trrr. A eamp-flre dimly boms Through the Bight and the tno V, And orer a frocen earth The wild winds blow. Bat the sentinel stands at his post As the hoars creep by, While crowds grow heavy and thlek Is the sullen kjr. Bis limbs drag hard, he longs To rest awhile ; Yet over his white, cold lips Comes never a smile. For his heart is a soldier's heart. And his blood runs warni When he thinks ol his brother-meal Asleep in the storm. Then he shoulders his gun and draw A quick, deep breath ; What foeman shall conquer him now Bat the foeman Death I G. E. Montgomery, in Youth's Companion OPENING HIS EYES. 1 C IIELES rOBBZST GRAVES. HAT'S jest what 1 was savin'," sai Peter Pinkcroft "There ain't a far mer in Drowsy Dell I'd rather work for thau Mr. Hale. His barns is a picter to look at, the stnn walls an fences is all plumb straight, and there ain't an improvement in hay-cutters or hots- rakes or threshers bat he gits a-holt en it the fast thing." "Oh I" said Nancy. Teas," drawled Peter. "Jest what I was sayin'. Bight up to the mark. Ther' ain't no gittin' ahead of him. I do s'pose, now, he's made more money outen his farm than any other man in Park County." "Hnmph I" said Nancy. Peter sat and looked at her, nncon- scfoosly winking his dull eyes as shs washed and wiped the old India China dishes with a rapidity and skill which inspired him with involnntary respect. "Jest what I was sayin'," he after ward remarked. "Ezackly like chain lightnin'. Never see any one work so faat in my life. Fairly made me dizzy I" "Well, Kan, there ain't no snch hurry, said xarmer Hale, coming complacently in from the adjoining room, where he had been interviewing a carpenter on the subject of an addi tion to his barn. ' 'Can't you afford to set down a spell?" Nancy Hale a feminine copy of her tall, resolute-faced brother shook her head "There's always hnrry," said she, "till the works done I" "Jest what I was a-savin," said Peter, rubbing his horny hands and secretly calculating on the chances of his being asked to stay to dinner. "Far I smelt chicken fricassee," he reported, "an I'm dretful partial to fowl meat." Jnst then Nancy whirled around and looked her brother full in the face. "Ain't there no dreens to carry this dish-water away ?" said she. Mr. Hale shook his head. "We generally ponr it ronnd the roots of the grapevines and plum trees," said he. "It's called very fer tilizin'." "Jest as I alius say," put in Peter. "Better'n bone-dust." Nancy took the shining tin kettle in her hand. "Where's the water faucet?" asked she. "Ain't none nearer than the well," said her brother, a little uneasily. "Come now, Nan, you're completely sp'iled, livin' in them city flats. " Miss Hale tittered a sniff. ' "And I hope yon won't pnt no non tense in Jenny's head," added the farmer. "I calculate it's put there a'ready," said Nancy. "Why, Elnathan, your completely behind the times. " "A man with a farm the sizeo' mine ean't afford to throw away no money in 3 humorin' the whims of the women 1 folks," observed Mr. Hale, with some asperity. . . "Well, I want yoa to nn ierstr.nd j remarked 3.ancy, arivinj! one thing, the pan of dishwater a fling toward the trellis, where a venerable Isabella grapevine coiled itself like a jointed anaktf, "I shan't stay long, if you don't fix np the kitchen a little han dier I" "Jest what I was a-sayin', mut tered Peter Pinkcroft, looking fur tively from one to the other of the contesting parties. "Onr mother didn't want none o' them newfangled traps I" sullenly spoke Hale. "3he wanted 'em, I gue.s," said Kancy, "but she didn't get 'em. She worked herself to death and died afor she was middle-aged. And father mar ried a second wife, and she wore her self out, too. Father he stood it bravely. He didn't have to lutr the water and pour away the swill and milk the cows and run arter the little turklets and ducklings " "I guess we ain't no better'n oui ancestors!" growled Hale. "We ought to be wiser, at an; rate," retorted Nancy, measuring lidful of tea Into the shining britannii teapot. "Well, I hain't no time to stand here argufyin' 1" said Hale, with increasing acerbity. Jest what I was a-sayin myself, remarked Peter, slowly rising. "I'l go down 's fur's the bars with you. Squire Hale. It's my way." The carpenter came back for a two foot rule he had left just as the headi of the two men dipped down under tht lope of the hill. ( Miss Nancy Hale eyed him severely. "So they're going on to build an ad dition to the barn?" said she. "ITes, mom," responded the car penter, returning her glance with tie respect due to a woman who was re orted to have "money out at inter Mt." "That means more hay room anc1 nore cows, don't it?" "I expect likely, mom. "And more work for the women?" "Tes, mom, thar ain't no doubt o chat." "Do they hev to go fur for water for the stock?" incidentally qnestioned Hits Nancy. "No, mom," said the carpenter. "It's bmng right into the yard in pipes from the spring on Adder HilL" "Save lots o' trouble," paid Nancy. "Yes, mom. And everything is car ried off same way. The barn's neat aa sry parlor. Squire, he's figured flings down pretty nice." "Humph !" snorted Miss Nancy. 1 She lifted np the lid of the kettle, and the last Jonas Nailhead saw of her faoe it was surrounded, aureole fash ion, with a cloud of fricaascc-sceuted vapor. ' "She's a smart un," said Jonas Nail bead to his two-foot rale. Miss Nancy Hale had left her posi tion as forewoman in a corset manu factory to stay at the farm a month taftii-hela . around, in, order . to giyjl Iff jenny naie, ner niece, a cbaneo "chirk up." For Jenny was not over- strong this rammer. "I think it's airs an Trices," eaii Mr. Peter Pinkcrop. "an nothirfl else." "Jest what I say myself," Assented her spouse. "Cod liver oiL indeed, said Mrs. Pinkcrop, "and iron pills I When was kaL gentian tea and saxafra: was good enough for anybody, dunno what this world's comin' to. "Ain't that jest what I'm allayi sayin'?" retorted Peter, in aggrieved accents. Mr. Hale was full of his now build ing plans when he came in to dinner. Nancy was brusque and cart as usual Jenny was quite silent, sitting there like a droopinc flower. "Ion mast hurry and braiie up, Jenny, said the farmer. "There am no time to lose. I've engaged thre of Mr. Mendex's Alderney cows, and mean to pat the hull north meddei into pasture this year. There'll b lota to do. I expect I'll hey to keep another hired man, what with the nen team of oxen and the tobacco fields." Jenny looked np quickly. "And ain't yon goin to keep no hell for me, father? "You ! Mr. Hale dropped his twoi tmed fork. There never was a hireij gal help in this house, and there nevel shall be!" 'But yon have three men, father. 'Well, what o that? This house ain't a hundred-acre farm, is it?" "Father," spoke np Jenny, "mothet died young. I've always fancied she worked too hard. Aunt Nan says thai my Orandmother Hale- Mr. Hale rose np from the table in a passion. "I wish," he growled, "that your Anns Nan would mind her own busi ness. The maiden lady smiled grimly. "We don't none of ns do that, El nathan," said she. "But you can set your heart at rest. I shan't say noth ing more. It was late in the evening when Mr. Hale was returning from the village by a short cut across the churchyard. The sky glowed a soft opal tint ; the fire flies glistened here and there, and the two stiff, white tombstones that Elnathan so prided himself on erect ing to the memory of his mother and his wife shone spectrally in the uncer tain light. As he came to the little grass-grown 1"" " " he paused. Jenny's words came back to him : "Mother died young. And Grand mother Hale " Yes, it was quite true. His wife had been scarcely more than a girl when they carried her across the farm house threshold. And he could just remember his pale, weary-looking mother forever bending over the washtub, straining great pans of milk, and toiling everlastingly ii the kitchen. "But we all have to work in this world," he thought, almost resent fully. At that moment he heard the sound of a voice on the other side of thf high churchyard wall Jenny's eoit voice, talking to some one else. "Yes," said she, "I've made np my mind to go to the city with Aunt Nan. I'd rather a great deal stay here, but the work is too htrd for me already, and father's going to make it harder, rtilL Aunt Nan can find me some thing to do, and I don't want to go ti? all the women of the family hive hone." And here a sob choked her wordsL "It's a shame!" said the chaerr voice of Alice Wickham. "But whi; does Will Norris say to it?" "He don't know," Jenny answered "Do you think I would complain o mv own father?" ' "Will would give you a home far ! enough." "I wouldn't accept it of him if 1 were to go to him penniless an I friendless. No, I'll work out my oi i destiny, Alice, as best as I can. Oh t haven't decided on this in a hnrry . I've seen it coming this long timo like some terrible shadow, nearer aa nearer all the while. I love father do love him but I can't endure thl I Ufe No woman COnld !" ,i t;i n.n, stood there as the voices died away stood there with his hand resting the toinhstone of Jennie's mother. "Be 1 such a tyrant as this?" h. asked himself. ''Am I driving m; own away from me? Have I mad such a mistake of my life? Then I'i do it no more!" He stooped this hard-handed, pr.ic tical son of the sou and pr2se:l li 1ps first to one cold stone moulding, ihen to the other. "I'll do it no more!" he repeated. tie went home and called his sister. "Nan Xaritv f WherA nra rnn? dome here I want to speak to yon I Nancy came tall, straight audua :ompromising. "See here I" said Elnathan, "If you iras goin' to live here in this house all j-our life, what would you do to fix it ap to make it real handy and con venient, you know?" "What!" "I'm in real earnest, yoti know. Tell me, Nancy !" pleaded Hale. "And I want you to give up that business in Sew York, and come here and live with us. Come to think of it, there is a good deal of work to be done in a bouse like this, and Jenny's a slim piece arter all. So if you ve a mind to speak to Juliana Hodgings to come here Dy tne year Nancy's hard visage softened. "Elnathan," said she, "I do blieve there's some common sense left in you. arter alL Yes, I'd ruther live here in the old homestead than anywhere else, and Juliana's a real good worker." Jenny came in presently, and Nancy loudly proclaimed the new order of things. The girl gave a startled look at her lather, but Elnathan patted her head. "I'i e been sort o' thinkin' thinga over, my dear," said he. "Jone Nail head shall come here and do what ever you and Aunt Naney choose, and ana you may not know it. Jenny, but yonr old father thinks a good deal of yon I He kissed her, and stalked awkwardly out oi the room. jenny lookea at JNancy with eyes Drimming lull of tears. "I I never thought father cared so much for me ! said she. The neighbors were much surprised at the radical reforms which took place in tne .Hale househould. "Miss Nancy settled down for good,' said they, "and a hired girl, and new buttery shelves, and brass water faucets in the kitchen and an iron sink, and Will Norris goin there reg'lar er'ry Saturday night! la the millennium comin'?" ' 'J est what I've always been a-sayin' I" sagely observed Peter Pinkcroft. 'Squire Hale he sets lota of store by that slim gal o hia n." "He'll lose her pretty soon," said old Aunt Sandifield. "Will Norris ii dead in earnest." "Ain't that what Tve saidallalong? protested Peter PinkcxofU'' . CCIEXTIFIC A5D ISDUSTHUr.. Tidal waves will often acquire ave'oO fly of one thousand miles a minute. To the residents' on other planotfl, that is, of conrse, providing there are snch beings, oar earth is a bright blue this on account of the cerulean hue of oar atmosphere. A Frenchman declares that vegeta tion can be aided by electricity. Pota toes planted in the path of the electria current grew enormously, and electri fied tomatoes became ripe eight uayi bafore the others. The snake worm is the name of a small creature which, when alone, hnf almost ao power of locomotion. Largj numbers of them, by forming- a doss rope-like procession, move with ease from place to place. A remarkable discovery has been made by Professor Emmerich. H finds that the blood of an animal whiel has recovered from an infections dis ease can cure another animal suffering from the same disease, and the discov ery is likely to prove of the greatest importance. An ingenious contrivance for record ing sunshine is the recent invention of Professor Marvin. The vrofessol describes the instrument as consisting in principle of a Leslie differential ai thermometer mercury, however, be in.? used to separate the air in the tw bulbs, and the whole thermometer ie, designed in the form of a straight tube, having a bulb at each end. ' Experiments have been made with aluminum for horseshoes by a Penni sylvania manufacturer within the last few months. Methods and machines used with steel had to be modified aj little first. The shoes nre light, oj course, but thoy wear rapidly, not last-J ing over a week or ton days on a dirt road and breaking easily. The expert, menter thinks t'nt possibly an aln minuni alloy luiat inure servicea ble. ; Insects that spend mo3t of their live) n a torpid or semi-torpid condition ari not always killed by being frozen. In Etanoes are numerous of travelers iu the Rocky Mountains finding butter flies above the snow-line frozen stiff. When carried to a warmer climatj otj into a cabin they often completely ret vive. Their normal vital power is sn ow that a ileprree of cold that would prove fatal to other creatures does not kill them. ' The decorations of walls prove to. have a very important influence upon gas bills. From recent figures it ha-J boen calculated thit with the different decorations a room would be equally lighted by the following candle pow ers: Black cloth, 100; dark browii paper, eighty-seven ; blue paper, t.evcnty-two ; clean yellow paint, sixty clean wood, sixty ; dirty wood, eighty ; cartridge paper, twentv: whitewash, Only about one-sixth as much il- uminutiou is necessary for the white T.isheJ room as lor the same room papereu in uars Drown. A Qnc:r Horned Snake. Some time during the first or secon 1 WaaIt at Jnnrt nf ttiA nrAqunt tmp 4 "i i i -r- ci t ii i known farmer who lives seven mile! household furniture in Grand Rapids, north of Knoxville, Iowa, and whos i 1 Mich., employ a woman as chief tle poatofllceaddressisattheabovename l 'gner of artistic furniture, and . pays place) came homo from school an j l her handsome salary. made the startling announcement thai j ,,,,., t.ure ,or Con.,lmptlon h no eq,lal taeir teacher had killed a snake with a Cough medicine. F. M. ABuorr, J scua.-u forked tail. Sol does iiot claim to b.t N- v.. May . mL Nip' in "snakeologr," but he says it ' itruok him that this particular ophid ian must be "curiously and wonder- ously formed" to say the least, yet ha did not take sufficient interest in tad matter to walk over to where tka plucky ''school marm" had dispatched the monstrosity to mike an examina tion of its bind cundal termination. I The next morning, however, he waa riding past the place with one of hid sons who was present when the creatur had met the school teacher and the ax, and concluded to take a lesson in de formed herpetolojy. Arriving at thi place he found to his great surprise r saake four feet eight inches in length : with a perfectly formed horn on thi and of its tail. Closer examination ilisclosed tho remarkable fact that thit horn was spiit from base to point, and that it would open like tha beak of a liirdl It had probably been open j when the children examined it the day ' before, which caused theru to infer it was a fork-tailed euake. St. Louij j Ueoublic' Six Generation. ' Fhij'is Jones, now nearly 103 yean Id, but active and in full possession f her faculties, lives near Oreens iorj, Ala. She sews, and in threading . needle has no need of glasses. Phillis t the mother of twenty children, her ascendants number over 200 now, i J she is probably the only great-reat-grandinother in the . United ..ates. Phillis was born on White Oak River, 'orth Carolina, exactly when is not ;cor Jed. Thera are those who doubt I ia story, but tha proof lies in the presentatives of each of tha six gen- rations of her descendants, who are I . be seen to-day, and whose connecn ion with Phillis is perfectly clear. 1 i Cow York A.lv?rtiser. fa Oar Great Grandfather's Time, big bulky pills 'were in general use. Like the. underbnss" of lat decade they ere big and clum r, but ineffec ve. In this cent ury of enlight enment, we have Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pel lets, which cure all liver. stomach and bowel derange ments in the most effective way. Assist Nature little now and then, with a gentle. cleansing laxative, thereby removing of- lenuing mailer lroin uie stomacli and towels, toning up and invigorating the liver and quickening its tardy action. and you thereby remove the cause of a i- . . muiiiiuiic oi distressing aiseases, sucn as headaches, indigestion, or dvspensia. biliousness, pimples, blotches, eruptions uoiis, coiisiipauon, pnes, nstulas and maladies too numerous to mention. If people would pay more attention to properly regulating the action of their bowels, they would have less fre quent occasion to call for their doctor's services to subdue attacks of dangerous diseases. That, of all known agents to accom. phslt this purpose, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are uncqualed, is proven by the fact that once used, they are always in favor. Their secondary effect is to keep the bowels open and regular, not to fur ther constipate, as is the case with other pills. Hence, their great popularity, with sufferers from habitual coustirjation. piles and indigestion. A free sample of the " Pellets." (a to i doses) on trial, is mailed to any address, post-paid, on receipt of name and address on postal card. Address, World's Dispensary Medi cal Association, Buffalo, N. Y. II II J I To Graft Ami, It Is said that Theodore Lee, a well-to-do, though armless, man of Taeomaj Washington, is encouraged to hope! that his missing member may be re placed by arms, not wooden, or cork, or rubber substitutes, bat real arms o( flesh and blood and bone. He has been poing abont among the surgeons of th.J East, and they think that if he can persuade some criminal condemned to death to sell him a pair of healthy arms they might succeed in grafting them to him. As to the method ol grafting an arm, Mr. Lee has been in formed that the splice would have to be made just above 'the elbow joint, where there are practically only two muscles, one main artery, and only one nerve. When Mr. Lee has found a per son who will submit to tho operation thoy will have to be brought together in snch a position as to permit oi tne arms of both, which are to be operated upon, being placed in plaster casts, so that they cannot be moved. Then it is proposed to cut the back part of both the arms, also catting through the bone. The arm that is to ba grafted to Mr. Lee's stamp, or that portion of it that is cut away at the first operation, is to be adjusted and fastened to the stump and allowed to remain until it heals, and there is evidence of circulation between the stamp and the part that is grafted on. The second operation will be the cat ting of the remainder of the inside portion of the arm, together with the artery and the nerve. This operation, however, is not to be undertaken until the surgeons are satisfied that the cir culation through the part of the arm grafted on is sufficient to nourish and support the new forearm. This would be ascertained by placing a ligament on the arm of the person who was con tributing the new member above the elbow and shutting off the blood which was flowing through the artery into his own arm through that portion that was not already cut off. Mr. Lee is now looking for somebody with a healthy pair of ams to selL New Orleans Pic ayune. 100 It -ward. 0100. The readers of this paper will be pleased' to learn that there in at least one dreaded dlReaae that science ha been ahle to rare- in all its stages, and that la rutarrh. Hall's Catarrh ure lathe onlv noaitivp cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh beiir aeon tltutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment, Haifa Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, art ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the Htem, thereby de stroying the foundation of the ilii-cane. and giving- the patient streUKth by buiidinic up the constitution ami aN.si.Htnn; nature in dninyits work. The proprietors have so much fuit u ia its curative power" that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it faiU to cure, fcend for liat of testimonial. Address r . J. ( iiim v & Co., lolvuo, X Sold by Irui.'i.'istK. 75c There are now ten residents in the Diversity women's settlement in outhwark, London. An Adjoining ouse hits been taken to provide better accommodation for the workers. Are Yon rrvous. tired out. do yon hare that tired ire von all feeling or sick headache? You can be relieved f all these symptoms hy takinv Hood's Snrsu pa Til la which gives nerve and bodily strength. Hood's Pills are easy in action. One of the creat manufactories of McAllister's daughter started the fashion at Newport, It. I., of riding a Idcycle followed by a groom on a .heel. Representative men as agents In every town; travelling or local; ierinnuent position; sularv ind commission. Chautauqua Nursery Co , o. t Slain St., i'ortland. N. Y. i Miss Francis Willard, President of the W. C. T. U., thinks that women have more backbone than men. AGENTS, organizers, lodge officers write lor particulars; let fraternal insurance plun: big pay 1. F. Keynolds, Exchange Muildlnff. Boston, Mies Ihe ingenious housewife will devise lome sort of boot cupboard to store the family footwear. t. art s Clover Root, the great blood purifier, rives freshne-s and clearness to the complexijj SLd cures constiiation 'A els. 50 eti, L Black and Vandyke trimmings steel and steel jet are popular. of j There Is Nothing . Must as Gold' as Ripans Tabules for headaches, ' oliiousnen an ail disorders of the stomach and 1 h er. One tabule gives relief. i There are not many radical changes in winter fashions in general. Mrs. Wl nt law's Motnlaff SrrP for children frothing, sof leas Iks gams, reduces tnfhvini.-. tion. allays sain, enraa wind eulu.-. lftc.it boli i ) Colored satins printed with Oriental designs are suitable for blouses. Dr. Kilmer's Swanr-ltooT curse all Kidney and bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Conaui'.Atton free. . lahomtoiir ?!ril;:unton. Jf. Y. Removable vests ore made of plain striped and changeable silk. If adllcted with soreej-es me lr. None Tho nn son'sfce-waler.Diu;:;:iits-ll at 'iio. jiet uottla Sleep is nature's season of repair tin limit; ijuitrit auu uiiuiukcu uie citreii lug more perfect its work. 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 value to health of the pure liquid laxative 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 refreshing and truly beneficial properties of h perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fever: ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionaHe substance. Syrup of Fig! is for sale by all drag, gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrnp Co. only, whose name is printed on every psckage, also the name, Syrup of Figs and being well informed, you will sot tcceat aor substitute if Uiered. Af Pirotn; TwiflfTP w" ,7 " O 01 Rheumattom you should ramember that KttlM in the Joints. Hood' SanapariUa purines Hood'i A. m.vwm g Sarsa- y.ii777s the blood and removes g f f f-tS IhU taint. Therefore Hood'aSanaparilUcurea bT rfjvf rheumatism when all other reroedle. have failed. Giveitafa'r trial. I auffered intensely with rneumau-m, uu Hood's SarnparillA ba perfectly curea me. Hardy F. Pittaiid, v lnterville, Ua. Hood's I'lll, are the best family cathartic. Don't Cheat Your Stomach. You must have pure. wholesome food, no , matter how much of ' the sham you'll take in other things. Buckwheat Is pure and wholesome. TO 9 ECONOMIZE LIFE We must keep up the supplrof I i Force neenea Dr uie system. 'J tils uone oy r Jone bv Nutrition. Nutrit on and good digestion are 1 dlge ' synonymous. r k HM-P-A-N-Sr ? nouns ; $ Should be t alien immediately I a wii-n mere in any uesuve do-. V r:i','ninc.'Qi miwii:c. A They are the s iverciRn remedy , V for KYSI'EI'.-mA. (O.N'Si'll'A. I TION. BIL. Ol'SNESS. and all . V disorders of blo.uuch. Liver and I p iiOA'cla. ft ONE TABULE 4CIVES RELIEF WALTER BAKER & GO. C--. The Largest Manufacturers of J4 PURE, HIGH CRADE t COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On this Continent, have nc&T& HIGHEST AWARDS from tho great Industrial and Food ?mi EXPOSITIONS ;ln Europe and America. mi I'niikrtW Dtitrh ProcM.fto A Ha il tea or other ChrmiraUor Lr ar I in inf thir nrensrstiona. ui and soluble, and carti leu tkam one crnX a ctpa SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE, WALTER CAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. ll VTOI.At C. II t: It It Y TKKAT.MKST for Kat aud Attendant 111 Our I. cutlet on lis subject Is will Frew an-l is well worth read ic: treatment lu.-'-i t 11 -u-e and only safe one no n. Address II i:i kk ,fc Takf.l. I'hnrma Mt. M l Arch St.. I'liliadelldiia. I'a. nulam Kslubllslicd iu 183.. I A Clerk's It use. He wa3 hard up and needed a situa tion. He knew nothing about the dry j;ootl3 business beyond what he had k'arnud while shopping with his sister, but he answered an advertisement for a competent Bulesman and secured a situation under one of the closest and hardest dealers in this city. As soon as he took his place a fellow clerk in i formed him that the proprietor would . watch him, and if he failed to make a ' bs VUU VI LUC 1110b mice I USLUllltri 3 j he waited on, he could expect his dis- .IilllC. He tore down everything on the shelves for the first lady, who didn't want anything in particular, but made no sale, jue observed that the pro prietor's eye was on him and as thi lady left "Old Skinflint," as he was termed, stepped up and asked her if she could find nothing to suit her. The next customer bought nothing, find she too was interrgoated by the proprietor. The third was leaving tho counter without a purchase when the clerk called her back and whispered in a confidential way. "See that man with gray hair?" in dicating the proprietor. "Well, he will speak to you as you go out. He is on the verge of the delirium tremens, so, as soon as he approaches make a dash; at him as if you intended to scratch his eyes out. He is afraid f a scratch-, ing woman and will run. Then you can skip out." The terrified woman followed instruc tions and threw in a hyswical scream.1 The proprietor made his escape to the new clerk's counter and inquired: "What was the matter with that wo man?" "Crazy as a bedbug. Made me tear down everything and then wanted td buy a kitchen stove." The ruse sated him his situation, for. the next customer was a prospective; bride, who bought her whole outfit oi him. Tbe Oreat Bed or Ware. It was a huge bedstead, mentioned by Shaspeare In Twelfth Night, act 3 scene 2, line 51. According to tradi tion, it ia still preserved at the Sara cen's Head Inn, in Ware, a town about twenty miles from London (mentioned also in Cowper's "John Gilpin" as the place of residence of the calender from whom Gilpin borrowed the horse.) The bed is reported variously to have been 10 feet 9 inches square, and 12 feet square, and to have been 7 feet 6 inches "h:gh," whether that means that the mattress was more than 7 feet from the floor we do not know. Twelve persons could rest in it at c-nctj one historian says that twenty-four could do so. The existing bed is said to be 12 feet square; it is of carved oak, and bears the date of 1403 painted on it, though the carving is Elizabethan in style. It is said to have belonged to AVarwick, the King Maker, but thi tradition is not supported by facts. Lieutenant A'potolow, of the Russian navy, recently exhibited to some naval eat any of them unless you get a con officers in Odessa a new style of ship, ess ." But the hungry man had without screw or paddle, but which pulled his hat down over his eyes and had instead "a kind of running eleo-' trudged on. Chicago Tribune. -trical gear round the vessel's hull un- J " der the waterline, and a revolving . Contentment ia better than riches, mecuamsm, which, he says, will pro- hut it takes about tho same amount of pel a ship from Liverpool to New York money for one as tho other. Chicago in twenty-eight hours."! Inter-Ooean, TllZZ 4NSSUC HTJSBAJ , -faarg ar, fcus'aands who ar pretty, re - There ar8 tms'sands who are witty, husband, who In public ere I smiling as the morn , (Ttere aro husbands who are healthy, There are famous ones and wealthy, ... , ii t. Cat the real, angeuo busdouo, w never yet been born. - Soma for strength of lore are noted. Who are really so devoted That whene'er their wives are absent they are lonesome and forlorn ; And while now and then you'll find one Who's a fairly good and kind one. Yet the real, angello husband oh, he's nevel yet been born. Bo the woman who Is mated To a man who may be rated As "rretty fair," should cherish him for evct and a day , For the real angello creature, Perfect, quite, in every feature He has never been discovered, and he won't be, so they say. nUMOR OP THE 1fi Copper bottomed The National currency. The Cherokee- strip was formerly a scalp. Dallas News. Imitation is a flattery that woman doesn't relish in matters of dress. It isn't pride that makes a man in an attio look down on his neighbors. - -'That just fill the bill,- aaid tho robin as he seized a fat worm. Lowell Courier. Kicking a man when he is down i.i sometimes the only way to make him get up. Puck. Hitch yonr wagon to a star if you will, but look to the strength of tha harness. Puck. ine street paver isn t far wrong in characterizing his work as beneath him. Buffalo Courier. "I alius wonder if the fish feels as big as ho looked to the fellow who lost hiui." World's Fair Puck. A gentle maiden, younir and fair Of loveliness a dream, An i she just dotes on uj, not ma, Uut caramels an i cr 'am. New York IloralJ. There's a married man's scheme ts abolish seal fishing- altogether. No seals, no saciuca. Meridan Eepubli can. Horsedealer "I aiwi pick m you? I them. customers." Friend "Do was told that you skinned Brooklyn Lifo. Thieves may hraak through nn.l steal, but they c.a never rob the tele phone girl of her rings. People's Home Journal. It ia interesting to see how sorry the man wh went to the country for a vacation and the man whost-xyed ho.ue are for eich otVr. Vaauiu 'ton St ir To love in a cottage she dijn't ilmur. Her taste quite ineliiui her to taut , Tim only o-'c:is.on for worry to hor Wua tne prospect of love in a flat. Washington Slr.r. A curious thin? about politicians is that just so soon as they have a finger in the pie they begin t-j talk of getting there with both feet. Philadelphia Times. The first year after a girl graduates sae mases the same disheartening struggle to live up to her ideals th:it she makes after marriage. Atchison Globe. Miss Whacker "Do von consider it a sign 01 weakness la man to weep. Mr. I actor?" Mr. Factor 'That de pends on who is lilavins the piano. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "8 hear a gieat deal about tho even ages of mai, but no one ever al uuk3 10 iaa eev.-: ages of womn 1 j . wuat is tho reasou?" "Gallantr? mv Ji gaiiautry. Uoston Gazette. it must have been a love match. for she Ji new he was poor." "So. he told her he had only a remnant of bin fortune left, and she, of course, thought sue a get a Dargun." luter-Oceaa. Miss Sweetly "I bought one of th3 veils that are so thi.-cly dottsd I ci.n scarcely see, and I lo t like a fright la it, don t I? Miss Tartly "So; no; it almost conceals your "face." Chicago Inter-Ocena. A gontlemm haviaj noticed that his wue, lnnDea I of wearia hor wedding ring on her finger, kept it oonoealed in her purse, took her to task r.boutit. The lady replied: "What would you have ? That is its proier place ; you didn't marry me, but my pursal" Fliegende Blatter. Sounding the Dec? Sea. A method of sounding the dep (vlij.-.l a lins h:; L...a doused John Muuro. It consibts in droppin. lead containing a cartridge whiei. explodes on striking the bottom. Th sound of the explosion is received bv submerged microphone npparatu--'oinmunicating with the ship. Th lepth is estimated by the time occn ied by the lead in sinking to the bot :om. A very ingenious method of at omplishing the same end was em loyed in Sir William Siemen's bathy leter. This instrument was intende o sound the deep sea without a lin arough the varying attraction l ;ravity on a mercury column produce y the different depths of water ua iorneath it The bathymeter n ried on a cable shir but given up be vasj it was too sensative to the sur -Ce waves. Chicago Record. How a Bearer Chops Down a Tre2. Examination of one of them re vealed the secret of how a beaver can perform such feats as chopping down a birch tree sixteen inches in diameter, not to speak of softer woods, like the basswood, of much greater size. The tooth is composed of two materials. Along the outer faca or front of the tooth is a thin plate of exceeding hard enamel ; on the latter, forming th? body of the tooth, is a substanoe called dentine. The dentine, being softer, wears away with use ; tho thin enamel remains comparatively unworn, bo that the tooth assumes the shape of a keen chisel that never grows dull. The tooth is hollow at the base for half its length, and is filled with a nourishing substance which keeps it constantly growing. Thus, not only is tho natu ral wearing away provided against, but ia certain amount of wear beconss an actual necessity. With snch instru ments the beaver is admirably fitted for obtaining its natural food, the bark of shrubs and trees. New York Tele gram. "I am hunting for a place to eat," said the hungry man with the lunch basket. "Ton ean look at all the plaoes yoa please, sir. "replied the Co- lumbiaa Guard, stiffly, "bat you can't 4 OJ ' IV Cr M VWUksV X I i insi ' OF PAINS RHEUMATIC, NEURALGIC, LUMBAQIC AND SCIATIC. BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Uiliousness dyspepsia .t 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. - Life DEAR A CASE Of THE MINERAL 4eV OH 5ALE AT ALL Tl LEADING HOTELS, RE5TMT5 SJjMPLE BOTTLES SENT FREE WffflmfflJffl&r M YOUR GROCER OB THE BOTTLER mL r a i-rii ti nn riitrop nrt t r rr fuel and LAO I IflnPi BUOiPlLOO lVLLLuLofTert(NurMauriatructionlriiIv'tirr'epini7, Lanking.Citrremptnil m. Com ' I Jaw, Coi'lAr't mtict J'enmanhi rufrnphif and Tyrrrritint 'he Amdrmia lit an. hrm if td"'n Langnagt t dte. BusineMmen mippllefl with auta. iSlinfitiana furnished rottipo ent Mn!eiil. Terms reduce I to a hard times basl. Inairucr inn 'ndi vUIiijiI. Applicants a mined ivf dav in ih rrr wtth equal advantage. No aratinr-K. 'r catak-nue, with flue Rpet'inv-nftof Fen Work, add re (XEMKNT (iAlNKS, President. ;J0 Wnnhimttn Street. I'augtakeen-le, W. V It A Fair Face Cannot Atone for an Untidy flonse" SA Long Wait Tor a Lover. The old German proverb, "Altt Hebe rostet nicht," or "True love never dies," was exemplified the other day in the neighborhood of Zwickau, where two persons turned sixty entered the bonds' of matrimony. In their youth ful days they were engaged to be mar ried, but were separated. The now lewly married "young" man, in the ve:ir 1863, happened to be in the com pany ,f another young fellow when some unfortunate word passed be i-ween tr.em ana a gendarme, and the latter, in a scrimmage, received a fatal blow. Tor his share in the transaction this young man received a sentence of thirty years' deprivation of liberty. vhich expired last year. He thereupon nought the whereabouts of his early ove and found her. She had waited atiently for his return, had remained -rr.e to him, and they are now man and wif. London Daily Xews. A steam jetenstsbnt a slight shaaow, lmt if it is given a charge of electricity it takes an orange-brown hue and its Khrvlow is very dark. 63 S30 TO SINGERS. The girls who put up my Medical Discovery all go to our Warren Street Methodist Church and two of them sing with great pleasure to themselves and others. One of them came to me one day, saying, Dr. Kennedy, 1 must tell you what good the Discovery 'is doing in our church." Glad to hear that," said I. " Well," she went on. When I nai so hoarse last Spring, you said it seemed like Inward Humor and ad vised me to begin at once with the Discovery. 1 did so and in one month the hoarseness was all gone and my voice had improved so much several of our church mentioned it. Oi course I toid them you had advised the Dis covery and I was taking it. 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