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is very easy to overd1 it, and whe
rapid and protracted it is a severe
strain on children whose hearts are
weak or who may be otherwise delicate.
CURE FOR THE BLUES.

CURE FOR THE BLUES.
Few women can honestly say that
they have never had the "blues." One
sometimes sees CHEEKY soul, who will
deny all knowledge of sdoldrums," J" but
she is usually a woman possessed of re-
markable health and full of business
interests, or one who literally has no
time for mopiDg. Such a woman is
proof against any foolshness of the
sort. =
But foolishness or not, if things 60
wrong, and if one feels tired and wor-
ried and discouraged. one is prone to
become respondent and imaginativeand
out of sorts with the world, and it is
then we have to look for that silver lin
ing. Usually good brisk walk will bring
it to our notice. The physical exercise
and mental dis raction one finds in the
open air will sweep away the cobwebs
of the brain as nothing else can. AS
a race, we Americans are not fond of
walking. We exereise too little. We
worry too much. We take life too hard.
We wear ourselves out in the pursuit
of rest. A long, vigorous walk every
day is the best tonic for mind and body,
and an almost invariable panacea for
the "blues.''
THE PRUDENT VIRGIN.
l hope, Jennie, that you have given
the matter serious consideration, said
the lady to servant girl who had
s'given notice" because she was to be
married "that day two weeks"
"Ohl have ma'am," was the earn.
est reply. "I've been to two fortune
teliers and a clairvoyant, and looked
in a sign book, and dreamed on lock
of his hair, and been to one of those
astrologers, and to a medium, and
theJ all tell me to go ahead, ma'am.
l amt one to marry reckless like,
ma'am."
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She Couldn't Wait.

Lady-T want to sit tor picture"
Artist-"I shall be very glad to paint you,
if you will wait week, until I finish the one
1 am at work on now"
Lady-''Oh! my. couldn't wait that long.
Why promised to be home to dinner at five
oclockr'
That's the trouble with some people, they
have no time to wait for results. Some wo
men will take dose or so of Dr. Plerce's Fav
orite Prescription and expect to feel well i'm
mediately. True, some do find marvelously
speedy effects from single dose, but chronic
diseases, which have had possession of the
system for years, cannot be cured in a day.
Persevere with it and it will cure you, ladies,
OF all the ills you suffer from. The "Prescrip-
tion" cures in all cases of nervousness, spasms
chorea, irregularities. painful periods and
kindred ailments.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-11
Cutting Acuuaintances.

There are some acquaintances we would be
glad to cut. They do us no credit and draw
too largely upon our kindness and our cash.
Other acquaintances there are that drain our
lifes blood and sap our vitality. Dyspepsia
and its accompanying evils. impure blood,
mental depression, Nightmares. fear and
nervousness are acquaintance to be disposed
of with all celerity. Heed this, ye sufferers!
Take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and your unpleasant acquaintance will soon
be gone, for this sovereign remedy drives out
all the impurities from the system. Send for
free pamphlet. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Miss R-was telling her Sunday
school cL IS of small boys about the
shut-in society, whose members are
persons confined with illness to their
beds or rooms. "Whom can We think
Of" said she, "that would lave had
great sympathy for these that are so
shut in?"
II KNOW" said little boy; "some
one in the Bible, amt it teacher?"
"Yes, and who, Johnnie?"
''Johah," was the spirited answer.
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"falk of man." roared the female
emancipation. "What has man ever
done for woman?" sFurnshed a
model for her t., imitaie," said a lice
In the rear of the hall. and tlen an
awful quiet reigned.
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Wife-The family that have moved
in next door seem remarkably quiet, 1
wish l knew how many OF them there
are.
Husband-Never mind, my dear; it'll
all come out in the wash.
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Agent-Can't put burglar alarm
in your house?
Lady-N0, we don't need it.
Agent-But--
Lady-No, mean it; the family
across the street watches the place so
closely that even burglar couldn't get
in without being seen.
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DRESS AND PERFUME.

Every woman should keep in mind
the analogy between the dress and the
perfume; they should be harmonious.
For instance the only permissible man.
ner for an American woman to per-
fume her wardrobe is through the use
of sachets, light, fluffy dresses suggest
ing some subtle scent, like that of ap-
pie blossoms, heavy materials being
susceptible to more clinging fra
GRANGE. Linen suggests lavender and
rose.
These sachets are now being made
in all sizes and shapes, to be used in
veil cases, bonnet boxes, wardrobes,
and they are even tucked into their
tiny slippers. If your evening bonnet
is of roses use rose sachet; if of violet
so be the odor violet; if of carnation
the latter spicy fragrance is in keeping.
Many persons who are authority ON the
subject maintain that sandalwood is
the p, orer and correct sachet for cloth
dresses and furs.
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Our WOnan'S
.....COlumn

HE policeman at
one of the most
crowded crossings
in the shopping
district is evident
ly an observer of.
human nature. In
a moment of ex-
pansiveness tn 9
other day, and in
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She-Jack, dear, please run up and
get my goats; they're on the table.
He-Your what, Ermyntrude?
She-They're too old to be called kids
any longer. (Sotto voice. If that
dosen't make him get me some new
ones, I don't know what will.
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FOR MOTHERS, EYES.


How can children be taught the use
of money? By earning it. The boy ho
aSpires to college education will
waste neither time nor money il he is
'paying his way" The giIl who has
earned her first dollar 'helping mother"
will hesitate long before squandering
it on useless trIfles. Does your child ex-
press wish for some coveted toy?
Your hand is on your purse; but stay |
Furnish him with employment where
by he can earn the desired amount.
"The laborer is worthy of his hire;;n
why not the child2 Reward is great
incentive to labor, and the habit of in
dustry once formed goes hand in hand
with thrift.
~
Timid mothers VINO fully realize the
dangers of the football field for their
sons rarely appreciate the perils of the
apparently harmless jumping rope for
their daughters. And yet the latter has
its victims every year, and though
they are not SO numerous as those of
football it would probably be found, if
complete statistics were available, that
the mean total reaches fgurs suffic-
iently startling. One of the frst deaths
of the season froui this CAUSE occurred
in Brooklyn. N. \ las' week, VIII. re
a little girl OF hine Years died i:om The
effects of TOO proluEgtd Indulgence ia
rope-skipping. Jumping rope may ~
may not bs good exercise fur girls
when it is taken in nodsratioli, but il
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-11

Mr.. Spatts-If there are microbes in
kisses what disease TO they produce?
Mr. Kilduff-Palpitation of the heart
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THz IsAsscarrr $500 per year.
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Auctioneerl

am prepared to call sales of Real Estate
and Personal Property-Be glad to give prices
or reference to any that are going to make q
D. p. HUTCHINSON,
DEC 4-h Townsend, Del
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response to comprehendiDg glance
from spectator of his efforts to con.
troll two cratic women, he unburdened
his mind: There's all sorts OF wimmin
in the world, just as there's all sorts of
men, and get samples of 'em all here,
too. You saw them two just now;
lost their heads completely, ran back
and forth in front of that car exactly
like scared chicken. I expect every
day to see one of this sort killed, in
spite ofme an d all the rest who are trying
toprevent it. They won't let you look
after them, they take things into their
own hands; they hang back when you
wave 'em across, and when you've
backoned the car or truck to 60 on,
they start to run in front of it. But
they're not all feather-witted, and |
know one of the cool heads as soon as
l see her. She keeps her eyes On me,
and let's me do the managing for her,
and she responds to my nod as quick as
a wink and looks out for her self, too
while she is doing it. Pm thinkin' her
sort must be the new woman folks
talk about"
"But the policeman was wrong; the
quick-wi ted, alert, yet composed wo-
man is neither new nor 'old'-she is
the woman, or man, either, for that
matter, who like the ship in Mr.. Kip
ling story, has found herself"
HOUSEHOLD AND TOILET.
A grandmotherly reticule attached
to the housekeeper's belt is to her what
the pigeonholes in mans desk are to
him. In it she may drop the letters
that are at her breakfast plate, her
keys, the clipping from the morning
paper, the bills that grasping trades
men insist upon sending in, and the
thousand other thir gs which each fore
noon brings. Brsides its usefulness,
the housekeepei'S reticule may be
made pretty enough to justify its exis-
lence on the score of attractiveness
alone.
~
The time has cUne for the prudent |
owner of furs to begin iner annual CAM
paign against moths. They sho.'ld be |
hung in the sunshine for few hours |
AID beaten with l'slt cane. They
should lie lapped lii liien md put away |
~ IA box with tissue paper packages oi |
Hack pepper and callpinr.
**
Black and white checked silk at |
twenty-five cents Il yard brings fttcl.-
ing gown within the reach of even the
most limited purse.
-
The fashion writer who says that
silk waists no longer are in the mode,
IS drawing ou her imaginati III for facts.
Never have these useful garments been
more in evidence. Never were they
80 charmingly decorated or made of
such beautiful fabrics.
*x
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Washington
......Letter

lie Re pu blican
leaders In Con-
gress are men of
too much exper-
fence in such mat
ters to allow
themselves to be-
come the tools of
t b 9 Democrats
and to begin
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Eben Hadley's
.......AuCtion

I'M BRADLEY'S
going to have an
auction Friday. I"
.Shall you go?"
asked the school
teacher.
Mr.. Jepson
looked at his wife
and chUckled.
Nv e H." he
said, "If mother
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-11

The fashion writer who says that
silk waists no longer are in the mode,
is drawing ou her imaginati III for facts.
Never have these useful garments been
more in evidence. Never were they
SO cha1mingly decorated or made Of
such beautiful fabrics.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-02-14
Ghe1rmurrat-S Star
A POLLUTING INFLUENCE.
Natchez Democrat.

Natcnez Democrat.
The yellow.backed novel is omni-
present. Like bad pennies you can
see such books turning up everywhere.
Two school girls were c the other
day with n Of these harmful pro-
ductions sandwiched with volumes of
helpful knowledge. New methods OF
printing enable vapid authors to
strew the literary world with their
pages as with leaves, and II would
seem well that there should be statu.
airy restraint OF the outflow. Seven.
cighthS Of the fiction that men and
women write should not be published.
Much of it is insane-a considerable
portion is rank unrealism.
Characters Of flesh and blood never
''carry on" like the fantastic people
in some novels, and in attempting to
ape unnatural heroes and hcroincs
frequently young people suffer con-
tortion Of mind and heart. Were gift.
ed as 4 Miss MULCH or a Mrs. Burnett,
Il Dickens or a Thackery, it would be
well to scatter the golden pages in
every household. There is blight and
disease in the mass Of floating fiction
that is beneath a standard OF good
gpnSp and human nafura
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-02-14

The use Of bloodhounds by police
and sherlifs for tracking criminals is
increasing rapidly all over the West,
and the general testimony is that the
animals are Il valuable aid. Cuban
bloodhounds seem to be the favorite
breed, and the demand appears to he
much greater than the supply.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-02-14

INK -.
Stephen I;ilbo
Austin Richardson's.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23
CURIOUS sPoRr N ounA
Cruel and Barbarous Amusemonts with
Ducks, Chickens and Bulls.

Cruel and Barbaroun AmusementB with
Ducks, Chickens and Bulls.
Cubans OF the middle and lower
classes indulge their sporting blood in
pastimes which would not be tolerated
in country having a Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, says
the New York Herald.
On fete days in the smaller towns
and villages which can't support a bull
fight favorite sport Ia to hang sleek.
fat duck by tho feet from wire or
rope stretched between two trees or
poses on the village plaza. The head
of the duck hangs just out of reach of
man on horseback and the sport"
conslsts in riding under the poor duck
at full speed, grabbing 1t by the neck
and pulling Its head off A ducks
neck will stretch great deal and 1t
requires firm hold and determined
jerk to yank off the prize.
The duck frequently resists the eff
forts of half dozen riders before part
Ing with its head. The horsemen
sometimes miss the duck entirely, lose
their balance and roll out of tho saddle
into the dust This furnishes fun for
everybody except the duck
The game may also be played on the
water, in which case the line on which
the duck hangs is stretched between
the masts Of two anchored boats and
rowboats are substituted for horses.
In another country game chicken
IS buried alive in the ground to the
neck, its head alone being visible. The
men who enter the game are blind
folded and armed with a machete,
long knife used in cutting cane. They
are walked around in confusing circles
for few minutes and then released
for an attack on the chickens head.
Tho one who cuts off tho head clean
IN the fewest number OF strokes wins
the prize.
In default of bull fight the Cubans
indulge In a bull batting game on
which money Is wagered. A bull Ia
released in an Enclosure which is toe
small to give him much play and from
which he cannot escape. Any one who
wishes may enter dog to fight the bull
Tho deg which succeeds in securing
neck or n nose hold on the bull and
brings him to the ground wins the
game. From a half dozen to fifteen
dogs are often entered against one bull
and their owners bet large sums on
their candidates. Although all the dogs
worry and fight the bull and conse
quently all are responsible for his ulti
mate overthrow,yet only the dog which
actually brings him to earth is the win
ner.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23
Old people think no misfortune i
great for their Young.
ncnfncss can Sol ne cnrnd

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 constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dltiou of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube When the tube is in
famed you have a rumblng sound or
Imperfect hearing. and when it is en-
tirely closed Deaf1ess is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever, nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition OF the mucous sur
faces.
we will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannJt be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F.. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists; 75c.
Halls Family Pills. Csc.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23
THAT TERRIBLE BOY.
lie Explained Matters Which His Mother
Did Not Want Known.

Did Not Want Known.
A woman, accompanied by her son
who was about years old, was pass
enger on the Staten Island boat the
other day, says the Detroit Free
Press. She was very nervous woman
-tsfst4,f -lssess Who waited to see what
was going on. He wanted to see the
boat leave the slip, but the mother
seized his arm and said:
Harry, what did l tell you? Now.
you sit right down and keep quiet"
Later on he wanted to see Castle
William and Ellis island, but she gave
him cuff on the ear and exclaimed:
Harry, must l whip you before all
these peopie?'
But, can't I see anythlng?" he pro.
tested.
Yes, you can look around the
cabin"
He was quiet for fye minutes and
then edged away to look at an ocean
steamer. He had only reached the win,
dow when the mother was after him
and as she shook him and topped him
down she said;
81 don't know why I brought YOU
along"
Il do" he answered
"The idea Of your acting as you Co."
you brung NE along" he continued
in voice which reached every part
OF the cabin, because you was gcino
to get married and give me new pa
but when we got there he didn't show
up, and hope he never will"
During the next ten minutes that
boy had the range of the boat, while
his mother sat bolt upright and kept
her eyes fastened on the ceiling.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

Several carloads of horses that start.
ed FROM Oregon for kentucky recently
wore stopped at Shoshone, Idaho. by
the owners, ard the horses were taken
from the care and sold for fifty cents
apiece. This was n;ore profitable than
to pay the heavy freight Eli with what
the horses would have brougn. In Ken
tucky.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

l would to God that every church in
America was animated with the spirit
of the Salvation army. II so, what a
golden stream of trcasurc would pour
into the storehouses OF heaven from
from what has been regarded as the
waste-heaps of human life. REV. L. A.
Banks.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

AS the West is, 1t is often moarlous But it
is pleasant to know that competent safe
guard in the shape OF IIostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers exists, which nbundantly nulliGcs the
poison OF miasmG. Western bound omsraits
should bear this in mind Nor should 1t be for
gotten, the Hi,tera is a sterling remedy for dys.
pepsin, biliousness, constipation, kidney and
nervous c0mplalnt and rheumntlsm.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

The Duke of veragua is revlling the
United States for its action in the Cuban
matter, and pirates glibly about the
honor of Spain. The grandee whose in
come is derived from the raising of
bulls for fighting purposes should sing
low when he vocalizes on the subject
or honor, and especially when his ami
madversions are directed against a
people who "chalked his back" for
months, not at all on account of his
individual merit, but solely on account
Of his accident Of pedigree.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

A test of the Raines law 10 to be
made by a New York saloonkeeper who
was arrested for selling a bottle of
porter for % cents last Sunday night
to a policeman" The real test will
consist in his ability to prove he coll
lected the 25 cents from the police
man.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

For the past few years, as we'll as
for the decade covered by the returns
of the national census of 1890, Chicago's
rate of increase has been rather more
than three times as large as that of
New York.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

Mrs. Darlington Booth says The cause
of the split in the salvation army was
that she and her husband have become
too American. She would better not let
this become known in New York.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

FThe council of Omaha, Neb, has as
sumed a metropolitan air by passing
the curfew ordinance because the peo-
pie were strenuously opposed to It. It
was passed probably by the usual
ring.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

A woman has been given the chair
of public speaking in Berlin Univer-
sity, Woman has long held the chair
Of domestic speaking, and no doubt she
will succeed in her new seat.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used Ia my house.-D.
" Albright, Miflinburg, Pa, Dec. IL, '96.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

No man ever thought woman was
en- angel, though many of them have
lied about it.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

The latest surveys of Alaska have de-
termined that Mount st. Elias is evenly
divided between the United States and
Great Britain. Then why not give tho
latter half the volcano and cry quits?
If she will not consent to this then
throw in the crater.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

Fl-S.- M Fits stopped trccby Dr. Klne's Great
Nerve ltestorpr. M FITS after the nrst day use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and S2trlal not lr frect
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

The lady who has been made captain
general of the National Guard of Mis-
souri, would be an inspiration to the
hosts of the Imperial State were any
event to call them to the battlefield
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

Love for man is poor thing to
talk about
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

The wages of sin is death, and it ii
sure pay.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

No one has so ar ;er accused the
devil of being lazy.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

The trouble with cute children is
hey soon outgrow it.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

The best preacher on earth can
spoil sermon by preaching too long.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23

One way to increase your income is
} reduce your expenses.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-04-23
TRADE MARKS

Examination and Advice to Patentability OF In
venton. Send for "Inventors' Guide, How to Get
Patent. PArRIN X o'FARRELL. Washington, D. U.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-19
PLEA FOR CoNFUCIANISM.

Wong Chin Foo Gives ChicaEoans an Idea
of the Prevailing Religion in China
CHIC AGO. Dec. 15.-Wong Chin Foo,
who is credited with being the leader
of party which is gaining ground in
Chi ma, and which has for its object the
esta blishm ent of a republic in the land
of Confucius, delivered a lecture last
night at kimball hall upon the Phi
losophy of Confucius-'' In part he
said:
You have now studied the Bible for 20 centu-
ries and have tried to force the Christian re-
ligion down the Threats of the so-called heather
nations, even at the point of the bayonet- Yet
your own people better than the people
of other religions than they were in the
beginning. Confucfus teaches that should
take care of the present life and not go to
Heaven before we have done our full work here
He teaches that the future life will take care
of Itself if we do our whole duty to our fellow
men here.
On the subject of police protection.
Wong Chin Foo said that there were
cities in China cont aiming 25O, 600 in
habitants, in which there was not a
policeman. ''In Chicago" he said,
there are thousands of them and yet
| a man is not safe here in broad day
| light" Wong Chin Foo concluded the
lecture by stating that the keynote Of
the philosophy of Confucius was: dc
unto others you would have Others
| do unto you.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-19
Vandalism at College.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 15.-Satur-
day night the arrnory at the university
of Tennessee, where 400 cadet rifles
belonging to the United States gov
eminent, are stored, was broken open.
Many of the arms were found Sunday
morning all over the campus, some
broken. Some were missing. 1t is
supposed that the cadets did the work
through mischief, but it may mean
more before they are through with it
Capt. Leroy Brown. a United States
army officer, is in charge of the mill
tary j e partment, aud he is holding an
: inves LEGATION. A large quantity of
ANN milton is missing.