SONG OF THE STAR 3.
ftien ths daylight fades in the evening si sloe
Ad the bine melts iu tbs gray.
We pitch our tent s In tbe nrmauionts
To guard tbe milky way.
and we gather the broken sunbeams up
That the day bus left in its path.
T kindle and boll I tbe glow. nt gild
Wbat our sparkling camp tires bath.
With fond caresses we Jewel the tre-SM
Of tne moon aa she :loju I s toe skies :
Ind tne Heayens ws spiiiikle wltb sassy f
twinkle
That leaps from nnr sparkling eyes.
Ait when be Mtorm cloud rolls bis car
Iu thunder acroits the sky.
and the lightning da- bes in fitful Bashes
We bide, till tbe Sturm goes by.
I be inn la our maatsr, an J no disaster
I'aa come to his night of rest :
For with oonitant eyes on tbe dim horizon
We guard the Kant and tbe West.
We sometimes Hud where t'.e comet bides,
.nil M.-ht.r. V. 1 ... nn. nff 1 I l.ir
Till to speeds through the night like a fox il
nia nigut.
To bis borne In tbe great nowhere.
We sometimes panse in our Journey because
We see ourselves in the glass
Of tbe s-lent lakes or tho sea that takes
Our picture as we pass
But when tbe daylight quivers and breaks.
And the graT melts into the blue,
Tbe tears we shed o'er our fallen dead
Are found in tbe morning uew.
STORY OF A VALISE
Returninsr from "New YorK City by
ihe E Kailroad a few years ago,
I bought of the train boy a copy of a
Cincinnati raper, in which I read a
ionjr account of tho robbery of the
city National Bank of L , Ky.,
and the sudden disappearance of its
teller, Harry W. Swope. As usual in
such cases, he had been a trusted em
ploye, a member of the church and a
society young man. The robbery was
a particularly cool one, the gectle-
man having quietly slipped ShO.OOO
In notes into a valise on the pre
vious Saturday afternoon after bank:
hours and walked out into tne
cold world. That was tbe last seen
of him, and it was not until after tho
bank opened on Monday morning that
anyone suspected anything wrong.
The affair created an immense sens.i
tion, sor'.cts" was sliocktd, thi
church sc;od? '.ized and the bank dV
rectors furious. The newspapers
printed lo:ig stories of the Dr. Jeiyll-and-Mr.
H.yJfc sort of existence tiia
young man bad led for a number of
years, and numerous friends of the
lately departed" knowingly shook
their head" at they told the reporters
that the Jr.sc - something like that
was sure to happen soon.
This sensation so interested mo
that when I reached Cincinnati 1
scarcely reifi-d tiie express was, as
usual, an Loir behind time and had
failed to make connection with the
train to L I should therefore
be compelled to take the last train
going west that night, which would
cause me to slop over night In a one
horse town in Indiana that did not
contain a single comfortable hotel.
1 knew Mr. Swope by siht, having
come in contact with him on a num
ber of occasions while doing business
with the bank of which he was teller.
The L papers I bought in the
L'nlon Depot gave further details of
the affair, and contained also tbe an
nouncement that the bank directors
had offered a reward of $1,000 for
Swope's capture and 10 per cent of
the cash returned, which would make
a total of $10,000 if the rascal was
caught before he got rid of his booty.
After eating an unsatisfactory
lunch I took a seat in the general
waiting-room of the depot and rue
fully awaited my train. As I did so
1 noticed a voung man approach uiy
seat, and, placing his vaiise on the
floor alongside my own, to which it
bore a resemblance, sit down while
he looked cautiously around at the
clock on tbe wall and then at tbe
officials moving about.
How long he sat beside me I don't
remember, but aftr a trme he slowly
arose and walked over to the tele
graph office at the farther end of the
room. Before he came back a strong
lunged individual In uniform stepped
Up to me and bawled out the names
of the towDS to which the train
about to start was bound for. Hur
riedly picking up my valise. I made
straight for the gate and was soon
aboard my train for the West
The journey was made with the
asual discomfort and monotony. Tbe
depot at X Y , Ind., where I
had to stop over from 10 p. m. till
tbe nest morning had been rebuilt
since mv last visit to that town, and.
remembering too well my hotel ex
perience there a year before, 1 re
solved to spend tbe eight in the
depot waiting-room with a few otbet
passengers who shared my misfortune.
All that night the face of tbe
Jtranger who had occupied a seat be
side me in the Cincinnati depot
haunted me. There was something
about him that reminded me of Tel
ler Swope. He was just bis size and
build; bis mustache, to be sure, wa
wantiog, but that be could have
shaved off this appendage was to bi
considered a matter of course. The
go'.d spectacles he wore very much
resembled those I had associated
with the face of the intellectual
lookingeilcr, and I had observed on
his fingers a number of rings, jewelry
that Mr. Swope was said to be very
partial to. As I turned the matter
over In my mind the more convinced
I felt that 1 had lost a splendid
chance of capturing the thief and se
curing a $10, 000 reward.
When 5 o'clock at last came round
I boarded tbe train for L , not if
the best of humor, and two hour
later arrived at home feeling vert
blue. After taking a slignt . break
fast I went down to the office, where
the big robbery was still the ta'.k o
the clerks. Each of them bad a
theory of his own as to where the
thief had gone, and when tbey ap
pealed to me for my opinion 1 dole
Ivjlly recounted my experiences or the
prevlonsevenlng. Of course they unan
imously agreed with me that I bad
very foolishly allowed the fugitive
teller to slip out of my lingers.
Just before going out to lunch t
messenger boy languidly entered tV
office and handed me a note from in
wife. Thinking it was the usu
commission to get a yard or two t
"goods like the sample inclosed," '
thrust it into my pocket and starte
out to dinner. I had not gone fat
re tore l suadenly stopped and too
out tbe envelope the boy bad give
me, opened it and read it. At flret
could not understand wbat it a
meant; then I turned it over an
went through it again, it read a
follows:
Dear Geoboe: Co mo horns a oa?
In opening your valise to get your moie
linen to send it to the lsnndry I discovere
it packed with bank notes. What doss
mean? Is anything wrong? Come bun:
t onoe."
My first thought was to hastei
florae, but upon reflection 1 resolve,
to step around to the bank and-acquaint
the officials there of my dft
Co very. 1 found the President of t'i
bank in bis private office, engage
with several lynx-eyed individual
whom I suspected from tbeir appear
ance to be, as it turned out - tbe.
-vera, detectives.
When I was granted an intervls-.
And explained my discovery It create
very natursjly, a sensation. At Or
the old gentleman was inclined to re
gard ma as a crank, bet when 1 asked
jblra to allow a clers to accompany
me borne be seemed to do sat'.buea l
was in earnest. He consented to uy
proposal, but after a moment's
thought be said an oscort was un
necessary, thinking, doubtless that
the handsome reward would be a suf
ficient inducement to injure the safe-
delivery of the precius va is.
As 1 left the lank and turned ur.
the street in tbe direction of bom 3 I
was Joi .ed by a young man who came
running out of tbe bank after me,
hat in hand. He said "tbe old man"
had reconsidered the matter and seat
bini to accompany me back with the
money. This seemed to me to be
quite satisfactory, and as the fellow
was a very genial young man owe im
mediately fell intodi-tcusslng the rob
bery of bis bank. He congratulated
me on my good fortune, and know
ingly hinted that "tbe old gentle
man" would treat me cleverly in th
way of reward.
I said this young man was ar very
genial fellow, but somehow I soon
began to feel an instin'ctive distrust
in biro. 1 plied him with questions
concerning tbe habits and business
methods of the missiag teller, but he
returned evasive answers. In- out
or two little things be contra
dicted blmse!f, and Anally, when 1
unexoectediy aske l mai now long ne
had oeen employed in the bank, he
replied, after looking at me In a
dazed sort of way: "Oh, about a
vearortwo." Atonc3 the thought
came to me: What if my "escort"
was one of the young men 1 had seen
outside tbe President's office; perhap
be had overheard our conversation,
and had planned this neat scheme of
playing the role of a clerk of the
bank sent we for "protection," as he
insinuatingly put it If so, I readily
saw that be intended to make an ef
fort to get bis hands on tbe vaiise
and then seize the first opportunity
to bid me good -by.
This theory was strengthened when
I noted that my "protector" seemed
gradually to become very uncommuni
cative, and the conversation during
the rest of the journey referred to
passing objects and sights. Try as
bard as I could, I fal.eU to get any
thing satisfactory out of him concern
ing the robbery.
When 1 reached home 1 politely
asked the young man to take a scat
in the ball while I stepped up-stairs
to get a glimpse of the treasure. I
foundlmy wife at the head of the
stairs, very excited. In an adjoin
ing room we examined the valise,
and at a rough estimate we placed
the amount at about tbe figure the
newspapers said Swope had carried
off with him somewhere about i'JO,-
000.
I did not tell my wife of mysus
piciousof the young man down stairs,
but 1 resolved at once to arm myself
in order to be prepared for the worst
It Is a well knowo fact that in Ken
tucky the sixth commandment has
long ago been declared unconstitu
tional, and I quickly made up my
mind that if my bodyguard showed
any sign of playing me false I would
iet him have a dose of cold lead.
Contrary to my expectations the.
foung fellow made no offer to carry
tho valise as we started on our jour
ney back to the bank. At the end
of the short street on which I lived
we stopped to take a car. My friend
had again become very affable, and
as we stood on the corner he offered!
me a cigar. I took it, thanked biinl
and placing my vall-sc carefully ou
the ground between my feet, 1 struck
a match to light it Just as I was in '
the act of doing so I received a blow
i rum tbe left that sent me stagger '
ing into the middle of the street. At
the same moment my "protector
li-appc.red in the other direction.
Look here, young man," said a
ruff-voiced fellow in uniform at mv
jide, a3 lie shook me violently, "J
t :ought you told me you were goina
io take the train west to-night It
has just pulled out and you're left."
Opening my eyes, I looked around
.he waiting-room in a confused way
and then reat-fled for my valise.
It was nowhere to be found.
My brusque arouser instantly took
in tbe situation, and, with a look oi
intense disgust on his face, said, a
le turned away:
'I guess that student-like sport
ho was sitting Leside you his taken
;.ire of your baggaga He passed me
i few moments ago on his way to the
rrain with a couple of valises. 'exfl
rime you go traveling, young man,
.ou bad better take some one a'.ou g
with you to care tor you while jroi
SUICIDE ASSISTED IN RUSSIA
l;ed and Sick Tchuktchis Sacrificed wits
Strange Ceremonies Even To-day.
Very few persons in Europe or else
where are aware that human sacri-k-cs
still exist In a part of tbe Kus-;
ian Empire. Among the Tchuktcbi1
nch sacrifices still take place, says
he Gazette de Yakootsk, and seem
.keiy to be practiced for a long tlms
o (Obia At the same time no
lame therefore can be attached to
he Russian Government or to the
rthodox church, for efforts by both
o stop the custom have proved in-
"cctual. The sacrifices alluded to
re those of old people ar.d tbe sick,
vho, finding no pleasure in life, re
oive to have done with earthly ex--tence,
to rejoin their dead relations
nd go to increase the nutnl er ot
i.ippy spirits. The Tchuktchi who
.as made up his mind to die imrue
.iately notifies his neighbors and n ar
st relatives. The news spreads in
he circle of his friends and all ot
hem soon visit the unhappy person
0 influence him to change bis mind,
'rayers, reproaches, complaints, and
cars have no effect on the fanatic,
iio explains his reasons, speaks of
' future life, of the dead who ap
car to him in his sleep, and even
vhen he is awake, calling him to
hem. II s friends, seeing him thus
esolved, go away to make the cus
omary preparations. At the end of
rora ten to fifteen days they return
. tho hut ot the Tchuktchi w.th
.vhite mortuary garments and some
veapons which will be used by the
nan in the other world to fight evil
-pirits and hunt the reindeer. After
making his toilet tbe Tchuktchi with-
1 raws into tbe c rner of the hut
Ills nearest relative stands Ly his
I !e, holding in his hand tbe instru
ment of sacrifice, a knife, a pike, or
i rope. After the sacrifice tbe as
sistants place the body on a sledge
lrawn by a reindeer, which draws it
:n the place of the funeral. Arrived
tt their destination the Tchuktchis
:ut the throat of the reindeer, take
'rom the dead body its clothing,
.vhich 13 torn to pieces, and place the
oorpe on a lighted funeral pile.
;:u ing tlieiuciL'Cialion the assistants
i;cr up prayer to the happy in the
itlier world, and supplicate these to
tatch over them and theirs. Thj e
torrible practices are fo!lowed-t day
yi th the same exactness as in anLien,
waies.
What are you doing to make it easier
to do right and harder to do wrong in
your own town?
V TONSILLiTiaLJ
'fcioabla lnforasatloa CosicermlasT S r
Cssism PlaorSor.
Tho common name of this disc t let,
ays the Youth's Companion, is "sore
broat," although a distinction should
e made between an affection of the
tonsils and an invasion of any othe
rt of the throat. V '
Mnw TiAraona have a-tendency v
rinailliria. and nton the Slightest OX-
nBiirA the tonsils become inflamed and
(wollen, causing much annoyance at
rell as actual pain, xne innauuiiauon
nay even, go on to ulceration. Then
he disease is commonly known v
quinsy."
What happens in tonsillitis is brief!)
his; the membranes- and underlying
issues of the tonsils, which are usually
toft and spongy .and covered with a
lecrction which keeps them alwayi
noist, become congested, and the secre
don being wholly or nearly stopped,
lie surface becomes dry and hot
fhere is also more or less of fever ao
xmpanying the disturbance.
Thu mmmmiMl cause of tonsillitis
a probably exposure to cold and damp,
lthough it may be set up by any form
direct irritation.
With those in whom there is a ten
iency to tonsillitis, there is often pres.
:nt constantly more or less of a catarrh
f the upper tract. Some w: iters even
ro so far as to say that these cases are
iereditary in their nature, and It is true
;hat very often two or more members
)f the same family are afflicted with
he same disposition to the trouble.
Proximity to the sea-coast or other
places of a damp and changeable tem
perature conduces to the chronic form
of this disordet.
The onset of an attack is usually
mdden,and in a short time symptoms of
i very disagreeable nature appear.
Headache, pain in the throat, inability
to swallow and general discomfort
render life nearly unbearable, if ot in
frequently e:ira"he, from the extension
Df the inilanuiiatioa to liia canal of
lhe ear, aids to the sufferer's distress.
Fortunately, however, this disagree
iMo disturbance is speedily amenable
to proper treatment. The attack should
be made upon it from every quarter;
the general feverishness should be dis
pelled by a suitable perspiration starter,
like a drink of hot lemonade, and tne
swelling of the tonsils should be re
Juccd by hot gargles and by applica
tions of heat or cold to the angles of
be jaw.
Above all, if there is the slightest
appearance of ulceration upon the sur
face of the tonsils, there should be M
delay in calling a competent physiciaa,
since thcro is (Janger of mistaking for
simple tonsillitis wbat may really b
liphtheria or quinsy.
Many persons advocate cutting of
:he tonsils, especially where there is a
I renounced tendency to inflammation.
This may be safely left to the judg
ment of the family physician, although
it may be said that an enlarged tonsil
Is in itself an exciting cause of too
'illitis.
FIND IN OLD FIDDLES.
An Old Violin Made In the BorenteenU
Century Recently Discovered.
Ledbury, Herefordshire, a charmingly !
old-fashioned place close to the Mai. i
vera hills, in the midst of beautiful
scenery, was the other day the scene ol
two very valuable finds by Joseph
Haker, a resident of that town. One if
a very old English violin, labeled:
John Crniipk at ye S
Lutes Id Drurv Lane
neare Trlnces St.
lndon it&2.
Nothing is known concerning th
maker, and this may, perhaps, be th :
only specimen in existence, says thf
London Violin Times. We have in-,
spected the instrument at Messrs -Hills',
who are in a position to guaran
tee tiiat it was made by the makei
vhos3 label it bears. The "find" is in
teresting, inasmuch as old English vio
lins of that period (seventeenth cen
tury) are very rare. Perhaps the first
maker of violins in England of whom j
we have any record was Jacob Ray- j
man, whose date is variously given as
having been in 17-0, by others 1641,
and also by others 1G50. However thsl
may be, the "find" closely resemble!
the style of Ray man. The oldest Strad
violin that has yet been seen datet
from 1GC8, so that it will readily bt
sean that the Crouck is a very early
and rare specimen of that maker. The
condition is surprisingly good, except
ing the absence of the varnish. It hat .
its original head and neck, and oi
course, its original label. The second1
"find" was a Joanna Baptists Guadag
nini, Turin, 1780, which rras found in
a similar manner in an out-of-the-way
village last summer, about forty milef
from Ledbury. It had been entirely
discarded by its owner in an outhouse,
bri Igeless, stringless, and covered with
dust and dirt, but in an amasingrj
sound and original condition, retaining
its head and neck, and only having i
few crae'is in tho upper table. It wai
labeled Petrus Guarnerius, Filius Jos- j
eph, etc. On being taken to Messrs.
Hill & Son they declared it, without
the slightest hesitation, to be a genuine
Guadagnini of considerable value. Oui
correspondent has been a lover and
collector of violins for about thirty
years, and, although he has seen scores
of instruments, this is the first Italian
violin that has ever fallen to his lot
Mc-rsrs. Hill, after hearing the history
of thi3 violin, were amazed at the man
ner in which it had been unearthed
declaring that in the whole course oi
their experience they haJ Hevef hear?
of a similar find.
A Brave Frenchman.
Few Frenchmen - distinguished
themselves more in the Pranm-RAn.
man war than Roch Domella, wbt
nas just died as keeper or the light
house of Bonifacio, on the Corsicao
coast M. Domella, who was a Ooi
s can ly birth whenc: bis Italian
sounding name enjoyed the confi
dence Of Uamtnt.ll. Bhn mnl,uH
I v V'.... VftV.
him on some dangerous and delicate
missions in tne days of the govern
ment of national defense. Gambetta
was desirous of conveying Instruc
tions to Marshal Bazalne during
the investment of Metz, and it was
to Domella that he intrusted the
task. The courageous emiaaar
(tarted out for tbe scene of war, and
one dark night he swam across the
Moselle under a heavy fire from the
German outposts. It is said that It
was o--ly by swimmirg the greater
;art of tbe way u:.dr water aed re
appearing above tbe water now ad
then just loos enough to take breatb
that he escaped tbe hall of bofleH.
Havlrg delivered his d spatches Dam
so la returned by Vhs same way as he
e t and with the same success. It
in recognition ef his services
that Gamtetta after the war got him
the post of lighthouse keeper, which
le retained uat 1 his death.
Fores) of Habit.
"Reins has a queer habit. . When
ever he is out driving anl he sees a
oian standing on a corner he whips
jp his horse and passes him in a
iiurry." "It's a force of habit; be
osed to be a street-car driver.
moycles of The ratirtt
"Now, here it oar new machine," said
the. bicycle agent of 1994. "It was a
reat jump from steel, which was very
heavy, to aluminium, so much lighter,
but it is a still greater Jump from
ulutainium to a!rinum, the new metal
which ey nave lately discovered
This wheel is made of it.
"You see it, weighs a good man)
pounds less than nothing. , You notice
that it is chained to the floor securely.
If it were unloosened, it would fly up
and knock a hole in the ceiling, and it
would be hard work to' pull it down
again. Owing to the lightness' of the
medal, which, by the way, we extract
from the air by the same process
precisely that aluminium is extraceed
from the virgin clay, there is great
difficultly m putting it into the shape
of a machine, to properly hold it down
while being worked; for the pieces
often slip up out of the mechanic's
fingers ana case mm on tne nose,
causing great soreness and swearness.
"The first machine we succeeded in
completing we took out to try, but it
got away from us and soared upward.
and, my friend, there is little doubt
but that the man in tne moon is nav
iqg a time all to himself with it, hanf
him!
"Our show room is not exactly fitteo
to display these new cycles. Com
mon cycles, of cburse, are displayed
on the floor. We intend to put in an
iron ceiling and range them along in
order there, with a rope to eacn to
pull them down for inspection. Wc
are not expected to get everything Id
proper shape all at once; it takes
time. How, the usual question will
not be asked as to how much the
machine weighs. It will keep it down?
Just the revers, you see, as the law ol
rravitation is just the opposite nowU
the center of the earth; and so this if
regulated by the amount of ballast yoc
carry in your pockets, whether yoc
want to chase tame ducks along the
earth or catch wild geese up in the aii
the weight of your ballast bringing you
safely down, of course. The tires can
also be filled with gas, and regulated
for ascent or descent. Please step on
these seales and let's see what gauge o'
the alrinum you require."
Tbe Irrepressible,
"No, I don't want it cut and 1 don't
want it trimmed," snarled the shaggy
haired young man, seating himself in
the chair and glaring savagely at the
barber, "and I'm not a foot-ball player,
nor a pianist, and I haven't taken any
vow not to have it cut. Perhaps that
will save you the trouble of asking
questions. All I want is a shave."
"Yes, sir." The barber worked in sil
ence for ten minutes. "I have a
brother," he remarked, at last, "that's
got a bead shaped just like yours. He
has to wear his hair the same way."
Chicago Tribune.
Backwoods Diplomacy.
A Portland man, who has just re
turned from a hunting trip in the foi
ests of .Northern Maine, vouches to the
Portland, Me., Argus for the entire
truth of the following story, as he had
U direct from the sheriff.
A man who lives in Mount Katahdio
reign went into the office of a justice ol
the peace a few days since, and in
quired about the penalty for hunting
deer with dogs, and very particularly
as to whether one-half the fine did n '
go to the informer.
The justice consulted the game Ian J
and assured him that it dJi
"Very Well," said the man, I wan
to complain of myself and settle."
The justice could not back out, anc
io gave the transgressor "a clean bill ol
health," upon payment of one-half of
the penalty.
It seems that the man got wind of
the fact that a game warden had got
the "drop" on him on his deer coach
ings with his dogs, and was only wait
ing an opportunity to arrest him
Hence his shrewd bit of diplomacy.
Won the Bet.
"Say, how many trained rats have
fou around this hotel?" was the
rather startling inquiry a traveling
man addressed to tbe manager of
popular hotel a few days ago.
"Well, I notice you are still ad
dicted to the cup," was the reply be
received from tbe hotel man.
Don't you believe it," answered
tbe traveling man. "I just came
from my room a moment ago, and if
I didn't see a rat w th the initials ot
the hotel branded on his side I hope
I mar never sell another bill of good'
n Cincinnati" ,
Oh, you're talking through you'
tile," replied the hotel man.
"I'll bet you that I can point out
such a rat in ten minutes," said the
drummer. Then they went upstairs,
and, sare enough, in the traveling
roan's room was a big gray rat with
the hotel Initials branded on its side.
The hotel man gave the tourist one
sharp look and then led the way tc
the barroom, where the bottle wa
produced. The rat was a papiei
mache rodent, and had been lettered
by the traveling man.
The washerwoman motto "Let u
oap for the best"
GOLDEN
MEDICAL
DISCOVERY
Many years as;o Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., com.
pounded this medicine of vegetable ingredi
ents which had an especial effect upon the
stomach and liver, rousing the organs to
healthful activity as well as purifying and
enriching the blood. By such means the
stomach and the nerves are supplied with
pure blood; they will not do duty without it
any more than a locomotive can run with
out coal. You can not get a lasting cure of
Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, by taking arti
ficially digested foods or pepsin the stom
ach must do its own work in its own way.
Do not put your nerves to sleep with so
called celery mixtures, it is better to go to
the seat of the difficulty and feed the nerve
cells on the food they require. Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Nervous Af
fections, snch as sleeplessness and weak,
nervous feelings are completely cured by
the " Discovery." It puts on healthy flesh,
brings refreshing sleep and invigorates the
whole system.
Mrs. K. HCNKB. of No. 89S North Halstrt SL,
Chitmgo, III writes: I regard my improve
mvni aa simply
wonderful. Since
taking Itr. riene'a
Cotflen Medical Die.
corery in connection
with his 'Pleasant
tVllrta I hare gain
ed in every respect,
parttcnlarty in flesh
and strength. My
ItTcr was (Trrailfully
enlarged and I suf
fered . greaUy front
dyspepsia. Nophy-
relief.
Now. after two
months lam entire
ly relieved of snv
o,'ee. My sppe- , Mas. llairzav.
lite ss excellent
JTJEf Z1' a"- tswuVT and sleep
iDjiB Dti-Eczena
' " - -
intense tehing and Burning
aiodV Saraaparllla Cere aad Gave
V Sou Relief..
I ma trouDioa tor bw-m" w. - ,
sntonrnrekin. Isufffered Urrlbly atnlght and ,
- . .Iks sari tin s
. . . . -.r nails short to Keep mm
""" " ' " " T. hlr.
iiuuj -
Three physicians did
not help my ease. I
. bad about given np
In despair when a
Mend advised ma
to try a bottle of
Hood's Barsaparilla.
It seemed as U every
doss helped me and
after I bad taken a
few" notUee I was
enUrely well and a
sound man again. X
proved Hood's 81
saoarilla to be a
good blood partner
and I gladly reo
Amnumd It to every
aifferer.'
Ws. u. runiKBK, Oarmlchaels, Fa.
Mood's
Sara
parilla
Be sure to get
HOOD'S
c
ures
Hood's pmswxzs
Worth a Thousand Dollars.
One naturally thinks of butterflies
in connection only with flowers, and
flowers suggest sunshine and warmth.
But there is no place on this earth
except upon its great seas and oceans
where butterflies cannot be found.
Of course tbe plains of tropical coun
tries abound with them, but some of
the most beautiful forms are found
!n tbe mountain passes of Darjeeling
ind Sikkira In tbe Himalayas, and
jn the frigid altitudes of Thibet,
Cashmere, Toorkistan. and the Pa
mirs. Lieut- Peary has told that
when be planted the United States
flag on the ice cap at the farthest
point north a moth lit on the pole
lor a moment. Prices of butterflies
vary in tbe catalogues of professional
dealers from 15 cents to tSOO. Ac
cording to a writer In tbe New York
Herald, from which these facts about
butterflies are gleaned, '-fine types,"
beautiful and rare "varieties," and
wonderful uniques are. practically
priceless. For example, one of tbe
gems of tha collect on of Mr. Neu
inoegen of New York, is his won
derful papill o neumoeitenL This In
tect, the only one of its kind ever
eaptured, was taken on tbe Island of
Sumbawa, southeast of Java. Re
ceived in a shipment from bis col
lector at that place, Mr. Neumoegcn
tt once concluded that it was new to
icience. lie sent it to Europe, risk
ing its loss, and experts there de
eded that he was right. It is of a
wonder rut metallic grern. Special
expeditions have been se t to the lo
cality several times sincd In the hope
nf finding another, but this one still
remains unique. It is valued at
11,000.
How It May Happen.
"Jeminy crickets, she's got the rick
rts," whispered one beau to another in
the company of a very pretty girl.
Truly she was very beautiful, but there
was a twitching about the nerves of
the face which showed suffering.
"No," said the other, "it's neuralgia
and she's a martyr to it." St. Jacobs
Oil was suggested as the world
renowned cure for it. Did she try itf
i'es and was cured by it and married
"one of the fellows" afterwards. The
use of the great remedy for pain will
not bring about a marriage, but in its
cure of pain it will bring about condi
tions of health to make life more en
joyable. No man or woman ought to
marry who is a sufferer from chronic
pains. We should not wed woe to win
only wretchedness.
A Clarke County, Georgia couple
recently celebrated their colden wed
ding in the home in which they were
married and which has been their
home continuously since.
, nwa This f
We offer One Hundred Dollars He-ward foi
any case of Catarrh that cannut be cured by
thill's Catarrh Cure.
F. J-Cnenar & Co., Props., Toledo. O.
Wo, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the lat 15 year, and believe him jrt
fectlv honorable in ail business transaction;
and Hnane ally alii to carry out auy obliga
tion made by their firm.
W'smt & Tkcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waliuvo. Ki!fAW & Marvih, Wholesal-
KriiKft'Sts, Toledo, Ohm.
Ha l's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act
in directly npon the biooti and mucous sur
lacos of the system. Pri'-e, 75c. per bottle. Bold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free. -
Natural gas has been used in China
for many centuries. It issues from
assures in the earth near coal mines
and is led through bamboo tubes to
tho point where it is consumed.
Dr. Kilmer's Swanr-Boor cures
all Kidney sad Bladder troubles,
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratoi t fiinzbamtoa. SL 7.
Harrv Soies. a Cincinna tl tinner oe.
caped death recently by having a very
heavy watch chain, which caught a
scantling and held him from pitching
rm L! l- II . . . C
on a mgn rcauoiaing io Itie Street.
To purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and
give nerve, bodily and dlgesUve strength, take
Hnnri's Sananarilla. Continne tha medtelna ar.
ter every meal for a month or two.
Hood's Pills cure constipation. 25c
The price of $50 offered for the
druggist who, at the next session of
the Missouri Pbarmicists, shall cor-
jectly name most drugs by the smell,
has set the doctors training their
noses.
With Emphasis
a-e say that HI pans Tabnles, the best and stan
dard remedy for stomach and liver troubles, will
cure your headache or bilious attack. Ooe tabula
glres relief.
Gas lamps were introduced in the
Paris streets in 1819. Their employ
ment caused no little remark among
the country people, who got an idea
that there was some mgic about the
matter.
T eonld not get along without Plso's Cure lor
Jonsumpnon. It always cores. lias. K. c
Moulton, Needham. Mass. Oct. 22. .
A loaf of bread supposed to have
been leavened and baked about 560
B. C. has has been taken by a French
explorer from a tightly sealed Assyrian
sarcophagus. -
"errs Clover Boat, the" great blood porlOet, '
rlvesrresbnsss and clearness to the complex! od
and corss consUpaUoa 2ft els. Met.. SI.
The oil wells of Baku, Prussia, cover
a distance of country twenty-five miles
long by over half a mile in brerdth.
Mrs. Wlnalew ffsofTifnt By rep for etandraaj
teething, softs the sssasa. reduces tnnasama. '
lion, allajrs aala earss wlad colic Sea boule
' A Norman-Percheron horse, owned
in Detroit, Mich., and weighing 2,500
pounds, is the heaviest eaninA in ths
'worirl. '
Wae It Senatorial Courtesy.
Before the Introduction of the tele
graph Ambassadors at foreign courts
used to be far more important person
aites than they now are, and irreat
rival grandeur existed among them.
On one occasion a new Italian Minis
ter bad arrived at the Spanish capital,
and went en suite to pay bis respects
thn -rsiiratno- aoverehra. Arriving
at ono ot tbe reception-rooms to tbe
hMim net rotinn in oecnmea dv
an
by
Iniposiog-looklng man surrounded
aiit.rlnr t.rtmno Thfaa he 1
not
unnaturally took to be tbe King and
nia courtiers, ana witn proiouuu
obeisance introduced himself.
Tbe supposed King received bin
with gracious condescension till the
doors opened and an even more mag
nittcent train ushered in the real
King and showed to the discomfited
Italian that he bad been kneeling be
fore his bated rival, the French Am
bassador, who took no pains to con
ceal his satisfaction at the flattering
mistake. But bis triumph was not
to last, for in the evening of the same
day tbe King, with tbe Italian as his
partner, was playing cards against
the French Minister and a third Am
bassador, when In the course of the
game the Italian threw down a card,
exclaiming, "That Is the king and it
wins us the trick!"
Ills partner looked at It and said
No! You only played the knave"
"O. 1 beg your Majesty's pardon,
so I have!" and with a quick glance
at his French opponent hecont nued,
and It Is the second time to-day that
1 bare mistaken a knave for a king."
Wa) w .ne Jjaureateshlp.
Gray, the poet; was offered tbe post
of poet laureate oa the death of Col
ley Gibber, la 17S7, tut refused It .or
tbe contemptuous reasons set forth
In a Utter to his fr'eid Mason. The
letter Is reproduced la a re.ent num
her of the Edini-urgh, a. d read -: "If
a y great man would say to me, 'I
will make you rat-catcher to bis Mv
Jcsty, with a salary of 200 a year
and two tutts of the best Malaga.
and though it has I een usualjto catch a
mouse o.- two, Tor form's sake, 1 1 pu
jlic o ce a year, yet. to you, sir, we
shall rot stu d upo ' these things,' I
fca.ax.ot aav I thnul 1 i:imn at it. s
But I do cot prcte. d to blame ar.y
h i jo e else that has not the same sen
satioas. For my tart, I wouli rather
be a trumpet major or pin-maker to
the palace. The office itself," he
Co t i;ues, "has always bumbled the
professor hitherto (even i.i aa age
wLe i kings were somebody). If he
were a poor writer, Ly making him
more conspicuous, or, If he w.re a
good one, by setting hlja at w.;r w th
the little fry of bis own profession;
for there are poets little enough to
e ivy even a poet laureate." The post
was su' sequently accepted ly Wil
liam Whitehead, a cow entirely for
gotten versifier, whom Macauljy cal's
"the most aicoiupushed tuft-hu .tor
of bis time."
No Wish to Intrude.
Business Man Show me some cj
four soft black bats.
Hatters Cleik 1 es, sir. iiere s a
line that will lust s-iit you. Le-t
quality and latest style. Gentleman'r
bat. Wbat size?
"ITaven't you something wider in
tbe brim and a little higher in the
crown?"
Yes. sir. That's the kind wesel?
o Chinamen."
"Let me see some of them, please."
"Yes. sir, but I don't tbinic they
ill suit you at all. Nobody but a
Chinaman buys that sort ct a hat
now. I've sold 'era two dozen of
that kind in the last month."
"That style just suits them,
dose itr"
'.Always."
"It, j what they ask for when they
iome in, Is It?"
"Every tima"
"Aud you don't try to sell them
any other kind, do you?"
"You bet I don't.
"Well, I guess I'll go to some store
here tbey are as anxious to please a
white man as thev are to please a
Chinaman. Good evening." Chicago
Tribune.
Grandma Was Shocked.
Grandma bad nob been to the cir
jus for many years, b :t the younger
trencration prevailed upon her, and
she went to t'.iis one, much against
ber principles. Grandma does not
approve of circuses, and she watched
the performance with ill-concealed
pcrtu bation. Presently there was a
bareback act which introduced a man
and a woman who rode together in
many and wonderful positions. The
act ended in a burst of applause, an-1
...a' e'le fr-nl !o x.:r. ;ux
Oh, grandma, wasn't it grand?
"Peruana it was." nnewprori i,F.ni.
ma. severely. "But all I can say Is,
I hope they're imarried." Boston
Budget
l)ld bat Part or Her Daly.
Tbe umbrella of a Catholic penitent
was stolen while she was at confession.
She went with the story to Cardinal
Wiseman, hoping probably to obtain
compensation. The only consolation
she got from the the Cardinal was this:
"My, child, I am sorry for you; but the
Scriptures tell us to watch as well as
prav.
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 a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on tbe Kid
neys, liver and Bowels without weak,
ening them and it is perfectly free front
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug,
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
(To. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accent aosT ubstitute if ooerad.
Other remedies may
WUt cure Sprain, Bruise, ana a Baekacht 1
MIKCAAL KfMTEM IK TISZ
IP?
SIHPLE BOTTLES 5EHTFEEE T0flMUJE5 ON REQUEST ,
" ASK YOUR GROCER OR THE BOTTLER FCRJ
"A Handful of Dirt Hay "be a HouseM of mc
Keep Your House Glean With
SAPOLIO
A PLUCKY SCHOOL-TEACHER.
slow Ber Coormg-e Defeated Two Desperate)
Bobbers.
In these days when railway trains
and express messengers are at the
mercy of armed bandits a woman's
courage when sbo is confronted with
masked robbers is Inspiring. A des
perate attempt to rob a safe in tbe
banking department of the Northern
Indiana Normal College was recently
thwarted by a remarkable display of
coolness . on the part of a young
teacher.
When the office was entered it was
occupied by two women, one the
secretary and the other a teacher,
Emma Jones. It was in the middle
ot the afternoon, and the building?
were flilew with students.
"Keep quiet or you will be shot,'
hissed the two masked men as they
rushed into the room.
One of them put a revolver in the
turner's face, and levelled another
.it the secretary. The other strode
toward tbe safe where he expected to
find 830,0ia
The school-teacher never flinched.
Instead of meekly surrendering, as
many express messengers and train-
guards have done under similar cir
cumstances, she sprang forward and
with a quick, vigorous bl w knocked
the nsvoher out t t the intruder's
band He had another revolver in
bis other hand, but- being dazed by
her unexpected resistance stooped im
pulsively to recover tbe weapon from
the floor.
The plucky girl was too quick for
Dim. Instead of snatching up the
revolver, as be had feared, she darted
for the door, calling upon her com
panion to follow her. As she passed
through the doorway a shot was
fired, but with such faulty aim that
she escaped unharmed. Plunging
headloDg down the stone steps she
screamed for help.
The masked men, hearing her voice
and perceiving that delay would be
fatal, followed her without robbing
tbe safe. On the eround they met a
man who had answered the alarm
signal. They brandished their re
volvers and frightened b'ni out of
his wits. Then they retreated across
the campus, and escaped down thr
railway track.
A swarm of students started In
pursu t, reinforced by police offic rs
and a Sheriffs posse. The robbers
were tracked for two mile In their
desperation they tired upon a farmer
who was driving a load of peaches to
market. He had a rifle and fought
.hem at long range with deadly ef
fect. He killed one and wounded the
ther, delivering the drisoner to the
sheriff.
The farmer c'rove to town and was
ihe hero of the college. One en
thusiast undertook to sell the peaches
ior nitu to a grateful commiinity.and
turned over a liberal offering of money
to him in recognition of bis services.
The farmers risk had been slight
In comparison with the scho 1-teach
er's. He had his rifle and was a good
shot. She was unarmed and in the
power of her captors, but she bad tbe
courage and wit to defy them and to
raise tbe alarm, bhe really earned
the large gift of money by her hero
ism rather than the peach-seller,
whose marksmanship bad been suc
cessfully tested. Youth's Compan
ion.
A Church of Ice.
The Officers of tha Xentunn linn
BteamshiD Patanseo. whii-h nrrivprl in
port recently from Kotterdam, via Sun
j i j -. i ,
uuiauu, wiuiesseu an eariy morning
Scene in mid-Atlantic whirh First rifrl.
cer PODham savs was hnvnnrl iloai-rin.
tion and any human power of repro
duction. The beautiful sight was
Caused bv the sun ahininer
iceberg about 7 o'clock on the morning
Ul -ttuguai, ana continued lor fully
fifteen minutes. The iceberg was 270
feet high and 550 feet long, and was
on the edge of a denss fr.tr Tt- 0,
shaped exactly like a church, having at
one end a towerintr nnira that
pierced near the top of the spire in im
........ .i.. ...
lusuuiaw Willie.
About fiftv feet from t.hn
sun's rays blended Into a soft pink that
was most beautiful to behold. Back
of the spire was a slanting roof that
the action of the focr and 1 in nanaarl fn
appear in a deep blue. Near the spire
a jrenecuy Bnapea ijothic arch, in
which had been maltad a fiaanra i;b-
a window as to almost make one be
lieve it was built there by a mechanic.
.luo nun snone mrougn this in all its
brilliancv and dazzled tha
aboard ship. The fog formed a deep
vM&giuunu near me water and made a
marine picture that could never be
painted. Besides all this, the sun,
shining on the many small projections
of the berg, made the whole looi as
though millions of srnu-lrlina- diomn.J.
v .... 1 P .imnuuufl
had been piled together. The officers
say mat many statues and fantastic
figures were discemihln oHn.. v
mountains of ice. The seamen and
officers were awed by the beauty and
grandeur of the scene. Baltimore
American.
All Prepmrad.
Police Sergeant Are you all ready
for tho tald on that Ram bl inn eotab
lishtaent? .roundsman Yei Sotl
fled the proprietor reaterdar. Brook
IralaU.
rtr-7 FAWirtlU 70 YtHI? 15 YOUR HEALTH
UK MM TO YOU? THiMDOlTTBC WITHOUT
A CMSi 6f TKi BEST CMCMPiST TABLE
aW
60? 'Sjinsom St.
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The Bay View Reading Circle.
Ever since the well-known Chao.
iauqua C.rcle wai started there ha
been an insistent demand forashori,
well-planned and low-pric-.-d course of
rc.t " -i r for the thou-an.ls for whom
the aiiove circle course is too eipea
sive, and requires too niu. h time.
The Hay View l eatliu,' Circle bn
been organized to meet the demand.
Many of the leading educators arH
ministers of the country aie anior.ii
Jts promoters, ar.d Mr. .1. M. Hall of
Flint, Mich., is the SutioriiiteQdcrit.
To him application should Le made
.'or inform it on. The circle has a
four yerr' f.-nirse of reading, and hat
.'he au vantage of speciali inir sulj
ecti Tne first year is the German
year, beginning w'lh Novemii-.
There Is so much aimless and hap
ha arJ reading, that the well-planned
and attractive Hay View coursa
OUjfbt to mit. win, 'nstant. favor.
An Kvplanatlon.
A New York dude traveling in the
West was violently kicked by a cow.
boy, apparently without any provo
cation. "Why ah did you kick
me" "Because I done forgot and
'eft my gun at home." Texis Sitt
ings.
QTsOTT Well
rOlVlv Peopl(
jtst sick EsorGn to feet.
TIRED AND LISTLESS. TO HAVB
0 APPETITE, TO SLEEP BAD
LY. TO IIAVE WHAT YOU EAT
FBEL LTEE LEAD IJf YOUR
STOMACH. NOT SICK ENC-l'Glt
TO GO TO BED, OK HAVE A
DOCTOR, BUT REALLY. UFB LA
HARDLY WORTH L1VLSQ.
Ripans
Tabules
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All our shoes are equally satisfactory
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Fifty Years. It soothes the child, softe-n the
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TT ALL, Ol. pRGE to readers of tha
paper. Charles A. Bald wlsl Co., 4U Wsll
Street, New York.
rtENSIOrjKW
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