Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, October 09, 1895, Image 4
THS FLOWER OP SORROW," Summer comes and Bummer (roes, Bat all months of all years There If falling of tears ; Summer comes an 1 summer goes, All hours are griefs, and the sower sows " To-day and to-morrow The Flower of Sorrow Buds and blows. John Vance Cheney, In Century Bagasina AUNT TABBY'S UMBRELLA WO of the three Fosdick girls As pired to wealth and social position. They claimed a few rich relatives, who visited them occasionally and raved over the "lovely fields" and "darling cows." but nevertheless would have suf fered the pangs ol hunger before they ould hare made an effort to till these tame fields or soil their dainty handr by milking a cow. Among tlu country relatives wai Annt Tnbitlia Siinonds. She began life with a little amount of property, and had been known to have been verj economical for many years. She was a vry peculiar woman, but received due courtesy at the hands of some mem bers of the family on account ol "what Aunt Tabby might possibly do for tbem." The shrewd old lady intuitively gauged these courtesies and knew just where to draw the line, where trur deference should manifest itself. The Fosdicks were a family of six, father, mother, son and three daugh ters. Celimia, Clara and Marie were the daughters, but were unlike in char acter and personal appearance. Ce linda was the acknowledged beauty ol the family. Clara considered hersell of the most importance in literary matters, and Marie, the youngest, a plain, sensible, good little daughter, who made everybody happy. Just now all were busily discussing a letter just received. It was Celind who spoke first. "Of all things ! That Aunt Tabby should thrust herself upon us this sum mer I And we might just as well have had some guest from the city who would have returned the hospitality for me next winter. And no knowing whether we shall make anything out of her." "Celinda, I'm ashamed of you. Why aeed you be so mercenary?" exclaimed her father, reprovingly. Celinds scowled. "I'm sure Aunt Tabby is mercen ary," she said, in a complaining tone. "If she would ever do anything for us or make us presents it would be differ ent, but she just scrimps all the time and allows us to scrimp, too." Celinds tossed her head fretfully. "And I'm sure she has no regard for the poetry of life," simpered Clara. "Maybe Aunt Tabby doesn't care for the poetry in books, but she cares for another word that begins with p and that is 'practical ;' she takes right hold to help with the housekeeping," said the tired, overworked Mrs. Fosdick. "Yes, indeed ! I don't know what we would have done that hard summer without her," said Marie, with a grate ful remembrance of Aunt Tabby's will ing and ready hands. "We ought to have souls above such drudgery," exclaimed Clara, rolling her eyes towards the ceiling. "Well, Clara, I can tell you one thing," interposed Mr. Fosdick. "Books are all right enough in their places. Folks ought to have plenty oi 'em aud know what is in 'em, too which is more than half of 'em can say who have a biir library. All the same. 1 guess if it asn t for this same tlruUg- ery as you call it, you wouldn t be quite as comfortable as you are. There was a little silence while Mr. t osiliek drank his tea and then con- tinued : I piained. "I felt as if she had a streak "You like pie and cake well enough, 3f good in her which emergencies would but you don't want to go into the Sring out." kitchen to help make 'em. Seems to j And so the summer waned, and the me you might help mother and Marie ged father and mother were still in a little more." I valids. It was with a sad heart and "Ma says I bother her," replied ' jometimes tear-dimmed eyes that Marie Clara, in an apologetic tone. I ww Abner's favorite books gathering "That's because you ain't teachable, 1 suspicion of dust upon their covers, like Marie. She had to learn. " ! He had no time for study or reading. "It's no use of fussing, girls," said Arj tnen Annt Tabby suddenly fell Mrs. losdick. "Even if Aunt Tabby m is old and sometimes queer and cross. I think we ean manage. "She needn't be so queer," eaid Cer tin da. "She is jiu-t as she was made, if she Is my sister, and we ve got to make the best of it," said Mrs. Fosdick, rising wearily from the table. Abner Mason, sitting in the kitchen, bad heard all this conversation. He compared the fretful, complaining voice of Celinda to Clara's drawling toues, and again with the cheerful, practical words of the pleasant Marie. Abner was something more than a farmer's hand. He possessed a fine physique and fair education, broadened by a course of good reading. He wanted to know how to run a farm. He had views of a time when he might own a farm of his own and he wanted to learn how to utilize every acre. He had also had his day dreams of the time when his home might be pre sided over by a fair, good woman, and jomewhere iu the depths of his soul had been registered a purpose to make Marie his wife. But of this Marie was blissfully ig norant." She worked about house all day and served Abner at table as grace fully as if he were a titled guest. Marie had no nonsense about her and respected the young man who so faith fully lightened her father's toil. On this particular afternoon she watched her father as he stood in the back porch, pausing for a few mo ments' rest oeiore buu oat lor in bnyfield for tb afternoon's work. She noticed he passed his hands wearily over his pale, tired-looking face, and turning suddenly to him, said : "Pa, can't you sit down and rest a little while? Yon look more tired than usual." "No, child. There's that lot to bo faked up this afternoon, and a gooJ job it is. I must be going. " Abner came near and said : "I'm willing to work extra hard on it if you rest for a little while. I think myself you don't look quite welL II you will trust me I will look after that this afternoon." Mr. Fosdick had learned to rely on Abner much more than on his owr son, Henry, who, if truth must be told, was inclined to shirk. Henry disliked the farm. In fact, he dis liked labor or application of any sort. "Then I iruess you may go on, Ab- aer. and I will rest a spell. To tell the truth I don't feel very serump tious," and he seated himself in the old-fashioned rooker ont in the shady aide of the porch. He soon fell asleep. m v - J ,1 If a (eel anxious, as her fatherseemed still .1 ; Hi.. mM-d W hand anxi-l F"' I - , . I alyolarhi. bfow. . Jfe. awokebnl seeraed daeed. Ha failed to recognize fcer, as he failed to recognize all the other members of the family. Dr. Borne was hastily summoned, wh aid ho was suffering from sunstroke, and gently intimated that his working days were over. Abner came homt much later than nsual, having stayed to finish the lot. He found the family in distress over Mr. Foadiok condi tion. Somehow the blow seemed to have crashed Mrs. Fosdick. She sal in a state of apathy, from which thev could not arouse her. Everything fell upon Marie. "Marie" must do this. "Marie" must direct that. Henry, instead of bracing himself tt help meet the needs of the place, grew Sazier than ever, and absolutely refused to be dictated to. "There's just one thing about it, Abner," said Marie emphatically on morning, "we have got to make out plans exactly as if Henry were nol here. He can't be depended upon. You had to do his work yesterday ai well as your own. He is determined to go to the city. Let him go. 1 shall oppose him no longer. Then wt ehall know just what we have got U depend upon." The next day Henry started for the city, leaving his share of the burder to fall upon Marie and Abner. "I'll do the best I can, Miss Marie, iaid Abuer. "I want you to feel free to call upon me early and late and J will serve you faithfully. " "I don't doubt you will, Abner, but oh ! if only mother had not fallen intc such a strange condition ! She doesn't seem to care about anything, and 1 don't know much. I shall have to de pend upon you entirely about the farm, and if I fail to show judgment you'll know it is because I don't know, not because I don't care, aud then we will talk things over and get as straight as we can. " Marie was not a crying girl usually, but just now such large tears stood in her pretty eyes, and she looked np intc Abner 's face with such an appealing, dependent look that he felt his hear jump straight into Marie's hands. "It's not much that I know, but yov may trust me, Miss Marie." Somehow Marie felt extremely com forted from that moment, although she oould not sing about the house in her old-time way, yet she worked and directed with a feeling of greater se curity than before. And in the midst of it all Aunt Tab by came. Even Marie, hospitable at she was, felt a bit more weary after she had welcomed her and helped her place her few garments in the neat "spare chamber." "Now, look a' here, Marie. I made tip my mind to come, even if your pa an' ma air sick. I can do a little to help, an I will, too, if you an' I can agree on a few things." "But you are getting old, and you are not strong, auntie, You must nol do much; you'll get sick." "If I ain't capable there's folks io the world as is an' we can get 'em. " "No, we can't.for we've no money to do it with," said Marie, decidedly. "Well, I have, an' I'll do it, pro vided a good smart gal can come here an' help you, but if you say you'll allow her to wait on .them lazy girls an work over their flounces an furbe lows instead of helpin' you, why 'tiant of much use." Marie caught eagerly at this hope of help. "Well, auntie, I promise you faith fully that Celinda and Clara shall wait upon themselves and iron their own flounces. We will have good work done in an orderly manner, and I am tired. Aunt Tabby." "Well, there's one a-comin by next itage. I counted on how it would be an' took the liberty to have her prom ise to come. She's a stout, likely gal. " Marie knew her aunt's compliments would not be undeservedly given. She ran down with a lighter heart. Abner eame jn wjth his pails of milk and won jereii at the unusual brightness of Marie's tired face. "You can't always tell what folks will do," he said, after Marie had ex- "It's of no use doctor in'." she said. "My time has come. I feel it, an to morrow I want things fixed pretty much as I want 'em, an' I'll get yov n' Abner to help me tend to it." So a time was set apart for the duty to Marie a sad duty, for she really .oved the old lady, who had been so tind to her. With the renewed strength and clear roice which is sometimes given a dying person, she gave a few explicit dixeo iions. "Jest hand me that tin box ont o' she upper drawer o' my bureau, Marie. " She did as she was bidden. "An now ( want that umberel o' mine ont o the uoset." A faint smile touched Marie's lips is she brought an old brown umbrella chat had been the derision of her sis ters. Aunt Tabby took it in her trem bling hands and deposited it carefully jn the bed beside her. Then she opened the box. "Now, here in this old black wallet m a hundred dollars. I calkerlate it will pay my funeral expenses. An' here in this brown wallet is $200 more, which I give into your charge, Marie, to help pay some of the house expense. an here is my will. You take care o that, Marie, an' see that everything ;oes straight as I have got it. Lawyer Sibley drew it np an' yon can get him to read it when I'm gone. An', Abner, I give to you this umberel o' mine. lake good care on t, an maybe it will help be a purtection to your old age. I guess that's all only, Marie you mar give my old clothes to Mammy Qiddons. Don't bury me in my best dress. Give it to her ; seoond best will do 1" And with these strange words she turned her head on the pillow and expired. A few hours later Marie, standing in the porch, with the sunset rays falling about her, said to Abner : 'I hope you won't feel insulted by Aunt Tabby's giving you that dread ful umbrela. It was a singular thing for her to do, but you know she was partly crazy. I know she thought a great deal of you, Abner. I wish she had done something for you." "Never mind, Marie, I shall not sold it against her, you may be sure ; and as for the umbrella, if I were at all a believer in luck which I am not I should say the poor old weather beaten thing will certainly bring it to me. I shall certainly take care ox It, as she said. Celinda and Clara were in haste to learn the contents of the will. "Not until after the funeral," said mlm those last rites wars ' f performed, Lawyer Sibley was called F!1i00tO - ' and $2000 to Mane. I '"How strange that she did not asen 1 tion her farm in Vermont 1 She hai not spoken of disposing of it ; but per -J haps she has done so and this money is the price. Still, 1 should though! he would have mentioned it," said Marie to Abner. The next morning it was raining as Marie stepped into the darkened porch. "There's a chance for your new flmbrella, Abner," said Marie, smiling a little. He answered with a look which showed no signs of offense. ''Now, Abner, we must make ar rangements for you to have more help. We can do it now. You have worked too hard. I shall never forget your faithfulness and you shall be paid as far as money is concerned. Moet young men would have gone away and left us in such straits." "I don't know who eonld leave Ton, Marie," he said, with an earnestness which made her cheeks flush. Just then Celinda called from the dining room : "I want to go ont, Marie. My um brella is broken, and so is pa's. Can't I take yours?" "Yes, came the reply, and they watched Celinda and Clara as they waded persistently through the little puddles between the door and gate. "I think 1 11 take my new one," said Abner, and he soon reappeared with it. As he opened it a large paper fell to the floor from the inner folds and folded note also fell out. Abner read the note first : 'To Abner Mason 1 1 hain't watahedjorou all summer for nothln', an' I've made urrmy mind that what is yours will be pretty likely to be Marie's, too. 8o I hereby give you the deed of my farm in Vermont. I know yon will make good use of it. Keep the old nmr berel in remembranoe of me. "T&BITHA BlKICDS. It was several moments before the1 young people could speak, and then Abner said : "Is it true, Marie? Will you lei what ii mine be yours?" Marie s answer was tearfully bui happily given. "But we will not leave father and mother at present. "Surely not but by and by we can make our plans." When the winter snows came tne fell upon the graves of the agedconple to whom sickness could come no more, and in the early spring Abner and Marie went to their new home. The old brown umbrella was carefully pre served as a most precious relic Chi cago News. MOW HUNTINGTON SUCCEEDED Vbat Be Wonld Po If Ha Wen Toons and Had lOO.OOO. I asked Collls P. Huntington, the great railroad magoate, to what he at tributed his success In lire, and be re oiled: "Attention to my own business." Mr. Huntington was a M9er. "I ar rived In Sacramento with nothing," hd ald, "and was glad to get a Job in a general store at a very small salary. Our customers were mostly miners. There were three other clerks, who de voted most of their time in running around with the boys. I stuck to th store and gained the confidence of tho proprietor. By and by I became a partner, and after that fortune camp lasily.' "If you had to begin life ane," 1 isked, "what would you do? What do you regard as the best field for a young nan?" "If I were young and had $100,000," he replied, "I would go at once to the Congo Free State and buy rubber. Over across the mountains you can buy It crude for one cent a pound. To gel !t down to the coast for shipment you vrould probably have to pay a cent oi :wo more. The natives will carry 11 Dver on their backs 'or that price. II doesn't cost much to sh'p It to New York, where you can usually count on about $ 1 a pound. It's an, adventurous cort of business, but I know of noth ing that will pay better. I'd be worth a million la ten yrs If I were a young man and could start with $100,- "too. "But suppose you did irut have tt flOO.000?" I asked. "Then I'd start with $10,000 and take my chances," he replied. "But, Mr. Huntlnston," I said, "It a not every man that has $10,000. What would you do If you did not hav vhat sum?" "A young man In this day and gen eration who does not possess $10,000 had better stay at home and work at something till he gets it," was the an swer. "And," he continued, "I gues he only way to get It Is to save It." Ward McAllister, the social director f the 400, endeavored to persuade Mr. Huntington to Invest In certain stocks n Wall street "Mr. McAllister," said the pioneer, "I have made it the rule f my life never to go outside of my wn enterprise for Investment. They ffer me all the opportunities for peculation I teed. I do not believe In scattering my resources. If I do aot have faith in my own companies SoT7 can I expect others to take stock a them?" Mr. Huntington's fortune Is various ly estimated at from $6,000,000 to $20, XX,000. He began with nothing. New "ork Herald. All Paid in Pennies "Those college students are a gay set of chaps," said an old-time Lake Shore conductor the other day. "When I was running on the main line the Hillsdale students were con tinually springing some new tricks on me. One day about 800 of them were going down to Jonesvllle. They abso lutely refused to purchase tickets at the depot The agent smelled some thing and told me to keep my eyes open. "The fare was only fifteen cents, but the students wanted a reduction, and I thought perhaps they might make me tome trouble. The first student I called open for fare thrust his hand down In to his pocket and dug np fifteen pennies) without a murmur. The next fellow did the same thing. Well, after fifteen! of them had gone through the same per-j formance I dropped on the Idea that) they were loaded for me. The trulnj boy helped me out, carrying a bag Into! which I threw 4,000 red cent, for they all paid me In cent pieces. "When they returned every one ofj those rogues was loaded with flfteenj red cents, and I had the same load to! sarry to the flic." Chicago TlmeaJ Herald. Mimpla Remedy Air Poison Ivy. A' correspondent writes: "As many, it your readers are off or going to the aountry, where not a few ar likely to become victims to the poison oak (pot. An salt mA kaImmm u I. 1 Maii!. .m CrLTSTTliS Umm a. a lotton. I hlvl ZITJZmZ Whose f4 was terribly swellesi aZ3 I lliMii. anA wknaa anfFarfuM ' ' Ustortso, ana waoss suxrerugs wets slllabia. almost lnrtaatly rallered aaf kept eomfortable uaU hs infimi V fcsvajpajsawftb? ' ioXr. and" Mrs. linda and Clara amKX Sunning away from Bareheaded up the street, Kicking the dost into yellow smoke With little roguish feet. Tossing tt over his elean white dress lato his stoeking heels, Checking the little wooden hone That trundles along oa wheels. Dreaming away with wide blue eyes, And speonlatiag why God wont give him the golden ball That drops in the quivering sky. What is the use of that pretty pink eload. Balling away so high. If he earn have a ride in ttf And it's ao oae to try. If that woman grew with glasses oa. If this boos is papa's ; Why that alee red cow wont talk tenia Looking across the bars. Into the neighbors gates and doors, Under their oherry trees. Into mlsohief and out again. Wherever he may please. Wandering at last to the old church steps, Little hots and all. Climbing up laboriously Too bad If he should fall I pushing in with dimpled hands The great doors strong and tall. Letting the warm, sweet summer light Slid down the shadowed wall. Standing still in the solemn hash Of ohsnoel, nave and dome. Thinking tt is prettier Than the sitting room at home. Kot a bit afraid, ah I no, indeed. Of the shadows vast and dim, Quite at home, and sure it was made All on purpose for him. The old, old story comes np to me Written so long ago, About the heavenly temple. Where yon and I most go. The beautiful waiting temple. That has no room for sin Something about a little child And the way of entering In. Boston Transcript HUX0B OF THE DAT. Sweet meets Lovers' appointments. Never strike a man for five dollars when he is down. Life is so short that man is but a paper collar on the neck of time. Puck. The worn-out clock usually comes to an untimely end. Olens Falls Bepub liean. Yes, Minerva, there is a vast differ ence between fast days and fast night Elmira Gazette. Delsarte was nowhere alongside of a dog's tail in the art of expression.-' Boston Transcript When money talks, even the deaf mute can get on to its meaning with out the aid of signs. "The modern servant doesn't know her place." "She can't She changes it too often." Puck. When a friend turns out not to be a trump, then is the time to discard him. Boston Transcript There are some friends who can't be good to you unless you will let tbem own you. Atchison Globe. A girl may be almost pardoned for throwing herself at a man if he is a good catch. Albany Press. "There is a time for everything" when the boarding-houKs cook make hash. Binghamton Republican. Woman may be the weaker Teasel, but it's always the husband that's broke. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bakers ought to make good friends. They can always raise something for you in time of knead. Hartford Journal. "With bloodless lips, the villain glared at her." His eyes, doubtless, were otherwise occupied. Boston Transcript "The great trouble with Duff is that he doesn't know anything. " "Oh I on the contrary, that doesn't trouble him at all. "Pack. Be careful of your language when talking with the elevator boy ; he is apt to take you np very quiokly.- Boston Bulletin. "How did you discover she was a woman masquerading as a man?" "She sent me a letter with two postscripts. " Yankee Blade. Hioks "Snider says he hates a hum bug." Wicks "WelL there's nothing egostical about Snider, is there?" Boston Transcript. She "This is so sudden." He "That's where you are mistaken. I've been thinking about it for a whole year." New York Press. A scientist, who is probably still owing his tailor, claims that all the diseases of humanity are due to wear ing clothes. Hartford Journal. Wife "What would we do without a doctor? xtusband "Well, we might get along, but what would the druggists do?" Texas Sifting. That Nice town man who named his hen "Macduff" has a neighbor who called his rooster "Robinson," because he crew so. Philadelphia Record. "Have you gained her father's con sent to your marriage?" "I oaa't tell." "He's away, eh?" "No; her mother is." Chicago Inter-Ocean. Mrs. Hicks "That girl broke only ne dish to-day." Hioks "How did that happen?" Mrs. Hicks "It was the only one left " New York Herald. "You cannot judge a man by the mbrella he carries." "Why not?" "Because the chances are it belongs to omebody else." New York Journal. Uncle "WelL Bobbie, how did you itand at school last term?" Robbie "Sometimes with my face in the cor ner and sometimes np at the teacher's Jeek." Chicago Inter-Ocean. How Esquimaux Count. The Esquimaux count their fingers ne, two. three, four, fir. Above five and up to ten they use the second hud; thus, six Is "the first finger of the other hand." Above ton, they employ the toes. Thirteen, for Instance, Is "three toes upon tho one foot," and eighteen "three toe oa the second foot" Twenty they desert be as a "whole man." They seldom go farther than this, but they can do eo If neces sary. For example, they express twenty-two by saying, "two on the second man;" thirty -erven br "two toss oa the second man's foot,-" forty Is "the whole of a second man." According to Dr. Nanaea they cannot or at least 4 not, count beyond 100, which Is "the whole of the fifth man." AbmsIs to the Same Tklas Mr. B 11 kins What a sad las that romao er wred and lost or torsd and bWCsxas SlftUga. 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A 'Girl's Heroism, i.. vfaa thinks tho race of heroes died with the last generation loeant read tho newspapers carmuuj. ,m Asm have time occasional- y to leave their favorite themes of pon tics, horse-race, baee-Daii iao aw .-a atirrina- Incident like the following, which occurred at Sprague, If iasoerl: "The station agent ana ope rator Tor the Memphis road at Sprague a pretty girl oC nineteen uuiiue. During a heavy wind storm late Tues iay night two box cars were blown Himn,ii tho anltfh fro-n the aide track to the main line track. Realizing that the west-bound express, due tnere m a rw minntn. would surely collide with the cans, the girl took her lantern and, running up the track three-quartor ox i mil through tbe rain, flagged the train." Is not this a noble example oi what the "ne w woman" can ana wiu V? Hr Method. "Mrs. Brown never sits up to wait for oer husband." "Nor "No. When she expects him to be out ate ah retires early, seta the alarm dock at 8 o'clock and gets up refreshed ind reproachfuL" Life. Tb Difference. Mrs. MoBrlde John, dear, why are tome grocers called green grocers? Mr. McBrlde To distinguish them trom cash grocers, dear. iSxcbanga There U mnnt Catarrh In this aaetloBaOf the country than all other diseases pat together, and until the last few years was supposed to be iDonmnie. r or a gTei raaar tomb nwtwv pre nounoed it a local disease, and pnecrlbed local remedies, and by constantly failing to eure wun local treatment, pronounced u inenraoie. Science haa proven catarrh to be ooaat Ra tional diaaana and therefore reaairea eoaatlta- tional treatment. Hall's CatarrhCure. man ufactured by F. J. Cheney A Vo., Toledo, Ohio, lit the only constitutional cure eo the market. It is taken Internally in doeee from lUdrops to m. tMAHononfnl. It aata dlrectlr on the blood and mucous surfaces of the erstem. They offer one hundred dollars rr any case it Tans to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials tree. Address V. 3. CncscT A Co, Toledo, 0. tWSold by Druggists, lie Alderman John Sheehan, of Buffalo, N. Y., saved a Polack's life. The Pole, to prove his gratitude, offered Sheehan his baby boy as a gift, explaining that he was poor aud had nothing else. Sheehan declined with thanks. Er. Kilmer's Swamp-Root enrol all Kidney and Bladder trouble, Famplet and Consultation free. Laboratory Btnghainlon, ii. The Pueblo Indians are a moral race. They have resisted all attempts of tra ders to introduce whisky and playing cards in the midst of them. Mm. Wlnnlow'a Soothing Svrun for children teething, softens the gum, reduce) inflamma tion, allari pain, cures wind colic. 20c a bottle. In England there is oae divorce to 577 marriages; in France one to eighty seven marriages, and in the city of Paris one to thirteen marriages. FITS etopped free e Nan vs RasroRB. No iy TR. 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A lady of Neuhaldensleben, Ger many, who died last month, has ' be queathed the sum of $1000 to a subal tern officer who, during tbe battle of Mars-la-Tour, twenty-five years ago, carried her wounded brother from the field. T Keep Tsaag needs no maglo elixir. It only requires a little daily care of tbe health. Ripens Tabules reduce doctoring to its lowest cost. Window shades that are pulled down (heir entire length and dusted regu larly will preserve their fresh appear ance and last twice as long as those that receive no such attention. Dust helps to rot the shades, and if the shade becomes spotted with the rain the dust leaves an unsightly mark. V Yes, it's ready OUR NEW eg-Scnt by mail on receipt 10 cents In posirnc stamp or money. JOHN P. LOVELL "A Fair face Cannot Atone for an Untidy House." ' Ose APOLIO j)o Ton Know? ssrTYr stAii IrnA W " said Madame, my AV VU ' . Modiste, this morning, asshe was uy ;,.r m. new dress of Eudora, that artistic fabric in black, ".that Fibre Chamois is the only interlining T i iu,- .Klo tn find, that Will X UATD JCI tvu mwv " cause sleeves to retain their outstand ing effect for an indefinite lengtn o tlma nn matter what the atmospheric condition, or the pressure may be?" "Then you favor Fibre Chamois for sleeve interlining?" I questioned. . . . .. a . 1 "Yes, she replied, ""ana x aiso two Fibre Chamois extensively in the con struction of Capes and Ja -kets, for no other interlining stuff ii so light in weight, so graceful, and withal so adap tive, that is, capes lnieruneu wua is hang in pretty ripples, and the jacket follows the figure outline, instead of hanging stiff, without shape or grace." "Do you use Fibre Chamois in skirts too?" Mnnt certainlv I do! to a far greater extent than I did last winter, hmnu niw T rn ml this useful and curious stuff in all needed light and dark colors, such as nesa tint, ecru, orowu, alatA and black, so that I can use it in gowns of light colored thin fabrics for evening wear as well as in costumes ui sterner stuffs in dark hues and then she added with a conclusive smile, "ladies very rarely grumble at the quantity of Fibre Chamois 1 use, for it is very wide and only costs 35 cts. a yard, and if it bears the trade mark, Fibre Chamois, it is sure to give entire satisfaction." The IUoycle Hump. An Incalculable amount of comfort las been scattered far and wide by the statement of an old wheelman lr t bicycle Journal that, as a matter of fact, the man who bends over his wheel is not "humped," but the man who un- v n ale nn arrala-ht I roundr Khouldered: He adds: "Watch a rider soming bead ou, and you will tninir tbe one leaning over the bar Is hum tA.' while the other class appears itralght. But when they pass and you ret the rear view, you find the back f the stooped fellow Is straight, the bend being at tho hips, the shoulders being pushed back square by the weight resting on the rider's hand from rhs top of the bar. Tho rider who tries to alt straight reaches under the grips, ind by pulling draws bis shoulders together, cramping bis chest. Look for ourselves, and yon will be surprised.' Dried blackberries, to be had in all groceries, make a very nice blackber ry roll and can hardly be told from the fresh fruit. Canned salmon makes excellent sandwiches. The salmon should be chopped fine and flavored with a dash of lemon juice. Tar soap is the best cure for falling hair. The hair should be washed with it and at night well lathered with it and left to dry in the scalp and washed out the next morning. Furniture that is covered should be ooked over carefully every two or three weeks, and if there is the least sign of a moth the chair or sofa should be saturated with benzine, which will not affect the most delicate colors, but will effectually destroy the moth. He Make Hoth En .a Meat. "I don't know of another beast," od lerved tho Rog, "who la able to make oth ends meat," He was obliged, however, to exp'aln bat he meant headcheese aiid pickled I.V feet before the fu!I flavor of his on mot was appreciated. Detroit Mbone. orcis ENJOYS Both tbe method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the tafte, and acts eently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. 8yrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in iu action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. ' Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Lk not accept any substitute. -) CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO. 9AU FMAKCISC0. CAU UHttStttU. AT. MEW rOtC. fc An elegant book for your table and constant reference. Send for it NOW. It's New and Nice, s ' ' s ! CATALOGUE brimming full of illustrations, and show ing how the thousand-and-one things really look. You'll like that. There are Guns, Rifles, Pistols from all over the world, and some of our own make Fishing Tackle, Dog Collars and Chains, Tennis Sets, etc., etc. You can see our LOVELL DIAMOND BICYCLE The Finest Wheel on Earth, the Williams Typewriter you ought to have one. There's lots of other things too. ARMS CO.. SSS?- m STAB" AUTOMATIC rAFIB VABTXJfEB. . A BAN AHA SOTJFFMSj Poel and pound six bananas to a palp; mix with it tho jnuso oi f i Av.ni & iiava. add a lemon, ra " , , pint of whipped cream sweetened, then freeze. Hw reaa j sumo cases; pack- tne Denana-ioo - in a charged ice-cave, lor w -half hoars. To serve, remove the ex tra paper bands and lay a orj-talhssd Tioleton each souffle. Now Xorlr Ledger. 'sjBora stau aaaAn. n Ajtim witk Ahnrries is one ITS TrwTa lSKasUaA wassss of Mrs. Borer's ingenious methods of using stale bread, rui us (one half pint) milk in a double bou- er. When hot add two oanoe h bread crumb, a grated rind of lemon, one tablospoonfnl butter. Cook ten :nniA. tma rarer, without sep arating ; add four tables poonfols sugar and another cup oi mux ; aao tneae n tt. Knilar. then turn into a UWW w - ... greased baking dish, sprinkle with dried cherrriea and oaxo m a mour ate oren until a golden brown. Servt hot. New York Observer. GZMS FOB XiCNCHKO!. A good way to nse a cupful of cold hoiled rice is to put it into gems for luncheon. Separate the yolks from I.,, whits nf thrna ecrors. beat the yolks light, and add to them a pint of A. 3 Minlnl. r1 flrvnr. swse. 111 us. auu - - Mix thoroughly, then add a table- epionful of butter melted (whioh is not one tablespoonfol of melted but ter), a teaspoonful of salt and the eup ful of boiled rioe. Beat vigorously, then add two teaspoonfals of baking powder and the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Orease th gem-pans thor n.lil, .nil Viatka twentr minntea in s quick Tn. New York Post. JOT BOAST OF HVTTQX. Buy a shoulder of mutton, iastruct ing the bntoher to take oat the bones, whioh must be kept for soup. Orer the inside of th meat put a few bits of bacon and sprinkle oyer it salt, black pepper, aainoed paraely and a little thyme, if you har it. Boll the meat closely round, bind it with a string and put into astewpan in which has been heated a tablespoonfol of butter. Turn the meat quickly, to brown all oyer, then add boiling water to half oover. Put around the meat some small onions, two carrots in quar ters and a small turnip in slices, a little salt and a couple of cloves. Let all come to a boil, then place in a slow oven and let it stew gently till done. Remove the meat to a hot platter, ar range the vegetables about it, stir smoothly into the gravy in the pot a tablespoonfol of flour, let it boil two or three minutes, adding salt or pep per if needed, and poor th gravy over the meat. New York Advertiser. POTATO SUKPRISS BOB AST 1ST AUD. Take a smooth, medium-sized pota to, wash and ont the small end partly off, leaving just enough attached to form a little hinge. Seoop out part of the raw potato and nil with beef or mutton that has been prepared by re moving all gristle and fat, chopped very fine and seasoned. When filled tie the potato cover on, and bake until tender. When done, take from the oven, raise the cover, and, if the meat looks dry, torn over it a little dressing made with butter, water and flour, or, if there is any on hand, a little meat gravy. Serve in the skin, and, as its name suggests, it will be a tempting surprise. Or, for a change, simply bake the potato and when done cut off the little end and scoop out all the inside, season this with butter, salt and chopped celery ; beat up fine and light, then refill the skin and serve. Detroit Free Press. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Salt fish are quickest and best fresh ened in sour milk. Cold rain water and soap will re move machine grease from washable fabrics. Fish may be scaled easier by first dipping them into boiling water for a minute. Apply kerosene with a rag to the stoves you put away in summer, and they will not rust. One teaspoonful of ammonia to a cup of water, applied with a rag, will cleanse gold or silver jewelry. A tablespoonfol of turpentine, boiled with your white clothes will greatly aid the whitening process. A teaspoonful of borax put into the last water in whioh the clothers are rinsed will help make them white. One Missing Link. "It Is not true," remarked the learned play actor, "that Sbakspeare created all kinds of characters, for I do not find in his dramas any characters that bear any resemblance to the great Ameri cans who have figured In our country's history. There Is not In all of them even the shadow of a personality like Abraham Lincoln, than whom there Is not a finer theme for some future Amer ican dramatist, able to Illustrate the scenes In his career, from the Kentucky log cabin to the theater In which he was assassinated. Sbakspeare has no George Washington, no Andrew Jack son, none of our heroes or sages, none of our many unique notables and none of our wondersome women. His crea tlons belong to many countries, but he never gives a forecast of the peculiar American product which came Into ex istence centuries after his death. "Few of Shakspeare's characters would ever have been tolerated In this country. We could not have FalstaiT among us, or Macbeth, or Lear, or Call ban, or the ghost of Hamlet's father, or Ophelia, much less any of his royal or classical characters. "We have plenty of Americans Worthy of dramatic honors, fitted for the tragedy, the comedy, or the histor ical play, totally different In their traits and deeds from the Shakspearean peo ple, and the like of whom were never suggested or foreshadowed by Shaks beare. The oft-repeated statement that the play writer of Stratford conceived and drew all types of human nature and all varieties of human life Is a fic tion. Should a man of his genius ever be born in the United States he would find here an abundance of material for dramas as grand as ever wete written." New York Sun. A puenmatio tube is to be nlaoad on Brooklyn Bridge to expedite mail com munication between the two cities. It is claimed that prozide of hydro gen in combination with tbe electric current will bleach discolored teeth in a few minutes. According to a recent lectors of Pro! feasor Shuster, of London, the safest course for a hnman being in a thunder storm is to get thoroughly wet In the Philadelphia rogues' gallery is the picture of a dud who was one oi tne euu wno made "The nTlt of sue lAgAi LfWOOt-N A A LAWYtW. fcWlMn He'll Beat To Was. Wroasr. Ton Mast B Careftu, "Abraham Lincoln." said Bnitr poorness reccstJy, "was known to m, long befor he ever came to th Whit Pouse, or I creamed of Coorresa, I temembsr him when I was a todbi m&s is a tall, angular figure, with a that gy thook of dark hair, who usod to no, ho circuit as a lawyer, and who Cosiness occasionally brought Mia u 'ar as my bailiwick In Indiana. Etta Jn an early day Lincoln had consldsr. Mo fam as a successful trial lawr P told stories as effectively then u p. did la after years, when, as a Pr, lent, him stories wr bound to hs a sue teas. H was a singularly good talks to Jurtas, asvd had that convincing gift which few man possess of talking with his audleno rather than to It Most speakers talk 'to' an audleno. Lla soln talked w1tV hi, and that with hU homely rhetoric, through which raa aa sternal current of sen tin en t, was Us real secret of his victories. "Few lawyer cared to, meet Lincoln a even terms. Even when hs had a weak case be was dangerous. Docglu once aald of hlmi 'When Lincoln Is right you can't beat him, wh&n ho it wrong you must be d d careful or he'll beat you. This makes a strong man of Lincoln.' Douglas was right, and the history of his later collisions with Lin coln on the stump, and final great con test with him at the ballot box, might ro a long ways toward proving it "Lincoln was a man of tremendous physical strength. He had long, gorilla like arms, and was as powerful ai an gre. In his younger days hs had great tame as a wrestler. It was the oom mon practice of lawyers In that diy to put In the noon hour In wrestling, leap ing and running. The mombors of the bar were aa well known for their wrest ling as for their strength before Judge and Jury. Lincoln was unquestlonnbly the champion wrestler of his time tad circuit No one ever succeeded In get ting him on his back. With Lincoln's trngth and facility for physical . srclses, It should be no wonder that ht was a famous rail splitter." A Fire Certain of Water. An effective device for the prates don of buildings from fires la evdjaoeat structures has been successfully tasted In Boston. The idea worked out is the apparatus Is to maintain a sheet of water between the fire and me buildings to be protected. This Is done by placing on every open aide of (as building near thp top a line of perfor ated piping for carrying the water. The complete apparatus consists of a 5-Inch stand-pipe, extending over the upper story. From It runs another pipe round the sides and front, from $i to 4 inches In diameter. On the front are three revolving sprinklers, and one Is placed at each exposed aide, In the center. The arms are of brons metal, lightly curved. At each end of the arms Is a ball noule, such as Is used by fire departments on regular hose lines. At the base of the 6tnd-plpe la a Siamese connection for four lines ef 8-lnch hose. At the Boston teat a fire department steamer furnished the power, and for about fifteen ruinates poured through the sprinklers a deliv ery of 1,000 gallons a minute, com pletely drenching the walls, and keep ing a continuous theet of water frost top to bottom. A Chicago parrot was caught iu 0t act of turning in a fire alarm. He hid already called uo the police and Vvi- ery stable. 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