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NUMBER 1G.
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-.ri . its wondcrtul action on blood, tiue
tf-rvo t.y a most marked improvement from
l.'ir rirtt :.'-..
Dr-nri's ELiiaJsion of Cod Liver Oil 's especially
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a:,,l vrot.il .-us swellings, glandular enlargements,
an.: rr.f .i-iiiic ilisf.tes of clnltlhooI. For dys
p. ;.ik an ! n. rotis cr -nditions, loss of flesh, dis
turrii -E--'P and muht sweats, it is a perfert Cure.
Drvii's Eaiulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the very
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lf l.tr ujui, -iore and blcedinc throat, hoarse -n-
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ne.l:iv I f-xizi'i a little book called 'Guide
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fouti.l nut tvii.it ailod uie. S. I wrotn to
i t. ;t-t a lovely ret.ly. told mo just wliat to
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LYO!lE.FiSKHAM'ScvoX
tnr.jHerial tliose weaknesses ami ailment j
n u vint with the sex, mid restores ier-
Ir. t liealtll.
Ail Iruji;:5ts sell it as ntanlar1 artl-
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Li'ehe. on roeeijit of 51.00.
K..r tlie cure of Kilney Complaint.
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From Pole to Pole
!"i ."iBSAPARiLLA has demonstrated Its
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The Harpooner's Story.
Sew I:.-J ford, June J, 18S3.
T'. J. C. Atir & t'o. Twenty years a?o I
Urpooer in tlie North l'at'ifie, when rive
siLrra i,i n cr'w and niyiilf were laid np with
rtrvr. ur bodies were bloated, gum swollen
a: 1 teeth loose, purple blotches all
wu, am' ,ur I reath iHmed rotten. Take it
fcy 1 large. w wrre pretty badly off. All om
tii. ; a -fidentally destroyed, hat the
e.:u.n hl r.mnle d.aen bottles of ATtR'l
uiinuut sua rive us that. We recor
'"i t,a n j ,i. k. r t!-in I have ever seen men
" I ab..ut by any oihrrtr. aunentforHcnrry,
r 1 I've fc-ra a r vi deal of it. Heeinif no men
n :n y ur A !rntnae of your f arsaparilla being
I i ! r . "jrry. I thought you ot'Kbt to know of
mn -lJ v.iu 'he fm-w.
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The Trooper's .Experience.
M in, i-, ,u:c. ;a n, s. Africa.) if arch ', J H9S.
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f -r srt;i.rrila. We save beet; stationed
t'rtf .,. r twi veaxs, daring which time we
kl lo live la teaw. Beia under eanvaa fc
- h a tin., i.rrasht on he. is called in this
f -Li.-y -(ellt-ores." J had those sores foe
t. t n.. I n advised to take yonrSarmsv
fr i, . )....,., f whiih made my "on
! i r r: . i: , aod I am n.w quite well.
I. r':j i, T. K. B.iDtX,
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Ayer's Sarsaparilla
" r.r - '.v.- rf.nchly effeerhre blood-pnrifler,
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M-r urj, and Contagious Ilscase
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CARTER'S
Kittle
3 LIVER
m pills.
Rd TJeadacho end relieve all tlio tronblea fncf.
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Xiizmtrss, Nausea. lrowHinoss. lJiatnwa after
eatiop. 1'ain in tuo Sil, Arc Whilo IheirluoaS
reumikablo Euccens baa been shown ia cuxlog
Heaaaeho, yrt Carter's Littlo Liver Pinil are)
equally valuable in Conatif .at ion . coring and pr
v. -ntixig tliiaannoyinRCOuiplaiut.wbilo they ales
correct alldinortluraof theptoiuaohtimnlatotba
Arlether trr.tild !oalrnoetpr!cclrsstnthonewha
enfiVr from lhis(:u.tnss!n(; complaint; butfortn
tatoty theire.-HMlu&Bsdocd notoud here.an.lthoso
Khooncetry tlicm will and these lit tie r.illsvala
sMo in aouiany ways that they will not bo wil
ling to do withont them. But after allsick head
Is the bane of so many lives that bero Is whore
via make oar great boast. Our pillacuroit while
ethers do not.
Carter's Littlo TJver Pills are vry small an 4
ve ry easy to t-'.kc. One or two pills makoa dose.
Tlii y are strictly vepetable and do not gripe or
rurr. but by their pentln action please all who
uso;iicui. In vialsat 25cents ; live for $L. Sold
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iOJLS! OILS!
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HALL b hair
The great fKiularitv of this preparation,
mf ter its tesr of many years, should be an
swsuranee, even to the most ekeptiral, that
it is reallv merit orioiw. Those who have
used Hall's Hair Kexewkr know that
it does all that is claimed.
It causes new prowth of hair on bald
y,ead provided the hair follicles are not
lead, which is seldom the ease: restores
natural color to gray or faded hair; pre
serves the scalp healthful aud clear of
dandruff; prevents the hair falling off or
chanini? color; keeps It soft, pliant, lus
trous, and causes it to grow long and
thick.
Hall's Haih Renkwer produces Its
effects by the healthful influence of its
vejretable injrredienLs, which invigorate
and rejuvenate. It is not a dye, and ij
delightful article for toilet use. Con
taining no alcohol, it does not evap
orate quicklv and dry up the natural oil.
leaving the'hair harsh and brittle, as do
ether preparations.
Buckingham Dye
POB TBI
WHISKERS
Colors them brown r black, as desired,
and is the best dye, because it Is harmless ;
produces a permanent natural color; and,
being a inr:e preparation, is more con
venient of application than any other.
runuD bt
: B P. HALL & CO, Kaahatv, K. H.
Sold by all Deal era in Medicinaa. ,
Liniment
ANY OTHs
STRICTLY
For XJso.
Droi.ped on snu-ar sutfeiiiisr children love to
tnte IlT Every Mother should have it in the
house tt uui;k.1v Ttlic-vt-s and cures all aches
and pains, asthma, btonchr.is, colds, coufihs.
cat irrh. cat.. chaps, chilblains, colic, cholera
morbus, earache, lieadnche. hooping- cough,
iniiiiniiiatio... U fctippc. latuciit.s, iiiunips.
muscular soreness, licuraluta. nrrvons head
ache, l 'hesmatism, b'tes. burns, bruises, straius.
spmins. stints, swellings, stiff joints, sore throat,
sore limits, toothache, tonsilitis mid wind colic.
Originated m imo bv the late lr. A. Johnson,
Family Physician. "its merit and n Hence
have satisfied evervbodv br nearlv a century.
AH who use it are amazed a I its wonderful power.
It is safe. sthiii;. satisfying; so sav sick,
sensitive sufferers. l-s,.,l Internal nnd External.
Tho rvor sitrnature and uir.-lsicl every llka.
III'tM l iilU- tree. S..1.I . v.-ry Ib h-. rn.v,r.rta
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171)4.
Policies written at short noic Id the
OLD RELIABLE 1 iETNA"
a. ml other t'lrMt t'orapaalei.
T, W. DICK,
;tir.NT IOK THE
old nvirrioiir
FIRE INSURANCE COM V.
OOMMENOKIl Hl'SlNKrtS
. 1794.
Khenar.nrK..lnly vt.lHN'i
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HEAD
1
jo
CQIIOER
ft Tumors ClKKIl . no knHa
tMHik Irw. Ira. i;a.Ti4sv A Hush
. ajiw kL. caiwniasl
LITTLE -lix bUN wON NtT.
Every niorniu, just about citrbt,
I.iitlo Pi. it; Su .t-ounel ois.-u i the gate,
An.l. u tin bi-eUt l upon her arm,
1 ru.lr'. s .iv. y lioi.t grau ip. a farm.
1 bete are rwjl.iis. unJ upp:es, uud butter
and bread.
Tucked away beneath that shining lid:
And a dear, lit lc. childish, turly head
Under tbe sucil onnct s crowu is hid.
Ol). it Is lonesome at houie ail day;
The saue,- kiiten ret uses to play;
Nolmdy sini-'iiis aixiut the place;
Nobodv co is u ; tlie du; to race.
No little set on the f r'sh-scrut'bod floor,
llrcikiug to ca-s Kraii-iui.l's rule.
Oh. it is sa 1 when sumui'T is o'er:
Little Pink Sunbonnet starts to school.
Little girls (rrow. of course tbey should.
Soon to a beautiful womanhood.
Then from the door, some hanpy day.
Dear little maiden will po away.
It Is not strange we should think ot this.
When, in the nii.rninDf. bright aud cool,
Not for?ettit!(r a fooJ-bv kiss.
Little l'it.k r.unbonnt't foes to schooL --Mariennc
Ileatt.n. in Uotsl liousekeeping.
"NUMRER SIXTEEN."
A Romance of Wild Lifa in the
; Canadian Northwest.
' A few evenings a.jro the writer and
reveral fri-n.ils were eozily nestled
:t round the fire. One of the company
was a medical man who h:td spent
t wt'l ve years or so in the Canadian
Xorth west territories. Outside the at
mosphere nns chillj, and the indica
tions favored eolder weather.
"If you could be transportexl from SL
John to the prairies on such a day" as
we bail to-day," remarked the doctor,
' an. I wvre ignorant of the chunifes that
:i few hours bring1 in tliat climate, two
Mirpi-ises would greet you. t Ttwiay yti
oliseiTi" 'dotted iu counties - niim-U-rs
iivor tlie vast stretches of .prairie
t.ltiices r sinall ponds whose placid,
waters won hi remi id you of so" many
tuiri-ors set in rustic frames.
"Timorrow morning," as yon ajyain
lis.k-sl over the pr:iiries. the whole face
of the country would seem to : Ik
elianged. -Protrudlnff from every sluice
you would see cones made of grass, etc.
These are the winter houses of 'the
musUrat reared, finished anil oeeupied
in a single night; as if these fragrant,
little creature's possessed the power of
the Wizard I'anerates. it
"That night the sluices would be
sure to freeze, and the muskrats would
live in peaee until the spring, when the
Indians make their- rounds, plunge the
spear down through the cones, and
thus capture numbers of the occupants.
The rats are. in prime order in the
spring after their long resL The flesh
is eaten and the tkins are taken care of
Toy the squaws. (
"itiese skins, as weil as all others,
are a, kind of legal tender, and it's a
common occurrence for the Indian' to
visit a store", make hbs porcha.se. take a
bundle of ratskins from under his
arm, and count them out as five-cent
pieces.
'The Indian department displays
much energy to suppress smallpox,
which often creates havoc among the
natives of the plains. Doctors arasent
out rvgularjy to vaccinate the Indians.
The doctor makes his rounds with tbe
agent who pays the lountTes. A large
tent is pitched, and the. tribe is re-;
quested to appear. The stipulation is
that all must le vaecinated before re
ceiving tlie money.
"The Indians are distinguished by
autnlers as well as names, and, as they,
are paid so much per head, every mein
Ut of a fa'nily must be produced an.i
pass thro.ih the agent's tent l!e
fore Wing paid those requiring it are
vaccinated.
"One tiny," said the doctor, "I was
vaccinating a trilw of Crees, when a
woman approached with a couple of
children. She had a rich, melodious
voice, with a Scotch accent. When she
sjmko I stopped for a moment ami told
her to step into the next tent and I
would attend to h. r in a few moments.
I saw she was not a squaw, ami thought
she was vhe wife of it Hudson's Hay
company employe who wanted to get
vaccinated at the expense of the fov
ernment. "While I was ppeaking the clerk
shouted out: 'No. Id.' and the woman
said in a low voice: 'I am No. 1J. She
bureil her arm, and both she and the
children were attended to. She passed
on. received her bounty, and then out
among the herd of Indians.
"The face and voice of that woman
haunted me the rest of the day while I
tccpt scratching the arms of braves,
squaws, and pappooses.
"At last the day's work was over and
instruments laid aside. After supper I
set ;i!xut to satisfy my curiosity as to
the hfstoi-y of No. lrt. A few inquiries
enabled me to locate the shack where
she put up. and thither I bent my way.
"The shack, I may say, is a small hut.
built of clay or mud. A tire can be
made iu the shack. The place is so
constructed that the squaw stands the
sticks of worn I on their ends so that
the fire is fed as if from a self-feeder.
No. It! related to me how and why she
ix-ctipied the shack. It was rather a
romantic story, but yet one full of Bad
ness from beginning to end.
" '.My father.' said No. IB, in a voice
full of pathos, 'is a Scotchman, and is
factor of Fort Telley, belonging to the
Hudson's ' Hay company. Hefore the
northwest territories were taken over
he ruled the country for hundreds of
mites around. He was a magistrate,
too, and of course administered the
law.'
"When No. 16 reached a certain age
she was sent to Scotland in one of the
company's ships, which leave for New
York or Fort Nelson a couple of times
each year. This was no easy trip in
those days. For hundreds of miles she
had to cross prairies, and then by ca
noe ami other conveyances, the great
rivers were traversed until Hudson's
bay was readied, where embarkation
txk place. It took some months to do
this.
"When Scotland was reached she en
tered a nniversity and remained there
until she graduated. These were pleas
ant days for the young western girL
She liecame acquainted with an intel
ligent young Scotchman, and the at
tachment became so strong on both
sides that Wfore she left the land of
heather for the wilds of Canada they
hail plighted vows.
"One of the company's ships bore her
away from her pleasant associations in
Scotland to the higher latitudes of
liuvis straits and the ' Hudson's bay
where the iceberjf is familiar in Ail
gust, there again to rough it over fords
aud stretches of bwampti, up vast wa
ter courses, and along bewildering
trails, in company witn Ue trappers
and porters of the company, for months,
until Fort I'elley was attain reached.
"The journey was nuule in safety.
Of course it was understood that her
young Scotch lover would leave the
land of cakes and follow her to the
northwest, where she pictured to her
self the kind reception he would re
ceive from her parents, and where the
battle of life would be commenced in
' the married state. Hut this dream was
never to lie realized. Aye, the polden
web was to be shattered before it was
nearly completed.
"After due time the father was in
formed of her attachment to the young
man in Scotland, of her intention to
marry him, and how he was coming
out for that purpose. The father be
came angry and would notconsenL He
already had a husband chosen for her.
The person was an employe of the
company, and was stationed at Fort
Garry.
"Here was an obstacle that she did
not count upon. She debated the sub
ject with her father and finally as
serted her prerogative of accepting as
her husuan d the man she had chosen,
while the father was just as determines!
that she should marry the man he had
chosen.
"Thus matters stood for a long time.
It was impos sibie for her to let the
young i man in Scotland know how
matters were. In the meantime, how
ever, he had determined to reach the
north wesL
' lie came out to Chicago, and from
there made his way to Fort Garry,
where he joined a party who were go
ing to Fort I'elley. The journey be
tween the two forts some three hnn
drvd or four hundred miles was made,
but his reception at Fort I'elley was a
cold one. The father would not allow
him to see his daughter. He was or
dered to leave the country at once.
This order was supreme and had to be
oleyed.
"He could not reside in the country
an hour without the factor's knowl
edge. Even if he could there was no
means for a young man like him to
gain a livelihood. The forts held all
the necessaries of life and none could
Ix: purchased elsewhere. Then, again,
there was thedanger of being killed by
straggling bands of Indians.
"With reluctance he turned his back
to Fort I'elley and all it contained
that was dear to him. He retraced his
step: as best he could, and reached the
btirder of the Fnited States, where all
trace of him was lost forever, so far as
No. Irt was concerned.
"l!y some means she learned that
her transatlantic lover had been in the
country, the reception he had received,
and how he had been banished by her
father. This, of course, caused her a
good ileal of grief, and consequently
widened the breach between herself
and father.
-At this time Fort Pelley contained
a large numWr of employes Wlonging
to the Hudson's Hay company, and the
factor lived like a baron of feudal
times. Meals were served in a large
hall, while butlers attended to the or
dinary duties.
"One morning, after the factor and
his retinue had taken their places at
the breakfast table, it was noticed
that the daughter's chair was vacant
The mother was asked the reason, and
she replied that the girl was ill and
was unable to leave her room.
"The father, suspecting that she hail
heard of his actions toward the young
Scotchman and that she was feigning
sickness, determined to show her he
was Lot to be trifled with. The mother
was requested tt) tell her to come down,
and the daughter obeyed the summons.
"When she entered the hall it was
quite evident that she had recently
been weeping. The father, letlinu' his
passion get the better of decorum, up
braided his daughter before the em
ployes, using the most harsh language
toward the young Scotchman.
"For a time the daughter listened to
him meekly, but the climax was reached
where patience ceased to Ins a virtue.
She arose, ami, tossing bock her loose
hair, stood before him in defiance.
Looking straight at her father, she
said with much bitterness and deter
mination: 'liefore forty-eight hours I
will disgrace you. With that she
rushed from the dining hall. The
meal proceeded, and afterward the
employes went about their usual voca
tions. "The father thoueht the affair of the
morning would soon quiet down as far
as his daughter was concerned, and
eventually she would come around to
his way of thinking. Hut he was mis
taken. The young woman left tbe forL It
was no use for her to try to leave the
country, for she was too far away from
civilization, and she also knew that
none of the employes dare assist her.
She therefore made her way to a tribe
of Cree Indians. It did not take her
long to make up her mind what to do.
It was a terrible sacrifice, but she was
determined to thwart her father's
plans, and in order to do this she tie
came the 'pale-faced squaw' of a full
blooded Cree.
"Although, with her husband, she
often encamped near the fort, her
father never noticed her afterward.
Her mother used to send her articles
from the fort, but that was the only
intercourse she had with her parents.
In order to distinguish her husband
and family she had them assume the
name of McLeod.
"The woman's story affected me
very much," said the speaker, "and I
was glad when my work was over, but
the sacrifice No. Irt made has never left
my memory." St. John Globe.
A Kuatie I initiation.
A countryman who hail loitered into
an Episcopal church one Sunday morn
ing was surprised to observe that many
of the worshipers, after seating them
selves, bowed their heads for a few iuo
ments against the back of the pew in
front of theiu.
"I never see that done before," he
"explained, "but I wa'n't goin' ter be
out of the fashion, so I jest ducked
mine down too."
"You mean that you indulged in si
lent prayer," suggested a listener.
"Well, skursely." was the reply. "I
counted ten." Judjfe.
"Pa," asked a small boy, thought
fully; "what is regret money?" "Never
heard of it, my son," answered his pa.
"Well, pa, I read in the paper the oth
er day, 'AH regret money squandered,
and I thought you might get me a little
to squander." II is pa is still thinking
about it.
ONCE IM AWHILE.
Once In awhile the sun shines out.
And the arching skies are m perfect blue:
Once la awhile und clouds of doubt
Faith's fairest stars come peeping through.
Our paths lead down by the meadows fair
Where tbe sweetest blossoms nod and smile:
And we lay aside our erosa of can
Once In awhile.
Once in awhile within our own
We feel tbe hand of a steadfast friend;
Once la awhile we bear a tone
Of love with tbe heart's own voloe to blend.
An t the dearest of all our dreams come true,
And on life's way is a golden mile:
Each thirsting Mower is kissed with dew.
Once in awhile.
Once in awhile In the desert sand
We And a spot of tbe fairest green:
Once in awhile from where we stand
The hills of Paradise are seen.
Aud a perfect joy iu our hearts we hold,
A joy that the world cunuot deOle;
We trade earth's dross for the purest gold.
Once lo awhile.
Nixon Waterman. In Youth's Companion.
ONLY MAGGIE.
But She Was the Gem of the
Household.
The two words, "'only Maggie," were
a sort of by-word in the Clements fam
ily, where the young lady rejoicing in
the baptismal appellation of Margaret
was considered somewhat inferior in
all respects to the three elder sisters.
Miss Nora Clements was. artistic.
Miss Georgina Clements was musical,
and her hours were spent executing in
tricacies upon the piano. Miss Cordelia
Clements was a beauty.
Maggie, the youngest, was simply a
cheerful, good-tempered, industrious
girl, who aimed at no special display of
either beauty or talent, but was quite
content to be handmaiden for the
others.
Howard, the only brother, and the
eldest of the family, was a physician
and the head of the household, the
father aud mother being dead. There
was wealth enough to make a pleasant
home w hen the separate incomes were
combined, aud Howard . would have
been most unwilling to see his sisters
leave him for any but a home and hus
band of their own.
"We can all live comfortably to
gether," he would say, "but you have
not enough to live upon without work
ii you leave the house we own among
ue."
' At first the two older girls were quite
anxious to figure as a great artist and
musician, but finally hey allowed their
brother to have his oV a way.- -
The young doctor was very proud of
bis sisters and their various att ractions,
and when his warm friend and fellow
student, Paul Goddard. appeared to
make him a short, visit, he lead him from
the oflico into the house adjoining it,
delighted at the prospect of showing
off the girls to a city gentleman. j
A tour of inspection in the drawing- i
room preceded the actual introduction.
Thus: 1
"This scene upon the Catskill moun
tains was -painted ; by my eldest sister,
i'anl. We sient the Hummer there for
the express purpose of allowing Nora
to make sketches " .
"Very fine." murmured Paul, trying
his best to admire the mountains.
"And the music is Georgina's.
Georgina is Sig. Skwallinni'a best
pupil." ;
"A great talent," Paul murmured
again.
"And this." continued Howard, open
ing the photograph album, "is Cor
delia." He added no more, aud truly the
face was sufficiently beautiful to need
no eommeuL Paul spoke cordially:
"What a beautiful face! Who is this
opposite your sister, Howard?"
"That is Magg-ie. She is my young
est sister."
"And does she paint or sing?"
Oh. no. Maggie has no talent and
no beauty. She is a good little thing.
Hut come to your room. Dinner will
be ready at six."
"So Maggie is housekeeper," thought
Paul. a& he looked around the tasteful
apurtment assigned to him. "1 think
Miss Maggie eertainly has something
of her sister's artistic eye. How ex
quisitely those flowers are arranged
and how cool and fresh it U here, after
a hot, dusty ride."
Seeking the drawing-room again. Paul
found the artistic sister contemplating
the scene from the back windows with
rapt enthusiasm.
"Mr. Goddard," she said, advancing
to meet him.
Paul made the necessary speech of
gratification, wondering if it was the
brown of the Catskill mountains that
was daubed so extensively upon the
skirt of Miss Nora's blue dress, and if it
was artistic meditation that hail made
her pin her collar crooked, and forget
her cuffs altogether. She launched at
once into a Wwildering sea of techni
calities, and called upon Paul to admire
enVcts of cloud and shadow, light and
foliage, from the back window, till he
felt like a reprieved prisoner upon the
entrance of another sister, who was in
troduced as "my sister Cordelia."
The beauty was superb. Every curl
of her glossy brown hair was arranged
for effect. Her creamy complexion was
heightened by a dress of soft. white
muslin, with tiny green leaves scattered
over iL She" bowed with languid
grace, but sat as if actually afraid to
move, for fear of disarranging any fold
of her faultless costume. Georgina ap
peared as the bell rang and Georgina
spoke but little. It made her hoarse to
be always talkiug.
Paul was inwardly resolving to cut
his visit very short, when Howard
opened the door of the dining-room
and introduced:
".My sister, Maggie."
She was not pretty; she was not artis
tic nor musical; but she was charming,
to Paul s eyes, in five minutes. Her
dress fitted her graceful little figure
perfectly; her collar and cuffs were
white aud smooth; her hair was dressed
carefully and becomingly; she was ex
quisitely neat.
Not f earing for her voice, she chatted
gayly and pleasantly; not being auxious
about her dress, she moved gracefully
and freely; and having no specialty of
talent, she could talk senaibly about
the various topics her brother and his
friend started. .
Dinner passed off pleasantly. Paul
conculded that if Maggie was house
keeper her dinner certainly did her
crediL
A week passed away, and Paul found
himself groaning' in spirit over the
Misses Clements. He had wandered in
search of the picturesque with Nora,
had sacrificed gloves and hoots in the
pursuit of wonderful boughs and inac
cessible flowers. He had listened to
Georgina till his ears fairly ached, ami
he was divided in his own mind as to
whether the performer or the listener
deserved the most pity. He had ad
mired Cordelia in every variety of cos
tume, iu every effective attitude; had
seen her eyes raised, and the long
lashes of the drooping lids; and mar
veled at the whiteness of her hands, at
the profusion of her curling hair; hail
considered her a beauty, a weariness,
and a burden of spirit
But be could find but little time to
speak to Maggie. He saw the evidences
of her industry and taste in every de
tail of housekeeping; knew whose skill
directed the servauts, whose finders
filled the flower vases, whse eyes
were everywhere. Hut the very per
fection of all these arrangements kept
the little woman too busy for many
idle momeuts, and in the evenings the
older sisters were all-engrossing.
Two months had passed and insteati
of June roses ear.y fall fruits and flow
ers were abuudant at M.issvale when
Paul Goddard passed again through
the village and called at Dr. Clemeuts'
office.
"I am so sorry," said Howard, as he
cordially shook his friend by the hand.
"All the girls are away. Uncle James
invited them to pass a month at the
White mountains, and they deserted
me"
"Then you are alone?"
1h, not entirely. Maggie stays to
keep house for me."
"Oh. Miss Maggie is here. Shall I in
trude if I stay a day or two, Howard?"
"Intrude, Paul! Far. from it I am
not Imsy, and Maggie was telling me
to-day that time actually hangs heavy
upon her hands. Yon know she wcs
always running for the others. So now
the little damsel has time to enjoy her
self, and we have had some lovely rides
and driven. Maggie does ride beauti
fully aud h-r horse is very fond of her."
It was trve that Maggie was finding
many leisure hours while her sisters
were away, and Paul found that the re
tiring, modest girl was one of the pleas
ant est companions it had ever been his
good fortune to meet.
It was an amusement the young physi
cian enjoyed to draw out the accom
plishments that hail been overshadowed
by her sisters' loudly proclaimed talents
and attractions. He found t tat Mag
gie could sing, with a swee: bird-like
voice, though she never attc ptod the
difficult songs in which Ge "gina was
supposed to excel. She con . play sim
ple pieces with feeling and . xpressioti,
aud her fingers would fairly dance over
the keys in livelier music, that required
no wonderful talent or elaborate exe
cution. And it was wonderful how pretty Ktt
child-like face oeearne in Haul lxl
dard's eyes. There was a charm in the
constant cheerfulness that kept the
rosy mouth ever smiling a.id swe.t:
there was a beauty of expression iu
the brown eyes that mere form ami
color can never give; there was au at
traction always iu the .exquisite neat
ness of dress that was never stiff aud
prim, though so carefully arranged.
Howard Clements, who loved his
friend, and had hoped to secure him as
a brother during his former visit,
opened his eyes wide in amazement
as the days wore away and Paul lin
gered in Mossvale. During his first
visit Howard had hoped to see him
yield to the fascinations of the elder
Misses Clements, and no maneuvering
mother ever took more pains than this
brother to display the talents and beau
ties of his sisters. That anyone would
hok twice at Maggie when in the com
pany of the others had never occurred
to Howard.
Hut in the light of Paul's evident ad
miration the brother began to contem
plate with different emotions the pos
sibility of losing his litt le sister. He
had borne with perfect composure the
prospect of parting with the others. It
seemed no creat hardship, even when
the separation involved the disappear
ance of Nora's masterpieces aud
Georgina's tuusiw rack. Hut to lose
Maggie was quite another matter.
"Who," Howard asked himself, in
dismay "who would superintend the
servants and keep the house iu order?
Who would wait with cheerful smiles
upon him when the duties of his pro
- fession obliged him to ask for meals at
all sorts of irregular hours?"
Visions of Nora in paint-ledauled
dresses. Georgina with frowsy hair
and Cordelia in inert beauty presiding
over the household filled Howard's
brain; and. while he lamented, he ad
mitted that '"Paul's head was level" in
his apparent choice.
Maggie could scarcely believe she
heard aright when Paul Goddard
pleaded for the gilt of her love and
promised all loyalty and devotion if she
would come to preside over his home.
"15uL" ine said, "you canuot really
love me."
"I really can and do," was the reply.
"Hut I'm so piain and so stupid.
Howard said " She paused and
blushed.
"Well, what did Howard say?"
"Never mind "
"Tell me. That's a darling."
"He said, then, that I was sure to be
an old maid, and after the others were
all married I was to stay here and help
him keep up a bachelor's halL I really
don't see," she added, earnestly, "how
Howard will get along."
"He must do as 1 do."
"How?" '
"Seek a darling little housekeeper
for a wife."
So, to the amazement of all con
cerned, the first Miss Clements who
was married was not the artist, not the
musician, not the beauty, but only
Maggie. N. Y. News.
The Moujlk t sar.
Alexander III. seems determined to
live up to his sobriquet of "the moujik
czar." He has just affixed his signa
ture to a project of law now Wing
elaborated by the council of the em
pire, which is destined to render in
alienable the landed allotments of the
peasants. The object of this measure
is, of course, to prevent the seizure of
the land for debt by the money lenders,
whom he regards as the principal cause
of the present distress and agricultural
depression in his dominions. For the
peasants, when once deprived of their
lands, lose every interest in the wel
fare of their "mir,"or community, and
drift away to the towns and cities in
search of work, where they help to
swell the ranks of the unemployed,
who constitute a permanent source of
embarrassment to the authorities.
IN THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM.
Give me thy dreams.'" sbe said: and I
With empty l.uids and very poor.
Watched ny fair U.onery visions die
Lpon liie teuip.e s marble floor.
" Give joy." she cried I let joy co,
I saw wl-.h cold ui.elo-aUeJ eyes
The crimson of the sunset (.-low-Across
tbe dlseui-hauled skies.
Give me thy youth." she sa:d. I pare.
Aud. sudden-clouded, diej the sun.
And on the green mound of a irrave
Fell the slow raindrops, one by osie.
Give love," she cried; I pave that, too
tiive beauty" lt.-a.ity si-hcd and fled.
For what, on earth, should l-auty do
When love, who was h r li:e. was dead?
She t.ok the balm of fnnoet nt lara
To hiss up.. u bt r altar coal.
She took the hopes of all roy years.
And at tbe last the took my souL
With heart made mptv of di lu'ht.
And bar..ts th.il to :d i. m.ir.- lair thuurs.
I questioi.ej tier: "W bat s:all requite
The sjvur of my ofienu-s:"
The sods." she said. ith penerot:s hand
live pu r"on for Ihy nits ot eot:
Wi--d.m is thine to tia.ler-'.a id
The worth of all tlmthot. bast lost"
-He Aihcna-um.
THE DAY OK HIS HEATH.
Why Mr. Arnold Care we Doee
Not Believe in Dreams.
"My dear, I have had an extraordi
nary dream."
Mr. Ari.o'd Carewe spoke w-'th sol
emn emphasis, a tone of gravity in his
voice.
Scene the sunny break fast-room of
the Carewes: time nine in tlie morn
ing of a ciear, -cold winter day. Mrs.
Carewe glanced over the top of the sil
ver cofTi-e-urn at Iter --liege lord, with a
look of mi'.d interest in her deep, dark
eyes.
"A dream! Why, Arnold, I thought
you did not believe in such things.!"' she
exclaimed. Then at the sight of the
gravity of his face, her own grew con
cerned. "What was it?" she eagerly
asked.
"WelL of course, it was on'.y a
dream," returned Mr. Carewe; "but. to
say the least, it was odd that I shou.d
dream the same th.ng over iu cverv
particular exactly alike, three blessed
times last nighL It seems a litt.e odd
to be sure, ilesi.los, I dreamed that I
am to die upon a certain day, and a cer
tain hour. My dear, I shall not t.-il you
when, for it is not far distant, and
the knowledge of it might make you
nervous, even though it is only a dream
anil therefore not infaliibie."
Mrs. Carewe sat hercoiTee-eup down,
and the small, white hand trembled vis
ibly. "Oh, Arnold!" was all that she con'.d
say. "Hut after ail. we need put no
faith in a dream! It is like believing
iii a fortune-teller's predictions. You
remember how implit-i ;.ly Will liraddon
used to believe that he was doomed to
dio liefore his thirtieth birthday, just
beeause two different predictions to
that effect had leen made concerning
ttim? WelL it is three months and
over since he passed safely into the
thirties, and he is well and strong as
ever. Hah! I have no patience witn
such foolishness. It is childish! ArnohL
you must not think of t-ucli a thing!"
fAIl right, my dear, I will not," re
turned her husband, obedient! y. Hut
iu liis heart he was saying: "I could no
more heip it than I can live without
breathing. Hut at all events, now that
I have warned Hessie, I will say no
more to annoy her."
Hreak fast over. Arnold Carewe went
down to his oCice. It was Carewe t
Carewe a well-known law firm and
Arnold was senior partner: his brother
Javk comprised the rest of the firm.
' As he entered the office. Jack, seated
at a tail desk, glanced up with a
strange look.
"I say, Arnold, I hail a dream about
you last night, which made me a tnlie
uneasy," he legan. "and, as you are a
little late this morning, I was Iteginnmg
to fear that something was at.nss. Had
yui not come in as you did, I intended
taking a cab and going up to your
house. Glad you'reall right,old fei'.ow!"'
"A dream!" (aghast) "So had L
What did you dream. Jack?"
, "Well, seeing you are all right, I'll
tell you," returned Jack. "I dreamed
that you are to die don't look so pale,
oid boy; you are not dead yet but a
long way from it I dreamed you were
to die on the 10th of J auuary, exactly
three weeks from to-day."
Arnold Carewe sank into a seat, and
looked faint
No wonder! That was the exact date
which his dream thri'c times repeated
had indicateiL Hut he controlled his
- nervousness, and turned to his brother
with affected amusement
"Perhaps you dreamed the hour, too,
while 3-ou were about it!" he jocosely
observed-
"So I did. . January 10, as you will
see by glancing at yonder calendar,
comes on Tuesday. My dream said tf.at
at twenty minutes past two. prccisc.y,
on Tuesday, January 10, you would de
part this life!"
Arnold Carewe started to his feet
tremb.:ng like a leaf. No wonder, for
it was his own dream, in every particu
lar. It seemed incredible. Hut he de
cided to say nothing to his brother as
to the purport of his dream, but to pa
tiently wait, and make all preparations
for the great finale.
For a man to find that he has exactly
three weeks twenty-one days in
which to live. Is a very odd sensation.
The murderer condemned to the scaf
fold feels very much as Arnold Carewe
felt in the days that followed. lie
went aixiut like a man in a dream. He
first "set his house in order," making
bis will, attending to the various af
fairs of his abusines. paying off debts,
doing all that he could with a sort of
satisfaction to make it easier for the
wife and little ones soon to le left
alone. Thej" would le well provided
for that was a great blessing. And
it was with a solemn sense of pleasure
that he arranged everything to the best
of his ability, for the welfare of the
lovetl ones, ssnu to Ik? left alone.-
He became very devout also. Every
day lie road the prayers in his little
family circle; and attended divine serv
ice on Sunday; feeling a shudder of
nervous d read run over him when the
second Sunday had gone, and he knew
that only one remained to him.
It was wonderful how tenaciously the
idea clung to his mind the pttsitive be
lief that he was a doomed man, marked
by Death as his prey. How gentle and
kind und tender he was to all at home.
Perhaps, if more jMHiple could develop a
similar hallucination, it might be lct
tcr for the peace of many a household.
To lie ever preparing for the creat
event would keep all of us gentle aud
kinder and lU'.re oiisid.-ra'.e.
Litoking Lack upon that time in after
years lles.sie Carewe was ..hli-d to ad
mit that it was the baii.i-st. m..st
ieavfal time of all h-r marrr.! lif-.
I!uL of course, she knew it .t iiiiiof her
husband's lirm liel'ef in ni approaih
iug demise. She had. in luct. forgot
ten all alxuit Arnold's odd dream, and
he had not explained to her its horrible
exactness.
The days went by. The holidays
sad and sweetly solemn to the man who
felt that they wore the very last lie
should ever see upon .-arth w ere ne.
and the seventh day of January had
come. Carewe now discarded hiswat.-h.
placing it in his dressing-case. He did
not w ish to see a timepiece. Only seventy-two
hours between him an.l liie
great I'ukuown unless it bud ail li eu
only a dream! Yet, ttf-.it seemed quite
iuqiossihie. For why should the two
brothers have Imlli .lream.si the sum.;
tl.itij' unless it was iutcuded as a m.e-t
solemn warning?
So carefully avoiding every linie
pieeat, making all possible efforts to for
getthe fatal and last-approaching hour,
Arnold Carewe :uted
The 1.-th of January came and at last
a bright w inter day.
He arose in the morning, after a
sleepless night, saying to b:mse!f:
"My last day ou earth! tiod help
me!"
He looked so pale and worn and so
evidently ill that his wife l-gged ii.ni
to remain home from t he oli.ee that
day.
And. as that was what he had secretly
intended doing, he consented
As the fatal hour drew near for he
imagined it to be near the time be
made his way to the pretty guest
chamber and lay down upon a s..ft
couch. A fire had 1-een kindled in the
grate and the room was warm an.l
clieerfuL t Ivor the tire;.'.uee tij-.u a
marble mantel a tiny clock was st::nd
ing. Arnold Carewe turned Lis eyes
r'-solutely away from it He din not
wish to know the exact moment. So he
lay there, and gradually a slow feeling
of torjxir began to steal over him. His
wife came into the room, and with her
the two pretty children he hud told
her to bring them. He took his l., d
ones in his arms and strained them to
his heart in a passionate l ireweil, all
the more solemn because he dared not
tell Hessie V.'.at he Is-iieved himself to
le dying. lie was (hi.sci.hii . f a feel
ing of gratitude that he had been
warned in time.
After a time Kessie took the children
away. Then she returned to bis side
with a glass of cordiaL
"llere, dear, drink this." she said,
sweetly: "it will help you!"
He obeyed her. and then lay watch
ing the gi act ful t'gure, as Mic moved
about the room.
At last his eyes, in spite of his de
termination to the coiitrrry. wandered
to the clock and rested there.
- Good heavens! Ten minutes past
two!
"Hessie." he moaned feebly, "come!"
Then all grew dark ln-fore his eyes;
he felt like one stepping softly away
then darkness fclL
"Arnold! Arnold! wake up! I am
afraid you will sleep too long! It is
past six o'cliH-k!"
Hessie Carewe bent over his prostrate
form, and Arnold Carewe opened bis
eyes.
"Am I in Heaven!"' be jrasped.
"Ih-ar me no! Ye.u I.ae. leen
asleep ever since half-past tw..! I gave
you a dos of my siet ping medicine in
that glass of cordial. I know yo.i have
not slept for nights. Why, Aruuld,
what are you staring at?"
For he was sitting up now. gazing in
the rosy lamplight at that clock.
Stiil ten minutes past two!
Oh, yes," she laughed lightly; "the
clock is broken. Ibm't you remember
the children were playing w ith it iast
summer, and broke the works? It lias
never been repaired. Why, Arnold,
what is the matter?"
For he was upon his feet now, an.l.
seizing his wife in h'-s arms, swung her
quite off her feet His brain M-enusi
turned with joy, it was esta.-y; tl.e
knowledge that he" was stiil alive, an.l
life and hope and love were- his yet
Then he told Hes-sie all. and she cried
a little, but she said she was crying for
joy.
"It's almost as if you had d'ed an.l
come to life again," she said. "Oh, Ar
nold, let us le thankful."
And Andrew Carewe has never ls
lievcd iu dreams sin..-e that day Mrs.
E. Hurke Collins, in N. Y. Weekly.
A FEW EYE DON'TS.
Don't allow a cold wind to strike the
eyes.
Don't try to do eye work with the
light shining in the face.
Dox't go directly from a warm r.Mim
into a cold, raw atmosphere.
lhis'T open the eyes under water in
bathing, especially in salt water.
Dox't have colored shades on the
lamps; use white or ground glass.
Don't let any strong light, like that
from electricity, shine directly into tlie
eyes.
Don't strain the eyes by reading,
sewing or any like occupation, with an
imperfect light
Don't bathe inflamed eves with cold
water; that which is as warm as it cau
be borne is lictter.
Don't sleep opposite a window, in
such manner that a strong light w ill
strike the eyes on awakening.
Not "What He Kioeeted.
He was calling on a young lady and
hat! been talking against time for sev
eral hours, not noticing that she was,
to say the least, slightly wcarc-d.
"Imyou know," he said, afier com
pleting a monologue of several th--;i-sand
words and thinking a li'.lle flat
tery would le appreciated, "v. i ilc ta'k
ing to-night I have f.-It as if I v.-ere in
spired by one of the tiiujes. And winch
one do you think it is?"
He looked scarchingly into her le:u
tiful face. The modest blush for wL: -h
he was watching proved to le a wi le
yawn, which grew wider as sue an
swered: "I piess the muse that inspires you
to-night must 1h Euterpa."
Ue really didn't know anything almnt
mythology, so lie could n't tell jr.sl w hat
sbe meant Hut when he got home lie
took down his Webster's I'nabri.lge.l
and there in cold type, staring him iu
tlie face, he saw:
'"Euterpa the muse who presi.l vl
over wind instruments." Waver ley
Magazine.