Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, May 20, 1896, Image 4
my soul WA3 Thirsty. lj soul was thirsty till she cams, ' . My heart was hungry till her eyes Lighted lore's fuel into flam And taught me paradise. I banger and I thirst no more; Lo, 'tis a fonnt where honey drips; I drink a thousand kisses from The chalice of her enryed lips. -Godey's Magazine. WBECK OF THE PRISCILLA. It was a wild night. The lightning flashed and In response the artillery of heaven boomed and rolled, then crash ed, as If the very skies were rent in twain to deliver one mighty blow. Streets were transformed Into leaping, rushing rivers by the terrible down- pour of rain, while the breakers on thut lone, dreary New England coast seem- ed to defy the challenge of tho roaring storm. The fleet of small fishermen had scur - rled to a safe anchorage early In the afternoon. "May God help any ship and crew that gets on a lee shore to-night, lads,' soberly remarked Capt. "Josh" Hard- lng, of the lifeboat, to a few of his men, as he stepped to the door and peered out Into the opaque darkness. The Government at this time had not erected the neat, cozy, live saving sta tion with all its modern appliances to rescue a crew from a stranded ship wtucn now auorns we long, Darren stretch of sand, but the crew were members of the fishing fleet, and al- ways volunteered their services with- out promise of reward. A whale boat served their purpose then, and many a despairing sailor had good cause to praise her stanehness and the bravery of her iron-hearted crew. A flash of lightning In the early even- lng had revealed a large bark trying to weather the wreck-bestrewn, fatal Bandkershoal, which caused the bluff, rugged mariner to utter the foregoing remarks. "Where is John Lawrence, to-night, lads? He Is generally here a night like this," he continued In an anxious tone. "John's wife ain't very well, Cap'n; so I heered as I cum daown," answered Bouben Davis, one of the crew. "Well, go up a couple of ye'n see. I should b:ite to loan the boat without John. He's never missed a trip yet," said Capt. Harding, pacing the Bmiill room which served them as a shelter from the storm and was located on the beach, with the boat drawn up outside Just above the reach of the hlnHiu, seething waters, which seemed to re- i cede with despairing moans at failing to drag It into their depths. By the bedside of his wife, holding her thin, wasted hand between thj large, horny pnlms of his own, sat John Lawrence, one of the bravest of th .volunteers. "Oh, If I could but see Tom once more, I could go easy, John," suo hoarsely whispered. "The lad's gone, Mary, n' we don't know where. It's biu nigh outer tew year senee I heered he'd shipped In the fo'eas'tle fer the West Injies. n' bd hasn't writ a word hum seuce." "I know he was a bad boy, John. Put don't you think now that you was a little hard ou him?" she continued. "He was nil we had, you know." The large eyes tilled with tears, and the frail form shook and trembled with emotion, as the mother pleaded for her wayward boy. "I don't know what's the matter with your wife, John. It's either a clenr caso of broken heart or some new disease. Medicine don't seem to reach it," tho doctor had Mild upon leaving a few Lours before. "You'll forgive him when I'm gfiio, John, won't you? He didn't mean to be bad!" she said between her sobs. At this moment the door softly open ed and tiio Captain's messenger stepped in. "John, there's a bark thet can't weather thep llan'kerchi'f, 'n thc-r Cap'n sent us arter ye," said Davis. "It's no use lmys: I cau't leave her ter night. She wouldn't be here when I got back," said I-awnnee softly. rti! blng his eyes and motioning toward the white cot. ' The sick woman partly raised herself and In gasping tones bade her husbnud to go. "They are some mother's boys, John. Tcrhaps someone will do It for our boy some day. Don't mind me, John. I'll sleep while you are gone," he pleaded. "I'll go, Mary, 'n' ef Tom eter gits bum he's furgiven," said Lawrence, huskily, ns he kissed her, and, putting on his storm suit, went out Into the night with his heart lying like a stone In his bosom. "She'll be better, John, maybe, when we gits back," said Abner Barker, try ing to cheer him. as they wended their wa yto the beach. "I've seen her for the last time. Ab ner; she's failed fast sence noon," gloomily answered Lawrence, and said no more. After a mighty struggle with the surf the boat was launched Just as the torm began to abate, and the moon gradually forced her light through the heavy clouds and showed them the doomed vessel pounding to pieces ou the shoals. One by one the stars peeped forth In their accustomed places and turned Egyptian darkness into day. As the boat drew near the bark was seen to raise her stern high In the air, and as cries and gronns resounded loud above the breakers from the fated crew her masts went by the board. A sec ond later, with her back broken from the awful blow, her bouses washed away, with everything gone, she si lently disappeared into the ocean's depths. "My God! this Is terrlbler said Capt. Harding, in a voice of anguish. No cries were heard after the bark went down, and after searching about for some time the order was given to head for the beach. As the boat swung about In response to the helm John Ijiwrence Jumped quickly to his feet, and, shouting, "There's one!" ernhlied a floating bouy Toy its hair and with a mighty effort lifted it Into the boat Just as his fool slipped and he pitched forward, strik ing hli head on the gunwhale, and at the blood gushed from the wound Just above bis temple he knew no more. One afternoon, nearly a month later, number of the lifeboat crew were seen hurrying to the little house which John Lawrence had left on that stormy night to save the seamen aboard tb stranded bark. "Yes, it's so. Ir. Hyde sed as bow he wui com in' tew," said one, as they hur I Tried alon.;. " I r . 1 1 i.n .. i i-1 1 ti.m .. .1. ' 111. in: u II H I L11W1 T L VUU IUUUI1I tew arter all this 'ere time,' 'ejaculated another. Dr. Hyde stood by the bedside of the nnconsicous sailor, who for nearly a mouth had lulu lu a comatose conJition. At time bis breathing waa barely erceptlble and all hopes of his recojf. ery would vanish; then by degrees lit) would grow stronger and the drooping spirits of those about blm would revive. As tho Doctor stood by, carefully not log hia patient's condition, the doi swung open and a number of Law . rente's former messmates filed softlj In, hats in hand, and ranged Uiemstelvui about the room. "W heered John wan 'slderably hob ter. Doctor, 'n lowed we'd like u know ef secb good news wui true,' said Davis. "Shi" replied Dr. Hyde, raising hi band. The eyelids flattered, partly opened; quivered and closed. The Angers of hi right hand, lying on the coverlet twitched convulsively, closed tightly, and relaxed. A spasmodic tremor shook the fond of their comrade and a ray of sunshine mj to settle on the countenances ol the anxious watchers, Suddenly Lawrence partly raised himself and, with his bead resting on hto naIML bis eyes opened and be look il ' calmly Into their faces himself again , tha joha Lawrence of a month ago. No one Tetured a word. Stillness 1 reigned supreme but for the faint tick- Uck ot u,, ujyg clock on the mantel, j you might as well read the log. Doc tor " he finally said In weak tones. "Walt till you are stronger, John, It's been a long time since you have known anything, said Dr. Hyde. "I am strong enuff fer that. You .-p't keep et from me. She died the! u"Vil night when I left her alone. didn't she, mates?" he appealed. jo one answered, but great tears r0Hed down their leathern cheeks, .-i aD't bear t. Doctor. When waa ,he kerrled over yonder you know!" continued the Invalid with trembling up anJ moistened eye. "Be a man. John. You will need your 0id-tlme Iron nerve now, my man," said tne Doctor, as he stepped from the room motlon!ng the others to follow, just M Mary Lawrence, alive and well, accompanied by a tall, manly-looking .-ounir fellow, entered bv another door. After this sacred meeting between husband and wife, rescued from the very brink of the grave, Mary told her story. "Yes, John, this Is our Tom, now the best man in the bout, whom you saved from the sea the night you were hurt. He was on the British bark Hyacinth, bound for Bostou, and but for you we would now have been alone In tho world." "It was her boy she wanted, not med icine," sold Dr. Hyde upon being ques tioned regarding Mary Lawrence's miraculous return to health. Yar mouth Register. "WIRE'S BUSY; CALL AG 4.IN. o mt? Keawona Why One r bontd Not Alwaya ITelieve "ventral." A New York postotUce oKieial in Philadelphia during the street car strike had occasion to use the telephone on pressing business. He gave the bell a Jingle, put the receiver to his ear and said: "Give me Xo. In a hurry." A plaintive but somewhat metallic voice from the unknown said in hi oar: "Wire's busy; call again." He hung up the receiver and waitcl with what patience he could for a full minute. Theu he tried again. "Hello, central. Give me No. ." And the same weird voice said: "Wire's busy; call again." Another wait of two minutes, which seemed a week. Surely he could gel them this tiuie. "Hello, central. No. must be through by this time. Can't you " "Wire's busy; call again." It was very strange, but It must b right. The telephone girl ought to know. He sat down, took out hia watch, traveled with the second hnn I three times around the circle, thet seized the telephone receiver. "Sny, central, don't you think yoc could " "Wire's busy; call again." "What wire's busy? Hadn't yo better wait till " ' "Wire's busy; call again." ' "It Is, eh? Well, perhaps I don'l want " "Wire's busy; call again." "Busy, your grandmother! Cay, young woman, you -" "Wire's busy; call again." "That girl's gone daft." He buni up the receiver with a smash that benl the hook. He would Bee If be couldn't get re spectful treatment. He went to an other telephone, called up the superin tendent of the exchange and related bis experience in tones that hardly needed an electric-wire to carry them. He couldn't see the telephone-uiau smile, but he heard him say: "My dear sir, I am very sorry that you have been so troubled, and I can't explain to you in detail, but. In short, you have been talking to a phonograph. You see, we have a phonograph device that we attach to a busy wire, which answers the subscriber, and gives the operator more time to attend to bet other duties. In your case she proli ably put the plug In and forgot to taki It out. If you will come round to th office I will be happy to explain It to you." Manager Callahan, of the New YorS; exchange, says the phonographic "busy" attachment Is yet In the ex perimental stage and has not been adopted In New York. It originated in the Boston office, and Is being usej there and in Philadelphia. When the subscriber calls for a number the op erator makes a "busy test" by touch ing the brass plug at the end of the connecting wire to the outer edge of the proper hole in the switchboard. If thQ wire Is busy this slight contact gives a warning "click click" in the oera tor's ear, and the full connection Is not made, the oierator replying to the sulv scriber that the wire Is busy. If no warning Is received by this test tha full connection Is made. The phono graphic device does away with the ne cessity of the operator replying to the subscriber. She sticks the plug Into the phonographic attachment, which at once says, "Wire's busy; call again," and continues to say It as long as the connection remains. This leaves tha operator's hands free to attend to othet calls and connections, but she Is sup posed to take the plug out of the phon ograph after the lapse of about flva seconds. New York Mall and Express A Profitable Cat. A Lewlston (Me.) lady owns a large brown coon cat which has just leen sold for the seventh time for S8. With. I In a week after each sale the cat comes back to the house of the first owner ' and makes her appearance at meal '. time. He Thought It Pleonasm. "Don't nse poor soap," read Perry Patettlc from the paper In which his "poke-out" had been dropped. "Ef I had been writin that." he continued. "I think I would have left out that word "pore. "Cincinnati Enquirer. A small tree may bear good trait. The iron grasp of scrofula baa no mercy upon its victims. . This demon Of the blood is often not satisfied with sausing dreadful sores, but racks the body with the pains of rheumatism until Hood's Sarsaparilla cures.' "Nearly four years ago I became af flicted with scrotal and rheumatism. Banning sores broke oat on my thighs. Pieces ot bone cam out and an operation was con tempi tod. I bad rheumatism la my legs, drawn up oat of shape. I lost ap petite, could not sleep. I was a perfect wreck. I continued to grow worms and Dually gave up tha doctor's treatment to WHD take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Soon appetite Ems back; ths sores commenced to besL. y limbs straightened out and I threw away my crotches. I am now stoat and nearxy ana am farming, waereas roar years ago I was cripple. I gladly rec ommend Hood's Sarsaparilla.'' Ubbah Hammond, Table Grove, Illinois. nl0dr. Sarsaparilla Is the trie True Blood Purifier. All druggist. l. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. mm mm f" -1 euro uver caaj UI MOOd S PlllS Uko, easy to operate. lOc r AN OVERSIGHT. fhe Trouble It Caused In the English Mall Service. In his "Forty Years In the English Postotnce" Mr. F. E. Balnea telle a stir ring story which Illustrates the differ, tnee between the slow-pacing old timet and the swift-going new. Sixty years ago the malls were car ried through England by coaches. At the principal towns, four horses, har nessed, and two post-boys ready for the road, were always In waiting in case of accidents. On one occasion, when an Important bill respecting the West Indies was be fore Parliament, the packet for those tolonles was detained at Falmouth un til the decision should be reached. At last the vote was taken, and the bags Containing dispatches and instructions from the Colonial Office to the West Indian governors and consuls enme Sown to Exeter, and as was supposed were all sent on by coach to Falmouth. In the middle of the "night a portei nas dismayed to find a huge leatbet portmanteau in a dark corner of the ifTice. It was the bag of dispatches. In a twinkling a post-boy sprang on ne of the waiting horses, and shot for ward to warn all the posting stations lu the hundred miles of road to Fal mouth. ' Behind him followed at break neck pace a chaise and four with the tug. The mall coach bad four and a half hours the start. The post-boy dasb J on. sounding his horn. Toll-gates flew open, fresh horses Itood waiting for the chaise down through Devon and Cornwall. When the chaise reached Falmouth It had made up the four hours, but In the odd half-hour the mails had been carried ou board the ship, and she was now under Cull sail, leaving the harbor. The post-boys flung the bag Into a Iwtat and gave chase. Pendennis Castle fired a gun. The packet understood the signal, hove to, and the bag was flung on liourd. This seems slow work to -us now, when Instructions can be cabled from Loudon to the other side of the world In an hour. Yet away back In still slow er days, we read of a monarch who, when be would make known In baste an edict to his kingdom, caused let ten to be prepared and sent them by "rlderi on mules, camels and young droiue larles." But, after all, it Is precisely the (ami human energy that uses the camel, ol the mail-coach, or the lightning. We have better tools than our brother one century or twenty centuries ago, but are we any better than he? Are we serving God or our fellow-men with greater devotion and keener percep tions of truth and light than be served them? That Is really the Important question to ask. Why Mutomea Wear Rubbers. "Doesn't that wear out your shoe?" asked the Inquisltite passenger. He was standing on the platform of a trolley car watching the motorman kick the striker of the gong which pro- (ected a few inches above the floor of be platform. The tattoo the motor man kept up was almost constant and his heavy foot arose and fell with great Iegularity as wagons, small boys and edegtriana scurried out of the way of he flying car. j He did not reply at once to the ques tion of the inquisitive passenger, as k woman was waiting at the next cor her and he had to shut off the current ind put on the brakes considerably, nd thus had other things to think of. tut when the car started up again he aised his right foot and placed It on he rail of the dashboard so that the ole of the heavy arctic overshoe could lie seen. I "See that rubber?" he asked. "Well, I've worn It all winter. Do yon set sny holes In It?" The Inquisitive passenger admitted that It was practically as sound as th day It came out of the factory. "Well, there you are," said the motor man, who bad long since put his foot liack on the platform and was . ener getically pounding away at the gong with It "This bell don't wear out a rubber sole at all, but a leather one say. It don't last no time. I don't know w hy It Is, but she goes through a heavy leather sole In a few weeks, but a rub lier will last all winter." And he banged away at the bell -as though striving to make a hole In his shoe. Chicago Chronicle. A Fortune in a Boudoir. Charles T. Yerkes' New York man sion la to be a regular palace. Mrs. Yerkes' boudoir Is being finished re gardless of expense. The decorations alone will cost In the neighborhood of $25,000. One of the special features Is the perfumed wood used for paneling In every available form. When Anally completed and furnished with Its rare hangings, tapestries, ruga and French cabinets It will be a fairy domain, i Every bride wears a wedding dress that la beyond her father's means. There la only one thing for a man to So when he finds himself married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that la to learn to enjoy earning it dnlL Idle boy cannot be educated Ef aeaMxlnsT hlm thronah eotan. J I ladUm Travel.' Indian travel la full of surprises, pleasant and otherwise. A gentleman, . wishing to purchase some of the beau tiful caahmere aha win which are made not far front Delhi, went to one of the largest establishments In the city. The merchant showed him a .book in which were travelers' written recom mendations of his goods. Among the recommendations was) this one In Ger man: "I have bought shawls of this man, and I think I got them cheap; but do not offer him a third of what he asks." The gentleman selected two very heantlful shawls and asked the price. The merchant, after a little consulta tion with one of hia clerks, said: i "I have not sold a shawl to yonr party. I sell yon very, very cheap. Yon may have these beautiful shawls for fourteen hundred rupees." "Absurd! Let us go," aald the gentle man, having In mind the German's advice; and he started tor the door. ( "Don't go," said the merchant; "make me an offer." "I will glre yon four hundred rupees for Tooth shawls." To hia astonishment the merchant blandly replied: "Take them, air; I will send them to four hotel." I ) At Jaipur, the same traveler lodged In a hotel conducted by a native, but owned by the rajah. He found the following amusing notices posted in various places: "If visitors are not satisfied with' the food or cooking, they can deduct from the bill what they consider fair." , I "Guests are requested not to strike I me servants." i ' "Guests wishing Ice are requested to rive a day's notice and name how much they require." ; Paraljs's. From the Pre, Xeie Yot-t Cily. Morris Preeiaoer. ot No. 1 Pitt Street, Nee fork, wh3 Is a real estate aant and oolleoto' ' nf rants, eansht a sever oold earl v last sorlnr. ' whloh settle I upon his kl looys. 8ooa be began to suffer severe pals la his backbone, sides and eheat His symptoms grew rap- j Idly more aUnalng, until at last bo was ar helpless as a ohlld and eoulu scaroely movs as ha lay ou his bed. As If r. Preslanar U . well known la the part ot the town where lis resides, he hni many sympathisers, who diJ all they eoul I to help hlm. Though a native of Berlin, Mr. Preslnn"! his li veil in fits country for forty years, hav ing served the country of his adoption by three years' hard nervine in tha civil war. , He enlisted with the Nineteenth Illinois In- ' fnntry, taklnir part ia m iny battles an t raaniiiinir with General Sherman to I he se. Wliiio in Orionria, Mr. Preeianer wm pr -nioe1 to first Herimant for bravery on ths nld o' action. He la now a member oi Koltns Post, t. A. It., and U one of ths moat popular men ia the Pont. Mr. Prealnner told a reporter the story ot Ms dreadful illness and won lerful recovery. 1'he reporter met him as be was returning from a long walk, an 1, saying that he ha I li -arrt of bis wonderful en re, aske I him to tell the story. When Mr. Preelaner waseoin fortahly seats! in his plea.ant parlor, ha told the following story, which, he said, ha honed everyone who was etifTorioir as he tin t nffered, would read. Ilia word were ns follows: "Xo begin with, I was taken stole junt a ytar and a month affo, having taken a evere ool.l whlon semen on mv Kianeys. AC first I thought tha piln I suffered would loon pass away, but, lnsteid of dolnir this. It grew more intense every day, so that in a week I eould walk only with eooaideratl djffli-ulty. "I ealled In a doctor, who said I had loco motor stasia and began treating ma for that dlsensn. He did me no good, and all sum mer long I eould soarenly attend In my busi ness at all. Then I ealled another doctor and took bis medloine for several weeks, but ox-fM-rienred no relief. Ir. Truman Nichols, of No. 2H7 Enet Broadway, who I at last cnll I Iii, helped me more than auv of the otli--r toctoro, but along towaids fall I Brew worse, lespite hi treatment. I think Dr. Mleh ! to a good dootor and understood my cn.-, ut dtwpite this fact his medicimw did no u j laetiiig good. "K:irly In November the little strength I l.vt ill my legs left me and I was unable to Hand. The pain in my ba -k and sides bo Same almost uubearab:e and my limlm gre jf sold. An e'eolrlo nailery 1 bought failed to snip, and for wenku I felt myself gr.ulualiy growing weaker until all hope left me. "Sometime before this I had read of a won flerfnl our a man had received from lr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, but waa lo prejudined agnln-t what 1 thought was a patent medicine of Ihe usual worthless char- toiler ihat 1 eould not make up my mind to try tnntn. leemed Ol tu As my iain-i inorea! and death oomiog near, I thought of what I daud of the symptoms of the man d been cured. They were preoiaely ka.l read and of the svinutoms of the man who had been cured. They were preoiaely Uie same aa mine, and at lat, with my wife Mm4t entreaty, I consented to try Pink Pills. "I am now eonviaesd that theso pl.U; mved my life. Gradually mv strength tw run to return, the desire lo live grew strong r. After having taken three boxen 1 left my bed. This was early In March. Ad pain had left me, and tli:it terrible dead feeling lu my legs had gone away. I was still very weak, but before 1 bad takee the foanh bos I I was able to get down stairs for a short walk I lu the open air. Now 1 feel as If I had been born again and am as happy as a child. Cverv pleasant day I take a walk, and am lure that in a mouth I will be as well as ever." All diseases, suoh as locomotor ataxia, St. , Vitus dance, partial paralysis, seiarioa, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous headache, palpitation of the heart, effects ot la grippe, pale and sallow complexions, and all forma lf weakness, either ia man or woman, disap pear when lr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pals People are taken. Pink Pills can be bought Df any dealer, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 60 eents a box or six Itoxe lor e-i.Su, by addressing Dr. WUllauu' Modi, cine Uo., Doheueotady, N. X. The War of the Rebellion. If a conclusion be reached from the number of men engaged on both sides, our civil war takes rank among the mnar nntnhlA mntMtfl rocordMt In . u- tory. On the Union side there were en- listed from first to last 2.859.132 men: on the Confederate side a number es- tlmated by some to exceed 1,000,000. by others as low as 600,000, the actual figures not being available by reason of the loss of records. The losses were frightful to contemplate. On the Union side 57,401 were killed In action; 33,- 09u died of their wounds; 154,154 died of diseases contracted In the service, j A mstntv Cj,nfMarttlM I ! aatlmatoit ! that 133,821 were killed In action or died of wounds and disease, while 26, 774 died while prisoners of war. It Is also Interesting to know that 476,109 Confederate soldiers were captured, of whom 248,590 were paroled on the i "Id. From the Confederate army there were 104,428 desertions; from the Union forces 170,216. Didn't Need Much. The late Duke of Lelnster, on a cer tain occasion, met one of his laborers and eald to him: "I regret, owing to -a report made by my steward, at hav ing to dispense with your services, aa there la not I believe, sufficient work for alt" Upon hearing thie the man Innocently remarked: "Faith, your Grace, there Is no necessity to dismiss me on account ot scarcity of work, as very little would keep me busy." His rehdy reply amused the Duke, who gave orders for hia retention. Spider Web 811k. . The spider la so well supplied with (he ailky thread with which It makes tta web that a soologlst once drew out of the body of a single specimen 3,480 yarda of the thread a length but little short of two miles. A fabric woven of spiders' threads la more glossy than that from the silkworm's product, and It is of a beautiful golden colon. Many specimens of beetles have two eyes on each ride of the bead, one Ml potior and one inferior. TRUMPET CALLS. 'a Uorn Hounds a Warulnat Kete to the Unredeemed. UH HEAVIEST burdens never crush us. Christ was cru cified by heresy hunters. The smaller the soul the bigger a dollar looks. Some very good saw logs have big knots on them. The man who makes his own god always has a little one. The man who conquers himself has had God for his helper. . A holy life is an argument that al ways staggers a skeptic. There are too many people who nerer pray until they have to. . In trying to keep all he gets, a stingy man steals from himself. When a good man gets on hia knee the devil's throne shakes. A lazy man Is always going to do great things after a while. The man who asks God In faith for a good thing always gets It Some people become very pious as soon as they get In a tight place. When we cannot understand a man we are too apt to call him a crank. The trnth we bate most Is the one that points out the sin we love most Christ was the only teacher the world ever had who lived all he taught The religion that makes no change In a man's heart makes no change in hlm. Windows In heaven can always be found by looking through a Bible promise. The devil finds It hard to discourage the preacher who has a praying church behind him. There Is nothing more foolish than trying to live religious life without DT religion, The man who repents on a sick bed and gets well, generally backslides be fore be pays his doctor. Getting men to nse tobacco and whisky U one way the devil has of taking up a collection. God Is still opening windows in heav en for every'm.in who brings the last tithe Into the storehouse. There are people in every church who are as much dissatisfied with Christ as the scribes and Pharisees were. If the Bible were wiped out of exist ence to-day there is many a star preacher who would never miss It Every time the preacher opens the Bible before his congregation he should expect that somebody will bear God speak. It Is not the man whose character is strongest but the one who loves Christ most who can keep God's law the best Catarrh and Cob! Ilelieved In 10 to Gc Mlt.nlea. One short pnff of tho breath thrnneh the Blower, siipp b-d Willi encli bottle of lr. Agiit-w'H Catarrhal Pow-ilfcr. illflu-e- tliU l'..w. d-r v.-r tue purixce of ilio mi-i.1 ;wn. rainless nd drliKlitful to U4-. it relieve in Mamlynnd iK-riiiuiiviitl) ci.rus I'tiU. rrh. Il:ty rrv-r, IViMs, iiinunctii-. ?ire Tliro.il. in. lit rand Lfejifiitt-s. Ir your ?rnuit"i ha nf It lu lock, ak lit ia to provnre it lur iuu. nuhher Trees Growing in Florida. Those familiar with the southern por tion of Florida are aware of the fact tunt the rublier tree Is Indigenous here, and grows lu great profusion on both coasts south nf a line drawn west from New Smyrna. Many large trees grow ou the east const, there being two well known monarclis, one at Ir. Wittilcld's place, nlniut six miles south of ifock letlge, aud another ou Will Ijinehart's place at Lake Worth. To the natives countless nuiuliers of Immense rublier trees are known, but. as their use fulness has not yet developed here. they are very little noticed. On the west coast the trees are abundantly proulinent, aud are an open bid for , ....... . ... the people of our State to Investigate their value. At this time. When the t'ie PCOpl their value. At this time. When the people are looking for new avenues In . ,, ,.4j i, .....i.i i. natural products. It would be reason- able to suppose that they would utilize the wild rublier tree. On any of the keys along the coast one could And a rubber plantation or estate in an ad vanced stage of growth. At Anna Maria key, at the entrance to the harbor. Colonel John R. Jones has a place upon which Is one of these trees, with five sejiarate trunks, sim ilar to the banyan tree. The largest trunk Is eleven feet In circumference; the others measure twenty-eight twenty-seven and eighteen aud fifteen Inch es respectively. When the tops of these trees becometoo spreading, they send down a sucker, which takes root aud assist In the support of the branches. Such a tree as mentioned above covers a large area, and would afford a good revenue were Its great flow of sap utilized. Colonel Jones on April 14 last planted a little rubber nursling, eighteen Inches In height On the 14th Inst that tree stood five feet ten Inches high, showing with what rapidity they grow in their wild state without any cultivatIon.--Jack6onvlll Citizen. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so 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. Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed no highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are duo to thefuct, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on wnicn it acta. 11 is inereioro j all important, in order to get its bene -flcial effects, to note when yon pur- , chase, that you have the genuine article, which ia manufactured by the California I Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep stable druggists. ( If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laz7s 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 laxatives then one should have the beat, and with, the well-informed everywhere. Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely Tamed and gives most uiiimil llifsaijiai A Senator's Aaaneena'at, Senator Brice wears out one eyeglass ttrlnc a day when he is In hia seat He las a great fashion of taking off hia lyeglasaes and twisting the end of the a ring around hia finger, then he lets the glasses swing out full length, to the tonfusion of any passing Senator, sTten, and with a rotary motion seta the it ring to winding- round his finger. rVhen it Is wound np he proceeds to nn aind It and that seems to be his sole imusement - Ratat r A hungry rat After searching Knares Iron.' shoe store on High street Him iton, Ohio, In vain for something to nt gnawed a hole In the lead watef npe on the second floor, flooding tb lock. WOMAN TO WOMAN. Women are being taught by bitter xperience that many physicians can aot successfully handle their pecu liar ailments known aa female diseases. Doctors are willing- and anxious to kelp them, but they are the wrong sea to work understandingly. When the woman of to-day ex fa periences such symp N toma as backache, nervousness, lassi- whites, or pain fnl men struation, pains in groins. bearing-down sensation, palpitation, "all fone" feeling and blues, she at once akes Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, feeling sure of obtaining' mmediate relief. Should her symptoms be new to her, ihe writes to a woman, Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., who promptly explains ler case, and tells her free how to get welL Indeed, so many women are now ippealing to Mrs. Pinkham for advice, diat a scoreof lady secretaries are kept sonstantly at work answering the great rolume of correspondence which comes n every day. Each letter is answered arefully and accurately, as Mrs. Pink lam fully realizes that a life may de fend upon her reply, and into many iud many a home has she shed the ays of happiness. Advertising Pays. A New York newspaper recently had I fiue chance to test Its value as an ad 'ertising medium. Says the Foutrb Cstate: "It was given the advertisement ol i certain New York magazine which plls for ten cents a copy. It was a large muouncementand.after reciting Its st ruct Ions, an eutire line appeared In told display in the advertisement: 'Send en cents for a number.' The composi or made the line come out In the paper o read: 'Send ten cents for a year.' The tdvertisement appeared Sunday, and dond.ty's mail brought the magazine iver three hundred letters with ten ents Inclosed 'for a year's subscrip lon as per your advertisement in yes- erday'a .' The magazine consult id its lawyer, who advised the publlsh t to make the newspaper pay the ex ra ninety cents on each subscription, jul although this demand was at find efused the proprietors of the daily Inally yielded. During the first week ight hundred and fifty-five letters with en cents inclosed reached the ninga lne, and now the total is a few over ne thousand one hundred. Up to date, herefore. the newspaper has paid nine tundred dollars to find out what really ,-ood returns lu advertising columns .fford. Aud the end Is not yet" ffleart IMamae Relieved la 30 If tnntes Dr. Aitnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect r-lief in all caws of Organic or Sympathetic Iran lliaraae in 80 minutes, and sueeililr er ects a cure. It Is a pevrli-ss rvmody lor Pal ntation, Shortness of Breath. Smothering lln lis. Pain in Lwt Side and all srnipioma of . IliwHst-d Hart. One dose convinces. If nur drUKxiu burnt it in Mock, aek htm to rocure it lo- sou. It tt'ill aave lour l.fe. Two tortoises of the East Indian va iety in the Zoological Gardens at ndon are known tu be over 200 ears old, and are still in the prime of ie. Are Yn One of those nnhappi people snf rrlng with weak nerves f Remember that the lencea may 1 made stiong by Ilood's Saraap. Hia, which feeds Ihein upon pure blocd. Ilood's Fills are the best after-dinner put," isl.t digestion, prevent constipation. 2Sc. The sky. n alike man, is most cheer ful wbeu bluest . F. J. Cheney Jk Co., Toledo. 0 Prop, ol flail's Catarrh ftore, niter SUV reward for any rane of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hail's Catarrh Cnre. Nend lor testiulouials, free. Bold by Druggists. T-to. A roan never got slapped in the mouth for talking too little. Tho-e. who could borrow trouble never have to go far to find it woMnr noanng.oorax soap m -not an inma Hnn. It is oriRlual. The ttily sap that flouts. Contain Hoiax aud is liw rcenL pnte. It Is aortbjr a trial, fcwrv iady who tries It cou aaue In uae. Bed wrapper. The biggest paper mill in the world M sbont to be erected at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., by Philadelphia capital ists. tin. Wlnhftw's t-oonln Syrup for chtldrea lietbing, sullen Ibe ftunu, reduces luttamin Uo u. allays iiu, cures wind colic. Ma a ooui j. Penor Marques, bis, has invented 1 graphing music. of Cauca, Colom 1 method of tele- I'io' Cure cored roe of a Throat and I-nnf rouble of tbree yesra standing. K. Cady liuotington. Ind., Nov. 12. ISM. Chief Willis L. Moore, of the Weath er Bureau, has pronounced the black now" of Chicasro to be nothing but dirt. FITS stopped nee ov "kk. KLI!r Great Krsvs I. Ei-iottics. Su fits niter first day's nse. ftiarveloua cures. 1 realise and S2.00 trial bouis liee. lit. hlliue, 831 Aich at.. Phila.. fa. The developed power that ia in usp, md will be used, during the year. from the Niagara River, is estimated it 29,226 horse power. , bct:ipttx:k:e3 rare tiuaranteed by OR. H. MATER, loia Arch fee, PHILA., FA. aessst once.no opera tion or delay from tMMinesa. Consultation free. Indorsements ot physicians, ladles and promt tent eltliena band lor circular. Office hour a A.M. loir, at. In tho Boston City Hospital last ear the naa of anti-toxine reduced tha pereatalage of deaths from diphtheria tq ilevera par eant, tha lowest on reoord a i ." T. . . PAi Is V 1 It knocks out in every round, ; and on . bt wrrfea J No ever chosen Vice rresiaeni laa been elected President since 1S30. Uitof Warwick of Philadelphia per formed three marriage ceremonies in sne hour. In the early days of Sir Isaac Pit man's shorthand crusade the eystem was assailed on religious grounds. Italy, dencit to about V fear, and Oreece. Turkey Portugal and Spain are also , running behind in rev tnue. Italy's deficit ia about 12.500,000 a A Tombstone merchant; doubtless a very successful one, with an eye to the , folblea of womankind, advertises ' "Beautiful ladies dress goods." I A few daya ago a Wilmington, Del., woman received a little box by mall In which was a watch and chain that were atolen from her twelve years ago. I It seems, according to the latest sur rey, that Mount St. Elias, the great peak of the Pacific coast. Is evenly llvlded between the United States and Crltlsh America. The Empress Eugenie has presented ( o the fans Museum oi uecorauve arts all the plans and drawings for the trnamentatlon of her private apart- tnents In the Tuilerles. The old chair that Governor Bennlng ( tVentworth of New Hampshire occu pied while he filled that office in 1741 is till to be found in the council cham ber at Concord in good condition. Sawdust Is turned Into transportable fuel In Germany by a very simple proc- . rss. It is heated under big steam pres- j ure until the resinous ingredients be rome sticky, when It Is pressed Into bricks. One man with a two-horoe power machine can turn out 0,000 bricks a day. The collection of Hawaiian Idols be onging to the American board, and a bleh were sent to this country as cu- rioslties by the early missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, has been sent back to Hawaii to be deposited in the National museum. They are said to be the only specimens of -the original It Is stated by one who has Invest!- ' fated the subject that the average l rearly expenses of a co-operative build- ng and lo:in association of Philadelphia ; Is $350. In most cases no salaries are , paid except to the secretary, and he ; receives about $150 per annum. There ire over 400 associations in Phila lelphla. The banks of Issue of Europe con fined $050,000,000 more at the clo if the year 1S95 than they did at laa nd of 1S0O, without any corresponding Increase in their loans or notes of 1 ue. The decrease In the amount of lew capital placed In London was ver $2,000,000,000 for the years 1S91-5, xmipared with 1SS00. Trofessor Woodrow Wilson, who has Keu delivering a series of lectures at J:e Johns Hopkins University, con lends that American city governments ire Inefficient because they copy too ;losely the structure of the federal rovernmenr, with its two chambers iud executive.. The system of checks ind balances and division of power h? lot suited to municipal needs. Ky order of the Supreme Court of Dhio IL A. Harrison. Columbus; V. S. Uroesbeek, Cincinnati; S. N. Owen, Columbus; K. J. Hickman, Cleveland, iud U T. Neal, Chllllcothe, have been ippointed a committee to prepare and inbuilt to the Supreme Court a mem orial on Allen G. Thurman, deceased, for publication In the fifty-third vol nme of the Ohio State reports. An analysis of 2,000 accident poll eies on which benefits were paid shows 531 persons Injured by falls on pave - Dients, 2-43 by carriages or wagons, sey- entv-flve bv horseback rldlnsr: 117 wrn cut with edge tools or class: ninetv- ix were hurt by having weights fall (do. them, and seventy-six were hurt In bicycle accidents, while seventy- two wera hurt hv falling rlou-natetm - - a. isew urieans paper reports that frhlla tha Rnuth tins frntnoul -.1 cent In population during the la,t twenty years, tne enrollment of Its school attendance has Increased 130 per cent The value of Southern school property In the same time has Increased from $10,000,000 to $51,000,000. It la estimated that of the $320,000,000 ex pended for education in the South In the last eighteen years one-fourth ha been for colored pupils. J. W. Steers, son of the famous de itgner of the America cup, In a talk tbont his father which has Just been published, states a fact that was nmb- ,kl t-nia-ii a a I " vviy tew pro- pie. It Is no less a revelation than that the renowned America enn has Do bottom. This fact was not known to the New York Yacht Ciub Itself until k .- v,v v,. o:..K ....... tome years after the cup was brought ver, and It was proposed upon occa lion by the club to drink a bumper From It. A curiosity which Is attracting the ' mention of the folks around Crofton, I )n Marion County, Kentucky, Is a calf ' covered with a fin coat of wool in the place of hair. It Is the property of O. B. West The mother of the curiosity. a small Jersey cow, has no unnatural characteristics. The calf, too, has the appearance of any commonplace calf, with tha excentlon of Its coat whlr-h ! ss woouy as mat or a aneep. it Is per. rectiy neaitny. James Morris, serving two years In the penitentiary at Columbus, O., for counterfeiting, having been sent up from Newark, O., Is lu the prison hos pital under peculiar circumstances. At the age of 11 years he swallowed a pin. Recently, after roamlug about bis organism forty years, the pin ap peared In his left breast to such an ex tant that be Is In a serious condition, the pin was extracted, but the patient 9b still dangerously ill. The equine "roarer" is no longer r other to English veterinary surgeons, -mv iiciiuiiu uacueuioioy on ills lorse so afflicted, and thereafter he ireathea easily and well through . vhite metal tube, silver-plated. Many tarrlage horses may be dally aeen la Undon and elsewhere wearing these nbea, and In the hunting field, in cer tain Instances, horses, which without "TtKttlbM Fdi, R,y. ft, BuiMi Sfga Oilfid Pcopla (Its ' SAPOLIO in every contest with - Z "I CURE." them could not have gaiiopea a-j-j have with the aid of tubes been hunted for five seasons. Charles Veltman, of Paris, Tenn .fit.. remarkable experience of 1 cow he owned. This cow had been ' i;n" from home for about ten daya, . when Mr veltman set out to una ubf. Being In the neighborhood of the old Harris place, which is unoccupied, be thought to look Inside, pursued b l search upstairs, and there found his cow securely quartered in a room In the second story, where she bad been during the whole of her absence. With itlrHcultv he made her go down SaIt ad been spilled on the . had , J J" turns m tne stair v . . , One of the fiealtli-gfvrfio; elc mcnts ol HIRES Rootbeer ia sarsaparilla It contains more sarsaparilla tian many of the preparations called by that name. HIRES the best by any lest. HmA Ml, my Tfc Ckartas K. HUM Oo., FMIadalTjf, I a Tr. packua BI1W HIMWi 0Mft If Y The Home Enraau for Deliesdes for the Sick, and Nurses' Registry, at U ' Went Forty-second St.. N. T., under dntu of X1. 20, 1S94, writes: "Please send one doxno boxes Ripnns Tabnls to the Nurws- Club, 104 West Fortv-flrnt Mreet. Itflports of ths Tahules for troubles resulting from disordered digestion come very frequently to our attention here. This Bureau does not dispense medicines, but has opportunity to hear frequent dicuHsIons concerning the merits of remedies. It seems to be coocedei that the Tabules area rxlinlile auxillnry to the physician. Some, of oar patrons use th"m to a considerable extent, and physician assure ns that the formula is ' excellent." Klpa"s Tabules are sold bv druggists, orbt Trull if the price l?0 cents a box) is sent to Tb( :i-aifl Chemical Company. No. lu bpruce bl. New York, bample vial, lu cents. ASK TOUR DEALER FOR W. Lo Douglas S3. SHOE besvJorVhe If you pay S t to eo for shoes, ex- f mmmm. amine the V. L. Dougl.is blioe- and 29 "i see hat a good shoe you can buy lor OVER I0O STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGRESS, BUTTON, anil LACE, made la all kinds of the best selected leat her by skilled work men. We make and sell more S3 felioes 5 ' .tXST vjfc? other manufacturer In the world. None Genuine unless name and ppec is stamped on tlie bottom. Aslc your dealer for our S5, 4, aj.JM), SJ.5U, a.S5 Shoes: C$2.50, Hi and 1.73 or boys. TASE N3 SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer cannot snpjily you, send to fac tory, enclosing price and 3(1 cents to pay carriage. Mate kln.l, style of toe (cap or plain), size and I width. Our Custom Dept. will till your order. ,S?nd for new lllus- tr rated Catalogue to lloi l W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mama. ! - . lair- IJAWC NO AGENTS. w13 wrbre tor ! tNKUS' ylc7 SlL eSA '""' yfflgAW; pjStCCSr ."'"rji'---' VT.xxV-'rt'JvV klshast .-t-dii Crrta. a B. fr.R.PmTz.easr RESIOrj '.n.S'S r7 Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau, ayrsin luat war, i-.yn.iif.ii'x-'l-iTT. attjsawa. SQADAYSURE.?- 111 .k J d .y, abFottuely mni m-T iih 1110 wora and tevb yoa free oa ia. BW - - '" iiicauiT wwre yo " uyour MUmanil w( will ..mail. f t iwx-Wr nrort- ol tlrwr"w. w..ri iw.luwy mm-; wrlle al mm. ..." inwira IUNT; raMmlr M MM. KHU1AS. DROPSY Treated frae, poiuirCoss-, with Vegetable Itemed lea. Have cured maav Uma. Bounce hoprlm From flrac do7 .ymVJo.P" ;J,'""ai'Pir.nil Imen any. t lea u twthinilrS ZZ'.JtiJ 'tlmoota- and cases pro- , T"1)4YS TREATmeht FORHlSHEn : ."": soHs. sDeCi.i r.7:: Atlanta. Ga. tww irwwwn FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP t Twenty-ate Cents a Settle,' I accabke's poultry farm p ,ivlv "il""!','.!' u.;lrcd ' 'ymontii i.ock't exciS? 1 "r'". .1....... , ' - ""'I v roc eo Briwn Hati $2 r .itllng: S ,i,,i i?Wn ,il ' w. . - " r. o. Box wo. . U 1UIIK14, 'J llU.Tlll. . riwiord Co.. p. C U B A w"1 J"7 "'megl for iv.,rf. . ' .S.8..Un,fajS 10 ' S: uu i , M ATIIIMOXIAL M A A ZIN kn, hT " ."over piiblWicd, It! wrj!lag "k- ' j !l' c. We.wrn Uuloe", WZ ' " PT 1 M If f a 9Torrl 1 , DP lUlVI a'-?--"r. m1'"' , -ZZll -l.V!el,.,-'" 10 I rjlL I . t. sauun kjUDER 8 PA8TILK