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through which button holes are worked
to close with studs or buttons. Tapes
are inserted in casing at the waist
line in back and tied in front to regu-
late the fullness, the lower edge being
hemmed and worn under the skirt. A
narrow belt encircles the waist. Tho
neck is finished by rundown collar,
and closes with double studs or but
tons. Full glgot shirt sleeves are
gathered at top and bottom, on each
side of the slashed openings, the full
ness at the wrists being Joined to
straight cuffs that are closed with link
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Fattening Hogs Costs One Cent.


The editor recently heard Of a farmer fat
tening hogs at less than one cent pound.
This was made possible through the sowing
Of salzer's King Barley, yielding over 100 bu.
per acre, Golden Triumph Corn, yielding 200
bu. per acre. and the feeding on Sand Vetch,
Teosinte, Hundredfold Peas, etc. Now, with
such yields. the growing OF hogs is more
profitable than q silver mine.
salzer's catalogue is full Of rare things for
the farmer, gardener and citizen, and the
editor believes that it would pay everybody
hundred-fold to get Salzer's catalogue be-
fore purchasing seeds.
II YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it with
10 cents postage to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, they will mail you their
mammoth seed catalogue and 10 samples OF
grasses and grains, including above corn and
barley. Catalogue alone, Sc postage. a.
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That's what We say, because it's the best.
Salzer'.s Wisconsin grown seeds are bred to
earliness and produce tho earliest vegeta-
bles in the world. Right alongside OF other
sediments earliest, his are twenty days
ahead! Just try his earliest peas, radishes,
lettuce, cabbage, etc. He is the largest
grower of farm and vegetable seeds, potatoes.
grasses, clovers, etc.
II You WILL cDT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T to
the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse,
Wis, with l0c. postage, you will got sample
package OF Early Bird Radish (ready in 16
days) and their great catalogue. Catalogue
Slone 81. postage. (h)
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4 Palatlal Train to Florida

Leaves New York daily at $50 p. m. via Penn.
sylvania & Southern Railway, Piedmont All
Line" The shore line between New York anc
Florida. This train is most elegantly fur
nished in every particular: is composed o,
Pullman most modern observation. library
compartment sleeping cars, also dining cars
and runs solid between New York and st
Augustine: also carrying Pullman drawing:
room sleeping cars between New York ant
Tampa and Augusta. The New York ant
Florida Short Line. since its completion, ha.
done q great deal for Florida; the time has
been much shortened. and the facilities now
for reaching the South are all that can b.
asked for. Those going to Florida cannot fine
a more delightful route than via the pictur
esque Piedmont Air Line. And be sure an,
Western North Carolina. easily and 4u ckl.
reached by The New York 4 Florida Shot f.;I:"
I.inilrd.- NrW, En:k R,:Oluer, Ffl,. -, IeyG.
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THE GATES OF HE'LL.

Rev. d Talmage, in one Of his sermons
thus outlined the "Gates OF HE'LL" Gate .he
first. impure literature; gate the second, the
dissolute dance; gate the third, indiscreet
apparel; gate the fourth, alcoholic beverage,
"The wine cup is the patron Of impurity,
he said, speaking of the last ''gate." "The
officers Of the law tell US that nearly all the
men who go into ths shamb!es OF death so in
intoxicated, the entail and the spiritual
abolished that tho brute may triumph. Tell
mo that young man drinks. andI know the
whole story. II he becomes the captive OF
the wine cup he will become Il captive Of oil
other vices; only give him time The courts
that license the salo Of strong drink. license
gambling houses, license hbertinism, license
disease, license death, license all sutferings,
all crimes. all dcspoliations. all disasters. all
murders, all woe 1t is the courts and the
Legislature that are swinging wide open
this grinding, creaky, stupendous gate Of the
lost"
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SUNDAY OPEN SALOONS.

Thomas Carlyle is reported to have said
"The superabunoant number Of open public
houses on the Sabbath is Transforming all
our multitudinous towns into Dantean hells
by the gin and ether intoxicants they sell
there" Baron Rothschild said Of the effects
of the open saloon on Sunday: There are
row after row Of public houses. dens OF the
worst description, which are simply support
ed by the money which flows into their
Golfers on Sunday, and If closed on that day
they must eventually go to the wall"
A writer in the Religious Telescope says:
The criminal statistics of England show that
$4,000 persons are convicted annually for
Sunday drunkenness as result OF open
saloons in London and other cities. Notice
that this number is: convicted. How many
are drunk or tipsy in their homes who are
not arrestedp This demonstrates the work
OF the Sunday open saloons.
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waist. In almost every instance
variety of different jewels, whether
real or imitation, are used. the idea
being to produce by this array OF
color and glitter the Oriental effect
Just now 80 highly priced. The Mar
guerite girdle is e dainty belt, copy
ing, as the name indicates, the field
daisy, not only in size and shape, but
accurately in color. The green and
white effect is naturally wrought out
in enamels. and often the heart of the
daisy, or of all the daisies, isa brilliant
solitaire. The price Of such fine
bit of goldsmith's work will tend to
keep the style from becoming what is
called "too common"
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FLORIDA FACTS.

February and Marcn are two Of the best
months TO visit Florida. The climate is fine
and the social features at their height. OF
interest When you have made up your mind
to 60, you naturally want to get there as soon
rs possible and in the most comfortable man.
ner. II you live in New York, Boston o.
Buffalo, you can take one OF the Magnificent
of these cities TO Cincinnati. and with only
one change Of cars continue your journey tt
jacksonville. Direct connection made in Cen
trail Union Station, Cincinnati, with thr2ugE
trains OF all lines to Florida. Address +. o
D. 3. Martin, General Passenger and Ticket
AGENT Big -Four Route. Cincinnati. OhiO.
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"SoT MUCH" FOE TEMPERANCE.

nWhen visitor at the Carlisle Indian
School asked young Cheyenne girl If she
was member Of the church, she answered:
mot much; just little
There are many otherwise excellent and
respectable people, with more years, oppor-
tunities and Intelligence than this Cheyenne
Indian girl. whose relations to the temper
ance reform are very much like hers to the
church. They are-in their social, religious
and political relations-temperance; but
mot much; just little" For their own
good and for the good Of others they should
come into full fellowship and enlist heartily
in the important pending contest against in
furious social drinking usages and for the
suppression of the liquor traffic. c.-NationaI
Temperance Advocate.
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A LITTLE GIRLS DRESS.

White embroidered lawn made the
simple and attractive frock pictured
in the engraving, the square yoke be-
ing cut from the skirt e6ging and the
bretelles, neck and wrists trimmed
with embroidery to match. Shoulder
straps, rosettes and long ends of violet
satin ribbon form the pretty decora-
tion. The full skirt is gathered front
and back and joined to the lower edge
of the straight yoke, the points of EN-.
broidery being allowed to fall over
the gathered fullness. The neck is
finished with standing collar. Full
puffs, gathered top and bottom, are
gracefully disposed over comfortable
sleeves, that fit closely from elbow to
wrists, where they are completed with
embroidery. The smooth pointed
bretelles are edged with embroidery
and sewed to the yoke across the
shoulders, to stand out we'll over the
full sleeve pufs. This style is special
ly desirable for summer wash fabrics,
gingham. percale, lawn, dimity OF
wash silk, which can be daintily
trimmed with insertion, lace, fancy
stitching or embroidery. Cashmere,
cameps hair, serge and other woolens
will develop prettily with yoke and
under sleeves of contrasting fabrics
such as velvet or silk, the bretelles be-
ing trimmed to match.
The quantity of material Sc inches
wide required to make this dress for
child four years old is 3. yards; for q
si1-year-old size, 81 yards; for ten
year-year-old size, 81 yards.
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The Worlds Earliest Potato.

That's Salzer's Earliest, fit for use in 2s
days. salzer's new late potato. Champion
of the World, is pronounced the heaviest
yiclder in the world, and we challenge you
to produce its equal! 10 acres to salzer's
Earliest Potatoes yield 1000 bushels, sold in
June at 81 bushel-s4OOO. That pays. A,
word to the wise, etc.
Now IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
with l0c. postage to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse. Wis, you viii get, free, 10
packages grains and grasses, including Teo-
sinte, Lathyrus. Sand Vetch, Giant Spurry,
Giant Glover, ETC., and our mammoth seed
catalogue. (A)
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FASHIONS REALM.
HINTS CONCERN
ING FEMININE APPAREL.
Collets for Spring and Summer Wear
Dainty Dress for Little
Girl-Stylish Shirt
Waist.

TOR spring and cool days in
H summer these collets illustrat-
v ed herewith are very neces-
sary, stylish and becoming to
wear with street gowns or light jackets.
Two of the most popular styles are
here given. No. l has pointed yoke
of black velvet, almost covered with
Jet passementerie, circular ripple
cape of black satin being joined to Its
lower edge, which IS Handsomely
trimmed with lace fulled on and head
ed with narrow beading. A full ruch'
ing of lace or chiffon stylishiy hnlsnes
the neck. which can be omitted in fav-
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or of the faring Medici collar. No. 9
is made from emerald velvet richly de-
corated with jetpassementerie in scrolls
and edged all around with black. ost-
rich feather ruching. It can be closed
to the neck or left open as here illus
trated and cut with or without the not
ches in back and front. Both capes are
lined with fancy taffeta, a firm inter
lining adding to the warmth and i'm
proving the set of these stylish collets.
The quantity of material Al inches
wide required to make these collets
for lady of medium size is Il yards
for No. ] design, and Il yards for No.
2 design.
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New Use for Tea Leaves.

Tea drinkers would probably not
lose their love for their favorite bev-
erage if told that the tea leaf'plays an
important function in Chinese fun
ersl. But still it is matter of fact.
Tea is q prominent rival to cremation
and the earth. to- earth system, to say
nothing of tho trade of the embalmer.
In China the vel. Ito do folk frequently
prese, We the mortal remains of their
friends in tea leaves and I am told
that corpse placed in large chest
of tea will remain in high state Of
preservation for many years.
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TEMPERANCE MEMS AND NOTES.

The Father Matthew Society o! Eis! Cam.
bridge celebrated its forty-siSth anniversary
at Union Hall. Cambrdgeport. on January
10.
Pure alcohol is the basis Of all intoyra-
ting liquors anu is KNOWN to the chemist rs
one Of the most deadly Of pois'ns, being
third on the list.
Personal total abstinence is not narrow he
cnllse it is an nc; Of charity to sat good ex-
ample to others. nor il IL cytrome because it
is according to reason.
Alcohol is SO deadly i'll its character that
there l. no other article or material il nature
50 we'll calculated L. produce disasS" and
consequent crime aad mi=rr
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ISToIICATIoN AND CRIME.


The Court OF Appeals, through Justice
Morris, on Monday pronounced most
wholesome doctrine OF criminal law In pass
ing on a murder case that involved the
question of how far crime may be excused
because of the intoxication OF the defendant.
There is a perverted sense of charity in some
quarters that pleads for mercy for man
who robs, shoots, cuts, assaults or otherwise
ofrends while drunk. 1t is urge" that the
drink habit is a disease. that the influence OF
strong liquor is TO make q man an irresponsi-
BILE agent, and. therefore, that intoxication
must, in criminal matters, be likelsd to in
sanity as q palliation of the offence. This
doctrine is plainly dangerous, tending 1T
once to increase both drunkenness and
crime. 1t has obtained a certain vogue in
some of the lower courts, and this. 1t is
urged, has spread "a belief amoug the criminal
classes that liquor is regarded by tho law as
an excuse for all sorts Of offenses. The hold
ing by the Court of Appeals is Of such force
and expressed with so much certainty that it
should be spread abroad az widely as possi-
BILE to check the unfortunate tendency that
all too plainly exists. Justice Morris. in up
holding the action of the court below, said:
"We hold emphatically as the law Of the
District Of Columbia that voluntary intoxi-
cation is neither an excuse nor palllatlon
for crime. Voluntary into1tcation is itself
q crime, at least in morals II not always IN
law. 1t is always at least vice. And 1t
would be subversive OF all law and ali morals
II the commission of one vice or crime could
be permitted to operate as m excuse or
palliation for another crime"
This is definite language that may be un-
derstood by all. whether versed in the law
or not It is an eminently wise decision.
and II gives the courts OF inferior jurisdic-
ton in the district ample ground for some
effective reformatory work. The process
should begin in the Police Court. where
drunkenness and petty crime commonly 20
hnnd in hand. It should follow the course
of justice through the Grand Jury to the
criminal courts in special term, and so on
up to the tribunals of last resort. When men
are brought to clear, definite understand
ing that intoxication is held by the law to
oggravate instead OF to excuse crime COM
mitted under the influence of liquor. they
may be less easily tempted by the bottle
Washington Star.
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buttons. Shirt waists iu this style are
made of striped and plain batiste, grass
linen, percale, madras, cotton ehevlot
and other plain and fancy shirtings,
with collar and cuffs to match, or OF
white linen as here illustrated.
The quantity of material 3G inches
wide required to make this shirt Waist
for q lady having 3G-inch buet
measure is 3! yards.
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THE NEWEST COLOGi.

Yellow, in all the shades from a eli
cate tint to the bright screaming red.
yellow similar to the old-fashioned
flame color, is frs. in the list OF fash.
ionable coiors for the coming season.
But as 10 special shade ever rules the
day in fashion, so there are no end OF
new greens mixed with blue, lovely
rose tints, marine and Neapolitan
blues, and metallic gray, which makes
a pretty background for lowered and
Persian designs. All the violet shades
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach tho
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have q rumbling sound or imper,
feet hearing. and when it is. entirely closed
Deafness Is the result, and unless the inham-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
6amed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free. 1
F.J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. o. =.
k%Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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HOW THE STOMACH IS INJURED.

A disordered stomach will feel unconiior.
table after eating; fermented liquors will re-
move for time the unpleasant sensations.
Potion after potion is swallowed on this ac-
count, often without producing permanent
tranquility. and much 10 the injury Of the
stomach. Wine drinkers do not drink wine
after every meal. which proves that wine is
not necessary to their digestion. and many
who have confided i'll this belief have been
convinced of their error by leavingit off and
finding that they digested their food as we'll
when deprived of it, and that such privation
greatly contributed TO their eventual res.
toration to health.-Dr. Benjamin Ward
Richardson.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

A bounty on hawks and other foes
of the poultry yard is being advocated
with vigor.
An Iowa hog sold for $500 the other
day. It was "King Medium" Po'
land China.
Death died the other day. He was
the Mayor of Cambridge, England,
for the fourth time.
In England less than ninety years
ago it was not unusual for man to
sell his wife into servitude.
The contract for the construction
of the first railroad for Madagascar
has just been taken by French COM
pany.
Within a radius of two miles from
the centre of Palmyra, Me-, live
twenty. persons more than eighty
years old.
Hammerfest, Norway, is the north
ernmost town, aud Punta Arenas,
Chile, is the most southerly town in
the world.
Koyamo, the Japanese student who
tried to assassinate Ii Hung Chang
last March, is said to be vlolen tly in.
sane in Kushro Jail, Japan.
That one deer doee duty IN many
an adventure is proved by the fact
that a deer shot in Weld, Me-, was
carving eleven bullets in its body.
Out of 30, 900 men who tried to en-
ter the English army last year, To-
900 were rejected, chiefly on account
Of bad sight, bad teeth, or fat feet.
It is proposed to form lumber
trust which will embrace every mill
and all dealers and shippers on the
Pacific coast. The capital stock Will
be fixed at $40, 100000.
An eight.year-old boy OF Pierre.
South Dakota. named Tom Holmes,
shot and killed playmate OF the same
age the other day. The shooting was
done with intent to kill.
A Philadelphia paper notes the sale
of "Washington County wool" at
twenty cents pound, which, it says,
is seven cents pound more than the
same product brought three years ago.
A lady seventy years old of Deer
Isle, Me-, walked two miles to a pond
to go skating. She took part in the
sport with great zest and agility for
an hour or more and then walked
home.
London is about to build seventh
lunatic asylum. There are IL, 900 GER
titled lunstics now kept at the public
expense, without counting those in
private asylums and those that are
loose.
Two men were arrested and jailed
in New York City for having counter.
felt money in their possession, but
when bank cashier was asked to look
at the money, he said that it was as
good as gold.
Now it's the egg eating champion.
ship. The record is held in Kentucky
by an Owensboro man, who, in o con.
test last week, ate fourteen hard
boiled eggs, against nine eaten by his
nearest competitor.
For five years Rev. Mr.. Hicks was
pastor of Methodist Episcopal churches
in Corunna, Mich. During that time
his wife paid $500 on their home out
Of marriage fees, which were always
turned over to her by her husband.
James Gould, of Barnet, VT, who is
ninety-four years old, has been very
busy for weeks past in the woods near
his home, cutting wood for his years
supply of fuel. He is working alone,
and says he doesen't need any assist.
ance.
A horse that had been working stead
lily for thirty-fve years was working
at the time it fell dead recently in
Telfair, Ga. It was thirty-eight years
old, and in 1852 was used in the mail
service between Hawkinsville and
Cochran.
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STYLISH SHIRT WAIST.

Persian printed lawn made this
stylish shirt waist, the collar and cuffs
being of fine white linen. The fronts
and back fit smoothly at the top, q
pointed yoke facing that can be made
with or without centre seam being
stitched across the shoulders on back.
A box plait is formed on right front,
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lNEBllIATE FARM HOME.

An Interesting experiment is being tried in
England in the opening Of al Inehriate Farm
Home A large farm has been secured in
Surrey and numerous cottages cree ed upon
it. It is announced that each cottage will
represen: family circle. under the care of
q sister. The inmates will he employed in
poultry rearing, fruit culture. bee keeping,
flower growing and dairy work nf all kinds
No patient wllbr rscGived FIR less. han one
wear,
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what's q Bump?

In our peculiar vernacular, wesay bump
on a log and a bump on human being.
What one might call a bump another one
would call thump. Thus we have bump
from thump and thump from hump.
In like manner, bruise may cause bump,
and bump may cause brutse. or perhaps
a thump may cause both. Well, what's the
difference. so long rs we suffer from either
bump or bruise, We want to get rid OF 1t.
That's true, and the surest, quickest way to
cure bruise is at once to use ST. Jacobs Oil.
Then the question will be not what 1t ls. but
what it was, as it will promptly disappear.
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A VAST ARMY OF DnuSKAItpS.

The Journal pt Inebriety estimates the
total number of druukartls in America at
l,GOO. 900. There being about twenty-five
millions Of adults in this country. this means
that one person ont Of every fifteen drinks TO
excess, and is consequently more or less Of il
,lrunkard. The Journal thinks that this
estimate is a very modest one an RI: her un-
der tie marx than above *.
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Best OF All

10 cleanse the system in a gentle and t:ul!
beneficial manner, when the Springtime
comes. use the true and perfect remedy
Syrup OF Figs. One bottle will answer for all
the family, and costs only 80 cents; the large
size 81. Buy the genuine Manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Company only. ana
for sale by all druggists.
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F.J. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
1Sold by Druggists, 75c.
A Good Dog is Worth Looking Aft,

Ifyou own dog and think anything of him,
when i'll and understand him sufficiently to
detect symptoms of illness. The dog doctor
book written by 81. Clay Glover, D. V. s., spe'
cialist in canine diseases to the principal ken
u cloth bound, handsomely illustrated book,
and will be sent postpaid by the Book Publish'
ing House, 134 Leonard St., y. Y. City, on
receipt of 40 cts in postage stamps.
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Nothing IN bath or laundry 50 good Is BoraL
Dobbins' Floating -Borax Sosp needs but ono trial
10 prove its value. Costs same as poorer foat'
ing soap. No emo has ever tried it without buy
tnS more. Your grocer has 1t.
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FITS stopped free by DR.. KLNE's GREA.
NERVE REsToRER. No hts after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bot.
tie free, Dr. Kline S{ Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.