Ei-LA IS OPTIMISTIC. JTT ELLA WBIILIB WILCOX. I know, as my lire grow older And mine eves have cl- aier sigltt. lhat under each rank wronit aoiuewner Tbere lies Hit ro..l of Klhl; Ttiat such sorrow lias it minute fry the sorrow Injr tll unRue.seJ. But a Mire as the mm ii brings morning. Whatever is is bt-st. 1 know That each sinful action. As sure as (he niht brings shade, Is soinew ht le, Mi'mc time iuu tithed, 'lliu' the hour be 1oik UeUed. I know that Ihenoul t unletl Nunellmes by Ihe heart's unrest. Anil to prow means often to suffer W hatever Is Is best. I know there are no ernra In the ;re:.t eternal (lun. And all things work together h'or tlit tlnal kmk! of in in. And 1 know when my soul speeds onward In Its grand etiu.i1 quest, lshn.ll nay an 1 itxik back earthward. Whatever Is U bext. "ANN1K LA UK IK." BSEMMA HOWARD WIGHT. bhe was tlie darling ot iSronghtoD Achuleuiy, greet Sludge Wilmer, witU Ler )iiiiuut fiice, great brown eyes, and short, dark curls runuiiigull over her email head. Shu liad always been broiled, l eiug the only child of rich in tents who idolized her; and the fourteen years of her younij life had glided by withont the faintest shadow ever cross ing thr-ni. Then at 1'rooghton Acad emy all the girls made a et of her, so It wi a not surprising that she should be m me what wilful ami njoiled. 1 he Academy was a very select find expen sive school on the outskirts of St. Louis, and its M'holars were mostly the duughters of rich men. One afternoon, iu early June, the girls were all out on the wide, t-uiooth playground. Soiuo were swinging, others playing lawn tenuis, and others again promenading, school-girl fash ion, with their arms about each other's waists, while the fresh girlish voices rang ont mingled with peals of merry laughter. There was one girl, howover, who took no part in any of the amusc meuts, I mt sat alone on one of the ras lio benches, with a liook on her lap and her eyes bent down upon it. She was a thiu, pale-faced girl, with far too weary ami dissatisfied a look for her fifteen years. The only thing bright jr pretty about her, for she whs dressed both shabMly and dingily, was her hair of a liri-ht gold hue, sud plaited in one thick braid which fell below tier waist. At a little distance whs a group of girls of whom M.tdge Wilmer was the cen tre. "1 can't bear that girl,1' said Leila -Summers, a supercilious blonde, with a cold look towards the quiet figure on the beuch; "there is something so snouky and sulleu about Ler." "1 do not like her, myself," answered Madge "ami there is certainly notidug attractive about her, but I do not think she is exactly sneaky; she is of u ner vous, sensitive temperament, and you know she is rather under a disadvan tage here, l erhaps under more favor able circumstances she would appear to better advantage." "Vha a little inoralizer it is!" said Ada Waters, one of the older girls, laughing and pattiug Madge's curly head, while Leila Summers spoke up rather spitefully: "You needn't take up for her so, Mudgie, for she is run ning you pretty hard for the vocal inli ne prize." Aladge llnshed, and tossed her curly bead. "Let her, but she shan't beat ins; my heart's set on winning the prize, ami it will take something better than that poor weak creature of a Loula l'arks to carry it off from me." "Do you know what I overheard the profebsor say to Mrs. iirougbton the other day?" interposed Ada Wuters. "Mrs. Uronghton, who wuuts Madge to win the prize, was asking the pro fessor what he thought about it. "Why, Madge will carry it off, of course,' Le replied, 'not because she Las a finer voice than Loula l'igrks, for she Las Dot the latter has a voice that, with proper cultivation, would make her one of the famous singers of the day but because .Madge has the confidence anil self possession to do herself justice, which the other girl, unfortuuatel v, lacks.' Those were his exact words, Madgie, so, you see, you are pretty ure to get the prize.' j Madge flushed crimson, and then pouted, while the other girls broke out into indignant exclamation. "The ideal" "What utter nonsense!" "They didn't see a thing in that Loula Parks' voice, while Madgie's was lovely!" "They never Leard anything so al aurd. l'rofes-or must Lave been jok ing, or Ada had misunderstood him.;' "Very well, have it just as you please, only hush," said Ada, stopping up her ears. "I can't understand how Ler parents can nflord to send Ler Lere at all," tai l Leila, "for they are quite ooor, and there is a crowd of children be tides Loula." "I behove it is a rich old undo who tends her," sud another of the girls; "papa knows him, and he says he Is very rich, but something of a miser, and as queer as l.o can be. He must be frightfully mean or he would Lave given the girl an outfit when he sent ber here, and not let her be a disgmce to the school with her shabby clothes, l apibsva, Mrs. I'Hrks will not get a cent of Lis uionev when Le dies, for he h s left it all to build some kind of a queer iilui-e, a d Le is a cia y old ILing, 1 ,li ci-iiaiu. 15 ut look, girls! you know the old saving, 'Tulk o' the, etc. There comes Mrs. l'arks now to pav Loula a visit" They all looked; a shabbily dressed woman, with a pale, tired face, was crossing the playground from the entrance-Kate. Loula arose and went to meet Ler, kissed her, aud then the two turned and went towards the Louse. Some of tbe girls laugh, d, but Mad-re curled her lip us she looked after the two shabby figures, with the sunlight, as it flickered through the branches, catching the girl's golden Lair. The words of the professor were rankliug in Madge's mind. SLe was proud of Ler voice, about which she had been con bt intly flattered, and though she ami Loula l'arks wore uckuowltvlged to have the finest voice iu the scLool, Madge bad never for au instant supposed that Ler own was inferior to Lou la's, and the professor's words were a great blow to Lor pride. "But she shan't Lave the prize, anyway," she thought with a thrill of triumph. A little later she had occasion t go into the Louso aud to her room. As she passed Lonla's room, the door of which was ajar, she involuntarily paused as low, bitter sobs fell upon Ler our. "Hush, my darling," Mrs. Park was nyin-r, "yon may-win it after nlL" "No, no, it Is impossible, iimu.rua," sobbed Loula; "von can't understand Low I feel with all thoso cold, scornful, unfriendly eyes fixed upon me. None of the girls like me, you know; 1 haven't a single friend among them all. and it takes away all confidence in my self. It is so different with Madge AVilmer; tLey all love Ler, and are ready to tLink tLe best of everything she does. Oh, mm ma. Low can I give up the hope of nuy life? I feel that it is in mo to I e a great singer, and then I conld make . money so that yon and papa would not be obliged to struggle so Lard. Do you think, tuumina, that Uucle Johu will really do as he say s, if I fail to win the prize?" "1 know that he will, dear," the mo ther answered, sadly. You see he never changes his mind, and he hates anything like failure. He undertook. to send yoa to Paris to have your voice cultivated on condition that yoa woo the prize for vocal-mnsic here: bnt he will not, 1 am sure, darling, do so ii you fail. "And I shall fail." murmured the girl, with a fresh burst of sobs. Madge suddenly started as though she hail just awakened to the fact that she was listening to what was not in tended fcr her ears, and with crimson oueeks, she stole away. But, for the rest of the day, bright, merry Madge was very thoughtful and silent. The exhibition day of Uronghton Academy arrived, and the big hall was crowded with the pareuts and friends of the pupils. Among them was Mrs. l'arks, in her well-worn black silk and shabby lion net, aud beside Ler was a little, dried up man, with shrewd. twinkling eyes, aud thin, determined lips. Mrs. l'arks was very pale and very nervous, and her anxious eyes wandered first to Ler daughter and then to .Madge W iliner. Such a contrast! tLe former bo pale aud seared-looking. in her plain, white dress, with her loner golden Lair all loose aud flowing about ner like a cloud; and tbe latter, her pretty face all smiles and happiness. clad in dainty, laoe-trimmed, white roues, with broad yellow sash and rib lous and a spray of red rosea twined in Ler dark curls. Was it any wonder a outer sign liroke from the mother s lips as she gazed? At length cani9 the singing trial, ana the two girls, Mudge. still smiling, and Lonla, white as death and trembling use a ieat, ascended me piaiiorm. Madge was the first to sing, and she took her pi ee by tLe grand piano. She looked so bright aud pretty as sne stood there, that a murmur of ad miration weut through the audience. TLe professor had decided that to give tLe girls an equally fair chance, they should both sing the same song, ami the sweet Scotch song. "Annie Laurie," Lad been chosen. The opening bars were played, ana Madge began to sing, and at once everybody was staring, and the girls looked at each other in horrified amazement, hat was the matter with the girl? Never hid she sung so wretohedly; she was fairly murdering the song. It was a relief to every one when tho last note died away, and a very faint applause followed. Madge's cheeks Wi re dyed a painful crimson, as she turned away from the piano, and her lips qnivered, but she forced a smile, as she faced the andieuee, and walked back to her plae, with the wondering, pitying eyes of her school mates fixed npou her. In the meantime Loula had risen ana taken her place at the piano. She felt rather daze I, but Ler Leart was beat ing quickly, atid she hail forgotton Ler fright iu the new Lope that was thril ling Ler. Madre Lad failed; she could win now. SLe listeued to tLe opening cLords withont any nervousness what ever, and the next moment her voico rang O'.t clear, sweet aud strong, as no one Lad ever Leard it before. When the last, sweet, liugerlug note died away.tbero was a burst of enthusi astic applause, aa 1 there was no doubt as to who had won the prize. The girls all started in amazement as LotiU went down the long hall to reeeiva it. They could hardly recognize tLeir shy, pale schoolmate in the girl with crim son cheeks aud sparkling eyes, who with that cloud of golden hair, was almost beautiful. There were only two, how ever, the mother, trembling with hi piuess.au I brown-eyed Madge Wilmer, who could fathom tho joy throbbing in the girl's heart, Aud, when it was all over, Madge went up to her, and bending Ler curly head, kissed her. "1 am very glad," sLe S9id, simply. TLa tears rushed suddenly to Loula'a eyes; she put out Ler Land timidly to detain M idge, and.her lips parted as though she were about to sienk; bnt Madge turned quickly away and iu a tew minutes had left the school. When she was in the carriage which was to bear Ler away, tj the consternation of her parents, she burst into tears. Some seven years later, a new sing er, of whom great things were proph esied, made her debut in a concert Lall iu Paris. SLe was a slender, pale faced gill, with a mass of beautiful golden Lair. As sLe came on tLe stage, a pretty, brown eyed, young girl, evi dently American, in the audience, bent forward with a smothered exclamation. The next moment she drew a long, deep breath, as the rich, wonderful voice of the young singer echoed through the hall. There wks a breathless hush until the last note ceased, and then thunders of applause shook the building. In answer to repeated encores the young singer came forward to sing again. Aa she stood for a moment, irresolute, she happened to encounter the gaze of a pair of brown eyes fixed eagerly upon her. A quick change passed oyer Ler face, Ler eyes grew soft, and rilled for a moment w ith tearsjthenin a voice which trembled a little at first, she sang, as no one tLere Lad ever Leard it snng before, tLe sweet song "Annie Laurie. " A Vse'til YTaafe Material. Mineral wool is being put to new uses day by day, it being found adapted to purposes not thought of liitheito. It is, however, esiecially valuable, as applied to dwellings, cold storage houses, railroad cars, steam pipes and boilers, and other places where insulation is desirable. Mineral wool Is a product of the re fuse iron slag from Iron furnaces manipulated with steam. The analy sis of mineral wool shows It to be a silicate of magnesia, lime, alumina, l)tasb, and soda. It is plain, there is nothing organic In the material to decay or become musty, or to furnish food and comfort to insects or vermin. On the other hand, the tine, glassy tiliers are li ritat ing to anything which attempts to burrow iu them. All past experience shows that houses lined with mineral wool will not lie come infected with animal life. All earths, mortars, felts and sheathing papers contain organic matter such as hair arid a vegetable 11 tier, which, after a time, undergo decoiiisition and create a v.Miety of disease germs. This never incurs in connection witli the use of mineral wool. The non conducting properties of mineral wool are greater than that of any material used for cold storage or refrigerator work, and lias consequently been adopted by those who keep abreast with the times. Some of the largest packing houses and many of the cold storage houses that have been erected In this country during the past few years have mineral wool as an insula tion. It has also been adopted by several manufacturers of refrigerators. This, in connection with its use for deafening and flre-proofliig In busi ness blocks, hotels, and prjvate resi dences, has caused a large demand for the material, which, a few years since, was practically unknown. American Analyst. UK SKF.VKK TO BE. Mrs. Uummey "Here's an account of a man who smuggled diamonds into this country bidden iu the heel of Lis suoe. What do yu think if thai?" Ouuaniey 'l should say that he wat Well heeled." When a child dies in Greenland tht native parents bury a living dof iib it, tbe dog to be used by tta child as a guide to tbe other world. MISSING LINES. Though the action Is about the tame, there's a big difference between training for a ran aDd running for a train. Piustck Bismarck has an incom tt $250,000 a year. And he owns a brewery. Could earth afford him a happier lot? If Mr. Astor were to try to keej. pace with his income by counting it la silver Quarters, he'd be a gibbering Idiot In a week's time. IIavino been an actor, and written a book, there seems to be no more worlds for John L. Sullivan to con quer unless he will tackle the pulpit. By the recent death of two of its members the College of Cardinals Is now more nearly divided between Italians and foreigners than for a long time. Tub French Academy concludes a careful study of the problem of art! ficlal rain with the observation that the solution of the problem has not yet been found. It Is doubtful if tbe astronomers save found out much about Mars. It might have been different If they had tried Venus. It's said that a woman can't keep secrets. Even tbe most sanguine are now convinced that the Iron Hall is dead as a door nail. The only remaining hope of the stockholders Is to get what they can or tbe assets. About twenty mlssonaries and .Bore than Ave million dollars' worth of liquors are sent to Africa every year. Successful evangelization will need a few more missionaries. Some of Whlttier's earlier poems indicate that the good Quaker poet might have been a fighter bad not the doctrine of non-resistance co fi st rained him to the ways of peace. Professor Tyndali, Is visiting Switzerland and trying to compare the huge glaciers of the mountains with the one that buried his friend Lord Salisbury on tbe Home Rule olateau. There are 1,022 Americans In hina, and 130,000 Chinamen In America. The Chinese send a million in hard coin home to China every year as a result of their Interference with American labor. A mas named Shirtoff has been ar- .ested at Lawrenee, Kan., for steal ing chickens. If he had 6tolen a bucket of tar also, the materials would have been at hand for provid- ng him at least with a coat. Whk.n the Queen of Portugal Is making her own bonnets, and the Queen of Swe len doing her own housekeeping, it begins to look as though their respective is-oples were loing their own bookkeeping. It may be that the courts will find omething to say of the Homestead troubles, but it Is doubtful. It would be far better for the disputants to get together and settle their differences. Mtigatiou will not help them. Tub girl who has a new engage nent ring and a new pair of gloves which are a perfect match for her new gown at the same time Is put In a state of undecided uncertainty that Is simply Impossible to adequately describe. The coal trust robs tbe poor. Rich 4'ople were able to buy their coal last spring when the price was two doilars a ton lower than it will be in Decemlier. It Is the man who buys coal one ton at a time as he needs it vho will suffer. The young forger who dumped a Chicago detective into a sample trunk and left him locked up has put a big discount on detective stories. The detective should have got the forger nto a Lox instead of letting the forger get him into one. The biggest man In Canada Is Leonard Whitton, of Brighton, who tips the scale at 469 pounds. Mr. hit ton is yet under 40 years of age. He measures seventy four inches iround the hiiis, aud his head meas urement is twenty-three inches. Count Herbert Bismarck and his oride will, it is said, live In Austria. This will be inconvenient for Her bert's priucely dad when he wants to run over" to his boy's for a quiet smoke and a subdued bit of swearing at the way things are being run iv Germany. A French duelist, on trial for the ill I ing of his opponent, took advan tage of the occasion to deliver a long speech about his business ventures. There is no necessity so widely recog nized in this world nowadays as that f advertising. Even the "field of honor" is made a medium. A London paper Is discussing tho iuestion whether a man ought to lift bis hat to his female servant if ha meets her on the street. In this country that question might hold oncerning one's wife or sister, but the average man here would not dare to think even of flaunting a baseless siiieriority in the face of the arbiter of his domestic destinies. In the mild and lovely parish ot frome, England, the Tories pulled up all the red flowers on the graves n the churchyard, because red Is the Litieral color, and smashed two Illuminated windows in the parish church because the vicar was a Lib wal. "This teaches us what a Briton aieans when he tells us "We do thing U tter In England, doucher know?" Tlw Fpurg-on TahriM!fc Rev. James A. Spurgeon has ao pted the invitation of the trustees cif the Metrojiolitan Tabernacle to continue in charge of the general leadership of his brother's work. For several years he has been doing this, his brother lie ing incapacitated by illness for anything but pulpit duty, so that there will be no break in the various agencies through which the taliernacle has accomplished so much itood. Mr. Spurgeon expressed also his earnest hope that Dr. Pierson would continue in charge of the preaching: and it is reported that the trustees will invite him to fill the pulpit either permanently or for a period of five years. The Uood-Matured. In this world, where there 4s so much real sorrow, and so much un necessary grief and fret and worry; where men stumble In rough paths, and so many push them down rather than help them up: where tears are as common as smiles, and hearts ache so easily, but are poorly fed on higher joys how grateful ought we to be that God sends along, here and there, a natural heart-singer a man whose nature is large and luminous, and who, by his very carriage and spun-' taneous actions, calms, cheers, and' helps his fellows. God bless the good-natured, for they bless every- j xxly elsel 1 he gentleman, so orten mentioned In novels, who riveted people with the gaie, has now obtained permanent employment at a boiler man u fac to 17. SMILES OF CONTENTMENT SSUED FROM THE PENS OP VARIOUS HUMORISTS. Plasiant Incident Occurring- Ilia Worl4 Over Sayings that At Cnaerlnl to tha Old or Tonaf-Jokat taat Kvcrybaaj WtU Kujoy Ilemdlnc. Hard Luck. Ilstressed Female Oh, please, sir, give me something all thesuiue. Benevolent Gentleman Why al) the same?" D. F. (weeping) Oh, sir, you don't '. recognize me. I'm the blind man's wife. B. G. Yes, I remember you, but what's the matter? IX F. Oh, sir, we're In fresh trouble. My poor husband has re covered his sight. Drake's Magazine. A Had Heginnilie;. Mother What! Do you mean tt. tell me that during your wedding lour you mended your husband's clothes? My! my! What could have possessed you? Bride Dear me! What's the mat ter? Mother You foolish girl! Now he'll expect vou to keep on doing it. New York Weekly. Ilatod Man. Passenger (on suburban train) that the pay car? Conductor No. That is the ninth assistant superintendent's car. I'assenger Why does be travel with armed guards Coialuetor (Whispering) He is tht man who changes the time-tables very week. l'uck. "The l-Mltor'a Kaay Chair." Editor We can't use your pocnih iow. Poet Why should you always de light, in sitting on me in preference to cithers? Editor When I sit on a poet ot course I prefer a spring poet. .Smith, 'ray & Co.' Monthly. At the 1111. r; Mrs. Hicks I wonder If I couldn't step into the bath-room to re-arrange my toilet. Hicks Don't do It; you're neat ;ik.ij,'Ii the bath toilet as It Is. Truth. lie IHd Not Walt. Jeweler You found this ladvVo bracelet in the street and now want "o dispose of it? Crook I do. Jeweler Well, if vnn'll w:iif. until I get a policeman you can exchange it for a gent's bracelet Jeweler's Review. A ...lly SIKu. Mr. Iolley Now, I don't believe iu signs. Miss Flypp -Well, 1 do. Now, for Instance, there is one 1 believe in. It was an ice cicain sign and tht. I'oung thing's lielief cot Dolley 50 .cuts." i'biiadelphia 'l imes. Ho tVami't Sure. 'Is this a popular song?" Inquired l customer in the music store. "Well, "said the salesman, 'dots o folks sing it, buo as yet no one is sutn .ieni'.y tired of It for it to be what iou'd call ixipular." Washington star. Kaactly the Reverse. Clubson IsSpougcly much given to irink? Tieatly Quite the reverse. 'What! a total abstainer?" "No; much drink is given to S I ngely. " Puc k. The Keaervolra. Ncw Rata I was triad to see th-- fou didn't cry at your mamma's wed- aing. Little Girl No, sir; I used to crt it mamma's weddings, but mv tears Is all used up. Good News. At Narrafcalasett Pier. "How many fiances haveyou?' "Three," "Is that all? Why, I have five, tiid they're all rich." "But one of mine is willing tc marry." Life. It's Pllni-. Qlirfm.A 1 w-ia TV.. .4.4 - overcome Gojiath with a sling aud stones. Rowley Yes; but youth will hava. Its fling, you know. New YoiK Her- aid. A Prompt Family. Teacher Can any boy tell me at what time tbe sun rises now? Small Boy (shrill and prompt) Just the minute father calls, dowu at our house. Texas Siftiugs. The Sum. Friend (to voumr husband i Whui Is the sum of human happiness, l ied? Young Husband One and one are one. Exchange- Drawing Teacher (despondently) -That thing yju have drawn lo-fes more like a cow man it does like a horse. Fair rupil (brightly) Why, ot course, Piofessor, it is a cow. "German Syrup" I must say a word as to the ef ficacy of German Syrup. I have used it in my family for Bronchitis the result of Colds, with most ex cellent success. I have taken it my self for Throat Troubles, and have derived good results therefrom. I therefore recommend it to my neigh bors as an excellent remedy in such cases. James T. Durette, Earlys ville, Va. Beware of dealers who offer you "something just as good." Always insist on having Boscb.ee' a German Syrup. g A Mother's Gratitude Too great for touaac to U-II, is due to Huod'i Sana parilW. My daugh ter Olive 3 years a.-o bad dreadful palua, be ginning In one knee and extending to almost rvery Joint In her body, caused ly Cooatltu tloiial Sc-rofula. Tlte pain rew less and the weliinK sul sided af ter uslntt one bottle of HUOU'S SAKSAPA Kll.LA. Then improvement was rapid, until it etlected a perfect cure." MR. J. A. Vi.HU, Keynoldaville, I'a. llooi'S m. US are the best aft-r-diuner Tills, as-Lst digestion, cure headache. nn NflT RE DFCFIVF0 W.III1 r-ili-4. r.iiuuicis, ana minus miicu iuud Hi, hand. In)ura the Iron. au1 burn off Tht Ktsltiir Kuu toe FnlL-ib la Brilliant. GSor- leaa, Dural'ia. mud the oomiimer puy, lor no tin I or tfuui pa-ka:e wltl. ,very purchase. Ask your doctor what hap pens to cod-liver oil when it gets inside of you. He will say it is shaken and broken up into tiny drops, becomes an emulsion ; there are other changes, but this is the first. He will tell you also that it is economy to take the oil broken up, as it is in Scott's Emulsion, rather than bur den yourself with this woik. You skip the taste too. Let us send you an inter, esting book on careful liv ing ; free. Scott ft DowNK,Chemiata, tia South tthAacnva, Nrw York. Your druggie keepa Scotf'a Erauluoa of cod-li ar ail all drueifata avcry wnara do. fli. 3 FRAZER AXLE GREASE BEST IK THE W (lit i n. av a i-i.flui.n.-i Ut.itltAU. A GOOI SI' UK ME. Tourist lkt those scarecrows save four crops? Farmer They work (list-r ite. You ste. every tramp that couiesalnng cross 's the iMds to eee ir th' clothes Is wutb ileall!!, w'lch they ain't, an that tcares lb' crows away. The v Ty ft nf iray to km.w atirtlivr or not Ili'LUI'ia1 h.i-,-tr1i-,,.,,,, is y, as it is soil o tie. is to ti ll H 1011 .(! Il r in't (leexive inu. Be sure in no mutation. There are li.U uf '"in. Ask your Kioci-r for Jnt one b.ir. A IIK.lt 1 HKMKM t So manv U.1II4 nnud nrutlw r-nifur- Inus that 1 he Fidelity Wall Paper Co.. nf n ni lit., t. , u 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . " - .. ... 111 ci.. 1 v acii- twnctftl to b hung this fall, some 50,000 plece9 of Wall Haner. Send lour two cent stamos for samples Of embosadd ;irrl fnr IO anil I? I The Indian measures dntane.es while canoeing by pipes." One pipe is the interval lietweeu the baitings he is Mowed to make for a smoke. It pt 11 re Hire unnraB(etl by Or. J. H. Mayer, 831 Arch St, PhU'a, fa. r.ae at once, no oenulon or de Ay from business, attested by thou aiuds of curt a after others fall, advice lee, send for circular. The rtligious fetalis. u in the Hindoos' ife extends also to their intellectual dale. In grammar, as iu faith, kismet ules supreme. -Tired all the lime Hood's Saraiarll la I xissesscs Jtut lh.s,eleuieiitsof strength aliicli ou so earnestly crave. It will build ou up, lve you au appetite, atieutbeu your stomach Hid ui-i ve. Try it. '("il l I'llla luvigoraie the live. In midsummer the coatsof Spilzber (en are icebouud and practically inac vsaible to vessels. Fraaer Aale tirease. One greasing with r'razr Axle tlreaae will asl two weeks, alt otiieis two to three davs. 1 1 y It. II receive. i nrt premium at the t en euuial aud i'aris Exposition. Idaho is said to be the only State whose name has never been satisfactor ily accounted for. COMill'TliK E. 1. LOOM IS, Ietrolt,Mlch., ay: "The eitrct ol Hall s Cat irrh t uiel won derfui." rile him about it. bold iv lruic- ilsts, 75c. ven-eijihths of the forest growth of the Slate of Washington consists of the Jouflas fir. Chihi'm liltiney Cure Tor lroxy. Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, L'rinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv usnesst etc. Cure uarauttmd. 831 arch Street, Phllad'a. $1 a bottle, tt for 5, or druggist, loot) certidcak of 'urea. Trr It- There are lt'00 'haunted'-' houses iu Loudon. FITS: All Fits slopped Irea by Pr. Kilns jieat Nerve hestorei. No F.ls fter first day' ise. Marvel. .ne ciiicj. T leatlse aod H'.OU trla ottie free to Fit eases, heud to Ir. Kuaa'a 1 Area St, riiiladeibuia, rav Young Slowbov Oh, uo, Miss Siu.lai.I assure you I was not attempt ing to kiss you; 1 should not dare do such a thtmr. Alias Siullax I hate a coward. ta ii.k. Bushehead "baldiue wears a bit of gauze veiling, with spiders embroidered in it, on bis head these days." Faderew.sk I -"What for?" Bushehead "Ou, just, to make the f.ioa nervous." THE REGULAR WEIGHT. Wife "Did the dealer sav he'd send that ton of coal you ordered?" Husband "les, he said he would. but I doubt it. He probably won't send more than seventeen hundred pounds.'' TUEBULING PASSION. Young Lady Mercy uie! And so, when fast iu the jungle, you came face to face with a tiger. Ooo! What did vou do? Modern Traveler (proudly 1 Photo graphed IU Mistress You know how to make bread, I presume New G rl No mum. No use learu in such things till aUer I gets mar ned. Mrs. Timid Did you ever tlud a uutii uutier t ne ueur Mrs. Bluff Ye-; the night we though! there were burglars iu the house. 1 found my husliaud there. James Itiincimau is said to have writ ten to his "Dream of the North 5so which contains 70,00:) words. In '.gbt Olive Carl. FIGS AND Trll9TLE3. HEN we oppose what God loves we reject Christ God loves a cheerful giver be cause giving is God -like. Backslid ing always begins on tbe dav we ne glect to pray. We are nevet sad except when we forget that God Is good. The same wind that ruins the chaff cleans the wheat. Whkxkvek the devil makes a lion God makes a Daniel. Give God your moments and he will make your day a success. "Lkt him that thinketh he stand- eth take heed lest he talL The most deadly sin Is the one we believe it will be safe to commit. Nobody ever blames a good apple. for having come from a twisted tree. The Christian is the only man who is made richer when the bank breaks. The way we treat men is the surest test of the state of our hearts toward God. Living for self is the smallest busi ness any onecan be engaged in in this life. It never helps the Lord a bit for a mean man to claim that be is a Chris tian. No man can have much of a lielief In God who does not also believe in a devil. Whenever a Christian looks back ne loses all tbe ground he owns in his front. Four Kailroatla Overlooked. 'Stramre that four railroad, one a belt line sml two fuel-oil Uie-lines, nine miles from I'liifaK ' should have been overlooked." said lav A. Iimi-kui & iu, wh !! lliev laid out tin town ..I linniili. lour factories located, houses aud stores siruiifruat once. Chicago News. Mara. Telescope Fakir Step right up, ladies and gents, and view tbe planet Mars. Five cents, mum. Old Ladv Oh, laws; Hain't it, ound and slimy? Telescope Fakir Will the bald beaded gent please step away from in front of the instrument? Judge. HIk Wltueaa Feea. First Lawyer if the moon coula talk what interesting disclosures there would be. She is the only wit ness to many a crime Second Lawyer Yes aud just think bow much she would get for witness fees if she could testify in court. A New Counts or Stuily. Withertiy What Is your daughter oing to do after her graduation? rlankintoii I am thinking of giv ing her a jsist-graduate course, show ing her bow to stand oil her milliner. -Judge. They Had It. ill' Ki - -innTrt M - Waiter (through the kitchen win dow) Spill some catchup In de con summe. Dey's a gent wantin' tomato soup. Judge. Ha Did WelL "Married, eh?" Yes." 'Whom did you marry?" Three sisters, a son and their par ents." iJrooklyn Life. And Thus It Cam About. On the hotel piazza: He-IH you know. Miss Alice, yotii voice has a silvery ring? She No; but I think yours has a diamond ring. Horticultural Item. Fond Mother Tommy what are you doing? Tommy Watering dower on you. hat So they'll grow. A Sure Slira. Did Miss Sowerbv have her nhoto. graphs taken yesterday?" " i es." Good likene-s?" "Yes. must have lieen. for sb re. fused to take them of the photogra pher. "Boston Commercial-Bulletin. Anothfr Sunday Argument. Old Nick I hoi the World"s Fall will be closed on Sundays. nio Why, sire. Old Nick What would be the u jf our making a special exhibit at Chicago If the people had no chance to take it In? Fuck. A "camel" and "beauty" are synony mous in Arabic. An Arab widow generally mourns her husband with a cry of "O, my camel 1" 02VI5 ENJOYS Both the method and results -when Syrup f Figs is taken; it is pleasant nuu reireeuing io me taste, ana act3 cenlly jet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the tasto and ac- lla .1 . cepuiuie 10 me etomacti, prompt in its action and trulv lwnefii-inl in ita effects, prepared only from the most neauny ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commeud it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all loading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. l)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 84M FRAHCI3C0, CAL. IDWSVIUB. X tout. .r. HUMOROUS. A baby born In Ohio Is without hands. When he gros up uc - al l" to sweep Lis town lor the offlM of Treasurer. A man always knows what he would have done bad be been In another fel low's place, but be doesn't always be lieve iU She-Do you love me for myseir Ul lie Yes, and when we're married I don't want any of your family thrown in. Johnny What did your mother whip you for? Jimtny-Katin green fruit. Johnny AVbo gave ye away? Jimmy The doctor. Said the lecturer: The roads uo these mountains are too steep aud rocky Tor even a donkey to clluib; therefore I did not attempt the ascent." Causa and Maht Hvreata Promptly cured by Dr. Hoxsle's Certain Cronp Cure. There is no doubt but this (treat rem edy w ill relieve those far Roue with Consump tion, and iu many well known instances it ha posilivelv cured persons who hail found all otlui rtiMtlitt ut'Un. s)olil by druifKsts. cue A. I'. Hoxsie, Bultalo, N V. "This is an un-read letter day for me," said the young woman as she tossed the slighted missive unopened into the waste basket. "Is It not very exciting to see the anchor weighed aboard ship?" "Not half so exciting as it would be to see one wade ashore." Who t fkiks with tils liver, ronstipa'lon. bilious ills, poor blood or dirziiies-laae Beccliaiu's 1'i.ls. ot druuulsts. to cents. Mrs. Punc-Tual Your clock Is always on time! I'ray how do you manage il? Mrs. Slopay Why, my bu.-baud got it that way. Purely a vegetable compound, made entirely of roots and herbs gathered from the forests of Georgia, and has been used by millions ol people with the best results. It CUBES All manner of Blood diseases, from the pestiferous little boil on your nose to the worst cases of inherited blood taint, such as Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh and SmN-CdER Treatise on Blood and Skin Pivnw mailed ixue. bwir i srtcinc Co., Atlanta, ua. DR.KILMER'5 irf.r" KIDNEY LIVER 132 SBi? Pain in I lie Hark, Joints or hi), sediment Iu urine like brick-diutl frequent calls or reteutiou. rheumatism. Kidney Complaint, LUttbet-s, dropsy, scanty or hipo colored uriue. Urinary Trouble, StlniriiiK sensations when voiding, disterss preav sure iu the parts, urethral irritatiou.Ftru-ture. Disordered laii er, Bloat or dA k circles under the eyes, tuii4fu ooated, coiiatipatiou, yrllowi-th eyeball. VMrntve--tTMconteotsof One Bottle. If not be flted, biuifarista will rcfuna jou the prlc ptvtd. At aOruvxlMn, SOe. Size, $l.0 Mzi 'Invalids Guwi to Ht.tth" frva-Votuultaitlun five DiU, KlLMKH & CO., BlNGH AUTON. N. V. VoungWives Who are for the first time to undergo woman's severest trial we offer "Mothers Friend" A remedy which, if used as directed a few weeks befote confinement, robs it of its PAIN, HORROR AND RISK TO LIFE of both mother and child, as thousands who Lave used it testify. I used two bottles of Hothfks Friend with marvelous results, and wish vety woman a ho has to pass through the ordeal of child-birth to know if tru-v will ue Mothers r rienu for a few weeks it will robcontinenient of Sjih And surfmnft aud insure l.tr.tv to lite or m tt'ter anJchi.J." Mrs. Sam Iiamilion, Montgomery City, Mo. Sent by express, charues preraid, on receipt of rriie, 1 1.50 perbottle Sold by all druggists. Hook To Mothers mailed free. bKaktiLUi KatiULAIOR Co., Atlanta, Ga. PWa Remedy fcr Catarrh w th f 1 rWt, Ka.ie to fse. and tiearxt. I I u Waiis misl j I 1 ""W by ilruiiitiKla or aeut by auall. j aa1 auc. IL T. HaielUna. Wax ran. Pa. U FOR FIFTY YEARS l" MRS. WINSLOW S SOOTHING SYRUPY ft? iCTr cirS, ? .ViKsWrr; I rtfiy fr It M.th.-., tit chil.l. s..f wn t t.e gum,ailav all putt,, cur- wind cuhcaud -rn4-1.1y.tlve Ceuta it Bottle. -- PATENTS W. T. t-lc Kter&ld. WMaahiOatlMII, l. ..T.- fTION. Revrare of dcnlera antal aiuuima Khoeasaubout W. I.. Iliiuulaa same and I lie nrii e otamprd on bottom, purl hiiIimi It ui l..n n 1 .. 1 . X aubjecx la rM'i uiian bv lava lor ob- mniuiua Hill II i- j nn- alcrlalae prelcncca. aaine Will I a. . - . 4 t W' ;i rsi s Ko ol ss-Mti. W kif '. K K8fLM W ZrW I iTHLS IS Tffifew 0 tjac3s on viwmm Cures Pain Promptly. The Best Watcriiroof Coat In the WORLD I Ilrfnuf. ami will il '" llM'irO. -tl..rm. 1 :, . v I. 4. I 11 -L-IT 11 I. w ,r.'.,.t. .l u-.t. . L.vcrlliecniireB...l.i:. . Ilcwuri-. luutalMiia. I ll.-.i.l.iriiefree. - 1 I""!-.!;. W"'t- 'i"- LIVER COMPLAINT. 1 ne liver, uiu num. j", - tnd the stomach are the most Important organs necessary for the preservation of lit-. It ts therefore the duty of everyone who rates at l for his bodily health to keep them In a- final . 1. Irtnuva thtk riAfirt ttlA lilt. ;onriitionas possible, nut wiuib mi- neari. me liirios and the stomach In an ordinary ciititj. ted person can endure a pretty .-evt-re atune without stopping In their work, the liver i-a very sensitive ornan. The least tnt-imp-ilon In Its activity is noticed at oti.-e m a ii iirree ililo manner. erio;is f in- plications may arise therefrom, for h,.-h tin physicians have llivemeu a l.w-e inin.L.r ot tone I-atin names, ami nnn. u n .i attended to promptly, are follow-d by long i fi.l .lie:iHes and fieoui-n' ' v !v .... , death. Ordinary people usu illy c. ass .ii: t!o-., aiSea-SeS UllUCr 111" k;:h-i.i u.inir oi liver complaint. Ti e!r symptoms c m ! rasily recognized. A yellow color ot tna skin, particularly ot tne wn.ie in me e a disagreeably bitter bilious taste tu th mouth, a thickly coated tona-ie, loss of itp .e tlte, a dislike for mens, combined with li-i i- ache, litiht attacKs ot tev-r, i-ic.. inese a,e lalllni: smns III it tlie liver is oiii in iir.iri si h i as one or more of these s mplonis appi-ar 't Is n. cessarv, in oi lcr to prevent a m- m stckncHs. lo remove fioin the liver alsi,..-,. tltiotis bile and all waste m.itter. to pr in .ie Ihe fiee cliculation i f the bloo l. atH to lientiy ittimulate the capricious appetite. Theie h i, , b.-ticr leiu-ily to accomplish this purpose n, tn SI. Her nrd eel ible Tills, w inch i!,ve I n Justly celebrated for a b.lig lllpe. I ll-'V am prepared exclusively from the h-s' medu nal herbs of the Alps, who-e hcilmic inure. ie ,i are made ui bv coinitett-nt person, m the f.o in uf pills without Hie the admixture of any mtn eial subtances. 1 lie st. IWn irl .-et.i!iie Pills can be obtained from am l.rst c ,i. .1 n . rflsl. If volir Ori.trlsts liaeli't t! en-, .el.-I Z't rents to '-ST. HrussKli " ItoX J4lo. ..;iv City, and you will receive same po ll aid P lut u mall. ANAKFsIS rtv, rri (taut relief and n ia 1M Al.l.tltl.K CfttB fi r I I l.KS. Prices si ; it fluiuisls', or bv in ui. Kilnples 'r. AJ1 s,i 'Anakesis." box aiw New York City. A SICK LIVKR Is th can, of itot t tli ..t-r'i'ifi p kii fill uiitl litiiN:i:itit .sii.;it inn- aiitl -utlt-liiiftHitli nhii Ii ut urn altlu hii th'i fatlHTiflsa yt j 4'Ollt II H lIIC "' l-IVV In MltttMfil 1o rtrimiin in tins sit k or roiul tio.ii. Tosliimilrit th- IJr :tit oilier 4 1 1 1 . t oiriiiH a normal nnl tt 1 .111 in 1 ti ihit Ht lily, thcrt i- ih lo'tt!' iiu'iIm-i hp th.iu ADVVAY'S PILLS The most perfect, vile Mild reli.il le I that lias ever been coinpouii le i I VKIiETAKI.K, postively c nl i' iii cury or other delelcnops su'.ist ,n, es all the tenelicial piojieities iliit M. possessed of as a c.illiartic t ; t. .ti t I lie of any of its evils cons nii.-u.-. s. tl superseded Men m y. aiol Ii ve b e 111 ol Modern Science, l le. anl 'y -,. ite i .1 out taste, there is 110 dnhculiy in .I'll it! I l.'Kl 11. 1 M- havr -en: v line -v III Hie I' ad :i all.ov . 01 til KAIiH'AV'S I'll. I.-: 1,1,10 an. I -entlc oti:h in ttielr opeia! ions, aeeoi .10. lot they are the tavoi ites ol the prese it 1 11 Tbey cure all disorders of the stoiuae Bowels, h i uieys, Hiaililer. Nervous 1 I oss of A ppetlte. Ile idiehe. l ostiyali. irestioii. ilVspep-ia. H.llOUSIiesS. l-'i f.-i. Ill ll loll ol the I'.oa. Is. - I ail lie -Ui-lie. II. I I . I se.l-. s- 1 I ; 11 . th- . Itrahuements ot ihe iniei nai iseer.i. box -olil by ilriu m-ts. IHi. l;.iA. i; CO.. .i aricli Mle. t. N. V ( Ity EiYIS 93 LYE I Towdorftl hihI IVrfi.in.-tl (I'ATi.NTi;!!.) Tlie stroriwxt aiut t ("-( I.ye nat. I'n'ike otli'-r t t't-ii'K a tint hvt. r an.l p., kr-il in a can with retnt-v it-lr li.t. ttus ctiitfiti! an- a'wys i v f -r iicW. Will in .kf th- (S- s? p-r!ii'i!'ti ll:iil in 't mini. tv-A u'":(-.t bvi in t. It i ill- b-.t f.ir : t:i ina! ptitff. ili-n.r-'tii enik, I'lfWfh, w ishing L'.-ttlcs, paint. 1 1 res. etr. I'i-.NN A. SALT M TO O.. Gen. Agts , Fhll I'. f TTtftralr i FuLncf.lioi.9f a a sr u v. 1 C . a. . r i.ujl' M........ M.'.rl. Ii!k ... IU ..i.Mna. joQaj haal lilali... W wliintl -u a.i.i Oicg.-u M.a FRaE GOVERNMENT nd low P.ncE 4 B IAS WiTGTH?C . S Si S.'. PACSFI5 R. . tUK-li Tti IwMtt ArrttrtittanJ Ortasiawm ft. T ct-r l.nd bow loieitl- rt. Mt-I-i ri-l'.l'. A wl . ft. LaV'Mlaat ia.ta4 CWtM R. i. K. --, i-fi &ST0PFED FREE K f e 1 IE l)r. Kl !N w Kb. AT for aU Riit - Ni'R.g '.m.,-- "-it- IT far Hrr A ffrCliw . Ff. fil "fa w It-fai 1 ifT-at H tfc"t, n. :c.i F'i Vr 1 IrH .f.lt Hs Ireitl aii.l t . tt:e l-rt E fit tlr.iU, tk-if , ibR SI, (Pt 1 bii.es ,.1, l I tj)as I rwrrMtral .SfttJ IV ti ul ! ! tn -jt t. faWl to .- KI.INl-.. X l Arrh , r .1 ai.lrl, I. la I fa. X 5)5 to $15 ",,..da'- , A I ir.HTMIKR PI aT? x.--x bn, a.l, 1.. . ii'. ,.:-iii; Wh ii- -ti,-1 a;.-lit- S tin (.ir.f l I... II. 4 111- I SO j i .. lulUaUbuaV O. 1?. EE OK mfir W. L DOUGUS S3 SM rm GE1.1LFMFW. J. a en Dine ecwfa auoe uiiu x ill nol rip I II lie lair. Seamless, saiooln inside, tl. ylbte. more coiuf orlalile, Btylisli and durable than any outer snoe tvir sold at tlie prico. Equals custom riis.lesnoescostiiifri.m $1 ti$". 1 be only !:.o jshoe iiukIp with tv rnmplets aolee, e, ur, I, b..w, , at thBomsulneilaccw ahown 111 cull, v. Inch K1V.-S doublet ho viar of cheap Writ shoeasoll at lt.X pn.v. for auch easily ri-,. bav imr onlvono nolo seweJ I?"?.'?"??' ?"' leather vn the e.u..-: and when ouea oru inrouKn are a-ortlil'.ss. JuSJrv J 11, f:ln ' repaurdns many tmiej ua nooeajary.iu.lhe, ,n never rli.or loosen from tlieui.i.T. rumaani of I.H.twrar d.-liiu.r t.. e, ..u.a. ahuuld consider the suis-nor quallii. a ot these shoe, and n,,t lm lurliien. e l to liuyctii ap v.rlts!i.. S3oi.i at a..o. haviugonly npi earan.-e to conmieul tu. V 1 IIUI .1..4?s Alrii-a as I ana St.. f-'me 1 -;. 1 r 11 .n.l m:.. ; (.. -JO l'oliiT?au,l Kdrm TS; VilO Hue Calf; " 3:.llll UuUliikTii.in: J"J's" SJ.IlO tad oiuhs' yl.7 Svho.,1 Shoes: ladies' J-OO Hand Sewd; $ ..'i(. 'J.U aud llissea' f 1 .7- Bel Dolih' ol. are of the same 11 14a luiiuiua ot luexiw . . . auu vii.u one pen. I
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