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FROFESSIOXAL CARDS

. 1J. WILLIAM... WW. T. WILLIAM

^VnLLlA_u,> ft __.ko_.Hi-.ii,

AUoriioya-at-Law,WOODSTOCK, VA.

Prer.ice in all the Court* .t Shenacdoah and adjoininjc cou.ri.s. in tbe Sqpreuie Couti 01 ft|i_*iala. ano iu tho CirBon, ana Distill* C.>nrrs ot tbe Uuite<state..g&m Si»aoial att_n.iv.n atven to tba col

ect .-n oi'claiu-B. uiay 1_>, sl-ti.

__. L. WAL1UN. i_. D. M.WMAN.

\yALTOS & WALTON,Atto: neys-at-Law,

woou-frocc, vaPractice tu ali thu t\*urt>. ol stiouai.

Go tab ano adjciutux coutues, in the M.pr^me Court ol Appeals, uiid Id the Citemt and District Cou Ut ol the Um lei;State.:Special attentior to collection cf cairn._^__

Oof WW.

F. s. rAV KN Nh. 1. J, SI. WA0BlliMAX

fTAV-__I_.-N__Ui cfc LAl'SJ_R-_IA_N,

Attorneys-at-Law,WOOLSTOCX, VA.

July 21, "j3-ly.

p^ A. UOHKBAUGH,

Attorney-^t-Law,I yean li

Otllcc over i*_it_.a_iJoab LuuCo.,Woodstock, \ iboixia.

Ja'.y 7.'

R. J, Walkeic, J. H. Dui in,Mt. Jackson. Va.,

WAI-KKK Jv DI UN,rn

Attorney - at - Law,Willsracl ce *. 'he c .urta of Shenaudoah

ar.! h ooundea.Cj.u.r.tJ la* practice and cil ectwns.e©_>*. Mtt _»S-Jj . ....

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Attorneys - at - Law.WJODSTOCX. va

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I EMl'I-L BORDEN

Attorney-at-LawBf,'Rn pracl v '.A. Ownerand Mann-'* r

of r*. "wiley < llJustmenl '- meedd.luaa ,.iia..nay lo -1.

/ L. NfiYV-rfAM,

Attorney-ao-Law.A.NJ-

NOTARY PcBLIC i.with Seal.)CST OlUcc R | -J'ulidlE^ alld LOUll

Suildin' Jan. a.tf.

C¦ ll Bfl-UTirBAtrf,<0My AND COI/WCELDR AT LAW,

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""ofeicf. . Beeord floor, Merchants and'Far-mt rs» Kai k _>'i_.i<_:*ifc'.July*-*,

nu. j. u. -3.;uLir,Having located in Woodstock, can be

f >und at hi* residence on North Muhlenbun.utr.et, the late rt-aidtnee of Dr. J. L. Campo...wncu nut ^...¦'e-sioually engaged.aug. -p -J vt:

D R# \). CAUTER M. D.,Ottce and Residence 8outh Main St

Woodstock, Vikainia,K-TSpecial attention given to Bur

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J) U. J.B. RUSH,k-fl _____> .at

WOODSTOCK, VA.ulstablished in 1681 0006 Sooth

Maia Streeu 1 erins cast,may 2.-lyr.

QR. W. 3, CLINE,Resident PHysician-

"XY" Calls answered day or night.<) Voe and . reaidenoe North Maintree). Maroh 4.tf.

qr. \v. o. kurd

s Has located in Woodstock and arilpromptly answer all oalls.

VAT' Orrie* and residenoe ontlnblenbnrc Street.

aiay W 'IW-lyr.1"- ' '

|)'{.T.;F; LOCKE1

Resident Dentist.>/fice Main Sr., Woodstock, VatOT Chloroform, either and ooo»in<

ased lor p»i ?-* s e t traotlon ot teeth.Deo. 3ft.1 j

T\R. CHAS. J SAUKK,*0.ving located at Tom's JJrpok offer?ais professional services to the public inhe various branches of Als* profession.He will be fonud at the Philip's houseft er Ap imo and will giye promptt u-ition to all calla.Oar. 10, W-tf,_

OPIUM, MORPHINE'

AND WHISKEY HABIT NIKIat home without pain, loss of time frombusiness, and .without knowledge..ofmost intimate friend. Splendid! testi¬monials.

All communications strictly" confi¬dential.

BOX* 256,Oct. 13.4mo. ilARR-SON'Huaii, Va.

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A Good Soign Farm For Sale.Containing Tl acres*"of hind mostly 11m.-

Btonevt£D aeree oX which is in good originaltimi*'., on wfeiirh ia a geod ld* hogts weather-boarded with metal roof and ai othpr nfcoiaary outGui-dWSStti '-Air!/ good repair. Tlieplace ia well wevtaced, and baa piercy Of fruit

_S&£m uuuti.

'Free Tuition."Our Necessity your Opportunity

i>y special arran<r_ment wo are able to oller free tuition ioa limited number ot young men and women. We eau

board and room free to a few. Ii'you are ambitious to betteryour condition, write us quick for our catalogue an<l ipecialproportion,

$600.00 Positions go Bergins;.Positions paying J,G00.00 per year are now going begging

because we cannot supply tbe demand for our graduates, and iremust have more young people of good habits to till these places,We are miking the above off r as a special inducement to call theattention of energi tic young men ami women to the nnuaua] op-portuniuea tba! nvmt them as goon as tliey are prepared tor theuoik. *

Board $2 to $3 per Week in Private Families.To mxke it ra«y for you to atti nd school and better you?

position iu life, we have made special arrangement* to furnishgood board and room for out-of-town pupils at from two to threedoi.Jaispcr week. Only three dollars per week will give you an

excellent room, furnace heat, electric light, and bath. Tuitionmoderate, The best instruction to be obtained anywhere. Here'sthe chance ot a life-time. Write today, Address,

W. D. CIIAMBEftLAXD, Mgr.^nenindoah Valley lousiness College, Inc., Harrisonburg, Va.

July 1l*1

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HIE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS,

In 1894, after a careful study of the situation, a Christian Training Behool for Gilwas opened at Blackstone, and about $80,000 ha* been expended ii thicampus of twenty-five acres and in the erection of a massive briek i

with all the modern appliances of Lighting, Heating, Sanitation. Thethe founders was declared to be to give o

..THOROUGH INSTRUCTION UNDER POSITIVE C"R?S7rANINFLUENCES AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE CObT. *

Instruction:.This purpose has been carried out Tlgiven', nnd tlie Blackstone students, in addition t rhe Kg JarReminiries, have received Normal training, all appli inti c.to take both Theoretical and Practical Pedagogy, includingSchool. The Blackstone certificate or diploma ll reoogniied by edwhat it pays, and about five bundled teacher! have ihowi tbatho w irk of the school.Character:. Bil at Blackstone, character il regarct 1 ai the 1 BK * i

dons possess!, n. and boarding school life is known to be a Ctitica] timiff character. The greatest aim of the faculty is to direct and -til.teof the eharacter of the students committed to their care. Direct C ntactofwith the teacher is one of the greatest benefits of the school life, and beneat Blackstone all live in the building with the gills, and meet thi a *

class-room, but iu every relation of the s. hool life. The atmospl r <

whofe«ohie, inspiring, and uplifting, and the influences are positively <M

<'oat:.The cost is less than at any other school in thc State to. . I

hjndred nnd fifty dollar* 'flfiOl per session pays for Board, laundry. Medand T\irlon in all de

'. "rrespondinglystudent body roflinstruction, but *

and to give hea¬ter to have V '..

write for ca* _<: .owtrtts?'

except Music ami Elocution, which vubje*? has been the lim from thc

ve to parents the benefit of low rates for I

Principal and his helpers to know each ll.s result has bee*, attained. If yon want yoordai

.der positive Christian influences at the lowest JNMfM '

.JAMES CANNON, Jr., A. M., Blackstone, Va .

Pf r.--v .on, twenty scholarships, worth 175.00 each, will 1-e fri:-yor.t s who r.r». .able to meet the full expenses of the school, but who are fufB«Cit t. .xians for education to be willing to assist the housekeeper in tba care oi

ft.e* I g room.

/Randolph-Macon College

For Men. Ashland. VirginiaFull course* leading to degree.A.ll.amt A.M. l^UjrhtfuI andbenlthful lo«*»-l-n._ixt«*n mile,north nf Kl dimond Hcauti.ul¦lim; un. Mi.'li-Tntf.-tuu-giii.ow.in; to endowments.K 1 Hl_>kw,:i. A. B. I !... TrmA.Ww. S. Rfdww. -*+*'j .d Trm.

July _8-4t.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGEOF MEDICINE,^gggg;Thorough c..m. In MEOICHE. SURCEIT, OBSTETRICSan. the SPECIALTIES j alto DEITtSTIT aad flAMACT.Lecture Halli, L-borttoriet, Hospital and Diipeoia*ties amply equipped for lucceiiful teaching,3eren*v Teacher*. Hlfh record before State Boardf.

^__l^_£«j^^oy^jrr«teTH^PRO_2TOR.

VIRGINIA HILITARY INSTITUTE,LEXINGTON. VIRGINIA.

(jin tear. Stet* Military. 'Scientific andTechnical Behool. Thorough courses of gen-eral and applied chemistry, and Electrical andCivil Engineering. Degree of graduate int*ctt4einic connie, and degrees of /Jachelor ofScience in Technical Oourse. Ali expense*-,including clothing and incidentals, providedat rate of $3.5 per annum aa an average forthe four years, exclusive of outfit For in-f Kt mat: n address

SCOTT SHIPP, Supt,Aug. 4-4t.

Powiatai College. charles Town, W. Va

For.Young Women.

NOTED POR. Its tn schools, able faculty,wide patronage, pleasant home Jllfe. magnifi¬cent buildings, location, careful supervisionof students. Write for catalogue.

18. T. HATTON, A.M.Aug. ii-8w. Pr. B. Pres.

Imruortnllty.Humanity niul Immortality eonalat

neither Ju reason nor in love; not In tho

body nor In Voe animation of tbe heartof lt nor In tbe thoughts and stirring'*of the bmIn of lt, but lu the dedicationof them ull to Min who will raise them

up at the last day..John Ruskin.

} Ha*" He ( ame by Theo*.

Bhe.Hrive. you never tried to maketrreneril H#-Oh. yes. That la tha rea-

T W ...__ __n> ...<_.._¦ an_mlM _Sm_r_

Satn; I have no many enemies..8mar1

¥Tm be. thflcfwn Upon one's own re

maureen !s w br* ea ( Into the ret y lapof fortune.-I'raukUii.

A Bird Tim. Ilk.* Pretty Th in rm.The primal parent bower bird aral

born with a vain streak. This remark-Able bird decks its borne m*st with rillsorta of ornaments, feathers, bits ofwood, etc., and when it is in captirltyany objects which its keeper maythrow in tho cage aro ottUied for or¬naments. pieces ot clot!!, ghtse andother rubbish.

A Peraonnl Mntt>**r.She.How ls it you wore n<»t at tile

Weekends' reception? Ho- i stayedaway ou account of a personal matter.She.May I ask what ft was? I_e-\VL11you promise to koop it a secret? BbcYes. He.Well, they failed to send mean invitation.

Uonhtrnl.Client.Is there a ea usc so bad or an

Individual so infamous that your SCTT«ices could not be obtained? Lawyer(thoughtfully*.I cannot say offhand.What have you ben dolngi ¦ liOndOPKing.

Do not tte afraid:of night air. Presbnight air ls better than stale bottledday air.

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if the product of twenty-fiveyears' experience. . You willhave better bread, more of it.and just when you want it.Be sure to send for a sampleanyhow.FULTON YEAST CO., Inc.

Richmond, Va.

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To be lure, you a lng4 old. Bm ht] '

iec it, in your gray ba

i Keep your h irk anJ iand postpone age. 1 you

(I only use Ayer's H? your gray hair will soi i havi

the deep, rich color or; ith. Sold for til) years.

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pay l-air ii! ti. Hil 'ii, tn Ayer'. Hair Vit"<r "

IS. EL K. Bl ins, lit. iii. Mum.

H.S. r» boll .? o. ATE!:. 0

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Thc Gap (a thc t.o\ .., i.ock.I .. from I., nd's End, Uie cs

tn me \ot I. gl_ .'.. t » ti:

Logan rori., jusi in from the cliff, aftej- .u have pas ed i I Pedn snd Immedlately before thc road drops to Porttgwarra, I a little v iHfcy, i i:

'.'': tn: I burch. This iiof St 1 benni]

<»f wlw m thc any legends. Iii; by the -rack of

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of .; mite, - plit In two,aud I i fbe g

rill con

ly Lou< : Jard.

Land Waa (int of Sticht."\< ." one of thc trni

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What ITS Did t«i .*I!nmlct.M '

A gr *np of actors nt thi 1*1club wensionof ca Ptain j I critics f the

n Maurice j >re re-I to s In 1 rer Journ

k own ." *i bis dra¬matic ci ¦. "Hay R

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iMr. Barrymore, Mwasthe ablest of them. ¦...

learnedly, with tbeot . rj of the cl .'- ain!i *ve .1. v .' Lreminded of v bat «¦. ia rh ip i

fest dramatic criticism e\>r

penned. It will probably oatlleverything else Hayward did. It r.;u

about as follows:.¦ -George C. Miln. tbe preacher-actor,

played "Hamlet" at thc Tabor GrandOpera Hons.- last night. He played ittill 12 o'clock.'".Harper's Weekly.

Thc Hen Illrd'ii Duty.lu his subsection on "modifications''

of types of birds and animals sir John

Lubbock tells us of a particular crowlu Now Zealand where the male andfemale differ widely as to the structureof their hills. The male bird lias a

hill, stout and Strong, adapted to cut-

ting and digging Into n tree, hut be ls

di Qclent In that horny pointed tonguewhich would penult him to pierce thegrub and draw it out. The ben birdbas, however, an elongated and stihill, "and when the Cock lias dug downt<» the burrow the ben Inserts her longhill and draws ont the grub, which

they divide between '.hem, I very prefty illustration ot* the Wife as fl helpmate to the husband."

An HU Fieedniii \ntlr..On April 281 I880i ¦ Maine newspa¬

per contained the following notice:

"Freedom Notice. Por ¦ raroable eonsldcration I have this day relinquishedto my son. Hiram S. Maxim, his time

daring his minority. 1 shall claim none

Of his earnings or pay debts of hiscontracting alter this date. IsaacMaxim. Witness, I>. I*. Tlvnt. Abbot.

April IS, 1880." Hie ltd irbo was

gtren his liberty developed Into sir

Hiram Maxim of London, Bngbuti. tbainventor of rapid fire gnnfl and air¬

ships.-

S|,ll.l,.»l*»<h.Bhlbboleth is s word frequently Med

In polities, though it may bf doubtedwhether many p tUt-danfl know the biatory of it. Curiously rnough, this Bcbrew word naly means "nu ear ofcorn" ns weli as a "river," hut lt*- fignitieinee f.- moderns arises from (In¬flict that lt was employed as a te^t t->

distinguish thc Bphi-almltes fr »m theGlleatfltee, the tenner being unable to

pronounce the "ah" sound.

Chewing Bam r«»r >o*«*hieed.a celebrated physician bas claimed

ti OM of lils lectHIW -hit the "btj»t"oniedy" f<»r MM bleed ls a vigorousmotion of the jaws ns In tho act ofchewIn jj. In thc case of a child he re

.tnmends giving a wad of paper to¦ hew, as the rapid working ot the Jawsstops the How of blood. I.ut why u¦¦*

try chewing gan ius:e:id of paper?Western Medical Berlew.

j ap .'rix lle»c*.Qom n Marj >k n vcr

od l form in the of th Bari i:. tudinarfaii wi

m uncovering hidd tnki col 1. Ai

petit Queen Marfor le to rear 1 .p in htroyal pi

r abund mt graciLion t vice over. II!

i , rivllcge ls perhasi. | ¦¦. li ls: "Kn

be.oi "il and trustii ... ir, Henry, earl o

Bu sex, ! . ratter nnd lorfl of Egremi n I nnd furnell, license an

pardon t» r bis c.i;c or nightti|r any I . them, at ida pleasunis well 1 presence as in tli

. ¦-.¦... . i* i ¦¦ rs »n or j>cifl.ii '.;..i or any othe

IberesoereIfe, ise o;.r letter

shall i ot warrant in Li. b.Q.li

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*h t«ka Prom Pul e Teeth."Fal e teeth !. ire been known t<

general.' electricity In the mouth an<shot h t. dr we ii r painfully," said i

d< otis ly last week a gentlemai.1 bo feared be wai

on !.i.; tongue. 'Sudseven : pains attack me,' hisaid. '. t ol n I niter loud oaths litb-* in rt unseemly places.at teas, be

-ter, and so on. It ls llk<knife a think I am go

to ! y t inguef I found thait\* > difl Tent metals had been used ir

¦r man's t..ia>' teeth. Thewbining with the saliva, har!

forn I battery, Blectriottj. the battery continually

nd i k ifter ahock was ndminis-I pain ed the met

il og ran Isn. There-bad no m ire trouble."-

I| -if Mo i.i Ino*.

Tw . . ho had I eeo committed.lasl ¦.. illed thi

r with

ked with blackd ifs. Ry rted '.rr..::--.

mid In fi rm the other.. by rep* ring In

tone the first lim* of the ve*

r. In process of time the twoI to * >mplete the Mt o_

nd to j- rfvi t the rub's of thethat *.v ben the term of (near*

coral red the game was ioi lt iv is gem rally adopt

t' e lien ates of the monasterylawful pastime, It very moi

v:i * > t->wn and bi?Ol It ly. and the first

-*»rs was reduced to thcl lomlno," by which name

een known.

li pc power of Anlnu-la.conceive idea-, from

n Mcl ¦ geniM couldt Ita If ¦.. ere not Um mind

tirated by much con¬ning and ezperl

Iher 1 ind, animals audi .1 children become conscious ol

'y witnessingementi of others.

out thought or cf. or- *. th< .. nd lenly di--- n

that 1 are competent to do th*thing r, ta other words. the\

t.*. It ls a general lmii g psychologists that an!

lo not reason: they hav»HO Ide re hnv*.- A. F. Shore irScicntillc American.

I i pour a ('mb.t ondon es ¦ curiosity In th

...kit. which ts said t

held r ilarly f >r over ;.It !-. little known except In tl

u< Ighliorl ood where it la held.Th:¦ Blackfriars bridge. Originally thc

re caught off Blackfriarsbridge, bnt now they come mostly fromHolland and Scotland. They are notsold by weight, as is usual, hut hy thchandful, the price being "fourpence thegra!»."

The Heartiest Mont.Let your heartiest meal be nt night

or whenever your work for the dny uover. Itu ts, toasts, soft boiled eggsand oatmeal make > good breakfastWhen the Intermission between hoursof labor ls short no heavy fool shouldbe taken toto the stomach. HundredsOf people who eat heartily nnd returnto work Immediately afterward havedyspepsia.

Jere niack on I hail Stevena.

It is related that Judge Jere Blackonce said of Thad Stevens that "he was

one of tho brightest men ever hornand could say the smartest things, butthat, so far as Udng under uuy sense

Of obligation to his Creator for supe¬rior mental endowments, his mind was

a bowling wilderness "

The season's first coldmay be slight.may yieldto carly treatment, but thenext cold will hang on

longer; it will be moreroublesome, too. Un¬necessary to take chances>n that second one. Scott'sEmulsion is a preventiveis well as a cure. Take

when colds abound andyou'll have no cold. Take itwhen the cold isxontractedmd it checks inflamma¬tion, heals the membranesof the throat and lungsand drives the cold out.

Send for free sample.

SCOTT * BOWNE, Chemists.09-4IJ Pearl Street Hew let*

flOc.Maii.ee - . . in .miami f<

Slip- nf Arti***.It la a part of the leeming III luck

belonging to circumstance that nflarti t may spend time and genius oila piece of work and then fall con¬

spicuously in some detail.There Ifl fl story that one |

academician gave a band five :'.and a thumb And that another painteda live lobster bright red.Tlie clever Goodall had been engaged

in painting ¦ number of laborera drag¬ging a huge sr me acroai tbs ..

and a man of entering thestudio, said to him:

"I say, Goolail. if you want ta mefellows to pull that stone, you mustdouble their number. It would takeJust twice a d .my."But lt la not modern painters alone

who slip up on points of neeuraey.Bren Albert Durcr, In n nc

senting Peter denying «...

one of the Roman soldiers nof smoking. Turner put fl rainbeside the sun, and in another pi<he got woefully tangled in th< illrigging.

Incident nf tlie Ile lien of Terror.A dramatic Incident of the reign of

terror In Prance waa the saving of herfather's life from tb<* guillotineMlle, de Bombrenil. M. de Bombrenlland his daughter were condemned todeath at the time of tbe Sept*mafleacrefl and were waiting in thecart, surrounded by tbe mob, for theirturn to mount tho scaffold, lille, deSomhreull turned to the crowd andasked what harm a weak old man likeher father could do to the nation,cf the men answered that If she woulddrink a glass of bl -od to the nationthey would let him go and passed op a

_.as.3. She drank lt down Immediately.The crowd took fa *r i I her ratherfrom the eart. Th snd madetheir way to F igland. She i? ragbt atthe time she drank blood, but after¬ward she concluded that it waa redwine, for she saw no one Stoop Itho glass. To her deal ihe was iable, however, to :. d wine la a

gtaaa without a shoddcr.

.n odd WiltA c rr Bpoi ids na :\ copy of

an old will on record !n the office ->ttlie ordinary of Lumpkln county, GAfter appointing three executor*, he"solemnly" requests them "to law xNicholson to the full extent of the law.I impute my cramp colic to '

tlce to me." ii,, further r. -uests t! .i

"they pay t1neys and ipend ii

sary lu bl'IlePO Mm ihCram Born the Sth .f N1900, wti . .> th<*<;e"n;ia ! : 1 r lost flday and til. - !i of theMetbo Ist I lo-. towilie1.elm 'on the tc 'tutor i "toburied on the highest hill luyard with thi v r, i

nd's saint ..' I..-.

A Women \evcr Doe*.

A loafer on the street, whoee wifewm probably nt home getting out a

neighbor*! washing to make money to

buy the children'! shoes, ask< l i I objman the other day if he ever saw a

bal Iheadsd woman.

"No, I never did." replied the busyman. "Aud I never saw a woman

waltzing around town In her shirtsleeves with a cigar In her teeth andrunning mt >ou she saw.Neither ll I ever see a woman Bittingall day at a street corner on a drygoods box telling people how the sec¬

retary of the treasury should run the,national finances. I have never seen a

woman go '.slung with a bottle hi herpocket, sit on the h:*:.k nil day and g)homo drunk at night N ir hare I ev^-r

seen a woman yank ott her coat andsay she could lick any man In *

God bless 'em. the women are not builtthat way."- Kansas City Journal.

The (Junie of Whin..Whist ls thought to be of English

origin and a development of thc game jtrump, or triumph, which was playedIn England In tho time of Henry VIII.Whist was not mentioned by ShakeaiK?aro or tlie writers of his day. Itsearliest nvord ls In the poems of Tay¬lor, tho water poet (1021). lt is spokenof In the second edition (1680) of Cot¬ton's "Compleat Gamester" as "thegamo of whist, so called from the flt-lenee that ls to be observed In. theplay," hut ns whisk seems to have beenIts original name, according to anne

authorities, this derivation is not as¬

sured. The gams v as at first nine up.This was changed to ten up salty Inthe eighteenth century, and in 1804the experiment of dividing the gameInto half, which was first tried as earlyas 17So, was generally adopted by tbsclubs.

A Dend neut, of Vant Miitf n lt adc.Ohms Magnus, bishop of Upsala,

tells how a certain noble BngHflhmansaw on Aug. 2T, 188% "a dead beastof vast magnitude" which had beencast up on the shore at Teignmouth.It was ninety feet long and twenty-five feet In thickness, and evidently a

whale from the mention of its blow- ,

holes, and the fact that instead ofteeth "there grew to lils palate flbSVS1,000 plates of horn, hairy on one side."The noble Englishman noted that ithad "three bellies like vast CSVOfl nndthirty throats, whereof ti ve were verygreat." On Aug 28, 1736, an Engman with business instill tfl -aw two

flights of birds eolli.le with such fOTCSnear Preston that 180 of them fell to

earth. He picked them up and sold

them in Preston market forthwith.

Itnjnl Women <;uml»ler«.

Marie Antoinette was a slave tocards. On one occssftofl bos played forthirty-six hours at a sitting, with butan Intermission of a couple of limrs"The play at the qneett*fl table nt

Fontalnebleu." wrote the BOBpSfST Idseph II., "was like that in a comm >n

gambling house people of all kindswere there and mingled without de¬corum, (.reat scandal was caused bfthe fact that several of the ladiescheated."Anne Iloleyn, Henry VIII.'s ill fated

queen, was never quite so happy as

when playing for high stakes. Therocords of prvy purse sipenssfl are

full of her '?¦Innings from her royalspouse, for rhe was a lucky player..Chicago Journal. m

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Royal Baking Powder helps the housewife lo produce at horne, quickly and eco-

nomicaUy, fine and tasty cake, the raisedhofcbiscuit, puddings, the frosted layer-cake, criso cookies, crullers, crusts andmuffins, with which the ready-made foodfound at the bake-shop or grocery doesnot compare.

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The , husband toI his wife ls .: sanc-

but .: lan permanent -piriti I relation i

binds I e ls re¬garded, therefore, q_ true bel]In the spiritual prog of the bouIlit'*' of her I le a faithfulhusband the great-

ling In ... and spiritualcan er of bia wife. \\ n she ecomes

a m nts divine mother-h.1 and holds i un..pie ; lon in thehoiiM b lld.A Egindoo tu By wor-

ehiiK'd bj al. her chil¬dren. 1 ie . uildren are taught to obeytheir id to serve

them Ilk ' BJ km|they live. I nt the pan nts in

after their wei*tgre and lo fulfill their desires ure theduties if children In every Hindooh iiiflehold. But fl motlier ls consideredto be "_re tei tl..iii b thousand fa¬thers.*1 \ ohed.manda In Goodix

Tli«» Chief nntl the >Iis*lonar-.iuie b great pres

to !. . i of the Sluakogi .

: r with I lef Tume-.eat preacher Im

hlef Tumechicbee to the"It ls too bad to have

: EL I have and tO spare. (tn, and. lo, you will

I tal. Pb y. and thebear you and |

your ' rou and your peopleThe oldin<l an¬

swer* " ld religion!. l too fa¬miliar with th<* Oreat Spirit, and toomuch praying may cause one to askfor too ; -., og can * t >

imp l nnd my people believedthe Creal spirit would continue to

.f is in '. past, andour faith ls s We can¬not e So flay¬ing, the old chief retired to his wig¬wam.. Eu. mis .T am 1.

Suneratltlna . f * »t >*».:lre.

Der -. I to fe srorl 1for Itfl l us ge% Which defyall effort, to uproot tim. To nameonly one es mple, winil the relatives must ths bodyor they will be haunted by the %of the dead forever after. A supersti¬tion not so local lu Itfl observance lsthat of beginning no task on a Friday.The writer recently encountered a jrlrlwho. receiving notice to change fromone room to another on Friday, insistedupon doing lt on Thursday instead.

But the most curious instance of super¬stition.and this, too, is met with muchnearer home than I levon.ls surely thatwhich prescribes that when. say. a do¬mestic servant has broken a piece ofcrockery she is bound by fate to breaktwo other pieces. So far ls this Ideacarried that the writer knows a case

where flowerpots are kept for the spocial purpose of bein); broken to ap¬pease the fates. London Chronicle.

An 1 ri-Ii i.i.i n - Ileanon.

Sheridan LS Faun once asked an

Irishman what was the Fullish of

"Csrrlgtuotill."**I never heard any Fnplish or Irish

name upon lt. only VarrigtuotyU*ilone." w is the reply."I know." sahl Le Fanu, "it has no

)ther name, but I want to know the

mssnlng of the name.""Well. DOW, your honor." he replied.

'I never heard any meaning for lt

>nly 'Carri ct nob;!' al""I know 'carrie* means fl dock." per¬

sisted Le Fanu. "but what gOSfl touhilncriti?""Well. now. your honor, it's what I

rnn't tell you why it's called 'Oirrig-uohil." unless it'- because Mr. Copphl-jer MVSS bslOW there in Harry's court"

noel..tinker*' ( huncci.

Layers of o his at thc race track ar*

?rone tO circulate liles*of their enor-

uous losses upon certain races, but it

I seldom that a Isafl OB I run may bebown, for it his been limned by ex

icrts that . skillful layer makes a

>ook showing . percentage of -"> iniis favor, by which - hound to

stahl at least one-fourth nt his takups. Large i - happen oceaatsn-lly when an unexpected victoryMJTI io or JV) to 1, bul. as. h generalhiii£, unless the bOOkBMkflr dc'iber*.'.\ gamblei Nvi:h chance bs "makes>ooks" so thal lie Will show a profitin Sash r.K'e. A skillful bookie tan

O manipulate i1 <»<.ds thu at no

?olnt does he stand ta I iee on n race,

nd. like his brotFior of the gamblinglouse, his pr tfit li« I io lins p.rcenta^ea his favor. Bren where uambiingmmes fte run w:th »ut recourse tomud the adds lu favor of the dealerre uever le.**, than 10 . sr ceaL

A Plllnr In Venice.At ¦ e -ch :i

Veni- ;ace, re bag 1 ....

. Slei j i pillari hy in s f

le gel ala. Infeet th .'*.'ot m

Venice In a ship jwealth. Ons couple pl '. lug -i * ..

other to secure ill tins feast each duo of 1the other. Th.ed upon their gooda. In commemora¬tion of so unbrotberly > conspiracy andns ¦ wa- :; : ag Inst flvflunique and exquisitely carved pillarw_> erei.li '.

AItsaacdierei.

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The Sn<'.ane«e Rn hy.ese baby whei ip In

I I

i thei. lt Ls of neavj

In mai : i turn, lined with eount!eei butt

i v Ight Its cap, In ti

'."U' tiess i ...

2clithebtli....

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1 ..." C oe<»;in.._.

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needs. V\ ll runk 1 Ib il

e Int .

tl I flattrind 1

leir ¦'.

dry and smoke.

'-port In Ancient Home.En the palmy days of Borne the -.um¬

berAged 100 i r year Por nine .1With these were leop:r.nas. oU phants, buffaloes and s ialmost without number. For _....

- there were &000 men employed-fries in * ... ,jg t(J

make sport for the peo;»:e of Home.

I ¦» I .<... i- < ii loOtJ.The f > son of g re-

* ged him-r .lay. Ile left a note, say¬

ing: "l 1 ava hanged myself oat ofmere curl ty. I could not help my¬self. I bad to find ont what they were

doing In me other world.".JewishWorld.

Both Took r:*;.n«.

Yottnir Wile I lodi mit . 'ins withthat cucumber salad. Job \ Slid I hopeyou enjoyed it. Husband (anxiouslyi.I'm afraid, my dear, that I to.»k greatpains with if too.'

Emphatic.First Clubman- A physician should,

take life easy.Bet ood Clubman.Some of them do*.-

Schoolmaster.

MOS. CECELIA STOWE,Orator, Entre Nous Club.

176 Warre.. Avenue,Chicago, III., Oct. 22,1902.

For nearly four years i sufferedfrom ovarian troubles. Tue doc¬tor insisted on an operation as theonly way to get well. I; however,strongly objected to an operation.My husband felt disheartened a»well as I, for home with a sickwoman if a disconsolate place atbest. A friendly druggist advisedhim to get a bottle of Wine ofCardui for me to try, and he.did to.I began to improve in a few davI andmy recovery wa. ver*- rapid. \Vith-in eighteen wstks 1 waa anotherbeing.

&a*LL Jbkuxt_His. Stows'. letter shows every

woman how a horns ia saddened byfemale weaknes and howcompletelyWine of Cardui cures that sick¬ness snd brings health shd happi¬ness again. Dc not go-on suffer¬ing. Ob to vc ur druggist todavand secure a ll 00 botUs ol Wineol Carded, "