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Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tem effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
33aany excellent qualities commend it
to all and. have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75o
'bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who may net
have it on hand will procure it
promptly for any one who wishes
to try it. Illannfactuxed only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
$AN 1E CICO OAL,
k)17/8VILLZ, XV. ziEwvora,sr.1
•
FOR THE LADIES As it is unneceasary to gorge oneself even
Hang lip The Baby's Stocking.
Mang up the baby's stool:lug ;
Be sure you &net, foreet
The dear little dimpleeclateing t
She never saw Christmas, yet;
But pre toki her all about it,
Aud.she (maned her bigaelue °yea.
And lin -ire she understood ie
She looked ve funny and ntifin.
Dear Whet a tiny stocking I
doesn't take mu* to hold
Such little Inuit toes as baby's
Away from the frost ana cold,
But then, for the baby' e Chriennes
It will never do at all;
Wine Sante wotilauabelooking
For anything half so smati,
I know weat win doter the baby.
I've thought of ate verybeet M.area
borrow a stocking a grandma,
The longest that over 1 can;
And youSii hang it by mine, dor mother,
Dight bore in the coreer, soi
And write a letter to Saute,
And fasten it on to the tgo..
Write: This is the balevat s to okine
That hengs in the corner hero;
You have never seeuher, se,!ente;
For the only ceme thts year,
But shen just the Mos.:ode:it baby—
And now, before you go.
Just cram her stoking with goodies,
• From the top clean down to the toe,"
Happy Thought Gifts.
There is somebody who has a little home,
soinebody of whose breaa and salt you have
partaken, sonsebod.y of whom yen ere fond,
what shall yam send to her? I am not
talkiug to the girls who eau go into the big
shops and aced sets of silver or
any marvelously rieh presents. I em talks
ing to the one who wants to show that she
thinks of ad in these days of good will,
but who muse consider the pennies. In
the househola a pretty cushion is eleveys
apareciated, because one cerinot have too
ratiuy of them ; curious erape stuffs, that
are not expensive end are very wide may be
gotten at the Japanese shops and need for
covering the fancy pillow, or 'if yon helm
the time these odd stuffs may be made still
odder by a threading through them, follow -
the patterns in an Irregular way, of silks
of different colors with gilt thread amdhere
and there a spangle. An oda Oriental effect
is produced, arta though your cushion nmy
not be as comfortable the effect is deckle -11y
decorative, •
If yonare fottunato enough to live in the
conntry, aud to be near Some woods where
the ferns nestle quietly and warmly all the
year roan& then yoa eau make a beautiful
present to the woman who likes to see her
table look pretty. You cen buy for a very
few cents low bowls then, going to the
woods, you can easily find three or four
good ferns, which when planted in the bowl
must he so arranged that some will stand
upright while some fall over the edge.
.arrange this two weeks before you sena st,
and during thee time spray the leaves
of your ferns with a little water, but do
not water the earth more than once a, week.
This is what I Call a daily gift, It stands
in the center of the table always, and it
seems to say "Goad morning, ',Miss
Thoughful sent me to remind yea of her,
and of the deep green. woods.' Most city
women have to get tine decoration from a
florist, toad yet you eau so easily and at so
slight an expense arrange one that is much
(Wittier than that which the florists would
select, and one which wilt be an every day
delight. Most of us are glad to get a new
nurse, and the gladdest of all to gob one
that opening easily, will take ia the pennies
and dimes. Such a one is st, little kid pouch
with a silver gilt top that spreads oub itt
gate fashion, permits the coma to go ia and.
then closes as hermetically as the most care,
ful of us could desire.
Christmas Cookery.
Reeser Trmeeee—Put the turkey in the
oven on a rack in apen, first rubbing it
with butter and dredging with salt, pepper
and flour. When the flour is brown redece
the heat and add one pint of water. Baste
often, first with butter and then with the
fat in the pan, and, dredge with flour and
salt after basting. Three hours should be
allowed for an eight -pound turkey, but cook
till the legs will separate front the body.
Stuff with soft bread or cracker crumbs
moistened with a cup of melted butter and
hot water, and higbly season with sage,
thyme, salt aucl pepper.
To make a gravy, boil the &Waits, nook,
liver, gizzard awl heart in oue quart of water
until tender ; the water will then be re-
duced to one pint; Mash the liver and chap
the gaezard and heart ; remove the neck.
Pour off fat front the dripping -pan in which
the turkey ha.s been roasted, and put the
settlings into s. saucepan. Rinse oat the
dripping -pan with the water in which the
giblets were boiled and pour this water into
the saucepan and puton to boil. Put three
or four tablespoonfuls of the fat into a small
frying -pan; add enough flour to absorb all,
the fat, and. when browu add the giblet
liquor gradually, stirring all the time.
Season with salt and pepper, and if it is not
smooth strain it.
CRANBERRY fierce. —Unless a strained
jelly is preferred, to one smart of cranber-
ries add one teacupful of water, and put
them over the fire. After coiling ten
minutes, add two heaping cupfuls of sugar,
and cook about ten minutes longer, stirring
them ofteo. Pour them into a bowl or mould
and when cold they can be _removed as a
jelly. The berries will seem very dry when
the sugar is added, bat if more water is used
they will not font a jelly. Cranberries or
red currant jelly should always be served
with turkey.
SCALLOPED OYSTERS. —Butter a shallow
dish and put in a layer of stale bread crumbs
moistened in melted batter and a layer of
oysters, seasoning with salt and pepper and
a little Worcestershire sauce or lemon juice.
Some of the oyster juice is also an addition.
Follow this process till the dish is full, being
liberal with the butter on the top layer.
Bake in a hot oven for about twenty min-
utes. It requires about one pint of solid
oysters (washed and drained) one-third of a
cup of butter and one cup of cracker or
bread crumbs for a moderate sized dish.
on Christmas Day, the uunther of dishes
gtven seem sufficient to serve with tuthey.
Salad is too often overlooked in the dinner
menu, not becanse it is a delicaey, but fet
the reason thet ib occasions a little extra
troublenot always planned for. Nothing is
more delioicase than tender lettece mixed
with a few slices. of tomatoes, The "mix-
ing" should be done on the table, so when
the sided dish is brought it should look fresh
said crisp, Lettuce should be dried with a
napkin, as a few drops of water very much
injure the testa of jttt salad, The B'reuett
dressing consists of salt, a very little pepper,
oil and vinegar, hut mayonnaise may ballot)
instead if preferred.
PiaPdODIXO.—While mince, and pump-
kiu pies have the best chalice fer being serv-
ed as doesert on. Christmas day, if a pudding
is desired in addition time =ad be better
than one made of figg, The ingredients are:
One pound best figs, three-quarters of a
Potent" bread combs, six ounees sugar, six
ounces suet, one egg, half pint milk, one
teopooriful of nutmeg. Chop the suet and.
figs separately, thee add the bread crunthe
(grated); put in the sugar and powdered
nutmeg, and the egg, well beaten, The
milk, stirred in at the lest, will give enough
moisture to the mixture. Butter a basin
that the mixhire will just ell, tie down
tightly with a Retina cloth and.. place in a
saucepan of boiling water sufficient just to
cover it. Boil for four hem, and serve
with e sweet sauce.
ODDS AND ENDS -
Charity knows how to forget.
Indelible ink is =tie from bauente juice.
Adam lied no choice; neither had Eve.
Et Wt1S alt (Melee" stand off
There is zio suck thiug as a sugar-coatea
%rush.
Grieving over spilt milk never got the
haby a new dress.
The mantle of charity is sometimes cut
entirely too short.
Strange but true—the man can shoot the
gun, and the gun ean shoot the man.
The man who is "alone with his thoughts'
eften is surrounded by the deepest solitude.
The London sewage is carried fourteen
miles down the Thames River.
Justice O'Halloran*" Have you any
thildren)dire. Kelly 1" Mrs. Kelly—" I
soy twolivin' an' wan married." •
Four hunters (who have just fired simul-
a,neous ly at a rabbit o.nd failed to hit it)
—Well, I wonder who missed it that time?
There are men so opposite in their die-
ositions that it wold seem almost impos.
iible for their food to agree with them.
Those who believe that the world *wee
them a living don't know ,how many bad
debts the world has to shoulder.
Owing to the contractions ot the iron of
which it is built, the Bidet Tower is eight
Inches shorter in Summer than in Winter.
The fleeces of ten goats awl the work of
several men for half a. year are required to
make a genuine cashmere shawl a yard and.
a,half wide,
Professor—" What people have done
-most towards perpetuating the fame of Oat -
%imbue ?" Miss Bright—' The makers of
souvenir spoons."
Mrs.Lushforth—" And to think how I
used to pray for yon --"Mr. Ja,ggs Lush -
forth—" Welld you finally got me, di—hic
—didn't cher t'
110w And When to $ittlie the Christmas
Paddine.,•.
A Christmas pudding, if wanted le perfection, should be mule at least two weeks
before Christmas, and, hung to ripen. Mix
thorouehly tbreeeptarters of a pound of
beef suet chopped fine ; ono pound stale
bread eoliths; one pound of sugar ene
pound of raisins stoned and floured e ORO
pound of English currents 'teethed, dried
and floured a quarter of a patella of citron
thinly sliced; nFated nutmeg, a Wile-
spoonfal each of emnamon and niece ; e tea-
epoortful of salt ; the juice of an orange and
a lemon ; a teacupful of milk, and last of ell
eight well -beaten eggs, This will fill two
two -quart moulde, Place in a, atettiner five
hors. Turn out upon a cloth, and when
cold hangup (where it will awing free from
the wall) in a dry old please Steam for an
hour arse a quarter on the day wheu it is
to be served.
&tome—Beata teoupftil of like, sweet
butter to it cream and stir lu gradually two
teentinfuls of powdered sugar; Ada the
juiee of a lemon, beat until it becomes a
light froth, set the bowl in a saucepan of
boiling water and beat till it begins to grow
creerny (from one to two minutes), pour
into a. hot ;sauce -boat, grate a little nut-
meg over the top and send hot to the
table,
omansa IN THE FORES'.
NYlitst the Traveler lit 4,,lotiana Hears in Om
Stilly Night
The bets are settling themselves iu the
hollow trees or•ander dense masses of creep-
ers, making mouse -like chirpings as they
hang themselves up in their places. Here
and. there a limbering moth, looking oat for
a safe retreat until evening, is flattering
lazily along before retiring to rest. The
owl and goat -sucker shrink before the light,
and also hurry ar to their hiding places,
'making room for the brilliant families of day
birds which are Wittig and. chirping from
the treetops. The weird voice of the bowl-
ing monkey now horrifies the stranger, fill-
ing hint with wonder and recalling stories
of banshees and ghosts retiring at cock -crows
Then a flock of parrots or macaws is heard
screen -ling far overhead, their glorious plum-
age flashing in the morning rays in metallic
tinte of golden yellow, green, aud crimson.
The din would be earnest unbearable were
the birds near at band ; bat, as they rarely
fly or perch low, their voices are mellowed
by. distance. Congregating on the bougha
of the highest trees—tar beyond the reaali
of the Iudian's gun or blow-pipe—they take
their morning meal of fruits and nuts, chat-
tering away like a lot or rooks in a clump of
old elnui.
Here and there a tonean Makes his area.
"Could you mike it convenient to lend
me $100, 'Jack I don't know. If I
should lend it to you 1 should be a rnan of
so ne distinction." "How is that 1" "Otto
oat of a hundred, sure."
Bobbins—" You say you have temperer-
ilygiven up your position for one that re-
quires night work? I can't understand it."
Dobbins—'.You would understama it if you
had twins at your house."
The year of greatest, growth in boys is
the seventeenth ; in girls, the fourteenth.
While girls reach full height in their fif-
teenth year, they acquire full weight at the
age of 20. Boys are stronger than girls
!tom birth to the eleventh year; then girls
oecome supertor physically to the seven-
teenth year, when the tables are again turn -
rd and remain AO. From November to
April. children grow very little and gain no
heigbe but looseno weight, and from July
'so November theyincrease greatly in weight,
but not in height.
Dentists say that the greatest difficulty
theymeet with in theirwork is the matching
ef false teethwith the natural teeth of their
auatomers. The tooth factories suppy
dentists with rings upon which are strung
thin metal bars, each carrying a tooth at
its extremity. There are twenty-five of
these sample teeth, that run all the way
from nearly white to a ishade that is almost
give. Some ot the twenty-five usually
snatch the patient's teeth, and, at any rate,
flis.ble the dentist to mateh the teeth
by application at the factory.
• Ws a certain and speedy eons for
Cold in the Reav.dCtaxrtk1tt MIL%
stages.
SOOTHING, CLEANSING,
HEALING.
instant Relief, Permanent
Our*, Failure Impossible,
May senealled diseases are tiloz;!;
symptoms et Catarrh, such as hoed.
• robe, partial deafness, losing sense of
Smell, Intl breath, hawking and spit.
ting, nausea. general feeling of de.
Witty, eta, if you are troubled with
• any of these or kindred symptoms,
your have Catarrh, and Should lose no
time lo procuring a bottle of NA911
130 warned in time'neglected
' cold in bead results in Canerrb,
lowed by consumption and &nab.
Nagar. Nur is sold by all druggists,
ex will bo sent, post paid, on receipt of
price (SO dents and $140) by Addressing
• FULFORD & 00„
Brockville, Ont.
ence kuown by YolPihd like a PaPera Look-
ing up you see the rich colors on his breast,
and wonder why his beak is so large and
apparently ungainly. From the reeesees of
the forest comes the ting of the convener°,
sharp and clear as a bell :Mock at moderate-
ly long intervals. Other birds utter their
theraeteristio uotes, most ,of these being
gesint, naa curious rather than mus.cal, The
birds of the tropics are brilliant in their
pluinago, but are almost wanting in melody,
there being nothing at, all reeetubliug the
chorus which makes the fanglish woods so
delightful on a stuninerds morning,
WHERE THE W011iati PROPOS..
It Is en the Intraine. Ituesia. Where MC
Right Fulls I' pen Them,
In the Ukraine, 'tussle, the woman does
all the courting. When she falls in love
with a man she goes to his hoe° and in-
forms him of the state of her feeliugs. If
he reciprocates all is well and the kola'
marrioge is duly arranged If, however, he
is unwilling she remains there, hoping to
ectax ban to a better mina. Tito poor fellow
ca.unots treat her with the least discourtesy,
nor has he the consolation of being able to
turn her out, as her friends in such a case
would feel bound to avenge the insult. His
rerneay, therefore, if be itt aetermined not
to merry her, ia to leave home and stay
away as long as she is in it,
On the Istiumee of Darien either sex can
do the eourting, witit the natural result
that elmot every one gets married. A
similiar practice to that tu the Ukraine
exists among the Zuni tribe of Indians. The
woman does all the courting, and. also con-
trols the mituation after marriage. To her
belong all the children, and descent, includ-
ing 'inheritance, is also on her side. The
same onetime prevails among the Vigrees, a
tribe in Cahill, and the Name of aletabar.
Among the Garo roe of Abeam, in North-
east India, it is not only the privilege but
even the duty of the girl there to speak first.
Christmas Oakes-
lduch of the hurry and bustlethet tends
to make Christmas V. season of svearluess to
the busy 11011S0Wi e may in a great degree be
avoided by begiuning preparation several
weeks before the holiday, Many fine mikes
are the bettor for keeping, while plum pud-
ding, mince -meet and candies may all be
made and put away for the Christmas din.
tier and. holidays, Pumpkin may be stewed,
apples prepares' for pies, ana various other
sweetmeats prepared andin readiness, all
of whiteh will very greatly lighten the labor
of celebrating the greet festival.
It is a pretty custom in preparing for
Christmas to make oakes and dainties by old-
fa,shion ed recipes ; this is particularly -pleas-
ing if there are old people in the house.
And mothers shoald always see that the
favorite cake, jelly, or other deluge of eath
member of the family is served at the Christ -
mat board. It is a, graceful complement, and.
is sure to be appreciated. The following re-
cipes for Christmas cake will he fonna use-
ful, as the cakes mule by them -will keep
for a considerable length of time.
CiillISTATAS ELAM Cesitm—Beat twelve
SUM= OM:SP.—A delicious vegetable
to ,serve with turkey is stewed celery. Break
off the stalks, wash thein thoroughly and
out them intopieces about an inch long.
Boil until the pieces begin to be tender, then
throw off the water and aid milk, allowing
the celery to simmer for ten minutes.
Season with salt, pepper and a little batter:
The celery may be boiled in the stem and
served with drawn battersauce poured
over it if preferred. The* first method
given is an economical way of using up tho
green part of the vtgeta,ble, the white
being served cold or in a salad.
Sereae Pgramots.—Most, housekeepers
think they cannot use sweet -potatoes in
place of white ono, butwhere they are liked
it is best to make a rule to serve them and
do without the othere,--that ES, not have
both kinds at the same meal, Probably
baked sweet potatoes are liked better than
boiled ones, but the skins of the former are
So unsightly that it is better to offer the
latter on the occasion of an "extra" flee
dinner.
Fight With A„Wharf, Rat.
Wharf rats are, as you may or may not
know, much larger than the ordinary rat,
and I lately saw an enormous one that had
been killed inid,er peculiar 0,,d exciting cir-
cumstances.
A young man who lives in a fiat id Bos,
ton, fully three milea from. the nearest
wharf, was standing before the basin in his
batieroom washing his hands, when he heard
a noise 8.% of something, moving around in
the little clot under the basin. Stooping
over, he opened the door, when out jumped
an immense at, It was so large that the
gentleman at firse thought it was a cat, the
light in the bath -room being dim. The rat
jumped int e the bath -tub, and the gentle-
man climbed upon the marble slab around
the wash -bowl, and ealled for his mother to
bring him a weapon of some kind---" to kill
the biggest rat in Boston," he said.
Finally his mother brought him an iron
eerpet-stretchey with a hellcat, six feet. long.
She opened the door just far enough to
thrust in the weapon, after being assured
that the rat evaAtill in the tub.
"And than the fun began," said my
Hod when he told me the story. "The
moment I picked up the carpet -stretcher
tharat was on the defensive. It was get-
ting dark in the beth -room, and I lighted
the gas, and tbe instant I did so the rat
gave a. little squeal and. jumped upon the
edge of the tub. I struck at bun, but inissea
him, and he seized, the handle of my weapon
and clung te it with his teeth -anal I could
hardly shake him off. When I did shake
him off he jumped for me, I was still on
the marble elate amd when lie landed on it
1 j'iunpecl into the tub. When I struck at
Mtn the second time he dodged the blow
and made for meat:slim squealing as loud as
a, young pig. I didn't suppose that anything
in the -shape of a rat could make such a
noise, The families lisiug in the flats above
and below ours bora bit distinctly, and
came ese ask what it all meant, Quite a
crowd collected at the bath -room deer, but
I warned them not to open the door.
The rat and I exchangecl places three
times before I could. hit Ithes, and theu his
rage was something terrible. tIe squealed
louder than over, and buried his teeth in the
handle of my weapon. I shook him off, and
he tried j
to ump op to where I was, but he
fell shore It was wonderful how he dodged
my blows, and I narrowly esopea beiug
bitten three or four times. Finally 3. pinned
him down in a corner with the iron teeth of
the earpet-etretcher, 'holding him so lie
could not escape, but he fought and strug-
gled tied Kneeled just as long a.s he could,
and lie died with his teeth fastened in the
handle of my weapon.
"The bath -room presented a.goryappeata
since. There was blood everywhere. The
rat %ma almost as large as a wood -011110k, and
lie bore marks of age."
"But how did he ever get into the clot
under the basin?" I asked.
"That mystery will never be cleared up
in full," was the reply. " There 'Was n big;
hole in the floor around, the escape -pipe of
the basin in the closet, and he had evident-
ly made his deont through thet holm I think
he must have come from the wharf through
the sower pipes, but jot how he was brought
up itt tbat closet I don't kuow. I do lenow
that Ito was there and, on the war -path, arid
a more formidable toe I never soot to en-
counter within the narrow limits of it baths
room."--glarper's Young People.
eggs until light. Orem a pound of butter
anti sugar each together, add tho eggs with
a pound of eifted flour, one grated nutmeg,
a teaspoonful each of allspice, cinnamon and
cloves, half a teaspoonful of mace and black
pepper, beat alt together well. Seed a
pound and a. half of raisins, wash and dry
a pound and a half of currants, shred half a
pound of citron; roix all the fruit and flour
well, then add it to the batter, squeeze in
the juice of one lemon and two oranges, stir
the cake well from the bottom ; grease a
very large cake -pan, pour in the mixture,
and bake in a moderate oven tour hours.
When cold, ice handsomely.
01131.1SZVAS Sen.mr-cara..—Cream two cup-
fuls of sugar and half a cupful of butter,
beat eight eggs and add with four cupfuls
of flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking -
powder; pour in a cupful of milk. Take
out a third of the mixture and bake in jelly --
pans; add to the remaining batter one tea-
spoonful each of cloves, allspice and einnae
mon, with a teacupful each of chopped
raisins and citron; bake in jelly -pans. Put
the layers of cake together together with
currant jelly between ; put alternate layers
of light and dark; ice the top.
CHRISTMAS PARTY Cene.--One pound. of
sugar, half a pound of butter and six eggs;
mix, sift in a, pound of flour, with two tea-
spoonfuls of baking -powder, and one teacup-
ful of citron one of almonds and raisins, all
chopped, with a grated commune mix, pour
in a greased mold, and bake two hours in a
moderate oven.
HOLIDAY 8E13'4'0E-CAKE. ,7 -Pour one gill of
boiling water on three quarters of a pound
of sugar, stir and let stand ; beat the yolks
of six eggs, add to them the grated rind. of
half a lemon; beet the whites and pour the
yolks over, add the syrup and beat until
thick; sift in half a pound of flour, mix
gently, and add the juice of a lemon. Bake
half an hour in a moderate oven.
SANTA CLAUS CARES. —Beat a cupful of
butter and two of sugar together, add two
eggs and. half a grated cocoanut, add flour
to make stiff enough to roll thin, out itt
rings, bake and roll in pink sugar,
FLOWERS IN PRANGE.
Death From Fright.
"I have interested myself somewhat in
looking up usual causes of death," said Dr.
Elder, of Washington, the other day, "and
have met severet well authenticated cases
where fright was the cause. The English
StirgeetaGeueral, Francis, tells of a, druere
neer in India, aerAs whose logs a harmless
lizard crawled while he was half asleep. He
was sure that a eobra had bitten him, and it
was too much for his nerves and he died.
Frederick I. of Prussia was killed by fear.
His wife was insane, and one day she escap-
ed from her keepers, and, dabbling her
clothes in blood, rushed upon leer husbaxel
while he was dozing in his ehair. King
Frederick imagined her to be the white lady
whose ghost was believed to appear when-
ever the death of a membei of the royal
family was to occur, and he was thrown into
a fever and died in six weeks.
" But perhaps the most romarkeble death
front fear was that of the Dutch painter,
Pentmar, who lived in thceseveateenth cen-
tury. One day he went into a roc in full of
anaeomical subjects to sketch some death's
heads and skeletons for a picture he intend-
ed to paint. The weether was sultry, and
while sketching he fell asleep. He was
aroused by bone dancing around him and
tit e skeltons suspended from theceiling clash-
ing together. In aft of terror he threwhim-
self from a window, and, thou -11 he sustain-
ed no serious injurer, and was informed that
a elight, earthquake had caneed the commo-
tion among his ghostly surroundings, he
died in a few days in a nervous tremor. I
conld cite many other eases where the
shock to the nervous system which we know
as frighe has produced death."
Alt of Inc Sontaeru Cities nava Their
Great Gardens.
Immense flower plantations exist in al-
most every department of the south of
France, but the Riviera, is especially devot-
ed to this type of dainty agriculture. Grasse,
Nice, and Cannes, and the neighboring vil-
lages provide the greatempart of the per-
fumes, 01 commerce. Bach city has its
special product.
Nice supplies violets and (Mange blos-
soms, as does also Cannes, and the latter
place is also famous for its roses and tube
roses and 'jasmine, Grasse supplies large
quantitiea of the last-named ewers. The
quantity of orange blossoms gathered an-
nually on the Riviera amounts to the aston-
ishing weight of 1,250,000 pounds. After
that one learns without surprise that the
violet crop of Nice is 50,000 pounds per
annum.
The society bud, is a beautiful specimen
Of haughty culture.
The Omit in a Coley Room
A room without a couch of some sort is
only half furnished. Life is full of ups and
downs, and all that sa,ves the sanity of the
meitelly jaded and physically exhausted
fortune fighter is the periodical good cry
and the momentary loss of consciousness on
the upstairs lounge, or the old sofa in the
sitting room. There are times when so many
of the things that distract us could be
straightened out, and the way made clear if
one only had a long, comfortable couch on
whose soft bosom be could throw himself,
boots and brains, stretch his weary frame,
unmindful of tidies and tapestry, close his
tired eyes, relax the tension of his muscles,
and give his liarrassed mind a chance. Ten
minutes of this soothing narcotic, when the
head throbs, the soul yearns for endless,
dreamless rest, would make the visio clear,
the nerves steady, the heart light, and the
star of hope shine again.
There is not a doubt that the longing to
die is mistaken for the need of a nap. Ire
stead of the immortality of the soul busi-
ness men and working women wain regular
and systeinatie doses of dozing—and after a
mosey bank in theshade of an old oak that
succeeding seasons have converted into a
tenement of song birds, there is nothing
that can approach a big sofa, or a low
long coach placed in the corner where tired
nature can turn her face to the wall and
sleep and doze away the gloom.
B1sPreferenoe.
Bingo—" I'd like to know what you call
these shirts you got me?"
airs. Bingo (sweetly)—" They are called.
the Liberty shirt, my dear, on aceount of
their freedom of movement."
Bingo—" If that's so, give ineDeath."
CONSUMPTION' CURED.
An old physician retires' from nreetisio. hex
ing had placed in his hands by au East India
m ssionary the formula of tt simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and perinanont curator
Consumption, Bronchitis. Catarrh. Asthma -and
an throat and lung a:notions, also ft positive
and:radical cure for narvouit debility and all
norvoun compiaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers lu thousands of
eases, has felt it his duty to make it known to
his eutrering fellowe. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering. I will
send free of charge. to all who dei
sire t, the
recipe in German, French Or English with f tot
dirt:0,10ns for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addreasing With stamp, naming this
aver. `W. A, NO VES, Yovve c's13I oak
tehester, N. Y.
The man who wears an election hat to
churchought to have a guilty con'acience.
A sure sign ot a mustache losing its in-
cipiency is when it interferes with the soup
The man who has his horse clipped the
same Week he coituhences to raise a beard
leeks some thing besides consideration.
"Your'e trying to make game of me,'
said the buzzard to the spor Imam who iireu
at it:
A fool and his gun are soon parted, espe-
cially When the former Wows down the
naueele of the teeter to see if it is loaded.
^
see --
Cures Others
Will cure You, is a true statement ot
the action of AYER'S Sarsapeeilla,
when taken for diseases originating in
impure blood but, while this aseertion
is true of AYER'S Sareaparida, as
thousands can attest, it cannot be truth-
fully applied to other preparationsewhich
unprincipled dealers will recommend,
and try to impose upon you, as "just as
good as Ayer's." Take !leer's Sarsa-
parilla and Ayer's only, if you need a
blood -purifier and would be benefited
permanently. This medicine, for nearly
fifty years, has enjoyed a reputation,
and mede a record for cures, that has
never lion equalled by othor prepara-
tions. AYER'S Sarsaparilla eradicates
the Wet of hereditary scrofula, and
other blood diseases front the system,
and it has, deservedly, ,the confidence
of the people.
Doctor—" My good woman, does your
son stutter all the time ?" Peas:int—a Not
all the time. sir. Only when he attempts to
talk.'
i'Then Baby was sick. we Rave her Clastorka
When she was a Child, sho cried for Castoria.
When she became lifiss, she clung to Castorla.
When gimbal Children,shegavethem Castorik
One frequently gets credit for what he
does not possess.
Natural shoe blacking has been found in
a mine in Utah.
ru
an
‚9
G. Gloger,Druggist, Watertown,
Wis. This is the opinion of a man
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contatt
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and. can
therefore judge: "1 know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such ef.
• fective work in my
Coughs, , family as Boschee's
GermanSyrup Last
Sore Throat '
winter a lady called
• Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from a very
severe cold. She could hardly talk,
and I told her about German Syrup
and that a few doses would give re-
lief; but she had no confidence in
patent medicines. I told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
salisfactory I would make no charge
"or it. A few days after she called
incl paid for it, saying that she
vould never be without it in future as
• a few doses had giveli her relief."
SarsapartiOla.
"I cannot forbear to express my joy
at the relief I have obtained from the
use of AYER'S Sarsqparilla. I was
afflicted with kidney troubles for about
six months, suffering greatly with pains
in the small of my back. In addition to
this, my body was covered with pimply
eruptions. 'The remedies prescribect
failed to help me. I then began to take
AYER'S Sarsaparilla, and, in a short
dine, the pains ceased arid the pimples
diseppeared. I advise every young
man or woman, in case of sickness
resulting from impure blood, tto matter
how long standing the case may be, to
talreAYER'S Sarsaparilla."—H. L, Jar..
mann, 33 'William sto New York City.
WII Cure You
'Prepare:I by Dr I, C. „Ayer & Co,, Lowell, Mass.
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instance the word "egg' could not be used, lie There
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emends of letters from priseAvInners in ON cry Mato in
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