THE ENGLISH WIFE,
i
(Max O'Rell says that the English wits
lit opposite her husband at the fireside
In the evening with her curl capers in her
Ehalr.)
Bhe wore a wreath of rosea.
Toe night when hint we met;
Her hair, with careful oiling.
Looked shiny, black and wet.
Her footsteps had the lightness
Of say a mastodon:
And oh! she looked exceeding smart.
Though high of hue and bone.
I saw her bnt a moment.
Tet methinks I see her now
IVlth the siimness, style and lightness
Of say a Low Dutch row!
When next we met she wore
I the spread of form and features
Was much greater than before.
cVnd standing by her side was one
J: Who strove, and strove In vain,
tT to make believe that saclt a wife
- Was a domestic gain.
I saw her but a moment.
to
Yt methinka I mm hpr now.
") IrVith her big front teeth projecting.
I A queer blend of horse and cow. ,
a And once again I see that brow
y Ho bridal wreath is there
it ring of cnrl-papers conceals
. What's left of her scant hair.
1 Bhe aits on one aide of the hearth,
Her spouse, poor man, sits near,
tc And wonders how that scarecrow thing
T' Obuld once to him be dear!
f I wondered and departed.
Yet methinks I see her now,
B That type of British wifehood.
With the corkscrews round her brow!
"-London Punch.
t(
a A GIRL OF INSIGHT.
"Did you have a good time in town?"
r "Xo-o; beastly hole; bores one to
d death."
"But there Is such a lot going on now.
Did you not go to any theaters r
"..,i,:7. sr. k
I suppose I did enjoy myself, but I
have forgotten It."
The girl looked at the man steadily
I for a moment, but be walked moodily
( on, unconscious of her gaze.
"Were there any nice people staying
( at the 6ame place?" she asked, uncon
i cernedly, but still watching him.
"No-o; at least, I hardly spoke to any
1 of them."
J "Who were those rjeople you wrote
i about those people you were with so
i much?"
"Oh, they were Irish."
Dead silence. The man and the girl
I sauntered along the beach, ouch Intent
I on his or her ow n thoughts,
i "What charming people the Irish are
I ss a rule!" the girl suid, at length.
1 "Yes, awfully jolly," enthusiastically.
"Were these?"
"Oh, yes, they weren't bad."
, "How many were there, and of what
I sort and condition? Do rouse yourself
a little aud try to be a trifle more enter
( taluing."
i The man pulled himself together and
made an effort. "What shall I tell you?
About the Irish people I met? Weil,
. there was a father, also a mother nw
' fully Cue old ludy, she was and a
( daughter."
"Was the daughter pretty ? Irish girls
are lovely ns a rule, 1 think. Their
? eyes are so beautiful. Had this girl
; beautiful eyes?"
"Ve-es, I suppose so."
"Was she a nice girl, clever and so
on? Tell me about her."
"Oh. there l nothing to tell." The
man Krew restive under the question-
1 lug; then ho tried to turn the conversa-
'tion. The girl sauntered on more slow -
ly. She was a little paler than she bad
beeu. but u slightly mocking smile
playt-d arouud the corners of ber
mouth.
- "How pretty those brown sails look
out tliHiv," iie remarked, presently,
pointing to a little deet of fishing boats
out on the glltterlug sea. "Mark, I
should like to go out sailing."
"Would you?" lie rejoined, indiffer
ently. "Yes; let us go and have a nice, long
day. I will get some provisions while
you get the boat Shall we go?"
"I should like it If you would." With
a little more alrcrity he moved off,
.while the girl wended her way up the
cliff path to the house perched on the
top.
'Toor boy!" she said, softly. "To be
slangy, be is hard hit, or thinks he Is,
which amounts to the same. I am ! he hau round that she aid not Jump ai
afraid he is very impressionable." j nis suggestions with her old alacrlty
Out at sea there was a soft breeze I tn tact- 11 nad taken all bis time and all
blowing, a litle breeze that made the
hot sun Ix-arable and put new life and
spirits iuto the two In the boat; then
was something so exhilarating, so free,
so Invigorating, in the very feeling ol
flying along over the smooth sparklins
waters. Care seemed to be left behind,
where is would not overtake them!
anper, jealousy, mortification, seemed
all too petty and mean to live In this
great oien stretch of sea and sky.
"Shall we have luuch now?" The girl
was leaning back In a perfect nest of
cushlous. looking unspeakably comfort
able and very pretty.
"You look so comfortable. It Is a pity
you should move." the man said. "I
will unpack the things and hand you all
you want."
"My dear boy. I could not possibly
eat in this position, and loath as I am
to disturb myself, my spirit longetb
for sustenance. I am going to sit in the
bottom of the boat." she said, "will yon
arrange some cushions at my back foe
we?"
Kasity and deftly, and with an air In
which the proprietor and protector
were curiously mixed, he arranged her
nest.
"This is awfully fine." said the man.
leaning back, with ills hands clasped
behind his head and looking first at the
girl .-mil then at the sky, and then back
at the girl agniti. "This is splendid. I
could go on sailing away forever. Ona
seems to lerive nil worries behind and
forget nil disagreeables."
The girl did not sneak for a moment.
Bottlebindin,:.
"i or. csn't jmige ff t!;c cjd.-iliiy of a book by the binding,
r..'i t.Il the contents by the title. You look for the name
f ths .-uitlior before you buy t'ie book, 'ihe name of
Koiicit Louis Stevenson !or instance) ca the back guar
antees the inside of the book, whatever the outside may be.
Ttieie's a parallel between books and bottles. The
binding, or wrapper, of a bottle is no guide to the quality
t.f the medicine the bottle contains. The title on the bot
t;e is no warrant for confidence in the contents. It all
depends on the author's name. Nevermind who made the
bottle. Who made the medicine ? That's the question.
Think of this when buying Sarsaparilla. It isn't the
binding i f tiie bottle or the name of the medicine that
you're to i l. That's only printer's ink and paper ! The
question is, who made the medicine? What's the author's
name 1 When you see Ayer's name on a Sarsaparilla bot
tle, that's enough. The name Ayer guarantees the best,
?t.d has done so for so years.
T'ie was lofikli! et ttp brown sails of
the boat they were passing.
"I do not know that I should car for
(t for the' rest of my existence," aha
aid, at length. "You are a very agree
able companion, Mark: at least, you can
e," with a little rising of the eyebrows;
"bat I think It would be very stupid to
pass one's whole life with cue
friend "
-With one whatr
"Friend," answered the girl, calmly,
nnfurling her sunshade and settling
more comfortably into her cushions.
The laan stared at her for a few sec
onds. Then be followed her raze at the
brown sails, and for a moment they ap
peared to find something of surpassing
Interest in them.
"I think It would be very Jo"y to
bring out Miua Armstrong on day,
and her brother, don't your asked th
girL
"Te-es. perhaps they would Ike It."
Indifferently.
"Oh, Jack Armstrong told me yester-
day that be was devoted to Bailing. H
wanted me to go with him them to -
day, bnt I said you were coming, and
you would thing It odd If yon found no
one at home."
"You are very kind," be answered a
title sulkily. "I am sorry to bare kept
you at home."
"Oh, It doea not matter. I can go an -
ether day. I wanted to see you, yoo
know."
"Thanks: but why not go in his boat
to-morrow Instead of having him herel
You would enjoy It more, probably.'
"I don't know that should." busing
y. "Besides. I want you to know MIna.
She Is such a dear little soul, and so
pretty. I am sure you will quite fall ia
love with her."
She looked at her companion for th
Srst time, then quickly lowered het
sunshade, for the dignified amazement
of bis expression waa too much for bei
pravlty. For minutes silence reigned
in tha boat The man was wondering
If It could really be possible that th
i ? -s- -
s to whether be cared more for anothei
girl or not.
It had never occurred to him thai
other men might admire Ruth so much
as to take her from biui. He looked at
her In bis endeavors to fathom It alL
She was really very pretty. When b
looked at ber she was leaning on the
olde of the boat, her head resting on ber
arm.
j "How perfectly Idyllc this is," she
finally said. "What a comfort It is la
' ab.le to "U sent when one feels In -
ennea, ana not reei mat one is piaying
the bore. It is a
Bleu ul 1 1 ut, 1 1 it: ii ii-
!.-. .
ship, Mark. I could
not do so with
anyone else but you,
stand." She looked
sweet, grave smile. '
but you under
. i i.i.
good friends after knowing each othet
for all these years, oughtn't we?"
Mark nodded. " 'Friends' always
seemed to me such an inadequate, cold 1
word," he said. "Friends and acquaint -
auces are the same to me. !
on, no, 011, noi sue cnea. "Ac-
quaintauces mean so little; they are
nothing. I have so many, but of friends
so few. You are one of my chiefest,
and "
! "I always thought we were more than
friends," he said.
. "You silly boy, how could we be?"
she replied with a little laugh, but the
! laugh did not ring true.
' "Well, you may know what tha old
folks "
i -Mark, do you know that It is nearly
4 o'clock, and that I promised to be at
Armstrong's at 4:30? We must really
go now."
( iter that day It occurred to the
maa that he had not thought of tht
Irish girl forseveral hours He did noi
think of her till the moon rose, and he
went out on the headland and sat alone
with bis pile.
j "Kuth. do you feel Inclined to conn j
. tor u siroii : i ue gin was suuug iu 3
! large basket chair in the garden on the
I cliff top. In her hand she held a maga
zine, but she was not reading; she was
looking out over the sea, thinking of
, something which called up a little
smile on ber lips.
! She looked so sweet and fresh and
cool, her soft white gown showing hei
pretty sunburnt cheeks and the glori
. ous color of her hair. Mark approach.
1 ed her with his request almost diffl
f dently. During the last week or tw
his tact to secure ber company at all,
and so occupied had he been that h
bad no time to think at all of the Irish
girl; at least he had only found time ol
an evening over bis pipe, and two ol
these evenings be bad spent in thinking
of Kuth.
To-day. however. Ruth willingly con
sented to accompany him. "Let us gc
on the heather," she said, "and yoc
must talk to me, for I am feeling fear
fully lazy."
So they strolled along the narrow
I lane Inland until they came to th
! moor, where great stringy beds of pur
; pie and white heather stretched awav
for miles and the low hedges were
draped with festoons of honeysuckle
and "old man's beard." Close to on
or these hedges they found a seat, or
at least, Kuth found a seat; Mark dii
not want one; he lay on the heather be
side ber.
"Mark, this Is an earthly paradise,"
she exclaimed, as she leaned back
against a soft cusbion'of sweet-scentec
thyme. "If I were superstitious 1
would ssy it were too good to last."
"I think It is." said Mark, rathei
mournfully. "We seldom have a wall
or anything together now, Ruth."
"Xo?" She was not prepared for thl
sudden attack and grew confused. Tin
man noticed It and determined to makt
most of it. "Until, dear, you hav
changed lately; we are not such gooc
fronds as we used to be. Why Is it 1
Tell mel"
Ho, bulked un at Lor and from IxU
nwly position, could see every cbang
n her face.
"Don't be silly," she said, studiously
tverting her eyes. She stooped and
lathered a handful of heather, whici
die promptly began to destroy and scafr
tr in little showers over her whits
(own. In a moment she recovered and
tecame herself aga n. "Get Into a mort
I xmifortable position," she sal, sm li
ng down at him.
oust be amused."
'and talk to me. 1
So the man. with a
1Kb. lay down on his heather couci
' ind began to talk. In those days hi
lid anything the girl told him and ev
ry thing he could think of to pleas
ter. Presently be began to talk of hll
ate visit to London, that visit on th
.ubject of which be bad hitherto beer
to silent
"And those Irish people." said th
irl. unconcernedly. Idly sticking pieces
tf heather In his curls, while she looked
ceenly down on his face. The top ol
I lis bead was toward her; hla eyes wen
ixea on the blue sea, wbere It appeared
, 'or away In the distance, so that he did
1 iot see her. "Why do yon not aai
. em down here? Yon were so mack
nrltb. them and liked them so I am aun
I rou would be glad to bare them."
No answer. The girl stuck anotbet
iece of heather In hla hair, then took
1 1 all out again. "I am sure I ahoold
1 lave liked to bare met them. I thins
. should hare liked the girl awfully."
! "I -know you would not."
I "Why? I think we should
get on
)eautlfully together."
"I am sure you would not.
She la not
rour style at all."
"What style Is sher
"Oh, I don't know. She la aa awful
lirt and not good form at alL"
"Ob!" A silence ensued for about
ive minutes; then the man rolled over,
md, planting his elbows In the heather,
oo.ed up determinedly into hla coo
Minion's face. An Inkling of the trutl
d reached his brain,
1 "Ruth, I must know. It Is only fall
that you should tell me why you "
sss -:
eaa silence, tdi
tlrl looked away and made no attempt
reply. "Won't yon tell me?" be saldj
x-istfully. "Ton are making me ren
ulserable, dear." Bis voice waa juiti
tad and pleading; It touched the glr)
ji spite of herself.
"I am? Oh, Mark!" The tears a
nost came Into her eyes, but she amUed
nstead. "How can I make you
nappy?"
"Because I love you, Ruth, and I can
lot bear this something that has rises
tp between us; it drives me mad. Rulh,
ny dear little girl, don't you know how
., ,ove and l want on t0
mfc fco.
. " . -
i - . . ..... i
: iriena l l
The smile died away from ber facei
fine grew very pale and ber fingen
" """."(trembled a little as she played wlti
We OUght tO W!..- I.oathpr l.lll- ih. annlr- lml, ol.
: :he heather, but she spoke calmly, at
nost coldly. "I did not know It wa
me you loved," she said.
"I have never loved anyone else, not
a lth a real love, such as I have foi
! rou
I may have admired others yes,
ind perhaps thought myself In love
with them for a time, but that Is all m
different; yon know It is."
j "Yes. I think I know," she said, "bul
tt might happen again."
I -i do not think It would," he sala,
icriously. "I never knew until I cami
j Jack tig time and and began to feei
j jjat I might lose you, bow much J
0ve you, dear." He wondered tbej
Why Bhe smiled so oddly. "You must
have seen It, Ruth?"
I "Hut Mnrk lirtw nhnnt tha nthpi
firl, that Irish girl? Aren't you donl
voti care for her?
"I'ooh!" said the man, with unfeigned
x'oru. "Care for her? I never did,
lne may tlirt with a girl like that, bul
is to loving her, or marrying her
R.fn, I pity the poor fool who doea Sbt
airts aboiuinablv "
Ti.n ti. trl -mil ...in .
jntnphant little smile, quite unintelligi
ble to the man. She knew that bei
lourse of treatment had been success
ful; the cure was complete.
"Why do you smile?" the man asked
perplexed.
"Because oh because I am so hap
py-"
"Happy ? Do you mean that?" catch
Ing one of her bands and kissing it
passionately. "Then it is to be maj
I tell the old folks that It has all com
about as they wished? Look at ma
child, and tell me that you really meat
it, that you do care."
Still she looked away, intent on tear
lng up the unfortunate heather by bei
tide. The man watched her In alien
dismay; he could not understand her li
this variable mood.
"You do not care." he said at last
when the silence had become unbeara
ble. "You do not care and yon cannot
make yourself." There was a great
sadness In bis voice, his face seemed
In a moment to have aged and growi
haggard. He turned over and propped
iiimself on one elbow, with his face wel
way from hers.
Something was laid on his bowed
head. I
It was Ruth' little hand. "Mark,
she said, softly.
"What is It, Ruth?"
"Look up; I want to tell yon some
thing."
He obeyed her, and turned a verj
miserable pair of eyes toward her
"Never mind, little woman," be Bald
bravely; "I know you can't cajre-n-'
Ue stopped, something in her faci
making him forget what he was say
ing. Her eyes were bright and sblnjgg, t
delicate flush crept over ber cheeks
"You are making a mistake. I do can
very, very mucn," sue said, earnestly.
"It Is all right now." and, leaning to
ward him, she took his face between
her two hands and kissed him gently os
the forehead.
"You dear little souir he cried, as
rnished at this unusual outburst on hei
part, lint she had burled her face li
her hands to hide the crimson thai
dyed her sweet face. Chicago Cbroo
Icle.
Frost Fair on the Thames.
In the year 1814 the winter waa nn
lsually severe. On the eve of Epiphany
1 frost commenced, which continued
leveral weeks; and during a great pari
tt that time the Thames was frozen, to
jie Indescribable distress of many In
lustrlous classes. A sort of rude fait
as held upon the ice, to which th
lame of Frost Fair was given. And
printing presses were set up there, at
jvhich was printed a memorial of the
lur.ttion of the calamity. The follow
jig la a copy.
Amidst the arts which on the Thamei
appear,
Fo tell the wonders of this icy year.
Printing claims prior place, which at en
view
Erects a monument of that and yon.
Printed on the River thames, Febrn
try 6th, In fifty-fourth year of tht
reign of Klflg George III., A. D. 1814.
Hopeleaa.
Miss Bullion Papa aaya we can't bs
married until you are able to support
me.
Adorer Great Scott! Does ha want
his only daughter to die an old maid?
Jiew York Weekly.
HIS PRIDE WAS WOUNDED:
fc-laa Flchter Who Foaad aa Uaap
preciative Toaaorial Artiat.
The man who was "next" aa I took a
hair in the barber shop had hair down
b his shoulders, the regulation cow
loy bat and at the end of his watch
ha in dangled the claw of a grlsaly
The barber who was sharing me
toked the man over, but didn't say
Ctytfelng, but after a bit the other obs
erved :
"Quite a change from Indian Terrfc
ry to New York City."
"You bare been out West, ebT
"Yea, air." "
"Hunting rabbits?"
"Rabbits! No, sir; Indiana."
"Oil Flndanyr
Tou bet! X bare seren scalp In mf
runk."
"Yea. What did they cost yoo
plecer ' "
"Ooet me !" shouted the wild and wool-
f. "Why, bang It, I waa wounded In
ee places!"
'Gun go off accidentally?"
'No, It didn't! What sort of a man
re you, anyhow?"
"Beg pardon, but can they raise artl-
kes out thejsr
'rti-Haax! TOir don't rou ask
low many Indians I killed at Wounded
inee?" .
Anybody wounded in the knee out !
here?" asked the barber, as he reach
id for the bay rum. "Bad place to be
vaunded In. I broke my knee-cap once
-ext!" .
"Not by a Jugful!" exclaimed the
raiting man as be reached for his ovcr
at. "I was intending to have a balr
;ut, shave and get my whiskers dyed,
j ut you're not the man to do it. I'll go
o some shop where they know some-'
Ling and have gumption enough to
I raw a feller out." Detroit Free Press.
i.-jttt T AWT V P a V PPPTAWMTH
' v . -ww-u
tTr PINK PJ 1.1,9 MADE IT POSSIBLB
?U KAT AXTTH1N Q.
tat Ton Itlsestlon Iciest and Toav
Health Will Take Car of IUelf.
From thjf Sinr, Wartrngtom. J). O.
"Dr. Williams' Pink - Pills miraculously
mJ me of tiro diseases and have otherwUa
'onemeavaftaaiimntof gool," said Mrs. !
t. A. Mneker, of Va. SOT Third street, South-
n.t Washington, D. C, to a Star reporter
o-'Hy.
"For mnoy jtnh I was a soflfarer fron
bnscular rheumatism in its worst form, an.
al.litlon bal stona-h trouble to sh aa ,
,hf ,.. , ,im T i,. i
'
nic wronger man vwi w3(aun'i'iu. ihi
. . i . . - i mi
peptonoi'l
luMimnt'Sm eonrxneuoe ) In my back and not
mly extn lrt 1 io mr lbft arm, alisost pur
tlyr.ins it from th shouMor to tha elbow,
nit attacked ray hips nr.d llmlw with suoh
ehemeuce that it wa Impossible for ma to
to out on tha street without being supported
y an attendant.
"I was attenlel by four different piy
4"ians not all at one time of both tha al
op.it I) ic and homeopathic schools, ant tnnra
vera times when I was eovwre I from mj
Iwk to my f-et with porous or noma othr
tiud of ptastf r?, for I tried vorythini?of tha
lort that wa raeotnmqniod by mv fri-n lo.
"Purine tha gteatxr part of tills time my
mshan I ari l son were urinu me to tnka
Dr. Williams' 1 'ink l'ilte, but I sloajily ro
Hu-t to to so.
"About to years or two and a half years
150 the physician who was then atteu inf
!-, an-1 1 hav- hal nona iac, S)td to m,
Mrs. M-eker. there is no use fnr ma to cotia
ind see you any mora; yon hare muscular
tiieu'natjsin, a riisnasa incident to old age.
ind ynn cannot be curai. 1 will give you
loma Iron for your blood, and
when 1 his !
jreHcriptionrunsoutyoucAngetit renewed.
r you get much worse you can send for ma,'
..t I will not again l until I am sum!
uoned.' j
"Or course I watnnoh dieoara?ad, but .
till I tried a noted massaire treatment th'r- '
m.hlv tint llh..nt Ihn alic-htest efr.K-t- At .
fMt
mv husband iruaded me to try Ilia I
Pink Pills.
I
....,7", l"n J7 J""L7.U.. ;'7J,
I .. T h,
n t ieir efficacy for good or belief that they
r.iuld bene lit me, but simply to ptea.-w my
liixland and son by Inking somethiug, Hovr
ver. I took them as direcie 1 by the makera.
ind about the en l of ttit month I found to
by great surprise that my stomas. was so
tiuch better that I bwl no lonpar to subsist
m beef peptonolds, but could bogin to Uv
lulgs in U'ore solid food.
"bo 1 told my husband that as the Pink
(Mb were evidently doing ma good, I would
B-y them fornoothnr month.
"I continued to use them as directed and
Inriug tha seeoud mouth my eyesight, which
ind been v-try bad for a long time, began to
improve, and it was much more pleasant for
tieto go on the street, tbouKh I still bal tr
e art ended on account of my weak limbs.
'How many boxes of the Pink fills I took
si ail X eould not bexin to tell, as there went
jmriods when 1 would stop using them for a
eek at a time. But from the time I com
nenced until I felt I eould safely eoase tak
ngihem waa about (ifteen months.
"Sometime after my eyesignt began to
rrow better, my memory, which bad been
Infective and caused roe umch trouble for a
one time, returned and became as good as
then aa I was many ye rs younger. Daring
e period to which I refer I bad great diffl
ulty in remembering where I had put any
ihiuK, but as I "aid before, this trouble en
imly disappeared and baa never returned,
rhile my eyesight also continues excellent,
'My long continued illness bad reduced
ry weight from between 130 and 140 pounds
112 pounds, but while X was taking the
Pink Fills 1 gained thirl r pounds, and I now
weigh 139 pounds
"tkrnie of my friends freely asserted that
ny flash, as they noticed my inoreanng
weight, was not solid and predicted that I
would speedily los it. Such, however, has
iot been Ihe ease, although I have not taken
my of the pills since last Deoember. AH my
rheumatism having by that rime disap
peared, since whioh time I have bad no re
turn 01 the dread complaint. I have been
told that the dimase will visit me again, but
if it does, I shall again resort to the use of
Dr. Williams' rink Fills.
"With my experience with Dr. Williams
Fin k Fills 1 have not hesitated to recommend
tuem 10 others who were afflicted. My niece,
who lives near Hillsboro, Loudoun County,
Vs.. Buttered for a long lime with a peculiar
disease of the nips end limbs. I believed Ihe
medicine which did me so much good would
cure ber also, and I bought three boxes ol
them and seut to her. She took them and
was cored ooicpletey of her eomp.aint."
lr. Williams' Fink Pil S contain all the ele
ments neoeasary to give new life and rioh
esa to the bloo 1 and restora shattered
nerves. Xhey are sold In boxes (never In
loose form, by the dosen or hundred) at 60
cents a box, orsix boxes for a&5 , aud may
be hal of all druggists or dirently by mail
from Dr. w illian ' alodiuiiie Co., Buheuo
tady. N. X.
A Psttron of Mnsio.
The Emperor William's Interest la
Aiuslc was (a Berlin correspondent
lays) lately shown in a very practical
way. The other day, when he waa
hooting In the forests of Letzllngen,
the band of the Uhlans played selec
tions during dinner. The Emperor,
with his suite, went up to the musicians
tnd made some observations about the
way In which an Italian popular song,
"Funiculi Funlcula," had been played,
saying that It should have been taken
quicker. Thereupon the Emperor took
the baton, and under bis conductorshlp
the song had to be repeated. He fur
ther conducted some military marches.
Five songs by Count Philip Von Eulen
burg. the German ambassador In Vien
na, pleased the Emperor so much that
all bad to be repeated.
Would Be Appreciated. .
"You can trust the man Who sings
it bis work," said the cheery cittsea,
"Yes," replied Sinnlcker, "I wish
tome one would persuade tha man Who
-orks around my woodpile two or three
aigbts a week to sing loud enough for
me to bear him." Washington Star.
Presn'nied 80.
Conductors-Did I get your fare!
I'assenger-Vl guess so; I dldjj't see
you ring' it up for the compaT.---aox.
bury Gazette.
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Sarsaparilla
The One Trns Blood Pnrlfler. fl;6iorB.
Hood's Pills
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PREMONITIONS OF SPRING
8TYLE8.
The unique feature, brought out in a
ii -oa-n'a riarmant m p I rW mlM
1ta fftrmiinL -ink I r,v mnm
I or less suggestive of the styles to te
presented in the near comio- season.
For example, in the new sleeve of
te winter, the six is by no means
diminished, the puff being even larger
than ever, but drooping and spreading
near, and even below the elbow, show-
log the greater than ever need of the
outstanding interlining, which mutt
extend from shoulder, ana (to witn toe
outside material in every fall and swell
to wrist.
Expert dress makers claim that no
inlejlinioe stuffs accomplish the
desired result except Fibre Chamois,
which has been faithfully tried and its
merits satisfactorily proven
'1 he newest capes are also interlined
with Fibre Cbsjaois to support the swell,
roll folds, and again Fibre Chamois is
used throughout, as interlining of the
nylish jiickets f costume cloth for
late winter and early spring wearing;
in the newest skirts, too, wbicb are
now anywhere from live and a half to
seven and a half yards in width, the
deep facing of Fibre Cnamois is intro-
jdliced to secure
effective bang.
correct swing and
TIMELY 8UGQE3TIOS3.
Dress Goods for early spring and
, even for summer wear, are now on
the counters of leadiag dry gaols
bouses.
Among the at'ractive exhibits are
woolen stuns, sua ana waoi gooas ox
;, kj d black Rnd H color. .jgo
choice cottou cloths, gingbams and
muslins in wonderful varieties.
What is Fibre Chamois, an! wbere
can I get it? aak many correspond-
eT' . om: ... ,ilrff fl,T. . .rat.h,
v..-...- -, . f . - .
nrniinr inn. li in nu vLkevuvo. uuiiino '
interlining, made of strong, elastic
. .
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hoop like hbres, held in position by a
chamois-like holy.
The genuine Fibre Chamois is very
wide and comes in black, brown, slate,
blue, ecru and tlcsh color, and in three
weights, 10, 20 and 30 at 35 cents a
yard.
For Fibre Chamoi, and samples of
Spring and Summer dress goods, with
Velutina in appropriate color for trim
mings and combinations, write to
Fashion Kditob, care
Strawbkiuge & Clothieb,
Market and Kigbth Streets,
Philadelphia,
Letter Box L. Fa.
An Immense Skate.
A skate measuring 5 feet 10 Inches In
length and 4 feet 2 Inches from fin to
fin, and weighing ninety pounds waa
taken by hook and line In San Fran-
eisc jjay the other day. It was the
, . .
largest fish of the kind ever caught
thereabout, and It took half an houx
of pulling and hauling by half a dosen
ionl It
lU ,aUU "
Love may possibly be blind, but as a
...1.. ..I 1. 1 1 . v t
"'a meir eyes opan.
400 In Frlien nn Osts and Com.
Last year ws offered 1200 for tha biggest
yield on oats. 209 bushels Sliver Mine Oats
won. This year we offer tMO mora on
oats, flOO on Silver King Barley, a Barley
yielding ia 1895 116 bushels per acre, and tipo
on Golden Triumph, Yellow Dent Cora, the
corn of your dreams.
What's Teosute and Sand Vatoh and Saca
line and Lathyrus and Giant Sparry and
Glunt Incarnate Clover and lots of suan
things? They'll make yon rich If yon plant
a plenty. Catalogue tells you.
Ir Too wnj, cur tsis our un aaap tt
with 10a, postage to the John A. Saupr Bee
Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get, free, M
grasses and grains, including above oats,
barley, com and their mammoth eatalogne.
Catalogue alone So. ik y
Chewing gum costs the people of this
(ountry f 20,000,000 a year.
Nevada's gold yield for the past year
s estimated at 11,220. 700, and the aUra?
field at 987,600 ounces.
In the prohibition town of Portland,
de., there were thirty-two arrests fof
Irunkennesa last week.
Maine's game commissioner estimates
&at fully 4,000 deer hare been killed
n the Maine woods this season.
After drilling down 6,000 feet In
earch of water In New Haven, and not
lading any, the Job was given up.
There are only 800 Chinamen la tha
arhole of New Mexico, according to
ihe registry certlflcatea Issued under
ihe new law.
It is calculated that 1,064 political
fonventlons will be held In Kanaai
text year to nominate all the candl
lates for various offices.
An oll-burnlng locomotive g running
regular service between Los Angeles
ind Santa Barbara, Cat., and works
perfectly and economically.
Main wheelmen have been experi
menting with bicycling on tha Ice, and
ire said to have had very successful
tnd axhlllaratlng sport la moat ln
tances.
Coal of excellent quality, and of ap
parently enormous quantities, has Just
been discovered in Arizona, In tha Dos
Cobeaa district, only six miles from
'he railroad.
The congregation of a church at Fill
more, Cal., has Invited Its pastor to re
sign because he accepted contributions
for church work from sporting mer
.nd saloonkeepers.
Maaaaehuaetts had a Bonulatloa ot
2,500,188 on May 1 last according to
tha statistics, just published, of the
census then taken. Tha number or
legal voters la 600,80-,
It waa tha Chinese laundrvmen of
Montana that fought and defeated the
license law of that State, bnt Montana
la one of the States In which Chinamen
are supposed to have no rights.
Soap abroad la now made in the form
ef sheets and sold travelers whe object
to the use of hotel soaps 6r those naed
In public places. It Is sold la lQ0haat
hooka, each sheet being fcpout tha steel
at an ordinary Hnk; c&ech. '
results, lo me nun b. tk
J Students of Bowdoln College hare
' art a nuinn Hn itM. All n
odds and enda of the dallr necessaries
Af mnAanm will B- t-A.w.nli vnnloaala
"d Plcally -t cost. The en-
u re enterprise wiu De manage- oj siu
dents.
Philadelphia has a cremation society
which waa organised in 1888,'and the
number of bodies cremated each year
since then has Increased steadily, this
year reaching eighty-six. The society
now has 260 members and 800 stock
holders. Illinois makes the claim that In three
fears she will be the greatest apple pro
ducing State on the continent. Or
chards containing from 10,000 to 15,000
trees nave been planted In the south
ern part of the State, and are aaid to be
g on to
attempt la being made to grow the
Australian aalt bush in the alkali re
Hons of Arisona. It la similar to al-
falfa, and makes an equally good food
for stock. If the experiment la auc-
cesnnu k wui result in tne reclamation
of vast tracts of land now worthless,
! Prosperous in so many things the yeas
1895 waa the least productive of the
jgt twenty years In the matter of rail
roads. Only 1,782 miles of track were
laid. In 1887, 13,000 miles were put
down. The Railway Age thinks the
bottom has now been reached and sees
great activity ahead.
The Mexican Government has author
ized the expenditure of $1,000,000 in
the Improvement of the .National Te
hauntepec Railroad. All of this amount
will be used in replacing wooden bridg
es with Iron structures. The road is
doing a very heavy traffic In trans-isth
mus freight, and it is found necessary
to place the property In the best phy.
aicai conuiuon.
a Tyrolese mountain guide was re-
fently tried at Batxen for manslaughter
in taking a man who was physically
unfit for the climb over a dangerous
mountain pass, where he was killed.
The Jury acquitted the guide on the
facts of the case, but the principle of
the responsibility of guides for the
proper qualifications of tourists la es
tablished for the first time.
I One of the most extraordinary Indi
vidual superstitions of the present time
Is that of an Italian marchioness who
carries about with her a bottle In which
Is imprisoned an insect of - the sort
called a "multiplied" a wood worm
, with mnny feet. This lady, who is not
considered Insane by those who know
Ane. Bvthtni inviin
.
-
risk w ithout taking out this bottle and
holding It in her hand.
The main building of the Industrial
exposition to be opened In Berlin Is
enoruMius. It has a front of 670 feet,
while Its depth Is C90 feet. The floor
space of this gigantic building Is 591.
800 square feet. The entire construc
tion Is of stone and iron, while the
walls are constructed of pressed cement
boards; the only wood In the building
Is used in the floors and in the frame
work of the dome, which, both on the
outside and Inside, is covered with
sheets of aluminum.
Catarrh Caaaet Be Care
With local arD lent ions, as the v cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or
constitutional dUraae, and in order to enre
It you mil-" laice internal remedies. Hall 1
Catarrh lire is taken Internally, and acts di
rvcviy on tue uiooa ana mucous snrt&ce. Hall
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It was
Irtwrii- Dv one or trie best cbvsicianslti thi
country for years, and is a reai'lar prescript ion.
ibi-ifinipuwioi nieum ioncs Known, com
oinra witn 11m neat dkmhi imrlners, acting u
ref-tly on the min-oua surfaces. The rjerfp,'
combination of the two Ingredients la what
produces sucn wonuerrui results lu enrin;; ca-
arrn. enu lor lestlmonta is rree.
' K. J. Chkmt at Co., Fropa, Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price ?oc
Those whose whole minds feed upon
riches recede in general from real hap
pinees in proportion as their stores iu
crease.
PlNOIRi Hr Afttts rrvrHALLY re men of
'Jirmvn t Bronchial Trorhrf for Hoxnenem
and Tnroat Troubles. 1 hey afford limunt relief
Certain thoughts are prayers. There
are moments when, whatever be the
attitude of the body, the soul is on its
knees.
Sound
hour.
moves about 743 miles pei
FlosMng Borax ei mceto make than anv
other floa Ins soap made, bu consumers bave to
riy no more tor 1L Dobbins Soap Mfg. Co.,
biladelpula, guarantee it Is 1U per cnL purs.
J pan and Chinese.
The Chinese, when they first knew
die Jape, named them the "Wa" people,
tnd for a long time this word waa sunt
stent. By change of vowel during 2.000
rears, "Wa" has become "Wo." This
was the term used In the recent declar
ation of war. This name, which slgnl-
lea winding and twisting. Is not liked
y the Japanese, who prefer "Jl Pen,"
"The Land of the Rising Sun." The
ld name of the county was "Yamato,"
which la thought to mean "The gate of
the mountains."
The general belief among1
doctors is that consump
tion itself is very rarely
inherited. But the belief
is becoming stronger that
the tendency to consump
tion is very generally
transmitted from parent
to child. If there has
been consumption in the
family, each member
-hould take special care
to prepare the system
against it. Live out doors ;
keep the body well nour
ished ; and treat the first
indication of failing health.
of Cod-liver Oil, with
Hypophosphites. is a fat
producing food and nerve
tonic Its use is followed
by improved nutrition,
richer blood, stronger
nerves and a more healthy
action of all the organs.
It strengthens the power
of the body to resist dis
ease. If you have in
heritedatendencytoweak lungs, shake it off.
JUST AS GOOD IS NOT
SCOTTS XDXSI0N.
IMdk kAM lAuasAaat .
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arc i
S VAT." T. HASTE
5 The ST. I1RI1BS
m mar i
i master
I Cure?
ACllESfPAiNS.id
I BeS
9 77s pure Cocoa, , and not made by
the so-called Dutch Process?'
Tralter Baker & Co.9s Break
fast Cocoa is absolutely pure no
CheWlCalS, WALTER
Ail imi.l-l uttn - "
Mac co " uwy .
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Wk.jiJtrMeiioiori' -;7oi - . , go.,
tar mmmta !" , . m,n.ii t-.Toa uw roirt ef so.
fmmi. w .
JOHN A. SAL
Napoleon.
The great Napoleon was never a llt
irary man, nor even a correct writer.
Trench orthography ever remained n
rreat mystery to him, and the desire to
aide this weakness caused him to em
ploy an undecipherable chlrography
rell adapted to cover his orthographical
lefects. It is said In connection with
Oils that In the early days of the em
pire a man of very modest aspect pre
sented hRnself before the Emperor.
"Who are you?" asked Napoleon.
"Sle, I had the honor at Brlenne for
Ifteen months to give writing lessons to
your Majesty."
"You turned out a nice pupil!" said
the Emperor, with vivacity. "I con
gratulate you on your success!"
Bjjt nevertheless be conferred a pen
lion upon his old master.
THE MOST PLEASANT WAY
Of preventing grippe, colds, headaches,
and fevers is to use the liquid laxative
remedy Syrup of Figs, whenever the
rvcteni needs a gentle, yet effective
cleansing. To be benefited one must I
get the true remedy manufactured by
the California Fig 8yrup Co. only. For
sale by all druggists in 50c and
bottles.
J. J. Hall, of Cynlhiana, Ky., gave
a centennial birthday party the other
day. He is 101, and his wife is ninety-eight,
but they were both able to ac
tively entertain their guests for the eve
ning. High, Low Jack.
Fine ice means very cold weather,
then comes a high old time in skating
rinks, and skating ponds, on slides and
rides, and we go home tired and overheated-
It's the same old story of
cooling off; off with wraps and on wilh
all sorts of aches and ains, rheumatic,
neuralgic, sciatic, lumbngic, including
frost-bites, backache, even toothache.
They who dance must pay the jier.
We cut up Jack and are brought low by'
our own folly. What of it, the tlancV
will go on, all the same. It is general
ly known that St. Jacob Oil will cure
all such aches and p:tins separately 01
collectively, and the cry is on with the
dance.
Mrs. Hester Curtis, of Lafayette,
Ind., who was murdered a few days
ago, was the mother of twenty-five
children. including seven pairs of twins.
X -rllest Kadlaliea and Fsas.
Tha editor urges all readers to grow ths
earliest vegetables. They pay. Well, Salter's
Seeds are bred to earliness, they grow an t
prodnoe every time. Hone so early, so line
as Salner's. Try his radishes, cabbages, peas,
beets, encumbers, lettuoe, corn, eta I Money
in it for you. Salter is the largest grower
of vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, olover?,
potatoes. et.
" lu VI" CUT THIS OUT 1TD SEXD lo
the Joha A. Balzer Seed Co..La Cross Wi
with 10c postage, you will get sample pack
age of Early Bird Radish (ready iu 16 days)
and their great catalog. Catalog alone 6;
postage. (x
There is a tobaeean slide at st
Moritz, Switzerland, three quarters of a
mile long, that has been descended in
seventy ono seconds.
The People Belle what they read about
Bood'l Sarsaparilla. They know that It Is an
honest medicine, and that it cores disease. Tbat
1 "by too ihoold get only Hood s.
Rood's puis ars
the txnt Camlly cathartic
Barmlea, reliable, sure.
and liver medicine.
Bei d deer, as a rule, are not very
strong. They can carry only fortg or
fifty pounds on their backs and draw
from 200 to 300 pounds.
Ptso's Cure Is the medicine to break od chil
dren's Conghs and Cold- Mis. M. a. Blunt,
Spragae, Washington. March 8, 18M.
One hundred and sixty plows started
in a row in a recent plowing match at
Dartford, England.
FITS stopped free ov on. KMm Knm
Nekvb Rurokkr. No fits after Urst day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and S.VO trial bou
tlafrea. Dr. Kiiue. VBI Arch. SU. Fhila.. P a.
At a recent sale of old violins in Lon
don a Guarnera ius del Jesu, of 1741,
brought $1850.
It. Kilmers tdiMtoor earn
llKldney and Bladder troablat
1 ampletaod Conmltatlon frea
l-aburaiorv Ulnsaauitun. X L
X "horseehoeine parlor" is ona nf
the delights of Traverse City fMich-l
nomenclature.
. .r; Vlnslow's Soothtn? Syrap tor ehntraa
twhlnr, soitens the sums, reduces Inttainma
Uou. allays pain, cures wind colic. JUa a ootUe.
It is by studying little thins that
( we attain the great art of having as
little misery aud as much happiness
as possible.
. ',,?,cte, w1tn T" nss Dr. Isaac Thomn.
Iicn-a.Ts-ater. Qruaalstt sell at 29c. pe, bouts
Honest instinct comes a volunteer,
sure never to overshoot, bat just to hit,
while trail too wide or short of human
wit.
The Pot Called the Kettle Black Becaus"e"
the Housewife Didn't Use
APOLIO.
f OVBPOB
DILI.-'
,od SUBDUE-
mure.
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BAKER A CO.. Ud., Dorchester, M
' whthr "
.
Vigorously, Producs Enormousiyi
n.t TCiwtlwra.mnni. thy rebT
m.. m I. wl
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A MitiiiHtinic Circumstance.
Indifrnunt Guest This steak Is
not
inly very small but Is tough.
New Walter Well, If It's tough you
ught to be glad there Is so little of IU
-Texas Sittings.
WAY'S
PILLS
Cure
Sick Headache,
Biliousness,
Constipation,
Piles
A NO
AM Liver Disorders.
IMIVA V pri.TS are pnrely TeffeUbte,
nuMiind re fx ble Cne perfeH-t pitre-tion, oom
l'icie ulihorpUuu and heulthtui regularity.
IT. rts. n box. At Drugs.it. or by maiL "Bok
ot Advice" tree by mail.
It AD WAY 4c CO..
I. u. Box Bft5. New York.
TTTTC AFK-noTOR fO. 4om balf the mtM
iut.nin ItuftiiM-sft, bH-utv tt bu niucj1 the ct ef
mud power w 1 it what It xv jt haa manr braooll
m f, liotus, aiM suppiiM lu rooO miid repaica
x?J?a jUfotirfiofir. It rail aud doe f iin.tetl
EV;- ur article it iws OMHirj uih
z,""T"; I trfa.r-a. bwi, uivmrtt-Mi ium
Fr;nws. Mp. d Cutters and Feed
qpf littmteis. On api't)rutlm U will uameeM
t or thf-s articles thai It 9, ill furnish until
jannarr It at 13 the u-nul price. Jt also makflS
lati-s Mid t'umfss nf all kino, bond for cataiweufe
Faaeor : Uih. CoUwcll aad ruiaiere Street!, CtticAES-
Valuable Medical Book Free
With ovt r 130 receipts, for the cure
of all tilt-eases. Semi 10c for postage.
13 R. C. H. DIRM1TT,
19th ami FEDERAL STS., Phila. Pa.
frlichigan Lands
FOR SALE-
12000 Acres Good Farming Lands
Title rerfrct. On Mtrhlsan Central, Detroit
& Alpena hd.I Loon Lake Kitilroad. at prlesji
ranslus irom fj t.. , lT Acre, 'luce lanUaara
, " ?en-rMnB new tonus, churcbsa.
"ols.i'tc. HI b;-ol,l t. mmt favorable terms
AH'lvto K..M. 1'IhKUrt. AKt. West Bnyciiy Mieti
ASTHiVJA
iCfVr PCPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC
itTY! l,rPr,'''K1Hal pmekmgt. Bo
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Speculatew.bj5t5Js2
by Mail. iTf
A FINK VIRGINIA FARM
sltnnted in the Pledmon Taller th. n. .
tlon ot Vinrlnt. ..n th. u-lf.J' !h6 flne
from the Rapidan statlonVoi tbeSS!t VZi."
railway, three honr. Hi...". le "! Soothera
with a line view of the Blue MM.. '"ston
and tt.e hea t ful Eapldaa yS. Tunu,1,,i
whl. h 75 1- timber fV...".lJ?7'. V. '. af
well a e ed, an orchTrd of ISg
goo I as new: dwoltln. i?.Ar-""- B"HdlBs
gill I I.
IV MOTHER COciFi HATBTOtnT
iy last more acenrstai. h. - .
mv h..m n...i...:i .""o-H)Itl
future, snri rtnt ki.. JiT ."a1 'rer i tha
your u U IHOMSsOTi-
NTY AND STATE RltiHTS; sreateT
r ev-i compounued for sule. Fortuii
prutiiRmen. Aeents Wanted. Add
ed
rem-
enterprh
nnu rA.
medlate.y. Tobacco Keinedy Co. GleA fVuTnT
nied Address tm
Cripple Creek Gold Fields
formation reirnrdinir mlnlnastoo
rite The Mechem Investm.-!
Colorado Mining s5Sk EloSng
nd proirtlc
.o., members
Denver, Colo.
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