I
AFTER LONQ MONTHS.
'After log months we meat again
Among tba nodding daffodil,
The Ught Ilea low along th plain.
And oyer all tha purple hills;
The merry thrush logs oat the d7
With burata of Mar-time madrljrala.
And from the freatUy budding spray.
Through opening leaves, tie aaiff -chaff
calla.
How different all when la at we mat
In dim fields dashed with autumn rata,
And watched the laat late awailow aet
His wings toward the Sooth again!
Long time we strore, with voices lew.
And alien lips, tight words to apeak;
And was it ruin that trembled ao
From those long laahea down four
cheek. T
W parted, aa the mists drew daws.
The gray mists, gathering fold on tola.
And, through the dusk, the little tewn
Glimmered far off, with sparks of gold.
We watched the lamps wake, one by one,
Gold stars beneath the starless sky.
And hand touched hand, and all waa done
'Twixt hearts too full to say geod-by.
And now Spring stands with runny smile.
Over the dead months cold and gray;
I think we've dreamed a weary while
And wakened to the perfect day.
With winter' snow and autumn's rai
The days of lonely life are o'er;
Forget the parting and the pain
Since our two hcarta have met one
more.
A TENDEKFOOT'S
HORSE TRADE.
THE starlit gloom of a jrlorlous mid
summer niht was settling over
the prairie aa George Sanders Jog-'
ged slowly and pnlnfully along, still a
dozen mill's or s from his next stopping
place. His horse was an excellent one,
but very tired from its long Journey.
George was a tenderfoot. His health
failing under too close application to
business In the East, he had taken his
doctor's udvioe to pass a year or more
out of doors by accenting an invitation
from an old friend to Join him on his
cattle ranch In the northern part of
Texas. He was now on hi Journey
thither, and a full two hundred mile?
from his destination.
As he rode along his attention was
arrested by the clatter of hoofs and a
few moments after a single horseman
came within view. He reined his steed
up sharply when within a doaen yards
of our friend, and greeted him with an
a (Table nod and smile.
Through the dini light George beheld
a stalwart individual In the pictur
esque garb of the frontier. He also ob
served that he bestrode a magnltlcent
an i mnl, which evidently had been
drivon very hard, aa It waa Decked
heavily with foam.
"Good evening, stranger," said the
plainsman, pleasantly. "Which way. If
I am not too curious?"
The man's friendly manner won
George at once. He answered freely
as to his purpose, destination, and so
on, casually remarking that his hore
was about whipped, and that he feared
Its strength would not hold out to the
end.
"To Weldon's ranch:" exclaimed the
rtrangcr. "Then mebbe yer the relation
he spoke about? I'm from Weldon's
b'long thar and am kinder looking up
lout stock. iueer, ain't It, how folks'll
meet sometimes? Yes, Hank spoke
abont your coming not niore'n a week
ago."
Gwrgo was overjoyed to meet wltn
one who knew his old friend. The two
cantered along side by side for eome
miles, and became quite unreserved In
their interchange of confidences.
"Ilere's a boss," said the stranger.
In the course of the conversation, "that
hain't got hie ekal on the plains. He's
one of Hank's best stock, as will gal
lop night nud day without feed or
water if he't got ter. Now, I'll do by
you Jest as Hank would want me to if
he was here. I ain't in no hurry, being
Jest Jogging along looking for Weldon's
brund, while you've got nigh two hun
dred miles afore ye, and not much of a
hoss to make It on. My proposition Is
that you can take this boss back to
Weklou's and I'U take yourn. I can
trade hlni Into something afore another
day is over."
He spoke so disinterestedly, and his
hore was bo obviously a superior one,
that George accepted the offer without
hesitation. They dismounted, discuss
ed the points of the horses as critically
as) the darkness permitted, exchanged
saddle ami bridle, remounted and con
tinued on. After cantering along for
several miles the stranger lie gave his
name as William Horton bade George
a pleasant adieu and turned to the
south. The darkness swallowed him
and he was seen no uiore.
George was a good Judge of horse
flesh, and found that his acquisition
was a euperb one. He was strong, fleet
and spirited three qualities that, uni
ted with soundness of limb and kindli
ness of temper, make the perfect ani-
mal. He was still thinking over the
generosity of the stranger when he
reached Bun-It's Station, and was soon
comfortably settled In the only public
bouse in the place.
While he was dispatching the fare
placed before him he heard eounds of
an animated discussion from the direc
tion of the barn. His window being
ooen to admit the languorous southern
"freezes, be found no ditHculty In hear
ing ali that was said.
! tell you he tallies to a dotl" cried
a stridently Insistent voice. "Look at
the hoss, and then read the description.
Goal black; weight ten hundred; long
mane and tall; white left fore foot; scar
on right haunch it's him to a dot! Two
hundred dollars reward for the hosl
and Judtje Lynch for the thief!"
George did not grasp fully the sig
nificance of what he had heard, and yet
be understood it well enough to make
him thoroughly uneasy. He waa still
eating when the door opened and near
ly a dozen men tiled solemnly in.
A bronzed individual, bushliy bear
Sd, constituted himself spokesman.
Apologizing for the Intrusion, etc., he
tald:
"Stranger, there was a boss stole
from K! tier's ranch several days ago,
iiat ar same hoss being a val'able hoss;
md it's our painful dooty to ask how
he come under your saddle hey,
boys?"
The crowd grunted assent.
George was fully alarmed by now. He
dad read much about Judge Lynch aud
bis summary dealing with horse
thieves, and he kuew that a suspect
was not always given an opportunity
to establish his innocence, even if he
possessed it. It mattered very little to
ibe prisoner -whether he was innocent
r guilty so long us the court persisted
In thinking him guilty.
"Gentlemen," said George, rising at
;er a brief formal discussion of the sit
uation, "I am well aware that clreuin
stauocs are against me, but I assure
sou of my innocense aud of my ability
to prove it if given time. We have oulj
to find Mr. Horton "
A roar of laughter Interrupted him.
"Suppose we telegraph for him!" ex
Claimed oue.
"Or have htm com a O. IV nf
rested another.
W never do things in a hurry," rw
l tuned the spokesman, "so -we won't
hurry in this case. I'll glra ya Oil to
morrow afternoon to git your carte
ready, and the trial will be hM in this
plaoo at that time. Tha boM'll be put
tn evidence agin you, ana If jou can
prove that you came honestly by him
jrou'll be discharged; It 7 ' wnJ
n
A gesture told tha rest.
The morrow eaaae, aad tba court
roomat other times the bar-room-tvas
filled with as motley a gathering as
ever confronted a prisoner. The spokes
man of the preceding day occupied the
bench. A Jury waa impanelled, and
Seorge was offered counsel, but declin
ed the service of the lank, tobacco
stained cattleman who waa assigned to
the case.
The trial proceeded. Qeerge was sick
it heart at the utter hopelessness of
ils case. The landlord testified that
the prisoner had ridden the stolen horse
Into the village, and George repeated
his tale of the stranger and the ex
change of mounts. It was further elic
ited that the missing horse was valued
it a thousand dollars, that he waa tak
n from Hitler's place four days before,
hat Hitler's was fifty miles northwest
f Burrlf s, and that there had been no
previous olew to the Identity of the
thief.
"Got anything to say afore I sentence
rou to be hung?" asked the court, at
the conclusion of the testimony.
"One thing," replied George. "It the
:aker of the stolen horse took also the
saddle, touching which no evidence has
been submitted, and which It may be
tssumed was true, why did he not let It
ro with the horse? The saddle on the
ioor there Is mine, as I can show by
its contents. Now, if I came honestly
liy the saddle. Is not this court bound
o assume that I came into honest pos
session of the horse also, nnleas It be
ihown that I did not?"
George's logic made an evident favor
ible Impression on the spectators. If not
u the court.
"What the prisoner says Is true," said
ne; "but It Is also true that you can't
try a man for two crimes to once. This
?ourt'll try fust for hoss stealing, and
after sentence for that has been exe
cuted we'll hear evidence for saddle
stealing."
A look of fierce disgust swept carer
George's face.
"Am I to undertsand, then, that if I'm
hanged for the alleged theft of the
horse, and It be proven subsequently
that I did not steal the saddle, no ad
litionaJ punishment will be inflicted?"
be demanded.
"That's the verdict of this court. We
don't punish no man for what he ain't
jrullty of."
At this time the door opened and a
stranger entered the room. Georgo
wns too deeply engrossed In his own
bitter reflections to look up. The new
comer was tall, straight, muscular, em
browned by sun and wind, and whs
clad In soiled buckskin from crown to
sole.
"Hello!" he observed pleasantly.
'Something going on?"
"Trial hoss stealing," explained s
nystander, laconically.
Gaorge raised his head at the sound
of the stranger's voice, and to bis blank
amazement recognized the Impudent
scoundrel who had gotten him Into his
present plight. Springing to his feet,
he almost shouted In his excitement:
"There stands the man who traded
me the horse! There Is the person who
foisted his spoil on me! He will not
3eny it!"
"W-a-1, I'll be dinged If it ain't Wel
don's relation!" exclaimed the stranger.
'How d'ye like the blacky
"I call all to witness that he admits
it! now do I like the black? You con
fess, then, that you gave me a black
stallion with white left fore foot and
scar on right hip?"
The stranger seemed puzzled by the
luterrogatory fusillade.
"I did," he replied at length; "that Is
:o say, I let you take him to ride to the
ranch. He's Hank Weldon's thorough
bred aud wutb a clean thousand."
"And I am under conviction for the
stealing of the accursed brute! After
that man's statement I have a right to
demand Instant release from custody!"
cried the prisoner, turning to the court.
"Well, now let's go a leetle slow,"
drawled the court, with a knowing
wink iu the direction of the Jury. "I've
seed niebbe cuter tricks in my time
than this. Stranger, what'a your
name?"
"My name is 11U Horton uster be
Will) uni aud I'm from the cattle
ranch of Henry Weliloti," was the re
ply. fraukly and fairly given.
"now did you come by the black
hoss?"
"He belongs to Weldon, and I've been
riding him about for nigh on to three
weeks looking for lout stock."
"I)!d you know that he tallies to a dot
with a hoss as was stole from Hitler's
ranch four nights back, and that there's
a big reward offered for the Hitler
boss?" asked the court.
"If he does Hank Weldon will give
big money for the Hitler horse," calm
ly replied the stranger.
"Tallies to a dot and was stole," re
peated the court.
The stranger's aspect underwent a
change.
"If I ain't too bold I'd like to ask if
there Is anybody here as Inslnerates
that I'm guilty of hoss stealing?" be
inquired, carelessly dropping his bands
on two huge pistols protruding from
his belt.
No one spoke. The bucksklnned one
flashed his eyes keenly from face to
face, finally resting Inquiringly on that
of the court.
"As nobody seems like's If he wanted
to suspect a gentleman without no evi
dence agin him, suppose you adjourn
the court for a day or so till you can
look further Into this mysterious sar
cumstance and find out about it? I pro
pose that we all adjourn and take a
drink."
The court agreed readily enough, and
under the mellowing Influence of the
landlord's decoctions the best of feel
ing soon gained ascendency. The
stranger was well supplied with money,
tor a cow puncher, and spent it freely.
"Now I'll tell you what we'll do se
as to clear the green 'uu there and take
suspicion ofTn everybody consarned,"
remarked the stranger, when all were
more or less few less under the spell
of the bottle. "Send a man orer to
Hitler's to git the exact markings of his
hoss as was stole. You'U find that
ther's a difference atween the two
bosses, that Is, the Hitler hoss and the
black In the barn. The sick man there
can stay here till t'other gits back."
The suggestion met with approval
and a courier was immediately dls
patched to the despoiled ranch. George
wis not particularly well pleased at the
turn of affairs, however.
There was high carnival at Burritfs
that night, and few went to bed sober.
Horton was one of the last to leave.
One after another the denizens of Bur
ritt's reeled through the doer until the
landlord, George and the cowboy were
all that remained. It was some time
after midnight when Uorton gave our
friend a farewell shake of the hand and
also departed, seemingly In a state of
maudlin inebriety.
Thermal populace ef Burrlt's was
hardly astir the next moraine when
sounds of cursing and lamentation were
beard. It began when tha hostler hur
ried from the barn to the hotel and
whispered with agitated voice In the
landlord's ear.
"Both gone? In tonal foot, what
yer chattering about?" demanded thai
personage, excitedly.
"That big black as was stole and
Horton's bay Is both gone," repeated
the hostler.
"Then find 'em! What the tarnal air
yon gibbering about? Find Horton,
the hoss, everybody! Hell rage like a
wolf when be dlsklvers that his hoss Is
gone. It don't make no great odds
about the sick man's black, but that
bay of Horton's is got to be got!"
The sick man was easily found, but
not so Horton, that courteous and lib
eral philanthropist who went about the
country exchanging superior stock for
common, and threw his money over tha
bar as if it were so much worthless pa
per. To teH the truth, the landlord was
glad that the big frontiersman could
not be found. He did not rejoice at the
prospect of having to face him with in
telligence of his loss. He waa assuring
Sanders that there was little doubt of
the ultimate recovery of his animal,
when again the hostler came running
from the barn, this time waving a bit of
paper aloft.
"What's all the excitement about?"
asked the Judge, entering at that mo
ment. "Two hosses gone," replied the land
lord. "Huh! Hang two men, or one man
twice don't make much difference
which. Let's see that paper."
He took the bit of newspaper from
the hostler. Along the margin was
scrawled the following lines:
"Gentlemen Sorry to leeve ye but It
Is necessary. I drop in Just to say
that the estern chap Is lnnerccnt and
being a good-hearted sort of greenhorn
it wud be a shame to hang him for what
I done. I got the bay hoss honest enuff
and as 1 don't spose heel want the black
as has caused blm so much trubbie 111
take that too. Good-by,
"BILL HORTON."
"The pesky scoundrel!" exclaimed th
landlord.
"The villainous thief!" snorted th
Judge, In the same key.
"Too cute for Burrlt's!" shouted
George, savagely Jubilant at the unlooked-for
denouement.
"Stranger," continm d the judge, turn
ing to Sanders, "I said yesterday that
you was the greenest greeny that ever
blowed this way. I want to apologize
for that slandering statement. About
fifteen year back I blowed this way."-.
Waverly. Magazine-
nbat It Meant.
The difference between ancient and
modem slang was amusingly illus
trated at the Chautauqua Assembly,
when the teacher of English literature
asked, "What Is the meaning or the
Shakspearean phrase, Go to?' " and a
member of the class replied, "Oh, that
Is only the sixteenth century way of
saying, 'Come off! "
Boone's Una,
"We have an old relic up In our
country," said a gentleman from East
ern Kentucky, "which could tell a thril
ling story If It were only provided with
tongue and brain. It Is an old rifle
which is said to have been owned by
Daniel Boone, the great pioneer. On
the stock fifteen notches have been cut
and these are said to represent the
number of redskins the Indomitable
Daniel slew during his numerous expe
ditions in the wilds of the then young
State of Keutucky. On the stock Is cut
this Inscription In rude letters:
BoOXEs bEst fltlN.' The old flint
lock was given to an nncle of mine by
a trapper named Dedmon, who lived
on Powell's River, In Virginia, and
whose grandfather had hunted, fished
aud trapped with the hardy Kentucky
woodsman on many an occasion."
liouisvllle Post.
On Account of It a by.
"Cloud has gone to the country, 1
hear."
"Yes. On account of bis baby."
"Baby 111?"
"Oh, no. He left the baby at home
Cloud went to get some sleep." lid
Bits.
Every wife should be alarmed when
her husband begins to lose a certain
amount of interest In other women.
life.
True friendship, like phosphorus,
shows up best at the darkest hour.
It is only In accord with the eternal
fitness of things that miss, kiss am?
bliss rhyme together.
The woman who is always picking
at the men Is never picked by them.
But few Inventions that were expect
ed to revolutionize the world ever dl
It.
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OPEN LETTERS FROM
Jennie E. Green and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.
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writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
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periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything I ever heard of, but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother I was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
it has done me so much good. I am
now sound and well."
Mrs. H Altar Hardy, Riverside, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou
ble, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. This is her letter:
" How thankful I am that I took
your medicine. I wa3 troubled for
two years with inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb waa also very
low. I was in constant misery. I hod
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save my
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headacla all the time, was
nervous, menstruatlasae were irregular
and painful, had a bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating-. I was a
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, but still was no
better. I was advised by one of my
neighbors to write to you. I have now
finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink
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OUtt BOYS AND GIRLS
rHIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Cute Doing ef the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tle Ones to Bead.
The Land of Anyhow.
Beyond the isle of What's-the -use,
Where Slipshod Toint is now;
There used to be, when I was young.
The Land of Anyhow.
Don't Cure was king of all this realm
A cruel king was he!
Fur those who served him with good
heart,
He treated shamefully!
When boys and girls their tasks would
slight.
And cloud jioor mother's brow.
He'd say: "!ou't care! It's good enough
Jnst do it anyhow!"
Bnt when, in after life, they longed
To make proud fortune bow.
He let them find thnt fate ne'er smiles
On work done anyhow.
For he who would the harvest reap
Must learn to use the plow;
And pitch his tents a long way
From the Lend of Anyhow!
-Little Men and Women.
Flarhtins with Tops in Japan.
Mimic lights with tops are cominot.
Two players wind and throw their tops
so that they will come into collision,
nnd he whose top is damaged or stop
ped from spinning Is the loser. The
tops for these fights are made of very
hard wood, and are iron-clad with a
heavy metal ring. Some of the more
ordinary spinning-tops are of light
make. A singular kind of top Is made
of a one-rulve shell tilled with wax.
Musical tops, made to produce notes In
different keys, are general favorites,
aud the whipping-top also is known.
St. Nicholas.
Little Nancy's True Story.
Mrs. N. has a nice little daughter
named Nancy. On one occasion Nancy
came to her mother nnd said:
"Mamma, do you like stories 1"
"Yes," said her mamma, "if they're
true stories."
"This one Is. Do you get mad when
people tell you nice, true stories?"
"Why, never. It Isn't good manners
to get mud when a person tells you a
u'-e story."
"All right," said Nancy. "Once upon
a time there was a little girl, and she
got into the pantry and ate almost all
the jelly in a glass. That's a true
i-tory, mamma, and me was the little
girl." Cincinnati Commercial - Trlb
ine.
A Kite-FlyluB Festival.
Miss Ida Tlgner Hodnett writes of
"The Little Japanese at Home" in the
$t. Nicholas. Miss Hodnett says:
Among the outdoor sports, one of the
most popular Is kite-flying, varied in
many ways, and very fascinating to
all. When their new year comes,
then does the sport of kite-flying give
great delight to the little boys, big
Itoys yes, and to the grown-up boy a
as well. The kites are made of very
tough paper on a frame of bamboo.
Various shapes are made round, oblong,
jval, but generally rectangular. Some
times fantastic shapes, representing
birds, beasts, men or children are
made. On the more ordinary shapes
are painted or sketched pictures of
various kinds. Pictures of beautiful
women, of the heroes of ancient Japan
ese history, of the many species of dra
gon, the ideal monster, all serve to
make the kites attractive. The hum
ming kite Is a favorite one, and some
times the air is filled with the musical
sounds made by a swarm of them.
These kites are made with a thin piece
of bamboo or whalebone stretched
across, placed so as to vibrate In the
wind. The vibration makes a hum
ming noise somewhat like the sound of
-n aeolian harp.
A Bow-Wow on a Trolley.
The enemy of every tramp in the vll
lage of Lillydale, Mo., Is a bulldog call
ed Jack, facts which, not In themselves
remarkable, should be known to appro
elate the only dog-trolley in the United
States. All that Jack lacks Is elec
tricity, otherwise he Is a complete trol
ley line. Lillydale has suffered a great
JACK ASD BIS TROLLBT IV ACTIOS!.
deal from the maraudings of (ramps,
but of bite they have kept far from the
tittle settlement. Jack's owner, to
break him of the bad habit of gotn
a-visiting o' nights, rigged up the trol
ls Una. as shown la the aUaaaaaaw a
Quantity of telegraph wire was gath-1
- ... , hv., I
erea ana sireicueu biuuk
ten feet from the ground running all
around the yard. A pulley-wheel on a
stiff wire attached to Jack's collar coin
jleted the trolley outfit.
Children's Cote Saylniia.
Little Edgar, aged 3, was very fond
of lemon drops, and one day while be
was on the porch a sudden and violent
hailstorm came up. "Oh! oh!" he ex
claimed, with delight, "it's wainen"
tardy."
"Boys," said the school teacher,"who
can tell me George Washington's mot
to r Several hands wnt up. "Philip
terkasle, you may tell." "When m
loubt tell the truth." Detroit Free
Press.
Little 4-year-old Freddie, while out
walking with his nurse, happened to
pass a blacksmith shop Just as the
imlth was shoeing a horse. On reach
ing home he astonished his mother by
laying: "Oh, mamma, I found the
place where they make horses; I saw a
nan nallln' on the feet."
A minister who used to preach In
Somervllle had a little boy. A few days
before bis father left the city to go to
his new parish one of his neighbors
ald to the little boy: "So your father
Is going to work in New Bedford, is
e?" The little boy looked up wonder
tog. "Oh, no," he said. "Only preach."
Willie, a 6-year-old youngster, was in
Jie habit of complaining of his dinner,
and one day his father said: "Willie,
rou should not find fault with what Is
let before you. When I was your age
was thankful to get enough dry
bread to eat." Willie finished his din
ner in silence, but as he climbed down
rrora his chair he said: "Pa, ain't you
awful glad you come to board with
osr
A literary man In Boston has a son
srbo la to blm as the apple of his eye.
rhe other day he noticed a square hole
In the trousers of his well beloved a
hrleking hole Just above the knee.
"How Is thlsr asked the sire. And
the boy replied: "You know I have two
pain my best and the other. I couldn't
ten them apart, so I cut a hole In the
best, and now I can tell 'em and know
ivhlch to put on." Boston Journal.
New Canadian Provinces.
Canada has bestowed names on Its
territory bordering the Arctic Ocean.
It will hereafter appear on the map In
four districts or provinces Ungara,
Franklin, McKenzle and Yukon. The
four combined contain one million four
hundred and twenty-one thousand
viuare miles.
The bay In the cradle evidently
thinks this Is ajjretty rocky old world.
Shake Ints Tsar Shoes
Allen's Foot-Ease.a powder for the feet. It
cure painful. swollen. DHrvous.smartlng feet
and instantly takes the sting out ot corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Allan's Foot-Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, eullous and hot, tired,
aching feet. Try it to-dny. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package
tUEE. Address Allen U.01ni8ted.La Boy.N.1.
In Portugal the duty on vehicle wheels
is so ennraious that for vears no wheels
have been imported. The enstnm duty
on a set of four wheels would amount to
about $-16; on a four-wheeled carriage,
$324, and on a two-wheeled carriage,
about $210.
Beanty ta Blood Deep
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it.Cascarets.Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirrine up the lazy liver and driving all
impurities from the body, ilegin to-day to
banish pimnles, boils," blotches, black
heads, and that sickly bilious complexion
by taking Carcarets-beauty for ten cents.
All Hrujjirists, satisfactioon guaranteed,
10c, 5c, 50c.
The flesh of young giraffes, especiallv
that of a young cow, is extremely good,
somewhat like veal, with a game-like
flavor. The tongue, from 13 to 20 inches
long, is also very good. But the marrow
bones afford the greatest luxury to the
South African hunter.
FT. VITCS' DANCE, SPASMS and all nerv
ia dlMa!i permanently cured hy the dm of
lr. Kline' Cireat Nerve Retorer. Send for
VHF.F. tl.00 trial tattle and treatise to Dr. B. H.
kltne, Ltd.. 931 Arch street, rtalla.. Pa.
The United States manufacturers can
make steel 2." jkt cent, c heaper than it
can be made in Glasgow.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tonr Life Away
To quit toharro easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, tuke No-To-Hac,
the wonder-worker, that make! weak men
strong. All drufTKists, 5c or $1. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Adilrei Ster
ling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The human heart Is six tn lies In Tengtli,
four inches in diameter ami beats on an
average 70 times a minu e.
Mrs. Window's Southing syrup fiir children
teelMtig, Softens the cuius, reitu. in intUmma
tiou, allays pain, cures wind colic, a a uoilie-
The earliest pottery which printed de
signs of American subjects was made at
Liverpool at the end of the eighteenth
century.
To fare a Told 1st One Dir.
Take iAXativo Hromo Quinine Tablets. All
r rugrsts relurnl money II It fails to cure. Z c.
A new kind of rublier plant has been
discovered in the Kongo region. The sap
that becomes converted into rubber is
contained in its roots.
Kducate Your Bowels With Cascarels.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
loc, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggist refund money
There are coal mines in Cuba, but none
of them have been developed, and all the
coal used in the island is shipped there
from America.
M. Jj. Thompson rv., rtrnratlsts, Conders
iHit. Hsu, sy Hall's Catarrh Cnw Is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists aell It. TSc.
The hospitals of London are all sup
ported by private charity, excep-.ing
those for the treatment of contagious dis
eases, which are supported by the city.
I ronld not get along without Plso's Pure
for Consumntlon. It always cures. Mrs. K. O.
Moulton, Meedham, Massv, October Si, 180t.-
The land occupied by olive orchards in
Italy is estimated at 1,300,000 acres, ami
the quantity of olive oil annually pro
dueej at from 70,000,000 to 75,000,000 gal
lons. To Cwre CoBNttoatloal Forever.
Take Caacareta Candy Cathartic 10c or 23c
If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money
The mosque of St. Sophia, In Constan
tinople, is remarkable, among otter
things, for the fragrance of musk which
continues through the ages, though it is
never renewed.
t ore Guaranteed br DR. a. U. MAIKR. 101J
ARCH ST- rUlLA. FA. Ease at oncet no
oi-eraUon or delay from bosinee. ConsultaUoa
liee. KndoraemeuU of phyaiclani, ladies and
Imminent cltueua. bend lor circular umo
cuuUA. at. loll-. M.
The seacoast line of the globe is com
puted to be about 136,000 miles.
Southampton harbor now has a war
lxKim said to be the largest in existence.
It is 6,110 feet long and is held np when in
position by five gunboats stationed across
the Channel.
More than 8,000 varieties of postcards
have been issued in the world within the
past 35 years.
As early as the year 47 B. C. the great
Alexandrian library contained over 40,000
valuable books.
Old-fashioned stones are much ia vogue,
the carbuncle, amethyst and topaz are
seen on every sand.
Lake Salawik, near Dawson City,
Alaska, which is CO miles broad, ia per
haps the only one in the extreme north
which does not freeze in winter. It is
not known to have any communication with
tlie sea, and yet when the tide rises on the
shore of the Arctic Ocean the water rises
in the lake and lowers as soon as the tide
ia the
A Cheorfnl Wotmaaw
from the Democrat, Brazil, M.
Everv woman eannot be beautiful, but a
ehrbTl Soften supplies th deo.enoy
But no one can bocheerful and brtngv Joy to
others tinlea. they have , Perfect health.
Fortunately, science has placed this prlee
leaVboon within the react of every woman
aa the following incident proves:!
Mrs. Amanda Bobinson. wl of William
Boblnaon, farmer and stockman, near
wesriiie. Clay County, tod., la 'hirty
twoyeari old and had for several years
been in declining health and despondent
For tbre months she was not only un able
to attend to her domestic duties but too
feeble to be up and about. To-day .beta
in good healtt and able to attend to her
household affairs. She relates her ex-
"aarffllet'eTwlth female trouble, and
waa In a delicate state of health. I lost
my appetite, grew thin and was
depressed. After taking various remedies
without being benefited! was induced by a
. . . . n T7i tlnlr IM 1 IS.
men a to try ii. " -
"js any in
the summer -of
1897 I pro
eured Ave
boxes of them
amu pnoniio- j
lahing the
second box I
VuiHn fr- t-
prove and by s.
too time i naa
taken the nve
boxes I waa
V.I A
about my A PrvxUu noon.
usual work and stopped taking tha pills.
"Our daughter Anna, twelve years old,
was also afflicted with decline and debility.
She lost flesh, seemed to be bloodless
and had no ambition. She took two boxes
of the pills and they restored her appetite,
aided digestion and brought color to her
cheeks. Hhe Is now In the best of health.
I think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People the best medicine we ever had In
our family and recommend them to all
needing a remedy for toning up and re
building a shattered system.
No discovery of modern times has proved
such a Mossing to women as Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. They restore
strength and health to exhausted women
when every effort of the physiolan proves
unavailing. These vegetable pills are
everywhere recognlaed as a speciuo tor
diseases of the blood and nerves,
Short-Wlnded Orator.
Many a man, apparently brim full
rt a speech, has risen to address an
assembly, only to be deserted by a
Ireacberous memory before the prcllml
ary words were spoken. Still, these
rude attempts answer a purpose, says
nt Bits, and the unsuccessful and
ihort-wlnded orators have the consola
tion of knowing that they stand in very
rood company, as many eminent men
iave done no better at some period of
their career. The writer knows a gen
tleman who once came forward for
municipal honors, and when the event
Ttrl evening arrived that be had to ad
lrees the electors, all he could manage
say was, "Ladies and gentlemen,
rou know me vote for me," and then
le had to sit down and listen to the
aughter and criticism of the audience.
Perhaps the electors kuew him, but
tomehow or other they did not vote
Tor him, and the other candidates left
blm stranded, high and dry, on the dny
of the poll. A story is told of a would
be orator who used to go regularly Into
t garden well studded with cabbages,
where he rolled out his sentences, and
fancied himself before an audience,
ven going so far as to address the
rreen heads as "gentlemen." After a
jourse of a few weeks of this kind of
raining he considered himself qualified
:o appear before an assembly. He did
ro, but after speaking a dozen words
tie became dumb, and all he could blurt
ut was, ' "Gentlemen, I now clearly
lee you are not cabbages." The Earl
f Rochester, distinguished during the
reign of Charles II., once attempted to
nake a speech In the House of Lords,
ind It proved to be a short and singu
lar one. "My lords," he said, "I rise
this time my lords, I divide my dis
course into four branches." Here he
topped for some time, but at length
tdded, "My lords. If ever I rise again
In this house I give you leave to cut
m off, root and branch, forever." Such
l speech, naturally, caused much aston
ishment. Hunting In By-Gone Days.
What long apprenticeship the wonla
be huntsmen had to serve in bygone
days! Gaston de Folx considered a be
ginning should be made when the child
has reached the age of seven, when It
should be placed In the kennels. King
Charles says that to become a perfect
huntsman the young gentilhomme who
Is intended for the post of veneur
should be taken at the age of twelve;
he must be healthy nnd well built; he
must have good sense and especially
a quick and prompt judgment. One of
the principal things required Is fihat he
should be painstaking. Alas! a hun
dred and fifty years later we have
D'Yauville telling us that a man needs
two years' tuition to qualify as a
huntsman! It was not only the paid
gentlemen of the hunting establish
ments, however, who became real con
noisseurs, for their royal masters took
such personal Interest In everything
connected with the chase that most of
them knew all their hounds by name,
and on the eve of a day's hunting
would name each hound that was to be
taken out. They also prided them
selves on being able to falre le bois
themselves that Is, go out with their
lymers In the morning and quest for
and harbor the stag. rail Mall Mag
azine. Beaver In Europe.
It Is possible that the beaver will sur
vive longer In Europe than In America.
It Is said that a few Individuals are still
to be found on the Elbe, the Rhine and
the Danube, and Prof. Collett, of Chrls
tlanla estimates, according to the Cos
mos, that there are now 100 Individuals
living In Norway, whereas the number
In 180 was estimated at 60. Prof. Col
lett recommends that government pro
tection be afforded to prevent their ex
termination. The Queen of Spain's Busy Ldfto.
Spain la essentially a lazy country.
In all ranks the people rise bate and
turn night Into day; but the Queen Re
genta tall, graceful woman, looking
younger than her years sets them an
excellent example. TJp at 7, her first
care is given to her children, and by 8
o'clock she Is already at work with
her secretary. It Is only after lunch,
toward 2 o'clock, that she allows her
self an hour of well-earned rest. And
some Idea of Queen Christina's thor
oughness may be gained by the fact
that she no longer speaka German-
her native tongue save to those few
Teutons who find their way to Madrid.
When she first came a bride from
Vienna to Spain she had mastered but
imperfectly the language. Now she
talks Spanish correctly, and has, alone
and unaided, acquired a real knowl
edge of the splendid literature of her
adopted country. When speaking of
her son she seldom refers to blm as
"his majesty" or "the king;" usually
It is "my boy" or my little one." She
makes no outward difference between
the three children, but It Is easy to see
that her heart Is specially bound up la
Alfonso XIII. London Figaro.
J lmarBoMloygaawlas. I'
iJ
RAM'S MOWS BlAgTg.
rauratlnar Notes Calllasj te v.
Repentance.
O act of love la
ever lost.
Law n e er
takes a back step.
Infidelity Is a
pillow of nettles.
God never over
tasks His ser
vant. God find It
bard to do much
for a lazy man.
C boose right.
and God will help you to do right
Satan cannot down you nnless you go
to his assistance.
The man who rides a hobby uses ego
tism for a saddle.
The lofty minds maintain the sim
plicity of children.
Ignorance and superstition got mar
ried before the flood.
The fountains of grace spring from
the cross of Calvary.
Mediating on wickedness Is one way
to foil In love with it
When you take your burdena to
Christ leave them there.
The peace-breaker breaks peace, and
the peace-maker uiedds it
The man who follows Christ as his
model will be a model man.
There is no going to any kind of a
heaven on flowery beds of ease.
Ignorance of the teaching of the Bl
Die has made many men its enemies.
It ia worth more to the world for a
man to live right than to die happy.
The man who lives for a purpose
helps glvo others a purpose for living.
Try not to burden yourself for an
thei Christ will burden you if need
be.
The man who gives to advertise his
charity has no charity worth advertis
ing.
The trouble In the Lord's army to
day is, all the soldiers want to be ofll
cers. To-day's happiness Is married to to
day's duty, and God never grants a di
vorce.
The biggest fault of some people Is
their unwillingness to be told their
faults.
The testimony of a good conscience
js worth more than all the flattery in
(he wtrld.
There is always a commotion when
the preacher takes aim at the sinners
on the front seats.
One reason why there are so many
venules in every collection is because
we have no smaller coin.
Your most troublesome child is no
more disobedient stubliorn or obtuse
(ban are you with your Father.
The biggest blaze Is not a sign of
the most heat. A straw pile will give
a brighter blaze thau a ton of coal.
Literary HacaLs.
A a-ood word Is spoken for the lit
erary hack by Andrew Lang. Man can
not live by literature alone, he says,
nor can the Dubllshers. If be and bis
publishers were to get together and
produce only works of scholarship they
would both die In poverty. Mr. Lang
prefers to live in comfort He might
have added that there is a Justification
for this position of his which has noth
ing to do with the butcher's bill, com
ments the New York Tribune. We
refer to the value of good hack work to
the world. Such work is of course de
spised by those who succumb to the
cant of letters. But has It never oc
curred to those austere censors that
they are perpetually admiring the me
diaeval craftsman because he did just
what the modern back tries to do. he
put good work into the trifles of his
every-day occupation Hack work is
not necessarily bad. It can be magnifi
cent. De Qulncy was a sublime hack.
Leslie Stephen Is a hack. It Is no dis
honor to be a hack. The notion that
the only men who are producing lit
erature are secluded university dons
Is pure nonsense. Matthew Arnold
wrote for the magasines. Everybody
has written for the magasines since
they were Invented. How short-sighted
it Is to tell a writer that he Is not a
man of letters because he condenses an
essay Into a thousand words! How fu
tile It Is to tell him that be ought to
retire to his study and write "a great
work!"
Nn-Ta-Bao For Fifty Cent a.
Guaranteed tobacco haMt cure make weak
men Strom;, Mood pure. Mc, $1. All drucgiita.
A briilRe across the Little Belt con
neotinR the Islatxl of Fnnen with the Con
tinental part of Denmark is proposed in a
bill lM-foie the Kunish Legislature. The
span to be brMgeil is 4,500 feet long. The
plan is to supixirt it on groups of iron
columns 1.000 feet apart.
Fits permanently cared. No fits r nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
rterve Kestnrer, S2 trial hottle and treatise free. 1
UK. U. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., I'hlla. Pa.
Time In Iilborlau i
Liberia Is the land where clocks are
almost entirely dispensed with. The
un rises exactly at 6 a. m. and sets at I
6 p. m., throughout the year, and U '
vertically overhead at noon. j
PeoDle are seldom what thaw anm tn
luiiim jruu tuiua uit? aire.
I
On tliA i-lmiil tt tViail.lnl l,AM i .
v ..-v ...... v. . a I II 1 I 4A4 B. IICJ I 3 JJJ JS,
large, strongly scented flower that is
pollinated through the agency of bats.
The flower opens in the evenings only,
and is visited by several species of bats,
nut fnt tliA Imnov svlilr-.k . r ...... -
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plenty, bnt for the injects with which
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