THE BRIGHT LITTLE GIRL, tier bine ryes tVvj Vtm and they twin kle. Her lip have made smiling won fair. On cheek and on brow there no wrinkle. But thousand of curie in her heir. Che's little you don't wish ber teller: Just half throuKb the teene ie her age; vAud baby or Inriy to rail her Were something to puzzle a satfel Her walk ia far better than dancing; She strata us another might sinf : And all bv nu innocent ohancine; Like lumhfcius and birds in the epring. tDk:)!fJ in the aim of the city. She's j-erfei-t in Datural grace. SIk-'k senrl.-. and truthful, and witty. And ne'er spend a thought on her face, XJer fare, with the fine glow that's In H. A a fresh as an apple tree bloom And, (. when she rumea, in a minute. Like suabeaoia, sbe brightena the room, 'As taking in mind aa in feature. How many will sigh for her sake! I wonder, the sweet little creature. What tort of a wife she would make William Allingham, In New York Her ald. OU Hie l Ue) the ev.- of visiting her city c.u lltilf village beauty. Mamie Stevens, iiii.de elaborate preparations. She did not want them to think her; coiiutriflod and was even tempted to ! bleach her l.rowi hn!r yellow because j fhe town Hil!ticlan's wife said It was j the proper thing among the "I'pper I Ten" In the city. The t v in cousins went with their father to iiie t.ii.tici ou the day Mamie ! was expected. ! While they n!od there arm Id arm. J eagerly watching the travelers hs they uled past them, Grace exclaimed lu a j low tone: "Oh. Gertie, lock at that dreadful j giri:" Ti,e next luooitnt the "dreadful girl" ! came up to them und said, with easy : self-pus.'ssi'.m : "Isn't this L'ui le Will aud the girLs?" Crace and ( Ji-rtrude iuanged to uiur- j inur some words of welcome and then j tbey took their seats in tbe carriage : and were driven home In horrified sil- ! cuce. Having arrived, they left their ; mother to look after their guest and i fled to their own room, where Grace i threw herself upon the bed and gave 1 way to Tears. "Oh. It's to bo.'"" she moaned. "And ; to think I was afniid of her being coun trtfle.i: Why, the greenest country girl that ever lived would be better tbau this:" "And he 1m here for the winter!" cried Herrie. wringing her hand. "What are we 7ing to do? I should be ashamed : to be eii lu rfiiMIe with her!" "('n- ! Will" h:d e.'aped to the office as soon ns possible, but Mrs. Stevens could uyt t-i.- pe. In sore perplexity he attended to the wants of her yoiiBK guest, and ns as courteous as possible, l.ut she v.its secretly rilled with d.fuiuy. In very truth, what were they to do .with her'f At luu- h rhe mother and the duugh- -ters witi cun'luiis of the look of well bred surprise' on the faces of the serv ants. ln:t Mamie talked and lutigtml. and felt that she whs making a tine liu- ! presslon o:i lier relative. When she t retln-il tlmt nisht a satiaiied smile was on her pretty face. "I think I have sliovvu thetu that we are not quit out of the world, if we ! do live in a little town." said sbe. , The next morning she came down In i all the glory of her new slik dress, aud greeted her cousins with: "Well. I am ready to start on my J round of sightseeing this morning." ! "Hut not In that dress!" exclaimed i tirace. In spite of her mother's warning I look. '"J'hls dress? Ob. certainly! This Is j my (Street dress." Mamie replied, with airy complacency, willing to show thetu that she could afford nice things aa well ift they. "Isn't it t- bad?" cried Gertrude, tearfully, wh'-u they went to their own room to prepare for their outing. "Aud Just thiuk how iiiet mamma has al ways kept us and bow she has never al lowed us to associate with girls that made themselves conspicuous!" "Re patient, girls," said the mother, .with an attempt at comfort. "She seems to be a bright girl; perhaps she may Boon discover that she Is not showing good taste." So the girls went with their cousin, and devoted them.selves to her enter tainment, but it cannot be said that the experiment was a successful one. Wher ever they went people cast looks of sur prise aud a.iinseuient at Mamie. In their sensitive condition the sisters no ticed these things with unusual quick ness, h nd perhaps gave them undue promiuente. Tbey bad worked them selves up v a uervoua watchfulness, and wheu they were passing through t.ne of the parks and ng.-tz')' ot their schoolgirl frleiu'j approaching as though to i'-aK' them, with a horri fled Ki'"'!J-,- Mi each other thev turned ! hat-ply down a by path, not quickly j enough, howeve . to avoid hearing one of the ;roUi say: "Who can that be with Grace and Gertie':" "Looks ra her 1'ieaky,' doesn't she? iWhere do you suppose they picked her up? enme to tliem in the clear, high . v , . ,, " tones of Farnle McGregor, the sarcas tic girl, u iiiini the whole school dis liked and feared. Mamie had been watching the swans, and the sharp speeches had fallen on deaf ears. She could not understand .why the sisters hurried home at such a rate wheu she was in the midst of her pleasure. She wrote to her mother that night: "Grace and Gertie are nice-looklug girls, but awfully prim and dull and not at all stylish. I dress a great deal etter than Vhey do myself." For an .-tire week the sisters took their cous.u here and there, doing their best h hostesses to entertain their guest: hut at the end of that time tbey rebelled. "I can't endure It any louger." Gract Cried, throwing herself on the floor at fcr mother's side and leaning her head ra!tut the motherly knee. "There's aio hope of Its getting any better, mum sea. Gertie and I are worn out. What tfo you think she d'd with that pretty, fmple dress you bought her? Put It mj In ber trunk and wore that dread ful, loud-looking silk into the streets jr. In! When I asked her why she dida't wear the new dress he said: 'Oh, hat's bo plain; 1 shall wear It about Ms iroose.'" "That JustTth trouble." said tb. auleter Gertrude: "she's o aatiafled with beraelf. She rather look down s do, I think. She Baked me yesterday- U we ever went into un-snougb' mod ety.' " They all laughed, but Grace grew so ber presently and ber cbeeka reddened. "What shall we dor' tbe girls asked of their mother, and "what ebaU we do?" tbe mother aaked of ber husband, and no one seemed able to answer. Mm Stevens felt a delicacy In talking to tbe foolish girl, because sbe wan bei husband a niece and not ber own. Mr. Stevens was a man who ablrked un pleasant things, and this was certainly unpleasant. "And yet I don't like to hare the girls go around with her." be said. "Some body ought to talk to ber. Suppose w send for aant Rebecca?" "Oh. Will, the rery thtngr cried his wife; so aunt Rebecca was sent for aud came. Nobody told aunt Rebecca anything but tbe bright, sharp, little old woman, sitting In tbe chimney corner with ber knitting, found out everything- there was to be learned in leas than two days, and within a very few hours had the opportunity aha wanted. Mamie war left alone with ber. "It Is easy to see that you rule youi mother, Mary," she said, with a sharp glanca up over her glistening specta cles. 'Jane Stevens could always be pulled around in leading strings by anybody that chose to take the trouble, and I reckon you've got her under pret ty pood coutrol." "Why. aunt Rebecta! What makes you think that?" cried the astonished girl. "Why, your mother's a lady, mj dfar." said the merciless old woman, "and if she'd had her way she'd a-eent vou out looklnc like a ladv." , -i always look like a lady!" exclaimed I M,m!e. the blood mshine to her cheeks' and she rose to leave the room. "Sit right dowu there, Mary," said the old lady. "I've got a lot of things to say, au' I might as well say m right now. No, you don't look like a lady with that flashy silk on, and those high I heeled boots, an' your hair all faded out i as It Is. A lady-like young girl won't 1 dress in things that'll make people stare at ber. If you'll open your eyes you'll i see your cousins don't fix themselves I that way. an' I guess their mother is a pretty good Judge of what's best fo ; girls." I "I consider myself Just as good as 1 Grace and Gertie!" said Mamie, wltt ' an angry toss of her head, j "That s Just the trouble with you. ; Mary," retorted the pitiless old lady; "you think too well of yourself. You've come up here thinking you are very fine and stylish, and trying to ape city manners the best you kuow how. What a pity you've caught up only loud and Iinshy things instead of things that are really lady like. Can't you see how dif ferent these girls are? Can't you see that they don't like to go out with you because you attact a kind of attention no young girl should want?" Mamie started up again In a passion of weeping and tried to escape from the corner where the old lady had her feuced lu. "I.et me get out!" she cried, stormily. "I niu going straight borne! I won I stay here another day!" "Weil. Mary." said the old lady, de liberately, "you cau't get off before !! o'clock, anyway, and I'd think it over a little. This visit should be a great thlug for you. but you'll have to take a new start. Sure-enough nice people don't like 'made-up' girls. They may overlook a great deal of 'put-on' In so ciety women, but they like young girls lo be simple ana modest. -.o and tninK t ,,f manslaughter. But while his In It over. now. Mary. Tou've got plenty 1 juries are painful, they are not serious, of sense, if you'll only use it. and you , ne 9 resting easy, and will be out as can see for yourself that you're might ; soon as tlle woundg fTOm the bullets ily out of place in a house like this." ' sna!1 Uave naJ tlme t0 neai upMeui- The little old woman went on with pUls Commercial Appeal her knitting as complacently as though . she had been having the most pleasant j 1 t ' ' - conversation lu the world, while Mamie , Her Way. flew to her room and locked herself lu. ' Mrs. De Gush-Oh, Jean. I saw the What were her thoughts there, what loveliest pair of lace curtains to-day. her anger and mortlflcatlon, what Only $40. Do you think we can afford dreadful battle she fought with herself, to have them?" no oue knew. Two hours afterward aunt Rebecca saw her slip out of tbe house, and the old lady's eyes sparkled when she noticed that Mamie wore the pretty, simple gowu that Mrs. Stevens had given her. After a while there waa her step in the hall, aud she came quietly In swing ing her bat by Its ribbons. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling, and they sparkled still more at aunt Rebecca's cry of surprise. "Yes: I've been to the hair-dresser's," she said, "and he said the only help for my nair was to cut It all off. and It would be all right in a month or two, so I had It cut. And I'm going to begin over again! Aunt Rebecca I really am. I've been awfully conceited, I know, but you've cured me of that, I think." Aunt Rebecca's spectacles were moist, and she looked on with delighted eyes while Grace and Gertie, at the first glimpse of Mamie, rushed to her and bugged her with Joy. "By the way," asked a lady of Mrs. Stevens a few weeks biter, "who is the lovely girl I have met several times with Grace and Gertrude She ia so sweet and modest looking. I have been anxlons to meet her." Aud Mamie overheard the comment and went to lay ber bead in auat Re becca's lap. "I wonder what become of girls," sh sa'nl 3SriTviy,"'Vuen they are left to go their own way, or when they won't listen to older people, and go their own wav rnirhnv'' And aunt Rebecca mootbed the brown hair lovingly. "1 am glad you listened." Any Old Place Would Do. A short man with red whiskers, , B . '. . A. ... ., . , . Jag. wandered Into the Midland last evening and asked for a typewriter's studio. He lives iu Kansas, not far from Topeka, and had been here at tending tbe football games. Luck bad walked on the same side of the street with him In the matter of beta, and he wanted to stsy another week. But bis wife expected him home, so he was In search of a typewriter to eend borne a letter to serve as an apology for his non-appearance. "Kansas City, this date, ninety-six," he muttered to the typewriter. "I have that." "My dear wife." "' 1 "Tea." "very important Dusinesa wm re quire my presence in Osawatomle for a few days " "Let's see," interrupted the artist. "How do you spell that Osawatomle?" "Spell it yourself. It'a your type writer." "I can't." "Can't spell Osawatomle r be asktl in disgust. "No." "Then I'll go to Fort Scott" Kaaaa City Journal There are said to be over 100 varie ties of poisouous serpents in XaveKa. THE THUN WAS LOADED. r. raw- Batribntloii for Mas) sssssr Coanes Tree, gome yeais since a poem upon tbe fate ot a baggage man who smashed a trunk loaded with dynamite attracted; considerable attention among tbe trav cling public, but it remained for an agent upon a Yaxoo and Mississippi Valley train to actually encounter that fate. He la J. P. Henry of this city, baggage agent for the road and also express agent for the American Ex press Company. He now Ilea in bed on South Main street with a buckshot In ach leg. a cut over the left eye, a bruise in the chin, a piece of sine in his foot, and some twenty or thirty small shot lu different parts of bis body. And with all of this he la happy that he la alive. That the trunk was loaded Mr. Henry will make affidavit and put In a photo graph of his skin aa evidence, but no one seem to know what it waa loaded for or with. The missiles would be ef fective for either bear or flies. Mr. Henry runs on tbe train from Vicksburg to this city, and when the train pulled into Alligator Lake, eighty -Ave miles south of the city, at 1:20 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the porter at the depot pitched an ordinary look ing trunk into the baggage car. There was only one other piece of baggage in the car, and soon after the train pulled out Mr. Henry caught hold of the trunk and was edging It to a convenient place in the car when there was a terrific ex plosion. Tbe lid flew up and struck him in the face, knocking him to tbe floor with tbe remains of the trunk on top of him. While he was falling he re ceived three small shot hi the right arm and any number of them In both legs, together with a large bail In each leg. one being about the middle of the left calf, and the other Just above the right ankle. He waa conscious enough when the mall agent rushed In to tell tbe lat ter to pull the hell cord, as tbe mass of rubbish had taken fire from the explo sion. ' The postal clerk aided Mr. Ilcury In extricating himself until the conduc tor and brakeman came to their assist ance. Under Instructions the latter threw the remains of the trunk out of the car door from fear that It might contain some other explosives. The trainmen were afraid to make an exam icatlon of the contents of tbe loaded trunk, but as it went out of the door there could be seen a box of caps for an old-fashioned muzzle-loading gun, 1 lots of smoking shells, a brass musi cian's horn and a lot of clothing. It could not. be seen whether or not there was a gun In the outat. There was only one passenger to en ter thetraln from Alligator Lake. He was a negro, and was ticketed for Jonestown. It was to the same place that the trunk was checked, but when the trainmen went to the negro for in formation as to the contents of the trunk he declared that he bad no trunk. He put up a good denial at the time, but when tbe train arrived at Clarksdale he left It and failed to return. None now doubt that be owued the trunk and knew what was in it. From papers left In the car after tht explosion it was learned that tbe owner of the trunk was a negro preacher by tite name of Y. T. Jones, and that he was a member of the Ep worth League and several other orders, but no trac has been gotten of him since tbe explo sion. Should he be caught, be would be dealt with according to the law. Judge Fentress, counsel for the road, la discussing the matter, said that if Mr. Henry should die the owner of the trunk would most certainly be guilty Mr. De Guafl l aon t see now we can if we get that kitchen range you eald you needed. Mra. De Guafr (after deep etudy) 1 have ltt We'll not get the range. "o body ever goea Into the kitchen, any ,way. and we'll make the cook get along with the gasoline stove. Cleveland Leader. Two clocks that have been in tha pos session of tbe Webster family, of Hart ford, Conn., for tha pas century, are still keeping good time, never varying a second, it is claimed. The eye of deep sea flab are very ratted; some have neither eyea nor sight, others have greatly enlarged eye balls, so aa to catch tbe least glimpse of light. CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM. Origin of This Troublesome Disease and How to Believe It. The cause of rheumatism is lactic acid in the blood. To this acid are due tbe aches and pains, the swollen joints, tbe sharp, agonizing t:ijges. Rheumatism aifectB the limbs, arms, back and hips, can ,ng misery day and night; stiff ne; of joints, lameness, swellings, agony. Rheumatism can be cured only by purifying the blood. Do not waste time and money on lini ments or other applications. Do not dally with unknown medicines. Cure rheumatism at once, surely, safely, promptly, permanently, by purifying tbe blood with Hood's Sareaparilla. Thousands of cures of this and other blood diseases conclusively prove that Hood's Saraaparilla has wonderful curative power. The great merit of Hood's Sareaparilla has given it the first place among medicines. It is tbe reason for its wonderful cures. It is the explanation of i'a enormous sales. Hood's Sarsaparilla stands not only upon its record of cures in tbe past, though this is unequalled by any other medicine, but it is to-day curing -thousands of cases of catarrh, rheumatism, fcrofula, dyspepsia and many other blood diseases. It is to-day the medi cine which the people take to give them health, strength, pure blood, good appetite and digestive power. Philanthropies!. She Poor fellow, only one eye. How came you to lose the other? He A looking for work, mum. Ex change. Impositions of coolies for public work in Georgetown, British Guiana, was physically resented by white la borers and in riots that ensued the po lice shot three men and wounded sev eral. CASOaarrs stimulate liver, kidneys and oweis. Naver sicken, weakaa or gripe; 10c. Careful experiment has shown that rough a certain depth of water, vhere only fifty per cent of the red 74VB passed throug.i, there were sixty er cent, of orange; yeiiow, eignty; reen, ' oiaety, anal indigo, ninety-five. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. VTarnkna: Note Callrasi tat Wicked THE reformer ia a living declaration of war. Troth has noth ing to fear from the future. . God i on the aide of the man who behaves him self. Tbe most dan gerous wrong step ia tbe first one. God always has a large place for tbe man who ia willing to do little things. If you know that you lore everybody, everybody knows that you love God. There la such a thing aa having great influence without having great talent. In building tbe temple of your life, be sure to make Christ tbe chief corner stone. The man who thinks for himself, will also think for tbe long procession that follows him. A godly life Is something that preaches when nothing is being said in tbe pulpit. There Is a sense In which the blood of every sacrifice lifts somebody into a higher life. It is a great mistake for tbe younfr to despise what the old have learned by experience. Perhais the world could have lieen saved without preaching, but not with out holy living. God is as sure to reward true faith to-day, as he was when Abraham of fered up Isaac. nesting In the Lord la the highest qualification for doing whatever tbe Lord wants done. One of the worst tblnga about a bad man, is that he leads a long procession of others Into evil. A TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE. KKCOt.LKtrrlO.N8 KKCALLK0 1IAX INCrjltMONI. BT IN. What a Lowell Kepurtar Discovered In the Illatorlo Town or DianMablo Miracalou Eecape From a Mlaera bls Kxistenc of a Usavsuitant ul One ol the Pioneer War. riura ot Colonial Times The Talk or ths Neighborhood. .From 0t Am. Lovctlt, Mats. Mr. Hiram Spauldtng, who wai for many i.-ars the roprietor of the Mampour Uouse. a Boston summer resort, is undoubt edly as well known aa any man in Mlddleaer County. Mr. Spau ding, besides having been, a popular hotel man, boasts of belntr a lineal leacendant of John Spanlding. a well knowa soldier wno was killed in action with the Indians while serving in the command of : be famous Captain John Tyng in 1304. Ha also is well known as tbe fln-t leader of tbe celebrated lun.taMe Cornet Band, of Dun stable, Mays., familiarly known as the "mounted band." Altogether bandmaster Spauldlng Is perhaps ths best known citiznu in town, and respected everywhere for hl& uprightness and sterliui; character. Mrs. Xeilie A. SpauldiMt is the wife of this itentlemnii, nnd almost na well known as Iiit popular hustiand. A recent severe tllne-w Irom overwork nnd malaria caused yravs I allium Iirir UIMUtsrOUS .CUURIDlRDnV, and the l.wal phvsi.-lans seemed powerless to aid her. Chills aud fever, impair. action of heart and liver, and general wr - ich - "dness were her portion, until her attention was culled to lr. Williams' piuk p,jis fr Pale People, ami she began tousethem. On Labor lav. Monday, Sept. 7, 1S96. Mrs. .uTsheluf :hat day she performed one of the hardest dny's work ever accomplished by her. She lie , .TS. rl l,T, 1! . a'r",i wistful whin looked urt Into tbe fac . lions, and all traces of malarial poison seum I , ... , ., , to have vanished. Jo' the girl. Instantly the little thing1 j "No one was more astonished at myreeov- J ery than my husband ami - my neighbor. , and they are not surprised," said she, -to 1 Bod iu me such a champion of what is dee- tinei to become a household medicine, lh j precious Pink Pilis." Ar the request of Mrs. Spsnldlng, th .e reporter called on several persons ia the town of Dunstable, all hlifhlyrespeetabla ' ladies of prominence in the community; ! ,m,t..l 1 . .. .n ,,.im. Itttin Dill." silk ii.ui.1 I resulis, and after a fair trial wlllrsoihejr j thought) he ready to add their testimonials to that of Mrs. Snauldineas to their medlci- i mil and curative wortn, especially in chronic ; casesnf nervousness. t Dr. WillUms' Pink PilU contain, tn a eon- densed form, all the elemems necessarv to ! give d w life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. Tbey are an un failing speoifle for such diseases as locomo tor ataxia, partial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tbe after effects ot la irrippe, pal pitation of the heart, pale and sa low eom pkxious, all forms of weakness eitbor la male or female. Pink Pills are sold by alt dealers, or will besent post paid on receipt of price, 60 ceuts a box or six boxes for f i .50. (they nre never sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' lledlein Company. Hchenectady, N. x. EFFECTS OF TEA SMOKING. Physicians Alarmed at the Growth of the Habit Anions; Women. Physicians and specialists on nervous troubles are treating numerous cases of extreme insomnia and nervousness In young women without disclosing to them that their condition is the result of practicing the new vice of smoking tea cigarettes. The habit Is increasing. From observations of its effects a west side physician declares tb&t "A tea cigarette la t genuine brain excitant. AlVy one who uses it and yet does not work with her brain, would go half crazy with nervousness, but with, those who do brain work it la different, for the stimulus produces strange intellec tual activity. "After a couple of green teaigarette a poem, for instance, will almost wrlw Itself, I am told by one of my literary patients. The effect of the tea cigar ette, while stimulating to the brtftn add iu flow of thought, acts as a pure seda tive to the rest of tbe body, Quieting restless uees, uneasiness or svctdal pains. Tbe after effects are bad If tbey have not been worked off by unusual' mental work. "At some bouses green tea cigarette are banded around after dinner, and t know three actresses of considerable reputation who give tea smoking par ties' twice a week. One woman, to break off this habit, on which she has voluntarily placed herself under pri-1 vate restraint. She had concealed her habit from her husband by using an artfully contrived cigarette case. It re- . sembled a bunch of keys, each key con- mining one cigarette. I So much has the habit spread that ! several tobacconists and druggists are keeping tea cigarettes in stock for regu lar customers. The active chemical preparation of tea is thelne. Just aa caneine i- ot ivu 77, ; ' bacco. When thelne U administered to a frog or a small animalitls fouBd that . lb COICUJ !UiiU1711ca BumuvMo " caffeine or coffee does not. doses thelne produces spontaneous, spasms or convulsions, which caffeine docs not. This Lb, tn fact, tha ultimate effect of smoking numerous tea cigar ettes, finally producing "fits' or conml sions. "Tbeine also acts as a local anaes thetic, quieting painful nerves. Green, ten ryrrm'"! much more thelne, than or.- dlnary black tea. So you saaf that the; habtt of smoking tea cigaraaaa la 41? rlbly ysfedetwa." Kvrw Tatsjaisas yf ITo nciiiMi:nt:it:ittt THESE FIOUKES ARK YXAJtS. VBAKS IN 1HICH, IN SIMOLJt INSTANCES, FAINS AND AQitX ! Rheumatic, Neuralgic, Sciatic, LumbagicJ I HAVE RAVAGED THE HUMAN FKAME. ST. JACOBS W iOfll : Oil. CURED THEM. NO BOAST ; THEY ARC I 3D bjV ' SOLID PACTS HELD IN PROOF. . : lW CIIILDHEN'S COLUMN. STMEN T FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. BometMna that Will Interest tke Jw vaalle Members of Every Homsehold Quaint Actisna and Bright Sarin f IIsmt Cstc and Canning Caildrsn. Thinars a Hanihter Phoatd Know. How to cook, sweep, duet and tidy up a room. How te wear a print dress gracefully.. How to say "no," and mean it. How to say "yea," and stick to it. How to spend money carefully. How to regard tbe character and hab its and not the money of ber aasoctatea. How to have a place for everything, and everything In that place. Happiness comes with doing nelpfu things for others. Poip Bnbb'e. Maklng soap bubbles is a great nmusement to children and will keep them employed a whole afternoon. Pre jiare. beforehand, a mixture of curd noap cut into small pieces and boiled three or four mluutes in a pint of water. when cool add an ounce of glycerine, put It iu a tightly corked bottle ami keep some hours before using. The. bubbles made with this preparation are very brilliant In color. - Boy Character. It la the greatest delusion la the world for a boy to get the idea that his life Is of no consequence, and than the charac ter of it will not be noticed. A manly, truthful boy will shine like a star in any community. A loy may possess as much of noble character as a man. He may so speak and so live tlae truth that there shall be no discount ou. his word. And there are such noble. Christian boys; and wider and deeper than tbey are apt to think it is their lnflueuce. They are the king boys aming their fellows, having an immense Influence for good, and belovad and respected be cause of tbe simple fact of living tbe truth. Boys, do be truthful. Keep youi work as absolutely sacred. Keep your appointments at the house of God. B known for your fidelity to the Interest of the church and Sunday school. B true to every frlenVi!p. Help others to be and do good. Comrades in Misery. A touching incident which was seen on a Boston street one cold day last winter illustrates the way iu which suffering begets charity. It was one or the cheerless windy days, when the air Is full of Buowflakes while yet It eem too cold to snow In earnest. On a bleak street was an Iron plate ia the sidewalk, around which thin. v . , , . streams of steam arose. On this bit or j warm surface cowered a morsel of a. c ..ri I10t more than four or Ave year J, , , ., ,, , , ., ,,,, ,,.- P"--hed with the cold1 and hunger. and most scantily dressed. j -.g she crouciied over the -warm plate? ! '1-kiDS drifting down. ; the street. He hesitated as he cami into the circle jf. warm Jlir. and witil moved over to make room "for her fellow Waif . ' ' , ... . . "Poor doggie, she said, hugging her forlorn, shawl closer about her, "is be coldtDo''" . - And the two comitldcs in misfortune shared together the hospitality of til Jroa jjrate m perfect fellowship. Making Uas In a Pipe. Show your friends some evening how coal gas is jnade. All that you wilt :ueed s a olajy pipe and eoine plaster or . ,,, . . ..,. P- Fil1 P'Pe with rt wal dusl' :from the scs.it 0e and plug up the top of the bowl very carefully with th plaster. When the .-ovt' ring is dry place the bowl of the pipe tihside of ibe stove where there Im a hot tire., allowing the stem to stick out. In threie or four min utes strike a match and. "hold it to the stem of the lppe, and presto! there will be a steady blaze of gias. If there Is nq s4xr at band the pipe) may be beat i ed oarer gas jet, but it Wilt take loov--J f r yrofcably ten minutes to start the gas from the coal. When the gas is all burned if rom the' stem of the pipe cut out theiiaisttr and tn the bottom of the bowl you Hill have a little coke. Nearly all of the gaa used' In great eities islands-exactly in this yvy, only 4n a, very much larger scale. . - CMld veer's Cats Sayings. '"Harry, d you love your unlet beSfoy blotherr "Wnat'a the use? He vajouldnT knflrw It If I did." New Work Journal. Teachet-.V$hatlls the most important, t&echanical invention of our "century ? Pupil The penny tin-the-slot ndy ma chine. FUegende Blaetter. "Popper" said Skunmle, "I ta writing letter to Jimml Perkins about my turkle. Hfw many k's are, tftere in tnr tler Harpers Bnund Table. "Maw." said Johnny, After he had I emrvoverf til a ha2d-headel -nn4 for aev- eral moments, -Unele George hen had hl8 for(head r,iaed, sa people will think ne - 8 marx." iben the uScfain meiditti- v( a.juoiuent ajud exclaimed: 87 'ngo. he'll get tirfcd of that, though, tor heE hare more face to nish "-vAana 0fss.) Frefeman. . "5Bnnie ttas beerr in to tee me-to-day,J 5-yearx.ld, "afid she toebav- d m .,11,1 T . . W f Iim rtm the bed.New.York frtbonte. . "And cow, lltfle children, said the Sunday school tajrertnariodest, "If yon; are good chOdran oms day ou may wear a axIfen erown." "Psiw's got one on his tooth nom.f chltfped- ths smallest saaf newest bwjl laaanapoils Sentinel. . Xaachar (abpat to ' eipatiat on the virtues of ym eg)-Jlm, inflmn, can Ml tMiiosjhVnsU lrehvaa oftgiasaswnrjMl t- . -li MAKIXO COAL 011. brightest boy In the daaa I know, the leech. New York Tribune. "Mamma, said little Mary, "what does amen meaar "It means that you Join In what has been said, dearie hat yon approve of and believe." "Oh, yea, 1 know," said tbe little girl, ""'a tbe op posite of nit." Harper's Bazar. "Willie." said the history teacber, have any important battles ever been fought on Sunday r "Yen, air," replied Willie. "Pa and I always have a fight over who gets the newspaper first ev ery Sunday morning." Harpefa Ba- v Otis Skinner has a raft or nepnews nd niecea. One of tnem was walking with the actor through an old North Hampton graveyard, carefully spelling out the epitaph In high aoprano tones. He came to one which read: "David Krans 1794 1820. He is not dead but sleepeth." The Skinner hopeful shout ed: "Oh, Uncle Otis, come here. Here' a man what's barisd alive." Detroit Free Press. -Mamma." said a little Fifth ward boy, lugubriously, the other day as he laid down a volume of biographical sketches of tbe Presidents. "I dou't be lieve I'll ever be a President. I ain't got the chance. I wasn't brung up right." "Why. child, you have the same ?hance that other little boys have." "No, I ain't. I wasn't born In a log cabin, cor I ain't drove a team on tbe canal, nor I ain't had to read tbe epellin' book by the light of a pine knot, nor bad ta spilt rails, nor nothln' like tbe rest of the boys who got there." Jrsi try a 10c. box of fascarets; can 'y ca-thank-. Uuert uvtr aud Locl regulator uiaUs. He Prompted tb Speaker. Amuug Mr. Noah's Uioots' remiuU oeucert of "Washington lu Lincoln's Time" is a pleasing sketch of Thaddeus Morris, who for some years was the special page of the speaker of the House of Representatives. While Mr. On- of South Carolina was speaker, as it appears, be discovered that Morris, then nothing but a boy, bad a surpris ing knowledge of 'parliamentary law. and an almost equally surprising mem ory for names aud dates. Speaker Urr at once attached Mori s to the speaker's chair, where be kept bbt place until his death in March, 18C4. Probably few strangers ever noticed the tall, slim young man who leaned negligently on the corner of the speak er's marble desk, apparently but little Interested in the proceedings of the House, but really regarding all that passed with tbe most watchful vigi lance. The youngster kept track or the mazy confusion of business, and could disentangle for the sometimes be wildered speaker the most labyrinthine complication. If a knotty question ef parliamentary law or precedent arose, be would solve It with amazing facility. While the speaker was addressing the House in a perfuuetory way, etatiug the question at issue in order to eouauine time, Morris would silently place be fore the speaker, reference book after reference book, with chapter and verse duly marked citations from the rec ords of the earliest jears o the Govern ment, collected for use as precedents lu Just such a case as that under consid eration. The mute prompter's band was tbe cotnpass that enabled the tempest-toss ed speaker to steer clear of rocks and shoals on which be mtglrfc have wreck ed bis reputation as a presiding officer. Morris' death was a real loss to the House, but possibly some of the hair splitting debaters who had failed to trip the speaker over a "question of order" did not regard with immitigable grief the. place left vacant at the corner of the speaker's desk. iro.To.Bae far fifty Cants. OrrrmuOcorel. Why not let No-To-Bec regulate or remove rnur d. airs for tobaccol aivMmomr, mtket health and manhood. -Cure guaranteed. CO ccuu and SI.UU, at all truwfistx. ' Quf en Victoria frequently examines ier will. !t Is engrossed on vellum, quarto size, and is beautifully bound. srars o Onto, Car or Toxxoo, l t.itca r?fii!v i bb Fbabk J. t'auii make oath that he Is tha bbsb A aealor partner of the Arm ot F. J. t'u io.,aoiDg-un4i in the City of Toledo, Oxiiuy ana atato atoraiairt. and t bat aald Arm wui pay iv,wnu uuiiwn in tueiiiiyai loieuo-t. we asm or on a bukorbd mluu tor eaco and every caas s( caTAnaa that cannot b cured by ths use Uau'l CATAaaat Coax. Fhahk f. C'BBRST. Sworn to before ma and eubeeribed in my I ' presence, this Sth day of December, 1 BCAt. I A. l. ltMS. A. W. Gmabom. - - ' Aetkrv i'vfcuo. HalPs Catarrh Cars is taken interna ly. and acts directly on tha blood and moeooa aurraces at ths syelsin. Head for teatimonlala. fr. F. J. Cnun A Co, Toledo, IX 6old by Dru(tut. Jfc. UalTe raatdjr FUla are Um beak The aborigines of Australia lie hands of the corpse and pull out finger nails this for fear that dead will scratch their way out of the the the the grave and become vampires. Cora Guaranteed br DR. J. B. MATER iota ARCH ST.. 1'HlI.A.. PA. fce at once: do operation or delay frm bannea. Connnltatt n tree. Kndoreruieuta of puyticlena. ladies and prominent eitltens. hend lor circular. Office bouta A. M. lo f. M Tbe Philadelphia Mint has the oldest known coin. It was coined 700 years before the Christian era, in Egina, Greeoe. File stopped tree and permanently cored. No rtts after Srat day'a use or ua. Kuhk's Gasar Slav RaaToREB. Free tt trial bottle and treat ies bend io Dr.. kilns. Mil Arch St., rutla fa. Taking down a board . that bad a knot iiole in it from the side of bis bouse, a Jarber (Mo.) man found that av swans, of 'bees bad made their hive thvre and tbtn were 125 pounds of gotd honey wailing for him. For whooping X-Jtaga, PI o' Cure li a auc- ce-sful remedy- M-r. Mctkb, 67 1 Droop Ave Brooklyn, K. Of., Ofc-. I, !!. Excbanged Ortps. A Cleveland man tells a funny storj of a blunder he made wnlht on his wed ding tour. When he took the -sleepei m ilk... Krwarvttncr tt at Ntb Tork'B a igr suueuji - - - - - - Grand Central depot, the porter acci dentally put him in the wrong car. Later on be rectified tn mistake by es corting tbe Cleveland couple into the right section of the car ahead. When the local man arose to go he picked up what be supposed waa his traveling bag and started away with it Be hadn't been In the forward car but a few moments when he bad occasion to open the bag. This is what be found in It: A black bottle, a brush and comb, a pack of playing cards, a package of pa- - 1 I nsat Cnarfc S.Tame Oooo. Cas I per. labeled "Bin-,- 1f box l gars, n couple of col BJ" 55. memorandum book marked Srtrat. eanvas-." and fj half osed and an enr-tope full of rail road passes. ' . . j The Cleveland man closed and put It down. Then ne looltedf W the owner. He didn't hare long lo Down the eJale. accompanied by tnej porter, came a stocky man with a big Mack maettache and shiny 4nt hat. He grabbed tbe bag with a wnlle of re lief and trotted back with It. Tbe bridegroom followed him and secured bis own bag. As be turned to leave the enr the stocky Individual shouted after - .- .Vnn want to take tittle better care of your raffles next time you go a-Jeuroeylng." Of course tse people In the car all laughed. This" nettled tkt Cleyeiand man a little: , "Tbafa all rlgfct, old boy." be Irefl back, "the next time you go up to Al bany n log rolling you'd -better lock np your glass wars mnd your boodle book a little moresecurely." It was ,onance ahot, but the Cleve land man, knew lie bad made a bit by the way the other passengers howled.' Then nje escaped with his baggage. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ixrd Kelvin. of the Teniae TbnmiOO. ine laiuei eniinentOrfWd Kelvin, was the sou of a farmer in the north of Ireland. He had few outward advantages, but hi in born thirst fbr knowledge conquered all the difflcalties. and he became a thorough nisfheniaticlan and professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow. Ixrd Kelvin, though not childish. Is of that chiliflikeuess of char acter regarding which It was said, "Of such Is tbe kingdom of heaven." A writer In Oood Words-sketches tbe dis tinguished professor as follows: He has one strange peculiarity. While tbe higher matheuiatica.ai-e as easy lo him as the alphabet, he often appeavs puzzled when a sum Is presented to him In ordinary numerals. A question of simple addition placed lu this way ou the board will sometimes lead to the query being put to the class or to an as sistant, with a certaiu funny look of helplessness, "How much is that '!" " His power of abstraction is extraor dinary. He is never without his note book, which be carries in his pocket and produces at the most unexpected times. . , i have aeon him when on a visit to a t country house, in a crowded drawing room, with all the Jabber of conversa tion going on in full flood, sitting with hU uote book, and filling page after page with intricate calculations, seek ing the solution of some problem which awaited investigation. He can do this In railway carriages, and in a storm at sea, as calmly aa in his library. He will get himself prop ped up lu the corner of his cabin ami set to work, and become no absorbed as to be unconscious that there has been a gale blowing while he was at work. And yet. if recalled to ordinary llf by some passing questioner, bis gentle face lights up with Interest, when oth ers, more self-conscious than he, would: display irritation. Indeed, I never knew a man lees self-conscious. He is absolutely without affectation, or any thought of self-importance. He will converse with a nobody in a man- ner so respectful and attentive as to i make that nobody imagine that he him j self has been delightfully interesting ; and even informing to Lord Kelvin, i This arises from tbe simplicity and ! sweetness of a great nature. Uless Water Pipes. Some of tbe towns of Germany have their water pipes made of glass, pro tected with an asphalt covering to pre vent fracture. A new steering device for ships con trols the rudder by pneumatic pres nre, tbe air being forced into a cylinder on either side of the rudder post by means of the fteeriug wheel in tbe pilot bouse. r moW TO FINi OCT Fill a bottls or common water glass with arine sad 1st it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or settling Indicates a diseased con dition Ot the kidneys. When t urine stains linen tt Is positive evidence ot kidney trouble. . Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in ths baok is also convinolng proof that ths kid neys sad bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is eomfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Ir. Kilmer's Bwamp-Boot, tbe great kidney remedy, fulfills every wish In relieving pain in ths back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part ot the urinary pas aagea. It oorrecta inability io hold urine and scalding pain la passing- it, or bad effects following use ot liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity ot being compelled to gat np many times during ths night to urinate. The mild and ths extraor dinary effect of Swamp-Boot It soon realised. It steads the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Bold by drag gists, pries fifty cents and one dollar. For a sample bottle and pamphlet, both seat free by mail, mention this paper and send your toll postofBee address to Dr. Kilmer A Co., BlnghamtoD, M. T. The proprietors of this paper guarantee ths genuineness of this offer. Many Turkish soldiers, whosewagt8 have been allowed to go far in arrears by tha sublime porte, have been com pelled - to resort to begging on the streets of Constantinople. Mm. Window's i-'oothlnc Syrup for children t etntng. eoften the gum, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, curra wind colic ic a bottle While digging near a blasted tree, on-his farm, in Beech Grove, Tex., Ssnopeon Uilder found an iron pot which contained $5,550 in gold. WnTBB bilious or costive, eat a Caararet, ready cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c., 35c. Tides in the Sabine River carried a floating island of fifty acres of water hyacinths up and down stream past Orange, Texas, for a week. fANDY CATHAflTSC ID0AI ITTPT V fiTT ID I VTCDtl ta ears aaeaaeof cnndicati.in. rueirt sr. th. t.i..i i ... nmjVUUinnt WUauaniDl.V Hr. vi ale anS eeeslet free. IS. STFBIJKO BEaTEDT Boar In U!nd That " The Cods Ke!p Those Who Help TfeKSselvas." Self Hal? Should Teach You io Use SAPOL.IO Waald Talk la -aw Horner, a successful dapter of French play, while dining m a hotel somewhere in tha prv inces " asked in most impressive fash-lon.-Feut-onfuuierlcir To whien the waiter replied, wearily: "I don't under atand a word of French, sir." "Then, for God's sake, send me somebody whe 6ear ahouted the irate adapter. A Bee's Weighs. Careful weighing shows that an or dinary bee, not loaded, weighs the live, thousandth part of a pound, so that it takes 8 000 bees to make a pound. But the loaded bee, when he comes In fresh from the fields and flowers, loaded with honey or bee-bread, weighs nearly three times more. . Mpeed of the Hurricane. It is said that a hurricane holds ths best time on record for one mile, cover tag the distance In half a minute. Then a balloon has done the mile In forty seconds. The third place Is held by a railway engine, In 53.77 seconds. "SGt Ilia Idesl. Dora Does Mr. Clinker believe it the aristocracy of the intellect? Cora No. He told nie be ws trylu to get In the "400." Life. j. "X Natural Qttestlen. May (reading the cycling news) I sa. that a swell chap was arrested yester day for running clown a woman. Agnes Really? At which club?- Kew York World. Guntcrsville. Ala., pernopR erape vine trellis 1,00 feet Ion? wide, aud on which gallons of fiuit. boaFts of a fcup whicd covers a hy fiftv-six feet is at least 20i Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Will cure the worst forms of female , complaints, all ovarian troubles, in flammation .and ulceration, falling and displacements of tle womb, and conse quent spinal weakness, and is pecu liarly adapted to the change of life. Every time it will cure Backache. It lias cured more cases of leucor rhcea by removing- the cause, than any remedy the world has ever known ; it is almost infallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels tumors from the uterus in an early stage of develop ment, and cheelvS any tendency to can cerous humors. Lyilia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills work in unison with the Compound, and are a sure cure for constipation and sick headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative Wash is of great value for local apf lie tion. R.I.P.A-N-S Pactced Without Glass. . TL.N FOR HVE CEMTS. Thin Bpertiit fonnnf IMWnTabtilprpertd from tut-otiKir.al u--jc-ri on. hut more ccoaom trnliy i.nt up f... t"nn i.tinH9o ut meeting Uu univerx'tl iro.Vt-n atMiimid l .r a low price. ItlltKf l'!4H 'ink') one ot meal or bed time or mlimevf r y-u reel )orlv. Swsllew la 'h'le, with or vitliout a wmiU:Iu1 of water. Tbey cum ail Ffura-n h b&nlfh palB Induce s-lt-'P i rrolorvr life. An Invaluable conlo. B-f--t Sprmz JJdicine. f oanAtier wont tbe inikttT. ore will do i-u pr-ou1. Oue Five relict t cure win result 11 Tne five-cent D-u-kai- s r.ro not TCt to be had of ;.r. cucna are luuovra. all 4tttilni. nl'.'-'-.irii it i probaule tbat almoft ny dr-j-.Trl-it will ol'taia r. su :piy wbenrequeated lyacu.toui?rtod)Ft but :nunv ciwi euuxie 4-artniij c.niu.-.niiivr fn ttCtnlcs, wul beeent, post tLic pni'J, to &:iy iiidr.M for lire cent. In Banpi. furinntcd to tlio 1'ipanu Cbemieol Co.. No. Ill Ppruce t., yew York. I'nil tue iroods are thor cuKbly iicrodiireil tottiotmne.flirentsBnd ped dlers w;ll leiPT1'Pd pl a rric wliu;ta will allow them a i vr m-inria of nrof't. TI2.1 ldoEeit cr-tonsfiirijce-u? I'Tni-ifHtK n. 12 dozen (lift cartons) for l .3- by mil for ?l f?. 6 trrom I7W cartoasi for t-,,..".i- o cartons) for Ca.h with tha ordiT lu every n. aaa rcighl cr express uuaruvd at Ilia buyer's oust. VIA Savannah Line Ocean t o. V .New lina. .- fav. !e.t e. FROM BOSTON 0IRFCTfT?i?S.,5?S I.ewltt Wltarf . llKhnrJ'n & Kumar J, Atnt. 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