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FASHION NOTES.

Itlooks as if the "postage stamp" bon
nets we're coming into fashion again.
Bow-knot pins have come to stay long
enough for every maiden to have one.
Garnets are usually fashionable, moi
only as jewelry, but for trimming Co.'S
| tunes.
A new and striking design in novelty
wool goods shows veinings like wood,
and is called "quartered-oak."
White dresses are coming into favor
again, and will be worn for evening
more generally than for many years.
A Partisan novelty is fringe garni.
ture composed Of soft silk crocus blooms
and buds in all the natural shades. This
was designed to trim gown of eau de
Nile crepe de chine.
For soirees and grand dinners Felix is
making rich brocades, ck-ribbed
veloutines and light moire Pekins, so
cut that the stripes form V shape in
the front of the skirt.
At present, outside of Shakerdom,
there is no such thing as plain waist
Bodices for all occasions are either
draped or more or less elaborately orna
mented, Not infrequently the two sides
of bodice are quite different.
While black silk hosiery is unques.
tionably the most fashionable of any
single sort and may be worn on almost
all occasions. yet the markets show the
most exquisite designs in colors to match
the dress goods in the spring styles.
Many dressy bodices for slender women
are sharply pointed and fastened either
in the back or under the arm. The lin
ing alone has darts with the outside laid
in surplice folds. The sleeves are full,
but not so high in effect as formerly.
Among the fancy silks being made up
for summer wear are those with twilled
changeable ground of contrasting colors
figured in a trellised vine, or white
stripes of luttering ribbons tied in a
bow-knot holding baskets of flowers.
Forsmorning wear, for shopping and
travelling, English woods and sleazily.
woven home-spuns, either in check OF
stripes, or fecked as with snowaakes of
very rough wool as in the bourrettes OF
former years, will be worn during the
early spring.
A very handsome imported dress of
very fire cloth has the basque skirts, the
hem across the front and sides of the
skirt. and the waist from shoulder seams
to bodice point trimmed with passemen.
! terie bow.knots set on about an inch and
q half apart.
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Shells on the Carolina Coast.

After strong easterly blow the beach
OF Sullivan's Island is strewed with
a variety of shells, some OF them being
both pretty and rare, and any one de-
sirous of taking up the study of conchol-
ogy cannot do better than to make a
collection of these during his summer
evening strolls on the island next sum-
mer, reserving the arranging and classi-
flying of his treasures for the long winter
evening. The further we 60 towards
the tropics the shells increase in number
and variity, and the warm water of the
Gulf of Mexico yields an abundant
harvest of them. The western coast of
Florida is strewn with multitudes of
delicate and lovely specimens not often
seen on our shore.-Charleston Is. C.)
News and Courier.
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"Seneca OIL"

J Fifty years ago the public were Of
fered as valuable medicinal substance
what was called Seneca oil. This, as is
common with many less useful remdies,
Iwas alleged to be an Indian cure for
many disorders. Later it was recognized
as the common petroleum that soon
flowed in vast quantities from the wells
and is now a household word. And
under its refined condition. as kerosene,
this oil, as a useful remedy for certain
uses, should not be made light of, how
ever it may be as a combustible for use
in the houshold lamps. To the poultry
man it is invaluable as preventive
> against all kinds of injurious vermin,
including the destructive gapeworm,
which succumbs at once to few drops
poured in the young BIRDS throat. 1t
frees the horses from lice and the sheep
and lambs from ticks. and in the garden,
as an emulsion made with soapy water,
it destroys every minute insect that it
touches. In the laundry it serves to
loosen the dirt and stains from the CLOTH
ing; it is the best thing to clean the
gummed connections OF machinery and
to loosen ruste6 bolts. And in house
hold medicine it is useful as liniment
for bruises and burns, and as counter
irritant in cases of common Inflammation
ofinternal organs.
The crude oil is of still more value,
and is more safely used on account
of its milder form. 1t may be used
for painting implements and the handles
of tools, for fences and outbuildings,
and for preserving shingles on roof it
is unapproached by any other substance.
And, curiously, although it is so infiam-
mable when so used, the shingles are not
easily set on fire. 1t is good lubricant
for axles in the winter, and for heavy
and slow moving shafting at all times.
When made into an emulsion, or soap
with lime, it kills the sheep scab insect,
and if this mixture is painted on the
fruit trees it repels the borers, and the
pestilent rabbits and mice that gnaw the
bark.-New York Times.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Our heaviest burdens are those we
borrow.
Whele there is no faith there is no
obedience.
Much doing is not SO important as
well doing.
Genius may be swift, but patience has
the surest feet.
A self-made man never gets tired of
Dragging on his job.
More people fall from discouragement
than from misfortune.
If groaning could heal broken bones,
nobody would be lame.
No man can look at the stars without
wanting to live forever.
If nobody had a hobby the world
would soon stop moving.
There would be more good boys If
there were more good fathers.
Love never has to be watched to see
that it does full days work.
Living only for what we can see,
proves that we are short sighted.
The man who loves most is not the
one who tries to keep the most.
Admiration is we'll enough in its way,
but it can never do the work of love.
A fanatic is man who takes burn
ing interest in something we don't like.
The greatest blockhead is the one
whose mistakes never teach him any
thing.
It is great deal easier to be content.
ed without riches than it with them
Indianapolis Qnd.) Rams Horn.
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CAPACITY OF HoMEN.l

Miss Efie johnson is an English lady
who recently delivered very interesting
talk on the Capacity of Women" be.
fore the Somerville Club. She held that
capacity was not difference of sex; it
was not capacity which divided human
beings as men and women. Going back
to earlier times, Miss johnson traced the
history of women in the savage state,
Shen she had often as much voice in the
government of the tribes as man. For
instance, the aboriginal tribes of Australia
hac women in their councils of war, the
men squatted in ring in one spot, the
women IN similar ring not far off. No
war was decided on unless the women
agreed. Again, in primitive tribes, when
a murder was committed, the wife or
mother of the injured man was always
consulted, land her judgment was followed
in the pursuit of the criminal. The
ancient Egyptians had not only queens,
but priestesses, priestesses who led relig-
ious ceremonies, ,and were no mere figure
heads. To-day, women were held to
have a capacity for hard work; for
instance, woman might stand at the
washtub all day, it was only well. paid
work she was debarrcd from. Naturally,
in the debate which followed there were
very few objections to the openers state
ments; the two chief were, that there
were no great women composers of music
and very few women inventors. The
latter objection was disposed of on the
ground of difference of education, but
the former was considered tolerably valid,
since no woman has yet produced an
oratorio.-Chicago Post.
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august.
Flower

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like charm. Mywife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs 165 pounds, and can cal
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. 9
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A Famous. Old Argonaut Judge,

Judge Rearden described the morning
appearance of the late Judge Lake when
he sat upon the bench. 1t seems that
Judge Lake used to be sort of Judge
Jefreys toward criminals and that his
mercy was never strained. For in.
stance, he would walk up the steps Of
the "bench," and the poor numbering or
thieving criminal below would shiver
and think of cells and gallows.
"Pat," would the Judge say sharply,
cheat the stovew
6 Then the faithful menial would stir
the fire hurriedly, and the Judge would
adjust his shining collar and fauitless
neckcloth.
After which he would rub his polished
fnger.nails together and thrust them
through page or two of the decisions
of that famous British jurist, Lord
Erskine, and as climax he would look
at his translucent hands and exclaim:
"Hurry them up-I've only a few
minutes this morning."
Then the batch of prisoners would be
ushered into the dock and the steely eyes
Of the Judge would be turned upon them
in such fashion that, like certain
pictures painted by the old masters, one
might imagine that the eyes looked a
dozen ways at once.
Lake seems to have been 30 impartial
that he lacked discrimination, for on Ger.
tain occasion, when the clerk called of
the first name on the docket, gray
bearded burglar of sixty-eight years
stepped forward to be sentenced.
''Prisoner at the bar" said the Judge,
inspecting his elegant little fnger-nail,
"you have been before this court on the
charge of theft many times. I hesitate
to be severe, but in justice to public
morals find it my duty to sentence you
to confinement in State prison for the
term of fifty years, and when you emerge
from its walls may you be better mani
"say, Judge" said the clerk, look
ing up to the polished jurist, ''you got
the wrong man-you forgot-it was
young Hayes you were going to send up
for fifty. The old tramp, there, he amt
going to last two years, let alone fifty!"
"Ahl how is thata" demanded the
Judge, inspecting the list on his desk
"Oh, I see-yes, yesl-dear mellow
very odd! Just give Hayes fifty years
also, and you may as well let the other
matter stand. When q man of sixty odd
years hasn't learned enough to avoid
being found out he's much safer in
jail"
And the docket would proceed. San
Francisco Examiner.
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A rash assertion cannot be made st rong by
simple reiteration. II we say thing is prompt
in its action and its effects are permanent,
there should be evidence 10 support the asser-
tion and that evidence should be without
flaw, like the following: January 18th, 1883.
Lowell, Mass, wrote: MIR. Lewis Dennis, 1856
Moody St., desires specially to say: "Orrin
Robinson, of Graniteville, Mass, boy OF
twelve years, came TO my house ~ uae sum
sner of 1881 walking upon crutches, his left leg
having been bent at the knee for oyer Two
house which gave him to rub on his knee.
In six days he had no use for his crutches, and
went home well without them, and he has
been well since. st. Jacobs Oil cured him."
After an interval OF about four years Messrs:
Osgood g. Co., on June 18th, 1887, were asked
about the condition Of this case and they
replied: Lowell, Mass, July 9th. 1884,, Gen;
informs me that the boy Orrin Robinson, who
was 4 poor cripple on crulches and was cured
aby st. Jacobs Oil in 1881. has remained per-
5manently cured. The young man has been
and is now ut work every day at manual la
Dor; a case certainly which proves the efficacy
of st: Jacobs Oil. Mr. Dennis tells me also
that he had rheumatism; that he tried many
remedies that were OF no use, and that ST.
Jacobs Oil cured the rheumatism permanent.
y, as il has not troubled him for years."
bethany, Mo-. August 4th, 1888: Suffered for
years with neuralgia; but was finally cured BY
St. Jacobs OH Il T. g shsTss wss taken with lum-
baeo; was bed-ridden aud given up by physi-
clans; suffered one year; was cured by 81.
Jacobs Oil; cure has remained permanent.
mrs. l. Powelson, Gam, Ohio.
II afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.. Isaac Thomp-
aonfs Eve- Druggists sell at PC. per bottle
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The Mystery of Willis Hiding Place.

Two hunters cut down chestnut tree
in Dark Hollow, a locality three miles
east of Hamburg, Conn.,, to get a nest
of gray squirrels in its hollow trunk.
They found among the leaves and pieces
of bark of which the nest was composed
some scraps of paper with writing on
them, several handkerchiefs, bits of rib
bon and numberless fragments of twine.
The pieces of paper proved to be the
holographic, will of Abram Mosher, a
farmer living near Dark Hollow, who
died in the early part Of last summer,
worth SIS, 900. How the will got there
Is a rlystery.-Chicago Post.
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FRENCH WOMEN,

French women are very superior to
French men, as we see them, as rule.
They contain in themselves the ad.
vantages of two distinct epochs, and
while possessing nearly as much personal
charm as in youth, they have all that
one gains by experience and maturity.
They keep things together as the young
could not do. They set people at case,
and listen as well as talk. They recall
the day OF tn, salon, because they are
ready to sacrifice themselves to the group
which they gather around them, and
they have also an ambition to be useful,
which was unknown to the precieuscs
ridicules. Indeed, French woman of
any age seems to have a private elixir of
her own, which stays by her through
good report and evil report, throug oh
good fortune and evil fortune; she is
always pleasing, cheerful and synpa-
thetic.
France has never produced a second
George Sand, and these elegant
chatelaines are as unlike her as possible,
and would be shocked to hear that
there was anything in common between
them in their beautiful tea-gowns and
the eccentric who wandered along the
borders of the Indre and in the meadows S
of the valley of the Noire, in the neigh
borhood Of Nohaht, in man costume,
q frock coat buttoned tightly around the
waist, her luxuriant hair falling over a
Byronic collar, with cane or whip,
smoking cigarettes, as did George Sand
And yet each one of them has some
thing of that queer mixture-like her
the love of literary companionship,. the
desire to rise to aesthetic discussion.
Women in France have always shared in
the discussion as to the property and the
business of the husband; they in the
higher circles have q desire now to join
in the thought and the literary experience.
The stories of Jules Jarin, Balzac,
Theophile Gautier, Alphonse Karr, are
replete with these tokens of feminine in
futnce of the higher order.
They are very religious and very
attentive to their charities. The fancy
fairs which arc so fashionable in the
Champs Elysees are under the conduct
always of the greatest ladies. And how
decorous, how quietly elegant, they are
1 fear our young girls could take lesson
of them.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Beware of Ointments for Catnrrh That
Contain MerCury.

As mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. O.,contains no me curry,
and is taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co.
W Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
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THE WEDD ING FINGER.

How many women who fondly love the
golden symbol of their wedding vow
know why they wear it on the third
finger of the left hand2 That particular
digit was chosen because it was believed
by the Egyptians to be directly con.
nected by a slender nerve to the heart
itself. And those ancient worshipers of
Isis held this finger sacred to Apollo and
the sun, and therefore gold was the
metal chosen for the ring.-New York
Sun.
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An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not affect
ed with any disease, but that the system
gimply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as costlve condition is
easily cured by using Syrup OF Figs. Manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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Life has been burden to me for the past
Oyears on account of great suffering from
,rotine has done wonders for me. l am now
new man, and shall proclaim the merits Of
Eour medicine to all Ican reach" George P.
Fowler, Attorney -at-Law, Palatka, Fla Fifty
cents at druD stores.
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HOW FRENCH MA1DENs ARE EDUCATED.

The French maiden is educated after a
very different plan from that which
governs the American girls instruction.
She enters at five years the school, where
she remains for six, ten or twelve years,
until her education is finished. The
schools open in September and continue
until August, with no vacations except
few days at Christmas and Easter, and
no Saturday holidays. Under this sys-
ten the teachers thoroughly understand
their pupils, and lay out for them a
course of study in which there is gradual
and constant development, but no hurry
or cramming for promotion into higher
schools or colleges. 49,
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THE ETHRoAT.-'Bro,1n's Bronchial TToches'
act directly on the organs of the voice. They
have an EXTRAORDINARY effect in all disorders
bf the throat.
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NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise aud 81 trial bottle
Tree. DR.. Kline, 81 Arch ST., Phila-, Pa.
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Heart Trouble

,o,,,nc that we gave her did her any good until in
inter desperation, we began giving her Hoods Sar.
sanarlla She gradually began to improve, the faint
snp hts became less and less frequent and finally
Ceased entirely. Her general health improved until
at the end Of year, having taken seven bottles we
stopped giving It to her AT this time she was years
ref,lrn we ceased to worry, she seemed 80 we'll She
&c now 10 wears old and is as
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THE LATEST STYLES IN RINGS.

One of the most interesting things in
this modern life of ours is the dscadence
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Healthy and Rugged

O child as YOU will find anywhere and has never
sboYyn any Indication Of return Of the heart diff
c,ty During the past years perhaps she has taken
hottes In ALL we only giving 1t to her irregulary
at times when she has complained Of feeling tired in
the spring and early summer. We feel that we owe
a GREAT deal to
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Is YOUR blood poor? Take Beecham's
Pills. Is your liver out Of order? Use
Beecham's Pills. rs cents box.
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

and cannot say too much in favor Of it." ED
WARD HILBERT, Lawrence, Mass.
Hoods PiIIscure Liver Ills
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Painting Spells,

h,onpIng wherever she happened TO be. At these
times she would turn black and appeared at the
noIut OF death. Doctors told US she was in very
had v yay from
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To the daughter Of Edward Hilbert OF lss Broadway,
lawrence, Mass, who sends US the following:
"Teu years ago our child was born. Having lost
six children we were naturally anxious ss TO the
health Of this one. What was our dismay and sor-
row to find that she was apparently doomed to the
sane fate as the others She had little strength as
hahv and did not improve as she grew older. When
ahout 1.2 years old she began to have
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II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
soI,'s Eye-water. Druggists sell at 2c.per bottle
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W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50, $2.25 and
$500 SHOES are excellent shoes far
every day. W0rkingmen all wear them.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-26
LivestocI, Notes.

B. R. Russell of San Saba shipped in two
cars of steers yesterday.
Hal Speer, local stockman, drove in a
bunch of cattle.
James Hovencamp had bunch of cattle
AZ the market.
n Three cars of hogs arrived at the yards
slast evening from Kansas.
CeL Myers, a prominent stockman of
Johnson county, visited the stockyards yes
teEday. He is prospecting.
-. Ebert shipped in a car of hogs from
MS ranch at Marietta
Bird & Merit, the well known Southwest
ern stockmen, have bought 400 three and
four-year-old steers from F. Mayer & Sons
of McKavett The cattle will be shipped
to their pasture, in the Nation, about the
first of April.
Combined receipts for last week at Chi
cago. Kansas City, Omaha and st. Louis,
1Ol, 500 cattle, 254, 900 hogs, 81, 400 sheep.
Compared with the previous week these
figures show decrease of 5000 cattle, 43,-
600 hops and an increase of 1000 sheep.
Compared with year ago receipts show
no change in cattle, decrease of A, 900
hogs and an increase of Il, 200 sheep.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-26
On the St. louis Market.

The following Texans had cattle on the
ST Louis market Tuesday:
Kellum & Kell of Valley Mills had four
cars of cattle on the market.
]. L. Higgins of Henrietta, one car of
cattle
J. NJ. Coffin, Itasca, had one car of cattle.
]. L. Higgins of Doss had car of cattle
on the market
H. W. Chambers of Rockwell sold car
OF cattle.
J. C. Dyer &, Bro, Bynum, had a car of
cattle on the market.
R. C. Graves OF Bowie shipped in three
.Rers of cattle.
Sam Hunnicutt of Dallas was at the
yards with four cars of cattle.
Y. o. McAdams and W. NJ. Arnold of
Greenville were visitors at the yards.
George w. Barefoot of Nocona was at the
yards with train of cattle
NJ lizard, K. L. lizard, VIII S. Ikard, j.
B. lizard and John NJ. lizard had a train of
cattle on the market.