Pike County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 31, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 December 1892 — Page 4

sate*. 4. F Shower* hi the Troplen. Some idea at how it rain* in the tropic* may he gleaned by northern readers from a few items in kite W»«st Indian newspapers relative to the “autumn showers.” Qce day it is noted that on a previous evening “a block occurred on the car-lino at North atroet one of the cars being unable to cross the gully, down which the water was 'rushing like a river.” Another day several gangs of men were reported outcry pairing the damago dona to the car-traoks by the "showora of the previous day.” Next day the city had men out “clearing up the debris washed down by the showers.” At a celebration the people were detained in the building over three hours by the showers. The children were kept from school one day. And there have been time when the “showers” have developed into “heavy rains” and business has had to be suspended in Kingston, even to the Qxtont of newspapers suspending -publication. But the marvellous way the country freshens up after the showers makes them not only welcome, but simply delightful.—N. Y. Sun. It Followed Naturally, Lester—That turkey is delicious. What shall we wash It down with? Jester—Well, what follows more naturally after a game bird than a cocktail?—Truth. —Quarts Is considered one of the most refractory of substances, but Dr. Leger, a German chemist, claims to have actually volatilized some pieces of quartz by heatlug in a simple form of iurnace and using retort carbon as duel, A piece of qnartz weighing 8K 'grams lost over 40 per cent, of its weight in the first heating, and on repeating the operation twice it entirely disappeared. —The Japanese government has decided to send two-thousand men of the middle class of the nation to the World's fair and on a tour through the chief cities of the United States. This may be put down as an important event, inmuch as it Is evidence of the persistency of the Japanese now departure

JTra. Anna Sutherland Kalamazoo, Mich., had swellings In the neck, or Goitre nr. 40 Years treat tudoring. When she oaught oold could hot walk two blocks without tainting, Sho took Hood’s Sarsaparilla And is now free from it nH. She has urged many others to take Hood's Sarsaparilla and they havo also been oured. It will do you good. HOOD'S PILLS euro all Liver Ilia, Jaupdlce, tick headache, biliousness, sour stomach, nausea. JAY GOULD. After all Jay Gould died of con* ■ sumption. The doctors said he had Neuralgia and Jay offered a million f>iootlars to any one who would cure him of his trouble. It turned out that he did not have neuralgia at all, but simply consumption. Don’t you make this same mistake. If you feel that your lungs are weak or that you are subject to colds and coughs, or if your throat be sore and tender, get a bottle of Reid’s German Cough and Kidney Cure and take it freely. It contains no poison and it is the only cough remedy on the market that ministers to all of the excretory organs. The small bottles cost twenty-five cents, large size fifty cents. Every druggist has it. SYLVAN REMEDY CO.. Peoria.ltl.

‘August Flower” "One of my neighbors, Mr. John Gilbert, has been sick for a long time. All thought him past recovery. He was horribly emaciated from the inaction of his liver and kidneys. It is difficult to describe his appearance and the miserable state of his health at that time. Help from any source seemed impossible. He tried your August Flower and the effect upon him was magical. It restored him to perfect health to the great astonishment of his family and friends.” JohnQuibell, Holt, Onto Ml Bile Beans Small guaranteed to curd Bilious Attacks. SickBeedeohe end Constipation. 40 In seek tattle. Prloo SVs. For isle by druggists. Picture *7. 17. 70'* end temple dose fires. a r. rnn a co.. »:*!***. ntw roue, JUtieonder/ul Httr Quickly Fly’s Cream Balm hat helped and enrediM. for a week at a time I could not SSI. lingered atutt inflammation rom and head, |fM dt..——i. a dUtm. oeoryw o, eon, Hartford, Conn. ■ m nostril end I*

CHRISTMASPARTY, and, no doubt, A loaded Christ-mas-tree; I! And girls and boys I and toys-and

What do they want with tne? And yet her little friendly note Declared-thrice underlined— 1 must not fail. Well, well. I won’l l She's always sweet and kind. Now, let me see. 1 had not though Upon my wardrobe’s state: I must look up my evening vest— By Jove! It’s rather late To rummage for a satin tie And fish out gloves to match. Great Scott! my best shirt’s at the wash. And this one needs a patch. I’ll thread a needle—If I can— — (I am the man who brags Of single blessedness!) and see If I can’t mend these rags. This thread's too coarse: or else, perhaps, My needle Is too slim. The light is poor or It may be My sight Is getting dim. Why were men’s fingers only made To drag and thump and Jerk? — I’m thinking how her little hand Would get around this work! And how she’d smile and bite tor thread. And look so wise and calm, And-tbere! I’ve stabbed my finger through! Oh, what an ass I am! The clock ticks on. I must mako haste, Since she desires—alas For those lost opportunities Our thoughtless youth let pass! But, as she's single still, who knows, Some joys we may retrieve. Perhaps she’ll mend up life for me Boforc next Christmas ere. —Madeline 8. Bridges, In Judge

RTHUR seated hlrnseIf upon the floor, in a corner of the room farthest from his mother; he wrinkled his eyebrows, puckered his mouth and cramping his little fingers around a stubby lead pencil began to write; and this is what he wrote; “OS.VK santy claws: P>sc dont tor Got to Fill my stookln. An Id ltko A Sled an a par of sUaTes. An plese glv MOThEr the yEry uloEst tliinG you goT. Wo Live on French street, First ChimUly dovrN S FLighl's, "AHTnuit HU.U" ( He stretched out his little numb fingers, with a sigh of relief; for printing was hard work for Arthur’s chubby fist. Then he glanoed furtively over his sliouldor, to make sure his mother was not looking—-but no; stitch, stitch, stiteh her needle went through the heavy cost, and she did not once look up. So ho folded the precious letter in r. painstaking manner, and sealed it in the envelope addressed: • MR. SANTY CLAW’S,” and stuffing it into his little pocket— regardless ot opposition on the part of letter or pocket—went softly out of the room; but his quiet movements ended on the landing just outside, and he' tore dowu the stairs and through the streets to the pos^.ofTlee. lVrhaps the thought that there were but two days before Christmas, and the consequent fear that the gentle reminder might not reach Santa Claus in time, gave the deer-liko fleetness to his sturdy little feet. There was no one in the office, so he walked boldly up and dropped the letter through the slot, and watched it sliding down the inclined piano into the receiving box. Then, with a fear of being detected, he ran out of the offioe, and, with his hands in his pockets, scampered home. Arthur’s letter lay among the others for a half hour or so, and then a clerk began assorting them tor the mails. •’Here’s a good one!" and he laughed heartily as he held up the crumpled envelope. "Mr. Santa Clans!” and he laughed again, in company with two or three clerks who had gathered around him. Just then the door opened and the postmaster came In. The clerk held up the letter; "Mr. Sauta Claus—address not given! Are you acquainted with the gentleman’s residence?” Mr. Morris took the envelope and laughed, also, as he glanced at It, apd was about to throw it down, when a sudden vision of four little maids, with an uuquostioniog faith in Santa Claus, rose before him. "Perhaps I cau find the gentleman,* he said, with a twinkle in his kind blue eyes; and putting the envelope into his pocket he walked away. It was Christmas eve. There had been a heavy snowstorm the day before, and it had cleared off very cold. The people were muffled in fnrs to their eyes—if they had the fUra—and hurried along over the crisp snow, which sung sharp little songs under their feet. The rude wind wrestled with them at the street corners, making the gentlomen cateh wildly at their hats, and fluttering ribbons and veils in the faces of the ladies. Jack Frost played coarse practical jokoa upon everybody and everything within his reach, so that the market boys felt obliged to run with the turkeys and turnips, blowing the while upon their aching fingers or rubbing their smarting ears. The newsboys, with mufflers and cops pulled closely down, held their papers under their arms and their hands in their pockets, and thrashed on* foot against the other, while they called In cold voices to the passer- by: "Paper, sir. paper!” The heavens were studded with gleaming stars whieh blinked merrily down on the hurrying throng; and through unourtainod windows were glimpses of gay Christmas trees with happy children dancing around them and smiling fathers and mothers looking on. Holly wreaths hung in profusion and festoons of evergreen and mistletoe adorned the walls; and over these happy scenes played the flickering light of the “yule” log’s glow. The churCh bells rang merrily, and the organ’s deep note peeled forth upon the night winds; lights streamed from the windows and through the doors as they swung to snd fro, while softly on the listening car stole the sound of voices singing of "Peaoe on earth, good will toward men.” But the peace and warmth and glow bad not reached "French street, first chimney, two flights down.” There was a little to give it the

s4mN!|(mbs1 the table, with a dim was blue with the cold, and her rs were-so stiff that the needlewent laboriously through the heavy seam. Her tired eyes filled with tears now and again, hut she dashed them away—every minute was preciobs; for it tbs coat was not finished to-night, and taken bach—there was a sorry out look for to-morrow. And the thought of the empty larder and coalhod nerved her tq frantic efforts at faster working; and when, the elootc outside tqld the hour of eight, it sent a colder thrill throughher frame. Arthur, in spite of the cold, had pulled off one of his stockings, and was looking ruefully at a largo hole in the toe. “Look!" he said, holding it up before his mother, with a comieal expression on hiis little mott’ed face. “0, Arthur, how you do wear your stockings out! I mended them dll up last Saturday night.” “But it corned right through again!” and Arthur glanced from the yawning stocking too to his mother’s tired face, then back again to the stocking. “Bo you s’pose tho presents will come through?” “No^ I am afraid they won’t,” she said, half bitterly. “But 1 don’t want ’em to!” and he looked up with a perplexed expression at his mother, who was afraid his presents wouldn’t come through. He examined the hole again, taking its dimensions by thrusting three fingers through it and stretching them apart. Yes, there was no doubt a good sized toy could squeeze through that hole, “Can you mend it, mother?” “0, Arthur, don’t ask me to do anything!” sho answered, fretfully, and Arthur moved away a little; for never in Ills life before hud he heard his mother speak like that. But the next instant she reached out her arm, and snatched him passionately to her heart. “Arthur, dear, mother is sorry that sho spoke like that to you,” and she kissed the little cold face, while her tears—so near the surface -rained over her own face and his. “I am tired, hut that is no reason for my speaking crossly to you; and mother will mend the ist ecking before she goes to bed.” Arthur put his arms around her neck. “You’ll have a happy Christmas,” he said,, loouing up into her face with beaming eyes; and her tears started afresh as she looked at his hopeful face and thought of the gloomy prospect “1 wish I could mako a fire and warm you before you go to bed,” sho said, rubbing his blue cheeks with her cold fingers, “and give you something to cut” “1 ain’t much hungry,” he answered, with a brave smile. “If I finish this «oat in time I shall / \

..——.. ■■■-— have a rery merry Christmas. Woodnight,” and he ha 1 gone before Mrs. Dill could spoak. 11? wept directly to a coel dealer and ordered a hag of coal and a basket of wood seat at unco, and did not leave the place until be had seen them on their way. Mrs. 11U1 vras still sitting in the chair where Mr. Morris had left her when the heavy step of the men with the coal and wood, and their loud knock at thb door, roused her from her reverie. The first thing she did after they had gone was to make a rousing fire. ' How it crackled and snapped! and she bent over the stove and rubbed her stiff Augers in the genial warmth. Then she took Arthur’s stocking, with the yawning toe, and .quickly mended -Hie big toe and put the toys in. The caody bags aud strings of popcorn she hung around it, and piled the apples and oranges in a plate on the shelf above, and stood the shining new sled beneath, with the skates, mittens and woolen scarf hanging over it What a fine show it made! and how she longed to catch Arthur out of bed to see it! but she wanted the room to get warmer first; and then there was the basket to be unpacked. She folded away the coat—not finished, but that did not matter now— and smiled brightly as slie~pickcd up her spools and scissors and thought of the day of rest before her. There was everything in that basket —at least so thought Mrs. Hill. Two pies; a loaf of cake; another of bread; little heart-shaped cakes, sugared iu pink and white; £plum pudding; butter; tea; coffee; sugar; Cranberries; a bag of sweet potatoes; a squash; a turnip; two glasses of ielly, and a turkey. The little table was loaded; it had never groaned beneath such a weight before. Mrs. Hill hung the holly wreath, which had lain on the top of the basket, in the window; then opened the bedroom door. “Arthur,” she said, softly, bending over him; but Arthur did not move. She kissed him on the lips; ho puckered up his mouth, opened it, and closed it again, with a deep breath, and was as fast asleep as ever. “Arthur, do you want to hear about Santa Claus?” The sleepy oj es openec and he rubbed them with his little fists “W-h-a-t?” “I thought you would like to heat about Santa Claus; your presents have come.” Arthur was wide awake—as whal boy would-not have been—and sprang out of bed. “Didn’t he come quick?” and he stood in the bedroom door, his eyes still blinking, looking from the chimney to the table, and from the table back tc the chimney, and then up to hia mother’s face. She drew him to the stove, and sitting down took him on her lap. “I didn't 'spect so much!” he exclaimod, finding his tongue at last; “hut ain’t it jolly—jolly!” and clapping Ins hands together he threw his arms so tightly around his mother's neck

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get something to eat, and 1 will wake you up and give you some,” and kissing; him, she turned back to her work and began that weary stitch, stitch. Arthur hung up his stockiug, and going back to his mother pulled the shawl away a little and kissed her on the heck—a form of caress which did not interfere with tho needle—and with a bright face opened the bedroam door and shut himself in. How cold it was! for the door had been shut ail day, that what heat there was might be kept in the kitchen. He would like to have opened it, for a ray of light from his mother’s dim lamp, but it would make her colder: so he kicked off his shoes, not parting 'tvlth very much else, for it was too cold to undress, and jumped into bod and in a few minutes was fast asleep, dreaming, perhaps, of Christmas feastin,gs and Santa Claus. Arthur had not been dreaming long when a low knock startled Mrs. Hill. \Vh«t could it mean? And she trembled a little as she walked to the door and opened it. , A kind-faced mao with merry bine eyes was standing there: he had very fat pockets, and a sled in one hand and a parcel in the other; and Mrs. Hill trembled more than ever, but from quite another emotion than fear. Mr. Morris explained his errand; and as he stepped Into the room there was a sound of other footsteps in the little entry, but he shut the door and unloaded his pockets and laid his parcels down. ‘•My children sent these things to Arthur,” he said, laughing, ns bags of candy, nuts and raisins came out in company with “jumping-jacks’* and picture books. “I hope Arthur won’t be offended,” and he drew a little doll from tho depths of one pocket. VMy children are all girls, and the youngest one looked so disappointed when I suggested that a doll was not just the thing for a boy that I concluded to bring it along.” Mrs. Hill had hardly spoken; her eyes required a great deal of attention, and her lips had an overmastering, tendency to tremble; Mr. Morris, to relieve her, looked as little as possible in her direction. lint finally there was an end to apples and oranges, toys, strings of popcorn and candy, and the rest of his errand must be accomplished; so clearing his throat, and looking hard at the ceiling, he said: > “M^wife thought tho nicest thing for tKe mother would be a ton of coal and a barrel of flour.” Poor Mrs. Hill-poor Mr. Morris! for it, was almost as trying for one as the other; he walked to the window and examined the frost-work; it was so thick and fine that he glanced at the stove next, and then at the empty woodbox and scuttle. The table, with its dim light, row of spools and scissors, with the unfinished coat in the chair, told the story plainly. Mrs. Hill looked up at last, and tried to thank him; «nd Mr. Morris said how all been in answering ;; and he looked so happy at no one could have Then he opened the seta largo basket iaawsy directly.'

that he nearly stopped her breath and pave her a sounding kiss. “The stockin’s full—an’ you mended the hole!” and he pot down on the floor and peered up under it. “It’sall sewed tight!” Then he pulled down the sled and skates, tried on the mittens, wound the scarf around his neck, scraped acquaintance with the caudy, and took a bite out of a shining apple. •Words! words were weak for the expression of his satisfaction; so he danced up knd down the room; and clapped his hands, and laughed and whistled, and finally turned a somersault, in the intensity of his joy. Then he and his mother had their Christmas supper in tho warm room, with the fire-light shining through the cracks of the usually grim old stove. And they talked of this glad evening— for somehow the bitterness of its beginning had passed from the mother’s mind, and the old carol which sings that “night is passed,” most fitly expressed the thought of her thankful heart. “1 can see a star!” Arthur cried, and sure enough, the frost had melted a little, and a star was peeping in; oh, more than one! two, three—yes, several shining down on the poor litt’e home, as thoy had shone, long years before, on lonely Juda, and telling again the old yet ever new story of the Christchild’s birth, and of lova and peace on earth.—Annie J. Holland, in Household Monthly. _ ALWAYS ADSURKD IT.

Clara-—Did you get my Chi-istmai card, dear? / Maud—Yes; and 1 have always ad mired that card so muc)>- I told Ethel Swansdown when she sent it to you last year that I thought it was so pretty.— N. y. Mail and Express. Measure tat Measure. “It's not the right sort of feeling, perhaps, but at Christmas I like to give just as valuable presents as I receive." “So do 1. My wile is going to give me a hundred-doWsr dressing gown, and I am goihg to give her a hundred* dollar check to pay for it”—Life. Equal to the Emergency. Miss Plnkey—A toilet sot is entirely too young for my grandfather. Clerk (in silver novelty department) —We also have them with fewer teeth In the oombe. —Jewelers’ Weekly. • i &

.■.V—— SOME TRUTHS. rk* Amarlean Kl UUr' to Mcsteo UakM Soma Important Dlwonrlf. Minister Ryan is oar diplomatic representative in Mexico. He is a republican and a protectionist, bat he has discovered something daring his residence in Mexico, He says that the government of that oountry will not make a reciprocity treaty nnder tho McKinley law. The restrictive 'character of the reciprocity clause of the act is in the way. Its list of articles on which duties will be placed by a presidential decree if the foreign country does not consent to place our own products on their free list does not embrace the important products of Mexico, and Mr. Harrison has felt himself debarred from entering into any reciprocity treaties not contemplated by the act of congress. The trade between this country and Mexico ought to he very valuable to the people on both sides of the border. Minister Ryan has so far opened his eyes that he thinks it ought to he absolutely free. He does not understand why American manufacturers should not be ready to compete in Mexico with British goods that have been charged with the freight and insuranco of a long transportation. A strong bit of evidence of the soundness of Mr. Ryan’s theory and of the deception which has been generally practiced by the protected industries in strenuous campaigns is furnished in an editorial published in a recent number of the Iron Age: “Our transatlantic friends (says this organ, of protection) will make a serious mistake if they rely on the easy possession of any considerable portion of our markets through the coming revision of tariff duties The American manufacturers were never before so well equipped for a successful contest, since they have for years encountered the fiercest domestic competition. Many of our manufacturing establishments are admittedly the finest in the world, and our engineers have succeeded in attaining a larger output per man employed than was deemed possible but a few years since. The national resources io raw material and skilled labor are beyond those of any other country in the world, and American energy, enterprise and pluck will forbid the surreuder to outside competitors of aDy considerable part of the home market now under American control.” This was precisely the position assumed by the opponents of the McKinley bill at a time whep the Iron Age and Its protection contemporaries were wailing and gnashing their teeth over their own predictions of the ruinous effect of whilt they called “free trade.” Then they affected to believe that the Americans were unable to hold their own in the markets of the world. Now th%y tell the truth about their countrymen, their “ski’l, energy, enterprise and pluck.” Still another testimony to the soundness of Mr. Ryan’s conclusions is the statement that the tin plate works at Elwood are to be increased in sise. So it seems that even tin plate can be made' without robbing the consumers. The truth is coming out, now that the election is over, and we are learning that the manufacturers themselves are not afraid that a lower tariff will destroy their industries.—N. Y. World. FREE WOOL SURE. a I'onola Ilntnuu iHod ut fhfl

Recent Kleotiou. Whatever else the popular voice may have said in the late election it pronounced unmistakably and unanimously for free wool. There has never been any excuse for the duty upon wool except that the wool-growers desired it The woolen manufacturers have not wanted it, and their industry has been not merely handicapped, but nearly stifled by it since the McKinley law, with its additional rates, went into effect But all protests of the manufacturers have hitherto been unheeded, because the republican legislators believed the assurances of those political shepherds of Ohio—Lawrence, Delano A Co., of the Wool-growers’ association —that the republican party would lose the votes of tho Ohio sheep raisers if thoy reduced or abolished the duty. So the duty was put up ia the McKinley law. On November 8 Ohio voted on this law, and the sheep raisers gave very plain notice that they do not want a duty on wool. The question arises, who does wont it? If there be anybody in the land except the political shepherds who ufill answer in the affirmative, now is the time for them to be heard. Even the shepherds are si lent just at present, and it may be that they are thinking of retiring from business. It is time for the manufacturers to assert themselves and demand that their business be relieved from the intolerable and most unjust oppression which the shepherds have subjected it to for many years. The folly of the American government’s course in regard to wool wa| strikingly shown by the Dry Oooda Economist a few weeks ago, when, in denouncing the political shepherds for the harm they had been permitted tc cause, it said of their avowed intention at that time to ask for still higher duties: “In view of this brazen attempt at further oppression of manufacturer and consumer alike, it may be interesting to note what other nations do in regard to the admission of wool grown without their own borders: Great Britain.Raw wool free Austria..Raw wool froo Denmark.....Raw wool tree Italy.. . .....Raw wool free Sweden. .....Rtw wool free Roumanla...Raw wool free Turkey.8 peret. ad val Spain...... .'....1-10 cent per lb Germany............Raw wool free France.Raw wool free Belgium.................Raw wool free Greece.Rtw wool free Norway...........Raw wool free Holland.Raw wool free Servla.Raw wool free Portugal....S per et ad val Switzerland........ft! to.01 of a cent per lb “These figures are taken from a report of the French tariff commission. All these countries have practically free wool, despite the fact that for the most part their hard-pressed governments want every cent of revenue which they can possibly squeeze out of taxpayers. Are McKinley, Lawrence, Delano ds Co. right and foreign nations all wrong? Or are we a nation of ‘chumps’ for tolerating these greedy parasites upon our woolen-manufacturing industry?” We shall surely bo a “nation of chumps”if after the protest of the woolgrowers themselves we consent to the continuance of this oppression.—N. Y. Evening Post. Vigzaty of ID Kxtra Seaton. The people have been examining the tariff question for years. The members of the new house have been in tho thiek of the debate, and will be aswoll prepared to net next spring as they will be six months or more later. The present ways and means committee has been engaged in the practical work of revision and wiU be ready to go on with it next month. It will have to take some action for the replenishment of the tieasury, which the republicans have gutted, and while they are about it they may as well deal with the subject comprehensively. The more the matter is examined the more clearly the necessity for prompt action at an early called session is seen. The demand for it grows stronger, as its opponents admit by their pretended concessions and by the artifices th,ey suggest for securing delay.—Chicago Uera'd

FROM THE BATTLE FIELD. >Tn« Gatling gun wn» indented hy Gatling in the year 1801. The Norman armor had brecehcs and Jacket in the same piece. Every available foot of the field of Waterloo is now under cultivation, mostly devoted to wheat, oats and rye. The battlar&x was originally a Celtic weapon. The ancient Irish carried axes as the men of-other nation scurried swords. Nearly every state in this country was represented in the one hundred old army nurses that were present at the ’.ate grand army encampment at Washington! A portion of the timbers of Gen. Benedict Arnold's flagship Congresssunk in October, 1770, in Lake Champlain—has been raised by Capt. C. W. Adams, of West Addison, Vt. The timbers are of oak and are sound. Henry Packard, of Eockland, Me., a veteran of the war of 1S13, in which he served as a drummer-boy, has just received from the General Society cf the War of 1813 a bronze medal. Mr. Packard is lame to this day from a wound he roccived in a skirmish. Ex-Gov. IIexrt N. Hoyt, of Pennsylrania, while leading a charge into Fort Fishcsr-; twenty-eight years ago, was captured and disarmed. He has now received his sword back jigain through the courtesy of the confederate lieutenant to whom he surrendered it How’s This! "We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cau not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O. We, tbeunders gned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly honorables in all business transactions and iinam-lally able to «arry out nuy obligations made by their firm. West Sc Tronx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O., Wnlding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. 'Hall’s Catarrh Cure 1» taken internally, toting directly, upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75o per h ttie. Hold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. ' Tnvr’s Why He Was Hard Hearted.— Kind Old Man—“Hurd hearted man, did you ever have a youth?” Stranger—"Yea; 1 have several of them.”—Yankee Blade. Help! Help! How often has the ory born ntterel in vain! But there is help for sufferers from liver complaint nud constipation, those ex. oeedingly prevalent disorders. A course of Hostetter’a Stomach Bitters will completely remove them. The malarious, the rheumatic, the,dyspeptic and the nervous also derive unspeukablo benefit from the great remedy._ _ f A Sr. JoHN-spfRT schoolboy being asked what a stalactite was, replied: “A stalactite is where the water leaks through and sticks ou.”—St Johnsburg (Vt) Caledonian. A Child Enjoys Tho pleasant flavor, gentlo action and Soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxat ve, nud if the father cr mother be eostive or bilious, the most gratifying results follow its use; so that it is the best family remedy known and every family' should have a bottle. “This,” said tho red-eyed cook, who was peeling an onion, “is one o’ thlm concealed weepies.”—Washington Star. Clrakuxess, exercise, and die^re the cardinal virtues of good health. Take care of the first two and if you kqfcw what and how to eat you need never no ill. It is claimed that Garfield Tea, a simi le herb remedy, overcomes tho rosutts of wrong living. ~ Ylaxo Ylasg is Chlnose. G’lang, G’mng! is Yankese. No Safer Remedy can be had for Coughs and Colds, or any trouble of tho Throat, than “Brown's Bronchial Troches.” Price 25 oents. A'old only in boxes. A stkapt job—walking a tlgiit-ropo.— Texas Siftings. Don’t fool with indigestion nor with a disordered liver, but take Boocham's Pills for Immediate relief. 25 cents a box. It is seldom that a tinsmith wears a stovepipe hat 1 Curb your oongh with Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike’s Toothache Drops Caro in ono minute It takes n master stroke to smooth down a rebellious schoolboy.—Texas siftings. THE MARKETS. New York. Dec. 20,1893 CATTLE—Natlv* Steers.* 4 10 « 8 00 COTTON—Middling. ® 10 FLOUR-Winter Wheat....;.. *«) 8 5 15 WHEAT-No. 2 Red. 7«V» 77“a CORN-No. 2.. HUs® M OATS-Western Mixed. BPs® 08 PORK-New Mess. 18 UO « 18 50 ST. LQUI3. COTTON—Mlddliug...'. * »Ta BEEVES-Choice Steers. 5 00 a 5 80 Medium.. 821 ® 4 05 HOGS-Fair to Select. 8 01 a 6 50 SHEEP-Fair to Choice. 8 75 ® 5 00 FLOUR-Patents . 8 35 ® 3 55 Fancy to Extra Do.. 2 50 a 8 15 WHEAT—No. 2 Red Winter. ® 8 »S CORN-No. 2 Mixed . 37ie® 37% OATS—No. 2. ® Si RYE-No. 8. 4T»a« 4 k TOBACCO—Lugs. 110 ® M0 Leaf Burley. 4 5!) « 7 10 HAY—Clear Timothy... . 10 00 ® 12 !0 BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 23 a 28 EGGS-Fresh. • „ POltK—Standard Mess (new) .... ® 15 80 BACON-Clear Rib... ® 9% LARD—Prime Steam. ® Ml WOOL—Choice Tub. « 52 CHICAGO CATTLE—Shipping. *50 « 8 CO HOGS—Fair to Choice. 5 75 « 8 70 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 3 25 « 5 00 FLOUR-Winter Patents.....:’ 3 50 a 3 80 Spring Patents..... 3 75 • 4 10 WHEAT-No. 2 Soring. ® 7l>> COKN-No. 2.A.. « 4Ue OATS-No. 2. 50 9 80>a PORK-Mess (New). 14 75 9 15 00 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3 25 9 4 85 HOGS—All Grade*. 4 9) 9 8 40 WHEAT-No, 8 Red. 87 a 68 OATS-No.2.. 29 a 30 CORN-No. 2. 83 9 83>s NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. 3 35 9 8 80 CORN-No. 2. ® « OATS—Western. — ® 39 HAY-Choice. 15 50 9 16 00 PORK-New Mess.......... « 15 3.»s BACON—Sides... *£• 9h» COTTON—Midd li ng. 9«a® 93i CINCINNATI. WHEAT-No 8Bed.s.. 9 67 CORN-No. 2 Mixed. PORK-New Mess. ® i11 BACON—Clear Rib. 95»w 9% COTTON—Middling. * 10

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= ROYAL IS THE Best Baking Powder The Official Government Reports: The United States Government, after elaborate tests, reports the Royal Baking Powder to be of greater leavening strength than any other. (Bulletin 13, Ag. Dep., p. 599J The Canadian Official Tests, recently made, show the Royal Baking Powder highest of all in leaven- ' ing strength. (Bulletin 10, p. 16, Inland Rev. Dep.) - In practical use, therefore, the Royal Baking Powder goes further, makes purer and more perfect food, than any other. Government Chemists Certify: ( “The Royal Baking Powder is composed of pure and wholesome ingredients. It does not contain either alum or phosphates, or other injurious substances. > , “ Edward G. Love, Ph. D.’* f„ “The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public. “ Henry A. Mott, M. D., Ph. D.” “The Royal Baking Powder is purest in quality and highest in strength of any baking powder of which I have knowledge. “ Wm. McMurtrie, Ph. D.” The Government Report shows all other baking powders tested to contain alum, lime or sulphuric acid.

A Difficult Anlm»l to Shoot. In the wilder parts of South America you can bag a deer-or a wild hog almost any day if you set wisely about it; but months may pass without even the sight of a tapir, though you may be in their haunts continually. You see plenty of unmistakable three-toed tracks, and now and again you may hear tapirs moving in the forest. It is almost useless to follow tracks or sounds; clumsy as the animals appear, they can race through the underbrush faster than a dog can follow; and they are so keen of sight and scent, and so prone to concealment, that oven the most experienced hunter rarely catches sight of one in the daytime, unless by accident. The best plan is to He in wait for them as the lithe and crafty jaguar docs, by their drinking and wallowing places, and this must be done at night. Tapirs are common all over the tropical south and Central America, except the thickly settled regions and the Pacific coast. Naturalists distinguish several species, differing mainly in size and the structure of the bones; but they are m\ich unlike. All go singly or in bands generally of two or three and feed on fruits and leaves.—Chicago Herald. —Southern California’s glacier has been located. For many years tradition has told of such a phenomenon of nature, and recently an expedition was sent out by the Los Angeles Uorald to investigate the matter. The tradition was verified, for upon the upper levels of Grayback mountain, the greatest of the SanBernardino range, a glacier one mile long, and on the average two hundred feet in depth, was found. The icy mass, according to computation made, moves downward at the rate of forty-seven feet a year.

SIX POINTS, out of many, whew Dootof Pierce’s Pellets are better than Mother pills: 1. They’re the smallest, and easiest to take— little, sugar

waiiyu gmu*uvw that every child take? readily. 9. They’re perfectly easy In their action—no griping, no disturbance. 3. Their effects last. There’s no reaction afterwards. They regulate or cleanse the system, according to size of dose. „ „ . 4. They’re the cheapest, for they’re guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You pay only for the good you get. 6. Put up in glass—are always fresh. 6. They cure ’Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and all derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels.

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JT The Social Side of the Home

V ' > >\\\ , "^lii F’T . - n Will be given specie! attention in a series of complete page articles in The Ladies’ Home Journal for 1893. These papers are calculated to meet the^ needs of those who are in search of fresh suggestions for entertainments in the boms. Pago features will be made of > Musical Evenings In the Home _ * Pretty Luncheons and Dainty Teas Out-Door Fetes for Summer ' New Ideas for Children’s Parties Church Fairs and Church Sociables To Entertain an Evening Company for which twenty pens of the best authorities on home entertainment have Keen employed. ( „ . .. , " . ... ;; ■ Subscription Agents wanted Profitable Work Send for terms One Dollar a year 10c. a copy at the News-stands The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa. J