HOTEL MORGUE AND ITS GUESTS To Hotel Morgue the guest, cans ia With a strangely silent air. And however boia'troue, a man baa basil He mnh"a no noi.-e and he makes no dia Wban once he enters there. Awl honvTrr poor, he rides in state. 8tret:h"l at bis eas, through the hotel A bsrtb and a (fown and cool, coo! be1 Are ien to all wlw pome, But nr.r a one in wined or fed. And !. -r a w.r.l by one in mud, I'or the jruts are always dumb. Ami whatever ia dour, and however they f.-l re. They n!y he and stare and atare. From Hotel Morsne the gnests pam on TiiU i. ft at the break of daj. And rh-y my n bill a forth at dawn With .-jtarins eye- nml white Hps draws They HfN-titiy away. Ttu.iiirh .-!.! hf-I ami sheltered and aaked no frii- To H -t.-l Murjnp n caeet cornea twice. - Kil:i Wlir.-'rr Wilrftl. A SMUHT MISTAKE. .!:irr-i.- is the Having of a yoong tii:iM.' lii y Aunt Tabltha aerrteu- tlon !y. I .1- . for I find tt pay to Clre a ri-n-l;. .i.'-. .i'-iMiee to abstract propo- "'t -r i i in-'t mnn-T, continued my i I..- .1. fr to r.seent to the con- er-:.- -. i. !:! iliingerouH. "I .n.i - r ill very young," I said. ii. My .i ' i tit turned to my mother, W i . 1 1 1 -ii.-ill Alfred niarryr M y 1 1 . 1 1 ,. r shook her head. ..iii.-ixHly nice," he volunteered, t lo you say to Letitia Brown . .-" :.'!ec my aunt. "I w. .i.M jiri'for to any nothing to l.--lM:i linmuliiw," I lutcrpoaed, l,.-i, !,ly. " .n.i-ll.-i Stafforth?" Is she not rather" my mother w.-i ..rii- liiuiil aud A If re ! ia so t-iilu." . l think she lias a very fine flfure," r,.-..,,l..,l y aunt. "Or there ia Gvr ti !. W illiams; Hhj will have a for tune if s!ie outlives her sisters. 'ri.ere nro ouly five of them," I said hopefully. r M.il.el Cordon?" "Slu- Iiii.h taken a courae of cooking lemons," olmprved my mother. "No, none of these!" 1 cried, de cisively. My :iunt looked offended. "Very well, then, choose for your self." she said, tartly. 'erli;ips that would help," I re-iiiiirk.-.l, thoughtfully. "V!i will rhoohe Bomelody nice, won't you, Alfred '!" Bald uiy mother. 'With money." observed my aunt. 'Well connected," emphusized my mother. Not too youiiK." adileil my auut. "Ami reliciou.s." leyi;ed my mother. There in no objection to her being frrMxl looking V" I askeil, a trifle timidly. "No, 1 think not," said my aunt, "pro viileil utie fully uuili-rstands Itcuiity fa luit skin rlecp." 1 Mill tell her," I murmured. Well," said my aunt, linimtieiitly, after a short pause, whom do you buj;. ir.-t ?" I thought for a moment. "What do you say to Winifred KniserV" "Tluit minx!" cried my mint. "Oh. Alfred!" echoed my mother. "Why not?" I asked. "Such a dreadful family," said my mother. "So fast!" interji-ctod my aunt. "Hut havu you never noticed the sun on her h.-ilrV" I asked, innocently. My aunt drew herself up. "We have not noticed the sun on her hair," .she paid, with much dignity; "nor dc we wish to observe the sun oo her hair." 1 wit justly annoyed. "I really think it must le Wlnifivd KnisT." i said. "Slm is very fond of mi- " "How c ti you he so cruel to me!" criitl my mother. "Have you no ticed how gray my hair is fretting? You will not have me on;." Hhe drew out her ha udker-'liief. "Ymi will iiiiue to a bad end." said my aunt. "I alivays thought you were J depraved. f ymi marry that painted liiis "ii Miiist not expiM-t my couuten- nuee." "I'lider I in1 cin-umstances I will not marry Winifred Kmser," I Raid, with ft-re:if nriLru:ioiinity, for I did not par 1icul ir!y want my .unit's countenance. .V ,- .-ii'iit -i. ited. "You had better not." i mi i i iy joked," I said, soothingly, r 1 1 1 1 : : i i . . 1 1 ir she had not made her will. "In I. !!" " i'!i,. iniMi is" I dropped my voice "1 am in love with some one else." Ai. i i on never told me!" said my mother, reproachfully. " I ll -ill I love is not free." "M 1 1 i-i.-il i-rlcil my aunt. "N.i married ItiK enftaged." "Who is It?" akcd my mother, peni ly. I m i ; silent for a moment, and then I Fished. "It i-; 1'oiistniice Ilurloigh." "It vm mlil have been a most suitable inii'.-ii." iniiriiiureil my mother. Very suitable," rifiHed my aunt. I here was a momentary alienee, brill,, u by my aunt. "I did not know Constance waa es- Ca;eil." "It is a secret; you must not repeat what I have told you." "I don't like these secret engage ments." said my aubt; brusquely. "Wh. tolJ you?" She told me herself." "Who Is the man?" "I do not think I should repeat Ma name." "I hoe (Viustance ia not throwing herself aw.y." ( 4 0 How Old You need not answer the question, madam, for in your case ago is not counted by years. It will always be truo that "a woman is as old aj she looks." Nothing nets the seal of age go deeply upon woman's beauty as gray hair. It is natural, therefore, tlu-t every woman is anxious to preserve Lcr hz.'.r in all its original abuudance and beauty; or, that being denied tho crowning gift cf beautiful hair, she longs to possess it. Nothing is oasier than to attain to thij fjpft or to preserve it, if already possessod. Ayer's Hair Vifror restores gray or faded hair to its original color. It does this by dimply aiding nature, by supplying tho nutrition necessary to health and growth. There i.i no better preparation for the hair than AYER'S HAIR VIGOR. m I aiMyok my head doutHluuyi "You know the man ?" I nodded. "Is he quite quite ' Again I slwok my head donbrfuBr. "What have yoa heard?" W aunt sked. eagerly. I don't think I softM to repeat thes. hinps." "You caa surely trust your mother," niirniorcd my mother. "Ami my discretion." said any a sat. "Well," I said. "I have been told he is niel his mother." really!" cried the two ladies in a breath. "Mrs mother told me so herself." "How sad!" said my mother. "And what else?" asked my annt "Another relation of hOi told me he was depraved. Toor, vnor Constance!" whispered my mother. "And would proltably end badly. "I expect be drinks," said my annt, grimly. "Does Constance know t!" ked my mother. "I don't Hiink as." "You dM not tell hsr7 "Of course aL" "I esneidor It your duty ta." "I really cannot." "Thes I will," said my aunt, reso lutely. '"vtuat I have said has been in con fidence." "I do not care." "I beg you not to do so;- "It is my duty. I am too fond of Constance to allow her to throw herself away on this worthless man." I tihTiiRged my shoulders. "Do as you pU-jse. but don't mention my name. By the way, Constance said she would probably call this afternoon." At that moment the bell rang. -That may le she," said my annt, flying ts the window. "It is." I got up slowly and sauntered into the conservatory, which adjotaa the drawing-room. From behind a Mcsd ly inlm 1 could see without being seen. I saw my aunt look toward my mother. "If we open her eyes," I heard her whimier, "it may pave the way for Alfr.il." My mother said nothing, but I saw the same hope shine from her eyes. The door oieiied and the servant an nounced Constance. She came forward with a little caper rush; rheu r .opped abort, embarrassed by the want of re ciprocity. "We are gUd to see you," said my mother, and kissed her. My aunt came forward. "We were Just speaking of you," she said, solemn ly. "Sit down." Constance looked a Mttle crushed. "I thought Alfred would have told you," she murmured. "We have heard " began my aunt. "Hush." interposed my mother. "Come nearer me, Constance. Won't you take off your hat?" Constance came and sat by her side. "I was anxious to come and tell you that that " "If you are alliidinK to your engage ment," said my aunt, womewhat se verely, "we have already heard of it." "Vo'i have heard!" cried Constance. "With the deepest sorrow." Constance drew herself up. "You do not approve?" she asked, proudly. "We love you too much," snid my mother, gently. Coustnm-c looked bewildered. "You are too Rood for the wretch!" cried my aunt. "What! Oh, what do you mean?" exclaimed Constance. "If yon marry this man," continued my aunt, vigorously, "you will re ffret it." My mother took her hand. "My sis ter should not tell you this so sud denly." "It is my duty to speak, and I will," cried my aunt. "I will not let Con stance unite herself t this man with her eyes closed." "Wliat have you ajrainst him?" do- jniinded Constance, a red Rpot begin ning to burn in each cheek. "He drinks." answered my aunt, al most triilinphantly. Constance sank luick In the cushions. "1 don't lx-lieve it," s-he siild, faintly. "He Ill-treats his mother beats her, I believe," continued my aunt. This cannot lie true," cried Con stance. "Mrs. Craiiville, tell me." My mother nodded Mdly. "Alas! I cannot deny it." Constance arose. "This is awful!" she said, holding on to the back of the sofa. "I could never have believed it." She put her hand to her forehead. "It Is like a bad drosm." "My oor, dear Constance," mur mured my mother,' rising and putting her arms round her. My aunt brought up her artillery. "He is thoroughly depraved, and will come to a bad end. His relations are as c4io on this point." Constance burled her ftjee In my mother's bosom. "Oh, dear! oh, dear! and I loved him so!" she sobbed. In the adjoining room I was becom ing uncomfortable. "We thought it right to tell yon." said my aunt, moved by her tears, "though Alfred begged and implored us not to." "I could nevi-r, never have beheved it," sobbed Constauce. "Poor, poor Mrs. Granville !" My mother soothed her. "Ilow ditlieult you must have felt it to tell me this," exclaimed Constance, drying her tears. "It was so good of you. I will not give him another thought. To treat his mother so cruel ly! Oh, Mrs. Granville, I am so sorry for youT "It Is X who am sorry for you," said my mother, doubtfully. "And no one would have dreamed It We always thought you were so fond of htm and spoiled him utterly. And aU the time you were hiding your sop row. How noble of you!" My mother looked at Aunt Tabtths, who returned her stars. are You? ruu n" ""'' saiu jk'uut. xhu.. .hlspering. "Find out -Waere did you meet him, dearest? . btaaered my msther. "Meet him? Why, here, ef course." mid Con its nee, with opening eyes. "Yes. yes, of coarse," said my mothe. mystified. "I thought yen wouh be pleased, ant. I hurried across to tell you." "Oaa Alfred have aaado a Mistake 7 uiirttored my aunt, hoarsely. The two elder ladies stood still in Hi. utmost embarrassment. "I shall never be Lappy again," sail": Constance, mournfully. "Don't say that." implored mj mother. "Perhaps there is a mistake. "How can there he a mistake?" asked Constance, raieing her head. "There can be no mistake," said my aunt hastily. "How could he he cruel to yon?" cried Csnstaace, kissing my mother. "Cruel to me?" cried my mother. "Yon said he was cruel ts you." "Of whom are you speaking?" erleo both ladles. "Of Alfred, of course." The two elder ladies sat down auo denly. "You are not engaged to Alfred?" they gasped simultaneously. "To whom else?" said Constance, in amazement. "There is some misunderstanding," 1 observed, smoothly, coming tn at the moment. The three fell upon me together. It took at least an hour to explain. Yet I hud said nothing which waa not strictly true. "You will not allow these practical Jokes when you are married, wiH you, Conny?" said my mother, fondly. "I will not," replied Constance, tight ening her lips. "Marriage la the saving of a young man." repeated my aunt, grimly.- OUR BOYS AND GIRLS VHIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT Or THE PAPER. Qaaint Bayiag sad Cats Dlas of th Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered sad Printed Hers for All Other Lit tle Osca to Bead. A Blsa. A boy came down by my gate to-day, and a moment he angered there. And he whistled, and then for a signal rail hia hand shot up in the air; And I, from the shade of my porch, look ed up and over my paper's run. And I saw two fingers in A' -form raised and my heart went straight oat to him. And, oh, the way that the years sloughed off Bt the sight of that upraised hand. As again I read that signal which no boy faileth tn understand; Sweet, sweet old summers of days gone by spiiexred, and I half suspect That moist were the eyes whit looked and beheld those boyish fingers erect. Afar then there en me through the heated air from the lot of my neighbor limes. An answering call, and a scrramed "Yon lH-t!" iu the moot decisive of tones; And straightway nh signal corps ad journed and two happy buys set forth For the line of woods, where the clear Pes i'laines streams down from the distant north. Oh, wonders they tell of the heliograph and marvels the lightning does. When Wio tdi-grnph ticks and the tele phone mix words with their whir and buzz; But I think sometimes of the snnbnrnrd boy and rhat credit is due to him Who first transmitted by finger sign tht inessajre: "Let's go and swim." Chicago liecord. Jnhanle'a l-na-lc. Johnnie, an outs-token youth of 4 years, was permitted to be present at a family tea party instead of liaviug his supiMT In the nursery. His request for some cake was refused by his mother. "Itecause, dear, you know it's night time and it wouldn't be good for you.' "Hut," remonstrated Johnnie, "it's no darker In my stummlck at night than it is in the morning, so how's it going to know?" Yonngrst Telrarspher In the Wnr'A The youngest telegrapher in the world Is Miss Leah, Sullivan, of Callao, Mo. Leah Is almost seven years old. and she can handle the key almost as well as her father, wtio Ls the division sujerintendetit of the Western Union Teligraph Company. She has a little office fitted out In her home with all requirements needed for telegraphy. The wire connects with her father's of fice some two or three miles distant. She is very sweet and amhible. Lately Ijcah's hoivse has been connected with several others in the town and the wire Ia made a first-class substitute for the telephone. An Old-Fashioned Spelling Problenk. When our grandfathers were boys and our grandmothers' girls nothing deUrhted them so much as a spelling bee. The person In thi; neighborhood, be h; young or old, who could stand up longest even In the face of such words as "antediluvian," "separate," "kero sene" and "hippopotamus" was looked up to and honored. And spelling in those days wasn't such a simple task as H Is to-day. Take the word "Missis sippi," for Instance. The speller puck ered up his mouth and began. "M mtafl, l--s, Iss, Missis, l-p-p, lpp, MiAslHsipp, 1, 1, Mississippi," and then he stopped. All out of breath. There were somn famous old nnts to crack In spelUnc, too. For '.nstance, there was "abominable bumble bee with his tail cat off." That was hard. It took study and time to spell It, and If the speller could keep her face straight through it all ahe wo iudeed clever. Perhaps you would like to know bow co spell "abomiriablo bumMa bee wlt! his tall cut off." You might learn It and nse it for dome evening entertain ment. It is a great mirth provoker. Rood tt over to your friends in a mon otonous tone of voice anil see if they can keep their facos straight. Here ht the whole story: A and there's yonr a; b-o-m, .and there's your bom and yonr ahom; 1, and there's your 1 and yonr boinl aud your bbomi; n-a, and tls-r.'8 yonr na and your lna and jon botalna and join alMNnina; b-l-e, and There's your bit and your nablu and your Inside and your bomlnuhlii and your abominable; b-u-m, and there's your bum and your ble bum and your nabl.) bum and your InaMe bum nod your bonilntvblo hum and your abominable bum; b l-o, and there's your bjo and your bumble and your hie bumble and your nahlo bumble and your Inable bumbla and your boiu umble bumble ami your abominable bumble; b-e-e, and there's your bee and our bla bee and your bumble bee your ble bumble bee and your liable bumble bee ant yonr inable bumble bee and your bomiuable buiable lv and your abominable bumble bee; w-l-t-h, and there's your with and your bee with and your ble bee wlUi and inn bis bee with and your Inable bum !e bumble bee with and your abouuuii ia bumblo bee with: h-l-s, and there:! our his and your with his and your be A lth bis and your ble bee wtth bis and our bumble bee with bis and your b!u mmble bee with his and you.- nablu tumble bee with bis and yonr inable tumble bee with his and yonr bouiina le bumble bee with his and your about .liable bumble bee with" bia Hore pauss and take a good brent before you go on. Then at It again. T-ai-l, and there's your tail aud yout tils tail and your with his tail aud yout bee with his tail and your ble bee with his tall and 'your bumble bee with his tail and your ble bumble bee with his tall and your nable bumble bee with his tail and your inable bumble bee with his tail and your bomuiable bum ble bee with bis tail and your abomina ble bumble bee with bis tall; c u t, and there's your cut and your tall cut and your his tail cut and your with bis toll cut and your bee with his tall cut and your ble bee with his tail cut and youi humble bee with his toll cut and yout ble bumble bee with his tail cut aud your nable bumble bee with bis tail out and your Inable bumble bee with hia tall cut and your bominable bumble bee with his tail cut and your abomina ble bumble bee with bis tail cut; o-ff, and there's your off and your rut ofl and your tail cut off aud your his tail cut off and your with his tail cut ofl and your bee with Iris tall cut off ami your ble bee with his tall rut off u;d your bumble bee with bis tall cut off and your ble bumble bee with his tail cut off and your nable bumble bee with his tail cut off and your Inable bumble bee with his tail cut off and yonr bom I mi hie. bumble bee with his tall cut off ami your abominable bum ble bee with his tall cut clear off. And by the time you are finished you are glad indeed that one bumble bee at least hasn't any tail. Failing Under the fra. When Jules Verne wrote his story, "Twenty Thousand leagues Under the Sea," in which he describes how a cer tain Captain Nemo navigated a sub marine ship under the surface of the ocean, few people dreamed that Jules Verne's Imaginary marine wonder would ever lx-come a reality. But a sub-marine boat already has been built. It waa launched on May 17 at Eliza beth. N. J., and it bears the name "Hol land," after Its inventor. It is 55 feet lond and 11 feet in diameter, and it can sail as well under water as on the surface. In case of war it could be loaded with torpedoes and mn under water until it was iK-nenth the enemy's biggest warship, when the torpedoes could be placed and the great vesse-' blown to atoms. Just think of skimming along the bot tom of the sen In such a liont and think what a fight there would be if two such boats belonging to hostile navies should meet under water! We should feel proud, too, that th inventor of this ship is an Aiuericau. Literary Note i From The Cenlury Co General John M. Scliofiehl con tributes another chspt-r of secret bi t r to Ihe August number of 'lli Ontury," the pr-sent psper Jealim with -'Controversies in the War I) imrtment," -villi special reference u the impeachment of I'rcsid.-nt John sou. This will treat particularly of the jot trovcrsy, wh.ch finally led to tlx iinpeacment of U e I'reM.lcut of th United Stales. General Porter's anecdotal reminis ceiices, "Campaigning ith Grant," it the August "Century," will deal wilt the preparations for lhe lust campaign, and describe the capture ol Fott Fisher FELT HONORED. Because He II ad Met a Risger Mat than Uncle Ram. An hour after midnight the othei nifrht a patrolman found a man scntct: on the steps of the postofllce with hit elbows on his knees and his head in hit hanri.4, says the Detroit Free Press, ant" giving him a shake the officer said: "Come, old man, this U no lodgir house!" "No, sir," replied the man, as h roused up, "tills ls the pirstollhe. 1 knew It when I sat down here. It Is seldom I mistake a postoiTipc for a lorig lng house. Did you supiose I was la boring under the Impression that I haii turned into a cheap room on the fourll; floor hack and left orders to be callet' at 7 o'clock In the morning?" "You'll have to move on," replied th ofllcer. "Isn't this a Government building?' "Yes, sir." "Owned and run by the Govcrnmen of the United States?" "Yes, sir." "And has Uncle Ram ordered me tc move on?" "No, sir, but I have, and you don' want to linger over an hour." "Sly dear sir," said the night hawk, as he looked up, "are you a bigger mar than Uncle Sam?" "I am, sir!" replied the officer, as he dallied with is club. "Then I bow to circumstances and will move on. Could you spare me t photographV "No, sir." "Will you give me your autograph?' "No. sir." "Then let me gaze at you for half a minute to Indelibly Impress your fea tures upon tho tablets of my memory. That will do, and I thank you. I hav met a bigger man than Uncle Sam, and I shall be able to describe him to the children gathered at my knee. Ofllcer tap me over the head with your club." "There it Is!" said the officer, as he fetched him one on his battered old hat. "I uanka thanks awfully I I hare not only seen a bigger man than Unci' Bam, but (?) 1 1 zz boom! Gossip. How frequently Is the honesty ann Integrity of man disposed of by a smile or a shrug! How many good aud gen erous actions have been shrunk Into oblivion by a distrustful look or stamp ed with the Imputation of proceeding from bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable Whisper. Look Into compa nies of those whose gentle natures should disarm them, we shall find nc better account How often docs the reputation of a helpless creature bleed by a report which the party who is at the pains to propagate It beholds! vmtfy much pity and fellow feeling that she Is heartily sorry for It hopei In God It la not true however, as Arch bishop Tillotson wittily observes upon It, Is resolved In the meantime to give the report ber pass, that at least It may have fair play to take its fortune In the world to be believed or not, according to the charity of those Into whose bandy It shall happen to fall. Addison. . Acme of Poltten n. am,, nf Doltteness waa by a mlnlwr superintendent who, ac cording to Tlt-Blts, posted a placard reading: Mriease do not tumble down tbe shaft" ENOUGH CHALK fOR ALL TIME. ' irmmt Block that Was Oset s Lars imm tho Coati.rat of karaae. I The small piece of chalk which la In Constant use in the schoolroom, the lecture-room, the billiard-room and the workshop has a strange history, the unraveling of which through all its complexities Is one of the most dim cult problems with which the science of the present day Is called upon tc deal. This piece Is In reality a chip of an immense block of chslk that once filled an area the size of the con tinent of Europe, and of which even ' yet several gigantic fragments remain, .each hundreds of square miles In ex tent. Tnese patches are acanerea ovei the region lying between Ireland on the west and China on the east, and extending in the other direction from Swedeu in the north to Portugal in th , south. In the British Isles the chalk Is found .n greatest perfection' and continuity ! In the east and southeast of England. ' A sheet of chalk more than 1,000 feet in thickness underlies all that portion of England which Is situated to the . southeast of a line cresting the wand j diagonally from the North Sea at , Flamborough Head to the coast on the English channel In Dorset This eaor- ' mous sheet of chalk ia tilted up slight ly on the west, and Its depressed east ern portions that dip toward the waters of the North Sea are usually buried from sight by means of overlying sands and clays. Where the edges of the chalk floor come upon the sea the cliff scenery is strikingly grand and beau- J tlful. Anyone who has once seen the magnificent rocks of Flamborough and Beechy Head, the Jaggied stacks of the Needles or the dizzy mass of Sbak- ' speare's cliff, near Dorer, can under stand why "the white cliffs of Al bion" has grown Into a stork phrase. I This massive sheet of chalk appears again In France, In many other parts of Europe as far east as the Crimea, and even In Central Asia, beyond the Sea of Aral now far It stretched westward into what is now the Atlan tic may never be known, but chalk cliffs of at least 200 feet in thickness are seen at Ant'i, in Ireland and less conspicuous formations are found in Scotland, in Argyle and Aberdeen. There caa be little question that all these now Isolated patches were once connected in a continuous sheet, which must, therefore, hare occupied a su perficial area about 3,000 miles long by nearly 1,000 broad, an extent larger than that of the present continent of Europe. Pittsburg Dispatch. Procession of Wsrsaa Fifty Feet Loar. In the deep pine forests of Norway wood-cuttens sometimes find a serpent like object nearly fitty feet long crawl ing slowly over the ground. If they did not know that it was made up of millions of little worms they might he frightened by its peculiar appearance. These worms, called the sciara, gather during July and August In large num bers, preparatory to .migrating In search of food or for change of condi tion. When setting rut on this Journey they stick themselves together and form a huge serpent-like mass, often 'reaching a length of between forty and ilifty feet, and several Inches I- Hdck .noss. As the sciara ie only on nn aver age about three thirty-seconds of an inch in length, and hardy wider than a fine needle, the number required to compose a line of the sU-e above men tioned is enormous. Their pace la very slow, and upon meeting an obstacle, such as a stick or stone, they will either writhe over or around It, sometimes breaking into two bodies for this pur pose. M. Guoriu-Mf-eville, a celebrat ed French naturalist, says that if the rear portion of this wonderful snake like protwsion be brought Into contact with the front port, and a sbrt of ctrrle formed, the insects will keep raoviug round in that circle for hours without apparently noticing that they are not getting on in their Journey. If the pro cession be broken In two, the portions dill re-unite in a shr-t time. The Nor vegian peasants, when they meet one these trains, will lay some article of their clothing, such as a belt or hiuid 1 erchief, on the ground In front of It. I.' the procession pass ovt it it Is re garded as a good sign, but If It makes t way round the reverse Is liolleved. A largo Sponge. The largest sponge ever sent to mar ket was from the Mediterranean. It was ten feet In clrcuiuferenco and three In diameter. "Such funny names out West," said she "Yet 'twould have been much more unique If they had builded Wounded Knee Upon the banks of Cripple Creek!" Chicago Record. Try Urala-O I Try Clrala-O I auk your grocer to-day to 'how you a psck .Ke ot Graln-O. the new lood drink tht tukra the place of coflee. The children my drink It without Injury well fl the silult. All who try It like It- timtn-o bai ilmt rleti ial brown ot Mocha or Java, hut it is made from pure train, ami the mmt delleate stomach receive it without dl8irin. One quarter tno pice of coflee. 15 eta. and 2S cts. per package, iroid by 11 grocen. Fifty years apo there were in India nly 21 native ordained paston. There ire now about 1,000. Fits permsnenUyonred. No fits or ism aftnr first day's use of Dr. Kline's Ureal Ne JuIa Do, R. B. Kijsb, Ltrt- Wl Arch btraUawHa- More English women are married to frerinans thau to memliers of any other foreign nation. Pirn's Cora ts the medicine to break op -hildren's Oonsba and Colds. Mrs. la. Q. HiAiHT. Sprasue. Wash.. March a ISM. A lady has lost her life through the iffects of sea-sickness during a passage rrom Calais to Dover. ,-nre Guaranteed by DR. J- B. MTZS. toil AHCII ST.. I'UILA.. PA. Ease at once: no operation or delay from busmen. Con.ultaU.in tire. KniionrmenU of physician, ladiea an4 l.mmlneni eltlxena. Send lot circuUr. Otnoj ivuhU A. M. lol P. M. The Lord Mayor of London is only sleeted for one year, but he may be re flected for another term. Conductor E. D. IonmiR, Detroit, Mich., sayo: 'The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure ta woudnrful." Write him about it. Bold by Drugg-iKta, 75c The proportion of people in Norway ho sieak Euulish is farcer than in auy ithcr country of the world. Mrs. Window's Soothing Hymn forchuarei ."thing, soften- Uiesum,redinaami iouTalKiyB pain. o" wlnd cuUo- - hotUs At llelensliuri;, on the Firth of Clyde, n,n nliuu tin raised anil disnoRed of l,0O0,OM0 tuli this season. Sbahe Into Tour Shoe Ml n'i Foot Raw, a powiler lor the tect. It rurea painful, saollen. sinartlne ieet. and In Mantly lake the sting out of ihe corns anil lan on, ll'athe greatest comfort it mcoyery of the iae A lien' Foot-Ease make tlKlit-fmln or new shoes leel ea y. It Is a certain i-uie Inr .weallmc. callous and hot, Ureil achii c Iret Try 11 to day. Sold by all drOKlrtits anil tnne .lores. Rv mull lor 25c In stamps. Trial paak ase FKKK. Adilrea. Allen 8. otmsleil, I Koy, N. V. No fewer than 28,3L'6 doors and win i ....... ;n i nilnn have been found (men at nit'ht by the police in one year. The brewers of tJreat Britain consuem jiiuuully about 7V,uuu tons ot sugar in to TRUMPET CALLS. aa'a Hon Soands a Waralasj Mats to the Uaursdsaaaed. jff3i A LAZY man's i AX working time Is I UX. to-morrow. Tis only the marble Image of purity that la cold. The poetry ol nature is a Chris da MOgM. Prayer tha mean nothing an never heard la heaven. Oar weakness -an be made strength by trust in tht Lord. Never follow any guide wbo does net josely follow Christ The admiration of moral besurty can aot be got out of nbe soul. - The surest way of getting a revtval Is ro first get the Uoly Gbost ' To put off repenting until to-morrow may be putting R oS forever. The God who remembers the apar row can never forget his Child. The man who thinks he is almost re cenerated has not yet begun. A self-made man generally takes a great deal of pride In his work. A stereotyped prayer never takes the chill ont of a cold prayer meeting. If our faults were written on our faces everybody would wear a veil. The man who plows deep makes the right kind of a prayer for a good crop. The devil's cause gets a big lift when ever whining Is mistaken for religion. The God who makes the lily fair is able to do the ,same for every sinful heart Nobody has ever starved by getting a stone when he asked the Lord for bread. The child has the seeing eye; years veil our virion with stupid things called facta. If God answered all prayers, the sky would always be raining fire some where. The weary and heavy laden have a standing lnvitution to go to Christ and find rest. What the "crooked path" brother needs is to make God's word a lamp for his feet Pointing to the hypocrites In the church will not make your own sin ning any safer. It ls not God's purpose that any re ligious meeting should ever be held without results. The flery furnace Is always a good place to the man who gets into it by following Christ. Love among spirits Is what gravita tion Ls to matiter. It binds the uni verse to a common center God. The main reason why some people get so little good by going to prayer meeting is because they expect so little. tlaaaswersblf. A man doesu't like to see his pet the ories and favorite dogmas attacked and evert nrncd in a mnuncr that leaves him no opiHirtunity for successful reply. Yet many men we see them every day, ind read their vain and vapid tirades will argue and dispute and vocifer nifily declaim long after they know they are beaten annihilated. One of the best answers in view of this kind of a defeat was that once made by lames I. of England. James had been reading a work en tilled "Description of tho Tolicy of the Church of England," written by the historian Calderwood, which severely handled a few of his pet theories. James fancied himself a profound the ologian. The King read until he be came angry, ami then he threw the book down, with a bitter anathema up on it. A prelate of the church who chanced to lie standing near iuuuired of his Majesty the cau.se of his trouble. The King named the work, and an wered that he had lieen reading 1L "O!" said the prelate, with unhesi tating confidence, "do not let the work ?ive your Majesty one moment's un easiness. We will answer it." "Answer it!" repeated James, in a passion. "And wliat will you answer, mnu? There Is nothing in It but Scrip ture, honestly quoted, aud sound rea son. It is unanswerable and that' whnt troubles mc." Kraponaibititjr in Tslkinsr. The absolute lack of responsibility which a good many well-meaning peo ple show in the ma'.ter of talking would be Incredible if one were con stantly coming upon illustrations of Its extent. Men and women give forth impressions and repeat, without quali fication or condemua.'ion, statements regarding others which have absolute ly no foundation In fact, and to ascer tain the truth or falsity of which not tlie Brightest effort has been made. The same people would shrink from the idea of burning down a man's house or taking a ten-dollar bill out of his pock et, but they do not hesitate to smirch Ma character or destroy hie peace of mind; calamities much more difficult to bear than the results of arson or theft. Society stands In great need of sound education reganTIng personal re sponsibility for talk which affects the character or standing of othera. Chris, tian Union. CRAIG FOR I897 Craig's Common School Questions and Answek Book is enlarged by the addition ol 82 pages of new mat ter. Realizing, moreover, that teach ers demand that a Question Book shall be up to the times, particularly ta History and Gfvgraphy, this work has been revised to 1S97. So that the Hew Oraio contains over 8500 Ques tions and Answers on the different branches of study, arranged as follows: U 8 History. Oeoirmphy. Reading. Physical Ueography, Grammar, latter Writtn; Orthography. Ortbo-py and I'hoaoloKy, Written Arithmetic. Tbi-ory and Practice of Teaching A'cohol and Tobacco, Civil Government, Physiology, Anatomy and Hygiene Natural Philosophy, rartldplea and lnBuitivei made easy, Wilting. Algebla, Tentl'r b' ems In AlKlbr.i, Parliamentary Hull's. Tho luestlim In each derailment are numbered, aud like numbers are given to the Answers in corresponding d. part nent mak ing every ipie-Ulon and answer quickly avail able when time ti pnaslng. Price, ... l.o0 The bove book will be sent post free to any address, upon receipt ol price. MORWITZ &CO., 612 and tie Chestwat Street, PMIadrlphta. INVENTORS!! I advertising " Mo patent no pw rwi MIMV patent no pay." maee. meoaje. - - - sHi-heXa. ftC AdVtre tree. nihit '"'""JVT"- Ln I. . J few y iv Tit Writs M. ATW l FW. B-asLrre V" - iWKtS Nntai All llSt fMtS. Beat Cough Hyrap. TaMee OoraL Smd by armaoata. T1 Womld Fellow the Cows. Justin Sackstt, who recently died rn princaeld, Mass., at the age of 83 ears, was a noted landscape gardener, .nd laid out Forest Park in Spong ioid. He had a most remarkably true ye. always making sufficient '"offset" r allowance to avoid stiffness in his work. With it all he exercised his hrewd Yankee wit and Inventiveness, s this story shows: One day he was irlvlng with a friend, who asked hisa ut of curiosity how be would plan a .ttad to the top of a certainhil that ,hey passed. "Well," said Mr. Sack tt, with a twinkle in his eye, "I should rura la some cows awhile and watch how they gotup" N-w York Tribune. 'X Goat Eicase, nsu I done anything to offend yon. -tailing 7' he asked, brokenly. "To-day ou paased me wttnout nowukg ana now yon stt there with such an air of hau- reur and pride that " "George," interrupted tbe girl, with m unbending air, but In ber voice a a donee sweeter than music at night, I have a still neck." Beaton Globe. So Caaafortabte. I always like to see that Senator get up to make a speech," said the drowsy looking man. "lie isn't very Interesting." "No. When he Is on his feet I'm al ways sure that my nap will not be dis turbed by any outburst of applause." -Washington Star Real Heat sad Comfort. There ta a powder to be shaken into the shoes called Allen's Foot-Ease, Invented by Allen 8. Olmsted, La Boy, N. Y., which ' druggists and shoe dealers say is the best I thing they have ever sold to cure sore and tender or aching feet. Home dealers !aim that tt makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It certainly will cure corns and bunions and relieve Instantly sweating, not or cuiBnuin feet. It costs only a quarter, and the Invent or will send a sample free to any addrees. Tha Horrid BruteV She I never expected to work like Jiks when I married you. He I didn't suppose yon cared. You worked hard enough to get me, didn't you? Indianapolis Journal. He Kaear Hia Has. Jack Let me hold your band when we go to ask your father for bis bless ing. May Why? Jack Unless I hold a good hand he may try to bluff me out Truth. I Bio . SLAB C.l. BRN. H. IjOVKIX. Treaa. Lsuvell Arni& Co. bio Lvveii uiamonu, 1897 Lovtll Special, Excel Tandem. Slsamaa'a Snaeial. REDUCED B7' and Girls' feki&kM! 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