ss
AN ELDEn-TREfe ijONO.
hi eldar-tres crasa!
In ths BM with tba elarer.
With ths lon( tugled
Each doodle that
IVitli wind-shaken shadow flits
bllngly stst.
Ohl eider-tree frees!
Of thy blossoms sa mocn as my heart eas
- . hold.
j Away I will carry.
Oh! elder-tree green!
In the Held with the clover
Bow thy cool, creamy blossoms .
Unfold their clear bosoms
to the soft air of summer, that scent
laden rorer.
Ohl elder-tree greenl '"
Of thy blossoms ss much as my heart
hold,
' Away I will carry.
Oh! elder-tree green! -
Knee-deep In the clover,
' A sighing- and swaying
And erermore saying
iwset sounds In thy dreaming, yea orei
and over.
- Oh! elder-tree green!
Of thy blossoms as much as my heart eas
hold,
t Away I will carry, j, .
WWomankind.
THE DEACON'S
CONVERSION.
"It's not a bit o' use o talkln. Man
da." said Deacon Whlttaker, aa he
punched the fire with rather more
energy than was necessary, "because
I've made up my mind, an' you know
when I'm sot I'm sot. Blow high or
blow low an' come what may, I won't
have Tillie marry Jack Sweet" .
"Now, father," replied good Mrs.
Whlttaker In a conciliating voice,
"you're takin' things too serious. Jack
ain't never said be wanted to marry
Tltlie, an' as fur 89 I can see he'll aver
age with moflt of the young men around
the settlement. He ain't got no bad
habits to speak of, an I don't see the
harm In Tlllle goln' with him over to
the Ridge. She's a good girl, an' a
obedient one, an' she don't gad around
overmuch, an' to let her go once in a
.way I can't see the harm In."
The deacon had been caressing his
chin with bis thumb and finger while
his wife was talking, and for a mo
ment he made no reply, but hia ex
pression showed that he was not much
affected by her argument.
"If a feller don't betrln to go with
a girl he won't never ninrry her," he
said, at last. In a manner that plainly
ahowed that he thought he had an
nounced a principle that was founded
on the wisdom of the ages. "I am goln'
over to the postofflce, mother, to see
If there's anything there, an' while
I'm gone It might be as well for you
to have a little talk with Tillie. This
Jack Sweet business might's well be
topped afore It begins as to run on
till It's too late. Jack ain't to my likin'
an' I won't have none of him. It ain't
enough to say that be ain't bad when
at the samo time you know an' I know
fen everybody el.se knows that he ain't
good. Here he's been under the dis
pensation of the truths of the gospel
all his life an' yet he's not a member
f our church, an' no one knows wheth
er he belioves the Bible or not. I feel
that Tlllle's future rests on me an I'm
Stoln' to savo her from trouble."
"But, father "
t "So use sayln a word," Interrupted
the deacon, "I've said my say an' .
ffcnow what I wunt and what I'm goiu'
to have. I've sot my stakes for Tillie,
an' as long as good. r!Mctab!e fore
banded fellers like Jededluh Hkinner Is
a cast In' sheeps eyes at a daughter of
nine no good-for-notliln', liarum-war-nm
like Jack Sweet, can come between
me and what I think Is boat."
With this the good deacon walked
out and shut the door with a decision
and violence that was not entirely be
coming to a man of his age and stand
ing In the church.
Deacon Whlttaker was not a bad sort
f a man as men go. He may have
had his fallings, but he intended to do
about right, as he saw In his light,
though it Is Just possible he saw "as
through a glass, darkly." There were
those who hinted that he was some
what Inclined to be rather fond of
getting the best side or a bargain, and
thl same Jack Sweet, against whom
fee had raised objections, said one time
when the grocery keeper at the Cor
ners made some remark about a coin
that Jack Offered in payment for a pur- j
1. . . t.A k
chase, on the ground that It had a very
pronounced deut In It, that It waa one
pe got of Deacon Whlttaker, who bad ,
fbeld It so tightly that he had mutilated '
It This remark got abroad, and It Is
Just possible the deacon knew of It I
and thnt it had something to do with
his opinion of Jack's sinfulness, gen
erally. The deacon was fond of his pretty
daughter, Tlllle, a fondness that was I
not surprising to the young men of '
the neighborhood, as they had a fash
ion of being Inclined In tat direction
themselves. That Tlllle waa a good ,
girl, was proved by her fondness for I
her father and mother and her Implicit
obedience to their slightest wishes.
This may have ld to some tiny heart
aches and some tears In the silence (
and privacy of her own chamber, but
beyond this she made no sign. j
Jack Sweet's attentions to Tillie had
been so pronoiiaced lately that the gos
sips had lguu to speak of It with i
much openness, and finally the deacon
noticed It and at once entered upon a '
rusade against the approaches of the
Evil One In the tentou of Jaek Sweet,
the unregonenite.
The deacon had a fashion of deliver
ing his mandates to Tillie by proxy,
his wife acting as his ambassador on
these occasions. I am inclined to think
that ve wus a little bit afraid of the
If lify to the Great Tlue fesST I I
ti liirh lias beeu a hou-
II lml-1 companion III our i trSgiA " I I
1 l.imiljr tor yi-ars. I take , I I
froii3to5bottlcollteveiy . .Vt-gliSggga j I
. Spring:, sriierally bcBiuuliis . CfSSl ' I I
I about iho nr. it oi April. Aiitrt -OgJ asSsJJ I I
1 mat I Kel like a two year old,! CyJ ' II
I for it tones op my system, givesV ll V" 7I I . I
me an excellent appetite aad JV ll y M ' II
cine it has no superior, at least thst V A l II
f Is mv ouiuinn of it. II. li. Wll.nEV.I I I V I I
I I Philadelphia. IM, March 20. UtA. 1 J y II
I yers arsaparuiau aa j
gtrl. la spite of her eesnptlance with
his wishes. She reawabtod her mother
has, graa isny ways, and the deacoa
pmmw Teey wan that tnara was a limit
jk his wUa's patlance, and wbea that
limit wu reached be was saaally rout
6 with great slaughter, though It was
Uone so nearly that he wondered, after
the flrat ! of defeat had disappear
ed, how U happened. His plan was to
deliver hlaoseU of a broadaid and then
depart on
errand to ths postofflce
or grocery or church meeting; trusting
to And the enemy quiet when he re
turned. Thla was the plan the evening ot
which we write. He went down the
now-covered road to the postofflce
thin kin the whole matter would be
settled by the time he got bade, and
that would end It. In the moment of
victory, bow often over-connonet
leads to defeat.
I At the postofflce the usual crowd that
may be found at any country poatofBce
on the day when the mall comes, was
found, and, as usual, the condition of
, the enrroanding country was) under
' consideration.
The deacon aat town after greeting
friend or two, and easting a grofl
look at Jaek Sweat, who was asaong
the crowd.
"I beam to-day that the wldder Huff
Is In a pretty bad way as fur aa things
to eat la eooeeraed." said ana ef the
assembly, "Mid you hear anything about
It, deacon?"
"No, I hadn't heerd from ber for
some time. I s'posed she had enough to
eat; if not, I should think It would be ,
easy enough for her to say so, an' no
one need to starve in a Christian coun-
try."
- "Well, she's pretty proud, an ain't
one o' the kind that goes about makin
a great fuss about her own troubles,
but I think some one ought to look ber
up an see that she don't suffer, an
that those little children don't want for
a bite to eat"
"Her Benny told our Frank that they
hadn't no Christmas at their bouse
'cause his ma hadn't any money,' spoke
up a boy who was present
"I think we'd better see about thla,
deacon," said the man who bad started
the subject. "What A ye say T
"Leme see, this Is Thursday." said
the Deacon, rubbing his leathery cheek
ret ectlvely 'We can meet here Sat-
liruujr trveuiu uu tarn ll over, iuu i
some of us can git at the facts by that I
time. S'potflng you see the wldder.
neighbor, an' report then."
"I ain't got much taste for that sort
o' thing, myself, but I can send my old
woman around. If that d do," waa the
reply.
With this the conversation came to
an end, and the deacon returned" to bis
home, feeling that he had done hla part
so far in the matter of the Widow Huff
and her children. ,
Saturday evening the deacon made
bis way to the postofflce, and Mrs.
Whlttaker had reason to wonder what
detained him so long, as ne had not told
her of the poor widow, preferring prob
ably to keep his right hand In ignor
ance of the work his left hand was
about to do.
It was after 10 o'clock when he re
turned, an hour which had not found
him out of bed In many years. He did
not seem very communicative, though
it was plain to be seen that his mind
was revolving some weighty subject
He got the old well-worn family Bible
and sat down to read it His spectacles
seemed very refractory and needed
uiiu h wiping, and he seemed to be at a
Uma where to begin, for he turned the
New Testament over from beginning to
end, ltpplng here a minute and there
a few seconds from time to time.
After a while he got up and replaced
the Bible, restored his spectacles to
their proper place on the mantel, and
going to the kitchen, lighted a candle.
"Is them acks I brought to the
bouse mended yet mother?" he asked.
' "Yes, long ago," replied his wonder
ing wife.
The deacon disappeared Into the
woodshed, only to return with the
sacks on his arm, and to open the cel
lar door and go through It into the
fruity smelling depths.
Presently he came up out of the
darkness with a sack of potatoes on his
shoulder, and then another was brought
up, until half a dozen lay on th
kitchen floor.
"How much flour la there?" asked
the deacon, as grimly as if be were
: commanding his wife to stand and do
liver.
"You know you jest got ten bushel
r i' lio. Mntinil waa tk. Mint. r'
o' wheat ground," was the reply, "an
It hain't been emptied Into the flour
bin yet," answered Mrs. Whlttaker,
In fear and trembling, for she feared
her husband had gone crazy.
The flour waa brought out and added
to the pile of sacks on the floor. Then
the deacon went out of doors and re
turned with a load of hams, shoulders
and bacon from the smoke house.
"Father, what on earth do you mean
by your actions, I'd like to know?"
asked Mrs. Whlttaker, now thoroughly
alarmed.
"I'll fell you later," answered the
deacon, "Jest now I've got to make up
for lost time. Ain't it most time to go
to bed?"
"I should say It was; why, If a almost
11 o'clock, an' to-morrow's Sunday, too,
an' quarterly meetin' at the BJdge, an'
you seem to forget that services begin
at 9."
The deacon was not in n mood for
conversation that night, and soon re
tired and fell asleep, or appeared to,
but poor Mrs. Whlttaker lay awake,
filled with a vague fear of some 1m-
nendlng disaster because of the un
wonted actions of ber husband.
Bright and early the next morning
the deacon arose, and as soon aa break
fast was over went to tfee bam and
soon drore around with the big- sled:
which he nsed for hauling heavy loads!
'For the lands sake, father," cried
Mrs. Whlttaker, "you hain't never goln'
to quarterly meetin' In that sled, are
youT"
"I hadn't Intended to do nothing
the kind." replied the deacon, "but I've
got some work to do afore I can go tJ
nieotinV
"Are you crazy? Don't you know this
-is the Sabbath? What is the matter of
youT aaked the good woman, with,
agitation, and then she began to cry f
I "It's the Lord's work. SI an da," said
itbe deacon, "an' It must be done now.-
fend be proceeded to load potatoes.
Hour and meat Into the aled and drive
Mr. ,
Mrs. Whlttaker and Ttllle, left alone,
iwere two miserable women for the
bext two hours, but when the husband
and father came back with his face as
Impenetrable aa a mask of Iron, and In
Every other way his usual self and pre.
a red for church without any signs of
further mental aberration, they wen,
somewhat consoled.
At the meeting that day, the deacoq
joined In the responses with unusual
unction, and when the time for givlni
"testimony" came, be waa the first ti
rise to his feet
"Brethren," be said, with a suspicious
quiver In his voice, "1 reel to-day aa lj
I am an unworthy servant an' a sin)
ner beyond degree. It is only througk
the gracious' mercy of an overrulin
1'rovldence that I have been spared st
long to cumber the earth."
This waa an old story to most of thi
congregation, and one that they bad
beard with slight variations in thi
' phraseology for many years. In fact
this self abasement was the rule, and
( no one was particularly Interested ll
the deacon's vilification of himself, un
til be continued:
j .por a good many years I have Uveo,
among you an pretended to be a true
! follower of the meek and lowly Onei
puCked as n brand from the burnln'j
D1lt T naye been no thin, not bin' but a
wnjted sepulchre an a hypocrlt I have1
I WOre the thin garb of a false holiness,
whlle in my soul I have been goln'
down the broad road."
Every one In the house was awake by
tW nd ,f deacon had
:lftlraed h,mse,f a murderer on,
M hare bn gurprl8ed aftM. tMfL
"This mornln'," continued the den
con, "I am thankful to be able to say
that I hare turned bnck toward Mount
Zioa, the city of the living God. 1
want to tell you all about It"
"Down at the Corners, where I live,
Is a wldder poor an' lonely; she has lit
tle children, such aa Christ said, 'of
such Is the kingdom of heaven.' This
woman an' her children were hungry
an' cold an' I knowed of it, an' Instead
of goln' at once to relieve Oieir necessi
ties out of the plenteousness of my
store, I waited an' let one who I looked
- 1S1 M t- A M
upon as a cuuu oi oaxan, a eou .
Belial, a sinner an an outcast, goan'r
do the Master's work. I
I
"I went last night two whole days
after I knew of her extremity, to see if
I could do anything for her, thinking
bow little I could do an' feel that I
had done my duty. I found her com
fortable with a fire on her hearth, an'
bread an' meat In the pantry.
"She told me that two nights before,
when she hadn't a crumb to eat In the
house, nor a stick of wood to burn, an'
had given up her faith In rrovldence
almost, an' was ready to lay down an'
die in despair, sho heerd some one
n-throwln' wood Into her wood house,
liut in the darkness she couldn't tell
who it was, as It was way past mid
night Then came a knockln' at the
door, an' when she asked who was
there, a voice said a friend,' and she
opened the door a little way, an' some
one with his collar turned up an' his
hat pulled down, pushed a bag o' flour
an' other things to eat through the door,
an' then vanished Into outer darkjiess
to be seen no more.
"She knew who It was, though, for
she knew his clothes from the glimpse
she got of 'em, an' he was one who has
stood aloof from the church an who
we have counted as agin' us. I hope
he was, for we have been a generation
of vipers, an' there haa been no good In
us. He must a-seen through us, an'
I think he had a good reason for stand
in' a good way off an' for a-Iaughin'
our pretensions to scorn. But he didn't
forget the words of the scriptures
which says, 'Inasmuch as ye Lave done
tt to one .of the least of these, ye have
done It also to me,' When he knew the
Lord's children were hungry an' cold,
he supplied their wants. He thinks
no one knows who be Is, but I see him
now In thla congregation, slrtin' away
back, an' I don't blame blm. I have
said hard things of him, and I ntlk his
forgiveness. I won't name him, but h
knowa I am talkln' to him, an' X want
to tell him that under Prorldeflco, ha
has been the means of bringing about
my conversion from the error of my
way an a-settln' my face Zidnward.
"Thla mornln', though It waa th
Lord's day, I made a beginnlfi', an' my
wife an' daughter thought I Was crazy,
but I bad jest come Into my xiaht mind
for the first time In many years. May
the Lord have mercy on us afl, and th
deacon sat down.
His testimony had reduced the con
gregation to such a state of mind thai
no one had a very good Idea of what
happened afterward. Such a testimony
had never been before offered In that
church nor haa a similar one atace thaj
time.
After the meeting waa ended, and
Mrs. Whlttaker and Hlllle were wait
Ing at the door for the deacon to drlv
around, several of the neighbors cam
around to them to ask what haj
moved him so much, but ahe waa at
much In the dark as any of them, onlj
she told about the load of provision,
that bad been taken away that mora
lng.
Just then the deavon drove up.
"Mother." be said, "there's room foi
one more In this here sleigh; go over ait
ask Jack Sweet if he can't go home t
dinner with us."
Jack accepted the invitation, and tin
reader may. guess the rartvBant'i
Horn. , . . i . -d,
Suocotash ThuTinay be made bl
mixing equal quantities of shelled
beans and oorn out from the cob. hav
ing first cooked them separately. Oi
cut the raw oorn from the cob, bj
scoring each row and pressing the pnlj
out with the back of the knife, leaving
thA btlll fin thA n)i n.l w Knn 4k-
beans are nearly soft add the corn and !
cook fifteen minutes. Add cream,!
butter, salt aad sugar to taste. Kev
York World. (
Twenty millions of meteors are said
to fall noon the earth every day,' theii
aggregate weight amounting to severaj
tons. .
The Japanese remedy for the Iodtosv i
is to be given a trial at the laxar hoost
at Baa Francisco.
A fllT traction company wit
toon mnailniil with street can
n
JjanVU UUUy
rJedicine
four blood in Spring is almost certain to
be tall of impurities the accumula
tion of the winter months. Bad ven
tilation of sleeping rooms, Impure air
In dwellings, factories and shops, over '
eating, heavy, improper foods, failure
- of the kidneys and liver properly to do
extra work thus thrust upon them, are
the prime causes of this condition. It
is of the utmost importance that you
Purify
Your Blood
Now, a. when warmer weather come, and
the ton i effect of cold bracing air is
gone, your weak, thin, impure Mood
will not furnish neceiary strength,
That tired feeling, loss of appetite, wiU
open the way tor serious disease, ruined .
health, or breaking out of humors and .
Impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hood's Barsaparilla stands un
equalled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Oct Hood's, because
n0(dl
Sarsaparilla
h the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1.
Prepared only byC. I. Hood a Co., Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Pills
are the only pUU to taki
with HooaV Sanavarula.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIBS.
yjT.T.nm ton arm.
Boil until done one beers tongue,
aving a pint of the liquor ; remove
Jie skin, allow it to get perfectly cold
ind slice ns for the table. Ih half a
)int of water dissolve thoroughly two
mnces of gelatine; carefully- take
Tom a teacupful of browned veal
javy all the grease, stir in a small
jtblespoonful or sugar, one table
pnonful of burned sugar to color the
elly, and three tablespoonfuls of vine
jar, then the liquor in which the
.ougne was boiled; mix in well the
lissolred gelatine, then a pint of boil
ng; strain through a jelly bag. As
icon as it begins to set, pour a little
elly into the. bottom of the mold, add
i layer of tongue, then more jelly, an
il it is full ; set in a cold place. When
ranted, dip the mold an instant into
lot water, anl turn the contents into
i dish, which should be garnished with
ettuce leaves, nasturtium flowers or
j Qf celery.New York Telegram,
8 J
. r
TB9TK.J WW 1KI lrt FOB IJDf OW PUB.
A tested receipt for a lemon pie that
s delicious calls for four eggs, a small
ablespoontul of cornstarch, two lem
ma and a half teaspoonful of baking
Kiwder. Set aside tho whites of two
f the eggs for the meringue of the
ie, and beat the whites of the other
.wo to a dry froth. Beat all the
rolks with tho sugar, and when light.
wll the dry cornstarch. Mix until
lerfectly smooth, then add the juice
if the lemons, and the grated yellow
ind of ono. Melt the butter and add
hat ; then stir in the baking powder
a rapidly as possible, torn into a
xtstry shell that haa been previously
taked. Make the meringue in thtt
innal way.
A lemon filling for pies that is more
fcnnoniical and not as rich, is made in
his way : Add a cupful of granulated
.11 par to tbe yolka of three egfrs and
teat the mixture until light, then add
h& juice and rind of a large lemon.
fo two small tablespoonfuls of flour
idtl a little cold water. When free
torn lumps, add half a cnpfnl of hot
vater and make a smooth paste. Mix
his with the other part of the filling,
in J bake in a crust that has been pre
viously baked. Such crusts should
lot bo allowed to brown in the first
taking. New York Post.
TO FRKPABS OOKf.
Of all the vegetables corn is the
faost universally welcomed. Here are
i few recipes showing the different
nays it may be prepared :
Green Corn i'ritters Cut through
ach row of kernels with a sharp knife,
rhen with the back of the knife press
out the pulp and leave the hull on the
cob. This is better and easier than to
ibave or grate off the kernela To one
pint of corn pulp add two well-beaten
eggs, half a teaspoonful of Bait, half a
altspoonful of pepper and two table
ipoonfuls of flour, or just enough to
seep tbe corn and egg together. Do
aot add milk, as then more flour will
ho required, and this destroys the
Savor of the corn. Fry In small cakes
Dn a bnttered griddle and brown well
an each side, or add more flour and
Jrop by spoonfuls into deep fat. When
highly seasoned with salt and pepper
these fritters have the flavor of oya
lers.
Boiled Oreen Corn Choose young
ragar-corn, full grown, but not hard ;
test with the nail. When the grain is
pierced the milk should escape in a
jet and not be thick. Clean by strip
ping off the outer leaves, turn back
the innermost covering carefully, pick
off every thread of silk and recover
the ear with the thin husk that grew
uearest it Tie at the top with a bit
of thread, pnt into boiling water salted
and cook fast from twenty minutes to
half an hour, in proportion to size and
nge. Cut off the stalks close to the
cob and send - whole to the table
wrapped in a napkin.
Corn Soup Take one large fowl, or
four pounds of veal (the knuckles or
neck will do) ; put over the fire in one
gallon of cold water, without salt;
cover tightly and simmer slowly until
the meat will slip from the bones, not
allowing it to boil all the strength ont
as the meat can be made into a nice
dish for breakfast by reserving a cup
ful of the liquor to put with it in a
mince on toast, or a stew. Strain the
soup to remove all bones and bits of
meat urate one dozen ears of green
corn, scraping cobs to remove the
heart of the kernel. Add corn to the
sonp, with salt, pepper and n little
parsley, and simmer slowly half an
hour. Just before serving add a table-
spoonful of flour, beaten very thor
oughly with a tablespoonful of button
Serve very hot
Corn and Tomatoes Take equal
quantities of green oorn ont from the
cob and tomatoes alioed and peeled.
Btew together half an hour, season
with pepper, salt and n very little
sugar. Stew fifteen minutes longer
and stir in a great lump of butter.
cive minutes later pour oat and serve.
Crookes tubes, for use in taking
Xray photographs, have already arr
leared on the bargain counter of a
Chicago department store. They cost
ilMMgnft tt TTU t itornet.
i a country score is the scene of many
curious happenings. One of these oo
. eurred in n email village in the upper
part of old Dutchess County. The
clerk was a bright, smart, active coun
try lad, who waa equal to all emergen
cies. He found that a certain denizen
of the place, named "Jake Brown," al
ways found a convenient sitting on the
counter In the farther part of the store '
near the cracker barrel, and that when !
the clerk'a eyea were not upon him the I
old man's position allowed him to pilfer j
a number of biscuits. The clerk noon
grew tired of this, and be arranged a '
good-ebced needle with a spring In a1
hole In the counter under the oilcloth, I
with a lone string, which could be
pulled at any point la the store, j
One extremely hot day In June the
old' man entered the atore, and took
his position aa uaual on top of the coun
ter near the cracker barrel. The clerk
waa apparently engaged with a cue-
tomr nt W ey . Z
"1 when be waa reaching for the
crackers the rlng was Pulled. "Jake"
i " ulnJ..tl,e UndlD ?? Jf
Ui luv yiiuuw v& uiv atwss), uv mi iw
the object or attack, he wearing only
overalls. Not being rewarded In his
search, he mounted the counter the
second time, and waa about to make
another attempt at cracker raising,
when he felt another thrust, which lift
ed him in the air again. He started for
the attic above the store.
Hla prolonged absence caused the
clerk to go up to the attic, where be
found It aa hot aa an oven, to see what
was going on. He found the old man
distracted and nearly disrobed in the
mlddje of the floor, shaking hla Overalls
furiously. The sight waa laughable.
Tbe clerk aaked blm what waa the mat
ter. He replied!
"Thla mornmg, while mowing hi the
meadow, I atruck a hornet's nest, and
one of tbe peaky things haa crawled up
tbe leg of my overalls, and haa struck
me twice, and I'm bunting for It"
The clerk wore a smile. Philadelphia
Times. -
An Editor's Memories.
There waa a time when newspaper;
men in New York" and Washington
contributed not a little to public en
tertainment by the savage way in
which they pitched Into each other.
That doughty eonibnterrt, James Wat
sou Webb, was grand master in this
kind of strife. Back in the thirties His
liability to be challenged tempered, but
did not restrain, the virulence of news
paper abuse, and Ic flourished uncheck
ed in the early dnys of the New Tork
Herald, when the entire press of the
city combined to put down this daring
and successful aspirant for public
favor.
In Hudson's "History of Journalism
In the United States" may be found a
collection of the choice epithets hurled
at the elder Bennett In 1840 by Park
Benjamin In the Signal, by Judge Noah
in the Evening Star, and by James
Watson Webb In the Courier and En
quirer. These have not been surpassed
before or since. Besides them, Gree
ley's "little vllllan" characterization of
Raymond In 1853 and after sounds
tame. The last eminent professor of
the cut-and-thrust method of dealing
with hlsUrethren of the press waa Jen
nings, of the Times, ne found, I think,
a genuine delight in it, and one of the
pastimes of the New York editors
of twenty-five years ago was to goad
this redoubtable swashbuckler Into
paragraphic fury. He gave, aa a rule,
as good as he got
But it may be doubted whether hla
animadversions on tho table manners
and the condition of the finger nails of
the editor of an evening contemporary
had precisely the effect Intended. Tho
victim was not sensitive to that kind
of criticism, and It made discriminat
ing readers grieve. Forum.
Wfeea TravellaB,
Whether on pleasure bent, or business, ake
oa every trip a bottle of Syrup of Fig, as it
acta moat pleasantly and effectually on the
kklneya, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of eickneaa. For
ale in 60 cent and f 1 bottles by all leedln
drtunrfeta. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Company onlr.
An image impressed npon the retina
of the eye remains there an apprecia
ble time. This is the reason why a
torch swung rapidly seems to be a cir
cular flame.
Catarrh and Colds Retlered In lO to So
Minutes.
One short puff of the breath through the
Blower, supplied with each bottle of Dr
A Knew Catarrhal Powder, diffuse this Pow.
der over the surface of the naal Manures.
..untira!!3dUKh,fa!,tou' '
J " ft ne"n'D",1,,r c,Ire Catarrh. Hay
nr,..SS,Irl!l,H"vdl,0,lJ,?' or Throat Ton
S ii DfPM- If Tour drauirUt hasn't
it in stock, aak htm to procure u for r oil
Bolaa is tbe name of a new dis
covery made in the forests of Surinam.
It is a substitute for the rapidly disap
pearing india rubber and gutta perchs.
',.iiik'i-u who fore ej-w me nr. TsueThomp
tii LTa-water. bruaulsu eetl at 28c. pet bottle
They say that a Kentucky physician
has invented an apparatus which en
hies a blind person to see by means of
X rays acting on a picture made by a
small camera fastened over his eyes.
Via, Wlnt.6ws booming Syrup for children
teething, olten the gunu. reduoet innamma
uoa. allar pain, cure wind colia ate a botUe.
The French Government has con
feired tbe cross of tbe Legion of Honor
on Professor W. F. Putnam, of Har
vard, in recognition of bis scientific
achievements.
Cure Guaranteed toy 1K- J. It MAYKK, 11)13
Area M., 1'H11.A-,Va. Kase at once; no opera
tion or at-lay irom ousineM. contra itauon iree.
rndoraement ol physic-tana, ladies and promi
nent cltliena bend tor circular. Office houra 9
A.M. to SI'. M.
An X ray photograph showing a bul
let in a man a leg was accepted as evi
lence in a Montreal (Canada) court
the other day that the man had been
shot
FITS "topped free by Da. Kuxm Great
Kim Kivroana. No flu after first day' ute.
Marveloiia cures. Treatise and S2.08 triai bottle
iree. jsr. awune. vox aico su. tnila fa.
A Dangerous Habit,
Sleeping and dreaming In a barber's
chair lost a man the tip of hla nose in
San Francisco the other day. Tbe
man dropped into the barber shop to
get a shave, and as his face was being
lathered fell asleep. The barber con
tinued to shave hie sleeping customer
gently. Suddenly tbe sleeper struck
out right and left with his fists, pre
sumably at some dreamland foe. His
right fist struck tbe razor and drove Its
keen blade through the end of hla nose.
This awakened him with a start, and
after a hasty explanation the man pick
ed up the piece of his nose and ran to
tbe city and county hospital. The sur
geon stitched the piece of nose on where
K belonged, and there la a fair show
sf Its growing In place or more or leas
In placcv-Kew Tork Sun,
Professor Alexander Agassis, of
Cambridge ia leading an expedition
of ataanliahi to explore the great Bar-
Kaonreton to the Arctios. -
Aa Engheh pleasure excursion to the
Arctic regions, on the plan of the Miran
da trip, la announced for next aununer.
The reaael will be tba at earn yacht
Blencathva. which has been used by
Capt Wiggins In his Siberian expedi
tions. It will visit Iceland, Greenland,
and Hudson's Bay.
Lydla E. PiakksaVs Vegetable Coaaoaal
Will cure the worst forma of female
complaints, all ovarian troubles, in
flammation and ulceration, falling and
displacements of the womb, and conse
quent spinal weakness, and is pecu
liarly adapted: to the change of life.
Every time it will cure Backache.
It haa cured more cases of leucor
rhoaa by removing the cause, than any
remedy tho world haa ever known ; it
la almost Infallible in such cases. It
dissolves and expels tumors from tbe
uterus in an early stage of develop
ment, and checks any tendency to can
cerous humors. Lydla E. Pinkham's
Liver Pills work in unison with the
Compound, and are a sure cure for
constipation and sick headache. Mrs.
rinkham's Sanative Wash la of great
value for local application.
Each British soldier costs hla country
f320 every year.
ratenta are Issued by sixty-four gov.
ernments In tbe world.
French tradesmen In New York have
organized a French chamber of com
merce. A dramatic college for ladles la short,
ly to be started In one of the suburbs of
London.
The largest Krupp guns have a
sacgo of seventeen miles and fire two
shots a minute.
During the Franco-Prussian war the
ccst to the French nation of each
Prussian killed waa 20.000.
At the present moment out of the
seventy-one members of the Irish mv
tionallst party ten are Protestants.
; Tbe shipbuilding concern of Sir W.
G. Armstrong &. Co., limited, of Glas
gow, will establish a plant In Japan.
A white buzzard was lately shot In
Texas having on Its neck a bell mark
ed "18G0" and "Balls County, Mis
souri."
Kangaroos are such a plague In Aus
tralia that the government pays
bounty of 8 pence for each animal that
is killed.
The Boston Park Commissioners, 1
Is alleged, will permit the sale of beet
and light wines In the public parks
this summer.
A grandnlece of General Israel Put
nam, Mrs. Lucy L. Deckery, died In
Bangor, Me., a few days ago, at th
age of 89 years.
Exports of copper pyrites from Spain
lost year fell off nearly 37,000 tons at
compared with 1804, the figures being
604.407 tons and 541,320 tone respec
tively.
The Supreme Court of New Tork hai
decided that a aurgeon making an
autopsy without the permission of the
relatives of the deceased la liable to b
sued for damages.
The bank statistics of Ireland fot
180ft are the most satisfactory ever re
corded, and show that Ireland haa but
to be let alone to attain a thoroughly
sound economic condition.
There Is n 6-year-old girl In Detroit
who plays on the piano and compose,
pieces. 8 be wakes np the family be
fore breakfast and often arouses them
In the middle of the night.
The statue of Lord Byron; which has
Just been unveiled by King George at
Athena, represents the poet advancing
with outstretched arms to meet Greece,
who holds out to him a laurel crown.
It la understood that tbe government
of New Zealand will Introduce a meas
ure for the exclusion of consumptive
persons on the same lines aa that deal
ing with small-pox, making masters of
ships liable.
One of the new schemes for passen
ger transportation In New York Is to
make one fare good from the upper
end of the city to the eastern limits of
Brooklyn, Including passage across the
East River bridge.
Physical strength la highly rated In
Switzerland. In several cantons the
customs still prevails of holding wrest
ling matches. The champtona taking
part in these athletic sports belong to
the most diverse ranks in the social
scale.
Tesla says It ia unnecessary to con
struct a geometrical figure to attract
the attention of the Inhabitants of
Mars. It Is possible now to generate
artificial thunder and lightning and
great electrlo sparks with a gap of
a mile.
The ruby In the center of the Maltese
cross on top of the British crown Is the
stone that wan given to the Black
Prince by King Pedro of Castile after
the battle of Nejara. Henry V. of
England wore It In 'his helmet at the
battle of Aglnconrt.
"Whereas, reads a notice printed In
the Blddeford (Ma) Journal, "my hus
band, Amaa, has left my bed and board
without any cause, I Caution all wlmln
taking up with him, aa I am the third
one that he has broughte to distinction
to my knolidge."
St Petersburg la everted ever the
horse-whipping of Prince MestctMraky,
director of the Craehdanin, by two sens
of an official who felt laariiited by an
article in the newvparar. Tbe ytnmz
men say they whipped the prince, bet
he snys that ha turned them out of hts
house without being struck.
The dromedary parcel post service In
the German territories of Southwest
ern Africa baa given better results than
were expected. Tbe dromedaries are
adapted to the climate, are not affected
by the prevalent cattle diseases, are
not made footsore In stony regions and
do not suffer extreme thirst when de
prived of water for a week.
They say that the X rays give an in
fallible test for a diamond. - They pass
right through the genuine stone, while
tt
1H
oVopportanity is life's greatest loss. Think of goffering with I
Ftrennni run
L-mmLblU Years Years Years
When the opportunity lies In a
Severe Critics.
It la told of a Scotch clergyman that
after raUng a quotation from Scrip
ture In his prayer one Sunday, he add
ed, earnestly: "For that, O Lord, is
the correct translation of the passage."
It Is assumed that anyone who beam
a sermon la quite capable of sitting In
Judgment on it, from either a doctrinal
or a literary pout of view. Brery
Scotch preacher la closely watched by
his congregation as well aa by his pres
bytery, and some peculiar evidence la
offered In the ecclesiastical suits whlck
are sometimes carried on.
The charges made against a certain
minister who waa to have been nettled
ever a pariah la the north of Scotland
indicate tbe variety of tbe demands
made by the critical hearera. The par
ish schoolmaster declared that there
waa notb"g In the luckless minister's
manner "to arrest and fix the eye;
nothing, aa It were, to build np the
mind In a holy frame.' The schoolmas
I ter wanted "burning seal, and a
'.warmth beaming from the eye, the
face, and above all, from the Intona
tion of the voice," '
Another witness objected to tbe pre
sentee's bands, which he said were
very much in tbe way. "At one time
they were In hla pockets, and again ha
waa keeping the line of hla sermon
With hia finger."
) One farmer said he was n "eauld,
j dry, steeple body," and another said he
wanted "more forcy preaching," while
a third said he could not endure the
minister's "saver-gray sort C eye
lashes." Two of the grayest and most fre
quent charges were those of a lack ol
"liveliness" and the use of 'unintelligi
ble expressions; for example, "a series
of unhappy coincidences" used twice In
one sermon, and "a concourse of cir
cumstances.' These charges were considered ample
reasons for the non-settlement of thi
minister In question, and to an uniniti
ated reader It seems as If hla life In
that parish would scarcely have been
a Joyous one bad be been Installed over
people with such remarkable gifts for
criticism. ,
Among the wise English laws Is one
that permlta miners of each colliery to
select, once In three months, two from
their number, whose duty It is to In
spect the workings as a check upon the
Inspectors and lire bosses paid by the
operators. The recommetidatlons of
these Inspectors must be promptly at
tended to under severe penalties. As a
result of this law mine accidents have
diminished greatly In number, and the
health of tbe miners has-been Improved
by attaining better sanitary conditions
Tteart Disease Relieved In SO Minn tea.
Dr. Aenew's Cure for the Heart girva perf.-ct
relief in all cases of Organic or Sympathetic
Heart Disease in 3D minutes, and speedily ef
fects a cure. It ia a peerli-ss remedy for Pal
pitation, Shortness of Breath, Hmotlierinx
fcM'liB, Pain in L-tt Side and all symptoms ot
a DineHStfd lit-art. One dose convinces. If
your drumrist iiaani it in stoc-k, ak him to
procure it Hrt you. It will aava jour lilo.
Workmen excavating for a bouse
in Portland, Ore., a week ago, un
earthed a large two-handed sword,
such as was used in the early centur
ies. Hall's Catarrh Cure I a liquid and Is taken
lnlei nail v, and acts directly npou the lilood
and unions surf acts of the system, t-ertd for
teat.luoutai-s liw. n:il by f)ru-.'Kts, 7:"ic
A. J. C'ubncv k Co., Pruii&.'lolKdo. O.
Some gleaners of" human family
statistics say that a man or woman of
correct proportions is six times as high
as the right foot is long.
ii--.. wuuim', mcviiiu cna waa nrst maue
in 1H It co 1 20 cents a oar. It Is precisely ttie
am tucredienta and quality now and duetn't
mtt half, buy it ot your grocer and preserve
four clothes. If he hasn't it, he will get It.
w-M iw.ivi.i-.. riui. o " . .
The total value of the foreign inm.
merce of the United States last year
was 1,047.1HH).000. while I25.000.O0O-
000 would be a reasonable estimate of
our internal commerce.
lo Hot Despair becan-a
many medicines ani have failed to receive ben-
em. Kememoer that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures
when all others fail to do any good winterer.
Hood's Pills ate the bt after-dinner niil:
assist digestion, prevent constipation. 25c
The largest catch of shad ever made
on the bL John s river. Florida, was
taken the other week, when more than
20,000 sbad wero caupht. Most of the
fish were sent to New York.
I dm Plso's Cure for Consumption both In mr
family and practice. Dr. u. W Pattbkhon,
nxaier, jn.on., pov. o. mm.
God haa never yet found time to
make a world that a shiftless man
could prosper In.
The Christian who does not have a
mountain-moving faith .baa lived be
low his privilege.
Lifting on the burden of another
beats training In a gymnasium for lr
creasing strength.
Wall Pane
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Made by Walter Baker & Co, Ltrl.
Dorchester, Mass., is--a perfect
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bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL; c
Satisfaction in n Japanese theatee
la proclaimed by shouting ont the aaaae
of the actor or by the words. Tea
rivo!" "One thousand rlyor A rlye la
' l .rth atwrat a ahUs
a yen, a aim " -
Ungs-expresalve ef the cash yalue ea
"M . HiUw of the erlan,
aa actor u u -"-
Tenant I tell you. sir, we can't etnas
K any longer; that Janitor of yena
bosses every one in the flata! i land
lord Well, I don't tMnk yon will navl
reason to complain much longer. Thes
you are going to dieetoerge him 7 "Not,
I've arranged with him to get na(
tied." xonkere Statesman.
"You want to keep your eye on the
woman's bonnet.' aays an Item In a
fashion paper. No, we dont want to,
but under certain conditions, dear ed
itor, we have to. Tonkers Statesman.
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In hall a tumbler of water for stomach troubles,
folic. Wind in the bowels, (old Clillls.Fever and
Ague, I'iarrhoca, fcick Headache, and all inter
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Pi Ice 30e. per bottle.Solal by all Dracgtsts
' There is just a little ap
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Rootbeer; just a smack
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done up in temperance
style. Best by any test.
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