A 8YMPHONV.
tittle maid! Little ma id I I heard yut
Tolce calling
Away back la the years sf ny boy
hood' first dreams;
It aajiK In the lisp of the shy waters fail
ing la eon-dimpled ripple la wild woodland
atragtBaav
tt piped Ui tbe call ef the biad of the
meadows
And laughed in the lilt of the bird on
the wins;
It larked in the drowsily whispering
shadows
Of grcen-arbored summer and light
hearted spring.
Ana men, niaia or mine, wnen mj wvj
houd departed,
bright quests of youth,
I still heard the call of my lore, tender
hearted. Far up on the pathway of progress and
truth.
It is well that at last you are anting
beside me;
Yet, through the long years I had
known that a place
lly your side, dearest heart, could not
long be denied me;
That Minn, love, luy eyes would behold
your dear face.
They say that I met you and won you,
nut knowing
That your Toice In my heart was my
-liiliMiood's Erst aonfc;
And tli.u miiik in luy heart, dearest love,
is bestowing
lie and wrwiK.
Little maid! Little maid! May I hear
your voice railing
Away down the hills snd the rales of
tlie jcurs;
May its noiik on my heart be, oh, tenderly1
fnlliliK
When life's journey ends In the yalley
of tears!
Chicago Kecord.
WON I!Y KINDNESS.
ES. I know," imid
Lottie Champney.
"It Is always the
easiest thing in the
world for glrla In
books to earn their
bread and build up
a fortune out of
nothing! But It's
bo different la real
life."
"Hut then, tou
know," pleaded
Florence, the elder
f ister, "all true stories are based on real
life."
"1'ui not so sure about that," said
Lottie. "However, here are you anil
I, two heroine, so to sM-nk. And now.
will you have the goodness i0 te me
how we're to keeti out of the poor
bouse V"
"Kmbroidery anl fine needlework."
suse.sted Florence, faintly.
"The market for that sort of thing Is
glutted," saitl Iott!e.
"Miss Purdy keeps a boarding
house."
"Exactly, but Miss Purdy Is 50, and
knows every recipe In the cookery book
by heart."
"Couldn't we write for the papers?"
hnzardisl Florence.
"My dear child." said Lottie, pitying
ly, "for every newspaper column there
are at least twenty trained and prac
ticed aspirants."
"Well, then, perhaps you've Rome
more practical Idea of your own," saM
Florence, still offended.
"Yea, I have. I was thinking of a
little school for children. Miss Purdy
knows of three pupils we might get '
little boys, whose father belongs In
Canada. Mrs. Morison says she will
send Eddie and Paul and I think, per
haps, old Mrs. Enderly would use her
Influence to obtain a few for us. There
are those four roomy chambers up
stairs we might furulfh In cottage sets
and China matting quite Inexpensively.
Ami. If we could secure even eight pu
pils. I have calculated that we might
make a living profit, at least."
lorence drew up tier sllgnt, prettily 1
mold.-.! figure her lips quivered.
"O. Lottie!" she wailed out, "all this j
drudgery, this toil, this begging and
pleading, thereby to keep ourselves
alive! Is life worth living on these
terms?"
And Ittle patient, cheery, much en
during Ijottie had to set herxelf dili
gently to work, for the fourteenth or
fifteenth time that day, to comfort
Florence; ami, figuratively speaking,
"bolster her up" to the point of forti
tude required.
So Charlotte Champney opened her
little school, with an unpretentious tin
sign on the door, and three chubby
cheeked lads of 10 and 8 and 6 respect
ively as a beginning. Others speedily
came In. and Ixrttie, counting up her
paius at the end of the first quarter, felt
Inwardly exultant.
"All our expenses paid and $10 ovor,"
she cried. "I knew we should suc
ceed!"
-Ten dollar,.:" scornfully repeated
,,, -a t
that Is! Why, I used to give $10 for a
pair of boots when poor, dear papa was
alive!"
"Things are quite different now," said
Lottie. "And, you must remember, this
Is only onr first experiment,"
"Hut you needn't think I mean to
drudge on like this forever," said Flor
ence. "How are you going to help your
self?" said Lottie, laughing, and Flor
ence only answered by a smiling, com
placent look toward the glus.
"I don't wish to appear vain," said
she, demurely, "but Miss Purdy thinks
that handsome widower at her house U
decidedly taken with me."
"What, Col. Medway?"
"Yes, Col. Medway."
Lottie Champney's heart gave
quick, pained throb. "Was It possible,'
she asked herself, "that she was selfish
and Idiotic enough to be Jealous, and ol
her own pet sister, too?" Col. Medway
hud never been more thau ordinarily
civil to her; what was she, a poor, little,
plain-faced school teacher, that she
should dure to cast her a-splrlng eye
toward him. '
Tims chiding herself, she summoned
a sort of spasmodic smile to her lips.
"Itut you don't like children, dear;
and Miss Purdy says he hat a family."
Til send them to your school," said
Florence, saucily, "and get rid of "em
In that way. He's rich. Lottie, and he's
handsome; and the long and short of it
Is that I mean to be Mrs. Col. Med
way.
T.ut,
Loll ic.
I.ov,
f. . f
I I-::, t .
Florence, darling." pleaded
"do you do you love him?"
?" echoed Florence, with a gay
lu-r tlax-gold hair; "that Isn't
f the bargain nowadays, by any
l!:e
id
'ill
f," she tripped, sinning a blitht
is she went, while Lottie sat
... 1 1 m 1
ee.nniititie witii nerscu uuo
her sin-inking heart.
;t not go so often to Miss
"I m
I'urdy's." she told herself. "Its very
iiud of her to send for me, but I nitist
fashion some exctis:-. I dare say Col
jiu I Medway w ill not miss me if Flor
ence is there."
An 1 she cried a little, quietly to her
..if.
Yes." said Florence Champney, "I've
rorae to stay, dear Miss racy; oat M,
If you'll ba me." ,
and she lifted bar dare-llka bin eyes
to the winkled countenance of the old
lady with the prettiest air of appeal In
tbe world.
"To stay!" echoed Miss Purdy. "Bless
me. child, what'a tbe matterT"
'It's scarlet ferer." aald Florence,
plaintively, "Those three borrW little
snub-nosed Elton boyat And Lottie !
so obstlnate-sna won't pack 'em off
home to Canada, but baa sent noma the
other boys and means to stay and
nurse 'em through herself!
"How rery absurd." aald Colonel
Medway. who, with a startled air, bad
arisen to his feet at her words.
"Yes, isn't itT chimed In Florence.
"She says she loves 'em because they
are so little and so helpless tke Idea,
you know! and sho say a they are
motherless, and Intrusted to bar care,
and all that sort of thing. Of course.
I told her I shouldn't stay In the Infec
tion and make a fool of myself because
she did! What are the Elton boys to
"Nothing at all to yon," said Colone;
Medway, quietly, "but a good deal to
me. They are my sons."
"Colonel Medway!"
"My sons although, on account of
the conditions of a family Inheritance,
they bear their mother's maiden name.
And I can but honor the noble spirit of
self -sacrifice and tenderness which your
sister. Miss Cbampuey, has shown to
wards thetn. I should have been with
them !efore, but 1 only arrived from
Canada this morning, and this Is the
first tidings I have received as to their
Illness."
Florence Champney looked after him
In bewilderment as he left the room.
"What does this mean. Miss Purdy?"
she cried out. "Phi you know this?"
"Of course I knew It," said Miss
Purdy, wiping her glasses. 'But tbe
Colonel didn't want you two young
ladies to know that he was any rela
tive, nor did he want the little lads to
be aware he was so near, lest it should
turn their heads from their studies.
And latterly, since he baa begun to
fancy you two young ladles a little, he
was still more unwilling that you
should know. Because I rather think,
my dear he wanted to know what
sort of a stepmother you would make."
Florence began to cry.
"O, dear! O, dear!" she sobbed. In
her pretty, helpless way. "It's always
my luck. If I had only known. And
I do think. Miss Purdy, you might have
been good-natured enough to give me
a hint of the true state of affairs,"
Tbe three little Eltons tided quite
comfortably through the fever, "con
sidering," as the nurses say and when
they were well enough to make the
house noisy again there was a wedding,
and patient, swift-voiced Lottie, whom
they hail learned to love so dearly, be
came their mother.
"But I always thought, Hugh," said
Mrs. Medwny, "that you liked Florence
the lest, until "
And she smiled and colored and
blushed, and looked Infinitely lovely.
"I might have married her," said the
Colonel, meditatively, "if It hadn't
been for the scarlet fever!" New York
News.
WOMEN-FOLK OF THE SENATE.
Amusing Remarks Are Often Address
ed to Those In Official Life.
Mary Nimmo Baleutlne writing of the
"Women of the United States Senate,"
In the Woman's Home Companion, tells
gome amusing Incidents In the expert
ences of Senatorial families which re-
quire great tact and self-command to
be passtd over without contretemps.
"Women whose husbands and fath
ers are In political life enjoy interest
ing experiences and meet with curious
people at times. It Is asserted that the
women in the families of candidates
for ortlce often assist In determining
the outcome of elections. When this
is true It is because of the quiet tact
and domestic virtues of the women
rather than of any specially brilliant
pt.rfarniau e8 on their part. The wife
of a prominent Senator, who is also
the daughter of a Senator, recalls with
muph mlrtll the dava o( hor father's
campaign. She and her sifter used to
accompany him when he went to make
speeches, and wrapped In waterproof
cloaks the young ladies would mingle
with the crowd to hear the comments
of the people. The two were noted
wags and wits, and were feared for
their fun-making proclivities. The
cltler was Invited once to visit with her
father a valued constituent whose farm
was near the county town. They went
and enjoyed the day fully, visited the
county fair, and were Interested in all
they saw. At night, when the young
lady had retired to her room and was
partially undressed, there came a knock
at the door. She peeped out and saw
the daughter of tbe house. 'May I come
In Y 'Certainly,' replied the other, open
ing the door. 'Do you know I was aw-
f to have you come here?
Way, then, did you ask me to comeT
that I couldn't help It But I Jnst made
up my mind that If you acted a bit
stuck up or put on any airs ever as I
was Just bound to tell you of rt I'm
right glad now that you did come.
This frank certificate of amiability was
much prized by tbe recipient,
GUARDED MUO FORTS.
Chinese Sentries who Walked the
Rampart at Port Arthur.
At the entrance to tbe harbor of Port
Arthur there are some mud forts, which
proved of no avail In keeping tne Jap
anese out during the late war. Of
course, these will now have to be evacu-
a ted by the Chinese, but until quite
cently, when the port was taken ore
by the Russians, the place was a Chi
nese military station. The HhiacratJon
shows a 6entry on the ramparts of a
mud fort. The temperature when tha
sketch was made waa 14 degreea
Fahrenheit.
tiood natured criticism is the kind
man always dishes out to
SENTBT OJf TOE BAMPABTB OW ttVD FOB
RAM'S MORN BLASTS.
Taralaa MsMs Callla. tka Wicked to
Kspeasaace.
ONOB dresses
homespun.
In faith ties
victory.
Secrecy Is sin's
coat of mall.
Pride Is the na
tional pickpock
et. Wearing finery
unpaid for is re
spectability go
JaDward. While wealth
lifts one person heavenward. It sinks a
tbouMod.
Fame's rack-track runs across the
rights of men.
Safety aad success are tbe ends of
all wise counsel.
God can make the night side of our
Ufe a bright side.
Athetotic law la a full-grown orphan
lost in the woods.
Temptation la not dangerous until
you want to yield.
Society's glowworms always shine
with a sickly light.
A big heart and a big pocketbook sel
lout travel far together.
Judgment and decision are man's
great wheels of fortune.
The merry-hearted have a fortune
that thieves cannot steal.
The good man's life is like the spark
thai Is brightest at the close.
Nothing Is so pleasing or so horrid a
the musJc of your own harp.
The devil makes his vlslU when the
temperature is at blood-heat.
The moral training of the Httle chill
Is the future hope of the nation.
Earth has no brighter blossom thau
the little child smiling through rags.
Fashion rules tbe largest empire and
collects her tax In gold and blood.
An hour of careful thinking Is worili
more than ten of careless talking.
Fighting for a creed Is carnality; con
tending for the faith Is spirituality.
ABOUT WEDDING PRESENTS.
OUtm to Hymen Peculiar to Different
Nationalities.
From early times and in all nations it
lias been customary to send the bride
away from her father's house laden
with beautiful gifts for her house-
uleaishing or her own adornment. In
aur own day wedding presents may be
ihosen from a great variety of nrti-
:les; and. In fact, one can hardly go
wrong In choosing an article of beauty
or grace for the pleasure of a bride.
Silver perhaps presents Itself as of
more than ordinary appropriateness
because it is so durable. A lieautiful
piece of silver, whether chafing tJisli,
soup tureen, platter, goblet, basket or
anything else, a set of forks or spoons,
or a single fork or spoon, may be so
treasured in its beauty of shape that it
will be passed on for years, and finally
become an heirloom In the family.
Next to silver, cut glass, with Its pris
matic luster and beauty of shape and
the many-uses to which it can le put.
Invites the attention of the person who
Is choosing a wedding present for a
friend. A very simple piece of cut
glass will be prized and cared for
among the treasures which the bride
will always regard as her personal pos
sessions. Pressed glass should never
under any circumstances be given as
present.
China affords a field for gifts of al
most endless choice, from the beauti
ful tea set, unique In coloring and
hape, to the single vase or plate or bit
of brick-a-brac; from the dainty Sevres
to the satin finish of royal Worcester
or the bit of Limoges, all through the
various styles of rich and exquisite
china, there is the opportunity for end
less diversity.
China no longer belongs only to the
table. It has Its place in the cabinet,
the library, and the drawlng-rooi..,
and one may be quite certain that her
friend will be delighted If on her wed
ding day she receives something lovely
In this line.
A chest of linen Is so rich a present
that a family or a group of friends
may well combine in making it for a
bride. Here may be Included an out
fit of linen sheets and pillow-slips,
daintily hem-stitched, and finished
with the bride's monogram. To this
may be added tablecloths and napkins
of satin smoothness and perfection of
finish, while, to crown the whole, there
may be added centerpieces, dollies and
bits of needlework which are simply
ravishing In their delicate beauty.
Harper's Bazar.
Pint Ever Made,
The first telegraph recording instru
ment ever made has come into tbe pos
session of the museum of 81bley col
lege, tbe mechanical adjunct of Cor
nell University. The instrument wai
Invented and made by Alfred Vail, the
partner of 8. F. B. Morse, and since
1850 baa been owned by Stephen Vail
a son of the Inventor. It was first used
on Jan. , 1838.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
'ts action and truly beneficial in its
.ffects. prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent lottles by all lding drug
gists. Any reliable aruggist who
: :ay tot- have it on cand will pro
cure it promptly for any one vho
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
Bub-slituie.
auropjiiA nr. syrup co.
leuisviiif- av roar, ate
r . T T
I THE ILLS OF WOMEU
And
How Mrs. Pink-ham
Overcome Them.
Helps
Mrs. Mast Bollinger, 1101 Marianna
St, Chicago, I1L, to Mrs. Pinkham:
" I have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhoea, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. I tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief I obtained was truly
wonderful. I have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that I am entirely cured."
Mrs. Hinbt Do BR, No. 806 Findley St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham :
"For a long time I suffered with
chronic inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
so weak I was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhoea. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, I had
given up all hope of being well
again when I read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. I decided immedi
ately to give it a trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
I can say I feel like a new woman I
deem it my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains and
suffering. I have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which I am grate
ful. May heaven bless her for the
good work she is doing for our sex."
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Something that Will Interest the Jn
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Suxlnxs
of Blany Catc and Cunning Children.
The Second Table.
Some boys are mad when comp'ny comes
to stay for meals. They hate
To have the other people eat while boys
must wait and wait.
But I've about ninile up my mind I'm dif
ferent from the rest.
For, as for me, I b'lieve I like the second
table best.
To eat along with comp'ny is so trying,
for it's tough
To sit and watch the victuals when you
dassent touch the stuff.
You see your father serving out the dark
meat and the light
Until a boy is sure he'll Btarve before be
gets a bite.
And w hen he asks you what you'll have
you've heard it all liefore
You know you'll get just what you get
and won't get nothing more.
For when you want another piece your
mother winks her eye.
And so you say, "I've plenty, please!" and
tell a whopping lie.
When comp'ny is a-watchin you, yon'Te
gut to be polite
And eat your victuals with a fork and
take a little bite.
You can't hnve nothing till you're asked,
and 'cause a hoy is small
Folks think he isn't hungry, and he's
never asked at all.
Since I can first remember I've been told
that when the cake
Is passed around tbe proper thing is foi
a boy to take
The piece that'B nearest to him, and so
all I ever got
When comp'ny's lieen to our house was
the smallest in the lot.
It worries boys like everything to have
the coinp'uy stay
A-setting round the table like they
couldn't get away.
Bat when they've gone and left the whole
big shooting match to me.
Say, ain't it fun to just wade in and help
myself? Oh, gee!
With no one round to notice what you're
doing. iK-t your life!
TJoys don't use forks to eat with when
they d rather use a knife.
Nor take such little bites aa when they're
eating with the rest.
And ao, fur lots of things, I like the second
table best.
-L. A. W. Bulletin.
Pins and Needles A Love Story.
Emery Hill was located in Elsie's
work-banket, and was inhabited by
nedles of all kinds and sizes. I know
these needles never went to sleep. How
do I know that? Because they never
shut their eyes, and how could they go
to sleep without shutting their eyes?
And I know, too, that all I am going
to tell you about them happened in the
night. It did not happen in the day
time, so of course It must have happen
ed at night some moonlight night,
when the needles looked very bewitch
ing in their steel-gray costumes, and
when their golden eyes sparkled as
they told the Cambric Needle of their
adventures during the day.
It was always the Cambric Keedle In
whom they confided, for she was the-
only one who was not proud of what
she could do, and who would listen
kludly to their long stories. She had
reason to be proud, too, for she could
hem more beautifully than any of the
others, and do It very rapidly. Tbe
Basting Needle, however, would not
grant this. She felt that rapidity was
her specialty. She was a nineteenth
century affair, and knew how to do ef
fective work without wasting any time
over it. The lady-like Cambric Needle
would not dispute the question with
her, even granting that her stitches
were more showy; but In spite of that
she clung to her own way of working.
and was thorough and patient In all
that she did.
The Shoe Needle felt that she was
superior to every one else because of
her strength, for she could be pushed
right through leather and not break.
None of the others was equal to that!
The Zephyr Needle felt that strength
was not the thing to be proud of, for.
she had a large eye and was able to do!
artistic work. She also felt her blunt-
ness to be another trait that helped her
prove her superiority. But the other1
Zephyr Needles disputed this, for they
felt they were a point ahead of hor be
cause of their sharpness.
The Iarulng Needle was proud of
her usefulness; no wasting of time over,
fancy work for her! Number Egiht
could do at least eight different kinds
of sewing. How the Cambric Needle
did wish she had been called Number
Light, for then perhaps she could have
done more than one kind; and she
thought quite sadly that If a Pin ever
should come again to visit Emery Hill
lie would never look at her. she was so
sn ail mul had so liltle ability.
Now It happened that this very even
ing a I'm did arrive at tua 11111. a nne
Brass Pin with a large, bright head.
"Of course he will admire strength
more than anything else, he Is so big
himself," murmured the Shoe Needle.
"Not at an," whispered the Darning
Needle. "Lsefulnes win appvu
most, for he Is evidently bright.
"You are both wrong," whispered the
Basting Needle. ulte audibly, "for any
lui with such a well devloped head
must be able to appreciate my aspira
tions and advanced Ideas."
"Dear me," thought the sweet little
Cambric Needle, "I do hope he'll not
overlook Number Eight, for ahe la so
gifted r
And so It was very exciting, and
grew more so as It became evident that
the Brass Pin was growing more and
more devoted to the Cambric Needle.
"He has taken her to walk In the
moonlight three times." aald one nee-j
die. "And I heard him say, W1U you'
marry njeV " said another. And, aure
enough. It was the Cambric Needle he
married, aDd they lived happily on top
of Emery Hill ever afterward, and
were noted for their polished manner.
"Well," auld the Zephyr Needle, who
was noted for her blunt remarks, "she
waa certainly better-tempered than any
of the rest of us, and perhaps that was
the reason he admired her most."
Youth's Companion.
Out of the Mon'hs of Babes.
"Oh. papa," exclaimed tittle 5-year-
old Harry, pointing to a turkey gobbler
strutting around In a neighbor's yard,
"look at that big, red-nosed chicken
with a folding fan!"
"Johnnie," said a little girl to her
small brother, aged 5, "lend me your
knife for a minute." "I hain't got no
kuife," replied Johnnie, "and, besides.
I'm going to use it myself."
Little 4-year-old Clara, who had lived
In the country all her Ufe, accompanied
her mother to the city, and, seeing a
lady drive by In a willow phaeton, she
exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, look at that
woman In a clothes-basket on wheels!"
Nellie, aged 6, was in her father's of
fice one day when he had occasion to
use the telephone. "Who are you talk
ing to, papa?" ahe asked. "To a man.'
was the reply. "Well," exclnimed Nel
lie, "he must be an awful little man if
he lives in that box!"
Small Tommy was very fond of can
dy, and asked: "Mamma, can God make
anything he wants to?' "Of course he
can," w as the reply. "Well," exclaimed
the little fellow, "I'd Just like to see
him make a stick of candy with only
one end to it."
"Say, papa," exclaimed little 5-year
old Male-J, "I want to ask you an Im
portant question." "What is it, Ma
bel?" asked her father. "Well." re
plied the youthful diplomat, "to-mor
row's my birthday and I'd like to know
what you think I'd like to have for a
present.
Utile Jack's music teacher was giv
ing him a lesson, and noticing his very
tidy and well trimmed nails said:
"How nice your hands look!" "les,
replied Jack, with great dignity, "I've
Just had 'em shampooed!"
SITSI1tT
Brantr la Blood Deep
rtnnn IiIoimI tiipsn a clean kin- No
lieauty without it.Cascarets.Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keen it clean.by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all
impurities from tne Iwxiy. Iiegm io-hbv 10
banish piml'Ies. boils, blotches, block
heads, and that sickly bilious complexion
bv takingCarcarets lieauty for ten cents.
All druL'E'sts, satisfactioon guaranieeu,
1'ic, ''5c, 5oc.
The stiirlinir. which has Wen newly in-
triMluced into New Zealand, has lieen oh
served catching bumble lees and killing
them for their voting.
We will (rive $100 reward for any m of ca
tarrh that cannot becured with Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
F. J. 'hbnbt .fc Co.. Props.. Toledo. O.
It is s;iiil tlial i.i many ' lli vil a:cs
the yew tree uml the fhllrcll are of the
same HKC the one leing planted when tlu
other was built-
FT. TnTR' PANCT. KrASMS nnd all nerr
rm diseases permanently uimI y the ne of
fr. Khnt'd Grrat Nerve ltelmt-r Send for
1HF.K tl.00 trial Uottie ami IK-.iti-e to Dr. It. 11
KILne. Ltd.. 931 Arch Slieel. 1'liila ft.
A writer in the Arena declares tb: t
"iflO.OOO men do the work now. w;th f'e
uid of machinery, which needed 16 a O.uon
ersons to do a few years ago.
ron't Tobacco 5lt and Smoke Tonr Life Away
To quit lol.arco easily and forever.' be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vfftnr, take No-Tu-llar,
the omier-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 5"c or 91. Cure iruaran-t-ed.
Pooklet and sample free. Address titer
liug Itemedy Co., Cliieauo or New York.
Kite flying lias been popnlar in Japan
for many centuries, the kites depicting
the most absurd figures, generally of aged
gi-ntleiueti, birds or puppy dogs.
Ulrs. WnliWa Sootning Syrup for children
ttf-lhiuc. hotietis tbe gums, reducing inflamma
tion, allays pa Hi. cures wind colic &c a buttle
A chieketi fancier of Elizabeth, N. J.,
named William Hash, owned 15 black
Sp iiish fowls until qii't"! recently, when,
li s feelings over c miiig him, he decapi
tiled them one hy one.
Ko-To Dm For Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c, $1. All druegtat.
A parole system Is tn use at the Hos
pital for the Insane in Nebraska, under
which those, mildly altlicted are placed
in the c ustody of their friends for 90 days
before being finally discharged.
To ure as Cuid in One Hay.
1 ake Laxative Hroino Qi inine Tab'ets. A
PrilKKistsielund nt neyif itfailstocure. V
The calla lily, the pampered pet of the
conservatory in this latitade, thrives in
s'.m parts of California, in the fields and
multiplies as generously as the thistle of
the WiM mustard.
Kdanlt Your Bowels With Caaemrats.
Candy Cathartic, core ronsttpatioa Coraver
lOc, 25c. K C. C. C. laM, druggists refund mosey
It is tuhl without shame, in Maine, that
an amateur photographer of Waterville
took a snap-shot at a friend who had lost
his balance and fallen into a lake before
going to the rescue.
Brnt frtw. Klondike Map
From Gold t'ommi ssion's official survey. Ad
dress Gardner dt Co Colorado Springs, Colo.
ltuths in lemonade, with the sugar omit
ted, are said to he the proper thing in the
West Indies, and are pronounced very re
freshing. The lemons are cut in slices and
rind and all are used.
To Care Cossstlpatlosa Forever.
Take Casrarets Candy Cathartic 10c er Me.
Ii C. C. C fail to cure, druggists refund saoaey
Acting as guide, chaperon and shopping
expert is the present occupation of at least
one 'aly in ltoston, who is following a
li e of business for women which has be
I'oiiut quite populur in London.
t fire tiuaranteed b . DR. J. H. MATKR. 1019
A.KCI1 ST.. I HILA FA. fcaaa at oncec aa
0 elation or delay from business. ConsultaUon
tiee. Lndoraements of physicians, ladies aad
iioniluent duzeua. Head for etroulaa Ottot
LbursV A. H. U1 f. M.
The patriotic women of St. Joseph, Mo.,
are cni;. K'-d in the making of two hand
- me silk llajs, which they will present to
tec nip.mies at tliut place. No man has
Iw. perm 'tied to contribute a cent to-v.-:ird
the cost.
; em ile Pack Peddlers In Maine.
The female pack peddler Is becoming
a nuiaaiaca la Main.
. rul'a lfli
JVC TA. Mail, VJ
mm. Rybott. a prepoase-u. .
1 .h ItJM
. HM k n .4 unm-
She grew weak, pal- ana m - -
ber back, chest and
plained of pains la
.l .nA a ham ffMf
limbs. A few w -7- w.T,ot,inof
worse. 1M should have been
Th. doctor S-.a-u- w--
uuu 1 VTi, lks earlier, onegraau-
taken from nooJ, w"es w.rfl so terms
ally grew won., her ?7'T "j ,b
lit Ju" l The symptom, were much
Uke Bt. Vitus' danoe. A .,
. nHtfnnwi.
Prf;HweT.erUer. 8hegdu-
passed, and.
under a
ehang of
p hy si clans.
Emma be
came some
what better
but soon was
as bad as
ever. One
day I real of
a ease similar
to hers which
was cured by
Jtrr Battle. . W lras
Plnk Pills for l-al People and I decided to
"?Ci had no faith In
!. but tried the pills, and after taking J
dn doses, she bgan to improve It was
about th first of April when she beg an and
by the middle of May, after taking abont
eight boms. she was entirely e"r'l. .
While HI, sl lost twenty-eigut PO"n
but now weighs mor than ever before.
Her nerves are strong an.l she is P"??;'
health We are all confident that Dr. tt 111
ama' Pink Pills for Pale People j nred
i i.,,rtnllT recommend them in
.11 similar cases. Mus. E. A. Btboi-t
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
third day of September, 1S97.
Caleb Bab. Notary Public.
Dr Williams' Pluk Pills lor Tale People
Will cure all dixaes arising from s poor
and watery condition of the blood, win
bnild up a run down system and are a spe
eltlo for paralysis, locomotor ataxia and
other diseases long regarded as luourabls.
The Old, Old 6tory.
Tbe Angler was out in the morning's
blush
With his truaty rod in hand,
nd all day-braving the rivers rush
Or pacing its silv'ry strand
Ilia reel he whirred and his line he cost
Am! his flies full oft changed he;
Ajid the day grew old aud the night came
fast.
But never a fish did he see.
The Small Boy slept till the clock struck
eight;
Then awoke from a happy dream,
Aud hock of the barn he dug his bait
And hied him away to the stream.
Full long and large was his hickory pole,
And he actuully "fished with a float,"
But he jerked the fish from his "fav rite
hole"
Till he'd caught Just all he could tote.
Yet strange the sequel that I reveal
Our latest advices report
That the Angler returned with a bulging
creel
And boasted of roynl sport;
While the Small Boy Ashless did home
ward go
Afar from the river's brink.
And every time he'd stub his toe
His overalls' pockets would "chink,"
Sports Afield.
Rhodes Fond of Animals.
Cecil Rhodes is passionately interest
ed in wild animals, and in his beauti
ful Cape Town borne he has afforded
himself the expensive luxury of a reg
ular zoo, which cousistH of an immense
park peopled by almost every known
carulverous animal to be found in
South Africa. In truth, this curiousi
patch of forest may be called the ani
mals' paradise, for all Its inmates are
It complete liberty, except for the wire
fence surrounding it. As for the Afri
can lions and leopards, they are. of
course, kept on another portion of the
estate. Cecil Rhodes has spent 011 this
hobby alone considerably over (500,'
too.
Burled In Her Piano.
The dying wish of a poor musl?
teacher recently was that her body
should be buried In her piano. The
piano, she declared, had been the best
friend she had ever had. In its sympa
thetic cars ahe had poured out all her
sufferings and sorrows; all her llitle
Joys. She could not, she said, bear to
part with It in death. Accordingly,
tills curious request was carried out.
For two days after the poor woman's
death the piano, from which the legs
aud mechanism had been detached.
d ratted in white, served as a bier. It
was then carried out, and, holding in
Its embrace the mortal remains of the
little masic teacher's body, the instru
ment was reverently placed in the
grave. Glasgow Weekly Mall.
His Arlthmetlo Correct.
At a recent school examination in
London an inspector was determined
to get a correct answer from a phenom
enally dull boy. So he said: "If your
teacher gave you two rabbits and
gave you one how many would you
bave?" "Four, sir," replied the lad.
"Impossible," replied tlie inspector, get
ring Impatient; "two and one cannot
make four.'' 'Tlease, sir," said the
little fellow, "I've got one already."
In Demand,
Sweden and Norway And the Unite .1
States a good customer of cod liver oil
and matches, those articles being the
principal items of export to this coun
try. Paper Matches.
Matdhes are now made of paper m
Vienna. They born nearly three min
utes, and the heada aire made of non
poisonous material.
The Pope's SeaL
The seal worn by the pope, and used
try him on official documents to which
his signature Is attached, haa on it the
engraving of a fish, with tbe cipher of
the wearer. Blnce tbe thirteenth cen
tury every pope baa worn a ring of this
character, and It as shattered with a
hammer when the wearer dies, to pre
vent Mb use on a forged document.
A Saoceaaful Matchmaker.
The Turkish general, Osman Pasha,
has married off two of - bla sons to
laughters of the Sultaa.
71ta peraiaaently cored. No fits er nervous,
sees after first day's nse of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 12 trial bottle aad treatise free.
D B. II. KUMB, Ltd., 31 Arch St., Phils, Pa-
Three miles an hour is about the aver
age speed of the Gulf stream. At Certain
places, however, it attains a speed of 51
nii'es an hour, the rapidity of the current
givu g the surface, when the sun is ginn
ing. t:ie appearance of a sheet of fire.
I cannot sneak too MgMy ef Ftsoa Car for
Consumption. Mrs. Frank MOBBSL Sa& W. Sad
St, Mew York. Oct. Si. ISM.
Half a dozen members of the militia
company of Iola Kan., went to the the
atre instead of attending the drill the
other night. In the midst of the show a
sergeant and file marched down the middle
aisle, arrested the delinquents and bore
them away in triumph to the armory.
I 1 In tlaao. gold fcy dwaaaaasa. I I
...tnr LodaVa View ml the Case
..tor 1B tutloam
iks Bavoli
Senator Lodge'a "Story of the Bevo
auso their Inhabitants wers
ueir . Aia mt
.cople then to tne wo,r --- -- dJd
s wham nnriu. ana
" They did
uean to saner -- -)a-d
n to saner -1 -
.us! enter upon rm'- ...
fredrea. tolerable
jccauae they saw a "V,
which they rightly believed Opened
.Ue freedom they possessed- Aa Burke
.aid. they Judged "the P""
grievances by the badness of the prto
etote- and '-snuffed the approach of
Snny to every tainted breeaa" They
were the most dangerous people in the
"orld to meddle with because they
were ready to fight, not to avenge
.vrongs which indeed they had not suf
fered but to maintain principle, on
'vhlch their rlghta and liberty rested.
The English Ministry had begun to as
ail those principles; they were mak
ing clumsy aud hesitating attempts to
ake money from the colonies without
,eave of the ieopl: and George, In a
belated way, was trying o be a king
and revive an Image of the dead and
one personal monarchy of Charles I.
ilence came resistance, very acute to
one colony, shared more or less by all.
Hence the Congress in Philadelphia
Md the great popular movement start
lug as if inevitably in that quiet colon
ial town among the freest portion of
the liberty-loving English race. As to
the profound significance of tie first
,ii,d Conirress be says: "To the
courts of Europe, engaged at the mo- j
meut In meaningless intrigue,
foreign or domestic, and aH alike
grown quite dim now, tbe colonial Con
gress was not even obscure, it was not
visible at all. Yet, thoughtfully re
garded It deserved consideration much
better than anything which just then
nraired the attention of Europe. .f-
teen years later its utterances were to
be quoted as authority and Its exam
ples emulated in Paris when an an
cient monarchy was tattering to its
fall. It was the start of a great move
ment which was to sweep on until
checked at Waterloo. This same move
ment was to begin Its march again in
1830 la the streets of Paris and carry
the reform of the British Parliament
two years later. It was to break forth
once more In 1848 and keep steadily on
advancing and conquering, although
its work is still Incomplete even among
the nations of Western civilization.
Yet. no one in Europe heeded it at the
moment, and they failed to see that it
meant not simply a colonial quarrel,
not merely the coming of a new nation,
but the rising of the people to take
their share in the governments of the
earth. It was In fnct the first step In
the great democratic movement which
has made history ever since. The great
columns were even then beginning to
move, and the beat of the drums could
be heard faintly in the quiet Philadel
phia streets. They were still distant,
but they were ever drawing nearer and
their roll was rising louder nnd louder.
until at last they sounded In the ears
of men from Concord bridge to Mos
cow."
Skating In Uld Onys.
While skating Is now one of the most
popular sports of the winter season. It
Is only comparatively a few yearn since
it has become so in New York. When
the Central Park was being constructed
In lStX) and the small artificial lake at
Fifty-ninth street was nearly com
pleted, the park commissioners an
nounced that It would be thrown open
for the use of skaters. A few men
took advantage of the invlta.tion, but
women could not be induced to go on
the ice. The skates then In use were
of the most antique pattern, some of
the runners extending a long way in
front of tlie foot, ending in a ringlike
curl. In a crowd these skates were
quite dangerous, and the first year
skating was anything except popular.
During the next winter the larger
lake at the upper end of the mall w:is
In sucti condition that H could be usod
for skating. Here there was more
room for the sport, but still the women
could not be Induced to venture on the
Ice. A number of gentlemen deter
mined to overcome this prejudice and
organised the New York Skating Club,
having a regulation patterned skate,
almost even with the sole of the boot,
which waa laced up tight to tbe ankle.
while the objectionable strap was done
away with, the runner being fixed to
the sole while In use by a ball and
socket and held firmly with a clamp.
These became popular that winter with
the men, and a lighter kind was made
for women. The prejudice, however.
still existed among the latter, until the
club Invited a lady who was a fine
skater, from Portland, Maine, to visit
the Central Park and skate with the
club. This lady wore a pretty and ap
propriate dress, similar to that worn In
winter by women skaters In Europe,
and she created such a sensation by
her artistic skating as to attract much
notice. The result was that before the
eason ended several young ladies were
i idticed by the club to venture on th
1. e, and the season of 1862-8 found
:iiauy, with pretty costumes, enjoying
the sport. A series of carnivals was
arranged by the club during the follow
ing season, and skating to the evening
became one of the fashionable wlnte
amusements.
A hores will eat in a year nine time
his own weight, a cow nine times, an ox
six times and a sheep six times.
lhe income of the Fmiurnr r i s l
,d"yJ,Rfl',(,!: thMt of h Saltan t
j-an,-jt fio.i",, r niiHM'or ot Aiititi".
of rWgiumVooy Pide'ntf RSZ j
President of the United States)
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A aJMao Fairy ftory.
in you fond of fairy stories? Hera
sj a beautiful one about Tamago, the
tenor. No. It is not about his washing1
socks in his room at a tavern. It la
new story, published in Italy Just bJ
fore bla engagements begin In foreign'
cities. In bis palace he has a uiuseumj
richly stocked with crowns, cups, gb!i
lets, cigar cases, etc., which have beta
given to him as testimonials of ad
miration, wonder. There is a strange
history attached to one of the cigarette
eases. Ten years ago In Chill Tamago
waa worshiped by a beautiful woman,
who gave him a cigarette case mad
of gold and lncrusted with precious
tones. The initials of Tamago in em
eralds were on one side; the initials of
the giver la rubles were on the other.
"Waa Tamago in love with her? yfa
knows? He has the reputation of be
ing an extremely virtuous pers'in.'
After his engagement he left Chili, and
be waa told that his adorer was a mar
ried woman and the mother of twelve
children. Two years ago her husband
filed. She went to Koine in IVbruary,
18$7, where she saw Taiungo. fsB
spoke to him a few words, then draw
ing from her bodice a dagger, sh
daggered him. The point was blunt
ed by the cigarette box which she had
given him.
Paul West, the eminent and passion
ate press agent, never Invented a let
ter story. It Is true that the; tale has
been told for years concerning others,
but the thwarting body was always a
temperance medal or a Bible. Boston
Journal.
riiere are 2.10 glaciers in the Alps s.il
o be over five miles in length.
ft is asserted that plate filass will innke
a. more durable monument than the hard
est granite.
The "life tree" of Jamaica prows and
thrives for months after being uprooted
and exposed to the sun.
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twodays. she tried some of yoiirCASC'AUKTS,
and they relieved the pain tn ber head Klmrjst
Immediately. We both recommt nd C'ascurew."
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