VTHERBVIK YOU AMi
VherBret yott are tbla time M year
I), my lost lore, who wm false ui fab?,
When tha cry of the whlppoonrill talis of
- your ear,
And the mown hay scents the air,
I know you must think of the night wsstoot
Tinder tha yaoamora tree alone,
Chile our Tain tan riot with lifo'a wars
flood.
And my heart made its p anion known
Ton moat think how I called yon my love,
my own,
T , Wherever you are,
tTherever you are on nights like this,
Like sweet in your gall, or like gall in you
Wine,
ion must taste that clinging and tender alas,
That first mad kiss of mine,
Jow timid you were, and how fond you
were!
How you trembled and clung twist your
love and fright
When you heard a bird In the sycamore stir
And I gathered you elose and tight I
Ood I but it must all haunt you to-night;
Wherever you are.
7bereTsr you are, you must recall
How the young moon rose aa I held jot
there
Slow t watched a star from mlrtsky fail,
t nd my wish took the fords of a prayer
'Whatever you ask will eome true,"
Ton said, with that smile that eoaarad al
men ;
and yet you were speaking a lie, you knew
and I never shall pray again.
Ion must think of the wrong you .did mf
then,
Wherever you are.
Ella W. Wilcox, in Frank Leslie's Monthly
HIS OPPORTPNUT.
BY LOCI3 XiaNZK.
HEBE was one sen
tence that Deacon
Chandler had never
omitted from his
prayers einco he
was converted and
began to pray in
the little wooden
church on the hilL
It was this : "Send
to Thy servant, oh.
Lord, some great
opportunity for doing good."
Strange as it may seem, his prayers
had never been answered. Tha aoa
viia rolled around with their accus
tomed regularity and brought increase
to his. flock and plenty to his store
houses, and as yet nothing unusual had
happened. Still the worthy man
prayed on until "Deacon Chandler's
opportunity" had coma to ba almost a
byword with not a few of the younger
members of the congregation. And
when he arose at each meeting, aud
with bowed head uttered th9 familiar
petition, his eldest son, Tom, away in
the back part of the room, wus mim
icking his father, to the int-iaso amuse
ment of a few unruly boys who werr
his companions.
Tjni Chandler was a bad boy. There
was no denying that. Tom's mother
was the last one to admit it, bnt even
she was forced to own sorrowfully that
"Thomas was a little wild." Deacon
Chandler in his own family laid down
the strictest rules, and they were fear
fully followed by all except the eldest.
Tom was incorrigible. He chafed un
der the home restraint, and his natu
ral wildness found vent in various
petty misdemeanors, which soon won
for him a bad name in his native vil
lage. In vain his mother besought
him to mend his ways ; in vain his
father placed him under closer re
straint and visited upon him more din
penalties. It was no avail.
One night Deacon Chandler entered
his home with a stern look on his face
that boded no good for whoever the
culprit might be. His wife looked up
from her sewing as he entered.
"Where's Tom?" he said shortly.
"I don't know," was the reply.
"Why is anything the matter?"
Before he could reply the door
opened again and the subject of their
conversation came in. He was a tall,
well-built boy of eighteen, but his
youthful face was already marked with
the lines of dissipation and in h.s
handsome brown eyes there was a dare
devil expression that spoke volumes to
one who understood it.
"Well, sir?" was Deacon Chandler's
(greeting.
"Well ?" came in insolent tones from
the boy, who remained standing.
Ton are found out."
The btern notes of the father rang
in the mother's ear like a deathkneil.
"You may as well confess."
"There is no need if you have fount?
me out," replied the boy defiantly.
"Perhaps you would like me to telL
Are you proud that you and your gang
have been detected stealing fruit from
Mr. Dean's orchard, and that unless I
settle you will be arrested? Can you
offer any excuse for removing the gates
from half a dozen houses in town and
making a bonfire of them in my
orchard lot?"
Mrs. Chandler looked hurriedly up
at her son.
"Oh, Tom, it isn't so? Say it isn't
so," she implored.
But he was silent. Then the deacon
continued :
"I shall settle to save your brothers
end Bitters from disgrace, but from
this night you are no son of mine. J
disown you."
A slight pallor spread over the boy's
'ace as he opened his lips to reply.
. "All right, father. If you had dealt
more gently with me I might have
been a different boy now. I own that
I took tho apples and helped to burn
the gates. But there," he burst out
suddenly, "what does it matter? I
won't stay to disgrace the family any
longer, I've been ready to go for
some time." And he glanced around
the comfortable room contemptuously.
When he finished speaking a
mother's hand was laid on his arm and
s mother's voice, pitiful In Its sorrow,
said:
"Don't go, Tom. Tour father don't
Inean it. lie is very angry because
-on make him so much trouble. Ask
(dm to forgive you. I am sure he will
if you will only try to be a better
Soy"
"Never!" sternly interrupted the
deacon. "He is no son of mine, and
my house is no longer bis home. Qo 1
Do you hear?"
"You need not tell mo twice," re
turned the boy. "Good-bye, mother.
I'm going," and before they realized
it the eldest son had passed out o:
home life forever.
After that life went os about aa
usual at the Chandler farm. The
deacon still offered his accustomed
prayer, only there was no Tom to
make fun of him, for since that
night Tom Chandler had not been
seen. Deacon Chandler was still wait
ing for his opportunity ud still won
dering, too, how a chance so earnestly
desired was so long withheld. Othen
all about him were doing great thing
toward building up the kingdom, yet,
searon and wait as he would, nothing
ever earns in his way.
So the time went ou for eight or teii
ears, until one day Deacon Chandler
awoke suddenly to the (act that his
wife was slowly dying. His lore for
hU wife am thfaf wu
if
one doubted and when be notioed bow 1
pale nod thin she had become he spoke
to her at onoe in an unusually anxiouf
way.
"Is there anything I can do for you,
wife?" he asked.
"No I don't know aa there ia." '
"Is there anything you want ?"
Her eyes filled with tears. '
"Shall 1 tell yon?" she whispered.
"Yea do."
Sadly and firmly she told him then
ihe whole pitiful story.
"I want my boy. I want Tom
nm, nur in ma. xxe wu mr unt
born, and X cannot forget now A loved
him when he was a baby in my arms.
Yes, and when he grew to be a boy 1
loved him still, and my love could have
saved him. But yon yon were so
hard and cold with him. Conscious
of your own virtue, yon could not
pity his infirmity and bear with him,
as I would have done. No, hear me
out," as he would have spoken. - "Yon
have always prayed prayed to the
Lord for some opportunity to do some
great good, and when it was here, in
your own son, yon neglected it. Yon
might have been more gentle; yon
might have led him out of his evil ways,
but you would not, and all these years
my heart has been aching for a sight
if my son my eldest born."
The words came sharp and fast now
and ended in a smothered sob.
The deacon was surprised. Acvei
before had his wife questioned bis wis
dom or censured him for what he did.
But the mother love so strong in her
had welled up and filled her heart to
jverflowing, and she must be heard.
Her words had their effect, too, for
Deacon Chandler saw, as he had never
leen before this, his mistake and the
hypocrisy of the fervent prayer he had
jo often breathed out to His Heavenly
Father when he was an unmerciful
nay, even cruel parent. How he had
prayed for an opportunity of doing
good, and when it came let it pass
nay, threw it away wmiuiiy. ne was a
man of few words, and those he spoke
now carried healing balm to the heart
of the woman who had so loved he
wayward boy.
"I have been wrong, wue. can you
forgive me?"
"Oh, freely I she answered him.
He read in her wistful eyes the nn
ipoken wish and answered it.
"I will nnd our boy ana bring nun
lome," he said.
"And no matter how sinful he is oi
aow he has fallen you will bring him
Home to his mother?"
"I will." And she was satisfied.
To those who wish to learn all things
iro plain, and Deacon Chandler traced
his son, by constant effort, to a small
Western city. Of the fact that he was
there he became convinced, but could
learn nothing more. A week found
aim standing in a railway station of
the city of C, inquiring of tue by
standers if they knew Thomas Chan
dler. "Know Thomas Chandler? Waal, J
reckon I do," drawled one loafer whe
was warming himself in the sun.
"Can vou tell me where I can tin J
aim?" asked the deacon.
Waal, I kinder reckon about thu
iime er day he's ter be found over tc
he Senter House."
Having learned where the Sente.
House was, Deacon Chandler walked
slowly up the main street of the well
kept western city. How should he
find Tom? He inferred, from the
manner of the man with whom he had
just talked, that his son was still the
wild young man he had turned from
home so many weary years ago. But
it did not matter. He had promised
the mother and then was not here his
opportunity? He would see that he
grasped it now and would save his son
t any cost.
His meditations were cut snort by
he gilded sign directly in front of
his eyes and he saw in large letters sen
ter Houso. He was almost ashamed to
ask this gentlemenly fellow about his
erring son, bnt he did.
"I am a stranger here, sir," he be
jan. "Can you tell me where I cor.
ttnd Thomas Chandler?"
"Xes, sir," answered the brisk clerk.
Then he turned to a boy who stood
jear and said, "Go and find Mr
Chandler."
The boy sped away on his errand
nd Deacon Chandler waited. Then
Qo heard steps, a man a surprised
roice called, "Father," and he
looked up and saw his son. But where
was the sinful, dissipated man he had
thought to see? Here was a well
dressed and prosperous-looking man,
holding out his hand to him and bid
ding him welcome. And it was lorn,
rhat was the funny part of it.
"Come, father," and he lead the old
nan away to a private parlor ann
slosed the door. "Don't you know
Be, father? I would know you any
where. Yes but it's so strange," gaapej
Jie old man.
Tom laughed good naturedly.
"Oh, you mean that I am not what
fou expected to find? Well, hardly,
unging from early indications ; but,
ather I must say it" and the man's
eyes grew moist ' all that J. am J
iwe to mother."
"God bless her, Tom," heartily re
sponded his father. Then after a pause,
"Can you forgive me, my son, for my
aarshness?"
"There is no more for me to for
,ive than you," returned his son. "I
iiave lived all these years to learn, and
I think I may safely say now that I am
in honest man. This house is mine
md, God willing, I mean in the future
to be an honor and not a disgrace to
the old home."
So, alter all, Deacon Chandler's
pportunity was a wasted one, for now
there was no need of any effort on his
part in his son's case. The opportun
ity had come to him in his son's youth
nd he bad neglected it.
As it happened, everything bad
turned out right, but the chances for
that had been so few and for another
and more painful one so many that he
sould only thank God that he had
taken into his own hands the most
luooessful working out of Deacon
Chandler's opportunity. New York
teronry.
A Chin or the Old Block,
A Trinity professor and his young
on were dressing together one morn
ing not long ago when the father
thought he saw a chance to inculcate
into his son a few good ideas. He
looked out of the window and saw the
mail boy who lived next door to them
working hard in the garden, and this
was his opportunity. "Henry," he
laid, "look at Walter Jones working
out there in the garden. He's been
up since 5 o'clock this morning,
milked the cow and brought the milk
over here. How, there s a boy lor
you."
The boy mused for a minute or tw,
then looked np at his father and said :
"Papa, do yon see Mr. Jones over
there? He's been up since 6 o'clonk
working hard in the garden, planting
corn and peas. Now, there
Now. there a mas
for yon." And the professor as hi '
tells the story says there was just
twinkle in
his son s eye. Bartlor
EpssV
; norsmoLD ' affaies.
'CCOXOIIX X OOOD BBUSHES. '
One of the most useful of articles it
t!is house is a brush made of good hairi
If properly cared for it will last I oi
years, bat buy only the best kind wil'4
the hair wired into the back. Ths
cheap brushes have the hair glued in
and will not stand water. Even the
stove brush should be of the best,
whether for use outside or inside.
Choose one with a short handle and it
will clean out every bit of dust from
every nook and cranny. Stove ovens
should have the soot and dust brushed
out every day. American Agricultur
iaUj .J; . . -.
' CABS OF KATXBESSZ1.
' A bright, clean mattress is the house
Keeper's delight, writes Mrs. E. H.
Cooper in the American Agriculturist.
The question is how to keep it ao.
Some use slip covers of calico or mus
lin to protect it, but this is unsightly
ni unsatisfactory. Of course a tack
of some sort may ba used to guard the
top from possible harm, but it is the
rubbing against tho slats or woven
wire that so soils and darkens the tick
in-;. I have found the following
method freo from all objections: Take
a piece of sheeting or strong muslin,
some six inches larger each way thau
the mattress. At each corner attach
a twelve-inoh piece of tape, e swing it
by the middle so as to form strings six
inches long. Lay this sheeting
smoothly over the slats or springs.
Straps, formed of pieces of mattressei
binding a little longer than the depth
of the mattress, are sewed by their
ends only to each corner of the mat
tress. Through these straps pass ont
of the strings at each corner, tying iu
a bow knot. When desired, the knots
may be untied and the mattress turned
over. Before turning remove, with sj
small stiff brush, all dust from around
the tackings, and the mattress will re
tain its fresh appearance for years.
Til a STATF OF XiTFB.
From time immemorial housewivei
and cooks have been told that the fu
ture of the human race and other more
immediate things depended upon bread
making. The influence of dyspepsia
npon the community and of bread upon
dyspepsia has been set forth times
without number. Sometimes there
have arisen teachers who, with chem
ical language, tried to bring about an
era of good bread-making. But breaj
continues variable in its quality.
In the first place, the flour used
should be the best. Good flour is soft
to the touch, slightly yellow in color,
and sticks to the hand when plunged
into it Flour of darker tints and with
out adhesiveness is inferior. The water
should be pure and ta.steless, from a
running stream if possible. Salt should
not be mixed with the flour, but with
the water used in kneading. The
kneading should be a continuous pro
cess, neither very fast nor very Blow.
There are dough-making machines
which have advantages over the old
methods of mixing by hand.
The oven should be ready for tht
oread at exactly the same time that the
bread is ready far the oven. Large
loaves should be placed in the back ol
the oven, small ones in front. Large
loaves should be baked an hour and a
half, small ones three-quarters of an
hour. When taken from the oven
bread should be exposed to fresh ai
until quite cold. New York World.
KECTTE3.
Baked Corn Bread Take onrf teacup
il cream, one-quarter teaspoonful of
soda, one cup of flour, butter the sizo
of a walnut, one cup of sugar, one cup
Indian meal, one egg. Granulated
meal is the best.
Baked Bananas Strip from side
piece of the skin. Then with yom
finger loosen the skin from the sides
of the fruit; dust well with granulated
sugar, and bake in a moderate oven
half an hour. Serve hot in the skins.
Ivory Blanc Mange Cover quarter
box of gelatine with quarter cup of
cold water, soak fifteen min-ates; put
one pint milk over fire in double
boiler ; add two bay loaves an.l grate.l
rind of half a lemon; when hot adl
gelatine and half cup sugar ; take from
Are, strain and turn into a round mold ;
when cold serve with a sauce madr
Tom sweetened raspberry juice.
Fricaseed Eggs Boil a dozen eggs
aard, remove the shells and slice ; tak e
a cup of white stock, season with salt
and pepper ; brown a teacup of stale
bread crumbs in butter ; put the gravy
in the saucepan and set on fire ; dip
the slices of egg in melted butter, then
in flour, and lay in the gravy ttntil hot ;
take up, arrange on a dish with the
'xied bread and pour the gravy over.
Pineapple Shredded Select a ripe,
inicy pineapple, remove every bit of
the skin and all the "eyes." Then lay
the fruit on a platter, hold it firmly
with the left hand, and with a silver
fork tear off the pineapple in small
pieces, leaving the core whole. Put
the shredded fruit in a serving dish,
sprinkle generously with fine granu
lated sugar, cover and let stand in the
ice chest an hour, if possible, before
lerving.
Saratoga Cream Hashed Potatoes
select a light, not soggy, variety of
potato, and boil till nearly but not
quite cooked. Set away in the chill
ing room for twenty-four hours. Cut
in chunks the size of a walnut and put
in a double pan inclosed with hot
water. Pour over them rich, thick
cream, (that from a Jersey cow is best)
in the proportion of a pint to three
pints of potatoes, and season with salt,
white pepper and butter. V hue they
are stewing chop them constantly with
a silver knife till they are the size ot
pea.
Looking Ahead.
Mrs. Carter was an economical wom
an. She seldom indulged herself In the
luxury of a new gown, nnd whenever
she did, she was particular only about
the wearing qualities of the material.
A favorite niece generally assisted her
in making her choice.
"Now, Amelia, you're sure this cloth
Is all wool. I can't see so well as I
could once," said the old lady when her
Inst new gown was being purchased.
"But what color do you want, aunt?"
"Land! I don't know as I care much
what color It is, so long as it's black,"
responded Mrs. Carter.
Bo, after a little discussion, a good
piece of black cashmere was purchaser
and taken home. But the niece no
ticed that Mrs. Carter did not seem
wholly satisfied. "I'm afraid you would
rather have had some other material
than cashmere," she finally suggested.
"No, I don't know as I should. Cash
mere wears considerable well," was tho
response; "but black aint the color It
used to be, and I've been a-thlnklng.
I aint never had no loss by death, and If
I keep on wearing black what under
the sun am I going to mourn in when
some of my folks are taken? I believe
I'll see If I can't get the store to take
this bade and give me a black that has
sonie kind of a tint to it, so as I shall
real a change when I go out of colon."
LARGE OYSTERS. " .
In Some Part of the 'World One
Slakes) a Fall Meal.
Pliny mentions that according ta
historians of Alexander's expedi
tion oysters a foot In. diameter were
found In the Indian seas, ana on
7a mam T? T,nnint xen nnexTtectedly
I enabled to corroborate the correctness
of his statement for at iiotuar, near
Trlncomalee, enormous specimens of
edible oysters were brought to the
tsthouse.
One measured more than eleven,
nchea In length by half as many in
width. But this extraordinary meas
urement is beaten by the oysters of
Port Lincoln In South Australia, which
are the largest edible ones in the
world. They are as large as a dinner
plate and of. much the same shape.
They are sometimes more than n foot
icross the shell, and the oyster fits his
habitation so well that he does not
'eave much margin.
It Is a new sensation when a frlena
is ks vou to lunch at Adelaide to have
one oyster fried In butter or eggs and
bread-crumbs set before you, but It Is
a very pleasant experience, for the fla
vor and delicacy or the fort Lincoln
mammoths are proverbial even In that
'and of luxuries. Philadelphia Press
Can He Make Rubber?
Man has Imitated the processes ot
lature so often and so successfully
that there is no knowing where he will
stop. An attempt is now to be made to
manufacture rubber. Instead of wait
ing for It to grow. Most of the crude
product comes from South America,
ind the Immense quantity of sap taken
from the trees has affected their vital
ity. Many of the large and more pro
ductive trees are dying, and it will be
many years before the young oaes,wIll
be sufficiently grown to yield sap. Tho
rubber Industry Is confronted with a
possible sap-famine.
In this emergency a M. Berthclo;
.oines to the rescue. He predicts that
he will produce purer nud bettpr gum
tiiun can be found in Para, and more
:heaply. This assurance opens up .1
pleasing vista. The very possibility of
lis success Is soothing to the tired
lerves of the denizen of the city In this
hustling, bustling, noisy age. As a
deadener of noise rubber is a genuine
blessing. The next century will not
anly see pnoumatlc-tired vehicles in
common use, but pavements and side
walks of rubber, and rubber-covered
floors, sof t, elastic, and noiseless to Uw
tread everywhere.
Breathing Carbonio Acta.
It Is well known that a very inucii
larger proportion of carbonic add than
usually exists In the atmosphere can
be Inhaled with Impunity, but only re
cently have we been aware of the large
quantity that can be breathed without
actual danger. Ordinary fresh air con
tains by four parts in 10,000, yet the
sirbonlc acid hns to reach 3 rer cent.,
r 100 times the usual quantity, before
any difference Is noticed In the respira
tion. As the percentage rises the per
son breathing It begins to pant, but
with air containing as much as 10 per
lent only a headache is produced, al
though the panting Is violent The ac
tual danger point is not reached until
the carbonic acid rises to IS per cent
Foul air In a room where a numbei
of persons are present Is not dangerous
on nccount of the carbonic acid it con
tains, but owing to a poisonous organic
substance given off with the breath.
Carbonic acid Is not a direct poison,
but when the danger point is reached
the air can take none from the blood
In the lungs, so that the fires of the
human engine are extinguished by
their own smoke, as it were. It Is real
ly wonderful what the human engines
will endure, for a candle goes out when
the oxygen In the air sinks to 1S.3, In
stead of the usual 21 per cent, and the
carbonic acid rises to 2.5. Chambers'
Journal.
3rcatest Spendthrift of the Age
Jack Mytton, the famous Shropshire
fox-hunting squire, was perhaps the
most renowned spendthrift the world
has seen during tho present century.
At Harrow School he spent $4,000 a
year. At 19, when a cornet In the Sev
enth nussars, lie spent 51i,000 in one
day. When told that he could afford to
spend $30,000 a year he replied that he
preferred death to such a miserly In
come. Upon one occasion he paid
500 to a London poulterer for supplying
his table with pheasants. lie always
traveled with piles of loose bank notes
on the seat beside him, which In windy
weather used to blow out through the
window all over the country. Upon
another occasion, when going a Jour
ney, he took a roll of bank notes,
squeezed Into a bard ball, aud aimed
them through the window nt some one
who had displeased him, hitting him
In the face He realized $400,000 by the
sale of timber on his estate, which he
sold immediately. lie ran through his
Inheritance, the Ilnlston estate, with
a rent roll of $300,000 a year, nnd $2.
&00.000 of money accumulated, dying
bankrupt and a pauper at the early ag
if 33. London Answers.
A man may get "more sense as be
grows older, but he doesn't have hall
as much fun.
Dr. PIERCE'S
PLEASANT
PELLETS
SICK HEADACHE,
BILIOUSNESS,
CONSTIPATION,
INDIGESTION.
DYSPEPSIA,
POOR APPETITE,
and all derangements of the
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Of all druggists.
ONCE USED wm
ALWAYS IN FAVOR.
YOUNG SPIRITS,
a vigorous body and
robust strength fol
low (rood health,
but all fail when the
vital powers are
weakened. Nervous
debility and loss of
manly power result
from bad habits, con
tracted by the young
through ignorance
of their ruinous con
sequences. Low
spirits, melancholia,
impaired memory,
morose or irritable
temper, fear of itnpendinfr calamity and a
thousand and one derangements of body
and mind, result from such pernicious prac
tices, ah inese are permanently enrcu by
improved methods of treatment without the
patient leaving home. , . '
A medical treatise written in plain but
chaste language, treating of the natnre,
symptoms and curability of such diseases,
cent securely sealed in a plain envelope, on
recciut of this notice, with locentsin stamns.
for postage. Address, World's Dispen-
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Rheumatism
Hood's Sarsaparllla Proved That It
Cures.
.... . i.i. ht T imta what Hood's
Banaparilla hai done tor me. I was troubled for
longtime with rheumatism in my hip and
knee. It was a great effort to move about. I
tried many remedies said to cure bat found no
relief. When almost discouraged, I was induced
to try Ilood'i Sars-ipaiilla. I took three botUes
and I have not had a pain since. Hood's is the
HoodsCures
kind that cures, and I am a firm believer in It
and recommend it to all afflicted with rheuma
tism.' B. A. Watebhooss, Keunebnnk, Me
Hood'a Pllla are purely vegetable, carefully
prepared from the best Ingredients. 2Se.
Pleasures of Home Life.
"Vi'hat a cozy home you have," said
his bachelor friend as he entered Mr.
Nuwed's house for the first time.
"Yes, indeed," said Mr. Nuwed, ec
hHmii, T never knew the real com
forts of life until I married. Now If
foxx'U Just sit down a moment I'll go
down and fill the furnace, split a little
kindling wooa, Dnng up some coai lor
tha. vrota fire, set out the milk Ditcher.
mend the kitchen stove, put up a cur
tain pole, attend to a iew otner aomes
!. HutiM unit then we'll sit down and
have a real nice time." Chicago Rec
ord.
Stats or omo, ctitt or Tolkdo, I
. M I.I'CH t!or!TTT- I
Frank J. t'ar.sir makes oath that he In the
niiior imrtner ! the nrmor . J. imcjir
o., iloi;iir b'lsiiu-sH In the City of Toledo,
('omit -ami State afonnaiil. and that said Mnn
will pavtlis rum of ONU Ill'N'DKEU IOL-
1.A K-4 lor t-acn aim every case oi uiarra mat
(-nnot be cured by the use of II all's Catariib
' w..rn to t efore me ami Kubacribed in my
pre-ctico, thU Otu day i f December, A. D. 158&
. - A. W. Uleasoh,
) Mr A I V
, ' .V tam Pua'fe,
Mall (Varru Cure istaken internally and acta
direetlv in the blood and mucous surface of
tho system. Kond for testimonials, free.
F. J. Ciie.vkt & Co.. Toledo. O.
fSSold by Oruugista, 7.V5.
"Colorado" and "Rhode Island" are
are both names descriptive of color, the
former named from its brightly hued
cliffs, the latter from its roody" or
red cranberries.
Dr. Kilmer's Swawr-KooT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Pfnebamton. M. 7.
In Turkestan, if a wedding engage
merit is broken, the firl'a narpnta must
either return the lover's gifts or sub
stitute another daughter if they have
one.
Don't Yon Know to have perfect health
fou must have pure blood, and the best way to
bare pure blood is to take Hood's SarMparilla,
'lie best blood purifier and strength builder.
Hood's Pills may be had by mail for 25c
it C, I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Leavenworth, Kan., fire depart
ment has a horse named after Quan
trell the raider. The beast is so vic
"0118 he has to be tied down to be shod.
School Cbtldrea
trill ent sweetmeats and tou ean't nmmt t
I he flist you know of it there is a headache; the
c-iiuii is uiiioui anu something mast be done.
I' re Klpuns Tatmles, a remedy which I standard
br sucli troubles.
A Paris manufacturer of artistic fur-'
oiture has just executed an order for a
t-liMir, the front legs of which are of
w:i.l gold. It is valued at $37,500,
ktl tlorcr Root, the (treat blood pnrtfler,
(Holrestinesi snd clearness to tbe complexion.
11 u cuius coustlimtion 2acts. 60 els., it.
A guardian of the peace of Gardiner,
Ale., was recently found a sleep by a
townsman, who handcuffed him and
relieved him of his valuables.
STr. Wlnslow") ootb!ng gyro for ehnflraa
tretlilnK, softens the turns, reduces InOamma.
4ou. allays saiu. cures wind colic 2&a.a boule
There is a snecimen of tho Mission
grapevine at Carpenteria, Cal., which
has a girth six feet four inches at the
base and is still growing.
I cannot uneak too highly of Plso'a Cure for
runsiimiition. Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 215 W. 22d
SI., ew xura, vcb iov.
What Every Man Is Wo.-Tft.
An interesting exhibit at the Na
tional Museum shows the physical in
gredients which go to mako up the
average man, -weighing 151 pounds,
nays the American Analyist. A large
glass jar holds the ninety-six pounds
of water -which his body contains. In
other receptacles are three pounds of
white of egg, a little less than ten
pounds of pure glue -without which
it -would be impossible to keep body
ind soul together 13 pounds of fat,
il pounds of phosphate of lime, one
pound of carbonate of lime, three
junces of sugar and starch, seven
unces of flouride of calcium, six
uuces of phosphate of magnesia and
t little ordinary table salt. Divided
ip into his primary chemical elements
ihe same man is found to contain
ainety-seven pounds of oxygen
jnough to take np, under ordinary at
mospheric pressure, the space of a
room ten feet long, ten feet wide and
ten feet high. His body also holds
fifteen pounds of hydrogen, whieh,nn
ier the same conditions, would occupy
somewhat more than two such rooms
is that described. To these must bo
added three pounds and thirteen
Dunces of nitrogen. The carbon in
she corpus of the individual referred
k is represented by a foot cube of
joal. It ought to be a diamond of the
lame size, because the stone is pore
carbon, but the National Museum has
Dot such a one in its possession. A
row of bottles contain the other ele
ments going to make up the man.
These are four ounces of chlorine, 8
ounces ot flour ine, eight ounces of
phosphorus, 3, ounces of brimstone,
2 ounces of sodium, 2 ounces of po
tassium, 1-10 of an ounce of iron, two
ounces of magnesium and three pounds
and thirteen ounces of calcium. Cal
cium, at present market rates, is
worth $300 an ounce, so that the
amount of it contained in one human
body has a money value of $18,300.
Few of our fellow citizens realize that
they are worth so much intrinsically
What Confident Am
He doesn't behave as if he belonged
to the best society," said one young wo
man. "No," replied the other, "he be
haves as if the best society belonged to
I him." Washington fJD. a) Star.
TRIALS OF POVERTY.
One of TbentB-onKht to iat 1st th
Car at nana.
Th writer can vouch for the authen-
ttHtv ! atorv. In an Eastern State
there had been a series of barn burn
ings, which hid destroyed thousands oi
AnUar1 worth of nrorjertv. In some
cases residences and stores bad caught
fire and there was no end to the aam-
am KHno hnraH and vehicles, hay.
grain of every sort and the odds and
ends of property which Is generally
tared in harnn all went. Tha citizens
of the little village were greatly In
censed ana len no means unmea to
catch the offender. Finally during the
thirteenth fire tha entity man and his
confederate were caught. Popular in
dignation ran so high that naa ine
erf ma occurred in Kentucky or the
West, the men would have been lynch
ed, and as popular novels say, inis
ainra wonld never have been written."
But they were thrown Into Jail to await
trial. The day before the trial a prom
inent man called urjon the chief offend
er's wife and found her crying bitterly.
He looked about in vain ror some
means of comforting her, but could only
pat her on the shoulder and say:
"There, Mrs. 8.. don't take on so.
Maybe they'll clear him," though down
In bis heart he hoped they woman
But she only walled louder.
"Oh. It Isn't that But to think Jim1
tn Hn tried to-morrow before a bis
crowd of people and he hasn't got any
stickpin for his necktie. He Is awful
proud, Jim is, and when he was arrest
ed he told me to get him a stickpin If
could, but I haven't been able to save
nant nh. It's awful to be so noor."
And the kind-hearted man actually
took out a dollar and told her if she
could find a stickpin at that price to get
It for Jim to wear at court and save th
family pride. Indianapolis Sentinel.
A WELL-KEPT HAND.
A beautiful hand is not always possi
ble to acquire, but a thoroughly well
kept one may be bad without the art of
a manicure, and by very simple meas
ures. To begin with, tbe hands
should always be washed in very hot
water, or better yet iu warm oatmeal
water. Failing this, a few drops of
tincture of benzoin in the water
add greatly to the whiteness and
softness of the skin, and also
conduce to tbe beautifying of the
nails. When the hands are thoroughly
clean, rinse them in clean, warm wa
ter, into which a teaspoonful of almond
meal has been thrown. Dry the bands
on a soft tcwcl aud immediately rub
them with the following mixture: One
part pure glycerine, ono part lemon
juice, one part rosewater. This can be
prepared either for immediate use or
kept in a bottle for three or four dayt
t a time.
Twice a week the nails may be
rubbed with this Van.ish: Half an
ounce pistachio oil, 32 grains table
alt, 33 grains of powdered rosin,
33 grains powdered alum, 80 grains
melted white wax, 2 grains fine
carmine. These ingredients should be
thoroughly mixed over a spirit lamp,
made into a kind of pomatum and
preserved in a email glass or porcelain
jar. It should be applied to the nail by
a tiny wad of medicated cotton and
allowed to remain half an hour. Tht
thin membrane at the root of the nail
should then be carefully pushed back
with the round end of an ivory nail file,
and the little "idle skins ' that often
grow at the root of the nail cut away
with a pair of very sharp scissors.
When this is done the nail should bt
polished with the so-called "diamond
powder," a small quanity of which is
put on a chamois-skin nail polisher.
The hands are then washed in hoi
oatmeal water, well dried on a very
fine tcwel, and' finally the nails an
poliehed once more with a sof
chamois.
TO MAKE BLACK COFFEE.
An improved way to make black cof
fee is to put four tubli spoonfuls of pure
pulverized Mocha coffee in a warm.
dry coffee pot, and pour over it grad
ually a pint of boiling water. Stand
the pot in a bain Mane, or in a
saucepan of boiling water," so that,
though the coffee gets thoroughly hot,
it still does not boil. When this coffee
has been poured through a stiainer, it
is ready for use.
About Some Bare Gems.
The Sultan of Turkey has an emer
ald of 300 carats set in the handle of a
dagger. He has the richest collection
of gems and regalia in the world.
V.1T9 ri ft twin erfa! of e:iicrulJ in
St. Petersburg seven inches long, four
broad anrt weighing four and one-hall
pounds.
The diadem of the Bussian Empress
Anna contains 2536 large diamonds
and a ruby raided at $400,000.
The cutting of the Kohinoor occu
pied thirty-eight days with steam
power and cost $40,000. The Iiegent
required two years and cost $25,000.
After the first discovery of the Bra
zilian diamond mines, 1146 ounces of
diamonds were shipped to Portugal in
one year, and the price fell to $5 a
ear at.
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 one to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pl
ant to the taste, t'e refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of J 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 the Kid
neys, liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Jlge is for sale by all drug
gists in 60c ana $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Oo. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will nil
accoDt tor fAbstttate if ooemL
4
Jf yon have
Bhcumatism
Or an v other pain, yon don't take
.r mao it bea-an to kill pain,
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CROSS EYES MAY BE CURED.
A Visual Defect Removed by th
Early Uae of Glaaaea.
Strabismus or "cross eyes," are now
safely and almost painlessly corrected
The desired result may be obtained by
the wearing of proper spectacles In ear
ly youth; but, according to the Phila
delphia Record. If the evil Is cot then
corrected, an operation later on will be
necessary.
The removal of a "cataract" ron the
eye Is one of the most delicate opera
tions performed by the oculist. A cat
aract Is formed by the lens of the eye
becoming opaque, so as to appear gray
ish or otherwise, when it shuts out the
light from the optic nerve. The oculist
of to-day cuts Into the ball of the eye
and removed the darkened lens, and
the optician supplies the defect by arti
ficial lenses that make good the stghr.
Tbe demand for glass eyes Is increas
ing as the character and quality of the
eyes Improve. Unsightly eyeballs are
now removed In part, leaving enough
of the muscles to rotate the glass shell
tltat Is placed over them. Where the
work Is properly done, the possessor of
the glass eye can move it about with
all the naturalness of a real optic, and
In mar.y cases It Is very difficult to tell
the manufactured article from the gen
uine. All the wild stories about sub
stituting rabbits' eyes for human eyes
or the statements to the effect that ocu
lists can take eyes from their sockets,
wipe them on a coarse towel and re
store them unimpaired to the happy
patient, are all moonshine, and anyone
who Is called upon to listen to such
tales Is perfectly justified if under such
circumstances he should wink the otht-r
eye.
flow the Chickens Got Ont,
A correspondent who spent the sum
tner at Lake Placid, In the Adlrondacks.
bears witness to a pleasing display of
Ingenuity on the part of a domestic ben.
a creature not commonly supposed to
possess any high degree of Intelligence.
The chickens were getting large
uongh to Injure the sprouts, and Mr.
Crazier, their owner, put them into the
hen-yard, having first laid boards edge
wise on the ground against the slats
all the way round the yard.
To his surprise, the chickens were
soon found 1a the garden. They were
put back into the yard, and the fence
was carefully examined. There was no
sign of an opening large enough for the
tiniest chick to squeeze through. "And
for all that, the chickens were soon out
again.
This time Mr. Frazler determined to
see how the thing was done. He had
not long to wait The fugitives were
hardly back In the enclosure before the
mother sat down near the middle of the
yard, as if she were brooding. The
next moment two of the chickens
hopped npon her back; whereupon she
rose, nnd with slow and stately mien
proceeded to bear them to the edge of
the yard, where she ranged herself
alongside the board that bad been ex
pected to prove an Insurmountable bar
rier to all chickens.
No sooner had she brought her prec
ious burden within reach of the board
than they hopped upon it, passed be
tween the slats, and were on their way
to the garden In triumph.
The maneuver was repeated till the
hen had conveyed her entire brood, two
by two, to the top of the board but not
till after another witness had been
called to enjoy the novel sight.
Biding; In a Large City.
I once knew a man who had a large
flour store In West street, whose resi
dence was kept secret from all his
clerks. All they knew was that he
appeared at the store in the morning
nnd left at night, and they also knew
that he resented all Inquiries. Once I
wanted to see this man out of business
hours, and on asking the head clerk
where he lived, to my astonishment he
said he did not know. Yes, New York
is a good place to bide, and thus Cant.
How gate, who has been for a dozen
years wanted in Washington for an
extensive fraud, has during half of
thai time been keeping a book shop In
one of the most prominent streets Id
this city.
Captain Howgate knew that few of
his old associates were of bookish
taste, and therefore his trade was well
adapted to his object Second-hand
book dealers find customers In students
and bibliomaniacs, and they make their
purchases at auction where men of
similar taste resort. There Is, however,
a vast difference In the business, for
uptown one will find small shops (like
Howgate's), while down town there
are several of Immense extent. These
men purchase whole libraries, but pay
very low prices rarely more than the
cost of binding and occasionally they
get book rarities of unusual value.
Iience such a dealer must have a vast
acquaintance with the world of liter
ature. New York Correspondent Troy
times.
Kothlnr Extraordinary. .
She The newspapers say that wo
men of the poorer classes in London go
barefooted. I think that's dreadful.
He That's nothing. They are used
. ai , ..
wp mey were oora mat way.
York World-
chances with St. Jacobs Oil, for twenty
and it's been pain-killimr ever since.
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