. A fandr Evi'pT-
THE ESCAPEI- LUNATIC.
It was the 5th day of Jfovember
"Guy Faw Ices' Pay" in the tW alma
nac that hung above the mantel In
maternal grandmother's long disused
room up-stairs. In this Northern
home to which we had recently re.
moved, fallinj; heirs to it through
that very ancestress' .will, the dwell
ers regarded November rather as a
winter than an autumn month, aud
to-day the wind howled and the rain,
pattered with a persistence marvel
ous to hear.
And, as it happened, I was all
alone In the house. Father had gone
to take his russet apples to market
the apples that I myself bad helped to
harvest and pack in the barrels and
was not expected home until to-morrow
night at the earliest. Jack, ray
brother, was in Montreal, fittlcR up
the law oflico which was henceforth
to be his abode. Jean, our hard
featured, cross-grained old servant,
bad gone home with the "rheumat
ics," as she termed it, to be treated
by a certain ancient Indian herb doc
tor, and, Just at dusk-fall, Peter, our
"useful man," had thrust his shock
bead unceremoniously into the door.
"1 say. Miss Uuth,-1 ho had said,
"there's plenty of wood, and every
thing's all snug for the night, and
I'm going over to Stephenson's. They
re in trouble there.
"Trouble, Peter? "What kind of
trouble? Is the old man sick?."
But in answer to my query Peter
only uttered an indistinct remark and
went out, slamming the door behind
biro.
I stood in front of the fire looking
down at the glowing embers, and
pondering within myself. The Steph-
ensons, who lived in an old gray
stone house on the other 6ide of the
precipitous glen, had always been a
riddle to me. The family was small,
consisting ol only a crabbed old man,
his portentously silent wife, and two
tall, unealnlv sons; and what on
oarth tey did with all the big,
echoing rooms, or how they contrived
to live, perched like cablets on the
tide of the rock, I could not form the
least idea.
"City boarders," Peter had once
grunted out in answer to my persist
ent Interrogations.
Hut If they kept city boarders, why
did they not leave these dreary
mountain fastnesses when the leaves
foil and the dismal autumn fogs gath
ered atove the clill-.? Altryether.
there was a certain atmosphere of
mystery about tl.ese ".SteplioLSons''
that aroused all the Lve-Uke instincts
In my nature.
While I st'xyi thinking, a soft tap
sounded at the door. I opened it at
once, never once remembering that I
Iras alone in the house.
"Ye never oughter do that. Mis?
Ruth," said the well known acceuis
of Mrs. Giudge, Farmer Gludge's
buxom wife.
"Do what, Mrs. Gludgo?"
"Open the door after dark, when
you're alone in the bouse, without
asking who's there."
"How did you know that I was
alone in the house?"
"I just met Peter goin' to Stephen
eon's "
"Oh:" said L "Cut we don't have
tramps here."
"I'm not so certain o' that," said
the fnrmei's wife. "Your folks hain't
lived here as long as I have. We're
Just nigh enough to the Canada line
to have queer characters prowlin'
about when ye least expect 'em. And
then, there's Stephenson's."
"What of .Stephenson's?" I criixi
eageily. "Who is Stephenson, any
way? Do tell me, Mis. Glu lge."
"Well, I declare:" said Mrs. Gludge.
""'Is it possible now, that they hain't
told you?"
"They have told mc nothing."
"Well, it's likely they didn't want
to scare you or make you nerv
ous," said Mis. Gludge. "But all
the same, I think that you'd oughter
know. "
"Mrs. Gludgo," I cried, seizing her
arm, "what is it? Do tell me!"
"It's a private home," said Mrs.
Gludge, lowering her voice to a
whisper, as though the rain drops and
the rustling fir boughs could over
hear. "A what?" 1 gasped.
"For people of feeble mind," ex
plained the woman, "and lunies,"
taking her forehead as she spoke.
I stared at her.
"Then," cried I, "that's what
PeteT meant when he said that
that"
"One of the poor creatures has
somehow given 'em the slip," said
Mrs. Gludge; "an Englisn gentleman
from Moutrcal, as has only been there
few days. Nobody knows just how
It hapi ened, but happen it did. My
man has gone over with a lantern to
help hunt for him, and so has Teter."
"He might have told mel" I ex
claimed indignantly.
"Anyway, I don't think he ought
to have left you here alone," said
Mrs. Gludgo, severely.
"But you have come to stay with
me, Mrs. Gludge?'"
"Bless your heart, Miss Ruth, no!
I'm on my way to carry a letter to
Mr. Kotuney's up the road a very
important letter, with 'in haste' writ
on it." In addition to her duties as
a farmer's wife, and mother of a
large family of little children, Mrs.
Glndire helped her husband in the
care of the obscure little country post
office a milo down the road. "And
by the way, I'd nearly fotsot it I've
got a letter for you, too. That's
what biought me bore."
For me, Mrs. Gludge?"
Instinctively I put out my hand U
grasp the treasure, while the woman
fumbled llr.-a in one and then in an
other of her pockets.
"It's very strange," sr.kl she. "I
made sure I had it. I did have it
when I started away from home; but
now I remember. Juit at the foot of
Gibbs' Citr I took out my handker
cher to tie around my neck, the wind
came so keen r.ro and the rocks, and I
must ' .' pul'ed it out with that, and
everything too pii'-h dark to see. Oil.
Miss P.uth, I am so s rry! Please
don't report me, there's a good young
lady, or I shall ioe my placel"
I swallowed down a great lump o
Uirtcomfltuie and tried to lausrh.
"Report you, Mis. Gludge:" said I.
"Certainly not. It wasn't your fault.
If you hadn't kindly thought of me,
etid started to bring it to me on your
way to Komney's, you would never
have lost it."
"And quite true, "said Mrs. Gludge,
rveTu'.Iy; "but all the same, I wish I
hd n't been so die.idful thoughtless.
I'll send the boys out to search for
U "
'Oh. never mind the letter," I in
terrupted. "I dare say it's only from
Jack. To-morrow will do well enough
for that. Hut, Mrs. Gludge, vou will
come back and stay with me till Peter
gets back? Jean is away, you know,
and "
"Yes, my dear, I'll do that," as
vnted the woman, evidently relieved
to be let off so easily oa the score of
lia-ktLer. !Afld it won't be long
first. It's only a short half mile ft
Romney's, if the wind didn't blow so
like all possessed to-night."
With a good-humored nod she dis
appeared into the rain and darkness,
and I ran back to pile frf sh logs on
the waning fire. Bank burglars, ex
tradited wanderers, a lunatic at large
witn all these possibilities whirling
in my brain, it is not strange that I
lighted a second lamp in order
effectually to banish all lurking
shadows in the angles of the room,
and started nervously when a sudden
blast of wind shook the window
shutters as if with some Imperious
bano.
"I'll go to the garret and bring
down some butternuts," thought I,
"and then I'll get some cider from the
cellar. It will be fun to crack the
butternuts and watch the shells blaze
in the fire; and Mrs. Gludge will like
a drink of cider when she comes back
all wet and chill."
Cheered by this happy thought, 1
caught up a lamp and new to the gar
ret of the roomy house where my
father had bestowed all the treasures
of the nutty autumn woods. Some
how Priscllla. the cat, had got locked
into the garret, and 1 had to release
her from durance vile, and replace a
box or two, which she had knocked
off from the window sill, before I
came down, driving her catship be
fore me, with the lamp in one band
and an apronf ul of butternuts in the
other. Through the open keeping
room door a ray of ruddy light
streamed into the Cimmerian dark
ness of the hall. I stopped abruptly.
Surely I had closed that door when I
came out, remembering a certain
trick; it had of slamming to and fro in
windy weather like this. And at the
samo time a curious consciousness of
some human presence near by crept
over me like an unseen magnetic cur
rent
Nor was it a false premonition. As
I stretched my neck to peep curiously
into the room, I saw seated before
the fire a youngish gentlemen, pale,
black-baired, and. as I thought,
rather unsettled of aspect. And a
decidedly wet and mud-bespattered
gentleman, whose raiment was steam
ing in the glorious blaze and crackle
of the pine logs, as be sat there hold
ing out his hands to the genial
warmth.
How had he gained an entrance?
Had I carelessly neglected to bolt the
big door after Mrs. Gludge's depart
ure? ies 1 must have done so
and that was proof of how utterly un
fit I was to lie left by myself. For a
second I stood there quailing and
quaking, my heart thumping like a
trip-hammer, and a cold sweat break
ing out upon my forehead, before 1
decided what to do.
I had never seen a bank burglar, to
he sure; but I was pretty certain this
black-haired gentleman could not be
long to that race. And I did not
think he acted like any other scoun
drel who was fleeing from the rigors
it the law. He must be the English
gentleman gone wrong in his heaa
who had "escaped" from the Stephen
sons'. I was alone in the house with a
maniac. And at the idea my heart
beat more violently than ever, and
the cold drops grew colder on my
brow.
With a sudden Instinct I decided
that there was nothing for it but
flight. The worst feature of the case
was that I could not get out of the
iiouse (be it remembered that Peter
'rid taken awav the key of the bacl;
kitchen door In his pocket) without
passing directly through tho room
where the escaped lunatic sat basking
before the Are.
This, however, must bo faced; there
was no remedy for it, and with one
blind rush I precipitated myself
through the room, tumbling over the
cat and scattering a shower of butter
nuts as I went, and darted headlong
through the door, with an Involun
tary shriek that might have rent the
ceiling, If ceilings were rent in that
way. except in the pages of romance.
Directly into the arms of Jack,
iny own brother Jack, who was com
ing in from the van with a lieht
valise in one hand and a dripping
carriage role in the other.
"Halloo:" bawled Jack, staggering
under the blow of my very unex
pected appearance. "Why what the
I declare if it isn't Rutlne:"
"Where are all the folks? What
has become of the stable keys? What
have you done with Carleton?" be de
manded.
But I paid no heed to his interroga
tories.
"Come, Jack!" I cried, "coma
qnicklyl The escaped lunatic! He's
right there in the keeping-room! Oh,
Jack, I do hope you've got your re
volver!"
"What"' roared Jack. "An es
caped lunatic? Where the deuce has
he come from? Has he hurt Carle
ton?"
lie made a spring toward the keeping-room,
in whose door stood tho
tall, pale man, straining his eyes out
into the night.
"Where is he?" shouted Jack.
"Where's who?" said the escaped
lunatic, in a pleasant, slightly drawl
ing voice; "it wasn't a he! It was a
shel And she cleared the floor in a
single bound, and Oh, I'm 6urc I
beg a thousand pardons,"ashe caught
sight of me. "But please, what ir
the matter?"
In a second my mental vision be
came as clear as crystal. I saw it
all, and I envied Priscllla, the cat,
because 1 could not vanish under the
china cupboard as she did, and be
?one. I could only blush and Lang
my head, and stammer out incoherent
apologies, amid the laughter of Jack
and the polite apologies of the friend
whom he had unexpectedly brought
from Montreal with him, and whote
coming had been announced, as it
seemed, by the very letter Mrs
Gludge had lost
That's all. There is no sequel to
my story. In real life I have found,
that stories seldom do have sequels, j
I had had a dreadful fright, and they '
all laughed at me at first, and made
excuses for me and petted me after
ward, and said "Poor little Ruth."
lather declared that he would
never risk such a thing again, and
Jiseharged Peter on the spot but
I'eter came back to his work the next
lay, just as usual, aud he is here still. '
.'r. Carleton was very nice and
apologetic for coming in without
knocking, to dry himself, while Jack .
was leading tv.e horse to the barn,
, .... . . , , .,:
uui lie iiis mnjfi laueu iu love witu
me, as an ounoaox ncro ougnt to ao
Thc genuine escaped lunatic was
raptured near Stephenson's and taV.o
to Jimn.rc.li, unucr mo impression .
that he was the Governor Gee al
going to take possession of his vice'
regency. And just half an hour aftei
we had settled down to the cracking
of butternuts and drlnklnz sweet
cider that night, a merry group, i
sepulchral knocking sounded at tb
door, and Mrs. Glud.e's voice wai
heard proclaiming, 1
"It son please, miss, I've come U
lues sou com nan Tl". . :
From "Sew
Orleans Our
Southen .
Capital."
By Julian Ralfh n Harper's Magazine fo
February.
tickets are openly d ailavtd in the sr.o; (
wmdcwa, and pre sold on ti e sidewalk:
by men, women and children. Oli
stre for tt e Bt'.e of these tickets bean j
suoti a leg' nd ts llU on Its sign: Tub i
is lucky Number Eleven. More wln-j
ninor ticKets sola nere man au)wnen
else in town.
There was a drawing while I was Ii
the city, and knowing that the lottery J
corxpany was not to acts for a renewal o
its privileges, I availed myself of th
opportunity to witness its chief publU
operation atd the li.toile charaMeiij
who have been Induced by la' ge salaried
to figure for it The drawicg took,
place in a the. t e called the "Academs I Cous. nd noar,enea.-The Irritation
of Music," at eleven o'clock in th which Induces coughing immediately relieved
morning. The jellow gas-jets battled bynoeot Broicn $ Broi chlal Troches." Sold
feebly with the dajhgbt in the lobby onl in boxes.
Into which the people were pressing; .,. -
without let or qualification. The thea-' Aniline dyes we;e discovered by Un-
tre was two-thirds full at last On th "eidorhen In lSL't?
stage, set with a parlor tcene, was a! 1 ' , , ,
knot of men between two wheels. The' nnplurecnrts Kn;iraiitee.l by
wheel on Hie right was a band of silver, r J- B- Mayer, 1015 Arch (St, PhiPa,
with sides of glass and with a door in Pa Ea8e at once, no operation or de
Ltm metal rim. a bushel of little. hlanfe lay from business, attested by thou
gutta-percha envelopes the size of dom
inoes bad teen poured Into this wheel,
s,nd a white bay, blindfolded with a
handkerchief, btood at the handle of
the crank by which the wheel wat
turned. He bad one arm in the door of
the wneel, and with the hand of the
ott er arm was offering a tiny envelope
to Gen. Beauregard the last surviving
general who served on either side in
our late war. A fine most gentleu anly
l ok lug man he is, with the features of
a reuch courtier, with snowy hair, a i
white n.out-tache, a little goatee, and
the plnkeet skin a baby ever knew. He j
was laulMesaly diesexl. Actoss the
parti-colored boards, But Major-General
Jubal A. i-arly a perfect type of the
conventional rJgure of Father Time;
tall, portly, stoop-shouldered, partly ,
bald, and with a lng, heavy, white i
beard. He was dressed all In the col r
i'f the uniform tie distinguished by his
valor as a soldier.
Hy each general stoad a blindfolded
boy, taking numbers out of tba wheels,
tiid banding them to the generals.
From the big wheel to Major-General
Etily came the numbers of the tickets;
ir- m the little wheel to General
IWureg.ird came the numbers of dol
lars that formed the prize eaoh ticket
had W' n. By each geueial stood a
erlY. Early read out, "Twenty-one '
tl.ousand m hui.dred and fifty-two;" .
and Beauregard, having si elled tne
giitta-perthii cate otl a blll.-t, read out, j
'Two bunded dollars." Then the '
crieis took the billets and cried the
nil tubers. "Iw, nty-one thousand one
liundrtd and Dfiy-two" from one;
"Tew hundred djlhtrs" from the other,
who, by-the-way, called out Uw hun
dred dollars at le.ist tew hundred tiiHes.
Hut all tne prizi were not of that
amount. I chanced to hear the capital
pt iz read out
"Twenty-eight thousind four hun '
dred and tliirty-niuo" said Early.
" Three hundred thousand dollars,"
said E.-auregard.
The effect was startling; Indeed the
startled tenses ref ined to gri-p the
meaning of the woids. The cii-rs re
peated ibe figures. The people in the
theatre craned forward, a hundred
pencils shot over pads or bits of paper
iu n-tn's and wonen's bps. Then a
murmur of voices sounded all over the
house. 1 ha routine on the ttage was
liailet', for the criers too't ihe tw bit?
of pair to some clerks who fat at
tables iii the fat tlier p.nt of the s'age,
to a low them to verify the lruporta t
riures. Tben ' he routins began anew.
Mo-t persons who have the inter--ests
of young people at heart believe
that dramatic entertainments are not
healthful to them. Sometimes, how
ever, a lenient elder needs a lesson to
convice him that melodrama has a
confusing and too exciting elloet on
vouthful ideas.
An indulgent French gentleman
who had allowed himself to be per
suaded by his nephew to take him to
see a holiday drama, received this
letter from the boy a few days latr;
"Monsieur and Dear Uncle
Recent circumstances have reduced
me to extremities. A holiday, the
purchase of a desk, the necessity of
buying my firewood for tho winter,
have reduced me to such a state that
if you do not take pity on my pov
erty, for which I implore your suctor,
I shall be found in a situation which
already makes me shudder with
horor! Alas, I calculate I calcu
late, gracious heavens, bear me wit
ness! I calculate that to settle my
account I need no less than twenty
five francs. Oh, heaven! I can
barily breathe! Yours, with deep
espect, Jacques."
Tne uncle replied: "A d.nk pre
sentiment, my dear nephew, made me
tremble when I received your letter.
I opened it with atritition. Every
line seemed to my shocked eyes to
plunge a dagger in my breast. The
awful picture of your situation mado
mo shiver. A cold sweat burst from
me, my face grew pallid, my hair
stood on end, the words died on my
lips, my heart almost ceased to beat,
my blood ran cold, iuy limbs stiffened,
L stretched my hand toward my purse.
After calculating after calculating
all that, in this fearful crisis, I could
do for you, I took out Ave louis, and
I send them to you herewith. Your
Ce.tlouute uncle, Gkjkoe.
The knlttlntr machine was the work
t Hootoa In 17T6.
Tl e mariner' comrade was a Chinese
Invention, 12 0 15. O.
JSagVsh loaks were
Caxton In 1171.
first printed by
IF I WERn FAIR.
Bl EPITB RCTTEK
(Then sJie lot.ked Into her mirror.'
If I wore fair:
If I hnd lrtle lianila and slender feet;
It t my cheeks the color rlcli and sweet
r.-tttie at a out, tinl f.i ed at :i frown ;
I - 1 tmil ellnicma etirts ol hnrninlt'd brown;
tl I In (I di eninv res striow with nill-s,
.MiO ..r .ceftil limb and pmtty clilisli wiles
tt 1 Wfre fa r, l.ove wt.u iu not turn aite:
Life's paths, so n.trrnw, would Le broad and
wide.
If I were fair!
If I were fixir.
Tertians like otner niaMens f might hold
A ii ue heart's store of trietl and tested Kola,
l.ovc waits on Beauty, thoueb sweet bove
a. one,
It a.-enit to me. for an :ht might well atone.
Hut Keauiy's charm is strong, and Love obeys
The iilYtic witchery ol her shy ways.
If Iwer' fair, my years would seeiu so few;
Life would unfold swret pictures to my view,
111 were fairl
If I were fair.
i.erlinps tl,e bai y. w'th a scream of Joy,
To cl:is;i my neck wouM tlirow away Its toy.
A d tilnc us duno es in mv siunint balr,
Fewlldrr'tl b. tne nuns of eiory tharpl
But now oh I situ 'ox of ;i yofinj zirl's fc
Ui.clrM lips that Tain' cold tinners trc.
Vou w. m bU.M ,ilechl!, wnose wee hands
eirm
Not ou ire bltchrc bud, out on ths rosa
rn rtcb aud i.lr.
If I were fair,
Oht Just a llttie fair, with some soft touch
AtKi'.t injr f.-ce t a:orify It muchl
If t o one shuiin'd tnv pnnnoe, or my kiss,
'iy lert would almost breaK beneath its
bilss.
T:s said ea'ta nllgrlm shall attain his eoal.
A nd tMrfect llrfht ah ill flood arh Mln.tN.l ni
When day', flunii merges into . sunt'sb
aoa niKit. is urre. Aim tnea Dcyoua ue KMI9
laiiAli bebarl
Ths Last Division.
If your mother should wish to
I give each one an equal amount of
meat, and there should be eight in
the family, how many .pieces would
! she cut?" asked a teacher.
"Eight" answered the class.
Correct Now each piece would
tie ne-eijrhth of the whole, remem
ber." "Yes'm," said the class.
"Supposeeach piece were cut again,
what would result?"
"Sixteenths," replied a smart boy.
"And if cut again?"
"Thirty-seconds."
"Correct Now suppose we should
cut each of the thirty-two pieces
again, what would be the result?"
"Hash," quickly replied a little
eirl."
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Dlsintregatlon is nature's second law.
GuD c,p, were flr8l used , lg22 ln
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We eat too much am! lake too little out doer
ext-ielne. IhU is the tmlt of our modern civ
ilization. It claimed thHt (.aiUeid Tea, a
simple herb reiutdy, belot Nature to overouuie
'he) abuses.
The first iron uire was drawn at
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Alcohol was discovered ln the thir
leenlh centurv.
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Mr. Albert Hartley of Hudson.
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His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
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.veil. Mr. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk
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brnncht me rijrht out. There I no
better remedy fur blood diseases.
MJuHN Gavin, Da ton, Ohio."
Treatise on blootl and skin diseases mailed frw
SWTFT PrrrtriC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
JTSPRAY PUMPgR.50
I fM I Snr 't Ti n Acre i hai J Prr liny.
Endorsed by the IfaUiiifr Kotoniotoi.t of the U S.
. SO.UOU ln use. .Satisfaction ffnajnnt.rtl or mwncy ra-
fwutrtt. Illustrated cat.ilour on ipmylnu. Free. It
to a rapid seller Our Tanner a;tiifs are ntaklna 3
n J-JO per Jut. 'f SESU fnoor Aildrcja
P. C. LEW IS M Fil. CO.. BazA,CaT9Kitx,K.T.
OarfisSd Tea
rures.SKk HeadAObtj.Ketai.orBTriCoinpIewiou i
PtllL BajBDtSCTfM. OlltXlZLITtta.(in 3.1.W
O wenve
pwtuitt of
LvSSif S "omPlJ3Vocton?
St 1 1 " ii W
Cures Constipation
Hood's Cures
Terrible Headaches
Distressed and Discouraged
Health All Uroken -Tllorouslily Built P
by Hood aSaraaiiaril a.
31 ra. Eva Covert
Ot Bath, N. Y.
"I am glad tohave my experience with Hood's
Barsaparilla whiely known, because the mrdt
clne has done me so much good, I think It will
bent fit others who are out of Health. I was In a
Terr distressing and discouraging condition. I
had no apwilte whatever -.could not slep well;
lunereil will! excruciating neauacuos icit
Tired and Languid,
Had no ambition and seemed all broken down.
Alter I had tak n inrdiclne prescribed by two
of our best physicians, a kind net. hnor advised
me tr. try Hood's SarsaDarllLi. I followed her
advice, and the result is, I am perfectly well.
I do not have the headaches now, sleep we.l,
that tlrrd d elliiR Is vanished, and I am bright
and ambi'ious. ' I can eat heartily at every
meal, and have gained ln wlaht frotnW to 105
pounds. I do not have any distress In my
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
stomach, and epileptic flu, to which I was
formerly subject, m'ver trouble ma now. I
cheerfully recommend flood's sarsaparilla and
do not wish to be without It." MBS. Eva
toVEKT, B.ith, Steul en County, N. Y.
HtHiD's I'lLLS act easily, yet promptly and
effl. l. ntly. on the liver and buwels. 25c.
THK COMI SO OF HPKIXO.
"The firnt person 1 saw advancing
tonard me was a youth of a tnobt beauti
ful air ami shape;tbere was such abloom
on bis countenance, such eati.-faction
and joy, that I thongt it the most de
birnlile form I bad ever seen. He was
clothed in a flowing mantle of green I
nillr i u,vnn with flnwAtfl Va tnai !
a cliHlet of roses on his bead, and a
nurciBus in bis ban. I; primroses and
violets f prang np nnder bis feet, and
all tiatnre was cheered at bis approach.
Flora was on odb band and Vertnmnus
on lhn other in a robe of changeable
silk." Description of Spring from tl e
Sieetator.
As winter draws to a close we begin
to long for the ilnvs of vernal beauty
which though tbev eeem to tarry lontr,
are twiftly coming. Every day the
nin moniits higher in the heavens;
every day the maple and willow bnds
are swelling ready to open to the
A ril rutit-bine. Down under the
Buowy earth, roots and bull's are grow
ing wuitiug for the earth to grow
moibt aul v arm, as warm winds melt
tLe ice and snow. Robin and bluebird
and blackbird will soon be twittering
and chirpiug in the trees and the first
yellow butterdien zigzagging along the
wavsiue. But March Is a blustery
body ai d hearts grow tired waiting
and are fain to cry,
"O, wind of the sweet South-west,
Hlow sod 14" and blow;
Like a cradle pillow sunny with curls
Make each p.inb of snow."
GRASSES.
, "The oat pra-s and the sword gra?s, and the
bulrut-h id the pool.
Tesnvsox.
A vf ry interesting subject for study
is that of our native and foreign
grasses. To one who thinks that ''grass
is grass" aud that there is no diflurence
between them, it will be a matter of
nrprit-e to learn of the many different
varieties, each with its distinctive form
of leaf and reed spike.
One of the most interesting is the
"Sweet Vernal Grass" (Anthozanthem
odoratum). It has a veiy pleasant
odor and hhonld be found in every
mixture of grass wed for tbe lawn. It
grows too thin to be of much use to
the agriculturist but imparts a very
pleasant o.lor to hay which contains
ever so small a proportion of it Onr
illnt-tration, reproduced from the Agri
cultural Heports ehows the somewhat
scanly foliage and slender spikeleta of
this fragrant grass.
A very popular meadow grafts, better
known, perhaps, in Europe than in this
country, is the Orchard Grass, Dactyli
Ulomerata. lliis has pretty tufted
spikeleta, grows tall and heavy nnder
favorable conditions and flowers so
early that it may be cnt b fore tbe ox-
eye daisy cx mes into bloom, thus help
ing to check the growth of tbat flower,
which is becoming so troublesome a
weed in some of onr Eastern states.
The Orchard Grass is always found
npon those rich old Engliah pastures
so famous for fattening cattle.
Dotit the favors of Fate startle thee?
Fear her frowns yet more.
Pride and shame are twins, though
tbey do not look a bit al.ke.
WBOEVRK is dinloyal to truth is ths
some to falsehood also.
Some are endowed with good temper
to a greater degree than others. The
gift can, however, be Increased by the
eiiort to cultivate it.
The Iron Must f nrcaie was the woik
of Dei mold In 1812.
Miorlbiind writing was the Invention
of rilman, in 1837.
The revolving pistol was the Inven
tion o! Colt in 1836.
There is more Catarrh ln tills section of the
C untrv than all oilier diseases put together.
nrt until ti e last fcwy-ars wassupixrl to be
Incuiable. For a areat many years doc
tors itronntiucett It a local disease, and pr
si-rib- d local tnied:es, and by constantly fail
Iiir tocnte h local treatment, pronounced
It Incurable, t-ci nee has nruven catarrh to be
a cousrltutlonal Uea.se. and ttiereiore rqulr-s
cni'Mnuilui al treatment. Hall's Caiatrh Cure,
manufactured bv K. J. Cheney Si Co, Toledo,
Olil". Is Hie only eons' Itutionnl cur on tne
market. It Is taken internally in dwes from 10
drops to a teapMitiftil. It acts directly upon
tlie I'ltmd nnl mocotiH sitrf.ices of the systt-m.
Tt-ey ffrr one hundred doll rs fur ny cae It
falls to cure. Send for circulars aud testimo
nials. AUdrrss,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sw-Sold by Druggists, 7 jc.
Flints for gun lockj were used in tbe
French army, 1630.
' or Conn Too Rad
The testimonials published In this paper re-
lating t, i nuou s aarsaparll'a. They show be
yond a doubt that HOOD'S CUKES.
Constipation, and all troubles with the Uvar,
are cured byjaood's Pals
I The torpedo was the invention of Dr.
nnenneu in 1777.
The Com In a tK.
V raccoon makes an easily V'Pt
'cai animal, and it Is often found o
"nflned. When .wa it u .the tnest
restless of all creatures,, paiinK to
and fro incessantly wlthm lu
buln almost always In motion when
in its cage and not colled up n sleep.
It is very fond of sugar and all I sweet
meats, aud, strange to say, it wm
greedily drink strung, sweet a coholic
cord.ala o as to become ludicrously
Although the raccoon is still a com
mon animal in this country, yet it
does not withstand any systematic or
persistent hunting from the hand or
man, and there are today many wide
sections utterly unfrequented by ,
where, a few decades ago, It was
abundant, the country itself remain
ing just about the same as to open
timber, cultivated fields and dense
forest. .
The South American form is known
as the "crab-eating coon" (Procyon
cancivorous,) Is very similar in ap
pearance to ours and aiffera only in
possess! nir much shorter fur and other
minor characters; it extends over all
South America as far aouth as the
Bio Negro and it U very common in
all suitable localities, according to
Flower, with the same general habits;
only, as there are several species I
fresh water crabs ln tbat region npon
which this animal is very fond of
feeding, it has got the particular
name aoove given.
One form, Procyon lotor, ranges all
down from the United States through
Mexico well into Central America,
and those specimens taken in Costa
Rica are said to be the largest of their
race, and our name of raccoon" u
an anglicized shortening of an Indian
designation, "arathkoon," of the
Delaware. The French raton or
raton laveur and the German Waachba
and similar European names are de
rived from the curious habit whitSi
tnis animal exhibits when eating of
dipping or washing iva food la the
water if near a creek or pool; it l9
literally rubs and washes Its fore
paws in any stream or spring that it
may chance to run across when lei
surely prowling through the meadows
or forests
Tho 8l(aal Syaom.
The art of inter-comuntcatlon by
means of semaphores and flash lights,
so often resorted to by military com
manders either to make their own
movements known to their allies, or
to discover to supporting columns the
exact movements of the enemy in
fact for many different usea is even
ln these piping times of peace an ex
ceedingly interesting one. During
the great Civil War that art was
brought to a greater degree of perfec
tion in tbe Federal and Confederate
armies than it had ever been before,
but the stupendous and all-absorbing
question of the hour prevented any
thing like an adequate appreciation
of its beauties.
Perhaps it is not generally known
that tbe first signals ever used ln the
field were during the late war, and on
the success of our system of flag waving
and torch flashing at night, are based
tbe systems now used by tbe armies
of the entire world. The United
States army was also the pioneer in
use of electric telegraph on tbe bat
tle Held.
It is history, that during the earlier
campaigns of tbe Shenandoah Valley,
tbe flank movement of Lee's grand
army for the first Invasion of Mary
laud was detected and recognized
from a signal station. It is all on
record tbat nlgbt signals' by torch
prevented far greater disasters to the
arm at Chancellorsville than those
which actually befell It When the
troops were falling back, by night,
upon the river, the pontoons of the
right wing of the army were swept
away Br the flash of torches mes
sages were 6ent across tbe swollen
stream:
"Hold the army in iu lines Instead
of crowding it, with danger of a panic
upon the banks of the river."
The first intimation to the Union
Army of the death of Gen. Polk was
obtained by officers deciphering the
code of signals that were used with
flags between the different Confeder
ate corps.
The h imometer was tbe invention
or Ua'.iieo, 1590.
Look on tbe brizht side of life.
Think of its pleasant thinga. Bear its
unpleasant tilings patiently. Remem
ber that the mercies of life greatly ex
ceed Its ills, and tbat often tbeaeiUs are
mercies In disguise.
Tbe footstep of the fateful croddeas
Consequence may lag, but tbe weight
of her hand is never llftei.-
Thre thlirs are known only ln tbe
U llowlng way hero in war, a friend
in necessity and s wise man In anger.
Ir-p COSTS MORE to make Royal Bak
X ng Powder than any other, because its
ingredients are more highly refined and
expensive. But the Royal is correspon
dingly purer and higher in leavening strength,
and of greater money value to the consumer.
The difference in cost of Royal over the best of
the others does not equal the difference in leav
ening strength, nor make good the inferior work
of the cheaper powders, nor . remove the impuri
ties which such powders leave in the food.
Vhere the , best food is required, the Royal
Baking Powder only can be used.
We offer
you a ready
Tutes Good. Use la lime.
E3
made medicine for Coughs,
Bronchitis and other dis
eases of the Throat and
Lungs. Like other so called
Patent Medicines, it is well
adrertised, and haying merit
it has attained a wide sale
under the name of Piso's
Cure for Consumption.
When Hamlet Exelabidi "lye. Tlw, Wrr-urn Jl
APOLiO
man, "that . hv eiris
put up and hjna ea c.....-,
: and women, 1 inier i
Uaration of ?;' of it
'pleteiyin thoir banns.
'would ever roach 'ne weynlcsll
would 1 beaten Vtu,ir
person, like ,uo ' important
.Ju,n!.i.!!rh.7man nature. It
SffiTta-lib- is often one of
S l Heltons interest that they
rp'srgrwhoVad-Sn'h
Tuir Unleiyou can eat more we
shall hare no confidence in you
Thus encouraged, the grfl ate
great quantity of various sorts of
confectionery the next day-and
ZVtV wished I to eat any more as long
MThis1U the secret ot the free per
alssion. A new employe, set down
in the midst of so much sweetness,
and free to help herself, consumes too
much"or her palate and digestion;
disgust follows satiety, and from that
time forward the candy maker is con
tent to let her confections pass
through her hands without tasting
them. i
In Russia, where repression rathei
than freedom is the order of the day.
a different practice, and apparently a
cruel one, prevails in the confection
sry establishments. The girls em
ployed there are never permitted to
taste the candles; and in order that
they shall not do so secretly, a sort ot
moral muzzle is put on them.
Tbey are made to sing Incessantly,
when at work, a song especially com
posed for the - purpose. Any young
woman who interrupts her singing for
an instant is at once under suspicion,
and is watched.
Of course tbe employes, in such clr
:umstances. are continually tempted
to eat the candy, and their torture is
made the more like that of Tantalus
by the words of their song itself,
which are in praise of the sweetness
and dellclousness of the candy they
are handling.
They learn to sing on ceaselessly
and indifferently, but .it is said by
those who have been much iu these
Russian candy sheps that the girls'
utterance occasionally becomes singu
larly thick. .
Tka Ou ! Xaaded.
A certain doctor in Northern Maine
Is noted for his love of hunting and
he is reckoned a pretty good shot.
Durlug an epidemic not long ago a
well-known 1 urn It rman (now de
ceased) had the misfortune to have
several of his men quite sick, and one
of them being in a dangerous condi
tion the lumberman started ln hato
fur this doctor. Now, our medical
friend is sometimes quite slow in
getting ready for his trips and on this
occasion, after being called, he was
unusually so. Suddenly the thought
came to him tbat as he was to go so
far into the woods he might see soma
game, and stepping to the door where
the nervous lumberman was impa
tiently waiting he Inquired: "S.ty,
don't you think I better take my gun
along?" "Gun? nol" was the excited
reply, "the man will be dead enouh
before you can get there." Lewiston
Journal.
Thu world is full of lion fighters,
but it is hard to find people who
won't run from a hornet
If you have the wrong kind of re
ligion ln tbe street cars, you don't
have the right kind at church.
Do good as often as you have op
portunity, and it will not be your
fault if you are not kept busy.
Thk religion that is noisy in church
is sometimes very quiet in other
places where it is more needed.
THxax is no greater misfortune ln
life than to have a bad mother.
The easiest thing for a loafer to do
la to find fault with busy people.
Ir is a dangerous thing to follow
anybody who is not following Christ.
A new luminous fungus has been for
warded from Tahiti to Europe. It 1"
said to emit at nigbt a light resembling
that or the glowworm, which it retains
tor a period of twentv-four hours after
halug been gathered. It is used by
'be native women in bouquets of flowers
for personal adornment ln the hair and
dress.
ft fa now a "Nostrum,"
though at first It was com
pounded after a prescription
by a regular physician, with
to Idea that It would ever
eo on the market aaa proprie
tary medicine. But after
compounding that prescrip
tion over a thousand time In
one year, we named It "Piso's
Cure- for Consumption,' and
organ advertising It in a
mU way. A medicine
known ail over tha world is
tba rwult.
Why la tt not Just aa good
a though costing fifty cents
to a dollar for a prescription
and an equal sum to have It
put up at a drug store?
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a. u. .. ' m" 9 WUsI i II ;
i;r?!Mi iv Hstssa d. i a, .
ore:
ENJOYS
Both the method and results wU
Syrup of Figs i3 taken; it 13 pleasant
and refreshing to the ta?te, and actj
gen Jy yet promptly on tie Kidneys,
Liver and T'oweld, clcaut3 tho gy&l
tern effectually, dkpcU colds, he.
aches and fevers cud curra habitaal
constipation. .'fP of Tig3 ia the
only remedy of its kiud ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the etompch, prompt iu
iU action and truly beneficial m ita
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, ita
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have mado it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Fig3 is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggitt who
may not have it on Land will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wUhes to try it. Lo not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAM FRANCISCO, CAL.
IDUISV1UE. KY. AfiV YGF.K. H i.
Do Not BeDeceived
hin-l. Inlure the Iron an- ;ir:i rv1.
0.1 ol
les?. Dtirahi, anti irmci'inumpr prvi f.r
or rl&s package wltb every purchxse.
eic tin
ADWAY'S
PILLS.
rurely Trepeiablf. mild and re'iaM.- ran
l erlect P:v"M!oii. complete al" : idum anj
ilea nihil ri--'U;Hiity. r'l-r Hie cur ot al! 1ii
oidersoi liic stiiii at h. l iver, foweli. hi lucjj,
Bladder, Ncrvoui l.sae,
LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HcADACHF,
INDIGESTION,
DIZZy FEELINGS,
BILIOUSNESS,
TORPID LIVER,
DYSPEPSIA.
PEr.FECTOK'.FSTION wlP he acfinp!ihfti
by I:.k1nu lu.Uay Till. 1JV lll'ir ASll
111 LI jJ-" prui'fi ti- tiii-y Miiiiiilale the livr la
the st'cretii-u f ihe liie and l.s d-lnrjd
tbr-'ticb ibr bil:aiy u:cs. lli- s-- pilis u a
ol fiom tMot t i.iur will quiclily ir;.iiU:e ths
acll. n .'f lli-I'.v. i and f'r ih" 11I e it fioia
these Uli rd! s. in or 1 l Uti'l.tv - Fi ii,
taken danv bv tlw si;i j Ci i il "is
and tori'idry t.( ih- liv- r, v II keep Hie
rcauur a-id s. jre hait . dues: iim.
I in f . 1 c r tux. Su.O t all uru; j sti.
BADITAI A CO.. N'UVV TOIiiv.
MEND . TO OWN HARNESS
WITH
THOMSON'S
SLOTTED
CLINCH RiVETS.
No toot rp)u.;ft. On:- a fiaanncr iw?aed todrK
ana c IncH h m casny and q Kav.ryr tfao ciir ch
bsout ty mia. K tjui i: -g n . ho e ia tx m--ie la
th wrier nor rurr tor t -e K -.vet. Tbv ar irons,
n.b and duraiilc. Mi; ioni u in u.. aJ
cnuiht. uniliinn r ne l. , ii' nn in cx.
AnU your doafpr .or tlirin, - r wnl 40c la
tamp 1W a owx -j. Kj. a-- r.e .-iej Myi id uy
JUDS0N L. THOMSON MFG. C0.f
1 WALllI liI, MASS. c
TACKS
TOO ALWAYS NEEiD 'EM.
fioliK iNBTiNr.r
You I'ull curtain down qnlclr, oil it
eoinea. rou nwil "hums Tack."
felmp ti losa on ctulra, etc To
unnt "Horn Jorti."
BpnnR c!t,ln2Tou rslav mnud.
J'ou niii halt "Ham Tacks." Oi
IN any K'ovr uss rcn Tick
Vou tll lavi,liiiu just the rignt stxsd
tacastor tue purpose iu a box of'Hom
7a.u ' .aoK3d In six apartmeuu
a oust ccDnten .orrn.
m JIM. letal h? L JTI.W Drt. 10uh4Artfi
TACKS
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TSHILOHS
Cut Conramption, Couch, Cronp, Sor
Throat. Sold by al I ru exists on a Guarantea.
FWNvWgNtst
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP:
?f l?? Millions of Mothers ;
t'.i."i. ' lreD ""! leethln? r..r uvi r ,
iinytar. It sootlns iho cl'lld. K-ftms the .
gutns.alla.vs all f .ilo, cures lud cvUc, ar.d '
Twenty-five Cents a. Battle.
. , " ' -"rii:, una
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diwtloti toilci. ihl ?. - UTS
K
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Tie Best
fatcrpcf
CC3t
in ths
WORLD I
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1 JllietlSH nitAXD RI.ICKtl! I. -.,-r,nlt wat
If ie "iislj Tin nd" 1, ntt . it. Illn.trs-
lico l-italrnrti fr- . VUWER. Il.nton. Kev
lrt lUmMr tar Catarrh Is ths
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