A MIDNIGHT MURDER.
I hail scarce uttered thene words
when, through the silence that follow
ed, and through the whole length and
breadth of the brig, as it seemed to ine,
there rang out so wild and shrill a cry
of anguieh that the like of it I could
never imagine deliverabio by human
lip. You would have sworn it wan a
woman's voice, and had not Miss
Grant been by my side I must have
thought it was she the only one of
her sex on board who uttered it.
"Great heavens!" I cried, "what
has happened?"
Captain Broadwater started to his
feet at the sound, but then appeared to
be stricken helpless, for he stood staring
with a sort of gape in the set of his
li toward the companion ladder.
Grant's face was full of conster
nation, and she kept her eyes fixed on
me with a wild look of consternation
in them. 1 listened, expecting to hear
a second cry.
There was a sound of swift running
overhead, a sharp, ungry shout ill the
Voice of the boatswain; a minute after
the chief mate came staggering down
the ladder with his hand to his side,
his dark face dreadful to see with the
ghastly coloring upon it. lie stood
while you could have counted ten at
the foot of the ladder, swaying, his
left hand upon his heart, his right
hand extended, his ashen lips inartic
ulately moving; then dropped without
a groan, and lay motionless.
A voice holloa'd on deck. I conld
not catch the words, but it was eay to
recognize Gordon's tone, and it seemed
to me that he was bawling for assis
tance from the wheel or closo to it.
The light burned dully in the cabin
luntern; I turned the mesh high that
we might see what was the matter
with the mate, and then went up to him.
lie lay on his side, and when I looked
at his face I could not question that he
was dead.
His left side was dark in the lamp
light with the saturation of blood, and
already there was a large dusky patch
slowly sifting out, like ink upon blotting-paper,
over the sand-colored
planks on which the man rested. Ilia
head was uncovered, his eyes half
closed, his lips had not yet had time to
often down out cf the rigors of their
grinning twist of agony and terror;
the gleam of his white teeth was as
though he snarled, spite of his lying
still. Broadwater appeared to have
been bereft of reason. A professional
danger might nave found him equal to
its confrontment. But here was some
thing wide of his experience, a sudden
Tiolent shock a frightful menace too,
for it was impossible to say what
greater tragedy yet lay secret behind
this first and most bloodv one.
Captain!' I c'.ii'd, suddenly, an
gered by his posture of helplessness,
"here is murder murder, do you
hear, sir? If your crew have not mu
tinied, what else should this signify?
There is no leisure at sea, sir, for gog
gling. For God's sake go on deck,
man, and find out what's the matter?"
Had I run at him with a pitchfork,
the act on could not have started him
more effectually than my speech.
"Goggling! who's a-goggling?" he
roared. "By this ami by that," and
here he bellowed out a whole volley of
curses, "the man who's done this thing
will swing for it I From my own
yard-arm he shall swing for It, though
there's ne'er a pair of hand on board
but mine to run the villain aloft!
Murder! Murder ahoai d of me!
"Why, what do they hope to do?''
He made for the companion-ladder
with fury In his looks and grslures;
but at that instant down thundered tho
second mate, with his face as white as
its dark tincture of weather would
suffer it to be, as wild in his manner
as a demented inun; so distractedly
agitated that his quick, distrcsuful
breathing broke up his words as they
rolled hoarsely from his lips.
"Captain! captain!'' he cried,
"there's been a murder done. The
male ay, there ho lies stabbed, sir,
stabbed by the half-blood Charles!"'
'Where is he?" bellowed Broad
water, who had come to a stand on
seeing the boatswain, but who now
gathered himself together afre&h for a
luring on deck.
'Hold, sir!" cried Gordon, "hold!
hear mo out. For God Almighty's
sake deal with them as though an ill
word now should turn 'em all into wild
beasts! Mr. Musgrave sir you've
been to sea. You know that when
sailor-men are ripe for mischief the
sight and smell of blood will change
the most peaceable of them into devils.
Toll the captain this, sir! beg him to
listen to me, sir, or there'll bo not a
life of one of us now here collected
as'U stand the chance of that flame
thero if you was to try and blow it
out."
"Captain," said I, half wild with
the thoughts such talk as this put into
my head, as I looked for an instant at
Miss Grant to mark what effect the
incoherent consternation of the boat
swain produced upon her, "you must
listen to this man. He has something
to tell you. There are three of us; I
have weapons of my own, and you
will not be without arms." And with
that I grasped him by the arm, with a
quirk sense of satifaetion coming to
me, somehow or other, out of the feel
of the mass of inuclc my fingers
gripped, anil shoved him toward a
locker. He sat down, with his face as
dark as the stain on tho cabin-deck,
without speaking, with lixed glare of
his little eyes at ( iordon, and a kind of
suffocated heaving of his breast.
"Now. Gordon!" I exclaimed.
Captain," he said, "this is how it
happened. Charles, the half-blood,
was at the wheel. "When you went
below, the mate" here he turned his
eyes with a sickly roll upon the body,
and a sharp catching of his breath
"came up to me, and talked of the
craft that had nearly run us down, lie
spoke in a passion, gave me hard words
told me I had no eys, wasn't fit to
take charge of the. deck, and swore
cruelly that he'd reckon his own eye
sight to have been blasted if he'd have
missed the shadow long afore they
showed the binnacle-light over the side.
AVe argued, and I fell as hot as he.
After a long spell of jawing
be went forra'ds, and I heard him
talking to some of the men there.
His words went with a snap in them
bitter, Lard words they was, sir! a
siht too fi'rcc for flesh and blood ;
and the men took courage, I suppose,
from the blackness ami gave it him
back, till forra ds it grew into a whole
growl of curses, and then." he con
tinued, witti another sickened look at
at the figure, ho steps aft, threaten
ing them with a hundred work-up jobs
for to-morrow. He comes up to me,
and lets fly again. He talked as if he
hadn't his right mind, and I tell e
tbat I peered for the gleam of a knife
in his hand, dark as it was, for he act
ed as if ho was going to run amuck.
It was his watch below; there was
nothing to keep him on !eck; while,
If 1 couldn't boast of his education,
there was nothing on God's ocean in
the seafaring line as he was competent
to teach me." He cast another look of J
dismay and disgust at tbe dead mas,
and stopped to take breath.
I could follow him," continued
Gordon, "by the white of his shirt a
flitting about the deck, and after a bit
he walks to the wheel where Charles
wan, find spoke to him. . There was
some muttering; then I heard him"
pointing with his finger at the body
without looking at it "talking shrill
as a fish-wife, while the half-blood an
swered sulkily, as a man struggling
with his temper; and this went on till,
of a sudden, Mr. Bothwell made the
cry ye must have heard, and before I
could run aft he had slipped to the
companion, where I lost sight of him.
I found the wheel deserted. The half
blood had gone forward in the murky
blackness along the lino of the lar
board bulwarks, and though I no
ticed the slapping of shoes, yet, not
seeing him, I supposed he was still at
the helm. I holloaed for some one to
lay aft and take the wheel. The mo
ment be came, I says, Where's
Charles?' 'In the foVsle,' he an
swers. What's he done?' says I, for I
couldn't guess at the truth of the mat
ter from the noise of Mr. Bothwell's
yell. 'lie's knifed the mate,' says he.
'How do you know that?' says I.
'Why,' he says, 'afore dropping down
the scuttle he sings out, "Nat Dan
Terence is there e'er a one of yon on
deck?" 'Iain,' says I. "By God!"
says he, '-the mate'll trouble us no
more; my knife has found his heart
out? It'll be the skipper's turn
next!"'"
"When 1 heacd this," continued
Gordon, throwing a look np tha companion-ladder
as if he suspected listen
ers there, "I went forra'ds, put my
head into the scuttle, and called to
Charles. He answered without show
ing himsolf. I cays, 'In God's name,
what have you gone and done? 'I've
sent a villain to hell!' he answers, 'let
him come back if he can.' Some of
the chaps laughed at this. They had
trimmed the fo'k'sle lamps afresh, and
all hands seemed wide awake, at no
doubt they would be after the row of
the pig a. id the danger w e scraped
clear of; but I tell ye, Cap:ain Broad
water." he continued, with another
look on to the ladder, "that there was
a sound in them men's laughter which
gave me to know that a cask of gun
powder, with the head knocked ofl
lying clear for the first spark, wouldn't
be a bigger danger iu the hold of this
vessel than's her fo'k'sle to her as it
now stands, sir."
He paused, dried his face on
great blue handkerchief, and then went
on speaking, hurridly. "I eavs
'Charles, you must come out of that I
No use skulking below. There's no
stabbing men in this here craft and
lying snug after it. Up with ve now!
don't give me the trouble to fetch
ye. He bawled out a curse, keeping
hidden all the time. 1 put my leg
over, but ere I could lift the other,
four or five men spraug under the
hatch, and one of them said: 'See here,
Mr. Gordon. W e don't owe you no
grudge. These are your quarters a
they are ourn : but the man's not to be
touched. Understand that I By the
Menial! If so be a f nger's laid upon
him the eapt n 11 answer for it with
liis life 1 so aft with ye, sir, and give
liim this piece of news from the
fo'k'slo.' I got out of the hatch, and
came away to tell ye what's hap
pened." I had made up my mind to offer no
suggestions, and so contented myself
with watching Broadwater, wondering
what measures such a head as his
would be able to devise for tllm'
l inr of tlie horrible mess into -'hirh
lie and his mate had plunged us. He
M-ciiied to wake up when theboatswsin
ceased, and fell to pacing the cabin it,
silence, measuring twenty or thirty
strides before he spoke. lie then said :
"Better return on deck, Mr. Gordon,
I mid look after the brig, sir. cWimI
BiJlv here. Broadwater resumed lur
walk.
One wants a paint brush instead of
quill for such a picture as this. The
dead body of the mate; Miss Grant
motionless and composed ; the short,
square, muscular figure of Broadwater
pacing the length of the cabin, staring
ahead of him with the blind, wooden
look of a fig u re-head ; tho play of
shadows set dancing J. y the lamp; the
midnight silence on deck ; the soft,
washing sound of water running in
some sobbing black fold along the
bends; the creak and jar of tho fabric
is she rolled on the light swell, with
many a muffled note like the short
laughs or sullen grumblings of a com
pany of giants below, stealing to our
ear from tho freighted hold I say
there is nothing in ink to give you the
color, the horror, the strangeness of
'his picture.
TURA'S FAIRY WIFE.
A Pretty Polynesian Legend Whi
Gray Hair Shocked an Immortal.
'lur a, coming from over seas, fonnd
himself in a land named Otea, and
leaving his canoe, journeyed inland.
Traveling through the dense forest, tie
saw fairies sitting in the flowers of the
climbing plants and swinging on the
lianas which trailed from the high
houghs arrcss the vistas of the wood.
These fanes were ourioiiHlv-sharjed be
ings, having small heads and large
hoiiies, while their bauds and feet were
attached to limbs so short that they
seemed as if extruding from their
bodies.
Tnra had brought with him the stinks
wherewith fire is produced by friction,
and lie proceeded to kindle a nre and to
ccok some food, ruuoh to the astonish
ment of the fairies who had always
consumed ttieir tood in its natural state.
Tnra fell in love with one of the fairy
women and married Her. ills wife re
ciprocated his affection and they lived
iiappuv together; but one day, when
the elfin spouse was combing" ont her
husband's hair, she suddenly oried ont:
TJn, lura, wbat is tuis white hair
among the black ones?"
tie told her that it was the sign of age
and of approaching decay, the forerun
ner of death. 1 hen bis wife wept bit
terly and refused to be comforted. It
is a touching story, the sudden surprise
and grief of this child of the immortals
on her discovery of that which to us,
poor sons of elay, is so common and ob
trusive a fact.
The old legend has given rise to a
f roverb saying, "the weeds of Tnra,''
as a synonymous expression for gray
hair.
Pandora's Box.
Pandora was the first woman on
earth, according to the Greeks. The
name means 'ull gifted." Aphrodite
(Venus) gave her bounty, Hermes
(Mercury) gave her boldness and cun
ning, and each of the gods gave her
some gift by which she should bring
misery to man. Her husband had a
jar in his bouse, which Pandora
opened; from it escaped all the miser
ies and ills of mankiniL Pandora
closed it again just in time to prevent
Hope from escaping also. According
to later writers, Pandora brought
down with her from Heaven a box,
given by the gods with instructions not
to open it; her curiosity overcame her,
and t-be opened it with the result above
described. Later writers say that the
box contained blessings for mankind,
and that all of them escaped except
Hope. New York Sun.
HUMOROUS.
It is a wise ben that knows bet ow
let.
The cycloue actually takes a town by
itorm.
No man Is a haro to bis valet,
i martyr.
He is
Merit may win, but it makes awfully
llow time.
A progressive 8pIrlThe alcohol II
the thermometer.
The prettiest thins? In gloves is the
pretty hand of a pretty girL
The man who lives by his wits sel
lorn finds that life is a joke.
The music of a drum is always on
tap, usually with a Uck" in it.
Tbe saddest feature of the day we
selebrate is the week we recuperate.
Time Is money, but we never realize
It until we have to pay for some on
slse's.
The wLse man is not disposed to fa
ther every idea that "pops" Into hit
head.
The angler Crst lies in wait for Jii'
catch and Uen lies in the wtigtit oi tin
catch.
When a baby gets a feather in lti
throat the mother feeiS down in th
mouth.
Do not imagine that the young lad.v
means yts when sue nods alter mid'
night.
The man who carries his heart on lib
'leeve doesn't display an tqual amount
of brain.
When some men discharge an obi ga
tlon you can hear the report for milei
around.
Ideas are like beards; men not havin.
any uutil they grow up, and womei
none at all.
"Though I speak but one language, .
am familiar with many tongues, said tlx
physician.
An Albany man recently stole ai
eight-day clock. The judge made It tei
days for him.
An economical bartender can maki
two lemonades with one lemon, but it u
a tight squeeze.
Man may want but little here below,
hut he usually keeps up a fearful kick
ing unless be gets it.
"I get your views," said the sheriff
as he proceeded to seize the photogiaph
t r'a stock In trade.
Sunshine Is better than medicine, am
you don't have to pay a 51.50 for llvt
tents worth of it, either.
A carpenter may be a first-class boardei
and yet b very far from finding favoi
In the eyes of his 1 indlady.
"I hea. Gus is goiug to get married. '
"Yes."
"Is he in love?"
"2fo; in debt."
When a girl is In love she inevitably
compares the object of her aflectiotif
to the heroes of all the novels she
reads greatly to the heroes' di.-uid van
tage. Judge I understand that yon pre
fer charges against this man?
Grocer No, sir; 1 prefer cash, and
'hat's what I had him brought here
for.
Maybe there is something worse
'bun electricity in store for the man
who hji Id that this new meUiod ol
capital punishment is revolting.
The girl with money can have any
thing she likes. She can also have any
thing she loves.
'Young Chumpleigh Is quite versa
tile, isn't he?" "I guess so; lie never
di es anything right."
Women writers are doing an lm
mensity of excellent work on the iw
York J'rvss. it is always gratifying to
find a new field for woman's wit, in
telligence and industry and, not count
ing the woman's column esecially, bnl
the ordinary ongoings of a well-conducted
newsp aper office, it is found
that in many resects women are quit
the peers of their brothers of the rruill.
The best writer on horses and cattle in
New York is Miss Midy Morgan of th
Tunes; among the best describers o'
race horses, race tracks and races Mrs,
Elizabeth Tompkins. It would 1
difficult to find in any journal of to-daj
more interesting matter than tha'
furnished to The Recorder daily by tli4
Marquise de Fontenoy; or its Womau'l
Page, edited by Mrs. E. P. Heaton
And so it goes greatly to the eatisfao
tion of all men who believe in thi
brainy equality of the sexes and tlit
social superiority of that which is or
dinarily denominated the weaker of th
two. "We must draw a line somewhere,
muttered the leaders of a vigilanci
committee as he looked for a limb t
throw the rope over preparatory U
putting an end to a horse thief.
Henry Don't you think Stella lim
a flue complexion?
May Yes; I .--elected It. for her myself
before we left New York.
"German
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5)
J. C. Davis, Rector cf St. James
Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.:
" My son has been badly afflicted
with a fearfuland threatening cougb
for several months, and after trying
several prescriptions from physicians
which failed to relieve him, lie has
been perfectly restored by the use oi
two bottles of Bo
An Episcopal schee's German Syr
up. I can recom
Rector. mend it without
hesitation." Chronic
severe, deep-seated coughs like this
are as severe tests as a remedy can
be subjected to. It is for these long
standing cases that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup is made a specialty.
Many others afflicted as this lad
was, will do well to make a note ol
this.
J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Minn,
writes: I always use German Syrup
for a Cold on the Lungs. I have
never found an equal to it far les
a superior. 9
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The Elixir
tf life,' is but my wifeand 1 call Hood'sBarssj
imrtlla. Mie was m aencaie ueauu j'"1 j. .
t rasteunnnedto ber bed, caused by dyspefilst
. ,1,.!. Kh. Ku tukn three bottles ol
Hood's SarsaparlllA, and tans regained hei;
health and strength, can eat anything without
distress.' B. riTOVER, Ex.-U. S. Marshal,
L'harlestown, Jefterson County, W. Va.
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the best strength builder.
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THE FLOWER GARDEN.
A FXOWEBY EMPIRIC
Many of onr most beautiful garden
shrubs and greenhouse plants come
from the East, notably China and .ra
ttan, where chrvsanthemums, aBters,
azaleas, etc, are brought to perfec
tion.
Concerning the beauty of the gar
dens in Japan, Helen Thompson in the
Brooklyn Mtmazine savs:
The Spring and Hummer in Japan is
full of piotnresqne beauty, and yields
im atmosphere of delicious comion.
The skies drop gladne s, and the earth
teems with loveliness. Its garden pic
tures are enchanting as a kaleidoscope.
'lhe terraced hillsides rank with ver
dure, vie with wheat-fields bending
'neath their load of grain; some jnt-t
cnt and supplanted by rice, in fields
flooded with water, wane otuers, green
with the tender shoots, are ready lor
transplanting. When the seasons are
unusually dry nothing is left to suiter.
The reservoirs are so large, and the ir
rigating system so complete, that Ja
pan's wondrous garden smiles on be
neath scorching rays.
The trees of Japan are a wonder.
Here is the "raocknngi." with its pur
ple, bell-shaped flowers; also the mag
nolia, with its rich white and purple
clusters. Queen among the trees
towers the camellia. Some of these
are sixty feet high, and are covered
with blossoms from January to May,
of many varieties, from the large
pnre white, resembling a double rose,
to various shades of pink and red.
The cherry and plum trees are culti
vated solely for their blossoms, and
are trees of rare b anty. The former
grows thirty feet high and as many
broad, its branches covered with red
and white flowers, two inches in diam
eter and perfuming the air at a great
distance. Its petals of snow and
cream, falling in showers, spread many
a carpet for the feet on the stone-paths
leadincr to the tern riles, verifying the
native poet when he says: ''There are
bdow showers which do not descend
from the skies." The plum tree is par
excellence the poet's tree. Olten it is
seen stauding leafless in the snow, yet
adorned with blossoms like a bride.
The tree bursts into soft clouds of
bloom and fragrance in February but
without leaves.
Along tbe hillsides, maples and pines
are covered with vines of exquisite
lovoliness, trailing and intertwining with
bewildering intricacy; among these are
the wistaria and tuumberg'a, with their
purple stars and tufts. From tho vt-r.
dant valleys to the tops of the moun
tains are seen lilies, pinks, aud roses
of endless variety. The grass in
studded, and flowers Bering even from
the quaint, artistic thatched roofs of
the tea houses, asking bave only to
draw and bless the light. These tea
houses seem idyllic 'i'bey are a na
tional institution, for they are every-
where, as the people are everywhere;
alon- the city ht reels, by tho roadside,
in the groves, wood, parks, valleys
nd np the mountain side
'M Ipnnnette's nirMt, humble fnrm.
Without fin tint upon her i leM J;irb.
To ilraw the lit: stare ot wunrieruiR i-yesi rich
In nrerliui- fragrance is thai lovely nn ,
s, lovi-it for hr swet qualities, that I
should Hon her firat amtil a World of flowers."
It is a little more than a century ago
since the mignonette was brought to us
from Egypt, blooming from early
Spring to late Autnmnin the open gar
len and of most delicious frugrance, it
is a nniversal favorite. Indeed Mr.
Henderson, the noted florist, considers
it tho most popular annual grown.
Having but its perfume to attract
inr notice, the Turks who are fa
mous for associating sentiment with
tlowi rs attribute to it the language,
"Your qualities surpass yonr charms,"
thus making it the emblem of one who
without claim to beauty attracts by
hos) qualities which command respect
iud artection.
Thi blooming of this plant may be
lolayed until winter and it is said that
y proper means it may converted into
i ligneous plant, so aa to form a small
Uirub und live for years.
There are several species, white, red,
yellow and the Machet, a dwarf French
variety which is considered one of tho
very lest.
A writer in Qardrning IHunlrnfe.il
vme years ago gave careful directions
'or winter blooming of this favorite
lower:
I take it for granted that every one
who loves flowers wonld wish to extend
the season iu which the fragrance of
Mignonette may be enjoyed, and I am
jure that were it more generally known
how easy it is to have it in bloom in
winter, few windows would be without
it. It is merely a matter of sowing
wine seed at the proper time, aud shel
tering the plants from cold and damp,
ind Mignonette but little inferior to
that grown in the summer season may
lie had in winter. Pnt a good-sized
rock in the bottom of a four and a
half inch pot, with a pinch of soot
therein to keep worms out; fill the pot
with good fine soil to within half an
inch of the rim, make the surface firm
and water moderately. Sow the seed
thinly and place it in a shady position
till it germinates, after which time tho
young plants should get all the air and
-inn they can. The lust week in August
and the first week in September form
the seasons for sowing for wintoi
biooir, and it is as well to sow two or
thre pots at intervals, as the character
y' the autumn will determine the time
ni the plants coming into flower. When
very fine, the Angnst sowings are apt to
some into flower by the beginning oi
the winter, and when rather under the
average in this respect, as regards
warmth, the later sowings do not eonm
i'lto flower till the season ia well ad
vanced. Five plants will be enough to
each pot, and when they are fonr inches
r so in height, fonr slender stakes
should be inserted round the pot and a
piece of tine rallia passed from one to
the o'her, which will k ep the growing
dioots in place. From the time they
begin to grow freely, attend well to
he watering, for if they suffer from
waut of moist nre at the root, the lower
leaves are sure to turn yellow, and
Mignonette loses half its beauty when
uot well clothed with healthy foliage
o the rim of the pot. At the same
ime, some care is needful not to make
die soil ionr by watering when un
necessary. A cool room is tbe place
for Miguonette in winter, as it dislikes
trarmth and much confinement. An
uemy which attacks Mignonette, and
won ruins good plants if left alone, is,
green caterpillar, so much the color
if the foliage that a sharp eye is re
quired to detect it. If not discovered,
ne will destroy a pot of Mignonette in
t single night. When the plants are
loused it is quite small, and only oomea
to fnll size during the winter, and,
soncealing itself on the undersides of
he loaves, it is not seen nnless sought
'or there.
Corrlgan's IJawthorne track has
closed, the losses of the meeting having
been about $CO,000.
A woman "run-down"
overworked, weak, nervous and de
bilitated that's a woman that Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
made for. It gives her health and
strength. All woman's weaknesses
and all woman's ailments are cured
by it. It's a legitimate medicine
not a beverage ; an invigorating, re
storative tonic and a soothing and
strengthening nervine, free from al
cohol and injurious drugs. It im
parts tone and vigor to the whole
system.
For all functional irregularities,
periodical pains, organic displace
ments and uterine diseases, it's a
positive remedy.
And a guaranteed one. If it
doesn't give satisfaction, in every
ease, the money paid for it is re
funded. No other medicine for
women is sold on these terms.
That's because nothing else is
" just as good. Perhaps the
dealer will offer' something that's
" better." He means that it's bet
ter for him.
MPURE BLOOD
Nearly all diseases of lone standing have
their origin In the unnatural and unhealthy
condition of the blood, or as this condition Is
very properly di-uiilniliat. il, impure blood, in
flammations of lone standiiiK, rheumatic pains,
Itncei lnn and scrofulas ili vases aud all skin
disease, such as eruptions, pimples, and
blotches, are all caused by liupuritlt-s in the
blood. If the blood flows.tbrough th- vessels in
I pure, fresh and powerful stream. It carries to
every part of thebo-ly and toevery organ new
aud fresh vitality and carries the waste matter
away from thein. The chief care of parents
who are desirous of promoting the physical
well-being of their children should iberefore be
to guard the tender bodies of their children
anainst .-usceptlbllity to the attack of germs of
all kinds of diseases through impure blood. It
is a well known fact that people young as well
as old whose blood circulates fieely can ex
pose themselves with iiiipun ty to the dangers
of contaiiii.ii. wlnle pernios with impure blood
Will Sllccillllh to it at t!, first oi,o..rfn..irv A.I
skin diseases In p uticu r are ine c.-nsi qiieiice
ol impure biood. No matier how many ext mat
remedies may be aipned Ihey will always
return as long as ilie blood remains I., pine
IIioiikIi they may disappear for a time. rrofuU
a ol -crofulou.sdtsenseH ueh asswel Inirs ot the
Kiaiius. uous aim aoscesses cannot oe erntUea
ted with salve ami ointments so long as the
blood remains in Its Impure state. They will
tiisappear however ly themselves when lit
oMMjti ikiws iresn aim pine, r-nr thai reason a
leoieoy mat win remove all unpin Hies from
the bio d which so Ire ,urntlv deteriorate It ill
children, must lie reuariieo as a genuine bless
ing for the human race. Such a remedy Is now
oneie.i us In t!ie St Heriianl Vegetable Tills.
'1 hey are prepared exclusive. y from holcsome
men tenia ii'-i ihi oi ine Alps anil --inilllil lie kept
on hand in ev -ry house as the titsl and fme-
mo-t family medicine. A few St. Bernard Tills
taken at the rii:ht time may prevent mnch
Minerinie and laiice doetor s ami tirumiist'n
bills. Thev cm lie oblaiueil of every hi si class
'"Kaisi. ii your orujuisis aiven t tlleni, send
i. him iiKaNARr. ii x -4ai. iww VorkCTty,
and vou will rece.ve same by seluru mall.
s
ANAKKSIS tfvM
ntant reilrf and Is an
INKAI.1.1IU.E Cl'KK
for I'll.KS. Pj-Icps tl ; at
lllill
driiuiciHirt . or nv mail.
KniiltW'srtfe, Address;
lorK uiiy.
...r. , -i. h. .r.,,.. a. ii....... I t. ..... ttaart
Sm. .11 BMUa. ... WM.H. itntb-iJ fh. Si. m.c Wl.lt... T'- I
p.rf-rll..B. ..-. .it, ,......! ., , " if- - ,
I r( . w te, m a fc, MrlL
"He sat on my Joke."
' i hat was safe."
Safe?"
"l'os. There wasn't any point to
it.
M ill Fight to a Finish.
As long as the fight lasts among the
wallpaper manufacturers, the fidelity
Wall l'aper Co., of No. 12 N. 11th St.,
Philadelphia, will give the public the
aavanuige oi ino urop in prices. e
iret this from them direct. Send four
two cent stamps for samples of their
a, iu ana li cent guis.
Nicaragua is the largest of the Cen
tral American Slates. Area, 51,600
miles.
Diseases Many, f antes Few.
All functus! diseases are attended with con
gestion and torpor of one or more of the ftreat
organs of dluestion. nutrition and excretion
and the only known combination of safe and
effeetivu medielne ahl- to restore healthy ac
tion to the liver. ktdiies, bowels, limits and
skin is the old time honored pill of our fathers,
St. Bernard Vegetable Pill, approved by all
schools of medicine. A sample of St. Bernard
Vegetable Tills will be sent free to all appli
cants. Address ht. Bernard. Box 2416, New
York.
" V 1 c n a man overflows with animal
spirits the animal represented la gener
ally of t'.ie long-eared kind.
"Helped Ills Lung, mid Stomach.
riTF.Hsm-RO, fLI.., March IS, 1890.
That you may thluK I am tryins to de
ceive you In regard to your medicine Flora
plexion.I will explain. Wishing to patrmilze
my druitaist ( Mr. Walklns), 1 had him send for
ii bottles. 1 am now on my filth bottle, and It
has helped me woudertully In my lungs,
stomach and nerves. M. J. 1'atlett.
flomvlrzinn Is tho sneedv and permanent
cure for Sick Headache, indigestion, Uvspep
sia. Biliousness, i.iver Complaint, Nervous Ina
bility and Consumption, ft is the only sure
cure lor these complaints. Ask your druggist
lor it, and act well.
The words "sunstoke" and "nerv
ous prostralion cover a multitude of
p'.aiu drunks In the summer s ason.
For a 2c. stamn. sent with address o T.vrila
F. I Inkhain Medicine Co., I. ynn, Mass.. ladles
Will ri-r-.tvA Iree . ,,r t fn I n lust t .l It.b.L-
(iuide to Health ami Ktltiiiettn."
Last year the imports of cheese from
Canada into England exceeded fifty
thousa-id tons.
OIIDTIIOC I. Jacob (Jenschelnier.ofClay
nUl I Unti ton, N .l, have been thorou li
ly cured of my rupture bv lr. J. B. Mayer, Hal
Arch St., Thila. 1 do the hardest kind ol 111 t
iiiK and wear no truss. Go to se blm. Lir.
Mayer also gives treatment at Hotel Pcnii,
heading. Pa., on the 2i Saturday and follow
ing Sunday of each month.
has over half a million of the fruit stored
away in vats.
How a Student Makes Money.
Hear Readfrs I am able to par my board
and tuition, wear good clothes and have
money in my pocket by spending mv odd hours
and vaeatloiis plating Jowelry and" tableware
a.d selling platers. I have made 2n per day;
never less than . I paid $5 for my plater to
H. K. llelno & Co , Columbus, o. Any one can
profit by my experience by writing there for
circulars. A student.
Eda Pavls, a child, fell over a preci-
pice 150 feet high, in Washington, and
ws only slif htly hut t.
P1CKI.ES AXD CATSUPS.
ir,..n riet.vi Take one reck of
. v k ' - .
green tomatoes, sliojd, five large on
ions, ohoppeo, ana one new J'
picked np fine. Tut in a jar or earthen
f . r.ii. u .-rinltliui evenly
throngh.Let them stand 24 hours, then
drain thorougniy ana dou mice-
i x n.r nf water and one
UUW IU Ii-V tUtttwa w 1 .
quart of vinegar. In a porcelain ket
tle pnt lour quarts oi vmoB., - -
pounds of brown sugar, half a pound
f i t.,i eu. f -n tablesnoons
OI WJJllW uiuswmu - , - - "
of cinnamon, one tablespoon of jloTe?
two tablespoons oi grouim
when hot add the vegetables, whion
have been well drained, and cook to
gether ten minutes.
Piccalilli. 'l ake one peck of green
4 i.. nninnI nna canliflower
uiuinum, fcsj v
and one peck of small encumbers. Slice
... . - - 1 1 1. An r c- 1
the tomatoes ana arainiurouK-
i; - Piw nn hA canliflower (a
head of cabbage chopped can be substi
tuted) and chop tne onions, im -
gether. Sprinkle half a pint of salt
.1 n.i 1.. it ataTiil nntil next
uver inriu nut. w - " - -
day. Mix together one pound of white
mustard seea, one ouuw w
cloves, one ounce of cinnamon broken
up fine, two ounces of whole peppers.
Add to the vegetables half a teacup of
grated horseradish and plaot them in a
porcelain kettle in alternate layers
with the spices, cover with cold vine
gar and boil ten minutes, stirring con
stanly. After putting in a jar, cover
with green horseradish leaves and an
inverted plate.
Orees Tomato Catsup. Take one
peck of green tomatoes, ten large on
ions and half a p nt of salt Chop the
tomatoes and onions and thoroughly
mix; then place in an earthen dish in
layers with the salt and let them- re
main twenty-four hours. Mix to
gether one-fourth of a pound of white
mustard seed, one tablespoon of all
spice, one of cloves, one of ground
mustard, one of ginger, two of black
pepper, and a half a pound of brown
t.,t tv.a arrotalilua after he in 17
drained, in a porcelain kettle, add the
spice mixture, cover witu viui-gui
boll slowly two hours, stirring almost
constantly.
Tomato Catsup. Slice np one peck
of ripe tomatoes; boil nntil tender and
drain through a wire sieve. Add to
them one tablespoon of ground cloves,
one of allspice, two of cinnamon, one
teaspoon of cayenne pepier, two table
spoons of salt, two of ground mustard
and one pint of vinegar. Hoil slowly
three hours, stirring often.
Plfm tVTsrp Wash and cook one
peck f sour bine plums nntil tender;
then sift through a wire sieve. Add
half a ponud of sugar, one pint of
vinegar, two tablespoons of ground
cinnamon, one of mace, and one of all
spice. Cook together slowly for two
hours.
Sti"d Tomatoes. Scald and peel
one peck of ripe tomatoes. Add lonr
pounds of I rown sugar, and one qnart
of vitlAn-nr torn talilettiinnrifl. of flIDDft
j mon, one of cloves, one of mace and
one of allspice. Jsoil slow y two nours
st rring often. Catherine Johimoit, in
Arriculturist.
FITS: An nu mopped rree ny or. Kllne'siroa
ft rv leilrer. No 1-lleafter nrst d:i' -.16. T
i (-,riit- cure. Tirailseauu -i.tw trial ooilie iree to
Kit uu-es. btnuU)lr.Klun).ol Area su Till-., fa.
The Queen of Spain has umpired the
Columbia- enezuela boundary case en
tiiely iu favor of Columbia.
A remarkaMe freak that is making
its way toward Paris Is a two-headed
maiden, joined at the waist, having four
arms.
We will give $inn reward for any case of
caiarrn mat cannot ie cured with Hairs
Catarrh ure. Taken Internally.
F. J. C'iiKS EY. & Co., Tiop-t., Toledo, O.
De lseps commenced work on the
uez Canal in li-TtO, and on .September
lol, saileu through It in a small
- teatner.
I linn's liMney Cure for
Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Itright's,
Heart, l rlnary or I.iver Diseases, Nerv
ousness, Ac. Cure guaranteed. 881
Arch .street, 1'hllad'a. $1 a bottle, tl
lor .i, or uruggisc low certificates of
cures. I rv lt-
Eiiuatoriul France. Africa, as defin d
In the llerlln Conference, compilsed the
iianoon ana iigowe Congo regions, a
tract ot some 174 0t0 square miles with
ahout 2.00ii,fXK) inhubitauts.
Young mothers who retrain strength hut
slowly, should bear tn mind that nature's
greatest assistant is l.ydta K. l'lnkham s eg
eta ble ConiHiund. It has no rival as thousands
testify.
A grain of carmine or half a grain of
nullum win 1111 tiogsueau 01 water
so that a st long microscope will detect
oioring matter in every drop.
Every Ingredient employed In producing
Hood's Sarsaparilla Is strictly pure, and Is the
best of its kind it Is possible to buy. In the
course of preparlnK Hood's Sarsaparilla every
thing Is carefully watched with a view to at
taining the best result.
A recent survey has established the
number of trlaelers In the Alps at 1155,
ot which 'Z-i'j have a length of more than
four and tl ree-quarter miles.
JJsff Jcted w'th soreeyes use Dr. Isaad Taomp
on 'eEye-wator. lirumruita sell at 00. par ootus
A grain of musk will scent a room for
twenty years, and at the end of that
time will not show it has diminished in
tho least.
When the plumber sends In his bill
the dancing and paying the piper are
done by the same person.
01VI5 KXJOYS
Both the method and results when
8yntp of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
tyntly yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleans the ra
tern effectually, dispell colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
censtjpation. Kyrnp of Figs ia tha
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ao
eeptalde to the stomach, prompt in
ha action and truly beneficial in ha
etTecU, prepared only from the most
healthy and apreeable gabstaneea,
its m? ny excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
IM most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa Is for sale in 6O0
ad 1 bottles by all leading drag
fists. Any reliable druggist who
nay not have it on hand will pro
aura it promptly for any one wha
wishes to try it Da sot accept
aT substitute. j
CALIFORNIA TIG SYRUP CO.
BAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, K-r. EW YORK. N. Y.
88
19
Pwwbioits-dh u KvOLnmust
dinanl!. f? for Increase. -JS year fx
ttric'jre. Write for Law. A.W. MrS-oawioa:
Son, VaiimuM, CO, Ouruutaa. Q,
Vjrrujrr 1 1 Turn- m liraiM
HOW TO
is a question of vital importance,
but it is equally important that you
use some harmless remedy;
many people completely wreck their health
by taking mercury and potash mixtures,
for pimples and blotches, or some otha
trivial disease. S. S. S. is purely
vegetable containing no mercury
or poison of any kind. And is at the
same time an infallible cure for skin diseases.
Treatise on Blood and Skin diseases free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
OISO'S RKMKDY FOR
A cheapest. Relief U
Cold In the Head It lias no
It Is an Ointment, of wnicn a smaii particie is apruicu to the y 1
lostrils. Price. Wr. Sold by drugjtlsts or sent by mall. p"?
Address.
CHICHESTER'S B19USH.
Ltutloft. Ml DraevtM tor Cij
boMfi BMld with bio rtbtxM. Tak
U pill IB paww ""--- r- ,,r
4e. in Miipi for jrticolrm. tMttaatUaUa,
14 kr ail LsMl lrm4.
PEN, INK, AND PAPER.
ADELAIDE L. BOU8B.
I spent a month with Elmira last
summer. Elmira is an excellent house
keeper; her bread is perfect, her linen
is as white as snow, and she has a place
for everything and everything in its
place, except pen and ink.- A tritliDg
exception, you may think, in an other
wit a perfect menage, but it did not
seem trifling to John one hot, sticky
July day. John is Elmira's husband,
and one of the most patient of men;
but let the most patient man in exist
ence leave his haying and come to the
house with a neighbor to sign a paper,
if pen and ink are missing tho chauces
are that something will be said that
would not look well in print.
John came in with a neighbor who
was to sign a receipt He went to the
sitting room closet, where writing ma
terials are found when an occasional
letter is written! their's is not a literary
household 1; he found a bottle of ink,
mostly dried away, and a penholder
minus a pen. Eimira's hands were in
the bread, bnt she ran in answer to
John's call After some searching in
a jar of lamplighters a pen was found
aud fitted in a holder, lhe ink was
improved by the adition of a few drops
of water, and as no other paper was at
hand a leaf was cut from one of the
children's copyliooks. John wrote the
receipt, stopping once to remove a hair
from his pen, and as he had no blott r
he passed the damp paper to his neigh
bor, who wrote his name and blotted it
with his square thumb, and then wiped
the thumb on his hair. After John
had made the remarks alluded to, and
vowed that if tie lived through haying
he'd have a place under lock and key
where he could find writing materials
without scouring the neighborhood for
them, Klmira went on with her bread,
John returned to his hay field, and I,
who had always lived with writing ma
terials at my elltow, made a mental
memorandum of the incideutfor future
use.
Eimira's s not the only household
where it is a work of time to "drum
np" the necessary things to do a bit of
writing, aud oftentimes when these are
found a table must be oleared to write
on. How much trouble and- friction
wonld be saved if there conld be a desk
in the living room filled with every
thing needful. The kev should hang
over it, and every member of the fam
ily should have access to it. It shonl.l
be supplied with paper and envelopes
of different sizes, postal cards, stamps.
pens, ink, hoth red and black pencils,
eraser, mucilage, paper cntter, cards, a
box of rubber straps, and one of "H"
fasteners, newspaiier wrappers, and if
possible a scales for weighing letters,
t here might also be a ball of cord,
wrapping-paper, pasteboard for doing
np photographs, and all the parapher
nalia for wrapping np packages.
If snch a store of conveniences was
at hand how many thing that are neg
lected would lie done at once. The
acknowledgment for the little gift
would not be delayed till you are al
most ashamed to send it; the paper yon
marked to send to a friend would go at
once if you could lay your hand on a
stamped and glned wrapper; it would
not lie such a task to mail that photo
graph or the little package if that ever
handy desk stood in the room. Of
course it will cost something to get a
desk and stock It, but many of the
things will last a long time, aud it will
pay in the saving of time and temper.
Agriculturist.
Cannes no Nausea.
lr. Hoxsie'a Pertain
sally conceded to be lhe imly sure and safe
remedy for croup or sold. It speeililv allays In
flammation to tliroat or hums. So d. ny drue
Kits, or address A. r. Uoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
I'rlce 60cts.
A Floor of Gems.
The following description of what
may b Been in the Colorado Desert
where the inland sea has appeared of
which bo much has been said of lae is
from the Boston 1 ranxcript. It reads
like a description of the valley of gems
in the Arabian Kiglits:
lhe northern portion of the desert
is paved with the most wonderful reb-
bles in the world in many piirts so ex
quisitely laid as to defy successful imi
tation by the most skilled worker in
masonio flooring. They are made of
porphyry, agate, carnelian. auartz.
crystals, garnets, chrysolite and other
beautiful materials.
They are packed tocether so that thn
surface composed of tliem is like a
1 or.r, and ttiey look as if pressed into
it with a roller. As a rule, thev are of
nenrly uniform size, and each one is
polished brilliantly, as if oiled and
rubbed. Most of them are jerfect
spheres, and the refl ction from tuem
of the sun's rays is sroraeons bevoml
description. Each convex surface
gives back a ray of licht. and th
ground for miles seems as if literally
paved with gems. Tlius the whole htir-
face of the, plain is a combination of
myraids of reflectors, each nebhln liev
ing so highly polished that it is like a
mirror, and it is believed that the lakes
of the deaert mirage are prodnoed by
this means. The pebbles are polished
by the loose sand whioh is blown hither
and thither.
Marie "Harry marnerl that. -v
Miss Kiretung. Hemadeagreatcatcli .
T . . I inr . . . ,
duua - xets auu irom ail accounts be
uas oeen caictiing it ever since."
A man never known hnw lncVw t,a
In escaping jury duty until be sees the
newspaiier Dlsturea of the unfortunate
who are caught.
Water refracts licht. That
WllT a trout looks BHVAn fmt nn nhu,
you see him in water, and measures
only abont seven half-Inches when you
get uim in tne uoat.
"Revivalist Vonncr lurl-r wMet, maA
will you elect this night to follow.
Young Lady lblU8hinffl-IIM rntfc'a
prefer th bridal path.
GET
I
CATARRH. Best. Easiest to use.
Immediate, a euro is ceruuu.
equal.
rr r. .... . . : ra
E. X. Hateltise, Warren, fa.
REO C10S8 DIAMOND B&AH0
DONALD EBSiBJr
Of Rox&ury, Mass,, says
Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep
Seated Ulcers of 40 years'
standing. Inward Tumors, and"
every disease of the skin, ex
cept Thunder Humor, anti
Cancer that has taken root
Price, ?1.50. Sold by everj
DrussLst in the United Suites
and Canada-
r Of Pure Cod
Liver Oil and
HYPCPiiCSFKlTES
i
of Lime and J
Coda
t nn1 prcribn1 hr 1-Rfiinc
phyMCimis boitino both tho f Vwl t.ir-r Oil j
ntu in the cm of Consumption, it Is j
imlatiible an milk. )
Scott's Emyfeicn
it a tttiitnt-rftU r unit l'rriif r. It M thf
.t liwtlg fr CONSUMPTION,
Scrofula, Bronchitis, Wasting- Dis
eases, Chronic Coughs anil Co'ds.
Ask for Scott's F-mulHiiiu an'l tnfci'tion'Vr.
Ely's Civani Halm fPpT
RATftBBHiM
Apply Kalin into rarh it.nl 11 1 J..-;.:;. V v "
KI. ltltort. fit, Warren M , V V. iVV A Co
IP TOU ELAVE
no nftprttlto, Ir.iligrtstinn, Fiji uli-nco. Sirk
Urmlt b. "all run tluw a" ir IsMing itt-ah,
yon trill IJimI
$Jtnt what yon nd. Thr tontipthr wrak
wimarh and build up th f lav-nit's iv-rW.
AMERICAN
ATARRH 1URE
One llottle Cures.
ho.ii oy 'Iriu-ttlsts, or in ll.-il t . .ui.liw
fnrl. Htop the dropping m the ilimat w
week ; removes the b id hr. nth anil I..- i-larlin;
restores the ni aiing an I o sin II; im-
flOVen the sppet t.- and lliviuor.ltes the .W"lll.
epared by tK. WM. B. .lnN I.S. .j .a. in la
Catarrh, UN. lliii street, I'hlla . I'.i On-ul-tstlnn
und advice tyt. 11 a. m. t., 3 p. in.
Symptom blanks and textlnion als iiiaile.l free
IV,.2" AMKH1CAX NKI liAUiU
Cl Rfc. cure Neural . ey.. ,v ltl.t,i.
FOR FIFTY YEARS 1
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
hn rwn hr mother for thtr "hiMrt-n
while IVothiiig for over Fifty V-;u-. It
soot lies the ci.lM, miftrss tht gum i. allnrs
all iin. t-urps w!mf colic, audi- the 't
lenu'tlv for dinrrht-fi.
twhI)-v.' I rnu a norilr.
llarvssi Excursions
At LOW RATES
via Missouri Pacific Ry.
and Iron Mountain Route.
To Mlietoiirf. Kanas, Ark&nnK. Texas nil U
Bolau Wwtrand siilw. An . vt'- IS"""
3. (Jood fur day, wit atop-uTer prl.it.-s".
H. C. T0WNSEND, 0. P. A., St. Louis. Ma.
ITl
"STOPPED fr:EF
I iiw.i.'...
I Tr.M;n y'-TLB PfV-tTf3.
I E f!r. KMNr" "r fill CAT
IM K 1 . V I- KK?i 1 UKCfi
jlrllOiLC tf t.n riirrr-trd. - F'l W
fnr Arrit A ffef; .. fStt. h l-1 "V,
li.-tU mid ' irtai l.ottk ff'f
I r'H liriiU, lh iM.ytf.a- irtM hBTk-M "' h '
i-sw-fi- tMl. X-n.i tm urn. I, it ami in- a.i.irtw
UniCiiaia, bbH'jikb, Of iStlt A s ISii IJ.Al'l'S.
LADIESS
who win rlo Writ-1 for m at hlr
lri with M-ir-Mri--"l Mrtrtu.
f nrr Trw FlNr.T Ui.rfTATr r.T.i' nri of
I" If K I HUH! W.I.I.., ).!'-. M'"
llkla tun 1 i.Mi.li t-i .'".I I ""
ttuU. l.H. JoHSHWil'l.l. L ik ii : 1,111.1
How weMaki tha Fruit Farm Par."
Sttnipttj Copy Kr. A i!r-
1. A (.KI.F.N Koriirnitr. N. V
vtrti cf tit r.t ir'rr;25c
AildirK 1 l M. ,i , , 1 A I1 "'
Mami'S, :l , im l( . I, ,iv. tr.iTtrj .ulmr.
KIDDER'S PftSTILLES...
ninlf Wuk, nnrrmm. w pwtt-hi
KIliK '"P .HZ
iJIUIX telKhow. SUct. rfr. BMiptecopl
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