the passing VIATX. Are you rich in the reus of bright cold Yet untold? Do they leisurely go. Like a dream that U fair Or a prayer? O. be wise ; ns? them well I Ton shall know How the years growing shorter, with good cia lncross3. And a life at the end be transfigured with peace. tvs the thought that so many tew years re main Give yon pain? O, be glad that yonr qnest Brings yon into the light, From the night And toe worker at last has his rest t In the homeland above are no sorrows, nc fears, And the life they lire there is not measured by years. THE PEACH FIGUBE. 'j IiTHOUQH th , son and grand . son of Govern ment em ployes. I hat no more thai fairly fro started in thi . same car eel - than I resignec my position 01 ncconnt of tw peaches. I was a Torn Iar chip 'of the old block, and mj father thought nothing conld equal 1 Government caroer. .. So, after I bar! gradnated, no one urged me to dc anything bnt take a subordinate place in my father's department. I did not feel strongly drawn toward anothei vocation, and submissively started ot the uninteresting h'ighwsy of bureau cracy. I was a diligent fellow anc well disciplined, for I had been taught from my cradle to respect superior of ficials and to defer to those in author ity ; so I was noticed by my chiefs anc rapidly passed the first grades o: clerkship. When I was twenty-five, my director, who was fond of me, gave me a place in his office, and I be came the envy of my comrades. v Thej already spoke of me as a prospective superior clerk, and predicted a bright future. It was then that I married, My wife was a beautiful girl, and, what is better, vcrr good and affeo tionate ; but bhe hail no fortune. Thai was a grave fault in the eyes of the lit tle world of clerks in which I lived. They were very positive. -' They re garded marriage only as a bnsinesi transaction, and they invariably took for a rule that "if the husband, provide! the breakfast, the wife - must provide the dinner." But my wife and I be tweon us had hardly enough to sup meagrely. Everybody said 1 had done a very silly thing, and more than on blunt colleague in my department de clared briefly that 1 was a fool and had willfully put my foot in it. Neverthe less, my wife was very sweet and love ly, and, by living modestly and witl great economy, we succeeded in mak ing both ends meet. Though my lack ot loresignt was still condemned, th society people of the place 'deigned tf continue inviting us. My chief was rich, and delighted in being conspicuous, priding himself on making a fine appearance in the social world. He frequently received, gave elegant dinners and, from time to time, issued invitations for a dancing party to the families of his employes and to the prominent people of the town. My wife was suffering from neuralgia some months after our mar riage, and, though I would much pre ferred to remain at home with her, 1 was obliged to go alone to these en tertainments, for my chief would not allow any one to decline his invitations his subordinates must even amuse themselves according to his orders. One night there was a grand ball at the directory, and, of course, whethet I would or no, I had to don my evea tag clothes and go. . While I put the finishing touches to my white cravat, my wife gave me numerous suggestions: "It . will' be perfectly lovely. Do not fail to see everything so as to tell me afterward. The names of the ladies who are there. the toilets, and the supper menu for there is to be a supper. It seems that they have ordered a great many deli cacies from Chevet soma rare fruits ; I heard of peaches that cost sixty cents apiece oh, what peaches they must be I Do you Know, 11 you were good, you would bring me one.". I remonstrated, I showed hef thrf. the thing was impracticable, and how difficult it would be for a man in a dress suit to put such fruit as a peach in his pocKet without the risk of being seen and pointed out. The more. I objected, the more bent npon her whim did she become. "On the contrary, nothing could bv easier. In the midst of the crowd coming and going to supper, no one would see you. Take one as if for yourself, and then hide it adroitly. Don't shmg yonr shoulders. .. Perhaps it is only a bit of childishness ; bnt I long for one ; ever since I heard of those peaches, I have had a wild de lire to taste them. Promise to bring ne one, at least." How could a man give a downright refnsal to the woman he adored? J ruled by murmuring a vague promise ml then hastening away ; but just as I turned the handle of the door she called me bock. I saw her big bine eyes, bright with longing, turned upon me, and she cried once more: "Do fou promise?" The ball was very fine ; flower every rhere, elegant toilets, and excellent uusie. . The Prefect, the President of the Tribnnnl, the officers of the garri ion, and all of the department clerks rere there. Our chief had spared jothing to give brilliancy to this en- lArUinmnnt nf whir him wrifa mmA daughter Aid the honors most gra ciously. At midnight, supper waf .served, and the dancers filed into the Sfning-room in couples. I followed, trembling, and scarcely hod I entered before I saw the famous peaches sent by jChevet occupying a conspicuouf place in the centre of the table. They were, indeed, magnificent! rhiire was a pyramid of them in a hina basket, carefully arranged with grape leaves, which brought ont the appetizing color of their velvety skins where deep red shaded into greenish white. From seeing them one conld easily imagine the fragrance and delicate-flavor of the luscious, rosy pulp. My eyes caressed them from afar, and I thought of tho joyous cries that would greet me. on my return if I suc ceeded in carryiug homo a sample ol this perfect fruit. They were excit ing general admiration, and the more I gazed at them, the more did my de sire take the shape of a fixed purpose. I determined to have one or two. Bnt how? The waiters kept a watch ovei this rare nnd costly delicacy, our hosi having reserved for himself the plea, sure of offering his peaches to certain , guests. From time to time, t gr one? S TZiZj? 1 Wit knifs, ana present tha taro lialVea on a. I Be rre plate to the designated person. i 1 vstcbed this performance greed f ily, and, with fear, saw the pyramid ' fall in. However, tho contents of the banket were not exhausted. Perhapi tne oraer naa been strictly executed : perhaps the peaches had been ar ranged with forethought; at any rate, when the banqueters, recalled by the orchestra a playing a prelude, hurried back to the dancing-hall, there were still half a dozen beautiful peach nestling among the green leaves. I followed the crowd, bnt it wa nly a false sortie. I had left my bat in a corner a tall hat, which had !xthered me considerably daring the ntire evening. I went back with the pretense of getting it, and, as I was. in a way, one of the household, the servants did not mistrust me. Besides, they were busy carrying ont the dishes and glasses used by the guests, and, a' a certain moment, I found myseJ alone near the sideboard. There was not an instant to loss. After a furtive glance to the right ani left, I approached the basket and made two of the peaches quickly roll into my hat, where I covered them with my handkerchief; then, very calm and dignified in appearance, though my heart was. beating, frightfully, I left the dining-room, carefully pressing the opening of my hat to my breast, and holding it there by means of my right hand, which, thrust inside) of mj vest, gave me a very majestic, almost Napoleonic, bearing.' My scheme was to cross the ban. .00m cautiously, to steal away, and, once outside, to carry noma victori ously the two peaches wrapped in ray handkerchief. It was not so easy as X had fancied rhey were about to oommenoe the, eotillion. All around the large hall there was a doable line of men and elderly ladies, hemming in the circle formed by the chairs of the dancers, while in the center there was a wide tmpty space, where a few couples wer raltzing. I timidly toad xnj way through roups of people ; I aqnaeied between chairs with the suppleness of a snake ; I trembled each momentf or fear that s rough jog of my' elbow would change the position 'of my hat and let the peaches fall. X 00 old feel them roll ing around inside, and I grew hot U my ears and the roots of my hair. Ai last, after much cars and manoeuvring, t raaohed -the inner spaoa just as a nea Ignre was being organized. . A lad is p.laeed in the centre and the gen tlemen circle about - her with theii backs turned; she holds a hat mni places1 it npon the . head of the may with whom she wishes to waltz. ' I had hardly taken two steps whei .he director's daughter, who waa lead ing the cotillion with a young coos lelor of the prefecture, oried : "A hat 1 We need a hat I" " At the same moment she caugh, tight Of mo with rat stovepipe against my breast. I met her glanoe, and m; blood froze. . . . "Ah 1". she said to me, "70a have jome just in time, M. Hexbeloi Jnick, your hat" Before I could stammer out on rord she had taken my hat, so hastily that the peaches forthwith rolled npon the floor, carrying my handkerchief and two or three grape-leaves wit) 'hem. You can imagine the tableau. Th lancers laughed in their sleeves . ai my theft and discomfiture ; my chiel frowned, and grave men whispered ind pointed their fingers at me, while I felt my knees grow weak. ' I longed to sink through the floor and disap pear. . The young lady pressed her lips to gether to keep back her laughter, and, while returning my hat, said, in ai ironical voice : .' "Pick up yonr peaches, M. Herbe Ot. " Shouts of mirth then resounded !rom all parts of the room even the lervants held their sides. Pale, hag rard, and tottering, I fled, over whelmed with my disgrace and so con fused that I could hardly find the ioor. -"tWith a dead weight on my loart I harried away to tell my wife o.' tty disaster. ..The next day the story was all ovei own. When I entered my depart nemt, my comrades received me with, "Herbelot," pick no yonr peaches." 1 tould not venture into the street with nt hearing mocking voices mnrmui behind me: "Peaches." - The place was unbearable, and, is week, I handed in my resignation. An ancle of my wife had a farm neai ay native village, and I begged him So take me for an assistant. He con tented, and we moved to Chanteraine. ( went to work resolutely, rising with ;ue atiti never pitying mvrvwjf It wonld seem that I was more fitted, for agriculture than for pen-poshing, for, in a short time, I became an en- husiastio farmer. The property did j k well that our ancle, at his death, rilled it to us. I worship peaches, for to them 1 iwe my happiness. Without them 1 ihould have remained a weak subordi nate, trembling at the slightest frown from a prefect, and being but one of he already too numerous throng of ;lerks who find It difficult to make both ends meet. From the French, in the Argonaut. Robert Collyer's Supreme Moment Thirty years ag next summer I went ;ver to my old home In England, after an absence of fifteen years, to find "the woman who most Influenced me" my mother, writes the Rev. Robert CoHyer, D. D., In the series of "The Woman Who Moat Influenced Me," In the La dies' Home Journal She was sitting In the old rocking-chair where she had nursed all her children, but could not rise at once, because the sudden shock of her Joy held her there some mo ments, and the years had wrought snch a changa In me that she looked up with a touch of wonder, but when I said "mother" she held ont her arms anl cried, "My lad, I did not know thy face but I know thy voice." There were only a few threads 01 silver In her hair when I left home, but now It bad grown all White. I noticed the threads coming soon after my fa ther died suddenly while he was work ing at his anvil on a blazing July day twenty-one years before this time, and ha was much changed now, but not ai all for the worse with the years, only, ) thought, aa a sound rosy apple changer toward the perfect ripeness. RroOieriy Car. Mother Your little sister has been pulling vou on your sled for the last half-hour. Why don't you pull her? Littlo Johnny I'm afraid sbe'l catch cold. Good News. Fait Loat. Mrs. HlckaI believe I'll go and re -urn a few call this afternoon. Hicks I wish yon would; oar snb jcription to the paper has expired and ' 1f ' wimouitne neignnornoor gossip New Tork World. what mo8t towns are in need of U to try sxperimant " THE SIQN PAINTED. at Hla Daab on Fort Bsunter, kwt the Beet Routed Him. rhe experience of a sign painter at tort Sumter makes a diverting story: Ton fee, I got a donkey to take me tver from Charleston In one of those ittle boats that they sail down there doser to the wind than anything I iver saw before. The fort was U3 ccupled, except by an old soldier, who ibowed me all over the place. 'Have 1 drink. Corporal T said I to him, after t while. Ho objections,' said he, and so walked and talked a little further. Pretty lonesome here, eh. Sergeant?' Very. Indeed,' answered the old duck, warming to me, as I breveted him a trade higher every two or three mln ites. 'Ah.' said I. 'It's a tough old Ma, the army, ain't it, Lieu tenant T Faith, an' it Is, upon me life,' said he. (Veil, I brought my flask ont again and pressed It npon him. 'Now, look here, Oaptaln,' said I, you don't mind me painting a sign around the old fort, do rou T 'Not a bit, my son; paint as much IS ye plaze,' be answered quite will ngly, and away I went to work, lu shing the lettering before sundown. "That little business nearly got mi nto trouble, and I left Charleston In t hurry. Nearly as bad as the time I waa painting 'Dr. Dialer's Elixir of Life' en a bee-hive. I was walking tlong the railway tracks with my pots tnd brashes, and saw the hive, which waa In A No. 1 position, bound to be teen by everybody In the trains. I itole np to It and slathered on the paint; taking care not to make much loise. Bus-x-zl one little fellow came 'jo look at me, then another, and then t score or more all at once. They lldn't seem to object In fact, seemed to admire the richness of the coloring; but In slinging my leg over the top of the hive I upset my can of turpentine, tnd not one bee In that crowd would listen to a word of reason. I was laid np for a week or two after that; but ( can't be quiet long: It ain't In me to be still; I'm an out and out Yankee, tnd It warms my heart to be off with me paints and it ain't incumbent npon ne now." Chicago Times-Herald. His Opinion. A good story la told of fbe way In rhlch one of the sturdy admirers of Abraham Lincoln paid his tribute tc the great man's memory. It was In a Western hotel and owing the overcrowding of the city. Inci dent to a session of a great religious organization, the Lincoln adherent waa forced to room with a somewhat Irasci ble and exceedingly plain-spoken clergyman from a distant city. The New England man bore with pa lence many slurring references to va- Sous persons and things dear to his ml. but when the clergyman spoke In slighting terms of Abraham Lincoln, tils Ire was roused. T assure you," said the minister, U i tone of great decision, "that I speak sf what I know. I waa acquainted with Mr. Lincoln personally, and he was a very ordinary man, sir. Honest enough, I admit, but of no talents, sir." "Well," said the New Englander. with ts much calmness aa he could com mand under the circumstances, "I must say your estimate of Lincoln differs re markably from that of most other peo ple. It is strange that people of all rlosses should have been so mistaken. Most people regard him as the savior of our government.' "Sir," roared the clergyman, "thaft t sin! God Almighty saved the coun try. It would have been the same no matter who had been President at the time." "I know that," returned the other, jieekly, but with a twinkle In hit eye, "but then I think It mast have required less divine power to- save It through Lincoln than It would hive In case some other men had occupied the Pres idential chair at the timer Youth's Companion. Why the Eagles Live. Two eagles have built their nest foi rears in an old tree which stands not far from the St. Iiawrenoe River in Lisbon, at a spot about eight miles north of Ogdensburg, K. Y, The spot is a sightly one and the tall trees in this bit of the old forest where the birds make their summer home is known by the dwellers for miles ireund. Each year the eagles come, and their arrival ' isas muoh expected and talked abont aa is tha data whan the ice will break np in the river which Bows near by. Two eaglets have been batched each year, time oat of mirid, and it is one ot the interesting inci dents in the neighborhood when tha old birds "shake ont" the young ones and give them their first lessons in flying. The birds never go far from home in summer. Almost every bright day one of them may be seen sailing high above the bine St. Law renoe on the watoh for a fish, and then, falling like an arrow, to bury its claws in the back of its prey and sail home ward for a fish dinner with its mate. All rammer they are there, and when the autumn colors come upon the trees they go. away, to come again next rpring. No one hams them. One day last September, as a re pcrter for the New York Times was driving near the eagles' home, one of them waa seen circling slowly several hundred feet above the river. A farmer near by called attention to the bird with evident pride. "Does no one try to shoot them?" Be was asked, after telling how they ame there every year. "No," he said, '"never." "Why not?" he was asked. "The people here know the birds so sell that they would not allow it, I reckon," was the reply. , "If anybody was to hurt one of them birds it would make a powerful sight of talk in this leighborhood." . Another farmer a short distance ox ilso fell to discussing the eagle, and he was asked if no one ever tried to shoot them. ' - "No," he said. "Not once. It couldn't do. Nobody wants to harm them. It sort o' makes everybody feel good to see the Nation's bird flyin' near by. There ain't no danger of anybody's ever trying to kill eagles in this part of the country." A few miles further on, anothei .armer, who had the reputation of being a hunter, fell to talking abont thia noble pair of birds, which seemed to be regarded with abont the same patriotic sentiment aa the flag or the Goddess of Liberty. "Why doesn't somebody shoot hem 7" the old hunter was asked. "Wa'aV he replied, forcibly, "a rood many would like . to take a crack it them, and some hare on the sly. Bat, hang it, they fly pretty high, tnd of late years there's a big fine for killin' eaglea in thia State, M Sew YorkjTimes, - Their Bespsettve Wortn. Clara (languidly) My flanc8 9 7fJ ears ola and Is worth a 1 million, lary Mine Is 28 and I wouldn't ake a hundred millions for him.. Czcluna-sv EccotiI el Tr.."i at O.ice. We were jill talfia-j uiuito stories at a New Jersey summer itsjrt, when one particularly audacious man said "Oh, that's nothing. I waa off the coast at Barnegat last summer on a fishing trip, and while we were oat on deck early in the evening, smoking and chatting, a great cloud of mosquitoes. ail 01 tnem monstrous birds, came out from shore and settled on the boat; and do you know, In fifteen minutes they had stripped it of every inch of canvas, and left the masts bare as bean-poles?" We held np our hands in deprecatioL at this tale, when another of the party exclaimed: "Well, don't be aston ished. X citu vouch for that. It was only a week after that I was on a trip along the coast, ana tne same swarm of mosquitoes came out after us." The first speaker didn't seem to ap predate this unexpected support, for muttered: "Humph! They did, ehl Well, how did you know they were the same mosquitoes, eh?" "How did X know?" repeated tht other, with a chuckle. "How did I know? Why they all had on canvas overalls." Harper's Magazine. 8OLVE8 THE GIRL PROBLEM. Urn. Sswebsrjr Kowcll, of Ka City, Hire a Boy Domeatie. Mrs. Rawsbury How ell thinks she has mlved the servant question and per haps she has, according to the Kansas City Star. She has had a varied and exciting experience with "hired clrls" In her brief career as a housekeeper, and, although she has threatened to board, forever and forever, she has not the courage of her threats and keeps trying everything In the way of a ser vitor that comes along. Once, after her last girl bad departei Because she was not allowed to take lessons on the piano and practice an hour a day, she had a new experience. She was "doing up" the luncheon dishes about 8 o'clock and dreading the hoar, very near, when she would be compell ed to start In on the dinner; she heard a timid rap at the door. Opening It, she beheld a colored youth about 18 yean old. neat and Intelligent looking, who asked the privilege of doing her chores for his supper. She had nothing foi the boy to do, bnt didn't want to send him away supperless, so she hesitated, thinking what her best course would be. Her eye fell upon the pan of dlsbei and she had an Inspiration. "Can yon wash dishes?" she asked. "Yessum," he replied. "I ust to dish wash In a hotel." That was enough. The boy was call ed In, an apron was given him and In a very few minutes be had the dishes washed, dried and put away. He wai set to peeling potatoes, and did the work so handily that she let him set the table and watch her dinner while she went to dress for her husband's home coming. The next morning the boy bad break .'ast well under way before she got down, and she has taught htm to cook simple little things, wait on the table and do other services. He Is quiet obedient and has no "company" In the kitchen. He worked In a hotel as bell boy and scullion and under cook, and Sirs. Rowell Is convinced that st last the has a "treasure." She has advised ber friends to get a boy and boycott the American "hired girl." Dr. Parkbnrat on Woman's Right. Certain women are talking a good deal about their rights, writes the Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D., In a ray forcible article defining the position of "Women Without the Ballot," In the Ladles' Home Journal. It seems to me that one of their most precious and consplcuons rights Is to go In among the down-trodden women of our cities and towns, who have even fewer rights than they, and by the touch of theit own womanly vigor create within them the Inspiration of a clearer vision and a' larger hope. There will be no need of legislation or of amended constitu tion In order to the extension to them of this opportunity. There are tens of thousands of women In the city of New Tork who are as Ignorant of the true genius of American Institutions and ol the spirit of American civilization at though they were living In anothei century and under the pressure of Russian or Turkish despotism. And these women are sensitive to the touch of ameliorating Influence. That wat phenomenally demonstrated here last autumn. I am not antagonizing fe male suffrage, bnt the fact remains that women have a great many more righti than they are using, and are standing at the threshold of Innumerable doors of opportunity Into which they have not yet entered. The Improvement of so cial conditions Is a very serious and dis couraging business. It Is to be effected only by the medium of personal agency, and for that kind of ministry one worn n Is the equivalent of ten men. Similarity of Proverbs. The following are familiar specimen if Chinese proverbs. The English ver sion Is given also In each Instance: "To eat off a hen's bead with a bat tle-ax. (Much ado about nothing.) "It thunders loudly, bnt little rain falls." (Much cry and little wool.) "A thousand chiefs, a thousanO plana." (Too many cooks will spoil the broth.) "There's a time to fish and a turn to dry neta." (There's a time for all things.) "One strand of silk doesn't make a thread.' (One swallow doesn't make t summer.) "If you dont enter the tiger's flei f oft cannot obtain her yonng." (Noth ing venture, nothing win.) "The court la like a ship at sea ev erythlng depends on the wind." (Fat not yonr trust in princes.) "Time flies like an arrow, days and months like a weaver's shuttle." (Time and tide wait for no man.) "For him who does everything In It proper time, one day la worth three." (A stitch in time saves nine.) "Virtue la the surest road to longer ity, but vice meets with an early doom." (Virtue la Its own reward.) "The truths which we least wish h hear are those moat to oar advantage to know." (The troth la disagreeable.) "Abstain from false accusing, that the good and honest may be In safety." (Bear not false witness against thy neighbor.) Tru to Life, The author of the play doesn't Ilk me way yon acted the part of Kosci usko," remarked one amateur actor to another. 'What was the matter?" "He says that 70a were a regular rtlck." "Wen," replied the subject of crtO dsm, thoughtfully, "yon know Kosci usko waa Pole." Washington Star. Mot Warn ded. . Prospective Tenant I Ilka tha top floor best. Why doesn't the fire escape go lower than the third floor? Agent It Isn't seeded. The first three floors are emptyHarper'a Ba-! Summer Weakness Is caused by thin, weak, impure blood. To have pure blcod which will properly sustain your health and give nerve strength, take Hood's Sarsaparilla Tyrtsn Ulmsa. An uncommonly Interesting collec tion of Tyrlan glass has come to town. It resembles In most particulars the collection of the same glass in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is supposed to belong to the period of 300 years before Christ. Some of the pieces stlB bear the stains of a rust which they held when burled with the Tyrians Kings, and others show the scratches made by knives of cop per and bronze. It is even asserted that some show -aces of the per fumes with which the Trylans were accustomed to enrlcb their wines, but as to this there, is room for skep ticism. The glass Is inarvelously light, and some of the vessels are beautiful in form, but the presence of air' bubbles in erven the finest speci mens seem to show that the Tyrians bad not fully conquered the art of rlass-blowlng. A skilled glass-blower who saw the collection says, however. that some ot the etlects obtained are beyond the power of his craft to-day New Ydrk Sun. Slotting Beady for IV "Well have to put a mortgase on our house," said Mr. Cumso. "Oh, Why?" asked bis wife in dismav. 'Has your business gone wrougy" 'No; but didn't you sav that von wanted to go to the World's Fail when 11 was orjen?" Detroit Frea Press, A Kara Bird. a Vlrd la tfc band is worth two la tha bnaa. jboucu (org oias tnir plomac and regal. Bat. instaaa vf aa oriole, robin, or thrush. I at that bird b a bright. aoUen aim. -Truth. ahon'.d B Knoaah. 'Did you hear that the daughter 01 die late Hon. FriendtoalL one of the founders of this town, la suffering for the necessities of life? The oeosle ought to subscribe a fund for her sup- port "Well, that's too bad. but the towt, ins Jnst built a $10,000 monument to oer father. I should think that ought to satisfy her." Buffalo Express. Appropriate Exclamation. Uncle Hays (scanning the paper) 1 tell yer this country's gittln crowded. The last Indian reservation Is betn' thrown open and 20,000 people waltin' to rush In where there's only farms enough for a quarter of that number. Aunt Mary (with deep Interest) For the land's sake! New Tork World. l-roof. Sbe I don't believe rou love me as you used to. lie That's Just like a woman. Do yon suppose that I would be staying at home, boring toy. self to death, night after night; If I did not love you? Scrlbner's Maga zine. Soak Yonr Head. For month h had triad to eoax The mmci to rrtnt hU joai, Bnt ttH all la vain : So fall mammoth brain In aloonol now ha aoaz. -Kama City Journal. Tlia Only Chanoa fla Had. Mrs. McCordle It strikes me that t ts awfully disrgreeaole for you to talk in your sleep every night. McCordle I aeree with you, my dear, but I have to improve my opportu nity, you know. Puck. Sha Was, Too. Thar aafd aha lookad good anough to aat. And In tula tbay didn't 11a. For It is a fact that Ih.maldan sweat Coal J aat a abola mlnoa pia. -Naw Tork I'reia. Camping- Ooa. "Yer look bad, Jim. Been camp In' out?" "Sorter. To-day's the fust time I've been, out er doors in three months." "What was the matter with yer?" "Notbin', but the Judgf wouldn't believe It." Comic Cuts. Kaeaaaary Adjuncts, Kow, bring ma a laddar and ehalr. my child. Olva ma nlantv at room for 1 ana a waitawaaa nrnaa taat a damp : i solng to nat The naw Columbian stamp. Washington Newa. Aa Inoorrnptlbla VFItaaaa. Judge So the prisoner tried to In- luce you not to give testimony. Tell me, now, bow be proposed to close your mouth. Witness With two pair of old trousers and three tattered hirts. Fliegende Blaetter. A Ruaataa Bomanoa Fatar Fbravojohoakthama LoTad Oatharlna Kbaraaglama Bnt whan tbay would wad. Tha paraoa, ha said Ba nsrar could master tha name, -Good News. No Doubt About It. Lawyer I am aorrv. but In snch a ioubtful case I don't care to defend prisoner. Client What do vou mean by doubtful? Why, I am sure to get six months In any event. File rende Blaetter. ad. Indeed. Ead lights I've eaea In my snort Uts kefon bt mind oft' float : Bnt tha saddest alaht of all. I la thia yeara collar of velveteen -Smith, Gray i Co. 'a Monthly. ub imat Tear a nTMi.i.i 11 Forbid a Fool a Tfchg Dca't SAPOLIO SELL ON SIGHT! Lovell Diamond Cycles. HIGH GRADE II EVERY PARTICULAR! LATEST IMPR0VEKE5TS, LIGHTEST WEIGHTS! . AT?? VOUR MECHANICAL FRIEND examlna those machines, ao we desire 10 ,ow tn work and material to men who know what good work la. We stake oar business reputation of over llftv years that there is no batter wheal made la the world than th. Lovell Diamond. MAKTIS, tmYtLfci AINU JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.. ol at aw m.s s. a aa. a Ri .UHlOgVejH Ola I 181 Broad St. f OHrla or the liberty Cap. The "liberty cap," that bag-shaped ; neadgear so often seen on the head of the Goddess of Liberty and which snr- mounts the National colors on nearly all nnr ailver coins, according to the Philadelphia Press, owes its origin to the Koman empire, where it waa given to tloves as a sign of their manumis sion. The -principal aijmifieance of the "liberty cap" to the American mind is not. however, its xtoman ori- oin. bat rather its use aa the official can of the successive doges of republi can Venice, that "model of the most stable Government ever framed by man." In the Do are's Palace at Venice there is a gallery fall of portraits of the men who ruled the republio for 700 years, and the conspicuous place occupied by the "liberty cap in inese nortraits shows its importance as a am tional srmbol of freedom. It rather heightens the significance of thia an cient symbol in the minds of good Americans when it is remembered that the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa humbled rilf before a wearer of the "libertr cap." and that Andrea Dan dolo wore it on the fourth crusade and at the conquest of Constantinople. It occupied a place in the forefront of the advancing hosts that in the early part of the fifteenth century swept the Dal matian towns and conquered the entire coast from the estuary of tha Po to the Island of Corfu. While Columbus waa discovering America the wearers of the 'liberty cap"' were acquiring Zante and Cyprus, and when the first half of the half-starved settlements on tne Massachusetts coast were .battling for existence the republio from which, we borrowed oar "liberty cap," having snocessf uUy resisted a league of all the kingsof Christendom, was at the zemta of its glory. The "liberty cap" is not as conspicuous in our National signs and symbols as it was in those ( the rulers of the Adriatic, yet in a modest way it immortalizes the greatest re public of early times. Tha Croatost AviuiMarj. The fireside Is a seminary of Inflnlts imporiance. It is I in poitant because It is universal, and because of the education It bestows being woven in with the wool of . childhood, givei form and color to the whole texturr of life. Tboro are few who can receive the honors of a college, but all are grad uates of the hearth- The learning ol the university may fade from the rooolleotlou; lis classic lore inaj moulder in the balls of memory. But the Jijnple leksona'of home, enamelled uporrThe heart of childhood, defy the rust of years, and outlive the more mature but leas vivid pictures of arte' ar. So deep, so lasting, indeed, are the expressions of early lire, that you of tan see a mao in the Imbecility ol age holding, fresh in his recollection the events of childhood, while all the wide spare between that and tht reseat htfur Is a blnsted at.d for gotten waste. Yiiii hate perchance seen an old and half-obliterated por trait, and In tbe attempt to bare It cleaned and" restored you would have seen It fade away, while a brighte and more perfect. picture, painted be neatb. Is revealed to view. This portrait, first drawn upon th' canvass, is no lnnpt Illustration ol youth; and though It may be con cealed by some ofter design, still the original traits will shine through the outward picture, giwing It tone while fresh, and surviving It in decay. Such Is the fireside the great institution furnished by Providence for the edu ction of man. They Call It Overwork. Buslnesa requires a clear bead; yet how few business men with all their sense-realize what is the trouble with their beads. They call it over work, worry, anything but what it really is in- ttigrttion. This stealthlest of ailments usually comes disguised as something else. Wouldn't vou be convinced it a box ot Ripans Tabules cleared your head and bngutened up the busi ness outlook T The Ferris wheel is bein put up will be ready again in Chicago, and for business by fall. Cr. Kilmer's SwAar-Koor enrai all Kidney and lslaiMer troubles. 1 amplei and Consultation free, laboratory BinicUuuiion. N. V. like all people with whom the beard is scanty, the Indians regard it as a blemish and pluck it out. Mrs. Window's toothing "rrwa for ehndrea teething, softens tha gums. rvlaces lnflainma ISssb allajrs aain. euros wind cuitc 2&ca boiue Jacob Fogrel, of Perry, Ind., has been exhibiting with pride a hen's egg weighing a quarter of a pound. TV. H. Griffln, Jackson, Michigan, writes: aaiIfferad with Catarrh for fifteen rears. Mail's C'atarra Cars cured ne." Sold by Drujj glsta,7te. The Greeks have two places of wor ship in New York City, where the ser vice is crriod on in t'.m Greuk tongue. era fa la, salt rheum, and all disease of the blood, dyspepsia, headache, kidney and hvor, complaints, and catarrh, are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, tha great blood purifier. Hood's Pills cure Jauodlce. biliousness, sick headache, constipation and all liver 111a Two New York public school teach ers who are twins look o much alike that they are obliged to wear different colors to avoid embarrassimr situa tions. For Whoontne Oone-h. Piao'aCnra la a annoasa. fnl remedy. M. P. Dictkb. 87 Throop Avenue, "wnja, x. a., hot, l, ye. The Japanese begin building their houses at the top. The roof is first built and elevated on a skeleton frame. Then it affords shelter to the workmen from storms. axd that ho will do." Uso SPORTING GOODS. BOSTON, Mass. LEAVES ITS HARK rv one Ot tne paimui i.-s m - - - -..I I. ..wnlanh.. and weaknesses that prey upon women. They fade the face, waste the figure, ruin the temper, wither you np, make you old before yonr time. . . Get well: That's the way to look wen. Cure the disorders and ailments that beset yon, with Dr. Pierce'a Favorite Prescrip tion. It regulates and promotes all the womanly functions, improves digestion, enriches the blood, dispels aches and pains, melancholy and nervousness, brings refreshing sleep, and restores health and strength. CT DOWN TO BUSINESS. A'nt no use In grievin Over these hard t imes , Ain't no use in weavln Of yonr mournful rhymes, Alnt a bit o (rood in It , blerther bread nor wood in St But the way to do Boll yonr shirt sleeves higher apt lioose the brakes and fire np Then, go steamin' through! Atlanta Constitution. PITH AND POINT. A familiar air Slapping one , the back. Lot's wife was what might be called t well preserved woman. Bam s Horn, Tbey served as at on jboarding-hoase With "lame" to-day ; egadl I'm saris It was a portion ot The one that Mary had. Jagson says the only way to elevate the stage is to lower the curtain. El- mira Gazette. There is a tender connection be tween the railroad engineer and his passengers. Lowell Courier. Pompons Sohool Examiner Hov. a the earth divided?" Intelligent Lad "Jiy earthquakes, sir." Tit-Bita, Tbe man who is poor May at least offer thanks That he ifeu't set np As a target for cranks. Washington Stat A philosopher is a man who doe not try to argne with others until he knows he can down them. Galveston News. A cow died in Sprinfield, Ohio, from iftting too many apples, which gave tse to some trouble in cider. Boston Courier. It is a consolation when anothei nan is in trouble to think that it will prove a valuable lesson to him. Atch ison Globe. Chnopie "I'm awfully fond of hnnt ,n dogs." She (innocently) "Yes? Where do yon go to bunt them? Detroit Free Press. "Jawlcy was at the club last night, Was-he? Did he talk?" "l'es." "What abont?" "About half the night." Harper's Bazar. "Does this cake make yon think ol rraudma?" "Mercy, no." "Why J? "She alwavs cave me two pieces. Chicago Inter-Ocean. His heart and his fort a no ho laid at her feet And plead tor a swift reply. In trembllrMr tones she softly said "My hat, is it on awry" Chicago Inter-Ocean. Miss Softly (who has been attending t course of lectures) "Oh,-Professor, I saw snch a funny old fossil in the museum to-day. I thought of you at once. Vogue. The girls of Badclifle College (for merly Harvard's Ann X.) have no yell yet, bnt it somebody should spring a mouse on them the yell would invent tself. Philadelphia Ledger. "Do you ei.ioy going to school?" tsked the youth's nncle. . "Tea, sir, enjoys coin' all right. It'a eittin' till in school after I get there that I don't like." Washington Star. I dote upon oaks," said the languishing maid, "So noble, so stately, thoneh tew. fell me, Mr. Jones, what's your favorite treer And he tenderly answered her, "Taw." Drake's Magazine. Gallup "Do you think I can safel crust a business secret to Banks?" tiigbee "I should say so. 1 leqt him 15 nearly a tear ago and he has never oreathtd a word about it since." Tid- ilits. 'It always pays a man in my busi ness to take plenty of time," murmured the burglar softly to himself, gently ramping the third tray of gold watches nto his capacious bag. Buffalo Jourier. "And you really consider it goot nek to find a horse-shoe, then?" "Certainly. They're worth two cents apiece at any junk dealer's, and every little helps, these hard times." Buf falo Conrier. Uptown "Anyway, I suppose yon oelieve that there is luok in odd num bers?" Lougwood "Great Scott, no I It was the third time I proposed to Mrs. Longwood that she accepted." Buffalo Courier. "Papa," said Jimmie, who is jnst .-earning his multiplication tables, "why isn't there a subtraction table?" "There is, my son. When you sit down to dinner and begin to eat, that is a snbstraction table." Harper's Bazar. First Burglar "Let's quit thu onsiness and become reformers." Second "I'm a reformer now." First "Come off." Second "Yes, I am a chloro former." And he pro ceeded to saturate the sponge as the victim slept. "Bnt, papa," wailed the young wo nan, "you can have so idea how he loves me. He is willing to die for me this very minute." Well" tne old man, scratching his chin thought fully, "I don't know that I have any objection to that. I was afraid he wanted to marry you," Indianapolis Journal. An Argyllshire elder was asked how die kirk got along. He said: "AweeL we had 400 members. Then we had a division, and there were only 200 left; then a disruption, and only ten of us left. Then we had a heresy trial ; and uosw there is only me and ma brithor Duncan left, and I ha' great doota ol Duncan's orthodoxy." Tit-Bita. Aasertad Harsslf. aired fflrl to get out of the house tha minute you discovered the Are and he refused to go. Mr BurndouH Yes, sir. She said she must have2 month's notice before ehe'd think oi leaving. Puck. TaePmowKaaw. "fchalce, old fellow," sala the nil- r me sword, who hs latin, . thr,n,erpe7.;nceinnbat S: IS.hrt- ta to be In a been re. tight" Puck. A loLl3cs Co npUinv. She How can you say such hateful Jhiegs about me? Vou told (;far. ii ikicuuuio mat i u necr see 30 gain, xie iv oar, or th;:t'' I men nn't, rou anow, that tbe good d Exchange. OUU'. Hot a Glrc "Who glvcth this woman away?1 Inquired the clergyman. "No one," rejoined tbe irroom, aa there Hashed upon him a recollection of the allow ance he had settled upon tbe bride'i parents. Kate Field's WashiQgtoa Monte Carlo. The goat ate np the Eeopraphv, From the first to the final line; Then cried, with a flash of fire in his eye--Aha I tha worla is mine lm m Smith, Gray A Co. 'a Monthly. si Hi l Both tie method and results when Byrup of Figs ia taken: it is pleasant and refreshing to the tarte, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sj3. tern effectually, dispels coldV head aches and fevers and cures habitunl consi-pation. Syrup of Figs is tlia only remedy cf its kind ever pro ducer?, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its actxn and truly beneficial in iu effects, prepared only from the mo.-t healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have mode it tho most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figa is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on band will pro cure it promptly for any one wbo wishes to try it. L)o not accept any substitute. , CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM FRAHCISCO. tU LOUISVILLE, Kt. HEW YORK, k t. Railway's v Ready Relief. His life long friend. It Is the only PAIN KEM EUYtlmtin. stantly stops tha most excruciating; pains, allays Inflamma tion, and cures con ge t ion. Internally . iMteniifin. ful In water Will In s few mlnittear-ur rrnmns. Spaams. Sour 8tnm-h. Heartbm n. Sick Head, nche. Diarrhoea, Summer Comnlmnt. Dysen tery, Colls, Flatulency nnd all Internnl rsiDS. 1'liera la not a remedial aarent In the world that will cur. fever and airua and ll mhr ra yever ana aifue and all other ua. bilious and other fevers, (aided hr AY'S PILf.), an quickly aa liAI READY HEfJEF. maianoua RA DwAl WAY'S : Price 5a centaper bottle. Sold by Drugg-tate. tfauwAi at t;u.. Aew lsrs. Radway's Pills PurelT vetretahlr. mild and rellabl. Cause perfeo rMiEfwloQ. cumultttc&btvorptloD, and betUtttfu ful regi. For the enre or n disorder, of the stomach. Liver, Bowels. Kidneys. Bladder. Female Irregularities tetck Headache, Biliousness, Constipation, Piles and all derangements of the Internal lscena. 25 eta. a box. At Druga tats or by mall. KADWA V A CO,, NEW TOBJL Itaphael, Angelo, Kiiuaas, -Tasai Tha "LnTFNE" ara tha Boat snil Vnrf .1 eal Collars and Ones worn; thar ara mada of floj cloth, both sidsa finished alik and twin- rsvaisl bls ona collar Is aqnal to two or any otbarklnd. Tro Cohan or FlvaPauaof Cass tat TaaTsj tn Outs. A Samlda Collar and Patrof Onffa tia- asaal fas- SSI Csana, Kama atyla and aiza. address UVXB8IBI.K COIXAB COMPACT, Fraaklla St.. Haw Tors. IT Kflbr St., asaaa. fi GENTS o? lyi BOHHAH ADJUSTABLE HARROW Q NEW JERSEYiDELAWARE rl.r1VK TERRITORY araated KK IXSJDT.B PJHTIES. addreis fur particular! K. LlllIiSBKKV. Sec'r. Warsaw. N. V. tawwvwvgJwwwwwwj,jww'JJJisa- FOR FIFTY YEARS I ! MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUPI taaf been used by MM 1! lop a tf WChT tv vtniie icrtuiiiar jrr orr ithats. the child, softens tha Fifty Yean. rums, allays all aln,cuns wind coliaaai aa the best re sued r (or diarroea. Twestr-Me Wmtm a iUjtas.fwwWsTr'sTisTirs IVr tstsarmatsM-d by D R . J . 6 ft. lul&ArrkM. PHlUA... T4. KSMwf atossce; uoopcratu a o. d-laf fmci buxluaaaa Consul tsu' Srs. Kn4eraniiMf phraicfatia. ladle- ent proant PATENTS -SSsJ Boole Prac IMIRIE blngton, O. C SITUATION When QtTALlFIKn-Younir Men to learn Telegraphy, station and Kxpre-u Agsnts'vuuea. r . w ttiTU.n aa, uti&iuam.N.Y pRASrLIH COLLEGE, New Athens. O. Koard, tuition, room, dt dooks, S3 a ween, uauiog tree LCSK Yltr ttulaaaaNS est KEXT sT! nj ZZ DAVIS CaEAU SEPARATOR- wovua MJts secant patjss o ki oeuuie aooui riaass msvcniBSM. wkosotna lAiascrsuea r-tuDj ft ilexl rnMa Wt-fi I WASTO. I BLCO. AND asFC. CO. Mars, l i ohm nioaao. rlENSIONJ,?r.hK?.,,"s: 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Lata Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau 3 xra in last war, lAadjudlcatiugclajina, attj aluc. KIPPERS PA8TILLE8.b?g."ti: t hsrleitowD. Alasa. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR THE BEST nursin& Mothers, I n rants- CHILDREN J JOHN CABJJB ft SONS. Nsw YsrSt. BMaBaaaMasaaassaaakssM T I CllntS WHtHt Ml aSE t AiLS. Ej I J Bast Couch fijrup. Taates Qood. Cac gj IJ In tlma Sold by druggists ajf
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