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the payment or the
i goM," said Miss Ma
little testily and quit'
determinedly. "1 owe this to my niece,
who In al.oiit to be married. As you
know, 1 am It guardian, and I do not
wish to diminish her legacy by any
oversight on my part Just now. when
no one knows just what effect a possi
Me silver victory may have upon the
financial condition of the country.
Once iimrried, her husiwind may do as
be likes."
"Very well. Miss Magruder." said
Cashier Holt. "Your request will be
honored if for no other reason than to
show you that this bank la amply able
to niwt all demands."
The lady whom he addressed as Miss
Magruder was a spinster of uncertain
age, regular features and a determined
and business like manner.
Cashier Holt, a middle-aped man
with Vandyke beard and curly flax
colored hair, had tried vainly to dein
oimtrate to his shrewd client that hei
money would lw? safer in the vaults of
the Miik than in her house.
Now he gave a whispered order to
he onlv clerk the bank afforded. The
latter turned an ln
iqulsitlve face upon
her companion, a
the spinster and
pretty country girl of 20 summers.
When he returned from the vault he
tarried in his hand a leather satchel,
which he placed on the counter before
the cashier.
"Here are your ten thousand," said
Mr. Holt, whimsically. "Remember
my warning! Take good care of the
money !"
Miss Magruder was not so easily sat-Isfb-d.
She opened the satchel, took
from it a buckskin bag and counted
the money, which was in $"0 coins.
Then she pushed it all hack, locked the
bag and left the bank, accompanied by
the clerk, who carried the satchel and
deposited it under the buggy seat. As
the holies entered their conveyance
they were accusted by a tramp. Thf
fellow looked anything but prepossess,
lug, and Miss Magruder curtly denied
him aid.
iMning the drive from New Ttruns
wlck to the little hamlet which was
their home. Miss Magruder gave vent
to her annoyance over the enshiers
hesitancy to pay her niece's legacy in
gold. His warning against ruliliers
was especially distasteful to the spin
ster, who had never lx-en ntillcted with
fear of anything. Nora Wilson listen
ed to her mint in silence. She was not
at all Inclined to share her guardian's
oiil'n!"!;ce that their house was as safe
us tlie l ank vault; but out of deference
to the older woman she refrained fron
expressing her opinion. Even whi n
the money was safely stowed away
under Miss M.igriider's bed, Nora ft It
uneasy. When bedtime came she her
self examined every window and door,
to see that it had been securely fasten
ed by t!i- servant. Anxious dream
disturbed In r slumber, which she woo
ed in vain for a long time. In the mid
dle of tl;e night the girl awoke with a
start. She was not certain at tirst
whether her imagination hud played
her a trick, or whether she had really
hea id a stilled noise in the next room.
Khe hearkened with bated breath, and
was soon coiiinced that what disturb
ed her were stealthy footsteps.
Without a moment's hesitation the
ill jumped from her bed. A door led
from her room to her aunt's chamber,
but this she -.vould not oen. After nil,
It might only have been the vivid play
of her imagination, and she dreaded
Miss Ma grin lei's ridicule. So Khe un
titched the door that opened out Into
die eori idor and groped her way to her
aunt's room. It was ajar.
Norn Wilson scarcely breathed as she
listened. She could distinctly hear the
respiration of two persons. One breath
ed regularly ami quietly, the other's
breath came In short, stilled gasps. A
sweet, penetrating odor came from the
room. Then all her doubts were dis
pelled. There was a robler In the room. He
was searching for the hidden gold.
Nora was a courageous girl. She press
ed her lips firmly together, advancing
carefully with outstretched arms. Al
most Instantly she came In contact
with a human liody. The man for It
was a burglar clutched her around
the waist and held a sponge saturated
with chloroform to her nose. Nora
tried not to breathe to keep from Inhal
ing the noxious vapor. The girl's fierce
struggle made the burglar resort to
other means to overcome her. He drop
ped the sponge and plunged his hand
Into his breast HM-ket.
"He has a pistol and he is going to
kill me!" thought Nora. Quick as a
lash she seized his hand the moment
tie w ithdrew it. Her lingers closed over
the handle of a large lowle knife, not
the butt end of a revolver.
The maiirauiler dragged Nora from
the room, down the stnlrs and Into the
lower corridor. There he hissed Into
her car that lie would kill her If she
made an outcry and did not release
the knife. Gathering all his strength
he thrust her Into the'pantry, the door
of w hich stood wide open.
Miss Wilson made no reply, but with
nn almost stiiierhuman effort attempt
eI to wrench the weapon from him
Rhe succeeded in c lutching a few inch
es more of the long handle of the
knife, and the man uttered a terrible
oath. The blade had sunk into his
baud. Snatching hi left arm from kef
waist he struck her a fearful blow
with Lis list.
;i:g that could r.o '.;..
i null ;i.e nl'liT, Nora tun-
qnlckly ntid dashed past him to warn
the door that led out into the yard
It was opi ii. but on the threshold thf
r.irl stumbled and fell pntie to the
Moor. Win ii rhe awoke a few moments
Bfierwurds from the stupor caused by
the fall, two men were bending over
lier. They were grappling, and by
their voices Miss Wilson recognized
In one of them her auist's gardener
i lie gin. nrave as ever, came to h;s
nsjiistance.
Their combined cries for he:p
brought one of their neighbors to the
scene of the struggle. The marauder
was soon overcome, and when the ser
vant mailt appeared with a lamp. Nora
and the gardener recognized in him the
tramp who had accosted them in the
afternoon In front of the hank.
"Take him to prison," commanded
Miss Wilson. ".My aunt and I w ill lodge
complaint against him in the mom
lug."
While the two men carried off their
prisoner, Nora Lurried to her aunt's
room. I?y this time the effect of the
chloroform had disappeared, and Miss
Magruder was acquainted with the
events of the nhht. The little satchel
yith its precious contents was moved
a considerable distance from where it
had originally been placed, and the
spinster admitted that the cashier was
right after all in admonishing ber a
he did. To relieve herself from fur
ther responsibility she sent for her
niece's betrothed early In the morning.
In the meantime the prisoner bad a
preliminary hearing before the Judge,
Miss Wilson deposed that she had met
the man In the afternoon; that be had
seen the satchel which they carried
from the baok, stowed away under
the buggy seat. She then narrated
her struggle with the Intruder and his
final arrest by a neighbor and her
aunt's gardener. The latter corrobo
rated her statement. The prisoner
firmly declared his Innocence, even In
the face of these grave charges. He
dented having struggled with the
young lady in her aunt's room, and
said that he had sought shelter In Miss
Magruder's woodshed for the night.
When he heard Miss Wilson's cries for
help, he thought a lire had broken out,
and rushed from the shed to aid in
suppressing It.
Without a word Nora Wilson point
ed to the pi-isoner's right hand, which
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' JUtlKe understood her meaning and
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his hand.
His answer was that he had cut
himself with an ax, as he cleared the
place In the dark to find a comfortable
spot to lie down in.
His statement was not credited, and
he was remanded to Jail.
An hour later Nora and her betroth-.-Kl
were on the way to the bank. They
had with them the satchel of gold,
ready to again entrust It to the custody
of the bank cashier.
"Crood morning, Mr. Holt," mid the
girl. "Here is the money! You were
right, some one did try to rob us last
night."
"Ah, ha!" cried Mr. Holt, coming
?!ose to the cashier's wind-w to receive
the money.
A penetrating odor of chloroform
was noticeable. It came from the
clothes of tile cashier.
"Oh. James!" cried the girl, still pale
and nervous from her terrible expe
rience of tlie night.
"My name is Cliff." said James. "1
.nil Miss Wilson's fiance. I'crmit me to
lead her to yonder couch. She Is not
well. A little rest will soon restore
her."
Holt was not inclined to grant the
request to admit the two young people
to tlie back room without opKsition.
"It's against the rules of the bank,"
he remarked stubbornly.
Janus Cliff paid no attention to h!m,
but pushed the door open and led the
rouiu jiirl to the luather sofa lu the
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8TKKTCI1ED ARMS."
bank room. Nora was far from faint
ing. Her mind had never worked more
quickly and to the point A sudden
suspicion that not the tramp, but an
other tried to rob theiu of her fortune
(lashed through her brain. There was
the odor of the chloroform, and be
sides the cashier held his hand con
cealed in his coat pocket.
"What is the matter with your hand.
V?. Holt?" she asked
"My hand? I sprained It last night
while trying to move a heavy piece of
furniture. I have been bathing it with
arnica and must keep It bandaged.''
"Won't you let me see it?".
The cashier hesitated, but when be
pulled the hand from the pocket at
last, the bandage showed other stains
ban those of arnica.
With a bound the girl stood before
him.
"This Is blood, James," she cried.
"A sprain could not have caused them.
The smell of the chloroform, his voice,
his look; and the hairs wrapped around
the button of his coat! Do you recog
nise them?"
Her lover snatched the overcoat
thrown over the back of the chair io
the room in which they were.
"They are yours, Nora," said James
Cliff, carefully loosening them from
the button that held them confined. "I
would recognize tbem anywhere!"
"This Is the man who broke Into our
house, with whom I struggled, and in
the struggle he cut his hand," said
Nora, firmly and menacingly.
"I wish I had killed you," muttered
Holt, now blind with rage over the
girl's discovery.
They called the clerk and sent for
thu sheriff, but James Cliff was coin-
assJssWaatasJs-. a ..... . . . - .
pelted to keep the desperate bank cash
ier at bay with the point of a revol
ver. At his home were found a bottle half
filled with chloroform, a blood-stained
cuff, a bowle knife, a bunch of skeleton
keys and other paraphernalia belong
ing to the light-fingered gentry.
Years afterwards, when Nora Wilson
and James Cliff celebrated their mar
riage anniversary they learned the
cause for the crime of the bank cash
ier. He bad been in love with the pret
ty country lassie, and as James Cliff
was then an impecunious attorney he
'thought if he robbed her of ber fortune
he young man would not marry her.
"But you know better, dear wife,"
whispered James into the pretty mat
ron's ear. She nodded ber head In si
lence, and wound her arms around hu
neck
The 10,000 In gold were deposited in
a larger bank, and the interest has
been piling up from year to year, mak
ing a nest-egg for the three little chil
dren of the OHffs. St Louis Republic.
The Poor Children or Cities.
In the Ladles' Home Journal Edward
W. Bolt makes an earnest appeal that
the poor children of the cities be given
au outing in the country during a part
of the heated summer season. He
heartily commends the work in that di
rection being done by the various or
ganizations, and urges that they be
given heartier support and greater co
operation. "Strange as it may seem
to some," he says, "the word 'country'
!s only a meaningless sound to count
less waifs in our cities. Of a winding
stream, of a running brook, of a hill
higher than a pile of refuse in the
street they know nothing. The only
water they know is that which flows
past the city piers. Of a run in a field
white with daisies, yellow with butter
nips, or red with clovr, they liuve
tie.er even dreamed. Their only play
ground Is the hot and ill-smelling pave
ment. Even a clean bed is uui-nown
to them; the fire-escape, the roof of an
uncovered wagon are their sleeping
places on the hot summer nights. The
only glimpse of God's beautiful t-ky
tl.ey ever see Is through the city's
smoke. And yet how many of us think
of these little ones? Think of them we
may, perhaps, but what do we do for
them? Do we ever stop and consider
how much we might? how mueh olheis
are doing?
"Ten cents will keep a sick baby for a
whole day in the country or at t'ue sea
shore under the direction ot some one
of these associations. One dollar will
bring untold happiness to a child for
five dayp. Three dollars will keep a
"hild in the country for thirteen days.
Why not look into the work of the f mid
or association of summer work for
children nearest you. and, befor yo'i
take your own children to the country,
leave or send something, even though it
be but ten cents, to one or more of
these Fresh Aid Funds? It will bring
health and happiness to some little
child whose mother cannot afford to do
what God has made it possible for you
to do for your little ones. It Is not so
much that many of us are disinclined
to be charitable; It is rather tliat we
are apt to take the trouble to find out.
or to know how much we can do with
very little. We would give if we but
knew where and how to give. The no
blest offering we can make to God is
the saving of the life of one of His lit
tit? ones,"
$1,000,000 Monument for Privates.
There are many beautiful and costly
monuments which have been erected
to generals and other officers, and alsc
so-called soldiers' monuments, but not
one monument distinctly erected anil
dedicated to the enlisted men of the
army and navy, the character of the
monument now proposed to be erected.
Grand Army place was so named
from being the site of the national en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, held in Washington font
years ago, and the idea of the erection
of the monument there and then took
shape. The site is what was formerly
known as the White House lot, and lies
to the South of the White House in the
neighborhood of the Washington mon
ument. The Incorporators of the asso
ciation named Include thirty well
known veterans of the war. The change
In the administration the election of
President Cleveland caused a halt In
the proposed plan, it being thought thai
Mr. Cleveland might be inimical to ex
tending government aid toward the
erection of the monument. Several
days ago the directors held a meeting,
and it la now proposed to go ahead
with the plan, which. In the first In
stance, contemplates the raising of 51,
000,000, and, so far as may be, by pop
ular subscription, not only among
Grand Army posts. Women's ReMef
Corps, Sons of Veterans, Daughters of
America, but from the public at largu
Baltimore American.
Flactrlo Protection of Safes.
The latest idea for the protection 01
money and valuables Is to have the
safe which contains tbem secured In
side a cabinet. Where the safe is kept
In a vault the vault serves the purposes
of a cabinet. In either case an elect rk
lining Is used, consisting of strips of
metal mounted In connection with thin
metal sheets, so arranged that even a
pin thrust through tlie cabinet and pen
etrating the lining will sound the
alarm. The door of the vault cannot
be opened, nor can the curtain of the
cabinet be raised, until a time lock has
disconnected It from the ahum sys
tem. In order that the alarm box may
be proof against molestation It is made
of steel and placed wltiiWl a hood lined
in the same way as the cabinet. Any
attempt at tampering with It will eausfl
an alarm to be sounded as m the casn
of the cabinet. The door is held closed
by heavy lag bolts, the partial removal
of any of which will give a warning
signal. There are several of these lag
holrs. and before the door can be open
ed they have all to be removed, which
requires a considerable longth of time
-St. Louis Glole-Democrat.
A flitch in the Proceedings.
There was a half-finished wedding
the other day at T aldington, England.
Everything went swimmingly until the
bridegroom was asked to repeat the fa
miliar formulary. "I, George , take
thee," etc. At this stage there was a
sullen pause on the part of the bride
groom, who, in a tone almost inaudible
to the congregation, and quivering
with emotion, declared that his name
was not George but Charles. Every
one appeared to be in a dilemma;, the
bride grew pale, but fortunately did
not faint, and the parson stared with
amazement. It was only then ascer
tained that the banns had been er
roneously published. The bridegroom
flew about and did bis best to have the
wedding go on that day, but it could
not be done. The banns had to be
published again the following Sunday,
In proper form. But Charles is all
right now, or flatters himself that h
Is, for the knot has since been tied.
J
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Miaratloa ot Rata.
It appears that several species of
oats migrate southward in winter and
northward in summer, after the man.
nor of birds. Some bats which are
found during the warm months as far
north as Maine and the Adirondack
Mountains, start for the South in the
autumn and spend the winter in South
Carolina and Georgia, returning with
the sun at the beginning of the next
summer season.
MTh Weeping of the Vine."
After the spring pruning in the vlne
arda water is seen trickling down the
stems, and In France this it poetically
called the "weeping of the vine." Pro
fessor Cornu, a botanist, bos recently
studied this phenomenon, and he says
It Is due to the abundant absorption of
water by the roots of the vine In spring
time. The water Is forced through all
the braucnes and stems to their very
tips, and where they are cut by thr
pruner it oozes out like tear-drops.'
Typeset tin by Klectricitr.
A St. Louis Inventor has patented a.
icvlee by means of which a typesetter,
using a machine with keys resembling
those of a typewriting instrument, pro
uv.ces a perforated strip of paper each
tf whoee perforations represents a
printed character. When the perform
Med strip is run through an electrical
transmitter, connected by wires with
distant typesetting machines, properly
ndjusted for the purpose, the type can
lie simultaneously set In as many dif
ferent printing offices as may be con.
iit-cted in the circuit
Gettintr Pcrfnms from Flower.
A Frenchman has found a method ot
xtracting the perfume of flowers
without crushing or killing the blos
soms. It consists in immersing the
flowers in water which, as it becomes
charged with the odor, is gradually
withdrawn, while fresh water takes
its place. Afterward the perfume Is
isolated from the water with the aid of
ctiier. It is said that by this method
?onie flowers whose perfume hod never
before been extracted have been suc
cessfully treated. The process has
been notably efficient In the case 0
the lily of the valley.
Cetnela In the Snow.
Troops of camels, brought from Mnu
;olta, are employed in winter to carry
supplies and materials to and from
the gold placers of Eastern Siberia,
ind the spectacle presented by a long
line of these "ships of the desert,"
tramping solemnly across the snows of
f a Siberian steppe. Is described as
extremely singular. Camels require
only about half as much daily food as
horses, but on the other hand, they
Lave to be liberally supplied with 6a!t.
Where the country Is so wild that nei
their roads nor tracks exist, reindeer
ire employed instead of horses or cam
sis, and they find their own living en
route, by uncovering, beneath the
tnow, a kind of gray lichen on which
they are able to subsist.
The Battle Against Diphtheria
Doctor Smirnow, a Russian pliysi
ian, has devised a new method of pro
fiting antitoxin for diphtheria, and his
F.vperlments are described as highly
successful. He prepares antitoxin, or
:urative 6erum, by submitting diph
:heritlc poison to electrical decompo
i'tlon. In this way he reduces its vlr
ulence to a point at which it can be
rafely Injected into the blood of an
tnimnl. The animal thus treated is
tot only rendered immune to diphther
a, but if already suffering from the
Jisease, is cured. The new antitoxin
ran be prepared very quickly, and It
Is Raid to be much more effective In its
operation than the older form, which
requires weeks for Its preparation. Doe.
:t-r Smirnow has not yet, however, ex
perimented with human subjects, his
most important ' patients being dogs,
which of aH animals are said to be per
haps the most susceptible to diphtheria
(iclson.
Tba Evolution of Money.
When Doctor Schllemann was 6ig
ring at the supposed site of Troy, be
uncovered the remains of several an
cient cities which bad been built, one
ifter another, on the same hill. In the
second layer from the bottom he dis
covered masses of silver in the form
f ax-heads. Doctor Gotze now sug
gests that these were intended, not for
Implements, but for money. Bronze
ix-heads have also been discovered In
indent remains, mingled with metal
pieces in the form of rings, in such a
manner as to suggest that all alike
were intended to serve as money; and
:he conclusion is drawn that, in an
ient times, the metal ax-bead had
rome to be a popular unit of value for
purposes of barter. After It had dis
ippeared as actual money, the memory
f it, according to this theory, was pre
ierved in the coins of Tenedos, which
tiore the figure of an ax-head. Doctor
Gotze also suggests that the "wedge
of gold" which Achan stole from the
cpoils of Jericho, and for the stealing
nf which Joshua had him stoned to
fleath, was a specimen of the ancient
x-head money.
Summer Care of Vlanketa,
Blankets after the winter use are never
clean, and should not be pa away without
being washed. Many house jeeoera lu view
ol the shrinking and discoloring caused
by washing, satisfy themselves with airiuit
and shaking their blankets, but this is
a great mistake, tor if the work is prop
erly aone lue son appearance ana wtute
ness may be retained for years.
The most important consideration in
washing blankets is to have plenty of
soft water aai good soap. An inferior ctieaD
soap is really tne cause of the injury done
wooien goods in Hashing, as It hardens and
yellows the fibre. Wben ready to begin the
work, shake the blankets free ot dust, nil
a tub nearly full of soft hot water, and dis
solve a third of a cake of Ivory soap in it.
Put one blanket in at a time and dip np and
down, gently washing with the bands.
Nevr rub soap on blankets, or wash
on the washboard. After the blauketi
are clean, rinse them in warm water until
free of suds. Add a little bluing to the last
water. 8hake and squeeze rather than
wring, and hang on the line until dry. Then
fold and pack away in a box securely to
exclude the moth, blankets washed in this
way will keep their original freshness and
wear very much longer thau if put away
tolled year after year. Eliza K. Pabeeb.
dtorpilbn are doing great damage to
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New York. The entomologists of Cornell
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eggs that were deposited on the trees last
I . . I in 1 that f ii u thtraia m iMdamiI -i L.
a sort of varnish to protect tbem from the
. . .. .1 ; .. ti 1 1 .1 ... .
snow uut ,M,u. m wwey 7 trrA itsni
caterpillars," as after hatching out they
weave ioi ui-mi:- kiimj vi lem.
. r. .. .Il.ii.i r ,rr 1... i irwsin-1 ! Va.. C .
cocoons, and about the first of July de
velop into molts.
' Aa Actor's Rim.
"Had a funny experience down In
Georgia once," laughed the actor who
has been over the whole route from
barn-atormer to leading man In a crack
company.
"We had played a little one-night
town where the people expressed their
appreciation by a vegetable bombard
ment of all on the stage. I was harry
ing to the little dingy hotel, mad as a
hornet, when I heard one of the natives
making some very caustic remarks
about my efforts to personate Claude
Melnotte. I was foolish enough to
pitch into him, and five minutes later
I was the sole occupant of the cala
boose. After relieving myself by
sweating a few chapters, and wonder
ing how far I would have to walk to
catch up with the company, I sudden
ly struck upon a possible scheme of es
cape. "In my wrath I had not waited at the
hall to get rid of my .make-up. Now I
snatched off my blonde wig, washed
the cosmetics from my dark face, stuff
ed my gay wrappings under a bunk,
made my seedy suit look a Mrtle more
disreputable by a few rents, and then
sent up a yell for help. This brought
the sleepy constable, who looked as
though he wanted to run when be
caught sight of me. I assumed an Irish
brogue and talked go fast that be bad
no chance to think or talk back. I told '
him how 'some divil of a pirate capered
out of the place just as Oi war passln"
paceable as a lam', trun me In afoor
Ol could aven spake, an' barred the
dour on me.'
"He hurried me out, gave me 2 If
I'd say nothing, left the door wide
open and went home. I recaptured my
bundle and left with the rest of the
company on the early train." Free
Press.
"I'm golne to be a eortnrtlonln Thn,
I grow up," said little Johnny, proud
ly; "I'm in training now, so I want you
to tell me what to the best thing for me
to eat.'' "Green mnlM Til V hnv
chuckled the old man. Demorest's
Magazine.
He If you couldn't be yourself, who
Would vou rather he? Khe The mnn
who marks down goods in the dry goods
store. What a lovely life he must lead,
always having first choice! Cleveland
A-auer.
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CRAIG FOR I897
Craig's Common School Questions
and Answer Book is enlarged by
the addition ot 32 pages of new mat
ter. Realizing, moreover, that teach
ers demand that a Question Boole
shall be up to the times, particularly
in History aid Geography, this work
has been revised to 18U7. So that the
New Craig contaius over 8500 Ques
tions and Answers on the different
branches of study, arranged as follows:
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SHREWD INVENTORS ! 0aU
w money on Parent Agencies offering clap-traa
trisea or medal. We do a rusruiar patent buatnei
Uglies refereuoea. Wrife.WaTSOS K. COLEMAN,
Attorney at Law and Moltrttor of Patent, Washing
ton Iioan and Trust Unlialim. Washington D. C.
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A Tery simple remedy for tamn.er
lag baa been given by a rentleman wbo
stammered from childhood a!uoet np to
manhood. Go Into a room, he saya,
where yon will be quiet and alone, set
a book that will Interest yon, and sit
down and read for two hours aloud,
keeping; year teeth together. Do this
every two or three days, or once a week
If very tiresome, always taking care to
read slowly and distinctly, moving the
lips but not the teeth. Then, when con
versing with others, make np your
mind that 70a will not atansner, and
11? to speak as slowly and distinctly as
possible. He adds that by this means
ha succeeded in effectually caring him
self, and recommends the same plan ta
others
fchaka 1... . . . Jises
A Urol Foot Ease, a powder for tbe leet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and In
stantly take the sting out of the corns and bun
loua It's tba neatest comfort d scorery of the
ae. Alien Foot-I-ase makei tlght-ntilng or
new shoe feel ea y. It la a oertaln rore tor
weatlnc, callous and hot. tired acnl c feet.
Try It to day. Sold br all dmssku .h .kw
'ore B "all for 2Sc. In stamps. rial pack-
sauureaa, alien a. u'lnstea, t-e Boy,
M. Y.
In StVCkf-V BftMml In Payi. ILim id
restaurant whons fma 1 . . .....j
to the chilJren who are too poor to pay
or tut-ill.
. flta permanently an red. Nofltsorne-rnms-neaa
after first day'a nae of Dr. Kline's Greal
Korv Restorer. $3 trial (Kittle anil t-ua tine fret
Ia. K. U. KldhS, Ltd, mi Arch bu.l'bilafa.
The loftiest inhabited nlace in the
worlil is the Kuililliistm ouastery of Ilaine,
in Thibet. It is about 17,(Ki0"feet above
the 8ea.
nre nnaranteed by DR. J. U. MATKR toil
AHC1I ST- I HII.A, I'A. a at once: u
01 erution or dt-lay Ir.im busines. Consultation
tree. ndorM-uienu of pliysiclans ladies an t
I lomliieut citizens. Send tor circular Oihc
houtt!) A. H. 10 1 r. M.
A Hot'kland. Mi., woman comes to the
front with a washtmiler which she has
used steailily since ls"i7, aud a Imking tin
which has been in i'outant use for two
years longer.
tin: WlnsIow'aSuui-.iorf Sfmp for chllrtrei
tretliinft, poiteun tlie xiini,nMiu-inic inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures usiud colio. k:. bottle
A new Russian law forbiils the carry
ing on of traile bv scu in foreign vessels
ami unilerauy.bul the lius ian II.: u between
all itussiaii irts of the llultie unil Wat k
seas ami the I'licilii' const. The law will
not go into oH-ration until the year 1!nm.
Plso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many a doctor's bill. -S. F. Hahdy, ttopkius
Flace. Baltimore, Md- Dec X laut.
A Kansas City man who believes in
the ineilical roiei'ties of asimrupus eats
it freely as an antiilote for strawla-riit-s.
Ft. Vitu ' Uance One bottle Ir. Fennor j
Fpeciflc cures. Circula . Fredonia, N. V.
There is onlv one Ijitin newspn?r in
the world. It is published by a tieruiau
in A'Hiila, Ituly.
f . K. Cobnrn, Mcr. Clarie Scott, writes: "I
find Hall's Cat.irrh Cure a valuable remedy.1'
Druggists sell it. Toe.
A precious relic in the shuic of a
remnant of a Itritish Half that waved over
the plains of Abraham when tjueliec fell
ami Montcalm ami Wolfe ilie.l was iiv
senti'il to the Worcester lif-'ht infantry at
the celebration of its ninety-fourth anni
versary. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Tfiaac Thom n.
sou's Eye-water.DruggistsaclI atic.per bottle
A North CornviUc, lie., lad lmt-srsseil
of inventive genius has attached a music
box to his bicycle in such a way lliut
when he neiiulsulonetlie music liox eiimls
out strains so sweet hat the ferocious bull
ilog who lies in wait is charmed from his
fell purioc.
nera a ctitaa e tspl
Who are ininred by the use of coffee- Ra.
cently there has been placed In all the grocery
stows a new preparation cauea irnun-u.maae
ol punt grains, that takes the place of coffee.
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
It does not cost over one-quartfcr as much.
Children may drink it with great benefit. 15
eta, and 3 cts. per package. Try it. Ask for
Uraiu-O.
Tbe Conductor" (Tlveen S-n-ea.
"Railroad conductors train them
selves up to a flue point," said a trav
eling man. "The other night I vras
on Conductor Storall's train, on th
Southern, going up to Washington. W'c
were somewhere in the neighborhood ol
Clutrlotte, N. C, I knew, but to be ex
act I asked Capt Stovall. who was sit
ting Just behind me, where we were.
Fie waited about half a minute and re
plied:
" 'We are about nineteen miles fror.
Charlotte.-
-How can you tell? I asked him.
" 'Easy enough,' he replied. -Jus
feel the morion of the train, and I can
tell. I can toll every curve on the road
nearly and I never have to look out u
And where we are.
"Just at that moment there was ,
Mast from the locomotive. 'That's
Stanley's crossing, said the conductor.
And that was from a man who has a
run of about 300 miles." Atlanta Con
stitution.
Baildiac Holy Life.
A holy life Is made up of a number
ef good things; little words, not elo
quent speeches or sermons; little deeds,
not miracles of battles, nor one great
heroic act of martyrdom, make up the
true Christian life. The little constant
sunbeam, not the lightning, the waters
of Slloam that "so softly" move in the
meek mission of refreshment, not the
"waters of the river, great and many,"
rushing down In noisy torrents, are tbe
true symbols of a holy life. The avoid
ance of little evils, little sins, little in
consistencies, little weaknesses, little
follies. Indiscretions and Imprudence,
little foibles, little indulgences of the
flesh: tbe avoidance of such llttio things
as these go to make up at least the
negative beauty of a holy life. Bonar
Intolerance and Charity.
Intolerance Is often the exaggerated
form of a virtue. It Is unlovely and
mischievous, but in many instances it
is due to a strength of conviction the
lack of which In its proper degree
would be a grave defect in character.
We are so confident that we are right
and In harmony with the divine will
that we allow ourselves to distrust the
conscientiousness of those who dieasjree
with us. One of the lessons hardest
and latest to be mastered by mont
Christians Is the learning to allow to
others the same right of private judg
ment which we claim for ourselves, and
this Is especially noticeable in respect
to matters of conduct.
He Got Into a fiaTd Fix.
"Yes. sir, I repeat that in my opinion
Jonathan Poxey is a ruined man, and
that be Is merely keeping up appear
ances in order to try to find some way
of getting out of his present difficul
ties." "You surprise me! What baa led you
to this conclusion?'
"I asked him for bis daughter's band
In marriage yesterday, and ha gave
his consent without a murmur. What
would yon do if you were in my place
run away, or stay here and try to live
It down!"
Fuddy So Widow Gray was a tha,
social last ereolng. It beats aB. What
la ahe after a husband? Daddy On
tba costtrary, I think shs la after a man
Wato is not a Imshsifisl. nasi: a
sn tf
The Poor Children of Clttea.
la the Ladies' Home Journal Edward
W. Bok makes aa earnest appeal that
the poor children of tbe cities be given
aa ontlng In the country during a part
of the heated summer season. He
heartily commends the work in that di
rection being dona by the various or
gaaritMtioaa, and nrsja that they be
given heaxtler support and greater co
operation. "Strange as It may seem
to some," he says, "the word "country'
is only a meaningless sound to count
leas waifs In our cities. Of a winding
stTCm, of a running brook, of a hill
higher than a pile of refuse in the
street they know nothing. The only
water they know Is that which flows
past the city piers." Of a run in a field
white with daisies, yellow with butter
rtips, or red with clovr, they have
never even dreamed. Their only play
ground la tbe hot and Ill-smelling pave
ment. Even a dean bed Is unknown
to them; the fire-escape, the roof of an
uncovered wagon are their slceping
ptecea on the not summer nights. The
only glimpse of God's beaatiful t-ky
ttiey ever see is through the city's
moke. And yet how many of us think
of these little ones? Think of tliem we
may, perhaps, but what do w do for
them? Do, we ever stop and consider
how much we might? bow much others
are doing?
"Ten cents will keep a sick Iinby for a
whole day In the country or at t'ae sea
shore under the direction ot sim. one
of these associations. One dollar will
bring untold happiness to a child for
five days. Three dollars will keep a
child in the country for thirteen days.
Why not look into the work of tlie fund
or association of summer work for
children nearest you, and, befon; yci
take your own children to the country,
leave or send something, even though it
be but ten cents, to one or more of
these Fresh Aid Funds? It will bring
health and happiness to some little
child whose mother cannot afford to do
what God has made ft possible for you
to do for your little ones. It is not f.o
much that many of us are disinclined
to be charitable; it is rather that we
are apt to take the trouble to find out.
or to know how mueh we can do with
very little. We would give if we but
knew where and how to give. The no
blest offering we can make to Ond is
the saving of the life of one of His lit
tie ones."
"Our cook ts crazy about bicycling."
"Does she ride much?" "Ride! Kl.
;-ts on her wheel to hang out the wash?
lu;?." Detroit Tree Press.
!
"Yen nre destined to marry riches,
t!ie seeress saud, but " "But whuff"
Death will claim you two years bo
fore the event." Town Topics.
Shockitt Does learning the bicycle
require any particular application?
Sprockitt No; none in particular. Ar
nica l about as good as anything."
l'uck.
Willie I told her my love was so
great that my brain was on lire.
Charlie AVhat did she say to that?
Willie Told me 1 bad better blow it
out. Yale Record.
A prlm(eve)al joke: Eva Did you
eat that apple, Ada ui? Adam I'm sor
ry to say that I did. Eve And I was
going to make a pie with it! Adam
Then I'm glad I ate it
-Miss Thirtysmlth (severely) A mai.
should never call on a girl after drink
ing. Jack Swift (cheerfully) That's a
fact. Many a man has become enuged
In just that way! ruck.
Freshhy - iVofcissor, Is it evejjgofss
ble to take the greater from tlie less?
Prof. Potterby There is a protty close
approach to it when the conceit Is taken
out of a freshman. Iudlauapolis Jour.
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THE HEAT PLAGUE OF AUGUST, 1896.
Mrs. Dinkliam'a Explanation of tho Unusual Number of Deaths and
Prostrations Among Women.
The (Treat neat plague of August, 1890, was not without its
lesson. One could not fail to notice
the dead throutrhout this country, that
the victims were women in their thirties,
women between forty-five and fifty.
The women who succumbed to the pro
tracted heat were women whose energies
were exhausted by sufferings peculiar to
their sex; women who, taking no thought
of themselves, or who, attaching no im
portance to first symptoms, allowed their
female system to becomBrun down.
Constipation, capricious appetite, restlessness,
forebodings of evil, vertigo, languor, and weak
ness, especially in the morning, an itching
sensation which suddenly attacks one at
night, or whenever the blooj becomes
overheated, are all warnings. Don't wait
too long to build up your strength, that
'3 now a positive necessity! Lydia E.
1'inkham's Vegetable Compound has spp
;i2o curative powers. You cannot do better
:han to commence a course of this grand
i first symptoms you will see by the
yr-Z ing sensation down to my feet, and so many miserable
fWwf feelings. People said that 1 looked like a dead
a-.a. I wish I could pet every lady in the land to try it, for it did for me what
dne'draponM ,' " Mm Rat.t.ns ('R4IO. Baker's I.rndinr. Pa.
iT" Dr. Moore's
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A positive cure for tljbitui! Constipation
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HKADACHP, DIZZINESS EILI0U5NESS, TORrlD LIVER.
CONSTIPATION, an 1 for clearing the Complexion
Taken after a fall meal, prevent Dyspepsia.
Tbe-e labules, tha prestrlpil n of a celebrated G.rinjD phvsici.vi gaa .s.
have latelv been intritnc-d to the imb ic. a.ii have in every lnstitu as m
prove tbclr efficacy lor t:ie i-me of the ub ve cieatioiicd ailm tit. 2 ?
Tbey are small and eai-y swiliowcl. 1'rice 2.tc V
one or two pihs blna a d . By Hail 2c extra.
MNU ALT! li!-:i BY S)
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Anjo t-ilnahle onlv from the s.Ve Aic-nt
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hensBtaace.
CHRIST did HOC
come ' into the
world to reform
it, but to fiv It
his own life.
The Christian
should keep out
of the path 1
which L cannot
find the footprints
of his Lord.
God never mad
a cow that !
milk punch.
Every drunkard's wife know that
there is a devil.
Before we can live right, we moat
first love right.
The best preaching Is not alwayn
done in the pulpit.
Perfect peace is always the result of
perfect trust in God.
Whoever sows good seed baa God
wrfrd for a good crop.
Sheep are sometimes taken over ft
bad road to a good pasture.
When we grumble much, It Is a sura
6ign that we pray too little.
Many a man wants better preaching
who has no wish for better living.
The saloon will go In a hurry, when
the church gets after It In earnest
It is earier for water to run up hill
than for a selfish man to be happy.
Only by keeping close" to Christ can
you give a safe path to the man wh
ollows you.
Every man who has on the whole
armor of God will be sure to have waj
with the devil.
Are We a Nation of Swesrerar
In a recent sermon on swearing RevV
F. M. Goodchild, pastor of the Centra'
Baptist Church, New York, says:
'There Is no vice more, prevalent
than that of profane swearing. It la
especially marked in this country. The
men swear, the women swear, and
children with the lisp hardly out of
their speech swear. I suppose the nam '
of Christ Is not spoken so often In pray
er as In blasphemy.
"Some of our brethren believe thai
Judicial oaths are included In Christ's
prohibition. It may at least be said
that such oaths are administered fat
too often and far too lightly. Enough
lies are told in any custom house to
sink the place. What strange verdicts
Juries render; but they are under oath.
What singular charges judges some
times make, although they are undet
oath. How hurriedly vicious railroad
enterprises nre put through boards of
aldermen and legislatures, and yet all
our legislators nre under oath.
"God forbade only taking His name
In vain, but Christ condemns all oaths.
That includes all common oaths, such
as 'My heavens,' 'Great Scott' and the
like, to say nothing of the coward's
oaths, such as 'Darn it,' when one
means "Damn it,' and 'Gosh, when on
leans 'God.' "
British Soldiers' Rations.
The British soldier receives dally aa
rations twenty ounces of biscuit, four
teen ounces of meat,, seven ounces of
pifts or beans, two ounces of sugar and1
one ounce of cocoa.
Jnnt Whnt He Wsntrd,
Mrs. G. (as her husband departs for
his club) If you're any later than mid
night I shan't speak to you! . "
G. I hope you-won't. dear. Tit-Bite -She-f
have been shut up in hnnnllsia"', 1 ,
school ko long that I feel very- awk
ward and timid In company. I dd Hot
know w hat to do with my hands. He
I'll hold them for you. Boetoi. Trav
cler.
in the long lists of
so many of t.
aud
' ' medicine. By the neglect
following letter what terrible suffering
came to Jlrs. Craig, and how she was cured :
I have taken Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Com
pound and think it is the best medicine for women In
the world. I was f o weak and nervous that I thought
I could not live from one day to the next. I had pro
lapsus uteri and leucorrhoea and thought I was go
ing into consumption. 1 would get so faint I thought
T ,..,,11 T v.A .lMn:nn. : 1 1 1
v uiuaus a it. va vj t.uic uic, 17 UV a in . a, Hgfl
given up when I heard of the Pinkham medicine, I
got a bottle. I did not have much faith In It, but
thought I would try it, and it made a new woman of
25c
Year's Fool." You Didn't Usi
Yoj W.li Kat Thh Year.
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