FOUK-LEAF CLOVER. T. know a place where the ana is like goldi And the cherry blossoms Durst wiu snow: And down underneath ia the loveliest nouk. Where the four-leaf clovers grow. One leaf ia for hope, and one ia for faith. Ami one ia for lure, yon know; 'And God pat another one In for luck If yon scorch, you will find where thej grow. But yon must have hope, and you must hare faith; Ton must love and be strong and so If you work, if you wait, you will liud th place Whore the four-leaf clovers grow. -Ella Iligginson, in MeClure's Magazine. CLARE'S TWO LOVERS "I know I'm pretty," wild Clare Win- tringbain to herself, gazing composed' ly into the depths of her mirror, "but I don't think I'm sufficiently beautiful to send all the young men of my io onalntance Into ecstasies over me. It Is not always very easy for a girl to Judge of her own looks, but Clare tried to be as Impartial as possible on this special occasion. "Yes," said Clare, nodding her head so that certain spirals of golden browu hair which always bung over her fore bend danced coquettlshly up and down, "I am pretty. And then that $1,200 a year that Uncle Brace's will secured, to me Isn't altogether a disagreenblo pill for some of my lovers to swallow. I don't think I was made for an heiress. I've always bad an Idea that I should make a splendid poor man's wife." She took from her belt a withered rose and bunch of faded violets as she spoke, and arched her pretty eyebrows over them in a puzzled fashion. "Harvey Cellette gave me the rose," she soliloquized. "He's very hand some, and I always did have a weak ness for handsome people; and he's a rising young man In his profession, peo ple say. 1 like talented people, too. I'll keep the rose Juit a little while." And she laid it away in a certain pat In lined box where she was wont to treas ure souvenirs of these, her girlish days. "And Frank Hood's violets poor Frank Hood! He's so silent and so awkward, and yet there's something about him that won't let you despise) lilm. Well, I won't throw nway thu violets, either, not Just yet." And Clare went composedly to bed. For why should she lie awake ami lose the roses of her complexion nm dim the sparklo of these glorious violet ryes, thinking about the respective claims of the various lovers who liovered, moth-like, nlioiit the torch light of her charms? There was time enough to make up her mind quit time enough. So, in the very middle of the season, .when balls, operas and dejeunes dnn cantes were at their height, nnd when old Aunt Lalmayuo wrote a piteous let ter up to her brother in town, sottlii forth thnt "she had the rheuiuatiz dreadful bad, nnd there wasn't' no re liable help to be had, and she was that lonesome that she couldn't stand it no longer, and wouldn't one of her three nieces come down and stny with her ft spell?" Clare astonished the family circle by volunteering to go. "My dear," said Mrs. Wintrinzham, "you don't know what you are under taking. It is a common farmhouse, not even painted, among the hills." "And Alnntli.i Ann Is as full of whims as on eh'g can be of meat," said 1'apa Wlntringham. rubbing bis nose, "liuf I suppose she is lonesome." "Well," said Clare, "Miriam's busy .with her conservatory lessons nnd her German class, and I .a lira belongs to those sociables, nnd I seem to be the only one disengaged. Besides, I am getting tired of balls and dances and suppers. I should like to try the other extreme, just for fun." The scene looked Indescribably beau tiful to Clare Wintringham that frosty December night, as the Jolting old wagon, with a buffalo robe spread over the seat, nnd a sleepy old horse trotting In front, turned into the valley road, and she could see the ancient farm house, steep-roofed and brown with half a century of suns nnd rains, will) the maple boughs wrestling overhead In the gale, and the wooded hills rislnc op on every side, while one ruddy beam of light glowed from the tiny window uiiiier the eaves, casting, nS It might be, a Javelin of brightness athwart the road in front of the door. "I guess pile's expectiu' of you," snid the rotijrii charioteer who had liecu sent to the ib-pot to meet Mrs. Iuil- inariic's ciry niece, "but I'm afraid you'll flii-1 It rtesput lonesome." "Oil," cried la re, gleefully, as slio sprang out of tho vehicle, "I thiuk It's splendid." Aud she entered the low-celled kiteh cn, all aglow wlt'.i the roaring fire of pine logs oa the hearth. Aunt Pal mayne bad evidently bestirred herself, for the table was spread, and the eld lady herself hobbled forward on a crutch to weicome her iiicco. "Why, my dear," cried Aunt Pal ir.ayn, stepping back to take a second survey, "you're ns pretty as a picture." "Am I?" said Clare, laughing. "Hut, auntr. what ft gloilous fire ycu've got and what a darling old urn, and how good that tea does smell!" Aud before Care slept that night sho had taken Mrs. Ialmaync's heart fair- ly by storm. She had been an inmate of the farm house for cbo::t a week, when one of those trrand ante-Christmas snow storms came on which veil the whola country In sipotless white nnd hang the woods In royal robes of ermine. Aunt Palr.iaync's rheumatism grew worse and sha fccr-t Isrr room, but Clare went altout ns Ilg-ht-hcartrd as ever, dolnj the whole vto't ef the house, with such bsrI'roco n Mores I'eckhsm. tin j'i.-d man. v-; able to render. Tc snntv had fallen steadily nil day, Mown into li!f!s by t":ic wind that howled lugubriously through the por-.-s of the bills, snd at Inst V:e ttviitfcM dei ; en?il osr the stonily earth. Clare v.ii? slrtinj thoughtful!? before 'ho freight, pecl'-nx apples fr.r a r.mM::g, wiilc-h was di-r.r to Aunt t'nlmnynu's sot:, when Moses came In. "MIkm Clare," n'A ho, "there's t-.vo jtMit lemon got storm l-ocp.d out aide, lied th"y'v9 missed the way, nnd their torse Is clean tired out. and they rvpiit rd to kuovr If we'd give 'cm a night's Ihci'.er. I toM 'em Mrs. Palmnyne win 'lick and I wasu't boss, but I'd ask thai roung woman that does the work." Clare winced n little and then aligned outright at Moses' unpolished language. "Of course they may come In," she laid. "I wouldn't turn even a dog from the uoor ou such a night as this." Aud she threw a fresh log on thl Ire. What was her amazement, ot aiming to welcome, the strangers, t R-hold In them no strangers at all, bnl Harvey Cellette aud his friend, Frank JTood! Powdered liberally with snow, their loses reddened by ;h; wind, their fea tures rviAJvreJ unuiturally rigid by jold, they stood blankly regarding hef, but Clara came forward with the pace of a young duchess. "Good evening, gentlemen. Pray ome a little nearer to the fire. 1 oardly supposed that In the - storm bound strangers who sought aheltei aer I was to welcome old acquaint inces." "But, Miss Wlntringham exceeding fy glad to see you, I'm anre," sum mered Mr. Gellette, awkwardly "but what can yon possibly be doing In such a place as this?" "Didn't Moses tell your she asked, demurely. "I am doing the house work here." "Miss Miss Wintringhamr "Well, why notr BIr. Gellette had no reply ready: h only rubbed his hands, smiled feebly and advanced toward the blaze, while Mr. Hood was exchanging In turn his greeting with the former heiress. "It la a surprise. Bliss Wlntringham, to see you here," he said, frankly, "but a very agreeable one." And Clare wondered In her hean what new mood of gallantry had taken away all Frank Hood's awkwardness. "It Is as good as a tableau," she thought, gleefully, when Hood had explained to her that unexpected busi ness had taken them across the country In the dead of winter, thus bringing about so entirely unanticipated a meet ing, and she had gone Into the outer kitchen to get cream for the table. And as she stood there skimming off the golden accumulation which followed her spoon In thick leathery folds, he beard Gellette's voice speaking. "Of course the father baB failed, and they've lost everything. A great pity, for with thnt face she might have mar ried well." "And what Is to prevent her marry ing well now?" Frank Hood's slow, de liberate tones answered. "My dear fellow, we must all look out for the main chance. In fact, I was once a little smitten myself, but ot course It's quite out of the question now." Mr. Hood did not reply; and Clare, is she stood there with burning cheeks, was glad that be did not But when she came back to preside at the tea table, with Moses Peckham lemocratlcnlly seated at the lowei end, she was as composed as ever. The storm continued in unabated vio lence for two days, during which tlmt Mr. Gellette yawned over the week'i sld newspapers, smoked his cigar beside the fire and systematically Ignored VIss Wintrlngham's presence. 'A fellow mustn't let himself get en tangled," was his mental reflection. Frank Hood, however, reasoned stherwiso. He haunted Clare's foot- iteps with persistency; he helped hei :lean the windows, wiped the dishes, even essayed to sweep the floors. And Clare, though she declared he was more of a hindrance than a help, eetned to like It. On the third day the weather cleared gloriously, and Moses Peckham brought round the strangers' horses. "Come, Hood," said Gellette, im patiently, "are you going to stand there all day, making adieus?" "Be off as quick as you like," said Hood, calmly, "I am not going." "N"t going? But business " "Hang buslnessr'"was the unaccounb able reply. "What do I care for busi ness? Miss Wlntringham has prom ised to be my wife, end my business is here Just at present." And when Harvey Colette was gone. Clare told her lover the truth. At first Frank was half Inclined to be vexed. "But you want me, Frank, don't you?" said Clare, with the prettlesl ?onxlng way In the world. "Of course I do," said Frank. "But, darling. I had such a bright littl dream of love In a cottage." "And it shall all come true," said Clare, "in spite of tho twelve hnndredl a year." New York Pally News. Favored and Petted. One day, while they were boys, Dan-t ti l Webster aud bis elder brother, Eze l.'ui. attended a fair, and were each given a little money. "Daniel," asked the mother at night, "what did you do with your money?" "Spent It," answered Daniel. "And what did you do with yours, Kzeklel?" "I.icnt It to Daniel," the brother re plied. "That answer sums up the story of AVebster's home life In childhood," says one of bis biographers. "Every one was giving, or lending, to Daniel of their money, their time, their activity and their love." He was regarded as a sort of prodigy, and people were ready to help him. Ezeklel would tax himself to do something for Daniel, whether playing, working or studying. Mr. Thayer, who refers to this Inci dent In his book, "Successful Careers," thinks tbe petting was due In part to Webster's nature, which magnetized those with whom he associated. Says this author: "He was one of those rare and fortu nate beings who, without exertion, draw to themselves the devotion of other people, and are always surround ed by men and women eager to do and 'suffer for them." Mr. Thayer's explanation Is Justified y the fact that during his political career the manufacturers of New En gland and the merchants of Boston were always ready to honor his drafts. There was probably not a retail store In that city grocer's, haberdasher's ol tailor's that would not have charged whatever he might have bought thougt the proprietor knew it would be a "long account." Most of them would hardly have thought of complaining !( tbe credit given had never been honored by payment. Wolwiter magnetized them all man ufacturers, merchants. Jobbers, retail rrs as he did the massive crowd at Bunker Hill, which bad gathered it thousands to hear his oration. Tin multitude surged up against the plat form, on which were seated the dlgni la l ies of the nation, and threatened ti wreck It. Constable, marshals, an the presiding officer tried, in vain, t restrain the eager crowd of people, Mr. Webster stepped to the edge of thl platform, and In a voice as resonant ai a cathedral hell, said, "Gentlemen, yot must restrain yourselves. You mus move Kick." Instantly there was an undertow tha, carried the crowd away from the plat jfoiiu. But this "petting" of the great oratot injured him outside of New England u'ho South and West looked upon him ai the nttorney of the Lowell and Law rem-e mills. The coddling to some del tree was a detriment to him as a man find a statesman. "It Is good for a (man to bear the yoke in his youth," says a nebrew prophet. Mr. Webster"! ueck was seldom galled by the yoke of self-denial. Keeps a Drop In the House. There are over thirty-five liquor deal ers in London privileged to brand the royal arms on their goods and announce themselves "purveyors to the Queen,' WHAT IS EATEN. Kxkiblt ot Qa TJaasl ay Oat-ar- he-Way Feeatat At the Department of Agriculture lo Washington, bidden away In an obscure corner, Is an odd sort or ex hi bit of oueer foods eaten by out-of the-w Ay people. There Is a loaf ot bread made from the roasted leaves of a Dlant allied to the century riant. Another kind of bread Is a dough o' Juniper berries. These are relished by some tribes of Indians, wbiie others ma iufa lure cakes out of dif ferent kinds of bulbs. The prairie Indians relish a dish of wild turnips. which drill -ed people would not be likely to enjoy at alL In tbe great American desert tbe "screw beans. which grow on tuesquite bushes, are utilized for food, boap berries fur nish an agreeable diet for some sav ages in this countr?, while In Call fornia the copper-colored aborigines do not disdain the seeds of saltg.a-ts. Also in California the Digger In. dians collect pinenuta, which ate seeds of a certain species of p ne (sometimes called 'pinons"), by kin dling Ores against thel trees, thus causing the nuts to fall out of the cones. At the same time a sweet gum exudes from tbe bark, serving the Durpose of sugar. Tbe seeds o f gourds are consumed In the shape or mush by Indians in Art ona. In addition to all these things tbe exhibit referred to Includes a Jar of pulverized crickets, which are eaten in that form by tbe Indians of Oregon. They are roasted, as are likewise grasshoppers and even slugs. These dcllcae es are cooked in a pit, being arranged in alternate layers with hot stones. After being thus prepared they are dried and ground to powder. They are mixed with pounded acorns or berries, the hour beinz kneeded Into cakes and dried in tbe sun. The Assiniboines used a kind of seed to stop bleeding at the nose. Among other curious things used for food are acorns, sun flower seeds, grape seeds, flowers of cat-tails, moss from the spruce flr tree, ana tbe blossoms of wild clover. The exhibit embraces a number of models representing grape seeds enormously enlarged. It is actually possible t j tell the species of a grape by tbe shape of tbe seed. There Is a Jar of red willow bark, which In dians mix with tobacco for tbe bake of economy. This, however. Is onljf one of a thousand plants that art utilized In a similar fashion. Wouldn't Lie Down with the Lamb. The hardest thing to train a wild least to do is to perform with a weak, defenceless animal," remarked A. L Hutch ins, an old circus and nienagi erie hand, who has deserted the aren ;l and ring for mercantile pursuits, and was at tbe Laclede yesterday in hiJ capacity as a commercial traveler! '1 remember once several years ag an elTort being made to persuade a very docile lion to He down with 4 lamb. The idea was certainly a goorl one, but It took several lambs and also! several weeks before tbe lion, which) was willing to Jump through a burn ing hoop, sham death on being shot,! etc., could be persuadedjto allow a lamb to enter his den w.th impunity.' Twice he killed a lamb in the presence of hl9 trainer, and tbe second, time he nearly killed the trainer who rathes recklessly tried to get away the carcass. Finally, the Hon would tolerate a lamb In Its den Just as long as tbe keeper stood over it with an iron bar. But tbe effort was so evidently farced and the performance was so utttrly lacking In smoothness and interest that it was abandoned after two or three attempts." St Louis Globe-LemocraU Wall Paper and Candle liighu Every ouo knows that when the walls of a room arc- papered with a light paper it looks much more cheer ful, but we hardly tealize tbe great difference between dark and light pa pering. A scientist has now measured it in a systematic way, and has come to the following results. Suppose the room is convered with black cloth, and lequircs 100 candles to give it a certain degree of light. If you take away the black cl ith.and paper, the room with dark brown paper, S7 candles give the same amount of light. With blue paper 72 candles will do; with fresh yellow paint 50 candles give as much light, and with clean deal-board walls, 50 candles are sutllcient. But If the room be piloted in wbite, 15 candles make it as light as 87 candles with the dark drown surroundings. The conclusion Is evident. Not onlr is it bad for the eyes to have a sudden con trast of dark and light, but it Is also mi ch more expensive to light 12 candles where two or three would bo suftlcient. A Great Secret Society Man A greatest secret society man in America is Abner Markoe, of Chicago at least that is what Mr. Markoe says himself, and be would like some person to dispute bis claim. "I a n 52 years of age," said Mr. Markoe, "and I am a member of 42 societies. I have taken the highest degrees in Masocry, Odd Fellowship and the Knitfhts of Pythias, and hold chairs in several of tbe fraternal insurance orders. I don't think there Is another man in the tnited States who has such a record. A man in Philpdclphia comes the nearest. lie belongs to secret societies. " "Don't you get your grips confused sometimes?" "No," said Mr. Markoe, "because I use the signs and grips of only three orders. It would take a man with two heads to remember 42 of them." New York Mail and Express. There are over a hundred different kinds of Chiistiansand you may hunt a long time before you II nd an eu;il quantity of good in any other hun dred societies. Helpful Hints. All letters written to friends by t nurse or patient during measles or any other contagious disease, no matter how "light" the case may be, should be thor oughly baked in an oven before send ing out of the house. If, by any chance, books have beet used by a patient In illness, such ill ncarlet fever or any other contagloui disease, tbey should be lmmediatelj burned up. This Is the only safe way. A child recovering from snch anat tack may ask for his or her bonks to play with. Let the books be given, 11 the mother is willing, but they must bi destroyed afterwards. Even if they have remained oi shelves in the room and the patient hai not so much as touched them, thej should be burned, for books have a way of preserving germs of disease, and must be used only by peeple who an not ill with anything infectious. Kissing a woman on the stage a. the theater must taste a great deal Qke eating painted fruit made of wax, What a fine book agent an alllgatoi vould make: be baa raefcl thick hid Think what a Ions train of diseases arise from impure blood. Then keep tbe blood para with Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggtota. SX Hood's Pills are always reliable. 25 cents. OUH COYS AND GIRLS THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OP THE PAPER. Quaint Saying and Cat Dolasa ef the, Little Folke Everywhere, Gathered and Printed Her for All Other Ut ile Once to Bead. A Reaeonina- Mlad. The Clergyman And why should lit tie boys say their prayers every night' The Good Boy Bo's the Lord eat hav a chance to get what they want by .norning. Mean to an End. Little Sister This book says tbe olj monks used to wear hair shirts. wonder what that was fort . Little Brother Guess that was st they wouldn't sleep In church. America's Col lese Telle. The college yell Is purely an Amerbt can invention and is unknown In othei countries. In England the students simply cheer or scream the name oi their college, no attempt being made ai a. rhythmical, measured yelL as la this country. Good Arithmetic Johnny Green, at school, was asked oy his teacher: "If I gave you three cakes, and youi mother gave you four, and your aunl gave you five, how many cakes wouW you have?" "Huh!" snid Johnny. "I guess I should have enough!" Taking No Chances. First Boy (skating) It's moet dlnnef time. Second Boy It won't do for us to en I anything. "Why notr "This thin Ice Is crackln' all the time and if we weighed any heavier we'd gt through. I promised mamma I wouM not take any chances, and I won't." A Dnrelar Alarm. Little Dot Would it be wrong to pre tend something that wasn't so if yot was In danger? Mamma I presume not. Why? Little Dot I was thinkln' that If a burglar should break in at night I'd sc watch on the bedpost, so he'd think there was a awful cross mouse in the room. Good News. The Secret of Sncceea, One day in huckleberry time, when little Johnny Flails Xud half a dozen other boys were starting with their pails To gather berries. Johnny's pa. In talking to him, said That he could tell him how to pick ao he'd come out ahead. 'First find your bush," says Johnny's pa, "and then stick' to it till fon've picked it clean. Let those go chasing all abont who-will In search of lietter bushes, but it's picking telli, my son (". look at fifty bushes doesn't count like picking one." r-i'-d Johnny did as he was told; and, sure enough, he found ly slit king to his bush while all the others chased around :n search of better picking, 'twas as bis father said; for, while all the others looked, he worked, and so came out ahead. n:l Johnny recollected this when he be came a man; tnd first of all he laid him out a well determined plan. ?o, while the brilliant tri tiers failed with all their brain and push, iVise, steady-going Johnny won by "stick ing to his bush." -Nixon Waterman, in St. Nicholas. A Man's a Man for a' That. What tboagh my clothes don't fit me and Are "hand-nie-dbwne, and a that? What though my hat is second-hand? A man's a man for a' that. The Orleln of "Foolscap." Everybody knows what "foolscap" ?aper is, but everybody does not know Sow It came to bear that name. In rdr to increase his revenue, Charles (. granted certain privileges amounting to inonojMilics; and among these wu the manufacture or paper, tne exeln siva right of which was sold to certali parties, who grew rich and enriched tla Government at the expense of tho who were obliged to use the paper. A thnt time nil English paper bore tin royal arms m water marks. The Par liiinient under Cromwell made "per of this law In every possible manner i nd. among other Indignities to th n-.t-inory of Charles. It was ordered that the royal arms be removed fron the paper, and that the fools' cap ant IkJU should be nsod as a substitute When the Rump Parliament was pro rogucd, these were also removed; bu pnier of the size of the Parliamentary Journals, which Is usually about sev enteen by fourteen Inches, still heart the name of "foolscap.' Kissing a woman on tbe stage a the theater must taste a great deai Jke eating painted fruit made of wax What a fine book agent an alligato: vould make: be has such a thick hide ' Working Geeee. " A countryman In Alabama has discov ered a novel and profitable nee' for his mall lock of geese, such as, if it is tyund successful, will save much labor to the farmers In the South. When I was In Alabama, between Porter's Gap and MUlervllle, I came to i country place where a man was driv ing ten or twelve geese from a bunch to a Knlliul nntch- I "Why," said I, "what Is It yon have on tbe necks or inose geese r "Those are gourde full of water. I drive the geese Into that cotton patch and keep them there all day weeding out the cotton. There Is no water in the cotton patch, and I have to give them water In this way to keep them there. "Those geese will weed out more cot ton In a day than two people would. They will eat the grass and weeds, but they won't touch the cotton." "But how do they get the water out of the gourds under their necks T "They drink out of each other's gourd. Each gourd has an opening In the side, so that another goose can put his bill Into the gourd and drink. If fou will stay here long enough you will ee It for yourself." I waited there half a day to see that performance, and finally I saw It The geese did Just as the man said they would. When a goose got thirsty he walked up to his neighbor and coolly drank out of the gourd on his neck When asked if he had yet made a crop with the help of the geese, he re plld thnt he had made a small crop last rear, but only had a limited number f geese, as be was only experiment ng. This year he has over a hundred reese in harness, and they have sncceed hl in keplng bis crop cleaned out so far. He has 100 acres under cultiva tion, and says that he will make the best crop he has ever made. When asked how he came to think of lng the geeee as farm hands, he re plied that two years ago he bad a small patch ot cotton near his bouse. In this patch th geese raised about bis yard It ere allowed to run. He noticed that tho cotton had little r no grass, and no weeds at all, and Kan to watch the geese. He found bat they literally ate every weed and jvery blade of grass, but tbey did not touch the cotton. t Finding how valuable they were for Ills purpose, he resolved to try them in a larger scale and Is delighted with ii3 experiment Ho Sat Down. ne was no orator, but he knew when .e bad said all that he could say. ne vas a Maine man, and attempted to ipeak in town meeting on a subject liat greatly Interested him. "Fellow-citizens," he sang ont lustily, is he arose "fellow-citizens V A long ind embarrassing pause, and then be idded: "If I only had tbe ideas I ought to have on this subject, and had the words to express those Ideas, I think I could relieve my feelings." How the crowd cheered as he sat down! Lewis ton Journal. Observant. Counsel Did you observe anything particular about the prisoner? Witness Yes; bis whiskers. Counsel What did you observe with efereiice t his whiskers? Witness That he had none. Tid 3iU. A Good Idea. "If you could have your choice ol names, which one would you choose?" "Either Smith or Jones." "Why such a common one?" "So my country relations could n"1 fled .no ao easily In the city directory. -Detroit Free Press. HER HAPPY DAY. A CHARMING STORY OF MEDICINE AND MARRIAGE. Two Open Letters From a Chicago Girl --How Happiness Came to Her. ' Among the tens of thousands of women who apply to Mrs. Finkhamfor advice and are cured, are many who wish the facts ia then oases made public, but do not give permission to publish their names for reasons as obvious as in the following. and no name is ever published I without the writer's au thority; this is a bond of faith which Mr. Pink ham has never broken. ChIcao,Jan. Jth, 'ps. My dear Mrs. Finkham: A friend of mine, Mrs. , wants me to writs yon, because ahesayi:"Too did her so much good." I am desperate. Am nine teen rears of age, tall, and weighed 138 pounds a year ago. I am now a mere skeleton. From your little book I think my tronble is profuse menstruation. My symptoms are etc. Our doctor (my nncle) tells father that I am in consumption, and wants to take me to Florida. Please help met Tell me what to do and tell me quickly. I am engaged to be mar ried in September. Shall I live to see the day I LUCY B.W. Chicago, Jane 16th, '95. My dear Mrs. rinkhamr This is a happy day. I am well and gaining weight dally, but shall continue the treatment and Vegetable Compound during the summer, as you suggest. Uncle knows nothing about what you have done for me, because it would make things very unpleasant, in the family. I would like to give you a testimonial to publish, but father would not allow it. I shall be married in September, and as we go to Boston, will call upon you. How can I prove my gratitude i LUCY E. W. Jnst snch eases as the above leak out n women's circles, and that is why the confidence of the women of America f bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham. Why are not physicians more candid jvlth women when suffering from such ailments ? Women want the trath, and if they cannot get it from their doctor, will seek it elsewhere. The coolness is refreshing; the roots and herbs invigor a ting; the two together ani mating. You get the right combination in HIRES Rootbeer. -- T t-"-- -Trr- TtimriiiiaL ; I aah.iiieiaiaaats, Ssawajsasia A DAYSMEN KKND TOUT aridlVs wtil ibbnw 901 bow U m start avaTammi47 Murvt w lar vofw mmi work la Uw loeaUtr wharajn I we ad diei sad w too buaiims fallTi raaMssbrr w iruar- WIU MM a dear prom St $1 for rmj a work: atMohrtelr smn: i Stak suaTOatnaiaa euaraaC ass la, mm. w m m ava. at Sal Witty Commeate. The Mew York Herald prints a col lection of sayings, more or leas witty, provoked by the long-windedness of tiresome speakers a fault which too often provokes something worse than a humorous complaint. . A gentleman and lady came out ef a ladison avenne church at an hour later than usual. "That was a finished sermon,' she said. "Tea, at last," he answered. -John Corning, when superintendent of the Central Pacific Hallway, on the occasion of a visit to bis brother. Bras tus. In Albany, was taken to church, and heard a sermon remarkable for Its length. "What do yon think of our preacher?" asked Eras tus, as tbey left the church. "He Is very fine, but has poor ter minal faculties," answered the practi cal railroad man. Henry Ward Beecher was once the subjeot of a cane presentation, and stood while the sopkesman of the don-t ors made a speech that ran into an elab orate oration. ."He dldnt want me to nave the cane until I really needed lt,"saldthepreach-4 er, tran Intimate friend who comment ed on the length of the speech. Paul Morphy, a chess player, once at tended church in New Orleans, when the bishop of a foreign diocese was present. The young rector had prepared a sermon In honor of his distinguished visitor. In the delivery of which he tired every one 'except the bishop, who paid close attention. Part of the congrega tion left the church. "Well," said the chess player, "that preacher la the first man I ever met who hadn't sense enough to stop wheq he had nothing left but a bishop." Dr. Elisha Kane, on returning from his great Arctic exploration, was invit ed to a banquet In New York, where an after-dinner speaker talked an hour. "Doctor, what did yon think of tho speaker?" asked a friend. "It was like an Arctic sunset," an-1 wered the explorer. "What do you mean by that?" "Bright and Interesting, but provok lngly long In operation," replied th Doctor. "Spike" Brady, who was a well-known base-ball player In the Mississippi val ley a few years ago, once attended church in Dubuque, Iowa, With hit club, which went on special invitation The preacher, thinking he might not again get a hearing from the boys, made a special effort that consumed much time. "Spike" was asked what he tbonght of the preacher. "Got round to third all right, but was n ice wagon in getting home," the all-player answered. Too In gen lone. It is impossible to find such an inge nious method of escape from a dilemma that Its yery ingenuity shall react on the head of the too clever originator, Mr. Splelmann, in bis "History ol Punch," gives an' amusing case In point. On the occasion of the wedding ot the Prince of Wales, a brilliant com. pany assembled at the publishing office jf Punch to see the cortege pass. Both srn, one of the Invited guests, arrived sn the other side of the way, but wai unable to cross because of the denst crowd. Ills friends caught sight ol Ulm and pointed to a policeman. Both ers took the hint. "Get me through," he whispered, "nnd I'll give you a sovereign." "Afraid I can't," said the man, re gretfully, "but I'U try." He did try, but unsuccessfully, for the tloeely packed crowd indignantly pro tested against being disturbed. Sotheru (vas at bis wits' end. He could not bear the thought of losing such a din ner, and In such a company. Then an ingenious Idea came to him. "Put your handcuffs on me, and draf me across, and I'll give you two sover L-lgns," he said to the policeman. The man seized the idea and Sothern at tbe same time. He slipped on tbe handcuffs, and with a loud, "Make way there 1" dragged his prize through the mass of humanity which before had refused to stir, but which now parted and squeezed and gave all its energiet to the task of assisting the custodian ol law and order in his efforts to arrest a lawbreaker. After much pushing, and some rough handling, the dishevelled comedian was landed at Punch's pub Jlshlng door. "You'll find the money In my waist eoat pocket," said Sothern. But he did not, observe that after the policeman. had secured the money stealthy addition was made to It by on! of his Punch friends, who found Sotb ern's device so original that It suggest) ed to htm a farther development. The policeman suddenly disappeared In tbe crowd, and not till then did th comedian realise that a timely bribi had left him to mix with his friends fot the rest of the day, and to eat his dlnnel with his hands firmly secured hi thl manacles. The Queen's Avenue. Queen Elisabeth not only seemed toJ have all the prerogatives of power, but excited in her subjects a chivalry which, would no doubt surprise a monarch of the present day Quite as much as It might delight him. One of the most gallant services ever rendered her, al most as flattering as the offer ot Sir Walter Raleigh's cloak to save Iter feet from the mud. Is connected with Hamp den House, the home of the great En glish patriot. The Hampdens were a great family for many centuries, and a stanza quoted in "Ivanhoe" la typical of their Importance: Tring, Wing and Ivinghoe, Three churches all ef a row; These three Hampden did foregoe For striking of the Black Prince a blow, And glad he did escape soe. Hampden House stands on the sum mit of the Chlltern Hills, and Is about three miles from Princes Rlsbo rough, which was the residence of the Black Prince. It Is not unlikely that, during! some altercation between subject and' prince, high words may have been nsed; that the lordly Hampden of that earlier day could not restrain himself, and In the heat of dispute thoughtless ly struck the Prince; but of this there Is no authentic record. But the most Interesting tale Is told of an open glade or avenue In front of Hampden. It Is said that Queen Elis abeth, on her visit to the grandfather of the patriot, was shown to her room by Mr. Hampden. On looking from the window, she was struck with the gran deur of the timber and beauty of the landscape, and asked: "Do you not think, Mr. Hampden, that If yon had an avenue opening down the hill It would be an Improvement?" Next morning she looked out again, and there on the hillside lar the scores of noble trees, which had obstructed bet view. The "Queen's Avenne" had beea mads. A stick of timber 119 feet long and 22 inches square, without a knot or blemish, has been cut in a mill at Hoquiam. Washington. A P03TXIASTEB'S WIFE. A LIKDi WO MAX WHO ASTOIf ISMD Hatffc rSUQIDS AHD HUQUSOBS. Hear to Death Bat BeMwd se Complete ly That Sha Has Seas Aeeeatad hy a Ufa las rases Cssaaaay ae -a Goad BMsfe. , from 0 Journal, Lmritttm, JTa, A bright little woman, rosy and fresh from ber household duties, dropped Into a chair before the writer and talked with enthnaiasm aMr.ir.ff n her snapping, black eyes. The people In the pretty village of Leeds Centre, Me., have watched with some Inter est the restoration to complete health of Mrs, W. L. 7 rands, wife of the Postmaster. So general ware the comments on this inter esting ease that the writer who visited Mrs Francis and learned from her that the state ments regarding her troubles and her subse quent extrication therefrom are entirely true. Allot her neighbors know what haa beac the agency thaP haa performed this cure, but that others may be benefited by her ezperienoe, Mrs. Francis has consented to allow her story to appear In print. "If there Is anything oh earth that I dread more than another," she said, "it Is to see my name In the papers. But in this case I conquer my repugnaBoe and give publicly tbe same credit io the savior of my life as I would to one who had dragged me from a death beneath the waves. In fast, I have ex tolled my preserver so enthusiastically and unreservedly: have sought out sufferers and recommended the remedy to ao many friends and aoquintanoes that already my neighbors jocularly call me 'Pink Pills Francis.' But really, my recovery Is something that I con sider wonderful. I know that there are so many tcstimoDtalsof mndicine in the papers nowadays that people do not pay as much heed as formerly, but I do wish folks who are suffering would remember that whatlsay comes right from the heart of a woman who fneis that she had a new lease of happy life given to her. "Eleven years ago I was afflicted with ner vons prostration. My ezldtence until two years ago was one of dragging misery. Any one in the village will tell yon ot ray condi tion. My blood seemed exhausted from my veins and month after month I grew weaker. 1 wns able to undertake only tbe lightest household work, and even then I eonld per form It only by slow and careful movements. "Oaring all these sorry months and years I was nnder the care of this doctor an.l that, but their medicines helped me only spasmod ically, and then I fell Into relapsea more prostrating than ever. "In the night I rued to be awakened by the mot t excruciating pains in my heart and side, and was obliged to use pellets of pow erful medicine that the doctor gave me for relief In suoh attacks. At last my condition became ao grave that I went out only infre quently. We live upstairs, you notice, over my husband's store, and in descending the stairway I frequently was obliged to sort ot fall and slide over the steps in order to descend, such was the strain on my system resulting from even this slight exertion. Oc enslonally I visited tbe neighbors, but I wns obliged to sit and rest to recover breath while ascending any elevation. In short, it did not seem that I could live, such was my complete physical prostration. 'One day I saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and al though my faith in remedies was weak by that time, I sent for a box and tried them. That was two years ago. Sow I call myself a we'l woman. Isn't it wonderful? "I haven't had one of those excruciating pains in the heart for a year and a half. Why, even the first box of pills helped me. 1 can walk miles now; can do my work easily; have gained in weight constantly, and you would scarcely believe it, but a lit tle while ago I was examined for endowment life insurance ami whs accepted unhesitat ingly after a careful examination by the phy sician. "Do you wonder that Pm shouting 'Pink Pills' all through our village? I haveu't taken any ot the remedy for some months for it has completely built me up, but at the first sign of trouble I know to what refuge to floe. "Last year my aunt.Mrs. M. A. Blossom, of Dixfleld, P. O.j was here visiting me. She was snffering from lack of vitality and heart trouble, but she was skeptical about my rem edy tbat I was so entbuslaHtlcally advocat ing. At last, however, she tried it nnd car ried some home with her when she went. A little while ago I received a letter from her and In it said, 'I am cured, thanks to Ood and Pink Pills.' She also wrote tbat her hus band had been prostrated, but hud been re stored by the remedy. "We feel up this way that such a sovereign cure cannot bo too widely known. That is the only reason why I allow my name to be use I In this connection. I know also that hy personally rnoommending them I have helped many of my friends back to heulth. for I nc Tor let an opportunity pass when a word of counsel may direct some one." One of the persons to whom Mrs. Francis recommended Pink Pil'B Is Station Ageut C. H. Foster, of Leeds Centre, and the reporter found him pntro'ing the platform awaiting the arrival of the morning train. Mr. Fos ter, who is ono of the most trustworthy, capable and energetic men in the employ of the Maine Centv.il Railroad, appeared in un usually good health and spirits,and we made inquiry as to the cause. "Do you know," replied he, "I think Tve mode a discovery, or, at least, Mrs. Francis has for me, I have been io poor health for a long time with a heart trouble variously complicated. We have been so fully Inter ested in Mia. Francis' wonderful recovery that I at once determined to give the medl. cine recommended a thorough test. So. about two months ago, I bought the first box ol Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Only two months, please note, yet already I am so much im proved, so much better able to fulfil my duties, so sanguine that I am on the road to recovery, that I feel like a new man. "I can now walk without the fatigun I once experienced, my heart affection appears to be relieved, and I have Joined the Pink Pills Band In our community." Mr. Foster commenced taking the pills at a time when be was completely prostrated, af ter he had suffered such a severe attack of heart trouble that it was necessary to onrry him home from his oflloe. Since then he has faithfully adhered to tbe remedy and is con stantly improving, so much so as to excitt his enthnsiasm and his gmtlrude. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, In a con densed form, all the elements necessary tc give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfitt ing specific for such diseases as locomotoi ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Titus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpi tation of tbe heart, pale and sallow complex ions, all forms of weakness, either In male oi female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, ot will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, (51 cents a box, orsix boxes for tX60 tbey are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by address ing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, K. 7. A BrighrBoy. The story goes in Boston that Gov. aussell called on a friend a short tim Igo who had a very bright son, aboui I years old. Tbe Governor's host was rery proud of Willie, and the Governor alkcd a long time to the boy. Finally the conversation shaped Itself so tba Governor said: "By reptiles we mean luch creatures as creep along the rround. Can yon name one as an ex tmple, Willie?" Willie thought a moment, and then imllingly replied: "Oh, yes; my little baby brother." And tho Governor went Sown Into the billiard-room. art TOsaaaa Itellwrad 1st an an, Dr. Aijnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect relief In all eases of Organic or Sympathetic Heart Disease in S3 minutes, and speedily ef. lects a cure. It Is a peerless remedy for Pal- gitatlon. Shortness of Breath, e'mothering pells. Pain in Lett Side and all symptoms ot a Diseased Haart. One dtwe convinces. If your draavlst haant it in stock, ask him to Procure U for aoa. It wlU save xour liia The young of several species of serpents retreat down the throat of the mother when pressed by sudden dan ier. Do Net Despair been lis you hare tried m ny medicines and bare miled to receive beni-llr. Remember that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures when all others fctl to do any aood whatever. Heed's Pills are the bait family cathartic aud liver madlalae. Harmless, tellable, sure. Edison now o'ainis tbat the X-iay is a sound wave and its photographs are simply shadows of sound vibrations. il Brevity is the Soul of Wit." Good Wife You Need ' SAPOLIO 11 la Sat One short puff of the breath throurh the ' Blow"r7sVpf7li with ich beiu. of Drw Isnw Catarrhal Pawder. diffure. U.1.PW. dr over the surface of the aaaal passages. PaUrSseid Tdelightiu to ailitis and Daafnwa. If your draggtothasa'l It u stuck, aak Lira to procure it lor rea- Perseverance is quite often a mors virtue. We see people who are intenseiy .k.i ; nnt nnlv of DO USC, but an injury to themselves and body else. nnarantecd by 1B. J. 1. MATKK, 11 A M. to SI". M. Wben defeated in ambitious prefer ment it is only one of weak and narrow mind who will indulge in so dark passion as revenge BUT fl.no worth Dobbins Floatlng-Borat .Soap of vour give-, setid wi.pire M lobbliJ fr-ap Mf g Co., Philadelphia, la Tbey wlllsend you free of charge, pontage paid, a Woro?"J!r Pocket Dictionary, 208 t?es, bound In cloth, profu- ly Illustrated. Oiler good until August lit only. An Australian genius has recently invented a cartridge for sporting guns made of mica. It has the advantage of allowing the charge to be seen and prevents beating of the gun. J. 8. ParVer, Frelonla, N. T.. says: "Shall not call on you for the 1W i reward, for I be lli, vo 1 1 all' tlatarrU l ure will cure any caieof crrl.. VVas vrry bad." Write him tor par ticulars reM by lmittfW. T'c Tne Salztverk artesian well, in West phalia, Prussia, is 852J fathoms in depth, the increase tn temperature be ing one degree Fahrenheit in every fifty-four. F1T3 stopped free by Dr KMr KiKvsliEsioKEK. Ko fin alter Hrst days use SiatveloLs cures. Treotle aud ) trial botUe tiee. tr. Kline, tai Aich St.. flilla . Professor Michael Foster, the physi ologist, says that fatieue is due to a poisoning of tho cerebellum. S-rs. Wlns.oWa fcootnln Syrap e.h''4" leithlns. aliens ihe "" J.'C"! Ut-n. allays t-aliu cure, wiu-l coUc. am a ootu The late Kichard A. PfK' aUtod tbat our earth receives only the one two-billiontb part of the heat of the sun. After six years suffering, ' wa? a Cura. MiKY Tuomwon, i9 1-2 Ohio Avenue, Allegheny, fa. DeserontoT town in cnad'" lighted with gas made from sawdust obtained Irom the lumbering mills in tbe place. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in trie knowledge that bo many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative. Syrup of Fips, prompt ly removes. Thnt is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by nil who value pood hcnltb. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the ono remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the orjrans on which it nets. It is therefore) all important, in order to pet its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have tbe pennine article, which is manufactured by tbe California) Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, ona may be commended totbe most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Svrupof Fips stands highest nnd is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. Mr. John J. Barry lives at 104 Con cord st., Brooklyn, N. T., Is 65 years old. Hs used to be a freight olerk, but for olovon yeara has done no work, mainly on account ot rheuma tism. He has always been troubled a good deal with oonstjpation, bat S few months since, his attention having been directed to Blpsns Tabulos, he commenced a course ot treatment with them, using them according to directions. As a result the tronble from constipation Is overcome and there Is a positive Improvement to be noted in the eon ditlon of his rheumatla joints. His daughter, who lives with him and has suffered a good deal from dys pepsia, also uses the Tabulos and has found in them the greatest pos sible benefit. 1.'P,"Tb?' are said hy oruttwt or hyman ir ths price (!0 cents a box) Is scat to Ttolvaas FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP Twcnry-srse C'vata m. n... a. n easxaaaaaTiaaj 'Successfully Prosecutes Claim. Late Principal P.xauiinar 118. Paniion Bureau! dxrstu last war, lAatuudicatiiif claims, mttg aluo MUUCft O THO I IU.CP.br mail ewsraUsOs ODIIIIl mi WHISKY hauiismrcd. Hook arts UriUMraam, c a. a weottsr, tiumt, as. OPIUM Morplilns llabll urril la IS to .i .!) . pas- (tllcara. Ur.J. -lrpl.rM,,Ub.uuM. a saaJ Hoar, (jnu-h rR "r- i Vl, ,- j f nntggtwfti. BO
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