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The Ast1te Lion.

One day toothless lion, whose
muscles were unstrung by age, lay
in shady place by the streamlet
side.
He set up dismal grooming, which
soon drew a crowd of hyenas around
him.
What is the matter?" they ask.
He explained to them that the
days of his bingship were over, and
with tears pouring down his face
protested that he was unable to de-
fend himselfagainst even the weakest
of bis enemies.
On learning this the hypocritical
sympathy before shown By the hyenas
a5anged at Gree into open malice.
Fhey threw themselves upon the
PROSTATE monarch and worried him
with their teeth.
Inside Of five minutes they all
lay rigid in death
"Golly,' chuckled the lion, "I'm
glad ! took the precaution to dust
my hide with strychnine before I
tested the kindness of these good
friends. A fellow learns something
by having been in politics."
So saying he calmly went to
sleep-Criterion.
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A Useful Coffin.

1t may not be generally known
that the Dutch Beers at the Cape,
especially those living in remote dis
tricts where material is expensive
and labor difficult to obtain, fire.
quently purchase at least one coffin
beforehand which is placed in con-
spicuous position in the "voorkamer'
or principal sitting-room and utilized
as an article of furniture, for orna-
ment or as receptacle for clothing
and other oddments.
One farmer we'll known to the
writer possesses a beautifully finish
cd article of this sort which be pur-
chased about 80 years ago. During
that period he has buried three
wives each of whom had to be con-
tent with collins of the commonest
material and toughest workmanship
while his own awaiting its possessor
stands in all its lustre of polished
teak and silver mountings.
For the present the old gentleman
uses it as couch for his midday
nap in order, as he sometimes re-
marks with grave humor, that be
may get accustomed to it.-Cape
Times.
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Wise Words.

Brutes leave ingratitude to man.
Cotton.
Slight small injuries and they will
become none at all.-Fuller.
We cannot always oblige, but we
can always speak obligingly.-Vol
taire.
No one win dare maintain that il
is better to do injustice than to bear
it.-Arjstotle.
What is often called Incidence is
the unconscious consciousness of in.
capacity H. @. Robinson
All wish to possess knowledge
but few, comparatively speaking, are
willing to pay the price.-Juvenal
Everything without tells the indi
vidual that he is nothing: Every
thing within persuades him that be
is everything.-Doudan.
Nothing more completely battles
one who is full of trick and duplic-
ity than straightforward and simple
integrity in another. Cotton.
What right have we to pry into
the secrets of others? True or false
the tale that is gabbled to US, wha'
concern is it Of ours?- Bulwer.
1t is the mind that makes the
body rich; and as the sun breaks
through the darkest clouds, so honor
peereth in the nearest habit
Shakespeare.
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The Origin of the Cuban Flag.

Fidel G. Pierra, writing to Prof.
c. B. Galbreath, of the Ohio State
Library, gives the following expla-
nation of the origin of the Cuban
flag:
"The Cuban flag dates back to
about 1850 or 1851. 1t has a Ma
sonic origin, and hence the triangle.
The red field is the emblem of war.
The purpose of the movement here
10 the United States was to conquer
the island: Southern people, fight
ing Masons, were the leaders. The
three blue stripes represented the
three departments into which the is.
land was then divided. The white
stripes were put, I believe, merely
to divide the blue. The intention
of the Southern people who were in
terested in the scheme was to make
three states out of the island.
"The star which appears in the
red field has more remote origin.
It was the lone star of Texas. In
New Orleans, at about 1850, there
existed the Association of the Lone
Star. They assisted Narciso Lopez
with money and in other ways when
he invaded Cuba in 1851, and he
adopted the flag of the association,
I suppose, out of gratitude.
"When Carlos Manuel de Cespe--
DIES began the revolutionary move
ment of 1868, he had another flag,
but the people Of Puerto Principe
and Santa Clara raised the present
flag, which was finally adopted as
the Cuban national flag when the
first Constituent assembly came to-
gether in 1869."-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
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A nean Trick.

Absentmiudedly Brooks stepped
up to the cashiers desk and paid
for his luncheon. Then accompan-
led by Rivers, he went out into the
open air.
Brooks" said Rivers, you'd bet.
ter 60 back and pay for your dinner
if you don't want the proprietor to
follow you out and dun you right
here on the street"
"Great Scootl Didn't pay for
it?" calculated Brooks. "Where's
my check? ! haven't got it.
81 picked it up as we left the
table, said Rivers Here it is"
"Ah, you have come back to pay
the other gcntleman's check" said
the cashier as Brooks went back,
stepped up to the desk q second time
and handed out & half dollar.
When brooks went outside again a
moment later, Rivers was nowhere
in sight, and there IS another unset
tied account between them.--Ohi-
caoo Tribune,
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Don't.

Don't forget to keep an eye on the
man who iatters you.
Don't forget that an honest man
never has to proclaim the fact.
Don't expect the man with an al
cohol.tinted nose to desert his
colo-s.
Don't forget that life is full OF
checks and many of them are forger.
les.
Don't think honesty would be
such valuable trait if it wasn't SO
scarce.
Don't think it's what a man has
that makes him contented-it' 8 what
he does not want.
Don't mention your misery be-
cause of its so-called ability to COM
fort the misery of others.
Don't think that because o cat
looks the picture of innocence that
it's wise to leave it alone with the
canary.-Chicago Daily News.
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EAT ONIONS.

Oniobs are stated to be almost the
best neryine known. No medicine;
It is claimed, is SO useful in cases OF
nervous prostrAtion, and there is
nothing else that will so quickly re.
Iieve and tore UP I wornout system.
Onions are useful In all cases OF
coughs, c Ids and influenza. Eaten
every day, they soon have clearing
and whitening effect on the COM
plexion.
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Capt. Kids Treasures.

Of all the pirates known to history
none has left more grewsome and
romantic reputation behind him than
Captain William Kidd, the New
York ship.master. To this day
searches are made for the vast treas.
ures he is supposed to have buried
In various places along the coast,
but they are never found, for the
simple reason that all the money
Kidd buried-not more than seventy
five thousand dollars, according to
Rowsn Stevens, who writes of Kidd
as can overrated pirate" in the Au-
gust number of Hsrper's Round
Table-was recovered to tho last
penny, shortly after Kidd's execu-
ton, by Lord Bellamont, the then
Governor of Barbados.
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Financially Embarrassed.

A large manufacturer, whose af-
fairs were very much embarrassed,
and who was overworked and broken
down with nervous exhaustion, went
to celebrated specialist. He was
told that the only thing needed was
to be relieved of care and worry, and
have change of thought. This doc
tor was more considerate of his pa
tents health than of his financial
circumstances. He ought to have
advised him to use DIR. Miles Res
torative Nervine, the best remedy for
nervous prostration, sleeplessness,
dizziness, headache, i'll effects OF spir-
its, tobacco, coffee, opium, etc.
Thousands testify to cures. Book
and trial bottle free at A. NJ. Gill
bett's.
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Two Valuable Friends.

l.. A physician cannot be always
had. rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains
Bruises and Burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected
Keep handy the. friend of many house
holds and the destroyer of all pain
the famous Red Flag Oil, rs cents
2. Many precious life could be say
ed that is being racked to death with
that terrible cough. Secure good
nights rest by investing Is cents
for bottle of Pan-Tina, the great
remedy for Coughs, Colds and Con-
sumption. Bottles of Pan-Tina
sold at L. G. Matthaei's Drug Store.
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& Mute Receivers speech

Alphonce Hemphling, of Summit
township, Butler County, Penn,
made an affidavit that his twelve
year-old son, who had had st. Vitus'
Dance for twelve years, lost his
speech, was completely cured after
using three bottle of DIR. Miles Re-
storative Nervine, and also recovered
his speech. Thousands testify to its
wonderful cure of nervous diseases.
dyspepsia, nervous debility, dullness,
confusion of mind, headache, etc.
Four doses of this Nerpine cured
Mrs. WE. Burns, South Bend, Ind,
who had been suffering with con
slant headache for three months
Trial bottle and elegant book free at
A M. Gilbert's.
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If mothers would cast aside foolish prud.
cry, and impart to their daughters the
knowledge that they, themselves, have ac-
Quired by years of suffering, they would be
forced to spend fewer hours of anxious at
tendance at the bedsides of sick daughters.
woman who suffers from weakness,
disease, or arrangement of the distinctly
feminine organs Is an incomplete woman
She Is unified for woman's highest and
best duty-motherhood. She cannot be a
happy wife or the mistress of a happy
home. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Is the only proprietary medicine ever de-
vised by an expert skilled specialist In
woman's diseases for the one purpose of
curing these troubles In the privacy of the
home. 1t makes a woman strong and
healthy In womanly way, and can be re-
lied upon to relieve motherhood of all peril
and almost all pain. 1t iusures healthy,
robust children. II transforms weak, sick
ly, nervous iuvalids into healthy, happy
wives aud mothers.
words fail to describe my suffering before ]
took DIR. Pierce's Payoritc Prescription and
Pleasant Pellets writes Miss Luiie S. Hardy
Of South seabrook Rockingham Co., N, II. II
could hardly walk across the room, had an
abcess on the failopiau tube that discharged
through the bladder. 1t left the bladder in ar
irritable condition and the uterus infaned. ]
had an awful burning in my stomach; nc appe
monthly palms and baekache all the time was
Confined TO my bed five months. Then / com
menced the use of your medicines and have
been greatly benefited by them
In paper covers, al one-eent stamps cloth
binding, 10 cents extra DR.. pierce,s Com.
mon Sense Medical Adviser. Address DE-
K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n Y.
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SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BOY.
A pathetic little story comes from

A pathetic little story comes from
the "Recollections' of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton. She says that when
her brother died she climbed upon
her fathers knee, wondering what
could be said or done to gil the
empty place in his heart.
"Oh, my daughter be sighed,
81 wish you were a boyl"
threw my arms around his neck
and said, II will try to be all my
brothers was,
All that day and far into the
night | ponaered the problem Of
boyhood. thought the chief thing
to be done to equal boys was to be
learned and courageous, SO decided
to study Greek and learn to man.
age horse.
AS soon as was dressed / hur.
ried to our good pastor, the Rev.
Simon Hosack, who was always
early at work in his garden.
Doctor says |, (which do you
like best, boys or girls?"
"Why girls,to be surei / wouldn't
give you for all the boys in Christ
endom."
"My father said |, "prefers boys
He wishes l were one, and / intend
to be as like one as possible. I am
going to ride on horseback and
study Greek. Win you give me a
Greek lesson now, doctor? 1 want
to begin at once"
eyes, child" he said, throwing
down his hoe. Come into my
library, and We will begin without
delay
] kept up my lessons at the par
sonage and made rapid progress.
l surprised even my teacher, who
thought me capable of doing any.
thing. I learned to drive and leap
a fence or ditch ON horseback. I
taxed every power, hoping some
day to hear my father say:
swell, girl is as good as a boy
after ALL"
But he never said it.
l began to study latin, Greek
and mathematics with class of
boys in the academy, many Of
whom were much older than I
Two prizes were offered in Greek
strove for one and took the second.
"Now," said I, "my father will be
satisfied with me-"
/ rushed into his office, laid my
prize, a new Greek Testament, on
the table and exclaimed:
He took up the book and asked
me some questions. Then he kiss
ed me on the forehead and exclaimed
with sigh:
"Ah you should have been boyl"
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BRoILED LOBSTER.

Remove the meat from the tail
and claws, and cut it in two length
wise; season we'll with salt and white
pepper; dip in butter and broil over
a clear fire until a delicate brown;
arrange on q hot dish; put some bits
of butter on the meat, add few
drops of lemon juice; set in the oven
a moment and serve. Or broiled
lobster may be served with bechamel
sauce.
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POTATOES AND HAM.

Mash half dozen boiled potatoes
and season with butter, milk, salt
and pepper. Mix with the potatoes
two heaping tablespoontuls OF lean.
cooked ham, chopped very fine, a
tablespoonful Of chopped parsley
and tablespoonful of onion juice.
Beat until very light, and turn into
buttered baking dish. Smooth aid
scatter the top with Goe layer of
stale bread crumbs. Brown in the
oven. If mashed potatoes that are
LETT over are used for the dish, heat
them before mixing with the other
Ingredients.
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Strong Wftnasses

Among the thousands OF testimon
ials OF cures by Dr. Niles New
Heart Cure, is that of Nathan ALI
sons, q well-known citizen of Glen
Rock, Pa, who had for years had
shortness of breath, sleeplessness,
pain in left side, shoulders, smother
ing spells, etc; one bottle of Niles
New Heart Cure and one box of
Nerve and Liver Pills, cured him.
Peter Jaquet, Salem, N. j., is anoth-
err witness who for twenty years suf-
fered with heart disease, was pro
nounced incurable by physicians,
death stared him in the face, could
not lie down for fear of smothering
to death. Immediately after using
the New Cure felt better and could
lie down and sleep all night and ii
now a well man The New Cure is
sold, also free book, by A. N. Gil
bert.
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! ! Gods
chest, always ready, al Eszgs> "a as
ways efficient, always sat- Nw8 81 8 20
isfactory; prevent 3 cold b q b q n
or fever, cure all liver ills,
sick headache, iaundice, constipation etc. &c.
The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Guinea Fowls ON Farms.

Every farmer ought to have few
guinea fowls to add to the variety oil
feathered life on the farm. They
are also good protection against
such depredators as hawks and other
enemies Of young chickens, their
loud cries on the approach of any
such intruders giving signal TO the
weaker fowl to make its escape,
Guineas are q rather wild fowl and
will not bear confinement well. 1t
is not best to keep them unless there
is good range. The hens are great
layers, but will mostly steal their
nests, and will bring off very large
broods. The young guinea fowl are
very hardy, and not so subject to
disease as are other fowl.
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Little Edith had been to church
for the first time and on her return
home her grandmother asked her
how she liked it. ooh, / liked it
all right enough" she replied, "but
the men didn't act a bit fair"
"What did they do?" asked the old
lady. "Why," was the little OBJ
servers reply, zone man did all the
hard work and another man came
around and got all the money"
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Mothers, Save the Babies.

Summer complaint, dysentery and
diarrhea carry many babies TO the
grave. Mothers, take warning and use
in time DR.. John w. Bulls Baby Syrup
toregulate the bowels and allay infam-
nation. "We have used DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup for thirteen years with the
best result. We would rs soon be
without flour or sugar in the house as
this remedy. A. N. Burgess, Grove,
Ohio" Ask your dealer for DR.. John
w. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price 25 cts.
F or sale by n. A. snodgrass, 12N. Queen
street.
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Tiresome Caller-How do you
get rid OF bores?
Eminent Statesman-My valet
generally knows them and reminds
me of some engagement. (Tap at
the door, Well, Harris, what is it?
Valet (thrusting his head in)-I
beg your pardon, sir, but / think
you have an engagement to dine
with General Hogo in about 'arf an
hour.-Chicago Tribune.
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Old Gentleman-"Do you mean to
say that your teachers never thrash
you7"
Little Boy-"Neverl We have
moral suasion at our school,"
Old Gentleman-"What's that?n
I Little Boy--"Oh, we get KEEP in,
and stood up in corners, and locked
out, and locked in, and made TO
write one word a thousand times,
scowled at, and jawed at, and that's
ALL"
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Acute Catarrh Cured with Two
Bottles.

Mr.. John Davis, Broadway, Frost,
burg, Allegany county, Nd, writes
| have tried Parker & Shea's Catarrt
Cure for nasal catarrh and can truth.
fully say that it is the best remedy
that l have ever used for catarrh
Two bottles cured me when / was
scarcely able to breathe. | heartily
recommend it to all who have ten
dency to catarrh. For sale by L
G. Matthaei, Queen street.
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Delays are Dangerous.

Many of your friends, or people
whom you know of have contracted
consumption, pneumonia or other
fatal diseases by neglect of a simple
cold or cough. Foley's Honey and
Tar. a safe, sure and pleasant cough
medicine, would have saved them.
1t is guarant cd. For sale by f. G.
Williams.
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Mr.. Floody-Now Franklin, my
son, have at last made the great
fact of the evolution of species clear
to you, have / not?
Franklin Floody-Oh, yes, papa;
l understand Before / was born
you and mamma were monkeys
Truth.
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Take 100 stewed oysters, put
in porcelain lined kettle, put two
quarts cold water on them. When
they come to the boiling point put
ia one pint of new milk and then
skim CT the scum that generally
rises to the top. Take two table
epoonsful of -four and half cup OF
butter and cream together and stir
this in tie soup. Flavor with one
dozsd Of whole allspice and season
to taste. This will make enough for
a family of six or seven.
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A Case of Kidney Disease
Given up by Four Doctors.
Beaver Dam. O,

Beaver Dam, o.
My daughter, after being treated
by four doctors and given up for
lost, neighbor recommended
Foley's Kidney Cure. Today she
is able to walk several miles without
fatigue. l feel we would have lost
her If it was not for your medicine.
Respectfully,
MRS. j. M. BAILEY.
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She-You never did care for me.
You only married me for my money.
He-Now you are not only cruel,
but absurd. / should like to know
how l could have got your money
any other way?-Boston Transcript.
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Incontinence of water during sleep
stopped immediately by DR.. E..
DETcHoNs ANTI DIURETIc. Cures
children and adults alike. Price 81.
Sold by L. G.. Matthaei, Druggist,
Martinsburg, W. Va.
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ayes, sir,"a said the man in cell
No. I'll, "time was when I was adj
mitted to the very best houses. I"
And what brought you here?"
They caught me coming out. p
Tit Bits.
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A Queer q Medicine

There is medicine whose pro-
prietors do not claim to have dis
covered some hitherto unknown in
gredient, or that it is a cure.all.
This honest medicine only claims to
cure certain disease, and that its
ingredients are recognized by the
most skilled physicians as being The
best for Kidney and Bladder Dis
eases lis Foley IS Kidney Cure.
For sale rs = C. Williams
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TiiE HOUSEHOLD.
pEcuLIARs.

One half pint -four, one teaspoon
jul baking powder. one egg, one pint
sniik. little salt. Beat we'll to bat
Ter and bake rapidly in heated but
tered tins.
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You Cams Afford to Chance 1t.

"A heavy cold may lead TO pneu.
moiia OF consumption. Foley's
Honey and Tar taken in time affords
perfect security from serious results.
For sale by E. G. Williams.
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cRULLERs.

Two thirds of cup butter and
lard. mixed; TWO cups sweet milk,
two cups Sugar, three eggs, one tea
spoonful soda, little salt, -four to
roll easy
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"What do you think of it?u
How Ia PREF q S'aIss

After exg10aaTe, o9 Nnen y
cold coming On, lake dose 81
Foley's Honey and Tar. It never
fails. For sale BY s. G. Williams.
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TIRED MOTHERS find heln
= IN Hoods Sarsaparilla, which gives
them pure blood, good appetite and
new and needed STRENGTH.
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1t Hits the Spot .

When suffering from a severe cold
and your throat and lungs feel sore.
take dose of FOley's Honey and
Tar, when thef soreness will be
at once relieVed a a warm CRATE
ful feeling and healing of the
parts afteetedl will be exper-
fenced and you will say; sit feels so
good. 1T HITS the SPOT" 1t is
guaranteed, For sale by E. c. Will
liams.
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Much IN Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, ior 10 medi-
cine ever contained SO great curative power in
so small space. They are a whole medicine
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As corn.dodger the careful
dancer takes the cake.
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The BEST SALyz ia ms World Ios cuts,
sores, tetter, chapped hands, Chilblains
congestion, eruptions, and it positively
cures piles or no pay required. Ii is guar
anteed to give satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box, at L. g..
Matthaers drug store.
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"Did you see the story Of that
fellow with only $500 who succeed.
ed in failing for sS0.000g"
"Sure.r
"What do you think of it?"
"Well, / wouldn't like to do it
myself, but would like TO be able
to do it. r-Chicago Post.
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Some people die eating and others
diet.
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LADIES

Seeding toric, or children who want buss6.
ing up. should take
BROWNS IRON BITTEEs.
Il Is pleasant b take, cures Malaria Ind3s
eestion. Biliousness and Liver Complaints.