LOVE'S SEASON;.
In rait sweet days when hectic flikhaa
Burn red on maple and mmich lea.!
When sorrowful winds wail through tua
ru-ihes.
And all Hilars whlmrnf Inn and rrlaf.
d
Then close and closer boli Frost ap
proicbo i
So snatch the blossoms from Nature's
breast.
When night forever on r!ay encxoachoe
Oh, then I think that I lore yoa bast.
slni yet when winter, ftat tyrant mistei;
Has Luried autumn in walla nf miv
And bound and fettered where bold Frock
cast her
J-s outrage 1 Nature in helpless woe.
hen ail eartU's p'eisures in four walls cen
trs.
And si le br side ii th9 snnr home nest
vVel'sit'ie t--n pests which cannot enter
Oh, then I say th.it I love yoa bast,
3nt later on, when the Siren Season
Betray the trust of the senile Kin?.
An 1 glad Earth laughs attae act of treason.
ji.ni winter dies in the arms of spring;
urh?n ba 's an-t birds all push and flutter
To free fair Nature so long oppressed,
X thrill with feelings I cannot otter,
AuJ then I am C3rtain I love yoa best
cuz waen n sp'.en lor the q jealy summer
H,in over the earth an 1 the skies above,
V ben Xature kneels to the royal comer.
even the Sun flames hot with Love.
Yun I'leasura basks In the luscious
weather.
And Care lies out on the sward to rest
Oh. whether apirt or whether together, '
It is then I know that I love yoa best
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, In Llppincotfc,
f IMSCILLA'S MANAGEMENT.
XT MARAQ CROSSB VAOLET.
EACON DODGE
felt "blue" enough,
as he sat down to
his six o'clock tea,
in his humble home
on Forest Hill. It
was not that the
tea was either badly
served or poor in
quality, for he in
variably purchased
'''sL -he t"t groceries
y- the market
elordeil, and nothing Miss Prissy ever
tried to do or make ever resulted in fail
ure. It was neither the eatables nor jet
the drinkables that caused the cloud on
the deacon's brow. As he expressed it,
he "felt blue as a whetstone," and the
cause arose from the tightness in money
llrc!es.
M'ss Prissy, the deacon's strong
minded daughter, perceived the lower
ing countenance, and wishing to con
ciliate the old gentleman a little, put ar
tdditional lurao of suar in his tea.
"Third, and lastly," he said, in an
abstntc'.ed manner, as he passed the enp
for rcflllment.
Prissy smiled almost involuntarily a'
this "poer of habit exemplified.
The worthy deaon, busy with hu
bread and butter, did nut sco his
listener's face.
'I'll tell you what," said he, carefully
adjusting his knife and fork, "unless
something happens in our favor pretty
loon, we are gone to smash completely."
Even the lingering shadow of the
smile that -had played round the corners
of Prissy "s mouth died out, and she
looked anxiously at her father as he went
an:
"There is a four-hundred-dollar mort
ae on the house, with interest at seven
per cent., and no man can stand such a
per cent, as that. l here is that one-
bundred-dollar note, and two of fifty
dollars each, besides one hundred and
sixty dollars yet unpaid on the lumber,
seventy-five dollars got to come some
howfor the carpenters, twenty-five for
the mason, twenty-five more for the
paii .ting. Beside?, that leaves us with
lac hou?e not jet hilf finished, the
ground yet to be grubbed and laid out
anl fenced, and not a cent, mind you
not a single cent to do it with."
The deacon leaned back in his chaii
and fairly groaned.
The strong minded Friicilla got up,
dJ walking round to his side of the
table, laid her hm J on his arm.
"Listen to mc, deacon," said shv
thoughtfully she always called him that
when she felt particularly in earnest
"listen to me, now, and I'll tell you the
plan I have for extricating our atlairs
Iron financial annihilation."
Talk away," growled tho bear.
"Talk, at any rate, is cheap enough ,
even in these bard times.
Prissy declined to octice tho slight
put upon her tongue, aad continued,
bravely
"You know you have always refused
to keep a cow, pig, or chickens. Isow,
then, let us have all three, and I will
show you this fail that your interest
money shall be forthcoming, besides
bavin? our grocery bill foted as it is
made."
'Pshaw, Prissl" ejaculated he, with
a groan of dirapprova), "how could you
do it? beside, my credit isn t worth a
blue bean. I haven't the money to pay
for a cow, nor a pig, not even the chick'
ni, so thore's an end of that."
In no wise discouraged, the strong
minded young woman coolly continued:
"I have ways and means for all of 'em.
deacon. And If you will solemnly agree
to do in all things as I suggest and ad
vise, I in turn will promise and ratify it,
too, to take these debts and the unfin
ished house on my shoulders, metaphori
cally speaking, and in three years' time
no will owe no man, and our house and
round shall compare lavorabiy with
viy in the country."
The deacon considered a moment.
"Show mo your ways and means,
Pris."
"Well," a little reluctantly, "you
know the Laurels I Mrs. Laurel wants
to trade a young new milch cow, with
the calf, for twenty-four yards of that
new ingrain carpet of our, and as I have
already carpet enough, besides that to
cover all the floor we shall use for a vear
ir so, 1 have accepted, mu uuei. 'Anas
k cow No. 1, eh?'
"Cow No. 1 yes."
'Undo Eemus has taken a fancy to
nj gold watch, and wants to trade me a
sow and a hog of the female persuasion
'or it, and as the watch is useless to me
si our present circumstances, I have
mde up my mind to close with. him.
io thcro is cow No. 2, and aforesaid
The deacon opened his eyes.
44 'Pon my word, Priss, you're a born
"rider. Dut what about the chickens?"
"I have bought five four hens and
ne rooster of the Bowers, on 'tick,'
it they say. Tho hens are wanting to
let, and I shall send you to Neighbor
Tootle for ct'zi to set them w:th. Too
:le charges fifty cents per dozen for eggs,
3nt his arc an extra kind of large fowl
:hit can be made to bring four dollars
per doz;n as early spring chickens by
;he first of June. I can have at least
thirty or forty chicks for tho Juno mar
ket and the proceeds therefrom will
take up a certain note of yours. In the
neantim j ti.e butter shall pay our house
sold expenses as we go along. There
lUiill be no butcher's bill, nor any other
tin 1 of a bill, run up for future sett'.e
tient. The calves we will fatten and
sell this fall, the hog ditto. Undo Be
tV9 Jdvices me &QtatiilUSL.Qijlgi
k ffi
mm
taatil next year, when Ihey will felca ui f
ometu'ng over a Hundred dol'an. The
eight acres of ground, for tha ue of
whic'i we pay forty dollars, must bt
planted with corn, and I nave alreadj
elected the seed. As the land fa partic
ularly clean and of uncommon good soil.
the yield should be not less than sev
enty-flve bushels to the acre, which, if
corn comes down to an unprecedented!
low figure, will still pay ail expenses lot
seed, rent, tillage, and leave us enougl
to fatten onr hogs after all."
The deacon was silent from astonish,
went.
"I shall raise- as many chickens a
possible through the heat of the coming
summer; so that the next spring I shall
have eggs by the quantity, when the
market reports quote a good price, with
lupply less than the demand."
You talk like a fanner, Priss," ejac
ulated the dazed deacon. " When did yor
'earn so much, I wonder t"
Don't ask me questions, but promts;
me," giving him a tight squeeze.
"I promise."
She shook herself loose from him,
nd poured out for herself a cup of hot
fca.
"Yery well; go to work and make tot
some chicken coops and a hen house,
and fetch home my hens to-morrow, and
this fall I will show square accounts
with some folks I know of."
In the course of time the cows wen
driven home, the chickens roosted in the
deacon's hen house, and the 4 Tenia U
hog, with her seven children, occupied
the attention of the deacon daughter.
Of a morning Prissy went into the cellar
and skimmed, andstralned,and churned,
and outside the deacon himself, with
the spade and ax made good time among
the stumps, thereby saving hired help
nd the additional cost of a wood pile.
The deacon had aved all his life undet
a lazy cloud. He couldn't cat wood, he.
said, because it made him so tired. He
couldn't work at farming, because the
weather was either too hot or too cold,
or too wet or too dry. He couldn't stay
all the while at bis place of business (tie
was a photographer) and wait for cus
tomers, because he 4 'wanted to get out
and stretch his legs." But suggest the
idea of an impossible enterprise to him,
or ask him to invest in a lottery ticket,
or talk travel, and directly the deacon
as your man.
He was utterly and abominably last
and selfish. He forced Prissy to pinch
and save a dollar, while he would
squander fifty, and have nothing to show
for what he had paid out. Such is man
that is, so tnuc'i of It as went by the
aame of Deacon Dodge.
One of the things the stroog-mladea
girl got him to do was to make a' fence,
which she insisted should be nedge. A
hawthorns hedge, she declared, was
both beautiful and attractive, beiider
jt as useful as sey other.
Bo. under her vigilant generalship, bt
delivered some trees for the nursery
men and took his pay in hedge plants,
whiGa she made mm set out and attend
to.
Little by little she put the deacon ot
his mettle, until at last she herself wai
surprised to find how much she had mad
him accomplish. At the end of the first
year he had grubbed their one and s
half acres, put the first coat of paint on
the bouse, made the fence, dug the eel-
ar, built outhouses, cut all the fire wooc
aud made five dollars a week besides.
At the end of their first year Frigs,
found she has sold six dozen chickens a I
four dollars per dozen, and had as many
more to winter over. She had sold six
hundred pounds of butter, at an average
of thirty cents a pound. The two calve
fetched twelve dollars readily, and the
fatted hog twenty-seven more. The!;
household expenses had been just one
hundred dollars, aside from what she
had raised in the garden, and the butter
and eges were of home manufacture,
also. She spent not a penny for cloth
ng.
Together they checked ol account.
one evemcjr, ami to bis intense surprise
the deacon found a little matter of foui
hundred and fifty dollars to his credit,
besides having a much better start tor
.he next year.
He paid the balance due on hii lum
ber, and thankfully took up three othet
notes, after which he breathed more
freely. The next year the invincible
Prissy sold two hundred dollars' worth
of hogs, sixty dollars' worth of eggs, and
ten dozen chickens, still keeping house
hold and personal expenses at the lowest
possible point.
The deacon, too, had bettor luce, oi
perhaps attended more strictly to his
business, and the end of the second year
was also the death knell of the lnsatlablr
-nortgage.
As this is no fancy sketch, but, on th.
contrary, is a veritable "leaf from life.
I cannot state what the result was foi
the thisd year of Miss Prissy's manage
nent.
But I saw the deacon the other da.
rimming his hedge, which was all white
tnd sweet with bloom, and he telis int
:hat the carpenters are busy at bis bouse,
md that be shall have enough produce
to d U pose of in the fall to take him com
pletely out of debt. He certainly ba
:he handsomest place in the country, and
by far the most stylish house. As for
Prissy, her face is tanned a light brown,
ind her hands are not quite so white and
imall as they once were not "so useless
by half," she says, turning them over
carefully, and showing the little cal
loused lumps on the palms.
"But we are out ot debt anyway, snt
added, triumphantly. This thing of
being dunned by every other person on
lees is anything but funny.
May Forrest Hill long outshine it
ceighbors. and stand as a striking me
mento of one woman's will. New York
Weeklv.
How Deaf Mutes Dance.
'I never felt so lonesome la my life,"
laid a gentleman recently, "as when I
chanced to be thrown one day with a
picnic party of deaf mutes. They could
understand each other, laughed and
carried on and bad a good time gener
ally, while I sat like a mummy, apart,
looking on, but unable to paiticipate in
my of the fun.
One thing that surprised me greatly,
he continued, "was to see them indulge
In dancing. I had always supposed that
it was absolutely essential to bear the
rhythm of the music in order to keep the
time of a waltz or a polka. To be sure
they had an orchestra on the dancing
barge, and for a time I regarded that as
peculiar, . for few if any of the party
.ould hear the strains.
"Alter a little thought I solved tha
siystery. The mutes could not bear the
music, but they leit it, wnion was lust as
effectual. To be sure of the matter I
spoke to the leader of the orchestra and
he assured me that my surmise was cor
rect, and that when he was employed by
the party it was expressly stipulated that
he should bring hi biggest base drain
and bass viols. The deep tones were
more vibratory than the others and the
mutes kept excellent waits time, by feel
ing the vibration ot the wojrfjfloorlng
upon which they danoc49ffW Tecf
Herald. ;SE?-Jfr
The Moderi OMtwtrjb
nil debts wan all settled
His wife be adored i
Be died like a rhrtsilan
Fnllv Inmmd.
.-Atlanta CouutatUmv.-.-
An Oil EettLr.
Geologists agree that many thousand
f years ago they do not agree on the
lumber of thousands great ice fields,
Ike immense glaciers, moved slowly out
if the north over a large part of the
jolted States and Europe. These glae
eers were so thick that they have .left on
iio top of the White mountains bowl
sera which they had carried hundreds of
niles, and they had much to do with
ihaping the hills and valleys of New
fork, Pennsylvania, and New England.
The marks mado by these glaciers as
they ground and crushed their way over
Ihe rocks are still plainly visible in many
places, and it is easy to trace the large
bowlders they carried northward to
regions wnere such stone occurs in largf
quantities.
Those were days of great things, an&
inong the hdge creatures that roamed
ibout in the region of the advancing
glacier was the Elephas Americanus, or
unerican elephant. Part of the akele
n of one of these animals has just been
aneartbed at Carl Junction, Missouri.aad
lent to the Washington university,
rhese bones show this animal to have
seen from twenty-five to thirty feet long,
md fifteen feet tall. It fed on trees and
uhe4,and a wagon-load of pine branches
ad cones would have made a light sup
icr for this monster. Its molar teeth, had
jrinding surfaces nine by tour inches in
ice, and Its tusss wore nine lees song.
Coarse long hair covered the big fellow
trom head to toei, and a drove of such
inimals must have been an imposing
light, even in the presence oi me migncj
rlaciers.
In cave in ranee nas Deen iouuo,
ratched on a bit of ivory tusk, a rude
picture of one of these prehistoric mam
moths. This picture is supposed to be
the oldest known, and was made by some
man or boy who was more olever than
Is fellows, but who lived in a cave, ate
raw meat, and wore scanty clothing
made from uutannod skins of wild beasts
which the filthy and savage men of those
far-off times killed with clubs and stones.
It may be, therefore, that hriman beings
law the living aui.uil, piccoi of w'.iose
ikeleton were dug the other day iron
beneath twenty feet of soil out in ML.
"uri. Harper's Youuj People.
Jot, and Data.
You must use or lose that talent.
Do not save all the flowers fcr th
.nneral.
That butterfly was a worm the otbes
iay. But it ceased to crawl and took
Ting.
When, having had ample time U
prepare, a man makes an apology he if
ia apology for a man.
"We shall know each other there.-
Yes, but it would help things to get
nightly acquainted here.
PUT In the lock-stitch of love and
pull out the basting-threads of duty
Tom the garment of service.
Hats you tried to lift a life to a
ilgher level? Then "do it some more,1
is the cornstalk said to the sunbeam
when it pulled.
All that the soldiers took awa)
.torn the cross was the garment oi
Christ, and lots of other people are do
ing the same thing.
The brother who took his letter from
.he church the other day thought isms-
liing would sag right away. It did,
but it wasn't the church.
When -the brother whose hens hart
icratched up your garden talks ic
meeting about loving one's neighbors,
io not speak right away.
Canned Yegetablea.
Tbere are few things more unappe
JzlDg than the canned goods put up
in tins, as they aro ordinarily served
thai Is, Kim ply turned out into a
saucepan and heated.
A very Important precaution tc
take is to turn out tbe contents of a
:an several hours before they are
ranted, which will cause them to
lose tbe peculiar, stifled, close taste,
frequently combined with solder, that
too often clings to them.
Teas should be dralucd of thelt
liquor and heated with a spoonful of
water, a lump of butter, half a
teaspoon ful of fine sugar and
alt and pepper. Or, make a thin
white sauce with milk, butter sea
toning and a bit of flour, and beat
them in this.
Canned corn needs a little milk or
:ream, butter and seasoning, and it
must only get thoroughly hot. Cojk-
ing toughens It.
Yoa can make a corn pudding with
.wo cuDfuls of cbopoed canned corn,
me of milk, one egK oeaten In half a
:uiful of milk, a tablespoon ful of
melted butter and a palatable 6ea-
onlng of salt and pepper.
For corn pancakes mix as above,
iddlng half a cupful more of milk,
lour to make a thin batter, and a
teaspoonful of baking powder.
Pancakes made of canned peas, af
ter the same receipt, are not bad.
Canned tomatoes are nice stewed
and baked In alternate layers with
boiled rice or boiled macoroni, season
Ing the layers with butter, pepper
tnd salt
Canned asparagus makes nice as
paragus cream soup, and may be
served in every war the same as tbe
fresh. Albany Cultivator.
A. Tama Xonntsin Llosu
The author of "X Uiie Through TToa
Jet land," says that she was invited,
when In Colorado, to visit a hunter's
tore and see a mountain lion; the only
ne, as its owner asserted, which had
sver been tamed. It was in a little back
room, chained to an iron staple in the
floor, round which it was pacing, utter
'ng low growls.
It appeared very much like a small pan
ther, and seemed anything but tame,
mailing at us as if it longed to spring,
it was in awe of its msrter, however, and
:owed down every time he cracked his
whip. lie made it do seveial tricks
ith a retriever dog, which did not seen
o like the task very well.
'Come and kiss Hiss Pussy," said thi
nan, and the dog went up to it, laid a
law upon its neck, and licked its face.
The master then put a piece of meat
n its nose, and told the dog to fetch it
way.
4He doesn't care for this part," wai
lis comment. "She has had him by the
ihroat once or twice. Just look at hei
ron paws I One blow would lay you
lead as mutton. What, you brute, yoi
vould, would you!'
Miss Pussy had tried to gnaw his boot,
uad needed to be lashed off.
Did you ever take her out?"
"Oh, yes, she goes walking with me
n the mountains, sometimes. I take her
bain off when we're out of the town
ut Pm precious careful to follow her
nd never let her steo behind me V
aasfcr. '
Irate) Father Young man I I am
outraged, sir, that you should seek to
marry my daughter on so short ac
Bualntanca. Yoa are almost a
itranger te her. Stubbs (firmly)
Well, she doesn't take any more
pbances than I do. She's almost t
tranger to mq. Texas glfUnna,
mNY CSti FCR PAFETT.
f aveatl ve Yankee) Have Devtaed Foi
Peculiar Mode of Kmploylag It.
We bare had the gelOen age and the
(ron age and various other axes, but
the present will probably be known as
the wooden or paper age.' Paper dress
material masquerading as Bilk la the
latest Invention In the paper line, and
threatens to drive tbe silkworm oat of
business. Spruce sawdust, cotton or
lute waste and alcohol axe put Into the
machine and come out at the other end
shining, delicately colored, rustling
silks, suitable for the most fastidious
lady's gown. Of course, this paper silk
doesn't wear so well as the real fabric,
but think bow much cheaper it will be!
Enthusiastic paper manufacturers
my the new woman and the new man
will dine off paper dishes. It Is not
Improbable that the hat of the future
will be an indestructible) paper affair,
Impervious to lire or water. Over In
Paris any enterprising milliner will be
able to show you stylish bonnets and
hats mad entirely of paper, frame,
trimming, ornaments and all. Parasols
of paper do not seem to have been
thought of yet, but satchels nud trunks
ot paper are common enough. The pa
per trunk, deeplte Its frail sound. Is
tbe despair of the. baggage smasher.
It refuses to smash.
So do paper car wheels. They have
been in use for years on some of the
most important railroads In this coun
try. It must not be supposed that the
wheels are made entirely or paper.
This material only forma the Interior
shell. Having been subjected to terrific
pressure. It Is molded and firmly bolt
ed to the outer rim, which Is of steel.
Greater durability and lightness are
claimed for these wheels, but don't let
the Idea of lightness lead you to get
under one. If you do, you may possi
bly have use for one of the paper cof
fins w.hlch are being turned out at
wholesale by a firm at Weatfleld,
Mass.
Th railroad train of the futur Is
'Ikely not only to have paper wheels,
but to run on paper rails. These are
mad entirely of paper, and are formed
in molds under great pressure. They
have been used to some extent In Rus
sia and Germany, and are said to be
fro from many of the defects of the
ordinary steel rait
Paper horseshoes are another Euro
pean Invention. Among the advan
tages claimed for them Is that they
maintain a rough surface, enabling
the herse to get a good grip on the
smooth pavements. German paper
makers have put on the market a sub
stance called "papier sculptor," which
la used Instead of clay for modeling.
It Is simply paper pulp kept soft
enough to be worked, rnpiermache
ceilings and wall decorations are very
fashionable. They may look like leath
er or brocade or a thousand and ono
handsome embossed effects, but they
are wood pulp, Just the same.
The house-furnishing departments In
the big shops furnish interesting evi
dence of the extent to which paper en
ters into ordinary life. Taper pulls and
tubs are appreciated by the suburban
dweller who hasn't "set" tubs. They
ar mnch llffhtjr and easier to ki-po
clean, as well as cheaper than the old J
style. Bo Is the much-abused cuspluor.
Peach baskets, berry baskets ami but
ter boxes are made of paper, and al
most everything under the sun salt,
which used to come In pretty blue and
white bags; oatmeal, crackers. Ice
cream, candy, shoes, corsets, -dresses
Is sent home In a paper box. In Japan,
they say, some folks live In paper
houses, and In this country paper boats
are In use. Nor must the necessary
sewer pipe be forgotten. Taper pipes
for carrying water, steam or electric
ity are not uncommon. As conduits
for electricity they are considered safe,
even though the wire be not Insulated.
Remedy for Red Noses.
Bed noses, says Diana De Morny, are
certainly moat unattractive, and how to
remedy such an affliction comes within
the power of all those who suffer from
this disfigurement. Let the red nosed
girl abstain from spices and from all
stimulants even tea and cofTce; U? ber
take frequent exercise, dressed in loose
clothes; eat simply cooked food, with
an abundance of fresh fruit and vege
tables. Tight lacing, tight shoes any-
thing which Impedes the circulation
will produce red noses. Tbe following
wash, which Is the formula of the re
nowned specialist, Hlllalret, may le
Ssed also with benefit: Distilled rose-
water. 200 grammes; spirits of camphor,
80 grammes; sulphur, in powder, 20
mmau: Senegal mm. pulverized, 8
gramme.
Anolent Lighthouses.
Lighthouses for the guidance of
mariners are vary ancient. Tbe earliest
In England of a permanent character
wer th North and South Foreland
lights. They were merely lath and
plaster buildings, with a light on top
of them In a glass lantern. The first
Eddyston was erected about the mid
die of the last century.
A Borrowed die torn.
Our habit of reading the declaration
of independence on the Fourth of July
Is derived from the old English custom
of having the magna charts, read twice
a year In the cathedrals. The bishops
not only read It, but excommunicated
those who broke It
Kaiser Wilhelm la Rebuilding.
Kaiser Wilhelm is spending $1,600,000
on additions and Improvements to hrs
palace in Berlin, which It will take
seven years to complete. Last year
$300,000 was spent In rebuilding the
northwestern end.
Became Neoeaalty.
When pins were first Invented they
wer considered so great a luxury as
not to b fit for common use, and the
maker was not allowed to sell them in
an open shop except on two days of the
rear at tbe beclnnlna- of January.
An Animal Mower.
Tbe inhabitants of S Lucia hare
lately discovered a most wonderful
plant. It grows in a cavern, In an
immense basin of brackish water that
has overfiowod from the sea. Tnt
bottom basin is covered with pebbles,
and etch pobble with from one to five
of theso plants, which, for want of a
better aame, are termcu anl ma'
flowers.
These 'curious creatures, witch are
In all shades of color, remind one ot
a beautiful lower bed. io Uie sight
they are permit rowers, bub on tho
approach o.' a bard or a stick Ihoj
retire out ol slfbt.
Close examination shows that tn
middlo of ihe St-wer-ltke disc is pro
tided with four BK-u enw which rrovi
round the petal-i t 1th a brisk, spun
tauoous motion. Kaoh of these fila
.ncnts I provVed with pincers for re-cci-..ng
prey. They llvo Uion Wt
spawn of fish and raarlo insects.
tVbencw.r tho pincers on the fila
ments make a catch, the peU's lm
mod.-at .-'y close, aud uere Is -a es
cape f ?r I stever bas been so on
fortunate as to fall into tL tcracioa1
rcature'i maw- -
m a)rrat.
I In that magnificent anthem in
which the line recurs "Pe Joyful,
be joyful, my heart ever Joyful," Ilea
a suggestive secret for all trus living.
Despair and doubt and depression are
unhealthful, are destructive or all
worthy work, are corrosive in their
effect upon character. The religious
significance of gladness is shown all
through the scriptures. 4iSe glad in
the Lord," we are told. "Rejoice
greatly," "Lift up your hearts. "
These are but familiar examples of a
mulitude of similar expressions. De
pression isfsuch an enervating and
negative state as to be almost im
moral. One bas trials to meet, dif
ficulties, hardships, even; obstacles
to overcome, What ot them? If
tbere not the triumph In overcoming?
Is It not tbey who overcome whose
names ate marked by a white Btone?
What am I, what are you, what is
our neighbor, than any or all of us
should be exempt from the discipline
of life? If the suffering burns out
the sin; if the difficulties we en
counter c catc new energy to sur
mount them; if the consequences of
our fault and fellies teach us to live
above such follies and faults in ruture
-shall we not rejoice? Surely, one
Is not in lovo with one's sins neg
ligences, or ignorances, and tte sooner
they are starved out, and driven out,
and purified, the better. Sorrow, too
the loss of friends; the sorrow we
feel, and sometimes tbe most keenly,
through sympathy with tbe sorrows
of others; disaster and misfortune
all these come more or less into
every life with their varied discipline,
their varied aid. What then? Lift
up your hearts. Rejoice in tho Lord.
Let it all tend to the splrltuallzation
of life. Hot because one is safely
boused and sheltered from tbe storm,
bat because be bas achieved tbe
power ot living above tbe storm,
may he say, in tbe refrain of Buddbi
and of tbe cowherd, in tbe beautiful
legend, "Rain on, O, cloud, rain onlr
The Trail of a Slooae.
Tbe trail of a moose, leading some
dmes for miles together through a net
work of fallen debris, the labor of fol
lowing him, and to do so climbing
over and under the innumerable fallen
logs and interlacing branches, may be
more easily imagined than described.
However weary the hunter may be, he
must never for one instant relax bis
caution, and in those large silent woods
never, if possible, break a stick.
The moose has an intensely acufc
sense of hearing and smelling, and as,
of course, despite all his caution, whefe
hunting before the snow has come, the
hunter, although moccasin-clad, must
break sticks sometimes, he finds fre
quently, after working his way on the
trail through one of these horrible
woods, that on reaching the other side
the quarry has started off across a mile
of open prairie to seek the shelter of
t similar cover on the other side.
As the moose, even when undis
curbed, is a tremendous walker, brows
ing on the low willows as he goes,
there is no knowing when or where he
will stop again. Things being thus, it
follows that the days when there is a
high wind are the best by far for hunt
ing. Then in the crashing of the fall
ing branches and the rattling of the
limbs of the trees the wary brute gets
careless, and in easier of approach.
Slackwood's Magazine.
A FABMER'3 AFFIDAVIT.
DECLARES TIE WAS CUBED IX A
MARVet.Orj MANNER,
Covered IVlth Sores and Strmma-e gpols
Itched All Over Row Be
Was Cared.
From tha Times, Oieego, A". 3"
Having been informed that Mr. Harlln
Beott, of tbe town ot CaaJor. Tioga Co., N.
v., had roceived great tenant from tbe use of
Ptnlf . Pills, a reporter of the Owtgo Timet
drove out to Sr. Scott's farm and found that
gnntUman hard at work and apparently In
the best of health. On making inquiry as
to the truth of report, Mr. Boott was very en
thusiastic and oheerf ully furnished the fol
"owing affidavit:
Harlln J. Soott, being duly sworn, says that
he Is a farmer living la the town of Candor,
Horn County, S:ate of Stw York. Had for
merly lived la Caroline, Tompkins County,
K. X. For several years was afflicted with
a disease ot the skin, In whloh brown spots
and sores appeared upon bis face, neok and
body. At times suffered a burning, prick
ling or itching sensation that was terribly
annoying and disagreeable, especially so
when perspiring, and woe unable to work.
Consulted the local physician, who said my
liver and blood were diseased. His pnwerip
tlons did not benefit me. I took blood reme
dies recommended by druggists, with no
help. A friend called my .attention to Pink
Pills for Pale People. 1 pnrohased a box of
a druggist In Ithaca In February, 1894. The
first box had a beneficial effect. Have con
tinued to take them, and there Is scarcely
any spots or pimples on my body. I ean
now work hard perspiration eauses no an
noyance. I sleep well, and am eonfldenl
hat my recovery Is due to the Pink Pills.
Habus J. Soott.
Sworn to ami subscribed before me this
13th of May, 189$.
Cluucs T. Nixos, Notary Public,
Tioga CooBty, N. T.
The foregoing is bnt one of many wonder
ful ctrras that have been credited to Dr. Will
lams' Pink Pill for Pale People. Diseases
which heretofore have been supposed to be
incurable, such as locomotor ataxia and pa
ralysis, succumb to this wonderful medicine
as readily as the most trifliag ailments. In
most eases the reported cures have been
investigated by the leading newspapers and
vurined In every possible manner. Their
fame has spread to the far ends ot civiliza
tion, and there Is hardly a drug store In this
country or abroad where they cannot be
found.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a
cundonsed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to tha blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus
dance, sclictlca, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv
ous headache, the after effect ot la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
oomplexions, all forms ot weakness either In
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, (50 cents a box, or six boxes for
?2.oO they are never sold In bulk or by the
(00) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. X
The Cheek of This.
Fays tbe St Louis Star-Saying:
"The letters brought out by the
death of Blaine and published over
the signature of ;Mack," In the late
issues of the St. atbuls "Globe-Democrat,"
are tbe choicest contributions
to the higher grade of political litera
ture that tbe newspapers bare seen
for many a day. Tbey combine a
style that is bard to surpass with a
mass of information, much of wbicb
Is the result or tbe writer's intimate
and confidential relations with the
men about whom he speaks. They
are from the pen of Mr. J. B. Mc
Cullagb, the editor or tbe Globe
Democrat," and they show conclu
sively that be has not lost one lota
of his oldjtlme vigor. All we regret
about them is that they were not
published In "The Star-Sayings,"
where tbey could have that Wide clr
culatlon to which their merits en
titles them."
latUe Slater.
Elderly Maiden (out rowing with a
possible suitor and a little sister who
is frightened by the wave) Theodora!
If yoa are so nervous now what will
yoa be at my age? Little Sister
ramv) Thirty seven, i suDpose.
!I Can't Sleep
Is the complaint of many at this season.
The reason is found in the fact that the
nerves are weak and the body in a fev
erish and unhealthy condition. Tho
nerves may be restored by Hood's fear-
I nnaFilU artifoh fotutu them IlDOtt TUr6
Wood, and this medicine will also create
an appetite, and tone up the system and
tnus give sweet reiresning sieep.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the only true blood pnrlfler prominently In
tbe public eye to-day. 1; six for sj.
mt J Dllle act harmoniously with
rlOOCl S flUS Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ko
SLIPS OF THE TONQU8,
Borne, amn.is; Mistakes Had 7 BpaTS
rs.
That is a queer and moat embat
..E.in,f vmchU.v which we all possess
at some time iu our lives, of meaning
ine thing and saying anotner.
When a rather dapper young man
was Introduced to a very distin
guished lady, he bowed low, and said:
"I think, madam,you have had the
pleasure of meeting me before."
Sucii mistakes are very frequent on
tbe platform of the amateur per
formance. A regular attendant at
these places noted tbe following ab
surd mistakes, some of which wer4
either unobserved by the audience, or
supposed to be tbe proper thing In
the proper place. A charming young
lady thus rendered a climax In a cele
brated poem:
"Go, your liver loves." said Crom
well, "Curfew shall not ring to
night"
In another recitation the readci
"Clasped to ber heart tbe throbbing
boy."
An orator made an unexpected ef
fect by thus reversing matters: "lie
rests at wounds who never felt
scar. "
The pet of the family having been
duly Instructed in his part gdes on
the platform and begins boldly:
'I Klsh I had a little pat
To dof Win oa tbe head.'
This Is equaled by a recent smal
hero who, with all tho confidence in
the world, approached the audienc
tnd began:
'XJnder tbe sureadliig blacksmith tree
The village eheatnut stands."
A confusion of memory caused an
elocutionist to change a line of Bar
bara Frietchle rather surprisingly.
"Whea It marched wver the garden wall."
The little aberrations are very
musing to everybody, but those who
are th cause of tbcru. It is nevci
pleasant to be the one who takes that
Uffurative step from the sublime to
the ridiculous.
Jtanks.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune says that the hop-growers of
Otsego County have discovered what
naturalists have long been trying to
make farmerj understand that
skunks, instead or being their ene
mies, as they formerly supposed, are
among their most useful friends. As
one hop-grower expressed it, Now
adays we protect skunks as carefully
as we do song-birds."
Hop-yards, it appears, are infested
by a certain kind of grub which
i;naws off the tender vine at the
root and this grub is tne favorite
food of the skunk.
As a general thing the skunks sally
.orth at nightfall, but now and then
thev are to be seen at work In broad
daylight The proceeding is an in
teresting one to watch.
The skunk begins his quest ou the
edge of the yard, where he cocks his
head over a hill of bops and listens.
If a grub Is at work upon one ot the
four trailing vines, bis quick ear is
sure to hear it. At once he begins
to paw up the earth, and presently he
Is seen to uncover the grub and
swallow it with unmistakable relish.
Then he listens aain, and if he
hears nothing, proceeds to the next
bill. And so he goes on till he has
had bis 81L
Now that tho skunks are no longer
molested, they have become com
paratively fearless. Sometimes, we
are told, tbey keep up their operations
even while the cultivator ij driven
between the rows.
One man rejoiced In the presence
ot a skunk family two old ones and
their five kitten The young oae
followed their father and mother
about tbe yard In broad day Hunt
while people stood looking on. They
were both ornamental and useful; but
one day two strange dogs came along
and killed them. The farmeractually
sbed tears when he saw his seven pets
lying dead on the ground.
Old Vlsltlns Cards.
Some iiiiy years go, when a house
in Dean street, Soho, was being re
paired, on removing a marble chimney
piece in, the front drawing room, four
or five "visiting" cards were found,
one with the name of Isaac Newton on
it The names were all written on the
backs of common playing cards. The
louse in Dean street was the resi
lence of Hogarth, or his father-in-law.
In "Marriage a la Mode," (Plate 4,)
iiis celebrated picture by Hogarth sup
plies an additional proof of play
ing cards having done duty as
visiting cards and cards of invitations
during the middle of the last century.
There are several lying on the floor In
the lighthand corner of the picture.
One is inscribed: 'Count Bassett begs
to no how Lade Squader slept last
nito." Soon after this period some par
ticularly ingenious individual bit upon
the idea of supplying fantastically-band-written
cards to the "nobility and
gentry," and very elaborate and gor
geous specimens of stationery and cali
graphy these same cards were.
Then the inevitable evolution st in,
ind cards soon developed into respect
able specimens of tbe engraver's art,
and, though various changes took place
in the shapes and sizes, eventually the
sensible cards, as used at the present
day, soon took a hold on the public,
and the neatest and plainest have re
mained the fashion. But the fantastic
and absurb reigned for some considera
able time, and stationers vied with
each other as to who could produce the
most elaborate. The present writer
has seen some of the earlier cards quite
ten inches long by six inches broad,
with lace bordering. Notes and Quci
les.
tTnraljr Member.
What an experience it was, learn
ing to write! And bow many of us
amiably and unconsciously made faces
over It! For after we had learned,
where to place each finger, and how
to move tbe pen, and how to hold the
wrist there was an unruly member
that Insisted upon helping us shape
each letter.
Little Girl Please ma'am, Johnn
Smart Is makln' mistakes in bis writ
ing tenon.
Teacher How do you know?
LIttJe Girl There's three capital
fTs la the copy to-day, and he's makln'
L's.
Teacher Ton can't see bis pen.
Little Girl No'm, but I can sea
THB ERUPTIVE FBVBB3.
Symptoms THal jtverr
An to sxeeogma.
Tho mnst imnortant members of
ihe group of eruptive fevers are small
pox, measles, and scarlet fever.
Others ot minor Importance are
chicken-pox, cow-pox or vaccine dis
ease ana German measles. All are
characterized by an eruption upon the
skin as a prominent feature of-tbe
Aio-ic. All are contagious in a high
degree and run adeflnite course, which
cannot be stopped by any known
means. Tho ability to distinguish bo
tween the differeht members of tbe
group, at as early a date as possible, is
often of the utmost importance, in
order to prevent the spread of the
disease.
The time from the date of ex
posure until the first appearance of
the fever varies in srr.all-pox from
five to twenty days, with an average
of twelve days; in measles it is usually
from six to ten days, sometimes ex
tending fourteen or fifteen; in scarlet
lever the average Is from four to six
days, with an extreme variation of
Trom one to fourteen days.
The initial fever in each case pre
sents the features common to all
fevers.with certain differences which
are not always well marked. The be
ginning of 6mall-pox is especially
characterized by a severe headache
and pain in the back. In measles
tbere are the usual features of a cold
in the head with a bronchial cough.
In scarlotlna vomiting and convul
sions are especially common in chil
dren. The best medical authorities
detlare that while. a probable opin
ion may oftn be formed from the at
tendant circumstances, such as tbe
prevalence of the disease and known
exposure, it is often impossible to
determine the disease with certainty
until the appearance of the charac
teristic eruption. The eruption in
small-pox appears first around the
mouth and chin, on the third day ot
the fever; in measles, it appears first
on the forehead and temples, on the
fourth day; and in scarlet fever, ou
tbe face, neck, and chest simultane
ously, on the second day of the fever.
In small-pox the eruption consists
of small, red pimples, becoming vesi
cles, and then pustules, with a mi
nute depression in the center; in
measles, of small red dots like flea
bites; and in scarletina, of a bright
scarlet rash evenly diffused.
The fever lessens on the first ap
pearance of the rash in small-pox, but
increases again in its later stages. In
measles, the fever increases as the
rash makes its appearance nd de
clines gradually as it disappears. In
scarlet fever, it continues unabated
until the fading of the rash, when it
fcils rapidly.
The usual duration of favorable
cases of s'mnll-pux, from the Initial
fever to convalescence, is from two to
three weeks: of measles, from six to
tea days; and of scarlet fever, from
eight to nine days.
Boreas, tbe Safe Blower.
A case of safe-blowing that has not
oeen reported to the police occurred in
ft San Francisco business house one day
Lost week. It was blown open by the
wind, and valuable evidence of debl
were carried away.
The business concern employes u
large number of messengers, and car
fare Is advanced to each as he needs
it As a memorandum a small tag is
made out and deposited in a child's
bank. The receptacle will hold nickels
or 10-cent pieces, but small pieces of
paper will go through tho interstices
like water through a sieve.
For several weeks the cashier found
it impossible to make the tags in the
safe balance the accounts of the mes
sengers, and he suspected that the boys
were padding their expense bills.
Finally the trouble was explained. A
door and window were left open. A
gust of wind blew in through the safe
and away went half a dozen of the lit
tle tags. A new system was immedU
itely devised.
PURE ASD WHOLESOME QUALITY
Commends to public approval the Cali
fornia liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of
Figs. It is pleasant to the taste and by
acting gently on the kidneys, liver and
bowls to cleanse the system effectually,
t promotes the health and com
fort of all who use it, and with millions
it is the best and only remedy. .
A Chinese proverb savs: "A hun
dred men may make an encampment,
but it takes a woman to make a
home."
Tr. Kilmers Swamp-Root ctirai
all Kidney and Bladder trouble.
1 ample! and Consultation free.
Laboratory Bin-namton. N. V.
A hundred thousaud right whales
would be required to supply as much
oil as Baku exports yearly.
Mrs. Wlnslowt Peotnlnc Brrap for enndm
(Mtuing, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion. alla'jin. cures wlad eostc Sea bo Uie
Ramie is now being extensively cul
tivated in the West Indies as a substi
tute for silk.
D Ton Know Its Cause.
Indiarestlon : Do tou know when you bnvc tt T
Do vou know its cause ami cure? Agk vuur drug:
(1st lor Klpans Tubules. One elves relief.
Telegraph
lines reach 1,069,123
miles.
Tbe rjreatert nedlcal Discovery
' of tne Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
00NALO KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered In one ot onr common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrotals
down to a common pimple.
He bas tried it In over eleven hundred
eases, and never failed except In two cases
(both thunder hnmor). He has now la
his possession over two hundred eeitlfl
eates of Its value, all within twenty sallns
of Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced trom ths
Orst bottle, and a perfect euro Is warranted
when the right quantity to taken.
When the lungs are affected It causes,
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them ; the same with tha Llvar
or Bowels. This Is caused by the duets
being stopped, and always disappears In
week after taking it. Bead the label.
If the stomach is fool or billons tt wtt?
eanse squeamish feelings at first. -
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best yon ean get, and enough, of It,
Dose, one tables poonful la water at bed
time. Bold by all Drnggtsta.
" Thcaghil3$s Feat nan ih3 Csitet ttcrk, Bat Quick
SAPOLIO
Observation. .
"Gentlemen, you do not rise yon,
faculties of observation," said an old
professor, addressing his c!as. ner
he pushed forward a galliot a,Dt;, "
ing a chemical of exceedingly of.
fensive smelL "When I wasastu
lent," he continued, "I used m
jense of taste," and with thath
lipped his finger in tl3 gallipot ta
then put bis tin per in bis mouth.
Taste ii. genuemcn, taste it
said the professor, "and exercise your
perceptive faculties."
The gallipot was pushed town
tho reluctant class one by one. 'j'he
students resolutely dipped their .
jers into the concoction, and with
many a wry face suckwi the abnd
nation from their fingers.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen," said tha
professor, "I muso repent that yon
Jo not use your faculties of oWrv-i.
lion, fcr had you looked more close
It wnat 1 was uoiiig, you woiuu liavo
laen that the finger which I put in
aiy mouth was not the linger I di,, ,j
In tbe gallipot."
Makes Pare Blood. These three a oris tell
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Hood's Pills have won high praise fur their
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Rev. H. P. Carson, Scotland, Dak., sari.
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An average of three British seanieu
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ing.
Bordeaux, France, exhibits a lib
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