THE DEATH STROKE
Twas the sunny Syrian se
Jff the coast ol Tripoli
And the ironclads of England were at
play;
While their mimic thunder rent
Vith its roar the firmament,
As they tacked and they trr arre3 In the
lay
Tor onr navy Is the prido
VI that sea without a tide,
And onr home is on the deep onUd th
pray.
Something terribly amiss
In a moKWt ! That or this,
Man or mechanism? Well, I do not kcvsr
On the pallant Catrsbip came,
Civk ns stroke of lightning flame
Or the (riant rash of tempest, such t
Thnt, her harness rent, she bowed ;
tnd a mighty iron shroud.
With her Adruiral and crew she sank
below 1
To you deem they should have die!
On a fleree and reddened tide.
In the fury and the glory of the fight?
V.'ith the ensign shot to rags,
ind with striking of the flags
Of the foemen on the left and on the
right ;
With t.rave rescue from the wreclc,
nl wild cheering on the deck.
That Britannia had not parted with her
might?
Be such glory what it may.
Yet I vi-nture still to say
That these shall not lose their guerdon or
their fame.
Though they died withont a blowt
WVil, tho Highest died He so ;
And our land shall shrine tkeirmemoryr.n l
their name ?
Tot the man who, in the host.
Is oVath stri'-ken at his post,
It is finished'' iu:iy triumphantly ezdahn I
There is rrief lor me and you,
Lut for Tyron an 1 his crew
H.i;py future as was honor in the rv-t
Tl'ioiigti the Admiral no more
May h".ir ivind or water roar,
I'h'ju ;h his sailors cannot battle with tin
Mast,
Tor, the Pilot of all seas,
III- will welcome souls like these,
An I shall guide them to fair haven lanl
i.t last 1
J.ondon Athenaeum.
A MAX WITH A BABY FACE.
BY WILLIAM A. M CLEAV.
IMMY EIXI3 it
lmleeu a luuni
boy," laupbeci
Julia Costeilo tc
T P friend.
J-VTf'S -- "They gay he
:.-. f''j is head over heels
Y'i in love with vou
?. JT7.Z f follows you, ic
.V-r M to be found soine--
f4 where near you
- moist of his time.
They tell me you linve completely be-
it-li -d the bov," rejoiued the friend.
"I must cniil'oss he st ems to act very
foolii-hly. Xo mutter what I do or t-ny,
(r i'ru re him, I can't scare him away.
1 have never done the slightest thing
to encourage him," Julia soberly re-
l.li.-d.
'What's the matter with the boy,
then, tliut he hangs around you bo
lunch V" the friend asked.
"I don't know," Julia slowly said,
and added in a wistful manner, "i
wonder whether Jimmy will ever be a
man will ever look like a man."
"lle'saiiretty boy, any how, "laughed
tho friend.
"1'retty as a baby," said Julia, join
ing in the laugh.
The subject of this conversation was
Hot a boy, but a man of thirty years.
A man of lull stature, yet with the ex
pressionless face of a baby. It was
round and full. The skin was of a soft
jiink color, with a tinge of darker color
in the cheeks. The eyes were large
nud of a light blue, and opened in an
iunoceiit surprise when their owner
was spoken to. lie had a little chubby
nose and a small mouth. There were
no lines or shadows on his face.
Ho was a pretty man; so pretty that
his face! was repulsive to man and to
womankind. There was nothing
about the face to counteract the seem
ingly expressionless vacnity there.
Strang rs continually asked, "Who is
the man with the baby face?" The
leply was always "Jimmy Ellis. The
muu James Ellis was swallowed up in
the bov Jiuimv.
Another characteristic heightened
the effects of his boyishness. Hisvoice
was pitched an octuve higher than in
usual in men. He spoke in a light,
cnutenug tune that weiit oil into a
ter.-eeh. lie talked and laughed like
a woman. Ad his male associates ns
he became oLIer grew awav from him,
l. riding the inau with a baby face ami
a o'nan's voice. Womankind seemed
tver to be making sport of him.
James Ellis was extremely sensitive
in respect to these characteristics. He
was conscious of the fun and sport
others were having at his expense. In
consequence he gave humanity a wide
berth. While ho did so, he hated
that big baby face of his. It made
lift miserable to him. It angered hiiu
lit times to hear his own voice. Ha
had in vain tried to coax a grow th of
whiskers to hide thf face. A tuft ol
yellow hair here and there was all that
made its appearance. In despair he
had given up nuy further attempts in
this direction.
.Notwithstanding these outward
eigus, James Ellis was a man of true,
honest, snd honorable instincts ?hd as
pirations. He delighted in the pleasures
uf a robust manhood. He was nn all-
round athlete. There was not a better
horseback-rider in tho town in which
he lived. His mother had died when
he was a child. His father died when
he readied his majority, leaving him a
home in the 1'ennsylvania town of B
ami two farms lying near the village.
An aunt had been installed aa house
kcei'ir over the home.
.;....ies .- :i i.et'or manager ol
:'.e farms than his father had been Ve
Vre him. He gave them his constant
mention. Ther." was no part of tha
work on tio farm he could not dr
l'.i o-e under him knew what would b
xiwted from t'uMii. James Ellis not
(lov knew how to manage the farms
better than his father, but knew how
to live an.l enjoy life and that which
be made, better.
There was not a better library in tho
town than his ; he had collected it him
self. He was a lover of art. James
Kills was a talented man. His largo
hut:ting-do,' heard many a soliloquy
tht.t for originality and brightness
would have rivaled the mental calibrd
if by far tho greater number of his
fellow-townsmen.
.Tunics Ellis's life Lad been, however,
a failure, as ho looked at it an nn-
Jmppy failure a miserable existence, I
rinsed by a baby face and a woman's I
vole-.
His rrefdest harpiness, and at thft 1
Fa:e time his preatist nchappiness,
was his love for Julia Costello. He !
was rot content unless near her. Ko 1
worshiped her. It was the love of a
ktron luan ; the only love of a lonely
life. He had inown her frora child
and had alvr&T Lived her, He.
loved her because he could not con
ceive how life could be complete with'
out her. Because he believed that
with woman the best gift to man
this woman, could he alone reach the
greet blessings of existence -home,
love, happiness. He was miserable
because he had been and was no mora
to Julia than "Jimmy." He felt that,
with his baby face and woman's voice,
he had failed to awaken the chords oi
love, to sound the depths of hes heart.
Bhe liked him, respected him, but he
was only "Jimmy," her boy l!ay
mate.
Shortly "after tha conversation be
tween Julia and her friend, James Ellis
succeeded in gaining a long-looked-for
opportunity. Taking Julia's hanj
in his, he said, in his squeaky voice :
"Julia, darling, I love you, I lova
you. This love is tne sweetest, ina
only thing on earth that makes life
worth the living to me. lie mine.
Love me marry me."
Julia could not help peeing the ridic
nlous in the voice, in the face, anj
interrupted him several times as lit
spoke, saying:
"Oh, don't, Jimmy ! Don't, Jimmy 1'
Silence ensued. He began again
"Won't you give me your answer!
Can't you love me?"
Oh, don't! Oh, don't, Jimmy 1" Juli
again pleaded.
"Can I hope? Tell me something,'
James Ellis urged.
"I hardly know what to say," Julu,
answered. "I have never thought ol
such a thing as you havo spoken of.
It seems funny. You seem but the boy
I played with yet. I hardly know
whether to bid you to hope or not to
hope. I might answer better in I
month."
"I'll wait the month," the man read
ily said.
"Make it two months."
"Well, let it be two, then."
"Four months might be better yet.
".Make it, dear, just 06 you will. )
am content if only in the end you wiU
be mine."
So it was decided that at the end o:
four months she would give her an
swer, yes or no, to his suit, or whether
he might hope or whether it was hope
less. This w as February June might
witness the making of one life or it
mizht not.
While James Ellis was content tc
wait, he was not hopeful. He was only
"Jimmy" to Julia. Jimmy, the boy
the playmate with the pretty face and
a woman's voice. Julia wished a man
for her husband, representative of
manhood and strength. He feared tha
decision. The time crept on fast ;
weeks had flown, a month passed.
There was no change in Julia's feel
ings that he could detect.
It was in the latter part of Marct
that, in the dead of night, a fire-alar:a
was sounded. Men sprang from their
beds, jumped into their clothes. II
was a country town in which every
man and many women were needed to
fight the ilread fiend. It was soon dis
covered that a weather-boarded dwell-!iig-houe
had taken tire at the roof
When the crowd reached the house tli
top of it was wrapped in llauies. Jam ?
Ellis was among the tirst on the ground.
It was thought that every soul had lefl
the house. There wasa terrible scream.
In the second story room, bythehlazt
of the fire, could be seen a woman.
The blood froze in the men's face,
us they looked at tha awful scene.
They locked at each other, than back
t tha woinm. Who would mike t
move to save her? Like a Hash Jamei
Ellis rushed toward the house, kicked
open the door, disappeared, fought hil
way through tho smoke and heat in
the second story until he reached th
woman. He dashed out a window and
helped her to the ladder that had beer,
raised.
As the cr.iwd witched James Elli.
disappeared Another eocoad an 1
there was a fall of heavy timber into
the house; a column of sparks went
upward. Seconds passed. The liri
was making headway rapidly. James
Ellis had not appeared. At last anxi
ous watchers crept into the house and
came upon the body of Ellis lying al
the bottom of the stairs. He had been
knocked down by the falling timber.
The tire had not reached the place
where he was lying.
He was tenderly picked np, carried,
nut of the house and to his home. The
falling timber had struck him in the
face, cutting and tearing great gashes
the whole length. The hot embers ol
the wood had burned great redblotehei
along the wound.
It was only after weeks of careful
nursing by the faithful aunt that
lames Ellis was pronounced well. He
had recovered from the wound to fnll
into a fever. It was June when tha
loctor told him he had done all he
rwuld for him, that it was for him noi
t prow in strength. It was not nntil
iat time t::nt James fully realizec
.iint a great change had taken place.
"Jimmy" with the baby face was
r'ling of the past. There was an ugly
icar on the forehead, another on the
;'hin and one on the cheek. There
were red patches where he had been
imrned. He was no longer pretty,
lie was ugly, yet not repulsively so
io uglier than many other men. With
the fever had also pone the woman's
voice. It was now like that of othel
men.
It was four mouths since that day it
February that he decided to verture
out. He waited nntil it was dusk.
Then he made his way to the home oi
Julia. He was ushered into the parlor,
where a half-light burned. In a mo
ment Julia came, coming quickly tq
?ee her "Jimmy" the much-talked ol
and admired hero of the night of the
lire and to congratulate him on hi
recovery. She rushed up to him, and
faking his outstretched hand, ex
claimed :
"Oh, Jim " stopping, startled
-ho looked in his face, then stammer
ing, continued : "Beg pardon Mr.
Ellis I'm so glad to see yon !"
The man was surprised into formal
ity. "Mr. Ellis!" Julia had nevei
addressed him thus before. What did
it mean?
As th6 evening passed they talked ol
the events of the past months. As he
spoke in that low, tender, pleasing,
manly voice, Julia listened enraptured.
There were chords in her being that
were tonched, nud responded as they
had never done before. There wa
something in her being that went out
to the man the sacred hero. At last,
in low, passionate tones he pleaded :
"Julia, darling, I have come for the
answer promised, that can make life
tlm sweetest thinrr on eArth to me. 1
have come now to know whether
aire nope ior nappincsa. i m umjjt;
nred now ugly, but I love you lore
you, if possible, more than I ever have.
Can you love me?"
As he held her in his arms, Julia,
tenderly caressing the scars with th
tips of her fingers, whispered:
"These don t disfigure you, dear
xotl are not xrgij to mo." Frank Life
lie's Weekly.
The crows cf Ceylon are protected
l;y the people because they purify th
fttniosphcre by acting as scavengers.
A NOVEL ONDERTAZING.
i . . ... ..,
. c "i'""J - -
pioyes r rco jict antpunn
, William uou ;ins, president oi in Secause tnty oner niemcai auvice una
CJ. L. Douglas Shoe Co., has alwayt medicine gratis, prefaced with re
ad a great personal interest In the army ol ligious exercises. The Chinese ap
I men and women who inhabit the great fac- ! pear to appreciate this kind of practi
! lory at Montello, Ilass. Ho Is a Brent he eal religion. In a recent letter to the
l:ver in tne idea tnat manufacturers sdoui.i
of their employes, and feels that if the idea
is carried out to the extent that is possible,
that it will result ultimately inthe breaking
down of the barriers which have been built
up between employers and those whom ther
employ.
Mr. Douglas Is satisfied that a scheme
he has originated Is a Rood one. and be has
niivtt i ii is ikiwusi interest ui iuo cuuuiuuu
now put It to practical test. A few daysairo
he banded to every person in his employ-
and they form a small armya rani, which ,
eotltleHlthebrorer "to full and fr,-e m.lleH
'"P'ye,l UZZh
skii;ul physician win bent the private ofW
or theeomDanv at 12 m.. dailv. exnept (Sun-;
days ami nonuay. n said employe snoum
l r detained at bome by siekuitts, the phy
Ficlan will trive full and free medical attend
ance there."
Blank spaces are left in the card for the
name and res dence of the employe, and it
is siint by Sir. Douglas, as Presideut of the
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company. The eondl
i!r'ns priutsl on the card are as follows:
lhe physician will not make visits outside
the city limits. This ticket is not transfer
able, and does not apply to the family or the
employe, and must Im relume 1 as soon as
the term of employment eeass. This privi
lege is a free gilt of the company ami is no
part of the contrail tor waijes, and may he
made volt by the company, at its own
action, without notice."
A doctor has lieen enc'need to attend sick
employes, and everything that medical skill
can accomplish will be done for them dur
ing illness.
This is a practical illustration of the plan
It will doubtless be appreciated by the hun
dreds who receive the cards. Mr. Douglas
bell ves there a.-e hnndre Is of workinsmen
aud workingwomen who II n '. a doctor's bill
a ifreat burden alter a period of enforced
i.lleni-ss, and that if this is lifted from them
they must feel thnt their employer Is inter
ested in them in some ether way than sim
ply lo get all the work ho can for just as lit
lie money as be can. Mr. Douglas s tysalso
that there are men and women who keep
at work when it would be belter for
their health if th-y (nil off a dav or
two and received uieaic.il alien ainr. T . u
aain they will now feel free to cousull th
doctor lor slight troubles, which heretofore
thiy would not !o because of the cost.
Shaking ot theV. L. Douglas Shoe Co., It
may lie said further that in their factory the
priii'dple of arbitration is reco.-nize.l. Mr.
Douglas is a tlrm believr in the principle
and h.w been since t he establ s'imeut of tne
State Board ot Arbitiatiou. The llrm obliges
every employe to sign an agreement to su -mlt
any disagreement that may arise, an I
wbieh oannot l s-'tllel ly the inter -si e.l
parlies, to the Stale Hoard of Arbitration,
tbe decision ol tliut Roar I to be final.
.lrill I I 1 ll.ll .UUUilM 1 11 am MJiWtMM lllll. I
M. lift MI A J 14 K WOUllll - I
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.'jii'iiui iili iii.iii inu V-.i utau m;it vuini
until her provisions were exhausted
provisions were
aud her crew on tiie verge of starvation
was the terrible experience of the Atner-1
icau ship Edward O'Brien, which had.
long ago been given np for lost. The
i.hij is o.vne 1 partly in this city and
t'le news of her safety has just reached '
tun owners. j
The ship left Vict iria, TJritish Col-(
ombia, early in Dece:uler last for Lion- ;
doa with a large cargo of wh-Mt, aud
u thing d of her uul il Juno ;
22.1, when siiii was sighted by thj
steamer Oalileo, flving signals telling j
that she was short of food. Sha win :
supplied by the steamer, nad Captain
Whitton brought to New York news of
the safety to the underwriters, wh j
were demanding heavy premiums for
reinsuring the vessel an 1 cargo.
It was learned that t'u shin ha I
ma le a tine run down til ; Pa "ilic coa t J
aud around the Horn, but wh n nei.r
the equator she ha 1 been caught in on j !
oi tiie .irea.iea calms ta.it prevail in
thnt latitude. For three mouths she
e vail
itiuniii'; i t.i-xii i'-ii iiilu vsl u fu
ni ieiroui vnere mi- nrsx st ruct ma (
cniiu, nil' i uiiiiu1 iii.it. iiuit; iu.it; no
not wind enough to fill even the light-
est of her sails. Finallv a small
-t" I
ent, probably made by a storm many
miles away, appeared a-i I 6crved to
lend her slowly oat of the locality,
which threatened at one time to be
?o:ue a place of death for all on board.
Jn this current the ship drifted for al-
nost nnotlier month, ilieu a welcome
winl carried her back into the paths J
of navigation.
When the (lalileo was eueountere.'t
the water stipjily of the Edward O'Brien
was exhausted, foo I was almost down '
to tho last ration, and iu a few more '
hours the men on board would have j
tieeu heyond help. Alter being sup
plied with food and water the ship pro-
;eeded on her way to LiouJou. lhila
lelphia Kecord.
An Educated Snake.
A cow belonging to John H. Snavc
y, a farmer living two miles Kouth of
Sharpsburg, was observed to ftop and
)ellov regularly at. a large tree in the
ane, while the cattle w ro being driven
r jm the liehL Some boys watched
ler one day and observed a large black
nake npproaeh and milk the cow.
Driving her home they told Philip
Irnmm, who works on the farm, who
;ot into tho tree with a guii and waited
or results. When tho cows came from
he Held th;
is particular cow stopped at I
id bellowed, when the snake
he tree an
ppeareii ana was Knot oy iunun. all the nnttir.-il tunctiuns, bunas up, uiviff
intieUm Valley (CaL) Kecord. I orates and cures.
" ' j Many women sufier from nervous pros-
We do not believe the story that a
Pe.va woman set a s;Cckledhen oti a
dried apple pie. and in three weck4
the hen hatched out fourteen night
mares with blue ribbons on
tails.
ItlClf
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
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 valuo to health of the pure liquid
laxativo principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, t!.e refreshine and truly
beneficial properties of i perfect lax
ofiirA iritnnll v rlpnnsinir tho svstem.
dispelling colds, headaches and feven j
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on tne Kid
nevs. Liver and Bowels without weak-
ening them and it is perfectly free from !
every objectionable substance. j
Svrop of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
(lo. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fics,
and being well informed, you will
Accost anjr substitute ii ottered.
.
i
1
Imltutlaa American Phjsiclaas. j
a - 1 : 1 "-.-J : i
American mea. ui.iuua. x ,
now very popular in tmaa. xaej are
fverywhere welcome, more especially
Migsionnry- Herald, Doctor Chapin
, . , , . i,
vicinity of I'ang Chuang, and says
"On this trip I learned for the first
time that there are in this part of
China a number of 'counterfeit for
eigners. I was myself taken to be one
of that class because of an ability to
. -si understood in Chinese. '
J"ake myself understood in
It seems that one or more enterpris-
lng celest 1Bl8 haTe gone into the work
dispensing medicines after the inan-
ner of the Aniericau physician. Lsu-
ally two or three men go togetuer.
yue cf tnege dresses m foreign cos-
tunie and talks
a gibberish w hich is
not understood bv tiie natives, and so
passes for a foreign language. In
imitation of American physicians, nil "
medicine is given away, bnt, unlike
that fraternity, the bogus represent- :
live of America is quita willing to re-1
coive contributions of grain to feed ths i
animal which helps convey him from
village to village. In consequence
grain pours in upon him by the quan
tity. This is disposed of by a confed
erate at tho nearest fair, and then Ah
Bin departs for fresh fields and pas
tures new.' "
beware or (?:nrmfit fir fTnCarrb That
4'ouiniii illrrcnrv,
as mercury wi-1 surely destroy the sens- of
smell and eempleiely di-ra iire the whole syi-tem
when entering .t thr.iugli t be mucous surfaces.
Hueh articles sh-nild never b used ece;it on
prescriptions Irom repinab'ephy-ician, as the
damage t liey will ilo is ten fold 'tothegood you
ran possibly derive from them. Mali's Catarrh
I ure r.ianufaei ured by F. J. Cheln y & i' t.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly umii the blood an I
mnenus surf sees o' the svsteni. In buying
Il-ill's i 'at t.-Ii Cure be snretoget tho genuine,
t is takea ilit.-r.iu y. and is ma le in Toledo,
0 ;o, liy F. .1. C!i"iiey 6c t 'o. T- timoninls ree.
1 d by Urugzsts. rice 75c. ik.t bottle.
rhil:'de!phi:i lias the finest city
Jock in the world. The face, which
is ten yards in diameter, can bo seen
from every part of the city. The
minute hand is four yards long and the
hour hand u little over half that
Vngth.
ICipatis Tubules.
-li;ia vial Into ytr.ir vest iiiwkct and toir
,ff m inum ui aga laM I in lorl ures of Ilysjiepsia
i"::d all kinilre-i a:l; .e-ils. tmc yiva rt.it.
s r
Chines:! books are made of
I
""1.
each page b -ing cut from a
after the manner of an engrav-
block
ii.g.
If afflic'ei! Willi s.uv.?v -s usu nr. Naa Til m
oii'M.Yc-wiUci. li. iUiisiss.Ml atSVe. iet i taa
Before 1872 all books were se.ve.1
y hand. The introduitioii of ina
.liincry tins re.luced the cost about
ane half.
Dr. Kilmer's Sir-llooT curaa
all EiJney nod Ilia I ter troubles,
Pamphiet ami Consultation free.
Laooratoi Pinghamtoa. if. Y-
1'igs were considered a great delicacy
n ancient Bome, and those for the
magnates were fattened on honey, ligs
"d whey. .
Aarl s Dover noo'. the creat Wool purifier,
I lives liesliue-s and cleunie lo tiie complex!.. I
l.il fines eiin-lii.Hliou en. ujels.. si.
I
j
well '
Tiiinvson could talk prose as
.9 write outry. Being asked one day j
irw ue e,.:0yetj ,lie
FI, ,,-ouc-e be replied
art works of I
'Very well, j
!tl(ItCu lllt I
couldn't get any good
t:ngyuh tob:lCco in the whole
city.
Mr. Win.lmv's Pootfilne Svmn for clilldren
r..tl. nir wortens 1 1-p elinw. reuuees limit i tii'i-
i"c. a botile
i : u ii, kiiuj s . .1 . i. . .. -
Eooslers vs. Vi'easel.
A weasel sneaked out of his lair near
liroudaburg Wednesdav an I cobbled
ip one of Mrs. Joseph Frymire's little
ihickens. Two bantam roosters were
tear by and they set upon the thiev-
ng beast with such vigor that bothhis
.yes were iicked out, and he diedso-.u
iterward Philadelphia Kecord.
4s im
Society
women ottcn teel ;
the triect of too j
much jrayety i
balls, theatres, and
teas in rapid
succession find
them worn out, or
" run-down " by
the end of the sea
son. They sutler
'.ivov irom nervousness.
sleeplessness and
liHKi'i'UHirs. 111c
smile and cood
spirits take flight. It is time to acc-pt
i the help offered in iJoctor Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. It's a medicine which
was discovered and used by a prominent
physician for many years in all cases of
female complaint " and the nervous dis
orders which arise from it. The " Pre-
J",! "e
delicate wr
is a powerful uterine tonic and
especially adapted to woman's j
ants for it reeulates and rjromoles
, iraiion, or exnauriuon. iiw iiig io eouKesiin
or to disorder of the special functions. The
waste products should be quickly got rid
of. the local source of irritation relieved
and the system invigorated with the " Pre
scription. " Io nut take the so-called
celery compounds, aud nervines which
only out the nerves to sleep, but tret
lasting cure with Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
FEMALE WEAKNESS.
Mrs. William Hoover, of Belh-ille,
Richland Co.. onto.
writes: I had been
a trreat sufferer from
female weakness ; '
I tried three doc
tors ; they did me
no good ; I thoucht
I was an invalid for
ever. But I heard
of Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription,
nd then I wrote to
. - i . . . t
mm ami ue iuiu me A
1 . 1 1 : . 1': .
J 11-iL 11UIV it, i.mc il. -f . . .
I toot eicrni Dottles.
I now feel entirely
well. I could stand JlRS- Hoover.
on my feet only a short tjme. and now I do
all my work for my family of five."
WALTER BAKER & GO.
The Largest Manufacturers of
PURE, HIGH GRADE
COCOAS AUD CHOCOLATES
On thU Continent, have nceired
HIGHEST AWARDS
from the great
Industrie! and Fo
EXPOSITIONS
In Europe and Ameri
id.
Tniil the Dutch PmeM.fin Alka-
I lies or other Chrmic-mU or lyr artt
Thlr dtlieinua BREAKFAST COCOA fa abioluiclr
aura and aoluble, audcoau to than one cent a cup.
SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER & CO. DCRCKESTER, MASS.
COOK BOOK
10
'h2i!S"K??5o
0.of
RiK. 4H (uidli-Mixl. Kailed 1. uchaag.
CirT(Rirrupn-ra,anla2vntPtBinp. .
Write It ll.H of our otlu'x fine k't&.
Tired, Weak, Nervous
.,, lm, troubled wUh that tired and all gone
ftK!ii,Ul uad no appetite, had a cough and asth
matic symptoms. I have
been troubled tbus some
thirteen yean, and bad
to
Give l'p All Work
three years ago. Last
spring I commenced
taking Hood's Saraapa
rilla and felt better
from the first My ap
petite returned and my
cougb left me. I have
ties and am a well man '
Mr, Frank Cliarm i should have writt. n
"'is statement before but wanted to wait uutll
MoteoMveMhahtld!mMed witn OH nd we
lf vnltm of trouble rctnrnca. ,tut
n..t w. tor i am now in the best of health I am
61 .tfarsol e and doing .
full day's work at
r v .,rSa-,. f-.M-,
bfiieksinitliincr. Huod's Sarsaparilla cured my
coinplaint and gave toe renewed health." Fuank
Ciiauos, Clareinont. N. II. Get Uoou's.
Iloofl' litl cure nausea, sick headache, In
digestion, biliousness. Sold by all drungtsta.
WHERE JESSE GRANT W L LIVE.
The New Home He II is Ko irly Completed
nt Sun DIpgn.
Jesse Grant has nearly completed
his new house on the city park, San
IMego, Cal., and it is undcr.-t od that
Mrs. titn. (Jrant will live W:th him
in -tend of at the home of h?r son V.
S. (Jrant, Jr. The latter hou-e wai
purclia-d last winter aud is now
occupied by Mr. Grant's ' family,
.'e-'su (irant's house has been built
after p'ans approved by his mother,
and special apartments have been
arranged in it for her. The new
house occupies a quarter of a city
JKSSE OltANT'S SEW HOCSa
block on the western edge of the
fourteen hundred acre city park. 1 he
aceoiiipany'ng picture shows the front
of the ho; se. It is of old colonial
desig:). unpretentious, an 1 is built
for comfort r.itler than display,
l-'ri in its windows can be seen the
snow-capped Cuyamaca Mountains
sixty mil' s away, whl-h protect .Sin
lMego from t lie furnace winds of tiie
desert. Mountain i eats forty m les
c- in Mexico are visiLle from the
porch.
Summer Ve.lii4, thnt tired feeling, loss
ol appetite and nervous prostration ore driven
n .vay by Hood's .SiMipiirilla. like mist before
tlieiiioriii,ni;iin. To realize the benefit of this
great meilleine, give it a trial.
Sure, o Ueient, easy Hood's 111U.
iuni i tuft's oi i r. aks.
"l"t museum freaks as a rulo marry
: happily?" was asked of a purveyor of
i freaks.
"I caunot say. Where one natural
curiosity marries another I believe
they do, ns a rule. They have been
in the business together and they
know what to expect. There is no
t tage glamor or tinel attraction in it
j for them. It is business, perhaps,
for them.
with a good ileal of honest selitiuieut
mixed up with it, but they get married
with their eyes opei..
"One of the most remarkable mar
riages ever celebrated in this country
was that of Put O'Brien, the Irish
giant, nnd a fcmul.i gimtess, nt Pitts
burg, iu lSriJ. It was a big affair,
mid accounts of it were telegraphed
nil over tho world. Colonel Ueorgo
O. St irr, who is now Uarnuni &
Uailey's right-hand confidential man,
engineered tho alFnir. Starr was
managing Harris's Museum at the
time, ami the giants wire, on ex
hibition at tiiat house. D'Brieu was
Irish, while his bride was a German,
girl, both were over seven feet in
height.
in weii ung looit. place in tua
Lutheran Church, for the girl was ol
t!i!-t denomination, aud would noi j
ree to be married in the cathedral,
a her alliance 1 desired. The results
of that marriage were very happy.
Both were apparently satisfied with
their choice. They went to Europe,
and while in Paris Mrs. O'Brien died.
Thnt was foar or live years ago, an 1
O'Brien has never remarried, and,
what is more, suys that he never will.
"As another example of freaks liv
in-r happily together let me refer yon
to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb. For
over a quarter of a century they lived
in tho utmost felicity.
"It is when a museum freak marriei
Rome one outside of the profession,
some fortune hunter or lovesick senti
mentalist, that trouble enRUes. II
doesn't take lonjf for the infatuation
to weur off, and then come bickerings
and recriminations, and finally sepura-
tion. " Philadelphia Press.
Expensive lioyal Kealias.
The King of Portugal Las the most
valuable crown. The jewels ol this
monarch's crown ara said to be valued
at Su, 500, 000.
One of the costliest crowns in
Europe is that worn by the Czar of
Bussia on state occasions. It is sur
mountod by a cross formed of five
magnificent diamonds, resting upon
aa immense uncut but polished ruby.
The coronet of the Empress contains
the most beautiful mass of diamonds
ever collected in one band.
The crown of the Queen-Empress of
of Grout Britain, valued at $1,500,000,
contains one large ruby, one large
sapphire, sixteen others, eight em
eralds, four smaller rubies, 1360 bril
liant diamonds, 1273 rose diamonds,
four drop-shaped pearls and 2G9 other
peirls.
Jn official dress the Sultan of Johore
wears including bis crown, $10,000,
003 worth of diamonds. His collar,
epauletts, belt, cuffs and orders blazo
with diamonds. On bis wrists are
heavy gold bracelets, and his fingers 1
it.A 4
goxu ur,-i, u ""f" I met bv gains in another, thns employ
amped with almost priceless . . . . . '
aro cr
rings. Xhe handle and scabbard of
, . 0 . ... , -
his sword are a solid mass of precious
.
6 rr?if x - it-
The most exnensive roval recalias m
. , .-, . r
the world are those of the Maharajah
T, , T t t- 1
of Baroda, India. First comes a gorg-
eons collar containing 500 diamonds
arranged in five rows, some as large aa
walnuts. Top and bottom rows of
emeralds of equal size relieve the
luster of the diamonds. San Francisco
Chronicle
First Traveler "What is your busi
ness?" Second Traveler (haughtily)
j I am a gentleman, sir." First
(Traveler "Indeed! How long hava
yon been out of work?" New York
i Herald.
f "X Rll nnfllA it ii nttit..- nnnl in tli.
Scotch Highlanda, even in summer,"
said a 1 lttsburger to a mend who had
uocu iu ucouniw. ict, me latter
raTiiinil
the hills wear their furze all
i r
the time." Pi'.tsbuxg Chxoiuahj.
TVORDS OF WI3E0JT.
Going gently about a thing won't
hinder its being done.
"We have nothing to do with cuz
past, but to get a future out of it.
Science ever has been, and ever
must be, the safeguard of religion.
A sonnd discretion is not so much
indicated by never making mistake
as by never repeating it.
There is transcendent power in ex
ample. We reform others uncon
sciously when we walk nprightly.
The way to wealth is as plain as the
t. ay to market ; it depends chiefly on
two words industry and frugality.
There is no such thing as chance,
and what to us seems accident springs
from the deepest source of destiny.
There is no action of man in this
life which is not the beginning of so
long a chain of consequences, as that 1
no human providence is high enough
to give us a prospect to the end.
It does us good io admire what is
good and beautiful ; but it does us in
finitely more good to love it. We
grow like what we admire ; but we be
come one with what we love.
Tet ns with 'caution indulge tha
supposition that morality can be
maintained without religion. Keason
and experience both forbid ns to ex
pect that Xational morality can pre
vail in exclusion of religious prin
ciple. 1IIM0R OF THE DAT.
A tea party An old maid. Truth.
The time to burn a letter is before
it is mailed. Galveston News.
Every man has his price, except
those that are worth buying. Puck. ;
The difference between marbles and j
billiards is about ten years in the age
of the play. ruck.
A d.ai man cannot be legally con
victed. It is unlawful to convict a
man without a hearing. Sittings.
Father-in-law "1 am ruined; all is
lost." Son-in-law "Ahem! Then I
married for love, after all!" Tit-Bits.
If there were no great fools in the
world, we wouldn't be nearly so well
satislied with ourselves as we are.
Puck.
"She never told her love." But ii
he didn't get wind of it, it was na
fault of the busy-bodies. Boston
Transcript.
A minister who wns given a match
sealed in an envelope for a wedding fee
made light of the imposition. Phila
delphia Ilecord.
"Did Tiilkem leave anything when
he died?" "es; his creditors.
They're the worst left lot you ever
saw." Buffalo Courier.
Tho fool seeketh to pltiek the fly
from the mu'-'s Ix'.n.l leg, but the wisti
man letteth tho job to the lowest bid
der. Memphis Appeal.
Applicant "Will there be a chance
to get up in the world?" Proprietor
"At half-past three in the morning."
Kate Field's Washington.
She "I wonder why they call thfse
angel sleeves?" He "What else
could they be called when you wear
them?" Indianapolis Journal.
Xo one can appreciate the value of
a match as can the smoker who lives
iu a house that is lighted by electric
light and heated by steam. Life.
She "Am I the first girl you ever
vroposed to, darling?" He (sincerely)
"Xo ; but you are the only girl who
ever accepted me." Brooklyn Life.
Friend "You don't take any out
ing in the summer, I suppose?" Ice
man "Well, no; that's when I hava
my innings, you know." Detroit Tri
bune. "I have a notion to poke you in tha
face," ' said the boy to the banana.
"What face?" asked'the banana. "My
face," said the boy. Indianapolis Sen
tinel. Philosophers go about saying this
is woman's age. According to her own
account woman denies it denies hav
ing nnv age; she is alwavs vounur.
I i'himing Sword.
"How dn von
"ilow do you like vour new Indv
help, Mrs. Todgers.
"I should lika
her a pood de.il moro, Mrs. llodgcra,
if she was a little less the lrdr and a
litilo more of a help." Tid -Hit
Novelist "I'd like to have my
heroine do something absolutely
unique 1" Friend "Yes? "Why don't
you have her faint when there's no
onn looking. " Detroit Tribune.
Tramp "Can you assist me along
the road, mnm?" Lady of the Housa
"Personally, I cannot; bnt I will
unc. .:.i l.i--i.i.. -, .in i. 1 .enow ho will
bo most pleased to do so." Tit-Bits.1
"Aren't you in the grave-robbing
business?" asked tho lawyer. "Mj
profession, sir," responded tho wit
ness, with dignity, "is thnt of exhmn
alorial artist." Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Flockton "I wonder is it true ?
Teople say that you sometimes go to
llllian . 1 . . .. T) '
' I . J Ulll DtTLIUUUIV 1UBUU
Duuleigh "People, I suspect, judge
me by themselves. " Boston Tran
script. "Then yon think I can never learn
to dive. I don't seo why?" Professor
"My dear young lady, you must re
member thnt you would have to keep
your mouth shut." Chicago Inter
Ocean. The Great Game of tho Chinese.
Weichi is the greatest game of tho
Chinese, especially with the literary
3lasg, and is ranked by them superior
to chess. Like chess, this game is of
a general military and mathematical
character, but is on a much more ex
tended 6calo, the board containing 2G1
places and employing nearly 200 men
on a side. All of the men, however,
have the eamo value and powers. Tho
object is to command as many places
on the board as possiblo. This may
be done by inclosing empty spaces, or
Burrounding tho enemy's men. Very
close calculation is always essential in
order that a loss in one region may bo
. J? 0 r . . . ,P,
. ants aro evenly matched. The came
1.. . , . .
I has come down from great antiquity,
' being first mentioned in Chinese writina
, . . ... . n
1 loout tcj n. it was in aa proDa-
. , , , ., . ,
buity introduced by the Babylonian
I.. J
itpnrfo of nll tha rwfn,;
structora
Herald.
No Jadc-n.
Young Artist It's an outrajja tc
have such an ignoramus a. Puffers oo
a hanging committee. Friend
judge of art, eh? Yovmg Artist
lie is a half idiot Yihv. mr. hn
thought my rows were hones. Jfew '
York 'Weeatly.
NotUraTa. J
"Ko'sairt Willie Wibblei. "I'm
not a bit afwaid sf a bicycle." 'You j
aro t.ulte brave," 6aid tho jouckj
Tvouia:i. "Oh, not necessarily," re-j
joined. Willie, modestly. "You see II
nevata wide one." Wabbiagton Star.
BEECHAM'S PILLS
(Vegetable)
What They Are For
Liiiousncss
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 prevente.d. Go by
the book.
1 Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New
York, for the little book on Constipation (its causes cony
sequences and correction) ; sent free. If you are not withirl
reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail, 25 cents.
BUSINESS YOUlf MEN
rASTMAN BrrsiXER' COLLEGE, Pourhktl, X. Oo-the-Hudana, Is the most eHebrate-l arhool
In the Lnnfi Slates levtel t the specialty 0 tralulng Youn; Men and fioys for a s ccesaful start U Bus
Jtie s Lie; tea h n tbtm how to g-t a l.viug, make niiDy aud become enterpristug, ue ut citizen . Itf
e ht or sitnly 1 pra' tfral, no-1 Its y.t xluitte are prompt y asltd in obtaining situations. Expense
krfS Uiau In otiier cU-oU. AdUrc&i f-r earnl up, showing Lun1rels of gra1iiats In business,
ILK Alt; .NT C. GAIMS 30 Washington S.reel, r'outfhfceeps'B, 17. T.
"He that Works Easily Works Successfully." Tis very
Easy to Clean House With
APOLIO
imperfect
Drainage
is a iertile source of
disease. Is YOUR
blood suffering from
defective sewerage ?
Impurities cannot ac
cumulate if you will
use ordinary, precau
tion and
Ripans
Tabules,
t e modern rem
edy for a sluggish
condition of Liver
and Blood. Try it
now ! Don't procras
tinate. Don't leave
home mad
If your breakfast
doesn't happen to
suit.
TELL
YOUR WIFE
To have
BUCKWHEAT
CAKES
For breakfast
to-morrow.
Furniture and Beading.
GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY.
i"Kolne denier! nnil mnnnfartnrers we are
ctiaWi-il to sell you pikkIs lower tlmn any furni
ture Mouse in Hie cimnirv.
I.uok ! lo 1'ii'CfsSoliil Onk, can-el I!eil Room
f nils slti.iAi, fJl.U). i.'U. II iivee ljirue Oalc
l''il lliHim Suits. t27, S'-i.i, IneluiltM t
1 moan. 1 Washstand, 1 Dt-ilsltail, 1 Hi.t Mat
in s, 1 Woven Wire Sprinsr, I'ilUiws, 1 Bolster,
chairs, 1 l;ocker, 1 l'urlor Tulile una Ijirija
btnml.
Ik-st line of Royal Mattresses, Featliera, TahleJi,
Fide lioanls, Couches, I.ihuiklh, l'arlor ruiu;,
Cliairs. Springs, Hall stands, lite. Our i;iHds in
oTkliianhii, durability or jiric-c haveilo eiuul.
t all un l be convinced, (joods sent all over ttio
country.
GRBAT EASTERN M'F'G CO.,
No. ISIS HIDGU AVE.,
Above Spring Garden.
casiiouckkd.t. Louis Daniels
FOR FIFTY YEARS 1
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP:
h.13 rnvn tlRPd 1T -Mllllonn of Molhrn !
f-ii tli'-ir cluMrcn while T'ellijnft for over 4
il'ty Yrr.rw. It soothe tho cb ltd, noftenn ,ho i
P:tua, allays all pain, cares wlud colic, aad
10 iue uesi. ruiuHuj luruuuTPXik
Twenty-live Cents m. Bo ttio
-pi.
Best Coukq byrup. Tastes liood. 17 so I
C.-iHi-S WHrHF All riRf HHQ
m tiuta. roiti Tiw
a.
Sabies and Children
thrive on Scott's Emulsion when aU the rest of their food
oeems to jju to waste. Thin Babies and Weak Children grOW
strong, plump and healthy by taking it
Scott's Emulsion
Ycreoraes inherited -weakness nnd all tho tendencies toward
Emaciation or Consumption. Thin, woak babies and growing
ch iiurcn and all persons suffering from Loss of Flesh, Weak
Lungs, Chroma Coughs, and Wasting Diseases wiil rcccito
untold bsnefiis froia this great nourishment. The formula
for making Scott's Emulsion ha3 been endorsed by tho med
ical world for ht'thly years. No secret about it.
najor pamfkltt en
Scott & Gowne, N. Y. All
sallow skin
pimples .
torpid liver
depression of spiriti
ADWAY'S
PILLS,
Always Reliable, Purely Vegetable.
rorfeetly lasteTes'. elecantly coated, pnrre.
rpKiilate, purilv. eleanse and strengthen. ItAI
WAV'S PILLS' Kir the cure of all disorders of the
Stomaeh. ltowels. Kidneys, H'odder. Nervoa.
Iisiafies, Dizziness, Vertigo, Costiveness, Piles;
Sick Headache,
Female Complaints,
Biliousness,
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
Constioatior
All Disorders of the Liver.
Observe thefollowinesymptom. resulting trorn
diseases of tiie digestiveorKans: Constipation, in
nard piles, fullnessof blooil in the head, aeiditv
of the stomach, nausea, heartburn, disgust of
fiod. fullness of weiglit of tiie stomaeh. sour
eructations, sinking or ilutterins; of the heart,
chocking or guff icuting sensations when in a ly
iiiK liosture. diinui-NS of vision, dou or webs be
fore the sight, fever nnd dull pain iu the head,
deficiency of perspiration, yellowness ol the skia
and eyes, pain in the side, eheit. limbs, and sud
den flushes of heat, burninir in tiie flesh.
A few doses of KAKWAY'S I'll.l.s will free tb
system of all the above named disorders.
1'rlccSSo. a Box. Sold by Dragglita, Of
leut by mail.
Send to DR. BADWAY & CO., Lock Box 36
New York, lor Hook of Advice.
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever
DR. T.FELIX GOURAUD S
OMEN fAL CRtAM, or MAGICAL BEAUT1FIER
FemoveaTn,
Fret-kit's, Pltii
lfS, Mdth Patch-t-H.Ilttsh
and Kkin
dlsvanen, and
fVKy hlfiiilffh on
tMtttitv&iid MfHi-jf
ilHntlon. On tu
virtues it h a a
ftiKnJ the tst rf
43 ymrs: no other
has, and Is so
harnilotw we lust
It to tie sure it la
pmjMTly made.
Actf-pt no count
ertfit of si rn t lit r
name. Tha
M 8 ( J
tiiiiiiKb-.! Dr. U
A.PnyroM toalady of tiie hnut-tn a jmtknt:
"A yuu Indies tviU utt thvm, I recommen t
'Uuttrttuit't Cream as the least harmful of all
the skin prepttrrtti'ms."
one Ituttle will la xtx mouth, uslns It every day.
Also I'nu'in-Sijhtiit removes superfluous hair wltlji
out Injury to the skin.
K Ii I T. Hul K I NS. Prop. . 37 fi rent Jones Bt.N. Y.
r Hale hy all Inuirbtta and Fancy toots Uealsra
throuirholit tiie U. I auadaa, ami kunipe.
jtaTlievvareof Uasc imiuttons. fiuuu iu-wartl for
arrest and proof ot uav one selling the same.
W. L. POIIQLAS
S3 SHOE NO SQUEAKINO.
3. CORDOVAN.
r KC.ni.nat triMvitLULU LALr.
4-.J.5P FlNECALf ArftNGAHlt
3.5PP0LICE,3 Soles.
EXTRA FINE. W'
2.l73 Boys'SchoolShoex
i.AniPct.
'BESTDONGOl,,
, OtMU tOK CATALOGUE
WiL-DflUCLAC.
BROCKTON. MA
' money by wearing the
w ... u. iinini tM.tlU Shorn.
.iP"? " ,r8 ,h 'anrest manuractnren ol
this cradsof shoes la th. world, and guarantee UjtU
Mluo by stamping the name and price on th.
thJMu h rroteet you aR.ln.t hih prices and
rki- f".""1 pro""u 0ur "Hoe. equal custom
7 th.em ,o1'1 Trywhere al lower prlCMfol
stltnte. If your dealer cannot anrpiy you. we can.
Iv,-..?.:.- 1 . M1P""'a"laraibiialaa;
i-J 7. V?2?"'Paleta..lal .tiJ pmml.
araiaiuaaaa. 8..S ta aBMlar. Ot4ealia.A.a.ir A
Scott', Etulibm. FREE.
Drugglats. SO cnc a .
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