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In England the edible olive is small, cheap and oily. Most of the tine Spanish Queen olives, which grow within a fifty-mile radius of Seville and nowhere else, come to this country and constitute between tit) and To per cent of the entire importa tion. They are not popular in Spain, as they are deemed too expensive, and the Spanish people prefer to ship them and obtain the money. The constitu tion of the olive is very delicate, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. From the time the crop is gathered un til it is finally packed in the bottle there is not a moment which is not fraught with the intensest anxiety on the part of all who handle the fruit. Some three years ago there was a 70 per cent advance in the price of olives owing to the shortage of the crop. 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St. Jacobs Oil has a larger sale throughout IHe world than that of all other remedies for outward applica tion combined. t’hip of the Old Block. “Thomas,” said the minister to his 5- year-old son and heir, ’’l trust you will not misbehave in church this morning, as you did las: Sabbath. Such conduct is very mortifying to me.” “But. papa.” rejoined the incorrigible Thomas, “ain't xve taught to mortify the flesh?” The great man is he who does not lose bis child's heart. — Mencius. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the t Signature ry JfV In hX Use v/ For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA _ —urni vAßia . Noraslest BY MARY CECIL HAY CHAPTER XVll.—(Continued.) “I came on to you with this telegram.” he said, breathing in his haste, “because I fancied it might be of importance. I remembered that once before you wished to go off to Florence at once, and missed the train through my delay. I’ve a han som here, sir, and there’s a train from Wood Green which will be in time. Rich ards will meet it at the Great Northern station with your own cab, and he will have your portmanteau. We thought we had better be ready for the Dover mail from Charing Cross. Of course, if it isn't necessary, sir, no harm is done.” The man moved away when he had said this, but Mark had paused xvith the tele gram unopened, and was looking sadly into Nora’s face. “I may have to leave you at once, Nora,” he said, speaking low and earn estly. “And —1 had never thought of this.” •She smiled a little, not quite under standing it all. A crowd of people xvere passing to and fro; a crowd of instru ments were rushing through an overture; she was standing still, waiting to under stand; while Mark was looking at her, with a great sorrow iu his eyes and — something more. “Hope will soon bring me back when I have the power to come, Nora,” he said. “You understand me, don’t you? I can not go, letting you misunderstand me. You know what you are to me, uiy own beloved?” “Yes —I know.” The words were clearer than his words, though scarcely comprehended yet. “1 shall miss yop very much,” she said. And then she stopped; for a little girl who had been running before them trip ped and fell, and Nora gently -raised her to her feet and kissed her, xvhile the child looked wonderiugly into the white, sad face. “My thoughts will lie with you ever, Nora. Let us say good-by alone, here, my darling. Then I must take you to them.” “Good-by,” said Nora, leaving her hand in his. “I—l shall miss you so very, very much. This has been a pleasant day, hasn't it? 1 am glad xve came. Per haps to-morrow will not be very different from to-day. Perhaps a new—scene of things may not —open. You will be back soon, you say. llow the music changes, doesn't it? I forgot that this overture was so sad now and then.” “Good-by,” he said again, wondering at her tone as he unwillingly released her hand. “Good-by, my best beloved.” When they rejoined their party, they found, to their great surprise, that Nuel Armstrong was xvith them; but there was no time for any explanation from him. Mark hurriedly told of his telegram, and the arrangements his servant had made, and then prepared for his oxvn departure. He kept Nora at his side now, openly and resolutely. He seemed to see no one else. It might have been that the place held no one, to his knowledge, but the girl xvho xvalkod by his side, trying so hard to maintain her old gay and debonair spirit And, though the others looked so regretfully at Mark, Nuel Armstrong seemed to xvateh only her. “Oh, Nora,” Mark whispered, as they went down the terrace steps, “if it could jut all melt axvay, and leave us two alone! 1 long to say what is in my heart to night, and cannot—here.” “If you intend to catch the mail at Charing Cross I advise you not to miss any train from here,” observed Dr. Arm strong. “Graham will see you all safely home,” said Mark. And then he had driver, off. lis gaze to the last riveted on Nora's fact. “Whenever you like to go home, Mis* St. George,” said Captain Graham, xvon dering at the rapt expression in her face, as she stood listening to the distant bells —the beautiful, slight figure drawn to its full Height —“tell me, and xx-e will start.” “Y’on will like to go now. Nora,” Will Foster said; and she started at the chang ed tone. “I see that you xvill, dear,” he added, trying tc speak more easily; for bis eyes had been suddenly opened uoxv, as they had never been while every one had gently tried to open them for him. “Not until Celia wishes it —unless Mrs. Pennington does,” began Nora; but Nuei Armstrong's clear, raised tones interrupt ed her. “Excuse %ie, Foster, but I have some thing to say to my cousin.” “Please say u here,” entreated Nora, shrinking from him as Will courteously moved away. “Y’ou would soon be sorry if I did—and nngry, too,” rejoined Nuel, offering her his arm. “It is not for the xvorld to hear, Nora.” Without taking his arm, she walked with him until he stopped in a quiet cor ner of an outer gallery, from which the world looked very still and wide and calm that August evening, while the church bells rang softly still, far axvay as it seemed. But, though Nuel had been so hurried, he paused now in a silence ns deep as xvas hers in her great calm; and it was only xvhen at last she turned and looked at him in her surprise that he broke it, speaking in a voice as concen trated as had been his gaze at her through Mark’s farewell. ”1 saw the arrogance of Mr. Poynz wi en he set out, Nora, and I fancied, perhaps, he entertained absurd ideas of —of paying attention to you xvith suc cess. llis arrogance will be short-lived, enough, though, and I have come to prove that. Y'ou know what was to be your love test, Nora. Well, I hax-e done my part, and stood the test. I have suc ceeded, darling, as men only succeed when they put their hearts into their work, and I am come to claim my re ward. Of course—of course,” he added, emphatically, in Nora’s silence, “it was not to be expected that I should love you for years wholly and entirely as I hare done, and win no return. Now I have come for my recompense; your own voluntary payment—dear; no forced con sent. just because you will feel yourself —utterly in my power!' CHAPTER XVIII. The low, arched avenue among the yew trees was not the usual and fre quented approach to Heatoa Cottage: for it was out in an exaggerated curve from the park to the flower garden at the side of the house; and, as if to make it still more private than their own gloom and semi-concealment naturally, or rather ar tificially. made it, its little iron gateway was screened entirely by laurels skillfully planted beyond. Against this low gate, on the day before the arranged depart ure for Brighton, Nora stood, deep in thought; while scarcely a breath of the wintry air touched her. and no sound disturbed the silence there. Quietly and unperceived she had left the house, because Celia had happen* 1 to mention that Miss Giffard expected Lord Keston: and she' xvouid stay here in the shadow and solitude until she could feel sere that he must have left the cottage again. Never, if she could possibly help it. did she venture to meet Mark, know ing how her own cowige wavered in the presence of his. and how herd it xxa* to feel they were really to live their lives apart, while he, with such quiet deter mination. acted as if it need not be so. “Just as if,” Nora whispered to her selffi “that sad truth were not truth; and as if I had not promised so >.jiemniy. Yet he him seif has said 1 shall not break that vow. and he would ne'er tell me a false hood. even ” A step upon the gravel, far behind her. snapped the thought like the snapping of a thread: and there came into the girl's eyes a strange, mute yearning which was From Darkness To Light now to them, and inexpressibly palheticx “Have you heard Miss Giffard’s last decision, Nora?” Mark asked, coming up to her just as if she had been expecting him. “Sha lu.s decided not to go to Brighton yet —htrself, I mean,” he added, quickly, because, watching her so anx iously, be had seen the shadow of a great oisappoitment fall on her !aee. “I do not rtiean that she has delayed the departure for all of you, Nora, darling; only for herself. She xvouid not have done even that,” he xvent on, speaking heavily a lit tle, for he was certain noxx- of what he had feared —that she longed to ax-oid him, and to leave the spot where he could see her so often, and xx-here his home lay, “only that she feels her presence necessary here—for a time. She had in tended to go xvith you and return alone earlier, but she has arranged otherwise noxx - . because Mrs. Pennington is coming up to-morrow, and will take charge of you and Miss Pennington, xvhile I go— only to take charge of Foster, eh, sweet heart?” “Shall you stay in Brighton?” asked Nora, utterly failing in her effort to make the question indifferent, xvhile her heart beat xvith such a txvo-fold fear —the fear for herself in r.is presence, and the fear for the long days when she xvouid have to live her life without him. “No,” he answered, gently. “I wish 1 might, though. Yes. I wish it, in spite of you, dearest. Do you dream for a moment that I should be stayed by your coldness or caprice? Ah, my beloved, you little know me if you imagine it! The strength of my love could not be turned aside by such a trifle What? a real smile at last! How precious they are to me, noxv that they come so sel dom!” A little pause, while Nora stood very still, the faint color coming and going on her delicate face, as she suppressed her pain, as xx’eli as her love. “No, sweetest, 1 am not going to stay in Brighton,” Mark repeated, breaking the silence at last, in a tone-which told nothing of the strong xvill resigned; “for I have business which must take me axvay for a little time. It xvill be very hard to leave you there, Nora; but I come that I inay hasten our reunion; and I leave you with old friends xvho love you, and in a spot xvhere you wili win back the old bright health and girlish spirits.” “I am quite well noxv,” said Nora, xvist fully. “Quite well, though lam not like xxhat I used to he; I can see that in the face of everyone xvho looks at me. It is not because I am—ill noxv. It is I am older—and ” “So much older, Nora, darling,” said Mark, xvith an involuntary movement, as if he must take her iu his arms to com fort her, but refraining instantly, “that you ought to be wiser. But never mind; probably wisdom will come xvith the gray hair. Now I must go ou to meet Doyle in Guildford.” “Is Mr. Doyle here again?” questioned Nora, xvith the same mixture of shrink ing and louging xvith which she thought, or spoke, of ail the friends of her old life. “Yes, dearest, Doyle is rather busy in this neighborhood just noxv. I believe he xvouid tell you he had a ‘case’ here. He laughs heartily at being sent for to help our London solicitors. Another blush, sweet? lloxv delicious it is to see them once more! Do you kuoxv, Doyle recog nized our house in a moment,” Mark add ed, xvhile again the blush rose at hearing that pronoun xvhieh he used as if there could be no thought, for a moment, of his possessing anything which xvas not hers, too, “from the sketch he had seen in Mrs. Corr’s cabin.” “But I thought your house was closed and had been closed ever since ” “And shall be closed.” concluded Mark, promptly, in her timid pause, “until its master and mistress go to live there to gether, in a joy the old house never has known yet. No one shall occupy it un til then, my love.” “Good-by,” said Nora, simply, but evi dently xxithout a thought of staying, xvhen he did not wish her to do so. After passing the gate he could not look back and see her walk to the house, and it xvas xvell ke could not; for the tears she had so gravely kept back in his presence hurst from her now beyond restraint, and she stood in the gloom and solitude, xvith her face hidden iu her hands, sobbing piteously. “I cannot help it,” she moaned to her self, when at last the tears xvere stayed in utter exhaustion, and she stood xvith Ijer hands upon her temples. “I thought I was not such a eoxvard! I was not once, I think. But,” she added, a wan smile breaking the tremulous sorroxv of her lips, though it never touched her eyes. “I shall be stronger presently. This ill ness had changed me so. Celia said she scarcely knew me. 'lndeed, indeed, I scarcely know myself; hut I suppose ev ery one feels so —so very weak, and low and helpless after brain fever. If—when 1 go axvay from here I shall grow strong again, and—fit to work, and —and able to remember how solitary my life must be 1 ” “Nora, Nora, dear!” The gentle call reached her where she stood; but, following the call, even before Nora could answer it. Miss Giffard came into the avenue at Dr. Armstrong’s side. “I sought you everywhere about the house, my dear,” she said, her face brightening when Nora came at once to her side, “until Dr. Armstrong suggested you mi, ht be here—a good guess, was it not? 1 e has come 'o say good-by, 6o I may g , and speak tc Corr, leaving Dr. Armstrong to take you >nto the house.” “It is not good-by l cm come to say, Nora,” spoke Nuel Armstrong, as soon as he had watched Miss Giftvrd out of sight, “though that plea served as well as any thing else for an excuse to reach you. You know perfectly well, even xvhile she said it. that that was not true. Not very probable!” he cried, with a hard, forced laugh, xvhile she saw, in real fear, how his face worked with a passion which was headstrong now ted desperate. “Gocd-by! Pah! Is all my love, and toil, and patience, to end in such a coxvard's speech as that? Stay, Nora, I have something to say, and must say it here; unless.' he continued, using craftily his knowledge of her, “you wish it said be fore that sleepy looking woman, who has no right to hear a word.” “Shall you be long? Is it much you have to say to me?” asked Nora, wearily. “It need not be much.” he answered. ”1 have need only to teli you I am ready to take yon now, Nora, J.o your poor father. No wonder you look surprised my for it has been a hard, long task for me to track him; or, rather, it has b**en a long enterprise, and would have been a hard one if I had not done it for your sake. And is it strange that I should be the one to win ycu your wish at last, and crown your life with happi ness?- ’ “That.” said Nora, with proud quiet ness. "you can never do. Dr. Armstrong." “You r childish freak of concealment 1 understood and excused, he .:3:t on; “but, you see, fate and fortune did not help you; and I know how glad you feel now to transfer all responsibility into my wiiiing and able hands. My beauty, I do not ask you to come with me to-day; I would rot hurry you so; for until this minute yon have not guessed that I was on my way to you with good news, the power, as well as the will, to give yon perfect ease and happiness at last and such enjoyment as life has never contain ed for you before. No, I will not hurry you so, Nora. I wili go with you to Brighton to-morrow; and you will be stronger presently, and we can pursue our journey. Ah! Nora, to think what rap ture that meeting will be for your wrong ed and lli-used father! So xveil I know your heart yearns to him—the parent who has so unjustly all his life been deprived of his daughter's love and compassion.” “Dr. Armstrong,” said Nora, calmed by her very fear of him, as thus he tempted her through her keen sense of duty, “l woqld follow my—my father anywhere, if you would put it into my power to do so. But even though you profess to pity him. you will not help me to go.” “Nora,” he cried, passionately, inter rupting her, “I am here for no other pur pose. I have traveled and toiled and xvaited for that end alone —to tecure his safety, and to nnite you. I have paved the way perfectly now, and I have only one task left, to leave my darling in her father's care.” “If you will tell me where he is and let me go to him, I shall he grateful to you all my life,” she said, earnestly. ".Mr. Pennington will take me.” “I shall take you myself,” said Nuel, with a sudden hard determination in Lis x-oice. "I shall come to Brighton v;i:h you to-morrow —why not? ”’fce Peau ng tons are old friends of mile, and me Fosters will be glad enough to welcome me. Then we will arrange it ail at our ease. I could not help giving my time and strength and thought to you, because my heart was yours; you see that, Nora?” He asked the question suddenly, for even in his selfish vehemence he was shocked a little by her stillness and her pallor. “I only see your cruelty,” she answer ed, very low. “Let me go to my father without these hard conditions, and I xvill go to the xvorid's end. If you will not, I —will not go.” "Y'ou will not go!” he cried, his voice harsh and quick, and cruel, as he had never nlloxved her to h* >.r it before. "Y'ou xvill not go, you say . You xvill not go with me, after all these years of seeking and wooing jou'' You are to escape me at last, and boose another? No, that shall never be while I live! I have borne enough, and done enough, for you uoxv, and I claim my reward. I demand it, Nora! I am no hoy, to be trifled with at your pleasure. Mine is no uexv lovr, to be set aside carelessly for any other man's. You shall feel that, Nora. Y’ou shall realize that a man who, in his mid dle age, has set his heart upon you, is not to be lightly rejected for one xvho—who xvouid scorn you and insult you if he knexv you as I knoxv you; while I—love and seek you through all. But I swear be shall knoxv all the degrading truth ” “Oh! let him know!” she cried, in her longing for help and guidance. “Oh, let him knoxv. and end this terrible secret!” “He shall know; but not until I have taken you from his derision." “Miss St. George, you are lingering here too long. Gome into the house with me, xvill you? I found I had forgotten rather an important message from Miss Giffard, so I had to turn back.” Mark had come upon them so thor oughly unawares, after passing through the little gate, and had spoken with such readiness and apparent ease, that even in the silence following his words, Nora stood as he had found her, her eyes xvide and feverish in their courage, yet her lips apart, and her breathing quick and ir regular in her fear. “Miss St. George will return to the house wlieu she chooses,” put in Nuel Armstrong, xvith an insolent mockery on his lips, "and she xvill not choose just at present. lam not likely to let my cousin stay out to injure her health. I have too much consideration for her, and too much experience iu my profession. We need not detain you.” "Y’ou cou!d not,” said Mark, coolly, as he took Nora's hand. “Even your power has its limits, Dr. Armstrong.” "I should have fancied,” said Dr. Arm strong, his wrath breaking forth unre strainedly, now he felt that Nora xvas leaving him, “that by this time you xvouid have left off interfering betxveen relations. Y'ou have brought mischief enough through your sneaking practices.” For an instant Mark turned upon him. xvith tightened lips and indrawn breath; then he remembered Nora’s presence rind turned away again with quiet contempt. “Do as you choose,” he said; “I xvill not interfere.” (To he continued.) Inquisitive Penguins. We often met companies of six or eight or more penguins promenading ou the pack in the sunshine. When they saw us they generally exhibited curiosity, and approached to get a near er view. Ido not kuoxv if these birds have the instinct of the naturalist, and take a lively interest, doubtless purely philosophic from their point of view, in everything new which presents it self. or if the object of their investiga tions is entirely practical, but they cer tainly came near us xvith a dis.inct purpose of making examination. But if xve had the misfortune to excite much curiosity, they became aggres sive. One would first come close to us and reconnoiter, and then, on ills order, the others would advance with r. men acing air, and the battle began—a bat tle in which xve sometimes had trouble to demonstrate effectively our superior strength. On one occasion we xvere a ole to observe that the penguins are musical amateurs. Unfortunately xve could not ascertain if they are equally able to appreciate “talent and classical music,” for xve had no virtuoso among us, nor indeed any musician, although we all, xvlthout exception, played nu merous melodies and even operatic airs on the ship's barrel organ. But in any case—and the thing is worth noting— one of the sailors delighted to exercise hkuself upon the trumpet, and the pen guins came from great distances to listen to him—no doubt to learn some thing nexv. Often, very often, these brave pen guins amused us, and when we xvere tired of preserved foods, especially of .Australian rabbit, they afforded us real succor, after we learned that the flesh of the penguin Is excellent eating.— Henryk Arctowskl in Geographical Journal. Why Big Fish Get Away. It Is perfectly plain that large fish are more apt to escape than small ones. Their weight and activity, combined with the increased trickiness and re sourcefulness of age and experience, of course, greatly increase their ability to tear out the hook, and enhance the danger that their antics will expose a fatal weakness in hook, leader, une or rod. Another presumption, which must be regretfully mentioned, arises from the fact that in many cases it is the encounter with a large fish which causes such excitement, and such dis traction or perversion of judgment, as leads the fisherman to do the wrong thing, or fail to do the right thing, at the critical instant.—Grover Cleveland, ia Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. A Risk Well Avoided. “We insure persons of every voca tion.” said the accident insurance so licitor, except ” He spoke In a confidential, you-sce how-it-is-yourself tni'M of voice. •• that of innocent bystanders. We are philanthropic and all that, bn: we are not foolish.”—Harper's Bazar. Giving It Away. “She says her first appearance on the stage was with ‘The Boys of ’49.’ ” “You don’t say! Well. now. I didn't think she was quite so old as that”— Philadelphia Bulletin. WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh, Coughs, Colds and Catarrhal Diseases. Catnrrh is an old cold. Even tie strong est and most robust are liable to colds during the winter months. A cold, if neglected, is almost certain to cause ca tarrh of the head, which rapidly spreads through the system, setting up catarrh of the throat, lungs, stomach or pelvic organs. What a host of winter ailments would be prevented by a preventive as well as a cure for colds. .j " 'ii ■ / V CROW' \ fcj BRWN- jr Mrs. (.00. Kalb, Hot Springs, Ark., writes: “Systemic catarrh has trffabled Im ‘ lor I1!lu ' year*. 1 read in The p?pers of the cures effected by the use of Pe runa, and 1 decided to give it a trial. I had tried many good doctors but with out avail. 1 took two bottles of Peruna aud felt so much improved that I kept on taking it until I had used twelve bottles, and am now completely cured of the dread disease.” Miss Nellie Crow, No. 1114 Edith place, Memphis, Tenn., writes: “As I was cured from a chronic case of catarrh of the head, 1 am only too glad to recommend Peruna. I have had more or less catarrh ever since I can remem ber, and have tried numerous remedies and doctors’ prescriptions, and while some things would help me for the time being, it is to Peruna that I owe a per fect cure. It was recommended to niy by a friend who had been cured through its use, so I gave it a trial and it not only cured the catarrh but toned up the entire system.” FOUND AMERICANS 3UYING LAND AT SASKATCHEWAN, WESTERN CANADA. A Michigan Farmer Visits Saskatoon ami Is Well Pleased. Mr. S. K. Lent was a delegate sent from the farmers of Allegan County, Michigan, to Western Canada to report on the prospects for successful settle ment. His report is as follows: 1 went from Winnipeg to Edmonton, thence east one hundred miles by wagon. I found the country in that vicinity a rich, black loam, varying front twelve Inches to three feet deep: the crops are simply something enormous; wheat and oats by actual Measurement often standing live feet in height. I have been a farmer for forty years, and con sider myself a fair judge of the yield of grain, and I saw wheat that would yield 50 bushels per acre, and oats that would yield 100 bushels per acre; not one alone, but a good many. As for root crops aud garden truck, in no country have i ever seen tlielr equal for all kinds except corn and tomatoes; the nights being too cool for these to ripen well. Asa stock country it has no equal. East of Edmonton, on the head waters of the Vermillion river, I saw hay meadows containing from 10 to 100 acres, the grass standing 4 feet high, and would often cv.t three to four tons to the acre. From Edmonton I passed through some fine locations, namely, Wetaskiwin, Lr.combe aud oth er points. From Maoleod ! went to Regina, thence to Prince Albert, 247 miles north of the main line. For the first fifty miles is fine farming country, but the next hundred miles Is more of a stock country. Thou at Saskatoon, Ilosthern and Duck Lake I 'found some very fine farming country, so good that I found a party of Americans from Minnesota buying laud for themselves, one party buying twelve sections, and the other twenty of land for themselves, which they proposed to im prove at once. I have traveled over twenty-three different States and territories in our Union, and never in my lifetime have 1 ever seen such magnificent crops and especially as fine a stock country. How to Veneer Fasniouably, “There will be snow soon,'’ said a bounder, “and when it comes I'll hire a sleigh and a set of furs, and take my best girl out, dazzling her. You didn't know, I guess, that you can hire furs, did you? Well, you can, and craek-a jacks, too. Big sealskin caps with ear tabs. fur gloves up to your armpits, fur collars up to your forehead—there are half a dozen pawnbrokers in this town that'll fit you out with all those things for an afternoon, aud the price Is only a bone. You put them on, and as you spin along the park drive you say to your girl: T got these gloves in Mani toba—a gift from my friend, the Mayor of Dog Gulch. I speared myself the seal my cap is made trom, and Senator Pitcoe gave me the collar—ritcoe, of Wyoming—perhaps you know him.’ The girl looks at you. You resemble an Es kimo. She counts the cost of the furs, and decides it is a young millionaire she's up against. After that she's yours."—Philadelphia Record. An Important Discovery. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 13.—A sensation al statement is made by Mr. Benjamin Major wuose home is at the corner of Jane and hurlbut avenue, this city. Mr. Major says that he has fonnd a remedy which will positively cure all Kidney and Bladder troubles. He suffered for a long time with these dis eases in the most painful form and during his illness experimented w ith a great many medicines without getting any. relief. Finally be tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills and to his great joy was cured completely. The statement he makes seems to have ample confirmation in reports be ing published every day of wonderful cores bv this reined?. Trouble Ahead. “What are yon crying for?” “Me big brodder’s gettin’ a lick in.” “Ah. I see! Yon're sorry for him.” “Now. I’m sorry fer myself, lie's go la' ter lick rue fer tellin’ on him."—New Yark Evening Journal. We use Piso's Cure for Consumption in preference to any other cough medicine. —Mrs. S. E. Borden 442 P street, Wash ington. D. C., May 25, 1901, Experienced lumbermen can ascertain almost exactly the condition of a tree by striking it a heavy blow with an ax and judging by the sound. Do you use Mrs. Austin's Famous Pan Cake Floor? The Buss Company, makers. S*3ih Bend, la<l. There is a mound on the banks of Brush creek, Adams County, Ohio, which represents a serpent in the act of * wal lowing an egg. | Peruna is such a remedy. If taken at the first symptom of catching cold it heal# the catarrhal condition before it becomes established and makes impossi i ble a spread of the disease. Should the cold be neglected and result' in catarrh, Peruna will cure, but it will take much longer and will result iu much unneces sary suffering. §^ : mLOUCETCHUn- I Miss Lou Cetobuui, Xo. 1135 Bass nv„ Memphis, Tenn.. writes:—"PEßU- X'A brought me relief and health, and I firmly believe in its efficacy. I had la grippe last winter and suffered for several weeks without obtaining relief /yHm Salzer*a Marvel Wheat—42 bum. per Acre Washington as a Honk ess Man. The fame of George Washington as soldier and President has thrown Into the shade the business end of his ca reer, and we have almost forgotten that he was Immensely clever at a horse trade. But for the Revolution he would have made his mark In the transportation business. Of course bo never thought of a railroad, but ho suggested the Chesapeake <fc Ohio canal, and was the first President of the company that undertook the pro ject. He also had his eye on the Mo hawk Valley, and would have dug the Erie canal if our ancestors had not required his services in the matter of casting off the British yoke. He (Qualified. “Young man,” said the stern parent, “do you think you will be able to sup port my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed?” Now, this young man might have taken advantage of a glorious opportunity to ring a chestnut bell, but he didn't. In stead he thought for a moment and re plied : “Well—er—l think so, with one excep tion.” “Aha! And what may the exception be, sir?” “I don't think I could be so infernally stingy with the gas.”—Denver Times. How'll This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease of ( atarrh that cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo. O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and bettyve him perfectly honorable i j rJ] business transactions and finan cially able i carry out any obligation made by their firm. West Si Truss. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O. Waldtng. Kimtan li Marvin, Wholesale Drug gists. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the bits a.' and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by ati Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Jills are the bet. Proof Positive. “Where did yon get your pretty ring, Edna?" asked a visitor of a bright 4-year old miss. “Brother Will gave it to me,” she an swered. “Is it a diamond?” queried the visitor. “Well, I should think it ought to be.” was the indignant retort. "It cost 39 cents.”—Chicago News. Brooklyn, N. V.. Jan. 13.—A very timely aud practical suggestion comes from a phy sician of this city. He says; “Take <sr field Tea. the Herb Medicine. It Is especial ly ueeded at this season, when the system la apt to lx-.nt of order from eating rb-u food. This wonderful remedy cleanses the system and regulates the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. It It simple, pure and effective, and is good for young and old." In England. “Kind sir. I s'pose yer don't know of no one what don't want to hire nobody to do nothink, do yer?" “Yes, I don't.” All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, a* they color all fibers at one boiling. Sold by druggists. Trees, the bark of which has been re moved in the spring, should never be felled until the foliage dies in the fall, Mrs. Austin's Famous Psn Cake Flour will K" ise you. Msde by the Bass Company, th Bend. lad. If you do v.ot tlerivs prompt and satis factory results from lhe use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your ease, and he will be please,' to give you Ids valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman. President of The ilcrtmai; Sanitarium, Columbus. O. until I took PERUNA. Three bottles not only cured me completely, but it left my system In a flue condition, aud l feel better 'than 1 have for years. You have a host of friends in Mem phis.—Miss Lou Cetehum.” Miss Beatrice-Brown, Xo. 590 Walnut st.. Memphis, Teun., writes: —“This fall I became very much run down, be ing overtaxed with social and domestic duties. 1 caught a bard cold, aud. my system being in a weakened condition, l found it impossible to shake off the •old. 1 was advised; by a neighbor to ry PERUNA and bought a bottle, and uu only sorry now that 1 did not kuow >f it before, as it would have saved me j;o much suffering. 1 shall not be wltta | nit it again, as it effected a speedy | cure.” ; Mm. Wlnilow*it F.oothiso Atbi’P for CThil4r*a teething; Boftenn the gurus, rvdures infbrnn.auon, mi lujß pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a txittls. Capsicum Vaseline Put Up in Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute for and Supciior to Mustard or amf other plHht-r.nnd will not nl.ntcr tin* mo.xt delicate ski.i. The pain (allaying mid curative qualities of this article arc wonderful. ft will atop ihe tooth* ache at once, and relieve headache and ct&ti<UL We recommend It as the bei un i safest ex ternai counter-irritant known, also jis an external reme dy for paint in the chest and Stomach aud ail rheumatic, neuralgic and jjefuty compUiut* A trial will prme what we claim for it, and it will be found to be iu valuable hi the household. Many people say “It is the b *t of ail your prepa ratioiiH.’* Frioe 15 rents, nt it'l drttjfjrlstft, or other dealer*, or by H’iidiiitf this amount to 11* iu postage stamps w* will send you a uibe by mall. No article should be accepted by the public un less the same carries our label, us otherwise it is not genuine. ’ CHEEStHROUOH MAISLFACTURINU CO, 17 Slate direct. New "erk City. 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