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A DIG AT THE MEN.

In On article entitled, "Why Should
Not Men Be Beautiful" Miss Frances
E. Willard takes the ground that men
have set high standard of beauty and
morality for women, and they have
had so much power to insist on this
standard that women are pre-eminent
in these respects. "To my mind" she
says, "the key and core of the woman
question consists in this: That when,
without taking away mems power,
women are in possession of the same
power over them that men have over
women (which is what should like to
see, no more and no Iess), then with
the growth of the centuries women
will set such q standard for men that
they will become as beautiful as
women, and as pure, to the incalcula-
BILE increase of mans happiness and
well-being and of woman's JOY and
peace. Atlanta Constitution.
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The Spanisll Bull.

The bulls used for fighting purposes
are a specially selected, specially cared
for class. They are all pedigree ami
mails. Andalusia is, above all, the
district of the bull. Here, at the age
of one year, the young bulls are sep
arated from the heifers, branded with
the owners name and turned out loose
on the plains to Craze with others of
their own age.
When a year older the J Dung bulls
are gathered together, in order that
their mettle and fighting qualities
may be tested. One OF them is separ-
ated from the herd and chased by a
man on horseback, who, by the skill.
full use of blunted lance overthrows
the escaping bull, whereupon another
rider comes in front of the animal
with sharper lance to Withstand the
expected attack.
If the bull on regaining his feet at
tacks the rider twice he is passed as a
fighting animal, but if he turns tail
and runs off he is set aside to be killed
or to be used in agricultural work.
And 20 with each animal until the
whole herd of the two-year-olds have
been tested.
Each bull that has stood the test
successfully is then entered in the
herd book, with description Of his
appearance, and receives q name
such as Espartero, flamenco and the
like. This process of careful selection
goes on from year to year until the bull
is five years old, when, should his met
tie prove true, he is ready for the
arena, and flaming posters appear on
the walls of Madrid or Seville, IN
nouncing that Esparto Tor whatever
his name ISL will on such and ouch a
date make his first and final appear
ance.
A good "warrantable" fve-yesr.old
bull for the fighting ring costs from
$3.50 to S400.-Buffalo Times.
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THE NovEL1sT's REFUGE.

81 can't bring my fagged-out fancy
up to the point of portraying the cnl-
minat1ng love scene between the hero
and heroine of this story" solllo-
quized the gifted novelist, "and I'll
Just say the interview between Roder-
lex and Penelope, those true hearts SO
sorely tried, now SO happily reunited
at last, may be safely left to the read
er's imagination. This may be a lit
tie disappointing to the reader, but IL
fatters him and saves lots of work.
There's cheating in all trades but
ours" continued the gifted novelist,
making q row of stars across the page,
adding a quotation from Byron and
writing the words: "The end. "-ChI-
cago Tribune.
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STILL ROOM FOR RESEARCH.

"What is this new substance that l
hear so much about?" asked the emf
nent scientists wife.
"What new substance, my dear?"
s'The element in the air that has
just been detected. "
"Oh, that, my DEAR" he answered,
beaming over his spectacles with the
good nature of superior wisdom, "ls
known as Argon.
"Oh,"
eyes. It's discovery is one of the
most remarkable triumphs of the age.
It has revolutionized some Of the old
theories; or at least it will revolution
ize them before 1t gets through"
"What is it?"
"It's--er-a-did you say what is
it?"
II said that"
"Well-ahem-you see, we haven't
as yet discovered much about it e1-
cept its name. Washington Star.
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THE PAGODA CUFF.

Last year perforated cloth, cut in
patterns resembling guipure, was en-
ployed for mantles. Now this same
cloth, but with the pattern en-.
broidered in silk. is one of the newe
introductions for bodices made :.
over colored silk. Never was SO much
material wanted in dresses. Sleeves
are beginning to take almost as much
as the sheath-like skirts of year ago.
The pagoda cuff worn in the sixties is
coming back to us. It is gathered
over the wrist, and the cuff turns to-
wards the hand full and wide on the
outside of the arm, narrowing inside
the wrist. It is one of those uncom.
Portable shapes which will dip into
everything. A new form is a gigot
with joint on the outside of the arm
from the shoulder to the wrist. st.
Louis Star-Sayings.
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CHANGING STYLES OF HAIR DRESSING.

Some of those people who lead our
fashions, whether we will or no, are
beginning to wear the hair low in the
neck again in loose sort of coil. This
is to be deplored if the style should
become general. The '.bun" is tidy,
easily arranged and "stays put" A
coil in the nape of the neck is in
variably wild after very short time
and requires more attention than, to
speak plainly, it usually gets. 1t soils
ones collars, too, and rubs against
them in such away as to break the
hair badly. In fact, almost the only
thing in favor of such manner OF
hairdressing is that the wearer of it
looks much younger than with her
hair worn higher on her head-New
Orleans Picayune.
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out which there can be no true prog.
ress. She needs time for the cultiva.
tion of the higher powers of her mind,
that she may be enabled to fight life's
baStles more bravely, bear its burdens
more easily, and enjoy life's pleasures
more fully. For there are pleasures
to enjoy on farm.
1t is the mission of the Grange to
break down some of the iron bars that
imprison the lives of 80 many women
on Our farms-to do away with the
isolation that shuts in so much latent
nobility, hidden talent and true wom-
anhood. The social side Of Grange
life is blessed boon to many a far.
mer's wife and daughters, who through
its influence have been drawn into
more frequent intercourse with 9TH
ers, finding warm friends, and even
nearer and dearer ties among those
who but for the Grange, would have
remained entire strangers. While
thus creating q warmer social atmos.
phere, which has strong and hu-
manizing effect, there is another
Grange influence reaching out into
our farm homes, developing intellec-
tual strength and freedom. In men
tai capacity there are no women in the
world who surpass the women Of our
farms, but intellectual life, like plant
life, requires favorable opportunities
for growth and progressive develop.
ment. These opportunities the
Grange affords, and through the edu-
cational influence of the Order, We
are developing on our farms intellec-
tual ability of a high order.
Grange influence has been an impor.
tant factor in removing popular pref
udIce against woman suffrage. The
rural conservatism that recoils from
radical changes has been gradually
overcome by the subtle forces that
work through our Order. In woman's
admission to the Grange upon equal
+,rms with her brothers, in sharing
.qually in the duties, the privileges,
So. honors and the responsibilities, We
have grown accustomed to think OF
her in her relation to matters outside
of the domestic circle. Her interest
in public affairs is stimulated by the
discussions of questions of the day, in
which she is expected to take active
part, and her unquestioned ability,
given an opportunity to express itself,
often opens to her wider field of use
fulness.
I have only written of one phase of
Grange work-the breaking down OF
the barriers that prevent the fullest
development, of the truest womanly
nature on our American farms. The
Order Is also building up, from the
foundation of American agriculture, a
broader and higher type of manhood
and womanhood. Public Opinion.
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Marvellous Story About Clif.DwelIers.

A marvellous story is that which
comes from Arizona, where few
months ago some prospectors IN the
Bradshaw Mountains came upon a
,liff-dwe!l ers' village in one of the
most mace essible csnons of that range
the largest village of the kind ever
yet discovered. Several of the houses
we're explored and large quantities Of
pottery and some instruments, evil
lently used for cultivsting the soil,
we're found. In one the skeleton of a
man, not over four feet eight inches
in height, was discovered. The canon
ut this place is half mile wide and
shows evidence of having been culti-
vated. If this theory proves to be
true it will throw more light on the
habits of this little known people. So
far as known no other evidence has
ever been disc overed Of cliff.dwellers
having cultivated the soil.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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After.Dillner Maps.

There is quite difference of opinion
among recognized authorities as to the
usefulness OF the after-dinner nap.
Some of these people claim that the
merest dropping off to sleep is much
better than the heavy, undisturbed re-
pose in which some temperaments
seem inclined to indulge.
In this matter, as in almost every
thing else in the world, difference in
constitution, condition and circum-
stances is lost sight of. As a general
rule, it may be said that whoever falls
asleep and sleeps long and heavily
does so because the system has need
of that sort of rest. Sleep is a COM
modify that does not come by will,
but on the most imperative demand OF
nature. People who work hard, either
mentally or physically, who are in any
way overtaxed or exhausted by effort
of any kind, must in some way restore
the nervous balance, and in no way is
this 80 readily and satisfactorily done
as by long continued and undisturbed
sleep, if the individual can indulge
in it.
There are few things more coveted
than the ability to sleep quietly and
naturally, and it is very rare indeed
that one gets too much of this kind OF
repose.
To be sure, there are persons of
sluggish habit and people who are
given to over indulgence at the table
which is productive of inaction and an
almost continuous sleepy condition,
but these are exceptions rather than
the rule. The masses of people sleep
too little, and it is scarcely worth
while, save in exceptional cases, to
curtail the hours that nature demands
for this most efficient means of restora-
tion. Above all things should chill
dren and young persons, those under
twenty especially, be given all the op-
portunity consistent with their occu.
patton and education for untronbled
sleep. The fact that nature demands
a thing is most excellent reason for
granting it. "Forty winks" may do
very we'll for some temperaments, but
it is by no means to be rec commended
to persons who are in any degree weary
or orerworked.- York Ledger.
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FLATTERY THAT WON.

elbow did Hopson manage to be-
come engaged to the wealthy Miss An
tique? I thought she was man
ha.er."
$50 she was, but when he advised
her not to get bell for her bicycle,
for when she rode it there was already
one on it, she Immediately succuLbed. +"
-Harper's Bazaar.
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THE GUNMAKER OF ILION.
JEFFERSON NJ. CLOUGH REFUSES A
TEMPTING OFFER FEON THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
His Health was too Poor to Ferp,'t Attcn-
tion to Business. A Great Sufferer
fo- Many Years But Has Now


fo- Many Years But Has Now
Recovered, ..s
(Fron the Springfield, lass, Cmion.)
There isn't a gun manufacturer in the
United States who does not know Jefferson
NJ. Clough, and why! Because he has been
intimately associated all his life with the de-
velcpment Of the two best American rifles,
the Remington and Winchester. For years
lie was Superintendent Of the E. Remington
Sons great factory at lion. N. Y. After
leaving there he refused tempting offer Of
the Chinese Government to sc to China 10
superntend their government factories.-
and accepted instead the superintendeney OF
the Winchester-Arms Co., at New Haven, at
salary Of $500 year.
1t was after this long term OF active labor
as business man that he found himself in
capacitated for further service by the en-
barge which rheumatism had laid upon him
and resigned his position more than two
years ago. and returned 10 Belchertown,
Mass, where he now lives and Owls the
Phelps farm, a retired spot where he has I've
hundred acres OF land. ....'
Being man OF means he did not spare the
cost and was treated by leading physicians
and by baths at celebrated springs without
receiving any benefit worth notice. During
the summer of 1893 and the winter OF 1894
Mr.. Clough was confined to his house in
Belchertown. being unable to rise from his
bed without assistance, and suffering con-
tinually with acute pains and with no taste
or desire for food, nor was he able to obtain
sufficient sleep.
Early in the year 1894 Mr.. Clough heard Of
DR.. Williams. Pink Pills for Pale People.
He began taking these pills about the first OF
March, 1894, and continued to do so until
the first part OF September following. The
first effect noticed was q better appetite and
he began to note more ability to help himself
of the bed and to be better generally. Last
August (1S94) he was able to 90 alone to his
summer residence and farm OF 1G3 acres on
Grenadier Island. among the Thousand
Islands, in the river st. Lawrence, where
from the highest land Of his farm he COM
and go OF the thousand Islands can be seen.
Instead OF being confined to his bed Mr..
Clough is now and has been for some time
able to be about the farm to direct the
men employed there and he is thankful for
what DR.. Williams Pink Pills have done for
him. --. -
These pills are manufactured by the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y, and ure sold only in boxes bearing the
firms trade mark and wrapper, at so cents
box or six boxes for g. so, and are never sold
in bulk. They may be hud Of all druggists
or direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Company. A.. -.
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Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine
means lost manhood. weak eyes, and a
general all gone look and feeling that robs
life OF its pleasure. Tobacco is the root Of
many an impotent symptom, and No-To-Bac
u guaranteed cure that will make you strong.
vigorous and happy in more ways than one.
No-To-Bac guaranteed and sold by Drug
gists everywhere. Book, titled Don't To-
bacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away" Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co.. New York or Chicago.
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CAUTIOUS.

Doctor-"Take stated amount of
exercise daily"
Patient -"Will it be enough if I
walk twice around nv wife's theatre
hat every day."
Doctor You'd better not risk
over-exerting yourself at first. Begin
with once and increase the laps as
you feel able. "--Life.
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The Watchdog Exchange.

An Englishman and a German in
Chicago are partners in new bust
ness which they advertise as Watch.
dog Exchange. They will be p1 repaired
soon to sell dogs trained for watching,
or the dogs may be engaged by the
month, week or night. The German
partner has the experience, having
been employed as a keeper in siml-
lar business in Berlin, where there are
several of these exchanges doing q
good business. New York Sun.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
MRS. LEASE TO PRACTICE LAW.

It is reported that Mrs. Mary E.
Lease and Miss Mary Morrill,, both
of Wichita, will shortly form a law
partnership and open Offices in Topeka
and Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Lease
practiced law in Wichita before she
went into politics. Miss Morrill, has
been stenographer at the Topeka In
sane Asylum for several months. She
is graduate OF the law department Of
the University at Ann Arbor. Chicago
Times-Herald.
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WHY HE WAS SAD.

Spike McGaffney-"Say, Pete,
when look inter house like dat an
see all der people happy rn' der pres
ents all spread out on der table, it jist
brings tears to me eyes"
Second Story Pete-"Brin2s tears
to yer eyes! What fer?"
Spike McGaflney-"Cause dey keep
two bloodhounds, an dey's got double
burglar alarms on der windy. -
Puck.
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AN INDIGNITY.

Warden-'Well, what's the trou-
ble?"
Prisoner-'I've been unjustly hu-
inflated. I am serving term for not
being able to account for So, 500, 900,
end you've put me in cell with a
man who is doing time for counterfeit
ing nickles. San Francisco Exam.
liner.
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HONESTLY WON.

"How did you get your title OF
sGeneral?'" asked the hero-worship-
ing girl.
81 cut my way to it" was the proud
reply.
''Op the feld?"
"No; in Bill Wiggins's hotel. There
was only two men in our town that
had ever been in the army at all, so
we cut the cards to see which should
be General and which Colonel. -
Washington Star.
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THE UNHAPPY GROOM.

Friend-"What makes you write all
the tlme?"
Groom-elect-"Practicing how to
write Jibson and wife on hotel regis
ter without having the clerk ask me if
we're newly married" Syracuse
Post.
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sOMFTMES THE WAY.

"Who's this man who has grown so
rich in your ward?"
"Oh, that's Skayte, an ignorant sort
of fellow"
"And the man who's bankrupt"
i'That's Mazzles, the eminent au-
thority on fnanciering. - Chicago
Record.
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A THEORY INDoRSED.

"What the Indian needs" said the
eminent sociologist, els rational sys-
tenn of supervision"
"That's right, replied the nan who
has lived IN the far West; what the
Indian needs is gettin' his rations to
i'm regular an enough Of 'em. -
WASHINGTON Star.
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To Cleanse the system

Efrectually yet gently, when costive or bilious,
or when the blood is impure or slusgish,t to per-
manently cure habitual constipation, to awak-
en- the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity
without irritating or weakening them, to dis
pel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of
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HI am hnt one" he urred,

II am but one, ne urged.
II know it, rejoined the Arctic po.
t.ntate, "but if admit you therell
be all the way from fourteen to l56
relief expeditions after you, and our
people will know no such thing as
privacy"
Of course, it was nobody's business,
but he did not mind saying be was not
born yesterday. ay.-Detroit Tribune.
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THOSE Mupp1Ep ORATORS.

IT enjoyed your lecture on the
financial issue very much" said the
citizen to the orator, shut I would
like to ask you one question.
Certainly" said the orator; Ego
ahead"
"What side of the question are you
on?"-Chicago Record.
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SHE WOULD NOT BE FLATTERED.

Gent ssMademoiselle looks more
beautiful every day"
Lady-'You have been telling me
so for a good many years; what hor-
rid fright 1 must have been to start
with. h."-L'Illustration
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Worse Than Rum,

Indigestion spoils more lives than rum. But
YOU think you have malaria or grip" or
something worse. The trouble is all in the
digestive tract. Ripans Tabules bring sort
of Millennium with them. One gives relief,
and their hahitual use keeps the whole system
iu tone. Get them Of Your druggist.
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THE ART OF CONQUEST.

"Has the King of Umsquog ever in
shifted us?' asked Great Britain.
"Never," replied the warrior.
"Well, 60 out and irritate him
bit. He's got some ground that I'd
like to own" "-Washington Star.
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A TRUTHFUL SAYING.

"Well," muttered the collector, as
he sank YEARLY into a chair and
turned to his employer, "there is one
old saying that I can vouch for"
"What is it,"
''The one that says: You never find
a man out till you trust him. '"-At-
lanta Constitution.
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The Greatest riedical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF aoIBuRY, MASS,


Has discovered In one Of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind OF Humor. from the worst Scro!ula
down to a common pimple. :
He has tried II In over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except In two cases
(both thunder humor). BE has now In
his possession over two hundred certif-
Gates OF its value, all within twenty miles
OF Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit Is always experienced fromthe
first bottle, and aperfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected 1t causes
shooting pains. like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears in
week after taking 1t. Read the label.
II the stomach Is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change OF diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get. and enough OF 1t.
Dose. one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists
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THE RELIEF.

The Eskimo chieftain was as hard
as to his heart as the bergs of his ma
tive Businesses.
"Rack," he commanded.
The explorer was lain to parley.
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NO MISUNDERSTANDING.

$50 the insolent fellow refused to
pay his rent"
"He did not say so in words, but
he intimated it.
Chow SOP"
"He kicked me downstairs. LA
Figaro.
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Tobacco Destroys Vitality.

1t is estimated that electric cars have al
ready displaced ! 800, 900 horses.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tes-
timonials, Free Manufactured by
FL CHENEY d Co. Toledo, O.
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One of the most popular religious
books in Japan is "Pilgrim's Prog
ress," illustrated by Japanese artists.
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A REWARD OF MERIT.

"Goodluck has had his salary raised;
was it for extra work."
eyes. He always listens when the
proprietor tells his baby's smart say
ings." "-Tid-Bits.
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Icebergs in the Atlantic sometimes
last for 200 years.

DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory Binghemton. n. Y.
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SHERIFF WILL WIPE OUT THE GANG.

sHERIFF WILL WIPE OUT THE GANG.
"You say the desperados came in
and cleaned out the town?"
eyes; and now the town people are
out securing the country. kansas
City Star.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, reduces intiamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. bottle