THE ANSWER.
BT BCDTAKO 1 1 PL 1 5 8.
A Foe In tatters on the ear-den path
Culled out to God, and murmured 'gainst his
rat n
Because a sudden wind In twilight's bnsb
Had snapped her stein atone of all the Du-h.
iDdliod, wdo hears bolu sup dried dust aud
sun
Made answer sof'ly to that luckless one:
"H-Ur. In that thou sujc.t I did not well
What voices beard'at thou when thy petals
fell?
And the Kese answered: "In mv evil hour
A voire cried: "Jrutlier, where lore falls the
flower
For lo, tlie very irorsniers are stll' !
A voice answered : '.Soil, by Allah's will.' "
Then, softly as the rain nitst en the sward.
Came to the Ko .j the- answer of the Lord;
"bister, befoi c 1 9tuole the dark lu tttaiu.
Or yet the stirs saw one another olain, 4
Tin. e. tide and r pace I bound unto the task
Thai thou mould si fall aud suuu an one should
ask."
w herea? the withered flower all content,
LM-d as they die wliose Oas ure innocent;
While lie who questioned why ihe flower fell
Cauicht hold ot Uod aadtavidbls soul from
bell.
77i Century,
DREAM?8.
Iatfcefallof 1833, anwng the col
lection of naiiitillifS in the art room of
h r,.,mii,.J' Kvliihiri.ni in
Boston was one whose history only I
...w . l . . . . , .. ...
three persons besides the participant
ii tlie mystery knew.
Tbis picture, measuring five by
four, was an Easter cross, formed
entirely of ivy and lilies; the ivy was
to typify Christ clinging to the cross,
and the Kaster lilies, new life beyond.
The base was f jnnt.'d of lilies of the
valley; to tlie right, representing the
two Marys, stood two calla, en
shrouded in mist, which had dripped
into a pool beneath, reflectin'' the
terns and backs of the leaves of the
two callus meaning the tears which '
laid bare tlie innate sufferings to the 1
fuze of a tumuli uous multitude.
Who that gazed upon that wonder-
ful reproduction of Nature as the
symbol of life and death read the
arlibt's tine meaning? Yet such was
U symbolical intent emboUicu in her
theme, and winch
richly imaginative
unnistnk.'tljie.
to Miss Cotton s
conception wa
Miss Cotton was an ideal painter of
the old school, whose unique little
studio was reached through the "City
of Colleges." The broad effective
touch of the modern school was ever
an eyesore to her studied line touch-sud-tiiiish
idea of art.
Moreover, Mis Cotton cherished
her old-school ideas as i-'umething too
artlike to hear improving upon, and
based her predilection for line work
upon the indi-putable fact that there
were no daubs"' in Nature; ''all
God's works are finely finished, and
he never hurries anything; all tilings
beautiful unfold by a gradual process;"'
and then, with a loving look at her f:i
vorite canvas, There", my Madonna!
I've spent more or less time upon that
for nine year?, Hiid now 1 ece some
thing in your eyes ju-t stand where
you are, and don't wink a lid; now
I've caught it !"' Ami with a few low
and uccurate touches, a liht shading
air, one sees at once the very lightest
change in the downward glance of
this Madonna of nine years' develop
ment; though l'.ir from recognizing
how one's own ev es influenced the ar
tistic sense of subject.
How we all who were privileged to
be "received on Wednesdays" loved
the dear, eccentric old lady! too well
even to be aniu-ed at her nianv eccen
tricities; and perhaps it
fore, I allowed myself to
what might have proven
fortune to the grand old
wa, there
be lod into
a iliie mis
lady as re-
garus this identical l.ily loss, which,
after having gained --a hi-!ory," hung
unconsciously enough among its fel
low picture, and none knew how
doubly symbolical its meaning to a
Tsw.
Life is very strange, indeeVf, in its
abrupt transitions, and thus it hap
pened that at twenty I was called from
a life of rural lei-ure to take upon me
the responsibility of a thriving photo
graphic business which death had
bereft of its managing head; not to go
into details, of which, stith" :o it to say,
that our dear Miss Cotton, always a
privileged patron of this same photo
graphic studio, continued her patron
age as faithfully as ever, aud many a
fantastic order for a poet head, a
Greek athlete or Xorse warrior, exe
cuted with patience and kimV.iess,
which, later,' we saw finished in oil.
This process of doing in oil on albu
men prints was a rare knack which I
fancy but few artists are in the secret
of; and, which 1 fancy a favored re
cipient of many secrets of the dear old
genius out of loving respect, and
bound thereto by many a vow taken
on the blade of her "palette knife,"
which for fifty years or more had been
associated with more colors than
" heaven's arched bow of color" ever
bore to human eye must needs hold
till sacred. Thus it was that on the
day preceding the opening of the ex
hibition I received a note from Mi-s
Cotton, desiring me to photograph her
" Lily Cross," ere it was hung in the
art room. Directions for placing,
lighting, etc. were given, and the copy
right secured to me.
Of course, as fancy and scenic pho
tography were not in my line, the
copyright was a very pretty compli
ment which one accepted because of
the donor; and ever ready to favor
t!a whim of the dear soul, tho picture
wa eut for forthwith, and in due
time deposited under our "light," but
too late for manipulation that uight.
So with cautionary counsel to Fred,
one of the printers who was accommo
dated with a bed on the
premises in j
oruer to oe on hand eariy enough to
make amends for the shortening of
the days at the sunset end for pho
tographers no less than farmers must
."make hay while tho sun shines" I
urreudered the keeping of the "Lily
Cross" to his care, after surrounding
the art treasure of twelve n.oriths' labor
with screens and oilier protective para
phernalia of an opera-ting room, and
again returning to impress the im
portance of our trust upon the other
employes, 1 left the studio, teaching
home, change of scene brought other
thoughts, aud ns cuisine odois (if in
Tiling) are apt to obliterate care for
the time being, the thrall of collodion
nd ammonia ami other photographic
compounds subsided, p.ud for the few
brief hours preceding the unconscious
ness of sleep, my mind was dispos
sessed of photographic technicalities.
But the morning brought with it
trange feelings of apprehension.
Why, I could not understand, but the
one thought dominant was the "Lilyj
Cross." Surely, nothing but tirV
tould destroy it.
Arming at the studio at my usual
time, I found, to my surprise the
outer door locked. 1 unlocked and
entered; all was ready for business,
but no one present, and silence every!
I asepiiii...! frt rhr. ro,.u. Ann.
flients, and at last found the whole
concourse of emDloes on the roof,
and Fred greets me with "The Lilv
Cross is gone, and I haven't left thi
building since nine o'clock last night I
Wt art looking for track I"
"Tracks' of what?" One answer
"The cat who stole the canary? Coini
down! Do you think any one, felim
or human, could remove that picturi
and you not hear it V This to Fred
"And another reason, they could no
do anything- with it 7l'.hout being
Instantly delected. Tbis U very my
teriouu. Anything else gone?" f
"Js'ot that i can find." replied Frea,
in nervous thoujrh honcnt anxietv, ran
sacking corners and cupboards and
boxes and cases; "no trace of other
'heft."
Au oftu-er was sent for, who
appeared at once, and in true con
stabulary manner went to work, over-j
hauling poor Fred, and finding he had
"a dollar and a quarter" in his pockets?
Iih the oi1ii:er hiiil so much stress on
the discovery that the operator sug-
that Fred had bartered the picture "for J
va dirar ,,.,,..,.. t
n... H, , , .
The mystery remained unsolved,
anu a Dusy aay was more tnan nan
spent, and I had been considering the
pviipiliHiir of pnfi.rrinr mv mniiiino-'a
expedient oi emoicing myraoiiungs
note to Miss Cotton by a personal ex-
tilanation. when in walked that lady
liei-plf. mlm. iimiHStif nrl screim a
jv i w i 1 1 1 1 j i- 7. I
'Xow what have you done with m
'Lily Cross?"' were her greeting
words, but not a tone Or au expression
of reproach.
j "Oh, Miss Cotton!" was all one
' ventured to say.
"Xow don't you worry, my dear,
it's all right," and 6he drew her lips
i together in a characteristically myste
rious manner, and then in a whisper
imparted to a very willing ear, "I
, ireatned something !"
" 'Dreamed'? Whv, I dreamed
something too Set me think I was
so' apprehensive on awakening this
morning" I replied in a ruminating
accent.
"Did you? "Well, now, try to think
of it, dear. You know I have some
faith in the power of the uninfluenced
sleeping mind to acquaint itself witr
the object ot its waking solicitude."
A moments thought, ana as if by
magic it all occurred to me.
"It seems I had started in a new bus-
which I was striving to keep secret, I
couni uy means or a strangely sensi
tized plate and internally acting lens
photograph the conceptionsof my mind
as fast as they were formed ! and by
this means the most beautiful ideal
subjects were produced, which 1 was
to sell to artNts to save them, as I
Ihoiifjht, the trouble of looking up life
sitters; ainl all these negatives, some
live hundred, I was storing in our
scene closet in the upper hall 1 I thought
in going to this closet wilh a number
)t negatives, I opened the door and
found the whole closet occupied with
canvas stretchers, upon each of which
wits outlined a woman's hand holding
i-IOsS.
It made me shiver, it seemed so
suggestive of my own trying position,
uid I fled back to the operating room,
which seemed flooded with sunlight so
blinding that in rubbing my eyes to re
move the effect, 1 awakened to find the
sun shining iu and the clock striking
even.
"I did not not retain my dream, but
the feeling of apprehension which I
mentioned was explained on arriving
t the studio.
Mis Cotton listened with a very
;onstructive look iu hor eyes, and
when I had finished, observing 'a sug
gestive moisture iu eyes ever ready to
pour forth their floods of despair,
said only this: "Mvsteries iu that
loset, ilear; I'd look in it!"
I was off to obey the bidding of i
iivine impulse, but she stopped me
with, "Wait and hear my dream
which was, that your printer I'rpd,
who sleeps here, is a somnambulist."
At which I was again ready to start
for the unknown mysteries of that
scene closet, but she held me fast while
she continued, "And I saw him in my
lream floating my 'Lily Cross' ou the
Charles lliver near the bridge, the
iudacity of him !" I did not stop to
hear more, but calling Fred, requested
him to unlock said closet without do
ay.
"Why, it's not locked!" he cried,
and dazpd and wondering he revealed
to an equally puzzled audience a sight
from which neither scripture nor so)
ence can remove the marvellous.
There stood the 'Lily Cross' in per
fect safety, deposited upon rugs so a?
to prevent the gold of the frame frorr
narriiig.
Kvideiitly the work of some motive
of carelessness, whether conscious or
unconscious.
Fred was questioned. He admitted
having awakened and fuond himself
i , .1 5 u 4 . "'S'y plentiful, while at other times
inglif, m tho dark, undressed, yet ' lare comlmya,ivcW rare. TnU
handling albumen paper most dexter . slso , Mieveil deJU-(l chicfly on
1U.".-' , , . . , 'climatic conditions. It is not unusual
Our dreams were related, and upon for cu!tivatea- nm,hrtoms to becomc
reflection Fred remembered finding the attacked bv a parasitic mould, which
key to the scene closet under In. pillow, r0I1(,er3 thcm ,U for food. This
but, never of a questioning mind in misforUlnr, rare,v cns t0 ,he wilJ
matters of more moment, he waS not to. m, until it is in process of decay,
at all disturbed at finding the key har" r,)e catacolllb3 of vria are noteJ f
TS""UlicrJw,, despatch "-ir production of mushrooms in im
i V i .i -,u ?7 'mense quantities. From the Mery
ed to the exhibition forthwith, without :avcg asH m!UV as s 000 Js
taking any impressions; and I red was ;omotimcs sc.llt to niai ket ,Uailv. We
obliged to seek other lodgings as it have IlcarJ o a c bei fa
was evident that his sleeping acts were ijai00x.
more solicitously euecuve man ms
daily and habitual routine of employ
me nt.
One rronders by what hypnotic pow
er were the unconcious minds of three
people blended so as to make a unit of
discovery. The somnambulist who hid
the picture; the artist who saw her
picture in the hands of the somnambu
list; and 1, who saw the cross svmbol
where the Christ symbol was hidden.
A. SoUTHILt
1 rue contentment depends not uron
wi-it lnw . inh J,. i.. i
wi.Bt ue IMVF, a lub was Urge enough
'.v.tur r, it WOl lU W.15 IOC
W.iS tor
small Tor A Won. I
A miser grows rich by seeming poor:'
an extravagant man crows poor by
seeming rich.
now ninny a man has lied to save ap
peal anee, especially to his wire, when
he might hare fold the t uth and gone
about his busings.
m
erman
99
yrup
Boschee's German Syrup is more
(successful in the treatment of Con
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
bitter -Kerhi a
&Sn5?l V",;
ln 'he hot, moist South everv-
were- It has been in demand by
every nationality. Itha9 been
Ployed in every stage of Consump-
on-. IQ brief it ha3 been used
by millions and its the only trne and
reliable Consumption Rtmedr.
i"G
at- i -J-T Milt
Sirs. Ogdtm Snyder
Albany, N. Y.
' Qwe My Life to Hood's SCfSa-
paniia.
' Words are powerless to f apress the gratl
aide I te-l toward Hood's Sarsaparllla, tor un-
er 0o( , Jrtl d know hat ,OIhll nleillcine
0enii i.te. Twelve years ago I b can to
,lo:it, followed bv nausea at the stomach, and
ater with i.wellliiB of me limos. accoinpiDled
,v severe pain. 1 nu iria.lually sre worse un-
.iitmee yeais ago. ruysici .u told we the
rouble .
lausMl by a Tumor
for i-everal months I had been unable to retain
ir f. . I ... ... '.1 1 .:. nr.H U
miciatei, had frequent
' tZLtaii'
liotnorrliHirr. and
ere ritibt iu saymc
ver. One day a frit ni
luKitrsted that I try Ho d s Sarsaparlila: I did
jut 1 kept on utidKraUiially began to feel better.
I UeiM(i to keel liim.'ry
?ould. mrt-r a tune. retain solid food, Im i eased
u weiiiht, the aallrou hue left my skin, the
Hood's
Sarsa
parllU Cures
Moating subsi led, and I felt better all over.
?cr tlie lust ti.i rears mv health "as been
luit goi, and I have been able all the time U)
lu ine uou-seworK. for mv family."
Mm. OoDts Sntder,
So. 10 Ju s in Street, Aluany, N. V.
HOOD S HIM.S are 1hi best after-dinner
rills assist (iuetlcin, cure headache Try a b
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The Bishop's Wit Saved Him.
' A story showing the shrewdness and
ready wit of the Scotchman is to!d jf
well known Scotch bishop who was
content to pass his life in single bless
edness. While he held a certain see
he was, (if course, an object of consid
erable interest to the unmarried ladies
or tlie neighborhood. 'Jne day he re
ceived a visit, from one of them, who
had reached the age of desperation
Her manner was solemn, though some
what eiiibarr-e-od. The good bishop
spoke with his usual kindness, and en
couraged her to be commiinicativ e. Ty
nd bv he drew from her that she had
had a very strange dream, or rather,
us she thought, a revelation from
heaven.
j ( In fu -ther questi nins she enfessed
that it had been intimated to her that
be was to be united in marriage to
ihe bishop. One may imagine what a
Mart that gave to 'he quiet scholar,
who ha I long before married his bor:s
and never thought of any other bride,
lie recovered, however, and, address
ing her very gentlv, said that doubt
Y -s these intimations were not to be
.le-pir-ed. As yet, however, the de
signs of heaven were but impcrfectlv
explain' d, as ihev had been revealed
' oniy one of he parties. Ho would
tvait to see if any similar comniuniea
lion should be made to himself, and
j.Vhen it happened he would be suro to
let her know.
mushrooms.
It is a popular error that mushrooms
grow to Iheir full size during a single
night, a-d that they dissolve and van
ish after the sun shines upon (hem.
jTbcy are rapid in grow th aud rnpid in
decay; but the same mushroom may
be watched growing and expanding
for two or three days, and then gradu
ally decaying away. Much depends
on the dampness or dryness of the sea-
How's ThlsT
WeofTeT One Hundred Dollars reward for
nvcaof citarrh rhit cannot be cured by
rakln? !I ill's C it .ri h Lure
F .1. Ciiesev A Co.. Props .Toledo 0.
We. the iintlerHtmied. have known F. J.
'heuey for the last V years, and believe hinf
oerfecilv lienor.. u!e In all business
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O.
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' inn;i;iss, Toledo, o.
i Hall's Cat.irilnure is taken Internally, act-
n.ll.ectly np-.n the bloi ana mucus sur-
laces el me svsiein. I cioiiiohtjii' seui. lice.
faces of the system.
rlceitc. per ooitie. sola d an arugiiio.
Thrr is h shepheid at Mod or. ITun
?ary, ho ia 10(5 years oi l arid stih
it tends to his floeks. Ills wlfe, who 1-
Ihe third partner of his joys and eor-
rows, Is 91.
(Thore are a targe nuni:s-r of hvelenlc physi
.lans v ho claim Unit tlisease is always the re
su t of a transt:ri-ss.in of Nature's laws. The
proprii'n-r of arnld Tea are b -th physicians
'ami haveuVvoted years to leadline the people
low to Dvold s'ekues. bv follewins ature's
laws. They Klve iway with every pacnae of
Uai field Tea a little booK. which t'-ey c.all.i
III enatde a:l per-ons, ;f dirt-etlnns are fol
lowed, to avoid sickness of all kinds and to
have no need lor Oaifle d Tea or aay other
niedictue.
An English c ersy man nod lis wife
nave just celebrated tht Ir Iron wfddlnr.
;70 T'lirs of weilded life. The husband
is 97 years old r.nl tt e wife 93.
lliipturcctirc ei:ira:itcpl ly
Dr. J. B. Mayer, 1013 Arch tit, Phil'ii,
Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de
lay from bnsiness, attested by thon-
fc3
w Wp3
Duul. SH
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sands of enres after oihtrs fail, advice
em-''"! nd for circular.
Four me mtrs of one family in New
fork BameJ Cochran hold iK-sitli ns i-s
m ijurs in the Tt-lunu er milttLi of that
itate.
Authors as Letter "Writers.
"Because writing is my trade is no
reason why I should be expected to
follow it for pleasure," said Mark
Twain to a writer in the Indianaoolis
News, and forthwith tho humorist de
stroyed several letters lying before him
on his desk. And this opinion is ap
parently shared by not a few of the
amous writers of the day.
Bret Ilarte, for example, positively
refuses to answer any but letters of a
business nature, or from friends. Ten
nyson ignores all letters without dis
criminating except in rare instances.
Robert Louis Stevenson travels
around so much that most of his letters
never reach him, and those that find
him receive but scant attention. Mr.
llowells is uot over particular with his
correspondence, and James Kussell
Lowell is even less so.
Ouida takes pride in saying that but
one letter in a hundred receives reply
at her hands. Mrs. Oliphant, the Eng
lish novelist, is also a poor correspond
ent except with her intimate friends.
Frank H. Stockton has recently
formed the habit of answering letters
only afler they have been repeated two
or three times. George Bancroft's age
prevents him from being attentive to a
miscellaneous conespondence, while
the poet Whittier and Walt Witmai:
have been compelled for the same
reason to resort to scieuce in numerous
cade.
THE WAX PLANT.
This beantiful greenhouse climber is
of tbe nulkweed family, its generic
name, tHoya), being in honor- of
Thomas Hoy, a distinguished Knglish
gardener. The Hoy as ara natives to
the East Indies and have twining
stemp, thick, fleshy leaves, and pinkish
or flesh-colored flower in umbels. Tbe
most common species in cultivation is
H. carnosa, with thick, waxen blos
soms, so regular as to resemble arti
ficial flowers. Tbey take root readily
and ara fine for window culture, the
thick leaves bearing well tho dry at
mosphere of heated rooms. They
grow in graceful shapes and blossom
abundantly in tbeir season, requiring
very little water except when grow
ing. The flowers should be allowed to
drop off theriiselves, when the flower
spurs will produce blossoms the follow
ing year.
There is nothing prettier for forming
an ornamental arch than this thrify
and beantiful climber.
El ONOMtO PLANTS.
Many of the ramphlets ami publica
tions of the U. 8. Department of Ag
riculture are of great value and intt r
est to persons interested in horticul
ture and llorieolturo as well as to tbo
agricultural interests. Among these is
a late publication devoted to Economic
plants, in which a long list is given of
plants raised in tbe botanical gardens
at Washington, with a brief iltseription
and history of each. These are
brought from every part of tlie world,
and are of various grades of uttlitv.
Among tbem we Cud the Taro or Kulo
plant, L'aiiflium eicutentum) of the
Sandwich Islands from which
their natural dish is made. There are
agaves, aloes, and other fibrous plants
and many curious fruits aud spices,
also plants used medicinally.
There have been two pamphlets is
sued descriptive of the "Eilible and
Poisonons Mushrooms of tho United
states," which, being illustrated with
colored pictnres, cannot but prove of
much value to lovers of the toothsome
fungi.
A Keport npon tho Climatic ant Ag
riculture features of the I'acttic Slope
is another interesting pub'icatii.n, ciy
ing much informnt-ou in regard to thu
agricultural, geological, and climatic
features of the country, its pecnliur
product", a list of exotic plants on trial
in the Garden of Economic Plants at
tached to the University of California;
and an enumeration of many foreign
The Royal Baking Powder is in
dispensable to progress in cookery
and to the comfort and conve
nience of modern housekeeping.
Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking
powder offered to the public. U. S. Gov't Chemist 's Report.
For finest food I can use none but Royal. A. Fortim,
Chef, White House, for Presidents Cleveland and Arthur.
Justice to All.
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in a Wsr!J Wh:?o " Chassis is U ia Gcdlinoss " nj
Pra'ss is Too
plants wnicn mm-mC9X lor culture
upon the "Western coast. The Annual
Repot ts of tbe Department are aho in
teresting and valuabl '.
nirkens on Thackeray's Death.
r On the Christmas eve of ISO's my
father was greatly shocked and d -tressed
to hear of the suddeu deafl
of Mr.. Thackeray, writes Mamie Dick
ens in the third of her interestiiiij
papers, entitled 'My Father as I Ke
call llini," in the Ladies Home Jour
nal. Our guests, naturally, were full
or the sad news, and there was a gloom
cast over everything. We all thought
of the sorrow of his two daughters,
who were so devoted to him, and
whom bis sudden taking away would
leave so desolate. In "The Cornhill
Magazine'' of the February following
my father wrote: "I saw Mr. Thack
eray for the tlrst time nearly twentv
eigbt years ago, when he proposed to
become the illustiator of my earliest
book. I saw him last shortly before
Christmas, at the Athenauni Ciub.
when he told me he had been in bed
three days, and that he bad it in his
mind to try a new remedy, which h-s
laughingly described. He was cheer
ful, aud looked very bright. In the
night or that day week he died
No one can be surer than I of the
greatness and goodness of his heart
In no place should 1 take it upon my
self at this time to discourse of his
books, of his refined knowledge of
character, of his subtle acqualntanco
with the weakness of human nature,
of his delightful playfulness as an
essayist, of his quaint and touching
ballads, of his mastery over the Eu
glis'a language. But before me lies
ail that he had written of his latest
story, and the pain I have felt in
perusing tt has not been deeper than
the conviction that he was In !he
healthiest region of his powers when
be worked ou this last labor."
Goodl Advli-.
One Mr. Muldnon erected In the
a wenty -Fourth Ward, of New York
City, a structure with pilasters of
lath on the facade and with rusty tin
for the roof, with a cellar below for
chickens. One day, he went to the
Commissioner of Public Works with
this statement: "Me name is Mul
dnon. I cont'ol forty votes. I keep
chickens in me cellar, and there is
wa:erinit. I want it cleared out,
or I shall throw me forty votes
against your par-r-ty." Muldoon was
advised to go to the Are department.
He went to them, and he sa d: "Mo
name is Muldoon. I control forty
votes. 1 want the water pumped
out, or I'll cast them forty votes for
a nay-gur." Tie tire commissioner
said they would lie glad to pump out
the water, but Muldoon had better
se the Mayor. The Mayor received
him with a blind air. Muldoon re
peated his story, saying: "If you
don't get the water out, I'll give my
forty votes to a hahthen Chinee."
The Mayor sent Muldoon to the
Hoard of Aldermen, where Muldoon's
friend, Mc'juttin, a member of tho
Board, engraved on the tablet of
Muldoon's memory the following in-
tellectujl remark: "Muldoon,
the
pa-r-rty wud get along better
vou if you'd sell your chickens
kape some ducks."
wid
and
AVorl ly mei are like Four api-hs.
Outwanlly ihev pres nt a fair Bppenr
Hnce but the nearer the core you get
the m re acii I tho fl.ivor.
There is a colored prisoner working
in th AKhama mines who cm ipo-ik
in twelve languages.
R ibintH tre liecomintr a serious nnb--ance
in s; xa-. parts ol Kinsas Baler
('ount pays a liounty of Bveents each
for rabbit tcalps, and at out 5fT0 scalps
have been paid fot there sincei last O- -tolwr.
Grsai far
Bad Bit.
Compliments m.-le at random are
nt to go wide of the mark at times.
APdilt-nguiShed artist had painted a
Dctuie of a farm girl in the a .to
flkin a cow. and a
w ho had come in was obsening the
ure, and making flattering-
I uiarxs concerning I
g lb w -
hi.2 wif
tist about this plct-
-What I like
is the fact
are,'
that you haven i v"", "
haven't nalntea
womnn of pood society aisgu -u -milkmaid,
but a real milkmaid.
Ah," said the painter, smiling, do
'YesVani positively certain
ihat you had a real milkmaid for a
""Thank you:" exclaimed the paint
4r's wife, "I was his model, If yor
please.'" .
. .,n.I nnrreranate 1 an agrl-
cultural rii' ivity of Starke, I la
015 ENJOYS
Eolh the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant
and refrciLing to tbe taste, and acta
cenlly vet promptly on the Kidneys,
XllVCl .11' I-A J ' - ,
. re. 1 1 .. ...I , ;,J.13
head-
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, I'leasing to the tasto and ac
ceptable to tlie stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it3
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable eubstances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and hare made it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by a,l leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly fur any one who
wi.-kes to try iu Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FI5 SYRUP CO.
SN FHAXCISCO. CAL.
10WSV1LLE. Kt. IV YORK. H.f.
lift Vrtt Pa riprpirpd
witi ivi.trt. F"im'santl 1'ntnt which st.iln the
is, Intiire Irit- Ima an.l hum n.l
"Tv Hi-ln; Sun si.e l'..hh u Hrll!lant, OJfil
Uss. liiirahl... ami the ciisurnr v tot no no
jiimlo iiif !icine for Coughs
IJroiH'liitis sind oilier dis
eases cf the Throat -and
Luiizs. Like other so
called Patent 3Iedicines, it
is well advertised, and
havin? merit it has attain
ed a wide sale under the
name of Tiso's Cure for
Consumption.
It ! now a "Nostmm," thoneh at tint Tt mil
eomionndod after a proscription by a reffnlitr
pliytlciRn, with no idea that it wonld ever go
on Remarket as a proprietary medicine. But
after compoundinc that prescription orer a
thousand times in one year, we named it "PUo'a
Cure for Cootum; tion," and b gan advertising
It ln a email way. A medicine known all
over tho world ie the result.
"Why Is It not Just as good as though costing
fifty cents to a dollar for a prescription and an
coal sum to have It put op at a drug store?
I? IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE
I lf.d:i, h. tor..tli.atl..n, lt3
.romplt-lUn. tllfeMMfc Kreath.
Mid ail Qiforders ol Uje biomaulZ
! Lirer -nd Botr,ta,
RIPANS T A Dill re
rrt Ki-ntiy y.-t promptly. lxxfrt
FOR FIFTY YEARS 1-1
MRS. WINSLOW'S J
SOOTHING SYRUPi
hs i-v-n rsrsl (T Million r Mothrr.
; "" 'r fuiKiivn luie I, .-iKir.n r r over
? 1 trip Ix-.t rcmrily f()r dlsrrhna. -
-t Twcntr-Sve Ci-nis a ilnrrlr.
' " s . - rsy - .
55CKSE525'
MfIa CURE;
Core Consumption, roach., CroTip, Kore
Throau Sold by all Dn-ccisu on a Gulraee!
ifj"? rrusV&tt Futlicatlflri,
ig.&aVVITH MAPS. . l,,v'
S X-eeK.U. Nortk D.k.-.. Mn.,T
UtaE COVERNIWEMT
r
j-!iiriii i
t:
l?E9&'A.l xi't 2 Plantal tliia an. vi7"iT L m. of oauuit l..,. JtTf loTLJ'TJ
I ... U. Ihr,. r. On
J3ETTE I- PliOOP
Mit-Rov, :FLIN Co., Trn
NO
AU,
Tt the
Mrt
.vr 7Z5rl'5& waeon, sustaining a it.u.l . ...... ...j-., "ti .-, mi m;
.agon, susiaims - . "
7rm Htimw bmrriL run ia itftrts,
TP-EQ .nabl. to walk. 1! aEhter providentially pto()ll4
ST.
A BEAR STEALS
M Into Gallop.
., . .llcrh ride J1
A bear Bteano. d .
one of the n
. i.-f.niii T.nru-
Bui'ivan
j Dayton Desmond, of Sum
iri his horse, which wai
berman J- Dayton is
, ' r -i nd his horse,
was
ZZZStnm rickety punK,
near a
2 iu -
at SuDdo
a
spruce - th woods to
-a r. an ml uu
ex-
Hill ana mui. rpturnlnir
iajInetho t.muer. ---"- 8Qor:
to the ig ne u,u.;" fllll"lew
onlmul The Dear nan
Santet oi'the f horse and bad thrown
?d" ,,f the dud ir. Before Mr.
DVsmond reached the scene the hor;e
rVoke his fastening and dashed away,
Sfbear all the time striking the
1 . . i. a mw as tnoutrn it
imai wiL.. . --
taA tn ride faster
illl. i- ' ... .
"d'. .v.. ...i anrl pave DUrsuit,
gave pursuit,
SnVupto theYorse on the side
ofa slefp hill. He dealt the bear .
severe
crack on u ucau,
.mo thi bear's
forefeet broke through
the bottom of tne puug
- ..
struggling to u'"- "
h
nd feet also pau """"i
.rin the beast powerless. A farme.
dering
at thi9
ai tnis juui-iu.o . .
and on stopping the horse which,
luncture Came OU me -cu i j iir is nor a mn-li il .-.a -ii-J
. , h(ls r.n that wlil curt tt'Vt'r :.i.,t
a bias &rri.io a at-tica hid.
reaching the top of the hill, began
run o-in. unset the Dung. The
Knap Hwpnirntfd
itseir rrom
the
wreck, but was followed
and
killed.
Surprises Otten Fati
who are
fond of contriving surprises pleasant
suri'rises for their friends; and in nino
cases out ten, such little stratagem
are harmless.
Kut there are circumstances In
which any tampering with that deli
cate instrument, the human heart,
becomes a tragic experiment.
Here is a case in point A young
man of Marse lies had been brought
up ln the family ot a merchant, and
of course fell in love with his only
daughter.
It became ue es-ary to end him to
Calcutta on bu-iness; but the pain of
parting wa3 softened by a promise
tnat his marriage should lake place
on his: return.
ln a few weeks, however, news
came that the steamship in which tie
had embarked had beeu wrecked, and
that every soul perished. The grief
of hi3 destined bride was agonizing
After a time however shu became
calmer; but. insisted ou entering a
convent with the intention of taking
the veil at the end of a year.
But a few months of her noviciate
had passed when she annouueed her
intention of leaving the convent, In
consequence of repeated dreams which,
showed her her lover alive ar.d well,
aud asking for her hand.
In spite of the remonstrances of
the superior and sisterhood, the girl
went home, where she was received
with open arms by her parents.
But there was a mysterious expres
sion in their Joy, the meaning of
which she could not fathom.
They took her by the hand and led
her to the sitting-room; on tba
threshold stood her lover, who re
ceived her into his arms and covered
her with kisses.
When he released her from em brace,
she tottered, stretched out her hanij
towards her parents, and sunk upon
the floor a corpse. The Joyful s jr
prise had killed her.
1UCIC aic Hi.ii; . . .. . ..
Mac4Ulay, the English essayist, took
- - "t aione at cotlee
house. After dinner he woull buiU a
pyramid of wine classes, which usually
toppled over. He would pay for the
broken glass and go.
The Athenian Arcl ieloical Society
has carried out some excavations on the
site of ancient Corinth, which have
resulted I In the dfceorery or a consider!
Me building beloneing to the Sixth or
Firth Century, B. C.
The population of many South Sea
from the products of palm leave.
Take Hood's an i only Hood s, beeaus.
HOOD'S SarsapariiU Ccbe8. It p52S2
merit pecu Ur to Itself. Try a box. we"e,
Hood'. Pi;u are pJr7 vegetable. perlectW
ha.mlws. fUVctlTe, but do not caul. T
gripe. Beturetog t Hood a. paln or
A five minute chat over the teleohone
between 2sw YorK and Ch cajo! co?tl
nine doilars-tbree ce iU iLsecoud.
Sadden Change rw,r.her
Dls. There to no more -5
forCo.:ghMJ.,lds ete, turn Eaow a dT
Bjars have Icen slmostex-erminntt
m the Austrian Tyro'. Ti. aUHi
-nt ra,, 115.50 fiev;ryT0'Dee
Droy Grave!, I'-ifbeti"?,,-
Ueart,Lrinary or Liver Uiseases v'
Arch Street, rhiiaj-af J'tSu-83!
'"r 'Sfhf
'nu leork crlti ;
Inhn Grnmiiil. f this i-'a.r, was t!:rown fr
JACOBS OIL,
which Mrs. f tmim.l 1. ' serr.l bruit
,J',"sitit, s: i: waasbletowaik about, and i.as u.t.
COBiPETELY CURED "
Very truly.
M.
THOMPSON,
PotTMJ,,
READY RELIEF.
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Dront liits, riiciiiuniil.i, v.-lliiit- of tbe
Join Is, l.umi) i?, ln.1 iinmatious,
Rheumatism, Ne .ralgia
Frostbites, t liilbl.iins, HcMJjflitfjuau,".
ui-Iip, Ait!iina,
DIFFICULT BRxATHlNC.
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Init tills auveill-' unlit i.e-d
f oin one ti
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basnii, ollr hlomi Ii. ii
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a il all l.teioai
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lIl)WAI's i ll..N ,.t. a
Fifty cents per bottle. sl l hy lirogjiu.
HE SIIIE TO t.l.I ItAinVAVs.
Dr. Kilmer's
SWAMP-ROOT
MRS. GEitMAN MILLER.
c;jrii;i ort. Mn:h.
Saves Another Life!
DIGESTION AKD HEART TROUBLE
CURED:
Suffered fur Eight Lor.3 Years I
MRS. MILLER SAYS : "I In i t-n trouble
forcujht years wuu et'.u..i.:i ui. 1 tirart Ui
culties." Ilived mt!y -n milk, as every
thins hurt Bie&o. Mv
inaterrit'lesture. Con
eat. I bad bct n tf. ii
doctors and eLsewh. n
whatever. As a l.i--t
an i liverwort
ltlii.TfU'opDor
tao best Ctucaio
.nut any beaedt
r: I tri'.si your
Swamp-Rot, ari l
bottles. Csnnou iii
what, Kothinjf hurts
.!! Uscsl ttirve
t .ui) tiling, nomatter
and get a good
in:
,lt? s -p. Nu anip.
An". " ' ilouttinj tbu
Itoot cnrid
me.
statement cau writi.'.and I w-.ll l!y aoiwer."
I.iiurnii'.i'f ' . 17
! I. -I.
11.-llm trt
fvr. hum, r a.
At lruff--it.
un.i vt.vO Sue.
Fresh Air and Exercise.
Get all that's
possible of
both, if in
need of flesh --
strength
anrl nerve
force. There's nec J,too, of plenty
of fat-food.
Scott's
of Cod Liver Oil bul-ds up flesh
and strength quicker than anj
other preparation known to sci
ence. Scclfs Emulsion is ccitfs.r.'.'y ef
fecting Cure cf. Conswtfiisn,
Bronchitis and kindred diseases
where other methods fail.
Prnr1 br Srfl B'-rr" v. V. A'i mf:rit.
VOUR
WM - I 1 a ' . ... n
incrm uhirri nitur. c'':-. A tV b"ttK
4 Ot
S. S. S. takm at tiie p- n time n.ay i-.sute
healih for a year cr two Vjrt-K-re ict at ou.e. tor i
IS IMPORTANT
that nature be aisfei at tl:e right time ST-L"isi
v-tsm.i:l tn- 2ZStS
purities, and U u ex.e!k;U tunic alsJ
He Want to Add His 'ame.
Dther
oertiticatesin corruii. rd.itir'n of t - ?i
reruiii me xq ana mv nanie iu uu
cuntive
s i It
sic."
properties contai ed in S itt'sSt-'Cil-c ..-
is certainly one of th". t 4t tonus 1 oer u- J
"John W. LASStL, A.-.J -:s.i..
Treatise on blood and s':in d'.sc scs nu. ei
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S5or?.lCib,htt,ri!1 fri-h and l-r pro
oigloosly IeTerj. aectionof Aaieri.. Karbf.
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