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WHAT The LABEL TOLD.
Persons Looking for Fortunes Should No
Garry Chips.

Persons Looking for Fortunes Should Nos
Garry Chips.
A tall sinewy young fellow, rough
ly dressed and about twenty years old,
was sitting in the mems cabin of Jer-
sey City ferry boat, and he attracted
some attention from his fellow-passen-
gers because the tan of sun and sea that
was on his face would have shown that
he was newly landed in America, even
if small yellow leather valise, bear
ing steamboat company's label, on
which, in big letters, were the words:
Second cabin" had not been carefully
squeezed between his feet. A middle
aged, business-like man looked with
languid interest at this label, and the
young voyager, seeing that he was do
ing so, angrily turned the valise so that
the blank side was presented for in
spection. The other passengers smiled
slightly and the young man felt insult
ed. Rising quickly from his seat he
strobe across the floor, and facing the
offender, he said:
"You wor readin' the letterin' ON me
bag, sor?"
"Well, yes" hesitatingly replied the
man addressed; ''it was pasted there to
be read, you know, and l supposed that
if you fancied that there was anything
private about it you would have surely
scraped it Off"
"And may ask We, sor," said the
young man, with fine irony, .if yer cur
iosity wor satisfied2 Did it tell We all
We wanted TO know?"
ut did," answered the middle-aged
man, flushing little THAT label
tells story of young chap who
crossed the Atlantic ocean to seek his
fortune and as soon as he landed went
around withsa chip on his shoulder
looking for fight. If he is not more
careful he'll pick up the fight before he
finds his fortune"
The young man went back to his
seat, looking red and angry and
thoughtful Y. Sun.
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lath, 11sx2 inches; 200 feet sheetipg
800 feet siding, 8 feet long; 14o feet cor
nice; 100 pieces battens,. %x3, 8 feet
For nest boxes and finishing inside, say
300 feet more; 20 feet wire netting,
feet wide; 6 windows; S gallons of paint
will give it one coat; 2, 500 pine shingles
and squares steel roofing for cover
ing; 80. 90 paid for surfacing siding and
battens AS the cost Of material varies
so much | will not make any estimate
of cost, but the above amount of mate
rial is all that is required.
EXPLANATION OF CUTS.
Fig. /. front elevation and perspec-
tive. Fig. 9, end perspective. Fig. 3,
plan of house. The hail or alley is at
top of the cut, for feeding, gathering
eggs, etc. T is the feed trough. +, wire
partitions. p, perches. S, box for
shells. ID, dust box. Doors are indi-
Gated by oblique- lines. Fig. is the
end view of frame. A, the alley or hall;
b, the feed trough extending the
whole length of building. Fowls reach
through Stat partition c, which is made
of lath or Stats ~ inches wide and
placed 2 inches apart. This size will d
for smaller breeds, but should be larger
for the large breeds. ID, nest boxes, IA
in. square, IL in. deep on back, Is in. in
front. There are 90 of them, reaching the
entire length of building. They are IA
inches from the floor, and the hens
enter them at the opening, marked X
E, hinged lids over nests, by raising
which the eggs are removed from nests
by the attendant in feed alley, without
entering main room. +, partition reach
ing from top of nest to roof, made of
wire netting. G, tight floor on level
with top of nests, 80 in. high. to catch
droppings. There are two of these, one
in each end of building, as shown in
Fig. 2. These floors are #. long
and 8 #. wide. II, II, perches over
floors G. They are made of 2xS-in.
scantling and are placed IL inches
above floors G. S, air shaft 6 in. square,
reaching from within IL in. OF perches
to ventilators in roof at each end of
building (see Fig. ~. Nest boxes are
independent of each other, and the
boxes for setting hens are turned round
so the opening faces alley, where hens
can be fed and other hens cannot enter
nest from main room. -Orlando Trotter,
in Ohio Farmer.
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THE FESTIVE cockRoAcH.
He Is the Steady Boarder Of the News
paper ONCE.

He Is the Steady Boarder OF the News
paper once.
The keen-eyed cockroach seems to be
native Of the well-regulated newspa-
per office. If you have any business
with Mr.. Roach and fail to find him
elsewhere go to a printing office and
you win, find him looking over the we'd
ding reporters shoulder or helping the
baseball editor paste his copy together.
think the roach has a keener. sense OF
humor than even the humorous editor.
The roach knows what joke is and
sometimes the editor does not. These
sleek birds without feather have con-
verted my desk into a meeting place or
clubhouse, and they transact most OF
their affairs while I am busy. They
are quite fond of display, and, like peo-
pie who wear diamonds, want to be
seen.
Almost every night when l begin
work battalion of these roachea
march out on the smooth surface of my
desk and drill like soldiers. The gen
erals of the battalion place the soldiers
under command of the captains and
then sneak over to one side and eat my
paste while the battalion is practicing.
Last night an advance guard Of one
walked out on my writing paper, and
to move him / tipped the end Of the
sheet and threw him double somer-
sault. In a moment he was back on the
paper again. / kept this up until dis
covered that Mr., Roach was delighted
with the pastime. Then quit and at
tended to business. -Louisvule Com
mercial.
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AMONG THE JEWELLERS.
Trifies Light as Air That Are Pretty an
Popular.

Triies Light as Air That Are Pretty and
Popular.
Silver skirt-lifters of different designs
are appearing.
Blotters with silver covers are all
bearing Easter emblcms.
A pink coral acorn with diamond caps
and leaves is pretty brooch.
Back combs are narrower. Open
work tops of gold seem to be most
popular.
Perfumery and toilet bottles of all
kinds outlined with perforated silver
crowd the shops.
A baseball club of silver covered with
engraved baseball scenes open the base
ball season.
A ribbon bow holding two hearts OF
pink coral and pearls is a pretty design
for brooch.
There is no limit to Communications.
Diamond swallows are set in the pearl
sticks of fans.
Silver hairpins of large size are sur
mounted by hearts and fleurs-de-lis in
colored enamels.
The growth of societies has increased
and other insignia.
Special forks for macaroni are brought
out in perforated silver gilt and in
colored enamels.
Small silver toothpick cases, plain or
covered with repousse work, are in
4tended for the pocket
-sLong button-hooks for men are shaped
like oars, or have fox, rabbit or hound
on the handle.
Acorns of silver and gold with per-
foratdd tops are carried by women to
dispense fragrant odors. w.
Only an Englishman could have
thought of diamond initial studs to be
setsin the corners of handkerchiefs
aluminium is used now for rings The
metafisrvery light, but the rings are in
appearance massive Lapd- set -fgypsy
fashion with colored jewels.
The fashion of wearing watches out
side the dress has given an impetus to
women's watches, that are growing
prettier ana daintfer All tine time. - q
Hat and coat marks are a new idea.
They consist of a silver scroll attached
to a colored ribbon. The name is en-
graved in the scroll. Two little pins
attach it to the lining.
A girdle for crimson satin Mother
Hubbard was composed of ninety six
silver Mexican dollars linked with gold.
The belt fastened in the back with two
fiat clasps and adjusted itself by its
own weight. Circular.
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German
Syrup"

l am a farmer at Edom, Texas I
have used German Syrup for six
years successfully for Sore Throat,
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Pains In
Chest and Lungs and Splitting up 81
Blood. > / have tried many kinds Of
Cough Syrups in my time, but let
me say to anyone wanting such .
medicine German SSyrup Is the best.
We are subject to SO many sudden
changes from cold to hot, damp
weather here, but in families wha{0
German Syrup is used there is little
trouble from colds. John F. Jones. o
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blue. He said he had letter from hin
father tellin' him to come home IN ,
week am come to stay. He'd been up
to the city half dozen times since he
first come but he never stayed morn .
day or so, but this time he said he'd
have to stay ontil the next summer, only
he hoped he'd have a chance to come
down once in awhile ~
Il felt so good that was ashamed o.
myself an went QUITO the barn where
no one could see me, lookin' as II / had
found dollar bill. The young folks
had arranged to have q picnic over in
Snyder's grove the next Saturday an
this was the last day the young Teller
could stay with US.
THE week went by mighty slow to
me an / noticed that Kittie an the
boarder managed to be together most
of the time, but didn't let on, for
knowed it would not be for long.
THE day for tire picnic come an all
hands went to the grove to spend the
day. Along in the afternoon lot Of
the young folks went down into woods
pasture for something or other an they
were cuttin' up jest as young folks win,
when Snyder's Jersey bull, which was
in the field. got his eye on red shawl
Kittie had on an in a minute he was
a-tearin' after her full tilt. All the
young fellers but JEFF Snyder an our
boarder was quite ways off an they
Jest stood an looked TO see Kittie killed
in minute right before their eyes.
jeff hollered for Kittie to run but she
was too skeered to move outen her
tracks, an she stood like statoot.
jeff he see there want no chance to
save her an he got on the fence an
looked on pale as sheet. Then what
dye s'pose happened2'
II don't know, I'm sure" / answered.
"Waal, sir, that dudish city chap jest
grabbed piece of fence rail an, fool
like, jumped right in between the bull
an Kittie an fetched him clip that
brought him to his knees, an then he
larruped him until he turned tail an
run bellerin' across the field like suck
in calf.
Next day he come to me an said,
seq he: Mr.. Fuller, l love Kittie an she
loves me, an | wish you'd give her to
me-
~ s'pose / acted like burned old
fool, for broke right down an choked
up SOS couldn't say word but shake
him by the hand an blubber like boy,
| but he didn't mind it, an he went home
the happiest Teller all ont DOORS"
Here the old man paused and took a
i j .af - L,
pocket and blew his nose in. an-osten'
tatious manner that attracted the at
tention of the whole car.
"Are they married yet?" l asked,
after he had returned to his normal
condition.
YES" he said, 'they was married
last week an I'm goin up to Chicago to
the infair.o
Il suppose you will take them home
with you and keep them?" l ventured
The old man looked at me triumph
antly, while his face broke up into
wrinkles that hid his eyes completely
and chuckled as if had perpetrated a
| joke.
II hain't calculatin' to do anything O
that kind jest yet" he said, 'cause you
see, his old dad is worth a million, an
the fool boy never mentioned it. The
old woman said she knowed all the
time he wasn't no common scrub, but
I'm more honest, an jest own up was
fooled"
"SHECAGO. yelled the brakeman
Everybody change. Miller Purvis, in
Ohio Farmer.
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The PASSAGE.

Waited the souls by the river
The strange souls, naked and cold.
Pale yet with the long death CULVER
The Ferryman old.
Shroudcd like some gray morrow.
Oufspokc the boatman grim;
'tWho hath known deepest sorrow,
First take ! him"
Like wall OF Wfntry weather,
Calling their woes aloud.
Moaned then and cried together
The fcarsome crowd,
Saying: my griefs rush crowdingi
Gold did leave, and Joy,
For chill Of the dark graves shrouding,
And deaths annoy"
mine is the harsher storyl
Shouting voices OF men
Never, nor fame, nor glory,
To know again"
Darker my hurt, and deeper
Greater Is love than pride;
Called by the silent reaper,
left my bride"
One in the shadow hiding
Uttered nor word nor cry.
"Say nowi what cause for Gliding
When thou didst der
"Of naught did death bereave me.
Long Of all bliss forlorn,
Naught did / leave to grieye me,
And none TO mourn
Spake the dark boatman, choosing;
His Is the greater dole
Who hath naught left for losing
Thou first, o Soult''
Mary Il. Blake. IN Christian Union
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SCOTS Emulsion Of cod
liver oil is an easy food--it is
more than food, If you please;
but it is a food--to bring
back plumpness to those who
have lost it.
Do you know what it is to
be plump
Thinness is poverty, living
from hand to mouth. To be
plump is to have a little moro
than enough, a reserve.
Do you want a reserve Of
healthl Let us send you a
book on CAREFUL LIVING;
free.
scorr & Bowsn. Chemists. i,s South s,h Avsauss
New York.
Your drnggnt keeps Scott. Emulsion OF cod-llvss
ol-ali druggists eserywhere do. ~.
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every week using plenty of air-slaclxed
lime and are not troubled with lice or
disease.
The following material is required:
IS feet range stone; two loads for filling
trench andI4 loads for filling in founda-
ton to top of wall; two barrels OF
cement (more would be better); 8 pieces
5x5 inches, feet long; als pieces 2Tss.s
feet long, rs pieces 2x3.; s feet'"lens; 10
pieces 2x4,- 8 feet long; 8 pieces 2x5, 9
feet long; 81 feet plank 2x6 inches,
stills; "a feet plank ax5, plates; is pieces
2x4, Q feet, rafters for ends; pieces
2x5, IA feet, rafters for middle; 720 feet
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New Coverings For Sofa pillow,

Sofa cushions a full yard square when
finished are much covered this spring
with gingham and gay Powered lawns
A wide gathered frill, hemmed, edges
them. The summar cushion is subjected
to very hard usage. 1t is tossed about
piazzas, erumpled in hammocks, taken
to the lawn seat, and often left there
for summer nights srain--it il quite
wise to see that it is clothed in wash
able covers. A young matron who is
fitting up her rustic wood cottage in the
Catskills has made dozens of cushion
GOVERNS Of plain turkey red OF firm,
good quality. They are many Of them
finished with frill, others haye full
rosette in the corner, made Of a double
bias of the material, and their effect ON
the gnarleG and twisted chairs and
divans Of gray wood in her wide piazza
looking off into the view will be ex
ceedingly enlivening. Chicago Trib
Npe
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face of the roller, one foot apart, and
put in pins. To use this tool as a
marker, make each of these pins hold a
small rope. cncircling the roller by
driving the pirs into the holes beside
the end Of the rope. More than one
row ofholes cal, be used to change dis
tances if required for other vegetables
Strips may be talked Ilengthwisc Of the
roller TO mark places in. row for setting
plants. 81 sipcr's New Onion culture,
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FIG. l.

top of wall. This was broken very
fine on top and pounded solid. The
whole was covered with cement, which
forms the floor Of the house, floor be
ing - inches above level of ground;
2x6-inch plank laid on the range stone
flush with outside, make the sills- The
corner posts are SKIS inches; all the other
studding, 2x5 inches; plates, 2x5 inches.
Corner posts and studding are spiked
to sills and spiked through plate; girts
are AKA inches, set into studding and
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"A new mineral, not unlike asbestos
in its properties, has been discovered.
1t is amber in color, is transparent and
incombustible and can readily be re-
duced to pulp. Experiments seem to
indicate that it will be more valuable
than asbestos for all the uses to which
that mineral is put, including use as a
fireproof material, The new substance
has been called ''bucaramanquina, =
after Bucaralnanga, in Colombia, South
America, near which the deposits exist
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spiked. Partitions are all of wire
netting e' ss
The two ends are covered with shin
giles. The center is rooted one way
and is covered with steel roofing. The
siding is planed and painted; has TO-
inch projections and cornice, making a
building which is rat and even mouse
proof. BY closing doors in partition
-tsee Fig. You can make three rooms;
by leaving them open you have floor
space iox3o feet. We clean this house
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ROLLER AND MARKER.

A Tool which Is Easily Made and VIII
Prove Very Useful. -vr
This is an ordinary wooden garden
piece of chestnut or oak log, three or
four feet long, with iron pins drir IN in
the center on each side, and nple
handle attached by means of two pieces
Of old wagon tire. Bore holes into the
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Mother-Why have you put on tina
old dress? and, dear me, why are you
rubbing that dirt on your face?
Little Daughter--Susie Summer ha,
Turn to call on me, an she's dot an olt
dress an adirty face. News,
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Faint Shadows of a Grim Colossus
Prognosticate his coming. Mental depres-
sion and perturbat ion, , a sensation of Ian
guor by day and unrest upon getting up In
The morning, heartburn, occasional head
aches, undue sensitiveness to slight noises,
furred tongue--these mean that YOU need
preventive tonic medication Neglect II
and the hideous colossus of disease will
speedily stare YOU out of countenance and
wrest health from you. Seek preventive
aid from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
checkmates dyspepsia, biiiousness, rheu-
matism, constipation and malaria.
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IrKEi IT my duty to write you in reg ard TO
the benefit your Bradycrotine has been TO
my wife Ever since child she has been
subject to the most dreadful headaches,
usually several times a month. She has
tried doctors from Maine to California, but
none could prevent these spells running
their course Brgdycrotine has not failed
to effect n cure X, single instance, one
dose usually being sufficient Oscar r.
Frost, Monmouth, Maine. All druggists
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FoR strengthening and clearing the voice,
use aBnowNs BnoNcHIAL TRoCHEs. ~
have commended them to friends who were
public speakers, and they have proved ex..
tremely servIceablel Rev Henry Ward
Beecher
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People overlooked tho Importance Of perma-
nently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transient action, but now that it Is
generally known that Syrup Of Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation,
well-in formed people will not buy other
laxatves, which act for o time, but finally
injure the system.
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CuRB your cough with Hale's Honey OF
Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute.
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AN athletic record is the only thing that
improves by breaking -Binghamton Re
publican.
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WHEN buckwheat cake Is not done up
bresrH-it becomes q fiat failure
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ONE may screw up his courage and have
his attention riveted. Texas Strings.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
LARGE POULTRY HOUSE.

Comparatively Little Material Is Requires
to Build H.
The henhouse which l describe is IL
feet wide and so feet long, and feet
high; to square. For foundation
trench was dug IA inches wide, IS inches
deem. and filed with broken stone. On
this was placed row of range work u
iachcs high. The space incioscd was
filed with broken stone level with the
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I'D scorn the action as the soldier said
whom he ran away .-London Answers.
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TnK wonderful check Of man sometimes
covers thrcc or four achcrs. --Galvcston
News.
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Tho Only ons Ever Prlnted-Can yoa Find
the Worde
There is s. inch display advertisement
In this payer, this week, which has no TWO
words alike except one word The same Is
true OF each new one appearing each week,
from The DR. Harter Medicine Co, This
house piaccs n "Crescent' on everything
they make and publish Look for it, send
them the namc OF the word and they viii
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
SAMPLES free
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Faint Shadows of q Grim Colossus

MUMMIEs do not look as1hough they wers
in hurry, yet it is certain that at first
they must have been pressed for time.
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We CDR oae Hundred Dollars Reward
for any lsase Of cA.nrr1 tnas can NOT y
II j i.rrynx Il Co, Props Toledo, q, !.
we Ire undersigned. have known q :.
Cheney a. the last II years, and believe
MIN" ,,arfrstiv honorable In Nh business
transsctsons and financially able 20 carry
out any % igations made ~ Their nrm.
ledn = Waliing, Kinnan a Marvin,
wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Haiiss Cnfarrh Cure IL taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces or the system Price 100. per Dot
tic. Sold by all druggists Testimoniais iree-
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Gun Rlous Podgers says that ms oaos
bawl without 4 cue " Kings Jester
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In the place of a ,ooy,n

In the place Of soonsan
who's weak, ailing, and miserable,
why not be woman who's healthy,
happy, and strong? You can be.
You needn't experiment. The
change is made, safely and surely,
with DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scriptiol
It's matter that rests with you.
Here is the medicine - the only one
for woman's peculiar weaknesses
and diseases that's guaranteed to
help you. It must give satisfac-
ton, in every case, or the money is
promptly returned. Take it, and
you're new woman. You can af-
ford to make the trial, for you've
nothing to lose.
But do you need to be urged?
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SICK HEADACHE, chills, loss of appetite
and ali nervous trembling sensations quick
" cured by Beecham's Pills, 25 cents box
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You don't want sac in q pill - it
means disturbance. You want re-
suits. With DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, smallest, cheapest, easiest to
take, you get the best results. Sick
Headache, Biliousness, Constipation,
Indigestion, and all arrangements
Of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels
~ prevented, relieved, and cured
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MANS first in high spirits and next in tn
characterization News.
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~EVERY WORD TRUEr
$50 Says the Writer Of That Fa-
NOUS Letter.
Ne Reiteratss Hts Statements. Produces
Additional Proof and Clearly
Defines His Position.

IN. " SUM-
II would be dificuit to measure the in
terest and comment not to say excitement,
which the published letter OF DIR. r. A.
Gum, which appeared in the papers yester-
day, has occasioned The prominence OF
the doctor and the unusual nature 81 the
letter have both tended TO add interest to
the subject and make 1t really tho talk Of