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
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