A SONG FOR OLD FRIENDS. fhe Mi-th to the songs of the Itfsoumls in a rirnthlrcg tuc, thotitfh b'iiris b upon or below it Taoujtti tl;e winter be here or the Jane. Of tbe iiiin:l-rii-ti souks that are ringing, til' i:;iiav of oue suiix flow Tor the Aprils ik-d and the liviLfi ami The t'rii'in's of the Lone Ago. Sins the charm of the winsome Mo'.lj, And the staor of Madeline fair Vhe heirt ol Sue that was jolly. And .Iran with her glory of lisir. Biuk of .l.hii aixl of .hui and Uie fellow, Coiifesyinj; we did not know flint so inurh of pure gold the hosorof hold Of the friends of Long Ago. rhe red of the April's blooming. By the whimpers of springtime fanned. Cannot shine where the gloom in entomb ing But they'll know and will understand I they will know of oue heart that is yearn ing Kor the old year's genuine glow, knd their dust, long still, it w'M tremble snd thrill The friends of the Long Ago. -Nashville American. ATTACK OP LUMBAGO: "Ah:" exclaimed lay friend Thorlej. the eminent iihjstcluu, throwing down the evetiiii laper, which he bad Just been perusing, tuid delivering himself in lils most souteutious uiauuer. "Mow many comiilete comedies, and Iragedie for Uie matter of that, may often b latent in two or three commonplace of print:" "And what, ray, most sapient ptiil Mopher, has evoked from you that pro found sentiment V" I inquired, laugh ingly. "The conrludin sentence in this obit uary notice of the tiishop of X," he uli, tukinjj up the paper again and rending aloud the passage: "He mar ried. In lKfUS. Margaretta, third daugh ter of the late Joshua P.urkiT." "Indeed," I said. "And is It a com J'. l'hlloMiphfr. or a tragedy that lurks In that very simple historical an nuiitceiiH lit'.'"' "I iiiph: A comi'dy. At any rate the comic clement prevails." "Von knew thu tiishup In his young days, I 1m lit ve?" "Intimately, ;ui.l his wife, too. In fact, I iiiy-!f was a spectator of the little cmo-.ly which resulted ill their Uiarnai;i" "Vou were?" "I was." said Tim-ley, with na Im pressive a!r. I saw that he was burst ing to tell a good story. We were by ourselves In a corner of the club smok ing room. There are men from whom, In like circumstances, I should have fled incontinent, pleading au immediate engagement. l!ut Thorlcy was nil ex cellent raconteur and I had nothiug particular to do for half an hour. 1 therefore lay back in my chair and re jard'l him emsniragingly. "1 believe," he went on, "that voti would And the story rather diverting." "Then, by a'.i means, let nie hear it," I Suggested. And. notliin loath, he begun: "It all happened mote than thirty years ago." 'i hurley said. "I need hard ly any that the bishop had not. in t iose days, attained to episcopal honors, lie Wn.s. In fact, merely, the vicar of Peui bor null, where I. u youngster, was carrying on my tirst practice, and where Maii-'are-ttn's father was brew ing indi'.TVri iit Iw.r. Hilt even then hid revere'o-e -- i-JrM iri:n-L"e nit fni .e.CeI' . n rr n.'aTl'Tla ?iUU.glr&rj&ZZRl ' logsbler-waT toorari- v,iim ctiotis than by Ills In trliisic personal merits. Nor by thai do I 11:1-011 to imply that thewe merits were In. ou-ich cable. He wuj decided ly iiitelln-tut!, an eloquent preacher, a gool rgniii.er. And his bodily ires euce ei.iniilnit.ii an apprei-iable quota to the effect of those iplalities. He wns tall, imposing: dignified. Calm author Itatlv '-!i"s sat uku bis placid and am pie forehead. Solidity and weight welled In the undulatioud of tils capu cioiis waistcoat. Severe moral recti tude heipel to stiffen every liue of his upright and stately bearing. Evi part, therefore, from his Intrinsic self he made a splendid figurehead for the plri'oal life of the parish. I suppose bis age must have been alout 40, tUoiigh he looked older. And he was a eon armed bachelor. So much to, la fact, that the single ladles In I'embor om.li, of w loin there were OMLny, hard ly regarded the vicar as a matrimonial ly po--llMl:ty . albeit, with hi high eon I,. and good prospects, he would tare U-eu un elcelleut spec for tin Nt of them. "Not that he was a boor or a brutal ' uloi:yiii-t r anything of that kind j Vety much the reverse. He mixed free ly In the soi-.al life of the plactf. n ) enjoyed the oiniany of iadiee, and, I ln.l, .-I. I ' his saie-titlt d way, wan quits , 11 proti. leiit flirt. Hut to that deeex, I:i.nT:iis; eiitMneiit wlikil leads throng!) coiirt-slc.p to w.dhx-k he was entltvlt I trang -. and I honestly believe that the j bale '.il it of in.'ii i iinoliy had lie Tel cr..i-.-l hU1 UiUi I "X.i.i 1 w .11 icwit Tor a uilnuto lo the H.irkei s "1 have said tli.it Jo-:,i:a Barker, th htw-1 of that fau.'H, was a l lewe-r el liid if. vetit I- . r la -;.tie of tlie o,ual l;y of h'.-s ii. alt P.iiooi-, he did a larp. tui!n.--, huv'ng iiiituy ti-d luMisee, An4 was worTIi a consider:! tle Hum of uuiik e I-.1: then l.e win the father (4 f inr! en . ii:M-eii. h,j t!.;'t his tine Lu Coiio w:!- cio- t (i.Si-tullte-I. nal! no- Law ii.ik h to nay nliouf anj of iIk-iii. e. . ring k!r-.ir-l- i !: -.ii Ic- el.let daughter n I kn.- lietter thnr aiel u ho was a CiViil - 1 ii f i'-t. the youni t p..rr of her t'una ol 1 -.. m . glad that kLi -. 1 i log only latelj ' ic . I ha i in g Colin ..? I. rot Let anj aSa ai.y .if t frleii.l .1 y L.dv ;-e.it : our 0--I t I lo be, 1...,: t ix. u n I i will end strong! j5 ? ' I : II..-I. J tT " I 111.- ki.l . .11. I I f I . . 'rrvy ( :: L w VGGHTY words M W , Ayer's 5arsaparilla. ten, was In need of a congenial com panion. "Margaretta . was a handsome and prejiotiiietuilng girl; though even In those days she showed some aUght ten dency toward that richness of form aad feature which she has slnca abundant ly realized. You hare nerer met the bUhop's wife? Ah, Weill She baa loug measured a good forty-five Inches round the waist and is now the pos sessor of four chins. But In her girl hood she -was pretty and fascinating, and slight, and not a few local bloods were enamored of her. These local bloods, however, were ail of the pleba pleblan, and Margaretta was a girl of aspirations. She wanted to escape altogether from the sordid vulgarity of Fein borough society and to blossom Into some more select aod fashionable sphere. Thus, at least, she frequently conaded to my w4fe, who, womanlike, aided and abetted her la this ambitious lolly. "My wife was talking to me about Margaretta one day. She was deplor ing the fact that there was no well born and bred young men In Pern bor ough to marry the poor girt, and re move her Into that higher circle In which she waa so well qualified to thine. And I said, laughingly: " There's the Tioar. He's splendidly oonuected. Why shouldn't she make a match of It with the TtearT "It was simply a little Joke of mine. But my wife (to whom this was evi dently a new Idea) took It quite serious ly. To be sure,' she cried, clapping het hands. There's the vicar. I wonder 1 have never thought of liiin. Of course, he's the very man.' "I laughed aloud at the eager serious ness with which she said It. " 'My dear." I told her, 'I was only joking. You don't suppose that th vicar would look at Margaretta, da you? " 'And why not? demanded my wife, bridling. 'Margaretta la good enough for any man.' " "Perhaps so," I observed. "Far be 11 from nie to depreciate Margaretta. But you see, my dear, the vicar Is not a mariylng man. In fact, for all hla flirt ing proitcusitivs, he is as confirmed a bachi'ior as I have ever come across.' "'It Is a cry Ins scandal that such a man should be a bachelor,' exclaimed my wife, in an Indignant tone. 'I call it outrageous. " 'Especially with girls like Margaret ta about,' 1 suggested, slyly. "But my wife wns in no mood for jesting over this affair. "I wish you wouldu't make Jokes out of everything.' she retorted, quita crossly. 'It Is scandalous that the vicar should remain a bachelor. It ought not to 1- allowed. Everybody admits that it is the bouuden duty of a bene-lii-ed clergyman to marry. IamiU what an invaluable help a wife la In a lar Uh! You can't deny that, can you? " 'Certainly not, my dear. It is quits Indisputable.' I assented, for it was after dinuer. I waa spoiling for my nap, and it was my hope that If I al lowed my wife to silence me In argu ment she would let the discussion drop. Wherein, to my great thankfulness, 1 was not deceived. "But although no more was said ol the subject Just then, this Idea which I had so lightly mooted aud which my wife hud jumped at with such eager ness was not allowed by that persever ing angel to rest. The keenness with which she threw herself into her new scheme, the energy with which she set herself to execute It. excited my su preme wonder and amu. No lit. tiiw'ce ifnluT "-, I 1 Mar- too barefaced for her; no little pretext was too flimsy. She Inveigled the rev erend gentleman Into little dinners, luncheons, teas, picnics, at which it was invariably managed that he should le hrougut into close proximity with Margaretta. She made them partners ut leunks and croquet, at whist and four-handed chess. The vicar evident ly enjoyed all this as a pastime for Murgarotta was very pretty. But while he flirted with hex, decorously and as a clergy ma u should, and even some times went rather farther than a cler gyman should, he never went, nor uad luiy Idea of going, to the length which Margaretta pined for. "You, my dear fellow, are a married man, and you know the ways of wom en. You will, therefore, feel no sur prise to bear that neither Miss Barker nor my wife thought for a minute of being content with these unpractical flirtations. Nor will It cause you tb smallest sensation of wonder to be In formed that the entire blame for thu vicar's declining to toe the scratch wai shunted on to me, "If I had been half a man," etc., 'If I bad cared a fraction of a straw for my wife's peace of mind,' etc., 'If I had leen at all like some oth er husbaJvU she knew,' etc. However, you. being married, have all this, ot course, at your fingers' ends, so I will not go Into that part of It. Nor will I dwell upon the piteous accounts given mo by my wife of poor Margaretta' breaking heart, and of how aha waa pining and wasting away, and qualify ing for early quarters in ths local cem etery. That is an old story which I will take leave to skip, and will resums my narrative after an Interval of twf or three months. "One morning I waa sent for In my professional capacity to visit our vicar. The complaint from which I found him suffering was of quite a trifling nature, l-elng nothing more serious than an at tack, of lumbago, and not a very severs attack tu that, for he was perfectly free from pain. In most postures, and was only very v!ohntiy gripped by th nialady when attempting to rise aftet stooping or kneeing. Still, of course, thla was sufficiently Inconvenient to clergyman, as It irccluded his taking art In the church services, and be wai particularly auxlous to be well agais by the following Sunday. "Now. there's no doubt about !t. lum- bago does give rtae to some very ridic ulous situations. In fact, the patient's moretnents when trying. If yea under stand me, to sidle round that particu lar posture, in which be knows that ha will be gripped, and to gain the desired perpendicular by dodging, so to speak, the muscles of his own back, are often extremely grotesque. Take It, also, that the patient Is one who prides him self on the dignity of his deportment as our vicar did and this grotesque li ess Is appreciably enhanced. Indeed, what could be a funnier sight to see than dignity struggling with lumbago? I, myself, though hardened by profes sional experience, nave often derived the hugeat amusement from it. And I certainly did so In this case. "Our excellent vicar was extremely sorry for himself. He gave me a graphic account of the torturing agon ies which he had endured, in trying to rise from a kneeling posture in church where he bad been suddenly seized and bow It had taken hUn good live minutes to regain hla feet. I prescribed some of the usual remedies, aud prom ised to call again In a day or two. When I reached home the first question my wife suited me was: " "Well, what la th matter with the vicar? T "Only a touch of lumbago,' I an swered. " "Then be will be unable to attend the parish conversazione this evening,' I suppose?- " 'Oh, no. I have told him that he may keep all his social engagements. Church Is the only thing tabooed, be cause the poor man cannot kneel, or rather when he kneels cannot get up again. "Oh! Iim glad that he will be there this evening. The parish conversazione without the vicar would be quite the play without Hamlet, would It not? 'Yes for . Margaretta,' I replied. Jestingly. "I said that on purpose to draw my wife. But the shaft missed. She seem ed. Indeed, not to even have heard my remark, and I saw that she had sud denly fallen Into one of her absent fits. Soon afterward she left the room and went upstairs, bumming a tuae, a thing which she always did when she was onveloped In a brown study. "We both went to the parish convex saz'.one that evening. It was one of a Feries of functions held quarterly by the vicar and the church wardens to promote social Intercourse and friendli ness between the members of the con gregation. These gatherings tool; place at the town ball, and cousisted of tea and coffee, twaddle and flirta tious, fur which last-named auiuseiucut various alcoves In the lobbies and pass ages were not inconvenient; tie! moru so, as the said lobbies ami passages were but Indifferently liguteil. "At this particular function every body, of course, was present. Including Margaretta, her parents aud other adolescent members of her family. My wife bore down uin Margaretta the moment she appeared, ami I saw them soon engaged in a whisKred conversa tion in a corner of the tearoom. I did not observe them agaiu for some little time, being just then tackled by a wealthy and hypochondriacal old lady one of my best patients who Insist ed on recounting to me a long history of all that she had suffered since our last meeting. 1 was Inexpressibly bored by this tiresome old person. But I could not offend her, so was obliged to listen. Aud when at last I was free from her which was no for twenty minutes I noted, with a grin of amuse ment, that Margaretta (aided, no doubt, by my wife), had made hex pounce, and atj-brYire-atrt ef ti'iag oirt ortssy&F room upon the arm of our stately vicar, who did not, indeed, seem at all lotii to lead forth this beauteous damsel into the greater seclusion of the dimly light ed iassages. "I looked round for my wife. Ah! There she was bobbing and nobbing with old Joshua Barker, not three yards from where I stood! Presently I heard her say to him: 'Don't you think this room rather hot, Mr. Barker? Shall we go out Intu the lobby for a few minutes? " 'Certainly a good Ides answered the brewer, offering ber bis arm. "And off they went my wife throw ing me a meaning but mystifying glance over her shoulder as she passed. That she was up to some mischief 1 could see plainly. That this mischief was in connection with the vicar and Margaretta I could conjecture with tolerable certainty. But beyond tluvt general impression, I was quite In thu dark and, being detached just then and seeing nobody about with whom I had the least desire to. converse, I strolled out myself Into the lobby with the Idea of seeing If possible what my wife's little game waa. "As I sauntered slowly along one oi the side passages, I heard the sound of murmured conversation on my right. Glancing In that direction, I descried the vicar and Margaretta seated in con tiguous chairs, screened by a big palm. They were too much taken up to have observed me. And, I am half ashamed to confess it, but I did a low thing. I slipped behind a brawny plaster Her cules, which stood adjacent and played the eavesdropper. "The vicar was bending close to Mar garetta, uttering many pretty speeches but nowise committing himself and she waa listening with heightening col or and downcast eyes, ever and anon, however, raising those features and darting at him glances of radiant ten derness, meant, doubtless, to evokt something from his lips more practical than these empty compliments. Onct or twice I half thought that a declara tion was coming; but on each occa sion he pulled himself up just at the critical point, and turned what looked like being a proposal Into a mere plec of flirtatious rhetoric. It must ban been uncommonly tantalizing for Mar garetta. But she kept her head and ber temper admirably, and continues) to smile on him as blandly as hereto fore. "At last having, as I supposed, giv en up all hope for that occasiou, since I was not then aware of the wonderful resourcefulness of woman Margaretta suggested that they should be rejoin ing the others. The vtcar agreed. They rose from their seats, and as they did so, Margaretta, happening to glance down at her particularly neat Utile wes. uttered a sudden ejaculation. "OhI Look! The ankle at rap of my shoe baa come unbuttoned. Oh! dear! I I If It would not be presumlsig too much upon your klndnuaa, Mr. T ravers, l-I " 'IVuTt mention it. With pleasure,' murmured the reverend gentleman, as he sank gracefully upon one knee and proceeded to negotiate the strap round her pretty aakW. " 'Ha! my friend.' I chuckled to my self from, behind my Hercules. 'In the gallant Impulse of the tnotuont, yob have turgottaa your lumbago. FacllU desosaasual Bed rwocare gradumi "1 did. for ae the vicar. aUU obliv ious of hla lumbar dtambkUty, gajly es sayed to rise to his feet la the usua! ay, he was suddenly gripped and pulled back wlttt a spasmodic Jerk. Ha smaste aaetket eCert and another adopt- of movement which Is so eminently characteristic of lumbago. It was a supremely ridiculous spectacle, thi reverend dignified parson fixed on one knee and vainly trying to sidle upward. I was within an ace of betraying ni) presence by bursting Into a roar ef Uughter. But I Just managed la con trol myself. ""Oh, please get np, Mr. Travers! murmured Miss Margaretta, blush ing ly, affecting to be Ignorant of the trut state of the case. "Oh, please get up! Somebody will see you.' "" "I I will you give me your hand ? gaeped the vicar, desperately. "She did so. In the prettiest confu sion. The vicar clasped It with all the fervor of lumbago. Then it all came about more sud denly than you would believe. For there stood Joshua Barker and there stood my wife, as though they had dropped from the clouds. And Joshua was shaking the still kneeling vicar by the hand and saying: "Congratulaite you, Biy dear vlcar, congratulate you! I ought not to in trude Just now. But I was passing, by Jove, and couldn't help seeing and my feelings as a father got the better of my discretion. You have won a treas ure a treasure, sir,' etc. "At the same time my wife was kiss ing Margaretta, who had covered hei blushing face with ber hands, and God blessing her and heaven knows what beside, looking the while as innocently plensed and happy as a guileless child. "It was splendid sport for everybody except the vicar. And he poor man! waa more taken aback and flabber gasted than anybody I have ever seen. He never attempted to expostulate oi explain. Perhaps he meant to defer the difficult and disagreeable task until he could perform It by letter. If so, the delay was fatal to him; for, before the evening was over, everybody pres ent had beard of the engagement, and the vicar had run the gantlet of a hun dred congratulations. By accepting these, without repudiation as he did he simply gave himself away, and ren dered any future explanation impossi ble." "He must have been extremely weak minded." "Perhaps. But then, you see, he was In an uncommonly tight corner. Ho hail been flirting In a risky way with Margaretta. and it was quits natural that she should misunderstand what occurred. I'nder those circumstances, to disabuse her would have been a delicate task, from which any man might well be excused for shrinking. At any rate, he did shrink, and the consequence was the little biographical circumstances which has evoked tha story." London Truth. STATUE OF CHOATE. The Historic Jurist and Statesman to He Honored. The memory of llufus Choate, tie historic jurist and statesman, is to e honored withan appropriate monument lu bronze. David C. French, the noted New York sculptor, has Just completed a life-size statue of Choate, which la to STATl'E OF BCFUS CHOATE. erected in the newly built court bouse In Boston. The staute In the clay has been Inspected by Joseph Choate, the distinguished nephew of the great man, and It Is said that he has pronounced it a most admirable portrait, both In feature and figure. The statue depicts Mr. Choate in one of his characteristic attitudes. He is standing erect, one hand grasping the lapel of his Prince Albert coat, the other holding a num ber of pages of notes, from which he is speaking. The pedestal on which the bronze figure will rest Is to be of mar ble, and the total height of pedestal and statue will be about fourteen feet. The monument is a gift to the city of Boston by some person who docs not desire that his name shall be known. Itufus Choate was a native of Massa chusetts and was born in 1790. He was a descendant of the old Puritan stock He was educated at Dartmouth, stud led law, and, like his nephew, devoted the best work of bis life to Its practice. As a lawyer he was pre-eminent. He wrote some memoirs that are still read, and he might have been great as a statesman had be had the ambition to pursue politics. His career as Congress man and Senator was remarkable In an era of great men. He died In 1859. The gurgling of the faucet is tne dev il's delight. Make a can too short, rather than be fawned out. The was Is not over because we have lost a battle. Whoever knows God well wants to know hlni better. Some would rather face a cannon than their own evils. Prayer Is always easy, when we kneel on praying ground. The man who knows how to live well s ill not have to learn how to die well. Our prayers for guidance will not be beard, uuless We are willing to be led. The devil has to light hard for all he gets lu every home where Christ is king. In the robin redbreast speaks the same Christ who came to "seek and save." Nature Is God's; botany and geology ire man's; so religion Is divine, tucol SS human. Thu man weighs little on the Lord's side who Is not throwing an ounce of weight against the saloon. The prohibition that gives society tbv children who uever saw a drunkard .an't be such a big failure. The Creator cipends so much fore In sunsets and apple blossoms that there roust be some great use In uier beauty. If you want to know the spring, open your heart, so, also. If you would kuow Christ. Knowledge bloats; love devet ops. God never made the world for an apothecary shop or a chemical labora tory, bat for a temple; the final word of aarure is spiritual. 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL" HAS NERVOUS PROSTRATION. lie Bavisifylns; Kffects af m Proper Nervt Food Demonstrated. IVom the Era, Bradford. Pa. Several months ago. Miss Cora Wstroos. he sixteen-year-old daughter ot Mr. I. C. Vatrous, a locomotive Ureman, of CI Clarion .treet, Bradford, Penna.. was seized with a lervous disorder which threatened to end er life. The Orst symptom of the ailment rasa loss of appetite. For some little time diss watrous nal no desire to eat anil com plained of s feelinir. of extreme lassitude. I'h's waa followed by severe pains la the ieaa. ror toree weeks tne young lady was early erased with a terrible headache and ot a Log could be procured to give her re lief. Finally, after trying numerous remedies, a physician was called and began treating (be patient. He said the trouble was caused by Impoverished blood, but after sjveral weeks ot nls treatment tbe young lady's condition had not improved and the parents decided to procure the services ot anotner pnysician. in tne meantime aim Watrous' nervousness had Increased, the naiiui In her head had grown more severe and the sufferer's parents had almost given up hope of ber recovery. It was at this time that Mr. Watrooa heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Ue found that tbe pilla were highly recom mended for nervous disorders and eon cluded to give tbem a trial. A box of the tills was purchased and before they had all been taken there was a marked improve ment in the girl's eonditioa. After a half -locen boxes bad been used, the young ady's appetite had returned, the pain in ier bead had ceased and she was stronger than at any time previous to her illness. M iss Watrous enncluded that ber cure was complete and left home for a visit to rela tives in tbe grape country near Dunkirk, X. Y. She stopped taking the medicine and iiy over-exertion brought the ailment back again. As soon as the returning symptoms were felt. Miss Watrous secured soother box of pills and the illness was soon driven away. She is now in better physical con dition than she has been for years snd de clares that she owes her life to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. and Mrs. Watrous were interviewed by a reporter at their home on Clarion Street. Both are loud in their praises of Pink Pills. "My daughter's life was saved by the medicine," said Mrs. Watrous. "Her condition was almost hopeless when she sommenoed taking them, but no- she is as (trong and healthy as any one could be. I cannot recommend the medicine too high ly." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, In a con densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to tbe blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an on tailing specillo for such diseases as loco motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, oervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation ot the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid au receipt of price, CO cents a box, or six boxes for S3. 50 (tiiey are never sold In bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Ueuicinu Company, Schenectady. Jf. X, V oourn onoce. There are several wooden shoe fac tories In America. Tbe Hollanders brought these durable foot coverings from the old country, and were long made sport of by the Irreverent. But the Americans have, within a few years, been coming to the conclusion that in adopting the wooden footwear the Dutch had pretty level heads. The slioes are especially desirable for work In laundries, breweries, aud stables, as well as on the farm when the ground Is wet. They do not becouie saturated with moisture, never get out of shape like leather boots, and are surprisingly warm and comfortable, and In addi tion they are cheap, and will outlive several pairs of cowhide boots. Tbe awkwardness of wearing the shoes soon passes away, and when the wearer enters the house he kicks them off for shoes or slippers of more grace ful build. Wooden shoes are made en tirely by hand. Small, solid blocks of wood are first shaped like a shoe. They are then turned over to the borer, who with a variety of Implements makes thehjfor!he foot l,acBt bot-S.-hole for the heel and then with what looks like au exaggerated cheese spoon works his way toward the toe. Once started with augers, knives, scoops and scrapers, the place for tbe foot Is rap idly shaped. The workman often uses calipers aud measures, so that one shoe of a pair shall be as near as possible the mate of the other. The shoe la then sent to tbe drying room to remain a month, when tbe final touches are to give It the last scraping and the artistic flnish. In this country, the wood used is basswood, as It Is light, easy to work, durable and dry. Occasional or ders are received for fancy ehoes to be made of maple or walnut, and once an extra fine pair had a mahogany veneer. The shoes are especially adapted for wearing In wet places, and the demand for them Is steadily increasing. Try Orsia-Ot Try OrKls-Ot Ask your grocer to-day to show yon a paek sg-e ot Oraln-O, the new food drink that takaa tbe place of coffee. Tbe children may drink it without Injury aa well as the adult. All who try it like it. tiraln-O has that rich seal brown of Mucha or Java, but It la made from pure grains, and the motit delicate stomach re ceives it without distress. One-quarter the price of coffee. 16 cts. aud 2S eta. per package. Sold by all grocera. t FLOWING PETROLEUM WELL. Powerful Kxpleatve Is Lowered and Forces Ont a Torrent of Oil. Among the Impressive oil region spec tacles the shooting of an oil well al ways takes front rank. The well that Is to be shot has been drilled to the oil producing strata of sand rock, snd there the oily fluid Is held in the pores f the rocky formation. In some In stances the gas pressure is sufficient to blow the oil into tbe bole drilled in the rock, and no ether means Is required to t the oil to the top of the ground. WHES THE TOUT I DO CXTLODCS. This Is only In exceptional cases. Tbe general way la to lower a long torpedo so as to pass Inside of the casing, down to the bottom of the hole. The torpedo Is a tin can of probably 10 feet la length. Inside the can the space Is filled with nltro-glycerine. A percus sion cap on tbe lop of tbe can la so ar ranged that tbe dropping of a weight or go-devll causes tbe device to explode. Tbe rock to rut over the bottom of the welL and a beta Is formed wfetcb be comes a reservoir is pump frees when the wall Is ready for that part ef the suatsess. The cut shews the torrem ef il that rashes from the siiMsriaaeaii ieptb win the tsrpsde er "abeer a A TO "Mamma, If I had a hat before I har this one It's right to say that's the hn. I bad had. Isn't Itr "Certainly, Johnny." - "And if that bat once had a hole ii It and I had It mended I could say i bad had a hole In It, couldn't IT "Tea, there would be nothing Incor rect In that." "Then It'd be good English to say that the hat I had bad had had a hole In It, wouldn't itr' "Johnny, you make my bead ache." Chicago Tribune. Snake lot tour Shoes All at Foot Kate, a powder for tbe teeL ll cam painful, swollen, smartlDK feet, and lu stanu v lakes (be sting out of tbe corns and bun ions. 1 1 ' the greatest comfort d.scovery of the see. Allan's Foot-Ease makes Unlit-titling oi new sbuea feel ca y. ll Is a certain cure let sweatluic, callous and hot. tired, acbl- g feet. Try It lo day. Sold by all drUKxtsts and tboe stores. Uj mill for 26c, in stamps. rial pack sgs i FBKt Address, Allen S. Ultusled, 1.8 Key. . Y. In England 511 boys to 489 girls is the normal proportion of births a year to every thousand of the population. Fits permanently eared. No Bts ornerronF Bess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S3 trial bottle and treatise fret Da. S. H. Kuan, Ltd, Ml Arab Bt?auaPa An electric locomotive running be tween Paris and Havre attained a speed of 75 miles an hour. It drew 13 cars. k Cure Guaranteed bv DK. J. B. HAtKK loit A Kill MT, I'Hll.A.. I'A. Kaae at once: n I elation or delay irum business. Consultation ice. Indorsements of iibyaicians. ladies and irowliieut citizens, head lor circular omcs boutkit A. U. to 1 I-. M. Some Cufl men, women and children are reported to have iei islied in the pauic tbat ended in the Greek retreat from 1-a rissa. i,.rf1';N. Y.i-,: "Shall r V.. M iw reward, ror I Dtw lieve Hall's Catarrh Cure will euriany caseoi catarrh. VV as very bad.p Write him for A South Carolina man has 40 acres e tea plants. The shriils are about thret feet high aud pluuted iu rows six fee apart. After physicians had (riven me op, I was saved by Piso's Cure.-Half u auu, YYU aausport. Pa-, Nov. S2, Usui. tf.t-ief ill PftrciA foe a 1 1 . '.-..-. I linclanil is limited to a fortnight, and then a wo man marries again as soon as blie has a chance. Mrs. Wlnstow'sSuoiulnK syrop forcbilflreT teeth i UK, softens Uie KUin4,reduuinK iunitninia Uou. allays pain, cures wind colic 25u.a bottle Lasleat Aaimal In the World. In the deep forests along the Amazon River In South America there dwells one of the oddest and laziest creature! in the world. It walks upside down, it rarely. If ever, drinks, and It is said to feel no pain. The animal Is known as the al, from Its peculiar piping cry, or the three-toed sloth. The last nam Is very appropriate, for a lazier animal never lived. Often it takes less than fifty steps a day, and it will be a mouth or more going a mile. It Is not necessary for It to go any faster, be cause it lives In the trees and Its food of leaves and soft twigs Is alway within easy teach. Sloths have thret toes on each foot, and each toe bears a strong kooked claw. When the sloth moves he simply books the claws ovei Alt ANIMAL HAMMOCK. a limb and crawls about from tree to tree. In this position be can sleep hours at a time. When a little sloth ll bom it uses Its mother for a hammock until It la big enough to climb for lt self. The sloth grows to be about two feet long. Its hair Is wiry and coarse, and It has no tall to speak of. The nativei say that it cannot feel pain, and they prove what they say by showing how the sloth will roll Itself up and deliber ately fall out of a tall tree In order to save climbing down. Pretty lazy, isn't it? An uglier, more useless animal could not be well Imagined. The Sea Gall. The sea gull Is tbe scavenger of the ocean. It scours tbe surface of the sea near tbe shore and frequents har bors to seize on floating garbage, dead flan and other putrefying matter; and these birds have saved many a village and seaport town, round about which they hover, from plague and pestilence. Such being the services of the sea gull It la a short-sighted policy that causes them to be ruthlessly killed by thousands, partly In idle sport, but principally that their wings may be used for millinery purposes. Their eggs are also collected In enormous Quantities for museums and for the hops of naturalists. " Impertinence Rebnked. " Mr. B., who lives In a Massachusetts town, was asked once, by a stranger. If he was a soldier In the civil war. . "I was not," answered Mr. B. f "Why notr naked the other. Mr. B. evidently regarded this ques tion as Impertinent, for he gave the stranger a quick, sharp look through his spectacles before he replied: "I suppose It was on account of my way of looking at things." "What! Were you opposed to the war?" "On the contrary, I was heartily in favor of It from the beginning." "Then what do you mean by you way of looking at things T " "I volunteered, but was rejected be cause I was short-sighted." The stranger then went and engaged aome one else In conversation. Aa Isapoelac Olft. Mrs. Horn beak 1 wonder what we'd better give Cousin Em'ly for a weddin present? It ought to be something theap that will make a big show. Farmer Uornbeak Guess we'd better give her s load of hay, then. New York World I-ee ytfrd rifle Uariel are good en ouyh for & or ( round-, ahieh aeke the hie of Ike line, with average use, about At year. feapots are- wl in C hina only by Ike poor. Among the wealthy ll is customary lo put tfea lea leaves la each Cup aud pour aler va I ben. ir ; Bast Iwna Ptrap. tawiMd. Css I If la tiwt w-l fry lrmtw. f y , aJ Ref msedthe Wrong Degcaa. . " never refuse tbe plea of a beggar," lys a leading member of Congress, fou must not use my nams and adver se me as a philanthropist, for I am ot It Is simply a matter of necessity vlth me. I am obliged to give some hlng to every beggar or I could not -leep at night I made a bad mistake .nee, and I would rather give oeeattton dly to the unworthy than to ever deny oasistance to the worthy. "Once upon a rime I was In St. Louis in business. It was winter, and you know how cold that town can be when it tried hard. I waa out on the street .it 11 o'clock one bitter trlght when a chap struck me for a dime. He was ooorly dad, looked hungry and sick, and I ought to have handed out the money at once, but I was Just brute enough not to do It He followed me a hundred feet, begging and pleading, and I finally threatened to have him arrested. He turned away with a ob in hie throat, and I went on to the hotel. "There waa a big snowstorm that ulght and next morning they found him In a drift, frozen stark and stiff. I saw the body and recognized It Tbe pale face was pinched and drawn with hunger and suffering, and the eyes were wide open as yonrs-great big blue eyes, sunken back In their sockets, and staring at me In an awful way. Yes, sir, they seemed to be fastened on me alone, and to follow me as I moved. When I heard car drivers, draymen, bootblacks and newsboys saying how gladly they would have given the poor wretch a quarter to buy lodgings and food I sneaked away, feeling that I was a murderer. It hurt me more than I can tell you. I don't wait now to be asked for alms. I give to some who are, no doubt undeserving, but I take my chances on that That thing rests like a murder on my conscience, and nothing; like It shall happen again." St. Paul Globe Good Catch. "Bagger, the professional base-ball player, has married an heiress." "Ah! good catchr Philadelphia North American. Farmers in New Brunswick have Ix-en greatly retarded in their farm work tit is hpriug owing to the excessive amount of rainy weather. IV mis rf c. lu Wk 1 luo t Kara i n sTVi i mi, r a ' "6" OH"'wa ' sa as vwuun out have doubted iu 30 years. BICYCLE EXCITEMENT. The Kreateat sensa tion of thu t-Hson iu the bicycle market has bHu (K-cahiuned by four of the leading iiiauufacturerf) com bining to protect the retail trade from be imr imported upon by atfentaand others who have no reputation to lose, at bicycle deal era. This combina tion,of which the John F- Lovell A ruin Co. are the moving spirits, have fo reed down the price of high grade wheels so that there la now uo reason why BKKJ. 8. lovfix. a cyclist should ride Treas. Lovell Arms Co. anything but a first class, (fuarauteed wheel, aud at prices charged f ruin the nameless and unguaranteed wheels. There is considerable opposition to this com bination on the part of those who handle low grade wheels, but the public will be the winners, thanks to the Lovell Arms Co. A catalogue of our regular bicycle stock and a loecial li?t of wheels issued "by the Big Four Combuialion nun Jed free on application. DC? DCAI IT I CI TI t IF YOUR BLOOD IS BAD DC DfclAU 1 IrUL I YOUR FACE .SHOWS IT. It's nature's warning: that the condition of the fclood needs attention f before more duiaus disease . uu Make the COMPLEXION Beautiful, by Purifying the BLOOD. If the blood is pure, the skin is clear, smooth and soft. If you take our advice, you will find CAS CARETS will bring the rosy blush of health to faded faces, take away the liver spots and pimples. Help nature help you I AXX. BBTTOOIBTS. YOU CAN, iuo., aso., BOO. Agents Everywhere! For the Lovell "Diamond" Cycles, and we stake our Business Reputation of over 55 years that the most perfect wheel yet made is the Lovell Diamond '97 Model. 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