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Chinese Era. “You haven’t explained how you came to have Mr. Smith's chickens in your possession,’ said the judge. “I’m trying to think, your honor, ” replied the accused. “Give me time.” “Very well,” replied the judge blandly. “Six months. ” The “Chinese era” begins B. C. 2697, with the accession of the Em­ peror Yao, who first devised a calen­ dar for the Chinese dividing the yeai into 365 days with an extra day every fourth year. So many bicycle riders maintain the uudiguitied position of “scorchers” when riding tor pleasure that it has oc­ curred to John C. Hehr, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to design a bicycle which will not permit a cycler to attain any other Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron and quinine In Very Strange. than an erect posture. Perhaps those a tasteless form. No cure. No Fay. Frice 50c. riders who care more for grace aud dig­ Brooks—Harduppe says he look a Scientific Penetration. nity than for speed may be induced to stranger for you yesterday. "Professor, how did you come to try this naw machine, but it is safe to Rivers—That's funny. Now today pro|>ose to me in the face of my con- 1 say that rhe ordinary wheelman will he took me for a stranger. prefer the regular makes Instead of tinned indifference?” “How’s that?” trying experiments with an innovation [ “I proceeded on the general propo- “He wanted to borrow $10 from i sit ion that whatever a woman seems of this class. In this new vehicle me. ’ ’ there is no chain for connecting the to be she isn’t. ” Aristocracy. sprocket wheels, but the power is “And Bhe is reckoned one of the aristocracy in Kentucky?” “Oh, decidedly! Her family fueds with the best people there.” BLOOD WAS THIN PATIENT TREATED FOR HEART D.SEASE AND CONSUMPTION. i One Good Thing. The Source. “As for the clergy, they're a pretty­ poor lot, ” said a grumbling layman. “Yes,” returned the bishop, "some of them are poor indeed. 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Must Bear Signature of Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth­ ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor their children during the teething period. The Irony of Fate. There is the "irony of fate” in the fact that Rear Admiral Cervera got his promotion to be vice admiral in j advance cf either Sampson or Schley, whose ships destroyed his fleet. Vary ansali and as easy to take as sugar. CARTERS FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR NEABACNL DIZZHIESS. BILIOUSNESS. TORPID LIVER. CONSTIPATION. SALLOW SKIR. TME COMPLEXION accompanied by mucous patches in the mouth, enip. tions on the skin, sore throat, copper colored splotches, Allt •'T°l,en glands, aching muscles CURE SICK HEADACHE. IHII and bones, the disease is making v rapid headway, and far worse symptoms will follow unless the blood is Beyond His Limit. promptly and effectually cleansed of this "Do you ever have moments, Mr. violent destructive poison. S. S. 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This was truly en­ couraging. and I deter­ mined to give S. S. S. a thorough trial. From that time on the improve­ ment was rapid ; S. S. S. seemed to have the dis- ’ ease completely under control . the sores and sleets healed and I was soon free from all signs of the disorder ; I have been strona and healthy ever since. L- W. S mith , Lock Box 611, Noblesville, Ind. Active man by large manufacturing house; |:)6.(K)in cash paid for 12 days trial: promotion and permanent position if satisfactory. Ad­ dress G. B. P. Co., 723 Chestnut St., Philada. Dangerous Business. Tourist—Why don’t you offer a reward for the desperadoes who robbed the bank here last week? Sheriff — Why, if they thought there was any money in the county treasury, they would come back and rob that too. Simplicity, strength .nd purity combined in Garfield Tea, the herb medicine that cures consti­ pation and liver troubles. Then Me Swore Off. He (producing cigarette case)—Do you object to cigarettes? She—Not at all. I don't blame the cigarettes—I only object to people is the only purely vege- who smoke them. table blood pun her known, f I, ooo is offered for proof that it contains a particle of tnercuqr. potash or other mineral poison. Tbi. aitnature ia oo every box of th. «on u foe Send for our free book on Blood Poison; Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tabi«. it contains valuable information about th. ramadr that carea ■ rold la ono May this disease, with full directions for self treatment' We charge nothing for medi- Shopping. cal advice; cure yourself at home. Shopmarf — This matches your sam­ THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, NA. ple perfectly, madame. Customer—It certainly does. It couldn’t be closer. Shopman—How many yards do you wish? Customer—-Oh, not any, yet! You see, this is the first shop I have tried. But the Diagnosis Wai Wrong—When the Blood Wat Enrlchend the Symptoms Disappe: rd. From Presbyterian J urnal, Phila , ,Pa. transmitted to the driving wheel by means of a train of gears contained in the casing surrounding the crank axle. The steering is accomplished by means of a rack aud pinion attached to the handle bar and steering post respective­ ly, a turn of the handle bar a short dis­ tance in either direction rotating the post and pulling the steering wheel around by actuating the two rods which lead from the post to the steer- ing head. The handle bar also serves as a rest-for the back, and in ease of an accident the rider would he thrown clear of the wheel, as there Is nothing to obstruct his legs or body. The ma­ chine is also made in tricycle form, with a short shaft supporting two small wheels nt the rear of the steering and driving wheel. HIS SUN HAS SET. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Con- The Rev. John J. Jo.per of “San Do i sumption has an equal for coughs ami TO Cl’RE A COLD IN ONE DAT Move" Fame 1» Nj More. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All colds,— J ohn F. B oyer , Trinity Springs. The Rev. John Jasper, the negro pas­ Irurgists refund the money if it fail! to cure. Ind., Feb. 15. 1800. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Not to be Uitu.ged. A Realist tor of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, of Richmond, Va., whose fa­ mous sermon on the planets has been heard by thousands of per­ sons. died at bls humble home there recently. He posses sed much native dig­ nity and no one kkv . jAsp. it. "ho knew him doubted his faith in the Bible and in his dictum that “the sun do move.” lie was nearly ninety years old, and leaves a widow, who was his third wife. The Rev. John Jacob Jasper was known the world over by his declara­ tion that “The sun do move.” This one sentence he has persistently used in his sermons for fifteen years. For sixty-two years he had preached from the pulpit. He was a slave when h^ first propounded the gospel. In the sermon which made him famous lie de­ clared: "The eartli is square and Im­ movable. The sun rises In the east and moves toward the west, and there sets. The world is flat. Is anybody going to say that the sun was standing still before Josher told it to stand still? Do you thing Josher would have asked the privilege to stop the sun if she had not been moving? This morning when the sun rose it was over there,” he said, pointing to the East. “How could the sun get from that side of the house over to this (jiointing toward the Westi, unless It moved? The man who says the sun does not move, does not read the Bible.” The Bev. Jasper was born in Fluvanna County, Va., July 4, 1812. He was six feet two inches tall, and was remarkably well built. All his knowledge was self-acquired. He lectured throughout the country, and once he received an urgent request from Henry Ward Beecher to lecture in Plymouth Church, and at other times received pressing invitations to preach in the large churches of Europe. The Barmaid Question. Yale's Athletic Tax. Yale students are to be taxed apiece for athletics. : j j < 1 A Deep Cutter. “I was out in a revenue cutter, last I night,” remarked Dukane to Gaswell. “I thought you went sleigh rid­ ing’” “Well, it made quite a cut in my revenue. ” It was recently stated that England’s nrinv and navy is inadequate to properly defend herself from a sudden onslaught. England is, in this instance, like the indi­ vidual * h<> allows disease to creep into hi* system through a stomach too weak to properly digest the food taken into it. To strengthen the stomach there is nothing belter than Hostetter's Stomach hitters. it cures dyspepsia, constipation, inuiges- tion. liver and kidney trouble, and as a tonic is iticoinparanle'. Very Disastrous. 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