to i f " - Tf 15YS GOr. BY. unit- tnme to niy heart again, ' f int'iiiory nf the past! 'i your pleasure and your pain. .; !it.pt. .on ttricbt to lust: I Cnie fri'Ui jour bidden irraves that lie la the beautiful realms of the days gone y. Oni". Cnm yrur iT'.nrinrta jrayea that lie la the r?aluit of tlie ilai goue byl I will wplrnme jre all airain. Ah tmt in the hall of Kid, WeWnw the pleasure and the p.iln For the lien my your brief livea held! Tr nt'!s iio out of your atvret (iravea. In the woodland ailda, and the dim aea fnn's. T're.mis me out of your myriad srrayea. In tlie wilds and the dim sea-caves! St tbrons the halls of my heart once more, tVith faces sad with pain! Oh. failed phosta of the drams of yore. The joy comes not again! Go hack! to your mournful groves that lie In the shadowy realms of the daya gone hack! to yonr voiceless graves that lie In the realms of the days gone by! MILLIE AND MOLLIE. "I've come to ask you for tbe band ot rour daughter." said young Bromley, Btiiinlilin? to the sent offered him by the cirPa fiither. "vi,i,.h n..eV"' asked old Dimmock. the coal merchant, laying down the newspaper which he bad been reading pod eying tli'i young man curiously. "Sometimes I think it Is Mollie, and again I am sure it is Millie," replied young Bromley, genuinely perplexed. The old coal merchant looked sympa thetic. "You can't have both," said he, after an awkward pause. "They're splendid girls, good enough for anybody!" exclaimed the young .iian. "Well, I rather think," said the old man, proudly. "I could be happy with either of them," went on young Bromley. "I'm disposed to think," observed old IMmtiuH-k, "that you have been happy with both of them." "So they've told me more than once." said Bromley, with tbe pleasant light of recollection in his eyes. "Well, cau't you make up your mind which girl you want to marry?" The old coal merchant looked at the youug mau with the fresh color and tbe loyal blue eyes as If be would like to have him for a son-in-law. Young Itronilcy did not answer for a moment, and then he said slowly: "Which do you think sounds the bet ter 'Millie Bromley' or 'Mollie Brom ley?" Sometimes I've looked at It In that way." "I don't think there's much to choose," returned the old coal mer chant, weighing the question with ev ery desire to lie fair. "You know." continued the young mau. "there have lieen times when I've gone to bed perfectly charmed with the name '.Millie Bromley,' and in the morning 'Mollie Bromley' has caught my fancy. Millie. Mollie; Mollie. Millie It's an awful puzzle." "of course, you've proposed to one oi the pills?" Inquired their father. "O, ves. Indeed," said young Brom ley. "Then that Is the girl you want to marry." exclaimed the old man, trium phantly. "Why, It's simple enough, af ter all. You've taken quite a load off my mind. Which one was It?" "It was Millie I think," answered young Bromley, hesitatingly. "Think! Ion't you know?" The young man Hushed and lookea .roachfully at the coal merchant. k-'Mr. LMinniock," said be. "I'll put It to you as man to man: Which Is Millie and which Is Mollie?" "Iou't cross-examine me, sir," re joined the old man. "If you want to marry one of the girls It's your busi ness to Und out." "Heaven knows," cried young Brom ley In anguish, "I want to marry either Millie or Mollie and have her all to my self. It's trying enough for a fellow to be over head and ears iu love with one girl, but when there are two of them It's more than tlcsb and blood can stand." "There, there, my boy," said the ola coal merchant soothingly, "don't take on so. Hither girl is yours with my blessing, but I want to keep one for myself. Let me see if I can help you." And going to the open French window ue called: "Millie, Mollie! Mollie, Millie!" "Yes, papa, we're coming," sounded two sweet, well-bred voices from the abrubbery. There was a tripping of light feet along the stony walk under the grape vine, and Millie and Mollie bloomed Into the room. "How do you do. Mr. Bromley?" they aid together, with the same Intona tion and tbe same merry glint In their eyes. Millie bad auburn balr and brown eyes; so had Mollie. Millie had a Cu pid's tiow of a mouth, little teeth like pvarls, and a dimpled chin; so bad Mwllle. Millie's arms, seen through her muslin sleeves, were round and white; were Mollle's. fr'roui waist to tips of their little feet tbe figures of Siillle and Mollie were the fame. Hue for tine, and both were dressed lu white DiiiiSo. with lilac bows behind tbelr white necks and lilac pishes at tbelr waists, lilac stock ings w ithout a wrinkle, and each wore white satin slioes. Tbelr hair was loose over their fair brows and was braided down their backs, of Just the same leugth, anil tied at the end with lilac tibliotis. Millie tied Mollle's bows and Mollie tied Millie's. "Well, papa?" "Y'ouug Bromley tells me," began old Mr. I Mm mock, after be bad taken drafts of tbelr frwli young beauty by looking first at one and then at the other, and tlieu dwelling upon the fea- 'Iloit in v wits ana two children Irom the ef-1 ecu ot hereditary I errofula. My third clnlJ was dangerously af fected wltb scrofula, na was unable to walk, his left I foot bciiiK covered with run-1 niiii sores. I'hysiclans nav-l 1 luz failed to relievethe others 1 ' of my family, I decided to try Ayr's Sarsaparllla. I ami Dleassd to sar the trial was suc-1 ceasful. and my boy was restored 1 to health. I am confident that my 1 1 chilil would liars died bad be no U4H AVer's SanaDartlU." Jas. U. I Die, Jllntonvllle, X.J., Aug. 6, is. i WEIGHTY WORDS r"L FOR P3Sfy I , Ayer'$ 5arsaparHla. nirot' of both trUh one pre sniy thai Ue proposed to you lust night." "O. not to both, yon know. Mr. Dim jiock," Interjected young Dro-nley He asked me to be his wife." said 1 Millie demurely. j "lie told tue that be could Dot llv : without me," said Mollie niiscbier- : CUxly. "How Is this?" snld the old man. turning to young Bromley wltb a se vere look. j The young man blushed furiously and lifted bis bands In protest. "I'm sure," be stammered, "one o j you is mistaken. I asked you, Millie, j to be my wife In the summer-house nud and I kissed you. Tbat was be- fore supper, and later In the evening, j when we sat on the front steps, I saw tu.-u I couldn't live without you. and hut we must get married." "Before we go auy further." Inter - rupted the old coal merchant, "which la Millie and which Is Mollie? When your dear mother was alive she could tell the difference sometimes, but I don't know to this day." "Oh, bow dull you are. papa!" said the girls in duet. "I think that is Millie on tbe right." spoke up young Bromley. "Why, Mr. Bromley," said she. "I am Mollie." "Very good, now let's go on," said their father; "where were we? O. yea, i young Bromley nays he asked you to ! be I1I3 wife, Millie, and declared be couhln't do without you." "I beg your pardon, papa," said Mol lie. "be told me tbat be couldn't live without me." "Well, let's get our bearings," con tinued tbe old coal merchant. "Brom ley, you asked Millie to marry yu down in tbe summer-house, and you kissed her! That's correct. Isn't It?" "There's no doubt about that, sir," said Brondey eagerly. "And after supper when you sat to gether on the stoop you told Mollie that you couldn't live without her?" "That I deny, sir. O! 1 beg your par don. Mollie, you needn't look so angry. I meant no offense." "Did you kiss Mollie?" went on the Id man relentlessly. "No. sir. I " "Yes, you did, Mr. Bromley," flared up Mollie. "I admit," said the young man, strug gling with his emotions, "tbat I kissed her when I said I couldn't live without her. but it wasu't Mollie." "O, Mollie!" said Millie, "bow could you f "Now, Millie, do be reasonable." sale Mollie. Old Mr. Dimmock looked mystified. "It seems to me," be said, with n bow of Impatience, "that If I were In love with one of those girls I could tell the difference between them. So far a I can make out, young man, you have asked Millie to be your wife, and have tried to make Mollie believe tbat you rould not live without her. Now, to any Due who does not know Millie and Mol lie your conduct would appear to be perfidious. Of course, as between you and Mollie, I must believe Mollie, for tbe girl certainly knows whether you kissed her." Tbe old man eyed both of bis daugh ters hard. Millie was biting her nether lip and so was Mollie; but Mollie way trying to keep from laughing. Old Mr. Dimmock had an idea. "I would like to clear up this thing to your satisfaction and my own, 3roiuIey," wild he. "Let me ask you whether Mollie kissed you when you told her you couldn't live witbou: bet?" The young man got very red In tbe face. "You mean Millie, cf course," be re plied, wltb embarrassment. "Perhaps she would u't mind saying that she kissed me In the summer-bouse. But she didn't kiss me on tbe stoop. I kiss ed her." "How Is that, Millie? Mollie?" asked their father. "Papa." said Mollie decidedly. "1 couldn't keep Mr. Bromley from kiss ing me, but I assure you I didn't kiss him" Mollie looked her father straight In tbe eye, and then she shot an Indignant shaft at Bromley. Millie bung ber bead, and ber face was as red as a poppy. "I think," said tbe old man dryly, "that It's plain I'll keep Mollie, and we'll have that marriage before you make another mistake, young man." New York Sun. Webster and Clay Raise the Wlntt. Tbe recollections of John Sherman, tbe tallest and thinnest man in Con gress, do not embrace the best story of Webster and Clay. Both were great money-makers, and both were forever In the hardest financial- straits. One day Clay went to Webster and said: "t.ot any money, Dan? I want $250." "I was going over to borrow that amount of you," said Webster. "I am dead broke." "Wol Jer where we can raise It? We need $500 between us." Tbey formed themselves In a commit tee ot ways and means, and after much thought evolved a plan. "Clay, If you will make a draft on me at thirty days I will Indorse It, and we can get the money at tbe bank." ' The draft la In a Washington bank at this day, bearing both signatures. Tbe two "old boys" got the money and tbe next day were skirmishing around for wore. New York Press. Slam's King-. : I Slam's outspoken monarch la to visit Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle next summer. He will go to Europe In bis 2.500-ton steam yacht Maha Cbakri, which was built for him In Scotluud four years ago. It Is a rare man wbo does not lose bis grip by tbe time be Is 60 years old. liystMv fcoLvcQ by ibtetieK. dlrrowaa Oaa Draw Nltroa-wa frosa tarn Air u CMt It to Flamta. Besides buying well-selected fertil izers, the progrcsalTe farmer of tbe fu ture will also provide himself wltb bot tled bullous ot tbe microbes wblch en able plaata to obtain nitrogen from the air. It was a long puzzle to chemist u to lean bow nitrogen Is absorbed. It was clear that under ordinary circum stances plants are unable to appropri ate directly from tbe air the nitrogen they absolutely require for thelt growth. The air In tbe pores of the soli contains plenty of It, but the roots are not capable of causing It to be come a constituent of tbe sap or fiber. Leaumlnoua nlanta. such as beans. j and ciotw require a great deal j or nitrogen, and It was of special ln- 1 tereg, to Dr0vlde them artificially, if possible, with this Important cons tit ueat. - Tbe mystery waa dispelled by a re cent discovery tbat tbe roots of plants capable of absorbing nitrogen bear lit tle protuberances, and It la through these protuberances tbat the nitrogen Is taken in. Further study wltb the help of tbe microscope revealed the fact that tbe protuberances contain millions of bacteria, and that It Is these bgcteria tbat absorb tbe nitrogen and give it to the roots of piants lu a form In which It can be used by them. To the activity of these beneficent bacte rla, plants particularly leguniluou plants owe their vigor and perhaps their existence In tbelr present forul. The plant life In this view. Is a result. In Incidental product, of tbe vital pro cesses of microbes, a million of which could swim with comfort In a single drop of water. Tbe next step was to Isolate, by methods with which bac teriologists are familiar, the varieties of bacteria suited to each crop, and to breed them artificially In paying quan tities. This has been done. A German firm breeds seventeen species of bacteria of the nitrogen-absorbing species and sells them to agriculturists In bottles under tbe name of "nltragln." A bot tle containing some thousand billions of tbe useful bacteria and selling for $1.25 wiU "inoculate," It Is ttid. an acre of ground. The experience of far mers with "nltragln" is too brief to qualify them to speak wltb certainty of r!s practical utility. Some have ob tained encouraging results, while oth ers have not. It bas been on the mar ket less than a year and began to be nsed too late in tbe season for a fair test. "Nltragln" ought to be used be fore it Is two months old, aud Its vital ity is Impaired. If not wholly lost, when It Is four months old. It must be kept In a cool place, and Is best applied, per ha s. at uigbt, since it is Injured by ex posure to the light. Its function is to assist germinating seeds and small roots to put forth tbe desired protuber ances. It Is accordingly useless for growing plants, and In soils already well sup plied with nitrogen in tbe required form. Under favorable conditions sev eral experimenters have obtained, it is said, excellent results. Cereals have not been found susceptible to Its influ ence to an appreciable extent. Much remains to be determined as to the ex tent of Its utility. It is yet undecided, it seems, whether the seed or the soil Is to be Inoculated whether the seed should 1h mixed with the gelatine con taining tlie nttragin," or whether the "nitragin" should be mixed with a quantity of tbe latter scattered over tbe area to lie treated. In any case, agriculturists have In ultraglu an In teresting subject of experiment. Bal timore Sun. A Itare Bird. Tbe rarest species of bird now ex .ant. aud one which is almost extinct, bas Its home in the Jungles of South America. The ornithological curiosity Is knowu to science as tlie palamedra coruuda. and to the common people as the "horned screamer." As a rara avis nothing could excel the cornuda. unless it should be the accidental discovery of a living moa, or an eplnornls. But few of the bird books even let you know tbat such a horned paradox ever existed, let alone telling you tbat living specimens of the queer creature are oc casionally met wltb. The only one now In captivity In North America. If the writer was not misinformed. Is thai belonging to the aviary of the Phlladt-i phia Zoological Gardens, and which ar rived iu this country about three years ago. Tbe creature Is altout the size of a full-grown turkey ben, and of a blackish brown color. One of Its dis tinguishing peculiarities Is a rutlle of black and white which surrounds the bead. African Ivory Is the Beat. African Ivory Is now conceded to be the finest. The first quality of this comes from near tbe equator, and it bas been remarked with regard to this fact that the nearer the equator the smaller Is tbe elephant, but the larger tbe tusks. Tbe ivory from equatorial Africa Is closer iu tbe grain and h.ts less tendency to become yellow by ex posure than Indian Ivory. Tbe finest transparent African ivory is collected along the west coast lietwecu latitudes 10 degrees north and 10 south, aud this Is believed to deteriorate in quality and to be more liable to damage with in crease of latitude in either direction. The whitest Ivory comes from the east coast. It Is considered to be In best condition when recently cut; It has then a mellow, warm, transparent tint, as if soaked In oil, and very little ap pearance of grain or texture. Indian Ivory has an opaque, dead white color, and a tendency to become discolored. Of tbe Asian varieties Slam is consider ed to be the finest, being much superior In aHarnnce and density. The -Ivory of tbe ninmmoth tusks Is ut very much esteemed, particularly In En gland; it is considered too dry and brittle for elaborate work, besides which it la very liable to turn yellow. As a matter of ait. the larger tusks very rarely leave Asiatic ltussia. be ing too rotten for Industrial purposes. Chamber's Journal. The Chinese Conrt. The ceremonial of the Chinese court Is somewhat exacting. It used to In clude, if It does not now, complete pros tration bc-rore the throne. Last cen tury a Persian envoy refused to go through the degrading ordeal. Direc tions were given to the olticinls to com pel him by stratagem to do so. (JJi ar riving one day at the entrance to the hall of audience the envoy found no means of going in except by a wicket, which would compel him to stoop very low. With great presence 'ot mind and considerable audacity the great am bassador turned around and entered liaekward. thus saving tbe honor of bis country. Lines of the Hand. Tbe lines of human hands are nevet exactly alike. When a traveler in Cliiua desires a pan port, tbe palm of tat band Is covered with fine oil paint, and an impression Is taken on thin, danij paper. This paper, officially eigne.. i bis passport. A MOTHER'S EFFORT, 4 Mather Sms Her DifM I Pitiful t oudltiom, feat MiufM t Mw Bar. from fKa AVw Era, OrtttuHmir Zmd. The St. Paul correspondent for tks JVew Era reeeatly had an Item regarding tMeas ot Mabel Stevens, who had just recwared from a serious Illness of rheumatism and nervous trouble, and was able to be out for the first time in three months. Tbe letter stated that it was a very bad ease and her recovery was considered sneh a surprise to the neighbors that It created considerable gossio. Bnliig anxious to learn the absolute facts In the cite, a special reporter was sent to have a talk with tbe girl and her parents. They were not at home, however, being some distance away. A message waa sent to Mr. Stevens, asking him to write up a full history of the case, and a few days ago the following letter was received from Mrs. Stevens: St. Pact.. Ist., Jan. 20, 1897. Editor iVew Xra, Greensboro-, lad. "Dkib Sibs: Yonr kind letter reeeived and I am glad to have the opportunity to tell you about the sic knees and recovery ot Mabel. We don't want any newspaper no toriety, but in a ease like tbts where a few words of what I have to say may mean re covery for some child, I feel it my duty to tell vou ot her ease. "Two years ago this winter Mabel began complaining ot pains in ber limbs, princi pally in her lower limbs. She was going to tciiool. and had to walk about three quar ters of a mile eaeh day, going through all kinds ot weather. She was thirteen years old and doing so well in her stu lies that I disliked to take her from school but we bad to do it. "For several months she was confined to the bouse, aud she grew pale and dwiudled down to almost nothing. Her legs and arms were drawn up and her appearance was pitiful. Heveral doctors had attended her, but it seemed that none of them did her any good. They advised us to take ber to the springs, bat times were so bard we eould not afford It, although we Anally managed to get her to the Martinsville baths. Here she grew suddenly weaker, and it seemed that she eould not ataud it, but she became better, and it seemed that sae was being benefited, bat she suddenly grew worse, and we bad to bring her borne. "She lingered along, and last winter be came worse again, and was afflicted with a nervous trouble almost like tbe St. Vitus' dance. For some time we thought she would die, and the physicians gave her up. When she was at ber worst a neighbor came In with a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pule People and wanted us to try them as they were advertised to b good for suoh cases, and her daughter had used them for nervousness with such good results that she thought they might help Mabel. "We tried them. The first box helped her some, and after she bad taken three boxes she was able to sit up in bed. When she had finished a half dor.en boxes she was able to be out and about. She has taken about nine boxes altogether now, and she Is as well as ever, and going to sohool every dar, having started in again three weeks ago. Her cure waa undoubtedly due to these pills." f Signed) Mas. Avian 8tveks." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain, iu a condensed form, all the ele ments necessary to give new lite and rich ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an uofailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitas' dance, sciatica, neural gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms ot weakness either in male or female. The I'ink Pills are sold by ail dealers, or will be sent post fiaid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for t4.fiO (tbey are never sold in bulk or by the 10(1) by address ing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenec tady. N. Y. DENSITY OF POPULATION. the Moat "thickly rcopled Spot In the World I la New York City. Ill the Century Is a paper by Mrs. Schuyler Van Itensselaer on "Places n New York," lu tbe course of which i lie author says: Cross tbe Rowery now, and you will enter tbe famous Tenth ward a true tenement bouse Jistrlct. forming part of tbe most rowded city quarter lu all tbe world. As a whole, the city of New York be low the Harlem river (the Island f Manhattan) is more densely peopled than any other city in tbe world, count ing 143.2 persons to tbe acre, w. ie Paris counts 125.2. Then one-sixth of the entire population of all New York reckoning now with the parts above :he Harlem too) is concentrated upon ill acres of ground. Here, on the lower ICnst Side ot our town. In the summer it 1S'J4, there dwelt some 324.000 souls, averaging 470.0 to tbe acre; and a cer tain section of this great area the Teuth ward showed a local acre aver age of :i.20. Tbe most thickly peo pled spot lu Europe is the Jew quarter In Prague; but it is only one-nfth as lare as our Tenth ward, while It shows a detisity scarcely greateiAhan that the whole of the 711 acres in which the Tenth ward is contained 4S5.4 er acre. Nor is this the worst iuat our 711 acres can reveal. Sanitary Iistr!ct A. of tbe Eleventh ward (bounded by avenue B and Second street Columbia, Itlvlngton and Clinton streets) con tains 32 acres, and in the summer of 1S94 each of them bore 08G.4 human be ings. TbU Is the very thickest, black pst coagulation of humanity in all the known world. No European place of anything like tbe same size even ap proaches it, and Its nearest rival is a part of Bombay where the average population iner an area of 46.06 acres Is 75K.00. i'et It should be remembered that, while our acres are thus mere heavily burdened than any others, places can be found In European, as in Asiatic, towns where people are more uncom fortably crowded within doors. There the bouses are low. But New York tenements are very lofty, and thus our floor space to tbe acre Is much more extensive. Moreover, although we are now more crowded tnan ever before, our sanitary state steadily Improves. During the decade which closed wltb 1874 our death rate waa 30.27 per thou sand: during the one wblcb closed with 1S04 It was 24.07. Tricks or Hon Trader. There are tricks In all trade, bat dorse trades appear to bare more than tbelr share. A new dodge In tbat line Is reported from Philadelphia. Tbe proprietor of an uptown hotel In tbat city patronized largely by agricultur ists was very anxious to sell a horse to friend from the country, but the lat ter bad some doubt as to tbe animal's sieed. Tbe two agreed npon a cer tulu day for a drive In the para, and in tbe meantime tbe hotel man bad not been idle. Tbey were bowling: along at a iace wblch was scarcely calcu lated to create any excitement when a park guard, wbo bad previously been "fixed," arrested the owner of tbe horse for driving faster than tbe al lowed 3:00 gate. He willingly paid bis One of $5, and bis companion was -o Impressed by the occurrence tbat be Im mediately purchased the bona. Outsiders. Until the nomination of Franklin Pierce for the Presidency the word "outsider" was nnknown. The Com mittee on Credentials came to make Its reiort, and could not get Into tbe hall because of the crowd of people wbo were not members of the convention. The chairman of the convention asked If the committee was ready to report, and the chairman of the committee an swered, "Yes, Mr. Chairman, but tbe committee Is unable to get Inside on account of the crowd and pressure of the outsiders." The newspaper report ers took up tbe word and used it. a In a Dock. A duck shot by Edward Jackson, of Atchison, bad a nine-pound fish In iu esophagus OUR BOYS AND GIRLS THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. Qaalat Baytaaja aad Cat Dolatsa of the Little Folks Evirjwkcrt, Gathered aad Priatod Bare for All Other Ut ile Oaaa to Bead. Her Awful Dream. A little maid of tender years Had sack an awful dream I She came to me almost in tears "I just was going to scream, ""When both fay eyes came open wide. And, oh, I was so glad To had it was a dream." she cried, "Because it was so bad!" "What could It be, poor child T' I said. "Were you pursued by bears? Perhaps your dolly broke her bead. Or did yon fall downstairs 7" "Oh dear! It's most too bad to tell I - Yon know in school our class Are bavin' 'lamination. Well, I dreamt I didn't pass!" Youths' Companion. Phonoeraph Top. The newest thing in toys Is a phono graph top, a combination of spinning top and musical Instrument, with in tonation similar to the phonograph. This little novelty Is entertaining for old as well as yonng. It Is as easily spun as any ordinary top, and' n.lh a little practice tunes may be produced. The various parts to this toy are tbe metal top itself, the string for winding tbe stem above the keyboard, the "U" shaped handle for holding the stem un til tbe string Is released, and tbe cellu loid cone, tbe point of which is pressed lightly upon the keyboard, producing the sounds desired. This little toy Is made in various rainbow tints, and Is a thing of beauty while spinning. It will spin for seven minutes or longer. Tbe chief novelty Is. of course, the cel luloid cone tip with which tbe tunes may be played upon tbe keyboard. This keyboard Is perfectly flat above aud below, with a rim about tbe outer edge and tbe stem extending a short dis tance below It. The keyboard Is very sensitive to tbe lightest touch of tbe musical tip.' A Fcreechlaa; Machine. A good many boys have had a gay ilnie with a little noise-producer callcil tbe "screecher." Its name Is well earn ed. No device Invented by a boy, not even the "rooters" or the tin horns, ever produced such a variety of outlandish sounds. The screechers are very sim ply made. All that is required is au old tomato, oyster or baking powder can. a piece of stout string and a lump of reslu. A small bole is made In the bottom of the can, the string Is thread ed through It and a knoMled In the end to that It will not slip out. Then the string is thoroughly resined. Tbat com pletes tbe screecher, or string-fiddle. To p'ay, hold tbe can In one band and draw tbe string sharply through the fingers of tbe other band. Of all the odd und weird sounds you ever beard It will make the worst. Big cans pro duce deep bass screeches and little cans produce high soprano screeches. Two 1iacoveriea. "O grandma!" exclaimed Blancbe, breathlessly, "guess what I 'scovered up in the big pear-tree this uiornlug?" Grandma put ou ber spectacles aud tried to look very wise. "Is It some thing to eat?" she asked. "Yes," answered Blanche, quickly, part of it is." "And Is It sweet?" continued grand ma. "Just as sweet as sugar!" declared Blanche. "Then I guess It's a big bouncing Bartlett pear." said grandma, smiling. But Blanche shook her head. "You haven't guessed it right at all," she said. "Dear, dear, me!" exclaimed grand ma, thoughtfully, "whatever can It be! I think you will have to tell me, Blancbe." "I'm not going to just yet," said Blanche, " 'cause maybe If I tell you a few more things you can guess It. Part of It la a house, and something lives In It, and they can fly." "Perhaps It's a b-l-r-d,' suggested Aunt Nan. Blancbe laughed and laughed. "Why. It's 'most as good as a puzzle," t'j said. "Do yon ever eat birds, . -int Nan?" "Sakea alive, no!" exclaimed Aunt Nan, decidedly. "SnppWng we go out and take a look at your puzzle," said grandpa, as be folded up bis paper. So tbey all went quickly down tbe narrow garden walk and stopped be side tbe tall green pear-tree. "Don't yon see It?" aaked Blancbe, excitedly. "Tbat great gray bee's-nest, away np near tbe top! And don't you see the yellow bees buzzing and buzzing around everywhere? Don't you see them, grandpa?" "No," said grandpa, slowly, "I don't! There Isn't a bee's-nest anywhere around here that I can see. even with my glasses on, and I can't discover one single bee, either." "Why-ee!" exclaimed Blancbe, won derlngly, "I can see them as as plain as anything, grandpa." Grandpa looked amused. "What nrigbt, bright eyes you most have," be said, smiling. "And can't you really 'scover any thing, 'sides leaves and pears?" asked Blanche, In surprise. "Oh, yes, indeed," answered grandpa, with a twinkle In bis eye. "I've discov ered that every one of yonr yellow beea are nothing more of less than hornets!" "Why-ee!" exclaimed Blanche, In as tonishment. And then how everybody laughed. Youth's Companion. Tommy Fcoret Oae. Tommy's father's business affairs U him from borne early in tbe morn ing and keep him until late at nlgbt to uch an extent that tbe two are but slightly acquainted. Recently the old gentleman found it necessary (o pun sb Tommy for some offense, and tbe ooy. with tears In his eyes, sought his mother for consolation. "Why, what a the matter. Tommy? "Tbe m-man that s-sleeps here nights l-panked me," be sobbed. A Mlaaaderstood Object-Leaaow. A school Inspector, flu ding a class hes tating over answering the question, "Wltb what weapon did Samson slay the Philistines?" and wishing to prompt them, significantly tanned ala THE POOHOOBAPB TOP. check and asked: "What Is this?" Tbe whole class: "Tbe jawbone of in ass." A Ftlnaina- Retort. "Papa," Inquired a small girl at the llnner-table the other evening, "what's a millionaire? Dorothy Smith said to me to-day, 'Your father's a million aire.'" "What did yon say?" asked the small girl's father. "On. I Jus' said, 'So b yours.' " Curious Wax Flower. . A German scientist gives tbe follow jig directions for performing a very amusing and Interesting experiment: Take a lighted stearin candle and hold It horizontally over a wide glass filled with water. Tbe drops of melted stear in when they strike the surface of the cold water will be formed Into hemi spherical cups and float on the water. These forms often take tbe shape of the flower of the common Maybell (con vallaila majalls) and can be made mailer or larger at pleasure by drop ping tbe melted stearin from a less or greater height. When a sufficient num ber of such bells have been made, take a slender iron wire and cut It Into sec tions, of wbicb one end Is curved, then warm the straight end of each by hold ing It In a flame, and thrust it through, one of the wax bells so that the wire passes quite through the bell, leaving It banging at the curved end. where It; remains fixed when cool, looking strik ingly like the Maybell flower when then-Ire Is held curved end upward. In. the same way all the hemispherical cups are treated, and finally the single, flowers are combined by twisting to gether the wire stems, when they may be arranged in a vase. By using col-' ored stearin similar flowers may be Imitated. l'rec:se. One dny a boorish client entered a awyti's ottice and found him writing. The stranger took a seat, and after in forming the lawyer that he bad come to consult blm on a matter of some Im portance, observed, "ily father died and made a will." "You say." remarked the lawyer,, writing steadily, "your father died and made a will." "Yes. sir, my father died and made t will." "Hi'uipb!" still writing and paying no attention. "I eay, Mr. Call, my father died and made a will." "Very stranger' writing and not no ticing bis client. "Mr. Call, I say again." taking out his urse and placing a fee on the ta ble, "my father made a will and died." "Oh. now we -may understand each other." said the lawyer, all attention; "your father made a will before he died. Why didn't you say so at first? Well. now. go ou, let's bear." Thm- ! more Ct.rrh In this nation of the conntrv than all other iitwa.-ix put trarethitr. and until thrlast few years was flupnostwl to In, iururalile. Fur a irreAt many years dis-tors pninouneeii It a local disease and prescribed 1ik-aI remedies, and by constantly failinir to cure with local treatment, proaiul need it ill cnrahle. Science has proven cat-trrh ti hen constitutional di-etse and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Halt's t'atarrh Cure, manufactured hv F. J. Cheney Co.. Toledo. Ohio, Is the finlv constitutional cure nu the market. It in takun internally in doses from lotlroM toa teasNHnful. Itacts directly on the hlood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It fslls to cure. Send for circulars and testi monial. Address K. I. CHB.NKT Co., Toledo, U. Soli! hy 1 ii-inrirists. 75-:. liull'b Family Pills are the best. .A peer who becomes a bankrupt is dis qualified front sitting or voting in the IlotiM of Lords; a jser of Scott land or Ireland is by isinkruptcy disqualified from representing his country. Trr Gralm-O! Try Oraia-O! Ask yoor fr-ocer to-day to how yon a pack e ol iirain-O tn new food drink tha takes the lace of coflee. Tbe children may drink it W'thoul injurv as well as the sdult. All who try It like It tir iliM hai that rich eal brown oi Mocha or Java hut u ht mane Irom pure iialu. and the most deliuaie slom-tch receives II without d mires-. ine quarter the pice of cotlee. IS cts. and 2i rti per package. So U by all grocers. Manchester CoriM.ration supplies both pas and electricity. For the year ending March last the net prolit from the former was Us,J-.'t, and frum the latter f 10.S1-. The Obstinate Juror. The latest way to arrive at a verdict is to smoke out tbe obstinate Juror. This was successfully tried In Hartford not loug ago when eleven good men and true were unable to Influence their com panion. The obstinate juror held out as long as be could, but the volumes of smoke that filled the Jury room from the cigars, pipes ami cigarettes of his ele en companions proved more effec tve than argument, and he gave lu. Hartford Times. Bpnraeon'e Stories. Where did Spurgeon get all the good stories with which his writings and speeches were Illustrated? The Rev. William Denton tells how many years ago be used to meet a gentleman at tbe British Museum searching diligently folios of tbe fathers and other ancient books. "May I ask you," said Mr. Denton one day, "what work you are engaged In bringing out?" "I!" was the reply; "don't yon know wbo I am? I am Spurgeon' s man en gaged In looking up stories for blm lu books not generally read or familiar to the public." Weekly Telegraph. m. MMm.iiMitlaiH Wofltaor' nese afor first day's use of Dr. K line's Ureal Nerve Restorer. S3 trial bottle and treatise int On. B. H. Kxjaa. LUL. 031 Arch bt-.Hiila There are insects which pass several years in the preparatory states of exis tence, and finally, when perfect, live but a few hours. Core Guaranteed by OH. J. B. HAYEK loll AMI 1. Slw I 'll l-A.. I A. rJUM ai unw operation or delay Irom busmen. Consultation tree, andoraemonu of physicians, ladies and prominent citizens, bend lor circular; Odioe bouny A. M. lot f. M. rr i .aam. 4n r.. ii lit that, aa far as the British market is concerned, China teas are graauaiiy tKi-uuiug "". Piso'e Cure is a wonderful Cough medlnlne- Mrs. W. Pickert, Van Siclen and Blake Ares.. Brooklyn. N. Y- Oct. at. last. The waters ot iorin Amenc stocked with l,8u0 different varieties of Vearly 60 per cent of premature deaths can be traced to excess of strong drink. SS IOK3 FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been nsed by millions of mothers for their children while TeeUHnit for over Fifty Years. It soothes the child, softens tbe gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, anil la the best nudi for dlarrnrra. Tweaiv-ave Cents a Battle. G WM1IM. Mijariawavoee--- CANCER CURED AT HOKEi narap w book. Dr. J. B. HAKKI8 A 00, rlka enimma, i-iantinsll, unto, fwrftsf CoashByrapv Tastes Good. Ci wee. eoM ay aniffttrsia. AUMPET CALLS. Rasa's Born Sounds a Warning Note to tbe Unredeemed. EN V Y kicks Its keeper, DuU toots do little barm. Ti-iiatlnir God without effort Is ' an abuse of sense. It is difficult work to keep bid from yourself. Living without God Is risking tbe loss of two worlds. Every dollar Is saved that Is spent to help tbe needy. It requires Industry to make, and wisdom to save. If tbe man does not show at ten, be will not at forty. Society's trouble mill Is run balf the time by whispers. The common saint Is an uncommon stranger to himself. Aggressiveness without control Is tbe animal turned loose. The gospel and tbe long face do not travel well together. Christ taught to teach; not to win ad miration or applause. He Is a safe counsellor wbo profits by bis own blunders. The best family medicine Is large doses of good example. People are known by where they spend their leisure time. He is well balanced that1 will talae advice against Inclination. The man who loves bis neighbor as himself cannot be a hermit. A dollar bas more power In Am or lea than the Ten Comiuanduieuts. Tbe careless man wrecks bis com fort; the covetous man his destiny. Tbe eagle bathing ber pinions In tbe clouds Is but one of God's thoughts materialized. If your schooling does not help you to better the world, your time and money are both lost. " The man wbo thinks he knows all there Is to know Is already too dead to know that be Is dying. Scatter sunshine as you pass along, aud by and by you may gather bou quets of immortal gladness. We may galu a reputation for piety by looking solemn, but we s until slan der the Lord white doing It. Sculpture Under Oroanrl. While a workmau engaged In a I'ulf-b-lo. Colo., stoiieyard wad dressing n block of stone bis chisel laid bare a rouud knot or knob near thie surface of the rock. A stroke of the 1 summer vig orously applied for the purpose of smoothing down the nodule had the ef fect of dislodging it entire. An Investi gation proved that the underside of the stone knot bore a perfect model, of a human face. Wbo owned tout face and in what age of the world did he lire? Freezes Water in a Kite. A Yankee farmer in Brazil who long ed for Ice water bas utilized a kite for tbe purpose of obtafaiiug ice. llie tills a tin can with water and fcends it to the height of thcee miles, where It Is promptly frozen. After a sufficient In terval the kite is rapidly hauled inand the cake of ice secured. The InveKtor Is so pleased with bis toy that itMs said be now proposes to.send up a kite 150 long by a steel wire cable. Under the kite will be suspended a pulley, over which runs on endless chain bear ing cans attached to hooks. The cans will be tilled with water and'tbe speed of tbe belt upon which they will run will be regulated so that the topmost cans will be converted Into Ice suffi ciently hard to withstand the down ward Journey. , , NArURE'kMOt)ERATIO. ' The hamaacormritntioati. .try moclv Uka .Sre.4 """v T Ppl try tt take camel tW health auy tWompared to.toa.way a carele kitchen girl looks alter the cooluac-etge. Oa. raiaute it is raging ired tot, taad then muadtaly, I.TM thing you know, the S re is out. People an eonetirae IrdTo belVe than a raediOae Which has sudden, trerneadeu. effect raost be truly worn. dertuL They iorcetahat it rruy be rarely a areraencW "draught' which imparts a temporary take effect ot brightness and " are!" to the..yeaa wat There no aaddba OTOwhelniuMftaaalrou, A i. .In. dnhle it to aee a ;klurl regular ia accornpliehirui hrt "'"B The TabuMs relieve acute headaches, ind.geMaja aad tatreous depressioVi almost snstaady. But the effect fo the bowels is more tdoalt rt b re sure aad thorough. Jtipaas Uabuies act a actortUacc wttujiature. and their results like aatara'e are complete and permaapau A iv-w strle Ma at Mar at i n m for mi ra. 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I coo la not walk around and I could not 11a down, for then my heart would beat so fast I would feel as though I waa smothering'. I had to si( up In bed nights in order to breathe. I waa so weak I could not do anything;. I have now taken several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable Com pound, and used three packages of Sanative Wash, and can say I am perfectly cured. I do not think I could hve lived long if Mrs. Pink ham's medicine bad not helped me. Mits. JosKpa Petkbson, KJ East St., Warren, Pa. CRAIG FOR I897 rRAIGCOMMON SCHOOb QUESTIOJM M . a. rr. A VLSXWO the addition ol 32 pages of new mat- . .. iViar Aa Arts ler. Kealizing, mcireoirr, ers demsnd tbat a Question Book shall be up to tbe times, particularly in Hil ru and Geography, this work has been revised to 1897. So tbat the New Craio contains over 8500 Ques tions and Aoewers on tbe different branches of studv. arraugdd as follows: V S. History. Geography. Keadlns; rhynct Geography, (iraiumar. 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