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MUCH IN LITTLE.

Spanish Africa comprises territory
equal in size to Colorado and Nevada.
England has an area of 81, 900 squas
miles, or little smaller than Arkansas.
There are in Ohio about 1850 oil
wells, of which more than 5000 were
bored in 1894.
Bulgaria's proper has thirty-seven
thousand square miles, about the size
of Indiana.
It costs four times as much to gov
ern American cities as is spent for the
same purpose in European cities.
Sharks often weigh 5000 or 1000
pounds. They live partly on vegeta-
bles, but are yoracious of everything
The white shark has been known to
swallow man whole.
Tobacco stems were long considered
almost waste product, butt will soon
be utilized in many ways other than
for fumigating greenhouses and to
make sheepwash.
The dried leaf has little Of the aroma
of the manufactured tobacco. This is
developed by a kind of fermentation to
which it is subjected in the warehouses
of the manufacturers.
Over $50 ambulances are provided in
London for the transport Of persons
injured or suddenly taken i'll in the
streets. -Four persons are killed
weekly in the streets of the metropo-
lis, and score or two are injured.
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PITH AND POINT.

The Wife-"John, didn't you feel
like fool when you proposed to me"
The Husband-"No; but I was one."
Life.
"Hallool What's up with young
Smith?" 'sHe just said he had blue
blood in him, and Tom Jones hit him
on the nose to see. "-From st. Paul.
"What would you do II
you had all the money you wanted|
Hawkins-'Td invest it where it
would double itself. Boston Tran
script.
Papa-"Ethel, I fear your young
man is not erterprising." Ethel
"Yes he is, papa; he proposed to me
on one of his advertising postal cards. :"
Chicago Tribune.
Lawyer-"You will get your third
out of the estate, madam" Widow
"Oh, Mr.. Bluebsgsl How can you
say such a thing, with my second
hardly cold in his grave"
sLemme see," said the funny man
at the play, "where On earth did !!
ever hear that idiotic joke before?
Oh, by George, wrote it myself! 1t
is not SO bad, after all Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Poeticus-"Have you read Shakes
peare's Loves Labor Lost?" Cynicus
-"No; but I've taken girl to the
theatre and have her talk to the man
next her all through the show. New
York Herald.
Mrs. Green-"Does your baby rec
ognize you when you come home!
You are away so much, you know. "
Mr.. Black-"Know me? I should say
80. He always begins to cry the mo.
ment gel inside the door. boston
Transcript.
Mr.. Saur Ito his wife)-"How hor-
rid of you to be always looking as
sour MS a crabapple. Just look at
Mrs. x. over yonder-the very picture
of cheerfulness. Mrs. Sau1-"You
seem to feet, my dear, that Mrs. z.
is q widow. "-Neue Welt.
"Great Scott, DOCTOR" exclaimed
the man in the chair. "You have
pulled out the wrong tooth J" $50 l
have" replied the dentist, regretfully.
"Well, can't charge yol anything
for pulling that tooth, and I'm out
Just dollar. That's what o man gets
for being in hurry. y."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Miss Carrie Onn-"oh, there's
Cholly Fitzinhedd! And look, Nettie,
Just look at that ridiculcusly funny
little dog he has with him. What in
the world does he drag that animal
around for?" Nettie Guy-"Self.pro-
lection. People used to laugh at him,
now they laugh at the dog. San
Francisco Examiner.
A symphony in black and white,
The keyboard lies before her;
Ofsymphony nor melody
is the sweet outpourer.
The Scripturai Injunction she
Is earnestly pursuing;
She never lets her right hand know
What her left is doing.
Judge.
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A Dogs Sixth Sense.

L. O. Meachamp, living near Homer,
La, on the edge of Arkansas, is great
hunter, and he's fine deerhound, Dan,
of which he is Justly proud. A few
days ago Mr.. Meachamp was going
squirrel hunting, and in order to keep
Dan at home he was compelled to tie
him up. The hound whined and beg
ged, but finding that his master was
obdurate he at last lay quite peaceably
before his kennel oil day.
At o'clock in the afternoon, how
ever, when Mrs. Meachsmp was be-
ginning to look for her husbands re-
turn, Dan became go unusually restless
that she went out to see what was the
matter. In spite of her repeated eff
forts she could do nothing to pacify
him, and at last, to her utter aston
ishment, he broke the rope and bound
ed away over the fence and into the
woods. He was gone probably half
hour when he came running back
painting and almost breathless with h!a
masters hat in his mouth.
Mrs. Meachamp became at once
alarmed, and calling her SOD, they SET
out to find Meachamp, the dog all the
time bounding along in front and lead
ing the way. At last they came upon
Mr. Meacbamp lying helpless in the
woods, where at precisely 5 o'clock ha
had fallen in little ditch and broken
a small bone in his leg. The dogs
knowledge of the accident at the very
moment of it's occurrence seems al
most incredible, but the truth of this
is beyond dispute. -Phils. Times.
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r.n nollnr. for n Name.

The Georgia Southern & Florida Ry., in ad-
dition to their famous Pullman Buffet trains,
"Quick Step" and Dixie Flyer" have ina9-
gurated the fastest Pullman line in the South
between Macon and Tampa, the route being
Georgia Southern 81 Florida to Jasper and
Plant system to Tampa, leaving Macon daily
at 11:2S p. M, arriving In Tampa ESQ p; m;
q. m, arriving in Macon at a. m. AS the
names of its two Jacksonville Pullman trains
have become household words, 1t desires TO
christen its new route with q name that Will
tiers. Mr.. G. A. Macdonald, General Passen-
ger Agent, Macon. has therefore offered u
prize Of ten dollars in gold for the most ap.
propriate name, bearing In mind that tho
daylight. All that is necessary Is to send In
this clipping, giving name OF paper aud date,
together with the name and address OF one
this season, to g. A. Macdonald, G. P. A, G..
S. 81 T. Ry., Macon, Ga.
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c&J1'11QS
70 StQkl.

There is more than one food
which will cause the body to
increase in weight. A free
supply of sugar will do this;
so will the starchy foods;
cream, and some other fats.
But to become fleshy, and yet
remain in poor health, is not
what you want. Cod-liver oil
increases the weight because
it is a fat-producing food. But
it does far more than this. 1t
alters, or changes, the pro-
cesses of nutrition, restoring
the normal functions of the
various organs and tissues.
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The StraW.Hat Trade.

The travelling salesmen for the
wholesale hat houses start out with
straw hats for the next season before
the last of the straw hats worn here
abouts have been put aside; the first
to go start about the LIST of Septem-
Der. The straw hat season iii the
South open on March / at some ex-
treme points earlier. Wholesale de-
liveries in the South begin in Janu-
ary, and they are mostly completed
by the middle OF February. The active
season in straw hat manufacturing
runs from September to about tho
middle of April. New York Sun.
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Where the Presidents Are Buried.

Twenty-one Presidents of the United
States are dead. They all lie buried
in nine States. Virginia holds five
Washington at Mount Vernon, Thomas
Jefferson e. Monticello, james Madi-
SON at Montpelier and James Monroe
and John Tyler at Richmond. In New
York lie Van Buren at Undertook,
Fillmore at Buffalo, Grant at River
side Park and Arthur at Albany. In
Ohio are William Henry Harrison at
North Bend, Hayes at Columbus and
Garfield at Cleveland. In Tennessee
are Andrew Jackson near Nashville,
Polk at Nashville and Andrew johnson
at Greenville. The two Adamses are
buried at Quincy, Mass, and Taylor,
Pierce, Buchanan and Lincoln are
buried respectively Mt Louisville, KY. !;
Concord, N. H.; Lancaster, Penn,
and Springfield, Ill.-New York 1nde-
pendent,
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An Unfortunate Gift.

A civil engineer who boards at
Capitol street house has just returned
from o surveying trip. Immediately
opposite him at the table sits q young
lady, with whom the man of lines and
figures is infatuated. She greeted him
as he came in at noon from his trip:
"Oh, am glad to see you. 1know
it must be horrid to have to sleep in
all sorts of places, and snch chilly
nights, too. Now come right in with
me and tell us all about it,"
The young man, conscious of hav-
ing had to sleep on the ground tho
night before, wanted to get to his
room unobserved and change his
clothing, but il was too late, so he
concluded to go Immediately to the
dining room.
There the conversation was re-
newed, and the civil engineer having
reached the poetic stage of loves
young dream expatiated most elo-
quently upon the beauties of nature,
the sense of peace and rest denied
when lying upon the green carpet of
earth under the blue canopy of heaven,
and other touchingly pathetic and
charming SMILES. Then he remem-
bered that he had found an exception
ally pretty clump of moss, which he
had brought home for the object OF
his alteration:
"While out in the woods I thought
of my friends in the house." no said,
Sand have in my pocket sample OF
natures beauties, which I hope you
will allow me to present to you"
Then, with bow, he drew forth
from his pocket the moss, also small
sized snake that had crept in and
curled up in the warm pocket. The
reptile darted across the table, the
young lady tainted, the other board
ers Jumped on the chairs, everybody
screamed, while the reptile glided
around, seeming to play hide and seek
among the dishes. Finally one of the
gentlemen present killed the snake
with the carving knife, and after the
landlady had bestowed whitening
look upon the young mall and told
him that she was Sin the habit of en-
tertaining ladies aud gentlemen only"
and that emo gentleman would play
such joke" he was allowed to go,
and he will never return. n.-Washing-
ton Star.
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ding, and the painter and his wife
were living in the late baronet's house
in Grosvenor square. which, along
with all the other property OF the
dead man, had been left to them. But
Hardy still hankered after his lost
art, and continued to rent his old
studio.
One morning he and Moore were
smoking in the familiar room; every
thing had been kept exactly as on the
day when the artists genius left him.
"Alfred," said Hardy, I've strange
fancy, if THE Dawn of Love were
placed agair on he wall beyond the
easel, Ghink could paint little.
Let's act upon the idea "
A couple of hours afterward the fa-
nous picture was in its old position.
Hardy sat before clean canvas. The
model posed for beside Still
Waters,," and after steadfast look at
"The Dawn of Love-" the artist be-
gan operation. To his great surprise
the old skill came back to him as
quickly as thought, and with such
power as he had never known before,
and once more the glow of inspiration
shone in his eyes.
At the next exhibition at the Royal
Academy "Beside Still Waters" was
even more popular than the celebra-
ted "Dawn of Love-"
Ever afterward Edward Hardy's
genius for painting was marvellous
when ssThe Dawn of Love" was before
him, but unless in the presence OF his
tailsman no had not the remotest no.
ton of his art. Cases are on record
where by sheer force of will painters
have given to their brain creations
the figures in their pictures-the pow
er of hypnotizing their authors, the
artists themselves. Hence it has now
and again arisen that q painter has
only been able to work at all while in
view of one of his masterpieces. And
thus it was with Hardy and his 'Dawn
of Love-"
The magic influence of product of
the intellect, as our story shows, is
but On indication that there is o
genius and an inspiration impaired to
some by ways that We cannot fathom,
but which are the inscrutable designs
of the Being Beauteous.-Tit-BIts.
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Ear,,e,. Vegetable. Always Pay.

that's so, the editor hears Mr.. Market
Gardner saw. Well, why don't you have
tbemp Simply because you don't plant
s.lzer,s Northern grown seeds. His vegeta-
bloc are bred to earliness and they never dis
appoint you. salzer is the largest grower ol
vegetables. farm seeds, grasses, clovers, po-
tatoes, etc. ro
II YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT ~
the John A. salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis,
with 1oc. postage, you will get sample pack
AGA Of Early Bird Radish (ready in l6 days)
and their great catalogue. Catalogue alone,
&c. postage.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Truth, of oil things the plainest and
sincerest, is forged to gain admittance
in disguise and court US in masque-
rade.-Felton.
A ceremony is the invention OF wise
men to keep fools at o distance, 80
good breeding is an expedient to make
fools and wise men equal.--Steele.
Just laws are no restraint upon the
freedom of the good, for good man
desires nothing that just law will in
terfere with.-James Anthony Froude.
Hope throws generous contempt
upon i'll usage, and it looks like o
handsome defiance OF q misfortune; as
who should say, you are somewhat
troublesome now, but shall conquer
you.-Jeremy Collier.
Upon the whole contented mind is
the greatest blessing man can enjoy
in this world; and if in the present
life his happiness arises from the sub
DUNG his desires, it will arise in the
next from the qualification of them
Addison.
Men sometimes upon the hour of
departure do speak and reason above
themselves, for then the soul, begin
ming to be forced from the ligaments
of the body, reasons like herself, and
discourses in strain above mortality.
Addison.
Pleasure and pain spring not 80
much from the nature of things as
from our manner of considering them.
Pleasure especially is never an invarl-
able effect of particular circumstances.
Largely that is pleasure which is
thought to be so.-Bovee.
A man may be entirely uninjured in
his body by the actions of his fellow
men, and he may be entirely unim.
peded in his movements by them, and
he may yet be prevented from carry
ing on the activities needful for the
maintenance of life. No interference
of this kind is possible without o
breach of the law of equal freedom.-
Herbert Spencer.
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Bicycles by Mail.

An American tourist is said to have
recently sent his bicycle from London
to Paris by mail at cost of a few
pence, and received it in perfect or
der. The English parcels post now
carries mail packages not over twenty
pounds in weight, and not of higher
value than $lO0, from any point in
England to any place in France at
what appears to be ridiculously low
tariff. The bicycle weighed just
twenty pounds. The wheels and han
die bars were rem owed from the frame
and carefully wrapped in heavy pa.
per, SO as to make compact bundle,
before the postage vas paid, and when
the wrappings were removed at the
tourists hotel in Paris, the machine
was in perfect condition. Scientific
American.
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DISGUISED.

nwnen poverty enters the door, tits sjd,
Sweet love from the window flies. ,"
She laughed as shospoke, but he saw unshed
Bright tears in her earnest eyes.
HProverbs," he said, care rlusty LORE
Sweetheart, let US prove it so,
For love that is strong can guard the door
'Gainst any and every foe."
Long years went by and they knew not, they,
AS together they hoped and strove,
That poverty looked at them, day by day,
With the eyes and the smile of love.
-Madeiine s. Bridges. in Deuorest's.
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Se0tSenvulsjo1lo

of Cod-liver Oil, with hypo-
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in a digested condition. So
that, when a person gains in
weight from taking SCOTS
Emulsion, it is because OF two
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SCOTS EMULSION has been endorsed
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by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is By consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
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We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
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Sure of His Choir.

a peppery parson Down East, who
was disturbed by his choir during
prayer time, got even with them when
he gave out his closing hymn by add
ing: 'I hope the entire congregation
will join in singing this grand old
HYMN, and I know the choir will, for
I heard them humming it during the
prayer. Lewiston Journal.
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Very Riah IndeeI

tenn with bone, muscle and brain substance
is o circulation fertilized with the supreme
tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which be-
gets thorough assimilation and digestion, and
gives q heaithful Impulse to every function OF
the body. Dyspeptic and weakly persons
give strong testimony in its behalf. So do
those troubled with biliousness, malaria,
rheumatism, constipation and inactivity Of
the kidneys.
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Hardy had just finished his morning
pipe and was selecting subject suit
able for the commission he had to exc
cute. His mind was brimful of ideas
for paintings, so that it was no easy
task to make choice. At length he
decided that the work should be called
"Beside Still Waters"-a lady stroll
ing in the twilight by the side of
quiet stream reading letter from her
lover.
"Now, Miss Nash, if you please, we
will begin" he said to his model, and
placed her in the desired position.
Then the artist took up his palette
and brush and seated himself in front
of the blank canvas.
Then it WAS that his eyes missed o
well.known sight, and they glared
round the studio in bewilderment.
With an effort and sigh he pulled
himself together and settled down to
work. Dipping his brush in the color,
he lifted it to the canvas and-made
nothing but smear ron the sheet.
Again and again he essayed to bring
back his departed talent, but in vain.
With intense and unutterable horror
it dawned upon him that his srtistic
genius had been but an intellectual
will-o'-the wisp. No sound escaped
from him; he was at once transfxed,
staring with wide-open eyes at the
canvas bespattered with daubs without
form and void, and anon to the blank
wall beyond his easel.
All the time the model had been an
astonished witness of this remarkable
scene, but as the brush fell from
Hardy's grasp, and sinking upon o
chair he covered his face with his
hands in abiect misery, she rushed up
to him. care you ill, Mr.. Hardy?"
she asked breathlessly.
"Oh, it's nothing-only--only I
can't paint-all conception of how to
do it has completely gone--like a
frightful dream when one awakes. It's
awful" And an eternal darkness
seemed to gather over his very being.
Just then there was knock at the
door, and the baronet and his daugh-
ter were ushered in. They were deep
ly concerned at the phenomenon that
had occurred to the artist.
"Now, you and Mary must marry,
and then possibly" the baronet said,
laughing, ''your intellectual blight
will disappear. You'll be all right
financially; I've arranged that part of
the business, SO it won't matter if you
never paint again"
A fortnight later the wedding took
place; Hardy was too occupied to
dwell on his lost genius. Three days
only renamed of their honeymoon IN
Scotland, when telegram arrived an
nouncing that Sir Henry Greet had
died suddenly from paralysis. So, with
heavy hearts, the young couple at
once returned to London.
-o-a -
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A GIFT OF TIE GODS.
DWARD HARDY,

)WARD HARDY,
an artist of much
promise, and his
friend, Alfre d
Moore, the art crit
ic of the Planet,
were smoking in
the studio of the
former. 1t was q
delightful m o T n
ing, with the sun
streaming into the
room, and through
the open windows
came the hum of
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ARenutiful Comploxion.

There IL no person on earth but what would
Ike to have nice complexion. This Is espt-
cially true with the ladies. There is no way 10
secure 1t by cosmetics. The trouble Hes
deeper. It Is in the system. Tyner,s Dyspep,
sia Remedy will invigorate the system and
give you beautiful complexion. 1t is haI NJ
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will not only give youa beautiful complexion
but perfect health. Price 30 cents per bottle.
For sale by all druggists.
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The Most Pleasant Way

ofpreventing the grippe. colds, headaches and
fevers is to use the liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup Of Figs. whenever the system needs
gentle, yet effective clean ). To be benefited
one must get the true remedy manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale
by al druggists in 5oc. and 81 bottles.
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4 NH|'T.XY>kY
u ~ 81 gl g Sy,

Because he had palpitation OF the
heart. Mr. A. J. Allen determined to
quit smoking. He thought the to-
bacco habit was the cause OF his
trouble, but when he ceased smoking
the pulsations of the heart were
more violent than ever. Mr.. Allen 10
a registered chemist Of Lynn, Mass,
and at second thought he concluded
that. IL tobacco wasn't the cause, it
must be acute dyspepsia. His
knowledge of chemistry naturally
prompted him to take Ripans
Tabules, we'll knowing their efficacy
in disorders of the stomach, liver
and bowels. Quick relief followed,
and now there Is no more distress in
the region of his heart. But there
markable part OF Mr. Aliens e1per-
ience follows: He decided to forego
smoking anyhow, and discovered
that Rlpans Tabules not only satis-
fed the longing for tobacco, which
all smokers are familiar with, but at
first he actually looked forward with
pleasure to'the three periods each
day when he took the Tabules. Me-
Allen no longer smokes, and has no
desire to, nor does he take the
Tabules. he is n we'll man, and does
not need medicine Of any kind. Ar.
Allen believes Ripans Tabrles will
prove powerful aid to any man who
desires. to abandon the tobacco
habit.
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DR.. Kilmer SwAMP- Root cures
ali Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. n. 7.
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A Fathers Pride.

Conductor-Did you see the man
with the kid?
Gripman-No.
Conductor-He's the proudest father
I ever struck-insisted on paying full
fare for the six-months-old boy!-
Chicago Record.
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NERVE REsToRER No }its after first days USE
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 50. 90 trial bot
tie free. DIR. Kline, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
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Now is the Time to Cure Your Corns
with Hindercorns. Ittakes them out perfect