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THE eRIMALDl FAMILY.


O10 OF the Ol008t R0Q 6lc00Dt OF EUTOD0'0
Princely Houses.
The Grimaldi family, from which the
rulers over Monaco have sprung, IL an
cient and distinguished Several foolish
statements are current about the origin
Of the Grimaldis. The authority for these
fables is Charles de venasque, secretary
to Honore H., the first ruler who as
sumcd the title Of Prince of Monaco
after it had been ascribed to him, probs-
bly, through error, in the Official report
Of the French General who, in 1916, re-
captured the Lerins Islands. Charles
de venasquo drew up . pedigree Of the
family to which his master belonged,
and he may have thought that Honore
III. would be gratified by being assured
that he had . distinguished ancestor liv-
ing in ia, and another who was Lord Of
Monaco in the tenth century. These
particulars have been printed, and have
been reproduced IS authentic. Indeed,
genealogical fiction has . tenacious
life. A long and illustrious pedigree IL
. possession which once acquired Is not
easily renowned, every member Of the
family to which It relates having per
sonsl interest and natural pride In cher
ishing 1t. Thus, when NJ. Henri Metz
vier-who was tutor, we! believe, TO the
late Prince Of Monaco-wrote the large
and able work on "Monaco and its
Princes" which appeared in 1885, he In
corporated into It the family fables
which Charles de Venasque fabricated
or copiod IN 1647. The facts relating to
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-Redheodvi1lo IL the name q 0our.
lshing settlement IN 0tseeo County,
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there was ring of sadness in it that
went straight to my heart and sent the
hot tears to my eyes. knew he had
not understood me at all, and. indeed,
it would have been difficult matter for
any one to have done that. / was not
responsible for any thing might do to-
day. loved him, and he had said 81
love you," and was foolishly ashamed
and gloriously happy. 1 just threw my
arms around his neck and looked into
his loving eyes and kissed the dear lips,
and then slammed the door in his face
and flew to take refuge with my old
blue-satin friend.
The next evening there was ball ct
Mayor Wentworth's. Tom Woods was
going to take me. He was an old friend
Of mine, the only one of all the many
men with whom had tried to "be
friends, who had not made love to me-.
I liked him heartily, and we had grown
intimately friendly. DIR. John would not
be able to come until late in the even
ing; but, though he did not dance, had
promised, long time ago, to save q
dance and sit 1t cut with him. At last
he came and smiled in happy and con-
tented way, when showed him the
dance that had saved; it came just
after galop with Tom Woods. Tom
was one of those splendid. but violent
dancers who always manage to get some
thing about them unhitched or dis
ordered. We had not gone round the
room twice, when startled him with .
burst Of uncomfortable laughter.
20. Tom, for pity sake, come outside
Your cravat Is skating round on your
collsr, to inspect the back Of your head !"
s"Q. bother, never mind though. thet'e
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of all l had suffered, unjustly, yet
through my own fault. Had but told
him that day when kissed him that he
was all the world to me, that / loved
him above my very life, ali, then all
would have been WE'LL
ssJohn, oh DIR. John, it has all been q
mistake-right from the very first. /
love you, only you-with all my strength
with all my strength love YOU"
/ guess we were both little insane
for the next half hour. Anyhow, sign
language was enough for us just then,
and neither spoke word.
s'But Tom Woods?" asked my great
big-hearted lover, with little furrow
down the middle of his forehead.
laughed a little, and cried little
and-und-well, don't care il did kiss
him. guess l had all the right l
wanted!
20 John, dear John, II we had not
both been SO proud, it would have come
right long ago. That night when-when
you found us two together on-on the
balcony-John, please don't look at me,
1 can't tell it at all, If you doll
John, we have been so very foolish, both
OF US. III was only pinning his cravat,
John"
DIR. Johu looked for q moment a.
though he did not at all understand, and
then our eyes met, and we laughed as
neither Of us had laughed for year, or
even in our lives, perhaps And well
we might laugh, for there had been sad
ness enough. found out, too. that
lovers don't mind pauses in the least
and . great while elapsed before d..
John spoke egain.
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t would be very unsatisfactory

Treatment would be very unsatisfactory
III most cases.
With the help OF a man thirteen pigs
were crowded into one end Of pen
where there was only comfortable
standing room for them. While man
worked a Nixon Little Gem" force
pump ] directed the spray upon the
pigs, special pains being taken to thor
oughly wet the fore quarters and the i'm
side of the ears where the lice were
most abundant. The time required to
make the application was eleven min
.utes and the amount Of emulsion used
was two gallons. The four gallons Of
emulsion remaining were applied the
following day to tWenty-seven pigs.
Two farm hands did the work this time
and they found the quantity sufficient
to make a thorough treatment.
The pigs to which the emulsion was
applied would weigh from f25 TO $50
pounds each. Six pints OF kerosene
were used in the six gallons of emul-
sion, which made it 12k per cent kero-
sene. Allow eighteen cents gallon
for the oil and ono cent for the soap
used and ii would make tie emulsion
required to treat these forty pigs cost
thirteen cents The whole time re-
quired for the treatment, including the
preparation OF the emHlsieE,- did not
exceed one hour for two men.
The lice became inactive at once
upon being wet by the emulsion and
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THE FARMING WORLD.
rrfEHexsEcuSs


from Bulletin, No. I. lows Agricultural
Experiment stati6ns lily c. r. GIlIettet
kntsmoloEis:
During last August learned that the
pigs on the College farm were being
troubled with. lice. had for some time
been anxious TO try the kerosene emul-
sion remedy against these disgusting
pests as used 50 successfully for the de-
struction OF cattle lice last winter and
reported upon in Bulletin 5 Of this sta
ton.
Mixtures OF kerosene and lard. and
lard and sulphur, as ordinarily recon-
mended against parasites upon domes-
tic animals, weree first tried that
might know from experience how much
Of a task it would be to use these sub
stances in the usual way. AS ] had an
ticipated, it was found to be tedious
operation If many animals were to be
treated. and especially If they were
wild In fact came to the conclusion
that any remedy like the preceding
where oils or washes are to be applied
with cloth, brush or curry-comb, can
hardly be practical except in cases
where the lice are very abundant or
where Thea are but few very valuable
tame animals that do not object to be-
ing handled. At least, this method OF
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HUMAN SACRIFICE.
How the Victims of African superstitie
Are Executed.

How the victims of African Superstition
Are Executed.
Here is a thrilling account of the
methods of human sacrifice in savage
Africa. The victim is placed on block
of wood, with his legs stretched out in
front of hitays--B each ankle a.
small stake is driven firmly into the
ground, the same at the knees and at
the sides, running up into the arm pits
His head is then placed in kind of cage
formed by ring of cane fastened around
the neck with numerous strings at
tached to it which are drawn up over
the head and are tied together in the
loop. A plant young sapling is now
stuck in the ground about twelve feet
from the victim and bent over toward
him until the extreme end is caught in
tho lion all tho STRINGS around the rinp
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sEEN an DIVER.
Beautiful subrnasiae sights d the Coast
N r1orida

Beautiful sub,narfne sights tf the Coast
6f Florida.
'sThese seas are famous for their
fishes, and many were beauties, being
striped with bright green, yellow, blue
| ana red. Others 3s9 long streamers,
and looked like the harlequins and
cotumbines In pantomimes. ! noticed
that there was the greatest difference
between them in their habits. Some
werc shy; and darted away at the slight
est motion; while others seemed tG
think me huge fish, and came near me
as II curious to see what ! was like.
Some swan over my arms and let me
movo my hands toward them. But most
were shy. As to the stories Of sharks,
they are in the main not true. | have
had shark come within five feet Of
| me, and when / raised my arm It darted
off in sach hurry that, the boiling of
the water nearly threw me off my feet
OF course, there may be cases where a
vefy large shark might attack a diver;
but II he should attack one wearing the
modern divers hemlet or armor, / think
the shark would have hard time Of it
copper and glass would not make a
very good mouthful," said the diver,
laughing. z. 4s.z-
"A friend of mine had funny ex-
perience. He was walking on a sandy
bottom, when suddenly he was lifted
upward, then thrown backward and, but
for his pike, would have fallen. For a
few seconds the, water was not clear.
Then he saw that the cause of his up
set was big skate that had been lying
partly buried in the sand-asleep, per-
haps. He had stepped with his leaden
shoes right on its back.
"Among the strange things that may
| be seen by divers is the ocean forest, off
| the eastern coast. Tho sandy bottom
there is covered with the hardened roots
Of great trees, and in some instances
parts Of trunks are standing, showing
that the coast there must have settled,
and that the sea has rolled in over the
| land.
Sometimes we go down at night, and
thea the scene under water is often a
beautiful sight. Every jelly-fsh and
living creature seems To be ablaze with
light; your rope appears to be on fire,
every motion makes the water glimmcr.
The crabs and fishes sparkle, many with
light-of their own. So, you see, in
stead Of being dark and barren place,
as the majority Of people seem to regard
it, the ocean, even at the greatest depths
is probably made bright by the very ami
mails that most need the light.n-Charles
Frederick Holder, in st. Nicholas.
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5000 DR. A. OWENS EEEcTRIckL 81 -
ss sfsr. Tprss; Nor Fehraary a 1ssz %. y;
Owen Is the most eucccssfut tnvensox 10y
manufnrturer ia the country Of Eiectrlc y
a ,,,,liarees for thecure Of ACUTE chronic ana
nefvous diseases. They have receayea tns
,1noiiaiified Endorsement OF physicians "
high standing, as well AZ fhonsahas u
sufferers who have been cured py tnem 4.
The following inaorsement 10 insta ss
absolutely convincing, and the writef
Professor Of the Theory and Practice q
Medicine In the American Medieni to1sge
Al al Louis Clinical Lecturer at the sltt
Hospital, St. Louis; Editor Of The Amealcs; II.
Medical journal; Author Of ,sEiectric,,ay n ~
Medicins and ,ss tiea sAs1
ST. LOUIS, No, Juno 10, 1ss6--l lax s.
pleasure in stating that ! have examined
and tested t]r. OWENS Electro Galyanic
Belt and Appliance, and 40 not hesitate 70
say that ii is the most practical ana emcien y
nv practice 1t is q very useful device ana
whenever electric belts or shields can pc OF
any benefit this will more than take the
place of any thing Of the kind have eyer
seen. GEoRGE y, fiTlEh, "a. =.
The Belts hav6 d reversible current, and
can be regulated to any desired power, and
the current is under the control OF the pa
ktient AZ he Belt will comp etelX cure nervous
and general debility, lumbago, paraiys SIS;
neuralgia, rheumatism, kidney ana spinai
diseases, ind gestlon. dyspepsia, cry
catarrh, blood poisoning, asthma and an
female diseases. These Appliances, IN
dorsed fas the best madel by oil dealers in
electrical and surgical instruments, may De
obtaiued from them Or from DR.. Owen him,
self. Parties living outside the city should
address Dr Owen for illustrated circulars,
testimonial circulars, price lists, etc, which
will give them every possible Information.
Another wonderful inyeny4o1 of DIR. Owen
is his Electrical Insoless Their use VIII
cure all diseases due to cold feet Ladies
Belts are made little different from the
Gents Belt The prices asked for all these
Appliances are very low. Try them u
| fces: Bo6 N Broadway, ST Louis, Mo-; SO
Broadway, N. Y.
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-
Catarrh Can't He Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can not
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you have to take internal RENE
dies. Hairs Catarrh cure Is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is
no quacls medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this country
for years, and is regular prescription. 1t
is composed of the best tonics known, COM
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
feet combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY IL Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
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eRAN0ItoQENT BoREs.

individuals Who Are a Great Trial to y
Plain, Sensible Man.
To be compelled to transact summary
business with people who talk down to
one from the seventh heaven Of turgiditY
is a great trial to a plain Doubt
less, rational reader, you have met with
individuals whose particular weakness
was grandiloquence. OF all bores these
specimens of the genus are the mostper-
picking, for as general thing their
elaborate politeness renders it impossi-
bic for good-natured man to snub
them violently, and to quiet satire they
are invulnerable.
In melodrama, the heroes and hero
ines who strut their hour upon the stage
deal in such wonderful tropes and meta
phors that we pronounce them unnatur-
al, and yet, there are characters in real
life whose inflated 6osh is as inconsistent
with common sense as the most disgust
ing mouthings of the stage. To such
immense creatures it is difficult to know
what to say. What can one say to a
bombastes of private life who discusses
the weather in blank verse and asks after
ones wife and family in Johnsonian
periods? 1t is impossible, of course, for
a person accustomed to suit his-phfase-
ology to his subject ever to be familiar
with such a being, We know several Of
the tribe, and entertain wholesome
dread OF them. To flee ingloriously
across the street. however muddy it may
be, is Slight ihconven fence as COM
pared with being caught and, verbally
bombarded for five minu ties by one Of
these amplifiers of commonplace.
No wonder bluff Jack Fallbtaff was
wroth with the magniloquent pistol.
We don't like slang, but upon the whole
it is not so bad as grandiloquence.
There is sometimes humor in slang
phrase, but the pompous trash of the
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals Of
society is an unqualified offense to the
ear and the unders landing. IN. Y. Led
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Westward. the Course of Empire, SC.

We all know the quotation, but many
emigrants westward bound do not know
that upon their arrival they will have to en-
counter that invisible foe Of tho frontiers
man-malaria They should take an ample
supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters along.
Not only Is it q certain safeguard against
every form OF malarial disease, but it Grad
icates liver complaint, constipation, dyspep-
STA, nervousness and rheumatism.
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SONG OF The soAooL-sELL.

In the tower the schooI-bcil ringA
VITA music all its own.
And right merriiy II sipeA
In lively, tripping tone:
Ting linF "a
'es 5S1nzc 10 echo0f xf7 seek zHs2sqal7
Treasures for the youthful mind
Come, and enter learning's presence,
in the days Of adolescence;
Como, for language here diseonrses,
And reveals her secret sources.
Come, and read on hfstoryas page
Woadfous deeds in every ages
Come, and roam the wide world o'cr,
Mountain plain and Sea explore
Jing a-ling ling' iing aling -lingi"
That h what the school -beli sGys,
To the man. toil-worn and weary,
Bringing back his boyhood days.
As 1t carols out 30 CHEEKY:
rJing. Ting hing jfngs Ting Hing.
And me lawyers parchment brief
Dry and dull beyond belief;
And the bankers balance sheet,
Where the debts and credits moetj .'s.
And the busy weavers loom,
In the dingy factory room,
Mirror back familiar faces ss
TO their old, accustomed places,
In the school-house, gray and oIden,
When hfe's day was bright and golden
~Jing-a ling hng. jung q iing.ling"
But the school boy, unpoctic,
Hears no music 10 the bell,
For it sounds unsympathctic,
Something like q braZen yell:
whangA blang -biangi whans-a BLANC blangi
Come, thou slave OF book and slate,
To your usual daily fate:
Come, the mystic figures grim q
Long TO make your thick head swim;
Come, and with your grammar wrsngle, Z
All theparts Of speech untanglo;
NINA and
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..sI'LL have to adjourn this police conrt .
said tho mistress OF the house, as she de-
seconded into the kitchen. And IN q fesv
lailutes ofiicer Mullignn was twirlinq BID
club IN tho street and tho housoinaid was
busting the furniture = shlsrsSa I'm
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THE ideal woman's hat is section OF
chaos, without form and void of architect
ural value, further improved by having its
Transcript
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ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill
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Sir Nopeis Free, viii be sent by Cragin q
Co, Philada, Pa, to any one in the Y. = Or
Canada, postage paid, upon receipt q ~
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list
OF novels on -circuiars around each bar
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IT is impossible perhaps for man to see
himself US others see him; but he approx
mates that view of himself when he sees
his portrait printed in the daily papers
Puck :
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SoeIETr Is aplace where people who were
poor twenty five years ago tell OF the
plebelan origin of their neighbors and CON
ceal their own humble beginnings. Boston
Gazette
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A cRAwFIsH lover is the naac given Ia
tho defendant in breach of promise suit.
lie isgenerallya bluetish after the Judge
names the figure of the damages
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THERE is said to be. a decline in the read
ing OF fiction; but theweather probabilities
are still iudustriously printed every day
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THREE removes are equal to one fire, but
man has to be removed from political
ofice but once to realize that he has been
Hired. N Rochester Post Express.
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A WIFE win carry scuttle az coal nm
three flights Of stairs to hear her husband
on the third floor tell her he loves her
Washington Star.
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No MATTER how plain-looking a drug
clerk may be, in warm weather HIS fizz is
always attractive to the girls. Berkshire
News.
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IA PRETTY good hitching post,n as the
preacher exclaimed when. the morninris
mail br@aght him three applications to per-
form the marriage service.-Light
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WHKw the impecunious man takes his
watch 10 tho pawnbrclxe BIO realizes that
sine Is money. Buffalo Courier.
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I'm maid who cocs 70 tho phofogrnph1r,i
With the query, SsDo look weIlrs i a
WAYS answered in the negative. Phiiadcl
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AN exchange says: "Don't blanc tho
world when things 60 wrong Most men
do not. They simply raise a row in the
family and meet the world smiling.-At-
lanta Constitution
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WIEN man goes home loaded thcre is
likely to be an explosion in the house.
Buffalo Courier.
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JUsT as soon as a mans head pets ahova
the level of mediocrity crowd of high
Rlckers begin reaching for it.--Ashland
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LADIES who possess the finest compilations
are patrons of GIenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, soc.
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THE man who is too fond Of his arto usu
ally makes the acquaintance of his uncle
Boston Post. a. AL
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For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills.
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6owr men have q dislike Tor Their Work.
The probate lawyer Is mot OF tnAs ci.ss ne
usually works with . will
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"A THOUSAND DOLLAR engagement ring is
no bar against n-thousand-dollar di-
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Few men sow their wild oats without get
ting more or less rye mixed in with them.
-Atchison Globe
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uSEnrALn buildings arc what they call
those high ones, because they arc continued
stories.
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THE broker who married o pretty but
: penniless girl explained that he had taken
her at her face Value Boston Courier.
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No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail Csc.
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SOCIETY," lions are generally men who ore
able to lie on their roars.-Elmira Gazette.
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TuE city mouth is open for these
early vegetables, and whoever oils i.
first will get the most nonoy
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eyes, Alice. We told you--begsn her

..You told me. mamma said Alice,
sEeetly. that / was To marry Mr.
Brown. n-Edmin Holland in YANKEES
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WINKING at sin--lowering the eyelid at
the druggist.-Leadville Herald.
PHYSICIANS recommend "Tansill's Punch
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Poor plight he must have
And vet his Details singers Many t6
voice among belong homo" utterly spoiled by cold
combined For the above mentioned
remedy devised but we rejoice
their heads clear and roa in
by use Of Dr. sage Remedy Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery Of which sold by druggists
standing while all larynga bronchial throat and
affections Golden Medical Discovery s positively neeuae
cures the worst lingering flesh stngo
It guaranteed benefit
all recommended taken in time and fair
trial. money paid for it win be refunded