DON'T LEAN OUTOFPLUMa
Did yon ever observs la your ramble
about-
The political acenea of the day
flow often reformers engender a doubt
Rr their overounctilioue way?
Their censorship alwaya reminde ma of
those
Who beneath my Inspection hare coma
Attempting to atrike a magnificent poae.
Have o'erdone it to lean out of plumb.
tfhey lean too far back and. In fact. be-
come bent.
Moat foolish the posture they take:
'And Instead of expressing their upright
intent
They lead yon to fear they may break.
They wish you to feel that they'ra bonesf
and wise
And not at all crooked or dumb,
ffet there they will stand with their eye
to the skies
And unconsciously lean out of plumb.
in trade or religion. In politic, too.
If our rectitude we would disclose,
.Stand modestly forth to tha popular view
And don't try to atrut or to pose.
For oft times our aagarneae avsjr ba tos
great.
At least It baa happened to eoano.
And our efforts to tower In marten of
atata
Dwarf all enanee a ws tea ot of
plamb.
-Nw York San. ' j.
.TROOPER BAPTISTE,
Jean r.nptlnte was a Canadian
frencbmau, and bla proper place In life
would have been the woods of New
Brunswick or Nova Scotia; but, through
drink and the devil and women, -or
a woman, he was a trooper in troop B
of the Seventh United States Cavalry
Keglment, whi'.-h company was station
ed at Fort Conejos, In Colorado. Now.
the meaning of conejos Is plainly "cod
evs," which are not. again, to be Biblic
ally rendered as rabbits, but as prairie
flogs; and Trooper Baptlste was, when
sober. Just as mild, and even milder,
than any prairie marmoset in the whole
sage brush country. For prairie doga
will 'bark," or rather whistle, at one.
and Baptlste only looked at a man with
greet round, foolish bluck eyes, which
could be very fond of a friend and
show It most pathetically. But. In
spite of this gentlenehs. there was a
terror banging about him, for he was
auperhumauly strong. His very hand,
Day, his forefinger, was something to
beware of; be could break clay-pip!
bowls between two fingers; he could
smash a cocoauut with bis fist; be
could shoulder a great brass howltzi-r
that romninnly took five men to baudkt
Without being "fazed." He was a
very devil of muscle, and when be was
drunk his mind went wrong lie got
mad. The whole troop was scared of
hitn. Yet. not all of them literally, for
r -
tne. Jack Robertson, the Englishman,
i
could even kit-idle inin like a cniiu lot
Jack didn't drink, himself.
But how It was that the whole troop
CUln't tuke to liquor, and having got
drunk, didn't cut its universal throat,
wns a puzzle. For the flat plain wiis
siiire brueli nnil alkali, and when it
didu't rn!n It frj.e. and when the freez
ing was over a norther Mew fit to per
ish a whole sq'i.-iJi'ou. man and borm-.
aud wheu the northers "petered" the
southerly winds came up from the low
binds, and across Te.ijis it was bko a
recreation ground in heil, with dirt :u..l
bent and Hies. Some of tlio rum ot
ophthalmia and v.-ent blind or s:r.v
double or Mii.ked vaguely through n
ruined life hereafter, and some desert
ed and died of alkali like the bullocks
of a team on the White di-SPi't or the
great Mohave, and others tot into di fa
culties and were kuil'ed by Mexican",
or snine bonier rutlinn. even worse to
handle or reckon on; and some, like.
Judas, went out and hanged them
selves, fortlif y had sold their own ttouls
for an American eaule which struck
Its claws ot iron through their hearts.
Oh, It's not good to be a soldier In peace
time anywhere, but to le one at a Uni
ted States outpost lu a saire brush des
ert, where the devil reigns In the offi
cers hearts at leln in such a hole, is
worse than all. For there Is no chance
of glory or of ti'-rhtlng. At the very
beBt a man rarely gets the chance of
reddening his hands if he spares his
own carotid and Is delicate about his
own Jugular. So they drink and g.miole
and die aud the fools dou't desert.
About three-quarters of a mile from
Conejos on the road to Chania there
wos n Me.vicau shebang a log shanty,
a grog shanty aud In it most people
got rid of their cash very promptly
some got rid of their lives, too. It was
a favorite haunt of Baptiste's, though
they did not miit-l like him there. For,
being a soldier, they had a natural ten
derness about lin'sliing him In the usual
way. They were afraid of bis com
rades. But one day word came to the
camp that trouble was brewing at Mex
ican Joe's. Bnptiste was drinking, aud ,
Ilia rape was rising like a cyclone that .
"unies quickly and bursts all at once.
'Wlw.ra'a l.'nl ...rt-nri V" Hfil.l ttio Pnr. I
poral of the guard, and they roused tha
young fellow out. They knew he was
the only one who could handle the
Frenchman. They rati down the road,
five of them, and the dirt rose In clouds.
They choked in teu yards and each
strove to be first. Then they spread
out like skirmishers and left dirt be
hind each, instead of smoke.
"What's this?" said the Corporal as
they came within fifty yards of th
shanty.
For out of the door there came a
Linn's body. It rolled over and over,
and then It appeared to be alive. Just
istheownerof that apparent corpse dis
proved the inference of his eternal limp
ness, another body dropped on him, and
tlicrt a third came, and the three rolled
dustily, and rose up white and voluble
when they got their breath. Then Bap
tlste came outside, roaring In French
and Spanish and good round United
The Ins and
If you get best wear out of a coat, best work must
have gone into it. You can't get good bread out of
poor Hour.
Moral : You can't get the best out of anything, unless
the best is in it; and the best has to be put in before it
can be taken out. Now, we have a rule to test those
sarsaparillas with a big "best" on the bottle. "Tell us
what's put in you and we'll decide for ourselves about
the best." That's fair. But these modest sarsaparillas
say: "Oh! we can't tell. It's a secret. Have faith in
the label." . . . Stop ! There's o:ie exception ; one sar
saparilla that has no secret to hide. It's Ayer's. If you
want to know what goes into Ayer's Sarsaparilla, ask
your doctor to write fcr the formula. Then you can
satisfy yourself that you get the best of the sarsaparilla
argument when you get Ayer's.
Any doubt left? Get the Curebook."
It kills doubts but cures doubters.
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Address : J. C. Ayer
Ptfites a polyglot trasss of twins: and
be rolled turn, ur.:'; they were almost
liiseBkibi and dropped thole drawn
tnlves. Tliek. Uobertson ran In ana
took Bnptlste by the arm,
Jean's face was purple and the veins
m his forehead distended. His teeth
were set in a kind of trismus; he could
not eak. But out of hi mouth came
foam and out of bis eyes fire. He
caught Robertson by the body and lift
ed him up. The Englishman stare?
blru fu,'l in the fuce.
"You are hurting me. you damned
tooW he said In a quick, sharp voice.
And Jean's face cleared up. He put
Jack down quite gravely and began to
dust the alkali off him. Then he smiled
and looked foolish. Jack put bis arm
In Jean's arm and marched him off to
the guardroom. The others came be
hind without a word. They locked the
two friends up together, but In half an
bour Jack knocked at the heavy door of
bla adobe prison.
-Hs's aU right now. and fast asleep."
said Jack as he went off.
In tbe morning Jean's penitence was
heartbreaking to see; a child could
bava whipped him. He almost cried
when the young lieutenant bullied him.
and he swore to be a good boy for ever
after. This be kept for quits a long
time almost a month.
'Jean." said Robertson on day, as
they sat outside when the sun had gone
down, "yon are a thuaderlng thick
headed, goodbearted Idiot, and one of
these days you will make me mad, and
I shall just talk to you as you deserve."
Yes." said Jean with a smile, "I
ought to be kicked."
"But who's to kick you? W shall
fiave to hire Mexican Joe's mule. He's
a kicker, and will knock the stuffing
out of you too quick."
And tbe youngster laughed. It pleas
ed him curiously to be the only one who
could speak to Baptlste, or handle tha
man when be was drunk. For he had
good grit, and it gave him a certain re
sponsibility and duty that helped t
steady bim.
"How did you ever come to enlist In
this cursed army?" said Jack. "You
are about as fit for a cavalryman as I
am to be general."
"I came into Santa Fe dead broke."
aald Jean, "and they asbud me. and I
said 'Yea,' because it was so difficult to
get work, and I was hungry. And peo
pie down here are so hard."
"They are bo," said Jack. "I know
t."
"And why did you Join?" asked Bap
tlste. "Because 1 was busted and a fool
2nd luiugry and disheartened," said
Jack, angrily; "and I've a good mlud lo
r"et up and get right now."
No, no," said Jean. "I would be very
lonely hi-re. You are my only friend."
And lie put his enormous list on
Jack's shoulder. The boy turned round
wuvnaciuwuva.a. a
um wjtn a smile.
"You're a bully good chap, Baptlste,
And I'll btick It out with you till our
time's up. And then, Baptiste, will you
go home?"
Jean got up and leant against the wnll
of the store. They were sitting at tbe
back of the building on a log. He turn
ed bis face away.
N"o," be said, "not yet. I am afraid."
"Afraid?"
"Yes. I should kill them."
He meant the woman he had loved
and her lover. J-ouj; ago be had told
lack the story, with the tears running
down his face. Fur this man had cheat
ed him out of his father's inheritance,
mid thereby of a girl. too. who had
betii bought, so Jean said, with his own
uotiey.
"I should go back to do it," said Jack
somberly. For he had a vindictive
uitiil.
"I cannot." said Jean, "for I love her
still."
"Then I. would kill bim," was Jack's
suggestion.
"But she loves him."
"Likely she has got over that by
now." said the youthful cynic of 23.
"Anyhow, It would be a good thing to
do."
"You dou't understand." said Jean.
"If I hurt anyone I loved I could not
live."
"You're a bully good sort, Jean," said
Jack, and they relapsed Into silence.
For these two in that hideous, unnatur
al hole really loved each other.
When that long, dry, somber month
of August was over, and the alkali dust
was thicker than ever, Baptiste started
In again at the drink, and Jack couldn't
keep him away from it. But he escort
ed him to the guardroom three times In
tbe montli, and thereby saved somo
lives, and then Bnptlste got a letter
from Montreal that drove him wild.
Jack found him out cn the plain roll
ing in the dust and tearing up the sage
brush w Ith his hands. The man looked
terrible and ludicrous, for he had been
crying bitterly, and the dust marked his
red face in patches till he looked like a
circus clown who had not touched his
paint for a week.
And when he saw
Jack lie shouted to bim: "Keep away,
In ell I Blinll kill vnil. I ahull kill Vftll
so Robertson sat down thirty yards
off and watched him. Baptlste kept his
face turned away, and Jack heard him
groan. I'resently he rose and began
hunting for little bits of paper. He
called Jack to help him, and then, with
the tears running down his face, Bap
tlste cleared a si ace on tbe ground and
tried to piece them together. As he did
o be swore in French, and then he
groaned. Presently he began to read
j what be could.
"My sister wrote to me. Jack. And
fhe says yes, she writes that Made-
. line bad a baby oh. It kills mel And
i then the beast was cruel to her and
yes. It Is true, he struck her until she
cried outand thr neighbors came In. And
she Is miserable, and he makes her
miserable. And I would have given
. her my soul, and let her beat me If she
wanted! And now I am going home
I will kill hint I To-morrow I must go.
Outs of It:
Co., Lowell, Miss.
Yon must heln me."
And the poor devil burst Into a pas
rion of tears until be shook, and Jack
went half blind himself, and the hot
prairie danced and blazed In his eyes,
lie took Baptlste back to tbe camp,
and that uignt Baptiste went up to
Mexican Joe's. They gave bim drink
ut of sheer terror, for be scared theii
tvhite souls with his eyes. And b
talked and muttered and the tears rnr,
. town his face. Then one of the Mexi
ana, known as Pete, thought be bad
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Kllieum ILHI WAV LUKSCU-Um Km, IJ
ie began to fool with him. Just then
the round moon got up on tbe whits
plateau and stared at the plain, which
sua so lonely save for the military
post and the place where they sold
Irink. And as tbe lights began to
link against the moonlight Pete be
ta n to laugh at Jean. Then Mexican
loe sent off to tbe fort, and tbe guard
mine out at the double, with Jack
linong them. They were just in tints
x see murder done; for Jean caught
Pete and broke his black neck with bis
lands. And back-handed he struck
Mexican Joe In the mouth; he fell chok
ng with teeth, and his own knife cut
aim. and Jack came In running. But
lean was Insane and biasing, and when
?oor Jack took him by the arm ba
looked red to Jean and the Frenchman
saught him by the waist and dashed tin
boy's brains out on the log wall. Tbea
!he Corporal, who was white as a dried
tlkall lake, struck Jean on tbe neck
w ith the butt of a gun and felled bim.
liut Jack and Pete were dead. Thej
had to carry Jean to the guardhouse
ind it was dawn before be came to.
lie knew nothing, and he asked fot
lack Robertson, and be was so down
tnd so sorrowful that It made the met
pity him.
"Who shaU tell hlmr they asked
fach other, and no one would.
But as Jack wouldn't come Jean be
an to think, and a dull, stupefying ter
ror came crawling Into bis mind. Was
it true, or a bloody Imagination of a
J ream? he asked himself, dry-tongued.
And presently he wept out aloud and
bung at tbe heavy door and shook It
He asked them whether It was true oh,
was It true?
"Are you there. Winter?" he asked
jf one of the men.
"Yes, yes, Jean," said Winter, chok
ing. "Is it true that that I killed Jack,
fVinter? If It Is true, don't answer."
And Winter sat on one of the guards'
oeds with his face down. lie nevet
spoke, and Jean groaned like a man
in his great agony.
He neither ate nor drank, nor spokt,
tgain that day, and then the night drew
in, and the moon got up again, and sha
looked down on two new mounds one
was out at tbe back of Mexican Joe's
ind the other was In the little, white-
railed military cemetery where men
were buried who died of banging and
hullets and cut-throats when they were
tired of Uncle Sam's outpost duty. But
lean was locked up close In hell.
But at Mexican Joe's there was h
rreat gathering, and they drank to
lean's banging and told of Black Pete
exploits at thieving and the knife
for the news had gone abroad, and J oh
r-orrallod the half dollars that night
until It was close on 12. Then there
was a change In their entertainment
The devil entered In.
About 11:50 there were only two men
m the guardroom, and they were lyiti)!
on the benches dressed and asleep.
Joan was walking up and down bis celL
Once or twice he came to the door and
felt it. Then be went back and meaa-
ired the distance from the wall. It waf
only nine feet. It was enough.
That long day had torn bim In bits
Ids eyes were ringed with black cir
cles; his cheeks were sunken; be bad a
cnawing pain at tbe back of bis head,
lie could stand It no longer. He rushej
at the door with his shoulders and car
ried It into tbe middle of the guard
room. As the men started to their feet
lean seized a carbine and a belt of
cartridges and disappeared through tha
open door leading to the main fort, and
ran down the road to Mexican Joe'a
He hadn't got time to go to Montreal.
The light In the shanty shone through
the windows and the door the one
door. Tbe Mexicans stood up against
the bar. Be saw Mexican Joe standing
there toothless. He shot him dead
through the door as they turned. Ho
killed six as they stood or wavered,
two more as they dropped for shelter
or ran. Two more he struck down with
his rifle clubbed. And then, with two
bullets In him and a bowie-knife in his
breast, he went slowly to tbe cemetery.
When the guard hunted him up there
he was lying dead upon Jack's grave.W
London Graphic.
Kept His Promise.
Much Is said In these days about tb
want of obedience to parental authority
displayed by the rising generation, but
an Incident In which tbe contrary spir
it was manifested la narrated by a
prominent Western lawyer.
His 12-year-old son, a boy of grea.
spirit but with no overabundance ot
strength, went to pass a vacation with
a cousin who lived on tbe banks of a
broad river. His father, In his parting
Instructions, placed one restriction upon
tbe boy's amusements during bis visit.
"I don't want you to go out In your
cousin's canoe," be said, firmly. "They
are used to tbe water, but you are
not, and you haven't learned to sit still
anywhere, as yet. You'll be there only
a week, and with all tbe other amuse
ments the boys have, and tbe horses
and dogs, you can afford to let the canoe
slone for this time, and keep your
mother from worrying all the while
you're away."
The boy readily gave the deslrea
promise. On bis return he was enthu
siastic over tbe pleasures be bad eo
Joyed. "And I didn't mind canoeing a bit,
pa," be said, addressing bis careful
parent with a beaming smile. "The
boys taught me how to swim, and tbe
only time they used the canoe was the
last day to go over to the other shore.
But I remembered my promise, and I
wasn't going to break It tbe last day.
So I swam across!"
Knew lAttlo of It.
At tbe last meeting of the British
Medical Association but one, the dis
cussion on neurasthenia and Its treat
ment was Introduced by Dr. Savage In
the following words: "What Is neu
rasthenia? There was once a professor
who, being asked what he knew npon
a certain subject, replied, 'Nothing; I
have not even lectured on it.' "
The greater your secret Is, the mors
llablo your confidant Is to tell It.
W fflST tuit bnnw whw mmt.
ed, but ws may know that God Is deed
ing with us in love.
No matter what business tbe Chris
tian Is engaged In, he baa no business
in it unless Christ Is In It
If all good people would stop wear
ing long faces our churches would not
contain bo many empty benches.
Nothing Is safe for the Christian ts
do that would not be sate for him to be
found doing on the iudstmeat tteak.
The Interest on New York's debt this
ear Is $5.566,000 an Increase of more
than $500,000 last year.
Tbe new coal deposit at Blackwater,
Mo., twelve miles south of Marshall,
begins four feet from the surface and
a from thirty to forty feet thick.
Scientists who have made a study
it the eye say that a flash of light
lasting 0-l,000,000ths of a second If
luite sufficient for distinct vision.
Baltimore, as well as Brooklyn, Is a
Mty of churches, each having a greater
umber in proportion to tbe population
than any other city in the United
States.
There were 130 inches of snow on the
ground along the main line of the
Northern Pacific railroad In tbe Cas
cade mountains, Washington, the firsf
week of this year.
A mess of eels weighing S00 pounds
dogged tbe water wheel which runs
the electric plant of Rlverhead, L. 1-,
the other night, and the town was is
larknees for several hours.
Indian criminal statistics show that
there Is one criminal to every 274 Euro
peans, 509 Eurasians, 709 Hindoo Chris
tians and 1.361 Brahmins, while the
proportion of Buddhist criminals is
only one In 3,787.
Lewis Gorsllne. of Ithaca, can Justly
wear the belt as the champion sparrow
hunter of Michigan. Since June last
be has shot 15,000 of tbe little pests.
Gorsllne has lost his right arm, but
that makes no difference.
Search Is being made In the subter
ranean rooms of tbe great Kremlin of
Moscow for tbe famous library of
Ivan IV, surnamed "tbe Terrible."
Eight hundred famous, but lost, manu
scripts are supposed to be bidden there.
In the office of a New York wholesale
dealer In horns and tips there is a pair
of South American cattle horns that
measure, following tbe horns, nine feet
from tip to tip. it is believed to be tbe
biggest pair of horns In tbe country.
Providence, R. I., holds the man who
says that the propulsion of vessels
over the ocean will be revolutionized
when he gets his pneumatic propulsion
machine to working. A part of the
vessel's cargo Is to be used as a pendu
lum to pump air when the vessel pitch
's. A society of men of art Is being form
ed In Paris, after the model of tbe So-
ciete do Gens de Lettres, to watch over
tbe interests of artists. At tbe bead
of the movement are Tony Robert Fleu-
ry, Dubufe, Puvls de Chavannes, Bou-
guereau, Detallle, and Roll. Foreign-
xs will be admitted.
Some years ago tbe Austrian govern
ment issued a decree by which every
engineer who has driven bis engine for
au entire year without accident shall
receive a reward of 100 florins ($50),
and that those who have done so for
ten consecutive years shall receive 1,000
lorins ($500) and a gold medal.
In New York Yvette Guilbert, the
French cbanteuse eccentrique, was
permitted to sing ber questionable
songs at the Metropolitan opera-bouse,
but the police raided a Chines theater,
where a performance of a Chinese trag
edy was In progress, because the play
was "not of a religious nature."
The British lords of tbe admiralty
have decided to proceed with tbe work
of building new naval barracks at
Chatham, England, without further de
lay. The scheme provides not only
for utilizing the old convict pribon
building as far as possible, but also
for erecting additional barracks on au
;x tensive scale.
A bridegroom of 90 was married to
a bride of CS in Mertden. Conn. Each
had been suarried twice before. A good
deal of interest was evinced in the
match, and tbe contracting parties
made public announcement of a time
for the ceremony. They were married
a few hours earlier, and got safely aud
luietly away.
Evaporated potatoes, prepared in the
tame manner as evaporated apples.
ire to be put on tbe market from Mln
aesota next fall. Last season's pota-
o crop was so large that many mil
lions of bushels were wasted, and ex
periments were made In evaporating
potatoes. The experiments were suc
cessful, and two big factories for pre
paring potatoes in this manner are
building.
Only recently it was announced that
Hungary will have a millennium ex
position in 1SUC, and already some great
Rchemes are ventilated for that occa
sion. Albert Huss, an engineer at Buda
Pesth, has started a company which
will build an immense tower 1,625 feet
high, which will consist of five sections,
each section being a steel tube S25 feet
ong.
In Vienna, Austria, all bicycle riders
before obtaining permission to ride on
the public streets are required to pass
in examination. They axe required to
ride between boards laid on the floor
without touching the sides or edges
f them. At the word of command they
must be able to dismount either right,
left, or backward; until tbe rider passes
this examination satisfactorily a 11
rense to ride on tbe public highway Is
refused him.
Something seemingly new In politics
das developed at Elizabetbtown, Ky.
The Mayor announced on assuming of
fice this year that he would give bis
talary to the city. The city council
men determined not to be outdone in
patriotism, and voted to allow the
tity to draw their pay, too. While
loubtleBs pure, their patriotism is not
particularly costly. The mayor's sal
try Is 75 a year, and the coundlmea
ire paid at the rate of $2 apiece for each
tiecting.
A nest of mixed metaphors hsa been
Uncovered by the London Chronicle
in the columns of an 'influential con
temporary": "France might have been
In the throes of another presidential
crisis bad not M. Felix Faure taken
the wind out of the sails of bis coward
ly foes by courageously seizing the
skeleton which was stowed away In
his cupboard and flinging It at their
feet." A family skeleton is quite worth
having when it can be turned to sucb
effective use as this.
The Gallery of Modena was for twen
ty years unhung. At last it baa been
admirably arranged, and SIgnor An
derson has photographed Its many In
teresting works. There, better than
anywhere else, the Ferrara-Bolognese
school can be studied; but tbe glory
of Modena is its many masterpieces
by Dosso Dossl, a most fasclnatlpg art
ist, hitherto almost undiscovered. By
tnonds is the only writer of note who
has made so much as a passing mention
of Dosso, whose "jester" he greatly
admired. This "Jester," even In a pho
tograph, reveals Its quality of Bhaks
peareaa humor.
Tha voting census of Rhode Island
ihows that that State baa probably the
j UrgsstprJ5fttage"of sJayifJhome TOt:
, tra trfAUaJ Stats la &f jSHHtXkan
are 112.860 adnlt males In tbe State. '
of whom Sd.709 are qualified voters.
But tbe highest vote ever polled was
in 18&2. when M.661 ballots were cast.
Tbe next highest was last year, when i
(h.utj. were poiieo. xuis wouiu iw
over 32,000 votes unpolled, or about J
87 per cent, or tbe vote in tne Biaus.
In other words, out of every 100 voters
lu tbe State sixty-three go to tbe polls
and thirty-seven stay at home.
Maine folk are almost In despair be
cause of tbe continued lack of snow.
Such a condition of affairs bas not
been known In very many years. There
are 60,000,000 feet of logs In tbe Penob
scot lumbering district wblcb cannot
be moved because of the absence ot
snow, and fully as much more In other
districts, as well as 50,000 cords of hem
lock bark for tanning, and all tbe lum
ber and milling Industries are suffer
ing severely. The unique experience
of putting wheels on sleds baa been
tried in some districts. Every previous
winter when ice has been cut It has
been hauled to the bouses on sleds.
This year there Is no snow, and the Ice
has been cut and wheeled away. Tbe
farmers say now that tbe absence of
the warm blanket of snow means abort
crops next year.
. -
Best at All
To cleans the system in a (ntle and truly
bsneOria! manner, whan the Sprlnctiiae
come, om tbe true and perfect remedy.
Syrup ot rigs. One bottle will answer for all
the fomUy, and costs only CO cento; the Urge
atae L Bay the genuine. Manufactured by
the California Fi Myrup Uomyaay only, and
for sale by all drngaista.
Georgia farmers sre fearful for the
peach crop. The recent warm weather
swelled the buds on tbe trees, and
some are almost about to bloom. A
frost would destroy tbe buds and
ruin tbe prospects of a good crop.
Tha WerlsVe Bnrttest Tetnfo.
That' Salsar's Earliest, fit for ass Id S3
lays. Salter's new late potato. Champion
of tha World, is pronoonoed the heaviest
ylelder In tha world, and we challenge you
to prodaae Its equal ! 10 aarej to Bslxar's
Earliest Potatoes yield 4000 bushels, sold la
Jane at 91 a buahcl S4000. Th.it pays. A
word to the wis, etc.
Now iv xoo wiu. our tbts out awo sbd it
with 10c. post aire to tha John A. Sahser Seed
Co., Ia Crosse, Wis., you will get. free, 10
packages grains and grasses, including Teo.
slate, Lathyru, Sand Teteh, Giant Spurry,
Giant Cloter, ate., aud our utauuuoth aeet
salslogua, (A.)
Mrs. Hiram Kelly snd S. B. Cobb,
Thomas Murdoch and A. C. Bartlett,
of Chicago, have together contributed
the sum of $100,000 for the erection of
a Home for the Friendless in that
city.
RR.tvm:m Sn i1a:i nhs'iL-aj of the wenther
cau e Uroochi d 1 roubles. -Jiruwn't Bronchial
Trocha ' will give ettecuve rcllel.
Count Mgre, the dwarf husband
of Mrs. Tom Thumb, has ordered a
bicvcle. His height is SO incbts, and
the bicycle, which is to be made to
order, will weigh ltss than 10 pounds.
Kin-itlnv-llorax contain-all tbe ROd proper
ties oi lxbb n alectric combined with mute oi
the bui n-iitluv soap. !io chapped hands wnrre
this soap is u-x.il. bobbins soap Mf g Co., 1 hi a
uu each wrpp.r and case.
"Yes," said one theatrical manager,
"Hint artist's silary is t300 a week."
"Indeed! replied the other. "Lo you
mind telling me how much she
Hll ,hf tw-oule need to
take a course of Hood's Sarsaparilla at this ea
on to prevent that run-duwu condition of thr
iv-K-m which Invites disease
Hood's Pills are pure'y ve?etab'e and do
not puige, pain or srlpe. All druggists. 2-c
has proven that, while but few microbes
exis. in the blood after an ordinary
meal, they sre abundant atter a meal
containing much fat. lie supposes the
ni!onkn aid vriuN tit Ka iho STYlisIl fat
UtillUira vaillt.14 v eeu .euuae
globules taken up by the lacteals.
Dcaraess Canoe Be Careel m
V local application m they cannot reach the
t-aHed portion of the ear. "1 here lit only one
.y to cure Deaf nesa. and that i by con.titu
onal remedies. Ihmrne-a is caused lyanin
amod oondii ion of the mucous lining of the
ustachlao Tnbe. When this tube gets in
ained you have a rumbling sound or imprr
ct hearten, and when it te entirely t l '-ed
rafnase ia tbe renlt, and unless the Intlani
m ton can be taken oat aud this tube re
tored to lis normal condition, bearing will be
eat roved forever; nine casee out ten an
aue1 by Catarrh, whicn la nothing bat an lu-a-ned
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We wfll We One Hundred U liar for anv
n of IKafnres (caused by catarrh) tha ran
iot betsttrad by Hall's Catarrh Core. Send for
iircnlara, free.
r. J. rnurf A Co.. Toledo. O.
rjS7-Sold by Dm crisis. Tc
There sre believed to be stars in
existence beyond the reach of any
telescope yet constructed.
IMso's Cure for Consumption Is an A No. '1 As
thma medicine. W. R. Williams, Antlocn, III.,
April 11, 18M.
New South Wales is sweltering under
tbe beat. In the Bourse district they
have had an average temperature of
113 degrees in the shade for a fort
night.
Mr. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lnflamm.
Uun. allays pain, cures wtnd coUo. AM a Hutu.
A bore-hole near Port Jackson, New
South Wales, has reached a depth of
nearly 8000 feet. It shows an increase
in the earth's temperature of one
degree F. in eighty feet, while the
average in tbe Northern Hemisphere
is one degree in sixty feet.
FITS stopped free by Da. KLrxt's Obbat
Nibvc Rsvroeiju No liu alter Srst day's use.
Marvelous cores. Treatise and (2.00 trial bottle
tree. Or. Kline. 931 Aicn St.. Phlla.. fa.
Amon recent inventions in h
combination fishing line and landing
T Ik. - , J
lies. AS um tuc avuvauiagu ui UOing
away with the fish hook, whi e with
net it is possible to catch the arrester
amount of fish.
Sr. Kilmer's swaMF-ltooT cures ail
Kidney and Bladder troubles,
l amphlet and Consultation free,
laboratory Bingham ton, N. V.
The Missouri river hss not been
closed this year, and it is not likely to
be. Forty years ago such a tbing as
the river remaining open all winter was
I unknown, and even 15 or 20 years ago
I it invariably closed in December,
i During the last four years the river has
been closed but once.
llaSllcted with sore eyes use Or. tsaao Thorn r
teii'tJLVe-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
Dowagiac, Mich., with a population
of 4,000 bas twenty-four secret societies
snd twenty social clubs.
tsana West For Your Seats.
That's what we say, because it's the beau
jalzer's Wisconsin grown seeds are bred to
earlineas and produce the earliest vegeta
bles in the world. Bight alongside ot other
aeedmen'e earliest, his are twenty days
ahead! Tettry his easiest peas, radiance,
Mtaoe, eabbsge, etc He ia the largest
grower ot farm and vegetable seeds, potatoes,
grasses, clovers, etc
Iv Ton wiu on Tana our a ssjnv it to
the John A. Babmr Bead Co., La Crosse,
Wis,, with ISa, aoatage, yon will get sample
Iikajte sf lady Bird Radish (ready tails
days) and their great esNlegas. Oatalogae
3
Infests the blood of humanity. It
appears in varied forms, but is forced
to yield to lioou s oarsapaniia, wuu.u
purifies and vitalizes the blood aud
cures all such diseases, llead this: i
" In September, 1894, 1 made a misstep and
injured my ankle, very soon niwwaxwa,
.'A-Sore
two Inches across formed and In walking
to favor it I sprained my ankle. The sore
became worse; I could not pot my boot
on and I thought I should have to give op
at every step. I could not get any relief
and had to stop work. 1 read of a core of
a similar case by Hood's Sarsaparilla and
concluded to try It. Before I bad taken
all ot two bottles tbe sore had healed and
the swelling had gone down. My
is bow well and I have been greatly bene
fited otherwise. I have increased in
weight and am in better health. I cannot
say enough In praise of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla." Mas. H. Blastx, Bo. Berwick, Me.
This and other similar cores prove that
Kloodr,
Sarsaparilla
r. ,h. i-fau. Tn Rlnnd Purifier. All druggists. tL
Prepared only by C. I. Hood A Co-. Lowell, Mass.
the best family cathartic
HOOd S PlllS aud Uver stimulant. 25c.
TO PROTECT NEW YORK.
Four 6teel Turrets) to Be Erected on
Roner Phoal.
Naval men are wondering which
nnnM fr the worse. In event of bostih
Ities between John Bull and Uncle Sam,
the great cities on the big lakes or we
uanArt invna Thpre is a unanimous
belief, and it has been freely expressed
of late, that not one or the targe ciuei
n ih Atlantic coast Is even moder
ately well protected from assault by
Great Britain, ana tne same can ue
aald of the lake cities. Not only are
the defenses weak, but there la a lack
of modern guns at all of the cities.
The new defenses for New York
spoken of comprise four steel turrets
to st.-tud upon the Homer shoal. The
site U peculiarly suitable for defensive
It lies on a line between
Kandy Hook and Coney Island light, a
littK nearer the former than the latter.
The shallower Darts of the shoal ex
tend about a mile and a half on a north
west and southeast line, with a varying
n-ii'th of from one-auarter to one-half
a mile, within which limits the average
depth of water at low tide Is about nine
feet, although In spots it shallows to
hree or four feet.
on a line running about east-north-
ast and west-southwest, across Romer
thf.nl neenrilinir to this desicn. four
steel turrets are to be set up. The old
method of building a foundation in
chnllnw water bv throwinir down loose
rock and then placing concrete blocks
tn top of this rip-rap Wor will pron
tbly not now be adopted. It la ex-
i
PROPOSED STEEL TURRET.
pected that steel piling will be sunk
to take the weight of the forts, and
these piles will then be connected by
steel plates until tbe water can be
pumped out. Ample space below the
lowest tide level will thus be secured
for machinery, magazines and quarters.
Upon solid foundations will then be
erected sloping barbettes, above which
will be revolving turrets. The back
ing of both barbettes and turrets will
be much more solid than that which
can be given to similar defenses on
board ship, and there Is every probabil
ity that the forts will be absolutely
Invulnerable to the heaviest ord
nance mounted on any ship of war. Ai
the barbettes must extend several feet
below the lowest low water mark, and
also several feet above the highest Tdgh
water mark. It Is proposed to face them
with cement so applied as to protect
the metal from the corrosive action of
the salt water.
Each turret will have Its own revolv
ing machinery. The thickness of the
armor plate will be determined by the
relative status of armor and the gun
at the time when the forts are ready for
their steel protection, and, to a certain
extent, the caliber and length of gun
will be dependent upon that relative
status. It Is to be expected, however,
that the four forts will contain eight of
the most powerful pieces that can be
made.
New Shoplifters' Skirt.
This Is a picture of the newest thing
in skirts for professional shoplifters.
It was found on Mrs. Passo, from
France, who was arrested in a New
York dry-goods store. The dotted lines
Indicate slits In the skirt, which are
dexterously concealed by folds In the
material. These silts open Into capa
cious pockets extending from waist
band to hem.
Mlaa Alcett'a View.
tn a book f remlalscenees ot Coneerd
flilrty years ago, by Frank 8 tears,
! last asMlslied. tte anther rrlstas Astr
, Hiss Alestt rasas to Ma eas da, and
. asked Mai te tale her out rewind tlit
' compUetL bttt be fauad ttgaifr fj Jfi
lunii aj rail Lamia
BaM.aVBHrB
I "This Is
tha Asiasass, ate!
' Called.' ha
u "rnaTJr taM Idm Ate, ttrtt Ur
ant, letttoa bsttar tft ba jxatmlU thai.
atom feed tabtta sad roe fjtfll a4
twm i miiI tn mmt Wi iiiiii
THUMPET CALLS, f I
... Bur. o.-da, KU '
n.silMaaess.
tatfea Dauredeai
THERE Is no more
dangerous decep
tion than self -de
caption.
Tbe cheerful
giver la very apt
to be a systemat
Ic one.
Whoever t o 1 -lows
Christ will
be sure to lead
somebody else.
The prayer of
faith holds out
both bands for tha answer.
It is easier to be happy without rich
es than with them.
To lift up the fallen, we must take
a stand beside them.
It Is much easier to give God all than
it to to give him a part.
No good can be lost on earth that will
not be found la heaven.
The days are never long enough for
the man who loves his work.
Tha man who wants to do good flnds
Um world full of opportunity.
When a Christian gats In a wrong
place bis right place la empty.
The shadow of a trouble to generally
blacker than tbe trouble Itself.
There are pleasures in sin, but they
are only pleasures for a season.
Do business for tbe Lord, and there
will be no danger of bankruptcy.
Tbe love of God to so great that none
can be lost who will believe In It.
If yon want a man to do something,
And a man who believes something.
Whoever will take one step to please
Cod, will soon want to take another.
In seeking Christ, go as far as you
know the way, and he will meet you.
Whatever God does for man to look
at, he does with a bumble Instrument
Some people never learn how to pray,
because they will not learn how to give.
The day which begins the darkest
may turn out to be one of our bright
est. ' - -
. rattenleg Hose Costa One Cent.
The editor recently heard ot a farmer fat
tening hogs at leas than one cent a pound.
This was made possible through the sowing
3l Salser's King Barley, yielding over 100 bu.
per acre, Qolden Triumph Corn, yielding 200
9U. per acre, and the feeding on Sand Vetch,
reosinte, Hundredfold Teas, etc Now, with
)Uch yields, the growing of hogs is mon
rofltahle than a silver mine.
Sulzsr's catalogue U full of rare thing for
(he farmer, gardoner and citizen, and the
dllor believes that it would pay everybo ly
a hundred-fold to get Sa'zer's catalogue b
fore purchasing seeds.
iw XOO WIIX CDT TBUS OUT AUD SKXD it with
10 cents podtage to the John A. Salzer Seed
o., Li Crosse, Wis., they will mail you their
m immoth seed catalogue and 10 samples of
groanea and (trains, inciudinir above corn un-1
oarlev. Catalogue alone. So postage A.)
An Old Bell's Inscription.
The old bell of St. John's Episcopal
Church, Elllcottville, N. Y., bas an In
teresting history. It hung originally
u a monastery lu Malaga, .Spain. The
monastery was sacked lu 1832, and this
ell, with others, was shipped to New
Vork. Nicholas Devereaux, agent of
he Holland Land Company at Ellicott-
llle, bought It and sold It to St John's
Church. The Inscription on It Is as
follows: "Abe sol la bos del angel nve
u alto svena Maria Graclo plena Bar-
zaa Mefecl 1708." The meaning of this
was a mystery for a long time, until
tishop Coxe studied it, aud said it was
u corrupt Spanish, in which b was
ften used for v, and which changed
uany other letters. "Thus, he said.
u!m?' should be 'ave' and 'labos'
hould be la vos.' " The Inscription put
u pure Spanish follows: "Ave (sol la
os del angel qve en alto svena) Maria,
,)lena gracla." Tbe English transla-
ion be made thus: "Hall (I am the
olee of the angel who on high stands
orth) Mary! full of grace." The last
vords, of course, mean: "Bargus made
ne, Malaga, 170S." New York Trib.
tne.
An Aged Horse.
A horse which General John Mor
gan rode in his famous raid in 1662
led near Versailles, Ky., a few days
tgo. Morgan rode the horse Into Ver
sailles and left it there, taking In Its
,lnce a fine mare. Tbe horse was,
when It died, more than thirty-seven
years old.
Two Famous Hen.
The Rev. Thomas Alexander, a Pres
byterian minister, long resident in
Chelsea, and well known as a brother
Scot, was most anxious to know Car
lyle, but bad no opportunity of getting
an Introduction to bim. One day, In the
King's Road, he saw Carlyle coming
In bis direction, and took advantage
of the opportunity by going up to the
sage and saying: "Thomas Carlyle, I
believe?" Carry le's reply was: "Tom
Alexander, I know." They became
good friends, and later Mr. Alexander
wrote to Carlyle for a subscription tos
ward a school building fund, and Car-j
lyle wrote back a refusal In doggerel,'
whereupon Mr. Alexander replied that
if be did not send bim five pounds he
would sell bis poetry to a collector or
publish It. Tbe five pounds were at
once forthcoming.
Wnen a mother tells yon funny
stories about ber baby, bo patient, or
she will bato you.
To the average eye not more than
five thousand stars are visible.
Some persons having extraordinarily
strong eyes can see about eight thou
sand stars.
COCOA
40
If "La Belle Chocolatiere " isn't on
the can, It isn't Walter Baker & Co 's
Breakfast Cocoa.
WALTER BAKER
DORCHESTER. MASS.
Cits Cstews Frea Bin aTlta
Don't Yco Know ?
SAPOLIO!
a. afMa'l flS.
Baron Alderson once released trori
hi. duties a juror who ted that he
was deaf In one ear. "You may leave
th"box? said his lordship. 'ince It to
neceWry yu abotJdhearboUi aides."
eas
BEWARE IN TIME.
rbe first acuta twinge of
iciatici
ST. JACOBS
is tbe
warning
to use
OIL.
Delay, and those
twinges
twist your leg
out of snap.
Instantly stops the most exOTCtsttng Itns, aJ.
lavs inflammation and cnrescongOBUonwhstnef
of the Lungs, Htomach. Bowels, or other glanoa
or mucous membranua,
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF
CURES A.D PREVENTS
Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influensa,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Eheuma
matism, Neuralgia, Headache,
Toothache, Asthma, Dif
ficult Breathing.
CURES THE WORST FAJN'S from one to
twenty minutes. Sol one hour after readlnf thu
advertisement need anyone blrrnB Wilis
ACHES AND PAINS.
For headache (whetner sick or nervous) tooth
ache, neuralgia, rhematlsm, lumbago, pains aad
weakness lu the back, spine or Sidneys, pains
aronud the livr, pleurisv, swelling ol the Joints
and pain oi til kind-, the application ot Bad
asy's kidwuv'i keadv lielief will aflord imme
dlste case, and i continued use for a lew dart
effect a permanent cure. , .
TAKEN INWAItbLY A half to a teaspoontul
in half a tumbler ol water lor stomach troubles.
Colic. Wind in the bowels. Cold Chills, Fever and
AKne. Ularrhuea, fcick Headache, aud all Inter
nal pains.
Price 50c. per bottlr.siold br all Dra(UU
CRIPPLE CREEK
OffHrs irr -m i-rpurlaultle for the sale snd proOtabie
luvetm-nt 1 rapltal In develuplog noid mines. Tbe
K ,1J l I hire, but ueed capital ui get It out. We are
t.,e ofBotal br. kerso' one of the most prom ln (old
bioc-ks In the Wstrlct. which will for a short time be
sold at the RTouul floor pi ice of 'Ac. Per Pbare.
lie: In b.fore the rise; write for proxliectu snd
full Infor njitlon. We do not bannle "Who Cat"
h ine. tun only the moM premium and conferea
tv iuve-t neni that have been carefully eTsmlned.
lilgh-l refereuce, lv a.
C. W. IIOYT c CO., Bankera ok Brekera,
J,K-.Wn Wvflrfing. Penrer. Colo.
$5D
AWEEK AUtNTa
Local ur traveling,
ladies or ffents. selling
national Patent PtafaWask-er.
belt ttia-le. simple, ultra uic, mw w' --
well and honestly made, washes sad
dries -:istiea in two minutes, no muss,
Ion. seal. led duller, or broken rilshaS.
a child ran operate, .very one warranted, one ia a
Iticality mean, a aula to all the neighbors, sells on
merit, every !,mtly huys. permanent situation, write
World Mfa. Co.. 'O 2ii Columbns. Obi"
I Drilling
L for env dentil.
t.ne Intvrsrrmriit. All Meaev Maker.
LOOMIS A r"Y MAN, Tiffin, Ohio.
Tnn AFKntrrftn CO. Seas Salf tbe rr;
wuulmlll buHMrw, Ixx-auM It has reduced lbs cost sf
artud puwar to t .' what It was. It has maiif branck
a, e boused, situ supplies lis goods aud renalis
"A t four door. It can and doss furnish a
a J50i5r better article for less money then
tSSjJv-jSJ&jS others. It makes Pumpinf and
E'k3b'?' Oeared. bteel, Uarvsmsad afisr
T5f? VXj'i"Conipletlii Windmills, Ttluna
a-V5 nd Ftied. Steel Towers, Steet Ben Saw
-s-ie mm) fmi cutter ana jteee
ftrin.lerti I In annliratlon It will named
71 of the, articles that It will (unilsh until
January Ittit 13 the usual price. It also mease
Voi-it and l-iiuip. T all klmls. tiend for catalogue,
rausa UtX fcackwtll ass FUuasre ssrssab fklrsaa
Aqrnis for the saleof fiirm land on railroad
In lie.irK a Choice land, low rates of fare.
Liberal inducements to representative men,
F. MI3SLER & KR1MMERT.
106 Wests reet. New York.
Bulls and Bears
A Pamphlet Telling. How to Uandle
STOCKS, GKAIX, ETC.. ON MARGINS,
tvt I be Mailel on Application by
KOUILLOT & CO., BKOKEKS,
No. 125 (Ladie-' cntTuncs Xo. 1?7) So. 3rd SL,
l'liil:idelphia, i a.
$10.01) Margins 10 shares of -lock, or 1000 bushel
of tintio, fJu.oO, Twenty, i.tc.
ADVERTISING
If yon baTeanrthinryoii with toadrvrtltM,
v.si.o sua nr ratif. a isser arerustv i
2 merit a in all publications ia tbe U.S., and
9 my effort ia t tntvava jour inTevtmetit pay.
Advertisement wnttn and attractively
put in type. Letters of advice written to in i
T tending advertisers. CrMpAdenoe ia '
9 Tiled.
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tiMon receipt of l.ftO. Six hnmm tett.
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HOW to become lawful physicians; course
Chicago Address 1U HeaJtu UniverSll!
flnillf f Morphine Habit Cnre 1st 1
UrlUi-ltoodZ 'JPar till carats.
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