P "WINTER'S COMPaXSArtOXS. "For yet a while, a little while. Involved In wintry gloom, Dt lu! another sprin shnll smile Asp : log eternal blooto." Resting trom the long work and play pells of the summer, trees and plants, apparently idle, are weaving Dew turrt and buds for next year's blossoming. Nature nevtr dies; only her lond oanding life prows Mlent galbering her forces for battle with the impatient winters. The tender children of ttie flower goddess waee a brave war against their anoient enemy ; tee sun warms them by day, the warm breezes aid them and they creep cozily under shelter, and, down under the mow -ind frosty earth, nfold their lowliest flowers. How long, while the Ceiilsare yet uncovered with snow, the green rosettes of this tles lie spread under our feet; golden rod and sumach and hardy garden flowers often hang upon their stalks till late November; the Christmas Rose, the Hellebore, opens its bright eyes tor the holiday season, the leafiest hazel bashes are adorned with silky satkins and, down at the bottom oi ponds and rivers, thousands of tiny plants are busy doiujr their work; green, shining leaves of fir and spruce and holly, pale not at snow falls and biting north winds, and, on the rag ged rocks, still the lichens and mosses sling that he who loves Nature's mys teries may stop and watoh their curious leaves and frniting. Bo, even in mid winter, a green thread of life seems to bold together the seasons, like a string of jewels, and tne mind may look bopef oily forward to the coming Spring battening to clothe the bare skeletons f the trees once more with green leaves and smiling flowers. THE JtXKQUEN OR SISAL HEMP. 17. In our last paper we described four at the seven varieties of Sisul Hemp cul avated Jn Mexico for domestic and jommeroial purposes. The fifth variety is tho babci, which s of quick and luxuriant growth but with small sizerTIeaTes. Its fibre is of lioellent quality. The sixth on our list, the aitamci, vhich may be translated, "hog cgave," baa short, narrow leaves, is poor in fibre and held in low thteem. The cajnn, or rajum, concludes the list. It is found growing spontaneous ly through the belt which borders upon the mangrove region. Its botmjical affinities place tbe cujnn rather in the Venus Fourcroya than with the Agaves. It has large, thin, unifoim leaves of an igreeable green, four to five fect lonir with margin armed with sharp curved pine. In order to obtain the fibre of the cajun, the leaves Lave to bo col lected near tho heart of the plant.wlien they are cut and prehed over n light Bre, by which process t:e fibre becomes Itrengthene 1 so that tliey are prefer able for thatching purposes. The wirdf quen seems to belong to tue flbro in its nniiiiumf ictured btute rather than to the plant. The development of the flowering oape from the centre of the plant is a warning that the lifo of the plont is ter ruinated ; this S' apo Burnetii! es attains s height of twelve to fiiteeu feet atuuiiy be seen by the picture of the cajun. The young shout, however, prow rap idly so that new fields may be contin tally kept in cultivation. These are other fibrous lants found in Mexico ami Yucatan but no ho valu able as theee we Lavo described. PIN'KU AND CAPTATION'S, In growing this family of flower.", ays an exchange, it is well to rinder ttuud the re'ative difference between thone grown in the house aud ttios) in the garden. Tho window garden or green house rarnat'on is aluays very tender compared with those grown outside, rnd it cannot be made to stand the winters out of doors, though given ver so mneli protection In appear ance and growth the two are rot very different. The summer carnation is nearly as largo, quite as sweet, comes in a greater variety of colors and blooms pretty nearly all the season. It Is fine for border use, aud no plai.t is more useful for fnrcibhing cut Bowers. A. pretty hanging basket is something always desirable, both winter aud sum mer, the more rustic in appear ance it is the I etter the Ifect will be. Probably the neatest tuing iu this lino is made from the common grapevine and woodbine, or five-leaved ivy. Secure pieces of grapevine ten inches long and about as thick us the small Quger. Soak them in hot watt r to give them pliability, ami then put holes through them about au inch from each end. Take an ordinary wooden bowl and cover tbe outs;do witU odd pieces of roots, nailed on firmly. These will give the basket a rnttic appearance, which is very attractive. urnisu the outside, and then atttch the sides to the wires iu the grapevines. The grapevines should be about two inches apart in order to give strength to the basket. Plant a good woodbine in the basket and wind the vines around the basket and the grapevines until they are partly concealed from view. The fleet is delightful. AS EARLY PANSY-BED. There is nothing more attractive in (be early spring than a pansy-bed. In order to secure blossoms early, the plants must have attained a proper t-ize under glass. It is necessiry, there fore, to sow pansy seed early. Any long wooden box, fitted into a sunny window in a moderately cold room, bat where it does not freeze, will do for a seed box. Be sure the earth is rich, well fertilired with thoroughly rotted oompost and woo 1 mould, and that it is tine and friable, so the tiny seed can easilv thrustdown their slender roots in it Keep the earth moderately moist after sowing the seed, and in a short time the little plants will be up and growing. It requires some resolution, to thin out the greater portion of them in order to give tuoso that are left suf ficient room to grow, but this mnst be done without sparing or all the plants will be weaklings. Very pretty effects can be produced by raising a box of white or nearly while punsies for a border, and a box of mixed, dark, vel 7ety ones for the center of tho bed. These quaint, blotched, loroly flowers leem more like living things than any Sther blossom. "Old ladies' is th! Oerman name for thorn, but the F.ng iah came of pansy from "our thoughts' as a touch of finer fancy. FLOWER NOTES. Apples of Sodom. In answer to a correspondent, the American Agrical turist says: The "Dead Sea Fruit," or Poma Scdomitica spoken of by var ious writers from Tacitus and Jospphus to Milton is not a poetical or supersti tious myth, but a reality, It is, in fact, a species of oak-gall, produced by the punctures of an in-ect, called the Cynip itmana, iu the twips ot en oak tree, the (jw rc n ctoria. -Like Other galls, each one ii the home of a maggot, which hatches from the ecrg deposited by the fly and here under goes its trauslormatiou from 1 .rva to pupa, and then emerges a perfect in sect. These Peart ISea galls are re markable for their large size and bru ht colors, which give them a deceptively attractive appearance The Sciilis are beautiful Spring bloomers. Some have rich blue How rs. others pure white. Camnanulata (Wood Hvacinth) h.s spikes from one to two feet in height. The Mowers each measure nearly ono inch across. CHB INFLUENCE OP I"LOWEES IN THE sciioebiioou. To tte enthusiastic lover of flowcr who truly believes in their refining and elevating influence over mankind the recent article of Dr. J. B. llice in the Decs tuber JA,rum is a moat satisfootorj jvidence of the growing recognition ol this idea. This gentleman saw, in hit medical practice, such grave resulb from inattention to the physical well being of children in schools, and reason ing from this that their intellectual well being must also be neglected, he aban doned his medical practice to study the proper principles ofprimaty teaching. After thorough investigation, both iu this country and in Europe, he finds in an Indianapolis schoolroom "the first steps toward the ideal" Ve have room but for a short ex tract but it is an article that should be resd by every mother, every teacher, and every flower lover in the land: 1 entered one of the rooms contain ing the youngest children at the time oi tbe opening exercises. The scene 1 encountered was a glimpse of fairy land. I was in a room full of bright and happy children, whose eyes were di rected toward the teacher, not because they were forbidden to look in any other direction, but because to them the most attractive object in tbe room was their teacher. She understood them, sympathized with and loved them, and did all in her power to interest them and make tbem happy. Tbe room itself was charming. The window sills were filled with living plants, and liv ing plants were scattered here and there throughout the room. The teach er's desk was literally strewn with flowers,and upon each of the children's desks flowers had been placed to wel oome tbe little ones to school. The book used during the reading lesson was the book of nature the plant they had just been stndying. Tbe scene presented by the happy little children each with a flower in his hand, surrounding tbe teacher who was smiling upon tbem, was truly beauti ful. For reading matter the children were called upon for sentences expres sing thoughts concerning their flowers. The sentences were written npoi the board by the teacher, and when a num ber of them had been written the pu pi. s began to read tbem. The children were interested because they all took an active part in the lesson from tbe beginning to the end. They were all observing, all thinking. Some of the little ones even committed the crime of laying their hands upon tbe teacher, and she so far forgot herself as to fon ole tbem in return. Yet tbe discipline was perfect. What is perfect discipline in the class-room but perfect atten tion? There was no noise, there were everywhere signs of Iife.and such signs of life as become a gathering of young children. OLEANDERS. Their culture is one" of the easiest description, and when in full bloom nothing can exceed this beautiful effect. They thrive best in soil consisting of equal parts of loam, peat, and well rotted cow-manure, and should have plenty of pot-room. They may be win tered in a light cool cellar, riving them but little water; during their growing senson, however, water should be given abundantly. In fact they should never become entirely dry at that period, elte tlie Sower-buds will drop off. The proper season for transplanting Is in spring, when removing them from tneir winter quarters. Tbe long, strag gling branches should then also be cut buck, and they will soon throw out young shoots, forming handsome, bushy plants. Oleanders are apt to be infested by a whitish scale; this must be carefully guarded against by fre quent washing and syringing. King George's Goldfish. George II. was sometimes a hsrj King to manage, as Kings go, aud had to be indulged in an ccsional con cession. On the occasion of the open ing of Parliament, during one of the years when Pitt was Prime Minister, the Lords and Commons were greatly perplexed oy a reference to the gold fish at Windsor Castle, which was in troduced into the Kina's speech as ea I by Pitt. The reference was In the wayUT a comparison, but the introduction ol the matter was so odd that several members of Parliament coud not re frain from expressing their mystifies '.ion to Mr. Pitt. Hut tbe minister refused to make any explanation of the matter, in sisting that the use of tbe comparisor was his own affair. It was not until after both Pitt ind King George were dead that the explanation came out. The Prime Minister, it is related, bad come to the King at the palace with the speech from the throu'j fully pre pared. . He found the King seated at the edre of the basin of a fountain, earn estly regarding the goldQsh sporting about in tbe water. Pitt read th speech. "Does your Majesty approve the iiscoure?" asked the minister. 'T will approve it, but ouly on one condition," said the King, "and that is, that you introduce into it som' eference to the fishes." The King was obdurate, and refused bis authorisation of the royal speech until Mr. Pitt had promised faith fully to say something in it about tor royal goldtlsn. Our Yankee Uialeot. Many so-called "Yankeeisros" art lialect words Jtraitrht from the En glish counties. A little poem called j "A Lincolnshire Tale" Is an excellent Illustration of this. I quote a few characteristic lines merely: sAnd git tbee sen (toon) made smart and ! ptetty. Wl' yallar ribbons round the waist, ; 'And I'll go fetch my sister Bus. Vm s:triln sure she's up and ready.' j And brother Joss, i -shout In to the folks as passes." The pronunciation of "git" for "get, "yallar" for "yellow," "sartin for "cer tain," the syntax in "I'm sartin sure she's up and ready," comes to our ears with the familiar ring of the "Biglow Papers" or of "Sam Slick." "Guess," as in "I guess It is so," for "suppose," was once, as Chaucer shown, standard English. "Of twenty yecr of age be was, I ge?se." "Gumption," for"wlt" or "sense," "spry," for "lively," "cute," for "shrewd," are all English terms. Grammatical pecullarit es also abound, such as the use of the double for the single negative, constructions su:h as "I had ought," or the possess ive form "hisn," "of yourQ,""of hern," etc., and the frequency of construc tions with the verbal noun, as "a-cetherln." "a-turnin'. August Flower 99 I used August Flower for Loss cf vitality and general debility. - After taking two bottles I gained 69 lbs. I have sold more of your August Flower since I have been in business than any other medicine I ever kept Mr. Peter Zinville says he was made a new man by the use of August Flower, recommended by me. I have hundreds tell me that Auguit Flower has done them more good than any other medicine they ever took. Ghorgb W. Dye, Sardis, Mason Co., Ky. C LOST AT SEA. I lore a tittle maMen, A dweller lu the sea: Her heart Is like anancet's, Andt.h. she loverh me! A 1 was sailing, sailing, I ir'ar.ced down In the a, Aod there I saw this maidVa bo beautiful sail free. "Oh. fome to me, swet maiden P' 1 Tl-a as rtowu I im And when she heatd nee .lllng. Her lovely faee she i aired. "Oh. I am but a mermaid." Me Band as duw o ltfazert: "And 'tis not meet a rornnaid bbould by a man be ununH" 'Yet eorne to me dear maiden l" I cried s?:tiu more D'tid, Tbat I may kls- jou. uialden. Cures your locks of gol.i ." "You would not love me wholly You have boine love of old,-' fche sighed, "and 1 should only pine, And you would ouly sooid l" "Alps, a'asl fair maiden, II you'll not come to me. Then I must eoine to you, love, iMiwn In the cold, cold seal For since I love you. maiden. And vou'll uit loving le, Mv h.art. If I should le.ive you, VSeie Lurlrd in tbe tea!" -James A. Tvcker, In Aeie England Maga tine. WOMEN" OF INDIA. BI ILLA BABTLETT 8U1MOSS. High Caste Hindoo .women live in Zenanas, Low Cste, in flohullnhs. Entering a small arched doorway in a store wall we find ourselves in a quadrangular court on all sides of wbich the ladies apartments are situa ted. This is the Zenana "The houre of ibe women." You will be quite aston ;sl.ed at tbe number of women and children who. at sight of us, will pour into the court, from the varions rooms. There are sometimes as high as fifty nr ixty under tbe same roof, including mothers-in-law, aunts, cousins and all manner of relations. They are indeed a gregarious people ind live together in this patriarchal way, grandfathers sons and son's sons in the same house. If the womeu know beforehand oi our coming they ill be decked in their finest clothing and glitter with jew elry. Finper rings, enr rings, nose rings ind toe rings will be very abundant. Bracelet , armlr ts and anKlets will be seen. It certainly is quite amusing to see the women seated npon the ground or on a charpai low corded bed admiring themselves in tbe small looking glass which forms the "set" of the great toe ring. This love of jewelry causes a great deal of friction among the sisters-in-law. If one cannot have as much as another she is jealous and spiteful. With all the pride of motherhood ' hey will exhibit fieir children, saying that they are espeolnlly favored of the gods, if the eldest be a boy. Manv of tbe little ones will be dressed in a coat of rocoanut oil, a lace rap and jewelry. Clothing is thought unnecessary ;bnt jewelry they must have. Tie poor little child widows are bereft of all beautiful clothing or jewelry and clothed in dark, dirty rugs. Tbey are not only the slaves of the mother-in-law, but of all the other relatives as well. The little one mnst suffer all this if sho bad never lived with her husband, but merely been betrothed to him. She is told that In former lives she was very wicked and that this is her pnnishment. She is also made to believe that her sins have caused tbe death of her husband. The little oiiild wives appear very coy in onr presence, but we soon learn that tbey are not allowed to speak un less spoken to, that they mnst yield the most unqneftioning submission, not only to their husbands bnt to the mothers-in-law, and in fact to all the older sisters. They are not allowel to fondle or pet their babies in the presence of their elders. All this is hard to bear, even if tbey have kind, loving hus bands which in ninety-nine out of one hundred cases they have not. A husband is very often old enough to be the grandfather or his little wife. It is usually a man in whose heart neither love, nor sympathy for her childhood and innocency has place. Her silverings in many respects are often intense. There are mothers in India not twelve years of ae. Jf we are visiting a very wealthy, high caste family, we expect to see the the woman's io n3, at least cent, clean and comfortable bnt are certainly dis appointed. They are bare and com fortless in tbe extreme. If the walls have ever be- n white washed they dc not now show it, for they are dingy, spotted, and liberally garnished with cobwebs; it being a sin to kill a spider. A tiny window high op grated with iron stanchions, looks on the tiler1 roofs of other houses. The floors are of mud, and bnt a few of them are covered with matting. The low corded bed stands in one corner, if it has not been brought out in the court, to sit on. It is devoid of mattress, sheets or pillows. There is generally a rude box for their cloth irjg, a portable mud stove - and the household goddess- Gausha. This is all. Never having known a different life, never having seen their husband's elegant apartments, they do not real ise how poor and meagre are their lit tle rooms. These little dark room?, the court and the tiled house tops, make up tbe whole view which these poor women huve, from day to day. They have naught to occupy their time or minds from morning till night. Being "High Caste" women, they cannot do any of the little work that is done. They are usually and what wonder? a selfish, unhappy, bigoted, tryun nical set of women. AMdhommed wo man does tbeir cooking. The "BUhti" brings the water. The "Meter" sweeps tbe floor. Tbe women worship the gods and curse their troubles day after dav. Tbe MohnHuh or Low Caste wo mrn lead a very different sort of life. Rising before dawn, tbey babten often without a morsel to eat, to their daily toil. Spiuning, weaving, cut ting grass, working iu the fields, mak ing clay vessols, sweeping, carrying water upon their backs in goat skins, bringing heavy loads of wood clso upon their beads from the mountain?, and indeed, doing whatever tbeir castle lines will permit. Some of them feed their tiny babes enough opium to keep them a sleep until tbeir return at noon, for their midday meal. Husbands of families in India can afford but one meal a day, many have not even that, regulnrly. A Mohullnh is a collection of mud hute, generally neenpied -by families closely related. Tbe women aro free to go unveiled in tbe street, bnt tbeir lives are embittered by heavy toil and they are greatly looked down npon for being Low Caste women. Where He Composes Mnslo. Tim a iwnt in fravelinz is not wasted by Sir Arthur Sullivan. There Is no p. ace in wutcn ne nas so biudj Inspirations as In a railway carriage. There Is something in tbe rapidity of the mo loo, in the clanging of the Iron and in the whirring of the wbeeU whlcH seems to excite his imagina tion and supplies material for a host of harmonics. Man, who '8 mtaa in the finephrat f IT it, to be a hunter of t:t-tii. by en- bel'ef makes hlm&olf a banter of shad-' ot 1. i c HLstqrlo Bell Bornsd. In the belfry at the Unitarian Church at Plymouth, Mass., which was burned to the ground a few nights ago, a bell cast by Paul Re vere in 1801, and which rang the cur tew for many years, was destroyed. Wbtn a midd'e aired man, of seedy sppearance, has a number of schemes by which be expects t make a colossal fortune, jou may be sure that he te richer in Imagination than be ever will he lu money. Destiny bears us to our lot, and des tiny is perbups our own will. AN IVPOKTAN'T DIFH.KENCE. To make it apparent to thousands, who think themselves ill, that they are not affected with any dsso se, but that the system simply needs cleansing, is to bring oomfort home to their hearts, as a oostive condition is easily cured by nting Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Thk right kind of martyrdom somebody else advertise it. lets los t Thlsf W offer One Hundred Dollars reward tor anvcasof cntirrh tii4t cannot be cured by taking H ill's C it irrh Cure F. .1. CHiNET & Co., Props .Toledo O. We, the uii(l-rsiKiied, have know-i P. J. Jlieney for the la-t 15 years, and nelleve hltn perfectly lionrible In all buln-i-s transnc t ons, and fl'i.mol'illy able tocarry out any ob liuatto'e mad" by tli-lr Ann. Wkst Si Tat'AX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WilDlNO. Kinnin & Mirvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Cat in h cure Is taken Internally, act nu dl'eetlv upon the blood and mucus sur faces of the sy-tem. Tesrluionlais sent free. Vriee 76c. per bottle. Hold by all d uggUts. Men, not having been able to cure death, mitery au t ignorance, have imagined to mike ;hemselvs happy by not thinking of these t'jings, A a Expert' Oplnlen. Our readers have doubtless notice! the numerous discussions by the scientists and hyiiienl-ts as to the r 'a'ive value of the various baking powilers. A carefui sifting of the evidence leaves no doubt as to tbe fuperiority of the Royal Baking Powder io rurity, wholesomeneee and strenjth, from a scientific standpoint. An opinion, how ever, that will have erhnps greater influ ence with our practical housekeepers, is that given by Marion Harlaml, the well knoivn end popular writer, upm matters pertain ing to tbe science of domestic economy, of houtkeepfng, and of home cooking, in a letter published in the Philadelphia LadW Home Journal, this writer say; "I regard the Royal Baking Powiler m the best liipnn'BC ur -1 and in th- market, so tar as I have any experienco in the ue of ruch compounds, rune tho introduction of it into in kitchen I have used no oth. r iu sinking ciscuitit. cak.s, etc., and have en tirely dicrtlort for sneh pui-posoa the home made combination of one-llnrd soda, two thirJ cream of taitnr. "Evry Lox hat been in perfect condition wheu it came into my baudx, and the con tents have given complete satisfaction. It is an act of simple jusiice, and also a piens tire, to recommend it urr:inliliedly to Amer ican housewives. Mahioit IUkhsd." People who never worry do a good leal of missionary work that they don't jet credit for The discovery of Electricity, with its tdaptutirn to liht, when first known, almost startled the world. Since its appli cation, and its many uses to whioh it is applied, we seem to lose siyht of its ?reat value and importance; so it was aid a few days ago, by a noted physi sian, of Cbuu's Kidney Cure, which re moved two large gall stones of Mrfs. Knapp, of Philadelphia, after Profefsor Oros-s the great physician, could find uo remedy; also Mrs. I. L. C. Miller, of Bethlehem, Ptnna., who was given np with Bright's Disease and Dropsy, when this Remedy got her well some five years ago. Everybody said that was a miracle, and did nothing but commu nicate so with hundreds of other cases of Dropsy, Gravel, &o., which happy people sent to 72U Veuango St., Phila., in appreciation of so great a remedy for the human afflicted family. Has this medicine lost its virtue? Is it any the less able to perform miracles, as in the past, like electricity ? The t-ame value , as ever, then make use of that whioh is easeutiul to life and happines'. Health is more value than we ilih, and we de- 1 1 1 r 1 1 fr ti d ,1 n.j vrii ..:n . WA are glad to any Dr. Cana's advertise- ment may be found iu our paper. Hav ing known of tbe reputation of the Cairn's Kidney Cure for twenty years we are thus able to advise you. A timid man is defeated at the very outset. Three Tluug-s to Kemember. Hood's Sarsaparilla has the moM Mesit, has won unequalled Success, accomplishes great ;st C'CKts. Is It not the medicine lor you t Hood's Cures cure liver ills, Jaundice, outness, sick headache, coDscipatuu. hil A woman who glass spins little. locks much in the For Coughs and Throat Disorders use 3how.i i tuo.vcsu ikocues. "Have never :liuns'ed my nulla r-speciliiK them, except I think b tier of that which I b"K.tu bv tuilikli a well of. " Rzv. Henry Ward JBeeelier. So d uuly in boxes. Ba liberal friends. if you want to have OleanMness exercise and diet are the cardi nal vlriu-sof xojd hraltli. take caie 4 the (list two and If you know whit aud bow to at you m ed never be 111 - It Is claimed Ibat Uar-B-ld lea. a simple herb rein-dy, overcomes the results ot orong living. H is no whole man until he knows Cow to earn a blameless livelihood. Unpin re tin e Kiiarmf4l by Or. J. B. Mayer, 881 Arch St, PulPa, Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou sands of cures after others fail, advice :ree, send for circular. 4 U&X is called a con firmed liar when nothing that he says is confirmed. rnnnH IiUliiey Care Tor Oropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright', Heart, L'rlnary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousnees, Ac. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, rhliad'a. $1 a bottle, S for $8, or druggist. 1000 certificates of mres. Try it. People who spand their energies in ?e ting even reldorn get ahead. If r filleted with soreeyesue Dr. Tsaac Thomp ion's bye water Drug-gists sell al 25c pet bottle. It Is always in the purchase of some thing else that one economizes. --Absolutely .-? - Prompt Cure. 2 -A Permanent Cum Perf ecr Cure. flBEAT PUGILISTS DIE POOR aloner Woo and Lost by Many Kose4 Fighter. The recent purchase of about 150, J00 worth of real estate by Charupior Jim Corbett and the statement that he aspires to be the richest pugilisl in the world, remind us that many ol the best tighter have come at last t poverty and violent deaths. Few pugilists, no matter what wealth they may have accumulated In tbe golden days of youth and fistic su premacy, ever have enough of thii world's goods to render com'ortabls their declining years. John Mor rissey of America, and John Gully ol England, were probably the most fa mous pugilists of their time, and io after years acquired wealth and leg islative honors. Gully became a mem ber of the English Parliament and won a fortune on the turf and in spec ulative enterprises. He lost the ureater part of bis gains, however, in constantly haunted by the fear that a I ..-,. Aa U ; .an..a he arniiM .HIa In thA wnrlrhnlisp " He was saved that untoward fate, and patroos of sport were highly gratified in consequence. John Morrissev "picked up," to use a sporting phrase, morg money than any gladiator who ever lived, not excepting the re nowned John L. Sullivan of Boston. Yet he died without a solitary silver dollar to glisten before tte expiring light of his eyes At one time Mor rissey was worth 82,000,000 and con ducted the greatest gambling houses In America one No. 818 Broad way, Jfew York, and one at Saratoga spa. The latter was world farxius as the 'Saratoga Club House." His wife, who once wore $300,000 worth of diamonds, is now working in a Troy collar factory aud earns about a dol lar a day. John C Heenan, the conqueror oi Tom Sayers, the champion of En gland, for a time rose to the crest ot the wave, but he ultimately sank be neath the billows of poverty and de spair. Sickness followed in tbe trail 3f poverty, and forgotten, forsaken, and in need, Heenan died of consump tion In Colorado. By a strange coin :idence his wife, the gifted but er ratic Adah Isaacs Menken, the most beautiful actress of her day, died shortly before her husband in the most abject poverty, at Paris, France. She was buried in Potter's Field. Totu Hyer, Mike McCool, and Joe Cnhurn, all champions of America, lied without as much as a shroud to cover their bodies. Sub-criptions were taken up by friends to bury them. Of these two Coburu bad at one time the most money. Million aire George Law was his friend and backer and gave him many a thousand dollar note, besides "placing" him in advantageous business spots. The history of the English ring h eplete with even more heartbreaking Sncidents. Bill Perry, the '-Tipton Slasher," for many years champion of England, died in the poorhouse at West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Tom Sayers, Perry's conqueror, ano. John C. Iieenan's subsequent oppo nent, died in great poverty at Cam den town, near London. In his life time he had squandered S60,000. The last $15,000 he possessed, a purse given him by his admirers after his battle with Heenan, he lost by invest ing in a country circus. Billy Edwards, once light-weight champion or' the world, bad at one time $70,000. Ho made it in 'ducky turns" in Wall street. The bulk of it has gone back there. Arthur Chambers, Edwards' great rival, at one time could proudly point to an $35,000 bank account. Now he is "broke." The horses got it. Of all the active pugilists be fort the public Corbett, Sullivan, Jack son, Goddard, Choynski, Maher, Mitchell. Slavln, McAuliffe, Griffin, Dixon, Fitzslmmons, and Hall but three have money. These are Cor bett, Mitchell, and Fitzslmmons. This is a thrifty trio. They ' hold the coin." They let their admirers spend it Every dollar these cu.e gentle, men capture remains a prisoner. Only Imagination. People who are trembling at the j possibility of a cholera epidemic, maj read a lesson In the followiug: A Scotch professor commenced a course ' of lectures on the heart. After his second lecture he had just sat down to dinner, when a servant came in aud said Mr. Jones, one of the stu dents, wished to see him. Lurrying into the next room he found Mr. Jones wearing a most anxious look. "Oh, sir, I was obliged to call; I am suffering from an acute attack of heart disease." The professor sounded him forthwith, but could find not.raoe of the alleged mischief. He had scarcely dismissed Jones with this comforting assurance when Mr. Smith, another student, was ushered in It was the same story, with the same result. In fact, every member of the professor's c'ass, with two exceptions imagined himself to have heart dis ease; and it was not, as might be Imagined, a preconcerted plot to play j a joke on the professor; it was simply Imagination, which has as many vio tinis as disease itself. Wonder in Penmanship. ' A Mr. Heedle, who formerly lived jearOttery, St- Mary, Liverpool, is credited with having executed the most wonderful piece of pen work id existence. He used a piece of com mon white cardboard, three and one half inches square. On this small card tbe pen wizard wrote, without the slightest abbreviation, the whole of Goldsmith's "Traveler," -The De serted Village," "Essay on Educa tion, " "Distress of a Disabled Sol aier," "The Tale of A lira, " "and the tame author's six essays on "Justice." Generosity." 'lrreso'ution of Youth." "Frailty of Man." "Friend ship," and "The Genius of Love." In tbe center of tbe card he executed a perfect picture of Ottery Church, all of the shades and lines being parts of the letters used In writing the above named pieces. This miracu lous production was finished with the English national anthem of "God Save the Queen." The margins, cor ners and spaces between the lines were embellished with seventy-twc stars, fifty-one crescents and nineteen crosses, a mobled snake in pin work inclosed tbe whole of this remark' able productlqo, .1 TOO MANY MONKSY3. iranslne AsQci r simians la rat-on Benaro. i Itiairalnst the prlncioles of thfc brahman religion to take tne iue ol my creature, and as a consequence ;he people of India are preyed mu ind overrun bv a great many ar.iuials, gainst which they can make but a ceble and ineffective resistance. The real tyrant of the Hindoo poP' it the present time is the nionKey, which ceaselessly preys upon and nar isses theia. . . Not Ion? ato the merchants or 3enares, the sacred city of the Ganges, leaded that they, could eudure the ir,rodations of the monkeys no onger. The shops xne suop-. o. v., --- , of the city are j vithout doors and wmuows. uu .... j 'ruits, grains and other commodities j hered for sale are exposed to the : .pen air. The merchant usually sits watch- , n over his wares: but often his at-1 ntlon Is diverted from them for a . notuent; and moreover, the : Benares nerchant, having not niuen wun .ndthe climate being warm, often , ,ods and sleeps as he squats at h.s loor. ... ti, inonVevs are always at nana r. nana atehinu their otiDortunity. nerchant absent himself for an in- tant, or go off into a nap, ana ln itant.y the nimble apes are helping .hemselves to rice, fruit, cakes, or inythitig else that they find nandy. If the merchant wakes suddenly, .here is a great scampering, and the hieves are well out of reach before le can lay hand upon one of them. Recently the streets of Benares be- same so overrun with these Impudent riunderers that the merchants held a "eetln and deeded that . lomithln Inasmuch as their uouc. eligion forbade them to kill the nonkevs, they decided to banish the ests. A great force of men was organized, "he streets weie surrounded and in vaded, the monkeys were all captured, ind each in turn placed In cages. Then they were taken to a large orest at a considerable distance from he city, and treed io the mlflst of lie great trees. They scampered into he branches as if they were having a 'ery good time; and there the raer ihants left them, and returned to .heir shops rejoicing- that now they sould nod in peace. That evening there was a rare sight n Benares. Into the streets. Just at lusk, there came a great capering .rmy of apes. They were the monkeys f Benares, who had found tbeir way lorue from the forest to which they tad been banished; and though they uust have been very tired from trav linon foot and hand so hmg a iistance, their joy at reaching home .gain was so great that they gam tolled like a troop of school children om.n; from a picnic. Being city-bred monkeys, they haa to enjoyed couutry life. Next day hey were all at their old posts, raid tig the food-shops with renewed and ager appetites aud greatly refreshed mpudence. Fell Ing- Timber. Spaniards dislike to fell trees ot :ut live timber of any sort, and this fact perhaps accounts for the giant trees of California. The Spaniards, two centuries ago, pushed their way through Mexico to California, and, lave the clearing of paths through :he dense forests, not a twig did their txes chop down. S or do the Spaniards i"rrrPv tr10 w1i"h Tyt "yiLmJ- TJlhJiU.brnpe"Li aaciousness strangely at variance with ;hetr lethargic dispositions, they con HDue to build their houses of stone tnd mortar at great expense of money ind physical exertion, when timber In tbundaoce surrounds them out of which they could construct log houses, ts did other pioneers, at a minimum f cost and labor. Why, the Spaniard loesn't even fell trees for firewood, ut picks up dead limbs as they fall a the ground, or pulls them from th .rees with his lariat. The young are determined to And Ait for themselves how many thorns :row aroundforbidden fruit; the old nay as well quit talking None But Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure. No other quals it, or approaches it in leavening strength, purity, or wholesomeness. (See U. S. Gov't Reports.) No other is made from cream of tartar specially refined for it and chemically pure. No other makes such light, sweet, finely-flavored, and wholesome food. No other will maintain its strength without loss until used, or will make bread or cake that will keep fresh so long, or that can be eaten hot with impunity, even by dyspeptics. No other is so economical. The Baking Powders now being offered in this vicinity, with the statement that they are " as good as Royal," have been shown by the official analyses to be composed of alum and detrimental to health. The official chemists of the United States and Can ada, State analysts, municipal boards of health, and physicians indorse the great qualities of the Royal Baking Powder. . .BEWARE OP FRAUD. . II ff Blno without V. JL. Deuslaa t"a VVJ ud rrlce atamped or bottom. WW SS3 loritwaenreanar tees f ijhdtsthe m m c. j... a-.-a'i saweaiMs. a i i iniriiMnn jw 1 V "&0i5SSSJL es i 4Wlraa4 ea IBM The Pot Called the Kettle BlackBe the Housewife Didn't Use SAPOLIO An fxtcnsWs TTrdro! The German Emperor has occasloa any mortal, ineiu.u r r,nr. beile. He might arrive, a : i .v.. .-hlef German port or in Kiel. traveling costume, review... Crinein tbe uniform of Ge.- i i,..., iir. the varioi.' war, the mar rincivV-s drees, dine on a foSn man-of-war in the uniform of foreign iu nationality, and in au aamirai ji - the evening (rive a reception In some of these occa- ( gal ares - ab90iute!y sionsa ----- He necessary, accora.ng iai c-"i-'-"' - i as many as ten or . .. i -Irrlileen hours. His ward- hreached gigantic dimensions conU09 t present iuu. 0 t linn jin rr d cogtume. divided into e. Tne miutary costumes In thj dlfferent uniforms of the hllfhe,t ranks of the German army. 5,7 rtrdres8e9 for great ceremonies fled except the coronation aT?J,a,11t ' tre and crown, which robes, w.i v r specially. Including - f fa diflerent orders, the " lfor tna torch-llght! -it festival., which , -ttri of silk, with knee-breeches I et the 1 nd gartered hose, a n iu' a--L,e, tna v,iVi th rlreas-suitS . --j - - ,, ,.m.. . ments, t...- ---- - . and walking-costumes 01 play a leading part, contain every piece of dress that is worn by fash ionable men at present To that category belong also the incognito dresses and the Freemasons' cos- turnoa lift naS. Uiuen, ."'S1 ... j 1 '. .LLrliinir nnrl skat.; riding, ariiH, oi.-.- , ing coftumes, from the Tryolese to the Russian fur-gear for bear-hunt-1 ing. The so-called dresses of courtesy Include the uniforms of foreign regi-j menta whose honorary chief he is besides the coatumee he is obliged to don in visiting foreign court. Even Chinese and Japanese court-dresses are not forgotten, and there is a dis play of Persian garbs wbich the Em peror wore during a visit to the Shan. All of these costumes are uuiiumiw, In case of accident. j Dltins the Line. ) "If girls only knew," remarked m woman, eminent in her profession as a physician, "how they disfigure themselves by continually biting their liDs. I think that they would make, the effort to Dreait inemseives 01 mo habit "In infancy the red line at the. .ower edge of the lip is very clearly rinnil. Constant irritation with the upper teeth sometimes extends the red color for half or three-quarters j of an Inch below tbe original line and destroys the symmetry of the mouth. The lip becomes thickened and some-' times inflamed, frequently there are ' deep creases or cracks, and the wind and sun burn and discolor it until it Is almost a positive deformity. ' An ugly mouth is often the re. I suit of a habit which has its rise in the possession of a dimple. Who has not seen girls and even middle-aged women In street-cars making them selves absolutely ridiculous In their efforts tj create a dimple by biting their lips? Ever senible person in the car who tooi the trouble to ob serve them at all was doubtless laugh ing at them for their folly, but, all unconscious, they kept on with this silly practice. Absolute repose of the features should be taught every child as a part of its earliest lessons" New York Ledger. Bauaoa Loaves. There need be no dread of a famine U country as long bananas In Central An as there are merlca. Alex ander too Humboldt taid ODce, after examining the capabilities of the banana, that a single section of Cen tral America could feed tbe world with a farinaceous food not inferior In quality to the best grain, and that there is some truth in this statement! seems clear from the fact tbat bananas are now being made into Sour aud shipped to this country and Europe. When we are threatened with famine therefore, we can fall back on the banana, but until then we do not believe that banana flour, although it is said to make excellent Dread and cakes, will take the place of wheat and flour, at least among mo norm America as. 0 UGLAS 8HOE '49 IfUli GENTLEMEN, f A sewed ho that wiU not rip; cSf o..v.ir: """a- snoeever i.itc. AverystTie. Equals custoni , made shoes costing from $4 to 5. mcATWa' " ot "m Wi standard of tuaiaiza la your rejTTOt the boat valaa overused atnoosaods eaatas- 1 vayoo wear I fit rssiwv. ..i; Sgi fP;V$& i1" i'-f . v W - L Air. Ceo. W. Cooli Of St. Joiiusbury, Vt. Like n Waterfall Ureat SiitT-riiig After the Crip Tremendous Koarlng In tbe Head-Pain iu the sitomach. To C. I. HOOD & Co., Lowell, Mass : "Two yars ato I Lid a severe atuclc of the Grip, whlcii 1-it me In a lerrihly we.ik and i. blhtitea condition. Last winter 1 had anuther attack and was amtl'i very bad y oil. my h- alib nearly arei keil. My jiiiixjili- viiis all tuue, I had HO treilKth, felt llred all ll.e t.iiie, ud ubaKeaabie roaring no s--s In my he:d, like waterfall. I also hid severe headaches aod Severe Miikinc Pains In my stomach. I 'o ! med elnes wifh ut ten ertt, until, havinir harl so m icli aii. lit IWj'i Sarsaparilla, I concluded to try it, an 1 tne r suit I very gratifying. All the tiisagrrejule Hood's Cures pari! la effects of the Grip are gone, T sin free fiow pains and uclies. and b-ilevo Hoo i' r-arap rllia Is sur-lv curing my cat trrn. I recuiimisuij It to all." Gio. W. COjS, St. JoiiujKuiy. Vt HOOD'S riLI.- cure Nausea, Sick Head ictie. Indigestion, Biliousness, sold by all Urugol, mmmm So Not Be Deceived with Pats, Fnamrls and T-afnts w.'ii. b stIn the bsri'ls. Inture me iron an-i hum rt. -"The Rl-lin Sua srove Fl;9 is flrlTIlant, Odnr less. Daran'e. and the consumer pays for au ua or tfl&tfs bee" witn every purohase. Rt,VS fsilRD A rem tii 1 y wliieii, If usci by V-lve4 about to 6i.ierien:i? tte painful ord-ni attendant upon Child-birth, prove an in full it le Mio tic for.andubriate4 tbe tortures of ran fl Dement, lsniije t ho rfangor thereof to both mother an 1 child oid l y f 11 express on rtotiLt of p.ice, $.f Lw-r .o:tie,ci.in;ci pre paid. BAADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. 0 tfia Dutch Process No Alkalies OR Other Chemicals are used Id tba preparation ot W. BAKER & CO.'S (1 ruvwiGGuaoiuuuua A I l "'' abanlutely ,4 J J M ; pure and soluble, t 'i ! ' Ht hzsmore thin three time 31 , " i J , I the tr.-njth of Cocoa mixed rj".: 1 wlh t-tarcb. Arrowroot or -J S'icar, and is far more eco nomical, costing lass than ori cent a cup. It in delicious, nouribiiig, and EvSlLT DIORSTKD. Sold hj Grorm everywhere. W. BASER &C'0..Lorchestrr. Mau. Ooninm tt 1 r tr.il p'pti bo hmvm wctk Itmg rr Anh- I . ahnnM nak -' f.i w tr.r i ES CoiiMimDtino. It h carrd j tj! thnABfl-. It b!s not injur w'. e-i ui- ii is not phi io tm, e-l ui- It is not --3 it ib the u'.ic4ute Garfield Cur t-'imtiOu, Con; A-cxion, saves Docto.j iMQnpi: tree. O iRJfXEiJ XTa Oo-.xi W. iJih N X Cures Sick Headache 'WTH MAPS, tt.w o LOV7 PBIC6 T eThWrtAriItnnJ.Gies( u Timtnr LMdl)W.vi talftil'!. Vft'lfiBSFR. Addfv WORN NIGHT AND DAY. Hr-ld the worst rni : L A S T 1 OV, 'V,r w'"1 'i nnilec Tun c H J'-'rrunntiances rer if-' foitHUil cure. Ne. p lei-tt-d liinTuveiiienra Illustrated catalottut ail rules lor seif. n;-aun ment nent se fAIUT ALLOW! o. ) H OCSK V ro.CO.. 7t4 Uroadwjy.New Yorkoity! Wc "A'l y" liave gnestea aDout I-ile Iii.urance may be rnir If you wish t j kjiow the truth, send J-no v vruv,- usued Sr PEKN nWTUAL UFE a--S CHE5T.N0T STREET, Philadelphia. Pa. Pay Post- Th?JC V?Tiptia' Cochs, Croup, 8or Throau Sold by all Druccis,, oa a Guarantee. yeew I FOR FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. 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