ROSES AND THORNS" BT . T. LsmsS. Xbe month that brlngra the Summer beat Untold" the i.utls ib M'ed In May The red flow ot the morn Is sweet. And sweeter i th-ebb of dy. 80 lair the pleasant land's array. Bo deep the joy on every side. That men forgi t this ancient lay. Tie rosea pass, the tuurus abide. Though hidden In a sura retreat. The roses' biusin s aoon betrav Their secret, a nd t he 1 horns t hat meet Around them cannot once affray The plunuerer who seeKs sn:h prey. For he will pluck them, and In pride Upon his breast will wear tin- sioay V here roses pass, but thorns abide. Alas! the hours have flvhig feet. And Pleasure will not ilemn to stay For anything that riaius entreat, For Rnvtbliig that lnt-n ean say. To slKh and prayer she .ui-Wdr "SiJ All foi her roin- must provloe. Or they will II nd lu ti.elr dismay That rosea pass ,but thorns abide. EVOT. princes, pluck rovs on your way. Though under tiiurns the rose hMd; Set thfuK e on mv rhyme, I pray "The roses i-as. the thorns abui;." FOUiD BY AN UMBRELLA. BY FREDElilC HOWE MAKION. I went down to the Balms at Tiiver ille one Summer. I ha J been veiy hard at work all winter, and my phy sician said that a week's rest would do meuooJ. The Calms was my uncle's place, and we were having Que, open weather that month. It was etranje, having nothing to do after being so loog actually driven with work. I had Herod, my dog, with me, a great English stag-hou:id. Ilerod aud I used to take loug walks through the on country. We used to go strawberry ing and botanizing a little. We did some hunting and a jumped out at the corner of my street, bitoffithii g, I believe, during that j I cannet say that 1 had a Epasia of con first week. Meanwhile. I was phya'.-: science in so doing. I had had too call? recruiting very rapidly. many umbrellas of my own appropriated I don't thing there is a lovelier place : and it was evMeut that the article had anywhere than Itne:ville. It. suuds been forgot'ou by its owner, who would upon a hill, you know, and its or- ( never have seen It again ir 1 had not chards, white with bloom in May, ; appropriated it. lint I noticed, as I slope down to the r.ver which eix-ir-1 walkeJ lon ', ti'.it it was a remarkably cles It. The river is excellent, both ' neat little aCT iir, with an ornate handle, f, r boating aud flshinj;. The hill- I A d when I got home I found a plate s des are spangled with llowers, violets, upon the haudle, aud t':e plate was harebells, anemones everything pretty marked "Asttr Grey, 79 3 stiest," I ever heard of growing wild. The: Of cour e, I considered it my plain twenty houses which constitute the place are mostly those of genlleuif n's count ry-seats. Mow I thlnn cf it, there is a poor hut or t w , but they are overun with vines, and are picturesque. As I look back upon Itiverville it stems more like a beautiful picture I have seen cp n a canvas than an actual place. I Wei', the second week or my ttay had ne.tr ly passed. I began to real.z? It w.tb some consternation, ami to contemplate somewhat ruefully certain 1 distasteful ta.-ks before me. My little dull oflice, with its ledgeis and paper?, its dust and din, and musty documents, 1 seemed like a toiLl j but not wishing to be more miser able than was necessary, I whistled to lit toil, and we sallied fortli into the pure funshine. 1 went fotw iri ti ray favorite seat. It was a fallen tree at the edge of the little cave formed by j use tubulin uoua ui nvci. As I sat here, in solitule, a boat oamo gliding down stream. Jt was rowed by a slender female titfiire. As 1 sat at tr.y post of observation, a fair face was turned genily u 011 me, and 1 beheld a beautiful blonde with heton plumts lu her hat. In realizing the be tuty of the face, 1 did not see that there was in it a sharp anxiety and appeal. But tl next moment 1 was electrified 1 v a thrill scream. The young woman iiad risen to her feet, aud threw up h- r bands, as the wherry swamped beneath her. Gut I saw her in the water and tore off my coat. But tfere was no reed of my as 1st ance ; Ilerod had already leaped h to the river. His great, head went sailing ! through the circling water to the spot where the terrified glil struggled, it was not thirty secends lefore her arns were around the 002's i:ek. "l-lshtiyl hold him lightly I " I shouted, "or you'll drag him down!" At me same lime xterocl srook u m- elf loose from oneof her clinginghands. She must have been more spent than I thought, for the other hand unclasped also, aud the gol leu head went under the waves. Save her 1 save her!'' I shouted frarlically. The do; dived and iiroucht her up again. He caa.e swimuiug toward, me. He held her firmly by a sleeve of her dress. I observed that her face floated out of the Water. I enthua'astlcaliy ncouraged bim. I saw. It fore he reached the bank, that l it burden was suite senseles?. I relieved him at the water's edge. The noble brute 1st down, panting. I carried the unconscious girl up the bank, and laid her on the grass. I watched her for a moment. Not an eyelid quivered ; her breast did not stir w.th the breath of li e. Spreading my cost over her aud saying to Hetod, 'Watch 1'' I ran across the fields iu shirt sleeves for assistance. Arriving a- the Balms, I shouttd to the hired man leaning on the (.ate- post : 'Harness a tone into the chulse I" j Thpn rnhlr.tr In thu lrtn1ifn t f runt L- ' r ;;n : , ,, , 1 til., uiana- J. . . . Finally, encountering my respected I uncle in the slitlug-iocm, I laid violent riarirla tir,. nun hands upon him. "Why, John what the du?e' 'Come, come I" I entieated. young lady is drowning!" Where?" "Over here under the pines by the bans of the cove," I panted, di.- connectedly. "Come, come!' All amazement, he followed me. Arriving at the stable I thrust Enoch aside most unceremoniously, for h's ' customrry leisurely manner particu-( laily exasperated ne at that moment' finished harnessing the gray into the vehicle, jumped in, motioned my undo after me, and whipped the animal all the way down the hill. "John, I think you are crazy," mildly remonstrated Uucle Lemuel. j I made no reply, for we had reached the spot. As I stpm ad nnt of the chai-o. Herod lsQTAt nnnn m ! "Where ' I commenced, lookiog ' silently Ikrr111r.1l 11 v n,.tli nl. Mv Twri.nr. was gone. JJy uncle gszed at me Inquiringly. 1 thing 1 must, have looked foolish, I ahnnl.i Mk to tnnwr wW v , : looklnsrfor Jo'-n" -LS&forr; I exclaimed, beS!nJ meg to get sngry. "YOU thLK I m a fool, I suppose, but I tell you there was a girl here; she was drowning, aca the dog pulled her out of the water. She was quite insensible, and I laid her here myself. Now sl:e is gone!'' "So I see." coolly replied Uncle LemuoL "WdH, how did it happen V "SI was In a boat." "What boat?" 'It swamped." Uncle Lemuel whistled aud put Ids hands In bis pockets. 1 began to doubt myself If there had been any reality in the scene which had so excited me. Had I not been dreaming? At that moment Herod shook the watp from his thick coat all over me. Look at the do. ' 1 beg What is that he has there?" Inter rupted Uncle Lemuel. Hexod bad lain d wn with his fore paws upon s me small, white ot ject. I wwt to examine it. It was a li&en man lk archiif. "See herel" I cried, In exultation, "lie Is watching her handkerchief now." Then I looked for a name and found It "Aster Grey.'- TJucle Lemuel be gan to look c uvinced as I showed it to liim. Bui lie sai l: "Iliere are 10 Greys In Klverville that 1 know cf." We re-entered the chaise and drove slowly homeward. So ended the episode, and so ended, upon the next div, my stay at Riverville. 1 reti-rnrd to the city ard plunged into bard work, mental acilvity i,nd s-eady application. Pefore another spring my energies were rather drained. I should have forgotten the episode at Riverulle, pertmi, if the girl had not been so lieaiitirul. It was, the face sometimes r,aur.ted me. It was the kind of leauty that suited me fair noble, and serene In character, I want ed some one to love, aud I was sorry that I had lo?t Aster Grey. One spring eveninjr, arter a harassing day's work, I hftmy cllk-e and hailed a horse-car to take me up town. It was raining heavil7. After I lad entered the car I found that I had left my umbrella behind me. My ro -m9 were beyond the extteme route of the car, and some ten minutes' walk from the Mopping place long eno 'gh t j drench me to the skin, as it was coming do nn then. Accordingly I made up my mind for a ducking, and we proceeded. Gradually, as we approached the end of our way, the car was almost empty. When nobody was left but myself aud a small boy at the other eud of the car I espied an umbrella, lylug on the seat beside me. "Is tliis your umbrella, boy?" said I. "No, sir," said he. I reached forth my hand, took It, and duty to return that umbrella promptly to its owner. The next evening I rang a 79 S ttre- t. I asked to .ee Miss Grey. She Came fair and praclous. 1 ai eiutio'dened to claim her for mer acquaintance. Hie looked mysti- lied, as was quite natural, since she nev er reiuemtnd to have seen me before. When I recalled the incident of her danger at liver villa she tjld me that when she glance I toward the shore she was too much frightened at the peril she was in to dl.-t ujuish any features or appearance, she knew nothing from the moment the l ont sank beneath l:er. When she recovered consciousness site was aim e 0.1 the bank, with the big di g over her. Wl en she tro?e to her feet the doi seemed unwlll'ng to have her go. I5y leaving him her handkerchief she managed to get away. Siie was vis iting a family .with whom my uncle had little acquintance, aud le.t Kiver tiiib me next uay. I snei.t a pl-asat 'asant evening, telling her of other exploits of my brave Ilerod I spent other pleasant evenings with , her, an 1 asked her oaly that to let me love her. ! She not only promised that, but to 'love me. And now she is my dear little j wife, found It an umbrella. SCIENTIFIC WAIFS. In speaking cf the solidification ol a body by cooling, Professor Da war eays that water can be made to become solid by the evaporation of a quarter of its w-iglit. M. For-j' has calculate! that the qnantitv cf bent acoumnlated in the Lake of Geneva daring the Hummer is equivalent to that which would be given ont by the burning of 51,000,000 tons of coal. The beak of the mosquito is simply a tool box. wherein the mosauito keens six miniature surgical instruments in perfect working order. Two of these instruments are exact counterparts of t tie surgeon's lance; one is a epear with a donl.lu-barbod head, the fourth is a necule of exquisite finenesss, a saw and a pump going to makeup tne com- d?teraent. The spear U the largest of tic mx tools, aud is used for making the initial puncture; next the lances or knives are brought into play to cause the blood to How more freely. In case the lost op ration fails of hav ing the desired effect, the saw and the needle arecarefnlly and feelinglv insert e l in a hit-ral direotion in the victim's .flesh. The pum , the most delicate ot ail ot tue instruments, is used in transferring the blood to the insect's "stomach." It is stated, in speaking of Maxim's experiments at aerial rmvigatiou, that he has got so far with his motors that he has obtaiaed steam equal to 100 horse power with one square foot of grata, or rather of the equivalent of a grate, for he burn liquid fuel. The neat generated 13 so lutenss that nj boiler plate has yet been made that uan stand it, A D op FEATHElla ASD A pocjfl. of iiKAix incn is trio heavier, a pOUDd 0f feathers or a pound of lead? was a favorite question with "school ,-,;,.,, .1 u,. .j tho first rash ansWf r r,ge(J dost a'lway.? . . ... . . , ... . - , to ie, a po-.-.nt 01 teaa: it tnis Question were asked to-diy onr old- time querist might receive a decided surprise, for a pound of feathers could 'fAKiilv a nroroif tit lianrinr With BBy accurate scales weigh out a' pound of'lead, n-ing ordinary shot for con- venieuce. Pour tue shot into one of the pans of a balance. For the feathers a light muslin bag wilt be needed, and rare must be tiken that feathers and bug together do not weigh more than a pound. When the bag of feathers is put into tue other part of the balance the beam will, after a few oscillations. come to rest exactly level. So far the verdict "both alike" seems to be proved. Bnt place the balance upon the receiver of an air pump, with lead and feathers undisturboxl. Cover the whole with the glass bell jar aad exhaust the air. blowly the feathers sink and the lead "kicks the beam." Ite rund of feathers is heavier than the p. una o: lead, ltio truth is that I wca; ws caneu a pouna was not sucn I m tact, f ot the atmosphere buoya up everything within it in proportion to vvb Buu " leainers being or greater bulk than the lead, .OT!!??-. f fvf0?" pfj : uieir iruc wei"ut :s made evident A Fashion authority thinks that the costliest dresses in the world are worn by the women of Sumatra. They are made of pure gold and silver. After the metal is mined and smelted it is formed into fine wire which is woven into cloth and afterward made into dresses. Men who spend more for tobacco than they give to the missionary cause, never do the Lord much good by shout lug in church. A resident of FlumnteaJ, Penn , has a turkey ben wiiich is very aquati; la her he bits. She recently batched and Is no v caring for, fourteen ducklings. When they take to the w ater she w adei la after them, aad keeps as ntfj them as possible. The human skin Is exactly like thai of a fish, as it is covered with mlnuU scales overlapptEg tacJLj&ex; BOL.DTION OF THE LABOR PKObLEM. The Carnegie troubles with . the laboring men have bronght the labor , problem to the front in the minds ol ill. The only solution lies in the di- vinelv eiven Golden Kale, "As ye vinely given Golden Kale, "As ye would that men should do to you, do re also nnto them." This has been strikingly illustrated by the millionaire merchant prince and evangelist. Air. Charles Ci. Crittentoa, who has taken nto partnership five of the heads oi departments in his great wholesale house in Xew York, prononnced by the New York Timet "probably the largest in the world." The New" York press is fall of praise for this notable deed. The New 1'ork Herald says On its face the transaction was simply the re-organization of the house ol Charles N. Crittenton as an Incorpo rated company. As a matter of fact it wss a voluntary surrender by Mr. Crittenton of a con siderable interest in his very prospor- jm business to five of his old employes. Many employers have adopted one 1 m- ans or another of making their em ployes sharers in the profits of their business, and thereby securing their hearty co-operation. Bnt the volun tary transfer by a man of large means of a larce interest in his business to bis employes without the payment of a oenny, is unique. Edward G. Wells, Third Vice Prest lent of the companv, says: "It is cap italized at $SOO,00"0, ilr. Crittenton having turned into it every dollar's worth of assets of the house of Charles V. Crittenton. of which he was the lole owner. - The stock is all taken, being held by Mr. Crittenton, Messrs. Mired B. Kennedy, William A. Dem ir!t. Franklin B. Waterman, Thomas E. Delano and myself. Mr. Crittenton is President of the Company. "All of the men who have been taken into the company are old employes, the youngest of the five in point of service being myself, with a record of thirteen yeirs in Mr. Crittenton's em ploy. Mr. Kennedy, who is the buyer for the house, has served twenty-six years. Mr. Demarst, head of the retail iepartment, twenty years; Mr. Delano, the general matinger, twenty-eight years, and Mr. Waterman, who rnns our advertising department, sixteen years. Others men be taken in. 'I presume that we were selected on account of our long service and thor ough familiarity with every detail of the bnsiuess of the house, bnt I should act be surprised if some other old em ployes were taken into the companj iater." Mr. Crittenton is himself devoting bis entire time to Evangelistic work ind his fortune to founding Florence Crittenton Missions for the rescue of jrring girls. The storyof their found ing touches all hearts to tenderness iad all eyes to tears. A few years lince his little four year-old FUrence, :n her dying bed pleads I "I'apa sing 'The Sweet bye and bye."' With ;hnking voioe and breaking he irt her ruthir sang the beantirnl words and jer beloved spirit floated heavenward -n the wings of song. Thongh the Bre and Bve might be sweet, the pres- ni -,th..nt l.io .l,.rlin.0(.i,.,i nAir. rrLolminoU tm- ti..t i.o .n.l nnt i jare to live, bat in his sorrow to Saviour who had taken the little child n his bosom, brought comfort to his bleeding heartand he found strangely rue the words of t'hrist "My peace 1 ive unto yon." Then he began to prove that he was iideed a follower of the lowly Nazarene who forever dignified labor by being Himself a carpenter, who in the midst f his toil uttered these royal words, which forever settle all strife between capital and labor, "by this shall all men know that ye are mv disciples if ye have love one to another." Mr. Crittenton was so full of love that he went down into the slums and belped to uplift the fallen, and oue night when he was pleading with a poor erring girl to leave her life of ihatce, he said in the words of Christ, "Neither do I condemn tuej, go and sin no more." Through her tears she said, "Where can I go?" Quick as a flash came the thought "Where can sho go?" scarce a door save a door of sin is open to her and then and there he determined as a memorial to his own little Florence to found a home where other fathers' little girls lost in the whirlpool of shame, might be reecned and restored to a life of virtue. So at 2123 Bleeker St , New 1'ork. nine years azo was opened the First Florence Crittenton Mission, a large donble four-story house, where food and shelter and clothing and a home are freely given, and nnder the influence of Mother Prindle the W. C. r. U. Matron, hundreds become Chris tain women. Over five hundred girls innnally find a home here and three fourths of them are redeemed. Mr. Crittenton has also established Florence Crittenton Missions in New Brunswick, N. J., San Jose, Sacra mento, Eos Angeles and San Frauois :o, California, 'the latter was for merly known a "The Pacific Kescue Home," successfully carried on by a number of philanthropic people, but since Mr. Crittenton has become its President the name of his darling child has been given to it. These Missions represent an invest ment of nearly a quarter of a million dollars, while his priva'e charities foot np nearly as much more. It is the dream of his life to found a Florence Crittenton Mission in every large city in America and Europe, and plans to that end are made with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, under the leadership of Miss Francis E. Wil lard and Lady Henry Somerset. As an Evangelist, Mr. Crittenton is wonderfully blest of God, thousands having started heavenward under his loving ministrations. He gives his services freely, and though himself an Episcopalian, being an officer of Holy Trinity Church, Harlem, New York, he is perfectly at home in pulpits of all denominations, where he is warmly welcomed by the pastors. Perhaps the one distinguishing char acteristic is the nuiversal love he inspires in all hearts, which make many think as a little child said, "Mamma, ion't yon think Jesus when he was on earth must have been like Mr. Critten ton?" One of the causes of the rapid ipread of cholera is the superstition of the people in the countries where It originates, or in which it first takes hold after leaving its original scat. t A chief constituent of this Supersti tion 13 fanaticism, based on igno i ranee cf the working of natural laws. j The populations now comprehended jln Russian rule In both Asia and j Europe, whether Christian, Moham- medan or other, are all more or less .fatalists, believing that the dread disease is a scourge sent from heaven and that it Is sacrilege to endeavor to arrest Its progress. This fact ' affords a clue to the hostile feeling , cjiunlbou u mem wniiiu ituuno nuu set up quarantine or establish hos 1 pttals. "It Is the will of God," says the peasant, and he folds his hands over his breast. He will take no care , of himself because "God would stop the pestilence if He wished." This apathetic resignation has depopulated vast regions and swept into the grave Innumerable hordes. Before such all-pervading fatalism the best inten tions, the utmost exertions of the government are unavailing. Thk first folio 1623 edition of "Shakspeare" la ander process of re tcoductioa by nun f photograflbj. litis THKEADBAftE WOKLD. T.i, ... , . . . . Without the remotest idea who was the oripinator cf t.. , term L .p ropri- j "te as my title, I do not know -and, indeed, do not very much care if I am committing a kind of he resy when I j J it ' ono which reflects bus small 1 credit on the mind which coneeived it. For surely this o!d world sems threadbare only to those whose minds lack tho freshness, the observation, the capacity for enjoying Bights, sounds, and the study of human nature as mnch when fctanding on the shore of middle age, as when they first began to gaily follow the ever-widening stream of youth. It is, 1 think, just this "thread! are'' tendency of mind, too common, alas) amongst those getting on in years, which is at the bottom of the great gulf which is often fixed between folks, say, with thirty years' difference be tween them. Now, had we all the freshness of sym pathy, the power which really vtry few parents possess of looking back truthfully, and seeing tbat we, too, were "young and foolish;" we, too, preferred play to work, or thought love in a cott ige wonld lie an ideal ex istence; had we, so to speak, kept the warp and woof of our hearts and minds intaet, and not worn it threadbare with the 1 ub of worldly foelings, our wis lom (painfully gnruared, terchanoe, frum our own disappointments and heartaches) would have tione the less weight because we "know jnst how it feels." It is hard, too, to understand why so few eldcily people seem to have any capacity for the enjoyment of amnll pleasures, whether their own or those of others. As regards the latter, we must all be aware that inthesublime egotism of yout.i we have but scant room in our hearts for the joys and -or rows of our friends. "A heart at leisnre from itself to soothe aud sym pathize" is, I take it, but seldom part of the moral adornment of those in the full glamour of youth's golden dream; it is, or should he, one of the autumnal sharms we may hang around ns as we begin to go down l UL i'es! there are plenty cf threadbare minded jKOple in the world, people who are capable of travelling from Dan to beershpba, aud find all barren, who wonld indeed be miserable if tbey could not prove their "doll is stnlleil with sawdust." One of this pitiable kind, when asked " lmtttruck her most in C:droV"plaiut livily replied "The hmella." Thread bare, indeed, must be the mind which jan ignore the endless panorama of gorgeous sights, of glorious color and vivid picturesqueness to forgot the joys of a perfoct winter climate, and focus itself on a grievance which, in spite of costly local boards, etc., may still, if a grievance really niut be fonnd, be indulged in withont the ex penso of going to Egypt! "How fresh and green yon are in this old world," says Bhakspeare, showing that, even in those distant dnys, freshness, a power to stand out above the level ot dull commonplace, was valued. 1 cannot, however, at this 'moment recall whether the character , apostrophized was elderly or not! But do we not all know some men and women who could never seem old, who conld never be wearisome, who can throw the glamour of imagination over everything, and whose every word and deed arouses one's interest? To such natures, no matter whut tbeir trials and heartaches may have been, the world by which I mean the bent things in it, such as love, sympa thy, friendship, faith, hope, and char ity will never seem threxibare, bnt always fnii of freshness and beauty, aud, ainive all, of God-sect chances to make others happier. but the charm of never growing old ceases to lie a charm if wo think our selves ever yonthfnL The sarcastic sain?, "It is strange women do not like their ages known; most of them are younger than they Uiok," certainly strikes at a feminine folly. For men fully as vain as women, only in another way tel lorn seem to mind their tale "f years being known. J'.ut one does sometimes see foolish women clinging wildly with elderly hands (that is, by the way, no -possible disguise or "make np" for hands and throats; one can alwavs read advancing years writ large on both) to the rosy skirts of youth, boasting they still "dance everything," and too foolish to notice that the partners have become mere . cailow fledgelings, while the "best men in the room" delighted to 'line with the elderly siren) dance with their daughters. When we are at the ae to thiuk a woman of thirty "quite old," and that forty-five is quite beyond the limit of conshlo ation, no oue could ever convince ns tbat the latter age, if met as a friend, not -Lr imk lrom as a foe, yet holds "the simple joy of living," especially to tho-e who can live again in their chil dren's lives, who can be content hav ing had their day to "tike a back seat "(only figuratively), and let the voang folks have their dny. The late Archbishop Thomson, him sell one of the lovable evergreen na tures, once wrote Hut love and purpose as of yore. With the world's throbbing pul-es m!; The world, with thousands to lis Fcore, Is young, though 1 am sixty six. Happy is it then if whde never forgetting there is another world we have yet eyes to notioe the beauties of nature, art, and humanity in this one. There are noble actions we can all see nd may some day be privileged to lo, it our own hearts and minds are not worn too threadbare to stand the strain. NOTHING TO BE FRGUD OF. Greene I'd have you knjw tbat I've i in ml of my own. Gray I'm sure It does vou much : edit to acknowledge It. It would be eru-i to accuse anyone e'se with being the owner of It. TUL, DEATH US DO PART. Mddred What are you looking at me roi r Ja k I know what I'd like to look at you for. Mildred-What? Jack Forever. TRCE TO FB1VOLITY OSLT. He .t eea-slde acquaintance I leave to-morr w, Mis Sumaierglrl. I leave ou the 9.40 express, which nill bear me a way from here and you at the rate of forty miles an hour. Just think ol .bai I She Forty miles an hourl Ho nkel :Have you a bo.k calU-d 'Pansy Poems? " Yes, sir." "Gimme all you have." "Certainly, sir. You must have u great admiration for the book.' I "Xo. I haven't. It was written b t my son, anu 1 m protecting the ramlly , name.'' The Russian Government intends to soon commence the construction of a new railway which will connect the Caucasus with Persia. It will com- mf'tlRA at ArlirinihnnlM. & tnvn nn tA line of Bakou. situated a little to the south-east of Bakou, crossing the Mai gan steppe going toward the sonth-eafit a snort distance from the Caspian sea nearly parallel to its shore, passing by the cities of Betiassauvaa and lien coran, terminating at the Persian port of Astara upon the Caspian sea on the frontier of Persia and the Caucasus. J A Wet Pblladelphl man wints to aed hl parrot, wn cn ne uien, being "suitable for a do f family.' k Melbourne, says conve e.x,o ia?' ''a J1 w '3 very tine are the linest in iue grounds are probably like wise very tine. Twrnn They say tbat hadn't a friend In the world. Trlplett No wonder, about reciting elocutionary at parlor entertainments. Dingier He went selections 'I ought to study photography," said the seaside young man who 111 proposed again. "I really ought. I can develop more negatives in a given f.me than ai y'jody I know of-" nostes I've got such a cold to-day. t feel quite stupid. Prize Idiot (calling) I've got a bad lold, too; but I don't feel particularly stupid- Hostess Ah, I see you're not quite yourself. HE WOV1.D DO AS WELL. "Are you the phrenologist? ' asked a oau who wanted his bumps examined, f a young man who sat In the olii e. "No," replied the latter, "I am uot the phrenologist, "tut I am his head Bleik." A OOOD DEAL TO OIVE t'P. Jenny Jici, you ought to make ome sacrifice to prove that you love me. Come, new; what will you give up when we are mairieii? Jack Jenny, I'll-I'll give up being i bachelor. AdIqidd 1 Ci'ine, And with It aching bone, rlnily feelings, rack UB o:uhs ami catiirh.il colds. Ail tliee ivinptoms coniit as notliuv If "ii use lr. Hox tif 9 fert.iin Crimp Cuie ai he li it aweaiunce t lliftn. Theprtuf t '.' ull r-mtttes lor neri us congestive at aclts. sold" by prominent IniL-ulsis. noc. Manuiactund by A. 1. lloxsie, Buit.tio, N. V. The famous term'tes, cjuniionty ailed "white ants," although they be long to the order of the diacou uV, latest Ceviou in countless swr.rusH, devouring everyihing eatalle, and even juttiug the tiiubeis of dwel.ing houses 33 that the latter are reduced to mere shells. A HEAVY SENTENCE. So many walls need pretty cover ings that 1 he Fidelity Wall PansrCo., of 12 N. Htn it.. Phi a., have sen tenced to be hunsr this fall, some 60.000 pitces ot Wail eaner. bend tour two cent sttmos for samDles of embossed papers for IO and 12 cents. . celehrate 1 aeronaut assert8, alter lRtient Investigation, that the ninth day :jf the in on is the most rainy of the w hole tweuty-eight, n 1 4 o'clock in the aftercoou the raiment hour of the day. He Needs Ridge's Food. AVhor Your ailing fr ond, who from what ever c.iuse is stiiTering from the conse quences of a dit s'ion t o impaired to permit the free u?eof oi.liuar' forms of nourishment. He Is weak, thin,3;illovv. ilis eyes are du", his voice hollow, his countenance divn and a 1x10113 look ing. In the midst of plenty your friend is starving. One is nourished by nothing th it one cannot fieely di gest. Let him try UIDGE'S FOOD. He need.-, it.and w.ilso.m show you what a blessing it h 11 been t liim. A postal card tent to A'oolrich & C., Pa mer, Mass., will brnr in return a oopv of "Kidie's Food Prlic'T," which supplies all necessary it. formation. Apoplexy needs madic;il treatment it 01.ee, but, until the physician ar rives, eleva'e the head and shoulders. Use the fa 1 freely to give pleuty or air, and apply cold to the head by means of au Iced bag. Mr. W. D. Weutz, of Geneva. X. Y., was 'ured of the severest form of Uysp psta bv Hood's Sars iimrilla. Full ptilicul.irs sent if I Vou write C. I. lloo.l Si Co., Lowell, Msss. The highest p-au lia hpii won by Hood's Pills for their ea-.v. yet i fit.-ient art 1. mi. The bcst'sliirlissci ues trjin R'lssla, where it Is obtait.ed from the sturgeon wnich ishabiu ti:e Casp an Ss.iand the rivers which iuii iuto it. Th'e ''sh often grows to the lenut'i of tweniy-Cve feetand from iis air bladder the Isiuglass s prepared. J. 8 PAF.KEK. Frcdonta. X. Y.. says "Khali not rail on n tor tlie $i'a,reward, for 1 bellt ve U;ill's Calanh C'.ire will rare any case of i-utar. h Was verv bad." Write liim for par ticulars. Sold by Druggists, Tic. The fi'rst elecrttc light was the Inven tion of Stalte & Ft trie, In lftO. tit scores of men have since made improve ments aud adapted It to popular use. rnnn't tiltiney Cure Tor Propsy, Gravel, li!ibetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. S31 Arch Street, Philad'a. $1 a bottle, a for 5, or drugisc 1000 certificates of sures. Try iu Drring Ihe inlluei Zi epidemic In Germany the proportion of ozone In the air was found to be scarcely ten per ent. of the norni"i amount. FITS: All FiM stopi-.1 frM by pr. Kline Great Nerv- Kestoret. No F ts aftrr first day1 u-e. Maitelom-cures. 1 remise atd t oo trla bottle nee to Kit cj-cs. ed to lr k.ilae'1 fcl Arch bt..i,uil.lelt U!i, r'a. The electric motor ope-ates through the alternate mgnetitil in aud demag netization of a bar of so t iron. Rupture cure guaranteed by Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St., Phil'a, 'a. F-ae at once, no operation or do lay from bu.-iness, attested by thou lands of cures after others fall, advice 'Tee, send for circular. In this country more deaths are said to occur In Deneailer than at any other Mine of the year. Dtspepsii Imralred dlsestion. weak stom acli.and crntn ,tmn will be insumly relieved by Heechai.Ts I'ilis. 20 cents a box. The moons of Mars are nemed Delmoi and Phobos after the war horses of the Greek god. Jt sfFtcted with ore eyes ue Dr.Tsr.ac Thotcp-icn'etve-tt;tr.Ijr'j)iKLt-.li atjc. per bottle. Gold assaying a h;gi as $130: a ton Is said to Lave Uu fjund at Pitkin, Col. 'August 53 Flower 99 " I am ready to testify under oath that if it had not been for August Flower I should have died before this. Eight years ago I was taken sick, and suffered as no one but a dyspeptic can. I employed three ! "f our best doctors and received no benefit. They told me that I had heart, kidney, and liver trouble. Even-thing I ate distressed me so ;hat I had to throw it up. August Flower cured me. There is no med icine equal to itv" LORENZO F. I Sleepbh., Appleton, Maine. $ i n . 1 1 1 r " 'i i n sssa-i iira-SYid.ijitiinniias.s.fini;ci,'mti'ii Our Was a beauty, lair, phunp and healthy. But when two years old Brrofala Humor spread over her bad, week and forehead down Into her eyes, one prcat sore, I'elitne burulntt- I tnutii Fieilerlck. Hood's S.iisaparllla gave her uew lite and ap petite. Tiieu the humor subsided, the ltcliln and baruing ceased, and the aorrs entirely healed tip. She Is now perfectly well." f. W. Kkeokkick. Danfortb street, near Crescent Avenn cypress Hill. Brooklyn. N. Y. MiHiiri pills cure all Liver lllij bilious ness, nausea, sick hei'Jache, Indigestion. Should Have It la The llocse. Jtroptfd oh Sugar, thUJrtn ir trttalrJoliS's-s AsouvtlJNlMESTforCroan.Coli1u Sere Thmat, Ton.lllUs, Colle, Cramps Mud Fain. K-il-v all suinuier'ompliilnt,e'nna nd brv!9-9 like Sao.rettiiMd.Si I.aJOtliSONCOBOStoi ST 801 DISCOVERIES AX1 INTENTIONS. Unman remains of bygone ages have often been discovered, but a Freuch scientist has fouud the fossil skeleton of a monkey 1 of the same species as those inhabiting the rock of Gibraltcrl, on the i'rench side of the Pyrenees. The announcement has exoited much interest in continental circles. Mr. Crooker, who is constantly discoy ing fresh wonders, has found a practi cable means of inakinr re i-hot-airl A contemporary describes the process which is of course effected by the electrical current, but we simply note the fact as of merely scientifio interest to-day, bat possibly, in the not distant future, a valuable discovery. A simple and economical way of tarriug sheet iron pipes, to keep them from rusting, is as foil .ws: The seo turns as made should be coated with a coal tar and then filled with light wood shavings anJ the latter set on fire. It is declared that the effect of this treatment will be to render the iron practically proof against rnst for an indefinite period, rendering future painting unnecessary. A discovery has been made by M. Mamand in Algeria, which will intor-' est archreologists. He has found cer- tain wells upon wnicn ngures ot men, women, and children, evidently pre historic, are represented. The stones also show the figures of horses, cattle, ostriches, and elephants, thongh the eh-phant has not inhabited this region within histo'ie times, runner aetaiis 1 . . are expeotea. Temnerinar Steel bv Electricity. Another useful sphere has been found for the electrio onrrent which, it is said, is in successful use at the gun factory of fct. Ktienne, France, for tempering springs. The latter consists of steel wire wound spirally. By pass ing a current of 21 amperes af- 43 volts through them, rapid heating results, and when the required temperature has been reached the circuit is broken and the springs fa'l Into a trongh of water. By this method, a workman, it is said, can temper 2,400 springs a day. Amongst the latest ideas in medical investigation is that of discevi ring an antidote for the electrio shock. An amateur investigator in America, is re ported to have found that the inser tion of aromatio spirits of ammonia into the body of a bird which had re ceived a shock brought the animal back to life after all signs of anima tion h d disappeared. Whether such a result would follow in the cae of a humaa being, is of course unknown, but the subject is one well worth the scientific attention. "How to drill glass" is the subject of a letter to the Scientific American The writer says that to do it success fully one should first make the neces sary drill oni of a bit of Stubs steel wire. Make the cutting edge just like a stone drill, having the corners square aud sharp. Heat the drill witu the blowpipe to a white heat and drop it instantly into water. A few trials will get it Lard enongb. Rotate the drill in a small drill stock, keeping the cut ting edire wet with a solution of csm- I phor iu turpentine. Snarpen the drill occasionally ou an oilstone, sacti a drill win cut a bole through plate g'nss three-eighths inch in about one minute, if the glass is thin, paste writ ing paper on each side with common mucilage. The Nicaragua Canal. The as-jertlon Is sometimes made that the Nicaragua Canal will not benefit in injtegard to the increase of the number of our ships, and this as sertion is based on the fact that France failed to add a single ship to her carrying fleet by the completion of th Suez Canal, built by French engineer ing, French enterprise and I'rench capital. The fact is brought forward as a lesson in history which we must bear in mind when we are asked to conslderthe Xicaraeua Canal question as an element in the development of our commerce. At the present day the Suez canal is chiefly devoted to the carrying trade of England, andngland owns a light ing Interest in the stock. We bold in regard to the Nicaragua canal that the United States will, no matter who builds it, take the same position that England could not fail to attain in the use of the Suazcanal. England possesses an immense, flourishing and steadily increasing commerce in the East, while the commercial possessions of 1 ranee there are comparatively small. Like. England in the East, we have extensive possessions in the West on our Pacific shore, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, all very flourishing, while their productive ness Is steadily increasing. It must, without fail, stimulate our shipbuild ing trade when, by a shorter and safer transit, the itual commerce will receive a most powerful impulse. All the European ocean-farine nations are even more interested in the Nicaragua canal than in the Suez canal, because by passing it they will avoid the stormy ocean of the extreme southerly coast of South America, the sailing around which la a great deal worse than sailing around the Caoe of Good Hope Scientihe American. Any took In surprise cerips, 28-cect rovis abonian pages sent tree, postpaid, bv Craein f Co.. Phiiaue d .la. on tec -lpt . f 20 bobbins' fclec'rlc Soap Wrapi ers; v vo!. Best ai.thcs 1-ceut stamp for catalogue. Mentioa this papsr' In ol s nations on '.-qu'n'.Ing,'' Dr. 3'evens. an English oculist, has takea over 2O10 photographs or persons affect eJ. The investigations demonstrate that certain well defined types of facial t xpression are bo h associated with and dependent upon certain relative tecsions of the muscles of the eyes. K rarer Axle Urease. Tli -re Is no need rf being imposed on ir vou will insist 011 having the riazer Brand of A'xle tiieaie. One areaswg will Ust two weeks St. Peter Where are you from? Arrival New York. ft. Peter-Oh, well. I won't your name on the register until make up your mind whether you going to be contented to stay. put you are The right side ot the body perspires more than the left, and the palm of the hand four times more than the ikia ot the chest, M I I ' am - .. T w - BO IT WAS. "This a crazv sort of a safa," said one of the burglars, matter they had blown it op?n. "l't s," replied the other. "1 il ad mit il'j a little cracked.' "Cin you do this piece of work?" asked Mr. Trotter of an applicant for the job. "I guess so, Elr.'' "Well, I don't want a man who guess, s, I want oue who knows he can do IU" Tie had struck a initch on his tisai ami Li wife remarket: boot You are as spry as a cat, arn't you? ' "Do you think so?" he returned, In a pleased tone. "Yes. You light on your feet, you know." "I never shall have faith In woman again,' said he bitterly, just after she bad refused him. "Oh, yes you will." said she. "Xou may not have quite as much fal'-h in yourself next time, but otherwise it will lie just the same." TltF TUCK LAXATIVE PKINCU'LK Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleasant remedy, Syrup of iigs, has a permanently benetioial effect on the hnman system, while the cheap vegetable estracts and mineral solu tions, usnallv sold as medicines, are permanently injurious. l"etng well in formed vou will use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Ti e following epitapVi may be seen In the cemetery of a parish In the environs of I'arla: "Here lies Mad me X , wife of M. N , mister blacksmith. The lad'n round this tomb was manufactured by her hus band." "My husband Is the dearest and most considerate man in the world." "How does he show it?" "lie Knows I hate tobacco-smoke in the hous and so he goes to the club every night after supper ana mi there." Omaha Wife "What under the sun are you doing?" Husbaud "Trying to tie this string around mv finger. "Why, I aid not ask you to do any errand." "y0. ibis string is to remind me th t I have nothing to remember to day. "My dear docror," exclaimed a lady who was talking with a man who bad been shipwrecked, "how did you feel when you ware floa'ln? far away from land on those boards?'' "Wet, madam," replied the doctor; very wet." lie "No one can understand 'what the wild waves are sayinr.' " She "O " course not. The ocean is so very deep." DR. Kl LM CffS Kidney, Liverand Bladder Cure niieiiiiintisiii, Lumbairn. pain In Jolmorback.brjck duatla urine, frequent call. Irritation. InHamstloo, ir ravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder. Disortlered Liver, Innr.IrM dlpwsfion. rout, NUIotu-headarhei 8 V HlMtOOT.curea kidney dllUcultirw, Xsitrriope, urinary trouble, bright dtaeaaaj Impure Blood. Scrofula, malaria, g-enT weakness or debility. Caimtw-Vtr contents of Oie Bottle. If not h umu. Lntttrlst will refund to you tb pric pia. At Drugg-lata, Oc. Size, $1.00 Size. Tumid Quid, to Hlth'fr COMOlUtlon trta, Da. Eilmii 4 Co BuaAxea,it. X. Its Origin and History; PREVENTION AND CURE, An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad dress on receipt of Starnn. Dr.L-H. HAESI3. Pittibar?h, Pa, 1-UK rIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP J"ben uses by Million of Mother c ""Muren wain, leaning t..r over ifty tar. Jt aoutnes tbe child, eotiriu the U the be 'Amedy f oV 0 W"C' " xweaty.Bve Cent a. Bortla. CounaiMtlvei and ooonla who har weak luogt or A sib ma, abonld an Pto' Car (or CoosumptlOD. It baa cared UoDuidi. ft has not injur el oue. ttii not had totak It ts tbe beat cougb ayr-ap. r-oia Terrwnr. COINC TO BUILD EE M,-rS h!. t .1 n o fa J Broadw.r, New Voik ir-OCC-f 1 tllu o.A.-.. SI I ijriuit ar, iJdjadltlii,jciiai, attjiiuce. "."IS A DCTTtoo ottc rotir eirand Intnily to get (hp belt Tnlaetor yourmoiier. Erono. tntxr in your footwear br onr. chirnnj W . L. Douglns shoe, stblcb represent tfae beet value for price a-ked, a thoa.and will testify. -TKKXO SI BSTITUTK. $3 c fPol Y. L "oueus' SHOES. . J J kMt wktn I w - - " -i . Wrll A - r i I til n:iM't. ln'nr- t'ir inn. an-: , Wilftl 11 lie k:si:i( mm Mn t .,,;) ,a t:. 1 les. Iuniiir. and tl-e ctu-w.: .r i. - " i y,cv0M DYSPEPSIA, No other form or lmlun is'ti m n. '"'"" so f- quently with ailulti, .n a as tlypepnla (wcnincss ol ilL manifests Itsr-lf by s-. n it.v torn, and la coiiequ-niiv some other di oi.l -r. more nerlou resul.s if nf; N't. ott.er It 't:-,er '!. no other is more easily rui r.a yct t ti "in s-veju.1 Indigestion. It occurs v,i:h , , ' ' 4 "'1 teeth. mg cnuoieu sua won cr.p.vr, ,...-,,,, . lar'.y in consequence ol ,i c . ,1 , n til(. 8tora'J?' (catarrh) caused by w. t left.ln.propor di'tt ntemperanee In eatina or .Islr.k.i-g. Th. 0r !n(? children and with pr...t ot icy beverages i3 prut ' 119 Big this respect. Ii irvilf -i . of appetite, averi..ii tn (,; desire to vomit, e.-.r-.i t... and sharp pains J . t i . iv eyes. If the troub .-.. i: i. f time, the pat.-: t . :: and in coiis.?.ium. - i . . . . rose. If the d:st:i-.- k It Is usualfV :icr.ni!i'.-! ..-i! i It exten.ls imo t!i t - n esse iih clnitln n. rt .i . i.,, extremely weaken, .-. h i . edin the bej:tiifiiiiL' in-' creases to Mioh ;.n . aI'M t , that the yni'ti!r; n - i, tlon of the bowe. . ! i violent att cks ot i . i pany a ue.ik tiik!--' ..t!. a cause of the disp., m v, than In the -t. iii.u ii l; .. 1 ous In rons.-q"iic- . fa .-i'-1. And yet ail foiaiS.:f readied w:tn Hf .'li-i : : table Kill. h c ; . Ol til" Swiss Alj - l , . of these herb", vl. cli a.-; v sametlme heal nu ai .1 ; i w lih th n ot d.-i i;e . news the power ii!.:. .. Ciiiiseqiit-i.tiy tlu-.i . ner. l he M . I'eri.a, .1 oLtalned of any I'.si-e.a.s drtlriltsts hav.-n t r;.. ai. - i naril," hox 2IH. N-w . . a 't.-a lu " ": fchj los, ':-r;',"'t!()0t4 1 -'a we'll tit ml 1UJ ', "J u ' '"'t;,,i 'bmirt, 1 1 "!i-!l!'it..a. i, .1' H !.,. ,tiJ ,V U.oh -.- n niti,. ee, u, ' 1'T.nn, t 1 "-: 1 1 ir.n .. M,. , . '"iii- ' -r icm fis-.i .-, "i':y tt. . m.-i, ' 1 .'.m. i..4 " iii -rdi-i c a, Ik t-asii,' ' a.!l h-'u " an e!ra-i 1 " a; m, '"'"'li. il agteti -Iiil X. - "I'lMiH-hlDl fl m.- l'liu can tn ,1; 1 .' t "M i,r. . ar.d ju Wlll u. ii iun. receive aaine umliid l'I n Mill.' s. 13 1 :"" " - 1 . r nv in ..i ' u J4ik V fish Tli!Tr, waterprqg;-" coat TVnatrtei Cta.o(rv.a A. V.ASS. Unllka tns Cu'ch Fiocess ar r--. i ;n tti J-A I :i .vt0.'S -1 ;'.' lla!li'j .v I iif..;f . . ro,.t oi It is (trlu'ioua, i.. Jt i PXGSST-ED. Sold fcy f. rot i . . r- ! - r W. THKm i UK. i -t. r. M.i.n v).:..;. -rr,'i',,-'' fWirs;;:: HKiTl; I liK 1 1 : I : Ad.lres., Uroadtt.ir ntnl ii. i. i.iy, Wo Pay V11 v ,-, Lib! la-;,..,: . i.a win t i. ior -liO vV A M. the .1 al-v,t i..... it Ih i'ti .,i,e,l if PENN MUTUAL LIFE v:i--2 --. air-rvri tbf.li. !'n : , I i. .4......H RIPANS TAKuLfS I . .. iv ; ,. , - sr..l -t ; f. i i ' ,- r-1 :h.Jt, n-..-l, :. f " H .: 1 .IT..I"I teTT imnrtnr Tblood.orafaih .:i,i i. s fr..ni imr'.f-J r ..r Ir.te-ticc-J i:i7iT5- -! :-icr-l ,to perfnn :liur pr. -" t Afentt nnU-tl; I . i i - ' I; l. t: I for alt Vziott n r t , Wt -..r. 'n, eu .. . f't u , .. -.1, Ft- j tr for Arn Af -U dv iff Ti't." i PL Fit pmtiri U, r ii .' rcttert ',I. I I ft Ci.iexi to DE. Kf.IM.. Si . KHUnu:1i i. SI i'y.'.L . WORN NIGHT AND DAY. Li A S T I C CV , r a R TJ S S . f ::::;tv: r.TXXT &LL01. ) HOUSE Mfo. CO.. M4f -SPFi AX LE BEST IV TliF. V. Oi.'l.n, vutiuMim I 1 TP' - Jlected ty h. ;.t. i -- (;r.T '( h " 4 Nfc. tvn JALl ji I'll' KIDDER8 PR fi:.i f v-ll. I l- csatisrsv.T' TlTTT10vH-"-2 Mil h ;.f,.;r fl IBIS R B P V I I I I S 9 f 0 i;. FRA W. L. D8U SHOE cimim. BEST SHOE IH THE WOB! Q FOf! THE teDiiDtarirpd ahoo. that ind r-nt amootb liulue, 0-xioie. more -MiTft.r-v,i- may otbpr oboe ever old at Ui price, t. , coating from 4 to $5, t,A -Jd 5 lfand.tfwp-1, PiHT. f " pasy aad duraijlenho ewr Bne Imporuci aboec cosfng from t- ? ' CO wtt Police S joe, wont t.v l.,u: w want a g-ood heavy calf. thr f air to walk Iil and jrill iri the lo-1 dr ;.i.-J- - v ri i au, wt.M'i an.i ? Wnihi " win Siva mora wear for tnt n Tby are inane for arrvice. lue lucn ,;i I., t-1 , li:g .' inirmn nave round tuts out- , DAVCf 9 and Yontha' !.?" I w worn by trx boys evt-rj ri-.ro. ii' uie wofi son ac meat pric-ea. I AniETC' 3 Hnnsl-Sewnl. 2 '0 i va-awraMw Sboea lor 11 !.. v . . t e fOI or On Calf, as du.ir.-Hl. 1 ! v a"' fortaole nd durable. Tli $a si e lV" hos eostinf ttora ( t t - im " " ' mix In their fooiwiu are im i.r 'M-' CACTIO?!. Bewar ef .u-m-rs ,..i-:a .'iilr.f- ;.P sura t. ,,.,i.n . . r. rmni.i. pn aim -.."i- tlon by law for obtaining nvnoy nn i III . - J . II 1 - C - . . I - I i-J HISP i . . i .- .... i o ,,,, nrHi.i- .. i , i, n. for CtlfU. W. I iala. ati acUiff
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