OX TXAM,
Sail upon my ox team, calm,
Beneath the bay sky,
And crawl contented through the lano
And let the world go by.
The thoughtful ox has learned to wait
And nervous Impulse smother.
And ponder long before he puts
One foot before the other.
And men with spanking teams pass hj
' And dash upon their way,
A tf it were their hope to And
The world's end In a day.
And men dash by in palace ears.
On me dark frowns they east,
As the lightnlng-drlven Present frowns
p Vpon the slow old Past.
iTOut do they chase, these men of steam
t' Their smoke-flags wide unfurled,
rolled by the roaring fire-Bead
-That shakes the reeling world?
What do you seek, ye men of steam,
" So wild and mad you press?
la this, Is this the railroad lino
' That leads to happiness?
And when you've swept across the day
And dashed across the night.
Is there some station through the hill
Where men can find delight?
Ah. toward the Depot of Content
Where no red signals stream,
I go by ox-team just as quick
As you can go by steam.
Sum Walter Foss, in Yankee Biuli
A PATIENT THAT PAID.
K. STKUTHEB8
wanted patients.
He conld not gel
them becau s e,
firstly, the ink on
his medical
diploma was not
and, sec-
because he
not raise a
He was
ing idle in his
office chair en-
iTea-i.rinR to conjure up some meant
f inci-faHing his income. He though;
i.f starting a medical institute and oi
inventing a patent medicine, but he
had no capital. To remove to a smaller
town was retrograding, and he dis
missed it angrily from his mind.
Two patients were the extent of hit
practice. One of them would die son,
and the other was nearly well. The
income from them wss hardly sufficient
to pny his rent. The last two letters
from his father, inclosing much needed
cheeks, had been Tery curt. One o
them had said: "It seems you are old
enough now to have an income of your
own."
In fact, Tonus Dr. Struthers was at
hit wit-,' en. 1. He was not the man to
worry nv. r anything, however. Ther.
noma lie way out; he was sure oi
tint, lie lighted a cigar, puffed at it
a time, walke I over to a mirror and
looKcd at himself.
l i:i not tail looking. I'm dressed
well enough. But I'm so deuced youn
iney won I pnt anv contulence in me.
fcive half a notion to co to mv frii'nd
Soutl. y of the Academy Company, htwe
him mke me up, pnt some lines in my
jure, ho i wuuki looS about thirtv-fle.
I n-n I d require a brass-buttoned
lacke to receive tlie patients. If I
rould only enpturo one millionaire
dyspeptic, one over-worked capitalist
and one aged dowager with the heart
lisea.-e urn urn I'd risk the root
"Well, there's nothing to do but to
wan tor mem, lie said, sitting down
again. "I sometimes feel like hiring
a canvasser to solicit patients. 'A
handsome, capable young doctor, care-
mi avt.muon Riven to trout and dvsrer
sia; mild medicines used.' That doepi't
eouna oadiy. Hump I Medical dig aty
. . . :i ai . ...
iccum n, mongn. i must Bit Here
patient.y and trust to that little nickel-
plated siiom to do the rest
At that moment a carriage drove np
in front of the house. The footman
alighted and opened the door for a
harxitrjme young woman to step down
pen mo stones. Hhe gave the foot
nan a signal, he climbed upon the box
ana we carriage wheeled about and
rova away.
She rang the bell and called for Dr.
Btrnthcrs. The doctor heard her caU
and it Rave him time to make a pass a-j
t nair with a lrush, to tidy up his
clothes a bit and to mutter .
"Here's a patient at last I hope.
"Are yon Dr. Struthers?" aheauked.
standing in the doorway, a picture ot
loveliness ana stylish clothes.
"Ics, I a
bo seated?'
'Yes, I am. Will you come
ami
She sat down liftleslr in tha chaii
provided for her, uttering a despairing
utile sign as she did so.
Dr. ht rut hers mustered ail of hv
uignity, self possession and wisdom
As he looked at her for a moment be
fore she spoke, he wondered if she;
could be ill at all, she was apparently
so rosy cneeuea ana healthy.
"You see, doctor," she said, "heart
disease is hereditary in the Tyler fam
ily and and I've got it." This with
another despairing little sight.
Heart disease? Fortuns had been
made out of heart disease. The doctor
took hope.
"Yes," he said, slowly, waiting for
her to go on.
"You see Skuyler said it was all my
imagination," she continued between
gasps for breath. "They said I thought
I had it when I hadn't it." There was
the suggebtion of a pout on her pretty
lips.
"Very presuming of them, I am sure,"
interposed Strutber.
he liked him for his sympathy and
she became more confidential
"I know I have it Why, when I go
np stairs it bata so fast and I can't
Kit my btcat h just the way poor dear
mamma said her own did." She
reached for her handkerchief and
wiped away two small tears with it.
"1'upa I beg your pardon for not
tellmcr it before, papa is Mr. Cort-
hiu 1 Tvlt r--paia says it's all nonsense
nt iifivui-.!' Dr Skuyler says so. If
'r. Stuvlcr t Id papa he was going to
die to-morrow papa would believe it,
he's Mich a goose." She stopped and
Mushed, astonished at herself. "Oh I
I ili.li 't mean to say that, but I'm sure
I've i't tho heart disease, so I came t'
a new doctor who would know that I
bud it."
"Jf you will please let me examine I
hall be able to tell you in a moment,"
the young physician said sagely. Ho
moved his chair over to her side and;
bent his head down so that his ear
mvuld be directly over the heart of hi
beautiful patient. A little thrill pasfeit
through Mit-a Tyler's heart and made it
Wat faster i.s she felt his head touch
her coat and looked upon his handsome
stock of lijfht hair. A young doctor
was much nicer than an tdd one she
thought. Il listened t the pit-pats
for a moment, and found that the beats
er perfectly regular, but were faster
than normal.
When he raised his head Dr.
Ptrnthers looked serious and a little
alartuad.
"What is the matter? Tcli ucl
Don't keep mo in suspense 1"
"I trot yoa are a brave woman "
1 knew it I I knew it !" she cried.
"'nn riavs very serious hesrt
trouble," hs continued gravely. "1J
iLara llli.508race,jdwiU
yet dry,
ondly,
SB V - could
SrJA beard.
. s,tt
my instructions yon can bej
"Do you think so, doctor?" There
were tears and an appeal in her eyes,
i "Yes."
' "Tell me what I shall do. I'll do
just as you say. I I don't want to die.
"I'll not let you," he said, encourag
ingly, reaching over to his table for a
prescription blank.
There was nothing organically the
matter with Mies Tyler's heart. It un
doubtedly did palpitate rapidly at times
when Mats Tyler took over exercise.
But this was due to poor digestion
caused by overeating sorry but true
accusation against so pretty a woman
and ennui and lack of regular occupa
tion. The doctor wrote or.t some hiero
glyphics on his blank, which inter
preted meant plain pepsin compound
with some ingredient which mado it
good to take.
"JJow if yon will take this to your
druggist, Miss Tyler, and follow direc
tions on the lalel."
"Yes. And what am I to do to show
that I am courageous?" she asked anx
iously. . "I would like vou to get a pair of
dumbbells."
"But that would make my heart beat,
doctor."
"Use them very moderately each
day, increasing as you find you can.
Also diet yourself. "
"And Dr. Struthers, yon don't think
that that " she said as she arose to
go, looking into his eyes appealingly.
"Be cheerful, do not get down
hearted. Come and see me every day.
I am sure I can core you. I am also
very glad that you came so soon. De
lay would have been dangerous."
"Do yon know I think yonny doc
tors" she was standing by the door
with her hand on the knob by this time
"are better than old doctors. They
are just through studying, and they are
better informed about about hearts.
I am going to send a lot of 'our set' to
jrou."
When she realized what she had said
the blushed.
The doctor felt like playing leapfrog
over the table he was so excited, for he
was as young as he looked in many re
spects. He contained himself, not
withstanding, and bowed her out very
gravely.
After she has gone he threw himself
in a chair, clapped his hands upon his)
knees loudly and repeatedly, and gave
rent to a low wnistle to express his de
light.
"At Inst I At last !" he muttered.
Then he ran to the window, and as
he watched the receding carriage poss
tng along toward Fifth avenue be cried
out:
"Goodby, thou angel of mercy, of
?race you re my savior. You 11 send
your 'set' to me and I'll take care of
your dyspeptic dowagers and your gout
millionaires. Jove, 1 m as good as in
paying practice alreadv. Six months
from now I'll bring pater down to the
,iity and take hitn out to ride in the
Park."
Extremes meet. The smoker tners
viciously at many cigars both when in
trouble or desperation and when iu
food prospects of iov. Dr. Struthers
made a fnrnace of himself that after
noon. He thought of his fair patient
rod contemplated a more luxurious.
sfflce nearer Fifth avenue, because he
bad nothing better to do.
Now Mr. Cortland Tyler was an un
sommonly practical and shrewd man
in his business affairs and a sentiment
al and devoted man in his private af
fairs. He worshiped his daughter
Clara as any worthy descendant of the
jrood old Dutchmen of Sir Peter Stuy
resant's time would a beautiful and af
fectionate girl who was his only kin.
But Mr. Cortland Tyler had Tery little
nonsense about him even in private
ife, and when poor oid Dr. Skuyler
told him that his daughter's heart
lisease was imagination he was in
clined to believe it.
As to the new doctor, Struthers, Mr.
Tyler disapproved of him, and at first
'orbo.de her to see hiia again. Miss
31ars knew her father pretty well (that
to why she had so many luxuries and
nickknacks), anA she suggested that
lossibly Dr. Skuyler was not infallible,
though an excellent physician flh
dm-itted, and that, perhaps, if she did
iare heart disease the Be physician
night be the moans of saving her life,
lor father was powerless against such
arguments ne these. The thought of
lis daughter having heart disease and
earing him as his devoted wife had
'one, mada him shudder. When he
lisco vexed that after two weeks oi Dr.
itruther's treatment that Clara wM
ertainly none the worse off, and ap
arently better, he wasnuitewon over.
Miss Tyler did send some of Let
"set" to the handsome and learned
oung doctor with good results. Dr.
4trutuer's practice began to bo ft prac
:ice. Colonel Torrence, whose gout
lad been going on for years from bad
.o worse, for the riri-t time admitted
here was improvement.
Mrs. Arthurj
man ehnrplj
and confessed
she detested
ooked at the young
through her lorgnettes,
jpenly that, although
lifting, she had not been go comfortably
.'or years. i
Prosperity, however, had not
brought peaco of mind to Dr.
Struthers. His new cases were not
worrying him or puzzling his medical
resources except one particular case
the first one, the author of his gool
financial fortune and that was an af
fair of the heart It r as at the end ol
the fifth week of his treatment of hi;
air patient that he stood, his hands in
his pockets, look in ar into his mirror.
fne doctor had a way of looking into
his mirror when ho wished to be per-
'ectly frank and bon?st with himself.
i'erkaps he was a little vain.
Ihe doctor had to face a fact this
morning namely, he was deep in love
with Miss Tyler. Ho had sense enough
to know that, although he was of n
pood Now England family from a good
New England town, he could soarcelv
presume to an alliunce with a Tyler oi
.cw York for years and years, be
nides, he had only met the young
woniau proti'Dbionnllv, and he was as-
Mired by the confidence she placed in
him that she regarded him highly in
that light.
"But, but" ha looked at himseii
closely in tho glatu to see whether he
was really a fraud or not "I bore de
ceived her. There is really no organic
trouble with her heart. I am curinp
her of the palpitations, and in that
sense I am earning my pay. As to the
others of her 'set' they are all conval
escing through the use of plain medi
cal sense. I am sure J m not hall nc
much of a fraud cs that venerable old
Dr. Skuyler, who charges $10 a ron
cnltation for hoodwinking h-s pa
tients." Dr. Struthers was an impulsive men.
and his impulses were often good unci
He had made up his mind that ho had
not been treating Mia Tyley justly,
rind harinlbaVached this conclusion he
proceeded to right matters so much as
he could.
"There'll but one thiug to do and thai
is to write to her," he said. "That 1
will do, telling her that if ahe continues
tbo present prescription she will soon
bo vey, end tlu.t aha need see me only
follow
cured."
occasionally yes, 1 can'f f orTear occa
sionally. Then if ahe really thought J
was well, was proper form she woulc
invito ma to calL If she only would.
The doctor ran his hands deeper intc
bis pocket and looked ravenously at
the figure in the carpet in contempla
tion of that joyful state of affairs. Hi
seized a pen and started at least fi v
different notes, taking four times vt
minutes before he reached anything like
the expression lie wished to use.
The note completed at last, so that il
partly suited him, was quickly born
to the residence of Mr. Cortland Tyler,
where a maid carried it np to the room
of Miss Tyler, who was the only repre
sentative of the family at home. Thil
young woman was lying on her cone!
thinking thinking of Dr. Struthers.
She had greatly enjoyed her morning
coll?, nnd her heart itself sincere
trusted thai it v. ould not mend toe
rspidly.
To come to tho point at once, e!i
was in love with him. Tho servant
handed Mies Clara the note just at th
moment she was wondering if it were
possible he could care anything for herj
Sho opened the note, read it and gavi
a little scream.
To this day it is a question whether
or not Miss Tyler actually fainted. I
is certain that she came very near it.
It is also certain that had not Mr. Ty
ler arrived at that moment the be
fuddled servant, would have been as
liable to have rushed into the street
and cried "fire !" as to have done any-
thing else. As it was Mr. Tyler wai
very much frightened when he saw hi
daughter gasping for breath. By tha
time he had recovered from his as
tonishment sufficiently to begin to con
sider whether to send for Dr. Struthers
or Dr. Skuyler her woman's diplomacy
and intuition had returned sufficiently
for her to say :
"Don't be frightened, father. It's
not so bad as it formerly was. I I
didn't want you to know it."
That setU.-d it. Mr. Tyler fit ones
jumped into his carriage and urove as
fast as he could to Dr. Struthers's
office, where the young physician hod
been indulging in tite pastime of calling
himself an ass ever since one moment
after he had placed the note in the
messenger boy's hands. On learning
what Mr. Tyler had to say, he seized
his medicine case and hat, jumped into
his overcoat, and was in the carriage at
the millionaire's side in a moment. He
asked a few questions of Mr. Tyler,
which were answered to the extent of
Mr. Tyler's knowledge, and to which
he said "Yes," quietly, as if he had
expected it, and perfectly understood
the situation. The old gentleman liked
tht "yes" so well that he asked
whether his daughter was dangerously
ill or not in a tone that plainly showed
he considered the answer was to mean
liTe or death for her. The doctor told
aim that there was no danger, and
without doubt she would be entirely
recovered within three months.
"I thank you, sir," said tho father
n a trembling voice.
When they arrived at the house Mr.
Tyler sat clown before the grate and
;ried to riad the evening paper and
made a failure of it, while Dr.
jtrnthera was shown up stairs to see
;he patient by the servant, who had re
turned the normal state of her indif
ference and the turn np of her nose, i
The physician prescribed, and then,
somehow or other, he came to take
both of her hands within his own and
. look iuto tier eve intently while ho
ild :
"Ye, ye.t. Of course I came. I
Link the world of you."
"And I of yo'i."
Hope sprang again into tho young
'.octor's breast.
"May I may I some day " Ho
tumbled a little, but she helped him
ut with
"Yes."
There was silence for a moment.
"Doctor, don't you think my heart
s nearly well?"
"I hope it hasn't had a setback to
ny, dear. But your father?" His
countenance darkened.
Til attend to him. When I am
urcd, as you saved my life, he should
-e wilHng to give mo over to my res
uer." Xew York Press.
COMMON DANGERS TO THE EYES
HMdin ia the Train Is On of tfaa Ware
ot Them.
An eminent oculist declares that
typewriting has an injurious effect on
the eyes.
The operator Is obliged to glance
incessantly back ana forth from the
keyboard to the shorthand notes, and
this is muscular exercise of the mot
fatiguing sort. For this reason, the
oculist says, it is deslraole for type
writers to cultivate a familiarity
with the keyboard similar to that pos
sessed by the accomplished plan lit
ith the keyboard of his Instrument,
so that it will be necessary to look at
the keys as little as possible.
Whbe the injury that may result
to the eyes of a hard working type
wriUst wno is not sure of her Angers
and her keys is not to be regarded too
lightly, It is not likely to be near as
serious as that result ng from the
practice Indulged In by many In the-to
days of railroad travel of eristent
reading ca trains. This practice is
most tiying on those df.'lcate muscles
that rcgulalc the shape ot the eyes'
lenses and so affect the focaiizatlon
of the organ. The danger is great
est, ot course, on those railroads
hose ballasting is imperfect and
whoso rails are roughly laid, produc
ing much Jarring and consequent
rapid changing of the distance be
tween the eyes and the paper.
1 n some cases the eyes of a victim
of the railroad reading habit are so
affected as to focus at different dis
tan ccs, and then his sufferings are
most acute, and though much relief
may Le afforded by the treatment of
a skilled practitioner, notbingihut a
discontinuance of the habit will af
ford a perfect cure.
In the case of a person who su"-
fered tortuie-i for two or three years
from eye disorder due to train read
ing, neither rest nor professional
skill availed until br accident the
yellow window shades in the of.
flee in which he was employed
were removed, when he was able at
once to work with greatly increased
ease and comfort, and In a few
months was entirely cured. Kcadiu;
Times.
Charcoal is valuable as fuel, but n
has other uses which make it one of th
most serviceable of articles. When
laid flat, whila cool, on a burn, il
causes the pain to abate: bv leavinir il
on for an hour ths burn seems healed
when the wound is superficial. Tainted
meat surrounded with it is sweetened.
Strewn over heaps of decompose-1
jwlt. or over d-ad animals, charcoal
prevents unpleasant odor. Foul watei
is purified by it
From titistiii covering the larl
lcUty-two years it is computed thit
I ho avtrage li'u ot women in Franc i J
lias been thirty-eight years and me 1
Ihirty-six years. During last year,
however, the average rose t tvrlj
fear forboth aexes.
A DETBOIT BUILDER. .
UK TILH A KntAKKABME STOB1
OV HIM LIKE.
I awe ta Befxaia Asms (Vertr Trara A
Levi bust's axraaiaxoa wobtby sxaioin
Arrmanox.
(From Ihs DUroit Xwnmg JKsma)
Away out Ocatlot arena, far boss tha dto
nil turmoil of the boalaess eeatre, there an
inany attraotlv9 nomas. Ths Intersecting
streets are wUe, dean anJ ahaaed hy large
UaX-covared trees, and the people you meal
arstrpiaal of industry, economy ant honest
toil. There ant many pretty resUeoees, la!
one mora inviting la Its neatness and hoot
Uka coaarort than that ot Mr. Levi Elsey. thi
well-known halMar ant eoatnfettoi-. at 71
Koran street, Just o 5 Gr.it to'. Mr. ENer It
an old resident of Di-trolf, hav'n? niovjl
here about forty year n-jo. IT'in ;:!
nnadreds of boasts In lifernt p irt- o t'n
cftv, anil points wH"i pride to u.'i bn'l 1!n-
as tie Newberry A McMullan nnl Cim;ir
b'oeks. In whloh he dip'ay. 1 his ability as i
superintendent.
"I have seen Dj'ro't croT V n i villi !
to a city." he o'jnervj 1 yesteri ij- iu eiav-i.--atlon
with the writer, "ah 1 I don't fila':
there aie mxny towai In Avtriet to-lay
equal ro H In pstnt oT beauty. I knoTslmifl
everybody In the city, vi I an fail lent w'il1
recently aappened m my life has interest)
all my friend.
"It is now afcont eight yeart a?3 si-i-t I
Was strloken down with my first e nt o.' i''
naas. One cold, blaeterlu; day I w is do x i
town and through my natural carel"i I
at that tine I permitted myee'.rto onlie I
right tbrouch. Who I arrival ho t'lM
eTBDlnx I felt a ner'o-ta pln la my left le..
I hettied It that ulffiit. but by morning f
foand it had grown worae. la teat it was SJ
wiooathat I eant Iov my tanUy phyiio.an,'
an 1 he inform! me that I was suSarin
free verieoae vnio. My Ug -willed u I J
doable Itsuetaral M an I the p-u in r aesj
Iu volume. Ttm agony was simply awful. I
was laid up and never left .my bed for cix1'
week. At times I felt a though I woull
irrow franti with pain. My lag was ban)
dnffnd and was propped up in the bed at an
angle of thirty degrees, In order to keep thj
u n-vi iron noviug 10 soy exirmuies.
"I had several doctors atten iiug m', but
I believe Biy own judgment helped me bnttei
tuan tura. ARer n sietre or two moatas
could move aroua still I was on the sicl
Mat and had to dootor rayeelf for years,
wee never really curod and suffered ac
aneoaat of anguri.
"About Ivx yerc 10 I noticed an artie'
Iti the Semtnj Aeirf about my frienJ, M :
rto.thru?, tho Woodward avonue mercjao
Iu an lniervinw with him he stated that I
had used Ur. William' Pink 1MI for P
People and that thy cured him. I know hi 1
verr well, hav'-ax built hiu bouse out Woo J
wars Ave., and I tboubt I would follow h i
gumlion. I must confess I did as witf
mnrveious saeoma. From ma time I bec.-t
to take the Pint Pills 1 1 nit myself urowluj
0 M a new man. iny actea on me lute
rnagloal stimulant. The nain (Venarted aa
I eooa waa as strong and bmkuy as evarj
nejore trying ue t'inx run i bad used so
ameaat or otnar medlviua without any no4
liceanm benant. Uut ma nus cured m au
I wan myself again.
"Wheu a p -rson finds himself raliuved an
enjoying health be U apt to expose hbnsei
a&aiu to another attack ot illDna. So:n
three months ago I Mopiiad taking- tue l'.ut
Pi lie. and Iroai tbo 'lay I did ao 1 uol.o t ;i
change in my oonJitiou. A short time siu
1 renewed my habit of taking the.n with tli I
same beneucial resuHa wmoa met roe lor
marly. I am again nearly as strong as tvv'r,
although I am a man about fifty-six years ol
ase. I tail yoa, air, tha Pink Pills are a moic
woadarrul mndic-ini, an 1 it thay do as wale
in other cases an they did In miue tby ar
tbe bent ia the world. 1 freely recoannmdt
Ibemto any sa ITnror. " j
Dr. Wllliaaia' Pine Tills roorain. In a coa-
denned farm, all tbe elamenls niMraeary to,
give new hie and richness to the Moo I an i'
restore anattnmd nerrea. Tbey are an un
failing npenine for auh doaasva as locomotor
ataxia, partial paratyvK St. Vltue' dacce,
wtallia, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headaebe, the ntnr effect of la grippo, pn:
ptn1oa of the heart, pnie and stlltj it eora
iexioas, all forms of wnkneeN, either la
mtfie or female. Pink Pills are sold by ail
dealers, or wfilbe stmt post paid on receipt
of priee (M eeata a box, or six boxes for
2.50 they are never fold in bulk or by the
100), by addresala? Dr. Wflrtams' M?dtcTne
Jo., Seheneetady, N V.
"Hands OIT."
A very charnvng and witty widow
icsidteg In Washington gave her lit
tle daughter a mythological primer
soreral years ago, and the child Ira
mediately became intensely Interest,
ed in the romantic stories of the
teds and goddesses. Long after she
had exhausted tho primer she was
ceaseless In her demands to hare her
appetite for Incidents, which hap
pened In the Elysium fields and
thereabouts, satisfied. One day bet
mother thought it would be a tood
Idea to take her heart's delight over
to the Corcoran gallery and show her
the statuary and casts and other
wo' ics which have the heroet of my
thology for their subjects.
While pursuing the pleasant pur
pose tbe pair came upon the Torso
reclining legless and armless upon Its
massive pedestal. Tbe mother waa
studied to explain to her daughter
what w-9 the scarred and broken
mass of plaster signified other than
being the dismembered remains of a
grand human figure. The little one,
however, quickly helped ber pa enl
out of her predicament. There was
n large placard on the base of tha
ipedestal bearing the forbidden word;
Hands Off." Toe little miss looked
at what she deemed was tbe title ol
the work with an expression of scorn
and the same sentiment was Indi
cated in her inflection when sb
spoke. "Hands off," she remarked
with a sniff of superior wisdom.
'Hands off. I should say they wa?
and the foots, tool"
Biblical Origin or Slang
How many of the readers of the
department of the llepubllc knowi
thai the original "kicker" in the
tactaphorleal sense is mentioned in
the Old Testament and that an ex
pression used by Jcrui himself is re
sponsible for our slang phrase,
"What's it to you?" In the first
book of Samuel, second chapter and
twenty-ninth verse, "A man of God"
says to Eli: "Wherefore kick ye at
my sacrifice and at mine offerioz?"
The prototype of the second phrase
alluded to above is found In the an
swer which Jesus gave l eter, as re
corded in the last chapter of St John,
twenty-second verse: "It I will that
he tarry till 1 come, what is that to
thee?" St Loois liepublic.
An Oddly khapctf Farm.
Maine probably has many oddly
rhaped farms, but tbe I ewiston Jour
nal doubts If one can be foand mere
reeullar in form than that in the east
part of Dexter, formerly owned hy the
pione?r blacksmith, Elijah W.
rjpragae. Th. was eight rods wfde
and a half mile long, with the hVrr
way rutting it at rlgljt aogTes Into
une-,ual portions. The Inconven
ience ef so narrow a farm, with the
pasturage and woodland at one end,
isobvlouttn any one, but la this
form It has oot'nued from the days
of the for fath rs to tbe present
time. In use as a farm all the time.
A farm onlr twenty rods wide and
half a mile long was in use a great
many years near Parmlngton Kails,
rod it nay be so used vet, but tbe
Inciter farm beats It by nearly two
thirds for narrowness and general
oddity. Farms of tbls chape are num
erous In t anada.
A maj&I JuaJ, s3 torn that bis wire
la tick as her sickness affects his comfort
Headache,
Dyspepsia, Indigestion
are caused by bad blood, and by
a run down, worn out condition
of the body. Remember
(F-ITOOd'S Sra-
1 Parilla
Be sure to "get
i-lood s a v'
HnnaVs PUls are gantla. mild and effective.
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever.
DR. T. FELIX OOTJRATJDS
ORIENTAL CREAM, or MAGICAL BEAUT1FIER
Ttvmovca T ft n .
tlftv Moth Ptch-
;). KMh and Kkln
j 'd I and
ltTtlon. On ita
virtu It ban
atnod the tmt ft
4 ywara; no otbrr
has, and to o
banxiteas w taaa
tttobeauro It la
properly made
Acvfpt no count
erfHt of similar
name. Th dia-
tlnculnhed Dr. U
jl. nrre gain to a Hunr or trie hatit-tutl a pttnt:
A9 you taditm will use them, 1 recommend
'G our and' 9 Vream' at the Uat harmful of all
the akin preparati'me."
On botUa will lat alx month, uxlnt It erery d at.
amino i-ouantsuuniti rwuiuvw aupernuuua nair w un
cut InJnrv to the akin.
FK RO T. H P K I N'rt. Pron . 37 Orvat TnrtM St SY.
For aal br all DrUaisriwta avnd K sinew Dnmisi laujera
tb mug hunt tbe U. H. 4. anataa, and Kiimp.
4r f tewarw of HaM Imllattona. f luu) lUward for
arn-ai anu proui oi may oua auiUng uia aama.
W. L. Douclas
ft CLAf' ISTHI BrCST.
VnV WllWb NOSOUEAKINO.
f 5. CORDOVAN,
rRHCH&ENAMElIEDCAir.
FlrECAlf AKJUeiAflCIl
SAP P0LICE.3 Sous.
2Jl7J BtrrsScmiiiSHOEi
LApiES
I SEND f0 CATALOGUE
WUDOUGLAS
BROCKTON. MASS.
Tmu emm mt oner br wfarinc
W. I.. loarla S3.00 6 ha a.
IImaim, wa ara tha larvaat snanafaetorera of
this gradaof aboea la tha world, and fraantntao tbelr
valua by atampiag tba same and prtea on tbo
bottom, wbleh protect yoa against high prloaaand
tba mlddLamaa'a profit. Our ahoaa equal custom
work la atyle, aasy atuns aad waarlDg qualltlea.
'Wabavatban sold avarywbara atlowar prlcaafor
Mia valua ytran than aay othar maka. Take ao tab
lilata. U woxxr deaisr caaaot supply you. we caoe
ooo
ri
lane Ih Prices
14 Piece Finest Antique carved Oak Suits at
nl.tsi or
11 Fiocea at S10.00, including 1 Buditead, 1
IV uliiunii. 1 Bureau. 4 Chair, 1 Kockr, 1 Bound
Hunk Mattrea, I Woven Wire Spring. 2 Cblckan
Pillow 1 Bolitar, 1 farlur Tibia.
Flncat and beat line of Mallreasaa. Sprlnfr.
TabltM, Ice ileza, i'mlor guiu, Couuiie, Sid
3ord, Eic
Clivnpeat and boat line nf ftood ever 0&erd.
UwHla talued all over ttia country.
QREAT EASTERN M'F'Q CO.,
pro. iaao in ita iz j-vn..
Cet. Green and Spring Oardn Street. I'hlla.
COOK BOOK
FREE 1.
StO rilGBSlLLUAT RATED.
On of tbe Largeat and Ba CooBT
Bouas pnblUhed . MllMl la axekaa
Sir 1 Larr Lloa aad nit from Lion
Coffm wrappara. and a S-oent stamp.
Write for lint of our otlivr Dn ire
tnluin. wooison Sriee Co..
j0 lluroa &u. Tolzio. Ohio.
Stlckrra, yonrname and addrem. only Wr
Ins Ubsald, No. 147 A, Lum Ptilla. I'a.
3il4nUgWU.-ljLl.lg
CaiitlTN and poopra
who bara weak lanes or Anlh
ma,abouldasa Ptao'a Cnra f or
Consumption. It has car4
tkssuadt. It has not Injur
ad one. 1 1 Is not bad to taka.
It la tbe bast oouith irrnp.
Bold aarywnra.
aaajj
French Kloilanerlnc.
Apropos of bribery and corruption
nt elections an amusing anecdote Is
le'ated to-iay. A hot contest was
(tliout to take place rears aifo in a
t-ountry town, the candidates beLng a
li'K'itlmist, an Orleanist, and a Be
aibllcan. Ono Saturday morning
n vjple ran np to the wlfo of the Or
leanist Tjolitlclan with tho exclama
tion that "All was lost:" a9 tho le
gitimist rival was going to press m
f very poor member of the congrega
tion with a four-pound loaf after di
vine service the following day. The
Indr reflected a moment and then
tnld that she would be equal to thf
- -casion. She kept her word. As.
ihe people filed out of the chnrcn on
Sunday morning the legitimist
Mndidate distributed bis bread; but.
posted on the other side of the door,
the Orlcanlst's wife presented to tho
recipients of the four-pcund loaves a
pnt of butter or a pot of jam. As It
turned out the wile; republican car
ried the day after alL lie happened
to be a dealer in wines, and sending
tound a bottle to every elector he dis
anced bis opponents and triumph-
in tly beaded the polls. London
felegraph.
Snranacr Weaknea, that tired fcellnn, loas
pf appetite and nervous prostration are driven
away by Bood'i SarsapariUa, like mist before the
(nornlng sun. To realize tbe benefit of this great
nedlclne, give It a trial.
Sure, effloint, cany Hood's Pills.
The most easily disirested meats, ac-
hording to a scientific journal, range in
the following order: Cold mutton, mut
ton chops, vension, tenderloin, sirloin
itcak, lamb chops, roast beef, rabbit
neat and chicken.
Dr. Kilmer's Sw hp-Root corns
all Kidney and Bladder tronbiaaV
Paraph iet and Consultation frea.
Laboratory Stacbamtoa. X. T.
"The Speed of the Earthquake" was
the subject of a recent scientific lecture
y Frofessor Lancaster. He proved
lint the average speed of transmission
bf the shock is 10,00 feet per second.
Hall's Catarrh Car
I taken internally. Trice 73c
The largest mammoth found in Si
beria measured seventeen feet long
ind ten feet in height. The tusks
a-eighed 8C0 pounds. The head with
out the tusks weighed 414 pounds.
Karl' r.oTr Boot, the rreat blood pnrtfler,
rirrrrebne and elearnaa to the complexion
ted cure consrtition S eta. 60 eta., f I.
Acria ferHire.
Ton may lire almost anything La New
Yor-, even to an aqoarium ttticind with
tei re jetaKna and strange crest ores of
the deep. The aquarium is an occasional
table ornament at a feast, aad is usually
hired for the eeealon. The trade ia all
the things that gnf to make up the
aquarium is a paving ens ia New York,
id tlrase who enrage ta this bosionsn
hf 9 taken to theeantTs ; the tMe
aqutrhrt. Yon may hare of those gentle
men almost any queer Ash at prices
ranging fret tea cent to flO per speei
men, together with any one at twenty.
varieties ot aquatic piants.-aUtucago
rimes.
Tiie spots oa the sun were discor
crtd by Mtrcaomara.
1 ' KFZr"
BffifiCCUC
KING OF GRASSES.
cm THriTIVfl PAMPAS PLiUBIEf
IN SOUTHKBX CAUPORNIA.
Ther are Hardy and Quite Easy tt
Grow Work oa Pampas ,
i'lantntlon An Impor
tant Industry.
VERT few of os who have sees
the plumes of waving pampsj
sold in tbe streets know when
they are obtained. In-oor owi
country they are grown most extensivelj
in Southern California where they form
an important source of industry, though
tbe pampas was originally a native oi
the plains of South America.
Itis mainly uwd for decorative pur
poses now, but it is thought that som
day, if it becomes caesper, it will bi
used for making fine grades of pajer, as
it has gteat durability.
There are a number of varietiei of th
pampas grass, but the orange and thi
lemon-colored plamea are the two kindi
most valued. Tnese, growing beneatl
the trees of the orange and tbe lemon,
show a most beautiful effect of eolor.
When ths industry was being de
veloped great caution was displayed and
an air of mystery surrounded it. An at.
tempt was made to keep the new enter
prsj in the hiads of a few, who would
realizs enormous profits, but in ths
o-Hirse of time the questloa was discusse J
in the newspapers, and the monopolists
bad to give in to the many, who wars
not slow in setting out extensive plan
tations. The Dlant hai thin buonet-shapei
leaves, often not an iuc'a in width, and
in length from ten to twenty feet.
Tbey grow upward and then curve ovetj
nnm ueir siiarp-poinicu iu rcava vu u
ground or on the leave below. Thi
plant ia itself is very ornamental, and
varieties of it are occionally seen in oui
gardens in tbe East.
When growers wish to set a new plan
tation they take tbe full grown planti
from the ground and divide the root)
after cutting off the tops. TLen the)
plant the roots in row front ten to six
teen feet apart. The plant is hardy and
quite easily growa. Sometimes they an
made to occupy tba whole plantation,
and sometimes set in between rows ol
walnut or orange treei. When they grow
too large either the trees or the pimpai
grass has to be removed. It is generally
the grass, but sometime! a tree will have
to go to make way for a particularly fee
pampas plant.
The right time to plant thou Is in
Jauutry, and they grow so rapidly that
in seven months they will s few
plumes. From May to August they need
much irrigation and careful cultivation,
and in August tbe plants send out long
spikes, which are the plums in e nbryo.
it is time to c it fie n is sjja as a small
bit of white be jius to show on tho tip.
They are counted as they aro cut, and
strewn on the ground in piles of twenty.
Tbe cutters are paid by tho thousand,
and experts are sometimes' able to cut
7000 a day. Etch hundred cut by ths
laborers is registerel for them on a csrd
by the overseen
The men who work on the plsutatioal
are mostly Mexican, aad thoagh thee
son of the Southland have the name of
poiiestinz. an indolent and rather cire
less nature, tney snow mo marvelous
skill and asre in their work. The visi
tor is always charmed with their courtesy
and pleasing manner.
If tbe plumes open oa tiie plants tasy
have no cim-nerclal ralue whatever, as
they would fall to pieces in the course
of a s iort time. With each year in the
life ol the plant the plume grow largor
and fufler, and at tha end of five years
the plants produce a few less in nurnbsr.
per japs, but muc t larger ones than be
fore. Tbe length of a plume is from
eighteen to thirty-three incbes.
After being cut, tne plune ara taxes
to the hmiers, wni sit leisurely under
tr.e frees in tbe shade and peel off th
outer covering of the pluues. This task
fs not at all difficult. Tne huiker are
aho paid by the tho'na-vl, and a good
deal of rivalry exists atnia thetn. S ute
time ago a champioaship belt an 1 s
mcl was given to a man for hiuxin
33,009, and there Is no disputing thai
has industry deserved c m nplon bjit.
if not something more su'istential.
After the husking tae planes ara
spread, and this requires deft handling
and a great deal of skill. Fog and even
light rains do not Injure them, but thej
are never left exposed to the sua and
wind. After 30.0UO or 40,000 are read j
to be taken in, many hauds have to bs
employed to gather shem that they maj
not be spoiled by too much tun. Count
lt-s women and children, a well as s
grwt ujii-bvr f mri, irj j. .i;.t luw
service at these times. Tney paek ths
Clucae oa broad shelves in the enrlng
uses, where tbey ara slide to acquire,
the silken finish whica adds so rnaah to
their beauty.
When the plume are taken out of the
casing they look very flat indeed, owin
to the heavy pressure to whica they havj
boss sabjeeted, but moderate heat will
sse thetn to fluff out again aad loolc
Sas beaatifol as ever.
The pampas is rightly called the kin'
of grass. It finds a ready market ia
Europe, where it is sold to manufactories
cf ornnuieni.il articles. Some of then
use at leas half a millions plumes psi
year, which makes a fine proSt for tbe
CWiforoia growers. Tbey have planned,
it is said, a wonderful display for the
Corombian Exposition, aad it seems at
if their exhibit should be of s1r3.1t
boruty, for they da not lack the miteriil
aad means to make it so.
England has been tho lateit. with
Italy, to re:9nixe and appreciate the
beauty of the pampas. In G:rm7y
they find great favcr. Wasn used in
England as wall deenratioas, they ara
anally arranged in groups of three,
wttchina way rereseats the old B.
Herman coats of arms adopted by the
Prince of Wales, with the motto. Ich
Diea a Eer re. American Fna:r.
fTfiftlillA Vlavnm.vi... V T t
the conclusion that in less than ten
million years the land on our planet
will be covered by water.
An A m r !- n f TT ; t
-- -- . , ii Ajun-
guyon, France, has constructed a clock
entirely of paper, which has run
regularly for two years, with no greater
. 41 1 . ,
,a,,B..vu iiiau n uiuiubQ a montii.
Tersons whoso temples are fuller
aboTA the lTH f lian 1)i1..t. 1 i
, nuuaoucMIB
Kilarge above tho ear?, are usually
p.------ witoiLm i n -,t3 man
those with contrary characteristics.
A new kind of wire for telephone
nse, hsving an aluminum-bronze core
with a copper-bronze envelope, is being
rxperimciited with in Germany. It ia
u u m juw ict .Mrnco anu great
tensile strength.
An acting model of tholmmor. .
. . .... .-.. iiuu b,
with every detail, has hn mi. ,
a French physician. The Hood can be
sn coursins to and from it through
artificial arteries.
Mora than half tho .:t
(m.kage:n the Lmtcd Ctates ia now I
operated b electric power. t
Doctor John ' T7,
grafting specialist, who a year ago or
ore gd considerable stotomity by
roccesafnlly transplanting skin
Se forearm of lo'e-"?
log of a white man, and on&-QnentJymannf-ctured.
dime-museniB
fSby planting flowing muUch
npn tho upper lip of . .
periments in that oirecuou.
lort latest achievement, perf"
j.nM nf Bnoceaa. is tha
of anpplyg n baldheaded man with a
eoSg of hair that a football player
might envy. The patient upon o
ttiis operation wm performed is Charles
Mueller, of Washington, and the sub
ject from whom the material w 1 drawn
to cover the bare spot on the patient s
head was a Mr. Gertiesu.
Doctor Ego removed from the heai
of GerHeV. piece of scalp H mche,
ride by 2, inches long, weU covered
.-ith hair, and replanted it npon the
hcad of Mueller. The sorenesss created
by tho removal of portion of Ger
riesn's scalp is almort healed, the doc
tor having so skilfully drawn the lacer
ated scalp together as to almost remove
all evidence of its removal with the ex
ception of two email spaces, which ho
purposely left with the view of further
experiments. Ho will cover those spots
ft. o,l elrin I nken from some
animal, and npon the successful at
tachment of that transplanted animal
skin npon the head of Gertiesu de
pends the fate of the future baldheaded
men. .
If the doctor be successful the bald
aeadswillno longer be compelled to
hide their baldness under the old
fashioned uncomfortable wig, but can
imply surrender themselves to the
doctor and have transplanted to their
pates the covering of some other fel
low who is willing to surrender his
head for a golden salve. Philadelphia
Record,
Bbe doesn't sing the old songs
And vet their wrath they dumb.
For the new ones that shi waroles
iru blamed sight worje.
Julge.
IS THAT ITl
Mrs. Oldsaw "The world movei."
Mr. Oldsaw "What's the trouble!
Can't it pay the rent?" Puck.
The sassafras is the only survivor of a
ra;e of trees which at a farmer period
was common over both hemispheres.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improveinent and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
lesB expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting tlio world's best products to
the needs of phvMcal being, will attest
the raluo to health cf the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup of Figx
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to tho taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of i perfect lax
ative; effectually clear..ng the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with tiie approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on tiie Kid
ney. Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
gyrup of Fies is for sale by all drug
gists in i3c nnd $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by tho California Fig Syrup
i To. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will sot
accect anx substitute if otlered.
BEECHAM'S PILLS
(Vegetable)
What They Are For
Biiiousnesj
cyspepsia
sick headache
bilious headache
indigestion
bad taste in the mouth
foul breath
loss of appetite
when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con
stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for everybody to
learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick
ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by
the book. 3
Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New
York, for the little book on Coxstipatio.v (its causes con
sequences and correction) ; sent free. If you are not within
reachofajruggist, the pills trill be sent bv mail, 25 cents.
BJSSR fAUllY
t. It"
M MR amaimBamamur
' Thet WrTJ'jE" of
--irr
APOLIO
THE WAT IS OPEJT
to health and strength, if you're a nervous,
IbBoiiss woman. The medicine to cure you,
tfcn tonio to build yon P, is Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. You can depend upon
It The makers say It will help you, or cost
TOO nothing- They Qvnrantre it
As a sate aad certain remedy for woman's
nflmeute, nothing can compare with the
" Prescription.'' It's an invigorating, re
storative tonic, and a soothing, strengthen
ing nervine, perfectly harmless in any con
dition of the female system.
It's a marvelous remedy for nervons aad
general debility, rJ. Vitu a Dance, Fainting
Spells Dizziness, Sleeplessness, and all the
nsrvous disorders duo to functional deranga
mentn. It has often, by restoring the wo
manly functions, cured cases of Insanity.
PIERCE --CURE
OB mOXEir RETURNED.
w PILLS,
Always Sellable, Purely Vegetable.
Perfectly tastele. eleirntly roata'l. pnrije,
regulate, pnriiy, cleanse ami Mrenuiiien. i.D
WAY'S rlLLS tor the cure of all li...r.ier- ol the
Ptomach. Bowel. Kidney. H.a.Mcr. .N.rvom
Distaaea, Dizxine, Vertigo, CiMtivene,
Sick Headache,
Female Complaints,
Biliousness,
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
Constipation
AND
All Disorders of the Liver.
Obwrve thefiil!ovrln?iymptonn.reMllius from
difeaaes of the digeativeoricaii: ('nti(i.Mi in.
ward pile. luliueUMf hlool in tha heal, acidltr
of the rtomacb, naiuea, heartburn, ili.;mt ot
food. lullneM of aeiglil of tha aloniai ti. ur
erut'tation, inking' or fluttering of lh heart,
clHH'kinx orsutr K-atimrienantion whan in a ly
ing rMtture. dimneas of viilon, dota or acat b-;.
fore the RiKht, fever and dull in in the hed.
deficiency of perilralion, yellownMol theikia
and even, pain in the ila. cheat, limln, ud tul
den flimhea of beat, buriiinr in the flwth.
A few de of HAUWA Vs i'll.ljj will free the
system of all the above named dinorder.
Irlce23e. n Box. Bold fcy Urolilt, or
sent by mall.
Send to DR. RAILWAY A CO., Lock Box 364,
New York, for Book of Adricc
awtiBttinj-ioc t Wh
t bolt ltd bus hv wen frrwuri x-p aviu
sj iiaauiy inrasl Ucuitiv. hare tva. Ui o,k Oietbta. ta
urli ib dMUJknaa Bwasi mn is tot AcraiUur d
atr. Thi wtstt watuiiui, ww mib ''' x
wtkk. ervM to tisM ml buiow dpreaaKau mkm at
brvj. bppy, m mutn Un a mi luu oofuitouo ia
saj alittcriDt nUrawW. -Ut Abrr ctcriel tmt arorft ja
ate wa art ttrwB.iDd auka
Wua, Uiaa m - f 7
world kaowi
Co. aioo know
aVeea la. OknJta W
Dili.
aa-M tMM, ha. Ordftrs
thaen lawir hi up.
tl as tit. arwr book
a b-irtenv wt-rao la
faM ua. Tha. eorl4
tu- any or.dat tkat
Xuhatoi oei Ua rf
iteff dapraMH-nl
0 prta:aaa, frvea tie
BVM.aa ta ' twi,
W ml (.roaiasrvi.
$mi eorMi Mt tite) Mr.
my otia Mjsjaiity u a. A
tn tMif field, t a. t.re
w mrm buy arte a
ontfut, en d thaaa
CruiM on ttw 0rA
oflln oof Ui Utw vs-rAawax,
air rling aouotenaacss.
bir, ttm,rf wuti ta
BuasiSf . ana itn-rv
avav
knn afen-wfl Mill aallart et Aermtrv ttao ana
ty njt-n-is tha le-iirvv
wrrHsr at anaaaob-rs mn iba rida-ask, stuainaerat. ap
4Ai-ubM aaaato bovaa it) may n-mua.rj. iwi tuut
patnai ttava DC torvbudioo ok dia-atei iM Jjtr4 ma.
Aarnrtjtos en floyaa Da sUika. Then aire (nroaotu snd
CanDtactatt Bfa u tha atvii cotpnawtkiO tlti Uevl d(-nanl
tMMf racuh ia CbicairO, tha A .utw waa at avorc,
fa'lianl wHai aanltaa aikd fjiwd sfaaes mt.m aad at bsJp'mfvt
lad mm ma Trarw tbe aoxMal pus4 rt, MtueA avat, at
o. trwwil-b leluiD tc lao-d
IhuMfrTiint n ;a kUrkrall mn& Fill mere 3ta.. Cktcajo, Ok
Stxmrx Uaa a . 8 tm tba arrtc at 1VJ
i FOR FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP:
ha Nn n1 hr Mtlllans of Mother J
for their ehiMrvn while Tpetlirng for over ,
FiftTVean. It soothe the aiill.l. aurten Che
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