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COMET AND METEOR. PHENOMENA WHICH MAY BE SJLIEN 1 NTH fci HEAVtlNS. Comets, After currvino; Through Space, Go to Pieces and. Become 31eteors Difference Between Meteors and Meteorites. 'HE history of a shooting star, meteor, meteorite, aerolite (air 6tJhe), or uraolith (heaven atone), as one prefers to call it, begins, according to the latest theory, with the history of some comet, . Just what a -comet is and where it -comes from it js hard to say. Its onjin is not known. " But it is Tcnown that it- is'an object which comes into the solar system from space under attraction of the suo, - which moves around the sun and then goes off into space, perhaps never to return. The question whetheror not it will return depends upon "the orbit in i which it moves" If the orbit is an elipse it will surely come back; if it is a parabola or hyperbola it will not return. How is it now that comets differ so .in their orbits? Why should syme return and some not return? 9 When a comet comes Into our system t it is likely to pass near one of the larger planets. There is, then, another at tracting force. If the motion of the comet r is accelerated thereby the comet's orbit becomes surely hyperbolic, and it goe3 off never to return. But if the comet's mo tion is retarded, it3 orbit is eliptical .and it will surely leturn. Each time a com et meet a" planet under such conditions it3 orbit becomes smaller and the time-of its return shorter. Comets, then, which wouldnot ordinarily stay in the system are kept here by the attractive power of one of the planets. ThU is calledtue jcaptuj.e" theory. . Each of the larger planete, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, have, a "fa-nily" of comets which they have at tracted and whose, orbits lie near their own. All the short-period comet3, those having periods of from three to eight years, belong to Jupiter's family. There are sixteen of them including Biela's.V The earth and the other leaser planets have no captured comets to their credit but their -attraction has changed the orbits of several. The pariodic cometj, then, are moving about the sun like the planet, exceptant their orbits are elliptical instead of circular or nearly a huge umbrella. Fully 250,000 are estimated to have fallen within six hours, A curious fact is that, wit one excep tion, no miss has beea known to reach the earth during a meteoric shower. On November 27, 1385, a piece of meteoric iron fell at Mazapil, in Northern Mexico, during the shower of Andromeda. This has been spoken of .as a piece cf Biela't comet, but it is generally regarded as a mere coincidence. The query why stones do not fall at such times leads to the discussionjof the difference between me teors which are only seen and meteorites which are known to reach the earth. i The difference may be and probably is .rherely one of size and Telocity. Ac jcording to this view the cometic me teors are small and more gwift; while the masses which reach the earth are much larger and moved independently and less rapidly. The meteoror shoot ring star,, is supposed to enter our atmos phere at an average rate of about twen- ty-nve miles a second, appearing at. an elevation of about seventv-fiva miles and traversing a distance of forty or fifty IS THE CRUCIBLES. SEPARATING PURE GOLD AND SILVER FJtOM DKOSS. j The" Interesting Work Done by the boTernment Assay era A Deli neate Operation, Where 3Ii- take Are Expensive. milesj becoming entirely consumed by the great heat generated. Most meteor ites ara also entirely consumed before they reach the earth, but they move only a few miles a second and usually pene trate close to the crust of the earth. The mo3t remarkable whioh have fallen in this country during the present cen tury and of which fragments have been found are those which fell at the follow ing places: Weston, Conn., 1807; Bishopsville, S. C, 1843; Cabarrus County, N. C, 1849: New Conoord. Ohio. I860; Amana, Iowa, 1875, and fcmmett County, Iowa, 1863. In 8ev. cral cases hundreds of fragments fell ranging in size from half an ounce to 500 pounds. There is no record of any one being killed or .of any great damage done by a meteorite New York Tri. bune. so. In bulk a comet is the largest of ce lestial objects, but its density is not great. This is shown by the fact that uo comet has been known to alter the movement of any of the planets, evea in the slightest degree, although its own course has been greatly changed by them. The-comet exercises a certain attractive fosce, but its mas3 is- so small that tha ' effect upoh the earth and other planets " not felt. So.ne one has sai l that a ' comet properly packed could -be carried iu a hat box." This, of course, is an exaggeration, but the idea holds. The particles of a comet are supposed to be extremely small, some say not bigger than a piuhead on an average and the largest "masonly a few feet in diameter. These particles are only loose ly joined together and scattered over ad Immense territory. It is not hanl rt understand then that the fate of a comet ' w eventually to go to pieces, to spread - us particles out so much that, no longer attracted by one another they do not a':t in unison, but each for itself pursues hs way about'the sun. The longer a comet -V,frfteeQ iQ the, 3tem the mor a its parties sprcal out. -The comet event- uallj ceases to be a comet and becomes simply a swarm of meteors. A large proportion of comet ajid meteor swarun more in or near the plane of the planets and hence it follows that the earth crosses or passes near the paths of these swarms, evtrjpj year in its jouruey arpua 1 the sun, aud there are at uch times showers of shooting stars. Only one comet has thus far been seen to break up that discovered iu 182t by Biela, an Austrian - officer. It had "a period of 6.G years and its orbit ap. proached close to that of the earth. -In-deed, aHts return fa 1832 a panic known as the 'cornet scare,", was started in southern France by the announcement that it washing to come in collision with the earth.. The earth passed the critical point about a month too soon for a collision, however, In 1839 the comet was not seen on account of its imfavor able position in the sky. In 1816 it ap peared as usual, but soon afterward sr.litr in two parts, which travelled side by de. In 1852 both comets were seen traveling along together but a million ,and a half miles apart. Since then neither has been seen, although both ought to have returned six tin. On the night of November 27, 1872, ho w--ever, when the earth "was crossiU the tracW the lost comet there wa, a won derful meteoric shower, The same thin happened in lSSfc when the earth once more crocd the comct.s was no t longer much' doubt that the cometic origin of meteoric shdwers had been demonstrated. . The . meteors from this swarm are -called Andromendaa from the constellation in the sky from which mey seem to radiate. There is a coa i lerable display fro,n theoi every year about November 27. The Leonids which radiate from the constellation here aad fall about the 13th of November are also supposed to be from a disintegrated comet. This swarm furn.snelthe finest meteoric shower ever wnne4 inlS33. They seemed tov rx SwallowinS Abilities of Snakes. The jaws of the chicken snake are hung on hinges that can be taken apart or displaced for the time being as the case may be, and an entire Texas cotton tail rabbit can be persuaded to enter head and all with little effort, and the body being made of an India-rubber-like material and very stretchable, the kicking little animal soon finds a lodgement in the stomach. His snakeship then care fully resets his jaws sd that his mouth assumes its normal size and blissfully re poses, for the succeeding six hours. The powerful gastric juice does the bal ance, and no Texan can testify that he ever heard of a chicken snake suffering from indigestion or chronic dyspepsia. The capture and digestion of chickens, songbirds, turkey eggs, and rats con stitute simple pastime to the snake, and does not call for a six-hour lay-off in feeding time. -. The rattler's jaws can a'so unhinge when he has to tuck away an exception al morsel of food like a grown rabbit, and, like his harmless competitor iu the consumption of food, his body can ex pand to four times the regular size. An old-time cowboy Texas, who has spent a lifetime in roaming over the fertile praric3 and along the creeic bottoms of Calboun County, which are covered with brush and timber, informed the reporter that he had seen a monster rattler con ceal a jack rabbit with two vigorous gulps. " When killed the deadly reptile -was found to have eighteen rattles, and the jack rabbit wa3 found to be kicking for dear life. Tee chicken snake has important ail vantages over the rattler. He can move about over the country faster and is more cuuniug and in times when food is scarce he is alwajs better fed aud mpru tisiied with life. How Tissujs An NenewaJ. : L'fo consists of a series of cianesof tissue, and the human econorny is simply, as far as its material put is concerned, a nachine, amd primarily depends on food as the most important factor iu keeping it in working order. Wheu it is said that we commence to die as soon as we are born, it, of course, means that certain parts of the body im mediately begin to perish; their exist ence is ephemeral; they come, go, are replenished and decay. They are tho dying parts of that system of life 'which nia? last a little while but which must eventually yield to the inexorable laws of nature. Th nails, the hair, etc,, are observable as an instance of decay. The sa ue rule applies to e'very other oigan anu tissue or the body, though it is not palpable to the naked eye. The skin is always peeling. The fool that is taken in the one hour nourishes the system, and ejects what was taken the hour be fore. New York Advertiser. Weather in a Co ITje. To discover the weather secrets of the coming six hours or so, all you have to do is to drop two lumps of "best loal" exactly into the centre of a cut fills with coffee and milk, in just proportioas, nd then to watch the surface of that refreshing beverage. Gaeous bubble will presently arise and gather togethei in a group or groups. If they make a sudden rush to the side of the cut, "much rain" will be the order of ths day. Should their eccentric move nent be performed with stately deliberation, "showery" will be the word. If, how' ever, they retain their central station, slowly routing until they bjrsf, thi barometer that does not iodic te -s?i fair," may be. assumed not to know io busineis. New York-World. OUR Government receives through the Assay Office ship ments of .silver and gold of various degrees of fineness from the mines as bullion, besides foreign coin, old silver plate, jewelry and masses !f precious metals in all forms and quantities; this is weighed out in bulk just as it comes, and is credited to. tha one shipping it to the office at the correct weight of the unrefined gold or sliver. After the value has been determined by assay the gold is paid for with gold bars Of coin, at the option of the owner, and the silver with silver bars only, no value being fixed upon the latter, owing to the constant changes in the market price of silver. No deposits are received of le3s than $100 in value; and if a quantity comes in of Jess amount the balance must be made up in current gold or silver coin or bullion. Each deposit is first melted by itself, and, when its value ha3 been ascettained,' goe3 with the rest through the melting and refining pro cess. There is almost alwajs consider able silver and baser metals in the de posits classed as gold; but deposits are classed as gold or silver according a3 the fineness of either metal predominates, no assays being made except for gold and silver. The great value of the goods requires very correct weights. The great balance in the receiving office has a capacity of 10,000 ounces, and at the same time is adjusted 60 delicately that one one hundredth of an ounce will be indicated by the swaying of the ponderous bal ance, which rests on a knife-edge above. From this room all deposits are taken to the melting room across the central hall of the building. Around this room are furnaces arranged for the melting of the metal; the gold is here melted together in pots or crucibles of black lead set into furnaces heated by gas jets. The silver is melted in larger furnaces heated with coal. After the metal de posit has been thoroughly melted and become one homogeneous mass by stir ring and fluxing it is taken out and cast in bricks of varying sizes, according to the amount in each deposit. Whea cooled, if it is all in one brick, a sam ple is cut by a heavy machine from each of the diagonally opposite corners. If there are several bricks in the deposit a sample is. taken from the first and last bricks cast. Thus these samples are as far removed from each other as possible and consequently arc as unlike as any that could ba, qbtained from the mass. These bricks are stamped with tha proper stamp and initials and' placed in the vaults. The samples, wiih tickets bearing corresponding numbers. taken to two different men for assaying and the exact value of the metal found in a percentage of gol or silver in 1000 parts. If the results differ by the one- thousandth part the melting is repeated, as it indicates an inequality in the de posit or imperfect work somewhere in the operation. ' These sampies are rolled out, and a tray containing several oompartments with as many specimens, are taken to to one assayer, and another tray of du plicates is taken to another assayer. The work which these men have to do is very interesting. Tuey sit at a long table on which are delicate, gias3-inclosed balaacii. The assayer takes a fragment of the, 'thin sample strip of metal, aud estimates with practised haad and eye the per centage of gold and alloy ; then carefully weighing out a required proportion of this metal, he rolls up a small sheet of lead foil into a cornucopia, aud placing inside the metal weighed out, adds some minute disks of pure silver, already pre pared, of different fixed weights, so pro portioning the pure silver and tho esti- mated silver alloy in the metal being as sayed that, combined,. it shall be nearly equal to twice the weight of gold there in. , After this mixture of one part gold and two parts silver, besides base metal alloys, has been wrapped in the lead foil a trayful of these prepared specimens is taken to the cupel furnace, each bearing its own assay number. The cupels are email, porous, burnt bone cups', or crucibles, manufactured in the building by pressing the pure, white, moist bone dust into a mold and then allowing the cups to dry for two months Each dainty package of metal is placed in a cupel, and a small, gas furnace, heated to an, intense heat, receives a large number of these, arranged in svs tematic order, covering the bottom of thepven. Being melteJ, .the lead sinks iuiu me porous suostance of . the cup carrying with it the base metals and leaving a mass of pure silver and gold. t " . - - vm rsmoviDg tue eupels this metal quickly solidities into a bright, round button at the bottom. It. is then removed, tapped lightly with a hammer to free it from any out side matter, and alter being weighed again, is rolled out into a thin strip, coiled up on a stick, and a basket-like platinum case with many small recepta cles is filled with tliese smill specimens and boiled for ten minutes in nitric acid- mis comoines caemicahy with the silver, leaving the gold in a rpongy mass, very pure, but dark and unrecognizable in are color. This pure crold Is then weighed by the assayer, and the ratio between this and the weisrht of gambles used in a the test shows the proportion of gold and silver in the metal deposited. This process is for ascertaining the proportion of gold and silver in a gold deposit. The value of silver is determined by chemical action, called the Mret pro cess." The value eff the deposit -being thus carefully estimated by separate as says, the depositor is paid for the gold in gold coin or bars and in silver bars only for the silver deposited, because of the fluctuations in the price of silver in the markets, the legal charges being de duced for. the operation of parting, re fining, etc. The deposits then become the property of the Government r and are taken to the large six-story refinery in the rear of the Assay Office. AU the deposits are- weighed again when brought into this department, and the calculated amount of the goldand silver, determined by the assay, credited to the receiving department. After Dassinw through the refinery the pure gold and silver returned as the results of the pro cess must equal very nearly this amount. The process of refining basins with the mix! ire of the different deposits of gold and silver in more or less pure state, to that the silver shall be about double the weight of the gold, thi3 proportion being the most effective in the chemical processes to follow. The metals are then combined by melting them together, and when this alloy is cooled to a moderate heat, the experienced workman pours the metal from. a ladle in a fine steady stream into cold water. The effect of this is to produce a very flaky deposit of granulations, which present the largest ; possible surface to the boiling sulphuric acid in the large iron boilers to which it is taken. The silver here combines with the sul phur of the acid, forming a sulphate of sil ver and leaving only the gold in the granulations. These gold granulations are treated seven times to this process. The sulphate of silver in the liquid so lution is turned in baths or vats lined with lead containing sheets of copper. Here another chemical action takes place. Being heated, the sulphur unites with the copper, and the silver is left in a powder at the bottom. These finely-powdered deposits of gold and silver in no way appear valu able to the unpracticed eye, looking like a mass of ashes as much as anything After being repeatedly washed in water they are pressed into cheese-shaped, cakes in a hydraulic aud hydrostatic press of 300 tons pressure. After being thoroughly dried in an oven the cakes are ready for the melting pots aud brick molds. Now, having reached a nearly pure state, the brick3 are returned to the storage vaults, stamped with the official mark of the Assay Office, and are ready for payment to depositors or for coinage a( the mint, if required. ' Great precaution is taken to prevent any losses. The employes are tried and true men, many of them havinj been here since the establishment of the office nearly thirty-eight years ago. All the clothing is changed and baths taken be- fore leaving the refinery, three men pre paring for home at the same time, thu3 preventing any yielding to tem;tationj The base products of the refinery are sold. The refuse, dirt, etc., is disposed of at auction once in three months to refiners, who use it as a flux in their own establishments. New York Mtil and Express. A other's Storv ffWhen my boy was 2 years of age, a fall brought on hip disease, which gradually grew w r e until, when he was 6, he could not walk, and we had him treated 9 Hospital in Boston. . Bat when he came home he KU 1TUIsO UlU IXIO UTO" tors said no thins: could be done. I be- tzan giving him. Hood's - S- Willi On u isarsaparuia ana ne im- j proved at once. The 14 abscesses on his hip healed up, his appetite im proved and he cou'd walk, at first with HOOD'S GUISES eruthe?, then without. He is now perfect ly well, lively as any boy.'" Mils. Ejujjl V. . HOOD'S PILLS do not purge, pals or gripe, t at act promptly, easily and effectually. 25 cent. ' TTaw Tkf a voroiM. onwrnwat cannot oe enrwz err taiingHall'8 Catarrh Cure. JT-J. CHX-icr & Co.. Props., Toledo, Q. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. perfectly honorable in all business transao- Hma mA 11 11 a. mvuo. axil. laiuiiLiaVi i v HiiiH i (B rjirTT xvnr. fl vt v afu Xa.fiYna1 mola Vk VA1 43av 4 lumv av J tucu XXI. l ' - IV tA rsx & Tnu-ax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. AJ Dnjggiste, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken internally, act- ffSA rtt tha cretAm TMHwinntal. L( rt-rv ire. -wov I. .... I o - I . j i ii i . vxj-wum sMAjjy.BLu uruggisia. III CURES RISING f. BREAST . . 'MOTHER'S FRIEND" &Xf?i1S offered child-bearing woman. I have been a mid-wife for many years, and in each case 'where "Mother's Friend" had been used it has iiommnlkhprt wnnrleni anii rvMw&A mnrh iuciiuj;. iii io uio ucsw iuucuj jui rising ui 'He breast known, and worth the trice for that .1 ' I. -mr . iti rw. jjx. jjim ixiLsi iiat, ji j Montgomery, Ala. !"Sent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt f price, $1.50 per bottle. ! j BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Uold by all druggists. Ailasta, GA. ii. Frait for Food. , ruit culture should be quite as c-Qselv associated with family use as with uarkft. I have eaten apple3 all my life, hut nver learned how to make the best use o them till last winter; it is worth l(vung half a cerltury to find out the real tklue of the fruit. Now we eat apples hjvlf an hour before our meab in sijead of afterward. We eat allure want Colore breakfast , and before dinner, he result has been so decidedly ia favor oi the fruit diet that we have very jsrgely dropped meat. The action of the aijid is then admirable in aiding diges .ton, while if eaten after meals the apple isl likely to prove a burden. We follow t?je fame- line in using grapes, pears, cherries and berries. jfif disturbed by a headache or dys pepsia in summer, I climb a cherry tree a)d eat all I can reach and relish. In oiderjto have cherries all summer I cjver a dozen trees with mosquito netting .keep off the birds. Currants and gooseberries I find very wholesome eaten raVrom the bushes before going to the dining table. Nature has prepared" a lajpe amount of food already cooked, exactly fitted for all demands of the hjjman system. ,Our kitchen cooking nver equals nature's. I am by no means afjregetarian or a fruitarian, but I am convinced that we have not yet measured tbe-value of fruit as a diet with milk, egs aud vegetables. Some one being tod that such fruit would not give a workman muscular strength", pointed to tcyns adviser s oxen, saying, "Yet these ojen eat no meat inr. maw vubCI UU A-tltXlH U1U X CI V O f UUUS contained in his recent work on "Nerve Waste," Dr. H. V. Sawyer gives the following unsolicited testimony to the value of Walter PaIta. A- tA 1A I . T"l V n i . n juu.ci at vii. vtua: rwiser s creaKiasi vo coa is a lierhfc nrermratinn whiVh ran h.ri. ly recommended ; it contains only so much fat as can be digested by almost anyonefand is pe- .u.iiax in uui ciuj iiig or pajung auer a time, as so many cocoa preparations do. Such a bever age is far more wholesome and more agreeable, after one becomes used to it, than tea, which is mucu uver-useu. n is especiauy usenu lor children; our little' boy has drunk it since he nately fond of it, and has kept as fat as a xig, aa a nra c o tt J In Persia the cholera does its fataf work almost invariably in one day. a I ;!t?! A k?w K the? don't, that eible for a multitude of ailments, liemedy: Bile Bean fSmnll ' A new foldini? babv that can be folded up to go in a trunk. They act on the bile and liver. Small Bile ataxia icl v p uu emiai. . Seconding the motion Taking the uuib ui a spuutef,- lrulQ, NamftlmTa. Jlflfl norchan !Tin9ii1i.u. cures a town lot. Fortunes in the South., RnnA c ior prospectus, a. j . jvicimde, Atlanta, Qa. Rider Haggard thinks Egypt th6 most interesting and least explored tountry in the world. UOr t.JVf I El 1 ttUI tHAtJ iltULULQ tvl Coughs, Colds and all ot her Throat Troubles. X i CTllllilCULlJ UCOtt jli C ( MAtlll f rr Ml lVfvi , Crocodile eggs -are much sought after by thejiatives of Madagascar. The Value of a Good Cat. It only needs a wet season, a9 the erlj part of 1892 was, to enormously increase xne mice pest, and make every farmer, especially one who is a fruit arrower. an- preciate the value of a good raouser. The scoryot wnittington aud his cat might be repeated on many a modern farm if cats were .not thought so common ai to have no appreciable value. The mo3t or- dinary dog is valued hiirhlv bv his owner. but there arj few who will say a good word loj the cat, whose service to man is tuny as valuable. Boston Cultivator. OIVIS ENJOYS Both the methol anil rpsiilia byrup of Figs i3 taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, aud act gently yet promptly ou the Kidneys, -uvcr uuu ioweis, cleanses the sys tern effectuallr. dinpls rnl,l , V' 1 .v.s.,, itU aches and fevers and; cures habitual constipation. Svrun of Tup- ;a only remedy of its kind ever pro, duced, pleasing to thz taste and ao ceptable- to the stomach, .prompt in its action and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared onfy from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and hare marlA it. iu mn0 popular remedy known. ovrun of Fifrs'ia fnr fsaTo in Kn nd $1 bottles by all leading drug- giaus. xi.uy rename aruggist who may not have it on K?rd will pr cure it promptly for . any one who wishes to" trv it. Do not. ncCPTt. ftnxr substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CQ. SAN FRANCISCO. CAJL. LOUISVILLE, KV HEW YORK. N.Y. 99 yrap Rearis Leblanc is a French Cana dian store keeDer at Notre Damp dp Stanbridge, Quebec, Can., who was cured of a severe attack of Congest ion of the Iyungs by Boschee's Ger man Svruo. He has sold manv .1 bottle of German Svruo on his rer sonal recouiraeudation. If you drop him a line he'll give you the full facts of the case direct, as be did and ..that Boschee's German Syrup Drougur. mm tnrougii nicely. IV always will. It is a good medicine and thorough in its work. " American Garden- THE LUCKY MAN. Courtleigh See here, Marigold, you don't keep your word. When we werd both after 3Iiss Gotrox it was no-ropr! h: tweeh us that. tho lucky man should nav me oiaer iu, uuu. Marigold Well? . Courtleigh Well, you married her. Mangold Exactlv. But unnn rnn. sideration I thiDk you owe me the ten tnousana. JN e w l ork Herald. r Do Not Be Deceived I with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the unu'js, injure ine iron ana nurn rea. The Rifling Sun Stove Polish IS Brilliant, Odor lew, Durable, and the consumer pays for no. tin or glass package who erery purchase." . I.". 3 .0' 1 1 The Growth of Berlin. .Berlin is enlarging it boundaries, and suburban towns are to be taken into , the city within a short ticne which will give ita population of more than .3,000,000. This will 'make it the second city of the world, for Paris has less then 2,5JO,000 and New York and Brooklyn together counted up by tke lasc census only 2,250,000. Berlin has grown like a green bay tree since the Franco-Pru3sian war, and there is no city in the United States which has increased so fast in population. In 1850 she had . leas than 500,000 people, and beXore she went to j war with France shehad only 753.000 I Alter the war the people flocked in from all parts of Germany, hew houses were built everywhere and. and. on tha baala of the $1,000,000,000 which Germany was to receive from France, the caoital had a great boom. It had a paaic in 1873, but it recovered from this and it has been growing steadily from that ! time to this. It now covers the area of twenty -five 610-acre farms and thS Valley, upon which it is built, is as flat a floor. It Is built on a Bort of saadv plain and the Spree River runs through it, and there are canals and arms of this which cut up the city and which are covered with beautiful brid ctm There is no place in the world where you find such aniformity of good build ings. The houses are of vast .size, and you can drive for miles through broad, well-paved streets which are walled with three,, four and fi?e story houses. all looking clean and neat. The nost of these houses are of brick, covere I with stucco,-and it is only in the old inrts of the city that you find aay montiOsitie3 in architecture. Chicago Herald. i 'i. I 1 -4 ii Jperct. difference. Royal Baking Powder Strongest, Purest, Most Economical. As to whether any of the baking, powders are eaual to the "Royal," the-official tests clearly' determine. When ' samples of various baking powders were purchased from -the grocers, and analyzed by the United States Govern ment Chemists and the Chemists of State and City Boards of Health, the reports' revealed the fact that the "Royal" contained from 28 percent, to 60 percent, more leavening strength than the others,' and also that it was more per- fectly combined, absolutely pure, and altogether wholesome. As most of these powders are sold to 1 consumers at the same price as the " Royal," by the use of the Royal Baking Powder there , is an average saving of over one third, be sides the advantage of assured purity and wholesomeness of-fcrrTand of bread, bis cuit and cake made perfectly light, sweet, and palatable.' ' 1 The official reports also reveal the pres ence, in other powders, of alum, lime or sulphuric acid, by which their use is made a matterof grave danger to the consumer. . Whenever a baking powder is sold at a loiver price than the" Royal," or with a gift, it is a certain Judication that it is made from alum, and is to be avoided under all circumstances. LUXURIES LEAKSYILLE BLANKETS. Housekeepers 5W'lb., S3. Carolina's-Pride, 6 lb., 6 per pair. Leaksville Honest Jeans Oray, I! row a and Black 'Z 5c, 4 Oc. aud tiuc. per yard. Kersey Gray. 3'i l-2c. Bown, 40c a yard; very good, wool Yarn, all color?, ftc. a hank. If your deoler does not keep these Roods order or J. W. HC'OTT de CO., Special SelUng Agu., Uret-uabsra, N. C. A Ooainaptlrei aDd 'people who hare weak lungt or Asth ma, Bhoald nse Plso'i Cure for Consumption. It has eared thuanda. It bai not Injur ed one. It is not bad to Hake. it is ine Deit cougn synop. . Bow Terrwbere. Se. Unfike. trts Dutch Process r .No Alkalies Other Chemicals are used in the jireparation of , W. UAKER & Cfi.'S reakfastCocoa ,vhlch abtotutelyr pure and, Boluble. Ii It lias moret.nan threettmet the itrenyth of Cocoa mixed iwitu Btarcn, Arrowroot or "nomlciLtrcostinff less than one cent a cup. V 4. .4 nlinli.il. -.vl.vSah.nn. And Vlllt V DIGESTED. ' , - .. Sbld byOrorers everywhere. W. BAKEIi & CO., Dorchester, Mail. S. T$; u. 1 mm SB'S I I : i. f.. 1. mum If vou . -.cewareIof fraud. . -j&uK for. and JnMwt upon baTiSg Tf.TUDOUGL.AS MUOEa. Nonegea-lne,-nthent-AV. L. Donglaa nams bmA price stamped on bottom. JLiOok Hold everywhere. 5) CS'FJlfrS FCi? & LAJ VLa GESTLEMEfi. A sewed shoe that will not rin: Calf. seamless, smooth inside, more comfortable, stylish and durable than any other shoe ever - A 4.4t.-n..: t? TT- i u ..n.. W to . J W J AW. .nrl4Vnk.4kW W 4h4k made shoes costing from $4 to $5. The following are of the same high standard of $4.00 and $5.00 Fiac Calf. Hand-Sewed. S.IWl n r r 4. . r 4hi- Vi. it ti a onH T.m " nK - J V AVMM. anAn 4IUT9. $3.50 and 3.00 rtongola, LADIES.! ' -T'V TT IB A Tit I'l' V tm T to ret ue oest vaiae lor toot uaaey. ucaaonuze is. your KKHwear try parcnwmng w. ju. jjoagiaa eaoes, wnicn represent the best value at tha mlcea advertlaMt Ba woasanas cantesv vuy. w yoa wear .w S. them? r. x 1 mi mil 1 -- i i rV I m m r s-.s---, - a - -v . m it --ja 1 " ,,,, -iiiiir.- -rS. CHieKErJs TOU WANTT3 A -XT- THE IR THEM TO-- -ifV JL WAY even Uyon merely keep ihem as a dlvenion. In or der to handle Fowls judiciously, you must know ometblnir about them. Tn moor hi. . eUlng a bookflvlntr the eiperiencvnlw Km ot a practical poultry raiaer for I UlllJ 36i twenty-flTe years. Itwas written by a inan who put ceas of Chicken ratoing not as a pastime, tut as a Dustr.es and tr you wm profit ty bts twenty-nv yean' work, yon can sare many Chicks aonuaUy, Juvenile Royally on Its Di nity. It is related that the great S.iaai sh leader Canovas Tiaited t'ae youthful Kin of Spain durinrj hU receat illae and, greeting him familiarly, said; "Ho is Alfansito (Little Alfonso)!" The juven ile rojalty glowered darkly al his visitor for a moment, and then stiffly replied' "To mamma I ami Ali omlty ; lo Laea sun the Kinx.M Picayune,' . CCS ' Vl11 rive exclaatve aale testae dealer and reaeral Btercfaaots where II '. Write far catalosrae. If aet for sale in Tear place eead direct to Factory, aixe aad width wanted. Peaae Free. W Lm Ialaa, iirocktoa, Maaa. where I have ae tatlag nerpus a Chronic Diseases a vtj auua PBJ lrtn 10c tavvtampa for sample of DR AGEMTG WANTED ON SALARY or conOiiflaioB to handle the New PeVteot ChemkaeU TnV Va-a srln eyPanyil 1 a n.n.s MKlr(iA T A . L. -a w i". aa. n,tuw isiisa iug 4JF V Fr W WK KOXB F.RASTtR lifO. CO- 1 6S0. La Crosse, Wla. nniliriMorDhlno Habit Cared in lO eonaui ing physician, 1645 North Tenth St. PhUada. I DR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon.OaiO. 1 l.t I ... 4n .1.1 . M I T lOe. tnlamna tar umnl. nT nR 1 ITTiru UKA'tACHE &KEUUAL01A TA BLETii pItewtsj W. T. FltzceraJd teS, V ; CURE'I Cures Conanmptlon, Coturh. Croup. Sore Cnl J 1 I, ' . . 1 " RaUiiui Chicksn " 1 id mtxm your Fowl earn dollars for too. the vnint tat that votl mtiat ha ahla Mtn .,kl. K-S t -r wra w vav 1W LW- UUU UtU 1-1 that Ponltrv YArrl a arvtn aai u arirAaM anI Itmaw bow to remedy It. This took will teach you. 1. vol 1st hner t iliiawt anI vva HiA.aA. Afu m eggs and also for fattening; which fowls to sare for fri r . f In. nnmnm. f.ni -w-a. .thlw. in1 vah ahoold know on this ut.jsct to make It prof. table. Sent postpaid for twenty -five cents in 1c. or 3a. wtampw. . . f 40-yaf heel6-e) rmm vhi vj at . ""r'"- (ni a. 1.it1inillH' book puDiisning House, ii