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A VANDAL IN THE LIBftARY.
Not a noise thronghont oar dwelling
Of the urchin's presence telling. J
Did he sleep?
.Where had flown the dimpled laughter
Wont to ring from floor to rafter?
What I saw a moment after
Made flesh creep I
(He had rent my Lamb in pieces.
There was nothing- bat the fleeces,
And Home Tooke
'He had taken in a twinkle;
.Young looked old, with many a wrinkle?
Other poets, quite a sprinkle.
Strewed each nook.
i
My new Gar was sad, Hood tattered.
And my Baeea sliced and scattered
Spelled my Lecke;
Pollock's Oonrse of Time had ran;
Browning was Indeed quite done;
Vandal fists hsd Just begun
Knox to knock. fr
The Decline and Fall of Gibbon
Swiftly came: to many a ribbon
It was rent.
Steele was twisted; there was pillage .
In my fair Deserted Village:
Beaconstield was past all Ullage;
Hook was bent.
Would that I had caught the rorer .
Ere this cyclone had blown orerl '
Fateful billow 1
There he lies! could I be rude
On such slumber to intrude!
Zimmerman on Solitude .-
That's his pillow! ,-
-New York Sun.
"THE BIT 0' MEADEK.
Old Davy King stood In his doorway
laughing. To look at the broad wheat
fields surrounding the farmhouse; to
take In a sweep of the corn waring In
the summer breeze; to watch the flock
of turkey, sunning
make an old man laugh, but Davy King
was looking Inside the hoOM asbe stood
In the kitchen doorway.
"They're thinkln' about brlngln' the
subject up In a nieetin', what you think
' that, mother? Better be eon centra t
ln' their thoughts on gettln' the wheat
crop stacked before the rain, hah?
Howsumever, they got plenty a-tlme a
Sundays." Again the old man laughed.
Someone Inside the kitchen laughed,1
too, a shrill, contagious little laugh.
"Ha, ha, ha!" roared the old man.
"He, he. her shouted little Davy.
Mrs. King did not speak until little
Davy's laush had died away In the
kiti'hen, then she said decidedly, as she
took two apples from the cupboard and
laid litem upon the brown tablecloth
spread for the midday meal, "I don't see
the sense o' neighbors continually peck
iu' and bic-kerin' at one another fer
nothiu', and it don't do no good, fur's
I can see, to learn a little feller 5 years
old to like sech things. Some folks say
It'll be all the same In a hundred years,
anyway."
"Waal," remarked old Davy, dryly,
"I reckon even In a hundred years once
Upon a time Davy King will have had
the biggest rixht-a-goin" in the bit o'
meader yonder, hah?"
" Twouldn't hurt to give 'm the road,"
said Mrs. King.
"They can drive through it; I ain't a
hlnderin'. but the gates is got to stand."
"Sam Dove, lie's wlllln' to give the
road through the whole of his farm,
didn't you say?" inquired Mrs. King.
"Ys," replied old Davy. "Sara's
ready to act the big man all around. He.
lied on me up to the polls; give it out as
I was thinkln' one way and votin'
t'other fer spite. I reckon as I'm
thinkin' and actin' one way about the
road; I'm thinkln' they will run no pub-
... ... ...
lie roau turougn me meaaer. ana 1 m
f,rin- i, ti.a cr,fa Tim thin
correspond purty good together.'
"Sam Dove's a foolish man
when
he's angry," said Mrs. King, placidly,
"but be ain't the only man tbataway.
All the rhurch people wants the road
well as Sam Dove."
"That's so," said old Davy, content
edly, tney all wants It. liow many
o' the church people stuck up fer me
around the polls? How many o' 'em
weren't a-clamorin on behind Sam
Dove?"
"You ain't goin' to give 'em the road,
are you. grandpa?" cried little Davy's
shrill voice.
"You bear that?" exclaimed Mrs.
King.
"Here's a chip o the old block, sure,
the boy Is," said the old man, proudly.
"After my time you ain't gunno let 'em
have It, neither, air you, honey?"
"You bet I ain't" said little Davy.
"You'll let "era pass through fer ac
commodation, mebbe, but you'll keep
the gates wbar grandpa put 'em, eh,
honey ?"
"Yes, slr-ree," said little Davy.
Little Davy was 90 very small that
wben he sat up at the table his mouth
was hardly within sight but his clear,
china blue eyes smiled at his grandpa
during his homely meal, and his little
white head bobbed under the table ev
ery now and then In full appreciation
of grandia's Jokes.
"You'll bring the boy up In sech a way
that he'll think all the neighbors Is
fools." remarked Mrs. King, reproving
ly. "His mother never give him over
to you fer that."
The old man bad shoved back his
chair from the table; be was standing
In the door again; the expression of his
face bad assumed that gentleness that
one likes to see In an old man.
"Waal, I dunno, Davy," he said, "as
I'd be so hard on the folks If Sam Dove
weren't In It I've lived among 'em
all my life and six of 'em's gunno carry
me to the grave. But they've sort o
took up Sam Dove as a leader. Hullo,
thar, you shet that gate!"
The old man's voice rose In a perfect
roar as be uttered the last words and
his eye grew furiously angry. "You.
shet that gate," he called out again,
"or go round by the pike; that ain't no
public road."
"He's done shut It" said the small
boy. peering down toward the meadow.
"Can you make him out honey?"
isked old Davy. "One o' the cap'n's
tuen. weren't he?"
"No," said the small boy, truthfully,
't wasn't nobody but a nigger boy."
"I thought you was gunno raise the
roof off the house the way you holler
ed." remarked Mrs. King evenly. "If
Dove can spare a two-mile road, I
ihould tbiuk you could let the bit o'
meader go; besides, folks is feared to
pass through on account of the Durm."
"The Durm ain't gunno to hurt no
body," said old Davy, "than ain't no
more harm in him than a colt If they
set down on the Durm at the meetin'
I'll have my say about Dove's dogs."
The oid man was sitting In the door
way now. the small boy close beside
him. Little Davy's head was resting on
bis grandpa's knee; bis china blue eyes
were closed; his breath was coming
oft ami evenly. Old Davy looked down
it the little, face, and then his gaze
wandered toward the wheat fields, yel
lowing so rapidly, took in the sweep of
torn, saw the turkeys hunting worms
In the lane. "Waal," he said, speaking
Io himself, "leavin' the cap'n out they
tin't a bad set o' folks. Ef they'd been I
katisiied with the fust arrangement
tad takln' nothin but the strip o'
prow's t -f-H Dove, they could V had a
mmmmmmm---immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm a- - I f u , MMM MM fftf
tfecc ' meader. tjfTtIn1Fgn'a6 give
a piece o' road that's as necessary aa
the whole big bit, and hare It said that
Dove give the people the road."
"He's mighty little and peaked; Is
that what you're thinkln of, father?"
Mrs. King's calm rolce somehox
seemed to startle the old man. "No,"
be cried roughly; "I ain't thinkln' o'
Dothln' o' the kind. He's big enough
fer 5 years old."
"Johnny were bigger," said Mrs.
King. "He had stouter limbs and
weren't so puny In the body. Davy
most skeers me when he's undressed.
Johnny were bigger In every way."
"Waal, yon didn't raise him," aald
the old man, bluntly. "This n Is big
enough fer me. and a mighty spunky
tittle feller. Bless you, no, he ain't
tfreerd o nuthln'. He took the stick
to Dave's dog. If that dog had a bit
him " The old man'a face took on
Its expression of hate and rage.
"Laws, it didn't bite him," cried Mrs.
King. "John Peters aays he believes
the dog was laugbin'. You never was
io down on anybody as yon are on
Dove. If he has got an ugly temper
he ain't the only man round fixed that
away."
"No," aald old King, "and he ain't the
nly man around has got some say
ibout a public road fer the church go
ers. If you think this here little feller
Unt strong, hadn't you better put him
n that lounge yander, away from the
Jraft? John Peter says as be puts him
In mind o' Benjamin Stone; he says as
Btone were the littlest, peekedest feller
be ever seen. You wouldn't know It
aow; weighs 250 pounds and Is a-gunno
lit to Congress."
Mrs. King gathered the little boy Into
her arms, the old man helping her ten-
lerly. "He's a mighty light weight,'
...m. anxlouTly"; "mebb as Ben-
lamln Stone were this aways; I dunno;
t think ef I was you and wanted to
raise the boy I'd let 'em have the bit o'
aieader."
The old man closed his Hps tightly for
in Instant; then be spoke gravely:
'You've got a lot of foolish notions In
rer head, mother," he said. "I humor
ed you mor'n once, but It didn't do no
rood. I let Jim Coombs have them
teed titers, when I knowed be weren't
runno pay fer 'em, and I got that there
aigger off without a trial. But you
lidn't raise Johnny."
"He weren't so little and peaked as
:hls'n," said Mrs. King, unreasonably.
"Waal, mother, I ain't gunno do no
manner o' foolish things skeerln my-
telf about the boy," said the old man.
'.nipatiently. "The Lord's give him to
is. whether to Keep or not 1 can t say;
sut I know for one thing, that Sam
Dove ain't gunno p'int no fun at me
ibuut the meader road on account o' a
little feller like that. No, they ain't
tuuno git the bit o' meader that away
through little Davy. Mebbe after a
n-hile. as they can put in a good flyin
aiachlne to carry them over and the
ran'n can give the whole of the road
jiiire enough and run the flyin machine
:nto the bargain."
"You're bound fer to keep the Durm
,n the meader?"
To this question old Davy answered,
testily : "The Dunn's got as good a right
io the meader as you and I have to the
i louse. I don t buy animals to put em
h the barn or stake 'em round the
place. The meader'.- a mile long, and
'bar TO"lu Iu 11 fer ,ne p,lriu
the road too. why the road can go.
"'n't to mnch ft'T accommodation
jmyhow. Them dogs o Dove's '11
n-01-" thp m:,1 some d:lr- I'd a
i'bot the hound dead If he d 4 bit Davy."
I 1I rearitn't tiititkln r tvltln' thi
1 - "- . . ' "
i ililld. repeated Mrs. King. "John
J Peters says as he believes the dog were
!-ugh!n"
The following morning old Davy bus
ied himself measuring the bit of mea
low In order to satisfy himself in re-
rrard to the exact amount of land that
als neighbors coveted. He was greatly
imused by the gracious good-mornings
J f the passing neighbors, their gay re-
'marks about the weather and the glo-
'rious promise In the waving wheat
"They think I'm measurln It fer the
jse o the public. Jest to see how much
I'm a-handin over," said Davy to the
Ittle white-haired boy. who kept close
it his heels. "It ain't sech a bit after
ill, Davy. There's two bills In It and
1 boiler."
"And a crick," said Davy, enthusias
tically. "Yes, and a crick that can rise and
(pile the whole road fer a spell," said
:he old man cheerfully. "'Taln't sech
1 little thing, nohow. The road commis
sioners would have to put up a bridge,
:he county a-payln for it Waal, waal,
:he cap'n may help along his man run
nln' fer office, hut I'll keep the county
from a-layln out a pile o' money on s
aew public road."
Two hills and a hollow and a creek
were indeed to be found In the bit of
meadow land that the church people
were thinking of talking over In meet
ing, with the minister hot on the aide
if the new public road.
Old King got In the habit of paying
laily visits to the meadow. He liked
to make out who the people were who
quarreled every time they bad to shut
the gates, and he liked to see them stare
about to see If the Durm were In sight,
for tales had been growing In regard
to the Durm.
"Just about as playful as a calf run
aln' round Its mother," soliloquized
Davy, Sr., watching his property down
In the meadows enveloped In a cloud of
dust of his own raising. "He ain't
afeered o' nothln', but thar won't be no
body to keep the Durm back ef the dogs
is In his way. Them dogs Is worth a
heap o' money, the cap'n brags, but the
Durm ain't gunno stand back fer that
I reckon he thinks he's wurth mor'n
a onery dog."
The old man was standing at the out
er gate one day when he beheld his
enemy lead his horse through the outer
gate, pause a moment then pull a rail
off the fence, leave the gate open be
hind him, his horse standing loose, and
ran full finped toward the creek. Then
in th meadow now f! vino- ulnntr st a I
breakneck speed, now pausing an In-
the Durm.
rw a ,wa - h 1
tered, and then he raised his voice and 1
yelled: "You shet that gate, will your I
But the cap'n did not heed If he heard. 1
"That bull's worth mor'n a onery dog.
You tech the Durm and I'll have the
, mw uu JUU. viu mug D UClilUlIU)
j hands tore a rail off the fence beside
him, and be. too, rushed for the hollow,
! shouting furiously that he'd kill the
1 dog at the first lick. Half way down
the hill he stood still as If something
. bad caught him and held him fast
Below him In the hollow he saw a small
figure standing waving a red cap at the
Durm.
They brought the puny little grand
j son home In triumph to his grandmotn
1 er, a number of neighbors passing
through the bit of meadow In time to
witness the cap'n's victory. He had not
a scratch upon his small person. He
was declaring through bis tears that
be would have hit the Durm If he'd
Dars come nearer. Ho was furiously,
nj with Caa'n DoT ftcJUllng tM
Otirm. They fcroUgM fte eld Blfl
more slowly and carefully, the cap'n
tenderly holding up his head. The sud
den shock had made him faint He had
had a bad shake-up. the cap'n aald.
"Yes," muttered old Davy, feebly,
while mother stroked his clammy
hands. "I hollered to him I'd have th1
law on him ef be struck the Dunn,
and then I seen the little feller. Yes,"
be added, with a weak smile, "they'll
get the road after all through the Uttll
feller. You'll be pleased to have U
that way, I reckon." San Franclac
Post
LONG NAILS THEIR SYMBOL,
Bney Are the Mark of Aristocracy fo
thm People of Aw.
In the empire of Annam, In South en
Asia, finger nails are a mark of arlstoo
racy, and among the upper classes the
are allowed to grow to an enormoui
length. Nobody, of course, can do worl
of perform service of any kind wttl
long finger-nails projecting a foot 01
more and liable to Injury. Even writ
lng la Impossible to such persons. Tbi
man with the longest finger-nails Is thi
leader of Annam society. Aristocrat
In that country have to be attended a
all hours of the day and night by aer
rants, who perform for them the most
trivial offices.
The Annam ladles cannot comb theli
hair. They cannot even feed them
selves, for fear of damaging their loni
and beautiful finger-nails. No porn
man In Annam can have flnger-nalli
even a few Inches long, as he cannot af
ford to employ the servants which thnj
would necessitate.
This absurd practice -has prevailed
In Annam for many centuries. Thi
lower classes there have aa much rev
erence for long finger-nails as do thi
lower classes In England for long ances
tral trees- It will thus be seen thai
Annam Is more of a democracy thai
England, for the son of a newly rick
merchant can cultivate finger-nails ai
long as those of the King, while th
Annamlte of even the bluest blood,
once be la deprived of wealth and ser
vants, must cut his finger-nails and do
scend among the common herd. Hit
ancient lineage Is then of no account
A MARK OV ARISTOCRACY.
So long as his finger-nails remain short
.he is a person of no Importance. Many
I , . ,
swells in Annam hare never had theit
finger-nails cut since the day they wer
born.
Edison Konnd the Break,
Dr. Norvln Green, the long-time pres
ident of the Western Union Telegrapl
Company, claimed that be gave Edisol
the employment which was the begin
ning of his successful career, to which
as Is well known, the Western Unloi
corporation has largely contributed.
Edison had been bothering the officer!
of the company with telegraphic devi
ces they had no need of. He came lnt
( the offic one dar when 14 was Impossl
ble to obtain communication betweet
New York and Albany, and the seat l
the difficulty could not be located. Il
was banterlngly Invited to remedy tin
trouble. He said he could do so In tw
hours. He was laughed at and givec
two days for the task. His prncesi
was very simple. He telegraphed to
the best operator In Pittsburg, and in
structed him to telegraph to the best
operator In Albany. The latter tele
graphed his New York line down ai
far as he could, feeling his way from
point to point and sending the result!
to the Pittsburg man, who forwarded
them to Edison. In less than one bout
Edison said to the anxious official!
"The break is two miles from Pough
keepste." That simple method Insured
his status with the Western Union peo
ple and won for htm a hearing In all
his schemes. Philadelphia Times.
Not Likely.
Elsie Yes, dear, my husband Is a
doctor, and a lovely fellow, but he b
awfully absent-minded.
Ada Indeed!
Elsie Only fancy. During the mar
riage ceremony, when be gave me th
ring, he felt my pulse and asked me t
put out my tongue.
Ada Well, he won't do the latter
again. Tlt-Blts.
And Bai l Did It.
Bobble What's an epigram?
Snsle O, It's a way of saying some
thing everybody knows so that only
lever people can get any sense out of
it Truth.
On land and sea the lion's gacht
His tall tied in a double knacht;
His cricketers, who strove In vain,
Might sail away for home again
TJpon Dunraven's yacht
Philadelphia Record.
A Mountain of God
The most famous and puzzling f all
Irold mines Is the Mount Morgan. It
appears from one of the Sidney papers
that It contriDures more precious mean
' tne world s treasure than any other
Ptcn of mrtb 8 8Hce of "n,
tent Monnt Morgan Is supposed to
product of a thermal spring, and
Is simply a mountain of gold, but of
gold that has already been treated by
nature. In some far-off age the hill hai
been a huge natural crucible, and all
the gold It contains has been already
mined, chemically dissolved and pre
cipitated by nature herself. No speck
of gold larger than a pin point has evei
been discovered In the mount The pre
cious metal exists In a sort of golden
flour, dissolved through tron stone.-
Westminster Gazette. .
Monotony In Japan's Pood.
An Englishman In Japan complains o
the "perpetual feast of green tea, and
malls, with nothing but rice and raw
fish for a change." No doubt Jap
ftneae would find rare beef and bee
"
MIGHTY LONDON? f
4 Group of Fata About the Greatest
City ta the World. 1
There are 90,000 pacners In London,
There are over 12,000 artists In Lon
don. '
London has nearly 320,009 maid ser
vants. The cow population of London Is
18,000.
A London fog costs $35,000 for extra
gas burned.
Only one person In four In London I
earns $5 a week.
Ten mlllons of eels are annually con
turned In London.
About 2,500 dress suits are hired our
in London each night
On an average rain falls la London
on 182 days of each year.
Ten days of London fog cast 25,000)
people on beds of sickness.
London pays nearly a third of the
whole Income tax of England.
Twelve thousand people are envi
ployed at the London theaters.
About 1,250,000 articles are pledged
with London pawnbrokers weekly.
There are more than 4,000 pledged ab-t
atalners among the London cabmen.
On an average every London police!
man arrests but seven people a year.
More than 1,000.000 ready made cig
arettes ax smoked In London each'
day.
London has a larger area than New
i'ork. I 'aria, and Berlin all put to
gether. It Is estimated that In London fully,
3,000.000 people never enter a place of
worship.
Over 1.000,000 pawn tickets for sums
under 10 shillings are Issued weekly in
London.
In London SGI streets are named
after the Queen, besides which there
are 1C7 Queen streets.
In winter as many as 40,000 per day
of dead larks frequently find their way
into the London markets.
A thousands piano organs are played
In the London streets daily. This does
not Include common hand organs.
London contains 250,000 working
single women, whose Individual earn
ings do not average more than 25 cents
a day.
The London Jam trade provides em
ployment for 16.000 people and 65,000
tons of sugar are used yearly In the
trade. .
A single firm In St Paul's church-1
yard once received an order for 1,000,
000 ladles' mantles from a retail cus
tomer. !
In the year 1S04 some 13,000 pewter
leer pots were stolen from North Lou- '
don public houses. Tbey are used tr
puake counterfeit money. 1
Ixmdon consumes 4,000,000 pints of
periwinkles each year. There are 200
periwinkles to the pint Totnl, 800.OO0,-
000 periwinkles. What becomes of the
shells?
A Ixmdon confectioner says that he
s often called upon to furnish wed- j
ding cakes weighing 1.000 pounds ei.eh I
and puddings of a size sufficient for
C00 hearty appetites.
It Is estimated that the great smoke
cloud which sometimes hangs over
London weighs 300 tons, fifty tons of I
which Is bydro-carbon. It Is calculated
that the smoke of the year Is worth
$10,000,000.
Ixuidon streets aie very long and
each one Is crossed by an unlimited
numlx-r of other Btreets running at
right angles to It or cutting It diagonal
ly or otherwise. From this It results
that there are an unconscionable num
ber of street corners, each one the Junc
tion of two streets, or three, or four,
as mny be. You may stand at any
one of them without being told to move
on and take In the vista of that portion
of the town In which you happen mo
mentarily to be. In this way the eye
may grasp the perspectives of two,
three or four streets successively, al
most simultaneously, without as much
as changing the position of one's body.
In fact by simply turning one's neck.
These streets are composed aa follows:
A row of bouses to the right Is par
alleled at a dlatanc of fifteen, twenty,
thirty, forty or fifty feet by a second
row of houses to the left or vice versa,
the front of each row of houses facing
the fronts of the opioslte row of houses,
unless It be the backs which face each
other, when It Is a mews. A long and
comparatively narrow space Is thus left
between the rows of houses, the center
lieing a roadway for vehicles, and the
edges lelng for the safe passage of
pedestrians. Tills Is the street When
you get tired of walking on It yon can
call a cab and drive back to your hotel.
It Is stated that London drinks ev
ery year 45.000,00) gallons of malt
liquor. 8,000,000 gallons of wine and 14,.
500,000 gallons of spirits.
One million eggs are brought Into
London dally from Italy alone. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
Dog-Soldiers.
The use of dogs for military purpose
baa proved so successful In Germany
that the dog soldier Is continually be
ing taught new things. Near Dresden
recently there was a test of skill on the
part of army dogs which was a great
revelation of their accomplishments.
Two companies of soldiers separated
by a distance of a mile and a quarter,
one of them supposed to be an outpost
In the face of an enemy, communicated
tor some time by the aid of dogs trained,
to go back and forth. Each time the
illstnnce between the two romnnnle
was traversed by the dogs In less than'
two minutes. In spite of Intense heat
and a great deal of confusing firing,
The special object of the use of these,
fast dogs Is to enable detachments to
to form themselves of the spi-ed at which
the enemy la approaching, and so to
maintain a position up to the last mo
ment practicable.
On the same occasion the cartridge
dogs performed their peculiar duty.
Which Is to supply the troops with cart
ridges during a rapid fusillade. Each
dog wears a kind of pack-sailili- v
tarries three hundred cartridges. With
this load he travels up and down the
line of men, who help themselves to
tartrldges as they have need.
As soon as the pack-saddle Is empty
the dog, at command, makes off at full
ipeed to get It replenished.
Every one has heard of the dogs of
the "pious monks of St Bernard,"
which are supposed to have a sort of
nonopoly of the accomplishment of
lervlng the wounded and helpless, and
tailing assistance for them. But the
German military have trained dogs to
tearch out and attend the wounded, and
tall human assistance.
These dogs of the ambulance corps
ire trained to divide duties. Some of
them, carrying a little flask of water
or restoratives, simply sit and bark or
bay near the body of a fallen man. ,
Others have been trained to go In '
kearch of assistance, and guide to the .
pot a. soldier of the ambulance corps.
The trained dogs performed all these
functions very skillfully at the recent
trial near Dresden. It Is plain that the I
German army. If It should be engaged
fa Mother war, would be accompanied ,
bj a, greater numoer 01 nogs uaa errr ,lng t forgot myself and spoke haa
befora accompanied aa army on a canW m- to her when she broke that old
r E 3 4 S fl i t 6 A U "
Merit wins, and Merit has not
only placed Hood's Sarsapa
rilla at the head of all medi
cines but has practically given
it, aa a blood purifier, pos
session of the whole field.
co(dr
Sarsaparilla
Wins because It Cures. It
Cures because It purifies, vi
talizes and enriches the blood.
Disease cannot resist Its potent
powers. Health comes at
Its persuasive bidding. If you
need a good medicine, get
Hood's and only Hood's.
K aoeooo 0 0BC(HHt
Prepared by CI. Hood a Co-, Lowell. Mm. f.
-It r"ll care all liver liii.
Hood s Puis after u p.
JSC.
In proverbs dangers often lurk
Their meaning rather hazy; U(
The happy man sings at his work,"
But drives the others crazy. f
-Atlanta. Constitution.
Prisoner "What that man Is going
io defend mo 7 Why, be couldn't bring
in Innocent person through r Flle
fenda Blaetter.
"I cannot vote," she walled. "Neither
san the baby," said he, "but that does
j't alter the fact that ho la boss." In
llanapolls Journal.
"Tom has proposed, and asks me to
rive him his answer In a letter." "Shall
rou do It?" "So; I will be more liberal
ind give him his answer In two letters."
Harper's Bazar.
Wallace "How did you feel the first
itnio you got Into a barber's chair for a'
have?" Ferry "To tell the truth
llxjut It I felt like a bare-faced fraud."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
James "Is Miss Snowball a graduate
f Vassar?" William "She Is." "I
thought she was. I beard her ask If
:ho muzzle of a gun was to prevent It
fulng off." Hudson Register.
Mowler "I see some philosopher says
that the way to cure yourself of a love
iffalr Is to run away. Do you believe
.1?" Cynlms "Certnlnly If you run
away with the girl" Truth.
Now the coal dealer fears, good soul.
As winter draweth nigh,
There'll be a men irclty of coal
And prices will be high.
Boston Courier.
Burglar "Open you mouf an I'll
kill yer!" Mother "Coward! Only
for ona thing I'd raise the house."
"Wat's datr "I'd be certain to wake
the baby!" Chicago Record.
i Blobl "Did you hear about the duel
between De Tanque and Old Soak?
They fought with pistols." Slobbs
"Were they loaded ?" Blobbs "Xo, not
the pistols." Philadelphia Record.
I Harry "I cannot offer you wealth,
Marie; my brains are all the fortune I
possess." Marie "Oh, Harry, If you
ire aa badly off as that I am afraid
papa will never give his consent"
Scrlbners.
She (to her fiance) "I heard an old
lady pay you a great compliment yes
terday." He "Quite natural. What
j was ItT" Bho "She said you must be
1 very bright man to attract me as
1 you did." Truth.
Mr. Splnks "Well, Willie, has your
later made up her mind to go to the
soncert with me?" Willie "Yep. She's
made up her mind and she's mnkln' up
her face now. She'll be down In a min
ute." Great Divide.
Mr. nugglns (entering parlor with
Miss Klssam on his arm) I have Just
bad a taste of Paradise; I've been to
rour conservatory, major. The Major
Yes, I notice you got some powder on
four nose getting It Yonkers States
man. We would not house the gathered
sheaves,
If fortune's lights would flash
And sweet October's golden leaves
Would pass for current cash I
Atlanta Constitution.
"You can see for yourself that these
goods are marked down," said the sales
man, pointing to the altered price
marks. "They appear to be all marked
up," replied the customer, as he looked
at the many hieroglyphics. Yonkers
Statesman.
. Good-looking Young Girl Will yon
flo something for me. Mr. BT "With
'pleasure, my dear Miss A. What la
It?" "Well, I wish you would propose
to me so that I may crow over my con-
in. I promise I won't accept you."-
Fllegende Blaetter.
The dressmaker's maid In a chic gown
arrayed
May the heroine be of her dreams;
But except when asleep, she must aew
and not reap.
For she never can bo what she seams.
Harlem L4fe.
"Johnny," called his mother, "quit
using that bad language." "Why," re
plied the boy. "Shakspeare said what
I just did." "Well," replied the moth
er, growing Infuriated, "you should quit
going with him he's no companion for
sou." New York Herald.
How often Dame Fortune looks on us
aslant
We think of this life but to rue It
With Its women who want to be voters
and can't
And the swells who can rote and
won't do It
Washington Star.
Boy (on the stump, who has been pa
tiently watching the strange angler for
about an hour) You ain't caught any
thing, 'ave yen btranger No, not yet
my boy. Boy There wasn't no water
In that pond till It rained last night
Los Angeles Herald.
Mr. Slaveserf (to his wife) Clara. I
wish yon would tell Bridget not to cook
the biscuits quite so brown In future.
Mra. slaveserf Why, John, what are
fM thinking of? Bridget and I haven't
bee,, oa .peaking terms since that
Hiln anM I nan hil n minw wk
o
o
00 0 II BAHNAlua si j a...... , a
fihe Has a Part in a Coming Ope-Mow
Playlna Tbi Country.
There is a pretty girl, who has snap
ping black eyes that light up well
moulded features, who Is Just now play
ing a small part very small part '
that In one of the comic operas run
ning at a New York theater. She
dances a Spanish fling and sings In a
sweet but light soprano voice in
qnlntet I believe she has two or three
lines to speak also. Her main occupa
tion In the onera la to stand around In
picturesque costumes and striking
poses and look pretty. In all of which
ha la Amlnpnflv successful.
This young lady Is Miss Alice Hoi-
brook. More than that ana ia me sis
turjn.lo nt tha richest man in the
world, "the King of the Kaffirs," Bar
ney Barnato. She Is probably paia
hnnt con nr t a week. Her brother-
in-iaw Is estimated to be worth 3O0
000.000. or something like that and
mi Tlolhrook and her sister and
Barney" are on the best of terms. Be
(paid for her education In London, and
Mrs. Barnato writes to her conatan-y.
Miss Hoibrook has bad a wide experi
ence for the short time she has been
on the stage. She has played In Africa
n-ith an nni-ra comnanv. camDlng out on
the veldts; In Australia, New Zealand,
Tasmania, FIJI Islands and in England,'
whore last season. In "Claude Du Val,
she was starred along with Arthur Rob
erts.
She likes America. But Africa, to her
mind. Is the coming continent Noth
ing can beat It However, she likes
this country well enough to have made
arrangements to stay here two years
anyway.
Ptati or omo, rrrr otToudo, l
Id'CAS 'IIOSTT. f
Frank J. t'neNEr make oath that he lathe
senior mrtn-r of the lirraof F. J. Ciiknrv &
t'o., doitii; hiiHineNM In the City of Tled,
County and State aforesaid, and I list said tlrra
willtvtlie Mim of ONB HUXDKED DOL
LARS fur iu-h and -very case of : tiarrh that
cmnot be cured by the use of 1 1 ai.i.'h 'atahku
IX'KK. r HAK .1. UlleNKY.
worn to t-efore me and subscribed in my
pre --nee, tbU titn day of I teremll-T. A. D. 1S(iw
. A. W. Ulusus,
ska 1. 1
Hall's Catarrh On re Istaken internally and acts
directly on tlie blood and mucous aurfaces of
the avateui. Send for lest:monialA, free.
K. J . C 'u EN KY ic Co., Toledo. O.
I 7 Sold by Uructfisi a. V'st. "
It is reported that a mummy of a
man nino feet high has been discov
ered near San Diego, Cal.
When an article ha been sold lor 2S yearn. In
snite of competition and cheitti Imitations it
tiitmt have siiix'rior nllttlitr. l-ohhins Klectric
nan been constantly made and Mild since
!-.. jtMk utr arorrr jar 11. liesi 01 an.
The largest clock is said to be in
Piillalo, .N. V. Its dial plate is twenty
five feet in diameter.
I could not not get along without Pin'a Cn-e
for 'onuinition. It amay cures cures. Mrs.
K. i'. Mm i.ton. Needham. MiwLlh '14-
In England a pear or peach tree is
trained like a vine, against the south
side of a wall.
Blood and WerTea are very closely related.
Keep the blood rich, pure and healthy with
Hood's Sarsaparilla and you will have no trouble
from nervooanesi.
Hood's Ptlla are the best after-dinner pills.
Five hundred and Twelve thousand
one hundred and ninety-seven cases of
salmon were packed in British Colum
bia this season.
M . Window's Sonthlnt Syrnn for children
teething, softens the Rums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays paiu. cures wiud colic 2"o a botlie.
At the Santa Caterina Cathedral,
Genoa, may be seen a crescent made of
an emerald, which is eight inches be
tween the points. Tradition eays
that it was a present from Solomon to
the Queen of Sheba.
Ir. Kilmers F a Mr-Roar carat
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
l'atn.lel and Consultation fre
1-aboratorr Binghamum. N. .
The output of gold from CoolminliA
District for the eight months endinir
All -'list SI was 81.000 otinrps- from
all other Western Australian gold Gelds
, lAMjo ounces.
FITS stonned fre nr IR. Kl.tHll Bmkat
Nkkvs KkntiKKR. No flts after flrat day's nse.
Marveloua enree. Treatiae and fz.W trial hot.
tie tree. lr. Kline. VUl Arch SU fhila.. Pa.
There is only one wooden church
building in England to day a chapel.
guarded by a tower over two hundred
years old, in Greenstead Park, near
Onpar.
47
HfiT
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs ia taken; it ia pleasant
and refreshing to the ta?te, and acts
cenily yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its 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 wilt pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Io not accept any
substitute. q
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
KISS A LICK HOLBROOK.
jmw II w .m
Loss of opportunity la liXe's greatest lots.
NEURALGIA
When the opportunity lies in a
DANGER IN THE DUST.
Bow Disease Mm Bo Transmitted bj
Incaatloaa Expectoration.
Of the danger of dust, the greatest
are due to the minute forma of vegeta
ble life called genua or micro-organ-Uma,
of which the three prominent
forma are bacteria, yeasts and mold
The bacteria are the most Important
They are so small that many thonsandi
of them clustered closely togethet
would make a mass not larger a pln'i
bead. Fortunately, moat of them art
BACILLUS OF CONSUMPTION, IN SPUTUM,
MAGNIFIED l.OUU TIMES.
harmless to man, and are of great value
In the economy of nature. There are
however, a few species of bacteria thai
are responsible for some of the most
dreaded and widespread of human dis
ease; some of which are undoubted);
contracted by Inhaling the bacteria
Boating in the dust. For collecting bac
teria In the air, what Is known as th
"plate method" la most used. Into
a perfectly clean shallow glass dish If
poured a thin layer of warm "nutrient"
gelatin, allowing It to solidify by cool
ing, which gives a smooth, moist and
tolerably adhesive surface, each dish
being protected by closely fitting glass
covers. When It la desired to examine
the air of any particular place a cov
ered dish Is set In a still place and the
cover taken off. Dust particles. Inor
ganic as well as organic, will settle ov
the gelatin.
The germ of consumption or tubercu
losis Is found in the dust that blowi
about our streets and In our houses.
This germ Is, on an average, one-ton-thousandth
of an Inch long. It does
not grow In nature outside the bodie
of men and a few species of warm
blooded animals; but It may remain
alive for a long time In the dry state.
For some reason that we do not know
It will not prow In the bodies of many
men and animals, but omer persons
and animals furnish the unknown con
ditions, and In them the bacillus tuber
culosis grows readily and more or les?
rapidly. With reference to this germ
the human race Is Indebted to bacterio
logists for showing. In the first place,
that consumption Is not Inherited: In
the second place, that without the pres
ence and growth In the body of this
bacillus the Individual cannot have
consumption : nnd. In the third plaoe,
that consumption Is a preventable dis
ease. Again, and of the greatest sig
nificance to the community, we know
that every person suffering from con
sumption of the lungs may be expec
torating every day millions of living '
and virulent bacilli, whose life and
virulence are not destroyed by a long
period of drying. This Is a fact of ter
rible significance when we take Into
consideration the companion fact that
from one-seventh to one-fourth of all
the people who die are carried off by
consumption. And almost every person
who dies of consumption of the lunsa
acquires the disease from bacilli fur
nished by some other consumptive. The
vast majority of consumptives undoubt
edly take the germs into their lungs
with the air they 'breathe, and the
germs get into the air from the dried
expectoration of persons suffering from
the terrible disease.
But while It la true that persons with
consumption may be a constant source
of danger to their healthy fellows. It
la not true that they always are or need
be. The breath Itself of the consump
tive person, however 111 be may be. Is
BACTERIA OF FOUR DISEASES,
VIED 1,000 TIMES.
MAONI-
not dangerous, because It carries no
germs. The expectoration alone is
dangerous, and this only when It la al
lowed to dry and become a part of the
dust It la In the dust, therefore, that
la found the root of the evil of con
sumption. There are a great many peo
ple who do not believe this. There are
many who "take no stock In this germ
business," as they call It It Is char
acteristic of Ignorant people to sneer at
what they do not or cannot understand.
It Is unfortunate that the germ diseases
due to carelessness. Ignorance and
prejudice cannot be confined to those
Chiefly responsible for their dissemi
nation. : Consumption Is so prevalent that It
iwould be difficult to find a theater or
church audience without one or two
persons suffering with the disease.
Puch persons may be ignorant of the
danger to which he exposes his fellow
creatures by expectorating on the floor,
and It Is entirely possible for him. In
me course or two nours, to discharge
In his expectoration several million ac
tive tubercle bacilli, which will becomj
a part of the dust of the room as soon
as the expectoration Is dried and dis
turbed fjy the sweepers. As to public
conveyances, who has not noticed theli
extremely filthy condition? Men of
otherwise cleanly habits use the floors
of such conveyances as cuspidores, and
of course the person suffering from con
sumption has the same inalienable ex
pectorant rights that others have.
; V
The Cleaner 'Tis, the Cosier 'Tis.,r
What is Home Without
APOLIO ,
Think ot suffering -with
fTtiT-in Iai at
5
Years
o is
Years Years
bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL. Jt cures.
The Boy and the Qneen.
Queen Victoria and Prince AlbM
were both found of pictures, and qm
often to visit the studios of aral
Oor of the painters thus honored hu
a son, who one day undertook to p!J
the cicerone to the royal visitors.
Among the pictures was one eonttloj
lng two elves. These, the boy
plained, were likenesses of himself im
his brother; "only, you know," be ad4,
ed, confidentially, "we don't go about
without clothes at home."
At another time the snmo boy j,j
dined to receive a gracious advance
made to him by the Queen, and horrt
fled his hearers by declaring, bluntly
"But why don't you Ilka mer hw
t qnlred her majesty.
"Because you are the Queen of Ens
land, and you killed Queen Mary.". '
How She Hpelled It.
Every one knows how to spell "htxi
water" with three letters, but probably
some readers would be puzzled to spu
"yesterday" with six. A Cincinnati
girl could toll them how, according to
the Enquirer.
Bhe does not yet go to school, but li
tungbt by her mother nt home. The
other night hor father was hoarinb(r
spell. One word after another tow sue.
cessfully disposed of, and tlmn he said-
"Now, Annie, I nm goint; to Rvc yon
a hard one. If you spell it correctly
I'll bring you some candy. now
you spell 'yesterday?' "
It was a hard one. Annie thought of
the candy, and Just then her eye caught
the calendar hanging against the wall
Then she answered with a smile of
triumph: "IT-r-i, yester, d a y, day, ye
terday."
Cold Water
and a
Hot Griddle
To make light,
Delicious
BUCK WH EAT CAKES,
You must
Of course use
Buckwheat.
DROPSY
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t iitt-ii in. my t in m
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titl ynittiisiirv rvmm'til." UihiK.
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'T mint.'ult.H' ci r f-nt IK KK.
TEN DAYS TREATMENT FURNISHED FRF1
by mail. Dr. H. H. GRA fc SUNS, SpecUluu,
Atlauta. Ga.
TITrc A ITRMOTOTt CO. half thd
wirwltnlll triminf, bm u.s It L o riucel tti
'UKl power to 1 wlut it was. Jt l b man bran
Dmim-S, and sup," Kttaa sua rrpsir-
joiur iIikt. jiran auauti iurui.na
letter article ir lens monrj ma
thfi. It niakM Pumplnff and
(tfar-, Mel, Jal-auul afur-(Vtmnlt-tlon
Wl ml mil la. Tilling
FLxpfi Steel Towers. Stei Bun Saw
Frames. Si"l l-WHi Cutters and Fw4
Grimier. m appllratlnu It will nam ona
of ihes articles that It will furnisU utml
jannarv 1st at f. tl tibial prlen. It aim maiea
lank and Pumpftor all Wlnn S-nfl fur eat
factory z 12tb Rockwell o4 FiUowra Streets, Ulcu
A FIGHTING DEMOCRAT
Presidential Year.
THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE, the preat demr
rratt; newM:tn'r of the went, dally for one year
N HutMUTiptWin for lens than one vear at
thin r;ito. Sample copies free. THK CHRON
ICLE, JOI-lt.G Washington St.. Chicago. 111.
CALIFORNIA FARMS.
rrnrtlenl fanner-H. Attention ! Onr price enaWa
you to buy ?iitiirieii( tuarttigc to make a tro.! in
come by ceneritl farm i nt; while wtiititiK fr
orehnriN to ymw. Chojre-t lrin! "; tillttbiesIJa
hilN anl sum-1 valley. $ t, Hmtee pasture lanj,
$'JD. We ran rive you trueta ntt'onling the propor
tional amount of em-h kin. I you leure. 1'eep
fertile soil; water: railroad: p. mil community;
verv ea-y term. For further in tormati aidrii
GRANT & KAKfcK, bantu Barbara. Cal.
nu-mn It! To IntrruW onr U
C ear nnd nrl Sajr-snin . w- tt Jm-uM u
CHI,LDT'ia.iVT'M BUIS
inn ham Kkkk. IWit-i pay ' liberal
t'-mnittai to, h mho v.-. fur tfr ni
Ui an mcmrj. Kmu as X ' mu4 e wis)
etidjioii tiyrlxprt-wt-'TrfY tuail f.fW.nrra)
IWMriiM.4nik.rtnl WHV"i
an.) will U , fr In aapet.
r TilK lUMKMiflK Haiti
HAtft Ali (IUU1. tlw mr
r.taiika, t.-ni full pMlk-uiar. tit
mt.w C.O.I), no i.Jle -iiUirwaafr
fdi-rrr mnmlroutrit "" i 1
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WINSTON CICAR CO.. Wi.5tM.HJ
laiia.!, Aiifw. KuwiM, 1m
Thm "I,rKFVF." nrathr IWt and M Eeonot
Cl Cottars ami ClltT worn: ttisy am mads of Aai
cloth, both Mules fintslitil aU).s anil hriuf rmna
bl on. collar fa e)iiul totwoofany othar kind.
Tht rit well, w ir ,r,U an i l,m( well. A bolal
jrn uouinur iv rairaol Cutla loci
lenra.
A Huanfci Cottar anil T-nfr of Pnffat Baafl m
Oaata, Maine atyla and biza. Addraaa
KJSVERSini.E COLLAR COMPART,
ikltn St.. Now York. 17 Kllby St.,
$2.42
CASH WITH ORDER
httva M.m AntiMu-U-. nflf - utl'.U,
il I't-ATwr. Ri HKSki IlaopLfti-.fi Ssot
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ar..l r will ln. C.tt.O. ?., and allow
turn mm .ml o will hw yn lw to
it. tttc t dy ; ninHau iy ur: fur
dHi th. ..rk nn1 ti-whynu tr- jou
work in th .M-..liiy wlier tn Iiri
-nliMY. rrillnsinii we will exlla
tho husln.-iw full ; rt-meiiilir w mf
arit-.'n. iVi.ri-r..m nt $:t mr
w..rb: it.t-i Mit- iv mm-: wrllf at
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F- lENSION U'iir.K.V.?
Successfully Prosecutes Clairr
Lto Principal Ku.iu.m-r U S. Pension l,urT
3f rain last war, lttutUcatiiitfcl-iuiM. atiy
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