AS IT SHOULD 6E.
If MM Vf uflr ona emmner'e mors
Jerked the enekera from tb oera,
Aa4 walloped the striped bo that flew
ami the melon Tinea In the morning daw.
Bar dress, tbongh adjaetea with ratisol oara,
Waa. maybe, a little to vara for wear ;
Vint Bar face waa aa fair aa Use ripe, red roea.
Though aba had few freckle apon the noea.
Bar father, an booeet and kind old lay,
Waa oat la tba meadow raking hay,
And trying to lift with hi brawny arm,
lias mortgage that covered the dear old farm
Twaa an d pel 11 job and It made him ewear,
or he bad ten children, and dog to rpnre ;
And the crop waa arge, and the price waa not
And the acnnol Interest made him hot.
The Jndge rode hy on bla away-backed hone.
And asw Mand Mailer and changed hie coaxes)
Be waa i truck with bar beautiful area and hair.
And fell in tore with bar then and there.
Be etepped and conversed of the growing erope.
And tbe wavering price, and the nneket ahope.
And waa quite impreeeed with bar aterllng eenec
At aha with bia claa4c eloquence.
T enme each day and longer stayed.
And ortered hia hand to the boneat maid,
Aai one. In true lover'a piulaDce versed,
Bequeeted to be a alater at first.
Pot Bltenrard yleluad, when he demurred,
S iltmttted a brief, and her dad concurred ;
And o It waa settled the twain ehoulJ be
One and the aame fur eternity.
Iti, rcr cmn tu a irrand affair.
Tor the cream of the country waa gathered
there.
And Mand waa dressed like a fairy queen.
In the finest toga she ha 1 ever seen.
And the J udue waa happy, and so waa aba.
And so waa the whule community.
Meantime the Mailer farm ererned to be
Fre h meat for the rere-i ns mortgagee.
Hut the Judjce. In dlguiaed, legal way.
Bought the creditors out and advanced the pay.
And nave his wife's father a f Tin beside.
Without the leaac abow of Judicial pride.
And said to himwelt aa be wrote the deed,
I'll n t se my fatbei-ln-liw lu neei.
For he gate me bla daughter, and aba ocs
la worth many times aU th wealth I own.
OLD DRIVER'S STORY.
Yes. I can tell some strance stories,
And they are true ones, too. A good
many of the tales to which you listen
are made up eipressly for the occa
sion, and originate from the Imagin
ation alone. Hut mine are facta, antf
ojt overdrawn in the least.
A man who Is constantly carrying
nmney, and often large sums, gener.
erally has some adventures In the
space of a score of years just the
time I drove the stage from New
Jtrunswick to Mountain Creek, a dis
tance of fifteen miles. It was then
as wild and lonely a road as la often
found, though since that time it has
been wonderfully Improved; the wood
lands have been cleared, and substan
tial farmhouses erected along thf
"I ehway.
Hut 1 suppose you want me to get
down to the story, Instead of giving
general descriptions of the old stage
route. I do not like to tell it, for it
may seem to some like taeting unjust
susi Iclons upon a man against whom
nothing definite was ever proven.
Yet I am convinced in my own mini
of bis Intentions, although be did not
succeed In carrying them out.
There came a stranger to the vil
lage of New Brunswick by the came
of Edward Marston, a very slick ap
pearing fellow who made friends with
nearly everybody. It wa.s never quite
Just known where be came from, and
no one seemed to know where h.'
went to when he left; for be disap
peared as suddenly as he came. lie
had a wife and one chi.'d, as sweet a
little gi 1 as ever lived, and whom
everybody loved. His wife was a
I ale, sad looking woman, who seldom
was se n outside her borne; she
seemed to love nothing In the world
save little Ketta. the child.
Just how Marston obtained his liv
ing was a mrstery, for ho had do visi
ble means of support. He claimed
to be doing business for some Insur
ance firm, yet It was quite certain
that he did not receive sufficient
compensation from this alone to ob
tain a livelihood. He sometimes left
town for a few days at a time, and
sometimes recslved letters from other
localities; but the-e facts were not
suit'cien.t to prove that hlsstatement?
were true, although but few doubted
Miern at the time.
Ills glib tongue and familiar way of
addressing people gained him m iny
admirers, while they repelled a few
who were more discerning and cau
tious. I was among the latter class,
and this fact alone, I believe, saved
me fiom being robbed and pcrhapr
murdered.
The lellow lived vory near to uv
own residence so near that he could
keep wati'h of aU my movements;
while 1 In turn kept my eye upon
him. I think he mistrusted how
matters stood, and so tried In a
variety of ways to win my confidence.
But he never succeeded, for I had
come In contact too much with hu
manity to be easily deceived. Yet I
treated my ne'ghbor as kindly aa J
lid any one else.
Thus matters went on for some
time. He occasionally rode to Mount
ain Creek with me, although for
what purpose I never knew ioi
lively. There was a Lank in both New
I'ruDswick and Mountain Creek, and
it frequently happened that large
turns of mosfff were sent from one to
the other in my care. 1 did not
bast t ate to ukc these packages, being
generally well paid for It; I wa then
young aud strong, with an unlimited
amount of confidence la my own
strength and shrewdness in emergen
cies. It waa well that 1 did have
this egotism, if It mar bo tbus called,
for it saved me a vast amount of fret
od worry.
1 drove twQ strong horsea that 1
had under perfect control; I could
govern them by words alone when
necessary. It did not need the touch
of a whip to Increase their pace, or a
pull at the reins to stop them or
check their speed; a word from ine
would do this at all times. I could
start thorn into a lively trot by merely
stamping my teet upon the step of
the wagon seat. I believe those
hoses understood me and my moods
as well as human beings understand
each other.
About tho village of Mountain
Ceek there we o large tracts of fine
woodland covered wltb pine, heni
iook, and chestnut; and as a railroad
was to be built up the valley, many
farmers, and othc.s who bad money
to spa e, bought up the land, expect
ing to double their money la the near
futu e. There wore a few wealthy
men la New B un.wlci, as It was aa
older town than Mountain Creek,
and several of these purchased lota
la the "other valley," as it was often
sailed. This of c u se necessitated a
transfer of large sums of money from
my own town to Mountain Creek, and
I nearly always did this responsible
business.
I have forgotten to mention that 1
iwned a large bull dog that often ac
sompanied me upon my trips over the
mountains and he too was under per
fect control. He never molested peo
ple nnlesi tbev were upon forblddea
round, and then bo was a terror.
He did not llko Marston; lam of tho
op'nlon that tbe fellow often sneaked
ibout my premises when be should
bavo been somewhere else. Of course
Ihla 1 4 nnlv omi. w rlr: hut for annul
reason old Itruce disliked our smooth I
tonucd neighbor, although Marston j
aim.
When I was carrying more mone
than usual I took old Bruce with ma
every trip, and be generally rode by (
my side upon tba outside of th.
reach. j
- It w toward Utf ssAjf CfiQSfc
scr, and as but little snow liar! raTTen,
I still nsed tho large old sum met
coach, which was pretty heavy to b
drawn over tbe rough, billy roads.
But my horses were suff e'ent for all
ordinary occasions, as we remained
over night in Mountain Creek, and
returned to JNew Brunswick the nezl
afternoon. Three trips of fifteen
miles and back each week were nol
bard, unless the going was very bad
ir the loads were unusually heavy.
Several of the payments of ht
acwly purchased land became due
j' out the first of January, and 1
think Marston knew this. About,
tbe first of December a stranger sud
denly appeared in town, and every
body at once be cam 3 suspicious of
him. He was a rough looking fellow
one that would not shrink from any
deed. If general appearances indi
cated anything. He was only seen
three times in as many weeks: all
knew that his headquarters were nol
far off, but no one could find out
where be stayed. I only saw htm
once, yet I should have known him
again bad 1 met him a thousand
Biles from Mew Brunswick.
One night about the middle of De
cember, I was a wagoned from mj
sleep by the bowling of old Bruce. 1
arose and dressed myself, and went
to tbe woodshed where be slept, and
round him in a dying .condition. lit
bad been poisoned. He died a fen
minutes after I reached him.
I kej.t perfectly still, and remalnec
In the dark watching for further de
velopments, In an hour or two af
ter bis bowi ng bad ceased I beard
stealthy footsteps outside tho sbed,
and through a small knot-bole I saw
tbe form of a man. He crept close
to tbe small opeq window at tbe end
and apparently listened. It flashed
Into my mirfd that he was trying U
as -ertain whether or not the dog wai
dead. My first impulse was to shoot
the dark, crouching form, for I had
my trusty revolver ready for service.
Then I concluded to watch the fel
low when he weot away, which I did,
He walked directly to the back
Joor of Edward Marston s house, and
somehow I conceived tbe idea that
he was the evil-eyed stranger. Tbert
was a dim light burning in Mar&ton'i
kitchen, and when the door opened
to admit the man 1 was sure 1 saw
tbe form of a second man within.
It camo to me very plainly tha
something was about to occur, and
that 1 might possibly figure in some
unpleasantness 1 kept the fact o
old Uruce's death a secret, and p.e
pared myself for any emergency thai
might arise.
On the 29th of December I hat.
two packages of money to carry to.
Mountain Creek and deposit in tb
bank. One of them contained i
thousand dollars, and the othei
about six hundred. I went, as was
my custom, into the bank, and then
deposited the money in an lnsld
pocket; it was Impossible to obtalr,
It without removing my outer coat.
I was not much surprised, tha
day, to find Edward Marston upot
the hotel steps, waiting to ride wltt
me to Mountain Creek. There wen
no other passengers, and tho coact
was empty save for a light trunl
that I was carrying, to a lumber mac
who had recently gone to Mountalr
Creek to work.
Marston asked the p:iv:iege of rid
ing upon the driver's scat, as then
was no one Inside tbe coach. I con
sented, but told blm it would tx
much more comfortable inside. H
answered laughingly that be would
rather sland the i old than the con
founded lonesomeness. I said noth
ing more, and we proceded at onc
lpon our Journey.
My companion talked constantly
it was somewhat difficult for me t
reply to bis Incessant chatter, so I
ga e up the attempt and let bin
.-att'e on.
But somehow I did not enjoy hli
talk. I ielt sure the follow wai
nervous, in spite of his efforts to con
ceal it. I caught him saying thf
iirae things over and over again.
Several times I 6aw h m thrust bti
hand In bis pocket, and withdraw It
vory suddenly. Onco I was sure .'
saw the gleam of a revolver.
There arose In my mind thethougm
that matters would soon come to s
crisis, and I began to watch tho fel
low more closely. I gathered the
reins in my left hand and slipped nij
right into my overcoat pocket in
which 1 bad placed my revolver. 1
told hini my hand was cold. Onlt
one thing ratbor troubled me: I could
not Imagine where I might be at
tacked, as there was a score of wild,
lonely (laces were a man might bi
murdered and his body hidden. Tbcr
were many long stretches of wood-
laort, lonely marshes, -ind swamps,
and if mv companion meditated am
iarm to me, he would bo safe from
abscr-atlon almost any whore,
Onward we went, J constantly Ou
he alert, and Marston's tongue going
it lull speed. As we wcro descend
ing a steep hill where thick clumps
t hemlock bushes grew upou both
t des of the narrow road, Marston en
deavored to draw my attontlon to a
point on the right by asking it I ob-
erved the bushes stirred as if by
wine animal.
Instead of looking in the direction
jo indicated, 1 glanced at tbe clump
j po a the opposite side, and saw a
man very distinctly. I at once re:og
nl7cd the evil looking stranger. Jtle
held a revolver, but as Marston sat
between me and him, it occurred to
iia that be would not shoot.
Suddenly Marston seized tbe line
from my left band and dropped from
the high seau The horses stopped, and
.hen l beard a bullet wnlj past my
lead. I bad my revolver pointed to
ward the fellow, and I shot three
times rapidly in succession. I beard
i groan and saw bis left arm fall, but
in his right band bo still held tbe
gleaming weapon. Marston was
clutching the reins, and the horses
bad come to a complete stand still. I
tapped the footboard bharply, and
they went up the opposite bill with
lightning like speed. I heard the
fellow cry out for help, and I knew
that I bad wounded him severely.
Marslou was still holding tbe reins,
nd crouching down, trying to appear
rery much frightened. It took tbe
lines from him, coolly observing that
I was fully prepared for.another high
wayman, as I had several charges left
In my revolver. He knew that I sus.
pected him of complicity with the
lllian I had wounded, and in a con
fused manner tried to explain bif
vctions.
"I saw (the follow also," be said,
and lumped down from the seat to
escape tbe bullets." I
But why did you take the reini'
tnd stop the horses?" I asked In a
tone that Implied a good deal more
than the words expressed.
1 hardly knew what I did. I wa
joo much excited to know anything."
Silence fell between us, and tbus
she matter endod.
Tbe man 1 had wounded, found bi
way to Mars ton's, and was obliged to
call a physician to drCss bis wounds.
He claimed that ho was a cousin of
Marston's, and that this was bis first
attempt at robbery.
Marston acknowledged that be wat
i reUUttv bu$ denied having anj
HelaltT thai
to own him,
remain oat f
e bad been ashamed
and nerauadod blm to
llgbt for tbe three weeks previous to
tbe attemoted robbery- As tbe fel
low did not deny these statements.
be alone was arrested. Be paid dearly
for his crime, for blood poi onlng set
In. and be died before tbe law bad
the nrlvlleze of administering lustloat
Edward Marston suddenly lost bis
popularity; people suspected blm of
devising tbe whole plan. 1 am sure
of It. He bad bit own revolver In
readiness to finish me If 1 was
wounded by bis confederate, but as I
ect in tbe first effectual snot ne con
cluded to take another part In the
little drama. Doubtless tbe two men
designed to murder me outright.
He left the village of New Bruns
wick very soon after this. Every on
felt a sense of relief when be went
away, although much sympathy wai
expressed for tbe careworn wife and
sweet little girL As I said hero e,
no one knew just where he went, and
but few cared, ahls Is my story,
)ust as it occurred. Waverly Mag
tine.
rVR ETCHED ARISTOCRA?6s
liey Even lie sort to Crime
t Obtain t
Livelihood.
The condition of tha English arts
ocracy seems to get worse and worse.
Ibe extreme poverty of many leads
them to resort to any means, bow
ever criminal, for obtaining a liveli
hood. It is said that an Earl, noted
for his dissipated manner of living,
was amazed recently to find among
the Inmates of a disorderly house be
visited, bis own niece, tbe daughter
of a sister whom be had lost sight
of for several years. The girl recog
nized tbe Earl by bis pictures, which
ihe had seen.
Only last week the younger brothei
it a Baronet of ancient lineage was
irrested, under an assumed name.
iwlndling. He gave the excuse that
he was driven to crime by starva
tion and was too proud to go near
his brother, who was, indeed, not
much better off. Tbe victim of the
iwjndler relented and the affair war
hushed up.
The case of Sir Henry Valentin..
ioold, an old Irish Baronet, 89 yean
of age, who has been exposed as tbe
stool-pigeon In a literary imposture.
Is another instance. Coold is iu his
second childhood but has virtually
nothing to live on. He comes from
an ancient family, being descended
from the Mayor of Cork who held
office In the reign of Henry V1L lit
has goldfinches on bis armorial crest;
but that is about all the gold that
Is left in tbe family. Another pov
erty-stricken Irish Baronet Is Sir
Gilbert Campbell, who Is serving a
term for swindling.
Tbe English . system of civil set
rice is chiefly devoted to providing
places for the poor nobility, and the
poor relations of rich nobility; but
both classes are getting so numerous
that tho civil service, the church, and
the army are Insufficient to provide
for all, ana many of them have to
live by their wits, or resort to honest
employment Among the omnibus
and cab drivers of London are to be
met men who were brought up In
noble mansions, but who have failed
to hold on to the places foftnd for
them by the Influence of aristocratic
tinsmen.
As for trades and ordinary buslnest
;ho aristocracy are crowding In at a
rate that Is surprising, even the
humbler ones having not a few mem
bers who were trained at Eion and
Oxford. In a barber shop on the
Thames embankment one may be
shaved and have bis hair cot by a
barber who claims descent from the
Plantaganets, and whose name ap
peared among the younger branches
of one of England's Ducal bouses.
He was given $1,000 when he came of
age and a ticket to Australia, but
did not like Australia and wbeo be
came back his relativesdoclined to do
anything more for him. During bit
brief stay In Australia he learned a
trade from necessity, and when be got
back be took to shaving as a peans
of livelihood. He makes no prettnst
of concealidg bis Identity.
A Twentj-FlTC-Foot Python;
At a hotel on Bash street. In a
strong cage with an aperture closely
guarded with iron bars, a monster
python is recuperating after a sea voy
age from Manila. Tha snake is the
property of Emit Walker, of Manila,
and snake and owner were passengers
on the City of Fekin, which recently
arrived. The python is twenty-fect in
length and twelve inches in eircum
terence.
Mr. Walker had heard of the Mid
'inter Fair and journeyed from his
homo in Manila with the idea of mak
ing python exhibit.
"This is a small snake." said he
"because it is young-; not that the
grow so very much longer, but they
increase to foot in thiokneas with
go. The way we catch the pythons
in the Philippine Islands is to bait a
large hook made for that purpose with
a rat or some other small liva animal,
and that is the way that this ona wag
canght."
The snake was tha objeot of muol
juriosity among the freqnonters of the
hotel yesterday. A live rabbit was
placed in the cage for food, but tha
snake disappointed the curious by re
tailing to eat it. San Francisco Chron
icle. Mm Unpardonable Slav
First Village Boy (With sled) Old
Mrs. Muggins has to go to th' poor
bouse. Why don't the folks around
town take care of her? Second Vil
lage Boy Mebby when everybody
was chlldrens she put ashes on tbe
tllL Street & Smith's Good Kewa
Watchmaking; la Japaav.
The manufacture of watches baa at
tained a considerable degree of import
ance In Japan. That empire now enn
pllus British Hong Kong with watch.
Yokohama has the finest watch-making
machinery from this countrx.
LOOK OUT FOR BREAKERS AHEAD
when pimples,
eruption, bolls,
and like manifes
tations of impure
blood appear,
wouldn't apt
our
pure and your sys
tem in the right
condition. They
show yon what yon
need a rood blood-
purifer; that's what
yon get when yon
take ur. fierce's
Golden Medical
rerjr.
carries healtL
with it- All Blood,
Skin and Scalp Dis
eases, from a com
mon r.lotch, or Eruption, to the worst
Scrofula, ore cured by it. It invigorates
v. .Mil rniic. vrv Anran invA
healthful action. In the most stubborn
forms of Skin Diseases, such as Salt-1
rheum. Eczema, Tetter, lSryaipclas. Boils I
and kindred ailments, and Scrofula, it is an
un equaled remedy.
mnireTfy with Sim.
i imfi
Ur W rf It
HA TfSTl'
I 77' lS
Spring Makes Me Tired
To many people Spring and its duties
mean an aching bead, tired limbs, and
throbbing nerves. Just as the milder
weather comes, the strength begins to
wane and "that tired feeling" is the
complaint of all.
The reason for this condition is found
In the deficient quality of the blood.
Dunne the winter, owing to various
causes, the blood becomes loaded with
imparities and loses its richness and
vitality. Consequently, as soon as the
bracing effect of cold air is lost, there
Is languor and lack of energy. The
cure will be found in puri'ying and
nriching the blood.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the greatest
and best spring medicine because it is
tbe greatest and best blood pun tier.
It overcomes that tired feeling because
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the Public Eye To-Day.
Besieged by Walraa.
A bad quarter of an hour was that
pent by tbe Peary crew, one day,
among tbe walrus la tbe Arctic re.
f ions. They were on a walrus-hunt,
or tbe purpose of obtaining Ivory,
fhe walrus were to be seen In every
llrection, and the men beaded tbe
boat for a cake of ice with about fif
teen of the creatures asleep on it
Mrs Teary thus describes the ad ven
tre.
Tbe boys were told to pull for aU
they were worth until the order was
given to stop. Mr. Peary then took
his camera, and be became so ab
sorbed in getting bis photograph Just
right that be forgot to give the order
to stop until tbe boat ran on the cage
of Ice at least four feet, throwing her
xw straight up Into the air.
Tbe walrus. Jumping into the
rater from under her careened tbe
boat to port uutil she shipped water.
then, with a jerk, she was rlgbtcd.
tad we were skimming over the water
thiough the new Ice, towed b the
harpooned walrus.
This performance lasted at least
twenty minutes, while the boys kept
up a constant voltey at tbe walrus
that bes'eired us on every side to
svenge their wounded companions.
There were at least two hundred and
fifty round us at one time and it
teemed Impossible to keep them from
attacking u; but by steady firing we
managed to hold them at our oar's
'ength.
This kept me busy reloading tbt
rifles. 1 thought It about an even
chance whether I should be shot or
Browned.
I cannot describe my feelings when
hese monsters surrounded us, their
tusks almost touching the boat, while
the bullets were whistling about my
iars, in every direct on.
Whenever a volley of shots greeted,
them, the whole bunch Jumped into
the air, and then plunged under
water. If they should happen to
some un nnder the boat, we should .
probably be tbe ones to take the
)lunge.
When we finally got out of tbe tur
moll, we bad four heads wltb tusks,
knd might have had more, except
that tbe bodies sank before we could
iture them.
Sommodere Yandorbllt's Bookkeeping
When Samuel Barton, the well
mown Wall atreet broker, and now of
ihe firm of J. W. Davis Jk Co., was a
oor boy, he studied law in S. It M.
tJnrlow's offlce. One day h received
t enrt sammons from his ancle, Com
nodore Vandcrbilt, and, dutiful
sepbew that he was, he hastened to
Ind out what that brusque bat poten
tial old gentleman wanted of him. H
lound the Commodoro in a high stat
)f indignation over the faithlessness
f a trusted cashier.
"Sam, I'vo.acnt for yon because V
rant you to be my cashier," exclaimed
ih founder of the Vandcrbilt riches,
ehemently.
"But, uncle, I don't know anything
ibout bookkeeping," protested yonng
Sarton.
"Bookkeeping be blowedl" shoutes.
ihe old Commodore. "Yon know
nongh to be honest, don't you?"
"Yes, sir," promptly responded th
lephew.
"Well, yon know how to take monej
hen it is paid to yon, don't yon?"
"Yea, air."
"And yon know how to pay bilk
than I tell you to pay 'em, don't
vu?"
Certainly."
"Then yon Would know enough U
ir me th balance of th money,
'onldn't yonf
"Why, of course," said Barton.
"Well, that'a bookkeeping."
And Sam Barton filled the bill to
Is uncle's satisfaction for several
-vara. New York Times.
QaleUy Told.
Friend What was your graduation
esay about?
Mabel What the astronomers
'.now about mars.
Friend Dear me! Why did you
thoose that subject?
Mabel Because I didn't have timt
o write much. Hew York Weekly.
Would Ba on the Safe Sldax.
"Have you any choice as to where
wur picture shall be bung?"
"No," replied the artist, "only thai.
Pd feel on tbe safe side If you would
ut It In a room with low ceilings."
Washington Star.
Keep the Baby Fat.
" Cays 8ntmo, Oa., May 91, 1894.
" My baby was a living skeleton. The doctors said he waa dying of Maras
mus, Indigestion, etc Th various foods I tried seemed to keep him alive, but
did not strengthen or fatten him. At thirteen months old he weighed exactly
what he did at birth seven pounds. I began using " Scott's Emulsior," soma
times putting a few drops In his bottle, then again feeding it with a spoon; the
C ... . .. " a aa. -A 1-4. 1.1a kul Tl. .JT.eV asm-
ippeor. They I times putting a few drops In bis bottle, tben again iceaing uwim a spoon; tnea
it appear tf again By the absorption method of rubbing it Into hia body. The effect was mar
blood were I velous. Baby began to stouten and fatten, and became a beautiful dimpled boy,
nd Tour svs. ' .11 Bvma E-wmatm .nnlisul tha one thine needful.
l niiil .11 Hrwi-pa Fannin mnnlied th one thine needful.
" MBS. KEKNOS WrtTT.ua"
Scottfs Emulsion
is especially useful for sickly, delicate children when their other food '
i oils 10 nounsn mem. xl sujjpn -."v-unaitu,
form, just the nourishment they need to build them up and give them
health and strength. It is Cod-liver Oil made palatable and easy to
assimilate, combined with the Hypophosphites, both of which are
most remarkable nutrients.
Jlnn'i ha barsuaJed to
, ...
&COtt & BOWllC. NcW York.
it make ore, rich blood. It givee
airpntTtn to nerves and muscles because
it endows the blood with new powers
nnrUhmnt- It creates an appe
tite, tones and atrengthens the stomach
.n, riio-nativa onrans. and thus builds
up the whole system and prepares it to
n.1 thn chance to warmer weather.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is a medicine
hiti mn maw denend. It is
Ui'vu " j . .
ko nlv true blood Dunfier prominent
ly before the psrbiic eye to-day. It has
. ord nf cures uneaualied in the
nf medicine. It is the mediciue
of which so many people write, "Hood's
Sarsaparilla does all that it is ciaimea
to do." Yon can take Hood's Sarsa-
parilla with, tne connuent cii na
tion that it will give you pure blood
and renewed health. Take it now.
Bla Reason.
The following story is told by a friend
of .the Saunterer in Lowell.
Freddla is tho bright 4-year-old son ol
a Boston minister. Every night on re
tiring th little fellow repeats' his "Now
t lay me," aa soon as he Is snugly
tucked In bed.
Be, recently went to his aunt In
Lowell to mak A short visit, his
mother returning bom and leaving
him behind for a few days.
On the first night of hta stay bis aunt
pot him to bed and stood waiting; but
th llttl fellow had apparently for
gotten his prayer.
At length his aunt said
"Why, Freddie, aren't you going tr
say your prayer T"
"No, ma'am," be said, and this war
all the answer she could get
She let him have hia way that night,
but the next, when th same seen was
repeated, his aunt gently remonstrated
"Why, Freddie," ah aaid, "why don't
you say your prayer T You know yoi
always do at home.
"Yes, auntie," replied Freddie, "bu
-ou know I'm on a vacation now I"
FuU of Entboalnaaaa
nrown l ou show a good deal or
entlsiasm over your coming trip to
Europe. Why, you've crossed several
imes berore, haven't you?
Robberts Yes, but It is my first
trip without my wife.
1 might have Knoivn that I me;
your wife yesterday and 1 never saw
her look so happy." Texas Sifflngs.
The Cleanse the System
Effectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to a healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispel
-"".
use byrup
ul "im
It is reported that the United
States cruiser Minneapolis, with her
three screws, is much more econom ical
in her consumption of coal than the
twin screw vessels.
It la M.r.ly Uooxi Health.
That beautiful complexion la health, preserved
by KIpansTabulea.
Klpana Tabulvs purify tha bloo!. clear tha
kin of bleinliht-a aud make life more worth
living
The new photograph of the heavens
which is being prepared by London,
Berlin and Parisian astronomers shows
CS.OOO.OOOsUrs.
After the Orlp. diphtheria, pneumonia,
rarlet faver, typhoid fever, etc.. Hood's Sarsa
parilla Is of wonderful benefit in Imparting the
strength and vigor to much desired.
Hood'aPllle for thn liver and bowela. act
eaallr rat promptly and eSectively.
They are trying to invent a phono
graphic desk on which a speaker can
record his own orations.
We wftl .give $100 reward ror any case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Uall'a Catarrh
Cure. Taken Internally.
V. J. Cbbmbt A Co, Prope, Toledo, CV.
Red phosphorus combines with
chlorate of potash to make an explo
sive of great violence.
I can recommend Plso's Cure for Consumption
to sufferers tram Asthma. E. V. Townsind, iX
Howard. Yt'la., May 4, lSVt.
Two pounds of potatoes are said to
contain as much nutriment as thirteen
pounds of turnips.
Iir. Kilmer's S w A hp-Root curei
all Kidney and Bladder troublo.
l amplet and Consultation free,
laboratory Blnghamton, N. V.
A largo deposit of fuller's earth has
been discovered on a big tobacco farm
iu Florida, and the first shipment of
the earth ever made from this country
was sent to England recently. The
amount was ten tons.
Mr. WlnaloWa Soofnrac stars tar eAIMire
teethlnc. Sjofuesi tba cunts, rWueee, tnnam ma-
A red sunset fortells-dry weather,
because it indicates that the air toward
the west from which quarter rain may
generally be expected, contains little
moisture.
if afflicted with tore eves use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Drucgliu sell at 2&a. per bottle
The rubber tire with an iron hoop
outside is steadily growing in favor
abroad, and thousands of them are now
used for cabs and broughams.
acceSt 8. substitute t
. . . .
AU DrUKKistS 50Ce Olid 41
end of the. Voyage
Celebrated on Boer Ship wttfc Much
Poaap susd Ceremony.
X woman Who baa Just crossed to
finrop for the first time writes home
with which tha end of the voyage Is
with which the end of the ceremony Is
celebrated on the last night out
"It see ma," ah says, "that It is al
ways customary, on th German line,
at least, and probably on all, to have
an especially elaborate dinner Just be
fore arriving In Southampton, which
is called tha 'captain's dinner.' Every
one la supposed to order wine to the
health of th captain, while he re
sponds, toasting th health and safe
Journeying of his passengers. When
we came to the table we found it dec
orated with most elaborate cakes four
stories high, with little American and
German flags stuck on all aides, and
little paper ornaments truly German.
We went through a most elaborate
menu, and when we came to the des
sert, the waiters suddenly disappear
ed, the music stopped, and the lights
went out A hush and sense of expec
tancy fell upon the company. Suddenly
tbe mnslc started a lively march, the
doors opened, and tho waiters appear
ed, bearing trays. On each was a round
globe of rice paper with. a light inside,
and around this sat small Japanese fig
ures made of ice cream, each holding
In his arms a little umbrella of light-
colored paper. Th room was perfect
ly dark, and th effect as the waiters
marched around and around, forming
different figures and bearing their Il
luminated burdens, was novel ana in
teresting. Everybody clapped and
cheered. Then the lights were turned
on. and we ate the Ice cream men and
kept the umbrellas as souvenirs. It
was a captain's dinner, though with
out a captain, for w chanced to be
passing at the time through a very dan
gerous place, and he could not leave
his post on the bridge."
A L1YIN3 SHADOW.
CEMAKKABIE TBANSFOKMATIOX OF
A NORTH CAHOLI.VA MAX.
Etiaage, bat Trae, Story From the I.nm-
Irar Bsejaal of Soatharn State
Varlfled by Personal Investigation.
(fVomfte Orttnnlle, N. C., Selector.")
The following interview has just been givea
our reporter by Mr. O. A. Baker, the overseer
at the farm of Cob Isaac A. Sugz, of Green
ville, K. C. It will lnteroat anyone who has
ever had Typhoid lever. Mr. Euker said lr
Viut:
"I was living In Beaufort County, and or.
the 3d day of October, 1893, I was strlckea
down with typhoid lever. I had the best
physicians to attend me and oa the 15tU day
of January, 1894, 1 was allowed to get up. I
wag emaciated, weak and had no appetite.
I could only drag along; for a short distance
and would be compelled to sit down aud
rest. This continued !jt -jm.9 time and I
began to give up hope of ever getting well.
I lost my position in Beaufort County, and
having secured one In Pitt County, clerking
in a store, I undertook It, but was so weak I
could not do the work and had to give it np.
The disease settled in my knees, legs and
feet. I was taking first one kind of medicine
and then another, but nothing did me any
rood. I was mighty low-spirited. I moved
ont to Col. Sugg's abont four or five months
ago aod commenced taking Dr. Williams
rills. I took three a day for abont three
monrns. 1 oegan to regain my appetite in a
week s time, and then my weaknees began to
disappear, and hope sprung up with a blessed
cem that is beyond all telling. At the ex
piration of the three months I was entirely
cured and could take my axe and go In the
woods and do as gcod a day's work as any
man. I was troubled with dyspepsia and
that hoe disappeared. It is also a splendid
tonio for weak people. I say, Mr. Editor,
Ood bless Dr. Williams; may he live foralon
time; I know he will go up yonder to rn;
his reward for he has done a wonderful lot
of good. TeU evervhody that asks yon about
Dr. Williams' Pinkrills for Pole Teople that
If they will come to me I can certainly satisfy
them as to their merits. I always carry 1
box of pills with me and when ever I feel bod
take one."
We were forcibly struck with tha earnest
ness of Mr. Baker and his statements may be
relied on.
Dr. Williams' rink Tills contain, in a con.
(Sensed form, all the element neceaeary to
five new life and r.i-hness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un
fauing specific for such disnasej as locomotor
ataxia, partial paraUsi-, sr. Vitus' dance,
olaHca. nenraliria, rheurr.nrisnt. nervous
lieadache, tiro after effects of la grippe, pal
pitation ol the hi'.irt, pale and sallow com
plexions, nil forms of weakness either in
male or femnle; and nil diseases resulting
Iroiu vitiated humors :n the Mood. Piiii
I'll Is are sold by nil dealer?, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of pri'.-e, (JO cents a box,
h su ooib ior li.nv) py auureksing jjr.
Williams' Medicine Co., S'choneutady, J. Y.
No More Singing.
Twenty years ago In Italy melody
a'&a to be heard all over the country.
Tha laborer going home to bed through
the -vines sung his stornello or his rls
petto to the sleeping fields. The boy
. 'ad drove his yoked oxen cr rcv3 In
the big txjuure cui l beguiled the way
with song. Joyous or amorous. The
guitar and the mandolin were heard
at dusk at every farm house door, and
In tbe streets of the town youths went
singing and playing till (tie moon was
high.
There was music all over the lanV
along the hedgerows as In the city
lanes, under the poplars and 'mulber
ries as beneath the walla of citadel
and baptistry. How many a time at
sunset have I. listened to the beauti
ful conzone of tbe peasantry when ttie
sweetness of the vine flower filled the
atmosphere or the dropped acacia blos
som shed Its smell on garden paths.
Now rarely are these wood notes wild
ever heard to lighten and spiritualize
tolL Oulda, in tbe Nineteenth Cen
tury. . ;
zploreri Are Plenty Now.
Perhaps this Is a leas adventurous
age than the time of Columbus or of
Raleigh, bnt never since then has ad
venture been more of a professional
matter than now. There are twenty
Englishmen and Americans who could
be called upon professionally to lead
an exploring expedition Into whatever
region of Africa, Australia, or South
America might need exploration, and
there are at least a hundred others
that are following in their footsteps.
Almost every BUte in tne union nas
Its ambitions yonng explorer who hopes
to make- the business his life work If,
before the end of his span, the trolley
shall not have made every corner of
the earth commonplace.
Proepeotlve Army Retirement
In the flv yearb ending April 1, 1900,
thefa will be 130 retirements for age hi
tbe army. Tha list Includes 1 lieuten
ant general. 2 major generals, 7 brig
adier generals, 44 colonels, IT lieuten
ant colonels, 23 majors apd 84 captains.
Thf different branches of the Service
are represented aa rollows: General of
ficers, 5; adjutant general's depart
ment; D; Jndge advocate general's de
partment, 1; quarterm enter's depart
ment, 9; subsistence, 8; medical, 15 i
pay, T; engineers' corps, 9; ordnaneja,
Including 2 storekeepers, 4; post chap
lains. cavalry, 10; artillery, K to
ran fry, 41.
Every man has as much right to
11 himself as be has to live a nse
less life.
-1 For Sprains and Bruises and
I st. Jacobs 011 m ALL
Iff ... Is the professional's
When Hamlet Exclaimed j " Aye, There's the Rub I
Could He Have Referred to
SAPOLiO
TOWN DECADENCE.
silent Trasredx Overtaking Village la
the North Central States.
-The Doom of the Small Town." Is
die title of an article by Henry J.
Fletcher in the Forum, wherein the
writer points out the silent tragedy that
Is overtaking the small villages In all
our north central States. One by one,
family by family, he says their Inhab
itants slip away In search of other
homes; a steady but hardly perceptible
emigration takes away the young, the
hopeful, the ambitious. There remain
behind the superannuated, the feeble,
the dull, the, stagnant rich, who will
risk nothing,' the ne'er-do-wells who
have nothing to risk. Enough work
ers remain to till tbe soil, to manage
the distribution of food and clothing,
and to transact the common business
of life; but the world's real work Is
done elsewhere. All these small com
munities had their period of active
growth; many of them, indeed, grew
too fast; some dried up and perished.
Their people look back sorrowfully to
the time when the railroads were built,
when the mills were grinding, when
town property was worth more than it
cost That happy period was from
ten to thirty years n-o; the general de
cline of the small municipalities of the
Wrist became most noticeable during
the decade from 1SS0 to 1890.
Of 6,291 townships enumerated U
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Michigan, 144 have remained
stationary In population between 1880
and 1690; 3,003 bare gained and 8,144
have declined, and this In face of the
fact that the population of these States
gained largely during the decade, the
Increase in Ohio being 474.000, In In
diana 214,000, In Illinois 748,000 and In
Iowa 2S7.000.
The chief productive Industries ll
draall Western communities have been
the manufacture of agriculture Imple
ments, of brick and tils, cooperage,
grist mills and flouring mills, foundries'
and machine shops, saw-mills and mills
whose products are mads from logs
nnd bolts, the making of furniture,
wagons and carriages. Twenty years
ngo all these trades flourished in every
village of a thousand or more popula
tion. I have been familiar from child
hood with one such town where the fol
lowing branches of manufacture were
once In active and profitable operation:
Four flouring and grist mills, three
saw mills, five wngon and carriage
shops, three woolen mills, three furni
ture and cnblnet shops, one foundry
nnd machine shop, two cooper shops,
besides many smaller industries. All
the flour mills ore silent to-duy, though
two new ones have sprung tip In their
places, operated by stenm instead of
iwater power; all the saw-mills are
jpone; nil tho wagon nnd carrlage-sbopa
are deserted, or at best do a little re-
pnlrlnfr; two of the woolen mills be
long to the pnst and the remaining one
does a small business; and cabinet
making is hardly any more a reo
ognlzed trade. One by one these little
centers of Industrial activity succumb
ed to the Inevitable; every one of them
tells a story of heroic struggle with con
ditions which they but dimly under
stood and were powerless to resist. Yet
this region Is a portion of the State of
Iowa where crops never fall and where
nature has done everything to encour
age a prosperous population.
One of tho serious consequences ov
the drawing away of the youth and
energy of the villages and towns laj
found In the benumbing effect It has
upon those who remain behind. There
Is little Incentive to start new enter
prises, and especially Is there small
encouragement for boya to learn skill
ed trades. Ilence the prospect before
the boys of these villages is depressing
In the extreme. There Is practically
n- chance for a boy to become skilled
In any trade except In the building
trades, the blacksmith shops, and In
the commonest handicrafts. The late
nwakeulng to the value of manual,
training schools Is confined almost ex
clusively to the largest cities. Nothing
Is done In the smaller towns to teach
manual skill or general expertness In
the nseqpf tools, and the' Idea of any
public effort to encourage the educa
tion of highly skilled mechanics In any
department Is not even thought of. A
boy may learn to hold a plow, to shov
el dirt, to do common carpenters work,
to paint a house, to shoe a horse, h
may learn how to clerk In a store, to
become a lawyer, or to sell life-insurance;
but the country towns are abso
lutely dead to the needs of cultivating
the mechanic arts, and teaching th
American youth that general knowl
edge and special skill, without which
our native workers are being so rapid
ly driven out of the higher branches of
Industrial activity. In Switzerland,
Germany, Belgium, Ilolland, Austria,
tho village boy or girt with an aptltjidl
finds a school near by In which h may
pursue the lines of study proper to
lay tbe foundation for any art. or call
ing, and In most' cases he may then
enter a trade Bchool from which, after
years of tbe most thorough, practical
and technical Instruction, he may be
graduated, a .finished master of hlf
chosen trada.
What Is t become of the American
rural and village population, which Is
shut out from even the benefits of such
manual training as may now b had
In the high schools of the most progres
sive cities? We are fast creating a
peasantry, which, In another genera
tion, will seem rude In comparison
with the peasantry of Europe, unless
we adopt some enlightened method of
enabling our workers to compete, man
for man, with the artisans of Europe,
Ha a m Peculiar Appattte
Among tho remarkable birds oi Nat.
Zealand, says the Revue Franc&lse, la
the sreenlah-gray nocturnal parrot of
the genua Btrlgons, which Uvea In bor
rows and resembles an owl. and a etui
more singular parrot, the Nestor nota-
bllls, which the English hare come to
regard as a dangerous nuisance. The
English, as Is well known. Introduced
ibeep farming Into New Zealand, as
well aa into Australia. Now these par
rota have actjulred the habit of perch
tog upon the backs of the sheep and
excavating holes therein with their for
midable bills In order to extract fhe
I IMnan Th I- - MM.a.
.,,7 . . ,bv .o pv luuui uiuis tn-
rlous In that It cannot br attributed
to an Innate taattnet. tinea, prerlonj to
all Painful Accidents, ... f
KINDS OF SPORTS
first choice of a remedy always.
the arrival of the English, theso birds
had never seen a sheep, nor even any
animal of analogous conformation,
the fauna of New Zealand including
scarcely a single mammal. Wo know,
moreover, that in entire Oeeanlcn there
are no other mammals except marsu
pials. There la here, then, on the part
ot these birds, an act of lntclllvjico
and even of calculation, so much tli
more curious in that It is certainly ions
plicated with a phenomenon ot lau
guage or analogous communication. It
is true that the birds are parrots, hut
the fact Is none the less worthy of r
mark.
The Greater fledical Discovery
of tne Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
0ONALO KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,,
Has discovered In one of car common
pasture weeds a remedy that cur"? "vry
kind of Humor, from the worst rj. roful
lown to a common pimple.
He bos tried it is ovpr eleven hun.lr!
eases, and never failed except in two'-mc
(both thunder humor). He ba ww In
his possession over two hundred wrtlt!.
catns of its value, all within twi.ty
of Boston. Send posttl card for 1. ,ot.
A benefit is always experlenopd plinths,
first bottle, and a perfect cure is wurrautod
When the right quantity k taken.
When the lungs are afTc-ted It frnvi
shooting pains, like noodles passing
through them ; the same with thn Lirr
or Bowels. This is caused hy th" i!nts
being stopped, andl ways disappears In a
week after taking It K'-ad the lal.W.
If tbe stomach Is foul or blliou- It vil
cause squeamish fet-lintrs at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Enl
the best yon can get, and enouch of it
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bI
Uma. Sold by all Drugj;laU.
Forhularlie (whether slrlc orncrvnnsl.tnotliiu-hs
neuralgia, rheumatism. Inmhaea. in snl
riess Ui the hack, spine or ki.lnyft. pnins aroua I
liver. itl-urinv. swelllne of thn lotnlM aii'l pains -1 !!
kinds, the ai'pllcullun of ln.lvuy lU-Htlr !t-!.f
alll allurd Immediate ease, a.n-1 it- continued nsc f r
a few aava eilecta a permanent curu
A CURE FOR ALL
Summer Complaints.
DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.
A half tn a teaspoon full of rtemly Itcltof In R lul
tiimMcr of wtr, rerwnutl an oftfn n the dlscbarir
tnntlnu, nnd m flannfl wit tirnl-l with KoiV ftlit
ylaot.il over th stonmoh ortowels will a-floru lintus)
lute r'Mef and soon iTct a cure.
liiternally A Imlf to a teusjronnfullfi balfa tumi
Hit of Tauter will In a fw minutes cure Cramri
Fpiiflni!-, Hur Stomach, Nausea. Vomiting. H earl
turn, Jservousness, Slecpterwties, Slcit llcatUacliA
Hittiilency and all luternal (tains.
Malaria In Ita Various Forma Cared
and Prevented.
Thre ! not a rem filial nr-rnt In thf worM ttvrt
trill cure ver and Ague and all otli.-r malarlon
mu.,and otberrevenntMetl hv KADWAY' VILLi
uqucltly a lUUWAY'b REAUtf 11KLIKK.
I'rtoa 6u cents per bottle, bold bv all druCiiUt.
WALTER BAKER & GO.
Ihe Largest Manufacturers of
PURE, H1CH CRADE
COCOAS ANO CHOCOLATES
On tkli Continent, hart reotlrvi
HIGHEST AWARDS
lnfelrial and Foof
EXPOSITIONS
In Europeand America.
T'nint Ci Putth WocM. Tto A lkv-
Id s or other thmleaU or ! ar
5td In of thfir rrrpartitifri.
ut BREAKFAST COCOA U ablulelr
Their d.lielo
Bur and aolubl, and cotu lem than ccni a cupa
SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER. MASS.
THE
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HnlnC IOO.OOlt Arrxs
rlUiUb Cholc. liar. I
worxl Farmlnf Lnn-ls sltnato 1
alonr the line of a ne rniiro:i
now loin?coatructcii la central
Wisconsin, an-1 near a tliroiun
trunk line already eonrriirf a 1.
for sale cheap to smile pur' h li
enor colonies. Special liKltic.
mailt a srlran to colnniss.
Long time and Ioit Interest, en t
for full Durtlpulars to .VOIlTli-
WE3TKHN' I.U1111E11 CO.. Kac Clib Wh
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Sola Taanuta.ctu.ara, Chicago.
FOR FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSLOW'S i
SOOTHING SYRUP
has used hy MI!!lLa af Brolhar;
for thalr children nll TretDlnf it orar
KrtyVaii7 It sootbas the ehll.l ."
gnma. allays all Bain, on rr, wind oollfcaud
IB Uie befct rrrciwl for HArrVT.a-
Twenty-4.se uraia j.ubihm
PATENTS
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III-lllll
lHtRIB,
Wauhlugtoii
l. !.
SlTTJATUISt wheat o,ni.iFlfcD-Yonnf
Men to lenrn Teli-crarilir.StMlon aa-1 Kxpret
AgenU'Diuies. F. WIIITKII.V.V, Chatham,. V
DFATH AND KvKULASTISQ DESTRUCTION I
Mrs. J.'i Bus Exit, the only absolute aura ex
terminator of water bust and roaclios: ask fit
this exterminator and take no other. lunt on
your driiKKint tettlnf It fur yon, or icnil ui 25 cli
In stamps or postal note, and we will tend ou
box. Tbe Kew York Mfg. t'o..Sclioncctily, X. Y.
C r. i UrH Lr. J
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t lra. a.mim.f pli,ll..,lal ,iu
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ough Syrup. TaUsa Good. TJm I
in timt. BOlQ py araggma
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