I a.rt i ilri 'a ANCELUS. T AKOS BRTaST BC'SILL. Tie twlllilit ihartnn s slowly erept. Along tbe le, and uaiker grew. Touched by the flners of the night; While ling ring rays of lading liRLt Follow the siiu now 'Inking low, Benlnd the billows ot the deep. Fur tn the went the arsy Is en ; Ihe Meepled Clnncii spire Kleam afar; And rell noted viiiiHte on the r, It Is the sacred call to prayer. Llclit itlin'niers Iioin the evening- star, lo soften clijlit with mellow siieeo. The harvesters with nukftf filled. List' to the tolling of the Im-iIs: 1 hey bear Its iim-ic soit and slow. Wltli (ohled liami.4. anil lieans bentlowi '1 hey muse on whit 1 lie b-- fry tHla, Ana what ihe naitlni: aiii.i l wlll'd. OX THE ROAD TO WEALTH. Not long ago, Jimaon went borne ail worked up with excitement, lie liad been reading an advertisement of a patent incubator, and, a.'tc-r llanrinflf on the thing, and finding tbnt all ho had to do in orler to become n-paitliY was to bniM one n1 go to work liato'u lDg rrtt chickens for market, he ileci.lod to do this. He Immediately informed Mrs. Jim eon of his intention, bnt. being of a practical turn, and endowed with con siderable good hard Reese, she failed to see the glinting, glimmering gleam of cold in the scheme, and did not enthnne to any great extent, or go into conniption fits. Jimson was ssngnine, however, anJ not to be discouraged nor tnrned from his pnrpose. "I tell yon, Mrs. .Ttmson, we'll wear diamonds," he declared. "Don't be lieve it eh? Well, then, listen; I bny ix hundrtd ees; cost fen dollars. The incubator hatches five hundred of tl e eggs; we keep thechickens till they are of marketable aie and size, and sell them at twenty-rivy cents a piece that's one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Ten dollars from one hundred and twenty-five leavcsoue hundred and fifteen dollars clear profit. Just think of itl We'll Im rich, Mrs. Jimson; do yon hear?" Mrs. Jimson heard, and Jimson wna entbnsiaKtic, and so gn.ro he was on the high road to wealth, that the conld not help believing. "But how are yon going to make this this incubntor?" she wanted to know. Jimson was right at home here. He had everything already figured out his plant all ma! tired. "Von know that oi l be 1 np in the northeast bed room, where I slept all last Slimmer?" he aked. Mrs. .limson rt'markeil that, owing to the fact that she had mule that par ticular bed up, after it I ad bi en slept in by Jiiuhou, some hundredsof times, she was not liki ly to forcet it. "Well," declared Jimson, "I shall convert that bed into an incubator." Ami he did. lie prt a kiml of wire mattress on the hlMei i. and th n put a small stov under tins. Some hollow iron pities were run lei gthwise of the bedstead to equalize the heat, and the incub itor was read v. Jimson bcught all the ergs m town, and went to work to set the incubator np in business. Some old bed-clot-es were thrown over the wire mattress, and upon these was placed a layer of egRs. Another lot of bedclothes and a second laver wire placed above the first, and so "on, till the stock of e?ss wt-re exhausted. Jimson was so tickled over the sno cess of his scheme thus far, that he stayed out lute that night celebrating, succeeding in acquiring a two-ton jg. Along aVont three o'clock in the morning, Jimson smM, "(1'iu'l" to the boys, au l tut uinlerud off home. Ho bail hard work unlocking the door, but finally dnl so, ami succeeded in getting up stairs without waking bis wife. She had sat np till midnight waiting for Jimson, but had finally gone to bed aud to sleep. At the head of the stairs, Jimson, in his befuddled condition, made a mistake, and went into the room he had slept in the summer before - the room where the incubator was instead of the room he was then using as a bed room. He w8 tired and sleepy, and some thing else, and clambered into bed at once in the incubator! He was t-o mnddled he diil not discover his mis take, and was soon snoring away like a lord. The top layer of egg- bad do covering of bed clothes. Jimson had plumped down among and upon the eggs, seiashing them by the dozeu. In moving his feet, ho kicked the reg nlator of the stove, turning ou a good cheerful Sre, and soou he was a rolling, tumbling mass of humanity, tortured by the heut and bathed in perspiration aud eggs. He snored all niuht, till broid day light, and was found by Airs. Jimson in the mom ng. When bIio opened the door she was nearly floored by the terrible odor I anawtnl mixture of beer, whisky, e.gs and Jimson that greeted her, and she) came very near fainting at the rtis- gusting si ectacle presented by her hus band. She was teal when she. got over being disgnsted, and she routed Jimson out with the broom. Krery egg in the ineubator was smashed, the incubator was a wreck, and so wore Jimson's hopes of becoming a million aire. "Oh, yon're a beauty!" said Mrs. Jimson, scathingly, "(loin' to be rich, ain't we? goiu' to wear diamonds, all on account of vonr sreat incubator? Oh, yts, that looks like it!" And she pointed a withering finger of scorn at tho wreck. 1'oor Jimson! his hopes were blighted, ami it took all day and seven ; ponnits oi gooa soap to gel mm wasuea cleau. Then he burred the incubator, swore Mrs. Jimson to secreey, sni announced his intent. on of never again Bcheming to acquire riches. An Inventor on K:tltroiul Speeil. George Westinghmis.; Jr., the in ventor of the a:r brake that bears his name, is very niiicli interested in tbe attempts of railway conipanies.to Increase the speed of some trains. He said ye-terday: ' It is possible to to make a locomotive, perhaps, which can run and draw a train at the rate of eighty miles an hour. Tint has be.;n d ;ie. Ihit it i.-n't a matter of getting speed so much as it is a 'ues tion of slowing up. The problem of tbe future, so far as f.ist travel is concerned, is bow to get trains under the quickest control when they are running at high rates of s;i ed." Mr. Westitiiihotise went oti to say that it had been deino M rat" 1 by experi ments conducted under bis eye, that under the most favorable circu in stances the best that a brake could do would he to slack a train at the rate of three and a half miles a min ute "Now," said he, 'Supposing a train is going at the rate of eighty m les an hour. The engineer sees a danger signal or an obstruction 1,000 feet ahead of him, which is about as far as signals can be observed with reliance. He applies the best possi ble brake under the b-st possible conditions, and yet he will be run ning when be has passed over thai 1.00U feet at the rate, of about flrty miles an hour. So far as accident is concerned he might as well l.e run mnning eighty. The disaster which would follow derailment or collision to a train running fifty miles a hour could be but little les than to one Tunning eighty." 2'ew York Press. HUMOROUS SELECTIONS. GATHERED BY OUR REAPER. PATENTED afokes or Preachers, Lawyers, Doctors, and Editors Sou of Tbom Vory Dry and. Others Somewhat Juicy They Will Aid Digestion If Perused After Meals Do Mot Head Them Vpoa au mplf Stomach Bis Future Career. Tlsitor That's a big boy of yours Mr. Sooks. Mr. Sooks (proudly) Yes sir; I an ticipate a great future for my soJ Have you selected a profession tor him yet?" - "Not Anally; I did want him to bo a preacher, but now that toot-ball promises to be the national game I think I'll educate him as a surgeon." Omaha World-Herald. Conld n't Walk. Pashaway After I took Miss Sum, nilt home from the theater the othet niwht I wanted to kiss her 60 much and I think she rather wanted me to but she had her veil on. Cleverton Why, didn't you ask he to .take it off? "Iiashaway Because I wanted to pet home in time for breakfast -Cloak licview. He Got the Lids. nil Mrs. Mooney (to her husbanl) Teddy, go out an' schwear over th' back flnce at th' Callahans, so they'll t'row our shtove-lids back at ye, or sorra th' bite av dinner Oi can cook this day. Judge. A sitire Way. 'Is it true you've matched youv horse to trot against Jeppson's flyer?" "Ves." 'Io you think he'll win?" "I know he will." ' I didn't know your horse wa fast." 'He isn't fast, but I am going to Let ou Jeppsou's horse." Tie flayed Second Fiddle at Home. Ptrong-Minded Woman (to a rela tive, who has called on her) My hus band has now got a position in th orchestra. He plays first fiddle. ltelative Not at home, does he? "You bet he doesn't play first Hddl at home." "That's what I thought." Texa Siftings. Drawing Noar. He Ah! darling, even when time shall le no more our love " Mie It is almost that time now, I guess. "Kb?" "I said it was nearly that tlrm now. Time never gets to tie mure than 12, you know." Indianapolis Journal. A Kook-rNMIer's Kevenge. "I don't need nothing," said Mrs). Jaystnit h, when she oiened the door in response to a ring aud found a ped dler there. 'l'ardon nie, madam," fce replied, but I think you do need a grammar. I'm sorry 1 do not carry thetu with me. Good morning." Harper's Ba zaar. Supporting Ills Parly. Kitty How came you to be sitting in the window with Charlie Ltadde man when the Republican torch-light prcecss on went by? I thought hp w as a Ieniocrat. liessie So be Is: but it was great .'un. He held my hand all tbe time, so that 1 couldn't applaud. In New York ot Course. Police Commissioner (to candidate) Suppose von were to arrest a crim inal and he were to offer you $1 to let him go; would you do it? Candidate 'o, sir. "What would you fy to him?" "I d say to him: "Thry me wid a fjver.'" Texas Siftings. Should He Tragedy Nowadays. Wool Which doyou prefer comedy or tragedy. Van Pelt That depends; comeny, if the actors are up to their parts; otherwise, tragedy; there is so much solid comfort to be taken in seeing them kill each other off. Browning, King & Co.'s Monthly. Did the Dignified Thing. WhydU Dawson leave Hawser, Popes & Co.?" He didn't like the way they did things." "W hat did they do that he didn't like?" "Pounced him?" ruck. The Oltlo. Raleigh Me lord, did you see 'Will Shnkesjieare as Falstaff at the Globe last night? Bacon I did, Sir "Walter, and 1' aith it made me weary. Will's con ception of the role is damnably un Shakespearean. Life. Jot Kefore the Itatt). "Mamma has sent baby a nev mil;'," said Mrs. loungepapp. 'Is it as red as the one he wears now?" asked the happy father. In dianapolis Journal. Chentnnts Are Also Due. "It is the season for forest fires, droughts, and cyclones, stump speak ing and political devastations. Texas Sittings. The Wild Pigs. 'The Wild Pigs" is evidently a Christmas book a little out of season, but we are not sure that the young people, for whose delectation it was written, will like it any the less on that account. If they do they will be very unlike children of larger growth," who are usually very fond of tilings outof season. The story opens with an account of the pigs at homa and proceeds to tell how Tusko dis covered a garden in the forest and was pursued and killed. Then Snout becomes head of the stye, and the entire family, Grumpby, Fusky and Snout, have some terrible adven tureres which are brought to a happy termination by their return home. The story Is beautifully illustrated w. th four full-page pictures and sev eral smaller ones in the text by W. Parkinson. The publishers are Swan, Sonnescheln & Co. in London and Macmillan Jfc Co. In New York. Mao farlane has it for sale. Is olden times the wise men' came from the East; jiow it is fashions tor the women that come from the East. THE RACE HORS8. The Evolution of the Tharonghbraat la En tirely the Work of Man. In so far as a creature endowed with life can owe its existence to human hands, the race horse may be said to be uian-m.tde. Horses were an Important factor in tbe early nomadic life, and were cherished by their owners, and the progress of civilization, so far from breaking this bond, has apparently strengthened it. The animal is not now so essential to human welfare and convenience, ac cording to the Indianapolis Journal; science has furnished other means of transportation, and is in a fair way to take all heavy loads from his back; but In tbe degree that he ceases to be a mere beast of burden he is trans formed Into a source of entertain ment and pleasure. From a rough and hardy creature, subsisting on such rations as chance and conveni ence might provide, and suffering the hardships and Hazards of toil and ad- , . . . j ii , . venture, ho has gradually, evo.vcd into a combination of nerves, intelli- gence and trained muscle that has but a family likeness to his progenitors. earl it diners rroni them in the samt I measure that the American Beauty. ' r the La France rose differs from the little Uve-petaled pink flower that blooms by the roadside. Like those ' floral triumphs be is a product of scientific culture. It is not chance that has given him that peculiar build, that slenderness and lightness that to the expert means speed. His masters have wanted these develop ments, and they have studied sire and dam and the pedigree of each until they could name in advance the qualities of the offspring. And hav ing secured a horse that has him the possibilities of outdoing his ancestors they treat him as a precious belonging, as, indeed, he Is. A groom is always in attendance; he is brushed and combed until his coat is like satin; he is fed and housed and exer cised with as much care for his com fort as for a child's; royalty itself is not looked after with more solicitude. The attention that ancient Greeks used to give to their own bo lily training Is given by modern men to the race-horse, and, as a result, he is a marvel of physical perfection. And after all this? Why, when he hai been tested and his paces tried he is put upon the race track, where his Lcauty and grace and swiftness please the sight and thrill the pulses of the watching thousands as no other spec tacle devised for public pleasure could ?ver do. VORK WITH FOOT ACi .VIAND. last ledlnn Artisans Oeneraly Nuke Use of the Prehensile Tos The traveler who walks in tba native quarters of the cities of India :an easily study their all industries in their beginnings, as they were probably practiced in Europe In the middle ages. The shops are usually open and the workmen can he seen inside: textile industries, pottery, jlioe making, jotnenng, armoring, jewelry, confectioners all can be ob served In a single street, like Chit pore street, Calcutta. If we take oains to examine attentively the methods of working, we shall be struck by the enormous function played by the lower limb. Whatever the industry, the Indian, squatting or sitting on the ground, works with his feet as well as with his hands, and it might be said, adds a writer in the Uevue Scientitl iue, that all four of his limbs are in constant exercise. The joiner, for example, has no assis tant to hold his plank, but makes his jreat toe serve that purpose. The jiioemaker does not employ a fixed clamp for the shoe on which he is ewing, but holds it in his feet, which change position to suit his conven ience, while his nimble hands do the sewing. The metal worker holds the joint of his shears on his feet in cut .inu copper. In the making of wooden combs 1 have seen the comb held straight up by the feet, while the workman marked the teeth with one hand and with the other directed the instru ment to cut them. The wood-turner directs the hand-rest with his great toes; so, generally, do Egyptian and Arabian turneis. In smoothing twine or sewing a bridle the Indians hold the article between the first and sec ond toes. When the butcher cuts his meat Into small pieces he holds his knife between the first and sec ond toes, takes the meat in both hands and pulls It across the knife. I have seen a child climb a tree and hold a branch between his toes. The freat toe is capable of considerable lateral movements from the second toe, so that the Indian can easily pick up articles from the ground with his foot and even exert some force tdewise. Thonsjht or Their Wives. The last days of many of our great men have been particularly pathetic, ftays the Washington Star. Sam Ran dall, who was In terrible pain during his last hours, looked up just before he died at his wife and smiled and uttered the word "Mother." For forty-eight hours Mrs. Bandall had not left his bedside, and his hand was in hers as he passed away. Ran dall's was another case of overwork and lack of exercise. This, with his jieculiar temperament, brought on the gout, and he died in his prima Gen. Logan's death was full of pathos. His last act was to try to whisper to his wife, and Gen. Han cock's last words were to Mrs. Han cock, whom he called, using her pet name, "Ellie." He then attempted to say "good-by." but he had only uttered the word "good," when he rehapscd into unconsciousness and ex pired! Judge Jeremiah Black died with a prayer on his lips, and just before he left this world he said to his wife: "How can I fear to cross the dark river when my Father waits for ma on the other side." He then prayed, saying, "Oh, thou most beloved and merciful heavenly Father, from whom 1 had my being and whom 1 have ever trusted, if it be Thy will, grant that my suffering end, and that I speedily be called home to Thee, and oh, bless and comfort my Mary. A few moments after this he died. Vice President W ilson picked up a hymn book lust before he died, and looked for a long time at his wife's picture, which was pasted in ' tho front of it, and Henry Clay's words duriug the delirium of his dying hours were: "Mother, mother, uother, and my dear wife'." MouseTrap. Th sticky fly-paper which is con. Monly 3f.lii during the summer season ' ii t'aitl to make aa excellent motice trap. A sheet of It laid in front ot any hole from which tha mice emerge is suAicient t hold them fast until they are captured and destroyed. The en me paper may be used over a over again. Lm is made of compensation, HUMOROUS. Man always buries tbe hatchet where be can get at it readily Trt.cn le want? ltaatn. - i A mean man generally feels better when lie meets a uiau who is more of a rogm than be 1. Jagson rays there W nothing elevntirg about society it won't take a mau up when he's down. "Life is full of paradoxes. " "Yes." "Yes, It is ihB fast liver who has the iluggiah liver." "What makes old Chief San-or-a-fJun no happy to-night?" "lie robbed a traveling opera Inure a-t night and f cooped a trunk full wiga. He thinks they're scalps." of An Important Difference. To make it apparent to thonsnndn, who think themauives ill, that they are ' ?.ot ff?;ted w,th. Bn-V '"T' -Lut the system simply needs cleansing, .riu'(nifort home to their hearti thai is to lug comfort lioine to their rjearta, as a nihtiTM roitiil i iin is ami wi I v fu ll f vw Maiiuf,.t..r.i i.; tne California Fig Syrup Co. It. Ured'ne "I bear that Jewe'e Gilt has disappeared and that bis Ha oil ities are heavy." B'ad Streete "So are his asets, he didn't leave anything but two safes." How's This? WeofTffr On Huiidrfil r.'lai-s rewanl fm any case of eat.irrli I li t c.inuut bj curel l) kaktu H til's U it irrli t'ure. K J. I'HKNEr & ( j., l'ron , ToJi O. We, the uiulcrtiKiieil. have know i K. J. Cheni-y (or the last 1A yesn. ami oelieve him within 1 lrfectly liou.ir.ible in all luislii-s transao imi u t oin, and flnnel.illv ahle looai ry out auy ol- iic;itlons mad" by their tlrm. , West&Tkuax. wholesale Druggists, Tciedo, . wading, kinxx & Mabvik, Wholesale lrui:uists. Toledo. U. Hall at irrh t'ure Is taken Internally, aot fniE illteolly upon the blood and mucous sur faces ot the. svHteni. Teit unonials sent free, f rice Tic. per buttle, bold by all druggists. Mrs. Bridie "How much Is your 'nconie, C'liarlieY" Mr. Bridle "You ought vou spend it all, my dear." to know TlreJ all the time" -lloo l's Sarcaparill possesses Just those eleme:.U of stientcth which you so earnestly crave. It will build you up, fjive you tn appetite, strengthen your stoinarb and nerves. Try it. Hood's Fills luvlgoiaie the liver. "Well, I never got off anything that tickled me more than that," remarked the dog us he flic .ed the ilea from hi' 'eft ear. Professor James F. Bsl coek. trie well-known chemical eip-rt. for many years State Allayer for Massachusetts, recently iun ha.sed in oien market a t-amiile of Walter Haker 6c i o.'s Hreaktast Cocoa, and, after making a care, ul analysis, Med acertiticate in whieb he says: "I find that Waller Maker & Co.'s Hr.-nkla.si Co coa is alisolutely pure, ll contains no trace of any substance foreign to the pure roasted eo-coa-beau. The color is t hat ot pure cocomi the flavor is liatural, and not artificial; and the Jiroduct is in every rtieular such as must lave been produced from the pure cocon-ltcan without the addition of any chemical, alkali, acid or artificial rttvorittK Htilisiance.w bieh are to lie detected in cocoas prepared by the so nilvd 'Kutch Procesa.' " Bertie "Why did you buy this pic 'ure? 1 h only a flight of sparrows. " Algie "Why, they are very English, lon't you know, deah boy." CoukIis and Colds. Those who are suffering from (.'nil,! hi. Colds, Sore I hrn.it, etc., should try Kkown's Bkoncuiil Tkocues. 8 Id only 'libozct. Women appear to h tve a decided ad vantage over men in literaiy pursuit in the fact that long h ilr is simply a t-or-nal clicumstat ce with them. fa ii nn Kltfney Cure Tor Iroy. Gravel, lHabetes, Bright', Bean, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, Ac. Cure snaranteed. 831 Arch Street, riillad'a. $1 a bottle, for $6, or druggist. 1000 certificate of wm. TrylU Lady Friend io Mrs. Newlywed "Well, how do you like your flat?" Mrs. Newlywed "Which do you mean; the one I married or the one J Mve iu?" Rnpfnre cure gnaraBfee1 by Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St, PhlPa, I'a, Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou lands of cures after others fail, advio 'ree, send for circular. There Is a young man in C h'cago so ci-r ful that in calling he always knocks for fear if he came with a tin; (te might consider it a proposal. We eat too much and take too little out door exercise. This rs the C.iult of our modern civ ilzation. It is claimed lliit ; n,.id Tea, a tlmple herb remedy, help Nature to overcome hese abuses. An exchange calls love a-species of Intoxication. Perhaps that is why the ourse of true love is so often arrested. If afflicted with oreevesusrr.Tsaac Thorr.n von's tye-aater. DruMs sell i;t per bottle Premier Gladstone is such an Indefa tigable trre- cutter that it. would not be inappropriate to greet him as "old fellei." Wire "Don't you think this bonnet makes my face look rather fhort?" Husl and 4o; but It makes my oockethook look like a perfect divaif." "Can yon see how Dotson can afford to order a $10 suit?" "Yes, He don't expect to pay for It." 817 August Flower" Miss C. O. McClave, School teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N. V. " This Spring while away from home teaching my first term in a country school I was perfectly wretched with that human agony called dyspepsia. After dieting for two weeks and getting no better, a friend wrote me, suggesting that I take August Flower. The very next day I purchased a bottle. I am de lighted to say that August Flower helped me so that I have quite re covered from my indisposition." i Deceived with Faatra, Knamrla and Palnta which stain tha hand. Injure the iroo and hum tt1 The Rhine. Sun sto.e poliah U Brilliant, Odor less. Durable, and the snnaiimer pava for no tin or glass package with everr port-base. Garfinlrl To a ? a U bad eating-, I2 Heaulaictoe KeatorenConipliloii.3aTe DoctoiV uures ijonstipation THE LOST AKT OF KIDESCENT METALLIC O LACES. The most tantalizing of modern pot terv visions is the beautiful iridescent Instre of the middle age. How did those old potters in their miserable atelierp, furnished with awkward wheel", with cumbersome turning 1 looks, possess:ng only a fraction ot the chemical knowledge of the dav, turn oat these fine graceful pieces witn ti eir shimmering, burning, changeful colors, which take new depths at every varying angle of light,-which rival the moiher-of-pearl in delicacy and variety and which imitate every sheen and pi mmer which is found on the lip of the shell, the skin of the serpent, the coat of the leopard, tbe wing of the bird? Their work has been called one of the "lost arts, ' but that it is to re main so one doubts in looking at a r. cent pottery development of France the metallic lustre art ware made at Golfe-.Tuan, near Cannes, in the Mari time Alps. This ware, first displayed at the Parts Exposition in l!-8'., has only just begun to attract anything like public itteution. In its short life it has been put on exhibition but a few times, has never been offered to the public in a alesrooro, and except in a few rare pieces has not been exported. .Never theless, since first displayed, it has numbered among its friends several of tbe leading artists and connoisseurs of Paris, one especially, tbe artist (Jer ome, has interested himself in the ware ; and given the aid of his advice and in fluence to tne potter, M. Clement i Slassier. Jn the present year the ware has been displayed in Paris at tbe salon of the Champs de Mars, and is now to be aeen iu the exposition of the arts of women open in the city. Its success has been great with lovers of artistic pottery. The government has bought pieces which will be put into the Lnx embong, it is said, at the next rear ranging of Ihe museum, and its domain has been extended to America, where it goes, I trnst, to conquer, several Americans of wealth having carried home pieces, among them Potter Palmer, Mr. Havenieyer end Mr. Tiffany. 'Ihe ware is an imitation of b'le twelfth century lustra ware of Persia. The Persian pottery shown in the great. ;ol lections ot mtiHenms la usually of a later date sixteenth and seventeenth ceDturies and is known as i:hodian or Haniasoua ware. While very interest ing and sometimes beantifnl, it is quite another thing from the Persion of the twelfth century, whiou the new pottery imitates. The latter ware has usually white ground and is decorated with positive greens and bines; the earlier ware is of a dark ground and much richer in inster. It was especially em ployed in tiles which the Persians used freely in decorating the exterior as acll as the interior of thair buildings. The special beauty of the ware was produced by the decomposition of a metallio salt, usually silver or gold, l'be salt was not applied until after tbe piece had received its white lead hard glaze, then it was used to paint in the pattern. The chemical action which took place in the firing of the piece after the application of the metallio pigment let loose the oxygen of the lalt and left the atoms of the metal imbedded in the surface of the glaze. The result was the treasured irides sent, prismatic effect. The peculiar ities of the glazes and the operations employed at (lolfe-Juan are, of course, not revealed to tbe public, bat as it is i.be result, not the method, which in terests ns, there is no loss. The result s excellent. In the first place, the forms are Ood. M. Maseier claims to follow only Persian shapes, aud in doing this be not ouly '-preserves the unities," hut he awakens many remembrances of Persian customs. He makes, the hookah-jar for containing the water through which the smoke from the strange Persian pipe, the hookah was made to pass for the sake of cooling it; the long-necked wine bottle; the open water jars placed in rooms; the old water pitchers, spheroidal in shape, with short necks and tiny spouts, from which it was tbe custom to pour tbe water first into the hand of the drinker; the ewers in which tbe water was brought to the table for the washing of the fingers before the meal began a performance which always preceded a Persiau dinner party; the great bowls in which flowers and fruit were kept; plaques, lamps, a variety of small dishes; in short all the forms found in tbe clay and brass vessels of Persia. The decorations follow tnose foond on the wares which have been un earthed. Jn many cases they are pat terns copied irom fragments bronght from Persia by the painter Girouse. Palm leaves, the spine of the thorn, the leaf and flower of tbe thistle, tbe irregular radiation of crystal, the (tar rish, the eye of the peacock's feather, the spotted hide of the leopard, the rings and marks of tbe snake, the wav ing linesof plumage, all and used gener ally in an "all-over" treatment. Kirely a distinct pattern as a large fleur-de-lis is used on a ground covered with pe culiar markings. Barely two styles are used. The gronnd in nearly all the piece i is dark. Looked at from one angle it is a brown, a dark red, a dull green, an almost black bine, a hard gold, a leaflike silver. Taken in another light it is shot with brilliant violets, pnrples, yellows, reds, golds, every color con ceivable. The iridescent effect is much less brilliant than in Hispano-Moorish and Italian lustre ware, but it is never theless, very beautiful, and it isin per fect harmony with tbe dignified, chaste designs and tbe rich, dark coloring. The new pottery is not destined to become common. Its production is attended by too great pains, expense and uncertainty. Fifteen years were spent in experimenting before any thing was obtained to offer the public and now tbe potter never knows bow a piece will come from the kiln after it has undergone the 18 to 20 hoars firing necessary for its lustre. Bnt tbe ware is undoubtedly destined to be classed among the purely artistio pottery de velopments and to mark a stage in the refiuding of tbe "loot art" of iridesoent glacee. Ida M. Tarbell, in Phila vLclphia Inquirer. E.Iwin Po you thtuk your father nil mother will rlo anjthlnir for u when we uti marrle4? Augellne They bare promised to louie and live with us. At tbe Monagerle: Mr. Looic at that snake who is self nlo a knot. Bolsover tying biin- Misa Vere He probably has soooe thln; be wants to remember. Landlady I an filled with regret at your leaving us, Mr. SI m 'iU Mr. SUmulfct You are tbe only one under this roof that has ever been filled with anything then, ma'am. Crngtn at Co., PIi.UI-IIi1h, will send poat p d f..i two LKitibnis' Klwtrlc Snap wrappers and 10 cents c.ish, any volume of Mirpi le Si'rlrs, 25-crtit novels, about M pages. 2uU -.volumes, best .UlUois; 1-caut stamp lor Cata logue. M.nd Misi 'lyiit is to be married In great style Tuesday night. Agnes Who is the lueky man? "1 can't just recall his name, but is tbe otib she isn't going to marry." It "Doctor, when do you think a man weigns mosir" asked a patient who was undergoing a course of dietary brtttnuittiiv. eritb i WHAT DO WOMEN LIKE BE3I ? I A well-known conversation alisl and man of the world, who prided himself ntmn his accurate knowledge oi tne fair sex, was once asked wharhe con sidered the average woman best loved to do. He replied, "To influence roan." He was probably not far wrongs Women have an inborn love of influ encing others, as they have an inborn love often of pretty children, of pet dogs, and of good-natured husbands. They delight in reclaiming the sup posed irreclaimable, in painting the black sheep white, in transforming the donbtfnl sinner into tho undoubted aaict. Men, as a race, have by no means tho same worvbip for influence. They are much more content to leavo things as they find them than are wo men. The average woman's intense love of Influence chows itself in a thou sand ways. She delights in influencing even a thing without life snob, for in stance, as a room. She comes to stay in a hotel, occupies an apartment that is lost to all tbe proprieties, that is hard 'as to chimney piece, cold as to walls, offensive in carpets, immodest in oleographs, an utter rascal of a room. Wlat does sbo do? Why, she influ ences that room with photographs, leads it to better things with rnga and cbairbacks, breaks down its harshness of aspeot with I owers, makes it posi tively attractive with books and nick- nacks. A man conld have lurnisned It with his favorite pipe and been amply satisfied. Nearly all good women pos sess this passion for influence, ana so do many bad ones, but men as a gen eral rule are inclined to be nnconsoions of, or to ignore, tbe fact. They feel it, bnt they do not know it. A bad man who marries a good woman is very much more likely to become good than to make his wife bad, for the lnflneneo exercised by women is far mora subtle than the influence exercised by men, and in subtlety lies its strength. For even the weakest people are apt to ob ject to being influenced. It strikes them as tnra dig., an humiliating, as slightly lowering, and when they know what is happening they struggle thVy kick feebly against the pricks. Women seem instinctively to be awaro of this, and nence their subtlety. What people like best, they are, of course, always striving aftor, and certainly if we look around we cannot remain unaware of the passion for influence possessed by nearly all wo men. Sometimes this passion brings its curse aud punishment with it. Nothiug can be more painful than to see an exhibition of desire without any power to back it np. The weak wo man who strives weakly to impress her Eerponality upon one stronger than erself provides unconsciously the material of a tragedy at which it is dreary to assist as a spectator. Such tragedy is as common in life as the clouds are common in the sky, or fe tearful dewdrop on the morn"g flowers.0 And the weak woman will never be convinoed of her weakness. She gets perhaps to like personality that, strange to say. objects strongly or thinks she obscts strongly to most of the character details which make up that personality, and, de liberately uuaware of her weakness, she begins to tinker. She falls in love with the paper on the walls, and forth with tries to cover it with little pictures poorly painted by her own fair hands. Sbe struggles to impress herself upon that which has impressed her, and, not contented with being influenced, in sists npon trying to influence. She will not understand that tbe person who influences you is by no means the most likely person for yon to in fluence. This sort of woman is greatly to be pitiwd. She is the turning squirrel in the Page of life, and hopes all the time that she is recovering the ground instead of futilely gyrating in a fixed circle. Then there is the wo man who is influential because she is so unselfconecions. She does not know what she is doing and for that reason, perhaps, she does it the more effectively. Influence emanates imperceptibly Irom her. Tue irritable husband sneenmbs to her cal.m good nature. The passionate lover bows the neck beneath the shining yoke of her 3 per ct. d if f erence. Qjj) Royal Baking Powder Strongest, Purest, Most Economical. As to whether any of the baking powders are equal to the "Royal," the official tests clearly determine. When samples of various baking powders were purchased from the grocers, and analyzed by the United States Govern ment Chemists and the Chemists of State and City Boards of Health, the reports revealed the fact that the "Royal" contained from 28 per cent to 60 per cent, more leavening strength than the others, and also that it was more per fectly combined, absolutely pure, and altogether wholesome. As most of these powders are sold to consumers at the same price as the " Royal," by the use of the Royal Baking Powderthere is an average saving of over one third, be sides the advantage of assured purity and wholesomeness of food, and of bread, bis cuit and cake made perfectly light, sweet, and palatable. The official reports also reveal the pres ence, in other Dowders. of alum, limp or sulphuric acid, by which their use is made a matter of grave danger to the consumer. Whenever a baking powder is sold at a lower price than the "Royal," or with a gift, it is a certain indication that it is made from alum, and is to be avoided under all circumstances. . BEWARE OF FRAUD. aw ior, ana laaiav naoa XV. U. llOUliLAS SUOEH, N aiae wnaout tt. L,. veaiii aad rlc aiaanped on bono bold eTery wbere. orii amen ran out vj 31 mi s: r as. win, .... Will It eaelaslTe sale itailiw dealers aad reaeral n tants. Write for ear alecne. If not for aale In roar place aeav (lad, alss and width wanted. PssUfe Free. W. jl BoaaTai, One Year Borrows Another Year's Fool." You Didn't Use SAPOLIO V UstYesr. Perhxjs Yea Will Cat This Yesr. Inuruy, nun m annuo... only pours ont tea charmingly.and her m a -I.-.- viciKlA Bl cm S ci tm tnffnuntifti whpn Bile I Terr OOUO OI ure " - : f temperament which unlike tne : serpent tree seizes to save and not to I njfty. No wonder women love w iuuu- ence more than tbey Jove to do any thing else. The little girl is trying to influence her hard featnrod.implscablo doll when she clothes its thin and many cornered wooden limbs in radiant garments of new Parisian cnt. touches up its cheeks with rhA nitrmenta that find a home in th ahillinr rainl box. and twists its niratari ormH into stranco beckoning, defiant, or pleading attitudes. The school rom miss tries her 'prentice hand nrwin the ronch schoolboy brotner, or. more often still, upon the rough fchoolboy brother's beloved chnm.who aa likelv as not meets ucr ior mo mm tim a wooden doll all oorners, parts trnmWiriihrr u cersonace who has rwwn anbiected to not a little melt- imt bafora certain maidenly fires. The met mrinnninatad from the schoolroom finrfa a lover to influence, aud later tha wife is unwearied in her ef forts to leave some imprets upon the MmrantAr of her husband, les. prob ably the conversationalist who prided himself upon his knowledge of women was not iar wrong. They read, or do not read, are hardy or gentle, kind or cruel, sentimental or practical as the case may be. ISut, depend npon it, the average woman loves better tnan any thing else to influence that complex creatnre, 'hat solid enigma, that being whom women can so frequently make or mar, "man, foolish" forgive the adjective, male readers, we only insert it for tho take of the quotation "fool ish man." CRUELTY. Mr. Pe Fashion I see an English woman I as been fined for havii.g her two dogs pull the baby carriage. Mrs. De Fashion She ought to be, cruel thing. Why didn't she make the baby pull the dogs? CAUSED THE FIRE. Wool It is said the firefly strikes the fpatk by rubbing Its wings together. Van Pelt I presume that's right; I have often read of fires being caused Ly a c'efectlve flue. PART OF THE BIRD. The Young Housjwife (to the butc'ier) Have you a nice spring chicken this rooming? "Ves ma'am," "vVell please cut out the croquettes and seud them to my address." Wineblddle "I'd rather be burned to death at tbe steak thau beheads J." Gildersleeve "Why?" Winebiddle "A hot roast la prefer able to a cold chop." Chollr Chapleigh "I don't ciro a tap for the girl, aid 1 w'sh she'd drop tne." Miss Q ilckv.it, "Per'iap3 she has been trying to drop you, but you won't tumble.' Colonel Fifer (her gur.rdian) " Whallyou want another new (liens? Drosses, dres es nothing but dr esses 1 My dear 1 milie, do you tLluk of nu thlrg lse?" Emilie (an helies-) "Oh, yes, de r guaidian; I often wish for a diamond bracelet." Ma'id Xow, when I aui asked to sins, I Lever say "Ob, I can'tl" but I always sit right down at the piano. Mamie I ijresiimd you let the au dience Cud that out for themselves? "M.i," sud a newspaper man's son, "1 know why editors call themselves we.' " "Why?" "SoMhe min thatrtoesn't like the article will th;uk there aie too mxny people for hi m o tackl. Conscience will make us betray and fls'ht against ourselves, an J for want of other witnesses will give evidence pinl Its owner. purity. si tggl m W. L DOUGLAS aiyiniff fob W9 aJli U WU GENTLEMFH. A sewed shoe that will not r-,ir seamless, smooth inside, more comfortable! I wl a e 1. aa.J J$ - - 1.1. at. - e . yiouaiiu uumuie uian any otner suoe ever auiusnaepnce. t very style. Ecjuals custom, made shoes costing from J4 to $$. mtt"Wtag re 016 ame standard oi 4.oo and Ss.oo Fine Calf. Ban!Aal 3- JO Police. Farmers and Letlcr-CarTierV a.50, and Sa.oo for Worrina a.oo and i.rs lor Youths and PovsT J.o Hand &ewird. 1 ar SJJO and a.eo Doaea J LAff,S IT IS A DUTI yon owe Tcuraoti ao got ut Deat valae for yam xuoDey. xjoonomlsfs In yotsr lootsromr by purobsuslnr W. la. Doorlaa 6boea. wblctl iprasent the best alas t tbe prloes advartised aa inousanaa can tea. Uly. Bo yoo wear e uud i iaVw. merchant where I linve ns a direct I a Vmrmrm. . .. . i alms, Brockton, Mus. A IVIother's Story. "Wli-n my boy was 1i years of aire, a s broURlit on hip dl-ease, which tiraiiua'.fy v nuiso umu, wnu he was 6, h ronlil B- walk, anil we hail u treatsd ft uionlh? at fc, Cliildreii'ii Hospital Id Boston. But vhen B came hems lie y,as WorJ and the doctor said Data, jVan Riving him Huoj., w .hi. iurr. and he im. iv.j. X HQ f ntwMe on his h'p healed ui. his appetite Improved and he could walk, at flr-i HOOD'S CURES .lillllillUPTTiurii nn-IWHt. 11C IS ) If DM, f c;ly well, lively as any boy." Mas. Ekalv llrirn M.' 1 1.. .. III., ' " but act romily. easily and t fliciiMiily. Sc. p' Hood s I'a'r'nu Cures DO YOU EXPECT TO BECOME A MOTHER? 6i Mothers Friend" MAKES CHILD BIRTH EASY- Asbsu Nature, Uucol Lunger, Bail Shorten, Lzjot. " My wife suffered more in ten minntai with her other children tharvnhe did ali together with her last, after having used four bottlea of MOTHER'S FBI END," aaya a customer. Henderson Dale, Druggist, CanrJ, IU. Sent bv exrre on receipt of price. f.!,V) per hot s. liixjlc " X Motliers " mailed inx. tie. BR ADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Fon l tie BY ALL DNUC-atSTS. ATI-ANT A. OA DR. KILMER'S W 1 t0st KIDNEY LIVER ts BWSl Diabetes. Eicowlve quantity and high colored urine, lia CJrippe, Cures the lJ after effects of this trying er demie and restores lost vi(ror and vitality. Jiiipiirc Blood, Eczema, scrofula, malaria, pimples, blorcha, Ciencral AVeakne!?;, Constitution all run down, loas of ambiCia, and a disinclination to all sorts of work. Guaranlr tp contents of One Bottle, tf not bra entnf . iMuicffiat.. will refund 7vu the pnre paid. At Irucslt, i(lr. size, Sl.OO Size. faraUda Guide to H,-altli" frue ConauitatiMa free. Dk. Kilmer & Co Bingh amton. 1. Y. 10 AV-rth of Amusement for 15 Centi. POSTAGE PREPAID, PRICE 20c mMKW I WITH THE 176 bi 1 ANOUOIl TTT55ZiIjiH Apply f.ir Fret beautiful illustrated Cata logues, also alKittt other puzzles aud (;uessei to F. All. ltlt lll l It 4 CO.. 17 WaUBES ST., i.-w York. X. Y. Unlike ths Dutch Process (Tfr No Alkalies Jj on V Oilier CliMinVnU are ne. in tbe I reparation of f. HAKER & CO.'S luRrftaVfastflnnOo 1:1 tchtrh i abaafutety pur! and soluble. i'lt 1 1 h a s im n r t h a n t h rre 1 f m ; the strength of Cocoa nnxeJ iwith Starch, Arrowntot or Sutrar, anil is far mure eco nomical, costing less than one cent a cup. It 14 .lcltciuus, nourishing, aud basils Sold by G rocfr everywhere. W.BAKER &C07Dorchester,lffa.fc We Pay Post- -.ll you havo pin"1! aTmit Lift Insurance may Ins wrung. If vnu wisli t know the truth. i"nj u.r-tlOW AND WHY," issued by PENN MUTUAL LIFE 5 CHESTNUT STREET, I'niladelplila. Pa. 250DSrS25! r . - vs- wAiaJatX lint, f .T V a a a aa a CltrmCons'timptinn, Concha, Croup, Sore Throat. Sold by all Dnieirits on a Guarantee. FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has be-n nM hr Million of Mother f.r tlH-r chiMrt-n while Iilnnc f-r ov.-r Fifty Year. It snot tie theehil'l. wftu the Rinns, allays all pni n, cur w lutl colic, and la the im-ai reuiedy fur Uiarrinea, A Twentyflve I roin a Bottle. WORN NIGHT AND DAY. Hold the wort run lure with ens mi'ier : I1 r irr 11 niMa i.. IVr J t ct Adjnstm ni.C'in- Ktrrami cure. i tfnlMl Improvement. HlustiatPd cata.tinuf and iiii-s lor elf- niiiasiiri mailt Hint at a raimjejiLLO.u. eurele sealed' ti. V nOVTSEMro.C0..744Broailway.New YorkClty. AGENTS WANTED ON SAURY fir Ct flints ion ln uau.He liif Nr I'nU at Llie.H.t -U Ink t"r!mtr IVn-M. Atfnm mnW ina St '.t tr erk, A. ON HOE EIlASKR MKU. CO., A H.. La CrukM. Wit AGKNTS WANTKP. (Koth McHS tn 10 a day easily niml". S lid Vc. fur aiiujaf of ur nrw puli nl I. :nlies' Kress HiUI'"r. wlfli full partiru,.li. (;. M KliKK 1' 4: CO , 53S West minster ht., St. Paul, Minn. SIlilKTH AM n II a I IThofouKhfr taushl li? wpnrtct.. 'at. an-! nr-t l--n fre .1. tl. H-ii-iee on. i'lltt. l urt'.sbxithauil l'ull-a-.w llllamapurt. Fa. t7lSCIifkl niiiiw.JioRRis UiCOl Vill UanhlsL'tiin, .('. Susoe:tftiltw Prr:frTutei Claims. Lai. 1'rlnclpa.l xamir.T U S. F.DSIOD Buraau. 3yriiu last war, la4juiiicaUi!Kclaiaia, stty suiea. HID 1110FIT8. Aientt vanttd to at-ll (lie :ljt. , UlaJed Chi.p- rrJ t n j p annex r.vplT RFI.I.KIt. term, mailed Kk J.C.KEJVO,Owego,H. Y Mfftlll f IMorahlas Habit Cared la IS X at. rvr ri V r B7JLaii)i-;''i.l iLgfisi P3 C.'onaaoipllTea aud people 3 who have weak lunsor Aib- Kj pj ma. should us Pieo'a Cure for e g luS Coniun.Dt.nn. It baa eared 1 1 L2 tliooannrla. than not ln)nr- fM Era ct one. H is not hud to take. t3 ffl It is the best cimgh syrup. tij Bold eTiirrwhere. Site. C k-.-KMIHl Iv TRUSS 1 mem -v - - . -'
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