OH. YE FAOta
Faces, face,
Crow6ms city streets sad places,
Kright witb hop, and love, and Ungates
Dark with passions of dcapairl
Oh, the story of the facea;
A Duel faces, demon facea,
Facea, facea everywhere.
Oh! the beauty of the facea.
Sunny locka and fairy graces.
Little wandering gleams of beavea
Lost among the waya mea.
Oh! the brishtnesa of the facea,
Maiden facet, childiah facea,
Beauty in all forma and phases.
Sojourner and denizen.
Oh! the pathoa of the facea,
Blighted hopea and dark disfrraees.
When the angel robe ia apotted, and the
White soul itained witb sin;
Oh! the atory of the facea
Women facea, youthful faces
All the barp-chorda atrained and broke
Ere the anthem could begia,
Oh! the pallor of the facea.
Flying from the cold death plaeeej
Seeking, in the ahooting high waya.
Respite from th hell witaia
Oh! the aadneaa of the facea.
Mother facea, widow fanes.
Haggard with th toil a ad watching.
By the nigh lamp, pale and taia.
Oh! the horror of the facea,
ScoH-linga, frowna, and dark meaaeea.
Sodden with a thousand vices.
Hideous with the brand of Calm.
Oh! the terror of the facea.
Felon faces, traitor facea,
Plague spots on the fair creation.
Nightmares of a fevered brain.
Facea, facea
Crowding city streets and places
Faces smooth with youth and beauty,
Facea lined with age and care,
Oh! the story of the facea.
Of the glad and weary faces.
Of the facea everywhere.
-Chicago Iatt- Ocean.
ANITA CORTEZ.
It was young- Morgan' flrat appear
ance on any stage. The city editor
wanted a two-column article on "Mrs.
Bluebeard from Behind the Scenes,"
and Morgan was given the assignment.
The press agent Introduced him to the
stuge manager, who grunted a response
and then turned hia attention to weight
ier mutters.
The stage was dirty looking; some
Brenery, barked up against the wall,
appeared garish and cheap not at all
so soft and beautiful as when seen from
the front. A chorus girl brushed past
Morgan; she was pl.iHtered with rouge
and had two heavy black lines painted
under her eyea. Her lashes were thick
with some black stuff and yet from his
seat in the parquet the other night he
had thought her beautiful beyond com
pare. The play had already commenced and
the comedian was capering around the
stage with the soubrette. A crowd of
men Incased In brass armor leaned
against a stone painted wall, while
some chorus girls gowned as peasants,
were chatting and laughing a few feet
a way.
"What the devil are you girls gad
ding about over there?" came the voice
of the stage manager. "I've told you a
hundred times to stand In that second
entrance and wait jour cue there. I'll
fine the whole crowd of you If I have
to tell you anln."
Tint girls moved In a matter-of-fact
sort of way to the entrance designated.
One of the girls, a light-haired little
tiling. stu( k her tongue out when the
stni;e manager's bark was turned.
"Cripps is an old crank," she said. The
other girls laughed.
Young Morgan took a long breath,
fle was acc iistomed to profanity down
at the oflk-p, but then there were uo
women there.
A burst of music and the girls tripped
on the stage. Just as the comedian,
panting and persiring, came tumbling
off. "I'm going to cut that dance to
morrow night, Cripps. It's too much
exertiuu for a warm night."
"Cut your whole business for all I
rare," answered Cripps. "It'a not my
reputation you're making. The whole
blooming show can go to the devil as
far as I am concerned."
The coujpdlan yawned. "Got "em
again, Cripps?" was all he said.
Mix girls came Jostling off the stage.
One of them stumbled against a bit of
projecting rcenery and tore a rent In
her gown. "Who's got a pin? Who's
got a pin?" she shouted.
Cripps beard ber. "Tore your dress,
Sid you? That'll cost you a dollar
help you not to be so careless, too.
Take the dress to Mrs. Ward after this
scene and tell her to mend It."
"I couldn't help It, Mr. Cripps. I hurt
my si lie against the scene, too. I've got
HioiJsb to put up with without being
Bned."
"Can't help how the devil yon did It."
was Cripps' unfeeling rejoinder. "You
rirlrf come off that scene like a pack of
frightened sheep. Take your time. No
body's clmslng you. Here, Gadsby,
nind your lights! Quick now out
lights down with that drop! ShoTe
that wing around more so-so that's
noiigh. lou t take all night with that
table. That Is a quick change, not a
fnncrxl! Got out of the way, you fool
reporter! Tush that chair on the stage.
Now up lights up lights for the love of
aeaveu, and be quick about It P And
p went the lights as suddenly as they
went out, and Morgan heard a burst of
ippluu.se from the front as the "Extor
or of the King's Palace" gave way In
Ifteeu second to "A Room In Blue
eard's Castle." The girls were rush
ng up th narrow wooden stairs for a
mango of costume armored knights
were running past him toward the
itage the orchestra was playing a wild
laufsre the stage manager was look
UK at bis watch and grinning trluuiph
intly. "Ma.ltf the chauge In four sec
mils quicked time than last night," ha
alii.
"Have you a pin, please " Morgan
How Old
o
c )
You need not answer tbe question, madam,
for in your case age is not counted by years. It
will always be true that "a woman is as old
as Bhe looks." Nothing sets the seal of age
bo deeply uj'on woman's beauty rs gray hair.
Ii. is r.rtturr-1, therefore, tliat every woman is
rnxio-,; to preserve her hair in all its original
abuuiV-mco and beauty; or, that boing denied
tho crowding gift of beautiful hair, she longs
to possess it. Nothing is easier than to attain
to this gift or to preserve it, if already
possessed. Ayer's Hair Vigor restores gray
or faded hair to its original color. It does this
by simply aiding nature, by supplying the
nutrition necessary to health and growth.
There is no better preparation for the hair
than
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR.
turned. It was th girl with a tear i
I her gown.
The reporter gave ber a pin. Tl
stage manager la not gracious to-night,
said.
"Same aa usual," she answered. "I"
dsesnt change moeh. That bis daugl
ter ever there" and she awept her an
vaguely toward a crowd of girla wk
were sitting on a flight of red steps.
"The aa with a pink ribbon In he
hair?" aaked Morgan.
"No, that's the comedian' wife Mrs
Winters. The girl with the yellov
tights Is Minnie Cripps. She and th
comedian's wife are thick aa thiever,
They don't love me and I don't Iev
them. Some day I'll get even with
them Mrs. Winters flrat, though.
"You're Spanish T asked Morgan
looking at her lustrous hair and ber
dark Spanish eyes.
"Yes, say name is Anita Cortes."
"I remember yon bow. Yon do a
Spanish dance around a dagger stuck
In the stage."
"Yes, and if it wasn't for that danci
Mrs. Winters and I ok, well, I'll tell
you after the show. Going anywhere
after the show? NoT Wen, the cur
tain drops at 10:54 o'clock and it takes
me about twenty minutes to get out.
IH meet yon In the ladles' saloon at the
cafe around the corner at 11:80 o'clock
I have to go up stairs and dross for the
second aot now. When I com down
I'll show you my dagger. If s a beauty.
fun of jewels, and I can throw it fifty
feet and hit a bull's eye. There goes
the eurtaia down on the first act. I'm
late." And she darted up the stairs.
Then there was pushing and shov
lag and hauling and hoisting as the
costless scene shifters began sotting
tbe scenes for the second act. The or
chestra leader came through a little
door that led up from under the stage.
Cripps caught sight of bias.
"Don't give an encore for tbe opening
chorus to-night, Borterton. We're four
minutes late now on the first act. It's
twenty-one of ten."
"All right," answered the orchestra
leader. "There's a fine house out
front." Then, after a pause: "Say,
Cripps, I don't want to Interfere, but
that Cortes woman is flirting with if
ery man In the bouse again. She's got
my first violin daft. He made two dis
cords Just because be can't keep hi
yes off her."
"I warned that Cortes minx tw
weeks ago that I'd fire ber. The two
weeks are np to-night and she goes.
I guess ahe knows it, too, for she's been
looking ugly confound ber!" He pull
ed out his watch. "We're ready for
you. Bet tenon," and as the orchestra
leader disappeared through the little
dour Cripps called upstairs: "All down
for the second act!"
A few minntes later the curtain went
up on the second act. Cripps was swear
ing, as usual, and a sensitive chorus
glii was crying because ho had merely
called her a "waddling hog" and had
threatened to fine her If she didn't
walk with her head up in the air and
not down on her chest, "as If she waa
rooting for walnuts." The act was half
over when Morgan saw Anita Cortes
coming down tbe wooden steps. At
the foot of the steps stood tbe come
dian's wife. Hay Winters. Her back
was toward Anita. In a second the
dancer had drawn a dagger from her
belt another second and she took a
quick look around. No one but Mor
gan observed her; she saw that he was
looking at ber, and so she threw a kiss
at him. Then, like a flash, the dagger
flew through the air and buried itself
to the hilt In May Winters' back. Simul
taneous witb her shriek came a cry
from the dancer, as she deliberately
tumbled down the steps, landing on
top of the wounded woman. With the
quickness of lightning she pulled the
dagger from the quivering flesh and
sprang to her feet.
"My God," she cried. "My God,
Cripps, come here. My foot slipped on
the stairs and the dagger flew out of
my hands, wounding May Winters, and
oh, my foot's sprained and there's my
cue." And with a limp she bounded on
the stage and throwing the dagger,
dripping with blood, point downward,
she danced around it like a wild thing;
while the audience, moved by her fren
zy, rose and cheered again and again
at her tempestuous and whirlwind-Ilk
entrance.
Behind tbe scenes a different part
was being played. The wounded wom
an was carried Into a nearby dressing
room and the stage carpenter had sped
up the street for a doctor. Winters, the
comedian, was stanching the flow of
blood with his cap. The woman was
unconscious.
"She did it on purpose," said Cripps.
"That fall of hers was a regular stage
fall you can't fool me."
"I don't think it was done purpose
ly," said Winters, unsteadily. He bent
his head and the tears slowly rolled
down his cheeks and fell on tbe pink
tights of the hurt woman. Cripps walk
ed softly to the door and went out; he
whistled softly to himself.
The doctor arrived Just as Oripps
ame to the door again: "Hurry up.
Winters your cue."
"By heavens, Grippe, I can't slag a
topical song now."
"trs your bresd and butter out front
there. Your wife's in that room. Yon
can't help her by staying. Better look
after ydur bread and butter."
Winters dug his nails Into the palms
of hU bands. Cripps half led, half push
ed bla toward the stage. "Your hand's
full of blood; wipe It on the wings as
you go past," he said, quietly.
And so Winters went capering on the
stage and sang and laughed aaid msde
tbe audience almost wild witb delight,
and the doctor In the dressing-room
looked brave and tried to stop the flow
of blood.
After he had sung three verses he
darted from the stage and was iu the
drePAing-rooia. Anita Cortex was help
ing tbe doctor.
"I'm very sorry about the accident,
Mr. Winters," said the dancing girl.
are You?
Imly. "I've lost ray position by it
-Ipps has discharged ice."
Winters looked at ber and set bis
etb. She looked at bun and smiled.
Accidents will happen, you know."
nd she sigLed. "Can I bo of any fur
her assistance, doctor?"
"I think not," bo answered.
She walked to tbe door. "Good-by,
inters." she said, without - turning
er bead. Noiselessly she opened tbe
oor.
.Winters dropped on his knees beside
is wife. "Well?" be interrogated, look
:ig up at the doctor.
"Unless there's aa Internal bemor
hage, she's all right. I think, though,
be'U pull through. Have some one
ing for aa ambulance. She'll be better
;t a hospital than at borne."
Young Morgan walked Into the ladies
afe at the saloon around the corner.
Anita Cortez was sitting at a table.
She looked handsomer off tbaa on tbe
stage.
"You're late," sbe said.
"Yes," he answered. "Tbe manager
kept me her making me promise not to
use tho story It would hurt tbe show.
And so I promised, though the ctty edi
tor would kill me If he knew I bad the
story and didn't use It. What will you
have to drink T"
"I'm not hungry," she answered.
'Another thing I didn't aak you here
to eat and drink. I want to tell you a
story. Once upon a time that's the
way all nice stories begin, you knew
ah, but this isn't a nice story at all, so
it must begin differently. Once there
was a dancer, and she Joined a bur
lesque company. .There was a man in
it, a comedian, whom she knew some
years before. But tbey bad certain rea
sons for not allowing other people to
knew this, so he treated her as coolly
as she treated him that is, when say.
one was looking."
'Ah, I see now," said Morgan.
"No, you don't, my dear boy. Let me
continue. This ee median was married
to one of tbe chorus girls bad been
married recently, toe. This hurt the
other woman's pride, for the man bad
sworn hia love for her long before he
had met the pretty blende. But ahe
didn't want the man now. She was too
proud and sbe had also outgrown her
liking or loving, call It what you will.
See that table by the door? Well, three
days ago the comedian came la here af
terthe matinee. Theother woman well.
I was the other woman was sitting at
that table alone. No one else was In
the room. He came over to me and
begged me to leave the company. His
wife was jealous of me. Women grow
Jealous Intuitively. I refused to leave
the company. He got on bis knees to
beg me. Jnst then entered his wife.
Sbe marched up to the table, called me
every vile name in the calendar, and
before I had an Inkling of what she in
tended to do she slapped my face. I
was on my feet in an Instant, but Win
ters came between us and got his wife
downstairs. I swore I'd be even with
her, and I have been."
But," said Morgan, "If you'U pardon
Bis saying so, don't you think she was
Justified in slapping your face?"
Anita Cortez laughed.
"What a guileless boy you are!" she
said. "I'll tell you another story a
shorter one. Suppose a man marries a
woman and In six mouths tires of her
and leaves her to starve. Then suppose
he marries another woman a year or so
afterward. Wife No. 2 finds ber hus
band with Wife No. 1 and slap's 'o.
l's face. Now, legally. If there was
any slapping to be done the first wife
should hnve the right, wouldn't she?
Well, the first wife didn't slap she
stabbed. Will you kindly help me on
wifli my cloak?" Footlights.
,HE MASHER AND THE LADY.
De time, faw, and Carried lloat for
a Lndyr Two Flower rote.
Like all bis cities, Paris has its mash
ers. They annoy the ladies often
enough, but, as a rule, they are harm
less fooU, after all. Here Is the latest
little story of a masher and a beautiful
ln-.ly, which the Paris papers are print
ing and which the Sun translates:
At the Quai aux Fleurs on market
day, a beauty arrived on foot. So did
a masher. He fixed bis loving eyes
upon. She paid no attention to him.
He persisted, and vainly endeavored
to engage her in conversation. Finally
she purchased two big geraniums.
"Do you live far from here, madam?"
asked the dude.
The lady made no answer at first;
but after an instant's reflection, prompt
ed by the size of the geranium pots and
plants, and the necessity of employing
a commissalre, she replied, sweetly
"Rue du Louvre, ft."
on, exclaimed the masher, "you
can't carry such a burden so far! AI
low me to help you."
She smiled, but, in the language of the
duelists. Instead of "abandoning to hi in
the choice" of pots, she pointed to both.
and smiled again. The masher put a
pot under each arm, and. equipped In
that way, went off with the lady.
When they came to the Rue du Louvre,
00, she stopped, thanked the dude, and
stretched out her beautiful little hand
for the flower-stots.
But the masher politely Insisted upon
carrying them up to her apartment.
'"the trouble is," said the lady, "I
live on the top floor and there Is no ele
vator." "I would not be surprised If you told
me that you lived way up in heaven.
Angels live there," said the enthusiastic
masher.
"Well, come, then." said tbe lady, In
tbe goldon tones in which the Divine
Sarah in "Cleopatra" addresses her
Tony.
So up they went until they came to
the abode of the sorceress. Bhe rang
the belL Heavy footsteps were heard
Inside. The doer was opened, and s
fine-looking man appeared.
"Allow me to Introduce you to my
husband, sir," said the lady. "My
dear," she added, addressing her Infe
rior portion, 'this gentleman has been
kind enough to carry these plants for
me all the way from the flower-marker
and up the stairs, too, as you see."
"Good enough," said the big fellow.
"Here, my man, here is a twenty-ceut
piece. Go and get a drink!"
The dude started down the stairs at a
lively rate, without waiting for his
pourboire, and. as he was going down,
he could hear the ringing laugh of the
lady and tbe hoarse "ha! ha!" of the
happy husband.
Hia Prrsjlama Existence.
(Juther.i I.oek hre. Zapfrr do yon
believe in the transmigration of souls
Zapfer No; do you?
Gutberz Most certainly I do; and I
ant thoroughly convinced that I was aa
ass at the time I lent you that $50. Sal
isbury Truth.
Some people's politeness savors s
great deal of a rebuke to those whe
forget to be polite.
Let a wise man have good luck a few
years, and he will do as foolish things
as any body.
UOUHEUOLU X1TTE2J. i
DO WOSDUf KJSOW
Tbat robber aUoulQ be carefcTTr T.er'
away from oil, as oil softens and makts
it unBt for two. : ' ,.
Tbt a gauze veil is the best protec
tion for a sensitive skin during ho
weather, and on no account should l
thick veil with large spots be worn.
That one floeen t "make eaus an)
more, but "pays visits" instead. At
if it made any difference, only whet
one is in Borne one must do as tin
Bomans do.
That old paint and Tarnish msy b
removed by an emulsion formed of twe
part of ammonia shaken up with on
part of turpentine. It will soften then
so they may easily be scraped off.
That Turkish toweling in pure whit
is considered the most correct thin
for the covering of chairs and eouchei
in the summer sitting-room. Th
toweling, while apt to show dirt mor
quickly than other fabrics, may yet
be sent to tho wash tub, its piaoe ia
the mean time being taken by a fresh
set of the same, whence it emerges at
daintily fresh and attractive as ever.
New Tork Boeorder.
CaJTDT.
Home-made candy is best for the
children. The following reoipes come
from the Boston Cook in ar School : .
Peppermints Put on to boil ona
and one-half cnpfuls of granulated
suar and one-half cupful of water,
cooked until it will just gather to
gether in cold water ; it must not be
cooked until it can be gathered into a
soft ball like the fondant. When
cooked to the right degree add four
heaping teaspooafuls of confectioner's
sugar ; if it seems too stiff to drop put
it directly over the fire and heat it up
again. Just before pouring out add
six drops of oil of peppermint. Turn
jat in ahape, uaing a tunnel aad a
long-handled wooden atopper, lifting
the stopper high enough to allow tbe
mixture to flow into the right siae.
Different kinds may be made by using
different flavorings and colorings.
Buttercups Boil two capful of
molasses, one cupful of sugar, three
quarters of a cupful of water, one
heaping tablespoonful of butter, one
half teaapoonful of cream of tartar ;
without stirring. When done ponr
on to a buttered platter ; when it can
be haudled pull until light colored.
?l33 on a slightly-floured board,
ind stretch out into a long, narrow
-ihapa ; into tbe centre fold some French
'oiiilaut, and roll out and cut.
corto Rico molasses of a medium grade
'.a best for caudy. Measure the butter
is rounding as the spoon hollow;
neariure ont an even teaspoonful of
iream of tartar, and divide length-wise
' r the half spoonful. The cream of
jii tnr is not added to make the candy
ahitj, as many people think, but to
ieop it from granulating.
Nut Nougat. Melt one pound of
;nar in a saucepan, stirring con
stantly to prevent burning, as there is
10 water in it. Add one cupful of
uickory nut meat, slightly salted.
Pour into buttered pane, and mark
into squares. It may be more con
venient fur some to measure the suar
in a cup than by weight ; in that case,
remember that two cnpfuls, or one
pint, of granulated sugar weighs a
xiuud. This rule ii only for granu
ated sugar, as it would require a
.arger quantity of powdered aupar t.i
weigh the same. Put all the ingretli
;ut3 into a granite-ware saucepan
ue th-it has been used for melting
outter or lard ia lett. The flavor of
:he candy is much improved if a little
ialt is spriukled over the nuts before
nixing together. The nuts should .ha :
leatod thoroughly before stirring into
:he syrup, and the plane on which it is
m be poured should be hot. When
he candy is poured on the plate, cut
nto narrow strips or bars quickly,
vith a thin, sharp knife. Rapid work
s necessary in making nnt bar. Many
tlier nuts are used in place of
lickory nuts. Peanuts, shelled,
tkinned, and chopped fine, are gener
illy liked ; whole almonds spread over
.he surface of the candy are very
ood ; English walnuts, castauas, or
toy other nut, chopped fine, give an
xce)lont flavor. This candy is easily
nade, and is generally liked.
Cream Caramela Boil three cup
nils of sugar, one half cupful of but
;er, o".e cupful of milk, and one
quare of sweet chocolate for ten
ninutea. Beat until cold; add one
iableapoonful of vanilla. Beat with a
patent egg-beater until it begins to
mgar around the kettle, then pour it
u a buttered tin, and cut in squares.
The sugar for caudy of any kind should
je measured just level in one of the
regular measuring cups holding half a
ittt. Pack the butter into the cap
olid. Put all the ingredients except
;he chocolate into a granite ware ket
tle, and boil for ten minutes without
ttirring; and boiling means to have
.he whole surface of the candy bub
aling and bursting for the specified
time. As small an amount of choco
late as ia used in this rule can be
toraped fine or grated and put into
;he sugar dry ; if a large amount were
:o be used the better way to use it
would be to break the cake in tiny
pieces and put in a bowl, setting this
in the opening in the tea-kettle, or
over steam in some way, to melt the
jhooolate. When the taffy has been
boiled the requisite time remove from
the stove aud beat rapidly with the
agg beater, watching the sides of the
jish carefully to see when the mixture
begins to granulate. Do not put the
vanilla extract in the taffy until the
beating is finished, ss extract of any
kind tends to form the mixture into
grains. It ia rather difficult to beat
the candy with an egg-beater, bat it is
the only way to do it thoroughly.
When the taffy is turned out on the
pan cut into squares quickly with a
thin, sharp knife. New Tork Ob
server. Tbe man who has no use for the gold
en rule In a horse trade, had better be
watched everywhere.
One shot In th wing moans a wound
ed bird, no matter bow fast It may be
flying when It la hit.
Love la the greatest trlng la tbe
world, and yet nine people out of every
ten are after money.
The man who can say, "Tho Lord is
my strength," will always bo able t
easily carry bis burden.
The acorn that makes the forest Is
bigger than the forest, but we fall to
realize it, as we pick It up from under
our feet.
Some parents fail la leading their
children to Christ, because the subject
of religion Is never mentions! In the
home except at prayers.
Jesus never preached any higher
about anything that be lived. He em
phasised every sermon by showing
what it meant In hia ewa Ufa.
A star 1 added to the aoul winner's
crown when aa old man Is saved, but
when a child Is put Into the arms of
Christ, It may mean a whole Milky
Way. -
Many Times its weig-nv.
A noted entomologist who bad been
writing on - tbe wonderful feats of
strength aa exhibited ia the beetle fam
ily tells the following: "I selected" (he
ays) "a common black water-beetle,
weighing four and two-tenths grains,
aud found that be wss able to carry a
load of shot In a small bag. tbe whole
weighing eight and a quarter ounces,
or exactly eight hundred aud fifty times
the weight of tbe Insect. If a man
weighing one hundred and fifty pounds
could carry as much proportionately
he could shoulder a forty-flve ton loco
motive and then chain a train of cars
together and take the whole lot across
the country at the rate of Ave miles aa
hour."
"OLD STATB OF PIKE.
Taw Hnef tHa Stark Brother' Kwrt
Om of Mm KIbw Institutions In tho
World Its Trade Kxtonria to Nooxiy
Kvarv Civilised Notioo on Eitrth.
at. Loaia Republic. Jaanarr 7, Vm.
Ona of the iaxrest institutions In th s state
is tha strk Bros. Nnnwte and Orchards
company ia Louiiia, Mi., end Kockpori. lit
The trade of tha Urn extends nnt only
throughnatth United Htate. Canada, Oer
mowy. France, Italy, Hungary and othtr tor
otj?n countries, nnt It baa a number of cur
tomera both in New Zealand and Australia.
Eirhty years ago there came from Kentucky
tn Pikec mnty the late Jndre Stark, then a
young- ssan freh from Old Hiotnry' Xetr
Orleans campaign. He started the i lrnery
and uUated the A rot erafteit nrcharl I the
tat. havinir brought tuo scions oa hurjebock
fr m Kentucky.
The business tisa deacended front father t
rnn. and m now endtii:-ed hy the thir1 gene.
at'on. aw-istm) by the lourtx. This firm lias
more than KM traveling solicitors, and era
ploys mi.r people In Ita offices than would be
wcrsimrr to run a large manu acturinir con
cern. '1 he extnive ftackiua houses of the
roiuiiany are adjacent to the city, connected
with t.ie railroad by sp-cial tracks- From
theoo pay-kin'? houses hundreds of carload ot
tree are -hipied annually. The nuriery
Ki-ounrtt embrace a number of farmi con
venient to the city, and even extends to Rock
port, 111., where there s a plant of severs
million tree.
The peculiarity of h concern Is the estaH.
IMunsnt of large orchard. Thex orchards in
S states ag.Tt-vato nearly 60M acr&i and
mora than 8JUJ.0JU trees on thi partnership
plan. The Sria Is also interested In about ai
inanr more trees on the co-operative arrange
ment. Thenurxerie have been beneficial not
ouly to their home, hut Missouri owes no little
of her prestige as a fruit-growing region to ths
urograas and work of development of this firm.
The exhibits of this Brm. whenever mad-,
attract groat attention, and do much lo adver
tise the state. The Hrui pays large Hinouut
or now varn-aies ot iron, ana conduct the
largest business of the kind iu America. If nof
lu Uie world.
Louisiana, Mo. firms have more traveling
men upon the road for them than travel out.
of any other city of the world of IU sine. This
is largely due to tbe lrw number of men era
Pnl . b th-rk Hroe.'Xul-aerle., who ftlt-
U'lr uen ,be noat complete nn-to-dale
ever iKsueii. They are increasing their
ot salesmen, dally and room tor nurj.
lores
Tha Kiss ICoclrslaatlo.
At a fashionable wedding party, Just
s tbe happy pair were about to start oa
their wedding tour, the pretty little
bride waa thanking the clergyman who
had made her and her choice one; on
which the reverend gentleman, who
was an old friend of tbe family and a
bit of a wag. aaid: "But, my dear, you
have not paid me my fee."
"What Is It?" said the bride.
"A kiss. Won't you pay It before yon
for
"Of course I will," she answered
blushing and laughing, and she did.
A severe old maiden lady, standing
by, was terribly shocked at such levity,
snd worse, as she thought It, on the
part of the Jolly divine; but evervone
else, the bridegroom Included, smiled
at the Incident. As the old maid, a lit
tle later, was about to drive away from
th door, she put her head out of her
brodgham window and said severely.
as the parson among others bade her
idieu:
'Well, Mr. Clergyman, how about
that ecclesiastical kiss?"
'Sot now," he answered. "I will lve
it to you another time. So very public
here!"
She disappeared. The guests roared.
and the parson scored. London Tid
bits. Coanplliments of the Road.
Tired Tatters Yes, sir, psrd; it pays
ter be honest.
W.Hiry Wraggles I know, now. Tat
ters, w'y ye'r so durn poor. Louisville
Truth.
Are Von Urcd all the timer Then your
b'ood needs to be enriched and (.untied by
H md's Sarmnsriila, tbe One True Blood Puridur.
I gives vigor and vitality.
Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to operate
Cure Indigestion, bllloiune. 2d&
No fewer than 16,000 persons die in
Italy every year from malarial fever,
and there are 4,000' communes where
quinine i not to be had.
Albert Bareh, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
" Hail's Catarrh Oars saved my ttte." Write
him lor particulars, bold by UrogglaU, 7ac
One of Krupp's 130-tuu steel guns
bas thrown a 2,ti00 pound shot fifteen
miles. An Armstrong gun weighing
100 tons, has impelled a shot of 1.8'JO
pounds a distauce of fourteen miles.
FITS Mopped free by Da. Klin a Great
Kim htkluuE. No tits utter tint day's ue
Narvelouscures. 1 reatlte sud I2-0U trial Uiltls
Use, Dr. Kline, fell Aicb St.. fhila.. ra.
A German chemical journal states
that it has been shown by experiment
tbat if a petroleum lamp is oveturued,
the quickest and surest way to put
out tbe flames is to throw milk on
it.
St. Vitas'
Specific cut
Dance. Ona bottle Dr. Kenner's
ee. Circular, r'redonia, N. Y.
The graduates of the Atlanta (Ga.)
University are to make an inquiry in
to the causes of the excessive mortality
among colored people in cities.
I hv found Fiso's Cure for Consumption an
omsillug medicine. r. R. LOTZ, UU5 ttcotl at.,
Covington, Ky., Oct. L. 181.
The telephone ear has developed lt
t If. It it a greater sensitiveness of
the left ear from much using of the
telephone receiver with it.
Curs Guaranteed by 1R. J. B. MAYER, lots
arch M., FU1LA..PA. kass at once, no opera
tion or delay from business. Consultation tree.
Endorsements olpbyalclani, ladles and promi
nent citizens, bend tor circular. OAce hours r
A M. toSf. M.
A balloon sent up from Paris at
tained a height of 15,000 metres, or
about nine and a half miles, before it
came .down Bear Cam brat.
Mrs. Wtnsibw's bootninc Eyrap for children
teething, softens tbe gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays Palo, cures wind coUa, aM a ootua
Professor Wiggins says that the
electric wires which sre strung over
head are the came of tornadoes.
BUY 11-00 worm uoomns Hosting-Borax 9oap
of Tonr artctr. send wiappers to liobbin
Boap alt g Co.. Philadelphia, i a. They will send
fou free of chsias, luiuii pi'd. a Worcester
vcket Dictionary, 198 I a es, bound in cloth.
Iitofusely illustrated. Offer good until August
st only.
A psyehologieal laboratory is to be
established in the University of Cali
fornia, Jfs filleted with antra use Dr. tsaae Thotsp
ici, sK to-water. Primisti sell at Ho. per souls
A Russian medical man baa noticed
that th human eye naturally wink
three eur four times less often when
reading by electricity light than when
a candle is need.
A police judge at Minneapolis, Kan.,
hag had only ene caw before hies in
the four rears he has held effiee.
Results prove Hood's Baraaparina the best
blood pariAer, appetizer and nerve totito. In fact
Sarsaparilla
Is the One Trae Blood Purifier. All truorltta. fl.
Mood's Pllle ear all Liver Ills. earns.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TER EST TO THEM.
Coasetklaa that Will Interest the Jw
ewile Mesubera of Every Household
Qaalnt Acrlowa and Bright Barings
af Hsay Cat auad Cttauuiaai CbUdrea.
(Soaae Coantinar Oat Hhrssee.
X "One two; sky bluet
All out but you."
"Ena, mena, slippery Dick,
Delia, dilia, dominick.
Hitcha, pitch, domanitcha;
Om, pom, pum."
"Eny, meny, mlny, no,
Catch a monkey by the toe.
If he squeals, oh! let him go,
Eny, meny, miny, mo."
"Monkey, monkey, bottle of beer.
How many monkeys are there here?
You are monkeya, so are we
One la out and that la he."
"Aney, many, money, my.
Testy, long, long, sty,
ilaldy, galdy, booh."
"Intry, wintry, kewtry, corn.
Apple seed and apple thorn.
Wire, brier, limber, lock, '
Six geese in a flock.
Two flew eaat, two flew west.
And two flew over tbe cuckoo's nest."
"Hanky, panky, cranky Ann,
Sbot at a deer and killed a man.
If she'd hit the deer and missed the man
You would be the lucky man.
Hanky, panky, cranky Ann."
"One, twe, three, the humble bee.
The rooster crews and ont he goes."
"IbbHy, bibhity. sibbity, sap,
Ibbity, bibbity, knabe."
Owaey'a" Trip Around the World.
Owney arrived In New Tork Decem
ber 23, at noon. He was taken Imme
diately to the postofflce, and after a
short reception by his many friends,
started again, by the New York Cen
tral, for Tacoma. which he reached
live days later, having completed the
circuit of the globe In 182 days a rapid
rate of traveling for a dog who attract
ed so much attention. Owney was vis
ited by hundreds, young and old, and so
universal was the demand to see him
that Postmaster Case placed him on
exhibition In a public hall, and people
for miles around made his acquaint
ance. At the end of bis trip Owney had
over two hundred tags, medals, and
certificates t- add to his collection, and
he Is to-day. In all probability, the hest
known and the moat universally popu
lar dog tu the world. St. Nicholas.
New York's Fire Denartmeait.
Every city tn the United States shows
lo.-al iirlde In its firemen. Each
that Its department Is one of the best
(tr not tne best) in the country. The ri
valry between some of the cities la at
times quite amusing, and there Is much
discussion upon the merits of their
own firemen; but New York City un
doubtedly oCLUDies to-dav the envlnl.l.
position of having, all things consider
ed, tne most thoroughly equipped and
most efficient fire service in the world.
The apparatus Is of the best The
horses, selected with care and Judg
ment, are magnificent animals: and th
men, picked from those thought to be
best adapted for the work they must
perform, are subjected to a most rigid
physical examination before thev ara
admitted to the service, and afterward
are trained in a school of instruction at
fire headquarters that la comnlete In
Itself. St. Nicholas.
Bhe Got the Doll.
A pretty little story comes from Balti
more. At a fair held there for the bene
fit of a church a little girl named Rose
bad worked very bard while the fair
was In progress to sell various things
that were Intrusted to her. A doll was
at one of the booths tbat was to be
voted to the most popular little girl,
and Rose's name was among others a
candidate for this prize. The child
waa very anxious to possess the lovely
doll, which seemed to her the most
beautiful thing la the world. On tbe
evening of the drawing little Rose
could hardly wait, but when the num
bers began to be read off It was noticed
tbat ahe was not around. Someone
went to look after her and found ber
In a part of the room where the crowd
waa least, oa her knees saying over a
little ehlldiafa prayer which begged
tbat the doll baby might be sent to ber.
The sight brought tears to the eyea of
those who saw aad listened. Just as
she finished the word was sent among
her frlenda that Rose had Indeed earn
ed the ooU, and a second later, so touch
ed was everyone with her childish faith,
it waa huriedly snatched from the table
and put kn bar arm. Happiness beamed
all over her baby face as ahe carried
her treasure around the room, and ev
erybody who saw her was aa glad as
she was that she had got it.
ow Lacy Trained the Potatoes.
Lucy Uvea In a big city In a little
bouse back f which is a roomy yard.
Last spring she told her father that she
wanted to have a garden all of ber
own. So a piece of ground was staked
off and Lucy planted her seeds. Bhe
didn't know much about gardening,
and when she was In trouble ahe asked
ber grandfather to help ber. One of
ber beds contained potatoes and when
tbey sprouted she waa very happy, in
deed, and hoed them diligently. Two
or three weeks after they began to blos
som and it was not long before tbe
whole bed waa a mass of bright little
white flowers. At this Lucy was much
concerned. Sbe knew that potatoes
grew In the ground, for she hsd seen
them dug. But how could tby start If
tbe blossoms were en top of tbe bushes?
Unfortunately Lucy's grandfather had
gone away for a visit and she couldn't
ask him to explain the queer conduct of
her garden. Bhe must meet the prob
lem herself.
Bo ene mors Ing she went eat with
ber hoe, boat orrr th potato plants and
buried the Messvns fa the earth so that
the potatasa could begfa ts grew. Hav
ing tnas framed her unruly plaaa she
drew a Dttle sift, ef tuutaad mat left
these.
rerttmately her aadPafher return
ed tha neat day la time te naim h
Mwi aad Ency toa a Bds
aaat Wwaeift
MALAGA IN JULY.
Tbe OM floaaiakt-City Has Little
OBTer tkto Sisjht-Beer.
It was July, and we had arrived at
Malaga from Marseilles by water. The
town lay white and shining under s
barren amphitheater of mountains. Be
tween It and the Vlnuesa was a great
stretch of hot, hazy, shimmering, snnlit
water, over which little boats, each
with white awning up, pulled out to
meet us. We had read in Me. Hare'
"Wanderings in Spain" of the -extortion
sod shocking manners of Malaga's
boatmen; tbe same story was in Mar
ray, with an added warning to keep out
temper. But we had no trouble.
Once we had landed, and on the open
quay J. had unstrapped and unlocked
all our bags for s customs officer, who
was too buy to look Into them; and st
the Hotel Victoria the landlord had
given us a Urge, clean, airy, brick-floored
bed-room, for which he asked less
than tbe guide book told us to beat him
down to; we were free, without further
delay or bother, to make our plans and
be off en the road at any moment we
chose.
But first of all we went out to have a
look at Malaga. Who was It said that
sight-seeing la the art of disappoint
ment? Surely we had not come all this
way to the town ef Hamet cl Zegrl, to
walk through brand-new, wide atrects,
lined with big modern shops and clulw
and cafes. The huge interior of the
cathedral was unimpressive. The
broken walls of the old Moorish fortress
stood on the top of far too high a hill
to be climbed in tbe staring sunshine
of a July day. And even Murray could
direct us to nothing else but a plain,
bare church, where the banner of St
Ferdinand is said to hang, which we
found fast shut; and an old Moorish
arch, now neatly restored; snd a river,
dried up by the biasing sun of a tropical
summer, with a railway track running
down the middle of Its bed, between
groups of wooden shanties. We met
womom la black lace mantillas, or else
In long, pointed shawls, a gay flower
stuck In their hair, and men with clean
shaven faces. In low, broad-brimmed
bats and wide red belts. We saw plenty
of donkeys In bright, gaudy trappings,
but this was all the costume. We ought
to have known better than to expect
mora. Still, somehow. Its absence add
ed te the grayness of our first iuipre
slon. Century.
California's Kins: of Tnnn.
The Great Tun of Heidelberg, which
for 150 years has been the largest cask
In the world and as such has gained
fame in history, has been eclipsed by
the erection of a monster vat In a vine
yard near Fresno, Cal., which will b
known as the King of Tuna.
The Great Tun held 42.000 yallons,
but for years It has not been usd,
as the vineyards of Heidelberg Casrl
did not produce sufficient grapes. The
King of Tuns holds 7U.000 gallons, be
ing almost twice as large as the Great
Tun.
In the construction of the California
King of Tuns enough lumber was used
te erect a mansion, and two carloads
of steel were required for the hoops.
The glaut cask stands 30 feet high, ia
26 feet In diameter and will hold thirty
carloads of wine. In addition to this
monster, there are throe other tuns in
the same vineyard, which are larger
than the Great Tun, but they are
dwarfs alongside the big fellow.
The King of Tuns Is built of the na
tive redwood of California. The lum
ber was ctit especially for It, and but
one piece In ten would pass the re
quired Inspection, as not a knot or a
flaw was allowed. Tbe wood was sea
soned for two years before the cask
was built The St George vineyard,
in which the largest tun in the world
was built produces annually a quarter
of a million gallons of wine.
This enormous vat was not built as
a curiosity, but for service, and will
be filled each year. George n. Malta,
one of the owners of the St. George
vineyard, explains that In order to In
sure a sufficient supply ef wine that
will be of uniform quality it Is neces
sary that It shall be mixed together.
Two vats filled at the same time and
treated as nearly alike as is possible
will be found to have a different flavor.
The King of Tuns Is one of the most
prominent objects In the Fresno Val
ley. It towers high over all the other
buildings, and can be seen for miles
In any direction. It 1 so substantially
built that It Is expected to Inst for
centuries. Longfellow mentions the
Great Tun at Heidelberg In bis "Hype
rion." Perhaps some future novelist
will weave a romance about the King
of Tuns at Fresno.
Rome's Water Supply.
The city which has not only the best
water supply In proportion to Its popu
lation, bat also the largest water supply
of any city in the world. Is Rome. This
Is owing te the fact tbat the ancient
Romans built enormous aqueductH
which poured Into the city, in the time
of the Emperors, 880,000,000 gallons
dally, amounting to 100 gallons for each
Inhabitant The amount of water now
supplied la 200,000,000 gallons daily,
amounting to 670 gallons a day for each
inhabitant! The reason of the great In
crease of the amount per Inhabitant, is,
of course, that the population Is very
much less now than during the empire.
Tbe "vast aqueducts striding on huge
arehee across tbe Campagna and still
bringing copious supplies of water
from tbe Apennines and the Alban hills,
are among the most striking features of
modern Rome." Compared with Rome,
all ether great cities are but poorly sup
piled. Chicago, Sidney and Buffalo
have about 120 gallons dally per Inhab
itant, New Tork 70. Marseilles B0, Paris
80. London 38, Hamburg 12. Manches
ter obtaining its water from Lake Thirl
mere, and Glasgow from Loch Katrine
can both boast an inexhaustible supply
of the sweetest kind.
He parser!
Servant (from the door) Herr May
er sends his compliments and would
you pleas? shoot your dog, as It won't
let him go aleep.
Neighbor Give my respects to Herr
Mayer and tell blm I shall be much
obliged If be will poison his daughter
and burn her piano. Lyndon Union.
French matches are to bo mad
hereafter with red DhosDhorus instead
of white, the white being less injurious
to the operatives.
VERY FARMER
CAN MAKE MORE MONEY
s sm iwiii,iwxainrD. n can swu nu Northern farm sn.1 , ;
1 asoaoy lows bore. Ws sell Improved fsrum for Htm 5T55 . '"JE " ay seres for Us
af tbsm JfS droughts. Mslthsr toohot nor too rold-elim." j!! ! "ht NorihJ """-foiir
stT&sVanr. toIn,..r tk.m. ' I"UJp"'e' nd . qnesUoi yoUVt STl R
SJOCTWBHM BOHMEFKEHB' T.AND t'OMPAXY, fjoaserville. Teas,.
Ihen Yon Want to Look on the Bright Side of Things
Use
S-A POLIO
- A i 'as a
I rill -fat the bachelor dinner)-OB
thing more. Jack; will you give me a
lock of your hair?
1 Jack (protective groom)-But Fm
not going to die nor am I going to the
end of the world.
Bill-No: but you're gong to be mar.
rled and vou'll need all your bair In the
future. Minneapolis Tribune.
Fint Popalatlott.
First citizen of Western town Ou;
wster supply Is very Insufficient
Second ditto Well, in tbat event I
suppose we can'l claim so many people
Detroit Tribune.
Absent-Minded.
Kurse It's a boy, sir.
College Trofessor (abstractedly) Ah,
tell him to come to-morrow after recitav
flon. New York Tress.
Old s?e is like the whooping cough!
everybody gett It.
The Child Kajoys
The plaasant flavor, gentle actios aad ssilfh.
Ing effent of Syrup of Furs when la need af a
laxative, and if the father or mother be costive
or bilious, the most gratlfyinic molts follow
its use; so that it ia the best family remedy
known and avery family should have a bottle
People who carry sunshine with them
shine the brightest in the darkest
places.
The ninn who can lenrn fiom bit own
mistakes will always be learning some
thing. Tbe right kind of martyrdom Is nev
er concerned about what will be said
on its tombstone.
The man who will break the Sabbath
for gain would steal If he could do It
without any more rink.
It brings Christ closer to ns to dis
cover that he chose men for his disci
ples who were just like ourselves.
A MOTHER'S DUTY.
Your daughters are the most pros
cious legacy possible in this life.
The responsibility for them, and
their future, is largely with you.
The mysterious change that develop
the thoughtful woman from tbe
thoughtless girl, should find you oa
the watt-h day and night
As you care for their physical well-
being, so will the woman
be, and so will her children
be also.
Lydia E. Pinkliam's
' Vegetablo
Compound " is the sure reliance in this
hour of trial. Thousands have found
it tho never-failing power to correct
all irregularities and start the woman
on the sea of Ufa with that physical
health all should have.
Womb difficulties, displacements aud
the horrors cannot exist in company
with I.ydia K. Pinkliam's Vegetable
Compound.
Drink HIRES Rootbeer
ivhen yoifre hot ; when
you're thirsty ; when callers
come. At any and all times
drink HIRES Rootbeer. ,
WaJe .sir t T Charles I Hire Ce.. IMiiimdclpUa'
A Age packac. makBS 4 gaiiaa. Vld svarwkara. J
ADMAY'S
PILLS
AlwaysReliable,Purely Vegetable
IVrftM-tiy taitelefl. elegantly coated, purice,
reKiilnte, puntY, clfMiite and strengthen, rt 4 1
A V'.- fl I l.S for tlit- cure ot sll ilhiorders of tb
Moniai-n, KoweK Kidney. Hlstider, Nervous
Mm Hies Dizziness Vertigo. Costiveness, files,
Sick Headache
Female Complaints
Biliousness,
Indigestion
Dyspepsia
Constipation
All Disorders of the Liver
Observe the following symp oms, resulting
from diseases of ibe diiceallve organs: Constipa
tion, inwurd piles, fullness of blood lu the head,
acidity ol Hie stomach, nsusea, heartburn, dls
cut of fKMl, Inline"" n eight ol the stomach,
sour eru.ttHli.ius. : Inking or fluttering of lb
In art, choking or tun..u .,nig sensations when tn
a lying posture, dimness of vision, dots or webs
l.etore the sight, lever iin.i dull pain in tha bead,
deiitiency ol pcrvplrat'ou, yellowness of tbe skin
ami eyes l'i" the ,lde, chest, limns, and snd
den llu-hes of heat, burning in tbe flesh.
A few doses of KAKWAY'S PIl.l.SwIll free tba
system ol all ot the above-named disorders.
i rice 23 eta, a box. bold by druggists or sent
by mail. .
bend to DH. It A I) WAY CO., lock box SU.
New York, for boo ot Advice.
nil I" "" customers, svhodM
1 1 l L worU' arming last year. 9
WIH.B0UBHT i uinui
$7000
BOUGHT A mipuisc tuit
WOULD DO THE WORK IS'EK
the l.o)Mt mtii Yiu H.iTi
STEADY
Ws Pay SJufcj VSerkly
and want men every
wtmre to sell HTAKK
TIIKKMl million tcwit.
Ba mm ed. proven "almolalrly Wat."
1 IIIUlI SuixTft ..iimm. uow system.
J Ulllk TAKK HKOTHRKH.LM.
" ''lsaa, Wo., Kochaort, III.
.
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WIMCT rtinr
- - - . w v v o
SOOTHING SYRUP
has bean nssd by M
7tlfiV ",r Maths
Mas tbe ohild. sortsas tba
J a. oarvs wind -""it nisi
vaoarea
Fifty Yelj-s. It sonth
f:"fU-"s,-ind
or aianeaa.
TwsstTHIVS (Jamta m 11.3-
jadWHIoTT sanlts easad. u
so
IOOS
' rotat co.tll40.yr Thoroujh,cht!iSt fre.
Cotlafh Hvmn T .
r BBjnpMs aw tivL
In thnft. Sold by dnm
IN THE NORTH
IN THE MIDDLE SOUTH.
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