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A DAY IK KIOTO.
BT tlODEBICi MACKBSZCE.
Mademoiselle 1'eaoh bad been dream
ing about cherry-blossom, bat as nh;i
looked up at the laden branches, r
dragon gaped from the top of the tree,
the blossoms flickered to the ground
and she awoke, in her filar m she toss
ed the heavily-wadded fulrm of her,
and without waiting to consider, wolke-5
across the room, slid a screeu said?;
puHhed the rain-shutters into the r
cupboard, and looked out; her dream
had oome true, it had been a rainier
spring than most, but yesterday the
sun had reappeared in his strength,
and bad burst the glory of the garden,
reach's own dear cherry-tree into a
tent of blossom, and now, as she looked
ont exnltant at its beauty, a red maple
t4azed through a grove of swaying bam
boo, a little breeze flickered through
the leaves, while away eonth thin
swathes of cloud hung over the hi;ls.
and nnder the gray lines of mist straight,
bars of yellow riaikon blo-feom bound
ed the line of temple roofs by the sta
tion. i'earh and her children sold um
brella: no flimsv, new, native imita
tion of onr .European nmbrelia adorned
their shop, made of bad materia', light
and useless, but the Coor was pile!
with those heavy oilnkin brown and
black hulos, with Hoyku ai the John
.Leech of Japan li ved ho well, and
wl ich not even the most pililew. ra ny
season is able to penetrate. Uuiinehs
had been brisk, for long nh ts of
windless rain had barred Kyoto for
weeks past, and continual s nind of
streams from the bamboo guttering
straneely mixed with the slash 4
wooden clogs slipping through tlie mnd,
had snbdned the ceaseless- clitter
clatter of Japanese tongnen; but now a
longed-for day of snn had come, and
all could enjoy their well-earned holi
day. Not an umbrella would be want
ed to-day: yesterday's snn had gar
landed the hills with bloswom, and the
whole town wonld make pilgrimage to
aee them in their beauty, so .urns 1'eacu
did not linger long, bnt lit the stove
nnder the bath, got down her little bag
of bran, and laid ready her best kimono
and her new obi. Jy this tirno th
water was boiling, or nearly so, in tbe
cedar tub, so she took away the stove,
threw Fome of ih water over her, sat
on the floor beside tho b-itn, scrubbed
herself with bran, deluged herself with
water again, and then fur two minutes I
in she went, scattering the ilrops all
' over her with her wooden dipper. But
there was no time to waste even over
the delights of the bath, her hair had
to be re-doii' and this took some time,
for onr m"iumi was a Kyoto girl, and
Kyoto girls :ire not only the pre tient
bnt the ltf-st turned-ont iiirls in id
Japan, so she was not satisfied with her
tire-woman till her b!Bek locks shone
like silk and her cniffurr. a la Fiijiynn
was as stiff as camellia oil could make
it. And afier her hair was done it took
her some time to arrange her obi it
wonld not come right; first it in;-iste 1
on tying itself into a crocked knot in
stead of a beautiful biitti-rf!y bow; then
when the knot had been smoothe I ont.
and bv chance it sat straight, it wa.s too
flat and not stiff enough. However, a
Jananese irirl does not know how to
lose her temper, not even over he
most irritating obi, and at last, coaxed
with showers of la-icliti-r and subtle
hands, it sets as it should; her break
fast does not take long, and then she
runs over the mats', slips the cord of
her sandals between her big toe and
number two, and clatters down the street.
She picks up Miss i'earl on her way,
sud off they go. It is a great day for
Kyoto; there is more than cherry
blossom for them to see, for the de
scendant of the gods has brought his
wife and himself to the neglected capi
tal of his ancestors, at which infinite
condescension a faithful Kyoto news
paper says:
"It is indeed no wonder that the
rains are so heavy this spring w hen a
descendant of the snn leaves his pedes
tal Bnd travels through his realm a-i
an ordinary man."
However, he is making himself pop
ular in Kyoto and his consort is to-day
to pass through the streets on her way
to shod the light of her countenance
on two other ancient capitals of Uai
Nipon Osaka and Nora. And onr
demoiselles, if they will conform
strictly to the regulat ona posted every
where, are to be allowed a passing
glimpse of her Majesty.
"Her Majesty will visit OsaJ.a abont
the 23rd. Kho will stay at Nara two
days, at Sakurai two days, nt Tahara
moto one day, and Y. sliino ouo day.
The following regulations are pro
claimed for the guid ince of tho people
while her Majesty is passing through
this city:
"1. Vben ber Majesty sliall pass
along, no one is allowed to look at her
from the frame built on houses for the
drying of clothes, or through cracks in
doors, or from any position in the
upper parts of their houses.
'"i. If any one wishes to see her
Majesty, he or she must sit down at the
side of the road along which her
Majesty will pass. All children must
be taken particular care of, lest they
play in the road and so ob-trnct the
passage of her Majesty through the
street.
"3. No one must look at her Majesty
without taking off his hat, neckcloth,
or turban, or whatever else he may be
wearing on or abont his head; more
over, no one must be smoking while he
or she is looking at her Majesty, nor
most any one carry a stick or cane.
Only women wearing foreign clothes
will tie allowed to retain their head
covering.
"4. Although it may rain, no person
will be allowed to put np an umbrella
while her Majesty is passing.
"5. Dogs must not be allowed to
wander on the road by which her Maj
esty will pass.
"6. Until the passage of her Majesty
the route by which she will come will
be kept free of all carriages and jin
rickshas. The roads which she will
take must be completely free of all
traffic.
"7. As her Majesty passes no one
must raise l is voice, nor must any one
be heard. When her Majesty reach' s
the station there will be a discharge of
fireworks."
The narrow streets are gay with
banners, the sun is sucking up the
damp from the moist uiudway., and
from every house hungs out the flag of
Japan with its re-1 orb burning on a
white ground. 1 each and IVarl have
not very fur to go, bnt it takes them
over haif nn hour to 7vt from Sa-.ijo-Dori
to the station, for tiny pass many
friends by the way. Iu Japan the ar.
of good manners is still cul ivutel, and
Japanese bouirg is not an affair of
seconds, and by the time that nn ac
quaintance has b wed, rublx-d his
knee4, remarked that trie day is fine,
the blossom beautiful, ejaculated a
gutteral "Jfh" t .o or three times,
bowed again, sibilats-d "Sai'mara,"
and passed on, tome minutes have
flown. However, at last they have run
the gauntlet of their ninny acquaint
ances and arrive nt the shop of their
triend Mr. Ono, who sel's en broideries
to the foreigners, opposite the station.
Here they Bit and chatter, drink ted and
laugh till the Jr.iuprcss passes by.
There is no so?:ud; her loyal subjects
are not allowed to cheer, even if they
knew now; a European carriage passes,
the .Empress is inside, bnt she bews
not to her people she sits a qncen and
a goddess; her people may see her at
Ikair aase, bnt no peopirg, no Ooventry
ftlHtt1w here, Japan is still a king
rM fcgd though there is no knowing
WBll 'lB EO Y aniaiueni may no,
krvwUt is the old capituL Little inno-
vUB has oome here; and it is a great
yie ge to gaz on the i-mjr.ress, ana
the very dogs know it Inside the eta
fion a guard ol Bioveniy-iooKing boi
liers in French uniforms keep the
barriers, and without further delay
than the customary genuflexions neces
sitate, the Empress enters her carriage.
fbeaf of rockets is let off, and th-i
imprsti has left the capital. The snn
ought to have gone with her descend
int, but contrary to all rule, shines
ont brighter than ever as the crowd
turns to its business, its cherry
blossom or its tea. Clitter-clatter go
;he tongues, keeping chorus to the
vbtter-clatter of the clogs, when snd
denly there is a shont, and the crowd
is broken by oue of those pariah dogs
that attended so well to the regulations
ears well back, tongue out, and doing
a 1 that a starved dog ran do to escape
from a crowd of famished coolies who,
with bare legs muscled w.th whipcord,
wild hair and eager faces, throw them
selves on their prey. This is the fruit
of civilization in Japan a corner in
rice by native capitalists, the unedu
cated Japanese refuses to eat foreign
Chinese! rice, and prefers, haggard
and hungry, to starve or banquet off
dog.
I'each and Pearl make their way
slowly to Maruyama, turning in firsi
to B9i how Higashi Hongwanji is get
ting on. This was an offshoot from
the great temple of Nishi Hong
wanji, but become long since as pow
erl'nt as the original foundation,
and great was the tri'ulatiou when
iu 18IM. in the confusion of the re
bellion H was burnt to the ground; a
great effort wasmiide for its rebuilding,
but h7(,00i) yen is a good deal to col
lect, and the people are fickle, and
Higashi Ilongw.mji is still unfinished.
The shell is complete magnificent and
deserted, and in one corner piles of
rope are collectod, thick black coils to
the height of a roan's sboulder, and all
of r-.air. Japan in its first enthusiasm
rallied to the ) e-building; "some had
yen and some had sen and some had
raven hair;" their smooth locks were
their chief pride, and they cut them
willingly for the work and made them
into the ropes now lying idly beneath
the unfinished f.ine black, with here
and there a strand of gray. I'earl's
.-randinothcr had given some of the
;rrav hair, and at first crowds had
watched the great beams rising anew,
but now even the country people are
tired of it. Buddha is asleep in Nir
vana, or hunting, and cares not for his
t' iupla; the pri fits are occupied with
tiie lur greater qnestion as to whether
they are to bo given the franchise or
no, acd nothing more will be done 1 11
a famine desolates th- land or a great
earthquake shakes, and then the money
wid flow lu ajjuin.
On they go across the Kamogawa,
foaming down in spate where the wil
lows ore just bursting into lancet lea',
and then turn up the avenue leading
to Chiouin, pausing to look at the
great gateway alove tho gray steps
which children littleblohs of red with
tonsure 1 crowns climb up and down,
past companies of pilgrims from the
country, the men each one coped with
a stiff, shallow, limpet-shaped hat and
clad in blue with yellow oilskin or red
ijiaukot hauling rounii nis snonider,
:fiai - n woman witu ner peuicoais iuch.eu
I well into her obi-domo, a wisp of blue
cotton round her head, and pulpy
straw sandals round her muddy aukles;
past a pottery manufacture on the
-ii'hf. anil then straight nn the hill
h ading to Mariiyamn, where ihe yonth
of Jaimii is dispor'iug itself on ungain
ly ponies wh cU show their want of
pjee in a sand-circle no bigger than
the cirenmferenco of a merry-go-
round; then on a few yards, aud there
they find all Kyoto making feast of
tabernacles and gazing at the junky
oiossom wuicu is Hanging line "'
on the trees, the road goes on np the I
ii t-i i l : l l 1-
i lit, pasi ti.e r-.uroi ean rioiei, wuere
beginning to break, but Peach and
i'earl turn to the right, nnder the
'rees, and there wait till nearly sun
down. No need to go home for din
ner; the little they want is easily got,
and they lazil .- watch the blossom and
.1 1 . A,. ' M I
ino s. n, wonoer ai, ine procesMous
. n.i.L. I , i .1... .!. .I.n-n h - I
tilled with satisfied-looking English
men and Knglishwomen, opera-glasses
over shoulder and Murray in hand,
and followed by the regulation grade,
sip a new enp of tea every quarter f
an hour, chatter a' their friends till
l! o shadows get 1 ng and the snn
plunges into a bank of cloud, and then
turn townwards again. No need to go
home yet, for I'eocii pcre and Peach
mrre, who rejoice in the name of
Ichigoya, had spent their holiday at
the theatre, which, as in Athens of old,
begins in the morning and is not finish
ed 1 11 long after sundown. Here oar
two mmuiis find them sitting cross
legged in one of the chess-board di
visions of the pit which do duty for
stalls iu Japan, aud near the left
tongue of the stage. As Peach and
Pearl enter the theatre the story of the
Forty-seven Bonius is drawing to a
close; Kuranoske Is lying drunk in the
street, the nutsnma man passes and
spits at him, but the Satsnma man is
not perfect in his part, and the
prom ( t r with open book in hand fol
ows him over the stage. The story
drugs on, no tr .ditionary detail omitted
till the time of waiting is finished and
the forty-seven start on their last jour
ney; Kuranoske has to don armor, so
his attendant comes from behind the
scenes and dresses him on the stage.
This the audience sees not, convention
al scales blind their eyes till tho armor
is hooked on aud the hero ready for
war. In the auditorium boys wander
about with oranges and green and
white slices of custordy food. Bench's
father aud mother are making their
evening me d off lobster and saki; iu
the next division sit a young couple
with their first child, who is placidly
having his diuner, while his father is
smoking in the opposite corner. There
is a littie stir, and an Englishman with
his guide enters one of the boxes over
head. This excites much more inter
est than the play, and every head is
turned Irora the stage while the Eng
lishman with trouble and pain squats
on the tloor in stockinged-feet to show
how well he can conform to the cus
toms of the country. His friend and
cicerone meanwhile sits np rigid on a
chair, his middy boots dangling some
inches from the floor, for he is a
civilized Japanese. Then the scene
changes to the Temple of iSengakuji at
Tokyo, with the well where the head
was washed, and the temple above.
No curtain falls, but the whole stag
revolves, worked by mannid labor be
neath, and so the action proceed'.
The Englishman, after gaz'ug at Knr
i noske's pre, arations for hara-kiri in
some I ewildermcnt, looks to his mentor
for guidance, wno only condescends
from his philosophy fo far as to say,
"This no good, this stupid old story,
Marhiage ftiquette ix texas.-
"VVcsterly - ' liii you re.ul ubout the
TVxi'S pill who fiance did not appear
In cliuich at the time appoln'ed?"
Brown "o. What did she do?"
"Westerly '!?be borrowed the minis
ter'd revolver and asked him to wait a
lew ininutea Within half an hour she
came incK with a placid smile and a
submissive bridegroom."
itcr,vmi,Tr mi, v,i '
indeed, we pirls are fully alive to the Paln coughing, spitting, hemorr
justire of the .o;-uLr criticism on chat-i nage. voice failure, weakness, slip-
uring woman, and that is the reason1
we organize 1 our thought club.
Mr. Blank "Tlionglit club?' i
ies, and lis doing us a world of '
good
"I do not doubt It."
"Yes, indeed. Why, at the last meet-1
!nj we talked for live whole hours on
t e wdv-ntages of silent meditation. j
rSE COLtMBlAX i-XalBlTJor
to
Ttovui or THE BCOCBIU or IHB ES
TKSPBISt PUkSS OP THE ECILD
ISOS 4XD OTHER WORKS.
Chtoaoo, April 8. Since 'he break
ing of ground for the erec Son of the
fair buildings the atmop'iere has
sleared wonderfully, and tnere seems
no doubt that the work will go forward
satisfactorily and rapidly.
' The fair's finances are all that any
body ever hoped for. Chicago hts the
110,000,000 reqnired bylaw as the price
of getting the fair. The popular sub
scription was $ ,4o7,350, and the muui
siDalitv subscribed So, 0, 000. An
other $3,000,000 is now being raised.
The government's appropriation for
its exhibit and the Luilding to coutain
it is $2,500,000; but the money for the
fair is not all coming out of either
Chicago or the United States treasury.
Already the state appropriations give
the world's fair $10 as against $1 that
the centennial had. Ilhoois will ap
propriate from $o00.000 to $!,000, 00.
California has appropriated $)00,000,
and other i'acitio coo&t states are on
their mettle. If the states where no
appropriations have been made are as
Liberal as those which have already
acted on the qnestion, the total appro
priations from thut source will be over
$t,000,000.
There are between seven and eight
hundred men at work iu Jackson Park
and the management is now prepared
to declare the world's Columbian expo
sition fairly nnder way. There are to
be nine main buildings the work of a
board of architects believed to be the
most expert in America. They have
met and finally adopted the plans for
the buildings but have not yet pub
lished them. Generally speaking, how
ever, it may be said that the impression
of the grand group will be brilliant and
olassic.
An idea of the immensity of the ma'n
structures is conveyed in the statement
that the nine buildings will cover a sur
face area of 110J acres. This is exclu
sive of the state and private buildings.
The total cost of these pa!a- es of art
and innnstry will bo SH.HJD.COO. This,
with the other structures provided for,
will lie twice the area and twice the
cost of the buildings at the last Paris
exposition.
A million dollars will be spent in
beantifying the park, exclusive of the
architectural decorations, which will be
on a magnificent scale. Gilded domes,
graceful towers and a mass of effective
'color will greet the eve as the visitor
steams or sails down Lake Michigan.
Before he reaches his landing place he
will have passed a town of palaces,
where the states ami foreign nations
will have their bui'dings laid ont in
wide curving avenues. But' the most
dazzling spectacle will be seen when
the boat approaches the pier. Here
I me enormous siruciures reierreu vo
above will be seen.
Stretching away from a circular har
bor will be the lines leading the vision
to the points of beanty of the buildings,
raised on terraces and each exposed to
the view. On the enc'rcliug piers and
running to a splendid statue of the re
public will be teen forty-four columns,
each bearing the coat-of-arins of a
state. Then the view will turn upon
the main conrt, an avenue several hun
dred feet wide, itself a marvel of grace.
The buildings will be grouped about
this purely decorative feature of the
landscape, of which Angustns St.
Gdiidens has charge. The largest
building will be that of the manufact
ures end liberal arts. It will measure
1,700 by 800 feet, with two interior
courts; nn 1 at in centre a great dome,
350 feet in diameter. Besides the
various bnildin,rs there will be a tower,
Lm f(,et w '' tUaa tb(J Eifful to
(rom wujcU ftQ nneqUllilea viow mav l,e
commanded
The dediea'ory ceremonies on OctO'
ber 12, ls;Jt will be made a great
pageant. Thin dedication is to pre
serve tne hiHtoriral feature of the com
memoration of the discovery of Amer
ica. The formal opening of the fair
. k 18;a
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PERSONAL.
Ont? of the most distinguished dele
gates to the American Section of the
Philosophical Society, to be held in
Boston this month, will probably be
Mrs. Annie Ilesant, once the associate
of Charles Bradlaugh in the secularist
movement in r.ugl.tnL Mrs. JJesnnt 8
first reputation was made as a writer
and lecturer on social questions, and as
an earnest worker among the poor in
London. She has recently declared
herself a Theosophist, and will appear
it the convention psthe personal repre
sentative of Mae. Blavatsky. Lucifer,
the London Theosophical magnzine, is
nnder the joint editorship of Mme.
Bluvutsky and Mrs. Beaant.
Mrs. Zhrklda O. Wallace, the
mother of Oeneral Lew Wallace, recent
ly adressed a meeting in Washington
upon the topic, "Why the Members of
the W. C. T. IT. losv e Woman Suff
riige." Mrs. Wallace is a jventy four-years
jld. but she spoke for 'n hor.r with such
snthnsiasm and eloquaee that not one
person left tho honse until the close
if her speech.
Mrs. Fbavklis Athfrtox. the author
nf the remarkable California story,
Les Cerrites," is a descendant of
Benjamin Franklin. Miss Atherton
s now engaged npon n series of typical
jtoriea of early and contemporary
spanish-Californian life, the first of the
ieries, "The Conquest of 1. ua Jacobs, "
having been accepted by liliickwood't
Magazine. Another, "A tumble with
Eulogia," will also make its first ap
pearance in an Euglish Magazine.
Miss Makottfrite Merinihtov, the
President of the Alnmnieof the Normal
College, nnd Professor of Greek in the
college, is young and attractive. She
and her sisters were graduated at the
-Normal College at the same time, and
they are Mated to have anions them
carried off all the prizes of thir clasa
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Say. mrd. they ain't none o' these fel
lers here got anything," aid train ro&"
tr -No. 1.
Vwi tliev have, too." said -NO.
"That ar' dude's eot gold fillin' in his
teeth. Got jer forceps?"
'Saw
Thfti atmme vr cork: crew. "We
gotter set them ttelb."
Bore his noNons nuGRii,T. Jax
on (who has been Introducing Jixoo In
to society' "You carried yourseif cap
itally, o'il fellow. Your were an honor
tn the occasion."
Jixon (who didn't get all he wanted
to eat) "Well, if I was, 1 was an empty
honor, I can assure you."
Improvement on railway sand
wiches. scene. Central Africa (Ar
rival of the express train at the chief
town.l
Train-dispatcher (to the engineer)
What does this mean? I don't see any
conductor."
y nclueer-' Xo, the Orst-claas passen
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Fatent Medicine Ild No Good."
62 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, March 2t,
I reei ivert your sample hottte of Floraplex
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not having benenied ni any, that It seem.-d
I. Iw inoni-y thrown away; tiut I procured the
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Owing to the difli ;u!ties that have so
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the English Admiralty hits abolished
Ihein in recent ships and substituted
open engines of the compound type.
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It Is proposed doing away with the
did system of dght ing rod protection,
and repla.'ing the rods with narrow
ribbons of copper, which will use up
the energy of the lightuiug and save
the building from destruction.
Catarrh Can't Ita Cured
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The camera shows that the star
Vega, one of the bii?hust In the
heaven, is apparently a double star,
composed of two sum, each revolving
arouml a point midway betweeu
'hem.
The I ill of Our Father.
No new fanglnit mixture of prisonous min
prais. liut the good olrt f.vuioned pure veget
able blooil purlller ami liver muic of centuries
ayo. when the only cure alls were medicines
to a-wist nature to throw oil diseases by re
moving coituetlon-4 of the liver, kidneys,
bowels, and ikln which precede all diseases.
The old monks of the middle aues were follow
ers of 11 ywoerates and their M. Bernard veg
etable fills have never been surpassed in this
orlil. A sample of the St. Bernard Veg
etable Tills will be sent free to all applicauu.
Address St. Bernard Boi IMln, New York.
Sleeves are worn almost uncomfortab'y
lon. Tliey must extend certa'uly
over the wrist, nnd preferably, down to
tne knuckles, lncy are lull at Uie
slioulder and down to the elbow,
wliere they becorua close fitting for
the remainder of the length.
When nn article has been sold for 24 years.
hi spite of com petition und cheap Iniltntions. It
HiMtf hat e suierlor quality, liolihlo' Klectric
oap has been constantly made and sold since
1vi5. Ask your grocer for it. Best of a 1.
Llyii-K only to net ri rhes frenera'ly
turns out like the bo ' who tot the Iior-
i e 't nest. Just as he thought he hi d
it lie found out thai It had him.
Kuftrera from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc..
should try "Brmon't Bronchial Trocliet," a
simple but sure remedy. Mold only in bvxet.
i'rice 2o cts.
The olfactometer recently exhibited
to the Academy of Scie ce in Paris is
a little iippiratus fur testing the smell-
I gpowe'sot Individual, it deter
mines the weight of odorous vapor in a
cubic ct-n'lmeter of air which Is per-
ceptilile by the olfactory sense cf a
,er on.
KniHiire cure r it a rim feed l
nr. J. u
I 'a. Ka.se
ay liom
i-.,.! ..I -
,. ,.. .... ,.:,.,!-
1 lie demands of feminine adorn-
men I are aid to be respnesib'e for the
pi. sp'Jctive exti iclon of the beautifi 1
lir ilsh kiiiii.'slier. It has d'.sappearel
already from the English coumis of
Susai x Oxforilslnr-j an 1 Hampshire.
F IT S : A3 Fits atopped rree ry Dr. Rllne'a'Jrnc
l r t lieaiurer. o nutatier Ural day's use. Mar
it.cie ture. 'I ieiiieuu fLuu trial uouiefreat
1 ncar. send inUr. k.iue.jjl Area Sb f nua.,fai
There are two hundred members in
the Society of the Daughters of the
American devolution in New York
.'lty and ail have in their possession
j.i!.nial c mtlleiticks, cranes, spinning
vrlm-ls or miniatures of their foie
mo'.hrrs. f::nni Kidney Cure Tor
I'ropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright',
lle.irt,Urlnary or Liver Diseases, Nerv
ousness, &C. Cure guaranteed. 831
rcb Street, rhllad'a. $1 a bottle, 8
ir.r 5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of
i nres. Try lu
One of tie 1.. test fads is a collection
ot shoes of var'ous nations as a drawing
oom ornament Persian, Egyptian,
Turkish, Cnlcese and if madame has
apreiiy foot she Inserts among the
motely crew ber own tiny, coquettish
1'ariMau slipper.
JfafRlcted w!th aoraeyea ass Dr. Tsaafl Thorn p
OD'tEre-watar. Iru(TwtieUatao.prboula
I rersian brocaded stripes appear on
faille silks in amber, stem green, apri
;ot urid deep Sianlah yellow, and
maguitlcently Illuminated matelasse
sitins stri.ed with velvet in black or
rich fruit shades, are outlined at the
i!ges with gold or silver imitating gimps
uid galoons.
at once, no operation or de- f""u,u V : u Z"
business, attest.l by thou- ; i" "J.v.sj, nu ju3fc
r...i.Mi,.r. lull ..loi uleases to make. Armour, the Clnco-
It's sometimes said patent
medicines are fof the igno
ranL The doctors foster this
idea.
"The people," we're told,
"are mostly ignorant when it
...
comes ro mecucai scieut-e.
Suppose they are! What
a sick man needs is not knowl
edge, but a cure, and the medi
cine that cures is the medicine
for the t ick.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures the "do
believes" and the "don't be
lieves." There's no hesitance
about it, no "if" nor "possi
bly."
It says "1 can cure you,
only do as I direct."
Perhaps it fails occasionally.
The makers hear of it when it
does, because they never keep
. i I
the money when the meaicina
tails to do good.
Cc tU Anrrc -pnr;Tha blue jays
on that principle. (We beg
the doctors' pardon. It
wouldn't do 1 )
Choking, sneezing and every
, . V.I
other
form ot catarrh in
At -
me
uvl
UJ
head,
is radically cured
Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, i
Fifty cents,
By druggists.
jDHHllHgS
For Internal n4 fcilrrnal
Jm.
urtHll. inftTTnint. n-iniHHMj-.., . .
Wok,
-""j-j '.'v.-.."iTm t
Koui iK-t-p.au. l s. juunsos cu.. imu.
EEECHAM'S FILLS
SICK HEADACHE. I
Cure
25 Cents a, Box.
FOR FIFTY YHARS1 j
I.1RS. WINSLOW'S i
SOOTHING SYRUP
IS)-: Scvn ncil hy mntbrn fnr thoir chlMrvn
wlt.lt f-ftliinjf" for over Fifty Yrars. It
, i-n. the c 1M, Miftfn the kiiui:, All-tyM
i'lt H-a, cures v-?nt colic, and J the Lvttt
rcTf'v for dintTltt'.1.
Twnt-tivr l'entn a Bottle
"STOPPED FREE
Tnane Person Restore.
FDr. KLINE'S GREAT
NERVE RESTORER
urt fnr firm Afer'tona, Ftt, -".
tit tut. TrvatU m1 S'J trial bolt I lrr t
rvrfivml. fyrnil iitu. P. O sutl f " uldn-M ot
ld iu DK. KI.INK. Wll Aicli t.. Phi Atlrli-ht. r.
(tMUnic(ii. oL nAHK OF iJli I A 1 1. i tUAl VS.
PROF. LOISETTE'3 NEW
MEMORY BOOKS.
rTltkH-mn on two recent Femnrv Byrtem. Red
atom April 1U Full Table of Content forwarded
only to t loe who Bend Irtjimpe dlreeled enveloi.
A1" ITini.-etus II-HT KUKK of Uie Uplnrtlln Art
of New tonrflllne. Aildre
Prof. UJUSKITK, Xr, Fifth 1WL, Hew Tort.
BAGGY KNEES
81T1VF.I T Kr KIIl
rtfly I'ant Slrrt htr.
A.tonuU by stu-Wnt t HrtrTurd. Amti'Ttt. and other
Collet , alo. bT pruffssiuiinl an 1 tuie men vtiy
wbcrv. if n-tt tor m y-mr town n d to
U. J. t.KKKLV, tlb WftshiftKtnn Sin I, lUton.
SICK
Weak, Nirtoto, WnirTrmtD mortal iret
well and keep well. Ilealth Hrifft
lll liow. 6"i ou. year. Sample oopl
Dr. J. II. DYE. Editor, Huffalo, N. Y.
KIDDER'S PASTILLE8.Keii
ISBTw rMf 1 Mau.
A IjTX V CjMjLi J Are Uie beat f.r onaUtn.
s.tiTb all linu-gmu. Cux-ular free. Q. W. runu
A Buo., 1KB Spring Uarden St., Philadelphia, fa.
?1
rtipi f I .ion w.moRRi
Successfully prosecutes Claims.
priuclDMl Examiner U.ti. l-enalon Uutmu.
rra 1b laat war, l&aqjudicaungclaiina, attj alnca.
TWILIGHT.
BT BROWN PEKKIMAN.
Still hour that Means both day and night
liy each in iieace possessed
I'lai-ed like a velal dream betweei.
Lite's struk-ule aud Its rest I
Silence and thoupht, mute handmaids roam
I hy realms In search of bliss,
Stranpe memories cleave aud yearnings fond
The feet of fancy klas.
Life's obscure purposes run clear
In thy diviner air.
We dream upon desires fulfilled
Unhauuted by its care.
rasslon. and pain, and want, and woe.
Like wolves when the nlt-ht hath Mown,
Steal to their lairs before thy peace,
Ob twilight, now our own I
1'untee Blade.
'Wealth of Some Americans.
Among the richest American estate!
ever gathered is that of the Astor fami
ly. Efforts are made to conceal the
enormous Qgure that would express
Uie worth of the property, but it is
probable that $30,000,000 is not an ex
travagant estimate. The estate ot
William II. Vandeibilt was t200,000,.
.0. A. T. Stewart was worth at the
time of his death fully f 00,000,000, a
laive part of which has gone one waj
or the otheY, but mostly the former.
i tro lioc-nacker. is worth $15,000,000.
I M.ickey, whose step-daughter, the child
' of a camp-barber, married the Trine
! of the ancient house of Colouna, it
worth at least $200,000,000, and Fair,
! his iormer partner, has fully thai
! amount. D. O. Mills is worth at least
17 ,01)0,000, and E l win D. Morgan, the
heir of the ex-Ciovernor, has $.'10,000.
XXi. James Gordon Dennett, one oi
the richest of the oung men of A inert
ia, has a fortune of $15,000,000. Misa
Catharine Wolfe, the wealthiest spin
ier in the country, has nearly $15,
X),000, and is the last cf her line.
IlE WAS EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY.
Mrs. de FlaUe "Boy, did yon see a
stray puir dog around liere anywhere?"
mart boy "Yes'm. I just saw one
hein' chewed np by a big bulldog and I
saw another beln' tied to a tin can an'
kerosene poured all over 'iui, an' I saw
another beln' cbopd up for sausage,
an' "
Mrs. de Flatte (clutching at a railing
for supiMjit) 4 Oh, hoirorsl I'd give
$5 to get ny little Fido safely bark.
ujart Boy "All right, mum. Tou
wall, here half a nnmute."
A prominent photographer expresses
the opinion that the gallery ot the fu
ture will contain no skylight. A high
room, with the north wall entirely of
glass, and a roof open to the sky, will
produce the best results. The inside
painted in light color gives admirable
illumination, without the disadvanta
ges of sunlight.
A steel company of Cleveland, Ohio,
recently rolled a 20-lnch square ingot
into a three-quarter-inch plate at a
single heat. The ingot welshed rra.i
"oounds.
E Ii lk
B B V
HUMOROUS,
An expert lu nandiUhlln3-The
pis lieure.
Favorl e song of the American tc!i-e-s
and beauty : .
"When I can read my title c ear.
Stockholders usually hope for divi-Jt-nds.
but '-be dividends axe often like
he hope deferred.
There Is Justice in Islip, In ls"
' -jd, of the name of Clock. H 1
tipul business is to give time to the pris
oners. "This a tod sign," taid Hicks as the
shingle of IMudboory, Blithers is. Co.,
was blown from Its place and lauded on
h s high but.
You told me you were a quill
driver "
Well?" ,
"And here you are tending geese."
Well? '
Colle?tor "How about meeting this
note?" , .
Merchant "I can't do it to-day. Hut
I U ma.e a note 0f tiva meeting.
come when the sties
are lilenk
The woollauf paths to cheor.
But the green jays from across
creek
Are with us all the year.
the
IT WAS SOT Til K. lit. auuuuci
thefe $3 trousers in a at of econ-
omy." . ,lT
Hunker fsurveylng the garment) 1
Ann't una 11 in flf !
.
Crufi.. "That was a sympathetic
audience I had," asked the lecturer.
Vm. I thoutrbt they all seamed
anrrv for each other." said his bosom
friend.
Xfrtis a kit. Mr. Fresh. 94
"Professor, now how would you class!
fy the lanr UHge spoken by the guards on
..lir..T'.l T i- H. a
nop eievauxi truiun.
Professor Langue "A3 veruai
bier-
oglyphics."
A fiiTKRT oriNloN. Amateur
Ac'or "Well, what did you think of
mv ITaniM?"
C'-idiiI Friend "Eriim; well, to
tell the Iruth. if I'd been the old man's
ghost I'd ha' spunked you!"
NOW FOR AN EXPLANATION "He
was awfully 0atterinr. lie said my
clipek wasthecolorof his favorite rose,"
said Minnie.
"lie Uihl me lie liked yellow rosea
Lest," reitirred the genial ftelle.
Couldn't proceed witiiout niM.
Old Uer.tleman "My boy, where is
your mi!oyei?"
oflioe 13ov "Attending a funeral."
O. G. "lndie l! Whose?"
O. 15. "His own."
Distance lends enchantment.
Hostess Uo-i't you think my daughter
has a fine voice, Mr. Kronpon. and that
I ought t wild tier o Paris to have It
cultivated?"
Bronson "Vee; if I were you I
woulJ send her at leant as far as that."
Love and war. Sjmtts "It is
said t-iat all is fair in love and wur, but
there is one great difference betwten
tliftn."
U'.o lmnnier "Wt.at is it?"
patts 'In love the full tiny doesnot
begin untii after the engagement is
over.
SlOllEP FOR LARGE-SCALE
nefs. Trtigitl Iliisbaud '!
STINGI-
wi.th I
had $00,000 a year,"
Unappreciative Wife What for?
You don't 8(enil a quarter of your pres
eir iiicotue. "
F. 11 "Oh, I know; but then I could
economise on a larger si-iile."
.ti
y's.fT?-
OId$ KIVJOYS
Both the method and results when
Sjmip c f Figs is taken ; it is pleasant
ana renesningto tne taste, and acta
rently j et promptly on the Kidney,
Liver ind Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem efiectually, d Lapels colds, head
axhssand fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
ha action and truly beneficial in ita
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
ita many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60o
and tl bottle by all leading drag
fist. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one wh
wishes to try it Do not accept
anv substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Kt. NEW YORK. N. Y.
A Skin or llnntr la m Jot ForTr
DK.T. KH.IX(.olKAI li s
Oriental Crtan, or Maiical BeaatiQcr
Tan. rimp
le, Freok-Moili-
Ra'h and
Mtin dia
eaw, and
every ble
nil!i oi,
beauty .and
defies de.
tectlon. It
bn atood
the tet ol
o year ;
noother ha-s,
and in no
111 EI
we taste It to be snre It In $"pe fii
f i - ii Aec'"P.t no counterfeit of similar name
f.,1. d',liVKu,sn,'d "r. U A. Sayer, said to a
laily of the hautto (a palirnti :
you ladles will use them; i recommend
uratid's Cream' as the lea.,t harmful of all
the bkm preparations." Also houdre Subtil"
remoyes aupernuous bair wiibout Injury to tie
jiSf&r'OT
Drofsted'sPEjUilBOTBLPills
SAFE, SURE and RELIABLE.
Stat by mall, aannly mlrd. Prtca, jl.QO, Addnaa.
OooM-tay, Da. BOWbrKD, 80S M. liwowl Sml
t hiladalphia. Pa. .
UOs:
s
In the
Mature should be assisted, when the system is changin.
from the full habit of the winter months, to the lighter die?
of the warm season. Swift's Specific (S. S. S.,)
lates the sluggish blood and rid you of that feeling 0,
heaviness and languor.
8. S. S. teutifle the kin and make ths complexion rosy and healthy.
8. 8 S.' givos olistieity to the itep and buoyant spirlta.
8 8 l! mak. a the feeble and delicate itrong and robtut.
ai S. 8 U a tonic to the whole body and Increase Titalltj-.
ft. 5. 8.', U "I"?1 TSetWe medicine
If there is poison In the blood, it generally ihows itvlf i
the iprinf, an j mi
it out and be cured.
. . . .
It is harmless to
cleanse the system
tneYienffiV
Remember last winter's siege. Recall how trying
to health were the frequent changes of the weather.
What was it that helped you win the fight with disease,
warded off pneumonia and possibly consumption ? Did
you give due credit to SCOTT'S EMULSION of
puie Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites of
Lime and Soda? Did you proclaim the victory ? Have
you recommended this wonderful ally of health to your
friends? And what will you do this winter ? Use Scott's
Emulsion as a preventive this time. It will fortify the
system against Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Scrofula,
General Debility, and all Aneemic and Wasting Diseases
specially in Ciildreti). Palatable as Milk. 0
O SPECIAL. Scott's Emulsion 19 non-secret, and is prescribed bv the Medical Pro
fession all over th world, because ita ingredients are acienUiicaily combined in such a
manner aa to greJy increase their remedial value.
CAUTION. Scott's Emulsion is put up in salmon-colored wrappers. He sure anl
get the genuine. Prepared only by Scott & Bowne, Manufacturing- Chemists, New York.
Sold bv all Drtiirtrists.
T-HSO-8 REMEDY FOJ CATARRH. Bst. . Ka lest to nse.
IT rheanest. Kellef Is Immeduit, A car is carlo! a. k
Cold in the Head it has uo equal.
. w H -l.r,.t,
Lin mu Mlliiurni!, ui ii
...!. Hn.ua tj w a IA hv A
AddrMi.
"fhm&y be hue whed-some men say.
Ifmexm be hrueiJyha.l'e! men say."
PeByeJippiMON
endorsesi-C Sepolio.--
lhis a. solid ca,ke ofscourin so&p
For many years SAPOLIO has stood as the finest and
best article of this kind in the world. It knows no equal,
and, although It costs a trifle more its durability makes it
outlast two cakes of cheap makes. It is therefore the
cheapest in the end. Any grocer will supply it at a
reasonable price.
EAKTII WOKMS.
The apparently insignificant earth
worm should staud in high estimntion,
after studying ita babita and leilizmg
that to iu untiring labors we owe in a
great degree the fertility of the soil.
The Kew liullctin contains a report by
the assistant Oiloni.il Secretary of La
goz, on Yornha Land, in Western
Africa. Ho says:
The whole surface of the ground be
neath the grass is seen to be covered
by rows of cylindrical worm ciwts.
These vary in height from a quarter of
an inch to three inches, and exist in as-
toaiHbing numbers. It is in many
places impossible to press a ringer
upon the ground without tonohing one.
For scores of square miles they cover
the surface of the soil, closely packed.
npnght, anil burnt by the snn into
rigid rolls of hardened clay. The rains
ultimately break them down into a fine
powder, rich iu plant food and lending
liseu easily o tne noe or tne larmer.
These casts are very different in form
from thjse familiar in English gardens.
Huviw carefully removed the worm
casts of one season from two separate
e.juare ieei oi lana at a considerable
c istance from one another, and chosen
at random, Mr. Millson found the
weisrht to be 10 pounds in a thorough
ly dry state. This gives a mean of
oi er 5 pounds per square foot, an l a
total of not less than 6:2,233 tons of
subsoil brought to the surface on each
square mile of cultivable land in the
xoruba country every year.
It seems more than probable thut the
comparative freedom of this part of
W est Africa from darjirerous niaUrml
fever is due, in part at least, to the
work ot earth worms in ventilating and
constantly bringing to the surface the
soil in which the malarial germs live
and breed.
From specimens which Afr. Millann
has sent home it appears the worm be
longs to a new species of the genus
Sipionosan(er. The type of thisgenas
has been quite lately described from
the Nile mud.
Darwin also estimates that worm W
swallowing earth for the sake of the
vegetable matter it contains and form
ing castings, brings to the surface as
much as ten tons of earth per annum
on an acre.
Worms are (Treat promoter nt
tation by borine. perforating ont
loosening tne soil, and rendering it
pervious to rains and the fibres of
plants, by drawing i-traws and stalks of
leaves and twitra into It. anil mnut
all, by throwing up such infinite num
bers of lumps of earth called worm
easts, which form a fine manure for
grain and grass.
The earth without worms wonld soon
become cold, hardbound, void of fer
?ntf'jj, antl consequently sterile;
this h.S'xjcurred in many cases where
the worms have been accidentally or
intentionally destroyed, and the fer
tility of the soil thus lost has only been
restored when the worms had again
oollecteal and resumed their fertilizing
work.
Mhb. Koch, wife of the famous
Uerman professor, has the entire
charge of her husband's immense cor
respondence. She is a native of Claus
thal, in Hanover, Germany. She ia a
competent secretary.
Spring.
i uj m uoip nature to dji
Nothing does thia as ve!l as 8. a.
.
the moit delicate, yet so powerful
to
of all impur.ties.
e .... 11 T-in' la annllul in )a
imii i i iv. v ii r Kim
n.ii-fTitt Mnf hv mull
E. T. H i li'. Warm
. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE cenlUin.
v tt'viisii titH flitte wtib-b -ruiniul ltlf.
llMud-Mnca Wfli. A nu ilf bituc o
t cqualhii for tt 1 mtui tluratbiiftj.
90.50 MHriir Writ to Ui atandura 3rB
m Mkm at iHipulnr pri"".
FlirfiiiRnfli hnr 1fl cvpeolttll ocU(jW4
lor rallroail nu-a, (ami cm, eUJ.
All maile lu cmtrrv, HutUtn and iJtre.
99.IMI tor l.f-lir to ihft mil) hitnl--ei-4 tiba
anl At thta popular rlr.
lonLln Mio lor I. Hp to inrw
rartur and pruml lo Imf juie vwry ifi-nlu.
5. 01 fho'or l,Hdln, nnd .75 fur MIM
tttll retain thtr xulltince for -tyle . rtc.
All Kooda) warranted and fa&niptM witbaaroflo
bottura. If advertised UtoI afot ranujt iippJf
yon, aend dlrvrt Ut factory, t-ui'iofitii ad venial
W. I IMHGLAM, Brooltton. !. .
WANTKII-Shon dcRlfrinrvrr) "iir mm4
town nut rrapted ttxkr rxdmmirr agniLf.
A II RBfnta adrtlaeil In lcal paper. Hem
for lllMairatral rntnlumf,
-VASELINE-
FOR A ONE.DOI.LAR BIl.t. "?
will dellv-r. trea oi all charniH, to any Pr"
th Unit- d SCataa, aU of fcha foliowtuc articlM. oarv
frail backaji
One two-onna bottl of Pnra Tallna, - W
One two-outto bottle of Vaaellne romada, JJ
One Jar off Tavllne Cold Cream,
One ti k of Vaw lli.e CaiTai4fr Irt, -
One CaJte of Vatet:ne snap, nnarentd.
One Cake of Taneline Soap, eqn tottely ireated.
One iwo-oonoa boUte of W bite VmmUam,
91.10
Or for pnatafr ntnmp fTiy tin? arfirts a thr P
nowad. On no acetuni h pevnae4 twt
prmr Arna'jist aatr Vnline or preparation ;Xnoai
jmiJmm inh'lirH with our nam, bcatu9 you rtii o
rtttnly tTtwon imitation vrhioh hnm rtttlr r rn
3 PAIKT.
REQUIRES AODITIniM OF Aft
CO UAL PART OF OIL 4 4 C
V( AK IN Q COSTc 5JL
TEn !N PAPERS
Where n lasva no Agent will arranga
with any active Merchant, 1 a SI. M. V.
I prenorlbe and falr
dornr hi J aa tba oolf
apeolflc fortbecaruuocara
of tbia dineaM.
l. U IMIKAIIAM.il Dp
Amaianlam, J- v.
W bar sold Blf O torn
many yrara, and It oa
m given tba baat of
taction.
Chirac nt
my
or m
RSTH
1 w IIMI
1 ilTfi
W 1 TO ft DATS.U
EJ Mrclykylka
a.lriM CkaBlnl 9a.
ai.nO. Bold br Uniaxial
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