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BLOOD POISONING. A Nurse’s Experience. Tktre ire (hnnoiadi of ptorle suffering traps blood poisoning who have almost bnggnted thcin-,1 vcn in buying medicines front which they have obtained no help. Ser« are thousands of others who first or tbovc tried l>i. Avcr's Sarsaparilla and found perfect healing. One of these Others, Mrs. A. F. Taylor, of Hnglevale, M. Dek. relates the following experience: “About two years ago, I nursed a lady whe was suffering; ( and finally died) from blood poisoning. I must have contracted » a disease from her; for shortly after her :ath, X bad lour large sores or ulcers, break out on my person. I doctored for a lon g time, both l.v external application and with various blood medicines; but, in Spite of ail that 1 could do. the sores would not heal. They were obstinate, verv pain fnl, annoying, and pnly getting woe all the time. At last. I purchased six bottles of Dr.Ayer's Sarsaparilla, thinking I would give it a thorough trial. Before the first bottle was taken. I noticed a decided im provement in mv general health; mv ap petite was quickened, ami I felt better j and stronger than 1 had for some time. While using the second bottle, 1 noticed that the sores had begun to look healthier "IROINHNG MADE EASY.’’ I JUtRES NO COOKING * U M 9 .MS AND GUFFS STIFF AND NICE Wm OF THIS STARCH WILL GO I Mfflk i is a pound and A halt ; WJHaH OT OTHER STARCH* , *hi>t actum o oniy gy j fIMSUI LJBINGER BROSX? V W jnsflffjljni'riiTkl ttaanSl mmtm frmw tetteC'alsturt^whUenesvand uTaaS ■Hag mash. It la the only siarch rasnefsetared that la perfectly bamueas. containing neither arsenic, ■am er any other substance injurious to linen and can be used even for a baby powder. For Sale by All Wholeiale and Retail Grocer*. NoNeedtoLoseaDayof Delightful Spring Riding. We fill all orders *t once from stock. We are sure we cm please you in quality and price with a """rL Maehints and Friets Buirinlisd. * v POPE MANUFACTURING CO., HARTFORD. CONN. Catalogue free from any Columbia Dealer or by mail from us . 4 for one two-cent stamp. Use only one heap ing teaspoonful of Schilling s Best Bak ing Powder to a quart of flour. You mutt use nut tf«spoonfuls of other baiting powder. '' tt» DON’T BORROW TROUBLE.” BUY SAPOLIO *TIS CHEAPER IN THE END. BfMflmtir I*"—’—! 1 *"—’—! rENIUNdxw «nc* i ■ I , Pmiha xiad, tetfNTlteNUv—», WA3WWTOH. DwC , and to heal. Before the six bottle* had i b , e * n **hen, the ulccra were healed, the skin sound :md natural, and my health | better than it had been for years. I have been well ever since. I lied rather have ‘•ne bottle of lir. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla than turee of any other kind.” Thia is but one example of the remedial value of Dr. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla in all forms of blood disease. Theic is no other blood medicine that cures so promptly, so surely an! so thoroughly. After nearly "• lf ■ century of test and trial it i» the standard medicine of the world for all diseases of the blood. Sores, ulcers, boils. * e Jter, rheumatism, scrofula and every other blood disease is curable by Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla The success of this remedy caused many imitations to he put on the market. Imitation remedies work ira ttation cures. The universal testimony is that one bottle of Dr. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla ia worth three of any oilier kind.” If you are interested in knowing more about this remedy, get Dr. Ayer's Curebook. a story of cures told by the cured. It is sent free ZL2VWW*? J- C - A y* r Co ” Lowell. Maas. Write for it. ! J7ST7OQO BICYCLES ! /fWIZIvaf ' ILV t equjuiuest, ompu i Orl att#. i 'ssvsssr^ I fI W TSmTjo.i' bargain Mat and «rt'•stiiloguo L'JSiSMmB’Hs madAa. DICYCLF. rKEETor | Vaaoa to adrarstsu them, head fi r one. Kt«l*r aetata | Mated. Iwanibowto Earnaßlvyeleaadmabemor.cy. K. J*. MBAI> CYCLE CO, fJHICAtjn AN OLD-TIME HERMIT. LIVED AND DIED ALONI AND SLEEPS ALONE. Epitomized Account of Ereaatrk Xaeaph Plummer's Sylvan Homo sad MlUl* Characteristics—His rim* end 7 Coart,hip. ESTLINO In the fair valley beneath the domes of the v e r dure-crowned Sanbornton moun tains —in the pic turesque White Hills of New H a m psh 1 re—etands the remains of an old hermn’s cabin. How shall I de* 7§| T l»: -■S'" |i VU scribe the place and its once noted owner? Let us fl* back upon the wings of time to the historic town of London derry. *ame state, where In the year 1774, October the 28th, was born Jo seph, sixth child of Jesse.and Plummer. Soon after his birth his par ents moved to Sanbornton and later to Meredith, but subsequently returned to Sanbornton. From birth “Hermit Joe,” as hr was familiarly known, was r. person of * peculiar ideas and actions, preferring to live the life of a roeluße rather than associate with bis fellow beings. Let tia o’er hills and dells — leave the beaten truck of travel—and plunge Into the forest; whore those monarchs of the woods, the pine and the hemlock, once held undisputed sov ereignty. Ixrt us far into the depth of one of these dark woods—where the murmur of a tiny brooklet is heard softly tuning its song when the sum mer holds sway; or, dashing and roar ing amid its rocky bed when the win ter snows are rapidly melting under the warming influence of the rains of inconstant April. Into such a spot — amongst the mountainous region of the HERMITS HOME TODAY. Old Granite state—had Joseph Plum mer penetrated at the age of 21, whan he purchased seven acres of land in a vast forest at the foot of Mereu.th hill. It was a desolate spot for a home; a small cabin erected on a mere knoll of scrubby pines and sandy, poverty stricken land in the large forest of towering trees which struggled for ex istence along the rocky banks of a 11m pied mountain brooklet. In the writ er’s mind, this small rivulet must have been the one thing that attracted the hermit’s attention and decided him to select this unfavorable spot for a home. Doubtless the hermit’s weary thoughts were son’lied to rest many a night by the lullaby this brooklet sang. In those fa: distant days when the hermit founded his woodland home It was away fn m the villages—in the midst of a for- t—where the only sounds that could have disturbed his lonely life were the singing of the birds, the sweep of the wind through the lofty tree tops and the murmuring of the mountain stream -eeking Its level In the distant lakes. Hut gradually, a change came. Settlers became more plentiful; high ways were laid out, and visitors hoping to see the now noted hermit encroach ed upon his domains. Doubtless real izing that in view of the changing time he could not be as solitary as In his earlier years, ho became more sociable and ent< ruined his visitors in the “style of the times,” treating them to apples and cider, although when any one was’ - near him he watched him with eyes made sharp with distrust. In hia later years he made a conquerable sum of money by selling baskets and other small articles of his own manu facture. The hermit could read and write and some verses of his composi tion denouncing the building of rail roads and turnpikes are as follows “Iron stoves and wooden clocks. Awful storms and dismal shocks, Railroads and turnpikes through the . land. Forebodes destruction near at hand. "But who can make the people see, If blind as bats they choose to be? Deaf as the adder they appear, The truth they cannot hear. “Devil’* lies they much esteem. Because It suits their wicked scheme; His hook is baited With deceit, And they no doubt will bite the bait. “Then off to fly in vain they try, Like that from the hook would fly. The barbed hook will not let go But drawa them down to endless woe." The hermit’s cabin contained no win dows, although there was a hole In the garret closed with a board. One i door with dimensions of four feet by three feet was the only entrance. Just inside this door was a trap door so that , any one entering without his perm Is- , sion would tumble into the cellar. In constructing his chimney he placed two scythes, edge upward, protruding, to pre\ent anyone “coming down’’on him. | Onsrinally' it was a log hut which af I ter living te for many years the hermit I built the present building. “Joe” was very lagan luus, constructing many use- ; fnl articles, among them wooden scales. TMlns and bass viola, on which he was a remarkable player. IBs sub listened was composed mainly of pota toes. corn bread, berries. HA. herbs ftßfl fro™ wild animals Whtefc he captured Is the woods. He newer read newspapera, bat was a grant student of the Bthfta. la the Inter dago of Me Ms the N. H. L. Institute theology students used to journey to his home to engage him in a discussion on the doctriues of the Ulble. Tradition says that hi* single courting experience resulted dis astrously for himself. Two of his , brothers bad married daughters of D«a- ! con Fox, who resided on Meredith Hill, • and Joseph determined to woo the dea- 1 con's remaining daughter. One even- ! lug he went to his lady love’s house and quietly took himself to the daugh- , ten’s room and was calmly sitting on j her bed when she opened the bedroom 1 door to retire for the night. She be- Eun screaming and rushed downstairs to inform her father. The worthy dea coft, on hearing the facta of the esse, called the hermit down, and said in a solemn tone, “Joseph, the parlor is the proper place to court. That's where I would do it.’’ The hermit re plied: "Perhaps you would, dcueon, but you ought to know by this time j that I don’t do anything like any other I man." This was Joseph’s first and last 1 attempt to do any "sparking." On Dec. 3, 1802, his niece, Mrs. Free- j man Plummer, went to the cabin and \ found him dead upon his bed. His 1 property, real estate and personal, ; amounted in value to about $2,200, and was divided among his nieces and nephews, of whom there were fully . thirty. Just over the Sanbornton line iu the town of Meredith stands the hermit's home, as it now appears, a photograph of which is here reproduced. In a field a short distance from his one-tim horn*- ia a grave whose moss-covered headstone bears the following insciiy tlon: “The grave of a Hermit. Joseph Plummer, . of Meredith. I Died Dec. 3. 1862, Aged 88. “Content with seeking happiness for himself only, he lived in seclusion. He died alone. “Peace to his ashes, Rest to his soul " This grave is enclosed by a solid stone wall with no gateway (made in accordance with his instructions) thus shutting out all mankind. Hs died a* he had lived for thjjee score years and ten—alone, and even after denth he wanted to be alone. The only thing that is unchanged near Joseph Plum mer’s old retreat is the mountain brooklet. The hermit came and the hermit went, hut still the brook flown on, and the tumhle-down hut In the midst of the forest iB all that now re mains* to remind us of this very sseea trlc man. • WHY HE KILLED HIMSELF. The suicide of Frank Strauas, a pros perous grocer at Louisville, Ky., in Chicago recently, was the result of n sadly romantic episode. Strauas shot himself through the right templa at the boarding house of Mrs. Henry Phil HP*. Four weeks ago young Strauas, While out wheoling with a young worn* to whom he was to be married in a few Weeks, accidentally steered his wheel into hers, and the two riders were pre cipitated Into the stony road in which Uuy were traveling. The young wom an's bead was struck, causing a con cussion of the brain.* A mental de rangement was the result. Strauss soon recovered, but he was so distress- j e<! over the injury to his prospective j bi le that his relatives thought at times he was temporarily insane. He was sent to Chicago for a few days Jo g«: rid of the strain. The first intima tion that the Strauss family had of his in reusing .despondency was when ihay received, a few days before the suicide, a telegram from Frank saying: The m motony of Chicago is killing mo. I am afraid I must end it all.” BEGINS WORK EARLY. Isabella Harvey Horton, the 13-year old colored evangelist, is on a tour ■XPOUNDING THE WORD. through the central states. In the Jour ney* she Is accompanied by her mother. For bur age she is tall and extremely well built. Her face is oval and at trnadvs. Her voice Is strong and Plsastng and without a touch of niffro aeemt Her speech is excellent for one of so little education, but Is somewhat Illiterate. The object of her trip flu to pnmuh the gospel and to secure moans to intend her education through the feltfhaehool and college. So tar she has been successful in both, and Is now OB hir rsturn to Jersey City to eam l**hur education. Immortality. LM«* rich men all remind UB W# must quickly fade from Ngfe It yp <6 not leave behind us mite o'er which our heirs UNffp ffgbt. THE CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA. From the Republican, Scranton, Pa. The primary cause of dyspepsia la lack ef vitality ;tho absence of nerve force ;the loss nf the life-sustaining elements of the blood. , No organ can properly perform it* funo* liottH when the source of nutriment fail*. When t lie stoma, h is robbed of the nour ishment demanded by nature, assimilation cent-os, unnatural gn-es aregenernte. •’-* antiro vyxtem responds to the di*«*ord. A practical illu-tration of the symptoms and torture of dyspepsia is fund-bed by the cu.-e of Joseph T. Vandyke, 4-40 Hick orv Kt.. Scranton. Pa. In idling his story. Mr. Vandyke says; “Five years ago‘l was afflicted with a trouble of the KUmrnch, which was very nggin vntiiig. 1 bad no appe tite. eon Id not enjoy my-, sel;' ut any time, and e-- , pciiully was the trouble severe’when I awoke in tiTo morning. J did not know wliat the ailment wa>, but it bo omc .-tend -11 y worse and I was in conduut misery. "I ealTd in mv family pliysii i in, and he ding uo.-od tl.e ca e as catarrh of the stomach. He pro scribed for mo an.l 1 hail the prescription filled. 1 In Misery. | took neat ly nil of the medicine, but ntill the trouble bci amo worse, and 1 felt that my condition wan hopeless. 1 tri«*d sever al remp ti'>. recommend'd by my friends but without benefit. A Ter I had hern suf fering oral months, *1 Lomas Campbell, nl o a n -Lieut of tins city, urge l me to trv Dr. Williams' Pink Pills lor Pals Pc pie. **lu fluidly persuaded me to buy a box and 11 -ini to use the rills according to dii ' 'ion- Hoforo I bar! taken the second box 1 1 egnn to feel relieved, and after tak ing a fi \v more Iw.xe-. I considered myself rotoi cd to hoiil h. The pills gave me new life, strei -111. nmbi • n and happiness." Dr. \\ illiam- Pink Pi Is cine dysj*epsia by restoring to the I :• < tl the t equisitecon t IUQiVLB of life, by renewing the nerve U>n oii'id cnab’ing the stomach to prompt ly and p-opeily :i --imitate the fooa. These pills nre a-pe‘ific for all diseases having their origination in impnvoi islied blood or li-ordered nerves. They contain every dement requisite to general nutrition, to restore strength to the weak, good health to the ailing. War is horrible!” “Isn’t lit. Before a war men toll you what t' v would do In battle, mid niter a war I tell us what they did do.” ({flinty In mood Deep. Clean blood means n clean skin. No beauty without it. I’a-cai i t . 1 andy Cathar tic e on ns \ our hood and keen- it clean, by stirring up the la > liver and driving all ijn- Lurities from the body, begin to-day to nnisU pimp'"-, boils, blotcl " blackhead*, and that sie!;l v hiliouscomplexiou bv taking Caeca rots, beamy for ton •cuts. All drug gist.-. satisfaction iruavanDe 1. lOc.Sftc. 60c. “Whut made you so anxious to intro duee lllgby and DlgbyV lllgby tells war stories and Digby tells tish storlos." Smoke Sledge Cigarette-, JO lor Sets. 'lt 1m bad luck to walk tin : r a ladder.” ‘ Yes: at this time of year n In bad luck even to be in the same room with one.' No-To-ltao for Fifty Cants. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes week men stromr. blood pure. Me. fl All druggists The belief Is gaining gm. ml that Billy Patterson was struck bv u pp iy girl. orm enjoys Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant j and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the K idneys, j Liver an 4 Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cares habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeablo substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 oent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUF CO. SAIT FRANCISCO. CAL iOUISVIUI. KY. NEW YORK, Af. ft Ms ft SLICKER) WILL KEEP YOU DRY. j a Do.the footed with ami ’itcsll orruM-orroat If V’U ‘.icqsl that will ke.-p you Jtv m • hard est storm buy the I i-h iirsnS " town, write f«.r latatoj i A^rOWEß^o^or^Uss. Dr. GUNNS ONE FOR A DOSE. Dll I O Rmsovs fhmplsA, Prevent rlrl' BiIiOSSnMS, Purify th« Illixxl. | | testei W A mor.-m.nt of the l>..w- • *»' »' Ujtqp—U fo» hsslth. They neither xritH. •- r ncssm xrssr rtno# you, we will niml **"!}£?JlZjSm Vj*!? SSe. Sold by drocfista. IK. MSAMKO Co^VaaA,fA. HEP AYS THC FREIGHT. REST SCALES. IXAST MORET.JONESOFSINGHAWMMAV BEETLE’S EYE A CAMERA. Insrct’H Cornu* Ilß* D#«n KinpliijreU *s a * Photographic I « n*. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Thou sands of years before the inventive genius of men discovered the multifold , mysteries of photography and worked out the problem of the lens the little beetle was carrying round with him a snap camera of the most unique and interesting character. This ramera was provided with at least 100 photographic ; lenses, each perfect and In nature’s fin est working fettle.' All know that the beetle has the curious projecting eye very similar to the sort one sometimes i sees In man himself. The eye Is large and round, or almost so. It can hardly be called a perfect sphere, for It Is slightly convex In shape. Such Insect* have eyes called compound, formed not of one lens, but of several hundreds, set side by side, like cells in a honey comb. Dr. Allen of England, the fa mous scientist as well as physldan.took the cornea of the eye of a beetle and employed It in place of the usual photo graphic lens of the camera used for making photographs of mi ro copic ob jects. A silhouette of a head was pasted on a piece of round glass and a lamp placed behind It. A photographic dry plate was exposed to the light coming through the beetle’s eye from the sil houette and developed In the usual manner. The resulting multigiaph was circular and contained several hundred Images of the profile- one. Indeed, for each facet of the eye. It seems reason ably clear that insects form their judg ments of distance from such multlpl* l Images, depending upon the power of j each facet to refract light rays. The nearer the object the greater would be the area covered by the Images on the . retina. SHE SCARED THE BURGLAR. Nan Francluco Woiiihii Who Put t» Mid night Alum inter to Flight. Mrs. Charles Stackhouse is a plucky San Francisco woman, who is neither afraid of a revolver, nor does she fire it off haphazard when called to face a sudden emergency. Her husband Is a marine engineer, and, being often ab i sent from home for days at a time, he had instructed his wife in the use of a j revolver, cautioning her that, should It I ever happen that the home was Tn , vaded by burglars, she should not hesi tate to use the weapon, and iise It promptly. When awakened at 1 o’clock | one morning last week by the sound of 1 stealthy steps on the front stairway of her fiat, she remembered her husband’s caution and seized th>- weapon, which was hidden under her pillow, and j rushed to the head of the stairs. The burglar was not ten feet away. Level ing the revolver at the intruder, Mrs. Stackhouse ordered him to halt and throw up his hands. The tone In which the order was given apprised the burg lar of the fact that he had to deal with a resolute woman. He lost no time in obeying her command. Mrs. Stackhouse thereupon ordered him to leave the premises and not to return on pain of death. The burglar, glad to I escape arrest, lost no time in obeying her command, and made himself scarce ! at once. The police were notified of th- - * I occurrence and a description of the man was given. It tallies with that of | a suspicious character seen hovering I about the place. Money Would I>o. Servant—“ Well, what do you want?” I Wandering Musician—“ Ah. then possi ! bly you did not hear the music we have ! not as yet played before your door?” i Detroit Journal. Wan tod m "Nest." Customer—l want six all wool sets of undear wear. Clerk —What size, please? Customer —All sizes, so one fits over the other. I’m going to the Klon dike! Perhaps money talks, hut It seems averse to holding conversation with a great many people. Governor Pingree's Dili for Increas ing the tnxi*s on railroads failed to pass the Senate by two votes. It had passed the House by an almost unanimous vote. •'Bmbicline mint woriir THC POPULAR UNI TO LEADVILLE, glenwooo springs I ASPEN, GRAND JUNCTION ANO ORIPPLE GREEK I H— *h— all tha prlr.jlpai towiia and mtm ■ tn( samps In Co'orado, Utah Mi New Meiloo. PAKICITHROUaM •ALT LAKE OITY m ROUT* TO AND TKOR PAHPIff MROV. TNI TOURISTS FAVORITE LWI TO AU. UOUSTAIS SSSMtS. itip^ttMßEß**ttMMßßß Ptt HiMttEf IRIIWO—— dad alflBMB • MMR. HEUEREt. UIIHS. ’ —,jU dcSves. ooiiessai r"