SYLVAN WORSHIP.
rile hnMmin j-bird in rapture sings
Hia JubUata 'mid the Tinea
the wind bean o'er his rainbow wings
The De Profoadis c! ili pines.
tn bowers where the jasmins barns
An ioense pars tbroueb. woodland ways,
f he mocking-bird o'er golden urns
Outpours his morning hymn of praise.
in woodbine cells the bees rejoioe.
And from his sweet seolnsion drawn,
The brown thrush, with a poet's voice,
Bin gs the clear cantiole of dawn t
The sparrows ehirp on every bouirh,'
And where the dim pline; shadows pass
the Insect ohoir is ehanting now
The Glorias of leaf and grass.
WUliam H. Hayne, in Youth's Compan'i at.
SARAH JENKINS.
She wasn't a pretty srlrL Those
Who liked her best couldn't, with any
show of honesty, say that she was.
Neither was she young--not as the
wor d deunes youth for she war
thirty-two.
She was taller than the average
woman, and her figure bad none of
the symmetry that makes tall women
attractive.
Her face was plain. She hadn't
even pretty eyes to redeem it; and,
as If this were not misfortune enoimh,
her mother had named her Sarah,
and that, too, after she had been
guilty of marrying a man named
Jenkins. 'ot pretty, not yount;,
and named Sarah Jenkins!
Add to this fact that she had to
earn her own llvintr, and you have a
sum total that does not promise well j
for the heroine of a story. But there
Js a law of compensation that he ps
to even up things In this world.
This law wa observed la the case of
Sarah, She bad prospects. That
was what people said when they
looked at her homely face and angu
lar tiifure, and thought of her toil
ior everybody understood that when
old John Jenkins died Sarah would
nut need to work any more, and tne
possession of a million dollars does
mre to softee the unbeautltul lines
In a girl's face and figure than any
trlck- of the toilet.
So the world Sarah's world was
Dot so sympathetic as it might have
bean, and as for t-srah herself well,
she wasn't given to sentiment over
much Her life had i.ot been ot the
kind that tends to foster sentiment.
Her mother and father had died be
fore she could remember, and her
grandfather, with whom she lived,
was her only relative. ;
John Jebklns had likings for peo
ple just as he had for houses. He liked
both just as long as be could control
them aud make them profitable.
"When a house ceased to yield him
suticlent revenue to pay for ttio
money Invested .n it, that house was
sold. When people about hiiu cease, I
to be useful to John Jenkins be
sl:nply dropped them and forgot that
they existed. Ills only son had licen
a disappointment to him be ause he
was not successful in business, and
when bis father wanted him to
marry a rich wife and try to get
even with hU luck, young John dared
to have diflerent views, and unrried
one of big father's clerks.
She made him a good wife enough,
but j-oniehow nothing prospered With
fhotii Th. r.l ft Til:in tfltlAif f.li ifir
' ' ... .
get that be bad ever had a son, an
he hau ever n.ia a son, ana
finally young John gave up the strug
gle and died. His wire, who was a
meek iind obedient c.eaiure, see.ng
n r i.thop ujTi' nut. ttt it rlifrl tn i
Ul Ubllt.1 . . 1. I u . J w ... . . .... -. .
J ...
When old
Joliu
hniipd r.f it. Iii '
Id,
"I'm not surprised; not a bit They
were too shiftless to live.'- And then
be said not another word, nor did be
bbow any sign of emotion.
Some one wr. te to hiiu about the i h
nan", asKing wnat snouia ue aone.
"Sen I her to me," wa9 tne old
man's answer.
"I'll take care of her until she is
old enough to take care of herself."
So the baby was sent to her grand
father, and she wa taken care of just
as were the yountr animals on his
farms Some one was paid to do it
who knew bow, and the someone was
given this instruction,
"Let her have plenty of good, plain
food no sweets to ruin her teeth and
stomach. Dress her in clothing that
Is clean and comfortable. Iso folly,
ml: d. If she is sick, call a doctor.
When she is old enough send her to
school, and let me bear no more about
her.
This course of living suited 5arah
well enough. She bad no rooianli;
idea that she was being oppiessed by
a cruel grandfather. She was well
boused and fed and decently c.ad.
She was allowed to go to school, and
would nae l een allowed t3 play, no
doubt, but Sarah did uot care to play.
She was a solemn sort of child. The
woman who took care of her said she
was stupid. But this was a mistake,
fcarah wasn't stupid.
When she was i7 years old she went
one day to her grandfather's otllce.
They were almost strangers. -a rah
bad not spoken to him a dozen times
tn all ber life.
"Well." demanded old John Jenk
ins, 4 what do you want?"
"You advertised for a business
manager," answered Sarah, "and I
have come to ask for the place."
You? What do you know about
fcusiness?"
"Nothing, practically. Theoret
ically, I know all about it, for I have
Just completed a business education.
I cannot say that I shall not make a
failure: but I should l.ke to try. "
H'm." grunted old John. "Think
you would like to experiment on me,
do you? That's exiictly wbat your
father thought. His experiment was
not a success."
"Then you don't care to engage
tne?" said the(ilrl.
tf5 fi?S ilS, ff ? HfS Ss
0 The The The
I Best.
There are two kinds of sarsaparilla : The best and tho
rest. The trouble is they look alike. And when the rest
dress like the best who's to tell them apart ? Well, tho tree
is known by its fruit." That's an old test and a safe on.
And the taller the tree the deeper the root That's another
test. What's tho root, the record of these sarsaparillas t The
one with the deepest root is Ayer's. The one with the richest
fruit ; that, too, is Ayer's. Ayer's Sarsaparilla has a record of
half a century of cures ; a record of many medals and awards
culminating in the medal of the Chicago World's Fair, which,
admitting Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best shut its doors against
the rest. That was greater honor than the medal, to be the only
Sarsaparilla admitted as an exhibit at the World's Fair. If you
want to get the best sarsaparilla of rour druggist, here's an
infallible rule : Ask for the best and you '11 get Ayer's. Ask
for Ayer's and you 11 get the best
3 15
She had rnentand5ns near
to no. - i
I didn't say so," snarled the old!
nan. "Sit down
a minute. Ilow
kid are you?"
Seventeen."
"H'ui, yes. Well, when your father
was seventeen be "
'.Never uiind my father." brotee in
the girL "He is out of this entirely.
Jltisuot necessary, nor Is it good
j taste to di cuss his shortcomings. I
am the one who is applying for th s
place. 1 dou't know whether I'm
iom etent to do the work or not.
Neither do you until you try toe. If
you don't wisli to try me, I'll look
tor a place somewhe-e else."
Old John Jenkins pu bed Tip his
glas-es and looked at the girL He
had never taken the trouble to ob
serve her be .ore. She wasn't pre
possessing. The light brown bair
was brushed straight back from the
strong-featured face. Her hat was
utteily devoid of trimming and quite
unbecoming. Her dress was like the
dresses she had worn all her life,
made for service, without regard to
anything else. Old John's keen eyes
took In the tout ensemble of the slim
figure standing before him, and he
said to himself,
"She's homely enough. There
won't he any nonsense about lovers
and that s.rt of things," and with
his Usual dispatch be decided to try
ier.
"You may come next Monday
morning at 8 o'clo.-k," he said. "That
desk will be yours, and the first thing
. you are to do is to go ovei the books.
; If you're going to manage my bust-
nes you musl aril
get aquainted
with It."
"What will you pay me?" asked
Sarah.
'V h, yon want to make a bargain,
do you? That isn't bad," thought the
old man. "1 wouldn't wonder if she'd
do. I believe she's got some of my
meanness in her, and it makes ber
bharp. "
aloud he said,
How much do you want?"
And Sarah promptly replied,
I want fifty dollars a month until
I learn the business, then I want
' seventy-live up to the end of the first
year. After that il we are both sat
isdeil, we will make a contra U"
'Weil, you don't hesitate to say
what you want, do you?" Her old
. otm Jenkins did what no one had
ever known him to do before he
toiled. "Who's to be the Judge
wi.en you have -learned the business'
as hiu call it?" be asked.
"louarc," replied the girL "I
have always heard you were honest,
and I do not look for injustice."
if Sarah Jenkins bad ponderel all !
day she could have said no wiser
tiling than this tor John Jenkin's
pride was in uh.it he was pleased to
rail his honesty. He had been called
hard, and avaricious, aud unyielding,
but no one had ever said that be was
not honest.
All l ight, my girl," he said, and
his tone had softened somewhat.
Vou c me and try your best, and
I'll do the riubt thing by you."
That was how ha ran Jenkins came
to sit at a desk in John Jenkins' o lice
(or litteen years. And then the old
man tu tie 1 bis face to the wall and
d.ed leaving his granddaiigher every
thing he posesed, as it had beencx-
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rurans experience
had not liecu
that of the usual girl in a story.
Her grandfather, although he ap
preciated the fact that bis business
. . . . i .....
i.i.iti .ir..p iF'id f-l'llifill 'nirl nltli.i.,it
"""ft- " ..... u,
diil nut re.ent toward her. and become
loving and kindly. He was hard, e i
' act ng. and wholly unloving to the
! very e. id '1 lie o kles of bis heart
i wn.e corkles ;nw,ivs and when he
wa-i gon.: .-arah felt a serine of relief, j
i.e lia.l nc.cr speculated as to what
she wuu d do with ber grandfather's
money when it came to her. She
would not allow herself to do so.
hen the thought presented itself
she would say resolutely,
It is not mine yet 1 will wait'
and she bad wailed, long and pati
ently. On the day that the property was
made over to her, Sarah went to the
bumble boarding house that had beea
her home lor a :oug time, and. shut
ting her-elt n her roo.u, sat down to
thin. Mie luoked about the shabby
little place, the looked over her
plain, scanty wardrobe. Then she
looked in tno glass. And at last
looked at the folded paper which said
she was worth a million. She went
back over the dull routine of her life.
Sarah had reached the age when most
womeu are bappy wives and mothers. I
But for her. the years bad held noth-
Ing but hard work. Even the ro-'
mances of happy lives written in
books had not interested her. She
had not. understood them. All her
iiiouuiii, nai ueeu cuureuimwru upon
nerworn. uat was at au ena now, ,
uu b..c ....;u uuo u.au "ujb
mat sometning was missing outoi)
her life. Immediately she missed the
somethli g she began vaguely tolong
forit Her woman's nature seemed
toawaKcanu wuu us awakening
lluo -uiiii3 uiiimii
unhappy moments of her life.
She began to compare herself with
other womeu. 1 hey had never in
terested her very much before. But
now she seemed, all at once, to keenly
realize that they were different from
her. She went to the glass and
looked at herself. For the Urst time
it occurred to her that she was very
plain; that the dressing of ber hair
was unbecoming, and that her gown
fitted badly and was not like other
women s gowns.
Sarah did not possess a ribbon or a
bit of lace or a ,ewel. Her room had
none of the pretty trinkets with
which women like to surround theiu-
selves. i-he stood looking in the
Rest. Test,
thelplass f-r Ave ulnatet, thinking.
I Then she put od her bat, went out
on th street, walked straight to om
of the stores, wnere so purcnasea aa
entire suit ol clothing, troaa bat to
Kloves.
"1 want something handsome,
he said to the saleswoman; '-some-
thing that flta me and is becoming."
This done, she went hack to bei
room, dressed herself -in the new
things, and then she deliberatelj
placed one after another ot ber pos
sessions upon the grate tire WitblB
an hour she had not one soli tar j
thing that she had ever owned be
fore. She left the house without a word
nf farewell, and when she reached
the sidewalk she stood for a moment
wondering where she would go. Sh
had not a friend in the great city.
All the people she knew were mereli
bus ness acquaintances She bad
only the clothes . she wore and a
million dollars.
It is a matter of wonder, even to
those who realized It best, wbat a
miracle can be wrought with money.
In three months from the day tbat
r-aran stood In the street with
nothing save ber inheritance, aha was
owner and mistress of one of tb
best appointed houses In New York.
There was no lack now of fine
dresses, and laces and jewels; no lack
of people who called, leaving cards
and invitations, and no lack of men
who were ready to pay court and
compliments to her.
These three months bad been a rev.
elation to Sarah. It was ber first ex
perience with the social world. But
ber long business training bad given
her keen insigbt into things and bad
taught ber to form quick, and nearly
always correct, opinions of people.
For the first month she was inter
ested, the second she was bored, and
the third she was thoroughly unhappy
ard much dissatisfied. The functions
ot society she found wearisome. The
poliu lies that people continually
told each other disgusted her. The
lightness with whlcn society regarded
what she considered crimes shocked
ber. She found herself longing for
something tbat was genuine and
good, and wondering whether any
body was really honest.
I This state of things became intol
erable to the plain, practical business
woman. She thought It all over one
i night, as she sat alone in her lux
j ur ous chamber. It was different,
j vastly different, from the room where
she did her thinking three mouths
beToie. Was this what she bad
missed then and longed for to sit
alone in the midst of all this splendor
ami wonder what e should do with
herself; to realize tbat not one of all
the new friends who swarmed about
her and icaiily accepted ber bospi
taiity really cared a button for her':
Could she spend all the years of ber
life this way? No. She could not and
she would not!
Sarah Jenicins arrived at conclu
sions quickly. Eaily the next morn
ing sue sent lor ber lawyer to come
' ... L.
to her.
"I want you to sell this house for
mc," she said
"W by," replied the lawyer, ,;you
have only just bought it"
"No matter how loag I have bad
it, 1 want to sell it "
"Are you going away?"
"No. 1 am going to buy another
house that will suit me better."
This isn't handsome enough for
tier," thought the lawyer. "Put a
I c'gar oa horseback, and ' " Aloud
he said,
".ory well, Miss Jenkins, I'll at
tend to it"
Sarah's next move wa9 to look for
her new house. She found it; an un
pretentions dwelling in a quiet side
street. She had it put in perfect
order, and furnished prettily and
ueatly, but without a touch of gor
geousness anywhere. Meanwhile the
handsome up town bouse with all its
furnishings bad been sold, and one
day Sarah walked into the office
where she bad spent so many years
It was ber office now, and her busi
ness. She said to the young man
who bad taken her place,
'You will take charge of the ship
ping at the same salary you have
now. I will occupy this place here
after." and she took off her hat. seat
ed herself on the high stool, and be
gan picking up the threads of the
old life just where she had dropped
tbe;u
"This is the first happy day 1 have
known for three months," she said to
George Howe, the o d bookkeeper, as
she went out that night He was a
grave, staid man ot SO, who had been
with the home tor nearly thirty
years. No one knew much about
him. rie said, one Christmas when
asked abont his gifts, that there was
no one to give him anything.
'Why," asked "the
inquirer,
'haven't you any folks?"
"I have no one in the world but
my8eif 8a)d George Howe, and he
turned again to bis desk and books.
Tnat was all ne had ever said about
himself to any one Indeed, be never
6iiid mucn about anything. During
all the yearn he bad sat In the same
01nce wltn Saran jenklns he bad only
.SDoken to ner unon matters of hnl
ness, and she regarded him In very
much tho same way that she did the
big ledger in front of bim.
So, when Sarah volunteered the re
mark concerning her happiness,
deorge was surprised somewhat, but
be answered pleasantly,
"It is good to see you back here. 1
have missed vou very much."
All the way borne Sarah thought ot
those words"! have missed you
very much.' No one bad ever said
j that to ber before. She didn't be-
Iieve anyone bad ever missed her.
She sat down in her cosy little siti ng
room that night after tea, and In
duluel in one of her characteristic
onrnas.- one had tasted the fruit
, of luxury, and found it ot bitter fla
i vor. She had comforted herself by
I going iiacic to ner work. So far she
was satisfied. But she had also
tasted the sweets ot human com nun
;ionship, and now it was not pleasant
. to think of spending the rest of her
I life alone. There were plenty of
people who would share ber borne for
the sake of sharing her money. She
did not want that sort She thought
again or tne old bookkeeper. He bad
said tbat be bad missed ber very
'much, and she believed that be meant
iu ueorge Howe was not enough
skilled in the ways of society to say
wbat be did not mean.
Suddenly an idea came to Sarah.
She got op and walked to and fro in
her room.
Til do It," sbe said, at last "Is
wouldn't be tbe thing for a rich so
ciety woman, bnt for a plain business
woman It's all right Any way,
there's no one to find fault with me,
if It Isn't all right"
Tbe next morning Ceonre Has
, was sitting at bis desk as usual when
Sarah came Into the ottioe. Sbe
! west up to bim.
j "Good-morning," said she, and
George answered, "Uood-morning."
Then he waited for tbe orders which
be 8ii paused sbe bad come to give.
"You told me last nigbt that you
bad Missed tne. Did you mean It?"
aaKeu tarah.
i "Why, yet. Hiss Sarah; of course )
'meant- It I bavo missed you."
I"Why bare you missed me?"
This was ratber straightforwam
.questioning. George was embarrassed
and answered awkwaidly:
"Why, I don't know. You were
here so long I'd kind of got used to
you, aod then well, I always liked
you, Miss Sarah."
"You lire alone, don't yon. George?
"Yea"
"And yon have no relatives?"
"Not one."
"Do you ever get lonesome?"
And then George Howe surprised
Sarah Jenkins, he turned toward
ber with quivering Hps and eyes tilled
with tears.
"Lonesome, Miss Sarah," be said,
Drokenly, ".onesome? Why, some
times I'd give a year of my life just
to talk to somebody."
'Come over to my bouse to-night,
(aid Sarah, ' and talk to tne. 1 bave
something to say to you."
"I will come," answed George.
And be went warerly's Magazine,
PITH AND POINT.
A call to arms "dome, John, ana
take the baby." Troy Press.
Caught on the fly The housekeeper
who doesn't use) screens. Lowell
Courier.
The perpetually irascible man is
known by his standing choler. iiostoo
Courier.
Tea and coffee are well termei
"luxuries of the grocer kind." -Texas
Sittings.
A drop of ink will make a dude
think if it is spattered on his trousers.
Newburg Register.
"Bridget, did you hear me call?"
"Yes, mum ; but yon told me the other
day never to answer you back. Tit
Hits.
The Daughter of an Editor "Whj
did you reject bim?" "He was not
accompanie-l by stamps. Life's Cal
endar.
While the man who seasons sausage
miT not be a uhilosonber. he often
.r - . . -
has a sage air about him. Buffalo
tourier.
"Those were indeed good old times I
Whenever a knight saw his creditors
approaching, he simply pulled up his
drawbridge.
Teacher "When water becomes ica.
what is the great change that takes
place?" Pupil "The change in price."
Detroit Tribune.
"Does Jrvington keep a carriage
since he married?" "Ob, yes; I see
him wheeling it 'most every day."
Indianapolis Journal.
Parent "This is your birthdar.
Tommy. What ran I do for you that
will cause you pleasure? Tommy
"Spank Johnny." Tit-Bits.
Mr. Gospel "Bobbie. is that agooc
book vou are reading?" Bobbie "I
guess not, 'cause I've enjoyed every
word of it Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Any man may be infatuated with his
profession, but the aeronaut bears the
distinction of being perfectly carried
away with it Union County Stand
ard. Hicks "Did yon hear abont Brash's
death? He died quite suddenly.
Wicks "It was like him. He always
was so impulsive, you know. Bostor
Iranscript
"How was it Miggs had to pay a
dollar for a cup of coffee? "Well,
you see he stutters, and they charged
ten cents for every time he repeated
the word coffee.
Mamma "Oh, dear I I can't find
baby's picture book, and I've looked
evervwhere for it" Papa "Never
mind; give him the morning paper."
Boston Transcript
The papers are now full of benevo
lent suggestions about fresh-air
schemes, but none of them include any
hiuts concerning the hand-organ.
Philadelphia Times.
"It's strange that your children art.
not the least afraid of the animals in
the cages." "So it isn't; they have
been brought up in a flat with a jani
tor." Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"Yon always get the best attention
in those parlor cars. Do you fee ths
porters? ' "No, indeed I 1 round
cheaper way than that I bought my
own car. F. B. Q. Monthly.
"This is not altogether the kind o.
house I counted on," said a suburbas
resident, showing his new residence tc
a friend, "but the architect says il
suits him." Philadelphia Eecord.
"I never knew any ono who hatet
mankind in general to the degree thai
Binkles does, said one student to an
other. "Hum. That explains hii
purpose in taking np the profession ol
dentistry. vvashington star.
Matches have not yet displaced the
tinder box in the rural districts o
Spain.
you eon.
Some say that the hypo
phosphites alone are sufficient
to prevent and cure consump
tion, if taken in time. With
out doubt they exert great
good in the beginning stages;
they improve the appetite, pro
mote digestion and tone up
the nervous system. But they
lack the peculiar medicinal
properties, and the fat, found
in cod-liver oil. The hypo
phosphites are valuable and
the cod-liver oil is valuable.
SccUsCmufsiVru
of Cod-liver Oil, with hypo
phosphites; contains both oi
these in the most desirable
form. The oil is thoroughly
emulsified ; that is, partly di
gested. Sensitive stomachs
can bear an emulsion when
the raw oil cannot be retained.
As the hypophosphites, the
medicinal agents in the oil,
and the fat itself are each good,
why not have the benefit of
all? This combination has
stood the test of twenty years
and has never been equalled.
SCOTT'S E IHULSION
Iim been endorsed byflie medical profession fortwrnty
years. (AM your doctor. Tim is because it is always
poUUUt always uniform always comtoims lit tmriut
Norwegian Cod-liver Oil ami Hrpophotpmiln.
Insist on Scott's EaaalaiM with trade-mark of
man and fish.
Put up in yt cent and i.co sues. The small she
may be enough to cure your couch or help your babjb
Take Care
it your physicsl health. Build up
roar system, ions your stomach, increase
roar appetite, enrich your blood, and
prevent sicknet by taking
nlOOdlS
Sarsaparilla
fhe One True Blood Purifier. fl;6forf5.
Hood's Pille are mild and effective, see.
What did the audience do when
ihe terrible explosion occurred in the
I gallery?" Manager "They applaud
sd." "Mercy, why?" "ion see it
' was a Wagner concert, and they
1 thought that was the first number on
the programme." St Louis Republic.
"Have your hair trimmed?", asked
he barber. "Trimmed," echoed
farmer Begosfc. "Now, lookye here,
don't want no jokes. I came here to
git my hair cut, an' I don't want Ao
trimmin'a at alL Did ye think I
wanted ye ter do it np in ribbons?"
Washington Star.
"If that man's watch had run down,
ind only needed winding," said the
apprentice, "why didn't you wind it
and hand it back to him?" "You are
no judge of human nature, luy boy,"
aid the old jeweler. "If I had done
that I would have lost his trade for
ever." And he put a dollar tag on it
and hung it up in his window. Chi
cago Tribune.
A CHILD ENJOYS
1'he pleasant flavor, gentle action and
loothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of a laxative, and if the father
r mother be costive or bilious, tbe
most gratifying results follow its use;
to that is the best family remedy known
tnd every family should have a bottle.
A red polled cow at Whittingham,
ogland, has yielded milk continu
susly since she ceased calving, five
rears ago, her record being 13,734
quarts of milk of the first qnality. No
Hher case like this is known
Met Their Matcti.
A little while ago the minister of
. certain church in .Scotland came to
the conclusion that one ot his llock,
a shrewd old lady, bad riot been pres
ent at div.ne service so frequently as
was necessary for her spiritual wel
fare So he called for two of his el
ders, and they sallied forth to mter
iew the deliu iuent on tbe subject
That astute perscnage, having
oeen forewarned of the intended
viit, prepared a sumptuous repast
consisting of the finest of haddocks
ai.d the lightest of scone, sufficient
in quantity to make a good square
meal for a do en ordina'y persons.
but the minister and the two
Jeacons were not ordinary persons
at least, in tbe matter of appetite;
and therefore, when they rose irom
the feast there was nothing left but
the bones of the baddocKs.
Then, with much unction, the
ninister proceeded to inter. ogate his
Hostess as to ber absence from Kirk.
'Deed," she indignantly repi.ed,
"I was there last Sabhalh."
"Then what was the text, Eliza
beth?"
"I ken 'twas about tbe loaves and
dshes. They took up tbe fragments
that remained twelve baketsful.
Wasna tbat It?"
"Ah, quite right Elizabeth! And
have you been tbinkli.g about It
since?"
'Deed, I thoct just now that ir
e and the elders had been there the
disciples wouldna have taken up one
basketful, much less twelve!"
Freaks of the Candy Trade.
Candy consumers will scarcely be
lieve there are seasons when that
edible Is particularly in demand, and
others when business shutsdownand
fashionable manufacturers say "noth
ing i doing." Fancy ever a time
when candy takes a restl Yet so it
is. aud after the summer hotel sea
son it drops off as many points as It
In the original sugar, and will not re
vive until December, when the
lactones start up for tbe Christmas
trade. There are gins who will de
clare this to be impossible. They, at
all events, never let up on its con
sumption. Why, then, should the
candy business ever languish? Hut
it was estimated at a summer hotel
recently tbat the belles, of whom
there were several, averaged two and
thrv pound boxes a week, one at
tractive little Fhlladelphiao having
broken tbe record by exhibiting no
less than fourteen boxes of various
sizes and devices that she bad re
ceived during the first ten days of
her stay. It is also whispered of a
certain managing mamma that it is
her custom when leaving town to
order confectionary to he sent ber
pride and Joy once a week. When
the delicious supply is handed around
to friends at tbe resort it is with tbe
remark that "daughter" has so many
admirers who wish to he remembered
it is really an embarrassment of
sweets. These fa. ts may account for
tbe falling off in trade at the end of
the summer hotel season. Boston
Herald.
She Proved Her Love.
Don Massimo, Duke of Antikoll,
whose engagement to Princess Eu
genie Bonaparte was recently an
nounced, some years ago fell In love
with a beautiful Koman girl of bum
ble birth, but in spite of their mu
tual supplications, her parents re
fused in tbe most emphatic manner
tu give their consent to tbe union.
After a great deal of persuasion.
however, the girl appeared to waive
her objections to a secret marriage.
The day of tbe ( eremony came at
last and it was while they were
standing together and taking their
vows, that the itoman maiden sud
denly threw herself into her lover's
arms and sobbed out: "Vou shall
see now bow great is the love I bear
you. 1 will not consent to this mar
riage. Tbe world Bays that I want
your title and your money. J don't,
but I could never make yon bappy,"
and in sp te of the Duke's urgent
heartbroken entreaties, she obstin
ately refused to go through the re
mainder of tbe ceremony.
Tbnnder Kills Flab.
Ad electrical storm In St Louis
recently deprived many aquariums,
both in residences and show win
dowa, of tbelr silver and vol 1 fish.
Thunder and lightning are judged br
old fishermen and proprietors of ani
mal stores to be tbe cause of the
death of the flsh wbicb art) found
floating oa their backs for several
morning after an electric storm. A
St Loafs electrician gives It as bis
opinion tbat tbe concussion ot tbe
tbnnder breaks tbe air chamber
wbicb by compression causa tbs flab
to atak and by expansion to rise to
tbe surface.
Sedalia (Mo.) folks were so afraid
of riding oa trollsy car Ho. 18 tbat
vm lean bad to ba
CUKlOrS FACTS.
China has many stona bridges 3000
jeara old.
The tomb oi Mahomet is covered
with diamonds, sapphires and rubies
valued at $10,000,000.
Twin mules are claimed to be owned
by a Platte City (Mo.) man. Twin
mules are of rare occurrence.
Paris now gets its water supply from
six great springs, which travels through
eighty-three miles of aqueducts.
A sugar dish owned by Mrs. L JL.
Smith, of Boswell, Ga., has been in use
by her family for over 100 years.
Miss E. J. Whitton, of Topsham,
Me., has hair which measures eight
feet 2, inches. It has been growing
ten years.
In Europe, the etiquette of street
walking is to "keep to the left." In
the United States, the rule is "keep ta
the right."
In Middle SmithfielJ, Penn., there,
is a chestnut tree the trunk of which
measures nineteen feet in ciroumfer
jnce, breast high.
William Gardenio was the first per
son entitled doctor of medicine, he re
ceived the dpgree from the College of
Asti in the Fourteenth Century.
From an observation tower on the
Drocken, in the Harz Mountains, Ger
many, eighty-nine cities and 668 vil
lages can be seen in clear weather.
There is a church at Kirkwood, Ga.s
owned by a Presbyterian, with a Metho
dist pastor, and the seats were origin
ally owned by Baptists and donated by
Episcopalians.
The term "tabby cat" comes from
the word Atab, the name of a famous
street in Bagdad where live the manu
facturers oi a silken stuff called Atibi,
which has markings resembling thosa
of a tabby cat
A superstitions idea of the middle
ages still exists in many parts of Eng
land that when the death of a person
is imminent the fastenings of the door
of the death chamber hinder the de
parture of the soul from the body, thus
making final dissolution doubly painful.
By some misadventure, a note for
one penny stamped with the "promise
to pay" of the Bank of England got into
circulation in 1818 and for many years
gave the cashiers much trouble with
their accounts. About fifteen years
a:ro it was brought to the bank, bnt
the owner, not unwisely, would not
take a penny for it, and the bank set
tled the transaction by giving him $25.
There are two words in the English
language which contain the vowels in
their regular order, viz. : "Abstem
ious" and "facetious." The following
words each have them in irregular
order: Mendacious, authoritative, dis
advantageous, encouraging, efficacious,
instantaneous, importunate, nefarious,
objectionable, precarious, pertinacious,
sacrilegious, simultaneous, tenacious,
unintentional, unequivocal, undiecov
erable and vexations.
A WOMAN'S DESPAIR.
COULD SEE NOTHING AldlK.tU BUT A
LIFE OF IMiy.
Plio Trlla a Reporter How She Suffered-
il ow She Was o ml Anil How Her
Life Has Keen Brightene:! br
the Snnahine of Health.
From tlie Drych, Ulica, .V. T.
Mrs. E. Mi-Lauhlin, who resides at 83
Miller Street, Ulioa, N. Y., tut formerly
lived at 110 Seymour Avenue, in the same
city, is a lady nearly seventy years old. She
was born at Marey, Oneida County, N. Y.,
and has resided in Oueida Cajnly all her
life and is well known there. It was re
ported in TJtica that Mrs. McLaaghlin had
been wonderfully cured of a severe attack of
rheumatism, as well as indigestion, by the
use of Dr. Williams's Pink Pills for Tale
Teople; a reporter of Drych was sent to in
terview her on the subject and get the true
fucts.
Mrs. HcLanghlin said she had bun at
Aicted with rheumatism for about twenty
year?, and was at times unable to rise from
her chair. Her suffering was intense, and
she was sometimes driven nearly wild with
the a-oniidna; pain. Of late she had also
been troubled with indigestion and her
health had become arrently undermined. She
was h I most discouraged, being unable to irot
relief either from the doctors or through the
numerous remedies which she tried. Mrs.
Mi-Iiauirhlin had often rend of the cures ef
fected by I)r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People, but. after her miiuy failures to ob
tain relief through other remedies she had
but little confldenoe that anything would
help her. She continued to grow worse from
day to day and had (riven up all hope of
ever being restored to health. One day Mrs.
McLaughlin spoke of Pink Pills to a friend
who was calling upon her. It happened
that this friend had had some experience
with Pink Pills and knew their value. She
urgently advised Mrs. McLaughlin to give
them atrial, which she consented to do. She
procured ono box and botore its contents had
been entirely used she noticed quite an im
provement in her health. She waited some
time before getting another. After a while
she decided to keep on with them, and when
she had taken three boxes was completely
cored. She is no longer troubled with Indi
gestion, and when seen by the representative
of Drych was walking around as briskly as
anyone of her ag conld be expected to do.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
(th day of July, 1895.
O. H. Hckpbbbt, Notary Public,
Oneida Co., N. V.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain. In a
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing speoiflo for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus's
dance, siatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effect of la
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow complexions, all forms of weakness
either in male or female, and all diseases re
sulting from vitiated humors of the blood.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will M
sent post paid on receipt of price (CO oents a
box. or six boxes for 2.50), by addressing
vr. miiiaras aieoicine company, uoneneo-
iauy, n. I.
t'nder tbe Seat.
"1 saw a most ridiculous 1oka
i played ou a man between Osage City
Iauu AupcKii iasb een,-- saia dement
K. Stone of Newton, Kansas. '-Two
men boarded the train at Osage City
ana tooK a seat in tbe smoker just in
jfrontof me. It was evident from
their conversation, which was car
ried on in quite a loud tone, that
they were both of them In bard luck
and were going to Topeka in search
of employment. One of them placed
his ticket on the seat, while be lit a
very inferior cigar, and his compan
ion quickly picked it upand put it In
his pocket. A few minutes later tbe
man missed his ticket, and went
through the usual pantomime of
turning out all bis rockets and look
ing In hat llnlngKnowIng tbat
the conductor wouw tie around in a
moxent, and also that he- bad not
enough money in his pocket to pay
bis fare again, he began asking the
advice of bis friend, who suggested
gravely that he crawl under the seat
and try to escape notice that way.
There seemed no other alternative
for the unfortunate man, who
cramped himself under the seat as
suggested. When the conductor
came along tbe practical joker banded
him two tickets, and was, ot course,
asked who the second one was for.
He replied tbat It was lor bis friend,
who preferred riding under tbe seat,
whereupon the victim of the joke
crawled out, and, amid general
laughter, knocked the dust off his
clothes and promised to break his
mend's head on tha first oppor.
fC C4- YES, TO B StTKE
g Jacobs Rheuinatism,
a on Mi-rcla. anre. TO MAKE STTSZ. TJ9Z IT Aim rrr. .
HINTS FOB BUYERS.
IN TOWN AND OUT OF TOWN FOB HOLI
DAYS AND ALL DAYS.
The finely organized and ably con
ducted mail order department of the
up-to-date store, is as well, a bureau of
information. Write and ask any
question concerning dress and house
hold belongings, and your letter is
promptly answered, or a special depart
ment catalogue with what you
want to kuow in it, is sent y. a.
To aid buyers in selecting articles
for holiday presents, as well as in
making general purchases, Strawbridge
& Clothier have issued a catalogue of
coats and capes, one of furs, gloves,
table linen, "Stuttgarter" sanitary un
derwear, men's goods and silver-plated
flat tableware, nptions, jewelry and
bric-a-brac They will also send sam
ples of any kind of dress goods and of
appropriate trimmings.
If a handsome black dress should be
wanted by mother, wife, siter or
daughter, send for samples of Eudom,
Priestley's high-class specialty in silk
wsrp materials. Kudora is a supe
rior Henrietta idealized or rendered
very even in coloring by being double
dyi d, and it is made capable of resist
ing dust and water, by an unus
ually firm twist of thread, and
a closer weave, than can be
found iu any other class of goods.
A specialty of this house is the
Manchester velveteen, which has a fine,
solt back or body, a heavy pile and
a delightful rich, changeful or lus
trous bloom. It looks like silk velvet;
is far more durable, and much less ex
pensive. Being wide, the Manchester
velveteen can be advantageously used
for entire costumes or dresses, for com
binations, for trimmings and for ftincy
work.
It should be remembered tbat Straw
bridge & Clothier have full lines and
complete assortments of goods known
as dressmakers' supplies,such as linings
interlinings and finishings, and hence
can till orders promptly for any large
or small amount of such useful articles.
No Ptylish costume or dress is now
made up without an interlining or
stiffening in skirt, sleeves, jacket or
cape of Fibre Chamois.
The real Fibre Chamois, experience
proves, does not lose its outstanding
qualities, even when exposed to great
pressure, to dampness and even after
beiug wet by rain. It comes in three
weights, Xos. 10, 20 and 30, in cream
or ecru. Mesh color, slate, brown and
black. Strawbridge fc Clothier keep the
real Fibre Chamois; write to them for
samples or required quantity of Fibre
Chamois, which is very wide and costs
only 35c. a yard.
If you want to get your "men folks"
s holiday gift send at once for the little
booklet called, "A present for him."
To insure prompt attention address all
letters to
Fashion Editor,
Letter Box L, Strawbridge i Clothier.
8th and Market Sis., Phila., l'a.
The Chinese Mother-In. Law.
As mothers-in-law, it must be con
fessed that Chinese women do not of
ten shine. When a girl marries, nho
leaves her own homes and goes to live
at the house of her husband's parent,
where she is obliged to show the most
absolute obedience to his mother, who
is apt to be rather tyrannicnl. To this
mode of life is due most of tho domes
tic unhnppiuess in Chiua. Xew York
l'ost.
The Record of remarkable cu res effected eu
allies us truthfully to lay tbat Hood'a Sarsapa
rilla is the only true blood purifier prominently
in tbe public eye to-day.
Hood'a Pill are tbe beat cathartic
Massage is said to be practiced al
most exclusively by the blind in Japan
and largely by them in St. .Petersburg,
where a school of message has a pro
fessor who is himself blind.
I r. Kilmers Swamp-koot curat
rll Kidney and Bladder troubles
l'ampletand Consultation frea.
Laboratory Bicghaznton. -S. .
Wild dogs have been discovered in
the wood near Vienna, Ga. One of
the puppies was caught recently and
efforts made to tame it, but it is as
wild as ever.
Mrs. WlnsloWs Soothing Syrup for children
teething, eoltens tbe gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic 2uc a bottla.
Madder is the root of au herb like
erowth. It is about the size of a lead
pencil, and much longer. It is
cleansed, dried and ground. It is a
dye stuff.
FITS stopped free or DR. KTJwm-s tnA-J
Nrhvk Hkhtokkr. No fits alter nmt day's rise.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and J2.00 trial bot
lie free. Dr. Kline. Wl Aroh St- Phlla.. Pa.
Dogs kept exclusively for guiding
blind persons, or for tending sheep or
cattle on a farm, or by shepherds, are
exempt from taxation in England.
For Whooping Cough, Fl o's CnreJi a tucces
ful remedy. M. V. Iukter. 67 Throop Avenue.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14. 'M.
If the earth were equally divided
among the inhabitants each person
would get about twenty-three and
one half acres.
JfalUlcted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaao Thotnn.
lon'iEve-vtater. Druggists tell at 26c per bottle
Character Radingr
An observing dentist says that long,
narrow teeth denote vanity; those that
are long and projecting Indicate a
grasping disposition. Treachery Is
shown by the possession of small, white,
separated teeth, and Inconstancy la re
vealed by overlapping teeth.
Timely Warning.
The great success of the chocolate preparations of
the house of Walter Bakor & Co. (established
in ha lerl tn tho nlar-ino- on the market
... - -
many misleading
of their name, labels, and wrappers.
Baker & Co. are
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
DORCHESTER, J-.IASS.
41
Where Dirt Gathers, Waste Rules."
Great Saving Resuiia From the Use of
SAPGLIO
13 10 BE CESTATJ, AM WHZJ
What Ha Would Do-
Lord Aberdeen once left L0ai
.midnight in a leeDlntr-rar t. .?
at
Corth. In tbe morning, he sa,
6trauger opposite him. "Excuse m
mill thM atrnnimr. "mp. 7 .
- 1 a. O-H If yn
are rich?" Somewhat surprised hi
lordship replied that he was to!.
bly weil to do. -May I aslc 'T
tinned the Strang 3r, how rich
are?" "Well, If it will do you an?
good to know," was the reply, "i ID
pose 1 have several hundred thouB
pounds." "Well," went on th.
stranger, "If 1 were as rich as ob
and snored as loud as you, I shouii
ta,ce a whole car, so as not to lute!!
rupt the sleep of others."
TjparaFSi rannot He Cared
hy local application , as tlieycannot reai-lTi'
lis-iiH. d purl ion of ihe ear. I liere is onlr r
way to tire Deafness, and that Is lireon.,1?
t:tirml remedies, il-atne-s is cause.1 TfLl i
l'.amiii c iniliiiun of the mucous litiine of ,
i .ii-tin liiaii 'Tube. When Ibis tube s,t. V
"limed you have a nimnling; sound o- Ini-i?"
f ot lii-uriiiL:. and when It is entirely ,TSS
! afrit --s is the result, and unles, th jnu2r
i;i: inn ran In tukeii out ami this t'iU
.tun-1 l i na ri.iriiiui condition, liearinz'ivi't
,l,-.lr .! forever; nine M out
i iiu-i-i ny i-niarrh, which Is nothing unr-a,
;i:i-Tinl i-'iM.l .tiiin i if tlie mucous furr,( w
V.- wil. tive 1)1- Ilunilrol 1 ,llHr, f '
;.l-euf li iifliesi ictu-eii byeatarrli) t,.if7
nut l.eiur - 1 by Hall's Catarrh Curo. feeniifi
c-.ir-M'rivs, free. luf
" K. J. Che.vey & Co., Toledo n
A mnu in Biddeford, Me., ho it
sixty fix years old, is having troublom
tinx s just now in cutting a wisdom
tootii.
I-eoT.'e ilo not iliseover It until Wi late that to
fo led wa-hing- powder not nnlv en: un tieir
i lothi". hut rum meir skin, una c-iu-e r.lenai.
lini I s nothing but Fluatind-horai. mi, a.
Duiiliins Soi St nr. to., Phlla. Kirelleatfjrtai
laundry nn.l delightful lor toa bata.
Home people are born tired; tui
some are born to make others tired.
MAY'S
PILLS
Cure
Sick Headache,
Biliousness,
Constipation,
Piles
AND-
All Liver Disorders.
H tlllVA V'S PILL are purely v?eib!.
in ili t ami reliable t'auae perte-jt Dweitiua, com
plete aiirurptiou aud LealUilui regulaticr.
--5 i -ts. a box. At Druggists or by insll. "Bolt
ot AU ice" tree by mail.
K IDWA V CO.,
I'. O. Box i. Su 1VX
M!lliMlltlllMlllllllimitlllllMtllllllMlllimillHII""t
liOHIGAN LAHl
: Fit .i-tie 10 ixm aeres first -class lands In Central MVfel-5
-pan. I'll Ihe '-Mlcnlgull Ct-mrl, ' "l1rolt anil-
. uric ' nnil "limn Lake " llaMlma.1. Tblr.i!.
: wli t. i-.l.t at a sArriflea to el'iae an n
: l:. M l lr.l;( E, AliE.M, WEST BAY CITY. MICH, j
.it: 1 1 imiiiiiiiiiimiiMiiiiiliiiiiHHiimniii'noiitn
Tirr ArrtsfOTOIt CO. b" tria smrMSJ
sin in hiiMiuws, tM.'us It has reouce.1 mer-
si Ind newer tn I wbat It 1 numl UiaD
- ii.inses. ami auppiiea lu .xla aud rpi
H ; u ,ur door. It can aud dues tnrt.istil
j&t,'r& better artlcla tor less tr,. mej ita
r I Va"l3ulber. It mates l-uii.l 'r aal
-:rtrJt lieared. Steel, OaltaniKd !'
-irA ""alcampletliiD Wlndiuliis, Mtit
?J2.Vt and rued Steel Towers. Steel Bn:is
ata Kimiies, Steel feed Cutters and Ili
saW tii iiiilnra. on appllcaUou It wil tuDrfwfis
i I i'f th-se articles that It will furn h UTS
Jmuiir lt at 13 tlie usual prlca. It a: ilsl
1 mi., and l-uniiM ot all alum send fr . ai-we,
Faxtory : -. KotkwcU ana FlUtnors Streets, Chicles-
sfTsi A aeaassasi I an 1
irrP&Sr POPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC
Lt- Give n It f In I HI mln
GiTenrrUff In 111 minute. Ba
it at.rt, . r ..r. rutetrui rrjtnr'
tr '.- It n. ri(tE trial rarJt-nr. T
T ? "--X1 13 on receipt of J.o. u hciMti.
iQ JQ A DAY sumb
JJ fit -ne J a dftjt twoiui)T f.r. w-sirnfi
r ."7 nlh I work tsi-ri Tt.u fro Tfl
nlsti tte work md teach yt s ft
work in th Irxvalltj tirr ro Ini
iiufmiriinarroiiini wiu xpiM
business follTi rwtnem r fUM
t-oiAr prone o: $5 mr-r7 r
irk. arM.ltir) c.r. ssrrila li .
MONEY
I'nlnvete1 y'elds nothing. We can mt J'
sttri-lii' cash Increase anraly and rar-1 lf
nimctiiiti ,- i f interest to say to you if JO" '
conimunienie Hlttt us, aliner la persua ot M
letter.
Hasan, I;H-er & Co.BanteM Broken
Cnr.P-oadway & Eichanje Court, Ne York.
S4 50 ner 1000
v - r-
U. S. r'Utilb'j-.icf Ba-
real!, Chicago.
5A1.KSMEN WANTED TO "ELI. MY SI B3
KUY stock. All goods warrantel tirst-cla
l'ermsnent, profitable position for ttietUntmaa.
u-ii rtl wceklv. No axpertanoe neoeatarr.
Write lor terras, (tiring ate and references. 1
YATES, Nurseryman, RocDester, M. Y.
AGENTS WANTEP EVERYWHERE ma'. tt
female tosell ten cent HoaueopiUnlc l"
riles to famine. Immense profits The l'r O Uu
Meil. Co., 1S17 Columbia Are., Fhlla-le pbla. ra.
PATENTS
e Book Free,
A IVIHIat
atgtoi
V. C.
rHll,A..rA. KlHMOIKt; k MrUH IT MKT fr
r""w,,,
and unscrupulous imitations
Walter
tha nlrfp.st and larzest manu
& CO., Limited.