Back and forth the shuttle K Fashioning the cloth o( snow, An4 the weaver yon may hear At tha wind loom singing clear "3!aabe.r, little flowers, and dream Of the silver throated stream. Shining through the April da J As it were a music ray Bearing melody along From the mellow sun of son;. Blumber, little fragrant faces. Dreaming in your quiet places; Boon the dreams shall pass and then You and spring nhall wake again I' Thus the weaver at his loom Sings away tbe winter's gloom, "Whilo he weaves the coverlet For the dreamers who forgett "Slumber, little flower, and dream Of the April'sgolden beam "Which shall come and fill your eyes With the runlight of surprise; "V kins, you shall hear once more Song birds at the daybreak's door. Hluanber, little fragrant faces. Dreaming in your quiet place?, Soon the dreams shall pass and then You and spring shall wake again f Frank Dempster Sherman. NINETTE'S CAREER. liY AM? RAXDOLriT. T was snowing still, sharp prickles of whiteness in the gloomy December oust, when Ninette Beauvoir was driven up to her cousin's house. The air was intensely cold, the houses on either side of the street loomed up like huge phan toms, and the fras iets seemed to thrill Inl shiver iu t!ie wiul. And the wel :orae of Mrs. Berry, her coujia's house leeper, was a dead match for the weather mil the winl. "I am expected. I suppose!'' said dinette, wondering why the womaa did iot open the door a little wider. "What name?' cautiously inquired! Urs. Derrr. '. "Mis Beauvoir, from Atlanta Gir-ia." ! '1 have heard nothing of it," said, Mrs. Berry, without opening the dour1 i fr:ic:i. n of an inch farther. ' "Mr. Trebleton U at home, I suppose?"'. "Nn. Mis?, he's not," still frigidly. ', "1 will coice in,'1 said Ninette, trying' :o sv:i'.!iw the subletting sensttio.i in' nrr tliropt. "I will wait for him. It is: to cold, aud I I a:n half frozen. ' ' Mrs. Berry hesitated a moment, theuj 3eut l the door, ungraciously enough. ' "Well," she said, "I suppose you caul wait ia the study until he comes." ! She showed Ninette into the rcd-cur-j laiued, cozy little room, lined with; Dook, lighted by the soft ring of flatnei that streamed from a shaded gas-jet, warmed with the glow of a coral-red tire' upon the hearth. And here, eurrepti-j tiously turning the kejs in the secretary-, lira -.vers and writing-tableland takiugi them out, Mrs. Berry left her. J "There are the paper-weight," said Mrs. Berry to herself, "and the ivory paper cutters and the inkstand with the itags heal in bronze; but I don't be lieve s'.it'd take them! ' While Ninette, left alone, crouched down in the low chair before the fire1 and burst into tears. 'Is all the North as cruel, as hard, as! frozen cold as this? ' she asked herself,'! with a convulsive shudder. 'Oh, if would have been better to have died ofi starvation iu my own sunny, goldea South! If a stray dog, there, had crept in out of the storm at night, they would,' at leat, have given him a bona and a kind word. But for me there is no such' welcome When Mr. Trebletoa came ia at nine o'clock, he found Ninette still looking at the tiro through eyes that swan like tears. "I am Ninette Beauvoir, your cousin's child,"' enid she, rising with varying co'.nr. "Happy to mriko your acquaintance, I am 3ure," said Mr. Trcblcton, apparently so busy in removing his gloves that ho never noticed her o3ered hand. "What can I do .'or you, Mis3 Beauvoir?" Ninette looked at him with large, grave eyes. 'Papa said, beforo he die!," she laltcrtvl, "tat you would home with your daughters, longer a home of my own. give me a I have no Papa's ill ness was c.vieusiv aad took all our mean?." "ti'iitc out of the question; quite out of tha question," said Mr. Trebleton, hurriedly, as he took up a poker and Le;an beating the topmost lumps of coal oa the tire. "Perhaps you are not aware Mis Beauvoir, that I have a large and e-xpemive family of my own, and I couMu't think of undertaking any ad ditional expenses." Ninette listened, apparently incredu lous df lur own senses. But what am I to do?" she asked. 'Wiiat do other girls do who are thrown on their own resources?'' rather curtly demanded Mr. Trcblcton, secretly wishing that the interview was over. "I don't know," said Ninette, simply. "I n:u only an ignorant Southern girl. No one every told me. I supposed, of course, that I could come and livewith you !" "Humph!" said Mr. Trebleton. 'They teach; they take in sewinz: thev go into stores, shop?, factories, strive for independence." They 'Cousin Trebleton," said Ninette, with quiverinn lip, 'if I could see your wife your daughters they are women liKe me; t'ue7 " "I am very sony," said Mr. Trcbit&on, stonily, "but they are out of Ufwn. There, there; don't cry. If there's any. t:i;ngl nate, it is to see a woman in ike a tcue. O; course, you can stay here to night. My housekeeper, Mrs. Berry, will take care of you. Iu the moroin" you wiil be better able to look things in the face." Mrs. Ecrry, still, stiff and silent, con ducted Ninette tp an arctic-cold bed (rooin at the top of the house, where the very candle seemed to shiver. 1 "What's tbe matter now!" said 2Ir3. jBerry. "Why are you crying?"' I am so hungry," sobbed Ninette, in whoso nature starvation had completely jovercomo tha heroic element. '! have had nothing to eat since e!"ht o'clock this n orninsr." Mrs. Brry bit her lip impatiently. II lJ V 1 . ' I ,1 --.iuii fcue micuea ure gone uowc, eiid she, "and not a drop of milk left I Well, I'll go down and sea what I can lend." ! Bjt when she came back, poor little JCinctte, who had crept into bed to get warm, was sound asleep. AnJ the nig gardly sandwich and slice of withered cake were too late. ! Mr. Trebleton took Ninette to a gen teel intellienca bureau the next day. i "This lady," ho said to her, indicat Snj a stout female in b'ack-silk behind a till desk, ".vill procure decent lodgings, lor you, and put you in the way to em j juoymeiit. And, if I can be of any lurther servica to jou, pray let me know." L And he had given her hand a fishtlika) prWJOTo and was gone, before she fairly (comprehended that this was his way of (getting rid of her. I Poor Ninette 1 Poor little tropical c'jilo of tbe South, how infinitely lonely she felt at that moment. I But the stout female took up a pen, bpened a big book and began to ak jqucstiona with bewildering brusquenesi find rapidity, and Ninette soon caughl the infection of her energy, i The rest of tbe week, was like the shifting scenes which Ninette remem bered to have seen at a pantomime,years and years ago. She was hurried from place to place in the great, noisy bedlam of a city. Nobody wanted a nursery governess; the school lists were crowded to overQowing; from the stores Ninette shrank with trembling horror, after she had seen the smooth, nice, oily-faced superintendents of one or two. "I can do nothing more for you," said the stout female at length, "unless, indeed, they can give you employment at the Decoration ltooms. It won't cost anything for you to go and see!" To the Rooms of Decorative Art Nin ctto accordingly went. The directress was engaged. She would see the youog person presently. Let her be shown into the workroom. A gTeat, bright, well-ventilated apart ment tilled with busy workers, some at frames, some at tables, some standing before easels ; and one pale, middlc-aed women was drawing a design for wall paper ou a huge sheet of coarse paper daisies, corn-flowers, trailing vines, all tangled together. "That is not right!" exclaimed Nin ette, involuntarily, as she watched the ilow, uncertain progress of the pencil. "Let me show you how to bring that fine out!" The woman stared, but Ninetto had caught the pencil from her hand, and, with two or three bold strokes, altered Ihe whole character of the design. From mediocre it becamo original; from stiil acss it took on a wild, woodland grace. "How did yo i dj that?" askei the stupid, middle-aged womaa iu bewilder ment. "I don't know," confessed Ninette, crimsoning. "But don't you see canl you comprehend! It couldn't ba other wise! It must come out sol" A hand was laid lightly on her shoul der, and turning around she found her self looking into tho calm, amused eyes, of the directress. ; "You are right, my child," said she, "it could nut be otherwise. But it is not one in a thousand who would know it. Como here, I must talk with you!" Tiiat half-hour in the work-room of the Decoration Society was tha turning point of Ninetto Beauvoir's life. Sho had found her niche in life's temple. She could scr.rcely reckon up within her own mind tho number of years that hud passed when she sat alone in the little private parlor of tha Decoration Rooms in the soft dusk of a March even ing, with tho rod gleam of the fire filling U the room with dreamy softness. She Lad grown from an impulsive child into a tall, beautiful, self-poised woman, who presided over the ramifications of the great society with queenly dignity and well-balanced judgment. And Ninette was happy now in having discovered her true career. Tho girl entered with lights. Mlsi Beauvoir glanced up. i "I shall not need the light, Gretchen," phe said. "I am going home as soon as ,the carriage comes for me." I "There is an old gentleman, Miss peauvoir, to see you," said the girl, 'apologetically. "I told him it was past fiours. but he said he had walked a long distance to see you, and seemed so old and feeble that I didn't like to refusi him. He has a portfolio under his arm." "Where is he, Gretchen! In the re ception room?" interrupted Miss Beau voir. "I will go to him." A tall, stooping old man, with scanty lucks, threadbare clothe3 and glove3 meudel until they resembled a piece of mosaic, turned as she entered. 'Do I speak," he asked, "to the head of the establishment?" Miss Beauvoir inclined her head. I: the dark silk dreis and mantle edged with fur she looked cvea older, mjre dignified than her years. "I am very poor," he said. "I have met with reverses in business and am quite dependent on the exertions of my daughters. They have been brought up ladies, and, consequently, are compara tively helpless; but they havo done a little needlework, for which they would be glad to obtain a fair price, and " 'jir. 'ireuietonl" cried out Ninette, holding out both her hands. 1 He flushed deeply. "That is my name," he said," but I was not aware " "Have you forgotten me!" she inter rupted. "Little Ninette Beauvoirl Don't you icmember that we are cousins! My circumstances are good," sue added, coloring a little. "I receive an ex cellent salary here and have money laid up. Do you think I can allow my father's cousin to want? I havo a com fortable home; it shall be yours, and my cousins' also. My carriage is at the door now. Let us ga together to your home." And Minettc, in her enthusiasm, over ruled poor Mr. Treblotou's feeblo objec tions. "A comfortable home" she uad calle 1 it, but to the poverty-stricken inhabi tants of a tenement-ho-ise on Grand street tho little brown-stone dwelling seemed a palaco, with its bright open fires, its sweetness of hot-house flower?, its moss-soft carpets, dark oiled boards and walls tinte I with tho softest of colors. Mr. Trebleton sat fesbly down in the big velvet arm -chair; his pale, sic'tly daughters stood beside hiiu, embarrassed, yet happy in their young cousin's warm Southern welco:ne. "Do you mean," he faltered, "that we are to live here always?" What else could I possibly mean?" said Ninette, kneeling to arrange the coffee and fruit on tho table at his si le. "Are you not my cousins? Where should your bono be but with me?'' Mr. Trebletoa brushed something from his eyelashes. ' Ninette," said he, faiutly, "I do not deserve this. I I didn't treat you so, when you came a solitary orphan ii my Louse I" "Let all that be forgotten," said Ni nette, gently. 'itemcuiber, only, that you are welcome, more than welcome to my hearth and home!" So Stephens Trebleton aidlii3 daugh ters stayed on, always, in the sunny Ut ile brown-stone houso. And Ninette was happy, for she Lad it in her pa ver to bestow happiness. "Of what use is money, if not to help others with?" said sweet Ninette. And they are my cousins, toot'' But Mr. Trebletoa had not argue I thus on that snowy December night when Ninette Beauvoir came, homeless and solitary, to him. "Lord be merciful to me, a sinner," he breathed. "But I never knew, until I saw it in tho uncompromising light of the past, what a miserable, Bullish, brute I was." The Ledger. Kindergartens wore deviled y Froebel, and pmclically carried out by Mr. and Mrs. Kongo in Germany, in 1840. Solon was the first to establish au exact amount of gold in tha coinage. AN INDIAN'S GRAVE. How a Red Man's Death Was the Cause of a Flerrs) War, The grave of an Apache Indian lies at Apache Teju, New Mexico, and though the man's name is for (rotten bis death was the cause of a fierce and bloody war between the Indians and United States troops. Near Apache Teju was a Govern ment post commanded by Lieut Mc Lane. The Indians of the region bad! been very troublesome, attacking stage coaches and immigrant parties and the Lieutenant set to work to try and come to - some terms with the commanding- chief, ile invited him alone to tbe fort and tbe chief came. In the hospitable formalities prelim inary to a talk tbe chief becamo greatly Intoxicated and Lieut. Mci Lane bad him put to bed under tbe shelter tent In the corral and placed two guards over the tent with positive orders not to let tbe chief leave the fort under any circumstances. He expected tho chief to sleep off tbe effects ol the liquor and be ready for a talk in the morning. Tbe Instruc tions, however, seem to have given, the guards the idea that the Indian was a prisoner who must not be per mitted to escape. At midnight, when the guard was) relieved, the chief was sound asleep. Tbe new sentries bad only tho word! of the relieved guard that he was still there, and as he mado no toundj they began to suspect that he wight, have slipped away. Having takes the post without making sure of theirj charge's presence, they began to feej uneasy, fearing that they would bo1 held responsible for his escape. They discussed the matter in whispers that the Apache had escaped from the other sentries, and that their con rades had played a sharp t'ck and shifted the blame to them. It would have been easy to settle the question by crawling in and examining the shelter tent, but they were afraid of the Indian and bad some doubts about the wisdom of waking up a drunken Apache In the dark. They poked tuelr bayonets under the edge of the tent aad felt around for the Indian. They found him. A sharp bayonet prodded into his thUli bio il.t t ! chief to his feet with a yell, aLd 1 sprang out of the tent, bowling rage and defiance anl brandishing a'knif. The frightened men tired at the chief and shot bim dead. It was futile to attemtit to explain the affair to the Apaches who were awaiting for their chief to return Ilow could the Lieutenant tell them that a fort full of soldiers had tc kill one Apache in self-defence? They knew that their chief had been lured to the fort by solemn promises of protection and freedom to return, and that he had been murdered by tbe. soldiers, and they believed that It was all a treacherous plot So they wentj upon the wari atb and killed white men and women wherever found The dead chief was buried near the post and here bis bones remain until this day. A Story of Gilmore. The last time I met Gilmore he told me a very good story about hinii self and bis band, says a writer in the Globe-Democrat. Just beforo the 1 cginning of a battle 1 forget exactly what engagement It was the commanding oXcer gave orders that Gilmore and bis band should act as ambulance corps. Whenever a soldier was wounded they were to bear him from the.fleld. I'retty soon the bullets began to sing pretty lively, and the new ambulance corps rushed around very briskly looking for somebody to take from the Held For a time no one was hurt. Sud denly It was reported that a man down to the left was injured, and Gilmore's corps made a rush In that direct on. They tound the soldier biceding from a wounded linger, and proceeded to drag him from the front with great celerity. "But I'm not hurt!'' cried the soldier. "Yes, you arel yes. you are!" ex claimed the ambulance corps with determination. "You are severely injured, and may die of Mood joison ing." It re ;uired the services of the en tire corps to carry that man back to the hospital tent, and he needed so much attention when they got him there that they were not able to re turn to the Held of battle until the fight was over and the bullets had stopped whizzing. Gilmore laugh ingly remarked at the end of the nar rative that the oiliccrs never at tempted to press them' Into the hos pital service on the battlctlcld .Titer that display of bravery. Don't Steal l'uur Employer's Time There are a great many people wt hope you are not one of them who, if you give them au inch will take an ell; fellows who, although drawing the same pay, allow you to do tho heft of the work. The sleep of these toilers can't be very sweet, for they are cheats and light weights. Form no partnership with them. If they won't mend, ODDOse and bounce them. There is a horse with a good steady pull bursting the harness in bis ef forts. At bis side is a beast that ne Is tbe lash to keep him up to his obligations. As with horses so with men poor unprofitable breed. In any gang of men there are so many skulkers absent from their post more than half a doen times a day, ten minutes each time at least, and an hour of seventy minutes at meal-time. Such men are thieves, for a man who will steal your time will s-t.'al your money with impunity. Many of them are incurables, all of them are nuisances. They are jockeys all the time, trying to get ahead by a trick. The way to get on and be 1 cloved is to give full measure wherever you are, anil If you have a boss who doesn't reward this trait, move until you fall in with him. You will not have to move i,: ten. Michigan Tradesman. rarls Dole oa Horseflesh. One of the most properous industries 1 1 Paris is the sale and disposal of horse tis'i for food. There are in the city of I'aris 1H0 shops for the sale of horseflesh, Imd in the course of this year moro than t? 1 ,0 JO horses, sixty-one mules and 273 tlonkeys have been killed and eaten by jthe Parisians. The most singular point tbout this traffia is that the price of the flesh is equal to that of good beef, 20 jeemts a pound. It is only fair, however, to add that two-thirds of this meat has .been converted into sausage", so that it is more than possible that the consumers aio ignorant of the source of their tooth some dich. It is now easy to under stand how it is that good hordes are sc scarce in tbe Paris fiacres; at 20 cents s pound a fat horse would be worth mor when ho was dead than alive. Chicagq Ktm Record, The first American Institute for th deaf and dumb was opened by Dr. Gal laudet at Hartford, Conn., in 1S17. The entire revenue of all the Trotes tant missions of the world is compute at $20,450,000. White is the color of grief in Chins Japan and Siam. WAYS OF THE ASTOftS. Peculiar Rules Laid Down for Their Tea ants by the Great Reml-Entate Owners. Some of the rules by which the tenants of the Astors are bound an curious. For instance, although they will make almost any repairs that a tenant suggests before tbe lease is signed, even though tbe repairs may cost more than the rental, they will not spend a cent on tbe property dur ing tbe existence of the lease. A lady who rented a house in Forty-fifth, street from tbe Astors was told that she could have any repairs or altera tions she wished, but no chandeliers. She bad the bouse decorated from top to bottom and many expensive ro pairs made and there was not a re monstrance, but she bad to supply all the chandeliers, at a cost of $l,t00, herself. Of courso they remain her property, and she can take them away when she moves. A curious incident is related by another tenant in Forty-fourth street. She leased a bouse at a rental of $2,000 for one year. When she came to renew the lease for another year she was Informed that the rent would be only 81,8'JO. She was told by somebody who pretended to know that the reduction was due to a de terioration In the value of the prop erty, and that tho Astors did not want more than a certain interest on it. That, however, was not true, as was learned upon inquiry at the Office of the Astor cstatis The clerks there said that the reduction was due imply to the fact that during the Drst year they had charged a per centage for repairs and changes. As none was required the second year jthe percentage was taken off. Never theless, it remains the fact that the reduction was voluntary and to the tenant unexpected. A Leopard Scare. Eampore Iiaulcah is suffering from something like a leopard scare, says ! the Indian News. "The night before! last a leopard made a hole in the mat I wall and entered a hut in a village, a mile from the cutcherries. Inside I the hut were sleeping a man, his wife, two or three women, a goat, iiud a girl ! years of age. The leopard seized the girl by the throat and at 'tempted to drag her through the hole, r.eing sei 'ed by the throat the girl could not scream, but was almo.t suffocated, but the bole was not li enough to jillow the gi l's body to pass out while the brute held her by the throat. The leopard thereupon let go his hold on her throat au I seized her by tho foot and driggeJ her through. Hut as soon as he had let go im hold on her throat she screamed luid'.y, awakening the in mates of the hut. The man rushed out with a biit stick, but the leopard had carried the girl off about a hun dred yards before the man cime up with her. .lie then belabored the animal with his stick, wl.cn the !eoj ard let no his hold and r.ed into the jungle. The girl was brought to the medical in ssionury, Dr. Morrison, but though everything that surgical and medical skill could effect has lcn done she is not likely to suruive, as her wounds are of a terrible nature. This event has caused something like a panic in the place, ibout a year ago Mr. J'rlce, the collector, with twelve elephants and a party of Europeans, succeeded in killing a man-eating leopard that had killed about ISO people, some thirty miles rrom Rampore Iiaulcah. Wild ani mals are on the increase in this dis trict, owinz to the ruin of the silk and indigo trades. Last year one firm closed sixteen of its silk facto ries. These abandoned factories are the Quest nurseries in the world tor cobras, tigers, and leopards." News and Impure I.iternturr. A newspaper, as a faithful hlsto. rian, must rec ird ttic events of each day, the good and the bad; but it is guilty of a c ime against society if it purveys "impure literature." Action in its rightful function, the newspa per is a most powerful agency for the prevention of crime and impurity. The i ublicity it gives to offenders in the pursuit of its duty of chronicling the occurrences ofhc day, is a most e:l;cient deterrent from crime and vice and impurity. Wickedness is afraid of the light of publicity which the newsi aper casts upon it. In the performance of that duty, however, a newstajcr is never justified in pandering to depraved tastts. It is not excusable in jrinting scandal simply because the people like scandal. It is morally culpable if It publishes "impure literature ' of any kind or for any purj osc. I'olntnl. Clergymen ire supposed to have a peculiar talent for "improving" the occasion. How one of them did this in a witty and, let us hope, an edify ing manner is related by the Host on Journal: In early life he had met with an accident which left him with a tiroken nose, a deformity alout which, in spite of his piety, he was known to be a little sensitive. One day a new In quirer propounded the old question "How happened you to break your nose?" The minister answered solemnly: "To tell the truth, mr friend, the accident was caused by my poking my nose into other people' (business." The Aztecs filled quills with golj dust, sealed them and passed them from hand to hand as coin. 3 "German My acquaintance with Boschee's German Syrup was made about four teen years ago. I contracted a cold which resulted in a hoarseness and cough which disabled rue from fill ing; ray pulpit for a number of Sab baths. After trying a physician, without obtaining relief I saw the advertisement of your remedy and btained a bottle. I received quick and permanent help. I never hesi tate to tell my experience. Rev, V. II. Haggerty, Martinsville, N.J. a ll CURE. 4 Cures Couphs, Iloariene.s Sore Throat, Croup, Whooping Couyh anj Asthma. For Consump Hon it has no rival ; has cured thousands where all 01 hers failed ; will cure you if. taken in time. Sold by Druggists on a cuamntee. For Lams Lack or Chest, use SH If .OH 'S PLASTER, ascts. HILOH'SpATARRH ave you Lutn a r Thl remedy la fruaran ftccd to cure xvu a'rioefeJcUb Lujector Xr Svfud" J JL Hood'sHCures silu lilaale strong TIRED AND NERVOUS. I WAS IIEI-1'I.KSS for five weeks with theumatLim and hail catarrh of tbe stomach. Bad that tired feeling and was nervous. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla Ind It has given mc strength so that I can do ny own housework. Mjr nmii aleo feel cttrr and stronger. I have a good appetite, ind the pain and trouble ia my stomach have tot annoyed me since. That awful tired feeling tnd a severe rough never trouble me now." tizzia Strong. Kcnnett Square, Pa. Hood's Pills cure Biek headache, biliousness, Indigestion, jaundice. Try a box, 2.5c. KlaSiRn HIS MOTHER. Che sat on the porch in the sunshlaa As I w ent down tha street A woman whose hair was silver. But whose faca was blossom sweet Making me think of a garden 'Where, in spite of frost an 1 snow Of bleak November weather, Late fragrant lilies grow. I heard a footstep behind me And a sound of a merry lau h. AnJ I knew the heart it came f roia Would be like a comfortmg staff In the time and the hour of trouble. Hopeful, and brave, and strong; One of the hearts to lean on When we think that things go wronj. I turned at tbe click ot the rate latch And mot his manly look; A face like his gives me pleasure, L'ke the page of a pleasant book,; i It tld of a sWadfast purpose. Of a brave and during will I A fnce with a p.-omie in it That God grant th3 years f urnlb lie went up the pathway sinia i; I saw the woman's eyca Grow bright with a wordless welcom As sunshine warms tbe skies. "Uack oiin, swestuaart motho"-1 He cr.e I and bent to kiss The loving face that was liitel For what some mothers ones. Tbit boy will do tl depjni ou; I hold that this is true; From la Is in leva with tiieir mothers Our bravest heroes grew. Earth's grandest hearts hiva been lovlnj hearts Since time and earth bejan. And tbe boy who kissel his mother Is every inch a man I Ebea E. RsxforJ. PITH ANi) POINT. Otera boufle A. French duel. A tramp steamer Tue station-houso lodging room. A reformer it a man who is sura thai his. iu teres t is the public intorest. Tuck.' It ia easier to restore a smashed egg shell than to bring back confidence one. lost. Truth. Tbe milk of human kindness would bt a good deal richer if it waa't skimmed vj often. Puck. When a ship begins to pitch the psiengers all are aaxiou? to make a home run. Chicago Intcr-Oc m. "Why do you love me, Lve, a laoh,, 1 passionately ct ied. Sbe poutod, muse I, tuen sai l "Bjedusef And I wai satistie J. Puck. Mr. Plume "Don't you think mj new bonnet is a perfect dream." Plume "Yes; and a mighty bad one." Puck. It is curious how much faster a street car humps along wben you are running after it than when you are riding on it. Richmond Recorder. iVell,"said the man who handed hi last cunt to the lawyer, "I suppose tura about is fair play. I broke the law and the law broke me." Washington Star. How many su Hen grief i would Hit Far fro 11 tliii world ot blus. If all uuibrellas bad to tit The same oa orershoasl Washington Stat. There are too many singers iu the choir who do not koo.v any more about the gospel they sing than tho town pump does about the taste of water. Ham's Horn. Willie "Papa, someone has invented a magazine gun. What kind is that?" Papa (reflectively) "It must be one that goes oil once a month." Pittsburg bulletin. Oae good way to discourage the man who thinks ho has an aptitude for saying funny things is to call him back soberly and induce him to explain his Jokes. Somerville Journal. Mrs. Youngwife "Tom has a dread ful disposition I Had." Mother "What does he do?-' Mrs. Youngwife "Do, why he never gots mad when I do.'' Chicago Intcr'Ocean. "Where are you staying? I'll call and see you." "Don't. You'll only think tho worse of me when you see my sur roundings." "Oh, my dear fellow, that's impossible, you know." Punch. A conflict is approaching. It comes nearer evory day; The foe no longer seeks t'ja aid of stealth; And we wonJcr wiiiub will conquer la the world-important fray. The bacillus or the otticr ot ho ilth. Vajaiutoa tittr. Mr. Grigson "I wonder what old General Bulledoggo can see ia that odiously made-up Blanche Dupuist" Miss Golightly "Oh, tho old war horse likes the smell of powder, I guess." Judy. Herbert "If she lores him, why doesn't she marry him in spito ot her father's objection?" Stella "Morcyl isu't it a good deal easier to give him up than to admit sho is cf ac?" Chicago luter-Occan. "I consider," said the new man on the stair, deeply hurt, "that have been snubbed. I am chockful of unwritten editorials and they've sent mo out to wiite up tho houie-mado'pie industry.' Chicago Tribune. "Yer look bad, Jim. Been campin out?" "Sorter. To-day's the fust time I've been out er doors in-tbrco months." "AVhot was tho matter with yer?" "Xothin'; but tho J udgo wouldn't be lieve it." Comic Cuts. A man in lovo is the dupe of his fiwu imagination, and when marriage ho'.vs him his goddess is a mortal, Lcliiivea the womaa dix-cived him. The first New Jersey coins were cop per cents, struck ia 17S6. AMBtTiOJf Is to the mind what the pap Is to the falcon; it blind i us tlrst, and then compels us to tower by reason ot our blindoes-s. Hut. alas, when we are at the summit of a vain ambition we are also at the depth of real misery. We are placed where time cannot Improve, but must im pair us; where chance and change cannot befriend, but may betray us; in short, by attaining all we wish, and gaining all we want, we have only reached a pinaacle where we have nothing to hope, but everything to fear. IX OLDS9I TIMKS. People overlooked the iionortance of permanently leneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action, but now that it is eenerelly known that Syrup of Figs will permanently cure habitual constipation, well informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system. The first purchase of copper for the United States Mint was on Sept. II, 17J2, and comprised six pounds of old copper utensils. Haw. Tfcl I We offpr One Hundred Dollars Reward for anr raee of Catarrh that caimol be cured by ilall's Catarrh Cure. , , F. J.CHKHar A Co., Props.. Toledo, O. We, the underpinned. Lave known r. J. Che. ney tor the last lb years, ana obubvb mm jr loctly honorable la all business transactions and financially able to carry out any oblia t ion made by their nrm. Vbt & Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Waldino. KmA!t & Martih, Wholesale Dnitntiatii. Toledo. Ohio. ITa' l's Catarrh Cure ia taken Internally, act inic directly upon tbebiood and mucoua sur faces of the syittem. Prii-e, 75c. pr bottle, bold by all Druggista. Tesluaouials f ree. Gloria, which is now extensively used in the manufacture of umbrellas and dress pieee9, is a product of silk and wool of fine quality, its high de gree of lustre being due to the silk which it contains. It libber Beets vs. Kbeoiatlin. Since the general wearing of Rubber Boots among farmers and other outdoor workers, rheumatism tiaa very sensibly decreased. Keep your feet dry and you caa expose the rest of your body with less danger. Among the vari ous kinds of Rubber Boots, the " Colchester Spading Boot hut become the most popular of all. The great improvement of the Spading sole gives ease and comfort in walking, pro tects tbe sols from Injury and adds to the gen eral durability of the Boot. Be sure and are the "Colchester Spading Boot" before you purchase any other kind. A continental note bearing the date of the year 1779 is claimed to be in the Iiossession of J. X. Carter, of Athens, Oa. The bill has been in the Carter family for over a century. 'AXTED-. YOCNd MAX WHO IS M.VSTEK " of the Slavish Ungiutptii. acquaints lth the mirrHinding and a good pviimau. Send offum by letter to K. X. 100. OTTOMAN PIETZ. 23 1-ark Row. New York. X. Y The doors which from the entrance to the bouses in Lapland are never more than four and a half feet high. Yet the Lap does not have to stoop when he goes inside. Wsahlnir wwdem are MroiiK alkalies, and rum crfi-. The purrM "oaji obtainable is the btet and cbeajH-L Ihthhin' Elfctric Soap hail be-n ai'ktmu IrdKt-l for .14 years lobe the purest 0 all. Try It right awav. The first mention of a naval uniform occured in-1743, when an order was is sued by the British admiralty requir ing a uniform and describing of whatit consisted. I'OSTALOIIUK OA 1833 Contalnlnlnsall the post offices arranged al phabetically, hi SMte and Counties, with all other matters relating to post office affairs cm be ordtred from U. Sai.inoek. I'. O. Box. 1182, Philadelphia. l"a. No business man should be without it. ITlce S2. paper cover withiuoutlily; ituclutb cover with monthly. A stranger in a rant the other day by ordering and steaks. Xcw York restau created excitement eating five sirloin So other ursaparilla has the merit to hold the confidence of entire communities ear after year, as baa Hood's Simparilla. It possesses curative power (eculiur to Itself. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, carefully prepared from the best ingredients. iV;. Salt blown from the ocean during the recent hurricane has destroyed plants and trees about Xiantic, Cuiid. A Sore Thront or Cough, if sufft-rO'l to pro RTei. ollen results in an incurable throat or lu-i trouble. "Ilrown lironchtal Trwlie ' give in taut relief. Uncle Eph Tlunkett, of Mirr.UdU Falls, Texas, has taught a rattl. .n;ike. to shake his tail to music. Wi Car Bsfisrs. No matter of bow long standing. Wrlta for free treatise, testimonials, etc, to S. J. Hollensworth A Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. 1. Price Si; by maul. SlAa. A chestnut tree 212 feet through and 2,000 years old, stands at the foot of Mount Ktna. rann's KUlney Care fur Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary ot Liver Diseases, Xer vousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Philad'a, $1 a bottle, 6 for $5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures. Try it. The first law degree is believed to have been conferred by the University of Paris, 1149. If afflicted with soreeyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. DruKtUts sell at2jc. pet bottle. Xational grants in aid of education were first made in the United States in 1303. Beecham'i nils waters. Beecbam'l Instead of slosh y mineral no others. & cts, a box. Eton college, in England, was foun ded by Henry VI. about 1443. DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT CURED ME. Had Torpid Liver For 14 Years. Biliousness, Poor Digestion, Loss of Appetite. Dxar PntS: "I have boon troubled with Torpid Liver for 14 yea is and gone throucb courses 01 oilious lever; many times it has been im pnasiblc for ine to do any kind of labor. Dr. Kilmer' SHiiir-KOOT was first recommended to D19 by llolthouse, Blackburn A Co., iDrupcistal Decatur, Ind. After taking; on bottle I was uncertain whether I waa really de riving any benefit or not: afur takina: tbe second' bottle, however. I found that my health waa improv- lofr and i continued until I had taken 0 bottloa, nuo x-ngiauu aa a goia measure in X can now cueerluliy recommend 1 1517 SWAMP-ROOT rr,' t, . ., , Ths Great KIDNEY, LIVER and BLADDER Curs .lhe dtomans inscribed On bronze to every one who has torpid liver, for it has coins only the legend, moneta sacra """j-" rTnd!,811"1110? me was a At Iirtir-f ata SOeanta aad il.na.li.. SaCreU metal. InTmUda' aula to HmUA Sr. Kilmer 4 Co., BlDghsmton, N. T. Dr. Kilner's U &. 0 Anointment Caret Pile irw su rrn. mi oraggitu oa ossts. f.URIS WHiKF All (ISS rlil!L Best Couch Bjrup. Tastes Uoud. Use in urns, soia dt drngtrmts. "3 II hmm ST. JACOBS OIL fS THE filSC-CCIIE OVEIi ALL mm -TT r r f A X JL A. IT HAS SO EQUAL, NO SUPEHIOI!. INFLUENCE O" BALMY AIRS. Are tflify .Hostile to tha l!r lor o Kn'"urKl i In the name of reao 1 and eraci ty, out of what peojile have mainly come the art, the science, tho i:wcr and the glory of the world? 1 roni what nations have we received the richest legacies of the human brain and soul From the dwellers In harsh climates or from those countries where. lifctK ing something iM'sidc a ceaseless struggle with the elements, the soul has had time tc blossom? asks a writer in Kate Ficld's "Washington. How about all those enervated, and emasculated races, anyway? Ilow about Arabia, which preserved for ages the learning of the world? How about the entire Orient, "the originatress, the nest of languages, the bequcather of poems?" How about the Hebrews "ancient of an cients;" the old empires of Assyria and Persia and India, venerable mother ahd priestess? IIo about Egypt, builder of imperishable monu ments? Did not Palestine send forth a prophet or two under her midsummer Christmas stars? Were not a "llowing literature," a rather splendid chivalry, a Cid Cam peadar, a Cervantes sent out of Spain, and a Columbus and a Galileo out ol Italy? The ancient Romans were a toler able active andenergericbodyof men, considering the enervating climate a body with a good deal of mind to leaven It withal. Several more than average bright minds came out of other cities of the peninsula. Bayand laurel come near hiding the lilies of Florence. Greece reared herself an Immortal temple or two bene.-.th her smiling skies. Art, science, philosophy, statecraft the matchless craft of war, power, knowledge, beauty, all the graces of living and the strength of life, the poet, the painter, the musician, the student, the philosopher, the hero, the saint, have all leen cradled in the 'ireast of the sacred south. The light of the world through a thousand windows has streamed from a south crn sun. Against their glorious record shall we set? Russia, Xotway, Sweden, Great Britain even Ger many, the new home, but not the mother or the birthplace, of music"'' The sum of these and many inor will not balance by a long count the tplendld overweight of the other By Any Othr auio. The young man laid his cigarcttt down on the hall table while he went in to interview his father on the tluauclal situation. After a few pre liminaries be said: "By the way, pop, can I have a tew stamps' to-day?" "Postage stamps?" inquired thf father Innocently. "Xo, sir," was the impatient re ply; "I mean scads.-" "Scads, my son?" inqufred the oid gentleman, in mild astonishment. "1 mean the 'tin,' of course." "And what Is tho 'tin,' may ) ask?" "Oh, the 'ready,' don't you know?" "Xo, 1 don't know." "Don't you know, 'spondulix'?" "I can't 6ay that I da Who i? he?" "Aw, come off, pop. What I'm out for is the stuff?" "What stuff?" "Why the soap,' of course?" "The soap? Are you In need of a bath?" and the father looked over bis specs Inquiringly. "Xo, no," impatiently. "1 meac the sugar." "Oh; sugar and soap? Going to make a plaster are you?" 'Plaster nothing. I want the 'chink.'" "Chink? What's chink, pray?" "Why, it's 'dust.' Anybody knows that." "t)h, yes, excuse mc. Get the bru!: over th":t.-' "'Tisn-t that kind 1 want. If 'rorks?'" Well, there's dust in rocks, Isn"; there?" "Won't you never catch on?"' ex claimed the young man. "I wan't the 'duff,' the 'wlu'rewiihardo'.f t yo;: know; the 'rhino,' the 1hk:i11l-,' plain, ordinary every day cash, poj, that what I want." "Oh," exclaimed the father in a greatly relieved tone; '-here's a quar ter," and that's the young mnn ?ot. Free Press. FOREMLN" IN FJUTORIM Ml.NSs. 2.TC. wishing to secure good extra paj miy send their addresses to . X. Iu0 O. PIHT7, IS 1'irk How, New York. N. Y. Surgical Progress Illustrated. Ia ous of the best known restaurants in this city a few weeks ago there was j seated at a table eajoving a hearty lunch a well known physician and a well known I 1 - iri v r . 1 . . i 1 lav jrer. it ucu tuc icasi, waa auout enue the physician, rubbing the region of his stomach covered by the lower part of his Vest, said "I'm out of order down here. I believe I'll go to Dr. (naming a well known young surgeon of this city, who has a reputation for skill and ra bidity in the use of the knife), and have iiiv slomich cut oncn to see what'a the m-itter." The lawyer was amazed, and jUnwilhDg to take the doctor at his word, jislxed him what he really meant. I "Why," said the doctor, "I mean what I fay. The right way to treat the atooiach is by opening it and finding out "what's the mutter. That's what surgery Jj coming to. It will be the regular jiractica in few years indeed, it is frcjueutly dona co.v. They used b think it was certain death to expose the bowels, but they've got over that. I am in medicine, but not in surgery, but I Know what the surgeocs are doing, and iuven now they take out a man's bowels, fix them up again, and put them back all f ight." St. Louis Globe. Democrat. The. Troves pound, or. as now called : , the pound Troy weight, was introduced i " C OOd Wives Grow Their Works," Especially if They Use SAPOLIO A ALONE THE 1SKST. She Eemambsrs II :r N' wjy friend "There is a yoim,r ; , jiobile A.la.," said Colonel I?;Ln;rc M,;E:r:h:a of Witic'aester, Va., "iv ho ha tauss ta're-me-n'oer Amelie lt;v.M, tiia writer, twica a year. When the now distiti'.'uisie,j lidy was a little girl an 1 l.To j ; tR& city, she became fundly att cl ta newsboy who cr.ed ou: hi, ri ,ers er morning in the tic-i ji.j.i: 10 1 1 in whic'i s.ic lived. They met one u.ty ,1 .d a 'r.eud. fhip sprang u; bct.vee i Tiu a t ; it liM lasted to th? present n:n. Af: th boy's stock of papers were sold ;n th morning he would call for t!ic pretty little blue-eyed mi-s uu 1 they would take lung strolls down F.-oscute ro:id, pluck, ing the orange blos-imns an 1 the nugao. ha blooms. They fiRm got to be fsrni. liar figures on Gi)V.-ris.ne:it t:e( t, ;hc would walk along t.iit uu-.v V.i .-uvli. faro with the youag girl's lies I uliuJec with wreaths of b.it'itilu; tl .vc;-i ;Ul tuf little boy'a ar.us fi led with v::ie- aal evergreens. Then Misi 11 ve; iu n-e 1 Ut away into Virgini-i, 1 it s.:e neve;- forgot bur newsboy frien I, for it vras her CH'.oai almost daily to write him, telling ho. sa lly she misled the w.i'ks and s;rjll, his joyoui, su.iny facj au t the music of his boyish hiughter. I doubt if Mrs. Chanler, as she no .v ia, ever wro'.e love lier or more poetic or paion ite sen tences than those she use! to send iaher letters to her newsboy sweetheart. Tha boy met with a misfortune some jaan ago which crippled him for life, lie is pjor, but his purse is twice a jear re plenished by a postoffice order from Mn. Chanler. One of these arrives in Mobile ou his birthday, Which is in June, anl the other on Christmas Day.'" St. Lauii Republic. Woins to Work tbe Snurliu In Iballand, where a h..1 i, alcoholic liijuor is taken i.. queucc perhaps of tue t-iiiptaii Oll-e. 'II of there benii; always water at mix with it men ran no 1 tr'i-t.ed to work the Mviflie railways, and woui' u now : places This is a slap in thi han 1 to e.'.T !.e ii tiie 1 tiieir f;i--e in eat t.i-t'-ai.iie e ii .v rteen to the male 'x aril a 1;:, uinpli to the a I " at - of lalior. i'.ut we have ye: to the thing works. Th"- in n -a ther.j will he lookini; -g'::- s switcii boxes and that the y that in Ih'i women win never leave nicin tin iney i,nve smoothed their la.-".t hair and --tied the bow of their l;it iiijl.i.11, and that in t he meantime there will 1.? col. Ji.siuns; that when left to Ihei i-i-'.ves they never have been in time f .r the train as passengers, and wiil ii' t he more punctual as pointsw-.m--n: and, finally, that if they hear their h.er"s whistle anywhere in th" le-L'hbor-hood they will pav very little atten tion to that of the lneoiii'tie. If these objections are not valid, con clude the men, '-we are not Dutch aieu." I,: The seaman who lalied Tarrant to the rigging of the Hartford at Mobile, a man who had served In the navy for over thirty years and been medaled by Congress for b: a very, lias committed suicide because disgraced by ignominious punishment for a trivial offense by a youthful o:Hier. And still naval bureaucrats affect to wonder why it is difficu't to secure American seamen to man the right ing machines of our new navy: . GiMon college, England for the high er education of women, was opened in 1S73. Do Not Ee Deceived with I.-vt. Knamis anl I'a'nN whl. i haT U. Injure lh lma an.i ln;rn rvt. Ri-itw Sim tve 1'ohsii u tVii'i.i ' -m Lru & aw wuii rry pUrClJiie. CURES RISING BREAST ".MOTHER'S FRIEND" Mr, tillered chlhi-hearing v-n.an. 1 lue 1-,-t-n a mid-wife for munv Year, and in h :i-e where "Mother's friend" l:ad l.-nv-i -.1 it lias 01 .niiplislieil wonders and riln ve.l much MiiTrniiz. It 1 the let Muedv f. r riin; of tn breast Luown, and worth tl I rieo f.r that al'-iae. Jlas. 31. M. I'.m -thi. 3Iouii;ei:.t-ry, A!a. Ser.t liy express, charecJ preraiil, en roceij t Cf price, icr buttle. BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO., Bold by ail druggist. Atlanta, ii. FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has bffn umh. bv Million of Mmhrr for tliflr ctilMrvD wtiilf lur. inn r i t'-r Fifty Warn. It soothe ihcchllil. wfiwis the fnims, allavs ail pjiin.cnnn wlini tvlic, aaa in tbe be-it tvmt'siv for Ji.irnvva. 1 Twcnty-nv lnta a Itotiic. If nnr or 1viM tliii wecsu Vurn (lit- iu t ! Militate -a- "i t,,f f day, let Ii:m vr '-' t-r pat Ui'Tilar mn-ti :at our lehui 1-',;r tin tn-i U I '' AO uOO. Wlifri u ur. BLOOD FO'.SQa A SPECIALTY. Tw.ra.ailr.TT rsi. n iHIIa. OF B( t Pt' I " '-- f " ' S 1! rant & euro and our Ma.'o typd !' Hin t ttit willenrw K-ruianenIiy. "IV' ,'r -- !.. fit. I'OUC K KM IDT Co., Cb.Ci.tfO. I UPTURE Mcehimleal Trentmrnt. S!.H.l''-' I. B. Seeley b Co;, 'lu.ui.iv. IGENTS WANTED ON SAURY R or c rnmisioa to handle tn Nw V: ii pml Heal Mlt Kraslo? PeacU. A -cent luakirif & 1 tr wje)c MonregraatfrXt,.Co..Xitfl. LftOiwe. Fan u"a i i c fEi L r or Indlgeat Inn. KitlonaMfaa. t iii-aawafi, oiiiinuun, nita 'ontleiloit, aiffrnsvlve Krcath. nntl all di&order ot tue blouwli, ;Utrnd Bowel- I . KIPANS TABULES UlffeMttoQ follows their Uf. h-Hd c by drutrtrtftt ornt by mall. H--t I (ft Tiln i, :$c. raokatr i boiea), fa. s v iit nunifiifSB rwnirrsB I K I lA N llr MICAI. CO., NW 1 IV O I U M Wa.hluuloii. . . Successfully Prosecutes Claims. I-ate Principal Climlmr U S. Pension Burea 3yia in last War, IS tdjudKStiug claims, all v 4iuc. CuotittseiBfts Koloraraiiiu.rpSTloiut..ls.l)-SQ-l i-r ml aMUauusu. aw4 br alnalar. Ui&m liui. i a 1' lure relief I ounif 1 vinncD'Q DaQTii i co fridi aiinjia. imuui-h k rnn i ililoi -v mail. st..i - Oliarlestunu Ms- Fair in the Light of a -A w m -iatLe i , ... I I PHILl.. Pa.
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