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LAST summer I was stewing away
lu tlie ollite and wonderln what
crime I or my representative In
looie former State lind committed to
be doomed to such a life, when one
morning I received a note from my old
. . V r.,mn. of Clinton,
He tewed me to come and stay wiU
Mm for a month.
Cameron met me at the station, and"
after an hours drive through a most
beautiful country we reached Clinton.
Here a surprise awaited me, for two
voune ladies came forward to greet us
they were the Misses Cameron, and
kept house for their brother.
I got on fairly well during the first
week, as I kept with Cameron most of
the time.
Whether he gave me away or not I
cannot say. but they seemed to know
I was shunning theni, and they tried
every dodge as only women know how
to draw me out.
I struggled hard npiinst what I now
considered my nntural self, but it was
too strong for me. One by one all the
theories and arguments I had fed on
disappeared, melted by the sunny eye
of thpse irlrls.
As I Bald, there were two or tnem,
Madge and' Floss. Madge was the
younger and prettier; she represented
the musical nnd artistic Instincts;
Floss, on the other hand, was the man-
ager; she had the brains of the estab
Ushment.
She was very nice, but she went In
for such awful things; she bad some
favorite toads In the conservatory, and
she would go rambling about the coun
try and bring home all sorts of animals.
Insects and other unthinkable things
and cut them up! imagine a girl doing
that!
The other one, ns I said, was not so
heavy, and went in for art; and, as you
know. I have a little learning in that
direction myself. It was natural, there-
fore, that when she told me she was
going to pnint n little river scene near
the house I should ask If I uilj?ht be of j y0 .ust haIf an hour to Uvp;
use. I obtained permission to wait oo (t ,s 11:3o now. on the stroke of 12 I
ber and we started the picture. 1 complete the circuit and you will fiitr.l
In this pleasant way the days passed ' up."
nntll Cameron's return he was away n left me, a prey to horr'ble
the second week when, of course. thoughts. Was there no way of es
there were Innovations. We would j cape? Would no one come lu time?
have a day's fishing, nnd then a day of
hooting, or a long tramp over the hills.
When out on one of these early morn
ing tramps we met a young fellow
whom Tommy Introduced as Arthu
Cllsby, a friend of his.
lie was the son of a large ship owner
of Dundee nml wns the family failure;
bis chief failure, as far as I could
gather, bein that he couldn't knuckle
under.
He had been a student at Glasgow
University nnd had promised to come
ofT well, but his Individuality which
always came to the top at the mos'
awkward moments asserted itself.
As a result 1-e loft Glasgow nnd soon
after had a unarrel with his father,
and, havir.s decided that they could
not get on together, they agreed to
differ nnd part. He had come out
here into the wilds to live nnd devoted
his time to abstract scientific problem
chiefly in tl.e electrical line.
Dinner time came nnd with it our
guest, but Instead of the Jolly good fel
low of the morning he was now quiet,
oppressively so; never speaking unless
directly addressed, nnd oidy then an
swering with n few quiet, direct words.
A few clays after, having nothing
particular in view, I determined to
avail myself of his invitation, and set
off in the direction of the 'Hermitage."
The house was nn unpretentious con
cern, but was eloquent of the Indi
viduality of its master. The top floor
bad been turned into one large room,
and this he used as a laliorntory; It wag
a literal armory of scientific nppaiv
tus.
After a time the talk veered round to
electrical executions, nnd he said:
"You may remember, perhaps, the
first man they executed In this way In
New York State, nnd what a fearful
hash they made of It? 1 was there and
saw It all; It was simply awfuL He
Tolting!
"The doctors, bah! they're fools.
They thought they understood it all,
and nppiied the death current at what
they considered were the nerve cen
ters, the top of the head nnd the base'of
the spine.
"If they had only used their common
sense nnd powers of observation, they
would at once found that In ninety
cases In every 100 of the fatal accidents
In New York nhme, the fatal shock was
received through the hands, for the
bands nnd arms being muscular, are
full of blood, and. therefore, good con
duct ors.
"I set to work to devise an applianco
that would administer the death en
alty with the minimum amount o'. tor
ture, botli lxxlily and mental, to te
criminal. We will now take a look at
the apparatus Itself."
We left the house, and he led the
way across the open until we slopped
at a door. He entered, nnd after groji
Ing for a moment found the swhch,
and Immediately the dace was full of
Ught.
I noticed that this room was partly
cut out from the rock and partly built,
as were the others that I afterwards
saw. raising through a passage we
entered a larger room.
"This Is a turbine house,"' taid be.
"Tliie are sluices running from here
to the s!ie.ii:i lno yard nwny, ami
when !t has done lis work the water
1-aves by two tunnels beitv-lth the llix r
and Joins the i iain stream lower down.
This is the dynamo specially designer'
for execution purposes."
Ami lie wiuted to a piece of appar
atus t;:::t rosc:.ibe. somewhat a large,
slender wheel, wltli numerous spoke.
"See. I will set I he thing ruiun and
let you sit- it working." He !inscrewt'
the valves, tiie governors began to spin
and the dyiuuuo to hum, s- quickly did
It run.
lie opened n door and brought Into
view a small rouni in widen stood a le
Markable piece of furuiluie. He was
nbout to enter when he etopped sud
il.-idy.
"Half a moment, though; I must
slacken those valves a bit," he said, and
stepped over to the turbines. I entered
avl began curiously to examine bis in
vention; next moment Ih-jrj w.n a
Sharp click, nnd. turning, I found the
door clove.! on me.
A moment more nnd I was clutching
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conscious and when I liad oollcctM
my scattered wits I found myself seat
ed In his horrible chair struppod In.
I tried to free myself, but I was firm
ly held; my hands were each fixed In
a kind of vise, leather outside and
metal within, as I could tell by the feci.
j These things were hollow and like targe
! ,nltten8 and within them and Inclosing
ny hands was some liquid - mercury, I
j afterward discovered. as I took In
these details the door opened and Clio-
by appeared. ,
at last, are yon r 1
"Don't stand fooling there,- I m..t
tered. "Tour Infernal chair Is break-
lug my back."
"Oh, Is It? We'll soon alter th.it 1
He stepped to ray side, but Instead of
released me he simply loosened the
straps at my back. This as too raucu
for me; I simply yelled at btin that tin
lees he freed me Instantly I would sim
ply smash him when I did get free.
"When you have finished your ubUB-j
t will favor you with my Intentions,"
and continuing: "Tou fancy I am your
friend, don't you? I am not. I am
your enemy. I bate you. Yon thought
( to win Madge uameron rrom me, ane
so far you have succeeded,
I "Perhaps you did not know I love,
J nel j,ut aii the same you tried to win
J heff anj j t9 TOU tor iu t niljbt
have killed yon a while ago, lefore I
turned on the oxygen and yon revived;
I had my band on the switch, but no,
I let you revive to tell you this, to tor-
tui- you tho more, for have you not
stolen my Madge's love from me? Ob,
Madge, Madgel" he cried; "Oh, will you
not love me? j
"Do you think I am going to be an
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whole year In making this thing for
..thine? 1 have waited louir for a sub-
, . , but . i enn 0,)erate. and on
' yolL Noj jfo! i don't invent things foi
j uoli,inK. not
And the time passed on.
The time was almost up. and Cllsb
returned. He was all smiles. He afcked
me If I had any wish he might carry
out for me. I shook my head. He
offered me brandy, and I gulped It
down, and more. and I drank that also.
"One minute more," he yelled, "and
I send you to Jericho."
He walked toward the switch to kill
me and I sat there looking at him. I
could not. remove my eyes; I was fas
cinated. And then I saw I saw his feet catch
In the wires that led from the switch
to my hands, and he fell. As he did so
he clutched the nlr, and both his hnndt
came down on the switch contracts.
A dreadful scream broke from hit
lips, nu 1 he bounded up quite six feet
in the air, and then fell backward right
in the middle of a large, flat distribu
tion table. Then I saw a quick succes
r!"n of iiliic flashes, and Immediately
after this the band came off the d.vmi-
A grating sound drew my eyes In the
direction of the turbines. Something
was wrong evidently, -for the offside
lcarlng of one of them was literally red
hot; the governor was wrecked and the
wheel was racing away and increasing
in speed every moment.
It was not long before something
hapiiened. There was a loud snap, and
then a crash, and I saw the steel casing
ripped up like paper and the watei
came pouring Into the room, thousands
of gallons per minute. .
Slowly the water rose, nntlL when f.
was anout six teet aeep. uie i.gm wen
out. I was floating about In the chair, .
but I was anchored to the switchboard
by the wires.
' Beneath me I could still bear the nn j
damaged turbine thrashing away, and
I rose until my head, or rather the top
of the chair, was scraping the roof, 1
when suddenly I felt that I was falling.
and I was rapidly carried toward the
docz.
The wires held for a moment, but
the Jerk snaped them, and I sailed
along the passage, through the battery-
room and out Into the open, where.
ifter being whirled around a few times,
I was left high and dry till the morn
morn-
ing. The weight of the water bad burst
open the outer door, hence my sudden
exit
I was rescued from my unpleasant
position by Cameron himself, who bad
come to look for me. We found poor.
mad Cllsby quite close to when be bad
died, tnngled up In some wire, and the
same ghastly smile was on bis face. ( "NiRht and day I suffered. It really
No one but Cameron ever knew what emd as if I most succumb to the pain,
had really happened on that awful to k-yte-wyj
night We told the girls that an acci- limos Flnaiiy i wonttoHt. Uiouael'sHos.
deut had happened and that the hermit nitnl, at the corner of Uiirh street and Cen-
was dead 'ra' avenoe, and there the surgeons per.
. lorraed a difficult operation on my back, but
tor a week I lost the proper nse ot dw no(roo)1. u wss nka everythtng else,
my limbs, owing to my cramped-up I was told at the hospital, to return tor in
state when In that chair of his. but be- "t'r operation but the ur-jl bad left me so
. . , mm .... weakl oould not go baok. Then again 1 had
fore I left Clinton Madge and I found beeome discouraged and my three children
time to finish our picture and to ar
range a little matter that is to come off
In the summer. Strand Magazine.
Always a Hebrew.
It Is said that Mr. Disraeli, Lord
Reaconsfield, was always fond of re
ferring to his Hebrew ancestry. Ho
was proud of It, and bis Incidental
allusions to it show that be had it con
stantly In his mind as a source of meta-
tilior flnil n Rtflmlnnl nf MmnaHcnn
One day, when talking with a numbet !
of people, be was delighting them by
reminiscences of famous persons he
had knowu In years gone by. One of
theiu was Count D'Orsay, and some
one asked a question as to bis person
al appearance. i
"H'Orsay." replied Lord Beaconsfleld,
"was a strikingly handsome man, as
haudsoine as Saul."
"An ordinary Englishman," said a
gentleman who was present "would
have likened klni to Apollo, but Dis
raeli had his Scriptural history ever Id
mind." j
At the same party, he asked Sir John
Macdonald, premier of Canada,' how
long he had been In public life.
"Thirty-five years," was the answer.
"Ah!" said be, "I hare beat you. I
have been forty years; as long as Day
vld reigned."
In the British museum there are ai
TRUMPET CALLS.
Ram' Horn Bound a Warning Not
to tb Unredeemed.
TKUTII never
hliiKlies when yon
look it in the face.'
The devil gets
all the votes,
when some men
run for office.
Don't fool with
sin. It la safer to
piny with a rat
tlesnake. The people who
talk the most, do
not always say
lie most. ;
Kvery trne prayer begins with a right
Reeling toward men.
Good fortune does not always ride
n a gold-mounted carriage.
To live without prayer Is to live a
wl f -hearted and one-sided life.
When the heart Is fuU of compassion
fben u not for prejudice,
Wo owe a deM of ,OT0 to every one
the world who needs onr love.
The yoke of C1,rl8t ta when
worn every day In the week.
The man who fears the light. Is kept
4 red by running from a shadow.
God has never tried to make a man
Kl0 could please everybody else.
ROBM4t not evil with evil," was
(leant for nations as much as for men.
The more God gives us to do, the
nore need there Is that we should pray.
learning bow to pray consists main
y In getting the right attitude to pray.
Curious, Isn't it, that men who ride .
bobbles never seem to be beaded the
lame way. ,
No man ever got enough religion In j
la head to cause the devil an hour's
ineaslness. i
To cherish an unforgiving spirit. Is I
refuse to go all the way to the cross I
Kith Christ.
The friends of the devil are the first
n get njnd when the gospel Is being
(reached right
Ab ,ong nB tne oitr-lstlnn has trials he
nny know tut God loves him and tho
, ,mteg ,jlnl
We cannot say "Our Father" so that
Sod will hear, unless in the "Our" we
Delude all men.
Tlle "ian ,,n8 the ,no8t ?,n,m
m us, is often the one we have tho
claiin "'
No one enn work effectively for tho
talvntlon of men unless he first prays
fervently for them.
The Christ Inn's business should come
a standstill whenever It Interferes
ivitli God's business.
Visiting the sick will often cure hike
jrarmncss with ns much dispatch as
uustard will raise a blister.
There are people who watch the clock
n church, nnd count the minutes ns
bough they were diamonds.
The Good Samaritan forgot that the
lew was his enemy, ns soon as be got
to where he could see him bleed.
If you are In trouble give your bur
len to the Lord, and try to comfort
kimelHidy who Is In greater trouble.
No man who sincerely seeks help
rom Christ will ever fail to get it be
sause there are flaws lu his theology.
Sor.io people are rendy to give the
Lord anything tho preacher will take
n quarterage, but never have any time
x devote to bis service.
Unsympathetic.
Of course, no man worthy the nami
mis ever guilty of trying to tease his
aife; but now nnd again one may be
bserved who does It without trying.
Such a man was Harry I'erry, of
Pembroke. One day he was In the
HtcVsn when his wife broke an egg
it uncertain quality Into her mlxlng
jowl. It was her second experience of
aie kind that day, nnd she exclaimed:
"There's another! I b'lieve Joe Nash
leejvs all the bad eggs be takes Into
lis old store for met"
"Wall, now, Lizzie, you shouldn't fly
nt so," said her husband, soberly.
You'd ougliter hev more sympathy."
"Sympathy!" se echoed. "What do
fou mean, narry Terry? Sympathy
for Joe Nash?"
"No, for them eggs," her husband re
plied. "Think bow long they must
be,n t m, to b(J dp.
SCARLET FEVER SETTLED 15
THE BACK.
IN OrBRATlOX AT AS UKStlOOKSSmt.
X.T FKR70BXKD,
The r Atlent Waa FlaaUy Raatorad, After
Klghteea Year.
From Of Evening Xtws, IVetoark, JT. J.
About eighteen yoan ago, whemJba, Annie
Dale, of 88 Brace street, was s bright merry
lobool girl, she was taken 14 with aeaxfat
Iwr. She recovered, bat she was a very
V.t IT. rTT
. . . .
oft
hor with an affaoilon of the hack. Ai she
grew oldur the pal a seemed to iaarease.
Unrsnfferinga were intensified by her house
kold duties, bat she never complained, and
rith one hand pressed tightly to her back
the did her work about ber ossy bom.
"I was fourteen years old when I was at
tacked with scarlet (ever, and have now suf.
wk for extern years.
needed ray attention and care at home. .The
pain became harder to stand and my baok
whs almost broken, u seomea. i moogni I
would never know what . It would be Uke to
be well nunta when I was told to try Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. With many doubts, a
faint heart and an aching back I went to get
tho rtl's, and little dreaming that they would
prove the elixir of a new life to me, I began
lo take them. Only a short time elapsed be
low I bean to Improve. Could it be possi
ble that Dr. Wtlllsma' rink Fills were doing
what everything else had failed to accom-pli.-ij?
I asked myno'f tne question many
limit) and before long I was enabled by my
iiniiroved condition to answer the quootion
11
Willi an empuatie 'Xftt. now mo pain oi
almost twenty years is cured by these link
fills in a few months. I haveno pain of any
kind now, but I have got some of Dr. Wlll
Hms' riak I'llla for Tale T?pe and while I
do not think It will ever l"T uvcesaair to osa
thorn again, I shall certainly never be with,
on! them In the house."
Dr. WitHams Pink Pills contain, In s eon
deo3od iorm, all the elements necessary to
give new lifo and riehnees to tho Wood and
restore shattered nerve. They are a'so a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, sue
as suppressions. Irregularities and all forms
of weakness. They build op the blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. Da men they offset a radical cure in
a'l cases arising from mental worry, over
nri nr wmiw of whatever nature. Pink
l'llls are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk)
at W cents a box or six boxes for 11(0, and
may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from Dr. William' Medioine Company,
Boheneotaay, N. Y.
Poor Pay.
Italian army officers are wretchedly
paid. A sub-lieutenant's salary Is l,R0i)
lire ($240) a year, which, after paying
the taxes and official expenses, includ
ing hla uniform, leaves him about $17
f Booth for tils board and lodg.og-
Y' , v SifSn
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not known a real well day for 15 years,
I knew I must do something at once.
I had tried physicians without receiv
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of Lydia K. Pinkham s
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ow, I have used 9 bot
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Oh, if I had known
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A JERUSALEM EASTER
HOW THE DAY IS OBSERVED IN
THE HOLY CITY.
Place Made fcacred by ChrU Are
Viaited Flower Strewn When the
Croaa Was BJed-TUe Ideal Place
for It Celebration. f" .
In the Holy City. '
ASTKR Sunday In
Jerusalem! Almost
irresistibly these
words carry the
thinker back more
than eighteen hun
dred year to that lit
tle city of Palestine,
where the world's
greatest tragedy was
enacted and where a
miracle occurred
which has no coun
terpart in the his
tory of the universe. There Is an indefin
able something about the place which
takes hold of the emotions of the visitor
and tills him with awe as he looks rever
ently at the objects which witnessed His
last walk to a cruel death, and again at
the siwt marked as the place of the glori
ous resurrection. There are houses there
more than 2,(HK) years old, and some of
their walls of stone were passed by that
awful procession struggling along to the
Mount of Calvary. No art of the word
sm
painter can picture the halo of deep an
tiquity hanging over the city. The sol
emnity of Its age, the grandeur of ita as
sociation, cut a niche in the memory
which time does not efface. It is the ideal
city of all others for the celebration of
the Easter festival, unrlal stood upon
the hill off Calvary 1.8d3 years ago and
looked down upon the town where he had
labored aod been betrayed. That wa thf
first Easter moruhig, and since then,
every year, kind and loving hands, repre
senting countless generation of all times,
all creeds and all race, have left somr
tvken In honor of the day at the numer
-jus places made sacred by His presence.
On Easter da Ue rtpute4 tomb oi
Christ in the Churoi of tie Holy Sepul
chre is covered with the lilies which arc
used all over tfe world. The Mdunt of
Calvary is viaUad by the Christian popu
lation of the town and th members of
the SAdoua religious orders lahitt&nc it,
and flqwen srs strewn uoi t&s spot
wter the eroaa is aDftessd t have stood.
1 he archways nndar which OhrU( walked
oQ the tuouting th CraolAxlon, and
which are saw sjtaniiLg ana may stand
tor another 009 Jit, visited and
pointed qa to hs uaa ohBdreq and
their histories tpld, lasoMna the sventi
of Eaatertitne g the yuns at Jerusalem
Is as easy matt. ActuaUlies are there,
and they can be seen for tie trouble of
looking.
The city Itself is not greatly changed
from the times when Christ vkrued it At
the Qatq of Jonpa thgre are always massei
of camels, merhanS. nddjera. and beg
gars. Indolence and, actitljtj. tA shoul
ders wUout the. nsBsl Jarring. It is the
same strange, weird Jexuaietn I place
redolent of antiquities, a city teeintais
with memories of the men and women of
the Bible. A wonderful place, wlUl th
power to stir the emotions of a man of
9 tone.
Above all is the "Place vl the Skull," as
it was called in fbe earthly day of Christ,
known now as Mount Calvary. From the
famous Gate of Joppa. it caq be seen, and
if we knew its ancient same it would
speedily be recognised. It Is a hill shaped
like the human skull, and just beneath
what might be called its forehead are two
cavernous spots which at a distance re
semble eyes. Not only this, but the lnsid
of the hill is shaped like the human, skulL
Entering the grotto under Calvary, it if
found to be thirty-five feet high, the top
and sides being malachite green, brown,
black, gray, whke and red. It is called
Jeremiah' grotto, for it was there that
he wrote hie Book of Lamentations. The
summit of the MU is just wide enough to
contain three crosses. It was the spot
where malefactors had been slain foi
OlBCtN Or OETHSKMAKa.
ages and Christ was slain as a maisfactor.
The Garden of Gethsemane, wherein is
the reputed tomb of Christ is a small la
closure ItSO feet long and 150 feat wide.
It 1 cared for by a colony of franciscan
f.-SV'jZJ.'V jT -al I T-T-' I I f i
WUFjlE C11BIBT WALKED.
monks, whb spend much time beautlfyhi; 1
It The Bible says: "In the midst of the
garden waa the sepulcher," and the stu
dents of biblical events generally acknowl
edge that in this place Christ was bnried.
Now the place is beautifully adorned
with hedges kept in exquisite order by the
monks. There are Innumerable beds of
niiik and roses, and visitors are given
nosegay by the monk in attendance.
Two monuments in the garden are foil
of interest One, a small pillar, marki
the spat where Jesus was betrayed by
Judas laosriot, and a small rock show
the place where the three disciple. Peter
J antes and John, slept during their Mar
ter's agony.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre dece
pies the space surrounding the tomb ot
Christ. This ancient edifice was begun by
the crusaders in 1180 A. D., and it was
largely added to at subsequent time. It
forms a vast pile of masonry now, and
looking at it, it becomes difficult to be
lieve that it was 1,8(13 years ago that
Christ arose and stepped into the open air.
Not Recognized,
rrlvate Zach Dowty belonged to
New Orleans cavalry company attach
ed to Gen. Johnston's army, and Is de
scribed by the New Orleans Times
Democrat as "a genial, open-hearted,
harum-scarum fellow, who was the life
of the camp, foremost in all schemes of
fun, and always ready for duty." Such
men always have plenty of adventures
to relate, and Private Dowty was no ex
ception to the rule. One of the best of
his stories, one that be used often to
tell, was of an incident that happened
while on duty at Gen. Johnston's head
quarters. It was a dull time, and he was pass
lng the forenoon In repairing his sad
dle and brushing up his. equipments
generally. While thus engaged, ha
heard the approach of footsteps, and
saw through the corner of his eye what
appeared to him to be a well-to-do
Tennessee farmer, dressed In a gray
suit, and wearing a broad-brimmed
slouch hat The stranger stopped, and
Inquired for the headquarters of Gen
Johnston.
Zach was Just then tagging at th
straps of his saddle, and after a mo
ment answered gruffly:
"Here they are."
The stranger. In a quiet tone, asked
If Gen. Johnston was in, and getting no
answer Zach being at the moment ab
sorbed In his work repeated the ques
tion. That made Zach a little impa
tient. "yes," he answered, shortly, "but yoc
can't see him."
All this time Zach had not looked at
the stranger, but was now startled by
bearing him say In a tone of command:
"Courier, tell Gen. Johnston that
Froeident Davis desires to see him."
The amateur saddler looked up, and
sure enough, there stood the President
of the Southern Confederacy.
"Yes, sir; yes. sir," said Zach, "this
way, sir," and he hastened on before
Mr. Davis Into Gen. Johnston's pres
ence, and then made a hasty exit as
best he could.
It was Lad business, he thought and
be hastened to his captain and played
sick, so as to have some one else de
tailed to take bis place at headquar
ters. He kept out of sight till the vis
itor had gone, and was greatly relieved
when It became apparent that President
Davis liad made no complaint to (Jen.
Johnston about the rude treatment he
had received.
Terror Cuts a Flgnre.
An electrician says It Is possible for
aim or any man familiar with wires
to take double the number of volts that
purson In mortal terror of the mys
terious fluid can possibly survive.
When a man says that his wife should
lave consulted him before taking cer
tain steps, he means she should tuiTf
given him a chance to object.
Gladness Comes
With s tcttar understanding of the
transient Datura of the many phys
ical ills whjeb vanish before proper ef
forts gentLs efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort In
the knowledge, that so many forms of
lukness are not auo w any actual uw
rae, but simply to a consiipatca conat
ion of the system, which tho pleasant
amUy laxative, Syrup of Fig8,prompt
1 r removes. Thai is whv it is the only
remedy wltfi millions of families, and is
iverywne,r; sAteenjea so nigmy ov u
who value fOM hcsJUb, Ita beneficial
streets ar du4 to the luct, that it is the
in a remedy which promotes internal
rieanllneSs, without debilitating the
rguos on, which acta. It is therefore
til important, la ortler to get its bene
cial effects, to poto when yon pur
chase, that you hAv the genuine article,
hlch is manufactured by the California
ig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
;Uble druggists;
ilfin the enjoyment of good health,
nd tho system la regular, then laxsv
uveft or other remedies are not needed.
f afflicted vfjjh' any nctual disease, one
jay be comraepded to tho most skillful
Jiysiclans, but if in need of a laxative,
ben 'qno should have tho best, and with
he welf-informed everywhere, Syrup of
igs stands highest and is most largely
used and fives most general satisfaction.
Mr. B. L Johns, of Solma, Ala., Is in
tho habit of buying Itipans Tannics
at White's Fhnrmocy at Solma.
When Interviewed at the time of a
rocent purchase, Mr. Johns said :
"Ever since I was in the army, where
I contracted indigestion and dyspep
sia from entlng "har.i tack nnd sow
belly," I have suffered ranch from
those and kindred ailments. A son'
of mine who clerks for J. N. Barter
in a drug store at Winfb'ld, Kansas,
told me while home on a visit, over
year ago, to get a box of Itipans
Tubules and take them. I did, and
in a very short time 1 was benefited,
and by tho tims they were half gon
I was well, and since then I have felt
better, ate more and relished it bet
. ter than at any time since the war.
and am doing more work now than
I ever exDeoted to do again. I tell
yon, they are the greatest medicine
for a fellow's stomach I ever saw.
This box is for a neighbor ot mine
out by me In the country. We al
ways have them at home, and I
never hesitate to recommend them
when a fellow complains about his
stomach hart big him.
(Signed), TC lu Johjis."
Rlrsuu Taonlw are kM by anigfM, or by mall
K Mm price (Meeats a box) la mrmt to Ta
Caleal Compaajr. Mo, 10 BosastaW w
' Mark Forge ta.
Hark Twain told a Bombay reporter
that bis memory sometimes completely
deserts htm when he is on the platform.
He Is apt to forget the point of the
story he happens to be telling, and to
avoid a catastrophe be dovetail anoth
er anecdote Into the Incomplete one and
smooths over the break as best he can.
He writes more carefully nowadays
than formerly, and gives the compos
itor fewer occasions to swear.
Stomach, sometimes called waterbrash,
and burning pain, distress, nausea,
dy spepsia, are cured by Hood's Sana-
purilla. This it accomplishes because
with iU wonderful power .as a ,
Durifier. Hood's Sarsauarilla gentiv
tones and strengthens the stomach and
digestive organs, Invigorates the liver,
creates an appetite, gives refreshing
sleep, and raises the health ton. In
cases of dyspepsia and indigestion it
seems to have " a magic touch."
M For over 12 years I suffered from sour
Stomach
with severe pains across my shoulders,
and great distress. I had violent nansea
which would leave me very weak and
faint, difficult to get my breath. These
pell came oftener and more severe. I
did not receive any lasting benefit from
physicians, bat found such happy effects
from a trial of Hood's Barsaparllla, that I
took several bottles and mean to always
keep it In the house. I am now able to
do all my own work, which for six years
I have been unable to do. My husband
and son have also been greatly bene
fited by Hood's Barsaparllla for pains In
the back, and after the grip. I gladly
recommend this grand blood medicine."
Mrs. Petkb Burby, Leominster, Mass.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 11.
.. n. curo R" blver HI8 ""d
HOOd S PUIS Sick Headache, ftticents.
- In (he human subject the brain is
the one-twenty-eighth part of the
who'e body's entire weight. In the
lior-o it is not more than one-four-hundredth
part.
'nr Onarnnterd by KB. J. B. MATKR, lots
t.t i'Hll.A.. PA. 1' ase at once: no opera
.io i or .Ivlay Iron, buslueaa. Conciliation free,
hnilorsementa ol physl lam., laalea and promt
lent citizens, bend' for circular. OUlce hours 9
.. m. to a i: it.
The "World of Wonders," page 30,
; that there is enough iron in the
Mood of forty-two .men to make a
plowshare of twenty-four pounds
weight.
Impoverished UoJ cause that tired feel
iiiK. Ho4a 8ur-unrnir. airlaa, enriches and
vitalizes tbe blo.Kl. giving now lifts and lnoreased
rlKOt aid vitality.
If ood'a I'i la are easy to take, easy to operate.
'uro lnd jaatloo, btliotunuai, headache.
St. Jerome states that he saw Scotch
men) In the ltoman armies in Gaul
vh ate human flesh regularly, es
teeming it as a great delicacy.
Haw This J
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
ny cae uf Cattarrh that cannot be eared by
tails Catarru cure.
W.
e.l. noiiora
ei nnamc'Mliv ahl
to carry out auy oblijfu
tn. oik mad br their firm.
'est A T HOAX, Wholesale DrnggLits, Toledo,
otilo.
ValpI.vo, Ki-va- ft MARTiif, Wholesale
IniKSi(JV Toledo, OW.w.
Ila l's Catarrh Cura In taken Internally, act
i directly upon the blao-l and mnoouasur-:-ttsof
the systara. TostimnnlaJa sent frue.
riee. 75c per bottle. Sold br all Drusalata,
Owing to the drought in Bengal the
0...i - .f t-.t; -v'! le nineteen
per cent, smaller than last y ir's crop,
atid twenty-one per cent, below the
average.
I he'love Ptao's Cure for Coiuu -. ptlon saved
my boy's Uie last summer. Mas. alu Douo
lass, LeKoy. atlcb, Oct. 80, -M.
There aie ow-w tAi pieces in the
tloOOO set of china used at the White
House.
I f Dobbins' Electric Soan r whit an mm. In.
Lit that It fa. you cjiH not afford to go without
ewr .rwjr iia u, .ir can gel it, ana yon
mn ilecide for ymrMclf very soon. Don't let
uotber Monday dom Without trying it.
' .
The latest statistics give the number
Protestants in Germany as 31,000,000
d tho number of Catholics as 18,000.-
'.00.
"-VJ UBQMCBUt mociiM" are a simple
and firouchial Trouble. Avoid imitations.
Hungary is abcut to celebrate its
1,000th birthday by six mdnths of
festivity.
Tho doctors of Topeka, Kan., say
that there is a youug negro in that
uurg who has the body and limbs
overed with skin exactly like that of
tu alligator.
fiaklmo Astronomy.
The polar Inhabitants of the north
ern regions visited by Lieut. Peary
have definite but limited ideas of as
tronomy. In writing of them Peary
says that they recognise the "Great
Dipper" as a herd of reindeer; the
three triangular stars of Cassiopea are
the three stones supporting a celestial
stone lamp; the Pleiades are a team
of dogs In pursuit of a bear; the three
glittering brilliants In the belt of Orion
are the steps cat by some celestial
Eskimo in a steep snow-bank to enabU
him to climb to the top.
Gemini are two stones In the entranc
to an Igloo; Arcturus and Aldebaran
are personifications, and the moon and
sun are a maiden and her pursuing
lover.
These Eskimos estimate time by th
movements of the stars as well as by
the position of the sun and yet, less
observant than were the Arab shep
herds, they have not noticed that one
star Is the center about which all the
others move, nor have they set apart
the planets, which to them are simply
large stars. Whether this Is due to the
fact that the movements of stars can
be observed during only about three
months In the year, it Is impossible to
pay.
....
A Olrton GirL
Glrton, a college town for women, at
Cambridge, England, has turned out
some bright women, but evidently II
does not give every one of Its student
a mastery of Knglinh style.
A Glrton undr$rradaate, haying In.
advertently changed unbrellaa with
fellow-student, ! said to have evolve
Oils note:
"atlas utusgiiti her oomnsmesras
b Mlsa and, bags' feo say ths at
has) aa ambreOa wbJeh Isn't fWns, so If
yoajsav. ssss tthat Is. MM. i
KNOCK
THE
SPOTS ST. JACOBS
IT
IxTee Hope.
Love Is a little world of hopes which build
A lofty casus on mat tragus rocs,
ifr "Vfl'?
TV nil glBIMVUM mum M.V ww.m. w-
to mock.
And flash disdain upon the angry skies.
Its windows overlook a land of flowers.
That none may gase upon a moat that lies
Alf dark and fool behind its mystic
towers,
Th stately rooms are decked with gar-
lands fair;
A thousand tapers light their painted
walls,
A thousand balmy odors fill the ah.
While music echoes through th festive
halls,
Ther dwell these hopes and dream for
one sweet day.
Then hop and palace too ara swept
away.
Bernard Malcolm Ramsey.
Bnnrlae.
"Dear heart," they said, "the sun Is high,
Noon cams while you were sleeping."
Ah, not the dawn creeps up the sky,"
Be said, nor heard their weeping.
Again he asked the boar of dsy
Wben dusk was slowly railing;
"It cannot be, for far away
I hear the robin calling."
And last h said, "I must arise.
For now tlllt morn I breaking."
Then dosed once more his weary eyes,
AnQ knew no earthly waking.
"All through that day his mind was dim,"
They sadly thought; unknowing
That while he lingered here, for him
Another dawn was glowing.
Mary Tbacher Iligglnson, in the Inde
pendent. When the Cow Come Borne.
Th light on the mountain fall aslant.
The bird in the bush are still;
The cricket chirp in the pasture plant
When the cow come over th hilL
The swallows circle about the eaves,
A pale star mounts the sky;
The squirrels rustle the golden sheaves
When the cows are passing by.
Over the valley the shadows creep,
Dark'ning the green of the pine;
Down In the garden the honeybees sleep,
Missing the breath of the kine.
The tinkle of bells Is sweet to my ear.
But sweeter the word of a aong
That the singer is slowly bringing near
A she follow the cows along.
She tnga of a lover whose faith Is fsst
Wherever his footstep roam;
And her cheek grows red when we meet at
last.
As the cows are nearing home.
Sarah M. H. Gardner, In The New Bo
hemian.
Borne Day of Day.
Some day, some day of days, treading the
street
With Idle, heedless pace,
t7nlooking for such grace,
I shall behold your face.
Some day, some day of days, thus may we
meet.
Perchance the sun may shine from skies
of May,
Or winter's Icy chill
Touch lightly vale and hill;
What matter? I shall thrill
Through every vein with summer on that
dsy.
One more life's perfect youth will all
com back.
And for a moment there
I shad stand fresh and fair.
And drop the garment care;
Once more my perfect youth shall nothing
lack.
I ahnt my eye now, thinking how 'twill
Bow, face to face, each son!
Will slip Ita baag control.
Forget the dismal dots
Of dreary fate s dark separating sea.
And glance to glance, and band to hand la
greeting,
; The past, with all Its fears,
lis silence and its tears,
its lonely, yearning years.
Shall vanish In the moment of that mt-
tag-
-Elisabeth Stuart Phelps.
The Old Man Dream.
The blackened walnut in its spicy hot.
Bots where it fell;
And in th orchard, where the trees stand
fulL
The pear's brown bell
Drops; and the loghouse in the bramble
lane. From who low door
Stretch ripened acres of the corn and cane.
He sees once more.
The catbird sings upon Its porch of plnej
And o'er its gate,
all Blender-podded, twists the trumpet
Vin Its rustling weight;
and In the woodland, by the spring, may
hap. With eye of joy
Again he bend to set a rabbit trap,
A brown-faced boy.
Then, whistling, through the underbrush
he goes.
Out of the wood.
Where, with yonng cheeks red as an
autumn rose
Beneath ber hood,
HI sweetheart waits, her schoolbook on
her arm;
And down the Ian
With happy hearts towards the old -tlm
farm
They go again.
Madison Oawcln. .'
FITS Mopped free by I. Ki.iiciCh (iRMf
N r kvf I: rsToniB. No fila alter firvt tnv' me.
Marvelous rures. Treatise and FitU triul bottle
tree. Ir. Kline. 9S1 Aich St.. l'lilla.. I'i
The word "and" occurs 35,54.1 times
in the Old Testament ami 10,684
times in the The New Testament.
Dr. Klimers'xwjmr-TIooT e-irei all
Kidney and HlAibter troubles
J'amphtet and Conullatiun tree.
Laboratory binghamton, N. Y.
Blood in its natural state contains a
surprising amount of pure air.smount
ing to nearly seven-eighths of ita entire
bulk.
Mm. Wlnaw' booming Syrap tot children
teething, oftens th gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allaya pain, cure, wind eoUo. 20o a bottle.
The annual report of the Royal
Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane con
cludes as follows; "It is not work but
worry that kills."
k Fair f tc
ay Profe
Plx!a CIrl
OUT.
g - ..aawwwww
wa. . A. srx jtflK J
...A watch the color i,
the soreness disappear.
13 MAGICAL.
English Frock Coat. j
.ir vt la unauestlonably
English invention, end tta first record
ed appearance is in 1540. In tho reign of
UenryVlIL It Is ribeda. "a coal
of velvet, somewhat shaped liks
frock, embroidered all over .with flatted
gold of damasks."
One Teat of Suooe.
A great Jockey and a great compose!
died on the same day. The greol : Jock
ey left the most money. Los Angelea
Express.
The largest pure diamond is that
belonging to the Bajah of Maltan,
weighing 367 carats. The one ofnext
greatest wetght, the Orloof, or Orloff,4
weighs 193carats.
A French florist has offered a P"
of $6,000 to any one who can produce
a plant which will yieia diuo ruee-.
13
oss
ASK YOUP DEALER FOR
W. L- Douglas
3 SHOE beSJorTd!hk
If yoa pay to SJ for shoes, ""CO1
amine the W. I- Douglas Shoe, and 3
see what a good shoe you can buy lor
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS,
COJiUKESS,
and LACK, mad lu all
kinds of the rw.it selected
leather by skUled work
men. We
make and"
sell mora
S3 Shoes
than any
other
mannfartnrer In the world.
None genuine unless name and
price is stamied on the bottom.
Ask your dealer for our .
4, Si3.no. S i.r.ll, S.25 Shoes;
2.SO, :i and 6)1.78 for boys.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If yourdealcr
cannot supply you, send to fac
tory, enclosing price and y cents
to pay carriage. State kind, style
of toe (cap or plain), size and
wiJth. Our Custom Dept. will fill
vour ortk-r. Send for new Illus
trated Catalogue to Ho 11.
W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mass.
CRIPPLECREEK
COLD STOCK.
A limited amonnt of stock of the JUSTIHa
oLI MISINU CO. (property near the celebra
ted Independence and 1-ortlnnd mines), will t
wilil at S cent, per share par ri.iO By reqoeM
ofcorrenp nrtenta e exten'l time for purctiaa
to ebruurv i th. Write tor prospectus.
We bundle no "wild cut ' I ut only the most
conservative Investments. Get in before the rls
llmt la mre to come. 11 igbfct references given.
C. W. HOY T & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers.
Jaccbson Bldg., Denver, Colo-
P.
HEISTS
MKB PATENTS PnOCOBEO
MORK PATKNT-i SOLD
IHIIIIK AOKXTS EMCIXItED
MOKES IlKfcL'LTS Ui IIS
thnn bv nn three other arencles combined,
LOWkST TkKMs. BEST t-KKVICK.
.-vthI tor free list ut SAO Inventions wanted.
AMKKICAN PATENT tt lii VkXTMEJJT CO,
Mutn Oltice, Dethoit, Hjcn.
iADVERTISING
Ifj-oa hT -vnythfn tyon wih to frortt j
writ m for rsu-. t insert avavstru-- ,
meat la alt publication. lb U.8., and i
my Uort Is to ravk your invtivtnint par.
Advertisements written and aattrct!vefy
pat in type. Letter of advice written to in- j
tending aJTerUMrtw Coirccposdeoo its
TiUd.
f$ II..UCRAXS, Rldgewood.ir. J.
war avw a avw nnrnm svaBaaavJSrJaaSBSav 1
WE HAVE Iras mmll 4irao ta tb.aaaM.av
r at vaoiaiiai pace, nut
anrwfier for azamiaauea
b.ar.eft. KrwTtaln. wa
ranteo. too style ofXaf.
fiatres, oo style of Mar.
nesa,4i sryiea Ktasaf.
aie. vi
lite fare
BLKBABT
Caniat Baraeas M4
Ushers, la.
go A DAYSMEN
aaf Und w 'how yon how to
in .u- a dTt nhroluiafly mxrv we (ar
nisb itu; work and tearh you frt-e ofl
wuik la ib U-mlity whViv toq w
n.l u v. ar ddreik and we will fsplalo
the nutnneae fatlTi remmii?T w grvar
aiiuaft.-ariirohi ot aj i or ft-rr ..my'm
w rk: rfi.t itntfiT tmt" writ at
iliirKtrTl Rl(l i.'iniAKV. Ihia LR. I-Irs4t ItWa.
ASTHMA
PCPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC
. GiTesrellpf In FIVS mlnntea. Srnd
, for a P K r.E t rl.l ia,-i..e. Sold by
jnni(nrl?m. One n.. i-. n po.tiNtlu
n rtM-ta.DC nr si.ati. HiiktiMii...
ddn-Mi 1 hos. roi'Kia. rniLA.. r..
Bulls and Bears
A l'amphlet TellliiR llow to Jtandle
BTO( KS, tiUAl.V, J-Tti. ON MARGINS,
wlitbe Mailed on Application by
KOUILLOT & CO., HI-.OKKUS,
No. 126 (l-adie-i" entrance No. 17) So. Srd SL
i'lnladelplila, 1 a. '
f 10.00 Murslin 10 shares of Hock, or 10U) bushels
ot tirain, t'JJ.u, lwenly, htc
riTryland Farms S"",,"
logue lice. tiKO. F. NICKKIiiHN,Katn.Md.
FREE!
1 .r.00.000 Pack
KCH IT- inith'i
nie.Iieiu.-9 uUeii imay next M d
Motnlertul
uri-smnti nnl u.-tit Sen-i 5c Iohht
posta.e. &c. TIIE tl. K. blillil. M FG t!o
Cbeiulats, Wood-boro, Aid.
AUTIIOItSIUf tntiqlit thronch mail l,r
f writer, both , sexes ""Irm-te.l; send lr rifeu-
1.M7.
new iu.K.i.y.
PERSONAL KVKRY MARRIED LA l-FshoM
have copy of -Mv Talk to Womkm mailaU
frer on r reiptni :'c stamp. Mary a r.'iO.
K:i a na.oo Mich..
I.oclt llox K, l.
lr . WHlltlIOM, u.?.
9 Successfully Prosecutes Claim!
Lt. Principal Exiin.r (Ts P en' ZZnilSS:
3yra.u lut war. liUuaic.UuecUini., lUti ihie
PATENTS S
e lissi 'm
Jlac
a Foul Bargain." Uarrf a
if She Uses
OIL
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