WINNING A WIDOW. EVERYBODY WA8 AT THE WEDDINQ -EXCEPT MI98 BECKETT. A Story of Tillage Courtship rrom In diana Th Wadding Eiclted a Ueal or Interest Because the Groom Wat an Undertaker, AVho Had Hurled Mull?, TJailertftker Samuel Pavey and Mrs. Sarah Milliken, who has been known In Aristotle, lnil for twenty-flvo years as Achilles or Kill Mllllken's widow, wero married recently in the ireeence of everybody In this villagoeicept old Miss Beckett, Miss Beokett would liave been present if she had not left her sick bed last week to All on Mrs. Milliken and inquire into the particulars of the engagement. After this Imprudence she had a relapse and haft been unable to leave her bed. She wis propped up nt the window all the afternoon, howorer, and saw everybody that went in or out of church. Undertaker Pavey has buried all of the dead here for the past slitjryoars. He li now a tall, thin man, wttu close cropped white hair and suiSoth shaven face, and alwsjFsressesjnlilack, ns be comes an undErtSkeritjiily the oldest citizens can'rebiember when he looked amy different f roiri the way he looks now. His wife died forty years ago, ani he has kept shy of all maidens and widows ever since. Yesrs ago ho wns abandoned by the most persistent match makers as a hopeless case. The widow of Kill Milliken'is an esti mable lady, a great maker of cakes for the church festivals and clever at cro cheting wonted tidies, with a large number of which the chairs and the sofa in her front parlor are adorned. As there has been a good deal of curiosity about her engagement and marriage, she has consented to a public statement. She is a short, fat woman, with hair of a peculiar shade of yellow, which she go! by using the hair dye which was ad vertised extensively in connection with her picture and letter of recommenda tion. She says that Mr. Pavey had never shown any signs of preference for her whatever, nor had she thought uf him as the successor of Kill until ten days before the marriage. About that time ho knocked at her front door at half past 11 in the morn ing. It was a Wednesday and the "Widow Milliken was deep in the dough, at (hat is baking day through this whole ;town. She looked out througli the blinds of the window next the front door and saw who it was. As she had known Mr, Pavey so many years she Just wiped the flour oil her hands upon her apron and opened the door, Mr. Pavey went into the parlor and Mt down In the caneseat rocker with the green worsted tidy with blue rib bons through it. He set his tall hat carefully on the floor beside him and then said i "Good morning, Sarah Milliken." "Good morning, Mr. Pavey," said Mrs. Milliken. She said that she accented the Mr. so that Mr. Pavey might under stand that she had noticed his not call ing her Mrs. Milliken, as he was accus tomed to do. Mrs. Milliken also Bays that eho bad a sort of premonition that something was coming. "It can't be that the Gompers girl is aeadr' sue eam anxiously. "No," said Mr. Pavey. "But life is uncertain, Sarah Milliken. Ho one should know that better than yon, Samuel Pavey," said the widow with one of her sly laughs, Bat Mr. Pavey did not laugh as he went on: "Sarah, you are getting along in years. You will soon be in need of my services. "I haven't even sent for the doctor yet, and I won't need you till he's dono with me," said the widow, bridling and pouting, "Do you remember the first Mrs. Pavey!" said the undertaker, paying no attention to her and pursuing his own gloomy reflections. "I Was a little girl when shodicd," said Mrs. Milliken. "Yob," said Mr. Pavey, "yon had just married the late Mr. Milliken five years before. Yon remember that she had the best funeral this town ever saw, not ex cepting old Captain Lander's funeral, which cost five dollars, as I should know, it anybody. As I Bald, Sarah, you are getting old. If you marry me I will do as well by the second Mrs. Pavey as I did by the first." "You always would have your joke, Sam," said the widow. "What will everybody say!" "We are both getting old," said Mr. Pavey, still paying no attention to what the widow was saying. "Life is uncer tain. There is no time to lose." So Mrs. MiUlken said, "All right, Samuel; wbenevor you say," "tea days is long enough. I'll see the pastor this afternoon." Then they shook hands, and Mr. Pa vey put on his hat nnd went away, look ing quite gay and chipper as soon as the door closed on him, for he did not know that Mrs. Milliken was watching him through the blinds. Two minutes after ward she had called Mrs. Meek, her next door neighbor, to tho back fence aOd had told her all about It. Ten min utes afterward by tho clock on the court house Mrs. Meek, having left her bakery In charge of her daughter Lizzie, had on her bonnet and shawl and was bear ing down the street, telling everybody the met, Cor. New York Sun. A Kara Collection of Fabrics. "The collection of fabrics in the Drexel institute, Philadelphia, promises to be.. CQ2&6 one of the finest in the country and of tho highest importance to students. The series of Indian prints is remarka ble and the Chinese embroideries com prise several notable specimens, Tlie Easier Ma), A boy of three and a half Years, on Rearing about a man who strained Ids back by lifting a barrel, said: "I should &v thought ho would have rolled it." vox. Babyhood, Courtship lu clilua. A curious custom prevails at Huay, ning-hslen, in Kwanrnd. On thn fir. tsentb. day of the first month in each year au ine young ladles and gentlemen take a Walk tO the Yen-van limnnfnln Each damsel carries a little box, which she deposits at the foot of tho hill. Any young gentleman desirous of entering the bonds of matrimony may select one 1 tee boxes and take it awav with him Whereupon the fair owner of the box maaes uerselt known and an acquaint anceship is thus formed. Ill assorted matches are not likely to occur, as this custom is observed only among the well to do classes of society. Schnitiel und Spane. The Child's l'rotr.t. Joseph Uaworth, the actor, tells a star of a little girl who was very cur ions to know all about thunderstorms, and was told bjv her mother that they im the voitw'of Uod. A few days later the child was taught put in a thun darstonn and called by her mother to came in. Uer Uttle less came toddllns OJ to the piazza as fast as they could, but a she reached the steps there came Kmio ciap or luunuer, and the little one, looking up, said, with a pained ex pression on her face. "Oh, Dod, 'oc needn't holler so loud, I'&e hurryin dest as fast as I tan." Buffalo Express. Tlie JSuu ltccoril. Sunshine is recorded at Ihe meteoro logical office in England by means of the Stokes-Campbell instrument, the es sential feature of which is a spherical tans, which acts as a burning glass. As the sun accomplishes its apparent jour ney from east to west it burns its auto graph into a strip of card plui ed beneath uw tens, nut oan only uo so when it easy to calculate the amount of actual mrf,lr,orf.l,,l,ll,l..l.,. j " -Chambers' Joarraal. . . The flute is vrv old iu its orurui. but , . , - - - " Ul "a" uuiweni iroin tuat ancients. uas wwu uaprovw tapon from tinw to tiuw and IU old people .would probaUyfaU to wcognlse it now The flaaeolet. which ia soma- sv,.t .im,i, I." . ti rtt siculir is credited to Juvigay Am 1561 Harper. Young People. The Unreasoning Crowd. Speaking of the queer things to be seen on the streets, it is really astonishing ' how instinctively one perum imitates au -other. A man with n pvili.n for psy chioal research has beeu proving tlilaby some experiments which are, to say'llie least of it, original. Going along about dnsk the other night In advanco of n small party of folk, he suddenly turned out Into the muddy street, as lr avowing something in front. Unquestloningly every person behind did the same thing iu spite of tlie mire. It isn't likely that they felt the full humorous force of the incident in qullo tho way he did, however, when they saw him face about and walk calmly back in the beaten path. The slieep went to all the trouble of jumping over a bar of dust, to be sure, but it would really seem worth while if human beings could think n little more independently nnd for themselves. The truth of it la, it is just this blind unreasoning herding to gether that leads to halt the accidents and panics which nro cropping up on all sides. Boston Transcript. Antidotes ror Snake I'olton. The effect of snake blto depends partly on the condition of the snake nud partly on that of the person bitten and the part attacked. No effectual antidote lias yet been discovered. Ammonia nnd ir manganate of potassium will not suffice, although n solution of the latter will lake away the poisonous property of the snake s venom it it do mixeii iiierewim. Immediate amputation of a bitten toe or finger is tho best course, as tho delay of a few seconds may snmce to convey tho poison into the patient's circulation. If from the nature of the part bitten amputation cannot be performed, a very tight ligature applied after cauterisation and sucking the part is tho best course, and the administration or stimulants is generally recommended. Quarterly lie view. ltlce and Wheat nt Wedding. Throwing lice and wheat nt a wed ding is a relic of an old Huliia'n custom, and has probably been common in Eng land since llomau times. Brand gives several authorities for It. Friend refers to tho case of tho brido of Henry VII nt Bristol in 1485, when wheat was thrown upon her with tho greeting, "Welcome nnd good luck!" Rlcoisnseu similarly at weddings lu India, nnd the substitution of this grain for wheat iu our own country of late years may bo partly due to that fact; but whero wheat cannot readily bo coine at rice Would naturally suggest itself as a substitute. Notes and Queries. A I'liyslclali's Vees. South Africa responds to modern in novations. A recent traveler In Kaffir laud tells this incident: As we were upsaddling, thero passed us a man driving a small flock of goats and several head of cattle. This was tho husband of a lady physician who is ruining tho practice of the local witch doctors, nnd ho was taking home his wife's fee for attending n patient. Youth's Companion. Nut the .Hun In (Juration. A laborer In a rough felt hut nnd long smock walked the other iluy Into tho Shaltespoaro library, and after looking attentively for some time ut ouo of the custodians, went up to him and said, "I say, zur, bo you Mr. Shal:espe.iro as I've heer'n speak ov?" The custodian ox plained to Hodge that he was not the gentleman referred to. London Tele graph. A Large German Castle. The Castle of Heidelberg is the larg est in Germany. It stands 330 feet abovo the Neckar river, and was occupied as a castle as early as 1994 A. D. In a cellar in one comer of the ruins is the famous "tun" or monster ca8k capable of hold ing 49,000 gallons. This was for the storage of wine used by the nobility who dwelt iu this castle. It is believed that tho Grand Duko of Baden will abandon tho idea which he recently entertained of attempting to "restore" the ruins and convert them into n modern palace. Philadelphia Ledger. Itiirkten's Arnii-a hnlte, 1 hrt he.t raUa In the unrlil for Puts. I.rillses. Snres, Ulcers, Salt ltlieuill, l'eer feoles, 'leller, Chapped 1 taints, ctillbUius Conies, anil all bkln J.riipiioilli, null posimny i-uie i iit-s. ui iiu i.aj required. It Is guaranteed to ple irfect satis faction, or money relunded. Price '26 cents per Iww. For sale hv Iteber 1-elilelitoit: aiiu liierj Welsjpmt. Childish laughter is tho echo of hea venly musio. Cure Yourseir Don't pay large doctors' hills. The beet medical book published, 100 pages, elegant colored plates, will he sent to you on re relpt of three ii' cent stamps to pay postage. Address A. I'. Onlivay it Co., llostnn, Mass, If you would bo as happy a a child, please one. Across the Ileep, lo tlie I'ar West. 'lliHwoiild stent aronlradktlAii li so. in fact, to ihe ee. Hut CMierleiico li.is nroed Its uo-mi- hlllly. lake the cute at tlie imtlildiiul who iiwcih iiiui.iaiarioiiHleltlolt. A noiuisl consll tntloiils lio certain defence against the dreaded chills. Mh.lt is ' . Ilei-iuile.l- letiiiiniiv. coer- Inga net foil lUlic slioit of luilr a century, proves lli.it HosUlterN rjtriiiiitcti Hitters Is precisely this, Itllsroiitllieiit docs hot limit the rleld where tlie ini-illcliie lus proed its cUiciicy. In Bouill Alner ca.tne islliiuusol iMiiaiua. Meslco. eerywlieie lu fait where niluHiiia-torn diseases UKes on Its most oust iinleunil toi nuu.ili el litis. the Hitters Is n reengnletl ttpeclllc In lllliiillabls uriiiaitu, mm pi enci ineii li) pii) HiciSilS ui repine. 1'utent. too. Is It in illsorderH of the stmii.ii li. Ill er unit tiou els, unit against that destroyer, la grlniie. It linpioies appetite and sleep, lieu- iritiici-K riH'iiiiiaiisiu uuu kiuney complaints. Wholesomo recreation conquers evil thonghta. Strength and Health, This leiuedy Is becoming so well known ami so iiopulsr as to need no inecial men tion. All who hate used Electric Millers sing Ihe same song of piaise. A purer medicine does not exist audit Is guaran teed to do all that Is claimed. Klectrlc Ililters will cure all diseases of Ihe Liver and isidneys, will removA Pimples, Hulls, Salt ltheiim and other affections caused by Impure blood. Will Urle Malatla from the svsiem ami pieveut as well as core all Malatlal fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indlcestlon try Klectrlc Ultlers Kntlre sitlsfactlon guaranteed, or money refunded. Price no rts. and $1.00 per bottle at Itehei'a Iteher's Lelilghton; ami juerv a "eissport. Childish i nnd er is tho first step lu human wMou Thrashed a Man Tuli-e his -Sire. The other day a small, harmless looking man entered a NewAork ulieet car. and accidentally trod on the toes of a big sis looter. He apolo gized, but the sin footer wasnt satlslied. lie talked lor some, lime, and Olially Invllcd the little mail to leaie the ear and settle tlie matter on the I sidewalk. Jlreatly to his astonishment, Hie latter accepted. Those who witnessed tlie big fellow had to lie carried homo In an aiubu lance, while his dhuliiutiie antagonist walked awav wltha cheerliil snille. And sultlswltli Hr tierce's Pleasant Pellets. They'ie not halt as big as-most of tliolr rivals, hut Hiey do their ork ,nulell aud thoroughly For siek head ache, bllluusness. constipation, dyspepsia, He.. Uver I'll s aksolutele sold on trlall Your iuoikv ha.'k. If they dual give satisfaction! ihe author of harmless mirth is a puuuu iieueiartor. A a blood-purifier, the tuntt eminent physicians prescribe Ayer's Sarsaparllla. 11 It the most powerful combination 0f vegetable lllerall.es ever offered to the . "nil lamui medlctoe, It. may lw freely used hy old ami roues alike. Amusement to children 1h like ruin to flowerc. f Tlie merit oi Hood's Sarsauarllla Is hot aoei. ?:E.'iLt!'. 'ewltBiul .t id, initi iei luieiu by educated pharnuulsts. Admiration Among Indlaus. "JIau lives by admiration," and the Indian oau admire. Ills favorite tale, listened to with ever froth interest, Is of a hstro who would not enter heaveu tf his dog were excluded. He has placed among Ids nods an English general who was both tnsa aiui Vu-. . i r i 1 fmn Tiuat r,i,u, ,.i jiii.j ., L " T """ ouuiparuuj European races, they 'lilac! the British highest. They ad- , rulresi tuelr devotion to prim iplo. -The iiriti.i, ,i i ,. .... . . . .v vuij lutviHucn Him tue for what seems right " But the same men. imituung what thes admired for its want of teuderue and bvmpathy often uddtd Tho British, and r Moiiv , -i. i - T'.r T"' ".' wwi , I ad aliauau Uie astaUrstton they udaht ! Wd.''-NineUtToutar7 I FAIRYLAND. Under the branches 'hp? went together, Tlie blossoming lirsni tin tust break lbs skr. All la the morn or the jrouiig, sweet weather, Wheu softly the gtetu on the bills ilolta He: And Dorothy thought It was over the meadow And Cicely said It wai iluse by the spring, But Polly was sure that the woodland'! shadow Sheltered that magkal ralry ring. Bo over the meadow tbev ww ift ly hied them - Oh, but the bird ta-fbo blue natig sweetl They saw not the blnsh of the brier beside them. iUQ TIOICU IOIU1US rairaiu uu . Long by the spring- they lingered and listened?- 'Twas a diadem set in a tuomy rim. And oh. lbs beauty tbst clustered and glis tened I In trail ferns railing about Its briml They sought la the wood fbr a wonder reveal ing, And saw not the leaves In a net o'erhead. Ob, but the song through the ulnetnps steal ing. And ob, that bush down the dim ways shedl Then, when lb sun leaned lower to Hud thein Homeward they wandered a sorrowful way And knew not the land they wera leaving bo hind them. The rare new land of a young June day! I!ut Dorothy thinks It Is oyer the meadow. And alcely says it U clow by the spring: While I'olly Is sure that the noodland'a shadow Shelters tho magical ralry rlngt Virginia Woodward Cloud In St. Nicholas Theatrical Superstition. Among country companies supersti tions are more varied nnd extended than among metropolitan ones, and are of course, more blindly and religiously ad hered to. If, on entering a town where the noxt "stand" is to be made, a grave yard is visible on the right side of the railway track, the country manager's heart swells with bright anticipations. But if, on the contrary, the tombstones loom up on tho left of the road, ho bo comes depressed, as ho takes the fact as a warning that his "business" will bo sitiull during his engagement in that place. Such a manager will be apt to give Bouie man or boy a free pass to tho theater on a first night, as he-would fear n run of ill luck in case n woman should chance to enter the house before a member of the opposite sex had fonnd his way Willi in. Chicago Post. How Siloes Are Baited, The gullibility of persons who buy mines has passed into a proverb. It is Bald that such properties have actually been ealted with half melted sliver dol lars and sold to investors, who ilitl not realize that the precious metal was tint found in nature with the stamp of the mint upon it. Undoubtedly the most scientific method of accomplishing this Bort of swindle is to apply tho silver iu the shape of a nitrate solution. When it 13 ready for use some salt Is put into it and it is squirted over the rock, the salt causing an immediate piecipitatlon of the inetnl in a manner that is equally conspicuous and deceptive to the eye. Kansas City Times. The Indian Hunter's Btuue. The Indian hunter will cut the shape of au animal out of stone, have II "blessed" by the medicine man und be lieve it gives him good fortune in tlie chose of the beast represented. When he kills one he dips the fetich in the blood. Perhaps he wraps about it beads, signifying money, aud attaches to it little arrowheads, which represent the executive function of slaughter. So as to secure as much help from the un known as possible, lie hangs charms all over his person. Washington Star, Meerschaum Artists. The artist who carves meerschaum is required to pass through as severe a school of apprenticeship lasting from threo to ten years as though his work wero in marble. Meerschaum carved and in the rough resembles the ordinary plaster cast. The outlines being com plete, it is scraped with a knife, filed, soaked in a preparation, and then pol ished with a linen cloth. New York Times. Cannot He llolh. A good bod' is necessary to a satisfac tory expression of tho mentality. But no man can be a Daniel Webster men tally and a John L. Sullivan physically Tho possibilities of either the mind or body can be fully developed uuly at the expense of tho other. The college boy who becomes a great athlete will not be a great scholar. Genius is almost always associated with soft spots. Troy Press. A 1'ayllig lluslness. Honey Lender You want to borrow a hundred pounds? Well, here's the money. I chargo C percent, a month, and as you want it for a year, that leaves just forty pounds coming to you. Innocent Borrower Then if I wanted it for two years, there'd be something coming to you, I suppose, eh? London Tit-Bits. At Iloth Euds, "By Jove," said the youngster, "I'd liko to have $100,000 to go into business with in tlie proper shape." "Ugh," growled the veteran, "I'd like to have $100,000 to go out of business with in the proper Bhape," Detroit Free Press. The oldest pensioners on the rolls of the New York pension ofllce and two of the oldest In the United States, although pensioners are proverbially long lived, are General Tupper and General Dalley. They ore veterans of 1812. The city of Paris has 87,055 trees in its streets, and each tree represents a cost to the city of 175 francs. This makes in round numbers (3,000,000 worth of trees In the streets. An investigator has discovered that the greater number of congressmen are undersized, aud a traveler in the west reports that St. Louis people are shorter of statare than easterners. No part of the body should be clothed so warmly that perspiration is easily induced, sinco a rapid loss of heat is caused by its evaporation. Among tho Egyptians the bed often was made iu the form "of an elongated animal, with coverings of fine linen and tapestry of silk or wool. When Finished. Busy persons, forced to defend them selves ffom interminable talkers, who havo little to say, can appreciate a hint to which Henry IV of France once re sorted. A parliamentary deputy called upon him and made a long speech. The king listened patiently for a time, then he decided that his visitor would do well to condense his remarks. lie took him by the hand and led him to where they could see the gallery of the Louvre. "What do you think of that building? When it is finished it will be a good thing, will it notf "Yes," replied the man of mauy words, not guessing what was coming next. "Well, monsieur, that is just the way with your discourse," was the king's mild observation. Youth's Companion. "The Ueguts." The late Mr. Oouingtou, professor of Latiu in the University of Oxford, was noted for his prodigious memory. At a very early age it began to show it self. When he was a child of four or thereabout he was sleeping one night in the same room with a relative, when, at the dead of night, his voice was to be heard crying out in tho darkness from his little cot iu the corner: "Unolel Unoltl I know the Begats. Uuole The what? Go to sleep, lay boy, you are dreaming. Child I know the Begats. Listen! And he began: "Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob and Jacob begat Judah," and so on to the end, some forty-two generations, without a mis take. Loudon Tit-Bite. Ksusws ut Taittt and Siatll. The incapable, who neither know uoi care how food ought to be prepared, are hardly conscious that they are responsi ble fur the health of those they cater to Tbe sensus of taste and smell appear U be interdependent uud everything that tastm pl.u.u!Uy or suiclla agreeably ex cites a Iluw uf tho guMuc jun.es aud then Kitb duustluu. there is is betlt.i S?M' Uusuta to as.imilau fund. New York OPVStlMT PADDLE YOUn OWS CANOE. " Voyagers on life's sea, To yourseir bo true. And whate'er your lot may be. Paddle your own canoe." "To yourself bo true," "and thou enns't not then bo fslso to any man." "Self-lovo Is not so vile a sin as self neglecting." Then "be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer." Get Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, for all af fections of the lungs and throat It Is llkewlso a wonderful liver tonic, and lnvlgorator. All tlit ytar round, you may rely upon Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's not llko the sarsapsilllas. that are said to be good for the blood In March, April and May. The "Discovery" works equally well at all times, and in all rasc3 of Mood-taints, or humors, no inatter what their name or nature. It cures all Bkln, Scalp and Scrofulous affections, as Eczema. Tetter, Salt rheum, Fever-sores, White Swelliugs, Hip-joint dlscao nnd kludrcd ail ments. It's the chtapttt blood-purifier, sold through druggists, because you only pay for Ihe good you get. Your money Is returned If it doesn't benefit or cure you. Can you ask more ? SOGERS rubllc speakers, actors, auctioneers, teach rrs, preachers, and all nlio are liable to over-tax and irritate the vocal organs, find. In Ajet Cherry Pectoral, a sale, certain, and speedy relief. It soothes the larynx, allays Inflammation, strengthens the voice, and for Vi hooping cough, croup, sore throat, and the sudden colds to which children, are exposed, this preparation la 'without equal. William II. Quartly, Auctioneer, Mlnla ton, Australia, writes; ' In my profess.on.ol an auctioneer, any affection ot the voice or throat Is a serious matter; but, at each attack, I have been BENEFITED BY a few doses of Ayer's Cherry Tectoral. This remedywith ordinary care, has worked such magical effect that I have suffered very Utile Inconvenience." " Having thoroughly tested the properties ot Ajer's Cherry Pectoral as a remedy for bronchitis and throat affections, I am heart ily glad to testify to the Intrinsic merits ot this preparation." T. J, Macmurray, Au thor and Lecturer, Hlpley, Ohio. "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has cleared and strengthened my voice, so that I am able to speak with very much more ease and com foit than before." (IteT.) C. N. IStcholj, Pastor of Baptist Church, No. Tisbury, Mass. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass. BoU tr all Drogiliti. IVIct (1; sli fcettlti, If, In Its Worst Form. I Benton, Laf. Co., Wis., Deo., 1838, Rt. J. C. Bergen Touches for the following: James Rooney, ho was suffering f-om fit. Vltnt Dance hi lta worat form for about 1H years. was treated by several physicians without fftot. Two bottles of Paitor Eoenlg'a Korv Tonlo cured him. Would Have Died. Holtoke, Mass., NoTember, 1900. I waa In pain all over, could get no rest either night or day and was not able to do Any work for uiouthi, bat after t&klng Pastor Koenlg'B nerve todm oniy one weojt, i wii auie 10 m u and attend to iht drees m&klnz. I bad rat over two hundred dollars to doctors and got no beneni. i certainly tuina i snonia naveaiea long ago it inaa not got inn medicine. MH8, ADA PENELL, PnTP" A Valuable Rook en Norrout LULL Wteaeee eetit tree to any address f Hr r end poor patient can also obtain 1 I law L tUle medicine free of cluiree. Ttits remedy bas been prepared by the Reverend Pulor koeutK. of Port Werne, lnd, elneel3.ina u novr vri&rea under bis dlrectlou by Uie KONIC MED. CO., Chicago, III hiLylh.tifKi-lsat'ilpo. Itr.t.if, t ..'- fiouilaneae Truops In tlattle. I was told a delightful etory of one re- tent action In which the Soudanese troops took a prominent part. Tha en emy was under cover not far off, hut the firing lino of bUcVj were blazing away at him as f.ut aa they conld open and close tfleir rifles. In vain their of ficers tried to stop them. The waste of ammunition threatened to become ex tremely serious, nnd their commanding officer, a Scotchman who had seen many fights with iliein, losing his temper, rode np and down behind the line cursing them with every abusive epithet in a fairly adequate vocabulary of Arabic In vective, but entirely without effect. At last one of them happened to turn and discovered the beloved bey in evidently a very excited state of mind. He at once rose, ran buck to him, and patting him reassuringly on the boot he said: "Don't he frightened, bey. It's all right. We're here. We'll take care of youl" The Scotch bey, however, was equal to the occasion, lie redo out through the Hue, and walked hit horse up and down iu front of the rifles. "Nijtv," he said, "if you must lire, fire at me!" After this it is not surprising to read in dispatches that this officer has twice re cently had his horse shot under liiui. Contemporary Itevietv. Jay flnuld's Hunk, Occasionally soino person knocks, at the door of Jay Gould's ofllce in the Western Union building with a copy of "The History of Delaware County, New York, by Jay Gould," to sell. An im pression exists iu the minds of many people that Mr. Gould is desirous of suppressing this publication as com pletely as possible, and that he will pay almost any price to get possession of the few stray copies that are left. Resi dents of Delaware county are authority for the statement that several years ago an agent ot Mr. Gould's scoured that county for these books and bought near ly all of them at fancy prices. When ever a copy of this particular history of Delaware county is displayed lu that county at the preseut day the older resi dents will advise the owner, "J hit you take thet dowu ter New York, au Jay Gould'll give yer thirty or forty dollars fer it." It is certain that uobody in Mr Gould's ofllce ever heard of his paying any such price for one of those books. And nobody is able to esplslu why Mr Gould should want to suppress the pub lication, unless it is that he tbluks there Is too much sentiment iu it for a man if his present reputation. New York Times. The grain crop for one year of the states west of tbe Mississippi, including oats, barley, rye, etc, at tlie lowest esti mate will reach $000,000,000. New investigations have compelled the reduction of the estimated population of China from aouwtbing over 40U,000,iXK) to about 850,000,000, l'&lur I'rouunclattou. Laudor always prououm ed yellow as yaller. AVe nave heard Mr A It. Wal lace, tbe eminent naturalist, during the course of a lecture, repeate,)l juund it thus, a mode of pruuuuiiaiiu said, in deed, to be traditional ui uiuin good old English families,, und whuh include the substitution of laylock for lUac, Room foi Uouie, giKjld (or gold, and wooudtrtul tor Wonderful A faouiel) old miul deau. long since dead, used ttlvtua like Satu Welltr, to leave out the w in kuiumij. and lua "WUt thou have thin ooiiian to be tnj wedded wifef ' wsa a pi to iu the so lemaity of marriage terries). London Tit-Bits. IBl aoiu'G To Farmers AND Housekeepers.' BEHOLD THE PRICES! I ill hue state thal I expect to have lnr place ot tiualnrH In shape by June 1st, 1802, hotvrier, I carry some of the follow ing rikhIs In stock, and what I have not In Slnrk, I ran Bet at short notice. I ran sell yon Spring Tooth Harrows, all lending mafcos, at $14. 20 Tooth Hay Kakes, hand lump, at $15. 20 Tooth Unv Kakes. self- dump, at $20 .Jeering Mower, the best on earth, at $40. Deering Hinders, the best on earth, at $l!J5. No. 10, Tornado Feed Cut ters, at $35. Corn Shelter, with cleaner,$8. A Combination Riding Har row and Cultivator, subject to 5 changes, something quite new, only $28. Anything in the Agricultural Implement line cheaper than you can buy elsewhere. I Beat tfie World onSewincc Machines The time Is coiulng fthen all high grade Family Hen lull Machines t. I sell for t25, and you caiithankme for hiluglnii, It about. I atn at the present time selling The White, Collate, and American, In handsome oak cases, at (25. TheNew Davis, In oak, ftdrams, fI8; New Uayls, In ash, 7 draneis, t30; ' No. II Wheeler & ll'llson, hatidsuuie oak, (30. 1 exnpct before lonff lo he able tosuoff auy machine made, and sell them at $25, In 5 drawer oak cases. 1 have no wings, but get there Just the same. WKSTKItN ll-ASIIEK3, Square or (lotttid, complete nlth wringer, (7 50. Every famll) can artord to buv one, Yuu run no risk, you gel theui on trial. I am headquarters for I'UMI'S, In Iron and Wood-Chain, Force, Llfl or Eleva tors. I sell ll'ood Pumps at 15, others get (0 50 Tome aud see uie before buying, jou will find me around, and when uir store room Is finished I will be there or have some one In attendance who will be able lo name rock bottom prices on anything. Il'hy did I!. C. Aschbacu remove his slock of pianos aud organs to Allentown? I presume it is getting too hot for him, and I expect in the near future to convince him lhatMie rhiisl come down to fair living prices. 1 on show the public that they have been paying outrageous prices for organs aud pianos. Come and see nie before buying else where. I remain Yours respectfully, Aaron Snyder Weissport, THOMAS' Drag :: Store, FIliST STHEET. 1,1311 IGHTON, PA. To the Farmer ! Tlie hot weather lirings out the fild post the Potato Bug. lsi: ouk Pure Paris Green ! It will save your clops ! JEWIS' 98 LYi (patented) fA Tb,A.n-M4i wsr4tl.TQiii loll tX la a eta Ut. (tueiftbi ltd. lb MiHlii tu. lvart rcaa; i"i im. w tu mat pvi l.tti4 Haii irp iaMm.aamaslrtsltMU IT IS TtlK Br T tar cWMalaf plr atsibf.. no i "'.st fltoMii, wtsilaf Mtti . WHY 13 THE 1 w. i nouci as as shoe .. THE BEST SHOE IN THE WOULD FOR IHE UQtitft :l?i!-raJaiffisyffi &ffiff&ZZ 3 Os fb rrr ottemi fur eqiuila Frtttcti aim twtr offorril at this) rlt' ; Mm f rJ u nif lout IuaJc Khuea i'oal lutf f mut $6jXj ti tCOU. CO AU I'oHrt) rht0 i fruwrtv Kallroad Uca 3Jm Daltts-rrt.rrirrtisll WcatbMUi Oumoait. IwcatbMUj flu sdaA adsTa. tilia Lair will tvtAr s tsw. bbiIsM, Hisuutti luatUe. heavy thr mU4 la S2. 0u ngs rnin uo u-iirruoifi.' eatrM ffiO 33 nnd Wt.OO 'orblan.at.a svClttCsi afi vr slrnur anil iloratilA Ttuu ahoea very mtroug and dorabW Tboa wba ru tMsu a irLal will wmt imi athsw imaka. la g'fu tlMu a trUl wUlwtw uo oiaor aiU r B J.UU HDU 1.7i) Ml tm Ibs imiHi. aa tiw lueniAu sIhhow. n sisaijsw im cmohsbbs TAKE. nO BOB! Adam Mebrkaiu & 'ou, 1st St, Ler ArvK Reapers and Rakes. !JaBr vWjktLlS) JfllslSiw DON'T WASTE CROPS. SP. VSlW' mBtf (rt dBSHHavWflllwJsc A GOOD MACHINE. lW y JJ Oitf Th Chatncl evidence W , fliaKiKVaJsH.W 6- P-'sv Stnm V cUlmevi for it. Ii remoTei O tHlLLawBaBaK9i 9biVs1bWl 03 rrr FrecVK's, Urcrmoles,Slck JC tBfEtBHBPsWj gJffln gaBBBjK Jk heads, Pimple, Tao, and til (0) I foHHHhBSSlaiKlav OBtBbJBm M lraperfectlontof tbaikfutwiibOHtlDvft. nh 1 HBMIfJk. Balalalalalam X AfewapplUttlonsnlllreDderaroush w fall KfasBasBaaW ftB Y AtdruMSi by mall, Bend for jSJjp JMmtViW Wk it sfav sH mJF$m waIter Lehigh Goal & LIMITED. Specialties. Myer's Pumps A complete line, including Cucumber Pumps A complete line including Coa Oil At wholesale and retail Usual line of Ilnrdwnrp, Oils. $100,000 Clothing Sale NOW COMMENCED. The Greatest deduction Sale ever known in the Lehigh Valley. Pure Honest Goods Former Remember these goods are all ot this (ireat hale is limited to go f&pidly. Buy until you have seen the Annual ( leanincc bale ot Men's Suits, Boys' Suits, Children's Suits and Suits made to Order ! ! , . SEE TUB ASTON 1S111G .LOW PRICES!! Bear in mind a cliauce like miss. Call und judge tor yourselt. Kocli fc Lanest and Finest Clothing Honse m lie Valley, CENTRE SQUARE, ALLENTOWX, PA. Tt.uia NO "SURE EVERY CASE if Wo treat do oaanltboutAtlior- BR, ougb knowioOgo or too com.1 fncurabfs Cases Declined. Examination free by mall. Wa want name and address of ovary sufferer from Asthma or P. H AHOLD HAVLS) MD Btfsfssgaiytf'tfssagaoK J. L &AB1R IS HEADQUARTERS FOR GENERAL, Paints, Varnishes. Glass, ALL KIND OF COAL, &p- OPS. PUBLIC SQUARE, Bank Street, Lehighton, Pa Kline, Laros -DEALERS IN- 7M Hamilton St., Allentown, Pa., oftcr the finest and completest line ef J adies and Gents Fine Shoes for Spring, ' IS ALL STYLES AT THE There is something of interest for all in our Magnificent Stock. You can make no mistake hy calling and examining it. Look for the BIG BOOT SIGN. JjSj&' Walter A. Woodw The most reliable machines tha world has ever had are A. WOOD MOWING WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD Binders Twine Mowers Reapers Rakes CALL QUICK AND EXAMINE all kinds of farmimg implements, NORMAL SOUAltE, PA. E2f 1'ltUtS LdWEIt THAN THE I.OlVEsT. CALL AM) LEA UN Pit UI Hardware Co,, ropairs fbr tho btttrc. repairs for the samti. Coal, Sand, Cement. Plaster, &c. SACRIFICE ! ! at Almost One-Half Priees. our own make and as the time the next ,H) days every thing will Wonderful Reductions in our this you should possilively not Shankweiler. CURE FOR EVERT CASE OF ASTHMA" or OF HAT FEVER," but the nont cum, uncomplicated by organic disease, can u CURED TO STAY CURED sHltOkw and this mt tha HA. lient'i noma. i k Hav Fever. BUFFALO. N. Y. HARDWARE, & Muschlitz, made for 1892 by & REAPING MACHINE CO, THEIR FAULTLESS QUALITY. NOTHSTraiisr, -DEALER IN An Anlulattl htiuiigu lt.ser.olr. Tlie Australian lainprev has its prlll- Ipal habitat In the Murray river, awl consequently in theiliv m'h-uh it U apt to be Imbedded beni'.ith the hardened day, wheae uo water h. Ah the stream recedes, the aulrnal fills it" pmicli and disappears into the soft mud below, there to remain until the drought has passed away, subsisting on the moisture which It has learned to store In a special ized receptacle at the side of the head. As a matter of fact, the fish has mas tered the difllcultquestionof water stor age on its own account before the race ot homo sapiens has beeu ablo to solve the same problem iu tho island conti nent. It Is an interesting iiuestloii whether this Australian lamprey Is not a linger ing example of tho fish of Miocene ages, and as such may bo considered ns an an cestral type of Euroiwan lampreys. A sea lamprey that I examined alive, caught In the salmon nets of the tidal estuary, had a dlntinct tendency to swell at either side of the head, as It tlie pouch might bo forthcoming in time of actual necessity. If the Australian type is not the absolute ancestor of the Iiritish genera, it is at least reasonable to sup pose that it is an older foim, und that the divergent genera and species have descended along different lines in the great life struggle. That the pouch of the antipodean lamprey is intended for the storage of water is a fact that can hardly be doubted by any ono who has seen the species amid its peculiar sur roundings. Uornmll Magazine. Stage struck. Two men met on a train koIul' west. They had known each other in the six ties and resumed acquaintance with a Tim. 'An how's that bright boy of yours?" asked the city man of his old time friend. Peart, peart as ever, pard. I were goin to make a minister of him, hut ho got stage struck and took to that lino as nat'ral as a duck does to water, an I had to gin In, And he's the heat shot in Jlontany.1' Took to the stage, eh? And has lie been successful?" I Successful? Well, I reckon he hez. Why, their ain't a man can be named in tho same day with Bill. Ho kin drop a grizzly in his tracks without ever conrin down from his perch." 'What Is his rolo?" 'Roll? I don't savoy, pard," 'I mean what line Is he in?" 'Oh, the Mountiug an Valley line that rnus to GoocliTille through Catamount Grove and Grizzly Hollow. 'Taint fun all tho time either, pard, when bandits is" layin low for yer money or yer life," 'AH, he does the sensational on tlie hoards, I see. A low comedian," 'Nothin low about Bill, ole friend. lie just sits up on tho top of the Jlon tany stage an drives his four-lu-nand as easy as rollin off a log. Ez I said, the stage wuz right in his line, an he's a thunderhi good driver," Detroit Freo Press. The It.by anil the Smage. In the bone caves of the south of France have been found figures of rein deer, mammoths and men cut on horn or ivory, and evidently executed Ly art ists contemporary with tho Elephas primigenius. The men am represented with short, bent legs, and seem to staud or walk iu a stooping manner, with tho body bow"ed "lightly forward from the hips. Kow pass your hand down the back of any infant under ten months old and feel the spine at the loin or lumbar re gion, where in the adult modem man the back is hollow or concave. You will observe that in the bain) it is convex like that of a quadruped (a ten-month-old baby ia practically a quadruped); and though the child can, perhaps, get on its legs with the support of u chair, it does not straighten its thighs and stand upright, but is bent forward In the same posture of the cavo dweller, whose portrait has come down to us from the age just succeeding the last glacial epoch. If the support is removed the child falls forward and again becomes a pseudo quadruped. Blackwood s Alaga' zine, Not Su Greiti as lie Looked. A man entered a busy city ofUco a few weeks lo and asked permission to use the telephone. lie walked to the corner pointed out by one of the clerks, looked curiously at the instrument and after a furtive glance toward the other occu pants of the room took down the re ceiver and gently whispered into it, "Hullo." A broad smile passed around the room, and one of tho younger clerks called out In patronizing tones, "Un, no, uncle hang up the tube, ring the bell on the right, then put the tube to your ear and talk to that little hole before you.' The man obediently hung up the re ceiver and turned toward the speaker. "Thank youl" he said dryly, "I am the general inspector ot this telephone line.' Youth a Companion, A Xer Profession, Mr. Charles RIchon, of Paris, has adopted quite a novel method of earning a living. His cards are worded: "Charles Richon, Imitator of Nightingales for Gardens and Kestaurants." Our pro fessional appears to be fully occupied daring the summer season. Every time a wealthy bourgeois, owning a plot ot land twelve meters in extent, invites his friends to a garden party, Charles Richon conceals himself behind the flower pots and oleander tabs and charms the company by imitating the glorious trills of the most melodious or our leathered songsters. Temps. , The Cuuilnou Snake, The common snake is found through out Europe (save In Ireland, the Ork neys, Hebrides, Shetland islands and Iceland), exteudjng northward iu So.ni dinavia to OS degs. It abounds in Sic ily, Sardinia and Corsica, and occurs, though rarely, in Algiers, but not theme eastward In Africa. .It is found lu Per sia and western Siberia, and Asia as far Lake Baikal, and iu the Alps at an alti tude of 0,000 feet. Qnurterly Review. A Trick of Cross KsauilustloD. In an action for payment of a tailor's bill, a witness swore that a certain dress coat was badly made, one of the sleeves being longer than the other. "You will," said Erskiue slowly, having risen to cross examine, "swear that one of the sleeves was longer than the other?" Witness I do swear it. Erskiue (quickly, and with a flash of Indignation) Then, sir, I am to under stand that you positively deny that one of the sleeves was shorter than the other? Startled Into a self contradiction by the suddenness and Impetuosity of this thrust, tha witness said, "I do deny It." Erskiue (raising his voice as the tu multuous laughter died away) Thank you, sir; I don't want to trouble you with another question. San Francisco Argonaut. Soldiers rrefer Grain Food. Comuieal was the grand necessary of life to those legionaries who, led by Ceasar, subdued the world, and who counted themselves starved and were apt to mutiny If reduced to the "famine fare" of animal food. Even Brltndi troops have been known to suffer from an exclusive meat diet, as indeed we found to our cost in the Zulu campaign of 1879, while the preference of tbe Ro man soldiery for the vegetable food has Its justification In tbe experience of tbe Russian army, and still more of tbe German one in 1810, which carried that memorable campaign to its triumphant close on tbe Erbswurst (pea sausage fav ored for a litjle bacon). London Lancet Too Pr.rlousT "And you won't marry me, Kit?" "I won't." "No use talking about it any more?" "Not a bit. It won't do any good, Hank." The Oklahoma youth, hurt and angry, reached under hit ohair for his bat. "It's my own fault, I s'pose," be grain Ud. "I aft to have waited till w'd got a little batter acqualnUd." "Yea. that's about tha site of it, Haak," assented the yoosg woman cold ly. "When it cornea to courtln you'ra too much of a sooner to suit ma. Good eveutu. " Chicago Triburu). T A CMF. BLACKING it chea,. r at so cents a bottle than toy other Dressing at ; cento A LI I TLE GOES A LONG Wff Im uue sliom onoe Wkil wllh i Ik1 '-i i'l rlcsn hv cashing lliem lth it l'roplo in inoderste clrcumstsnces Hud j r. Iilnl.lf to bur it st 20c. a bottle, lecau . n b it they tprnd for Blacking tbe tSTf u fIiiic Irallier. It Is tlie thespmt blacking consider!, lis qimlllr, sml yet vro nt Vo sell j clicntier if It can bo done.Wo will pay $10,000 Reward for ti recipe that wilt enable us to iLski Vni.rr' Acme Blacking st such a price Hint a retallercanprolitsblseUlt stlOc a bottle. This offer Is open until Jan. 1st, 1693 WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Pllllldelpllis Old urnilure iainled with PIK-RON (this is the name of the paint), loolct lite stnitKil anil Tarnished new furniture. On, cost will do It. A child can apply Jt, Yoi ran change a pine to a walnut, or a cherr to mahogany; there is no limit to rca. fsncies. All retailers sell 1U J. A. PHILLIPS. -IlKALBIt JS: Pianos and Organs, WKisBror.T. rA. Fnnr Canllnsl ltsasons Wlir You Should Buy l.ullr.l-inos and Organi at Phillips' tXThllllpshas no Agents l rjr-riillllis Ims i-o ''nlleelurs 1 fr-l'lillllDS has 1 1 r xpenses I fcri'lillllps can tune rianos snd Organsl r7s.mT.or ell tm ....JT .. Is II, .1 la rapidly road hr that reiaarkaj'l pr 'j, . -etion.Lr. tt.TOCt? 3 UP23YTD BL00P 3US3&' . Vor the flpoed; euro rt Hcrofula, Wauticg, AUrcnrlai Disease. Eruptions, Eryiipil.ia, rital decaf, end every 1 odiont ion of in poToiv .bed blood. Sr. Mailt;'! Jl:ei Bairci.it is tha isi romedf that ran alw&jt be relied upon. THE SELLERS MEDICINE CO. TO CONSUMPTIVES. Tim mi..fr, I irnpil imilnir been restored to lien It li d Dimple means, alter suffertnK tors a erul with a severe lung allertlon, and tln dread disease Comuin tt Ion, Is anxious to make known to tils fellow snnerers the means oi cure, lo those who desire It, he will rheeilully send (tree ot cnaigp) n copy vi me jirrscniJuun useu, which they will find a sure cute lor Consump tion. Attfnna, HronrliltU and all throat and lung Maladies. He hopes all sufferers 111 try tils remedy, as It islmahiable. Those desiring tho prescription, which will cost them nothing and may prove a bleeslmr, will please address, llov. r.lMVAIUI A. HILSOX, BroolljD, New York. apr. 23, 'vz-iy. Head the Advgoate. If You Iluve Xlmlie law SEE AltNER & SOLT, Tropiletors of the Portable Steam Saw Mill who u 111 do j our woik st Itessonable Kales. ItoiuuNCE, CSIOK Hill, East Weiss roRT, l'A. oct. 24, '91,jl CURE Elck Headache tnd rslisve all tbe trmiblu fact dent to a bilious state of the syatsin snob as Dixxioeii, Nausea, Prowsiness. DUtntss after eating. Fain la tns fiida, to. While tseif mosft ftmukablo sncceas baa been shorn la curing j SICK aaaeb yet Carter's Llttld Llw Fill ard eiaally aluatle la Constipation, curing aaJ pro Tenting thlsannoylnBOomplal&twhUetbyals9 corrsc t all disorders of t he s t omachUmnlats tha UrerDd reguUto tbo boweU. ETuall Uisy only f Acts tbsy wouW boalmostprleoleM to thoss whJ tatter from tblsdiatrcsalng complaint: butforto cauiytbeirgootlnftasdoesnoteDdbersndtbosa srboonce try thorn will find these little pUlTata aaielnsomanyirayathattbey will not ba wil ling to do without Ibcno. Cut after aUalctbatd flstbsbanaof so many 11 res that berslswbcm I we make oat great boast. OorpllUcartitvhU9 lotbsrs do not. CsrUr's Little Uver Pills art very tmall and .very easy to take. Oaeortwoplllsiaakeadoae. They are strictly vegetable and do sot gripe or poire, bat by tiuelr gun tin action please all h use them. In rials at 39 cents i firs for $L Srtl by dxoggisU CTeryvhare. or sent by mall. CARTER MCOI0IN8 CO., Nsw York. . SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE m BcIdlnV Remedy ii horn enr! i bj mill lor C'lHYESraENi MEOORITIES MUNICIPAL BONDS INDUSTRIAL STOCKS CORPORATION BONDS APPROVED BANK STOCKS CAREFULLY SELEOTED TRIED, SAFE, PAY OOOO INTEREST ALSO Dksinablb invsstmsnt propbrtiki in PRoapfRoua ciriia. roR ruu. PARTICULARS and references WRITE ESCHBAOH, MoDOHALD i. OO,, IB t. 3S WMtohsll St.. Nsw York. Scientific Amcricm Agency for 1 r LiilV OAVCATt,' fKHBlnaaioN PAT C NT j TW Infonnatlon snd free Handbook write to ML NN a CO., ail BituanwAT, New York. Oldest bureau for m urlng patents In Amtrrtcs. Every ptut taken out ty os Is brought before tbe tvuLlu. Of a uutioe itsu tree uf cbarss la tbf THE POLICEGAZETTE Is the out) illustraUd (taper In the Huild uhisiiuiiui a ug U tbe laleat seitstat tonal aud tort s. No saloon keaipfr, tuirber or luo a afford to bj alUuwt It. a ala) ing news, room din i uiaked irlfiida uhersvr ti inn Mailed to an address lu tlie taittt ta,i saeureiy w rapped, u weeks for tl tt Kichoul K. FOX, Pimples, Jjffi Boilfl CARTER'S li PI us.