ABOUT MOTHER GOOSE.
TUB AUTHOR OF THE OLD RHYMES
1 KTH.L A MATTER OF DOUBT.
On. Authority riaM H.t Id llortnn, but
I)oeumnttrr B-rldene Oowi to Show
Thot OoMnmltn Wrote Hi. Jlitfte. for
SMiaron A Tilt of Hlnlm-y.
Ihe qnetrtlon, Who wiw "Mother
OotwuT arises periodically In voriotw
jonmidlstic query department, and In
recent year has generally been answered
In one way. In fact, the tradition of thto
(renernblo character's Boston origin la
ncm bo ingrained, as it were, Into cor
rent belief tbat very few dtapnte It. Tlie
Etorr Is that Mrs. 3isabeth Gome,
widow of one Isaac Goose (or Vergoose),
was tho mother-in-law ot Mr. Thomas
Fleet, a printer in the early part of the
Eighteenth cnitnrv in Boston.
She seemed to have been n troublesome
mother-in-law, too, for her multiplied
ImproTised songs to her little grandson
crcntlrnnnoyed tne printer, Fleet, lie,
however, found his account and revenge
byDnally collecting them and making
too boos known as "Jlotner uoows Mel-
odlce." This accords subetantiallv with
tho reply tho Kew York Ledger gives as
to tho Authorship of tho Mother Goose
Jlngloa.
But it b probably one of the cherished
myths, nattering as It is to local prkle,
when, like that of tha William Tell leg
end and many others equally dear, the
solid verdict of history does not, in my
oplnlon.erve to sustain. There never
las. 1 think, any just foundation for it.
While it is possible that Mr. Fleet, of
ancient Boston fame, may have Issued
a Mother Goose" book, no copy of snch
an issue can be found, nor con its
former existence be proved. U ho did
print such n book he merely reprinted
ono that was imported in his time.
OTXCXOBIVE EV1DEKXB.
According to the beBt accounts that
wo havo on this subjoct tho first book
bearing the Mother Goose name was by
Parrault, a French author. This waa
titled, "Contes dn Terns Pasee de Ma
MoreL'Oye." Tho first English trans
lation of this was by Robert Saniber.
Very soon, as Mr. Welsh's cotaloirae
shows, it appeared in Mr. Newbury's
list of publications in London, Ilosays
tho seventh edition was printed May 10,
17T7. Thomas Carman entered lor copy
right "Mother Goose's Melody or Bon
nets for tho Cradle," and was brought
out in Worcester, Mass., by Isaoo Thom
as. Carman was Newbury's stepson.
Who formed a copartnership as his suc
cessor in business with Francis New
bury, the original Newbury's nephew.
It was from Mr. Newbury's efforts,
therefore, that "Mother Goose" got its
circulation In English the Newbury
who mode famous the now forgotten but
onco celebrated story of "Goody Two
Shoes." Both those books appeared witn-
out recognized authorship! but there is
very strong ovidenoo for believing that
tho "Goody Two Shoes" was written by
no lees a personago than Oliver Gold
smith. Tho facta supporting this as
sumption it would tako too much epaca
ta relate hero, but they seem, In addition
to internal evidence, to mako out a very
plausible cose.
It is believed also by Mr. William n.
Whitmoro, a noted Boston historical
Bcbolar, that Mr. Goldsmith had a hand
in tho "Mother Goose" book likewise.
The stories of this fable, like Topsy, have
grown in number from time to time,
and somo of those from the Newbury
press were no doubt additions, and pos
sibly additions from Goldsmith's own
muse. - A curious piece of evidence on
this point is furnished by Mr. Whit
more, who says: "Forster, in his famous
'Llfo of Goldsmith,' gives proof that
Goldsmith was very fond of the chil
dren and was familiar with nursery
rhymes and games. Ho writes that Mis.
JJawkins says, 'I llttlo thought what 1
should havo to boost when Goldsmith
told me to play Jack and JU1 by two
pieces of paper on his fingers.' "
rOTEEESTUra HI8TOKY.
Mr. Whitmoro also adds tho following
scrap of history:
"Jan. 20. 179 Goldsmith's play of
'Tho Good Natured Man' was produced.
Ho went to dine with his friends after
it. Nay, to Impress his friends still more
forcibly with an idea of his magnanim
ity he even sung his favorite song, 'An
Old Woman Tossed In n Blanket Seven
teen Times as High as the Moon and
was altogether very noisy and loud. Our
readers will find this Identical 'favorite
Bona in the prefaco to 'Mother Goose's
excuse, but evidently because it was fa
rt, m T-ftumpm" "
, Whitmoro has lately brought out
on earaon or. tne jMewDury jioiner
Goosoj" to which he adds twenty-eight
pages ot historical and biographical
notes. Ho has undoubtedly settled the
whole history of this vexed question of
authorship so far as it can now be settled,
and with no little pains to himself, and
has ooxtainly exploded tho alleged Boston
origin of "Mistress Goose."
Forty years ago "Mother Gooso" was
much more current than it has been of
recent years) but within ten years past a
variety of editions have been on tho mar
ketsome full and padded with later
rhymes and a few containing only those
that aro the oldest and best known. To
thosowho are greatly interested in that
form of literature, "llalli well's English
Nursery Rhymes," edited with minute
notes, as becomes n great Shakespearean
commentator, is a book that will richly
repay perusal. It seems to contain tho
whole of "Mother Goose." and nearly
all of note that has been written by her
imitators, bat it lacks tho amusing and
almost necessary adjunct of pictorial
illustration. -Jiew York Home Journal.
Ailvloo to College Students.
"Tako care of your health," President
Fatten tells the Princeton boys. "Sou
may not need binomial theorems, hut you
will need your digestion every cay.
wish I bad thought of my health, A
frequently recurring headache, bad ap
petite and sleeplessness aro solemn warn
ings that you mutt heed. Dyspepsia is
not a thing to make fun of."
THE OLD PRINTER.
Tie TVae Short or Type and tVhen "Thirty-
'Cain,-, Illi Spirit Had Floi.u.
And so, year after year, he wrought
among the boys on a morning paper. He
wont to bed about the time the rest of
the world got up, and he arose about the
time the rest of the world sat down to
(firmer. He worked by every kind of
light except sunlight. There were
candles in the office when he came in;
then thoy had lard oil lamps that
smoked and sputtered and smelled; then
he saw two or three printers blinded by
exjfcslons ot cainphene and spirit gas;
then keroseno come in and heated up the
nswerocans ou summer nlghta lite a
furnace; then the office pat in gas, and
now the electrio light swung from the
celling and daisied hi old eyes and
glared into them from his copy.
It he sang on his way home a police
man bade him "oheese that," and re
minded him that he was dlsturbing'the
peace and people wanted to sleep. But
when he wanted to sleep, the rest of the
world, for whom he has sat up all night
to make a morning paper, roared and
crashed by down the noliy streets undei
his window, with cart and truck and
omnibus; blared ont with brass bands,
howled with hand organs, talked ana
shouted, end even the shriek! rur new-
bays, with a ghastly sarcasm, murdered
th&CKep ot the tired old printer by yell
in? the name of his own nar-ar.
Year after year the foreman roared at
him to remember that this was not an
afternoon paper, editors shrieked down
the tube to nave n blind man put on that
itcod maxni case, smart young proof
readers scribbled sarcutio comments on
Ma work on the margin of his proof slipi
that thoy didn't know bow to read, long
wjnded Correspondents learning to write
and long haired poets who could never
learn to spell wrathfully cast all their
imperfections upon bis head. But
through it all he wrought patiently and
found more sunshine tuansnadow in the
wocidi he had more friends thanene-
mjea.
.Printers and foremen and pressmen
and reporter! a: id edur came and
rent, but U ut.nd, anl he aaw news
, aperr- and i u-nu. tilled and emptied
.add1.; .1 .t i-l . ..itu-a again, and filled
t illi otw -.tlrfil. u to i-a He LillaEMl in
his craff, am to the nnfl he had a Bilenl
pity, that nmin as near being cont'-iiii.t
as nls good, forgiving old heart couW
IML for an editor who had not worked
his way from a regular devilship up past
tne cases and tno Imposing stone.
Ha worked all that night, and when
the hours tbat are so short in the ball
room and so long in the com -wring room
drew wearily on, he was tired, Ho!
hadn t thrown in a very full case, he
said, and he had to ollmb clear Into the
bona and ohase a type up into a comer
before he could get hold of it One of
the boys, tired a himself but a printer
is never too tired to be good natnred
offered to ohango places with him, but
the old man said there was enough in
the case to last him through this take,
and he wouldn't work any more tonight.
The type eltoked In the silent room, and
by and by the old man said:
Tin ont of sort."
And sat down on the low window sill
by his case, with his stlok in his hand,
his liands folded wearily in his lap. The
types clloked on. A galley of telegraph
waited.
"What gentleman is lingering with 13
D?' called the foreman, who was danger
ously polished and polite when he was
on the point of exploding with wrath
and importance.
Slug nine, passing by the alley, stop
ped to speak to the old man sitting there
so quietly.
Tha telegraph boy came running in
with the lant manifold sheet, shouting!
"Thirty!"
They carried the old man to the fore
man's long table ond laid him down rev
erently and covered his face. They took
the stick out of his nerveless hand ana
read his last take:
"Boston, Nov. 28. Tho American
bark Pilgrim went to pieces oC Marble-
head in a light galo about midnight.
Sho was old and nnseaworthy, and this
was to have been her last trip." Bob
Uunipttfl.
THE LITTLE HAT MULE.
DISAPPEARING FROM THE STREET
RAILWAY SERVICE.
Where He Conn from and Whence lie
I Going What He Cuitn, Uroken .nil
Unbroken A Hardy Little llrnlo IIi
Work and ears of Service
How often ono hears the remark,
"Just look at those mules drawing that
car; they look like rate." They have
thus become known very generally as
little rat mules, and the description la n
good one certainly. Many of thorn don't
look much larger than a good sized billy
goat, being so small that they are hidden
from the people in tho car by tho dash
board in front. It certainly does look
crnel to make them pull a car loaded
down with people, a load that would
strain powert nl norses on an up grade.
It is like a great many other things,
however.
It Is cruel only in appearance. The
little male is equal to this and much
more. If tho car would hold more peo
ple he and his mate would pull it any
place, and on a level would tako it skip
ping along so fast that yon would almost
begin to think no other motive power
was required to realize rapid transit. Ho
has endurance, speed and strength, and
thrives where an animal more hardy and
itronger in appearanco would soon die.
In rapid motion he goes by jumps and
jerks, but he accomplishes the desired
result, and is one ot the most servicea
ble animals to be had In tho street rail
way business.
He is, however, rapidly disappearing,
giving woy to mechanical motors. As
the old darky said when he saw tho elec
trio cars, "Tho Yankees is great peo
ple; they wa'nt satisfied tor free de
nigga, and now they've done gone and
freed de mules." That is about tho case.
In St. Louis, for instance, tho little rat
mules and, for that matter, tho larger
mule and the horse aro few in number,
not one in thirty for thoso employed as
recently as three years ago. With our
Increaso in population, new industries,
etc., this is a somewhat remarkable
ttatemeut, but it is correct.
The llttlo rat mule is a peculiar ani
mal. Bora and raised in tho southwest,
Texas and Mexico, he is now going to
tho south and southeast for service on
tho plantations. In tho very recent post,
when nil the street cars were drawn by
horses and mules, the demand for them
was very great for that purpose, but as
things generally equalize themselves, so
lias tho demand for horses and mules.
The streot railway companies which
have changed to cable or electrio motor
power have generally disposed of their
live Btock to very fair advantage, though
thero ore still on hand some of the little
rat mules that are unused,
This little animal is ono of some value,
though ho does not look It. Twenty dol
lars would bo a very fair valuation, but
In fixing that estimate you would be
away off the mark. Unbroken he com
mands considerable more than that.
The cheapest lot that ever came to St,
Louis, probably, waa one of 200, the
price paid for them being a few cents
less than twenty-six dollars per head,
but they were unbroken. He is a stub
born llttlo bruto, and thero Is considera
ble labor in breaking him so he can be
put ahead ot a bobtail and trusted to
the nverago driver. Thus broken he
bas a valuo of sixty to seventy-fire dol
lars,
One would naturally suppose that his
raiser would break mm, and get his en
hanced price, but, as a rule, ho has come
to the tit Louis railroads as wild as
:uuld be, and also as stubborn, bat the
emploj-ees of the companies have had a
irreat deal of fun in breaking thorn in
nd reducing them to tractability. They
nave also una somo exciting experiences,
too, as the little fellow has heels quite as
terviceable as his larger relative, and be
knows how to use them too. You have
(Ot to look out for them, and yon havo
jot to put somo muscle into use when
f-ou think you havo an oasy task to hold
!hem with the lines. This is not at all
say sometimes, as he has strength and
frequently a very hard month hard
mough to pull a bobtail car by it with
the traces slackened.
It lias been said that it seems cruel to
run these little fellows to a street car
loaded down with passengers. To the
jontrary, there are few animals which
aave an easier life. The pulling ot the
jar Is nothing to them. They can laugh
tt tltat and grow rat. 'i wenty-ilvo to
thirty miles a day for them is nothing at
Ul, and tbat is about what they oov-
r, with rests between trips. Through
with their day's work, they are turned
uto a big yard, where they run and roll
ts they please. They never die, or at
least the employees of the street rail
ways never hear of their dying. When
hey approach that period of life they
tre sold or sent off to the farm, where
they may still be of some use.
They aro aged before that time comes,
lowever. There are, for instance, little
rat mules as much as SO or S3 years old
till in service here, and soma which
aave been in the service twelvo and
If teen years. And still they are, to all
ippearauces, good lor several years yet.
Ibeyare as strong and active as over.
ipparently, and will likely a year from
ow start in for a second lite on a south
irn plantation. This la a long time for
in animal to tramp over granite and
Jther kinds ot paving, through mud and
m all kinds of weather, but the limit
Has seemingly never been reached with
Shis hardy little fellow. He might be
(ubjected to twice as much, possibly, and
(till not fall under it.
In addition to performing servioe
tqual to that of the horse or the large
mule, the little rat mule Is one of the
Nudeat animals known in the care re
laired. It might, in fact, be said that
ia really does not require any care. He
lourishes beet when allowed to rough it.
Be ii, of course, fed grain and hay, bit
ie is not in the least fastidious about hk
Sood, as is the horse, and in the absence
jr anyuung else would probably manas
O lire on old boot less. He like, not
ng better than to run to fodder and
tneap food. ot. Jboms Globe-Democrat
What lie Would Do.
Iaabelle If you loved Tom Barry as
moon as 1 do wouldn't you marry mm
Uncle lack?
Uncle Dick No, I would not
IsabtJle Why not?
Uncle 1ick I ahoald prefer to marry
a ladv Life.
an4 chew
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i? t tjl.j ..i' , i,
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July S23-71 AMOS REBHSL.
Get Ready for the
air
UKUKlt THIS
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never seen anything in this city
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LEHIGHTON.
Bazaar,
77"
Th TWmprn ftettfrn rhnpn Spertflr,
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guarantee to cure, they Mould Immediately
nee the excellent effect after taking the first
Jose. rncefiOc and 91.00. Trial plzo free.
At all druggists.
1'resldent Harrison found his first dollar
111 tho too of his slocking on Christmas
morning.
What Am I To llo?
This is tho oft expression of the wearv
sufferer with lthcumallsm, Neuralgia and
oincr rainiui uiseases. TI10 wholo human
frame Is tortured and racked with pain. It
Is well to remember 110 known medlclte
equals licit tiag un lor Jtheumatlsm, Ken
ralgla, fapralns and llrulses. Price 2S
tents at 1. u. i nomas iirug store.
Henry Vlllard, who has so many tips
and downs as a railroad man, earned his
flrst money as a reporter.
Good Looks.
Good looks aro moro than skin deep, de
pending upon a healthy condition of all the
vital organs. If tho Liver be Inactive, you
havo a lllllous Look, If vour stomach bt.
disordered you havo a Dyspeptic Look and
11 your Kiunoys uo aitccteu you havo rinch-
ed Look. Secure good health and vou will
have good looks. Electric Bitters Is tho
great alterative anil Tonic acts directly on
tiicso vital organs. Cores l'impies. Illotches,
Lolls and elves cood comnlexlon. Sold at
lleber's Lehlghlon; and lllery's U'clsspott
uruggists, o'je. per uottie.
Th3 band saw Is rapidly superseding the
circular saw In tho South and West. It Is
rapid and saves labor.
llt'lRlit of Cruelty.
Nervous women seldom rccelro tlio sym-
I'.miy nicy uese.ve. wiine olten tue pic
tures of health, they aie constantly ailing.
To -vlthholil sympathy from thero unfortu
nates Is tho helRht of cruelty. Thoy hayo
a weak heart, c.iuslns shortness of breath.
fluttcrini, pain In tide, weal: ami hungry
.-.'cus, mm m-aiiy sweiii us oi anuies, op
pression, choking, smothering and dropsy,
Dr. allies' New Hears Cure Is Just the
turns lor mem. tor their nervousness.
headache, weakness, etc.. his llestoraliTO
Nervine is unequalcd. Flno treatise on
Heart anu jNcrvous Diseases" and mar
velous testimonials free. Sold ami miar.
anteed hy Thomas Lehighton; and lllery
,;i93UIb ui ujisis.
About 0,500 tons of Duo coking coal con
stitute the dally output of the Las Anlmat
coal fields of California.
I havo not used all of ono hottlo vet.
suffered from catarrh for tnelvo jcars, cx
perlcnclnj: tho nauseating dropDlug lu the
throat peculiar to that disease, and noso
uieeu almost daily. 1 tried various reme
dies without benefit until last Anrll. when
I saw lily's Cream Dalm advertised In the
Iloston Iludget, I procured a bottle, and
since tho first days' use havo had ne moro
bleedlntr tho soreness Is entirely gono.
u. i. uavuison, with ttio Jioston liudset
lormcny wiiu nosion journal.
A Frenchman lias Invented movable
walls for theaters. They can bo morod In
any three ways In case of s fire.
"Aro n't you ever going to grow old.
llko the rest of us?" asked a man of an
acquaintance ho had n't seen for some
time, "Well, not so long as I can parity
my blood with Ayer's Sarsapatllla," was
tho apt reply. This man know what he
was talking about.
An electric typesetting maclilno is the
invention of a Chicago man. It Is claimed
that it villi do tho work of 10 compositors.
Good mul Itelluble.
Don't pay large doctors' bills. The best
meillr-nl linnlf mililtcl.n.l nnn 1... I
... . . h.,wi,vh, .iliujiuinil-ll MH-B,
elegant colored plates, will be sent you on
receipt of llireo 2-cent stamps to pay the
in-aiiii;!-, suitress a. i". uruway A Co..
nosiou, .ua6s.
Five-cent sayings banks aro proving a
groat success In a number of Western cities
Tho Secret of III "Weulili.
.v mi uoua ro sain '-tna neeror. nr mc
wealth" is In tho word, 3 A-V-E; and tho
secret of my health is In tho word. S-A-G-E.
Ily Ibis last he meant Dr. Sage, nhosa
Catarrh liemedy cured him of ono of the
worst cases oi catarrh, and thereby saved
mm irom much suffering and premature
m-iiiu. emming mm to mairo nis Tuuilooi,
and enjoy life. The cures made by this
ui-Hituiiics aro simpiy wonuetiui.
A man who will sell his vote ain't fltten
toialso a hoy.
Couching Lends tu Coutmnlilloii.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at onee.
A man that's got a good odis is a plum
fool that won t fito fer it tooth and toe nal),
Uncle Sam ltt alnt afearcd of nobody
nal a, what.
A man named S'eilgo was arrested recent,
ly for swindling, lie struck hard luck.
A miner dressed In armor went Into a
burning mlno at Republic, Jllcb,, to fight
tho lire.
Diogenes was a crank.
English syndicates are still buying big
ranches.
Admired for Its simplicity Is a queen
charm fashioned as a lima bean In gold.
Indianapolis planing mill employes are
trying to start a co-operatlvp mill with
$100,000 capital
JIT
I TAKE
THE NEXT MORNINO I TEFL DRICHT ANO
HEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER.
Mr doctor uti tt uta irtLtlr on Ui-Mh, Urer -jul
kJduja.MidljikiJMu-uitLut.tlvu. Thta drlai b nuX
LANE'S MEDICINE,
ale. adtUOprpBkmgu. Buy
mlly AletilclDc nioies Ihf
lu oritur U' bu btsiilh, Wit
A 1M4BS ft 1.1. iMkM ..,. AC
Itmtfi frMa a vfcaat m& oh'H ui1
MM
A jUew t mm niiijB Ism
Wr thiipd toal-aAo m& St, Psnni
I.mnM Mk . tafcWa 'r Wm Uwk.
W mr ii fin, VW
Bum t mma, 1 abiae.
n- tUrWit lili l - Iw-r,
How the Py-muiMt Wtt BwtU.
Jk Bimml nan, wiio OTM tooting at
the proown at lajtag an arttM! wium
lamnuni in rrast ot on ot fain map
praparttM, irlM the fri.uri who were
itandlr-c h-n Mm f i-wma-tri-ig. "I
beUm that ill" jrpttan mrnmifo wen
built In Jns that waj." Pi-am hrsn
Uflaaatlcm, In Hit fkat while be had
nt been tn Jlgrjrt a had md Mm
M ot all XgTStoioa-ta. hcdadSaa-
Brneaoh and FJwat 017th, tml and
nerar folic 1 In auj at thou a Uvoory
which wonl 1 wtUttotorllr aeooat &r
khe manner In whMi the prrMtaMft we
Muffin total.
How," ho said, "rem most remember
that the pyramida an tmih at atone
Wmch le-ra no raasublanoe to tmjm
Ponart nlWn tWO mtlea at their leoattm.
tt la incredible that the B7y-vM at
four or fire thoittasrf Tears aco AoeMl
have poaneaaed the mcohaaMtanmiHi
t more theee e-aormoae bleak at vtuM
from the granite qarrM (rf Jltfi-am
or Sjrla to th rraraMa. bitaetameb
more natural to auiyjee tbat flieiiiiiJuiil
Efrrptiana poaiaeaed tbe aeoret at aeili
lug arttrlelal stcma, and that the pyta
mida were ronatraeted by amr apn
layer ot KUe rirer mnd, hardasal by
loot anoh proceietn m we enploy to
make urUSolal itonef
It la a maoh more ptanalhle eiolana-
tton of their eonaeraoeloa ttata roe 1-
borioaa and anlnteUifant (appoetMau
that tlie stoivea were oanied aoroea ta-e
deeert to form the fonaAatioo ami bane
ot the pyrainid. I fii-mlybeiia-re that
the BVypUan of the aate-Cbgiataai era
nuderstooJ the niaBnfaotnre oC artttolftl
stone, and that they built tha pyrmriKk
out of U." PhlUdaliihia Tnt.
Lake Vri-rlt-ff W-Jri
In the win tor of 1W0 Arm:
ally soaroe in tlis forest tw at Lnle
Winnipeg. A w, oold naunw awl 6W-h-oyed
an nncommostty lars uraporfbasi
of fawnn. Contwqnmiftr, Mini
withont shotr Mmtiwi mA mrnkf.
Tlitlr dMriM miMte etna Jorgst awtr
fer of human butafi.
Ono momlnc in Jmnnrr mh nMued
Winnipeg City Uuvt a bnnd xnmbotee
100 woItm hail Ma many Indtas hat
ero alurLg ths est eboi-i. TMs ttaned
ont to !) tru.
Berv-eral at tha znAn rss oarakbt an
foot. On Gllmbwl a tns ju shoi
twenty wolvt Ajiuthvr olnbbd n iImwi
to death bofoi tbr rraltod Mid dewn.
One hnnter mounted A plffWosm eseotuj
on pole for ta pnrpoae ot iotmg sosM
abovo the reoh of wild btMta Md r
mln. Be had har-Sy bgivn fbrhtt; Tvnen
the wolrM jrid and lwpad fthout too
posta in snch nnmbam tbkt thy tlmw
down the platform and ton tike man in
pieces.
The same baud ba& vlarad otbr
ownpa. How nwny ImUkm tn au wtee
dSTOuroa oonlo no b esolrly snsr
tftlnetl, as mom tbsm oo hanUue party
tm said to have b cofafMnly wiped
ont. -Youth's
Why ai-o fiero eo aiany U1J nirl uw-
adays, and why i the tndnoj of tfee new
generation towttrd untwcal horght and
gnusous sllmncvf? Wodub are ifl
beooming tail simply bwaoeo tt fcj tho
fashion, and taat siaiWarmnt evwr needs
norisoapahlcof any ut-UnaUoo. Avlaila
ago it was tb faarriw to le ptUta ivuX
arch; it is now the fa-shion to do tail orwl
graoiona, and nothing moro ean bis iarl
about il. Of coarae th radm, who ta
nanally iaollned to ilail M HoeUoiatLio
of any gravs topic, has already t-tonaiiti
of tha .-ippllcaUus of tt tsttdwiytag
hymn, that man vraata Btia hese beio-W1,
and wonts that little long; bat tails may
bo oily a pasting 1kb of toe period,
Charles Dndlty Warntr tu ffarpert
It tW the utual vay
-it's jut tha reverse to pay a
patient when you can't euro him.
Nevertheless, that's what's dona by
the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Ca
tarrh Kemedy. They promise to
pay you $500 if they can't ours
your oatarrh, no matter how bad
the oaae. It isn't mere talk It's
business. You can satisfy yourself
of it, if you're interested. And you
ought to be, if you have catarrh.
It's faith in their medicine that'19
bohind tha offer. It has cured
thousands of the worst cases, where
everything else failed. Vou can bo
oured, too. If you can't, you got
the money. They're willing to tako
the risk you ought to be glad to
tako the medicine.
It's the efi4apat mcdiciaa you
can buy, beoause it's guaranteed to
give aatisfaetlon, or your money ia
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get. Cau you ask more?
That's the peculiar plan all Dr.
Pierce's medicines are sold on.
inur. 1 (tat.
Mlin's
Ii tMteleW.banntaaa wJr ui.il .!') uiilyaaffjmanl. tn
M jtwalt bM imToi fat-l. i'rl.r iiH f n in j ur (initial
or (nxu aa. price, 1 c. in n .n ;iullfirl-
lUt M. KLtm PB0P3.ETART CO.. JAMAICA, -T
ScieniiHo Amerlcao
Aaenoy for
I
TRAOE MARKS,
DBSIOM PATEMTB
COPYRIOHT8, eto
Far Hifonnftvtlon and frM Handbook writ e t-o
Ml'N.N & CO.. Hn ititotnu ky. Nvr Yukk.
flMuil burusu for uefiiiiiijr jtait-ut-t in America.
Krcry pntcut tnkfiii out y ii ta brtiujiht before
tlie pubiui by a nut ic gjvuu froo ot clunte lu th
rm-uum, m Bi-jil-tr,
r7SwV
' STHERi
JCITIEJ
:ds
i'GCKS
iNr.j;'..i.a
CCRFOilAf'.t
APPROVED CV
TRIED, 3AH,
pv q :
0saiaA3LS i.iy.-Twr
IN Pt " !.1C C
r-F.opcnrias
.lC.
E9CHBA Ji, .
IB to as to ii..
30.,
1
ACME BLACKING U ehev
at 20 cents a bottle than -
other Dressing at 5 cents
h LITTLE QOE8 A LONQ W "
hecnusa shoos once LWfarveJ -rlth K
! kept deui by iradilng them with - .
reople in modente olrcumetanceB fin
profitable to bay It at JOo. a bottlo, bee
what they rpend for Blacking they M
fhno leather. .... . .
It ts the ebespeot blacking tnrtfdVrtt
its quality, nd yet wo wan Vj ie!
rhMpw If It can ba too. VV9 yill pr .
SI0,000 Rewart
fnr recipe, that will enablo tu to i'
Wolff's Acme Blacktro at such n ,
that n retailer can profitably sell it at i
bottle. This offtr ia open until Jan. 1st, "
WOLTI1 ft nANDOIiPn,PWladelrli-i'
Oldfia-nitw$ painted with
(this Is the name of tho paint), loofct tiV'
stained and varnished nsw umihirs.
coat will do It. A child can apply It. '
can change a pine to a walnut, or a cl-.'i
to mahogany i there is no limit to
fancies. All retailers sell It.
TheCisre For
B'rofutA wu once lupposotl to bo tha
touch of royalty. Today, many puteful
pernio kwnvr that tho "sovereign remedy" ts
Jajot'a PnripnrlHa. Thin powerful altera
ti pxt'intc "tlie cyY' by thoroughly
eltmlmt.fr; nil the strumous poison from the
Mood. CouHiimptloii, catarrh, and various
other pnysical as well as mental tnaladlcs.
Litre their origin In
SCROFULA
W'i heretl!iary, this dlsoaso manifests It
r If ':i chllilhood ly glandular swellings,
11' 'i 11? sorei. swollen joints, and general
I . iiessof t.oily. Administer Aycr'sSarsi
pi , on aiT'ftrancn of the first symptoms.
' '1v Httl.'Rlrl os trouMetl Willi a painful
i'i 1 fulotw sellinft under ono of her arms.
Tito phslcKn bring unablo to effect a cure,
1 cere hei oito bottle ot
Ayer's
8 irjapariJin, and the swelling disappeared."
-W. r. Kf niicdy,McIi,arland,fl,Va.
"I w h fire! of serofulaby the use of Ayer's
F.- mi n .1 :.' J. c. llerry, Deerfleld, Mo.
"J trn'0w1 Willi a soro band for over
t-- re - Hctnt asmired tho caso wo3
s'U'ttili, I tor k six bottles of Ayer's
Barsaparftla
" ' "-II.IIinkins.KUerton.Ncb.
rnrpAnen nr
tt. ! n- fiVER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
1 ' 1 Trua;;riUt. Prlcol; blx bottles, fS
Ask tnr ngrntu for XV, I Tlonftlnn Hhi.
If tint Tor iinle tu yonr ptnev mk in
mlrr tn neuil for rninlosue, ccui
aseucv, niut get Hi cm lor you.
SV-TAlii: NO HIIltSTlTUTE.
S3 SHOE QETNHN
Tr'E BEST 3HOEIH THE WORLD FOR THE MUt'a
H ti a ftmlei rhoo, with no tucttn or wax vMi
1 t hurt tb ttet; made ot tho best fine calf, -tr t
iul cm j, anil 6ffiu.i4 ufl mak fttoro ahon f t u
ji rfe than any othtr manvfncturw, It cquaU '
fxrnil shoe cottlng from St.W lo (3 IU.
tefE (MMicnuliiP llftiid-wrwrj, tboflnr. 1
PUm r1ho evor olTerpil for S3U( cqiml t t
ii irttl ihoti which cditfrom S1U)tot51-Iif
1)0 IIruiUHitwM Writ f-ko. Jl.11 tr
itjllh, comfortablo ami durable. t,x
l ' otr offureit at thin prlco t itti jrraJo . 11
i n tni Is nhoa coitlng from '..UJ to fi.uu.
aK9 iiO I'ollrn Hhnei Furnifri, Kaltro-i
and Latter CarrUri all wftartbetm I'l Ur
nftr.-leti, tmootli InilJf. hfTj ttirra boIch.
r(.y eilfA. Ono pair will wpara year,
ffin 30 flno cnlft raol-ett(r FhooeTor off'
$i Am this price; one trial will ronvluc t
who want a fhoe tor comfort and norflce.
Q 'J 3 nnd fVl.OO Worklnanian'a r
i5 tm arti very itrotig nnd durable. Itiono a k
hare clrsn tlieni a trial will wear no other mak
SSnVC- 8J.flO nnd 81.73 ncliool atuxu
EJt vl O worn hy the boys OTery where; tbi
on thtTi merlti, na the IncreaMnft aales atiow.
8 irliran -5-J-Ol Ilnnd.nowiMl aho. -biUUItU
li.nnol, verntllBhiuaUi'ri
Imported alioea costln-t f mm flaw to $t.m.
Lndlra' 'J. .10, 8J.00 Hiid shoj .r-
Ulsiei are the beat fine LKmgola. Ftjllnh nnddua.!c
pru
rnuuoni-ooB iiink i. uuukih uriu
Adam Mehrkam&Son, Affonis.
Lehlhton, l'a.3
&ak Haadachft arid rellore all tho troubles focf
Cant to a billona etata of tho jttem, nob fid
DiEtlneaa. Naoaea, Drowelnoa. DUtroea after
clln-l. Tain In the tUdo, 4a. Wbila their tnoaS
-pa&MiAbls CQcoofiS has boon shova la Cttril-S
fiotaicto. ytt Carter's little Liver MM BM
cxjually vlaablo In Constipation, coring andpro
ventlDff 1Mb annoytcff complaint, wbllo they alad
correct tUdJaorderaoitheatomacIitlniula to tha
liver and roulato the bowcU. tou II UicyoUj
I Aebs tbty trould bo filmos t pTleeloss to theso wbA
infr from thla diatreaslng complaint; bti t fortu
xmtelj their goodncai does notend hereAodtboM
whObncatrytnemirUl find theao lltUopUla vain
oWe in aoiaany ways that they vtU not bo wll
llsgtodowlthonttbenu Cat after all elci bo4
fjBtbebanoof bo many lives tbtt here Is trhsra
.sramakflonrcrcatboaat. OaipUlscuraltwaUa
'Others do not.
Crtor'fl Uttla Llrcr rilla aro cry tmill and
Tory eaay to tako. Ono or two pill a mate a doaa.
They are strlotly vegetable and do not grips or
puw, bat by titclr gentle action plcaao all vhl
meihem. In viaU at 25 cents 1 Ave for tU BoU
ty drugglats OT&rjwlioio, or sent by mail.
CARTER MCOtClNS CO., New York;
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICt
CDHiril AXLE
UREASE
BUST Tnr, WOULD.
hi-rn.r!itruaM'.tt.n (-Onmirp(LUMl,-LCtl2Iill7
- 'lu.!nctwib Tt a of itiv'oth.r hr.nd. WcA
Jn.lubTli-t. iruv.fi riii.uLM,inE.
yoa.i:ni lim.riiJ-mNEiULLT Sin
Tin, iuii Kitvi mi imri lanuiiti eurm 1 , .
v ill a 1ii riiiA
T-w nt onra, nooii trail".
i . v . f imf
tlri uouiioeU ii
r ,i.(l foi ruUr
ai'v o r n.
une 1 oar ate
$3B00sSr;
1 ar In tlMlr c wn l(Ml)ttM.rt.
F.A HI I UBriarltk ta h.eUj
it rttd Kutt wriu ui) r)
ltrMilM,rUI work In rlui uualy
ne anutii n irMiiu;iflaii wMofe on i-ara thai
mou.r fi .t unlfM BrFAit at ! k 117 an
aaira i m r ant atdMl wia
1 nm r i. inaktmr ovar 94000
SOU l. Vat MUMhnKU
ita aaaulcnuwut .rr
C HI!. AAdrrM il met
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fbr ua. kau-Wr.
iuh, bai wa r
SI a Ujr lb hmI, aMI won aa fn.
U HiiKNlH.iii ar ia ma) pAf
mrrlca. un raM anniMMM al howM. t
finR ll f' tlj,rr (r nauKuu . vU
ILa nuik All Uaa Otaal imj hi tut
evrf rkfr job. fkntl b(
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tit Fallura unkna 11. tr
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