EFFORT.
n not enough to tans the lyre.
And wait for harmonies to
When human hearts are cold and noma,
Tis not enough to calmly wait
That quickening dew should on us fall,
To vaguely long for what is great
While still pursuing what is small.
Tls not enonich with tears of wo
To weep for all the world's distresa
The drops that from inaction flow
Nor us, nor other lives, will bless.
Tis not enough the love to take
That other hearts on ours outpours
The soul is only kept awaka
By giving something from its store.
Tis not enough with drooping wing
And aimless feet to walk this earth;
tilTort alone can blessing bring
And crown the soul with aov'reiga
worth.
A FLYING SQUADfiON.
"Have another cigar, lieutenant," I
aid, pushing; the box across the table
toward him.
"No. thank yon," be replied; "but,
with your permission, I'll All my pipe
from yoer bowL Indeed, when I came
up to your room it was only for a little
tobacco ran put myself cigars all
pone. A nil here it is already 12 o'clock.
Sly! my! how time flies when one gets
reminiscencing. But, to continue "
Now, when my good friend Lieuten
ant Swash taken possession of me and
my room at 11 p. m., I do not always
consider it my duty to listen to him.
lie bus been such a frequent visitor of
mine siuee he has been staying at our
boarding house, and. then, he Is one of
those individuals who so lose them
selves In their own narrations that they
even forget they have an audience. So,
when the lieutenant said: "Now, to
continue," I sank deeper Into by big
chair and gazed absently into the Are.
He was talking warfare of the future.
What cared I for that, who possessed
neither stocks that would go down nor
food products that would go up. My
eyelids closed wearily; bow I wished
he would go. Then be made a state-
xient o absurd that I laughed.
"It took place on July 10, 1040,'
heard him say.
"Eighteen forty-six." I corrected.
"Now, see here," said the naval man.
testily. "How old do you think I am
SO? I'shaw! I was 30 then. It was
194'!, and please don't contradict me.
It was fifty years hence it all hap-
pened."
"If you will have it so, all well,'
said.
"Now the date Is settled and you
thoroughly understand the cause of the
war. Great ltritalu claimed the at
mospheric covering of the earth to a
height of 10,000 feet, basing the claim
on the fact that as far back as 18yy an
English bnloonlst had disappeared from
view at that height he was never seen
again. Such a claim as this, had it beeu
recognized by other nations, would
have given her too great a control over
mankind's supply of breath. We claim
ed up to altitude of 1,000 over the Unit
ed States, but she would not recognize
this and refused to arbitrate. The
result was war terrible war."
I took my pipe from between my
teeth and fixed a cold eye on the
spea ker.
"Lieutenant Swash," I said in a low
but distinct tone, "you have explained
one cause of the war live times. I
have swallowed your dates and may
be able to gulp down your facts, but 1 j
ask that you desist from repetition."
"Well, well, if you'll have It so. I'll
go ahead. Having the cause straight
In your mind, you will remember that
it was July 10, 1046. that the tight oc
curred. There were three battle shiis
In our fleet: Admiral Wad's flag ship,
the Swallow, carrying fifteen tons of
dynamitu vnd two machine guns; the
Lightning, Captain Mower, ten tons of
dynamite and two six-inch rides; the
Hawk, Captain Wind, eleven tons of
dynamite and one pneumatic gun. used
for throwing explosives at the enemy I
In case she got above us. We were ac- J
companied by two small torpedo Itoats
and the swift unarmored cruiser Kala
mazoo, which we expected to be of lit
tle service, since a bullet could have
punctured her and sent her to earth
forever. We lay about 500 miles east
of New York for four days, awaiting
the approach of the enemy's flying
squadron. It was 10 o'clock on the
morning of July 10 when we sighted
them, about -00 miles away, running
toward us at a rapid rate. They must
have seen us at about the same time,
for they sheered off a little toward the
north and began to rise.
"Admiral Wad, at whose side I was
standing on the quarter deck of the
f? wallow, at once understood their
maneuver. In modern warfare Ifs tha
fellow who gets above the other and
drops dynamite on him that wins In
variably. We were then at an alti
tude of aliout 8.000 feet and did not loss
any time getting higher. I can see the
grand old admiral now as be stood at
the switch board coolly puffing his
citfar as if he was at his club down In
New York. There was not a tremor
observable, in his long thin finger as he
pushed the button marked "up.' TheD
we began to ascend.
"The two other battle ships followed,
anil ns we arose we ck-ared for action.
The Kalamazoo aud the torpedo boats
were left Ix-hind, as It was not deemed
advisable to rxpose their frail struc
tures to the enemy's Are.
I confess, as I stood beside my hravt
leader ami felt our ship mounting
ljig"!rr ami higher and shooting on to
ward the enemy at a speed of ninety
miles an hour; watched the crew of ten
men coolly placing dynamite bomhe in
the most convenient places; saw the
three weat steel balloons of our en
eniy's squadron glistening In the sun.
light as tbpy shot toward us, I felt thai
srrauge Inward sensation thnt here
tofore I believed could only be caused
by a Welsh rabbit at 2 a. m."
"You must drink a good deal of si
with your Welsh rabbits, lieutenant,"
I ventured, mildly.
"I'm a total abstainer, sir,". he re
plied, quietly. "Aud never did I have
more cause to be thankful for it than
on that day. 1 was in full possession
of my mental faculties; otherwise I
would never have liWn able to have
lived through those awful two hours.
Ami the crew, too I never saw a braver
set of fellows in my life; not a moist
eye or a trembling lip among them.
"The enemy had two first-class bat
tle ships and two second-class. They
advanced in a line parallel to ours. Ad
miral Wad signaled Commodore Blower
to engage the t wo second-class ships on
the left, to Wind to take the right, leav
ing us the Hag ship in the center. This
vessel, 1 saw through my glasses, waa
a little larger, but of almost the same
const nut ion as the Swallow. There
av.is a great cylindrical balloon of steel,
fully fcoo feet in length, with the car
awuns beneath it; an armored turret
fore and aft. protecting her guns; at
her stern a great propeller fan aud two
koge rudleis for .Usering. I saw her
f crew Tannin to and fra cetttac la
I readiness for the conflict; ber e
I niander with a little knot of officer
' about him standing forward, eagerly
acannlnc our fleet Hlcher and bisber
we arose, the air rapidly getting more
and more rare and our breathing be-
coming more and more rapid. I looked
down at the sea. which was glimmering
15,000 feet below us la the sunlight; I
turned my eyes at the great cylinder
overhead; shot boles In two of its air
tight compartments and what a fall!
But there were other things to think of.
" 'Admiral,' I gasped. If we go much
higher we shall die for want of air.'
'Mr. Swash,' replied the grand old
alt, 'duty before breath always re
member that, air. I'm afraid the ship
will not carry mnch higher. Well get
over them, don't yon think, Captain
Howitzer?
"Howitzer gazed anxiously at the
enemy, who were now wiuun nrteen
miles, and replied:
" Close call, sir.
Then to the ment
" 'Stand ready to drop a ton of dymv
ilte oa them If we go over themT
"As ha spoke then was a puff on th
enemy's flag ship, and a solid shot came
staging half a mile below us. Old Wad
laughed, and ordered tha bow gun to
return the lira when we were within
Ave miles. Oar shells passed over
them. We had then reached as high
an altitude as It was possible for tha
ships to float, and then we reduced
speed. They approached to within two
miles and stopped and began to circle
about as, evidently Intending to sub
ject our balloons to a cross fire. Higher
than we they could not go, and the dis
covery of this fact brought Jeers and
cheers from our crew
"For some fifteen minutes there wai
terrible suspense. Each Teasel circled
warily around Its chosen opponent,
banging away with Its machine gnni
in vain endeavor to puncture the en
emy's balloon. But the distance was
too great and the movements of the
vessels too quick for any successful
gun work. Suddenly Howitzer seized
my arm and pointed toward the Light
ning. Her crew had Just thrown over
board her whole cabin, her two guni
and a great quantity of dynamite
bombs.
"For a moment we were speechless
with astonishment. Were they going
to take to flight? Admiral Wad seized
a flag to signal Commander Blower,
but he Just go as far as d-a-m when he
stopped. Slowly the great vessel was
mounting In the air. A cry of dismay
was heard from the hostile ship with
which she was engaged. In five mln-
utes she was 400 feet above them. The (
British crew madly threw overboard all
the weight they carried guns, bombs I
anu everyiuiug-mu uiey were too mie;
the Lightning was above them; then
Mack object shot down on them; a
deafening roar followed, with a rush
of wind that hurled the Swallow a mile
out of her course. And when we looked
toward the Lightning she was alone,
but slowly sinking toward the sea, foi
the concussion had torn off the end of
her balloon cylinder. We could see hei
crew at the rail cheering wildly.
"Admiral Wad at one ordered that
we pursue the same tactics; everything
went by the board, guns, and all am
munition but five bombs. We loosened
some rivets in trie noor anu let me
cabin fall; then we, too, began to rise.
But the British admiral was not to be
outwitted, for be had been busy at ex
actly the same work, and when we
found ourselves 1,000 feet higher he
lay a mile away at the same altitude.
"Admiral Wad swore. Our gun
were gone, and we could nave lain
there for eternity and not harm each
other, unless we closed. For a long
time be paced the deck In silence. At
length he called the men together, and
in a nertt, touching speech asked for
one volunteer for a forlorn hope.
All that can be done be said, 'Is
to ram the enemy. One man and my
self can handle the ship, and It wotild
Im useless for you to stop on board sim
ply to lose your lives.
"Every man volunteered; every max
ottered to stay in their commander's
place. He chose me for his companion.
since I alone of all the crew waa un
married, ami he positively refused to
accept a substitute. He would go down
with the old ship, he said.
"The scene that followed was mos
touching. The men wrung the brav
old man's band In a last parting. On
by one they took their parachutes,
swung over the side and went sailing
way Into the blue.
"The last man was gone and old Wai
turned toward me .and embraced me.
Between his emotion and the extreme
ratification of the air he could not
speak. This show of feeling lasted but
minute, for we wars brought to out
senses by a great cheer from the en
emy's crew. They believed the ship de
serted and were bearing down toward
us. Instantly tho admiral straightened
up and firmly pushed the button, turn
ing the full force of the electric current
Into the propelling motors. The great
ship swung around and with terrific
speed sailed at the enemy. The en
emy tried to swing their ship out of the
course, but in vain. In a minute wt
struck them. A crash like a thousand
peals of thunder, a flash like the ex
plosion of a dynamite factory and al
was still. And -when I looked ngait
there was nothing but blue, the end lest
blue of Infinite space. The Hawk and
her two opponents had lecn wrecked
I suppose by the awful concussion."
Lieutenant Swash had finished hit
narration and for a long time puffec
silently at his pipe. I, for my part,
was rapt In silent wonder at the man.
I knew Swash well, but such assurance
as this I had not believed him capable
of. After all, he was one of those per
sons who lie so habitually ttiat, com
ing from them, a story of their own
death was not surprising. Suddenly 1
was thrown violently from my chair
to the door, and when I recovered inj
senses I was bound fast in a blanket,
aud, looking up. saw the naval man
bending excitedly over me.
"Here you've been sleeping nil this
time," he began, "aud instead of hear
ing nlKjut my last cruise, got your feel
into the fire. A pretty kettle of fish!
Charred your slip'H-rs and trousers iv
Hue style."
"Lieutenant Swash," said I, rising tc
my feet, "I wish my dream had beei
rue."
"Whyr
"Because you'd bare been Idown to
pieces when the Swallow struck."
New York Evening Sun.
French medical students are aneail)
complaining that they are crowded out
of their own schools by youths from
abroad, aud French doctors are even
more indignant because these foreign
ers, limtead of going home after ac
quiring a knowledge ef physics and sur
gery, settle down In France and com-1
pete with the native practitioners. Of
the 0.04M) sf"lout in tha Iarla Medical
School it us that 1,000 ara aliens, '
and the pruiortlon la almost pa large
In provincial InstltatlaMV Attablz at
juoutuetitwa
Extreme tired feeling afflicts nearly every
body at this season. The hustlers cease to
push, the tireless grow weary, the ener
getic become enervated. You know Just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
Feeling by great force of wilL But this
is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which will not long stand
such strain. Too msny people " work on
their nerves," and t he result is seen In on
fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros
tration," in every direction. That tired
tag is a positive proof of thin, weak, im
pure blood; for, if the blood is rich, red
vitalised and vigorous, it imparts lifeand
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue
of the body. The necessity of taking
Hood's Sarsaparllla for that tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
the good it will do yon is equally beyond
question. fiemember that
H(rirs
Sarsaparilla
fs the One True Blood I'urifler. All druggists. St.
treareit only by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass.
1 1UUU a rillS to operate. S&ceuts.
RAM S HORN BLASTS
Warmlue Notes Calllns the Wicked ss
KcpcataDce.
UKN a thinker
loose, ar.d you
shake tU world.
Backsliding be
gins when praise
leaves the heart.
Old men are
drunkards, b e
cause youug men
drink.
We rob God
when we give our
leiKhbor light weight
The man who is not a friend will
it ten need one.
The man who walks with God makes
no , r.Mked paths.
.... ..,.... is nwak, the d4.vii
s afraid to sleep.
The sin we have mercy on will soon
lave no mercy on us.
The cross we try to lift with one
Vunl Is always heavy.
A golden oiMHirtuuity never knocks
it the same, door twice.
All the preaching Jesus did was to
tinners In the church.
It takes a warm prayer to bring
! ii lire from heaven.
The hardest wouud to heal Is the
ne inflicted by a friend.
Controversy about religion never
Helps the cause of Christ
Treasure laid up In heaven always
ii riches somelMidy on earth.
This world la a bad world only for
those who have bad hearts.
The cross of Christ is the lightest
thing the Chrlstiau can carry.
Live up to tlie Bible you know, and
the Bible you have will grow.
When a Christian goes In bad com
pany the devil gains a recruit.
No man can do his best where be Is
not sure that God is with him.
If good seed is put In good grouud
wine of It will be sure to grow.
When God gives us a thorn it is a
better thing for us than a crown.
Tha man who goes to the Bible with
I teachable spirit is Bure to be taught.
Tha Bible Is full of promises for
very man who will say good-by to
in.
. Put your hand in God's hand, and
you will not fall, even If your feet do
Jin.
Whatever the Christian prays for
he ought to be willing to live and die
for.
The love that never speaks until It
does It on a gravestone keeps still too
long.
The devil Is the only gainer when a
hoy Is whipped to make him go to
church.
All lies have the devil for their fa
ther, no matter whether they are white
r black.
No man can know the meaning of
perfect peace until he has perfect trust
n Christ
It Is so mnch easier for some people
to pray for the preacher than to con
tribute to his support
No man who seeks help from Christ
will ever fail to get It because there
ire flaws In his theology.
- If we will use all the light we have
3 oil will see that we have enough to
Ind our way to the cross.
The wider the Bible Is opened the
less danger there will be of the preacu
r dylug in the poor house.
Manners of tireat Men.
Count de Lesseps was the type of th
French gentleman.
Monroe was, even In his own time,
;alled "a gentleman of the old school."
Bancroft was rather reserved than
thcrwi.se with most persona whom he
ict.
Garrick was generally so quiet that he
ften created the Impression of dlfii
leiice. Henry Clay was said to make the
mtmt engaging bow of any gentleman
f his time.
Milton was quiet and reserved in con
rersation, but thoroughly refined and
well-bred.
I
. , , . ... . I., . I
by his austerity chilled most of those J
Zhommed inculcated pol.tenes, ,n .
the Koran. He himsilf was one of
the most courteous of men. .
I'lus IX. both before and after his ele- t
ration to the pontifical chair, was
model of studied politeness.
i
.. '
Beet ho vi-u was rude and gruff, and
icemed to be in a perpetual bad humor
with himself and every one else. i
Robespierre was urbane in manner
and courteous, though brief to those
who approached him on business.
Talleyrand owed bis success in life to
ao small extent to the uniform courtesy
With which he treated everyone.
Byron was affable to his equals aud
to those whom be wished to please, but
Vanghty and distant to most others.
The Duke of Marlborough said that
he owed his success as much to his ele
gant deportment as to his talents.
If a man's family appreciates him
TDiredl
FeeD
t i9era't uia it if the world doesn't
Arizona's gold output In 1803 was
H.2UU.UU0.
Nearly all the chickens In the west-
.
Kepaies ana nsnes are not generally
riuinmi wiui s;niu3, mtw iu.iiu
being to them unnecessary.
Alabama has twenty-seven national
banks with a combined capital of &5,-
(91,000. The State banks number
eleven.
According to the latest school consus
in New York 70,000 fewer children were
In attendance at the schools than a
year ago.
The Bay of Fundy has the highest
tide In the world. It rises a foot every
Ave minutes, and sometimes attains a
height of seventy feet.
Only seventy years have elapsed since
the first railway In the world was fin
ished. During that comparatively brief
penoa 4uu,uuu nines nave oeeu con-
structed.
It wIU be unlawful to kill quail In
Kentucky for the ensuing two years.
except In November and December, an
act to that effect having passed the
Kentucky Legislature.
Russia and Japan will have the total
eclipse of the sun on Aug. 9 entirely
to themselves, as the line of totality
passes through Nova Zembla, Siberia,
and the Island of Jesso only.
The Argentine Republic consists of
a federation or fourteen States and
nine Territories. The population Is not
far short of 6,000,000. For eight months
of ISSKi the average monthly shipment
of live cattle was 7,000 steers and 41,-
000 bead of sheep.
According to careful research there
are fifty-one anarchist papers publish
ed lu Europe and America. One Is la
Dutch, ten German, eleven French,
eight Italian, nine Spanish, two Span
ish and Italian, two Portufoeaa. tW0
Tzecbish and six English.
The original Impression that tha tolls
on the Baltic canal are too high has
been strengthened by the confession of
the Secretary of State for tha Interior
that the number of ships passing
through the canal does not In the least
answer Government expectations.
A singular Corean hat is a great
round mat of straw worn by a mourn
er. The hat is bound down at the
sides so as almost to conceal the head
and face of the wearer. He carries in
his hand a screen or fan, and when In
the road If anyone approaches him he
holds the screen In front of him, so that
It, together with the bat, completely
conceals him.
A large collection of 17,000 stuffed
birds and many series of bird skeletons
have been bequeathed to the British
museum by the late Henry Sechohm,
the naturalist. It is the most valuable
gift made to the natural history section
of the museum in a quarter of a cen
tury. Its ornithological collection is
now the largest in the world, consist
ug of 300,000 specimens.
Backache.
Vom the 1'ren, A'cw York Cilf.
Few people have surTrel more from path
In the baok than Mm. TJIlio R. Newnll, of No.
MIS Second avenue. New York OHv. For
several year she waaaoaRI iota 1 wiihthlndi
mming malady thas she wan hardly able to
ipst around, and could do little to care for net
ohililren. whleh maln her u Turin all th
haMerto near. ltr husband. Charles
P. who Is a well-known tfesr Yortt optician.
tried in evnry wav to find a remedy for his
wife, hiit no me-Hnine seemed to hava the
power to remove her rain. .
Mnt. Olynn, a sinter of Mra. Newell. i" a
rnfoionftl nume, nnt wns furotllar with the
vmniniiKi of her sister fri-knAS. Mn,
ewell ww rnriy on a vlnit when a renoriei
vil'ed m mi her. hut Mrs. Glvnn, who live
it No. 4ir, Fa lOOth street, told the story ol
h-r niti-r's recovery.
A "to. -tor was ralle,! when Mrs. Newoll '
ivn'Mtlon ename serlonn anl he preftrihl
mall tlnk pills which, in a short timv
relieved the woman's pain a no othermwli
eine had done. '"After awhile," Mrs. Olvm
oht the reporter, "we learned that the ml
flee the nhvsiniaa was trW'tir my Ulster wa-
nothlnn morn than Ttr. Williams' Pink IMIt
or Pale People. Knowing by exoerlno-
how excellent a remedy them pills were
Mm. Newell bonirhl soma at a dm More am
RODttnned taking them. The effect was most
gratifying, for in six months my sinter vti
perreetly well an-t the pain In her bantc waf
nothing more than an unpleasant memory.
Roth she an I I have reeommeaded the Pink
Pill to other people, who have not failed to
And them all that ta elalmed. All the doe
tors mv aMw had been treated by. befor
taklna; the pills, had done her no apparent
Pink Pills am sold In Doves (never in iook
form, by the dnceo os hundred, aad the pub
He la ftaationeii a?lnRt numerous Imitation
sold la this shape) at &1 eenls a box or sli
boxes for S3. 50, aad may be had of all draff-
Ml or dlreat by mall from Or. Williams'
Medinine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. The
price at whloh theee Pills are sold makes a
course of treatment Inexpensive as oompared
with other remedies or medical treatment.
It Is aald that the quivering of tht
aspen's leaves is due to the fact of the
leaf stalk being flat on the sides, and so
thin about the middle that the slightest
breath of wind sets all the leaves wag
ging horizontally. A single leaf pluck
ed off and taken by the end of the leaf
stalk between the thumb and forefinger
admirably Illustrates the peculiarity of
the aspen.
A writer, referring to the weather in
London during January, speaks of it as
follows: "It seems almost sarcastic
to mention London sunshine, which
amounted to Just over seven hours,
about eighteen lees than the average,
or less than a quarter of an hour per
day. Some districts, were, however,
more favored, Pembroke and Scilly
both recording seven hours' sunshine,
on two consecutive daya. Rain fell on
twelve days, but only succeeded In pro
ducing eight-tenths of an Inch, consid
erably less than half the average.
A Pittsburg paper points with pride
to what It calls the shortest will on
record. Just probated In that city. It
reada as follows: "I hereby give all my J acteristics do not appear on cursory ex
lifhtft, titlea and lntereata In every- amlnatlon, nor are there lines of join
thins; to Louisa Hoover.' This will ture visible where the four trunks co
ws made by W. II. Lear. Thomas .
Kennedy, a venerable pioneer, and
I .Th.. Mna. 4niA asbima anil iutanAJ
the ferry between Covington and Gin- '
cinn.f inSide a will that diacounta tha '
-lr, will, and It dlaperf to .
Tery "'V Jl "
ue; ll2LZ?jl!Z?Z
n brevitv bv six words. I
An unmarried rancher. A. M. GltJU to r' no one of thMa has bcn
rt a ..r- A wtw. h.. Wholly enveloped by another. Hence
ford, 63 years old, who has for many
years lived alone oa hta property near
Union Mills, Ore., was sent to the State
asylum a few daya ago violently Insane. I
He was driven crazy by tha appalling
lonesomeneas of his existence and it j
the second solitary rancher committed
to the aHjluin under such circumstances
from the same county within a month.
Such casea are not uneomraoa la prairie
States like the Dakotaa aad Nebraska,
but it Is more often tha wife mt a ranch-
er or fanner llvlnf; maay lallra from
the nearert nhbor and Wha Pare, .
seea ber bnabana, except m tha few
houra he la noma to alssaa sayTasi twa
u uvui 1 1 sissssss.
MOTHERS MUST GUIDE.
Should. Watch tha Physical De
velopment of Their Daughters, t
Information They Should Furnish at the
Proper Time Knowledge by Which
Saflei-ins; Kay Ba Avoided. -
1 livery mother possesses information
of vital value to her young daughter.
When the girl's thoughts become
Sluggish, With
; headache, dizzi-
Bess, and a dia-
position to
deep.
pgjQg )n
back and
lower
limbs,
eyes
dim,'
desire
for solitude,
and a dislike to
the society of
children: when she is
a mystery to herself and friends, then.
ber mother should come to her aid.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will, at this time, prepare the
system for the coming change. See
that she has it, and Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass., will cheerfully answer
any letters where information is de'
aired. Thousands of women owe their
health to her and the Vegetable Com
pound, and mothers are constantly
applying; to her for advice regarding
thaw daughters.
VH1
UBS. UPT0DATE SPEAKS.
The most useful drees I ever had,
said Mrs. Uptodate reflectively, was
one of J.an8downe interlined with
Fibre Chamois. The man I bought the
black Lansdowne from, said it was
draught ret isting and dust resisting.
but he did not claim that it was rain
resisting which jt certainly is, to the
extent that rain does not injure it.
When the dress waa perfectly new I
got caught in an April shower. 1
feared the dress was ruined, but when
I took it off I found that the rain bail
not gone through the Fibre Chamois,
so the inside lining was prefectly dry.
I hung it up so that the skirt fell in
straight folds. hen I took it down
the skirt was in perfect shac, hs if
entirely new, nothing was injured
That dr,.fa has passed through two
other rain storms. Fach tune the water
fell from it in streamlets.
The lat time the dress was hung
near the tire to dry, aud it seemed to
draw up, but the skirt while yet damp
was jiniwed with a hot iron on the in.
side, aud lining Fibre ChamoU inter.
lining and Lansdowne, each and all
staid in place in the skirls make-up,
while the Vclulina ckirt-binding was as
fresh as if newlv put on.
Jewel uses Fibre Chamois in the
sleeves and skirts of all of her dresses,
also in cajes and jackets. Indeed, so
we all do, but Jewel represent the high
style of the Up- date family. I am
its practical ineinlier.
Yes, meditatively continued Mrs. Up
todate, I first discovered the merits of
fibre Chamois as tiblo pad or under
cover.
When lhe General had his up-set.
he h nigh l nut a very handsome dining
table. One d;iy I found out the hot
ilit-hes were ruining the jkiIisIi, through
the pad, aud the under oil-cloth mats.
I tried Fibre Chamois first as small
units under the cloth where the dishes
were placed, and soon 1 discarded the
heavy cotton iiiiderctoth, and have
need one of F bre Chamois instead
with most satisiactory result.
I uee yo. iiO, the heaviest grade for
table-cloth, and Nos. 10 aud 'JO, for
spring and summer fcleeves and skirl
nterlining, and .No. 'JO for caiics and
jackets.
F. is. Mrs. Lptod:ite says that she
told me especially, that although hor
dress was wet three limes, tiie Fibre
Chamois interlining ha never curled,
drawn up, sagged or torn, aud that it
still retains its outstanding qualifica
tion!.
Can any other interlining stuff stand
such a test as Airs. Uptodate has given
fibre cnamoisr
Four Trees witb One Trunk:.
Four miles from rinevllle, McDonald
County, on the grounds of J. L. Parish,
Is a freak of nature so curious that if I
had not seen It with my own eyes, says
a contributor to an excunnge, 1 count
scracely have believed It possible. On
the bank of the Elk river rises a large
tree that towers high above the neigh
boring trees. At the ground a solid
buttressed trunk appears from eight
to ten feet In diameter. A Utile higher
than a man's head this trunk divides
Into four lesser trunks, the two smaller
of which are in themselves fair-sized
trees, while the other two are far above
the average size. Here comes In the
queer part of the story. Of these di
vergent trunks the two large ones are
respectively nn elm and a sycamore,
while the two smaller ones are an oak
the common trunk each three In leaf,
and a sycamore. Above the union of
branch and hark Is normal to Its type.
The trunk itself seems a homeogenout
whole. I would not presume to say
that close examination would not show
In the bark from different sections of
tu HIC LIHI, IIUIU U1UCICU1 "-V ........ " I
the trunk those peculiarities thnt lis-'
tlnguish the bark of one tree from that
of the other, but certainly these chnr-
ahsce.
I doubt if anyone can point to a
srvMrtrraR rnunin tltsan lila ttA flPMI.
mores, an oak and an elm, all
Ine from one common trunk.
grow
This meeting toother of fouryouthful tr,
trUnk,B a8th'y ""f?, W th "
T"!?1' -I'.'J""'
mnst. however, form Its own bark that
a careful Investigation ought to dis
close a Bliglia line where the incurving
bark of each - original tree meets.
Boonvllle Democrat.
It needs, in us, infinite carefulness
and watchfulness as we walk ever amid
other lives, lest by some word, or look,
or act, or disposition, or influence or
ours, we hurt them irreparab y.
The mind is the man. If that be
kept pure, a man signifies somewhat,
I not X wouW fal see what difference j
there is between a man and a beast,
ikst tha man hi tha rrrmtar I
'" , , . , T r 1
powar lor ine tarter miscniei.
a c. wTnwTTor ht lore
of "horseflesh," was driving through a
! country village the other day, breaking
In a new horse, when be overtook a
I uocior oi uia acquaintance on 1001.
I "Jumn In. doctor." be cried. Dulllnar
up. "I've got a horse here that it is a
perfect treat to sit behind."
The doctor Jumped In. and the par
son drove off. -
The horse was "a treat" In the sense
of speed and skittlshness, and pres
ently stood stock-still, and snot both
hind legs underneath the trap, splitting
it to pieces and throwing out both thf
occupants.
The doctor Jumped to his feet, feeling
himself all over to see If he was In
jured. - The man of cloth also got npor
his feet
"Look here!" exclaimed tha doctor,
"what on earth do you mean by Invit
ing me to ride behind a horse llkr
that'"
"Well, you see," gasped the Jovial
cleric, "luckily there are no bones
broken; but when breaking In a beggar
like this, I like to have a doctor with
me!"
Charles Lamb Wrote for Antiquity.
Once and again, it would seem, a man
Is born Into the world belated. Strayed
out of a past age, he comes among us
like an alien, lives removed and singu
lar, and dies a stranger. There was a
touch of this strangeness In Charles
Lamb. Much as he was loved and be
friended, be was not much understood;
for be drew aloof In bis studies, affected
a "sclf-pleasing qualntness" In his
style, took no pains to hit the taste of
his day, waudered at sweet liberty In
an age which could scarcely have bred
such another. "Hang the age!" he
cried. T will write for antiquity."
And he did. He wrote as if It were
still Shnkspenre's day; made the au
thors of that spacious time bis con
stant companions and study; and de
liberately liecame himself "the last of
the Elizabethans." When a new book
came out, he said, he always read ar
old ona. Century.
A horse that is cared for by a woman
looks raggeu, but is terribly fat.
CTATE or OHIO, CTTT OtfTOLIOC, I
J I.lTCAHl'OUNTV. -
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that h Is the
senior pertner i-f the lirm of F. J. I'HKNEV &
I o.. ilniiitr niiMlneHa In the i ltv of Toledo.
County and Stato aforesaid, and that said firm
will y the Mim or u.b UUMKr.l 1 MIL
LA R-i for each and every case t if I : , i arrh that
e hi not be cured by th-iuaeof Hali.'sI'atahkh
t'UHK. FlIANK .1. (.'IILNET.
worn to 4-fore me and MulMrriited in mv
prepuce, llii-iinU day i.f iwmnli-r, A. D. 1SM6.
A. V. ULEAHON,
SKA I. J
r ' ff.itnrn PjLh'ie.
Hull' 'at Arrh Cure intaJcen internal I y and acid
(lii-ucllv on the hlood and mucous tturtncei ot
lite x. hluiu. Send for ti-st.iiiimlals, free.
r . J. CHKNP.r At. Co.. Toledo. II-
?y:;ild by OriiuKisls. 7So.
Friendship ia the reciprocation cf
affection; and he who has none to
bestow has no right to expect any in
return.
'r. Khmer fwnMP-ltnoT cure al
Kidney ami bladder trouhlei.
fiiiililt-c mid Consul lation Irets.
t-uhorutory ilingliaiulua, N. Y.
(lood society is that which is not per
sonal in its talk, but which finds sulh
cient topics of interest to discuss with
out dilating on the sins of neighbors.
rr. Window's !oottiins. Syrup for ehlldrea
IrelliinK. olleti the kuiu-i, rt-duue-t luUitiiiinA
Ocu. mIimv I'aiu. cure wiud cuius. AM a mUa
literary fame ia the most precarious.
Thu is the only kind of fame tbut
everybody is anxious to cheat you out
of; if you are worth a million, every
one ia ready to make it two.
FIT rtopneil free lT On. Kl.rxi'l (iriat
nikvi Kk-Tokkb. No lil alter lint dHr's int.
Mitrvtfioiiflc'urvii. IreHtUeaud f-iuu trial buuio
tree. It. Kiiue, Wil An-u bu. I'ulla.. l a.
Mme. Hatoyaina. a Japanese lady,
is up to date in polities. When her
husband was a candidate for 1 arha-
ment she made public speeches in his
n teres t-
SrrrKREiH from roc. hi, sorb Throat, etc.
hoiiid be cim-lnritly stip:liHl, with "Brown's
liruuctitul 7VooAi-s.' Avoid Imitations.
After an existence of fifteen years
the Woman's Exchange, of Albany, N.
., has been obliged to suspend busi
ness on account of lack of patronage.
Poliluri' I lnniiiiK-Borax Soap Is 100 par OSOC
me. Made of buritx. it floats. Costa von
-iime as ort-r Homing soap. Worth atora If
i oit m true you u---j it. uraar one sal a at
our :ria:er, you'll ant a box next.
There are now in America 2338
men practicing medicine in one or the
other of its forms, and inclusive of 130
homeopalhisui.
I'Im'9 Cure In a wonderful Coach medietas
Mks. v. i-ickert. Van siclea and lllaka Area,
Brooklyn, N. V., lie I. 26, '94.
Drive tint (he Impurities from your blood and
build up yourysteiu by creating an appetite and
tuning the stomach with Hood's Bartaparllla, If
you would keep yourself we L
Hood's nil are the best atter-dlnner pill;
MKii-H digestion, cure headache. 25 cents.
Andrew Jackson was rough In his
manners, but could be polite when he
pleased. He was always courteous to
ladles.
Gladness Comes
With a better understandinfr of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef
forts rrentle efforts nlensant efforts
. . . . , . , - . a . .
VtlJiYSifii.JTl of
the knowledge that bo many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Kyrnpof Fips, prompt
ly removes. That is why it fa the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so hifrhly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are duo to the fact, that it is tho
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. Itis therefore
all important, in order to pet its liene-Ik-ial
effects, to note when you pur
chase, that yon have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system ia regular, then laxa
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Sympof
Fips stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction,
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n a i.i.irasas
neuralgia Torture.
wareaaai,
MOMA V.
ill AAQTlNF
n - run,
IN OLD SMUGGLING DAYS.
faroa Span by the Skippers of Ocean
Veaaela Was nailed IiOas; AsjO.
Bitting In tha office of a ship chand
lery establishment In South street a
few daya ago a quartet of old-time
deep aea skippers were talking over the
good old daya of eighty shillings for
araeat and similar conditions, when
tha conversation turned to the ease of
a captain who waa recently arrested
for smuggling. The fflscnsslon soon le
to some Interesting confessions
"Bill," aald the grlsaled mariner, wha
for twenty years had sailed tha asaa oa
long voyages In Maine clippers, "do you
remember that big black spar I carried
on deck in the , so many yearaT
"Oh, yes," replied the man addressed.
"Well, sir, I carried that spar there
for eight years, and In that time I sup
pose I brought 910,000 worth of stuff in
that spar into New York. When I first
got It I had my carpenter hollow It out,
with cleverly arranged openings at
each end. For years I brought in wines
and laces In that old spar and no cus
tom bouse man ever thought of looking
at It."
"That reminds me of a trick Pattei
played for years In the aald an
other of the group. "He was In the
East Indies trade most of the time, and
every time he came Into New York be
brought thousands of Manilla cigars, to
say nothing of many nice things for
ladles In the way of Jewelry."
"How did he do?" asked one.
"Well, he used his carpenter. lie han
an upright piano In his after cabin, and
he took the underpinning away aud
substituted four big, hollow legs. These
were, of course, quite noticeable, but
he had them screwed to the floor, and
he always explained to the custom
house men that he had good strong legs
put under the piano In order to hold it
secure in heavy weather."
An old Cape Coil man now added a
contribution. "I don't mind saying;
boys," said he, "that my wife used to be
a good deal of a smuggler. For some
j time I was- running back and forth
(across the Atlantic, touching on the
other side at Havre, Antwerp, Liver
pool and such places. My wife had a
stewardess who bad been with the ship
for many years. Just before we got
Into port my wife would put about three
dresses on her and a couple of cloaks.
The woman was clever and she would
1-eep close around the foc'sle and slip
ashore with some of the men in a boat
liefore we would dock. Then my wife
would meet her the next day on shore
somewhere at some place they had
agreed on and would give her some
thing for her trouble. It worked first
rate until one day the woman went
ashore and disappeared. My wife went
to the rendezvous as usual, but the
woman didn't appear. We never saw
her afterward. That was my wife's
ast attempt"
"I remember seeing a woman do a
rather neat thing a good many years
ago." said the first seaker. "It was
Williams' wife, who went In the
for so many years. The custom house
men found several hundred more cigars
than the law allowed done up in boxes
Intended for the owners. The custom
house men were sour fellows and
thought they had the captain in a little
trouble,. But Williams' wife, a little
woman, who had gone on the voyage to
regal bar health, stepped forward and
saidf Xhea cigars are for my use, gen
tlemea,' Well, perhaps those fellows
Weren't turprlsed. Finally one of them
Sa4; 'Would you mind smoking one?'
Tbf BtttA woman took one of the cigars
an4 flghted It Her husband looked on.
mora surprised than the custom house
men, tint his wife stuck to her work
and finished the cigar. That settled her
claim to them. As soon as the custom
house fellows left the ship she ran to
her bed. She stayed there for three
days." New York Herald.
Did Not See the Joke.
Charles Monselet, a Frenchman of
letters, published, not long ago, a comic
"scientific dictionary," for the bt-nelit
of children, who found no little amumv
ment in his odd accounts of things in
the animal world which were perfectly
familiar to them, but which were de
scribed in a rnther fantastic way in M.
Monselet's book.
The editor of a certain scientific Jour
nal, however, was much surprised and
shocked at M. Monselet's Ignorance,
when he took up the liook, and he wrote
an article about It in his paper, which
ran as follows:
"A certain M. Monselet has publish
ed a dictionary for the use of children,
which coutalua definitions showing the
most extraordinary Ignorance, such ai
the following:
'Sardine A little fish without any
head, which lives In oil.'
"As if a fish could live without an;
head, and In oil.
"Another definition:
" 'Parrot A bird somewhat resem
bling the pigeon. Generally green,
when It Is not red, or yellow, or blue.
Cockatoos sometimes live up to 100
years old, except when they are Bluffed,
and then there Is no limit to the leugit
of their life."
"Now, It happens that the parrot It
not a pigeon at all, and never has the
colors that M. MonBelet gives to him;
and, in short, this M. Monselet knowc
no more of natural history than he hut
grains of common sense."
The editor knew r great deal ol
science, but he did not know, as the
children did, how to take a Joke. Iteho
both Sunday Herald.
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A. M. to 3 P. M.
Mis Helen Gould has founded two
scholarships in New York University
of $5000 each, to yield $250 an-
nually.
"The Ilore You Saj the less. People Remember." Ow
Word With Yon,
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the care efKby
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mmm mm nv nuuis
u. t , u Mnaaa. the advertuunont
sad business writer ot tO Third
street, Brooklyn, relates that he
.. recently had oeeasion to consult Ot.
3. 8. Carreau, a well-known physt
eian of 18 West Twenty-first street.
Mow Tork Clly, for a stomach trouble
whioh was pronounoed a type ot
dyspepsia. "After oomrultatlon,"
. writes Mr. Hoses, "the Doctor gave
me a prescription, and I was some
what surprised to note that the
formula was nearly identical with
that of Blpans Tabules, for whloh I
bad, on mora than one occasion
prepared advertising matter. I bad
Dr. Carrean's prescription filled, and.
it proved satisfactory, giving qulok
relief; A week later, whan I had
taken all the medicine, I again railed
en the Doctor and mentioned the
similarity ot his prescription and tha
proprietary remedy spoken of, show
ing bim both the remedy itself and
the formula. The Doctor was at
first somewhat tnollned to erirleise
what he called patent medicines, bat
appeared to be surprised when ha
noted to what extent his own prea
snription conformed to the formula
I showed him. It was practically
the same. A Tier a short time devo
ted to noting the careful manner ia
which the proprietary medicine waa
prepared, he wound np by presorlb-
log it for my case. Of course I had
to pay him for telling me to do this,
but it was worth the cost to have
each high professional assurance
that the advortisod article was, in
fact, the scientific formula that It
purported to bo. I might have
taken the proprietary medicine ia
the beginning and savod the
Doctor's fee, but I think the confl
denco I have acquired In the enlcaey
of the remedy, through the Doe
tor's indorsement of it, Is well worth
the fee."
R pan Tabules are srld by druslsts, or by sssa
fruie pries isu cant a box) ia ant to Tsvs Rtpaas
Chemical Com itaay. Now UlSiiruoa St.. Maw sorav
Sample vial, 10 cents.
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If you pay S4 tu for shoes, ex-
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see what a good sluie you can buy lor ar (
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS,
t'ONtiKKSS, liUTTON,
and LACE, made In all
It I mis of the beat selected
leather by skilled work
men. We
make and
acll more
S3 Shoes
vs-r tN. .i
tC i&r''- other
miiiitifjirturrr In tho world.
Kane penuin unless nnw and
price is stuniccd tin the bottom.
Ask vour dealer for our HX,
9t, ci.l.Act. S'-t.sVi, hoes--.ro.
152 and 9I.7.1- fin bo vs.
TAKE HO SUBSTITUTE. Ifyourdealer
cannot sii).ly -u. seni to i;ic
tor, enct.iMiiij j.iite ;ini V cents
to i' jy carrLige. Mate kind, stle
of te (f.ip or jil.tint. size ;ind
width, i ur l iht.n I kit. will till
your ordr. end ior nt-w lilu
tratea an UK tie to itox it.
W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mass.
lUlul, Aiigflo, KuoetTai, T
Thl.TKNR"atimBiataal rinnt ffimai
cloth, both ...li Imi:!.1 tikv and twInTnnS
bljN oa collar 19 equal to two 01 anr otliMrktawf
' ? J" "" ",ur ' 01 littt wuT A
C-iTti .0. vuu. ior
A Kampl. Ootlar and rlr of Cntni by sssa I
Oaata. Maui sty 1 aud size. Addraas
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COLD STOCK.
A limited amount or su.c-k of the JTJSTI'tK
fiol.li M ISIMi 1 o. (iineriy near the celebra
ted Independence and t'urtiund mineti), will b.
sold at 3 cent .er fluir. par il.10 Hy request
ol con ei-p. ndents e extend lime for purchase
lo ebruary -J: th. V rite lor lrorMctus
We bundle no ild cut ' I t,t onlv the most
conservative iiivcslm, nls. n, 1 in (M.fre tn, rlia
thut Is eui e to come. 11 iK-lie-t references given.
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Bankkks anu Brokers.
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lal !! a botlldiiottothaooaM
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.aarwhara for aaamiaatloa
before aale. Vwrithtnm wu
ranted. 100 styles of Car-
flares, 00 styles of Hap
ncss,ai styles RMIaAaal
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Uiralulast war, JI adjudicating cLuius. stir oluc
OPIUM
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