HeaJthyHappyGirls often, from no apparent cause, become languid and despondent in the tiTly days of thciT womanhood They dTtji along always tired, neveT hungry, breathless and with & palpitating hear arter slight fxeros so that merely to vtalk op 5to.iTS is exhausting. Sometimes a ShoTt.dry. uwgci f firfi in tHa fe-v riAt fhew are "going into consumption" T They are anemic, floe- tors ttH them, which means that they have too little blood Are you like that you too little blooat MoTe anzfmic people have been made strong, hungry. enerotic men and women by the use of Dt. Williams" Pnk Pills Iot Pale People than tre the est tonic m the world. Viss LuU Stevens, of Oasorl. Xiapara Co.. N. Y.had been a very healthy girl until slout a yesr situ, when she grew weak and pule. She lost Ikt appetite, was as tired ia the moraine as on retiring, and lot flesh unl.l ?ie became so emaciated that heT friend hardly knew her. The doc tor divl-rrd the disease umia. Bud gave her op to die. A physician who w.. ir.i!ing in Gai,rt prevailed op--n her to try In. William' Pink Pills for Pale Ieoj;le. She did so, and was benefited at once. She is now well and strong the rcry picture of health. pJ (-V. I'.j Courier. Tne genuine ae oid only in packages. h wApptr oWyi bcfcring the fotl flimt. For s&le by all drug gets or sent, postpaid, by the Dr YfiUiam rAed.uric Company. Schenectady. N Y.. on rexeipt or price, fifty cents per bo. Book cf cores free on revest. 3IAXY SECRET MIXES. ENG". AND'5 COAST STUDDED WITH TlC-iS DEFENSES. Their I-calit. Approncnre nnd Flr Inm Polnta Are Myeterlea Thnt For. etsn Splea Have Often Tried, bat Alna)i la Vaiai. to Solve. ntiirland has the most formidable navy in the world, but riie diws not tt ly njK,n it uluiie in the event of war to prevent a foreign force from landing r.jion her shores. London Tit Bits, in un article on the secret coast defenses of Great Britain, says: In the ereiit of war no alien army could approach onr tdiorea tvithunt iru jieriliitu ils navy by encountering onr fsjilnsive mines, scores of which snr ronud onr coats at all places likely to I selected for attack by a foreifm foe. The Thames is abo carefully shielded by similar secret mines, one of these tieing in the vicinity of BlactwalL The precise locality of these mines is. how ever, for oovions reasons, kept a dark and inscrutable mystery, and the ap proaches to them are go cleverly con structed aud concealed that no one 6ave en expert would suspect their real character. An innocent looking collar at the basement of a certain tradesman's shop is the entrance to one important mine, but even the tradesman himself is not aware that the government rents hi9 cellar, nor does he ever surmise the true nature of the operations carried on therein. The mines are equipped with explosives of the most potent kind and admirably connected with the secret chambers on shore by means of electric wires. Each mine ia controlled by a button, over which are printed particulars re lating to the hicatiun and character of the uiiue. This button is placed in the Mall of the secret chamber and covered 1 y a don hie- door, securely locked, the onter rfoor so closely resembling the wall of the chumlier that no one but those in the Mi-ret conld detect its pres ence. The chamliors are double locked and approached by passages protected iu a piuiiiar ninnner. Every lock and key is specially made fur the government and is unlike any other, t mly a few of the very highest .Cicials are allowed to nse these keys, and they are (solemnly sworn to preserve their wcret rigidly. No persona apart from those especially emowered may inspect or visit any of the Kecret cham bers at any time except by express written iieruiit personally procured from a certain his;h. oflieiaL This is 5 t'erdinly difficult ti obtain, and in fact is rarely ever granted. Prior to s-.ieh a permit bcin:? issued the officials as.-nre themselves that the jssies,r of the dvK-ument lars a blameless character, is British born and Las no ultTior reasons for preferring his rejnesi This settled, be is sworn to setTecy in the most solemn manner, blindfolded and conducted by a circuit ous route to the secret chamber, where be is permitted to nse bis eyes, but not bis tongue, do questions being answer ed by the attending officials. Strange Ptories Lave been t-old of at tempts made by foreign spies to pene trate the privacy of these inysterions mines. A young lieutenant in the navy, whose honorable character won the con fidence of his superior officers some years Kince. was accorded the privilege of guarding one of these secret iiiin and intrusted with certain information concerning its character. Soon after his apjHiiutment he became engaged to a charming young French lady of whom be was desperately enam red. By some inexplicable means bis fiancee got to hear of his appointment, and by alternate threats aud persnasion induced him to Like her to see the se- ret mine under his care On the evening arranged, after ex tracting a solemn vow of secrecy from his ladylove and petting her to dun the Tress of a naval officer for the occasion, be was almnt to set out on his secret mission when, to his surprise and alarm, he and bis companion were ar rested by detectives. In some mysterious manner the authorities bad lieen en lightened as to the proceedings on foot and were in time to i-top them. For "breach of regulations" the young lieutenant was suleseqneutly court martialed and n-dnced. while bis charming companion, who proved to be a spy in the employ of the French gov ernment, was conveyed back to her own country, with a caa-tic cautiuii. On another occasion a Herman gen tleman contrived to locate the entrance to one of the sevret chambers and acto a member nf the Bill Sikes fraternity to aid Liui in negotiating the double locks one dark November night. But 60 splendidly fitted and fortified were these, appliances both the visiU.rs were doomed to dinapjiointment. Re turning from the rendezvous, both the plotter aud bis accomplice were arretted and imprLsoned. Worth M altlaav For. During a performance at at the Tyne mouth Aquariiiui. a couple from Old Hartley were among the audience. When half time arrived, an attendant placed on the stage a board inscribed with the word "Interval." "Wat's that. Geordie?" asked the wife. Geordie spelled the word. "I n. in; t-e-r. iuter;v-a-L interrab" "But w'at is't?" 'AadJTvent knaa. lass. The foaks is sail gsnnin out ; but we'll stop to see it!" Han Francisco Wave. In 1 GC6 the great fire in London bnmed over 433 acres, destroying at l?ast 3.5, 000,000 worth of property. In ls73 the Biiston'fire burned over 6'J acres, at a lose of $ 1,000.000 an acre. If the same fire occurred today, it would cost, at the very lowest estimate, 100.00U.KiO. In 1813 the loss on the 2' acre burned over nas over $350. 000, oaa Me- ,; A Y by any other means They Adtratirr With a Titer. Cjlonel R.. an English officer station-, r 1 in India. iai-i wi.h a singular adven ture while tiir.-r h'tnting in which he lost an arm. Tlie colonel had wounded a tiger from an elephant's back. The tiger clnrgwl, and the elephant, taking fright. iltil through the jungle. To pave himself from being brained and ! swept off by overhanging branches. Colonel R. seiziHl a stout limban.t. rais ing hiuistlf. left the elephant to go on tl.me through the forest. To bis dismay he ff.ind he had not strength and agil ity sufficient to swing hirnsclf np to sit on the branch, lu vain he strove to ! throw a leg over and so raise himself. Looking down, the sportsman discov ered that the tiger had spotted him and was waiting below. The horror of the ! situation can be imaarined the enraged . tig t and the helpiess. dangling man ; knowing he mast fall into those cruel jaws. I How long he hung there he never knew. He shouted and shrieked in an agony of fear. He eased one arm a lit tle and then the other, then hung de- ' spairingly by both till at List tired na ture gave way and be dropped! j He remembered thrusting one arm into the tiger's jaws, and then conscious ness left him. His life was saved by the arrival of a friendly rifle barrel held close to the tiger's head and through the subsequent ampntation of the mangled arm by a skillful surgeon. Youth's Companion. The Art of Dolas; Xotblax. One mark of the modern man is his inability to idle. When he has to work for his living, he will .grumble lavishly, telling yon that leisure is wbat he longs for ; that an idle life is his unat tainable ideaL But let him come into i a fortnne and yon will see Does ho nse his new nffinence in the only reasonable ' way, making soft pia..: for himself wherein he.can idle happily t Not he ; he runs to and fro aliout the city like the Scripture dog. risking the portion of goods that has come to him among the cntside brokers, or he tries the muscles of his stoma h on a yacht, or he deliv ers himself, bound hand and foot, to the tyranny of the racing stables, or he becomes a philanthropist, or throws bis j unconquerable energy into amateur photography, j To a dweller "in the sheepfolds the question comes urgent, insistent. When does a man come into this his birthright of antlike industry T " When does this inability to idle grow on him? In the tiue of Lis lambhood be will do any i thing, everything, to insure his doing 1 nothing. To attain this object he will spare no patent pains, no anxious thought. He will achieve bis end e-en in "prep. " with the eye of the shep herd upon him, and it will be perceived that to do nothing when talking is im possible and staring about, an exensive luxury, requires a talent amounting al most to genius. Pall Mall Gazetta He Cot tha Votea. A congressman is thus quoted by the Washington Star: "The first race I ever made for con gress resulted in my defeat by less than bO majority, and if one of iny friends bad not been too zealous I would have lieen eltcted. There was a precinct where I erjioctod to receive 100 votes, and I feared there would be some fraud in the precinct that would injnre me, so I pot an old man who had never par ticipate in politics, but who had al most paramount influence in the dis trict, to take charge of my interesU there, instructing Lim to see that every friend of mine voted and that the votes were conntcd. "When the returns came in, I bad not received a single vote in that pre cinct, and the next day a bulky envel ope was handed me containing 120 bal lots, together with a letter from the man I had left in charge saying that he bad seen every friend of mine and taken np their ballots so that none would be missed, and as he wouldn't trust the judges of elections he had sent them to me LiuiFelf so I would be sure to pet them. Since then I have seen to it that men in charge of my interests were not only honest, but knew something about politics. " A Doc aad a Telephoae. At the RedliiU railway station a pas senger recently came to the station master in great grief, saying that her little pet dog had been left by accident on the platform at Reigate and would likely lo either crushed by a locomotive or List. The courteous official telephoned through respecting the poodle, and the answer .rame immediately that a dug of that description bad just been brought into til-; police station. The receiver was put to the dog's ear. and the lady was askt-d to s;-ak to it. She did so The effect was electrical. The dog bark ed a cordial recognition of the voice and by its natics expressed a great desire tc jump icto the apparatus and traverse the wiro in ordr to get to its mistress all the sooner. Birmingham (England) MaiL Tll of lloabaada to Avola, Thero are two distinct type of bu Lunds who do more harm than they would be w;lling to admit the man v. ho peimits himself to become a gen r.jns fgurchead yi bis own family, rarely tolding a conversation with fail ife 01 children, good natnredly re s.KjikJing to any extravagance for the sake of peace, and the man who. though conspicuous in the church and com inanity, tyrannizes over bis family in small things nntii. for the sake of peace, they Aiceire him on every band. France; Evans in Ladies' Home Jour naL WkT He Didn't Reply. It is not always easv to be mlite. j Witnesi this from the Chicago Post: "Way don t you answert" said toadaiii impatiently to the Scandinavian tn the Btepladder engaged in putting up new window fixtures. The :nan gulped and replied gently : "I have my mouf fall of screws. I 1 not car speak till I sTa'Jer eorae. " 7Ta Vftntd ft rBsia, Ople Ec?,l tc1J a fsnny ttc-rj it r VtcJ mat? bo had couceiTed the 5de that be could get a pension from the government He went to a peusion gent to learn what steps it won id be necessary for him to take to bring abont the dit ircd result, "Were you really in the army, Pm ?" askd the agent. "Yas, ssh. Indvl I was, ssh. I was in de army for morc'n a yenr, sab." "What regiment were you in, Sam T" "WaaL Rah. I don't jnt this minnto fecommeniber, but I'te gwine to bring f on all de papers, and dat will explain ie matter. " "But you surely remember whom yon were with. Sam 7" "Oh. yes. sah! I rwoinmember dat all right. I was wid my yonng master. " "Oh. then you were iu the Confeder ate army, were you t" "Yas. sah; yas, sah." "Were you ever wounded, Sam T" "Yas. 6ah ; indeed I was. See dat car, sab ! I got dat scar in de army, sah." "What was it bit you. Rain?" - "WaaL sah. it was a skillet, sah. In deed it was. A big iron skillet, pah." "Now. see heje. Sam. what .chance ran you have to get a pension! In the first place yon were in the ConfedTate army, and then the only wound yon re ceived anyway was from a skillet What in the world has tmr g-wernment got to do with your case?" "Waal, sah. it was a government skillet, sah. " Chicago Times-Herald A Womaa'a War. "Here is something that I would like to approach very gently," said Mr. Stoggleliack. "so as not '. give any f felLse. "The new woman wants her rights and her privileges, too, and as a matter of fact I am very glad she does cling to her privileges, and I hope she always will, which means that I hope she'll stay a woman. But the way in which she mixes her rights and privileges up is sometimes a little confusing. For in stance : "When walking along- the sidewalk woman holds her course and lets the man turn out. and she does this just the same down town in the busiest streets as she would in a calm and quiet residence street Yon might think that a business woman working among busi ness men in a business part of the town would adopt business methods in every thing, and that when you met her in the street she would turn to the right as yon do and as nil men d, but she doesn't She holds her course, which is very likely to be along the inner side of the walk, and expects you -to turn put for her, even if it t arries yon to the left instead cf to the right She doesn't i-are about that "No matter who she may beer where you m-et her woman expects man to turn out for her, and I hoie she always will" New York Sun. taaanltj-'a Debt to Medical Science. Insanity is now recognized as a dis ease which is the result of some func tional or organic disturlianee of the brain or of some injury or malformation of that organ. Be it said to the ever lasting credit of medical science that it has rescued the whole subject of the dis eases of the brain and nervous system from the region of myth and superstition and placed it on a scientific plane along with the other diseases and injuries to which human flesh is heir. The eld lunatic asylums and the filthy cells of the county jails with all their horrors where the victims of dethroned reason used to be confined and tortured have been abolished and in their place we now have the modern hospital for the insane, and it stands on the same . failing in every respect as a hospital for diseases of the eye and ear or any ' other medical specialty. It was not the churches, but medical science, inspired by a desire to ttenefit mankind which taught the world that the insane are our brothers still and that to them is due the same" Christian charity and care as to any others in distress. Dr. John Girdner in North American Review. A Bit of Itibboa. A London paper tells this story of the final signing of the Spanish-American jeae-e treaty : t 'Every dipl imatic instru ment bears a seal from which depends a ribbon, and when the seal was alout to be affixed to the treaty the commission ers, Imth of Spain and America, ex pressed a desire, in graceful acknowl edgment of the courtesy shown by France, that the dependent ribbon should be tricolored Search was forth with made high and low in the Quai d'Orsay. with the result that in the for eign office tf the French republic not a bit of ribbon of the French colors conld be found "At this critical juncture a brilliant inspiration flashed acrosa one of the heads of the department. 'Go. ' he said to a messenger, 'to M. X . the con fectioner, in the Rue St Honore. for a pound of chocolate cakes and be sure yen ask him to tie them up with a tri color ribbon.' With that bit of confec tioner's ribbon the treaty of peace be tween Spain and the United States was sealed" IlBaaora of Speech. "Coom out o' that!" shouted an irate but zealous churchwarden in a rnral district to some urchins who were play ing marbles against the chnrch door. "I'll let passon know how ye dessicate the holy place." This word forms a common stumbling block. A grocer once informed ns that people from qnite th respectable classes , not infreqnenth asked him for desecrated soup. Corn hill Magazine. fJeograph? For Woaiea. The introduction to Parkenton's "Modern Atlas." published in 1815. has a reference to "the sex" which ought to 1 very interesting to oar modern college girl The learned author says: Geography is a study bo nniversally instructive and pleasing that it Las for nearly a century been tanght even to females, whose pnrsnits are foreign from serious researches. In the trivial con versation of the social circle, in the daily avidity of the occurrences of the times, pregnant indeed above all others with rapid aud important changes that affect the very existence of states and empires, geography has become a ha bitnal resource totheelegant female, as w?Jl as the profound philosopher. Moaplaa a Bis Steamabip. To skip t'ne Etrnria. whose displace ment is.e:;0 tons, horsepower 14.321 and speed 20. IH knots an honr. 2 min utes and 47 scoondj are required, and during the process of stopping the ship will forge ahead 2,464 feet, or nearly half a mile. The United States cruiser Columbia, with a displacement of 7.850 tons. horseiHjwer and a speed of 22.8 knots nn hour, can be stopped in 2 minutes and 15 seconds and within a space of 2. 147 fee-t. In each case the vessel is supposed to be going at full sjeed and the stoppage prodnced by reversing th? action of the propeller. Pa mas' QaleU Wit. Dumas found a man asleep iu the Theatre Francais daring the playing of piece by his friend Souruet "Yon fe-e that?" said ly. "that's joar work," Next evening a Damas comedy was pat on. The two friends looked in again and found a sleeper. "Yon see, dear Dumas," said Bou met "your works can produce sleep. " "Do yon refer to that man?" replied Dn mas. "VThy, that's the man who was there last night He's not awake yet!" San Francisco News Letter. In 1850 the tallest building in New York was only five stories high, and the church spire were const, irr..,n them. Now there is only one stare in the city as high as the tallest building. 1 - J A Kaffir'a religion consists mostly in singing and dancing. A M0N0MAN1ACAL WITNESS. IJott Ills I'haae of l.asjter W11 De vel.ird DnrloK ai Trial. "That ca'lj to mind a queer experi ence cf my own,1' aid a lawyer who hod listened t a story. "Some years sgo I defended a fellow for hid Her io a little son l hern town, and the worst wit ness we bad against ns was an c!d Ger man who was a stackbuilder by trade. A Etack, by the way, is merely another name for a big chimney. "The old fellow was perfectly h'jneft and gave bis evidence in sorb a clear, straightforward manner that I felt my client was doomed unless I conld tninlc of some way to break bimdown. While I was cudgeling my brains a friend whispered to me to ask bin) bow high be cocjd build a clack. 'What do yon mean I afked, in surprise. 'Never mind said my friend. 'Just slip iu that qnesiiou and sob. "So at Ibe tail eud cf the crews exam ination I paused, as if struck by an aft erthouttit, and said, 'You are a slack builder, I believe?' 'Yes, sir, replied the wituesa. 'Well, sir, I continued, 'about bow high can you build' I never got any further. A swift, inscru table change flashed over the Get man's face, aud bo rose excitedly from hid chair. 'As high as ltr sky !' be roared. 'So high dose angels come around it like birds'.' "In five seconds be was raving. You eee, the mau wai a mouomaniac sane on every subject but one, and my friend happened to kuow his weak spot It is hardly necessary to say that 'bis evi dence in regard to the homicide was promptly rnkd out by the judge, aud as there was no other witness cf impor tance my man was cleared. The rascal should have been banged and would have been bat for the lucky reference to the stcck." New Orleans Times Democrat TWO OF THEM. Private O'Mara' Tart Retort to Ilia I aaecoinmodatlac C'oloael. Here isa etory told of Patrick O'Mars, a private in the Ninth regulars: Nut long ago be went to the colonel, who was a severe disciplinarian, for a two weeks' leave of absence. "Well," said the colonel, "what do yon want a two weeks' furlonph for?" Patrick answered, "Me woife is very sick, and tbe children are not welt, and if ye didn't mind she woold like to have me borne for a few weeks to give her a bit of assistance." Tbe colonel eyed bitn for a few niin nteaaud said: "Patrick, I might giant yoor request bat I got a letter from yonr wife this morning saying that she didn't want yen borne; that yon were a nuisance and raised tbe devil when ever yon were there. She hopes I won't let yon bave any more forlooi;l-" "That settles it I suppose I can't get the furlough then?" said Pat "No, I'm afraid not, Patrick. It wouldn't be well for me to do so under the circumstances." It was Patrick's tnrn now to eye the colonel as be started for the door. Stop ping suddenly, he taid: "Colonel, can I say something to yez?" "Certainly, Patrick. Wbat is it?" "You won't get mad, colouel, if 1 say it?" "Certainly not, Patrick. Wbat is it?" "1 want to say there are two splendid liars in this room, and I'm oue of them. I was never married in me loife." New Fork Tri bone. She Stndled-Freacb. Four young women were walking to gether on Charles street today and en gaged in animated conversation. "Wbat do yon think J done today, Clara?" said one. "I translated 40 pages of French exercise. Wasn't that fine:" "Fine," 2aid tbe other, "I slioold say it was. I wish I bad doue as good. I only translated 20." Comment is unnecessary. Lot one feels like asking. Is this a sign of tbo times? Is what it me. Butterfly called "United States American Euglish" be ing neglected for the so called accoin plisbments? One can forgive the woman who, gazing at some renaissance lace, bland ly remarks, "Ah, that is the 'Renuy- sant,' " but for the girl wbo assiduous ly studies French and murders English meanwhile, as Macbeth murdered sleep, there seems no possible excuse. Balti more News. Jangle Food and Jangle Tolaoa. Thoe who have traveled much through the damp jungles of India, such as the Terai. cannot have helped noticing the large amocnt of fungoid growth, both terrestrial and epiphytical, that presents itself, much of which is edible, bnt requires an intimate cc qnaintance with botany to determine between the poisonous and nninimical. What were not long since considered semisavage races on the northeast fron tier are the best guides tbe uninitiated, however, con employ to distinguish the two classes. So close is the resemblance that it would be dangerous for the ig norant traveler to trnrt to his own un aided discrimination, and if the services of a human nomad are not available the fungi should be submitted to the equally au fait judgment of a tamS monkey a thing no traveler should be without The animal must be very closely watched when sitting in judgment, es pecial notice being taken of his counte nance. If tbe sjiecinien is poisonous, there is a decided look of disgust ap parent, as the creature throws it from him. but if nonpoisrnons it is torn into fragments, first suielled and then trans ferred to the mouth, in which se one may rest perfectly satisfied that it is edible, even thongh "jackoo" may not eat it. In no case will onr remote con nections make a mistake, nor. for that maifcT. will an elephant either A spare elephant or two is also a bandy thing to have among yonr luggage. Indian Planters' Gazette. ' Trick a of a Pel Crane. My friend has a pet Florida crsne of which he is very fond The crane stands at one side by the hour, jnst plnmicg himself, then picking at shoe buttons and finger rings. Occasionally he Is in dulged in a favorite pastin.e that of taking the hairpins out of his mistress' hair. In nature he is as gentle and affectionate as a kitten, and as he has never been teased he has no enmity for anything escept a dog One night be was attacked by a strange dog. end since then his hatred for any canine oth er than the home dog is intense. Dick has alwavs been inordinately fond f his master, whom "Be makes ev ery effort to please. It is at his com mand that he will dance, bowing and twirling in the most graceful manner; then circling with wings distended around the yard aud buck again to bow and courtly ns befure. Ant.ther very pleasing recognition of his intelligence is the manner in which he always weicomea his owner lie ree orrnizes his horse aud carriage as far as his eye can reach, and long before the bird is in view his Voice is heard trum peting a greeting, which is continued nntil the master reaches the gate, when at the single congjiand. "Lender. Dick I" ho throws his hea.1 back and gives forth a Ion gurgling note, indicating joy and leasure. To no one else will he give thin vyelcouia ft is unique and pe culiar for bis owner alone. Forest and Stream. Hurmonlsm. Tha good wife looked at her mending basket and aighed If she hadn't sen them there she wouldn't have believed l.er husband conld have worn holes in so many pair of socks In so short a tima "There are occasions," she said at last "when I am almost ready to be lieve that it would be a good thing for a man to be a Mormon. " Then she went at the job she would willingly have shared with a few other ivaa, Chicago Post FOR LITTLE FOLKS. A TINY TRAVELER. 1 Hbo" Journeys From Franca to New Or leans Aloaa. It is net a nsnal thing for a child 7 years old to travel all tbe way from Franca to New Orleans unattended by relatives or frieuds, ticketed like any package and therefore mnch interest wai excited in benevolent breasts and nfh(rtv heart whf-n it WIS reported that little Louise Looguet was on her way alone to her mother tn lew Or leans, and those whose interest was ex rited ty the accoout wiil be glad to know that the little girl arrived safely and is now being petted to ber heart's mntint !it hi r anxinna mnllieralld rela tives. Louise was delivered into her care aud a receipt taken to prove deliv ery, jui-t as a receipt is given fur a pack age. Although only 7 years old, Looise is a bright, active, stordily built little 1 with a preat fond of energy r... c -- and good bnmor, and if ever a girl or that nge could be said to be able to look ont for herself she is that girl. She is quirk tOBf.k lor wlJttt nue wania. bdu 't net it she rebels vigor ously. Such natures are apt to get what loose louurET. they wish, and therefore it is not at all surprising that Lonise appears to be greatly benefited by her trip. Her good bnmor and spirits besides won admira tiou from the boat and train officials who had her in charge, and she was probably treated much better than many a poor child who travels with ber la ther and mother. It transpires, however, that for tbe past year or two Louise, for so young a child, bad to undergo some hard ex perieuces iu France. It was stated through mistake the other day thst her father bad committed suicide. Her fa ther did not kill himself purposely. He was a trapeze performer and soma years ago fell from a great height and lost bis life.. Her mother tbeu came to join Mrs. Mellet, a married sister, liv ing iu New Orleans, aud Louise was left in charge of another sister who bad married a Gascou farmer. Louise was treated nicely for awhile, but tben the farmer, wbo was no relative of hers, began to sour on her. Her little cousins were sent to school while she was made to take care of tbe cows aud pigs, like maltreated little girls in fairy tales, al though this rough life has indirectly benefited the child by making her very strong and independent. At last tbe uncle refused to take care of her any longer, and she wag given into the bands of a charitable institution. It was then that ber mother and ber rela tlves here made np a fund sufficient to bring tbe child to New Orleans. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Fact Versos Fancy. Two kittens, cnrled tofretter. lay Behind the kitcben Ore. The wiud blew etli. the sky was gray. And. mnre it was a dreary day. What mure could the; drain:? When Tout awoke, be robbed his eyes And licked hi furry ruir. He dreamed a rat of awful sixe Be d killed, bat to his (Teat sorprtse Be saw no aitfn of it. "Say, Pnxs." said he when she awoke, "I killed a monstrous rat. 1 shook it till its neck I broke." And Tummy's sister proudly spoke: 'Yuu are a wundrous cat. "But, Turn, did you devour the bead That you su bravely slew? Then 1 do think you uilflit at leant Have asked your iw-ter to the feast I'd surely think of you." It happened that a full grown rat That moment elided by. And. oh, no closely to the mat Where l'ud and Tummy trembling aat! "Oh, dear!" cried funs. "Oh. myl "Oh, Tom, my brother, dun't you aeo That dreadful, horrid rat ? Do kiil it, Tom ; it fnuhten me." "Why, Tush, do it yourself," said ha And cowered on the inat- Tbe rodent quickly fled with fear When it beard Puss- cry. (vtid Pusso artful Tom, "My dear, That rat was daring you, 'tis clear, Yet yon were wondrous shy." William ti Kemper iu Chicago Record. A Comprehensive Wink. The other day a small boy, quite a small boy, too, being barely 4 years old, was having some pictures taken, eays tbe Cleveland Plain Dealer, aud as the day was dark the plates had to be ex posed longer than usual. When the proofs arrived, there came with tbem a notice that another sitting would be required, because, as was only too evident, the boy had moved. Time was precious, as the pictures were wanted to celebrate grandma's birthday, aud the mother was a little put out. "Oh, Willie." she wailed, "why did yon move? Wbat nlade yon do it:" The Loy looked wisely from the pic tures to her, aud tben shook bis bead. "I don't kuow," he said. "1 don't know why I did it yee, mamma, I do know. Tbe man told me I conld wink as much as I wanted to, and so I most bave just winked all over. Don't you see?" Soap Sllatd la the Doaajb, Epicures may be interested to know that continental bakers are in the habit of mixing soap with their ilungh to make their bread and pastry nice and light The quantity of soap varies. In fancy articles, like waffles and fritters, it is mnch larger than in bread The soap is dissolved in water, oil is added, end the mixture, after being well whipped, is added to the flour. Sot Very Comfort Ibk. Stayleight Tommy, do yon think your sister is fond of meT Tommy I don't know. She gave me a quarter to set the clock half an hour f xst Jewish Comment Show Soar Brat Qaallllea. Honesty dies not require ns to hang pur oil paintings faced to the wall iu order that our friends may see that they are made on coarse canvas. It is right to appear always at our best Give tbe world yonr brightest thoughts, your must courteous speech, the out come of your kindest impulse and purest motives, no matter if yea are conscious that these things are above yonr ordinary leveL God mado the tiowen allow their colors, not their tin 11. fibrous matter; to load the air r-ith their odors, not with the rank liess of their sap. Uomiletic Review ftqiuance Versus Reality. The rouianticb-t speaks: A realist is a man who takes his own vision of the fvorid as true and the visions of all Other jiersona as false. The realist speaks. The romanticist is a man who has forgotten the origin nd meaning of the nursery tales with which hi head is filled New York Commercial Advertiser. The first public bath In England for hot b-thing purpose was opened in I0",9 Opium is cfinsidered thrc times as deadly as alcohol DYE0 DIAMONDS. Tcllow fto.ee tan Be Made to fob tike Gems of the Fleet Water. "There are tricks In every trade" lu grow., to h an adage, and this provrb bold e.peciaIl g.x1 with regard to tha jewelrv trade, which for "ways that are dark and tricks that are vam fuir fv takes the palm fr roguery. ' AHhough a great d-alof capital, time and lalor h;.ve b-rn devoid to eonnter fe'in" th diamond, vptj little fnr-ceM has been obtained from a fraudulent point of view, as the diamond possefses extraordinary qualities of hardness and brilliancy, with which no imi tation, np to now, can attempt to via "Paste" of all kinds can be tested by means of a sharp steel file, which scratches its snrface, A method of snccessfnl imposition with diamonds has, however, been dis covered and the originator of this swin dle actually defrauded the pawnbrokers of Loudon alone in one year of upward of $5o. 000. The general public, as well as jewel ers, are aware that diamonds of a yel lowish tinge, or. as they are called in the trade, "straws." are worth very lit tle. Large stones of this color, even when weighing from 10 to 100 carats, are quite common and will only feth in the market from to f- rr carat the valne. of conrse, increasing in ratio with weight Diamonds of the same weight, if of tbe first water, or perfect ly colorless, would 1 worth from five to teu times as muck The methods of the individual refer red to were as follows: He purchased a quantity c;f "yellow" stones, and then by a simple yet ingenious process suc ceeded in imparting to them an evanes cent purity of color. This was done by proenring two ordinary glasses, a kettle of boiling water and a threepenny packet of mauve dye The "yellow" diamond, which was perhaps set in a gold ring or pin. was merely dipped in the glass containing the dye, and then in clean boiling wa ter half a dozen times, an.l allowed to dry, when it presented all the apjear ance, even to the rye of an expert, of a magnificent stone of the first water. The next move was to place the ring on the finger, and the well dressed dia mond dyer would sally forth, euter a pawnbroker's and pledge the ring for at least tLree times its worth. Within 12 honr. however, the effects of tbo dye would have disappeared and the pawn broker could only wonder what on earth was wrong with his eyes when he advanced so mnch money on such a yel low stone. Fortunately, owing to the magnitude of this individual's operations, the fraud was discovered and now pawnbrokers.- if they are suspicious of a dia mond's color, immerse it in nitric acid, which destroys any dye that may be present without in nny way injuring the stone. London MaiL GOOD MONEY FOR BAD NEWS aid to I. earn That Slant Would Leave Him la Sis Months. Somehow it made me feel bad. this happening that 1 am about to relate. I was in the ofiico of an ocnlist. one of the leading men in his profession in Pittsburg. A big. strong and healthy I'K.king man entered His appearance indicated that he had many years of life before him. He was well dressed, keen ly intelligent and of pleasant counte nance. "Doctor." he said, "my eyes have been troubling me. and I would like yon to makci an examination of them and treat them." After a few preliminary questions the doctor told him to strip himself to the waist He took off lys clothes and stood there, a magnificent specimen of man hood The doctor examined him. pay ing particular attention to his back, for a reason of which I know nothing Having finished he said: "Put tn your clotheA I can do noth ing for J'otl Yonr eight may last sis months, but no longer. Treatment will do no good. Blindness is sure to come. " "What's the matter, doctor?" he asked quietly, with a faint tremor in his voice. The doctor told him in technical lan gaage and then explained that the tron ble came from the wasting of a nerve leading from the spina "What's your bill, doctor?" asked the man when he got bis clothes on. "Five dollars." replied the doctor. He paid it and left th office without Huother word In the fullness of life he walked out into the blessed light of day. d. jined within six months to darkness until death. It was an incident to the doctor: to me it was a tragedy. Pitts hnrg News. Irvlnir Dida't Read. Sir ' Henry Irving appeared at the Theater Royal. Edinburgh, in 1857. and two years later he went to Linlith gow to give a reading there He was delighted to see his name in big letters on the posters on arriving in the-town. He went to the ball, bnt there was no crowd there in fact, the caretaker had not urrived. having forgotten all alxir.t the reading. Irving went in search of him. and things were got ready; 8:30 o'clock arrived bnt no one caina to the hall uot even a small boy. In recalling the incident Sir Henry was wont to ay, "1 never slept better than I did that night" -isXi Ita alaral F.lTect. "How many of these sheep got out of hereY" asked the angry farmer. '.'I don't know," replied tbe new hired man. rubbing his eyes. "After I'd watched five or sis of 'em jump over the fence I seemed to lose the Count That alwavs puts me to sleep. " -m. aoaav Smart Little Girl. A little girl who has jast entered school jubilantly annonnced to ber fa. ther that she li3d U-aten all the girls, above her in the arithmetic class and gone to the top. "lout was clever of yon, said he enconrng'ngly- "now was it?" "W ell, you see. tbe teacher asked tha girl at the head how much was 8 and 6, and she didn't know and 6aid 12. and the nest girljaid 9, and the next one said 11, and the next one said 14. Such silly answers! Then the teacher asked me. and I said 13. and she told me to go top. 'Course it was 13." "That was nice," said the father. "I didn't think you could add so welL How did you know it was 13?" "Why. I guessed it. Nobody said 13." Pearson's Weeklv. The Llbeloaa "They Say." The one term "thev mi" i r.in.-,r.. Bible for nine tenths of the lies which repetition ami familiarity finally con vert into seemingly bona fide evidence. One nsnallv hears an exciting l,it . gossip launched forth with these words. While at the Same time th arventer. adroitly shields bet self by declaring that personally she does not know it to be true. The man or woman who thni screens himself or herself ia nothing short of a cq ward Josephine Hill in Wcman's Home Companion. farreat Llteratare, ''Yon are nreDarimr a new edition iJ your popular novel." said the calkr. ."4 aiq. fepiieu tne novelist ''WelL I have a nrorHmitiou bv which 1 , - W"e may both make money. Where yon sav. ':-be k-laed her bos to his. whv not add 'rising Stycker's celebrated glueT' "Philadelphia North Ameri can. 'Do trouble wif some men dat knows heap, " said Undo Ebon, "is dat dey Lab bech a jxisitive way o' tellin it dat dey makes Mkj too mad to listen." Washington Star. "Many a man." once said Phillips r.rookx "can say. 'I did the things my father t U me, but the man I am my mother mado me. ' " 'That Train Diia't Sts?-" An j;nllJimifi travsjling la Mtry land bad c 'salon to invef tlite. tbe ruanin lini of the trains that passevj tbr-i,'!i ibe sin ill phvw where bo was stopping. Carefully searching a time-table, be found apparently that there would be an express traiudtieat 4 o'clock that afternoon. The Eng-li.-.hinao wis ou time with hi? grip, tic, and o was tbe express train. Tbe Intending pusenger watchei It ap proach and thunder by tbe station at t; speed. Tbe traveler wad an uoyed, aud, turning to a colored ma who sVwvl near, remarked: "That train didn't stop!" "No, air," replied tie cdored citizen, ev'n ben'tate." cheerfully, ' "dida't John Quier, wbo died lu fluglan recently in bis eighty-nrtu year, spe Mfty-tlve consecutive years of Ms lite prison, whither be wan sent in 1S4J fo attempted murder. . He was found to be mentally Irresponsible, aud was or dered to be confined during her Mj esty a pleasure. Hid death w as due senile decay. Why They Wanted the Beans. to "Pleas, sir," said one of the small twins ad they entered the grocery, "we want a cent's worth of beans." "What do you waut them for?' asked the grocer. " 'Cause our mamma's gone out, and she told us not to swallow any beans while she was gone, and we cau t hnd any ia the house," was the reply. Chicago News. The late Senator Morrill, of Vermont, was as careful of the public property as if he bought and paid for it out of bis own private purse. He always care fully untied aud saved the piece of red tape with which his mail was secured, and his committee room was conse quently the only one which never made a requisition for tape. Australian newspapers report tbe complete disappearance of Metis Island, which as late as 1S!J projected 150 feet above the ocean. Pain Conquered; Health Rc stored by LydiaE. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound. - letter to his. rixKBaa ao. $2,644 " I feel it my duty to write and thank you for wbat your Vegetable Coin pound has done for me. it ia the only medicine I have ftind that has done me any good. Before taking your medi eine, I was all run down, tired all the time, no appetite, pains in my back and bearing down pains and a great suf-fere-r during menstruation. Aftertak ing two bottles of Lydia E. I'inkbam's Vegetable Compound I felt like a new woman. I am now on my fourth bottle and all my pains have left rue. I feel lietter than I bave felt for three years and would recommend your Compound to every suffering woman. 1 hope this letter will help others to find a enre for their troubles." Mas. Dm. a, REMICHLR, KtN SSEIAi.il, I5D. Tbe serious ills of women develop from neglect of early symptoms. Every pain and ache has a cause, and the warning they give should not be disre garded Mrs. Pinkbam understands these troubles better than any local phy sician and will give every woman free advice who is puzzled aliout ber health. Mrs. Pinkham's address is l ynn, Mass. Don't put off wntinguntil health is completely broken down Write at the fint indication of trouble. Croup instantly relieved. Dr. Thomas Eclectrij OiL Perfectly safe. Never fail?. "At any drug store. OMERSET MARKET KKPOKT COBKKCTKD WCKKLV BY Cook & Beerits, Wednesday, Jan. is,t&9. ba. .50-7 A rtrt I ia (evaporated b l:k Appl e iuiter.per jjal .. J to : I roll, per B , .... ,, ,,. r BotUr. fresh kn(4 per fc :t crvjt uifrj , per a . mm Beeswax per ,, ,, & .eouniry nam, per HI u la J uirr cured uani, per ft ' side, per t R lo N -shoulder, per .... .,, ip 10 ! Bacon 1 LUnia, per I,,, lareeu. per I) I.n vouee. 1 p. t, IotJ I iwie 1, pr . .. . l 1 1 l , C umberland, per obi tl.vt) to l.J I Portland, per bl.. f-loo to .u leal, per . ls, pet do I n ake herring. H IZIat, ? Ce n Corn men UL.h W U,.. L (Whhl nr s tan. ae nemng. bu" '"jo fcTi Honey, white clover.pei J Lard, per b 7 to lo. Lime, per bbl. Jl.i Molaimeat, N. O., per gisl... o Onions, per bus 7"i to tl.O Potatoes, per bus ivhi Peacliea, evaporated, per b s U lu Prune, per b g Ui lu 1 . tMr mil 1.1 PHltibung, per bbl Dairy, bus aacks. Salt, " S - " 5u 4 bua sacks , pi ground alum. 1st) t saick.- , maple, per D 6toSr Sugar. iiunim;f-iiivirrr a ... white. A. ner b m . rrxuulHted, per b . a .. . Cube or pulverized, per b A per anl as Syrup. , , a w lo Stoneware, galloo Tkllow. per b ."sto ': In. gar. peranl '.0 k iiuiouiy.per Dua. clover, per bus 4 . 0 8eeda. - cnniwHi, per oua. 4JQ 1 ninia, per ou. K .n . A " uyJ'' P' bu i.ie. Millet Uermnn, per bua. 1 I barley, white beardleaa, per buil 12. I hklAKwliMit r 1. ... r . aofcoa. per oils : Grain i corn shelled, per bua. IS tO 4 H. ' s fjr una. .., . rye, per bua . wheat, per bus . bran, per lOu ba .... com and oala chop, per 100 dour, roller proceaa.per bbl. " spring paieni and blirh grade flour, lower s-rade per i)ba (5 to:c .ioc Ssrr w bs .- ..S.1) fanrjr . M --. .lli;l.j A Peed Flour. umjii I white. Per luu Iba I red. per 100 t,Z .Snc SOC CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch. HOKTHWAKD. Johnstown Mall Express. Rnrkwood 11:10 a. m., .somerset 1 1::, MUiyeeUiwn lttt,xioov ersvllld Ltd, Johnstown I M0 p. ro. Johnstown Accommodation. Rock wood Ma p. m., somerset 9 BUiyeiownrtjui, Uuov-enivllleti.-lS, Johnstown 7.ii. SOUTHWARD. - Mall Johnstown g:H0 a.an., HooTersvllle ouiveatown rjn, noioeret iu Muck wood ltkJU. Express. Johnstown i30 p. m Hooverrvl'tte ai sioyenowo ia, somerset Ifcji Bock, wood Dally. F. D. UVDERWlaon D. B. MARTIN. tknejal Manner. raiweiiger Traffic Manager, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. CABTgRM TaaOaBh TIUJ. IN EFFECtTuxE 27, 1293. Trailni aVPfnlCa tl nt Aswwtan nat sv. a I . - - . a-r. 4M-a IU- sf.UOU ft L VbTVAlI, Western Einrnaa. . 4-SS Southwestern Kjpren a. m. loriflkLOWn AnuimnunliiLi.iii .luhnstown rrio nn.l.ir.n a'.a e. ay maaeriger . j Pittsburg txpreas 4 m Stall ..T"5-tl Kbsi Line "' " JobnaUiwo A 000m nioda Him --io Imrwiaiv. p. m. .itianuc r.xprea H-hore fc.it prena AlUiona Accommodation.. Iiy Kxpreaa ......, Main Line fc.pre!-a,.... :tTna AcrMiuimodalloo. Mali kxhireaa - 4:48 a. nv. - S :J4 - . 8tJ ..10-15 Johnstown Accommodation .LbM p. ta 1 s nyders E EE It: it rcsaircs a good selected stock aad a neatly arranged ator : room to do a brLsk basioes a. VE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. Pnro nnio-Q S I U1C iylUgO C 1 1 1 nlftnn 2 frc.-h and good condition. ST 2 . , - S Prncirintinn 5 1 ICobilUlIUll Cn. A we are sure to bate it. Yon g r l T rnrvrlc UpllCaluOOUO Trusses Fitted. All of tbe kept ia stock. Satisfaction JOHN N. rrug-i.-t. t-. Louther's Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. ThisHcdsl Dmg Stcrgis Rapidly Bsccsiiiig a fait Favorite iti Peopls in Search, cf FBESH . ASD . PURE . DBUGS, Medicines, Iye-Stuffs, Sponges, Tniset, supporter. Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c thb nocroa oivsa ramsosAi. attihtiox tothi coatrocitDiss or Louilier's PrescriptionsiFamily Receipts eKKAT CAKS BKIHS TAKZH TO CSS OULI FRXSH AUD PC B.I AKT1CLI8. SPEGTACLES, EYE-GLASSES. A.nd a Full Line of Optical Goods alway3 on hand. From surf large assortment all can be suited. TBE FfflEST BBAHDS OF CIGABS Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our goo to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us ox elsewhere. J. H. LOUTHER F.1. D. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. Pi Somerset Lumber Yard ELIAS CTJlSrNIEsrGIIJil, MAHrFACTOmBK AXD DKAUtX AJtS WSOI.HHII A I'D RlTAILKB OF Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Soft Woods. Oak, Poplar, Siding. Walnnt, Yellow Pine. Flooring. Cherry, Shingles. Doors. Lath, White Pine Blinds, . general line of all grades of Lumber and Building aterial and RooHng :U k-pl stock. Alan, can furnish anything tn the lino of our business to order with rtswo" ble promptness, sucb.aa Bracketa, odd-slsed,workJetr. Elias Cunningham, Office aad Yard Opposite 8. C K. B. NEARLY Fifty-eight Years Old!!! It's a loc(t life, but devotion to ths tru Yw, interentn and prosperity of 'he America" 7 -- l'eople has won for it new friends as th t. ; ,,r t years rolled tv and the original mem tiers of acknowledged the country over as the leading National Family Newspaper. Recognizing ita valuo to Ohm who desire all tbe news of the State and Nation. tb publisher of TilKSoMKiisirr IIkraLD, (your own favorite home paper) has entered into an aliUnce with "The New-York Tribune" which enables them to furnish bt pspera at the trifling cost of fi oo per year. Kvery farmer and every villager owes to himself, to his family, and to tbe com munity in which he lives a cordial support of his local newspaper, a it works "'" Unt!y and pntirincly for his interesU in every wsy. brir t- to his home :i news aud happening of hitt neighhorhotHT, the doiugs of his friend, the cimditi' and prospects for dilfereut ropa, the price in borne market, and. in fact. wirekly vUitor which should be found iu Just think of it! B-ith of thee papers Hind all orJers to THE HERALD. tSMCSStT. PA. IT WILL PAT YOTJ TO BUT TOUR Jleraorlal Work VYEV.. F. SHAFFER, SO.M SlRwET. PKNJf A. ManutWtun-r of and DeaJer in Eastern Work Fu'ulhhrtd on Short Nolle MiEBii m emu igi AImo, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE! Prwi. In need of Monument Work 1 oi-t It t tb?lr interiMt to call at my ho where a proper showing wiil be given t:m ra-;i-. i;--. t : n-ii:;;iln ?rr cv, ; rl ' " ' ' 1 t uiia jjjUI tl-T:ijat tbe White Bnt, Or Para line Monurrt- ts. prodivel bf Rv. W. A. Ring, as a decide imnrove nit in the point of MiTerla' an oniilru-tlon.snd which ia destined t. b in i. - vf m n .-it fo- our chang ab.ecl mate. Give ua a call. Pharmacy. 1 make u a 40 ieeP mJ large line of Drugs in a PQre, Tn tllH VQV fif -3 Ia tho waj of 3 . 3 P"uuu'usr uuticfiitj Anything not advertided, ask for it a ' are always sure of getting tue Lest 3 Glasses fitted to suit the eves 3 Call andjiave your eyes tested best and most approved Truces guaranteed. 4 3 SNYDER, SOMERSET, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' i Pickets, Mould!. Sash. Star Rail. Balusters. Chentunt, Newel Posts, Etf. SlaUoa, SOMEKSEt iu family paxxed ti their reward, aud lb admirers are loyal and steadfast to day. wUh faith In its teaching, and couridem in the infurination which it brinfr ln thfir homes and firtside-t. As a natural i-onsfquenoe it ei'j"ys in " old age all tbe vitality aud vigor of its you'n. strengthened and ripened by the experieoi of over half a century. It ba lived on its merits, and on t!ie cf" dial support of progressive Anierii-st-'s. It ia "The Sew-York Weekly Tribune." every wide-awake, progresaive fann y. t.ronly $100ayer. rt'Tl-,m . rACT!ClLLT llMitU ataiiis. &ur Twit id t rMs (O SF.TIT3 .v- i r-H Ovcr SCO ff Send"' Beautiful I. U Price tM Oesigna. I Circular- J.X rnuareiptiia Kip a Fast Lino . - - ' Vm. F. Shaffar.
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