THE PRAYER OF CXZLEBt,
Another pone! Alas. one more
Deluded by woman's triekl
Another stalwart bachelor
To figure as a benpdick!
"A marriage," nee, "has been arranged
Between Miss Blank and" yea, and
Harry!
aly well-loved friend, yon must bar
cLanired:
Ton, of all men alive, to marry I
At Cambridge, on debating nights.
Brown and yourself snone in the list
Aa valiant foes of "Woman's Bights,"
A pair of stanch misogynists;
Bow valueless yonr spcbes prove
Brown, too, I understand, is fated
To mike, like yon, the deadly move
Which loses ail, by which yea'ra BMUeiL
Bat, though I monrn for yon, my friend.
My fears are not for you alone;
This fall of yours, does it portend
A like disaster of my own?
Is love a brief insanity
Which seizes all of naf Shall no oci
Escape its ravages? Shall I
Become a lover? Ab!t omenl
Oh. Maud, or Muriel, or Kate!
Tour name, from force of circumstance
1 cannot definitely state;
Let ns entreat yon ir advance;
Oh. nnknown maid whoa I shall wee.
Let ma put forward mv petition
Before you have reduced ma to
A semi-imbecile condition.
When, on some fragrant summer eve,
I vow that you ore quite divine.
And ask you simply to believe
There never was such love aa mine.
Despise such platitudea aa those.
From my demented self protect me.
And if 1 finally propose.
Be kind, be generous and reject me.
London World
WISE AT LAST.
lie had run through soma 30,000 or
40.000. lie had dropped money on
the turf, at the tables, and made a
fool of himself In various ways; but
the fellows who knew him best were
all of a mind that "dear old Hurry"
bad never before made such a fool
of himself as he did la converting
little Myra Bromley Into Mrs. ilenry
Capel.
Nevertheless, It was a matter of opin
ion. In the theater. In the dressing
rooms, there were not wanting; ladies
of Miss Bromley's own profession who
considered that the girl was getting
a good deal the worse of the bargain.
"My dear." said the girl who played
the Amazon chief in the highly suc
cessful burlesque which bad Just en
tered the second year of Its run, "my
dear, take my advice and never marry
a gentleman! Marry a mummer for
choice, or a shopkeeper or a shoeblack,
or best of all, don't marry anyone.
But a gentleman's fatal, and a gentle
man without any money good Lord!"
Words failed her; ahe threw up her
hands wnrnlngly, and a small chorus
of approval showed that the bouse
was with her.
All the same little Myra Bromley
did marry her Harry Capel. For one
thing, he was the first man who had
ever asked her to be bis wife; and for
another, she was very genuinely Id
love with him, indeed.
She migrated from her "combined
room" In the Kennlngton quarter to
furnished apartments In Maddox
otreet. ami hero, on the first floor of a
lodsliis-house, the Ill-assorted couple
started housekeeping.
It Is scarce necessary to say she left
the sta.ee. Some things are Inevitable,
and one of thorn Is that an actress al
ways leaves the stage when she mar
ries, and as Invariably returns to it
sooner or later.
She did not want to leave It, for she
knew her husband's position, and un
derstood that the 5 a week salary
that she was drawing would be very
useful to them, but Mr. Capel Insist
ed. "My dear child," he said, "Is It like
ly I would allow you to remain? We
may not be very flush just at present,
but I am sure wo shall be comfort
able, and I should not know a mo
ment's peace If you continued at the
Audacity as my wife. No. no; we'll
live quietly here for awhile until 1
drop Into something, and presently,
take my word for it, you will forge:
you were an actress at all."
As a matter of fact, the conclusion
was somewhat Irrelevant, for her de
sire bad been prompted far less by
any yearnings for histrionic triumphs
than by the wish to augment their
slender Income. But she obeyed, as
a wife should, and for six months or
more her only visits to the theater
were made lu the dress circle or ttas
stalls. Sometimes she got orders, and
sometimes Mr. Capel paid. At first It
was very good fun, the unaccustomed
position on tl) other side of the foot
lights. She enjoyed the novelty of it.
her gloved hands folded and the lorg
nette by her side, but by degrees both
of the pair began to sigh for the past
they had relinquished. The girl's
thoughts followed the players to the
flresslug-rooms between the acts and
tbs man began to reflect moodily that
the matrimonial blisses were a shade
slow compared with the bachelor frol
ics of old lang syne.
Ajid he did not "drop Into" anything
and their capital ran very low. The
gingerbread began to show through
the gilt, and It was stale gingerbread,
moreover, at least to the man.
Little Mrs. Capel was neglected by
ber husband and bored by ber medi
tations, lie took to going out alone
la the evening now. He said that If
be was to get bold of any post, it was
necessary to meet fellows, and keep
lb the swim. There may have been
something In It, but It was not lively
for the woman staring at the clock
tad the reread periodicals or the scaf
foldings of the bouse that were under
going repairs on the opposite side of
the way. Khe told him so once; It
was the prelude to the crisis. He wa
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out all czj ani oaiy returned at din
ner time to bat My ctfallow the meal
and retire to bis roam in order to dress.
When ho re-entered tne parlor, she
inquired where be was going.
"la It essential," she said Ironically,
"to come In at all? Tour visits are
so brief that It seems to me you most
find It an Inconvenience to make them."
"What do you mean?" v
"I mean." said Mrs. Capel, "that t
am moping myself to death. I mar
ried you for your society, Harry, and
I need not remind you that I am not
getting much of it"
He was hipped, angry, ont of sorts.
He had lost at . a race meeting that
day.
"I am snrrv." he said savagely, "that
you regret my marrying you; If you
were single again, you may take my
word for It, I wouldn't."
It was the first occasion that any
thing like plain speaking oa the sub
ject had occurred between tbem. He
seized bis bat, and left the bouse In
a rage; Myra sat still with tears In
ber eyea and mutiny la her souL
Why should she be left to eat out
ner heart Ilka this, aba demanded of
herself. Better the distractions of ber
old life a thousand times. Ha regret
ted their marriage, and she, too, re
gretted It Wall, then, be could lead
bis own life, and she would lead hers.
Sba would go to the "Audacity" the
very Beit morning, and try for a re
engagement She would go to-night
now! The sooner the wiser. To-morrow
might be too late.
Sba ran Into the bedroom her bus
band bad Just vacated, and hastily
proceeded to don ber cloak and bat.
In fastening the latter, she dropped
the pin, and, stooping for It, found
that It bad fallen on the jacket be had
exchanged for a dress coat
She picked them both up together,
and a not fell out of the Jacket pock
et a note In a woman's handwriting.
which began "My Ducky." j
She was not a heroine, only a very
natural girl, and she read the note
through from the address to the slg
nature. When she bad finished the
perusal, she took the cloak and bat
off again and sat down la the armchair,
thinking, until Mr. Capel returned.
It was 1 o'clock when the atreet door
was unlocked, and bis steps were beard
ascending the stairs. Mrs. Capel stood
up, with fhe note in her band.
'You should be more careful," she
said, "or perhaps, since you regretted
your marriage so deeply, you were
anxious I should assist you to regain
your freedom. I promise to do my
best"
"Are you mad?"
"No," abe said, 'I am very sane.
We have both made a desperate mis
take and my eyes are open to It Six
ronths ago I should have been pros
trate with misery to find you false
to me. To-day I thank heaven for my
chance of escape. I -an divorce you
and I mean to do it"
"You are, mistaken," he answered
sullenly. "I am sorry to dispel an lllu
s'on, but you cannot diverce me. I
may have been false to you, but I
have never been cruel. You are my
wife, and you will have to continue
so."
"I will not live with you another
day."
"Oh, that may be, but my wife you
are, and will remain. Any lawyer
will tell you as much."
She broke down then and vrcpx pas
sionately; and clumsily, because be
was ashamed of himself, be strove to
console her. His efforts, however,
were quite unavailing, and after aban
doning the attempt In despair and seek
ing refuse in a pipe, be left ber to her
self and turned into bed.
When be woke the next morning she
was gone. He must hare slept sound
ly, for her box was packed and ber
preparations had not disturbed him.
A letter lay on the table beside him,
and reading it be saw the: she had
left him forever. On the whole, he
was relieved to learn It and be was
not surprised, in the course of three
or four days, to see her name announc
ed as a member of the forthcoming
Audacity burlesque. Well, the episode
was over. He bad tried most things
and found them a failure before es
saying matrimony, and marriage had
proved as empty the rest There
was nothing now to prevent him re
suming, without restrictions, the more
unfettered life he hac forsaken at the"
temptation of little Myra Bromley's
pertty face.
He would clear out of tKe Maddox
street lodging and take a couple of
rooms somewhere en garran. He bal
anced his cash and decided that he
was justified in treating himself to a
well-chosen little dinner and a music
ball afterward. As for Myra, he did
not want any more to do with her. She
had left him. and he did not Intend to
think of her again. It was bia "re
ward," be told himself bitterly, for
mnrrying ber her recriminations and
desertion. He felt that be bad been
guilty of a certnln King Cophetua no
bility In making ber his wife at all,
when No, be could not dupe him
self about that She bad been hon
est enough, but It bad been a mesalli
ance, and when a man made a mesalli
ance the least be bad a right to look
for in return was gratitude and devo
tion. Bah! if ho were wise be would
go down to the theater and box ber ears
in the presence of a witness or two.
and let her get her divorce after alL
On the whole, be thought he would.
Let the account close wipe It out ob
literate It Hang ber!
Whether be would or would not have
done so In the ordlrary course of
events, however, there Is no means of
determining. He did not as things
turned out, because, while be was still
..-onslderlng it Myra Bromley made a
sudden and unexpected leap luto pub
lic favor and commanded in the course
of a very few months a salary of nr&i
25. next f-T0 and then 59 a week. Mr.
fr'ant'l. bis ire exhausted, perceived tbut
are You?
la ridding b'meelf of a wife on whom
be bad a xlrtxl to levy handsome con
trlbutlons, be would be to use an ex
pressive vulgarism pulilng bia nose tc
spite bis face.
His circumstances, thanks to the IE
ness of the "principal," Into whost
shoes the fortunate little "understudy"
h-!d stepped, were now vastly Im
proved. He took -ery cozy chambers,
Indeed, called on bis tailor, and was
no longer ashamed to sua himself In
Piccadilly between the hours of 8 and
5. His correspondence with the goose
v ho laid the golden eggs was rare and
brief, but sometimes, when bis allow
ance failed to suffice for bis weekly re
quire-meats, be dropped a polite re
quest for an additional "tenner," and
as Myra lived quite cheaply she al-L
ways had It to spar and sent it to
bim. This state of. things continued
for three years, and then, as might
have been foreseen, Mrs. Henry Capel
fell in love with an actor.
He was ready and anxious to marry
her. but she explained ber position t
him and told him, without disguising
ber love, that they could never be any
thing more than they were to eacb
other while her husband lived. 8b
was, as she bad been, stralrht as a
die, and no breath of scandal bad
touched her. Charlies Eames, wb
was a thoroughly good fellow, did nol
attempt to shake her resolution. He
only pondered miserably, and then,
arriving at a plan o' action, went tc
ber at last and suggested It
"This blackguard of yours Ir In so
ciety. Isn't be?" be said. "Knows all
of swell people, and they ail know he
Is married to you? Well, look here, My
ra darling, you can't divorce him com
pel blm to divorce you. If you arc
known to be openly Irving with me he
won't be able to help himself, lit
daren't let It be said that he refuse
to divorce yon because be makes you
keep blm out of your salary, and there
could be no other explanation of hi
attitude. For very shame he'd have
to proceed, and I swear to you on all
my goda I'll make you my wife the
moment the decree Dial Is made abso
lute. What do you say?"
She demurred a long time, but she.
ended by saying what most women
similarly circumstanced would have
said. She said she trusted her lovei
and that ber husband was a scoundrel.
She consented, and Mr. Capel, to hi
egregious disgust found his band
forced beyond remonstrance.
Myra Capel Is Mrs. Charles Eames
to-day and a very happy wife. Henry
Capel Is borrowing fivers and drifting
so rapidly toward a subsistence de
rived from the billiard-rooms that he
already regrets bis concession to ap
pearances. Such a number of people
know the true Inwardness of the un
defended case of "Capel vs. Capel and
Eames" that to many this narrative
t' it will be dull reading. It is writ
ten for the larger public who kuew
nothing that did not appear in the
newspapers, and who wasted such a
great deal of unnecessary sympathy
on the petitioner. PIck-Me-Up.
There Wa'n't Nothing."
The following story of excessive seal
Is told by a young minister who spent
last summer In missionary work among
the Green Mountains. The two mai
den ladles with whom he boarded kept
no horse, and were wont to rely upon
the courtesy of neighbors to bring
their mail from the postofEce.
As the ladles and their boarders were
sitting on the piazza one evening, a
neighbor passed in the direction of the
village, and one of the sisters called
out: "Are you going to the Tillage,
Jonas r
"Yes," replied Jonas, pulling up bia
borse; "can I do anything for you?"
"You might get eur mail at the of
fice, if you would be so kind," said
"Aant Clary."
Jonas drove on,- but did not return
from the village until after the house
hold had retired. Shortly before mid
night the whole bouse was aroused by
a thumping at the door, and calls of
"Clary Clary Aunt Clary!"
Aunt Clary arose hastily, lit a lamp.
and slipping a wrapper over ber night-
robe, descended and unlocked the door.
"Why, It's you, Jonas!" said Clara.
"What a turn you gave me!"
"There wa'n't nothing," said Jonas,
as he turned to go, full of the happy
consciousness of duty performed.
LAID A QUEER EGO.
A Brooklyn Hen that Tired of Laying
Old Btyla Baiar.
In Brooklyn tbe other day one of Dr.
O. Peterson's hens laid an egg that 1
quite a curiosity. Tbe chicken bad a
nest In the cellar, and while tbe hen
was on tbe nest a servant happened In,
and saw a rat run across tbe floor and
appreacb the ben's location, where II
stopped for a moment According to
the servant the hen was greatly in
terested la and watched the rodent
with great earnestness, craning ber
neck to peer after the unwelcome visit
or until It had diaappeared In a bole In
the wait Tben the ben settled down
to business, and the servant returned
upstairs.
When tbe egg which was deposited In
tbe nest by the ben that day was gar
nered It startled the folks. It was of
the usual size and color, but on tbe
shell was embossed the form of a rat.
The body, ears and tail "were all there,
raised distinctly, and as plain as tbe
rat which disturbed tbe serenity of tbe
hen. The portion oX the shell that rep
resented tbe egg was slightly darker
than tbe rest of the egg's covering, bu
la other respects It was tbe same.
Good Thins.
Watts It seems rather sad that the
old prophets had to die before their
prophecies were fulfilled.
Potts I think it waa a good thing.
Just think what nuisances they would
have made of themselves going about
and saying: "I told you so." Indianapo
lis Journal.
More than Home Comforts.
Tommy (surprised) Why, papa, I
thought that one spoonful of rngar waa
always enough jr my coffee?
Tommy's Papa This is a restaurant,
my son. Take all the sugar yon want
Grand Rapids Herald.
His Portrait on a Cola.
Tbe seal of William the Conqueror is
said to give the beet authentic portrait
of England's Bast Norman king. Equal
ly as good In its character Is that of
KM ward, the Confessor Inscribed on bia
RAT MARK OS AX EOS SHELL.
HER OBJECTION
Way a Mother Waste ta Dtaavm Sear
Saaejhtsci Wk Kleryea.
"I spent the night In a eabt Mar
MontlceUo, Ky a few weeks afO," said
C. L. Mcllwaiae, of the Bine Grass
State, to a Washington Star is.srtsc
In the morning a young girl was had
cooked the supper the sight before waa
missing, while her mother waa la a as
rible rage. -
"I don't want ter never see that gal
agin," she cried vehemently.
"What is the trouble r I asked.
"Trubble? Trubble enough. That
gal o' mine has toped ta Teas W llama."
De yea abject ta hlsa very groat 1"
"Him I riMn'S maw nnthln Mm.
u.m th L Bn tm
(57. - v J7.
back hyar no mo.
I had takea rat ber a fancy ta tbe
girl, so I thought I would try to pla
cate the mother.
"Ton shouldn't be bard oa ber. Young
people will marry."
"I hain't no 'JectSona ter ber a soar
ryin'." "They don't always marry tbe saaa
their parents want then to."
"I hain't no thin' agin T on."
"Some nice girls like to elope. It
adds romaacaU. persisted.
"I hain't aotbla' ter say boat bet
1 alius tor ber ter run away ter git
married. It makes a buaban' better
when he thinks he stole bis gal, an'
then thar ain't no trubble Axda' fer a
weddln' an' dance. She done Joss as
I tol' her 'bout runnin off ter town."
"Then what Is the trouble?" I asked
"Trubble enough. I tol ber when
ahe run off ter take tbet thar piece o'
five-cent callker and git two ya ds fer
a bonnet, an' thar It lays right wbar I
put It never teched. I don't know whan
I'll git another chance fer git soma.
At that moment the girl and ber lov
er, riding on a borse, came to tbe back
door. Tbe old lady glanced at tbem.
"Did you git my callkrsr?" sbesbonted.
"Yaas, maw. I lef th' piece, SO 1
made Tom buy four ya'ds. 'Nuff fer t
bull bonnet"
"Get right of an' cum In. Tom, ptn
up th' critter. I'll sea' fer Aba KeoV
eoa ter bring 'Is fiddle an' we'll all bev
a dance Jess like yo' was married ter
hum." And within an hour It looked
like the whole population of tbe moon,
tain side had arrived, while the bride
and her mother were busy cooking
chickens for a feast, and Abe tuning
his fiddle for use as soon as dinner
should be over.
Only One Way.
Insurance against the dishonesty of
employes Is a recognized feature of
modern commercial life. One of the
treat corporations carrying on this busi
ness published an estimate of the
amount lost in the year ISM by embea
dement and defalcation. The total loss
for tbe year was put at tbe enormous
sum of S25.000.000. Immense as this
sum is. It does not include the losses,
undoubtedly large In the aggregate,
which have never been made public
by the Individuals or firms defrauded.
It la far from encouraging to note also
that this estimate shows an Increase of
about $7,000,000 over the previous year-
Most of this kind of stealing Is done
by men of good education, and at least
fair opportunities for honest success.
The real cause Is tbe too prevalent
haste to gain wealth and enjoy life
without hard work to get something
far nothing.
One of the most valuable lessons that
'an be learned Is that everything worth
having must be earned by steady, bon
pst effort. Henry Ward Beecber once
ecelved a letter from a lad who wanted
to find an "easy berth." Mr. Beecber
in reply, after warning the boy to avoid
the law, medicine, tbe ministry, trade
and other forma of Industry, because
each Involved hard work, ended with
thte exbortatl:
"Don't work. Don't study. Don't
think. None of these are easy. O my
son; you have come Into a hard world!
I know of only one easy place la It, and
that Is the grave." Youth's Compan
ion. "Two Hearts that Beat as One."
Two plak roses drooped from the
big brown velvet bat over her dark
ualr; the collar of ber seltakln cape
was turned up closely around her
face, ber cheeks were flushed pink,
and ber dark eyes shone.
"If there were two or three weeks
more," abe said, In a clear, Joyoas
voice, "I don't believe I should be
ready. But tben," she added, "It Is
bad luck to be quite prepared."
At that the people on both side
of tbe car exchanged smiles, far It la
pleasant to listen to the conadeaeas
of a brlde-that-ls-to-ba with bat one
short week of undivided bliss before
ber. The blgb collar cut off the next
fsw words, and tben came:
"He Is such a happy-go-lucky fel
low. He always comes Into the bouse
singing be sings at everything. I
don't think if he had anything that
should really worry htm that be would
be worried"
"My sister is quite different; she"
"He is Just like his mother In that
She's seventy-two "
Tben tbe party left the car and a
number of regretful passengers, for
"all the world loves a lover."
Jewish tioagevlty.
Tbe vital statistics of London are the
authority for the statement that on an
average the life of a Jew la that city
is twice that of a gentile. Dr. B. W.
Richardson says that the Jews of that
city are exceptionally free from dis
ease, and Virchow says that the rase
"has at all times been dkettngnathed
by great tenacity of lffe. Coosnrmptioa
Is scarcely known among the Jews, and
suicide Is three-fourths leas frequent
among them than It Is among gentiles."
"Noah," asked Captain Kldd, "I've
always wanted to know one thing-
did you only take two of every kind
af creature on board tbe ark?" "A
passengers, yes," said Noah; "bat out
steward had about four huaAred chick
ens and lobsters in the lcs-WCtfor Sun
days, just the same." Burlington
Hawkeye.
Be Wanted Chan.
A prominent citlxen of Dallas said to
bis wife the other Say:
'I believe I'll run down to Galveston
for a change."
"Yon need a change badly, don't
you 7' ahe asked anxiously.
"Yea, my love."
"Then take me with you for a change.
You've left sne beUad yea six
in sacoaavftaaVS-atMfl fcUCw.
Weald Not Bo Permitted.
BoreleJgh I benere la aretlom ex-
fstence. I am quite sore I waa oa earth
before.
Sorsieigh If you were nobody ease
knew It
Berelelgh Why not?
Sonlolgb Yoa would not aai
fo other
?n """op
an or eurea tbe wonderful record of Hood's
ears lparUla. It la the merit of Hood's Baraa
Parilla that alras it power ta en re. It is tbe
Great Cures by Hood's
SaraaparlUa-kaowa and read br all men
that lead to ttseaormoas sales. This merit h
pemiliar to Hood's Baraaparllla. which eurea
absolutely, permanently eurea, when all other
medlclnea and even payilctaaa' prescriptions
mil to do any good whatever.
"When my mother begu taking Hoods
Saraaparluasbeeouldaotdoany work at all
sad eeuld hardly walk about the house. Now
ahe ess get around and help do the house
work." Wau T. Tursa, Albert ha, Arkansas
Sarsaparilla
b tbe bast In hu the One True Blood Partner.
HOOd'S PillS v'rry.TO'm ""'
TWIN NYLGHAUS.
They Were Bora la th Central Part
Msnaaerfeb
At the Central Park menagerie in
New York not long since was born twin
nylghaus. The mother of the Infant
Is known as "Little Fannie" and is only
two years old. "Sport," their father, ta
a flae-looklng animal, four years old.
Both animals were raised In the park
by their keeper. Phil Holmes, Tbe
buck received the name of "Sport" be
es use of the great pride he takes In
himself.
The young ones are very fine speci
mens and they are valued st $500 eacb.
Together they weigh 60 pounds. Tbey
are marked alike, a reddish brown,
with white spots on their heeds and
feet They are two feet high and about
two and a half feet long. Their legs
are extremely long and tbln.
Discovered by Chance.
Professor Roentgen's discovery ot
the photographic power of tbe kathode
rays was due to an aecldent In ex
perimenting with a Crookes tube
through which a strong current was
passing, but Which was covered with
a cloth, he happened to bring his hand
between the tube and some sensitized
photographic paper. Finding lines on
the paper for which be could not ac
count he hunted for the cause, and
found that the bones of bis band bad
been reproduced by the rays from the
tube. Ia repeating his experiments re
cently before the Emperor William,
the Wurzburg professor explained that
be had not yet solved the theory of
the phenomenon, and called tbe rays
provisionally X-rays. In the first ex
periments the rays did not produce
objects hidden by solid matter thicker
than one Inch, but since then Roentgen
Is said to have obtained pictures taken
through aluminum plates a centimeter
and a half thick, and also through two
aits of books, and at Pesth parts of
the human body larger than the hancf
have been taken.
There Is no doubt about tbe genuine
ness of the phenomena discovered.
Roentgen's photographs nave been ex
amined by Professor Boltzm'ann, of
Vienna, who says tbe discovery opens
op a new epoch In tbe history of sci
ence. The experiments have been re
peated successfully, with the same re
sults, by Professor Klupathy, at Buda
pesth, Domallp, at Prague; Pfandler
tod Csermak, at Grata, and In Lon
don. Boantgea says that not only
are the X-rays not refracted by glass
lenses or prisma or In passing through
water, but that they have no Influence
on the most sensitive magnetic Instru
ments, and develop no heat
A BrldeaLettr.
There Is only one way to act at a fu
neral and only one way for a bride to
write a letter she always says she Is
perfectly happy and that her husband
Is the beat man in the world. We sup
pose that a bride really thinks for two
br three weeks that her man Is all right
Atehlaon Globe.
A Greater tllt
"My papa," said the Senator's son,
proudly, "helps makes the laws."
My papa,'' retorted the Federal
Judge's son, "unmakes the laws and
nobody helps him, either." Twentieth
Century.
A Fntry Starr.
Willy Grandpa, tell me a story. "
Grandpa Once upon a time, before
people thought of marrying for money
i
Willy Oh, I don't mean a fairy story.
Norrlstown Herald.
Oaytaai the Speaker.
Small Orator When I think of the
'orrtblo consequences of drink, gen
tlemen, I boll, gentlemen, I boll.
One of the CrowdBut It dlnna take
mackle to mak a .wee kettle bflej St
Paul's.
r
Xtea't Tghaaea Spit and Smoke Tear Uni
Awar.
If yon What ta quit tobaoco osint eaallr and
;le, fall ot new lite and vuror.
tne wonaer-woraer nm
i atronn. Manv eln ten
pounds In tea day. Over 400,000 cared. Bar
KoTaBao from your own druggist, under
ebaonMa guarantee to care. Book and sample
tree. Address b ter ling Keaady OoOhlaago
or stew York,
The distinguished chemist and ex
Minisier of Foreign Affairs in France,
M. Berthelot, has calculated that the
copper mines in the Mount Sinai
range were worked 7000 yean ao,
and are, therefore, the oldest mines
in the world.
l'r. wtna.ow'i aootuine; Syrnn lor etitldm
teething, rotten (be ruou reprices iaaaramv
tiou. allan lata, cnrei wiad Colic, jjo a u nu i
Some idea of the vast extent of the
surface of the earth may be obtained
when it ia noted that if a lofty church
steeple is ascended, and the landscapes
visible from it looked at, 900,000
nek landscapes most be viewed in
order that the whole earth may be
seen. '
OsnaaanaUmalateUvw.MneraajbeW'
am. from atoaan, weal er gripe. 10s.
Italy has more steam street rail,
roads than any other country in the
world mUessje of about 8000 kilo-
TWIX jrYLOHAVS.
rnaeM Oat IV
' 1 want 83mo more chicken," said
4-year-old Franoes at the dinner
table. "I think yon have had as much as
is good for you, dear," replied Fran
ces' mamma.
"I want more." And Frances
pouted.
"You can't have more now; but
here ia a wish-bone that you and
mamma can pull. That will be fan.
You pull one Bide and I'll pull the
other, and whoever gets the longer
end can ha ye her wish come true.
Why, baby, you're got it! What waa
your wish, Frances?"
"I wished for' some more chicken,"
said Frances, promptly. She got it
this time. Boston Beacon.
II !
stlaaatta.
The word "etiquette" is Anglo
Norman, and primarily had a some
what different meaning from lta
present one. It formerly meant aim
ply the ticket which was tied to the
neck of bags or fastened to packages,
to note their contents. Finally it
seemed that theeword came to be ap
plied to cards given out at an enter
tainment, with certain rules of be
havior for guests printed upon them.
Thus behavior was or was not "the
ticket," or "etiquette," and the slang
term, "Just the ticket," and our ele
gant word "etiquette hare tbe same
derivation.
ClilnC All Ian ta Mia Wlte.
TUu German Emperor loaes no op
portunity of winning favor with the
ladies with bis gallant apeecnea,
One of tbe prettiest, of these courtier-
like utterances was delivered In an
swering a toast to his wife in the
province where she waa born: The
bond that unites me to this province
and chains me to ber in a manner
different from all the others of my
empire la the Jewel that sparkles
at my side, her Majesty the Empress.
Sprung from this soil, the type of the
various virtueaof aocrman princess.
it is to her I owe it if I am able to
meet the severe labors of my office
with a happy spirit am! make head
against them."
That Jarfal reeling
With the exhilarating aanae of reu-itt-ei hmUa
and itreocth and Internal elesnl.neai. whieh
follows tho use of Syrap of Figs, la an'tiiown
to the fee; wbo have not proeremed beyoal
the old-time medicines and the cheap an-ist-tatea
aomntimes altered bat never ecceyted bj
the weU-lntoruteJ.
Of about 8000 children in twenty.
five schools in London, whose sight
was tested by Carter s method, only
forty per cent, had normal vision jn
both eyes.
Old Philadelphia Familea in Dr.
MitcheL's New Story.
The older families of Philadelphia
will be especially interested in "Hugh
Wynne, Free Quaker," by Dr. Weir
Mitchell, which begins in the Novem
ber number of The Century. Some
families like the Aliens, named here
end there in the book, are still repre
rented in blood if not in name. The
Biddies, Owen and Clement, who were
free Quakers, are characters in the
story, as are the Chews and Sliippens,
wbo stood mostly for the crown. The
interesting relation f Friends to tho
Revolution comes up with the names
of Logan, Fisher, Pemberton, Howell,
Wetherilt, Scattergood, Wain and
Wharton, who are all in the book, as
well as the greatest of Pennsylvania's
old lawyers, James Wilson, and the
famous Dr. Benjamin Rush. Many
other well-kr own Philadelphia names
appear among the subsidiary charac
ters, Ferguson, Grnydon, Cadwalder,
etc. The proprietary set is represented
by tho Fenns, tilings, and others.
It ia safe to a y that Dr. Mitchell's
novel will have a large reading here iu
Philadelphia.
The astronomers calculate that if
tbe diameter of the sun should be
daily diminished by two feet, it would
be 3000 rears before our best instru
ments could detect any difference in
its size or brilliancy.
Cnre Guaranteed by 1R. J. It. MATER, 10 IS
Arcb M., l'Ull.A..l'A. res at once; do opera
tion or UtrUy Irom bulnt. Consulcauoa free,
indorsements ol iihyniciaus, ladles and promi
nent citizen beau lor circular, otnc hour i
A W. to SI. M. ,
The Paris doctors are using the bi
cycle craze as a means of treating in
sanity. Are Ton Tired all the timet Then yonr
blood needs to be enriched and pari (led by
Hood'. S.ir-ttparllla, the One True Blood Furt-
ner. It gives vigor and vitality.
Roed'a Pllia are easy to take, ea'y to oper
ate. Cure lndlaestlon, biliousness. 2Se.
. Luminous inks may now be used to
print signs to be visible in tbe dark.
Zinc salt and calciums are tbe med
iums generally used.
MKX and Ladles' In small looms Klahlur to
earn $1K a week easily, write ns; we will ex
plain. Excklsior ChuiicaL le., Kot-hesier, N.
V. Lock box tm.
It is usually considered that an adult
should drink about three pints of
liquid a day.
Want billons or costive, eat a CamaraS
candy cnthartha, cnre guaranteed. 10c, too.
A woman doesn't mind arowlnz old.
If providence is kind enough to keep
er looning younger tnan ner ausoand.
After six rears' suffering I was eared by
fl-oji Cure.-MiKV Tuovsos, 2SHi Ohio Ave..
Allegheny. Pa., March 19. 1894.
A Neat Swindling Trick.
The latest swindling game waa prac
ticed successfully the other day st Ben
ton, Pa. Two men, who appeared to
be strong silver and gold advocates,
were In tbe central depot and became
involved in a heated discussion. The
gold man offered to get a gold double
eagle that if he hammered the coin Into
a shapeless mass It would still be worth
$20. He was ostensibly takea np by
the silver advocate, but when It came
to selling tbe lump to Jeweler Both tbe
store was closed. James Hagerty, a
strong sound money advocate who
stood by and who had implicit faith In
the value of gold, gave tbe man $20 for
the battered coin. Tbe two enthusi
asts disappeared shortly after, and then
It was discovered that tbe metal left
by tbem was spurious.
The Newest Scheme.
Bristow Here's a minstrel ahow that
will make a hit.
Dorcy What's the scheme t
Bristow The management has ar
ranged te threw X rays on all the Jokes
worked off. Philadelphia North Amer
ican. One oa the Doctor
Doctor This bacon doesn't appear to
me to be well cured; does it te yea?
Lady of tbe House Perhaps not, doe
tar: it is nrebahlv like secae at jwar
patleats--doetered, but sat
, '
Sweet as new mown Hay
Is the Dimo, washed In tbe SanHht
way, with
Sunlight
Soap
Svsijnueiei ftosaevery aserof this
soap, come words of hifbest pcaiae
ana conwendaUon.
If yon hare not already done so,
try It for yourself . It eaves In every
direction, tiase. Money, laboar ana
tbs clothes. One fair trial will con
vince yoa.
tatsr BfM, lid. BadsoB S Rsrrlsne Sta H.T.
A Story from Londoa.
A woman living In humble circum
stances hi London had a windfall one
day. As she was passing through Han
over Square she found on the sidewalk
a roll of twenty-live five-pound notes
about six hundred and twenty-five dol
lars. It bad evidently slipped from the
pocket of some careless man and gave
no clue to the ownership. Tbe woman
examined the notes, and waa tempted
to keep them, but she was as honest as
she was poor and shrank from taking
what waa not her own. She went to
the police authorities, handed to them
the money and left ber address, expect
ing that tbe owner, when he was found,
would give ber a practical proof of his
appreciation of honesty.
The owner of the lost property waa
discovered by tbe police, but took his
own view of the case. He counted the
notes suspiciously, declared that two
were m losing, and that tbe woman must
have stolen tbem. A reward be would
not pay, because he Insisted that ehe
had already secured It dishonestly. She
stoutly asserted her Innocence, and he
threatened to prosecute her for theft.
The poor creature appealed to a Lon
don magistrate to take action on her
behalf, but although be contemptuous
ly described the owner of the lost prop
erty as "a being in the shape of a man,"
he could not compel the ungrateful fel
low' to reward ber suitably. Indeed,
sl:e received cold comfort from tbe
magistrate. He Inveighed loudly
against her accuser, but frankly told
her that he could do nothing for her,
and that ehe would have acted wisely if
she had not gone to tbe police with the
money.
That was strange and unwise coun
sel for a magistrate or from any one,
but it emphasized tbe fact that tbe man
who bad carelessly lost his money was
not promoting the ends of morality by
his Ingratitude in refusing to reward an
Ill-clad woman who had successfully re
sisted temptation.
Blag-alar Sea Reptiles.
The sting ray, a member of tbe skate
family. Is a dangerous Inhabitant of
Florida water. Tbe largest specimens
of the kind, weighing from 400 to 500
pounds, live at great depths, and are
seldom found inshore, but rays from
thirty to forty pounds are often encoun
tered near the land, and natives con
sider them to be fully as dangerous as
tbe octopus or the much-dreaded blue
stark.
The fish Is a large, broad, flat-bellied
creature, with eyes of a golden tint, a
sharp, epearllke appendage at the end
of the back and a long, slender tall
that reminds one much of a blacksnake
whip. This whip tall serves as a lariat
with which an enemy may first be las
soed, and tben the barbed spine finishes
the work by lacerating the victim In a
frightful manner. The sting ray la a
villainous creature from any point of
view, and has no friends In this or any
other latitude.
In the Atlantic ocean between the
shores of the Bahama Islands and tbe
Florida coast there lives a strange crea
ture known as the glaucus, or sea liz
ard. It hi aeldom, if ever, found near
the hind, but seems to prefer deep wat
er and a hot sea, especially where a
strong current exists. It Is well known
that this portion of the gulf stream,
crowded In between the Bahamas and
Florida, Is very rapid, and therefore the
conditions so favorable to the sea liz
ard are here to be found to a greater
degree than elsewhere in the known
world.
As a substitute for forelegs It haa two
broom-shaped fans, and from. about the
middle of the body, including the tall.
there are several more fins that spread
out like a fan.
Inference.
"Aha!" And he laughed fiendishly as
he read from the morning paper: "The
burglar shot at the man, whose life
was saved by the bullet striking against
a button of his clothes I"
"Well?" snapped has spouse, "what
of thatr
"What of thatr said he, as he felt
his collar going up steadily to the nape
of his neck. "Oh, nothing, except that
the button must have been on." Tit
Bits. Benevolent British Land Owner.
Buckland-on-the-Moor. a secluded vil
lage of Devonshire, England, has no
public house, parson, policeman or pau
pers. The squire owns all the land.
The farms are small, but profitable.
The farm laborers live In the squire's
cottages. When tbey fall sick the squire
pays their wages as usual and when
they are too old to work any more they
are continued on the pay list and potter
about, doing what they please.
Absolutely Pure-DeliGious-Nutritious-
'Well
Bred, Soon Wed." Girls Who Use
APOLIO'
tf Harked Improvement.
l mt it tmo that young Simpery
- -
has lost bis mind?
Doctor No. elr.
h'.s mentality haa
really Improved.
Biggs How canjbat be?
Doctor He Is no louder under tbe
delusion that he knows sjontelhlng.
Detrolt Free Press.
jeer try s 10c. bnx of OseeretP. tbe flaesl
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The bones of ged persons bsving
more lime in thtm than those of
young people, are, thtrefore, more
brittle. ,
Oitarrn Cannot be Cured
With locsj applications, m they nr.ct reach
tbe seat of the disease. CMerrh Is n blood i ar
constitutional disoKse. nu t in order to cans
it you inuit lake internal remedler. nail s
Cmrrh Cure Is laken Internally, and acta di
rectly oa the o ood nnd mucous eurfne-u. Hall a
t'atarrli Cure is not a qu ck ineJiciue. it waa
prescribed by oneof tl best physicians In tula
cnuulry for years and isaretcu'er ireecrition.
it Ia composed of thelM-t tonics known. Com
bined with the best li i purifier. artinK ui-
j eombinatioi of t ie two initredienls ia what
pioaurea sucn wonneriui rr.nn.
catarrh. rend for testimonial, free.
r.J.VnrnKt ScI'm.. Prove., Toledo, Q.
Fold by DraK-isu. price 75c
Hall's yam Uy rills are the best.
England has decided to adopt the
metric system of weights and measures,
and the Government, in the person of
its President of the Board of Trade,
haa drafted a bill to be submitted to
Parliament at the opening of the next
session.
FITS stopped free and permanently enrrd. o
fit alter first day's use or Ok. Kline's Orcat
Kekvk Rutokeb. Free a! trial bottle and treat
ise. Bend to Xir. Kliue. UU Arcb &L. Phlla, Pa.
Bricks ot glass are now manntao-tu-ed
in Sileein. Tbey are cheap and
more durable than mud brinks.
If afflicted with nore eyei ne Pr. Isaac Thomp
son's tiye w.ter. Drug-tlsts sell at 2Ac. per boiue
A San Francisco physician is pre
paring to construct an air ship, which
he declares will carry passengers to New
York in forty hours.
io is
HER HAPPY DAY.
A CHARMING STORY OF MEDICINE
AND MARRIAGE.
Two Open Letters From a Chicago Girl
How Happiness Came to Ber.
Among the tens of thousands of
women who apply to Mrs. Pinkham for
advice and are cured, are many who
wish the facts in
their cases made
public, but do not
give permission to
publish their
names for reasons
as obvious as in
the following,
and no name is
ever published
without the
writer's au
thority; this
is a bond of
faith which
Mrs. Pinkham
has never
broken.
Chicsgo.Jan.
5tb, '95.
My dear Ura.
Pinknam
A friend of
mine, airs.
- wants
me to write
yon, becaase
shesaysi"yea
did her so much good."
I am desperate. Am nine
teen years of age, tait, and
weighed 138 pounds a year ago. I em now
a mer-j skeleton. From your little book I
think my tronble is profuse menstruation.
My symptoms are e e etc.
Our doctor (my uncle) tells father that I am
in consumption, and wants to take me to
Florida. Please help me! Tell me what to do
and tell me quickly. I am engaged to be mar
ried in September. Shall I live to see the
day? e LUCY E.W.
Chicago, June 16th, '95.
My dear Mrs. Pinkham
This is a happy day. I am well and gaining
weight daily, but shall continue the treatment
and Vegetable Compound during the summer,
as yon suggest. Uncle knows nothing about
what you have done for me, because it would
make things very unpleasant in the family. I
would like to give you a testimonial to publish,
but father would not allow It. I
shall be married in September, and as we go
to Boston, will call upon you. How can I
prove my gratitude? e e
LUCY K. W.
Just such cases as the above leak out
in women's circles, and that is why the
confidence of the women of America f
bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham.
Why are not physicians more candid
viih women when suffering from such
ailments ?
Women want the truth, and if they
cannot get it from their doctor, will
seek it elsewhere.
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
bashesmiiwd by millions of mother for tbelr
children wblle Teething for over Fifty Yeara.
It SOOthM thr Child. Hofljna thea artim. .11 -
all pafn, cures wind colic and la thai Kmi
remedy for diarrhea.
Twenijr-nre Cent a ttottto
JliDre's HONEYS
No buslpMS pays as well on amount nmea aa
ery. IT nLCCKKDtM TUAT'sthe eaeaa!
LOOMIS A WYMAM. Tiffin. Ohio.
AAA fh,r" of ??"? ?, ' ' mercantile
wl 3 I business whioh paid lis par eeat. net
OcCU proatbilW. lifpareent. annuZ ;o!vE
aend guaranteed. rWer's furuiahed.
K.J. TIPTOE Attorney, .West Superi.r, WW.
if fa 11 E V GOLD, SII.TEU
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Ill Wllal Haa Daneby. fcelasabaa, O.
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Ul IU Mfl free. Vt. It. M. VooLtiv,ATLKT,Q
"2?
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k Best Court fcyrup. Tastes tioodV Use I I
H "time, fold by araeatsta. I I
The Breakfast Cocoa
made; bv
Walter Baker & Co. te
DORCHESTER. MASS.
COSTS LESS THAN ONE CENT A CUR
NO CHEMICALS.
ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
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madeatDorchester.Mass IT BEARS
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