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.
MnSBBSnHBHswacsi
RinnPR'S DaSTll I co rticci
cM.aoininna
saSH9iBiann4C'!V
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r at nholMaio prlcw.
aniwbera tor ekaraii
8hla
exniiaaUem
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ran'u. too alvlea ol
rls;s. ooatytrsor tiara
',?s," s.''lc KidlngSasV
dies. VTiritat -raaioaaa.
KI.RRAST
Carrlaca a Hararis Ills Oa.
aiahert, las.
Ciris Who Use
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