands, unconscious of the strings, \ VShile the soul’s slumbering echoes wake to life T And through its halls responsive misicj rings. T Few are the Davids to these harps \l ■ ours! Few learn the ctianing of the instnAl -- ment; i And those to whom the gift has been 1 denied Are oftenest those with whom our lives are spent. But God s large gift of Love is showered around. Let us l>e thankful, Earth were too like Heaven, If, with the power of loving deep and long, \ That other gift of sympathy wef» given. —Hamilton Aide.

A TERRIBLE TEMPER.

“If there is anything especially obnoxious to me,” avowed Miss Murphy, In solemn conclusion, “it is interference with the affairs of others; but in this case I said to myself, ’Duty, Mary Anne Murphy, duty!’” “Oh!” gasped Jessica. She had sunk back in her rose-ribboned rattan rocker in quite a tremor of dismay. A very charming room this suburban parlor into which gold bars of sunshine slanted through the half-closed Venetians. Worthy even of pretty Jessica — it, with its tiled hardwood floor, its sll-ve»-fox and bearskin rugs, its Madrasdraped windows, its quaintly modern mantel of polished oak, its eccentric chairs, its grotesque tables, its dainty aquarelles, its Chinese cabinets, its slender but admirably chosen collection of bisque and Limoges. And surely eye, however critical, could crave no sweeter picture than little Miss Raymade in her pale blue surah tea-gown, cascaded with Valenciennes, and all her bronze-bright ripply hair braided in childish fashion down her back. But just now the lovely face was curiously colorless, the purple-blue eyes wide and startled under their long lashes.

There was silence after that sharp exclamation of Jessica’S. Miss Murphy could afford to be silent. She had had dropped her small shell and It had exploded with a most satisfactory report. She sat rigidly erect in the consciousness of duty done, every fold of her black silk visiting costume stiff with propriety, every pompon on the brown biege. bonnet bristling with respectability. “I don't believe a word of it!” declared Jessica, slowly. If Impolite, the remark was in no degree insolent. It was simply the utterance of a conviction. Miss Mufphy was not offended. She removed her gaze from a gem of Van Elton’s on the opposite wall to fasten It on the agitated little lady in the rocker. It took some endurance on Jessica's part to sit meekly under the scrutiny of those faded blue eyes—eyes tolerant, placid, beaming, as those of a benignant old cow. nrw true, nry near. rie oom iv. i heard him with my own ears!” This really was unanswerable.

“They were in the front parlor,” pursued Miss Murphy, folding her plump, tan-gloved hands with aggravating leisure and serenity. "I sat sewing just behind the portiere. I never would have stayed could I only have foretold what was coming. They had been talking about other things, and where silent for awhile. Suddenly my Ned burst out laughing. ‘So you’ve seen her,’ he said, ‘and you don’t fancy her, eh?’ ‘Fancy her?’ echoed Jack. ‘Well, I should say not!’” “Well?” urged Jessica, steadily. She would hear it out, she told herself —she would —every word of it! “Well, then,” slowly, to heighten by suspense the effect of her narrative, “Ned said, ‘The boys around here all like her immensely. Roy Pates says she’s a daisy!’ ” “Oh!” moaned Jessica. “You must excuse that nephew of mine, my dear; you really must. Ned but repeats what he hears. Besides, you know, he is only a boy yet—just eighteen. What Ned said is of no importance. Please go on.” She sat erect again very pale and imperative, indeed. “If you insist on hearing,” hesitantly, Jack replied, ‘Well, I don’t I did Just at first. I confess for a while she deceived me. But a few days gave me enough of her.’ Ned said, ‘Why, we all thought you were in great luck to get her.’ ‘Luck!’ cried Jack in answer, so loud, my dear, I fairly jumped. ‘Luck! Yes, the most confounded piece of bad luck I ever struck!” I am ashamed to say, my dear, but to be veracious I must say that here Ned, quite carried away by his youthful sympathies, inquired, ‘Can’t you get out of it?’ And Jack said, ‘Confound it, no! That’s the worst of it. I can’t break such a contract with any honor to myself. But I only wish some other fellow stood in my shoes*just now. I’ve promised to take her and I’ve got to do it, but it’s a deuced bad bargain’— oh, my dear Jessica, you’re not going to paint!” Jessica put out her hand with a slight, repressing gesture. “No, Miss Murphy, I am not going to faint. Is that all?” Miss Murpliy was rather disconcerted. Her shell had not exploded noisily. It is true. But now that the smoke was clearing away she, at whose feet it had been flung, was not dead —not even wounded. “Yes, I believe that was all, for just then someone summoned Jack. But* as he went out, he called back to Ned: ‘l’ll see you at Bryane’s to-morrow night and talk this unfortunate blunder over again. Be in my study at 10. I’ll meet you there.’ ” “And that really is all?” queried Jessica, quite her own possessed self again.

Mis? Murphy started. To once more drop into similes, her balloon which had sailed up so straightly and securely at first had uddenly collapsed and whs falling with startling rapidity. “t should think,” severely, “it would be quite eflough.” “Enough?” airily. “That’s It! It’s too much! You know an overdose of poison occasionally counteracts the effect of a lesser quantity," and I think,” with

| a smile charmingly confidential, "it ts : something the same way with gossip—■ j don’t you?” It was Miss Murphy's turn to gasp, j Such a girl! But then one never could : understand Jessica Ray. Miss Murphy thought it was time to go. With the cessation of conversation com‘ruing personal affairs her interest died a natural death. She was averse to vad ins in foreign waters. The inodorous pool scummed over with village scandal sufficed her. She feared aught else. "Good-by, my dear," with a bewildered shake of the tinseled bonnet. 1 am Vo sorry I had to tell you. Life is full y unpleasant duties. I never like to interfere in other people's affairs. ‘Siarity,’ I always say; ‘charity and uiyiy detest it is tale-bearing. Well, as I said, I must be going. Good-by. myflear. I’m so glad you don’t mind.” “Oood-by,” cordially. " all thought,” pausing at the door for a parting thrust, "that it was to be not only a marriage de convenance, but a genuine love affair on both sides.” “Indeed!” said Jessica, brightly arching her pretty brows. And then at last the door closed on shcr visitor's-, broad, black-silk back. The blitheness born of bravado died out tvf lime Miss Ray’s face. She went slowly back t jje rose-ribboned rocker and down therein for a good, heartsick, mortified, miserable cry. When she had been very, very young \ n d charming, and Jack Sutherland ah awkward lad of ten, their fathers lx*d planned a marriage in the future. The planning stood, by the way, upon a\ agreeably substantial basis, looking atfhe affair from a financial point of vldv. Soon after Jack's father had died md Jack had gone to live with his mothy’s relatives in Eng-

land. He carried wth him the memory of a pair of sweet e*s, for all the world like big, blue, dew-\et forget-me-nots, for wee Jessica han parted from her playmate with a particularly tender and protesting farewell.) Twelve years passed. Neither chaftd —as In novelistic traditions bourn—against the paternal decision of their childhood. No fair English maiden displaced his first love in Jack’s loyal healt. As for Jessica, she had grown to \hink.of Jack as a hero who was comßg across the sea to claim her. When she anticipated that coming before her mind’s eye forth pranced a snowy charger bearing a plumed knight. On day, just two weeks ago it was, she went down to the drawing room In response to the servant’s announcment. A gentleman standing In the window turned at her entrance. He came swiftly forward, both hands extended, his face brightening with gay admiration. “It Is—lt is—little Jessica!” She knew him then. Without curveted no splendid steed. By his side swung no jeweled scabbard. Around his neck was swung no mandolin. From his shoulder fell no cloak of ruby velvet. Not stalwart statured was he, nor raven haired, nor flashing eyed. Not the grand creation of her girlhood’s sweet foolish dreams, In truth, his rivals would have said, a very ordinary young man. But he had come! Jessica’s heart gave a great throb. A true woman, though, ego, an archhypocrite, she put her hand in his with

bred reproof in her greeting. “And you are—Mr. Sutherland!” Neither had in any way suggested the odd relation in whjch they tacitly stood to each other. Both felt the chain that bound them, for all its massive golden links a very and brtttfcone in tho passionate strength of youthful impulse. Neither would be slow to fling it off if the bandage proved oppressive, however, It did not. The childish, ignorant, romantic affection which had been smoldering in their hearts since the sorrowful parting of the playmates, at a word, a touch, a look blazed up into a pure, and strong, and steady flame. Of his courtship Jack Sutherland made short work. Putting aside the understanding between their fathers like the man he was, he woed her for her own sweet sake. Just two nights ago he had told her In his own direct fashion how dearly he loved her. And Jessica —well, last evening had come the lappmre ring that —only last evening and to-day this! If Miss Murphy’s neat little shell had not brought death It had caused pain akin to it. “It’s the money!” mqaned Jessica. “It’s the horrid detestable money he wants. It isn’t me!” Anjl then a face with clear brown eyes and a kind grave smile arose before her aid she broke down crying afresh. But after awhile she sprang up rubbing two small resolute fists In two very pink eyes. “I won’t see him tonight. And I’ll be In the 'library at 10. And I’ll hear what else he has to —No, I won’t! I won’t eavesdrop. But I’ll look my very loveliest—l will —I will!” And she did. As she came up the parlors at Mrs. Bryant’s “small and early” Miss Murphy—always first on tie field—looked at her in amazement. Quite a bewitching vision little Miss Ray to-night, rose-lipped, star-eyed, snpling, her slim, dusk draperies of lace trailing softly behind her, a huge clister of violets at the bosom. It was after 10 before she could escape from her companion and make her way to tne library. Her hand on the portieH dividing that apartment from the morning room, she paused. Voices. She didn’t Intend to eavesdrop. Of course, it was unintentional —all was said and over bo quickly. Equally of course it vas dishonorable, but I think as a rule we are not apt to consider questions of honor with extreme nicety when our hearts are very sore. “I’ve decided to take her,” Jack’s quiet voice was sayiig wearily. “It’s the only thing I can |o now.” Ned spoke. “She’s skittish, I kibw, but (by way of consolation) she mjy outgrow that.” Jessica groaned involuntarily. Jack glanced toward the dirtain. “Well, drop the subect.” in a lower voice: “Keep It dark,like a good boy. I don’t want people tdknow I am such a young fool as to It taken in by a bag of bones, all painnnd drugs.” Jessica was plump ts a partridge, and her complexion vas a “bloom” patented by nature’s J If. The morn-ing-room was unlit, save from the hall. Thank goodnei# for that! She felt herself growing pint and dizzy.

Was that Jack who talked ao—could U !*—her Jack? "Ob, come now!" laughed Ned, "you know you are exaggerating. She's no* quite as bed as that!” ' Pretty nearly!” ruefully. “I don’t so much mind her skittlshness —I could break her of that. I flatter myself—but she has a terrible temper!" She must not faint, Jessica told her- ! self frantically. Oh, she must not! Was that dark thing beside her in the shadow of the portiere a fauteull? She sank down on it heavily, weakly, exhaustedly. Horror of horrors! It at first succumbed a second to her weight, then move-, protested with vigorous energy, shrieked. All faintness banished, Jessica leaped to her feet, her soft, quick cry of alarm mingling with that muffled roar of rheumatic agony. "That’s aunt!” gasped Ned. ‘‘Jessica!” cried Jack. He strode forward and flung aside the portiere. The ! light from the library poured Into the shadowy morning-room. It fell on Jessica standing jyst within very white and trembling, and it showed on the floor a large and ungraceful heap of crushed drab silk and bugles, disordered “front.” and gruesome groans. For a moment they stood and stared —speechless. But Miss Murphy kept on groaning. “What is it all about?” queried Ned bewilderedly, helping his aunt to rise. “I—I,” faltered Jessica, "sat down on Miss Murphy!" “What?” cried Ned. “We were eavesdropping," confessed Miss Murphy, with venomous candor, “and Jessica took me for a footstool and ” “My darling!" whispered Jack (no, not to Miss Murphy) "I thought when I hoard your voice you were hurt or—” Jessica llamed up. "How dare you? Stand back sir! Here’s your ring.” She tugged bravely, but It fitted well. “I have hqai'd In what manner you speak of me. No,” disgustedly, “don’t appear astonished! Recall your conversation of yesterday morning with Ned Sales.” Ned stared at being thus abruptly referred to. Jack looked dazed. "I did not intend to hear such another conversation as that which had been repeated to me, but I did. If I’m—l’m,” the rose crimsoning in her cheeks, "skittish,” bringing out the hateful word with a Jerk, "and—and a deuced—bad—bargain,” slowly, "and if I’ve got a ter —ter—here’s your ring!” She had wrenched it off at last. But Jack did not take it. His dumb dismay had turned to uproarious tfvirth. It was well a noisy polonaise was in progress in the drawing-room. He laughed. He kept on laughing. Suddenly the whole ludicrous misunderstanding bursting on Ned he struck In with a very howl of delight, and they fell into each other’s arms like a couple of crazy boys and supported each other and laughed. But recollecting Jessica standing there, Sutherland explained, between shameful relapses into laughter, ‘‘lt was—a horse. I thought I knew all about horseflesh. I knew nothing. I have to take her —the idlocv I fondly fancied I b» /1 * Maud S. Jim Smile"’* iam °un nag could beat her z gave a thousand for her. She’s worth—an, now you understand!” For Jessica had sprung forward, mouth and eyes three sweet, remorseful "O’s?"

“Jack—Jack! And how I talked Just now!” all riotous blushes. “I must have, after all, a—a —the kind of a tftninfir.ynu tlio Wpa had." “I’ll risk it!” laughed Jack. Heedless of Mrs. Bryant’s small nephew, who .had entered and stood stockstill an exclamation point of inquisitive deilght; heedless of Ned, who clung In snent, spasmodic convulsions to the portiere; heedless even, thiß rash young man, of Miss Murphy—that ancient virgin who, rigid and frigid, glowered at him in an access of scandalized modesty, he took his sweetheart in his arms with a good, long, loving kiss, and thus adoringly addressed her: “Doubted me, did you? You—contemptible little—wretch!”

Disappearing and Rapid Fire Cuns.

Charles Rawson Thurston thus describes one phase of Modern Harbor Defenses In St. Nicholas: Various plans have been devised for the building of coast defenses of this kind. Even fighting turrets, like those on monitors, have been suggested and built. Some of them rise into sight only preparatory to the firing of the guns which they contain; Others are somewhat raised above the surface, and the guns disappear for loading. In either case, though, very ponderous and expensive machinery is required for them. A disappearing gun set up in a pit similar to the mortar-pit is more in favor. There are several styles of these with various powers to elevata them, but all are lowered by the recoil of discharge. The Gordon counterpoise carriage is perhaps the most novel. It is fitted for a ten-inch breech-load-ing rifle, the weight of which is about 67,200 pounds. It has an advantage over other patterns in that while being loaded it affords greater protection to itself and to the gunners than the other styles; and this is an important feature. It Is operated by either hand-power or electricity. With the former it has fired thirty-two shots in about an hour; which is considered remarkably rapid firing. But this 1b not all that is needed to make a bay or harbor defensible. These large guns would not be very dangerous to an enemy’s fleet of torpedo boats. These move and tiirn very quickly, and, once past the great guns, the torpedomines might be disposed of without much difficulty. To prevent such action by the enemy, batteries mounting rapid-fire guns are employed. The torpedo boats can change their course with such rapidity that big guns cannot be trained on them quickly enough to be effective, and alongshore—opposite portions of the channel where torpedomines are planted—are needed batteries of these Bmall spitfires. With such a quadruple defense as torpedo-mines, mortar-batteries, disappearing guns of long range, and batteries of rapid-fire guns, a fleet of hostile ships would find it a very difficult task to enter any bay or harbor along the coast. Church cars are a recent Russian improvement. They are Intended for the Siberian Railroad

The First Watch.

At first the watch was about the size of a desert-plate. It had weights, and was used as a "pocket clock.” The earliest known use of the modern name occurs In the record of 1552, which uieutlous that Edward VI. had “one laruiu or watch of Iron, the case being likewise of Irou gilt, with two plummets of lead." The tinet watches may readily be supposed to have been of rude execution. The first great improvement, the substitution of springs for weights, was !u 1550. The earliest Springs were not coiled, but only straight pieces of steel. Early watches had ouly one hand, and, he lug wound up twice a day, they could not be expected to keep time nearer than fifteen or twenty minutes In the twelve hours. The dials were of silver or brass; the eases had uo crystals, but opened at the back and front, and were four or tive Inches iu diameter. A plain watch coat the equivalent of SI,OOO In our currency, and after one was ordered It took a year to make It.

THAT SPLENDID COFFEE.

Mr. Goodman, Williams County, 111., writes us: “From one package Salzer's German Coffee Berry l grew 300 pounds ot belter coffee than 1 can buy In stores at 5u cents a pound.” A iineknge of tuis and big seed catalogue la seut you by Jobu A. Sitlzer Seed-Co., I,a Crosse, \YIV upon receipt of 15 stamps and this notice* c. N.

Greatncss of the Danube.

Tlie Danube flows through countnH, In which fifty-two languages aud dialects are spoken. It Is 2,000 miles In length, and bears till Us current fourflfths of the commerce of Eastern Europe.

On Time.

Ami very easily, too. That's what any one should he In treating one's self for inaettou of the kidneys and bladder. The diuretic which experience Indicates as aupplylhg the requisite stimulation to the oruans without exciting I hem. Is Hostetler’s Stomach Hitter*. ilou't delay; kidney Inaettou and diseases are not far apart. For fever amt ague, dyspepsia, const Ipal lon, rheumatism aud nerve debility, also, use the Hitlers. Waiter (haudlug Uncle /eke the bill of fare)—Here you tire, sir. Uxutle Zeke—Just keep your paper, young man; I don’t keer ’bout rend In’ till after dinner.—Washington Times.

Lane's Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Goodness, like the River Nile, overflows its bunks to enrich the soil and to throw plenty Into the country, Mr*. Winslow'* Sooth mo Hrntrp for Children teething; (oltens the stilus, reduce* Inflammation, allay* pain, cure* wind colic. A cents a bottle. JvsT try a lOe box nr Caarareta, candy cathartic, flu eal liver aud bowel regulator made.

> Be quick, a mouse 1« at the cheese 1 Just »0‘ I NEURALGIA, jSATS 25£ “* ST - ° ,L -( f BTAVB, ANf> FINISHES THE PAIN. ' 1 /STfcAN DY CATHARTIC ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED 1? c,re c**c*r*t« ar* u>e »«*> ux*. I . ..... uun * lnHluuu tlv*.»evar»riporgrlpe,Uuteaß*aeaayßatnralre*nlt*. Bam. pit and boetlrt td. STKRI.IKB BKMKBT CO.,jCltle*go, Montreal, Cm., orXefy York, m, “IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY SAPOUO A journeyman barber in Cincinnati, a specially intelligent man and a favorite with his patrons, says of RIPANS Tabules ** I want to say that for eight months I have taken three a day, and have not been to see a doctor once since I commenced to take them. Before I would have to have a big tube put down my throat and have my stomach flushed (1 believe that is what they call it) three times every week by a doctor that charged me 50 cents for every time. Of course, that*gave me relief, but the trouble always came back again, aud I can tell you it was no fun to be pumped out about every two days. The doctor said I had catarrh of the stomach. Whatever it wgj, it don’t bother me now. For four years I was troubled, so that I used to lose about three days out of every month." When this barber observes that a customer His a feverish breath, he occasionally presents him witli a Tabule, and if taken it removes the difficulty forthwith.

MA bookie:, handsomely illustrated, describing Nebraska, her farms and the opportunities there sor 1 youuu men and farm renters to become farm owners. Mailed without charge on anbllcathn to P. 8. Ensue, General Passenger Agent, C. B. & Q. R. It., Chicago, 111. T>ATKNT RIGHTS sold, manufacture Sooteno; A will clean, keep pipe* and chimneys free from soot. bOOTEKE COMPART, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

Spring lls made a ne- IftJß 1 ■ ■ cessity by the Ivl 60101116 impure condition of the blood after winter s hearty foods and breathing vitiated air in home, office, schoolroom or shop, hen weak, thin or impure, the blood cannot nourish the body as it should. The demand for cleansing and invigorating is grandly met by Hood’* Sarsaparilla, whiclt gives the blood just the quality and vitality needed to maintain health, properly digest food, build up and steady the nerves and overcome that tired feeling. It is the ideal Spring Medicine. Get only Hood’s Sarsaparilla?^™; Prepared by C. 1. HOOJ & Co., Lowell, Mas*. Hood’s Pills S®:

H E.ft ft ff iw BRkflfr Ht [pommel ] I SLICKERI S Keeps both rider hilly dry In the hardest tiarms Substitutes will disappoint. Ask |., r 1897 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker— 1 It Is entirely new. If not (or sale In your town, write for catalogue to ■ J3WElj^ioston7M*si^l^pßK JONES scale M IiA.’XH GUARANTEED AgC.yRA.SXr PtfßAßlfclTY. Ijoweat Prices. JONES .... BINGHAMTON, N. Y. ASTHMA cured®™ he no y’>ur mh" re.it We will utatl a trial bottle I* If V I* DR. TAFT BROS.. U Hat St.. Rochester, N Y.| HLL fmail f (DUO For Sale on crop payment. II per ! giunn ■ anmo acre cash, balancecrop yearly M (or J. Multiall. Waukegan,lll |)iii iu 1 kln i: 1 oscoi’i s. Living Plotur**. X People act ao II alive. New good* (our own manulaiturei new ready. Far superior to anything yet produced. Klaalng scene, darning girl, lovers' quarrel, priat light Aorulu Winltil. Sample bv mall, 10 conti. TKI KliuoN Phonouiupii lit., all a Wth St .PlUladeldhla.Pa.

«CURE YOURSELF! Use BlfiS for unnatural Recharges, Inflammations, rrltations or ulcerations >f mucous membranes. Painless, and not astrta- , gent or poisonous. Mold by Druggists, or sent in plain wrapper, _ Circular asut on request. C. N. U. So. 18—97 VV HEN WRITING TO ADYBRTTOERg " please asy yoa MW tbo idWtllMMl |H pfpfy,