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ASTONISHING
Is the Growth and Hold Of the
Tobacco Habit.

much las been said Of the curses
of intemperanee, tile use opiates, cct.,
while another evil. greater because
1t is more widespread and quietin its
deadly results, has been ignored.
We haye reference to the tobacco
habit, to which the public mind is
being slowly aroused. Tobaccoin any
form is Injurious. At first 1T is used
sparingly, but the desire grows until
at length habit has been formed.
a demand has been created which can
not be thrown off except by the
exercise of the greatest will
power
The growth of this habit is one of
the alarming developments of the
age. Out of 10000 men not over
400 will be found who are free from
it, while boys not out of their
teens stand around on the streets
chewing and smoking with as much
gusto as an adult.
The evils which follow thu use OF
tobacco are many and very serious.
Few habitues will confess the truth
until when their system is broken
down and completely wrecked, they
are unable to make further conceal
ment. The nerves become shattered
sleepless nights, impaired eyesight,
disordered stomache, vertigo, pal
pitation of the heart, throat trouble.
facial neuralgia, catarrh and paraly-
sis are almost certain to follow the
excessive use of the weed.
Il is not uncommon to hear men
acknowlt dye theiri ability to reform
and thus they dr. f. along towards an
early grave. DR.. Hill, man of
great penetration, soon discovered
this evil and after years of patient.
continuous research ard expert
ments, gave to the world his cele-
braLed Chloride of Gold Tablets, one
of the greatest blessings known to
modern therapeutics. These Tablets
are endorsed by he medical frater-
nifty and prescribed By physicians in
their regular practice They are
sure cure for the tobacco habit in
any form and are pleasant and harm
less in their composition. The patient
is not required exercise bis will
power, but continues his old habits
until be rejoices in the discovery
that his appetite is gone and he has
been rescued from his per'ious posi-
ton. Write to the Ohio Chemical
Company, Lima, o, sole manufac
turers of Hills tablets, or call upon
your leading druggists.
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Measuring Hardness,

For determining the hardness or fria-
5ility of certain substances N. Rosiwal
mas described to the Vienna academy a
new method devised by him which is
characterized by entire simplicity. The
measurements consist in comparing the
losses of weight sustained by the bodies
under investigation by scratching them
with a given weight of polishing ma
terial mounted on metallic or glass
base until the substance loses its eff.
cheney, the polishing appliances com
prising dolomitic sand, emery and pure
corundum. The diamond is assigned
its place in the scale of hardness by
comparing its effectiveness as a polish,
ing agent with that of corundum, prov
ing 140 times as hard as the latter, ani
to these succeed topaz, 1874; quartz, 175
adularia, 500; apatite, so; fourspar
GA; calcite, sc; rock salt, 30, ant
tale, 0.04.-New York Sun.
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YOU GAN do IN.
By Shipping and Clipping Y"u
Get SCI Value for 10 Cents.

Ju think of the delights of trip
al over our own country from Alas
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done in new process indelible typo
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$1.50l and will embrace the physical
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the whole edited by Prof. G. r.
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The Common, Boston; Printing
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There VIII be a new series each
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The Other Point Of View.

One warm day in the mountains Of
Tennessee / rode up to house where
there was woman drawing bucket
of water with an old-fsshion we'll
sweep and asked if she would give
me drink. She was only too glad
to be hos pitable, and brought out a
gourdful. Ash drank at IL slowly
and with evident relish she watched
me curiously.
"Puriy good critter you air rid,
in she veniurcd.
Thank you; yes; he belongs to a
frierd Of mine.
"Pusty nice-looking yerself," she
added in quite the same tone as she
had used in speaking of the horse
Thanks, responded, surprised
into blushing, but she never noticed
it.
Air you married Z" she went on.
mo, I'm a bachelor"
Reckon, yer crbout ez well off
that way, p'raps a leetle better. I'm
married myself
swell, | think it would have been
great improv' ment over my pres
ent condition If | had married some
good, sensible girl tea years ago and
settled down. I'm sure | should
have been happier man."
She thought for a minute before
answering.
"Lkely,'' she said, 1t last; "but
how d the woman be e'ia'. De
tr Il T. "a Press
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Falling OTa Log.

"As easy as falling off log" is
an old saying. When it was first
uttered, nobody knows. Nothing is
easier, unless it is the taking OF q
dose of DR.. Pierce's Pellets. These
act mike lagic. No gripping or .drench
ing follows as is the case with the old
fashioned pills. The relief that follow
resemble the action of Nature in her
happiest moods; the impulse given
to the dormant liver is of the most
salutary kind, and is speedily man
Tested by the disappearance of all
bilious symptoms. Sick headache,
wind on tue stomach, pain through
the right side and shoulder blade,
and yellowness Of the skin and eye
balls are speedily remedied by the
Pellets.
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TIE OLD hARpooNER.
a bit of the Poetry That Has Gone Out Of
Whaling Life.


a bit of tho Poetry That Has Gone Out Of
Whaling Life.
The gallant seaman who in all the
books stands in the Prov of whaling
boat waving a harpoon over his head,
with the line shaking ont into the air
behind him, is only to be found now in
Paternoster row. The Greenland seas
have not known him for more than
hundred years, since first the obvious
proposition was advanced that one could
shoot both harder and more accurately
than one could throw. The swivel gun,
like a huge horse pistol, with it's great
oakum wad and 29 drains of powder, is
a more reliable bat far less pictur.
esque object.
But to aim with such gun is an art
in itself, as will be seen when one con-
siders that the rope is fastened to the
neck of harpoon, and that as the mis-
sile flies the downward drag of this rope
must seriously defect it. So difficult is
it to make sure of ones aim, that it is
the etiquette of the trade to pull the
boat right onto the creature, the PROV
shooting up its soft, gently sloping side
and the harpooner firing straight down
into its broad back, into which not only
the four foot harpoon but 10 feet of the
rope behind it will disappear. Then,
should the whale cast its tail in the air
after the time honored fashion of the
pictures, that boat would be in evil case,
but fortunately when frightened or hurt
it does no such thing, but curls its tail
up underneath it, like cowed dog. and
sinks like a stone. Then the bows
splash back into the water, the harpoon-
er hugs his own soul, the crew light
their pipes and keep their legs apart,
while the line runs merrily down the
middle of the boat and over the bows.
There are two miles of it there and a
second boat will lie alongside to splice
on il the first should run short, the end
being always kept loose for that pur-
pose. And now occurs the one serious
danger of whaling. The line has usu-
ally been coiled when it was wet, and
as it runs ont it is very liable to come
in loops, which whiz down the boat
between the mems legs. A man lassoed
IN one of these moses is gone and fifty
fathoms deep before the harpooner has
time to say, Where's Jockt" Or if it
be the boat itself which is caught then
down it goes like a cork on trout line,
and the man who can swim with a
whaler high boots on is a swimmer in
deed. Many a whale has had Par
THAN revenge in this fashion. Some
wears ago q man was Whisked over with
blight of rope round his thigh.
George, man, Alec's gone"' shrieked
the boat steereT, heaying up his ak to
cut the line. But the harpooner caught
his wrist. Ma, ma, num-" he cried,
the oil money'll be a good thing for
the widdie." And SO it was arranged
while Alec shot ON upon his terrible
journey "A. Conan Doyle in McClure's
Magazine.
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Jan. 20, '94 If
"More Facts"

Is handsomely illustrated fifty
page pamphlet issued by the Chica-
go, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Company, giving valuable informa-
ton regarding Agriculture, Sheep
Raising, Climate, Soil and other
resources of South Dakota. 1t also
contains correct map of North as
we'll as South Dakota.
Every farmer and in fact any
one interested in agriculture, etc.,
should have a copy of it. Sent free
to any address upon application to
John r. Pott, District Passenger
Agent, Williamsport, Pa.
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Notice to Creditors.

To the creditors of Geo. b. Weller, decd :
In pursuance of decree of the Circuit
Court of Berkeley county, W. Va, entered
at the January, 1891, term thereof on the
31st day of January, 1894, in cause there
in pending to subject the real estate ofsaid
Geo. B. Weller to the payment ofhis debts
you are required to present your claims
against the estate of said Geo. b. Weller,
decd, for adjucation to L.. Dew Gerhardt,
Commissioner,at his office in Martinshurg.
w. Va, on or before the 10th day of March
S94.
Witness, w. B Colston, Clerk of the
said Court, this 10th day of Feb. 1894.
2-10-6t. w. B. COLsToN, Clerk.
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The Washington Publishing Com
pany, l4O6 G street northwest,
Washington, D. c., have just pub
lished "The Show at Washington"
written b. two prominent Wishing
ton correspondents. This book is
unique and interesting. 1t deals
with the everyday phases OF Wash
ington life, and brings out the per
sonal characteristics of the men who
make our laws, fame and trouble at
the Nations Capital. 1t cannot fail
to entertain and inform all who de-
sire to know what Washington life
really is. Some idea of The book
can be obtained from tue following
table Of contents
"White House Ways
"Around Growers Council Board"
"Sketched in the Senate"
aG anu Personal.
"Angles and Curves"
"Heard in the Cloak. room"
"In the Speakers Eye"
mine Black Bundles of Law
"Told after Adjournment"
"Our Midway Plaisance."
ain the Millionaires' Club.
Smoke Talks"
"Oratorial Oddities"
cat the Table and at the Bar"
"Hoke, SHAM Sterling and Dan"
"Snap Shots at Random"
To introduce the book a limited
edition is issued at the low price of
35 cents, postpaid, and all who desire
to purchase should send their orders
promptly to the Washington Pub
fishing Company, because when this
first edition is exhausted the book
will be sold at IS cents only.
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Around the World in Eighty
Days.

Did Jules Verne ever think that
his imaginary PhiIeas Fogg would
be eclipsed by an American girl, who
once made the circuit In less than
seventy.three days? But Phileas had
to take second money" The fame
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
coyery has gone around the world
long ago, and left its record every
where rs precious boon to every
nation. In the whole world OF med.
icine, nothing equals It for the cure
OF scrofula OF the lungs (Which 10
Comsumption). Coughs and bron-
chial troubles succumb TO this remedy
and the blood is purified by it until
all uasightly skin bloiches are driven
away. Don't be skeptIcaI, as this
medicine 10 guaranteed to every pur.
chaser. You only pay for the good
you get.
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Specimen Gases

s. II. Clifford. New Cassel. Wis
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected 10
an alarming degree, appetite fell
away, and he was terribly reduced
in flesh and strength. Three bottles
of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
ILL.,, bad a running sore on his leg of
eight years. standing. Used three
bottles Of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes Of Buckien s Arnica Salve, and
his leg is sound and well. John
Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large
Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
he was ircurable. One bottle Elec-
trio Bitters and one box Bucklen' S
Arnica Salve cured him entirely.
Sold by E. G. Williams, Jr. & Co.
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certainly cure It doesn't claim too much
1t won't make new lungs nothing can !;
but it will make diseased ones sound and
healthy, when everything else has failed.
The scrofulous affection Of the lungs that's
caused Consumption, like every other form
of Scrofula, and every blood-taint and dis
order, yields to the Discovery" 1t is the
most effective blood cleanser, strength re-
storer, and fiesh-builder that's known to med
ical science In all Bronchial, Throat, and
Lung Affections if it ever fails to benefit
or cure, you have your money back.
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Il was along toward morning
when handsome, raven haired
young woman walked into q box.
Her costume was srtfnlly adapted
for the displaying Of her stunning
figure to the very best advantage,
and she was at once recognized as
young French woman who has been
singing at one Of the variety the
aires. She was accompanied by
b!onde-haired young man ofaverage
height and build, who seemed some.
what bored by his surroundings, and
who paid no more attention to her
than courtesy demanded, says the
New York Herald.
A party of four young roysterers
halted in front of the box as she
seated herself and began to arrange
her wraps. They were evidently Ia
ken with her appearance, aud after
gnzing in mute admiration for =
minute, one of them remarked
whats the matter with getting
her down on the floor for q dance?
1t will be no trouble to induce herto
leave that tow.headed young dude
with herr
sooner was the suggestion made
than it was acted on. One of the
quartet left his fellows and started
for the box. He was within three
feet Of the young woman when his
friends we're surprised to see him
halt. wheel about and re,race his
footsteps hurriedly.
"What's the matterl" they asked
in chorus.
cob, nothing special, but it struck
ma it would be more appropriate for
one of you fellows to invite her,"
watch me-" instantly spoke up
one Of the others 81 have no scru-
Piles of that kind"
He walked of with an air OF de-
termination, no one regarding him
with more anxious interest than his
predecessor. But, he, too, when
within speaking distance of the
| young woman, turned on his heel
and rejoined the now disappointed
group. He gave some plausible ex.
cuse for not carrying the threat into
execution, whereupon third one of
the party, murmuring something
shout a certain breed of idiots, jump
ed away with the air of one who has
decided to do or die.
He also changed his mind about
the project when 1T was almost on
the verge of completion. When he
returned there were three OF them
smiling mysteriously, and the fourth
was cycling them in amazement.
| BY this time the young woman
had been attracted by the strange
performance. and her escort was also
enjoying it, a quiet smile wreathng
itself over his features The fair one
seemed to look appeslingly at tue
young man, who had not,as yet tried
to lure her away from the quiet
of the box to the madding throng on
the floor. He read her glance and
was lost. With bold dash he went
up the stairs three at time, only to
stop at the top long enough to take
one startled look.
Amid the delighted yells OF his
three companions, mingled with
peal of musical laughter from the
young woman, he fed precipitately
down the stairs.
Marrow escape that was, y he taid
to his friends; "but why did you Eel.
lows allow me to put my head in the
lions mouth that wayi"
"hisery loves company" was the
only solace be got, and then he said:
I'm not stop at most things, but
I'm not fool enough to try to steal
a girl away from Sandow.7
The young man who was mistaken
for tow headed dude was the strong
man.
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Forced to Confess.

4 curious point in Swedish criminal
law is that confession is necessary be-
fore capital sentence can be carried
out. If, however, the culprit persists
in protesting his innocence in the face
Of overpowering evidence, the prison
discipline is made extremely strict and
severe until the desired confession is OBJ
tanned. -Popular Magazine.
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1T makes me tired, said Mr.. Figg,
Ito see the style the Henderbys put on
when every one knows that they are as
poor as-as poor as''--
plaster, interrupted Tommy.
Yes, as poor as plaster, poor as
plaster porous plaster. If you don't
send that ilnpudent kid TO bed in five
minutes, I'll lick him till he can't see.
Then Mr.. Figg put his hat on we'll
down over his eyes, and not needing his
wife's advice to wear his overshoes went
down wn.-Indianapolis Journal.
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A rather plain lady asks the opin-
ion of her minister-"Is IL a sin 10
feel trife OF vanity when / am call
ed handsome by a gentleman ?"
"Not a siu for you. my child; but
a terrible responsibility hangs upon
the gentleman .n-FuDlets.
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BuckIen's Arnica SaIye.

Che BEST SALvE in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcer, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, ChiIblains
congestion, eruptions, and it positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box, at 4. C.
Williams, Jr. & Co.'s drug store.
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Japanese farm animals are shod
with straw sandals.
Johnnis-Pa, does a man have tc
take an oath when lie goes into Of
fee.
Pa-He takes several ifhe doesn't
-Detroit Free Press.
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What's become ofDumlsyi"
She's college professor 10 Okla
homa.n
"Traiaing the ,oung idea how 70,
get the drop on the world, ehf'-
Truth.
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Did Him a Great Deal Of Good.

DR. j. A. DEAsE, CATsKILL, N. Y.
II have used your Dyspepsia and
Indigestion Pills, and can say that
they did nee great deal OF good, for
l have felt considerably improv ed
ever since.
E. II. sPIcER, Seaford, Del.
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Young Husband-If l were mill
ionaire, you would love me a great
deal more, wouldn't you?
The Wife with an eye to stunning
costumes)-I would love you a great
deal oftener.
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We just put up 300 packages Of
VOLTS Celebrated Horse and Cattle
Powder-the Best Powder. Made
for Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep.
Largest and handsomest packages
on Earth Am. GILBERT, Druggists.
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She Commi tied Suicide.

Mrs. F. G. Doe, at Watkins, left
this letter: "My husband-Forgive
me if cause you trouble, but suf-
fer SO. You do not know what
these long, wakeful, wretched nights
are to me, and 1 am so tired darling
the pain will never be better. 1t
is not easy to take my own life, but I
have been sick so long. Good bye,
my husband, love you-your wife,
This is but one of the many that
gives up instead of using DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine, and being
speedily cured of their wretchedness.
Go to A, M. Gilbert's and elegant
book and trial bottle free.
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TO CONSERVATIVES.

The undersigned having been re-
ftoredto health by simple means, after
suffering for several years with severe
lung affection, and that dread disease
Consumption, is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means
of cure. To those who desire it, he will
cheerfully send free of charge) a copy
of the prescription used, which they
willfind a sure cure for Consumption,
Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
all throat and lung Maladies. He
hopes all sufferers will try his Remedy,
as it is invaluable. Those desiring the
prescription, which viii cost them moth
ing, and may prove a blessing, VIII;
please address, REV. EDwARD A va
SON, Williamsburg, Kings Es,alrt
New York.
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Chamberlain's Eye and Sim
Ointment.
A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head. Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema.
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. tits cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cases. have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed.
Is cents per box.
Sept. Sd 1892, year.
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Foreman-"Is this number, 100,
on this paragraph, the number of
the cut that goes with it?'
Editor of esteemed contemporary
NO; that's the date of the joke. "
Puck,
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Chappie-There's one thing about
Miss Finde's pew house / don't like.
Sappie-What's that9
Chapple- Her father. - Detroit
Free Press.
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Keep it in the house. Good advice
from the Captain. Captain S. c.
Walker. Company @ LIST Regiment,
!. Indiana Vrteran Legions, Lafayette,
Ind, writes this: Il have used DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup in my family
for the last two years, and advise all
having children never to be without
it."
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