faOOD WIGHT. SWSETHEART." 'Goodnight, Bweetbeert ; goodnight Swe fg5V heart P -. At dimmed, blue eyes the bright tears atari. And little .hands all pleadingly (Dear hands of love) reach out to me let. In the darkness I depart and answer not t "Good night, Sweetheart t Good night, Sweetheart, good night J", knew rhat tears were In the eyes of bine, And that the lips yearned (or the bliss Of Just one last forgiving kiss ! For lore is love, and hath no art Bafe only love. "Good night, Sweetheart f 3ood night t If we could onlj know f. fhe gentle hearts that love us ; - The words that strike with shafts of pain- Love's lips should kiss them back again t I answer now, while hot tears start t "Good night, Sweetheart ; good night, Sweet heart P 'Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constlta Con. H ZEDEKIAH'S CLOCK. ' i TS an uncom monJy q u e e I world! Bail Zedekiah. H leaned baci against the trok en gate post find stared hard al the setting mn. The ragged-look- i n g cornfield. stretched deso lately away at nil feet and wore an apologetic aspect, oi though ashamed to call attention tc the meager array of cornstalks end diminutive fellow pumpkins, which was their utmost effort in the way oi crops. It was a poverty-stricken in heritance enough ; land that had "rno out" from lack of enriching ; a belt ol once glorious woodlands, now sadlj shrunk and spoilt by repeated felling ; and the low, gray farmhouse, un painted for many a long year and showing the ravages of time and weather to an alarming extent, despite all Zedekiah's unflagging efforts at patching and repairs. Ten, it was a poor patrimony ani yet Zedekiah loved every tree and every stone there were plenty on the place and his heart swelled within him with sorrow and passionate re gret at the thought that that terrible mortgage must lie foreclosed next Monday and Birch Brook farm lost tc ho name of Barnes forever. It had been a desperate struggle to keep their heads above water ever since their father's death, two years before. Farming carried on by a delicate widow and a boy of fifteen, however much energy and good will thoy bring to bear between them on the work in hand, can hardly be ex pected to afford brilliant renults and the wet season just passed had "fin- i.shed the job," as Zedekiah himself would have said. The hay was spoilt and the wheat was sprouted and where the magnificent incoma of the owner? just sunioed to buy the salt for th itir-about, which tho ruined corn 'hould have supplied, that meant rnin. And so the mortgage was to be fore closed next Monday and the Barnse vere to be homeless. "Zed t Zed!" It was a gentli voice that called, and Zedekiah, with a shake of his shoulders, forced a ghastly smile of assumed cheerfulness and turned to greet his mother at the ipen door. She had been a pretty woman once, and even now, faded and worn though she was, there was a certain grace and gentleness about her, which accounted for her son's devotion, even though the little plaintive voice and msnnt'i showed, poor woman, that life had been a pretty hard and bitter strug tie. 'Come to your supper, Zed," sh called again, as he came up the flagged walk with an air of intense jaunti ness to hide the fact that he was foot sore and lame where the flints had bruised through the worn boots. "The children are that hungry that I can'i keep fhem quiet, and they ought tc Save been in bed, poor things." Two yellow-haired littlo girls ran tr W they entered. Ah, Zed !" cried little Nannie. "1 in"t had no supper yet ; wasn't you bad to stay away so long!" While Baby Carry chimed in : "l'eth, Zed velly bad boy ; shan't have no suppe: Visselfl" 'Hush, hush!" said the mother. "Children, how you talk ! One would think you were beggar children tr ilk like that !" Zed's forced smilo faded into i jaick look of pain. "They ought to go to Bchool," hi said ; then checked himself at the rec ollection of the cost of school books. He was staring hard at the red em bers of the fire as his mother returned from giving the littlo girls their good night kiss and sat down in her shabbv rocking-chair tc tho darning nnd patching, which was the usual evening occupation. He roused himself again at her approach ; he was always trying k cheer up for her sake, poor fellow I "I guess I've got that place, mother,' he said. "I went to the store Mr. Norton told me of and they've pretty well settled to take me on. The wage dun't seem fabulous, to be sure, but they'll be something, and then there's Vho prospect of a rise." "Oh, Zed I" The darning fell into Mrs. Barnes's lap. "You poor boy I Yes, the wages are something, and no mistake, but I can't bear to think of you, just a common errand boy for grocery store 1" Zedekiah's sallow check flushed. "I don't see why," he said, stoutly. 'Groceries are honest enough, and they're clean, too a great deal nicer than a good many other things, I think. Besides, errand boys always make their fortunes right away. Did yon ever hear of a millionaire in a book vho didn't begin by sweeping out a tore?" "Ah! if your Unole Zedekiah had nly left you all his money, as he sromised !" sighed the widow, takinf lp the tattered sock again. 'Instead of only his name and the ld clock, eh, mother?" "Oh ! yes ! It was too bad of uncle. He ought to have been ashamed. And ifter making ns give yon his horrid tame, too I" "Never mind, mother ! It's at aonest name, even though the first man that owned it wasn't much in the ray of a king. He's been dead so long that his name ought to have grown re spected again by now." "And then " to leave yon flotbinf, tfterall." "I don't believe, do you know, that be had anything to leave. Folks say j Uiat tie was really very poor. "Poor? Not he!" Mrs. Barnes, was roused by indignation. "I guesi he wasn't ! Bat he was an awful miset tor years just before he died, and he lived for all the world like a beggar. We fancied he'd have left yon hun Veda and there was nothing." "Don't forget the clock." The clock l" scornfully. "Ah, bj J (he w8y thatieminda Re.Therajrai t peddler here this morning not tnal H is much good for anybody with. any thing to come here. He saw the old elock and seemed, 10 lancy n some bow. He said he'd give yon a couple at dollars for it if you liked and thought you'd be glad enough to lei dim have it." Zed looked rather taken aback. "The old clock? Why, no, mother, ( guess I wouldn't" "Xou wouldn t ? ecnoea nis mower n surprise, mingled with reproach. "The children are badly off for booti ind $2 are 2. Beside, it'll have to g iext week with all the other things, ind maybe it won't bring as much at lhat at the sale." This, with littlf igh. "Perhaps I shall not sell it," eai Sedekiah, slowly. 'Zed, you must be crazy I" "No, I'm not. He had-risen and wai vas wandering about the low-ceiled room, bis hands deep in his pockets. "At least, I don't think I am. But, lomehow, it goes against me to part irith Uncle Zed's legacy. Hasn't it been In the family as long as there'e tny record and didn't my great-grand-lather, generations back, bring it wit turn when he came to Amerioa?" "So I've heard tell, Zed. His wanderings became more cner retic. "Well, then," he said, "I don't be ' love we ought to let it go while w jan stick to it. It isn't just beoaust it is the only thing we shall have lefi jrhen we leave here to let the childres know that we came of a family thai was well-to-do once. If they don't sake people respect thorn for them lelves it isn't much use having a tail jf grandfathers behind them, but irhen I think of the poor old great rrandfather bringing that big clod loroes the sea to his home in the net eonntry because he prized it mor than anything he had, and when 3 think of all the generations it hoi ticked for, I can't find the heart to lei it go into strangers' hands." Hi brought himself up short before th tall old clock in the corner. "No, th' dock shan't go," he said. "Zed, you're the queerest!" saio bis mother, with an unspeakable con sternation. "Queerer than you; poor father, and I could never inok iim out." But Zedekiah was contemplating tl old timepiece, with its once 6tatelj carving of bluck oak and its dial o: polished brass,- where, beneath th "Giles Hembest me ficit, London, 1709," ran a half obliterated legend and the name "John Barnes, Exeter 1721." 'I believe "it's worth ever so muci more than $2," he said, examining th quaint engraving with care. "Any way, it's not going for that, nor fo: anything. I don't mean to say 3 wouldn't sell it to keep us from starv ing, but we're not there yet, and' tope we shan't be." "Heaven forbid!" said the widow "But I mean to set lhat before mi to work for. A home to put you ant the little girls end the old clock in Why, I'm certain the Harrises wouli give it a corner in their kitchen till i conld claim it if it only went ani kept good time, that is." He ben nearer to tho dial. "What is it i savs?" He spoke out the quaint letter slowly. "Keep me true to tyme, an I'll be true to thee." "Why, mother,' he turned suddenly, "wasu't it Unci Zed's will that we should keep it i order and going?' Mrs. Barnes' thin face flashed a lit Mo. "Why, yes," 6he said, "it did sa; jo, to be sure, but it wouldn't go whei it first came, although your father trici to make it ; and you know there neve; was tho money to spend on watch makers, even if we hadn't felt too badb over tho way Uncle Zed had deceivet u. Whatever are you after my boy?' "Only going to see what I can do ti it," said Zedekiah, with calm resolu tion. "It seems too bad, somehow, not to have a try. Poor old clock how could it be true to us when wi weren't true to it 1 I'll fetch the tooL nd have it to pieces, anyhow." "You'll only make bad worse?" Mrs. Barnes rose in some meek exas peration and went to the outer kitchen There were plenty of small "chores' to do for to-morrow, and she felt un reasonably . vexed with Zedekiah fo: his refusal to sell the clock. Dearlj is she loved her only son, 6he wa growing dimly aware that in strengtl f mind and will he was leaving fur be hind the little red-haired urchin who lsed to lean on "Mower" for every ihing, and then he was becoming at "queer" and fanciful as his futhe -ad been before him. The sound of gentle hammering cam. rrom the kitchen without, followed b; the rattle of the ponderous weights oi their lumbering old chains. The 'cd's voice sounded eager and pleasant "Guess what's the matter, mother! So wonder the old gentleman wouldl ;ick I The works are all stuffed ui with paper. I can't make them mora shall have to take off the dial befori can pull it out. What on earth coulc have been the object of feeding the ol' hing with crumped paper?" Mrs. Barnes made no response. Sh had paused in her work of gathering :hips and fragments of pino branches, :o lay ready for lighting the fire in the lorning, and stood there, half leaning igainst tho wide .jd vacant chimney ;ieee, her arms folded in her calicc prou and her eyes fixed dreamily oj lpace. It had "come over her," as she wonlt iave said, with the ever recurring (hock it never failed to bring with it She thought of how seldom again ihould she do these dear and iamiliai aousehold tasks under the old brown roof that had so long been her happy home. Soon strange hands would b busy in the low rooms she had known and loved so well, and un familiar steps wonld sound upon the wooden floors where the footfalls had echoed that where like the sweet est of music to her listening ears. Next week it wonld be all gone the threshold she had crossed a radiant bride, the old cradle where she had rocked her babies to sleep, the very graveyard on the little hill where rest ed those she had loved most on earth ! rhe slow tears splashed upon her pur ple calico apron and her chest heaved with stifled sobs. Suddenly there wai i cry from the outer room : "Mother 1 Oh, mother I What v this?" It was Zed's voice, but so altered that she hardly recognized it for hii own. Startled, stumbling, half-blinded still with the half-shed tears, she reached his side and stood bewildered, half terrified, half expecting she knew Dot what, as he held out to her with trembling fingers a roll of strange, stained, fluttering paper. There were more upon the table piles and piles more within the works of the old timepiece, closely rolled and packed. She raised her wondering eyes to Zed ekiah's transformed face and stared wonderstruck at the light ia hi; sparkling eyes. "Mother, oh, mother! don't yon ee?" he cried ; "don't you understand? they're bills notes ficenpMka. Spring Medicine Dr. in other words, Hood's Sarsaparilla, ia a universal need. If good health is to be expected during the coming season the blood must be purified now. All the germs of disease must be destroyed and the bodily health built up. Hood's Sar saparilla is the only true blood purifier prominently in the public eye to-day. Therefore Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine to take in the spring. It will help wonderfully in rases of weakness, nervousness and all diseases caused by impure blood. Get Hood's because Hood's Sarsaparilla Is The Only True Blood Purifier lucre must be thousands of them sacked close and hard. It's Undo Zedekiah's fortune! my legaoy hid len away all these years until somt ne should set the pure old clock true jo time again and find their reward, rhere ! there !" He caught her thin !orm in his hands as she reeled for ward, and knelt by her 6ide as he laid Iter gently in her chair. "Mother, lear! look up. Joy doesn't kill. Think of it ; think what it will do. The dear old farm is U our own still, ind that beast of a mortgage can go nd we can do all the land needs and make the place the best in the old county, and school for the little girls, and clothes and help for you, and 'tooks for us all oh, mother, mother 1" He broke down in his wild excite ment and choked as ho began to laugh lmost hysterically. "The grocery store can sweep it self," he said. "And we'll buy th dear old clock a crown of gold. Mother, dear, aren't you glad you dhln't let the peddler have it for $2? Heaven bless Uncle Zedekiah and hii Mght-day clock, say 1 1" And so, in the depths of her re morseful heart, Widow Barnes said, too. Chicago Post Experiments In Hypnotism. A French physician has recent tnnde some experiments In connectiot with niaynetism and electricity In re lation to hypnotism which have led t remarkable results. The latest discov ery establishes the fact that the cere bral activity can be transferred to s crorn of magnetized Iron, In which th activity can be retained and subse quently passed on to a second person Incredible as this may seem, the possi bility has been proved by the experi ments referred to. The doctor placed the crown, which In reality Is only s circular band of magnetized Iron, ot the head of a female patient suffering from melancholia, with a mania foi self-destruction, and with such succesi was the experiment attended that with in a fortnight the patient conld be al lowed to go free without danger, th crown having absorbed all her marked tendencies. About two weeks after ward he put the same crown, whlct meanwhile had been carefully kept f re from contact with anything else, on tht head of a male patient suffering froti hysteria, complicated by frequent re current periods of lethargy. The pa tlent was then hypnotized and lmmedl ately comported himself after the man ner of the woman who had previouslj worn the crown. He practically as suined he-- personality and uttered ex actly the same complaints as she lmd done. Similar phenomena have. It It reported, been observed in the case oi every patient experimented upon. An other experiment showed that th crown retained the Impression acquired until it was mnria rorl bnt A CANINE DETECTIVE, California Has a Honnd with Goo' Noae for Train Robbers. Tiger Is tho name of a remarkabl Moodhound that is owned by Henr; Heck, of the Gold and Stock Telegrapl Company, says the San Francisco Call Tiger has wonderful agility and scent Ing powers, although he is but a littb over a year old. Tiger played an 1m portant part in the chose of Evans an Sontag, nnd was employed by thi Southern rnclflc detectives to trail thi robbers in the mountains of Tulan County. Detective Will Smith secure several large ferocious bloodhounds ti scent out the robbers' lair, and amon those was Tiger, who so far "outscent ed" his rivals that he was thereafter I.xiked upon as somewhat of a phenoro non in his peculiar line of business. On one occasion, when Burns or om of the railroad company's men was li the neighborhood of the stone corral Tiger was In advance, yelping like I whipped cur and flying along at t great rate, with his nose close to thi ground. He had never manifested sucJ an excited disposition before. Thi detective followed the dog for fullj thirty minutes, keeping his horse at l gallop all the while. Suddenly thi hound ran up to a haystack and la close alongside of it, his nose polnte itrnlght toward a column of bushes. Crack! Whiz! A bullet sped fron the spot Indicated by Tiger's proboscli nnd whistled close to the officer's ear The latter raised his pistol and Grc( la the direction of the shot, but ai Tiger was In the line of aim be re celved the bullet intended for the rob ber. It was a painful but not a se rlous wound. The dog never whlne nor whimpered, but laid his head oc jthe ground and calmly waited until his master ordered him to rise. ThU wound was only a flesh wound an oon healed. Tiger was then taken to Fresno ant Tenderly cared for. The detectives and marshals used to say, "ne's one of us. We'll have to take good care of him." The railroad company offered a bid price for Tiger, but his owner Is abou' to go East and he says he would no: part with the dog detective at an irlce. Always Carver. Carving Is one of the most ancient oi occupations. Carvings were well exe ci'ted during the period of man's early occupation of the caves of Europe, ani most persons who have familiarized themselves with archaeological re Bearch know the figure of fish or seal engraved on the canine teeth of larg carnlvora, and the bear, reindeer, musk ox, horse, mammoth and other animals carved on reindeer-horn Implements oi en plates of ivory, the figures of the ani mals being nt times cut fully In th round, and found in the lowest strata af the caves, under many feet of cav earth and stalagmo, and associated with the bones of a quaternary and. at times, an arctic fauna. The similarity f much this cave work with much ol the Eskimo production of the preseii' flay has given rise to Innumerablt theories concerning a common origb for both people, "My little srirl has always had a poor appetite. I have given her Hood's Sar saparilla, and since I have given it to her she has had a good appetite and she looks well. I have been a great sufferer with headache and rheumatism. I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla, I am now well and have gained in strength. My husband was very sick and all run down. I decided to give him Hood's Sarsaparilla and he began to gain, and now he has got so he works everyday." Mbs. Annie Dcklap, 3S5 E. 4th Street, S. Boston, Mass. A USEFUL DEVICF to Register the Number of Feet Vogt Contain. The accompanying Illustration repre sents an improved device for measur ing, registering and adding a series ol measurements and may be used foi measuring lumber and for similni work. The device has been patented by George Krucger, of Johnstown, Fa. A card or tape line attached to the knob, to be seen at the side of tho ln Itrument, is connected to control a Wheel which connects with a number of graduated gear wheels, which in turn control a registering device. To operate the mechanism the cord or measuring line Is drawn out over the surface to be measured. The length of the line drawn out is recorded by the -system of gear wheels on the several dials on the surface of the Instrument These dials are graduated to Indicate measurements from zero to 100 feel i koard measure (viz., one foot wide tc ne foot thick). Each dial can be made to record the sum of the measurements Df boards of the same length, the unit j of length being marked on each dial. I Thus one dial may be used for IS feet lengths, another for 16 feet lengths, I and so on. A knob Is arranged on the ! top of the Instrument to move along a ' scale graduated to Indicate lengths of IS feet 10 feet etc., and when the knob stands at for Instance, IS feet all measurements taken will be indi cated on dial IS. Tho device will also record the total length In feet of all measurements, this being registered n the outer and on the central dials. The central dial registers from zero to 1,000 feet and the great dial up to 25,000 feet . The Inventor' claims for his patent perfect accuracy, and a rain over similar devices In simplicity, Surablllry and general convenience o' manipulation. How to Throw a Horse and Kill Him. There is a certain way that ex perienced stockmen know of throwing a horse down so to break his neck and kill him at once. An ordinary halter is put on tho horse, the lead strap from it passed between the horse's front legs, a turn being taken around the far one near the fetlock. The executioner then hits the horse iharp cut with a whip, and when ho jumps up pulls sharply and strongly on the halter strap. The horse strikes head first, with the eutire weight on his neck. The fall is invariably fatal St Louis Globe-Democrat. The Skill and Knowledge .Essential to the production of the most perfect and popular laxative remedy known, have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great success in the reputation of its remedy, Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be the univer sal laxative. For sale by all drugcisU. A new fuel made in France is of :oaI dust compressed into briquettes and soaked with chemicals which make ;.t last a long time in a glow when once alight. Calarrii Cannot Be Currd WitUlocnl app lcatiuos, as thpy cannnt renci. thusentnf tliuUiwi.su. Catarrh ia a blood or oun!ltutional diM-axe, and in ordi-r to cure it you must taxe internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh I ure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall's I'atarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, it lirescrilied by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It itcompose'l of the best tonics known, com bined wi;n the best bliiod purifiers, acting di rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing ca tarrh. Send for testimonials free. K. J. Chrsey & Co., l'rops, Toledo, a Sold by drug-KiHts. price 75c A Swiss military man named TTeblor has invented a new bullet, which is said to be the deadliest thing known. ' ( r, "T Mrs. WlnstoW Soothing Srnrp for children teetiiinr, softens me gums, reaaoee mnan m tion. all&i-ajialn. enras wind colic c wo The latest anthropological statistics prove that the daily, monthly and yearly number of births exceed the deaths in a ratio of three to one. Dr. Kilmer's 8 w a mp-Root caret II Kidney and Illadder troubles. I smplet and Consultation free, laboratory Blnghainton, N. Y. A medical authority asserts that colds and catarrh are most frequently caused, not by cold, outdoor air, but by warm, impure, indoor air. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs by Plso'a Cure for Consumption. Louisa Linda wan, lictbany, Mo., Jan. S, 'SH. An extremely thin film of bichro mated gelatin applied to the silvered surfaces of mirrors will protect them 'rom atmospheric tarnish. Not Sick Enough For the Doctor, out a little out or torts. BIpani Tabulei would lerve in your case. It is well to have them on land for just such occasions. After the drip, diphtheria, pneumonia, tcarlet fever, typhoid fever, etc., Hood's 8am--wrilla Is of wonderful benefit In Imparting the trength and Tlgorao much desired. Hood's Piiia for the liver and bowels, act aally yet promptly and effectively. tin.-. a i i m . aiRenau mountain. jjaneDei Saibo, is slowly rinkinit. In the time ?' C8"" was 1400 feet high; now it ' only 800. If afflicted wttti sore rye. nse Dr. Issse Thorn p od'i Eye-water. Druggists sell t 26c. per battle Ten per cent, of the patients treated tt the dispensaries of Berlin have been found to suffer from tho deleterious jffccU of tea. FOB S1KASUKIXO LUMBER. FOR COUNTRY "CUSTOMERS. Remarkable Growth in Cities of a New Branch of Commission Business. There Is an establishment out In Chicago that employs nearly 300 clerks and does a business of several million dollars a year, but which does not carry a dollar's worth of stock," said Postmaster Ileslng, of the Exposition city. "Not long ago it sent out no less than 500,000 circulars through the mails to prospective customers. It is merely a purchasing agency for per sons living outside of the city who need articles nnd do not find It convenient to buy them in person. The concern will buy anything for anybody, accord ing to a well-arranged system. All the customer has to do is to send a de scription of the article wanted and the amount he Is willing to pay for It and It is gotten by an agent of the establish ment and shipped to him at once. "Suppose, for Instance, a man in a remote town wants an overcoat of bluo cloth, with a velvet collar, for which he will pay f 10. ne sends his breast and waist measurement and the money to the firm, and In twenty minutes after his order Is received the coat Is bought and packed up and at the freight or express office. No charge is made to the customer, as the firm has an arrangement with numerous retail mercantile establishments by which It gets a certain discount off from the market prices, and in this way makes heavy profits. I have been told Hint the discount ranges all the way from 5 to 15 per cent, so It Is easy to see how remunerative the business is. Absolute honesty characterizes all Its dealings, and, consequently, very few articles are returned by customers a unsatisfactory." Washington Star. A WAB EOHO. R090BAU LE VETERA! 8EHVE3 A PENSION. EVEBT And th Loot Limb la not tho Only Kaa son for m Government Revard Elthsr. (From Journal, LeUtn, lie.) Samuel B. Jordan has just fftraa tk Jour nal an account of his life, whlnfc la view of his extremely hard lot for the past few yearj will be road with Interest. "I am 43 years old and have always Uvel in New Portland. I enlisted in the army in 13G2 as a private in Company A, 29th Ma Volunteers. My army experienca injured my hsalth to some extant, although I worked at blaoksmtthing some part of the tims, when suddenly, several years ajo, I was prostrataJ with what able physicians pronounced Lo comotor Ataxia. At first I could got around somewhat, yet the disease progressel quita rapidly until I hii h irdly any fooUns in my legs and foot, they felt lit sticks of wool and I grew so much worse thit I could not move for throe years without help, as my neighbors and friends could testify. I em ployed ssveral physicians in my vicinity, and elsewhere, and they all told me that medi cines would not hslp me, that they could do nothing to effect a cum, and that in tint I should bocome entirely helplosa. I becam discouraged. I was a great care to my wife and f riends. Shortly aftor I met an old arm; comrade, 3fr. All. Parlin, a resident of Mad ison, Maine, and he incidentally montioneJ how he had tried Dr. Williams' rink nils for a severe ease of rheumatism and a spinal and malarial tremble, that he ha 1 suffered with consequent of his army lif. and been (Troatly benefited by their u.e. By his earnest n smmendaflon I was induced to try tho pilU. After taking them for a time I betran to feel prickly sensations in my lerj and a return ol strength so I could move them a little. Aftet a few weeks I began to feel a marked im provement in my condition. I soon was en abled to walk around a little with the help of cratches. After taking for some time 1 nan now walk without crutches, ray general health is much improved and I have re gained my old-time vigor. I can walk about and enjoy life onee more, for which I feel very thankinl, and this happy result U due to the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Dr. Williams' rink Pills for Talo Peoplt are not a patent m li-ino in the sense that name implies. Tliov were first compounded as a prescription and used as Such in general practice by an eminent physician. So great was their effleaey that it was deemed wise to place them within tho reach of all. They are now manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Scheneotndy. N. Y., and are sold in boxes (never in loose form by th dozen or hundred, and the public are cau tioned against numerous imitations sold in this shape) at 50 cents a box, or six boxes foi 2.30, and mar be had of all druggists or di rect by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. The only knowledge we have of the air currents from 100 miles above the earth's surface is what has been gained from watching lumiuous trains left by meteors. The theory that the stature of the present day man is smaller than that of his ancestors has no foundation fact according to a French scientist. in The fear of pain and the dangers of parturition fill many a woman's breast with dis may. There is no reason why childbirth should be fraucrht with danger and distress. It is a natural function, and should be perlormed in a natural way without un- uue sunenng. xsature never that women should lie tortureil in tbio ! way. Taken during gestation Dr. Pierce's ravonte Prescription robs childbirth of its dangers to both mother and child, by rrt'ParinSt,lesystemfordelivery, thereby Cartelling labor, lessening pain and ab- ' f - iu3 vmiuuircn oi t breviating the period of confinement WALTER BAKER & GO. The Largest Manufacturers ol PURE. HICH GRADE .COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On this Continent, hart wctItso HIGHEST AWARDS from IM gTttt and Food EXPOSITIONS In Europe and America. fnlike the Dutch 1'roceM, no A Ikft Um or other Chemical or lTe are ' .."S1 .V.. J" of their PreiMrttlonsj. Their delicious BKEAKrAST COCOA is mbsulclel pun ad soluble, ana cost iem tium one cent a cut. cup. SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. mroa K.EaaT WORK aaalta Mn threw aa aarly application lor Local aeaoey bo ml u DAVIS CREAU SEPARATORS to rannora and Dairymen. On stylo was altowa la last numbor at UUa JooraaL Another will boob bo pictured ova. Meanwhile, writ for TI mmm m m nine, tnted Book Frew. DAVIS aaKXIH LDi. AND FO. CO-Sot MwifMtexoja.ioi w. laa St.. Chicee-a. . XANTED Sufferers Iroin Kpllepsy or Fits to I TT write for valuable Information to C.F. JEXSEN 4 CO.. Burton. Tex. DEDROOM SOAP KILLS bed buss. KtlU them Th-vr.r.. ;.' " ut lUX" mp",y' 109lomce . A0KXTg WAXTE1) ln btot etv . tovrn fa i Olir Dew doorhnlilai t UkAnrm anlrl at ' house: loo per aent. profit for agenia: send loc forsample. Empire life. Co. Vergennes. VL l.illS WHrkr 411 r SF liUS- I Best Cough Brrup. Tastes Uood. Use in iime. toia dt arazztsta . Hi If In l The Door of Life Hi IB i (iT;i'T. n mmij. II DISPUTE ABOUT A POthL Was Kins; or Saralt Green Author oi "Da JlasM and de Bheepfol?" The other day In this city an after noon paper In this city printed a negro dialect poem tntltled "The Bheepfold and It Master." It was credited tc Sarah McLean ,Green. Then some newspaper men talked about It over .'their pipes and wonder ed who Sarah McLean Green is. Some of the smokers) thought they had read the poem, but they had forgotten where. So do the children of some worn fancy go astray. A few days later another afternoon paper printed the poem accompanied by a statement from J. E. Woods of No. 340 Center avenue. He had come across the poem eight or ten years ago. It was unclaimed when he found it Then he saw it In the New Xork Sun, and the Sun asked If anyone knew the father of thafoundjlng, and added to tht interrogatory tho seal of ths Sun's ap provalto wit: that It was the most beautiful dialect poem In the English language. It was claimed by several, but latei Inquiry disclosed the fact that the claimants had no authority for their statements. Finally, as was supposed, it was credited to Joel Chandler Har ris, but that gentleman, with his char acteristic fairness, disclaimed the au thorship. And so It comes to the front again, this time credited to Sarah Mc Lean Green. Now comes another story to the Trib unc, as follows: "About eight years ago," said the In formant, T was night editor of the Chi cago Herald. One evening an ungain ly but otherwise agreeable sort of fel low came Into my room and said he bad a poem which be would like to sell. I told him at once that he was in the wrong box, and to see the managing editor, who would not be in until the next day. The young man said he would like to read the poem, and as averse as I am to listening to people read their own productions I consented to listen to this young man, for there was a drollery about him which was restful to a night editor. "When I told him to proceed he put his feet on the rounds of the chair and doubled himself into a pocket knife attitude. He road the caption of his poem, 'De Massa and de ShecpfoL' The reading of several stanzas follow ed. The reader was a fair master of negro dialect. He read with some ef fect When he had finished I told him to see Mr. Russell the next day. Tho following night be came to see nie again and said Mr. Russell had ad vis-' ed him, if he wanted to make any mon ey on the poem, to send It to New York, ind that he had done so. . "I saw him no more for several weeks. When he called he had a copy of the New York Sun. In It was 'De Massa and de Sheepfol,' with the com ment, as I remember it, given by Mr. Woods. But It Is my recollection that the nora de plume of the author was printed at the bottomof the poem Bow Hackley. I asked the young man why he had not used his name, and he said be had not the courage. He told me the Sun paid him $5 for the poem. My rec ollection of the poem Is that it was dif ferent In some lines from the poem now attributed to Sarah McLean Green. But the similarity Is so striking ns to raise the Inquiry In my mind as to whether Bow Hackley borrowed from Sarah McLean Green or vice versa. I do not think Bow Hackley used the word 'meadows' In any of his lines. It Is not negro dialect The negro who would sny 'wedda and "brung and 'sheepfol' ind 'gadderin' would not say 'meadow.' "Maybe someone who has Bow Hack ley's poems can throw light on the Is sue. 1 suppose you know who Bow Hackley was. Ben King, the Michi gan poet whose death In the Tress Club In this city a year ago created some comment at the funeral. "Here is the poem credited to Sarah Mclx-nn Green. But I think Mr. Woods will find that It Is not exactly the poem that was printed in the Sun: THE SIIEEPI-'OLD AND ITS MAS TER. De massa ob de shpopfid' Dat guard de sheepfol' bin Look out in de gloomerin' meadows Whar de long night rnin begin So he call to de hirelin' shepa'd. Is my sheep, is dey all come in? O, den says de hlrelin' shepa'd. Dey's some, dey's black and thin, And some, dey's po' ol' wedda's. But de res' dey's all brung in. But de res' dey's all brung in. Den de massa ob de sheepfol' Dat guard de sheepfol' bin Goes down In de gloomerin' meadows, Whar de long night rain begin Po he le' down de hn's ob do slici-pfor, Cuilm' sof, couie in, cuuie in, Callin' sof, come in, come in. Den up t'ro de gloomerin' meadows, Tro de col' night rain and win. And up t'ro de gloomerin' raln-paf Whar do aleet fa' ple'cln" thin, De po los' sheep ob de sheepfol' Dey all comes gadderin' in, De po' los' sheep ob de sheepfol' Dey all comes gadderin in. Chicago Tribune. Queer Cats in a Chun Spire. The trio of felines which B. E. Woodbrev. a caroenter of Brighton found in the spire of the First Parish Church of Brighton are of a species entirely unanown. Abont a Tear n.ern the property of the First Parish was sold. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wood- tirpw ttearnn trk 4ua. t.-.w Ka 1 .1 j I j - - tiuo win Bjure of the church. He first tore off a wire screen that enclosed the belfry. This screening has been in plaee for a number of years. When it was re moved three most peculiar cats were seen to jump from rafter to rafter and Vfcend to the peak of the spire. They were exceedingly wild, and their appearance is extremely pecu liar. They are covered with a coat ol long shaggy fur ; their teeth are long and are almost like tusks.' Oa the nose of each is a large tuft of hair re sembling tusk. They are very agilo, and spring from rafter to rafter with the ease of a squirrel. It is not known how they got into the spire or how j long they have been there, but they ' must have been confined in their aerial 1 bode for many years. About a year ago a strange singing noise was neara coming xrom tne spire i at frequent intervals, and it was ! thought that it was caused by tho' swinging oi tne vane. It is now be lieved that it was caused by these ani mals. How they have managed to live is unaccountable, unless they catch the sparrows and swallows that abound in the spire. It is not known how their supply of water was obtained. Mr. WonAhUv -ill - A r- m . . wuu """Pt- A Clever Piece of asuslnesa. "Is Smithlns a smart lawyer?" 'Very. Man went to him with a !ase involving $150. Said he was : willing to spend $1,500 to get it back:. I Smlthins made him out a bill right ) MI for $1,350." Soundings. Other remedies may ST, JUICOBS 1 jfill cure Sprains, Bruises, and a Backache HAVEYQU FIVE.OR MORE COWS 7 If so a4 Baby "Cream Separator will earn Its coot for wkw AiwHmui an Inferior gvfltfm another year at so great only pnmuDio imumiH ........... . - ducted it always pays well, and must payyo". You need a Separator, and you need the BBST, the Baby." Al styW and capacities. Prices, Upward. Send for new , THE DE LAVAL Branch Oflcwst ELGIN, ILL. Well Done Outlives Death." Even Your Memory Will Shine if You Use SAPOL Proof Not Xecessarr. Troof Is the one thing which, In out Joarch for knowledge, we never get He wno walls for proof before he believes, will probably never believe anything. or ne win accept as proor that which his neighbor does not. An able education al writer has recently said: "The grand est achievement of tho race are those that have been proved Impossible." If this be true, It merely demonstrates the fact that proof so called is not proof In reality. The things that we know the best are the thlnes whlrh wa rannni prove. And it Is a blessing that we can not, or we mignt do paralyzed by stop ping to prove whether we love our mothers or our children. iifnn show that love In deeds. The showing of It, In fact, Is the proof of it. If proof were needed. Lot ns iv.ini tit ' - j ... . , can go on In a loving service to the Christ without Btonidnir to nrnra Jin God exists; that lie loves us, and tha' e love Him. The promises a man makes before he goes hunting, or gets married, are al way the weakest The Greater fledica! Discovery of trie Age. KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery, DONALD KENNEDY, OF R0X3URY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that euros every kind of Humor, from tho worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. He has tried it in ovit eleven hundred c.'13'.'S, and never failed except in twocasos (loth thunder humor). He has now In his possession over two hundred certiti cute3 of its valuo, all within twenty miles of IJoston. Send postal card for boo!:. A beneilt is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when tho riiiht quautity V taken. When the luniffl are aflected It ennscs shooting pains, like needles passing through them : tho same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by tho duets being stopped, and olwavs disappears In a week after taking it. Kead the label. If the stomach Is foul or bilious it wil cause squeamish feelings at llret No chano of diet ever necessary. Eat ho best you can Ret, and enough of it. Dose, ono tablespoonful in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. olADWAY'S u PILLS, Always Reliable. Purely Vegetable. rorfcctly tasteless, elcRnntly snatcd, pnrire. renulate, purilv. cleanse and strengthen. ItAD W A Y'sj I'l l.l.Slor the cure of all disorders of the Ftomacli, ltowels. Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous biscases. Dizziucas, Vertigo. Cosiiveness, 1'llej Sick Headache, Female Complaints, Biliousness, Indigestion Dyspepsia, Constipation AMI All Disorders of the Liver. Olicrve thefoTiOwiTig symptom. resulting from dienses of the dipestive organs: Constipation, in vuiT't piles, iullneHSOi blood in the head, acutity of the stomach, nausea, heartburn, tfl-tfuit ot ftw-d. fullness of weipht of the stoniacii, sour eructations, sinking or iiutt?ring of the heart, chocking or 8iifT.CHtini?Penution9 when in a ly inv posture, dimness of vHon, dots or webs be fore the tight, fever and dull pain ia the head, deficiency of perspiration, yellowness ot the sicin nnd eyes, pain in the side, "chest, limbs, and sud den flushes of heat, burning in the flesh. A few doses oi KADWAY'S PI KLS will free tha Fystcm of ail the above named disorder!. Trice 2Ac a Ilox. Sold by DrnggUU, or I irnt br mail. Send to DR. KADWAY A CO., Lock Box 36" New York, for itook of Advice. TflE HOMES ih0 h " a". wood Farming 1-nn-is oil iim ted DA AD along the line of a new railroad X UU1 now Dt'lnRpoIstrnf,ted in central MAN'S CHANCE trunk line' already constructed, for sale cheap to single purchas ers or colonies. Special induce niruti given to colonics. Long time nnd low interest. Send for lull Particulars to NORTH WESTERN LCA1BE11 CO.. Eau Claius Wis Csrr usaraaMra -DR, j.B.M Al rBlL4..ri. TfcBt..fir t.nrvr.M, CotituttaC itrm. KnornriitsorpliTSldu.a,lsVliM ulprnml MDIUUUU. & sni tbc dtcalar. Olfou li A.M. tol PM. FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP bas tten ttaed by Millions of Mothers for their children while TreJhlng for over ViftT Years. It soothes the child, aof tns the gums, sltays oil pain, enres wind colic, aod is the best reinHly for dlanriea. Twenry-fcTO Ceata a. Botvie' nvrnT eer J-i' - f ee -e t rrififiAf A GREAT COUGH REIE Perhaps you may think that Scott's Emulsion is only useful to fatten babies, to round up the angles and make comely and attractive, lean and angular women, and fill out the hollow cheeks and stop the wasting of the consumptive, and enrich and vitalize the blood of the scrofulous and anaemic persons. It will do all this but it will do more. It will cure a Hard, Stubborn Cough T MCn e ordmary cough s3Tups and specifics entirely fail. The cough that lingers after the Grip and Pneu monia will be softened and cured by the balsamic heal ing and strengthening influences of this beneficent food-medicine, namely, Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda. Refuse substitutes. They are never as good. Scott & Bowne, New York. Al Drusgrists. 50c. ar.d Z 1. a loss Dauylng is now tho 1804 Catalogue. Tt5 ik SEPARATOR CO., WT fisBtral Offlcst: - s 7 CORTLAND! ST, NEW YORK. CONFIDENCES. Yea, Jennie, X have noticed it. 1 would not apeak of it at all Were it not for the fact That 1 know a remedy. 1 had the same experience Every now and then. And alwaya at a time Most inopportune, ....... One of those little pimple-hke blotche Would appear on my f-ca And annoy me Beyond expression. I haven't had one for six months now. X have a talisman That protects me. I get it at the drug store. Yoa have teen the advertisement-" I am pretty sure. Ripans eTabuIes Is the name three dozen in a beat 1 Swallow one after dinner. Or just before bed time. About once a week and You will be annoyed no more. But more beautiful I If you Would believe that possible. 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