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INDEPENDENT "
Lohighton, Carbon County,
KAINDOW land.
From the valley of morn, where teardrops
hung-,
The glittering bow of promise sprung.
Bo near It was plain to the dullest sight,
fio distant no hand could reach It qultei
And oyer the hills and far away
It stretched where the heights untrodden lay;
But Fanor. truer of eye than Truth,
Could see Rainbow Land from tho plains of
youth.
There was cold uncounted in that fair land.
There were shining laurels and honors grand.
There was love undying, and friendship true.
Over the mountains bright and blue.
But rough and hard was the upward climb
On the treacherous slope of the hills of time,
The laurels we saw from the plain below
Wo mUsed ere we reached the line of snow,
And the gold for which we greedily wrought,
If wo found at all, tt was dearly bought.
Few are the eyes that are blest to And
The road to the land where all are blind,
Where the happiest one Is he who lives
Alone for the happiness he gives.
And the only poor Is tho wretch whose alms
Oo begging in vain for needy palms.
God set Its bounds by ills realm above -For
Rainbow Land is the land of love.
-James Jeffrey Itoohe, In Boston Pilot.
ZOUEI'S VALENTINE.
It was tho Thirteenth of February.
The sun had come out and made things
look very bright and happy, and in the
Southern country its light was so warm
and pleasant that three little girls had
come out among the grass and trees' to
write their valentines. These girls were
Beth Cranberry's three little States, as
they weio called.
Tho two Gronberry brothers, Sethand
Joslnli, were farmers, and their largo
farms joined, Tho brothers were twins.
They wore married on tho same day.
There had beon a sort of agreement be
tween them, that whenever a baby girl
came to the household of either, sho
should be given the name of a State in
tho Union.
So it came about that, when somo
years had gono by, thero were six little
States, three in each family. The boys
did not count in this Union, for it would
not do to call a boy Texas or Mississippi.
- Then came tho time when Seth and
Josiah ceased to be twins in spirit, for
they had a serious quarrel about tho
planting of a division stake, and tho
ownership of three or four feet of land.
Seth, tho more self willed of the two,
had planted the stako where, he pleased,
and Joo had submitted; but from that
day tho brothers had not spoken to each
other, and tho six little States, who loved
each other, had been separated.
Seth's Zouri whose real name was
Missouri had just declared that sho
should send a vaiontino to Undo Joe.
"I met him down at the branch the
other day, " sho said, "and he talked to mo
real nice. . I felt sorry for him, because
ho said that Tennessee could never go
without crutches any more. "
Lous'any and Georgia said they wero
quite sure that Zouri would bo whipped
if bIio did cot keep away from Undo
Joe's folks and stop sending valentines
there. But Zouri was the youngest of
the three, and not old enough to be very
cautious; besides, she had a Jlttlo curly
red head and her father's own wilful
spirit
She wont , riatnfnlljr rariilnir tb-
words of hor valentine:
"Deer Unker Joe, 1 luv you 1 wish you
wud cum over an set on the uther side
of tha chimly like you use to. Pa won't
let enybody set thero now. im sorry
Tenny has to go on cruches. frutn your
loving valentine. "
"'Taint right, Zouri," Lous'any said,
"Pa'll punish you for it "
"Besides, who'll take, it over to Uncle
J oe? " asked Georgia.
"I will, " said Zouri, and sho shook
back her red curls and picked up her
sunbouuot from the grass. "'Taint nny
use to bother me about it, 'causo I'm
going to fend It, and I don't care. "
Zouri was so young scarcely 8 years
old and bo much accustomed to being
petted that such opposition as this hurt
her feelings deoply. But it did not shako
hor resolution.
She had written the valentine that bIio
had meant from the beginning to write.
She left Georgia and Louisiana now, and
ran, pattering her bare feet over tho
grass, to the fence that separated the
yard from the roadway.
bhe s gone to tho fields, where pa
is," Georgia said, as she watched Zouri
disappear down tho roadway,
"Yes, and whats more," Louisiana
answered, "sho'll make pa say she can
up and do anything she wants to.
Uhoy were right In guessing that
Zouri had gone to find her father. She
know that lie was somewhere in tho
fields, looking about his farm and plan,
sing the spring sowing.
Every few momenta her voice rane
out in a loud call: "Poppy, where aro
you?"
At Inst, from a distance, she hoard tho
answer: "llallool zouri, Is that, you?
I'm down in the potato Hold!"
When she reached him he placed her
on the highest rail of the fence while he
stood beside her and listened, There
bad always been a strong bond of svnv
t.An,r,a 1. l.v. ,1 .l. t- llll !T.
j.ab.ij' uB.nnu miu niiu' w,u ilttiu 111,
perhaps because she was "a chip of the
old block.
"Whafs the matter with Poppy's little
calf he asked.
"It's Lous'any and Georgia; they've
been bothering me.
Zouri s cheeks were flushed and her
eyes bright, and It seemed as if her hair
took on a more defiant curl than usual
Seth looked at her for a moment
Then lie took her eunbonnet from hor
hand and placod it on her head.
What have they been bothering you
about, honey?"
Zaun quietly took the sunbonner off
as she answered: "Because I said I was
going to do something you didn't want
me to. But I just have to do It, Poppvl
It would make me feel so bad if I
dldu't. "
Seth's face looked grave. It was a
puazle to him, sometimes, to know how
to deal with Zouri
"Well, honoy, " he said soberly, "did
you c ate 'way out here to get me to let
you do a thing after I had told you you
couldn't?"
"No, Poppy," she said, "I just come
to eet Ton to make Georgia and Louis
Highest of all In Leavening
Live and Let Live.'
Fonna., April 25 1891.
'any let me alone and etop being menu
to me. "
"Zouri, is it anything bad you want
to do?"
"No, 11 nlu'tl"
"Wlint is It, lioney?"
"I can't tell yet; it's a secret "
"Will you tell Poppy some time?"
"Yos, if you ain't mean to me like
Loiu'aiiy and Georgia, "
He was silent Sho slipped from tho
fonco and took his hand, nnd thoy
started together atross the Holds toward
home.
Zouri, put on your suabonnet; you'll
catch cold. "
Zouri obeyed. "Poppy," sho said,
" n hat did you and Uncle Joo got angry
about? Did he treat you mean when
you wanted to do anything?"
Seth started, Joo had been in his
mind more than once that day, because
it was the anniversary of tho planting
of the stake, and Seth. had stood for half
an hour by tlie.sldo of the stake, recall
ing the circumstances counectod with it
No, Zouri; Joo wasn't exaokly mean
to mo. 1 reckon ho was better1!! was,
when it comes to lliat "
"Then I ain't going to be mad with
him, " she answered, and the eunbonnet
came oil again. "Anyhow, Tennes
see's got to go on crutches all her life,
an' I'm sorry. B For once, Zouri was al
most crying.
Is that a fact Zouri? Lltllo Tennv
on crutchos all her life, too! What If
It wasyOu, Zouri?"
There was no answer, and they walked
home the ro3t of Ihe way in silence.
bt valentine s Day was clear and
beautiful There was peace between
Seth's little States.
Soon after dinner, without a word to
nny one, Zouri put on a clean dross, and
Hanging her sunbonnet on her arm,
started away on her mission.
Seth had been watching her all day.
Be saw her start from home, but ho said
nothing.
bhe reached the point where tho road
crossed tlio head of the old mill pond.
Sho knew that Undo Joe's was not far
beyond. But Zouri had novor been very
bravo about crossing the pond; there
was only a narrow plankway across,
and it seemed so near tho water, and so
many fishes and uolsy frogs and other
queer creatures lived right under this
plnnk, and the water looked so quiet
and dark.
When Zouri reached this point In her
journey, she stopped a moment a little
lrigiitened and was almost ready to turn
baok and go homo. But she did not do
this. She began to siug, and' as she sang
she ran lightly across the plank.
jiurl was on Undo Joe s farm now,
and hoped to fiud him in somo field not
far away. As she went along tho road
way, looking to the right and left, she
saw, on n little rise of land, tho figure
of a man. He was stauding between
her nnd the sinking sun, and a warm,
soft light elione ovor his aco.
'Uncle Joel Oh, Uncle Joal" sho
called.
"Land sakesl If that ain't Seth's little
Zouri," ho muttored as ho started to
ward her.
"No. don't- come yet," sho called
again. "I ain't ready,"
"What on the oarth brought Zoui-r
over here? I'll bet Seth don't know itl
That child'd just tho apple of Seth's eye.
Well, it she can got around him, there's
something in her,"
"Uncle Joe, aro you listening?"
"Yes, honey talk on,"
"Well, I've put it in that old hollow
tree down here. When I'm gone, you
go and get it Good by, Uncle Joel"
"Good by, Zouri I Can't you wait a
bit?"
Ho watchod hor sunny little figure,
the clean, fresh dress, and dangling
sunbonnet, and the soft, dancing curls
as she flow along toward homo again.
"Well, I reckon I'll have to see what
it is," he said.
Ho walked slowly to the edge of tho
field, vaulted over the rail fence, and
crossed the road to where the old hol
low troe stood. He stooped and put his
hand within, and then urow It out wilu
a shamefaced air.
"Just one of Zourl's jokos, I reckon.
She'll think I'm an old fool to como
down hero at all"
Then he leaned against tha tree with
ono hand resting on its trunk. "Just
four years ago yesterday sinco Seth and
I stopped speaking, and this is tho first
tlmo one of his family's been on my
land, to my knowing. Not another ono
of 'em would dare to come but Zouri."
He shuffled around again to the hol
low. "I reckon I'll try onco more, " ho
said.
This time ho dropped upon his knees,
put bis arm far into the opening, and
felt oaref ully around. He found it, all
crumpled and not very clean. Thon he
slowly opened and read it tho little
scrawl that had cost Zouri so muoh to
write.
It was like a message from Seth, and
all the old time love for his brother camo
Into Joe's heart as he read Zourl's valen
tlno.
"I'm sorry Tenny lias to co on
crutches. " Hero was tho great sorrow
of Joo's life, for Tenny was to him what
Zouri was to Seth, and all her young
strength had gone, and left her a patient,
suffering little cripple. 1
So ho stood there and wept over Zourl's
tender words. "God bless her for send'
Jng It," he murmured.
As ho stood there ho hoard liar calling
from far down the road:
"Uncle Joel Oh, Undo Joo!"
He turned round and saw Zouri
running toward him, somewhat palo
and frightened. He stooped and held
open his arms, and she rushed into them.
Then no kissed her silently.
"I was afraid to cross the plank at the
pond, sue said. -
"Never mind, Zouri," he said, "I'll
take you over the pond. ",
He held hor gently In his arnu and
carried her as easily as if she had been a
baby.
"Did you get it, Unole Joe?" sho
w' lope red.
Yes, honey, it was the beat little let
ter that ever I had. Howd you happen
to send it Zouri?"
"'Cause I wanted to, after you told ma
Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
$1 .25 when
about Tenny t and I ain't angry with ; ou
any more, Unolo Joel I told Poppy so,
too. "
"Pm very glad, Zouri. We'll b good
friends now, won't we, honey?"
Tho day was drawing to a beautiful
close. All along by the sldo of the water
and in tho woods and fields tho sounds
of night could bo heard, as the shadows
of twilight grow longer, and tho last
rosy light of tbo day melted into dark
ness. Zouri slipped from Uncle Joe's arms
to tho ground after thoy had safely
passed the pond, but she held his hand,
and ho saw that ho must take her home,
or at least within sight of the house.
"Zouri, " ho asked, "did your father
know you wero going to bring me that
valentine? "
"No; I wouldn't toll him what it was.
He know I was going to do something
he didn't want ma to; but Georgia and
Lous'any knew, and they told me I'd bo
whippod for it Butlwon'tl"
Tliey were drawing near homo now.
The lighted candles and lamps shone
with a cheerful light in the darkness.
Til leave you at tho big gate, Zouri,
You won't bo afraid, then, I reckon. "
Zouri did not answer, and Joo felt a
paiu at his heart as the thought camo
thatrafter nil, the child did not care
whether ho went farther or not
Hore he comes!" she cried suddenly.
"He's bunting for me, I reckon, Now
he'll mako you come in and, sit on tho
other sido of tho chlmlyl"
Yes, thero was Beth coming along tho
road to meet them, Joe pressed Zourl's
hand lightly-in his, and was sllont
Seth called out in the darknesi: "Zouri,
is that you?"
Yes, Poppy, 1 and Uncle Joo. iio
brought mo home."
So tli stopped an instant, and then
came nearer.
"Is it you, Joo?"
"Yes, Seth; mo an' Zouri" Joe felt
the need of companionship just then.
"Shake hands with Undo Joe, Poppy!
Ho's oomlu' in to sit in that chair across
the chimly from you. I asked him to!"
both held out his hand, and said;
"Come on, Joe, that chair's beon empty
these four yearn I reckon you'd better
conio iu and use it to-night Zouri's
got hotter sense than her father. "
I told him 'bout Tenny, Unole Joe,
nu he's sorry, too," said Zouri
Seth laid ono hand on Joe s shoulder,
while with the other he led little Zouri
toward the house. Both arm chairs
were filled that ovoning, and a little
curly bended girl sat first on the knees
that occupied one chair, and then on
those which occupied the other, until at
last sho fell asleep in Uncle Joe's arms,
and was carried to bed with his kiss
and blessing resting on her forehead.
There ain't many liko her, Seth," he
said. "You ought to bo mighty thank
ful you'vo got Zouri I'd lay down
and die this minute it I could sae my
Tenny strong nnd hearty liko her,"
Then there was a pause,
"Did you tmnect what sho was up to.
Both?"
I wasn't right certain but it, had
something - to do with you or Tanny.
But Zouri's queer, and when she sets
out to do n thing there's no stopping
her. So I eenorallyikeen still and waft
. rf .v utiiuiu -L enj ltlu-
"Did you evor know anybody else liko
that, Seth?"
Then thero was a laugh a laugh
brought back from the past years of lovo
and brotherly kindness, and it was full
of promise for the years to come.
In a few days there was a rounion ac
Seth's home of the six little States.
Thoy wero all thero, Missouri heading
tho list. Next to her was littlo Tennes
see, with her crutches; then Lous'any,
Georgia. Florida, and Virginia.
I do not know if other States have
been added to this Union since, but I do
know that Zouri's valentine brought
back a ponco that has been abiding,
llelen F. ICendrick.
ltaln aud Kxploslons.
Under tho direction of the forestry
division of the Department of Agricult
ure, oxneriments to produce rainfall ny
the explosion of dynamite aro to no
made Tho theory that rain may bo
produced by oxpl03ives is based largely
on tho fact that nearly all tho great
battles of this century have been
followed auilo shortly by rain.
During the siego or Valenciennes, in
17D3. the weather, which had bean hot
and dry, became violently rainy after
the cannonading commenced.
At tho battle of Dresden, in 1813, tho
weather, which had been serene and
vory warm, suddenly changed. Vast
clouds filled tho sky, and soon n torrent
of rain felL
At Waterloo, according to one author
lty, tho weather during the morning of
June 17, 1815, had been oppressively
warm. Tho atmosphere was dose, and a
dark heavy cloud hung ovor the com
batants. Brigade guns began firing.
Tho concussion seemed to rebound
through the still atmosphere, and to
communicate liko an oiectrio sparix
with tho heavily charged clouds above.
A violent thunder clap burst forth,
which was followed by a great down
pour of rata
One of tho builders of tho Central
Paclflo Railroad states that he was com
pelled to do a great deal of blasting
through a part of tho country where
rain had never been known to fall in
considerable quantities, and whero it
has never rained since. But during the
period of the bias ting, nearly a year, it
rained every day.
Humboldt states that the eruption of
a South American voloano In a dry
season sometimes changes it to a rainy
season.
It Is believed, also, that In very warm
oalm weather the burning of wood and
long grass produces rain. Intensive
fires iu Nova Scotia are generally
followed by floods of rain.
Whothar rain oan be artificially pro
duced without expense too great to
mako the enterprise worth while, and
without dependence on a favorable con'
dltlon of the atmosphere, are questions
whloh the experimenters have yet to
dedde.
- Tha art galleries of London have been
thrown open to the pubuo on suuaays.
Aiclidi-acoii Coller, preaching on
Satan lecentlyut St James's churoh
Maryleuou, London, replying tn an iru
aginary remonstrance fiom tlioeu who
believe in giving tha devil ins duo, ex
dalmed: Ah, my Iriends, if we guv
tlie devil hia due many of us ould be
miasing. " The awkwardnoss of Mw u
of "us" in auoli a case ocourred to him
afterward, and he seemed aorioush em
barraaeeil, while the coogieiticiu
smiled.
A atatiaticuan has estimated that comt
chips avaiagu three toils of coal eaok
not paid in Advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents
A MINI
Flnce she went home
V- evening shadows linger lonoei linrr.
li v uitt-r days fill bo muoh of the eni,
.A ii.l omi 'Umnier wtnds are chill mid ihear,
Utnce she went home.
Since she wont home
ho roH.i'. note has toiiobed a minor strain.
TheoMgipd -angs breathe but a and refrain,
Anil Inuuhtrraobs with liiddjn, bluer iniln.
Minco ane went home.
Plnce she went borne
How .til the empty rooms her pio.cn.o
blessed i
Untouched tho olllow that her dear heftil
prewed;
Ms lonely heart hath nowhere for II- rest.
runoe she went home.
Since sho went home
The long, longday hare orept away like .
The sunlight hAs been dimmed with doubt anil
Kara,
And the dark nights have mined In lonely
tears,
Slnoo she went home.
-riiobert J. Ihmletl.
T1111IUTE TO TRAIN ItOllllfltlHi.
1)111 Ny bounds l'ral.e. of the Ynunger
llrntlioi-s.
After the Rock Island train robbery
the Yotingers ami Jameses scattered to
avoid detection. Bach took a peach
basket full of gold vrhtehes, so that he
would know whnt time it was, and
startod off hi four different directions.
Curiously enough, four of them otune
together, viz., Colo, Jim, and John
Younger and Moore.
The four outlaws had hailed m a thlc'c
grove of trees tq rest their horses, snap
watches, and pray, when Into in the nf-
tornoon two doputy slierifTs nuil a con
stable who wero looking for the train
robbers suddenly came upon them. Iu
au.instnut Colo Younger took In the sit
uation, nud revolvers were drawn nnd
levelled on tho officers, says the narrator,
while wllh terrlblrt threats nnd oaths,
indicating that If thoy did not hold their
hands ns high na possible they would,
almost, nt once, look Ilka (im zodiac
man in Hie front of the almanac, they
wero hailed.
"Where are you goiug?" asked Cole
man Younger in a rich Union Dep.H
voice.
Wo nrn hunting for tho Yotingers,
who robbed the train on tho Rock
Island Itoad, " B.iid the deputy, who hud
onoe impanelled a jury, but aside from
that lind nover mixed much with
carnage.
"You worel exclaimed Coloman
Younger, "Well, d n you, p-nyl"
Ho was almost morbid on the subject
of prayer, Coleman Younger. He did
much harm, I think, by suggesting It
at tha most inopportune times, and
showed great intolerance that way.
"What do you moan?' asked tho
trembling wretch.
I mean that yon havo just 10 min
utes by our large and choice assort
ment of watches lo get ready for tho
other world, nnd I don't wnut to send
any man to tho other world unpie
pared. "
Ho was ulvvoya that way. Ho did
not want to see n doputy sheriff die iu a
crude state, Ten minutes soon passed,
and then the men were blind folded,
Thoy were not far from the steep bluffs
of the Missouri, somo of which were 1)00
feo.t high. Tho three men, with (heir
1-e
vvS?n "uvJS ' wovo ta,trn ' n d'" and
their hand. Below was a perpendicu
lar wall
"Hold on ns long ns you can, " said tho
ccccntrlo lobber, "nnd when you full
Hint will ba the end of you. "
With that the helpless men were loft,
and abovo the tumultuous heating of
their own hearts they hoard tho clatter
of retreating hoofs. You can dimly
imagine the liorront ol such i sanation.
Tho cold, glittering stnis tooled down
upon them, but they saw them nut.
With bandaged eyes nnd sinking hearts
thoy clung to the verge of llfo until their
nerveless fingers ono after another re
laxed, and with a deep moan thoy fall
to tho bottom, a distanco of noarly four
foell-fNow York World.
The Highest Navigable I.illte In tli
World.
Education is not all, says a New York
Sun correspondent, that Cliautauquaus
brag about when thoy speaic of their
summer school. Thoy am sure lo tell
you that tho lake, on the banks of which
they gather, is 1110 Highest narignuic
and navigated body of woter on the
globe, and that it is swept by winds
pure and frosh as those of the moro
northerly lAdirondacks. Chautauqua
Lake is in the extreme western corner of
Now York Stale. U is 1,300 feet above
sea level. It is only eight miles from
Lake Erie, hut 720 feet above it An
interesting 'geographical point you are
sure tn hear is Hint Luke Chautauqua,
although so near Lake Brie, sends its
waters southward through Coucwango
Creek,1 and eventually reaches tide
water in the Gulf of Mexico through
the Miwhwlppl Hirer,
As a fact, Lake Chautauqua is not
particularly pretty ns a lake. Its slopes
are fiat aud uuroinantlo and the conn
try round hits been largely stripped of
tree. Neverthelees, it is getting every
season more of a resort There ate half
a (logon gioninx aumnieiinti places
around it. Tho black bats ami miiska
longo flahing is remarkable, nnd tho
country is full of vineyards, nnd notted
with fine road for driving. Jamestown
is the nearest oity of size. HI on tho
outlet three mile below the lake,
and two lines of sled mere have muiier-
ou boats plj lug daily between leee
places, stopping at Intermediate leeorts.
Adjustable Ilrldge far Flra Hon.
Tlie "jumpers" used by the ordinary
street can during the progress of a fire
are of no use to the cable car, since
there is no way of enabling the grip to
jump the hose. Consequently long
lines of cable care are often delayed for
hours during a fire on account of the
obstructing hose. To obviate ail dlfll
oulty an adjustable hose bridge has
been Invented, whioh supports the
hose above the cars, leaving the traok
unobstructed-
The apparatus consists ot a simple
trough er oradle made or gas pipe.
whioii carries the hose, aud whloh is
supported on four gas pipe logt with
adjustable extensions for use ou un
even ground, Tlie apparatus is so con
struoted that It ' may be folded to oo
cupy a spaoe ot 18 inches square by 13
feet long, and onu easily Lo accommo
dated under the car seats or on a fire
truck. Tests made in San Francisoo
prove tlie great praotioal eflloieiicy of
this apparatus.
Chief or Police Marsh, of Chicago, is a
great believer iu plenty of light at ni,;lit
a preventive o( crime.
A Chinamen who died recently at
Portland, Ore., left property valued at
100,000,
t3TIf you lentil a paper that own
iteeV ami Im't afraid to tell the
tieio,-. fAiif beHere in public
morality, and the enforcement of
the laws agatmt maltfactort; that
hat opinUnt, and Isn't afraid la
exprm ihsm.get TttK CAMiOlf
ADYOOATE.
TtTAw ftbe.ln nf 4t.M 1. .1 .mM, V.aV. ia
muscle and o reran. t& mode strnnrer nnd
moro healthful bv the use of Hood's
Sarenparilln.
Tho average clrl is not afraid of
dangor, and tho reports of exploding
soda water fountains and poisonous
ice cream do not Interrupt tho delight
ful placidity of hor appetite.
The doctors aro dolna their best to
convinco tho public that .ice water is
dangerous. Perhaps it is, but then, bo
aro whiskey, and toy pistols, and ma
trimony, and lots of things.
Iluntrrr Hlccin- "Notliin." "ceDt
worlc."
In times of financial nniiic even words
fail.
I'verjr Home Should Have lit.
It is not nlwfivs convenient tA call a nhr.tclati
or nvery little aliment, HnVing lied Flag Oil
u the limno you havo a FhysiclaniBlways.at
Briilseaand all Aches and I'atna. Price 2 ets.
1 litre ate few things In life of which we may
bo eiln1n. but this Is one of them, Pan-Tina
Ooiisliatid Consumption Cure bus no equal fr
Colds, CtmgliH and Consumption. Frlce m and
50 cents at Thomas' Drug Store.
"So you are married, old fellow?"
"Yes."
"Who was tho best man at the wed
ding?"
"Mho was.
Some Ifoollsh reopU ,
Allow a cough to run until it gets .beyond
the reach of medicine. Tliev dftcri sav.
" Oh, it will wear away, but in meet cases
it wears them awny. Could "thot be in
dureil to try the successful medicine1 called
Kemp s JlalMiui, which is sold on a' positive
guarantee to cure, the; would immediately
see the excellent cflect after tatting the first
doso. Price 60c and f 1.00. Trialslfe'free.
At alt druggists.
Tho language of the deaf mute iroea
without saying.
An electric snark makintr love bv
tologroph.
The blaoksmith welds iron with
sealing whacks. -1
If Sufferers from Con.uraptlou
Cohffhs and Colds will tn-rari-Ttnafttf-h and '
Consumption Cure, they will find quick relief
and permanent benefit. The medical profession
dechiro It a remedy ofthe highest value." Try
. . i icv o auu oo veins, inai Douies irec.
A larce nronortlonof thn iliaentM, whleh Aiuii.
human sulferhm result from deranmmeat m tha
stomach, bone's nnd, liver. J)r. Lee's Liter
neguiaior removes an ineso troumes. Trial
bottles free at Thomas' Drug Store.
A friend Indeed Tho old fashioned
Quaker.
Everyone who coes un tho Pike's
Peak Railway travels In cog. j
Woman "Can't vou find onvthinn? to
do?"
Did thoy write Hog Latin with a oiflf
pen?
The 1'ulplt and the.Stage.
II IV. F. M. Shrout. Pastor TJnlltil Brathr.n
Church. Blue Mound . Kan., savi: "I fail It tut
duty to tell whstwonds:s Dr. King's Nsw Die
eorery has done for me. My lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thoagbt I eo14
iit on it a low vfeeai. i ioo nve DOtllM our. .
King's New Dl-covery and am sound andwsll,'
gaining S8 lbs. In weight, . !
Arthur Lore, Manager Lore's Funny: Folks
Combination, writes "After a thA-ouh trial
and convincing eylnenee, I am confident Dr.
'em all. and cures when evervtlilnir lx felliM
The greatest kindness I can do my many thous
and friends Is to urge them to try It." Free "
trial notties at UEUEK'B Drug Store. Ilegula
icb eio. anu ci-w-
The shoo dealer will do work! which
is uuuciiiu oilier poopie.
... i, . . .
to dispose of the surplus.
There is musio in the air when the
bill comes in for an accordion skirt. "
A domestio tyrant General House
work.
Ilucklen's Arnica Selv.. ,
The 11I5ST Salve In the world for ruts', brutes.
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains corns-and all sltm
eruptions, ana positively cures piles, or no pay
reqiureu. it is guarumueu iq give iicrieci sans
taction, or money refunded. Trice 25 centsper
box. lJor sale by 1I11BKU druggist.
The cup that cheers not Inebriates-
Hiccough.
The absense ot soft water is no excuse - -
for drinking hard. iyk
Is tho man who is always on tho fence ,
opposed to barbed wire?
In soite of their proverbial slowness.:
telegraph messengers go about with a"
good deal of dispatch.
Two Years Ago! i .
was a kin hi to heboid and was unable ts.
nnlov llfo at all. Now I am tie Dlsture of .
health and can cat anything. Abal'dld" Itfw!" -
ouipuuf .unices vuicu iua ui As,)flpujroi( ..q
Liver Complaint, after suffering twb'yeare, v-
W. II. Bowman, Manchester, N, n.' '
Hard to beat Your way.'
Manual laborCompiling
text
book. u
Ringing words "Will you marry
mo?" i
Truth is mighty, but sho is- Ignomln-
iqusly worsted when sho encounters a
lisning excursion.
Tho Wonda Tair. . . .
Tho excitement caused bv this great event
is scarcely equalled by that produced. byrlhe.
great discovery of Dr. Miles the Restora-
liye Picrtino. it speedily cures nervous
nrifetration. chanco of life. Pain, dullness
and confusion in head, fits. sleeplessncss,fhe
the blues, neuralgia, palpitation, monthly
nains, etc. I w. Know x uo., 01 Syracuse;
N. Y., Talhotl and Moss, of Greentburgy
Ind.. and A. W. Blackburn, of Wooster, Oi,
sav that "The Nervine ells better than anj
thing we ever sold.and give universal satis
faction." Dr. Milts' new illustrated treatise
oo the Norvea nnd Heart and trial bottle
free at T. P. Thomas nnd W. Y. Hlery,
Drlig Htnre.
It is a littlo singular, to say the least,
that after a man has been painting the
town red he usually feels blue.
The prohibitionists are out gunniug
for those prophrta who promised a dry
summer. Thus far every stote bos
gone 'wet."
The bad small boy, when his mother
calls, is like tho echo. He answers,
but he doesn't oome.
Hold It to the Light.
'i nu mail who tell, you eenndMitlally jut
what will cure your cold la preterfblng Kemp's
llalam this year. In the preparation ot tola
reiuarkabln luedlelue for eugiis-end colds no
expense li spared to combine Only the best and
purest ingredients. Hold a botfle of Kemp's
ItaUaia to the light and look through it; notice
the bright, elear look: Uien compare with other
remedies. Ijrge.boitlw at all drogjuta, '-(I
cents and i. sample bottle free.
Lithographer "What color will you
have your bill heads?"
Merohant "Dun color."
' -'That man bus a wonderful memory "
"How does lie show it?"
He never leaves his rubbers in a res
taurant "
"It's all very well to talk of writing
for posterity lent editing any maga
zines." When a man affirms that "therea
tola of money In leather," don'tdlspUte
him puree are made of leather.
The man who keep right hlwt
does a good deal to help c-txler'peirpi to
behave themselves
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