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A FAMOUS CHEESE. The One Presented by the Peo ple of the Town of Cheshire, Mail., to Jeffemon. The town of Cheshire, situated among the Berkshire hills of Massach usetts, is one of the pleasantest places in all the country, sajs the Boston Trmnscript. The pasturage of this re gion is excellent. Tho land Is vory productive, and the dairy farms hare always been noted for tho quality of their butter and cheese. And here, about elghtv-seven years ago, was made the enormous cheese whoso famo went abroad 'throughout the United States, crossed the water, and oven spread into foreign countries. Elder John Lei and a celebrated preacher of his time, was pastor of the villago church. Ho was a vigorous and or iginal thinker, noted for his exposi tion of the scriptures. People camo from far and near to listen to his ser mons. In thoso days a minister's views upon all public quostions were receiv ed with respectful attention, and Elder Leland did not conline his labors to parochial affairs. Any delinquency among the select men of the town, any failure in rigid adherence to duty, was boldly attacked by him in tho pulpit, and names wero mentioned with stnrtlmg directness. Thomas Jefferson was noniinatod for the presidency of the United States in the fall of 1S00. He was believed by many to be an infidel, and the feeling of New England the stronghold of orthodoxy was severe against him. An ominous silence that he preserved in regard to his own religious belief was regarded as unfavorable, and it was even declared in some country towns that churches would be closed and sacredncss of the Sabbath day no longer preserved if ho wero elected. Elder John Leland held no sharo in this public opinion, lie had been a preacher in Virginia, where he had often met Mr. Jefferson. The two men were mutally attracted and held lonjr conversations together. Elder Leland became an ardent ad mirer of Jefferson. Ho recognized his Christian character in spite of a natural reticence, and he believed in his repub lican principles. When Jefferson was nominated ho began to work for him. It was sa d that tho elder stood alone, but the sturdy opposition became his inspiration. He preached politics in the pulpit on Sunday; he rode to neigh boring towns through tho week; ho was ready always with an argument. So. great was the influence that ho ox crted that when election day camo there was not a member of the wholo church who failed to vote for Jefferson. Great was Elder Lcland's delight over tho victory, and at tho close of tho afternoon service on tho next Sabbath ho proposed that, as a people, they should prepare a token of their good will to be sent to Washington after the new pres dont had taken his place at the white house. It should bo some thing in which women as weh as men could participate, and ho sug gested an enormous chceso, ns the natural product of their industry. Every man In tho county who had voted for Jefferson should bring nil the curd ho felt able to give. A commiiteo of farmers' wives, who were skilled, should bo ap pointed for the mixing. Everybody was pleased with the idea. Capt John Brown, who was known as tho man to first suspect and denounce Benedict Arnold as a traitor, was a member of th's village. He offered his cider-mill as the best and largest in the town. They had it thoroughly cleaned, a now bottom of wood set in, Eurrounded witli an iron hoop, and thus converted into a huge cheese press. It was a lino afternoon when tho crowd came pouring in from all quarters of tho county to Capt Brown's farm. Some wealthy farmers brought quantities of curd, others only a pailful, but the offerings wero poured into tho cider-press. The matrons then came forward, mixed and flavor ed it. The men stood ready for tho pressing. men, uncovering their heads all bowed reverently while Elder Leland asked God's blessing up on their labor. They sang a hymn. the minister giving out two lines at a time and tho people singing them, and a social season followed until twilight dispersed the crowd. When tho cheeso was ready to bo re moved it was found to weigh 1,600 pounds. The parish requested their minister to convey it in person to the president It was a journey of live hundred miles, but the sleighing at the appointed timo was excellent and he started. Ho was three weeks on the road. The people thronged to meet him in every tqwn and village through which he passed, and the news of the gift bad spread, and such a cheese was never seen before. When Elder Leland arrived in Washington he sent a note to Jefferson, who suggested that the members of his cabinet and of congress, together with the foreign ministers and other distinguished guests, should be invited to attend and witness the pre sentation. In the midst of this gather ing Elder Leland arose with great dig nity and proffered the huge Cheshire cheese as a token of the deep respect of the county. The president closed his courteous reply with theso words: I will causo this auspioious event to be placed upon the records of our nation and it will forever shine amid its glorious archives. I shall ever esteem it among tho most happy Incid ents of my lifo, and now, my much- respected, revorend friend, I will, by the consent and In the pres ence of my most honored council have the cheese cut and you will take baok with you a portion of it, with my thanks and pre- sent it to your people that they all may have a tasto. Tell them never to falter in the principles they have so nobly defended; they have successfully come to tho rescuo of our beloved country in tho time of her great peril. I wish them health and prosperity, and may milk in nbundanco nover coaso to flow to the latest posterity. As arrangements had previously been made the steward of tho white houso came forward and cut tho cheese. A slice was presented to each guest Everyone tastod and declared it to bo as near perfection as it was possible for cheeso to bo. Elder Leland was greatly delighted with tho wholo enterprise. He spent a few days in Washington and then left for homo. Another largo meeting was held at Capt John Brown's. The older gave tho whole account of his trip and the reception of their present at tho capital. One can imagine tho eagerness and delight with which tho people 1. stoned. Each ono reco ved a small piece of cheese, for tho whole region came to hear. This story a still treasured by those who received it from parents or grandparents. .Genuine Mound Builders. The caving of the bank of the Big River, about two miles south of Bonne Terre, Mo., writes a correspondent of tho Qlobe-Democrat, has disclosed an ancient burial ground. Six rudely con structed boxes, formed by sotting flat stones on edge in parallel lines, about twenty inches apart covered also with flat stones, wero disclosed, the ond pro jecting from tho bank some two or three feet below the surface of the soil. On examination each box proved to bo a coflin containing human remains. The form of tho bones could bo plainly discerned by tho chalky substance into which time had changed all but the larger ones. Tortious of the larger bones of the arms, thighs and skulls were obtained from each of tho graves in a tolerably solid condition, but the smaller bones, as soon as they were ex posed to tho air, crumbled to dust Quito a quantity of tooth were found in 'excellent stato of perservation. as also numerous fragments of pottery. This last circumstance determines the occupants of these silent abodes to bo- long to tho Mound Builders, a race of men who had passed even out of tradi tion before the advent of tho white man. TMe six graves wero all side by side, a space of about two foet intervening be tween each two. Bisides these, other graves have been fouud justifying tho belief that this is an extensive ancient burial ground. These remains of an unknown raco that onco inhabited this country recall other very interesting remains fou ml on tho farm of William D. Ilufl', near Irendale, and about twelve miles from tli is place, Theso latter are found in a rocky glade, covered with a soft yel lowish, bastard limostono, in which, many years ago, thore were hundreds of tracks of human feet and of almost every animal formerly inhabiting the country. Years ago however tho lo cality' bucanie known to curiosity hunt erf, and all tho best specimens have been carried away. Among the foot prints wero thoso of bears, deer, tur keys, eta. as well as human feet most of which wero as perfect as if they had been made by the impression of tho foot in soft mud, which dried into stone; and indeed there are some who believe this to be tho case. Notwith standing the great number of spec imens that have been carried away, there are still many left, and to those who take an interest in such matters, tho locality is a highly interesting one. A Trifle Too Hasty. There may be a moral in tho follow ing as related in the Kigston Freeman, to over sensitive persons: Recently a man who is employed in a factory at Sleightburgh was taken ill. During his absence a wooden figure of a mau, such as is used as a target for balls to bo thrown at, was left at the factory to bo painted. When it was painted it was placed against tho absent work ingman's bench to dry. Tho next day the man returned to work. The first thing that ho saw on entering the factory was "a wooden man" standing at his bench. He took it ns a reflection on his standing as a work man "that a wooden man could do as good work as he could." He bo came infuriated, and, grasping a hatchet be split the wooden image in to kindlings. When he was told that tho figure had been left there to bo painted, and it was owned by a man in Rondout he was groatly chagrinud, and said be supposed he would have to replace it He will not bo so hasty another time. No Marriage This Time. Naomi: "George, sav. that you will bo mine!" Gcorgo: "Roally. this is very sudden. I er I want to marry a girl who can keep house", "lean keep house, love. I am a graduate of the cookinjr-fchoot and I ran make de lightful brad." "I'm sorry, but I'm not a paving cotitrncior and I don't know what I d do with the bread." Lincoln Jvurwl. DAMAGED A DANDY. AIMucUy Chicago Girl Hreaks Iler l'araeol Over a Maeher'e Head. A nine-dolar-a-woek dude, of grnpo vine build and gentle, calf-like ways, wicought to a pitch of frightened frenzy extinguished as it were, by an ironed over hat driven down to his sloping shoulders, madly trying to escape a rain of sharp blows from a heavy par a sol in tho hands of a muscular, pretty and plucky girl of the period, was, ac cording to the Chicago Mail, the cen ter of attractoin in front of the Colutn b a Theater about seven o'clock tho other evening. People laughed, guyed and laughed again at the unusual and ridiculous spectacle, and cheered the plucky girl without knowing why. The animated panorama didn't last long, but it was very exciting while it lasted, and when, at the conclusion of the affair, a flush ed, sparkled-eyed miss, holding a broken parasol, slightly excited but triumphant made the sickly-looking caricature of a man hand out a week's salary to pay for her broken suu-shade tho climax was reached, and tho crowd was enthusiastic. Tho dudo was to all appearances one of those innoouous and weak mental feathor-weights, harmless because of his lack of mind or physical strength, but as vile and corrupt as a man of his stamp can be. He was carefully dress ed in as closo an imitation of tho most outer mode as can be procured by careful purchasing at the "cheap but nasty" stores. He looked fairly well under artificial light however, and was standing in a carefully studied negligo pose in front of the theater, showing himself and his clothes, and weakly ogling tho passing ladies. Tho pretty girl with tho parasol passed with a pretty companion, and the dudelet chirpod in a "caashSO'' voico tho hail ing sign of his order. "Ah, theah!" The girls "ah'ed." That is, they nudged each other, glanced up and smiled. Accepting the smile and ae companing symptoms favorably tho fop camo off his perch and offered his arm to ono of the girls, raising his fall-style tile from 'his littlo yeasty head as he did so. He thought ho had "caught on," but the next moment he was "caught on" tho head with a swipe from tho umbrella, directed after the regular "six-love" lawn-tennes stylo. The hat joined his collar and behelmeted and blinded him. The exquisite grasped wildly at the sand-fly thickened at mosphere, and yelled in frightened tones: "A d, aid, assistance! ' Again and again tho parasol cracked across tho tile, which sounded like n used-np concertina, until the slender stick broke, and weaponless tho fair assail ant stood confronting the damaged masher. "That parasol cost mo eight dollars. I expect you to make it good," said shc.curtly, and the befuddled "Cholly," rescued from his hat, was so rattled that ho handed out a ten dollar note pensively, wildly and gladly. The girl handed the bill to a policeman, who got it changed, contemptuously tossed two silver dollars to the mussed-up masher and walked away as saucily, cooly and modestly as one could wish. The crowd surged a little and the dam aged dudo escaped in a neighboring sa loon, where private stalls are to bo found, and tried to arrange nis ward robe before any body else saw him. A Bad Cow at a Funeral. A trifling incident transpired at a funeral in Bungree, Victoria, tho other day. Tho pall-bearers and other of ficials wero in the act of bearing tho remains of tho late lamented from tho cemetery gates to the grave, and the friends and relatives followed sadly in the wake, allowing their bitter tears to filter through large handkerchiefs, when n one-horned, bony cow, with a fiery eye and an elevated tail, boro down on tho cortege and butted the gentleman who boro the coflin into a condition of rags and incapacity, then ho skipped about, frolicked along tideways, trod upon the procession, and wore holes in it with her solitary horn, after which the remainder of the mourners sought comparative security on top of tombstones and in other elevated positions, leaving the dead and wounded on the field of action. The grave-digger subsequently divert ed the cow's attention w.tn a spade, and the funeral terminated with a prayer. The Monkey as a Scientist In the interesting littlo "zoo." con nected with the National museum at Washington, there is a line male grivet monkey, who shares a largo cago with opossums. To human beings he shows himself anything but amiable, but he takes kindly to his strange compan ions, and they have Veen the best friends from the first Tho attention of the attendant was lately drawn to the cage by the excitement of a crowd in front of it and on going to ascer tain the cause he was surprised to seo the monkey seated in tho middle of the cage with one of the opossums ly ing quietly on her back on his lap and her head under his arm. The monkey had just discovered the marsupial pouch of the opossum, and was dili gently Investigating it Had ho not been a close observer it certainly would have remained unseen, for it ai so tightly closed m to be perfectly invisi ble in its normal condition. Tho monkey carefully lifted the outor wall of the pouch and peered into tho cavity. Then he reached in with h s hand, felt about for a moment, and to the aiton ishment of everybody took out a tiny young opossum, about two inches long, hairless, blind, and very helpless, but alive and kicking. "Jock" held it up to the light where ho could get a good view of it scrutinized it with the air ol a savant aud presently returned it to the pouch very carefully. After re placing it he looked into the pouch again, and presently drew out another for examination, which ho looked at with solemn interest juielt it and then carefully put it back. It was thus it became known to tho attendants that the old female opossum had the' young ones, which had previously been1 looked for in vain. American Kulti- ralist. Not a Useful Profession. "I love jou better than my life I" He urged; aud she replied, "I know it, Hal I will uercr be tbo wife Of any poet" "But think," persisted be, "that I Could make you famous by a sonnet." "I know," tald she, "but could you buy Me a new bonnet!" "I love you to," ho softly sighed; "You know I never would forako you!' "Of course you do," she said, "I've tried My best to make jou " Then tell me wbr wc may not wed, You love me, and your actions show It." "I thought I told jou why," she said 'You are a poet" Sunken Cities. There is no superstition eo wide spread in Europe as that of u sunkon city which has disappeared below the surface of the sea or n lake at some unknown period in tbe past When tho waters are rough the tips of the spires of its churches may bo seen in the trough of the waves; on calm days one hears the distant sound of their bells drowned by the ocean. Tho name of tho city in Germany is given as Vineta, and it 1 es in the vicinity of the Island of Rugen. II Werner has a novel entiled "Vineta" which is based on this superstition, and W. Muller (father of Max Muller) an ex quisite little lyric under the same title. Hero is Mungai's translation of tho first two stanzas: Hark! tho faint ball of tho sunken city Peal ouca more tbelr wonted evening chime: From tbe deep abysses flo its a ditty. Wild and wondrous of tbe olden time. Temple.-, towers and domes of miny stories There lie burled la aa ocean grave, Uudescried, suvn when tbelr goldcu glories Gleam, at suutet, through the lighted wave. In Urittany the sunken city is called Is, and various places along tho co:ist aro pointed out as its site. Ernest Renan has made use of the old legend in the prefaco to his "Souvenirs do Jeunesse," as follows: "It seenn to me that I have iu my heart a town of Is, which still has its obstinato bells that ring for tho sacred ofllces and call for men who hear no more. Often 1 stop and listen to theso trembling vi brations, which sojiu to come from in finite depths, like voices of auotlier world. As age comes on I take pleasure, especially during tho summer, in col lecting these distant sounds of a lost Atlantis." Lough Neagh, in Ireland, is in popu lar tradition held to hivj been origin ally a fountain, which, overflowing, buried n whole district under its waters. Thomas Moore alludes to this tradition in his poem,, 'Let Erin Remember:" On Lough Xeagh's bank as tbe fisherman strays When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days In the waves beneath blia shining. Thus shall memory oft ia dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the Java that are over; Thus sighing, look throuzb tho waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover. American XuUtani Queries. Distress in Venice. A friend writes tome from Venice that inconceivable distress prevails there among tho working classes, owing to the miserablo low rate of wages. Skilled tradesmen who work hard for twelve hours a day six days in a week can only earn from 93 Cd to 14s per week. Clever woodcutters averago 22s per week; clerks in private employ ment get 5s to 10s; thoso in public offices, 10s to 20s, and even thoso in tho higher post get only 25s. Tho aver ago government pay to post and tele graph functionaries is 15s Cd per week, from which income tax has to bo de ducted. Women engaged in Jace and bead work, if industrious, earn 4s Cd to 6s. A daily governess, employed six hours every day, is paid 15s to 18s per month. The wages of agricul tural labors in the province of Venice average 3s to 4s 9d a week. The peo ple yearn for the old Austrian days when wages were higher and there wero practically no taxes. London Truth. A Problem Solved. Old Man: "If I give ray daugh ter to you. young man, where will you tako herP" Young Man: "Well, er I thought perhaps we might stay here with you nntll I can get things straightened out a bit" Old man: "II m, yes, 1 had quite overlooked that easy solution of the difficulty, but my house is ver small." Young man: "Ye s, 1 thought of that, loo; but tho Idoa occured to mo that possibly the house could be enlarged." Atw fork Sut, MINOR MENTION. Brass instead of old sllvor Is the current London erase. England has more treaties than any two other countries combined. Parisian ladles smoke deltclonslf -seen ted clgaretts tlectured with rosea, carnations or heliotrope. Jndge Kelley, "the father of the house," was a Jeweler before be turned his attention to politics. II. Rider Haggard, In spite of bis success as a novel writer considers tbe practice of law bis chief occupation. Tbe late Chief Justice Walte had four mes sengers during bis fifteen years on the su preme bench. Three of them went mad. Parisians are talking of erecting a monu ment to Jaquea Davlel, the first oculist to practice excision of cataracts. He described bis method In 173'i Mr. Ruskln Is figuring in a new dh-ectton. Tbe most popular drink to London at present is milk and soda water half and half. Tb great art critic Is tbe inventor of th Is bevor age. Tbe King of Abyssinia hates smoking and cbewlng eo Intensely that he cuts off the noses and lips of tfcose who Indulge la the habit Some day be will be assassinated by a cigarette. Gen. Lew Wallace Is passionately fond of tbe gentle sport which Izaak Walton made Immortal. Ho was especially active In the recent fly casting tournament of tbe fisher ueu of the state of Indiana. Ao Investigation of tbe list of persons in Franco who have the decoration of the Le gion of Honor has revealed that more than two hundred obtained It by bribery or Im proper means. Tbelr names will be stricken cff. Paul Desgranges, of Philadelphia, has col. lected 1, (XXI. 000 canceled postage stamps. Ho has put tbern up In packages of 50,003 stamps sacb, the packages welching over five pounds each. It has taken blin tlx years to make .ls useless collection. A lady of Temrkann, Texas, the other nlcht placed Ave hundred dollars In bink notes In the oven for safety while sbo attended tho theatre. She forgot to take It out, and the servant girl burned It up while getting break fast tbe next morning. Various valuables which were presented to tbe Pope as Jubilee offerings, and which were on exhibition, have been stolen from the Vatican. Amonjr the stolen articles are a chalice valued at '2,00), some gold snuff box es and several pairs of slippers. The Vatican Is tbe most polite court In Eu rope. Replies to all communication lire ad dressed with the titles aisumed by the orig inal correspondents, be they counts, dukes or prlcces. Tbe Pope never stops to as'c wheth er they are genuine noblemen or uot Marriages are uot allowed In before the mule Is eighteen an 1 the female sixtcMi, nor are men over eighty or womuu over s.xty permitted to enter wedlock. A fourth mar riage Is lllesrul. Priests may marry only once. Marrloges iu secret without witnesses are uot valid. People ore dying from hunger In som? part of Turker. A correspondent explains t liar, the famine In central Turkey resultluir from drought and In eastern Turkey from devas tation of ten tliouxauJ square miles by lo custs, Is now culminating iu utter destitution aud death. The cross-eved man has found his provineo at lat. It Is lovivmitkiug on tho aly. An Indiana farmer, whose daughter rau away with a cross e. ed fHrm band, declared that ho never coul 1 tell when his hired man wan looking t Ms daughter, an 1 therefore be didn't sup -ct him. Baron de Hlrsch has not yet ma le bis al leged magnificent endowment of Jewish schools In Kussla, but has Invite 1 suggestions from several sources as to the best means of giving effect to some benevolent Intention, and has entered Into negotiations with tho Russian government on the subject An unhappy season iu France Is during tbe time of conscription, when every young man of proper age is obliged to walk up and draw from an urn a ball. If be takes a Mack one, It means three years service In tho or my; if a white one, he Is exempt The on lr son of a widow Is exempt Substitutes can bo furnished. Sir El ward Balnea Is said to ba the oldest active Journalist In Europe. Ha Is 83 years old. and bis paper Is Thi Leed Mercury. He began bis career as a Journalist three years after the bat'le of Waterloo, but was present as a reporter for The Mercury at tbe battle of Waterloo In 131 0, and has been contin uously in newspaper life ever since. Street-car tickets are a glut in tbe market in Galveston, Tex. There was a dearth of small change, It was proposed to tttallze tbo car tickets for that purpose; so the car com panies increased the issue to accommodate this new use, and now the merchants find themselves with enough car tickets on band to give the entire population a ride for sever al years, Travelers through tbe Hoosac Tunnel re cently experienced a curious change tn the weather. On entering tho eastern end of tbe tunnel, tbe travelers left a country on which aln was pouring and which was devoid of every vest ago of snow. On leaving tho tua tel. tbe travelers saw with astonishment a driving scow storm and a snow-covered ground. In White ood, D. T.. tbe other day, a anebman got bowling drunk and was arrest ed. The authorities, for lack of a better place, locked him up In an empty box car. Soma time in the night a train picked up the car, and when the ranchman woke up la tbe mora ing be found himself fifty miles from home and without a cent He intends to bring salt for damages. Senator Voohees recently visited tbe pen sion ofllce.at Washington, and was astonished to recognize In a man hauling a track filled with documents an ex-Judge once prominent in Indiana. Stopping him the senator ex claimed: "Thunder and lightning I A Judgs In Indiana a horse ia Washington I" Th next day tbe ' horse" was promoted to a place more befitting bis former dignity. An edict has been Issued fa China order ing the sales of office of honorary rank and precedence and of ccrtala degree and llteruiy honors, to provide fund to repair tbe damage done by the Yellow river dis aster. Petty distinctions, such as feathers, are to be sold; bat tbe principal reveaae Is expected to be derived from tbe sale of a new rank specially devised for the pur pose. A Dead wood paper contains tbe following t "There Is a high-toned cuss on Sherman street of socialistic tendencies who practices his political teachings. He bss no wood, bat a poor woman la tbe neighborhood baa. She worked and earned It, and be divides with ber. He always waits until he thinks she has gone to bod before be makes the divvy, and rnrrles li n rt hoiu We will give Ms name t lie diK-au't quit FIVE CHEAP HARVEST EXCUR SIONS. Rare Chance to Vlerw the Wonderful Cropi of the West, Southwest amd Morthwest. Tho moat abundant ever known. Oomo and" seo for yourself. The (iroat Kock Island ltouto offers you the inducements of lowest rates, und a delightful Journey in its unrivalled palace cars. Dates of excursions: Leave Chicago September 11 and U5, and October t and 2.1 (18X8), for Kansas, Nebraska, North western Iowa, Minnesota und Dakota. Hate: One fare for the round trip. Tickets fhst class and pood 3J days for return passage. Improve this opportunity. You may never have another in a season bo bountiful, lie sure your ticuets read via the Great Hock Island lioute, wnich ban its own lines to principal points in all these States. For rates and full particulars, address VVm. Rickey, Passenger Agent, Davenport, Iowa, or E. A. Ilolbrook, (J. T. & 1 A., UtiUugo, Ills. Shoes for the houso and carriage wear were never so fanciful as now, but no wom an with tbe least claim to fashion will wear upon the street anything but plain fine kid. She Couldn't I'Ddrntuod It. "What In the world has happened to you since the last time I saw you!" asked ono lady of another when they met on tho street the other day ; "I can't understand it. Then you were pale, haggard and low spirited, and I romcinber you ? aid that you hardly cared whether you lived or died. To-day you look ever so much younger, and it is very evident from your beaming face that your low spirits have taken liight." "Yes, indeed," was the reply; 'and shall I tell you what drove them away? It was Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I was a martyr to functional derangement until I began taking tho 'Pcrscription.' Now I am as well as I ever was in my life. No woman who suffers as I did, ought to let an hour pass before procuring this wonderful remedy." A philosopher, in discoursing upon various incidents of the summer campaign, notes that when the hammock brcaus down, the occupant is broken up. How to Reduce Tour Expenses. You can do it easily, and you will not have to deprive yourself of a single com fort; on tho contrary, you will. enjoy lifo more than ever. How can you accomplish this result! Easily; cut down your doctors bills. When you loso your appetite, and become bilious and constipated, and there fore low-spirited, don't rush off to the fam ily physician for a prescription, or, on the other hand, wait until you are sick abed before doing anything at all; but Just ko to the druggist's and for twenty-live cents get a suppy of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pur gative Pellets. Take them as directed, and our word for it, your unpleasant symptoms will disappear as if by magic, you will have no big doctor's bill to pay, and everybody interested (except tho doctor) will feel happy. The convention of New England road masters is discusssing the best form of curve. The choice seems to lie between a swift inshoot and a slow drop. A I'rlze of 100,000 is a good thing to get, and the man who wins it by superior skill, or by an unexpect ed turn of Fortune's wheel, is to be con gratulated. Hut he who escapes from tho clutches of that dread monster, Consump tion, and wins back health and happiness, is far more fortunate. The chances of win ning $100,o0 Brc small, but every consump tive may be absolutely sure of recovery, it ho tak.-s Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery in time. For all scrofulous diseases (consumption is ono of them) it is an un failing remedy.. All druggists. Tho coal dealer's slate is as much dreaded by thoso who pay cash as by those who do not. The lluntlaoinest I.ndy In Michigan Remarked to a friend tho other day that she knew that Kemp's Halsam for the Throat and Lungs was a superior rem edy, as it stopped her cough instantly, when other cough remedies had no effect whatever. So to prove this and convince you of its merit, any druggist will give you a Sample Dottle Free. Large sizo 50c and $1. There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. The safest way is to drink out cf u bottle. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eyo Water. Druggists fell it. ii5c. The psycho knot is doomed, according to fashion-makers, and tho comiugseuson will find it quifo passce. Its cntiro disappear ance need not bo expected for some time yet, however. When Baby was aick, we gare her Cactorla, When she was a Child, ahe cried for Castorla, When ahe became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she bad Children, aha gare tem Castoria, Green and brown are much worn togeth er now, as well as gray with blue and mignonette with ruby. Tho overdress in polonaise form is of the darker tint, and the skirt has rows of ribbon to match around it at tho bottom. For The Nervous The Debilitated The Aged. Madleal and sdcntifio skill baa at last solrsd th problem of the long- needed medietas for the csr. irons, debilitated, nd ths ared. bj combtnUiff tbo best nsrro tonics. Celery ind Coca, with other effec. Ura remedies, which, actlmr rntly but efficiently on the kidney, liver and bowels, remors disease, restcra strang-Ui and renew vitality. TMa medietas la ITTnis a plae heretofore unoccupied, and narks a new era in th treatment of narvoua trouble. 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