AFTER AWHjiifc Uler awhile, we often tnf, When ahadowa fall and olooda artaaj Tbare'a anre to eome a brighter day, ' With balmy air and sunny akica, After awhile a day of rest Will eome to worn and weary feet , What seems the worst will pro-re the bets. And hitter things be tamed to avoeC After awhile the aching heart Will find a cordial for Its pain And as the flying days depart The Joy of love win come again After awhile the right will reign, And conquered wrong will lose ill sway) While ancient error's Icy chain Will break and slowly melt away. After awhile the niching creed That lead to strife and hate with mei Will yWld to oar superior needs And love will prompt the lip and pen. After awhile the golden hours Will eome with life's supernal days, And higher thoughts and nobler powers Will lead us into grander ways. .DaTid Banks Slckels, In Chicago Satur ay Evening Herald. MISS GWTNNgS BURGLAR CZ VIOLET ETTNOE aOTOIIXLIi. IN the heart ol Wales, nestling be-l tween two dark frowning moun tains, and lulled to drowsy i n d infer ence of the big outside world by the murmurs of th riot far distant sea, 'stands the little village of Cted-j glyn. Just outside the village, on the main road s t a n da or did stand ten years ago an old stone bonse in the middle of a large garden, which was surrounded on all sides by a high wall, also of stone. It was the pride of the owner, Miss Gwynne. One night, in the early spring o. tho year, there was to be a wedding at Ccod-y-Glyn a wedding in humble life, but anticipated with great glee by tho invited guests, among whom were Miss Gwynne's servants, the coachman and his wifo (who was also cook) and Ylva, their daughter, em ployed ae a matd-of-all-work. Knowing the disappointment it would bo to them if they were denied the pleasure of attending the wedding, she had declined the coachman's offer to remain with her, allowing his wife and daughter to go, and laughingly assured him that with her father's gun fur company she feared nothing. Miss Gwynne retired at an early hour, having locked up the house. She lay for some time gazing through tho window at the twinkling btars, lost in quiet retrospection. I will let Miss Gwynne tell the rest of the story in her own way, repeating as well as I can from memory the wordB as I heard them from her lipt ten years ago. e I cannot tell if I dozed or not, but 1 was conscious of the moon shining dimly through the clouds, and I won dered how long I had lain there. Keaching out for my watch, which lay cn tho table, I was horrified to feel my wrist grasped and held by a firm hand. To s.ty I was frightened would be less eorrect than to sny I was astound ed, for I have always been a woman ol eteady nerve, and the present occasion called for its nee. The moon had retired behind i heavy curtain of clouds, and the moon was in complete darkness, but from the drapery at my bedside issued a voice, and at the same time the python-like grasp on my wrist relaxed. "I beg to apologize, madnme," said this voice; "I have chosen a bungling manner of awakening you foreign tc my custom. Pardon me, and do not be alarmed. I merely wish to relieve you of any superfluous silver, jewelry or bank notes you do not absolutely need. But as the vandalism of break ing locks is out of my line, I will re quest you to arise and show me wherr euoh things are kept." By tho time he had finished thlf speech I was myself again. "Very well," I said, "I'll got up ana show you ; but, as it is embarrassing to dress in your presence, will you step 6nt into the hall and close the door while I pilt on my clothing?" There was a soft rustling of the cur tains at the bedside, and the sound of footsteps on the carpet, and immedi ately afterward the door closod. 'Tire minutes, madame, is all I can give you," remarked the burglar, as he disappeared. It took me (after lighting the caa die) two minutes to slip on a warm skirt, and a blue flannel wrapper over it; then, sticking my feet into a pair of down slippers, I hail still time to snatch a roll of bills amounting to one hundred pounds, and pin them deftly to the lining of the canopy above my four post bed. Then throwing open the door I Btood on the sill facing my visitor, and threw the glare of the lighted candle full upon him, as he lolled in a careless, tony attitude against the bannisters. I had been prepared for a burglar but I had looked for one attired ac cording to the traditions of my ances tors. But here was a gentlemanly mild-featured individual, such as 1 should have expected to find filling the position of a professor of Latin per haps of theology in Oxford Univer sity. - There was no appearance of a jimmy, or tools of any kind. Evidently here was a type of criminal with which his tory was unacquainted. ': "Madam I" he exclaimed, bowins With the graee of a Jrreuuu Courtier, "yon are punctuality itself. And how charming ! no hysterics no distress ing scenes. Allow me." He took th candle from my hand, and holding it aloft preceded me down the great oaken stairs, talking fluently all tht while, bat pausing at every other ate to glance over his shoulder at me wit) coquettish politeness. "I wish to assure you," he remarked, "that I am no ordinary house-breaker. Jtarglarv is wifc me a profession, though not tha one (I confess) chosen for me by my parents. I saw, at an early age, that I must either descend to the level of the burglar, or raiai him to the level of an artist. Behold By dear lady, the result." lie stood at the foot of the stairs anc looked up at me. . "Khali we proceed to the dining room?" he' asked airily; "and as wish to give you no unnecessary trou ble, let me say that I do not dabble is plated spoons ; nothing bat solid si) ver." I ooaned the old mahogany ride- hoard id which Griffiths had, for years, I placed the family heirlooms at night, 1 and beheld my gentlemanly burglai stow them;' one after another, in a oa-. . . . - . . -j, i paoious ieii wmeit,waioauo earned u ( ' "Charming 1" he cried. "I ioi connoisseur, I assure yon, and I knew ailver from plate. These article art really worth the risk of the enterprise.' Tou ask me if X waa not alarmed. Ko, I was not. Personal violence wai not in his professional line, unless op posed. I summoned all my energies to outwit him. I thought much and said little, for I had no intention of al lowing him to carry off my mother' vlver. After having rifled all the rooms oi all the most valuable articles, h re turned to the dining room. On the table the remains of suppek still stood, consisting of a fowl, hard ly touched, some delicately cut bread and butter, cake, and a glass jar con taining some fancy crackers. "I will make myself entirely home," he remarked, sitting down to the table, and helping himself to t ving of the chicken. "Beallv." he proceeded, "I have thoroughly enjoyed this evening. Not only have I met a most charming lady. but I have been able to prove to nei that the terms gentleman and burg Is nay be synonomous. " He now began on the cake. I pushed the cracker jar toward him. Try them," i observed. Still smiling indulgently, arid talk ing, ne took out one oi tne araoaen and began to nibble on it. It ml very dry. I rose, and in absent minded man ner placed on the table the remains of a bottle of old Burgundy, whicn nic been opened the day before. "Now, really," he prattled, "l'mi very harmless man five months out ol six I never steal unless other meant fail, or a tailor's bill comes due. I'm s respectable citizen and a church member in good standing when I'm not on one of my professional tours. I took up burglary more as a resource than from necessity. Candidly speak tag, now, am I a ruffian?" "No I" I replied, looking directly at him. "On the contrary, you are r very fine-looking man." A glow of vanity spread over hi face. I poured out a glass of the Bur gundy and pushed it toward him. "England to Wales I" he cried with gallantry. "I don't generally drink," he added, "but these crackers makf me thirsty." "UI could only find a wife suited to my tastes," he mused, "such t woman as you are, by George I I'c give up aesthetic burglary and se'ttlt down to quiet domestic bliss." He looked questioningly at me. "If he hesitated "you could be sure 1 would abandon my profession would you do you think you conld con lone my past and marry me?" ' That is a matter for consideration, xeplied. He helped himself to another cracker. "Your proposal is so startlingly uni que, I continued, "to marry one'i burglar! Keally it is quite a joke." "Isn't it?" he chuckled, evidently enjoying the idea of the oddity. "We are kindred spirits!" he exclaimed, convivially, bnt was interrupted by violent fit of coughing. Seizing the bottle of Burgundy, h drained the only drop or two left. "I think, maybe, there's anothei bottlo down in the cellar," I cried, artlessly. "I'll go down and see 1 (eel thirsty myself." "We will descend together," ex claimed my burglar, gallantly taking the candle from my hand and follow ing me to the door leading to the eel ar steps. We descended the steps chatting pleasantly he discoursing on matri mony, I answering rather vaguely, but measuring the distance to the wine bins by my eye. They were at the far cad of the cellar, and were five in num ber,, each large enough to hold a quar ter of a too of coaL Before the furtb ist one I j.ansod. "Hero," I said, "is the brand wear looking for." I raised the heavy lid nd looked in. "I will hold the can lie," I observed ; "will you get th ottle? I caa hardly reached it." He handed me the candle and bent low over the bin. Ha ! ha I Quicker chan a flash of lightning I tripped up uis heels (he was easily overbalanced), rod into the bin he fell headlong. Down came the heavy lid. But there was no padlock on it. I must hurry I Blowing out the candle, I ran, for I inew the way, straight to the cellar steps and up them like a cat. Then with a locked door between myself and uy burglar, I could breathe. I heard the man kicking about down below, for of course he got out of the bin at once. But our cellar is a laby rinth. Seizing father's old gun from its resting place in the hall, I sat down near the door at. the head of the stairs, waiting for the worst. The door was fairly strong that 1 xnew ; but he was a powerful man. So I dragged a heavy table from the sit ting room and placed it against it. Suddenly I beoame conscious that he aad found his way to the stairs and was rapidly approaching the door, which was all that lay between me and his revengeful fury. Bracing myself against the opposite call, I raised the old gun, and, delib erately aiming it, waited. He began by pounding with botl dsts on the door, but, not receiving any answer, he tried threats. An in stinct seemed to tell him I would re main on guard. His language, I must confess, whiU threatening, was not abusive. It was, in fact, incredibly elegant for a burg lar, and strictly grammatical. All at once there came a crash, fol lowed by the creaking of heavy timber, and the door fell. Down he came on top of it, sprawling at my feet on the floor. I raised my gun and fired. 'Hit him ?" I interrupted. "No," replied Miss Gwynne ; "her in the wall of the dining-room the bul let lodged, and is still there." The next thing I waa conscious a. was Mrs. Griffiths bending over me, and her husband's voice exclaiming : "He d never have escaped if we had 1 aot left that door opened when we came in. Tou see we got home just in time to hear you fire the gun and af wo ran m he ran out. Drat him 1" I raised myself on my elbow and looked eagerly about "He had no time to carry on s thing," said Mrs. Griffiths. "I would like to set my eyes on him, X remarked, when- Miss Gwynne bad ' the finger's second Joint, after which concluded her story. "You are a die- Dew nostrils win be established in con tinguished woman and are I believe ' nection with the old. Doctor Bowe the very first one who ever received baa had one case of tho kind befois. an offer of marriage from a burglar. The lady smiled. "Do yon not re gtember reading about the capture of a notorious bank robber, several years ago? The case created quite a sensa tion, owing partly to the difficulty in tracing the thief, who was clever AHAMK a atMAelA eVltA MAst atn T1T tectives and evade the police, and alea "7"'" 7 ' . ' " v;u to the respectability of his position. w,ck acted its extant surgeon for N'o one coild believe him guilty." several mentis. The regiment wanted "Indeed I do remember it," I an ; her regularly appointed In cemmlsslon, .wered. "Not only that, but I saw bnt 'St T UWU1 the man after he was in prison. 1 ,t0 '"Lf i happened to be going through Chester f7lce ,ConTef' Tff 111? Jail at the time and J was pointed 'f,M1JWU U raJ-taaa-Haw. ttiat te of Oberlln College. , . r.tw-aaaaansnaassMsisMaasav apsaaaBjjaasntjBsaaasaaasasnaaawaaasassnsnyaisnfatfsMsntt Tooking. 'Ja tact, a OS" ioTbcUevt aim guilty. "Nor would J," said Miss Gwynne. 'if I had not known." Ton mean." I said, "that he r "I mean that you saw my burglar f -Outing. HAD REVENGE. Terser Collesta Btndenta Oct Sve with a Ctrcma. A circus went to New Brunswick, N. J., Wednesday. It topped at Prince ton the day before, and several atu dents were taken In by the gambler following the circus. Wednesday alghl a body of students from Princeton went to New Brunswick, and while the road show tried to give an entertainment the students tried to stop It Then there was a double circus, says the New York Tribune. The students' purpose was to "lick" the gamblers, but upon the an nouncement of their determination tht gamblers made themselves scarce. Tni Princeton men secured the co-operation of some Rutgers collegians, and then proceeded to stop the. circus, as the; bad failed to find the gamblers t wreak vengeance on them. Every performer waa unmercifully guyed, and at no time waa It possible to hear, so loud and steady were class calls, cat calls and mechanical devices ffer making noise. The animals shown were mad almost frantic by the noise. A buffalo at one point made for the seats, but was captured before ha did any damage. When the trick mule wai brought on one of the students hurled a giant torpedo under him, and the mule dashed from the tent Flrs-crackeri were used with effect when horses ot elephants were brought In. Finally a cowboy" became angry, and threat ened to lasso the leader of the students. The leader stood up and dared the cow boy to do so. The students shed their coats' and the cowboy retreated. The concert after the performance waa to cost extra money, but It did not, for the students stayed and refused to pay or let any one else pay. Grim Highlanders. My father had no nd of anecdote- bout our ancestors, parts of which I remember, though t was only a school room child of under fourteen when I heard him relating them. I was, how tver, old enough to feel keenly Interest- fd in them. One story that Impressed tne very much was related to account for the origin of the Clan Mclntyre. A party of Macdonells on one occasion were out In a boat, when a knot of wood si rang up, causing a serious leak; wh reupon one of the party stuck In his finder to fill the hole, and then cut It off with his dirk, thus saving the life of tho whole party. From this clr- :umstance his descendants were called the Mactntyrcs, or Sons of the Car Tenter. Another story which I heard my fath er tell relates to the bloody hand which appears In our eoat of arms. A doubt having arisen as to which of two broth ers a certain estate belonged, it was i greed that he whose flesh and blood ibould first touch the property was to be regarded as the rightful owner. Ac cordingly, the two young men started !n two boats for the land In -juestlon. One of them, seeing that be was losing the rne, when near the shore pulled ut hl.i dirk, cut off his hand, and threw it on land, thus establishing his right to the property, as his flesh and blood had touched It first Blackwood's Magazine. Great Honor. The obsequiousness of Inferiors, who hope to advance themselves by being xceedlng polite to their masters tometlmes take queer forms. A certain chief of a Governuenv oureau was Invited, with others, to dine at a table of the member of the Cabinet who was at the time his stipe lor. During the dinner the bureau chief, who happened to be placed between a loor and a window and who had said lothlng at all, began to sneeze. "Are you taking cold, Mr. B.T" askeb 'he member of the Cabinet "1 bellove I hav that honor and pleas ure, sir!" answered the other, bowing eery respectfully. Aocldentatl "Element. All teachers know the occasional dis astrous results of attempting to help n their pupils to an answer by sugge dona A teacher once asked: "What were the four elements Into which all natural things were formerly llvlded? You may answer, William." "Earth, air, water water " "Yes, but there are four." "Water, and " "I will help you. What Is It tha; causes more accidents man anytning lseT" -Railroads!" answered William, tr amphantly. Good Reason. It Is by no means an uncommon thin to see, on the closed doors of a shop, the announcement that the circum stance Is In consequence of the death of the proprietor or a member of th firm. It was left to a German who kepi a cobbler's shop In a Western town to reverse the order of things. On the occasion of his daughter's marriage a large piece of paper was tacked on his barred door; across the paper straggled hese words: "This Store Is close on the Account ol some Fun In the Family." Substitutes a linger for a Sose. Fred Daroy, a boy eighteen years old, is at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, 1 N. T., recovering from the first stage I of a peculiar surgical operation, When young, necrosis of the nasal bones do- troyed his nose, leaving an unsightly depression. Doctor John O. Bows, s Rochester specialist, undertook to pro 1 viae an artincial nose. He , . k tx.;.A i the left th. fl,at joint Md uking the bone of the middle finger for th bride of tho artificial nose. . rh Vi ,.. iu1h ' finger put fa placa nd Pitched to the tissue above the nose. In order to aeenre circulation and maintain life in the finger the hand has been bound to the face for a week, but will be re leased on Sunday by an amputation at Chicago Becorc. Woman Suffrage Darin tho War. Sarah A. Chadwlck was surgeon of i a volunteer cavalry regiment the Sev- emn niinois, in lsui. The regiment Slitting m florae's Nostrils. Slitting a horse's nostrils Is still prac ticed la some ports ot the world, as In Persia, Mongolia, and even In Northern Africa; and ponies with silt nostrils are aften seen In the Himalayas and In Af ghanistan. This mutilation Is resorted to In the erroneous belief that the horse tan Inhale mora air when going at a fast pace, and also that It prevents selghlng a disqualification of much mportance during war, or when It Is ieslrable to travel aa silently as possi ble. It was practiced In Hungary not long ago. If we are to accept as evl lence the copy of a finished sketch of a aorse's head, by the celebrated Zof tanL given In Col. Hamilton's work on zones. It Is rather surprising that the fashfaa was not renewed In England, for two or three centuries ago, to pre vent a horse neighing, -it was recom mended to tie a woolen band around he tongue. Markbam says: "If either when you are In service la the wars and would not be discovered, or when upon any other occasion you would not have your horse to neigh or make a noise, you shall take a lyste (band) of woolen cloth, and tye It fast In many folds about the middle of your horse's tongue, and believe It, so long as the tongue Is so tyed, so long the horse can by no menus neigh or make any extraordinary noise with his voice, as hath often been tried and approved f." A very barbarous and useless opera tion for the prevention of stumbling In horses waa fashionable toward the end f tho seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries; this was the ex posure of the tendon of a muscle that assists In dilating the nostrils, and twisting It round two or three times, when It Is divided. "In doing this you hall see the horse bring his hinder legs to his fore legs almost, when you have thus pulled and turned the sinew two or three times." Such a statement wll) give some Idea of the pain the animal experienced during the senseless opera "on. The Nineteenth Century. TERRIFIC BATTLES. Sotea bx an Officer Who Waa la a Se cant Fight of Ironclads. Capt McGlffin In the New York Mah and Express: A layman has no con ception of the awful nature of battle in modern naval vessels. Even tha cruisers have steel sides, and the air sf the Inclosed spaces Is very confined. The din made by the Impact of a heavy projectile against the metal sides is awful beyond description. I wore cot ton in my ears, but In spite of that I era still deaf from that cause. The en gineers In the Chen Yuen stuck to their work even when the temperature of the engine-rooms was above 200 Fahren heit The skin of our hands and arms was actually roasted off, and every man was blinded for life, the eight be ug actually seared out Late In the action, after my hair had oeen burned off and my eyes so Im paired by Injected blood that I could anly see out of one of them, and then jnly by lifting the lid with my fingers, ( was desirous of seeing how the enemy was delivering his fire. As I grouped any way around the protected deck a 100-pound shell pierced the armor about eighteen Inches In front of my hand. In a second my hand touching the steel was so burned that part of the skin was left upon the armor. That shows how Intense Is the heat engendered by the Impact of a shot, and how rapid!; he steel conducts that heat One shell struck an open gun-snleld it the Chen Yuen early In the action, ind glancing thence, passed through the open port Seven gunners were tilled and fifteen wounded by that ihot Early In the fight the Maxim gun In our foretop was silenced. The holes pierced by a shell could be seen from the deck. After the fight we found the officer and men on duty there nil dead ind frightfully mangled. That 6n hell had wrought the havoc. The detonations of the heavy cannon ind the Impact of hostile projectiles produce concussions that actually rend :he clothing off. The Chinese soldiers leserve all credit for their courage and jbedlence In that action. Ko duty was too difficult or dangerous. When tho 3hen Yuen's forecastle was ablaze from lap shells I ordered several officers to :ross the shell-swept place to fight the Sre. They shirked that duty, but when t called upon tha men to volunteer to follow me they did It promptly, and the ihlp was saved. It was while oa this duty that a shell passing between my legs threw me aloft and let me down opon the deck with such violence that ( became unconscious and was out of te fight All of the officers, however, were not cowards. On my ship were eeveral who had been educated In this ountry, and they were as brave and de roted aa men could be. Others, how ever, were In the safest place they could find amidships. TVT8E W011BS. Taste is the microscope of the judg ment A quiet conscience makes one so serene. If poverty make man groan, he yawns in opulence. After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. Ill humor is but the inward feeling of our own want of merit Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get Hope warps judgment in council, but quickens energy in action. He who can conceal his joys it greater than he who can hide his griefs. Everr thonirht which ffenlus and! piety throw into the world alters the world. Tire highest reach of human science is the scientific recognition of human ignorance. The soul without imagination is wbat an observatory would be without a telescope. Wrong ever builds on quicksands. but the right to the firm centre lays it. 'moveless base, moveless base. Thoue who have but little to attend to are great talkers. The less mea think the more they talk. The cheerful live longest in years, and afterward in our regards. Cheer fulness ia the offshoot of goodness. Good temper, like a sunny day. . Aedsbrightneesover everything; itis ' tne sweetener ot tou ana tne sootner f disquietude. Our yesterdays follow us; they yesterdays onsutute our life and they give character and force and meaning to onstitute our lift they irive "or present deeds. Too Cheap for Bar. Mrs. Kewgold Have yon any ol Jhelly's poems? Clerk We have s very line edition ot 'Prometheus Un bound, Mrs. Newgold But I ;want It bound and as expensively as po Ible. Truth. It Is lots of fun: quitting smoking tnd then beginning again. A man always has money enough t tmr tlitna iiot food for bint ' The Mala. I At present there seems almost un Sonbtedly, a reerndescnae of mail otry in Sicily itself. The trouble is that if a man be onoe a Mafiote lie is always a Mafiote. Many are drawn into the league in youth, uneostocioos of its true nature ; bnt knowledge brings no withdrawal, but only stronger allegiance. And even those outside the actual membership are tinctured with its spirit. All the pop ulation of Sicily, the rural population, at any rate, is largely dominated by Mafiote principles. It is, for exam ple, a doctrine of the Mafia that one must never give testimony injurious to his neighbor, however guilty that neighbor may be. This doctrine "is practically universal, both ia theory and practice, among the Sicilian peas antry. And so it comes to - pass tnat briorands are sheltered and defended. often beyond the reach of justice, and often by the very people who have suffered in property from - their maraudings. Add to this the fact that "the truth is only told in the confes sional" is the most popular of Sicilian proverbs, and the almost 'insuperable difficulties in the way of suppressing outlawry by judicial processes may be Qeroeived. The testimony of Italian writers gives the darkest of views of these outlaws. The Mafia, says Bonfadini, "is not a secret society exactly, but the 'development and perfeetion of usurped authority, directed to every evil end ; it is the solidarity, instinc tive, brutal, selfish, which unites, as against the State, the laws and the regular institutions, all the individ uals and all the social olasses who de sire to draw their subsistence and com fort, not from labor, but from vio lence, fraud and intimidation.? Fran ehetti defines it as "the union of peo ple of every rank, of every profession. of every sort, who, without any ap parent bond, continuous and regular. are always united for their mutual in terests without any consideration of law, justice or public order ; it is a mediaeval sentiment of him who be lieves that he can provide for the custody ot his person and property bj his own powers and personal influence, independent of tho action of the authorities and the law." New York Mail and Express. Scrofula, salt rbeum, and all disease of the blood, dyspepsia, headache, kidney and Uver complaints, and catarrh, are cured by Hood I Sureaparllla, the great blood purifier. Hood's Pills core jaundice, biliousness, lick headache, constipation and all Uver Ul. A Nunda (X. Y.) man claims to have invented a contrivance to do away with carbons in arc lights. ForVcll People. Most medicines are for the sick. Some ran be used with good effects by persons apparently well, occasional resort to Ripans Tabules pre vents attacks that result from disorders of the stomach and liver. To preserve Is better and cheaper than to re pair. Boston is to have sterilized school books. The books are simply baked to kill disease germs. Mr. Wlnalow footfclne array for ehndrea terlhinir. seflena the fnma, .redoes Jnfmma. no a. m luus vla- coram win eottc So. bottle Electric power is at present profit ably transmitted over a distance of 155 miles. Ir. Kilmer's Swamp-Root curai II Kidney and Bladder troubles. 1 auiplet and Coumliatlon free. Laboratory ttinghauituQ, N. V. The Kremlin of Moscow contains the crowns of Poland and all the other kingdoms and principalities which Russia has overthrown. I have found Tlso's Cure for Consumption an unfailing medicine. F. K. Lotz, IM Scott 8tM Covington, Ky., Oct. 1, ism. Tremendous prices are being paid in London for prime poultry. A goose or a pair of ducklings cost a guinea (about 15.25). J. S. Parker, Fredonia, N. Y., saw "Shall not call on you for the $100 reward, for 1 be lieve Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure any case of catarrh. Was very bad." Write him for par Uoulora Sola by Uruiuta, Tic. That Cow and Calf. An anecdote from Mrs. Fields" "Shelf of Old Books" delightfully shows the character of Scott's mind and the charm of his conversation. An old man In Glasgow told Mr. James T. Fields that be had once carried a law case to Sir Walter Scott for adjustment "How did he manage It?" naked Mr. Fields. "Oh, beautifully r returned tho old client "He told me a bonny story aboot a coo and a calf In Dundee, and then he sent me over the way to a brither law yer, who, he told me, had a larger head for alch affairs than hlmsei'. .But It waa a braw story that he told me aboot the cattle & Dundee, and It makes m ugh to this day when I think on'tr arvrwA TrMtrvrvwrci A, . , , , , , Both the method and results when ?f f.'S3 " taen' U h Plesant and refreshing to the tarte, and acta jet promptly on the Kidneys, LiverPUad PWe d? "Jf tern effectually, dispels colds? head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the TZJ,7- V" . J J duce4 pl;g to the taste and ac ceptable To the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. "rffi- 11 7". r7 . ; Ty . . p IP88, Any reliable druggist who sviaw ir.w hawA ah a. J -.11 -.--. 2Z .? r" or " uo . M . r T, "' . W1?h?? 1)0 not substitute. I CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO. iH FMAHCJ3C0. C4L l. i rill SK -. TaV 11 To Save Tl is fa Lengthen Life." Do Yon Vclai Life? ThsaUss SA POLIO COST OF A COUWTR7 UVINO. Five Hundred Dollar- There is m. Hack aa fl.OOJ In the City. It Is hard to make a farmer believe that $500 a year on a farm will go as far to support a family as will three times that sum in the city. But It is true. Let me give yon some figures In support of this statement writes a cop respondent of the Massachusettr Yloughman. In 1S73 I was a single man living In a Western city, receiving a salary of three times five hundred. I waa not extravagant At the end of a year and a half I had two hundred dollars In money, and had added about three hundred dollars worth of books to my library. In 1880 1 was living In a New Hampshire Tillage. My family con sisted of four persons. I had a fine garden, raised my own vegetables and fruit and ratted a pig on the waste. Mv household expenses were 1044.77. I kept no servant Add rent $250, making $804.77. I kept a driving horse St an expense of $150. Fifteen hundred dollars would not pay these bills and the personal expenses of four persons. In 1894, on the farm, the family con sisted of eight persons, three of them children. The housekeeping expenses (groceries, coaL meat, butter I do not make butter and all household Inci dentals) have amounted to $384.69. Tht rest of the living, rent etc., ts to ty vedlted to the farm. As to luxuries, like driving horses, I take my family to church or out to ride In a good-looking but not over-stylish carriage, with a span of "general pur pose" horses that cannot go beyonf eight miles an hour, but which I an tot ashamed of. If banks break and business goes to smash, I have enough In the cellar and storerooms to save my family front starvation. Personal expenses have been so rldlo olously small that I do not care U give them, lest city friends should b Incredulous. But this I will tell you, that on an Income of $1,800 I have paid $300, Interest taxes. Insurance, wages of two men, extra help, grain for three horses, eight head of cattle, thirty hens, several pigs, marketing and all Inci dental expenses for the year 1S94, and am receiving six per cent Interest on $400 worth of labor put Into a house built the dull winter of a year ago. It Is fair to put this In, because this labor had to be fed out of the general ex penses. Now, deduct $300 Interest from the $1,800, and the question comes. How large a house can a man rent how fine a carriage can he keep, bow many ser vants can he employ, on an Income of $1,500 within five miles of the State House, to say nothing of such luxurler as cows, pigs, chickens and a big play ground for his children? lioaes Many Valuable Old Papers, The famous old newspaper and maga clne depository of Edward M. Budd, better known as "BackXumberBudd," In the Ravenswood part of Long Island City, burned recently. Budd did a thriv ing business for years at Broadway and Twenty-second street The depos itory was back of his home at No. 721 Vernon avenue, Long Island City. Both structures were two stories high and of wood. The depository was 60x23 feet In It were stored several thou sand tons of old newspapers and peri odicals. He filed more than 200 papers In It every day. Mr. Budd claimed to have the greatest colectlon In the coun try, and boasted that he could lay his band on any paper or periodical from 1S33 to date. The fire played sad havoc with the collection, but Mr. Budd hopes to save a good deal. Discovery That Will Bring Wealth. A solder that successfully joint aluminum to aluminum has been dis covered at Cincinnati, Ohio. Tot over four years Robert M. Shearer hiU been at work trying to find such a solder. This has finally been dis covered. The new solder will join teeth to aluminum for dental purposes. It will not be patented, as no risk will be taken in givinj away the secret Chicago Herald. Tae Peerless Gladstone. The hale old age of Mr. Gladstone baa caused some delving in history to find parallels of statesmen who have attained a remarkable age. There is one instance mentioned in French his tory, that of Cardinal Fleury, who served his king up to the age of ninety, another is that of Lord Lyndhurst, trho, while verging on his ninetieth year, made a stirring speech ' in the House of Lords. There is, however, it is believed, no Instance in history where a man of ?fr. Gladstone's age has been capable of aueh energy as he has shown. New York Son. Light by Reflection. A manufacturer In Europe did not find, satisfaction In any ot the usual methods for the lighting of his cloth mills. He tried gas Jets, arc lights and Incandescent lamps, all of which failed to satisfy him, because they either did not give light enough or too much light, or cast shadows. He fin ally painted the walls of his room white, and beneath a certain num ber of arc lights suspended refiectoes. This threw the light up to the white celling, from which it was reflected to the room below, and this method of lighting Is reported to have been I UCC3SS. Every man occasionally wishes that he could attract as much attention as a fire. raUence Deeded. Xew Arrival If you'll show me here it Is I'll take a spin on that ,ake that you advertised. Landlord (of country hotel) Can't yon wait for a day or two? -mr r New Arrival What for? .aitnn. Landlord Until we have a shower, t-Judge, in p porting- His Party. Kitty How came you to be sitting in the window with Charlie Badde man when the Be publican torch-light proiesslon went by? I thought he was a Democrat Bessie So he is; but it was great fun. He held my band all the time so that I couldn't applaud. Puck XtelTeAIle ClV. a New York gentleman reVirnipg homo at a late hoar Is baited b, s mendicant. "What do you mean by begging on the streets at this hoar of the night?" "Don't worry about me. I always carry a latch-key." a vr . . til - .11 Uinr ia YAfir mflllll r . WW MsJ -SL VU -w--' - I sjws-arj"ws ta daneer of sickness lrom disease germ and the enervating effect of warm weamer. Purity your blood wlltt Hood's Sarsaparilla The great Wood purifier which has proved its merit by a record of cures unequalled In medi cal history. With pure, rich blood yon will be well and strong. Do not neglect this Important matter bnt tafce Hood's Saraaparllia now. . . , , are tasteless, mild, effee- HOOd S PHIS tiVe. All drngglsts. 2-Sc BILL. HEALEY'S BUFFALOS, Be Paralyzed tha Boatonlans an Made . Lot af Money. ... "Old Bill nealey, ho used to 11 vs over In China." What started the conversation wa. .a buffalo coat an old one in a Lewis ton hotel, with the hair worn down to the hide. Time was when them was cheap,' said the bystanders. "Sow, they're as expensive as the best" "Old Bill Healey," said the othci man, trying to edge into the conver sation. " A buffalo robe m them days, said the other man, "could be bought for $4 and uD'ards or down'ards roi that, matter. Thev was Dlentv. XuM They was plenty. was " Old Bill Ilcaley, he lived over ii China." It was no use stopping him now, and he was given the pole from start to finish. Old Bill was a drover and he was. rich man for them parts in them days. I suppose he was worth $150,000 and he always carried a good slice of it in his trousers pocket "Well, speaking of buffalo robes re minds me of a good story. Bill ITealej went to Brighton once with a load of cattle fat cattle and good as you ever see. Old Bill sold 'em and went Into Boston and wandered down on the wharves and by the depots to see what he could find. Well, he struck there Just as they was about to bid off a cargo of buffalo robes. They were In bales and there was a pile ol 'em, a big pile of 'em. Old Bill was a slouchy looking old fellow, didn't look as though be had a dollar, and as he slipped into the party of buyers he noticed a very elegant lot ot gen tlemen with tall hats and canes and white chokers. "The terms of the sale were this; The bidder could take one bale or ten bales or the whole cargo. Well, I Bill began to bid. ne was in it kind of quietly and when he bid them Bos- glasses on him, and looked him over. 'A common person,' sa:d they. IIe can't be buying many of them.' So when old Bill bid a little over 'em they quietly withdrew, thinking he wouldn't take many and that they could gobble the lot In this way, you see, the lot fell to Bill. " 'How many bales?' said the auo tloneer. 'The hull lot' said Bill " 'What!' shrieked thev. " 'Do you know, sir, that the terms of this sale are cash and that It means a good many thousand dollars?' said the auctioneer. " You count out your durncd bales and I'll count you out the cash,' and old Bill pulled out a roll as big as your hat and them Boston men were par alyzcd.' "Well, sir, them buffalo robes camo to China, Me., and Watervllle, and were sold for S3 a pair. Farmers camo from hundreds of miles to buy them. Old Bill made a stack of money on them and to-day In Watervllle or China or other Kennebec towns, you can sec buffalo robes whose history, you will be told, traces back to the lot that Bill Ilcalev brought to China. Maine is full of 'cm." Lewistoo Journal. ALPINE SOLDIERS. tba Stepa Taken by France to Goard Against Xnvaalon. In 1SSS France, to guard against an nvaslon by Italian troops In case of war with that country, or. Indeed, with any member of the triple alliance, of which Italy la a member, organized twelve mountain Jager battalions to serve on the Alpine frontier. During the summer the troops are actively em ployed In their special districts of de tense and In winter the bulk of them are withdrawn to garrisons In the valleys. Small detachments consisting of one officer, a doctor, two sergeants, four corporals and about 80 men are left In the stations near the various moun tain passes and here at a height of 0,000 or 10,000 feet above the level of the sea they spend the dreary winter. When the warm weather sets In about May the various Alpine detach ments leave their winter quarters for their particular strategic section of de fence. Each party consisting of a mountain Jager battalion, a mountain battery and a pioneer train. Divers military exercises are then practiced field antics, artillery and rifle drill, forced marches. Intelligence service, reconnolterlng, making roads, sham fights and the like. Throughout the summer maneuvers the physical strain on the endurance of the troops Is In creased very gradually, the most diffi cult exercise being left for the last, when the men are more Inured to hard ships. Alpine troops are bound to be active, sure-footed and accustomed to hardships, for they often maneuver In a most awkward and perilous country, where nerve and Judgment alone can ave them from accident. For those who remain during the win ter months It Is exceedingly severe. Sometimes some are burled In ava lanches of snow, sometimes men meet their death by falling over precipices. The cold Is Intense, ranging from 15 to SO degrees below sero, and in this Arctic weather the soldiers are employ ed keeping roads open and tunneling through snow that sometimes buries the roads to the depth of scores of feet. The barracks are surrounded by stone walls to protect them from avalanches and the various huts are connected by covered ways. If anyone tried to walk from one hut to another In the open during a snowstorm his clothe would freeze stiff from head to foot with thick layer of frost. A Substitute for Coffee. In the Island of Be union Is a plant known as the wild orange, which pro duces a fruit, green at first, afterward bluish, and then verging into purple as it ripens. This has been tested and found to'maks a beverage in every way equal to coffee, and at a much lower price. The product is called "mussaenda," and it can be used alone or mixed with pure ooffee. It is an aouneed that about 34,000 acres of this plant are now being cultivated, (t is most likely, however, that ehio Dry, more than coffee, will suffer from the introduction of "mussaenda." New York Advertiser. Five feet four incnes is now the minimum standard of height for re cruits lor ine iJritnu army. 1 Silly fsiniua. I Tha Ui v.4-44 sf Us oa its Waa. . . Prinoe of Wales is ! a travene the canons ot g.,o i t wte anj gocd morals, but aone of the fashion) he has set is more open to oriticiara than that of tt3 elbow style of hand shaking. It Is said- thai this, fashion had its origin in the ciroumstanae that the Prince, being afflicted with a boil somewhere in his anatomy, waa nnahlo to indulge himself ia a genuine, honest haod-elasp, and so resorted to the gentle vibration of the elbow anj dainty toaeh of the finger-tips which has now beeome so common among ultra-oaddish folk. The boil, although painful and annoying, is generally supposed to serve a useful purpose in relieving the system of unhealthy humors. It was never known before, to have in it the core of a social funo. tion. Even Job, who porhups wa even richer in the matter o? bojls than in camels and cattle, never pretenlej that his affliction was meant to suggest the fashions for his paViiziug friends. But Job, though one of the great mun of his time, was not a Prince or heir apparent, and could hardly be ex pected to assume the attribute 0 sovereignty, even as to tho pettiest usages of society. Only a prim-o ol the realm could do that. Frank iaiie a u euKijr. Jk Queer Dick. Mrs. Slimdiet I aon't know hnv, I'm ever to get along with ttint m- boarder. It just worries me sick try. ng to find something he will like. Friend Queer taste, lias he? Mrs. Slimdiet 1 should say so. Tie Soesn't like ham or liver or trire o anything. Foul breath U a discourager of af lection. It is al ways an indication of poor health bad digestion. To bad digestion U traceable almost all human ills. It is the starting jMiint of many vcrv ser ious maladies. Upon the healthy action of the diges tive organs, the blood depends for its richness and purity. If digestion stops, poisonous matter ac cumulates and is forced into tiie blood there is no place else for it to go. The bad breath is a danger signal. Look out for it ! If you have it, or any other symptom of indigestion, take a bottle or two of Dr. l'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It will straighten out the trouble, mrike your blood pure and healthy and full of nu triment for the tissues. Radway's Ready Relief. ITis life long friend. It Is the fnlr VAIN HK.M KH V thai in- eumtl) stoi tho most exeruciHtinir Twins, alia.! 1 n fl ii m m h -tion, anil cures con gestion. Internal'; ii teaspoou- ful In water will In a few mlnutencnre Cramps, Spasms. Sour Stomach. Heartburn. Sick He! ache. Diarrbrpa. Summer Comnluint, Dyaen tery. Colic, Flatulency and all internal pallia There is not a remedial ajrent in the world that will cure fever and airue and all oihoi malarious, lilllnug and other fevers, (ttldft tj RADWAY'S IMLt.PI. no quickly as KA1 WAY'S HEADY HEI.1EF. Price jo cents per bottle. Sold by Druggists BAD WAY & CO.. Nw York. Badway's Pills Purely vecctahle. mtM ami re llnhlf. Oitiw vTfw I)lm8tlun. complete absorption, nl healthful n icn- lartty. For the cure of all disorders of the tnmah.I.lrr Bowels, Kidney. Kladl-r, Ft' it ut If 1 rremil.tiilltn Hick Hendaehe. IliMouMiesH. 'nisttpitt(oii, IM! and all dentinr rmnts of the ltitriiul Viscera. rt. box. At DrugiitBtrtor by mail. KADWAY at CO., XKtt Vik DAVIS CREAM SEPARATORS Combined Separator, t eed Cooker, and Chum l'wr Simple Practical effective. Durable, Cheap and Good. Compter Dairy In Itwlf Savas Tim. LaMr ( Morwy Book Mail Fre, writ tot it. Wauknts Wanted, davis a rankin bloc mfc. co, Chicago 111 5S Raphael. Angf lu. K'il-ti. 1 a Th. "MirEIlE" mrth Thxrt and Mont Ffonorn! eal Collars and CnfTs worn: they are made of fia cloth, both aide, finished alik and hfiux rovaral hie. on collar is equal to two of any other kind. Thru Jit well, mar well an t link wll. A hoi a n Coliara or Five Tain ol Culls t or Twast--"! A Sunrta Collar and Pair of CnfTs by null tsr Oastta. Kama atyle and aiz. Addreea BZYZaSIBLE COLLAU COMriSf. n Franklin St.. New York. T Kllby 8k, FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has hem rwd K Millions of Jlotbcre for tulr chlMn-n mLilt- i. i tlimn i"i " Fifty Years. It soothes the ehtld. "tuns .he Same, allays all pain, eurva iud colic, .umi l the beat remedy for dlarrr-. Twenry-bve Crate a BoHi". WANTED 65,000.000 people to cnd fn M KCH'9 carriage and harness raulnxim: lartt assortment IN AMKKIUA: MIKUA l it 1-KlCKd. Address J. H MUCH, Hurlln-tOTl. N 1. PATENTS S1-1C Iltioli free. BIMIIOI 4t IMIillK, Washington, I. :. SITUATION When QITAXIFIKD-Yount; Men to lorn TclceniplKr. station ami Kipreu agents uuiies. s . w ti tb.uAA, unutnam, w iVTi . . '- - J. B.MVtB,WIUt.l raiL..r. ''p.riit.iirIfi.inoiiinia Aaltis-kaa. Bsa4 br tralar. uiQM&,-m.,i.a us r.m. KIDDER S PASTILLE8.hHSolSi: LTMrstown, .Maj. MCmU-l"Hn W..TIOHUIS, Ta&IYOH-SHl Waahlneton, Isf Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Uurea J. B 3jTaiulaet war, la adjudicating claims, attj aiuav Itaaft Cousta SrruD. Est Cough Syrup. Ta-toea Ooud. in time, aoiq py onuyigis- HIGHEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR. THE BEST PREPARED SOLD EVERYWHERE. JOIIN CARLE SONS, New York. it Jfei TV- UseM LI
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