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Du you believe in gliosis, secoua
sight, the reappearance of spir
its in the flesh. Glyn?". asked
Jimmy Bellew, as we sat smoking on
evening in his quarters.
I laughed. "What! John James Chris
topher Benjamin Binns?" I quoted.
That sort of thing, eh ? Certainly not.
I do believe, though, in disordered
serves and liver, the cure for which la
a blue pill and a blue ribbon. Why dr
yon ask?"
"Because," said he, a solemn a a
Judge, "on two separate occasions I've
seen with my own eyes a person I knew
to have been dead and buried for
years."
Jimmy was going to be married the
following week, which accounted for a
certain amount of glumnesa on bis part
But to take such a fit of the Jumps the
night before our races, too was a little
too much.
"Who was It, man or woman?" 1
asked.
Woman," he answered naturally. "It
was a queer business. I've never men
tioned it to any human being, but I'd
rather like to tell you, Glyn, If you
don't mind listening."
"Fire away."
"I met her at Simla," he began slowr
ly. "I was doing A. D. C. to Featherly
then. One of the best looking women
you ever saw; magnificent eyes but see
for yourself," taking from a dispatch
box beside him a leather case, which
he opened and handed to me. "Hand
some face, eh? And exactly like her."
I nodded. "A beautiful devil, as bad
as they make 'em," was my mental ver
dict. "It was the usual Kipling business,"
tie was thinking aloud, in short, dis
jointed sentences. "She began It, I
fancy, out of sheer deviltry there was
some one else a nice young girl she
couldn't bear to see another woman."
A pause. "Don't you think, though,
that I blame her; I was just as ready
to be made a fool of as she was to uiakfl
a fool of mo. It was an infatuation
regular cane of possession while It
lasted. We were inseparable at Simla.
Later they were at our station good
place for snipe not far from headquar
ters she came in to the balls I took
to snipe shooting. And so, for tbe best
part of eighteen months It went on, un
til well! that sort of madness wa
bound to wear Itself out I began to
recover my senses-she grew keener J ogt a iot of ground. Still, he won the
as I cooled off made scenes whatever , Regimental cup In a canter and started
It had been at the beginning, it was the favorite for the last race on the card
real thing with her then. Finally came a challenge cup. I was In the paddock
tue climax, sue wasu t violent. eiie
only saw tnat, as l no longer careu lorin, up with Miss St. John, who had
iicr. we uau uecier pun. iint a id
be done? Of course I perjured myself
freely to no purpose. She wished mi
good -by.
" 'Although we may never meet
OL'uin.' she said I can hear her speak
ing now 'you are mine, only mine. I
6Unll never give you up. Kcuiembet
that. Never attempt to put another
woman in my place, for if you do, 1
warn you, I shall come back, no mat
ter where I may be, even from th
grave, to claim my rights.'
"The next morning she was found
dead in Iter bed. An overdose of chloral
she took it for neuralgia accidental
ly, so they said. I'd give five years ol
my life even now to be able to think so."
He shivered. "It's an awful thing tc
feci a woman's death at one's door. 1
try to think she wasn't responsible."
Couldn't have been," I interrupted
decidedly.
He sighed. "Perhaps not. Anyhow,
It gave me a shock. I was on the high
road to D. T. or a lunatic asylum, when
Featherly got sent to Burmah and took
me with him. The spell of active ser
vice made another man of me. I start
ed for home at the end of It pretty well
myself again. It was then she came tc
me." His voice sank almost to a whis
per. "I was on deck one evening, talk
ing to a girl we'd been dancing when
I looked around. There she stood by
niy side, tbe moon shining full on bet
face. I Jumped back; the steamei
gave a lurch, and overboard I went
They picked me up, but I had
a narrow shave of brain fever, and, at
you'll remember, reached home I
wreck."
I nodded. We had all noticed th
extraordinary change In 'poor Jimmy
when he rejoined. He went away fuil
of life and spirit, the best of company.
He came back morbid, morose, without
a word to say to his old pals, and II
Was ages before he became his cheery
self again. But Jimmy hadn't finished.
"The next time was three years Iatei
at Rathcoolan," he was saying, "when
I had dismissed the whole businest
as a hallucination. We were out shoot
ing. I had Just scrambled over a fence
and was holding out my band to heir,
Miss Bourke, when I felt a touch on my
arm. distinctly. There she was again.
I believe she pushed me away. Any
how, I slipped up, my gun went flying
into the ditch, caught In a bramble,
went off, and lodged a charge of shot Id
my thigh but you remember? you
were there at tbe time. And now what
do you think of It? If It were fancy It
was deuced strange that one's nervet
houlJ play one the same trick twice,
without the slightest warning, eh?"
"Not at all," I declared. 'The Rath
roolan accident at all events, was th
most natural thing In tbe world. Yov
were making strong running with Mlsj
Uourke (she was a pretty girl, and bet
t . -, Vi ., i..l' ujuo. uii.muH xor a
i-.atch, looked on It, I know, as a set
led thing); you'd got the other woman's
hreat iu your mind; with your usual
loo'l-curdling carelessness It's a mar--el
to me you've not shot yourself a
iul' Jred times over there you stood on
i slippery bank, with your gun at full
rock. A twig touched you, you started
mii tripped up. Then with your weak
lead. In the go of fever that followed,
rou concocted out of your fancy a cock-in.l-bull
story, and ended by believing
t. And I've not the slightest doubt
'ery much the same thing happened on
loard sl.!p."
Jimmy shook his head. "I tell myself
ill that, and for a time I managed to
lelude myself iuto believing It. Still,
11 my hoart of hearts I know that she
lid come back, as she said she would.
In fact, after Rathcoolan, In spite of
ny peoirte and the name, and all that"
-Jimmy, let me explain, was heir to the
atei-haiii title and esiatcs " I made
lp my mind not to marry; only fate
ust year. In the shape of Kate St John,
lecreed that I should change It So
!ar, this time, nil has gone well; yet I
si n't help thinking something will hap
jeu before next week."
"Hot!" I retorted brataAr. "You're
ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Ike a hysterical school riri with voni
nsane fancies. All you've got to do It
:o shove that photograph of Mm
(Vhat's-her-Xame and everything con
lected with her Into the fire, go to bed
ind to sleep, and don't give her anothet
Jiought.
"What sort of a nlghf s rest Jimmy hao
do not know, but be completely spoil-
Mi mine for me. Not that I put any
alth in his story. It waa easy to un
lerstand the bold an nnscrnpuioui
woman would acquire over an tmprea
tiorable, soft-hearted chap like pool
f lmmy, who, In bis remorse, bad taken
n sober, serious earnest the empty rav
Jigs of an angry woman maddened by
jealousy. Given such a delusion, a
i promising flirtation Interrupted by as
I iccident, a bout of llght-headednesa
tnd there you have the apparition.
What a farce it all seemed. And yel
Me frame of mind which produced the
ipparition was a very serious thing. Ii
nag heart-breaking that so good a fel
ow, with everything to make him hap
py, should allow bis life to be spoiled
y a mere bogey. Besides, a man who
ices spooks in every corner had no busi
ness to be riding races. Altogether, 1
ipent. a thoroughly anxious, nncon
tollable night.
Things Improved In the morning. I
remember with relief that Jlmmy'i
serve for riding so far had never failed
blni; that the Bolderton course present
ed no very serious obstacles to any
borse or rider of average capacity; and
lhat Jimmy s jockeyshlp, as well as bli
mounts, were far beyond tBe average.
Besides, I was much too busy on my
vd account to give way to morbid fan
:ies. Increasing weight prevented my
taking any active part In the day's do
ings. Still. I bad a couple of horse
running, and what with looking aftet
them, giving my subaltern, who was
riding for me, orders to which the
booby paid no attention talking to va
rious old pals who had run down to
tee the fun, and feeding the horde of
natives who descended like a swarm
of locusts on the lunch and tea tent
l ror we sent mTiiaiions to every soul
I n.u0 lied unon us mv time was m-et
1 1 well takeu uo. Jimmy, too. was not
doing so badly, either. He only came
In second for the Hunt cup, owing to
a loose horse crossing ins mare, Moll;
Malone, and upsetting her at tbe watei
so that she refused. Jumped badly, and
when, as the saddling bell rang, b
i ,., over for the dav. and who. It nn.
pea red, wanteu to waiic down to a
jump. I oCfered myself as escort. Ofl
we started and reached the open ditch
round the corner, at tbe bottom of th
slope, just as the horses came thunder
lug down to it Good Lord, what a
pace! And that ass Saunders, con
found hiiu! Iu front making the run
ning, after my repeated warnings ti
pare old Timothy down hill!
"How fast they are going," prattlef
my companion. "Oh, Major Glyn, lsn'
It very dangerous?"
Well, it might be dangerous for Tim
othy's groggy forelegs; or for Vllliers
who landed on his home's neck at ever
fence; or for Anstruther, riding tha'
three-cornered mare of his, who triei
to run out half a dozen times: bu'
limmy, lolloping along on that old
stager Brutus, who could bave gom
round half the steeplechase courses It
the country blindfolded, was as safe ai
if he were sitting in his armchair. 1
told her so, which seemed to reassun
her, and having watched them out ol
sight, she began to look about her an
criticise the bystanders.
"Oh, Major Glyn," she suddenly cried
"what an extraordinary woman! Suet
a get-up! Quite in the style of the yeai
one. Do look at ber there. In front ol
you. Who can she be? Do you know?
I was not interested In the Identity
of any weird female; for they were Jus
reappearing over the brow of the hill
and I was vainly scanning the horlzoi
with my glass In search of Timothy
However. I looked. By the opposlti
mg, rather i.part from the little group
f spectators, a woman was standing
i striking figure In a black and red
own. with a red sunshade.
"Never set eyes on her," I began.
(vhtn she shifted ber sunshade and
xtoved forward a pace or two. I caught
light of her face. It waa the origlna?
)f the photograph.
"Here they come!" gleefully cried
Jie little fiancee. "Jim's leading. Oh,"
with a sudden change of tone, "what If
itr
What Indeed? I shall never forget
the ghastly change that suddenly came
aver Jimmy's face; tbe helpless way be
reeled In the saddle; his Instinctive vio
lent clutch at the reins. Did he pull
Brutus out of bis stride, or did thai
itrange panic communicate Itself to the
Did horse? Who could say? It was all
aver In a moment; a swerve, a rush, a
grinding, sickening thud, as Brutus,
without rising an Inch, galloper
straight into the ditch.
Poor Jimmy fell on his head, while
Miss St. John, with a shriek, fainted
lead away. I rushed forward. There
he lay, his neck broken, his dead face
till stamped with a frozen look of hor
ror. And that she devil? Where wai
she? I bad seen ber two minutes be
fore; the fence was right out in the
open, yet not a vestige of the red and
black figure was visible. She had done
her fiendish work, claimed ber right
nd vanished. Sporting and Dramatif
News.
Hercules Killed tbo Hawk.
Some passengers over one of the Ber
lin canal bridges tbe other day noticed
tbe sudden appearance of two black
points In the sky at a considerable dis
tance away, which developed Into two
ducks. Behind them, at a lower level,
flew another bird, which suddenly rose
Into the air above the docks, and then
shot down upon blm like an arrow.
One of the ducks flew sideways to
ward the Tblergarten; the other, closely
pursued by Its enemy, flew slanting In
to the canal, and, reaching the water
exactly behind the bridge, dived, while
the hawk. In his blind baste, struck
against the head of a statue of Her
cules and fell, once more flapping Its
great wings, dead on tbe pavement of
the bridge. Tbe bird was a splendid
I specimen, tbe wings bavins; aa eXf
jansion of more than three feet.
I is just as easy to predict a iever
wiuter as any other kind.
THE SEKATOR'S BLUNDER:
low He TJaJtet 'ally
CtarkaJklB) for a CaMtltsnit
.rt. hea .Tnterr
Mtrtment, a young man from on of the
Western States came to Washington
try clerical life In one of the depart
nents, says a writer In the Washington
Star. He bad been quite a ward poll-
Jclan In his Western borne and lniag-
ned both the Senators from his State
srould be glad to do him a favor. He
tpent several days taking in the sights
it the capital, then went up to the Sen
ite one afternoon and sent up bis card
o Senator Blank. The Senator re-
iponded promptly, bad the visitor
ihown Into tbe marble room, and for
ome time they sat on the sofa to
(ether, talking of borne news and borne
Tops. Then the young man broke tbe
ce by Informing tbe Senator Just what
ilnd of a place be wanted didn't care
nuca what department It was In.
"Well. I don't know." said tbe Sena
or. "Such places are not to be found
very day, and there are hundreds here
I . . . .k... 1 .I,. TT n I nn
tooklng for almost anything In tbe
ibape of an appointment.
"Come up to my bouse about 8 o'clock
-night," aald the Senator, "and we'll
a Ik the matter over."
, Promptly at the appointed time he
wiled the doorbell and waa ushered in
o the library, where he found the Sen
itor puffing a cigar and looking over
the evening paper. I,,
"Ah. good evening, Mr. ; I was
lust thinking of you." said Senator
Blank. "I have written a strong letter
Secretary Chandler requesting him
a give you a position In the Interior
Department" picking up an unsealed
etter from his desk and banding It to
he young office seeker -"and I would
iresent it ahnnt 10 nVlrwr. to-morrow I
nornlng. I hare also mailed the Secre-
ary a little personal note, letting him
tt tuai huvu s waui iujfiuiuji iu uji
The young Westerner was bowed out
if the room with smiles and a hearty
landshake. At his hotel be sat down
o think over his good luck; then he
hongbt of tbe Senator's letter and
ulled It out of his pocket and read:
"Dear Chandler Some time to-morrow
morning a young citizen of my
.t " " Ju ,
luuunemwii iruui xue lur
vici i uave no eanuiy interest
n him, so I turn him over to your ten
ler mercy. Let him down easy. Yours,
"BLANK."
The young man dropped the letter,
tnd a big sigh struggled up from un
ler bis watch pocket "I wonder what
le said in the little note he mailed to
:he Secretary?" thought the young can
lidate. Then he realized that the Sen
it or had given him the wrong letter,
ind be at once determined to call at
lie Interior Department the next morn
ng and see what the next chapter
would bring forth.
About 10 o'clock tbe next forenoon
ibo colored messenger showed the
roung man Into Secretary Chandler's
fBce.
"Senator Blank told me last night he
ad written you and advised me to call
n you this morning," said tbe young
rentieman.
"Ah, yes," smiled tbe Secretary, good
laturedly, picking up from his desk an
pen letter and glancing over It "The
Senator speaks of you In the highest
:eruis, and Is very urgent In his re-
juesi tor your appointment wait a
iioment," and, touching a bell, be sent
lis messenger for the chief clerk. After
i moment's conversation with tbe chief
;lerk the Secretary said:
"Yon are fortunate. There Is a $1,'
200 clerkship made vacant by resigns'
ion this morning, and I have ordered
rour appointment to the place."
a monin later senator Blank was
ralklng through the patent office, and
n the corridor met the new clerk In his
ifflce coat Tbe Senator waa surprised
tnd a trifle disconcerted, but be shook
lands with his young friend and aald
le was glad to see him there.
"Welt I'm glad to be here," respand-
d the clerk. "And, Senator," putting
lis hand inside his vest and looking
iquarely in the other's eye, "right In my
nslde pocket I keep that little persona
lote you thought you mailed to Secre-
ary Chandler, telling blm when you
K-anted a thing you wanted It bad."
Explanations were unnecessary. Tbe
Senator went out of public life and died
ong ago, but tbe clerk manages to
iqueeze along through the hard timer
m bis $1,800 a year.
Old Kin Rene's Tomb.
The long-forgotten tomb of good
King Rene and Isabelle of Lorraine, his
lrst wife, was accidentally brought to
ight tbe other day in the Cathedral of
sogers. Isabelle's tin coffin waa not
pened, but Rene's was. A crown, a
tcepter, an orb the insignia of his
rain sovereignty over Naples were
were found In Rene's leaden coffin. As
Oiey were covered with green oxide,
Jie gold used In making them must
lave been well alloyed with copper.
Scott Is down on Rene In "Anne of
3elerstein." But be Is not less mis
taken In judging him than In "Peverll
f tbe Peak" making out Charlotte de
a Tremollle a Catholic of the deepest
lye. Charlotte was, to the end of her
lays, a stanch Protestant and was a
good creature." Rene was an exqul
ilte artist and a philosopher. In re
ipect to philosophy, he was greatly In
idvance of his time. Was it not better
go on with his painting of a-partrldge
Jian to take up arms when he beard
iat Louis IX., at the head of a great
Force, had come to seize on Anjou ? He
coew that resistance was useless, and
tvas not going to fret over what he
tould not help. Some miniatures he
jainted are now shown at the National
Library, and are exquisite. His first
wife, Isabelle, now lying In ber tin
ttffln, used to weary blm with hei
nergy and heroics. She waa always
h rusting him and herself Into tragto
crapes. His second wife, Jeanne da
javaJ, waa a congenial spirit They
oth used to wander over hm and dale
a search of poetic inspiration. Rene's
alia da were worthy of being niustrat
d by himself. "Regnant et Jeanneton)
u. Lea Amours d'nn Berger at (Tana
lergereuse," are an adogoa with a
y. Rene waa tha shepherd, and his
anna tha shepherdess. Parla ooita
poar'ce London Truth.
Sincerity Itself.
Ada How can you be so Insincere,
fou said yon were sorry yea wtxt out
irhen he called.
Ida No; I aald I waa sorry ha called
when I waa ant,
da Well?
Ida Ha la likely to can aone time
when I am In. New Tack Herald,
.a"
J"1
Mistress Boyouhadtonay$yai
for this cloth? Ton are Impractical
I paid only fa,
SerrastYea, tat they tteagntl was
rtchtr than yoq -
SHE NEEDED A CHANGE.
Sot Tired of a
Constant Sal Meat
Diet..
When Miss Young went to teach
ichoo! In district Number Be ven, a .mall
:JlilUlUUilJ ill 1110 HU UMU UJT
nany friends and relatives thai' It was,
no lonely a place for ber to remain in
sontented; but she waa of a cheerful
lisposition, and undertook her new du
Jes wltb a hopeful spirit. So nyi
i Toutb'a Companion correspondent,
who proceeds to tell how the expert-
sent resulted. On Miss Young's first
risit home It was noticed that she look
id pale, but to all Inquiries she ro
lled that she waa as well as usual.
"Now, I want to know. Fayette, what
a the matter?" her aunt said one day,
oon after her arrival. "Is yonr school
o hard for you? Don't you Ilk the
people? Or what la the matter?"
"Are you going to bave beefsteak,
for lunch. Aunt Susan?" was the some
what irrelevant response.
"Yes, but that Isn't answering my
Juestion. I want to know why yov
Son't like your school."
"I do like It Why, the children ar
I 1 b!5etaT!fl ttln"J.0,V7e'
aw, and so quick to learn! Did I tel
f win uiuv nauuiu ami
"No, you didn't Well, then, don't
She parents like you? Or Is It the folks
where you board ? Don't they treat yov
well? If they don't I'd change."
"Oh, yes. the Smiths are tbe kindes
people In the world. I don't supposq
I should have come home Just now If
Oie Smiths hadn't killed their calf," and
Ulss Toung sighed.
Her aunt looked at her In evident as-
, mnishment
j "For tbe land sakes, Fayette! I do
tiope you ain't so poorly as to be upset
ty a thing like that! I declare to It,
rou're worse off than I had any Idee
f."
No, not exactly: but I haven't tasted
' neat fresh meat that Is, and I watched
aiat calf hopefully."
I "Pity sakes!"
I "Yon ROM. 11 n tlioro fh Ann Uin
i You see
ery often. When they do. the whole
aelghborhood shares In the meat It
m happened that the Sraitha had a calf
u sacrifice, and I watched that Inno
;ent animal from day to day, and flnal
('y was told that the butcher bad pep
I formed his work.
"I listened to tbe division of that anl
Jial hungrily. Such a neighbor waa to
tmve so much, another
a smaller or
rger quantity; but
by careful com
putation I found that half the animal
was to be kept for family use, and I
went to school cheerfully.
"But at dinner no roast or steaks, n
had fondly hoped. Finally I made
ome inquiry as to what disposal was
made of the calf, and was told that
what meat they kept they bad salted
lown for future use.
"That was tbe final stroke. I simply
bad to come home. As long as I could
lee the calf I had courage; but after
:hat failed me, I felt that I needed a var
ration."
FELT HONORED.
Because
He Had Met a Bluer Mao
than Uncle Sam.
An hour after midnight the otbe.
night a patrolman found a man sen tea
on the steps of the postoffice with his
elbows on his knees and his head In his
bands, says the Detroit Free Press, and
giving him a shake the officer Bald:
"Come, old man, this is no lodging
house r
"No, sir," replied the roan, as h.
roused up, "this is the postoffice. I
knew It when I stt down here. It Is
seldom I mistake a postoffice for a lodg
ing house. Did you suppose I was la
boring under the Impression that I had
turned Into a cheap room on the fourth
floor back and left orders to be called
at 7 o'clock In the morning?"
"You'll have to move on," replied tho
officer.
"Inn't this a Government building?"
"Yes, sir."
"Owned and run by tha Government
of the United States?"
"Tee. sir."
"And has Uncle Sam ordered me to
move on?"
"No, sir, but I bave, and you don't
want to linger over an hour."
"My dear sir," said the night hawk.
as he looked up. "are you a bigger man
than Uncle Sam?"
"I am, sir!"- replied the officer, aa be
dallied with Is club.
"Then I bow to circumstances am
will move on. Could you spare me
photograph?"
"No, sir."
"Will you give me your autograph T
"No, sir."
"Then let me gaze at yon for half a
minute to Indelibly impress your fea
tures upon the tablets of my memory.
That will do, and I thank you. I have
met a bigger man than Uncle Sam, and
I shall be able to describe him to the j
children gathered at my knee. Officer,
ap me over the head with your club."
"There It Is!" said the officer, as he
fetched him one on his battered old hat.
'"liianks thanks awfully! I have not
only seen a bigger man than Unci
Sam. but (?) ! I tz boom! & 94 S-"
Gossip.
How frequently is the honesty and
Integrity of man disposed of by a smile
or a shrug! How many good and gen
erous actions have been shrunk Into
oblivion by a distrustful look or stamp
ed with the Imputation of proceeding
from bad motives, by a mysterious and
seasonable whisper. Look Into compa
nies of those whose gentle natures
should disarm them, we shall find no
better account. How often does the
reputation of a helpless creature bleed
by a report which the party who Is
at the pains to propagate It beholds
with much pity and fellow feeling
that she is heartily sorry for it hopes
In God It Is not true however, as Arch
bishop Tlllotson wittily observes upon
it, la resolved in tbe meantime to give
the report her pass, that at least It may
have fair play to take its fortune In ths
world to be believed or not, according
to the charity of those into whose hand
It shall happen to falL Addison.
Tbe Mortgage.
A mortgage makes a man rustle and
ft keeps him poor. It Is a strong Incen
tive to action and a wholesale reminder
of the fleeting months and years. It Is
fully aa symbolical In its meaning as
tha hourglass and scythe that mean
leath. A mortgage represents Indus
try because it is never idle night or day.
It is like a bosom friend, because the
rreater the adversity the closer it sticks
to a fellow. It Is like a brave soldier,
for It never hesitates at charges nor
fata te doss) hi em the enemy. It Is
like the sandbag at tbe thug silent In
sspUcatloa, bat deadly in effect. It is
Oka the hand of Providence It spreads
war all creation and Its tn finance la
everywhere visible. It is like the grasp
of tbe aerO-flab the longer It holds
the greater its strength, it wffl exer
cise feeble energies and lend activity
to a sluggish brain, but no matter haw
debtors work the mortgage works
harder atflL A mortgage la si good
thuarte have la a family provided alt
ways tt Is hm asjebndy
. A Bwlaa Xanovatlom. I
dry goods firm In Basle. Switser- '
land, advertises that during the an
nual fair, now being held there. It will
Ire a good dinner or supper free to
very purchaser of 30 franca' worth of
goods. The Swiss newspapers seem
puzzled by this novel exhibition of en'
terprlse; anyhow they condemn It
Bmk Far reaaaylvaiaia.
The farmers of PeEBsylvaala srs to V
congratulated, If. at. Luther, East Troy,
Pa., grew over 200 bushels Sjlser's
ailvef
' . t.,.
III ne oats on one nmasurea men """"'.
Itl Now there are thirty thousand ranaan
going to try and beat Mr. Luther and wis
100 la gold! and they'll do it, ia Haw York,
Ohio, Pnussylvanta and the east. Will yo
be one of them?
Then there is Silver Kti Barley, eropp
en poor soil 118 bos. per aara In 180K. Ual
that wonderful and eora SSO baa. sad poca
toes and gitaasa aad elevaia, fodder plants
ate, eta. rraltffat Is ehaap ta Hew York aa
tha east.
If toc wnx en Tsns out ajtb ens It wlfi
IOol postage to the John A. Bahter Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis., yea will reoelv their mam
moth catalogue and tea packages grains aad
grasses, taoladlng above oats, free. (A.
'Such funny names ont West," said shi
"Yet 'twould have been much mon
unique
It they had boilded Wounded Knee
Upon the banks of Cripple Creek!"
Chicago Record.
People never mean it when they say
they don't care bow they look.
OIVI5 BNJOYS
teoth the method and results when,
Byrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the ta?te, and acts
ten Uy yet promptly on. the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
pches and fevers and cures habitual
jconstipation. Syrup of Figs is the
fcnly 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 5C
Cent bottles by ail leading drug
rists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
nire H promptly for any one who
Irishes to try it Do sot accept any
lubstitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
SAM fRAHCISCO. tU
UHJisviUE.nr hsw roaic. n r.
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iMa.IUtM. WrlttraanMia
nianarS4yearMp-rlrare
A plain. pranlcal Hyntrm.
...ii i..mMl. nrrli'
I nlr dtaeasr. how to make
ltrna lay- I hnlfru, .ap
A MannVAan-l Ml Imvr.
Price. UcOIMM). A Free
A.M. I. A NO. o3g I. Chicago. III.
QQ A DAY SURE.
til land w will fthnw yov h
HEM
ti yutt
MaA LDr) WOTS auiu leau u ;ws hw
for in lb locality whrro won
tvl ua your trldr" n we will rxpiu
th miKiu-wa rally; rvmetnher w gum
a,it rlar liritrlt ol att I Of -rtT
w rfc. '-tnr-lT ur-: Hi at
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Cripple Creek Gold Fields
FREE i Information regardlnc mlntnrntoc t
Od properties Write Tbe Mechem Investment
Jo., member Colorado Mining Stock lixenangw
leaver, Colo.
Michigan Lands
FOR SALE-
r2000 Acres Good Farming Lands
Title Perfect. On Michigan Central, Detroit
I Alpena and Loon Ijike Railroads, at price
nilns from (2 to Per Acre. These lands art
dose to enterprising new towns, churches,
rhools. etc., wilt besold on most favorable term
Ipply to H. M. FlhRCE, AgL West BaycltT.Mict
Srtsln iMt war. J&aMiju&CaUliixciMmft, atty siuo
(ODER'S PASTiLLE8.rS
I HtlTWi v-rillar .
Persons destrln ti purchase a frm In one ot
be be-t asrlcu tural count es in Illinois can t
ajnaMelnfaiiBiniioq by addressing WAaiUt,
Baw. SIS, Maamd Cltr. HU
PATENTS -jSS
Bowk Free.
s. IM1HIK
Ktm, D. O.
CsmvsI la la
an rar.
"weie
.Hit IUL&.
Pass sIimmi
SoM by antats. -f
or Fabulous Cost.
Ivory mats are exceedingly rare; it
js said ry those who know that only
three exist In tbe whole world. The
largest of these measures eight feet
by four feet, and, t bough made in a
imnjl hill State in the north of India,
has an almost Greek design for its
border. It was only usM on state oc
casions, wben tbe rajah sat on it to
sign Important documents. The origi
nal cost of the mat Is fabulous, for six
thousand, four hundred pounds of Ivory
were used In Its manufacture. Tbe
finest strips of Ivory must bave been
taken off the tusks, as the tnat Is flexi
ble as a woven stuff, and beautifully
Ine.
Acme of Politeness. "
The acme of politeness was reached
tj a mining superintendent who, ac
cording to Tit-Bits, posted a placard
reading: "Please do not tumble down
the shaft"
I Till at -
1 I
P-5!!ailJ 111 M.J S . A
PsIILa.. ri. Eittstani:
CettMtw:' aM. Etxtorwai
I I mssasa, SoMbraroi
nerves npon pore blood, sod tjwywill
ant Uithful servants and not tyrnni-
fhe
levou
la I mutfin
Krong, cheerful and happy.
To
yore blood, and to keep
pare,
9 .
Sarsaparilla
ii ii- Din "'" ;
nOUU o rlll9 lacuve. o ceuia.
ITS
LOSING ITS POPULARITY.
Calnat Wood Mew Flada
Ita Chief
- Market ia Other Coaatriee.
Aa fancy wood, either In furniture a.
a house finishing, wain at has yielded
oost of Its prestige to oak. and now the.
ralk of onr American walnut goes
tbroad. Germany taking the major pot
ion of It At least 80 per cent., ot K
s shipped to London, Liverpool and
lambnrg. There la no reason why wal
mt should have so fallen Into disfavor,
ut the fact stands that It hi unf sehlon
ible and It must go. The foreign ship
ments ran along between 8,500,000 and
1,500,000 feet, and the bulk of It comes
rom Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indl
ina, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Illinois and Pennsylvania, the remaln
ng States furnishing little or none,
ftae finest shlDment for 1896 came from
I Texas, but. as a rule, Indiana walnut
a the best. Kentucky lias more wan
tny other State, but It does not average
is high as Indiana. The largest walnut
law-mill in the world la In Chicago,
ind it uses about 3,000 car-loads a year.
IValnut Is graded into firsts, seconds,
ejects and culls, and the price varies
rom $18 to $20 for culls and $35 to $40
tor rejects to $70 per thousand for firsts
ind second. At an average price of
'50 per thousand. It will be seen that
:he grand total of the value of our wal
lut shipments Is not a very Urge sum.
rhe best grade of walnut Is forest
rrowth, what Is known as "cornfield
ralnut," being hard and Irregular,
alth more or less wlndsbakes. Walnut
rrees are worth from $1 up, according
their accessibility, and there is no
rule of flndlna them. A tree should be
it least sixteen Inches In diameter,
rhlle some trees go up to over fifty
inches, and a log over sixty feet long
s found occasionally. Aa a rule.
ough, walnut branches low and short
bgs prevall. Figured walnut is a spe -
rtalty. and Is used for veneering. Its
rlce varies from 6 cents to $1 a foot
3ne man In West Virginia is reported
to on n a figured tree which cost him
n.00, for which he asks $4,000, having
refined $3,000. There are over 6,000
'eet In it A walnut tree is at its best
it about fifty years of age, or rather
t should live that long before It Is cut
lown for market
The largest collection of walnut a.
present ready for market Is at Ironton,
Ohio, cut In West Virginia and Ken
tucky. There are 393,000 feet of it of
rarylng gradea. One farm In Woodford
County, Kentucky, last year furnished
193,000 for Germany, and 97.000 feet
tor home consumption. The fanner
fot $7,538 for the entire lot One Indi
ina man is looking for a purchaser for
150.000 feet which be has collected at
rarious point In the State. The bulk
f the shipments are In tbe log, and the
iverage price, from "common Mlssls
ilppl points" to Liverpool or Hamburg,
s $30 per thousand.
Our competitors In tbe European mar
tots are Italy and CIrcassIa, the latter
lurnlshlng "Black Sea" walnut The
to-called French burls which are shlp
ed to this country to some extent are
lot French at all, but Circassian, shlp-
eu to Marseilles and reshlpped from
here. Tbe Italian walnut Is small
ind not of as good quality as the oth
srs. As might be expected. New York
s the leading point of consumption in
tm erica, and the largest amount Is
ihlpped abroad from there, though
lome goes from Baltimore and Nor
'oik. Butternut which Is another ape
ries of walnut Is a soft wood, light in
.olor. not much In demand, not large In
mpply, and worth about $25 a thou
land. New Tork Sun.
irara or onio,crrr ovTouoo, l
.. Lfcai ttorrsrrv- fas,
Frask J. Cbknst makes oath that he la tha
anior partner of tbe Hrmof F. J. Camr e
0., dolnn business In the City of Toledo,
Jounty and State aforesaid, and tbat said firm
will pay tbe sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL-
ua K tor eacn aua every case or u tiarrn tnat
tmnot be cured by the use of Ham.' Catarrh
Jche. Frank J. Cblnst.
warn to before me and subscribed In my
re nce, luis tm nay ox uegnnoer, A. u. loan.
. " 1 A. W. Guasom,
ftlCAL
1 ' ' JTntnru PuVft-
I all's Catarrh Cure iataken Internally aad acts
11 reel ty on tne oioon ana mucous surfaces ol
ne system. Bena rnr testimonials, tree.
... J-Caawar COh Toledo. O.
SrSold by Druuslsts. 73a. "
A perfectly white sauirrel. with
link eyes, was caught by a hunter
lear South Windham, Conn, a few
lays ago.
It is probabtt that what a million women say
ifier dallT trial Is a mtaiakar T-Aeu ih
mow by test tnat Dobbins' Electric Is inott teo-
lomicai. purest sou ont. 1 bey have bad 28
wi wuj 11, j ou sire u eite irtat.
It is said that the largest bar of gold
ver cast waa sent to tbe Baok of Cali-
ornia in 1882. It weighed tllj
ounas.
Ths Most Simple and sura RtvcDr for
ourh or Throat Trouble Is "Brow Branchial
rrocAti." Tbey posMss tea merit.
one 01 tne curiosities exnioitea at a
air io Maine was a horse with a oer-
ectly formed caribou's foot
Rhraaaatlaaa Is caused by lacUo add la tha
lood. Hood's Sarsaparilla neutralizes this add
ad completely and permanently cures rbeuma.
urn. Be sure to get only Hood's.
Rsefi Pills cure nsnsea, sick headache, tn-
lgestion, biliousness. Bold by all druggists.
It is computed that a well-known
ianist in twelve hours' practice
truck 1,030,500 notes.
I am entirely cured or hemorrhage ot lunae by
lso Cure for Consumption. Lodisa Lshua.
lis, Bethany, Mo . Jan. 8, "W.
The thinnest sheet of iron ever
oiled has a surface of fifty-square
aches and weighs but twenty grains.
1 would take 1800 such sheets to
hake a layer an inch thick.
Bastlest Yes Abies Always Fay.
That's so, the editor hears Mr. Market
akutnaM assasat WaJI saa-akaw dBJaka a. a
-Miaaaw mmjm w waa, wsaw UssVI
" - '""-"
ew are uru iu vnmuvos Hu (nay Biever aVt-
ip point you. Bslser is the largest grower ot
mgetablea, farm seeds, grasses, clovers, po-
Xtoe, et.
tr sou wii.l ott rmii ovt sss asms rtq i
"jrJr"""?
rns wow posaas yw wus asst aaaapw pawa
re ef Sarly Bird Badish (ready U U days)
avl their great eatalogaa, OsSalegne alone.
b. aostsga- (A-)
Ninety percent of the 4929 flights
t steps in Edinburgh are now lighted
line months in a year at a cost of
13.60 a lamp.
TeJepfconiaf wilht wires it pre-
Panl Bourget is writing a oiie-aci pwr
n proTr X Comedle-Fr.nc.laai Th.
Jtle le "The Screen."
Edmund O. Stedman bas decline a
,ffer of the new Billing, chair In ftnr
lsn literature at Tale University.
in the Macmlllan's new edition of
Mckens. edited by his eldest son. there
raany interesting reminiscence, of
jie novelist and bits of hie eorrespoaWl
ince la the prefacea.
The American Bconomle Association
alll publish very shortly, "1 r
Blcardo to McOulloch.- lately olsoov
,red. edited and annotated byJ. B.
Hollander, Ph. D, of Johns Hopkins
University, and "Baca Traits and
lencles of the American Negro, by
U Hoffman.
Mr. TV 1. VerdeoaL formerly of
. a
tan Francisco, but now living la New
fork, where bar hueband la a eorre-
pendent ef the Ban Francisco Chronl
de. haa written a noveL It Is entitled.
"Ladles First," and deals with the ex
periences of a well-known mine pro
moter of early days.
nir-tord Hardlns- Davla Is said to
bave been paid live hundred dollars by
W B. Hearst's New York paper, the
Journal, for writing the introduction to
the Yale-Princeton football match.
Heffelflncer. the gUnt football player.
received a like amount from the same
newspaper for publishing a technics;
description of the game.
T. B. Aldrich haa sent the following
letter to the Boston Transcript: 'Some
verse, called Tbe Ideal Husband,' and
having my name attached to tnem a.
the author, are being extensively re
printed by the newspapers. I beg leave
to say and it glvea me great pleasure
to say It that I am not the author of
chose verses."
Douglas Bladen', new book, "A Jap
anese Marriage," whlcn has had an Im
mense run In Kngiand, haa Just been
Issued In America. In It Mr. Bladen
'declares himself a strong advocate of
' the New Woman movement The book
1 is dedicated to the Earl of Dunraven,
."the most eloquent advocate of the
rights of the deceased wife's sister."
j BpeakJng of a pa8gage In "Yalllma
Andrew Lanf aays: "
, stevenson was 'crasy over M.
-sensations d'ltalle.' and fired
" . . . ...
dedlcaUon at him It Ut urget
! book-seller s shop In Parte
formed me), a dok oui oi u. u.uc.
sorely puezled he was as to how to com
municate with his remote admirer.
Terror of Engagement Time.
The daughter in a wealthy household
in close neighborhood to Central Park
is engaged to be married, and the news
of the engagement has been published.
"We all wish I hadn't" says paterfam
ilias, "because since It got out It has
looked as though we would not be able
to enjoy life or even to stay In town.
Tbe mall we receive and the people
who try to get In to see my wife or
myself are such as to cause consterna
tion. Both the letters and the visitors
to furnish flowers for tbe wedding or
v mV tho iv)Iiiif mnna, cho.hor
we were to have one or no), or to supply
the chlnaware or tbe cabs. They are
from stationers who desire to print the
cards, from engravers, from Jewelers,
from dressmakers and tailor, and mil
liners, from caterers who will furnish
waiters, napery, china, glass, plate
even a bridegroom if we ran short I
Imagine. The letters pile up beside my
wife's plate every morning and the
most stylish engraved cards, bearing
the names of men and women of whom
we never heard, are sent up to the dis
tracted woman from the front door all
day long. Interesting? - Yea, very;
especially the covert suggestion by a
Jeweler or two that If we desire to
swell the display of wedding presents
of gold or silver or Jewels they can be
vad on hire." New York Sun.
Female Firemen.
In Wasso, Sweden, there la a feminine
branch of the fire department Their
duties consist In filling fonr great tubs
which constitute the water supply In
case of fire. They stand In two con
tinuous lines from the tube to the lake,
about three blocks away, one line pass
ing the full buckets and the other send
ing them back. - Whenever the fire
alarm sounds tbey are obliged to come
out no matter what the weather may
be, the daughter of the house as well
as the serving maid, and often their
skirts freeze like bark from the water
and the? cold. If the men are away they
not only carry the water, but bring out
tbe bos and ladder, and work the
Dumps.
A Mysterious Face.
While a workman engaged in a Pue
blo, Colo., atone yard wa. dressing a
block of stone bis chisel laid bare a
round knob or knot near the surface
of the rock. A stroke of the hammer
vigorously applied for the purpose of
smoothing down the nodule had the
effect of dislodging it entire. An in
vestigation proved that the under aide
of the atone knot bore a perfect mode)
of a human face. '
The Coreast Bat.
A singular Coreaa hat Is a great
round mat of straw worn by a mourner
The hat Is bound down at the sides s
as almost to conceal the head and face
of the wearer. He carries In his hand
a screen or fan. and when in the roar;
any one approaches him, he holds tbt
screen In front of blm, so that It to
gether wltb the hat completely con
ceals him.
Wben a man disputes with a fool the
fool Is doing the very same thing.
I r. Kilmers Fusr-Root ents
allKldney and Bladder trouble
1 amplet and Consultation fre
i-aboratorv Blngnamtoo. & t
A law in Basle Swiiserland. nrohibit.
the occupancy of a house until four
weeks after it has been completed.
This is to prevent disease from damp
walls. .
teething, softens ibe gums, reduces lanamma
Uon. allays pain, cures wind colla Desoouu
MfillV MlAnl a a la na.J
stance, is valued at 9M
1 pound.
FITS stopped free or UK. kustb'S ttRBAI
NsRVaRaaroMaa. No AU alter first dayV ur.
Marvelous euros. Treatise and SAW trial bob
tie tree.
xwubk. sei Area OL. AaUSW. XTU
acid is now obtained from
sawdust
Well Done Outlives Death. "ivYur
Memory Will Shine if You U
APOLIO
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ltm TatUolc ol
NEURALGIA
5 IO 15
Years Years Years
ss-kea the
;Ktir.i
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ia a
ST. JACOBS OIL
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f W. O. Lloyd, a worktngman. rlvlag
, at No. 66 White av.. In the 18th
Ward, Cleveland. O., tin bought
Bipaos T&bules of Benfleld, the drag,
gist. In an Interview had with hhm
on the 8th of May, 1898, by a rape. .
ter named A. B. Calhoun, reddla
at 1747 East Madison .v., Cleveland,
Mr. Lloyd said that he was at peas
ant out ot . Job, but expaeted te ge
to work next week at the Bridge
Works. "Anyway, I have the prem
ise of a Job there," were bis words.
He had been out of employment
since lant fall. We will lethltnteU
bis story in his own wordsi "Worst
was a little slack, and I was feeling
so bad that I eonoluded to up1t
tor a few days, and when I refnred
my plaoe was filled, so Tra been out J. I
ever sinea. I don't ears muoa, . .
though. Tve been gaining rlghrf
along by y rest and treatment.
Last fall I went to a doctor who eras
recommended to me as a good one J
and with quite a reputation. He I
gave me medlolnes of aU kinds for .
nearly six weeks, and I got BO banes
fit that I could sea. In feet, I doa't
believe he knows what Is the matter
with me. A friend ef mine called
one evening and told me he had
been using Blpans Tubules for a
short time and ba 1 never found any
thing that helped his atomaeh and
liver troubles as much as they did.
He banded me a circular about
them, whloh I read, and oonelndext
that they were Just what I needed
and would fit my eaae exactly. I
dropped Dr. at once, went over
to the dru k store and got a 50-cent box
of tbem, ont of which I took two a
day for awhile, and within three
days notioed and felt mnoh improve'
ment. That waa about the middle
of Deeember. Lant February I gut
another small box of the Tabu lee
and took part of them only, as I was
feeling so mueh twtter that I didn't
think I needed any more. Tbe
rest ot the box I gave to John C -7!)
the other day. If I bad heard of'
them at the time I stopped work I
eould have saved my doctor bill, and,
better than all, probably kept tight
on with my work. But I do not bo
grudge tbe time lost nor the doctor :
Mil, as I feel I am well paid fothav
Ing learned of theTabules. I now ,
fee no pain whatever In my j
Stomaoh, liver and bowels active
and regular, and eat like a well nsaa
should eat."
I SI. an. TuIiiiIm am- InM hv (Irtl.nt.M. OT t)T
( s,bi r.c-- a ix 1- Mm to tub Ktsaat
rheniir HVinpsiiy. Nul lu Dpiuos St., e ToStC
rhfniV J IVinpany. Na lu Spiuos
Mmntf v LU. 10 GCUIS,
A
lesson
in
Cooking
Two Cupfuls of
Meeker's Self-Raising-
Buckwheat,
Two Cupfuls of
Cold Water,
Stir a few times.
Bake on a hot griddle. .
Takes about a Minute.
BUCKWHEAT.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
W. L. Doug lao
3. SHOE besJorTdTm"
If you pay 84 to SO for shoes, ex-
amine the W. L. Douglns Shoe, and O
see what a good shoe you can buy for
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS,
vuaukkss, BCTTOaT,
and LACE, mad la all
k I n d a of t he beat selected
leather by skilled X
men. AVe
make and
sWI more
63 Shoes
than
snanufacturer In the world.
None genuine unless name and
pnee is stamped on the bottom.
siT?urdealer for our S3.
ao. a. and aths tot bSvT!
TAKE NO SU3STITUTE. If yourdealer
cannot supply you xld
tory, enclosing price wd
to pay carriage. State luriS,Ttvle
- aMlue ui ,.ox 1;.
W. L. DOUCI aq d.
w, .wron. Mas.
raci, ajim n Lr ., 1 -
cloth, both sidw Bt.,,b r 4iTtS
We. one collar is eq.isl t tw ",iDd l?'a1
A Yaluable Medical Book Free
n,!!!.150"0?. r the cure
oenu iuc for postage.
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I9th and FEDERAL STa.. Phiia. 'p..
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