VHc.N.I WAS MARY'S BEAU. BY JtUOElIB riKLS. Away flown East, where I was reared, among my Yankee kltti, There used to live a pretty girl whose name was Mary Smllh ; And though It i many years since last I saw that pretty cirl, . nit tliotich I (eel I'm sadly worn by Western strife and whtrl, Mill, oftentimes I think about the old familiar place. Which oftentimes seemed the brighter for Miss Mary's pretty face. And In my hrait I feel onee more revivlfleJ the (low 1 used to feel In those old times when I was Mary's rx-nu. i'a Friday night I'd drop arcund to make my weekly call. And iliou'-'h 1 came to visit her, I'd have to see 'em nil. With Mary's mother sittlns here and Mary's fat ner tliero, Tl.e o"'veiatioii never flagged so far a3 I'm ::w;ire; Pumetiines I'd hold her worsted, sometimes ve'a p'ny at E.mies, s. nii'tinies ll-Vct the ai'vles which we named e.ifli otiit-r's n:im! li. Is w I loured the shrill-toned clock that I old me wl'en to en. I wax ten o'eli'ck at halt-pist eight when I was Marv's rte.iu. Anci Mary, "nrn'd thee lines of mine seek out vniir hiding i-lncc k1 piant tliey hrlm; the old sweet smile back 10 vmir piettv fct (, i i .nit tn-y bring you thoughts of me, not a I am to-d.ty. it'u faltering s'"p and dimming eyes and :it eft grimly ffrav: : ;;t timugit that "picture me as fair and full of life and li'ee a r were In the oMcn time as you shall al- wavH bf, . hink i.f me ever, Mary, as the boy you used to know V.'lirn time was feet and life was sweet, and I was Mary's beau. IN A MOSQUE. Tl cwnr.l 7uosrnt Js derived from 1 !n Arnliio "lunsjiil," and signifies a j I.i e of rrav'T. It is the church of -.no MoU'itnmoiUns. Tho peculiar siiape and simple beauty of the mosque enables it to be distinguished immeilintely in Mohammedan countries Irom a Christum church or a heathen temple. It is square, and has a can t ral dome and two or more minarets. The minaret is a very distinctive fea ture of the mosque. When the proph t Mohammed introduced the cus tom of calling the faithful to prayers by the human voice instead of by the pound of a bell, minarets, which are tall towers, were built that the Muezzin, or crier, ehonld hsve an exalted ata tion from which to summon the peo ple to worship. So the mosquo has its minarets as the Christian church lias ite bell-tower. Five times a day the Muezzin as -''ends his minaret, and in a loud clear voice oulls upon the faithful to pray, wherever they may be, whatever they might be doing. It is curions to a stranger in a Mohammedan city to '.cur the beantiful summons from the minarets ot the mosques at noon or iu the evening. "God ii great 1" cries the Muezzin, "God is great! I bear -witness that there is no go.l but God. I hear witness that Mohammed is tho Apostle of God. Come to prayer! Come to Salvation! God is great! Prayers are better than sleep!" In poor places the mosques are small, and built of bricks and mud, with white-washed walls: bat where the population is numerous and wealthy the mosque may be built of marble, the walls exquisitely colored ia rich and fantastic designs, and capable of hold ing from ten thousand to fifteen thou sand worshippers. Windows are not common, most mosques being lighted lv very tall doorways, bnt in the great Mofine of Omar at Jerusalem there ure iifty-feix stained glass windows of wondcrfnl workmanship. In this mosque, however, there is no worship Iing, the interior of the building being almost entirely fl Jed by a huge rock, which the faithful believe to bo the very rock upon which, Abraham was about to slay his son Isaacs as a sacrifice. Services are held In the courtyard nt Jerusalem, and it is here that the pulpit is placed, from which sermons ure oocasionaly preached. The mosque is usually surrounded by a high stone wall, and the entrance irate, as Mr. Pool observes in his "Studies in Mohammedanism," "is iilways on the latiii, and there are no locks, burs or bolts. A mosqne is meant fur t'io worship of God, and it would be rcrjnrded by the Mohurnmed ins ns a verv sid thing indeed if one of the fnithful, rich or poor, were tin pble, night or day, to obtain admit tance." Ueyoud the boundary wall is the coart.vnrd, in the centre of which in a (Treat tank or reservoir, and at the far nd stanils the house of prayer. Cer tain ablutions rennt be performed nt the tnr.U beforo the house of prayer is i ntcri d. It is written in tho Koran, "O true believers, when ye prepare j ourselves to prav, rub your heads and hands unto the elbows, and your fuet up to the ankles." Where no water is to be Lad, sand or fine dust n.ay be used as a substitute. It is in the conrtyard that pnbho worship is held in warm weather, and in India this ia alwavs common, the conrtvnrd being regarded as little less sacred than the mosque itself. Mo hammedans are very jealous of the in trusion of Christians into their places of worship, and only of late years has it been possible for any bnt the faith ful themselves to pass over the thresh old of a mosque. Even new their presence is always disliked, and, not infrequently, resented. The shoes must be removed, and felt slippers drawn on. A stranger on entering will scarcely full to notioe three or fonr peculiar anil striking features. The first is the extreme plainness of the Interior walls. There may be a sentence or two from the Koran, but no ornament, as such, is permitted. This was a potnt upon which Mohammed was very strict: no pictures, no statues, no representa tions of any living creatures. Tha stone or marble floor of the mosque is usunlly bare, but sometimes covered with plain mats. Again it will be no ticed that there are no seats; nor, as a rule, iB there any description of fur niture beyond the pulpit and the read ing desk, which contains a copy of the Scriptures. A noticeable feature is the niche in Die wall opposite to the en tinnee. This niche "Is an indication that in that direction lies Mecca, the Hiicred city of the Mohammedans. All worshippers, when engaged in their devotions, mnst turn their faces towards Mecca;" and the niche in the wall points them in the right direc tion, and serves also as a perpetual re minder of their religions duty. Friday is the day set apart for pub lic worship, "A he Day of the Assem bly ,'' as it is called in the Koran. This taav be for the reason that it was on a Friday that Mohammed, on quitting Mecca, made his public entry into Medina tho day of the famous "Hejira" or flight, from which the faithful reckon their era, as we count ours from the time of Christ Lut the Mohammedan riday in not ns strictly observed as the Christian Sunday. The Mohammedan will change his apparel, and take a full bath, and will perhnps be more gener ous ia almsgiving on that day; but tho formal and acknowledged sanctity of the day does not greatly interfere with tl.o routine of business, nor does the Mohammedan consider it absolutely aeees.-firy thfit he should be seen Hmonght the Friday worshippers. The probability is nevertheless tiiut ho will attend church. In tho roonque the rich and the poor meet together as thoy are seldom seen to do in any other place of worship, nnd with very little distinction in their appearance, for no finery is to bo ob f crvod aud no ornaments. Tho rich would think it vulgar and even irrelig ious to dress themselves in a costly or showy manner for publio service, and the worshipper are without exception very simply uud plainly attired. Nor are special seats set apart for any: "In prayer all are held to be equal, and no places are reserved." Standing in long and solemn rows, all the worshippers on a given signal stand very upright, their hands raised, the palms turned outwards towards heaven, and their eyes directed up wards. At another signal the whole congregation prostrate themselves to the ground, their foreheads touching the floor. After a few moments they rise, and the same ceremony is re peated at least three times. Certain very simple prayers are next recited,' one of which is only less beautiful than the "Lord's Prayer." The worship in a mosqne is chieflj prayer, and foreign observers have considered that much of the servioe tends to degenerate Into attention to the mere forms and ceremonies. An English Protestant would miss tha singing of hymns, the reading aloud ot the Bible, and the rioh and nobla English Liturgy. But there is an un deniable attraction in the Mohammed an worship, chiefly owing perhaps to its uniform and absolute simplicity. Sermons are not usual, though they sometimes follow prayers at the Friday service. tiohh hopkjks. A FLORAL ARTIST. Marianne Jforth, who spent her time and talent in painting the flora of the tropical regions of the earth was one of the busiest of women, and so well contented with her lot in life that her autobiography has been well named the "Recollections of a Happy Life." In fifteen years of travol, she did an amount of work whioh might have oo enpiod an ordinary lifetime. She visited North and Sonth Amer ica, Africa, Hindustan, Japan, th West Indies and Australasia. Neither heat nor cold deterred her front seek ing her heart's desire. Her first introduction to the public was through the loan of her plotures tc the South Kensington Museum. When negotiations were in progress, Iwc gentlemen were sent to look at net work, and one was overheard taring to th other, as they entered: "VTo must get ont of this civilly, somehow; I know what these amateni things always are." After looking at the collection, now over, he cried enthusiastically, "Ml mnst have them at aay price!" When the gallery Wan finally opened to the public, om visitor said to Mist North, not knowing who sho was: "It iin't true that all thesa ar painted by one womau, is il?" "I have done them all," said she, qu::ly. lie seized her bv both hands and ex claimed, "You! Then it e lucky you didn't live two hundred years ago, oi you'd have been burne 1 for a witch I" One of her most interesting qnesb was that of the blue puya in noutt America. She took a guide aad ahorse and when toe ascent was too steep foi riding, went on foot "right into th clouds." "These were so thick," she writes, "that I conld not see a yard be for me, but I would not give up, and was rewarded, at last, by the mist Blearing, and behold! just over my head was a great group of the noble flowers, standing ont like ghosts, at first, and then assuming their full beauty of color and form." In 1890 this haDDy and tireless wo man died, and England is her debtor for this gorgeous and unrivaled collec tion of paintings. Youth's Compan ion. WHAT WOMEN ABE DOIsQ. Helen Kellar, of Alabama, parallels Laura Bridgman. Though deaf, dumb and blind, she has learned to articulate, and can speak as freelv and as fully as an unafHicted person. In long conver sations with any one dear to her, she places one linger across the lips of the speaker and another on the throat, at the larynx. In this way she under loads every word uttered Miss Isabel'Smithson is well known h the Xew York literary world as a clever translator; her great charm being, thai she renders into readable English, the language and ideas of the author whose writing sho translates, in which there is more art than people are apt to im agine. " itcout in the least destroying tho nationality of the original, she gives yon a story told in the English the author himself would have used, had he been perfect master of that lan guage and written in it in plaee of his own, which is what a translation ought to be. IMits Emily Ilnntinctorj. the founder of the Kitchen Garden bouool of in struction and the Inspiration of the now paralyzed Wilson Mission Indus trial School, is in Chicago superin tending a kitchen garden exhibit at the ii' i i. i.' -1 - u ; . - i. - . - number of flattering and remunera tive offers from publio and private edn cational organisations and her rstnrn to New York is doubtful. It was as lotiff ago as 1871 that Miss Huntington, then a lovely girl, "divinely taJl and most divinelv fair, graduated at an uptown boarding school and boming interested in the slum work festered by be church to which she belonged, turned her back on society, deserted fl home where she was idolized and dis heartened a train of admirers, who were competing for her favor, to work as a resident siib-ofheer in the Wilson Mission. She had light brown hair, a complexion of the most exquisite pink and white, and sh. always wore a pil grim dress of silver gray cashmere, with mull kerchief, cutis and aprons. It may have been the glowing rosss in her cheeks, the rippling sunlight In her hair, the sympathy in her voice and eyts, or the silver aud white toilets thnt enchanted the naughty boys in Tompkins Squaro, but they were en chanted, and they followed "the lady" and formed themselves into the first "Boys Club" of .New York. Miss HuntiDgton worked for love. In all that time the only money that she re ceived was from the sale of a text book on the "Kitchen Garden Methods of Instruction," and the tuitions of a lim ited number of normal pupils. She severed her connection with the Wil son Mission last fall, and although the Industrial School work was continued something was missing. Mrs E. J. Nicholson is eaid to be the only woman in the world who owns, edits, manages and publishes a great daily newspaper. She was first a contributor of poetry to the columns of the jYcuj Orleans Picajune, which she now owns, nnder the name of Pearl Kivers, and some years ago was ma le literary editor of the paper by Col. A. M.Holbrook, its cuitor and proprietor, thus being the pioneer newspaper woman in the South. After a time she became the wife of Col Uolbrook, aud at his death inherited the paper, much incumbered by debt and with a dubious rtntlnnk- Shn fiRHnmnd thu rpnnnnfii. b:hty courageously, and, with able assistant, has put it again on a sub stantial basis. A few years ago she married George Nicholson, who was business manager of the paper. In 1501 some adventurous French fishermen of Normandy and other coast provinces of France prosecuted their vocation t,U the shores of Newfound land, in the first French vessels that ever appeared tbere. All the blood in the body makes the entire round of circulation in 23 seccnJs, so that three times in ev?ry minute all the red globules of the blood, wbic'i are the oxj gen-earrlers, must each have its fresh modicum of oxygen. EGGS MADE BI MAN. According to the newspapers, a Phila- dolphian named Gross has discovered a process for making eggs. He has worked with models, and the results, it is said, are so satisfactory that he will establish a factory in Philadelphia at once. His claims that he can make eggs for eight cents per dozen, and they can be sold lor a good pront oi ton cents all the year round. He guar antees they will never spoil, and, whether fresh or old they will always taste like a newly laid egg, and will build up as much tissue in the human frame, if eaten, as the genuine. The only thing Mr. Gross fears is that as soon as he is launched in the manufac ture of eggs, the farmers will combine and have a law passed knocking him out, as they have floored the oleomar garine men. The shells are mado ont of paper maohe baked hard and cast in molds the shape of an egg. A small bole is left in one end, an i first the white is put in and then the yelk. The manu facture of tho shell is simple enongn, bnt Mr. Gross declines to tell by what process or ont of what materials he produces the interior of the egg. He says he has applied for a patent and this part ot his invention mnst remain a secret nntil his rights are secured. One defect in the method of mn;i fuctnre must yet be overcome, and Mr. Gross thinks he can successfully accomplish the fact in time. After the contents of the erg are pat inside, the difficulty is to seal it. At present the seal is easily broken, especially if the egg is boiled. Speaking of the arrange ment inside, Mr. Gross said that the yelk is likely to bo in any position, but under no oiroumstanoes will the white and yelk mix. In some eggs ho had brokon, the yelk was found in the centre, in others it was in one of the ends. Mr. Gross claimed for his ccg all tha virtues possessed by the foal artlole. It cn be nsed for all purposes in cookery. It ean be beaten like the hen's eggs, and assists la producing delicious oakes of all kinds. Tke white may be nsed for frostings and ioincs, and lastly, the manufactured egg may be served on the table. It is easily boiled, fried, poached or scrambled. Imitlcr'i Trie's . Speaking of iuk'1Iiik, a custom house Inspector says, 111 a ifew York Jf'ews Interview: The dried en trails of a bottf or h. -j wi:l bold a g'tod many quarts of liquor, and It is not a dl Jicult matter fur a petty ship's o:l!ccr or seaman to 011 one of those receptacles, fo'd It around bis body and boldly walk ashore. 'Spoaklng of Imported cigars, when the proprietor ot a fancy establish ment bands out a box on the sly ana remarks that "if they hadn t run the blockade they would be worth a quar tor instead of 10 cent," you may be pretty sure they sre domestic. "Tho cuitom pcopla once made a elzure of several dozen boxes of these home-made productions on the sup position that they had been smug gled, but the proprietor paid tbe duty like a little man rather than have his cuttomors learn the decep tion he had practiced. "The Chinese on the Faclflc s'ope In smuggling opium, niauaxs their business in various ways, until they were finally discovered and cho ked. The favorite plan was to use hollow articles n it open to suspicion, such as sticks of wood, or the handle of an oar awod apart and chiseled out so that being put together It was a more shell "These were then filled with opi um and dropped overboard, where they were picked up by persons on the watch. RAG CARPETS. In spile of all that has been said and written about rag carpets, there are sompsratively few country homes with out at least one of them, l saw a very handome one a short time ago. Tho tripes are as follows: 1 lain dark brown stripe, forty-two threads. The bright tripe orange six, green six, yellow and red twisted four, purple six, yellow bix, green and bla-k twisted six, red six, brown six. yellow ana red twistei lix. The lat is the centre of tho bright) stripe. ' Almost all the rass In this carpe were cotton, and all of them were dyed wilh IJiamond dyes. I be carpel took the premium at a county fair two yoar. go and has boeu In constant use ever iince. Although i has uoen wasned once, the colors are still bright. Another carpet is composed of (haded stripes. The brown strlpo is five inches wide, light brown in the eentre, shaded to dark brown on either side. ' The colors in the bright stripes are black, drab, pnrple, lilao. orange, jrellow, red and pink in the ordor Darned. After the rags were dyed black, same as many more wore put Into the same dye and came out a pretty drab. In the same way lilac was dyed after the pnrple, pink after the re'd and yellow after orange. In this way each dye was used twice, and none of it was wasted. Diamond dyes were nsed for each color. Very pretty carpets are made by tewing the dark rags, "hit or miss' for the wide stripe, and dying the light colors for the bright stripo. . One and a fourth pounds of rags will make a yard of carpet, and seven and half ponnds of chain will be required for twenty-five yards. E. J. C. Kansas. EFFECTS OF COFFEE. Cofiee owes its stimulating and re freshing qualities to caffeine, savs the Boston Journal oj Commerce. It also contains gnm and sugar, fat, ecids, casein and wood fiber. 1 ihe tea, it powerfully increases the respiration; but, unlike it, does not affoot its depth. By its use the rate of the pulse is increased and the action of the skin diminished. It lessens the amount of blood sent to the organs of the body, distends the veins and contracts tho capillaries, thus preventing waste of tUsue. It is a mental stimulus of a high order, and one that is liable to great abuse. Carried to excess, it pro duces abnormal wakefulness, indiges tion, acidity, heart-burn, irritability of temper, trembling, irregular pulse, a kind of Intoxication ending in dolir mm and great injury to the spinal functions. Unfortunately, there are many coffee tipplers who depend upon it as a drnnkard upon hii dram. On the other hand, coffee is of sovereign efficacy in tiding over the nervous sys tem in emergencies. 001100 is also, in its place, an excellent medicine. In typhoid fever its action is frequently prompt and decisive. It is indicated in the early stages before local com plications arise. Coffee dispels stupor and lethargy, is an untidote for many kinds of poison, and ia valuable in spasmodic asthma, whooping cough, cholera infantum aud Asiatio cholera. It is also excellent as a preventive against infections and epidemio dis eases. In districts rife with malaria and fever, the drinking of hot coffee before passing into the open air has ; enabled persons living in such placer to escape contagion. A good thing to do on cloudy ctavt is to try to push the clouds away from I somebody else's windows. If women of fashion cared less foi their pngs and more for the poor tht millennium would not seem so distant. AZOREAN TRADITIONS. Stories lold of Columbus and IIu Adventures on the Islands BT E. E. BBOWN. On Corvo, one of the most northern of the Azorean Islands, Is an Interesting freak cf nature af jimationbigh upon the lava cliff representing a mounted boras man pointTnz toward the wesL A cherished tradition among ths Azoreans to-day is thatColumbu?, quite iiscouraged by the difficulties In hi i royage of discovery, was about to re turn to Spain when a severe storm 3 rove bis vessel toward this Island. Seeing the horseman on the cliff with bis right arm pointing westward, he re garded it as a good omen, and so he con tinued his voyage until It resulted In the discovery of America. i On his return voyaze, authentic hls-i tory assures us that Colnmbu", in hi caraval, the 'lna, was driven by anoth er severe storm under the lee of Santa Mar'.a, the most Southern of the Azjre an Islands. Durinr this terrible storm Oolumbu' and his crew made a tow that If thej were saved They would, on reaching land, walk barefoct aud bareheaded to offer thanksgiving at tha nearest shrine. Accordingly, on entering '.he harbor of Santa Maria on the 17th of February, 1403, Columbus sent one-half of the ihtp's company on shore, headed by their priest, to fullill the vow. The Gjvernor of Santa Maria.howtVct claimed to be suspicious of the strange looking procession, fearful, in fact, thai thsy might be pirates, aud thereupm ordered the whole baud to be arrested. Meanwhile a hljh sea and a strona wind had orison and the Nina wai obliged to slip anchor. She Is supposed to have reached San Miguel and to hav been unaVle to find shelter ther. A( any rate aha returned to Santa Maria.' rTere Columbus held a parley with thi Governor on shlpbori', and ehibitlnK his commiis'.oas he wa able at lasi to obtain the release of his seanen. T ie tra titloa goes in Uie At ires, however, that the Governor of Santa Maria ha 1 previously received secre'i orders firm his sovere'.ap, the King oi Portugal, to le'xe upon the person of Columbus shm'ild he by anv chanc 'vi1 on fh Wind, aud to send hlra s (.iioiwr to Lisbon, to be punished for transferring; the services and discover ies to the sovereign of Spain; and tha I he far-soelnz navigator suspected rescl.ery aad declined tj (rust him ell d shoie. :C WIVES UK R 1 O EAP.X MOX EY y Tte number of wives and mothers pbo fulfill their duties lu their homes, and yet take up louie euc ploy raeni by which they also become wg-earuars, is steadllv increasing. This Stita of aSalrs says Agues Blliv, lu I'aahiun gives rise to constantly UKieasJcg div cum'oii. most ot which groups itself un lr three ! eili, nirailv: D wivs III. tiearn money? Do iiusbai.ds like tj have them? And does ti e practice nillltaJ sgaljst the chlvalrlc spirit of men toward women ? As to the first, there ar hardly two slips to th question. Women, both wtge earners In small and great amounts, and women In homes, receiv ing no mon-y save from their hus bands, bluDst Invariably anwer Mill q lesllon In the ufllrmat.ve. X woman ho has received an absolutely lure p'ident income, be It ever so small, relinquishes it without a sigh or at least, a smothered regret Mis may jives up the independence for somethinz more pr- clou!", or she may abandon It at thn call vt i higher duty, but there will al ways be times when she will think lorclngly of the money she used to earu. Tnere are manyretsons for tii-s gene ral desire to ejrn money among woman, happily placed In lirmea of their own. the first and usual Impulse Is unstitch. Life has lemnw such a a'.rugjle aud mr-n, li.t l:'sent, lovintr, devoted tn fielr families, wish to do fo much for ifceir comfoit, education and the e-'Ub-It'hmext in ths world. Hut they w-sr themselves out In the i II rt. The tdd way of obtalnli.g mcney by the wife, that of small domestic savings, Is pitifully Inadtqiate to htr desire-, and there Is scarcely any s-peter p!ea nre for a eood wife tliati the supp1' 'ng some homely need with money of her ewn earnlnp. Ttien the sense of power which the ability to earn monev on even terms with all the wortd si'es a woman, car ries wltH it a subtle flattery, and, better then the flatte y, there con.es a feeling at self-reliance from the fact that the business world te'a a money value on her work, whioh raakas a simpls wom an brave and a weak womau strong. Of course, the woman who earns money meets annoyances and discouragements, itakle to wound her lelf-lovo and h i ense of Justice and of capacity. But disagreeable things are Incident to all hnman relations. A wl'e woman re members this, and is thankful for the homa-ll'e and love which partis ly shield aad sooths her a support wholly laeklne to many women worktis. A woman thus eucouragod Is uot likely to tneet a business man who will prove more annoying or m-ke her feel mtre Indignant or more wretches than an incompetent or imerti-ient servait U home. There is yet another reason why wives like to earn money, and this Is a power ful argnment in its favor, to thoucht Tcl women. Msny and mviy sorowful times has been repented the story of the cultured, home-loving weman sudden ly bereft of the home and the love that has so gladly pi otectwl her. She has Lot been an idle woman as the orderly house, the healthful family testify, and' he may even have had a training In some art fer self-support In her yonth, or practiced some trade before ber mar riage. But the years of w i'ehord have Inevitably wr:k :ied her grasp, bet technical dexterity, nnd the bninefs instinct that she must put into hei bread-winning pursuit, and when the dsy of need corres she finds herself be hind the requirements of her time, and her eervlces not commercially valuable. It is the knnw!e1gs of this painful oslbllity which makes f I e modern married woman slow to relinquish the exercise other wage-earning power, If she bad any, and glad to trv to ac quire a moiety cf it if posib'e. The regular, though s-nall, amount of work tht she may b? able ta do. keeps ber in touch wi:h the business world, and more than doubl s her opportunities for worit If the sad unexpected crosses hei breshold. Eveuy stone thrown at a good man here adds a Jewel to his crown in Heaven. If men co lid gain Heaven by hard work the biggest rascals would be tho busiest. TriE devil has no special anxiety about the man who ia well pleased with himself. God has no promise of help for the rnnn who will not do all he can to lead a rhjhtee-us life. God has not had much to do with the revival that winds up with a church entertainment. There !sal.iVe entirely roofed wi'h jaltcear Abdrrsk, Siberia. The lake Is nir.e miles wide and seventeen long. Long ago the rapid evaporation of the ake's water left great salt crystals Joating on the surface. In the course) if time these caked together. CIRC UMSTANCFS AND CASES. 1 here's plenty of aork for this morning." she crteii : There's baking, and scrubbing, and sweeping beatrte." But stie weat at the baking with laughter and And sald'Va sbe finished, 'that didn't take And then to the scrubbing and bow sbe did scrub! The boards were like snow wben sbe save the lsnt rub. Ber bands were so deft and ber arms were so atroofi; And sbe an Id, as the finished, "that dldnt take long." And then to the sweeplnc she made tbe dust fly. She looked at ber work with a critical eye. And yet all the time she kept humming a son. And kbetac-ked to the last verse," that didu't take long. " The dinner was over, tbe work was all done; "And now for that errand," sbe said; "1 urns run." Six o'cli ck comes so soon wben the days are o long. And on she went, bumming a verse ot that song. Tbe road she'd to travel was as straight as a ie. She knew every btep, and sbe meant Just to fly; Hut she met an acquaintance down tbere by the rle. 4nd somehow that errand It took a good while. .N UNUSUALLY LIVELY CHOIR. Olacord Among tbe filacers Fat the Tmr on to Flight. Terhaps if the Ecv. Lamb Agnu9 f Weeping Can in, N. M., knew as much about church choirs as he docs now he would not have attempted to start a male choir at that place. If the reports of the "Weeping Canon experiment are correct, Mr. Agnus had but recently left a theological school and had more enthusiasm than p -act leal know.edgc, but there can be no doubt that his intentions wero the best. It was said many Umes In "Weeping Canon that the o'.crgyman "tu-ant well but had no abe.'" At all events, according to the generally credited accounts or the affair, as given In the Ii st'.n Adver tiser, Mr. Agnus set about forming a ma'o choir soon after his u rival In Wecploif Canon. At hU personal and urgout sollc'ta tlon about every cowboy aud miner In that part of Gloria County who could sing, or who thought he could ilnj, was taken Into the choir on trial Tbe first few lehearsals were a source of uiauy lie?k-s( nlsrht L Sir. Annua, but matters Anally pro-krea-d to such a stage that it was announced th it a coucrt would be Chen by tbe choir on an evening In the early part of June. It was gen ially suppusi d that an Imlueutlal and ovular Individual who was known as "Chloride Jack" would be given tbe leading part because of bis Mtnark ably powerful If not particularly sweet voice, but Weeping Canon was startled by the announcement that a young ranchman, I'otnplllo Peraltes. was tj be the star of the evening. It was noticed that "Chlorldu" was ab sent from tbe rehearsals after that, and many of the older and wiser numbers cf the choir at once resigned f:om the organization. Tho concert was held on tho even. Ing as announced, but what the Weeping Canon Coyote, the local weekly, described as an "unfortunate misunderstanding" served to shorten the program noticeably. After the choir bad sung two athnms. which wero vigorously applauded, tenor Peraltcs started In on a sola He had hardly finished a brief recitation when a double-barreled gun was thrust through one of the open windows and a heavy load of buckshot was dis charged at the soloist. As the buck iliot 'scattered" to a irreat extent Koral per. on in the audience were more seriously Injured than Scnor Peraltes was, and the Injured ones m:i'!e liable to whip out their six shooters. A laxito portion of ths audieuce made a rush for the door; many oth ers dropped quickly to the floooand :rawled under the benches; some vlcIo;is cowtoy 'shot out" tha lights itid, to quote the Weeping Canon loyute, "the scenes that followed beggared description." Atont 9 o'clock that evening a young man In clerical Karb hailed the llermosa stnge excitedly and clam bered In. His muddy and disheveled attire was not such as the Kev. Lamb Agnus usually wo e. but he was the individual. Ho was afterward In lucod to return Vt tho Weeping 3anon Church after a few weeks hatf :lapscd; but for several years sino tils roturn ha has insisted upon purcj .ongrcKatlonal singing. The "Oatored Mule." "Did you evor hear of a gatared mule?'" aiked Mr. WiU'iam G. Thompson of New York, "who Is on his way home, after a yctr spent in Florida for bis health. "A "gatored mule, as he Is called in Florida, Is one of that stubborn race which nas been driven partially Insane from an alligator fright. In fact, while a mu'.e will stolidly wait to be thrown off a railroad by a loco motive before ho moves, be goes into wild state of terror at a single jllmpso of a saurian monster. There are hundreds of gatored mules In Florida To tell tho truth, I helped to "gator one myself. How did It happen? "Well, I had been staying at Oca la some weeks, and finally agreed, with several friends, to go hunting In the South. About twenty miies from town wo located upon a small stream abounding In' game. After hitching camp 1 went for a walk, and before long found a gator hole. From the strong, musty odor which issued from It, Ikncw that the owner was at home. "Calling my companions, I decided to capture him. We rammed a long pole Into the burrow several times. Finally we heard a snap like tho re port of a gun, and the pole remained fast The 'gator had seized IL We tried vainly to pnll him out. Then onie one suggested that we try our camp mule. We shouted. The mule was led down to the hole, a chain fastened to the pole, and then the frightened animal was started. "There was a creaking of Chains, a roar, and the alligator, fully seven feet in length, came out with a rush is the mule started on a wild run for the road. The saurlan's teeth were tunken so deeply into the wood that he could not release himself, and iwar went the mule, pole and all. Tho alligator ?pun around, hissing like a steam engine, but be hold on, while the mu'.e, thinking himself pursued, snorted and ran. We fol lowed, Into the streets of Oscala flew the mule and his queer load. Com pletely exhausted, he was stopped by I party In front of the postofflce. The 'gator was dead. We skinned ind stuffed him. The mule recovered, but the sight of a swamp now throws aim Into a perfect frenzy of terror." Washington News. "WLy Ther Are Called Spinsters. Among our industrial afid frugal English forefathers it was a maxim that a young woman should never be married until she had spun herself a set of body, table and bed linen, from this custom all unmarried romen were termed spinsters, an ap- ' (ollatlon they still retain ia all our I aw proceedings. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Note Cadlinc tbe Wicked t pentavnc. ODS good li the good of alL Love ncvei works by th( clock. ExajiriJE Is aa contagious as the small-pox.' CHRIST nevei preached an; funeral 6ermooa Trotjblk runs to meet those who go out to borrow it Shadows are black, but they have no teeth. The devil watches the feet God sees only the heart. Wboko doing of every kind has In It the seed of murder. The devil keeps close to the man who get mad quick. Some of tho dovll's best work is done by careless people. 0e step toward God will put the devil behind your back. It takes a blockhead a long while to find out what alls him. Evert good man's life is a volume of God's thoughts in motion. The man who loses most is tho one who tries to keep all he gets. If gravestones told the truth the mlllenlum would be hore now. The man who bends one of the commandments breaks them alL Ko maw gets religion right unless It makes a big change In his life. A lie Is always a few shades blacker than tho sin it tries to hide. 2fo man is a real hero who does not know that he is right with God. Mex who serve God only when they feel like it never do a full day's work. State or Onto, Crrv or Tolbdo, I T i' . m I'.ifr. I Frank J. csinir makes oath that he Is the senior partner uf the ttrm of F. J. CilfSir Sb "o., dolus busineM tn tUe City of Toledo, County and State aforraald. and that said Arm will iiay the um of OXK HUNDRED DOI LAR.S for each aud i-rerr cane of Ciarrh that cinmit be cured by the use of U all's 'atahrh t'nHK. rtiAXK J. Oaanar. worn to Wfore mn and Bubwrlbed In my rre-wncB, thla 6th day of Oecwmbar, A. D. lStA 1 itir.l , I Xntrvni riihNe. Hull's Catarrh Cure Istaken Internally and acta directly on tbe blood and mnooiil aurfacea of lue Hvatem. tteua ror testimonials, rree. V. J. ('sehit Co., Toledo. O. tSold by Druggists, 71o. The orange was first planted in Southern California bv the Franoisoan fathers soon after they established their brut mission in the state at can Diego, in 17t3D. We Care limn. No matter of how long- standtns- ror rree treatim, testlmuu'.aiii, etc, w Holleiiaworta A Co., Owaja, Tioga Co-. M. X. iTice ii; by mad. 11.1a, Miss Dod. the ladv tennis champion of Enfrl&nd. onlv recently celebrated her twenty-first birthday. She is also an exoellant bicyclist ana poll player, as well as a singer and pianut, POSTAL Gl IDE FOR 1S3 Cnntalnlnlm all the post offloes arraneM al nh.ibrtlcallT. In Slates and Counties, with all otber matters reUt'.tn to po office affairs en be ordered from U. SaLtsiiSK. 1. O. Ilox. 1182. I'hilailelnlila. I'a. No busiuess man should be wttaout it. Price SMI paour cover witUmouthly ; S-Uuclutti cover witu mommy. In Dutch Guinea the women carry unon their persons all the family sav imrs in the i-hspe of heavy bracelets. anklets, necklaces and even crowns of gold and silver. What Do Too Take Medicine for? Because you aro sick and want to get well, or becauo you wish to prevent Ill ness. Then reniemlt:r that Hood's SursHuarllla cukes all diseiucs caused by impure blood. Purely vegetable Hood's Pills Mary Ilartwell Catherwood, the brilliant author of "Old Kokaskia," began her literary career when a mere ohild as contnbntor to a Boston juven ile magazine. All that can say . to the merit" of Pobb'ns' Electric Hoap, pale "into nothinffnetx before the Mnry It will tell you ilsrl, of lw own perfect HiiHllty, if you will irtve il one trial. Pon t take imitation. There are lots of them. Sorao of the women of China are be ginning to comprehend the folly of compressing the tbe feet. A missionary has been cnlightoning them on the sub ject. Prsifr Axle Grease. Pon't work your horses to death with poor axl Krctue; the Fruzer is the only rellnble. make. I' so it once and you will have no other. A story is told of a New York mil lionaire's wife who has been for the last three years "traveling all over Europe trying'to match a pearl." C Aim's Kidney Care for Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary of Liver Diseases, Ner vousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Philad'a, $1 a bottle, 6 for $5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures. Try it. Tho pooplo of Germany and Belgium are tbe greatest potato eaters; the consumption in these countries annu ally exceeds 1,000 pounds per head of population. Peec.ham's Pills correct bad effects of over eating, lieecham's no others. US cents a box. The topaz took ita name from a Greek word meaning guess, since the ancients could only gnsss at the locali ty where this beautiful stone was ob tained. If afflicted wit!, soreeves use Dr. Isaac Thomn non's Lye-water. Druunists sell at 25c. pet bottle, A large black turtle, weighing; nearly 000 pounds was cnught off Cape Look out, North Carolina, recently. ust Flower" My wife suffered with indigestion and dyspepsia for years. Life be came a burden to her. Physicians failed to give relief. After reading one of your books, I purchased a bottle of Augusc Flower. It worked like a charm. My wife received im mediate relief after taking the first dose. She was completely -cured now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat anything she desires without any deleterious resuits as was formerly the case. C. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash ington House, Wasliiu gton, Va. Do Knt Ra TtMjivd with Partes, Enun.li and Paints whictl stain tha binits. Injure the mm and hum red The Rlstnjr Sun Store Polish K BrllUai t, Odor- I less, uuraoie, ana the consumer paya lut; no tua 1 w nimmm iwnmi wun every porcaase. CCA BEST METHOD OF CLKA5SIXO THE SKIN. I fancy I hear some ladies eiclfiim: "Why. we have been told that already. We have been told h .w to waab our faces with cold water and eoap! Yes; you have been told how t was your faces, and so keep then, elean when they are clean, but bow bout the skins which are disfigured by all sorts of eruptions and imparities which, having been thrown to tte sur face, remain there for lack of an ontletT What about the blackheads, caused by the natural oil, which o-in to the dampness of the atmosphere, cannot escape through the pores, and which Attracting to) Itself a certain amount of dust? Whst aboat eczema, whioh is tne result ui uc. the blood, and an accumulaHon of poisonous matter which is thrown to the surface? What about the pimples, acne, and all the tnoe 01 awiigui.uK eruptions, which are the cause Ot gnel to so many ladies wno write to iuy plaintively: "My friends tell me 1 should be pretty if it were not lor mj bad complexion can tnesa iruuu. be cured by the use simoly of cold water and good soap? No; 1 own frankly that thoy cannot, and 1 will tell you why. The sain mny be compared to a piece ofhoney comb. The comb represents the true skin, the honey the founda tion, or solid matter ot tne bkid, uu the cap over the honey the epidermis that meets the eye. Few imagine the cells of the skin to be filled with a gradual accamnlution oi laity matter which cannot escape, because the en trance, or perhaps I ought to aay exi is clogged. It must seine tnere, uu gradually become discolored. When this ha happened, either throwgh an excess of impure matter in th blood, through the injudicious use of grease mr.A nlnrrmnir cosmetics, there h noth- ing for it but to use Buon remeoies will cleanse the outer cuticle thorough ly, leaving a clear, fresh, snrfaoe, lou have all noticed how white and fair the hands, and usually the face, look after a long illness. You know also that owing to various causes the ekin nsnally peels during an illnesa. Ite old entiele being removed, the fresh one which is underneath, appears free from impurity. We require, therefore, something to remove this dead or clogged cuticle. We do not need to do all in otiT power to keep it on by constantly greasing and powdering it, bni to get lid of it. When the old ami disagnred outer skin ia removed, the nso of ordinary soap and water ahonld keep it fretdi and bright, unless there is an nnnsuul amount of impurity in the blood If the blood is impure no good will bo done by takintr suoh medicines as draw the impure matter back into the sys tem. A lady wrote to me a short time ago that she was greatly troubled with an eruption, which disappeared when her doctor gave her medicine for it, but that the disappearance always made her so ill that the eruption was rcaliy a sign of health. Now this was a direct proof of the correotnees of my theory. Nature was 'laboring to tbrow off the impure matter. She threw it to the surface, whore, because the pores were clngsed, it could not escape. There it remained for want uu mvft.-B . uj t.11 uuli'-i. a uu 1 to get rid of the disrignrement; then 1 the poiscnous matter was all drawn back into the system. How much better it wotld have been if it had been cleared from the surface and Na ture's own hiut taken I A strong blistering lotion is not needed. What is wanted Is a eircfnlly prepared astringent lotion, which by gradually removing the outer cuticle, will, as I have eaid, leave the skin fresh and smooth. 1 have spoken simply, for there is no occasion here for me to enter into a scientific disquisition on tbe nature and structure of the skin. If I have succeeded in impressing upon ladies the importaaoe of my theory, I shall be quite satisfied. One thing I may say, that if only one tithe of the letters that I receive oomplaining of the spoiled condition of the skin through using all sorts of greasing and clog ging preparations conld be published entire, there would be no occasion for me to preach tha gospel of hardening the sain; tbe letters would be more eloquent than any words of mine. Anna Kutest. ri'BEAM) WHOLESOME Ql ALITY Commends to public appioval the Cali fornia liquid laxative remedy, bjrup of Fits. It la pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cieane the rvstem cfTeo- tua'ly, it rromotes the health and cote, fort of all who use It, and with millions It id the bst and only remedy. USEFUL BASKET. Street shoes should be remove 1 a soon as the wearer returns hom.e They should.be pulled Into form while still warm and placed so that they will pro perly air lesida. Dip fish In boiling water fcf a mo ment before scaling them,. Half a lemon, dipped In ai.lt, U Rood to clean a copper or brass tea-kettle or other utensils. Tbe hollyhock bas been promoted to decorative purpose at Jfewport dinner parties and rivals tbe sweet pea in fa vor. Those used are the new double varieties, and come in beautiful rose reds and faint pink and lemon, anil tbey are said to be extremely effective for aesthetic purposes. Whiskey will take out every kind of fruit stain. A child's dress will look entirely ruined by the dark berry stains on it, but If whiskey Is pourd on tbe discolored places before sending it Into tbe wash It will come out as good as new. A borne-made paste that can be rs commended in unqualified terms is made of two tablesnoonf uls of laundry starch and one tablespoonful of cum arabic. Dissolve ti ese In a little warm water and pour over thm about a pint bolli rg water. S ir rapidly over the Gre for a few minutes au'l tet it aside to coo'. When the paste is nearly cold add three drops of oil of cloves to keep it irom rxouiaing or beina discolored. It brightens a carpet wonderfully to wipe it off with a sponge wet iu water tc whicha itblespoonful of turpentine bas been addod. This should be done once a month after ths carpet bas been tVroughly swept. When packing gowns put tissue pa per between tl e folds and crumple a sheet ofltar.d place It in the larpe sleeves. This will prevent their creasing. Some of the moCern trunks hae straps across each tray to prevent the contents from slipping. If your trunk has not this invention the same results can b obtained by tack'.ng tapes inside each tray, aad this method will save much crushing. Here is a wa7 of "flxing'' the most treacherous colors so tbey cannot fade unless you use srft-soip, or burn them with a hot iron. If there are any stains on tbe linen, remove them without dampening the silk; dissolve a table spoonful of eugar-of-lead in a teacupful of hot water and add It to a pailful of cold, rain water. Soak tbe goods ia this for two or three hours, tha wash Don't Put Off Till ties of To-day. SAPOLSO as directed b ve. TLU Is an ;imir ,. ble wav or anting the ool jrs in fafliiu; print', lwtiS and ad cotton fabrics To take out scotch l iy the article tha has teen scorched in the bright sun shine. An easy method of removln; b'.ti 0: foreign bedies from the eye U to place grain of flixreed under the lower lid, anil close th frfd". The seed bMioms inr rounded Uy a thicV-, adhtr.nt mucilag which eni raps the foreun bnly, aui. soon carries It out from the auie of the eye. The gold contained in the medals, vessels, chains and other objects pre served in the Vatican would make more gold coins than the wholo of the pres ent European circulation, it ia said. Salt Rheum 5 Years In the form of x mnninit sore on my anile, fom physicians tilled to cure I then commenced takitir Hood's Siirsaparilla, am! using Hood's Olive Oint ment, and at the e. 1 01 two years I was complete! j cured, and have Lad n. trouble with it since." Simeon Staplfs, East a. !iiiiMf Taunton, Mass. Hood's Sar...irillu n uts Hood'sCures Hood's Pills euro liver Hi, j iousness. sick headache and coii-t;; e. t.;: An agreeable Taictlve ar.fl Nrsrz Tone. Bold hy Dnifrrtsts or sent by nis i. SCc,,c and tLOG per parka.-a. PncVica Irec fTa T3fY Tbe Favorite t::t3 ?rs:xj ilU 3.w'ortheTeeth!jdiUekUi,ac, 1.1.1 5 I FOK Tf! F.S arm nt tni'1 In A-y, hnt lhmt rrto MiUtl'd wilb rfv.iia' aid r v i 1 r S fthotiM wrir to u lor our EW CKO-I'tdl r (f r).wt)lb tffTnf with r. :". na-t n.t -uait f.irward a-ivk-) mud lufriiia'l-n. ah "f vri p.r-f to ttiow who would Int-rfa" tlK'lr lni-;:i. h mat stKk cxrtiT:( iran--i ton, a tr-- WCODWARD&Cfl., l aii-i ,3 L.o.ii .), y T. 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UTr ( lCrvsth . ana U dirdrs al Ue bUitih. lLaTernd fr'wcl. art (fontly yif promi't.y. 1 erf n't idirntlon follow their u1. by dmirfirlrt or tent hj m.tiJ. roi for fr rvrri nicxj o d rem Hll'AM IIKMICATCa, .MTaii'T0f ..mm. ''C MUDtMCNTV ,JSPERSPtCTIVE DECOMJK r i-ii P C-. l.:ii." PHIL.. PA. Kat.D. ti" .;-,- r a ' Jonaul tat. frf ff ti(ir-"rnn,tiui n; .a n " i Kea.fUUMlaa. ficod Utt uraolar. or3eetiri.i H UiJI Successfully .roscutos Cla Ki L.at i'rincip&l KxtiTiiinT I' J i vn i 1 3 stain tat war, liiwijiiiiu'uuii KfOOEK'S KSTiLLKS.'" ;.: wbahsY weak lunstcr J c n.. ,nnn a am i : n v - . . i ltd nas luo'C-J''"r M utloa. H biJ run V 1 ids. ItfcsJ n' iiijor- M It is not tJ El rfj Consnmutt. r'-J .l one. -'-' ltlstos S'llul. mfcv- ffc-l Sold eT.rrhr. C. tl To-morrow the Ou Buy a Cake of 1 d K 5 J. F?B AC&fE IT WILL NOT r.J?H HARNESS at.-. k- fl IT- r ? tt a t.A . :j n i f-i n a 7 - -rL r-n 1 1 i ,