WHAT ONE BOY THINKS.
It stitch always droning ia the mriaatiaj
knAtia
.TSSt-. IO
1 hnnMd tor th. iIum tm i tbooght
vt?Jt&"h&eh,i u am u
block umt lay.
tr, rei to her till I ws houH, th. pmii
aod the Knlatlaj.
Zr?Z&?mnhm,Buml days making the journey; and
And I'tv staid ml iearre4 my varM when I when at length he arrived in tbt
UdW'atfliSus with 7- nl "'k,109,9 J0 V
in to h my teat. Bet the information be desired.
and IT. had to alk besfd. n-whe aba want I , Att?T W"C,"ff hf tTef U '' B?BM
toev.rrtDg meeting, time he made bold to enter a stori
ofl"mtd 10 brBclD 10 klckln t(ind ask the shop keeper to bay nil
And I t. waited while to save the folks a word . treasure, The man look at It, and
w two of grerting, laughed at him for fetching auoh a
tranUed with acouah. I
?"? " . -no """.wnffhloM tnee aa tha. tn n.rVi.t
...
XtieTt,oun8 Amric' 1 nm
it's old America tost baa toe laaide of the
th. , .w.r. m. with h thtobu .nd ii.
aroangTarM;
fcki " mon" 1
I eordlngl v he shouldered bis tiresome
ttntlTbereHaJwariaiwiipefiiunt m a Brjioad. and went out on the street
There oarer fu a pock, thai waa half ao big
And ibe letsTbe oaodle ia By room bora "way
' down to tbe soce.es,
While ah. .taw. an ratters ronnd about tUT
I am sound aaleen,
fbcre'a always somebody at borne when very
nm ! iMttflrfDS:
She inra1s tb. Jam nyoo J oar bread la a way
to m-ike yoa grow ;
Chm always takes a faliow'a aide whan erary one
ia battering;
And wb.a I tear my jacket. I know Jut wharf
to gol
And whan I've bain la ewlmming after father
aald I shouldn't. ...
And mother bad bar allppet off according to
the rule,
ft aoucdt a tweet aa allTar, tba rolce tbat eayi
"I wouldn't :
The boy tbat wont go iwnnmug luca a da;
would be a fool r
Jome'lmn thera'a aometblng ra bar mica aa it
h. ira a. )l..al ri f
lDi "SJ h" auamA "4 1 kep ,UU "
And wno aha la by tbia time there la aa need of
Kua-a.rB; .v..v '
or thera notnina use a panniBiimw
about tue bouse.
Harriot Prejcott Suofford.
AN ASTONISHED LAD.
That's a queer-looking objoc',
Aleck, lloating la the cove. It loom
like a buite piece of hard soap."
"Hard soap don't swim," replied
Aleck shortly. "It's probably a dead
hake, or a little youker's (baby seal)
pelt But we must hurry, Denny,
aod get these Usn upon the flake.
The sun is coming out finely this
uioralog.
The speakers, two Newfoundland
iada, brothers, aired 14 and le, llvbd
at Bejir Co ,e, booavlsta Bay, on the
Dortheait coast of that great, foguy
Island, aad they bad never been out
side the "bay district."
Their lot In ll!e was not an easy
one. Since a recent disaster to tbs
sealing fleet, when their lather had
lot bis life, they had been the wboli
support of a family of teu po.sons,
lne udiDg two aged grandparents,
their mother and fife younger broth
ers and sisters.
In that remote settlement of flshet
(oik there were no schools nor oppor
tunities for learning any craft save
Caning and sealing. To prov.de even
the barest necessities of life for them
selves and tnelr kinsfolk the boys
were obliged to work conjtantly aud
attend sharply to their Dsblng.
The floatl. g object however, ex
cited Denny's curiosity. It was pe
culiar In appearance. lie did net be
lieve tbat it was a dead fhh, and he
glanced at it occasionally as bespread
the dressed coJflsb on the flakes to
cure In the June sunshine. At length,
when b.s task for the time being was
over, he picked ud an oar, pushed
their era y old dory into the water,
and skulled out to mane sure what
the .ueer-lookin mass was
The strange object was of a singu
iar, variegated, grayish, greenish
yellow color, and at first sight he
thought it was Jelly. But on touch
ing It with the oar he found tbat it
Was hard as hard, Indeed, as bard
soap.
Then he touched It with his Qngers,
and found that if gave forth a pecu.
liar odor. At length he reached
down, and getting a Urm bold on tbo
aiass, lilted it Into the toat. It was
of irregular shape, nearly as large as
a half-bushel measure and about at
heavy as he could lift.
He ra rled It ashore and set it on
one end of the fish-flake, wbero both
he and Aleck tested it with their
knives.
' It is a hard, gummy stuff, said
Aleck. "I don't believe it is good
foranthing. I don't like the smell
of It"
'I do like the smell of it," said
Denny, "but it makes mefeel queer."
The old grandma of the family
came nut to the flakes, and after
poking Hand sniffing It, said that if
wss a "whale stone."
It remained on tbo flake for a
month or more, wnen tbe JSovIa
Scotia skipper of a coaster which bad
put in to buy their fish Happened tc
notice it. After turning it over and
pols ng It in h:s bands to note its
weight, and trying bU Jack knife
upon It, be cast an Inquiring look at
Aleck.
"That's quite a chunk of resin,"
e said. "Wbere d'ye get It?"
"Washed ashore," repl.ed Aleck.
"Granny says it's a whale stone,"
added Denny.
The skipiier turned away with ap
parent carelessness, "My cook plays
tbo Utldlo," bo said, looking back.
"I'll give ye a dollar for that to rosin
Lis iMdle bow with."
Aleck would have said yes at once;
out Denny, who had quicker percep
tions, had noted the furtive glance,
aud said:
".' o; I'd rather l:ccp it"
The skipper talked of various mat
ters for some time, but at length
came back to the subject of tbe
"rosin," and offered two dollars, then
three and at last five. But Denny
still obstinately said, "So; I'd ratber
teep it."
Tbe skipper staid with them for an
I:our or two, but .at last went off to
bis vessel without further allusion to
tr.e "rosin."
Alack, much vexed, 'caned Denny
I fool for not accepting tbe offer made
by tbe captain. Five dollars was a
large sum to these poor boys But
beauy still resisted.
I found It," ho asserted, "and 1
hall set my own price. Skipper Mo
Leod cannot buy it for five dollars,
tie wants it more than he cares to
iet us know. I saw that plaiuly
enough in his eyes."
Before night, too, Denny prudently
ook ttio whale stone oil the Ch
Hake aud hid It away la a safe place.
This was a wlso act, for the next
morning the boys found everything
topsyturvy about the tlakos and tbo
land ng jetty, as if some one had
teen searching there diligently.
The coaster still lay at anchor in tho
bay.
This very suspicious circumstance
joupl d with ths skipper's behavior.
Mused Denny to think quit; serious
ly about his whale stone and its pos
ilbic value, until at length h.: be
cumo so rarn 6t about It
that bo resolv d to find OKI
In some war what It was and what it
was worth. But the flaberfolk who
lived near had no kaowled.o of such
matt.TS.
tj durlag tba following wa.k.
noeb against the adrlce or Alecl
' tod the older members of the family.
Denny took aa old potato sack, an
patting the (rummy, yellowy dm
within, started to tdge with ol
bis back all the way to SJU John's
"3 capital of the island.
It was a beayy load and a great ua
lertaklniz for a lad of his age aoS
I limited Axnertonoa H u fla-n m
At another store a man examined
it curiously and offered M for It H
was so disheartened that he wai
m. uch tempted to take the money and
; itart at once for borne; but be re-
"solved to try a little further. Ac-
taaio.
Co&nclDs to glance back, he sav.
that the storekeeper was following
rery slowly after him, as If tp see
where be was (rot Dir. As be tarned
awkwardly to go on. he Jostled against
I man In a uniform the most spien
lld garb he bad erer seen arQ felt
rreatly ashamed that his dirty gunny
lack bad rubbed against such a gor
teous red coat.
I didn't mean to, sir," he faltered,
ieprecattngly.
The oncer laughed good-natu red li
nd asked him what he bad get s
leavy in bis gunny-bag.
I don't kuow wbat It Is, sir," re
lied Den or, rather disconsolately.
i uld tell me.
I wish I could find some one a
i . .jj ma j.
it," said the of
icer.
Denny turned his treasure oat of
,be sack; and h s new aciualnsaoce
ixamlnod It, first with a suilie, then
sore attentively.
"If 1 am nut mistaken, my lad,''
io said st length, "this 1s amberr s;
tod if so, it is valuable. Where d.d
fou get it?"
Denny told him the history of the
hale stone.
"So you are a stranger here?" th
(fflcef remarked.
"Yea, sir. I've walked all the wat
,'rom Bonavita Bay, and brought
.his thing on mf shoulders."
;Well, I may belnerror,"obsare(
he uniformed gentleman; "but come
with we to some tradesmen whom 1
enow. They will probably tell ui
whether 1 am right."
To the mercantile house of soon
Jealers of a better cl .ss they a -cord
ngly repaired, and after a critical
ixamtnatlen of tbe gummy mass, and
raricus tests among others, heat,
which completely volatilised a small
ftagment of It, these t aders pro.
jounced the substance ambergris, of
rood quality, such as is formed In th
oodies of whales.
: Before purchasing It, however, thej
ranted a few diys' time In which t-
ook more fully into the value of the
article; Lnd by advice of tbe major
'or r-hat was the rank of the orticot
who had thus kindly Interested him
elf In Denny's behalf bo left hit
load with thera, and then sought
odglngs for the night
It was a week or more before tht
cerchants finally decided wbat tbei
jould afford to give for tbo ambergris;
wd meantime I enny grew very Im
patient, for the major bad now go e
tway from Sb John's, and he did not
Dave tbe benefit of bis counsels arter
;he first evening.
But the mercantile firm at last
same to a conclusion as to tho valuo
)t the substance; and tbe announca-
sent quite took tbe roung fisher.
nan's breath away. Ther could pay
I'm, they aald, at present prices.
I'll. 50 per ounco; and tho mass
weighed forty pounds and foui
tunces! At that rate the total would
K 1 13, 846.
Denny's head fairly whirled around
Fie baa not expected over a few hun
ired dollars at best. S-eing nij
tmazement, the old merchant and
bis clerks lauirhrd heartily. They
id vised blm to have tbe money placed
n deposit and subject to bis order at
ne of the city banks; and this he
lid.
I am glad to be able to add tbat
Denny has made very good use of his
mddenly. acquired money. In an
sconomlcal manner he first made his
'amlly very comfortable at Bona vista
Bay, and then resolved to expend
12,000 in obtaining an education Id
.he United States.
It was at one of our New England
i!gh schools tbat tbe writer made bis
tcqualntance, and learned from him
iho facts of this story. Rooort S.
falmer, in Youth's Companion.
Tbe Radxlvlll Family.
The Trincess Hedwlg Kadzlvil.
who died In Nice a few days ago,
gave up the opportunity of a brilliant
life and marriage to become a Slstei
of Mercy. Until the time of hei
serious Illness she bad been tho head
ot St. Joseph's Hospital in Potsdam,
Germany. Tbe Princess was a mem
I er of the famous Polish Aadzivlli
family, whose representatives hav
obtained high places in Germany,
Austria, and Russia. The old Em
peror William fell in love with i
daughter of the house, then a mem
ber of the Prussian Co art, and foi
Ave years resisted threats aod en.
treaties on the part of his family la
his determination to marry her. H
finally gave in, howevor, and married
a princess of tbo bouse of Saxe
Wcimcr, but never forgot his first
lovo. His favorite adjutant, up to the
time of his death, was a Badzlvlll,
the nephew of the woman who had
von his heart
He Knew.
The teacher In geography was put.
ting tho class through a few slmplo
testa,
"On which side of the earth 19 tht
north pole?" she Inquired.
"Oh the north side," came tbe un
tnlmous answer.
vn which side Is tbo south pole9"
"On the south side."
"Now, on which side are tbe most
people?"
This was a i oser and nobody aa
swered. Finally a very young scholar
held up his hand.
"I know," be said, hesitating!),
is if tbe excess of bis Knowledge wa
too much for blm.
"Good for you," said the tcachoi
encouragingly, "tell tho class oo
which side the most people are."
On the outside," piped the young
ter, nnd whatever answer tbe teachci
bal ia her mind was lost lath
shuffie. J.'etroit I'reo Preie.
Tby Lot One Another,
Jess Have you decided about the
ball yet? Bess Yea, I aci going.
Jess Aa a blocds or brunette?
Truth.
Way off.
Applicant Tbe critics say 1 dance
frith native grace. Manager That
won't do at alL Nothing goes thse
days unless It Is Imported. Exchange
A BLUEBEAftD'S CASTLB.
aVaaa India Msa Wka eWaweaeel erf ae
. Wlvea,
SI Thomas, one of the West lndlr
Islands, is a Danish possession, aut1
Las cut lous history. In the pass 1
Lourlsbed only on lu own vices ao
lis neighbor's misfortunes. Who i
crew yirtuous it ceased to bo hapjryi
lie neighbor's ' gain proved It owl
kMS.
Slavery was an institution nnta
1841, and until tbat time sugar wai
cultivated with a success that stud
Sod the thirty-three square mile ol
the island's surface with large plan,
tations and handsome mansions. Bui
In tbe fatal year that slavery wai
ibollshed tbe colored population,
which is more than three-quarters of
the whole, preferred to give up steady
work, and now only a few vegetables,
a little fruit, and some green grass e
ve cultivated.
v St. Thomas has long been eons
aercial center. Tbe Boyal Mall Com
pany and other lines have mad the
islaud their principal rsodeivous for
i team packets, and during aha Araer
lean Civil War commerce received a
treat but temporary stimulus. Un
fortunately for St Thomas tba wai
could not last forevea, so trad began
to decline, and when, rn IMa, the
Royal Mail Company rejueyed lu
headquarters to Barbados, the
aeath-blow was given to the com-
nerce of tho Island,
It baa one town named Cfcaxlotfc
Amalle, but the native laaiat upon
sailing it, as well as tb island, St
rhomaa, Tb town is garrisoned by
l force of 100 mew. Who protect tb
live and lilertla of fl.OO oltlzan;
I'he little town Ua at th foot ol
High hills covered with stunted tree
tod shrubs. It 1 very picturesque
with it whit bouses, mostly red
roofed, and only want a big church
io recall some of the small towns
ilong the Italian Riviera Above It
itand two auclent towers called Blue
Oeard's and Blackhead's castles. They
were built two ceuturies ago by
Orothers, ono of whom had a happy
faculty of getting rid of his wives
Den co the name of Bluebeard and
was not called to his account by his
Maker until he bad mado an and of
teven Mrs. Blue beard a
Hta Pet Pbraatew
In the "Memoir of Henry Comp
ton," published In London some years
igo, there is an amusing story wh oh
3 as an obvious lesson. Mr. WaiUng
on was a man from his berth of an
iven temper and an easy dlspos.trorv
3e went through life with tbe great
st indifference as to Its cares aad Its
troubles. One phrase ho used oa all
iccaslons: "It may be so, but then
galn It may not"
On paying him a via 'tone day, say
;ho writer, I asked him if he thought
rt would be fine. "Why," replied he,
' it may ra n, but then again it mat
not"
Seeing him reading 'Daniels' Field
Sports," I inquired if be aver went
a a hunting excursion.
"Why, yes," said he, "I did gc
Mice on a bit of a Jaunt of the sort,
but I made a sorry set out of it. I
borrowed a gig of a friend, and start
id for a day's pleasure, as 1 thought;
but the horse was a stranger to me,
ind so, not having received a regular
introduction to him as soon as the
:hae begun, off he set at full speed,
with me inside the gig.
"I began to be alarmed. Thinks
I. There's danger here; 1 may go a
little farther without being turned
)ver, but then again I may not
Weil, away be tore, oyer furrow and
field, leaping every ditch and bank
tbat came in h's way. Presently I
iaw we were nearlng a horse-pond.
and I began to say to myself, 'I may
let past this pond without being
dropped in the middle of it. but theo
igain I may nob'
"However, after runn ng a trt
mendous risk, 1 escaped a brokeb
neck that time, and after getting
pretty safely through the remalnlnd
part of the Chase, says I to myself,
Bays I, 'Well I may be tempted to
io a-hunting again, but then again,
I may not "
Fanntlcroy's Firat Appearanoe.
It has always been rather Interest
ing to rue to remember tbat he first
presented himself in an impenetrabli
disguise, writes Mrs. Francis Hodgson
Burnett in tbe first of a .erlesof pa
pers entitled "How Fauntleroy Real I j
Occurred" in tbe Ladies' Horn Jour
naL It was a disguise sufflclentlj
artful to have disarmed tbe most
wary. L who am not at all a far
sighted person, was completely taken
in by him. I saw nothing to warrant
in the slightest degree any susplc'mn
tbat he had descended to earth wrth
practical Intentions; that he furtively
cherished plans of making blmsell
Into the small hero of a book, the
picturesque subject of illustrations,
tbe Inspiration of a fashion In cos
tume, the very Jeune premier In t
play over which people in two centl
nents would laugh and cry.
Perhaps In periods before be Intro
Juced himself to his family that
morning of April 5, 1876, in a certain
house in Paris, he may have known
all this and laid out Ms little plant
with adroitness pnd deliberation, but
when I first examined him rsrefullj
as be lay oh my arm looking ex
tremely harmless and extremely fast
asleep In his extremely long night
gown, he did not bear at all the as
pect of a crafty and designing person;
pie only looked warm and comfortablf
md quite resigned to his situation.
He bad been clever enough to dls
f ulse himself as a baby a new babj
n violet powder and a bald head am
a florid complexion.
Sold Hla Wife tor &w
Benson's Mines is a North Woods
hamlet, 45 miles from Carthage. Th
prettiest woman in Benson's Mines is
Mrs Joseph Klpp, wife of a laborer;
mother of two children, and a lady
who carried her heart in her hand.
Her husband is 40 years old, while she
Is a few years his Junior. AH the
woodsmen In tho hamlet admired
Mra Klpp, and foremost among thera
is John Burall, a thrifty Frenchman.
Mrs. Kfpp too admired Burall and
declalred her love for him. Bat Klpp
was wily and was ever in the way ol
his wl'e's lover. Burall finally went
to Klpp, told him of his Infatuation,
and acmanded to know for wbat price
tho treasure could bo obtained. The
husband spurned the offer at first,
declaring that all the woodsmen in
kingdom come did not have eoougb
money to buy the beautiful Mrs.
Klp Rut Burall admonished him
to consider and at a future time tefl
the tttlr of his conclusion. At the
next meeting Mr. Klpp, while intimat
ing that his wife was the
dearest creature un earth, offered to I
part with her and all of their house-'
hold furniture for tbe sum of is.
Burall quickly poshed the money Into
Kipp's face, and a few minutes later
Albert Droppo, Justice of tb peac. j
drow up a bill of sal, and Mr. Klpp 1
and Mr. Burall were happy. ' Klpg
left shortly arter ward for Syracuse.
Otlca Observer.. 1
Oatrloh Farming la California.
Tba wild camel In the Arizona
teaert, supposed to th survivor ol
in army experiment, has been writ
ten about a good deal, and then
m so ba strong foundation for tb
report that these beasts are occasion.
ally seen like ghosts on the line ol
pa auxieoa. The story that a small
Deck f wwrrcb are running wild la
the Mojavw Desert la Southern Call-
farirla tras an air of greater proba
blrtvy, for several experiments In do
oseatjieating the South African bird
save been made on tbe Pacific coast,
swd are attll being tried. Tbe wild
Mrd we originally imported and
placed la corral by an enterprising
Sreerier who did not take tbe precan-
.ten to build bis fea.es high enough.
5no neroing toe ostriches stam-pi-ned,
jamphig the fence and we-e
tever again rounded up. Mexicans
asseed soaae of them, pursuing on
rorseOacK, but to this day others are
it large and ranging the desert,
Speaking of ostriob farming In Call-
tornta, re la aald that it ia not likely
ie wrov pren tablet Only tbe wing
tod tari feathers are of commercial
raroe, tbe best bringing about aiOO
jer pound. Each b rd burnishes from
ialf a pound to a pound and a half
f feathers yearly. When tbe risk of
oJng birds by sickness and accident
s reckoned, tbe margin of profit is
'ound to be rathe.- slender. New
Tork rusk
Am Angling Competition.
Oae ef the most ourioua spectacles
a Mas Brllasa lades is tb annual
lahlag emnMtloa on the Avon,
a aeajrt a a Last oam petition was
y pMei itm aad at the dlseharge,
the anglers ef the Avon, numbering
(Hi, having all drawa tor ptaces, oast
SO fended lines, bearing an equal
lumber of gentles or brandling
woroM, into theelassio waters of the
river. Tbe son was bright, the
eretees lew, the weeds many, the
Isa tndUfarent, but tba 50 fished
bravely on for three hours, and, at
th and of tb day, the basket ot a
U. Borne was weighed out, as win
ter, with seven pounds, six and one
quarter ounce of fish. A Mr. Paget
ran him a close second, more by luck
than Judgment; be he had caught
inly two fish, but one of them was a
bream that kicked the beam at six
pounds one-half ounces.
Olvlaa; Away a Trade Beorau
One evening, being perplexed at
aeeing th Italian image sellers con.
Ilnnally hawking their trays of statu
ettes on their heads through the
street without a human creature
vet appearing to buy one, I asked
ana of tbm if be had exercised hlr
ecatloa long.
Thirty years," replied the man.
"And did you ever chance to sell
one of your figures?" inquired L
"Never, sir."
"My Rood man," said I, "do me
tbe favor of telling why you have
been thus walking about for the last
thirty years with tbat load upon your
head. Is it in obedience to a vow you
have made?"
"No, sir; certainly not It Is to
et my living."
"Bat you say you never sell any
hlng.
"1 never sell anything, it Is true,"
returned the man, "but there are so
many clumsy people In tbe world
that a day seldom passes without
some one rannlng Against me and up
setting my tray. My figures are
broken, and a crowd collects and
makes the pe-son pay for them."
Pearson's Weekly.
Wlfl Aa Widow Captnrv Him.
Miss Madison Square I heard Mrs.
fisher say she wouldu't mind marry
ing that young man of yours. Miss
Sharpglrt I'll never give her tho
chance. The man a widow would
marfy ta pretty sure to make a goji
husband. Texas Sifting
WoU NameOj
Friend I see yrm hare named a
lew brand of cigarettes arter Cicero.
Manufacturer Jnst so. Friend
Out Cicero knew nothing about
tobacco. Manufacturer That's all
right. No tobacco In 'em. Good
ewa,
Of all the Nations of the earth the
romen of ancient Sparta proved them
selves the most heroic.
r. J. Cben.y A Co., Toledo, 0 Prov of
flail-. Catarrh Cure, offer $lt reward for any
aae of catarrh that cannot ba cured by taking
Hall'a Caiarrk Care. Send for testimonials,
free. Bold by Drnaalsta, 75c
Outer blinds for windows were an
mown until the fourteenth century.
The Venetian or interior blinds are so
called because they were first used in
Venice.
Health lat Yowr Veet Pocket t
A box of Ripana Tabnlee can be stowed away
a your Teat pocket. It cost you only fiO cenw,
Mid may eare yoa aa many dollari worth of time
ana aoctor Dina.
.every tiny protuberance on a
ranch of coral represents a living
animal, which grows from it like a
plant.
It. trilmefe Swa unroot caret
all Kidney and Bladder trouble,
yamplet and Consultation free,
laboratory Bingbamtou, N. T.
"Cold light" is one of the promises
if the not very distant future.
Are. Wlnaluw. Beothlnc Syrvra rar ohndrSB
eanthiar. eaftewa the rama, redocealnflaannna
Hon. a lUya aalm. cures wlod ootao. tto.aboule
Paris has now 2S0.0OO electric in
andescent lamps and 9500 are lights.
Piao'a Cure la the medicine to break ud chll-
iren's Cougba and Colds. Mas. M. G. Blum,
3pragne, Waah., March 8, 'Si.
That's a nice dog you've got." re
marked a Front street young man to a
high school girl the other day.
"Yes, butl guess be s consumptive.
as the reply.
"Why, how s tbat?" inquired he
anxiously.
"Spitt Wood."
And then the young man sought a
onely table around at Charley Silley's
nd tried to figure it out.
Dr. PIERCE'S
FAVORITE
PRESCRIPTION
FOR
WEAK WOMEN.
Oa Srat IntmifiM-lna, ttila wnrM.fi.tMMl wMlt.
doe to the afflicted, and tor many years there
after, It waa aold ander a Paaitive Oeawaatee
or riin( entire satisfaction, in every case for
which it la recommended. 80 aniformlv anc
cream! did it prove in carina; the '-earra. de-
.vDBCTueaw ana wesanessea Ol women toat
claims for tbe return of money paid for it were
eeeedine;ty rare, since its manufacturers can
now point to thousand, of noted cures effected
by K in every pert of the land, they believe its
paat record a auflscient guarantee of its great
'Sloe aa a curative agent, therefore, they mom
teat ha claims to tbe confidence of tbe afflicted
asWrapoa that record. By all medicine dealers.
SPRING
l.tt--twplsni,-
tails of coming day. of sunshine . and
. : i;f .nA itaantv. But there are
e 1
thousands of people who will
.
Dleasure in the return of spring
Decu
of disease and Buffering, due to
Impure Blood
which is the cause of untold misery.
They will find relief in Hood's Sarsapa-
rilla, because wis great meoictoe us.
power to make puie blood and thus
nrnvent and cure disease. Hood's 8ar-
saparilla renews the as ted vital forces,
nsjtM an aDDetite ana builds np the
strength. Be sure to get Hood's because
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Whole Families
Often find relief in Hood's Sarsaparilla,
because, being the great blood puri
fier, Hood's Sarsaparilla cures many
forms of disease. Following is a strik
ing illustration of this fact:
I waa Induced to try Hood 'a Sarsaparilla for
stomach trouble and catarrh. I fait a change
after taking tbe first bottle. Each bottle follow
ing made a decided Improvement. Tbe almost
total d earn em In one ear, the buazing, roaring
sounds In the htad and the Huffed np feeling
went away. I raised leas and waa mora hearty
at my masts. Good sleep followed my day a
work and I am entirely free from any symptom a
of the trouble. My mother haa taken flood's
Sarsaparilla with benefit, and my father, who
had a tumor In hta stomach naa been helped so
much tbat he Is able to be about and do light
chores. A neighbor who waa confined to hla
bed with poisoned blood, has also been cured by
it." L. . U. Sasau W. Hartland. Ct.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
This hi who It cures even when all ether medi
cines fail. Insist npon Hood's.
Hood's Pills
act harmoniously with
Ilood'i SSarsaparilla. 25c
Putting Pictures in a Tacunra.
It haa long been known that the at
mosphere plays a most important part
in the deterioration -of paintings aod
water-color drawings, and frequent at
tempts have been made to- neutralize
this action by placing pictures in va-
num, savs tbe Pittsburg Dispatch.
But the difficulty hitherto has been
bow to detect an unsuspected leakage
ot air into the chamber, which leak
3e, though minute, would, of course.
destroy the vacuum aod nullify all at
tempts at preservation. The difficulty
tins now been met in a practical man
or by the invention of a simple bat
ingenious method of detecting a flaw
in the vacuum. The painting, water
;olor or photograph is placed in an
air-tight chamber, the front of which
is glazed, a space being left between
the glass and the picture as well as at
the back of the picture. When the air
as extracted from the chamber by
means of a Sprongel pump, and the
aperture through which the air is drawn
is hermetically sealed, the desired va
cuum is obtained. The important fea
ture of the invention, however, and
that which renders the system of pre
servation practicable, is a little indi
cator on the principle of the aneroid
barometer, whioh is placed out of sight
within the chamber. From this in
strument depends a small armor sema
phore, whioh is in view so long as there
is air in the chamber, but an the va
juura is being created it gradually
rinks out of sight behind the frame of
the picture. Should the vacuum be-
iome impaired by the leakage of air
into the chamber, the little semaphore
Tomes in sight and indicates the fact.
The defect is thus detected and can at I
once be remedied. The fact has been
established that pigments fade gen
erally in moist air, in a less degree in
dry. While in vacuo tho pigment cab
be exposed to light without the slight
est fear of any change taking place.
Ibis invention, therefore, cannot fail
to be of immense value te art, as whole
galleries of pictures, possibly of price
less valuo, which have already shown
marks of deterioration, can now be
preserved indefinitely from the injuri
ous influence of.the atmosphere. The
rystem is said to have received the ap
proval of both painters and scientists,
and a large number at pictures, both
public and private, have already un
dergone the process of preservavionby
uis mertnoa in xmgiana.
Bcrofala, salt rheum, and all disease of the
blood, dyspepsia, headache, kidney and liver
complaints, and catarrh, an eared by Hood's
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier.
Hood's Pills cure Jaundice, biliousness.
sick headache, constipation and all liver his.
Cat faatlmut.
A woman In - Hew England not
long ago, desiring to end the lire of
her cat and three kittens, put laud
anum In the milk. Sot only did the
mother-cat refuse to touch the milk,
but she boxed the ears of the kittens
w aeep tnem away rrom tne saucer, I
and then for fear of father Hmmir I
with much labor, she succeeded In'
covering It a? with hi at, , The'
proic tlve Instinct so touched her'
owner, tbat the at and all of her
brood were allowed to go free,
A friend tells us of a black cat wht
"f SZZZ Wp'n " iSSS-M i
-1
T f
dress or furniture must be
s; acted, and a c lose J bun
hl h hA hn tint, loan tha
is a creat trial tn Mm The. A
" " -a a.U U IrOU
torment him by lermittlng him to
tee them put a lid on a box Just as he
enters the room. One day they did
this with a large pasteboard box, anl
TMlr?-?!!iect feTcr 01 "clte
meat. He stood on top of the box
and tried to claw up tbe lid: he i
f ushed, pulled and Sored until It 1
last he succeeded in removing it.
ufflclently to permit him to see two ,n7 "liable druggist who
dolls inside. Having looked at them not St n hand will pro
for a moment, he walked away, lay cnr6 ' promptly for any one who
nown anl went to
losltjr was satisfied.
sleej His' cur-
iuto
The Chinese divide the day
twelve parts of two hours each.
HOUSEHOLD MJXTEBS.
HARO MCTOBES ABTEmCALLT.
If thera i one thing worse than an
xt thejutb ot
ainguj
thnaa evidences of refinement. .
1 ; . antral nintrirQ of large mse
j, i- T,
Ann't rerxHit sncK 'bnaohixurs.' That
would produce a stiff effect.
Alwava trire the lower position tc
that picture which has the moat details
or figurea, as tne eye lazea mra m o
rw.rtr advantacre if in a direct line of
i virion.
TtAonlatA the hannnff ol aara ana
tight pictaree according to the light
in vflDF room, and don't plaoe yonr
somber selections in the gloom. Study
the effect of the light upon tbe picture
before consigning it to a BpeoiaJ plaoe
on the walL
All pictaree are hang by wire from
the nicturo rail, except in the cases ol
the fashionable medallion piotores or
the small water-colors now so exquis
itely framed in old tone brocades.
These hare a tight wire drawn across
the picture's center at tho beck to
catch on a small brass screw.
If one wishes to vary the mode s
rraceful way is to bring each wire or
chain straight np from the sides of the
picture to the molding, fastening each
on separate hooka.
For photograph that an deUeately
rramal and nothinir bat ligbt en
ameled woods or sold leaves should
an frame nhotonanha ribbon is used
instead of wire.
If the picture is of a woman it is a
jentlment to hang it by her favorite
color ; if of a man, his college ox club
colors are used. Chicago Mail.
HOW TO OMAS OXOVSa.
The present fashion, which makw
every tanty woman wish to wear gloves
of tho lovely pale ahadas, makes glove
cleaning a vary desirable art Very
few professional cleaners do tha work
satisfactorily. Olovea come home
spotted, faded, stiffened and sometimes
so drawn np that they cannot be wora
atalL If cleaned properly,, a glove
should retain all the softness and
freshness it had when new, and no un
pleasant odor should be about it. If
time is given the process it can be done
by any woman who will take the
vouble to do it.
The gloves should be stretched os
a-ooden hands, the exact size, and
rubbed thoroughly with a scrap of
flannel dipped in gasolene. The
strokes should all be given downward
towards the wrist, and the glove
should be kept smoothly in place.
The glove should be moistened, never
saturated. If the flannel becomes
soiled a clean piece mast be used. The
rubbing mast be continued until every
spot is removed.
When perfectly dry, which will bt
A a very short time, the odor of the
jrasoleno slionM be eutirely gone.
Then the gloves should be rubbed with
flannel dipped in talcum-powder for
several minutes, then brushed and
shaken to rid them of any surplus
powder that may adhere to them.
Talcum-powder may be obtained of
any druggist ; it gives the kid a beau
tiful softness and the finish of a new
glove.
If the wooden or kid hand foi
ftrctching the glove over is not con
venient, one's own hand may be used
for the purpose, when it will be best
to have some one else do the rubbing.
When gloves of a light shade are only
slightly soiled, to rub them with sifted
corn-meal or powdered magnesia will
restore them to freshness. Benzine
and naphtha are sometimes used to
clean gloves, but are very inferior to
gasolene, and do not do the work sat
''afactorily. In using gasolene care should b
nsed to keep it from the Are or light,
the fumes should not be inhaled, and
the windows should be opened to ad
mit the air and allow the gas to pass
out.
If these directions are followed
gloves may be cleaned and restored so
as to look quito now. Ladies' Home
Companion.
RECIPES.
Cheese Fingers Roll out the trim
slings from paste into thin sheet ; cut
into strips half-iucli wide and five
inches long, sprinkle grated cheese on
ono strip, cover with another, and
bake in a quick oven about twenty
minutes. Serve with salad.
Newburyport Dumpling Nearly fill
a quart padding dish with apples
sliced very thin. Bet it into a close-
fitting Btenmer over a kettle of boiling
water. When .the apple is nearly
cooked grate nutmeg over it, sprinkle
in half a teospoonful of essence of
lu:non, coyer th ? r.;i;lo with a crust,
made according to rule for cream-of-tartar
biscuit, and shut the steamer
close. " Cook half an hour. Serve with
hard mace.
Tomato Fritters These are partica
iarly good for breakfast and supper.
For four people take one egg, one cup
01 milk, a pinch of salt and a heaping
spoonful ot baking powder. Seat
with sufficient flour to make a stiff
batter. Have some slices of ripe
tomatoes a quarter inch thick, dip
each slico in the batter and fry in a
not pan, with plenty of lard. Serve
with sugar and batter.
r.TTTa llVTrYVaia
iVAV -kV-CV J -f ac 3
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the tarte, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the ays!
tern effectually, dispels colds, head-
d cures habitual
sura auiu so vera onu cures naDitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ia tbe
ceptaole to the fitomnnV m-nmn ;
" . - r w--t"
to "-""on and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeablo Bubetances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to a" "d have made it ttTmoS
popular remedy known
aJ7.rTf-n?wlJ" . .
aJfffiuL f ? M
cent ootUea b7 all leading drug-
wishes to try it. '
Do not accept any
snoButute.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
umviue.gr. Mem rout; mr.
i..v a
5T. JACOB5 OH- is tbe Perfect CURB f0,
NEURALGIA
WITHOUT COU-APSBt AVISHAPg or PERHApq
" Good Wives Crow Fair in the Light a
Their Works," Especially if They Use
SAPOLIO
BUDGET OF FUN.
rjCHOROCS SKKTCHRS FRO
YABIOUS SOUUCKS.
KaKnlflftence Human Rellqnea at
Lamtaous Hint An TJnmlstaka
. ble Sign Too Good to Be
True, Etc., Ktc.
TTow," aaM the girl with golden hair,
'Hy Sot with joy la fraoht j
I am the proud possessor ot
A elided dome of thought."
Judge
wucxd bh oxa HrxsE&r.
I hear your son is taking lesson
oo the flute f"
"Tesj ha. is studying with a privat
tooter. J adge.
A GOOD KXCaBaV
Tbia isn't pare tea, is it, Mr
Grocer?"
"So i bat I've always been told tc
eroas my teas, madam," Judge.
a iiuxnious hlst.
Young Hangex-on, at 11 p. m. "I
looks aa if the gaa is going out."
Toons; Lady "Perhaps it istryinj
to set a good example." Detroit Fro
Praas.
aa TpnfjaTAXARi.a siozr.
"There's the door
Cbarle
bel
ringing. I wonder who it is."
Edward "A man. I just saw sistei
Nellie run to the lookingglass." -Chi
cago Record.
a Hntut KiuQra.
Customer "I'm looking for a to!
man with ona arm."
Floor Walker "Certainly. Thd
remnant counter ia just across th
store." Puck.
TOO GOOD TO Bal TECH.
Ethel (showing her likeness, whiel
haa been moat flatteringly touched uj
j the artist) "It's good, ain't it?"
Clarissa "Good I My dear, it V
Noogood." New York Press.
ONT.T A FSW UBKBEBS LOOT.
Friend "Yonr son played footbal
t college, I am told."
Fond Mamma "res."
Friend "Quarter back?"
Fond Mamma "Oh, he's nearly al
back: I He lost only aa ear and a hand.'
-fuck.
A PKAC3MAIER.
Fond Mother "Anl has raimmi'i
ingel ohild been a peacemaker to-day ?'
Mamma's Angel Child "Yes'm;
Tommy Tuff was a-lickin' Willie Whim
pers, an' when I told 'm to stop he
wouldn't, an' I jumped in an' licked
the stuffin' out o' both of 'em." Phil
vJelphia Record.
PTSArTOnrTEO HOPE 3.
"How ia that son of yours, that yoa
htsd such hopes of, getting along
Mavberry ?"
"Middlin, middlin'."
"Yoa nsed to say he waa going U
set the world afire."
"Huh I The only thing he ever Bel
afire waa my barn, and the blamed
thing wa'ant insured nuiher." Nev
York Pi
A Qcasnox
"I don't know what to make' of Mis'
Binkles," he said.
"Why?"
The other evening everybody was
begging her to play the piano, bat ah
persistently refused."
"What of that?"
"I can't make out whether she if
Very disobliging or very considerate
Washington Star.
R BEMI5DXD SKS. v
The young man was prematurely
gray and was not a little proud of it.
"Looks quite poetic, don't yon think?"
he could not forbear asking of the
young woman he waa calling on. "It
does remind me of a eertaia poem, I
mast admit," said she. "And what
poem is that?" " 'When the Frost I
on the Pumpkin. " And his hair went
on whitening at a more rapid rate thai
aver. Indianapolis Journal,
a as to XEzrx BxLATiojrsnri?.
ITibbe (at the Blobbs reception)
"Glad to meet you, Mr. Kobba. I
hink I may claim to be sort of relative. "
Nobbs Pardon me, what is thr
vamef"
"Hfbba. Our fathers, I beliove,
were seoond cousi&s, or something oi
nas a in a.
"Ah, possibly. They may have beei
distantly very distantly related."
"Not so distantly related, sir, but
that your father borrowed $100 from
my father once and sever paid it Tint
u , ... ... . .
uiu painting, tnia, isn't ill Vtuc&g'
Tribune.
ivotaz. to arzcMS, .
King Oscar of Bweden -oneepassed
through a little town whioh was fes
tively decorated for the occasion.
Among: the rest a huge transparency,
affixed to a gloomy-looking edifice, at
tracted hia attention. It bore the in
scription "Welcome to your Majesty I'
m gigantie characters.
"What building is that?" theXin
"That is tha
Majesty,,, replied one of hfs alderman!
The King laughed, and was heard
to observe: "That is carrying matter
little too far 1" Chronik der Zeit
ax xmorrvii ctjbil
A preacher's righteous soul wai
Badly vexed by the talking and gig
gling of some of the junior memberi
of his congregation. Breaking off in
sne middle of his discourse, he looked
nunigu ai ua sormentors and said:
borne jears ago there happened
Co sit right in front of the pulpit a
yoang maa who was perpetually laugh
ing and talking and making silly faces.
I stopped short and took him severely
to task. At the close of the service a
gentleman stepped op to me and said:
" 'Sir, yon made a great mistake '
that yoang man is aa idiot.
"Since that time I have not ventured
to reprimand any persons who behave
themselves indecorously in church,
lest I should repent the same mistake
and inflict censure upon an idiot. "
There was exemplary sileaoe deasa.
the rest of the service.
jxa WAlTTKD TO BORROW.
He had strayed into one of the
do buildings and was looking viewed,
at a rack on which ware a Mbwr3
hand-grenade fire xMngaiahera I(
was a very mild looking Hrtie
and he called out "anyl" fro rmstj
people before he could get a-Henvis.
it last a watchman saw him md .
"What are you doinz hre?"
"Nothin in particnlnr. Bot ,
that I'm here I've got an j
want to borry one of thoae firs .
ingnishers."
"What for?"
"Cos I'm cold and hanarr, aa' a
only place I can be) anywiae euialnrt
able in is jail. But I don't want to 4
anything that'll hurt my ooiwgiuiaje,
Ver git in."
"But how will the fire utirrftrLrsat
help von?"
"Why, 111 jest grab it and ataaa ,
lair ap and run through tas aaraat.
Then . I'll git arrested far Ve ,
crank an' git more square mania fjjsaj
I've had before ia months." TTuh.
ingtoa Star.
Confltllng.
Down In Virginia a robbery bat
een committed. The fiogar of n,
plcion pointed to a negro servant,
and be was arraigned before ths Ion
Justice, who happened to hs the
negro's old master, to whom he wtf
still Intensely loyal.
lie made no defence or 3ulal at
the Judge laid the evidence polsl
by point against him, and fentenet
was about to be pronounce! when
suddenly tbe real culprit was flit
covered.
"Why didn't rou say you didn't H
it, Georgs?" asked the justice.
"Why," said the faithful old 8r
ant, "you's a hones' man, judfe, air
If you say I Is the man, don I is ths
man, but fou see I ait tbe man."
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who can organize lodges or secure nienihera;
write for a circular and you "III he made a
qtmtnted with tho acme of Irntcrna nnthl
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