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Catarrh Is a Constitutional Disease It originates in impure blood and requires constitutional treatment, acting through and purifying the blood, for its radical and permanent cure. The greatest constitutional remedy is Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tab lets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. Nasal and other local forms of catarrh are promptly relieved by Antiseplets or Catarrlets, 60c, druggists or mail. C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. V pnnc Vs - Florida's TO-Koot Ham boo. Possibly the tallest bamboo in Amer ica grows In . Arcadia, Fla., and is about 70 feet high. The clump has a ipread of 50 feet and the diameter at the ground Is 12 feet. The specimen Is only 8 years old. This Is the common bamboo of In dia, probably brought to south Florida from the West Indies. In Jamaica It , has become naturalized and is popular ly - supposed '." to be indigenous. 7 It makes an astonishing growth during our rainy season, the canes often at taining their full height in Blx weeks, after which " they begin to put on leaves. The canes are from four to Dve Inches in diameter at their base. Unfortunately this species cannot tand low temperatures, and the spec imen in 'Arcadia has frequently been damaged by cold. . : A Good Business. fd like to own a street car line; It ought to pay. The people ride when It is fine. To heat allay. Df course they ride when it is wet; For then they wish To quickly under shslter get; Man is no fish. ind so a street car line, you sea, May business find, No matter what conditions be With human kind. Fhen to another point is -ray Attention drawn; Ko other business profits by . Its hangers on. -Louisville Courier- Journal. ' "' Not on Democratic Principle!. Perhaps It -may be laid down as general rule that a legislative assem bly, not constituted on democratic principles, cannot be popular long pft- ceases to oe weak. Macaulay. " i ' ' 1 " : - 'MAKE TKB TBEATY TO-NIGHT. Words Seward Spoke When ArrAJ. In a "Fool's Investment." On the evening of Friday, March 29, Mr. Seward sat in his parlor play ing whist with his family when 'the Russian minister was announced, says Richard Lloyd Jones in Collier's. "I have a dispatch, Mr. Seward, from my government by cable," said Mr. Stoeckl, the Russian minister. "The emperor gives his consent to the ces sion. To-morrow, if you like, I will come to the department and we can enter upon a treaty." Pushing aside the whist table,, the impatient Seward replied with a smile of satisfaction: "Why wait till to-morrow let us make the treaty to-night.". . In these solemn midnight hours the silent wilderness of centuries was re leased and to a nation's pillowed ear the low north wind whispered: "Gold." When the sun's rays fell upon , this parchment and the world was told what that night had done the whole nation coupled the name of Seward with the epithet "Fool." The press everywhere declared his acquisition a "barren, worthless, God-forsaken re gion," whose crops were "Icebergs" a country where the ground was frozen six feet deep in summer"; the streams were "glaciers"; "it" should be named 'Walrusia,' "; the fish were 'only fit for Eskimo food"; it was "Seward's folly" and his "polar bear garden"; it was "a fool's bargain"; Oh, the shrewd Russians," etc., etc., etc. In the half-century that has passed since the Senate ratified that treaty this "Icicle" has produced a wealth exceeding $350,000,000, or nearly 100 per cent per year on the "fool's" investment. Alaska's exhaustless storehouse of precious metals was the lure that drew the argonaut, as did California in '49 and Nevada In the winter of '50. Seat tle grew great from this argonautlo traffic from swapping picks and pans and warm woolen garments for bags of fresh-washed nuggets. Its rapid growth and perfect stability have fas tened upon its people the chronic af fliction of inflammatory enthusiasm. 'Two Different KITects. "If you only knew how nervous I was when I proposed to you!" "And if you only knew how nervous I was until you proposed to mel" lieggendorfer PInetter. Just Like a Woman! "The author of There Is No Death' as married an undertaker, says a contemporary. How does she expeot er husband to make -' a living 7 Charleston News and Courier. In Trying It on Nan. i Nan You look perfectly lovely f ' that gown. Fan Thanks. That's all I wanted to ( . f know. Fortunately, I bought it on ap , 1 prova.1. i? What Really Draws. A high-brow 'ecture given freo, . "Would few entrance. The horrid men would rather see A barefoot dance. 1 r-Plttsburg Post. fit Identifying Gnssy. "What sort of a looking chap is Gus iyr "Well, if you ever see two men in a corner and one looks bored to death. 4Jk the other one Is Gussy." London ' i Opinion. George's Discovery. "George." said the Titian-haired ichoolmarm. "is there any connecting link between the animal kingdom and the vegetable kingdom?" "Yeth; ma'am." answered George promptly: "hash "Everybody's. Thetis Couldn't Seold Him. ' Little Achilles smiled. "My hair always dries when I go In rfwlmming," he said. Herewith he rejoiced that his vulner ibis soot was his heel. New York lun. . "' The average daily amount of meat con sumed by each individual in New York City is 2.6 cents worth, which is a fall ing off of about Vi cent in five years. Rivalry of Mnckrakers. , "Chicago people think their city al most as corrupt as San Francisco." "Don't you believe it." said the Call fornian. warmly. "That's Chlcagt nerve. Always trying " bi class." Philadelphia Ledger. "i All Who V1 Would Enjoy , Ti'Tfood health, with its blessings, must un- k f j j derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the J I V V Question of right living with all the term -fill" . . ' Implies. With proper knowledge oi wna " Is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy ment, of contemplation and of effort may i be made to contribute to living aright. i rhen the use of medicines may be dis pensed with to advantage, but under or dinary, conditions in many instances a impla, wholesome remedy may be invalu able if taken at the proper time and the t V JLiUornla tivrup holds that it fa . . . auo unywi -"i t ,n0- in the onestion vou asked -4 W yatLTtn to supply the one perfect i ln c,aM. axatM to Jthow desiring it. J it Is too late," replied the professor, y $ ojequently, the Company'! Syrup ot looking at his watch. "Your patient iV Wigs' and of Senn cnerJ , ta been dead Just twenty-nine mln- Btisfaction. To get its beneficial effects utes and thirty seconds."-Succe6S - uy the genuine, manufactured by thejMagazma- f Miforoia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for tale j You can always count upon your r rj all leading druggists. friend-! long a you have the pri. THE END OF THE FEUD. Desperate Coughs Dangerous coughs. Extremely perilous coughs. Coughs that rasp and tear the throit and lungs. Coughs that cS'oke the whole body. You need a regu lar medicine, a doctor's medi cine, for such a cough. Ask your doctor about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral A We publl.a our formulas 9 yers We banish aloohol from our medioinea We urge you to oonauit your dootor Any good doctor will tell you that a medi cine like Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cannot do its best work lr tne boweis are con stipated. Ask your doctor if he knows anything better than Ayer's Pills for cor recting this sluggishness of the liver. Jiada by tat J. C. Xjar Oo LowaU, Ma. Where the Work Came In. Mrs. Bacon I understand your hus band is at work on a new poem? Mrs Egbert He Is. He's trying to get some magazine to accept it. Yonkert Statesman. To get rid of daughters. East Indians marry them to flowers. When the flow ers are dead the girls are widows, and widows can be sold cheap. She Meant Professionally. As the young man caressed the cheek of his lady love she drew away hastily. "I think," she said Indignantly, "you had better see father first." "Why, what do you mean!" asked the perplexed lover. "Father," she replied, as she nursed her cheek, "is a barber." Success Magazine. Snret Wear your tight shoes for fashion sake; Besides, 'tis lots of fun Two corns with .but a single ache, Two toes that throb as one. The Idea of mercy Is not associated to any great degree with the Amerl can Indian. Yet he is not now and never was uniformly implacable and hard-hearted. In a book on "The Columbia River," W. D. Lyman re counts an incident, which If not typi cal, is at least worth repeating for its Intrinsic worth. Between the Shua waps and the Okanogans there was a deadly and long-continued enmity This was ended ln a curious and in teresting manner. - The Shuswaps had captured the only daughter of the Okanogan chief. She was led with other captives Into the Shuswap camp. The boasting warriors were gloating over the poor victim, and the squaws were discussing the greatest possible indignities and tor tures for her, when an aged white haired chief got the attention of the tribe.- He declared that his heart had been opened, and that he now saw that tor ture and death ought to end. He pro posed that instead of shame andf ture they should confer honor on the chieftain's child. He said, "I can hear the old chief and his squaw weeping all the night for their lost daughter." He then proposed that they adorn the captive with flowers, put her in a procession, with all the chiefs loaded with presents, and restore her to her father. The girl, meanwhile, who did not understand a word of the language, was awaiting torture or death. What was her astonishment to find herself decorated with honor and sent with the gift-laden chiefs toward her fath er's camp. On the next day the mourning chief of the Okanogans and his wife, look ing from their desolate lodge, saw a large procession approaching, and they said, "They are coming to demand a ransom." As the procession drew nearer, one of the men said that It looked like a woman adorned with flowers in the midst of men with presents of robes and necklaces. Then they cried out, "It is our child, and she is restored to us!" They met the procession with re joicing and heard the speech of the old Shuswap chief. And after that there was peace between the Shuswaps nd the Okanogans. Earned the Right. City Friend (spending the day ln distant suburb) Didn't it ever strike fyou that your servant is Impertinent ly Inquisitive? . Subberbs My dear fellow, it's only the way of a privileged old family re tainer, why, would you believe It, that girl has been with us over five weeks! Harper's Weekly. Says Facts Will Not lite. Sir Henry Hawkins, a brilliant ad vocate and one of England's greatest criminal judges, expresses the follow ing opinion in his recently published "Reminiscences:" "Let me say a word about circum stantial evidence. Some writers have spoken of it as a kind of 'dangerous Innovation' In our criminal procedure. It is almost the only evidence that is obtainable ln all great crimes, and it Is the best and most reliable. I have witnessed many great trials for mur der, but do not remember one where there was an eyewitness to the deed. How is it possible, then, to bring home the charge to the culprit unless you rely on circumstantial evidence? "Circumstantial evidence is the evi dence of circumstances facts that speak for themselves and that can not be contradicted. Circumstances have no motive to deceive, while human tes timony is too often the product of every kind of motive." . Distinction. "Col. who? I don't think I ever heard of the man. What Is there so remark able about him?" "By George, sir, he's got the longest beard in the Stat of Oklahoma, and that's saying a heap, let me tell you I" Preparatory Delay. "Did you ever try gardening?" asked Mr. Crosalots. "Once," answered the man who al ways has a discouraged look. "By the time I had read all . the publication! necessary to inform me on the sub ject, the season for flowers and vege tables was over." Washington Star. His Reprooa. i Somewhere ln the pages of hei pleasant "Book of Joys" Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins tells a delightful story f her New England clerical great grandfather, who was a man, of Ingenu ity and resources. She says: He employed more than one devi to secure wakefulness on the part oi his weary congregation. Standing dur ing the prayer was but one of many My grandmother used to tell us witb pride of an Instance which occurred at a time when a new church ediflct had been proposed, and was uadei warm discussion. Great-urandfathei thought this a worldly and unneces sary expense, and emphasized his opin ion by pausing in the midst of his ser mon on a Sunday, saying impressively as he fixed the somnolent members ol his congregation with a stern look: "You are talking about building a new church: It seems to me quite un necessary, since the sleepers in the old one are all sound!" construction oi Lancaane. An absurdly worded statement of a fact which was not ln itself remark able recently tried the gravity of the listeners. It way on the occasion of the funeral of an elderly woman ln a New England town. She had left an old mother, nearly 90 Years of-age, and an only son who wat well on toward E0. The services were conducted by timid young clergyman, recently set tled over the parish. After praying for many and various things, he said: "And two, we especially pray that the Lord will comfort and sustain in their loss and sorrow. One Is the or phan, who, although no longer young, Is an orphan still, and must so con tinue; the other Is the mother, far ad vanced ln years, who has survived her daughter, although considerably her senior." Lldless. The little boy who had stuck his head out of the car window to address a question to the man on the station platform drew it In again. "Mamma," he said, "that man out there says this place is Wydopen. Isn't that a funny name for a town?" Too Late. A member of the faculty of the Co lumbia Medical College of New York was giving bis students an oral quiz. "What quantity constitutes a dose of Oleum Tigllir he asked a student, giving the technical term for croton oil. "A tablespoonfuL sir," was the re ply. The professor made no comment, but the student soon realized that he had made a grave mistake. After the lapse of faalf an honr he went to the professor. "I should like," he said, "to change Nothing to Say. Stranger (to fellow passenger on train) By the way, what do the peo ple ln your section think of the Fellow Passenger Sir, I am a postmaster. Merely Following the Custom. "Well," said the Eskimos, next day Chagrined, "it really looks As If he didn't want to stay; He's packed his duds and gone away Just like all other Cooks." Protens and Taxis. Under the figure of Proteus, the old man who ln many forms was always the same unpleasant customer, the an cients probably typified the charge for taxicabs. New York Post. this Her Friends. Nan How Is poor dear LU morning? Fan She looks dreadfully. 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