UNANSWERED PRAYER&
Iik some schoolmaster, kind la beta
stern.
Who beurs the children crying o'er tbei
lute
'And calling "Ht-lp me, master, Jet blj
I nt.
Since iu his silence and refusal lies -Their
self-ilevclopment, so God abide
I'nhcediug many prayers. He I" nut deal
To any cry sent op from earnest hearts;
lie bears and strengthens when lie must
deny.
lie sees n weeding orer life's hnrd sums.
Kill, should lie dry our tears and give the
key.
What would it profit ua when school were
done
And uut one lesson mastered!
What a world
Were this If alt onr prayers were granted!
Nut in famed Pandora's box were such
vsNt ills
As lie in human hearts. Sboald onr de
sires.
Voiced one by one, in prayer ascend to
God
A lid come back aa events shaped to our
wish.
What chaos would result!
In my flerco yoota
I sighed out breath enough to move a leet
Voicing wild prayers to heaven for fan
cied boons.
Which were denied, and that denial bends
My knee to prayers of gratitude each day
Of my maturer life. Tet from those
prr.yers
I rose nlwsy reeirded for the strife
. nd conscious of new strength. Tray on.
nad heart!
Tlmt which thou pleadest for may not be
given,
But in the lofty altitude where souls
Who supplicate CJod'a grace are lifted,
there
Thou shalt find help to bear thy future
lot .
Which is not elsewhere found.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, In the Cosmo
politan. WEDDING GIFTS.
Pooh! rrcspnts!" wild the Old Mar
ried Man to the bridegroom. "Don't
think you'll get what you want. I'll
tell you my experience.
"As the time for our marriage drew
near I used to call at the house every
available evening and whisper confi
dentially to the curly head which exact
ly fitted my shoulder that I was the
luckiest fellow on earth. On dtie oc
casion Anes sighed and murmured
dreamily tlmt that was Just what she
elr.
"That was on the Sth.
"I in the lL'ili I stopped in a minute at
noon to see if she loved me as much aa
at 1 1 : 1 r the night before. She replied
that she did -that love was unaltcr-
aide but that she must hurry upstair:-.
now or the dressmaker would get hei
i-kirts flute-slmpcd instead of organ
lped. "On the l !th the present began to ar
rive also the relatives. It became nn
unsettled problem which of the two
were more numerous. Aggie had
cousins once removed. I had several
urn les and aunts. AH were well off;
In fact, it was a curious coincidence
that we were the only poor branches on
our respective family trees. I was in
nn insurance ollice Bro insurance, not
life insurance and when I hud coiu
muulcutcd to her the news of my re
cent promotion she had declared in the
face of her family's unaccountable
preference for Henry Walker (irhu was
not so good a fellow as I am ly uny
manner of menus) that to he Mrs.
Joseph I.oiinsbury and live In ft small
hoi.;e on a very small Income and bliss
was precisely her Ideal of existence.
So we were not marrying ana specula
tion; nevertheless, since marriage
comes so sci lorn in ones lite, we had
hopes that our moneyed relatives
-vmild d the handsome thing.
"They did. First came a complete
net of knives, forks and sions in a
polished wood case. They were from
the eoiirin Aggie had been named for.
'Such a seiis'.Me pieseiitP said her
siotlier; 'they uill Inst a lifetime.
" Vcs.' said I. 'it will take us a good
while to wear all those out two at a
time.'
" "I oti t you suppose were ever
tug to entertain any company, J
asked the girl of my affection, tupping
me on the cheek with one of the fori.s.
"'l ite same night I had a note from
her saying. 'Pen rest Joe, you ought to
see tlieloiciy after dinner conVe spoans
Second Cousin Mrtly has sent no two
alike. Orange plush case. Isn't It ex
citing? Don't tell, dear, but I almost
wish they'd been something else, for I
think sonic the girls are going to give
nie spoons.' Tho rest of this letter was
lot interesting to you.
"This was i he beginning of an ava
lanche of spoons Charter Oak spoons
nutmeg six. ns, soldiers monument
upoons, witch spoons, bust spoons, por
trait spoons (I called these hist our
picture gallery, and suggested that
they should he framed In ribbons and
hung In the parlor). One of our friends
sent a pair of salted-ulinond spoons,
hoping that wo would exchange them
if they were duplicated, but it turned
out that those were the only fines we
had. The sugar spoons were all
marked. There were lvo of them.
"It is a time honored custom in on.
ofTlee when one of us it married for the
rest to combine' and buy a picture;
and you could generally tell what year
a man's wedding came off by a glance
at his parlor wall. Williams, who was
married In 'Si, had 'Far Away;'
Brown's, a few years later, was 'The
Three Kates.' Ours was, of course, the
latest thing out. It had a sliver frame.
"As the days went by and pieces of
silver piled up on us I was more than
once reminded of the couple whose
courtship was conducted In Brown
Ingese. and who were fitted out by
their admiring friends with a Brown
ing tea set. with quotations around the
edge. "Oh. the little more, and how
much It is!' The Fords had a run on
china, hut a good deal of it got broken j
w.'is etchings; they had enough for cv- j
ery room in the house only, they never
had a house; they boarded ever since
they were married. Finally the climax
came, when my obi I'ncle John sent us
a solid tea set. I hadn't expected any
thing 1 1 -i 1 1 lum. unless perhaps a Bible
of a Wcl.sler':. 1 iialiiidged. for he did
n't enjoy giving anything away. Aggie
was getting too tired to be very on- I
tliusl.-istie. I.i't her mother was delight
ed, and it w.-iij no use thinking that I
void I ji.: t us s.m u have had tb-j
c .:.c .
'I i. is i.iiikeji Ma. de.ir else ruon
thati 'iu ie l-'ifdi hail.' said her slater.
" 'One In.iidi'ed and two,' said Aggie
" No, dear, Utt 10" came this morn
ing.' "'Oh. I know I shall never get this
list ruht!' exclaimed Aggie, diving for
lei I d.i ii i hook.
-l.ook out. or you'll be handing thai
Look to the parson for a prayer-liook,'
-li.l I.
" ouldn't be a bit snrprised.' 1.I1.
iin.iWered, smiling; Aggie could sinil
I iii u she was tired.
4t til 11 St
it';'''1'
palhi i
11. we were married. A iii.n
easie r hen It's over ui.i.
jkrt. At'-'.' 1 said, aa the carriage door
'slammed on ns. If It ever happens to na
again, let's leave out the heathen au-
oerstitlons.'. .
- I know It,' said Aggie. 1 begged
them not, but they would smuggle some
In. See any In my hairT
" 'Some In your hat brim I brusbeo
her off, and she setr.ed the newspaper
I had carefully brought along to look
like an old married man, and conjured
with It a minute, holding It out by an
Improvised handle. 'Here aha said,
the very chllden In kindergarten know
how to make paper dustpans now
brush the carriage seat.' When we got
out I gave the hack man a dustpan of
rice with a bill on top. There, burn It,'
sid I.
Did yon see him chortle In his
Joyr said Aggie, giggling; 'Joe, do you
feel like a married coupler
" Lota,' aald I.
"Our ten days In Washington hao
only one bngle the blank book. Aggie
aald she must finish her notes. AU I
could do waa to sit by and fret, and
put on the stamps; and she told me I
hindered her more than I helped, and
she was awfully glad to have me
.round. It made her feel better.
"We began housekeeping in a cheer
fal way In a little house en a new
street, it was something like to come
home to one's own dinner table. We
had so much silver that It looked funny
with our plain china nobody bad given
a lot of Ice-cream sets and things.
I tell you, marriage Is a lottery when M
comes to wedding presents. I liked
seeing Aggie's face In the sugar bowl,
though. Every night the little maid
(linimrted, to lire up to the spoons)
brought them and all the rest upstairs
on a tray and we packed them away In
the chest we had made and a pretty
penny It cost, with Its combination
lock, which went Into the end of the
closet where nobody could get at it.
One night we came home at 12 from
reception, and as we stole upstairs
not to wake the sleeping handmaid,
Aggie so sleepy herself that she tripped
on her wedding gown and I had to hold
her, we came upon the whole array on
the floor outside our door.
" 'Isn't it Imposing? so safer said 1,
but Aggie said, desperately, 'I Bhan"t
care anything about going out even
ings any more If I've got to put that
silver away after I get home.'
'Let ir stay there.'
'Oh, I can't Mamma thinks we're
o careless. We don't appreciate things
enough. She says, If anyone had given
her such elegant things when she was
married she wouldn't have dared to
close her eyes!"
'l alee more than that to keep mj
eyes open.' But I helped Agnes shove
the tray under a chair, and drape the
train of her wedding dress over It.
" 'What on earth are you doing, Ag
gle?' I asked, on coming in for dinner
i.ne day. All I could see was one foot
md a fsl.li t rullle in the closet.
"Aggie scrambled up enough to eaten
mi' round my knee. Oh, Joe, I'm so
vlad you've comeP
" 'What is It? You're ready to cry.'
"That's what I like about yon; you
don't have to bo explained to. Henry
Walker wouldn't have known I felt
'ike crying if I'd screamed It at hluiT
lliat made me ri-el pretty gooi.
(though dinner wasn't ready). 'But
what? '
" 'It's the silver! I came up to chang,
the forks and spoons so they should
get worn alike, and I've shut the papei
with the combination In the chest, and
I can't remember what It was.'
"I get down lieshle her. It was hot
ter than Mexico In that closet. I turn
cd and tried the lock. To you keep
your dresses out of my way, they tlckh
the luK'k of nsy neck. N'o good. 'Well
I guess we'll use the old forks to-day.
id I; 'I don't believe they'll fad
away yet awhile.
" "Oh, I'm so sorry but they're ev
ery one shut up iu that chest.' So wt
laughed. What else was there to do:
It was funny when Iteming came lioim
with me to tea we'd asked him soim
days before. It wouldn't have liecn
funny with some girls. The table look
e.l principally white china, and tin
kitchen knives and forks didn't g
round. Kver cut omelet with a pew
ter spoon? It is great.
"It wasn't piite so funny when three
hot days bail gone by and we had near
ly smothered sojourning in the closet,
and no news of the combination. 'Don't
tell mamma! pleaded my wife. I be
gan to think I should have to call In a
locksmith, when one evening Aggie
startled me by Jumping out of bed
Trying, 'I've got it! I've got It!
" 'Got what a nightmare? '
"'I've got the combination! I've been
working on It all the time, and it Just
came to me In my sleep. Get right up.
Joe, and hold the light, and mind you
don't set anything on fire.' In another
two minutes the .-font of the chest felt
down, and behold our houshold godsl
'If anybody wants to steal them be
tween now and daylight, they can,
that's all,' said Aggie; 'but I'm not go
ing to shut that lock again to-night for
anybody!"
"In the fall there was burglar scare
about town, and Agnes' mother came
over and gave her a lecture upon lock
ing the windows. She said we really
ought to have a burglar alarm. To
please her, I had one put in. Election
night I went down to town telling Ag
gie not to sit up for me, for I should
wait for the returns. It was 1 o'clock
wheu I opened the front door very
softly, not to disturb Agnes. 'B-r-r-br-ke-plunk."
I forgotten the alarm.
"Before I had time to say a word ot
even turn down my coat collar, my
wife appeared at the head of the stairs.
She pointed a pistol at me. Her hair
hung loose, and she was In her well.
lever mind; but she looked distraeting
y pretty.
" 'If you come one step further I'll
Irel she cried.
" 'It's Joe, Agnes,' said I, meekly.
" 'I don't believe Itl Take off you
iatr
"I took it off, and made her a low
w. 'Don't shoot your husband; he's
lolng the best he can.'
"Agnes laughed hysterically. "Oh,
Top, I was so frightened.'
"I rushed upstairs and caught her. 1
took away the pistol, and wrapped her
rp in her dressing-gown. 'Do yon
think yon ought to appear before burg
lars In this costume? I Inquired. She
dusheil. 'I never thought of that.
" 'And to think you should point a
itol at your own husband.'
"It wasn't loaded, Joe.'
"Agnes I-oiinslmry,' said I, 'do yoi.
i ican to say you were so rash as to
aim at me with a pistol that wasn't
haded?
" 'But I shouldn't have fired it. any
way; it wasn't cocked.'
"Well, this ends the watchman burg
lar alarm business.' said L 'We've had
aNiut as much of It aa we want. To
morrow we 11 decide what sliver we
j want to use every day, and the rest
shall go down to the bank.'
j "We're able to breathe now. The sll
ver stands on the sideboard, and as yet
i --oliody has carried It off; if they do
I gnes' mother will say she expected
' t. for we aren't the careful people they
1 Mil to be in her generation. Once In
, while Aggie quarrels' with me be
' uiise some dish or other that would
make a show for company Is at the
bauk. and I don't see my way clear to
bring it home tinder my arm, 'you can
have them all home and trust to luck
if you'd rather,' I say.
" 'I'd rather they were at the bank.
because then I should have tbem, you
know.
" 'Don't see It,' said I; 'but If s Juat at
you say.' .
"When our anniversary came around
we had a present and a note from one
of Agnes' elderly f rlenla. The note ran
this way:
"My dear Mrs. Lounsbury: We send
you our best congratulations on your
anniversary. My husltand will have
his little' Joke, yon know; and, as some
one told him that the Lounaburys bad
bad so much silver given them on their
wedding that tt wasTJ positive embar
rassment to them, he says you ought
to be ashamed of being such plutocrats
at your age, while the older generation
has not even accumulated souvenir
spoons, and sends you this little gift
to remind you of tho fact
"Oh, Joe! It's silver! for I bad
punched a hole In the paper. "No, it
isn't It's a pudding dish, or for oys
ters, yon know. How kind. And plat
ed, too. It didn't cost much, Joe, did
itr
" 'A few dollars, I should think.'
" 'How good! Perhaps even less.
Joe?
"Perhaps so; lfs rather light
weight'
"Isn't it delightful? We'll have
some oysters In It to-morrow night, and
ask them over to tea.'
'I should feel dreadfully to have that
taken,' I heard her murmur that even
ing. ' 'What for?
' 'Because it's such a comfort to have
one thing that you don't care whether
It's stolen or not.'
'You're getting sleepy, Aggie. But
I know one thing that 'goes on, goes
on forever.'
"What?
"Our storage rent I reckon In a
few years we'll have paid for the whole
outfit, and then we'll fetch It home and
keep open house for burglars wkth t
clean conscience.'
" 'Don't be ridiculous, Joe,' said my
wife." Xew York Tribune.
PLAYED HE WAS A STATUE.
(tonary John Ioe Envied the Lot of
the Bronze Figure in the Park.
Poor, hungry John Doe sat on a
bench in the New York City Hall park
ruminating over the vicissitudes of
life. It was parching hot, and John
had Just removed his outer garments.
o that be sat in his red undershirt and
HOE POflINO as A STATt'C
trousers, gazing up vacantly at tho
bronze statue of the martyr Xathau
lale.
'What a soft snap that feller's got
anyhow," he presently remarked.
Ktniulin' there nil day long, wid tin)
trees a shadin bun, notliln' to do, no
cop to make him move on, not bin' to
at, notliln' to drink" there the chain
f thought suddenly censed "nothin
to drink! I'd be a statue myself if It
wasn't for that What a snap It would
.ie."
And then speculation ripened Into ac
tion, John proceeded over to the base
Of the pedestal. "I'll try it" he said.
"Mr other encasements can wait." A
tat broker mopping the perspiration
rom his chubby cheeks hurried alone
up Broadway. He glanced from tight
to left and his eyes rested complacently
nn the leafy greenery of the park. Sud
denly he halted.
"Shades ot A tie Lincoln," he gssped,
awe-stricken. On the bronze pedestal
whence Hale, the martyr, had looked
down over the passing show was perch
ed a figure n figure grotesque in Its
simplicity. Nothing more strange, in
deed, than poor, addle-headed John
Doe, his arms folded heroically across
his red undershirt And yet he was
attracting the rapt attention of n
throng. So he played the statue faith
fully, until a park policeman yanked
him down by the foot and took him off
to the station.
DEFENDER OF BULUWAYO.
Capt. John 8. Nicholson Who Com
mands the British Forces.
Capt John Sanctuary Nicholson is the
officer now in command of the British
forces at Buluwayc. beleaguered by the
rebels. He Joined the Seventh Hussars
twelve years ago, and attained the rank
of captain in 1891. When Gen. Good
enough waa the commander at thu
captain Kicnoi-sox.
Cape he appointed Nicholson successor
to CoL II. C. O. Plummer, the firs!
commissioner sent to take charge of the
forces of the Chartered Company. The
regiment in which Nicholson Is an otii
cer was formerly stationed in India
The rising of the Matabeles has givei.
his position a gravity and responsibility
that were not anticipated.
Anxious to Know,
Doctor Don't be alarmed. I wa;
sicker than you are a year ago and witl
the same trouble. To-day I am wel
and hearty.
Patient (anxiously) Oh, Doctor, tel
me who was your phyMclan. Water
bury American.
Never say, "That is one thing I woulr
not stand." The people will laugh a
you when they see yon standing It i
few weeks later.
USE OF THS SENSS3.
tlablt aaj Experience Play a Part is
tteeins; and H sarins-
If we sk ourselves Just how it -is
hat we see. bear and receive Impres
sions from the senses, we shall aoou
tiscover two things. The first Is that
ie explanation 'we see with our eyes,"
we hear with our earj," etc.. Is not
iUite satisfactory. It is easy enough
to explain how certain rays of light
laiplnge on the retina of the eye, and
ertjilu waves of air on the drum of tha
nr; but how these purely physical
things are converted into purely psy
chical things of sight and hearing no
one can explain.
Our second discovery will be that K
Is not by the eye alone that we see, or
by the ear alone that we bear. Mem
ory, or, rather, experience or habit,
-.days a .great part In all sensations.
though we do not often notice It unless
Mir attention Is drawn to the fact. by
some circumstance that nuts experience
at fault and thus produces a sense-
ilusion.
Have you ever noticed, for Instance.
how experience helps you to recognize
the position of sounds) If one made a
noise at a little distance from yon, you
could instantly tell from what direction
it came, because experience has taught
you to Judge of this matter through the
very slight difference In the Intensity
of sound In your two ears. An expert-
cent will readily prove this.
Sto? up the left ear firmly with cot
ton-wool, and go Into a dark room with
someone else who carries a bell. Let
the other person strike the bell In dif
ferent parts of the room, yourself re
maining still. Xo matter where the
hell Is, It will always seem to you to
sound on your right side, even though
It mny actually be near the left ear.
Persons deaf in one ear can never tell
whence a sound comes. It takes twf
ears to do this.
PHENOMENAL SPRINTER.
(lawkeye People Think Tbclr Man
Hush Will lie Another Cram.
If the young sprinter from the Grln-
nell College does not prove to be an
other John V. Crum iu the athletic
world ho will sadly disappoint an entire
State. Iowans are sure the handsome
follow who created such a sensation
before one of tho biggest crowds ever
assembled In Marsha lit own will prove
to bo one of the fastest sprinters Amer
ica has ever produced. There seems
to lie good ground for the confident ex
pectations reposed in the boy from
Waterloo. At the State championship
meeting at Marslmlltown he performed
with great credit to himself, winning
the four sprinting events handily in
time that stamps the new man as hav
ing a brilliant future on the cinder
path. lie ran fifty yards In 0:0.1 2-.
ItsO In 0:10, 200 In 0:20 3-5, 220 in
0:22 3-3, and closed the day by romping
away from his field in the quarter milo
event In 0:5.1. That Is a day's work
that even the wonderful Wefers might
well be proud of. Rush has beeu in
training for running less than one yenr.
and the events mentioned were the first
big games he ever attended as a com
pet I tor. He Is the son of a prominent
traveling man of Waterloo, and is the
Ideal athlete in appearance. He Is
feet 10 Inches tall and weighs about l.r0
pounds in good condition. He has a
perfect style, which conies natural to
him, nnd in action on the track looks
like a runner who has been In the sport
for years. This Is all the more remark
able from the fact that he has never
hail the advantage of Iwing handli-d
by a trainer of experience, who could
advise the young man of his faults. He
Is exactly 21 years old, and what hf
knows about sprinting he picked up by
seeing others perforin.
One. Way to Pnt It.
Many of the sayings and doings of
the Southern negro, that find their way
into print may be apocrypha, but
enough are known to lie true to make
sood his claim to humor. A gentleman
discussing coon-hunting relates an in
cident, In Forest and Stream, that lllu
rates this characteristic drollery.
The party, consisting of hunters,
dogs, axes and torches galore, had been
hunting for a good part of the night
without any luck whatever. Finally,
tho dogs treed a coon. It would take
some time to fell so large a tree, and
ono of the nejrroes volunteered to climb
t and ascertain the whereabouts of thr
roon.
All agreed to this, and sat around to
await developments. Soon after the
negro had disappeared among the
branches, a peculiar sound was heard
from the top of the tree. It was a kind
of mixture of negro and coon dialect
Some one ventured tho remark:
"Bill, have you got that coon?"
"Yes, sah," was the reply, "I'se gov
dis here coon; but I wish you'd send
some o' dom darkies up here to help me
turn him loose."
Dtssaae Tftalteve In a BTIiiataa
Or. Atrnew's Cure tor the llesrt rivrs perfect
relief in all eases of Organic or Sympathetie
Heart Disease in SO minutes, anil siieetlily ef
fects a cure. It Is peerless remedy for PiU
pitntinn. Shortness of Breath. Vmotlierine
r-pells. Pain in Lett Side and all smiptmos of
a Diiensi-i llt-Hrt. One done convinces. If
your dnnnrist hnant it in stock, ask hia to
procure It tor soa. It will save tout lite.
The Princess of Wales lately ordered
for her own use a bicycle of a pattern
that has been practically out of use for
ten years.
BCY tl.no worth Dobbins Floating-Borax Soap
ol rnnr gr ci-r. si-lid wiappcni to llobblnn
Soup Mt'r '., rhliadelnhlJi, l a. They will st-ml
on fiee of ehsrae, i ontMpe paid, a Worcester
M-kul HlctlmisrT, IMS I-saes. bound in cloth,
profanely Illustrated. Oiler good until August
1st only.
Mrs. Catherine Brophy, of Frank
ford, Penn., claims to be 103 and does
her own housekeeping.
FITS i toppe1 Iree by Da. Kurf Orcat
Kfsvb ItbTosca. No nts alter tint day's nte
Marvelous cures. Treatise ami fiiw trial bottle
lee- br. Kline, ft'.l Aicbsu. 1'lilla-
Airs, Bertha O. Lamine, of the Weet
inghouse works in Pittsburg, Penn., is
tne only woman electrical engineer in
the country.
I can recommend Paw's Care lor Consumption
to sufferers from Asthma . D. Towbsuhd, i L
Howard, Wis.. May 4. IK.
It will surprise a good many well-
informed people to learn that Gen.
Lew Wallace revives higher pay for his
writings than any other living Ameri
can author.
William Black, the novel writer, is
also a portrait painter, an enthusiastic
botanist and an ail-around sportsman.
I J. It ART. AN I HI UII.
C(0)fi)(0
my Just think every bottle of Hood's Sarsa
p.trllla contains 100 doses. This is true wily of
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists, ft.
Hood's PHIa cure biliousness, headache.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
floasetbiaa: that Will Interest the Jw
venile Members of Every Honaehold
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Muy Cute and Canaiaa; Children.
Waso't He Mean?
One day a gay young rooster
Was scratching In the gronnd,
Jnst after a brisk, summer show'r.
And a big, fat worm be found,
fie placed his claw npon it, then ,
Ills head he upward threw.
And to his hens he loudly called
"Come! Cock-a-doodlc-do!"
The hens they came a-running.
As eager as could be,
And each one thought "Now here's a treat
I'm very sure for me."
But when that rooster they had reached
He gave a wink or two.
Gobbled the worm himself and ctowpj.
"Go! Cock-a-doodle-doo!"
-M. E. '
The Flower Dolls, ,
"I wonder If I could nnd two little
cirls who would help me weed the
flower beds this morning?" said Aunt
Mary, as she s.ep-
ped out on to the
side porch where
Margie and Ethel
were playing.
"Oh, I should like
to, auntie" said
Ethel, "and I know
Margie will help.
too: and you'll let
us have some mar
guerites and fuch-
sLi3 to make those
euto Cower dolls,
like those you
taught ns to makt
last week, won't you?"
"Yes, Indeed. I will."
The time passed quickly to the little
girls, for Aunt Mary told them stories,
nnd just as they finished the last bed,
the dinner-Iiell rniea.
After diuner Aunt Mary gathered a
dozen marguerites, and the same num
ber of well-formed fuchsias; while sho
was busy getting the nowers, Ethel ran
to her room, and got a nuinlier of pins,
and the bottle of ink, nnd pen, and
Margie went to the kitchen to get sev
eral broom straws
Aunt Mary then trimmed off all tin
Ktnmcns of the fuehn.a but two, which
-vcro left for feet.
Margie cut off all the petals of eacl
marguerite, leaving them as a margin,
for the ruffle of the little cap, except
two, these petals were left for strings.
As soon ns she had finished ou
Ethel mark oil eyes, nose nnd mouth
on the center of It, wi:h pen and Ink.
When this was done Aunt Mary tmt
a broom straw through tho tuba of ihe
fuchsia for arms, nnd connected the
luiiil with the body with a pin, and
this finished a dozen of the cuteut little
tower dolls which looked like this.
Margie nnd Kthel were delighted, nnd
rarrW their dolls to the garden wall
under the shade of the large maple.
Here they played until their Uncle
Will nsked them to take a drive. They
nurrieii orr, nnd It was almost tea
line when they returned.
Remembering their flower dolls, thev
rah to get them; but tho hot sun had
come beating down on thein. and each
little flower lady had drooped, and
grown weaker nnd weaker until she
had died. Household.
A Birthday for the Potato.
There is talk In England of having
birthday party for the potato. It Is
Just 300 years since the first potato
plants were taken from this country
over to London, and the same year Sir
Walter Raleigh planted some of fhem
In Ireland. Everybody eats potatoes
nowadays, and yet for nearly 200 years
the plant was only a curiosity. Occa
sionally potatoes were served on some
prince's table as a great delicacy, often
candied like fruit or spiced. And high
lords and Indies wore the flowers as or-
iihiik-iiih. 1 1 ih ma in rnnr nmnanov t n n
r.rcnr hnd to cnmnol tho ft, ,e bio
- - ... . . v.
;jr
dominion to plant potatoes.
Now they
ire only too glad to do It
A Tat that Bhlnea In the Dark.
What would you think of a manu
factured cat that scares away rats and
mice? Well, a clever inventor has re
cently made such an animal. It Is
of metal, built exactly the size and
shape of a cat and painted with a kind
of paint that shines In the dark. If this
metal cat Is placed In the pantry the
rats and mice straightway ran to safer
homes and don't come back.
How Long la a Bicycle?
If yon have a friend who Is a great
bicycle rider ask htm off-hand when he
Is out of sight of his wheel how long
a bicycle is. First, he'll look puzzled,
and then hell make the wildest kind
of a guess. It's almost as puzzling as
the question: "How high is a Derby
hatr
Did He Get Hia Whipping
Tom, Dick and Harry got Into trou
ble one recess. It was strictly against
the rules to throw stones, yet they hnd
been caught In the act by an angry
old gentleman whose orchard came up
to the school-house yard. Worst of
all, he had seen a stone from the hand
of Tom smash through the glass of his
One conservatory. So the guilty three
expected severe treatment when tho
principal Invited them to a private in
terview.
Tom was the oldest and worst oi
thorn. Harry was an Innocent little
fellow, misled by the example of the
others. Dick was usually well-behaved.
but bad gone wrong for once. The
teacher said:
Boys, you have broken two valu
able things, this gentleman's glass and
one of my rules. Tou deserve severe
punishment and perhaps yon will get
it, but I intend giving you a chance
to escape. Each of you may guess foi
himself whether hi fa to ht punished
or not Those who aaarwer wrong will
be punished, those wo answer right
will be spared, so be careful what you
say. Henry, yon may guess first"
Harry looked op timidly and ventured
to sayt I foaea joa Till not whip me,
sir."
"Very good, ay bow; yoa have an
swersd correctly. I ahaQ have to let
yon oft. Go to your aeat Tom, yonr
turn."
Tom thanrtt be IttA leaxqad some-
thing Jr na try's success, so ha aald.
with a bold grin: '
"I gueas yon wont punish me, either."
"Wrong. So, yon sea, to keep my
word. I shall have to whip you, much
as I dislike to do It" And na lata tne
ruler on with a right good will.
that one would think he nally enjoyed
t -
"Now, Richard, what do you have to
ay"
"I gness I am to be punished, air.
Now, here la the Question: Aa the
teatfoer waa bound to keep his word.
did he punish Dick or not? If he did.
Dick had guessed right and should not
be punished; bat If ha did not, Dick
had guessed wrong and the teacher
would have to punish him.
Did Dick get his whipping!
A Question of Chlnta.
Sims Beeves, the English tenor, has
Just been recalled to the public mind in
singular fashion; for, at the age of 74,
he has emerged from hia retirement.
and gone again npon the stage.
In the entire history of musical an
there la no other case of so long and ao
successful a career aa hia. Neverthe
less the kindliest critics agree that be
should not have Invited comparison of
the voice he has with the voice be had.
Reeves was always the most eccen
tric and perverse of singers. Innumera
ble stories are told of his audacity In
breaking engagements. In 1803 CoL
Mapleson had announced him to sing
In London, and on the first day of the
engagement received a telegram from
Itcevcs, who was on his way to town
expressing his surprise that he had
been advertised for that evening when
the engagement was for the following
one.
The manager at once hurried to
Reeve's house, and learned that dinner
had been ordered for half-past 7. He
told the butler that the time had been
cliangcd, and that the meal must be
served at midnight Instead. He then
went to meet the tenor, who was ac
companied by hia wife, at the E us ton
railway station.
While Mrs. Reeves busied herseli
about the luggage CoL Mapleson got
thes tenor to himself, and explained
his difficulty. "But it Is quite Impossl-
Me for me to sing this evening, waa
the answer. "I have ordered my dinner
at home."
CoL Mapleson explained that he ha&
postponed dinner for a few hours, and
that a light meal was being prepared
for him in the dressing-room of the
theater. Tho suddenness of the propo
sition seemed to amuse the tenor. He
laughed, and actually gave a half prom
ise that If bis wife consented, he would
sing. At that moment bis wife ap
peared, and the matter waa explained
m her.
It's all nonsense," she exclaimed;
Mapleson Is willing to ruin you by
forcing you to sing."
She then went on to ask how any one
could possibly think of such a thing.
when the chintz and crumb cloth of his
dressing-room had not been arranged.
It had always been her custom to
hang the walls with new chintz, and
place a fresh damask cloth on the floor,
on the nights when her husband sang.
and on this occasion the sacred hang
ings had gone to the wash. That set
tled the matter, and Reeves did not sing
that night
Destruction Caused by Ragpipe-s.
A Scotch Highlander, dressed in kilts
and carrying a set of bagpipes nnder
his arm, appeared at Bar Harlior the
other night and next morning at 8
o'clock strolled i:p Main street In search
of a good place to try the bags on the
natives. It la years since the uncanny
music of the canny Beot has been play
ed there, and It had a wonderful effect.
the first tune causing no less than five
simultaneous runaways among horses
and the wrecking of two wagons and
sets of harnesses. The bagpiper stopped
In the middle of the tune to see the fun
nnd after he saw the destruction that
one tune had wrought he let the wind
out of the pipes and took the 10:30
o'clock boat for Bangor.
Josulp is a pleasant way of criticis
ing yourself. No man ever did a thlny
that you arc not liable to do.
Half the mistakes of this world are
made by people who think they are
correcting mistakes of others.
An Effect Mi seed.
lie I shot him In the Rockies.
She What fierce eyes he had I
He Oh, they are only glass.
She I see. Tou had the advantage
of him. Life.
Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia,
n ...
BBVS an h neyliah nAnra.AnA
' . . wwrouu
a.eni " y resects
than some of the kings and emperors
oi r.urope,
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of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, whioh seemed
almost marvelous, and more recently anoth
er substantial evldenoe of their value reached
oar ears. Being of aa Inquiring tarn ol
mind, and wishing to know just how much
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Interview the person said to be thus ben.
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ears was true. It was only simple Justice to
let it be known If It proved untrue, It would
be well to know it.
The parson alluded to above as having
been thus greatly benefited by the use ol
Pink Pills U Mrs. Jane Hotalen, of Haines,
villa, N. J.. a pleasant hamlet iu Sussex
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tne reporter naa no dimoulty in nailing
Mrs. Hotalen. It was nearly noon when we
readied nor pleasant home, a double house,
one part of whioh is occupied by her son.
She is a pleasant-faced old lady, looking to
oe about stxty-nve. but is in reality seventy-
two yean ot age. After a few preliminary
remarks la explanation of the call, she was
asked if she had any objection to giving us
the details of the ease and how she came to
try this now famous remedy.
"Mot at all, sua she. "If my experience
in be of any good to others. I am sure thev
are welcome to it it can do me no harm."
"when were you taken siok and what waa
tne nature or tne maludyr was asked.
"It was about two years ago. The trouble
was rheumatic in character sciatica, they
called it and It was very painful indeed.
Tho difficulty beean in my hip and extuudeJ
the whole length ot the limb, crippling me
completely. I suffered Intensely from ll and
the ordinary treatment gave me not the
slightest alleviation. I was under trot tmeut
about a month as stated, but nv worse in
stead of better, and was hint becoming dis
conragea.
"What brought Pink Pills to your notice?"
tllr sou called my attention to an article
in a paper in which it was stated that a Mr.
Struble, of Bronohville, a village lu this
county, had been greatly bonelltod by their
use, and suggested that it would be a good
plan to try them. But I was skeptical iu re
gard to their value in fact, I had no enn fi
ll' nee in their efficacy and rather lauirhed
at the suggestion. But the trouble increased
and 1 was badly crippled. A few days
later my son waa about to visit a neiii
boring town and suggested again that it
might be well to try this much-talkud-of
remedy, and I then consented. He bought
me a box of them and I began taking them
at onoe. At the end of a week I noted a
marked improvement, and by the time I had
taken the first box I was able to walk with
out a cane. I continued their use. takine
several boxes, and am, as you see, in a very
comfortable state ot health."
Have you had any return of the trou
ble?"
Not as vet. though at my time ot life.
seventv-two, it would not be surprising if I
should have. If it comes, I should at ouce
begin the use of the pills. I i-uppose I in
herit a tendency to troubles of this kind
my mother dlej from them."
"Old you ever note any ill effects from the
use of Piuk Pills?"
"None w ha ever. They never disturbed
my stomach in any way or caused me any
annoyance. Neither did 1 find it necessary
to inereaie the done, as the directions any
may be desirable, I nm able, as you see, to
attend to my own work."
The reporter thanked Mrs. Hotalen for lift
eourtoeyand bade her good day. Jtisnt
often that one can witness such a complete
recovery from such a pertinucious trouble At
such an advanced ae, and such iustuncee
cannot fail to produce a profound impres
sion. Readers of the Cmoa may rely on the
absolute accuracy of all the statements here
given nothing has been exaggerated, noth
ing withheld.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contains. In a
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give now life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfuiling specific for sueh diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis. Ht. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv
ous headache, the after effect of la gritpo.
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexion, all forms of weakness either In
male or female, and all diseases resulting
from vitiated humors in the blood. Pink
Pills are sold bv all dealers, or will bo sent
pist paid on receipt of price. (50 ceius a
box, or six boxes for 2.60), by addremiiia
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N. I.
CIGAR WRAPPERS FROM MEXICO
Their Use Not Yet Increased by the
Present Trouble in Cuba.
There Is a growing Idea among smok
ers that owing to the trobules in Cuba,
there will be a scarcity of Cuban leaf
tobacco, which will soon affect both the
quality and quantity of domestic clear
Havana cigars, and a rumor Is prevnl
ent that already many of the so-called
clear Havanas are covered with Mexi
can tobacco, and that it cannot be de
tected by experts. The best-informed
persona in the trade deny this rumor.
and state that most of the large Ameri
can firms have enough Cuban tobacco
to last them for a year or more, and
that there la little or no tobacco In
Mexico suitable for the fastitdious
smoker. They say, also, that Mexican
tobacco is detected easily at sight, and
while it may be possible In future years
to produce tobacco for wrappers which
will compete with the Cuban article. It
will be a long time coming, ns up to
date no effort has been made by the
Mexican growers to cater to this mar
ket The Mexican leaf is thicker and
duller In appearance, without the rich
gloss of the Cuban variety so attrac
tive to American smokers. What Is
still more to the point, it rapidly de
teriorates In appearance after being
worked up into cigars. Still another
reason Is that all the available Mexi
can wrappers worm anything are
called for by the Mexican trade, one
firm of which Is said to be under con
tract with Englishmen for 500,000
!lgars every two weeks.
The government statistics also give
an Important hint In this matter. The
total export of filler tobacco from
Mexico for 1813 was only 48,451 pounds,
of a value of $11,460; In 1894, C7.840
pounds, valued at $18,507, while the
total amount of wrapper tobacco for
1895 was but thirteen pounds, valued
at $7. This country. Imported from
Cuba in 1898 21,694,691 pounds, valued
at $8,940,058; In 1S94, some 14,578,000
pounds, valued at $5,888,964, and in
1805 some 20,147,000 pounds, vslued at
$7,238,474. The total amount of im
ported wrapper tobacco from Cuba
paying duty into the United Stntes
treasury during 1895 was 28,130
pounds, valued at $38,320. These are
the facta In the matter, and as Boon as
Mexican tobacco begins to come In for
use on domestic-made clear Havana
cigars its arrival will be shown in the
weekly tables of Imports published In
trade and shipping organs. What is
very likely is that the consumer of I la v
ana? -cigars will soon have to face a
darker tobacco on his cigars than h?
has been wishing for lately. New York
Sun.
Until.
The Bishop (to young widow) My
sister, I dare say you find comfort in the
thought that you made your husband
happy while he lived.
Young widow Yes. Poor Jack was
n heaven till he died. Plck-Me-Un.
The Boys Brigade.
The total membership of the Bovs'
Brigade for the United Kingdom Is XV-
000 lads, with 2,800 officers.
"A fieod Tale Will Bear Telling Twice." Use Sapolioi
. Use
A POL SO
Catds Ballevea aa
One short mff of the breath th roars the
Blower, supplied with each bottle of Dr.
Asoew'a Catarrhal Powder. dilTuios this Pow
der over the surface of tlie nasal paasaces.
Painless and delightful to use. It relieves In
stantly and permanently cures Catarrh. Ilay
Fever, Colds, Headache, fore Throat. Ton
sil it and Deafness. If your drmmist UAaal
tt iu slock, ask him to srocure k for raw.
A button-ball tree over 100 years
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Conn,, bas a ennant bush growing
between two of its branches. In the
past ten years the bush bas produced
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A l. to UP. M.
A Gaelic society for the study of the
Irish language has been - established
among the students of Trinity Col
lege, Dublin. In the Tuam Aew$ one
tradesman advertises his wares in
Gaelic,
Impoverished llloud causes that tired feeling-.
Hood's sarsaparilla purifies, enriches and
vitalizes the blood, Living new life and increased
vigor and vitality.
Hood's Pills sre easy to take, e4j to operate.
Cure indigestion, biliousness, headache.
The project of erecting a monument
to the late (Jorioan novelist Uustav
Freytag at Wiesbaden has been prac
tically abandoned for lack of sympathy
with the project
K. B.Waltliall & Co., Dniirrrlsts. nurso Cave,
Ky., say : Hull1 Citiarrrt (Jure cures ever
one that takes it." Solil by ilrurnrirttd, 7j-
Among the reforms of the new Kitch
en Committee of thn British House of
Commons will bo the substitution of
waitresses for waiters.
Mr. Window's s-ooliiln-? rvrnp for ehtldrstk
Iretiiinr, soltvn the sum, reduce luUsin al
lien, slluvs isiu. cure wind colia Jc -x oiUj.
Miss Alice Botchschild's collection
of roses is valued at $50,000.
Gladness Comes
With a better rndcrsfcindlrg of the
transient natnrs of tin. many phys
ical ills which vaniali befors r-ropei ef
forts gentle e:Tii-ts pleasant efforts
rightly d'renlod. Thoro i3 ccnifcrt in
the knowledga that so mar.y forma of
sickness are not daa to enr acUial dis
ease, but simply to r. locstipated condi
tion of tho system, whi:-h the pleasant
family laxativs, 3yrurof Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is rrhy it U the only
remedy with ni;L.Mon3 of families, aiidia
cverywhers estiamed eo highly by all
who valua arocd health. It beneficial
effects are da 3 to '..lis fact, that it is tho
ono remcd j which 'pi-mot?s internal
cleanliness, wjllio'il actiiitatiag tne
organs on whioh it acta. Itis therefore
all important, ia order ta pet its bene
ficial effects, to noto tvhen you pur
chase, that you have the penuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
I'itr Syrup Co. only, and said by all rep
utable druggists.
I in thoT eniovmcnt of rood health.
and the system is regular, then laxa
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with anv actual disease, ona
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrupof
Fias stands hijrhest and is most iarirelv
used and gives most general satisfaction.
"Sometime ago," said Clifton Arna
parger (of Paris, Ky.), County
Attorney of Bourbon Co., Ky., "1
saw the advertisements of Bfpans
Tubules iu tho Louisville Courier.
Journal, and believing it was the
remedy I nocdod, I determined to -get
soma or the Tabulns. There was
no name attached to the advertise
ment, so I wrote to the publishers ot
tho Courier-Journal and was
referred to the lupous Chemical Co.,
10 Spruce St., New York, from whom
1 obtained a box for 60 eents. I had
boon greatly troubled with stok
hoadaohe, but since I afcured Bipans
Tabuies, whenever I togln to foel
symptoms of sick headache or soar
stomach, I take one or two Tabuies
and escape all the terrors of a
splitting hoadaohe. One taken after
eating has aided my digestion and
mado mo feel like a different poison,
I And I now can get the Tabuies
from a local druggist. (Signed).
Curros AassFAaacn, September
13th, 1895."
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