BRAVE :
IT happened in 1870, which is still
spoken of as the "terrible year" in
Bois-le-Duc. The war between
France and Prussia had raged all about
them, but not a soldier had been seen
In the tiny village, for which the peas
ants daily thanked their stars. The old
man who lived alone with his son
Charles, in the cheateau above the
town, and who was sUll known as "le
Due," though his title had vanished
with his estates long before, firmly be
lieved that France was on the road to
ruin, but he scoffed at the idea that the
Prussians would ever invade French
territory.
But one fine summer morning Bois-le-Duc
was startled by a sound of martial
music and a body of Prussian soldiers
marched through the town. Up the hill
went the Prussians, and there before
the old chateau the order to halt was
given. The old soldier had seen their
coming and had prepared, according to
his own ideas, to receive them. From
"AH, PRUSSIAN pig!"
an upper window waved the colors of
France, and as one of the Prussian of
ficers started to enter the house, to
learn the meaning of this hostile dis
play, he was met by the old man, who
had dressed himself in his ancient uni
form and stood, sword in hand, in the
center of the room.
"Ah, Prussian pig!" exclaimed he,
drawing his sword, "draw and defend
yourself, or I will hew you down. No
Prussian ever yet entered my house,
nor shall while I live."
His brave words seemed almost ridic
ulous when one looked at his white
locks and shaking hand. The Prussian
officer smiled at the thought of a sword
combat with him and would probably
have withdrawn, leaving the old man
In peace, had not an overzealous soldier,
thinking that his officer was in danger.
ONE OF THE MEN OPENED
rushed in and bayoneted the old man
as he stood.
The mistake was unfortunate, but
the Prussian command could not afford
to waste time over a single dead French
man. The house was fired; the soldiers
marched on, and by the time the rear
of the column disappeared over the
next hill little but a heap of smoking
ashes was left on the spot where the
old chateau had stood.
But the boy Charles, standing there
.beside the ashes of his father, swore to
foe revenged upon the Prussians. From
that moment he was a man, he had a
purpose.
On the afternoon of the day on which
the Prussians marched through Bois-le-Duc
Charles learned from the villagers
the whereabouts of the nearest bay of
French soldiers, and set off to join
them.
It was soon discovered that the
strange, silent lad was a valuable mem
ber of the company on account of his
knowledge of woodcraft and his abso
lute fearlessness. Important scouting
duty was entrusted to him, and after
a time he became the captain of the
most daring of all the bands of the
franc-tireur. His little company was
a constant aggravation to the Prus
sians, a very thorn In the sides of di
vision commanders.
II.
One afternoon, shortly after the sec
ond visit of the Prussians to Bois-le-Duc,
little Marie Duret was alone In
her parents' cottage while they were
at work in the fields. Marie was a
comely little maiden, a dark-eyed, nut
brown peasant girl, and though not a
dozen summers had passed over her
head, she was a neat, thorough-going
little housewife. Although her home
stood quite apart from the other cot
tages and not far from the great forest,
so that it could scarcely be called a part
of Bois-le-Duc at all, Marie had become
so accustomed to playing the mistress
for a whole day at a time that she did
not in the least mind the loneliness.
To-day she had set the house in or
der, had swept the floor and had piled
beside the large brick oven a heap of
faggots against the morrow's baking.
All her tasks completed, Marie took
possession of a low chair and began
sedately to amuse herself with a large
rag doll, her one playmate and insep
arable companion.
Now, It happened that on this very
morning Captain Charles, the franc
tireur, having gone out on a reconuoit
ering expedition, had been cut off from
iiis men by half a dozen Prussian cav
alrymen, and had to run for his life.
The Duret cottage was the only one
near him, and so, while Marie sat talk
ing to her doll, the door was suddenly
burst open and the soldier rushed in.
Marie knew at once that It was Cap
tain Charles, for she had often seen him
about the village, and as she had heard
of bis brave deeds in aid of the French,
the was not in the least f.igbteosd.
MARIE.
"Where canst thou hide me, little
one?" the man hurriedly asked. "The
Prussians are on my track."
Marie had heard those stories of the
Prussians and her heart sank with fear
at the thought of facing such monsters.
Nevertheless she showed herself a
brave little woman. For an instant she
glanced helplessly around the room.
Truly there were few hiding places in
the little cottage. Then her eyes f ;11
on the large baking oven and her busy
little brain found a way out of the dif
ficulty. She quickly bade the franc
tireur get Inside the oven and then she
filled it with the loose faggots.
Scarcely was her work finished when
she heard a loud knocking on the door
and a Prussian officer entered. He
stopped, abashed, when he saw only
the little maid before him. Perhaps
the thought of some little girl that he
had left behind in the fatherland came
to his mind, for the look in his eyes
was quite gentle and his voice trembled
in spite of himself when he spoke.
"We saw a man enter tills house Just
now," he said. "Tell me, my little
maid, where he is."
In the moment while she was wait
ing for him to speak Marie had had
time to collect her wits and to reflect
that the man did not look like such a
monster after all. Now she replied
readily:
"A man? O, yes, a soldier Just came
in here and left that," pointing to an
old musket of her father's which stood
in the corner of the room, "but he is
gone now," she added.
Slie carefully related to the Prussians
how the franc-tireur had taken the path
that led from the rear of the cottage
to the forest.
The girl answered his questions so
readily that it was hard for the officers
to suspect her of deceiving him, but he
ordered his men to make a thorough
search of the cottage. They looked in
closets and cupboards and rummaged
the loft One of the men in passing
opened the oven door and glanced in.
Marie's heart almost ceased beating,
but she gave no sign of her alarm. See
ing nothing but the heap of' faggots the
man closed the door. Marie could hard
ly keep from heaving a sigh of relief;
it seemed in her own mind that she
must shout of Joy. As they were pre
paring to leave one of the men asked:
"Shall we not fire the cottage?"
It was the usual rule when a peasant
was suspected of harboring a franc
tireur to burn his cottage as a lesson
to him and a warning to all others, but
Marie's winsome manner had touched
THE DOOR AND LOOKED IN.
the officer's heart and the questioner
received a curt, almost savage "No."
Marie watched the Prussians ride
away, and when they were well out of
sight, she let Captain Charles out of
his narrow hidding place. He had
heard all that passed in the cottage.
and he kissed Marie and called her a
brave girl. Then he departed by the
road opposite to that which the Prus
sians had taken, to Join his men at their
meeting place in the forest.
Marie was the pride of her parents
and the heroine of the town when her
story was made known. And in the
depths of the forest, when the franc
tireur gathered about their campflre
and their leader told of his narrow es
cape and the bravery of the little peas
ant girl, each man lifted his canteen
and enthusiastically drank to the
health and prosperity of Marie Duret.
The landlady of the little vine-covered
Inn at Bols-le-Duc tells this story
to every stranger who visits the place.
And if one is inquisitive enough to ask
what afterward became of the franc
tireur and the peasant girl she will un
fold her hands and say:
"Just walk up to yonder brick house
on the hill and ask for Monsieur le
Maire and his good wife. There you
will find Captain Charles and the
brave Marie." Omaha Bee.
Merely a Sinecure.
Labor - saving appliances for the
kitchen are now so numerous that If
Inventions along this line continue to
multiply the position of cook will soon
become a sinecure; and it will only be
necessary for the goddess of pots to
put the raw food on the kitchen table,
touch a" button, and ring the bell for
the hungry. One man makes a clock
wake the sleeper and light the lamp,
says Invention. Now another Inventor
makes a clock light the fire while the
cook is in bed dreaming of her new bi
cycle and bloomers. This other smart
clock is of the alarm kind. When the
hour for lighting the fire arrives the
time piece "goes off," so does a fire
carriage with which it is connected.
The carriage slides on a track, which
extends from the clock base to the
wood to be ignited, being put in motion
by a spring released by the clock mech
anism. First a match, carried by a
sliding match-holder, is struck as the
latter moves, and from this the fire car
riage is lighted, after which It slides
down to the wood and completes the
Job.
Spots on the Finger Nails.
The little white spots which some
times appear on the finger nails are due
to some subtle action of the blood, upon
which all the bones, sinews, muscles,
and organs In the body are dependent
for nutrition. They sometimes disap
pear of their own accord, but there is
no known cure. In reality, they signify
no derangement of the system.
It's the early fish that catches the
worm hook and alL
TOPICS FOB. FARMEES
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Profitable Breeds of Poultry How to
Mix Kerosene Emulsion Planting
Beans with Corn Points in Butter
MakinK General Farm Matters.
Profitable Poultry.
An experienced poultryman says:
"There are breeds for all purposes
summer eggs, winter eggs, broilers,
roasters and general purposes. We
have had heavy egg records with the
non-sitting breeds, but the bulk of their
production is in spring and early fall.
Unless under very favorable circum
stances, they are but ordinary layers
during the winter. Our winter laying
breeds are of the broody class, and
they give comparatively few eggs dur
ing the warm season of the year. Much
of their time is taken In Incubating.
Then we have a class that are better
adapted for broiler raising than for
roasting purposes. On the other hand
we have breeds that make better roast
ers than broilers. Again, we have gen
eral purpose fowls reasonably well
adapted for all that one could wish for
in poultry. To become more plain, the
summer layers are the Leghorns,
Mlnorcas, Andaluslans, Spanish, Polish,
Hamburgs and Houdans. The winter
layers are the Asiatics Brabmas, Coch
ins and Langshans and the Americans
Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes.
The best for broilers are the Wyan
dottes or Plymouth Rocks. The best
for roasters are the Brabmas or the
Langshans. The best general purpose
fowl is the Plymouth Rock." Denver
Field and Farm.
Kerosene Emulsion.
The efficiency of kerosene emulsion
depends on how it is made. The most
important part is the agitation of the
materials. Simply stirring the mixture
will not answer, as violent agitation,
by pumping the liquid back into itself,
is necessary. Use soft water and avoid
water containing lime, and also use
plenty of soap. An excellent method
is to shave half a pound of soap and
add it to a gallon of boiling water. Let
the water boll until the soap is dis
solved, and then remove the vessel from
the fire. Next, add two gallons of ker
osene and a gill of crude carbolic acid,
while the water is hot, and briskly agi
tate until the result is a substance hav
ing the appearance of rich cream. It
requires about ten minutes to agitate
the mixture, as no free kerosene should
be noticed. When cold add twenty gal
lons of soft water and spray with a noz
zle. The carbolic acid is not included
in the usual formula, but it will be
found of advantage. Use the crude
acid (not the refined), which is a cheap
substance. Kerosene and crude car
bolic acid will not mix with water, but
both substances form an emulsion with
strong soapsuds.
Planting Beans with Corn.
It vised to be the practice more than
It is now to plant one or two beans in
each hill of corn that is eaten out by
the cut worm. It makes much extra
work to harvest these beans. But the
plan is perhaps better than to plant in
late some more corn that will not be
ripened with the other, and can be
used only for feeding as soft corn. The
corn shades adjoining corn too much.
Beans of the bush variety will not
shade it at all. The extra sunlight
which gets down to the soil where a
hill of corn has been destroyed makes
the corn hills on either side more pro
lific than they would have been.
Points in Butter-Making.
Butter-making has undergone many
changes of late years in the line of
washing, salting and working. For
merly it was churned until it was one
solid mass; it was washed once, salted
and worked. It was thought best to
churn at a temperature of about 62 de
grees, but gradually the temperature
has been lowered until now it is not
unusual to churn as low as 48 degrees.
A low temperature has many advant
ages. The loss in butter fat will be
less, the butter will need less washing
and have better body than when enurn
ed at a higher temperature. With
proper precaution, the loss of butter fat
in churning need not be more than
about one-hundredth of 1 per cent. The
loss depends largely upon the tempera
ture and the evenness of ripening. If
the cream has been gathered for sev
eral days, unless the oldest has been
held at a low temperature to prevent
any partial ripening, or it has been
thoroughly stirred each time new cream
was added, it will not be evenly ripened
and the loss will be unduly large. Less
time will be required to churn at a high
temperature, but it will be at the ex
pense of butter fat. Indiana Farmer.
How to Set Out Trees.
In preparing to set out trees, shrubs,
vines, etc., a hole should be dug large
and deep, a foot at least larger than
the natural spread of the roots, from
the fact that a tree or anything set out
should grow a year or two in good
loam before it runs its roots into the
original gravelly material; otherwise
Its progress in growing is apt to be
very slow and sickly looking, If it lives
at all. When setting out a tree, shrub
or vine in fact, anything of size the
loam should not be shoveled in In a
body, for any person can see that in
this way it can not be air-tight. Around
the roots the loam should be very care
fully shaken in, and at the same time
using water, which will make a' por
ridge of the loam so it can be carried
Into the least hole, crack or crevice,
and thus it is made air-tight around
every fiber, which, the reader can "See,
Is of great importance for the tree to
start right away and so continue to
grow right along. Trees often die from
the effects of being set out in a hurry
and the roots bent and cramped into a
post hole. Anyone setting out trees in
this way should wear a boot or shoe a
few days two sizes too small, so it may
cramp his toes; then he can pity the
tree that has its roots cramped and
bent to fit a small hole. Woodward.
Horse Marks and Terms.
Grinders, the back teeth.
Bore, to bear on the bit.
A white eye is a glass eye.
Hand, one-third of a foot 4 inches.
A white spot in the forehead is a star.
A white stripe in the face is a blaze.
A strip between the nostrils is a snip.
A snip can't be anywhere except on
the nose.
A white face from eye to eye Is a
bald face.
Croup, that part of the horse back of
the saddle.
White around the top of the hoof Is
a white coronet.
Forearm, that part of the leg be
tween the elbow and knee.
Appel, the gentle tug on the rein giv
en by the horse at each step.
A star, blaze or bald face can't be
anywhere except on the face.
Elbow, joint of foreleges next above
knee, lying next to horse's side.
White below the pastern joint Is a
white pastern. Above the pastern a
white leg.
A horse has pasterns, not ankles, and
there Is no such joint as a hind knee
or fore shoulder.
Bucking, leaping vertically Into the
air with all four feet, and coming to
gether on the ground.
Amble, a gait like pacing, but slow
er, in which the two legs on the same
side are moved together.
Forge, to strike the toe of the fore
foot with the toe of the hind one; very
often the result of bad shoeing.
Frog, a triangular piece of spongy
horn in the middle of the sole of the
foot. Rural World.
Developing Good Hogs.
First, choose the breed. Have an
ideal animal and work for it. Breed
from matured and well-bred sows.
Don't sacrifice individuality to pedi
gree. Breed prolific sows only. Avoid
cross-breeding and feeding too much
corn and ice water, as this lessens the
vitality and tends to make too light a
bone. Feed young stock and the breed
ing sows oats, shorts, bran and oil
meal, with but little corn. Give plenty
of exercise. In finishing off a fat hog
nothing is ahead of corn and pure wa
ter. Give plenty of room in sleeping quar
ters and teach young pigs to eat early.
March and April litters are best. Keep
salt and charcoal by them at all times.
The growing of frame for the first six
months and the keeping of equal-sized
pigs together must be looked to. It re
quires intelligence of the highest order,
after the ideal hog is secured, to keep
it, and not allow it to degenerate.
Transplanting: Rutabagas.
Last spring I planted an experimen
tal patch of sugar beets. The seed, be
ing sown too early, came up poorly
and did not make a stand. Having
some rutabagas which were too thick,
my boys transplanted three rows of
rutabagas into the sugar beet ground.
The rows were twenty rods long. We
harvested seventy-five bushels of ruta
bagas from three rows. Allowing nine
rows to one rod in width, the yield was
1,800 bushels of rutabagas per acre.
The same rows produced ten bushels
of sugar beets, making the yield over
2,000 bushels of roots per acre. T. W.
Clark, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Farm Philosophy.
That one egg is as good as another is a
mistaken idea. Eggs from hens that
have been well kept and fed on whole
some food are very different from eggs
laid by poorly fed or diseased hens.
One of the best devices for feeding
loose oats and hay to sheep is to place
the feed Just outside the sheep lot fence
made of palings placed such a distance
apart that the sheep can reach through
to eat.
A farmer can bring an orchard to the
bearing point, and at the same time
produce nearly as much corn, potatoes
or other produce, as if it were not there,
It will add greatly to the value of his
farm, whether he intends to make it his
home or sell the place.
When fowls are afflicted with ver
min, the most practical remedy is a
thorough dusting with a good quality
of Insect powder, applied with a blower.
The habit of applying grease or oil to a
fowl Is of ancient origin, and exhibits
poor judgment. Insect powder is just
as cheap.
The Iowa experiment station ana
lyzed 1,000 samples of sugar beets from
all counties In that State. The result
was quite satisfactory, but high and
low grade beets were produced in all
sections, due doubtless to the lack of
observing proper methods of culture.
All parts of the State are adapted to
beet culture.
E. J. Hiatt, of Athens County, Ohio,
writes to the Breeder's Gazette that
blood, breeding and feeding should each
have about equal credit for the most
perfect type found in herd or flock.
When breeders and farmers will see
the need of these three requisites im
provement will come more rapidly.
Strictly high-class animals are not
found in large numbers.
The susceptibility of plants to change
in their chemical composition by seed
selection and proper cultivation Is seen
In the development of the sugar beet.
When Napoleon set about making Eu
rope independent in her beet sugar sup
ply the beet contained but 3 per cent,
of its weight In sugar. But the world
has seen the yield of sugar from the
beet multiplied by four. It is suggest
ed that the quality of all cereals can be
greatly benefited by proper seed selec
tion. No Ordinary Man.
An English actor was a member of a
company snowbound in the Sierras
while en route from California to the
East. Before the train pulled out of the
drifts they had been reduced to eating
the coarse fare.of the railway laborers
and got little enough of that, so that
they were all ravenously hungry when
the train reached the station, at which,
there was a humble restaurant. The
Englishman was the first to find a seat
at the table. "Bring me as quickly as
possible," he said to the landlord, a
burly Western man, "a porterhouse
steak, some deviled kidneys, a brace of
chops, plenty of vegetables, and two
bottles of Bass bitter beer." The land
lord stuck his head out of the dining
room- door and yelled to somebody in
the. rear apartment: "Say, Bill, tell the.
band to play 'Rule Britannia!' The
Prince of Wales has come."
.' Lost in London Cabs.
No less than 38,025 articles were
found In cabs, etc., In London last year,
and as many as 2,955 people left their
purses and money behind them during
that period, says the Westminster Ga
zette. How any one. could leave his
watch behind him Is somewhat puz
zling, but 200 people achieved this feat.
Bags containing valuables numbered
2,595, while among other "unconsid
.ered trifles" were 811 opera and field
glasses and 257 rugs. There is food for
much thought In the fact that one
seems more liable to forget an umbrella
than a walking-stick, for the walking
sticks only totted up. a beggarly S1G,
while the umbrellas reached the hand
some total of 17,020.
Motor Cradles.
A motor cradle Is the latest domestic
invention. It is said to be a great ad
vance on the hand-rocked cradle, and
can be worked with either electricity
or petroleum. The motion may be ac
celerated or slackened by simply turn
ing a screw, and one great advantage is
that the berceau does not cease swing
ing, though the baby may be left In the
room alone. There are, of course, doc
tors who say that a child should not be
rocked at all, but few mothers are of
the same opinion, and with the major
ity the motor cradle will no douttt be
come popular. London Telegraph.
Dislikes Tobacco.
Queen "Victoria is perhaps the only
European sovereign who has a positive
aversion to tobacco In all its forms.
Woe be to the Prince who pollutes the
apartments at Windsor with its fumes.
Paupers in London and New York.
Statistics show that in London one
person In forty-five is maintained by
public charity, while in New York the
proportion is one in 200.
Examples of Good Roads.
But few American people know any
thing about good rural roads; they have
but few object lessons along this line.
Thus when an American visits Europe
he finds the roads there are a revela
tion. In Palestine, perhaps now among the
poorest of producing territories, the
highways leading from one Impover
ished village or plantation, or vineyard,
to another, is of the most permanent
character, and in many cases better
than pavements of our large cities, and
other roads which were built by the
Romans 1,500 years ago are yet in best
possible condition for traveling by car
riage or bicycle.
Please consider the foundations and
the skill required In building a public
road which will endure for 1,500 years.
There are other roads even older than
this that lead out of Rome, which are In
a fair condition to-day.
In Corsica, .a small island, scarcely,
averaging 100 miles in diameter, a
mountainous district, there are roads
laid out by accomplished engineers and
constructed along pretty much the
same rules as railroads. Corsica is
ruled by the French nation, which re
ceives scarcely any revenue from this
Infertile island. The roads leading from
village to village, over the mountains,
seem to be worth more than the prop
erty which they connect. In order to
avoid the steep inclines in the moun
tains the distance Is doubled by grace
ful curves and loops. Thus you may
pass and repass the same point in wind
ing up or down the mountain sides.
Where necessary, walls of masonry are
built to sustain the road along the preci
pices. Stone viaducts are built over
streams, and everything is of the most
permanent character.
A bicyclist can cross this island on
his wheel from one side to the other
without dismounting except to rest his
weary legs, and yet this trip will neces
sitate climbing three or four thousand
feet of mountain heights. There are
points in the Corsica mountains where
bicyclists can coast for thirty miles
down the mountain sides without touch
ing feet to pedal.
The highways of Scotland, through
the barren mountainous district, also
of Switzerland, used almost exclusively
by tourists, also of England and France,
and almost all European countries are
built in the most permanent manner,
are smooth and well adapted for the
bicycle, as well as the heavy loaded
wagon.
Can the reader wonder that attention
is being given to good roads in this
country? Surely it is time that a re
form in road building should be inaug
urated. Good roads are an Indication
of civilization, while bad roads indicate
barbarism. Green's Fruit Grower.
Wide Tires in Minnesota.
It was demonstrated beyond question
that wide tires keep the surface smooth
and firm, and that when the roads are
full of ruts the broad wheels tend to
restore them to good condition and thus
materially lessen the cost of repairs.
The universal adoption of the wide tire
In Minnesota for all vehicles carrying
heavy loads would save the taxpayers
of the State thousands of dollars annu
ally in road repairs and would save
thefarmers and teamsters ten" times
the" amount in expense of hauling and
wear and tear of horses and vehicles.
Minneapolis Tribune.
SHE FOUND HER POCKET.
What the Wheel Is Doing for the Ad
vanced Woman.
The wheel has done a good deal for
the physical development of the new
woman. A little incident that happened
the other day on upper 19th street gave;
interesting proof of this. A sweet
faced woman with silvered hair and
clad in a plain gray dress was riding
slowly along when she saw ahead of
her a small boy pushing along on a
tricycle and towing a little blue cart
tied with a string to the axle of his
vehicle. There were more youngsters
further up the street, and the little
chap was looking at them and trying
to put on speed to reach them. A smile
overspread the face of the silver-haired
woman, and a sudden thought seemed
to occur to her.
She rode a little slower, held the
handlebar with one hand, and with the
other found the pocket in her dress.
Skillfully she guided her bicycle close
to the little red cart, and as she reach
ed it the disengaged hand drew from
the pocket a big, round, red apple,
which she deftly dropped in the little
cart.
The boy did not hear it and kept on.
The woman rode past, then turned and
came behind, riding slower than be
fore. The youngster at length reached
his playmates and dismounted.
As he did so he saw his prize and
jumped for it, then looked wondering
ly around to see where it came from.
The lady with the silver hair watch
ed him as she wheeled past and evi
dently had her full reward in the
child's pleasure and astonishment.
But the marvel to the man who saw
it from the sidewalk was how a wom
an could find her pocket on a wheel.
Washington Star.
Superstitions of the Sea.
The American ship T. F. Oakes
whose name had been changed to New
York In consequence of her persistent
ill-luck was wrecked south of San
Francisco at Half-Moon Bay, ship and
cargo a total loss. This futile change
of name recalls the superstition of sail
ors. Few of them will ship In an un
lucky ship; few shipmasters care to sail
an unlucky ship; few ship-owners care
to ship an unlucky ship-master. There
is an old story told of a ship-owner who
was so irritated by the superstitions of
the sea and by the refusal of ship-masters
to sail on a Friday or on the thir
teenth of the month, that he laid the
keel of a new ship on Friday, put in her
masts on Friday, launched her on Fri
day, christened her on Friday, put her
in charge of a skipper named Friday,
sent her to sea on Friday, and he says
he thinks she went to the devil on Fri
day, because she never was heard of
again. San Francisco Argonaut.
Sand Ba; as a Heater.
A sand bag will hold heat better than
anything else. A woolen stocking filled
with fine sand and heated in an oven
will retain warmth twice as long as a
water bag or a brick.
The first two weeks that a man is idle
he can fool his friends by saying that
he is taking a needed rest, but at the
end of that time they begin to suspect
that he lost his job.
A woman never sees a list of adver
tised letters without looking for her
name.
That
Tired
Feeling
What does it mean? As tired in the
morning as at night, can't get rested, nerv
ous, sleepless, dull, languid.
It means that the blood is poor. Mus
cles cannot be elastic and strong, nerves
cannot be steady, energy and vigor can
not be felt when the blood is impure, im
poverished, without nourishing power.
Hood's Sarsaparilla imparts to the blood
the qualities it lacks when that tired feel
ing troubles you. It makes the blood
rich, pure, full of vitality. It cures spring
languor and eradicates all foul taints from
the blood, thus guarding against future
danger from fevers, malaria, and other
serious illness. Be sure to get
Hood's8 parilla
America's Greatest Med cine. U; six for ?5.
Prepared only by C. I. H00D& CcLowell, Mass.
HrrH'c Dillc cure Liver Ills; easy to
lluuu 3 rma take, easy to operate. 25c.
Crutches.
A Kansas City dealer in crutches
said: "Crutches are staple articles
with us, and we sell on an average ten
pairs per week, or 40 pairs a month.
This, of course, would make 480 pairs
in the course of a year. This, mind
you. does not include the crutches we
sell at wholesale. It is a conservative
statement to say that altogether we sell
1,500 pairs of. crutches annually, and
our firm is only one of several in the
city that handle them. The total sales
of crutches annually in Kansas City
would be hard to estimate, but I would
pay that 5,000 pairs would not be far
from tho exact number." Kansas City
Times.
This Great Country.
We make our own Cuban cigars.
We manufacture better news from
foreign lands than is to be found there.
We raise our own European wines
and mineral waters.
The finest French sardines in the
world come from Maine.
The choicest and most expensive of
Dresden china is grown in New Jersey.
We declare war in more places in a
minute than some other countries can
declare in three hours and a hall.
We don't want the earth.
We are it.
Hurrah! Truth.
A Paris florist after many experi
ments la able to grow chrysanthemums
with the odor of the rose, sunflowers
with the perfume of the jasamine, and
calla lilies with the scent of the violet.
A statistician affirms that the major
ity of the people who attain old age
has kept late hours. Eight out of ten
who reach the age of 80 have never
gone to bed till after 12 at night.
In tropical regions when the moon is
at its full objects are distinctly visible
several miles away. By starlight only,
print can be read with ease.
Directions
in every package of Schil
lings Best tea.
Follow them no matter
what tea you use. 627
Mast Wear a Hrasfc Collar.
They had an excellent way of check
ing excessive drinking in Manitoba.
When a man had been twice or thrice
convicted of drunkenness he wsa sen
tenced to wear a brass collar, which
marked him out among his fellows as
a person to whom no publican could
with impunity serve liquor. The
drastic measure often proved a cure.
On the authorities being satislied that
the branded individual had served a
sufficiently lqng term of probation he
was uncoliared and endowed with the
liberty of drinks. London Telegraph.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTORIA," aud
"rirCHKRS CASTORIA," asourTrade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was theorigiuator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the origiual " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been jsed in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D.
Cart Ahead of the Horse.
An Indiana inventor has patented a
wagon in which the forward wheels are
ahead of the horse, with a portion of
the wagon box cut under to make room
for the horse; the steering being done
by a lever running from the driver's
seat to the forward truck.
TRY ALtEN'S FOOT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, "try
Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes
timonials of cures. Try it todan. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent
bv mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
Fit EE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le
Koy, New York.
Black rot, the dangerous enemy of
grapes, has been treated successfully
by sprinkling the green grapes with
calcium carbide. M. Q. Bodier, a
Frenchman, is the discoverer of this
remedy.
HOM K I'KOUIICTS AND FUKB FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is ronde from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is lor sale
bv first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syeup Co. All gen
uine '7Ya Harden Driv? have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The tobacco raised in Beloocbistan is
exceedingly strong and cannot be
smoked by any but tbe most vigorous
white man.
From the 140. pounds of gas tar ex
tracted in coking a ton of coal, over
2,000 distinct shades of aniline dye are
made.
CITO Permanently Cured. No fltsor nervousnes
r 1 1 0 alter first day's use of Dr. Kliue's Great
Nerve Kestorer. Send for FRUK at.uu trial
bottle and treatise. DR. R. LL KIiINK, Ltd., 930
Arch street, Philadelphia, Ru
If we moved our legs proportionately
as fast as an ant, it is claimed we
could travel nearly 800 miles an hour.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1865. J. R.
Madison, 2409 42d Ave., Chicago, 111.
Just as a letter was being read in a
Farmington, Me., household from a
daughter in California announcing her
good health and well being, a tele
gram came announcing her death.
CURES WHERE All
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes
in time, sola dt ami
Iwi
TLSI f AILS, ia
Good. Use C
ESI
ggiats. EI
Mo longer an Experiment.
The order for 100 steel cars recently
given by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to the Schoen Pressed Steel
Company of Pittsburg is a good illus
tration of the fact that the steel car is
no longer an experiment but an accept
ed type of railway rolling stock, says
the Engineering News. It is a noticea
ble fact, however, that a large propor
tion of the steel care constructed are
designed to carry heavier loads than
cars of timber construction. The new
Pennsylvania cars, for example, are to
carry 110.000 pounds of ore, or 104,000
pounds of coal. Their dead weight
will be 37,000 pounds and their length
will be 33 feet. The competition of the
steel car with the wooden cars of ordi
nary capacity will not be apparent
probably for some time, but that it
will come eventually the increasing cost
of timber and the decreasing cost of
steel construction makes very certain.
Deserters Return.
A curious war item comes from Fort
Logan, Colo. On the morning of
April 20 a number of deserters from
the Seventh infantry appeared at the
fort and surrendered. They said they
had heard the rumors of war and were
anxious to participate. Col. Benham
ordered them to the guardhouse, but it
is understood that the stern old warrior
will be lenient and give the prodigals
an opportunity to fight.
A boy six years old in Iowa swal
lowed several lemon seeds. They
sprouted in his stomach and nearly
killed him before they were removed.
In the towns of Chile most shops are
open till midnight, and during the hot
afternoons, when everybody takes a
siesta they are locked up.
I Certain butterflies have very trans
parent wings, and these are thought
I , it . 1 jae a l .
uy iiaase 10 oe oven moro euectuai ior
protection than conspicuous "warning"
stripes or other markings.
THE DEATH RATE.
While it is quite true that the proportion of
deaths from malaria as an immediate cause Is
proportionally small as cited in annual mortu-
. ary statistics, yet pnysicians are tnorougniy
convinced that it causes maladies of a fatal
character, and bceets dangerous nervous pros
, tration. This malady is eradicated and pre
' vented by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
also cures biliousnes, constipation, rheumatism
and dyspepsia.
For Children's Pictures.
An Englishman has designed a neat
mounting for children's pictures con
sisting of a cardboard frame which
supports a swing, in which the picture
is placed, the latter being cut from the
print and mounted on zinc, which is
I then dressed to represent the child.
SlOO REWARD 81O0.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
jearn 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 only positive cure known to tho medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, 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 founda
tion of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its curative
fiowers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
or any case that It fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials, Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The quaint little chimney sweeps
add to the picturesqueness of Charles
ton, N. C, where they are stil in con
stant demand to clean chimneys of the
soot from the soft pine wood so largely
oro$ :bivjoy
Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to tho stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist wbo
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one wbo
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
LOUISVILLE. Kt. HEW YORK. .f-
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A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by a sense of tenderness and heat low
down in the side, with an occasional
shooting' pain, indicates inflammation.
The region of pain shows some swell
bag. This is the first stage of ovaritis,
inflammation of the ovary. If the roof
of your house leaks, my sister, you have
it fixed at once;
why not pay the
same respect to
your own body ?
Write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. , and tell her
all your
svmntoms. SlStT7 Vv '
Her experi-.
ence m a
treating
female ills
is greater
than any other living person. The fol
lowing from Mrs. Annie Curtis, Ticon
deroga, N. Y., is proof of what we say:
" For nine years I suffered with fe
male weakness in its worst form. I
was in bed nearly a year with conges
tion of the ovaries. I also suffered
with falling of the womb, was very
weak, tired all the time, had such head
aches as to make me almost wild. Was
also troubled with leucorrhoea, and was
bloated so badly that some thought I
had dropsy. I have taken several bot
tles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and several of her Blood
Purifier, and am completely cured. It
is a wonder to all that I got well.".
The soil of Hawaii is of a dark choco
late or reddish brown, and the darker
is best adapted to growing coffee.
The Romans used a circular fan on
occasions of state and the Greeks made
fans of the flat leaves of the lotus.
Nearly 70,000 tons of cork are con
sumed by the bottlers of aerated wa
ters, beers, etc., in England every year.
A Boston woman sued a Roxbury
hotel keeper because, she alleged, she
caught pneumonia owing to lack of
beating, and recovered f 1,000.
CLEVELAND
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Best Paint for Dealer or Consumer.
Color Cards Sent Free.
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Good
Health
Is the working capital
of humanity. He who
loses that Is wrecked
Indeed. Is your health
.ailing you, your am
bition, vigor, vitality
Wasting away T
When others fail con
sult DOCTOR
RATCLIEFE,
For the speedy, safe and permanent cure of all
Nervous, Chronic and Special diseases, even
io their most aggravated forms. There is no man
In the world who has effected so many permanent
cures tn both Men and Women of troubles which
other physicans of acknowledged ability had given
upas hopeless as this eminent specialist.
NERVOUS DEBILITY and allits attending
ailments, of YOUNG. MIDDLE-AGED and OLD
MEN. The awful effects of neglected or improp
erly treated cases, causing drains, weakness of
body and brain, dizziness, failing memory, lack of
energy and confidence, pains In back, loins and
kidneys, and many other distressing symptoms,
unfitting one for study, business or enjoyment of
life. DrBatcliffe can cure you, no matter who or
what has failed.
WEAK MEN. He restores lost vigor and vi
tality to weak men. Organs of the body which
have been weakened through disease, overwork,
excesses or indiscretions are restored to full power,
strength and vigor through his own successful sys
tem of treatment.
VARICOCELE, hydrocele, swelling and ten
derness of the glands treated with unfailing success.
SPECIAL DISEASES, inflammation, dis
charges, etc., which. If neglected or Improperly
treated, break down the system, cause kidney and
bladder diseases, etc.
DISEASES OF WOMEN. Promptandes
pecial attention given to all their many ailments.
WRITE If you are aware of any trouble. DO
NOT DELAY. Call on Dr.RatcllttVtoday. Ifyou
cannot call, write him. His valuable hook free to
all sufferers. CONSULTATION FREE and confi
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Keep it Right
Moore's Revealed Remedy will do It. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggfst cr any wholesale drug house, or
trom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
wit ma cos IZE1S!;M
Plain or with Cutter. The best needle In the mar
ket. Used by all sack sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise stores, or by
Wltl. & FINCK CO.,
820 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
RODS
fbr tracing and locating Gold or Silver
Ore. lost or buried treasures. M. 1.
FOWLEK, Boi 337, Southiugton, Conn.
N. P. N. V.
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