ONLY Orall.
V0 know o( the steps It tnks
'to ke-p Ihe In.ine lttftli-rT
IN liokuiws i'( Hie win k It makest
Only one tlie mollier.
It'll IWi-IH IO Clifllll'll won
Which kiss s only smollieiT
Who's pained ly iiintnlily blowit
Only tine the mollier.
Who knows of the untiring ear
Hestowil tin bal.y loollierf
V ho know or Hi' lender ptayert
Only one the mollier.
A ho known ol the lesson taught
Of Ioviiik one ainrtherf
lio know.i uf . all. -me souiilUT
(inly one the mother.
Who known of the anxious fears
l.e-1 darling may m weather
The storm ol lite in after yearsf
Ouly one the mollier.
Who kneels at the throne abova
To I hank the l.-avfiily Father
For that seei-t Kift a mother's lowet
Only oue Ifce ni. tUt-r.
Little Hans and the Hares.
ISRSS1K LEWIS.
A Ionfr time of?o there lived a poor
ahoeinaker, with li is wife and child,
jut ontnirie a great forest. Now, tli
child, wuoae iittiue was Hans, was not
much more than a foot Ligb, and Le
could run as Itutt and jump as high an
any hare in the forest.
One day his mother went ont into
the meadow to cut grass for the cow
and took little Hans with her. Hhe
pat him in a nice, sunny place and, giv
ing him some lowers, told him to slay
there while she went about her work.
As he wua sitting there, playing witu
the flowers, two little hares came hop
ping np.
"What a strange liaro that is sitting
over there," said one, pointing with
Lis paw towiird linns.
"Can you iutup?" asked the other.
Hang laughed as he thought how he
had jumped in and out of his father's
boots, and hopped on hands and feet
just as the little hares had done.
"You ruubt be one of on," said the
little hares, as they eyed liana curi
ously wheu lie jumped and hopped in
rial rabbit fuhion on the grass.
"Come au.l play with us," they said.
Ko all the long aftoruoon they
frolicked and chased one another, go
ing further into the forest all the time.
lly-auil-l'y they came to the bush
where the Ilare family lived.
"Who is timt with yon?" asked the
Papn Hare.
"This is a little stranger hare we met
in the meadow," replied tho little
ones.
"No," said the Mamma ITare, "that
is a little child. He has probably
strayed from his mother, who by this
time is worrying about him. It is too
late to take him home now, so be must
ty heT-j to-night and to-morrow we j
will take him back to the meadow."
bo they ate their supper of hares
bread and clover and then went to bed.
But before Hans fell asleep the Mamma
Hare put a warm, soft hare's coat on
him so that he should not take cold.
"Now yon look just like one of my
little ones," Mid she. "If I did not
know better 1 should think you were
a little hare."
liright ami early the next morning
Ilaus and the hares went the niesdow.
They found his mother and father al
ready there, hunting for him and cull
M:g, "Hans, little Ilaus, where art
hoti?"
"Here I am," cried little Hans, run
sing to them.
"This cannot be our Hans. Oh, no;
tiis is a young hare."
"But I am your Hans," laughed he
jumping into his father's arms. "I5nt
these good hares, who have taken care
of me during tho night, gave me thlB
hare's coat."
"The good, kind hares!" exclaimed
the shoemaker. "What can wo do to
reward them?"
"Ion can, if yon will," replied the
Papa Hare, "protect ua from the fox
and the hunter."
"We will try to," said the shoe
maker, shuking hands with the IVpa
Bare.
A few days later there was a knock
at the door, and when the shoemaker
opened it the fox sprang in.
"Oood morning, Mr. Fox," said the
shoemaker. "What can we do for
you?"
"Make me a goo.! pair of shoes,"
aid the fox. "1 am going to hunt
aome hares, ami I can't run fact enough
in my old ones.
Ko the shoemaker made him a pair of
boots very clumsy and light. They
hurt Mr. Fox's feet so much that he
could not run at all in them.
The shoemaker had put pitch into
each of the boots, so that once ou they
could not be drawn oil'.
"Now, friend Fjx," thonght the
good shoemaker, "you can't do much
mischief to-day."
Not very much later the l'apa Hare
came running in.
"Oh," cried he, breathlessly, "the
hunter is after me."
'Quick, " said Hans's mother, "hide
in the bed."
Then she d rented Hans in his hare's
coat.
Mardly had she dona so when the
huutt-r strode in.
"Where is the hare that just now
ran into your house?" he naked.
"Hare?" said the shoemaker. "Now
you must mean my little Hans, who
wears, as you see, a hare's coat."
"1 though he was a hare," said the
hunter, "and almost shot him. Dow
will I ever be able to tell the ililTerence
after this?"
"Whenever you see a hare, call ont,
and if he stands up, aud does not run
away you will know it is Uaus," said
the mother.
'1 he hare, who overheard this, ever
after that stood still and did not run
away wheu he heard the hnuter, and as
his other enemy, the fox, was boon
after shot he was safe to go where he
wished. And Hans never forgot the
harts. F.venn hou he grew to be a
man he fed and sheltered them in win
ter, while tlioy, in return for his kind
nae, brought him hares' bread and at
Faster they tilled a nest with red and
Liu aud yellow eggs.
I'EKSONAL.
Mas. A. M. JUseit has bequeathed
to the city of Washington a large sum
of money for th erection and main
tenance of a borne for destitute wo
men, as a memorial to her mother. In
memory of her hul and she has willed
to tho Children's Aid Society $:JO,00I
for tho erection of a home.
Francesco Faola Sichstti, tho
celebrated Abruzzi paint, r, is painting
at Home a large picture of St. Dom
inic, which ho intends for the Chicago
Exhibiticn.
Miss Mart Adlkti, of Copenhagen.
Denmark, doctor of physics at the
Copenhagen University, is making a
study oi the Minnesota tj stent of edu
cation. The bust id Mrs. Lney Stone, re
cently completed by Miss Anne Whit
ney, has been sent to Italy to be done
in marble. A niche is reservod for it
in the Woman's Department of tho
World's Fair.
Miss Constnneo Fenimore Woolson
is now living quietly in Oxford, where
she has made many delightful friends,
lew people who read hor charming
tories an 1 sketches aud note her keen
apj reciation of clever word-play would
anfapect that she is very deal.
Mrs. Chacncet M. Dkpcw gays ol
Lit daught. ra : "One accomplishment
that I wish them all to acquire i that
Of reading aloud well. I consider tnat
very necessary part of a good educa
tion, and al.o that they should learn to
nnnoiate their words olearlj and cot
otly."
WHAT SHALL! BLOOM IN Ml
WINDOWS THIS WINTER?
ET MrNEKVa BONO.
The Fall and Winter catalogues art
upon our tables, and we look over the
tempting lists, wondering if we cas
tffordauyof them. I'erhaps the doc
tor bills have been unnsnally large
this year, or onr eldest born has en
tered upon an expensive conrst
of study aud it seems like downright
extravagauce to purchase anything u
the floral line.
Hut let me tell you something. I
invest in a few bulbs reliable bulbs,
bought of a reliable dealer.
Who knows but the sweetness and
beauty of those selfsame bulbs, coaxed
into blossoming by your care and
Uod's sunshine, may enter into every
nook and corner of your son), and
lead you to live up to the very beat
that is within yon ; and if you are not
to much uf a household machine this
Winter as you were last, maybe next
Spring's doc tor bills will not be so
alarmingly large as last year's; and, as
your first-born returns home at night
fall, alter a hard day's study, and a
constant buttle with theories and isms,
how restfnl will lie your blossoming
plnnts in the bright bay window! Full
down the blinds aud light the study
lump! Light, warmth, flowers what
a pleasant picture!
"What bulbs shall I buy?"
Why, those yon like best, of course.
But if 1 must con tine myself to only a
few, these are what I should select.
First would come the Lilies. Send
for a Bermuda Faster Lily, to make
glad ttte Christmas! ide. A Lilinm
Auratnm, too, the Oolden-rayed Lily
of Japan. One can get these beauties
as low as 25 cents each. I should want
a Hpotted I 'alia in this collection, and
a Lieu Chu, or Chinese Sacred Lily.
Of course, one wants Tulips. Try the
new Butterfly Tnlip, or Caloohortus.
The outstdo leaves of the flower have
spots upon them, causing them to re
semble butterflies' wings.
One of the hardiest and most beauti
ful of these Tulips is Futchellus, hav
ing a rich, yellow flower, sometimes
known as Golden Butterfly. They can
be had at 6 cents each.
Then there aro the Hyacinths both
double and single. How these beauties
tempt us, and stare at us from the cat
alogues. One should have a Roman Hyocintl
in the collection, if possible. They are
especially valuable as early Winter
blossoms. Then there are the Grape
Hyacinth; the Tufted, Feathered aud
Musk Hyacinths. One can have quite
a variety if one's pocketbook will al
low it. .
1 beg of yon not to fill yonr windows
with Geraniums. They are pretty, to
be sure, but other flowers are prettier.
A double white, red and p:ia are nice
together, if you secure good bloomers,
but three yoad Geraniums among
other flowers would be far prettier
than a wholo row of spindling, sickly
ones. Besides, everybody grows
Geraniums, but everybody does not
grow bnlbs.
I should want at least three good,
reliable Tea Hoses. A Catharine Mer
met; a White Ilose known as The
Queen, and the new crimson knowu as
Marion Dingee.
I wish you could bnve seen the lovely
Cuthariue Mermet that bloomed so
well for me for two Winters.
On last New Year's Day a great
creamy-pink Kose came ont in all its
beanty, delighting my guests with its
beauty and fragrance.
It is a constant bloomer during tlit
Winter months, and one reason 1 love
it so Is because 1 grew it from a
"slip."
Over three years ago a friend handed
me two Catharine Mermet Kosebuds.
1 took the cuttiugs, pinching off the
buds, and one of them grew aud grew
in the little pot I put it in, and its
sweet fragrant Koses have graced the
bridal corsage, and been a constant
delight to myself and friends.
One can derive more real pleasure
from Koses in the window than from
any other one class of flowers.
Then yon want vines, of course. Tht
Parlor Ivy is one ol the most beauti
ful vines 1 have grown. In the centre
of one hangtng-babket I have Fink
Oxalis, and on the outer Oil go of the
basket l'arlor Jvy reigns supreme,
clinging gracefully up the wires by
which tho basket is suspended, and
growing down over the sides.
All the Ivy asks for is a little earth,
plenty of water and sunshine, and its
glossy leaves will help to make a per
fect picture in tho bay-window.
The different sorts of Wandering
Jew nre very effective in a window.
Mine never know when to quit growing
and I never think of spending a Win
ter without at least one hanging-basket
of Wandering Jew.
Do not take vour Century Plant
down cellar this Winter.
Make a fancy stand, by nailing the
top of a cheese box to four stout legs,
then tack on irregular pieces of bark
to the edge of the top. Paint the
whole stand any desired color, give the
pieoes of bark a touch of green paint,
and, over all, a good coat of varnish.
What it yon do not expect to live to
see your Century Plant bloom?
Just place it ou the stand in the
centre of your bay-window, and see if
it does not give a stateliness to the
room that it did not possess before.
PAVOKKD J LOWERS.
"Yellow flowers are in high favor,
said a florist to a representative of the
New lork Jlerttld the other day:
"Yellow! Yes, yellow as virgin gold!
That is the accepted color and will be the
rage this fail," said an np-town florist
to me yesterday. "If eras were
marked by colors this would, indeed,
be the golden era in floriculture. A yel
low chrvsuuthemum is the flower bv
long odd's most in favor aud will be the
reignin? favorite throughout the Baa
sod. They fetch doable the price of
any other shade of the same flower.
and so g eat is the demand for them
that it is impossible to obtain enough
to supply it
T'Ley are used for corsage and hand
bouquets. Nothing is handsomer than
a bunch of these golden beauties worn
at the corsage of an ivory white even
ing dress, and a buncnof tnem, with the
long stems tied with a wide Spanish
yellow ribbon with long ends, is just
the thing to set off a white or block
dress.
"Yellow roses are also much in favor.
but they pah) thnir ineffectual tires
when compared with ttie rich shades of
tue chiysaDthemum. A young swell
tninks himeelf in high fiat her when
he get a big yellow chrysanthemum to
wter for a buttonniere. From $ ' to
S is nothing for some men about town
to pay for a bot.ntifully tosseled and
perfectly filled cbryranthemum.
"The rich, tloep yellow single and
donbla marigolds are also much in
favor, but they lack grace on account
of their stiff stems and do not make
such effective decorations on that ao
coouL It is greatly to be regretted
hat onr national flower, the golden
rod, is so sliort-livod, for it is the most
graceful of flowers and wherever used
as a decoration is without a peer."
Charging ArimUalon to Railway Stmtlon
The Paris. Lyocs and Mediterra
nean Kailroad has Inaugurated a
novel mode of limiting the over
crowding of Its station. Persons
who wish to see their friends off on
a train or enter the waiting-rooms
for anv i u; ne arc required to buy
station tick t, the price of which li
2 cents, and which is good for one
hour if the holder wishes to stay so
long. The ticket however, must b
given up on leaving the station, how
short th stay, and for rcadmis
am another ticket muat be bought
THK SUBJUGATION OF WOMAN.
"Not long ago," writes a lady, "I
heard one man discuss with another
how he might best 'bring a womau to
his feet, as he metaphorically express
ed himself. Without at all admitting
that that is a proper place for any
woman to be, let me submit a few time
honored recipes gathered from olassio
fiction, deduced from reading between
the lines of current news, and inferred
from cironmstautiol evidenoe in those
lives which it has been vouchsafed to
me to observe with more or less care.
"A man ran bring almost any woman
to his feet by the simple and inexpens
ive device of pretending that she is too
good for him. Why a woman is willing
to accept a flattering estimate of her
character from a man whom she has
the beat possible reasons tknow is no
connoisseur of character at all, it would
le difficult to say: It would also be
curious to know why a woman who has
never made goodness the end and aim
of her existence should be gratified at
the idea that she has accidentally
achieved it; bat the fact remains that
pothing will make a woman so entirely
manageable as for a man to insist, in
face of direct evidence to the contrary,
that she is an angel whose perfections
he vainly tries to emulate.
"If the man is dissatisfied with the
degree of subjection obtained by pre
tending that a woman is too good for
him, let I im follow it up after she is
at bis feet by turning rouud and pre
tending that be is too good for her.
This will produce any desired degree of
moral and temperamental limpness,bni
he must take great care not to try this
method first, as it doesn't do to begin
with.
Another ver-v successful masculine
wile i beg pardon, I mean method
is to pretend that a woman is wise be
yond the average ot her sex, ber mind
approaching in its virility even the
masculine standard. With some women
the 'good comrade' fiction may be used
with profit. They will be better pleased
to be told tbat they are worthy to Le
met on a plane of equal friendship with
the other sex, than with any amount of
the chivalrous but patronizing devo
tion which they might claim as a
right
"There is one way in which the m tu
rn ay bring a woman to bis feet hut I
almost hesitate to mention it, as it in
volves so much time, trouble, self-
sacrifice, and expense that the game is
hardly worth the caudle.
"He may enter apon a consistent
course of promoting the welfare and
happiness of the woman whom he wants
to subjugate. He may study her tastes
aud try to gratify ttietn. lie may
bring her snob offerings aud testimon
ials of his regard asconvntionality and
his pnrse may permit; 10 tell the truth,
she may not be offended if he sone
times goes the merest trifle beyond
the limits of both. He may lay every
thing he has at her feet, offering
n this fxshion a lust price for bring
ing her to his feet There are just
two objections to this way the
first is that, as I have said, it seems to
:ost more than it comes to, and the
at her that so curious and past finding
ont is the nature of woman it is as
ikely as not to faiL
"Iheu tl.ero is the exactly opposite
lan of coni-istcnt abuse which, woman
K ing an illogical animal, is pretty
ikely to succeed if some disinterested
H-rson does not interfere. The worst
of it is that though all women may be
reduced to subjection by judicious
1 use, it often tikes so much of it in
refractory cases that the law, or the
woman's male relatives, or aome other
meddlesome element enters into the
'ase aud prevents such complete and I
satisfactory experiments as might have
been desired. Systematic abuse is by
far the surest way tor the man, only he
must be carefnl that the particular
woman on whom he tries it has no one
specially interested in her welfare.
'1 do not offer myself as the advocate
r defendant of any of these ways of
bringing a woman to the feet' of a per
son of the opposite sex. I simplv
-submit them as the ways which have
been used with tolerable success from
the beginning of time, and which are
aot likely to fall until some radical
hanges take place in human nature.
"If the mau had asked how to win a
woman's self-respecting love he would
bave been told to offer her the fair ex
change of a life of affectionate care for
one of loving devotion, to give her as
much sympathy aud appreciation as he
was capable of, to promise her an
sqnal share in the anxieties, responsi
bilities, and rewards of his life, and to
m no more than an equal share in
...so of her own. But 1 beg the man's
ardoni 1 am showing goods he never
teked to see."
The Health or Finland.
Our Ilelaingfors correspondent
complains of the nervous fright iutc
which people in I Inland are throwc
by the arrival of cholera. Abo town
advertised for a cholera doctor and
offered a good salary. Not a single
application was received, although
the place swarms with medical stu
dents, llelsiafors advertised in a
similar way and hud two applicants.
Wherever you turn, adds our corre
spondent, "you hear advice to undergo
no risk. One assures you that fruit
must be avoided; another that you
must keep your body well protected
by flannels, and a third advises only
boiled water a both drink and foodl
As a matter of fact most families
have adopted strict measures in re
gard to eating, although I can nevet
think that the universal summer dlsb
here, consisting of sour milk with
ginger and sugar, can be wholesome.
We are all very careful not to catch
a cold and to frequent baths. Out
side Iletsingfors are two large hos
pitals, with beds, nurses, medicine,
ambulances, etc, in per feet read in ess,
and there are besides to be disinfect
ant stations and a central medical
depot in the middle of the town,
where doctors will be In attendance
day and night. The railway officials
have fitted up special hospital cars
which have a weird look, all in white,
with a big red cross outside. Here
and there along the line are hospitals
to which the sick will be sent Spe
cial Instructions have been given to
the hotels, factories, etc. The real
danger for Finland Is the fact that
St. Petersburg people flock here for
safety and they may bring the cholera
Mth them." London Sews.
Ferdinand de Soto was buried in a tree
trunk, which was sunk In the Mis
sissippi River in 1542.
"German
Syrup"
Judge J. B. Hnx, ofthe Superioi
Court, Walker county. Georeia.
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send ns voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recom
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. " I have used
your German Syrup," he says, "for
ray Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. I can recommend it for
them as a first-class medicine."
Take no ubetituta.
Mrs. Elizabeth Messer
Baltimore, Mi.
"Hood's Saraparll a 1 a wonderful mertl
e !lie. For 10 yi-a s I taait Kaaralgbi. Dyp-ji
nnil faliHinitr iila. SonietliHH9 1 would b-M
most slit! Willi cold MTMlr:itln. I weiglMMt
list than luo lli. anil tut pictuie of misery
Sut 1 Ik-kii to improve at once ou taking
Food's Sarsaparilla
nrl am now parftmiy enred. I eat wel'. slrj
-l, and urn prff- health. Instead ot
bf lee oVail now, I mn hIItw ami weltfli 14K
il-." BIKS. tl IZABETU Ml
tssta, 19 Kasl llaruej
htreet, tt.iltimorr. Mil
II()i:d i I'l 1.1.4 are pntelv veoftjible.
FOR WHOM LO WOMEN IMtESS.
Is it to please tbeir own eyes, those
it other women, or the men?" The
question is a broad one. Once, in a
love story, the heroine cried, "Were I
shipwrecked on a desert island, with
no hope of ever feeing a human being
again, 1 would shine my finger nails
on the palms of my bands nntil they
were as bright as now." Good for the
girl, bnt she was in a story-book, and
the sad fact remains still a sad fact that
the average live woman takes ecstatic
delight iu donning her ugliest and rag
gedest gown the minute the eye of the
world is off her for a few minutes.
None but her "dearest" and "chum
miest" friend ever sees her in this
gown or knows how she looks with her
hair nucnrled, except perhaps her
family; but, as Kipling would say,
That's another story." Mow, if her
dearest friends do not call forth the
prettiest frock and the twistedest curls,
ho does? The answer is most easily
found in examples. One given A
formal luncheon. Hue knows she is
on'y going to meet women, and of
them she knows a few slightly; there
are others for whom she does not c ire
a cent, aud perhaps Home whom she
dislikes, but she makes a most elabor
ate toilet. Her bravest frock aud bon
net will appear her most immaculate
gloves and shoes, and she will curl
every hair of her head. Another illus
tration The daintiest ribbons and
laoes and the finest flowers are saved
to be worn to delight the eye of man.
jt'or both of these tricks she will give
(the best of reasons; bnt why, wheu it
tan be otherwise, does the ragged
wrapper and the horny curl-paper
exist? There are some women who
remind ouo of the cl arly- cut cameos,
so exquisitely neat are they. JNIorn
ing, noon and night, and between
nieals, may or may not bring ont differ
ent costnmes, but always there is the
same fieslt, clean look about them.
Even ' chums" are not favored with
glimpses of careless dressiug. The
qutstion is answered partly: Women
want most to appear stylish in the eyes
of other women, pretty and sweet in
the eyes of men, and expect the love oi
their relatives aud best irieuds to mend
holes, sew on buttons, brush and curl
locks, making imagination labor heav
ily to make up lor these and other de
ficiencies in tie toilet with a few ex
ceptions. A Callant American
Vi'e recently published an account
of the presentation in Bombay of I
medal to Lieut Huddleston.of tho In
dian marine, says the London Globe,
for the bravest deed of a year," and
have since received particulars of ar.
equally gallant attempt to save lif
made by tho American champion
longdistance swimmer.
In the winter the steamship Tan
iier. of Philadelphia, had an event
ful voyage from Santiago de Cuba,
and a sad accident occurred while the
vessel lay at Ft. de France, Martini
que. The secand engineer, J. McFar
land, well-known in Philadelphia,
went into the water to bathe, and,
being seized with cramps, gave
hriek and disappeared.
As there were several sharks ru th
vicinity, everybody hesitated before
going to his rescue, but J. B. John
ston, the champion long-distance
swimmer, of Philadelphia, one of the
crew of the Tangier, Jumped over
board, fully dressed, and for an houi
continued to dive for the body,
He Anally rescued it, after a del
perate conflict with two of the man
eaters, in which he had to use hli
sheath knife to ward of! their fero
cious attacks. Both Johnston and
the drowned man were bitten in sev
eral places. McFarland was greatly
respected by his shipmates, and was
buried with full naval honors, the
French authorities of Martinique
sending forty officer's and six sailors,
in full uniform, to attend the fun
eral. The coflln was covered wjth
wreaths from the American and
British, residents.
The most Indestructable wood is the
Tarrah wood of Western Australia.
bich defies all known forms ft dc-iv.
itid Is untouched by all destructive in
sects, so that ships built of it da not
net d to be coppered. .
Mr. and Mr. Charles P. Jacobs, at
Pendleton, Ind.. have celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary. The din
ner was spread upon the same table
cloth upon which the wedding feast
vas served nriy years ago.
That What Brought the ractorlM.
Cheap fuel anil low freiuhts ara the nMl.
tics ol miiiiilactuiliiK. Tw,i fuel oil ui,e ioes,
fmir raiirila. one a -.mln( twit tin.,, mvtj
tir!01tli tlieie ailvauhigiM and bionulit hor f.Mir
I vtoiifs as mmhi tiie town wat laid out by
Uy A. bwiuKinj Co Chiemo Jve.
If you had as many leupes in each
eye as the common dragon fly hac,
each of your organs of s'ght would bf
is big as a box car.
NaDtalMla S1C0 per -h ire. Even 2harex .
cures a lon lot. fortunes in tlie South, ."end
vs. lor piospeuiua. a.j. Mcliriuc. Atlanta, Ua.
Jamas nenlhorn, a farmer np&i
Jefferson Ind., recently shot a large
c ray eagle measuring 1- feet from
Mp to tip.
Rnpfure fin f gimrMMfeetf by
Dr. J. 15. Mayer, 831 Arch St., Phira,
Pa. Fa.-9 at once, no operation or de
lay from business, attested by thou
wnds of curt s after others fail, adviof
iree, send for circular.
In South America there is a raoe ot
jats to which "men, wing" is an uu-
leamed accomplishment.
Tumi Kltiney Cure frr
f ropy. Gravel, Diabetes, Bright',
Heart,Urlnary or Liver Diseases, Nerv
tusness, Ac. Cure guaranteed. 831
arch Street, I'hllaJ'a. $1 a bottle,
tor 5, or druggisc 1000 certificates ef
we. Try lu
A ! si k of cards ran be dealt ont la
56 081 con O.I.OOO.tCO.OOO.OOO.OOO.OOO,
tXMj (MO.OOO.OCO ways. .
The oldest Egyptian monuments
bow tbat the saw was in use at least
1,000 ye-irs B. C
EXJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
penlly yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers aud cures habitual
consti nation. Svrttn of Imps is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro- j
duced, pleasing to the tusto and ac
ceptable to the stomnch, prompt in j
its action and truly beneficial in its ,
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend 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 leading drug-,
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on band will pro-.
cure it promptly for any one who'
wishes to try it. Lh not accept aay
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAM FRANCISCO. CL.
Louisviiu. r. tie iv york. w.r.
Sssssssss
S Swift's Specific S
O A Tested Remedy CS
5J For Alt
s Diseases
s
Cal A reliable cure for Contmgioc 2
Blood Poison, Inherited Scro- jf
fulft and Skin Cancer.
k Am a tonic for delicate Women
and Children it has no equal. Sfr
S Being purely vegetable, is harm
lesa in its effects. W
SA treat le on Blood anrl in Dla- CL
tu&iltiO rftUE oo Sbi'lit-ataon.
2 SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
O Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. O
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tnnsj WotitMna n libit
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14
'Maria," sil Mr. Pe Fotque,
"wh'ch 'ud vou druther hear, popular
r cI.-i&uoh! mniic?"
"Classical, t'f course."
Why?"
It costs the most."
Dabney In what army did General
TrabbtT serve?'"
HuHller Not in either.
Dai nty Ho does he gi t his title?
Hustler Tie commands a large sal-
ry.
Ann man that tints an artlrla In reach t
tv iroiliett toyman to lighten lir lalmr in cr.
.only a s-narai (0 lal.i & Cn. urWv mine
luiW tun hfa.l lu making DobbtiiV fcVcti ic
oan o cheap tbat all can uh it. You give it
trial.
A certain bird l.u .ter has killed 500
irdsthis teaon, and sold theoi for
en cents apiece. He only missed eiaht
thots iu killing the 00).
leafoea4 Can't be Cored
v lo. iil aiiiiltcatlon as tl.ev ran not re.irn tbe
liseaed Mriion of the ear. 1 hie In only one
ay to rme ih alnp's and that is bn Kmstiiu-
hinat renifillt'9. la(nas ! caused bv an 111-
l.tmtM 4ife.l ti on of i uh mucous tiutniE of tho
MiMacfii.iu lube. f hen tnisi iiiIh; uvtn iiitlainvil
foil have a rumbllni: miunl or linerfect liear-
ng. anil tii-u ii n entirely ciosa.i. UHaiiieit 19
lie rem t. anil iui1ei the Inflammation can lie
.alien ut and this lulxs resiormt to its normal
'oudition, lieai tnc will be fleHtrwveil forever:
jiue CmS'S ont of ten are eause 1 (v e.tl.irrh
atucti Is iiothmt! but au iufljiiiti.t coinllttou of
lie mucous sui I.iees.
w e wtll eive One Hundred Potlars for itiv
tase of lvalues (cau-ed bv t'ai.iiili) I tut we
i.ni not cure by taking Halt's Calairb Cuie.
ieua lot circmais, ire.
r . i. in r.. r i s go, luieno, i.
aT-Suld by ti U)ii(iata, Toe.
A pe.v tree that Governor John En
Net tt tret out iu 1630 Is still standing
tear Daoversport, Mast1. It blossoms
t very season aud bears a poor kind ol
ruit.
How I W rota lien Hnr,"
old by Gen. Lew Wallace, is one scran from
Hie voluminous ami superb I uiamme of eini-
leni writers ana interest tig ai tides tncti ''.
ifiti i (.umpimion uiini'iiiice. it remote im
hlace in t&. tiio lumilles bv ilie veisatilttv and
the tiiatiiictiei.es of Its ;eoeral ai ti . tue
nil ii cuaraviei vi an its stories, ttie DHKntin sc
t us iiiuMriitti.tis. 1 Hen li con es etei v week.
ind one nets a meat deal for tl 75 a year. Tiii
prtca sent at once will ntttle yon to the pa ter
to January. p.. a. I. ties luk Youth s Cou
amios, Boot. ti. Mass.
A Portland (Oreoii) Chinaman
aked bis queue iu coal oil. A match
lid the rest. His countryman in the
iieighborbood attende 1 the funeral iu
ar;e numbers.
"Kemrmber tl t In Gurflehl Tea yon hnvenn
nufail'iiK I'emetly lor linli'Sli'", ttii'k Heal
HiUie anil every jitterdinu 111 tlint an afnsrl
Ininacli can niMke ym Milter. Evi v diuitist
ells it. Zjc., cue. anu l. '
Mrs. Mary Bell, recently deceased,
f Omal a, was the largest woman in
.Vebritska. S'le weighed nearly 400
pounds and it required ten men to
landie the coffin.
For Branchial, Anttiuiat.o and Vu'iBonary
Complaint. ' H ewn l Bronchml Trochtt"
nave rem Kabla curative yi oi.erlias. SaU
'nly in boxat. '
A piece of fios tkin not larger in
diameter tha t.ie ruber tip on your
lead peoell, has more pores in it than
here are meshes in the morqaito net.
For sick hadadi',lizziiia, or swimming In
the linad. pain in ' uavk.botly or rlieunia is;u,
ke beechara s rills.
KATCBAT. HOUBT.
' Hallo, Vanderloin, some of your
ueople coming In on this uaiu?"
"Ves; I'au ezpeotlt g a etster of
mine.'
"Sister, ehl By birth, or refusal?"
NAMED,
McCorkle "Do you know what Is
'be best thing out?"
McCrackle "Xo; what is it?"
McOorkle "I haven't derided
whether it's an aching tooth or a coc
"asration. '
The baby daughter of the German
Era per or was baptised with water
drought, as is the case of the baptism
f the other Imperial prlucts, from tb
Kiver Jordan.
Since tbe Franco-Prussian war
Prance has epent $1,800,000,000 In mil
itary appropriations besides the round
billion paid Germaoy for indemnity.
THE lAKDSTICK.
Br ANO.f.
Of all civilized nations, the Frenel
alone have adopted a sei sible ami
logical sy&tem of weights and measure!
something for which they can give t
reason and tell the why and the where
fore. The base of the system is metre,
which i one ten-millionth-of the dis
tance from the equator to the pole,
and from this the other principal units
of measure and weight are at once
derived.
That part of arithmetic relating to
weights and measures has no terrors
for French school children. They do
not have to puzzle their poor little
brains to remember such senseless
rules as that a perch" of stone is 16J
feet long, 1 foot high and 1 feet thick,
and contains 21 cubio feet; or that the
standnrd bushel contains twenty-one
hundred and fifty eubie inch es and
forty-two hundredths of a cubic inch,
or anything equally bewildering about
wine gallous and ale gallons.
Having learned what a metre is, the
rest is as easy as the alphabet. The
names of the denominations lower than
the unit are indicated by prefixing the
Latin words, dcci, one-tenth; centi,
oue-hnndreth,' and mifli, one-thousandth
to tho unit. The names of the
denominations higher than the nnit are
formed by prefixing the Greek words,
deca, ten; hrrtn, one hundred; kilo,
one thonsaud, and iniria, tea thousand
to the unit. The entire system u
decimal, from first to last, and is
simplicity itself.
Now, it is trne that many otbet
governments, onr own included, have
adopted the metric system; but the
people, outride of France, will have
nothing to do with it, and seem to
think that it is much better to sling to
their old and clumsy systems.
Taking'our cue from England, w.
pin our faith to the yard as the unit of
onr system. Oue third of a yard is a
foot, one-twelfth of a foot is an inch,
two yards make a fathom, seventeen
hundred and sixty yards are a mile,
and so on, without rhyme or reason.
What possible sense is there in such
a jumble of thirds, twelfths, sixths and
so forth, unless it was devised for the
purpose of maknug learning more diffi
cult? And what do you suppose was tbe
origin of the nnit a yard? Jt seems
too ridiculous to be a fact, bnt it is true
that the yard is supposed to represent
the length oi the arm of King Henry
I, ot Englncd, taken by his express
order in ll'io! Could anything be
more absurd than that?
The original measure was kept at
the Exchequer in London for many
centurie. It was examined by a royal
commissioner in 171:2, who, in bis re
port of it said:
"A kitchen poker, filed at both ends, would
make as pood a standard. It baa been broken,
rid then repaired an clumsily tbat tbe Joiut u)
nearly n loww at a pan- of tone."
For the uses of the British govern
ment an accurate copy of this arbi
trary, clumsy, broken standard was
prepared in l.GO, aud this copy, by
act of Parliament iu 1824, was made
the legal uiensure. At the same tiixio
it was ordered that if destroyed it
shotild be restored by a comparison
with the length of the pendulum vi
brating seconds at the latitnde of
London.
Iu 18 !5 the copy was destroyed by
the great Ore at tbe Pnrlt irueut House.
Attempts were then mude to find the
leupth by means of the pendulum as
already arranged, but the methods
were found utterly impracticable, and
the Englibh government was com
pelled to make use of snob, copies of
the destroyed yardstick as they sup
posed reliable
Hie United states government was
not only unwise enough to adopt the
inconvenient and inconsisteut English
measure, but sent a special messenger
abroad to secure a copy of tbe yard
stick for the use of the Coast Survey.
The copy secured was made by a
London instrument maker, who certi
fied to its correctness. Strange to say,
however, the American standard is
one thousandth of an inch longer than
the Urn tnh stsndard yardstick.
Now the mischief is done, and it will
take many years to undo it Americans
inherit the conservatism of the
English, and dislike to chang e, even
when a change would be beneficial, so
we must go on bothering our heads
over duo-decimals, when we tao use
decimals with one-tenth of tbe time
and trouble.
A REGULAR CIXCH.
HI gs Are you f-jllowing the horses
now?
I'.ritrcf Oh, ye.
llik'Ks Find it pavs you an)
better trun it did before?
Brigs Much, fm driving a street
ear. -
BAVO T7t erYLB.
"Dtd von not io that Mi Pompa
dour bad her hair brushed upon ber
forehead to-uurht?"
Yr; 1 thought It was a bang up way
of diessing it?"
A TWISTED QUOTATION.
'Will you h.iv another eup ot
ci ffe?" the Un.llady asked the board
er. He eliook his bead.
"The spirit is willtmr,'' he said.
but the coffee Is weak."
Nm Minimi. Oeordle's swal
lowed a quarter an' he's chokln'I
Oeor.Ue'S Jlmma -t n, ray cnua.
wiit did ou d It? Now I havea't
enough for a car fare.
IT WILIi R A TTLBT.
Paris "Did you hear tbat Browoej
put a bullet in his neaar"
h. ...Uj Ve noor fVdiwI It wd)
he noisy and trouble htm when he
w-llze, aftM tv.p.
PBOVOOATIOS SUFFICIENT.
. Outrag-! Author fiercely "Sir.
your abuM of my book adorns ur no ex
planatloul" Candid Critic ealmly 1 "Oil, yes it
do. I read it.'
Mr. W. T. Want.. 1 1 Geneva. If ., was enre
ot the severest fi.rm of dyspepsia by Hood'i
BraiiailiU. Full particular sant it you writt
C. I. Hood & Co., li.well. Mass.
The biphest praise has bten won by Hood's
Fills tor tueir eay, yet efficient acttou.
Trother 1 oi look sad.
Barlow I am. 1 took my best jjtI
to church and put 2 in tbe plate In
order to impress her, and she never saw
It.
HPnn " anlil t.hn lirntaa.sloual humor
litno turn "what rejlment did the
minute men of Lexington belong t j?"
"TO the MXiy-secouG, gi course.
.A,nu,lIliii. ou Q 17 mv tviV '
1UC millirilliun -!'' , J " .
HITS.
99
OLD, CHRONIC
PAINS
SUCCUMB TO
ST. JACOBS OIL
IT
HITS
THE SPOT
AND CURBS.
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?
It is concedecLthat the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food. , -
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?.
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Eoyal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
HUMOROUS.
ONE OF MANY.
M r. Fllghtie-Mere taleut Is not ap
preciated nowadays. Oh, If I only had
a touch of real genius
Wife tieniua isn't what you need-
Eh? What, theur"
Horse sense "
SHOCKKD AKU INTERESTED
J.atmette Terrible, that about
Nora, isn't It? Sue has manied just for
money.
Gladys Well dil she cet the money?
Jeanitette Yes.
Gladys Yes, it's terrible. How did
she mauage it?
AN TJKFAILIKO TEST.
Forefgt Visiter Is that college a
really line tducational lnstiluMou?
American proudly Is it? I ' ould
say it was. '1 luy've not the most idiotic
college yell to be heard l-i tue whole
country, air ye.", sir.
DR.KILMER'S
tncat KlDNEl LIVERS BWR?f.B
nitsolic Gravel,
Gall stone, Ir1ek dust in urine, &inslit urethra,
tnttnintr utter urinutioii, uiii iu tack mid liip.
Ilriht's Disease,
Tube -at in uriiw-. scanty urine. 5rim;-Roff
nires uriuary truublusaua kidney dlflicultius.
Liver Complaint,
Torpid or enlrtr?4 liver, foul tireitth, blhnu
tieatt, bilious bemiache, poor diiju&uon gout,
Ca t arrh a 15 1 a ! ' et
luflammiitlon. Irritation, uhfrntlon, dnbUin .
f roquent call, patH blood, mucin or pus.
3a.rante Uwontenta of Or BotH. If not be
flted, iMumriHs will refund yon tha price aid.
At Drusliilt, SOc. Size, I.1H Size.
'InvaJtlar GuiU to Health" ft CououUa tiun fr
LESSENS WIK INSURES SAFETY
to LIFE of MOTHER and CHILD.
My wife, after havirmnsed Mother's
Friend, passed throvuzh the ordeal wit h
little pain, was) atronsrer In one hour
than in a week after the birth of her
former child. J. J. McOoLoairK,
Beans iSta., Tenn.
Mother' Friend rebbed pain of Its terror
and shortened labor. 1 have, the healthiest
child 1 aver saw.
Mrs. I M. Ahebx, Cochran, Ua.
by ccmu. ctiirrw twvntld. on recaipc f price. f.-$)
au bolU. au.ft 'T Motliar," m.tle.1 rri
BtaoriELO ftEQULjfron co.,
VeriftWbytll )ruu. ATLANTA, iA.
Driving the Brain
at the expense
of the Body.
While we drive
tfi Krain xv
must build up f'fts
the body. Ex- CSs
ercise, pure air '-.
foods that
make healthy flesh refreshing
sleep such are methods. When
loss of flesh, strength and nerve
become apparent your physician
wilt doubtless tell you that the
quickest builder of all three is
Scott's Emulsion .
of Cod Liver Oil, which not only
creates flesh of and in itself, but
stimulates the appetite for other
foods.
PMpitcd bj 8,-ott a B-n. V T. An dranista
$10 W rth of Amuse mi'iit for li CeuU.
r-OSTAGK
rntPAtD
pnicE aoe,
WITH THE It
DIFFERENT
KOHLtMS
OF TUB
A.NOBOR "PTJSSZTjE
Apply fur Fr banttfii! illusttare I Ca'a
lojues, also about other puzzles ;ui.l iu-sse i
r: AD. RICRTF.R Ct 17 WaKIH k !rr
New Vork.X.
IADIK-s WHO WILL DO WRinNG F
t ma at home will make ood wanes. Hei.lv
witb ad lressvd stamped envelope. Jl lSd Ulkl
bXANTO.N. eoutb bend. lud.
"DON'T BORROW
feo oil
t
SAPOL
OWK3 HIM Mbt.'ll.
You see that man crossing the
trel? Weil, 1 am irretttlv indebted to
bim, and Indeed I can'i tell you bow
much 1 owe him. One thing Is certain
I naver can r!'V bim."
'He m nut b.i ur Kither, sitire there
is no other lum to w hom you can be
under such obligations."
No, he's my landlord."
DEFENSIVE MEASURE.
Honda Are you quick at foollnf
Cptires, OoufMmsV
Coupons-Yes, if they're dudes fig
ures, 1 have u only daughter.
his cunisiciTtuii.
She "Has your cjllejje work begun
yet. Mr. Sophl)?.
He "Ni, not yet. The ground 9
too wet aud slippery."
"Some fare are read much more
easily than others,'' remarked the
learned physioauom s'. "And ito'e."
sutiirestert the limner, looking hurl at
the phyi (RtioraHt.
with Pwtn RnAtneH atnl Paint which stain, the
bftn1. In luce ttif trim and hum roi.
Tho RUHiir Sun Stve t.l.tn I JtrllMnnt. l irfor
les. Ourattle, and ih fonxiiniff ;is or -no tin
or (araBice will. etry .urcuLn.
ADWAY'S
PILLS.
Purely fThMv ml.it an1 r-it.ll. f'aii4
E erfect Uiiifium, u'et? !! it mi atxt
e,iltiiful itv'uiaii( y. F-r the rure or ;iH h
oide'S of itir Stonjielt, Liver, butvlil Kulueys.
BtaUler, NVrvou La.-.ise3,
LCSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
INDIGESTION,
DIZZY FEEL1 HQS,
BILIOUSNESS -TORPID
LIVER,
DYSPEPSIA.
FPKFhX'T PIGF.STION will lie ai-eompllihd
by t.iktng l:.itlv.ty s fills. I!v. tlielr ANI'I
Hll.luU. propel ti. tlit'y sttiiiiiiate tlie liver in.
tlie Sforetiiui ol tin? litle and lis dis-h irua
tliroiiah tli biliary ducts. 1 li-se pills u d
o( tiom tsnt.i fur will quickly n-iriiiaie tlie
artlnii if the liver and tree lb-- lenient from
these disordvra. tine or two i! Iladwav's Pills,
taken dally by those si:l)"Ct I t iiii.!S pa ns
and Krrinliiy t tlie livi'i, II ke tlie syitoal
ri-uiilar a'ul s.-cure liealtHiy dii;esiion.
I'lUe, per box. to.d by all druggists.
It A 1 WAT CO., KW roitK.
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
bas twn liM hj Millions nf Mothers
V'T tliiir rutlilron whim iwilnuc f.,r ..vt-r
Pirty.-ars. li soitthni tlieelnld. ifi.-nnlhc
punis,allsys all pntu. nnrs wiud oulie, and
la Ike best reotiMly r.r durrtitjea.
TsveaiT-bve Cents a Itolile.
MMMMMWuM
(SHILOHS
CURE.
XhruaU Sold by all UruKin, on a Gumnw.
Pdn Ttemedr CM Pstarrb to tha
rwT. Whl to I and ITtennot.
fsuld by druKKiiOa or tmul by iumiI.
We. K. T. naultlna. Warrao.
wiIj you xxr
l'nt,.I.Kt.l.
( ..mi,, , . . ", : L'. " .'" ."""eni"n tint
ill
V4i0 Kr3iand wlreii. as ti,.1n .,
on ti niniii:ii I...,.-,,, .; "
-iKIS'Kt cr
it ks
-Maleortemale Aroius - anted.
A GEKTS WANTFO. ( Roth 8t-s1 to .u
A a day -as.lyn.ad-. 8 n.1 lsj f,i" .?,;,
if. ur new patent L.iHes- ie., n, f..,.1
lull pantcii.ars. . SIEHKI1T i tK west
muster St., St. Paul, Mn,,,. J ' a w ,st"
AGENTS WANTED ON SMART
Garfield Tea n
uruMr, Hrut-lw. iT.JT. lis !
Orremsjj
-tills ut
t;naf.
ures Constipation
31- W :tiiSl , N.Y
CANCER
5 cular. lr. II. W. &
No charge antll cnn-d: tiU
niosi pal iles: no kinf
eular. lr. II. v. & ariz, .New JxfJ, eZ
or raiitiUc. Srml f..r iir-
PATEraTss
F ll7-traU
oe bok fre
XIJJOER 8 PASftMFR rS. aSTMi.
uktuwa. AImm.
TROUBLE." BUY
Do Not Be Deceived SSjniTiJl
g"1 LL-1
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