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MISS ADA C. SWEET.

" became interested and thoroughly in
formed as to the pension laws, and few
years after her retirement from the pen
sion agency she opened her own office for
tho prosecution of pension and other gov
ernment war claims.
Having studied law with her father,
Miss Sweet had become sufficiently ac-
quainted with the ordinary rules of evi-
dence and had such knowledge Of the
preparation of legal papers as fitted her
for her work and altogether, by training
and experience, she seemed to fall into the
line Of work she has adopted almost as a
matter of course. Her large acquaintance
among the veteran soldiers Of Illinois
made it easy for her to establish herself at
once in her business, and from the day
when she opened her office, Sept. i, 1888,
she was a busy woman.
Outside of her office Miss Sweet is
known as one who has been long an active
worker for municipal reform. She was
president of the Municipal Order league
when it was most active and was one Of
the founders and directors Of the Civic
Federation of Chicago. She is charter
member of that powerful social organiza-
ton the Chicago Woman's club, and was
its president in 1S95.-New York Tribune.
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DAYS GONE By"

Oh, the days gone byl Oh, the days gone BY!
The apples in the orchard and the pathway
through the rye,
The chrrup Of the robin, and the whistle OF
the quail
As he piped across the meadows sweet as any
nightingale;
When the bloom was on the clover and tne
blue was in the sky,
And my happy heart brimmed over in the
days gone by.
In the days gone by, when my naked feet
were tripped
By the honeysucl,le tangles where the water
lilies dipped,
And the ripple of the river Tipped the moss
along the brink
Where the placid eyed and lazy footed cattle
came to drink,
And the fitting snipe stood fearless Of the tru-
ants wayward cry,
And the splashing Of the swimmer in the days
gone by.
Oh, the days gone byl Oh, the days gone byl
The music of the laughing lip, the luster Of
the eye,
The childish faith in fairies and Aladdin's
magic ring,
The simple, soul reposing, glad belief In ev.
erything,
When life was like a story, holding neither
cob nor sigh
In the golden, olden glory of the days gone BY
james Whitcomb Riley.
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A Wild Rose Skin.

When q Swedish woman has clear,
beautiful skin, it rivals almost in exquisite
loyeliness the bloom of the English rose"
or her cousin, the American lily" To
lie in bed and be waited on by nurse
with wild rose complexion and to dis
cover that when health returns one may
hope to attain to such a complexion by the
use Of very simple means seem to make
up in some degree for the weary days in
bed.
"Oh, nurse, if only had your complex
ion! If could change my duh, spotted
skin for one like yours, it seems to me
would be willing to jump into barrel OF
boiling OIL.
"Well, den, mees," was the reply, 'you
can haf it, sure, if you do but one leetle
ting. My skin vas all spots vat you call
'peemples, and the doctor he say it change
of climate. He den tell me to buy 25 cent
worth of phosphate Of soda. I take tea
spoonful in glass warm water at bedtime
and de same before breakfast. 1t not nasty.
So for Won week also take the same before
each other meal. After dat for Won week
take only night and morning. In two
week behold me as now"
Reader, I have followed the above ad-
vice for "von haf week" only, and already
my skin seems like "that of little child. "
To those who desire to change thick, un-
responsive skin for q clear, bright COM
plexion this simple and practical advice Is
gladly given by a convalescent.-Phila
phia Times
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French Veal.

Every sojourner in France must have
noticed the frequent appearance Of veal in
the menus and the superiority over the
veal found in our American markets.
This is explained by the pains taken in
feeding the calves. From the beginning
they are furnished with all the sweet milk
they can possibly drink, and then for 3
month before butchering the freshest Of
eggs are added to their daily diet. At first
one egg is forced into the mouth and held
there until the calf is made to swallow 1t.
Gradually the taste for eggs is acquired,
until during the last two weeks the calf 1s
able to take from ten to dozen day.
Naturally the meat is something to ad-
mire, quite different from the dabby, taste
less meat sold here, and quite naturally
the price is much higher, as it should be.
WASHINGTON Star.
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pink Costumes and Red Roses.

It was pink scasOn-not this season,
though the occasion is as fresh in the
mind of the hostess as if it were only yes
terday-and it was one of the most elabo-
rate entertainments given that winter.
Everything was in Il style of the utmost
magnifccncc No expense or thought was
spared in making the occasion one to be
long remembered. But there was one
thing that the hostess forgot She did not
remember that it was a pink season and
that the greater number Of her young
women guests, among whom were some
wonderfully charming brunettcs, with col
oring like magnificent damask rose,
would wear pink gowns. She had ar
ranged that i'll the general munlficence
there should be for each woman guest q
cluster of American Beauty roses
What could be more lovely, what could
be more fragrant or delightful, and what,
zoo, if any one should give the matter
thought from financial standpoint, could
be more expensive than American Beauty
roses in the middle of winter? And there
were so many of them. The cost of the
roses for the guests would represent
enough money to have given whole en-
tertainment for people with less magnih-
cent tastes But, alas, what was beauty,
what was fragrance, what was cost, when
the roses would not match the pink gowns
of the guests! The American Beauty red
killed the pink IF the gowns altogether.
So, here behind big marble column,
there behind tete-at-tete scat, behind ia
bles and chairs, the next morning the serv-
ants gathered up the big clusters of Amer
lean Beauty roses, which were beautiful
and fragrant-and cost, oh, so much mon
ey-but which did not match.-New York
Times
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Telling Our Troubles.

There is sometimes strong temptation
to tell our troubles to others, but If we
wish to retain the good opinion Of these
same friends we will think twice before so
doing and decide to keep them securely
locked in our own bosom. There are few
who care to hear the woes Of others. They
would much prefer to rehearse their own.
The most of us have troubles Of our own,
and there is sense of injury when some
one else heaps hers upon us. There are
times when an outpouring of ones earthly
woes does one world of good, but as
rule the more one keeps the annoyances of
life quiet the happier she will be. Talking
about them does no possible good, and
only aggravates trifle perhaps until it
becomes a mountain apparently. You
might much better find something more
cheerful to talk about than the disagree
able way your husbands relatives treat
you. Ten to one you are as much to blame
as they. Neither do they care to hear
about your ailments. They may be petite
and listen attentivcly, but if you look
closely you will observe bored expression
that plainly says, "Why do you bother me
with all this?" If you wish to have your
friends always glad to see you, do not tell
your own troubles, but let them tell theirs.
-Elmira Telegram.
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Tho Force Of Instinct.

Several Northumberland pitmen who
were waiting to hear the result Of apigeon
homing contest began to discuss the mer'
it's of various we'll known breeds of pi-
geons. One of the miners said he knew an
Instance of q young pigeon that had never
flown, having been taken to Carlisle, a
distance of about e5 miles, yet the first
timo it was liberated it came straight
home.
"That's nowtp exclaimed well known
authority. "Aa vence bowt tive eggs fra
a chep in Edinburgh and Aa put 'em un-
der ma best hen. AS syun as ivvor they
wor Matched an flown they went straight
as an arrow back tiv Aad Reekie. San
Francisco Wave.
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Mired Them In.

1t Is such an unusual thing for one ewife
to flow into another so smoothly as not to
rufle the placid flow of the general stream
that the experience Of delightful old elder
in the church seems worthy to be record
ed. Says the New York Times:
The elder, who was married early IN
life and is now living with his third wife,
was talking recently Of the civil war.
''It was so dirty in Washington after the
warp he was saying to the assembled
company. "The streets were dirty, and
even the inside Of the buildings. Why,
we were stopping at one Of the best hotels
In tho city, and it was astonishing-the
condition of that place. Don't you re-
member, my DEAR" he said, turning to
his wife for confederation, chow dirty the
rooms we occupied were?"
"No," answered Mrs. Elder, with a lit
tie lau gh, shaking her head. "You forget
wasn't your dear then" !"
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WOMAN AND HOME.
HER SUCCESS AS A GOVERNMENT
CLAIM SOLICITOR.

Causes of WOmen's Nervousness.
Children and Late HOurs-PinS Co.'S
tunes and Red ROses-A business
For Women-A wild Rose Skin.
Miss Ada G.. Sweet. who is u solicitor of
government claims ut Chicago, grew into
her business quite naturally. An exami-
nation of the main facts of her life shows
that her vocation was scarcely a matter Of
choice. Like nearly every one else i'll the
workday world, Miss Sweet has taken up
the occupation her hands found to do as
simply and inevitably as if she had de-
voted herself to the common and accepted
forms of feminine industry.
She early became acquainted with the
maze of pension laws in the office of the
United States agent for paying pensions
at Chicago, where, as young girl, she as
sisted her father, the late General Benja-
min ]. Sweet, when he was the United
States pension agent, and afterward when
appointed United States. pension agent
herself by President Grant. For nearly
12 years Miss Sweet held this office, per-
haps the most important and responsible
ever confided to woman in the United
States. While paying pensions she natural
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FREAKS OF APPLE CULTURE.
Armorial Bearings Which Nature
Paints on the Popular Fruit.

Armorial Bearings Which Nature
Paints on the Popular Fruit.
It is no difficult matter in any sphere OF
life to come across people who think they
know a great deal better than nature her
self how things ought to be, and this un-
fortunate idea prevails to a great extent
among the gardening fraternity. Now
they are producing apples that exhibit ar
mortal bearings. Any person therefore
who wishes for supply Of the fruit with
his family crest upon 1t has only to for
ward an illustration Of 1t to one OF the
Montreuil fruit growers who make spe-
cialty of such things and he will duly re-
ceive the apples the following season.
This end is attained by growing the ap-
pies in paper >bags, which are slipped on
when the fruit is about the size OF wal
nut. Being thus sheltered from the sun,
the apples do not color as they swell, and
when fully grown still remain green or
yellow in color. AS soon as they reach
their maximum size the bags which cover
them are replaced by others on the side OF
which the crest or coat. of-arms desired has
been cut out like stencil. The sun can
then penetrate to that part Of the apple
exposed and redden it thoroughly, so that
when the bag is again withdrawn the de-
vice is seen standing out in red upon the
green surface Of the remainder Of the
fruit. To obtain exactly the opposite re-
sult-that is, green device on a red
ground-the second bag is not used, but
tho pattern is cut out in paper and stuck
on to the fruit, the sun coloring all the ex-
posed parts, but leaving green the crest or
other device which the paper forms.
Quite recently many Partisan fruiterers
have been exposing for sale apples with
the arms of Russia printed upon them,
and others have them with monograms,
Christian names, arrow pierced hearts and
other tender devices. Probably it will not
be long before they are seen in England,
although, apart from the novelty of the
thing; they have nothing to recommend
them-Golden Penny.
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Care Of the Teeth,

A famous French writer says that no
woman with fine teeth can be ugly, and
there are no teeth, however irregular, but
may be made to look well by the simple
means of brushing them thoroughly sew
eral times day.
The best application is soft brush and
lukewarm water. Tooth washes are, as q
rule, injurious. In brushing, the brush
should be moved up and down as well as
horizontally. For a tooth powder, if it is
considered necessary, precipitated chalk Is
perfectly harmless and also has benef-
cial effect on the breath.
Too much attention cannot be given to
children's teeth, and a good dentist should
be consulted and the teeth examined at
least twice year.
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He Did His Best.

In an Aberdeen bookshop an old lady
was inquiring for a copy of the Bible, and
the shopkeeper brought forward one at
half q crown. But the old lady wanted
something cheaper. A copy at 1s pence
was produced containing Illustrations
But the illustrations, the old Lady averred,
entailed superHuous expenditure.
: "Then, here" said tine shopkeeper, sis
copy for shilling which contains a.
that's necessary for salvation. He de-
scended from the ladder and laid it before
his customer.
"But hae ye no something wee bit
cheaper?" asked the old lady.
"Wumman, wumman," said the shop
man, sea upon the ALMIGHTY to come
down and sell ye his ain publications, for
can dae nae r!"-London Chronicle.
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Simple Remedies.

For severe cuts and punctured or lacer-
ated wounds apply cloths wet in tincture
of calendula, using one teaspoonful to one
cupful of water. If this is used in time
and the cloths kept constantly moist, the
most severe wound will not become in
famed and will heal rapidly. This is one
of the best remedies known for injuries Of
this kind and will prevent lockjaw.
In case of disturbance Of the bowels,
common in hot weather, a strong tea made
of blackberry leaves and drank frequently
will effect sure and speedy cure in the
severe cases. Many children's lives might
be saved by using this simple remedy.
Flannels wet with two parts camphor-
ated oil and one part turpentine applied to
the chest will prevent pneumonia and cure
a bad cough.-Ella L. Layson in House
keeper
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We are daily expecting the arrival OF our
large assortment OF garden seed. we hanole
II. w. Wood & Sons seed, the very pest;
II you want to find "old Nike come doWn a
will be always glad to see you. r,.,,-,
Get a pound of nice letter paper ana lorty.
eight envelopes to match all for 20 Genus AT
Harrison L. Games.
p,,t, corminative syrup gives relief to the
bowels when nausealed. Try bottle from
Harrison j. Game.
r. Won want to find old Mikey o, Harry
come down to Pressly's old stand. you VIII
find him there. Don't forget the place.
We carry all grades, colors ana styles oi
writing paper and envelopes. BOX paper o.
10. is, 70, 25, IS and 50 cents box.
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lining the canal of the car contains a great
number of little glands which secrete this
waxy substance, and the purpose Of this
is to prevent the entrance Of insects and
keep the ear clean. The layers of wax dry
in scales, which rapidly fall away and re-
move with them any particle of dust or
other foreign matter which may have
found entrance to the car
Be contcntcd when you have made the
child's cars thoroughly dry and leave ma
turc to attend to her own business. In
case of carache nothing moro irritating
than few drops of olive oil warmed to
temperature of blood heat should ever be
placed in the ear.-Exchange.
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hooks and napers on hand are: The COlum.
bia State, The Charleston News and Courier,
New York World. Sunday and daily; New
York Journal, Sunday and daily; Democrat,
MaeaZine fashion: Delineator. Magazine
fasSion Designer, Magazine fashion; Harper
Bazaar, Magazine fashion; MeClures wide
Vide world over land and strand; Metronoli-
tan. Cosmopolitian Munsey aeeTea1i"n' zen. cen
sant rary fteTature, Mn Review of Reviews, Stand.
ards Big Magazine, Black Cat and many
others. I also take subscriptions ior these
''N 40 A. S. j. Cassidy.
When In need of medicines at night our
nharmnoist will be found next door TO the
Western Union Telegraph office, over the
Harrison g. Game.
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Washing Children's Ears.

Few ailments are more common among
children than earache, and mothers, though
unconscious of the fact, are themselves the
cause of much suffering from this painful
malady in their children. In her anxiety
to have the child's ears clean a mother
will sometimes cndcavor to remove every
particle of ear wax from the inner portion
of the car, and to accomplish this to her
own satisfaction will sometimes use hair
pin covered with the towel or the towel it.
self twisted to point.
1t IS unnecessary and wrong to remove
every particle OF this wax. The membrane
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A Finn ShaEe.

"Good morning Mr.. Toney. On the
sick list today"
"Yes, sir; got the ague."
"Do you ever shaker"
eyes"
."When do you shake again?"
"Can' t say when; shake every day. Why
do you ask"
"Oh, nothing in Particular; only I
thought if you shook bad I'd like to stand
by and see if you couldn't shake the 10
shillings out of your pocket which you
have owed ME SO long!'-London Stand
prf1
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A late method of quieting the nerves Is
to press the fingers on each side Of the
neck below tho ear, thus constructing the
blood vessels which convey their load to
the active brain. Another way is to wet
one end of towel in cold water, fold it
over and apply to the base Of the brain.
Rest the head in an easy position, tie a
ligature over the towel only tight enough
to keep it in place and-go to sleep.
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Causes of women's Nervousness.

In this modern life Of rush and worry
q woman's main reliance is upon her
nerves. If they are strong and healthy,
there is strength Of sinew, flr1nness and
vigor of mind and body, she can comfort
ably meet the demands Of society, and life
and it's duties are rendered a pleasure.
The many cases Of nervous proStration
or utter collapse of the nervous system,
under which women ''go all to pieces" as
the saying is, have caused much thought
and investigation on the part Of physicians.
Certain inorganic substances are well
known to cause various forms of nervous
diseases, which are readily traced to alum.
Further research leads to the belief that
alum is prevailing cause Of so called
nervous prostration, for the symptoms 1t
produces on the nervous system after its
absorption into the blood are very remark
able indeed. Experiments physiologically
made upon animals by Orflla, Professor
Hans Mayer and Paul Seim show that
alum produces no visible symptoms for
many days after its introduction into the
body. Then follow loss of appetite and
other elementary disturbances, and finally
serious prostration of the whole nervous
system. The symptoms are those observed
in species of nervous paralysis in hu-
man being. The theory is therefore ad-
vanced by the most prominent physicians
that nervous prostration" and many
affections of the nerves from which both
women and men suffer are caused by the
continued absorption of alum into the sys-
TEN. 1t is probable that many medical
men are unaware of the extent to which
salts OF alumina may be introduced into
the body, because they are under the i'm
preston that the use of alum in bread is
forbidden by law. 1t is, however, still
used to whiten bread, as we'll as in max
ing cheap kinds of baking powder. Pitts
burg DiSpatch.
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Tortoise Shell.

What is called tortoise shell Is not the
bony covering or shield of the turtle, but
only the scales which cover it. These are
13 in number 8 Of them flat and little
curved A large turtle affords about eight
pounds of them, the plates varying from
an inch to quarter of an inch in thick
ness
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For Receptions.

Austrian coffee is q novelty served Of
tener at evening receptions than at after
noon teas, though it aspires to place on
milady's tea table. A pitcher Of strong,
cold coffee, creamed and sweetened, is pro-
vided to be poured for serving into small
glasses. Just before it is handed round a
tablespoonful Of rich ice cream is carefully
placed in each glass. This, with cakes,
makes very satisfying refresh1nent.
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Rruce'R Locals.

Norfolk oysters at Bruce's restaurant
Bruce's restaurant furnishes Norfolk oys-
| tiers from 10 cents upwards.
Bruce's restaurant furnishes 10 cent lunches
and meals at 25 cents.
| Bruce's restaurant will give one dozen fried
oysters for 25 cents. MIX oyster stews 23
cents. Raws l0c, l5c and 25 cents. Served In
the best style.
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Not His Fault.

Father-Why, when was your age l
didn't have as much money in month as
you spend in day.
Son-Well, pa, don't scold me about it.
Why don't you go for grandfather?-Chi-
cago News.
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The Fool and His Money.

"Optimism," said the sorry fool, "is
seeing the green side of So bill. "
And what is pcssimismf" asked bis
friend.
Seeing neither side of ass bill. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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as matter of course, setting a good ex'
ample at your own parties, until by the
very force of your character and persist
enco you may change tho conventional
hours for children's parties.
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The population Of the earth at the time
of Emperor Augustus was estimated at 81, :
900, 900. 1t is now estimated to be about
1850, 900, 900.
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Go to j. Il. Glenn, when you want fresh
groceries, tomatoes, corn, pickles, sardlnes,
salmons, crackers, oat flakes chocolate teas,
coffee, grts, rice. hams. Something extra
nice In n. o. Syrups, potatoes, cabbage. dried
fruit &C.. to arrive this week.
JERSEY BULL FOR SALE-Three years old.
Apply at this office.
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The value of tho average annual pro-
duction of the earth has been estimated at
$12, ,055, ,510,50
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"When children play hooky, thrash the
teacher" says st. Louis doctor. when
children steal apples, arrest the parents. D."
His meaning is that proper teaching inter-
ests the pupil and that proper diet in
cludes plenty of fruit-propositions worth
thinking about