THE LITTLE WEAVXR. Once fn an eastern palace wide A little child sat weaving; Bo patiently ber task abe plied. Tbe men and women at ber aide Flocked round ber, almost grieving. "How Is It, little one," they mid, 'You work bo well and cheerily?" You never seem to break your thread, Or -marl, or tangle it, instead Of wurklug smooth and clearly. "Our weaving irets so worn and toiled, Our silk so frayed and broken. For all we've fretted, wept and toiled. We know the lovely pattern's spoiled;" They sighed as words were spoken. The little child looked in their eyes, Bo full of cure and trouble; And pity chasod the sweet surprise That tilled her own. as sometimes tlies The ruinbow in the bubble. "I only go and tell the KlnR," She saiil abashed and meekly: "You know, lie said in everything,'" "Why so do we" they cried: "we bring 11 Im all our troubles weekly!" She turned her little head aside; A moment let them w rangle; "Ah. but." she softly then replied, "I ko and ret the knot untied At the tint little tangle!" O little children weavers all! Our broiderv we spmiRlo With mnnv a tear that need not fall, If on our Ring w e would but call At the first little tangle! QjngrcgationalUt. lS might HAVE rECTED. BEEN EX- EY CLARA S1DSEY WILLIAMSON. We were orphans Adelaide, John and myself Ursula. John wa9 twenty four, Adelaide was nineteen, and I was twentv-ono. We lived together and nui pracueai, iu;ni nousonceping, oniy I am afraid we were not ". r."- lA-al, and certainly tho housekeeping was exceedingly light. John was au extremely bright, in deed, I may say that he was a bril liant young man, occupying a flattering position on a prominent 2ievr lork daily newspaper. He was as hand lomo as an Adonis and us lovable as ever a brother could bo. Adelaide was the besutr, and on her was lav ished all the luxury of our incomes, that is John s and mine, lor I too, con tributed no little to the family purse, in writing various articles for leading magazines. Indeed I hail even ven tured to write a book, which had ap peared and been received very well. We were as ISohemian as it was pos sible for respectable people to be; we had a suite t.f r'tus in an apartment house, consisting of four rooms one of which was a parlor, library, study and dining-room combined, two bed-rooms ahd a kitchen. This latter we seldom used, for it was so easy to send out for our meals and a great deal more satis factory. As John and I wrote, and Adelaide played the violin, and sang very sweet ly, and we were all young and full of life, naturally our little circle attracted a great many young people, and rarely an evening passed that six or eight young men and women did not si-end two or three hours with us. We had delightful times, enjoying ourselves in our happy Ilohcmian fashion. What did we care if sometimes Adelaide for got to dust the beautiful bust of Mozart, which was her special pride and de light? And if the men smoked and made our curtains look a little dingy Somewhat sooner than necessary, did we care? No indeed, not we! All sorts and conditions of honest and bright young men and women came into our circle. Young lawyers, di)c tors, editors, and rich young men of no ambition whatever, who simply came to enjoy the "perfect whole," as they expressed themselves. Young women who wrote largely for society papers, who sang in well paid choirs, and who arranged various designs for the fancy New Year, Christmas, birthday anil wedding cards, and not a few artists of no mean ability, of both sexes, were among our friends. As I said before, Adelaide was the beauty, and we were all young, so why was it surprising that Love and Ro mance entered our happy little home? I Was not in the least astonished, though I confess I felt a little regret at first, when I saw how things were going. Hut my sister was so pretty, and dressed so artistically anil becomingly, and sang so sweetly, it w'as little wonder indeed, that she should be asked for in mar riage. The man who was to rob us of our lovely Adelaide was a splendid fellow, and a great favorite of ours. He was a young lawyer, ambitious, proud as Lucifer. Of course, he was joor, but we loved him all the better for his pov erty, so we were thoroughly contented with the mattrr. "Now John, do be dignified, and don't act as if you were So pleased that he wants to marry Adelaide, when he asks you for her," I said one evening, to my- dear brother, in private. W e knew that he whs going to ask for her, and we determined that there should lie no lack of dignity aliout the cere mony. "Don't worry little she-bear." (My name, Ursula, means she-bear, and John occasionally called me by the ob noxious name when I chose to be dicta torial.) "lon't worry, I shall le as dignified and cold as a stone. I shall stand perfectly erect and say in my harshest tones: 'Sir do you think you have sullii ient to support and maintain by beautiful si.-ter in the same luxur ious manner to which she has always been accustomed?' " I simply roared with laughter and John kindly joined in my mirth, (if course there was no dignity about the affair at all, and on the whole I suppose it was just as well. About this time as might have been exjiected. our bank account began to grow quite slender, and I had to write vigorously for the papers. I fairly ground out the stones, and finally be ing at a loss for inspiration took up Adelaide's leve story as a basis, and wrote three tales upon it. In the first, I made every thing to turn out hap pily; in the second I allowed Adelaide to reject her fiance, and in the third I allowed Fred the privilege of breaking Adelaide's heart. "Dear me, Ursula, you frighten me, I shall begin to fear we shall not marry each other after all," my pretty sister exclaimed. "Never fear, dear one, all is well, and you shall have the prettiest trousseau that ever gladdened the heart of a maiden yet. Why little one, you shall have a Kedfern!" I finished trium phantly. "Ah vou dear sweet sister!" replied Adelaide, "you and John have spoiled I mo utterlv. vou are so trood to me. vou make me selfish. And when shall you 1 marry, Ursula?'' she asked suddenly. i "I, oh I supliose never, John and I 1 will solace each other; though of course, if he were to marry, I should jicrhaps seek to beguile some man. But no, I wouldn't no; I am too indeiend ent for anything of that kind, I can amply support myself. I should never live with John, for I know a brother's sister is a very unwelcome factor in a household. I might take up abode with you, Adelaide., ii your i red would not object, I am sure you would want no. The reason I could belter live with you Adelaide, is that, aa mistress of your own household, and my sister, there would ho no crosses, no friction: whereas, John's wife would be the mis--) tress and I should be her sister-in-law, and if I happened to make a little sis terly 'fuss' over John, or he chanced to say something sweet and kind to me as is his wont, the wife might bevome jealous; no, I shall go by myself if John marries." "My own dear Ursula, you should live with me, and Fred is devoted to you, and would love you dearly. Why dearest you are thin, really are you quite we'll?" "Oh yes, perfectly well, but you know we have lecn keeping Buch late hours recently." Aa indeed we had, and I had been up much later than either John or Adelade. I had written each night an hi ur or so after they had retired; and then, when I did lie down my brain was so busy, it would be another hour or more, ere I could sleep. So it was little wonder that I looked thin, though I was perfectly well, as I told Adelaide. Every thing was going on beauti fully, my lovely sister's trousseau was assuming what seemed to our unso phisticated eyes, magnificent projior tions. Of course she and I together, had made a great many of those soft pretty things which Adelaido looked at with such admiration, and wo were justly proud of our skill. The wedding dress had been made by a first-class dressmaker, and was truly a jioein. She had wanted ivory satin, but the dressmaker shook her head, and said Adelaide was too young to wear satin, she must have heavy silk. Her "going away gown" was a Kedfern; this last had cost me some entirely sleepless nj . ,., r mora ,.-, when I saw 1 her look of genuine pleas ure and gratitude when the dress came home. John, dear old boy, took me m his arms and said I was the dearest, sweetest, treasure of a sister two oor lorn orphans ever had. "Aren't you glad wo are poor though Ursula?" he finished. And I told him I would not give up our poverty and happiness for all tho wealth of the Vanderbilts. The wedding day was near at hand, everything was arranged. The ceremony was to tako place in the little l'resbyterian Mission Church which we attended. John was to give the bride away, and I, of course was to be maid of honor. Frederick Foster, Adelaide's fiance, had rented a tint ih an apartment house not far distant; he was getting a great deal of the furnishing ready, and every evening he and Adelaide talked over the happv future. We still kept oi-cn house, and one evening about two weeks before the wedding, a stranger, to me, appeared in our midst. He was Harvey Wynne. John met him, and erasiied his hand cordially, indeed they seemed to be the best kind of friends. Adelaide and I were introduced. I was deep in con versation with a young editor on some question that was that was then ag itating the press, and Adelaide was talking to Frederick. In some way I chanced to look up and saw the young man gazing intently first at me and then at Adelaide. There was a smile on his face that I did not like, I hated him. Hut as he was a guest, and John was off in another corner talking to some artist, when he should have been enter taining this unwelcome guest, I thought, and Adelaide certainly did not care to be annoyed, I suggested to my com panion that we go and join him. I found him very bright and agreeable, but he would continue to look first at Adelaide and then at me in a manner that was very offensivo to me. When all our guests had gone, John said: "Well, how did you like Harvey Wynne, girls? He is a fine fellow, I've known him some time, met him at a dinner that Stacy Hill, the Associate Editor of Public Tittte-Tnttlc, gave about six months ago. He is a hard worker, another of your starved out journalists, though he is getting along splendidly now. I say Ursula, how did you like him? No need to ask Adelaide this late in the day." "To tell you the absolute truth, John, I hated him; his manner was insuffer ably insolent. I sincerely trust he will never come again," I said to John's amazement. He looked at me with a twinkle in his eye. "Well, he will come again, little fhe-bear, and I will warrant you'll change your opinion Ix'fore yonder fair maiden becomes Mrs. Frederick Foster." I laughed and said that there was small danger, and we severally retired to our couches. I was tired and and went to sleep without even a pass ing thought to liarvey Wynne. Lo and liehold, the next evening he came again, we then were all aloue. Fred had gone to Albany on business. The study was in a state of wild disor der. Adelaide's violin lay on ono chair, the Ikiw in another, sheets of music were scattered on the floor; I had been writing a love story, and the desk was covered with paper. The bust of Mozart was so dusty, one was inclined to think it was not marble, but some sort of terracotta. I was mortified at the looks of things in general, and dis gusted with John for bringing him in. "lon't apologize, Ursula, Wynne knows wc are savages here, "said John's dear, kind old voice, and I had to for give him. Harvey Wynne sat down near Adelaide and began to talk to her. In this way I bad an opjKjrtunity to look nt him closely. He was not in the least good looking, and yet there was an air ai-out him that commanded attention and respect. His broad, square shoulders were very good, and altogether, he looked like a man who would make his mark in the world. We enjoyed the evening immensely. Adelaide played for us, John sang in his rich baritone.and toward the last, Harvey Wynne sang a Scotch song in a very musical tenor. On the whole I liked him, much better than I had antici pated, but I was privately resolved not to let John know that I was beginning to thaw so soon. I hated to relinquish my womanly instincts so readily. Thus things went on until Adelaide's wed ding. After the ceremony, we had a little "reception" we called it, wishing to "be dignified for one time," as John said, "just to see how it would feel." Harvey Wynne was there, and one of the most charming of our guests. By this time I really liked him, though I was not quite prepared to make tho humble confession of any change of mind. A day or two before, John had said: "Ah, ha, little she-bear, did I not tell you, you would like Wynne?" I had simply shrugged my shoulders and quoted: "Vice Is monstor of so frightful mien, That to be hated need but to tie seen; Hut seen too oft. familiar with ber face. We first endure, then iltv. then embrace." "Well, well, if that is not the best jet, likening Wynne to Vice. Verily J he is in iuck, tor ursuia win soon ac knowledge herself in love with him." Then we both burst into a peal of laughter, from which I was the first to CQnlroi my features, and tell my be- oved bother, stern ly, to go to bed? We had invited only ourdcarest friends, I those who were deepest in sympathy.' with our gay, Bohemian life, and I Was vexed that Harvey Wynne, so recently become a member of our circle, should move about our rooms, at our dear Adelaide's wedding reception, with such an air of being a welcome guest. And I have no doubt, too, that the feeling that our old happy life would cease now, had something to do with my vexation. For Adelaide was beautiful and she knew how to make the most of her beauty; she was bright, and she knew how to dispense her brightness to such splendid advantage, and when conver sation lecame borcsome 6he could al ways play and sing. But now it would all cease. She would come to us some times, of course; in fact often, but then she was no longer our Adelaide, she was Frederick s. Almost I felt a regret he had come into our midst, and stolen our sister, and I unconsciously moved nearer to John. I wondered if ho, too, did not have something of the same feeling, for instinctively our eyes met, and something in his glance told me I had full sympathy. But when I looked into the radiantly happy face of out dear girl, I felt that it was only selfish ness on my part, to entertain such thoughts. I must make the best of it, I thought, rather dreamily. I wal roused from my reverie by a voice at my side saying in those calm easy tones', which I hardly knew whether I hated or admired most: "You are thinking how much you will miss your beautiful sister." I turned and looked at the speaker. "Yes, we shall indeed miss her, out happy circle has been broken. John and I shall have to console each other now." "You love your brother very much. I have ofen admired your love for each other. Such genuine happiness and love in families is so rarely seen, and that renders it all the more beautiful. Novel in all my life have I enjoyed myself as much as since I have had the good fortune to be a visitor in this charminl home. I trust I may still continue to enjoy the same pleasure?" Mr. Wynne smiled, and ho was splen did when he smiled. I gave myself up now: I liked hini without any "i? or ands." I simply liked him; he had won me over in shaking so nicely of our home life. Frederick and Adelaide went aw av for a week and on their re turn were s.ifelv and cosilv domiciled in their cozv flat. I We do not miss her nearly as much as we had expected, for everv evening we are all together in the same old way only that another is added to the old circle. Only John, dear old John, looks a little melancholy now and then, and shaking his head remarks softly as if to himself: "Little She-liear, dear little She-bear, what shall I do when ? He never finishes his querv, becaust Harvey always interMses "You shall live with us, John, always with us, until vou, too: shall find a loving mate." BIQ L03STER POUND. A Million of til Tooth.s'n SbellfUa Shipped from It Yearly. Thero is a lob.ter farm or pound, as U is cillcd twelve acres In extent at Southport. Me. The Boston Globe describes this pound, the most buo cessful on tho coast, whence 1,000, 000 lobsters are shipped sch year. The p und is formed by t ulld ng a solid dam across a tide-water tore. This duiu does not (ju.to rise to high water ma k. but across the top is placed a fcuco of Iron rods, penult ting a dally changj of water, and preventing the lot-sters from escap ing. In the spring and fall business Is most brisk. When the fishermen bring the lobsters to the pcund, the "Ash." as thoy arc culled, are hoUted to the dam, measured, and those which are more than ten und one half Inches long, tbe legal limit. ar thrown in. If a lobster Is clever hi life In the pound may be long and full of Joy. If he is stupid he will be fished, out with a drag seine and packed In a barrel, with a piece t Ice for a pillow, and sent to Boston The seine Is made of stout twine and Is wetrhfd at ths bntom with heavy chain. Along the top Is a row of corks, which sustain the weight of the seino while the chain drags or the bottoai of the pound. A slngh cast of this seine will bring p lob sters enough to Oil eleven barrels The chain as H sweeps along the bot tom stirs up the lobsters, which im mediately shoot backward Into th slack twine. In taking them out thf men wear heavy mittens, thougt even then they are often nipped. I the pound the lobsters are fed on sail herring, men rowing about In stiff and pitching the herring overboard This Is CAlle-l "ffed.ng the chickens,' and It takfs aNmt six barrels t make a light luncheon for the flock There are said to be a number of old bard shells Id the Southport farrr which for years have evaded th casts of the drag. Two of enormoa sire have become quite tame an crawl about in the shallow water The age of the lol-ster Is a debate question. The small marketabli specimens are generally supposed t "be from 4 to 6 years old, but somi lobsters are believed to live to th green old age of 25 years. when England was plundcrin iod annexing Burmah the Americai napers which take their nows am their opinion from England am English siur e gabbled a Rood dea shout the "beneflceut spread of civlll Mtlon." Now, when France Is swal lowing up a little heathen state, w. aoto that the sam-5 English-fed pa trs are all shouting that "benefl :ent" England has frlshtened France Although she could not save Slam. All this Is a feeble echo of England'i roar 6ent up to distract attentlor from her cowardly abandonment o siam. England built up a tradt thero and whispered Slam into thi Idea that she wou!d be protected. John Bull's bluster disappeared whf i tne trench gunboats anchored of Bangkok, and only reappeaied whei Slam had surrendered. Cut-throat doctors and lawven who attempt cold-blooded swindles o: wealthy patients and clients a e oo easlonal'.y sat down upon In th aourts with a dull thud. The case oi J. "W. Mackey, In San Francisco, last winter, will be remembered when the doctors who sued for outragoouj bills failed to make It appear thai their services were as valuable claimed. A similar case has bced running In the New York courts evei since tho death of Samuel J. Tllden. One Dr. Simmons, who had attended the millionaire politician for several years, filed bis bill for $143,350 foi medical attention for 2.221 days and brought suit for that sum. Th( matter has 1u t bsen settled aftei four years litigation by the Darmed 'w Dr. Simmons of $40,000, or $5 00C ycar ,or eight years' servlc" BANITAS. THE DOCT&IXB OF TKEVESTIOX. Health is our physiological capital. w unout an income irom it we are scarcely more than paupers, dependent upon others for that which it is our duty to supply. Many of us forget thero are physical Sins as well as moral, and go forging ahead regardless of extravagant expend iture and abuse of nature's gifts, till wo are suddenly brought to poverty's door, enniles3. We have materia medica to prop us up when we fall, and that silences nature's crying out for a time. We pick up the fragments and go right over the old course for another spell. But there is light appearing ahead, and the world is widening. Scienco is directing the helm and hy giene is fast becoming A watchword. Indeed one hears it on all sides, while optimists foresee the perfect physique with life of five score years mado pos sible through hygienic soioncc estab lished in home, food, medicine, exer cise and living generally. Old world was very Blow about discovering chem istry, that parent of materia medica, but slower still about hygiene. It took him about the eleventh hour of the nineteenth century to reach a full realization of the im portance of the science and a necessity for sanitary administration. But, hav ing reached the "surumum bonum," he is gaining ground rapidly and those who would not be behind in this ad vance of thought, should put aside con sorvatism and join ranks of the army of seekors after physical capital and by increasing incomo become rich in God's great gift. Prevention is the Japanese doctrino, a wisdom far in advance of our pound of cure, which it will be well for one to adopt. It is also easy and simple. We need only to listen to the conclusions and testimony of those whose lives have boen spent in investigation and research, and thus have given to the world the sciences of chenii8try,bygiene, physiology, biology and more: which mean to us all, stronger bodies, finer brains and happier lives, if we but run and read. Science places sanitation, or pure tir, first in her lit, and directs our houses shall be built after her laws. Fure ir prevents illnesses. If plumbing is ii-feetive science orders in liatent tratis i'id vents, and a tearing out of the old. If water is as near pure as nature can produce, science orders filtration, not withstanding, for therein lies safety in prevention. I Health depends upon wholesome food is well as all those other essentials, an science docs not tolerate random JooKing. Jt orders it all projwrly pre pared on scientific principles. New uiilk, that elixir of life to the young that detectable food which wc thought in our ignorance to be so puro, must now be sterilized before we partake. Thus we are being taught to take care oi our bodies, and while keeping capi uii intact, increase the income. "IF THE CHOLERA COMES." Dr. Edson, in an article with the above title in the American DruaaiM, August 10, assures us that, while a little care may be beneficial in making us more attentive to sanitary and hygienic laws we need not fear the cholera since tho "sanitary condition of the United States in general is excellent." and he jives three points to boar in mind: "First. That cholera can onlv be jiken into the body by means of food r drink. "Second. That even if taken in f.i . . . acauny stomacn cholera germs are narmlejis, as the acid gastric juice at )nce kills and digests them. "Third. That they are certainly tilled when Put. muted to the lxuhn itnperature." From the second point we are assured :hat we have but to keep a healthv gas trie juice and we shall be safe. It it-ems such a prevention should not be iifficult to practice if we have any sort )f health, and those suffering from any lisorder should quickly endeavor to jure it. Temperance and nourishing food vith some simple palliative as lime vater or iiepsin tablets and draughts of lot water before eating ought to act as sura lives for a small derangement, in less it is chronic, in which case, mcd chI advice should fe sought. Miicc our scare of 1'J2 the scientists md medical profession generally have seen hard at work investigating and itudying cholera bncillus and compil Ing statistics; m many magazines and carious publication they have given tuix-rs ujon me suiijecl, which we inould make it our duty to read. I can touch for their being highly interesting reading, tsi-eeially those uion the causes of epidemics and where started, Chapters upon the unsanitary condi lion oi lower India, r.gypt and parts of Kussia can not fail to make us Americans feel grateful for enliehten ment and purity of living as compared o ceruun sections. A Russian doctor, Tclyafus, has Studied various parts of Asia and gives L 1 J .' ... . . P . Krapnic uescnptions oi mat post-hole. the deltas of the granges, where 7,500 square miles is the home of the cholera bacillus. While communication with such a region, tho' indirect exists, we may not neglect to keep a look out. CEHEALIAX VS. VEGETARIAN". egeianans arc unuing a "conuter sect" usurping some of their doctrine ami applying it to their own lclief. The advances made in the prepara- uoiioii-ert-ni.ia.iji.MKi lias liocome so extensive of late years that many jeo- pie are looting into me subject of grain nourisnnieni aim proving to their satis faction that it is a diet to bo welcomed with enthusiasm. When we consider the "nee and maearroni eaters, we need hardly doubt but that a grain food will sustain life. Indeed, when wc hear of two hundred ' palatable dishes being made from corn alone (our very own native product), we may well become a convert as food for children, cereal is invaluable. I he great vanetv of wnvs if cookinjr it cives it. it semo. 'o me. a irreater vnli.n han vegetables. Mixed with nilk, eggs, sugar, gelatine, f-piees, rais ns and fruit enables a cook to sorvp lifferent dish every day in the month, f not year. As lunch and breakfast lishes it serves a unique purpose for itrong -people, while for invalids nothing jut w iieuer. ine various patent nethods of preparing it, make it con- enient for light housekeeping as well is professional cooking. Partially ooked and strained it needs little hand ing and loses no nourishing properties n the process. Wj have nothing to fear from its lolding microbes, as having always to te thoroughly cooked which means at ome 6tage of the proceedings, an in- ense neat we are sure of all life be oming extinct. Bad cookinjr, how- (ver, when in bread, according to Dr. yrus tdson, can lie the cause of carry- ng germs into the stomach, which hould have been killed by the proDcr imount of heat. A well cooked cereal pleasantly seasoned and made palata- ble is a dish worthy the notice of epi-" cures. Indeed, it is usually they who nrsi discover the nut under the shell WATER FILTERATIOS. When electricity has taken unto it- j sett the credit of the power to purify , large bodies of water, (a credit which at this writing is whispered as possible) ftnd Ollr rlrtnlrinnr u-atsi alkali li Aa it. ' --------5 ...... i Duau - should be, there may be no use for .fil- ters, but as scientists tell us that even good water is improved by filtration,; it will be wi 11 to keep one at hand. In the absence of a patent one, or an en-J largeu clay vessel, a very simplo ar-J rahgementis thus constructed: Tako an ordinary vessel with a perforation ociow anu place a sponge over tho nolo.' Fill partly with gravel stones, then place a layer of fine gravel, then a layer of clean sand and then a piece of coarse flannel, over which spread an inch of fine pounded animal charcoal. Such a filter should be cleaned as often as the flannel becomes soiled; each layer 6hould be thoroughly washed. Vikgima Vassau THE TIU E LAXATIVE P1IIM IPI.E Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has a permanently bonoficial effect on the human system, while the cheap veg etable extracts and mineral solutions, usually sold as medicine, are perma nently injurious. Being well informed, you will use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. A seven-year-old child fell into an old well more th in thirty feet deep at Far Kockuwuy Liong Island, and es caped with oulr a few braises. The water at the bottom reaohod to her waist, in which she stood for more than an hoar before beiDg miued and red cued. The first bread was made by the Greeks; the first wind mill by the Sara cons. Vm Car RaDlar. N mattor of how lontr atantlins. Wrlta for fre trratisa, tMtliimn.als, etc., to 9. J. Holleiuworth A Co., Uwaru, Tioga Co N. X. ttl III hi mail. lUa. Clare Mar Kiriao, an infant child born at Leomiuntar, Maai.. May "0th. has the distinction of hatiasr been photographed seven luiunt s after birth. This is a development of the snap-shot i.lea in photography such at is likely to appeal ti the heart o' every foud motliur. lUo't This t We olTor One Hunlrel Iiollnm Reward for anr rane of Catarrh that cannot bo curuJ by Hall's Car arm Cun. F. J.C'iikskv A Co., Props., Tolotln, O. V.V, lite undmslyiiril. Lave known K. J. Che ney for 1 n-t lal l.'i ytar-t, anil bt-lirve him i-r-fw.tlf honorable In all burtintsH transactions an-1 nnani- ally all to carry out any obliga tion niaile ty the.r firm. West TiiCAX, Wtuik-Kklo Dmgulsts, Toledo, Ohio. Walpimi. Kir-fA Si Marvix, 'Wholesale IruKript-t, Toledo, On.o. ria'ltl Catarrh Cure lit taken Internally, act ing dii-noily upon the bioo-l an.l mucous nur faceitof the system. Irl-e. TV. r bottle, bold by alt DrutrtfUld. Testimonial free. The frock coat is nnquostionably ar Kngliah invention, and its firtt record ed appear.ncois in 154;). in tho reigi of Ileury VIII. It is described as " coat of Velvet some what shaped like f frock, nnbroi.1 ired all ovor with flatted gold of dam isks. Are Yon Xrrroue, Arc yon all tired out, do you have that tired feel Ing or sick headueheT Vou ran be relieved all these symptoms by bikinir IIiod'3 Sarsapa rilla which gives nerve and bodtly strength. Hood's Pills ore easy in action. Cakes of tea in India, pieces of silk iu ivuius, auir. m AUTssiuia ana couu-ti in Iceland have all been used as money, There Is nnlhino funics it be the sen inn ma chinei that has lightened woman's labor as murt as iourin- j-.KH?trtc soap, eonstanuy som sinct 1A. All grocers have it. Have ytu madi acquaintance? Try it. Cooks of nil natious are to have fair and feast in Paris next year, witl prizes for "authors of new diahes." Prazer Axle Grease. The Frazer Axle Grease lusts four times as lont u any uuirr. tseii. ami Nive your nurses aiu wagons. A trial win prove that wv are right. The hay crop of England and Walei Is not more tha i a third of the aver 8- Beef ham's Tills Instead of sloshy mineral wa ters. Beecnain a no others, cts. a box. The famous bridge constructed 1j Unesn Jsitoorin at iiabvlon and do scribed by Diodorus, was five furlongi long, POSTAL Ol IllE FOR IS3 CoCftatnlntng all tlia post offices arnngsd al ptliar mattars relating to post offlcs aSalrs can piiaveucsiir. lo ctkatva ainu v ounnci, nu mil Be orasrau irom n. .-saLiNoaa. r. o. mi, iit rbllailslshla. ra. Ko business man should t wit soul (V. fries gj.ii paper rover wun luoutniy ixcuciota cover wun moninu. The accuracy of the surveyiop- u ancient encrlneerinn is marvelous con sideriDtr the rudeness of tho instru ments. CaniTta Kldnev Core fur Drorsv. Oravel. Diabetes, Bright's, Heart Urinary of Liver Diseases, Ner- vonsneM. Ao. uure irnaranieou. tvu Arch Stret, rhilad'a, 1 a bottle, 6 for t5. or druKinst. 1000 certificates o' cures. Try it. Stcpniak, the famous Nihilist novel 1st, went into exile sixteen years ago, If sfllleted with soreeves use Dr. Isaac Thom son s eye-water. Druggists sen aizoc. uet oottio A prayer book was among the ar ticles found in the stomach of an os trich which was lately dissected iq London. 87 S53 "German Syrup" William McKeekan. Druesrist at Eloominedale. Mich. "I have had the Asthma badly ever since I camf out of the array and though I have been in the drutr business for fifteen 3ears, and have tried nearly every- thing on the market, nothing has given me the slightest relief until a few months ago, when I used Bo- schee's German Syrup. I am now glad to acknowledge the great good it has done me. I am greatly reliev ed during the day and at night go to sleep without the least trouble." Root' "An agreeable taxatlve and NfoTB Toirra Bold by DrugTrtat or sent by malL 850600. and tLOO per packag-a. Samples tree. m mw v m- mi a.i . m av w svh w-r m RICH RED BLOOD. "For feeling of dcad neai of the limbs, con ttipatftm and poor cir culation of the blood Hood's Saraaparllla ha no rival. My blood was to very poor condition. Since taking Hood'i Sar saparilla I bare good rich, red blood, and do nnthloat as I used to. 'sr,HAr-rFTams g.rDari!la has proved Ka merit to me a It will to all who take It fairly." Mas. H. F. Toms, Nlantlc, Ct. HOOD'S Saraaparllla CURES- Hood's Pill Cure Sick Headache. 2SC. AMERICAN FLOWER3 AND SOXQ. English poota from Chaucer to Ten nyson have celebrated the beauties of .Daisies, the Primroses and the Blue bells of England, and turning to Amer ica wc find the distinctive plants given imminence in the pagea of our own est poet. Emerson tnew well the New England fields and woods, their droop ing flowers and blooming shrubs, and fven tho "herbs and simples of the Woods." hue, clnque-foil, gill, vervain and agriinerny; llliie-vetch ami trllflum, hawk-weed, sasurras. Ullk-weelHanl mirrky brakes, quaint pipes and Sundew." lie loved a "woodland walk," and loted the earliest flowers. His May lay is full of characteristics of nature. 'He saw beneath dim aisles. In odorous beds The slight Unnaea hang Its twin-born heads." And a "wild rose or rock-loving Colum bine" were salve for his worst wounds. Bryant closely studied the genius of jur American novels; he was a real lver of Nature, and observed her with tiffection. As he himself expresses it: "There Is no glory In star or blonsom Till looked upon by a Wring aye; ThsrsMs no fragrance In April breeses. Till bruathe-1 with lor as ineT wander by." Whittier, too, lives close to Nature's heart he was brought up on the farm, Und has embodied his boyhood's curious lore iu his well known poem of "The Baref-xit Boy," an epitome of "Knowl edge never learned in schools." "How the robin feeds ber young; Uow the oriole's nest Is hung; Where the whitest lilies blow, Where the frewbest berries grow. Where the ground-nut trails its vines. Where the aood-grape clusters shine." And in "Snow-Bound" he gives a faith ful picture of our bleak New England Winters. Lowell, too, is a faithful delineator of the natural history of his country. ( hat an observing eye must nave gathered this iniHge: "He ha a solid has. of tenip-rument; Hut a-i the water-lily starts mid slides I'pon the level, in little uni of wind. Though anchored to the b atom, such Is he." And how prettily lie expresses the Did idea that "Nature is all things to all men" in these truthful lines: "Whnt we call Ntiture. all out-Me ourselves, Is but our own conceit of what we see. Our own reaction upon what ws feel." Walt Whitman, rugged and rough Son of Fan who, as he says: '-fived to lean and loaf at mine ente, Iteifsrditl-; a spray of iii'nin.-r tfrjvs. Had a keen eye for every asjeet of Sature; he watched the flowers and the birds, and noted in his long-metered lines: 'Where the heifers browse where geese nip their fotM with short Jerks: A'here sun-town shadows lengthen over the Utnllicas an-1 lonesome prairie: A'here the htimmlnij-blrd shimmers where the tmi--k of the lou-llved swan Is curving and wlndlnx." But amongst all our American poets, Mrrly IiOiigfellow most closely "walked villi nature hand in hand." To use sis own words "All the many sounds of nature Borrowed sweetness from his singing." "A good heart and a poetic imagina tion made his life joyous and the world beautiful." It would seem that it was l.-ue of himself what he wrote of Agassiz: 'And Nuture. the old nurse, took The child iiiHin ber knee. Suvlnif.- here is tbe stor.- -tw.ik 1 hy father has wrttu-u for thee." His "Poet's Calendar" is a succes sion of glowing madrigals upon the months, as he watched the "gentle progression of herbs, (lowers and trees" and hnxxled over them in his loving heart. Kead his description of the Water Lily: White Water-lily, cradled and caressed liy oream streams, and from the slit and weeds Sifllnte thy roldeu filaments and set-its Thy tmu-illuuilncd spires, thy crown and crest!" And what can compare with his lines cnptivc of spring? ihen came the lovely spring with a rush of FloodtnK the earth with flowers, and the air with oiossoms ann muKie. uieiodlt-s vernal. ' Or this, with which t.ise: our paper must "At IVntecost, which brings Hie sprlnir. t-lothed like a bride. Wht-n nettliii-; bu.U unfold their wlnirs And llisiiop-i-aps have golden rings. i suuunt me vioooianti wide. ' THE FIjOWEHS OF CALIFORNIA, The Fl .al gems of the Golden State .vc their own ieculiar individuality-. The California Poppy, which has been adopted as the iMate emblem, might be imagined to have taken its color from the golden sands of its soil. The Spaniards called it "Cup of Gold," which seemed a more euphonious title than the hotanical name of Etcuhoaiia, commemorating its scientific discovery by an enthusiastic Itussian. It grows profuselv in the California valleys, its satin Mowers glowing in shades of yellow from a pale cream color to the deepest orange tints. The lieautiful blue Neniophila, called . 1 y the children "Baby Eyes," from thai 1 lciivcnlv blue of its flowers, crows in ' grout quantities in fields and woods. The now-pl;int, which lias been so often dcs-ciiliod, are found plentifully n Julv near the edge of mcltine snow banks, on the western sideof the Sierras. On the eastern side the soil is rough and ulkalinc, and here flourish the pi u ncoils Trumpet flowers, the graceful lumbiiic, the Locust, the Lupine niul the faint yellow and pink blossoms of the Prickly" lVar; the tall red flowers ' known ns "l'-iintcd Cup," and Indian ' luine is also native here. Will! roses bloom in creat liiTiirinni n ! ml many pretty starry flowers, and a! hint with immense pink and yellow Inssoms which grow in a canyon by it-1 self. C There is also a large peony which glows clos,, to the groundii green ! cntreiinil closely-curled purple-bl.ick ! Uls. Many varieties of ihe Califor- ! lint flowers arc native only to cer tain jioculiar localities, abongines, natives of the soil which it is death to transplant, while many others have found their way into the florists cata- ipm-s and are treasured among the rarest Mowers. The first typewriter ever made ap peared in 1714, the work of Henry Mills. A well is being sunk in Wheeling, W. Va., which has already reached a depth of three-quarters of a mile, but hat is causing a wonder to geologists that no water is yet struck, although the the boring is through horizontal parts. E0KZ. BT OXOBGE BASCEOFT GRIFFITH. ITere we may Iln-rer, there we may roam, The heart Is still tiled on the spot we caU home, a nA in nM ih. th mirpt. the best: I Affection there centered, hallows each room, And we long, as we wanuer ui gloom, For this beautiful haven of rest. A FEW HARD FACTS Appy? CLOVES. Gl antra ted by the Experience of Two Wo men with Shop Girl. They were two women and each wa buying a pair of new gloves, says the New York Sun. One was dressed In a pale green gown, which had swept part of Broadway and was elaborate! trimmed about the bodice with coarse hite lace and Jet, while on her hea I was a small hat with a tall, tapering crown. The brim was of stiffeiict: lace, the dowers pink roses, and from the back hung two long green stream ers. The other woman had on a plair cloth gown, thcskirtofwhichcscar.ee! the street, a Bne littlo bonnet that bore the stamp of a first-class milllnci in its air of good style, and she carried in her hand a plain, closely strapped sun umbrella, which, if you looked closely at It, you discovered had for its handle a bit of real, not Imitation. Dresden. Each wanted a pair oi white gloves. Now, the lady whoM attire was dccldediy conspicuous de mauded a mousijuetalre glove wit! four buttons and an elaborate setting of lace on the back below tho wrist, She put out her hand and asked for u number six glove. Hie girl who wa to fit her looked aghast. Tho tlngei woro short, thl;k, and b ully sha;ed the hand was broad and the wrist wa. fat. It was a hand that ought it have bad what Is known ai a short ntnrered eisrht ou It, but by exercise great strength and marvelous pasi enco It was forced into the six, will the result that it looked like a putlgx pincuihlon. When il w;u buttons all the blood in the l.t!y seemed U have sotlled in tho mounds of l!"-h that protruded from bctvtven cr.ct button and its neighbor. While sli was waiting f:r her chau.'e shi watched the other woman buy he. jloves. l lrst she set ber down ii. her own mind as "just ordinary aiK plain-looking." Th.-n it dawned or: her that tho sUIrtaml the wcil-Ilttin ; j I x i ice were evidently tvit by a m::ste. baud: that the t-otinet was never iu :dt In Now York, and thai -She might, lifter all, bo one of them (julct swells.' Tho quiet swell demanded a plait white undressed kid glove, stitched it white and closing with four l irue !' t tons, and she retjuo-ted tlmtiij wool ; be givvu her. The. girl bi-hind tl:t counter reminded her that .-die con, wear a iij, but Ue s.iid, "I prefer the iize I asked for." Very easily li-' Iheygoon thd slender bund; th.;. were buttoned without any trouble, paid for, and tbe quiet swell departed. The other lady s.it there with ar air of dissatisfaction. Her gay gowr didn't look quite right. Hie wlshei" : he hadn't had streamers put on hei hat; she looked down at her glove.1 ind they seemed wrong, and then slif turned to the shop girl, who bac done for her exactly what she hni asked, and she said: "Why don't mj hand look like that lady's?" Even s worm will turn, and the shop gir) jaid: "It takes five treneratloua of ;cntlofolks for a lady to hare a beau itful hand and to know h w to dress it properly." And tho much-bofrllleci ana went away feeling that there was something wron? in the state of Den mark. Value of tion Tt oth. Speaking with distinctness ant comfort depends much upon a full and even set of teeth. If they are crowded and Irregular, or th re if now and then one missing, it affect.' the voice at once, and is very annoy ing to others who are obliged to lister to it. Public speakers often fail tt produce the effect they desire upor, their hearers from thi; . :i :sr and are not conscious of It theiuselvci. Nothing contributes more to the beauty of the features than a perfect, regular, clean set of teeth, while t neglected, diseased mouth disgust every beholder. Such things are noticed nowadays much more thar formerly and iivxl teeth and a swest breath are considered Indispensable trj every lady and gentleman. Filling the teeth is the only mean.' of preserving tbem when decay com mences. '1 he science of dentistry if now so far advanced that the skillfu' opera torcan save and restore the teeth even where thoy have been badly de cayed and abscessed. Some wonderful cases have been presented In the laat few years of teeth seemingly tevond the hope of saving, where the science and skill of modem dntltsry has re stored them again to usefulness, much to the Joy and surprise of the ratlent. yiftr years ago the great study of th dentist was how to make artlflela' Iteeth; now, according to the Domes tic Monthly, all the resources of scl ipnee and art are brought to bear, and the" whole force of dental cdncatlon at the pescnt day is centering up in the one groat work of saving the nat ural teeth. BnrTiTal of a Strange Custom. On July 13 of this year, as on July 13 of every year since tho thirteenth century, the Inhabitants of the prov ince of Baretous, In France, including the mayors of th formed a curious ceremony in einla. tion of a crime their nncpntnr icommiuea more than five hundred years ago. In thoe early days the people of Itaretous fed upon the peo 'ple of Ronca!, In Spain, Just across the border, and massacred thousands of men, women and children. To-day their descendants humiliate them-f-elves bef jre the Koncaleso as a token of sorrow and recret. r, . ,, . . . i uuciuany at o'clock in tho ,nlnr the ceremony began. The Betous d gnitarics, escorted bv an armca det K'hmcnt, stood at the "Ontl r. A peasant, hearlnir a rH Pnnant as a symbol of justice, was " lu,:7 . A"M Stroke of the ou ,lne trcnch mayors advanced, v 8carrs 01 oflico and iJ? carrf a I??'"1 ZV a flag noasantrv nf n-7ZZ. lull""eu K JZ V!?US 601110 loadln thieo white heifers. "Do you wish peace?' Spanish mayor of Isaba. cried the . icf-, Jelled the Frenchmen. They laid their lance on the bound ary stono. The Spaniards planted theirs on French soil, then laid It Where Dirt Gathers, Waste Rulec." Great Saving Results From thsUsecj SAPOL across the French weapon. one the trencn mayors strcf-hed out his hand above the cross thut ferine 1 The Spaniard did the same. 'pt,e '' they repeated the formal cath anJi all present swore to observe it. : "razdavans:" ("Henceforth peaie'-v said the Spanish mayor. Ifig e5Cn.. flred off their guns toward the F.cnc'n territory. The threo white htdfers were next turned over to tho Si an lards. The two parties then dined together at the expense of the Span iards, and a paper was drawn un which all signed. p Formerly tho blood tribute took the shape of three white niares. Their price and the difficulty of flQlj. ing them has brought about the change. The heifers cost ah ut on hundred and twenty dollars a lr o sum for these poor mountaineers. IR. KILMER'S CURED 173 E, Dropsical Swelling, C:-!j r,s LIFE WAS A LUDEN. "Swamp-nnot'' kiy."1 my r Ftitfenii everything but ccuth. r I La, I ?ni you my iho- criptlon of my t;t.-e .Lr .m.i eim ..n .i ,tf IrT r-.-.'x you wbii. cold usit-;; tli-! woui j L 4 t - r lropsicuJ sw.;ilinirs i of tho lower lirubs I T. nonl l w.n.lllto.. Sboes. Exertion corn- 3 iletely exhaust I mc l"iit!i s ini'i so X;." "ry nir. nut sv, ii- - t lllK lltiVO I Zm --"4 , all my Trou!-l!S have Iia.rw t"' m. . . botur now than i: h-L, : ,.t, f,,r v", ii " 1 ' 1 11 "SWAMP-ROOT CURED ,:." Tell dnuMinir oni-a to wnto me I , ; t. ! i- . all about it." w.s. ,(. j. -rTIvr , l" J Jao.lS.lM3a. Mart. uu. M.. ii y j, ... At DrusirlHt S0o ci iifsand ?l.o-l . Iualiii' iull. to H.::ili" f:.. r ,. ' ' lir. Kilmer i-Co., - . ;i.t,.n t Dr. Klimer's U & 0 Anoififni.nt Cures fi Trial Box Free At Dru3slstj 60 c:r.u. sf -v- vi.-vi- r. .. c .- ' I'l-itt. Fti-!' n-,'! Pa in i li. In fur lti t: hv ivirn n .D' I-iKifl J S.in .' t'Mi'i'i is iv or taTln-y packa-ro wuh ovr- r.ur--;ftv. 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TEN PAYS T IE ATMERT FURNISHED FREE b msil VU. a. il ctiEEa a au.ia, miiiu. iiluit Cs. STT GEO ROE'S HALU:"" .'"."I- rir. j. 1-. KitiFsr, A. M . l'riii-ii .ll. Hie. A school ,,r .!.. li-hM postl la.lrntif Ac. .-'.-Tir.ti ri.-rl;t.-i ' Kit! N 1. Ii. . If Successfully Prosecutes Claims. U Ltvtti Principal KxAmlniT l" y lVn:or. Hjh uo. 3 ralu last war, iaUudK4Ui.1j'i::.ii:i----, 'i:"e. uestinthehcrlc.'tfiTf,! ft'? Get the GenumG.'fyMVv Sold Everywhere! SfafcWa VET UtZSLS&SJZZi PHIL.. PA. -.aeaiotic; no etraiit-u or d-l.J f-r 'm Coiiuilt Wfr rr.,lorfmiaorrhvitctrii ;.-.! ! aoovcmcna. bod br aiixalar. Otfotk.!.-, u " GOITRE CORs-DOTvVi ur(,uruifrl l.i O .1 Q hJk a V t a .Mll.lt N I KIDDER'S PASTILLES.:V; : ASFHT.IA. ConinaplUei antl pP whohaT weakluneaor Afth mi.ibotilu qh FUo'aCurofo.- Contamptlon. It curel tkaatandi. It hai not Injur- 1 ore. lilt rut totaUu. It is tbe testc(:usa irup. 5 1 IVi fl VVt mimmm j with I'l-itt. Pi -!' n"j Painr -rV s I n 2. -7 r. ra .JL. 1