- iiirr BT Vm.Ii ALLES DBOMQOOLK. Aha f ann nf tha fnrtiftflrlaririe I6, however, and wondered if afflio-j Jt was Jnn-np- when Ben Sykei 1116 LCPerOI Ilie lUniDcriaUflS. Uioliwonld not weaken the old wottan'i' and AbnerCorbin. returning from an iaiio, Dai a tae nme time wr cum.- bu-uiui uuu, d.vj- - - r w- iorted and helped by her. me iorom pmee. " There was the widow iiarKina, wnose aoi n uimn . ... 3 ' 1 - 1 I VtAAnn MavvA H 1 1 son Jen wbb brongnt nome one any , ouor ui ituuiuj -"" -- with a bullet in hia breast, and the ! ciously appetizing, throngh the cabin scent of whiskey still npon him. door when Abe's wife opened it a mo (iranny had slipped in behind the men ment to bid 15en "come in an have I bringing tbe dead boy in; and when bite of warm yittels along of Ab.' ' his old mother, blind with grief, had Hut Ben declared he mnst go on, and reached her hands across the bed in a1 was about to do so, when tbe sound ol t.ot.,ioo tT.ho r tliv had met ' childish laughter made both men turn High above the valley, in solitary grandeur, towers the weird old sum mit of tbe Milksick Mountain. Too distinct to claim close kinship with tho Cumberland!, too remote to le named among the brotherhood of the Great Smokies, it stands alone; a monarch without subjects, a banished king of a j. rood old range trending oft to the eastward, even away from its accursed companionship. It presents an awe some front, even in its allliction refus ing baser fellowship than the clouds which sometimes drop a kindly veil Herons its rugged brow. The very fence surrounding it has a pitiful sig nificance, as if it said, "Set apart!" "Mtricken!" Tbe verdure, true, is always green ihere, summer or winter, making a tiiutalizing temptation for the cattle oustantlv grouped without the bars. Grauny Corbin's warm, friendly clasp and looX where the boys. Burke and come to meet her irom tiie oiuer sine, uaviu, were uiiuK uuwu iuiu. Svmpatby was not abundant in he holding to old Star's tail, and shouting Larkins' neighborhood, for many had ' as they came. felt the effects of Jeff's drnnken reck-j- ju response to their shouts the cabin lesKUf sa. But grauny did not stop to ' floor tened again, and two tangled consider that Death is death in the j 0w heads appeared in the light of the household, whether it takes the pet mint morning. I'olly and Docie, theii lamb or the black sheep. So she ! frocks nnbnttonod, their faces un helped to wipe away the blood, and ; washed, but with their liny tin cups, smoothed tbe tangled hair upon the bright and clean, came bounding ont whito lomples, and folded his hands , at the first sound of old Star's coming, gently upon his breaNt, and laid a sprig Within the cibin another ear had of sweet azalea blossoms npon his ; caught the fHmiliw tinkle of the cow watching with longing eves the hardy ' bosom, and another ngainst his cheek; ball, and Baby Bess tnrned in her Inxuriance which crowns the Milknick j and then carried his mother to look at ' trundle-bed. Mountain. But woe to the cattle ven- ' her boy, lying so still and pale and Another turn, and the bare feet turiug beyond the prohibitory bars! gentle among the white sheets and the ; touched the puncheon floor; then came aoe to the cattle, and woe to the lips sweet azalea blosaoms. ' a kind of swift, right-abont movement, that drink of their milk! j He bad never seemed bo clean, bo a half poll, half crawl, that brought It had bronght woe enough, indeed, pure aud childlike since tbe days when her to the cabin door, where she sat m the humble dwellers of the valley j he slept upon her bosom the far-away 'waving her hands and calling, "Too roundabout, had this "mountain ol days ol liabynoou. into ner near Tow, as lustily as the rest. toison," as they called it; and one by ; there crept a nope, a laitn, uiai wasio pen Sykes watched 1 one, aa the deadly milksi. k had left its cheer her always, that he might per- I ati,erid about the d mark npon them, tbe atllicted families ! hups be ht to die alter an. i was had moved farther on, and away from j her boy, her babe, come back again, the dangerous locality, until only j clean and white in the arms of death. Grandad Oorbin's little cabin remained "It's mighty easy," Ben Sykes said when he heard of it, "it's migty easy in the shadow of aroh." This is the "Stricken iUon the name scientists have given it; for tain has baffled rhen to don't know what soience, lo, tnese trouble air. .lest wait, 1 tell ye, tell years. . . it stops ter her door; then yell see ef To the people in Bear Cove it is jt ajr in right," though it air 'sent of :nnwn as the "Leper of the Cumter-! the Lord.'" So Ben said, aud said it lands;" and what to do with it, how to until others began to say it, and began protect themselves from its nncompre h nded curse, was a question finally rattled by the erection of a great fence ' :ntirelv surrounding it, ami niatte doubly secure by placing a fine of one hundred dollars upon tbe hand lifted to lower the bars for any canso whatso ever. The fence might be scaled at will.bnt the bars were not to be removed, lest by a slip of man's memory the cattle honld find an opening into tho deadly pnsture. True, the bars might have been dispensed with altogether, only that the mountaineer tu vr.r dispenses with them, and tho fine was found to be an ample protection. Secnre in this safi gnard Grandad Corbinand his wife, Granny, had dwelt for more than fifty years nuder the Bhadow of tho mountain, guarding the astern puss to Hickory Vulley. Boor grandad spent much wonder npon the nature of tho poison which affected the bright, teuder growth; but to granny it was neither a matter of ttorrj nor conjecture. "I uir not questiouin' o' the Lord's join's," she would declare, "lie made the milksick ex it air, so I reckin it air 11 right, beiu' ez I ain't never heeard tx He ware given ter makin' mistakes. I reckin it air all riyht." All right I That is just what the people of Hickory Valley, and more especially that part of it belonging to Hear Cove, would have expected Uranny Corbin to say. Indeed, Ben Sykes, surly Ben Sykes, declared: "Granny air mightily noted for that word. Kverytbiug air 'all right' ter her. That air tbe chorus ter her song, an' sho air tolerble steddy ter sing it 'All right;' it air alters 'ail right.' All troubles an' ailments that comes ter folks air 'all right,' sn' just what ought to be, ef a body listens tor branny Corbin. But I'm a waitin' ter see ef things'll bo so mifhty 'rif:ht.' when the trouble lays at her own door. Granny's had a precious little ter fret ovsr, an' its mighty easy ter say trou bles an' afflictions air 'all right', wl:en they air sent ter other folks. Granny's got her name np fer that: fin a wait in' ter see how she bears her own trou bles." So she be , as Ben paid, "got her lame up" t s a comforter among her humble neighbors. W here trouble went they had learned to look for Granny Corbin, and it was seldom, indeed, that they looked in vain. be had such a gen'.le way of cariy ine hope to atllicted hearts, such a na tural way of making trouble seem less hard than it was, she was a very wel come visitor among the suffering, was dear old Granny Corbin. None knew this better than Ben Sykes; for despite his braggadocio and scepticism, Ben had very sad and ten der recollections of the day his cnly girl died, and all sunlight and warmth teemed to have left the world together aith the little form they were laying away under the dogwood trees on tli side of tho mountain beyond Lost Creek; and when they had left her there alone, under the blooming dog- j wood, he ha I crept back, when the rest were gone, to weep by the little grave that held his heart. For Ben's life at home was not a sunny one; his wife was quarrelsome, and hard to please; and now that tho child was gone, he dreaded what it might be the place he called home for himself and iiis eon Kuben. Buben, he knew, would not stand it very long, for he wes full grown at eighteen, and only tho week before had threatened to leave "if the etarnal fnss went on " I It was the child that held the divid ed house together the little girl sleep g under the dogwood trees. The little heart would grieve no more for Ihe harsh words spoken; the little lips .would no more kiss away tbe furrows of care and frownsof impatieuce. Ben sighed for his future peace as he crept back for a last moment on tho little. rd monnd that covered his child. It had seemed so bare and desolate, just as her little life hail been, if the grass would only hurry and cover it, he thought it would not be so hard to leave her there. Ee longed for, an.l lyet dreaded to see it the little barren mound. T?tt when he saw it, hi:i heart gave a great bound, and the tears started to his eyes, and ran down his lough cheeks. "Granny Corbin," he said, "it ware oerUinly granny ez done it." I Ihe little gruvo was literally covered with tho dt licato dogwood blossoms, lirst the petals, creamy nnd pink and pnre white, telling Low the trees had been violently shaken, nutil the crave beneath tbein wnn well-nigh covered Then there were t prigs of the pretty olossoms, armfuls, grouped about the little mound nntil it wan. seemingly, only a mound of bright blossoms. it wes a very simple thing to do, a very little thing mav be, hut it helped him in his sorrow. He never thought of his child again as lying alone in the f'omp dark earth. She was asleep in a Led of flowers. It was very sweet and comforting thought, and in his heart he blccsed the baud that had decked the resting place of his dar ling. Tbe next week she had co-no to him Lgain dear old Granny Corbin come to him, as she always came, on the heels of sorrow. Buben had left run way; "gono forever," he declared. &nd granny bad come over to tell him it was "all right" that his son should desert bim, and his child should die, and bis house "be give over to tor ment." Ho was very angry, and ho to'd granny to "cl'ar ont," and to go Lome and learn what troublo meant boforo she went out es a comforter J 'it's mighty easy tor tell folks trou blo air 'all right' so long cz it air not jer own," ho declured. "But wait ,ell it stops ter yer own door, an' see jf it's all bo right. Wait tell it stops, I say, an then come a sayin' ez its all light, an mebbo IV 1 u'lieve yo." , Btifi was not the only one who sooL to wait, without really knowing it, lor tbe trouble that was to settle Granny Corbm's faith. And granny lived on in tho cabin nnder tbe shadow of the Milksick Mountain, "blessed of the Lord," sho declared, for her son Ab and his wile j xiie two men at the gate watched and their five little ores shared the nntu one tiny cup was full, and I'olly chimney comer with her and grandad. I TaQ fetch it to tho baby crowing de- the little ones gathered about the docile animal. Burke was the real milker, and he eat with the piggin between his knees, guiding the streams of creamy milk safely through the tiny enps that were thrust now and then between his band and the piggin, when the younger milkers found their own efforts a trifle slow. Close to rhirke s Ride crouched Iavid, ostensibly "keeping off the calf" in reality. waiting his turn on the milking-stool. I'olly and Docie cronched close to old Star upon the other side; so close, indeed, that more than once Burke called ont, "Git back ther", I'olly, else ye'll be tromped ter death I" Or else, "Move back, Docie, afore ye upset tho pig- . gin! AN APRIL ftAIN. BT f lSiciE paincis. Softly, softly, pjtt'rs the rain. Over the land and over tne m.iin, Krinuliii; nweet nowrr and fruit again, iSoftly patrrs the rain. Soltlv tinkling all night ln:is. 1 heard It ratillu'i atilver koiik. Merrily alKiiiK it rainy dav ung, "A rainy day never lasts long. I full on the r'b as well as the Door, lapsing along from door to door. I Kle lo all from my treasured store lu gentle palter or heavy pour. "To all I sine my ronnoel.ivs. Bidding you think of the uiuVrent ways Thai iit Is Kood : and Him we pralae, In tbe fitful music of rainy days." "Hobioi'l Choice, The expression "Ilobson's Charles E. l'va&e Of Connersvllle, Ind. Hip Disease Boy's Terrible Experience aiven Up by Physicians Consid ered a Confirmed Cripple "For the benefit of other sufferers we st:ite he case of our boy. who was taken with hip "Not a chick nor a child missin Ben declare I, "how can she know the sorrer of death an' of deserlation?" True, they were poor, as the world went, but wealth was a stranger among tbe Bear Cove people, and granny was as well off as the rest of them. She had tho cabin aud the patch of gronnd surrounding it, and "old Star," tho cow that had, according to granny, "literally raised the two last chillen, cz her mammy had the oldest ones afore hor." The land, true, was a trillo too near the Milksick to be of any great value; for tho unknown poi':on was liable to spread, aud had a way, tho nelglilKrs saiu, "Ol iravenu round ekal t r tho mumps an' tho hoopin' cough." But granny troubled herself very little about the mountain. Grandad worried some, to be sure, but after all it was more wonder than worry that made him sit for hours nnder the low eaves of the cabin with his faded eyes fixe! upon the awesome old summit. I allors wandered what ailed it, ho said one day, as he watched tbe dreamful shadow clouds driving above the forsaken height. "I allers won- iered what ailed the Milksick any how." Grannv looked ud from the heel she was turning upon her knitting needles. 1 air not quustiouin tne doin s oi me Almighty," she declarer!. "He made the Milksick ez at air, so it air bound ter be all right, sence 11k done it." But grandail could not accept the riddle so qnietly. For half a century he had lived under its shadow, to won der at the curse. WbiiII." he iusisted, "I'd jest like o know, afore I die, what it be ez hev pizeued the imiiksick .uoumain. "Ye can't l'arn it, Obadiuh," said granny. "Smarter folks nor we-nns hev been a doctorin' of it, an a won derin', an' at the last they-uns haint no wher nor we-uus." "I'arson Orman, he lowed;" said grandad, "ez it air a leper, an' bed ter be sot aside, count o' its lein' oKcIean. It ware a likely sayin' o' I'arson Or man's; fur whenever I look al the Milksick, fenced off ther ter itse'f, it seems ter be a sayin', 'Unclean! on clean!' evor time I look."' "Yes," assented granny, "it do seem ez ef the hand o' the Lord ware upon it. Yit, f'ni tinnkin' it air all right, spite o' its nilmentH." "I ml like ter gi over ther'," si.l grandad, "an' look alxint a spell, au' try ef I couldn't make out what ails it. Some o' the scienters lowed it ware tho dew on the yarbs, an' ez it ware all right after the dew dried np. But the cattle ez went in in dew-time went jest like tliem ez got in when the ilew ware cone. All of em went a flyin' down ter the creek, ravin' mad, ter drink theirso'ves ter death. An' some lowed t ware ruin ral in the groun' ez pizencd the yarbs above the groun'. But they digged, an' digged, an' ther' never ware no min'ral fonn', not ter this good day. Ho they je.st h'isted the fence, an' furbid folkes a projckin' with the Milksick Monnt'n any more. Bnt I ud like ter try ter find it; 'twould be wnth consider'ble ter find ont what air hid over ther' in the milksick pen." "Obadiah!'' Granny's voice was sharp in pronouncing grandad's name. "Ye hev got no bizness ter be talkin' sech aforo the chillen. Nex' thing we-nns knows llurke and David'll lie lett'n' down them bars, an' who's to pay the hnnderd-dollar fine fur the life of me J can t soe. Grandad said no more; bnt he thought about it a good deal. He had always wondered at the Milksiek's curse. Bnt public feeling was against any tampering with tho poisonous growth. The folks had suffered too much from broken "ails, aud bars loft down, and poisoned cattle, and deadly milk. Their feelings were very em I'hatic on tho sublet. Grandad knew it "Ef a cow was ter git in fifty year from now, they'd say I done it, ef they once knowed I bed been in ther'," he said. So he never ventured beyond the bars; discretion was the bettor part of curiosity. Bnt unfortunately grandad's caution did not descend to his Grandsons, Burko and David, or else they were too young for its development. Long after the old man was asleep that night, the boys lay awake in the trundle-brd, whispering to each other of tbe won derful something which grand.td had said was hidden in the milksick pen, and which must be worth so mneh to tho finder. Uio moon was flooding the poison ous pasture with her full, soft li'lit when two figures slipped noiselessly through the cabin door, and sped away toward the grim old mountain rising to the left of the garden patch. Click! click! tho bars were dropped from nervous little hands carefnllv dropped. But when a low "moo s Minded among the azalea bnsbes across the road, both boys started with gnilty fear, and the hnlMitted rail fell with a crash that seemed to awake the vt ry hills. Both took to their heels, bnt stopped, breathless and panting, when they heard old Star's bell tinkling among the azalea bushes. It was only the cow that had frightened them, bnt gnilty consciences refused to face their fears a second time. They crept buck to tho trondle-hed where the little sis ters were qnietly sleeping. It was not long until they too were asleep.' And whilo they slept, old Star was con tentedly grazing within the poisonous limits of the milksick pea. liuhtedlv in the cabin door. "1 declar'," said Ben. "them babies of your air a plumb pretty tight; an' ole Star air a wonder fur gentleness." "Yes," eaid Ab, "them youngsters would find it mighty dry livin" without the cow." And then Bon said "good dav," and Abner Corbin went in to his breakfast, and his family grouped about the modest table. A frown darkened Ben's brow as he, trudged homtward. No cheery wel come aud happy children awaitod him at the cabin in" Bear Cove. A bit ol broiled bacon and crn bread, seasoned with his wife's ill temper, was tho best he could hore for. ".No wonder they-nns kin talk so cheerfnl." he muttered. "Not a chick cnoice Is often heard, but comparatively few persons recall its origin. Vide Awake thus explains: "Thomas Hobsou was born in 1544; he was for .sixty years a carrier between London and Cam bridge, conveying to and from the university letters, packages, and pas-, sengers. In addition to his express v.. V. i ,1 1 .. .(.v.1. i.wl lie I11U A IIUIJ CldUIC, CHU let horses to the university students. He made it a rule that all the horses should have, according to their abill- it Hi viaitn rt twirl" l nil 'i-1 i ,0 Insease five yearsago, when three years old u. ...j ... troub,e bepan with stiffness and severe lar order as they stood, beginning hj which 8U,lllellly went lo his w ith the one nearest the door. o , Tne doctor oronounced It a genuine case Choice w as allowed, and if any man t hip disease, and said if he lived he would refused to take the animal assigned to I Always it cripple, him he might go without any. That'mBne our feelingsl Cluille was entirely or none. Deuce the phrase, 'Hob- ieipiss. When e ent to his bed to move or 6(n's Choice.' In the spring of 1050 urn him f.r rest, lie would scream s though the plague broke out In England. were murdering him. After two months. I Thecollegesof Cambridge wereclosed, ,Jf It .""iaJ" tS and among the precautions taken by y that I puiird for adruestoru an i got a bot the authorities to avoid infection ZkZVl'&ZXWgS llobson was forbidden to go to Lon- ml broke. When we had taken a bottle aud a don. He died in January, 1051, part- aT of the Saisa,..., la wesaw that his genera, ly, it Is said, from anxiety and fret- n.ih w. improving, ting at his enforced leisure. Hobsort I is color wa, better. lf'r B ... ... . . . , srery way. The sores entirely healed up. we was one of the wealthiest citizens of lnt hm cutclie!linil lie walked with them for Cambridge, and did much for the j,early two years. He grew stronger, and now benefit of the City, to which he !br two years has had no son s, and has not left many legacies. His death called tsed a crutch for over a yoar. He limps a little forth several noems from members , . t of the university, officers and stu Hrlrlrl O "al'm nav WIF.TRI OF THE SEAii- 4i ulQni: flACsTRATED BT FSZfi When the "bloodless warfare of the m hi, paper on Motion of in Wires, first showca iu wfar6 e,e laws of wave motion naval man.evrcsisiu progrj---- c,,.u. - , ut C(iu:u o lL .tories are told along 4 he coast of , lh a eloUty , liavoc wronent oy ; , i mat "i"- , r of retched in rcSiT. Honf-ntic walks on lonely of 8t wires stretch the sea chanticleer feela in duty' electric rliffLmthsaredistnrDoauy- ------ tneair. ,r,lind in a the deep. ign. J , " be v nf nronaga oiW IpAIH 111 UUi ' I -wivfil I 111! IJlVv. -J - r , fact, ine -. - f j,nt. nd tne owsyu -- the ruetnou of the the : same question . ng mfeign- of Hertz, that is, oi v . tne . . ... nima ti in usau Z f The waves in straight wires bo length of tbe wavesiu flnJs with those in,"'" - . . tne longer in me .a . Liu naicrhborS Of tne rriw nnrnmir uu ft pales its ineffectual O,, WiH-.-B ---- ,.; strange lights irom tue - Zi: v.n,m, on oarades and eea-wa u -"r- tly been r:(T-inal elare. and tne -, imiea no " " ,i.lnd winking watchers on ex- I'rof. J-studying method ..n. ihanLftii when ,.i ; .nma other direction. tar they have experienceu j now they may hop to see something of Iba may well be called iu poetry. Thl weird Lystery otitM rM ing effects, whose infinite Taricty JonUntlypreeinK mlluL!d in a new aspect, the strong light and shade of it, Vi. hrmVtUer wit h which they succeed one combine to prmlnce on their otryer an impression as lasting as it is impos sible of exact repetition. Whatever effect is produced by tne liKht on observers on the shore is cer tainly not lessened when the search light Is Drought to bear upon i observ ers at sea. i rom now near or it th ahiD can oo iuio thetu onger .u d veloc.,y ot Tiirillr. illlU Vav ----- 1I..L propagation in the latter over . w S greater than that g.ven by Kir- choff or Wheat-stone, wu vcstigated the sudjblu. A OrtKBR tlmre IS a Kinu of us on guess; HoTj.sK.-In Lake 7T? . . s - 1,1. fish which ."SJiV. . , v.tives term every year m '-'at the bottom of removea irou. Aontl. ot the wall meas- can dp more than m - of the wa meas abeam of light 8hootsjnitner-r-- ate . .n from u - teen toeuty inches , o-ep. - nnta iiinnir Ihom turn hv fhA Tvtfitj t;lt,n thnn a atilrlonh nt. rThriKt'tft College." nor a chil missin'. finds things 'all So wonder eranny I dishes to the richf allers. Wait i hole side. fuled. Some'ycars ago a gentleman living in Charleston, South Carolina, had as an attendant a colored man who was an excellent servant in all respects save one: he could not be taught to serve things invariably at the left hand of guests at the table. At length the gentleman hit upon, in ingenious expedient Coats were then worn single-breasted in Charles ton, and he told Cu'sar that he must always hard the plates and other Hood's Cures ut is In the best of health, goes to school. uns and ulavs last as llvelv as any of tbe boys; walks over half a mile to Sunday school and (turn every Sunday. "My wife and 1 think there never was such a ioii'lne mide as Hood's arsapariiia. V. 1'sasE, Connersvllle, Ind. erects . mud Douse , u specimen, "' "in to a Lross the bottom, rap.u.j ------ . Hood's Pli: cure all liver Ills, biliousness. a Mini ice. Indigestion, alek headache. &c. guests on the botton- soy; till trouble comes ter they-uns, iest wait till it comes." It came swift and sharp and ter rible. One of those blows lfore which reason itself fulls in the grasp of de spair. Ben himself tottered with weakness when a messenger went through the cove at sunset telling the awful story of the milksick poison that had ap peared, with terrible fatality, in Grauny Corbin's cabin. It was noon of the next day when Ben Sykes visited the stricken house. He could not tiring uimseit to go soon er; he lelt somenow as 11 no nau ex pected the calamity until expectation had lieconie a wish for it. "But not this," he told himself, "oh, my God, not all this. This plan worked to a charm fo iome time; but one day there came a foreign guest, who wore a double breasted coat. Boor Ca-sar, in dis may, looked first at one side of it, and then at another, and finally, casting a look of despair at his master, he ex claimed, "Buttons on both sides, niassa!" and handed the plate right over tbe gentleman's head. M il l. VK IIA K CHOI.KKAT If such Is to be the deplorable state of alt ilrs. It would not be wise to overlook any precau tionary measure. The cheapen and best w.iy to improve the sanitary condition of your home Is to scrape oil 1 he ol.l nier and h;ive new put uu. TllKHUKI.il V WAI.l. HAl'KR t'O., of '.1 North Heventh Street, l'hltadeiphia. are .-llin K"ld embossed papers for 1 and 15 cents. Send 4 two cent stamps for samples. and j Ha Im.l nnl at,aIa.1 rtaHanpA forbearance in the face of this terrible trial; it was too much to ask of the human heart amid snch dire misfor tune. The neighbors had shrouded the dead when lien arrived, and made them ready for their humble burial. David. I'olly and Docie lay on tiie little trundle-bed, fast-locked, pretty, siuless lambs, not in tl.e sweet sleep of rest less childhood, but in tbe old, old sleep of death that sleep which locks alike the lips of childhood and of age, and seals alike the laugh or sigh upon the lips of grave or gay that old, old sleep of death. Under tho white sheet on anothet bi d, Uexs, the baby that bad crowed in the sum bine on the cabin doorstep, ay still and white, a little frozea mountain flower, poor little dead babe by tho side of grandad. As for him, the old man npon wnoa silver-crowned temples death had lail , a gentle hand, the smile npon his faci ; miht have tieen the smile of cbildhoo ('. come again, or, perchance, the smil of knowledge gratifiel, when death made clear the mystery that had baftled science, and led the old man to The extent of the oscillation of tall Jhlnineys mav be exae'ly taken by a close observation of the shadows they i a it on the ground. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward foi mv case ui catarrh that cannot be cured by akin H ill's ( it.irrh t are. K.J. CiiKSBV t Co., Props .Toledo. O. We. the iinilcrslKiied, have known K. J Cheu. y for Ihe last Ki years, and believe him iierfeclly honor. ible iu all lnisliiess tranac t .ons. and financially able tocarry out any ob hiMllous made by their lirm. VV kt &Tkuax, Wholesale DruKKists, Toledo, VTii.i'iino, Kinsas & Marvin, Wholesale llrn....kl Toloiln (I. Hall s t'atarrh Cure Is taken Internally, aet- tnu direrllv upon the blood and mucous sur taces ol the svslein. Testimonials sent free. Trice uc. per bott le. Sold by all druggists. It is said th .t men faint less frequent Iv than women because their lmagina the liL'ht thronch that self-same riddle, '. Jon Is slower or action than It Is with the milksick poison Burke crouched in a corner, sobbing beside the lied where Abner watched the conrse of the poison throbbing in his wife's veins. Cranny moved from bed to bed. where lay the living and the dead, min isterine to one, tenderly stroking tho dead brows of the other. Ihe blow i had fallen heavily, mercilessly. More than once tho assembled neighbors sought to speak their sympathy, bnt words were choked by solm. She, in deed, the stricken and alllicted, was the calmest of them all. It seemed as if she needed sympathy of none, nor asked for it. Put they understood, those simple folk, she leaned on a stronger arm than theirs. Once she stopped beside the bed where grandad lay, and lifted up the sheet, and gazed down at the calm, dead face of him who had travelled at her side for half a century. Wtiile she stood thus, tearless an? heartbroken, a shadow fell npon the doorstep. It was Ben. tbe scofler, bnt silent now and full of shame. (iranny tnrned to him, and lifted op ber face, pale with grief, and scarred full deep with age. The memory ol his words awoke in the poor brain words spoken when his own heart lay crushed and bleeding: "Wait till trouble stops at yer own door, then say ez it's 'all right.' an' I'll believe ye." Tbe words caine back with startling meaning; ner laitn was in me oaiance. he who had preached confidence most now prove her own, and that, too, to this man whoe future might depend upon her strength, sorely tried. She glanced at Ben standing in the sun lighted doorway, then at her dead, stretched in solemn stillness nnder the white sheets. Tbe poor lips opened to speak. "It hev come, neighbor," she said, "the band of the Lord air npon me" she hesitated for a nrgle iofctant, and tbe silence grew intense. Bnt if they ex pected any faltering, any swerving of tho faithful old heart, they were mis taken. Ono faded hand was laid on grandad's marble brow; the other pointed to the trundle-bed, where tbe poor dead babies lay : "It air all right; all right, else it had not a been." There was a hnsh of awe, and not devoid of reverence, in tbe room, as many a humble, doubting heart took hold again on hope. To Ben, the troubles that had well-nigh crushed him down seemed puny things, indeed, before that majesty of fan h which, wrapped still in the pallid arms of pain, could rise triumphantly among the ashes of despair to say that "All is well " The Arena. The fashion of serving the Dh be fore meata began in If 62. 'he fair sex. Hood's Cure In sayine that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures. Iw Proprietors in:ike no Idle or extravagant claim St.itemenis from thousands of reliable people prove that HUOD'S CURES. Hood's rills assist digestion. a IS Aud every 1,1. awl ULCERS SCROFULA RHEUMATISM BLOOD POISON kindred disease arising from Impure mi rod hv that nevrr-failiue aud best of all medicines. Book on Wood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC OO.. ATLANTA. OA. GANGER CURED - C. H. Wow. M. IV: Peh. 10. W. , KfarSir-For the twkc of sitflWIntf humanity I iVel It udutv t make this staU-niciit. Some years 'a' t litre api'fun i on mv chi-k a ltrounf't whlvh Kftve m no piiln until spt., At that time ttiriv ar.-ne a pur til lump whlrh WM pm iinunuf.1 lijr Urn phvlclans to be a 'aarer. It tivfW t t aut the itieof an acorn. When 1 saw your advertisement of t'mrrr Care 1 at onre icllti to try it, and am lmiry toitay It hit rureu i MTir-iiy, iiik my ict suito wWI. Also 1 nail Catarrh fr year. Itut sine taklntr your remedy all ynHtom are Ron. 1 he lievr it lo he the u reaiml blo4 cleansing rt uivdr. Yur thankfully, Kcv. IL H. MTTKlX, Littleton. Wert Vn. Porbook of testimonial-! nnd other Information t4lln . II. M SOS, M. I.. . 9 rhnlhwm, olunihlii New 1 ark. Tne Best Waterproof Coat in the WORLD I fish SL ti.m l-'Kll in: in m H'KKIt I wrranlM water 'inof, an.l will ke-p viinlry hi harde-t utorm. Th t.. w IDMMKl, sl.P ktlt Is a peiiM t rilinirroat,antl. r.ivniil, i-iitiro a.ntillt!. Beware ul imitation. Ik'n ti ihuy a cat if the " Kish Bra ml" Is n4 on it. IHu-tra-He. I fatalogiie ir e. A. J- TQWEIt, Bostoo, alass. ICKER I Do Rot Be Deeeiveo m i I with Paso's, r.nwm-1. " i hnrfO..J..W their.'. ?;mi.t-fM. I 1ms. Durable, and the wuiiinier pays for no tin I or .uua packn with every purchase. J I I Dr. Kilmer's oWAIYIr-nUUI Cnret Conaamptloii, CoacHu, Crotip, 8or Throat Sold by al liruRgtsta on a Guarantee, OPIUM r;. Marphlne fT.hlt Careil fn Odars. fl par m rarro. STEPHEN8. L.banon.Ohio. Liebifr, tbe cbembt, says the human body is connioaed of air coudeused u? uucondenNetl. Garfield Tea ;urtirk Ht-ai.'irbe.Heit-irirfnn.t-xioii.flav'eti Doctors Hill. Sample free. (J htiuxd Tu Co .5W W. 46th flt.,K.Y. Cures Constipation Impaired diRrstlot cured Pills. Ueeeliam's m i others. bf Beecham' 26 cents a box- pat e Soutliern factories are making from palmetto. If you are dmhlul as to tne use of Dobbins V:ieetrlc Snap, and cauuot accept the experi ence of niUfon who uie It, alter 'M years it liai oeenon the market, one fra will eonvinct you. Ak your grocer for it. Take oo imitation Electricity la now used for making .'org infra, augers, ball bearingg nnf otti r articles hitherto made by hand. IJM'UlU'il.tv 1 iii ik-st Cnufii hymn. ITssiph tltmd. t In time l-,,ld hv ImiwiFis. & Weof- H for you ready gJ.iyilllMJ.41.1) made medicine for Couglis, Itroncliitis and other dis eases of llic Throat and Lnnirs. Like other so- For Throat Olseases. Conghs. Colds, etc. efft-etiial relief is found in t.le use of "iroim'i HTonctiial 1'roche:" 1'rice 2icts. Soldo nil jn bozrt. Ice made at z-ro tempsrature will Ast longer than that made at eighteen tnd twenty degrees. rutin's TllU-iey Cart for Dropsy, Gravel, Wabetes, Bright', Heart, Urinary or LiTer Diseases, Nerv ousness, Ac. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, riillad'a. l a bottle, for S5, or druggist. 100f' oertiBoate. of tare. Try tu The estl bated mean distance of the; noon froui tbe center of the earth If UJ8.S33 miles. called Patent Medicines, it is ivell advertised, and having merit it has attain ed a wide sale under the name of Fiso's Cure for Consumption. It fs bow a "Jfostnim," trjoneh at first ft was compounded after a prescription by a regular physician, with no idea that it would erer go on the market aa a proprietary medicine. But after compounding that premrlpUoa orer a thousand times in one year.we named It "Rao's Cora for Consumption," and began advertising It la a small way. A medicine known all over the world Is the result. Why la It not Just as good as though ooatlng fifty cents to a dollar for a prescription and an squal na to bars It ant op at a drug store? German Syrup" I must say a word ' as to the ef ficacy of German Syrup. I have used it in my family for Bronchitis,, the result of Colds, with most ex cellent success. I have taken it my self for Throat TrouWes, and have derived good results therefrom. 1 therefore recommend) it to my neigh bors as an excellent remedy in such cases. Jatnes T. Durette, Earlys ville, Va. Beware of dealers who offer you "something just as good." i able, It still rises superior to the dog Always insist on having Bfischee ' la the manger. German Svrucl- - -i . ! " New York papers In depleting Chicago as a pig seem totaave reached the climax of humorous possibility and to be content there to abide. Yet Chicago got only what New York' strove for and did not hav gumption and enterprise enough to secure. Admitting for argument's sake that Chicago is the fat-jowled animal of Gotham cartoons lnnumer- and thither over the dark surface ol tne ;"6tniltv inohea deep. ocean. Suddenly the beam is m wi j-?- within a lake this queer t . Iinrrht ini DlaZ- I inU Wli ., - in piaoe 01 wo dot - : instar. And then all the air is filled with a blinding light, apparently cir clinK round and round, and forming a pathway direct lo the star from which It comes. It is only for moment As suddenly as it comes upon us it has a fApl that even at sea, where night ran be dark, we have enm at Berlin has two tiAvap knnwn before what darkness in " j . if inn oAnarating it into v i aoors anu v r mAnlit. I . PrnhAhlv onr ship is one of a squad- 1 two room BiailM.i rftnk hM in- l tA,i l.tra I.ap nnnnnrta aod i Vinciu in nl.t hJ broken so vsnted an alnxin.um vu. Iilio v rnnwi w m.pj --n . mysteriously npon our darkness, with . iii,i nf hr own. This will be quickly brought into play, ami iU beams in their turn will dart hither .n.i ti.ii i, oi- nnrnsa the dark waters in ureii nf the shin from which the strange light flashed. In this progress tbe beams will cross and recroas the lights of other ships, and will show at one minute dazzlingly opaqne, and the next as a transparent film. Every eye is turned to the quarter th firnt licrht flashed upon ns. If the light oome from a torpedo boat and fortune favor ns we shll sight the boat in a few minutes, but it may be n hnnr or even more before we do . f.r hnr nnmmander. if he wished to escape detection, would naturally the direct oath of the light from his ship. But, sooner or later, telling lilnn-Mnnk aoftinst the liKbt Deyona hor. wa catch siaht of the low-lvina boat which is pass ing through a beam and is speeding toward us. She is traveling fast, and we have to shift the light rapidly. Once nirain the beam falls upon the water. bnt it catches only the stern of the stranger, making it tell as light grey ao-aiimt dark. Nearer and nearer hastens the boat, darting this way and (hat in a vain endeavor to elude the blinding ray of ghostly light which fol lows her relentlessly. The weird mys tery deepens as the space between us grows less, and distance, form, and color are distorted and lost As often as not we see from behind the light the boat which it is covering, aa though it were travelling in the air or npon the bulwarks of our own ship. ft eird and startling as is this effect, it is far surpassed by that which is given by the search-ligbt wben It ttirows, as it often does, huge shadows on the sky, Not every state of the atmosphere is favorable to this phenomenon. Fog or smoke mnst be present in tbe air, lioh will tTmn. Iieinc made onaaue or Bemi-opaqne, take tbe imprint of a shadow almost 88 surely as a blank wan onshore. Just in the same way one often sees on the water, when the sun is shining, the sharp shadow of a ship, formed where there is foam, though as a rnle the water, being as transparent as the air, will not take a shallow. 1 he same thing takes place with tbe search light, only the light being so much Dearer to the object than are the clouds upon which the shadow is thrown, the shadow often appears many times larger than the original, and a tiny boat will (rive a shadow moving along the clouds like a gigantic ghost ship. Another curious trick of shalow is played by the search light when the shadow is thrown npon a cliff or npon another ship. In that ease, owing to the concentration of light the shadow stands out by force of contrast appar ently intensely black. The general weirdness, and destruction of form and distance, play their part in the illusion, no doubt But when the shadow is that of a small boat.it is difficult at first to say which is substance and which shadow. Ho complete is the illusion at times that Admiral air .No well nalmon. in the f any davs of search-lights, once chased what he thought was another tioat nnder tbe clins of Minora 11 a ven only to find after he hail gone a con sidvral distance that he was pursuing tbe shadow ol his torpedo boat If instead ot looking from behind the beam of light we look across it from any distance, another curious trick of shadow is to be eeen; the masts and yards of a vessel oanght in the beam will cast a shadow on a cliff or coafct a mile or more away, and will even, under peculiar circumstances. tell on tbe beam itself as deep bine bars along tbe silvery grey. X he beam is actually straight, bnt sometimes from a distance it takes the form of slight white curve athwart the sky. Of course this is another illusion, due, in all probability, to the refraction of the light in passing through tbe different layers of atmosphere, more or less moiBt Strangest, in some ways, of all the spectral effects of light and shade which the search-ligbt gives is one which was often displayed at the Maval Exhibition though it would hardly be fair to take the apparatus used there as fully illustrating the powers of those in nee in the Navy. Falling npon me water, me beam oi light is reflected to the sky in the wildest. weirdest manner. Sometimes one edge of the beam comes ont sharply and the other is lost, more often the whole is vague and blnrred, but always the scene is weird almost beyond descrip tion. It wonld be impossible to describe the effects of color produced by the search-light when turned directly towards an observer, some of which are, of course, common to aro lights under all circumstances. Tbe normal ray is a silvery white, but when the light burns badly, the ray appears sur rounded by prismatic colors, among which violet is predominant As a rnle, those portions of the ship using the light that are caught in the ray stand ont In a beautiful rose-pink. The water, where tbe light touches it, seems an intense, almost buttercup yel low fringed with emerald green, and shading off into doep bine-black shadow. No painter has yet attempted to grapple with the changing hues and strange effects. They are vivid almost beyond belief, and add in no slight de- KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvpirifnt ani tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used- The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting tho world's best product to the needs of phynic.il being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Firrs. It excellence is due to iU presenting in the form most acceptable and tileas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers nnd permanently eti -ing constipation. It has riven satisfaction to million and met with the approval of the medual profession, because it acta on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak euiiig them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Svrup of Figs is fur sale by all drug. ;n rjle nn.l 1 bottles, but it is nian- r.fWtnred bv the California fig tyrup pom iu r .lwavs on , f.f4r(i hv the tr?a south aide, serves as an opening r , whose name is printed or. every for egress and ingress. A dried spec- tae, also the name, Syrup of F, tor esretm r . ., rvd I , 11 ;r,r.rnivl von will not of this queer aooi iwa ueing ui ......- -,j acccpi any R. R. R. ADWAY'S READY RELIEF. CDi ES AND PREVENTS folds, Comrlis, Sore 1 hrnat, Influenza Rroucliit s, riieiinninu, Mvelliu? of the Joints, I.uiuhairii, lull iiiimatiiiiis Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Frostbites, Chilblains, Headaihe.Tooth- ache, Asthma, DIFFICULT BREATHING. Cli'.fcTHK WnKST PAINSIn from oue lo twenty ininul'S. Mil ONh IIDL K altwr read I iim tills :ilveitisimrnt i.eed any one .SI F- rEli Willi FAIN. MRS. GF.KMAN MILLER, Saves Another Life! Suffered for Eight Long Years ! Mas. Miller Payo: mI lial been troulil.sj foreiirtit years with tftomach anil heart dilTi-ciiltii-s. I lived moHtljr on milk, as every thing I ate distressed nie so. My kidneys and liver were in a terrible state; was so run down and nervous that at times I could lii-lilier loep or eat. I was treated by the best I'hy sieiuns In Chieago and elsewhere without any benefit whatever. As a last resort I tried IJr. Kilmer's Swimp-ltool, and before I had used the third bottle I realized that I was train ing in every way. Tho use of Swaiup-Uoot has made a ITIarveloua Curs in niy case. Now 1 enjoy every thing that I eat, and can go to Led and get a good nlehl'n aleep. Anyone doubting this statement may write and I will gladly answer." .Mrs. (Icrman Miller. llecaith, 1K9S. Sprlngixirt, Mn-h. Guarantee --Tie cont-iita of One Buttle, if you ar not l- nt-Tlt.s!. Drug. glt ill rvfund to yoa tiie price paid. 'IaTalld' Calile to llrll-nd C'MaaltatlM I'm, -j. vr. - nwmy a CO., rongiMinwin. ."V I . ''Y At lriUt, 6 On. mr S1.0O Site. Railway's Iteaily lteller Is M Sore Care for fr.very Pain, Spr in. Itnilnei. I'hIhm In the IIhi k. C or Limb. It was the rt and Is the nly PAIN UbMUlf That Insfantlv stops th most excriiclatmj pains, ullavs Intlamiiiation. an I cures CciiiBfi tlons. whether ol tli I.uiil's. Stomai'li, Koaelj oi other irl.ii ds or oi Bans, hy one ailic .tlnn. A half to a leas;ioinfiii In half a tiiu.hler of water will In a few minutes cure C'ramin, Spasms, four Stomach. Heartliiirn, Kervoas ness, Sleeple-tsness, Mck Headache, Diairlue liyseutery. Colic, Flatulency and all li-turul pains. There is not a remedial agent In the world that will cure tvver and Ague and all other Malaiious, Hllioiisand other fever, aided ty K tlllV A V's I ILLS, so quick as KAUWAl'J KKAUV UKI.1KK. Fifty cents per bottle. Fold by IlrnggliU HE Sl'KE TO GET KAUWAVS. VV. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE no'Wp. . Do you wear Ihem7 When next In need try a pair, they will give you more comfort and service for the money SKIP than any other make. $5 CO $4.00 i? 50 Lvf - 2.25v Best in the world JSSf (Si! 3.00 2S0 2.00 F0M LA0lE $2.00 I.7S FOR BOYS Two Stepping Stones to consumption are ailments we often deem trivial a cold and a cough. Consumption thus ac quired is rightly termed " Con sumption from neglect. Scott's Emulsion not only stops a cold but it is re markably successful where the cough has become deep seated. Scott's Emulsion is the richest of fat-foods yet the easiest fat-food to take. It arrests waste ami builds up healthy flesh. W. L. Dsugl2S-Slioes are made la all tfca Latest Styles. If WW wart j fine DKESS SHOE dont pay $6 to tt. try my $3.50, $4 or $5 She. Thry will fit equal to cui tom made and look and wear as well. If you wish ta economize in your footwear, you can do so by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. My name and price is stampol on tne oonom, iook tor ii wnen you ouy. ian no suu stitute. I send shoes by mail upon receipt of price, postage free, when Shoe Dealers cannot supply yoa. W. L.. DOUGLAS, ilrpcktou, Mass.bolil bf Prepared hr Rcott a Rowne. IT. Y. All Hrnrri'lvl CociatsitaUotalVe Kre4.wmnuofrhritrtaiii,l4(ewl. r,rr,ml- -3 rWl Remedy far Ottarrli tj tha Best, FaflleMt to T'-e. nf1 rtTiet. ttokl by drucKUiu r wit by owll, too. K. T. Bas4Uaa Watraa. F. MEND HARNESS mm YOUR OWN WITH " THOMSON'S SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. No tools FPnnrtKL (tnlr a hammer fwtptiad tr drl. nl c tnrh th ra easily and quickly, learina ik6 elu.ca upo uinj smooto. Ki-quhiniT no tin e to M mA la ilv k-aiher nor hurr for the Kiveta, Tber ar atruff, I nah and durable?. Millions now in uw. AJ lenvtti-, uniform r artd. put up In bozet. Alc your cl3klrr for I hen. or ami 40c la atMtuiM Utr a tux lou, airiea aize. Man til by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFQ. CO.. W.4LTHAN. MAMN. a) IAN IDEAL FAMILY MtDICINt For lNitls-eilN. Hilltiui-ab llradMt-hf, CoNtlpatln, fttwd P and all tluHnir ot Umi Htjt""- t. HUftr-n.1 R.wels, I RIPANS TABULES art pt.-ntly y. t prtii-lly. Perfect iliirt.ilon follows their use. tld by di-Utriritrt tr m ut hy mail. Bux 6 TiaUi, Iiu-kHtfei boxes), $. JKIPAV A IlKMIOAL CO., New Tor- j FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP hu hwn iiwhI tv Mttlinna f Mothrra for thir (billnD while To'ttnng fr over Firty War a. It wothj thPcbU.i. eofrn tnj puma, a) lava all mm, curw iiul oullc, and, ' uiarro Tweuty-flve Cents i Bottle. I: What Is Home Without HOSViE HC TACKS? alien to aalt. In a compartment box, handy when you need Tacka .bout the home for carpets, curtains, gimp, or naments, oilcloths, sheath ing, lOOl uses you know of. A,wTnl the right tack at tha right time. wal alzcft In a cartnn, handy when you need naila for a loose board, 6hingle. or Fence Picket, broken furniture, rickety door, to hang- your hat aud coat on, etc., etc Always the right nail at the right time. gree to tbe poetry of the search-light. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. Mad9 th8 ATUS TAC CORPORATION, BOSTON aantoa, rrha.n. Whitman, Duxburr, and Plymouth, Mass. CXarnwa-kM..... ""'WUT WANTS THEM. A gentleman is one wbo la willing to abate something from hia right. Surliness of heart mnst melt a little under the simple effort to smile. Tbe chronic fault-finder has a derll lsh spirit n hether be knowa It or not. A man without decision can nerer ba fi The Uore You Say the Less People Remember." Word With Ycu, SAPOLIO I aata to tmaom so nimaiiT.
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