ess . - tor VOTAOat IT at going with tba wind, "Lore, I Hewing fair and free, Semohow tho breezo Is always goo J H That blows for you and ma. febiad M 11c tho der old land, Safora va dreama the new, 9m Mlh Mtwfla the Joyous lea, .J&orou bonds the blue. Vhat la than that eaa hinder lore, a snake our hearts afraid? ftba aoaan deep can never tail. The aky can never fade. Tew are my unl Terse, and I, Oh, I am yours, my sweat ; Then how can any cloud arise, Or any tempest beat? We are going with the wind. Lore, Blowing fair and tree, Somehow the breeze is always good . That blows for y oa and me. 'Zl we go down, tbe sea is lorn, And holds us evermore ; Our tide, whatever way it move, Will reach a golden shore. -3j. Thompson, in New York Independent. THE OLD CEDAR CHEST. BY H. M. HOKE. HAD not returned to my old home since the death of my parents, many years before the summer of which I write. That sum mer, as will be seen, a powerful in fl uence drove me thence, from the activities of business. My uncle, who had the tilace when my taken charge father died, received mo cordially at the spacioii, old-faHhioned farinhunse. "Ralph," he said, as wo smoked on tho wide porch after supper, "you will have a companion dnrictr jour visit." "A companion ! M ho?" "Grace Xorthhrook." "Grace," I cried, in aston'slimrnt. "Yes, she will come to-morrow at the same time you came to-day," he replied, rising. "I'm goinp; to the liarn now. I hope you and she will find it spreeable to renew your old ac quaintance." "Grace coming here," I said t my felf alter he had gone. "What does it mean?" Striving for an explanation I naturally Ml to calling up the circum stances w hich caused n.;- usioniKiirnent. Tho Xorthl'rooks had in the old days owned the farm adjoining ours, mid the families hud boon intimate, lirace being an only child, nnd I the same, a peculiarly close frit ndship sprang up between us. We were i-nsepar. ile play mates, and it easily came to be the wish and intention of our parents, so far as they could direct events, th-it we should marry, But conditions changed. My father and mother died, and I soon left home ; and when I learned afterward that Mr. Xorthbrook, moved by ambi tion, ha 1 soli his farm and gone to Xew York to live, my belief was tlial Grace and I were finally separated. Having been yonng when I left home, and whatever boyish liking I had had for little Grace Xorthbrook being quickly ground into forgetlul ness by business strife, the severing ol our youthful engagement caused me little regret. Iiut one evening, after I had taken up my residence iu Xew York, I met her again at a friend's home. Our su: ; rise and pleasure were mutual. Walking together that night on the broad piazza of my friend's house, I soon found that her temperament had brightened rather than dimmed. In the daring way that is so easily excused in merry people, she lightly called up our old engage ment. I met her in the srjio spir v. and vrc j:iiJ. n hearty laugh over tu) youthful declarations and promises, but, charmed by her mature beauty, I, even then, had a misgiving that, with me, this spirit would soon settla into seriousness. A few momenta after our promenade ended, I saw her in company with Mr. Frederick Adlow, the son of a weultlty banker, and in the happiness of her face, and the de votion of thi young ruaj, I found tho reason fur her rrnusement over our chilch-h love-making and her freedom in speaking of it. I met her frequently after that, and our chief topic was this youthful at tachment. She took particular de light in jesting about it in her hnlf reckh sa, li-ht-hearted way, and seemed to think it eqnnlly delightful to me. But, though I joined in her mirth. the effort was greater each time, and I realized that the boyish liking I had had for her as a little pirl had risen into a man's love for the beautiful, sweet-hearted, noble woman into which she had grown. I saw, too, with cro.. iiig con--, m, thnt, iu tbe joy of her love for Aulow, she was per fectly inaocent of even a possibility of seriousness on my part ; and, wishing more every day, as I did, for a revival of our childhood engagement, the dumriT into which we were drifting Krew pUincr. We were setting np a uuaaiuk vi uiixiLi, tviuv'i.', -i. jLttitu, would he diCieuit to overthrow. At lust I felt that I could no longer endure this jesting upon what had be come sacred to me, and, shrinking from the possibility of her a nusea sur prise at a revelation of my love, I de termined to go away. This determi nation was fixed one evening when Grace caino to mo with the announce ment that she had been authorized to invite me to aoeompsr.y a party to spend two weeks :.t Long Urnnch. She mentioned the nime6, concluding with Adlow's. The prospect of seeing their joy day after day at the bench, Fhowed me that it would be far from aph asure trip to mo, and that I must decline. I did so, assigning business reasons. She looked at me oddly, half wonilerinjly ; and she was so lovely in her party dress, that I would h:ivo thrown oar Jesting aido nnd told her my lovej there In tho quiet corner behind tha people who wre watching the danc era, had not r. Adlow came np aadj claimed her for the waltz She left me with a merry glnnoe over her shoulder snd a joking eutrenty for her "little old-time lover" to change his mind.; Not many days after I made an excnsei that took me from New York, and I went as I have stated, ta visit my old borne. "And now," I ca'd to myself while nuns: alone on tb farm porch, "she ia coming here? What has changed her plans The party was to be at Long Branch by this time. I cannot onderstand it." The neit day was Miny, aid I speri. ?t roaarn over the old honse to solvo the puezlo of Grace's corr::'n;r. Of coarse, she could not know that I waa there, becanso I had kept my diT.tina tion a secret, and because had she known it, she would not hv come. I felt that I could not long rsTBwin with her among those pleasant eccnwi of our rhildhood without telling my love, and the relations which she anil Adlow sns aise.i toward each other forbade such a ei.-lsra.ion. Iu the old farTihouee tru a room jwhioh had irresistibly attract? ma a Srp? of ' partment, la" wLJcL were raerveI several ancient pieces of furniture, pom curious prints, quaint records (node by my grandfather while he had been a squire, and many other inter- eating relics. One of the pieces of furniture was a large cedar cheat which bad been, in my childish eyes, k veritable casket of -wonders. Often tad little Grace and X. played in this 'footsteps coming.. I (From the XashvilU, Tout., Banner.-) room, and revelled in the curiosities ghe came in, anxiously, and found, Mr. John W.T nomas, Jr., of Tketa, Tenn., bf the chest, which embraced several me jth the unset led letter in my ! Is a man with a most Interesting; history bid-fashioned playthings, a coat my hand. She paused in sudden confusion, ' At present he is Interested in blooded horses, jprreat-grandfathnr wore in an India and I, distracted by the natural suspi-! for whioh Usury County it famous, fight, with a bullet hole in its sleeve, a c;on to which the unsealed letter ex-! 'Few people, I take It," said Mr. Thomas number of arrow beads, several moot posed me, could only say I to a reporter who had asked hia for the casins, a tomahawk, some camp utea), "Here is your letter, Grace." J etory of hia life, "have pasted through as fils, and four queer, little, half-con-1 , "Have yoa read it?" she said quick-! remarkable a ebaln of events as I have and j intruded inventions at which my great- jy s question she would not have asked remained alive to te'.I the story. I grandfather had worked. Much of that but f or fcer confusion. I "Jt was alonic in 1884, when I was working I long gloomy day, so filled with my "Grace," I said reproachfully. in the silrer mines of New Mexico, that my i heart's perplexity, I strove to occupy I "Please forgive me," she cried, tak- troubles began ; at first I suffered with in fey re-exploring this curiosity chamber, ing it from me. "Of course you havs digestion, and so acute did the pains be jsnd once a?ain examining the contents not. I left it here by mistake." I come that I went to California formy health, of the old chest ; and I discovered that "And I have just found it. II yoa but the trip did me little good, and lully im jny interest in it, though of a different ggnj jt l will mail it as I go to the pressed with tbe Idea that my last day had kind, was as strong as it had been in train. I am called away on business, nearly dawned upon me, I hurried baok hefe my boyhood. Mr. Adlow will be here soon." j to my old home to die. i ; At train time I easily persuaded a..B ,aj raised the envelope to hei 'TrAm aim rle I n H l9iat iMt mv m A.Y Aw slat. Uncle John to let me drive alone to the Htatiou. vii wtj iniuc, auu. uci ".ii.- prise upon seeing me was nnbounaeo. "Why, what are yon doing here, Italph?" she aeked, walking toward the carriage. Rusticating," I replied, evasively, as I helped her in. After I had started the horses, I turned to her and asked soberly : "What has brought you here, Grace? I though you. were in Long Branch. " "Exouse roc, Ralph," she answered unoounueii. with a confusion which I pretended not to notice, "but I don t wish to tell - . i 1. a , .t "Very well," I said, "I wont ask yon, but I will leave to-morrow, I can- not stav here with yon I" I stopped the confusion and she looked at me in that same odd, ques- tionin" wav. "Why not?" s'a asked, after a short snenee," and refining her jesting tono with an edort, "I'm sure it will bo very atusir-r to run about our old plav- jronnd Vo have been unexpectedly iarou io'uw iiero nun iuikui eujuf recalling soma of onr foolishness. I don't see why you want to run away." Her merriment nnd Adlow's relation ship to hei mado it impossible for me to give my true reason ; but it was well the rain had brought darkness early, for my face would elee have betrayed too much emotion. I was silent a mo ment, and th''n said : "I'll tell you wbv, Grace. I don't think it is just to Mr. Adlow. Every one knows how attentive he has been tf voa, and ulthniitrb vonr encrajremeiit has not bt-en announced, we have rea son to bel'- ve it soon will be. I re spect Mr. . How nnd will notremaiu. " ".Still tue same careful boy yon ul waya were," she answered, laughing, "lion't bother about Mr. Adlow. 1 t choose to roam once more through these beloved scenes with such an old friend as you, he shouldn't object. Now, you will stay until I say yoa s'-iould go, won't you?" Bho looked at ma with such an np-per-J, that I readily yielded. IJays passed blissful days nnd Grae was adorable. I loved her more and more, and snw more clearly that, for the sake of mv future happiness, I should go away ; but she was so merry, and still so unconscious of my trim feeling, tliat I remained, and fearing to cloud her pleasure, feigned equal gayeiy. So surely, thongh, as the days wro passinp, I felt that my re straint could not last long. One sunny afternoon, walking down a quiet lane, shaded by the orchard trees on each side, I said : "Grace, I mnt go away. Ton haven't told me yet to go, but I must. We have been as candid and frank as true friends should be, but there is one point we must meet. If you are en gaged to Mr. Adlow, I must leave at one. Tell me plainly." She kept a steady look at me during the words, wearing the odd expression I had before noticed, but more intense. I had schooled myself for the ordeal and had assumed the half-bant "ring tone in which we had always t'te,U But she was now sober, and, lifter drooping her bend nnd walking m a short distance, she answered : "Y'oti nre right, Ralph. I have kept you here and you are entitled to know. Just 1 -afore the party started for Long Branch, Mr. Adlow asked me to be his, wife. I had thought I loved him, but when he asked me I felt that I was not sure. I knew that if I should go with the party I could not give his proposal the serious thought that it deserved, so I came down here, never expecting to find you ; and I have been thinkircr seriously, though you may not believe it. To-morrow is the day I promised Mr. Adlow to let him know. There it all is, Ralph. Flense don't think me unwomanly in telling you this. Our rations have been unusual, because of t'jose old those dear old times, nnd I feel towards you almost as I would towards towards a brother."" "And am I entitled to know ho"T yon will answer?" I asked, with a thrill of hope, for it was the first tide I had heard her speak tenderly of the old times . Again she cast that strange, pene trating look at me, and replied : I will writo to him to-morrow, and I will tell yon how I have decided in tha evening." All next day Grace kept her room, nnd I strolled alone. Her action puz zled me greatly. Why had she not ac cepted Adlow at once? Had she learned something which made marriage with uira undesirable? Sometimes I felt that I had been weak in not declaring my love in spite of Adlow, bnt I could not make myself believe that she saw anything but fun in onr relations, I roamed far, and withont seeing Grace ngain. I conld not face the ordeal of hearing that she had accepted Adlow, and if she should tell me of refusal, I feared that she would meet lightly the confession that her boyish lover wan her lover still in manhood. I was weak cowardly, but conld not help it. Lato in the afternoon I hnrried hack (o the house. Finding my uncle, I , i: iii.t.. berhaps-that I wsi called awav by . Uiness, snd asked him to bid Grace tood-bye for me. He was a man of few words, and assented withont comment. t had previously obtained his permis sion to take some article from the old cedar chest as a memento, and I now harried np to the room to select one. I sat down upon the chest, fighting rny desire to call Grace from her room, tell her that onr laughter over the bid times had, with me, changed to love, and to beseech her not to marry Adlow. But I conquered. Grace vat too noble, too just, to accept anyone, (even though saa might love hint, ia this underhand manner. . I ratted the lid of the chest and re tnoved the blanket, which was used as a, cover, when my eve canght eight of j n article which had not been there before. It was a letter newly addressed Janrt stamped. I took It np curiously,' jknd instautly was thrown into perplex-j dty. It was in Grace's writing, Bndj iw&s addressed to Frederick Adiow ) the- letter giving Lim h,et decision, t plainly saw how it had hapj.eed. Hav it to he, she Lai oo'me into this room look through the chest, which bad jbeen u interesting to her as to 'me, and had accidentally left the letter there. It was unsealed, and I stood till, crushing back, with violent self feeorn, a wild temptation to detain it. j took a step toward the door, with in- tent to call Grace, when I heard hast? up8 but now stopped and looked at nu tnat same peculiar manner. . 'Ralr.h " aha said. "Will von never She blushed and dropped her head, bnt there was a tone in her voics which came as an interpreter of tbe over which I had so often puzzled. I made two hasty steps forward, paused doubtfully and asked: Will I never what, Grace?" She looked looked np and I saw tenn In her eyes, but a smile was breaking behind them, and, drooping her head again, she said softly and in her hall- .3 : ..v8 Ju v v v . . "Xever be anything but myboyisl lover." I "Boyish," I repeated, a new glad light dawning upon my uncertainty. I hurried to her and caught her hands in mine. She let me have them and yielded tremblingly as I drew her ovej and sat down with her on the old cedar chest. "Can it be true," I oriel, "thai TOur amusement was only meant tc suae to niue "Just what yours was meant t hide, wasn't it, Ralph," the it;rrupt- , ' . ' r r ea ooyiy. "Yes,Grace,mylove,whichcameagaiii as soon as I saw vou. But how easily we might have missed each other. j "Indeed we mijht," she answered. Then, in a moment, "Oh, I'm so glad; and to think that this dear old chest, that we liked so in those happy days, should be the means of making us un derstand each other." "It is glorious! And what a treasure I selected from it," I said merrily, taking the letter from her hand and holding it up, ch:ll we go out and mail it ?" "Yes," bhe replied. And so we went out, along the gravel path and through tho lane that led to tho village btreet, she carrying the let ter in her hand ; while the stars came out above us like the clusters of bright hopes that were already shining in our Uvea. Yankee Elade. PYGMY RACES, There Are Two of Them, at Least, That Ws Know About, ' According to Dr. T. II. Tark, the genuiue pygmy races, about whom we possess reliable Information, are the Bat was, discovered In lajti by lr. Ludwig YVo.f, occupying the Sankuru region in the n.id-Con;o basin, and tbe iMkaba trit'd. Dear lake Akkiis, of Central Africa, with whom i uiin Pasha's peoplej would conne t tbe dwarf of the Central rorest. l-I, these the average hinht has been re-, PpeL-tively re.orted to be: the Mkata, 4 feet 1 inch: tbe liatwas, 4 feet J laches; aLd the Akkas, 4 fe t 10 inches. Isolated to them in sho t ness of stature are the liushmeii of Southern Airica, ave aging ar-out 1 feet i inches ia higbt; the Adaruan Islanders, whose stature is under live feet; the Javan halangs and tbs Malayan .-aiu iDgs. and the Aetas of the i billippine Islands. Tho L.aDDs are also notoriously of ditninume stature, s are the Fuegaus tbe Ai nos, and tbe Veddabs, although a little taller. lr. 1 arke's experience of the forest dwarfs of Africa during bis travels were very a-ied. lie had man? nar row escapes from their arcbers, aud rertninlv nwe.l hi llft to nnnnf their women. lie t urchased the latter from a slave twner for a handful of beans, twelve cups of Tice and six cups of Indian corn. Hut of course he did not buy her into, but out of Mavery. Dr. Parke was obliged to be very marked in his kindness to her at UrsL to prevent her running away; but when she cea-ed to le afraid of cruelty her devotion knew no bounds. Had It not be n for her unwearying attention and care, l)r. iaike would have endured abolute t-t irvation through months -of forest life. Tbe first of the forest dwa fs measured was exactly four feet high. In uiaikej opposition to the giants, d wans are very strong, in proportion to their size, active, weil propor tioned and very intelligent. In re gard to his own e.perii nee, Lr. i'arke says: 'The intellectual inferiority of the dwarf specimens which I have myself met with was not all in Dioport on to their relative bulk. I would rathe; try to teach a pygmy than a Nubian any day, and feel certain tbat after a few months' intimacy 1 could turn him out as reliable In intelligence and in honesty us bis overgrown neirro brother." Illustrated Mission Kews. Might Have Bran Tvorse. She I'm sorry, but our engage ment must cease. I can never marry. He My graciousl What has hep pened? . She My brother has disgraced us. He Oh, is that all? That doesn't matter. I feared maybe your father had failed New York Weekly. . . T " Afteu a man has been s cir n rtur RJDt9h, wo"dfer tnat PPe d o t !,??:k.Lhe look of atlent -"fferinj, la bis eyes. Most Praise Hood's "I wa tuubicd witt Pyspensla, and was it tnch a con iition 1 could not walk. In ' weekancr 1 com men- ccd taking Hood's Sar saparilla I Felt rt.-tt-r Since tiklns four bot ties I am perfectlj enred never Celt bet tor In my life. I car ork hari, eat heart ly and sleep well. Mj mg like nood-. sar .ifaunth.,. t.n.,h. parilla. Can t heir piaisinK Hood's." Jou I W. Sxydkb, Saviiic, l'eonsylvania. Bemembcr Hood's Cures llao4las Pills cars all Llvar Ills, Blllo sua Coniiipatloa, Elck Bcadacbs, ludlgctUon, A MAN WITH A HISTOBY. j TOR TEURIHI.B rXrtKlHCI THAI 1 BEFKl.t. JOHN W. THOMAS, OF j Til ETA. TBNHKSSkUE. AflHeted With ev recaliavr Disease Hit Baar Cerea With l.eespe Ceels Nat Eat mne) Th-taxlc Ha was Uelas u Irv Up Hia Keeavery tee Mar vel al Tennessee. ydopel into a ehroalo Inability to take any Mtistaatial food, I was barely able to creep about, and at times I was prostrated by spoils of heart palpitation This condition continued until one year ago. "Oa the 11th of April, 1833, I suddenly collapsed, and for day I was anoonsaloo'. In fact I was not fully myself Baltl July. My condition on September 1st was simply hor rible ; I weighed bat seventy ponads, whereas my normal weight is 165 pounds. Alt over my ho ly there were lumps from the size of a grape to the sise of a walnut, my fingers were cramped so that I could not more than half straighten them. I had entirely lost eoatrol of my lower limbs and my aand tremhied o that i could not drink without spilling the liquid. Not eimg would retaula "T stomach, and It seemed that I mutt "iitSS, calliag la one a't-r the other, and by the aid oi morphine aud other me Jlcinae they gave (Ia!"8i liv though barely through Hers'Mr. Thomas displayed hlsnrms, and ' Just above the el ow of each there was a large irregular stain as large as the palm of 2tfJ'tlJmmS tba hone. "Thnt, said Mr. Thomas, "is what the.doolors did by putting morphine ln'me;. . . . ,.. . , . i "Ou the 11th of December, 1A93, just elgh t months after I took permanent ly to bed It shall a ver for. tb date my cousin, Jo Foster, of diners' Crank, called on me and for Pale People, snyiug taey ha 1 cured him of partial paralysis, with whioh I knew ha bad alt but died, I followed his directions and began taking the medieioe ; as a result I stand before you to-day the most surprsud man ea earth. Look at my hand, it is as Mendy as yours ; my laoe hits a healthy luok a-out It i have bwn utt-jidtni; to my duties lora mouth, Bincel bfgto taking tnepills ( have gained thirty pounds, and 1 am still ga'Ding, All the knots have disapp -nred from my body 'xept this little kernel ht-r in my palm, I have a good appetite and J am almost x sirouir as I evr was. "Yesterday I ro le thirty-seven miles on horseback ; 1 feel tired to-day but not slclc. I used to hve ;rom two to four spells ol heart palpitation ev-ry nig'U siuoe I : e an I the use of the puis I have had out four spohs ' artO-'fa-ber. ( "I know posltlvelv that I was eureil by Dr. WiiiiamV Pick i'llls, an 1 1 believe flriw ly lht it la the moxt wonderful rom1r in rX'-tenoe to-'lav, as 1 vry faet I aav-9 pre sxnted to yoa Is kaown to ray a 4 hbor as well ns to myself, and they will certliy to the treib of mv remarkable cure." Dr. Williams- I'ink Pills for Pale People are not a p itent medicine in the sns tb.it name implica, Tber were nrst eompoua teil Re a preeiviption and used as sduh iu gnerl praettea by an eminent physician. rk trrnet was tbelr ru--a-y that It was deemed wlw to place them wahin th ' r-aeh of all. Thrynrs now man u 'act ursl by tbe lr. Allliunu' Itnlle Company, Scheneeta ly, X I., aud I are sold in boxes (never ia looe form by the ' doz-a or boa ired, and the puMio are ou. tioned nirainM numerous Imitations sol 1 In tnls shape) at fl ly Tents a box. or six boxs (or a.:0, and raiy be bad af all druggists ol direct by nail from Dr. Williams, Hedieint Compaay. PROVINCIALISM IN SPEECH, Infallible Means of Telllnc a Phlladelphlan the World Over. The vernacu'ar of different locali ties In America is very marked even uiuohl' cultivated jeople, and many who latter them elves tbat their cusiuopolitan culture has iuite e ITaced any peculiar intonation would besurpn-ed if they knew how much tbelr earlv associations affect bot.i voice and accent, says the New York Tribune. "Jlow cur.ous it is re. marKcd a New York woman the other day, "that Mr. Iu, who has lived more than half his life away, from Philadelphia, and has mingled j with tbe i est peop e at home an I abroad for years,. should still retain) 'n pristine purity his fuony litilo - J'n.ladclphia twang Ath -me I hhd always thought it rather a pity that he 'hailed' so unmistakably from the Quaker city: but 1 simply loved thii familiar nasal drawl when, in the j Arabian desert, we exchanged g eet ings 'vith a passing caravan am beard an exclamation from a heimetcti gentleman ou a camel an exelauia t on in those Chestnut street accent ot Mr. li" At a luncheon a short time ago provincialisms in American came tin' tier discussion, and while a Baltimor-r-m, a Philadelphian, and a h cugtf woman, who, with a few others, co-n--tirised the party, lecognl.ed the prt nuunced ditlerences in the ac cents of their lioston and New Yo:k friends, they each failed to bear and would not a knowledge that their own H-eech was equally local. Kvery one bud heard the old test sentence fof u I hiladelphian and a Bostonlan, "I led a bird s tting n a curbstone with a spoon." the difference in the j ronuociation of tne words bird, curb' Hone and sp on being unmistakable. "iou Boston people carry youi carry youi jr far when" cken," sai I descen an e'ear pronounciation rathe you say t hicKhen for chicke u 1 niladclphia lady to a d of the piigrims at a watering place1 the other day. "it is tetter than swallowing halt jour words, a you l'hiladelphianj i o," retorted the other. ' And it- iJ a pity," she added in an aside to t friend, -'that tbey do not swallovC the whole while they are about it:' r-onie wesie.n woman try to kceil the ugly t" whenever It ends 4 word. Jt is a mark of early neniec( , that is a i most, impossible li eradU 1 ate, for the reason tbat those who use it are 1 uite unconsci tus of tho illtTeren e. Ibis unfortunate hab't is unhappily spreading, and it is not ton lined as formerly to certain local ities, but thre tens to become a gen e.al Americanism. . Although we laugh at them, we ntreapt to admire the soft p'rovin ial-(Mu-tof the southerners, with their "cyars" and their "gyardens," and I heir icnorlmr the vulvar "r" ,i to. . v. . ...... r. . . . . . l. ukjojjjuu u biiui, ine -in.- nun ii;iia 1 iih r n ui.fii ini" '-a ittle "mo' chick'n." A New Kng ,uid aceent. pure and simple, is far mm pleasant from the lips of n retty woman. There is much foi Americans to learn in the way of voice culture and accent, and it la jtonishing that hardly anof the -,shi.itialilfi j-phofila fir o-lrla ror-m.r.l a .lfl'8 '''"eat natural defect and -1 " - try t , L In Sew York City there are 3. Si families to a t'wellinsr; in t'i: c nnnti 1.90; in Ciiicas', 1.72; iu I5o; ton, 1.70 in St. Louis, 1.61, M KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement nnd tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of tho pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrcp of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing nnd truly beneficial properties of fc pe.fect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and feyen and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on tne Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it ia perfectly free from nkioKtinmhlo substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- nfacturea Dy me vaiur" g j "i (To. only, whose name ia printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accent anr aubstitute if onered. WALTER BAKER & CO. The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On thU Continent, hare twcelT4 SPECIAL AND HIGHEST AWARDS an mil their OooJtuttha CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPOSITION Th BREAKFAST COCOA, I Which, nnllk. th ftutrh rocti ttliiaule without tU u-euf AlkUe larothcr ChrmicaUor Iy. ia alo lutcty pur tvud aolubl. ati cotLt m than pam tmnt ft cup. SOLO Y GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER 4 CO, DORCHESTER, MAS3, t 49 M During the last few years the Indian government has regularly wasted about i io00,( -00 a year oq special trains for ! the viceroy, commander iu-oUief and ! other leading ofljoials. The opening of fie door of a warm rooin in Lapland during the winter will iiwtuntlir fnllnivtl bv a miniufllrA snowstorm, the condensed moisture falling in flakes. C10O nevari. SI 00, The reader of this paper w 11 be iileal to learn tbat there is at least ntie dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its staxes,and thnt la atarrh. Hull's Catarrh Cure is tbe only ioMtive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh bcinx a constitu. tional diwase. requires a constiti tinnal ireat. ment. Hall j atari h Cure in taken internally, acting directly on the b ood an I mucous sur faces of the system, there y destroying tbe t ent st tvn U b v huildini; up the const iiut inn Ioun iotlon or tue UiSase,MO l giv.nj the pa. and aMs'Btitii; nature in doing its work. The I proprietors have mnch faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Tin I are Tor any case trial u rails to cure. end for list of teat.iuouisls. Address F. J. ('henkvA Co. .Toledo, O, The annual rainfall of Great Britain equals 9,300,001) horse power; of Ger nienv, 11,800,000; of France, 12,000 000; of Russia, 77,000,000; of the United States, 4:50,000,000. Dr. Kilmer's S anr-Root cores all Kidney and Bladder trouble. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratorr Fltuhnniton. JJ. Y. In 1771 and unprecedented drought prevailed throughout India. Scarcely any rain fell for a year, and hundreds of thousands died of famine whole districts being depopulated. Karl's Clover Root, the ureat blood nurlfler. Rives freilinew and clssrnem to the comulexioa ' snd cures conatirstion i elm. 63 etf.. si. I Honorary Degrees. ! It is to be supposed, "in the judg ment or charity," at least, tbat col. ege degrees are never conferred in ;hese days except as they are de served. This has not always been : irue, however, and partly lor this 'eason. partly, j e.haps, out of a feel- .ng of modesty, some men have tbunned honorary titles almost as saruestlv as others have coveted them. Speaking about this subject, I the lioston watchman say a: Judge Peters is authority for the itatement that after Latayette bad been made a doctor of laws by one of our colleges, Baron Steuben was in treat fear lest he should meet with a similar mishap. Having to pass Lh rough a college town where tbe Marquis had been thus distinguished, the old warrior halted his men, and thus addressed them: "You shall spur de horse veil, and ride trojde town like de mischief, for, If dey catch you, dey make one doctor of yoa" The tough o'.a soldier had no more respect for such a distinction than bis countryman. Handel, who refused to a cept the degree of doctor of music from Oxford. hi us " 1 at, frow air money away for dat de blockhead's vish! 1 no vant to be von doctor." There is a story that long ago, when college degrees were scattered lomewbat avishly, an illiterate rich man having been honored with a de gree by a college wh ch he had laid under obligations, made a wager tbat be could obtain a similar honor for his servant. He won the wager, and encouraged by his success, made another tbat he could obtain a degree for his horse. This time, however, he lost. Tbe college authorities got wind of bis game, and in answer to hia letter re questing a doctorate for so and so, tb3 I resident wrote a courteous note, aying that though tbe trustees were very anxious to oblige so good i friend of the college, they had found on examination of tbe rec ords that - though they had once conferred a degree upon a jack Iss there was no' precedent for coa- fnrrlncr nno nnrtn a hnrca ...... "f"" - ""' ' : All the women regard It a im- hi,,,.. I ohnni. in In. W -o i'"-"" j - l'be? are afraid an angel may be bit. A Comfortless Coach. TTritrirley Wrinelets Dat 'a a ban cough yer have dis mornin', pard. WofKley Winkers So wonder. . 1 Blep' all las' night on a flower bed wit' no cover n' but a fog blanket an' Konie aneets World. rain. New York A woMAjr who wanta to marrf hould keep the fact quiet. Hen do . toata a hnakand banter. - : mwxm mm A GRAIN Or WHEAT. Sow IS la Treated Before It aMroaaea Flour. One who has never been in a flour ing mi 1 of the largest Mze cannot re ilue what a peculiar lot of noises are made bv the machinery. As soon as th wheat enters the machine from the long spout which brines it down from the upper floors.lt falls between two rollers of Iron "chilled" Iron thev call it. and very bard iron it is. too. One of these rollers revolves rabidlv. the other more slowly, In or der that tbe separation o the coat, or bran, from the kernel may be more easily accomplished. Tbe wheat passes between rollers separated just enough to allow tbe coat to be crushed. It is then carried away up to the top of tbe mill again, to a room where the sun vainly tries to shine in through the four coated windows far above the citys roo.'s. It next passes over a wires eve which leparates tbe bran from tbe kernel proper. This bran, which contains much of the Hour material, again passes down and Is ground ouce more, this process being repeated four times, making live grindings, each one finer than tbe one preceding it Each time the fibrous or bran portions are more completely separated, and at last the Iran comes OJt a clear, brownish busic with every particle of flour removed. I Tbe inside part of the kernel has meanwhile been going through a very Interesting process. After the first .rnaintf bi( sjx or breaking, it passes to a -sided revolving reel covered i with a fine wire netting or sieve. Through this reel the finer portions , of the kernel pass, coming out In ' what is called "midd ings," a granu lated mass which goes back to the rollers for another crushing. This process is repeated through five reels, all but the first being of silk. The last one has one hundred and twenty threads to the lineal inch. The Hour which comes out of the fifth reel, while white In hue. is yet not of the finest or ' patent" grade, but is classed as "baker's" or secoud-grada Hour. The middlings above referred to are pur. tied by an Intere-tiug process. They are passed over u tine wire sieve, though the u-ir part of which a ttroug current or air is passea. This holds in suspense the tiny p irtionsof fibrous matter, which may have been In the flour, and at last, after this process ot middlings purifying has been very tarefully carried out the Hour appears a spotless snowy while the patent" Hour, as it is called. In the process or grinding In this gradual and repeated way, tbe genu af the wheat, a tiny particle about the si.e of a mustard 6eed, is sepa rated from the white four It is whut one might call the liie-part of the wheat. If it were ground up, it wou d not leave tho patent flour so white and powdery, so It is separated in i ne of tho sieving--, and pa .-eslntu Ihe darker or lower grade flour, it :omains, however, the rest and most i utrilious part of the wheat Tbe last thing that happens to the pulveri ed kertreL before it is ready rcr market, Is the filling of barrels or sacks, t own many stor es through a mooth tube come, the white or patent" flour. Under the tube is the barrel or the sack, as the case aiav be. an I, a; it begins to All, a tteol auger jut the size of the bar rel, bores down into the flour. packing it carefully and solidly beneath lh broad blades. I Mrs. Winalow's Pootliinu Syr-rip for f li!Mren i teething, smtfiis the minis. redu'es!n(la illa tion, allus puiu. turea wiud coliu. Ac.h bottle k .i . . . i ... . u.ijr auer ueavy snonrall is usually very cle:ir because the snow in falling brings du.vn with it most of the dust and impurities of the air and leaves the atmosphere exceedingly pure. What Do t ou Take Medicine fur? Ilccaiise you are sick and want to get well, or because you wish to jircvent ill ness. Then remember Unit Hood's Sarsapurilla ci i:es all diseases ciiused by Impure blood. I I'urely vegetable llooil's Pills 2ic. Itlessinc of RIcyrltnK. Missionary I think of getting nr. a series of revival meetings for young men. Villager Waste or time. Not needed at all, sir. The young men of this town lead strictly moral lives. "My, my! To what benign influence do you ascribe that remark able condition?" 'They are all saving up money for 18;io pneumatics. " Good News. , Iteported Verbatim. Wool 1 didn't take any vacation this year: I didn't noM one. an l'elt but you worked hard, din't you? Wool Yes, but vou see J saved myself a good deal by not tak-' ing any last year. Kate Field's Washington. TAKE STEPS in time, if you are a suf ferer from that scourge of humanity known aa consumption, and you can be cured. There ia the evidence of hundreds of liv ing witnesses to the fact that, in all its early stares, consump tion is a curable disease. Not every case, but a large percentage eases, and we believe, fully kJ per cent, are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, even aiicr me disease naa pro gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed ings from the lungs, severe lingerinfr cough with copious expectoration (including tu bercular matter), great loss of flesh and ex treme emaciation and weakness. Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases reported to us as cured by " Golden Med ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that dread and fatal disease ? You need not take our word for it. They have, in nearly every instance, been so pronounced by the best and most experienced home physicians who have no interest whatever in misl representing them, and who were often strongly prejudiced and advised against a trial of "Golden Medical Discovery," but who have been forced to confess that it surpasses, in curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicines with which they are acquainted. Nasty cod liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and mixtures, had been triid in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to bene fit, or bad only seemed to benefit a little for a sacit time. Extract of malt, whiskey a various preparations of the hypo! jiiosphites had also been faithfully tried in vain. The photographs of a large number of those cured of consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal "T. maiaaics, nave Deen sxiniuuy reproduced in a book nf An pages wnicu win De mailed to you, on receipt of address and six cents in stamps. You can then write to those who have been cured and profit by their ex perience. Address for Book, World's DrsPT:xsAv Medical. Association, Buffalo, N. Y. COOK BOOK -FREE 20 FflGBS ILLUSTRATED. One of the Largest arte JlesA , do:;. Books pnblavbod. Mail.d la oilaii tortOLarfSLlas assas nrt In-m l.,n Coffoa wmppen, and a 2rnt M snip. wruaioriiMoI our otltur BuaJ-ro. Wooimos i.ict Co.. UUrwu fit- Xuuuio, uuiu. 1 Suro Curo for Sprain, Bruise or Hurt! I al w A W r You'll Use if Always for a Like Mishap. BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Biliousness dyspepsia 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. Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New York, for the little book on Constipation (its causes con sequences and correction) ; sent free. If you are not within reach of a druggist, the pills -will be sent by mail, 25 cents. I inn IRtlhT M CASE OF THE MINERAL WATER IH THE MARKET. -..tRlrY UVfV aW mm SJjMPLE BOTTLES 5ENTFEEE WWlE5fflffllE5T J15K YOUR GROCER OR THE BOTTLEE MIL A START IN Cut man Cotleifft, Poughkeri N". T., On-The-ITudson. The best school In America devoted to the bp1 eLtlt.y of traln.Q,( Youug MeO ttvd Boys fur su. v iu life, tearuiii r Ibrm how to gvi a liritiK, make mom y ud become en tTprisLiiK, use.ttl cirizeni. The OMest, aud only l'ract .-al Uusin.-ss fe-hool, an, the n -at fticoes ul in providiofr poti-timm for Graduate. 1Uits 10 pttrona in near! .' v. rv city and town. Total 3ZpenM of complete course, $tfYt to $1 a N clam ( rtpm, no vacations. Applicants euu-r any uay. tut Catalogue, snowing nurttpmurailu es In bum add"ss CLEMENT U. GAINES, Presidenrt, M Washington Street, Tough fceepsle, New York. a It Was Befjrc the Day oi SAPOL They Used to Say "Woman's Work is Never Dolle., Fresh Air and Exercise. Get all that's possible of both, if in need of flesh strength and ne rve force. There's need,too, of plenty of fat-food. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil builds up flesh and strength quicker than any other preparation known to sci ence. Stott's Emulsion is constantly ef ftcting Cure of Consumption, rone hi lis and kindred diseases where other methods fail. Prprdhj ScMt T!oirn. N. Y. AHdrnmrfct. WEBSTER'S INTERNA TIONAL DICTIONARY Ctvtr t Caver, fciK-wfcior of llie A JictioMiiirv of English, Geography, Jiiograiiliy, Motion, jjle. fitsadsrsof theTT. s. Oovt Pnntiia; I Httoe.the I w. Hni,rni ourt aiiu of nearly all the SUiool- Ifon.D. J. Itrswrr. JiHtlut of tlie V. S. Mipreinff coni-t, wiilcn: I u.n.l ft In 11 . tno one great stntirtnrit authority esnd for freepampiilrtcoiiLiintnffspeciinen paccs. G. Er C. MERR JAM CO., FuMisUers. Springfield, Mass., V.S.A. V rjo not bur reprints of ancient cdlUons. sMjaaiajaasaysa Furniture and Bering. GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY. -Beinsr dealers in,l n-.anurri'urj's we arc enablel to sell you jroods lower thu ary Furni ture House in the oi.iiurv. s.JrVM.L10.'',!""'"1"1'1"1 Kk- r'cd lied Room Suits la.a,.i.,!0.t-oo. 14 I'ltces lge Ouk S?,. .mu, 's' S27' '2 ' Ir.ludMl Bureau I vuud, I lie.lsl t-H.I, 1 lies'. Mat iress, l Wovea Wira !?priii(r, 2 I'i'.ows. 1 ltolsu-r. Stand i"k. 1 larlor Tible and Lurge aii1'"8. 01 "at llattrciwtn. FM'.hcs, Tables, ?'t-105rds' c"u,l-,. Iiiu.kih, Failor Lbalra, bpnnjrg. Hall xtands, ttc. Our b.mkIs in T",krtlIrtT. dural-ilny or pilec have no eonal country convin'l- Uoods sent ail over the GREAT EASTERN M'F'G CO., No. 1218 IlMXij; AVE,, Above ! -pring Garden. CA,HORCBo..f. L0uis Danie,s FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHCNG SYRUP: to? IZS T?HJr Motkrra J XOr USlr COllnr n wfa In Tr.tlilnv rnr ' rs. It toon tes the child, softens the ! ffS2,w3di"V"-SM wln colic, and Tweaty drve Ceata a. Battia. and DSODia hmcsor Astb iiso'BCure for ft has not injnr i not bad to taaa. oourJCi rymn. rrwaana. Ma. -Si ; Ylwhokavsa sallow skin pimples torpid liver depression of spirits I 5PRIH OS BTBlfR rMILfDtM TO YOU? 15 YOUR HESLTH UK DEM TO YOST THEN D0HT Bl WITHOUT BEST" CHEAPEST TABLE AIT T tr fHLADELPHIM, fA. UILMIEL5J5lilMi SS LIFE OIADWAY'S PILLS, Always Reliable, Purely Vegetable. Terfectly tnstcl,-?.. elcenntly rented, pure, resnlate, i'liriiv. tH'ne nnd strengthen. UAt WAY'S 1'll.l.S'lor the pure of nil disordere t the Stomach. Bowels, Kidnevs, Bladder. ScrvoiH Disoasrs, Dizziness, Vertigo, Costiveness, I'iles, Sick Headache, Female Complaints, Biliousness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Constipation AND All Disorders of the Liver. Observe the following symplom.rosultlnp from diseases of the digestive orifuns: Constipation, in ward piles. Itillnei of blood in the head, aeiditr of the stntnach, nausea, heartburn, disgust ol lood, fnlluvsH of weight of the stomach, sour eructatious, sinking or fluttering of the heart, chocking or sun" -atlnr sensations Then in a ly ing posture, dimness ol vision, dof or weln tie fore the sight, fever nnd dull pain In the hend. detieiency of perspiration, yellowness ol the .kin and eye, pain in the side, chest, limbs, aud sud den flushes of heat, burning In the flesh. A few doses of KADWA Y's HI J,S will free th system of all the above named disorders, l'rlcelioc. a Box. Sold by Druggists, or aent by mall. !ciirl to DR. It ADWAY A CO., Lock Box 365, New York, lor Book of Advice. A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever. DR. T. FELIX GOURAUD S ORIENTAL CREAM, or MAGICAL BEAUTIFIEIl Ttemovcs l a n , FrerkWn, riin ples. Moth I'up-ti-cn.rtu.sh hikI skin diseases, an-1 everv hli-niish on beauty and leti-s dctertlon. On its virtues It b s s stood the tr-st ft 43 years: no other has, snd Is so liarinlwis n-euisrs It to he sure it is pmpvrij made. Accept no count erfeit of similar ,1. name, l hs Qls- - X ' in.-l.ht lip 1. A. FayreaaM toalady of the rinut-ton (a patient i: . As you Unites will use them, I recommcn'l Ouuraud't Cream' as the least harmiU of all the skin preparations." One bottle will last six months, using It every flnr. Also roudra Sul, tile removes auperiluous liair nitli out Injury to the skin. FKKD T. HOPKINs,Prop, , S7 Great Jones Pt.N.Y. i r by 101 Druggists and Knnrv (foods Dealers throughout the C. H. Cuna-las, and kuroiie. aiiewareof ItflM. im,,.,i... , i,u..ani arrest and proof of any one selling the same. W. L. Douclas 93 SHOE 5. CORDOVAN, FRENCHAENAMEOEDCALF. 3.P FINE CALF&KAfJSAECl $ 3.5? P0LICE.3 SOLES. o5j.$2.W0RKINGMFf(fj ' FINE. u,i 2.l.s Boys'SchoclShdes. LADIES SCUO FOP CATALOGUE WU-DOUGLAS, BROCKTON. ALASS. Too enn tivs moner r wearing tlia VV. L. Douglas 83.00 Shoe. -w It rr nnmr. v. h, , .........hm m. this graueof shoes In the world, andiiuarantee their jajue by stamping the name and pries on tho bottom, which protect you against high prices and tne middleman's profits. Our shoes eijual custom wot In style, easy fitting and wearing qualities, we hare them sold every wbsra at lower prlerafor Jaiue glvea than soy other make. Take no rub utnta. Urour dealer cannot supply you, we Can. DO YOU w" evaataytasat le I mea e - . . " women la eacli e-ui.ty n,at w' WANT JV $5 a notn. No e.i-ltal ' lUABVa Ulnd. Address P W. ZlkUI.KK a
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