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The Progress., 1894-09-22
a New Kind.

A new form of delirium tremens has
attacked q New York topper While
under the influence Of lively jag he
was shocked by an electric wire.
Now, when he has taken too much
whisky, he fances he sees suffering
electric wires and writhing snakes,
which shower him with sparks.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

In ten years American cyclists have
less than 2;0p. feat once supposed
to bn Impossible The Improvement
has been gained by better machines
and tracks and pneumatic tires, as
we'll rs general skill and muscle
amonm riders.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

A thoroughbred Arabian horse on
an ordinary course can be easily dis
tanccd by a European racer, but for
endurance of fatigue, docility and for
speed maintained at long distances,
SO long as to appear incredible. the
Nedjcc horse acknowledges no equal.
A good Ned jee will cantcr for twenty
four hours in summer and forty ght
in winter without requiring drink.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

nesses and derange-
ments OF the female
system. :.
The " Prescription "
cures liberation and
Falling Of the Womb,
Leucorrhea and Utter.
inc debility.
Miss MAGGIE CROW
LEY, of jamestown. N,
Y, says: II feel as II
] had . new lease OF
life since taking the
Prescription l trust
that others will find the
same benefit from your
wonderful medicine u
l have"
The Progress., 1894-09-22
Not leo.

want every man and woman in the
United States who are interested in tbs
opium and whisky habits to have one ot
my books on these diseases. Address, Il.
NJ Woolley, Atlanta, Ca, box 81, and ono
will be sent you free
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The Modern l'eauty

ThriveS on good food and sunshine, with
p'enty of exercise in the open air. Her
form glows with health and her face blooms
with its beauty. If her system needs the
cleansing action of laxative remedy, she
uses the gentle and pleasant liquid laxative
Syrup of Figs
The Progress., 1894-09-22

FoR Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach
disorders use Browns Iron Bitters--the
Best Tonic. It rebuilds the system, cleans
the Blood aud strengthens the muscles.
splendid medicine for weak and debilitatsd
! porSong
The Progress., 1894-09-22
NapOleOn's Shirts.

One OF the three shirts possessed
by Napoleon at St. Helena and d.
vided at his death among his compan-
ions, has been sold at auction for $50
francs.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Russia, ROumania and Servia are
the most illiterate countries in Eu-
rope, 80 per cent OF the population
being unable to read and write.
The Progress., 1894-09-22
DIERCE e...an. CURE
- aau MONEY ~ RETuIRNED.

The woman who Is tired, and has heavy,
dragging down sensations, pain in the back,
and headache, should take warning in time
DR.. Pierces Favorte Prescription is the best
tonic and nervine at this time. It's q posi-
tive remedy for all irregularities, weak
The Progress., 1894-09-22

When woman announces so her husband
that she wants to have plain talk with
him, it means she wants him to confess.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Richard IIcnnig concludes that a
great Mood was cOntemporancous with
the ice age, converting countries in
milder lattitudcs into swamp and sea
and leaving only isolated lands
Egypt. for instance free from inun-
datiOn.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

What ais the world most just now Is the
great amount OF uncommon sense Hoat1ns
around
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Many man who would like to reform
the world has front gate that won't stay
shut
The Progress., 1894-09-22

According to n quaint writer, a preacher
should begin slow, proceed slow, rise higher
and catch afro
The Progress., 1894-09-22

You can praise one man to another with
out oTensc, providing the man who IL
praised is dead.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

1t doesn't cost man anything to have
opinions. It's ventilating them that is ex-
peusiye,
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Some people are born expressly for fools,
aud if they undertake. to he anything else
they spoil it.
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Men show their character in nothing
more surely than in what they think laugh
able
The Progress., 1894-09-22

FoR impure or thin Blood, Weakness,
Malaria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Bilious
ness, take Browns Iron Bitters-it gives
strength, making old persons feel young
Ard young persons strong pleasant to take
To have in general but little feeling seems
to he the only security against feeling too
much on any particular occasion. .
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST tn
AGRlCULTURlSTS.

Some Up L" Date Hints About Cultiva-
ton OF the Soil and Yields Ibersor-
Horticulture Niticulture md Elori
culture
The Progress., 1894-09-22

The gunrrels of lovers, like summer
showers, leave the country more verdant
and beautiful
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Karls Clover Root Tea,
~" great Blond pun iii"r gives freshness nnd clcarness
lolhc Compile xion and cares Constipation. nc Soc III
The Progress., 1894-09-22

OF alt the lnssi"ns, jealousy exacts the
hardest service and pays the hitterest
wages
The Progress., 1894-09-22

II tho Baby Is cutting Teeth.
he sure and use that old and welltred remedy, hss
Wfssiow's SOOTHING SfRur for Children Teetblpg
The Progress., 1894-09-22

"Hansor's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted TO cure or money refunded. Ask your
Nuggst for It.. Iricc Is cents
The Progress., 1894-09-22

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, TOO.
The Progress., 1894-09-22
The Thistle Pest.

In the year 1s46, Mr.. Ambrose
Stevens of New York presented an
essay before the agricultural society
of that state on "The Extirpation OF
the Canada Thistle" In this essay
Mr.. Stevens gives the results of care.
ful experiments conducted during the
years 1871 to lS45 in the destruction
OF this plant, ard also an abstract of
every article on the subject that had
appeared in the agricultural journals
and published transactions of the state
up to 1916, summing up his evideLce
in carefully drawn conclusions.
ABSTRACT OF MR. STEVENS EXPERJ-
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In the year 1906 or thereabouts it was
o report in Bristol and thereabouts that
it rained wheat about this Town and
six or seven Miles round, and many be-
lieved it. One Mr.. Cole being curious
to find out the Truth Of the odd Phae-
nomenon procured several Parcels of it,
and upon diligent Examination of them
with magnifying Glasses, judged from
the Taste, Figure, Size and Smell that
they were seeds of Ivy berries, driven
by strong Wind from the Holes and
Chinks Of Houses, Churches and other
Buildings, where Starlings and other
Birds had laid or dropped them, but il
so it's strange that they should fall il
so great Quantities in so many Places.
-CoX's Magma Britannia "
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To the present day the superstition is
rife that blood stains cannot be washed
out. During the French revolution so
priests were massacred in the Carmelite
chapel at Paris, and the stains, so called,
of their blood are pointed out today. .
Sir Walter Scott, in his ''Tales of q
Grandfather, +" declares that the blood
stains Of David Rizzio, the Italian pri-
vate secretary of Mary, queen of Scots,
who was stabbed at Hollywood palace by
certain Protestant leaders of her court,
aided by her husband, Darnley, are still
to be seen.
In Lancashire the natives show a
stone called the "bloody stone" whiC.
was SO marked to show heavens dis
pleasure at some of Cromwell's soldiers
atrocities at Gallows Croft In MAC
BETH, act 5, scene l, Shakespeare al
ludes to the idea, "Yet here's spot. "
The truth is blood cannot be cas-
lily expunged. In the first place, if that
Of murdered person, it is not attempt
ed. In the next place, blood contains
oxide Of iron, which sinks deep into the
fiber Of wood and proves indelible to or
binary washing. Thus it is true that
stones of a porous nature and wood not
of the hardest kind are susceptible tc
the stain of blood produced by the oxide
of iron which the blood contains. But
the blood Of pig is as good as that OF
a murdered man.-Pearson's Weekly.
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Hardy Climbing Roses.

In the prairie rose we have class Of
hardy native climbing roses often found
growing Wild in Michigan and tho west
ern states, which we may plant with
confidence. Two of the more commonly
known roses of this class, which are ia
vorites everywhere on account of their
hardness, free blooming, and the fact of
their flowers appearing just after the
other varieties are nearly over, are Queen
of the Prairie and Baltimore Belle, vari-
cites raised in the year 1S43 by q rose
grower named Feast, in Baltimore, from
seeds Of the wild prairie rose crossed
with some European variety. These two,
the former red and the latter white,
when grown near each other on the same
porch or with INTERVIEWING branches,
heighten each others beauty by con-
trast. Both are of rapid growth and
may be employed to advantage for COW
ering any unsightly objects as walls old
trees, old buildings, etc. Among the
most desirable roses of the prairie class
we have Annie Maria, vigorous, pale
pink, very few thorns; Baltimore Belle,
pale blush, changing to white; Gem of
the Prairie, free, believed to be from
Queen of the Prairies crossed with Nine
Laffay, rosy red, occasionally blotched
with white, large, fiat flowers, slightly
fragrant; Queen of the Prairies, vigor-
Gus, rosy red, frequently with white
stripe, medium or large SIZE double, TO-
liage large, five leaflets, quite serrated;
Triumphant, vigorous, rosy pink, me-
dunn size, double or full, distinct seven
leaflets arocommon. Cleveland Leader.
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IAsn5lrs kBou.I RALnNEss.
why Does tl,o lEair FAN Out en- the Top OF
the Head and Not Elsewhere?

why Does sslo Fair FAN Out On the Top OF
tho Head and Not Elsewhere?
A question that often arises and is
seldom answered twice in the same way
is as to why tho hair falls out on tho
top OF tho head and not at the back and
on tho sides. The old fashioned theory
IS that badness occurs within the lines
marked by mans hat and as nobody
has ever offered conclusive proof to the
contrary that explanation may be tho
correct one.
The case was stated the other day to
two very intelligent BARRIERS. One Of
them thought that tho reason why Bad
ness occurred at the top of the head was
that the brain came closest to the sur
face there, and this being an age in
which many brains are kept going at
high tension the abnormal amount of
blood thus carried to the Uranium pro-
duced q kind of fever in the upper scalp.
Feyers, as is well known, often result
in the falling out of the hair.
The second barber gave variety to the
discussion by enlarging upon the notion
that he had formed from the observa-
ton and reflection of many years.
''You will notice, said he, "that the
first hair a baby has comes in on the top
of tho head and falls out before the
child is many weeks old. The hair that
comes to stay grows thicker and stronger
on the sides and at the back, and have
an idea that tho growth on the top of
the head is always the weakest from
infancy on to old age. "
"But how do you account for the fact
that women Go not grow bald as men
do?" queried q sleptical listener.
Account FOR it? l don't have to &C.
count for it, replied the ready witted
second barber ''It isn't so. Why, /
used to work in an establishment where
they had nine chairs III tho mems de-
partment and II in tho women's, and
want to tell you that I learned some
things there that tho average man and
the average barber, too, for that mat
ter, doesn't know. If you could appre-
ciate as I do tho number of women who
have false hair SO artistically arranged
that nobody can tell it from their own
natural tresses, you wouldn't ask why
men grow bald and the other sex
doesn't.
Hairdressers have their pet theories on
this subject as well as BARRIERS, and some
of them arc very plausible. But if you
should ask a doctor who was not
ashamed to confess his ignorance the
chances arc that he would tell you he
didn't know much about it.-Washing
ton Star.
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April Fool Day.

The custom Of sending one On boot
less errand or otherwise April fooling"
him on the first day CT April is very an
Gent. Yet it cannot truthfully be said
that am o. i o.ual to the task Of trac-
ing it t3i., 80. II. Come aatiquarians
profess to believe it survival of the
travesty of sending the Saviour hither
and thither, first from Annas to Gaia
phas and then to Plate and Herod. This
opinion is strengthened by the fact that
during the middle ages that very scene
in Christ's life was made the subject of
one of the Easter Miracle Plays" enact
ed on the chief streets of London and
other English cities of the first class.
Even though tho above opinion has re-
ceived the sanction of Brande, Moore
and Hone, it is not at all unlikely that
it is really relic Of some old heather
festival, such as the Hull festival of the
Hindoos or the Roman feast of fools. -
The custom, whatever its origin, Of
playing tricks and pranks Of all kinds
on the first day of this month is univer-
sal throughout Europe and is also prac-
ticed in many other countries and IN
der various names. 1t is a curious fact
that the Hindoo Hull festival, where
April fool tricks Of all sorts are played,
is held on the night Of the 31st of March,
and the orgies arc not discontinued I'M
til sunrise on the morning Of April L.
ST. Louis Republic
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Proof That snarrows Can Count.

There is no doubt but that birds can
count, and an incident I witnessed sew.
eral years ago illustrating this fact
amused me not little. A sparrow, with
four of her young, had nest in spar
row house under the veranda Of my
dwelling. One day the old bird few UP
to the nest with four living worms III
her beak The four little birds reached
out their heads with tho customary
noise and were each fed q worm. The
sparrow then few away, and after time
returned again with four worms In her
beak, which were disposed Of as before.
The bird kept this up for some time,
during which was an interested spec
tator. ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Ti4g MASTER PASSION.
Alleged to he the Mania For Getting Fee
Passes For the PLAY.

alleged TO Ise t0E flal1l OF SSthI1S FEC
Passes For the Play.
81 was once present, . said Charles
Dickens, Eat a social discussion which
originated by chance. The subject was,
What was the most absorbing and long
est lived passion i'll the human breast?
What was the passion so powerful that
it would almost induce the generous to
be mean, the careless to DO cautious, the
guileless to be deeply designing and the
dove to emulate the serpent?' A daily
editor Of vast experience and great
acuteness, who was ono Of the company,
considerably surprised US by saying,
with the greatest confidence, that the
passion in question was the passion Of
getting orders for the play. There had
recently been a terrible shipwreck, and
very few Of the surviving sailors had
escaped in an open boat
Zone of these ON making land came
straight to London and straight to the
newspaper office with his story Of how
he had seen the ship go down before
his eyes. That young man had witness
ed the most terrible contention between
the powers of fire and water for the de-
struction of that ship and of every one
on board He had rowed away among
the floating dying and the sinking dead
He had f1oated by day, and he had fro
zen by night, with no shelter and no
food, and as he told his dismal tale he
rolled his haggard eyes about the room
when he had finished and the tale
had been noted down from his lips, he
was cheered and refreshed and soothed
and asked if anything could be done
for him. Even within him that master
passion was SO strong that he inmedi-
ately replied that he should like an Or
der for the play. My friend, the editor,
certainly thought that was rather a
strong case, but he said that during his
many years of experience he had wit
messed an incurable amount Of self pros
tration and abasement having no other
object and that almost invariably on the
part of people who could well afford to
pay "-Exchange.
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Admitted the Facts,

Newspaper editors have to be
very careful in opening their columns
for statements. But aware that the
DR.. Miles Medical Co. are RESPONSE
bic, we make room for the testimon.
ial from r. McDougall, Auburn,
Ind, who for two years noticed a
stoppage or skipping of the pulse,
his left side got so tender he could
not lie on it, his heart futtered, he
was alarmed, went to different doc.
tors, found no relief, but one bottle
of DIR. Miles New Heart Cure cured
him. The elegant book "New and
Startling Facts,' free at A. M. Gil.
bert's. 1t tells all about Heart and
Nervous Diseases and many wonder.
full cures.
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important Information For Girls,

Blue eyed men are the most senti-
mental Of the species. At least this is
what an eminent physiognomist says.
They are peculiarly susceptible to the
influence Of the opposite sex, melt under
the warmth Of one ardent glance, have
emotional, mercurial affections and are
found by the coquettes to be easier game
to bag than to hold American Woman
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Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have a
Cough or Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to
give relief, or money will be paid back
Sufferers from La Grippe found ii
just the thing and under its use had
a speedy aud perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself just how good a
thing it is. Trial bottles free at l.,
G. Matthaei's Drug Store Large
size SOC. and 81.
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A Thief Rewarded.

A thief in the act Of breaking into q
safe was greatly astonished on looking
up to see a gentleman quietly watching
his proceedings. He tried to escape, bat
the gentleman stopped him.
go on, my friend, he said. II am
greatly interested in your work "
How is that?" inquired the aston,
ished thief.
Because l have lost the key to this
safe. If you can open it, you shall be
we'll rewarded for your trouble. AR
lennin
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Curious.

A domestic, newly engaged, presented
to his master one morning a pair of
boots the leg Of one of which was much
longer than the other. GLOW comes it
that these boots are not the same
length" II really don't know, sir, but
what bothers me the most is that the
pair down stairs are in the same fix. :"
Boston Woman's Journal
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A boy in a Connecticut Sunday
school when asked who made the beau
tiful hills about them, remarked that
he didn't know, hisparentsonly NOV
ed into the town the day before.
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when I put my foot down, I'll
have you to understand" says Mrs.
Nojoker, "that there's something
there" Oninyestigation, it was found
to be a No. IL shoe.
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Du NIaurier's Women.

Speaking of "Trilby," have you ever
noticed what an important part eye
brows play in Du Maurier's faces? No
matter how small the face, the eyebrow
stands out as the most characteristic
feature. Critic
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BuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The BEST sALvE in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcer, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, Chilblains
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 l.. @.
Matthaei's drug store.
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You are feeling depressed, your appetite
is poor, you are bothered with Headache,
you are fidgetty, nervous and generation
of sorts and liant to BRACE up Brace up
or bitters, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad whiskey, and which stimulate
you for an hour, and then leave you in a
worse condition than before. What you
want is an Alternative that will purify our
blood, start healthy action OF Liver and
Kidneys, res.ore your vitality and give
renewed health and strength. Such medi
cine you will find in Electric Bitters and
only 80 cents bottle, at L. G. Matthaei's
Drug Store.
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Rubinstein's first teacher was his
mother, and his first concert tour as q
virtuoso was made when he was nM
quite 10 years of age.
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Young Flickers- Which weeds
are the easiest to kill?
Farmer Sas safras-Widow 3
weeds. You only have to say wilt
thou?' and thou wilt.
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Ayers Sarsaparilla frees the blood
from all scrofulous and inflammatory
Aumors.
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WHENEVER THERE IS

any weakness Of the vital organs, nervous,
ness, prostration of the physical or mental
energies, confusion OF ideas, lack of self
confidence, irritably oftemper, melancholy
cowardice, weakness OF the knees and
back. palpitation of the heart, dragging
pain in the loins, headache, irritation OF
the kidneys and bladder, milky urine,
pernicious and hidden wastes, resulting
In failure of the mental and physical
powers, constituting an impeachment to
success and uniting him or her for the
duties and responsibilities of life, 1t is the
remedy par excellence.
A single package will be sufficient to in
augurate the work of regeneration, and
cure in many cases. But stubborn cases
often require more. 1t will be sent, post
paid, secured from observation, for $1.0O
per package, or packages for $500. Ad-
dress all orders to
CATION MED. CO.,
July 289f1yr. Boston, Mass.
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THOSE WHO SUFFER

from the results of governmental or physi-
cal exertion, hardship, exposure, hidden
drains, caprice, or who have brought upon
themselves a series of Affections by igno-
rantly or willfully violating natures laws
will find in CATIONS WALLER AND
NERVE TONIC the remedy for their GER
tain relief. 1t speedily removes all evil
dences of progressive physical deteriora-
ton and restores the enfeebled energies to
their natural yigor
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The best brass band in Australia
is composed of natives.
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THE BLOOD is the source O.
health. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla td
keepit pure and rich. Be sure to gel
HOODS SARSAPARiLLA.
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CATIONS
Nerve oniC
End vitaIizer
Perfect Constitutional Powers.

Its extraordinary curative power mani
tests itself almost Immediately after 1t is
taken. On this point the evidence of those
who have taken it is uniform and positive.
They say they can feel the effect OF every
dose doing them good. 1t is a powerful
nerve inyIgorating tonic, imparting its re-
storatiye influence through the medium of
the nervous system to every organ and
tissue of the body. 1t makes but little diff
ference whether the constitutional vigor
has been undermined by acute disease.
oyerwork or certain mischievous indiscre-
tons or whether the broken down condi-
tion is called by one name or other so long
as there is nervous exhaustion, general
or local weakness-so long as enervation
and debility are the type OF the ailment,,
this is the 9.p3ped1f