tt CLUE'S EYEa,
Iweet NalU'3 eyes r.re twilight horn.
The eyes I lova to rxt ;
rbey never opened fir.t at morn,
Or mid tlie noontide heat ;
JJat when tin sun vris s'nkin; 1ot7
Before the stars began to glow,
Whera south-rn jesimines sway anl blow
7hoy er,u '.t tlvs'r shadows sweet.
O XelKe s eyes, sweet Nellie's eyes
Illumined with celestial dye?.
They hnant my dreams
V.'ith centle "lta
V.'istfu". Trlstfu'.
Twilight eyr-s.
fiwe?t Killio's mouth is sunnner-kisscl
To graoe beyon 1 eo'.ipse ;
One eve a ruby rose was missed
And bloswmed on her Hps,
And softer than the coo ot dove
Of southern winds that flit above
Are all her words, and naught but love
From out her rose mouth slips.
O Nellie's lips, sweet Nellies lips,
Their dulcet tone like honey drips
Upon the ear
Serenely clear
Slender,
Tender,
Summer lips.
Bweet Nellie's locks are sunset crowned
O'er ears of sen-shells mold,
And mid their lissome loops are found
The gleaming tints of gold.
No locks more fair in trancing lure
Were ever clasped by tlllet pure
To wake the lay of troubadour
Or fire a bard of old.
O Nellie's hair, sweet Nellie's hair
Jly heart lies in its silken share.
Nor time nor art
The bond shall port
Twining, Shining.
Sunset hair?
Samuel M. Teck, in Atlanta Constitution.
THE TALE OF A COAIET.
BT BOM AN t ZtDOP.
II, mamma! mamma'
Come out quick ; it'i
on ! look at it, papa
isn't it beautiful?'
and in the exuberance
of excitement Milh
Patterson squeezec
John's arm tightly
while she leanec
Ofrainst him auc
looked eagerly into the sky.
Old man Putterson, who btood neai
the young people, also h:i;l his fm-t
turned upward; but there was no in
dication of plee in his voice when, af
ter gazing for a few minntes, he re
marked :
"And to think thai them things,
with such beautiful tails, could do us
any harm !"
There was no response to this re
mark, save a loud sigh from Mr3. Pat
terson, who turned round abruptly and
walked into the house, where Mr. Tut
terson soon followed her.
Milly and John were still standi np
and gazing at the heavens. They had
not said a word to each other ; the;
were happy in the consciousness of
their proximity.
"I don't believe a word of it dc
you?" asked Jlilly some minutes after
wards. "What?"
"Oh, what Schoolmaster Marten
says about this er comet that's
going to break np the earth and kill
all the people on it and annihilate
everything. I don't believe it do
you?"
"Bosh!" remarked John emphatic
ally. "I think Marten is a slick fraud,
that's what he is !" ho added, holding
his arm tightly round Milly's waist.
"It's awful !" said Milly concernedly.
"He's been coming here every day for
the last couple of weeks talking about
that comet, and he's dinned into papa
and mamma's heads that the whole
world is comin to an end, and that we
ore nigh the day of judgment I"
"Kubbihh !" commented John.
"And he's been talking at me, tea,
the hypocrite, telling me to mend my
ways and not to be so piddy. As if I
am ever giddy, John ! " she added iD
an injured tone.
John did not reply for a second or
two. He seemed to be thinking.
" 'Pears to me," he 6aid, after n
while, "that your father ought to
know by this time what kind of a
customer he's got to deal with. Has
Marten paid him back the fifty dollars
be borrowed last Christmas?"
"Ko, not he."
"Why don't you tell your father not
to take any stock in Marten?"
"It's no use, John. He's wheedled
them round completely to his side.
It's perfectly awful how he's talked
them into things about this comet.
They've been glum and mopin, and
packin' away things; and mother's
been buryin' a lot of silver in tho
garden "
"What !" interrupted John. "The
old folks haven't been hidin' things in
the ground and let Marten know of
it?"
"Yes. He's shown them the very
place where he says the comet won'
strike, and mother's put a lot of silver
spoons in it."
"The fox! JHe's been stealin'
them I" exclaimed John.
Millio sprang to her feet and ran
into the garden, John following her.
She stopped near a slight mound of
fresh clay in which two sticks wero
firmly stuck and which she began to
probe gently.
"Thank goodness, it's not touched !"
sho said with a sigh of relief, evidently
satisfied with her examination. "You
nearly took my breath away with
fright, John. Mamma would go crazy
if she were 60 fooled."
"I tell yoa what I'll do, Milly," he
said. "You keep a sharp watch on
this place, and if Marten turns up to
morrow keep him till I get through
work. I'll come over here, and we'll
lee whether we can't fix him some
low." '
In truth it was terrible as Milly ex
pressed it, if half the things were go
ing to happen which Marten predicted.
He whole village of Stockborough wal
terribly excited over the event. Every
body recollected that wars, pesti
lence, famine, and other calamities
followed the pr6:-"ua appearand
af a comet . like this with
slraost the identical tail. Sohoolmastei
Marten talked about such nncannj
things as the "stellary system," th
eosmio law," and so on. On the day
pn which Milly and John had conspired,
to rout him, Marten was at the Patter
son farm holding' forth as usual. Hd
had brought a newspaper with him, and
f ClMi UUt UUIU 4 ' ' " " tool 1 XJ
houncement that on the coming Thurs
day, precisely at 5:34 p. m., there
would be an entire eclipse of the snn,
ind the iaferenoe he left to be gathered
from it was that tho general break-up
aa to fceriirt that verr aeoond.
The old people Mi listening and blink-
obmmiv- mLuit m aomewnai
W- ... .
when John came into the room lookinp
ready for action.
John contented himself at first by
simply denying the argument. Bui
Marten's superior loquaciousness wat
rapidly getting the best of him and he
was gradually drawn into the meshes oi
reason. Thut was all the schoolmaster
wanted. He could reason a bull into a
fro n:iv ilav, if the animal only fol
io ed tiin process of logical deductions ;
10 by and by John found himself lis
tening with his hands folded, his rea-
ton silenced, and more than half con
linced of the probability of the whole
thing.
"And ye say it'll all take place on
Thursday at 5 :31 p. m. ?" asked thi
pld man. Marten had not said it, buf
lie answered:
"Precisely. The unerring calcula
aon of science."
"Maybe it'll only strike one corne.
ot the earth and leave out Stockbor
feugh and the farm?" he asked timidly
igain.
"That is difficult to say," repliei
Uarten, thoughtfully. "Our whole
planet is sure to sustain a terrible
ihock, and it will be felt all the world
sver. There is a chance a small
;hance that we might escape with oui
lives here; but everything else if
loomed. "
That night John and Milly wert
locked in a long embrace before they
took leave of each other. They were
both heavily oppressed, and though
fohn entertained a sneaking scepticism
jf the whole thing, he really believed
;hat before the end of the week the
:orth might be a broken waste, witb
lobody and nothing alive on it.
4You will come over on Thursday,
John, won't you?" asked Milly in a
irembling voice. "We can die to
gether, if we can't live together, can't
are, John?"
"I'll be here, Milly, by 4 o'clock,
mil God may prove him yet a liar
ou see if lie don 1 1 said John as he
(vent oil.
About a quarter past five on the fol
lowing Thursday they all left the old
Patterson farmhouse. They were go
ing to give np their souls to heaven,
nd they walked on in solemn silence.
It was preternaturally quiet all around
them. The gloaming was rapidly fall
ing, and it seemed to the old folks as
f it were the precursor of eternal dark
ness. The group halted near a cluster of,
frees. Marten held out his watch i
there was ten minutes more left them
The old people stood there glum and
motionless. John and Milly had locked)
tiands and looked pale. Marten tolil
them to lie down flat on their stomach 4
ind hide their faces in the ground till
She thing was over.
Tremblingly, fearfully, they obeyed,
tnd luy Hat on tho ground, dreading
-,o stir, awaiting the sounds of the aw
ful crash. Marten retired to anothei
spot, whence he said he would signal
:hem to rise if they were destined tc
nirvive.
Ten minutes passed ; a quarter of an
iour followed, and still they lay therej
tt was growing darker ; they were get-t
:ing chilled to tho bones ; their teeth
Degan to chatter, and still no signal
Tom the schoolmaster, no sound of
;he crashing doom. Half an hour
sassed, and then fearfully, cautiously,
jld man Patterson began to move hij
lead. Gradually he raised it ami
.ooked round. Everything was still,
leathly still. It was dark, but he
:ould see the farmhouse clearly. Then
le suddenly thought that he alone had
rarvived the general destruction he
ind the farmhouse. A terror crept
ver him that he would have to end
lis days alone and in darkness.
"Wish I had died with 'eml" he
rroaned aloud.
But he looked round and saw his
x-ife's head rising, and suddenly her
terrified face looked at him. The next
noment he saw in her eye a glance of
ecognition. bo they were both alive I
"Milly I Milly 1" called the old man
amidly.
"Yes, father? come a trembling re
ply.
Are ye living? he asked again.
"I am, father. Is John alive?"
"Yes, Milly," came the emphatic re-
jly from John, who sat np on the
ground.
They were all sitting up now.
"The farmhouse is there, too," saiJ
4Irs. Patterson in a wondering voice,'
'and I hear the short-horn blowing in
;he yard."
"Guess we d better get up, re
narked the olil man, rising anil assisi
ng his wife.
Inside the house, when they got i
ight, they all burst out laughing, thej
'elt "so foolish; and the more thej
.aughed the more foolish they felt.
Milly laughed until the tears streamed
lo wn her cheeks, and J ohn, in trying
io restrain her, felt his sides fairly
.che. The old couple rocked them
elves in their chairs with laughter,
vnd amid those peals the old man would
,-asp out : " A nd 1 1 nought I s the only
ne alive ho ho ho !"
They found tho silver where they
uried it. The old man discovered
-verything he had sequestered but a
inndlo and a couple of gold rings ; an
Id brooch, twenty-six dollars in
uoney, and the schoolmaster's own
lote for fifty dollars were missing. So
vas the schoolmaster himself. On the
.'olio wing day John came in and an-
lonnced that the schoolmaster had
.kipped "Hung on to the tail of the
omet, they 6ayl" .New lorjr
storiettes.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A Jack of all trades The Wester
burro.
About the most trying loop-hole o'
the law is the noose. Puck.
The well-bred man who works in
akery is a loafer. Troy Telegram.
It is the thunder of the man in need
that everlastingly sours the milk o'
human kindness. Pnck.
When a man sees that he s being
driven to despair he ought to get ont and
walk. Yonkers Gazette.
By all odds the finest attraction at
the World's Fair will be the America!
jjirL. Baltimore American.
Knowledge is power, except in the
ease of the man who knows he it
whipped, Indianapolis Journal.
Pluck will telL Many a man not
able to write his own name has made
his mark in the world. New Orleans
Picayune.
Hicks "Blitson, they tell me, ia
anite an athlete." Wicks "Yes; hit
last feat, I hear was to run np a boar
bilL" Boston Transcript.
"That Smith girl has cast an awful
apell over Charlie, lie i sup
pose so ; she was a typewriter for se
eral years." Inter-Ocean.
It seems easy enough to name a
baby, unless by some extraordinary
chanoe the baby happens to De your
own. Somerville Journal.
It is impossible that there an at
good fish in the sea as ever were caught,
if the kodack pictures that fiaherme
bring bom arajtsaa totff faok,
Popularity of Embalming-.
The idea of earning a livelihood out
of the making of mummies is not one
to commend itself at first glance to the
female mind, and the . grhastly associo -
tions of the occupation are to many m-
uperably repellent. But embalm inn
has for many reasons established itself
In popular favor. It is the only sure
ie:ns of prevent ng the sprenl ot con
agious diseases, through transmission
y the undertaker's ice-box or assist
nts. It is a preventive against pro
tature burial in the case of a catalep-
10 subject, as the first incisions and
Injections of the embalming fluid are
ikely to mdnce signs of life if any re
main. Another favorable feature is the
ossibility of shipping bodies a long
Distance with convenience.. It is not
generally known that thronghont tb.it
conntrv larcn numbers of women have
hdopted embalming as a profession,
j.nd the head college of embalming hat
it large proportion of women graduates.
Tar from showing any horror or nnfit
less for the business, women are said
!o be peculiarly deft and efficient in
he duties involved, which in a genera
ray consists only in opening several
of the large arteries, pumping ont the
blood and injecting preservative fluids.
Many of the women graduates have
een trained nurses who saw an oppor-
unity to make more money than at
heir former profession. One advan-
age of the art is that it is easily ac
quired. The prospectus of the College
bf Embalming sets forth that "past ex-
oerience has demonstrated that a com
lete mastery of the science of body
preservation in all its branches cannot
;e obtained in the short space of two
br three days, and therefore the length
tf time required to learn the procest
lay extend from one week upward,
tccordmg to the aptitude of the stu
lent " When the student has proved
Ms or her ability to conduct the opera
don of embalming under different con-
litions in a satisfactory manner a di
ploma is granted, and the ordinary
length of time required for graduation
js two weeks Chicago Becord.
A NEW LEASE Of LIFE.
I.V GOOD HEALTH AT SKVE.NTT
T1IKEE IKAB1 OF AGE.
Miss Cornwall' Wonderful ltcOTery ol
Jlealth Urea mo Well In Two
Months Alter an Illness of
His Tear.
From the Register, Xeto Haven, Conn.
Ia this rapid age of o-.irs when so many
men and women are old at fifty, one who
has lived three-quarters of a century, and
then, after debility and suffering, regains
health and vigor, must be regarded with a
feeling akin to wonder. A Jfew England
lady has been found who has had this re
markable experience.
In the family ot Clarence Williams, a Che
shire larmer on the Meriden road, Cheshire,
Ct., lives Miss Cornelia Cornwall, a lady
seventy-three years of age. For several
years Miss Cornwall's heallh has been de
clining very rapidly, cauwd by a general de
bility. Her friends feared that the respectel
la-ly had not long to live; but a kind Provi
dence directed the aged lady, and in a news
paper advertisement Miw Cornwall lead
about Dr. Williams' Tiuk Tills a fewboxe9
of which she procured at once, and with the
result that is best told in her own words.
"About six years ago," Miss Cornwall be
gnn, "my health commenced to fail. I suf
fered from loss of appetite and pains in dif
ferent parts of my body. My condition
gradually grew worso until mv limbs were
apparently unable to bear my weight, and I
could no longer go up stairs without theas
siMitnce of some one.
'I consulted phvsicians who prescribe-,
medicines for my blood. These I continued
to take for several months, but without any
effect. The sense of feeling in my lower
limbs seemed to be leaving me, and I began
to fear that it was hopeless to look for a cure.
I was still suffering terribly from the pains
through my body, when I chanced to read
the story of a cure that had been effected
with the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pa!e Teople. I discovered thut tho town
druggist nere had none on sale, so I sent
Immediately to the headquarters in Schenec
tady, N. Y., and secure 1 two ot the boxes of
Oiej.ilU.
'Last December I commenced using the
pills regularly, and a month after I had been
taking them, I felt greatly benellted by their
use. Tho feeling in my limbs came back
igain, anil in two months I was able to go
ibout the house a I had been accustomed to
i year before. Now, as you can see. I am
snjoying good health. The pallor in my
lace was removed by the pills. A number !
my friends in the neighborhood were com
plaining of symptoms somewhat similar tc
my own, and I recommended that they tak
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They did so, auc
they tell me that they have been very much
oenetlted by their use. 1 still contintio tc
lake tho pills, though there U not so much
necessity for them at present. As a puritler
of the blood, I consider the Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills a wonderful meJicine.
rink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will tt
?ent post paid on receipt of price, (50 cents a
box or six boxes for 2.50 they are never
jold in bulk, or by the 100)-by addressing Dr.
IVilliams' Medicine C. . Schenectady. N. Y.
The Secret of Digestion.
The secret of digestion is modern
Ion," said an old man the other day,
rho at seventy-eight has the com
plexion of a girl and the relish for
ood of a schoolboy. "It seems absurd
o me that persons should suddenly
liscover that many articles of food
ipon which onr ancestors lived to a
;reen old age are extremely detri
mental to health and longevity. I
lave never considered what I ought to
t, but I have made it a rule of my
ife to always leave the table wanting
nst a little more.
"I did not leave the home roof,
rhich was on a farm, until I was
learly thirty years old, and it was my
tabit from November to April to eat a
liece of mince pie every night just be
bre going to bod. It was rather a
imall piece, but I invariably took it
ind do not recall ever having even a
lad dream in conseqnence.
"And I think, too, that digestion is
ike salvation to be worked out m
lividually. We ore not all Baptists or
Methodists, why must everybody be a
vegetarian or some other food crank?
rtThen I got away from tne mmee-pie
lountry, missing it, I took fruit in its
lace. A friend who saw ma eating an
ipple one night hurled at me the old
iaw : 'Fruit is cold in the morning,
diver at noon, lead at night. Zfon
ense 1' I cried, and retorted with
mother provery, "What is one man's
neat is another man's poison.' sad I've
sontinued to eat sometingv anally
j-uit, every night of my lifa.wiMw
TorkTimes.
Economy ot a Hllk Diet.
Aside from the physiological eon
iderations the economy of a milk diet
is not the least among its advantages,
is compared with beef. In the for
mer there is no bone, as in meat, nor
waste in trimmings, and, thongh the
amount of bone in meat varies it is
rarely less than eight per cent. in
the neck and brisket of beef, for in
stance, it is abont ten per cent., while
in the shins and legs it amounts to
one-third or even one-half the total
weight. Again, milk requires no
Booking, hence is always ready for
consumption at a moment's notice,
snd without being subjected to waste
and shrinkage. The ordinary per
centage of loss in boiling beef ia twen
ty per cent. ; in baking, twenty-nine
per cent., and the roasting process in
rolves fully thirty-one per cent ; true,
this loss arises partly from the evapo
ration of water, as well as the melting
iown and escape of fat, and the
lestrnotive action of heat whatever
loss, however, is thna occasioned, has
bo counterpart in milk. .Boston Voir
Ihwingi , - - -
cumors FACTS.
Lawn is fine Knen bleached on the
lawn instead of tlie ordinary drying
) ground.
I Ag ieaper t'ae kangaroo is ahead of
an. it reaaiiy jumps irooi sixty to
CAVflllTV foot
j
The first finder is sacred to Jupiter,
an l is supposed to indicate the noblei
elements of character.
Five hundred thousand men are es -
timatcd to ride in the elevators ui
New York City every day.
The public executioner of Anstria
wears a pair of new white gloves every
time he carries out a capital sentence.
In Chinese tho letter "i" has 145
ways of being pronounced, and each
pronunciation has a different mean
ing.
The London and Northwestern Bail
road passes through mure than halt of
the fifty-three counties of England
and Wales.
Most of the school slates come from
Pennsylvania, where there are large
slate quarries. Some come from Ver
mont and Ohio.
An odd collection is that of one of ( true and accepting it from the philo
the county officials of Maine, who has gophlcal standpoint, we are forced to
gathered feathers from almost every
kind of bird that flies.
Only one-fourth of
the American
shipping is engaged on the high sean,
seventy-seven per cent, being
river,
lake and coasting trade.
The Chautauqua salute, waving a
white handkerchief, was first given lt
the request of Chancellor Vincent, its
a greeting to a deaf mute
A man who died a short time ago i t
Berlin, N. Y., left a dairy which hit
began when eighteen years old and
continued for fifty-two years.
A French priest stationed at Jerusa
lem has been the fortunate finder oS
"a talent of the time of King David.1'
It was unearthed in his dooryard.
A French fisherman who threw hiij
line into the Seine Canal, near St,
Dennis, on December 20, got hold oi
a package containing 178 railwai
bonds worth $22,000.
Growing blackberries and mush
rooms, by law, are not private prop
erty in England. One may be prose
cuted for trespass on land where they
grow, but not for theft in taking
them.
During the Franco-Prussian war the
Germans fired 30,000,000 rifle car
tridges and 363,000 charges of artil
lery, killing or mortally wonnding
77,000 Frenchmen, showing that 400
shots are required to kill or mortally
wound one man.
The statue on the dome of the Capi
tol at Washington represents Free
dom. It is nineteen feet six inches
high and weighs 14,985 pounds. It
was modelled by Thomas Ciawford, an
American seulptor, who died in 1857,
It was put in position in 18C5.
Accommodating Landlord.
A correspondent assures us that he
never knew that It was possible for an
Innkeeper to be too accommodating to
his guests until he went down to Nova
Scotia recently, and put up at a pleas-
nnt little hotel In the country. The
landlord of this hotel laid it down as
one of his principles of action to give
people a little more than they asked
for to be "extra accommodating," as
he termed It
The landlord brilliantly Illustrated
his adherence to this principle the very
morning after our correspondent's ar
rival at the hotel. The guests had to
'go away on the seven o'clock train that
morning, and asked the proprietor to
call him at six. The guest went to
sleep In the calm assurance that he
should be aroused at the proper hour.
He seemed hardly to have fallen Into
a sound sleep when he heard a terrific
pounding at his door. He sprang up,
wide awake.
"What's the matter?" he called out
"Four o'clock! Four o'clockT' came
the landlord's voice the other side of th
door; "two hours more to sleep!"
It Is needless to say that tho guest
slept no more that morning. The land
lord's anxiety to be "extra accommo
dating" failed of Its mark that time.
DrusUla "I hear you are poor. I
think we will have to break onr rela
tions." Ten Broke "I have broken
all of mine already." New York Her
ald. Milkman (apologetically) "The
milk is a little blue this morning."
Mrs. Housekeeper "It must be think
ing how everlastingly poor it is get
ting. " Troy Press.
Jinks "Don't yon think that the
intentions of French duellists are more
honorable than is generally con
ceded?" Filkins "Oh, yes ; as a rule
they aim high." Brooklyn Life.
me areatef t nedlcal uucovcry
of trie Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
QONALO KEVHEOr, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered In one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Bcroful
down to a common plmpla.
He has tried it In over eleven hundred
eases, and never failed exeept in twocasea
(both thunder humor). He has now In
his possession over two hundred certifi
cates of Its value, all within twenty mlW
of Boston. Bend postal card for book.
A benefit Is always experienced from the
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When the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affocted It eanset
hooting pains, like needles passing
through them j the same with the Llvor
or Bowels. This Is cansod by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking It Bead the label.
If the stomaoh Is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No ohange of diet ever necessary. Eat
(he best yoa can get and enough ot It
Dose, one tablespoonful In water at bed-
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there :9 Ereat dancer to health in the
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Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier.
HniH'c Dalle cure all liver ills, bilious
1 1 WSM O rlllO neaa. headaches. 25c.
Reasonable Dress.
It has been said that a woman's
j Ultrsa liui vuijr ijyiuirs 11 LI ouujetl cull
dltion, but characterizes her Individ
a-An. . . : i. 1. 1 .
' uallsni as welL Allowing this to be
believe that Individualism must oft-
times blush at her own caprice at her
own fickle, frivolous and Imperfect por-
trayals, as she drags herself from one
. extreme to another, offering at each
I evolution some absurd and contradic
tory pretense. 'TIs an age of progres
sion; 'tis an age when Intelligence
should precede and prevail over vanity.
when women should possess the out
ward appearance of at least reasonable
beings. But clad In the manner which
extremists of fashion decree that we
should be clad, with sleeves like the
wings of angels and trains like the tail
of a kita, with hats bedecked with the
stuffed bodies and wings of slaughtered
song birds, and No. 5 feet jammed Into
No. 3 needle-toed shoes. Is It a wonder
that Individualism would feel at least a
little cramped, and at times blush at
her own caprices? Womankind.
Cnrlpened Tomatoes.
Frofessor Massey, of the North Caro
lina Experiment station, writes that
when frost Is Imminent he gathers the
Rreen tomatoes, wraps them separately
In paper (old newspapers will answer),
ind packs tnem in Doxes, which are
stored In a place Just warm enough to
be secure from frost the object being to
keep them and not to ripen them. Then
as the fruits are wanted a few are
brought out at a time and placed In a
warm position where they will ripen
In a few days. In this way he has kept
his table supplied with sliced tomatoes
to midwinter.
WHE.V X ATURE
Needs assistance it may be best to ren
der it promptly, but one should re
member to use even the most perfect
remeuies only when needed. The best
nuu iiitwi simple ana gentle remedy is
the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by
me auiornia ig syru3 Co.
ii was staieu some time ago by one
of the heads of departments of the
T. ...
London & Northwestern railway that
that company issues yearly five ton9 of
railway tickets.
DeafdMS Cannot M Cared
by loeal application . as ey cannot reach ths
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure DeafneaH, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Ieafnes is caused by an in.
nameu comminn oi me mucous lining oi me
Kustachian Tube. When this tubo gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or im ler-f-ct
hearine. and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the resnlt, and unless the intiam
nation can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an in
tiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will icivo One Hundred 11 llar for any
case of lt-afness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free. r
F. J. Cheset & Co., Toledo, O.
tF" Sold by Druk'icist.s. TV,
A snake fourteen feet Iour has, ac
cording to report, been stealing ducks
geese, chickens, peacocks and other
delicacies from a farm at Cold Snrine
Harbor, L. I.
Tr. Kilmers Swamp-Root cnr3.
II Kidney and Bladder trouble!
Tamplet and Consultation fre-3.
laboratory Binghainton. N. V.
In 1630 no gentleman, cither
ID
England, France or Germany, thought
for a moment of going abroad without
his cloak, even in the hottest days of
summer.
Mn. Window's Soothing Pvrnrj for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lntlamraa
tlon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2uc a Uottle.
A Chinese custom is the throwing
into the ocean of thousands of pieces
of paper when friends are about to sail.
Each piece bears written on it a
prayer.
FITS Btopned free ny flu. Kl.INC'l ORSAT
N Eitvs RtSTOHBR. No fits after first day's use.
.Marvelous cures. Treat ise and S2.W trial ooi-
ue free. Dr. Kline. KU Arch St.. fhila.. fa.
Myrrh has been known from the
earliest times, but only from the
present century has the tree from
which it cornea been identified in Ara
bia and Persia.
At the Office
you may have a sudden bilious attack or head
ache when it is impossible for you to leave your
wore. iiywuumeniwAw nipans i anuies in
your desk a tabule taken at tbe first symptom
will relieve you.
A rapid milking machine has been
invented by a man over at Toronto,
Canada, which can clean out twenty
five cows in twenty minute's.
Delays are dangerous. A dollar spent for
Hood's Sarsaparilla now may prevent illness
which will be expensive and hard to bear. Now
li the time to take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Hood's Pills cure Jaundice, biliousness, sick
beaVache, constipation and liver ills.
Unless a Chinese father happens to
be a schoolmaster, at home with noth
ing to do, he never thinks of teaching
his daughter to read.
The best wav to know whether Floatlmr-Rnm-r
is the best Soap for laundry and bath Is to try it.
uuud k luiu -tinin n vimiTi uunuug soaps, as
it is mire, --uuuuiiu nnp urs. m. I - ri 1 1 ' An
every wrapper buu cme.
Captain Jonathan Norton, of Lee,
Mass., was ninety-nine the other day,
but he looks as cnipper as a man of
seventy.
Plsos Cure for ConsumDtlnn ha. ni
Coiifth medicine. F M. Abbott, 383 Seneca St.,
Buffalo, N. Y., May 9, 1894.
au fliwoiuun iie.j man, during a
recent visit to Big Fish Lake, counted
two caribou, five moose, and 100
. . 1 . v r . .
deer.
namicieu witu sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eve-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle
Maine has one solitary old soldier of
the war of 1812, but 200 widows of
veterans are drawing pensions.
A French railroad company has or
dered clocks placed on the outside of
every locomotive.
There is an inquiry for an electric
light plant and for an ice factory, to go
to the south coast of Hay ti.
The native dog of Australia the
Egyptian dog and the Fenian desert
dog never barks.
THE GOOD MAN'S ORDEAU ,
Tea Minutes or Devotion Coder the Host
Distressing Con-litlons.
The worshipers at the Church of
the Ascension in Auburn, I. L, had
a novel experience one Sunday after
noon. The professional hymn had
been sung, tbe white-robed young
clenzvman bad finished h s exhorta
tion to tho "dearly beloved breth'en,"
the responses were over, and prayers
commenced when a tardy arishioner
arrived. As he walked down the
aisle he did not notice that he was
followed by a companion. When the
Dirishioner stopped and bowed his
head in prayer his companion con
tinued Its demure tread onward to
ward the chancel. Once or twice it
noDDed as the organ sounded the
"aniens," but when progress was re
sumed the course was still onward.
Br a nimble lean the wanderer
(andei on tbe platform leading to the
;bancel, and there revealed itself as
tigcr-striped kitten about six
months old. The kitten's and the
clergyman's eyes met. The ht:rri tied
clergyman with great effort cont n
ued to read on, while the uncon
cerned kitten, with tail erect and
pars pricked, ga ed on him with in
terest Giving him a wink she passed
;n to the chancel, entered the sanc
tuary, and with a bound reached the
nl tar. Hut content with this she
eaped to tbe bishop's chair and then
et about adjusting herself to the
surroundings by washing her face
The sound of the clergyman's voice.
nowever, s.eiuea irresistible to her,
una, jumping over the brass chancel
rail, she leaped to tbe seat in front
of the reading desk at which he was
Kneeling. With the do e of the col
lect, "Lighten Our Darkness," the
choir, the congregation still kneel
ing, sang an antheai. This interval
gave the dominie his coveted oppor
tunity to make a lunge for the cat.
I'uss was happily purring eryloud,
but, seeing the attempt on her lib
erty, a nimble jump saved her lrom
the clergyman's grasp.
W.th tbe close of the anthem came
tho resumption of prayers and also
the renewed perambulations of
pussy. Mie remounted the seat be
hind the clergyman, and to his hor
ror be felt her gently te&ting tbe sta
bility of his robe, apparently feeling
her ground for a lean. Tbe only
place to leap was the clergyman's
back. The kitten eyed her victim
critically and was about to leap when
she was startled by the terrific yelD
of a dog which bad somehow got into
the choir stall.
Tbe kitten now turned her atten
lion to the organ, and peeping around.
saw her enemy. Her enemy saw her
at tbe same time. Each gazed in
tently in an apparent effort to hypno
tize the other, but the experiment
was cut short by the dog. who, with
a leap and yelp, made for the cat and
but for the vigorous scrambling of
the bassos the two would bae bad
an argument In full view of tho
clergyman and congregation.
The dog was held and the cat van
ished Just as the swelling sound of
the final "arueu" brought the wor
Rhipers from their knees, many of
whom were entirely ignorant ot the
fearful ordeal through which their
pastor bad gone during the space of
ten minutes of prayer.
Napo'eou as a Horseman.
Napoleon was a most cruel horse
man, and changed his mount f re
cently during battle. At Waterloo,
however, be rode only tbe famous
Marengo." Another celebrated war
horse of the great Corslcan was
iVusterlitz.' Napoleon always In
sisted that his horse should 1 e white
or gray. Twelve were killed under
him. ile was once carried quite
ithin the enemy's lines, where he
narrowly escaped capture, by a mad
charger. Kapoleon's runaway, it is
ouly fair to confess, wa caused by a
crrible wound that goaded the poor
steed to uncontrollable madness.
Men lose their beads from pain; why
may not a h;rse?
i'or a dumb combatant of unqual
lied savagery we must go to the camp
f those master's of warfare the
French of .Napoleon's day. One of
the Etnreror's aides, Capt. de Mor-
liot, owned a mare named "Lizette,"
noted in peace or war for viciousnes9
under certain ro vocation.; . -;w
Once, with her master on her oa-k.
she was surrounde I by Russians. A
huge grenadier made a lunge at Mar-
botwith his bayonet, but Ll.ette dis
patched him with tigerish ferocity,
using only her teeth. Afterward she
backed off, clearing with her iron
heels a space among the Russians
pressing on her Hanks, then wheeled.
dragging down to death beneath her
hoofs an ollicer as she did so and
dartng through the astonished
crowd to a p ace of safety In that
brief encounter she killed two Russ
ians out-right and cripled several I
oUiers witb her heels, and it all came
from a cruel bayonet thrust that
aroused all the poor creature's latent
frency.
A Few Observations.
A widower with seven children
stands a better show matrimonially
than a widow with one.
A good young man in town found a
verso in the Hlble to repeat as a
proposal of marriage to bis girl, and
ha found a verse in which to accept.
Such good people miss lots of fun.
If a poor family has a rough wood
en bench out in the yard, it is usual
ly crowded with children having a
good time, but in rich men's yards,
the fancy : ettces and rustic chairs
are never occupied.
It is said of a girl who never has
any beaux that in tbe evening she
lights pieces of punk and fastens
them to the porch. Any one driving
past concludes that she is surround
ed by young men smoking cigais.
Atchison Globe.
Making Cloth Water-Proof.
A correspondent asks for a recipe for
Making cloth water-proof. There is
surely no better method than putting
half a pound of sugar of lead and hall
pound of alum in a pail of soft water,
stirring it often nntil it becomes clear,
nnnrinff it off into another pail, and
putting the cloth or garment into it,
to remain there for twenty-f onr hours.
rhe material should then be hung np
lo dry without wringing. It is said
that garments thus treated will keep
the wearer absolutely dry in the heavi
est rainstorm ; the rain simply hangs
in globules npon the cloth. Water-
oroof cloth is more healthy to wear
than rubber goods. Chicago Becord.
Be Wis Forelven.
She Have you ever loved another?
He Tea, of course. Did yon think I'd
practice on a nice girl like yon? Life
Natnrall? Unnntarat.
American Tourist But who to the
dreadfully deformed young man witb
Lord Chepe?
British Guide Ho, snr, that 'ere's
Lord BUUn'sgate's natural son, sur.
Judg
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khocic aswEFuU DSE
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H0K1IS OF WISDOM.
The man who knows the least shows
t the most.
The man who leans on his blessings
cannot walk straight.
The easiest thing for a fool to do is
;o tell how little he knows.
A mistake is apt to attract more at
ntion to us than a virtue.
A watch and a man to be any good
nnst have some "go" to them.
Good fortune sometimes comes tons
n a very shabby-looking carriage.
Tho man goes to bed tired who
ipends the day looking for an easy
place.
Who knows how to measure tbe size
f a lie and to tell whether it is big or
ittle?
It is a singular fact that the blnnt
nan is apt to make the most cutting
'emarks.
Only those whose sense of duty is
tbnormally developed love all their
elatives.
The follow who makes the most
.rouble for the average man is inside
his own coat.
The best and cheapest thing the
vorld has ever known is charity, and
ret how few possess it.
The man who has no confidence in
tvomanhood is utterly unworthy of the
:onfidence of womankind.
Hatred always injures the one who
harbors it far more than it does the
une against whom it is directed.
If the world owes you a living it
will never pay you the debt unless
you hustle around and collect it.
If you will honestly try to mend
four own faults you will have little
lime to find fault with other people.
The hornet, like the gossip, would
not be such a bad thing to have about
if it wasn't for the sting in its tail.
Drying Damp Shoes.
One of the most fertile resources of
eolils and serious incidental ailments
is the wearing of damp shoes. When
shoes have been saturated with water
the attempt to dry them by exposing
them before a stove or fire is obviously
damaging to the leather, while it docs
not insure the expuVsion of moisture
from the inside. For accomplishing
this a new invention has been "brought
out, consisting of a hollow stoneware
last, which can be filled with hot
(rater like a bottle and which is made
in a variety of shapes and sizes to cor
respond to tho inside of ordinnry
shoes. The hole at the top of the last
is corked as soon as the hot water has
been poured in. The last is kept in
position nntil the inside of the shoe is
thoroughly dry, and the hot water can
be renewed if necessary. Chicago
Becord.
' It is curious how much faster a straet
car hu ops along when you are runaiuj
after it than when jou are riJinif oa it.
Richmond Recorder.
We have an idea that the Teas
don't sing anything else but "Paddy,
won't you buy me a ' ov wow?"
Timely Warning:.
The great success of the chocolate preparations of
the house of Walter Baker & Co. (established
in 1780) has led
many misleading
of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter
Baker & Co. are the oldest and largest manu
facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and
Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are
used in their manufactures.
Consumers should ask for, and be sure that
they get, the genuine Walter Baker & Co.'s goods.
WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited,
DORCHESTER, MASS.
Seasonable Bargains
" sounds
like overcoats or household goods, but this time
'tis Guns, Pistols, Revolvers, Bicycles, &c.
Johnny gets his gun about this time of year,
and to know just what to get and WHERE TO
GET IT, is why the Lovell Arms Co. put out
their New Mammoth Catalogue. It will tell you
lots of things you knew before lots that you
didn't know. It's a sure money saver for a
bargain hunter. It says nothing about a few
Second-hand Bicycles, but they are bargrus
too and should be applied for at once.
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., BSN
Sole V. S. Agent for "STAR" AUTOMATIC PAPER FASTK.NEK and
WILLIAMS TYPE WRITER.
Agents wanted in every city end town for the Lovell Diamond
and Excel line of bicycles.
SAPOLIO
Is Like a Good Temper. "It Sheds a BrigDtness
Everywhere."
germ-life
The doctors tell us, now-a-days, that disease germs
are everywhere; in the air, in the water, in our food,
clothes, money; that they get into our bodies, live
there, thrive and grow, if they findanything to thrive on.
Consumption is the destruction of lung-tissue by
germs where the lung is too weak to conquer them.
Ine remedy is strength vital force.
gcott's Emulsion, with hypophosphites, means (lie
adjustment of lung strength to overcome germ -life.
It is fighting the germ with the odds in our favor.
Ihese tiny little drops of fat-food make their way
n i sJrstem and re-fresh and re-invigorate it.
Whether you succeed with it or not depends on how
good a start the germs had, and how carefully you can
live. The shortest way to health is the patient one.
I he gain is often slow.
M cats ssssl !.
SCOTT A
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IT IS MACICAL.
ojADLTO'S
n PILLS
Cure
Sick Headache,
Biliousness,
Constipation,
Piles
AND
All Liver Disorders.
RAOWA V'S PIl.I.S are purely vegelaMe.
mild and reliable- Cause perfect Digestion, com
plete absorption und hculthful regularity.
25 cts. a box. At Druggists, or by mail, "ilonk
of Advice" free by mail.
HAUWAY V CO.,
P. O. Box as.-,, Sr.w Yi.rk.
vfvvsyWvi
Your Poor
Tired
Husband.
He ha worked
hard
all week.
Let him sleep late
Sunday morning,
then treat him to a
breakfast of
Buckwheat
Cakes.
i ASTHMA
XftJL DnDUIM? ACTUMA spfpifip
, Give r-I iff In FIVB minutes. H-nd I
ui iiniu w rw s itmrs wi w
Tfora r lCLt triai jalsaft.
: Iruirifi-ts. Or flux f-tit l
on rt tlT ot f-l."". "li nrnfa
PROFITABLE DAIRY WORK
Can only be accomplished with the very br?i
of tools and
appll.mcei.
Cream Si;v
farm you are
and better
With a Davis
tator ou the
sure of more
butter, while
milk 's a val
Farme rs will
take to get a
Illustrated
tlie skimmed
nable feed,
make no ni'j
Davis. Ntat,
catalogue
.Agents wanted
mailed frf.s
DAVIS & BANKIN BLDO. & MPQ. CO
Cor. Randolph A Dearborn Sit., Chicago.
to the placing on the market
and unscrupulous imitations
The Catalogue is sent by
mall on receipt of io cents
in stamps or money.
BOWNE.
IW York