SOLILOQUY OF THE OltAV MOftfti
"What Tii I
said,
Uuurhinc cat
mud fori" the aid kers
straw in a wind-rifted
shed
"My life is cane from beginning to cad.
Id all the wide world I ha Ten' t a friend.
It's nothing bat drudgery every day.
Toil without payment, work and do play:
A ad if I sink under a wearisome load.
I'm made to get up with a merciless goad.
"Curses, cold quarters, hard usage, poor
feed.
Too little at that for a work horse's need
And seldom a gootf bite of oats or freak
Brass,
'Hnrd tines' for poor horses when slaves
to an ass!
Oh. if we poor creatures were gifted with
spivr-h.
What eloquent sermons to men would we
preach!
Our merits and sufferings even now move
The hearts of the kindly to pity and tore.
"The bent has his feelings, his needs,
his desires.
Though few are the favors the poor horse
requires.
Our aim is to serve men, to love and obey.
If justice and mercy in turn would repay.
A word eently spoken, a pat on the neck.
But makes us delighted to follow your
beck;
Then why, since the boon is no small that
we crave.
Should it not always brightea the Ufa of
the slave?
"Too soon did the angels our champion
claim.
Gotb.nm, where is the monument due to
Lis fa:ue?
Might we horses build it, how soon
'twould arise
A cynosure grand for American eyes.
While crowning earth's heroes, neglect
not to bring
An amaranth wreath for humanity's
king.
He spake for the speechless, a cham
pion brave.
No shaft is too grand to distinguish his
grave.
Who say that onr sufferings here are In
vain.
No hope in the future to lighten our pain?
Who knows what our maker may bold in
his plan?
I'd hate to swap chances with many a
man."
New York Sun.
A PAIR OF SHOES.
Hortha sat on the floor critically eying
a pair of new shoes; shaking her bead,
she said complacently :
"Yes, they look pretty nice, very nice,
but." she added with a sigh, "I would
have liked a pair of red ones. Mamma,
tvlicu I was at the store this morning
with grand urn I saw a lovely pair of
red shut's. I asked her to get them for
me, but she eaid she thought you did
not care for colored shoes; now don't
you 7"
"Why, I don't know, my dear,' O'l-
swered Mrs. Bartlett, laughing at
something that had come to her mind j
with Bertha's question. "I guess j
grandma was thinking of a time when
I did like colored shoes." !
"Well. I think she was too. for she !
laughed, and told me to ask you If you j
liked I hem. I guess It Is one of grand
ma's jokes. Do tell me what It U,
mamma. Did it happen when you
were a little girl''"
After waiting a moment, her mother
smilingly i plied: "Yes, it was some
thing when I was a little girl that
made grandma laugh, but we didn't
laugh at the time It happened, you
mny see. Get your work, and I will
tell you.
"The shoes that grandma and I
were thinking of were purple ones,
brilliant purple, with little flat heels,
laced up to the front and reaching just
above the ankles."
"Oh dear, how funny they must have
been." laughed liertha
"Yes. as I look at them now, they
must have been queer little shoes, but
at the time they were bought they were
just as beautiful in my eyes as the red
ones which grandma refused to buy for
yon this morning. When I was a little
girl I lived in a small town in Ohio
where my father was the physician.
He bad not grown rich, for it was an
exceedingly healthy place. No one was
very rich, no one was very poor. I bad
played all my life with little girls and
boys brought up just as I was, caring
mory for a good time than for. flue
tlothes.
"I had a playhouse built by a young
uncle, but the furnishings were not
such as children's playhouses have In
these days. My dishes were broken
bits of china and glass, and among
them were some that were so fine In
my childish eyes that they were only
used upon state occasions. Well, ass I
said, I played and was very happy
with my little friends, never caring for
anything different from what we had.
But one day something new appeared
to us. Ilattie Ray, my particular
friend, had a cousin come to visit her
from New York. She astonished us all
by her clothes; never had we seen any
thing so gorgeous in all our small lives,
snch dainty dresses and silk
aprons with tiny pockets and bows,
such beautiful stockings and shoes.
Colored shoes, red and yellow and
brown; for very common Wear she had
black ones. These different articles of
clothing pleased the different fancies
of the children. Hattle told me la con
fidence she meant to coax her mother
to give her a silk apron with pockets
for her next Christmas present.
"But nothing pleased me as did the
shoes. Every night when I went to bed
my last thought was of those colored
shoes, and I resolved to have some red
ones myself when I was rich. It was
the fourteenth of June, just two days
before my birthday, that my mother
called me Into the kitchen where she
was making plea, and said:
" LSsEle. you had better go down to
Mr. Stout's, and get a pair of shoes.
These are too badly worn for Sunday.
I intended to go myself, but I shall not
Ayer's Argument.
If there is any reason why you should use
any sarsaparilla, there is every reason why you
should use Ayer's. When you take sarsaparilla
you take it to cure disease ; you want to be cured
as quickly as possible and as cheaply as possible.
That-is why you should use Ayer's: it cures
quickly and cheaply and it cures to stay. Many
people write us : "I would sooner have one bottle
of Ayer's Sarsaparilla than three of any other
kind." A druggist writes that "one bottle of
Ayer's will give more benefit than six of any other
kind." If one bottle of Ayer's will do the work
of three it must have the strength of three at the
cost of one. There's the point in a nutshell. It
pays every way to use
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
hare time; yon hnve been alone be. ore,
QiJ know wfcnf o Co. Get the shoes a
size larger and like those you hare on,
They are pretty heavy for summer, but
tbey wear well,' sbe added, more to tier
elf than to me.
"Taking from Its peg my little pink
sanbonnet, I started down the path to
ward that part of th Tillage where tb
few stores stood. It was a warm day
and I walked slowly along till I came
to the little footbridge across a tiny
stream. This was a resting place
we children Invariably stopped. Here
the branches of a big willow tree over
hung the little brook, making It a
pleasant, shady place. Sitting on the
bridge with my feet dangling over the
side, my glance fell upon the ehoee I
wore. Coarse and ugly, but uW:tn
tlal shoes tbey were; bought for ser
vice, not for looks. Heretofore the
prospect of a pair of new shoes had
been quite enough to make me happy,
but to-day the spirit of envy had taken
hold of me. Why couldn't I have
dainty shoes like Mary Lester's? Why
bad my mother said I should get more
just like these hateful old things?
"I-rose Impatiently from my seat on
the bridge, giving the little feet In the
coarse shoes an angry stamp as I did
so. Going down the road I grew
crosser and naughtier until I reached
the one long street where the stores
were. Here I stopped to look in the
windows to see the things that I had
seen a 'hundred years.' I said to my
self, crossly. Suddenly, my gaze fell
upon a little china tea-set on exhibi
tion. Now I had looked at this same
little tea-set with its wild roses and
pretty Tines a great many times, but
the mark, $1, bad always made it seem
far away. All the girls, from Jennie
Todd, four years old, up to big Mary
Roberts, wanted the tea-set; tbey
had longed for it ever since the design
ing store-keeper had put it In bis win
dow.
" 'I wonder who will get It? I said to
myself, with a sigh.
"Nowadays, that tea-set costing
dollar would seem a small thing. But
a dollar in those days was a great deal
to spend for a child's plaything. 1
stood here some time looking and think
Ing. I wondered If the tea-set would
be sold before I was grown up and
could buy it myself. Finally I walked
down the street forgetting about the
fine shoes In the desire for the tea-set.
Suddenly I stopped with a cry of as
tonishment. I had reached the shoe
store, and glancing up what did I see
among the same old men's boots, with
their long leather tops, and the boys
shoes, with their thick soles and cop
per toes? Could I believe my eyes?
There like a dainty little princess was
a pair of red shoes, res. and further
on a pair of purple shoes, too, colored
shoes! Red, purple and brown! such
beauties. A long time I stood there,
looking at them, then hurried into the
shop.
'How d'ye do. Missy, cried the old
shoemaker, who had known me since
i had worn my first pair of shoes,
'Want a pair of shoes, do ye? Well, let
me see what kind does mother want?
"Under my downcast eyes on' the
counter was a pair of shoes like the
ones I wore. They seemed to read my
thoughts, and look at me with re
proach. 1 turned my eyes resolutely
toward the window as I replied:
" 'A pair of red ones, please." As the
words left my lips, my heart gave a
rtat bound, my boldness almost took
away my breath.
" 'Did you say red ones, dearie? I am
getting a little hard of hearing In these
days,' puting his hand to his ear.
" 'Yes, sir, red ones,' I answered,
loudly.
" 'U-m-yes." doubtfully; 'did your
mother say you should get red ones:
These are only for show. Just a few
pairs still, they are for sale too ' he
added, quickly, as he saw the look of
disappointment on my face.
" 'But I'm afraid I haven't the size,'
looking down at my old shoes, 'have
only a couple of pair, but the purple
ones, guess they are about your size.'
Going to the window be took out
the purple shoes, placing them In my
hands. As my fingers pressed the del
icate leather, and I looked at the bright
pretty things, my last good thought
fled I would have the shoes! Sil
ting on the old bench, Mr. Stout tried
them on, and rather reluctantly said:
" Tbey are all right,' and added ni
ne wrapped them up, 'don't get the
soles soiled or I can't take them back,
and It may be your mother won't want
to keep them.'
" 'No, sir,' I said; 'father will be In to
night to pay for them.'
"That's aU right, child, that's all
right Mind now, that you do not get
those shoes dirty.'
"I hurried down the- street, only
stopping once to look at the tea-set.
Down the path I flew with the pre
cious shoes in my bands. When I
reached the old willow I sat down,
and wiped my hot little face and
smiled. Those beautiful shoes! 1
would just take a little bit of a look
at them. Breaking a tiny hole in the
paper, I looked In. What a beautiful
color, they were! Slowly I untied the
end, and took out first one, then the
other. I fumed them over, and won
dered how I would look walking about
in them. I unlaced one of my old shoes,
took It off, and thrust my foot into the
new one. Then I stood up on the pa
per with both feet close together. How
ugly the foot in the old shoe looked!
Sitting down again, I removed the ob
noxious shoe, and put on the other
purple one. How fine and handsom
they were. It did not matter to me
that my dress was an old and faded
print; I had no eyes for anything but
the purple shoes. What was it Mr.
Stout had said about getting the soles
soiled? He could not take them back
I would have to keep them. Softly I
lifted one foot from the paper, and
put it on the ground, then the other.
In alarm at my naughtiness, I qulcklj
BteDDed back on to the Daoer. Here 1
stood for a faoinent undecided, the
with a firm step Walked back and forth
several times to the bridge. The soles
were soiled enough now! A naughty
spirit within me said, 'Wear them
home, then your mother can't possibly
take them back.'
" Putting on my sunbonnet, which I
bad taken off that I might better sac
my feet, I started once more for home
with my old shoes In my band and my
eyes fixed on the bright colored ones
upon my feet. Aa I n eared home I
wondered what my mother would say,
and if she would be very angry; then
I walked very slowly, and by the time
I had reached the gate, I bad almost
stopped. But I must go In some time,
so plucking up my courage. I entered
the kitchen. My mother was still busy
with her baking; she did not look up"
as I entered, but said:
"'Why, child, how long yon were
gone, did you get the same kind of
(hoes? Let me see.'
All my courage failed; speechless
and guilty I stood In - the doorway
waltirg. As my mother turned quick
ly at receiving no asawer from me.
her gase fell upon the bright colored
shoes.
'Why, what In the world where
did you get those? Why dont you an
swer me? Lizzie, do you mean to say
that Mr. Stout told you to take that
kind of a shoe Instead of those you have
always worn?.
'No no mamma,' I cried, finding j
my tongue at last. 'It wasn't Mr.
Stout's fault; be didn't want me to
take them; it was just myself, my
other ones were so ugly. I I I 0
mamma, I didn't think you would care
so much.' The look of sorrow and re
proval on my mother's face was too
much for me. 'I am sorry, indeed I
am,' I sobbed.
"My mother stood looking at me la
silence for a moment aa I threw my
self into the old rocking-chair, crying
as though my heart would break.
" Take off those shoes and put on
your old ones,' she finally said. Walk
ing to the closet where she kept her
best china, she took down an oldTblue
sugarbowL that had belonged to my
great-grandmother. In this she often
kept bits of change. She took from it
now four quarters, and laying them on
the table beside me she said:
" 'Here Is a dollar your grandmother
gave me; with it I was to get the little
tea-set you liked so much. It is a
great deal to use for such a purpose,
but your grandmother thought she
could afford to give you that on your
birthday.'
"My heart gave a great leap at the
mention of the tea-set, but sank sud
denly as my. mother continued:
This dollar,' putting down anoth
er, 'I had saved that you might buy
some candy, nuts and apples, and on
your birthday enjoy your new tea-set
with your little friends. Put on your
old shoes, take this money and go to
Mr. Stout and ask him to give you a
pair of "shoes like the ones you arc
now wearing.'
'There was a look of sternness In my
mother's face I had never seen there
before, a look that forbade any coax-
In?. Picking up the purple shoes from
the floor she carefully wiped them.
saying:
" 'Purple shoes will hardly look well
with your green muslin dress, so I
think we will put these away. You
could only have worn them once or
twice, anyhow, they are so frail.'
Once more I put on my little sun-
bonnet and once more I traveled the
old path across the bridge and under
the willows a sadder but a wiser liule
Irl."
"But the tea-set, mamma, the tea-
set; didn't you get It afterwards?"
eagerly asked Bertha.
Mamma laughingly shook her head.
"I don't think I ought to tell any
thing more," she said. Bertha, well
knowing her shortcomings, and the
"act that they were so often overlooked
") a fond and doting . grandmother,
looked so disappointed at this reply
that Mrs. Bartlett hastened to add:
"The next time I passed the china
store the dear little tea-set was gone.
If I cried over the discovery, no one
knew It but the old willow who knew
and kept all childish secrets. For a
long time I mourned the fact that I
might have had the pretty china; iny
punishment was hard, for my birth
day came and went Just like any other
day, but I knew I deserved It."
"Oh, dear," said Bertha, "I was so
In hopes that you got the tea-set after
alL" "Well, dear, I did. after sis
months In which to think over my
wrong doing. Grandmothers of your
lay and grandmothers of mine were
very much alike, for when Christmas
came around my dear grandmother
put the tea-set into my hands herself,
feeling sorry for me, but knowing I
deserved the punishment, she had
bought the little dishes and kept them
ill that time."
"Well, I must, say I think you did
very wrong, mamma, to get the shoes,
but still I am glad you could have the
tea-set. Purple shoes! I don't think
I ever could have wanted shoes of tha
color." The Interior.
A Medicine Crase.
A man In Vienna has developed a ma
nia for medicine, of which he swallow
large doses dally, although suffering
from no illness. This Is a form of lu
nacy not altogether unknown.
To Hecklngton, In England, belongs
the honor of being the birthplace of the
largest consumer of medicine the world
has ever known. This was Mr. Samuel
Jessup, a rich grazier, who died in 1817.
He was in many ways eccentric, but in
none so much as in pill-taking, or what
a chronicler of the period describes aa
"a moat inordinate craving for phy
Sick." The following figures may be regard
ed as Incredible, but there seems to be
no reason to doubt their accuracy. In
the twenty-one years, from 1795 to
1816, Mr. Jessup consumed 226,084 Dill
which Is at the rate of 10,806 a year, or
20 a day.
Many more of these were taken in the
later than in the earlier years. From
1811 to 1818, a period of five years, the
rate of consumption averaged seventy
eight a day, while in one single year,
1814, Mr. Jessup swallowed aa many as
51,500 pills.
These astounding figures came oat la
the course of an action tried at the Lin
coln Assizes, In 1817, when an apothe
cary of Bottesford, who bad supplied
the whole of the medicine, sued Mr.
Jessup for the amount of hi bin. In
pplte of taking all these pills, with the
addition of 40,000 bottles of nurtures
and Juleps and electuaries, Mr. Jessup,
who was unmarried, lived to the ago of
C5. The apothecary's bill, for the
amount of which he was sued, covered
no leas than fifty-five song aad
written colusnna. .
The constitutionality of Um Colo
rado law providing for the treatment
and cure of indigent drunkards at pub
lic expense has been affirmed by Ike
State Supreme Court '
OUE BOYS AND GdtS
THIS 13 THEfR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Qisuhat Sayings aadCate Daises of ta
Little Folks Ewrwkara, OtUund
and Printed Hare for AU Other lit
tla Oacs to stead. .
. The LeeaAa of the Mara.
One night we were sitting out of
doors in the moonlight, unusually si
lent, almost sad. Suddenly someone
a noetic looking man, with a gentle,
lovely face said In a low tone: "Did
you ever think of the beant'ful lesson
the surs teach nsT We gave a vague.
cppreciatiTe murmur, but some soul
less clod aald: "No; what m It?" "How
to wink," he answered. In a sad, sweet
voice.
eeinsr taa Polat.
A boy returned from school one day
with the report that his scholarship
iad fallen below the usual average.
"Son," said hla father, "you've fallen
behind this month, haven't yon V
"Tea. sir.". ,
"How did that happen r
"Don't know, sir."
The father knew. If the son did not.
He had observed a number of dime
novels scattered about the house; but
aad not thought It worth while to say
iny thing - until a fitting opportunity
should offer Itself. A basket of apples
stood upon the floor, and he said:
"Empty out those apples, and take
-he basket and bring it to me half full
if chips."
Suspecting nothing, the hoy obeyed.
"And now," he continued, "put those
apples back Into the basket."
- When half the apples were replaced,
the boy said:
"Father, tbey roll off. I can't pat any
more in."
"Put them in. I teU you."
"But, father, I can't put them in."
"Put them la? No, of course you
can't put them In. You said you didn't
know why.you fell behind at school,
and I will tell you why. Your mind Is
like that basket. It will not hold more
than so much And here you've been
the past month filling it up with chip
dirt dime novels."
The boy turned on his heel, whistled,
and said: "Whew! I see the point-"
Not a dime novel has been seen in the
bouse from that day to this.
A Tempest ia Bottle.
Some of our young experimenter;
may be Interested in a simple device
Tor making a real rainstorm In a bot
tle. The only apparatus necessary Is
tall bottle, like the one shown In the
rut, and an ordinary coffee saucer.
The bottle is half filled with alcohol of
82 degrees strength, and heated in a
bath of water until the alcohol, the
bottle and the saucer are of an almost
equal temperature. Then the appa
ratus is removed from the water, wiped
quickly with a soft cloth, and the ex
perimenter is ready to watch some
wonderful transformations Inside of
the bottle.
The vapor of the alcohol soon rises
and fills the bottle, but the saucer cools
64eas.
fSlOUDS
MAKING BAI3C M A BOTTLB.
rapidly, and the vapor being warmer Is
julckly condensed. Real clouds ap
pear in the upper part of the bottle, and
presently, as the cooling process goes
jn, tiny rain drops form and fall Just
is in a regular shower.
The whole process of the distribution
f moisture on the earth's surface is
llustrated In the bottle. The alcohol is
iie ocean or the lake, the air above it
a the clear sky, and the warm bath of
water In the sun. The saucer plays
the part of the cold currents In the
lpper air and condenses the vapor
which the sun draws up from the
icean.
A still more striking result can be
btalned by using a cold saucer in
Mace of the warm one. In that case
Jie difference of temperature will be
ncreased and there is a regular old
'ashloned hurricane.
This very simple experiment was in
rented recently by Prof., En-era, of
Brussels, and almost any of our boys
tnd girls could interest a whole class
r a school exhibition with It Try It.
-Chicago Record.
Two Jackdaws that Were Chaaaa.
Dogs and cats and birds have thel:
;ood friends and boon companions as
well as boys and girls. A charming
lecount of two friendly old Jackdaws
omes from Hilda Millet,' of Sharon
Mass. Listen to what she says:
"The summer I was 8 years old my
,n other took me to the tower of Lon
Ion. There were two old Jackdaw
topping about on the parade ground
ind I threw to one of them a piece o:
.he bun I was eating. It took it and
lopped quite a long distance to where
ijme old cannon stood that were used
n the wars long ago. He hopped ur
n one and put down his piece of bun
hen he hopped way across the para da
rround to' the other Jackdaw, and I
hink he must have told him that there
nras a little girl over there who bad a
bun, for both of them bopped over to
me. I gave the other Jackdaw a piece.
Then the one who pnt his ban on the
cannon went away and ate 1L Hs did
not want to eat his dinner till his
friend had some."
Did any of you ever bear of a more
generous bird?
Tbey Surprised Qaeen Victoria.
The Queen Is very fond of children
)ne day she was out driving in Scot
and, when she saw three little girt
-vho lived at the same manse thoroogh
y enjoying themselves at a good game.
' She sent a messenger to make in
luiries about them, and desired that
hey might come and visit her at the
as tie.
It so happened that their parents
.vere not at home at the time, and al
hough they were In high glee tha coll
Iren did not quite know what ta do.
One point which troubled them very
nuch was bow they should address the
lueen. However, after a little talk
chey decided rey could not do batter
toaa taffeta her aa the TtlifJ aU
Were addressed ta Bible history.
Wnen they were taken into her majesv
tys presence to the Queen's great
amusement they fell Immediately down
before her and very solemnly exclaim
ed: "O Queen, live forever!" . -
They spent a delightful afternoon.
and all too soon the time arrived (or
them to go home.
' Imagine the Queen's surprtaa . and
amusement when, on tearing, they
again fell down together and aald this
rime:
"O Queen, lire forever; And pi
may we come again another day V
Joke Waa oa Motaer.
There Is a family over on the west
side In which there are two twins.
They are 6 years old and resemble
each other so marvekmaly that only
the mother can tell which la Gladys and
which la Grace.
On Saturday night Just before bed
time the mother Issued the order for
baths. The older children took theirs,
and along about 9 o'clock It was the
turn of the twins. Tbey were nndreas
ed and waiting.
The mother took Gladys. Into the
bath room and gave her a thorough
scrubbing. Then she allowed the mite
to play in the water for a few moments,
and after that put her on the rug,
dried her, powdered her and put ner
nightie on.
Just at this time the grocery boy
came and the mother had to run down
stairs and take charge of the provi
sions. . After she had put everything
away she came back, grabbed up a
twin and took her to the bath room.
The little girl did not say much. After
she was bathed she scampered back to
her bed room.
There waa a whispered consultation
between the twins, and then they both
began to laugh aa loudly as they
could.
"What are you youngsters laughing
at?" asked the mother, as she came
Into the room.
"Nothing," they both protested be
tween giggles.
"But you are." insisted the mother.
Tell me this Instant."
"Well." said Gladys, rolling about on
the floor in merriment, "you gave me
two baths and didn't give sister any."
-Buffalo Express.
Oh, the Pity of It t
If anybody has any advice he Isn't
using he might send some to this un
fortunate you n it man who writes as
follows to tte San Francisco Exam
"ner: -
"1 am a fairly good-looking voudr
man, twenty-live years of age, not
very large or very strong. I teach a
mountain school eight months in the
yar for 50 a month. . During the
summer vacation I pick berries for 4
cents a box. I am thirty-Ave miles
from a railroad or pnstotlice, and it is
but seldom I see a paper of any kind.
I board with the trustee of the
district, a grass widow forty years
old, with a family of tan children.
She is determined to marrv me. but
wants me to pay 25 for the divorce.
As the other trustees are afraid of her
she has things her own way, and 1
feel that If I ab olutely refuse to
comply with her request I shall lose
my position a d sulTer physically
also, as she scalded one man v. ho ic
fuscd her.
"She is a type of the coming wo
man 6 feet tall, weighs 200 pounds
plows her own potato-Held, breaks her
cwn horses and mules and chops her
own wood. Were I once hers all
these duties would fall to my
lot. She says that at the end of the
year she tan sell her potatoes for $500,
and that If I dig them 1 can have
150 (minus $25 for the divorce).
"All the article in the Exaroinei
Eire adviC3 to youna ladies. Can't
some one ad visa an unassuming young
man and solve the weighty protleni,
Shall he work or shall ho wed and
work?"
tUtu't Tobacco Spit mail Smnka Taae Ufa
Away.
If you want ta e.nit tooaoco osio; easily and
forever, regain lost manneod. bs marie well,
strong, mgotic fall of new life aad vitror,
take -No-'lo-Bac. the wonder-worker that
makes weak men strong. .Many icaia tea
pooDds tn ten days. Over 400,000 eurvd. buy
TNo-To-Hao from yoar own 1r assist. Undr
absolute iranranu-e to care. Book aud sample
iree. Aaaress sterling nemeay ua. wiuoago
er fiew xors.
For seven years the St. Lawrence
River gradually decreases in depth;
then for seven years it gradually in
creases in depth, the difference in level
being about live feet. W by it does si,
no one has yet discovered.
Jvrrt try a 10s. Tana of Casesrets. the finest
Bver aad bowel regulator ever made.
M. Maingault, the famous anatv
mist, discovered that by forcing air
nto the larynx of a dead animnl
sounds could be produced very simt
liar to those of the voice dur.ng
I fe.
Beware -ef Ointments foe Catarrh
Contain Mercury.
That
as mercury will surely dutr y the sense of
me 11 and completely derange the whole atom
wheueuteringit through taeinueouaaarfao.
Bach article should never Toe naeU except on
prescription from reputable physicians, as ti
damagethey will do is ten fold to the i not you
can posilbly derive from tbem. Hall's Ct arru
Uure. mauuiacturM by J. Uneuey Co.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury and ts taken
Internally, aotirnr directly upon the blood and
mucous surface-i of the system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Core be sure to get the geuuine.
It is taken Internally, and Is made In Toledo,
Unto, by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
bold by Druggists, price 7e. per bottle.
UaU's ramily uia are the best.
The nearest fixed star is sixteen billion-
miles distant, aad takes th ce
years for light to reach the earth.
frr Guaranteed by 1R. R. MAYER, loll
Areas., r,HlLA..iA. fcase at once: no opera
lion or delay Irora bualnes-k Consultation Ire,
r ndonemenu ol physicians, Uuie an 1 prjini
rrnt cllllens. bend tor circular. Olice bouri $
A M. tcSP. M.
It is noted that the women of the
royal families of Europe are, on th
verage, much stronger, mentally ant
physically, than the men,
l'n. Window's booming yrup tor cMtdrei
Teething, snltem lhe gurat. reduces lnaara:av
ixiu. aliara paiu. cures wind coUe. 'AM x u ita j.
According to the statistic, of tb
Department of Agriculture, wheat
'ands in Kansas rent for $2.10 per
cie.
Pl'o't Curs for Consumpti
tioa is an A No. 1
Ailbma medicine. W. R. Williams, Anttocb.
lis., April II, 181.
Mr. Barrett, editor of the American
tracer, figures that I here is one grnc
y in Mew York for each 250 custom
rs.
FITSsiowet Itve ana rvrmanenttv rured. No
t- after first day's ue of Ja. Kline's Okea-t
.'krv hesToaaa. Free ri trial bottle and irmt
te henii to lir. Kline. 931 Arch St. Phila I'a
It is said that the absinthe habit if
reeping stealthily upon the lower
-lasses of England.
If afflicted witb sore eyes use Or. Isaac Tbomp
n'. ye w ter. Orugxtsts sell at 25c per bottle
A mountain of Kacnetie iron ok
has been discovered in Lapland.
OASOArars stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
ehv Merer sicken, weaken or grips. Ma,
Denmark allows every subject; mat
r female, who ia sixty years of age
a smalt pension.
Il
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f It's a Nuisance to
have your woolens
Shrink every time von
wash them. And that,
. too, after you're Rub
bed and Tugged at
them So Hard and
Faithfully.
Yon can preserve.
Whiten and Beautify
Your Clothes, and save
them from Shrinking,
Toy using;
Sunlight
Soap
V
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y
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the greatHomeBright.
aner and Comforter.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS,
Baaaat
N
like
tbose of tno
aouL
God's mercy can
no more wear .oat
than his love.
If oar belief Is
wrong, oar eternity
will be wrong.
- Every smiteafnl
Christian life mast
be a life of faith.
Growth in grace
Is often helped by
having the grace to say new
Aa soon as thought finds) a body It be
gins trying to move the world.
more,
If some people would langh
their doctor bills would be less.
When a young Hon ks hungry, how
much better off Is he than a wolf?
Persecuting a good man Is the devil's
way of showing that be hates God.
The wages of sin Is death, no matter
how promptly we pay our pew rent.
When praise Is going op, showers of
blessing are sure to be coming down.
Considering what Uod baa done will ;
soon lead as to rejoice hi what he will
do.
There is only here and there a man
who praises Uod half as mncb aa he
should.
When we have a keen eye for the
faults of others, we are apt to be blind
to our own. j
A right state of heart cannot be main-
talned without keeping a close watch '
on the tongue. j
Open the door of yoar heart for
Christ, and he will open the door of
heaven for you. j
The devil can meet eloquence without
.trouble, but he has never been able to
stand before love. j
Many a church member makes too .
much note; In bis politics and keeps too
still in bis religion.
Bread from God's table can be count
ed on In superabundance by those who
faithfully do his work. ,
The Christian should never let his
heart stop singing of the day when his '
sins were washed away.'
It ought to be a matter of principle
with the Christian to praise the Lord,
whether be feels like It or not.
Hoarding up money In a miserly way .
can never be done without making a '
beggar of the man who does it. j
Freedom from want- Is not for the
strongest Hon, but It may be enjoyed
by the weakest of the Lord's sheep.
Don't spend a minute in trying to
count the hypocrites In the church. Bet
ter try to count the mercies of GoL.
"Lest I should be exalted above
uiraouic, UlC (IUIUIIIUU VI W41 j
many of us.
As to Children and Dogs.
Washington Irving has often been ac
cused of saying that little dogs and
children were Innuentlal members of
French society. It is quite true that In
the United States I never noticed that
close and sentimental Intimacy be
tween human beings and quadrupeds
so frequently seen In France, Ameri
can life Is so active, so desperately
crowded, either, usefully or socially,
that perhaps It does not permit the loss
of time Inevitably . brought about by
friendly intercourse with a dog. As
for children, I believe that tbelr Impor
tance Is equally great In all countries;
but It asserts Itself in a more noisy man
ner in America than anywhere else.
Everything Is sacrificed to them, for
they represent the future, which Is all
very short, and whose present is a pe
riod of high-pressure development Yet
no one must suppose that, before pre
senting an apology for French children,
I Intend to malign American children,
as certain travelers have taken the lib
erty of doing very thoughtlessly, al
though they had met them only on
steamships, cars, or at hotels, enjoying
a holiday with that buoyancy which Is
the characteristic mark of the whole
race. I have known some who were
very well brought up, even from our
point of view, and among those who
were not I have admired precocious
sense, vivacity of mind, quiet determi
nation, and capacity for self-government,
qualities which I should wish for
all ours. Century.
tee by a Mew Machine.
There has ot late been a large demand
for Ice machines of small capacity spe
cially adapted for use In villages, or In
large establishments at a distance from
the town supply. A new form of snch
a machine la constructed to make 10
cwt of Ice In 24 hour. It Is worked on
the ammonia absorption system, and
operated by steam. It consists of two
steel cylindrical ammonia heaters. In
closed In steel casings, and containing
coils of Iron pipes. These cylinders are
charged with a solution of ammonia,
one charge being enough for twelve
months' working. .The machine U sup
plied with steam by a two honte power
boiler, at a pressure of 45 pounds, tbe
average cost of fnel being al-out five
cents an honr. The machine ran also
be arranged to work in combination
witb a gas-fired boiler, and with super
heated steam. By the addition of an
agitator the machine will prorine what
ia known as crystalline Ice, while the
generating portion of the plant ran be
adapted for cooling aad refrigerating
purposes of all kinds. .As the machine
has no moving parts there ls a mini
mum of wear and tear, and no f ooada
tions axe required.
The easiest men for the women to
capture are those who have exacger-
04
aw.
id
eji w w XbaaBBsB
pftAOHCAL 0OKE3.
cr atty am
i.nt and hilarious ' fan It aft
risbt when it la not carried beyond
the bounds of respect tor m iwu
of others, bat wnen n oversvepa w
limit and disregards personal rights,
comfort, an eyen safety. It Is time
tn call a bait The practical joker
Is, under almost all circumstances,
an unmitigated nuisance. So long as
be vets bis little Joke on somebody
nothing more is required. Whether
It's agreeable or taken In good part
matters not in the least If the vic
tim Is merely angry the joker pats on
a most contemptuously lofty air and
calls upon the members of the com-
munityto observe the surliness of the
inriividnal who can't take a Joke.
That It was -only Intended as such
appears to cover not only a mul
titude of sins, bat a multitude of
Idiotic performances that nobody but
himself or tbse of his 11a seems able
and willing to appreciate. If there
are serious or possibly fatal conse
quences, there are tears, protestations,
any amount of affected grief and re
gret "so sorry, bat hadn't the least
Idea that anything wrong would come
of It," .
The recent drowning of a promising
oung girl who was pnt under water
for a loke, the disfiguring for life of a
young man bv the explosion of a car
tridge, when sombady didn't mean
r "r. I.
auyvning, uiU....u
conclusively prove that human nature
has some alarmingly weaic spots in it
and that there are yet in the word.
In spite cf all the newspapers and
other enlightening influences, very
many extremely foolish persons, and
that there is still great need of rad
ical reforms in many of the curreut
ideas of what is meant ty having a
good time
Nothing should bo looked upon as
a pleasure that gives pain or anxiety
to other peop'e. Sensational scares,
the Idea of a gigantic hoax, the no
tion that to get ahead of somebody
else ls necessary or proper to do
something to mislead, is one cf the
I whims that it would be an exce lent
thing to breed out of humanity tr
easy and persuasive measures if pos
sible, if not. by the most vigorous
i and peremptory treatment.
1 There Is plenty of rational amuse
ment to be had in the world without
1 resorting to such a- very questionable
form of entertainment as the practi
, able ioke.
The Earless Burro.
Take the horns off a cow and she has
a weird look that was not intended for
her by nature. She looks as though she
hnd left something at home. Out on
Vine street there is a little flat through
which a tiny stream neanders. One
Aa Inaiortant Iln"ere-.ee.
To make it app arent to thouatnils who tliin!
thenuelves ill, that the)- are not aU cte I with
any dissaw, but that the system simply-neel
cleansinc. ia to brinicomf-irt ho na to their
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Goto's leprosy medicine, new cute
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Teacher What do vou suppose was
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reaching America?
Bobby He gave a reporter his im
pressions of the country. '
The only way to take time easy la to
take it by the forelock.
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