NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER.
How aim: j buttons ure minims to-day 1
Nobody knows but mother.
Bow many playthings are strew a in her
way 1
Nobody knows but mother.
How many thimbles uud spools has she
UliM-fl.
lion- runny burns n ea h fat little fist.
How n. any butups to be cuddled and
kiml?
Nobody knows bat mother.
How many bats has she hunted to-day?
Nobody knows but mother.
Carelessly hiding themselves in the hay.
Nobody knows but mother.
How many handkerchiefs willfully stray
ed. How many ribbons for each little maid.
How, fur her cure, tans mother be paid!
Nobody knows but mother.
How many muddy shoes all in a row ?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many stockings to darn, do you
know?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many little torn aprons to mend.
How many hours ef toil must she spend.
What Is the time when her day'a work
shall end?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many lunches for "Tommy" and
-Samr
Nobody knows but mother.
Cookies and apples and blackberry jam.
Nobody knows but mother.
Kourixhintf dainties for every "sweet
tooth
Todillin "Dottie" or dignified Ituth.
Iiow much love sweetens the labor, for
sooth? Nobody knows but mother.
How
many cares
does a mother heart
know ?
Nobody knows but mother.
How
How
How
many joys from her mother-love
Bow I
Nobody knows but mother.
many prayers by each little white
bed,
many tears for her babes has she
shed.
How many kisses for each curly head?
Nobody knows but mother.
Mary Morrison, in Housekeeper.
Feoiile railed him "Rambling Robin."
Tou could have seen him almost any
day walking aluu with his head hang
ing down, aud his eyes fixed on the
ground. Nobody spoke to him, nor did
he speak to anybody. Ilia clothes were
In rapt. He wore uo collar. Somct iu a
a red scarf was fastened round his
neck, but oftenor than not his neck and
chest were bare to the cutting winds.
Nobody knew where he came from, and
nobody cared.
Some said he had been an actor at
one time others that he had been a
doctor, while many maintained that he
was a man who had gambled away a
large fortune. Whatever he might have ,
been, we could all see that he was no
commoD vagrant.
I do not know whether the peace and '
good will which are supposed to come!
to all men at Chrbjtiiuui time had any-!
thing to do with it, but when I passed
him one Chrintmas eve a few years
ago. as I was hurrying off home, a
sudden Impulse led me to stop.
"Will you couie home with me aud
Tnave your supper, ltobin'r" I said.
He stopped and lifted up his bead.
Poor fellow! I noticed the tears spring
to bis eyes. Kind words were
strangers to him.
"My my supper!" he gasped. "1
Taever have any supper." I
I quite believed him. Ia fact. If he j
bad said he never had anything to ea: 1
at any time I should not have contra-
dieted him. j
"But make aa exception to-night," I !
urged. "Christmas time, you know.
Foople break the ordinary routine of
their lives at Christmas. Come along." j
He made uo uuswer; at least, not ,
rith words, but his eyes spoke plainly
enough, and. quickening his pace, we !
Utrode along together toward my home.
At last we reached the house, and my
wife opened the door. My little Mabel
came toddling to meet me, and as I
lifted her up and carried her back on
my shoulder I told my wife I had
brought a friend home for supper.
Kobm and I sat talking together
while Annie nan getting the meal
ready. His face had brightened, and
bis brilliant conversation confirmed the
opinion I bad formed of him, that be
wu a man of culture.
Mabel climbed down from my knee
and went across to Robin.
"Have 00 no "ittle dirl?" she lisped.
He stroked her hair gently, and shook
his head.
"And no mamma?" she asked, look
ing first at me and then at the smiling
fnce of my wife.
Robin turned his face away. Trust
a child for tiudiug the way to a man's
heart.
"No, no mamma," he replied, after a
pause.
Mabel sighed, anil came across to me
"Is ee poor man?" she asked.
The intervention of my wife with
the Information that supper was ready
saved me from replying.
The menl over, my wife rose to take
Mabel to bed, but before she left the
room the little girl ran back, aud climb
ing on Robin's knee, kissed hi 111 "dood
night." Then Robin and I pulled our
chairs to the tire. Ills eyes were shin
ing. He seemed a different man. I
handed him a cigar, and we sat smok
ing for awhile without speaking.
"Would you like to hear the history
of 'Rambling Robin?" " he asked, bend
ing forward. "If you would, I will tell
you the first part. The second part only
begins to-night. You shall
hear that in a year or two."
I did not quite understand him, but I
nodded and waited for him to start.
"Two lines," he began, "frequently
occur to me. You remember them:
'Who fulls from nil lie knows of bliss.
Caret little into what abyss.
"They are the truest lines ever writ
ten," he said, and he stared Into the
fire for a time without speaking.
"Listen, and I will tell you how I fell.
Five years ago I was a young man do
I look young now?" and he pointed to
his sunken cheeks and gray-streaked
hair. "And yet live years have made
the dilTcn in e.
"My i:a.. v is Robin Alerne. I ir.n
living with my father In Scotland and
It was there I met my Flora. I can see
her now, as she was the first day I met
her. It was a glorious day in June. I
had sauntered out with my rod in the
morning, and was whipping the stream
which ran along the outskirts of the
wood, wren the sound of sweet music
fell on my ear. I turned round and
aw a woman. She had not seen me.
and as she came along she sang In a
voice as sweet and pure as was the
singer:
" 'Her face is fair, her heart is true,
Aa spotless as she's bonnie. OI
The opening gowan, wet wi' dew,
Nae purer is than Nannie, Of
"She was slinging her sun bonnet In
Aer hand, and the sun waa playing
with her golden hair, ner neck was
bare, its wliiteneas contrasting wltb
her bonnle. sunburnt face.
"When she saw me she stopped and
blushed. Then she threw on her suu
bounet and walkej on hurriedly.
"Sue was a girl from the neighboring
farm. I fell In love with her. and we
met in the wood, uuknown to any one.
Then my father beard. He forbade me
to Mee her, and told me if I disobeyed
him he would turn me from the house.
"1 met Flora the same night, and per
suaded her, on that glorious moonlight
night, to be my wife. We came south
together, and I married her. I was suc
cessful In obtaining a clerkship, and
after my work at the ofUce waa done,
my wife would sit in the little obair by
my i de, while I sat writ ng at my desk.
For I had the gift of writing bit of
stories, and often when the night had
drawn on, and work was put away.
Flora and I would sit talking of the
future, of the day when I should be a
famous author, and the drudgery of the
office abould be a thing of the past.
"But our happiness was too great tc
last. The roses on my darling's face
began to fade, and though she tried to
smile away my fears, I felt sure ah
was going to be UL
'Then one night when I came from
the office. I found her 111 In bed. In
despair I sat down to write a story.
which. If accepted, would enable me to
get her away Into the country, or to the
seaside. I worked at It all uigbl, and
finished It. Then a week later I re-
ceived a letter at the ottlce from the
editor telling me that my story had
been accepted. Inclosing a check and
asking for more stories.
Flora had been growing worse each
day. but now. I thought, she shoul.1
soon be better. I cashed the check and
bought some luxuries for her, and,
parsing a flower shop, I went in aud ob
talned a spray of lilies. They were hei
favorite flowers.
"Then I hurried away home. I could
hardly walk fast enough, but at last I
reached my little house, and entered.
I ran upstairs and threw open her bed
room door.
" 'flora. I cried. 'Success at last,
my darling. You shall go away for a
few days now ' i '"B". l"
"She did not answer me. 'She must ' f hoat- Bliuee ' P1? or the tu,ffe1 up
be asleep,' I thought, and noiselessly I k' le was, the In.portant function
walked across the room. , at e4'ery dante' and oa,le,d out he
"1 stood over the bed. looking at my
sweetheart's lovely face. It was so
calm, so beautiful, so pure. There was i
ROBIX TELLS nts STORT.
I
a sweet smile on her lips, and her hair j he ls l-uilng as rare as the buffalo
was hanging down, framing her face ! "P0" ,he Western prairies. But well
in gold. My thoughts wandered back i he s?' veJ UIS dl,v aud generation be
to that day in June, and the words of fore ,u? laiil d' n. "de fiddle and de
.ha song came back to me. ; ,w." Rlchuioffd Dispatch.
"I knelt at the side of the bed, and. 1
placing the spray of lilies iu my Flora's t r r i i l . .i.
f, .. i t i"r rrnces D rk has been for the
little baud, waited in silence, watching llBU, -:. . .. . r .
. ' i .i i " psit sixteen years caslrer of the Fusl
U&.U jiiujiug jjiujiug tuai pile nwuju '
soon be restored to health again.
"She awoke with a little start.
" 'I am so glad you have come, Rjbln,' !
she said, as I kissed her. 'I have had ;
such a glorious dream. I was dream- j
iug that you had written a book, and :
that the world was ringing with your :
uanie.'
"I interrupted her. !
" 'l'erhars the Ja.v is not fax off lore )
See. my story has been accepted, and i
the editor begs that I will send him j
some others.' j
"She did uot speak, but the proud
hok in her eyes told me what her!
thoughts were. Then she saw the lilies
and she kissed me for theiu."
Robin covered his face with his j
hands, and a sob shook his frame. He j
rose from his chair and walked round j
the room. Then he stopped, and, with
his face averted, he finished his story:
"In less than a week she was dead.
She died in my arms. I thought she
was better, but it was not to be. She
was too good to live. We were too
happy for this world. Heaven would
have had no meaning could we have
lived together longer. And when her
last breath was gone I laid her back
gently on the bed and covered her face
from my sight. I went on my knees '
and cursed cursed my fate and every
thing else.
"Now. perhaps, you understand my
fall. 'Why work,' I thought, 'when 1
have nobody to work for? My literary
work was neglected. I lo9t my situa
tion at the office. I have sunk deeper j ;
uuu ueepur, uum uow, ne pausea ror 1 .
awhile, "now I am 'Rambling Robin.' " j I
Tl.. I 1 . 1 , 1 '
x ueujie came across ana siooa Dy inr
lire.
. "But the innocent prattle of that lit
;le child of yours has brought me to
my senses. As there is a God above, I
will yet make the world ring' with my
name. Even If I cannot work for my
dead Flora, I can work for her mem
ory's sake. And so I will. I start to
night on the second part of my life. In
two years I will let you know the re
sult. I will come nud see you. Good
by."
I pressed fain; to stop the night, but
he would not. I persuaded blm, bow
ever, to take the loan of a few pounds,
and as he walked to the door I slipped
a note into his hands.
And last Christmas eve he kept his
promise. He came to see me carrying
a small parcel under his arm. It was
a book the book of the. year. He had
written it under a nom de plume. His
name now Is known throughout the
English-cpeaking world, and the book
which made his name ls dedicated:
"To my angel wlfe and Mabet"
James Davenport, In Tid-BIts.
the Most Valuable Spots oa Karth.
Probably the most valuable spot on
the face of the earth (aa the burial
sites, lii Westminster Abbey cannot be
bought with gold) are the four corner
where Wall street touches Broad, and
the two where it meets Broadway. I
cannot gness how large a price any one
it these m glit bring in the market now;
hut a million dollars and a half million
dollars more were recently paid for
five lots on Broadway opposite Bowl
ing Green. This was the value of the
land alone, as tbe old buildings It bore
were at once torn down; yet, says
Philip Hone, a lot in Just this place sold
in 1S29 for only J 19,500. As late as
MttO lots on Cortlandt street could be
had for $1,000, or even for 1700. But a
year or two ago the corner of Liberty
street and Nassau, measuring 79 feet
along tbe one, 112 along the other, ana
about 100 feet In depth, brought f 1,250,
M0, and this, again, for the sake of the
land alone Century.
People' or "Persons.'
a correnpuuuent or the. Critic Is re
minded by something "that there la one
word which Is misused by every Jour
nalist and every author wherever the
English language is written the word
'people.' " The misuse complained of
consists in using "people" as the plural
of "person," and an Instance or it is
credited to Mr. Howells, who' is criti
cised for writing of "three people" sit
ting In a room. The authority who crit
icises him points out that "people Is a
collective noun, and can properly be ap
plied only to a nation, a tribe, a class,
or a community, and that such a phrase
as "fifty people were injured" is "slop
py English." "For twenty-five years,"
says this complainant, "I have kept my
eye on this little word people,' and I
have yet to find a single English or
American author who does mot misuse
t." , .
It seems to have occurred to him that
grammar is subservient to language,
and not language to grammar. If the
best British and American authors for
the last twenty-five years have occa
sionally used "people" In the sense of
"persona," there would seem to be war-'
rant for the suspicion that in the pres
ent status of the English language that
usage is permissible. "Persona" la a
hard-worked word, and writer, whose
literary ear Is sensitive will hardly be
I estopped from relieving the strain on it
! at times by uain(f ..p. in ,t8 BteaJ.
whenever the mlsu8e of a famlllar word
j naa Decome universal It seems safe to
recognize that the word aa misused is
1 necessary to convenience of expression;
an1 when any word ,n anT 8ense hag
! prove1 Itself necessary, it might as well
- have space allowed it in the dictionary
and accepted .-Harper's Weekly. .
;
Tiie Old Virginia Fiddler.
What has become of the old Virginia
I fiddler, whose services used to be In in
cessant demand at this season of the
year, and who was known and greeted
by all the young people for miles
'around?
I Of old. there could be no Christmas
: In the country without him. He was as
. Indispensable as the children's stock-
; ugures in an uncnangeaoie voice,
; which grew fiercer and fiercer as he
i warmed up to his work. Has our old
j friend disappeared? Is his fiddle crack
ed aud his bow unstrung? Has he been
unable to withstand the invasion of his
, termory oy me piano anu tne piano , prtKrfa 0( the possession of sterling vlr
i agent? We fear so. We hear of him j tUes that no oue ever expects her to
very seldom now; whereas in the timus
agoue, at Christmas his name was on
every tongue, and his bow was a seep-
ter wielded over many williug subjects,
Happily for him that he found suitable
eulogists before his type was extinct.
Dr. George W. Kagby, that great hu
morist and player upon the heart strings
of men, in numerous sketches, aud the
founder of this paper. In his delightful,
realistic reminiscences, have both de
scribed and immortalized the old Vir
ginia tiddler. And well they did: for
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Bass's Gora Boaad. a W.r.l.sj Hot
to the Uaradr.saad.
npiRUTH
is what
I God says.
-W R v e r V aelfUhl
,
um uuu
takes a hot
lire to d u r I f y
gold.
. He most lives
who lives for oth
ers. mm
It la aa safe to
trust in God as It
ver waa
Don't give a
tract where bread la needed most.
Life 'has most in It for those who
know God beat.
'When you know what a man believes
you know what be la.
Truth never stays over night In any
house built, on the sand.
Never measure any man's piety by
the length of h!a face.
What men call failure may often bt
what angels call success.
Woe to that man who has the saloon
keeper for his friend.
One step away from Rod Is all It
takes to reach the gate of heiL
Every failure carries a guide-book to
I success In its Inside pocket.
Anybody can say prayers, but only a
worshiper of God can pray.
When the devil comes to an empty
mind be at once begins to fill It.
No man can do God's will until God's
will has first been done In him.
The man who tries to hide his sin
forgets that God Is everywhere.
Idolatry is a plan of salvation that
the sinful man makes for himself.
Many who are born in sight of heav
en appear to do all their traveling to
ward the pit.
"Look unto ' me aud be ye saved,"
allows how easy. God has mude man's
part ill being saved.
Important Papers.
Queen Victoria has given so many
, swerve fi?ui the path approved by her
J judgment and her conscience. When
; si,e tirst became queeu. .however, the
j world had yet to learn bow determined
the youug girl ruler could be.
Lord Melbourne, her prime minister.
Is said to have declared that be would
rather have ten kings to manage than
one queen.
On one occasion be arrived at Wind
sor late on Saturday night, and inform-
ed his youthful sovereign that be had
or importance. nut, said lie. as
they must be gone luto at length. I will
not trouble your Majesty with them to
night, but will request your attention
to them to-morrow morning."
"To-morrow morning?" replied the
Queen. "To-morrow is Sunday, my
lord."
"But business of state, please your
Majesty."
"Must be attended to. I know," re
plied the Queen, "and as. of course,
you could not get down earlier to-night,
I will, if these papers are of such vital
Importance, attend to them after we
come from church to-morrow."
Iu the moruiug the royal party wert
to church, and the noble statesman was
not absent. . Much to his surprise, the
sermon was on the duties of the Sub
bath. "How did your lordship like the ser
mon?" asked the Queen.
"Very much, your Majesty," he
plied.
"I will not conceal from you," said
the Queen, "that last night I sent tbe
clergyman the text from which to
preach. I hope we shall all be tue bet
ter for bis words."
It Is presumable that they were bet
ter, for tbe day passed, and no word
was beard of the papers. At night,
when her Majesty was about to with
draw, she said: "To-morrow morning,
my lord, at any hour you please, we
will go Into those papers at 7 o'clock
If you like." ' .
But tbe papers bad suddenly grown
less pressing, for tbe Prime Minister
found that 9 o'clock would be quite
early enough to attend to them.
Queer California SotL
The oil resources of California are be
ing carefully investigated by the State
Mining Bureau, which looks for a great
development some day of the oil Indus
try along the slopes of the coast range
from San Francisco southward almost
to the Mexican border line. The recent
extensive explorations mad In the
southern part of tbe State by W. I..
Watts of the Mining Bureau formed
the subject of an Interesting popular
lecture given recently before the Acad
emy of Science.
The discourse was made additionally
entertaining by a stereoptlcon display
of views of the oil wells, bituminous
deposits and petroleum-bearing regions
visited by the lecturer. -
One of the views showed an asphalt
urn flow In which were sticks and
stones and bones of animals. Some
times, the lecturer explained, cattle
lie down In the asphaltum when It ls
warm; they never get up again. At oth
er times, on warm days, cows attempt
to walk through The soft black stun,
but they stay in it until they are res
cued or until they die. San Franciscc
CaLL
A Query.
Elsie has reached the age, her parent
think, where she should be taught
something of the rewards and punish
ments hereafter. The description of
the angelic hosts especially Interested
her. An angel, she was told, Is that
part of us that lives forever, either In
blies for its goodness or In torment for
wickedness. The other day she saw a
picture purporting to be that of aa
angel. After studying It carefully, she
turned to her mother with: "Mamma,
angels don't have bodies like us?
"No." she was answered. "Or no
flesh r "No." "But they have wings?''
"Yes." A profound pause; then she
asked, "What do they fasten tba wings
tor
It W KisTareaSj
"Tea," said Archie, "I should admire
to be a soldier, to carry a sword and
gun and lead my men through fasts ess
es In tbe mountains, where the enemy
lie concealed two to onr one, and we
would die like heroes with our boots
on." ,
"Archie,' said his mother, "go Into
tbe woodshed and get ma an armful of
MndMng."
"Will you hold the light, mamma?"
"What do you wast of a Lightr In
qnfcrad his mother.
Tm
pain and foel like you'd snap ,
Wild Yak.
The yak, or wild ox of Tibet, has
sufficient spirit to turn and attack a
' hunter. If It had .more perseverance It
would prove a dangerous enemy. - CoL
Prjevalskl, in his account of bis travel
... .. . . .
t u we i ineian mountains, narrati
an
adventure which Illustrates the yak'a
disposition:
I was returning to camp when I saw
several old yaks grazing on a little pla
teau. I fired on them, and one fell and
slipped down the snowy slope. Stunned
by his fall, he lay-motionless at the
bottom of the ravine. I ran to him. As
soon as he saw me, some hundred feet
away, he rose and tried to flee. I fired,
but the ball did not touch him.
Then he turned and rushed at me. I
had only two cartridges; I fired one at
a distance of seventy feet, and one at
a distance of fifty feet. He stopped
when he was quite near me, holding his
head down and lashing his sides with
his tail.
I was near enoui to see his little
eyes and the blood which ran from h'j
nostrils. If hp had had a little more
decision and energy I should have been
lost. I could not get away, and I had
no weapon but my empty gun.
We stood looking at each other. Pres
ently he raised his head and stopped
lashing his sides. Evidently he was
getting over his anger. I threw myself
on the ground, and without taking my
eyes from him, crawled backward some
sixty feet. Then I Jumped up and
walked away as fast as possible. I did
not breathe freely until some 200 feet
lay betweaa ua
A Despotic Grandmother.
The custom which permits English
parents to arrange marriages for their
children used to be observed In a man
ner that would have provoked rebellion
In an American household. The follow
ing story is told of a relative by Lady
Langford, the original of Lady Kew,
In Thackeray's "Neweomes:"
Lady Langford had only once seen
her cousjn. Lord Langford. when 'he
came to visit her grandmother, aud the
next day the old lady told her she was
to marry him.
"Very well, grandmamma, but
when?"
"I never In my life heard such an im
pertinent question," said the grand
mother. "What business is it of yours
when you are to marry him? You will
marry him when I tell you. However,
whenever you bear me order six horses
to the carriage, you may know that you
are going to be married."
And so it was.
Merit Wins.
The inveitio:i of Alabantine tatrked Anew
nf lhe ,,,,11,11.11 owner w a mSt 11np.r1.mt
dtfoivery. t Ita-i from a piuhII bemiiintt
hrMnt-liei out into every country of the imvi
1 zil world Tim nnmo "kitlnomino" iiai oe
i ome so oftennive to property owners tUat
iiinnuraciureni of ctiett kalsouiine preurM
tions are now calling them by some other
iiHinf. and attempting to pell on the AlaUas
tine rompjny'ti reputation.
Thrmiirli extensive advert sine and persons'
Ur the turrits of the dur.ib e Alnbnstiue are
no thorou ;My known that theieop.e ifidit on
KeitliiK ibu-e tfoodA aud will t-ka no ch:inc of
rt oilii'K tlieir walls lor a posiie naviuic.of at
the Utor-t liutn few i-eni!. Tiiiu it it SKalll
jlemoTistrated i hit merit win.-, and that nian
uf.. tuiern of nr.t-r!a iirtleles will Le aup-
Oi led by the people
In A-U ttiA average number of iu
hatitan'B er square mile is 43; in
Africa, 1-5; iu America, 8; ic Aus
tralia. 1.
100 Reward. S10O.
The readers of this paH.-r will be pleased to
learu that there is at lel one drtaded diaeaae
that ceiire lias beeo able to cure in all its
stages, and that Is Crfiarrh. flails Catarrh
Cute la the only pimitive eure now known to
the medical tralemity. t'atarrh being a consti
tutional uist-as-, requires a cousiitutionai
treatment. Ha'l'a I atarrh Cure Is taken inier-
ually, act ng direvlly upon the Mood and inure-
1 0 ll surfaces of theaysteip, thereby destroy
ing tne foundation or lue aiseafte. anu uivuir
the patient strength by building- op tbe con-
uituiiou ana agisting nature in oomg its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative iKiwers that tney oner vine riun.
Ired Dollars lor any case that It fails to cure.
aeud tor net or testimonial. Address
K. J. Oiibhkv Se CO., luletlo. Ok
Sold by DrUKirisls. 76c.
a Family Pills are the 1 est.
Tbe Swedes find relief from sleep
lessness by laying over tbe eyes a
napkin wet with cold water.
Cascaret-i stimulate liver, kidnevq and
boaels. Jever sicken, weaken or trtpe: 10c.
No beer is allowed to leave tbe
German breweries until after it
been made three months.
best
has
Va.Te.Bac fair Fifty Cants.
UTer 40U.UU0 cure 1. Whv nn I., M..f n
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco)
Saves mouey, makes health and manhood
lure guaranteed. Ui cents and.fl.00, at all
Eling matches are common among
the villages of Alaska. He who eats
the most ia considered the most accom
plished man. , .
Just try a 10c box of Cascarets. the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The air is so clear and dry iu the
arctic regions that conversation can be
carried oa when tbe speakers are two
miles apart.
We bave not been wltbont Pfeo's Core for
Consumption lor 2k years. LizziK Fcrbel,
lamp si., tiarrisburg, fa., wayi.-iayi.
Excessive tea drinking shatters the
nervous system, weakens tbe brain,
injures the appetite, disturbs the diges
tive organs, and causes cold feet
Mrs. Winslow's Foottilng Syrup for children
trethlng. soften tbe gums, reduces Inuemina
tkm, allays pain, cures wind collo. a bottla
A musician in Hermon.Mo., wanted
a Up top zither, and he sent to Europe
fur one. He was disgusted when, he
receive I one that had been made in his
own Slate.
tore Guaranteed bv DR. J. B. MATER lOII
AKC1I ST.. rill I. A.. PA. Kase at once; no
ot erailou or delay Ir .tn business. Consultation
tiee. Indorsements of liystciaus. ladies and
tromlnem vitizeus. fiend ror circular, uttics
ours A. 11. 10.1 P. 11
An open top-thimble containing a
a wet sponge, to be used in moistening
envelope flaps, aud thus facilitating tbe
sealing of letters, is the invention of aa
Oregouian.
When bilious or cos ive, eat a Cascaret, candy
cathartic; cure guaranteed; luc., 23r.
At Jitper. FU., a dog chat-el a
rabbit, which dashed into, a gopher
bole. The dog followed and a rattle
snake killed both of them.
If afflicted with tore eyes use Or. Isaao Thomp
son's Kye water. Druggists tell at 26a per bottle
Charles Dorr, of S:tu Francisco, has
a wonderful memory. Ho can recito
verbatim almost any play after witnes
sing It QS0. -
FITS stopped tree ana permanently cared. No
fits after first day's use of Lin. Kuhb's 6 a cat
Kuvb Restobkb. Free tt trial bottle aad treat
ise. Send to ir. Kline. SU1 Arch bt.fnila Pa.
In a Booth Dakota divorce case the
jcry was composed of six men and six
women, and of course - there wag
isisssssiist .
CHILDREN'S COtUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
BoaaatfciauK that Will Iataraat the IM
Ssail. Meaabera of Every BorjachaM
Quia Action and Bricks Sarla.
of Maaur Cat. aad Caaalas Cfcildrea,
Wheat l'aa a Maa.
(First Boy.)
When I'm a man, a man.. -I'll
be a farmer if I can, and I can.
I'll plow the ground and the seed I'll sow,
I'll reap the grain and the grass I'll mow,
I'll bind the sheaves and I'll rake
And pitch it up oa the mow
When I'm a man.
(Second Boy.)
When I'm a man, a man,
111 be a carpenter if I can, and I can,
I'll plane like this and I'll hammer so,
And this is the way my saw shall go:
I'll make bird booses and sleds and toys,
And a ship that shall race wltb any
boy's-
Wben I'm a man,
(Third BoyJ
When I'm a man, a man,
A blacksmith I'll be if I can, and I can.
Clang, clang, clang, shall my anvil ring.
And this is the way the beuows 1 11 swing;
I'll shoe your horse, sir, neat and tight.
Then I'll trot 'round the square to see if
if s right
When I'm a man.
(Fourth Boy.)
Wlirn I'm a man. a man.
I'll be a shoemaker if I can, and I can.
I'll sit on a bench with my last held so.
And in and nut with my needle go.
I'll sew so strong that my work shall wear
Till nothing is left but my stitches there
When I'm a man.
(Fifth Boy.)
When I'm a man, a man,
A doctor I'll be if I can, and I can.
My Dowdera and Dills shall be nice and
sweet.
And yon shall have just what yo like to
eat:
I'll prescribe for yon riding and sailing
and such.
and above all things you never must study
too much
When I'm a man.
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(Sixth Boy.)
When I'm a man, a man,
I'll be a minister if I can, and I can.
And once in a while a sermon I'll make
That can keep little boys and girls awake;
For ah! dear me! if ministers knew
How glad we are when they do get
through -
When I'm a man,
(Seventh Boy.)
When I'm a man, a man,
I'll be a school committee if I can, and I
can.
And once a week I'll come into school.
And say, "Miss Teacher, I've made a rule
That boys and girls need a great deal of
play.
You may give these children a holiday"
Wben I'm a man.
(Eighth Boy.)
When I'm a man, a man,
I'll be president if I can, and I can .
My uncles and aunts are a jolly set.
And I'll have them all in my cabinet:
I shall live in the White House, and I
hope you all
When you hear I'm elected will give me a
call
When I'm a man
(All in Concert.)
When we are men, are men.
We hope we shall do great things, aad
then
Whatever vt c do this tsing we say.
We'll do our work i:i tbe very best way.
And you shall see If yon kn.w us tbea.
We'll be good and honest and useful
uien
When we are men.
Thin is an exercise for eight boys, who
should have appropriate coatcne, or at
least implements, sad act lhlr parts aa
spoken.
Cork Toy.
A doll's house can be completely fur
nished with cork furniture for the
girls, and ail the toy animals a boy
could wish for can be made for the
boys. All the materials needed to make
these toys are some corks, yarn, pins,
toothpicks, pasteboard and a sharp
knife and matches. To make a chair
take a cork and stick five pins around
the edge, pretty close together. Now
fasten tbe yarn on the tirst pin, then
weave in and out, back and forth, until
you cover tbe pins to the top. Faaten
tbe yarn and you have made the back
of your chair. To make the legs stick
four pins at equal distances from one
another, in tbe other end of the cork.
Begin winding the yarn at the top of
the pins, and wind round and round,
one pin at a time, till you reach tbe
head, of the pin, then over and over
back again, . then cross over to the
next pin and do the same till all are
covered and your chair ia made. A
sofa can be .made in about the same
way by using a larger cork for the
seat. You can make tables by using '
large fat corks, and putting pins In for
legs. Now 'for the boys:. First make
a horse, because that Is what the boys
like best. Take four matches for the
legs, and sharpen them so that they j
will go into the cork. Then cut the
head out of pasteboard and a dot of Ink
will do for eyes. Make the hair with
pen and ink, then cut a slit in one end
of the cork and stick this in. . Make a
tall out of some worsted and cut a hole
in the back of the cork, placing this In
it." You can make a bird by using a
cork for the body, matches for the neck
and legs, and split a cork In two for a
standard. Cut the head out of paste
board and stick chicken feathers In it
and in the body.
Little Tansies.
Once upon a time there was a great
king who employed his people to weave
for him. The silk and wool and pat
tern were also given by the king, and
be looked for diligent workpeople. He
was very indulgent, snd told them
when any difficulty arose to send for
him. and he would help them, an-i
-. iu tear troubling him, but to asa
-or help and Instruction.
Among many men and women busy
at their looms was one little child,
whom the king did not think too young
to work. Often alone at her work,
cheerfully snd patiently she labored.
One day when the men and women
were distressed at the sight of their
failures tbe silks were tangled snd
tbe weaving unlike the pattern they
gathered around tbe child and ssid:
"Tell us how it is that you are so happy
n your work. We are always In diffi
culties." "
'Then, why do yon not send for the
king?" said the little weaver. "He
told us that we might do so."
"So we do, night and morning.
"Ah!" said the child, -but I send di
rectly I find a little tangle,"
lbe Biasing.
Boastful . New-Englmnder Bot yon
can't deaf that th PUgrlm Father
blazed the way to all the grMtneas of
onr nation.
Westerner Biased tn. war? Tea.
by burning wKchas. Chicago Journal.
Unlicensed dogs are put to death in
Lamed, Kan. and ta owner is fined.
PICKED UP
A True Incident. A woman was picked up in the street in an unconscious con
dition and hurried to the nearest hospital. On examination her body was found
to be covered with sores caused by the hypodermic injection of morphine.
This mere wreck of a woman had once held an honorable and lucrative
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nended on morphine, instead of seeking a radical cure.
There is no excuse for any woman who suffers she need not go without
help. Mrs. Pinkham stands ready to help any woman ; her address is
l.y on, Mass. Write to her; it will cost you nothing. In the meantime get a
bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at the nearest drug
store. The following letter from one of your sisters will encourage you :
Mas. Bertha Leu rm an. No. 1 Erie St., 27th Ward', Pittsburg, Pa., writes
to Mrs. pinkham: "I can hardly find words with which to thank you for
what you have done for me. I suffered, nearly seven years with backache
and sideache, leucorrhtea, and the worst forms of womb troubles. s,-
Doctors failed to do ine any good. I have taken four bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and one box of Liver Pills, and used one
package of Sanative Wash, and now can say I am well and have been stead
ily gaining- flesh; am stouter and heartier now- than I have been for
years. I am recommending your Vegetable Compound to my friends. Agau
1 thank you for tne gooa neaitn l am
lr '
A lady from North Carolina says : "My
sister has used '" 5
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and speaks in the highest terms of them, and
says they cannot be excelled in . keebiiifr;hne i
system well regulated.
from dyspepsia and 1
years.":'.'' ..." .
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position in a large publishing house in
New York. Her health began to fail. In
stead of taking rest and medical treat
ment, she resorted to the stimulus of
morphine.
The hospital physicians discov
ered that her primary trouble was
an affection of the womb, which
could readily have been cured in
the first stages.
,. If, when she had felt those se
vere pains in the back, the1 terrible
headaches, the constant sense of
fullness, soreness and pain in the
pelvic region, she had used Lydia
E. 1'inkham's Vegetable Com
pound, it would have dissolved and
passed off that polypus in the
womb, and to-day she would have .
been a well woman sitting in her
oftice.
fCr-go in this way? It seems passing
'"- strangethata woman like this one,
so highly educated, and so well placed, should have de-
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