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
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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
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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
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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
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popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa is for sale in 50
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wishes to try it. L)o not accept any
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