CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. With fattn unshadowed by the night, Cudazilfd by the day. V nil hope that plumed thee for the lllgnt. And courace t a-ay, God sent thee from the crowded ark, Chri8t-ne;irer, like the dove. To rind, o'er sundf r'ng waters dark, iew lauds lor conquering l.ove. iahia B. Tubb.in October LtPPIScOTT'a. CHRISTOPFIEK COLUMBUS. No greater man lins received tlie btrnor of ceutenar y commemoration than ' the illtibtrions discoverer of the Sew World Christopher Coin nil ub. Jn every way lie in worthy of grateful re. j KiemVirance. Ho a not only a conr-i ageoun jiioncer of discovery, lint a man j of the noblest character. Not faultless indeed, hut of mieh a gc-uerous nature! that hia errors are tpeedily forgiven on account of the transeeuilant lustre of hia virtues and the incalculable iui- j jiortauce of his work. The fetes at Genoa and at Hnt-lva, are liut the lo- , ginning of still grander international festivities in his honor. MaDy errors eouceruing Columbus Lave leeu recited within the past few i years. It is no longer reasonable to disguise the plaoi of his birth, or the . tirecise imsitioii of his fa-uilv in the so- I cial scale. He whs born about the vear not in t ienoa, bat in the neigh boring town of Savona where, accord ing to documents recently discovered bv that indefatigable historian, the Aiarqnis htaglieuo of Genoa, documents verified in every articular by the wiiter of this article his family for reasons of economy had taken a hoo'e, whilst their own in Genoa itself was let to friends possibly in the same line of business as thomselves. The family of Columbus, who were woollen nian-uluetnrc-rs and dyers, and not wool carders, as has been heretofore staled, did not remain long in Savona, and tLcir illustrious child, who was the eldest of fonr children, was brought to ienoa, presumably when he had at tained his fourth year. The fumily lived in an ancient, hotise, still standing in the I'ortorio or I'orta Aurea-a Iouk, itrp etriet lending from the gate of St. Andrea to the Church of St. Stefmio, and mostly inhabited by merchants engaged in the sale of wool and the manufacture of woollen ma terials. Not far from Mieni lived in the name thoroughfare, for iurt-ince, the dyer I'aul of Novi, who subsequently became loge of (ienoa, and lue doc uments recently discovered in Genoa, which throw much light on the early years of Columbus, prove sutisiaotorily that whatever property the family pos- .ed 1 el -lie I to the motlier, a loa-tuaros.-a, and the only daughter it would ii ear id a fairly well-to-do dyer. f'laviug about the Port ami along that fa.vrite resort of Genoese urchins the Mure della Stieho, or the' Witches' Wall, the iioy Columbus must soon have become imbued with a love of adventure, and of that sea which st-etched before his delighted vision, the deepest and bluest ot seas, the Mediterranean, aoro-s the horizon of which the (.'.alleys of the rich Kepub liccatueau l went in mysterious suc cession, objects of singular attr.iction and speculation to so imaginative a child, it v.as aii age of mystery and adventure. People were beginning to read more generally than heretofore and everybody was full of theori"" concerning ti.e shape of the earth and ttie existence of marvellous lan-ls be yond the Pillars of Hercules. We can lmiigine the child, Christopher, li ;ten iug with eager face to the tales of the sailors ho (locked, then as now, under the dark arches of the Pipa where iu the little cavern-like slops, lighted by the flicker of the lamps i.urniug before the Madonua, the' chattered over their wine and business ud filled the mind of the impressionable voiith with vis ions of lands, the mountains which were of gold and the rivers, literally flowing with mils and liouev, flowed over beds paved with silver and pearl. Gradually the determination to d.s cover these happy lands developed in the mind of the boy, and he applied himself to i-tudy with rare zeal. We w ill pas over the wt ll-known story of his early career, pass over the olt told tale ot his vaiu endeavors to persuade his jealous contemporaries that there was something "beyond human knowl edge'' about him, snil pause for a moment with him at the gate of the little Convent of l.a P.abida. Sure' never was there a more pathetic scene than this of the woru-out traveller with the little child sleeping in his arms, pleading for a night's rest in out of the cells ot the humble sons of St. Fran -cis. t in his reception bv the Fr-nr huug hot only his own fate, but the fate of millions as yet unbolt; the discovery of the New World. The traveller is received with open arms, the tired child is laid tendeily to rest, and the cherry voice of the worthy Prior, Juan 1'ere., bids Columbus, a cordial and a practical welcome. He introduces h:ui to the enterpris ing brothels l'lnzous, who aided hiai so considerably with their wealth in his gigantic enterprise. The Convent of La iial'ida is one of the most impor tant places mentioned iu the world's history, and a-s wo write there is an idea of erecting near the oil shrine a splendid temple dedicated to God, to the patron saint ot Columbus, St. Christopher, in the expenses of which the peoples of all nations and creeds are to be invited to share. Jn the beginning of August, 14'. J, four bundled years ago, the little fleet of three vessels the Santa Maria," the "Tints, '' and the "'Nina, ' sailed out of the placid harbor of Palos. The.-e three ships, sailing as consorts, flew the nag of L aft lie at the mainmast and that of the admiral at the mizzeu. The first was divided into tour squares, two red and two white. The latter ea?h bore a lion and the others a castle These were the arms of Castile. Tho.e of Aragon Were excluded by the orders of Queen Isabella, the government ot that conntry having retused to partici pate in the expens a of the expedi tion. The admiral's flag was a white pennant with a given cross between two crowned letters, F and 1 the initials of the names of Ferdinand and Isabella, who had given these arms to Columbus. A cross was painted on the sails of the ships, according to the custom of the Spanish and Portu guese, in order to distinguish their vessels from those of the infidels. Fortunately for posterity, Columbus kept a diary, recording every event which took place on his memorable journey. Needless, therefore, to enter into particulars of a vcvage which should be familiar to all. It is almost impossible, however, for us to con ceive the intensity of the mental strain endured by Columbus from the hour ho left Falos tin ii the memorable morning of October 12. 1 lf.2, when, at sunrise, tbo beantiful island of San Salvador rose to the amazed vision of the discoverer and his companionn.like glittering emerald out of the quiet waters of the West Indian Archipelago. The feelings of the crew now gave vent to most cxtravngart transports of joy. They who bad hitherto considered themselves the victims of an ambitions visionary, who was hurrying them to inevitable destruction, now looked upon themselves as the favorites of fortune, and their captain as a sort of demi-god. With that profound feeling which had always distinguished him ( olnmbus landed and took JKissesaion of the lovely island in ther name of his Savior, and called the plaoe yan Salva dor. A las I for the gentle inhabitant of these favorite islands, l.hey had not the amiable Columbus ale,ne to deal with, and the subet qnent gtory of their long martyrdom and extinction throws a gloom over the bTillisnv of the ad ventures which led to U-ix introdrc- Hon to the old world. It ia eertalD that Columbus, if he landed at all dur ing his voyages on the coast on the continent of America, did so without knowledge of its importance, and at place on the coast of British Hondur as, which lias been for centuries asso ciated, by local tradition, with his visit,. He, however, to his last day, was under the impression that he had only tonched upon the outlying islands w hich he supposed skirted the East indies. The triumphant return to Spain and the splendid reception accorded the illustrious man and his followers by Ferdinand and Isabella at Granada, and In the fair; like palace of the recently conquered Moorish Kings, is an event too well known to need recapitulation, it is cnongh to ay that, whereas the crafty futiier of Katherine of Ara gon figures most nnenviably in the story of Columbus, the generosity of his Consort, Cneen Isabella, Las im mortalized her name and associated it forever with that of the great Genoese who, kneeling at her feet, besought her to accept the newly found'Mndies" as a gift worthy of her magnanimity. The end of Columbus' life was in expressibly sad. he was still in the vigor of his li e when, worn ont by fa tigue, weighed down with sorrow, abandoned by friends and even by foes alike, he fell into a languishing sick ness at Valladolid in a bouse still pointed out as the scene of his death. Tha crafty Ferdinand beheld with calculating coldness this generons man, sinking into a prematnre grave, the victim of that deferred hope which "niaketh the heart sick." A little more disappointment, a little more neglect, a little more insolence, the evil kin; seems to have thought, and this ttroDg man will be broken like poor reed. Yet even ou his deal h-pallet CVmii bus nai worthy of himself. He re ceived with angelic meekness the les son of his life. He turned with sub lime confidence from men who treated him with contumely, to God, to Christ, and passed away murmuring the very words, "In rminns tna, commendo spiritual, mount," which Christ spoke in agony on His Cross. His will is a monument to his char acter Kvory item speaks for his dis interestedness, humility, sweetness of nature aud charity. F.aeh line is preg Datit with the spirit of resignation and justice. No one is forgotten even the poor .lew of T.mbon, from whom years b. fore he had borrowed a silver mark. Aftci a very minute stndy of the existing portraits of Columbus, I atu of opinion that no likeness of him, paint ed fr. m life exists; unless, indeed, it be the faded little picture in the Cluny .Museum, winch was painted, it is said. for Francis 1. The reason for my mak ing this perhaps startling statement is th it not one of these portraits, and I have seen the greater number of them, is in the style of contemporary art. Moreover, the early years of Colum bus Acre passed iu obscurity, and le was only fur a few months iu a eafli cieutly promin ut position to warrant his portrait being taken by any artist of distinction. There is no mention in the contemporary documents of any portrait ever haviug been painted of him. SHI a number of pictures exist of him, which were possibly painted soon after his death, and these are dis tinguished by certain features which are unmistakable. We are assured by his contemporaries that he was a tall, well shaped mau, with good features, red hair, fair complexion, and blue eves. HOW CGI.UMP.L'S WAS WRECKED. (iuacaugari was eager to see more of the Spaniards, and sent numbers of his light-hearted people to welcome them and bring them gifts of every sort. Their enthusiasm was unbounded, their generosity unstinted. Tbe land was j gay with festivities, the sea swarmed , with eauoes. Ou nearing the caravels, the In. ians that crowded tbem stood up, tendering all kinds of offerings with ' gestures of devotion, as in idolatrous j worship. Heholdiug all this enthusiasm, Col- ' umbiis dispatched a formal embassy to 1 t iiiHcaniat I, and on hearing their re- ' port he determined, despite the we itespiie the we- ' to weigh anchor vailing land br eze. and sail to the dominions of his friends, w hich were tome five leagues distant. , Be set out at daybreak on Dec. 24. Little progress was made during all i that day. The night came, Christmas Eve, and Columbus determined to I celebrate it as best befitted his own health and the comfort of hia crew by ; enjoying a sound sleep. He retired, worn out by three nights of vigil fol lowing three days of herculean labor, j Sweet must have been his restl His ' .1.- , . i. . - i i i. . i ,,i: t,j aJ, I riZ; racesbonnitonaturebvsuchmvsterious I ties and soon to be brought into the I fold of civilization and Christianity. I must have filled his mind with happy dreams on this tbe first restf.il Christ mas -ve lie had passed in thirty years of titanic contest with all the world, and at times even with his own self. It was midnight, when the echoes of childhood and of times long past fill tbe slumbering ear. Tbe heavens smiled, and the sea was calm. The sailors slept soundly, sure of their bearings and sea room, because preceded by the little fleet of skiffs and canoes sent by Columbus to the Indian King. A ship's boy held the helm, so assured were they all of the fairness of the weather and tbe safety of the course when the bagBhip suddenly struck upon a sunken reef. Columbus instantly divined his peril, and hurried on deck. With lightning rapidity he gave orders to cut away the mast and throw the cargo overboard, .but the remedy was futile; it was noluere stranding, it was a wreck. With the desertion of the Pints and the loss of the Santa Maria, only the smallest and frailest of the three cara vels that had set sail from Palos re mained. Re went on board tbe Kina, and sent a fresh embassy to Gnacana gari, giving an account of the disaster, while he stood off and on till day broke. When the chief learned the misfortune, he sought in every way to alleviate it, sparing neither means nor sacrifice. Disastrous indeed it was to face such superstitious races, who confided in the prosperity and success of the super natural, with the slender remnants of such a wreck, which showed how the the sea overcomes ail created things and bews us all to its sovereign power. But the sontimeul of hospitality was nppermost in that faithful tribe and in their kindly monarch. All the succor needed in that sad Lour, and all requi site provisions for the future, were given tho snfferers with admirable or derliness. The salvage of the wreck was piled - on Bhore and, under the chiefs orders, Fcrupulously guarded by the natives as though it were their own. The cargo was rapidly discharged and stored in a place of safety, without the loss of a pin's point. Emilio Casiclar in the Century. - - 1 , Nothing is so trnatworttj as love. Too ranch fcg'.p U as bad as nhelp The drivers of the work teams in Par is can beat t he "crackers" of Florida at cracking their whips. This is saying much, for the latter got their peculiar designation from their skill in that di rection. Ilonois and public favors sometimes offer themselves tbe more read.ly to tbore who have no ambition for tiem. An Indian sold a Shoshone (Idaho business man seme finely polistr?o buffalo norm recently, and positiTelj refused to take silver in payment, de manding sold. LIONS FIGHT TO A FINISH. 4 TtrrltiU Battle Wttneaaed by hunter on the Bank of tba Rio Grande. Following the mountains and rarely descending into the valleys or low lands, the fells onca, or South Ameri can lion, journeys in search ot food up through Mexico, and even into Texas, whence the antelope, hLj favorite prey, baa fled from his ra pacity. While lacking the bushy mane and tufted tall of his African brother, he is still a magnificent creature, with his powerful body, majestic bead and lordly roar. He is not be confounded with the puma, which Is of slender build, whose cow ardly nature has in It nothing of the lion's boldness and courage. A party of Jfimrods from Presidio. Tex., while recently camping on the Rio Grande, had the good fortune to witness a battle between two splen did specimens of the fclis onca, and which they declare to have been the grandest sight in the way of gladia torial contests they ever saw. The hunters were following the trail of a band of antelopes, and bad entered a narrow gorge with extremely steeu sides, when they saw just ahead of them the antelopes huddled together in a most unusual wav. While they advanced on them they heard a re sounding roar from the other end of the gorge, and in another instant be held a large male lion come bounding toward the frightened antelopes. He paused deliberately, as If to select his urev. and then with unerrintr aim sprang upon a fine buck In the middle I of the flock, bearing the poor creature to the earth. The rest of the herd turned with one accord and swept past the hunters, who were too much taken by surprise to stay them by e single shot. The lion had evidently killed his fictim with almost his first stroke, for, rising, he stood over it roaring as If to call his mate to share the feast, and In a few minutes an answer did come from a butting crag which rose on one side of the gorge. The Niiu rods looked up, saw outlined against the sky a second lion, a male, with a smaller bodv than the first and more black mixed in the tawny yellow of his skin. Put if smaller than the other he had evideutly no fear of the larger animal, and roaring his de fiance turned from his loftv post of observation, and with tremendous leaps male his way down the rock.t sides of the canyon. The first comer, seeing that Instead jf his mate an uninvited guest had come to wrest his prey from him, awaited his appearance with answer ing cries of defiance aud challenge, walking round and round the dead antelope with a tread of majesty aud impatience. The second lioti paused on a rock rising some twenty feet from the bottom of the gorge and, gathering himself up, sprang down almost upon the other, which recoiled for one second, and then flung him self upon his foe. Over and over they rolled, tilling the ravine with the t hunder of their roars and fighting 'ike demons with gaping mouths and battling paws. Then, as with one accord, they would draw apart; pant ing and exhausted, but alert for the slightest movement on the other's part, ar! then rush back to the fray, screaurng with renewed fury. The scne presently had anothet ip?ctator, which, splec. by one of the hunters, was pointed out to the others. This was a lioness, which appeared on the top of one of the crags lining the side of the canyon, and walking up and down, encour aged the combatants with furious cries, but made no attempt to de scend and take part in the battle. The hunters fascinated by the splen did sight of two fearless, kingly beasts engaged in mortal combat, were also Indisposed to Interfere, and watched it first from behind rocks and bushes, but. finding themselves , , unnoticed gradually drew nearer, al- lUOUKii aim uuuiciii to it uiatu ai ' some distance fromlbc rolling, plung. ! :ng creatures. The second Hon was evidently gel ting the best of the larger, which con tinued, however, to fight with undi minished fury, though his shoulder, torn to shreds, was bleeding so that the ground for yards about was crim son with the life fluid. He succeeded, in spite of his growing weakness. In laying hold of his antagonist's throat, and could he have fought oft death a "ttie longer would undoubtedly have avenged himself, but the other, with a sudden exertion, flung the dying lion off, and with one last feeble ef- fort to stagger to his feet the btg lion fell back dead. His conqueror placed both fore feet, on the head of his foe and roared aloud his triumph. The lioness at this came leaping down into the gorge and. though the lion turned upon her as if she was a stranger, her fawning attitude soon convinced him that she came with no hostile Intent, aud the two then proceeded to inspect the dead gladiator, after which they be gan to devour the antelope. The hunters at this point concluded that this was their opportunity for bag ging their lordly game, and, firing to gether, advanced on the pair. The lioness unhurt sprang up the side of the gorge, and leaping with tremen dous bounds from one rock to another soon disappeared. The lion, however, was wounded in the forequarter, though but slightly, and at first showed fight; but as he saw the number of his assailants sprang toward MaJ. Dunbar, who hap pened to be Dearest him, and upset ting that gentleman by the sudden ness and force of the blow, leaped from his prostrate body to the top of a boulder near by. A second volley from the party appeared to miss him altogether, and turning he fled up the incline and disappeared in the same direction the lioness had taken, though the hunters fired at him at every glimpse they caught of bis body. Tbe dead lion was a tremendous icllow, measuring nine feet from the tip of his black nose to the end of tho long, cat-like tail. He was a mass of wounds, and his skin so badly torn that it was not worth preserving. His victim, the antelope, was found to have had its back broken, probably by the lion as it hurled itself upon it It is thought by the hunters that the lioness was the mate of the larger lion and brought on the scene by his cries when he killed the antelope, but that she, after the manner of others of bsr sex, bad thought it best to curry the favor of the conqueror with an eye to sharing the bone of center Uon Philadelphia Times. Tbe largest pyramid in Egypt is 110 yards high, that Is, about 9 times the average height of man; whereas tbe nests of the termite are 1000 times the height of tbe Insects which construct tbem. While workmen were excavating trench for new gas pipes at Norwich, Conn-, recently, a hummingbird In its swift flight from tbe trees overhead; came In contact with the upraised pick of one of tha workman and fell dead at hi feet. aAatsiadi MOUKMNG MATEKUL3. L.TVIXG MODELS OF FOVEBTT AUD WEALTH. ELEGANT AND SCO OESTTVE CRAPE. TRIMMED TOILETTES. HOW HANDSOME SKIRTS ARE FINISHED. The broken-hearted mourner, whose dry-eyed grief makes her seem almost cold and stoical, takes no heed of dress, but buttons her threadbare coat over her aching heart, and plods on her weary way, regardless of her more for tunate sister, who can afford to give visible expression to her grief for the loss of loved ones, forcibly and fash ionably, by adopting the regulation mourning garments created in certain high-class materials, always jet black in hue, and of approved weave and tex ture. Most prominent of these mourning fabrics stands the exquisite silk-warp Henrietta, au art fabric, perfect in weave, and sublime In surface finish, or it may be that the bereaved one may like better the rich lustreless silk, or the handsome drap d'Alma. or tbe fa vorite Melrose cloth, as any one or all of these materials are perfectly appro priate for this purpose, nd can be ad vantageously and effectively combined, with Courtauld's English crape, that typical texture of sorrow, which is universally accepted by foreign and domestic ' authorities as the suitable and healthful trimming and oombina nation material for mourning toilettes and for veils, indeed entire garments are made of this curious weave in silk, but many ladies prefer other stuffs for foundation, or tbe dress, and use crape simply as combination, or for decora tive purposes. The question "Is crape entirely healthful," has been most satisfactorily settled by noted chemists, who, after careful analysis of tbe dyes used la its coloring, declared them entirely pure, and absolutely free from any ingredi ent that can possibly affect the health of, or prove injurious to the wearer. This verdict is enthusiastically received by the world of women, who realizs the fact that crapo is decidedly the most elegant exclusively mourning material manufactured. The society models of mourning, toilettes furnished iu Album Reve, and in McDowell's Paris Album of F ashion and La Mode de I'aris, are il lustrative of the stylish methods of ap plying crape. In some costumes, cer tain parts, or component garments are fashioned entirely in crape, in others tbe crape is rpplied as trim ming, in, or on all crape, is used either alone or in con junction with dull jet passemeoterie, galloon, or rolls or bands ot black feath ers. The skirt edges of the handsome dresses are finished with a piping ot Velntina, cut on the bias for this using, and in many instances, where draper ies are adopted, they fall over an under skirt or lining, faced a quarter of a yard in depth with Volutins, which comes in coal or jet black for mourn ing purposes, as well as in blue black for genera! using. This material Velntina, serves as an excellent substitute for silk velvet, which material it so greatly resembles in body, aud in surface finish, but while it looks like its costly cousin Lyons velvet, Velntina is far more en during in charaoter, and holds up its dainty but sturdy pile, after severe usage and pressure that would crush and ruin the soft raised thread surface of the fragile silken velvet. M. E. U A PRETTY COLD SPELL. Urn 200,000 tear Old Can MlU B m. A couple of hundred thousand years vgo or thereabout don't let ua hag gle, I beg of you, oer a few casual centuries the whole of Northern Europe and America was covered from end to end, as everybody kuows, bv a sheet of solid ice, like tbe one which Frithlof Natisen crossed from sea to sea ou his own account In Greenland. For many thousand years, with occasional wanner spells, that vast Ice sheet brooded, silent and glim, over the face of the two con tinents. Life was extinct as far 6outh as the latitude of Jew York and London. No plant or animal survived the general freezing. Not a creature broke the monotony of that endless glacial desert. At last, as the celestial cycle came round In due season, fresh conditions supervened. Warmer weather sat In and the Ice began to melt. Then the plants and animals of the sub-glacial district were pushed slowly northward by the warmth after the retreating Icecap. As time went on, the climate of the plains got too hot to hold them. The summer was too touch for the gla cial types to endure. They remained only on the highest mountain peaks or close to the southern limit of eter nal snow. In this way every Isolated range in either continent has Its own little colony of arctic of glacial plants and animals, which still survive by themselves, unaffected by Intercourse with their uuknown and unsuspected fellow-creatures elsewhere. Not only has the glacial epoch left these organic traces of its existence, however; in some parts of New Hamp shire, where the glaciers were unu sually thick: and deep, fragments of the ptimcval Ice itself still remain on the spots where they were origi nally stranded. Among the shady glens of the White Mountains there occur here and there great masses of ancient ice, the unmelted remnant of primeval glaciers; and one of these is so large that an artificial cave has been cleverly excavated in It as an at traction for tourists by- the canny Yankee proprie' ir. Elsewhere the old ice blocks a buried under the debris of moraine stuff and alluvium, and are only accidentally discovered by the sinking of what is locally known as ice wells. No existing con ditions can account for the formation of such solid rocks of ice at such a depth in the soil. They are essen tially glacier-like In origin and char acter; they result from the pressure of sdow into a crystaline mass in a mountain valley, and they must have remained there unaielted ever since the close of the glacial epoch, which, by Dr. Croll's calculations, must most probably have ceased io plague our earth some 80,000 years ago. Cornhill Magazine. Ton don't have to fate our rcod tor the gooa quality of Dofcbins' Electric Soap. Just get one bar ot your arocr. and let It tell you f 0cn t'ory next Mond-.y. and be a ivcrnd ry that, good or bad. Keniembcr Dubbins' Jeiectrie WELL MEANT, BUT PUT. ATTKTAEDLT "So glad you haven't forgotten me, dear Lord Varicose; I was afraid you would, alter so many years!" 'Ob, no, Hiss .Evergreen, I neve forget old faces. .AS THE SAYING GOES, Mrs. Keedick (pwisiDg young Mr. A diet to her daughter) He doesn't moke, drink, or swear. He's a gooT boy and would be true to you. Miss Keedick (shaking her yPt! too good to be true. head! " L1FK (Translated from the French by Aogutfine Ducloc Life is similar to a roadway we are warned at the very first step we take that it leads to a deadly precipice which will appear at an nnlooked for moment, and over which we most fall, for the law of this life is "ever on ward." "That I could retrace my steps," we dry as we advance in years, "Onward! onward!" an invisible power and invisible force drags us, as it were, ever onward; withont hesita tion or pause we must onward to the fatal precipice. Thousands of sfllictionaand anxieties, pains, cares and privations fatigue and torture us on the way. "Could 1 avoid that fall!" we cry in horror and again that mysterious voice and power. "Onward! onward!" one must push forward in a Wandering Jew fashion. hasten madly, rashly, such is the ve locity oi yearn. At times we oom across objects hioh delight us, which help us to for get, flowing waters, flowers that lose their perfnme and fade. One wonld stop, a li'tle rest a minute, an in stant, "onward I" and in the meantime we see disappear behind us all that we have passed. Frightful crash I inevit able ruin I We console ourselves as we return loine with flowers gathered on tbe way which we see fade at nightfall some fruit, whioh we lose on partaking. Will-o'-the-wisp, with your lantern tright, you attract us, you lead us on ward with your dazzling light, nntil I the abyss is reached. Already all good things begin to disappear and blot themselves from our sight. Tbe vegetation grows in less abundauce and richness, flowers, seem less brilliant and fragrant; prai ries lose their enchantment for us; the waters rnn leas clear; all grows dull, til fades. The shadow of death hovers about as; one has the presentiment of having reached the fatal abyss we are on its edge one more stepl Already the horror bewilders the senses,-the brain whir's, the eyes grow wild. "On ward!" One turns back. Alas! all has fallen, all has vanished, all dropped way. 0EKVIAT1ON OF THE ttOKU "DOLLAR." Very few persons have ever xoubled themselves to think of the derivation of the word dollar. It is from the German thai (valley) and came into use in thib way some out) years ago. There is a little silver-mining city or district iu northern Bohe mia called Joachimatbal, or Joachim's Valley. The reigning duke of the re gion authorized this city in the 16th oentury to coin a silver piece which was called '-Joachimthaler." The word ' joachiui" was soon dropped, and the name "thaler" only retained. The piece went into general use in Germany and Denmark, where the orthography wai chaDger to "daler," whence it came into Lnslish. and was adopted by the Americans with still further changes in the spelling. The Mexican dollar is generally called "piastre" in France, and the name is sometimes applied to tbe United States dollar. The appellation is incorrect in either case, for the word piaster or piastre has for the last 50 years been only applied with correctness to a small silver coin nsed in Turkey or F-g.Vpt, whioh is worth from five to eight cents. A Litre Keveliy. Wool I knuw a yuiuik" woman whe upports herself nicely by going to England every year in the season as iu entertainer. Van Pelt And reads, "Curfew jha!! Not Ring To-night" We'll ret even with England yet Ex -hange. Ilia Center of Attraction. Ted Are there any pretty girls Any lug at the pl.ice where you are 'warding? Ned Only one. What is she like?" "Can't say. You see I could never et near her." New York Evening Sun. A rooster in Columbus, Ind., got nto a fight with a bull, and plucked out the Dull's eye. About a year ago, on one day, the eame fowl killed eleven turkeys, seven geese and three roosters. Foundation for a Factory City. "Four railroads, one a belt line, and two iul otl pipe-lines are sure to make a bit- city liere." aid Jav A. Dwirelni & Co ,ot Cbl azo, when thev founded Orilflth. They were right. Four factories located at once, new houses and .tores are going up daily. Chicago News- The natural configuration of maay mountains suggests the human face, and such physiognomies cut out of the rocks on a gigantic scale are common ly regarded by savages as objects of worship. She Seeds Ridge's FuuJ. Who? The aged grandmother, the crowned queen of the bouseholl, whom all de light to love and honor. She Is very old, it is true. Ninety is a great age, but she has reached It in wonJerful health and vigor, ail things considered. She says it is due to RIDuE'3 FOOD. For years it has made a staple part of her simple dietary. She likes it and says she cannot live without Her mind is as fresh and clar as if she were nineteen. A sure proof that her brain Is well nourished, for the cause of senile derangement is nearly always defective nutrition. Those having aged persons in tbe home should not fail to write for a cpy of "Ridge's Food Primer" to Woolrich & Co., Pulo-er, Mass., wl.ich will be sent free of cost. WHERE TBE FLAG WEST TO. "Where's that t lamed old nag you naDg out to si ow there's going to be dry weather?" demanded the signal of fleer of his assistant. "We put it up tbeothei day," replied the assistant propbtt. "and a rain storm came and washed it away." Mistress What would you do Bridget, if you could play the piano as lean? Bridget-5nre, I'd go on learnln' until l could play it well. 'August Flower' " I am happy to state to you and to sunenng Humanity, that tny wife has used your wonderful remedy, August Flower, for sick headarh and palpitation of the heart, with satisfactory results. For several years she has been a great sufferer, has Deen unaer tue treatment of eminent physicians in this city and Boston and found little lelief. She was in duced to try August Flower, which r . "V -"5 cannot Uave immpnairp ipiic, nr.. ar .o niucn ior it." i,. c aarinirfieid.Mass. Frost, iiTm lil i"TM'i'iVr I (IXCERElt BELIEVE that I ahoald have Bean li it s if it bad not been for Hood's Sarsapa rilta. I lial a lw hn mor that would not yield to aiiy treatment, and my tnmich was very weak. C.uUU.m Temple. , was niral, lble to get around when I benan taking Hood s Sar-npa-rllla. I began to improve slowly until alter i badtakmsomelO or 12 bottles, I considered myself well once more. MOOD'S SAHSAPA lliLLAilldmesoinu?hgoodthiit It seems as If It must do others good." Mrs. Chkistisa Temple, Bangor, Me liiHILfS FILLS .re th bst after-dinner rills assist diKet:o i. cure headache. Try a bax. FveryMotheb fttioutd Have It In The House. jjrovpi om nwfur, ....-- tkpJoH!AXODY5r:IjKlMEforCUp,Coia. Bore Throat. Tonalllll. Coll Cramp nn tun "- Tea Thli Trd Start U on the bett WATERPROOF COAT rnn.tr.t.4 the World 1 A. J. TOWER. BOSTON. MASS. CmiimvUtm aod Mopl wfaobav wak lane or Aatb nia, aboaid um Flao'aCur lor CoDsavmlon. It bu ar4 iktitudi. It baa not Injur ed one. It ia nut bad to laa. li is tb best ooub ayrnp. gold CTerrwbar. S&e FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has bwn hmhI br Million f Mnthrrs for thtr cblldren while TeaOjlnK fur uver Fifty Ve.ra. it Mioibe. tbcblld. Huftn. tbe rums, allay, all pain. ourv. wind oullo, an4 1. tbe beet'ruiueilj for d laJTbuea. . THKill-lr. Cents a Battle. vinnrs o naorn i ro prtcefcet. rouur.no rwo i illco.ovo,.,i. mow.ii oi, fclGNS OF TROUBLE. Gertie I ipa, will our new maiuuia go mad after a while? Father What a queatloul Why do you ask such a tliluar Gertie Well I heard her tell the cook yesterday that she got badly bitten v. lien aue married you. When Nature Needs assistance it may be best to ren der it promptlv. but one should re member to use even the most perfect remedies only when needeJ. The best and most aim pie and sen tie remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manufacture! by the California rig Hyrup Co. The Chinese have a kitchen god which Is supposed to go to the Chlnrs heaven at tLe beginning of each year to report upon the private life of the faun lies under bis care. f-'ra.r Axle Oreane. i kr fr rtuer Axle Grate Is the bett, and In rluaicallv tbe che.ipe-t. Don t work voul noises to jeaiu uy using poor aue grease, iry t. W hen you fee a shapeless something as to whose name or purpose vou can form no dehulle idea, you pretty sure that it is a prize may be yatchiug cup or a lidy's bonnet FITS: All Fits ito.pWI IrM Dr. Kline ieat .Mrv itesiorei. So Fit" after flrst day" u-e. Marveloue cures, r leatise and $2.00 trta bottle lire to Fit cases, r-rr.d to Dr. KUae t Kil Axon St.. rmiaaeicnia, rn. An Englishman, Esbina in the Grand Surrey canal, caught with his hook and line, a handbag, containing a num ber of gold rings and about $100 worth of gold and silver coins. A core for nearlv all of the common Ills what, doctors Pshaw I Take Beecbam's Pills. For sale by all druggists. 25 cents. The eggs of tbe alligator are eaten In tbe West Indian Islands and on tbe west coast of Africa. They resemble In shape a hen's egg, but are larger and have much the arae taBtf If afflicted with tore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorn d- ton'.Eyt-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle. Llou Taming- Made Easy. A certain German tamer of wild beasts always entered the cage dressed in a "loud" Hungarian costume, with large top boots. The moment he appeared tbe lions fell back In terror and cowered down in a corner, whence they were with difficulty dislodged. It was evident that the very sight of him inspired them wi li terror. Hov was it done? His plan has at least the merit ot being original. He obtained a iay fipure which he dressed up in the at tractive costume he was in the h4bit of wearing. The very features were the proportions and build of .the man. The disguise was so perfect that even human beings might have mistaken the make-up for the original. The figure was introduced into the cage and mane to stand upright, but after awnue it was knocked over. when with a bound the lions rushed with open Jaws on their prey. buddeuly they began to howl with pain, and withdrew to a corner with bleeding mouths and tongues. The mannikin was covered all over with snarp iron spikes, concealed under the brilliant uniform. TNvice the tamer tried this experiment; the lions did not move the second time. Jrie men commenced his course of training, attired in a costume similar to that of the wooden figure, though oe Baa never entered a cage before Featherstone I wlh vou voald come am help me select some trousers, old man.'' Eingway "I don't beiitva mj taste Is any better than yours." Featherstone ("hopefully) "2To: but your credit is." DI3 CH ESTEHFIELDIAV COMPLIilENT. Miss Ainsley (decidedly plain) "Are ycu an admirer of beautv, Mr. Bad brfaky Mr. ladbieak (iuspired by a desire to le polite) "Rfally, Miss Alnslev, If I did like beauty I er couldn't Le uuKBuuui, euouim to say so. know." you BB WAS A SHAKES. 'AI? hired man has a dne labor saving device." "What Is llr" "Chills. They save him from labor I&z Uaee days oat ot five. HttMOROUS. ONE ADMIRABLE TBAIT. "Mr.Goslingbead is very smart.don't y.lNo!D w"by he never even opens his mouth." ... hes so 'But that's smart.' ACoarTED his oi-fb. "Can't I sell you that monkey, sir. ' sa'd the fancier. TMgivetfln "No. Indeed, you can t. i dollars not to have him.' "Thank you kindly, air. shall I send the bill?" LUCK OF A STAT-AT-HOMK. tr aa ihat awfully plain Kl'l make such a good lfj Grace- 7. ne ever OUU1UJC1, "- ' everybody met called there, iwu else was away. RBTKBSCHED TOO BOON. m rt.- srou break your en bring you such delicious candy I , , V em naMi 111! uub c.uww i ,L riBun nrinzinz me the uejjioa iiim.uw " - twenty-Bve cent kind. TWO SIDES TO TBB Bl'OKT. io..iaAVhen his wife died the old fellow fell in love with his housekeeper. His family looked upon it aa a domestic affliction. Waggles While the housekeeper, no doubt, regarded it as a master pas sion. VKBY AMIABLE. Jesa There Is one thing to be said In Jack's favor; he is amiable to a fauit. Bess That's true enough; especially U It chances to be one of hii own. A COKOKNIAI. FATE. Persevering Widower It was she who drove me to drink. JUiss. A. a little weary What could she have driven you to that, you would have liked better. kekpixo IT UP. I'm afraid they've got me, said the nervous candiJate, "Don't give up yet," whispered the election manager, "that feller you started early this mornln' is still vot in'l" HOUND ABOUT INFEBKXCK. lie (suspiciouslyl Has any other fellow ever kissed you, Maraut-rite? She No, Horatio, why dj you ask? He You were self-possessed enough to scream. A PROFOUND SECRtT. Dx Mrs. Dix was mourninjr to-day because Mrs Hicks hadn't been in. Hicks She has been very miser able. Vix What has been the mattei? Hicks Some one told her a profound reoret aud It has raiued pitchforks ever since. THE EVER YOBS She At what age do you thick wo men should marry? He Oh, I'm in favor of allowing tbem to call It what they like. Is It Any Woudor 1 hat tr. Hume a Certain Cure should be so universally popui ii ? of course no:; It la so ruie In Its pieiaration, so potent In effect. It itopi a coll from uing to 'he lung live mtuic. It is safe. sure, aud sweet, and as delica'e In action as it Is powerlul to cure. Sold by drug- itist. 6oc. Manufactured by A. f. a loxsie, buffalo, X. Y. Hannah Ddle, known throughout England as the girl giantess, died re cently at her nativo place. Mow Cop, near Tunstal. In the l'otwriea. Mie weighed 45 1 pound at her death. She was eleven years of age. TaKe Hood's and only Hood's, becauss Hood's Sarsiparilla Cubes. It possesses merit peculiar to Itself. Try It yourself. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, efteetive, but do not cause pain or gripe. Be sure to get Hood's. The year 17S9 Is famous in history for three events of national Importance. The Governmeut was organized under the Fed9-al Constitution, Washington was elected President an J tbe order of Cincinnati was founded. A HEATr SENTENCE. So many walls need pretty cover ings trtat T he Fidelity Wall Paper Co., of 12 N. lltn St., Phl'a., have sen tenced to be hung this fall, some BO, OOO pieces of Wall HaDer. Send tour two cent stamps for samples of embossed papers for IO and 12 cents. A rattl snake will not cross a hair rope. Experienced campers, when they fear that rattlesnakes are around, en circle their camp with a hair lariat or two, and feel secure. ChiiiTm Kidney Core fwr Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Brlght's, Heart,L"rinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, Ac. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Phllad'a. l a bottle, tor $6, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures. Try It. "Love your wife as you would love your soul, hut beat her as jiu would your fur," Is said to be a doctrine by which the Buvian peasant guides bis matrimonial relation. . E. X. ROOO, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hail s Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen years aso and she has had no return of it. 1' s a sure cure." Sold by Drugists, 75c. In the manufacture of carriages it used to take ore man thirty-five days to make a carriage. It Is now ' made by the aid of machinery with the work or one man In twelve dajs. Rnpture cure ciiaraiateesl by Dr. J. B. Mayer, 881 Arch St., Phll'a, Fa. Eae at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou sands of cures after others fail, advice tree, send for circular. Tbe Bank of England requires folio ledger fir iU daily accounts. IT IS A nrTYyon osrevonr elf and family to cet the beat alue for yoor manrr. rono mize in yonr fotwenr br par chaainf W. L. Ioaln 5hoe. srhicb represent tbe beat valne for prirea nttcd, ma tboaaanda svlll testify. CTTAKE NO SCBSTITI TK. lASK FOR W. U DOUGUS' SH0E3. I e- If aot for talent a yr alac wanted. Fastac free. Will give lahaau wksfi I aava a .ta.jH lac oead A ' rtV. aSSMrs;r t? I t. . -- - - " a! ill a.?3. nn unT PF DFCElVTn WITH rM 3. ninua . uiq ti.H hn,l. lniur the Iron, and !)urn off. Ti.a mdHff Sua Stove Polish Is brilliant fj I less. Durauie.and the consumer icji lor hoiux I or Kt pa-," ...... iiwiuwg, KILMER' TriCgpctT KIDNEY. LIVER .IWIioiisness, H'adacbc, toul breath, sour stomach, hdrt buru or dyspepsia, constipation. Poor Digestion, Distress after eatinj.. pain and b!oat!nz m th. stomach, shortaess of bic-dth, pa. us inti,. h,i Iioss of Appetite, A splendid ferllri? to-lay anil a dtpror-. .1 on, to-morrow, nothing 6cem3 to taste tn t-ii aleepleas and all uostruug, wcakuess, cebiiity. Guarantee Ucontf n'-S of On. r.yto. if ni,t b., afltrd, Pruxfft1. 1 rcfnn! yc. the r-rl-e j.a'd At nrutrsU 50c. Size, 1.00 Si. qurahd Gulda to il?ulllj" free-Cow.,: r.-r. fn. Da. Kilmer & Co., Bixchamto:;, .. r. Neaily all.Jl5aes M long sUiwlirn hart their origin in the imnaiuial an ! u, With? coudltion of the bluod, or as tli s o. ii.l.ilon it very properly denom u;it"d, iin;iue b : ja. flaniinailons of lonjt tai!iling. lii.-utu . . ),air, lingering aud (crolulas 1:s:is.;3 at, 1 1 1 sk.a diseases, such as erupt inns, p in. ., na blotches, aie all caused by Pn...r. i s in tba blood. It the blood tl ws through Ui vvse; , a pure, fresh and powerful stre.m, n .rri-s every paitof theboty andtoewij iiin n? and fiesh vitality and an l-s th; u.n:,- , ltet away from them. The chiuf cue u! pirenti ho are desirous ot prom.n'n tin- i! sical well-being of their children sliou. l Ii r (,.re bt to guard the tender bodies of ilit.i c'ulJrea. against susceptibility to the anaok u( rms of all kindi of diseases through impjro IWol. Ii is a well known fact that pe..jil.; y .i:n as weU as o a vtnose oiooa circu ate) lr-vy caa er pose themselves with lnip.in ty t lie flLinierj ''liie blo-iil iu 1 y ai ii n .tenc ' et-rtiaj Li! alttiy, 11- i pil't i- - -r. -1:1 ia :i.-i uf tin t-:a.ii.-4. 01 Cinnamon, wunt vci-ui.i wi.n :n will succumb to It ut the first npp .1 Ikm tf Leases in p i tlcu au f 1 1..- of impure bioml. N-i iiMtti r h".v i remedies may be as piled th. v i return as long as the t . 1 . n-;. ., though they may d sapp-ar n .1:1. a id i-crofuloitsl!s.te u h .1- sv glands, boils and al"-.':es.e, rj Fed w ith salves and oi.tim-r.i-, --ii , blood remuius in i's impure -!.,. disappear however by then,.. v bloou flows fresh ainl puie. r . 1 11 remedy that will remove ai. . m the bio id which 50 ue ,u ntiv oca- tlil iU :u tl.t i-or. t I- from i ii. Vt it 10 children, must ue res tru.-u ai a -i u bless In it for the human race.. Sued a 1 -n,.' is now Dtterd lis lu t.e St Bern a id V ....-!..;. Pun Thev are prepared exc.usiw.j fi.- 1 l.o'.e-. nit nie.iie.na Ileitis of the Alps a-.d -i. M ! kepi an hand in ev -ry house as it,.- r. .i .m,i fy, mo-t family in-dichie. A f- w t. i.i;.nj i :in taken at the light time may w -n- mrci Miflerlnir and lnrte doctor 1 .-nd 'i ..-a:5ti bills. They can he ob.a,n--.i of -v : v 1 t at Jruggist. It your ini-i:!is li ; . n t 1 :. m. s-111 tie. toST Keknari). IS xai Ni-iv y.i.k oiy. aud vou will rece.vc same hy .i--iu! 11 mall. VAFFH ?rs t ttrijit iei!--i a ui n at IM-'Al.l ll'-I K CCSI 1. 1 11 1.1 1 Price. on . c.i' 1 , or to uutl t- n.plei r:s. AS.i. e-ts; "Alia'-'.esH." boi uA New Vara til. Unlike tha Dutch Piccsss Xo Alkalies i Other ClieiiiioaU ara in tha prci: fV W. 15AIvF.Il 4. ( 0.S .BreakfaslCocoa r.M i"i uhirh is 7' io ! it tt j it ; J'itr;- ami s-j!i:bii I f' ti It has viorr ,',.- .; rr.- r.-.i.'s fie.-r.-r.-i .,' ot (. . , nn-! with (starch, Arrowroot or Suizar. and is far m ire eo nomicai, costing US9 than one cri-t a cup. It Is delicious, nourishing, hlJ tar PIGESTED. Sold by brorers ererrnh. re. W. 1UKFR & CO., l'oivli it.-i', asi. We Pay you have c'"- 1 il-o.t Life Insurance may '-!: II vou wish ta know t:i" 'i -th r.d ior "HOW AND Win osacd by the PENN MUTUAL LIFE CHEsTNTT SUEEi, PlUIadeit-'.i'.i Ii WORN NIGHT AND DAY. rr9T atxoi. H Or S E M ro . C 0 . . 744 Pr oa rt n-a y "STGFPtD FREE Insan Fers"i F,;,:rdi fDr. KLINF'SGKKAi ISFAt LilLB If takes as dir)"d FJ aj& I Fit pilctt, paying ei-ra chirp" it b- rsrll. Send mtoa, P. O i ' f-f da a. kw. Trvatit id tn' bet: t f' JTUitsXi in P. KLINE. JOi Arch ari-.iMa f- ft LE li SE II ha t- iai UtitoHl BEST IN' THE WOKf lK Its srearlnir qnaMtles re tin:-i:rr?"--J. 0"n:ii outlasting three betes e; n: -n ri -i- I. N( aaecte-1 by heat. f(:cT TliF ;!.M JNi. FOR SALE BV r-Eai.rr.-: ... M -..Al-i. mSaBI.S ls 3 IOIIS 1V.1IHHI !&iatl!l3j Jl Vai-lia"" "' v' 50 Oa. i n n I H (tala I 5C5 rj .:0 Bl&D'ciH -" CURL. MPURE BLOOD l.Mu P1? fel'ell'ilr.'.-v-.et.rei.ts --i l;'.uti..:.M . : (( ami r.i- 1 -f.t CUleiV -.;b 1 ;- V Ne V inC'.i? snori.D res ? Painter's Preventives. I TRY 1IIEM. S Safo niicl euro. 5 I Pit hex. bv ma.:. -J- ceut ) JCPAiSTER&COPf W. L. 0 OUOLAS S3 BKO FOB GEI.TLEMEN, THE BEST SHOE IH THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. A genuine sewed ahoe. that trill 9t rio, t'.ne csif. oarnl-'i smooth inii.e. flexible, more comfortab'c.stviish ac-1 auratiie ili nr ottier coe ever sold at tb price, tijuaia custom xuaUe a1i amtimt from 4 to $3. r A aad 35 Hand-ewel. fine calf ftces. Tbe tnot ftrilsD. easy a&d duraoieyhoe ever sold ;it t&ese prices. XhcjeiaJ fine imporu-a abort: costing from $ j to f 12. C 0 Police Saoe, worn br farmers aa1 all others who 9aTa want a aootj tieavy calf, three poied. txteapion J.e ifcea, easr to wale In, mod ?ill aep ttie feet dr? and wotm. Ci) 50 fine Coif, Zt.lZ and $i Woratimmen's 9aa will Kiva mora wear tor tue money tuaa any otn -t iuca. Tbev are made for aerrice. Tne Increasing sales anow Uii Mtk tDameo have founil itila out. QAVQ' atid Ysillha i.7-l Stfcnul Slinra ' V 1 O worn by ttie boja everywhere, lue mo?t otrfa- able ahoea aold at tLese rncea. I r I B7 Q 3 Hanrf-eewcd, 62.30, SI "til Si wMUBSaO Khoea tor ,Mi.i- are maoe of itciM I1' sola or fine Call, aa dealrca. lOiy are erysinn w fortabla and durable. Tbe 3 equals cui-ioni mciii aoea 00 1 ting trjm it to s. Ladica loii loewue nil m their footwear are finding thi out. C ACTION. Beware of oealere aulmiUutlDg it i out W. L. Pouglia' same and tbeprueauimiedoubut!"" Such aubftltutfoss are traudulect and atttject topr.-afw direct to Factory, atatins kind, lze and wt ito esciaetva aaie to enoe dealer ion et nerai -v JVrlto for Catnieiao.'W. I ileuglaa, Urocktea,
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