BONO OP SH1P3. , - H s tu 'y m4 n,P th9 vinlj, and -' lashed tka aaa (Bto foam. And tha keen-blo-trlnjr galea tors tba flags J and the aalls of tha ships that were plunging home s Of tha ships that wore tossing home on the black and billowy deep Bat .who shall reach to the trreoka tha i wreck, where the ships and their . eaptaina sleep? . O, wreaks by the black seas tossed, In tha desolate"ooean nights 1 lost lost In the darkness I lost , In eight o' the harbor Ilghta I f he sky made a veil o' tha clouds, and a aoonrge o the lightning red, ' And the Mists bowed the masts of the ahlpa , that fared where love and the sea-galls led ; Of the ships that were faring home with lore for the watting breast Cut where Is the love that can reaoh to tha wrecks, where the ships and their cap tains rest? O, ships of oar love, ware-tossed In the fathomless ocean nights ! Lost lost In the blackness ! lost In sight o' the habor lights ! There was once a ship of my soul that tossed o'er a stormy sea, '; And this was my prayer, when the nights gloomed drear: "3end my soul's ship ante to me! , ! fiend my soul's ship safely home, from bil lows and blaokened skies ! . Cat where Is the tout that can reach to the "r depths the depths where my soul's ship lies? .' O, ship of my soul, storm-tossed, In the far and fearful nights ! Lo3t-lost in the blackness t lost In sight o' the harbor lights 1 -Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution, t. A MAX OF SERVE rV"' HAVE - been held J; up twice by road agents, said a New Yorker who has had a wide ; range in the field ' of western experi ence, "and al though hundreds of other men hare 'Tittd tn look into fitv the muzzle of a Henry or a "Win chester rifle in the hands of a desperado under similar circumstances, I don't believe any one ever had his nerves put to anything approaching tho strain, mine were subjected to during one of the seances I was a party to. "The first time I had to hold tip my. Lands, with the request that I keep them up until further notice tinder penalty of a bullet through my heart if I let even one hand fall below my head, was down in Xew Mexico'. ' It was just after the war, and a party of us were on our way to Pueblo. I had 3500 in good, hard-earned .Government money on my person, with which I be lieved I was going to make my ever lasting fortune by investing it in gold mine that one of oar party had found, he said, not many miles from Pueblo. The United States mail coach was carrying us to that place, and the fonerol impression in those days was that the overland mail was generally well loaded with valuable matter. This seemed to have been the opinion of three enterprising citizens of New Mexico about that time, as we learned when the stage came to a sudden stop in one of the wildest spots in all that country, and the muzzles of three rilles appeared at the stage windows, with a rough and tough looking man at the butt end of each rifle. One of the man ordered us to tumble out on the double-quick. We did not tres pass even a little bit on the time of these gentlemen, who seemed to be in hurry, but tumbled out at the word. Then we were ordered to stand in line, front face and close dress, and to hold our hands above our heads, all of which was done with military prompt ness. One of the three bustling citizens was set to guard us, and to whom the leader of the gang remarked : " 'Blow a hole that you can shove a stovepipe in through the first man that ttirs!' "Then the other two went to cut ting open the mail bags and rifling them. I couldn't tell how the pouches were panning out, for the rifling op eration was out of the range of my vision, under orders as I was to pre serve a rigid 'eyes front." 1 guess we had stood there five minutes, and the strained position was beginning to tell on me, when I saw something as I rolled my eyes toward the ground that drove all thought of heavy and painful upheld arms out of my head. Moving directly toward me, and not more than a yard away, was one of those terrors of that region, a centipede. This one was a hideous-looking fellow,' at least eight inches long. lie kept straight toward me, and I never moved my eyes from him. He drew nearer and nearer, until he was at the very tip of my ehoe. -1 didn't dare move, for I knew the muzzle of a derringer was only rod away, ready to drive a bullet through my heart. The centipede stopped for a second or two when he came to my shoe, and then turned and passed on by. I raised my eyes and breathed easier. - The robber guard didn't seem to be aware of the exist ence of anything else on earth except us and himself, and he seemed to have us r.U tinder his eve at onv. "" - . w m course, to see what direction the centi pede had taken, and I didn't need to, for suddenly I felt a sensation, first at my ankle, and then gradually passing up my leg, that made my blood turn cold. The centipede had crept up my fchoe at the instep, and was even then climbing my lejr nnder my trousers ! There was no mistaking the pricking of the long rows of sharp claws as the centipede worked his war along my flesh. I knew that the least movement I made wonld disturb the Yenomous climber and he would instantly tnk every one of his numerous claws into my flesh and squirt from each ; one it quota of deadly poison Into mV blood, "There is nothing so quick or so sensitive to disturbance as a centi pede. They are harmless if their tem per isn't roused, and tho falling of a shadow on them is frequently enough to do that. , If you ever go into a oen tipede country, and some morning wake up and find one of these ugly fellows crawling over your leg, jnstlet him crawl. Don't breathe, if yon cap help it. His sharp claws will brisk you unnleasantlT and nrobehlf leave two red streaks on your flesh, which will itch and burn for half an hour. but let him take his time. If you make the slighest movement it will jar en his nerves, and he will squat right down, so to speak, and force every one of his toes into you Its fnu length. Then yon irHl have poison enongh in you to xxu a Antra. Jon can t posal bly be quiok enough throw a cent I ?ede off before he sinks his poison L'lsws into too. 1 11 teu yen now snv dea a eraQpefio Is. , .Two .JTstw Meiloe miners oncowert' ewrrping together, feil"0ae Cir occt jof .Out nw a oemi- pede nearly a foot long lying quietly pa the bore arm of his sleeping part jner. Fearing that . the man . might k waken before tho oeatipede moved ej hisTormand make movement tbaj (would prove' fatal to him, the mine! took, his revolver,'' crept up stealthih tenear that ha could hold the weapoij thin two inches of the centipede, and fired. The bullet scraped down along the sleeping man's arm and swept the venomous intruder away like chaff before the windf But the bullet wasn't sudden enough-Vr Al though the centipede was torn into a hundred pieces, it had time to sink its olaws into its victim's arm before the bullet swept it off, and the well meaning miner had only precipitated his partner's fate. The centipede is aa much like lightning as that. 'Well, there I stood, doubly held up as it were. If I moved a hand the watching desperado would fill me witi lead. If I moved a leg the centipede wonld fill me with poison. Slowly the terrible creature crept up my leg, stopping now and then as if pondering aver his next movement, and then olimbing on again, all the time leaving his itching, burning track along my leg something in itself almost intol erable. I did not know how soon the irascible, creeping terror would take umbrage at eomething in his course and vent his spite at it by socking his long rows of stingers into my flesh ; and then the thought that the robbers would soon be through with their work at the stage and begin their search for our personal belongings came with added terrors. In going through my clothes they would of course disturb the centipede, and that meant only one thing. All I could see in the cutlooJi for me was certain death, whichevel way I turned it over. Tet I kept on hoping that the living infernal ma chine in my trousers leg might take it into his head to retrace his steps an some down to the ground again before anything happened to disturb it. The centipede showed no disposition ol that kind, but suddenly changed his base by moving from my leg to my trousers below the hip. One whack from my fist would have smashed th centipede, with his back against my hip bone, and that would have ended him. And it would have ended me at the same time, for there isn't any doubt but that the man with the gun would have obeyed orders. So I was just about to tell him, quietly and without waste of words, the unpleas ant situation I was in, and beg him to let me give the centipede its quietus while I had the chance, when tho venomous thing moved back to my Jeg again and resumed its march. "It crept along, turning when n reached my waist, and moving across my back toward the other side. The nervous tension was terrible a deadly sreature liable at any moment to bury its venomous claws n my flesh, the muzzle of a pistol warning me that in stant death awaited my slightest move. The centipede, although most delib erate in its movements, reached my other hip by and by, and, to my joy, tarted down that leg. Slowly he let himself down, and so intense was my suspense, in the hope that he was on his way out by the route, that I did not feel the burning track that he had now put pretty much all around me. Be took his time, and at last got down to my knee. There he stopped. "My heart seemed throbbing in my very throat and almost suffocated me. A moment later it seemed to quit beat ing altogether, and it was only by the most strenuous assertion of my will that I saved myself from falling limp to the ground. The centipede had turned and was going up my leg again I I was almost on the point of dropping my hands that a bullet might relieve me from the misery of . that frightful situation, when the capricious centi pede turned and started down again, moving with mora celerity than he had used since ho began that appalling trip. I don't know what started him, but he kept up his run all the rest of the way down my leg, and presently dropped to the ground and scurried away. I just shut my eyes, gave one long breath, and was on the point- of relieving my pent-up feelings with a resounding yell, regardless of conse quences, when the tough and watchful customer with the derringers ex claimed : 'I'll be blamed, pardner, if you hain't got more nerve than that stage' could hold I But say,' said he, con solingly, 'if the p'ison cuss had si nipped yar, x wouldn't a let yar suffer.; I'd run a ball into yar and let yar out of it from the go in.' "That bloodthirsty wretch had seev the centipede go up into my trousers !e. had known nil the time whatlwns suffering, and had been coolly watch ing to see what the outcome would be ! For a year after that I lived in the hopo that I might run across that vil lain, and I did. It was under different circumstances than I had longed for, though, and besides I didn't know it until it was too late to use the bullet on him that I had mado a vow to use if ever I had the chance. It was only the next spring after that little affair of the Pueblo stage that I, togethei with sis others, wrs taken out of a stage five miles from Nevada City by three masked robbers. The stage car ried "Wells, Fargo & Co. s 6trong box between North San Juan and Nevada, and on this trip there was 33000 in the box. Two of the robbers blew the bos open with powder, while the third held the seven of us up. They got the money, took ours, and started us on to Nevada. The stage got there as soon as it could be driven five miles and in less than an hour the Sheriff had a posse and was out on the track of the robbers. I only remember the name of., one of that posse, and that was Steve Venard. He struck the trail oi the men along the South Yuba Biver, and followed it to a deep ravine thai came into the river there. This was s wild, rough place, but Steve plunged into it. Ho was armed with a Henri rifle. In a narrow alley between high rocks in the middle of; the ravine Steve came suddenly almost face to face with js one of the men. Steve got the drop on the desperado, but as he did so he saw another one rise to his feet on the top of a rock and cover him with his revolver. But Steve never let go his advantage over the first man, and sent a rifle ball through his heart. ' At the same time a , pistol ball whizzed from the rook, passing through Steve's hat and cutting hair from the top of his head. The man who fired that shot dropped down instantly out of sight, but left the .muzzle of his re volver exposed to Steve's view. This exposure was fatal to the hiding rob ber, for Steve instantly covered the spot with his rifle, and as the robber cautiously raised his head, by and by, to see how the land lay, a ball went crashing through it. Steve had hardly killed these two when he discovered the third one of the. party trying tc escape by sneaking up the ravine, but he was brought down by Steve's uner ring rifle. The three men were killed inside of four minutes. "Entering the rocky alley Steve found all the booty that had been stolen. The robbers had evidently been count ing the monew whmhftT,TfTfl mr- prTA6V?'BteTewefttJbaek'. and found the Bherifr and his party. They re turned. and secured the recovered plun der, and irtironght the bodies of th three dead desperadoes to Nevada. Th leader,of tho gang was recognised by the Sheriff as George Shanks, who had been terror in that locality for a year. And I rejoiced when I recognized him aa the villain 'who' had 'stood guard over me and.the'centipede near Pueblo a year before, The express v company paid Steve Venard $3000 for that day's work, and Governor, Ijow mado, him a member of his staff, with tha rank oi OoloneL It may sound bloodthirsty, but I envied Steve Venard one thing. It was the shot he fired that laid low that fiend George Shanks. "New York Sun. CHE SEAT OF INTELLECT IN THB BBAIN. After mankind had achieved the fat .al triumph, of locating the brain as the lirone of thought this wonderful think ng animal, man, discovered that ho vas only upon the threshold of the rue mystery of intellect. There was he great realm of gray matter, the curi msly creased mixture of blood vessels ind white fibres, wherein all the nerves iad their final centre; but what was the ecret of this remarkable organ? Was t a mere organ through which the uind whispered, a divine machine, or ras it, after all, no more tban the lighest differentiation of matter? The eientist, especially the, evolutionist, lid not care to consider at all the ques ionof a spiritual intellect. To him he brain was simply a domain of ani nal tissue; and he proceeded to map il iff in a physiological fashion, naming ts ravines, lakes and promontories as a ographer might survey a newly dis "vered continent. Is the brain, then, no more than a y pewriter of trie senses? Such is the heory of many men to-day. In this pirit. genius tins been designed as' usanity, or, if not iusuuity, us a ueuro-tiilh-Hic state of the brain; and Dr. ladden has even attributed genius to lyspppsia, and traced the brightest noughts of humanity to disturbed ;astric nerves. But, let us ask these naterialists, bow is it possible to trace i loaf of bread to an epigram? If all he functions of the brain be but sen ory, modern human thought would lave been impossible. The reported liscovery by Professor Flechsij, rectot f tho University of Leipsic, of four icw centres in the brain, which are lot centres of sense, is worthy of great ronsideration; and if ultimately verified vill prove to be the most notable isycho-physiologtcal triumph of the entury. Dr. Flechsig locates these four.cen res in the forepart of the frontal ceret irum, in the temporal lobe, in the rear jarietal lobe, and in the lobule. These ;omplexes within the surface of the serebrum are said to be connected, and o closely resemble each other, although issentially differing from the other )arts of the cerebrum. These centres ire not present in the new-born child; iut when the inner development of the :e litres of sense is completed, after the Jiird month, the intellectual centres ?gin gradually to form, and more tnd more nerve fibres shoot forth from .he centres of sense into these new vgions, ending close to one another in ie cerebral cortex. According to tho German ncurologisv nese "intellectual centres," or "cen res of association," concentrate the ictivities of the organs of sense into ligher units, and are the bearers of all hat is called cognizance, principles ind aesthetic emotions. It would be an inwarrantable deduction, however, tpon such an indefinite report, to speak if these centres as opposed to he evolutionary principle; and, indeed, hey may prove to be only the highei levelopment of the sensory functions, it all events, they probably reprtsent he essential difference between the ratn of man and that of the lower aa mals, and constitute his unique su iremncy as lord of creation. I'hiLidel ihia Record. An Aftaclc oT CODHlenott. Coal Dealer We'll have to stot diixing slate and stones and old iron wl thlncs with our coal. ,Yardman Phwat's the matter, or? Coal Dealer The stuff won't burn, and one ton lasts a customer all winter. New York Weekly. Tbls Is Success In Traveling. ' Friend Did you enjoy your solouri. la Europe? Belie Hunter Enjoy it? I should lay so. I cut some gold fringe from the emperor's throne in Berlin. looked a door-knob from the Vatican, broke an ear off an old statue In Italy ind chipped off a piece of Shakes peare's tomb. I wouldn't take $1,000 tor 'em. Puck, Cansht. Sibyl When Steve proposed to me he icted like a fish out of water. Tlrple Why shouldn't he? He knett he was caught Burlington (Iowa) Ga eette. Of all conquering nations Spain has treated those subjected to her rule most harshly. Henry Gloe of Two Rivers, Wis., has nurrie 1 the same woman three times. A SURGEON'S KNIFE gives you a feeling of horror and dread. There is no longer necessity for its use in many diseases formerly regarded as incurable without cutting. The Triumph of Conservative Surgery Is well illustrated by the fact that DI1DTITDP or Breach is now rarff KUrl U1U tally cured without the knife and without pain. Clumsy, chaf ing trusses can be thrown away ! They never cure but often induce inflamma tion, strangulation and death. TI IMOI? Ovarian. Fibroid (Uterine) 1 UiVlVHYO and many others, are now removed without the perils ot cutliug operations. PILE TUMORS, fTsTuT. 1V5d other diseases of the lower bowel, are permanently cured without pain or re sort to the knife. CTriVP In the Bladder, no matin OllliL how lare, is crushed, pul verised, washed out and perfectly re moved without cutting. CTDIfTllDP of Urinary Possageh Ol KIWI U1C also removed without cutting in hundreds of cases. For pam phlet, references and all particulars, aend 10 cents (in stomps) to World's Ilis pensary Medical Association, 66 Main bireci, jiuuaio, . . MOTHERS and those soon to be come mothers, should know that I)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription robs childbirth of its tor tures, terrors aixl dangers to bota motberand cbild, by aiding nature in pre paring the system for parturition. inercDy "labor" and the period of confinement are greatly shortened. It also promotes the secretion of an abundance of nourishment for the child. Mrs. Doha A. Grrrnnm. otOaklry. Overton Co., 7., writes : " When I began talcing- Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, I was not able to Mand on my feet without suffering almost death. Now I do all my housework, washing, cooking;, sewiu 7 and everything for ray family of eight. I am stouter now than 1 have been in six years. Your ' Favorite Prescription 'is the best to take before confinement, or at least it proved so with sue. I never auncred so little with any of my March April May 'Are the Best Months in Which to Purify Your Blood , And the Best Blood Purifier is Hood's Sarsaparil la Which Purifies, Vitalizes At this season everyone should take a good tprlng madlelne. Your blood moat be punned at yon will be neglecting roar health. There Is s cry from Nature for help, and unless there is prompt and satisfactory response yon will be liable to serious illness. This demand can only be met by the porlfy- ng, enriching and Blowd-Vltallxlaug dements to be found in Hood's 8arparllla. "My mother-in-law, lira. Elizabeth Wolfe, at lie age of T2 yean, was attacked with a violent brm of salt rheum; It spread all over her body. ind her hands and limbs were dreadful to look it At the same time, my little daughter Clara, ho wasjoitona year old, was attacked by a lmuar disease, like scroiuut. if appeared Hood's TWO MKTT. 9ns was a Mag, and a wide domala He ruled as his sires had done) I wooden hovel, a bed ot pain. Belonged to the other one. "he king was ill and the worMwas saa Bat the monarch languished, tha monarch) died j Tie beggar was sick nnto death,' but ho hot Ko one to watch at his low bedaida. 'hen nnder the minster the king was laid, V While o'er him the marbles were piled Iut a shallow grave in the fields was made, By careless hands, for Poverty's child. iut now there are those who profoundly de clare, If you opened tho tomb and the gravo, 'on could hot distinguish, whatever your care. The 4ast ot the king and theslave. Charles Kohls Gregory. CRIMINAL AND TRISON REFORM. I am convinced that if the judges o ae land could form an accurate con eption of all that has to be endured in . sentence of penal servitude, there rould be an end to the truly moo trous sentences of ten, fifteen and wenty years for offenses against prop rty. There is scarcely a crime known to ur age of civilization short of that of ourder which ought not to be expiated n a sentence of seven "years of this cientific system of refined torture, ncorrigible criminality demands pecial consideration, though even rith reconvicted criminals it is a uestion whether long sentences ire the best remedy. It is certain hat deterrence has not been final y secured beyond the length of sen ence by means of prolonged detention, (pecial treatment rather than long im trisonment is what the grave evil of ecidivism requires. The indeterminate entence would afford the best possible ncentive to reformatory conduct in all risoners not hopelessly criminal. Jnder the existing system (in England) ;ood conduct offers little, if any, test of he influences for moral reform which mnitive justice exercises upon criminal :haracter. The "model" prisoner is. is a rule, the "old lag," the exper enced thief and rogue, who knows the vies better than the governor; who can uote Scripture with the chaplain; who las no repugnances of feeling, religiou noral or personal who, in a word, rould no more commit a breach of the ules knowingly than he would throw way his dinner. The indeterminate sentence, with re ease on parole on the recommendation if governor, chaplain and prison d.xv or for first timers in penal servitude, oupled with the forfeiture of privileges f again reconvicted, would be calcu Ited to encourage greater reformation Jian the present plan of remission by rarks, followed by ticket-of leave. But fear such a proposed change in the testment of criminals is not likely tc ad much support with the prison au thorities of our time. The day wii; pme, however, when a more humane ind more enlightened spirit will dis lover that improvement based upon in lustrialism and tempered with a hu nau sympathy that shall be guided by t deeper knowledge of comparative triminality, will -be made more effect ive for reformatory ends than the de tumanizing system which at present ib tains. The one remedy which will combine die essential ends of reform and pun ishment is industrialism work, not of .he abasing but of the useful kind; )roductive labor, instead of treadmills, "wind-sawing," and oakum-picking. Mere mechanical "work," such as "walking" a treadmill, turning a crank )r separating strands of tar-rope, gives io occupation to the mind, engages no noral or mental faculty that will help ;he prisoner to take his thoughts away from present surroundings, or evil rem- iniaeences. If, on the other hand, a prisoner's daily task were to consist ol lome rational occupation engaged at Br learning some remunerative work; do ing something of some value to himrcli or to the state: "something attempted, omething done," every twenty-fou' hours in the way of producing articles ol value, or making some ornament 01 toy there would be a far different soil tor the labors of chaplain and school master to work upon, and far greater moral results to show at the end of 'entence of imprisonment. One of the favorite objections agains. illowing remunerative employment prisoners is that the trades anions have frequently protested igains it. I think such opposition irises more from mere prejudice than from any substantial ground (or a grievance. The amount of trade that could be diverted from outside in lustry by a few thousand convicts and visual prisoners in county jails as aiming that all these would be employed in regular trade occupations would be rery trifling. Probably not more than 20 per cent, of such prisoners would tctually compete with, say, sboemak rs, tailors or mat-makers in their re ipective crafts, while the influence of Parliament could easily bo invoked at tny time by trade unionist M. F.'s to prevent anything like unfair competi tion between the produce of prison labor and that of trades union indus try. Michael Davitt in Nineteenth Cat !ury. - Exactly the Reverse. Clubson Is Spongely much given to drink? Treatly Quite the reverse. Clubson What! a total abstainer! Treatly Ko; much drink is glveo to Spongely. Facie. and Enriches the Blood. L., ,..k..nk fhabid the attendance on eacu iiuq w of the family physician and other doctors for a long time, but seemed to grow or I r.1 of many people cured of scrofula by Hood Is tarss- toClara. she beg, to get better . ... .ns tha sores entirely healed up and there has never been any sign of the dhse since. She is a xi t.kw Rnbaat Child. Her grandmother took Hood s Farmaparilla at the same time, and th3 sail rnaum ... .., nn was aoon effected. IS iiwcugwiu ... - It took about three months for her cure, and she ascribes her good health and strength at ner aa .. ... nuii. u.r.a inH Ha. it has oer Twiccu '" - - . tainly been a Godsend to my family." Mas. BoraiA Wolte, Zaleski, Ohio. 0an"5 Hood's. Miss TJp-to-Date's Doings. There has been an upset in the Up-to-date family, and all letters to the paterfamilias now come addressed to the Hon. Loftlcus Up-to-date. Poor little Mrs. Up-to-date shrinks further liacic in her home shell, and upon the Hon. Miss Up-to-dat3 rests the social dignity of the family. As litfle "Jewel" that young lady showed some peculiarities of character, which have, since the family "set-up," developed into positive eccentricities. Mother Up-to-date is amazed at the political erudition of the "gem," while the Hon. Lofticus eyes her with exult ant pride, for into no other family feminine brain could he with the auger of his sarcastic wit drill even the sem blance of a political truth. From Jewel the protective policy of her father evolves curiously, and as sumes the form of dress. The young ludy has declared her in tention to patronize as far as possible home industries. Her gowns shall be made by Philadelphia modistes and the materials shall b3 State produc tions. Now considering the fact that for years the Jewel's only' evening dresses have been made of Lansdowne, because of that young lady's partiality for the sheeny, graceful fabric, ner motner cannot see where the principal of pro tective policy comes in however, she only says, "Well, what other materials are you going to select besides Lans downe!" Where upon Jewel procures a package of samples, and exhibits minute bits of those she hs chosen for spring and summer wear. Of course she must have one new dress of plain Lansdown3, which comes in white, black, the tints, neutral tones, and rich high colors, in new and peculiar shades, all showing the exquisite lustre that characterizes all of these dainty silk-warp materials. Then she must have a fun-party frock of irregular Trilby, and another enjoyment dress of Merrlnelle, a laugh ing stuff, with dashes of sunshine in its weave. Her best dress will be of Dengaline Lansdowne, a daintv superfine line- fabric, susceptible of the most graceful arrangement in skirt and corsage draperies, and then she will supple ment her outfit with a novel little robe of Datnassin Lansdowne, which is very pretty for house dresses and tea gowns. For general service she will have a stylish suit of the best grade of Hen rietta Philadelphia make, which equals any imported fabric of like char acter and costs less. She knows just what she ia buyiDg, because on the selvage is the name of the manufac turer, W. F. Read, in perforated letters. Dresses of any and all of the iieauti- ful silk-warp stuffs can be trimmed to advantage with laces, passementeries, galloons, headings and embroideries, but they are more youthful when com bined with a suitable raised-pile ma terial. Jewel tried to find something of that kind among the domestic goo Is, but failing to do so, she accepted tli ; suggestion of an obliging sales lady, and bought Velutina, a material which cannot be distinguished from Lyons silk velvet, as it has the bloom or blush, the finish, the weight of its ex pensive cousin, and retains its beauty of appearance for a longer period, even when exposed to eea air, or damp atmospheres. M. E. L. . En. If any of our readers should wish to procure samples of W. F. Read's new silk warp stuffs: Lansdowne, Bengaline Lansdowne, Damassin Lansdowne, Merrinelle, Trilby and choice Black Henrietta, together with elutina for combination and trim mings, they can do so by writing to John Wanamaker, Mail Order Dept., Chestnut and 13th SU., Philadelphia, Pa. To insure prompt attention please mention name of this paper in letter to John Wanamaker. Elsmoaa Cat Diamond, She Are you really engaged tc her? Ills Lordship Yaas. I tried U make ner think 1 was proposing with out really proposing, don't vou know Just to And out what she'd say. She What did she say? His Lordship Funny thing by Jove she made me think I was pro posing Life. Eastus What vo' dol Claude? Claude I'se runnin' a coal busi ness. Eastus Wholesale or retail? 1 Claude Bofe. Some gits it by d quart, an' some by de peck! Truth. Kot Very Flattering. , Dumley Miss Ethel paid me such a ridiculous compliment, dontcher know. Miss Sweet Indeed! "What did sh ' ay? Dumley That Homer could not! have seen a more heroic figure thaa myself. Miss Sweet That's so. Homer was blind Judge. Spirited Fishing. Little Girl Papa, what's in tbosf 6o.tles? Papa That's the bait. Little Girl Well, don't they have trouble to keep the bait on their books? Papa No. The trouble is to keev I heir hooka off t.h vnit en,iv. Qnr & Co.' Monthly. s Taking; I-ook Antsd. Earl of Ded broke I have called, air, k aalr tM VMtr lnlKvlltor'a llflllll. Mr. Porker H'c! But s'poslnjr they abollsh your house of lords over there? . Earl of Dedbroke That wouldn't af-' feet the ladles, yon know. Your daugh ter would still be a countess. Ex change. Some men never set gay except when they eat at a hotel; then they want to flirt with the dining-room girls. Atchi son Globe. Ilia Only Concern. CoL Blood (of Louisville) A man In a mining town of Pennsylvania shot at a woman who wonld have been killed had not a flask of whisky In her corsage topped-the bullet. CoL Bloograss (with a sigh) I sup pose the liquor was lost. Town Topics. Kve Hast Have. " Temperance Enthusiast Look at the beautiful lives our first parents led. Do you suppose they ever gave way to strong drink? The Reprobate I 'xpect Eve must 'a done. She saw snakes. Cleveland Leader. A Slight Mistake. Gent How came you to put yonr hand In my pocket? Pickpocket Beg your pardon. I am so absent minded. I bad once a pair of pants Just like these you are wear ing. Bellage. The Way to Bleeg. Totter The scientists say that tha way for a man to sleep la to think of nothing. Kidder But they are wrong. The way to sleep Is to think it is time to get np. Vogue. Slew's This 1 We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be eared bj UaU'sCatarr.iC'ure. P J ('.a KHK.T A Co. Ptods.. Toledo. O. We, the undesigned, have known F. J. Che- m fur t hit List 15 Tears, and believe htm per fectly honoralile in ail business transactions and Hnanc ally alU to carry oat any obliga. tmn made by the r Arm. , , West A Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WALMto. KiS'fAH & Maryix, "Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Oh .. fla Ts Catarrh Cure is tukea Internally, act in directly upon thebioo l ami mucous sur faces of ttie system. Prl'-e, 75c. per bottle. Sold oy all Druggists. Testimonials free. It is said that Littre, compiler of the monumental dictionary of French language, was the greatest literary toiler of modern times. A Battle For Blooa T. what TTi-otiI'. KuruinaHlla. vlrnron.lp flfrhts and it is always victorious in expelling all the, tout taints and giving tbe vital fluid the quality and quantity of perfect health. Hood's Pills cure all liver Ills. 25c. The monastery of St. Honorat, nea' Cannes, France, has never been en tered by a womin, though, it has ex isted 1,403 years. ot An Experiment. The ufe of RlpansTabules for headaches, dys pepsia and other stomach disorders Is not an ex-M-riment but an assured success. They will do all that we say they will. W. II. Young of Augusta, III., owns a Bible that was printed in the year 1015. It is believed to be the oldest Bible in America. I nse riso's Care for Consumption both In mr . . I . ,. ,, ,. . . - ster, Mich., Nov. 6, lsin. Bavarian radishes are a new fad. They grow like large cucumbers and are served cold, cut in large, thin slices. Dr. Kilmer's Bvisr-Ktoi all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation tree. Lalioratorv P'ne-hnmtoa. SL T. Only one book on aluminum has seen published in the United states, and that is now out of print. Karl's Clover Root, ihe rreat Wool pnrllar, smttreshness and clearness to the complexiOA td cures constipation cts. oj clt. iU lv-.u u i .i . i . . With half of the world to ihoose from, fur seals sue to two little islands tu ucuiiug oca. - Mrs. Wlnslow Soothing Syrap for rhrtdrea teething, softens the gums, reduces fnn:ii mo tion, a Km s Dain. cure wind colic c a boi.Us Justice (in surprise i What's tha :linrgo, officer? McGhithery (new member of the orcc) Fcr rcsistln' an officer, yer Anncr. Oi troied V flirt wid her all th way from Twlnty-sicond Strata down to Union Square an' she resisted ne Ivery attintlon. Puck. No l'lace for Her. Dcck-ITand You're on the wrnrm ;' "f c f. r:-j bout; t.ia is thf 'men's cabin." Mrs. Maloney An that'sthe "wim min's" over there. Where do th ladies be after going? Life. Jt Affected Both Alike. Miss Bleecker We have had sucT A long walk, I almost gave out. Miss Emerson (of Boston) I, tooj approached the verge f making a external presentation. Jude The largest trich, which three pounds. egg it that of the os usually weighs about srhTvna -rrv'Tvrx-fc-V'.a -r'-'- - Sy Both the method and results vheri OU3 evil to them; it may not be pleas Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant nt, but it is not unhealthy; indeed, and refreshing to the ta?te, and acta tne a"tual death rate of those miners is gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, i not abnormally high, even when it in- Layer and .Bowels, cleanses the sys- tern effectnallv. diono! vl.l. A. aches and fevers and cures habitual COnstiDation. Bvrnr. nf Vitrm in i only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have maAn it tha mnt I popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gista. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it, Uo not accept any substitute. , - CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. fBAMaaco. cu Ummu,tt. Mtm rests. Aft ntiecrlto, t.Tclgia, Sciatica, Backashe. ST. JACOBS MINERAL WATER IM THE MARKET. r&tffe sgiiumiLBsnrax wmuBantBmr m YOUR GROCER OR THE BOTTLER FOR IT. ''Don't Put Off Till To-morrow the Duties of To-daj: Boy a APOL BOTH IN THE SAME FIX. An Error Which Called Down Anathe mas on a Conductor's Head. A tired looking traveler who was fast asleep submitted to a vigorous poking In the ribs and a sound shaking by the coat collar from the railroad con ductor on board the Albany express the other evening, says the New York IleraU. "Here, rouse up!" shouted the con ductor. "I'm getting played out on this business. This Is the second man sleeping like dead I've had to shake up to-night" "Are we near roughkeepsie?" asked the man, rousing up. "Poughkeepsle?" echoed the con ductor. "Don't you begin talking no i ousiiKeepsie to me any more to night. You're Just in to your own sta tion, New York. I promised to call you, and here you are. I called np one chap at Poughkeepsle, and good thanks I got. After carrying him to the plat form he swore like the deuce after me when the train steamed out and prayed to the Lord I might be tum bled down a precipice. I've got; enough Poughkeepsie, and New York, too, for one night." "Do you mean to tell me, you scoun drel." said the now fully aroused man, "that you've allowed me to be oarrled to Xew York after kivIiir you half a dollar to put me off at Poulikeepsle?" "Good land!" said the astonished conductor, "I've put off the wrong chao ! , pnin,i,tin,i. Ti,fa ! mocn 1 MV i 'UfclmI i 11 I. O V 111. i I I he came tearing back on the platform after the train started to swear blue devils at me. Here, sir, lieres youi half-dollar. I'd give more than one to get the two of you changed round to-night. I'm mighty sorry." "Keep your coin," said the Irate man, repressing his readiness to swear. "You've put me Into a precious nasty fix, but some oae else Is there, too. It's pretty bad all round, but abuse won't mend it. In future I'll take good caro not to pin my faith on the conductors. Mischievous 51 me. M.-libran. A'o prima donna was ever more de lightfully capricious, more full of mlsi chief, than the famous Mine. Mallbran, cmer, man tne lamou At the rehearsals of JUer she could nev. Romeo and Ju-i never make up hen I uiind where she was to "die" at night, 'It was important for Komeo to know but all he could get was "not sure, "don't know," "can't tell," or "It will, be just as It happens, according to my humor; sometimes tn one place, some times in another." On one occasion she chose to "die" close to the foot lights, her companion, of course, heln compelled to "die" beside her, antj thus, when the curtain fell, a couple o footmen had to carry the pair off, ona at a time, to the intense amusement of the audience John Templeton, the fine old Scottish tenor, was probably never so misera ble as when he was cast to sing with Mallbran. Very often she was dis pleased with his performance, and one evening she whispered to him, "You, are not acting properly; make love to me better;" to which so It Is said Templeton Innocently replied, "Don't you know I am a married manT" Evl dently the lady did not think there was anything serious In tbe clrcum stance, for not long afterward, when In "Sonnambula" she was on her knees to Templeton as Elvlno she sue-, cceded In making the tenor scream with suppressed laughter when hq should have been singing, by tickling him vigorously under the arms! Tho Coruhlll Magazine. Coal .Uines and Health. However much sympathy tha exist ence oi tne woriers in coat pits may evose irora us, yet, says tne Hospital, the actual result of the life on the phy sical welfare of the miners is by no means such as to warrant any serious commiseration at onr bands. Indeed if one may judge from the physique of tne underground toilers of the Black Country they present an appearance Imore provocative of envy than of pity. Disease is no more demolishing in its raids among them as a class than it is among the agriculturists and laborers If one can be guided by statistics, the r.. "uloaPue ia which tneir life is passed is no elemnnt of , cm.ae8 ne Iad wholesale disasters which occur from time to time in tha pit!" However mnch reason the pro- coat atrikes A 1 a a i . , . . . - w BuuBuuiiiaio meir tneoriea the eyil of any extreme insanitary con dition of the workers themselves below ground cannot in any fairness be in eluded. Th greatest naval action in Greek history was that at Salamis. . a. 480. j tn bonbi. ' "Ha8 old Tough quit smoklngr In. n,red on man of another. "I don't know whetber b ha" or not, but be other dar." was the evasive ."Pv. Philadelphia Record, First Female Voter-What do yon think of Mrs. A.? ' Second Female Voter-Bather nice, wfa"7 effeminate, don't yon now-Nwark Advertises. - OIL K1K331 FAMUflHAM TO YDU7 15 YOUR HEALTH tire DEAR TO YOU? THEN DOHTBE WITHOUT A USE Of THE BEST CHEAPEST TABLE 60?&AArsot Sr. Philadelphia, Pa Cake of WISE W0UDS. Etar dufit is not soul fool. A covetous rnaa cannot can ccr. thing. Love can live where all otVr goo..' wonld die. Love never complains thut t'-ie pnea it has to pay is too much. It never makes tho day any 1 rite. to growl at the cloudy weatlr-r. You can always ho happy if vo;i y willing to rejoice with othtr.. " 'When you want to walk traigl,t yourself don't watch somebody elab'i feet. The man who seeks Lis ro-.v.rl h this world never gets a price that suit, him. The troublo with the renii v.;. .i.nnv. nothing is that ho is the lu.-t to tlu 1 :i oat. There is this difference Vit vocnt wise man and a fool : A fooi's mis takes never teach hirn anything. People have to bo living v.-ry Ef ai to the throne boforo they cm enjoy having their fault3 pointed out. The wiokeder a man is tho h inlet he will try to persuade himself thai hie conduct is prompted by a goo.l motive. Ham's Horn. In Conrtkthlp'a Golden Hours. "Well," she said, sadly, "if we must part let us part frleuds. Good -by anil may all that's good go with you." "It all that's good went with me," ha replied, "you would not remain here."1 Then she smiled and laid her head on his shoulder and he remained. Xnw York Tress. There Is no Mystery Here: RIPANS Tabules .Are made nnpracUeaUynf thesarr.o in. f.Tertirntw tliat any ktoI phviri.vi would prescribe for Dyspepsia, ftlii"-i. lia. liatnlence, Hesdxchr. i'o.iti;-?. lion, Diznnesa and all D,sinlera o: t.u btuuuuju. Liver and. Bon els. THE VITAL DIFFERENCE ITowfTer. im thin TTi phv.U ring's ftvirff t worth a coui'lc ' daitara and oo prtv ilirtli a l.lt half , stttllar more tor ii.l lag me vrerrltiou. whilu (Jt 1 abates cost willy u cent. Sold bu VrugfjisU or sent by MaZ. &ij)8.as Chemic'l Co. 10 Sprues St., X. Y, W.L. Douglas S3 SHOE riT FOR A KINO. cordovan; FRENCH 4. tNAMCLLta CALF. 4.3.P Fine CiLF&KAiiGAsn 3.B9P0LICE.3SOLES. ,Sy2. V.'CP.KING,,' ' -EXTRA FINE- 2.i.7D:vs'S:!::3:Sii:Ei LADIES' fW'L'DOUr.LA3 Over On Million People wear tho W. L. Dougfcs $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally sat islactorj They glva tha beat value tor trie C"-T; Th.y eq-al custom shoes l.i style and ru Thilr wearing qualities are umurrafK" The prices are uniform, stamp-J on sola. From $1 to 3 saved ever other makes. Ii your dealer cannct supnly v-w we 30. The "LntENE are the Best ami Most Eronom eal Colhus and Cuffs worn; tliy r umJeoi cloth, both sldxs nn'shfd silts, ami ho n !vrU bl, one collar is equal to two of any or ! nrl'ml- 1"W JU ((, war totll and l.,uk tr' I. A Ivval TraCoUaraor Cive Pairs of Culls for Twnntl-ii A Sample Collar and Pair of Pnffs by msfl for BU Oeaia, Kama style and siw. Addrusa KKTXSSIBLS COLLAR COMPAST, HFraakltn St. , Naw Tor. XI Kllhy St., Bastes). FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP ! has hem nsM by Millions of 3fnth-rs j for tlielr children s bllt 'iv-t-tliinsr f" ovrr j gums, allays all pain, oiirrs wind colic awl la (he best romdy for dlaro-Tea. TwtDtr-kie Vents a Uotii. e ..7, WT'T' ''BK-J.B.SUVtR, lUjilrr.M, FBn.A-.rA. twruoniw; l.oopcrMtooocdci.Irromhu'l.''" Ciuitlfc'h,. Etdor,eineauorphTaicLna.l.Ji-ii ruii MtuilMU. I4 tot slnslsr. OAcaLr.-A.M-u3r-a. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. LatePrtootpalXxAmtner U.S. Pennion Bureau Imlo last war, 15 auj uuicatius claims, at ly iix 11 1 CT KKWS I-KTTKIl of rains W alL o I . sent FiiEK to renders of tim paper. Charles A. Bald wlu Co., W Street, New York. KIDDER 8 PA3TILuS?S5w raBaaSBBBSSSBBBBBBSBBSSSBBBUUl!''Wll, 3US O tmj...m I 4 "tbStimtiW au ust i I I Bast Cough byrup. Tanu-s trfod. W I I I in time. iCTitnimm I
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