DOFS VOF It H ll'K \CI1K> Pri.tit by the Evpctlfnct of One Who H?s Fouml Relief. James R. Keller, retired farmer, of Kenner St , Cazenovia, N. Y . says "About fifteen years ;0 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Nerve. Lazy Larry?Say. lady, I'm dat hungry 1 don't k:ow w at ter do. 1 1 ain't had notbln'? Mrs Gooddait?Walk around to | the kitchen, poor man, and you shall be fed. Lazy Larry?Aw, gay. dat's a purty i long walk, lady; couldn't ycr hand it out here Just as well.- -The Catho lic Standard and Times French horticulturists have appar ently been very successful of lato in aising dwarf trees, and ono of the matures of dinner parlies among the ch now is to serve the fruit upon . ic tree. i ftutrrn C annul Ii#? Cured *ith lx>CAL application*, na they can OOt reach the neat of the tliaeaae Ca- | lUurrb is a blood or constitutional disease, ?nd in order to cure? it you must take inter ruu remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hah Catarrh Cure la not a quack medicine, it was prescribed by one ol the best physicians in this coun try for years and is a regular prescription. It 10 compuned of the bent tonic known, ) combined with the best hlooil puritier*, sot knit directly on the mucous Nurture* The Cierfect combination of the two ingredient* ? whsl produce* nucli wonderful re*ults in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonial, free. V. J. Cheney 4 Co., Prop* , Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall'. Family i'llls for conatipatiot). It ia now the custom In New York Ety. with few exceptions, for girls attend the public srhoolB without ?earing hats. On pleasant days there Is only one hat to .wont twenty girls. Valuable. "Have you loHt anything, madam?'' i asked the polite floorwalker of the | tqua'.e-Jawed, austere looking shop- ' per who stood before the "lost and j found" window of the large depart ment store. "Yes, sir," she replied, "I've lost ; 114 pounds of husband. In a light i brown suit, with black derby hat. small lurf of hair on Its ehln, and a frightened look. I lost It In a crush ?t the fancy goods counter. It's probably wandering through the building In Bearch of me. and I fhought perhaps you could find It easier than 1 can 1 want It on ac count of a bundle It Is currying under Its arm."?Woman's Home Journal. Wrong Kind Of Sponges. 11 rs. Tom L. Johnson, discussing the other day the school of house hld science that she is helping to be found in Cleveland, said: "No Cleveland girl, after a course in our school, would ever make the mistake that a young bride tnaue lust Thanksgiving This young bride, after serving her husband a Thanksgiving dinner that was so and-so, said, as the dessert of mince ' pH .as brought on: "1 Intended, dear, to have some tponge cake, too, but it has been a j total lailure." " 'How was that?' the husband , asked in a diaappotnted tone, for he was fond of sponge cake. " 'The druggist,' she explained, 'sent me the wrong kind of spong es "?Pittsburg Prees NO MEDICINE Bui Change of Foot] Gave Final Re lief. Most diseases start Id the alimen tary canal?stomach and bowels A great deal of our stomach and bowel troubles coniu from eating too much starchy and greasy food. The stomach does not digest any of : the starchy food we eat?white bread, pastry, potatoes, oats. etc.?these things are digested In the small in- I testines, and If we eat too much, as most of us do. the organs that should digest this kind of food are overoome by excess of work, so that fermenta tion. indigestion, and a long train of ails result. Too much fat also Is hard to di gest and this Is changed Into acids, sour stomach, belching gas. and a bloated, heavy feeling. , Id these conditions a change from Indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will work wonders In not only relieving the distresa, but In building up a strong digestion, clear brain and steady nerves. A Wash, woman writes: "About five years ago I suffered with had stomach?dyspepsia. Indi gestion, constipation?caused, I know now, from eating starchy and greasy food "I doctored for two years without any benefit. The doctor told me there was no cure for me I opuld rot eat anything without suffering severe pain in my back and stdee. and 1 became discouraged. "A friend reoommended Grape Nuts and I began to use it. In lee* than two weeks I began to feel better and inside of two months 1 was a well woman and have been ever since i "I can eat anything I wish with pleasure. We eat Grape-Nut* and cream for breakfast and are very fond of It." Name given by Poatum Co . Battle Creek, Mich. Read lbs little book, "The Road to WeUvllle,'" U> rkga. J'Tberes a re^eop." |( ito he j j $ |]oi/o?iit: $ /Ah:, ' Alum. Alum Is soluble in water, and if i used in laundry work to render cur j tains, children's dresses, pinafores ! and muslin hangings non-lnflanimuble ' I and is usually added to the rinslny 1 water, proportions, one pint of water I ! to two ounces of uluni. A Dish Washing Hint. In washing vessels which have been used to prepare eggs in any way or to hold batter of any kind or dough, always allow a cold water spigot to run upon them first. Hot water cooks the eggs and stlf fens the floury pastes, making it : doubly difficult to clean the pot, pan ; or kettle In question. Turpentine for the Laundry. Turpentine is volatile in nature and has the power of dissolving varnish | and grease. It is used in laundry work in con junction with ammonia to remove paint stains from colored clothes. The two liquids ar" mixed and the ?lain dipped in and rubbej until It disappears. It is also used in cold water starch to make the iron pass along the fabrlck smoothly; pro portions, four drops to one tablespoon- ; ful of starch. The disadvantages attending tho use of a large proportion are Its odor. , which it imparts to the linen, and it I a-lso tends to make the starch cllghtly ' yellow, which might give a yellow tint i to the linen. Pretty Boxes. Fancy boxes are always In demand for all sorts of offerings, and the new est wrinkle is to cover them with satin and to decorate the top with a hunch of natural looking artificial flowers. Instead of those that are em i hroldered or painted The box shown Is of purple satin with a hunch of I violets ou the top, and others equally ! pretty are blue satin with forget-me j nots, various shades of lavender with j orchids and pink or red with roses to ' correspond. lu the fancy work department of one of the lurge shops there are the prettiest kind of little pincushions made of tea strainers with twisted handles. The howl portion Is padded i and covered with a bit of Dresden ribbon. A fetching little frill l? placed around it and a how of ribbon ?s Lied on the uatolie. Benzine in Laundry Work. Benzine is chiefly employed In tin lauudry for the cleansing of clothes that cannot he successfully treated with soap and water. For example, silk garments, which lose their gloss when washed, it cleansed with benzine retain the natural gloss and stiffness Silk laces, kid gloves, and furs, none of which can he successfully washed, are all cleaned with benzine. The articles are usually washed In j a bath of benzine, the articles are | sqe'czed ttnd pressed, and the dirtiest i parts brushiJ with a soft brush. J which is better than rubbing. They are tken rlr'-d in c1?nn ben i zlr.e. wrung. v._d veiled lightly In a ' clean cloth to remove the benzine, i then hung in the air to dry until the i spirit is evaporated and the smell re 1 moved. The silk and laee ara then pressed 1 with a hot iron Kid gloves, if white, are improved if rubbed with Frt 0"h chalk.?New York Press. Recipes Chocolate Frosting.?Dissolve ? cups powdered sugar with enough milk to spread easily, add 2 table spoons of shaved chocolate Heat well, then spread on the cake. Cinnamon Cake.?A piece of butter 1 cup of sugar, mixed together; add one beateu egg. little nutmeg, 1 cup milk. I 1-2 cups flour, a little salt, . 1 1-2 teaspoons baking powder. , Sprinkle top with bread crumbs . sugar, cinnamon aud nutmeg Bake i in hot oven. Cornstarch Cake.?Cream one-hal( i cup of butter, add one cup ot j sugar and beat light Sift one cup of j flour, one cup of cornstarch and three j level teaspoons of baking powder to- i gether and add to the egg and sugat j alternately with one-half cup of mill; - and, last add lightly the stiffly "-eaten ! whites of six eggs Bake in a loaf j and cover with a chocolate Icing. Apple Sauce Cake.?Cream together I one cup sugar and one half cup ! shortening, add a little salt, one j | haff teaspoon ground clove, a little j nutmeg, one teaspoon of cinnamon ; and one cup of raisins Dissolve one j 1 teaspoon of salcratus iu a little warm ; water, then stir It into a cup of sour i 1 applesauce, beat all together, then add one and one-half cups flour (more 1 If needed). Bake forty-live minutes ' Ice Cream.?Three pints milk, two eggs, one cup sugar, one-half pint thin cream, one tablespoon flavor. First make a custard of milk, eggs i and sugar. This Is the way I make I t' *? * Try 11V I]) holler to scald, then pour onto tha well-beatqn eggs and sugar. Return | lu (JV.id nilin Cm.mJ tti.India ! Strain, let cccl and freeze, adding Cream and flavor when nearly frozen This recipe will make two quarts of j tee cream. "MOCHA AND JAVA." A Phrase Which Hit Grown to be Only a Tradition. The United States imports about 1,000.000,000 pounds of coffee yearly Some eight-tenths of the supply comes from Brazil, about one-tenth from other South American countries, and one-tenth from Central America and Mexico. The importations of Mocha coffee, which takes its name from the town of Mocha, at the southern externally of Arabia, are only about 2,000,0000 pounds annually, and of .lava coffee only about 10,000,000 pounds. These quantities are so small as to constitute only an infinitesimal pro portion of the vast consumption of j coffee in the United States. The av erage Import value of South Ameri can coffee is about eight cents per j pound, compared with 12 and 1& cents for coffee from Arabia and the East Indies. Turkish and Egyptian traders go to Arabia before the harvest and buy the Mocha crop on the tree. They make sure that It Is not picked before it is perfectly ripe, and they attend to its preparation themselves. Such choice Mocha is marketed largely through Cairo or Alexandria, and "the coffee that reaches Mocha ! and is exported from Aden is only what these merchants thoughi too poor to buy." In view of the fact that the best Mocha never rescues this market at i all, and the notorious fact that for I years only an Infinitesimal proportion 1 of United States imports have been | from Arabia and Java, the official > statement sent out by the United j Slates Government Is doubtless true ! in declaring that "the terms Java and 1 Mocha have now become mere charac- ; terlstlcs of quality and blend." But it would be difficult to frame any de script Ion of the characteristics of qualltly and blend which these terms are supposed to represent. ah a matter 01 iact, tner. rore, the words Java and Mocha on a brand of Coffee may usually be accepted as equivalent to the words "finest" ot "best," or similar adjectives. Only on coffee which Is positively known to be the pure product from Japanese plantations or from Arabian plants thins do these terms have any sign! ttcance. There are not a few disinterested coffee lovers who prefer some of the standard brands of Brazilian coffees (which constitute the great bulk con sumed in this country) to genuine Java or Mocha. A. E. dans, who has given much attention to this subject maintains that most of the coffee consumed In the United States is taken by the consumer in the belief that It is genuine Mocha or Java. If ! this statement Is true, declares Good j Housekeeping, such fraud and graft is ' of the largest dimensions. The Color of Alpine Flowers. The extraordlnaia' purity and bright | tiess of the colors of many Alpine flow ers and the same is true of Arctic i ones?are well known. The vivid col oring often extends to the whole part of the pfant above the ground, even the | leaves and stems being covered with , ;i deep red or purple which masks the chlorophyll green. Dr. Tborlld Wulff j who has published his researches with I the Kuaso-Swedlsh Expedition in Spitz- . bergen, finds that the pigment?An- | thocyanin?which causes this colot is present in all Arctii plants, and j tliat It Is connected with a superfluity of sugar In their composition?in oth er words, that the leaves of Arctic plants are "sugar leaves." The pur . pose which the pigment serves is pos j blbly that of helping the plant to pas the products which the leaves assimi I late into Its general system; or it may be that the red and violet colors which j result from the accumulation of the i pigment enable the plrnt to absorb ( more radiant energy from the sun's light, and thus heip out its rather fee ? ble vital processes. Auother interest- I ing feature of Arctic plants is that they are all of feeble transpiratory | powers?that is to say that the amount . of moisture exhaled from their leaves 1 is very small. At hign temperatures the transpiration rate falls. The Arc 1 tic plants, in fact, dare not make use i of the conditions which favor ev^pora tion. because their roots are unable to absorb enough water to cover iU? loss which would result. The Shakeless Grip. The English high handshake which | raged to such an extent in this city I at' i?e time that some of its devotees are said to have practiced it on step ladders has now entirely disappeared, and. according to an authority on such subjects, is to be replaced by another form of salutation which consists in thrusting the hand straight out. giv ing one quick grip without any up and down motion, and then instantly with drawing it. Whether people who like j this no better than they like the high , shake will be forced to adopt it for a j while, as was the case with the other j fad. will depend on the violence and 1 extent of the new epidemic. The or ign of this latest style, by the way. Is supposed to be a fear of germs, the Idea being that since handshaking j cannot be dispensed wiih altogether, 1 it should be as brief a performance as possible.?Philadelphia Record. Hammerless Guns. The new hammerless guns are more dangerous than the old fashioned ones. The slightest pressure of a twig on the safety snap puto tne compan ions of the owner of a hammerless gun in danger of receiving a charge of leaden pellets. It will be interesting at the end of the sensor to compare the number of injuries by firearms this year and last ?Boston Record | RAM'S HORN BLASTS rr v UK V who iouru trifles never find ^ s truth. If?? 1 ikion is siu yjES* bit ion batli'l ri ^ contrition. |X II'1 sirows WOISI jk who jrrows nu yy jk Man} bunds uiusc ^9| work when the boss is away. Religion is reed won oeginuing or l linsi to make 11 creed. An ounce of pleasure within u worth pounds of false paint without, fume people think they prove their true blood by their black looks. Sour grapes ufteu intoxicate men with a sense of their own importance. People who tell all they know never tell anything worth kndwiug at all. Those who have least patience at home are the promoters of peace abroad. The man who is lost will not criti cize the gait of the one who tlmls him. The dutiful are permanently beauti ful. Humanity is always in fashion in Heaven. f aith does not prove itself by fool ishness. A HITMAN 8ALAMANDKR. It was a warm corner. Day after tiay the French soldiers had pushed their batteries nearer and nearer to ward the besieged town, and r.ow on* could look ont from behind the breastworks and plainly see the lace* of the Austrian artillerymen, as they stuck to their guns with grim deter mination and sent their shots flying Into thf? French forts. In one of these little mud con structed forts a small party ol French soldiers, under the command of a corpora), were busily engaged in I returning the fire of the enemy. The corporal, a tall, gaunt young | fellow of twenty, was directing the work of his men. Often he leaped to the ramparts to note what effect the tire of his guns was producing, "Truly," said one of the soldier?, as the corporal jumped back among them, "thou are a veritable salaman der, for thou canst stand are." 'Who is a salamander?" inquired a gruff voice from the rear of the smoke tilled battyry; The soldiers turned and saw stand ing there a small, pale faced man in a general's uniform. One of the men pointed toward the corporal. "It is he, general." he replied. "A salamander! We will se9!" re iterated the officer, as he ran'his eye over the corporal. "Can you write?" he inquired. "Yes, my general." "Follow me, then." Out Into the shot swept open the two passed, walking side by side. "You seem," remarked the general, pleasantly, "to be at least a foot tall er than 1. Kindly walk on this side," and he indicated the side nearest to I the enemy. "It will be a great pro- I tectlon to me." Without a word the corporal took j the place. Just at that moment a shell burst directly over their heads, but did them no barm. The officer cast a quirk glance at : his companion. He was not in the least flurried. He did not even i quicken bis pace: Presently they reached and en tered a battery which was nearest of j all to the Austrian lines. It was ' ?filled with dead and wounded sot diets. Only one gun remained stanl Int Calmly seating himself 011 a brok- I en gun carriage, the general gave the i corporal paper and quill and Itilt, and commanded him to write as he began to dictate a letter. The corporal's hand did not shake. He wrote almost as rapidly as the general spoke. Suddenly, just as the letter was finished, there was a deafening re port, and a huge cannon ball passed close above them and burled itself with a dull thud in the earth beyond, j The wind caused by its passage over- ' turned the two, and dust and dirt ! completely covered them. The general picked himself up in an Instant. Calmly leading upon the ramparts the corporal waved the fin ished letter defiantly towards the Austrian lines. "Thanks, my friends," he shouted, "you' have saved m ? the trouble of ( blotting it." A look of genuine admiration crept into the eyes of the general. "What is your name?" he asked," harshly. "Corporal Junot of the Ninth root, ! general." "Say rather 'Captain .Tunot,' for I j cannot afford to let such fellows as you remain corporals:" and General Bonaparte?for It was he ?clapped the young man on the shoulder. Eight years later Marshal Junot was decorated with the grand cross of the Legion of Honor by the Em peror Napoleon.?Frank P. Channon, in St. Nicholas. Si SPICIOUS. Pearl?"I suspect he has kissed some girl before." Ruby?-"And why should you think so?" Pearl?"Well, he told me to lift my veil, as the flavor or the dye on i a veil always annoyed him."?Chic- i ago Dally News. Not Av.tflnlilr. Taxpayer?It t u shame lo make one pay such a stiff price for the water which Providence has given to man. Tax Collector -Quite so; but you Beem to forget that Providence forgot the reservoirs, the mains and the de livery pipes.?Pele Mele. FITS, St. Vitus'Dance: Nervous Diseases per maiifutlycured by Dr. Kline's < ireat Nerve Restorer, trial laittle anil treatise free. Dr. H. R Kline. I. -Ifge- ff f"f? affections, ii U often successful ill aifect u*c Oii a rwe akTimfi TTfftt Ls ana lug tonic and nervine. for weak worn out, over-w orked women?no matter w hat has caused the break-down, "favorite Prescription "will be found most effective in building up the strength, regulating the womanly functions, subduing pain and bringing about a healthy, vigorous condition of the whole system. A book of particulars w raps each bottle giving the formulae of both medicines and quoting what scores of eminent med leal authors, whose works are consulted by physicians of all the schools of practice as guides in prescribing, say of each in gredient entering into these medicines. The words of praise bestowed on the several ingredients entering into Doctor Pierce's medicines by sueli writers should have more weight than any amount of nou - professional testimonials, because such men are writing for the guidance of their medical brethren and know whereof they speak. Botli medicines are non-alcoholic, non secret. and contain no harmful habit forming drugs, being composed of glyceric extracts of the roots of native, American medicinal forest plants They are both sold by dealers in medicine. You can't afford to accept as a substitute for one of these medicines of known composition, anv secret nostrum. ? D-". Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated, easy to take as candy, regulate and in vigorate stomach, liver ana bowels. HICKS* CAPUDINE I CUBES I ALL ACHES ^ Aorf N?-rv.? 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A DVLKTI8K IS THU fAPEK IT WILL PA X " b s- u :aj svirS Thompson's EyeWater HERE'S AN EXAMPLE ^ of what plant foods can do for farmers. The picture on the > right shows plant development i and potato yield (55.8 lbs.) of a small patch, treated with POTASH^ On the left, a patch of same size (yield 21 lbs.) planted at same time, in same soil, but untreated. These pictures are taken 1 from an experiment sta- m ' tion bulletin, compiled in Our Free Book, "Profitable Farming" which gives authentic and authoritative accounts of experiments and J actual results of practical and scientific farming. It is invaluable to | | the fanner who is anxious to improve his products and who is work- I ing for a wider margin of profits. Send for it to-day. OERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Nassau Street, New York Tor Emergencies at Home For the Stock on the Farm Sloans Liniment lsawhole medicine chest Price 25c 50c 6 * I 00 Seuid For Free Booklet on Horses.Caitie.Hofis Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. t Ul