FIFTY YEARS IN A CHOIR.
Three Men Who Can Sing' Well at
Seventy.
After having sung for fifty years In
the same church choir continuously,
missing very few services, at Reading,
Ta., says a correspondent of the Xew
York Sun, Daniel Shanber, Jacob Shaa
ber and James Hill sent in their resig
nations because their voices were possi
bly not as good as the large congrega
tion had a reasonable right to expect.
These singers are now nearly 70 years
old, but are still young and active In
mind and body, aud they still can sing
in a manner that Is wonderful to those
who hour them. The brothers Shaaber
say that the vocal organs of the throat,
hold out ns well, possibly better, than
the eyes, ears, arms or limbs of the
human body if they are properly exer
cised and taken care of. They experi
ence no difficulty in singing right aloug
with the younger folks in the choir, but
they now desire to quit because they
Imagine the congregation may want to
hear new voices.
They have sung to five generations
In the church and have kept it up so
regularly that thousauds of people
have been more than surprised. The
Shaabers sang tenor and Mr. II111 bass.
Besides tinging in the choir for half a
century of years, they also sang at
church festivals and private gatherings
of the congregation, always without
charge, as the church had no paid
choir, and the singers oiiici&ied as a
labor of love. Being comfortably situ
ated in life, they desire no reward from
the church.
The church officers held a meeting,
refused to accept their resignations and
consented to relieve them of active ser
vice In the choir, but reserving their
places as long as they live, so that
whenever they wish to occupy seats in
the choir gallery their chairs will be
there and their services will be gladly
received. The scinl-centeimlal of theit
connection with the choir was cele
brated recently, and the occasion was
a notable one. The brothers Shaaber
in reality Joined the choir fifty-four
years ago. Daniel Shaaber was leader
of the choir for thirty years.
TRY ALLEN'S FOOT -EASE,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous and uncomfortable. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-EaBe. It rests and comforts; makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is a cer
tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp
or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou
sand testimonials. Try it lodan. Sold by
all druggists and shoo r.tore.- for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olm
BtedLoRoy, N. Y.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A bill-board before a church in Pais
ley, Scotland, contains this announce
ment: "Only short se.imons delivered
here. Excellent music. This is the
place to pave your soul and be happy.
Walk in."
London is very much stirred up as
to what it terms the "telephone mon
opoly," and a recent resolution of the
highways committee asks of the post-
To Have Pleasure. ,a8ler.generai categorically whether
Of course we live to have pleasure i, he doeB or doe8 not jntend to start "a
and to avoid pain, and that is why so
many use St. Jacobs Oil to cure Rheu
matism, quickly and surely to get rid
of it. It is the best cure.
When coming to San Francisco go to
Brooklyn Hotel, 208-212 Bush street.
American or European plan. Room and
board $1.00 to $1.50 per day ; rooms 50 cents
to $1.00 per day; single meals 25 cents.
Free coach. Chus. Montgomery.
There arc certain times in our'life
when every lot seems preferable to our
own, yet we wouldn't change places if
the opportunity were really given ua.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
really efficient telephone service in op
position to the monopoly."
English railway people have finally
outgrown their prejudice aud are adopt
ing the American "cowcatcher" in the
front of their engines. A recent acci
dent, caused by a truck falling in front
of an engine, and which a cowcatcher
would have swept away, accelerated
the adoption of the American idea.
Not long ago a Frenchman and a
clause in iiis will set forth his desire to
ba conveyed to his last resting place
in a motor oar arranged as a hearse
Also near Marseilles there was held
an "electric christening," wherein the
I party consisted of nine persons, who
Queen Victoria has seen every throne , ;erff conTeyed to the church in an'elec
n the world vacated at least once, some . . .:
i
of them several times.
JOHN POOLE. Portland, Oregon,
can give you the best bargains in general
machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
plows, belts and windmills. The new
steel 1 X L windmill, sold by him, is unequalled.
trio carnage.
A device designed
for the greater
comfort of wheelmen is a spring hat-
I pin. shaped similar to a hairpin and
permanently attached to the rim of the
i t. flirt ftinf. Mfllnpfinrt ' InWWrfl
TIiav nrn Kplf-aptinc and Adinfit them-
Fresh blood is one of the ingredients BelveB t0 the contour 0f the head.
Locomotor Auxi&S Paralysis
Can be Cured. ,
These extreme nervous disorders were
tTed.ted with wonderful success by the dis
coverer of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for PMe
People, previous to his discovery being otter
ed to the public generally. This remedy is
the only Known specific in mny diseases
that, until recent years, were pronounced in
curable, ttere i. trie proof;
James Crocket, a sturdy old Scotchman living in Detroit, Mich, a c88
Montcalm St., wan cured of Locomotor Ataxia by these pills. For many
years he has been a chief engineer of one of those big passenger palace
steamers plying upon the great lakes. This is a position of great respon
sibility and the anxiety causes a great nervous strain. ' Mr. Crocket says :
"For fifteen years I watched the big engines and boilers without a single
accident, and only noticed that I was getting nervous. Suddenly without
warning I was taken sick, and was prostrated. I had the best of physi
cians but grew gradually worse. At a council of doctors, they said I had
nervous prostration, and had destroyed my whole nervous system and
would never recover. For three years I was unable to move from my bed.
The doctor said I had locomotor ataxia, and would never be able to walk
again.
"The pains and suffering I experienced during those years are almost
Indescribable. The friends that came to see me bid me good-bye when
they left me and I was given up. The doctors said nothing more could be
done. My wife kept reading to me, articles about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People. We finally decided to try them. The first box gave me
relief. I continued to use them for about two years before I could get
strength enough to walk. I am nearly seventy-five years old and there is
not a man in this city that can kick higher or walk further than I can
and to-day I owe my present good health to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People for they saved my life." Detroit Evening Newt.
The
Genuine
cr K Suiu
of a new food for stock which is being
manufactured in German factories.
Tame snakes are used in Morocco to
clear houses of rats and mice.
Sure Cure for File.
Itching Piles are known by moisture like per
spiration, causing Intense Itching when warm.
This form as well as Blind, Bleeding or Protruding,
yield at once to Dr. Bosanko's Pile Kemedy, which
BIG LOG OF WALNUT.
' Tree Seven Feet lu Diameter and Twenty-three
Keet in ClrcuMiferonce.
The picture shows a section o one
of the black walnut trees recently pur
chased by a Mlxbawnka, Ind., lumber
company. There were fifty-one treen
In the clump, located in Cass County,
Michigan, and the price paid was $10,
000 in cash. The section shown In the
acts directly on parts effected, absorbs tumors, al
lots a permauei.
Circular free.
lays Itching and effects a 1
Druggists or mail.
Philadelphia, Pa.
ermanent cure. 60 cts,
Dr. Bosanko,
mm
MONSTROUS I.OO OF WALNUT.
picture Is 100 feet. long. T2.00 feet Ir
circumference and 7 feet lu diameter
Five men with arms exteJNcd can en
compass the tree, and there are a num
ber of others In Idlvc ouyvbc.ETAOfi
ber of others of the same size In the
clump. The treps are being felled, cut
up aud 6hlppcd (o England.
Jnat ITotr Jt la Pone.
fcmin and Jonws were talking on
day about their business interests
Smith was a hotel man and Jones wai
a manufacturer's agent.
"I Bay, said Jones, "how ever d
you use such an enormous quantity oi
pears aud peaches?"
"Well." replied Smith, "we eat wtial
we can, and what we can't eat w
can."
"Indeed!" tsald the other, "we da
about the same In our business."
"How Is tliatr
"We sell an order when we can sd!
It, and when we can't sell It we cancel
It." San Francisco Argonaut.
Distantly Related to Wealth.
At the wedding anniversary of
railway magnate, one of the guests
noticing a somewhat lonely look In,
and rather shabbily attired man In on't
corner of the parlor, walked over and
sat down near him.
"I was Introduced to you," he said
"but I did not catch your name."
"My name," replied the other, "1
Swaddleford."
"Oh, then you are a relative of our
hostf
"Yes," replied the "poor relation,'
with a grin. "I am his cousin $500,000
removed." Youth's Companion.
The dead letter probably died at its
post
But few actresses are as bad as they
Are painted. '
A Sicilian tribunal sentenced a noted
forger to imprisonment for 189 years.
Precious manhood Chronic, special and
private diseases scientifically treated and
CUBED by Dr. E. M. Katchffe, the cham
pion specialist of the Pacific coast. Urin
ary and Kidney Troubles, Lost Manhood,
Varicocele. Rupture, treated according to
latest and best methods known to medical
science. Dr. E. M. Ratclifle, 2G5 Morrison
St., Portland, Or.
Gave Ills Consent.
The city clerk at Lewiston, Me.,
who always demands the written con
sent of parents before marrying minors,
recently received the following unique
letter: "Mr. Clek, that giilof min
she want to be mary and I done care a
darn. She got a feller and they earn
ten dollars a week 'tween 'em. He
good feller. She all right. You will
mary them for me, and, be much
obliged."
Some wonderful stalactite caves have
recently been disooveied eight miles
from Krugersdorf, in the Transvaal.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures. George W. Lotz,
Fabucher, La., August 26, 1895.
In the Sanctum.
The editor criticised his book-
He scored it, page by page;
He got him a stick and a loaded brick
And called at the shop in rage.
But the editor tumbled him down the
stairs,
And remarked, as he floundered
around:
"He isn't much of a writer,
But he certainly covers the ground!"
Atlanta Constitution.
Scientifically Correct.
"AncD.when I proposed to het she
turned all the colors of the rainbow at
once.' "How can yon make such a
ridiculous assertion?" "All the colora
at once, if you have not forgotten vour
high-school lessons, you ought to know
make white.' Indianapolis Journal.
-r The Last Resort.
"After all, a mother-in-law Is a
pretty good thing to have sometimes."
"What wonderful experience have you
been having lately?" "My wife was
afraid to discharge onr cook, and she
wouldn't go for me, so we sent for
Birdie's mother and turned her loose
in the kitchen. They smauhed some of
the furniture, but the cook's gone."
Chicago News.
Teacher of the Future Who can
tell me who was Hobson?
One of the Countless Generation as
Yet Unborn Please, he was the hero
of the meny smack. Indianapolis
Journal.
An English syndicate is negotiating
for the purchase of all Mexican breweries.
They are hailed with delight by the
male escorts, who have heretofore gal
lantly played the role of "hat chasers
Wild Rush of Diamond Miners.
A wild rush of excited miners is reported at
Kullagine, Western Australia, where diamonds
have been discovered in large quantities, and
it is feared that many will lose their lives in
the mad strugglt for riches. In this country
the rush for gain Is causing many other men
to break down in health ana sirengin. ner
vousness, sleeplessness, loss of flesh and appe
tite and general debllitv are the common
symptoms Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters will
cure them all.
A law suit generally wears out at the
pockets.
Will Get There.
It is deep down to the Sciatio nerve,
but St. Jacobs Oil will get there by
vigorous rubbing, and will soothe the
affected nerve and drive out the tor
menting pains. The worst cases have
been promptly cured.
TZ2 4jjL3$&"& ' 50 cents ((((.
I n,yin lg 8r i Jj "1 druggists i
)) Like & Tj&llr direct ,f
x This L froo& ftviwaw iiA tr Tome yC? by rYUii.
j Address th Dr-William MtoiciNt Company, SchenccUdy, NX(
A Literary Note.
"Your majesty," said the prime min
ister, "this is the page who has been
remiss in his duty."
"Aha!" exclaimed the king, "we'll
have to bring him to book.
"He! he!" laughed the page; "a
noble jest, I'll be bound."
Thereupon the king's heart softened,
for he marveled that a man so voung
could make so old a joke. Catholic
Standard and Times.
Chinese Commercial Methods.
It is often said no European can un
derstand Chinese commercial methods.
Here is a curious instance of the celes
tial's inversion. A Chinese hotel
keeper had contracted to board and
lodge a visitor for a dollar a day. As
time went on he found- it impossible
to get his weekly acoount settled. So
he offered to maintain the guest for
half a dollar a week. He said he
would lose less. London Chronicle.
Some women weary
trying to look young.
themselves gray
To Cure a Cold in One Pay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money u laus w
cure. 25c.
An ounce of flattery goes further
with some women than a pound of ad
vice. pit Permanently Cured. No fltsor nerrousnes
ilia after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Ureat
Nerve Restorer. Bend for KKKK S.OO trial
bottle and treatise. DR. R. U. KLtNii, Ltd., M0
Arch street, Philadelphia, Fa.
Even a poor writer can put a little
style into his chirography by using a
stub pen.
Vn household is comnlete without a bot
tle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It
For 30 Days You Can Try It for 25 Cents.
RHEuW Sfil 42
YEARS !
CURED UY
TRADE MARK.
Spent Hundreds of Dollars Trying to Get
Well, but all in Vain, Used "6 DROPS" for
Two Months and Is Now Completely Cured.
Thousands of Grateful Letters Received
of Which the Following are Samples:
GRINNELL, IOWA, NOV. 17, 1897.
To the SW ANSON RHEDMATIC CURE CO., Chicago, 111.: Gentle
men I will state that I had the Kheumatlsra over 42 years. Spent over
IfiOO.OO In trying to get well, but all In vain, until my brother-in-law gave me one bottle of "5
DROPS" on trial last June. I used it for two months, and I am now a well man. I certainly believe
it is all you claim for it, and fully worth the money to anyone. I hone the public will benefit
by my statement of my own case, and anyone wishing to write me will "'jjj'rjvjfjj
CRUTCHES DESTROYED AFTER ONE BATTLE.
WKWiwns wE.anVibv REGENT, ILL., NOV. 12, 1897.
8WAN80N RHEDMATIC CURE CO., 167 Dearborn 8t., Chicago, 111. : Sirs My wife has been
wc ui mo ii""i jvo .. -y. , gunning tWo years with Kneumatlsm. sue coma not get anoui at an. one nas uhcu bdoui one
is a pure and wholesome stimulant rec-. tattle of "6 DROPS," and can now go about without crutches. I never have found anything
omrnended by all physicians. Don't ne- that did her so much good, and I hope to be able to continue the treatment until she is entirely
well. iAmro v iuiJtA.ua.
As a positive cure for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Backache, Asth
ma, Hay Fever, Catarrh, Hleenlessness, Nervousness, Nervous and Neuralgic Head
aches, Heart Weakness, Toothache, Earache, Croup, Swelling, La Grippe, Malaria,
Creeping; Numbness, etc., etc.
"FlwS DROPS" hst never been eousled
taken but once a day Is a duse of this great remt-dy and to enable all suflfcrers to
fclect this necessity
Why does a woman always try to
make you believe that her last season's
hat is a new one?
Story Told on Liszt.
There is a story told of Liszt to the
effect that he was one day very hard on
a pupil whose playing he condemned
rathei severely. The pupil said she
had studied the piece under Mnie.
Schumann. To which Liszt replied:
"Mme Schumann, Mme. Schumann I
Yes, you have learned from her how
one plays the piano when one has six
children poor woman, six children 1
In Buch burgeois life any great inter
pretation is impossible. You must
play this piece differently when I am
your master. Thank God, I have not
six children."
make a trial or Its wonderful curative properties, we will send out during the iieut thirty
Wild Justice.
First and last the words "Revenge
is a kind of wild justice" have been
quoted hundreds of times probably in
extenuation of the lynching habit.
The context is never quoted. What
Lord Bacon wrote was "Revenge is a
kind of wild justice which the more a
man's nature runs to the more ought
law to weed it out."
So stout has Senator Lindsay, of
Kentucky, grown (he must weigh con
sideralby over 800 pounds) that his
step has become slow and awkward.
Apparently his tailor has given up all
idea of fitting the ponderous Eentuck
ian. who looks as though he had been
harnessed country fashion, not dressed.
"5 DROPS"
iiora im nm nmni hfittln. 23c each. nreDaid bv mall. Even a samDle bottle will convince you of its
merits. Best ana cheapest medicine on earth. Large bottles (300 doses) l.00 for 30 days 8 bottles for
fZM. Sold only by us and our agents. Agents wanted In new territory. Write us today.
8WANSON KHKUMATIO CUKE CO., 167-169 Dearborn St.. CHICAGO, ILL.
TEETH WITHOUT PLATES
Hoots Crowned. Bridges Made.
Tainlesg filling- and extraction.
Dr. T. H. White, mvF
GUTLER'S GARBOL&TE OF IODINE
Guaranteed cure for Grip, Catarrh and Con
sumption. All Druggists, $1.00. W. U. Smith,
Buffalo, N. Y., solo proprietor.
V-- jf In
burins: seeds
oroy in extra-'
o
f baoauae the ooet
' cultivation wanted on inferior
.i... I.,,.lw axoaede til
original ouat oi toe Deal eseaa to
be bad. The beet is alwaya the
cbeapeat. Pay a trifle more for
FERRY'S
and
SEEDS
always ge yonr money1
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THE TRESTLE BOARD," $1 PER
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Id bv all newsdealers. Ofllce. 40b Uall
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M jTJ Ouaraolted
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CURE YOURSELF!
Vhk lll for unnatural
i)lHi:liarKn, iiilluimnatiuns.
Irritations or ulcerations
of in 11 co us mtmibraues.
I'aiiileHs, ami not aatrin-
ItheEM8 CHEMICI f!0. S1'"' or poisonous.
Hold by nruKalaU,
or sent In plain wrapper,
hy exploits, prepaid, for
!., nr 3 bottllts,
Circular soul on request.
0R.GUI1NS
IMPROVED
LIVER
PILLS
ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Headache
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not Gripe orBlcken. Toconvince tou,w will mall
sample free, or full hot for 25c. I)K. HOSANKO
CO., Phllada., fauna. Bold by Druggists.
YOUNG MEN!
For Qonorrhoj and Oleet get Pabst's Okay Bpedfla. It
Is the ONLY medicine which will cure each and erery
oaM. NO CAME known It haa ever fallrd to core, no
matter how serious or of bow long stuidlnR. Reeulta
from its nae will astonish you. It is aliaolutely safe,
preTenta stricture, and can be taken without InconTe
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sale by all reliable drurirbU, or sent prepaid by express,
plainly wrapped, on receipt of price, by
PABHT C11EM 1CAL CO., Chicago, IU.
Circular mailed on request.
N. P. N. V.
NO. -'99.
WHEN writing to advertiser please
mention this paper.
llee3
WHAT ALABASTINB IS.
Alabastine Is the original and only durable
wall coating on the market. It Is entirely
different from all kaUomlne preparation.
Alabastine is made ready for use in whit or
twelve beautiful tint by the addition oi cold
water. It Is put up in dry powdered form, In
flve-pound package, with full direction on
vry package. It takes the plac of scaling
kalsomlnes, wall paper ana paint lor
Alabastine can be used on plaster, brick,
x canvas, and a child can brush it on.
walls
wood
WHAT "KALSOMINES" ARE.
Kalaomlnc are cheap and temporary prepar
ation, manufactured from whiting, chalks,
clay, etc. They are tuok on th wall with
decaying animal glue. Alabastine 1 not a
kalsomine. It is a rock-basa cement, which
eta, and It harden with age. It can be re
coated and re-decorated without having to
wash and scrape off its old coat. Beware of a
large four-pound package of light kalsomine,
told to dealer for four pound and offered to
customer as a five-pound package.
CHURCHES AND . BCHOOL1IOUSE8.
The interior wall of churches, achoolhouses
and all publlo hall should never be coated
with anything but the durable and pure Ala
bastine. So evident ha this fact become, that
hundreds of tons are used annually for thl
work. The genuine Alabastine doe not rub
or scale off. It is cleanly during the long
period of it usefulness. Every owner of a
building should use It. Ask your paint dealer
or druggist for card of tints, and write for free
copy of our paper, Alabastine Era, to Alabastine
Co., Grand Rapid, Mich.
REJECT THE "JUST AS GOOD."
The dealer who toll you that he can sell you
the "same thing" as Alabastine or "something
just as good," eitherU not posted or is trying
to deceive you. In offering something he ha
bought cheap and is trying to sell on Alabas
tine's demands, he may not realize the danger
to himself a well as to you. Boware of all new
substitutes. Dealer risk a suit for damages by
selling and consumer by using an infringe
ment. Alabastine Co. own the right to make
and svll wall coatings adapted to mix with cold
wale-