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.
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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.
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