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: August
Flower

!" I inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. I suffered
two years in this way consulted d
number Of doctors. They did me
no good then used
Relieved In your August Flower
and it was just two
days when Ifelt great relief. / soon
got SO that I could sleep and eat, and
! felt that / was well. That was
three years ago, and / am still first.
class. am never
Two Days. without bottle, and
if feel constipated
the least particle a dose or two of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stopthe use of without any bad
effects on the system
Constipation While I was sick |
felt everything il
seemed to me a man could feel. i
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that believe
August Flower will cure anyone Of
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMisery with Judgment. A.
M. Weed, 27o Belle
fontaine ST., Indianapolis, Ind "a
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For the Travelling Bag.

A convenient little case in which to
carry the. necessary medicines when
travelling is of gray or brown linen. To
make this, lay together two pieces of
AHen,- each sixteen inches long BY
twenty inches wide. and out of each
corner piece five inches deep and six
inches wide, which will leave a cross
shaped pattern. Make the side flaps of
this oval, and bind the whole neatly
with brown silk braid. Get five small
square bottles about four inches long,
with rubber corhs, and fill them with
alcohol, ammonia, camphor, glycerine
and whisky respectively and paste
plainly marked labels on each Then
takea piece of fancy silk elastic one
and half inches wide, and fasten
either end OF 1t across the center of the
case; tack it at equal intervals in four
places between, and slip in the bottles.
Sew a piece of braid on the top flap and
fold in the case like an envelope, and
tie together. W arper's Bazaar.
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CONSTANTLY IN LITIGATION.
Chinese Seemingly Always In Trouble
with Their Fellows.

Chinese Seemingly Always In Trouble
with Their Fellows.
How many people know that the
Chinese in this country are constantly
ia slitigation? There Is one thing for
which Chinaman cheerfully pays out
his much-loved dollars. and this is a
lawsuit. In nine cases out OF ten the
plaintiff hasn't the shadow of chance
to win his case, and it is to be doubted
if he expects to win it. His idea seems
tote rather to make trouble for the
other man, and in achieving this result
he pays lawyers fees with a generous
hand. 1t seems to be a strong charac-
teristic of the Monaghan disposition to
"get even" But In California and
other parts of the west the Chinese
have more effective way of getting
revenge than through the courts.
They expend a certain amount OF
money in the purchase of the services
of a man whose knife is known to
certain secret bands to be sure
and swift. This man for considera-
ton undertakes to satisfy the wounded
honor Of his temporary employer. II
he does not succeed it is not because his
conscience unnerves him and m axes his
hand unsteady. Many people declare
that these bands, whose regular and
only employment is assassination, do
not exist, but others will point out
numerous cases Of offending Cinnamon
who baye been found with knife
thrust through the heart, and that is
usually the.end of the case. Here in
New York, however, Inspector Byrnes'
men have inspired respect for the
law. When a Chinaman wants to get
even". with an enemy he sues him. He
buys witnesses who will swear to every
thing at SO much swear. This starts
general war of suits. Each mans
friends take up the case and suits crop
out on all sides. the witnesses, who are
under contract, SO to speak, being kept
busy. Sometimes the suits are compro-
missed half dozen times and immedi-
ately begun again. Perjury is the chief
weapon used, and Chinaman who
wishes to have revenge upon an enemy
can swear that he was knocked down
and robbed by him and get plenty
of witnesses to swear to the same
thing. If he succeeds in getting his
enemy to prison he and all his friends
deem the triumph worth any price.-N.
Y. Tribune.
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YEA sid the inspoetoe. grimlys
.he's safe enough 49,. - And ~
3erked his head to11nzd IL river. 4 \ !
.sBle~s yen, laughed Perkins. lbs
nearer China by this time Hen die
With rope around his neck get It's
. plant, man; don't you see, he has
murdered himself and bolted with the
swag. The room somehow looked
queer. II was overdone; too much
blood and too regular. When ! found
that boot 1 thought how It waA and
this settled it" said Perkins, pulling
~ sheets Of blottipg pepper gut Of his
pocket and holding them TO the IN
spector.
There, all over them, was the words,
CSwie, Nabob 4 Co, in . neat, clerk
like hand, with that peculiar flourish at
tl1e end which those who have dealings
With that eminent house know 80 we'll
THAT letter TO the Balston bank Is =
forgery. 1t is not the. first time he has
served Cowie. Nabob & Co. this trick.
He was in their London counting-room
fdv five years, came over with q forged
character. robbed them to the tune
Oh &StVVV anu OOitcu- lac DCOt.
Smuggling and thieving all over the
world since then. But when is the
next train to town. 4 wouldn't miss
him for anything"
Perkins was right
The manager Of the Balston bank
found to his establishment that Cowie,
Nabob & Co. repudiated the letter
which purported to bear their sigma
ture. 1t was a forgery.
On the following Tuesday the cap
tain was arrested at the London docks
as he was booking his passage for Mel.
bourne, and at the next Balston assize
he was tried by the name of Joseph
Tonce, on charge offorgery, and sem
fenced to penal servitude for the rest
Of his natural life His creditors at
Bradtown were the only persons who
regretted him Boston Globe.
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How to Clean and Care For silver.

One lady inquiries about polishing
silverware that has become much tar
nished, and another writes that her nap
kin-rings Of good silver turn black in
side, and whiting win not remove the
stain. After reading these letters l
looked at my own napkin-rings and
found that one of DEMONSTRATING silver
was rather black inside. / wet whit
ing with diluted ammonia water and
rubbed for some time, but made little
impression. Then wet the whiting
with undiluted ammonia water, and,
after much rubbing, removed all the
tarnish.: 1t was evident that the inside
of the ring had been neglected too long
time. Wetting the whiting in diluted
household ammonia will usually cause
all tarnish to disappear. / do not like
to use it very strong on plated ware.
Coal gas and foul air tarnish silver. 1t
is we'll to keep your ware in Canton
flannel, but do.not put it in bags made
of ordinary flannel, because the sulphur
in that cloth quickly blackens the met
al-Iadies' Home journal
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A TRAVELLED TRAMP.


Seventy, Has Been Around tho World and
-- Never Worked Nor Drank.
II never worked; | was never in a
poorhouse; I am professional tramp;
yes, gentlemen, professional tramp;
but | never begged Of anybody. ]
tramped over the world twice, yet there
Is nobody who can say an Ill word Of
me. People took sympathy on me-
that is how j got along; they fed and
clothed me and gave me shelter. This,
gentlemen, has been my life for fifty
eight years"
In this strain Joseph Clinton, an
emaciated and weather-scarred old man
Of nearly seventy years, told his pa
thetic story to the officials at the Phila-
delphia hospital the other day, says the
Philadelphia Record. Despite his worn
and broken-down appearance he has
the refinement of one used to better
things. and one whom hard experience
has taught much.
When but eight years old both OF
Clinton's parents died and left him
alone. He admits with candor that he
has never done a stroke of work in his
life. He has simply existed. In win
ter his sleep was snatched in barns,
with blankets plying neighbors gave
him to shield him from the cold In
summer he sought rest on the grass.
It was a Notifying event to the Grip
pied old man to be compelled to enter a
workhouse. Unusually intelligent, he
asserts that he never touched drop OF
liquor, while his language is easy and
fluent
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HORRORS or LEPROSY.


Il i Z rather remarkable thing thax
medical science is still in such state
Of deplorab;c ignorance with regard 70
the disease Of leprosy, says the ~
Louis Globe Democrat In all other all
ments the progress of the last twenty
I'VE years has been such as to warrant
the hope that the time will come when
there Is no complaint from which .
human being suffers which cannot be
diagnosed and treated with success
But IN leprosy the progress, II any. b
slow. In India to-day the leper is as
common as he was many years ago.
You meet him about the streets, you
see him begging under the verandas OF
every house of the wealthy. --5
The lepers are isolated. cast out from
even theirsown family, and it has been
recorded that the government has had
to interfere to prevent q father burying
his own son alive IN order to prevent .
spread of the malady In the Holy
Land the lepers are to be met with
roaming about and begging from every
visitor, and indeed in. several other
parts Of the world they are to be met
with Ia equal numbers. The English
government has sent out many com
missions to India to inquire into the
subject, but So far little has been ac-
complished. There is not as yet suffic-
lent hospital accommodation, and so
the lepcrs wander about in some Of the
out-of-the-way places, and the dis
ease is propagated.- Inconnection with
the subject there is a curious thing as
to cure in the Fiji islands.
1t is recorded, by missionary who
has himself heard the tale from one
who actually experienced what he mar
rates. The cure is effected by the poi
sonous juice of the sinugaga and the
process is this: The victim is taken in
to house away from the center Of the
population. He is stripped of his
clothes and his body rubbed with green
leaves. Then o small fire is lighted
and few pieces Of the sinugaga laid
on it. When the smoke begins to as
cend the man is bound hand and foot
and lifted over the fire until his head
reaches about fifteen inches above
the ground There he is allowed TO
writhe in his agony for sometimes
hours, till it is thought he has been snf-
fciently smoked. Then the body is
dashed and allowed to bleed freely.
The man may live or die. For the
time he is left lying on the rough pal
let prepared for him. If he lives he
gets better That at least was the case
with the man of whom the missionary
wrote
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GETTING THE BABY TO SLEEP.
An Experienced Nurse Tells How Hest to
Do IT.

An Experienced Nurse Tells How Hest to
fs Do tt.
Sometimes" said an experienced
nurse, ''the numerical system of sing
ing is decidedly useful. Many mother
in singing restless child to sleep has
sung the same song over and over
again, repeating the verses indefinitely.
Usually this form of rhy thmic repetition
is effective; there are few children that
can hold out for more than an hour or
two against it if the voice is gentle and
the singing is, continued without
break. and with gradually decreas-
ing volume of tone. But occasionally
it happens that just as the child is
about to go to sleep there is a brief
period when its senses, though yelled
acute, and when the work of hours may
easily be upsetin an instant. A moment
airy halt in the singing may awaken
the child; the almost imperceptible
rustic attending the bending forward
to see If the child is asleep may have
the same effect, and there comes a
time when even the words ct the
song strike the sensitive nerves with
waleful rather than with restful inn
pulses. Here is where the numerical
system may be used to advantage, sub
shutting for the regular words of the
song with their dissimilar and there
fore somewhat disturbing sound waves
other words more nearly uniform in
character.
Suppose, for instance, the mother
is singing .Grandfather's Clock and
that she has-been singing it for an
hour and half. and has repeated the
verses maybe seventy or eighty times.
At the critical moment between wake
fulness and sleep she glides gently into
'Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty three,
thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thir-
ty-seven, thirty thirty-two, thirty
three, thirty-four, thirty-fve, thirty
six, thirty-seven-'
"The similar sounds which these
words produce make but the faintest
ripple on the sensitive ear. and gener-
ally ten or fifteen verses of the song so
sung are enough for the purpose. IN
Y. Sun.
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TRACING A GAR.
How Man Travelled Ten Thousand Miles
y In Search OF One.

How Man Travelled Ten Thousand Miles
In Search of One.
One of the best jobs in car tracing
ever done in this country was COM
pleted about three weeks ago by car
tracer of the New York Central. The
road had lost car, and sent out the
tracer to look it up He followed it
west to Pittsburgh, then to Cincinnati,
then to Chicago, and from there to
st. Louis. Here he lost track of it,
but after some search found it had
been in an accident and had been re-
painted. BY some oversight the num-
Der had been changed, but taking the
new number, he chased the car to
Kansas City, where he found it had
been loaded and sent on to Galveston.
To Galveston he went, and there found
that, after taking fresh load, the car
had gone to San Francisco. He went
after it, but on reaching San Francis
CO found the car had gone back to Gal
weston.
BY this time his blood was up and
he made up his mind to find that car il
it took the balance OF his natural life.
So he went back to Galveston, and, to
make long story short, followed that
car to New Orleans. to Mobile, to At
lanta, to half a dozen places in Florida,
then back to New Orleans. to Calves
ton again, and thence to Kansas City,
and from there to Chicago. He had
now been on the hunt for over three
months, but had got So close to the
RUNAWAY that inst ms he came ifftO Chi
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Potato Cakes My cold 1nSnhed
potatoes with - eer o. two. form into
caIres. aour 81 csch side, and ~ lel-
icafe1v II hoilihe NH ~ d GO - -,
Er0. s,.v = ienf i. 18nt - IN
;sh ii siun,r ,,1.ri,,. ~ !. coI2nSer
nour;nc water over sthcin sufficientlv to
cooIx he thin outside sRin. which al.
cludes the air. and then set away IN !
cT,ol ,laca
Tha 4, ~ ,vhft~ hircb b.ryr. which
o;vea 3, ssi.,ieHther its pecuiiSr aro-
mst;c ana Issfiny Qualities. wlen A..
1890 81 a1coho1 IL STA II y EXCELLENT
~ ,,raserv;ng and wnfernroof]no ~.
~. fabr;cs H render. them Nth af,i
and insect nroof ana n no = ~ destrovs
their nlia bilitv fF
re- Z, pn,;y,v ~. - xdd ha1t !.
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nssa. mt. sr.II all - s,;,;t : dc.s -
=, 800. ". 49, ,,,,~,,,sa go
vet Il win precipisate the earth ! and
yeaatahla matters and with n tbe bac-
ter;a 81 az the water NAV contain. Or Al
least. 60 nearly clear the water that
80, !, e1.d ,ot fsa, ~ drink II Home 4
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In bodices there is as much variation
rs ever. Those for evening are made
very low cut while the extremely long
sleeves are still favored. Cloth bodices
will refnain-qnite long, but rarely with
haunches or fulled-on pieces, the, lower
edge being slashed, turreted, or. III
rounding points. A popular novelty
in the way Of bodice is given in al
illustration. 1t is suited to plain or
fancy cloth, and is trimmed with braid.
It is tight-fitting, and is fastened IL
visibly up the front while the back u
in swallow7tail coat shape, All thu
seams are finished with braiding. TIA
coat sleeves are raised high Oh TIE
shouiderS, and the coll4T band is ID
mi .itary shape Frank 1.sslie's Weak
y.
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TWO scHooLBoys.


They were Two pIsymates, sturdy boys
And sometimes with unseemIy noise
Drove elder folks away;
Close partners in the cares and 3oysA ~
OF many summers day.
II one we're made TO finger late
When scho ,iwas out, A sore disgfacc,
The other faithfully would wait
With sad, Responding face,
And share his comrades haplcss fsto
And murmur ct his case.
whatever learning either had,
In truth II was . slender store,
At lessons they we're alwavs glad
To share the scanty lore,
And seldom fretted or were sad
Because It was no more.
One tattered book was good for both,
Their pencils owned o mutnal sway.
They were companions In their sioth,
And fellows In their play;
And spite Of quarrels they were 10th
To part single day.
One golden summer noon II CHANGED
That both were trnant from the school
They rambied where the sunshine glanced
Upon lonely pool;
Along the sloping marRe they danced,
And laughed 1t learnings rule.
And one has launched wooden ship
Upon theqpIacid silver tide,
When suddenly his footsteps slip
From on the moistencd side,
A stified cry upon his lip;
The pool is deep and wide.
With frightened gaze the other stands
A moment on the shelving bank,
Then plunges In with outstretched hands
To where his play nate sank
His playmate pinioned by the bands
OF weed and heritage rank.
o mothers - Neither boy can swim,
And he who plunged into the wave
Is held with frantic grasp by him
Whom he had tried TO save.
They struggle in the waters dim
The pool becomes q grave.
Across the tide hewooden boat
Swims gaily, and the sunny air
Is cheerful with the thrush's note,
That knows not any care.
Two boyish caps, crumpled coat
How sad o tale Is therel
And far away each mother says
Her boy is safe at school;
And far away the master swnys
His kingdom from his stool,
And schemes Of birchen yengence Iays-
For those beneath tho pool.
Arthur L. Salmon. In Youths Companion
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BEE House snousp Ran. =

titions and divide the partitions be-
tween them into hive compartments.
The side wall opposite each compart-
meut has . bee opening and an alight-
ing board--(see Figs. and 81. Hori.
szonta1 strips are secured to the vertical
partitions in each Compartment from
which the brood flames are suspended,
and the honey sections are arranged
above the brood frames in each COM
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THE Yuma Indians are building a theater
OF their own. 1t is expected that the per-
formances will be mostly Yumarous, so to
speak. Philadelphia Ledger
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THERE is new book entitled UHow to
Keep Dogsin City, A fortune awaits
the author who will tell how to keep cats
ont of city-Chieago Times.
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SHOW DO you know Jimpson is ;crazyp'
"He's talking out Of his head" seThat's a
good sign. He usually talks out OF his
mouth, IN. Y. Herald.
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l1Oac 40 4 tOOf
That depends, madam, upon how
you feel If you're suffering from
functional disturbances, irregu1ari-
ties or weaknesses, you're sure t.
alook it." And DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is the remedy.
1t builds up and invigorates the
system, regulates and promotes the
proper functions, and restores health
and strength. It's a legitimate
medicine, not beverage ; purely
vegetable, perfectly harmless, and
made especially for woman's needs.
In the cure Of all .female COM
plaints," it's guaranteed to give sat
isfaction, or the money is refunded.
No other medicine for women is
sold so. Think of that, when the
dealer says something else (which
pays him better is "just as good"
"Times have changed" So have
methods. The modern improve
ments in pills are DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They help Nature, in
stead of fighting with her. Sick
and nervous headache, biliousness,
costiveness, and all arrangements
of the liver, stomach and bowels
are prevented, relieved, and cured.
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The cautious nature Of the Indians may
account for their preference for accepting
official statements with reservations Bal
timore American.
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FoRTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey Of Horeheund and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minuta
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BuTCHERiNo RIGS.
AUseful Device Invented by an Ingen

A useful Device Invented by an Ingenious
Ohio Farmer.
S. NJ. Wood sends to the Ohio Farmer
sketch and the following description
of rig he uses for butchering. He
says: II find this very convenient. A
boy twelve years old can handle 800.
pound hog. Set good solid post ~
three feet in the ground and five feet
out. To this attach crane similar to
that used in an old-fashioned fireplace.
The upright ~ is hinged to the post
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TALKING of the thieves Of the present day,
the greatest pirate Of old was d mere Kidd
To them. Philadelphia Times.
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WIEN you set a hen on an egg you expect
chicken, butwhat do you expect when you
set dog on tramp? Answer-A fee.
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THE dinerence.betwecn an editor and his
wife Is that his wife sets things to rights
while he writes things to set Yonkers
Statesman.
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DoN'T fool with Indigestion nor with Q
for Immediate relief Is cents a box.
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THE doctrine that sslilre cures likea Is II
Illustrated by the fact that when people tire,
the best thing for them to dois to retire ~
Washington Star.
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CouGns AND CoLps. Those whGare suf-
fering from Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat,
etc, should try BRowS's BRONCHIAL
TRoCnEs. Sold only IN b0ncs.
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BE sure that your character begins at
home. Galveston News.
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In the game of life the opera composer
makes the most scores Chicago Times.
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As A sole-stirring invention the bastinado
Is worthy eminent mention.-Boston Cour.
Ter s-.-4-+a-s-asl-
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THERE is nothing inconsistent in carpet
dealer wearing cluw-hamnler coal.-Tex-
as SififnEs. 4
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A WRIT Of attachment-the love letter.
Washington Star.
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BEE HOUSE - VERTICAL GROSS SECTION
partment and are supported by them.
This house is designed to replace the
Individual hive and must be warmer,
dryer and easier of access than they
are; but contagious diseases, mice,
moths, etc, can do greater damage and
will be more difficult to emove where
SO many swarms are kept in close quar-
tiers. Orange Judd Farmer.
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This is the end, the bee said to the boy
and he felt it.
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JoHNNy,"Papa, what is fallacyiD Pap
Sits folly seef'