THE BALLAD Of M AJOft MAHOKt I Major Mahone wa as gallant t HU As ever looked iuto a guns Tbey Bay be was oue of th teat to re treat When things went wrong at Bull Rao. He fought a ui be bled iu the Wilderness, lie waded the Kajmlan; Whenever a rhel saw Major Mahone lie threw down bis mutet aud ran. High up at a window a maiden once stood. The flames and the smoke swept around: Di-apalr filled her breast as she gazed at the crowd Tuss seventy fret to the ground; A hero rushed up through the tiery mass. The death demon howled for his own. But the fear-stricken maiden was snatch ed from his teeth By the valorous Major Mahone. With the heart of a lioa all the dangers he met; He knew not the meaning of fear; In peace and in war he was dauntless and yet We must shatter the Idol right here; The man who had rushed into ruin's em brace. Who had bled on the bullet-swept field, Whea the dentist's cold forceps irert thrust In his face. Forgot all his valor and "squealed." Cleveland Leader. "TATTERS." After baffling the unholy greed of the train conductor for tickets by flash ing an annual pass in his face, the country editor threw his feet up ou the opposite sent aud told the following story: "Of course, I diJn't escape beinr; a victim of the raze for woman's edi tions' which swept over the land a few mouths ago. The ladies of a local so ciety desponded upon uie aud I sur lendered. took two pipes, a pound of smoking tobacco and a fishing-rod anl decamped, leaving the Budget in their charge for one week, with the privl lege of making all they could out of it. My printer was supposed to stay. but. being by classification a tramp, nnd having a lnavy board bill hanging over bis head by a single hair, he embraced the opportunity, two hours after I had gone, to walk away own the railroad track. This left the mechanical end of the otlice at the mercy of the 'devil,' an Itiky imp called 'Tatters.' The la dies were a good deal disturbed at the defection of the primer, but. bravely decided to ;u ahead with Tatters ami get out the paper. They called him in to give him some instructions. lie stood before them wearing, a- usual, a long apron stiff with ink, paste and unknown substances; the only th:n.:r which saved his face from belli;; in the same condition as his apron was the fact that be was In the habit of constantly twisting it Into so many shapes tint the ink, paste ami uu know n substances on it never had time to stiffen. 1 1 ist hair olnted in all di rections, like that of a jack-Iu-the-b.ix. ami in his Iff t hand he carried a sec tion of a column of wet type. "'What are you doing. Tatters?" In quired the la;ly who was president of the amelioration society, with some Jis nity. " 'Throwiu' In,' answered the Imp. "'Throwing in what'' ' 'Type.' " 'Into what? " 'The case. Think I was thrown" I? Into my hatV "The lady locked at him coldly and he went on: " 'But I'm 'most through and you'll hear me hollerin' for copy in 'bout quarter of a nour," and he retreated Into the composing-room and slammed the door. "The ladies were Indignant, but there was clearly nothing for theiu to do but to grin and bear it. A few minutes later there came a most dismal, loug drawn wall from the other room, which, after some effort, they man aged to interpret as the promised 'hol lerin'.' It was followed by the ap pearance of Tatters' head at the door. "'What is it':" asked the president, who had been chosen editor-in-chief, a little sharply. "'Copy!' returned Tatter. 'Did you think I was singing the doxolorgy V" " "There Is no copy ready yet. Can't you be doing something else':' " 'I can that!' and he snatched off his apron and started for the door. 'I cau be going fishing just as easy as not.' '"Tatters!" cried the frightened edit or, springing before the door, 'don't you dare to Jt'sert us! You stny here till some copy is ready for you.' "Tatters retreated and put on his apron in an agitated frame of mind. "A moment later one of the younger ladles, who had beeu appointed manag ing editor, took a roll of dainty writ ten mauuscript from her handbag ami said: " 'Here. Tatters, Is something which you can begin on." "Tatters took It, sniffed, glanced at t and said: "'What is it spring poetry? " 'No, it's the ess:iy that I read at commencement. We shall put It on the fourth page.' "What! the editorial page?' shriek ed Tatters, 'rut such guff as that on the editorial page of the Budget! Not much,' and he tossed the manuscript on the table. "We Khali certainly do as wc sec fit," luterposed the editor-in-chief witn great dignity. " 'I resign!" cried Tatters, again tear lng off his apron and throwing It b hind ltlui, where it struck In the city editor's lap, greatly to her dismsy. "1 resign my postsh, that's all. Here, if you want it in ink, gimme a pen. I.em nie write It out lu black 'n' white "Dear Madam: I hereby resign- my pvsisii. (Signed) Tatters." Giuime a pen, I say!' "Tatters, be calm net reasonable.' eaid the elltor-iii-clilef In a soothing tone. 'What shall we put ou the edi torial uagu? w "-i--" "i" -i" The W The Tlieroaro two kinds of parsaparilla : The best and the rest. The UouMo is thry look alike. And when the rest dress like the best who's to tell them apart? Well, "the tree is knov.-n by its fruit," That's aa old test and a safe one. And tho taller tlie tree tho "deeper t!;o root. That's another test Wha!"3 the root, t!io record cf theso sarsapnrillas ? The one with tho tlccpest root is Aycr's. Tlie ono with the richest fruit ; that, too, is Aycr's. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Las a record of half a century cf cures ; a record of many medals and awards culminating in tho medal of the Chicago World's Fair, which, admitting Aycr's Sarsaparill.i as the best shut its doors against tho rest. That was greater honor than tie medal, to be the only Sarsaparilla admitted as an exhibit at t'10 World's Fair. If yon want to get tho best sarsaparilla cl your druggist here's an m infallible rulo : Ask for the best for Ayer's and you 11 get tho best. TdltartaR of Course,' hs ifeiwawa, i'igntl-y mollified, '"ua What subject? 'Tariff 'u the currency.' " 'But we don't know anything about the tariff and the currency.' " 'Neither does the boss, but he writes two columns 'bout 'em every week. But If you can't do It write about bikes. "This struck the ladies favorably, and one of them began writing an ar ticle on the bicycle craze, while the cliy editor handed Tatters an Item, which he took, wrlnkliDg np his nose and re marking that 'her question marks look like button hooks,' and retreater to the co:.iposini;-room. "For the rest of the day they kept him pretty well supplied with work When not so provided he spent his time perched on a high stool blowing a wheezy mouth organ and occasionally sjouting 'CopyT In an agonized tone. Once or twice something offended him and be threatened to resign, but, aa the ladies immediately surrendered, noth ing came of It. "The next two days passed in a some what uneventful manner. By giving tilin plenty of work he was kept rea sonably quiet. There was not much trouble Thursday, either, though short ly after noon he set up a loud roar, ayiug that he had been taken suddenly sick and was In mortal agony. The ladies asked him If they could not da something for him, but he only howl ed the louder and finally lay down on tiie floor upon his back and began pounding the boards fiercely with hl I., els. A doctor was called, but as soon as Tatters saw him he got up quickly aud went back to work. " 'What's the trouble with you, yountf i.i.inV inquired the doctor. ' 'Antimony poison from the type,' answered Tatters, dismally. 'I'll go off some day with it Just like scat! All g.d printers die of It sooner or later.' "Tatters may have told the truth nbout his illness, but I learned later on that he had eaten his hatful of green apples at nooutime, and you can draw your own conclusions. "Friday was press day, and the la dies arrived at the office early. Tit ters rushed into the front room and, addressing h'mself conlidentialiy to the city editor, said: " 'Say. want a bully item of news?" " 'Why, yes. Tatters, of course; what is it?" " 'Dog fight,' answered Tatters. 'Jim Beasley's dog aud Deacon Ketcham's. Down by the postofHce. The deacon didn't want his dog to fight, but Jim didn't care. Set down and get your pencil tell you all about it. You see, the dogs met, and Jim's dog sort of walked around the deacon's dog once or- what's the matter? Ain't you go lag to use It V "The editor said he thought not. " "What!" cried Tatters. In conster nation, 'nothing about it, after I watch ed it and got all the facts for you?' " "Xo, I dou't think we care for it.' ' '.Vow, see here,' said Tatters, drop ping h:s voice into a still more confi dential tone, 'act reasou'ble, as you say i me. I saw last night your paper was going to be dull, that it needed liven ing up 'taiu't all your fault, it's a dead week I saw this, I say, and what do you think I did this morning. Just to help you out?' " "I don't know. Tatters what was It? "Tatters came closer, sank his voice almost to a whisper and said: " "I ilrcve the deacon's dog around to the place aud then I sicked Jim's onto him. AH to give you an item!' "The lady was deeply touched by his devotion, nnd said as much, but was forced to add that tbey could not men lion a common dog fight in their edi tion. "Tatters drew back and stood silently gazing at her. She expected nothing less than a final resignation on the spot. Cut his face showed sorrow rath er ti an anger. The young lady thought she detected a tenr. but this is not probable. For a half minute he did not move, then he said: " You couldn't use It in a funny way, either. I s'pose? It was funny. The deacon pullc 1 on bis dog's tail and Jim pulled on Lis dog's tail, though Jim uMu't do any hard pulling Jim may have pushed a little when the deacon wasn't noticing. You wouldn't let me write it up, either, I s'pose? " 'No, Tatters. I'd like to, but I can't.' "Tatters turned back to the composing-room and not a sound was heard from him except the steady click of his type for an hour. "It was about 11 o'clock when the editor in chief came into the office and. said to the city editor: " 'I think there is an item of news for us out at Tarbox'e, on the Coopers ville road. I hear that Mr. Tarbox has been injured by an unruly cow. It's only a mile aud a half out there can't you go out on your bicycle and get the particulars?" "There was a ioud shout behind them and Tatters burst iu and ran through the room, shedding his apron In his Might and saying: " 'I'll tend to that, girls! I'm the wild-cow editor of this paper! Back in ten minutes! "The editor-in-chief ran to the win dow and looked down into the street. " 'Coodness, gracious! she cried to the other. 'There he goes on your bi cycle, riding like the wind and shout ing for everybody to get out of the way of the wild-cow editor. What shall we do now? " 'I'll see if I can't catch him on your Mcycle. And I'll go on and find out i bout the accident, anyhow.' "But, though she was a good rider. Oie might as well have tried to over take an express train as the wild-cow ditor. Leaning over the handlebar uul ringing the bell constantly, he iever slackened his pace for the whole iistanee. Wheu she arrived at Tarbox's ;!.( found that he had got the facts. ,:olie down tlio ntol ".ion.l It .V --a' -mm' -"xri ST VgsT The est Test. and you'll get Avar's. Ask a y Itnetker read. 6ha s Ur. Tt boii TM hi tory the or-enrreu arid returned herself. Tatters was tn :he office-, looking Innocent Mod bard A work. . "Don't say anything to him.' was the advice of the others. 'He'll sorely resign If you do.' "She wrote a paragraph about the ac cident and It was sent In to Tatters with the rest of the copy. In a few minutes he came out holding the sheet of manuscript In his band. " 'See here.' he said; 'are yon going to print such stuff as this about that cow fight r " 'What Is It, Tatters? asked the editor-in-chief. "'Just listen, answered Tatters. 'She says: "Yesterday forenoon Brook dale's worthy milkman. Mr. Tarbox, bad a narrow escape. He had Just sep arated a calf from Its mother when the latter became enraged and attack ed him with her horns. He was badly shaken np, but escaped serious Injury." Do you bear that? " 'Ym. It seems to me all right. Put it In Just as It Is.' "Tatters uttered a bowL 1 re' Then he paused and waa silent He .xuaeu at the noor for a full minute, then he said: 'No. I'U stick to it, After all I've lived through tola week It's too late to go now.' He went back to the other room and resumed his work. "It was after supper that night be fore they got to press, bu with the prospect of a good sum for ameliorat ed heathen the ladies did not complain. Tatters' friend, Jim Beasley, bad been engaged to come In and turn the crank ot the press, while Tatters himself fed in the blank sheets and superintended the work. He seemed remarkably meek and pleasant, and the ladies all observed that they had not seen him In so amiable a frame of mind during the whole week. The bicycle ride did Tatters good, they remarked. He ap peared, however, to be In a great hur ry, and constantly urged Jim to turn faster and advised the ladies to make haste with the folding and get the pa pers ready for the postofHce. "It was a little before 11 o'clock that the edition was finished and Tatters began taking the forms off the press. The ladles were la the front room. The editor-in-chief was glancing over the paper. " I don't see that Item about Mr. Tarbox,' she said. "The city editor opened another copy and began to run her eye down the columns. Suddenly she exclaimed: " 'Why, what's this down in the cor ner?' "'What is It?' cried the others In chorus. She read aloud: " 'Terrible accident Yesterday fore noon, as old Bill Tarbox, the milkman, went into the barnyard to put a new handle on his pump, the old oue being entirely worn out, he was attacked by a wild Texas cow. The critter had hydrophobia and was gnashing her teeth like a hyena and bellowing like an elephant. She was a large cow, higher than a horse, and had horns most a rod long. ' 'arbox fit her with the haudle, but she tossed him fifty feet into tne air and then caught him on the lly and h'isted him up again. This time he lit in a tree and was res cued by the hook end ladder company. The cow Jumped a sixteen-foot fence and took to the woods. The mad-cow editor of the Budget followed her and last saw her tearing up large hemlock treei with her bonis. Tarbox is not expected to live. Full acconnt of an interesting and important dog fight next week.' "The ladies ran lrto the back room, but Tatters had escaped through the back door. "I got home thr next day and re sumed charge of the Br -et Bnt Tat ters' item was a good thing for char ity after all, because, on account of it, a great many people bought the paper who would not otherwise have done so." New York Tribune. The Doctor'e Big Patient. It was after the medical association had adjourned the other night that the gruff old doctor called several of his professional brethren into a corner and told his story. "Never bad a pleasanter case in my life," be chuckled. "You know what a big, powerful fellow Sems is. Never was sick a day and has always derided the idea that pain was a thing to make such a fuss over as is made by some people. Even bis wife and children never got any sympathy from him and he was always ready to give them a good going over for not displaying more stoicism. "Tuesday morning about 2 o'clock there was a terrific ringing at my tele phone. On answering It I was urged by an agitated voice to hasten to Sems as quickly as possible. It was a case of life and death. Getting there post baste I found that great big fellow walking the floor In hie night robe, groaning so that he could be heard any where in the block, growling out orders to the whole household, looking pale ss a ghost, and stopping every few minutes to hold up one foot while he howled. His head waa enveloped lu towels and one side of it steamed with hot poultices. He sailed Into me for not getting there sooner, said that half the people died while waiting for n doctor. Jawed bis wife because the hadu't sense enough to tell him that he had no slippers on, and then told her to call a lawyer so he could put hi affairs Into shape. I vetoed this until we found out whether there was any thing the matter. " 'Anything the matter? echoed Sems. 'Great heavens, man, the side of my head's coming off. I can't last till daylight in this torture. No mortal ever suffered such agony. If you're go Ing to do anything, do it quick. My own opinion Is that I'm done for,' and he let out the loudest howl of the night. What do you think was the matter with the big calf? Earache; Just common, old-fashioned earache. His little girl had had It worse and one to school with a piece of cotton in her ear. I fixed him up and then told blm If be happened to prick bis finger with a pin or bump his shin against a chair, not to hesitate to call me out of bed, even if there -was a blizzard." Detroit Free Press.. They Speak Gaelic. The number of persons in the Unit ed Kingdom of fireat Britain and Ire land who use tiaelic as their native language, though constantly decreas ing, is much larger than is commonly supposed. It includes 660,000 in Ire laud, 350,000 in Wales and 230,000 Id Scotland. In a Pig's Stomach. A peasant liviug near Milan recent ly bought a pig, which, when killed, was found to have swallowed a metal matchbox containing two notes of the value of 250. The finder took the money to the Mayor to be held by bin for the loser. It ia aaid that tb Greenland whale sometimes attains the age of 400 years. Acwle-l Witt Ms .ft tl Ut ead ait ti to KM. Save IS s WeeAerfal Wavy. JVom ft. Prttt, fftiea. If. Y. There is no one better know or respected in the village of Brook Held MaJleoa Co. New York, tbaa Mrs. Jobs risk, the wife ot ta old resident sad veteran ot the war of the Rebellion. Ia April of this year. Mrs. Flak ay at death's door truss aeMalgla and heart IHeaae.the faoallv phyatciaa aavtaa rsooai noa ad bar to settle all her worldly affair, is she waa liable to he taken at may aHaata, w I laquirins; frieode ax past ad at aaoh visit :o hear that she had jnnnl away. Bat Mrs, Flak, to the aurpriaaof her aeigh lon ead phyalelaea. soddaaly bagan to naad, a ad bow she Is as strong and healthy t wo ma a of her advanced aaje (74 yearaj as raa be founa. aad really does aot appear aaarly as oM aa aha la. The fotlowtag Is nor in story of haw aha was eared: I eoaaldar It la a duly to aiye-lf aad ta :otnmaalty to tail of my axt ra ordinary re vi vary from what was thought by my phvsl liaaa, my hasbaad aad Meads to be a fatal .Haass. I had loog bean suffering irom earalala In Ita worst form, enduring agonies :hat wily thoaa who have nadirriroae aaoh :onaaats kaow. until my heart became ao Ufectad faaetlonaliy aad onraaleally, that :ha doetor said 1 was llab'e at aay time to pass away. Be had don.' all la his power lor rate, and I thank him mock for his kind ness aad attention, aad believe aim t be a food, farthfei phyalotaa. I waa aot dtepoeed to die, however, ft I eoald help it, and be aaving done all he eould, I felt at liberty le use aay other ataaas that held oat a eaanee Cite, aad determined to try a remedy that bean reeoaameade! by a friend who had been at death's door from rhsooMtisia and heart disease, but who now Is la good trail a. "Whatever doubt I may have had as to this remedy 'a efficacy ta a dissimilar dlaraeo, to that Iron which he had miff we I, was dis pelled on reading In Ihe Press of a rasa iden tical with my owa being cared, with the name aad ad-lreaa of Ihe person who baJ tteea ao beneflte L 8o my husband who now was anxious that I should at onee take the treatment, purchased for me a box of Dr. Miliums' Fink Pills. I toik them aooordlaa; to dirtotiona, aad within a very short tune the pains beipan to disappear, my heart's ac tious become normal, and four weeks ago I uasiii inking them, as I am entirety c-ured, aud able to do my housework as wall as when I was a young woman. "I had always, until I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, looked with suspteioa oa all ad vertised proprietary medloinet, but now mv Ideas have undergone a wondrous ehaae-e Is that direction, for under God's all wise Providence. 'P.nk Pills' have renovated me, ud apparently given me a new lease of life 'Tbia la no secret In this locality, and I hope this oartmeate may be the means of other sufferers in distant placee securing the same benefits that I have received. "CLaUXDa Fill." Pink Pills are sold In boxes (never In loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the pub lic are cautioned against numerous tmlla lions sold ia Ibis shape) al fiO cenia a box oi six boxes for eXfiu. and mav be had of all druggifcta, or direct by mail from Dr. Will lams' Hedicine Oouuiaay. On an Old-Time Railroad. Years ago railroad travel wasn't as well developed as it it to-day. A pas senger on the old Peninsula railroad, between Battle Creek and Lanaiiig, Mk-h.. telie o a ride he took many years ago. Not ouly was the road rough and dangerous, but, after going for some time at a snail's pace, the train stopped suddenly in the midst of a deep forest. For half an hour the engine puffed en ergetically, but the train did not start. At last the passengers grew discourag ed and got off to see wliat the matter was. They found that the fireman hud run out of fuel," having need hi- lam stick of wood. Accordingly the train men aud pesoengers went off into tin tvuotis. picked Ui fallen limbs and logs, drjrfuv-d t'.e.u i to the track and load ed X'uvta Into the teuder. At last the a reman got up steam enough to blow the whistle; the passengers climbed aboard and the train started. In a few minutes, however. It stopped again. Two of the leaders of the wood cru sade went out and found several cows lying on the track In front of the en gine. They helped the brakeman drive them off and then the train started again, finally pulling into Lansing safe Slid sound. Not much like railroad traveling to j.iy, was lti Fan for the Ionic. The pneumatic top and whistle com bined is a new and wonderful top run by compressed air. One blows through a tube into the aperture in the upper side of the top, aud this air forces its way through the curved tubes on the upper side, making the top revolve with a tornado-like velocity, and at the same time producing the whistle. This is an everlasting top, being made of brass and nickel-plated, and there are uo strings or springs to get out of order or break. Besides the way in which it is made to spin aud the very satisfying luality Ui children of whistling at I tbe same time. It also has another mer it, that of changing color while apln- alng. Thin last la obtained by placing several of the half-dosen different col ored disks of various sizes which are furnished with the top over the center mouthpiece, flat on the disk part of the top, and they will revolve with vary ing velocity, tbe colors blending and .hanging with tbe whirling of the top. Any one with a little Ingenuity can make any number of colored disks, smaller or larger than the top, and fit them to It, and obtain many different effects ranging through all the cardinal colors and various tints of each and blending them beautifully. The top can be kept spinning Indefinitely by blowing through the tube into the ori fice In tbe center of the upper aide of the top. 1 , Tea Urlnklng. Tbe tea-drinking habit, which, only i few years ago, was supposed to be an r. fallible sign of an old maid, now numbers among Its votaries many men. Nearly every big club in New York, iccording to tbe Sun, counts Ita tea I rlnkers by the score, and votaries of be amber liquid are not unknown In ihe clubs of San Francisco. They or ler tea when others around them ordet .vhieky. Five o'clock Is the tea-drinkers' time, and In support of their babit tbey say that It does not interfere with their appetite for dinner and ia as pleasant an aid to a social chat aa whis kx ox beer. Tbe Opium Habit. Opium eating produces the most dead y form of Intoxication. Physical weak ness aoea overtaken the opium eater; jia powers decay, tbe stimulant cease to help aim, and be la happy If death i 15 Tf f 1 ViV P.f EUMATIC TOP in WHISTL. soon ead ala aVaawaBBBBWaBB Mintl I'll. It makes no dlWrtflctei RHEUMATISM of the Muscles, Joints; and Bones is cured by ii iiinmiiiiilii Trace J Back. A recent writer attempts to trace ta ble utensils most of them of recent Introduction to their origin. The Romans, he declares, took their meals lying on very low couches, and It was not until about tbe time of Char lemagne that a stand was used round which gnests were seated on cushions, while the table made Its appearance In tbe Middle Ages, and with It came benches with backs. The Greeks and Romans ate from a kind of porringer, yet during a portion of the Middle Ages slices of bread cut round took the place of plates. The spoon is very ancient, and many fine specimens are in existence that were used by the Egyptians In the sev enteenth century B. C. 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For use as a lire extinguisher and alarm a quick fuse runs around tbe room and ends in the bottom of a water tank, where a quantity of explo sives are stored, the explosion giving the alarm and breaking the tank so the water flows out. Lauah atlkcSui jof7.c neep ST Ae . , , RootbeeryUUi'Unfmx Hi RES Jiootbeerj 'mm --CSSs ' JIIRESlduenchf V D li V . . HIRES iootbeer.. DOUGLAS BEST IN TIIE WORLD. For 14 yer thin to, by merit bUoml toa dl.tanctKl -Ul competitor-. IndorMd by ovew l.Ouo (W0 wearttrs aa the beat tn tyl, fit and durability of any ahua erer offar d at ..-. It la made In alt tba Utft SHAPES and style aad of very varlaty of laatbar. One dealer In n town tWan xcloa Iva sale and adver tised In local paper on receipt ot reason able order. Writs for catalog-as to W. ! IMtUaiaAafc Hretklwi. Mass. 0,340,000 CONSTANT WEARERS. Can Be Cured Of po.erty, if yon can boy avarrtalnf as low as we offer Seals. . . aemantar. JONES He Pays Ue TrTdght. Address, JONES OF BINCHAMTON. iimjsxa;. m. w. FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP baa teen used by ml) I foes of mother for their children wblle Teeth Id e for over Fifty Years. It soothes the child, softens the guius, allays all pain, cure wind colic, and Is tbe best remedv for dlarrhur-a. Twenty-awe Crata a Bottle. P ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHHtSTON. O.C. Lata Frlaclpal Exasklaer 0. B Paaaloa aaxa. A jxs. ts kut war, iaartjidii at:i tUmi. aajr. annoa. flnrefrllrf effmnts fjMR8PA8TlU18. Price Wen. SO I OJlSs man. StowcllaUB) PURCHASE Oil! ECT ftvfc. the MILLS and ' r r j iuni rcr. Mann fart rarer to wearer, lllnsirated catalogue free. rnw.jMeae AnaM man Arffflr-UCei t'ONStiWEKS' wt PPIJfcs i o., Tray, V. Y AC r 11 w Wlnt CM arrmt in tins Cvnnty Vi rl I Vi to soli to faiiiil.r-s. lUMt payuiff art te on ear'h. We rv all t-x.ppi.se Address Efrs'FElALE RESTORER- Reiieies 24 hears 50o. 13 N. 13th 81. aad 1009 South St., Phils. ie 1041 41 lbs. Best dranulatrd Sulfur E$1.C0 BblDnad to anybody. Send money, but enclose stamp to Consolidated Wbolesal S. Co., as 8. Clinton Street. Dept. 28 Cbtcago. 1 Best CortmTaM?s tood? tJss I Sai 'a, 8 C-UOE Chftofc) jAcWe.oir ItifJjmlIMIwf It Is reported ht ast cucumber crop ot Indiana put about $100,000 inlo the pockets of tbe im iners, and the doctors got about as much more. Try eteJawOI Try OratB-Ot Ask yonr srocer to-day o enow ye -mg of Orain-O. the new fond ariak that takes thaplaeeofeeCea. Tne cUUrea wnocr . r iL.rT7Yr. rnem brown or Mocaa or "y price of coffee. 15 eta. and eta. ner nae Bum py an grosera. Americans are the greatest trave lers on the face of the earth. Bfeer'a a kief We offer One Hand red Dotlara Beward fot any ease ot Catarrh that cannot eared by Hall's Catarrh Cere. , F. i. Vummur iCo Projau Toledo. O. We, tne aaderslsaed. hara kaewa r. I Che. aer for the last U yean, and beUawe alas per fectly honorable In alTbaatnasa trsaeaetjons and financially able ta carry eat aay eolia- tion mads by their Inn. , . Wan A TaoAX. Wholesale Drearieta, Toledo. Wuie, Kihk Mann. Wholesale ?'--. ": ... ... .... Hairs jmmrrm ium - In. directly a poe t he W ood and . . r- raceeor meeyeteeB. rrtw, w hr Kit Drusrts. Tastiasoainla fra jbail'a raardly PUla are the hsaW Hark Twala'a Letter. A new proof of tbe effectiveness of tbe modern postofflce Is furnished by tbe Philadelphia Record. A prominent member of tbe Players' Club of New York, now In this city, be received a letter from Mark Twain vo der peculiar circumstance. ' Tbe recipient of tbe letter collabor ated wltb a fellow-member upon a let ter to "Mark," whom they both knew Intimately. Tbey did not know "Mark's" address at tbe time, so tbey addressed tbe missive, "Mark Twain. God-Knows-Where." Here is "Mark's" reply: "London, Nov. 24, 1896. Oh, thank you, dear boys, for remembering me, and for tbe love tbat was back of It. These are heavy days, and all such helps ease tbe burden. 1 glanced at your envelope by accident and got eev eral chuckles for reward and cbucklec ire worth much In this world. "And there was a curious thing; tba I should get a letter addressed "God Knows-Where' showed tbat He di know where I was, althougb I was bid ing from the world, and no one Ii America knows my address, and tbt stamped legend. 'Deficiency of Ad dress,' supplied by the New York poet office, showed tbat He bad given r away. "In the same mail comes a letter from friends In New Zealand addressed 'Mrs Clemens (care Mark Twain, United State of America,' and again He gavt us away this time to the deficiency Jepartment of tbe San Franslsco post jjce. These things show that our post I service has ramifications which ram ify a good deal. MAKJt." It is because the pocket of tbe brewer is better filled than tbat of the preacher that he has more Influence In politics. If the glamour and glitter could be taken out of sin, tbe devil's right arm would be cut off close to tbe shoulder. We are more apt to get What God wants us to have when we are not In too much of a hurry to choose for our selves. It Is doubtful if even angels ever weep any over tbe man wbo never finds out where the mud la, until be gets in to It up to bis neck. Tbe devil is still making some people believe tbat tbey are doing all the Lord expects. If tbey spend an hour or two each week tn church. Tbe man who falls on a banana skin once will have sympathy, but be will only make fun for the boya tbe next times he lands on his back. There is something wrong with the man's head, wbo has to have the de lirium tremens before he will believe that liquor wiU hurt him any. When you get where you feel the need of something tbat only tbe Bible can give, you will feel differently from what you do at an infidel lecture. Tbe thing that makes hell possible. Is that so many hellish things can show a certificate of good character, from those well up in public and social life. Tbe chapter telling of Abraham's great trial, begins thus: "After these things God did tempt Abraham." God always knows when to oall for our Isaac. Tbe cries of sea birds, especially sea mils, are very valuable as fog signals. The birds cluster on the cliffs and coast, and their cries warn boatmen that they are near the land. ze-cr-aPorcrxe-H: Core Guaranteed by DR. J. B. MAT BR. 101 ARCH ST Ir-HlLA, ra. Kase at onoe; no operation or delay from bustnssa. Conaollauoa tree. Endorsements of physicians, ladles ui Eromloent citisans. Send tor clteuUc. Oface oony A. M. lotr. M Plants that grow near tbe sea have thicker leaves than those growing in land. Apparently the sea salt is the cause of this phenomenon, as plants cultivated in artificially salted soil yield thicker leaves. Whin billons oi cost Irs, eat s Caaoant, Candy cathartic; car guaranteed; 10c, 25c. England has one-fourth of the wealth of Europe, although possessing only one ninth of tbe population. fits permanently cured. o AM or nerTons aeas after Brst day use of. Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, ft trial bottle and treatise free, bill H. KLUaTLtd.. tn Arch St-. Phila., Pa. Viennna, perhaps even more than Paris, is a city of epicures. A. fashion paper published there offers prizes to the amount of 10,000 crowns for new recipes. C'ACisrr stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe: 10a Enormous purchases for the pulp mills will make this year's lumber cnt in Maine larger than ever. Tbe Kennebec Journal says that two mills will buy 15,000,000 feet of spruce to grind up. Mrs. Wlnlow'i foothlnc Syrup for children Vetoing soften tbe gums, reduces Inflamma tion, alisvs pain, cures wind colic 2x- a outclj The horse, when browsing, is guid ed entirely by the nostrils in the choice of propec food, and blind horsea are never known to make mistakes in their diet. VnM m. IA MAV AT liver and bowel reauiatsc over Each Salmon produces about 20, 000,000 eggs. We think Pisa's Care tor Consumption is tbs only medicine for Ooag he. Jaaais Purcxaan, Springfield. Ills, Oct, I, lM. The new Secretary of Agriculture tArm taW fA-mers to rsiss less oara. 6t DBS of tne joiueei w -- b"thi tJsUM ot OtarJoii. ' every on. IM ether room, mr the Monthly, let them look JJ" the. go out Afterward ten wttt-s K we) by many okra there are W the carpet, how many pictures there Are In the rSZm TrkVooVae went Into for . few SEte.). where tk.clr-stood, how the certaaa- were draped. T n- niinarT of this nature. Ia tlie Begin frame yn -net Jell the bore aad girl. wy they are allowed to ether room; the game, you see, is to teat their powers of ob" Movr-taat la, to find out hew tney notice, how keen their attention Is, and ao or. If at first not a single one can rtmMc any of the thing, he U -ed to tell, you need not be very much Mi-IAised. A good many grown-up peo ple can look aA round a room end not be Abie to tell what they m when ak d. It is a very good thing in this world to keep your eyes open and learn by obserrjtioo-tiiAt la. by seelng-and thai ooaerTation game is a nret-rate lee sa and a lot of fun at the same time. Teach a boy no higher morality than that honesty Is good policy, and he will only be honest when It Is policy. Every fine picture on tbe walla of a gin palace, or hotel bar, stripe more than one home of its last decoration. Motherhood. A mother who ia in good physical condition transmits to her children the blessings of a good constitution. The child fairly drinks in health from its mothers robust constitution before birth, and from a healthy another's milk after. Ia not that an incentive to prepare for a healthy maternity? Do you know the meaning of wnat la popularly called tnose "iong-Ine-a." or cravings, which beset so many women during pregnancy? There is something lacking in the mother's blood. Nature cries out and will be satisfied at all hazards. One woman wants sour things. Another wants sweets, another wants salt things, and so on. Tbe real need all the time is to enrich the blood so as to supply nourishment for another life, and to build op the entire generative system, so that the birth may be possible and successful. If expectant mothers would fort ify themselves with Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, which for twenty years bas sustained thousands of women in this condition, there would be fewer disappointments At birth, and they would not experience those annoying " longings." In the following letter to Mrs. Pinkham, Mrs. Whitney demonstrates the power of the Compound in such cases. She says: " From the time I was sixteen years old till I was twenty-three, I was troubled with weakness of the kidneys and terrible pains when my monthly periods came on. I made up my mind to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and was soon relieved. After I was married, the doctor said I would never be able to go my full time and have a living child, as I was constitutionally weak. I had lost a baby at seven months and a half. The next time I commenced at once and continued to take your Compound through the period of pregnancy, and I said then, if I went my full time and the baby lived to be three months old, I should send a letter to you. My baby is now seven months old and is aa healthy and hearty as one could wish. I am so thankful that I used your medicine, for it gave me the robust health to transmit to my child. I cannot express my gratitude to you; I never expected such A blessing. Praise God for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and may others who are suffering do as I did and find relief, and may many homes be brightened aa mine has been." Mss. L. Z. WBTnTCT, S Oeorge St., E. SomervUle, Mass. lNDY cuntconsTiPATion USOLOTELt 60iUITEBDtri7WriSlS m and eeek let free. ad. STCALTHe limi CO., rktraro. oa t real. Ca.,er New York. tll.i II A Tn DoToeL"0.iL at ' mml T Faint Dealer ETerrwkere. asaerU had enont. yea hare CDCC A Tint Card ahowfnr IS desirable tints, also - fr T: -ft?' "T ' Soureiilr Rock Rentfrse toanTooerneotlonlna-talsrjaner IeW--i'-ienea '"- -"- Har AaTatlcjk: For Male IM5TAilOARO pAIHT FOR STRUCTURAL PURPOSES. fWlas. -enwoauon. for Exterior Decoration." Sampl. Card and D-crlptiv. Prica idXfr",,nni H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING-- CO., 87 Maiden Lane, New York. OHIOaeO: SssAAHEandolphSt. PHILaMXpm 17? AI7 Nort?" St. BOSTON: 7771 Pearl St. J UST OUT. Farthest North. Bcino; the record of a voyage of ExpIorAtfaa of the ship Fram, 1893-96, And of a fifteen noathf sleigh journey by Dr. NANSEft nod LIEUT. JOHANSEN. By Dr. flTJOF NANSEN. With an Appendix by OTTO SVERDROP, captain of the Fram. About S20 full-page and numerous text iUustrations, sixteen colored plates in fac-simile from Dr. Nanscn's own sketches, etched portrait, photo graveurs, and four maps. In two Volumes. The two sumptuous volumes which hold Nansen'e account of his i expedition i make up the most interesting contribution to the hterature of Polar Exploration yet placed Wore ttiV public vST a estntuU1y. P?Pul i form. It will make clear - i .?Ir. thC f the people what men oi mr- SSatr ? ble t0 accon,Plish in penetrating the mys t i 'C Z .and the Phyil conditions of the SttJS Z refn.nS WlU be understood,- as never before, by readers of Hansen's account. TAo aim re worJr of two volnz ot $IO. torn tali You Want to Look on tlie Bright Side of Tilings, Use SAPOLIO minute hw is that for twifttteasT Not long f the editor of A newsf. nar in Chile wished to find out Ium i bow long it would take for a telegraai to go from London, England, to Vet parmlsO, CTblle. Accordingly aiTaece ments) were mads with the telegrapfc And cable companies to keep open the wires. Ten minutes before the me aAg wsa to be sent the wires ware cleared along the entire dietaore sad all tbe ordinary communications through tbe cables were suspended. At the given Astronomical time the da pAtch was sent from London to Carca. TeUoa, whence it was transferred through a submarine cable to Pernaai. buco, and from there the rriiaMiin coast cable conducted the message hs Buenos Ayrea, where It wsa dispatched over tbe South American truewoati. nental telegraph line, arriving at Val paraiso fifty-five seconds after leaving the London office, alchough the dis tance It had to travel in ttila short apace of time amounted to almost 10,000 miles, and tbe eight words of the ums aage had to be repeated four ttmen. Get out your geographies And see tf you can follow out the route taken thla message. When we bring our lives Into har mony with God's will, be will see that our rights are protected. Let all wbo claim to be on the Lord's side be there tn reality, and the powers of evil will soon be routed. cathartic DMMSISTS (A i i IB - sav. ALABASTI N E. Wats) fa At a aswa ATA A aawaaBj awaa. at an. . WUW I HUB OFF. kjr Faint Dealer TETerrwAere. meat, post free, to may address, Apea MORWITZ & CO., SI2-6I4 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA.
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