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by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
ever after the disease has progressed so
TAR as to induce repeated blcedings from
the lungs, severe lingering cough with
copious expectoration tincluding tubcrcu-
lar matter, great loss of flesh and extreme
eiiaciation and weakness.
Dc you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery" were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it, They have, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians.
VINO lave no interest whatever in mis-.
representing them, and WHO were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
put who lave been forced TO confess that
II s,fpasscs, III curative power over this
fatal inalady, all other medicines with
winch they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "cmulsiousn and
mixtures; mad been tried i'll nearly all these
cases and mad either utterly failed to bene.
III, or mad only seemed to benefit a little for
a snort tiine Extract Of malt, wliskcy,
ana various preparations of the ~lypoplios.
pnites had also been faithfully tried in vain.
Inc photographs of a large number of
,,noSe cured OF consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
ca!aIth ana Kindred maladics, lave been
skiIIiully reproduced in a book of 100
pages which will be mailed to YOU, OIL re-
ceipt OF address and six cents in stauups.
you Cain then write those cured and learn
men experience. AddressWoRLD's D1spEN.
e,Nf MNpicAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, NY.
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FREEH

To Christian Endeavorers-Pocket Guide
and Map of Boston. the Convention
City.
The Passenger Department Of the Big
Four Route have issued q very convenient
and attractive Pocket Guide to the City Of
Boston which will be sent free Of charge TO
all members of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor who will send three
two-eent stamps To cover mailing charges
TO The undersigned. This Pocket Guide
should be in the hands of every member Of
the Society who c~ontouplatcs attending the
18th Annual Convention. as il shows the To-
caticn of all Depots, Hotels, Churches, ln-
situations, Places Of Amusement, Promi-
nent Buildings, Street Car Lines, Etc, Etc.
Write soon as the edition is limited.
f. O. MCCORMICK,
Passenger Trafic Manager, Big -Four Route,
Cincinnati. ..
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THE LATE CZAR'S NURSE,


The day before Alexander III. was
born an English nurse entered the serv-
ice of the imperial family. l forget her
full name. saysa writer in the Scotch
man." but in the palace she was al
ways known as kitty" A God-fcar-
ing woman, she exercised Il powerful
influence on the children under her
care, and they returned that care with
unbounded love and respect. In her
Old age the ear allotted her apart
ments in what in Russia to
the English Hampton court-the win
ter ~palace-for since the death of Alex
ander II. it is no longer used as an i'm
perial residence, though it still serves
for some of the state ceremonies. Here
rooms, a carriage, servants and every
thing that thought could devise, made
the old nurses declining days easy.
The walls of her room were crowded
with birthday and other presents from
every member of the great family she
had so faithfully served, and in these
surroundings, rather less than two
years ago, the time came for Kitty to
die.
Again and again the emperor would
CONF and sit by her bedside to read her
a chapter out of the English Bible that
she had so often read from to him
when he was a little child; for to her
early cndeavors he had owed the
strengthening of whatever was good
and gentle in him; and he repaid her
with almost the affection of a son to
his mother. The last time he came to
see her the old nurse was past con-
seriousness, and failed to give him her
usual smile of recognition. Alexander
bent down over the dying face and
asked her ~tenderly if she did not know
him, but Kitty never spoke again. Her
! life's work was done.
The morning Of the funeral found
the emperor and some other members
of the family in the room, with the
British chaplain of st. Petersburg and
the undertakers. As the moment came
for putting the body into the coffin the
men stepped forward to do 80, but the
car motioned them back. mo; no one
shall touch her but ourselves" he said,
and then, reckoning to his brother, the
grand duke Sergius took the feet and
he lifted the head, and they gently
laid the remains in the coffin.
1t was a miserable winter day, but
Alexander Ill. followed the coffin for
two miles from the winter palace,
through the streets of Petersburg tc
the cemetery beyond the Neva, to see
his old English nurse laid in the grave.
Who will not feel that such q man had
a true and noble heart? And who will
refuse him now that it must 500 be
1.-THE darkened heart that beats nc
more, a tear of sympathy"'-N. Y. Ad'
vertiser.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
thediseased portion of theear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that is bycon.
%stitutional remedies. Deafness iscaused nv
an infiamed condition of the mucous lininS
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets intlamed You have arumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out and this tnbe
restoredto its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out Of ter
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing bui
an nfiamei condition of the mucous sur.
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure'
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
SF-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HILLS Family Pilla. o. cents
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ha-~ - ts az. -ec.7aS >1ew. NJ.
Manson Ei@~ Wished I, settled in
t1as LAY, ~ he tss- ETc her his
. IN services -svs- imagining for 4
moment tAa; as v2a.a have any
trcCe.c & getting lis XII
11t Nay B-aSs had been awakened
10 The v2la5 @: ac- -Na services They
had Sai5 rr5s- -4.h That she was
worth TWO dollars & DAY 10 them. and
she had ra.xive5 only Jour 5C,lurs per
vee,. during her 'cr- term q service.
Size had done = little reckoning on her
own account, and the result wac .
counter bill that appalled, Mr.. Munson
by is length, m.nu.>r->s Of detail and
summing up. He was caught in Il trap
Of his own constructing.
4 compromise was effected that was
satisfactory 10 Mary Blake, and she at
once left the family, not in a quarrel
mood, bet with a determined air
that brooked np appeal, Girl after girl
succeeded her. but they only made her
los, more apparent by contrast. Nh.
Nunson mouraed the hour when he
took a legal view of the accident. On
so many slight links hangs the chain
Of consequences.
One day Mary Munson sought her
mother.
There's q lady in the parlor to see
YOU" She said, with sparkling eyes.
who Is she?" asked Mrs. Munson.
Her daughter was laughing, but would
not tell. Mrs. Munson went into the
parlor with a smile on her
face.
81 "Gracious. Mary Blake. Is It posi-
ble?"
The funny-looking object that she
was almost made Mrs. Munson laugh
too. She was dressed in cheap blue
MORE silk, wore n feather bedeckcd
hat, and an imitation seal coat. Her
pudgy hands were crowded into yellow
kid gloves.
II wouldn't have known you." said
Mrs. Munson. You lool, so fine"
"Yes'm, an it's time. Them's the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
Iciclcs

Gllstoning In therays of the monday sun are
were thrust down your back how YOU would
shudder. This is precisely what YOU do
when tho premonitory chill of fever and
ague m on. Them is the time to take Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters, a .knocker OUT If
every form Of malaria; also of dyspepsia.
biliousness,, constipation, rheumatism and
kidney trouble.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

A KENsINGroN youth who had been told
that a certain young lady's father had plen-
ty of dough proposed to her before he dis
covered that the old man was Il baker,
PHILADELPHIA Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
-Maud-"I understapd tbat Ja,l

"dHU- unutrStHnu tflaC JdcH
proposed to you last night and you re.
fused him?" Marie-"Yes; although,
poor fellow, am afraid that II he hao
not left me 20 hurriedly / might have
relented and accepted him." Maud
$50 he told men. Y. Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
THE GREAT HERMAN COrrEE Kerry,

THE GREAT GERMAN COFFEE BERRY.
Coffee atone cent pound, that is what
it costs to grow it, good coffee, too. Some
say that it is better than Rio. This we
know, while in Europe last summer in
search of seed novelties we often drank
this in hotels in France, Holland and
Germany.
Thirty-five packages earliest vegeta-
bic seeds, 81 90, not 3 cents per package.
Largest growers of farm seeds as
oats, grass and clover, corn and pota-
toes, etc, in the world. Early heavy
yielding vegetables our speciality.
IF o WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T
with l5c postage to the John a. Salzer
Seed company, Lacrosse, Wis, you will
get free package of their GERMAN Coz
e BERRY seed and their catalogue. lKl
MILLloNAlRE-"Honesty, my son, is al,
ways the best policv.n His SOn-"Well.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

BIGds-'There are very few poor men In
the senat nowadays" Diggs-"Yes, but
there are plenty of mighty poor seuators."-
Life
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
THE ONWARD 1ARCH

NoHS III pllOu ID
stopped short by DR..
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. If
you haven't waited
beyond reason,
there's complete re-
covery and cure.
Although by many
believed to be incur
able, there is the
evidence of hundreds
of living witnesses to
the fact that, i'll all
its earlier stages, con.
sumption is a durable
disease. Not every
case, but a large per-
ccntaec Of cases, and
we believe, fully 9s
NOR sant ,,. n,,...j
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

SrupENr-"Profeasor, which is biological
way Of reaching a conclusion.' Professor
-'1Take a train Of thought, my boy"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine Of gaIe,.
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for l,ongs,s
Rto's Toothachs props Cure IN one iujnrsa'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

THE man who is always ~impsgning the
motives of others simply adyerIses what
he would do if he had their opportunities.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

ONE WAS ESouGu.--poliem1
offender by the collar~1Hai
Hold on" Offendcr-"Wbatt1
attending to ~thatr-Detrojt m
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

MISS Our tat euchre table)-"wiu Won
take my handt' Mr.. Flip-'sThis isn't lean
year."-Philadclphia Inquirer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

BUGaINs-'Docs Goldstein take much in.
terest In businesssm Muggins-'I should
say he did. He's a pawnbroke .n-Phila.
delphia Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

THE sales of the HamiltOp.1
Co., of 81, Louis, Mo-, show A
gratifying gain over the ssn1
year ago:
From Dec. 10, 1894, to Feb. t. lSl
From Dec. l6, 1873, to FEB. i, I'D
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

OF the hlHNi 70
properly no~isa
the nerves S&
tissues Feed thS
nerves upon pune
blood. ana they
via Ne steady and
strong. r ii tais
it's with r
urc thai | Hoal
rend Hoods Sar-
sapGl-a = AZ Cx
CGlleli nerve t1-lC
and blood purifier
I have srr-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
Low RATE rxcuRs,
March 9th and A.,

: "nu april +
On the above dates, The MI
Railway and Iron Mountain h
ranged to sell Excursion tirts'5
Arkansas, Texas and iOni.']
very low rate of one fare M
the round trip. Tickets pa w
inside of twenty days, with
stopping of en- route. For IA" iprI
ton in regard to rates, descrM|
tratcd pamphlets, land and !
(Mailed Free, enquire Of n
connecting lines, this Command
d. Y. TOWNSEND, Gen'l Pass, As1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
Tired, Weak, Nervous
Hoods sarsaparilla Restores
Strength and Bodily Vigor.

The cause of that tired, weak, ne--
vous condition, in which so many
people find themselves, is &c failarc
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

DO You think the plctunl
lilief" Eyes, indeed. She wa]
rage with the artist --lnter0 J
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

Labor to show more wit IN dis
course than words.-Suenesr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

Gain
The new year. with this frpJ
Dec. II, 1894.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23

MILLloNAlRE-"Honesty, my son, is al,
ways the best policy His Son-"Well,
maybe it is, father; but still you've done
pretty woll,"-Tit- Bits.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

A curious incident of the closing
scene of the civil war, which has not
been recorded in the books, is related
by correspondent of the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat. After Gen. Grant
had received General Lees terms Of
surrender at Appomattox and accept
ed them some one, not General Grant,
ordered the firing of a salute Of 100
guns in token of victory. This salute
General Grant quickly stopped, as he
wished that every means should be
taken to spare the sensibilities of the
brave men who had surrendered.
The proceedings went on quietly,
and the surrender had been complet-
ed. All was over, and peace had sue
ceeded war when a strange and ir-
regular fusillade of musketry was
heard from the late field of battle.
More than that, the air about the field
was filled with whistling bullets.
What had caused a reopening of
hostilities? Simply this: The muskets
of the Confederate soldiers had been
allowed to remain stacked on the
field. So suddenly had the fighting
ceased on the morning of the 9th of
April that thousands of pieces were
left loaded.
In some way the dry grass on the
field caught fire, aud the blaze ran
among the stacked guns. They were
heated to to the point of explosion,
and soon the fusillade began. Most
of the pieces were pointed upward,
and the bullets rose until their force
was spent and then came down to the
ground Others were pointed at an
angle and sent their balls far. This
was the only salute which accompan-
led the surrender of Lee.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunder-
man, of Dimonda1e, Mich, are permitted
to make this extract: 81 have no hesitation in
recommending DR.. Kings New Discovery, as
the results were almost marvellous in the case
of my wife. While I was pastor OF the Bap-
fist church at Rives Junction she was brought
down with pneumonia succeeding la grippe.
Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last
hours with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. A friend
recommended DIR. Kings New Discovery; it
was quick in its work and highly satisfactory
in results Trial bottles free at 81. c. Pierce's
drug store. Regular size soc and 81.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

At the national soldiers home near
Milwaukee there is an ardent admirer
of Thomas B. Reed. He praises him
unstintedly. I asked him why he took
such an interest in the Maine man.
1--WE served in the navy on the same
boat the Sybil = of the Mississippi
squadron. [ was secretary to com
mander Mitchell and Mr.. Reed was
paymaster. He drank not, nor did he
chew, smoke or swear, and was good
nature itself, and never allowed his
work to get behind. He was a prac-
tIcal Joker. While the captain and
most of the officers were away, a week
after we had been paid, Reed directed
the men to come to his quarters and
receive another months pay. We
were astonished; the government
had not acquired the habit of paying
in advance. But there was Reeds
written direction TO come and receive
another months pay. We gathered
around the smooth faced, happy
hearted young paymaster, when he
handed out to each of us as many dol
lars as we were entitled to for thirty
or thirty one days of service, but they
were confederate dollars" Chicago
Times Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

visitor was lamenting the way
wardness of a young friend, and con
cluded by saying: "After all, it but
proves how true are our old proverbs,
'One man can take horse to water,
but twenty can't make him drink. , I"
''You can't prove anything by a
proverb," answered the lively girl
who listened. cor, rather, you can
prove anything upon earth you wish.
Here's proverb that answers yours
back. "a bird that can sing and won't
sing must be made to sing"
"Try it again." laughed the first
speaker. GA rolling stone gathers
no moss
"Easy enough" answered her com
panion.
"A sitting hen never gets fat
When you tell me, "A penny saved is
a penny earned | answer, You may
be penny wise and pound foolish
And if you say, Speech is silver, but
silence is golden,' l can reply,'A word
is better than a wink-to a blind
horse.' -
''And what do you say to this?"
asked the other, demurely, " PRO
verbs are the wisdom of nations"
easy enough" retorted TIE other.
60 Borrowed wisdom is too cheaply
got.'''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

AS she recalled the past, and tried To
penetrate the future, n smile of supreme
satisfaction passed over her honest face
as she remembered that her life's work
would be perpetuated.
The room in which she sat contained
hundreds of volumes of records; and,
turning to her daughter, she said,
my daughter, this room, as you well
know, contains the records of my life's
work. in which for many years you have
so diligently assisted me.
by earnest application you have COM
passed my methods; and IL is a happi-
ness TO think that when / leave, the
glorious work will, through you, go on.
The mission is n noble one. DO as
have done: never permit a woman's APP
peal to go unheeded.
"These records tell of every case ever
submitted TO me; and 1t is my wish that
the facts they contain shall in time prove
a much-needed education TO the women
of the world"
Thus did Lydia f. Pinl1ham hand over
TO her daughter, Mrs. Charles III. Pink
ham, what may be termed the salvation
of her sex; and that wonderful remedy,
Lydia T.. PinkhdBfs Vegetable Com
pound, which all druggists consider as
standard as flour, goes on redeeming
hundreds of women from the fearful
consequences of female diseases.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

Sobered for the moment by con
templating a past danger which had
threatened humiliation. and by the
crowding responsibilities of the future,
the better side of Napoleon's nature
was for time dominant. So far s
consistent with his aspirations 20 r
personal power and glory, he put
into practical operation many of the
most important revolutionary ideals,
failing only IN that which sought to
substitute a national for a Roman
church. But in this process he took
full advantage of the state of French
society TO make indispensable
to the continuance of French life on
it's new path. Incapable Of the noble
self abnegation which characterized
the close of Washington career, by the
parade of civil liberty and n restored
social order he so minimized the pop
ular, representatives, constitutional
side of his reconstructed government
as TO erect it into a virtual tyranny
on it's political side. The temptation
W uldh0 Ul0 ldCO anu tlO AldulO hO
each other was overpowering, for
the self styled commonwealth, with a
chief magistrate claiming to hold his
office as a public trust, was quite
ready to be launched as a liberal EN-
pire under ruler who in reality held
the highest power as possession
Century.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16
rust Estate of Abigail Tolman
of Greensboro.

ETATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF Or
- LEANS, SIS. In Probate Court held at
fewport, in said District, on the 3rd day of
December, A. D. 1895.
Hon. H. S. Tolman, trustee of the trust es-
BITE of Abigail To1man late of Greensboro, in
bid district, deceased, presents his trustee
|ccount for examination and allowance.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court,
hat said account be referred to a session
hereof, to be held at the probate Office in
hid Newport, on the 9th day of De-
|ember, A. d. 1895, at one O'Clock in the after
loon. for hearing and decision thereon.
And, it is further ordered that notice hereof
|e given to all persons interested, by publi-
|ation of the same three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
h the Orleans County Monitor, a news paper
published at Barton in said District previous
% said time appointed fer hearing, that they
hay appear at said time and place, and show
|ause, if any they may have, why said ac-
|ount should not not be allowed, and such
lecree made.
BY the Court-Attest,
e-51 F. f. ALFRRD, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

Some newly married men are very
bashful in paying the minister his fee.
One bridegroom, who was put through
the service the other day, hesitated
a good deal over it. At last he hand
ed the minister $40 bill with the re-
mark: "I wish it were more, sir. I'll
see that it is next time"
look, but said nothing, and he walk
ed off with her, utterly unconscious of
the slip he had made.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-16

In a letter dated 1850, which has
been presented to the Biblotheque
Rationale in Paris, a highly ingenious
account is given of the origin Of bill
lizards. The writer declares that oil
lizards were invented in England about
the middle of the sixteenth century
by pawnbroker named Bill Kew.
This man, it is alleged, used in his lei
sure moments to play on his counter
with the three large balls which he
hung up as sign. For cue he had
a yard measure whence the term Bill
yard, or Bilps yard corrupted into
billiards. This etymology will hardly
satisfy Mr.. Skeat, but it is at least Gu
rious, as showing to what length the
speculative etymologist is apt to go.
The most astonishing thing about it,
however, is the fact that it is the
work of a Frenchman, who might bave
seen at a glance that billiards is mere
ly a corruption of his own word "bil-
liard,'' from ''bille" a ball, the ter
mination, Gard" being perfectly reg
ular and natural in the composition of
a word intended to designate the table
upon which the balls are used.
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