Hr. 0. I. tv. Cawthoa. Wllt«» •TrJtrrlnr U aupcrlor to acv romady ksotro to m* (or Tn—nn and »tutbom akiu to—n 50o. a box by mall from J T. itoiilrliiii KaTaa&ah, Qa., If yo iSVkiaop It.

Health

" For 25 y«

misacd taking Aytr’s ererr aprinf. It cl blood, mik** me feel

does me good In erery wsy. John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, 1

rlcanse* tny strong, tnd

-H,-

Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the body. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You becomestrong, steady,courageous. That’s what Ayer’s Sarsaparilla will do for you.

Small crops, unsalableAegcftablcs, result Irom want of Potash. Vegetables arc especially fond of Potash. Write ; for our free pamphlets.

New York is pretty well supplied with newspapcri. I doubt if capitalists could be persuaded that additional one* would be good investments But so far

numbers are concerned, our pjonly a tithe of whkt we find tn ~ ibout a'~ —— :

) organs of ital, 163 of

pers are o

Paris. There are ab

the press in the French capit. which are political journals. In this country nothing is a newspaper unless it issues daily. Of political dailies in Paris there are 70. of tri-weeklies 1. of weeklies 73. of bi-montblics 6, of monthlies a and of annuals 1. Of the whofc number 122 are Republican, 3. are Conservative and to cannot be classified. The reviews number 10 weekly, 60 monthly, '31 bimonthly. 26 quarterly, 28 arc issued six times a year and It appear at irregular intervals. Napoleon suppressed several hundred newspaper*, leaving only thirteen in existence during his reign. There arc -500 papers in ’

don.

newspaf

'•l 1 -

arc -500 (tapers in LonTho Sul San*. Sortr

The private kitchen of the Sultan of Turkey is a veritable fortress, consist-

ing ot a small chamber ^ituato right of the great entrance, ant ed by barred windows and 1 plated door. The cook officii

li mated to the e. and is guardand an armor- < officiates under

the cver-watchful eye of the kelardjhi bachi, one of the most weighty functionaraies in Yildiz Palace at Constantinople, for the health, the very life, even, of the ruler is his mercy. When cooked, each dish is fastened with red wax. bearing the official seal of the kelardjhi, and remains hermetically closed until the seals arc 'broken in the Sultan'* own presence. His Majesty's life is passed in a long series of elaborate precautions. However, in spite of the care he takes of his health. Adhul Hamid, after a reign of twenty-five years, looks prematurely old and broken. His weakness is extreme and his body so thin that it is little more than a skeleton. Kff.ctlT. Ul.clplin*.

said little Dorothy as she

rubbed her stomach caressingly with her left hand while with her right ihc shoveled her dessert most industriously into her mouth, “mamma, do you know what makes this blanc mange and cream so

. — f-u.. 1 > r '

ou?"

because it's been

awfully, awfully good “No. daughter, do ; Yes, course I do,

hipped!"

[MORE THAN hALfAfflmK OF EXPERIENCE OUR GUARANTY AM BACK OF

EVERT

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BEAMS TtCTEAK MB

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XJOTEL II EMPIRE, BWUOWAV WtO 631 ST.. S. Y. CITY. ABSOLUTELY -JJ MODERATE FIREPROOF. RATES. Aw Onad Cutrsl SUUon uk. bb msiM Btodway »aJ :th An Hmo minuU. tc Eupir*. -— mi u noud (or li. rx.

Bert Deoker, a younr ■portantan 01 Tuscola. 111., baa succeeded 1c taming two wolrea, and thay are wery 'valuable •a hunter*. He captured them when young, raised them_a«"kltt«ja," and now. though they Are aslacge aa ihepberd dogs, they are quit* Ume^and playful. Decker say* the wolree^noutrun dog* on the hunt, And are very long-winded. Their favorite way r{ catching a rabbit la to run alongside of him. put their noee underneath Mr.

Cottontail, and throw him twelve feet in the air. catching him

thelr'-mouths a* he falla. The' wslvee

1 return to. their master when

Decker's •ucrea* ha* caused other sportsmen to undertake the training of wolves to supplant dogs in hunting, and it is probable that wolves will find n place In future kennels.—Charleston <£□.) Oorreepondenoe Cincinnati tn-

___ , Scripture lleagues in the cloakr. ‘ r How in the work!

relator Petta*’ ISWrary. Senator Pettus w to »omc of his coll room the other dav. do yon happen to be so far. Bible?” asked one of the wenirto California Senator, trailing. "« library in my lot. It comprised Bible. Shakespeare and Bob& Bunts. Yooll find I am pretty familiar with all ■ three."

First American—Have a good time abroad? I Second American—Fine. I traveled incog. Went where I pleased, and escaped ! the vulgar curiosity of the gaping crowd. “Eh? How did you travel?" ■'Incognito. I said. I didn’t let ’em know I was a rich American. Just pretended I wasn't anybody but an ordinary English lord." No Voor of Hurflora. a “I am so glad the boys of our regime* gave you that handsome revolver," said the militia captain's wife. “We need have no fear now of the burglars who have been infesting our neighborhood." “That's so, my dear," he replied. "I've locked it up in the office safe where they can't get at it." Mofnan mona. Foreign Visitor—You have a glorious country here, and fairly revel in the blessings of freedom, I suppose. Mr. Crossroads—Well, as to that, we don't take much interest in politics up The postoffice don t half pay

Tka

"My friend,' was trying to

darra, "do yc"

for the camel needle than

— in it

Haathaa'a Pan.

,' said the misisonary who ; to convert the wealthy -manyou not know that it is easier nel to get through the eye of a

“Titan it is for me," the m terrupted. “to get through t an idol, eh? Very true.'’

Xxpariaaea. : imagine," said the musical an. “how distressing it is jer realizes that she has lost her voice. •‘PerSaps not," replied the man, "but I've got a fair idea ot how distressing it is when she doesn't realize it"

MISS VIRGINIA GRANES

tow Hospital Physicians ind Rely upon Lydia E. liam’s Vegetable Com-

Tells Hi

Use ai

Pinkham’s

pound.

years continuous service at the sick bed in some of our prominent hospitals, aa well aa at private Homes, has given me varied experience* with the

disease* of

i have maned some

' the ovaries and womb. _at doctors used Lydia 'a Vera table Com.

everything else failed with their patient*. I have advised my patients and friends tense Head have yet to bear of it* first failure to cur*. ** Four year* ago I bad falling of the womb from straining la lifting a beMT patient, and knowing of the vain* of your Compound I began to nae it at once, and In six weak* I was well once , and base bad bo trouble since.

Mia* VnoutiA Gasne.—*MW /wjwt V

tow twOMaWW Mtpmato.

Lydia E. Pinkham’e Vegetable Compound baa stood the teat at time, end has cured thousands. Mn. Plnkbam advises tick iro>

New York City.—Walata that Include sharply-pointed revera suit many figures better than other style*. The smart May Manton blonse Illustrated

tiding j odd waists and entire costumes equally Sr ell. As shown, the material Is crepe de Chine In pale bine, with dotted panne satin In the same shade making the revert and rest, white xnouueline the 'Chemisette and plain blue

The lining fits to a nicety and closes at the centre front. The back proper

line, the upper portion being of contrasting material to form the yoke.

of fire

form the

The fronts are laid In groups stitched with silk, and ore exform the revers, which are faced and rolled back. At

teka. stlt nded to

each edge.

forming a narrow vest, arc strips of the revering which are joined to the waist beneath the tucks. The chemisette is cut from all-over tucking, and la finished with a regulation stock of

horizontal tucks above the cuds that

gowns of batiste, mod fabrics, will reach just to the base of the neck.

enjoyed this top finish to bouse dresfe* wonder how we ever consented to swath* our unoffending throats out-

of-doors. Tmklec on

If broad shoulder* have not been thrust upon oue they must be acquired. If this be out of tbe question ther several ways of assuming this virtue., though we have It not. First is the side pleat In tbe bodice extendi over the sleeve; the two form a broad box-ploat effect. Then there's the narcollar, tbe revers

pretty yoke f Well cut. It 1

gives breadth. And tnen

there's the elongated shoulder, wblcb U made to extend a bit over the to

the sleeve. Ob. it's easy!

tOWS!}] doable ruffle*. Parasol ruffle* of chiffon. Instead of being hemmed, are made double. . Even when a lace ruffle falls over the one of chiffon It Is etlll made double. This same double ruffle appear*, too. on dresses. -Ibow sleeves often being flnUhed with three doable ruffle* of varying width*. They are pretty na * *ettlng for lace flounces *n any part of the dress.

Cuban Cords. Some of these

woven in.

called Cuban for some reason or other. A pearly braid, sheer and exquisite. greater part of these softly ~ children the wire ime Is unnecessary, also for youni

forms

pretty hats,

frame Is unnecessary, also for young Iris. In wblcb case the droopy affair 1 in reality a shepherdess shape.

Bod7 Huts.

Soft and willowy in the extreme are the new body hats. Why “body hat*" there's no learning: perhaps because they've no body at all. 80 pliable are they that they may be turned inside

MISSES' BLODSE ETON.

fall free and form puffs at the outer portion. The cuffs arc deep and pointed over tbe hands. To cut this waist In the medium size three and three-quarters yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, three and a half yards twenty-seven Inches wide, two and three-quarter yard* thirty-two Inches wide, or two yard* forty-four inches wide will be required, with one nnd a half yarda twenty-one inches wide for vest revers and c and one-half yard for chemisette.

Blouse Etons are always becoming to young girls, and are in the height of both present and coming styles. The excellent .May Manton model t trated In The large drawing ahow* the latest designs executed in tancolored broadcloth, but all suiting materials arc equally appropriate, and doth, cheviot and taffeta are suitable; for separate wrap*. In tbe case of original the collar and belt are of vet and all edges are stitched with •elfcolored cortlcelll silk, but the collar can be of tbe material If preferred. Tbe blonse is smooth and without fulness at the back,-but is arranged In gathers at the front, where it blouses slightly over the belt. Joining the fronts and backs are under-arm gores that Insure a satisfactory fit. Tbe fronts are faced and turned back to .form lapels and a regulation collar that meets them and rolls over with them Is attached to the neck. The sleeves are in coat style. sllgLtly bellshaped. and left open for a short distance at the outer seams. When desired the circular basque extension can be Joined to the lower edge, the seam being concealed by the beh. To cut this blonse for a girl of fonrteen yean of-age fonr yards of material twenty-one inches wide, one and a half yarda forty-four Inches wide, or one and three-eighth yards fifty inches wide win be required.

Hew If* U>« Hash.

boasted arms anything short able horror* wore her sleeves at half mast This year. If fat accepts tbe most swagger advance models from Farts, shs wUl expose her neck as well

out without exertion or dsmage. and they have to be strengthened by a wire frame In pder to be at aU manageable. Knickerbocker Salt ta Karfalk Styir. Little boys are always charming dressed in knickerbockers and rather long Busslan coats. Their own manly ambition is gratified by the trousers and the absolutely short leg* are hidden from view. This pretty little suit Is shown In cream serge banded will, cream braid and worn with a white leather belt, but blue and brown serge.

heavier washable fabrlcs.plqne. duck linen and tbe like are equally appropriate. The knickerbockers fit smoothly abont the waist and hips, but are full at tbe knees below which they are s of elai Tbe coat is laid In two box pleats at tbe back, two at the front and laps over to close In doable-breast-ed style, with handsome pCarl buttons and buttonholes. At the open neck is a big square tailor collar, and filling tbe opening is tbe smooth shield. The sleeves arc in regulation style, the fulness at the wrists laid In stitched tucks. To make this suit for a boy of three years of age four and ttree-elghth yards of material twenty-seven Inches

wide, wide, ri

fonr yards thirty-two inches two and three-eighth yards fortyfour inches wide, or twe yards fifty inches will wUl be required.

THIEF OF THE DUCHESS. mustahgs ois.-peabihc.

AOaxi Wortb, Who Slolo Galakborooah'a Vomoa* kortrslt, U Uood After Nearl* Holt a rcnlarr ot Criminal LI to — Ha Hat Navar Daaaad a Convict'* Garb. The theft of Gainsborough's portrait of Georgians, fifth duchess ot Devonshire, was, In many respects, tbe most remarkable crime commlttej In tne 19th century, declares the New York Sun. Cut from its frame In the London art rooms of Agnew & Sons tbe night of May 15.

after the-firm

lug price of 10,100 guineas, not so much as a trace of It was discovered until It was turned over to Us owner,

, 1876. 20 Jays

25 years in tbe J

olen. tn a tel at Cb

itery

the theft was cleared away when William Allan Pinkerton, tbe most famous of crime detectors west of the Alleghanles. announced in Chicago that Adam Worth, an American criminal who died In London 10 days ago. after a long residence In tbe British capital, was tho thief. Pinkerton bad known the fact for nearly 10 years. Theft of the picture, however, sensational as it was. was not the most remarkable feature of tbe affair. In time, most notorious criminals are run down. The police usually learn something definite about the details of a great crime. But of this burglary’ nothing definite was really known, until the details were revealed on the recovery of the property. And only when death closed a criminal career and unsealel the Ups of g detective, was the man’s Identity clearly established. It was hinted at often, but all

hints were founded on guei

Ada

clearly esl

1, but

ly a decade, Adam Worth's

in the keepli

' two

tinents do not go back to the time when he was ever an amateur. The

For nearlj

Xccret was in the keeping of two mcu. and they kept It well. One was a detective and the other a gambler of International reputation. Patrick Francis Sheedy. Ordinarily. It Is taken for granted that a thief who will reveal his crime to one person Is an amateur of low degree and one who will share his criminal secrets with two Is regarded by the craft as a paretic. Worth was no paretic, and

the memories of the police of

r do not go bad he was ever an 1

authorities seem to be agreed that In bis criminal specialties. Wortb had neither superior nor equal, and when he died, he left none worthy of his mantle. For nearly half a century crime wav his vocation, and the records fail to show that he ever wore a convict's garb. He passed from the ranks of the Union army at the close of the Civil War, bearing the scars of valorous service, to the ranks of criminals of New York, and he waa aoon. to uae the expressive language of the gambler he trusted, a General among privates. He waa a petty thelf, a “porch cUmber." a bank burglar, a forger, the most successful layer down of counterfeit money of his time, a receiver of stolen goods and the advisory council. In his later years, to all the great criminals of Europe

and America.

forth confided In no one until satisthat his plunder could not be dls posed of through channels ordinarily open to thelves. Any attempt to “move" it, he found ont, would lead to his almost certain capture. He had a white elephant on his hands. The general who finds himself hem-

iperior to

Wor

fled th

med In by a force greatly s his own will attempt an 0

treat. This Is Just what Worth did. He couldn't himself realize on the picture, but through men who had no criminal records to keep under cover he might be able to return the canvas and get, at least, a liberal fee for storage for the twenty-five years he

had kept the picture hidden.

He reckoned well. The portrait went back to Its owners, the thelf got

satisfaction of JH in ignorance

1 name. When Pinkerton kei faith with Worth, he' made- possib return to the world of art of ot Its greatest treasures. What Justice lost, art gained, and a most wonderful story and again' a most striking chapter from the book of human

life were closed.

Weddad HU Saa'a Chalea. Chamberlain came

wtruL UUA.-I. lu its owners, his rewankand had the si dying with the world still of his name. When Pit

the w of Us

of th* id ou# -

■WJien Joseph

over to the United States one objects of his visit was to find

cott -Ibis present wife was. His son, Austin Chamberlain, had met her In Europe, fell very much In love with

1 old somewhat chary of American wives for gentlemen. Before giving his consent he concluded to meet the lady in person, and Investigate herself and family. A night or two after his arrival In this country there was a ball at the British embassy. Mr. Endlcott, then Mr. Cleveland's secretary of war, and his daughter were among tbe guest*. Mr Chamberlain particularly noticed a stately and utlful girl whose nlty greatly pleasod t to be presented. To his surprise and gratification be was Introduced to Miss Endlcott. During the entire evening he paid her amaldlous attention. The next day he called at her father'* re«l-

the social status of the EndlcotU.

ibed to Ihe charm of

to l He

the fair

of t d to

girl, and instead/of lug Austin's suit, addressed her himself, and presented a handsome young stepmother Instead of a prospective fiancee to the waiting young lover.— Philadelphia Prea*.

Th* La*l Grul Hunt V*>rhap« W»M —?f»w Urea* of H>r*M la Artiwaa. V.’hMe once the wild horse* roamed in counties* herds over the plains and among the foothill* of the Rocky mountain*, they can be found In few localltie* now. 10 year* ag<. they were scarcely considered worth the trouble of catching. I-ater thourand* were shipped to tbe cast, where ihty were known as Indian ponies and were sold at price* ranging from f5 to 130. About 10 years ago CoL Ed. Redmond held a great roundup of mustangs In eastern New Mexico and western Texas and gathered 1 In more than 5000 horses. He cleared

ing 1

Texas and

-up, at

several times afterward

Wyoming. I profitable.

same thin) In Utah. 'i<

never with results so j

In early days so vast were the ranges at the disposal of the cattle kings, that the grazing of the wild horses never materially Interfered

with the cattle. In the last quarter

of a century the growl

business and tbe utilization of the p

e last qi 1 of the

cattle

away wit mense ranges of the cattle king days, and the mustang has become a nuisance. He used the limited range feed at thfe expense of tbe cattle men until

the cowboy* whenever possible. In many Instances mustangs mixed with the ranch herds and eventually became cow horses, their s tarn ini

iking

speed and strength usually makin

In size. A few y

ago s

herd of wild horses In northern Ari-

nch, a large eethe Perrin com-

tabllshment. owned by

pany.

It was learned then, that three years before when a half grown colt Just from Kentucky, he had escaped from the barn and Joined the wild herd. He recovered from his buUet wound, and for three years won races in Arizona. New Mexico and California, the combination of his good breeding and his early life with the wild here giving him speed and stamina which sent him to the front. He beat the best horses on the frontier.

where f

Payson, In northeaster Arizona. i for generations the mountainbred horses have raced, with ranches and cattle herds as side bets. Black Eagle met his Waterloo. A ringer from New Orleans beat the black stallion by a head, and on that race hinged the ownership of not less than 1509 steers and 10,000 sheep, with a couple of ranches and a fortune in cash. Black Eagle never won again. Apparently broken hearted he died In the stud. 10 years later, the originator of a line of stock In heavy demand in the east and In the British and German

armies.—New York Sun.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS

A shoe firm in Toledo, Ohio, has traced to the depredations of mice, losses In greenbacks and other paper Ptoqsy which hare amounted to $20, 000 In four years, Hon. Lilah Constance Cavendish, the 17-year-old daughter of Lord Chesham. is the owner and manager of a black farm near her father's estate, in Buckinghamshire. Here she keeps black cattle, black horses, black sheep, black goats, black dog. black cat. black rabbit—black everything that Is to baseen on a farm. The type of horseshoe common In the Orient Is a plate fitter so as to cover the entire bottom of the hoof, with a perforation In the centre. The weight of the average horseshoe is three-fourths of a pound. The native smiths usually cut these plates from sheets of wrought Iron and rudely shape them for the purpose in view.

sidence with *

any e

the country. Mrs. Virginia Waterman Is a student in tho Northwestern academy at the age of 60. and she expects to take a full college course. Mrs. ! Waterman will be graduated from the academy this year and will then go to Cornell university, where ahe expec-U

reside

other gtrb

A Tuscan noble who flourished durthe seventeenth century bad the of his palace lined with ex-

~ the finest qua)It;

antem;

similar

however, being flecked with gorgeous flowers of al hues of the rainbow. Tne effect presented by the latter decoration was reputed fb be exceedingly Icturesque, and one may well coaIve that such was Indeed the case. A single cocoon of the ordinary silkworm will frequently give a double thread 110(1 feet In length. The an-

lll fli

qu.fite mirrors of

uallty of

of hit

picceii

Chinese first domesticated them, about 4500 years ago. could not spin half as much web as would make for themselves a comfortable blanket Plenty of good food and warmth have done much to raise the domestic silkworm above 1U wild relations, but what has chiefly helped them Is that the poor specimens have always been killed off. and only the biggest -and strongest kept

The chrysanthemum 1* said to b* going out of fashion.” “Oh. well, what of ItT Something just as expensive or maybe more so will be sure to take Its place.”—Chicago Rsoord-Herald.