J
MARDI GRAS.
HOW XiENr IS USHERED IN AT
NEW ORLEANS.
TheCfimaxol More Than a Week's
Series of Festivities The Ar--ival
of Hex Grand Pa-
rail e of Floats.
TCLTAN RALPH says in Harper
that on mardi gras, the day be-
fore the beginning of Lent, is the
time to be in New Orleans, par
ticularly for . a stranger, because In the
scenes of the carnival" is found the key
to the character of the people. They
are not like the rest of us;- Our so-called
carnivals, wherever and whenever we
have tried to hold them, have been mere
commercial ventures, illustrated with
advertisements, carried out by hired
meD, and paid for by self-seeking per
sons, wno had not trie backing oi any
populace. But in New Orleans the car
nival displays are wholly designed to
an use and enter tail) the pleasure-loving,
light-hearted, largely Latin people who
originally took part in them, but who
have surrendered active participation to
the leading and wealthy men of the
town. " " '
The actual mardi gra? celebration is
only the climax of a series of festivities
lasting ten. days or more. JJirst is held
the Bal Des Roses, in the week before
the week whic'i precedes the public car
nival. This ball is purely a "society
affair," like our Patriarchs' Bill i3 New
York.
- The week which follows is one of al
most daily sensations. First, on Monday,
the Argonauts begin the prolonged
festivities with a tourney and chariot
racing. A ball at night follows. Oa
Tuesday the Atlanteans give their ball.
On Thursday Momus give3 a bail, with
tableaux, in costume. On Friday of this
I gala week is held the Carnival german.
jf The Carnival German Club is composed
of twenty-five society men, who give
the german by subscription. Only seventy-five
couples participate in it.
The carnival propcT is celebrated with
; j pagentry and dancing that occupy the
afternoons and nights of Monday and
"Fat Tuesday." Rex, the King of the
carnival comes to town on Monday af
ternoon. Who he is a few persons know
at the time; who he was is sometimes
published, as in 1S91, and more often is
not. "What is called a royal yacht is
chosen to bring him from some myster
ious realm over which he rules in the
uneuij id visit ins xviuier capital
- in -the Crescent City. Last time
the royal yacht was the revenue cutter
Galveston, but ordinarily the societies
hire one of the big river steamboats.
The yacht is always accompanied by tea
or fifteen other steamers, gayly decor
ated, crowded with men and women and
appointed with bands of music and all
that makes good c'aeer. It is supposed
I that the yacht has taken the king aboard
at tne jetties. The fleet return, and
the royal laadiug is made upon the levee
at the foot of Canal street, amid a fan
faronade of the whistles of boats, loco
motives and factories and the firing of
guns. The king is met by many city
officers and leading citizens, who are
called the dukes of the realms, and con
stitiite his royal court. These; tempor
ary nobles wear civilian attire, with a
gold badge and bogus jewelry as decor
ation. Man .persons in carriages ac
company them. A procession is formed,
and the principal features of the disj&lay
are a gorgeous litter for the king, a
ter for the royal keys, and a nu nber c
splendid litter3 in which ride gajly cos
turned women.
The king goes to the City nail accom
panied as I have described. The way
is lined with tens of thousands of spec:
tators; flags wave from every building;
music is playing, the sun is shining, the
whole scene, with the gorgeous pageant
threading it, is magnificent. At the
City Hall,-the Duke cf Crescent City,
who is the Mayor, welcomes Rex, and
gives him the keys and the freedom of
the city. The king mysteriously disap
Tjears after that, presumably to his nal-
w . - &
ace.
Tbat night, the night beforo mardi
eras, the Krewe of Proteus holds its rer-
ode and ball, and in extent and cost and
splendor this is a truly representative
pair of undertakings. 'A Dream ol the
Vegetable Kingdom" was what the la3t
Proteus parade was entitled. It con
sisted of a series of elaborate and splen
did floats forming a line many blocks
long and representing whatever is most
ticturcsque, or can be made so, among
vegetable growths. The float that
struck me as the most peculiar and
noteworthy bore a huge . water
melon, peopled, as all the devices
were, with gayly costumed men and
-omen, and decked with nodding
l)lossoms,waving leaves, dancing tendrils,
A.ad the gutter and sneen of metal,
lustrous
stones, and
silk Butterflies,
caterpillars, birds, a great- squirrel on
birds, a
the acorn float, snails, and nameless
;rotesque animal forms were seen up
the vegetables and their leaves
men dressed as fairies, of
were grouped picturesay
on"
:iy o
on -every
acvices were no inartistic
i.-iwdry. They were made by skilled
Yor.kmen trained for this particular
vork, aod-were not only superior to any
of the show pieces we 6ee in other page
fiats elsewhere they were equal to the
hest that are exhibited in theatres. They
were displayed to the utmost advantage
in the glare of the torches and flambeaux
carried by the men who led tha hoxje
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and inarched beside the hidden wheels.
The figures in Paris-made :o?tumes,
theatrical paint, and masks were 150 to
20d members of the Krewe serious and
earnest meu ot affairs during the other
days of the year.
On Tuesday, mardi gras. Rex really
made his appearance, leading a pageant
called "the symbolism of colors," jost
such another display of the blending of
strong and soft colors, but a thousand,
fold more difficult to render satisfactor
ily by daylight. The twenty enormous
floats in line represented boats, castles,
towers, arches, kiosks, clouds and
thrones, and one, that I thought the be3t
of all, a great painter's palette, lying
against two vases, and having living fe-
male figures recumbent h.ere and there
to represent such heaps of colors as might
be looked for on a palette in use. Canal
street, one of the broadest avenues in
the world, wa3 newly paved with human
forms, and thousands of others ' were on
the reviewing stands built before the
faces of the houses, oyer the pavements.
iThe sight of such a vast concourse of
people was as, grand as the chromatic,
serpent-like line of floats that wound
across and across the street. That night
all the people turned out oace again and
witnessed the parade of the Mistick
Krewe of Comus, a Japanesque series of
floats called "Nippon, the Lord of the
Rising Sun." The display was, to say
the least, as fine as any of the season.
Saved by a Slipknot.
The traveler in the uncivilized regions
of South America has to face many perils.
If he escapes the savages, who are adroit
"and bitter enemies, if he can secure
water and fooci and survives the intense
heat, and believes his expedition has
every chance of success, he" may die
within an hour from the bfte of a poi
sonous serpent. M. Thouar, in his diary
kept during his explorations in the Pil-
comayo delta under a commission from
the Argentine Government, describes an
experience which prompted hicu to eter
nal vigilance in regard to snakes. He
was lying in his hammock ; the Sergeant
of his guard was asleep under a tree
close by. Suddenly he noticed an im-
mense serpent coiled about the Sergeant's
leg, and extending its head toward his
bare zhest. What should he do? To
wake the man meant certain death to
him; but how kill the creature or at
tract it away without waking him? He
recalled a method of capturing the cobra
of In3ia. He prepared a slipknot. By
stealthy, almost imperceptible, move
ments he attracted the serpent's atten
tion. It turned its head. Then he
leaned from his hammock, and with a
long piece of grass tickled it gently on
the throat. It raised its head. He cast
the noose over it, and drew it tight
around the reptile's Deck. It was not a
moment too soon. The Sergeant awoke.
He fainted with fright, but the danger
was passed. The slipknot had saved
him, and the stroke of the sabre cut off
the serpent's head. Manchester Times.
An Insoluble Puzzle to Naturalists.
The peculiar breed of cats found in
the I?ie of Man differs from others only
in that they have no tails, an I the lack
thereof is the insoluable puzzle to
naturalists. Since it has become the
fashion to explain everything by the
principles of evolution, two theories
have been offered one, that owing to
the limited range and lack of dense for
ests the original cats had no ue for
tails, and consequently .they (the tails,
not the cats) gradually atrophied for
lack of use and became rudimentary;
another, the primitive Manx cut off all
their cats' tails, and in the course of
time developed a tailless breed. One
hing is certain, the cats are there and
tOyCyhaveno tails. The highbred Chinese
catis a splendid proof of wh it may be
doiie by kindness and culture. If you
werre to repeat to a well-to-do but un
traVeled Cbinarnan the cunent saying
withVis that cats are selfish creat ires,
utterly devoid of affection., he would
be very much astonished, and, if the
owur of a thoroughbred, probably in
dignant. The Chinese cat appears capa
ble kf
esof selection and careful breeding
rought the species up to a high
rd. The Chinese claim that oue
se cats and any cat to some ex-
is a valuable clock." In the mom-
ie pupil of its eye is a broad band ;
tracts regularly till noon, when it
mere hair-line, and expands again
egulariy till mgut. bo when a
aman wants to know the time ot
y nie picks up his cit and looks. New
News.
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Ihe Indian Snute far Pleasure?
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ucio bib pipes oi an pjisioie siZ3i
?. shapes
take a from graves in the
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aaejlocricil callertinn nf Thnm fTar.
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hff of Alle.3b.2ny, and some of these ara
utitui. One, grote3 jue and black
ed with use, is the iange in miniature
f a grizzly bear with stiriag eyej ai I
grinning teeth. Another of odd s'aaps
has a face rudely sketched on it. Taa
most artistic in shaps and decoration is
of the red catlenite. This pipe is pol
ished and handsomely inlaid with sojis
metallic substaace re3embling leai.
1 "It mu3t not be understood," said M-.
Harper, "that smoking was a daily habit
with this people. Taeir propaets an t
wise men smoked to propitiate the
spirits before entering oa any new un
dertaking. Civilizii man has "made a
habit out of that which was the reli-
ious c3remony of a sav.ige ?iitfoar
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
HEALTH HINTS FOB FARMERS.
As the com. try grows older much of
the soil around dwellings becomes
saturated with the drainage and slops
from the house, so that it no longer acts
is a perfect filter. The soil then be
comes the breeding-place of bacteria, and
these are conveyed to wells, occasioning
diseases more deadly than the fever and
ajnie of new settlements. Wherever
putrid sore throat is known to exist, look
for its cause in some contaminated well
whose water furnishes the drinking sup
ply of the afflicted family. Remove the
cause and the danger will disappear. If a
filter cannot be procured, the water may
be purified by being boiled. It is not an
accidental circumstance that the Asiatic
Nations, which have longest used boiled
water to make tea and coffee decoctions,
number more than any oher quarter of
the globe. -Boston Cultivator.
DOW MANY TIMES TO MILK A DAT.
There has been a good deal ot discus
sion as to tow many times a cow should
be milked during the day. Those who
claim that two times a day is sufficient
have a good following, while those who
claim that the animal should be milked
three times a day also have a certain
number of adherents. It is a well known
fact that the longer the milk remains in
the udder of the cow the poorer it gets,
and for that reason three times a day
should the animal be milked. For the
same reason the nisrht s mute is mucn
richer than that of the morning. It
would be well to try milking an animal
thrice a day and another two times dur
ing the same period, and see which gives
the greatest amount of butter. Keep up
the expreiment for a week and see how
mucn greater in tne aggregate is tne
butter of one as compared jvith that of
the other. American Farmer.
FATTENING GEESE.
While the turkey has gained in popu
larity and retained it? quality, the good,
old-fashioned goo3e has been neglected.
A real juicy, good young goose is a rara
avis. The chief trouble in obtaining a
good goose is in the fact that the breeder
of the same does not understand the
process of fattening. A goose must be
fat to be good, and the fatter the better.
This means heavy feeding and stuffing.
In Germany, that land of the goose and
beer, geese are fed on carrots and barley.
Each goose is placed in a coop by itself
and nudeled. This consists of cramming
doughy pellets of mixed grain and car
rots down the throats of the birds.
One of the delicacies to be found in
the fancy German grocery stores of this
country is the smoked PommeraaiaD
goose breast. If we compare the im
mense amount of fine meat on such a
breast with the rather inferior quality
on the American goose, we can readily
see the value of careful feeding. As the
Germans and Hebrews are great con
sumers of geese, the above fact3 may
prove of value to goose culturists, hence
the foregoing is here produced from ttw
Frarciers' Journal.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Early chrysanthemums are gaining in
creased attention in. England.
Tuberous begonias given a moderate
temperature do well as house plauts.
Since horses have no sail bladders to
be acted upjbn emetics have no effect.
The hay for heifer calves should be
cut very line and roots thoroughly
crushed.
Plum and pe3r tiee3 thrive best on a
sandy,, clay loam, made rich with man
ure and given clean cultivation, affirms
a fruit-grower.
As rust is a fungoid growth' it is in
jurious to animals to feed straw which
has had rust.
Giving a little boaeraeal in poultry
food is one of the Uat n3 lies for leg
weakness. It is not necessarily a dan
gerous disease. 7
Parker E irle is a aa'wt promising
strawberry for general culture. This
plant is a vigorous grower and its fruit
t( nil
isellent.
White Piune
v is beautifully
white when not earthed u
for
eating is not so goo I as it looks.
iug takes away its stringiaess.
Farmers are now giving their time to
the care of hotbeds and greenhouses,
nd are -also engaged in preparing a stcck
3f fertilizer for spring planting.
The United States Department of
Agriculture seems to have answered
clearly, and in the negative, the question
whether bees injure fruit and especially
grapes.
Gooseberry culture will psy. Try
some of the fine Eaglish varieties.
Their greatest enemy, m'ddevr, caa now
oe destroyed by cheap applications.
The separator has given new impulse
for the raisiag of heifer calves. The
nilk from the separator is sweater and
Tar more better thtn the other m:ik upon
which the ani nails were formerly fed,
md is far more relishel.
A good lawn improves ths vilne and
ipje-irance of any propsrty. If taen
ire thin or bire spots, m inure tliem
IiRivily now, and, as soon as the grouid
will permit, work the surface lig'itly
u 1 srtw more sea i. Wita a little cire
a g jd evea sod may be obtained.
RECtPSS.
Mayonnaise Dressio Mix one even
teasioonful each of mustard and salt,
wit'i one tnd a half teaspooafuls of vin
egar. To this the yolk of oae egg.
Beat well together and add nearly half
pint of salad oil.
Johnny Cake Scald
white Indian
meal which has been sifted, stir it thor
oughly, add a little salt and cold milk
to make it thin enough
baking tin, which must
to turn into a
be greased to
Make it one
prevent it from stic king.
inch thick in the pan
and bake in &
quick oven. It will take about twenty A
minutes to cook. j .
Tapioca pudding Take one quart of
milk, four tablespoonfuls of ' tapioca
soaked over night in milk, , a piece of
butter the size of a small egg, tfce yolks
jof four eggs and sweetening to taste.
, Put all together in a pail and boil until
the tapioca has" become clear. Turn into
Ian earthen dish and frost with the whites
1 of four eggs. Set in the oven to brown,
and then in a cool place until wantel. j
Minced Chicken on Toast Stew part
of a chicken until tender. Remove the
meat from the bones and cut with a.
sharp knife into inch square pieces;:
thicken the gravy in which it wasstewed;
with a teaspoonful of butter rolled in!
one of flour: add a "little milk and season
to taste. Heat the mince in this sauce,
aad pour over crustless slices of lightly
buttered toast. Cold fricaseel chicken
may be warmed up in this style.
STRAWBERRIES.
lhis exceedingly delicious fruit is b3-;
coming more widely popular as improved
varieties are brought out. Culture has
done as much for the original "old field
strawberry" a3 it has for the grape. Va
rieties of the strawberry have increased;
so rapidly that only those who have de
voted themselves lo its culture have kept
pace with the multiplicity of names.
The latest and most promising is Mur
ray's Extra Eariy Strawberry. This
originated in 1888 in the little garden of
a lady at Faison, N. C, Mrs. S. E. Mur
ray. Some traveling men, noticing its
extreme earliness and handsome appear
ance, advised her to take care of the few
plants and "she would find a fortune in
them." Following their advice the plants
were propogated and have really brought
a small fortune to their deserving origi
nator, for the plants find a ready sale at
$25 per 1,000. No less than this number
are sold, and the purchaser executes a
boud not to sell or dispose of any plants
for ten years. All honor to this enter
prising North Carolina woman.
An Excitin Tim 3 on a Hand-Car.
"Undoubtedly," said H. G. Orcutt,
'the most exciting experience that I ever
had was in Iowa on one of the big trunk
line3 that cross the State. It was a ride
on a hand-car. Now, I have never been
a section boss, neither have I been a
railroad employe in mylile, but a com
bination of mishaps secured me. a night
ride on one ot them. I was in the town
of Etnpoiia, and I wanted to get to
Strong, a little town sona3 Sfteea milei
farther west. My object was to see a
leading merchant of that town who was,
I understood, to leave at nine that night,
just a half hour before I could reach the
town by the regular train. The' clerk
intimated that I might ride to Strong on
a hand-car. Some necessary work had
delayed the section gang at Emporia,
and now, at eight o'clock, they were
preparing to return. I found the boss,
told him my object and my distress, and
asked him to take me aboard. We
started, and after we had gone- some
twelve of the fifteen miles, working
.along at a good rate, we were startled to
hear the whistle of an engine in the di
rection of Emporia, and directly in the
distance we could see the dim gleam of a
headlight. Something was wrong. No
train was due over the line for f iijly an
hour and ten minutes. We did not stop
to argue the case. The train would be
on us before we could throw the car off.
The order of the section bo33 was ti keep
ahead of the engine, if possible, uiUl we
passed Strong, thinking, no doubt, that
the approaching train would stop there.
We worked like Trojans. Everybady
laid hands on the power-bar and worked
for dear life. My, but we maie that
hand-car fairly sm I We kept aheai
of the train for at least a mile and a half.
Then it ran into us, but we were going
so fa9t that the shock wa slight. I
would not like to repeat the experience."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
An ExtraoTuTnIomiro.
We see it stated iu thre" or four
papers (and of course it must b so) that
a man at Rialto has a tomato ee on his
place that is nineteen feet high a5" T with
such a spread of branches that it shade!.,
the house. The leave? are of a dark
green, the fruit of medium size, o." a ric'a
crimson color, smooth skin, few seeds,
of delicious flavor, and breaks oppn like
an apple, though without any cor It
grew from the seel planted la3t .April,
and promises to continue its groA': i un
til old aecuts short its useful lif:. The
owner gathers the fruit every fe y days,
as it is a continuous bearer in t lis cli
mate. Oa Djceniber 31 he gathered 219
ripe lo.n itoes from the single ' tree.
Riverside (Cal.) Pres3.
A Magnifient Carving in ivory.
r Chicago will not see an enormous life
like eagle caryed in ivory and origin tlly
intended a an exhibit of the Tokio
Sculptors' Society's exhibit at the
World's Fair. The Yomiuri says tho
carving has been sold to the Impel ial
household for a sum of $5000j to form
an ornament in the Imperial Palace, the
owner deeming its purchase by the Ira.
perial family too great an honor to be
misseJ, San Francisco Chronicle.
If r. Harvey Heed
Laceyville, O.
Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa
ralysis of the Throat
"I ThanTe God and Hood's Sarsar
. parilla for Perfect Health. "
s "Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hu
manity I wish to state a few facta: For several
years I. have suffered from catarrh and heart
failure, getting so bad I could not work and
! Could Scarcely Walk
I had a very bad spell of paralysis of the throat
some time ago. My throat seemed closed and
I could not stcallotr. The doctors said it
was caused by heart failure, and gave medi
cine, which I took according to directions, but
it did not seem to do me any good. My wife
urged me to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, telling
me of Mr. Jose pn C. Smith, who had been
At Death's Door
but was entirely cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.
After talking with Mr., Smith, I concluded to
try Hood's Sarsaparilla. When I had taken
Hood's grrma C ii r e s
two bottles I felt very much better. I have
g continued taking it, and am now feeling excel
Plent. I thank God, and Hood's Sarsaparilla
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Land my wife for my restoration toper
Health." Hakvev Heed, Laceyville, O,
cct
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; Tb.3 Tuneful Harp.
I j Harp playing is again in vogue. Fash-
ionable young women are hanging their
"banjoes on the willowtree; theyaretak
j ing lessons in harp manipulation. The
j light airs of the instrument so long held
i sacred are forgotten in the deeper and
ii more dignified notes of the harp. We
4. suspect that the decorative qualities of
j the harp have considerable to do with
this revival of that ancieut instrument.
A harp is a pretty thing. A curiously
1 carved cabinet from Venice or an 6 idly
fashioned table from France cannot be
more effective in a drawing room.
' The harp has a noble ancestry. Skill
in bringing forth music from its chords
won praise and honor in the day of King
; David. . Kings and Queens have enjoyed
its music through hundreds of years. It3
; addition to the orchestra, however, does
hot date back many years. A Chicago
. musician has made a study of the instru
ment, and he says its possibilities are not
yet. fully understood; that the semitones
of the harp can be regulated with a nicety
heretofore unknown. -
No doubt .Tannhauser and Orpheus
would not recognize the harp if they
were to see it, with the Chicago modiii
cations, standing in a white aad geld
parlor and responding to the graceful
touch of a Michigan avenue bal ieY slen
der fingers. Indianapolis News.
Tramps crept interfile elephant's robin
at Newcastle, Pen n., where a menagerie
is wintering, one cold night recently.
When the keeper arrived the elephants
: were haying more fun than the tramps,
: who suffered severely from their rough
w '
The Royal Baking Powder is in-
dispehsable to progress in cookery
and to the comfort and conve
nience of modern housekeeping.
Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking .
powder offered to the public U. S. Gov t Chemist Report.
For finest food I can use none but Royal. A. Fori in,
Chef, White House, for Presidents Cleveland and Arthur.
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I Scotfs Emuhidn is constantly ef
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. where other methods fait..
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Novel Decoration for a Boom. .
A novel plan for the decoration of aal
invalid s room has been successfully car
ried out in a house in New York City.
The upper floor, which was not par
titioned off into rooms or finished with a
plaster ceiling, is fitted up to resemble'
the upper deck ot a nver eteamooat. s
Some round holes are placed in a slight
curve a short distance from the front'
and back windows, and these uprights
support horizontal rods on which cur
tains are hung, by rings, allowing light
or securing darkness, according to the
mood of the invalid. On the walls are
window suggesting frames of light oak,
and the wall is painted to suggest wood
work. The wooden rafters overhead are
painted in gray and blue, soft blue
meilowed with yellow ochre, and Indian
red, and "flatted" with a little, jyery
little, zinc white, not white lead. In the
oaken frames, pictures with a large pro
portion of sky are fitted, and are
changed four times a year- In deep win
ter the pictures are of South American
scenen ; in spiing, they are all Italian
landscapes; in summer, cool Canada
views, painted from nature, suggest the
pleasures of travel to the helpless invalid;
I and autumn briuss California's luxuriant
vegetation on canvas, to brighten the
sick room. Demorest's Magazine.
"Crank" is not an American word, It
has been in common use in Derbyshire
for a generation, and it is still often
heard. It is used to describe a man who
has fads, fancies and notions outside the
co nmon run of those of his neighbors.
A man with a bco in his bonnet i3
cranky, and so are those who ride hob
bies of any kind. '
How's This f
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall's Catarrh Curd,
F. J. Chesev & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, nave known F. Jf.
Cheney for the last 15 yearB, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions, and financially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by their firm.
est & Tkoax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Waisdiso, Kinnan & Makvtn, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Cat arrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per tottle. Sohlby.all druggists.
Fi'arrijon Shearer, of Valparaiso, Ind.,
rlulrns to have found aa elk horn in the
hollow of a tree;, where he supposes it to
have been for 100 years or more.
An Important Difference.
To make it apparent to thousands, who think
themselves ill, that they are not affected with
any disease, but that the system simply, needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by th
California Fig Syrup Co.
What the college freshman doesn't
know he talks about. Elaiira Gazette.
' 'Brown's Bronchial Troches' are excel
lent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat.
Thev are exceedingly effective." Christian
World, London, Eng.
Hungary is stated to be the countrj
where railway .travelin.xAS the cheaoest.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The phylloxera exists in fifteen pro
vinces of .(Spain over an area of 675,000'
acres.
WANTED Local and traveling agenta and promo
ters for the Maryland Building and Loan AMOcla
tion; liberal commission. For particulars address E.
C. Prltchett, Secretary, Law Building, Baltimore. Md.
O A OLD POSTAGE
STAMPS
if tha War f
w r m wanted as curiosities of th w.-
pay $1 each for some. HUNT UP OLD LETTERS
Bend to W. A. KELSEY, Meridea, Cobb.'
BOYS t
Sere's a snap. Send
10 eta. with name and i
l address of
I ICS fa theBoYi
6 DOTS Who read Htorfoa nnrl rat
Boys' World reflnlarlr for s nun
Seven complete storiM tn V.k V
Sample copy for stamp. Botb World, Lynn, Mass.
nervous & Chronic Disease!
Treated by mall by the Latimer Medicine Company!
consulting physician, 1645 North Tenth St., Phllada.
Pa. All letters confidential. Advice Free. tVSeix
10c. in stamps for sample of DR. LATIMER'l
HEADACHE &NEURAoiA TABLKT9.
MntGREAT
SHILOH'S
CURE;0
Cures Consumption, Cotighs, Croup, Sore
Throat. Sold by all Druggists oa a Guarantee,
Consumptive and people
who bare weak lungs or Asth
ma, should nse Piso's Curs for
Consumption. It has cared
thousands, ft has not injur
ed ono. It is not bad to take.
It is the best cough syrup,
gold eTerywhere. 5e.
ITT
JOHN A.
man
yrap"
Boschee's German Syrup is more
successful in the treatment of Con
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
every variety of climate. In the
bleak, bitter North, in damp New
En-gland, in the fickle Middle States,
in the hot, moist South every
where. It -has "been in demand by
every nationality. It has been em
ployed in every stage of Consump
tion. In brief it has been used
by millions and its the only true and
reliable Consumption Remedy.
"WBUe .HEALTE3
Ij May depend upon the way yoa treat the
warnings which nature gives. A few
bottl3 of S. S. S. taken a, the p.oper time
may insure good health for a year or two.
Therefore act at once, for it ,
IS IMPORTANT
That nature be assisted at the rieM time.
It'll "i 'i ftever fails to rviieve tho system
SSI
of impurities, and is an excellent
tonic iso.
HE WANTS TO ADD HIS NAME.
" Permit me to add my name to your man other certif
icates in commendation of the great curative properties
contained in Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) It it certainly one
of the best tonics I ever used."
JOHN W. DANIEL, Anderson. S.C.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed fsee.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Gs.
Do Not Be Deceived
with Tastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the
hanis, injure the Iron and burn red.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish is Brilliant, Odor
less, Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
I AN IDEAL FAV.ILY MEDICINE!
For Indlsestlon. liiliougntcK, I
Bli;tiaHlMaaiiMiar atOW.H:'"-i,' ':',:l,,,",nr "m "M,
I Headache, Constipation, iJnd VV i
Lt'cmplexlon, OiTennlTe Breath, f . .
lUvcr and Bowels,
pidams tarim trn
s act gently yet promptly. Ferfert 1
digestion follows their use. Sold
f by dnig-gi8ts or sent by mail. Box
I For free nnpleB-addrera . I
I KIl'ANS CIIKMIOAIj CO., New York.
MimmillltMIII1iM!IMtMiniiHBHMiaailllmi(itiasillEIMIIHiMt11)!HiMUtlB
LUXURIES LEAKSYILLE BLANKETS
Housekeepers 514 lb., S3- Carolina's Pride, 6--$ lb.,
9S per pair. Leaksville Honest Jeans Gray, Hnwu
and Black M5c, 40c. and tjOc. per yard. Kersey
Gray, 1-iec. Brown, 40c. a yard; very Rood.
Wool Yarn, all colors, 5c. a bank. If your dealer
does not keep these Roods order of J. V. S( ITT
dc CO., Special Selling AgU., Greensboro. N. V.
A rjoman Elas
Tery little desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, and is
entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping oi
any ordinary duties.if afflicted with HICK HEAD.
ACHE DAY AFTElt DA Y and yet there ars
few diseases that yield more promptly to prope
medical treatment. It is therefore of the utmost im
portance that a reliable remedy should always be at
hand. During a period of more than VO YEARS
there has been no instance reported wber such
cases havenot been permanently and PR OM PT Ij V
CUKED by the use of a single box of the penuin
5n.l.15syy eelebrated DrC. McLANE'8 LIVER
FIL.L.H, which may be procured at any Drug Store,
or will be mailed to any address on the receipt of 25c.
In postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
be careful to procure the genuine article. There are
several counterfeits on the market, well calculated
to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated
Liver Pills are manufactured only by
FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa,
YOUR : OWN
WIT1I
HARNESS
n
Ii
THOMSONS iffl
SLOTTED
CLINCH i4TV
No tools requited. Only a hammer needed, to drive
and clinch them easily and quickly, leaving the clinch
absolutely smooth. Requiring no ho e to be made in
the leather nor burr for the Rivets. They are strong-,
tough and durable. Millions now in use. All
lengths, uniform or assorted, put up In boxe.
Ask your dealer for tlicni, or sen I 40c. lo
stamps for a box of 100, assorted sizes. Man id uy
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO.,
WALTOAH. MASH.
IF VOU
TOTJ WANTT A "7
THEIR
"WAY
THEM T
en If you merely keep them as a diversion. In or
der to handle Fowls Judiciously . you must know
something about them. To meet ibis wont wears
selling: a book Kiviosr the experience CI... 4C
Of a practical poultry raieer fori"'
twenty-five years. It was written by o man who put
all his mind, and time, and money to making a suc
cess of Chicken raising not as a ratline, lut as a
business and If yCu will profit Ly his twenty-flvs
years work, you can save many Chicks annually,
" Raiting Chicken:"
aad make your Fowls earn dollars for you. The
Dolnt la, that you must be able to detect trouble in
the Poultry Yard as soon as It appears, and know
mow to remedy It. This l ook will tvacb you.
It tells how to detect and cure dlease; to feed fot
ccgssnd also for fattening; which fowls ioavefot
breeding purposes; and everything, indeed, yoa
should know on this subject to mako It profitable.
Bent postpaid for twenty-five cents in 1c. or 2c
atampa.
Book Publishing House,
1.13 Lo"r ST.. N. Y. city
' 8. N. U.-8
(1) THE GREAT BUFFALO BERRY.
This is truly tha greatest novelty of the cen
tury. This shrub grows 10 to 15 feet high,
covering itself in early spring with beautiful
flowers which are succeeded by great quan
tities oi loscious lruiu t is uuu; , u iuu-
ful as a picture, while the fruit is incomparable. I
It will grow any and everywhere and form a I
grand addition to oar lawn and garden shrubs.
Each, 30c4 10 for 11.25, postpaid.
(2) JUNEBERRY.
A shrub of wondrous beauty; covers itself
with a great mass ofjmre white, deliciously
fragrant blossoms. These are followed by
large, dark colored berries, excellent for Pies
sauce, etc. Each, 25c; 10 for $1.25.
(3) TREE CRANBERRY.
Everybody is fond of cranberries, and we
have a shrub that will flourish and bear pro
digiously in every section of America. Each, ioc.
The above 3 rare Novelties, postpaid, only BOc,
with mtalnaue. 58C.
.im,. t. m.iiiui nnnn nratnt of 8c. for postage.
SALZER SEEP , La Crosse' Wis
OUR!
CHICKENS
Willi'
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