THE POWER OF MUSia Strange force, concealed in muc forfottea song. That dost past hope and dream of lore recall; And ns the notes harmonious rise and fall. Canst bring; to lue iu light both clear aud strong. The forms of dear onos who have slept years log: Whom I thought dead, bat now they live oue- more. And at thy call come smiling as of yore! O, tell me tha the flight of time was wrong; . That all life'a sparkling hopes again art bright. And these dmk years between were bnt a dream! Lay not thy turn aside, or crnel night. The child of day'a bright hopes, shall o'er me ieal, And this blest moment bnt a vision leem. While I again life's bitter woe must ftl iiouton Journal. A BlUKEMAN'S STORY It waa so quiet outside that when the long freight train would come te a standstill with au abrupt, awkward Jerk we could almost bear the big, drifting fakes as they felL Not a breath of air was stirring and the big, round moon Altered down through the snowstorm with a white, aofteneu light that revealed ueur-by object iu a strange, ghostly sort of a way. The soft-coal tire that spluttered fitfully In the old-fashioned cast iron upright atove lacked -cheer enough to break the epell of the outside air. Without knowing precisely why, we aat mostly in silence or muttered an occasional monosyllabic observation as to how soon we miglit reach Jersey City. We were four hours behind time and some where back of us we knew was the West Shore express, likewise behind time and endeavoring to make up something of its lost run. Sitting iu the little red caboose in the rear of the big freight train, rum bling along through a blind fog of snow with a flying express at our heels gave au uncanny sensation that I, for one, did not relish In the least. The drummer who had boarded the train ot New-bunt sat morosely on a pile of grips, which affoied him n softer seat than the hard, wooden benches strung along the sides of the car. A couplt of shippers anxiously discussed the prospects for getting their stock to market without having them half frozen to death. At the entrance of Joe, the braUe niau, however, the glum little party seemed to thaw at once. Ho swung down oft" the roof of the Mv.t box car and in through the door iu a cheery, wholesome sort of fashion that warm ed us at once. "Joe," said one of the shippers. "b2 we going to reach Jersey City afor Christmas?" "Isn't this good enough for you to live iu? How'd you like to be out braking to-uiht?" ''Taint no snap, that's a fact," the shipper a.o-ntpd. "So, you but it ain't," said Joe. de clsivt-Iy. "Rut this ain't a patching to what it Is snuietimes." Something lu the manner in which Joe carefully tilled his cob pipe, took a bit of stick from the floor, poked it into the lire and lit his pipe slowly and thoughtfully, indicated that a story was coming. ! "Strauge." said Joe at last, with a : ruminant look into the lire a. id a lous, i steady pull at his pipe, "somehow to- j night reminds uie of the day afore Christmas two years ago. That was when we hninslit Jnbnn r Haines heme. I Guess you must 'a known Johnny," ho added, turning to the shipper. J "Nope. Ht-ard of him. Go on, Joe What was the story?" I "Not much of a one," Joe replied tie- ! precn:ing!y. "Just a brakeman's ya, :i, i only It's a little out of the common j run. The first day I ever saw Johnny ' Haines I thought he was about the j handsomest lad I ever set eyes u:i. He came up on No. ti on her first trip. We used to meet often up and down j the road and tot to know each other '. pretty well. He was one of these la. is ; with a fresh, pink and white com- i plexion aud a jolly laugh that ma le j you warm up to lain at once. He u .ix ! straight and strong, and when he ust-d to stand Jauntily on top of the car, the train going forty miles an hour and lie not seeming to think It was moving at all, there ws.-n't a girl along the road th.it hadn't a smile for him as he went by. The lad was anxious to stick aud worked hard, and, as he kept his mouth shut pretty close, it was a long time before we found out anything about who he was. He had little ways about him that made us think once in a while that he hadn't been brought tip to work, and his hands at first were as soft and white as a girl's. One of the follows told us a story of how Johnny belonged to a good family, but got kicked out for some reason or other, but we always thought be made It up. aud, In fact, we never did find out his story until that night. I meau the night we took him home." Joe stopped, pulled vigorously at lilt pipe for a few minutes, biiuked rather suspiciously several times, and finally, the rather husky voice went on: "It seems that the lad's name wasn't Haines at all. He took that to con ceal his own. His first name really was Johnny, though, and, as that was what everybody called him, the last didn't seem to make so much dif ference. When he first came on the road he was a little past 20, and his open, boyish ways made some of the fellows guy him and want to play tricks on him at first But It didn't take them long t fiid out that he had plenty of mettle. A gang of us were laying around the Albany roundhouse one day. waiting for a train to be made up. when 'Rill' Lawson began to nag him and see if he couldn't get a fight oat of him. It senilis they had some Kin wiornes. Tho good pill has a good coat. The pill coat serves two purposes; it protects the pill, en abling it to retain oil its remedial value, and it disguisos tho taste for the palate. Some pill coats aro too heavy; they V7ill not dissolve in tho stomach, and the pill3 they cover pass through, tho system ns harmless as a broad pellet. Other coats are too light, r.-'l permit the ppecdy deterioration of the pill. A: tcr 30 years exposure, A-er's Suar Coated Pills have been I .rjnd as effoctivo c.3 if just fresh from the labor atorj. It's c good pill "with c coed coat. Ask your druggist f 01 Ayer's Cathartic Pills. More pill particulars in Ayer's Curcboolc, loo pages. Scat tree. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. rrot.bie d.wn the road, and when 'Bill1 Lad caeivd to C.iu Johnny had re fused. He tried to keep out of Bill'! way, but when 'Bill' said be was afraid, Johnny turned and walked squarelj up to blm and said quietly: 'You tak that back.' I never knew Just how il was done, but 'Bill' made some sort of a feint, and the next moment th big. bulking lubber was lying on th ground. 'Bill' didn't seem to know what hit him. But he went at Johnny with such a savage look that a lad without genuine pluck would have turned feather. But when 'Bill' lay sprawling on the ground a second time we found out that Johnny waa a so! entitle boxer. There was an ugly gleam In 'Bill's' eye when be got up, and at he got close up to Johnny all of a aud deu he flourished a big Jaukknlfe b always carried. How he got It out of his pocket I never could telL Hi made a lunge, but Johnny dodged clev erly and the knife Just graced his face lie waa on 'Bill' quicker than it takes to tell It, choking the life out of him. We started to separate them, but when we found that Johuny bad 'Bill' so that he eeuld not do any damage with the knife we let them fight it out 'Bill' flaally held up his hand, for mercy and then Johnay let him up. After w got them cooled off Johnny made 'Bill' shake hands, and, though be didn't how it then, I think afterward 'Bill' came to think as much of him as thf rest of us. "Up the road not very far from Al bany there Is a pretty little farm that runs down to the river, and right at the coruer of it was a water tank. It happened that on this farm there was a dark eyed little girl who was tb idol of all the boys along the read. Hhe wouldn't flirt with us, but sb used often to come down to the watei tank and get little packages which the engineer, who was a friend of the family, used to bring down from Al bany. She was plump and peachy, with dark eyebrows and long lashes, and under them the prettiest pair of eyes I ever saw. There wasn't one of us who wouldn't have married her quick if she'd had us. Bnt she was sort o' reserved and shy and none of us bad nerve enough to make love to her. AH except Johnny. All the girls smiled on Johnny and be smiled on them. He didn't have to see the las: twice before he was head over heeli in love with her and it wasn't very lLng before he made her know all about it To woo was to win with Johnny, and regular as his train pass ed the farm Jeuuy that waa the little dame's name was always there tc meet him. We used to chaff Johnny a good (leal over the matter, but we couldn't get much out of hiin. Some how, through the engineer or some body, though, we found out that John ly was going to marry the girl if h could get his father to consent. Ht couldn't very well marry on the sal nry he was getting as a raw brake mau. "Things ran along through the sum mer and Into the fall, and we noticed that Johnny had got very quiet ami reserved like, aud was evidently brood lag over something. At last we fouud out that Johnny had been promised a raise, and that along about the holi days hp was to be made a passenger brakeman, and then be was doing to get married. There wasn't one of us that wasn't glad of It, or who envied Liu his good luck. The fall stretched way into the winter, I remember, and my. wasn't it beautiful weather! You'd stand up ou top of a car, and as the train wound along the river shore mile after mile, just drinking in the uii and view. Uraking Is a hard life, with lots of danger and pretty slim pay But those days we'd forget all about the hardships and everything else. Johuny was on the same train with me and happy as a lark, tliiuklug how he would marry and go up to Albany to live. I used to notice, though, thai every once in a while his brow would cloud up, as If he was thinking of something that hurt him. "Such weather couldn't last, though, and when the end came, it came with a squall. The thermometer dropped forty degrees, and a cold, driving ralu that had set in In the afternoon turned toward night into a drifting, blinding snow. We had a big train that night; aud with the snow and the gleet aud the cold it gave us no end of trouble. She parted three or four times going not more than twenty miles, and it was cold, dangerous work slipping along the top setting brakes or getting down to inaks couplings. The wind howled and whistled and the snow cut your face like going through a hedge. It was dark and the lanterns didn't show plain through the snow, and every thing seemed to go wrong. Several times we thought we were stalled iu the drifts, but we'd uncouple and send the euglne and two or three cars through the drift, and then back up aud take the rest of the train through. We wanted to get through to Albany, for the next day was a lay off, and two days after that came Christmas. "Johnny and I fought like beavers against the cold, and, I tell you. It was ticklish work. I felt more anxious about Johnny than I did about myself, for I was old at the business and he was new, and I know how easy it was for a sudden jerk to send a man flying down between the wheels. But John ny wouldn't listen. He said he wasn't afraid, and just then the whistle sound ed 'down brakes.' We were sitting in the caboose, shivering around a dirty little fire. I had froaen three of my flnirs, and I thought my ears were frosted, too. You see the storm came so sudden we didn't have time to get ou any mufflers, and the mittens were pretty thin. "Well, we climbed ont, and Johnn ran on ahead, saying that he was all right and he'd take the front. Th cars on top were as slippery as glass, and we ha.f slmost to creep along from one car to another to keep from fall tcz c3f, for she was ruuniaf it a foot? pace, cud the anew on the tracks mass tile car lurch and sr-lag. 1 looked Up aud through the snow and the dark) I recognised the landmark, and knewi we were scaring the water tank, where Johnny's girl lived. Just at that mo uient the train fare a frightful Jerk end I saw the engine go rearing In air, and about a hundred feet ahead I saw a lantern awing wildly In the air and gt down. I went Sat en the car and bung there for dear life. We stopped In ten or twenty yard and I swung off the car like mad. "Great God,' I thought, 'if that waa Johnny." "Something made me feel that he had gone under the wheels, and when 1 crawled ahead a few cars there I found him, lying all white and atilL He waa too much stunned to say aj word. We picked him up and started to carry him to the hooae where Jen ny lived. I saw that the wheels had gone ever both legs over one near the thigh and the other below the knee. My, but he was a game lad, for all the torture of carrying him up the hill couldn't wring a word from him. We knocked at the door and said one of the boys had got hurt that the engine bad Jumped the track. A white little face came to the door and looked at us a moment, and then as soon as aha aw me and my face Jenny shrieked out, 'It's JohnnyT But she didn't faint or cry, nor say another word. We just carried him in and put him on the bed and she took charge of hint. One of the boys rode over to get a doctor, bnt when he came he saw at once that it was no use. It was only a question of bow long Johnny could survive the shock. He lay there very quietly, and finally when the doctor's examination was finished, he said: "It there any show, old man 7' "I couldn't reply, but he knew aa I turned my bead away what the an swer was. Johnny waa quiet for a moment, and then pulling Jenny's han4 with his own weakly, he said In a hnsky voice: 'Little girl. I want to go home.' And that be insisted an all the rest of the night We didn't think that he'd be alive by morning. But be was, and we decided to put him ou board the morning . express. Tho wrecking train had thrown the engine out of the road and cleared the track, and when the express came down we flagged her and took Johnny aboard. All Jenny would tell us was that his father lived in New York. But she gave the conductor an addresa for a wire. "We didn't think that he would last :he Journey, and about half way dowu he suddenly clutched Jenny's uind hard and then. lay back stllL The little girl threw herself upon him bob bing as if her heart would break, but it didn't do any good. Poor Johuuy was gone." Joe paused a moment and looked Into the tire. "Well," hesald, "to cut it short, when we got into" Jersey City Johnny's fa ther was there. It didn't take more than a glance at bis clothes and his portly bearing to tell me that be was a rich man. lie sprang into tae car and would have pushed me out of tha road. I knew who he was. and I held on to him. and I said: 'Wait a min ute. Johnny was pretty badly hurl.' He grabbed me like a vise, and said. In a set voice, 'Can he liver I shook my head, aud he gasped, 'Is he I led him over to where the boy lay, but he didn't want to see hint. He looked very hard at the little girl who sat there sobbing, and said, -slow ly. 'Is this Jenny 'f Aud then be took ncr very duietiy in uis arms ana ai.eu,ler ul01BS,y to &ghu autI soon su. her. il-ua wirh'iiit Imrn i Tlia ntilnml hn.l "1 went to the funeral the uext day That was thd day before Christens. The old man's hair had turned white, and his face was as lined and rigid as though he was mounting a scaf fold. He was twenty years older than the morning I saw him first It seems that Johnny had been brought up-. like most boys, to have all the money he wanted. He got wild and in with a fast gang, and, to try to curb him, bis father, who was a wealthy banker. got him a place In a store as cashier. Johnny's allowance wasn't enough, and he made It up out of the cash drawer. When it was discovered his father made up the amount, and then sent Johnny adrift He never spoke to him afterward, and when Johnny, after a year's good service on the road, ap pealed to him for money enough to get married on the old man returned the letter. I found it in Johnny's coat pocket the morning we took him home." The 'train whistled for a station, and "Joe, grabbing his lantern, escaped Into the night and the falling snow.- New York Herald. Hospitals. Hospitals, as we now understand the term, are of moderb growth. True it Is, as Mr. Burdette tells us In tbe historical section ot "Hospitals and Asylums of tbe Wor d," that la tbe records of Egypt and ancient India we find allusions to institu tions that foreshadow tbe hospitals of later times, and even our asylums for bi.-k animals are borrowed Iron? the East. An inscription engraved on a rock near tbe city of aural tells now jAsoka, a King who reigned la Guja rat in the third ceutury B. C. com manded the eitablltbmeot of hospi tals in all his dominions, and placed one at each of tbe four gates of tbe royal city of Paina. Six hundred jcars after tbis, Fallian, an intelli gent Chinese traveler who visited India in 39 A. D., records that Asoka's hospitals still existed and flourished, but the successive floods or con uest swept all away, and by the beginning of this century only a hospital for animals remained of all the pious King's foundations. Ancient Egyptian records are more vague in their allusions to the treat ment of tbe sick; but it seems likely, from a legend which is given in the Papyrus Ebers, that a clinic exist d in connection with tbe temple of Heliopolis. It is equally piobahle that. If tbe history of the temples of Aesculaplous could he unveiled, we should flud that in them also a hos pital supplemented the shrine, and that the sick who o.Iereil sacrifices there found something more than 'faith healing" within their walls But from none or these are our hos pitals derived; they were destroyed or forgotten in the barbarian con quests, and so utter is the oblivion Into which they fell that It is now an article of the popular creed that it is to Chr stianity we owe the tirst idea of care for the sick and afflicted. Tbe Quarterly Beview. Realistic. Hmlly (playing "house") Now, ITJ be mamma and you'll be papa and little Ben and Bessie will be our babies. Willy (after a moment, anxiously-! Ain't It about time to whin the chlV dren. Home Journal. Te nake home a dismal place on Sm amy, u to invite tbe devil to come and I RAM'S HOIM PLASTS, . Varalaer Mate CalUa tit Wicked te staaeataace. LOVE suffers, bnt It never forsakes. . The fatter the pig. the better It likes the mud. God waits to help every' man who needs help. The growler is a poor traveling companion. The broader the way, the luore It Is traveled. No grave can be made deep enough to bold the truth. What a subtle enemy to greatness is the newspaper portrait. Keep praise alive, and there will be 10 lack of Joy In the heart. Having faith in Christ Is the most religious thing anyone ever did. It is a waste of breath for a preach er to preach higher than he Uvea. When God comes Into our hearts be oiakes ns feel akin to everybody. Worry In the Christian is a sure sign that be doesn't pray enough. The business of the preacher is not u defend the gospel, but to preach it Fight shy of the man who Ulms to be a Christian, but never pays his lebta. No man has any mercy on his own resetting sin, when he sees It in an other. The man who gets rich In a hnrjy, (enerally becomes poor with the same rapidity. Whoever Is making the religion of Christ attractive la helping to save the world. Nobody would ever be lost If the Jevll could not make a sinner believe it Is safe to sin. The masses would not long remtln ndlffei-ent If all Christians were tbor ughly iu earnest No matter bow small a sin may be, .'very track it makes points straight toward the pit Undertake to prove that there Is no Jell, and the devil will take off bis AAt to help you. The only goodness that counts Is tna kind that will not shrink when brought 0 God's standard. There are times when standing still U a greater test of faith than going .o the lion's deu. The world has been robbed by the 1 .in who dies without leaving it bet ter than ha fouud it. Dot Ea Gold Jewels. The neighborhood of Susquehanna, fa., rejoices In a number of animal freaks, according to a correspondent o." that place, who says: From Great Bend a curious Incident .s reported. A son of George Halpln was teasing his dog, when the animal caught the lad's hand, aud, pulling off 1 valuable gold ring, swallowed it. The usual means being unsuccessful In in U'je.ng the animal to disgorge the ring, he was killed. Iu his stomach were found several other rings, eoiue cud buttons and au Odd Fellows' emblem. A strange instance of a related son was told by oue of the Instructors a, the Farmers' Institute last week ii Marrucon. He said that be owued low which was disposed to be pugua rious. Oue day he broke the shei Iroiu one of her boras. The stub wai- lemoved. but this did uot cure her of muley blood in her, but after losing r horns all her calves, three in uuni r, were uiuloys, or hornless. Their was no mulcy blood in the sire, and th.' jccui icu. c ie considered extraordinary Iu Hush, this county, tbe freaklss actions of a kitten are puzzling (In neighborhood, Mr. Goodwin has a On. Sock of Plymouth Rock fowls, and on.' lay he noticed a half-starved kitten imong thein, eagerly partaking of the craps he was feeding to the chickens jiuce that time the cat, now half grown haa kept with the flock, and follow ihem in their wanderings to and fro. sleeping in the chicken house, and lir. lately taken to lying In the nests with the setting hens. Mr. Goodwin, being ic-mewhat afraid of the consequences, ;hiuks that he will have to put a stop to this familiarity. B-lzac on Color Influence. Balzac's curious speculations suggest the extent to which color influences out human life. He had noticed that a woman who had a taste for orange or green gowns was quarrelsome; one who wore a yellow or black apparel, without tppareut cause, was not to be trusted; preference for white showed a coquette spirit; gentle and thoughtful women prefer piuk; women who regard them selves as being unfortunate prefer pearl rray; lilac is tbe shade particularly af fected by "overripe beau tie;" where fore, the great author held, lilac hats ire mostly worn by mothers on their laughters' marriage day and by women more than 40 years old when they gf visiting. These theories are founded upon tbe principles of color, as already laid down namely, that red and yellow excite; ?reen, tempered by blue, Is bilious; range Is fiery; gray Is cold and melan choly; lilac is a light shade of purple, the most retiring color of the scale. Popular Science Monthly. Cab la loadoau Standings are provided for only 5.000 cabs in London, though there are aver 11.0C0 licensed vehicles. Necessity for Haste. Slick-Head gal Quick! quick! Hur ry up, young feller! I want a 'suranct pol'cy on my husband fer $100,000. Bland Insurance Agent But, my ood woman, why all this hurry? Won'i to-morrow " Slick-Head Sal Ter-morrey be Mow ed! He's jist stole a boss Truth. Tip from the Bible. Wife You are never at home; you peud all your time at the roof gardens. Pious Husband My dear, you know it says: "It is better to dwell in the coiner of a housetop than with a brawl ing woman in a wide house." New York World. Artful. "So yon went out driving with yoni new beau, Susie, and I expect he read your heart like a book?" "Yes, mother; he read between the lines.' Detroit Free "Maud is studying elocution now. "Going on the stager' "No. Bnt she thinks she may be able to more easily make the editors discern the beauties f her poems." Cincinnati Enquirer. Most men's Idea of a business air la to look at one'a watch often, and wear under one's breath. If en are alike In nature, bnt different ln character. They an eae family, bnt aauv cnuareav - - Dlglrifl Vp a Dead World. There la aomethiug of the air ot the fairy tale about the cablegram telling of discoveries at Laurium "rivaling those of Pompeii, but it will not do to discredit it too readily, says the St. Louis Hepublic Tbe world has lost a good deal bj being Incredulous in such matters and the surprising discoveries of tbe last fifteen years would not have been made at all except for such men as Scbliemann, who was enthusiastic enough to brave ridicule. Tbe entire learned world scoffed when Scbliemann calmly announced that he proposed to dig up tbe bones ot Agamemnon and Clyteuinestra at Mycena?, the wide-way cd city, rich in gold, as Homer railed it But the learned wond held its breath in en Yious astonishment when the inde fatigable amateur dug into the royal tombs and found the kingly dead of those old times lying in 6tate, crowned with splendid diadems; with eotden masks over fieir foces; with kolden belts studded with jewels: With thin plates or gold covering their dress; with richly inlaid wea pons and gold-studded sheaths; the women with tbe -most splendid neck laces, broaches, and bracelets and both kings and queens surrounded by tbe gold and silver vessels they had used during life. Tbere is nothing in tbe fairy storie more astonishing than what Schlic inann fouud at Mycena? when he un dertook to dig up Agamemnon. And even if it were not Agamemnon be did dig up tbe learned scoffers were too much duiufounded at bis success to wish to argue the case attains him. In these two or three tombs tbe gold found had an intrinsic value ol over $20,000. its value to art being Simply Inestimable. But even greatei discoveries were made in tbe excava tions at Olympia, Dodooa, Ueios, Tanagra, Epldaurus, Eleusis, and other Greek cities. At Olymp'a, foi instance, was found tbe statue of Mercury described by Fausanias at one of the treasures of tbe temple. II Is certainly the work ot Praxiteles -ud though the right arm is broken above tbe elbow aud both legs are gone below the knees it is invaluable as an illustration of Greek art Tbe total result of alt these ex flotation lu localities from which 11 was supposed ljat all articles ol value bad long ago been removed wa a splendid addition to the treasurer of antiquity in our museums and schools of design. It Is impossible to guess what may be found at Laurium. but it has been demonstrated that by diligent use ol the spade we are likely to learn rcore or the dead and burled world than we have ever believed possible Deepening tbe Hadiob. The deepening of the Hudson rive.', to twelve feet as far as the state dam, seveu miles above Albany, will prob ably be completed within the next v.vo years. The Improvements being cur rled out by the national gorerumear call for a channel 12 feet deep and 4X feet wide to Broadway, In Troy, am i channel of the same depth, but only 100 feet wide to the state dam, at the head of navigation. The contacts for; this work, let In 1S63. cover iht re uoval of 4,020,000 cubic yards of earth ind 100.000 tons of earth and tbe build, g of eight miles of dikes. Tho cs I ma ted cost U $2,500,000. A Great Indatr. The Slsrk Bros.' Xurreries, iht cltv nd Itoikori. 111.. ! veritAljIt bephlve. The i.roo- a ? . . " m" 'urc hurrvine out fSS.?'."'yk "''" outfit. pl.tL of rmV.?,?'' " hard-- r;knK. iruu ,,aintd TT?h .1 . " nc- l'ev"'1 tlewrtu.ents iv ail tnrlr lime to serurlu tHlevuieu. Sturk !m r"m '?r ,nrr"lc """"'tors. Wnh such progress, mh.1 million of fruit trees, dull - ui,Hiim -uutfeouri fread. Shocked at the Tablet's usiug the t rin "aeimouette" one of its readers idvit-es it t use "sernauncle," which is at least Latin, instead. veryoue wbo cn.-e tries PobblnV Flouting wmx fviip continues to lite it far H i reaily nltulieiy .perii.r to even the bent of oilier ilosllnr tOHpi. snl i-osu you no more. Made ol 1 uru, ttuata. lu) per ceuu puie. Try it. Reports coveting the first four months of the year thow that tbe pro duction of gold in British India is fast increasing. More of the yellow meta! will be mined in 1896 than was ever be fore taken from tbe earth in oue year. :EEcr.i,-cris:E: Cure Gnmantecd by UB. J. B. MAYER, 1013 Arch M., l'llll.A .f A. tax) st once: no opera tion or delay from busineu. Cumuli mum Ires. 1 ndorenemi ol pbysu-la( Indies snd promt ntrit cimeus. tend lor circular, odlce uouri s A M lo3f. M. A government inquiry is to take place into the ty-tern under which tiax growing is practiced in Ulster, Jrelaud. It is believed some of tbe systems worked on the continent might be in troduced with advantage. Personel. ANY ONE who bat be?n benefited by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink fills, wi i rec-lre Infor mation ol much value and Interest by writing- to link fills, p. O. Boa 152, Phil., i a. A mastodon's skull, in a fine state of presetvation, was dug up at Buchan an, Mich., near tbe Indiana boundary, a few days ago. It measured 2 feet to width and has four perfect teeth. The teeth measure about four Inches by six and one-half inches. lira. Wlnsiew's fcootmug Syrnp lor ehlldrea Icelhlnt, softeui the (umv reduces Inflamma tion, allari pain, cures wind colia 'AM a ujiui Between 1850 and 1890, the mints of the world couaumed 9,194 tons of gold and 81,235 tons of silver, the value be ing 1,227,000,000 of gold and 793, 000,000 of silver. Itlsai Feet that Hood's Sarsaparllla, the One True Blood Purifier, hat proved, over aud over again, that it has power to cure, even when other medicines fall to do any good. He4a Pills are purely vegetable and do not purge, pain or grip All druggists. 25c. The capital of tbe Rotbschi'.d firm it now said to exceed $1,000,000,000 snd the Vienna branch of the family is the richest. I believe Fiso's Cure for Consumption saved my boy's life last summer Mr, aixib Doco- lass, LeKoy, Mich., Uct. 33. 'yi. In England there is a woman auc tioneer who is successful in her chosen business, which she adopted when she was only sixteen years of age. FITS stopped tree by Pa. Kt.rxrs Omit (mi KasToan. Ko fits alter first day'a use Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2-00 trial bottle tree. Vt auiae. BBl Area St.. rhiia.. ra. Telephonic communication between London and Fans is to be supplement ed by four new wires. The new wires are to be used both for telephonic and teleTpmc. purposes. if t jnicted with sore eyes use Or. Isaac Thomp ten aikve-waeac. Druzaaaai sell at 2ae. per sotue Professor Forel has calculated that in 64,000 years tbe lake of Geneva, in Switserland, will have been filled op cempletely with sediment and changed 4ros. Muscles, steady nerves, good appetite. refreshing sleep come with blood made pure by Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists, ft. Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner pills. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. Soaethiag tkat Will Interest the Jn veaile Maawbera of Every Hemeehold Qeimt Aetlens aw 4 Brigfe. BariaaTSj of Haay Cats) sad CaaaiaaCUlana, Water for Tonr Peta. When you rush in so thirsty that yon can hardly wait to draw a guuai of water, remember that your Aog and cat may be suffering ln just the same way, go look to their bowl. If well cared for they will not drink water on which the dust has settled or which has grown topid from standing in a hot room., Let ihem have a bowl of pure, cold water aaveral times a day. The experiment was tried last summer of giving a pet dor water that had been slightly Iced. He had more sense than his human friend, however, and dec-lined drinking until the liquid had changed to tbe nat ural temperature Brooklyn Eagle. Conandrnma. What is' that which no one wishes to have and no one wishes to lose? A bald head. Why is a gatepost like a potato? Be cause they are both put into the ground to propagate. Why are coals In London like towns iveu up to plunder? Because they are faeked aud burned. What is that which Is often brought to the table, always cut and never eat en? A pack of cards. What moral lesson does a weather rock ou a church steeple contiuuuily in culcate? "fis vane to a spire. Why shouldn't a boy throw dust in his teacher's eyes? Itecauae it may occasion harm to the pupil. What are the most unsociable things in the world? Mile stones, for you never see two of them together. What is that which Adam never saw. never possessed and yet gave two to each of his children? Parentis. Why Is a restless man in bed like a lawyer? Because he lies on oue side, then turns around and lies on the other. Why Is chicken pie like a gunsmith's shop? Because It contains fowl-in pieces. Why Is a clergyman's honse like a Uing? Because he is guided by a min ister. What word may be pronounced quick er by adding a syllable to It? Quick. Unc'e Kemue Joke. Joel Chandler Harris, or TJncle Re mus, as the youngsters call him. makes it a point lu-rer to neglect fun for busi ness, but he generally finds time for Inith. Some time ago Uncle Remus picked tip a doll's eye. The fragment fitted nicely over one of his eyes, and a slight contraction of the muscles of his face kept the thing In place. It had the appearance of a human eye, but it was without either eyelids or eyelashes, aud had a fixed stare; it had a hideous ami ,'liastly look. After experimenting before hl mir ror Uncle Hcmus put bis treasure in his vest pocket aud felt thnt he wus fully equipped for a mystifying joke of l brand-new variety. At first he contented himself with a few trials of his precious eye when his friends visited him on the Constitu tion's eilitorinl floor. Success made hi in bolder, and lu n short time strang ers on the otreet were nuiazed by the spectacle cf an otherwise good-looking man with the most horrltilo eye that had ever teen seen. In the twilight, or under the electric lamps en quite back streets, negroes and children fled from what they supposed was an un canny monster, and their stories of their strange encounters with this sin gular being were exaggerated Just enough to make them of startling in terest. Why not try It on the street care? TJncle Remus debated this question some time in his mind before he was willing to risk it. He was surrounded by friends on the car, and it would be difficult to fool them when they were within touching distance. Still, some thing might be done when he sat in a corner with strangers opposite. One day he took a corner seat in his car, and found an old lady sitting in front of him. Here was his oppor tunity. He pretended to read his news paper until he was able to tlx his false eye without being observed. A mo ment later tbe old lady was aatontahed to aee a man glaring at her with an eye of such diabolical appearance that she was tempted to scream, and she would doubtless have done so If sho had not been somewhat reassured by the presence of other passengers. The agitated woman looked down at the floor and then out of the window she wondered that her companions oTJ not share her surprise, but they were seat ed where they could not see the object which had disturbed her so much. A stealthy glance showed that terri ble orb still turned ln her direction and the now desperate victim made a sud den dive for her glasses. Uncle Remus was not caught nap ping. He raised his newspaper, ot rid of his eye, and when the old lady looked at him again she saw a bluud and euilllng face fronting her witli a pair of the most Innocent blue eyes In the world. She was now more astonished than ever, but after rubbing her glasses nnd taking another look she became con vinced that she had been suffering from a very remarkable optical delu sion and gave an audible sigh of re lief. Of course the joker was delighted with this adventure. His next ptrtet car experiment was tried when several giggling schoolgirls sat near him. The young misses were having a jolly time, when one of them suddenly caught a glimpse of that fearful eye. fh (topped ln the middle of a sentence, rave a suppressed little cry of alarm and nudged tbe girl next to her. Then for two or three minutes half a dozen pale and sorely perplexed faces were turned away from the trange mystery ln the corner. The car stopped. Uncle Remus docked has head be-fcin his newspaper and ln another Instant the young ladles saw his sonny face, no longer dlsflg re4 b Its ekscnlae. Tbe ajhrla get eff In snssrs, bnt their InlOOd S la-su aalrart fin "XWUTTC xou are i . . . "Of course we dldT they ehouted la a chorus. "WelL I never! What was itr -"J all cried at the same time. There was no one te answer xnem, and, they looked In amasement at the bland face then turned toward them from the platform of the receding car. "Is this the car te West End?" asked a solemn and dignified fat man one afternoon. "Sirr repHed TJncle Remus, in a freezing tone, as he turned his doll's eye upon the questioner. There was a suauen coiiapse i. -enmity and dignity, and the fat gen tleman bolted to the other end of the car. "Well, Til be d dr waa his only com ment as he sat down. Several months ago the doll's eye was lost out of the owner-e pocket, and he has been mourning ever It ever since. "I must get another, he said, the other day. "I never had se mraib fur out of any one thing before. Barns' Invlsclble Pluck. "It Is a mistake to suppose, as many de, that Burns was altogether given up to gallantry and carousal,'' writes Ar thur Warren In the Ladiee Home Jour nal. "He was not, and he never pre tended to be, an exemplary character. Whatever be did he did with all his en ergy. He was a creaturs of emotions nnd strong passions. Ills nature was undisciplined. The right influences for the discipline of such a character as hia were but seldom around him. The Influences he knew were all too severe nnd repressive on the one hand, or all too lax on the other. lie waa subject to moments of fiery enthusiasm, and to days of acute remorse. But, for all that, he worked, and worked hard. He luted to say that he could not conceive a more mortifying pleture of human life than a man seeking work. 'Make work,' he would say, and he made It On the other band. Burns was honestly touched by real evidences of devoted living, and especially among the poor. The old Scotch habit of family worship always appealed to him, and he would suffer on one to make sport of it. There were some recollections that were sa cred to him through life, and one of these was of his father, who, as the household gathered abound the ingle, would kneel, toying simply, 'Let us worship Ood,' and then, with patriarch al grace, read from 'the big ha-Blble.' And all this was something hiore thun a memory, for when Robert had won wide recognition as a poet, and all Scot land was flattering him, be passed the tedious weeks of a long Illness in a study of the Scriptures. While in one of his dark moods, feeling that pov erty must always be before him, ho said: 'But I have sturdily withstood these buffet lugs many a hard-labored day, and still my motto Is, 'I DareT Bums ever contemplated with indigna tion the Inequality of human condi tions, and the contrast between bis own worldly circumstances and his in tellectual rank. lie expressed this thought a thousand times, ln a thou land ways." No More Ashes There. The colored driver of an ash wasroa top(.ed his horse In front of a bum ble cabin on Grove street the other forenoon and called out and mo tioned to a woman who could be seen through the front windows. She took her time about appearing, but finally opened tbe front door and in quired: "Wasyo callin to me, sah?" "Was I callin' to yo'? Of co'se I was callin' to yo'! Hev yo dun got auy wood ashes to sell??" 'What 1 doin wld wood ashes around yere?" What vo' doin? Why, press my soul, but yo' am gettln' mighty peart. Missus Slokumi I'ze bin callin' yere fur ober three y'ars to get wood asbes, an you has bin powerful quick to sell 'eml" "Does foltca what bev a f 16 base burner oual stove tinker around wid wood ashes?" she severely demanded. "Shoo! Got a base-burner, eh?" "Dees folks what her got a doah 6ell on de front dean hsv to be hol lered at f raw de winder?" she con tinued. "Shoot Got a suab-'ouff dnab-bell, eb? I didn't gee it, Missus blokum!" "Does folks whut hev got a cuckoo clock, a .Persian rug, an' a new ciothea-wringer want to sell 6 cents' worth of wood asbes an' hev de dus flyln all ober rle house?" "Fur de Lawd's sake." "Does a widow woman," 6he con tinued, "a wldder woman who dun got ber husband's life insurance only two weeks ago want all the nayburs to 6ee ber standin' In de front doah talk in' wid aa ashman like sbe'd got ober ber broken-heartedness an' was try in to ketch anodder husband? Ko, sah! Ashman, you dun go on to tbe next house! Dar won't be no wood asbes around ycre dis bull win ter long!" Detroit Free Press. Ma an curl a I to John Hancock. For 108 years the temb of John Han cock lathe Old Granary burying ground has been marked only by the name "Hanooek." The bronse marker of the Sous of the American Revolution waa placed In front of the tomb several years ago. and has since remained there. In 1894 the General Court appro priated a aum of money for the erection of a suitable memorial to mark the spot This has been completed, and workmen are now engaged ln placing It Ln lti position, just under the shadow of tha Park street church. The monument la 16 feet high, the base la of XClLferd gran ite 5 feet by 6 feet, and 20 lncfces thick. The shaft la 12 feet 6 inches long, by 8 feet 0 Inches wide, and 1 foot 6 Inches thick. The portrait en the shaft is after Copley, and Is surronnded by a wreath. The coat ef arms of Jotm Hancock, con sisting of a bield. on which are three cocks on a hand, bearing tbe crest of a winged griffin, with the Inscription "Obsta principus," will be displayed on the top of the stone. Under the por trait Is this inscrlptieni rThls memorial erected A. D. MDCOO3J0V. by the Com monwealth ef Mnesachnserts to mark the grave of John Hanooek." Boetoa Transcrint. 'VERY FARMER CAN MAKE MORE MONEY !'il...rQ'n faro, and B.t twlo. a, m.nv :!lh" tronsfa- , Wsttns toSt nor to? 1 uuve wis fswawe w bbwU alaiprUTfMl iarma taa plesaVr. to u. to m. w"" OOPTHEKM HOBUWEBKERy "East, West, Hems is Best," if Kept Clean with 3 ARO Lid a ftonpmius Tin. On ene occasion a Trinity House Sal ter, while examining the mechanism ef the monster revolving lamp belong! to a lighthouse, wished to see bew many seconds would elapse before It completed, a revolution. He took a laalf crown piece from his pocket and place It on the revolving framework. Watch in hand, he patiently waits for the coin to come round again te v.!i"ie lie n.is standing, but no half crowu appeared. The seconds length ened Into minute still no half-crown! "Stranger' he exclaimed. "What can be the meaning of it 7" In order to ascertain the cause ef the strange phenomenon, he walked round to the other side of the lamp, and in ow ing so encountered one of the hghtr house men, who touched bis bat and tald, "Thank you. sir," ln an undertone. The man, seeing the coin coming te ward him, bad pocketed it, thinking tt was meant for a tip! Pittsburg Dis patch. To Cleanse rue system Effectually, yet gently, when costive or biliosa. or when the blood is impure or sluggish, permanently overcome habitual coastieasiea. to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without Irritating or weakening tbeaa, to dispel headaches, colds or fevers, bm Byres of Figs. A Tadsian inventor is endeavoring to perfect a phonographic watch. If be is successful, the world will soon see a watch which, by touching a spring, will, whisper the time in your ear. Rer. H. P. Carsni, Scotland, Dak., say I Two bottles of Hill's Catarrh Care complete ly ourod my little girl." Quid by Uragguaa,7ao, ' The Bible Is the most attractlTe boek ln the -world, when we know hew to tell what Is In it. On! WHAT A RELIEF. ! " I su iTered with terrible pains ln my left avacjr and womb. My back ached all the time. " I had kidney trouble badly. Doc tors prescribed for me, and I followed their advice, but found no relief until I took Lydia C l'inkham'3 Vegetable Compound. Oh! what a relief it is. not to ft L &&Ji have that tired feel ing day after day, in the morning1 as much as at night after a hard day's work, and v to be free from all pains caused by Ovarian and Womb troubles. I cannot express my grati tude. I hope and pray that other suf fering women will realize the truth and importance of my statement, and accept the relief that is sure to attend the use of the l'inkham Medicine. Mrs. James Pahrish, 2501 Marshal St.. N. E., Minneapolis, Minn. For hcadaetie (whether sick or nervous) t othacli-. nrur;lui:i. i lieimmtUin, lumbage, pains uii.l vie.ikn. s In tne lai k. spine or kid neys pains aomtxt the liver, pleurisy, swell Inn t Hie j. .mis and ruins of all kinds, tee ai; tn:iiH'ii ol l:a Iway's Kuaily heller will at ford hnmrdia'e ease. i.nd itsconttuusd us IOC a lew days t tf crs a perntuiieut cure. A CUHE FOR ALL Summer Complaints, DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA, CHOLERA MORBUS. A Im'f to a. teasiMHiufut of K-adv Relief la half lunilil.T ol water, rrpeate.l as often as ili- hait. (nllniic. and a flannel saurataa nuh Keadv Ke'u-f placed over the stomach or I'onels, uill uSurd immediate relief and soon t-fl-t:t a cure. InfTnally A half to a tea-spoonful in naif a tumbler of water will, ln a few minutes, care Ciamps, Spasms, Sour Slumaeh, Nausea, Voin ItinK, Heartburn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, iSU-k HeaUactie. Flatulency and all internal pains. Take 25 drops of Radway's Ready Relief ta half a tumbler if water on rising In the naorn uttto strengthen and sweeteu the stomach and avoid all those feeling of lassitude. Malaria ln Its Various Forms Cared aa4 Prevented. There Is not a remedial agent in the world thnt will cure fever nnd ague andallotnef ma'arlous, bllmusand other fevers, aided OT KAUWA Y'S PI f.l.S, so quickly as HAD WAV KF.AUY KEI.IKK. l'rlue iu ceuts per Dottle. Si-Id by aU drag- RlSlB. THE MIDDLE SOUTH A handsomely illutra!d 1 Monthly Journal descnbini; the .1Tlopuient ol th Middle Aonih taj fanner a naraili!. Prl.abii- .JaSIzS at UlU'e. llltmtitinlnt? this nmmr ..J eii . . -Th. Jtin.ll Month5- f..r on rear, poataga free - , - " 1 1 na eena us s I .UU 5.7. i iuurJ"l',r 'r tree of charge. Middle .oulh Pub. ,., !1oM,rvfil, A WELL DRI at Ihirir rears' eriare la the Slates, and who Is well known k Florida. wrheA us la re erenee to one of Ottr chine- be bought- "It Is the - hare yel seen. If I want en. her naehms for fre. Looms .V N Y MAN. -rial. STEAD We rT t'aaS Weekly and want men every where to sell STARK TKKKM: millions test WORK ed, proven "abaelutriy beet." SupVrn outnte. new ayataaa. r .-l .Klt BKVTHKKS, LH. I laiu.ua.. .Vie.. Hoekwart. la. FO FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP rmj lek-a. it wcithvataeehlld.aofteaataa Sums, aliaya all i.alu. v-iras wind collaaSd la the bast remedy f,r duu-rwoaa. . Tweniy-t.ve Ceats a Heala' nrtwsswsaaai A Certain Cure for Drunkenness IlLu,lJ.X.V?yry Qly"nPledrus ob- the victim will disl.kc the taste ol ail lntoxlcas lnit liquor. It can l.e given secretly bya friend If desired. I will mail you tbis valuable T receipt and instructions for 2ftc. in silver to help paVad vertlains extensa. em ah.i, v C.C.8I1AW, fort Bragg California. QARPLES' CORN CREAM, only relf.bTand TT Pus'Uve cure tor tjorm. Ifelievcs all pain 111 Druggut. loc per box, or sent by milTon re? celpt ol price vu m CAUi'l.KS A t o.. 1 and lot Fulton St, N. Y. CPIIII rSaS'J5! bU " Bookal iw as saaa. s a. e. wuonsr, attasaa, as. Si loo 35K',COtIJICOC, NEW ATHENS O Total ouettMuayr Thorough, cheap. Catalog free use I "eat Coutfh Bjruo. Timi UUtrn Htnin '! . . . . , R I " .'"n-. .-.mi arm IN THE HORTIl IN THE MIDDLE ROIlTu l"'" J A" & TAP M aa if . " t tsUnnhUl av..i4 ..V .11 ! "'.UilUll h. qutLnT 7ouV.it oT I.AXP COMPANY, Semrrville. T. J i Vw 1 KL a Wc3J if A wewUI saw a
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