fits
raiavr
T MISSII IBTIKO.
When skies are flushed with Ifwj e'ocdj,
ADd snowdrops startha ground.
Behold the misty April wools
With blushing beauty crowned!
Id eyery deep and dusky (lade.
Or dingle's ii, Kloom,
The trailing arhu'us displays
The glory ol lu bloom.
Ob. wonld von knnw the legend sweet
Ol how It came to slow
With such a soft and rosy huet ,
For ouce 'twas like skov,
A robin. building In the o'lk
Beside the ruined mill,
At sunset told It all to me.
With many a silver trill.
One mornlne. brlcht with diamisd dew.
An angei of tlif sriTii
Went flying o'er the wnid, and dropped
A garland from Iit wimc.
7 lien cHine a maitieti i.ewiy wed,
1 be eil upon her hair,
And premcd Iit chm-li a alnst the flowers.
Ana left bt-r biushra tm-ie.
"Do You Feel Thirsty, Father?"
BY WAKflAltET SFENCEK.
'Annt Linranifa 15rown! There
never wan, uor over will be s fnnuy
Umpersm e Moryl The editor writes
me, '1'Jease mi 1 tia h story, not Mil;
it unt be on trniprraiicc; lint make it
fnDDyl We ore i'iite litlugeil in tears
this rrontli.' IVrfectly atmurd re
qaept. A fnuny r-tory-of-tf mperarice.,
"Alarv, dou't look so forlorn; I can
tell yon one this minute, ami it's true
as the pof.iel; Imp: eDed here in this
very ternix-raD'"!' . town. If the editor
ut tbo "Dree 'y Xows" ilon't laugh, then
be is a hopeless rae. That's all!"
Mary was Anut Liimnda's favorite
ciece from EnsrUnd. tj!ie lived close
to Kou on, mhI wrote for tho news
papers, aud was "Swart"; she was mak
ing her tinclf's fiimily a visit in Ohio.
Annt Liiranda fohieil hor Manila over
ber wLito arron, put her specs on the
top of her head, and suid: Keutn
Cliff was horn in onrtown. His father
and his grand fatber were callud good,
plain, well-to-do nun. 'i'bev give
their men on t! e f.irm whiskey and
turn, sometimes, and took a little too
much themselves at "raisin-"' and
town niPotiiifcN Kenlien was nsed to
wine on tlie taMo and sideboard. .Milk
pnnch and efignoij for company onj
tor health!
Reuben's fa'hrr si 1, "If the boys
are used to seeing It at homo they'll
uever tie drnuknrdH."
Kenben wm a hnnil-.ome loy, and
at twenty -two a Hun, snber, mnuly
fellow. lie mrrie l my dearest Hnu
tlay school schnlar, Lucy (..'unpin. She
used to worry a proud de.d about
Keuben's love of a laas row and thn,
but his prosperous busiu tss and his
entire devotion to his family led her to
think hiui "too much of a man and a
uutleruHU to I e a drnnkard."
1 weive years passed. Iteubeu's
little Annie u as t n, hiiJ l'ob eiR :t
yeurs old. The b by died th;it winter.
Little by little Keuuen neut tlown, till
he luy in the htreois. He was nervous
and easily intoxieated, and f r liireo
years had been tnkiug a little more
every day until he almost lived at he
saloous. 1 cuu't tell yon Mary, about
Lucy, about l;eu': eu's discharge from
his place of l.usiu. -es,
' Ke.illy, Aunt Laiiritnlii, I don't see
anything. "
Anything funny. Well I see it
ooming now. I'm going to leave out
the sorrowful.
One night lute in the fall, as your
ancle and I were going home from
prayer meeting, wo stooped at Keub
en's house. We know Lucy had gone
to take fome fewiuir home, and the
children wonld be alone. The front j
door was shut, but the curtains were
not drawn ilovtn, so we looked in the
window a moment.
What a sight ! There on the bare
floor lay Ker.beu Cliff, his Imir
tossed about, hie fav rid, and Ins eyes
but like the h a I On oie- anient him
knelt Annie; a in r fro liu dipper was in
her band, a bucket full of water stood
close beside her. U. l knelt on the
other side; Lifico all aglow with ex
citement and responsibility. Ho held
a small tin tunnel to Lis lather's Jit s,
potting it jrst ius-.do his month. Annie
lowly poured a stream of water from
the big dipper, watching carefully that
it hhonld go down her lather's turoar.
Uncle leaned a :anist the bouse for
npport, and I Mulled mv shawl in my
mouth. Hob raised up oiten to look in
his father's eyes, but they were Mill
hnt. Another aud another dippcr
fnll. " liob, it dou't quits all go d li t."
"A little runs over, bnt you spilled
wme."
Down the mail's fare, info l'is ears,
ais neck, over I lie dirty coat aud hand
kerchief, tho water r:iu in tiny streams
on the floor. Uol scrabbled ff his
knees and said ilecideiilv, "There I'll
bet lather's full."
"Ye?, there wont another drop go
down. Thut's e. i tain, lint I'.ob nre
yon sure that hail a bucket full is
enough?"
" Oh yes, Annie, that's a lot of water,
I tell you. J'iit it does take a good
deal to till such a pre.it bitf man, you
know."
Bob's oandiil face ws more than
jour uncle coul I stai!. He just
walked away a minute to laugh aloud.
" 'Auuie, mother'll be awful triad to
ee father full. I heard hor say this
morning, when he uid he was fr.iut
and sick, and must have a drink. lie
was no thirsty, 'l v.sti yon could be
filled up once Heubeu, and never ask
for another drop to drink.'"
"Poor mother," and Annie sighed.
'Bob, we've done mote than all the
big temperance societies in this town
that Auut Lilian la goes to so much.
Father wo:it ant another drop, I
know, after this."
She put her two small hands on
her slim waist, set her bend to one side
bit, and drew a long breath of satis
faction. Then wo walked in. The
floor was covered with tiuy streams of
water running in every dir- ctiou. The
man was dead drunk. Sjboriy as I
oould, I asked,
"What are jou doing, children':"
Annie said enthusiast. cully, "VVbr
yon see, Auut Liiranda, ally White's
father nsed to go to the yaloons all the
ime, and be in the streets, and was
always drinking. Now he's cured!
He's never thirsty for whisky or wine,
or beer. Mr. tlonh told Sally's
mother that whenever a man wai once
filled up wild cold WRter till it ran
down out of his mouth in streams,
he would never want to driuk whisky
again, never. They poured a bucket
full of cold water down Sally's faMier,
and he was full, an I he's never been
thirsty since. Sully told mo herself.
So Tom and 1 have cuie i father!"
Tom l?aned over his fataer's fuce cj
ssid briskly:
"Yes indeed. We have. For once.
father's got enough to drink!" Tom
i ii. .... i t
ngueu una an ion, "tie won i oe
thirsty when nuttier comes this time,
either I"
Well Mary, your' uncle couldn't
talk; he walked into the other room,
and shook, aud coughed, and took a
glass of water, aud at lust said, "Come, I
we must go, Lnrandu."
We couldn't wait to see the poor '
mother come nome; put she told us
how she found them that night: how
he and little Annie were early in the
morning bnildiug a tire, aud Kenben
awoke. Not a dry rag on him, cold,
wet and miserable.
Lncy lelt him alone with Annie.
Ho stood on his feet, cursed aud swore, '
taggered to a sent by the fire. At
last he asked, "How in tho did I
get ?" then he put hb hands to his ,
Load to think. I
"Father do you fool thirsty this
morning?" a little sweei voice asked. I
Tell me about it Annie," he laid
(ebly.
Then the Bttle girl atood close by her i
miserable father and said, "Ton see
father, Salli cored her father of want
ing to drink whiskey by getting him
very, very fnll of good cold water; so
yon see (now don't be cross with ns
father), yon see Tom and me we just
filled you full of cold water, too! And
now father, do yon feel thirsty?"
Keuben Cliff took bis little cold
water doetor in bis arms and fairly
shouted "No, no, 1 am not thirsty; I -
never will be thirsty again lor anything
bnt rold water!"
"That was three years ago, Mary.
Reuben can beat John B. Gongh in
making temperance speeohes, and says
he tvai 'full for once I' As bis little Bob
said 'once and forever!' "
' Out temperance work gets bigger
nd more blessed every day, and
Kenben Cliff is our leader."
Waihington, D. C,
HOW M0S1CAL KECOBD3 ARE
MADE.
Entering the apartment, the eye be- ,
holds a scene so strange and unusual aa '
to impress the beholder with the mo
mentary delu-ion that he bas penetrated j
into eoiue chamber of necromancy '
belonging to mythical history.
Great demijohns, glass jars, storage
and ptltrary latteries, innumerable
smal!-s;zl and curious looking boxes ,
enitelddhed vtllh tiny wheels, shafts, I
and governor balls, stand on all side-,
while in the enter of the room are
placed two grand pi inos.fr ,)utln? which
at close rat ge, ptdestals or tripods are
located, surmounted by huge funnels
ith open mouths ready to catch the
sounds produced br the instruments. It
will tie Keen that ihehori s are manufac
tured with lar,e aiiertures to receive
sound, and taper off at the opposite end
to a Small tube, which has the effect Of
cencentra'iiu? the vlDrations and caus-
ing tlie ii to fall upen the cylinders witb
great force.
The Interrogatory Is often made to
us, "What U a musical record," To
Ahich we r- ply, in technical language,
it is the cylinder ued upon the phono
graph aft -r it has received the almost
liiij-ereepiible unduUticns of the re
cording needlp, as it catches and trans
fers the sounds played from the lustra
ti'enti into It. The theory and opera
tion of thi phonograph are now well
k-iown to the pu'.llc, but in ordr to
define clearly the terra "record,"' we
will state that any cylinder upon which
a succession of sounds bas Its iutaglic
representation is a "record."
When number of records are re
quired of an especially popular com
position, a doreu or more phonographs
are ranged in a semi-circle around the
p'ano and'iinpriRslotis are taken from
'he instrument through the funnels, a
dozen at a time, and these are then
duplicated by a secret process. The
di p lea tea are as clear and excellent as
11 e oriiunis.
There are various mechanical wants
contrive 1 to amuse the public, in which
i he phouosr.ioli plays a concealed though
important part. One of these l' in the
sdiapeora phonographic doll within
wlioe tiny bo ly a phonograph is con
cealed, by turning the crank of which
the youthful image is made to repeat
chihlinh rhymes and uuisery songs.
1 ue making of musical records Is an
Industry which has assumed enormous
proportions, and special buildings have j
been set apart for this pun oe. It is a '
well-known fact that ma-iy excellent I
musicians have given up their normal
piofes ion to carry on this new ait, as ,
it is found to be more luoratlve. Actors J
; uJ actresses utilize their spare time in j
reciting and singing to the phonograph,
and s mie very beautiful music Is thus
set ! fore the public. This Is a luxury
to many who do not reside In the
'l.etropt'lin, where alone they would be i
enabled to lls'eu to a Tatt', a Paderew- J
sxi, a Diife, or a Bernhardt.
The musical repertoire of the North
American Phouoraph Company is in
crease 1 by this nipsos, and the best
talent U secured to furnish music for the
leople. Improvements are constantly
Wng made to add to the clearness and
volume of thee records, and reports
come In that they have attained agteal
decree of perfection.
IT'S A WISE MAN THAT KNOWS
HIS OWN VOICE.
In a room In the Stock Exchange
Bull ling the other evening, were gath
ered a dozen gentlemen who were look
ing with interest at an object that
stood in the middle of the group. It
resembled a small horizontal engine.
The spectators were guests who had
'een luvl'ed to an exhibition of
K M'Kin's perfected phonograph.
The electrical wizard's productions
are all known, In a general wav,nd the
usual iJea of ihe phonograph Is that it
can regt er human speech End repro
duce it. Of the wonderful power and
well-nigh IkililfMS fcopeof th'S perfect
ed nstinmnt, those piesent had net the
faintest suspicion. Thev were, there
fore, somewhat startled when the large
lerpduclng funnel was placed before
the phonograph and the cylinder was
-et In motion.
After numerous musical renditions
of popular airs. Levy's favor'ts cornet
s"Io, "Nearer, Mr God, to Thee,"
came forth in magnificent volume and
execution. It had hern recorded by
the Xorlh American Phonograph Com
pany and sent from the laboratory at
Orange, N. J. Then everybody wis
allowed to talk into the cylinder It
turned regularly, not saying a word,
but faith'ully recording every syllable
uttered, with every tone and inflec
tion. When all had delivered their
little monologues, separate iransrait'ers
were given to each person present, and
the re reduction of their words began.
All were acquainted witb the differ
ent voices and one of the gentlemen,
far quicker than the rest to ca'oh the
different tones, told whose voioa was
being reproduced immediately upon
each change. Half a dozen of the
monologues had been repeated, when
he exclaimed:
"There's au odd voice. Whose la
it?"
A quiet l.iugh ran around the circle.
"1 cau'l understand It," continued
the gentlectan, puzzled. "I know
every one hre, but I can't recognize
this voice o eave my life; I never heard
It before."
"Are you sure?" they asked him.
Tos tive; whose is it?"
'"Your own,'' was the response.
And sj it was. A curious thlDS
about the human voice is the fact that
when a man hears his own voice
faithfully Imitated, be cannot recognize
It.
Positively, everything that relates to
sound is under tlie control of the phono
graph. The Phonogram.
Prior. Baeter, of Munich Uni
versity, has been rummagting around
among the mummy graves of Achmin,
and he has made a study of mor
than archaeological Interest. He hai
exhumed the remains ol an embalmed
Egyptian princess, and with them I
lot of cosmetics used for improvinf.
the complexion and brightening thi
eyes three or four thousand years ago.
He is submitting the ingredients o
bis find to chemical analysis, and
hopes to put these ancient prepara
tions on the market for the benefit ol
the ladies of to-day. Prof. Baeyer'i
discovery Indicates that, so far a
woman nature is concerned, the
world huan't nhnncrri . nnrMcin i.
J AAA . M
K1SSINQ THE ROD.
BT J AWES WniTCOM BB KILXT.
O heaYt of mine, we shouldn't
Worry sol
What we've mlsed of calm we couldn't
Have, you know I
What we've met of stormy pain.
And of sorrow's driTiiia rain.
We can better meet again
It It blow.
We have have erred in that dark hour
We have known
When our tears (ell with the showar,
All alone
Were not shine and shower blent
At the eraclons Master nieault
Let us temper our content
With his owu.
For, we know, not every morrow
Can be sad ;
8o, kiruetiing all the sorrow
Me have had.
Let us (old away our (ears.
And put D our (oollsh tears,
Aud tiiroiiKh all ilie eonuuit years
J us l be KlaU.
IndlanapoUt Journal.
NEW REFORMED DRESS,
SOWNS RECOMMENDED
WOMAN'S WEAR.
FOR
rite National ConnoU of Women )ne-8;ete
(tome Sensible and lfygleato Costumes
that WUt H Shown In Chloasjo During
tli Slimmer. ,
Short Skirts for Walklns;.
Of the four different styles of walk
ing costumes recommended by the
committee on dress of the national
council of women, one at least U
trim, neat, artistic and withal wom
anly, although truly the skirt is un
conventionally short, says the Chi
cago Post. This costume is in four
nieces and la of one colored material.
Thura U a. Inno- oracRfnl lacVet nnpn.
,np. . r.iousa r.ii(.. wirfc
reaching several inches below the
knees, and leggins, neatly fitted and
buttoned as are gaiter tops These
leggins extend up over the knees.
While this costume Is, of course, ex
ceptional in being short of skirt, it is
one that recommends Itself, not only
because It Is comfortable, convenient
and hygienic, but from, the fact that
it is uot calculated to challenge ad
verse criticism.
Another costume suggested by this
committee is what they call the
"American costume," which Is a short
one-piece gown with a zouave jacket
open In the back as well as the front.
This gown has two box plaits in the
back and also in the front and fid
lows the outline of the figure without
fitting It closely.
The Syrian costume, also recom
mended by the committee, is the one
which was so much mooted in the
London papers a few months ago.
The directions for making the skirt,
which closely resembles full Turkish
trousers, are as follows: Take two
a car. trim
full breadths of double-width mate
rial, or four of medium single-width
goods, and for the length measure
from under the heel to the usual
waist line. The divisions begin just
above the knees, where gores niue
Inches wide are inserted, with the
wide part upierinost, and joined.
At the waist this skirt is either
gathered or plated rather full in
front and very full behind, leaving It
, somewhat scant in front Pockets
' may be placed on either side In front
of the hips. When buttoned on a
skirt the placket is in the back.
However, this costume may be made
as a one-piece costume by carrying
the length right on to the shoulders.
In this case tbe skirt should have twe
short plackets in the fullness at the
back, with a short band between to
button to the waist. In the front It
may open in the front fullness. With
tnls costume no leggins are required,
as high-topped boots reach to the
lower gathered edge. A garment
somewhat scanter of this sort is
recommended to be worn under
short princess dress.
The fourth of these costumes Is
"the modified Syrian." This, while
much like the Syrian, hasthedtvls
i ion beginning under the turn of the
skirt about ten inches lower than In
the regular Syrian costume. In this
the extra fullness is taken out over
the hips by means of several small
gores on each side. To the waist
lining is attached a pair of loose linen
drawers that do not extend quite to
the knre, and the outside material,
instead of being sewed to a band or
held in place by an elastic, is slightly
gored and sewed to the lower edge of
these drawers. In this way the sup
port of the costume from the shoul
ders is secured. In walking the divi
sion is not defined In the Syrian cos
tume, and as the upper part of the
dress is mo;e conventional it is not
THC AMERICA COSTPH.
so exceptionally striking. A "gym
nasium dress," not in any important
aspect different from the ordinary
gymnasium costume, is also sug
gested. The committee members who have
recommended these costumes Fran-
ces E. Kussell, Annie Jenness Miller,
Frank Stuart Parker, and Octavia
W. Pates together with several
bther women prominent in the na
tional council of women have
pledged themselves to wear some one
pf these costumes during the World's
Fair. That they will succeed in pop-
tlarlzlng something which, while
lodest and tasteful, will fee woman
kind from tbe thralldoru of bedrag
gled dress skirts, worn binding
pram, and, as a famous doctor calls
"tne savagely unhygienio dre-s
that hj the vogue for women," is not
ieo much (o hoj (or, al though' one
, 4ND TASTSril.
may not be able to conflioat ex
pect it.
Anything in the nature of a uni
form or a dress exclusively for busi
ness women will never be successful
so long as human nature remains
what it la. In the work un
dertaken by tha committee
on
ir haw ccSTrvm
dress of the nali' n tl council
this fact has been recognized.
The report of the committee opens
with the statement that the mem -
bers have concerned themselves with
endeavoriui? to devise costumes suit
able for business hours, for shopping,
marketing, housework, walking and
other forms of exercise. The further
statement is made that anything in
the form of a uniform is deprecated;
that they desire to make their
I recommendations such a; to insure a
j large liberty of choice, and that they
hope to assist In delivering women
j from the bondage in which fa hior
i has so long confined them,
j In this connection it Is of Interest
I that a number of those who have
i pledged themselves to wear one of
i these short costumes during the
j "World's Fair are women of wealth
' and leisure. All that the committee
: bas aimed to accomplish is iu the
i line of walking costumes.
As to evening or reception toilets
or Indeed gowns for the house or ati
function, the trailing robe of rich
material with all the features of tho
conventional full dress gowu is ap
proved both by precept and example
by these women. Indeed, it is key
note of the movement that they do
not set aside one jot or tittle of the
conventionalities of life. In fact,
several of this committee have re
cently had handsome evening gowns
made by Miss Parry, of Marshal:
Field & Co., who makes a specially of
co.-tumes that are in every respect
hygienic aud yet that perfectly con
form in general & utour to the bct
and late,, modes'. Some of these
evening dreses are uot only rich and
elegant but are so truly artistic that
they w.iuld delight the soul of t
painter.
In the intere-its of this reform. In
which the committee ou dress has
taken the initiative, the national
council of women started a few
months ago a sort of petition called
a "conseut," the text of which is a
follows:
"We, whose names are signed be
low, consent to give our lntluence in
favor of an improvement in woman's
dress which will allow her the free
and healthful use of the organs of her
body when walking or taking exer
cise. In signing this paper no one
of us 1 ecomi's resimnsible for the
suggestions of any one else, nor do
we promise to wear or to Indorse any
particular style of dress. We simply
give our influence to help start a
strong and healthy movement In
favor of freedom and common sense
In dress, leaving ourselves free to
work for It as seems best to eac
one."
More than a thousand women have
signed this document, among whom
are many who are distinctly conserv
ative, though well known. It Is now
proposed to circulate this document
among men as well as women.
Writer.
The worst class of authors, from
the printer's point of view, are those
who alter, and add and transpose
until a proof Is a rivulet of type me
andering through a meadow of appar
ently chaotic inky cobwebs. Carlyle,
it H well known, was a terror to
compositors. The late Rev. J. O.
Wood was another. V hen he seni
back his sheets to the rress little bits
of paper were gummed along the
edges, each containing two or three
lines of writing. Rurke was a third,
for he returned his proofs In such a
condition that sometimes the whole
had to beset afresh. Put Ralzae was
the terror of all terrors. With him
It was not a question of resetting
I once; he would send fifty lines in
manuscript, and, receiving proof af
ter proof, would alter and add until
he had evolved a story. His correc
tions probably cost more than those I
of any dozen, or even
twenty, of his
contemporaries.
The Itiiatl to Fultun.
Civility is a fortune In itself, for a
Courteous man often succeeds in life,
and that, even when persons of abil
ity faiL The history of our own
country is full of examples of success
obtained by civility. The experience
of every man furnishes, if we but re
call the past, frequent- instances
where conciliatory manners have
made the fortunes of physicians, law
yers, divines, politicians merchants,
and indeed individuulsof all pursuits.
In being introduced to a stranger, his
affability or the revcr-e creates in
stantaneously a proposition in his
favor, or awakens uncons iousTy a
'prejudice against him. To men, civ
ilty is, in fact, what a plea-ing ap
pearance is to women; it is a general
passport to favor a letter of recom
mendation written In a language !
that every person understands. The
best of men have often injured them
selves by irritability and consequent
rudeness; whereas men of inferior
abilities have frequently succeeded
by their agreeable and pleasing man
ners. Of two men equal In all other
If
I
mten
ill
MOnirilD SYRIA.
respects, me courieous one nas twice
the advantage and by far the better
chance of making his way in thr
Naught treads so silent at tha foot of
Uma.
THE EDUCATIONAL PHONO
GRAPH AT THE WORLD'S
FAIR.
The Colombian Exposition affords
he opportunity of seeing one greai
.ranch of human improvement foster
ed and stimulated by means of the EJ-
ison phonograph.
Mr. A. W. Clanoy, the progressive
nd earnest chief of the educational
department of the phonograph, will
bere present to the public examples of
the benefits to be derived in employing
his wonderful instrument.
Four sub-dopartments have been or
ganized in this branch. The first em
braces public school woik in which
there are questions by the teachers in
different studies, aud responses on ihe
part of the pupils recorded and re
produced from varions schools in the
country, from the primary grades up to
the high f-chcols.
Second, there are declamations and
ecitations; also musical performances
consisting of songs, quartettes aud
ehornsc".
Third, statements from prominent
seails of institutions of learning, re
corded on cylinders, referring to vari
ous methods of school work.
Fourth, a display of largo nnmbers
of cylinders upon which are recorded
systems and eiercises written in differ-
elltlaneuages German, French, liatin,
1 Spanish, Itn'ian, etc. These show how
the phonograph becomes an important
factor in teaching correct pronuncia'
lion, not only instructing pnpils in the
grammar of their tongne, but repeat
ins syllables indefinitely, nntil the ear
of the pupil has become familiar with
the sound.
Another interesting feature of the
educational exposition is the collection
u( phonographs upon the walls, where
one may survey the faces and form of
(hose whose voices are beard iu the
recitations and musical performances.
The phonograph renders to youth, of
all ages, valuable assist in?e by fre
quent repetition of the vocabulary of
their owu or any foreign langna?9.
Mistakes of pronunciation are routined
by this mean", without fatigue on the
part of the scholar or teacher.
That the phonograph facilitates the
efforts of the educator in developing
the vouthful mind is now t roven be-
. 8latetuent of tUlg ine u ueceMKary
youd cavil,
1 . . I .. .I...- ... - I. .
jin order to convey to the world, at
larg.,
a knowledge of the wide and lm-
jlmrtant field ol nsefulness in
which
this lUHtrumeut may be applied.
Bright st Part of My Trip.
Tlie New Yora fashion correspondent of a
southern paper gives out the following :
A lady writes : " I have read your letter
or a long time, and haie often envied you
:)ie opportunity you enjoy of seeing the beau
tiful things you describe. I usid to think,
hen I read of those charming dresses and
parasols and hats at Lord & 'l a) lor's, that
.heirs must be one of those stores where a
timid, nervous woman like myself, having but
a fe dollars to spare for a season's outtit,
woind be of so liitie account that she would
receive little attention ; but when you said,
m one of your letters a few months ago, that
(oodsof the same quality were really draper
there than elsewhere, because they sold more
; joods in their two stores than any other firm
iu New York. and that because they sold more
Itheybouynt more, and consequently bought
cheaper, 1 ue'.ernnnea, u I ever wcui iu ih
Vork, I would go to l ord & Taylor's.
"That long-waited for time came in the
jarly autumn, and I found myself standing
sefore that reat entrance, with those won
derful windo"ws at either side. I summoned
my courage and entered, as I suppose tens of
thousands of just such timid women as I
have done before. My fears were gone in an
instant. The agreeable attention put me at
my ease at once, and I felt as much at home
as' though I were in the little country store
where my people have ' traded ' fur nearlv a
quarter Ci a century.
" And now, as I wear the pretty things I
purchased, or see them every day and lind
them all so satisfactory, I think of my visit
to this great store as the brightest part of my
trip to New York."
Puritan llMtirhooit.
Alice Morse Karlein the Indenend
nt, represents tbe Puritan baby as
laving literally a struggle for 1 re
in tbe winter time, except at such
noinents when he was scor Led by
;he flames of the roaring wood fire,
ip must have been shivering with
old, for the temperature four feet
iway from tlie cb limey on a raw
winter's d. y wou'd surely make a
nodern child scream with discom
'ort, or lie itupet'.ed and chilled. On
ihe Sunday fol owing his birth the
ittle martyr was caniedtothe nieet-ng-house
to be baptized.
When we read that the building
jvas often so cold that th coiu
utinion bread was "frozen pretty hard
ind rattled sadly in tbe plate," we
wonder that grown persons couid
sear theexposuie, aud still greater is
ihe marvel that tender babies could
ive through their christenings, for
,lie Ice had often to be broken in the
thristening bowl.
Kressed in tine linen, and wrapped
n a hand-woven christening b'ankct,
ihe young Puritan received his tlrst
;hilly welcome into the church. One
word to be found in Judge Sewall's
iiary of January, l'j!'4, pictures the
state of the case with a graphic
'.ouch:
"A very extraordinary storm by
eason of the falling and (Irving of
'.be snow. Few women could get to
jieeting A child named Alexander
:vs baptized in the afternoon. :'
It Is evident that Alexander must
lave been of a tough fibre, since his
iealh is not straightway recorded.
Mor was the christening dav the
inly Sabbath on which the babv
graced the meeting house. Puritan
women were ovvotc 1 cburch goers,
ind If the mother went, the baby
iad to go also. Inde-c", we some
times hear of a little wooden cage or
frame in the meeting-hou-e to hold
'.he babies who were too young, feeble,
ir sleepy to sit upright.
Of the dress of these children wt
itnow little, but vet enough to prove
that they uiut have been supremely
aiiserable. Linen formed the chilly
foundation of their attire, thin short
peeved, low-necked shirts. Their
iowns werefccnorally shapeless, large
accked sacks of linen or dimity made
ind embroidered by hand.
In summer and winter the baby's
aead was always closely covered br a
:ap, often warmly wadded, which
vas more comforting in cold weather
:han comfortable in the warmest
eason.
Yet some of these babies survived,
ind 'ew Kngland was peopled witb
nen and women of sturdy fibre.
'August
Flower'
Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomach distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Thrruich a
neighbor I got one of your books,
j procured jVAe of Green's Aug-
Ub?t Flower and took it. Iamto-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
save1 mY life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sank J Cox, Defiance, O.
lit Is Not
What We Say
. . .. .Ji. CManartlll
But what Hood's Sarsaparllla DO8
that tells ine aiutj
Hood's Cures
Miss Lizzie May VavlS,
liaverhill. Mass.
After the Crip
Nervous Prostration No
Help Except in Hood s
Sure It Savrd Hr 1-Ue.
tl.iv ben suffering for twoyrars put with
Nervoiu I ro.in.e on nblob was brought on
by a very severe attack of grip. Hail
Cold CbllU
almost every day for nturly three years. Have
now taken, on the recommendation of my drug
gist, three bottles of Hood's Sarsapartlta. What
live doctors of both Boston and this lty coul
not do, those three bottles of Hood's
parllU have done for im. I " now well and
can walk without a cane. I t-el grateful to
II,io(l'SMri,urllla, as 1 believe I should not
now be alive If it were not tor wis
Miss Lizzie Mat Davis, Haverniii, aiaa.
i i'. rill, ant taailv. vet promptly and
eftlciently, ou tbe liver aud bonela. iae-
b 0- PO" .CASE IT WILL NOT CUHL B
An agreeable lAiatlve ana Nzsv Tontc
Bold by Drugvtrts or sent by mall. 2o&,60c
and $1.00 per package. Samples free.
XTf fTJ The Favorite T06TS rWSM
Mki ii T for the Teeth and tirwh.ain.
t Do Ton Bleep Peacefully t
; " Business is
the art of Living:
. . i ...in .!?
ny nuvinir an'i seiuiuc. mo.
I mnnv l.v it. It is a pity ao many fall to '
see that uonfaty m the best pollej. CU- i
ing thinirs wht they are not ia a wrong la
evi-rv wav, delusive and dishonest."
t What advantage oan there be in calling
a i-oinmon wire Imitation nea as gooa aaa
, Highly Toinprrea steel nire t
: PiLGRiM
BED?
The l uyr is sura to find out that It Is j
i nut Su.'h deulcrs arn sure to lose oaste
nnd custom. The "PILGUIM" ia the J
bmt bed made. BEE IT, and you will be
convinced. t
i bxhloiiixl st No. 31 Warra Street, New York; t
0 No. '4 Huniilwti PlAr. Biiiton.
For Mile by all rallaiila tNialvra. i
Srr Braa Tim Keglntered Trademark oa all
0 Ut-nuiiie Filerliua. a
0 bcotl for Money Saving Primer, Free.
a Atlas Tark Cerperatlea, Bealea. a
WftRKHnrsKB".ton. New Tork, Philadelphia,
J chii'm . balumorw, bait Francisco, Lyua. a
, FuTiiut. Tauutua, laa.; Fa:rliavo. M aaa.i 0
0 v, Diimun, uaaa.; AtuxDurjr, aaaa.; nrnuiula, e
1 i
100(1 HOM E for each applicant; rich, be&taful
leia. Ku. AiiEfu ireas). au.ua, leuta.
l'oniniilrt mu people
: who bate wak lungs or Aath
m, ehonldnM Plo Core for
ronoumutloa. It ku care!
i.aaaanui. It bat ncHnJur
e t t.i.i. It it not bad to lake.
I It It tbe best cougb trrnp.
Sitl4rlel with the Change.
In the days when men sold their
drives fur a fimiil money considera
tion, the woman In the case was not
ilwiiys li,t titled with the changed
jrJer of things.
Kiirly in the month of March, 1768.
in Enli-h carijeuter, named
jinson, went into an alehouse for his
niorninir draught; there be met a fel
low carjienter, and their conversation
turned on wives. The camenter,
whose name history has not recorded,
lamented that he had no wife.
lli-rinson, on the other hand, la
tncnied that he had, and expressed
reuret that there wa9 no way, ex
cept murder, hv which he could rid
himself of her.
The carpenter assured Ili'KlnsoL
that there was a way the old Eng
lish cu-toiu that made It quite law
ful fr a husband to .-ell his own rib.
'No one would lie such a fool as to
buy mine," sighi'd Hii;inson.
'I would do so," the othei
promptly replied, "and think: I had
made a uood bargain, too."
Tlie husband, just then In a mood
to chafe against domestic restraint,
clenched the bargain on the spot.
Mrs. lliK'inson was duly claimed br
her new lord, and went willingly
enough and lied with him as his
w i f e.
In a few davs, however, Ilixinsoti
either grew tirrd of his matchless
home or suspected that he had not
i nie right, and went to the other
carpenter's house, demanding his wife
bai-k. Mrs II triii-oii strenuously
refused to leave ber new lord. 'A
sale is a sale," sa'd she, "aud not a
joke."
Hijiijinson went at;aln and a train,
but to no purpose, and after a week
or two ceased calling, i I is wife had
i Ju t berun to conclude that he had
! at last quietly resigned his claim,
when she was cited to appear before
!a coroner's jury and identify her hus
band, who had settled the questioc
by hangios himself.
The price paid for the woman is
not rccordetl.
WHKN TKAVIXINO
Whether on pleasure b-ut, or business
Uke on every tiip a bottle of Syrup o'
Flirs as it acts most pleasan ly and
effectively on the kidneys, liver and
bowels preenting fevers, headaches
ami othPr foinisof sickness. For sale
in CO cents and $1 bottles by all lead Id?
druKgista.
People who own chlc'-ena In Hctch
iiiaou, Kin., are ct m;d!el by law to
inclose tlieoi in coons from March t
Oclolier.
WILL WE Hit E CHOLERA?
If such Is to tie the deplorable stite of Affairs.
It would not be wise to overlook any preeau
tlimaiy measure. The cheapest aud be-,t way
to Improve the sanitary condition of your home
Is to scrape oft the old paper and have new nut
on. THtFIUEUTV WALL P APr.lt CO Pof
2 AortB Hrvrnth Street, Philadelphia, are
selling gold embossed papers for lz and la
cents, bend two cent stamps for samples.
A calf with a wing growing from Ha
shoulder-blade may be seen on tha farm
of A. M. ChiAholm. near Harts. South
I!
The
travel, whera peopl- OT by ban
each other, whether frbere
dreds, is to the junction
?ne pl.c of definite rulej
ence to tha lan iog heavy or
people, or Zbl7Tenee npon a
bulky parcels. thought seem
busy street may at fl hou0gunr86ll in
annoyance: but.pn
their plaoesl . lf Tery Tftp.
comfort or safety of as lew a. f
it is neoesaar, tortap -JgyS
l?'n?tZ "otbUht-
tU mora nrtu. - --- - neceB.
sary conference U being held.
Ii U in very poor toate for a m.n
toum or old-to ao dress as to
Ltentiou upon tha street. Women
j.welry or extravagant dress aa win
Uemerlbould not indulge in
load Ulk and bsterous Unghlug upon
tha street; laaiea -
circumstances.
Tha praetiee of smoking upon the
stret, universal as it is, is none the
leas vulgar, and shonld not be in
dulgad. I should be borne in mind
tbat tbera are a great many persons
men and children, as well as ladies
to whom the fumes of burning tobacco
are little leas than poisonous, and it ir
far from pleasant to Lava a sucoensioL
of tbe unsavory odors wafted into then
faces from the respiratory cavities ot
all sorta of people.
It is offensive for ona woman to
critically scan tha dress and "make-up
of another upon the street, or to com
ment upon har personal appearance;
for those ill-bred young men who stand
or lounge in publie places to scan each
member of tha opposite sex who
passes, tha enly adequate remedy le
the vigorously applied eana of some
stalwart relative of tba insulted party.
It is not "good form" to eat any
thing upon tha street, be it fruit, con
fections or food; bnt it is much less
vulgar than to go along with the en 1 of
a toothpick protruding from the lips.
Whistling, humming or siDgin?
along the street is only allowable in
remote country districts, where no
other diversion or companionship is to
be found.
WalkiDg arm in arm or hand in band
during daylight is now practiced only
by country lovers who have come to
town to sea the sights. In the even
ing a lady should usually take a gentle
man's arm, wl en walking with him,
especially if tha thoroughfare be
crowded. Oood Houtekeeping,
Its Effeet.
In a fire, by the way, one gets curi
ous p.'eps at human nature, which
throws oft all disguises In moments of
peril. Not long ago an apartment
house took fire. There was no time
to be lost by the Inmates. A moth
er, scantily clad and crying, took out
her two little children. A wife but
toned herself in her long newniarket
and ran, leading her brown-eared set
ter. A devoted son and daughter on
tue top floor dressed warmly their
helpless old mother of 60 and waited
to nArry hr. (f a.l tta, avro.- tho
tire escape. One woman put on a
fur-lined cape over her nightdress
and came forth with a traveling bag
tilled with silver. Another put her
valuables in her Sealskin coat, and,
Qndiug the smoke not too threaten
ing, 11 shed out her long-taied coat
and the black silk silhouettes of her
grandfather and grandmother, which
ehe knew she couldn't replace. An
other, who had full as much time in
which to act, left all her belongings
and fled In her nightdress, blistering
her bare feet on the cinders, and ran
down the street calling for a car
riage. One man contented himself
with a bath robe, while another
dressed himself In his four-in-hand
tie ana a scarf pin.
'Braoe an" Is a tantaii.in. ..t ... .
- ' a .uiwiiiiuun I'
those who feel all tired out. without appetite
"vuianou. out ue way In which Hood's
Sarsaparllla builds op tba tired frame and
slves a rod appetite, is wonderful.
Best family cat hart I o. Hood's Pills.
The hat last worn by Rlchar.l TTw
ner, with a certificate of cenuimws
attached, is offered ft r sale in Venice.
., . 7 - " "H" auu is lUKen
Internally, and acts directly ou the bl ind ana
tunonUls, free. Manufactured by
r.o.'. HisEi & Co., Toledo. O.
Since 1S40 tblrtv-sevan vi. r
which a nart of tha namri waa ri.o r ..,
of," bava been wrecked or lost.
For ?4 veara T1.i1.Mta.' t lanr.l. u .
(nutored by unscrupulous so p makers: H A v
because It is eu( r all ana has au Immense
"u Kri. jjuooint and take no
other, i our groticr has it, or will get it.
An Knullah pnraat Arm Cr.
o " - miui luaua OuO
con as on orders for men last year.
Praaer Axle Grewae.
IT.. .... Vr,- . 1 .
. Mw ' ajlic vime, 'tis T us bet in
the world-will wear (our tunes a, l!" g ,uS
other. Ask vuur il.ul.r ... .. , . . T"'
.v. tauu uuw uu oiuer.
A AVaahincrfnn 1 i-.i r... ; ......
wiuio, jinn a nlirn
out announcing "Bargains in Pdls."
Sufferera from Couirlia s... ti. ... ...
should try "Krowa's lironcnial ITochts 1
simple but sure remedy. nui only in boxe
mcesicu.
Ti:e drat IiImu. f a .... ,x . .
- - fuounjdiic tuoe
was due to Dennis Fapin in ltG7.
POSTAL CiUIItK fnw
Contalnlnlnic all the post offleea ,
phabellcally. in SlateS S..J?...
otnrr iiiaileis relalina- t.i i.,-r .,! . ' lu a"
be ordered (run VS. Sali"ur1 i"U,e,l," , 'u
FIiILhImI.,1,1. V. v UIR- 1 - 118J
wl noutit"FriceiioUnr,,,4uun su,"11 be
iSu cloth cover Vl" KISJ." W,tU ;
A Pliiladeliihi lTilio.mi.t
priately namd Stuff" r. " " ttPpr-
(f afflicted with soreeyesuse Dr. Isaac Thnm
wn sl,ye waier.iruiti'.,uell atipet bLtU
Mci68188 used ,n the cuy
Bepcnam'a phi. t. . . . . .
waters. Beecham"aln.;.?.. mineral
cn. a box.
Nails Wrn maita . .
1810. a PWous to
Cann-g Kiduey Cor n.
aearVUrluary or USLJST
Dusneaa. A. a'. erv-
4rch 8trePbTiadVS l
for W, or druggut.
sure, iry IU " "
OuMn Vinr.i ' '
oil' itaunw T that rl63 DUmber ot
youthful dav. Consort la their
SSmmmmmmwZmm fct,"ENa. Lebawoa.Ohw.
tha Ifeans and Haawori w,n r-
with rastes. Enamels and Palnta which iui..
hamK Inlure the Iron an1 ham rwl. "J"Ws
The Rl!n Sun SU.tb PnllaH la IlrllUaBt
teas. Durable, and the eonnumrr pay, forVr-
or Kiea iwcuxa win, ..erj purcba.
Tl,0 pavi.4 llaiul ream separator aaj
I eed Cooker CombLued.
Completest o( outfits for a dairy farmer. Tt, j
machJie bis an attachment whu h, wh-ij the bow
has been taken out, :s dropped into t!.e Separator ia
that a elt can run to th;-c:.urn. Wr.-.eb-r lurttt
particul-rs. l'ni l-unkln Blic an1 Mf.
Co.. 20 231 W' '-ako ht., t Ulcago, lif,
Manufacture all kinds of Creamery MachmerrAr4
Lioiry Supplies. (Agents wanted in every coCit,.)
Th.'s Trad 'r Is on the brt
WATERPROOF COAT
ria.trat.d jn the World !
a. j. towlr. eoston. mass.
A rTTJfviy whlrlx.
If ufted by W t
bout to ex pnenos
the painful ordeJ
attendant upon.
Child-birth, proet
an iufalliltle tcl
fic far.andobnaM
the torturcai of ooo
finement, leswalnc
tue dangers thereui
to totii mother and
child. I'-oid ly aU
clrup;?iU. Benttf
expreM on roalpt
of price, pr
tottlfc.ciJtxgea pre
paid. BHAOFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Oa
Unlike lha Do!cl) Process
Xo Alkalies
OR
Oilier Chemicals
7, Lf'.B are nsed In the
. -Jf' preparation of
SkfC W. BAKER k CO.'S
riVfiBreakfastCocoa
J l purf atui soluble.
t f (' !l It ban mor than threttim
I J the trenjtt of Cocoa uiX'd
with Starch, Arrowroot or
' Suirar, and it far more eco
nomic aJ, costing less than one cent a cup.
It i delicious, oourisbiug, and auilLV
Sold by Grort-r everyivhere.
VI. BAXER & CO.. Boroeabu. Max.
iLiV.0 EVERYW
I "t.nrt TW CE n
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
WITH
THOMSON'S
CT riTTfn I a" i
CLINCH RIVETS.
no innia m.in ....
7ir " ' w"jmrni mi no to be ma.t
B3std la
'"fl
niL-iT.. m uaa.
sump. tst a uux ui Iwj. a.auriea .ixca iau"d
vJUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO.
For iTir-. "11,:"' m 1 fc
UcadAufae, ConMlutlun, Bad
Cgmplwlo, O Ifi-naive Hreata.
1 atnH k 1 1 ,..-.- a. T"
DIB a)0 -ml a aaaa
t fff ntly y-.t promptly. Perfect
";rmii follow their ojs. fc,.d
( Tlali k . Jo. i-A.-sro..! r
For fr-e tauiplei a.i,r, I
FOR FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSl.nw.5
SOOTHING SYRUP
,biS MllHoaa of Met her.
v ;j.J"i?tr bihlreu while leethlu for orar
i.3!4'' ''""bes the ctilUiriofteM the
Rums, allays all pain, cures wind cube; and
la the be it reruwly fur diarrhoea.
wllWraavaaiajjiif
If an nam .. Krai (hsil
BLOOD POISON
w cam euro Uie ui nt ut
suaai cjv ia iuh
daya let him wr te for
pailical&rs and lnvstj-
LT-atra alllP rail.), Htw Hue
A SPECIALTY.
i r r . nU I k.aLI.,. a a
, ... 9 OO.OQe. Wbea mercury,
io!ide potaasiom, aarsap.rina or HotSprltura fail, we
ni-irazitce a cure arid our M ai-io t yphtlcae 1 the only
thlnffUvit WiUcare rrmnently. P ..Ut prvwf mtt.
aled. free. Cook Kaaabf to.. CuiosOa UU
ij"a!iy3SJtea5i
ralLA.. Fa. tMDi;.J' B.MAVER.wii ir..
""wtar. oi. beu, a a. m 1 1 M.
WOULD COLl'MltI.VNKXPslTION
b? ni.f "i" . "',;.le set "f 12- different styles,
$ OO.O0. Whoa mercury.
AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY
5,I!0.mInI""',. t, handle the New
Patent
niaklnv
e-ii ..; . ' ' encii. Aif -nti
Box x IT,
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