FORTUNE
IN A HAIRPIN,
la Worn bj a
... 1,500 ami !
Cw" New Vork Girl,
hairpins are fust
anil
the
becoming
Blrl who
the
" Her many companions. These
, ;t any amount from $10 to
f- e iianilsoinest worn in this
I . 1 ,i hr n New York lady.
if" . I.. 1n..tll It ill illst
Sll.iHFO. -
. while the npppr, or oroa-
part of It measures two Inch
.V it l not n pronRed affair,
"L'oid-fasliioned pins, but Is what
..K..mnn miirht call a slnsle Ktiek-
Tbe great cost of this trinket is
t only to the profusion of the
r Bitli which it is set. but also to
I" . ...... lit.. Tln
rare ami iiriinam iuuu.
Lr part or tins
Pm'" ..v,,..nslve od Is
,be M . ,,
I'OSt
aches,
Jul
TOSS.
"PICK UP" FOR UNCLE SAM.
Million, of Dollara of Unclaimed
Money in the Treasury.
There are millions upon millions of
dollars In the treasury paid in from dlf
ferent sources which belong to citizen
of the United States. To this wealth
the postofflce department, through the
money order office, contributes largely.
A few years back the postmaster gen.
eral deposited with the treasurer nearly
$8,000,000, the money from uncashed
orders which had accumulated since the
office was started In 1863. At first no
effort was made to restore this un
claimed money to its rightful owners,
but the letters of advice, turned in as
unpaid by the postmasters from all over
the country were kept, in case a de
mand should be made for their pay.
ment. This money remained to the
credit of the money order office, show
Ing a large profit for the service. This
policy was subsequently changed, and
now the office endeavors to refund the
money to the remitters by a draft
drawn on the treasury. This rule ob
tains In cast of money orders less than
ten years old. Letters of advice older
than this are destroyed.
Jiverv vear n limit 1 M i .. i
monev nrrto T 1 . ' V? ! J1(' w("ut ar ' me back with the
msucu nil UUl CaBDcU, I
i-nviiiif irnrn nimwhi Jq ;IV 000 1111
COMPLETELY OUTGENERALED.
Co.tumea Were Not in the Contract,
but She Finally Got Ihem.
"I've heard a good deal about coer
cion," said the niau with a heavy mus
tache and a big gold watch chain, as
he leaned over the desk of a Washing
ton hotel. "But it's my opluion that
the public in general don't know what
coercion is. Just wait till you get wom
en in politics; then you'll tind out some
thing about It."
"Have you ever had any experience
with women lu polities?" inquired the
clerk.
"Not with women In politics. But
I've Just had experience with a woman
in business, which shows how quick the
sex is in recognizing au advantage and
how heartless It can be in making use
of It. I run a dime museum. One of
my chief attractions is a bearded lady.
About two weeks ago her husband
came to me and said that she wanted
some new costumes; that she was tired
of trying to keep up appearances with
her old ones. I just laughed at hlin;
but he assured me that she was in ear
nest. I told him to tell his wife that
we weren't paying her milliner's bills.
ft Happy Couple.
fOSTI.Y HAIKPIN.
Ins across It. Tills string, the sides
tie lyre, and the bar, or pin proper.
ill of solid gold, and quite broad
heavy. The sides of the lyre are
Idded with diamonds and rubies, the
let of a quality that makes them
In value with their more sparkling
khbors. The string Is similarly In-
k and at each tip of the lyre Is a
Serb diamond set about with ru-
. In the bottom part or bowl of
lyre Is a golden lotus bud, with
tolng leaves, that reveal the largest
most valuable diamond of the or-
cent The effect of the whole le
g b heightened by two flexible
toss of diamonds, ingeniously con
led by delicate settings and threads
that run from the horns of the
pice to where the bar begins.
LAWYERS' CLUB HOUSE.
ndiome Structure Krecterl by the
lu Association of New York City.
ie Bar Association of New York has
III Itself a new home In that city.
Ii very proiid of Its new home, and
jflonably so, for It Is not only use-
bat very pretty, too. All the big
Pfers in New York participated in
claimed, which Is deposited In the treas-
ury. .there are many reasons to ac
count for this large number of money
orders not being cached. In some In
stances orders are filed away with oth
er papers and forgotten. More fre
quently the letter containing the order
Is lost or stolen, and the order never
reaches the addressee. This is true of
the orders made out to the large shops
which do not receive the order or the
accompanying letter containing orders
for goods to be shipped, owing general
ly to the dishonesty of employes. There
er cases, too, where men have used
the money order office as a bank and
have made out orders to themsehes
which, owing to sudden death or other
cause, have never been claimed.
1 It Is difficult, however, to explain why
such large sums remain unclaimed, for
In case an order Is lost a duplicate Is
easily obtained. Application Is made
by either the remitter, the payee or the
office of payment, and a duplicate Is is
sued with only the delay necessary to
comply with the forms. A year ago
the department made a ruling that du
plicate money orders could not be Is
sued In less than three months from the
time when an application was filed, but
this was found Inconvenient, and this
order was rescinded.
TARIFF AND TAXES.
message that she wasn't going to be
pin off; mat stie wanted three new
dresses, and that she wanted 'em mode
by the most expensive modiste in town.
'Wliat'll she do If she doesn't get 'em?'
I asked. 'She's awfully set In her own
way,' he answered; 'I shouldn't be sur
prised if she resigned right off.' I
laughed at him again and told him that
I had a contract with her for the sea
son, which It would cost her more to
break than she could earn In six
months."
"That ought to have settled it," the
clerk remarked.
"It didn't, though. In less than ten
minutes he came back to my office in a
run. 'You've got to compromise some
how,' he said. 'You've always been a
friend of mine, and I don't want to see
Viu get the worst of it.' 'She enn't get
!uud that contract,' I answered, be
ginning to feel a little apprehensive.
She isn't going to try to. She says
she'll stay her time out and appear
every afternoon and night as she agreed
to. But when I left her she had her
things on, and you'll hnve to run If you
want to catch her; by this time she's
half way to the barber shop. She's go
ing to get shaved.' "Washington Star.
SOME FOB THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
f formal opening- of the building.
New building is located at 42 West
P street and runs right through
'block to 43d street. The first floor
'ken up with a long marble corrl
f. with readiiiff -rnnillH enntrnnnia
S1 Offices OU either alfla I"ln tlm aoc.
f "wr is the assembly-room, decor-
p u wiute and red. On this floor,
i a large reception-room. The
rary mid rnfni-n.w i ,
- let uu mc
ff "00r. The Interior of the hnllil.
F1" richly decorated.
The MpnnthAini
f 'lmple apparatus, called the "Me
Wm." h.1 hn ,1IJ ...
"V v i. ucilSCU, 1 Ul Uf
steady and continuous heat to
' Part of the surface of the body,
It Is required for medical pur-
U C0n8ist8 Of flat rnhhor nnrl
Fected to a small copper cylinder
L , oy two rubber tubes, the
re oeing filled with water, and her-
, " 8(,aled- In use, the cylinder
u in n enn nf i
rter In the evil tlrlni la fhna hoof,
I M caused to circulate through the
I V .IP tPmnarnti,M Kl ...,
o. u ueiiiK reguiuieij
" "eignt of tne lamp flarne
Too Bad for DesL-rlntinn.
1 tosternionirer
Haden mm a
r m into by a coaching party. The
ii , got tne Worst of It. losing
hi, . " ,uuj lreigni ueing
r"a ail over the street. The driver
l coach came back to settle for the
rrix, ana expected to come in for a
ri"' lU0le cursing. But the cos-
'want, b, t , I. . rt
fcrdi . i "Guv'ner, dere eyen't no
ii;
itutniTi i. :
'"a II H (inilntrv a, thnnt M.
ikmlr 80 orPuannge. Every wnlf U
fat , ""'""B uuuse, wnere u i
I until a o, i . ,,
Whatever the new order of things may
be in tariff and taxes, business Is already
better, and there are sure signs of its being
rapidly improved. Infirmities and ail
ments are the tariff and taxes on physical
strength. Lumbago is a complaint that
taxes our Dst eimurance. xi crippiea au
unfits one for anvthing like active exer
tion. It is a sudden backache, but no
matter how sudden, St. Jacobs Oil is quick
and sure enough in its prompt cure to
break it np and restore strength. In pay
ing the taxes on our health the best cur
rency is the best remedy for pain, and its
prompt use the surest way of getting back
to business.
The Turtle.
Formerly the turtle was taken by
means of harpoons or spears; but this
iprooeM Injured the creature. It Is now
I . , . nantM1 II n n II t Vl d
tftKCu 1U UCIO laifmivu uKvu
teach. Certain fishermen prefer to
dive and take the animal by hand, but
when the reptile Is powerful this Is not
ccotnplUned without some difficulty.
TO PAT A PENALTY FOB DININO
Is rsther hard, Isn't ItT Yet now "; "'
compelled to do this sttcr every meal. Pys
inexorable P-ecmor never
ceansi va j,l ' Hut
Knew the Bible.
At one of the recent revival services
held at noon In Old Epiphany Church
a ragged, unkempt tramp walked in,
apparently supposing it to be a charit
able soup establishment. When ' he
saw his mistake he started to go out,
but was stayed by one of the evangel
ical workers. "Stop with us," he said.
But the tramp persisted in going out,
saying: "I'm in de wrong place." "No.
you're not," responded the evangelist:
"we are glad to see you." "But," said
the tramp, "youse are all strangers ter
me." "That may be," replied the other,
"hut we nre all servants of the Lord,
and the Iord, you know, went among
strangers." "Yaas," sententlously add
ed the tramp, "and they didn't do n
thing ter him." Dumfounded by the
display of Biblcal learning, the gentle
man allowed the tramp to paw, and
when outside the door he was observed
to sigh deeply and walk rapidly away
with the air of a man who had Just es
caped with his life.
Hammers.
Hammers nre represented on the
monuments of Egypt, twenty centuries
before our era. They greatly resem
bled the hammer now in use, save that
there were no claws on the back for
the extraction of ualls. The first hnm-
Squlra Moore and Hla Katiniabla Wife
Interest a ltepurtar.
From Tribune, iireeley, Colorado.
Among the many good people resid
ing in Ctreeley, Colorado, 'Squire
Moore and his amiable wife are the
best known and the most respected. I
This happy couple were born in West
Hiding, of York, England, in 1820. In
1848 they emigrated to tins country
and settled in Derby, Conn, .where they
resided for a number of years. While
there Mr. Moore, who was highly I
respected by his neighbors, was elected
a member of the state legislature in
1867.
A reporter called on them reoently
and was received cordially and in re
sponse to his inquiries, Mrs. Moore
said: "For four years I was miserable,
hardly a week passed during that time
but what I suffered from extreme lassi
tude. The least exertion fatigued ine.
At times when I was sewing or read
ing, I would be troubled with tingling
sensations, like the pricking of pins in
hands, foot, arms and legs. Occasion
ally I would puffer from profuse per
spiration, the water fairly running
from my f:icc and hands. Then for
days it would seem impossible for me
to enjoy a minute of warmth. 1 would
sit in a rooking chair alongside a roar
ing fire in the stove wrapped np in
blankets, yet while my faoe would be
scrorched, the rest of my body would
be chilled.
"Finally, despite my opposition, my
husband called in a ' physician, who
attributed my ailment to rheumatism
and prescribed for that complaint. A
day or two afterwards he changed his
opinion, saying I was attacked with la
grippe; also changed his medicine, but
to no purpose. I was going from bad
to worse. The tingling sensations
were resumed. At times I would be
incapable of doing anything with my
hands and my husband was fearful that
I was suffering from partial paralysis.
"One evening, while reading the
rew , roric iriuune, lie read to men
statement of a wonderful cure perfected
by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He and
I had at times read similar testimoni
als describing the great powers and
virtue of these pills. But this night
in particular, I was impressed with
what he read and told him it wouldn't
do any harm to try a box. The next
morning he purchased a box of the
Pink Pills and I commenced taking
them according to directions, three
times a day. Within a week I felt
better, and when I had finished that box
I asked my husband to got me another
and he laughingly complied, saying,
'conceit is as bad as consumption, but
even if you think they are doing you
some good there is a great relief ex
perienced." After that he purchased
for me about a dozen more boxes, and
for nearly two years I continued taking
them. The result was I regained my
strength, the tingling in arms and legs,
hands and feet ceased and the frequent
sweats which I had been subject to
left me. In all truth, I am forced to
state that the Pink Pills made a new
j woman of me. Thut is," she laughing
ly remarked, "as new as you can make
a woman who is now in her 76th year. "
And in truth, Mrs. Moore's closing re-
murks are well founded, for she is as
hale and healthy looking as any woman
could be who has lived her great age.
(Signed) ANNA MOOUE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a
notary public, this 28d day of May,
1896.
My commission expires May 14th,
1900.
Milton A. Lyons, Notary Public
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on
receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six
boxes for $3.50 (tliey are never sold in
bulk, or by the 100), by addressing Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenec
tady, A. x.
Water In Wood.
It has commonly been estimated that
green wood, when cut down, contain
about it per cent of its weight In mets
ture, but In the forests of ceutral fo
rope wood cut dowu In winter is said to
hold more tban 40 per cent of water at
the end of the following summer. Keptj
fer several years In a dry place, wood;
retain from 15 to 20 per cent of water,'
while that which has been thoroughly
doslceated will, when exposed to air
under ordinary circumstances, absorb
5 per cent of water lu the first three
days, sad will continue to absorb It un
til It reaches from 14 to 16 per cent as
a normal tandard the amount fluctu
ating above and below this standard
according to the state of the at mo-;
phere. It has been found that, by ex
posing green wood to a temperature of
21'J degrees, F.. the loss of weight equal
ed 45 per cent; and, further, on expos
ing small prisms of wood one-half Inch
square and eight Inches long, cut out
of billets that had been stored for two
years, to the action of superheated
steam for two hours, their loss of weight
was found to be from 15 to 45 per cent,
According to the temperature of the
t uam.
SURE CURE for PILES
luhlDi tod UUod, BlMdlBi r Prvuudlng FIlM ytald at mm !
DR. Q-AN-KO'S PILI REMEDY, au.p.lt.k-1
KM. Druul.u r atll. UK. UOSANkO. Pkllan Pa.
rarely yields to ordinary m"'"""-, nier was undoubtedly a stone held in
iM-t hand. Claw hammers were In-
vented some time unring tne lnniiuu
ages. Illuminated manuscripts of the
eleventh century represent carpenters
with claw hammera. Hammers nre of
all sizes, from the daiuty Instruments
used by the Jeweler, which weigh less
than half an ounce, to the gigantic
fifty-ton hammer of shipbuilding estab
lishments, some of which weigh as
much as fifty tons and have a falling
force of from ninety to UK). Every
trade has Ita own hammer and its own
way of using It.
wno P'"r.,- .w,,..JIii m.
ffrUandkloSpUlntr rheumatism,
constipation, biliousness and nervousness.
A codfish recently caught off Flam
borough Head, England, had inside it
fifty-nine fish hooks.
CATABBH CAMMOT B CCD
with tnCAL APPLICATIONS, at thef eannot
Mtto an tin blooi an muoous surfaces. Wall
a.v'p'i!i.pM
FPiso's Cure for Consumption has be"! mi
family medicine with us since UU -J- B.
Madison, :sw u ., - e-.
Large Lobsters.
The largest lobster ever caught on the
coast of America was taken by a Bel
fast, Me., fisherman In 1SU1. It weigh
ed twenty-three pounds and measured
thirty-seven Inches from the end of Its
tail to the tip of the long front claw.
The monster was too large to enter n
enmmon lolister trap, but as the trap
waa being drawn up It was caught In
BLACKW ELL'S
f lAiaii-r
" -
B-r. ba . . iZff Oiy.
sjettbens. ' " P" ,nTi J ' If i
Yob will And o
tnslda aoh two
and two aonpona
fosir enuea bag
well's Dukaai.
of tills celebrated
aid read the eoapon
glTea a list of valuable
casta and how Us
. .i.. written on h netting and safely landed. Many
Thre.pie8otc-.r, .obgter weilllnK tWe,y.
leaves of the fan palm, are in the Brit
ish museum.
Schilling's Best tea-grocer
gives your money back
if you don't like it
It's one thing to say
money back, and another
thing to do money back.
We say it, and your gro
cer does it; and we pay him
A SchiHioi Coispsay
su rraacidc
SO
two pounds was captured near the sauw
place, and the event was considered to
be of enough Importance to be given
a place In Williamson's "History of Bel.
fast"
Aches.
Essence of peppermint, applied with
the finger tlps,over the seat of pain,
often gives relief in headache, tooth
ache, or neuralgia pain In any part of
the body. Care must be taken not to
put It directly under the eye. on ac
count of the smarting it would cause.
Daisy Is beginning to show that she
Is not one by writing her name
"Dalcey."
REASONS FOR USING
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
Because it Is absolutely pure.
Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the finest quality are used.
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because it is the most economical, costing lest than one cent
a cup.
B sura that yaa set th (enuln artkl. saada by WALTER
BAKER 4 CO. Ltd., Dorchrsur, Mass. Established 1 7 SO.
vm
WHEAT.
Make money hy suc
resHful speniifaiion In
Chlcaiio. We buy and
st-ll wheat there on
marKins. Fortunes have been made on a small
beKliinlnK by trading In futures. Write for
lull particulars, best of relerence slven. rev
eral years' eperlenre on the Clncsun Hoard of
Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the busi
ness. I'ownlng, Hoiiklns Co., I'lik-ago Hoard
of Trade Hrokt-rs. Offices lu i'ortlaud, Oregon,
and Hpokane, Waah.
RODS Si
lost or hlrlilen Irranurra. M. I). fO W-
Box 3J7 Huutbliigton, uonn.
T) VPTt'KI and 1'II.KS cured; no pay until
JV cured ; send for hook. Iim. MNrii!LD 4t
PoRTitKrui.D. Has Market Ht., Ban Francisco.
W fifty
frslvtat.
Ili'latrfttMl
CfttftlnfjnM
rrtM.
Pwtalama Incubator Co.,
All
9 Ml
EVERY HEN
fUieril In PtaiUat
In cub tor a at, ri
ot right, and la bctur
Q( rtlDlDI UtriWN lliaw
istrhinM sc1nivlr in
trdjj thcfMlnrM wfairh pro
dc th nrtttt number
f Tie"fu Cblekoaa.
tncabttw from HO up.
Petala ma, Cal
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or
"Juftt Don't Peel Well,"
&KLIVER PILLS
tar the On Thine to uao.
Only One for a Dose
Bold by pnif glata at 2 Bo
BanplM malld free atddraaa
Dr. frunke Mtd. U. FtUla. 1'a-
QPIUMDRUNKENNESS
W WIVIc.r,iil,ioi.aulr. N.r.jtiil
C.rW.DR.J.L.STEPHENS.UBAKON.oAlO,
J
Kb ajrup. Tasws Good. Das fjl
t!t, fin tT arurrwa. r-T
B. P. N. U. No. 681. 8. F. N. U. Vc 701