GIVING COUNSEL. Crouching down by the fireplace A wistful look in your soft gray eyee, ilour lips get firm and a puckered face "What shall you answer, will I ad viae! What shall you answer blmT Why, do! Let him steal a kisa 'tis his dueaor then, Gire him your hand and let him go; He ia only a man among other men. And if you niias him, perchance yon may One niinsea a flower, a shoe, a glove. The working world's at your feet to-day And work'a far sweeter than lukewarv love. tVhen the right man comes you will neve doubt, Won't look pnzzled, or come to me, Tis I may go to the right about, If with the choice I uon't agree. Ton may tease, perhaps may coqnett awhile; Most of us do it, but lore will peep Through your eyes in a sunny smile Never were eyes could that secret keer Work if you choose for gold or fame, "Tis the worker's guerdon, but close to pearled Keep the sacred lamp of true 1ot aflamt For kirn you'd tingle from out tha world -Womankind. IN ANTERIOR TIME Phil Evers once deemed fit to make at apoloKy for the extreme juvenility ol his appearance. "Youth, lie said, "is an aeciaeni inai happens to most or us. j He addressed this remark to souuj men who had survived the accident They were dwellers in upper Suburbia and knew nothing of the unhealthy lit tie strangers without their gates tc ( It waa curious to note how the dl whom youth was an unknown state tv meanor or the boys altered aa thet being. j drew nearer the girls. They turned th Between the warped Infancy of tbesi at a nan(i gallop; at a distano little strangers and their manhxiof lfJ0 yarda they began to walk; a there Is no Intervening country; n'eiehty yards the stiffness daparte golden dreamland, wherein it Is per,rora their limbs and they alouched m It tea to everyone to De irreapor.aioie no time of dalliance. I To-day they are children, crying ovei their lessons; to-morrow they will l 1 earning their dally bread. Youth standi aside, inthe light beyond the shadows beckoning vainly: I, with the others, passed youth by but to me alone, of ail the crowd, way given a sense of loss. I recall an Incident of the anterloi time. To run siralsrht from a sweetstiifl shop Into the arms of a bigger boy ii ( n misfortune. I had not even time to stow my pur chase away In my pocket. Jimmy l':t say.- it. i "Nar, th.n, fat 'ead," he said. "Where ytr runnin' to?" A boy less conscious of his superlot Inches would have pandered to me. "Find artl" I responded, dodging him. He dashed nt me, thou suddenly step ped and drew up his leg and swore. A few days previously, while wadinii barefoot in a rninpond, he had trodden on a piece of glas. This he had forgot ten for the moment I was disposed to Jeer; but renitMU burins that he ai 12 years old aud Htr..n- for his aae. also that his lame ness was likely to be only temporary, I forbore and parleyed wilh him. He would not listen. "Wliat're bin buyln?" be inquired iui(i:it!e:ir!y. "Cliockiit," said I. ";imiiie a bit.' said he, holding forth a grimy hand. I shook my head. "If yer don't gimme a bit" he s.ild. with crimness, "I'll punch yer rarnd tl!ej.ivr." "I can't give yer none," I replied tremulously. "1....U 'ere," he said, limping toward nie, "if yer gimme a bit I'll show yer my .--ore ii.e." "Will yer -straight?" I said. ' ".ee tills finger wet, see this finger drv. cut me front liefore I tell another Up, I will." he replied, solemnly. I hesitated. I looked at the cake of cliK-olate in my hand, neatly wrapped In sliver foil, and from the chocolate to his foot, all swathed In bandages. I thought of Niua with her straight, fair ia:r and her two queer, little white teeth. "Hilly Willis ns seen my toe," he murmured, as If to himself. There was no need for him to remind me of tills fact. Had not Billy spcead i the news abroad himself, and been en-1 vied by all the sixth standard for two; whole days In consequence? I "All right," I said. "I'll give yer s bit" " ' Iw big?" he said. I measured it off on my finger. "All right, minjy," he said. I gave hiui the stipulated amount of i chocolate, and we adjourned to the sta bles under the arches. He showed me his toe, which was a distinct disappoint uient. , "I tliort It was all swollen an' red an draw d up, I said. Why, I ve ad a wuss toe 'n thet myself!" lie was very much annoyed at that 'I wouldn't ha' give yer none o' my sweet If I'd know'd It wasn't better 'n the:," 1 said, feeling aggrieved. "I never told yer It was very bad, did I?" he said. "I on'y said I'd show it yer." I turned away with a lump In my (hrvnt, aud tried to fold the sllverfoll neatly round the chocolate again. But I found that by tampering with the piece of sweetstuff I bad marred its Bo.ipeliness. so that the sllverfoll did not cover it as neatly aa heretofore. It was forced on me ao break on and put another piece, that the symmetry if the whole might be preserved. Vet despite my care. Nina knew at once that the chocolate had undergone a metamorphosis. "You are a pig." sJs said. "You bin irin' some of this. An' what did yer wanner ?!t silver paper for? You on'y git two squares with silver paper an' on pit four without." VI thort you'd like the sliver paper," I a!d, humbly. "So I do," she said; "but It ain't wutij two squares." - She said this with her mouth full of chocolate. I had expected her to offer b: some (we had not been engaged long tiion. and my knowledge of her char acter wad defective); but she did not seni to think of that, and I was too proud to suggest It I was not In love with Nina at all. I did not like the way she did her hair, and she was fat and too tail. She was several Inches taller than I. I walked along by her side and wished I were not engaged to her. But for the look of the thing I would have asked her to release me, there and then. My engagement happened In tho fol lowing way: Oi:o rr...r :i!ng tftor school I was the oti'.y !y In the p'ayground who poav Besflrfd a load pencil. There was an ar.lct inquiry for KmmI pencils that u-mn. Mystery was In the air. Each seventh b'.andard boy had torn a flyleaf from his grammar book and was ru stain,- about tuadiy with the piece of pa per in his hand. What's up?" I asked Billy Wims, yh detuvlte Us admitted deSaleaD.es. (fa usual! well Informed on eurre events. I "Don't Jpt know?" be said. I I took bis head under my arm am 'squelched bis nose with tha palm o wy band. "If I knoo. I shouldn't ask yon should I. fat 'end?" I said. He explained that his rejoinder wat Inerely a colloquialism that meant noth lug, and I released him. "Nar. then, tell me," I said, stilt bold lug him by the wrist. "What's up?" "Why, Cock Mayne's bin making; u to Fanny Wlrtlea, an so all the othet fellers wanner make up ter the other pels." I gashed. "Cock Mayne's bin makln' np ter Fan by Wlrtlea!" I cried. "Git artr "Fact." said Billy. "But 'er father's a policeman an' sh knows "ow ter play the planner." "What o thet? Didn't Cock knock ui eighty-seven against the Red Stars?" "Still " ter your pencil, I expect," Th warn in am. too late. I was .J, Cnm- hnn luM hv th irmi and leg, while another went throng arn h100111 to o"ty auditor, the end of the "beat" ia a post to which Interests me to hear myself talk, enpe-nJlt- Mr nencll was taken fronl ullln " down during the night load- a key U affixed; when the patrolman dally on the subject of the dangers I my pockets. My pencil was takea froq me, and I stood by while tha youn freebooters fought among tbet selvei for the first of It They wrote their letters against tm wall of the playground, and thel friends stood around in an admlrini, semi-circle and read out each word ai It was written. When a smaller boj ventured to aDDroach the btoud he wai ! cuffed and driven away with contumf j- Orthographical difficulties weie r f erred to me. They approached the entrance to th girls' playground, outside which so in cf the sixth standard were playlnr "hooecotch at fifty yards they stopped and hek a consultation; then they advance) with bent heads, in silence, blushing. choice, and when he bad caught he pressed the letter he had prepared lno her hand and fled Incontinently. All reassembled at the corner. Th, girls reassembled higher up the roa and read their letters In concert On more audacious than the rest, rurnet and kissed her hand to the boys. Thi ! boys broke into grins thereat t And in an Instant there was anotlia stampede. This time the boys, whei they caught the girls, knocked then about a little, but quite sociably. The various engagements were pub l'.shed in the afternoon. The happ lovers were sedulously chaffed by is until we saw rbat they liked It, thei we chaffed them no more. Still no thought of emulation stlrre me. It was not until I heard that Bill; Wills had written to Martha Sinipso) and leen accepted by her that the idei of falling in love on my own accoun gripped me. It was universally admitted that be tween Billy and myself there was I great gulf fixed. Mentally, socially am physically, he was my inferior. I couh lick him with one hand; his size ll boots was one and a half less thai mine, and my "conquer" had vanquish ed seventy-thrt e other "conque s. compared with his measly forty-nine. I found it a ditUcult matter to fall ll iove. Hut much can be done by perss verance, aud at last the first faint flul teriugs of a passion for a girl will black hair named Mary Wayte stlrrc within my breast. I wrote a letter and gave It to lib with my own hand. She took It am laughed. I heard her laughter as I rai away, aud I was troubled. My low changed to hate. My sister said, when I told her wha had happened: "Why don't you have little Nina?" "Cecos she ain't little," I replied with asperity. "An she's got such j sniy name. Insensibly I found the idea galnlm Iossessiou of me. After all, I thought I might do worse. Nina was not so bad She looked almost pretty at a distance. That night I waited for her outsidt her door, and when she came out to ge the supper beer I accosted her. ; "If you touch me I'll go straight an,' tell yer mother," she said. I thought of abandoning my entet 1 Drjge ,.j a j 1 . I ain't agoln' ter tonch yer,' "Well, go away, then," she exclaim ed, shrinking against the wall am drawing up one leg. I aald no more, but handed her th letter I had originally prepared fo tfary. I bad scratched out "Mary" and rabstJtuted "Nina." She took the lette 1 md I ran away. On the following day our engagement vas formally announced. But I waa not happy. Nina was w. twkward girl to love. It was lmpossl- le to kiss her she was so tall and stiff. 4 A IICHKU Un UftUU ,U, IUIU 1U nlnd her "gathered finery." She wai in Impossible girl altogether, So that I was not sorry when she dls vered that she no longer loved me.- few Review. In Slarht. "Ha, ba! ha, ba!" laughed the great detective, "I have them now." For five days he bad been on the traV and had neither eaten nor slept He bad done nothing but drink. Under the circumstances his Joyous assertion that he bad 'em bore ths liuilltude of verity. Indianapolis Joun naL An Urarent Invitation. Fair Hostess Xow, Mr. Borem. you must spend one more evening with ui before we go Into our new house. Mr. Rorem (graciously) Most certain- ly, with pleasure. When do yon movel Fair Hostess (doubtfully) Pa Is un certain Just when that will be, but no for a year or two at least Tit-Bits. For Valletta Sake. Judge This makes the tenth 1 a mo-nth, .TdVelven y eten ... I .-....... 1 1 M kA -t a d , t Prisoner-Tee your 'honor. ' Judge-Now. I don t know what to d Prisoner 3 oppose, your honor, yoi vary the monotony by letting me of once. Toledo Blade. I I Imea, and that Is natural, since the 'ise of salt Is lost in the night of Too many sermons weald have m gme. Homer qualifies It as divine. Bible In them. If M were not the fash- tmong the Greeks and Romans it oc lon to take a text, ; tnpled the place of honor at banquets. What Oed says win fJ ways make peo ' mong the wealthy It was of sIlTer or pie h!k. If stated In a war Suited V ' Hd, and was handed down from their comprehension. I If the preacher sleeps too nraeh ores wh-.-sheVpreachTn, " yincn.u. When we stop looking toward th wrong place we will not find It so hard to stay in the right place. The man who Is auiloue for the Lord to come, will be found trying to 6V omttUng to sake wlkWtZ.a A woman In FIttsburg, Fa., sold her tusband the other day to a former iweetbeart for $90 In cash, a pair of Uamond earrings, a diamond ring and t diamond pin. A bone which General John Morgan ode in bis famous ride In 1862, died tear Versailles, Ky a few days ago. Morgan rode the horse Into Versailles Ind left It there, taking In Its place a Ine mare. The horse was. when If lied, 37 years old. It seems to be a striking compliment o fervent eloquence, or some other tecullar Dower of persuasion, that . T , , . ... . ,, Hvallst at Tekonsah, Mich., recently. - rere two deaf and dumb persona, nan and his wife. I Something of new record was eg tab- l"ed by thieves in Adama County, stole a big " nan., " w . - a fag It on wagons, and hauling it to reaches this be winds the clock the Arts aa yet unknown. j dial-plate Is marked; failure to be at uie A number of converts walked over ' clock, without good and sufficient rea fle shore Ice, scrunched through the son. Is punished by dismissal. Pi in edge, and waded out into tha Icy At midnight, at such a station, the a at Orrs Island, Me., to be baptized keeper gives to the two patrolmen a t few days ago. Even in the middle if summer the sea In that region Is so old that few people bathe in It. Cigar-makers of San Francisco are ' (olng to establish a strike shop. When t strike Is ordered In any factory In the lity the workmen will be put at work n the strike shop, at regular wages, in itead of remaining Idle and In receipt if the strike allowance from the union. Perhaps the most striking evidence If thrift since that referred to by Hain et Is furnished by a Maine town, where tpple trees are to be planted In a grave 'ard and the proceeds from the sale of tie fruit are to be devoted to the re- airing of the fences and the cutting of reeds. The United States Government bat Bken possession of several mounds re-. lently found near Charleston, La., , vhlch some seem to think were built y De Soto. Recently a rarmnana lowing near the mounds turned up Spanish coins bearing dates of 800, , 1307 and 1308. i Ours Is the densest plant of the lot. I Dr. Hacklund, who has made a new j leterinlnatlon of the mass of the planet l - m th f r'i., I ' " J - " ' - - h somet. Is right His result Is that Mer- tury is only two-thirds as dense as the tarth. Instead of being denser, as hith erto supposed. I : As far as recorded, the loss of life by Ihlpwreck In 1S95 was 4.250; by rail way accidents. 3,32, and by other casu alties over 24.1M 10. Add to these dismal 5gure9 the 5.75!) reported murders in the United States alone, and we have I total of 37,041 violent deaths, or an tverage of over 100 for every day In th ear. I A skate measuring 5 feet 10 Inches (n length and 4 feet 2 Inches from fin to fin, and weighing ninety pounds, was taken by hook and line In San t-'ranclsco bay the other day. It was the largest fish of the kind ever caught thereabouts, and it took half an hour if pulling and hauling by half a dozen lien to land it rar Harbor. Me., seems to be willing to be virtuous when It comes easy, fcinoe all the summer visitors left which means pretty much the whole population, the saloons have been closed aud the prohibitory law en forced, and now the Sunday law Is be ing used to comjiel storekeepers of ev cry kind to shut up shop over Sunday. Ten thousand sheep In one herd were driven ncros the plains from Bismarck io Forest City, S. D., recently, and b,(JH) head traveled on in a bunch from that place 100 miles or so further. The sheep were bought In Montana, a few at a time, and 150 miles of territory were traversed In the course of making up the big herd. The sheep were des tined for ranches in South Dakota. "Smelling parties" are the latest and swellest diversions In some Maine vil lages this winter. A score or more bot tles, containing odorous or malodorous substances, are provided, and the con testants are required to determine what each bottle contains. The person mak ing the most correct guesses gets the prize. It will be seen that this sort of thing offers Interesting opportunities. A tlmeniece presented bv Philltnne Egalite to George IV. when he was Prince of Wales was recently sold at the Double sale hi Paris. It is In the I shape of a n-gress' head, with Jewels i th the wool and a Jeweled clasp for the handkerchief. A pair of open-work ,. frnm th Mr, nn n,. lDg one hour la 8n0wn In the right eye and tne minute In the left; on pull- lDg the otber a of bells chimes the 0UT sort of boom In antarctic explora- Uon u dewloplng In u,, Wnere a syndicate has Just been formed to send a whale and seal fishing expedition on two steam whalers of about 400 tons. while a smaller whaler will accompany them and take a small scientific party under the guidance of Borchgrevlnk, the explorer. Peary's late companion, Astrup, Is also expected to be Included In the party, which will be landed at Cape Adare or Coulman Island. A like expedition Is being fitted out at Lelch, and the most Interesting matter is expected to be collected as a result of these researches. Biblical Origin of Slang;. How many of the readers of the tepartment of the Republic know .hat the original "kicker" in the netaphorlcal sense Is mentioned in the Old Testament and that an ex pression used by Jesus himself is re- iponsible for our slang phrase. IV hat's It to you?" In the first xk of Samuel, 6econd chapter and twenty-ninth vetse, "A man of God" ays to 11: "Wherefore kick ye at : a ..1.11 i I' . - - .n. . . . v. . 1110 :ububj pr? ul L 11 a bcwuu iiui aaa uiuucu iu auuvc ia iuuuu iu viiD a ii- ' K ?!" rd6l In the last chapter of bUJi ra- chapter of St John, twenty-second verse: "If I will that to tarry till I come, what U that to lhee?I.St Louj, Republic I " The8alt-Cell- . The salt-cellar dates back to remote ataer to son. isenvenuio ueiimi enssea Kme 1 or jvnmcis 1. mat were or in tost exquisite workmanship, There are !', - faienc-e, and at the Louvre may be seen those made at Orla for the oelebratfon &t called the service of Diana of Xol fle- or Of Henry II. Childrenca7l an old fashioned sonars jtano a. "down Hht" th otb- kinii PATROLLING THE BEACH. A Unty that the Llie-Fa-ere AreCalle Upon to Perform. The patrol from sunset to sunrise Is one of the most Important duties In the Service, and the most careful rules are laid down In regard to its performance. When stations are near together, as on dangerous coasts, the two patrolmen from Station "B," Starting along the beach in opposite directions, walk until they meet patrolmen from "O" and "D," with whom they exchange (-necks, and return to their own stations. At the end of a week the checks aie re turned to their proper stations, and thi Is kept up during the season, week after week. The keepers of lonely stations pro vide the surfmen with time-detectors. A time-detector ia similar to a ctock with a hinged cover, fastened by a lock the key to which Is retained by tho , .... . keeper; beneath the cover a revolving plate supporting a paper dial Is placed patrol - key Is Inserted and turned In the clock a mark is made upon the paper uiiu rwgraiii uie uour ui siruuuiE. ai clock containing fresh dial-plates, and these two men going In opposite direc tions patrol the beach till 4 In the morn lug. When these return to the station, two other men take their places till sunrise. The next night at sunset two new men keep guard until 8 in the evening, and at that hour their places are taken by two others, until midnight. Then, returning to the station, the keep- I er Is called, new dial-plates are Inserted to the clocks, they are locked and arlven I to two new patrolmen, who walk till 4 In the morning. So from sunset till sunrise our American coasts are pa troled by solitary watchmen, on tha lookout for vesels In danger. No weather Is severe enough to daunt these brave men, and they trudge all night in rain, hail, wind, or snow, while we are comfortably sleeping. The patrol duty at a station la so arranged that those men who have the long patrol one month are put on the short patrol the next; the night-watches are divided Into three watches of four bours each. St Nicholas. THE DBUG CLERK'S STOBY. Talks of Headaches ant Hi aad Gives Cora for Moth. From fh Evening Jvews, Newark, If. jr. It was the drag clerk's turn to tell a story of one of his experiences, aad the reporter, expecting something good, as usual, settled I himself comfortably In a chair prepared to give his undivided attention to the speaker. The latter was Henry Muter, who resides with his parents on Aequeduot Street, Newark, N. J., and who hands nut medicine over the counter of Dr. Andrew V. Burkhardt's drug store at 971 Orange Street, this eity. "Perhaps I can do nothing better," hs be gan, "than to tell yon the soorot of my gool health. It Is a story that I have told to many, recently, and as it resulted in good In eaoh ease, It may be worth your while to listen to it. To begin with, I was not always strong and robust, aa I am now. Long hours of work and hard study had left me in a wretched condition. Frightful, lingering headaches found me a ready victim, and ait times I was so nervous that the dropping of a pin would cause me to give a violent start. and then I would be seized with a fit of trembling that was, to put It mildly, exceed ingly bothersome. Well, I bettan to doctor myself. Now I flatter myself that I know something of medicine; but with all my knowledge, I could Bad nothing that would cure those terrible headaches or pat Mt to my extreme nervousness. When I picke-i up a bottle my hand would ahake as though 1 had the chills, and it It was a powder that I was handling 1 stood a good chauoe of sprinkling it all over these black trousers. Thing9 went from bad to worse and I soon realize! that a man of my physical condition had better not attempt to mix any medicine. ' Trv a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,' Mid Dr Burkhnrdt, one day; and as yon know the doctor's advice is always wortn following, I got the Pink Pills and began to lake them. Aladdin's lamp never performed the wonders of tlieseptlls. Would you believe ill Before I bad taken the contents ot one box my headache began to give me a day off occasionally, and soon It left me entirely. How about my nervousness? Well, the pills put an end to that with almost startling abruptness. You see I know enough about the business to appreciate the Importance ot following the prescribing physiolans' direc tions, and by paving strict attention to those given by Dr. Williams with each box ot his Pink Pills, I was soon another fellow. Look at me nowl A picture of health, eh? Well, that is what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will do for a man, or a woman either. See, 1 can hold this glaaa of water oat now without spilling a drop, but I oouldn't do that two months ago aud "What is it. ma' in?" hs asked as a neatly dressed woman oame np to the ooucter. "A box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." "Yes, mn'm. flftv cents. Dleaae. Thank von." "These Pink Pills are great things," said Mr. Maier as he turned to the reporter again, and the latter,' after all he had heard, thought ao too. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life ami richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. X., fol 600. per box, or six boxes for 160. THEATER EGGS. A Variety that Ia Still ia Demand It Borne Rectiona. The man with the fur-lined coat stopped before the principal grocery In an Interior town and casually inquired - "How are eggs to-day?" "Well, they're a little high," replied the grocer. "Because of a big demand or a small supply?" asked the man with the fur lined coat "Small supply," answered the grocer. "The hens seem to be taking thing easy In this vicinity Just now." The man with the fur-llned coat nodded his head, as If he approved of the action of the hens, and then asked; "Any bad ones?" "Bad ones!" exclaimed the grocer. "Yes. Any of the ancient, odorous variety that we all know so well?" "No, sir. not In this shop," returned the grocer, emphatically. "Surer "Sure! Of course I'm sure." "Do you suppose there are any In town?" asked the man with the far lined coat, anxiously. "So, sir. We pride ourselves on our fresh eggs up In this neck of the woods, and It wouldn't be safe for any one to keep bad ones." "I'm glad to bear It," said the man with the fur-lined coat, with evident re lief, as be continued bis stroll down th street. The grocer looked after him for a minute, and then a great light sudden ly came upon him. "Say!" he yelled. "Well 7" came back the answer. "Did yon mean eating eggs or the ater eggs?" "Theater eggs?" exclaimed the man with the fur-lined coat; stopping short in his walk. "Tea. The farmers never bring In their theater eggs until the afternoon before the show. I waa thinking of eating eggs all the time, but If it's the ater eggs you want, there'll be eight er ten crates of them on gala la about aa hour." Then be went back Into bis store and told his assistant that anv lav actor j - ho tried to pump him was bound to fee ate worst of It every time.- Cbicaso L " f Is what gives Hood's Sarsaparilla Its great pop ularity, increasing sales aud wonderful cures. The combination, proportion and process is preparing Hood's Sarsuparilla are unknowa to other medicines, and make It peculiar to itself. It acta directly and positively upon Mm blood, and as the blood reaches every nook and corner of the human system, all the nerves, museles, bones aud tissues come un der the benellceut Influence of Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. L rkii c,lre I'lTer I"a; eaxT 1100 . S PUIS take, easy to operate. 2ac Slndbad's Hard linck. "Like all explorers, I am rather fond of narrating my adventures. It always have passed. But some of my old Bag dad friends nsed to feel differently, and when I began the story of one of my voyages they would Interrupt me, and try to cuange the subject. It actu ally got to the point where I had to give a ten-course dinner to get any one to listen to me. Just then, this fellow Hindbad happened along, and I secured him as a listener by giving him one hundred sequins per voyage; and with each installment of cash he got a pursd worth at least five sequins. It was a reckless waste, I acknowledge, but I always was liberal and easy-going." "What Is a sequin worth In United States money? asked Tom. "Ob, something like a dollar eighty five, I believe," replied Mr. Slndbad impatlenly. "Then you gave Mr. Hindbad nearly two hundred dollars Just for listening to yonr account of one voyage?" "Tee; to say nothing of the purse and a big dinner and how that man could eat!" St Nicholas. .' OLD-FASHIONED CAKE WALKS A Never-Failing Amusement la th Dajra of Slavery. Away back in the silken days of Dixie land, when cotton was king and slavery the colossal sin of the new world, caki walks occupied a peculiar place in tho relations between master and slave. After the weary tolls of a loug day in the fields the negro forgot his wrongs and dreamed of liberty in practicing with his partner Intricate Eteps for tho cake walk that usually took place every Haturday night The sensible planters encouraged this amusement, for such simple dlvertlsement often softened tha Btubborn spirits. But the grand eako walk, the one that aroused the most Intense rivalry, and was looked for ward to by the darkles with the same feeling that children wait for Christ mas, was the function that took place after "massa's" return from his annual trip North, where he went to sell his cotton and buy new machinery and Im plements for the coming Benson. The confection that graced the walks on Saturday nights was nothing more than a corn pone, enriched with a few eggs and butter. On this occasion the cake was a massive structure, covered with Icing, so delectable that a look nt it widened every slave's eyes and un lipped his shining teeth. The master and all the ladles of the household at tdel the contest that every partici pant had been preparing for In month; past To-day the cake walk is as omnipres ent as In the 50's, and many a man who In the old days witnessed them with n heartache, knowing what was to fol low so soon, now looks upon them with Infinite amusement and goes home contrasting the two different conditions that a law of progress has made. No where has the cake walk been repro duced with such close fidelity and nat ural effect as In Nate Salisbury's "Black America." Not less Interesting than the cake walk Is the effect it has upon certain of the spectators. In Con vention Hall the other night seated In one of the first rows, were three South ern men, who passed service in the best and worst days of the gray cause. Neat them was an old negro couple of the most pronounced "uncle" and "mam my" type. Time bad aged their beads with a covering whiter than the cotton they picked In their youth. The South erners showed as much fervor as this humble pair In the program rendered. When the magnificent chorus sang the old-time melodies the gentlemen kept time with their feet and "uncle" and "mammy" nouded their heads In unison with the voices. But the pinnacle of ecstacy was reached when the Boprano of the ag gregation, Bessie Lee, sung the "Suwa nee Klver." As the sweet notes of that song sounded through the big ball, so silent with Its great concourse of peo ple, down the shining black cheeks of the old colored couple the tear drops splashed until their ebony faces looked like whitewashed ebony. Hardly less affected were the gentlemen. One of them leaned back In his seat and closed his eyes while he softly beat time on hi knee with one hand. What retrospect did he see behind those closed lids? Youth's golden : hours, wealth, affluence, the turmoil of J war, the sting of defeat then peace, new fortunes and then Bessie stopped singing, while the applause surged over the hall, led by the Southerners and the ' old colored couple. Distant In environ ments as the two poles, yet brought to- -gether by the reminiscent music I "Lawd bress yo' soul. Sue; ain't dat man wid de watah million mouth Just like old brack Phil what Marse Peyton owned?" remarked uncle. "Yaas, lndeedy," returned mammy; "an' Jess look at dat brazing wench wid her low-cut dress. An' dem steps; dat girl's got de debil In her, sho'." . "Kurnel," remarked the elder of tha two Southerners to his compaulon, "that's the finest cake walk, sun, I'vd seen since the wall. I used to own, suh, a nlggah Just like that fellow on the end. He was the greatest cake walker In the South. IV old boy Jack, he died befo' he got his freedom."-' Washington Star. ' Frost, Frolic and Business. The wind over frozen ponds and lakes, over snow-fields of plains and open country, is heavily charged with frost and fine particles of frozen matter. It is the most penetrating way for chill to set in. Sudilen warmth, sudden chill and severe colds. Girls and boys skat ing, driving for pleasure' or business, and men at work afield know the dif ference in temperature. Yet the young sters skate away and with mouth oen laughing take in a dose of sore throat. Drivers and workmeu throw aside wraps and all know the next day from sore ness and etiffness what sudden chill means. Now the best thing to do when housed is to rub well at once with St. Jacob's Oil. If you do, you If vou uo, you. will no bsve sorethroat; or if you are stiff and ore 11 WU cure D7 wamuun the sur- face to throw oat the obill. A Woman Hatr. rr,laNy the most confirmed womtr later in the world was a wealthy old1 tachelor who recently died In Vienna. If ter his death a bundle of documents vas discovered among his belongings, ebeled: "Attempts by my family to ut ine under the yoke of matrimony." jn this packet were sixty-two letters, lie dates ranging from 1845 to 1893. io afraid was this strange man of even dttlng near a woman that whenever ie went to the theater he booked three tkt in order that he might have ona in either aide of him empty. When raveling In a railway carriage he was llways careful to smoke a large, foul puelling pipe, to keep away Intruders a the female sex. In his will he said: -I beg that my executors will see tnac J am burled where there Is no woman oterred, either to the right or left of me. KouM this not be practicable In th. ..iio r.t thlnirs I direct that (hey purchase three graves and bury ee in the middle one of the three, leav ng the two others unoccupied." Pitts urg Dispatch. i i: ",r.h. th craves and burr Th World' CMtrliest 1'utate. That's Salser'a Earliest, fit for use la XS Jays. Salzer's new lale potato, Champion of the World, Is pronounced tha heaviest I yieMer in the world, and we challenge you to produce its equal ! 10 acres to Salzer's Earliest Potatoes yield 1000 bushels, sold ia June at tl a bushel WOO. That pays. A word to (ho wise, etc. Now ir ion will cdt this out awo scttn It Wilh 10c. postage you will get, free, 10 packagrs grains and grasses-. Including Too nie, I.athyrus, 8 in.i Vetch, Giant Sparry, Ginnt Clover, eta., and our mammoth seel catalogue. (A.) It is easy to learn t-omething abo t every tniuf, bat difficult to lenrn everything ubout anything. Ths greatest cowards in the world are the men of the most gem as they are tbo most silly coarrds. "Brown's Kronthkl Taocnn" are a simple Sid convenient r mi-dv for Bronchia! AffeC loos and Coughs. Carry them In jour pocket. A Atti.l'iral liiamnnil. ttlA finest iver found in Africa, was discovered at fagger-fontein in the Transvaal on the lit v lifter Christmns. When cut it is ex acted that it will be worth $1,500, K)J. " - 1iwi' V'lZ fi t," , Wa offer One Hundred Hollars P.ewi.rd rot Knv rase of Catarrh that cannot becuiwl hy uoi s i iiiarr,, cure. n F. J.ChenkV A Co., Frops., Toledo, O. Wc, 1 lie undersigned, have known F. J. che- ncy for 1 he lnt 15 yea", and lielieve him ih-i- f.-cti. Imnon.l.le in all business transaction! anXttiiancHllyaiil i to carry out auyoulijja- Ohio. Wam.ixu. !M!vA!t aiAB-W, noiesa., liruiorists, Toledo, Ohio. H.i I s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act in Mliriiiuin lkkli;ofkl Anil IIIUCOUS SUr- lure of thesv of the system. Prli-e, 7.V.-. per boUie. Sold ov all Druggist. Testimonials tree. - The stuffed calico 3 ed as toys are put to v some of the Maine cats which arc a good purpose farmers. They ire placed in trees ana are said to scar )U predatory birds. FITS stopped free ny Dr. KT.ntK'S OMCA1 N BBVK KrSTOHKR. No ebw UnrniHitit. Xft fl.t After nrt dav ts after lint day'n nw. Ma elous enren. Treatise and 2.00 trial bob t. tree. lr. Kline. UUI A rcu bC l'bila., r. Thirty cars filled with cheese went li rough Oxford county, Maine last veek, on their way to Boston to Le ihipped to Kngland. !r . Wln.low Poothlnr Syrup for ehtMrsa teething. Miltens the giiini. reduces Itillainina uoii, sliuva pain, cure wind colic. Ac a tui-. Ameer Abdur Rahman has deter (lined to introduce an electric lighting lyetem at Cabul and electric motors in lis factories. It. Kilmer fi a wr-ltoor eini I l.kliliier an.t KlaiKlertroubldl 1 aoilel and Consultation Iri. i-aUoratutvttiughauiton. N. i. man who It is easy to diaclinrore realizes tha he is not entitled to any- tiling. 91 1 OIVIS EKJOY8 both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant and refreshing to the tafte, and acts rcntiy yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. 8jrap of Figs ia the only remedy; of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing; to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug ruts. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who Irishes to try it. Do not accept any mbstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 84K fMAUCISOO. CML. UHU&viu. nr. new roftvc sr. CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD STOCKS and np wsr-iiMifelv invested brinsrf fbu'oos return A' rite f r Information to tho Van Buren laves! Seal Co. Broken, 8u8 16lh St., Ueuver, Cola. 5URE RELIEF, -"1. Iprtoui troubles. Address, stamp Gray's llin So., 27 Swan SU, Rochester, N. Y. nmi.fl. out ma niant sead toe. for w earn, Lrap Year Proposal Carda; lateat oat: lota ot ran. fcoYelty PrlnUinOo- UShrphord At.. Brooklyn. ll.Vj IMC PAY ." rrult tre es. Stabs: Hrra . m n aura, uwnani, Jto. fiErjsiorjJr.?,ss.'5 Suceeaaful Iw Praaacutes Claim Late Prlnclrjat Examiner U.S. Pension njiraaii SJ 3a-raln laat war, Ifraitiwiiratlnti'laima. att j allien. fl Dl 1 1 II WHTsXT hsWts cured. Book seal UrlUM nun, aa, a. a. woeixav, atlast a, oa ftnilll1! atorphlae Habit Cnrad la IS D W 1 1 1 ta sea-are. N ay till ear, U I II UI OS. J-STerHENtTIeeaeeOkM. Crr Jb, Dft.J.R.M A VI rrilLA.. PA. KvfauM: uocwrulbiwl bSAJalslrjt, E'a.Xa.lVrS - L I I Te ons desiring to purchase a farm ta one ot be be-t agricultural counties In Illinois eaa act a luable information by addressing DAJflKI, IUUAV I Lock Boa, SIX, Mowmat City. 111. lMiHiai -,iHa.-J3 . ieilA.su eurMMam b?J Best Coh'trruiTa Good. TJaa I I erosaiata It matters litue ox now ( Jong standing tha pain h as been : chronio eases ECONOMY IN PALACE CARS. sacrsta that WUI Itrs Tfcesj 'Was Travel Jlroada. The train from Nashville was Bear ing Chicago, and in the smoking com partment of the sleeper Galatt four passengers doctor, a drummer, a merchant, and a newspaper man were enjoying a smoke. - - - - m wlth a tin box ' "J foot high and J l . r." jtr'onr safety depc-H 1 87. ,0 u Tm sreiyoii- box. where you carry your upsr a-u the doctor. "No, sab; daf my 'quipmeni pn, answered the Dorter. "Rnnlninant boxf ISDSated the arommer. Interrogatively. -Tea, air; where I oarrtea nj 'qulp ment the things we use In the car," said the porter. "Let's look at that boxr suggested the merchant, who was of an lnqnlat tive nature. "Certainly, sab," said tbo porter, snenlng the box. "In these little racks ' in the lid are six combs. In the box 1 there are six hair brushes, six whisk brooms, four rolls of man 111a paper, ten cakes of soap, ten boxes of matches, ilx glass tumblers, one piece of chamois ikln, a combination berth aad gas key, t screwdriver, a pair of lamp shears j ind a comb and brush for my own per ianal use " "But you bave only nine cakes of ioap here, and four of them are partly ised," remarked the doctor. "Tea; there was one cake short In the adles' lavatory dla morning. I bates 10 say It," continued the porter, with i look of real sorrow on bis face, "but nen is a heap more honest than wo I ripn ! ' What makes you thing so?" WelL In the five years I've been nnnlng a sleeping car between Chicago md Nashville men haven't taken any ihing but a box of matches once in a ivhlle, but the women Lord bless 'em! ( -they take most everything soap. 1 tombs, brushes, towels, brooms and , (lasses. I 1 "Do you have to pay for them 7 ' , , "No; for the company knows Just how t hupped Unless I saw a woman . " " ictually taking the things I couldn t .itrike Just the wrong person, and it ou,d t Job." ! .. . . "What becomes of the soap that's een used? Do you get that?" "No, Indeed! That soap helps to pay lia rilvMonri nn tha Pullman attfwlr Tt'a ust by saving little things that poor blks throw away that other men get -lch. Every piece of soap,, If it isn't igger than your little finger, baa to be j f turned to the store-keeper. He sends t out to Pullman, where It goes to the factory and Is made into stuff for clean ng carpets." "Are you sure It Isn't made up into lew cakes of soap and used in the sars?" "Oh, no, sah; Mr. Pullman would lever allow that The only thing wt ise again Is brushes." "What brushes?" "Hair brushes. We nsed to throw liein away, or rather the company did, tfter they were soiled from use, but low they've got a scheme for making tiera clean and good aa new." "Is It a patent process?" "Oh. no; they Just sprinkle powdered lorax over the brash and then souse the Irush In water. It takea every article if dirt out of the brush, and the bristles l-f fr whits 114 anriur Thor n rn nnr ,i, ,iff rrt,a, ,., . . .iw. I ban before they were treated with lorax. 'The Pullman company, after ileansing tho brush with borax, sand- : I'tpers and varnishes the backs. Three f the ten brushes In my box have been (leaned that way, and nobody would ' iver know It if I hadn't told you. Just member this and don't throw away tgood hair brush when you can take ve cents' worth of borax and a little rater and make it good as new," and he porter locked bis "equipment box" ind collected his last tip as the train oiled into the Dearborn street station, -Chicago Inter Ocean. Oss-a Wast raw Toer Saeo. That's what we say, because it's the best. Salter's Wisconsin grown seeds are bred to earlinoas and produea tho earliest vegeta bles In the world. Bight alongside ot other sesdmen's earliest, his are tvent da- ... w j - aheadl Just try bis earliest peas, radishes, iettnoe, cabbage, eta. He is the largest grower ot farm and vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses, el overs, eta. IV TOO Wax. COT TIS OPT AXD SKID TT to the John A. Balser Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., with 10a postage, you will get sample package ot Early Bird Radish (ready in 16 days) and their great catalogue. Catalogue aione ao. postage. (a) Over 65,000,000 fish were distributed y the Wisconsin Ktate Fish Com mis - non the past year. Tsi Recard ot remarkable cum effected en ibles Ultra totally to ssv that Hood's Sana pa llia u tne only true diooj punacr prominently n the public eye to-day. Hood's PUls are the best family cathartic ma uver meaicue. rl armless, reliable, aura. "Aunt" Fatty Kichardson, one of die five surviving revolutionary prison rs of Vermont, died recently. Don't you wont to save money, clothes time kbor. fuel and beilthr All Ih.-ae can be save1 fy.m will tr Dobbins' Electric Soap. We sav try. Kooning ir you ay it once you will al- i k mt jour itrocer oruer. The farmers of our conntrv raised in 1889 2,812,437 bushels of Canada peas. . Cun to ,b medietas to break ni Iran's Coughs and Colds. Mrs. M. O. J Prague, Washington, Karen 8, ISM. i ohtl- ILDHT, Jack's Maaw "What are you foln to call ytrar new srother. Jack?" "Oh, I don't know Jack, I gueaa." "But that's your name." "That doesn't make any difference, tt was papa's name before I had It Pa and ma have a way of making; us toys use up their old thlnj-a." HarperV iouub; A'sopie. Twenty years ago Theodore Til ton nedicted that in the near future Imerica,' most popular poets and rtory w Titers would corns from the south. 'Well Bred, Soon Wed." APOL Are Quickly Married. sorcoiis OIL . w -aA at BrsipslW' f., if-mma. when are yon f l uj - wear long pantsT (ng to let me t Ann't know. . Freddy, KdyTufuU-Well, I g-ssyou-U . F wl t feel and want to wear pants as ng aa " - -- Beeanae he had palpltatiom ot the heart Mr. A. t. Allen determined te nttsraokiag. He thought the to baeoo habit waathe cause of his trouble, but when he eaaaed smoWag she pulsations of the heart were aore violent than ever. Alloa is s registered chemist of Lynn, Itass., end at second thought he eoaeraded tbat, if tobaeeo wasn't ths eause, tt must be acute dyspepsia. His knowledge of chemistry naturally prompted him to take Bipans Tabnles, well knowing their effleaey In disorders ef the atomaeh, liver and bowels. Quick relief followed, end now there is no more distress la the region of his heart But the re markable part of Mr. Allen's exper ience follows: He decided to forego smoking anyhow, and discovered that Bipans Tabules not only satis fled the longing tor tobacco, which all smokers are familiar with, bat at fust he actually looked forward wlta pleasure to the three periods each day when he took the Tabnles. U C Allen no longer smokes, aad haseu desire to, nor does he take the Tabnles. He Is a well man, aad does not need medicine of any kind. Mr. Allen believes Ripus Tabnles will prove a powerful aid to any man who desires to abandon the tobacco habit. Rlpans Tabnles are sold by dra lts bysssl If the price (S 1 eenti a b x Is sent la Tas Blpeas SJiipls vial, 10 ovnta. "Autocrat of the Breakfast TVlh-C Buckwheat. Makes Light; Dainty Buckwheat Cakes.' ASK YOUR DEALER FOR W. L. Douglas 3. SHOE besv7orTdTh If you pay 84 to S0 (or shoes, ex- gj amine tlx: W. I.. Douglas Shoe, and ejr see what a good shoe you can buy for aj OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, congress, Burrow, and LACE, made la all kinds of the best selects leather by skilled 1 men. We make and sell uiore S3 Shoes jp--- other tufartiirer In the world- None genuine unless name and price is stamped on the bottom. As': your dealer for our 4, S3.r,ii. i.fto, !. Shoes .ao, ! and 1.73 f or boys. ' TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer unnoi supply you, sna to lac- .v. ........... as jjulc dim wiems I to pay carriage. State kind, st vie . toe (cap or plain), size and width. Our Custom Dept. will fill your order. Send for new Illus trated Catalogue to Kox ft. W. L. DOUCLAS, Brockton. Mass). TIT K A ft own CO. flfws half tne aansa windmill biMlnetA, because It bas reduced ins cost of WIndiiuwerto 1 .11 wnal It was. It bas many is asm nouaes, and supplies Its cooaa and repsles ai jour aonr. ii can ana ooss larnua m Dftter article tor lees maoei tassi others. It niaSes Pumping ssal Ueared. SteeLj ealvsnirsd-sflsa. Commotion wlndmllla. TlltlMi and Flaed Steel TowAra. NtMlknn mm Framea Steel rel Oattera and sine Orinilers. On annllcatlon It will aama aaa of tbrae articles that It will fumiah anal January let at 13 the upual prlee. It alas maena Tanks ana pumps ot all klniia. seofl for earalosnaa a aacawta sas miasm lliasia. ( A Valuable Medical Boo. Free With over 150 receipts, for the cur of all diseases. Send 10c for postage. DR. C. H. DIRMITT, 19th and FEDERAL ST3.. Phils, Pa. Michigan Lands FOR SALE 12000 Acres Good Farming lands Title rerfect. On Michigan Central, Detroit Alpena and l.non ijke Kallroadi. st prices ranging irom 12 to lr Acre. 1 bene iandsare Close lo enerprrMng new tow in. churches, ob. oh, etc., will beoold on mc.ti favorable terms Apply to K. M. l'ihRCK, AKt. West HKyclty.Allca 0 a DAYSMEN SEND our IMS th. bu.iiuwi luilv; irmrni irr w- i--Kb.iiri.r.iU 01 ?' iorT.rr. ay"a BOVai. atM rtnimii &arAat. N-ft 1.9. 1-Ir.i4. Bha. 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