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?
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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
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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.
The knife, though very old. had not
come Into common use as a table uten
sil In the tenth century.
The fork was absolutely unknown to
the Greeks and Romans, and appeared
as a curiosity In tbe Middle Ages, and
was first used upon the table by Henry
III.
Drinking cups lu the Middle Ages
made from metal more or less precious
naturally date from the remotest an
tiquity. The use of glasses from Venice be
gan to be general iu the fifteenth cen
tury. The salt cellar appeared at a very
early date, and occupied the place of
honor at the banquets of the Greeks
and Romans, many of them being
made of gold and silver and richly
chased.
We.Ta.Bae for Fifty Cents.
Ovn-en.OOOcureJ. Why not let Nn-To-Bne
resulate or remove your disire for tobwo-l
u- . imot nemia ana mauhootl
ReprefentHtive Bailey, of Teias, by
ferommg the minority leader of tbe
Hcute of Representatives at Washing
ton, is tbe official head nf tbe Demo
cratic party in tbe United States.
fhake Ii to Your Slioea
lien's Foot-EHae, a powder for tbe feet. It
cures minful. fcwolleli, nuiHrtiuir feet, and in
btntly take th sting out of rorns aud bun
ions. It's the greatest culnfort discovery of
Ihu age. .Alleu'n Kuot-Kase tunkes tiRh-nt-tiu4
or new shoes teel enr. It is a certain
cure foi sweating, rnllous and hot, tired, ach
uiK feet. Try it to-Uay. Sold by all druggists
ami shoe stores. By mail for 25c. In stamps.
Trisl package KRKE. Address, Alien d. Olm
sted. l.e Koy. M. V.
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.
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on receipt ot reason
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E$1.C0
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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
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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.
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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.
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