Ligonier Banner., Volume 28, Number 43, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 February 1894 — Page 7

. A LITFEE L.OVE OF -MINE, I Xnow a clever little maid - < And sweet, who claims me for her knight, And, I confess, I'm half afraid ) - ) She thinks whate'er I do is right. - . The reason why I may rot tell, X o Sire’s five, while I am twenty-nine, B And yet we love each other well, . : I and this little love of mine. . She has a slender, lissome form, s Brown eyes where trust and truth abide, A Cupid’s mouth‘where€ kisses swarm, Rose cheeks where dimples deftly hide, A smile she borrowed from the skies In some rare hour of summer time, < That's sweet or serious, glad or wise, . As suits this little love of miné. * 8 ) La reine petite, the little queen. - Swift to forgive as to command, ) ) The daintiest monarch ever seen; ) She keeps her subjects well in hand, | Their happiness her only task. . She rules by childhood’s right divine, Ao And richer kingdom none may ask o . Than has this little love of mine. i The boxindar'y of her empire lies . In home's fair walls: her wealth uatold, The lovelight in her mother’'s eyes, _ A treasyre greater far than gold. ‘__‘ Aye, runnffigvover is her cup . = © With love's most rare and costly wine, ) ‘And she—she gayly drinks it up, This charming litile love of mine. , e 3 i . ) Fresh be the draught. I wish the hours o © May bring her what she most ma¥y prize, Soft, dewy dawns, and fragrant flowers, X And light winds calling to the skies; . But if my soul might win the bliss * To beg a boon from Father Time, "~ 'T'would'be to leave her as she is, - This dainty little love of mine. . - —Ross Deforris, in Youth's Companicn. A HINTREIN OF INDI! A HUNTRESS OF INDIA. -.N5 . ) . Her Victoricus Encounter with a ! . . \ Savage Man-Eater. : Mrs. A. W. Salmon, wife of an officer in the Indian police, enjéysthe distinctien of being.one of the few ladies -who havesoughtfor and found a genuine man-cating tiger and laid the king of the jungle low, unaided by hunters of 1oi» 1 : i - the sterner si\ Mrs. Salmon has had -the pleasure 0f bagging two of these Herce brutes, and has also shot a - panther and’any number of smaller fry, such as jackals and deer. = ° Mrs. Salmen is at ‘present visiting some old friends in San F'rancisco, and told a reporter the story of how she shot and killed a ten-foot man eater up in the Nilghetry hills, in the Madras districet. ' - ’ . 1 first went to India in 1883 and during the. seven years of my stay there I traveled nearly all the time. My husband was continually on the move, and I was always with him whén possible. - ) : “Bafore I went to India I passed two vears in the western part of the United Stetes, and [ had learned to use a rifie pretty well, and I often tried my skill on.jackals, deer and such animals as we met on our trips from plaee to place through the jungle. The hills around the sanitarium are covered with heavy brush and leng grass, and ds a rule-are rather free from tigers, but that summer the heat was so great-that, like curselves, the big man-eaters seunght the 'hills, and soon after we got settled down the natives began to bring in stories of tigers which had been seen in the vicinity. : T i

“My favorite weapoa was an Ameri- i can Winchester repeating rifle—one of | those 44-caliber guns which seem.to be.. a favorite with American Kunters, Be: sides this I had a heavier rilie—also a ! Winchester—and it was with this rifle | that I"bagged my big tiger. : “During the summer of 1886 a party_| of my husband’s friends; who were. stopping at ‘the Ootacamund sanitarium. way up in the. Nilgherry hills, invited us up on a_visit, and, as the heat in tht lewer country was simply -terrifie, we gladly aceepted the invitation. Little ‘was thought of the story until one morning when the mail carrier failed to appear, and when a little leather pouth in which he carried his letters and. his stick of bells used to scare away wild animals in the jungle were found in the road about eight miles fron. the sanitarium, the gentlemen began to clean up their guns ‘and talk tiger. ' _ " “*‘Several hunting parties “went out, but in spite of the most thorough scardk not a single tiger could [Be found, and then the excitement began to die down. The birthday of ore of the gentlemen was celebrated by:a picnic to a spot én the banks of the Pycarra river about twelve miles frem the sanitarium, where we intended staying a week. The camp, which consisted of seven tents, was set up in the wildest spet imaginable, and wehad a very pleasant time untilithe fomrth day, when Capt. Rays, who went eut gunning with a=nother gentleman, had the misfortune tofall in a hullzh and injure himself so badly th:at he could not get out. flis companion hurried back to camp-fer assistance, and as the scene of the ac® cident was not mcré than half a mile from the camp, all the gentlemen went along, leaving the ladies in care of .a couple of men servants. . - i . +Thinking that ‘hot water might be -recuired when Capt. Rays was brought to camp, one of the ladies sent Anthony, one of the servants, to_ the river, -not more than one hundred yards away, to fill a water jar. A few mo;ments after the servant had started we wvere startled ,by wa wild cry for help, and'then all was quiet again. Thinking that the man had been attacked by 2 jackal, I seized my heaviest gun and ran down' the path toward the river. The low brush Hid everything from my sight, until I had reached a point about twenty yards from the river, and there 1 saw sométhing that made me ‘tremble with fear. « | o ““There on the bank of the river lay poor Anthony, and by his side, licking ‘the blood from her paws, was a big tigress. - For afew moments thesight fair1y froze my blood, and then a sense of personal danger and the thought that I should be the next victim, filled my brain. Up to this time I forgot that I had a rifle in my hand, and then came a wild desire to try my skill, with the tigress as a target. All thought of what the result would be should I shoot and miss or only wound the big man-eater fled from my mind as I'saw the terrible brute pick up the body of the servant, and, after taking a few steps, put it down again and eagerly lick the blood that flowed from the wonnds made by its sharp, cruel teeth. ~ “As gently as possible I drew back the hammer and raised the rifle to my shoulder, and taking aim directly at the tigress’ ear 1 pulled the trigger. _As the repor? rang out it seémed to me &s if a score »f hungry tigers sprang at me from every rock and . bush, but this ‘passed away in an instant, and after reloading the riflo I took o dook at the tigress. She was still stretched beside

I Bad killed the animal at tbe first shot net’er entered my head, and I ssnta coliple more .shots into its body as fast as|conld, but the first shot had _settled the business. = _ : ‘Upon making sure that the animal was dead I turned to walk back to the tents, when I heard the scream of a’ tiger cat, which seemed to come from some brush a short distance up the river. -I am very foolish 'to say it, but I ?on’t think a dozen tigers could hive frichtened me then, and I at' once staried toward the spot from where t% cries came.. At first I could see ngthing, but after a close .search, during which I took care not to venture top close to the bushes, I caught sight. of{-a half-grown tiger c¢ub. crouch- | infr in the grass and eyeing me as if | v.'fiting' for me to get a littlecloser. I ' wias then rather too close for comfort, axjd [ quickly raised the rifle and fired. | PThe cub was fa cing me and the bul- jl let glanced from its forehead and only pa}rti&lly stunned it. The tiger dropped l toithe ground flat and then rose to its fe¢t, but instead of rushing for me, as’l ex;)ected ‘it to do, it began to ‘walk l away. This gave me a good show at itg | side and Ifired agaip. The tiger fell, i role z}nd then tried to rush at me, but l its'strength was gohe, aud bafore it had | tai;en ‘a dozen steps it sank to the l gr})und and rolled over on its side. | {“The noise of the shooting was heard | byl my husband, who hurried back to | camp, wondering what was the matter. ‘i Learning from the other ladies that I | hdd gone out alone and that the shoot- | i‘xj{ had talken place . down near the | riter, he hurried down and met me on the way. He was fairly herrified when | I Fuintcd to the dead cub and counld havdly believe his eyes, but when I | 'fqid him the mother had killed poor Anthony and that her body and that oflour poor servant were lying on the dbank. of the river, he was speechless with surprise. He tock me back to cdmp, and when the othér gentieman arrifed with Capt. Hays aud the story of mly enccunter wwith two tigers wds tald it was decided to breair camp at oi‘Fco and return to the sanitarium. / - {“'Poor Anthony was buried. and the’ t,i}g'ers\“\\'oré skinned ang the trophies, with hreads and clawvs - attached, were Sk?ili to Madras and' pladed on exhibition. ~ The notoriety I gained was anythiing but pleasant, and made e sorry that I had everlearnedto handle a rifle. [*“*After that I got an invitation to join ‘eyery hunting party got’up in that part of the country and was bothered to dpath by newspaper meén, who would persist in having me tell the story a | (1')74?11 times a week. = | *Six weeks after I bagged my tigers 1] while out-with a party got up by the !sifltan of Hyderabad, bagged a hand- | spme paatherand a spotted deer, and a few days after I received a check for o}he hundred and fifty rupees s 2 bounty for killing the tigers and the panther. ol ~San IFrancisco Examiner. )

j- THE RULING PASSION. =~ . Vanity Displayed By Men and Women on i the Brink of the Grave. b | “A doctor'in the course ¢I his pracitce secs some queer things ™ said the old physician, leaning back in his’chair. I haveicome to believe in the saying of the ruling passion strong in death, . and that Dickens’ old! Mrs., Skewtion wanting rose-colored curtains for her bled as she lay dying was a picture true © i_,li)-ifics for women think of fashion im qw very embrace of the grim angel. i A*Why, not long “ago there was bronght in an arm-chair to my office a | vi()m;m, who had not three weeks 6o live, and her son tried to.tell me the hlist,ory of her disease, but she interrhpted him at the outset- by sayiug: ‘J)uct\or,'do vou know where I can fisd 2 fashignable dresspalker? | “But for the matfer of that, men are 14{'21,1'13‘ as bad; at least, one to whom' I Was called recently was.. He was dyipg rapidly, and had only a few woments in which to settle his worldly affairs, and 1 was sittiag by him administering stimuifx,nts in order to-give Him as long as possibie.» ‘ £ -| “He called his nephew to him ard v"hispered: ‘John, don’t forget 1y cowllck when I'm laid in any coffin. Get the olc},—’fashioned bear's grease; t‘hzit'sv,, the best and keeps it down lonzer” At irrst, I was puzzled t¢ understand what He meant, but his nephew afzerward ~plained that he was peeyliarly sensitive about a disfizuring 16ekl of bair | that grew on one side of Liis brow. “*On another occasion I witnessed a jcene where deatii was also stayed to settle an affair so trivial in the face of " he final tragedy that had it net heen' death it would have been lanchabie | The patient was a man in-good kealth* quddenly stricken down with diph-" heria, and in a few hours was choking | o.death., It seems that he had pur--hased several thousands of dollars’ vorth of United States bonds a few: ays before his illness and had de{)(’)sned them somewhere with some ank or safe deposi% compdany, but: vhere he was now unable’to tell, He ried to write_ it, but was overcome by uch’ giddiness as he endeavored to hape the letters that he scon gave it Ip, @nd was seon as indifferent to them s to the rest of mundane affairs.: le was gasping his last when his wife urried into the rcom. She had been | way on u visit, bnut had been selesraphed for and met at the station by | friend who related as = pathetic in- | Stance of -her husband’s-care for her . wis trying to write the information re- | yarding the bonds. . Well, she did not top to take off her wraps or bonnet, ut came hastily into the room. . *I met her at the doov and she threw ! ap her kands as if in anguish. 'Oh, doe- ' or, is he here still?’ ’ L j + 4] told her ‘yes,’ as kindly as I conld; ; nowing that it was only a guesticn § how of a second or two. { “She answered fervently: ‘Tha.nkE od, I am not too late!’ and ran to the | ed. She evidently saw at a glancei that he was going. and reaching down, she seized him by the shoulders and slightly shook him, as if to draw his lattention. ‘James, James. svhere are those bonds? And yet that svoman, fainted at the grave and had the sym» pathy of the community.”—XN. Y. Telegran.. S 0 ke :

i ; The Whistling Iree, A species of aecacia, which grows very abundantly in Nubia and Soudan, is also called the “whistling tree” by the natives. Itsshoots are frequently, by the agencies of the larva of insects, distorted in shape, and swollen into a globular bladder from one to two inches in diameter. After {he insect has emerged from a circular hole in the side; of this swelling, the opening, played upon by the wind, hecomes a musieal instrumeént, nearly equal in sound to a sweet-toned flute. ; — - —The Bertiilon system bf identifying “criminals was sdopted in France in 1863

FARM AND GARDEN. . .FOR MODERN. BARNS. T'wo Simple Devices Which Save Lots of ; Work and Worry. : v In the barn was a root cutter which. works well and may bé easily made. Two pieces of 2x4 ash scantling are nailed together in the form of an X. Two of these X’sare used for the frame. Cleats nailed across the bottom hold the frame and serve fer the support of the box A (see Fig. 1), which is under the cylinder to catch the cut roots. The end pieces are V-shaped, and made. of two-inch plank, with a hole for the cylinder to turn im. Inch boards ¢ o are used to side up the hopper. The shaft -is made of a turned hard wood d') . g : i % . 2 T oY S f % e Gou R o _ : i =k - ‘\\ r? ;‘ | ! O : i \ JdCy | 0.0 7 J ) . // L e FIG. I.—A HOMEMADE ROOT CUTTER. stick, and is six inches in diameter. The cutters are made of heavy band iron which is ground to an edge on one side. They are shaped like a staple, and after the ends are driven into the shaft are 14 inches wide and 1% inches high. = There are 12 cutters placed in diagonal rows, 1} inches apart and the same distance from the ends or sides. The distance between the sides of the hopper and cutters is about one-half inch. “There is no bottom to the hopper, the cylinder occupies its place. The hopper holds about one-half bushel, and the rcots can-all e placed in at once. A balance wheel would help ‘in turning. The cut, Fig: 1, will explain it. : Coming from the barn I noticed a bar of iron with a 13-inch roller en it. ~ *“‘What have you there?” “That’'s a device for saving time in unloading ‘hayv. The .bar is placad about dne-half the distance the team

A : - PULLY CAR 3 e i - TRALK G - ¢ o C 1= ~ ] ‘ & E - %f = 9--" '«.‘"-gj FORK : - = “IRONBAR y {:‘H"H““Y '; fl"‘l\f {& RGU.?R Gl : : FIG. 2.—A SHORT CUT FOR THE HAY-FORK. hss to travel from the barn. I drive the team out to and around the bar and back to the barm. When the car has reached its destipation the team is at the barn. . The Tgpe is unhooked from the team and the car runs back quickly without waiting fot the team.” . I'ig. 2 shows the method, of fixing rope, car, fork and “time-saver:” A, car; B, TOope; C ¢, pulleys; E, bar and roller; F, distance traveled by team; G, track. —Rural Néw Yorker. el

FRESH FARM NOTES.

WaY not put up enough ice to last all or part ¢f next summer, if it can be obtained? : :

DoxN’t neglect the farmers’ club. Attend, take part, and get all the good possible ouwt of it. Also support the local library society. | ~

Prowixe for next season’s ¢rops during winter not only aids the destruetipn of insects but puts land in good condition for culture. : OXE of the most important points in aghticultural operations is thoroughness of culture. 'This applies not only to corn andother grain crops, but also te small fruits, young orchards, ete. Laxp wvhich is too rough for grain crops can either be sodded with grass and.thus furnish pasture for sheep, or can be planted to timber or fruit trees. Very little land need lie absolutely jdle. o et 1 :

SELECTING and planting the best farm seeds will inerease the quality of grains and grasses just as selecting good " breeding stocle improves the farm herd, and we all know what splendid results have been aecomplished iz that line. :

OTHER business men are cutting off all needless expenses, and: it is advisable for farmers to do the same thing. Make .all the tools you ecan yourself and save bills in that direction. Do your own repairing, and get rid of unprofitable stock.—Orange Judd Farmer, Fumi:g:atmg a Poultry House. Turn out the {owls some cool or damp day and elose all the cracks in the house except the door. Then take a kettle of live coals and place on the ground in the center; butif there is a wood floor, lay a flat stone in, on which to set the kettle. Throw a half-pound or pound of sulphur upon the coals and shut the door, and leave the house closed for a few hours, and we will venture to say that no more lice or mites will be found in it for a few weeks thercafter. 1f the houseis not tight enough to admit of a thorough fumigation in ' the manner described, then claer as well as you can and mix whitewash with fresh lime, mixing a liberal quantity of sulphkur, after which throw sulphar into all the cracks and apply kerosene ooil to all the roosts. The house should be well aired before the fowls are admitted, and well veutilated at night. We have never known the “sulphur cure” to fail if properly applied.—Poultry World. ‘

The Cow Before Calving.

The feeding of a cow soon to calve is an important matter as regards the welfare of the animal, and by neglect or mistake many cows are injured when in this condition. It is safe toavoid all grain feeding for at least one month before the calf is expected. but any kind of vegetables or roots may be given with saféty and advantage. The ‘prineciple on which such cows are to be fed is that the bowels should be kept in a free condition, and all food that may unduly stimulate the system is to be avoided. After the calf appears, stronger food is given gradually during two or three weeks following. The cow may be milked a few. hours after the calf is born, if it-is to be kent from sucking. which 1s generally advisable, but the milking must depend wholly on the eondition of the cow.! Some copious milkers may need milking befora the calf comes.—Colman’s Rural World,

: HIVING A SWARM. ! Bees ¥oel Vibrations, But They Uan Hear i No Sounds., : When 2 swarm issues there is no need of raising a Fourth of July racketover. them, says the Jowa Homestead. The heathen Chinee fires crackers, beats gongs and yells and thinks he scares away the evil spirits. He is perfectly positive of it, and you could no more deeply insult him than to question his | doing so. The modern American ’bee’-” keeper rings bells, beats tin pans and flashes mirrors to make the bees cluster. He is just as confident that his | means accomplish his end as the Chinee ! is, and can cite to you .instance ‘ after instance where he has succeeded. There is just as much sénse l in the performance of the Chinee as in ‘' that =of the Dbee-keeper. He forgets 'that the Dbees, like the Chinee god, have no ears and cannot hear his sounds. Bees are susceptible | to vibrations, but can hear no sounds, though they can feel vibrations. ' Occasionally there is a swarm that | will abscond without alighting. In a case like this to throw dirt among ! them, or use a force pump to throw wa- | ter among them, will settle them, ‘if! they can be induced to cluster at all. When they are clustered it is best to sprinkle them quite liberally with water to keep them from taking wings again. If they cluster within reach, ‘ when the hive is prepared for them, i shake in a basket and dump in front of the hive which they are to occupy. ! To have a piece of muslin or a sheet in front of the hive to dump tuem on. will materially aid matters by keeping . them out of the grass. : If for any reason they must be hived where the colony is not desired. to remain, when they are all in remove the hive to the. stand which they are desired to occupy. If they do not seem to want to stay in the hive designed for them, then give . them a comb of birood; they will scarce1y ever desert it. NAKED-MECKED FOWL. A ’Breed Which ¥s Not-as Well Known as It Deserves. This breed originated in Transylvania. The neck is bare nearly down to the breast and is of a red color and smooth There is a spot heavily feath“ered just on tep of the crop. The chicks grow rapidly and feather more quickly than Hamburgs. They are good table fowls and small eaters; the hens ‘lay good-sized dark eggs and plenty of them. The cock weighs ~about seven pounds and the hen five. The accompanying illustration from . Poultry. (England) is a very lifelike representation—an accurate portrait of - one shown at a show in London. In Germany, where this bird receives the most attention, . and where the best ones are kept, the plumage is black. The naked-necked fowls, while those who have kept them have claimed for

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. The Succegsiul Farmer, The successful farmer of to-day has always a little to sell. It may be a few dozen eggs, a few chickens, a fat lamb or calf, or any one of a thousand and one Itrifles that he '‘and his family always keep growing. The result is thut when he sells a drove oftcattle ov hogs, the money either goes into permanent improvewents or into the bank instead of to pay for fancy groveries that were consumed 'tljie year bafore, TFarming is a profession. Thera are very few successful farmers wha would malke successful bankers, and still fewer suceessful bankers who wounld make successfulfarmers. —Rural World =0 0

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. A Song oif Snowfiakes. Four and twenty snowflakes : " Came tumbling from the sky, : . Andsaid: “'Let's make a snowdrifs We can if we but try.” : & So down they gently fluttered, And lighted on the ground, And when they all were seated, { ; They sadly looked around. “We're very few indeed,”’ sighed they, | ¢#And sometimes make mistakes, We cannot make a snowdrift : ) With four and twenty flakes.” ' Just then the sun peeped round a cloud, And smiled at the array, : And the disappointed snowflakes Melted quietly away. : —Rachel G, Smith, in Youth's Companion.

. THERE is more Catarrh in this section of the count'rg than all other diseases put together, and until thelast few years wassup posed to be incurable. For a great many years doctorl'_'seéironounced it a local disease, and prescri local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced itincurable. Sciencehas proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured bf . J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. Itistaken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. Itacts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F.J.Crexzy & Co., Toledo, O. ?‘“Sold by Druggists, 75c¢. all’s Family Pills, 25 cents. . Jings—“T don’t think it looks well for a minister to weardiamonds.” Filkins—"Why not? Aren’'t there sermons in stones?’— Kate Field’s W ashington. . The World's Fair For Sale. Loox AT IT.—The Michigan Central has arranged with one of the best publishing houses in the United States tor a beautifully—%))rinted series of World’s Fair pictures, to be known as the Michigan Central’s Portfolio of Photographs of the World’s Fair. . The original photographs would cost not less than a doliar apiece, but the Michigan Central enables you to get 16 pictures for 10 cents. : ; . It's the finest. It's the most complete. It’s the best. Itcannot be beaten. It you saw the World’s Fair, youwant it as & ;lierpetual souvenir of a memorable visit. f you didn’t get there, you want this to see what you missed and “t 0 filwour mind with its beauty and giory of the White City. Send ten cents to O.” W. RueeLrs, G. P, and T. Agent, Michigan Central, Chicago, and he will furnish you with the first part.

“I supPosE you had a high old time in Europe?” ‘‘Yes;” replied the returned tourist, “Tlwas done up at Monte Carlo, held up in the Appenines and laid upin Rome.”’—Washington Star. ] “X'll Live as—Long as I Can,” : Is the’burden of an old song. If you want ‘to live as long as you can, counteract prema‘ture deeay, it you are youn§ or middle aged or lessen the infirmitles of life's decline if you are growing old, use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters; a genuine recuperator of vigor, and a helpful stay and solace to the old, the weak and convalescent. Incomparable in bilious, dyspeptic, rheumatic ‘and malarial complaints. : . CustoMEß—*‘That's .a quéer—s’shaped piece of pie. Looks something like a turnover.” Waiter—¢No, sir; it’s a left-over.”’—CGood News. : The Most Pleasant Way Of preventing the grippe, colds, headaches, and fevers is to use the liguid laxative remedy Syrup of Figs, whenever the system needs a gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefited one must get the. true remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. onl,z. For sale by all druggists in 50c. and $1 bottles. CALLING & woman’s dress a dream is a polite way of sagmg that the cost of it gives. her husband thenightmare.—St. Paul Mews. > Mc}’icker’s Thesntre, ‘Chica\go. Miss Pauline Hall’s Comic Opera Company begins- Feb. 5 with “Princess Trebizond,” and will play for three week. Seats can be secured by mall, : ) : . ittt e s i, MAXY an actor proves that it isnot impossible to. mix the oil of eloquence with the water of a very weak argument.—Puck. | Dr. Hoxsle’s Certaln Croup Cure Sent postpaid with beautiful souvenir %poon. Send 50c to A.P. Hoxsir, Buffalo, N. ¥. RicE rogues always fancy that their chil: | fren will inherit only the wealth and none of the sin.—~Theodore Winthrop. o e e ) e 1% A THERE is no more effectual remedg for Coughs, Colds, etc., than Browx’s BRONCHIAL TROCHES. Sold only in boxes. RoeuEs are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act as a wolf; that is the mostcertain of things. —Fontaine.

| Ay, G % hose_ =0 > soE ‘ \- N ~ imples ~ Are tell-tale symptoms that your blood is not right—full of im--1 purities, causing a sluggish and unsightly complexion. A few ~ bottles of S. S. S. will remove all foreign and impure matter, _ cleanse the blood thoroughly and give a clear and rosy complexion. It is magt effectual, and entirely harmless. ;‘ ~ Chas. Heaton, 73 Laurel St,, Phila,, says:—“l have had for y;aars a humorin my blood which made me dread to shave, as small boils or pimples wonlid be cut thus causing shaving tq be a great annoyance, After taking three bottles of - PN /m{ face is all clear and smooth as it should "be—appetite ann SiS S 3 splendid, sleep well and feel like running a foot race, all | ol eßt Hl| frOM the use of S, S. 5. - B e e DS, Send for Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. - SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, Atlanta, Ba. B R A AY A R Y DPIsL2 e N LRy AR R R RHB U L Ty N 2 R A T T

ROBERT SyiTe (brother of Sydney, and familiarly called Bopus) was a lawyer and an ex-advocafe general, and happened on oneée occasion to be engaged in an argument with a physician touching the merits of their respective professions. *‘Youmustadmit,” urged Dr. —, ‘“‘your profession does not make angels of men.” “No.” was the retort; ‘there you have the best of it; yours certainly gives them the first chance.”— Sala’s Journal. : i :

Tux man of note_is onc who never pays his debts.—Dallas News. S

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“Tuere’s one thing I didn’t like about the circus,” said grandma, “and that was the man that twisted himself, all out of shape— I neverdidadmire these extortionists.’—Atlanta Constitution. . e

“HAVE you met that elderly girl that Smith has married?: He says she is a sample of:Virginia-beauty.” “A sample! I should call her a remnant.”’—Vogue. = .

JINEs —~“Don’t you believe that spirits are all ‘moonshine?” * Rilkins—*“Oh, no; some of them pay internal revenue taxes.”'—Kate Field'® Washington. . .~ -

‘T‘HE:C‘ihfld that is spoiled 'b?' harshness is never mentioned as a ‘‘spoiled child:” but th}i?s does not prevent him from being one. PRk et e e i

NamEs are deceptive. ' A “masher” and a “‘bruiser’” arcaboutas far apartas Maine and Mendocino.~—Puek. . - :

TaxE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's Honey of Horehound -and Tar upon a cold. Pike's Toothache Drops ‘Cure in one minute.

T'rE popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the pop’aiarity which follows after.—Lord Mansfield® : “Givi a boy address and accomplishments, and you give him the mastery of palaces anfi fortunes where he goes.—Emerson. oe e , A COWARD is a man who fears to be called one.—Ram’s Horn. = " . . AS A CLEANSER of the blood, nothing sweeps as clean as Dr. Fierce's Golden Medical Ip)iscovery. 1t at- - tacks all serofulous, skin and scalp diseases in the right way—by purifying the blood. ‘Serofula in'all its various forms, Eczema, Tetter, ,'Saltq*heumz Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged Glands, Tumors and Swell- - ings, and every. kindred ailment, are per fectly and permanently cured by it. - P T - Guaran- ! ep Emm@g ‘tees a @fimfl: “Dn. Pimroet: - Dear. e Sir—Tl.-write in regard - “c“é;i,n‘ h 1o your great Golden /(s i Medical” Discovery. 1 /@i Msnr i\ ‘had Eezema and ulcers ;t;m; SRR on the legs. Previous /e S to this affection. I had [ EERY had Dropsy after the (G 4 @ J v Grip.. I now feel per- |t &= R fgctvly well since: 1 took: |iE \,% P {— e ! ‘Discfi\'?ry,]f'd My Q;fi{}?‘{m 4; [ cgs’ are all healed u AEN RGN "@4' Gy | and I feel like a o a}»&‘ , /%:‘ : ,?uin'. Ic;inl?ott be,th;ir%kf Y \/x, 0 ul encu o vou for VAN oo “vour “Golden Medical k”’(b‘”fi@%( i Discovery " has! saved ' —adligSs ’ my life. S : | e IPRED PESTLINE. ¥ MR, F. PESTLINE. [ . Alezander, Genesee Co., N. X,

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W!S - F F : L d = 106 farming Lan gl AN BN —IN—o &3 SNO BB Phillips Co., Wisconsin, o B 4 M & EaP Will Be SOLD at a BARGAIX. T i ADDRESS . , +As N. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER (0. For sale. 868 Dearborn Bt., Chicago. = BIG MONEY MAKER Siwations Guaranteed. . - Vi $75 to 5150 PALD moun‘li WANTED —Men and Women, Boys and Girls to LEARN TEI GRAPHING on our Lines, POSITIONS IN FEW MONTHS. Address GEN ERAY, OFFICIS. 175 Fifth Ave., CHICAGD, 114 & NAME THIS PAPER dvery time you write, B T R . "'}’ Consumpilves and people Sl : - B 8 who have weak lungs or Asth- i : ! ¥ Jun, should use Piso’s Cure for B 8 . B¥ Consumption, It has cured P B thousandsx [t has notinjuri UM ed one. Itls not bad to'take. el : ilt is the best eough syrup. : . B 8 Sold -everywhere. 28e. - R DR g 0 8| SUMPTION. " ; -\;:.'v - 5 Bl i P ‘A NKeA - 1485 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE ‘#tote that you saw the Advertisement in thie