Chinn ia menu yarns the coadoahm
Ik* Mprnamr that while Cbfari* am
gmccrtng haa fiaawial quirt sncccta
fa% alttg static Una*, it haa rested fat
realm its without amth pragma in »H
that Insofar* motion. Thai, white their
Caad atrwctnro are ant able and fregsenJ
W beaaUM. their machfaes lor doing
amah and anting profit and goods art
™drlji primhivr. Tha twioai Chinese
wheelbarrow Is arid a Boat important
*mtor la bad transportation, fan what ia
the United State*, far example, ia eon
•idrrad aery modern "cage coanractioa"
dor baddiagx has hern practiced hy the
Chfaiti far Costarica, and ia foaad all
•*tr China. Thia U owe of many ireer
aatfatg ohm nr. 1km made by Mr. WB1
ha Barclay Persona fnriag a tail rout
■my hi lW ad recorded ia his rs
•rat book entitled "Aa American Eogr
naa* ia CMan"
Another euaapk of how the Chiaese
hare, hy crotmks. amicipatad some of
•aar modern inventions. it afforded by
•fat lyseera of divide* ap the bull si a
k—t hr hnfkfaeada aa a proaactloa agaiaee
bn be fa, thia with the Cbinaa*. dating
back farther than the thirteenth cantor/.
Tha oaabtr of compartment* in the Chi
naan trading aaaaeb depended apon the
■watber nf owners ia a vessel Mr. John
H. Ibniaan in aa article in thia maga
*• ketral yaara ago, told that io a
b*g raaati (bare were aeatetimii as
hundred, each partner ship
ping hi* goods ha hit awn comportment
•bid* ha itted ag to and hansel f. and
•bher went ha person or asm ana of hit
fcmffy to taka chaffs of his property.
Than fa that acaar qwewioa whether the
Chiacir fadhhud or caanaruneat lys
bm waa da sign ad for iaaaring safety of
•he mar I, tea her than for the ccnreru
«MS of I hippos.—Carrier's UrmlUy
Banana af faglaadr
Tha lohawing 1a a liat of the reign.
h| Qaaaoa af England since the cow
?T5: *• .M^4* ^ *uikb- daughter
a( Henry L, horn not, waa the rightful
h*k to ihr throne, fail bar claim area
ett asidr in favor of Stephen. She
atcrapaad an gain the throne by anas,
wna crooned, rvigaai a abort tune. bar.
bring defeated by Stephen, yielded her
righti, and treated the ancceasion :o
bar ana Henry. She aorriad Geoffrey
Ffaamgearh aad that brxxigbt in the
Mm lag III il dynaWy x Lady Jan*
Gray, dangfaer nf the Duke of Snffoil,
•rtgBd la (fays, wet beheaded ia IJJr.
agad arena i ra. j. Mary, called "tha
Moody" danghtcr of Henry VI11,
crowned l|fj, aanrriad Philip IL. of
^pnia. rrigand hr years. 4. Elizabeth,
daughter of Haary VIII , crowned igsA
rvigaed forty-four yearn J. Mary.
«m*crt of WiUilaa IIL. daoghtrr of
Jram H, reigned jointly with her hn»
, hand, crowned 1689. reigned Arc yeara.
A A ana. danghtcr.of Jamie IL, crown
ed 1 Tern, amrried George, Prince of
Denmark, had thirteen children, ill of
wham died young, rrigaed twelve
yaara. jg.Victoria, daw-birr of the
Duka of Kent, bora May *4 18;*
renamed Jana 30, i8j- reigned rixty
taro years_Lmditf i/raar /wnif
A linear exactly half the rent exported
from Great Britain in the last six
months wrot lo Ihr foor countrici—
Frv*’*" ** f- '■ " * ' ne.4 faefn
Colds
_ **IM i NlilHi eaU u< eoaU
Cb«ny Factor »l, k (art m Im
ur—. sum, is.
How will your cough
bo tonight? worse, prob
ably. For it’s first a cold,
then a cough, then bron
chitis or pneumonia, and
at last consumption.
Coughs always tend
downward. Stop this
downward tendency by
takiag Ayer’s CherryPec
toraL
teC£IT<U«^WK/ I
a»»nl DmU Be timM.
T 1KB most etlacr great pobllc
i* reform*, the movement U>
V faro.' of good reeds Is **•
^ perteodag many aithcultlee.
and lta promoter* maay dlecoorego
meats. Like all other earn n^eremeute
too. it la to some extent belay utilised
(or private gala, aad for the adrtr
t Item rot of coaamerclal commoditise
la vaa direction or another. All this
aad more, however, la a necessary evil
to tho accomplish meat of the great
aad cedarlng good which la Involved.
This great Dornate. eboulil con
tlaae to reeelr* the active cooperation
aad approval *f all progressive rniada.
It has WKhln U the eleaseata of the
great ret poaslhla social galas to the
people of the entire country. When
even a BMaaorable degree of tkc po»
albEltlea of the movement are realised,
the at Paul Glob* remarks editorially,
H will advance with gloat stride* la
every section of tho coantry sat'd we
hare eCaccd this stigma of barbarians
which attache* to cs on accoaat of tho
condttloa of our pabltc roods.
Tho convention of the National Good
Beads Association la Boffale will re
sult to directing national attention to
the movement. It will enlist the con
certed effort* *t the moat thoughtful
of Its sdrecataa. and w01 go a long
way toward securing the final Inter
vention of the 8 tat* sad Iocs! govern
ments ta the effectuation of the move
ment.
In an tied communities In tha Bait
It Is possible far the Wasters traveler
ben and there to era long stretches of
public roads In the dlsttnctleely agri
cultural regions, removed many miles
from centre* of city population, la aa
good rendition aa ear city streets.
And It Invariably happens that In such
localities as are thai favored the su
perior degree of comfort and prosper
ity which prevails among tha people
mahea itself palpably clear.
There ran be uo doubt that the
spread of free rural postal delivery
will hare aa earouragtng effect upon
the good reads movement Congress
ahooltl enact such laws as would oper
ate to withhold from tha localities
whose roods are neglected the privi
leges of free rural delivery. A pre
mium might than easily he sot by the
Federal Government npon the improve
ment of local road*. If the advan
tages and disadvantages Involved In
the administration of local roads
could In same such way ha brought
home to tho people of the several lo
calities which ere ireU enough popu
lated to entitle them to free postal de
livery. It would not ha long until there
was a general awakening to the great
Importance of the movement.
Of course, the great difficult/ which
will be encountered at the outset la tho
comparatively groat expense of trans
forming mud cuts, inch as most West
ern country toads arc, into decent
thoroegbfurr*. l'hjlr maintenance will
be conuarntlrely Inexpensive. Their
establish meal will, however, he beyond
the Immediate rrsasrect of many com
munities otherwise willing to make
the necessary Improvements. As tha
State* advaacs money* to thrlr act erst
cosmic*, for one or other pabllc use.
•bey should stand ready to do so with
reference to the good road* movement.
Tho scad result* coming (ram tha ee
ls Ulxh meat of poisabie highways
Wonld ho promptly repaid.
With the holding of the Unffilo con
vention for good roads it la not un
reasonable to believe that the move
ment will lrave entered npon a new
and highly encouraging phase
AdtaUoa Tor H»l Send*.
Boat case haa aaid that tha drill
nation of a coon try la abowa by lia
roada. ITbi# briny true, It If to be
hoped that the agitation now making
bead lu different par.* of the country
will oat cence nnril we nr# wall pro
vided ter la Ihta way aa the Met of
the are-eoi*. of coa.ae ear ratlreada
aarpeae aU their fadlltlea far tranatt,
bat K oar ordinary reaoa won le M
left an ieng w I tho at car# aa aewe of
tha pnMeterie highway* that hare
hern dlaroveerd la rarmaa parta of the
world, they would look Oka “the roada
In Scotland Oof ora they were made"
Mat than haa airaaay baoa progreaa,
and the methane af 1— whaoi
Scott re letted to aa tho "Ciltmoo of
Sooda." are Oalog applied la a modi
fad form la otory port e< tho nan try
that hooota of grarot-pita. Baad
Imtldlog hoe become a science worthy
tho attoatioa of tho meet akillod ea
sier*™. tad taper* ore already
abroad la tat laud. The Province of
Ontario haa far *etna yeora peat boon
■rttlug aa oaanjjtio that migot ho fod
lowod with pcodt la id oar Staton
■aha pore ramrat employ* aa eaymeor
ta aeevaaa toad-baliuiag aad la teach
the art ta all iaaairlpa<i->* wdllag ta
•earn, la thia nutty tha agMailaa
haa hara Ml largely ta Koraacml
partite, the blryrt.eia ami oato.aehBe
laietaafa, bat tea good Wa/S If grow,
ag- aa abowa hy Ihe eoaraailea re
ditly haid la BaSaku—Tha Obarrvar.
■d barpor'a oekty.
“Tear friend ia g reamrfadtag fly.
wo la tha pailltes af year (Mate *
'I ahaoM My a,’ auawetad Inn
w Sargbam. -Me Maadr far at Imi
. MHStm af deOdfa."
in
fa spite ot all that hat been written, in
ept'e of hooka, magazine artidet and
<*•««paper articles, m spite of Wctnrrs,
strreopticua talks and social talks, the
fact Maim that the balk of pocplc cm
the mainland know eery little about u«.
It was only the ntbee tiny that one of
the teachers passing through to Manila
commented upon the fact that Honolulu
had the appearance of an American
town. The reply was. “Why. this is an
American town. You arc still in the
United States." And then she said. "Do
you know I always thought that the
Hawaiian Islands belonged to Japaa."
This damsel was going to help to tmeh
the FHipiaoa geography. It la to be
hoped that Asiatic geography la of a
somewhat better brand than her co-mo
graphic views upon the Padtc—J/#we
fmha St*/.
* senust la SIX »«U.
Walter Baker A Cos. Idd.. Dorchee
•er. kiss, are tke larpaat manafictur
•ta at cocoa and chocolate la the
»«»«. They received a gold modal
from tke Parka Ha position of teat year.
Tble year they have received three
gold medals from the Paa-Amerlcaa
exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are
the standard for parity end excellence.
DwsMHMs.
Teacher—” Wha c doegb-a l-i yepanr
Jobtiiy-“tifiy, er—a’ai—a-”
Teacher - -Come! dome! tappaec
a great big boy were to strike a Uttle
fellow, what would yoo call him?"
Johnny —-I don't daat to teU yer
Ma'am." - Catholic Standard and
Times. ______
"Marriac*.” says the Cimkal Bathalor.
"w a nau »r Hunt* in which ttarc ut a
Ut of Moby ybriaw/*
Wdrtl Kiawlaf AhwmU
Va MAd or cutUaf tf a wa—f ■ bnat me
a mu'i ihul ac mm tm a nuo lUrapt to
•vt MMtr. N* Mid to ftfpfy btralac pk«
tor* to Ik* iti tortutof ikii umly
*Mk ttmm mCm»« D»tob«ic blomd Wmim
(B. B. B.) ffiT« • mtm. MMdy mmd mtUJa
cava, ft* mmi Wrftit tmrmm mi nor mt
BtflM, b»M>,A*Al, MMk.toOMMk.tom
ashm. krtius Making. scabby ekln dhaacus.
•Sc., am all antahlr lies ltd and eeeed by
Bamsdc Maod Balm (1. B. B.) Druggist >.
•1. temple af wadi Mas seal tm, aim meet
Smlimimieli. by Imevibiag yaer Sraahla and
wrltfag Mood Balm Ca . U Kimball Sweat,
aihmta. da.
T7iv Bower of the family is often !h>
latest to rise._
•rhalaralalp Pw ante.
In oaa »f Monk Carotin*', leading Boet
lavaa Collages. .idtram Hmta, mra Baa
m. Charttt*. B. C.
PRICE. 25 c.
PWOP8Y^^^a
■b aaMar Mb yea. bbbbi b a
{■bin. raa *>U aaror fat rail aaatl rear
barb m pil right. Curnm help eaten
rare raa rUbri a trip* ar pale, produce
•<• ••bull annanb. mat Too Jaal U
aaala la atari tablet Tour health dark. Ora.
oanere dead/ CntBeritc. tbt taaataa, nut u u
bt MW Iran, arary tablet bar f.U.C
•temped aa It Boanra of taituuoaa.
The atndy ef utaete rtf terra an eUiitr
In rand hat warn the tinea.
H. H. Ganmn'a Bona, of Albnia. tie., art
the hnty eaeeaaafal Draper *pee.elj.u ia tbr
•arid, ter three ttboral offer ia elreriutaoil
I tn aaothae oofnmn uf thb paper.
The atora bbutm orouad the earth at
3573 aailea an hear
FttopirbiaeaSly enrad. ffoltbor nermni
MHifbe baa dar-e aeo of Dr. Kltau'a Ortnt
Karra Baalarer *5 trial beUU and treat!.. f rr.
Dr. B. It. Bunn, Lid.. 581 Arab 1-nlla. ft
The mb of let ten may be either an
aatbor ar a portrait.
Mb. WleMeWldeothUf 8prop IwreUtUro \ !
bit*li(,*atbalbafaaa, rwtaoea iniUoa"*
Hon, alter* pate, care, wind Quite, abi a ue.t. . I
Tba difference between a job and a po
uttoo areaaa to depend on im Mlary.
Pba a Oere B the boat udnr* er arer «at
be ait affaaUnu of Ibettat and Iiw-Va
O. Bmatan, Tanharea, Ind.. fah ib. non.
Dyabf It m ahapb aa aaahiat when tub
jjMJjriii Vibbjm Dm hid by all
TW girl wbo rrfhiflra ia offfr of raar
rUg» k «MiUy my oidi carpnaad vImp
Um you| mi taka* bar at bar word.
Brer* or Oaio, City or T«um, i M
Locai OotniTT. ( **•
* Vun J. Osexey makes oatk that bertha
■MM nr partner of tha »na of F. J. Cunt h
Co. .dornf bodtao la tkc City afToltdo.Ooon tj
and Bhateafore—M.andlkat—ad Br— will par
thaatm afon mmo mujm for cock
m4 artty o—• of CAT4IM tko4 cannot hi
cmrod hythtotaof Muxa Oaiaui Cobb.
Fbaii J. Cannot.
Sims to boforo mo and aobooribod la ny
. —*— . oro—act, thla Bh day of December,
] nu L 1)., llM. A. V. Glxbbok.
1 —v— ’ XoUiry fuWir.
Hali t OHarrh Caro is vafc»m fateroaAj ea>1
sets dirasttyosth. Maud ssj nwroniface
of Ik* gitHL Iwd for MlowkJg free.
F. J. Corns or * 0o„ Tetedo, a
Bold by Draaku. Ttc.
tUll'afutlT POh an tfc. hot.
The largtat ten cities in the Unileu
Sates in the order of their population
ere: New York. Chicago. Philadelphia
St. Louis. Boston, Bnhitnorr, Cleveland.
Buffalo, San Francisco and Cincinnati.
The RarndtsaasD (N. C.) Hosiery
Mills were destroyed by Ire during
tho week. entsllUg • kiss of sboul
in.OOO. The 1 neuroses a eeld to eg
grogs Is $16,000.
Kine-ttsthe of England'* railroad pa*,
tengera travel third clan.
M CUrE CA'CEI AND TU«0ff«~
" ^We Use NO Kaifr, NO Pbiter.
We gin so pstn, .hed >• blood.
We ssre tea U/OU TOO Pel.
We ore e OreOe.t. .( Two Ifr-dloe! Colleges.
We west yes to tree our to Petra Boo*.
We vast Ikte ■•Od" tsrteeed La wnmig ns.
We ere Do. 1. Hsu Disiu. IUchraoed. Ts.
Wtmss poeiel to-dee For hook Pm.
cm cftbT
■Ov» hot mule
Hflfl th. Ftgtfom Seeiee
mrMi Wtllmtt.
WILL LAST A LIFT TXEC. FULL
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I one, and the method of manufacture by the California Fig Syrup
X Cfrapany e«unrea that perfect parity and uniformity of product.
U which have comviended it to the favorable consideration of the
moat eminent physicians and to the intelligent appreciation of all
| who are well informed in reference to medicinal agents.
Syrup of Figs has truly a laxative effect and acta gently with
) out in any way disturbing the natural functions and with perfect
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In the process of manufacturing, figs are used, as they are
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a \ JL. JUTtr* ^7*v wwik
Mrs. Kate Berg, Secretary Ladies’ Aux
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