LOVE AWHEEL,
Borne four awre yeara or more g
In piirituuii- nee,
Prisoiila' crcntt-nt trrnnnre ill
Her iv be?!, then all the rage,
Aud many a "spin" on it aha took.
Anil truth, too. many a "reel.
The while ahe looked so dainty, many a.
1 J cart she needs must steal.
Btnnll wonder John rame courting, and
with
Iyove quite lost his head;
60 swiftly did the noiseless wheel
Olwy the stately tread.
While every revolution took him
Farther on the way;
Ah, intiiris were sweet, find lore was fleet.
Ken !bn:ilt aiistciv the any.
A:. 1 1?. mi'thiuk. times have not
-li:l Mired
So creatly after all;
As tribute, just as many hearts.
To our own maiden fall.
AVheu on the highway spinning, in ber
"Turn" and cutaway,
Dan Cupid on her shoulder rides,
With arrows keen to slay.
His little belt is hung with hearts,
tlay cyclers, have a care;
Lest "scorching" past, a roving dart
Should catch you unaware.
What though one held the spindle; on
The handlebar clasped tight;
Aye were maids the same sweet pattern.
Love but lore through time's despite.
King aud Queens of the Range.
WHO CARRIED THE
KING'S DISPATCH?
Kre I could step across the kitchen la
Onbur the door the knock came agaia
sharp and hard, as though the mat
without were iu no mood for delay. I
lifted the hitch and threw wide thi
door, aud iu the light of the lanthori
aw his haml lifted In the act to knock
again,
"In the king's name," he says, witt
one foot across the threshold.
"And welcome," nays I, and inada
way for him.
He slopped, glancing oyer big shoul
der at the horse.
"Nay," sji.v I, "have him In, too.
There is naught to spoil," 1 snya, look
ing around me, "hut If there were, he
would be welcome. We are for tie
king," says I, willing to make uim com
fortable on the main point.
He pulled the horse Inside. When I
turned to It from barring the door I
saw at a glance there was not another
half mile left In It. The next moment
It dropped to the floor with a sharp
groan.
" "fla the most cursed luck," says he.
"Sure, 1 have been followed by ill for
tune " He broke off and looked sus
piciously at the door and window. "You
are well protected, master," he says,
turning his eyes to mine.
"We can stand a tilt," says I. "Kest
easy on that score."
"A quart of old ale made hot and
poured down its throat," says I, as
much to myself as to him, "will do It uo
harm, aud may do it much good."
Standing by the pan and keeping my
fingers In the draft that I had mixed,
so that I could tell when the ri.eht heat
was attained. I took & oareful look at
the man at my side. He was of my own
size and build a tall, square fellow,
with a deep chest and square shoulders,
straight as a pikestaff, and having a
certain stern look about (lis mouth und
eyes. His uniform was very plain, but
there were jewels iu the hilt of his
sword, and the feathers that dropped
from his hat. draggled they were,
were rich and thick as a gallant's should
be.
Between us we poured the ale down
the poor beast's throat.
"There's naught to hope for in him
to-night," siiys he, gloomily. " 'Tis my
usual III fortune "
He gave me a quick, curious stare.
"So you are for the king, farmer?" he
says. "'Sdoiith, 'tis a piece of the
rarest luck that I chanced to knock at
your door! I nm at the most desperate
pass, biit you are for the kit,g, eh?"
says be, with emphasis.
"I said bo ami mean so," says I.
'"Tis necessary o be sure of things
In these times." Kits he, with a sigh of
relief, "and 1 have that to tell you
which I would not wlttiugiy tell to the
king's lightest enemy. Here I am," he
says, lowering his voice, "carrying a
dispatch of the strictest importance to
Ruieil and Newcastle at York hark
you, farmer, 'tis the kiDg's own signa
ture that foots It am. I find myself
topped"- his eyes wandered to the
horse "and followed" -they turned un
easily to the door.
"Followed"' wild I.
"As I said." said he, coolly enough.
"They have been at my heels for the
last ten miles; three of them there are,
and all well mounted, plague take
them:"
"They are without, then?" says I.
"They were within iiOO yards of me
when I turned in at your gate," ssys
he. "But where they are now, the
Lord knows."
I opened the shutter of the hatch and
got out into the little garth between the
great ash and the hedgerow, taking
good heed not to crack even a dry twig,
when I became awnre of three troopers.
They were out on the road, and each
man sat bis horse in such a strict quiet
nes that you might have sworn horse
and man were of bronze or marble.
"That he turned in here," says one,
U certain. Why he t -ned aside is not
o certain. Hut If ho carries dispatches
for Rupert at York 'tis certain that he
must go northward along this road.
And so tLe question is where to stay
Mni In his progress."
"I know this country, every inch of
at," says the third iiiru. "Iave It to
BM. Two miles ahead lies Marsbford
emmon there's nn likelier spot 'twlxt
bare and York as desolate a waste it
fa zn you could wish."
Then they talked again and the end
!r wres t!i:r t'tey backed their horses
into the coppice aud waited for Ills com
lug forth.
The ni.tn sal on the edge of the table.
Just as I h:nl left him. "They are with
out," 1 says, turnlug toward the lire;
"they will wait your going forth and
theu follow you to Maishfurd common,
where they propooe to take you In the
rear."
"Io they fo?" says he. "But come,
master farmer, are we to be outwitted
by tiiree crop-eared roundheads?"
""lis the kind's dispatch?" snys I.
His eyes li.vvd themselves on miue and
1 saw the 'vliile teeth shut slowly down
uu bis lip.
"Then; U some plan In your head,"
says L"e.
1 sat down on the settle. He looked at
mo for u moment, and then put his
hand within his doublet aud drew out
a thin packet of blue silk, aud there
was writing on each side of the knot.
His linger poiuted to a word in the cor
ner. "Come." says he, "your plau,
fanner," und he put back the packet.
"I am nut without horses," says 1. I
giauced him up and down. "We are
much of a build," I says. "If I were on
one horse aud iu your uniform and you
were ou another in my clothes," I says,
"an J if I took the road across tb com
mon and yon followed one that I can
tell you of d you see what I mean? '
ays I.
"By heaveusT' t ays he. "An we come
through with It the kins; shall reward
you fittingly. But 'tis more like to end
in your death," he aays, and shakes bis
head.
Til take my chance of that." says I.
"Come, is it settled between us?"
"Are you a married man?" says be.
"Have you wife anil children?"
"Neither the one nor the other,"
says I.
"A mother, then?" says he.
"In the churchyard, two miles away,"
says I.
He nodded and once more looked me
up and down, ending with a long tare
Into my face.
"I take your offer, friend," says be,
and he held out his hand. "My name Is
Eustace Blunt."
"Mine Is Stephen Mann," says I, with
my hand In bis.
"No better man in England!" says he,
with a laugh at his own wit. "Come, I
am In your bands, Stephen. What do
we do first?"
"First, I shall set ont, leading; my
horse across the paddock to the front
gate, thence to ride along the high road.
Give roe a good ten minutes' start ere
you set forth yourself. When your
time Is up follow the high road for half
a mile, and then turn to your right. You
will find yourself In a grass lane. Ton
will follow It for a good three mile ere
you come to a sign' post, but when you
come to that yon are on the straight
road to York again. And 00 farewell,"
says I.
Before I had ridden a quarter of a
mile along the road I beard the steady
pouuding of their horses' feet behind
me. I turned In the saddle and looked
back they came over a slight rise in
the road, riding abreast. There was
that in the steadiness of their pace that
gave me a notion of their resolution In
the matter.
1 might have been half way between
the end of the lane where Blunt was to
turn off, according to my directions, and
the first stretch of the common when a
sudden thought caused me to clap my
hand to the pocket of my coat The sur
prise that came to me as my fingers
closed on the dispatch that should have
been iu Blunt's care and not In mine
made me pull up the horse. There I
was In possession of his majesty's dis
patch, a thing of the strictest import
ance, and behind me rode three round
head troopers that were anxious enough
to lay lingers ou it. As for Blunt, that
should have bad it In keeping, he was
by that time riding in the narrow lane
a mile in the rear.
The common suddenly widened out
liefore me. I saw Dick I'ritt's granary
roof shine white iu the moonlight, for
all that we were a good mile and a
half from it.
The three of them, still riding close to
gether, were withiu UliO yards of uie.
The moonlight struck the polished steel
of their breast pieces.
There were four square miles of com-
, mon and 'twas as tricky a bit of land
as a man might find iu a day's march.
There was a ditch here and a marsh
there, and both well hidden by the long,
rank grass that grew thick all over the
place. A man that did not know the
lay of the ground and rode his horse
across it with a loose rein was more
I likely to come to grief than not; nay, if
j he came withiu measureabie distance
I of Butter-Bum bole he was like to leave
horse, saddle and bridle in its black
' depths, and think himself lucky if he
! escaped with his own life.
! Kre I had ridden twenty yards luto
I the rank grass the three men gave a
: sudden shout and dashed across the
; common to intercept me. I could have
j la u l-lied with glee they had not gone
I 1 dozen strides before the foremost
i horse went knee-deep In a ditch and
j Hung its rider over its head. I was in
j hopes the horse had broken a leg, poor
tK-ast. but iu a trk-e the trooper had
picked himself up and remounted.
Cutter-Bum hole was in front. I must
rid myself of one if not ttro of them iu
Its black depths. If all three would but
ride into it and sink titty fathoms deep
there would l e less need for all the
bother that 1 foresaw ere his majesty's
dispatch Ixft my bauds.
When I had suffered them to come
withiu thirty yeard of me the moon
suddenly disappeared behind a bank of
clouds. But she suddenly peeps out
through a little rift, and on the instant
1 heard a sharp report aud caught the
whistle of a bullet as It flew past uty
head.
I went on slowly, holding my horse
back, and at the same time calling loud
ly on him to hatiteu.
There was not a yard between them
as them came to the hole, and each rode
r n enttMnf r"ci. Yon w"M
mought they were clearing the wnoi
thing, but the man on the left seemed
suddenly to drop to the earth, and over
liim rolled the fellow in the middle.
The man ou the right, following the
path that I had taken, pulled up bis
beast, with a jerk that threw It on Its
haunches and I saw him turn to gaze
at the men and horses rolling and wal
lowing in the mud.
"Farewell, my masters!" said 1, and
laughed long and loud as I cantered off.
But I was reckoning a bit too soon, for
he sent another bullet whistling after
me that took off my bat.
Looking over my shoulder I saw that
the man who bad escaped the marsh
was following me with determination.
He had evidently seized the situation
and made up his mind to follow my
plans. So in and out we wound, over
a ditch here and through a cluster of
gorze bushes there, and be made no
such foolish mistake as to try to cut me
off or to take a shorter route, but held
on to my heels.
The horse tucked his big thighs under
nrm and tossed bis bead faltb, I believe
be loved the spirit of the thing as dearly
X8 his rider! And so we went straight
across what bit of common there was
left, and, skimming Dick Trltt's new
fence like a swallow, landed In the
lush grass of the Home garth.
There were yet three meadows be
tween mc and the sign post, and it was
good going over all of them. The air
rushed around my hatlesa head, the
tars seemed to dance all across the
heavens. The hedgerows shot up In
front like ghosts, but we were over and
through them and settled Into our stride
again before I had time to count one.
I saw the sign post, a black, two
armed thhiie, outlined against the sky,
at the corner of the last field. We were
close on the hedgerow then, aud as I
jettled down for the leap I beard
Blunt's horse clattering up the narrow
lane to my right. The moon sailed out
of the cloudbauk; we stared at each
other.
"AhT says be, "the troopers "
"Two of 'em In Butter Bum hole,"
savs 1. "The third "
But the third must have ridden a rare
horse, for at that Instant be dropped
over the hedge with a force that made
the ground shake. We had drawn rein
In the middle of the high road, and he
aught sight of us and came forward.
Rut within a dozen paces his beast
swayed and fell, tumbling him off into
the dust In spite of all his round-
beadedness he rapped out a roaring
curse.
" Twas the rarest adventure." I says,
"I wouldn't ha missed it for the worid."
"Why, faith," ssys ba, "you make me
envious. The lane was tame enough
a mere matter of straight-ahead work."
He said naught of the dispatch. But
at the corner of Dead Man's copse I
drew rein and held ont my band. "I'll
go borne," said I. "You have no fur
ther ueed of me. We will exchange
horses and clothes as you return."
"Let me keep my thanks till then,"
says he, giving me his hand. "To-mor-now
or the next day wa shall meet
again. Master Stephen."
But ere be broke into a canter I pulleo
hi 111 up and wheeled about again.
"Hah!" said I. "I almost forgot to give
you the dispatch," and I banded It orer.
"The dispatch?" said he. "The dis
patch? But surely "
"So you did not know that I bad It?"
say's I. "Faith, but It lay very near my
heart!" and without more ado I turned
about and cantered off, leaving him
there In the moonlight, staring open
mouthed at the packet in bis band.
Pearson's Weekly.
Rarlefi 1st a Saow Bank.
All of our boys and girls do not hart
the opportunity to go every day to a
beautifully decorated scboolhouse. says
the Chicago Record.
Away up in Northern Michigan,
where much of the land Is still uncul
tivated, there stands a little, low log
building in the center of a clearing,
where the huge oak and maple stumps
still stand to tell of the forest that on
covered the land. This scboolhouse has
a funny little door, hardly high enough
to admit a tall man, and two or three
mall windows, the slse of a single
aaao. The spaces between the logs are
plastered up with most and uiu.i. uua
the gable euds are made of boards cov
ered with tar-paper, which scents up
the room inside. A long, low stove,
with a door big enough to receive a
whole cord-wood stick, stands in the
center of the room, and the stove-pipe
runs right out through the roof, with
out bothering about a brick cblmuey.
And the pupils? There are Just four
of them, with sometimes two or three
more In winter, when the snow Is deep
and the farmers' work Is light. In the
picture, which U from a photograph,
you will see all the pupils standing
outside of the little door with their
teacher. The scholars beloug to two
families there are only three families
In the whole district and two of them
are compelled to walk nearly four miles
to school every morning. In summer
time this is great fun. but in wiuter,
when the roads are drifted full of suo'.v
and the mercury Is down to zero, it isn't
so pleasant.
Two years ago the little school bad
a most exciting experience. There
were five scholars then, and some of
them, owing to the depth of the suow.
didn't reach the scboolhouse until after
10 o'clock. Of course, they didn't hear
the bell, because there wasn't any bell
to ring. About noon the wind began to
Jar the loose boards on the roof, aud
then It began to snow. At 3 o'clock
In the afternoon it was so dark that the
pupils could hardly see their books.
When the teacher went to the door
to see what the matter was In came a
great gust of wind, followed by a heap
of snow. It took two of the boys to
shut out the blizzard again. By this
time the little building was creakiu:
and cracking as if in distress. Snow
scuttled through the cracks, and the
pupils hovered close around the stove
to keep warm. One of the older boys
made an attempt to get out and start
home, but be was driven back half
frozen and nearly suffocated with snow.
Darker and darker it grew, and then
tbe wind seemed to die down.
"The scboolhouse is buried up?"
whimpered one of tbe pupils. "Howil
we ever get away?"
The teacher did her best to keep up
their courage, but even she was fright
ened. They bad no candles nor Limps,
and as the afternoon advanced tbe only
light came from the glowing hearth of
the stove. Supper time came, and
there was no supper to eat. Every
crumb of the lunch brought from home
In tbe morning had disappeared at
noon. Later In the evening tbe wood
ran out and tbe pupils became chilled
with tbe creeping cold. When the last
stick bad been fed into tbe red mouth
of tbe stove, two of the large boys,
encouraged by the teacher, ventured
to open the door. It was walled to
the top outside with snow. But like
the plucky boys they were, they bur
rowed head first into the drifts to tbe
wood-pile and managed to pull out sev
eral sticks of wood and drag them Into
the scboolhouse. Before the work was
done they were nearly frozen with the
cold. Two of the younger pupils cried
themselves to sleep on one of the bench
es near the stove, but the others kept
watch all night long In the dark.
"They'll surely come and dig us out
in the morning," said the teacher, hope
fully, but breakfast time came and then
dinner time, and there waa no relief.
By this time tbey were all very hun
gry, indeed. They bad had nothing to
eat for twenty-four hours. Tbe two big
boj'9, wrapping themselves well In
coats and mittens, again burrowed out
side, and after a hard struggle, suc
ceeded in reaching the roof of tbe
scboolhouse. Once out of tbe great
drift, they' found that the snow had
ceased falling and that the sun waa
shining, although It was still dark In
the schoolhouse. But they looked iu
every direction and there was nothing
but snow, snow, snow, and not a sign
of relief. So they went back, carrying
the sad tidings to tbe other pupils.
They were all certain now that tbey
would starve to death before help
could reach them. But hardly bad
they made up their minds to this tear
ful fact when there came a thumping
on the roof above them, and then
voices. Tbe boys shouted an answer,
aud then ran outside. Immediately a
man came tumbling and rolling down
into the schoolhouse door. He had on
his back a bag of lunch, and the bun
gry children went at It eagerly. Two
men bad succeeded in crossing tbe
enow-bound country on ski, or 6uow
shoes, and thus the school was res
cued, although some of the. pupils could
not be taken home until tbe following
day, when a road was broken.
How would you like being a pupil In
such a school!
The British Mint coined in 1896
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A SCHOOLHOUSE ON THI FRONTIER.
Mind sad Body. -
In many forms of Illness of lasting.
ut not necessarily severe character,
he continued low condition of the sys
ero tends to bring on an uneasy.
.vatchfuL "nervous"- state of mind.
This niental condition often outlasts
:he physical weakness, and Is liable to
lecome chronic. The sufferer's fao'y.
ind even the physician, are sometimes
t their wits' end to effect a cure; for
until the patient Is roused to tbe ne
cessity of forcing his body into activity
and of forgetting himself, the taak is
almost hopeless.
He must be urged to give up keeping
a watch oTbls heart-beats and a talij
it bis pains. He must be shown, gent
ly but firmly, that his recovery Is de
pendent upon tbe exercise of his own
strength of character and power of
will, whicb must direct bis thoughts
away from his physical condition.
Fright slone may go Jar to retard or
prevent recovery. The terror ocasion
ed by the bite of a serpent or of a dog
Is sometimes so marked as greatly to
increase tbe vital depression caused by
Che absorption of the poisonous con
tents of the wound. -
On tbe other hand, calmness and
hopefulness render one less liable to
suffer In the face of serious conditions.
A phlegmatic patient was recently
treated for a fall In which both legs
had been broken at the thighs. Tbe
patient was calm, doing what be wan
told, but no more. He regarded his
accident philosophically. Contrary to
the rule In such serious injuries, uv
symptoms of shock were present, 110
rise of temperature took place at any
lime, and the recovery was rapid and
uneventful.
Even In acute illnesses not especially
Involving tbe nervous system, a quiet
mind, determined to get well is possi
ble, and doing everything to attain that
end, is oue of tbe atteudlng physician's
best allies.
While well a man should care for bis
health, not nervously aud hurriedly,
but with the calmness with which he
prosecutes his daily business, observ
ing tbe laws of health as be knows
them, avoiding excesses, and taking
the precautions which experience and
example have shown him to be neces
sary. Here one's thought of self should
top. Minute examinations of oue':
physical state should be conscientious
Ly avoided. Youth's Companion.
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Cobwigger Brown said he caught a
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Many claim to be praying for the
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The devil lias an Iron collar on every
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thau be does of his home.
A blind man's opinion of the sun is
based ou what be has learned Trom
the earth with bis cane.
"The Master has come, and is calling
for thee," whenever you bear of u
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There la a good story told of a Hert
fordshire farmer. He went home late
one night and drank a pint of yeast In
mistake for buttermilk. He rose three
hours earlier next morning. Cardiff
MaiL
Not K.tnet but tba Want of It.
Mrs. Greene Is It true, Charles, that
Miss Hunter married for money?
Mr. Greene I think, my dear, that It
waa owing to tba want of money.
Boston Transcript.
A ana Having lor Horsa Owaara,
Carriages, bugtfts and ha mess can be bnugM
ft thr Elkbart L'arr age and Harness M. Co.,
o Elkhitrt. Ind.. at one-third leae than deal
er price. Their products itre tiescribed i.
a large catalogue thai is mailed free.
In thn ru9b and Htru-rgle for exist
ence at Jacksonville, Fia., they saves
little time and a little ink by spelliug
it Jasonvillc."
Dasfnaaa Caunot be Cured
bv Incnl applications, as they cannot renclt tlis
dii eajiiid Kirli n ut she ear. There is only one
way to tare deafuena, and that la ty constitu
tional reiuediet. Deafness is ctnxrd by an In
flamed eouditioa oC the mucous lining ot the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gels in.
flarard you Lave a Tumbling au-jnd or imper
fect hearing, and wnen it is entirely chated
Deafneas is the resnlt, and nnless the Inflam
mation can be taken out and thU tube re
stored to t s normal condition, hearlnt will be
destroyed forever- Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which la nothing but an in
flamed condition of the inucou snrfacra.
We will give One Hundred Do I' ra tor nny
eaeof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hull's Uatarrli Cure tend for
circulars, free.
r J. CnrNET A Co., Toledo, O.
Pol d by Driipiit, 7"c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Si. Louis, Mo., ia the lareet street
car manufacturing city in the w rl.l.
The output last year w.is about 3,0J0
cm.
Cascabeti stimulate liver, kidneys nd
bote's, never lccen, weaken or krtpe; 10c.
The geregate weight of a family
living in Van Buren County, Michigan,
is one ton. It consUU of a father and
mother and four children, and when
they go to church together they ail sit
in one pew.
Vr. WIn-lnw'j Sootlilni Syrun or chlldret J
t elhinar soticni fhe immv. tedtices !nn.imni?i- '
lion, allay jin, cure wiud coii& Jc. a bjttlj
It cost New York City over $00,000
to got nd of the last "boautifjl
snow."
an.To.Hae for Fifty Cants.
OrrreOQ.uKlcurel. Why not lei N i-Tn-Biri
rvitfiilute or remove your dsire tor tobirci
b ve niooey. nuke health ami niaibou I.
ure uuuraulied. SJU cenu and 1.U), ut afl
viruaa su-.
According to the recent cenu. the
population of Greece is 2.4 13,01.0
s. uls, or an increase tf SjO.OOO over
the figures of 1880.
JrsTiryaluc box of rmmrets. canJv ralhai
tlc, a.uai lite' aud bowel r gn.jlor made.
lexna hs designated Janutry 4
an annual "irrigmiou diy." Kentuc
. . .1 1. twr Sl,l. r
a
an rduuhi ii i i'uu" j . j
, , .L.Bi.nri Knar anv SI .1 tjl run
In... r
manage to net along with only one
rlich day in the yenr.
FITPstomeJ tree ana permanently cured. No
ft-aliernrvl uuy'a ue of UK. Kli.sk' (iKEtT
hkixvL Kmtukik. rite li trial bottle aud ireui
ke tend lb fr. Kliue. nil Arch ?L. tuna., 1'a,
If the fashion writers are trust worthy
the colored shirt next summer will be
riotous.
Millions of Cjok Books Given Away
There is one large houe in this
country that has taen business on its
turn and nifans to ride on tbe rising
tide. Alive to the signs of better times
and to the best interests of the people,
they are now cuculating among fami
lies a valuable publication known as
"The tharU-s A. VoKeler Company's
Cookery Book and Book of Comfort
and Health, which contains very choice
information on the subject of cook
ing. Keceipts for the preparation of
good, substantial and dainty dishes, pre
pared especially for it by a leading au
thority, will be found in its pages.
Much care has been taken in its prepa
ration and distribution, with tbe hope
that it will be just the thing needed for
housekeepers, and just the thing needed
also for the care of the health and house
hold. As a Cookery Bjok it will be
invaluable to keep on hand for refer
ence. It also contains full information in
regard to the great remedf s of this
house, which provide against bodily
ailments, especially the Master Cure
for Tains and Aches, bt. Jacobs Oil.
To give some i.'ea of the labor and
expense of this output, more than 200
ions of paper have been used in its
publication, and at the rate of 100,000
a day, it has taken several months for
the issue.
The book can be had of druggists
everywhere, or by enclosing a 2c stamp
to The Charles A. Vogeler Company,
Baltimore, Md.
Hard on the Women.
When women don't know what eti
quette would demand they kiss each
other. Atchison Globe.
Cure fluaranteed br DR. J. M. MATER lOll
ARCH ST.. FHlLA.. PA. Kase at once: no
operation or delay from business. Consultation
Iree. indorsements of physicians, ladies an
prominent ciluens. Send for circular. Office
bourss A. M. to 3 P. M
The one quarter of the world that
enjoyed considerable prosperity during
the year 1896 was Australasia.
If afflicted with tore eyes use Or. Isaac ThoTip
aon'a Kye water. Druggists sell at 26a per bottle
A inian 1 1 at aaire ikut a r01r nf fnrn
makes a pint of whisky. "And a pint
of whiskey often makes a peck of
trouble."
St. Vitas' Dance. One bottle Dr. Fenner's
Specific cures. Circula-. Fredonia, i. Y.
An Eastern chemist has discovered
a new cure for iusomnia. The name of
the drug contains forty-three letters.
The patient goes to sleep while aeking
for it.
Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up Chil
dren's U.ukds and Cold .Mrs. M. O. illvxr,
;piaguc, Wash., March 3, l3-'i.
Bulgaria has only seven high schools
for girls, with 5,146 pupils and 185
teachers.
Whex bilious or costive, eat a Cn-carct, randy
Cathartic; core guaranteed; 10c., 23c.
Olive Branch Say, pa, why does
Jimmy Eastslde call money "dough?"
Pater Famillas I don't know, my son,
unless It Is because ha needs it for bis
iiir braadLWudsK.
comfort '-
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
Comethtn that Will Iatereat tba J
veatla Kcanaera of KTerjr Hoaaeaold
Onaiat Actions and Briarat Barinaa
af Muar Cat) and Cnnnlna: CMldraaw
An Amnalna- Candle Trick.
One person holds a lighted candle,
another has an unllghted one. Tbe
task Is for tbe one with tbe unit gated
candle to light bis candle, from tba
lighted one, both persons hopping on
one foot all the time. Bedroom can
dlesticks should be used, to prevent the
grease from the candles falling about.
It will be found a difficult and exceed
ingly laughable diversion.
A Child's Thought.
The Washington Post records a pa
thetic saying of a child:
A Washington lady was passing one
of tbe orphan asylums of the city, and
as is her praiseworthy custom, nodded
nt ross thr fence to a couple of forlorn
little waifs playing in the yard. Be
fore she was out of bearing one of the
little girls said to the other:
"Isn't she just lovely?"
And the other, with a wistful sign,
answered: "Yes, and p'r'aps my mother
Is just like her; just think!"
Game of Three ThlnTS.
Three Things Is a game played by
any number of persons sitting in a row
or circle. The oue who begins gives to
his left-hand neighbor the name of
three things beginuiug with the same
letter, which the hitter must then cou
nect in some way, and then give three
other things to the next in line. When
anyone is unable to connect tbe names
he receives he must pay a forfeit, and
the names are passed along to the next
player. Thus, the player gives out:
"Hen, ham nnd heaviness." The sec
ond says: "The hen tried to eat the
ham, and found that heaviness in the
crop resulted. I give door, dinner and
duty." The third says: 'T opened the
door to go Iu to dinner, when I had to
go back to fulfill a forgotten duty," aud
so ou.
It Win Good -Bad Dour.
The Indlau certainly showed a fine
sense of propriety when he named the
bull-dog "a good-bad dog." The name
Uls very well.
.Major Peter Ronan, agent of the
Flathead Indians in western Montana,
purchased a fine blooded and ugly faced
bull-dog, relates the Helena Independ
ent, not to guard his pleasant quarters
at the Flathead agency, but to give his
Indian wards a new subject for study
in the animal kingdom. The appear
ance of this strange quadruped caused
as much excitement among those un
tutored miiis of the forest as a behe
moth of the paleozoic age would arouse
by a sudden appearance on Main street.
The chiefs held a lon consultation
over the oharai.-teristWs of the animal
ami dually iK'cided to call hliu "a good
bad dog." The first adjective is doubt
less caused by a certain Indian sense o.
diplomacy to be exercised in address
ing the aulmal, while the latter Is evi
dence of the red man's regard for trull
at all times. At all events, the name it
worth studying.
Anima'a that Do Not Get Th!rtT.
How long would you be contentec
without a drop of water to drink'
There are many different kinds of aid
luals in the world that never in then
lives sip so much as a drop of water
Anions these are the llamas of Pata
gotiia and the gazelles of the far Eas1
A parrot lived for fifty-two years Ir
the "Zoo," at London, England, with
out drinking n drop of water, and
muny naturalists believe that the only
moisture imbibed by wild rabbits U
derived from green herbage laden witt
dew. Many reptiles serpents, llzardi
and certain batrachians live and
thrive in places entirely devoid ol
water, and sloths are also said never to
drink. An arid district in France hat
produced a race of non-drinking cowl
and sheep, and from the milk of ths
former Roquefort cheese Is made.
There is a species of mouse which bat
established itself on the wateriest
plains of Western America, and whicb
flourishes, notwithstanding the at
sence of moisture.
A Turkey Odd Apnetite.
We have often heard of ostriches who
eat tenpenny nails or goats who eat tin
cans. A turkey Is not usually credited
with such an abnormal appetite. Bui
there Is a turkey who ate a little girl'i
tea set.
The magnificent possibilities of a
young turkey cock's crop reached a cli
max in the discovery made by Mrs. Cor
nelia Choate. Mrs. Choate purchased a
fine fat young gobbler in Fulton mar
ket, which she ordered sent home un
dressed. In preparing the fowl for din
ner it was noticed that it possessed an
unusually large and heavy crop. In
vestigation followed.
First there waa found a nice little
china teapot. Then the lid was found
which fitted It to perfection. Next carat
a little sugar bowl and a top to fit It
Nsxt a little cream pot. These appear
ed to be all, but a further search re
vealed the presence of a miniature tea
spoon about an Inch and a half long.
The dishes were of the kind used by
little misses who give tea parties to
their dollies. Mrs. Choate's little girli
have the trophies in their possession,
but are willing to surrender them tc
any miss who has mysteriously losf
pieces from her doll's house. The tea
pot and sugar bowl are almost an incl
In height, and It must have taxed th
young turkey's swallowing capacity t
the utmost to bolt his meat Chicaga
Record.
The Moat Valuable Bpots on Earth.
Probably tbe most valuable spots on
the face of the earth (as the burlal-sltet
In Westminster Abbey cannot bf'
bought with gold) are tbe four corrert
where Wall street touches Broad, and
the two where it irects Broadway. 1
cannot guess how iarjee a price any one
of these might bring tn the market
now; but a million dollars and half i
million more wer rcently paid foi
five lots on Broadway opposite Bowl
ing Oreen. This wsa the value of the
land alone, as tbe old butldiuga It bore
were at once to be torn down; yet, says
rhilip Hone, a lot in just this place sold
in 1S29 for only $19,500. As late at
1S40 lots on Cortlandt street could be
had for $1,000, or even for (700. But
a year or two ago the corner of Lib
erty street and Nassau, measuring seventy-nine
feet along tbe one, 112 alonj
the other, and about 100 feet In depth,
brought 91,250,000, and this, again, for
tbe aaks of tbe land aloae. Centurv.
RaaMlBil,
ft IS toiil Ot t"c , ,
that be wa. once out fo bunting when
-I'm afraid, your Grace, our fun Is
oven The dog's can't P tu
en t. one." replied the Dak. .-the
x ths other side.
fox has crowrcu f
"Not rerylikely. my Lord. A fox
h"TyeWyer," urged the Duke, "but b
may have crossed over by soms
b "I'SoB't believe the I. brlds"
answered the master i ""-7
" " .. ,i ih. nuke, "unless
Well:
CUUUUueu .
. -. ihnllffh I
you know
to tne COUiraij, -"--
Th.,r?" " TZ,: Zt Wellington
t
These are the positive fore-runners of sertous womb amplication, ana unless
Sen irTmedia attention will result in untold misery, 1 ! not death
rLvdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will, beyond the question of a
doubt relieve all this trouble before it becomes serious, and it has cured
many after their troubles had become chronic.
The Compound should be taken immediately upon the appearance of any of
these symptoms above enumerated. It is a vegetable tonic which mvigorates
and stimulates the entire female organism, and wtU produce the same bene
ficial results in the case of any sick woman aa it did with Mrs. Cuas. Kwo, 181S
Rosewood St., Philadelphia. Pa., whose letter we attach:
" I write these few lines, thanking; you for restoring my health. For twelve,
vears I suffered with pains impossible to describe. I had bearing-down feelings,
backache burning sensation in my stomach, chills, headache, and always had
black specks before my eves. I was afraid to stay alone, for I sometimes had
four and five fainting spells a day. I had several doctors and tried many pat
ent medicines. Two years ago I was so bad that I had to go to bed and have a
trained nurse. Through her, I commenced to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and I never had anything give me the relief that it has.
I have taken eight bottles, and am now enjoying the best of health again. I
can truthfully 6ay it has cured me."
REASONS FDR USING
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tStevrWfli.
jHii 5.
a cup.
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trifle you will find one within a mile."
The two men, ronoweu uy ire nun,
pushed on and less thau a tuilo oil cams
upou a rudely constructed bridge. Tha
dogs crossed it, again took up the sceut
and killed the fox. Asked for his rea
son for asserting tliat there was a
bridge near, he answered: "I saw
three or four cottages clustered to
gether on each bank of tbe river, and
I thought the people living In them
would be tempted by their social fe.
lngs to contrive a means of visiting
each other. That same inference of
mine gained me one of my battles."
London Telegraph.
There are over 2,000 mik s of railways
in operation in Japan.
A WOMAFS BODY.
What Its Neglect Leads to. Mr. Ghav
King's Experience.
A woman's body is the repository of tha
most delicate mechanism in the whole
realm of creation, and yet most women
will let it get out of order and keep ont of
order, just as if it were of no consequence.
Their backs ache and heads throb and
burn; they have wandering pains, now here and
now there. They experience extreme lassitude,
that don't-care and w ant-to-be-left-alone feeling,
excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleepless
ness and the blues, yet they will go about their
work until they can scarcely bland on their poor
swollen feet, and do nothing to help themselves.
Because it is absolutely pu'"
Because it is net nia-le by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the linest quality are used.
Because it is m.-uie by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent
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