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
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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.
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FOR FIFTY YEARS 1
MRS. WINSLOWS
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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
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