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.
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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
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easxaaaaaTiaaj
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dxrstu last war, lAatuudicatiiif claims, mttg aluo
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