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ft & ft These two words emphasise a neces sity and Indicate a remedy. SPRING—the season -when the blood is most Impure as a result of the win ter's closer confinement, higher liv ing, slower action of the kidneys -and liver when humors of all kinds, boils, pimples and eruptions are most liable to appear when the weak, languid condition of the whole bodily structure demands and wel comes help. MEDICINE—that to which the millions tarn at this season—Hood's Sarsapa rilla. The original and only prep aration especially adapted to the present needs of the human family that which makes the blood pure and clean, as shown by its thousands of wonderful cures of dreadful blood diseases creates an appetite and cures dyspepsia, as showu by its "magic touch" in all stomach trou bles steadies and strengthens the nerves, as proved by the people for merly nervous, now calm and self possessed, thanks to For Sore Throat and Cough. An external application for sore throat ami eou^h has ions been a favorite of the experienced nurse, who claims to have saved many lives by its use, and it is pimple enough anil certainly worth try ing: Take, a t'ui of unit to a tallow and t\y large spoonfuls of spirits of turpen tine: put into the turpentiue all the guin nuphor that it will dissolve, thou add to the eup of tallow, melted, mix thoroughly, and keep where it wilt he convenient to apply 'the throat or chest on a cloth •when needed, covering warmly. This gives almost instant relief. It is good for any lung trouble, croup or cold. —Those who know Henryfe Bienkie vicz say that he would rather go shoot ing or tramping over the mountains, any day. than write. He writes his serials from week to week, and sometimes iu the middle of one, when the most excit ing situation is reached, he takes his gun and disappears. His publishers tear their hair, but his readers have, to re strain their curiosity till he returns when he takes up the thread of his narrative and carries it on to the end, unless an other lit of restlessness seizes him. STUX THERIJ IS MONEY IN IT. Ca rl VoIIen sold $350 of Salzer's Cab bage. La6or, seed, rent and all did not cost him $50.. profit $300. You can beat that and make lots of money on Early Radishes, Teas, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Onions, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Pota toes, etc. Salzer warrants his seeds the earliest in the world. Potatoes only $1.50 per barrel. Millions of Raspber ries, Cherries, Apples and small fruits. Catalogue tells all about tiiem. Send th Notice with 14c..Stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and get free their big Plant and Seed Catalogue and 10 packages vege table and flower seeds, novelties worth $1,00. c. n. "Poor Cuba," sighed Mrs. Callahan, "its sad fate is strikingly similar to fie fate of many poor women—starved an' downtrodden by their lordly husbands." "I don't see why you should have any complaint to make." replied Callahan, "for I recognized yon as a belligerent twenty years ago."—Atlanta Journal. Deafhess Cannot be Cared by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mu cous lining of tiie Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed yon have a rumbling Boini'l or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation ean be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion, hearing wiil be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars: free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. —Sportsmen in the western part of North Dakota are highly indignant at the destruction of a colony of beaver on Douglas creek iu McLean county, by some miscreant or poacher. —The Pioneer society of New Mexico has decided to celebrate with appropriate ceremonies the 300th anniversary of the permanent settlement of that territory by the Spaniards on July 12. TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ail DrnggMH refund Use money It it fails to cure. 25c. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Bybop for ehll. rtren teething, softens the gums,reduceslnflaTi. mation,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. —An elephant is possessed of .such a delicate sense of smell that it can scent a human being at a distance of 1000 Baker's yards. Established 1780. 3 *3 3 3 Chocolate, 3, celebrated for more than a century as a delicious, nutritious, and flesh-forming beverage, has our *31 well-known Yellow Label on the front of every «g» package, and our trade-mark,"La Belle 31 Chocolatiere,"onthe "3 back. NONE OTHER GENUINE. MADE ONLY BY WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. It CurerColdj, Congha, Sora Thrast, Drew,Iai*« nu, Whoopiaf Cough, Bronchitis and Aithma. A certain cure for Coninmation in first stsgss, sad stare relief in iciTsnced itagei. Vts st osm« Ten will se« the enelleat «ffect after taking,th« fnt doss. Sold by dealers everywhere. 26c and 60c Per Bottle. Shall we en dure or cure Ask those who have used Ouly those who have been relieved of great suffering can fully appreciate the gratitude with which the testi monials overflow written lu.favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Just read this: "0. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Gentlemen:—My first experience with Hood's Sarsaparilia was when I used it as a tonic and spring medicine. It did me so much good my faith in its merits Hood's Sarsaparilia America's Greatest Medicine, because it cures when all others fail. Be sure to get Hood's. DOUBT. When out beyond the ebon gates we've passed, And standing in the sempiternal light Of life's young dawn, we see resolved at last The thousand busy doubts of yesternight When all the partial truth? that here ha rassed Are there wade whole, and In our full-grown sight The jealous wards of mystery wear trite— When all Is clear and naught Is overcast— Shall we not miss the pleasure of tb« pause. The graceful play of judgment and—friend "Chance," Who never cared a rap for reason's laws. But led old prudent science such a dance!— Aye, sha'n't we miss then! 'Tls a merry doubt— But, faith! we'll pay the piper finding out. —Thomas D. Bolger In Harper's Magazine. CURES RHEUMATISM, ETC. A Recent Discovery That la Working Wonders. The most prevailing afflictions that for a century have been engaging the most scientific skill of the medical world are rheumatism, neuralgia, ca tarrh, asthma, la grippe and their kin dred ailments. The country is full of sufferers from these complaints. Al thought the most learned experts of the medical profession have labored for a century to produce a curative, until quite recently no positive results were effected. To the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 167-69 Dearborn street, Chi cago, belongs the credit for having pro duced the new remedy. It is being ex tensively advertised under the trade mark of "Five Drops." The trade-mark is self-explanatory. Five drops make a dose. The effect is magical. In days gone by other alleged cures have been marketed with the promise to ..take effect in thirty days or more. Five Drops begins to cure at once. Immedi ate relief is felt. In order to more ef fectively advertise its merits the com pany will for the next thirty days send out 100,000 of their sample bottles of this positive cure for 25 cents a bottle by mail prepaid. Large bottle, 300 doses, $1 (for thirty days 3 bottles $2.50). Those suffering should take Im mediate advantage of this generous offer and write them to-day. Fire-Destroying Powder. A new fire-extinguishing powder is on the market, of which great things are promised. .It is said that a pinch of the powder will instantly extinguish a large volume of dame arising from burning naphtha, kerosene or other highly-inilam tnable liquid, which may be in either a floating or diffused state. It is stated that the manufacturers of the powder have taken it out of the incipient fire-ex tinguishing class. This step would ap pear to have ample justification, for an official record of the New York city fire commissioners sets forth that seventy cu bic inches of the powder killed over 2,000, 000 cubic inches of flame in seventeen seconds, and that without a particle of damage outside of the fire loss. The powder is perfectly harmless to the person or fabric, and can be swept up and need over again if economy be sought. A handful thrown in any opening beneath the fire in a burning fine or chimney will kill it instantly, which is a manifest ad vantage over the ordinary method of fighting the fire from the top. It will keep for an indefinite time in any climate without any loss of efficiency. Its use does not necessitate any mechanical ap pliance, as it is put up in a tin tube, open at one end, 22 inches long and two inches in diameter, weighing about three pounds. It has been adopted in many public build ings for the extinction of incipient fires. A Great Bridge Project. The scheme for connecting Western and Central Denmark by a bridge over the Little Belt is so far matured that it will shortly be laid before the Legislature of Denmark. At present the only ready means of communication between Jutland and the beautiful little island of Funen, as travelers across Denmark will recall, is by a gigantic ferry which takes train and passengers, but this infrequently, and communication by boat, which is liable to interruption in bad weather. The only difficulty seems to be that of expense, the estimated cost of the undertaking be ing $3,250,000. The distance to be spanned is about 4500 feet, and the bridge, if made, would be 130 feet in breadth. It would be 130 feet above sea level, supported by groups of four or six iron pillars from 800 to 1000 feet apart, and standing on foundations carried to a depth of 20 or 30 feet below the sea bed. Four years would be required to complete the work. Women Mo Gastronomers. While it is conceded that women culti vate and practice daintier table manners than most men acquire, they are given up to be the worst possible gastronomers. They early form a taste for unwhole some dishes, and have no judgment, or use none, in the kind of food they con sume. Lobster salad and tea or beer Is thought to be a sufficiently hearty lunch eon for the fagged-out stomach, or more often ice-cream and meringue cakes. Then a glass or two of sodawater through the afternoon whips up .the tired stomach. Men, it is well known, dread to be obliged to order a meal for a woman un less that rara avis is found, a* woman who knows how to eat. And yet these same women will order the most delicious dinners for their families and serve them perfectly. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.— Many imitations of Walter Baker & Co.'s well-known chocolate in blue wrap pers and yellow labels have been put on the market. Hie genuine article bears the name of Walter Baker & Co., Lim ited, Dorchester, Mass., and their trade mark, "La Belle Chocolatiere," is on ev ery package. "Pshaw!" he said "that's nothing. Why, when I was a boy I fell out of a third-story window and struck right on my head. Of course it hurt meJ some at the time, but I got over it all right." "How do you know you got over it all right?" his wife asked. "It's barely pos sible that you would have had ordinary good sense if that hadn't happened to you."—Cleveland Leader. Pretty little Margaret was sifting on her father's knee. She held a mirror in her band, and after viewing herself In the glass, she turned towards her stern parent and said: "Father, did God make me?" "Yes, my child," was the reply. "Father, did He make you?" she asked, after a moment's pause. "Yes, my child." "Well, He is doing better work now, isn't He?"—Truth. For they know the comfort of promptrelief became very strong. About two years later I had a running sore on my foot. It developed into erysipelas and affected the entire Umb, At that time I was Vary Muoh Run Down, «mu I had been troubled with dyspepsia. The drain on my system was so severe and my stomach was so weak I became a ready victim of malaria. I feared I could never regain my health. My stomach re belled at the simplest food, and the medi cines prescribed for me gave but little re lief. I sent for a bottle of Hood's Sarsa parilia, and I had taken this medicine but three days when 1 began to improve. Con tinuing with it, I am now better and stronger than I ever expected to be. It has purified my blood and given good cir culation. I have had no return of my old troubles since." MRS. W. KANE, Media, Pa, Hopd's Sarsaparilia is The Medicine for You Because of what it has done for others because you ought this spring to take that which will do you the most good. LET THE LADT STAND. Unemployed Man Explains Bitterly Why He Would Not ttlse. I saw a little episode in a Main street car one night last week which illustrates a peculiar condition of society in the average American city. The car was humming along through the upper part of town. It was a rainy night and the Qflr was well filled. At every street cor ner women were crowding in laden with water-soaked bundles and all looking more or less bedraggled and out of sorts. At Main and Mohawk streets a smart looking, well-dressed young woman en tered the car and stood hanging to the straps. Directly in front of her sat a sad-faced but very respectable-looking man. He looked up at the young woman but gave no indication that he intended to give his seat to her. One by one the men had surrendered their seats to the women until only two or three remained sitting. Standing next to the smart young woman was another young man, evidently a man of position, who knew her. As the car rushed along toward Cold Spring the smart young woman swung about on the straps and showed signs of weariness. Still the young man in front of her made no motion toward surrendering his seat. "Oh, I'm so tired it seems as though I would drop down," she said to the young man standing by her side. Of course, that was too much for her gallant friend, and, stooping over, he said to the sad faced young man sitting down: "My friend, would you have the kindness to give this young lady your seat? She is very tired." The sad-faced young man folded his arms resolutely and replied: "No, I will, not have the kindness to give this young woman my seat. Last Monday morning she took my place in Blank & Co.'s as book-keeper, because she would work for $3 a week less than I was getting. If she can take my place in business she can take my place in the street ear. I have a wife and a little baby, starving at home. I have been tramping the streets all day trying to find work. I am tired too." Everybody in the car turned to listen to the sad-faced young man's words. They were very earnest. The smart young woman turned with a sneer and looked into the face of the young man who stood beside her. Nothing more was said.—Buffalo News. TJie OrlofT Diamond. At the beginning of the Eighteenth century a soldier belonging to one of the French garrisons in India became en amored of the eyes of Brahma in the temple of Serringham. These eyes were diamonds, more brilliant than ever shone under the eyebrows of Crapand's European divinities. Their luster cap tivated his soul. He haunted the temple, and, yielding to the might of the god, became a convert to his worship. At least so he persuaded the priests, who went so far as to admit him to some care of the temple, doubtless trusting Brahma to protect his own. But on a stormy night the convert disappeared, and with him one of the idol's eyes, the other having resisted all his efforts to dislodge it. So Brahma was left squinting, and the perfidious Frenchman sold his prize to a captain in the English navy for about $10,000. Later it was bought by the Armenian merchant Schaffras for more than five times this sum, and shown by him to Catharine of Russia, who of fered for it about $400,000, a life pension of $18,000 and a patent of nobility. Schraffas refused this offer, and subse quently sold the diamond to Gregory Or loff for the same sum, without the patent of nobility. Orloff, part author of Cath arine's greatness, and raised by her to the steps. of the throne, for whom she struck medals, raised triumphal arches and dedicated palaces "par l'amitie reconnaissante," to whom she offered se cret marriage and whom in another ca price she banished—Count Gregory, be ing reinstated in favor, offered his im perial mistress two tokens of reconcilia tion, the St. Petersburg arsenal and the Orloff diamond.—Neith Boyce in Lippin cott's. A. Norwegian Festival. An international fishery exhibition will be held this summer at Bergen, the most important town on the western coast of Norway. The exhibition promises to be a very interesting one, and will no doubt be much frequented by the large number of English tourists who visit this pic turesque town on their holiday trips to Norway. One of the great attractions will be a musical festival under the aus pices of Dr. Edvard Grieg, the Nor wegian composer. A large hall, holding about 3000 people, will be specially built for the occasion. Only Norwegian com positions will be performed, and the fes tival will last from June 27 to July 3.— London News. A Tree Stump ot Pare Coal. In the large show window of the B. P. Elmore company, Germania building, there is now on exhibition a beautiful piece of pure mammoth vein anthracite coal, in the shape of a tree stump, which was found 843 feet below the surface. The ridges of bark and ends of broken branches are well defined. The stump is about two feet high, and fifteen inches in diameter. This specimen is said to be the only one in the West, and the mem bers of the firm are very much pleased at their, good luck in securing it. An Ocean Race. The ships Tacoma and Indiana sailed together from Philadelphia for Tacoma and San Francisco respectively on Oc tober 12 last. The voyage of the Ta coma, the winning ship, was 700 miles longer than that of her rival but she traversed the entire distance of 10,000 miles in 138 days, and. arrived at her destination before the Indiana reached San Francisco/ Considerable money had been wagered on the race before the ships sailed. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teeth ing Disorders, moye and regulate the Bowels and destroy Worms. Over 10,000 testimonials. They never fail. At all druggists, 26c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy, N. Y. Little Arthur Garcon is a sweet little chappie of just that age when his antil ogies are often strikingly and curiously expressed. The other morning Arthur was called into his ma's room. There he was for mally presented to two new little broth ers just arrived. "Gracious!" he cried, "the Lord has sent us duplicates!" Lane's Family AteiMetne Motes the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price, 25 and 50c. Hair Gutter (to parent)—"Shall I give his forehead, sir!" ujf /—~"Yes and. if intet mm give aim one in the been warned not to fidfcet in your boy aj ban rent 1 j'tqUH «eck. lie's doesn't DUFOtlOKAV'S VOW (Au Incident of tho Revolution.) O, my flag that flies In a land so wide •that here It shall float on the eastern breese, WhU^there Is shall stream on the airy tide 'lliat (fprlngs from the sunset seas, Thefe were days of ueed, In Ihy young ro tuance, Need of friends that were fearless anl bold! I hid thee salute the Lilies of Brauce Ami the legions they enrolled!, 'Twas frosty December, with flying snow, When-Steuben to Portsmouth harbor came, jul his gallaut men, their souls «v« MivuMMi IV iuuoiHuiuu uaiuu* And his gallaut men, their souls aglow Chivalry's generous flame. rest, •"7 —vw. 1IU.U* no (IIP UCllf Was light Scholar^and scribe—he could dance with the With chivalry's generous flame. Youuff Pierre Dupoucequ, among the res With a heart as warm as his heart And could flght as well as write! As the gray weeks passed on the wintry wave, And the land now rose o'er the good ship's bow, Not one of those voyagers, jocund and brave, But had heard of Duponceau's Vow! How bleak was the wind, how bare was the tree, How frowning the face that the heavens wore "I shall keep my word by land as by sea," And he smiled as he stepped ashore. Ashe stepped ashore In the flying snow, Under the sky as frowning and gray, i£,}Y 8omest flower the town might show, With arose face passed that way! "Lady, I pray you, grant me this: lire I lift my hand for your land to fight, vowed I would ask of that maiden a kiss who was first to meet my sight! "A kiss. In token of good success As a favor I earnestly seek it now. Ine cause that you love you thus-shall bless By helping to keep my vow." Then the sweetest flower of all Portsmouth town. Simple and sweet, the favor bestowed. Gray was the sky, and the snow came down, And the rose on her pure cheek glowed. In the days that were dark, when men must light. And women at home In prayer do bow, Did the maiden say, as she thought of the knigbt, "I helped him to keep his vow!" —Edith M. Thomas in New York Sun. Fffil BY M. K. BREWSTER. He was tho boy of the miscellaneous crew of a merchantman sailing from New York in, the fall of 1893. In the early days of that voyage, when the mammoth blue wall of sea came roll ing from northward, a'ud the last little birds, swept off shore by the gale and, exhausted beyond fear, lighted about a deck-chair that held a burden of reawak ening personality, Jan Neilson's was the first face to impress itself among the many strange ones of those who came and went in turn from the wheel. A stolid, round face it was, above a heavy little body always clothed in blue "dungarees," save when the squalls came then his wet, red cheeks glistened above yellow oilskins and under a drip ping sou'wester. Soon all the men were familiar, bnt he remained marked among the others in the general duties of haul ing, stowing, oiling, tarring, scraping, polishing and painting of that voyage. A boy's life on shipboard is not an easy one. and besides that Jan carried a su perficial appearance of stupidity. His sluggish Northern movement and his dumpy stature denied him the alert and picturesque attraction that some boyish seamen have. He came into prominence one day in the South Atlantic—one of those intense blue days that seem born off Brazil, where the sun in dazzling on the violet ripples, the air hot, but livened by the sweetest of all breezes that come when the "trade" is caught and the tranquil mind is centered on the log-registered progress southeastward that each hour shows. We—the cabin trio—sat on the house in an atmosphere of tea-drinking, sewing, and sailmaking. Jan was at the wheel, motionless, with eyes fixed, alas! not on the compass, but on the far-off horizon be yond which they were trying to follow thoughts that had gone to a home iu Den mark. Or, perhaps, still farther, into that region where his destiny now has carried him. But a rongh "How's she head brought a rude restoration, and we were discovered enough points off our course to be merrily making homeward, which is a luring direction, but diametrically op posed to that of Australia. .Tan stood at the wheel a long time after that, and my heart ached for the something pathetic that there was about his poor little pres ence, the paleness that grew on his round tanned cheeks, and the droop to his pa tient young figure as the day waned and the sun grew more and more trying. I do not remember just when I was surprised by the discovery that Jan was really sweet-looking. Perhaps it was a sunny morning in Newcastle when the heat sizzled iu the deck planks, aud I came upon him polishing brasses that al ready vied with the sun. In the relaxed discipline of a crew-deserted ship, 1 stopped to speak with him, and noticed then how steady his eyes were and the goodness of his expression in the shy, pleased brightness that warmed his face at being directly addressed. After that I always noticed him, though another long passage with no opportunity for speech followed. But it was? the keenest pleasure to hear certain state ments made oil his behalf in the cabin, and gradually verified by his action on the decks. He was^onstantly in demand and always cheerfur. He ran and fetched and carried from the beginning to the end of his watch as the boy must, and then was at all the men's work. Always unobtrusive, but always learning steadily and well. The time came when in the roughest seas he was sent for to take the wheel—a fine atonement for his bitter days of learning—and no man watched for and carried us over the staggering seao more steadily and better than he. He always was a quiet man, and that was greatly in his favor among a crew of this kind, and he slowly won the respect of every grade on board. When the mate's interest at last be came almost fatherly, we learned more about Jan. He kept souer in port—an other rare virtue—and from his scant earnings a portion was sent to the poor mother in Denmark. His honest, placid face reflected the pleasure of the rest of us the day we left the bleak Atlantic waters behind, and, towing up the Thames in the sweet breath of the haw thorn hedges, passed, off Gravesend, the white cruiser Chicago and two American flags dipped just at sunset on foreign waters. We docked in the dingy regions of Greenwich. The sailors, dressed in their best and dragging their boxes, were swal lowed up ashore. Jan preferring, aud this time chosen, to stay by, became sole occupant of the forecastle. He kept watch at night and slept by day, and liv ing on cabin fare grew stouter and more comfortable-looking than ever. Again he resisted the taverns and passed evening after evening of those lonely, smoke stained twilights of a London summer, in solitude, with an accordion that he never produced before the crew, but from the homesick strains of which when by himself, he seemed .to gather solace. Night after night, when we came down the electric-lighted wharf his round head bobbed above the rail to investigate, after which he appeared at the gangway, lan tern in one hand and the other lifted to receive wraps and parcels. Night after night his steady tramp went at intervals past our windows, until the early morn ing hour when he was relieved. From I do not know just what time there had strengthened in me the desire to know and tell Jan's story. It is sur prising now in? looking over old journals to see the number of notes made all along to that effect, for I could not have dreamed then how fate had taken his short course in hand and would perfect its ending. Masters and mates are not given to detecting the romance of their men. That is left to the woman passen ger's conjecture, and my opportunity came unexpectedly. It .was the August evening that ended a London bank holiday, a day of rollick ing that naturally extended even to the city's dock fringes. The scant ship population had decreased Until lastly, -aftertea, the steward and stewardess, iu the blissful incompetency of a honey moon period, drifted out for a peep at the excitement that existed beyond the dock gates, and a great loneliness set tled over the ship. Each trip to the forward doorway" showed me Jab either on his beat or puffing at his pipe, rest* ing against the rail and #azing,-as sail#*. do when off duty, to the horizon's £d«fe, which here in London was smoke-veiled until its golden sunset vcolor ftw irregular course might embarrass the poy. But eventually I went, ami I am sutre that he was as lonely as I, and as grateful for companionship. So there in the damp brown evening, shut in by the rows of coal and storage-sheds and the wore distant weaving of masts, yards aud smokestacks, we talked for hours, as sometimes people will talk who never spoke together before or will not speak attain. He told the story of his twenty years, ot his birthplace on the shove of a big river. How he always felt the river urg ing him to the sea, while his mother held him.back. Of a childish escape from her, when, embarking in a tub, he made his •first voyage down the rushing river, only to be rescued by chance from the haud that death on the waters stretched to wards him then. And, at last, of his night from a ship in Copenhagen to es cape impressment to military service. Return to his own country then meant imprisonment, followed by service in the navy. He had been away four years, and must wait six more before he con'.d return to the widowed mother and his nine young brothers and sisters. On an English ship he went to Calcut ta, and there were few countries that he had not seen since. After experience 011 American ships, his ruling ambition and desire was to enter the United States navy. As far as his limitations had al lowed, he had investigated the matter, and his plan of action, formed to be followed upon his next return to New York, showed how deeply he had delib erated upon it. But he wanted confirma tion and advice, and as he questioned for this there gradually grew in his face that which was an assurance that in the end he would accomplish whatever he set out for. whether outside help came or not. Some months later we came into New York. Jan had so risen in favor that a regular berth and promotion on the ship was in store for him if he wished to re main. Some time before, to the great satisfaction of my ownfinterfering sense of the fitness of things, the "ordinary seaman" that had marked his name dif ferently from'the others of the crew list on the articles had been changed to able seaman, with the slight advance in wages that that alteration of title implies. But before leaving the ship I was pleased to hear that the determination he had con fided remained. A word to the kindly mate secured a little aid as to his course in applying at the Brooklyn navy-yard, and not long afterwards Jan Neilsou was a seaman in our navy. In his routine there and my own ab sence from the. country I lost track of him for a time, and scarcely realized how the passing years had furthered his steady little course, until that morning that thrilled us all not many weeks ago, and 1 found myself waiting, with that curious certainty that accompanies some horrors, for the published list of the dead of the battleship Maine. With it came the name that I knew was printed there. Yet, even now, it is hard to realize that that enduring little figure lies under the yellow waters of Havana harbor. I have seen again so many pictures in which he stands—often at the wheel, sometimes in the luminous nights of the tropics, when we sang on deck and told stories in his hearing and he held the big wheel so care fully, lest its sndden jar break the peace of it all and the flow of the narrative sometimes, in winter gales, lashed at the wheel, muffled against the frozen spray that swept on the steep, washed deck. Some show him as he used to be. awed and conscious, when the captain loomed near and let his keen gaze sweep wheel and compass always anxious but un flinching then, and with his own eyes, blue as the "dungarees" he wore, travel ing rapidly from binnacle to overhanging sails. Others paint him barefooted, with his old straw hat pushed from his drip ping forehead, pattering busily about our decks, or as he modestly waited in the cabin on Saturday nights, when the sailors came aft for slops and some times, as on bright Sunday mornings in port, wrheu he came aft in clean shirt, dark trousers and carpet slippers. Often I hear his ready "South 'vestly' vest.' sir," and more often than all. borne aft from the lookout on the bow. his steady, cheerful "All is Veil!"—New York Even ing Tost. WOMEN AND THE WHEEL. From the Gazette. Delaware, Ohio. The heaJthfulness of bicycle riding for women is a disputed question. Used in moderation it surely creates for women a means of outdoor exercise, the henefit of which all physicians concede. Used to excess, like any other pdstime, ite effect is likely to be dangerous. The experience of Miss Bertha Reed, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. J. It. Reed, 335 Lake street, Delaware, Ohio, may point a moral for parents who, like Mr. and Mrs. Iteed, have ex perienced some concern for iheir daugh ters who are fond of wheeling. In the fall of '9G Miss Bertha, who had rid den a great deal, began to fail in an alarming manner. looked brassy. Even to onr isolated berth came faint shoutr, singing, and laughing no# apd then. I heeit&ted aboirt.grin#oat i{o Jan, cAos in the ligh^of ship eiiquftte siteb Rest and quiet did her absolutely no good. A an I'M pulse at 104— a rate. Think ing this may have been due to temporary nervousness She Sides Well he he am in watched her closely, but her pulse continued at that rate for two weeks. He was satisfied then, from her high pulse and steadily wasting con dition that she was suffering from anae mia or a bloodless condition of the body. She became extremely weak, and could not stand the least noise or excitement. In this condition of affairs they were rec ommended by an old friend to get some of that famous blood medicine, Dr. Will iams' Pink Pills for Pale People. They did so,, and almost from the first dose Bertha began to improve. She continued to take the pills aud was by their means made entirely well, and more grateful people than her parents cannot be found. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved a boon to womankind. Acting directly on the blood and nerves, they restore the requisite vitaJity to all parts of the body creating functional regularity and per fect harmony throughout the nervous system. The pallor of the cheeks is changed to the blush of health the eyes brighten the muscles grow elastic, ambi tion is created and good health returns. A Cornish Fireman. Canon Hammond, in his recent book, "A Cornish Parish," relates an incident of a Cornish fireman of a small town, whom the sudden clang of the fire bell summoned from his daily labor to the scene of the fire close by. He viewed the flames for a moment or two, with a critical eye, and then, turning to a neigh bor in the crowd, remarked placidly: 'Tis a proper fire, sure 'nough I must go home and put on my uniform!" Not less leisurely was the behavior, as related by the Youth's Companion, of a fireman of a certain small New Eng land town which had but recently be come the proud possessor of afire engine. There had been several quite needless alarms since the advent of the gorgeous and glistening new machine and popu lar rumor attributed the haste with which they had been rung in, in part to a willing ness on the part of the general popula tion to see the fire engine turn out. So, when the sound of the bells aroused him at midnight, this hero thrust his head out of the window and hailed a boy running by. "Hallo, there! Is it anybody's hay coek?" "No!" the boy called back over Ilia shoulder as he turned the corner. "Tchk!" said the fireman, thoughtfully clicking his tongue against his teeth. Just then a man raced down the street. "Hi there, you!" he called to him as he dashed past, "is it a hencoop?" "No!" the man shouted back, "it's a house." "Then, Maria," said the fireman to his wife, resignedly, as he began groping for hjs boots, "I kinder guess I might's well be startiu' along." A Handy Watch, M. Nado, director of a Parisian fhea ter, had a silver watch which, though dear at 30 francs, had in the course of its service saved its owner a sntig for tliiie. He was rich, and was known 10 be. so throughout the theatrical worfd, and his opportunities of making small loans to impoverished actors were quite unrivaled. The artist would state his case, aud the great man would listen sym pathetically. "Ah," he would say, "that is sad, very sad. Would I could help payments, and haven't 10 fraiics about mft. .But hold, my friend, here is this wafch. Take it. Truly it is not much, bot it is all I have." .Generally, of course, he of as no a if by chance it was, M. Nado continued: "And bring ute the pawn ticket tamorrow.s FW redeem it." As no. rtawnbtoker in P*Ms would fcqd more thao 5 fraocs on it^H. Nado ajways recovered it without was fieadr for thft 'ffMjafe A BEAR AT GBAND HAVEN. Brain Is Pursued by Dogs, but Munagea to tiet Away, It has been a long time since wild ani mals have been seen in this locality, saj's a Grand Haven (Mich.) dispatch. The other morning,- however, at an early hour a bear tried to get into the hog peiis of Cyrus Wise, located across the river. When the steamer Nyack got in Mate George Honner noticed the ani mal plodding along at the foot of the big hill. The dogs were heard barking just before and undoubtedly frightened the bear from the pen. The next day the tracks of the bear could be plaiuly seen and Cyrus is at the head of an expedi tion in search of the animal. It is be lieved to be in the region about the sag. Two or three years ago a bear was seen near- the Estes place. A year or two be fore that a deer jumped into the river from the north pier and swam to the south beach. Wild cats have been killed in very recent years in the woods near Fefrrysburg. The Modern Generation of Men. Physically men are better to-day than ever. Our college youth are, as a general thing, magnificent specimens. The con stitutionally weak and nervous can great ly increase their strength and restore the nervous system by the efficient aid of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, which also re moves dyspeptic and bilious trouble. True Friendship. True friendship has a broadening influ ence, and takes small account of things which might serve to weaken the charms of mere acquaintances, philosophizes a writer in the Youth's Companion. "Are- you habitually lame, or is your limp caused by some temporary trouble?" inquired the lawyer in a case of assault and battery, addressing a witness for the defendant. The man bore every indica tion on his face and person of having been in some recent catastrophe which the lawyer hoped to prove was the particular affray then before the court. "Oh, Oi'll be all right in a day or two," said the witness, cheerfully. "It was jist a friend of mine kicked me the other evening, and Oi'm a bit stiff in the jints, that's all!" K-' STARCH INVENT^ French Minister's Monkey. M. Hanotaux has narrowiy escaped prosecution for cruelty to animals. A monkey, which had been presented to him by the minister of the colonies, and which was too savage for the house, was chained up in the courtyard, where an inspector of the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals discovered that the chain to which it was attached had chafed its body. A notice was served upon the minister for foreign af fairs, who immediately took steps to place tho monkey in a more comfortable position. There la a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coif ee. The most delicate stomach receives it without dis tress, and but few can tell it from cof fee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c. and 25c. per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. —Warsaw's proposed celebration of the one hundredth birthday of Adam Mick iewicz, the great Polish poet, has been prohibited by the police. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to shake into your shoes. It cures Corns and Bunions, Chilblains, Swollen, Nervous, Damp, Sweating, Smarting, Hot and Callous Feet. At fE»all druggists' and shoe stores, 25c. ASK TO-DAY. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Lettoy, N. Y. —There are 110 mountains in Colorado whose peaks are over 12,000 feet above the ocean level. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once delays are dan gerous. —The waters of North America are stocked with 1800 different varieties of •fish.-. -. For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure ig the best medicine we have used. —Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., 0«»da.: —In jHaaalrorrtlie authorities tax a dog ilxprd&t taitseiae. B. Bluhm, "IRONING MADE E5SY" REQUIRES NO COOKING HIKES COLLARS AND GUFFS STIFF AND NICE AS WHEN FIRST BOIIIiHT HEW ONE POUND OP THIS STARCH WILL GO AS FAR AS A POUND AND A HALF OF ANY OTHER STARCH* ^UTACTUWO 0NLY "O.C.HUBINGER BR0S.C9 KEOKUK,IOWA. NEWHAVEN,CONN.^ 1 COPYRIGHTED •nun This starch is prepared on scientific principles by menwho liavo had years of practical experience fancy laundering. It restores old linen and summer dresses to their natural whiteness and imparts a beautiful and lasting finish. It is the only starch manufactured that is perfectly harmless, containing neither arsenic, alum or any otiier substance injurious to linen and can be used even for a baby powdsr. For sale by all wholesale and retail grocers. The Rev. Dr. Webb's Epitaph. A monument is to be erected at the gra\e of Rev. J. Wesley Webb, D. D.. in Huntington, W. Ya. He died of grief soon after his son William was murdered last fall. The monument will bear this inscription: "Here lies the body of J. Wesley Webb, a firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, Jeffersonian Democracy, and the Meth odist Episcopal church." Relatives say that Dr. Webb made the above request on his deathbed. He was in the Methodist Episcopal conference for more than thirty years, ten years of which he was stationed at Wheeling, W. Ya.—Philadelphia Press. Wisconsin Patents, Patents for the following Wisconsin inventors are reported for this week by Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, 58 and 59 Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee, Wis. These attorneys will furnish the Inventors' Handbook free: T. Ellenbeeker, Sawyer, attachment for mowing machines II. AV. Hoeft, La Crosse, safety umbrella rack B. S. Kerr, Monroe, washing machine O. Scheller, Phillips, piano, action J. K. Severson, Madison, adjustable tool holder T. J. St. Louis, West Superior, loghauler J. N. Moehn, Milwaukee, book. Ted was invited out to tea with his mother one day, and among other delica cies a saucer of orange-gelatine was set before him. It was a new dish to the little fellow, and he eyed it disparagingly a minute, then said, very politely: "If you please, 'um, thank you. I rather guess you can have it back—it keeps waggin' so."—Puttsburg Bulletin. ELKHART Hopeful Words to Childless Women. The darkest days of husband and wife are when they come to look forward to a childless and desolate old age. 'Many a wife has found herself lneitpable of motherhood owing to some great lack of strength in the organs of generation. Such a condition is nearly always due to long con tinued neglect of the plainest warnings. Frequent backache and distressing pains accompanied by offensive discharges and generally by irregular and scanty menstruation, indicate a nerve de generation of the womb and sur rounding organs that unless speedily checked will result in barrenness. Bead Mrs. Wilson's letter: DeabMbs.Pihkiiam:—No^necould have suffered from female troubles more than I had tumors on the womb, my ovaries were diseased, and for fifteen years I was a burden to myself. I was operated upon three different times, with only temporary relief also tried many doctors. Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound was recommended to me by a lady friend, and after taking four bottles I was like a new wo man. I had been married nine years, and had no children. I now have a beautiful little girl, and we feel assured she is the result of my taking the Compound.—May B. Wilson, 323 Sassafras St., Millville, N. J. Modern science and past experience have produced nothing so effective in treating diseases of the female organs as Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com pound and Sanative Wash used according to special directions. If you know any woman who is suffering and who is unable to secure relief, or who is sorrowful because she believes herself barren, tell her to write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., and ask her advice. The thousands of Mrs. Pinkham's cures are all recorded for quick reference, and a reply will be promptly sent wholly without charge, that will direct her what to do. 'Mrs. Population of Europe. While the population of Europe, which was estimated at 175.000,000 iu tho be ginning of the century, rose to 21(5,000, 000 in 1830. 300.000,000 iu 1870. and is now nearly 370,000.000. there has been a still more remarkable increase in the number of towns with over 100.000 in habitants. There were only 21 of these in 1801 (with 4,500.000 inhabitants). 42 in 1850. 70 in 1870 (with 20.000.000 in habitants). and 121 in lS9i (with about 37,000,000 inhabitants). In 1801 France had three towns with over 100,000 in habitants, while England and Germany had two each, but in 1870 the figures were: England 18, Germany 10 and France 9, while in 1896 they stood, Eng land 30, Germany 28 and France 10. Peace in Commerce. A people capable of such fighting and such heroic endurance as the Cubans are worthy of their independence and of our sympathy. We have uot much fear for the future of Cuba as an independent state. It is extremely probable that large investments of American capital would be made in the island and that would be the most tranquiliaing influence imaginable, and the greatest help to the organization of a stable government.—New York Times. —Information has reached Chamber lain, S. D.. that an unknown man, his team of horses and wagon, went under the ice while crossing the Missouri river at White Swan, a short time before the ice broke up and left the river. WAGON SCALES A better Scale tor teas money than haa ever been offered. Jones Blnghamton, Blnghamton, N. 4940 San Francisco Ave., St. Louis, Mo., writes:—"It has been my great desire to have a babe. Since taking your medicine my wish is ulfilled. LydlaE.Plnkham'sVegetableCompound AWoman'sReinetlyforWoman'sUls CANDY CATHARTIC CATHARTIC: XVMfXMAb CURE CONSTIPATION Bear in Mind that "The Gods Help Those Who Help Themselves." Self Help Should Teach You to Use S A O I O WE HAVE NO AGENTS but hare sold dircct to the con sumer for 23 jears et whole sale prices, s&Ting him Something entirely new. FREIGHT PAID. MILWAUKEE WIRE* IRON WORKS Bonk, Desk and Floor Rail lugs, Window Guards, Fences. Stable Fixtures. Everything in Wire. Send for Rricej. Wis., FOR 14 CENTS We wish to Kin 150,000 new cna tomers, ana hence offer 1 Pkg. l3D»y Radish, 10c Pltg. Early Spring Tornip, 10c Earliest Rod Beet, 10c Bismarck Cucumber, Me Queen Victoria Lettaee. Uc Kimdyke Melon, lfic tun bo Giant Onion, 15c Brilliant Flower Seeds, l£c W orth $1.00, fcr 14 Mata. Abo 10 pkgs. worth fl.00, we will mail yon free, together with onr great Plant and Seed Catalogue apon receipt of thia notice and 14c. postage. We invite yonr trade and know when you iOHX once try Salzer*a I •eods you willnever grt alone with out them. Potatoes at S1.SO a Bbl. Catalog alone 5c. Ho-C-N., A. SitZKS SEED CO., Li CSOSSE, WIS. saaBiMimnaa—ii—•••! CURE YOURSELF! Use Big WflKN" WRITING TO ADVKR TISFKS please say you saw the Advertisement in this paper. the dealer's profits. Ship any where for examination. Everything varan ted. 118 styles of Vehicles, 55 styles of Harness. Top Buggies, $36 to $70. Surreys, fSO to $133. Carria- 1 fges. Phaetons, Traps, Wagon cttcs, Spring-Road and Milk Jlt.1T. Sarrey Harness. Price, {16.00. Wagons. Send for large, free No. 606 Snir^y. Price, with rartains, laaw, ran As good as sells for |25. Catalogue of all onr styles, shade, apron and tenders, fGO. At good aril* fcr|M. CARRIAGE AMD HABNESS MFG. CO. XT. B. ALL DRUGGISTS FKATT, Scc'j, kt.itmart, LMK Shop by Mail A postal request will bring samples of new est materials for spring and summer. Man}' of them exclusive, also novelties in ready-to-wear Suits, Capes, Jackets, Wcrists, Millinery, Ribbons, Embroideries, Laces and other wanted things. Gimbel Brothers, Milwaukee. FREEBICYCLE For club of 10—high-grade, at wholesale prices. Full particulars oi receipt of reft re trees and addressed envelope. MILWAUKEE CYCLE CO., JM9 Jjake St., Miltentiket lOatSiM Wheats How to grow wheat nt 40« a ba. andlSl ban. o*ts I ITS bus. barley «nd MV l»s- potatoes per ncre farSEK OUR ORKAT CATAI.OGCK mailed yon 4 with 11 mu wtd nmslt*. lipon receipt of 2 THIS NOTICE And 1® «ent* ta «1nap». 9 JJ0HS i. SALZKR SKKD CO., ]jt CK088K. WIS. MACHINERY to I S O S E O ntnt ml uat tNia. utune. So •i O for nnnatnral discharges, inflammations, irritations or ulcerations nncwrr. of mucooi membranes, cantafiofl. Painless, and not astris* |THEEvM8GhE1I1CU.Cc. K^nt or poisonons. SoM byBraggiits, or sent in plain wrapper, by express, prepaid, for ftl .no, or 3 bottles. (2.75. Circular sent on request. Life! Life! Life! Cutler's Carbolate of Iodine Pocket Inhaler. Guaranteed to cure CATAKKH and Bronchitis. All druggists. By mail fl.OO. Address W. H. SMITH A CO., Props^ Buffalo, S. Y. PENSIONS uet Your Pensios DOUBLE QUICK! Viiie Capt. OTARBELL, PeaaoaAgeat,WwhiagtoE, C.:. ENSIGNS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W MORRIS, WASHINGTON.D.CL Laid Princip&l Examiner U. 8. Pension Bvcu. J33. in l&st war, 15 adjudicating claims, attr. else* POTATOES 81.50 a Bbl. LuiMt8u4P0rAT0(»ven ia Aperies, The "Kara! .New-Yorker" (irn8ALZ7.R'S S A EARLIEST a yield «r 4ei fcnafcel. »cr Prieea dlrv cheap. OargmtBEIS WttK, S ITfmi 3 fs SeetBrnm^n. wthOO^fKi start, arltb aa« iu« 3 —Uea.WH5A.8it1tnmMBCft.,l,rfT—itwh.tc.a.l 3 0€CCC€€€€CCCCCCCCCCCCC€CCS M. -V. U.. No. 14, 98. •5 .-m Large lot ofsecond hand Bicycltf Ma chinery Belting. Pulleys and Supplies recently received. Send for list.' Also Ga», Oasoline and Steam Engines, new and second-hand. MILWAUKEE a\CHl£Sr CO„ 1217. Wat«* St