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!,.' TWt'U hare a cold an-U praTty see,
if! for the barkUog'i blaze i hhaa." . . '
' .nd we sat and gaanl
4 J ' While the back Ion biased.
'. i ' Sot wondered If the sign wars tsiM.
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-.. J The wind from the north will ram
With frost W tlie breath it blow,
'"i And the li..;ering baza
4 ; Of the autn.cn daya
- Will drear inta winter's snows."
if ' "The red and yel)r lea Tea oa tba tree
Will be wared to a Stall, dead brown.
I For the blast that chilla
1 la the blast that kills
rWhen the wind from the north comef
; down.
'And we hnddled np to gran'ma'e kneea
At a he sat in the tie armchair.
With ber head bent low
' In the hearth fire'a glow.
And her hand in onr tangled bair.
We watched the blue Mate flicker ont
And the backlog, to embers turned.
Change from red to gray
Till an ash heap lay,
. Turning- cold where the fir had horned.
I Chicago Chronicle.
UODIGAKS RETUHN.
Ye, toother, he will come. Of
' course, be will comer' and the girl
; turned her drawn and anxions young
' face toward the cottage door. Just as
If her blind mother could see the ac
, tlon.
It Is probable that the old woman
' divined the lonzlng glance from the
' change In the girl's tone, for she. too,
half turned toward the door. It waa a
habit these two women bad acquired.
; Tbey constantly looked toward the
door for the arrival of one who never
. came through the long aummer daya,
. through the quiet winter evenings;
moreover, they rarely spoke of other
things; this arrival was the topic of
their lives. And now tie old woman's
- life was drawing to a close, as some
lives do. without Its object. She ber
elf felt It, and ber daughter knew It.
There was in both of them a subtle
sense of cllnxlng. It was hard to die
without touiLin.' the reward of a
wondrous patience. It was cruel to
deprive the girl of this burden, for In
moat burdens there Is a safeguard, In
all a duty, and In some the greatest
happiness allotted to human exist
ence. It was no new thing, this waiting
for the scapegrace son; the girl bad
grown up to It for she would not know
her brother should she meet him In
the street Since sight had left the
old mother's eyes she had fed ber heart
npon this hope.
Be had left them eighteen years be
fore In a Ct of passionate resentment
against bis father.whoje only fault had
been too great Indulgence for the son
of bis old age. Nothing had been too
good for dear Stephen hardly any
thing had been good enough. Edu
cated at a charity school himself, the
simple old clergyman held the ink
taken view that no man can be edu
cated above bis station.
There are some people who hold th!s
view still, bnt they cannot do so much
longer. Strikes, labor troubles and
the difficulties of domestic service; so
called gentleman farmers, gentleman
shopkeepers and lady milliners above
all, a feT colonies peopled by univer
sity failures will teach us In time I
that to educate our sons above their
Station U to handicap them cruelly in
the race for life.
Stephen Loach was one of the early
victims to this craze. His father, hav
ing risen by the force of his own will
and the capabilities of his own mind
from the people to the church, held, j
as sucb men do, that he bad only to
give his son a good education to in
ure h'.s career In life. So everything
even to the old parson's sense of
right and wrong was sacrificed to the
education o Stephen Leach at public
school and university. Here he met
and selected for his friends youths
whose futures were insured, and who
were only passing through the for
mula of an education so that no one
could say that they were unfit for the
nng government appointment, living
or Inheritance of a more substantial
sort that inipht be waiting for them.
Stephen acquired their ways of life
without possessing their advantages,
and the consequence was something
Tery nearly approaching to ruin for
the little country rectory. Not having
been a university man himself, the rec
tor did not know that at Oxford or
Cambridge, as In the army, one may
live according to one's tastes. Stephen
Leach had expensive tastes, and he
Unscrupulously traded on his father's
Ignorance, lie was good-looking, and
had a certain brilliancy of manner
which "goes down" well at the var
lty. Everything was against him,
and at last the end came. At last the
rector's eyes were opened, and when
t narrow-minded man's eyes are once
opened he usually becomes stony at
the heart
Stephen Leach left England, and be
fore be landed In America his father
had departed on a longer Journey. The
ne'er-do-well had the good grace to
end back the little sums of money
saved by his mother In her widow
hood, and gradually his Tetter ceased.
It was known that be was In Chill,
and there was war going on there,
sd yet the good old lady 'a faith never
Wavered,
'2e will come. Joyee," ah would
ay. "he will surely coma."
And the girl would go to th window
and draw aside the curtains, looking
down the quiet country road toward the
village.
"Tea, mother, he will come," waa her
oaroal anawer; and one day she gave a
little exclamation of eurpriae and al
most of fear.
"Mother," she exclaimed, "ther Is
someone coming along the road."
The old lady was already sitting cp
fn bed staring with her sightless orbi
toward the window.
Thus they waited. The man stopped
opposite the cottage, and the two wom
en heard the latch of the gate. Then
Joyce, turning, saw that her mother
had fainted. But it was only momen
tary. By the time she reached the bed
her mother had recovered conscious
ness. "Go," snld the old lady, breathlessly,
"go and let him In yourself."
Downstairs on the doorstep the girl
found a tall man of SO or thereabouts
with a brewner face than English suns
ccu!d account for. He looked down
luto her eager eyes with a strange,
questioning wonder.
"Am 1 too late?" he asked In a voice
which almost seemed to Indicate a hope
that It might be so.
"No, Stephen," she answered, "But
mother cannot live much longer. You
are Just In time."
The young man made a hesitating lit
tle movement with his right hand and
huflled uneasily on the clean stone
tep. He was like an actor called sud
denly ppon the stage, having no knowl
edge of his part. The return of tbU
prodigal was not a dramatic success.
No one seemed desirous as? learning.
f "T ' "' ' ilfi' li i'-iii iiwi i . 1 1 aa sjaf-rgt n -trsaMinw W.j, mi-maifaj--' j inn n , L , n '" ,
whether be had) rived upon busks or
otherwise, and with whom he bad eat
en. The quiet dignity of the girl, whl
bad remained behind to do ail the work
and bear ail the harden, seemed In
com subtle manner to deprlv him of
any romance that might hav attached
Itself to him. She Ignored bis half-
proffered hand, and, turning Into the
little passage, led the way upstair.
Stephen Leach followed silently. He
waa rather large for the house, and
especially for the stairs; moreover, be
had a certain burliness of walk, such
as I acquired by men living constantly
In the open. There was a vaguely pain
ed look In his blue eyes, a if tbey had
suddenly been opened to bis own short
comings. His attitude toward Joyce
was distinctly apologetic.
When he followed the girt aero the
threshold of their mother's bedroom the
old lady was sitting np in bed, holding
out trembling arms toward the door.
Here Stephen Leach seemed to know
better what to do. lie held his mother
in hla arm while she sobbed and mur
mured out ber Joy. He bad no words,
but his arms meant mors than his lips
could ever have told.
It would seem that the best part f
bapplnes Is tb sharing of It with
someone else. "Joyce," was the first
distinct word the old lady spoke,
"Joyce, he has ooose at last He has
come! Com here, dear. Kiss yonr
brother. This Is my first born my lit
tle Steve."
The young man had su k npon bis
knees at the bedside, probably because
it was the most convenient position.
He did not second his mother's pro
posal with mncb enthusiasm. Alto
gether be did not seem to have discov
ered much sympathy wltb his sister
whom he bad left In her cradle.
Joyce came forward and leaned over
the bed to kiss ber brother while the
old lady's hands Joined theirs. Just
as her fresh young lips came within
reach be turned bis face aside, so that
the kiss fell on barren ground on his
tanned cheek.
"Joyce," continued the old lady fever
l.shly, "I am not afraid to die now, for
Stephen is here. Tour brother will
take care of you, dear, when I am
gone."
It was strange that Stephen had not
spoken yet, and it was perhaps Just as
well, because there are occasions In life
when men do wisely to keep silent
"He la strong," the proud mother
went on." "I can feel It His bands are
large and steady and quiet and bis
arms are big and very hard."
The young man knelt upright and
submitted gravely to this maternal In
ventory. "Yea," she said, "I knew he would
grow to be a big man. His little fingers
were so strong he hurt me sometimes.
What a great mustache! I knew you
bad been a soldier. And the skin of
your face Is brown and a little rough.
What ls this? what is this, - Stephen,
dear? Is this a wound?"
"Yes," answered the prodigal, speak
ing for the first time. "That Is a sword
cut. I got that In the last war. I am
a colouel in the Chilian army, or was,
before I resigned."
The old lady's sightless eye were
fixed on his face as If listening for the
echo of another vole In hi deep, quiet
toues.
"Your voice la deeper than your fath
er's ever was," she said, and all the
while her trembling fingers moved lov
ingly over his face, touching the deep
cut from cheek bone to Jaw with soft
Inquiry. "This n:ust have been very
near your eye, Stephen. I'romlse me,
dear, no more soldiering."
"I promise ttat," he replied, without
raising bis eyes.
Such was the home coming of the
prodigal. After all be arrived at the
right moment in the afternoon, when
the house was ready. It sometimes
does happen so In real life, and not only
in books. There ia a great deal that
might be altered in this world, but
sometimes, by a mere chance, things
come about rishtly. And yet there was
something wroug, something subtle,
which the dying woman's duller senses
failed to detect Her son, her Stephen,
was quiet and had not much to say for
himself. He apparently had the habit
of taking things as they came. There
was no enthusiasm, but rather a re
straint In bis manner, more especially
toward Joyce.
The girl noticed it but even her small
experience of humankind had taught
her that large, fair-skinned men are
often thus. They are not "de ceux qui
expllquent," but go through life pla
cidly, leaving unsaid and undone many
things which rome think they ought to
say and do.
Arter the first excitement or tb re
turn was over It became glaringly ap
parent that Stephen bad arrived Just In
time. Ula mother fell Into a happy
sleep before sunset, and when the ac
tive young doctor came a little later
la the evening he shook bis head.
"Yes," be said, "I see that she Is
asleep and quiet -too quiet It I a
foretaste of a longer sleep. Bom old
people have It
For the first time Joyce' courage
seemed to give way. When she bad
been alone she was brave enough, but
now that her brother was there, wom
anlike, she seemed to turn to him wltb
a sudden fear. Tbey stood side by
side near the bed, and the young doc
tor Involuntarily watched them. Ste
phen bad taken her band In bis with
that silent sympathy which was so
natural and sa eloquent He said noth
ing, this big, sun-stained youth. He
did not even glance down at his sister,
who stood, small, soft-eyed and gentle
at bis side.
The doctor knew something of the
history of the small family thus mo
mentarily united, and be had always
feared that If Stephen Leach did re
turn It would only kill his mother. This,
Indeed, seemed to be the result about
to follow.
Presently the doctor took his leave.
He was a young man engaged In get
ting together a good practice, and In his
own Interest he bad been forced to give
up waiting for his patients to finish
dying.
"I am glad yon are here," be said to
Stephen, who accompanied him to the
door. "It would not do for your sister
to be alone; this may go on for a couple
of daya."
It did not go on for a couple of days,
but Mrs. Leach lived through that night
In the same semi-comatose. state. The
two watchers sat in her room nntil
upper time, wbrn they left their moth
er in charge of a hired nurse, whose
services Joyce bad been forced t seek.
After supper Stephen Leach seemed
at last to find bis tongue, and be talked
In bis quiet almost gentle voice, such
as some men possess, not about him
self or the past hut about Joyce and
the future. In a deliberate, business
like way he proceeded to Investigate
the affairs of the dying woman and the
prospects of her daughter; In a word,
he asserted his authority as a brother,
and Joyce was relieved and bappy to
obey him.
i is aat la tin st ax4r tbal
frlendeh!rfr are formed, but hJ sorrow
op suEDense. During That Inns' evenim
this brother cad s later suddenly be;
. I , W l.,.H, W li M
of prosperous Intercourse coo'd bavt
mad ttem. . At 10 o'clock Stepuet
quietly Insisted that Joyce should g
to bed, while he lay down, all dressed
on the sofa In the dining room.
"I shall aleep perfectly: It Is not tb
first time 1 have slept In my clothes,'
be said simply.
Tbey went upstairs together and toU
tne nurse or wis arrangement. Joyc ne?s by Hood's Seraapa Ilia ar because rleh ; f ruffed grouse are well Intact Last
remained for some moments by tb sod pure blood la given by tbis mediator, j year the broods were decimated, of ten
hedalde watching her mothera peacefu i Rood's Susspsrilla cures when aU others fail, j tjme9 wholly destroyed, by the early
sleep, and when she turned she found ' because it doea what other medicines cannot w,hpr In npnrlv all oolnts In
that 8tephen had quietly slipped
away. W onderlog vaguely whether hi
had Intentionally solved her difficulty
a to tne xraternai gooa wgui, sue weni
to ber own room.
The next morning Mrs. Leach wa
fully conscious and appeared to bt
stronger; nevertheless she knew thai
tbe end waa near. She called her tw
cb'ldren to ber bedside and, turning
her blind eyea toward them, spoke is
broken sentences:
"I am ready now I am ready." sbi
said. "Dean. I am going to yonr fath
er and thank God. I can tel
htm that I left yon together. I alwayi
knew Stephen would com back. 1
found It written everywhere In th
Bible. Stephen kiss me, dearf
Tbe man leant over tbe bed and kiss
ed ber.
"Ah," she slgbed, "how I wish I couli
see yon Just once before I die. Joyce T
she added, suddenly turning to bei
daughter, who stood at the other sidi
of the bed. "tell me what he la like
Bnt I know I know I feel It
Listen! He is tall and spare, like bli
father. His bair Is black, like, bb
father" It was black before be wen:
away. Hla eyes. I know, are dark al
mst dark. He is pale like a Span
laird r
Joyce looked across the bed with slov.
horror dawning In her face, looked inti
a pair of blue eyes beneath tawny bair.
cut short, as a soldier's hair should be
She looked upon a man big, broad, fab
English from crown to tee and th
quiet command of his Up and eye
made ber say:
"Yes, mother, yes."
For sons moments there waa silence
Joyce stood pale and breathless, won
derlng what this might mean. Thet
the dying woman spoke again: "Kiss
me," she said. "I am going
Stephen first my first born! And now
Joyce and now kiss each otbei
across the bed! I want to hear "1
I want to tell
your " rather.
With a last effort she raised he
hands, seeking their heada. At first
Joyce hesitated, then she leant for
ward, and the old woman's chilled fin
gers pressed their Hps together. Th.T
was the end.
Half an hour afterward Joyce ana
this man stood facing each other in th
little dtnlng room. He began bis ex
planation at once.
."Stephen," be said, "was shot ou
there as a traitor. I could not tell hoi
that! I did not mean to do this, bm
what else could I do?"
He paused, moved toward the doo;
with that strange hesitation which sh
had noticed on his arrival. At the doci !
be turned to Justify himself. i
"I still think," he said gravely, "thai
It was tbe best thing to do."
Joyce made no answer. The tean
itood in her eyes. There was souietnia
very pathetic In the distress of tliU
stroijR man. facing, as it were, an emer
gency of which he felt the delicacy to
be beyond bis cleverness to handle.
"Last night," he went on. "I made all
the necessary arrangements for your
future Just as Stephen would have
made them as a brother might have
done. I He and I were brother
officers In a very wild army. Your
brother was not a good man. None of
us were."
His hand was on the door.
"He asked me to come and tell yon,"
be added. "I shall go back now."
They stood thus, he watching net
face with bis honest, soft blue eyes,
ahe falling to meet bis glance.
"May I come bac again?" he asked
suddenly.
She gave a little gasp, but made no
answer.
"I will come back In six months," he
announced quietly, and then he closed
the door behind him. Oornhlll Maga
zine. Hard Cue,
The difficulties of keeping a "pleas
ant expression" while being photo
graphed are so many that it seems in
unnecessary cruelty to add to them, but
Our Boys and Girls has heard of such
a case.
"I don't believe whippings do chil
dren any good," said Mrs. Wiggins.
"Why. I whipped Johnny at the pho
tographer's three 'times because be
wouldn't look pleasant, and be still
looked as cross aa a bear."
Do Kot Experiment In to im, ortaut a mat
tera a your health. Purify, enrich sod vitalize
yonr blood wltb Hood's Sanapartlla and tbat
keep yom self strong sod healthy.
Bond's Pills are tbi best after-dlnrer pill,
assist dlsesilon, cat beedacbe. 25 cents.
Mr. Peixotto, who has painted the
portraits of Mr. Gladstone, Victor
Hugo, Prince Bismarck, Cardinal
Manning, the late Chief Justice Waite,
the late Justice Lamar, and tbe late
Secretary Windotn, is now engaged
on a portrait of Major McEioley.
Plso's Cars Is tbe medietas to break op chll
drens coagtis and ooldi Mrs. M. O. Blcst
SFKiora, Washtngton, atsrea 8, ISM.
Twelve newspapers to a populati on
of 15,000 ia the record of Caldwell
County, Missouri.
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Germany has 19,476 po9tofficee,
England 17,587, and France only
7346.
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More than one-fourth of the popu
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Let oar object be oar country, our
whole country, and nothing but our
country.
If stuns were not occasionally
femad out, other sinner would not
knw bow good they ar.-
It Is snirprialag bow siek iasa poslt
iSiUtlha,
Strength
Ititrt
Urea tb
ia , airm
by Hood's Bunaparilla becana Ibis a rest
medicine makes rich, puro ani nourishing
blood. Nerves depend up jo the blixxt f r
rapport. Wltb poor, tblu blood tbey are weak
sad be person is nervous. Cures of nervoos-
j do. The cuies by Hood's Sarsapsrilla ar ao-
' eompilbed In nature's own way,
j ! bare found Hood's Sarsaparilla to be the ;
, oesi meaiane io i nave ever .n .r-
vouaness and weakness, with wblcb I have
iuOVred for years. 8lnoe takln two bett es
of Hood's Sarsaparilla I am able to reH well
o'obts. Mrs. JoHK McVet, WIliDlnston, Del.
Sarsaparilla
In tba One True Flood I'ortfWr. AH droga-l4t, fl
Prepared only by C L Hood A Co., Lowell. Mass
Hrtrtrt'c !ill are the only pllli tlke
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CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Oometblng tbat Will latere J
vcnile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Brisbt BayiaaT
ef Usay Cat and Canning CUM,
The 8pellinai Leaaoat -"Class
IS; attention, Benny," -
The teacher said, "spell aunt"
But Benny held his head down.
And aaid, "I'm 'fraid
The next time that hia turn cam
'Twas at tbe word began;
But Benny only stammered,
T don't believe I "
Tbe third time, though he tried It,
He couldn't spell unite. ,
"Well, Benny," said the teacher, '
"Spell wrong." He spelled it
-A. H. D.
Uere'a an Fxperlraent for Ton.
ITere's a little experiment wjth which
you may amuse and surprise your
friends. Place two chairs facing each
other, wltb a glass goblet on tbe edge
of each. Take a stout stick of almost
any kind and place It so that each
end will rest on the rim of one of the
goblets.
Having completed your ' apparatus
take a stout broom handle and strike
the suspended stick a violent blow In
tbe middle. Everyone will be certain
that both the goblets will be smashed
in pieces. But they will remain Intact
And the stick, stout though it may be,
will be broken in the middle. Tbe
philosophy of this experiment is sim
ple. Tbe force of tbe blow breaks the
suspended stick before it can be com
u mi lea ted to tbe goblets. '
A Kit of Medicine In Vera Form.
There are boys and girls of course
none of them read our page who are
slways borrowing trouble. If there ls
a storm tbey are certain tbe lightning
will strike them, and they worry so
much about their lessons that they
really don't have time to get them.
And they are so fretful and full of
complaints that It ls hard for their
friends to get along with them. For
such boys and girls a famous German
poet has some excellent medicine. It
Is put tip in the form of a neat little
stanza, which may be easily carried
around. Here It ls:
What I don't see
Don't titrable me.
And what I see
Might trouble me
Did I not know
That it must be a.
Let tera that Carry Weather Sapors.
In some of the town of Michigan,
notably Lansing, the capital city, every
person who receive a letter from tb
postofflce is also furnished with a com
plete report of the condition of tbe
weather for the day. This Information
ls contained ln a little ring around the
postmark.' Eacb morning tbe weather
observer sends a report to the postmas
ter and the Words "fair, warmer," or
"rain, easterly winds." or any of the
other forecasts, are set np ln the post
mark stamp. Lansing people who
write to their friends never go to the
trouble of telling about the weather,
for there Is the report on the outside of
the envelope with the date and the
correspondent in a far-away State will
know exactly whether It waa sunny or
showery when tbe letter was mailed.
What tbe Spider TaM.
"I was spinning a web In the rose
rlne," said the spider, "and tbe little
girl waa sewing patchwork on tbe
doorstep. Her thread knotted and ber
needle broke, and ber eyea were full of
tears. 'I can't do it,' she cried. 1
can't! I can't?
"Then her mother cam, and bad
her look at me. Now, every ttm I
spun a nice silky thread, and tried to
fasten It from one branch to another,
the wind blew, and tore It away.
"This happened many tunes, but at
last I made one that did not break,
and fastened It close, and spun other
threads to Join it. Then the mother
tmlled.
" 'What a patient spider!' ahe said.
The little girl smiled, too, and took
np ber work. And when tbe sun went
down there was a beantlf U web ln the
rose vine, and a square of beautiful
patchwork on the atep." Babyland.
Blow Cold, Blow Hot.
Speaking of problems, here ls a little
question that may Interest and pozsle
some of you.
Blow on your hand and you will see
bow much cooler it grows. The more
you blow, the cooler you are.
Now blow on the bulb of a thermom
eter. Does it go down? Quite tbe con
trary; it goes up and rapidly, too. That
hows plainly that yonr breath Isn't
cool after alL How do yon account for
this strange stat ef affairs? Lt us
hear from some of onr boys and girl
about It Try tbe experiment your
elves and then try to explain It
The Philistine were aa nook afraid
of Samson's eyes aa tbey bad bn of
bis great strength.
There are thousands ef premises la
the Bible, bnt ant of them waa pat
tlMM te make, a Mafer hapfjx.
Woods Prair! -d Lake of tbm'
ota Arm Alive witk Them.
A well-known sportsman has lately
Bade a tour of the game country
throughout tbe northwest and. writing
to the Field and Stream, be says:
."The shooting is good in the Mieais
tippl.valley. In South Dakota and along
the western bead of the North Platte in
Nebraska. Between Casper and Chey
enne in Wyoming, and tbe eastern and
northern half of Montana the coveys
Minnesota birds are more numerous
than ever. Quail, which were nearly
,xtermInn'te(i here ln isss. are again In
Roh white can be seen
everywhere, especially ln southern
counties. The general condemnation of
spring shooting bad Its desired effect
In April, and Us reward will be bad
In the prolific sportsmanship this fall.
The Itasca country ls alive with grouse,
geese and anlpe, Tbl la a good breed
ing haunt on account of Its general
Inaccesslblllnty. Tbe region south of
Winnipeg, above Hallock, is well pre
served for the sjortsman. Iowa ls, of
course, this year beyond the reach of
a sportsman's proclivities. Tbst State
prohibit the shooting of prairie chick
ens for two years from last January.
There Is a plentltnde of birds there.
Wisconsin Is reported fairly well stock
ed with prairie chickens. That desplca-
1.1 an1rttlt- wha-s s,nianlcai fin In advanof
of open 8eagonSt na, been trespassing
In that State for a month before the
certson. Fledglings were shot there In
July by a band of outlaws to decency
and conscience. Yet, la spite of these
ravages, and many others unaccounted,
tbe northwest has happily succeeded iu
preserving Its game, as this season will
prove by the great number of birds
wblcb will delight tbe sense of every
true sportsman. From tbe Turtle
mountain country and south as far as
Pleasant lake below tbe line of the
Great Northern the grouse abound
more than ever. At Island lakes, about
nineteen miles north of Knox, X. D.,
canvas back ducks have successfully
bred. The writer explored this section
ia If reports from there are
founded, there will be a splendid field
for any number of guns. The area ls
large, tbe prairie well punctuated with
sloughs and lakes, and the feeding
grounds for ducks and geese are unex
celled." Minneapolis Journal.
FULLY RESTORED.
A TRAVELING MAX l tOC TTKT.X, AND
IIAPPT.
Attacked by tba Two t lends, Khenma
t sm and KldneyTrouble, but tb
Flots of ItotU ara Foiled by
tba Pink Pills.
From the Republican, Caribou, Me,
if the term miracle can be applied to any
cures la the nineteenth century, surely the
Mist of sush cures must contain tbat of Mr. O.
A. Shei-aril, o: Caribou, Me., who was an af
flicted with kidney trouble and rheumatism
that he waa on tbe verge or giving biuvteir
up aa incurable and waa plunged to the dark
est doptba of despair. But let him tell tha
tdory ia his own word..
".Early In the fall or 149 I bad fastened on
to me, as I supposed, that blight ot blights,
that heretofore sure destroyer, kidney
trouble, and It waa slowly andsnroly makiiir;
headway In undermining n.y health fori vi
fast becoml&g nnable to attend to my dutl-
ao a traveling salesman, my back seeming
about ready to break arter rldlag any dis
tance ln buggy or eloign. The bad feeling
lifcd been growing in my bnek for a prrlni! of
live or six years, but I bad not Riven it munii
attention, not supposing- it to be anything;
tul whul would wear o.f. But in the full
above mentioned I Wtt4 oo-n pulled to give
my attention to it, fori haltostoptravWin?
ind to to doctoilm? myself. My efforts
pemed fruitlms. 1 Krw wore and woist
My welpht was dwm;itslnR. My blood w.i?
-tppareutly growing poor and less in qunn
iiiy. -Pinture my anxiety when vainly trylngto
'teat off one disease anot hnr should make Its
ijiimranue aud suoofasfully Rain a foothold
u ray already w- akauud constitution. Tne
a-it disease ta one that most phyMoians con
sider euoui'h to do battle wim and a foomnn
worthy their mixtures. It wasconanmptiou.
From bad to worse I continued until I be
came nnable to be around and nt last I was
utterly helpless. I only looked forward to
tbe ttm when I might be leleawd from my
sufferings by th ouo deliverer from aU ilia.
'Many were the remedies I tried and
faithfully, but to no purpose. All the stuff
for Internal use I tried had no effect what
ever oa tb alow and steady program of the
llseases. The external appliances and de
fections did me no benefit at all. My suf
fering were last becoming unbearab.e. My
hope waa ebbing away.
"Just at this time, a friend, and ha was a
friend ladeed, advised me to procure some
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and with little
faith that they would do m any good, but
put of respect for my friend's advice, (I
mongai it wonio ao no narra at least) l or
dered six boxes. I took them. My blood at
one began te Increase and I tor tha first
time In assay weeks bad a good night asleep!
My improvement w.ia noticeable from tbe
start! My weight began to Increase! My
appetite grew nappy y well itnlnk I was!
I at last had found joat what my system
needed to defeat tbe robbers preying on my
health and I thonght It tha time to be merry.
"I purchased another half doze boxes
and when they were gone, two more, which
eflectsally eared me. I increased in weight
until from what was almost nothing tor me,
I tipped the scales at 196 pounds, my present
weight, and I owe it all to tb Fink Pills.
May the knowledge of them ba brought tc
all suffering aa I did, for I know tbey will be
benefited aad eured, and I deem it a pleas
are to recommend thorn.
'I have traveled for thirty years aad have
heard ot many strange things, miracles, etc,
but I think my own experience stranger than
them alL
'Now I can drive hard all day, from early
morning to lot at algbt and not feel it. I
am just as well as I ever waa. Mo sir, I never
felt any bad effeots from their ruat all. It
waa a gradual but sure fight and the Pink
Pills were victorious. Long may they wave!"
Dr. Williams' pink Pills contain, In a con
lensed form, all tha elements neaeasary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un
failing speoiflo for sooh diseases aa loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, Bt. Titus'
sauce, et-iatica. neuralgia, rneumatism. nerv
ous headaebe, the after effect of la grippe,
palpitation of th heart, pal and sallow
oomplexions, all forma of weaknesa either in
male or lemal. Pink Pills are sold by all
iealnrs, or will be sent post paid on receipt
ot price, 60 cents a box, or six boxes lor f 160
they are never sold In bulk or bv the 100)
by addressing Dr. Willi ima' Medicine Com
pany, ocnenectady , H. X.
The Stoat Senaltlve Part.
Nine out of ten persons, if asked
what Is the most sensitive part of tbe
body, will reply the tip of the tongue.
This la a mistake. Those engaged
ln polishing billiard balls or any other
substance that requires a very high
degree of smoothness, Invariably use
tbe cheekbone as their touchstone for
detecting any roughness. An Ivory
article that may feel perfectly smooth
If rubbed gently against the chin or
touched with tbe tip of the tongue
will often feel quite appreciably rough
when applied to the cheekbone. Pro
fessional boxers, who ought to know
which la tbe most sensitive part of
tbe face, before a fight Invariably rub
well into the akin around the cheek
bone a solution of alum and water for
the purpose of hardening their mosf
vulnerably part.
Men have been known to pray In
church for something to do., when their
wives had to aaw nearly all tbe wood.
How much It would shorten our
long prayers in chore h. if we would
only pray fee what w ar wtlnng te
4si.. v. 'ir(()j
;rw't
.nmiiTift
Sunlight
Soap
Ha no eqaval
For purky
For cleansing power..
For taking ont dirt...
For dissolving grease.
For savins; clothes....
For preserving bands.
.The are some of
tbe reasons why
Without
- SUNUaHT"
Soap baa th largest
sale in tbe world, and
has bees awarded
TWENTY-SEVEN
OOLO MEDALS
and other honor.
Law Bros, 14, Hadaaa
Haiiasits. Xew Tarib
SUNLIGHT SOAP.
Xaaily Perceived.
"I didn't know tbat very conversa
tional gentleman waa a foreigner until
a few minutes ago."
"Did be tell you so 7"
'No. I gathered It from bis conver
sation. He knows so many waya In
whit-h tbe lnrtltutions of this country
could be Improved." Washington Star.
Taking; Advantage of Fbla-STIaWladv
"If s a beastly sname," saia vwauy.
Cadklns. "It's a downright low
twick."
"What's the mattah, deab boy 7"
"I heard that tbe Prince of Wales aln
ways pays his bills promptly. I discov
ered Just aftab paying mm tnax me
storwy w is circulated by my waaeal of
a tailor." Washington Star.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tone Mf
Away.
If yon want to quit tobaoco usiDT easily and
forever, regain lost mannood, ba made well,
strong, magnetic, full of new life and vtiror,
take No-To-Bac. the wonder-worker tba
make weak men strong. Many sraln ten
pounds ia ten days. Orer eOO.noo cured, buy
rio-To-Hao from your own druggist. Under
aan;nte guirant' to cure. Book and earnpl
tree. Address sterling Remedy Co., Obioago
or New Turk. -
An Abilene (turn.) jury found a wo
man guilty on a charge of having
driven ber stepson aud ber husband
from their home, and she was fined
$10 and costs, which the husband
paid.
btjiti or Ottro, fit v ot Tolxdo, T -
I.UCAS COUKTT, I
Fsaw J. I'aiitu make oath that he ls the
Senior partner of tbe firm of F. J. L'BUIT A
CO., doing bniiness In tlieOttyof Toledo, County
a id State atureaaid, and tbat aaid Arm will pay
thesam of oni ntTNUKBD txl.t.A4 for each
and every eae ot catahrh that cannot be
cuied by the use Hall's Catarrh Cuax.
ritANKj.tHa.N-ar.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
i presence, tuts th day of December,
J sea l ! A. l. l!i)!6. A. W. Ot.ASOW.
v 1 JVofar PulAie.
Hall's Catarrh Cnrrls taken interna ly. and
acts directly onthe biood and mucou surface
ot tbe system. Ptind for tstlmonlala, free.
F. J. CHKrr Co., 'luldo,a.
Fold by Druggif ts 7Sc
Halt's Farady PlUs are tha bait.
The old scare tbat the world'a coal
is near exhaustion is now prettty well
exploded. Xew coal areas are con
s antly being opened, and the old ones
are by no means near exhausted.
Jci try a lflo. brx of CascaTets, th finest
llvr and Lou-el regulator ever made.
In Germany the men as well as the
women wear wedding rir.RS. When
either dies the survivor wears both.
MEN' an.l LafltcV in small towns wishing to
earn SIS a week easily, wilte us; we will ex
plain. Kxdiaioa Chemical to.. Rochester, N.
V. Lock Box 6U6.
Onr Small Army I Efficient.
General Harrison, In bis "This Coun
try of Ours" article ln the Ladles'
Home Journal, writes of the War and
PostofQce Departments and of the De
partment of Justice, and ln connection
with tbe first-named be pays this trib
ute to our standing army: "Onr army la
small, ln fact, and minute, when com
pared with any of the armlea of the
great powers, but, under tbe operation
of recent laws relating to erUlstmssttsj,
and of laws Intended to protect the
rights and promote the self-respect of
tbe private soldier, and to relieve him
from assignments to menial duties, tb
quality and esprit de corps of tbe en
listed men are higher, I think, than
ever before, and tbe character and mili
tary skill of the officers are of a very
high order. The use of the army
i either upon the call of a State to pre
serve tbe peace of tbe State, or under
tbe direct orders of tbe President to
suppress resistance to the laws of tha
United States has become more fre
quent of bite years, and more than one
community has owed It deliverance
from the frenzy of a mob to tbe pres
ence of a small detachment of United
States troops men who would do what
tbey were ordered to do, and nothing
without orders. There bt no menace
to the liberties of tbe people ba our little
army, but its trained and patriotic offi
cers may again, In the case of a great
war, as ln 1861, become the organisers
and leaders of great armies; and, with
the little army of trained men they now
command, will, within tbe Constitution
and the laws, during onr longer years
of peace, be tbe conservators of public
ordr."
Oettlna- Ahead of tb Onan.
Hangley Greene Th pool room
ar closed and there Is no place to gam
ble. Van Digger If It's a sure thing let's
gamble they won't open again. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
A TMhalcal Tai
Slnrer Church Member Have TOU
beard tbat our pastor baa got a call to a
broader field where he will get a higher
salary?
Worldly Church Member Instead ot
a "call" I think tbat should be consid
ered a "raise." New York World.
At th Art Kxhlbltloa.
Mrs. Homespun I don't think this
can be on of the imported picture,
John.
Mr. Homespun Why not?
Mrs. Homespun Why, anybody can
see at tbe very first glance just what It
represents. Somerville Journal,
Next Time.
Pendennts If I bad known that yea
were going to drop ln on us ao unex
pectedly we should have bad a mora)
elaborate dinner.
Warrington (wrestling with a tough
piece of steak) Don't mention it, old
man, but next time I'll b ur to lt
yea know. Melbourne Times.
Simple non.
Friend Why hi It tbat your son rides
to business ln a cab and you always go
on a bus?
Old Man Well, he has a rich father,
and I bare not London Tit-Bits.
People wbo are always chapsraosd
aon t escape rrouni any
isnv""'""-t
t tftilWsaw'isSssBir
Can't Do
WhyNot
Best? -i
DEFYINQ THE COTOM OP AOC
eve-- "ox 1 '
ta ?'m,iZL W 1
Top i
On any way from tbe fc Wpabter
arrasM w w-a w"""!
on tne top or a train i - i
ef some 17 summer, witt a nne. intel
ligent and unmistakably Jewish face,
came en and sat herself beside me. Tb
maiden blushed as maiden neTer blush
ed before, and my curiosity was arous
ed to its highest point when I noticed
every person on tbe car stare at ber
wltb a smile of approbation, aay,
more, on tbe route people stopped and
looked at ber. Men raised their hata
and women raised their handkerchiefs.
Indeed, children looked through tbe
windows and kept tbelr eyes fixed on
the top of my tram till they could see
It no more. -What could all this mean?
mat tne young- jvwn at " - ,
-Tt - hi,m
7T ' J TKHr. twne-
axa B W bsbbj iuv4hiib; " ST
f actress to whom tbe denizen of tbe
capital were giving evidence of tbelr
thorough appreciation and heartfelt
gratitude, waa patent to aU who bad
eye to a. What, then, waa her he
roic deedT Why did every person on
tbe car say most cordially, "I eh gratu
llere Ibnen, franleln," when the lady
was about to descend?
The solution of the mystery was as
singular aa It' was amusing. It had,
by the vigorous laws and customs of
tbe Teutons, been denied, until the
morning In question, to tbe fair sex to
ascend the steps of an omnibus or
tram car throughout the length and
breadth of Germany. Borne of the j
manly women of Berlin, gasping for
franchise as well aa for fresh air ln the
summer months, declared tbat they
bad tolerated long enough tbe cruelty
of being pent up ln a tram car full of
tbelr own sex while tbe men were
above enjoying tha delightful summer
brsoaa. ; Tbey sent deputations and pe
titioned tbe power tbat be to break
once and forever a Law unworthy of
enlightened Germany. Some of the
newspaper volleyed and thundered
against sucb Innovations. "Ob, for the
degeneracy of the fatherland," they
sighed. But at length tbe ladiea bad
tbelr way a Ladles always will and
tbe great privilege was reserved for
me to alt beside tbe young Jewees
whose name ought to be banded down
to posterity as probably tbe first fe
male ln Germany wbo was bold enough
to ascend tbe steps of a tram car.
London Telegrapb.
Bpontaneons Fire.
Varnish and turpentine can placed
too near tbe stove In cold weather are
liable to explode and catch fire.
Lampblack has been known to take
ure spontaneously.
Oiled or greasy rags have been eoen
to blase up ln a few minutes after hav
ing been thrown on tbe floor.
Dried rubbish exposed to the heat of
tbe sun' ray ha been seen to catch
lire under circumstances tbat rendered
any other cause Impossible.
Tbe sun's rays focused tbrough a win
dow pane on a plank In tbe floor con
taining pine aap have been known to
t ct It on fir.
Sawdust used for cleaning floors or
absorbing spilled oil and varnish should
be removed from tbe building.
Sawdust accumulations around Jour
nals of machinery are prolific sources
of fires.
Matches in tbe pockets of cast-off
ciothing are dangerous.
First Paper.
In certain elections a foreigner who
has taken out his first naturalization
papers la. In several States, permitted
to vote Immediately after acquiring
tbem, if an election should occur even
on the following day. The laws of the
States vary with regard to the qualia
cat'on of voters and no statement can
be made which will cover the entire
situation Ln tbe United States.
as
toia
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef
fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. .There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, bnt simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative. Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acta It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that yon have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
elf in th enjoyment of good "health,
and the system ia regular, then laxa
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and jives most general satisfaction.
A GENTS AND SALESMEN
A A ME KLEENATENE.
I . 1 Eveby Stobs KrvpEft most have it. We
Mil want agents to sell It to them. Big mon
ey; not a catch-penny sobeme. Bat a le
gitimate money-makln business. Write gaick
to gol COLtXAM. CO.. Memphis, Tenn.
IDCfU I1TPT V flltlD IfTPETI ta can aa
sat and sesklet free, a. gTSBLISg BEMEPI
The Pot Called the Kettle Black Because
the Housewife Didn't Use
APOLIO
ev. TaslaV vtvaMlty.
jnstlce-You are charged with steal.
iaS col. Julep's cn.cs.eoa. t
2.7 witnesses?
Cnele Uoees-I beb not. I don't steal
chlckeM -vitnessefc-Anrasing
Journal.
Waraw WHorta or costive, eat 7Ige
e-ndy cathartic, cure guaranteed. lQclSc.
The amount of American secuntice
owned at.road is placed at about 2,
000.000. 000. Of this aggregate from
$60,000,000 to $100,000,000 are pal
annually in dividends and interest
.e.,Sn?iHJ.cai'.b. gu.u. J"'flr
mm. eiini, peiu. cur" "'mJ euUa' "
There is a town in Georgia which
will have negro inhabitants exclusively.
The nromotrs of the scheme have
bought 200 acres, and intend to par-
..
rhaiie. 40.0 0 acres in all. Two
II Ll II- -
ioso
dred families, representmjr
peopb, have enlnt"d as colonists, ana
the work of building houses on the
town site v. ill be pushed rapidly.
JOYS OF MATERNITY.
VIGOROUS MOTHERS AND STURDY
CHILDREN ADMIRED.
War so Many Women .are Childle
l'roblein That Hue Paizled Physlcl!
for Centuries.
Reproduction is a law of nature, and
no picture of joy and happiness can
equal that of the vigorous mother and
her sturdy on ltd.
Nature makes
but few
mistakes,
and every
thoughtful
person must
admit that a
cause exists,
why so many
women are
childless.
The subject
baffles tbe
theories of phy
sicians. Sucb
cases are curable
nine times out of
ten, as evidenced
by thousands of
letters on file at
Mrs. Pinkham's of
fice. Many a dar
ling baby owes its
existence to Mrs.
Pinkham's advice
and the Vege
table Compound. This
is not to be wondered at when such tes
timony as the following explains itself:
" I have taken three bottles of your
Vegetable Compound, one package of
Sanative Wash, one box of Liver Pills;
and now I have a dear little babe four
weeks old, and I am well. I have te
thank you for this.
"I have spent S 200.00 for doctor's
bills without obtaining any relief." For
my cure I only spent fc3.00.
" I had been a victim of female
troubles in their worst form; suffered
untold agonies every month; had to
stay in bed. and have poultices applied,
and then could not stand the pain.
' My physician told me if I becani
pregnant I would die. I had bladder
rouble. Itching, back
ache, catarrh of
the stomach, hys
teria and heart
trouble, fainting
spells and leu
corrhoea. Can
you wonder that
I sing the praises of
a medicine that has cured me cf alt
these ills ? " Jlr. Gso. C Kracsurnay
ST2 Belmont Ave, Brooklyn, N.x".
A physician in New Torklewa,
aot far from Albany, writes Septera
ber 20th, 1895: "I had a case recently
that will be ot Inters st to you. Aa
old gentleman had suffered from
flatulence, due to indieesdon; had
been so annoyod by it that he had
consulted all the dootors in th
viainlty without securing any ben
efit. Finally he came to my office.
I prescribed several remedies which
failed utterly. I then prescribed ; -Kipans
Tabules, which he reported ;
gave him Immediate relief, and he Is V.
now nearly cured. I think it would - ,
be aa excellent thing for you to .
make a strong feature ot flatnleaeer '
in your advertisements, aa I And
them excellent in almost every cas .
of that sort." . ,
Biraro TarntPS ara sold by rassists, or by sssE
If u prtoe (SOcentt a box) is -ut to The ft paaf
ChfmlciUOonipany.Ho. lu Spruce sb, Kew VorBV
Sample rial. IBofnta. '
FOR FIFTY" YEARS I
. MRS.' WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP
bns been orl hy million! of mother for tbelr
children while Teeth in for over Fifty Yean.
lr soothes the child, boftena tha gum, allava
all pain, cures wind colic, and la tb Mat
i-emedr for itaiThpa,
Twenty-five On ta a Battle.
f I fl M C V 3UO' S"'THmVliHE8.
It! U II C I Dsn Danel'iy. t elaaibas, ws
AD!lland whi-kv l,tvn cured, book Ktf
UrlU'i (ra fr. ii. II WoOI.LrV.ATLiMTA.O
p
ENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS.
JOHNW. MOfiMS, WASHINGTON. 0.0.
Lata rrlaolpal Examlaar TJ. B. luita Sana.
8 fa. la toat waa, It aajuiMaUas nlaisw, SWT.
m37Tre1!f aMrfTWS
UDDER'S PASTiLl ES.TSilZ
cfVtlllrls1 lalr"
Wnfrif 111 IKI till 4 . k
COtltfh 8Tmn. Tm.1.. Anna TTa I
In time. Sold b drueglnta. I i
et.Ks.-.,..;Mr-li.-
earner cottitio. itiaM. .i. . ' T
to., f hlrago, BoatrrsU Caa.. or Kew larl. JT
II ( ,o
ill. .Etf
1 i ea
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