Ligonier Banner., Volume 31, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 February 1897 — Page 3

VIBRATION.

The student declares that all sound is hut motion, ; But certain vibrations that strike on the ear; 1 4 The voice of the song bird, the roar of the ocean, : The whisp’rings of love or the shriekings of fear, : : And so-the typanum’s a telephone only, To carry the news to the imprisoned llme'!' That dwells in the flesh, often weary and lonely, : And sighs for the joys and the rest of the free.

The thinker, relentless in his meditation Declares that the objects we seem to hehold ' Are revealed to us only because of yibration, : e In all of their forms and their hues manifold : 41d so then my eyes are but lenses revealing : The pictures upon them to me in my jail, As I stand at the bars, in my darkness appealing ; For a glimpse of the freedom beyvond the flesh veil. :

We light up our cities or talk with each other, s : Though distance and ocean perchance intervene; / The earth has grown smaller, each man is our brother T And Time flies defeated into the unseen. And yet ’'tis corrosion, or some generation Of force that is swift, as the lightning's sharp glare, . We've released in the form of a rapid vibration To blaze in our lamps or to leap through the air. v

And the thought that conforms to each being and station But {finds in the brain an electric machine, With its wires responding to every vibration, Be it holy and wise, be it hase and unclean. And the ‘“me’” who is thinking who starts the commotion, i Is formless and viewless to poor mortal eyes, Though all of my being is thrilled with devotion, : : And radiant with light from the throne in the skies. :

And the thinker exploring the realm of causation Finds things we call solid are dead and inert, ; That life is expressed through the means of vibration, B The forceful, the viewless alone is at . work. - '}‘r-rhaps e’'en to ‘“me” is a thought of the Master ; } Vibrating forever a thrill from His love Who rules over all, without fear or dis-

asters i The viewless Infinite around and above. —FE. B. Parker, in Boston Budget.

WITH ONE STONE.

Scene I--A prettily-appointed dressingroom, cosily lighted by shaded lamps. Two girls, in white muslin peignoirs, exchanging confidences over the mysteries of the evening toilet-table. - - Time—ll:4s p. m. !

Minnie (in an indignant voice, turning from the mirror, brush in hand)—There, reacd that! . (She throws a rather crumpled letter into her friend's lap.) That's what he thought fit to send me after the dance!

“Lilian (comfortably extended in the depths of a big easy chair)—You've not treated his missive with much respect, dear! (Reads it.) And I don’t think it deserves any. Pray, why shouldn’t you dance with Tom Wentworth?

Minnie (brushing vigorously)—The fact is, I'm getting tired of Cecil’s absurd, jealousies, If he were a little less gocd-looking—

Lilian (sotto voce)—And hadn'ksuch a nice little income? - Minnie—\Well, his income isn't anything against him, is it? But what should voudo?

Lilian (very solemnly)-—He deserves a bad punishing. >

~ Minnie—-Of course, he's very fond of me; and with his “sensitiveness,” as he calls it—T call it touchiness—he says he can’t bear it. But I always did like dancing with Tom: and he’s my cousin, vou know, after all. :

Lilian (pensively, with a smile as ot certain pleasing memories)-—I like dancing with Tom Wentworth— (a suggestive pause) and I think he likes dancing with me.

Minnie (with a long-drawn intonation)—Oh—h?

Lilian—Exactly - so. (Reflects. a little.) I've an inspiration, dear! Does Cecil know I've come up to go to the garden party, to-morrow? Minnie—-No. Why? :

Lilian (quickly, without explaining)

—\We're just the same height, and your hair’s exactly the color of mine, and (after a moment’s deliberation)—yes—that lovely pale green you showed me this afternoon would suit me uncommonly well—

Minnie—But you're not going to wear it, you see! : Lilian—Oh, I think I am going to, wear it! ' (Energetically draws another easy chair close to her own, seats her friend decisively in it, and impressively details to her a plan of the war.).,

Scene Tl—The smoking lounge of the Empire theater. Hon. Cecil Trevelyan, and his friend, St. Aubyn. Time—lo:4s p. m. St. Aubyn—l say, Trev.! Another brandy! You don't usually go on like this. WWhat's up? ' ‘ Cecil (gloomily, under his dark mustache)—When the girl you're engaged to writes to you in this style—! (Puils a rather crumpled letter {rom his waistcoat pocket, and hands it to his friend.) St. Aubyn (reading it)--ll'm—rather sharp! But you know, Trev.— ~ Cecil—What? . St. Aubyn—Well--you are rather—er —er——crochety, you know? Cecil (sardonically)—Oh! I'm ecrochety,am I? Would you like your future wife to flirt with other men ? St. Aubyn—Flirt? ' No. But— Cecil—But Minnie does: she did flirt with that fellow. Her “cousin,” indeed! ‘Confound him! ¢ St. Aubyn—Well, I shouldn’t want to Icse her if I were you. She's a very jolly little girl, and awfully pretty, not 1o mention the prospecis—and they count, you know, old fellow! But she's game, and if you pull her in too tight you will lose her, that’s about all. . Ceecil (furiously)-—lf that d—d cousin ‘of hers is at this idiotic garden party to-morrow, and she goes ¢cn with him as she did the Jther evening, she may go to—anywhere, for aught I care! 1 swear I'll throw her over! ; St. Aubyn—You've said that before, and had to repent in dust and ashes, and wear sackcloth, and eat humble pie, and— ' : ‘ Cecil—This time I mean it! (Calls for another brandy, which he swallows at one gulp, tosses down the coin, and . Bt. Aubyn—Poor Cecil! : _Beene 111-A secluded walk in a ehagrstog Eoliea o beseen throsgn G Shruuperes gistant laughter: strains of dances from Hungarian band; popping of champagne corks, etc., Mm%m ERECIRR ebt e e L e S R eT L

fierce, gloomy and alone, seated out of sight in an arbor gear the farther end of the 'walk; Lilian and Tom Wentworth, entering the walk together, slowly, from bevond the farther end.: 4 Time—4:4s p. m. :

Lilian (softly, with a momentary glance round)—lt's awfully good oi you to walk about out here with me, with-~ out wanting to know why I asked you t 0 doit. :

Tom—l'd walk about, with you, for hours—in the desert of Sahara, il you wanted me to. (Gently insinuates his hand among the voluminous clouds of the pale-green chiffon sleeve.) : Lilian (laughing)—Thank you; but 1 don’t like deserts. - Tom—No more do I. Lect's have a rest in this romantic-looking arbor. Lilian—XNo! oh no! Spiders and things, I expect; (quickens her pace) perhaps it'sdamp or sometbing. There’s a seat a little farther on; we can sit tnere, if vou like.’

Cecil (as they pass the arbor, under his breath)—Then that girl was (telling the truth! D—nz the feilow! He’s taking her arm!

Lilian (seats herself with her back towards the arbor)—Mr. Wentworth, I—l—er—l want you to make love to Hie? . .

Tom (with alacrity)—My darling! Lilian (imperatively)-——Hush! Don’t (she blushes anid looks confused.) I mean, it's not to be real, you know.

Tom—Ok! but it is'very real, I assure you.

° Lilian—l want to explain. There’s some one in that arbor—

Tom (sitting farther off, in . some alarm)—Confound the person! Who is it? Why didn’t they keep away? Lilian (with the tips of her daintilygloved fingers on his hand)—No, youn needn’t mind (stops in embarrassment at Tom's astonished look). Your Cousin Minnie— : :

Tom—l don't want to talk about my Cousin Minnie. You don’t think I care for Minnie. do you?

Lilian (rushing into her subject)— But Cecil Trevelyan does. And he made a perfect brute of himself about vou, when she danced with you the other night—and he doesn’t know I'm here—and I've got on Minnrie's dress (contemplates her skirts with satisfaction for half a minute).

Tom (taking advantage of the pause) —-It ought to be yours, then; you lock too charming! : :

Lilian—Nonsense! And he's in that arbor. and thinks I'm Minnie. and—and so—(with a desperate audacity)—will you-— :

Tom (beginning to understand, taking her handiin both of his, and locking fondly at her downcast eyes)—ll will—if you'll let it stand, darling. Lilian, is there any reason why it shouldn’t be real? |

Lilian (in a bieathless voice, quite forgetting Cecil in the arbor, and Minnie, and everyone. else)—l—perhaps— YN ou— !

Tom (also forgetting Cecil in the arbhor, and Minnie, and everyone else)— Tell me. lls there? (lle draws her towards him: their lips meet, etc., ete, ad lib.) ; )

Cecil (who has advanced: unnoticed under cover of this tender passage)— When D've settled your scoundrel of a cousin. Minnie, I'll trouble you to speak a few words to me! .

(Tom rises angrily. Cecil catches sight of Lilian’s face and is struck speechless.)—Madame. 8 LITTLE FELLER® Glorified and Made Beautiful the Bumi ble Home, “I happened to be down in my cellar the other morning when tlie ashman came around tec collect the ashes,” said a gentleman who resides on Second avenue to a Free Press man. A 1 was opening a barrel of great red apples at tihe time. and when the big. dust-cov-ered and necessarily untidy man came back with-the empty ash Dbarrel I picked up au apple and held it out toward him, saying as I didso: . - = “‘Won’t you have an apple?’ e “He took it eagerly, saying as he did ‘BO

“ ‘Thank ye, sir; I've a little feller at home who'll be tickled to death to git it. I mostalwaysfind something or other in the ash barrels io carry home to "im at night, but it ain’t often I git anything equal to this big apple. I tell ye the little feller’s eyes will shine when he sces it :

*I don’t know how many times that day my thoughts were of that big, rough-handed fellow, with that apple put away so carvefully in his pocket for that ‘littie feller.’

“When evening came I thought of the ‘little feller’ who was on the lookout for the big, dust-covered father. with the calloused and soiled hands. but with the true heart and the kindly word that made him a king in the eyes of that ‘ljl- - feller.’ : :

“It must have been a very poor and humble home to which the man went at the eclose of his weary day, but then there was the ‘little feller's’ presence to make beautiful even the bare walls and floors and to bring the love light to his father’s eyes and joy to his father’s heart. 7

“These ‘little fellers’ glorify and beautify many a home in which pover-

ty ‘abides. But human affection can sweetly and patiently endure toil and rags and poverty when there is a ‘little feller’ to meet and greet the father when the long day is done.”—Deiroit Free Press.

Up-to-Date Philosophy.

A girl's idea of a pretty wedding dress is one that cannot possibly be of any use to a woman after she has married. If we had to wait until a woman lifted her veil in order to kiss her we would lose all appetite and wouldn’t kiss her at all. / :

When people-talk gossip at a church society meeting they do it with many exclamations of pity and regret, but they talk it, just the same, Times have changed. A few years ago, when a man sat up and talked polities his women folks looked at each other as much as to say: “Isn’t he sipart?” Now when he talks politics they interrupt and. contradict him and talk politics themselves. The greatest man in the world is the plain, plug man, who pays his debtg, supports his family fairly well and never does enything remarkable. Thege remarkable men, who are thoronghbreds for a time and then rob all their friends, are to be avoided.—Atchison Globe. : e , -—A woman will go to more trotble with one puny, sickly house plant than 4 mup would with a whole greenli¢use full—Washington Democrat. .

THE FARMING WORLD.

STORING IN TRENCHES.

How Many Kalamazoo Growers Keep Celery Through Winter,

~ We do not advise keeping celery for winter use other than by means of cold storage, but it is done by some of our growers by placing it in trenches. This is the method in use in Kalamazoo, and while it has the advantage of prolongihg our season, it will not, in the course of two or three years, be practicable, as the California, Utah and Florida stock will be more plentiful, and ours, though well blanched, sweet and tender, will not be able to compete with it in fancy markets on account of its size and ragged tops. The celery, when placed in the trenches, has to live on something, and, having lost most of its roots, it is not able to draw its food from the ground. The heart, therefore, grows at the expense of the outside stalks, and, instead of the head becoming larger, it grows smaller. The celery for the treuches is cut from the row, after having been banked for about a week. Itis quite green and the heart growth has just fairly - commenced. It is taken up with a spade, allowing three or four inches of the tap root to remain on it. The trenches are, in reality, not dug into the ground, but are built on top of it. To do this, blanching boards have stakes nailed on to the sides, and are by means of these made 1;6 stand up, about ten inches apart. The ground should be dry and level. When these boards are in piace, the celery, after having the outside dead stalk removed, is stood up between these boards, being packed fairly tight, care being taken not to bend the stalks. When two or three beard lengths have thus been filled, the earth is drawn up

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The length ol time that it will keep this way dependsupon the weather,how well blanched it is when put in, and the variety. Continuous cold weather is the most favorable, for it does not allow it to grow very rapidly, and the tops rot legs. Tln this latitude, it is put in from October 1 to 15. Our main variety for winter and fall use is Perfection Heartwell. In warm weather holes are made in the sides of the trenches near the hottom.to allowtheairto circuiate through the celery. This is the best method that we know of, although I can say, from personal experience, that it is not economical if a fair or even a low price can be had for it directly from the field.—— Fred S. Johnson. in Rural New Yorker.

PLANTING IN SPRING.

A Task Which Requires Some Care and Considerable Judgment.

One of the most serious objections to spring planting is that if the trees are to come from the nursery they will make the planting late. This may be obviated by securing the trees in the fall and heeling them in. Then they are at hand ready for planting when W%anted. The ground can be plowed. manured and staked out during the winter, and this will be another hely in getting the planting done carly. So far as is possible the planting should be done as early as the condition of the soil will admit. - While early planting is advisable, there is no advantage in attempting to set out trees unless the soil is in a good condition, as one item in securing a good growth is to have the work of planting properly done. The advantage in early planting is the longer time for growth before hot, dry weather sets in, and for the soil to get well settled around the rocts.

A safe rule is to set as deep as the trees grew in the nursery, to have the holes large enough to admit all of the roots without bending or twisting. The dead and injured roots should all be cut off, always making a smooth, slanting cut; and then the top should always be cut back in proportion to the roots. The soil should be thoroughly fined, and if manure is to be applied it should be well rotted and thoroughly incorporated with the soil.

It is a very good plan to scatter the manure in the bottom of the hole or place prepared for the tree and then set the tree in it. I'ill in the soil carefully around the roots, as it is an important item to have the roots and soil come in close contact, and in many cases it will pay after the roots are covered to tramp the soil down well. Care must always be taken to keep the roots moist while transplanting, as the drying of ihe roots and the failure to have the roots and soil come in close contaect cause more loss than any other causes. —N. J. Shepherd, in Farmers’ Voice,

Advocates Steel Roadways.

Martin Dodge, the Ohio state road commissioner, is enthusiastic on the subject of steel roadways. e estimates that a double-track road. the tracks laid 16 feet apart, and the space between the rails of each track filled in with broken stone, macadam size, would cost much less than a good macadam road; and the cost of a country ome-track road would be about half as much as the double track. He says that such a road would last much longer than a stone road; and that one horse will draw on a steel track 20 times as much ans on a dirt road and five times as much as on macadam. fas * Tilled cheese is an abomination—an: evidence of the total depravity of mun.

WORTH CONSIDERING.

A New Line of Argamert on the load Improvement Guestion.

The good stone roadway in the United States, according to the computation of Gen. Roy Stone, the accomplished engineer of the bureau of roads of the department of agriculture, was increased during 1896 by 1,060 miles. This seems little enough until we remember thatat the end of 1895 the good stone roadway in the country did not exceed 1,000 miles. If we should continue at this rate it would take more generations than we have patience to think of before the réproach of bad roads could be lifted from our country. But if the good roads could be inereased in this proportion each year—that is, doubled —we should soon accomplish something worth while.

There is unquestionably a widespread desire for good roads in this country, but the people are hampered by the cost and hindered by the apprehension of too heavy taxes. And then, notivithstanding all the agitation and all the recent literature on the subject, the people at large are still dreadfully ignorant. One ignorant set think that road improvement means the universal substitution of macadam pavements for dirt roads; another igncrant party is deluded with the idea {hat the macadam pavement makes the dirt road unnecessary.. Both of these partics are® as wrong as possible, and hurt the cause they seek to advance. In answer to one false idea it may ‘be said that every macadam pavement should be paralleled with a well-drained dirt road. A good dirt road is pleasanter to use eight months in the year than a macadam pavement. And during that time is just the period when a macadam road is injured by travel. It is indry ‘and hotweather that the inacadam pavement is worn by traffic. , Then again, macadam pavements could not be built in 509 years to re‘place all our dirt roads. And it would -not be well. anvhow. ;

If we could teach the country people to make these dirt roads properly and then drain them suflficiently, they would answer every purpose. Buthow to do this is the question. One way suggests itself at once. Let county societies be formed and prizes offered for the best district in each township. This would conduce to thought and study. To make a good dirt road and keep itin repair is so easy that none but a simpleton could fail to understand proper instruction.

This is a hint to the organized wheelmen and the department of agriculture as well. But there is no suggestion whatever in this hint that the highways should not have a stone pavement over a part of each such road—a stone pavement paralleled by a well-drained dirt road.—l Leslie’s Weelkly. WANTS GOOD ROADS. Timely Recommendations Made by the Governor of Pennsylvania. Gov. Hastings, of I’ennsylvania, in his message to the legislature, said in part: “It appears that we have about 800,~ 000 miles of public roads in the various townships of the commonwealth, not including turnpilke roads 2nd those in the cities and boroughs, and, although almost $4,000,000 have been expended each year for their improvement, they are in a most unsatisfactory condition. This great sum, averaging about $48.73 per mile, should, if laid out with intelligence and economy, during the past 15 £ i:\\\'i QAR : ai‘;\;\g}w. - b ! li LAI §§' @ ‘.l,,",b‘}{"l”l" : . s ’”."’i‘i\\“{ " A == | iy == Z///}%f 1 / : ‘/k\}‘ % A‘?fl;‘:// iy h! @ / oy (G B \§\ S\ b 7 , A '(((« i 7" 1o /v . W~

GOV. HASTINGS, OF PENNSYLVANTA,

years have made every public thoroughfare equal to our best turnpike roads.” After stating that the road laws are too numerous and too locai, and advocating one or two general laws, he adds: “Another defect.is the short term for which supervisors are elected, in many cases but a single year, thus breaking up any plans that intelligent supervisors may endeavor to carry out and giving a sense of insecurity in the posiftion . SRk

The governon advocaics providing three %upervisors to be elected for three years, one going out of office each year. Also that one-half the road tax be paid in money, and that every mile of the road system be under the care of individuals whose daily duty should be to see that the roads are in gcod condition and repairs made when mnecded. “If these suggestions ywere carried out, the way would be open for the state to grant such aid from time to time as might be necessary in relieving the burden now whelly borne by the rural people.” ' : The Right Sort of Cows. . Which is the most profitable cow to keep? It is the cow that produces the most at the least cost. In the 90-day test at the world’s fair the best cow cleared a profit of over $73 and the poorest a profit of only &24. Turning to the food acedfnt, we find that the cost of food in both cases was practically the same, yet one cow had the ability to make three times the profit upon the same food. There are cows in every herd that have this ability; find them out. In these days of keen competition we must reduce the cost of produetion, and this aspect of the question should always be taken into consideration.—George Harcourt. : Working Patchy Butter, It is not difficult to get rid of the patchy appearance of the butter by: working, if it is cautiously done. No amount of direct pressure will injure the texture of the butter. It is the drawing of the ladle over the butter so as’ to spoil the granular texture, by svhich the injory is done, Theamore butter is pressed by the ladle or the roller of the butter-worker, the finer will be the grain, the drier the butter wiil be, and the more even the color. : ~ There is no fruit that with proper management can ‘be grown so readily Whthe e, Ll e

SHORT AND ENTERTAINING.

A Philadelphia grocer has this sign behind his counter: . “The man who frustsiis out?”? - s

A San Francisco beggar pays a boy a dollar a day to wheel him around the streets on his begging teurs. He is made up as a helpless eripple. A womaun in Otsego, Mich., while sorting rags, found among them a dirtylooking envelope. She opened it and discovered tuerein $65 in greenhacks. A milkman in South Bend, Ind., had diphtheria in his family and several of his patrons took the malady. It is asserted that the disease was spread by milk, tickets.

A mustard pot which does not require the usc of a spoon has been invented in Germany. The musiard is supplied through a little spout by pressure on a spring. :

- Long before his death,whichoccurred in 1778, Voltaire predicted that the Bible would be unkhown in 100 years. Last year.one society in London printed over 4,000,000 Bibles, or about 13,000 for every working day. Instead of preaching the usual Sunday evening sermoa, a clergyman in Chapman, Kan., commands the attention of his congregation by reading to them installments of a continued story, of which he isthe author. -

xx.prolofige('l yawn caused a man in Westwood, Mich,, to dislocate his jaw, and for three days he could not close his mouth, Now when he yawns or smiles rather broadly he keeps his hand on his chin, fearing to open his mouth too wide,

“THE WOODEMN HEN.”

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. A NXuMBER of years ago, in order to attend his girl: on all occasions, a young man had to learn how to dance. Now he must also learn how to milk & cow.—Atchison Globe. Asheyville, N. C., and “The Land of the Sky.” Asl::j\lrille and the Mountain Regions of Western North Carolina have long been noted as health and pleasure resorts, and because of the salubrious climate that vicinity has become famously known as “The Land of the Sky.” Round trip tickets on sale to Asheville every day in the year at very low rates, good to return six months from date of sale. Tor further information address J. C. BEam, Jr.. N. W, P. A, 111 Adams Street, Chicago, 111,

WaEN a man gives a gift with the request that his name be not meuntioned, he always feels a little bit chagrined to find his request observed.— Atchison Globe. :

The Inauguration of President Mc¢Kinley will attract many prominent, individuals to Washington. Youcan attend very cheaply, and enjoy a most satisfactory trip, by going via the B. & 0.8-W. Ry. Tickets good going March 1, 2 and 3, and good returning including March 8, at special low rates for this occasion, with a Splendid Train Service. Malke up your parties, and for further information, consult any agent B. & O. 5-W. Ry. Write for guide to Washington, to J. M. CHESBROUGH, Gen'l Pass. Agt.,Cincinnati,O.

EveErYONE imagines himself a worm, and is of the private opinion that his turning will cause the greatest commotionthe world ever knew.—Atchison Globe.

——— e e e Vibrating in Tuneful Accord,

Like the stringsof amusical instrument, the nervous system in health harmonizes pleasantly with the other parts of the systeni. But weakened or overwrought, it jangles most inharmoniously. Quiet and invigorate it with the great tranquillizer and tonic, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which promotes digestion, bilious secretion and a regular action of the bowels, and prevents malarial, rheumatic and kidney complaints.

Trey say rich people worry more over their riches than the poor do over their poverty. But lots more folks feel sorry for them.—Washington Democrat.

TaE B. & 0. S-W. Ry. commencing Sunday, January24th, will inaugurate on trains No. 4 and 5, a/through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car line between Baltimore and Chicago, via Cincinnati and Indianapols. This will enable the patrons of the B. & 0. S-W. Ry. to make the above named points without the inconvenience of changing cars. : For time of trains and further information cafi on agents B. & O. S-W. Ry. A. M. Palmer’s Great Northern Theater. Feb. Sth, last week of David Belasco's masterpiece, ‘*l'he Heart of Maryland,” with Mrs. Leslie Carter and -the original N., Y. cast. Feb.ls, DeKoven and Smith’s latest comic opera success, *“l'he Mandarin.” ——e Finest Trains South, Queen & Crescent Route Florida and New Orleans Limited. Standard coaches, through Pullman sleepers, Cafe, parlor and observation cars. e e THE man who will not live up to his convictions is untrue to himself.—Ram’s Horn. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents, Over 420,000 cured. Why notlet No-To-Bac regulate or remove your desire for tobacco. Saves money, makes health and manhood. -Cure guaranteed, 50¢ and $l.OO, alldruggists. LarTLe BrorHEß—*l love to have you come to see sister, Mr. Tompkins.” “Wyl’ly, Dickie?”? ' ‘’Cause she never likes that candy you bl‘ill:l(f her, an’ gives it to me.”’— Chicago Record. - g SRI T e MorrEr—*‘You don’t know how you worry me dear: why, my hair is turning gray!” Florrie—‘“My, how you must have worried grandma; her hairis all white!”’—Household Words. : ‘ Sl : - “Way does Mrs. Wildgirl call her fast ‘husband The. Cipher? Doesn’t he count atl ‘all in his own home?” *Oh, yes; it's because he is so nouglty.”’—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. i . | —_—— : \ He was watching his neifhbor’s troublesome boy climb a tree, and he had a look of painful anxiety on his countenance. ‘‘Are Kou afraid the lad will fall??’ was asked im. No,”” he replied; *l'm afraid he won't. »_Tit-Bits. | : Pe s O e | “MARIA,” grumbled Mr. Billus, lookingf at the mess that lay on his plate, ‘I saw the statement in a pa(rer the ofher day that therejare over 800 different ways of cookin% } Fotatoes. I wish you would let the girl earn one of them,”’”—Chicago Tribune. 5 ———— s e “HeNpy!” ‘Yes, your excellency?” “QOne of the most surprising matters of the present day is the extent of the amateur phobogm[il;‘f fad among prominent statesmen.” “Idid not know thn& such was the case, sire.’ ‘O, yes, it is, Henry, See how munX men mentioned for the cabinet have developed negatives!’—Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. — e e e e . ExToRrTION.--The large and greasy bandit bowed low before the contessa. Opening a packn{;e, he disclosed an ear. “This, miladi,”’ said he, ‘‘is the ear of the worshipful count.” ‘‘The ransom,” said the conteasu,toyin&;\vlth her fan, ‘was set at 10,000 plunka?”? “Exaectly,” aaid the bandit. “And remains at the same figure.’” ‘This,” said the lady, her bosom heavi'u-% with emotion, ‘is outrageous. It isn’t business. As a reasonable man, you cannot expect me to gay.fu;ll price for a remnant,”—lndianapolis g 3 oee e et A R S 0 . Most people cook beefsteak as if it was the fist Hime ey over imet sucran article elo g L g@finmi 43 an ex-Le-Atchison Glo! f“'f“‘,&-'\:}

£lOO Reward $lOO. . . The readers of - this paper will be é:leased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the onlg:3 positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the discase, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its .curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dolars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address ¥. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold b%l)ruggists, ¥sc. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. e e : A Goop many folks will stop you to tell you some great story, and when you have listened a little while, you find if. is merely a scheme to tell something about themselves. ! New Line to Washington. The popular Monon Route has established a new through Sleeping Car line to' Washington, D. C., via Cincinnati and Parkersburg, by the C. H. &D.,8. & O.S. W. and B. &O. Rys. The sleeper is ready for oc cupancy in Dearborn Station any time after 918 ‘M., and leaves at 2:45 A. M. daily, arriving at Washington at 6:47 the following morning. This schedule will be in effect on January 24th, and thereafter. Asthe sleeper goes through without change, and the hours of leaving and arrivingare mostconyenient, ‘this will prove altogether the most comfortable, as well as the most picturesque route to the national capitul. City Ticket Office, 232 Clark St., Chicago. Depot, Dearborn Station.

“Wnat a distinguished leoking man.” “Yes, the last time I saw him be was on the bench. ' “IWhat, a judge?”? “No;.a substitute ballplayer.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Low Rates to the West and South.

Via B. & O. S-W. Ry. Feb. 1, 2,15 and: 16, for Houme-Seekers, to points in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory, lowa, Kausas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New DMexico, Oklahoma, the Carolinas, the Dakotas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Tenncssee, Texas, etc. The limit and stop-over priveleges will permit thorough inspection of the counfry. For tickets and further information call on agents B. & O. 5-W. Ry.

A Fory or Sreeca.—He—“T ran across grandmother in the park yesterday.” His Aunt—*“Oh, dear!l didv’t know that you rode a bicycle.’—Life.

The Facts in the Case.

A careful perusal of the Map of Wisconsin will convince you that the Wisconsin Central Lines running from Chicago and Milwaukee to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Ashland, Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer and Duluth, touch a greater number of important cities than any line running through Wisconsin. Elegantly equipped trains, leaving at convenient hours, make these cities easy of access. Any ticket agent can give ;ou full informationaud ticket youthrough. Jas. C. Poxp, Gen. Pass. Agt., Milwaukee, Wis.

Tuere is nothing that would cause a woman greater secret satisfaction than to fall over in a faint when her husband is scolding her.—Atchison Globe.

Going to Washington, D. C.?

A rate of one fare round trip has been made via Big Four Route and picturesque Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. to Washington account Inau&uranion of Mr. McKinley, March 4th. For particulars and slecping car reservatious address U. L. Trrirr, N. W. P, A., 234 Clark Street, Chicago.

“I'LL never ask another woman to marry me as long as I live!” “Refused again?”’ ¢No; accepted.”—Tit-Bits. .

McVicker’s Theater, Chicago.

Feb. 7, first production of “The Jucklins,” by Stuart Robson, a dramatization of Opie Read’s latest successful novel.

Florida. : ) ; Queen & Crescent Route only 2415 hours Cincinnati to Jacksonville. p g

THERE are a good many people who can’t keep from making fools of themselves when Jhey get rich.—Washington Democrat. -

ATTER six years’ suffering, T was cured by Piso’s Cure.—Mary Tuowmsox, 29!7 Ohio Ave.; Allegheny, Pa., March 19,794, -

Justice (who had been a shopkeeper)— “To you it will be six months: for anybody else it would be eight.”—Boston Transcript.

Miszry and rheumatism are foes. .St Jacobs Oil and cure are friends. Try them

NoTnixg is gained by starving the soul to feed the body.—Ram’'s Horn. -

- Like an electric current St. Jacobs Oil sceks and cures Sciatica. )

Every temptation resisted is trouble escaped.—Ram’s Horn. )

CascareTs stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe, 10c.

Ovrnlives are the open volume the world reads. )

Just try a 10c. box of Cascarcts eandy cathartic,finestliver and bowel regulatormade

Ir a woman has whiskers you are no geutleman if you see them, ‘ f

Tne nerves are tortured by ncuralgia; soothed and cured by St. Jacobs Oil.

; : REASONS FOR USING ‘ ; § | r ), iWalter Baker o.’si i & Breakfast Cocoa. § 3 BN LB 1. Because it is absolutely pure. § i 7 ’/fi" 2. Because it:is not-made by the so-called Dutch Process in g g i which chemicals are used. s M zifl';i., 3. Because beans of the finest quality are used. :‘;L" !”Mg Y 4. Becauseit is made by a method which preserves unimpaired B |l the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. -”’;‘ i Lu)‘ 5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent $ e a cup. - $ ; },}‘{‘ i Be sure that you get the genuine article made by WALTER daaaeges® BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 1780. g —~ “Out of the frying-pan into the fire.”. Take care that you don’t go ; ' that way, when you try to make your : » ) washing easier. Better be sure of what \ ) you're doing. 5 ‘ ) Get Pearline, the original washingr J compound, the best-known, the fullyproved. There are plenty of imitations X of it. But even if they’re not dangerous | | = -——and some arec—they’re not L _ ~— economical. - / / Aot \\ Pearline used properly, goes | ( Y - farther, does more work, and ( \y saves more wear, than anything else that's \ safe to use. : 526 o CURE CONSTIPATION o | ¢ ST ST T v . s % fostsor NOGUUTTRETTNNZSS Al oof ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED &t oor com o e et it Agt st iisisb it el del Bl Sl e S eo oo i

- 1667 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE. Don’t ‘believe it, nor did the editor until he saw Salzer’s great farm seed catalogue. - It’s wonderful what an array of facts and figures and new things and big yields and great testimonials it contains. - :

SEND Tlls NOTICEAND 10 CENTS STAMPS to John ‘A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., for catalogue and 12 rare farm seed samples, worth $lO, to get a start. - ; ' [x]

NOTHING is quite so mean as for a fellow to ask you for a matceh when youhave both hands full of bundles.—Washington Democrat. . ‘.. e

Firs stopped !ree and permanently cured. No fits after first day’s use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle & treatise. Dr, KuINE, Y 33 Arch st., Phila., Pa.

Lors of us think we are not appreciated forwhat we are worth. We never think so üboglb anybody = else.—Washington Democrat. -t

A SPRAIN cannot cripple.if you use St, Jacobs Oil. It cures it. :

Italways takes a_girl .an awfully lonx time to learn to ride a bicycle when some handsome young man is teaching her.

WitnotT teeth frost bites. Without doubt St. Jacobs Oil cures frost-bites—sure.

"EVERYONE possesses just enough conceit to talk too much.

. Liook out! Shiver, then soreness and stiffness. Use St. Jacobs Oil—then a cure.

You know the man when vou know the company he keeps.——Ram’s Horn.

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