EV!.
Whatever evils lay hath done,
httiewr -ouU ti e suffered wrong,
Wha'cvtrr woes the falling sua
1U leave to darkne to prolong.
Tlion art a dream of beauty. Even!
Thou art a dower lo lonely eyes;
Thou art an evanescent heat en
Dew-ending through the languid aklea.
Thou brightest rent to weary strife.
And team to eyea that longed to weep;
Thou bnnr'ft a hush to weary lit.
A cului that deepens on to sleep.
DISGUISED.
-Well, IH be banged!
"The lost child!"
"What Is itr
"The missing linkr
And a loud burst of laughter fol
lowed the exclamations of the rough,
bearded miner. Well they might give
Tent to their astonishment in some La one corner of the room and waited,
such forcible remarks. Half an hour passed, and then a step
It was a tall, lean, Lfc specimen of . was heard on the slab porch outside
humanity that stood before them there the door and the immaculate dude,
at the bar of the Golden Dawn, the ' Charles Gerry Cavendish, Esq., as his
only hotel ia the place. He wore an ' entry in the hotel register read, ap-eve-glass
and the innocent blue eye peared in the door-way, with his same
glanced languidly about the room, issual simpering, sickly smile, and cross
while on his upper lip was a small, in- j dig the room he stepped up to the bar,
significant looking sandy mustache, j nd looked about him In that innocent
which he tenderly caressed, as he guileless way of his. Rube started
spoke, and his pale features bore a sim- from his seat on the soap box in the
poring, gazelle-like expression. He corner in surprise, and glared savagely
was a genuine dude a masher, the at the young man. Dave too, was
only one that had ever ventured Into tomewhat taken back,
the rough precincts of Gray Gulch, and "Mistah, this is a very queer place,"
was regarded by the people of the oegan the dude, as he stroked his mus
place as something of a stray curiosity, tache lovingly. "While I was weturn-
"Mlftah Waitah " 'ing fwom the land wy, I was suddenly
"AVbat are you giving us? I'm the accosted by two horwid looking gentle
boss of this ranch, I am. What do men, and they asked me the time. I
you want?" '. pulled out my watch, when one of the
And the bar-keener, book-keeper, gentlemen grabbed for It, and in de
clerk, and landlord, all in one, leaned fending my pwoperty I was obliged to
upon bis elbows and leared into the ;hastise someone, and I am afraid they
calm, pale face before him. ' got hurt, you see I have injured my
"Ah, I beg pawdon. You are the aand somewhat."
pwopwietah of this inn?" And the Innocent fellow laid his
"What's the matter with calling it a hand down upon the bar, so that it
hotel?" ould be plainly seen by Dave, the as-
"Vewy well, hotel or inn, just as you tonished bar-keeper,
please. Cawn I stop here for a few "What's the matter with you now,
days?" asked the dude, as he languidly rountr fellow?" asked Rube as he
limited a cigarette and blew the smoke
in whiffs across the bar into the face
of the proprietor.
"Well, I reckon, provided you've got
the stuff."
"Stuff stuff ? What is stuff?"
"The money."
"Oh, I didn't compwehend your we
rfiilvk. 1 have the money. Do you
wa'it to sell this hotel?"
"t'b? Why, man, this outfit is worth
a couple thousand."
"That cawn make no special diffew
ence to me, sir. Where I came fwom
1
we are in the habit of purchasing a
hotel and we always make the fowinah
pwopwietaah pwesent of it aftahwads."
The proprietor of the Golden Dawn :
was parali.cd for an instant. The mild
tones ;ind unmoved features of the
stranger, added to his assertion about
purchasing the place, took the man
down several pegs, and the consequence
was the dude got the best room in the
whole house, and, wonder of wonders
was offered a drink out of the private
bottle.
"Xo, thanks; cawn't stand anything ,
et won iter than tea."
"W-what? You are not going to
stop over in Gray Gulch and not drink
anything stronger than tea, be you?"
What is the pwoper capah heah?" .
asked the dude, innocently.
"Drir,' hard stuff with the men, like !
a man. 1 f you don't, why " i
"Wei!, what, my deah fwiend?"
"Yuu"U get yourself into trouble, I
that's all. Xow I rather like your
style; it's something new and fresh ,
here. What I want to tell you is just .
this; when a man asks you to drink ;
with him, whv, you'd better drink. ;
6ee?"
"And if I should wefuse?" I
The proprietor started back aghast. j
The idea of a man refusing to drink
when asked, was something unheard of. !
"Why, just as like as not you'll get '
yourself into a scrape if you do," he re- j
plied. I
"Oh, I see; if I don't dwink there
will be a wow and a wumpus. I see."
He wrote his name in fine delicate
characters upon the dirty page of the
hotel register, and asked to be shown
to his room.
After he had disappeared, a rough,
red-bearded man known as Red Rube,
" . ... . '
entered the bar-room, and the proprie-
I.,. , .. u, ' .
He also requested the assembled min- j
ers not to ak the gentle stranger to
drink.
limits," s;iid he, "I only ask this as
a spiviu favor. I rather like this fel-
l.iu- ..". tic. 1, i cn fret.h :Lnil nricrinul.
And then he don't know our style vet. '
frill if lie n-fimmt to drink, don't
lav it up against him. He's only a
Sew Yorker out to see the country i
"A Xew Yorker, did you say?"
quickly asked Red Rube.
"I supposed so; got the cut of your ,
genuine blood" '
"Well, if he is from Kew York I'm
going to choke the whisky down
his" j
"I beg pawdon, gentlemen, but will
you kindly diwect nie to the laundwyi
I
biuke in a soft voice from the doorway
leading Into the bar-room from the ;
laii.
"Got something to wash?"
"Yes, sir. Two collahs and a paih
of cuffs. I am sadly in need of a
change, and X would hasten to the
laumlwy as wapidly as possible."
" ell, sissy, out nere in cms pan oi lhe known id. Standing upon the
the world we don't wear them things " j mountain range to the east, looking
-By juve! you don't weally mean to : .cross the sixty miles of plain to an
saythatyou " other mountain range on the west,
Tint's just what I said; got any , pith glimpses of two small lakes mid
us objections?" blurted out Red way between them, it does not appear
!....., as he rose to his feetand crossed that it requires any extraordinary feat
tin; room and faced the small figure in ! of danirer or endurance to oroaa the
tlie door-wav
The mild blue eyes wandered slowly
up and down the whole length of his
buily form, and then a tiny eye-glass
was "raised languidly to his left eye.-nd
the dude carefully and leisurely sur
veyed him, while Rube began to grow
more furious, as the masher drew out
his cigarette-case and offered one to
him.
"You little insignificant dude, I "
"I say, you fellah with the wicked
eye "
"Wicked eye? By Heavens "
"And the flannel mouth "
"Great Scott, you miserable little "
"And the villainous face "
"That settles it!" Gents, this fellow
has insulted me and he has got to
di.!" yelled Rube, as he jerked a big
revolver from his belt, and flourished
it threateningly at the now terrified
and trembling Dude.
"Don't shoot me! I humbly beg
your pawdon. I don't mean any ow-
fence, sir; weally, 'pon honah, I didn't.'
"Coward I" broke from
the assembled miners, as
the lips of
the masher
fell
down upon his knees before Rube, t
. rtnlv iittarari ft rfHemifltoll MKjh I" 1
who only uttered a disguoted fBahl'
and walked back to bis seat again.
"And now, with your kind permis
sion, gentlemen, I will wepaih to the
laundwy and "
"Get out of here, you miserable lit
fee whelp! Skip!" And the dude
turned and rapidlv diMPPtmwA. l&Jief
direction of the laundry"," kept by Sam
Slug, the only Chinaman in the place.
"Well, of all the oor things I ever
saw, he takes the cake," said Ilube, as
be gulped down a glass of raw brandy.
"He was talking about buying this
rartche; leastwise he said that where he
came from the eople were in the habit
of buying hotels and then giving them
back to the proprietors again," uttered
the landlord, somewhat faintly.
"Do you think that he's got any
money with him Daver" carelessly
asked Rube.
"Yes, I do, and a mighty find gold
watch, I saw it, and a I say, Rube, if
any of you fellows are going to do any
of your usual work to-night, just stop
Bhort of Well, you know what I
mean," said Dave, leaning over the bar
so that ao ears but Rube's heard biro.
Then Rube gave him a quick know,
ing glance, signed to two ruffianly
looking fellows, and after the pair
went out ha went back and
sat down
itrode up to the bar.
ily hand see, it Is cut, I was un
. ier the wery painful obwagation of
knocking down one of those gentle
men outside. You can see for your
elf." And the small, white hand, with a
bruise across the back of the knuckles,
was slowly raised from the bar.
! It drew nearer and still nearer to
Rube's face, and then as the last words
i fell from the masher's lips, four steel
like fingers and an iron thumb seized
the big bully by the throat, and before
Rube even realized it, a pair of hand
cuffs were snapped together on his
wrists.
The next morning Red Rube and
Harry Hawks, one of the best and
sharpest detectives of New York City
departed from Gray Gulch, and the
place knew them no more.
Rube was wanted in one of the East
ern cities for a clever burglary and mur
der, committed by him, and is to-day
serving a life-long sentence for his
crime.
And even now, Dave, the proprietor
of the Golden Dawn, never tires of
telling about the first and only genuine
dude that ever came to Gray Gulch.-
, Yankee Blade.
THEY HAVE A LITERATURE.
Mi melons Hare Formed the Them
of Lover and Writers.
MTfcnjeInB have played a part is
histoly. jfhey caused tEvfnll of Aruuef
and lea Mack to the capitulation ol
Ulm. On. day the Abbe Bernis came
to dine with the Marquise de Pompa
dour, who was furious because the
tnaJtre d'hotel bad forgotten to serv
melon, "ghall I get two muskmeloni
for you, madanie?" He paid 2 louli
for them. "Delightful," said the mar
quise. "My compliments, Monsleui
1'Abbe." Bernis was happy uutli tb
moment when the clock struck his eye.
"What makes you sad?" asked the Pom
padour. "Oh, Madame la marquise,'
he replied, "my friend Malrin and 1
hflTA nlv- n iaff tmnaAM tw fwt
of U8 ud ift4g wal0nj for ,t to go t
dinner." The Pompadour gave a pen
sion of 8,000 llvres and an abbey tc
him. Ills friend became, under th
, same protecrJou, archbishop of Lyons
,. . I. .. i
.One evening a strategist was explain
'n Bonaparte what he should hav
i Bonaparte asked: "Tou have been lz
I the wars, Monsieur?" The strategist
' replied, "No, but I have read PoJybiua
Marshal Saxe and Chevalier Folard."
Bonaparte said, "Oh, you are learned
know how to make melom
srow'f" The strategist exclaimed, "Gen
ral!" Indignantly. Bonaparte contln
vei, "You have read La Qulntlnie?"
General," the strategist answer
d- "You do not know how to mak
melons grow, although yon have read
La Quintinie, and yet yon talk to m
alKut war because you have read Poly
blus. Good day, sir," Bonaparte said
-
Hottest Spot in America.
"It is not generally known that the
nottest, most arid desert in the world
is in the United States, but snoh is the
fact," said li. C. McKeighan, of San
Diego, to t he corridor man at the Lin
dell. "The Cocspah Desert is small,
but it is the most dangerous of any iu
plain. And this haa caused the loss oi
many lives.
"The sand of that desert is so hot
hat in a few miles the shoes will be
literally burned off the traveler's feet,
beasts will be overcome before half
lhe distance is encompassed, and the
idventuous traveler dies in agony,
literally consumed with heat from
without and thirsithin. Many have
been known to attempt the journey,
ind but few have been known to re
turn. Theae had gone no further than
the first lake, and finding it salt water
ad beaten a retreat. The nearest
ake has been reached often enough to
now that it ebbs and flows with the
iulf of California, and the water is
he same, hence it must be a part of
hat body, although separated from it
by sixty or seventy mile of solid earth
tnd a high range of mountains.
"This range was probably at one
lime an island, and the Cocapah
Desert the bottom of the sea. ' I once
itarted across the barren waste to in-
Vaatimte. bnt I had not crone ten miles
fnrhAnnmincnmnIatelvexhanted.
be loie Gf my Ieet were blistered
v i , - . .
Vila uon, my Draw grew uutx j, a
lonld get no sir, and the breath
eemed to stop in my throat. I turned
back just in time to save my life, and
vhen I reached the forests of the
Vtonntai n onoe mora I waa delirious
lor hours. St Lonia Glob-Ies
aa,K' " rr i." " '
DOWN A FLUMFi.
THRILLING FIFTY-MILK BOAt
BIDE.
rkroagH Forests, Along Precipices,
Over Canyons, Sometimes Swifts
ly. Mow Leisurely, Covering
the Distance la Six Honrs.
IK semi-t
CaL, th
risky, d
the tV
tropical Fresno County,
there is a place, which for
y, delightful sport, beats all
WbagaaB slides on the con
tinent. Think of the exhilarating joy
f an uninterrupted slide of fifty miles.
through great forests, along the brinks
f preerpioes, and down ragged canons,
smid the wildest and most picturesqu
leenery to be found ia the country
Sfty miles without a break !
Suea a thrOliag experience has been
atade possible by the reeent comple
tion of the great Pine Ridge lumber
lame. So other. Ansae surpasses it,
sad it is doubtful it any ether ia equal
to it ia length and grandeur of the
eoaery paeaed thrnagh in a journey
from tl)e torn rait of one of the high
sparaof the Sierra Nevada to the plains
beneath, fifty miles distant. The flume
has just been completed to the little
town of Clevis, twelve miles north of
Fresno, and is fifty-two miles in length.
Flames for floating lumber are so
numerous in California that descrip
tion is superfluous except to say that
this is in general like all ethers, con
listing of boxes shaped like the letter
V and on trestles varying in height
from n few feet to a hundred, depend
ing on the obaraoter of the country
traversed. The flame starts at Stephen- 1
onvreei, one oi ne inoannw oi
the San Joaquin River, at an elevation
of nearly 6000 feet above the sea, and
after a winding oonrse of fifty-two
miles it terminates in a vineyard twelve
miles out on the plains beyond the
foot of the mountain. The trough
carries the water which floats the lum
ber. The flame boats, in which the rapid
ourneys are made down the names,
sre simple. They are made the same
ihape as the Y-bosea of the Samoa.
The upper end of the boats are closed
by a Board nailed across, but the
lower end, which points down stream,
is left open to let out the water which
splashes over the sides of the bonts
from time to time. One, two or three
hort boards are laid across for seatn.
depending upon how many are to
make the journey. A carpenter enn
manufacture one of these boats in leaf
than half an hour. The boat is meant
Tor only one journey, for none is eve'
hauled back for another journey.
The first ride down the Pine Ridge
flume from start to finish was made
few days ago. The sides of the flume
were covered with ice, caused by the
rold night and the splashing water,
Scarcely had the boat touched the cur
rent before its edges also were slippery
with ice. That was no matter, and in
a second or so the boat, with its pas
sengers, was sweeping down the trough
of water, and trees were spinning pant
so rapidly that they seemed like thi
ipokes of a swift wheel.
The passenger does not realize just
how he gets into the boat nor how he
wakes the start. It is all over before
he has time to think. He has an un
governable desire to clutch at things,
hut before he can do so he is gone,
and the speed makes him catch his
breath, and that is all he can do. The
start has been made, and it must be a
race to the finish. If one should at
tempt to stop when the speed is so
groat it would result in something
seriona. Even if he should see
broken place ahead of him, where the
flume had gone over a precipice, he
could not stop, bnt must run into it
and take the consequences. Such i
mishap la not likely, bnt is possible.
There are places here and there where
the flume passes over ground more
nearly level and the current is corre
spondingly slow, and a person can
spring out and let the boat go ; or he
might, when safely out, run along the
foot plank and, by holding the boat,
bring that to a stop also. But in the
steepest places a man could not run
fast enough to keep np with th
boat.
Before the passenger has time to
look back or forward, or to ask any
question, he has run the first hall
mile, and is sweeping around a curve,
which opens to his vision a sight not
pleasant to contemplate. The flme
passes between two walls of rock, and
then out along the face of a solid rock
forming the side of Stephenson
Mountain. If one can look down
while speeding across this giddy
fceight he will see beneath him just
how far he has no power to estimate
the canon of the creek, deep down in
the shadows of the morning, almost
dark with the depths. The boat aeeius
to be flying through space. It is but
a moment till the giddy place is
passed, and the boat da(ts into a mass
of gloomy pines growing against the
ude of the mountain.
After a four miles' ran the boat sud
denly emerges from a forest of pine
snd firs, and those in the boat experi
ence the feeling of a person in a bal
loon, when the world seems to droj
kwsy from under him. The flume run
eat over a high trestle, and at fir
glance nothing is visible underneath
There seems to be nothing but un
fathomable space sheer down. Thi
Is near the torn around the point o
Stephenson Mountain, and the vax
ibyss beneath, wb.ich had seemed bot
tomless, is the canon of San Joaquii
Sivex, down just bow far beneat
ronhl be hacd'to gifss. It looks no
has than 3000 feet; it may be less.
The passenger cannot look twioe a
the soene. The next minute he haf
taosed again into the timber; then
somes cmrve after cur ye around a rooky
nountain, and after a little while the
anon which had saejued so nearly bot
tomless haa been left behind. The
Irst twelve miles of the journey bring
ue traveler to the western face of Fine
.idge, the hut drift of snow disap
eari, and the ataialy groves of sugar
in and arbor villa begin to give place
o tangled thicket of manzanita and
haparral, and the starved and stunted
'fgW pines t&ti gnarled jack oaks
ake the plaoe of the tamaracks which
tow about the reservoir at the start
ng plfoe. Climate succeeds climate
s the boat rashes from ridge to ridge.
Passing around the mountain at the
teaa or vry Ureek, Fresno City, forty
ive miles distant, ia seen, with the
norning son fcinJiing on the metal
oofs and glancing from the dome of
ha Court House, so far away that it
seme only a spook of light.
-aicnougn tbe roughest parts of the
lonntains are left behind after the
ead of Dry Creek is reached, the
ume haa still some of its steepest
Tades below that point. The daoline
not uniform, varying from a hardly
eroaatible grade to aa muoh aa one
sot in eight, Down the steepest
laoa tM.boat rashes at a spaed which
pproachea very nearly the limit oi
sfety. Within five or six miles far
bar aha flume' sweeps round the brink
t a high, bold granita chX and tiro
I
nilesaway and 2000 feet below th
little village of Toll House bursts into
dew. .
When the flume has passed Toll
donse it has entered the foothills, and
the excitement is over. The way leads
for twenty miles down a narrow valley
ind the passengers in the boat have
nothing to alarm them, as they glide
tlong so smoothly and peacefully that
i they shut their eyes they would
probably fall asleep. The speed grows
less and less as the plains are ap
proached, and now and then a little
rineyard or an orange orchard is seen,
ttanding in pleasing contrast with the
Ice and winter coldness of the moan,
tains, now 4000 feet above. From the
foot of the hills the distance) to the
terminus of the flame, at Clovis, is
tbout twelve miles, and the speed
tessens all the time.
The end came at last, and so slowly
was the little boat moving that the
touch of a hand was sufficient to bring
it to a stop, and the romantic ride of
ifty-two miles was done. It had oo
supied six hours, and the boat in that
dme had carried its passengers from a
region of winter, with its ice and
snow, into a country where grapes still
loaded the vines. San Francisco
vhroniole.
Washington as a Singer of Songs.
General Washington and Chief Jus
ice Ellsworth, of Connecticut, were
Intimate friends. On one occasion
Washington dined with Ellsworth at
ais residence, in Windsor. During
his visit he was taken into the nursery.
where were two twin boys, afterward
Governor Ellsworth
and the Hon.
r tv
no toot one on
Honry La. Ellsworth.
raeu auee, auu mug lutuem iuih song, J
the wordb of which are preserved, but,
snfortunately, not the music :
THS DBRBT (DARBY) a AX.
As I was eoini; to Derby
Upon a nuirkut day.
I spied the bitricwt rani, sir.
That ever wits fed on bay.
Tow de row de row,
Tow de row de da.
He had four feet to walk, sir,
He had four feot to stand,
And every foot ho had, sir,
Covered an aero of land.
Tow, eto.
The wool upon his hack, si..
It ronohod unto the stcy.
And eagles built thi'ir nt-ets there.
For I hard thuir yotiDgones cry.
Tow, ete.
, The wool npon his tnil, sir,
I heard th wwivnr any.
Made threw thousnnd yitrds of cloth, sir.
For h wofi it all in a day.
Tow, etc.
It is not often that the Futhor of hif
his Country appears iu this role ; but
this anecdote tas handod down in thu
Ellsworth family, aud is undoubtedly
authentic The Witness.
THE KIDNEYS.
srrwsrriYic, oki.icatr and arpsko.
rormr Rinnloe of the ltihtjkvtA Gun Fac
tory Han a Krmnr'raMa Km-hp.
From the J"-w, Katavia, N. Y.
Ellas HolTinan. a woll-known market tnu
inner of Daws, Counsw County, N. T., hm
perhaps su(IireJ as mnnh. If not more, thnn
any othr man In O"nosne County. A fw
years ago Mr. Hoffman was employed at the
pun factory in Itatnvlii and was obliged to
Slve np his position there on aeeonnt of ill
health and give his nttnntinn to market :ar
deninf In which husinfvw he is now en
gaged. A newspaper reporter happened to
run across Mr. Hoffman a day or two ngn,
and from him learned of his Buffering and
from what souree he had been benefited.
Mr. Hoffman greeted the reporter with a
pleasant manner, and was willing to toll of
his experience from the tim. he commenced
to bo troubled with kidney disease up to the
present time, when he Is about cured. Beintj
questioned npon the state of his hcHlth, Mr.
Hoffman replied that he was very well con
sidering his recent near approach to death.
"Can yon tell me how you received so
much benefit?" the reporter asked. "Well,"
said Mr. Hoffman, "It was several years ago
that I commenced to feel a kidnev trouble
coming on and I was running down hill
every day, in fact so fast that in a very short
time I was unable to continue my work. at
tho gun works, and was obliged to settle
down on my little farm of ten acres nnd do
a dav'g work now and then when I felt able.
I suffered everything and tried about all
kinds of medicine, but without any relief,
and I about gave up trying to be cured. It
was several weeks ago when a neighbor of
mine came along and aked me If I had tried
Pr. Williams' rink riiis, and I replied
that I hail not. He suggested that I try a
Koxof the pills and thought that they would
help my case. I had already heard the pills
hgiily spoken of, and the first time I went to
Katavia I pm chased a box and commenced
taking the pills according to directions. I
had not tak-n the first box before I could se-t
that the pills were doing their work, and I
continued to take them and grew better
gradually until I was aide to do a day's
work ami had thought of taking np ray old
job at the gun works: in fact the pills
worked like acbarmand I would not be with
out them.
Mrs. Hoffman, who presents a strong and
healthy look, spoke in the highest praise ol
the Tr. Williams' Pills, and said that sho
considered her hnslnd's life saved by the
littlo pills, that tlii-y had put her husband In
a position to do work and support himself
and family without trouble.
Or. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a eon
riensed form, ail the elements necessary to
give new lire and riennens to tne Diooa ana
restore shattered nerves. They are an un
failing speclllu for such diseases as locomo
tor ntatla. partial parfjysis. Bt. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rhonmatism, nerv
ous headache, the after effect of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions, all forms of weakness either In
male or female. Pink Tills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sold post paid on receipt
of price (50 cents a box, or six boxes fot
2.60 they are never sold in bulk or by the
100), by addressing lr. Williams' H edict n
Company, bcheneutady. N. Y.
' "6IIriTice!,r
Tho waders of Shakspeare will reeog-
Blze "Slicnca" ac a family name in old
England, and It still ex lata, tboug-h It la
Dot usual. An English Judge tu a pro
vincial court recently called up a elm
pie-looking lady an a wltnesa.
"Madame V cried the Judga,
outly.
pomp
rmir (su)r
"Wtat Is yoor name?"
The woman lifted her eyes.
'Silence, sir."
"Madam, tht-re la no need of auy
evasion. 1 repeat, what Is your nfuuey
"I tja!d Silence, thlr." '
"I know yon did. Now, no more
trlSIng; Instantly (It me your whole
name."
"Sally Silence, thlr."
Mace.
Mace Is derived from masaoe ot
masse, a handy kind of weapon, made
of metal, with a knob or spike at the
end. It waa developed by the Normans
aa a means of appealing to the brains
of our Saxon ancestors a purpose for
which the baton, a wooden bludgeon
of great efficacy elsewhere, waa fonnd
to be altogether too light and flimsy.
Warlike prelates, according to Plancbe,
were greatly addicted to this form of
argument In preference to swords; be
cause there waa a superstition that
"he that took the sword ahould perish
by the a word." Xi
latereataac. Indent.
He Tour family portraits are very
Interesting, MUs Wabash. Who Is
this distinguished looking personaee?
t-ne 'mat is my grandfather. He 1
Was be an earl alto? She No: only
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Your Health
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Bisuiti- imid u
Wasblna-ton, l. V.
Cahnibala.
In the Northern parts of CanaJa
there are still several Indian tribes who
eat hnmfan flesh, says the Vegetarian.
In Guiana and on the Orinoco we still
find Carlbbeans who have the honor of
having furnished the name for that
horrible custom of eating human fiVsli.
Cannibal comes from Caribs, or Cari
bales, corruptions of Ualibis, or Canibis,
the name ot the inhabitants of the An
tilles when Columbus arrived there.
On the Upper Amazon, between the
river and the borders of Bolivia, live
the To. pis Guaranieus, who manifest a
liking for human flesh. Cannibals are
common in Australasia, the Papuans,
Kanrkiens, and Battuklens being the
most distinguished. There are more
human flesh eaters in Africa than any
where else. Cannibalism is not a sign
of a low state of civilization, for many
cannibal races stand higher in culture
than those who abhor the custom.
Many cannibals live in regions tilled
with ordinary food, but they prefer hu
man flesh as a delicacy, the tuen for
bidding their wivea and slaves to eat it.
In Northern Australia it seems that
the dead are eaten. Herodutus tells
us that it was the custom in India foi
the young to kill the old and eat them,
to insure their future salvation, and we
are told that the old folks desire to be
killed before they grew too old and less
aDDeUziiut.
WflES SATIRE
Needs assistance it may be beat to ren
der it promptly, but one should re
member to use even the most perfect
remedies only when needed. The best
n .1 . i i t i
."T1 "uu
the Syrup ol Jifis, manufactured by
the California Fig Syruy Co.
There ia a butterfly of India, which.
If pursued by a bird, simply alights on
a bush or a tree and becomes invisible
by mimicking the leaves.
Tr. Kilmers SVAMr-rtooT ettrai
all Kidney and Bladder troublei
1'ampleland Consultation frea
Laboratory lllnghumton. N.
M. Louis Col ton, a
lawyer livine at
hari J::
MontlacoD, France, had
shaving at the age of twelve. At four
WKIU i
teen he had a beard a foot long, and
now it ia eight feet long.
Ifafnicted with sore eyes use Ur. Isaac Thorn n.
lon'a Eve-water. Urusaim aell at 2.V- per bottle
Frince Hohenlohe. the German
Chancellor, does not believe in official
luxury, and his offices are furnished
very simply.
Floating- Borax la bow the onlv nm floattn
Soap made. Be lure Dobbin Soan MP Co..
Phtla." ia On everr wmnner anil eftke Our
readen cannot affufd to be without Floating
Borax Soap,
The best watchmakers' oil comes
from the of the shark. About
half m mnl lAfnlinil in oanli e 1. .1- -
I bava (band Ptao'i Cure for Coniomption an
nataainc median.-1. a. l
cow 8b, .
RluTlrJItf
Uti. and Drnar-I
, - .- -
Tf rfuRts wHtBt iff
I I Beat Couth SrfaivTi
MitLSt FAILS. EST
. TauesUoud. tJael
I frr grumrists. fr4
A PUZZLED FOREIGNER.
Coald Hot Bo Reconciled to On
Be
Ideas of Precedence.
In spite of Its professed culture and
cosmopolitan opportunities society In
New York, we are told, still inipreese
a foreigner as distinctly commercial
and more or less haphazard In Its ar
rangements. Precedence, for example,
which the old world regulate social
ethics or accords to men of distinction
their proper place In the faahlonabls
ranks. Is totally Ignored. In Washing
ton,' Where official life reigne supreme,
etiquette receives due consideration,
and diplomatists, to whom such mat
ters are all-Important, take their pro
per places; but In New York, It Is na
uncommon thing to see an accredited
representative of a king or emperor sit
ting between two young debutantes,
wnlle a man of no official rank takes
In the hostess.
"ato those gentlemen on either side
of Mrs. H. of great dlstlnctlonr In
quired the newly arrived mlnlstei
from of bis next neighbor at a large
dinner at a well-known house In New
port The latter, a witty woman of
the world, at once appreciated the sit
uation, and the bewilderment of the
Comte de , who found himself plac
ed between two charming young wom
en Instead of occupying the place of
honor next his hostess, was his official
right.
-No, but they are very rich," she re
plied, gravely.
"Then there Is no precedence In this
country only. a money basis T But thai
is so very fluctuating; how do you man
age that?"
"Oh, that Is onr pnexle," answered
the lady. "It Is, as yon say, very diffi
cult" "Perhaps It might even be neceesary
to change at table," continued the of
fended dignitary, dryly, "and Mr. A.,
who at soup might be so far removed
from the lady of the house as I am, fot
Instance, might find himself at dessert
at her elbow."
"Or there might be a stock ticker on
the mantel," suggested Miss X., enjoy
ing the Irritated amour propre of the
little man, "and as values went np or
over, people might change places like
the children In the game of 'stage
coach." "
"It la certainly all very odd to nous
outres," murmured the diplomat, "but
since these curious customs place me
near you, madamoiselle, I have nothing
to regrot" St Louis Globe-Democrat
Catarrh Cannot Be Care4
yith loral applications, as they cannot reach
lie neat of tliediseaxe. Catarrh ia a blood or
-onxtitutional disease, and in order to cure
t yon must tako internal remedies. Hall's
atarrh llire is taken Internally, and acts di
vctly on the Mood anil mucous Murface. Hall's
'atarrh Cure ia not aqiuu-k medicine. It was
.n-scrioed by one of the best physicians In this
sjuntry for years, and is a rt-i-ulur prescription,
t is composed of the best tonicsknown.com
inod with the best blood purifier, acting di
ctly on the mucous surfiices. The perft
mhi nation of the two ingredients is what
roduces such wonderful results incurinirca
"rh. Seud for testimonials free.
, V, r- ."ev k Ci, l'ropa- Toledo. CL
Sold by drumclsts. price 75c
It is said that if two tunint? forks
of the snme pitch are placed facing
ench other, the one sounding, the
other silent, one will be vivinv out a
distinctly audible note.
Mr. YtnlnWS Sootliinv Ri-rnn fA. ni.,t. -
tecthlne. softens the Piling rn.lllr.Aa Inll.miH..
tlon. allays pain, cures wind colic, auc a twttl
The totil weieht of the Meat dw.
tric locomotive constructed is 134,000
poundx. It is intended to' use it' e-
eriment ally in snitchinir nt h.n.l.
unit beavv freight.
FITS stormed fret nr Tin Rims nn.
Nhvk Kkbtohkr. No fits after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2.00 trial hot.
i ireo. Ur. Klin-. 'HI Arch St.. I'hila.. Pa.
The Saltan's Jokn.
"Pld you ever hear tho atory of how
the Prince of Wales aaked the Sultan
to go and see the Derby run 7" said
Orlando Jones recently. "Well, It ws
this wise: The race for the Derby was
aliout to be run, and as the Sultan was
then visiting England Che prince sent
one of his Iords-ln-W'altlng to Inquire if
the Eastern potentate would like to
go and witness the etasslo contest The
Son of the Moon and Stars waa seated.
propped np by cushions, smoking pla
cidly, when the Itoyal Emissary was
ushered Into his presence.
'Ills royal highness bids me ask your
majesty If It would please yon to wit
nens the race for the Derby 7 said he,
bowing low.
" 'Doce his royal hlgtiness mean that
should go and see a horse race?' In
quired the Sultan, blandly.
" 'He doea, your highness.'
" Tell the prince that I cannot do so,'
replied the ruler of the Faithful. "Why
should I want to goT All men who are
not fools know that some horses are
swifter than others.' " Philadelphia
Press.
f-
Burned at the Stake In Ijondon.
We can hardly realize the fact that It
has only been but little over 100, years
since counterfeiters were publicly burn
ed at the stake In London, the present
boasted "center of civilization." On
March 18, 1780, Christlanle Murphy
was executed at Newgate tower, Lon
don, for the crime of "coining." She
was bound to the stake seated on a
stool, the main tie being a cord around
the neck. The funeral pyre waa then
llKhted by the executioner and his den-
utles, one of the latter of whom finally
Jerked the stool from under the wretch
ed creature, allowing the weight to fall
on her neck. Within 48 minutes the
body was finally reduced to ashes and
buried In a hole on the spot where the
execution took place.
Domeatte Intelligence.
The colored servant In the south Is
occasionally good at repartee. Mra.
Yenrer found ber servant, Belinda.
reposing in the rocking-chair reading
a newsrialw. ..v m tn tZu.Z
you are the lady of the house," said
Mrs. Yerger sarcastically. "No,
mum, I'se brack, but I'se not sich a
fool as dat. " Exchange.
Diplomatic Approach.
Tommy Faw, I told Jimmy Braggs
that you was the best papa any boy
ever bad. Mr. Figg Oh, did you?
Have you raked the leaves oft the
yard as 1 told you to do whcn 1 went
down town this morning? "N jio."
-. j., .
Freely, Indeed.
"You have a large audience," sala
the flrst-nighter at the theater.
M'es." replied the manager, as he
thought of the numerous dead-heads;
"I don't know when we have Decii
more freely patronized. " Detroit
Free Press.
Too 1-tttle.
She If you will write ms out a
sentence In your handwriting I will
mjii you wnat; your character la He
(complying) now will this do? She
(reading "How I would like one little
kiss")-rm afraid this Isn't enough.-
m . t . "
kt i
. -1 -y""
waa excessively fond of
blood padding.
Tna nervous ayatem ia weakened by the
I 111 III "Jl li B:j ft ISa
Every nerve to Uent;thcnedJnJhecure Mtby
MEXICO'S SECRET POLICE.
A Sy.tem More Complete Eren Man Thai
of the Trench BepnbUc.
"The secret service of the French
Republic is generally considered the
most perfect spy system in the world,
said a traveling man to a writer fot
the Washington Star, "but in my hum
ble opinion the department of private
intelligence supported by Mexico sur
passes it both in extent and intricacy.
A couple of years ago I was accidently
permitted to get an insight into its
workings, and I was astounded. One
would imagine that a great private de
tective agency would be a necessity
only in a country like Russia, where
the life of the ruler is constintly
threatened, but down in Mexico there
Is a system of espionage that extends
to every part of it. The motives of
every public man in Mexico are not
only perfectly well known to the gov.
eminent, but every visitor is subject t
scrutiny. It was President Diaz who
first established the chain of secrecy
that now holds all the people to ita
links. Every now and then one will
be surprised to see a body of Mexican
troops hurried off to some remote place
in a far-off state. None will know the
reason, but the fact will soon become
known that the government haa pre
vented an embryo revolution from
crainine- strentrth and force. A con
siderable number of Americans resid
ing in Mexico do so because the law
will make it unpleasant for them in
their native places. The Mexican
secret service has the record of each of
these, and if any of them shows two
much activity in Mexican affairs there
is an arrest, the United States author
ities are notified and extradition of the
prisoner follows. Such a case occurred
only a few days ago. A man named
John Horley has been residing in
Monterey for several years, and is
prominent. Some time ago he took a
great interest in having Sutler, who
was wanted in Austin, extradited.
Horley was arrested under orders sent
from Mexico Citv. It turns out th;it
Horley did something out in this coun
try twelve years ago, and is still
wanted to answer the charge. Yes,
sir. the Mexican secret service is the
greatest of them all, and its ramifica
tions extend even-where over the re
public, and a good ways on this side ol
the border."
Left Hardly Anything tndonr.
A newspaper correspondent at Mid-
dletown, N. Y., announces la a dispatch
that shortly after the return of Hiram
Hornbeck, a penitent prodigal son, a
thunderstorm arose and lightning killed
a calf on the farm where Hiram's par
ents resided, hit the family Bible, op
i ened It at the fifteenth chapter of Luke
and marked the twenty-third verse,
wilch reads as follows: "And brlns
hither the farted calf and kill It, and
let us eat and be merry."
Canadian carpet manufacturers art
complaining of the competition of car
pets and rues made by orleou labor In
British India.
"A Handful of Dirt May be a -Houseful of Shame."
Keep Yonr House Clean With
SAPOLIO
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.'3 goods.
WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited,
DORCHESTER, MASS.
OL. BENJ. a LOVELL.
- raaas. Jobn p. Lovki.i, aiuis Co.
COL. LOVELVS
successful light for th ' ConnrilJnr
nomination in the Second Mafsariuxctts
IHstrict was the subject of editorial com
ment in the Boston Journal as follows:
" That animated and stubborn contest in
the Second Councillor District ends in the
selection of an admirable candidate, Col.
Benjamin Lovell of Weymouth. Col. Lor
ell is one of the best-kn'oirn end bfst-lU rd
men n the State. A gallant soldier, an
energetic man of business, a stalwart Re
publican. He deserves well of his parly,
which has honored him with more than out
conspicuous mark of its confidence, and
has matte no mistake in giving him this
present nomination. Col. Lovell has an
army of warm personal friends. He should
be carried into the Executive Council by a
record-breaking majority."
HEaCTrl.
a
perfect health, comfort, good-nature, baby-'r-w.ty.
Scott's Emulsion is the best fat-food baby can nave, in
the easiest form. It supplies what hn cannct get iu his
ordinary food, and helps him over the weak places to perfect
growth, For the growing child it is growh. -For the fnU
grown, new life.
9m xl Sett gmnMjn
Scott & Bownc. New York, aii Drutzists. soc od It
i
3 5 Si. W
In the lllvon-e Country.
'RyJove. Rron.n: your wif. ,,
charming woman." p,,, H(, '
find her so. l a slow." .j (jn 0'
deed. If you ever contempiato' .!?
ting divorced, oUl man. let , k ,eu
will you? I'd liUe to marry a,'
Dronson myself." Jurlo.
Wonilrrfnl are the cures ""fnmjill.hea v.
H.xxl's Sarsaparill nnd yet It t, v bJJ
Hood's Sarsaparilla iikik.-s pure, rl.-h, hwnkj
blood. V
Hood's I'llls lor the liv-r nn.l o.r. i,.
There are 2rtlil mechimie emplnyij
on the new Hiititih warship Magnifi.
cent, building at tho Clint ham dock,
yard. Trobably so ma ly men never
worked on one ship In-fore.
41
11(14
leaeatef nedicai uiscoverj
of tne Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
OOKALO KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,,
Haa dtseovered In one of oar eommos
pasture weed a remedy that eurn ererj
kind of Humor, from the woret Bcrofnli
down to a common pimple.
He has tried it In ov-r eleven hnn4rM
eaes, and never failed except In twoua,
(both thunder humor). He has now in
hia possession over two hundred eertln.
entea of Its value, all within t w-nty mil
of Boston. Send postil card tor hole
A benefit is always experienced from thi
first bottle, and a perfect euro is warranto
shen the rlnht quantity Is taken.
When tho luniks are alTwted It carts
shjotlng pains, like needles p&Mlng
Ihrout-h them ; the same with the Llvoi
or Bowels. This Is caused by the dueti
boint stopped, and always disappears In ft
weelc after taking It. It-ad tli latwL
If the stomach Is foal or bilious It wlD
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever nflcsipnry. Eu
tho bt you can Ret. and enough of It
Dose, one tahlcspoonful In water at bed
time. Svild by ail DruiUU.
If
You
Happen
To forget the name,
just ask for the best
Self-Raising Buck
wheat. YOU
WILL GET
Of course.
to the placing on the market
and unscrupulous imitations
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The FXCKL line is designed
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It Is durable, nicely finished and
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Thenow I.OVF.I.L ( ATALOCrKof
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AliKNTSWANTKO in nil t itle end T.ni
lii-re n e have none.
WRITE FOR PARTICULAR a
health signal.
The baby's mission, its
work in life, is growth. To
that little bundle of love,
half trifik, half dream, every
added ounce of flesh means
addfd h.mnir.rss and com-
i r .
fort. Frat is the signal of
-slte023fjM