f ir "ii i mmmmmmmmimammmtmima
JUST ONE YEAH OLD.
fast one abort year ago h came,
or little ton, Uod bleaa him I
A heaven-sent treasure he to ours.
To care for and careaa him,
No matter if the day be drear.
Our bearta be never fail to cheer."
When to my work I no away
I stcMii) and softly kiaa him;
And through the long, long hours of. daj
I sadly, amity tuUs him;
Until at Inst, at set of aun
I go to him when work to don
With outstretched arma and winnins
smile.
He coos a loving greeting;
'Tis hard to tell which one of ns
Is happiest at our meetiug.
This joyous frolisome young elf
Ilia loviug mamma, or myself.
His dimpled arms around my neck
Cling close in soft caresses:
While 'gainst my bronsed aud bearded
cheek.
His dewy lips he presses.
Oh, little lore! Ob, baby mlneT
Ton closely round my heart-strings twine.
God grant that In the years to com
He ne'er may know sorrow;
May peace and happiness be Ma,
With every coming morrow.
And may Thine everlasting arm,
Protect and keep him aafe from harm.
Oh, hal.y mine, when years hare flown.
And I am old and hoary.
When yon to man's estate hare grown.
And strong In manhood's glory.
Oh, never may our hearts grow cold;
Dear baby boy, just one year old. .
Leisure Hours.
THE FORTUNE TELLEB
"Ia r
"Oh I pupn, pful! how can you?"
The old high hall I ft of Krohn pushed
iwny the pretty little hand that bis
eldest daughter sought to place over
his mouth.
"No," he aald, "I will not keep quiet.
I repeat that the whole custom of send
ing New Year's cards Is a d n bad
one, aud it is time to put an end to It.
What are the results of such nonsense?
"First, I get my mall bag later than
usual, and, secondly, it Is crammed so
full with the stupid stuff that I can
hardly get It open!"
At length the old gentleman's efforts
were rewarded, the bag sprang open,
and he emptied Its contents with Im
patience on the breakfast table.
" ToFrnuleln Katbarina von Krohn,'
he read. "My God! are they ail
for you, Katlilnka?"
"Don't be so unbearable, papa, and
please dnn't call me Katlilnka."
Tiie old gentleman replied to his
daughter's reijuest with an unintelligi
ble growl and went on drinking his cof
fee. "Just look what n lot there are for
me!" erieil Knrhnrina, piling the letters
upon the table in front of her and her
face lighting up with pleasure.
"Are they all for you?"
"Yes. nil. Now you can see what It is
to Ih- ki.ovvn as a beauty."
"And an heiretts," added the father.
"Yes. and tin heirebj, she repeated,
thoughtfully.
"But Is there nothing there for my lit
tle I.iH?" asked her father.
Katbarina thruggcd her shapely
shoulders impatiently.
"Why, of course not. If a girl ex
pects to be shown much attention she
must be a little more pushing aud im
portant."
"And r,n heiress, too," was the fath
er's iar-oiile addition to the sentence.
"1 really should Imj very grateful,
father. If you v.i.ul.l not allude so much
to my money," wan the rather curt pro
test. "I can't help It. Kalharlua, when I Kee
my litllo I.lli here, us beautiful as the
flower that gave her the name, and
well, she Is in ( an heiress, do you ttii
deiXand? That's the whole thiiig."
Kathuriiiu made uo aimr. She
was busily Mudviug the baud writ iti
on the envi l.i m.
A voting i;irl who hud hitherto sat op
posite to tier In Ml. in e h-ft her sent,
went up to the high bailiff, and putting
her fair young nruis round bis neck,
gave III m a kiss.
A world of love shone In his eyes ns
he looked at her with pleasure and
stroked her soft cheeks.
"Never mind, I.ili," he said, slowly,
"I am glad that you don't get such a
pile of letters. I'm grateful, too, that
you're not an heiress. Perhaps then
no one will take you away from me."
Tears enme Into the girl's eyes, for,
though she said uo word, yet the
thought that no one had remembered
her or cared enough for her to send her
a New Year's card made her sad. Rut
she forced herself not to cry aud tried
to conceal the few tears that would
not lie kept back by kissing her father
igalu lovingly cm the eyes aud lips.
The high bailiff of Krohn, the father
of these two girls, had married twice.
His lirst wife, n lovely, proud, but vain,
woman, died soon after the birth of ft.
little (laughter, am! left her the whole
of a large fortune. Ills second wife,
the daughter of a country clergyman,
brought him no wealth but a sweet and
beautiful disposition. Wheu she. too.
died after two years' married life he
felt overwhelmed and had never since
wholly recovered from the blow.
Kathariiia, the elder of tue stepchll
childreu, hud Just finished her twen
tieth year, nnd, as she was as proud,
pretty, and just as valu as her mother,
had already laughed at many proposals
tut i-t. uniiti Muii mouey. io one una
so far feen able to take her fancy.
LIU was in almost every respect the
opiMwIte of h r sister. Small of figure,
quiet and retiring. It happened that she
was often entirely overlooked. It cer
tainly was not right of a father to love
Hie daughter more than another.
Still he did so, and It was plain to
every body that It was the soft, sweet,
patient I.lli who was his favorite.
It mud.? Kntharlna feel annoyed to
seo her father so gentle aud affectionate
H Sweetness and Light.
Put a Pill in the pulpit if you want prac-
s ticul preaching for the physical man; then
tf 9 rut tlie nil1 ln tne Plllory ifc do?s not pvac
fj tise -what it preaches. There's a whole gospel
Si in Ayev'a Sugar Coated Pills; a "gospel of
sweetness and light." People used to value
tfjjS their physio as they did their religion by
its bitterness. The more bitter the dose the
better the doctor. We've got over that. We
ffilS take "sugar in ours" gospel or physic now-
a-days. It's possible to please and to purge at
the same time. Tnere may be power ln a
0f pleasant pllL That Is the gospel ot
Ayer's Cathartic Pills.
Jtlorc plil particulars in Ayer's Curebook. 100 paces
Seat fice. J. C Aycr Co., Lowell, Mass. .
aavard tier ctster, ror she said, wltb
..harp look at them both:
"WhatI kissing again I I cannot un.
demand bow you find pleasure In al
ways lying round each other's necks."
"You are) out of aorta, KatAariiui
said her father. "One of the curds you
expected has not come, perhaps. I
would almost wager that among all
those letters there la none from Baron
Horn! EhV"
Katbarina grew a shade paler at
these words.
"I certainly expected a card from
Baron Horn," she replied, trying to con
ceal her annoyance. "Ho surely has
sent me one! Are you sure you emp
tied the mail bag thoroughly?"
"Yes. I think so. But you ha. bet t el
look yourself; It would not be the first
time that a letter has ruinalned stuck
in one of tne corners."
"An I I thought so," exclaimed Katb
arina, pulling a crumpled letter out of
deep corner of the baa;.
8Kb glanced quickly and sharply at
the address, and then with an exclama
tion of vexation let the letter hurriedly
drop.
"Not from Baron Horn, after all?"
asked her father, picking It up. "and yet
that Is his writing. Heavens I why. It
Is for you, Lili; If s addressed to you."
"Oh I impossible!" said Llli. quietly,
while a faint blush rose to her pretty
cheeks. "It must be a mistake."
"Ky no means," returned her father,
smiling. "Here, open It. Let us all
see It. Oh, what a lovely card! Why,
Kntharlna, where are you going?"
But the father received no answer.
Katbarina hurrietMy gathered up her
letters and left the room In a whirl
wind. a
The above-mentioned Baron Horn
was a young nobleman who had Just re
turned from Africa. It was well known
that he took great pleasure In visiting
the Von Krohn family, and under all
manner of pretexts took every oppor
tunity to he with them. Of course ev
ery one thought that the attraction was
the rich and beautiful Katharlca. and
she herself took particular pains to
spread this view of the matter.
Accustomed as she was to a largt
number of enthusiastic admirers, she
had never for a moment imagined that
the baron could Interest himself in her
quiet little sister until she was remind
ed to-day In a rather unpleasant man
ner of the possibility of such a thing.
She read her letters through and be
came Iietter humored.
"How stupid of me to get so cross,
she sal. I, as she smiled at her lovely
face In the glass. "It is not possible
that he favors Llli when he knows me."
There came a gentle knock at the
door, and the servant girl came in and
announced that the carriage was at
lie door.
Kiitliiiriiin at once rcniemtered that
r.-ii'ou Horn had promised to go for a
drive with her. and with this thought
her face grew bright once again.
A charitable bazaar was to be open
ed in a neighboring town, nnd. as the
father was not able to go, Haron Horn
had offered his escort to the two young
ladies.
The baron was as punctual as most
lovers that is to say, be came half an
hour Ik fore the time, and found Kath
arina quite ready, to his great astonish'
mt lit. for as a rule she kept everybody
waiting half an hour, at least.
Her -purpose of frustrating a tete-a-tete
between Llli and the baron was
completely iniccesSsful, for she did not
move from his side until they all three
were ready to get Into the carriage.
The father stood with beaming fact
on the doorstep and waved a fond fare
well after them.
"This Horn is a very sensible fellow,"
he thought to himself, "nnd I admire
bin .. ice. It will be very hard to lone
Lili, but I would let him have her rath
er than cny one else."
Although the bazaar was crowded
the ui rival of Haron Horn nnd his two
lovely comi'iinloiis caused considerable
excitement, nnd they were speedily sur
rounded by neijiiaiiitaiiees.
Aiming these was a f'apt. Llnke. a
tall. I. Ion. 1.' fellow, and one of Kutli
u ri mi's must sineere nnd faithful ad
mirers. "How glad I am to see you here," he
aid.
"Really? Why?"
"May I show you why? l'lense come
with me. At the other end of the hall
there Is a fortune teller, and I want you
to seewhat she will tell you."
"May we Join you'r" asked the baron.
"Certainly. Come, we will all go to
gether." The niysturlous room that held the
fortune teller was reached. The for
tune teller proved to he a little figure in
the middle of a disc.
Hound the disc were figures and
numbers aiuL slips of paper arranged.
Anyone who wanted to see Into the fu
ture paid a mark, set the fijrure revolv
ing, and took the slip of paper opposite
which it stopped.
"Now, my genaediges fraulein," said
thecapta.n, taking out his rurse, "won't
you try your luck?".
But Katbarina refused positively to
he a party to such nonsense, and. Inas
much as Liii could not be persuaded
either, the baron asked permission to
Inquire of the oracle himself.
He set the figure in motion and took
the slip of paper opposite which It stop
ped. "Seek her band and buy the ring. Thy
life will then be full of Joy," ran the
words on It.
The ban.n tried to catch a glance,
from Lili, but she appeared to be ab
sorbed In the nature and character of
the floor and would not raise her eyes.
"Potz Blitz!" cried the captain, turn
ing to Katbarina, "that is famous; you
really must be persuaded to try It now.
Or, shall I do It for you?"
"You may do it for me," she replied
In such sharp tones that everyone look
ed at-ber.
The captain turned the the figure and
read the words: "Hast thou not offer
MfisliBjnjaBBM
heard It said" lie hesitated: -41
tore the paper up and threw It on th
floor. The conclusion of tbe sentence
seemed to suit tne many proposals that
Katherina bad received too waB for
him to read I.
"What was tbe rest, captain?" aakeo
tLe baron. In all Innocence. But tbe cap
tain looked so displeased that tbe ques
tion was not pressed.
"I wonder what it was?" LU1 whis
pered to the baron.
"We shall learn later, perhaps,' be
eplied. "But did you get my New Year!
card this morning?"
"Yes," she answered softly, with a
blush. '
"And do you remember what the for
tune teller told me Just now? If I buy
the ring will you wear It?"
fie drew a deep sigh of relief as be
saw bis answer In ber happy, blushing
face.
She lowered her eyes and said: T
don't know. You must first apeak to
papa." From the German.
A Polite Haider.
A correspondent of tbe London Times
has discovered, ln tbe French arcblres,
an original memorandum ln which tbe
famous searover, Paul Jones, told the
story of one of tbe occurrences connect
ed with his raid on tbe British coasts bi
1778. Jones wrote:
"Returning on board tbe Ranger, Ok
wind being favorable, I sailed for the
Scottish coast. My Intention was to
capture the Earl of Selkirk and detain
him as a hostage. Accordingly th
same day, 23d April, 1778, about noon,
having with me a single boat, only two
officers and a small guard, I landed on
that nobleman's estate.
"On landing I met some of the Inhabit
ants, who, taking me for an English
man, told me that Lord Selkirk was
then In London, but that my lady, his
wife, and several lady friends were at
home. This made me resolve to return
Immediately to my boat, and go back
to tbe Ranger. This moderate conduct
was not to tbe taste of my men, who
were Inclined to pillage, burn and de
vastate all they could. Tbougb this
would have been making war after the
fashion of the English, I did not think
It fit to Imitate them, especially on this
occasion, considering what was due
to a lady.
"It was necessary, however, to flnt
some compromise to satisfy the cupid
ity of my crew and to spare Lady Sel
kirk. I had only a moment for choice.
What seemed to me best to reconcile
everything was to order the two officers
to go to the mansion with my guard,
which was to remain outside under
arms, while they alone entered. They
were then politely to ask for tbe fam
ily plate, to stay only a few minutes
to take what was given them wlthou'
demanding anything more, and retun
Immediately afterward without pro
eeedipg to any search.
"I was strictly obeyed. The plate was
given up. Lady Selkirk told the officer
several times over that she was very
sensible of the moderation shown by
me. She even wished to come to thti
beach, a mile from her mansion, to In
vite rie to dine with her; but the officers1
hedged her not to take the trouble to dc
this."
Coyotes Ilerovered Tbelr Puppies,
An amusing Incident occurred the
other day on the Lemon farm, neat
Garfield, Wash. Burt Lemon and an
employe of the farm were plowinir,
when they came across three young
coyote pups which had not yet opened
thair eyes. While they were examin
ing them the old ones appeared and
approached to within fifty yar.13. Mr.
Lem.in went to the house for a jm:i
and a sack, nnd placed the young once
in the sack, which was tied np aud lefl
In the field uutil time to go in froi:'
work.
The old coyotes kept a respectful din
tance frmn the rifle, but hovered
around. Several turns of the field werr
nin.le with the plow, and, finiilly, when
the nii-a came in s:sh of where they
had left the sack containing the youn
coyotes, they saw one of the old ones
with the sack, puppies and all, streak
in: it over the hill, and that was tlx
last seen of them. Spokane SjMikes
man-Review.
And Then She Was Ann-ry,
"Kdg:ir, if I should die what would
you do?"
"My love, I have lieen so happy with
you that I should marry again as ooou
as possible." Detroit Free Press.
Not In That Case.
Radbourn- My dear fellow, It Is al
ways Iietter to. begin at the bottom of
a ladder.
Chesuey Nonsense. How about when
you are escaping from a fire? New
York World.
Ye
Btodern Milkmnid.
'Oh, where are you going, my pretty
maid?
'I'm going a-pumplng, sir," she said,
A Bright Idea.
'See here," said the policeman to the
drunken man who had been holding up
a lamp-post for some time, "why don't
you go home?"
"Thanksh! Thanksh!" murmured the
Jag, effusively. "Swat I'll do. Been
thlnkiu' fer a hour where I wanted to
go. Philadelphia Xwth American.
Orplor blc igntKuut-e.
Gen. John McNeil, who was a brotn-
er-in-law of President Pierce, and major-general
of the New Hampshire mi
litia at one time. Is said to have been
considerably incensed when he met any
one who appeared to be Ignorant of
the wounds and honors he bad won
on the field of battle.
During the war with Great Britain hi-
was shot while mounted on bis faithful
horse, receiving a severe wound In
the knee, which caused him to walk
stiffly for the rest of his life.
"How did you hurt your knee, gen
era!?" asked a young man whom the
old officer characterized as a "whipper-
snapper" one day. from a certain lack
of respectfulness In his air and man
ner. "Did you have a fall?"
Yes, sir," snorted the general, indig
nantly. "I fell off a borse! Yon neve
read the history of your country, 'die
you, s!r7"
When a minister takes "Woman'' fo:
his text, be never tells her anythlnj
that will make ber mote appreciativi
ot ber bus baud.
0V& BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
jualnt Saxtawsj mad Carte Doing of tbe
Little Fslka Everywhere, Gathered
' and Prlntisd Here for All Other Lit
tle Oaea to Bead. '
Where la 6he
Frisky as a lambkin.
Busy as a bee.
That's the kind of little girl
People like to see.
Modest as a violet.
As a rosebud sweet.
That's the kind of little girl
People like to meet.
Happy aa a rohlo,
' Gentle as a dove.
That's the kind of little girl
Everyone will love.
The Poor Bird.
An Irishman once went bunting, and
utw a redblrd and shot at It He ran
inder the tree to get bis bird and
ound a frog, and said: "Faith, and
'e was a purty bird till I shot all the
ea there off ye."
He Wu Unr'e Witt.
TVM.'e and his big sister Lizzie didn't
;et along together very welL Willie
vas only 7 and his sister 17, but he re
lented her "bossing."
One day Willie's mamma'had some
b!ng to tell him, a piece of news from
he household of his still older sister,
vho had been married a year before.
"Willie." said mamma, "God left a
ittle baby at sister -Mary's bouse last
light, lou're an uncle now. mv how.
low do yon like that?"
"Well," said Willie, after weighing
he matter over carefully a minute,
'I'll Just tell you this. If I am Uncle
VIII, Lizzie ain't coin' to boss me no
nore." New York World.
Make the Ball Koll Into the Hand.
Here Is a quaint old puzzle that you
nay be Interested In solving. Look
losely at tbe band and the cross and
he balL At tbe ordinary distance
roiu tbe eye (seven or eight Incbes)
ho ball is about an Inch from tbe ln-
lez finger. If tbe paper Is approacb-
f
d to the face with the nose opposite
he dagger tbe ball will appear to move
oward the hand and to rest on tbe
op of tbe Index finger. By then mov
ng the paper ji:ghtly the effect may
e produced of the ball's rolling along
he top of tbe finger and then of being
lasped by tbe hand. The Illusion la
nore pronounced If the drawing Is en
arced to throe or four times the size
hown.
Cat Adont Two Queer Children.
A story conies from tne far West of
wo lonesome old cats that brought
ip and cared for four frisky young
oyotes. The coyotes were only 2 or 3
lays old when captured about three
veeks ago. The old cats bad lost their
nmilies of kittens, and the coyotes
vere placed with thein. They at once
nade friends with the little bowlers,
nd fondled them as they would their
wn offspring, and the coyotes seemed
atlsncd with their foster-mothers. At
irst. not being pleased with the bed
ixed for them in the barn, the cats
anied their ndopted kittens to the
;Vie several times. They defend
heir unnatural family upon the ap
iroach of a dog with all the fuss and
ury characteristic of the cat tribe,
t Is a question, though, whether or
iot the savage animals will return the
flection of tliclr foster-mothers when
hey grow a little older.
Wine at Parties.
Sometimes the girls wonder- what
hey will do when they go into society
vhere wine Is offered. Some will be
rave and say, "No, I thank you,"
ery quietly and in a ladylike way, or
vhat is Iietter, they will turn down
heir glasses at first and have It under
took That It what Mrs. Cleveland,
he President's wife at Washington,
toes. We suppose she would like to
lve her dinner parties without wine.
00, as Mrs. President Hayes did when
he was mistress at the White House.
ne of the cabinet ladles. Secretary
arlisle's wife, does that now. Not
nng since she gave a dinner party to
President and Mrs. Cleveland, and
here was no wine nor liquors on tbe
able. There were two glasses to each
late, one for Potomac water and the
ther for Apollinarls water. Tbe good
ime Is coming when people will no
onger put this fateful poison alcohol
a their tables In any shape, and yov
;tr!s will be glad to help It along.
The Loat Dos.
There are a great many touching
lights 'in a great city, but lione much
nore so than to watch a lost dog. At
Irst there is a look of startled surprise
n his face when be loses tbe scent,
luickly followed by a grim sort of
lumor, as though pretending bis bewll
lerment Is but a joke. He circles round
ind round, and his face grows thin and
Is eyes almost human in tneir anxiuu.
leading. He starts off ln one direction
ure that he has found the trail; be Is
laffled. turned back. He looks In the
aces of all who pass aa If questioning
o know his way. He thinks he recog
ilzes his master and Is off like a flash,
nly to return more anxious and eager
han before. He gives himself no rest,
nit doubles and pursues And turns
lack, until all hope Is dead In his faith-
111 canine breast, and he starts off wltb
1 long lope down the street. Then It Is
hat some demoniac boy or some detest-
kble man flings a stone at him or kicks
llm as be flies by, and tbe cry is raised.
'Mad dogl Kill html" 80 tbe great host
f Idlers ln ambush, who wait the op
lortunlty for mischief aa bees await
be blossom of the buckwheat, are turn
ed loose upon his track and his doom
s sealed. From a lost dog to a hunted
nd dead cur Is an easy transition.
Uilcago Herald.'
She Considered the Lily.
At a teachers' convention ln Detix.t
Italy a lady, speaking about tbe lot
luence of beautiful objects upon tbe
baracter and conduct of young pu-
'11a, tolu a pretty story received by
er from an eye-witness, and thus re
torted by the News-Tribune. The oc-
urrence took place ln New York.
Into a school made np chiefly of
blldren from the alums the teacher
ne day carried a beautiful calla Illy.
f course, the children gathered about
he pure, waxy blossom la great de-
Igbt
"One of them was a little girl, a waif
f the streets, who had no care be-
towed upon her, aa was evinced by
he dirtf, ragged condition the .wag
stways in. ot omf was iter ciota
Ing dreadfully soiled, but ber face aw
-finds seemed -totally onacquaintad
with soap and water.
"As this little one drew near the
lovely flower, she suddenly . turned
and ran away down the stairs and
out of tbe building. In a few minutes
she returned with her hands washed
perfectly clean, and pushed ber way
np to tbe flower, where she stood and
idmired It with intense satisfaction.
"It would seem," continued Miss
Coffln, 'that when tbe child saw the
lily In Its white purity, she suddenly
realized that she was not fit to come
iuto its atmosphere, and tbe little thing
fled away to make herself suitable for
such companionship. Did not this
have an elevating, refining effect on
the child? Let us gather all tbe beau
ty we can Into the school-room."
WORKING IT BACKWARD.
Remarkable Thins; 8howa by
Klnetoacone When Beverneit.
the
"Impossibilities made possible by
means of the modern Inventions In the
electrical field" furnished the theme of
a lecture given recently by Prof. G.
Queroult In tbe Parts Academy of Sci
ences. During some of bis experiments
b- hit upon tbe Idea to turn around
photographic records and also the se
ries of picture seen through the klneto-.
scope, respectively tbe klnematograpu.
Having photographed a plant at regu
lar lutervals aud shown In tbe kineto-
scope the growth, the development of
the stem, leaves, buds, flowers and
fruit, tbe same consequence of photo
graphic pictures reversed was present
ed to the eye of the nstonlEbed acade
micians, who wondered at the fr-V.t
turning Into flowers, flowers Into buds,
buds drawing back Into themselves and
disappearing, the leaves closing, get
ting smaller and disappearing, the
stem getting shorter and shorter, until
tbe earth closes over It
The most Incredible unngs are devel
oped before the eyes of the spectator.
If a most ordinary series of such pic
tures Is reversed. A drinker takes up
and empty glass and replaces It full
upon the table; a smoker sees tbe
stump of a cigar flying at him from
the floor, takes it to his mouth and sees
the smoke originate in tbe room, draws
It into bis mouth aud Into his cigar.
which Is gradually lengthened and
finally replaced In the pocket. A wres
tler, who has probably thrown away
his garments, is recovered with them
by tbelr, so to speak, walking up on
him to their places, while be himself
performs motions of which we can un
derstand nothing, because we never
saw these most extraordinary motions
performed backward; a man, for In
stance, seated at a table before an emp
ty plat?, works hard taking bite after
blto from bis mouth, until the chicken
is whole again on the dish before him.
aud the side dishes are also returned
full to their respective places. In order
to fully enjoy an exhibition of the kln-
etoscope, such an exhibition should be
completed by arranging alongside of
each other the 6arae scenes ln regular
order In one machine and reversed in
another. It would be advisable, how
ever, to Inform the spectators previous
to their looking at 6uch a reversed se
ries of pictures, for otherwise they
might think themselves the victim of
a dream, a hallucination, or something
worse. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Nested Over a Doorway.
Inside the porch of a doorway of a
house in Josmond, England, a pair of
greybirds built their nest. The passing
lu and out of the people residing in the
house did not seem to disconcert the
"happy couple," who helped them
selves to some f6thers placed at their
disiiosal. The greyblrd, or song thrush.
orten cnooses a singular piece as a
nesting site.
The Child F.nJ..ye
The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth
Ins effect of Srrup of Fig when In need ot a
laxative, and if the f attar or mother be ouativa
or bilious, the most gratifying results follow
its tme; so that it is the brat family remedy
known and vor- family should have a bottle
The Teat of Hia Memory.
Brown Jack was noted for his mem
ory when he was at college.
Smith Was he?
Brown Yes; be carried all the ath
letic records ln bis head. Brooklyn
Life.
And In New York.
Wade There goes a man who has
served twenty years as a policeman.
Butcher Where has be served?
Wade Fifteen on the force and five
in Sing Sing. New York World.
Drflaltlon of Fame.
Teacher What is fame, Willie?
Willie It's the thing that makes ev
erybody want to look at yer. Roxbury
Gazette.
It is easy to be gallant to strangers,
because ode doesn't have to keep it up.
Politeness Is such a strain that every
one Is glad when a guest goes home.
Colonel J. H. Benton has learned.
through recent discoveries in the
library of the British Museum, that
the first books printed on tbe American
continent were made in the City of
Mexico.
II i m idea wun sore eyes use nr. Isaac Thomn
leu sfive-water. UruggUu sell at 2Ao. vet bottle
Lenonhock and Humboldt say that
a single pound of the finest spider webs
would reach around the world.
Cere Guaranteed by lK. J. B. MATER, lots
Arch St., Uli LA.. l'A. t aw at once: no opera
lion or delay from business. Consultation free.
Indorsements 01 physicians, ladles and promi
nent citiiena. bend tor circular. Otfice hours
A si. to 8 P. M.
A Dane named Swen has invented
an electrical process for painting in
delible pictures on glass surfaces.
Ifrs. WtnsiCw't eootnlnt Syrnp for children
Irethins, Kittens the sums, reduces lullamia-
is luuamin
JJo a 001U
tHin, allays 11 a. cures nriud culio.
C Id meats require a longer time to
digest than warm meats, and are not
so satisfying to the appetite.
Pbo's Cure for Consumption has no equal as
Cough merilelne. F. M. ABBOTT, 383 beneca St.,
Bunalo, N. X., May , Itm.
The new Russian consumption cure
is the inhalation of analine vapors.
If you waste time in trying to die
cover what yon are here for, the liord
himself will be at a loss to account for
having maae yon.
The tenth may be buried, but this Ocean In the terrible and much dread
world is too amall to make a irrara rWn I ed North. Although centuries have
enough to hold It.
The liquefaction of gases is now a
simple mechanical process.
Fogs are more frequent in October
and November than at any other period
of the year, because, besides the evap.
oration from the seas, rivers and lakes,
there ia constant exhalation from the
ground in the form of vapor. . '
win realize the greatest amount of goad In tfa
shortest time and at the least expense by taking
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. gL-
Hood ' Pills are easy to take, easy to operate.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warning Note Calling the Wicked ta
kepeatssca.
T Is always) erpen
alve to be wrong.
Closing tbe heart
against men, keeps
God out
The man wbe
does well to-day
may do better to
morrow. - Everything in a
Sunday school
should be bright,
except the black
board. The goldfinch
would never sing If It had to learn bow
from the guinea ben.
The man who will not look ahead will
have to stay behind.
The man works hard who spends his
time looking for an easy place.
Whoever keeps the devil away from
a child gives to Christ an army.
If grave stones were reliable, the
devil would always dress In buck.
Any one can do much for the Lord
who is willing to begin low enough.
The man who does not give as the
Bible tells us to does not give at alL
It la of more profit to have a con
tented spirit than a fat bank account
Before God could speak to man. he
had to make some symbols to do it
with.
No one who loves as Christ loved can
live In this world without making it
better.
reople who live only for themselves
are always little, no matter bow big
tney reel.
Love ln a parent or Sabbath school
teacher can no more fall than It could
ln Christ.
If we could see men's hearts as God
sees them. It would not be so hard to
love them.
Are you doing anything for tbe Lord
that your best friends don't know any
thing about?
Win a child's heart and you will have
something that will brighten two lives
yours and his.
A Wonderful Flower.
The most wonderful flower ln the
world, as well as one of the very larg
est "blossoms known, is a native of
the Malay peninsula. It is simply a
gigantic flower w Ithout either stem or
leaves, and has more tbe appearance
of a fungui than anything else. It Is
about three feet in diameter and has a
globular certral cup which has a ca
pacity of nearly two gallons. This cup
is always filled with a fetid liquor
which attracts an Immense swarm of
flies and other insects. The pistils o.'
this queer flower distill the liquid and
It Is believed that the rank odor attracts
the files ln order that tbe flower may
be fertilized.
MEXICO S RACE OF PIGMIES.
Known Only br Tradition. Th.l, T.-
calltr Is a Mystery.
Somewhere bidden In the heart of
that land of marvels. Mexico, there Is
without doubt a nation of pigmies.
tew they are, but fierce; short of
stature, but long of life. Science, which
In this latter day goes out Into high
ways and hedges and compels all sorts
of curiosities to come in, has not been
able yet to put its positive finger on
these people. But the Aztec traditions.
old before the liegiuniug of history,
have said thnt they existed.
There Is echo of the story In the early
histories of that land full of wonders.
Preseott only told of a small part of
the strange things to be found In Mexi
co. It was In the belief that we had th
clew to almost the precise location of
these tiny folk that I started to Jour
ney into tbe wilds of Mexico. So defin
ite was the information upon which the
expedition was based that I thought we
might go directly to the borne of the
dwarfs.
I knew there were mountains to
climb and rivers to cross, hundreds of
hard miles to travel, untold hardships
to face, but to find the pigmy Aztecs
was a great enough accomplishment to
tempt any scientific man to make all
physical discomforts seem trivial.
I went I Invaded the remotest and
most uncivilized districts of the great
country to the south. Of the men and
customs I have seen many, and studied
them from the United States border to
the Isthmus. I have seen strange peo
ples and gathered relics of a bygone civ
ilization, but the race of pigmies we
could not find.
I do not say that they do not exist
but merely that I did not find them.
They may still be hidden somewhere
among those mountains, where some
day some lucky man will find them and
bring them to light
At any rate, I have come back to the
haunts of every -day, modern people
and the duties of every -day life, wiser
and happier than when I started on my
mission. The story of those wander
ings In Mexico will be a wonder story
to tell by and by and a rich memory
for old age. Frederick Starr ln San
Francisco Examiner.
What Marco Polo Did.
lie was the first traveler to trace a
route across tbe whole length of Asia,
says' one of his biographers, "describ
ing kingdom after kingdom that be had
seen wltb his own eyes." He was the
first traveler to explore the deserts and
the flowering plains of Persia, to re
veal China with Its mighty rivers. Its
swarming population, and Its hnge
cities, and rich manufactures; the first
to visit and bring back accounts of
Tibet, Laos, Buminh, Slam, Cochin
China, Japan, tbe Indian Archipelago,
Ceylon, Farther India, and the Anda
man Islands; the first to give any dis
tinct account of the secluded Christian
empire of Abyssinia; the first to speak
even vaguely of Zanzibar, Madagascar,
and other regions In the mysterious
South, and of Siberia and the Arctic
passed since young Marco Polo grew to
man's estate while treading his dan
gerous way among these distant lands,
we must still look back to his discover
ies for much that we know about those
countries; for we have learned nothing
new of many of them since his time.
8t - Nicholas,
cWall
eitare.
ffwmneiw t had a scheme once for re
ffrr"'g tramp, bat It didn't work. .
Bumpkin Why not?
Lnmpkln Because he didn't Kan.
las Urty World.
Not 80 Vary Qaeer.
Hungry Hlgglns I don't believe 1
could walk a mile without a drink
Could yon?
Weary Watklns No, I couldn't wall
a mile without a drink, though I could
walk ten miles to get one. Queer, ain'i
t? Indianapolis Journal.
Obstinate Baby.
Father Willie, yon naughty boy,
why have yon smacked tbe baby?
Willie It swallowed all the Ink and
sow It won't eat a scrap of blotting pa,
per. Tit-Bits.
Appropriate.
Police Reporter Five wheelmen ar
rested to-day for "scorching."
City EditorGroup them under tbe
beading -Hot Stuff. Philadelphia
American,
sasnnabla.
Professor1 When is tbe best time fo.
gathering apples?
Young Student Please, sir, when th
farmer's back kt turned and there li
no dog ln the orchard. Boston Trans
cript Caaee for Coasratalatioa
De Jones I hear yon are going to
marry Mies Smith. Congratulate you or
your good taste.
BrownOh, no; that's all off. Not
going to marry at all- .
Pe Jones Congratulate you on yon
good sense.
Sketch.
A New President.
"So you have a new president in yout
Shakspeare club?"
"Yes, our last president did not fair
ly represent us; she didn't like Frenclr
dressing on her salads." Exchange.
A Celtic Qnin.
"Is it you or your sister whom I have
the pleasure of addressing? There's
such a striking resemblance."
"You are addressing me, dear mad
am." ,"Ah, that's what I supposed." Le
Monde Comique.
Like Borne City Folk.
"Just listen to that hen crow!" saia
the city visitor. "What makes ber do
that?"
"She wants to make folks think she it
tough," said the farmer. Indianapolis
Journal.
Qnite IrtftVrent.
Alice Did you say her borne is richly
furnished?
Clara I said It was furnished at
great expense. Brooklyn Life.
Kalinst Faaaion.
"Your fine." said tbe judge, "will br
$1 and costs."
"Couldn't you make It OS cents 7' ask
ed the lady, who had been convicted of
tiding after dark without a lighted
intern. Indianapolis Journal.
Some French biologists have coliccte 1
evidence that the tuberculosis so con -
mou in parrots is derived from their
human companions: and it hae been
further shown that the parrots in turn
may transmit the disease to man.
B. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says : " Hairs Ca
tarrh t!ure cured my wife of catarrh tifieua
years ago and she has had no return of it. It's
a sure cure." Mold by Urugtista, Zoo.
Scientists claim that Professor Lang
ley, Secretory of the Smithsonian
Institution, has solved the problem of
human flight.
Edison now claims that the X ray is
a sound wave aud its photographs are
simply shadow's of sound vibration.
fUY fl4 worth Dobbins Floating-Borax Soap
r." 'J?ur..gr,5rf- ,e,,u wspiwrs 10 IKtbin
Soap Ml s Co Philadelphia, I a Thev will s.-ud
f.i. . Jffe.har' to'SKe paid, a "Worcester
I ocket Uittlonary, 2at) i-aB, bound- lu cloth,
fstouiy tUuu"led- Otter ood until August
A granite sawing machine has been
tested at Montpelier, Vt.. with satis-
lactory results, ihe teeth of the
are diamonds, and cost 4000.
saw
Von Can't May Happiness, but If ....
suffering Irom dyspespsla, scrofula, salt rhenm,
impure oiooa. you mar be cured and made
happy by taking Hood's Ssrsapariiia.
Hood's Pills sre tbe best family cathartic
sua liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure.
im early one-half tbe towns and cities
of England, which are lighted by elec
tricity, own ana operate their own
plants, and save tbe big profits to tbe
taxpayers.
UTS stopped free by !. KLticrs out
hiava Ksmokeb. No fits alter lint day's use
Marvelouseures. Treatise and (2.00 trial bottle
tree. lir. Kline. 831 aich St. Hjlla. t .
Certain marine animals (pteropods)
which live in the sea, but which, ex
cept :n some slight external resem
blance, have nothing in common with
butterflies, are sometimes called "sea
butterflies."
Physicians of Montreal have made
an X ray picture of a girl's brain to
find a bullet They found it, but
could not get at it, .as it is about the
middle of the brain.
Sparkling with life
rich with delicious flavor,
HIRES Rootbeer stands
first as nature's purest and
most refreshing drink.
Best by any test.
tteatassrSyTWOasrinaainsCs.. nnasMsbls,'
VERY FARMER
VAN MAKE MORE MONEY
Be eaa mass twice ss saaeh
ZS farm?
mA wrfs.Sn. vu l-u 7
saoasv aowB Sara. Wa m
Medrooshts. Msstasr
MS
to as to answer them.
OPTHKKW HOJUtaKKKjaW LAND COMPANY. w Te
"The best is. Aye, the Cheapest." Avoid Imitations of
. and Snbstitntes for
SAPOLIO
in iMrtnanv tne butcne nave lately
been raising tbe price of horse me,
owing to the exhaustion of the supply
of cheap horses.
Mo obligation to justice does force a
man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest
sentence.
AN OPEN LKTTEH.
WHAT MRS. I. E. BRESSIE SAYS 10
AMERICAN WOMEN.
gpaahs of Her Melancholy Condition
After the Birth of Her Child.
"I feel as if I was doing an in
justice to my suffering sisters if I
did not tell what Lydia E. Puikham'a
Vegetable Com
pound, has done
for me, and its
worth to the world.
' From the
birth ofmy
child until ,
be was
four years ,
old, 1 was
in poor
health,
but feel
ing con
vinced that
balf of the
ailments of
women were
imagined or
else culti
vated.
I fought i
against
my bad feel
ings, until I was
obliged to give up. My
disease baffled the best doctors.
"I was nervous, hysterical; my head
ached with such a terrible burning
sensation on the top, and felt as if a
band was drawn tightly above my
brow; inflammation of the stomach, no
appetite, nausea at the bight of food,
indigestion, constipation, bladder and
kidney troubles, palpitation of the
heart, attacks of melancholia would
occur without any provocation what
ever, numbness of the limbs, threaten
ing paralysis, and loss of memory to
such an extent that I feared aberration
of the mind.
"A friend advised LydTa E.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and spoke in
glowing terms of what it had done for
her.
" I began its use' and gained rapidly.
Now I am a living advertisement of its
merits. I had not used it a year when
I was the envy of the whole town,
for my rosy, dimpled, girlish looks and
perfect health.
" I recommend it to all women. I find
a great advantage in being able to sa 3-,
it is by a woman's hands this great
boon is given to women. All honor to
the name of Lydia E. I'inkham; wide
success to the Vegetable Compound.
"Yours in Health, Mus. I. E. ItKKS
oie, Ilcrculaueuin, Jefferson Co., Mo."
For hi(tache (whether sick or nervous)
t- otliaclirt. iiriir.iluia. rlieiiinali-on, lnin'ia.-o,
pan s an I eakiirs 111 tlie 1-ai'K, i-pme or hi t-ih-vs
pains mound tlie liver, pleurisy, wrll.
liK"f Ihe Joints and pains of all kind", thj
apili(-aun of Ka.lway'H Kuaily lielief will af
fold innin-d'a'e ease, . ml its continued u-e for
a luw duvs 1 li-cu a permanent cure.
A CURE FOR ALL
Summer Complaints,
DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.
A half to a lensiiiMinful of Kly It -lief in a
hall tumbler 01 water, rrpea'ed as olten as
ili-cliaiii s continue, and a Itanuel siuialed
with hvndv I! -lief plnt-rd over the stomach or
I nueis. will alJ..rd immediate relief and sotiu
effect a cure. ...
luiei uall K halt to a teapoonfnl in half a
tumbler of water will, in a lew minutes, cur
lamps, tipa-ins sur stomach. Nausea. "
Hint;, Heartburn, Nervousness. Meeple guess,
Sick Headache. Flatulency aud all internal
laKe i UropS Ol ll.lUaj 1 ne.mj i.c-w, ,w
liaif a tumbler of water 011 rising 111 the morii
inirto strengthen and sweeten the stomach
and avoid all those feeling ol lassitude.
Malaria ln Its Various Forms Cared and
Prevented.
There Is not a remedial agent In the world
that will cuie lever anil skiih aud all other
malarious, bilious and other levers, aided by
KAHWAV'S ril.l.S. so quickly as KADWAY 8
HKAKV KKLIKF.
l-i Ice 60 ceuts ler bottle. Sold by all drug
Gists. lADVERTISnTG
writ ma for rtttr. I mwrt dvurti-
merits in all puhlicatinnftin th U.1S., and
my effort 19 to make your inTMtment pay.
Adverlttwrufint written and attractively
iut in tyi. Lettterfiofa.lTice written tom
ffi tt-niiinti advertuers. lor respondent: in
r4& Tiled.
5$ B. la. CRAWR. Ridge wood, IV. J.
DROPSY
Treated Free.
Positively Cusis,
with -)&t a hi
Ht-mellm. Hin
curvtl many thou-
HHtlll I31MM nr.k
nounrcl hopeless. From ft nit done symptoms rap
WW'.Msni.iK-ur.aml In fin day, at at two-ttilrils a
all Hymptumsunf rvuioveil. ItooK of leatlmuulals
ol lulrHi-olous cures sent I'ltKK
TEH DATS TREATMENT FURNISHED FBEI
by msil. Dr. M. H. GREEN SOS 5, Specialists,
Atlaata. Ga.
FOR FIFTY YEARS 1
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
has bm used bj Millions af Markers
for their children while Ti-ethtaK fo.- over
Urty VeL-s. It soothes Ihecullil. softens the
uma,allava all pun. ceres wind coUaaad
tUtebest remedy for lnrr-v.
Tweaty-bvo Crate i
A WELL DRILLER
re In the Shim.
JVr. "V" ln " erence to one of our
"-a, atuu who m well
known from Maine to
It Is the nenrest iwrfwuin. s
, . ..A....-: TOUrS!" Ule.-ul,
i.iiii Ti in .is. Nvsiasr . .
lOOma fc NVNIAN. Til
CELERY r,"i.T?1 rr '
. T 1 dso( "How toOrowolerv"
EITHER SFK Ti? ,M-yon rn how to mk.
. lr month t home. No capital
orespenence necessary. Krnnrdu Co..We, u.ijt.
OP.Un:S2w5?B",,',b,, Book seat
ewsisisssss, sag. SB, ag, WVmMdM
IN TIIE NORTH
IN THE MIDDLE SOUTH.
Sg af twi? - tr his
. .TtlI . """.V ."'"'" farmers are cinuln
' - questious you want to.
mm
r7 M f V
( II!
V
, C Best cough brrup. TaTte. G?..i Cse I I
J In time. N.id hr rtr.igg..t. t-1