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, 1899-01-13
A Bright Reply.
IT PENETRATEs, SEARCHES, DRIVES OUT.

An excellent reply was that once
made by a Yankee pilot to the owner
of a Mississippi River steamboat.
The boat was at New Orleans, and
the Yankee applied for the vacant post
of pilot, saying that he thought he
could give satisfaction, provided they
were 'lookin' for a man about his size
and build"
"Your size and build will do well
enough" said the owner, surveying
the lank form and rugged face Of the
applicant with some amusement, "but
do you know about the river, where
the snags are, and S on?"
"Well, I'm pretty well acquainted
with the river" drawled the Yankee,
with his eyes fixed on q stick he was
whiting, 'but when you come to talk
In about the snags, 1 don't know exact
ly where they are, 1 must say"
Don't know where the snags arev'
said the ~boat-owner, in a toni of dis
gust; "then how do you expect to get
a position as pilot on this river?'
Well, sir" said the Yankee, raising
a pair of keen eyes from his whiting
and meeting his questioner's stern
gaze with a whimsical smile. 81 may
moi know just where the snags are, but
you can depend upon me KNOWN where
they amt, and that's where 1 calculate
to do my sailin'."
, 1899-01-13
Reading to Small Purpose.

An English paper prints what pur-
ports to be a conversation between a
man and his wife. 1t Is not to be sup
posed that such a scene could ever
have occurred, even In England, but
readers may find it amusing, and at q
pinch instructive.
James, dear, will you bring me up a
scuttle of Goals from the cellar?" said
a busy wife.
'That's just the way with you," said
James, with a frown, as he put down
his book and rose from the armchair.
"Just the way with meT"
"Yes!' he snapped. "As soon as you
see me enjoying myself you have some
thing or other for me to do. Didn't
YOU see l was absorbed in my read
ing?"
"Well, dear, 1 will do it myself"
eyes, and tell everybody-your moth
er especially-that you have to bring
your own coal up from the cellar. NO.
I'll do it. Let me mark my place"
So he marked the place in the book
at which he has ceased reading, and
when he had gone down cellar, grum
bling all the way, she picked up the
volume, and found it was a love story,
and that the passage that he had baeI
absorbed in was as follows:
, 1899-01-13
TWO WOMEN
Restored to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Can Dc MY Own Work."

Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn.,, writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that 1 write to you of the
benefit I have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very ill, suffered with female weak
ness and displacement of the womb.
"Icouldnotsleepatnight hadto walk
the floor, 1 suffered so with pain in my
side and small of my back. Was trou-
bled with bloating, and at times would
faint away; had a terrible pain in my
heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; butnow, thanks
to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable
Compound, 1 feel well and sleep well,
can do my work without feeling tired;
do not bloat or have any trouble
whatever.
81 sincerely thank you for the good
advice you gave me and for what your
medicine has done for me-"
, 1899-01-13
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Would Not Go Round.

I Senator Mason, of Illinois, Is reported
by the Washington Star as telling a
good story to illustrate the fact that the
official favors that the President has to
distribute will not Ego round"
Pat Mccarthy gave q dinner, to
which he invited three Or four of his
meighbors. Pat had allowed his wife
to cook only one chicken. When din.
ner was served Pat took possession Of
the carving-knife, and in a most hos
pftable tone said to Mrs. Dugan:
"What part Of the fowl will yez
have?"
"a leg, If yez plase,"
can what part will yez have? Would
yez loike some av the whittier" Pat in
quired of Mrs. O'Hooligan.
"An' a leg will do me-" she answered
AS each answered, the part of the
fowl she desired was given her.
"What part will yez have, Moiks
walsh?" Pat blankly inquired Of Ills
heighbor.
'Of balave Oh will have a leg, too
said "Moike," In his most modest way,
wishing to follow in the footsteps oil
the rest of the company.
"Begorra," said Pat to Mickey, what
does yez think Dim carving-a spider?'
, 1899-01-13
How Beeswax Is Made.

One Of the most taxing Of the bee In
dustries Is the making of wax, accord
ing to Anna Botsford Comstock, who
describes the operation in the Chautau-
guam thus: Bees gorge themselves
with honey, then hang themselves up
in festoons or curtains to the hive, and
remain quiesccnt for hours; after a
time wax scales appear, forced out
from the wax pockets. The bees re-
move these scales with their natural
forceps, carry the wax to the mouth
and chew 1t fol a time, thus changing
1t chemically. Thus 1t may be seen
that waxmaking is a great expense to
the colony, for 1t costs not only the
time of the workers, but 1t Is estimated
that twenty-one pounds of honey is re-
CURED to make n pound of wax.
, 1899-01-13
"why Rubber Are Considered sGooa
FOrm.'o

Form"
There was a time, not so many
years. back, when it was not quite
fashionable to appear too robust. A
little languor was considered rather
becoming in a young woman But
that day has passed. The pale, droop-
ing, indoor girl has given way to the
riding, walking, golf-playing girl.
Health has received the. seal of fash
ion. T..
And everything hal condaces. I'D
health is now goodform. For INSTANCE;
in the matter of wearing rubbers. A
few years ago a good many women OBJ
jected to wearing rubbers, on the
ground that they detracted from the
trim appearance of the foot. But
everybody knows that nothing else
ruins the health as quickly as wet
feet, and the only possible way to have
dry feet-especially in winter-is to
wear rubbers. So rubbers have come
back into style as indispensable to
good health.
The added fact that rubbers are now
so much more shapely and graceful in
their lines than they were a dozen
years ago, and that they are now made
in such infinite variety. has served, of
course, still further to increase their
popularity Bazar.s
, 1899-01-13

SANDER has poison on it's tongue,
wings on its feet, and travels faster
than a ghost.
The heart regulates the life. Get
your heart right and your life is sure
to be.
Learning is either good Or bad ac-
cording to him that has it-ah excellent
a If well used: otherwise, like
a sharp razor in the hands of "a child.
A thoughtful observer remarks that
there are two classes of PERSONS whom
it is hard to convince against their
will-women and men.
If cheerfulness knocks for admis-
sion, We should open our hearts wide
to receive it, for it never comes mop
~portunely.
, 1899-01-13
Tea Growing in North Carolina.
medy ne. I have recomMended-it to
seve of ny friends.s

1t Is nearly forty years ago since the
tea plant was introduced into this
try. The State of North Carolina was
selected for this experiment., partly be-
cause this State had a climate like
those regions of China where tea Gull
ture is most successful; but still more,
we think, because a North Carolinian
was Secretary of the Interior, and sup
~erintended the Introduction of the tea
plant into this country. But the ex-
pertinent was not a success. The tea
grew all right, but the amount Of labor
required to put its leaves into market
was too great, even at North Carolina
prices under the slave labor system.
The wal came on and the tea planta-
tlons were neglected and overgrown
with bushes of various sorts. Cotton
vas high then, and labor in the cotton
field required less skill and earned bet
ter pay then in picking and asserting
tea leaves. Now, however, with cotton
at five cents a pound, that crop no long
er pays, and it is likely that attempts
will be made to make tea growing pro-
fitable. The tea from North Carolina
will probably be better than the cheap
teas put up by Chinese ahd japanese
tea growers with which this country
has mostly been supplied. The very
best tea goes to the Russian nobility
and wealthy people in Europe, who pay
high prices for 1t. When we get to
growing teas in this country our people
may have the opportunity to get some
'of this tea for their own use.
, 1899-01-13

The Dream that Failed.

81 dreamed a beautiful dream last night"
The bashful young man said;
sand l wonder if you can guess it Alright"
And he blushed a rosy red.
<.Dreams are things l never could guess"
The beautiful maid did reply.
~ dreamed to a question you answered
yes"
He said, with a deep-drawn sigh.
@'Well, you are aware, no doubt" said she,
"That dreams by contraries go;
So, should you thai question ask of me,
My answer will surely be no."
, 1899-01-13

M There is an unfortunate disposition
in man to attend much more to the
faults of his companions that offend
him, than to their PROJECTIONS which
please him.
g Temperance and labor are the two
sbest physicians of men; labor sharp
the appetite, and temperance pre-
seehts him from indulging in excess.
, 1899-01-13
mon generally, designated, ~.Htfanu4erI'

not generally, designated, stsfapn4ers'
yet this term is misleading nowadays,
IL 1t ever was correct in indicating his
special function. =. 49,,
The. faber f~errarius. from which the
term ''farrier' Is doubtless derived,
was a worker In iron of. any kind or
fashion, and though In the earliest
periods of his history ,he- shod horses
and forged various weapons and, other
articles, yet,the. designation of smith,
was usually applied to him in this couna
try, and when he began to be. called. a
farrier his vocation was more that
OF "a sheer Of horses, and later their
physician and surgeon in addition. -
The antiquity of the horseshoer; Is,
states George Fleming, writing ia the
London Live Stock Journal, coeval with
the origino of the art, which Is lost in the
mist of 1000 years. In Western Eu-
rope it was probably known to the
Celtic tribes at a very remote time, and
1t may be that the Druid priests were
the teachers of horseshoeing In those
days, a IS they were the men who were
best acquainted with the primitive arts
and sciences, a knowledge 7of31whieh
they contriyed to surround with a veil
of mystery that chung to these for cen;
turies. The ~horseshoer was, In the
early centuries of our era, evidently
considered a mysterious kind of work
man, who pursued his Calling in IA
weird-lke n In "a place,where mo-
n was allowed to enter. Hntifthe sseed.
was shod..a .}..;sii ~ "a - IS l5i
1t Is certain that for hundreds 5f
years the sheer a a important per
sonage, as he held a high social posi-.
ton and enjoyed certain special priv
ileges in this country long before fhe>
Norman invasion. This is shown in.
the Welsh triad of laws, which were
revised by Howell the Good in A. d.
oil, but which were doubtless In force
long before that date. In these laws
and regulations the court smith, while
in the palace, was allotted a seat at they
end Of the bench, near the priest of the
household, and he was protected from
the time he began work in the morn
ing until he left at night. .,He was.st to-
be presented with clothes for what Ihe
did Il rthe officers of the paIace;The WasF
entiSed to the first liquor that came
into the hall, and he was to have fo6di
for himself and servant from the palG
ace; as well as the heads and feet of all
cattle slaughtered there, and other
privileges.
! In the Gwentian code Of these laws
it is stated that the smith was to Sit
in a chair0ne the judge beside a coz
umn, and this column was to be struck
by the silentHsry on the side fafthest
from the king when commanding ST
lence. Among the Anglo-Saxons 'fnes
sheer vas also1hekd In high esteem, and
would appear to have received certain
possessions in land through his craft
Such was the case with Gamelhete, Of
Weibeck, Nottinghamshfre, at the Nor.
man invasion, as he held certain lands
on condition that he shot the kings
= #E nN a - - AID = .Ia
, 1899-01-13

Miss GERTIE DUNKN,

Miss GERTIE DUNKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
"I suffered for some time with pain
full and irregular menstruation, falling
of the womb and pain in the back. I
tried physicians, but found no relief.
\>c.Iwas at last persuaded to try Lydia
AZ Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot prail 1t Gh for what
it done for / IKE q new
, 1899-01-13

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to curs deafness, and that is by constdtu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
named condition of the mucous lining of the
sEustachian Tube. When this tube gets tn
'Hamed you have a Sqmbling sound or imper-
-tbcT hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result; and unless the infiam-
-matfon can be taken out and this tube re-
sHored to its normal condition, hearing will BIO
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
Iaadsed by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
will give One HuRdred Dollars for any
,naae of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured .,byiHalls Catsrrh cure. Send
w. Ell. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. O.
, 1899-01-13

cry care. The winds of hearq sndn
not visit your face too roughly; those
pretty hands shall never be soiled by
mental tasks; your wish shall be my
law; your happiness"
Just then he re%appeared, and drop.
ping the scuttle upon the floor, said:
There's your coal, give me the
book"
, 1899-01-13
HISTORY OF hoRsEsHoElNo..

Antiquity of h Graf and the I'm,
portance of Its Followers. -.
The recent strike of .~horseshoers IN
London, which was happily Of short
duration, may serve to, call to memory,
some facts and traditions that go to
prove the high antiquity of-the craft
and its immense influence on the prog
ress of civilization, as. far as The setg
vices Of the horses are concerned in ad.
vancing the interests of mankind. 49,.
, 1899-01-13
Il Hood Deep

soI IBesuty Is Blood Deep aeY !
;, Cieal d means a clean skim, No beauty
withou nSarets, Candy Cathartic clean !.
youTbK Clean, by, stirring up tte q
law liyl Asmpufit@ sfTeH the
bodS4i Ensp1fBples. tboils, :!
blotchS siqfAly iyliQn@
idoWnlH HoeeHkX 4or-,
ten R2n gu2S ~
, 1899-01-13

; All brave men are brave in initiative,
but the courage which enables them
to succeed.zvheref Others adareenot even
,attemps~is never ssospotent as when it
90 Entire self forgetfufness.= =
, 1899-01-13

+, TfHF cheapest Of ar things Is Kind
ness sS.a its exercise. requiring the LEAST
POSSIBLE trouble and, Self sacridegja
, 1899-01-13

MgsssMinslow's Soothing syrup for icbIldren.i
feething, softens the gums edueing .ina3mms.,
1ions aflays pain, cures wind GOLF, &c a-bSttls.' c,
, 1899-01-13

OF IbX{Ury, III tne OUuH0IJ OI DIdH0Iu'
because he was intrusted with the shoe
ing Of the kings horses, or perhaps the
control Of the shoers.
, 1899-01-13

Leisure :. for men of business, and
business for men of leisure, would cure
many komplaints.
, 1899-01-13

The Shortest life is long enough If
it lead to a better, and the longest
life is too short if it do not.
, 1899-01-13
URE

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ARCH sT., sPHILA.. PA. Ease at once; no
operation or delay from business. Consultation
Tree. Endorsements of physicians. ladies and
prominent Citizens Send for circular. Ofica
hours ga M. TOT Pm:
, 1899-01-13

AllimeH leys5fgssdogHi bit shaewAlsats
aRadepandss 7, fas ~ sNankhad' ,5hs4
, 1899-01-13
To Cure A Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Az
'Druggists refund money iii fails to cure. E9c.
, 1899-01-13

;, The Important thing Is not what men |
saye0 You, but what ~you-Iaake them !.
believe. & ,....4,<. al
, 1899-01-13

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nessatfersffets day 70 9s0CaSDk IA Erno 81 sre9o
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, 1899-01-13

zen whe rhave- made a noise in.
I'd have not used their mouths
IN. 49, {
, 1899-01-13

! -et%Kn6ckkds C6iishs and cSSids.ysaissoa'
CoHsdi OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
, 1899-01-13

tie Your Bowels with. Cascarets y
! Cathartic, cure constipation forever
III c. G. q. fail, druggists refund money.
, 1899-01-13

: YietorE belongs, to the most onsfsa 81 4
\
, 1899-01-13

TO Cure Constipation Forever. IT,.
Tskss Cascarets Candy, Cathartlc, loo. or, &c. j,
&C fail to cure, druggists refund motley. :
, 1899-01-13

Ikoever the latter visited the
Mansfield.
d ST Liz, a Norman noble
accompanied him in his In
Fdl1am the Conqueror gave
of Northampton and the
ndred of Falkloy, to provide
his horses, while another
Henry de Ferrers. or FAIR
Ii bestowed on him the honor
, 1899-01-13

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ms ffdrnatf up eoat ncoifa ryenosfn1fHsa' r
no b6$.szi1zgeAereFe rfAe se4nterataseIfflf:
the sf996Mdssee 4rffssssa ebee 7Sdtgfagss1Y esefs
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~ every day, no matter. N9dtrths, =
dpogs JteeRRbeEaapgga ypaK vhea ,yASY1Ays4
Up We fresh nj vi h the ,AledE:9eali tAsEses is IS.
nothing retsonaas,inIaAigbt ak'aS olssp y
uladrItelihfa tool tes 6 oI4zs rT. EotWithsbs
s tanaf4sg5S sn7sssss ;aoissU no N add
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alfrsee, sapdexXoH VIII then rssHHn Pr be5taT
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1s5epsFSe , .zQW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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''&oH ssp6tgF'@ doHHtr cJyer sit up 'N8ithise
clothes, but tonghen T'foapd
t5ughen your entire body until It =
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, 1899-01-13

Pieb'snsussSo f Cs1s9fnstotenAf IN AscosfTY
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asgls-s s5ssafsssesks1 odw .s...oM ic x.aAfE
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, 1899-01-13
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, 1899-01-13

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bHseao On SID er4otf6asEGd Bs1sio
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sthnutBG issnaAS night dpfirselfa Avn esf. Assn..
maxi sam guisHts2 ans ing Iaisss ;ojszssq ne
, 1899-01-13

p Ashran's ledger does 4fot qeeqf whsns4E
he is,G opi' %haf he sis owort4f. fsC6Sun9Anl
whaac&7sa1hi6n, aioE what asienI hihEefsA,l
1know sNs1at he.fis2 wHrthsAn a.
whether rich or poor. .g~otsx.:7pg .fftH
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Happiness Tor $4,000 Hcmes.

At a conference in Detroit, a few
days ago. Of the leading iron and steel
manufacturers Of the country, it was
voted to make general advance in
wages Of about . per cent. for some
IS 900 men. This news was dismissed
with a few lines in the telegraph col
umns of the newspapers, but it is a
matter Of great Importance and sgnifi-
canoe. It shows how general is the
grand prosperity which our country is
enjoying. It means happiness in 5000
homes 1t means that protection pro
tects. and that the Republican party is
more than keeping it's promises.
This voluntary increase of wages will
make the wages Of the steel and iron
workmen Of the country the highest
since 1892 when Mr. Cleveland was
elected president and the hard times
era began from which the country has
now recovered under Republican rule.
In the great steel and iron industry Of
the country, as in many other lines Of
industry. the year 1892 stands as the
high water mark in wages and pros
pcrity Then the presidential term Of
Benjamin Harrison came to a close,
and business conditions were all good.
But the country voted for a change,
and it got it, The Republican protec-
ZIONIST administration was defeated at
the polls. With the incoming Of a free
trade president and a free trade Con-
gress wages and business began to de-
cline Protectionists had predicted this
| before the election Of 1892, but they
were not believed. Now the country
! knows that they told the truth, ana is
glad to hear the happy news that the
prosperity that came with q Republican
administration has caused wages to &C
back to the 1892 scale.
The free trade experiment of ths
Cleveland administration cost tn,
workingmcn IF the United States dear.
~. They have learned by bitter tx.
pcriencc that free trade falacirs ar,
fully as harmful as free silver fallacics
and are now through forever with both
1t is no mere coincidence or matter o
chance that the high wages and protcc
ton come together. 1t is not conceiv
able that the wages Of these $1,000 mel
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FACTS AND FICTION.
Experiences Of Augusta Citizens are Facts, Bst
Outside Testimony is Apt to SAVIOR Of Romance

The most superficial investigation
VIII prove that the following statement
from a resident in Augusta Is true.
Read II, and compare evidence from
Augusta along with testimony from
outside places published side by side
with this in the columns OF this paper
Investigate still further and you will
notice that the only remedy which pub
lShed local testimony, interviews the
giver Of that testimony over two years
ana half afterward. obtains a re-
newaI Of the said testimony and re-
publishes It, is Deans Kidney Pills.
Read this:
Mrs. J. S. Jones Of 1Is Northern
avenue, says: when we lived at ~
Franklin street in 1896, a gentleman
called asking for our experience with,
and opinions OF Doan's Kidney Pills
Mr.. Jones told him they had cured him
Of backache which annoyed him all day
and prosecuted him at night, not con-
tinually but too frequent during eight
years TO be pleasant. Since procuring
Doan's Kidney Pills at C. X. Part
ridges drug store In 1896, my husband
has had no cause to change his mind in
regard to the opinions then expressed.
The benefit he received from this
remedy has proved to be lasting"
Doans Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y,
sole agents for the United States. Re
member the name-Doan's-and take
m substitute.
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The Enemies in the Rear.

William Lloyd Garrison. who is
busiIy engaged in dishonoring an hon
ored name by unpatriotic and seditious
utterances, appears to go even farther
than the other members of the grass
hopper chorus in the canonization OF
Aguinaldo. In a recent address he re-
fers to the Filipino dictator as free
dom's greatest orator" and a betrayed
and harassed hero This is bad
enough for any man enjoying the pro
lection of and supposed to owe some
allegiance to the American nag. but
Mr.. Garrison did not stop there. lie
went on to utter the positive language
and sentiments Of treason, declaring
that lin the utter defeat of his tAguln-
aldos) assailants purpose rests the
salvation of liberty in the United
States" Think of il, Here is a man
who pretends to be an American, and
vet loudly and publicly proclaims hope
that the enemies Of his country may
triumph, and still, through the spirit of
American tolerance, is permitted to be
at large, In any other country on the
earth he would occupy a traitors cell
in some prison. 1t is certainly an
amazing sight to see one VINO was
reared in this great country, and who
has from infancy enjoyed the full
benefcence of its protection and its
opportunities, openly and Ostenta-
tiously lauding its enemies, and ex-
pressing a hope for their success.
Such spectacle as this, when coupled
with the knowledge that Filipino vic
tory would be to this man and his ilk,
the occasion for celebration makes the
blood of patriotic citizens boil. Thank
God these enemies of the republic, who
have yelped, jackal-like, at the heels
Of our victorious forces, while they
have doubtless impaired much of aid
and encouragement TO our enemies
and while they are unquestionably re
sponsible, Indirectly perhaps but none
the less surely, for the death of many
Of our brave boys in blue heroically
fighting the battles Of their country
under the Stars ana Stripes, in dis
tant land and beneath troplc SKIES,
have not been able to defeat their
country's cause our brave soldiers