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
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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
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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 '
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