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.
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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.
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f t iwx-Wr nrort- ol tlrwr"w.
w..ri iw.luwy mm-; wrlle al mm.
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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
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and cases pro-
, T"1)4YS TREATmeht FORHlSHEn
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Atlanta. Ga.
tww irwwwn
FOR FIFTY YEARS 1
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t
Twenty-ate Cents a Settle,'
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,ivlv "il""!','.!' u.;lrcd ' 'ymontii i.ock't exciS?
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