MAN'S MAQTBRPfJSb;
ITjpouprh countless ages oa the earth then
wrought
A race called man, which atroT aaW
hoped ani dreamed;
And those there were wha sang, af
. those who taught.
And those who whispered of the leaf
redeemed.
And aa they came and went they bollded
here
A structure marvelous that no
planned,
A towering temple, rising white and aheei
Where sea-lapped mountain trows
upon the land.
On through Its portala, moTinf,
passed
The generations, adding to Its store
Of all that's beautiful, until at last
To those who gazed there seemed M
room for more.
Not all In peace had thla proud palacf
grown.
For in its shadow men had warred an
died;
And, falling there, had seen the glorj
flown
That, erstw&ile gleaming, filled theii
heurta with pride.
But ever hopeful, as the age cried
I'rnm out the aires to the race thai
wrought.
They builded then anew, and, aide by side,
Carv-d what they dreamed and wril
there what they thought.
And so on earth man through the aeoni
strove
To make this palace nobler to the eye,
And worthy, as the casket of his love.
To tell his glory to the bye-and-bye.
And some day lonely on a lonely earth,
The last man sleeping where his fatheri
sle-pp,
Ibis woudrons thing that in man's sou
had birth
Shall rise in silence by the moaning
deep;
A temple, made for duat-worms, of a rae
That came and went, and dreamed it
dream and died;
And, crumbling there, shall fall to earU
again,
The mausoleum of maa'i love and pna
Edward S. Van Zile.
"MY PRISONER, SIR!"
I had crossed the Alleghany Moun
tains from Cumberland to Brownsville
In the stace. I had occupied a week In
the i.iiss.nre. stoniin0 at the several
towns to perform the business of the
agency with which I was intrusted.
A few dnys before my arrival at U
the bunk there had been robbed, and
the town was in a state of Intense ex
citement ou account of the robbery. As
there was coniinratlvply but little pass
ing to and from the place, almost every
man in the village bad made up his
mind that this or that person whom he
hud seen was the robber only he had
left the place. It was of course very
fortunate for the poor travellers that
hardly two of the villaRers agreed as to
the Identity of any single person witi
the bold villain.
It did not occur to me that I might
myself be suspected and I left the place
conscious that my looks were more
than enough to shield me from suspi
cion. U. Is only twelve miles from
Brownsville, and on my arrival at this
place I put up at the hotel to remain a
few days; but my business being
fortunately disjKwcd of In a few hours,
I decided to take the evening boat for
Pittsburg.
At dinner I sat next to a dashing sort
of person, who presently Introduced
himself as Captain Ford, of New York.
He was a gentlemnn, so far as I could
Judge In the short interview, and I was
pleased to make his acquaintance. We
spent the afternoon together until four
o'clock, when we both went on board
the steamer.
The captain was quite communica
tive, and told his history for the pre
ceding twenty years, a portion of which
period had been passed at sea, as cap
tain of a Liverpool packet. Our Inti
macy ripened into a very excellent feel
ing, and we took the same stateroom
for the night.
"You stopped at Unlontown, I think
ou said," remarked my friend, as we
seated ourselves in the saloon after
supper.
"Yes, I was there a couple of days."
"Of course you heard that the bank
was robbed."
"I did; but It was two or three days
before my arrival."
"That was lucky for yon." -
"Why so?"
"Because every person who has
passed through the place within a fort
night previous to the robbery has been
suspected of the crime. You wouldn't
take me for a bank robber, I presume?"
"Certainly not."
"Yet I am certain that suspicion
rested upon me, though I was not open
ly charged with the crime."
"Impossible!"
4T think ek. It was decidedly annoy
ing to be suspected of such an offence."
"Well, I don't know; If a man Is inno-
ent, why should he care?"
"True: but It Is an uncomfortable
feeling."
T don't feel so."
"Sometimes, yon know, clrcustances
give a color to such suspicions. For ex
ample, one having a great deal of
money about him, might find himself
the possessor of some bills of this very
bank that has been robbed. Of course
thev are scattered all over the coun
try."
"Very true; 1 doubt not I heve some
f the bills of the U. bank."
"I know that I have."
I pulled out my pocketbook and found
I had about $15 of the money. Captain
Ford also produced two ?30 bills,
"I got a hundred-dollar bill changed
in Cumberland, and received these
notes."
After this conversation we went
ant uion the nailery and smoked
cigar; but the night was too dark and
damp to remain outside, and we re
turned to the cabin. As we entered the
Baloon, I noticed that a rough-looking
fellow, who had followed us out, was
close upon our heels as we returned:
He seemed to take no special notice of
ns, though I observed that he placed
himself very near us.
The captain and myself had some
further conversation In regard to the
bank, which, however, was Introduced
by me. Two or three times I caught
the rough-looking fellow In the act of
paying very close attention to our re
marks, and with a sudden conclusion i
umped to the fact that be was In some
manner connected with the robbery.
Be did not look any too good to be en
gaged In such an enterprise.
I called Captain Ford's attention to
fee man, and he coincided with me In
Jbe belief that he was connected with
the affair in some manner. In order to
try him we rose and walked to the far
ther end of the boat. He followed us,
evidently paying the closest attention
to every word we nttered. .
"Have you a warrant for his arrestf
f asked my companion, loud enough to
pe beard by the listener, wlnkin at
tlB.it tfr HT
"-"Teo-a Wsurt.'1'ekooM
to take him."
But the ominous words did not seem
to drive away the fellow, and he contin
ued to follow us, apparently beedlese of
the suf 'cions that had fastened upon
him.
At nine o'clock we concluded to re
tire. Captain Ford entered the state
room and "turned In." while I went to
the washroom to refresh myself wtth
an ablution, entered tfra room and
dosed the -. but bad aeareely done
so before It was rather rudely pruned
open again, and I discovered the form
of the rough-looking feUow standing at
my side.
"You are my prisoner, sir," he said,
slapping me on the back.
"What?" I exclaimed, rather aatoo
lsbed at this salutation.
"Mf prisoner, sir."
"Your warrant?"
"I'll show you that In the morning."
"On what charge do you arrest me?"
"On the charge of robbing the tt
Bank."
"Come, come, my boy, that's alto
gether too bad." Interposed Captain
Ford. "The gentleman Is from New
York, and I'U Touch for hie character."
"I dare say you will, but he la mj
prisoner."
"Well, air, what do you propose w
with me?"
'Only to keep you safe till I can e
turn you to U."
He decided to let me remain in we
tnte-room. and place his men for be
was the deputy sheriff of the county.
attended by two officers around me in
such a manner that I could not escape.
I was satisfied with this disposition of
my person, and the sheriff retired. I
was rather amused to find that tne per
son whom I had suspected of complic
ity with the crime should turn out to be
the sheriff, entertaining the same views
towards me."
Captain Ford swore it was outrage!
to arrest a peaceable traveler In this
manner, and vowed that he would
stand by me with his puree and his In
fluence to the end.
- I thanked him heartily for bis sympa
thy, but the consciousness of my Inno
cence was my all-sufficient safeguard,
and I went to sleep and slept as com
fortably as though there had been no
officers in the world.
About two in the morning the boai
arrived at the Pittsburg landing; but
when the bustle had subsided I went to
sleep again, and did not wake till sun
rise. Captain Ford, however, proposed
to land, but the sheriff positively re
fused to let him do so, whereat he swow
like a pirate, and vowed revenge; but 1
went to sleep, leaving him in his ire to
settle the matter as he could.
When I awoke and unlocked the dooi
I found the sheriff had procured the
slstance of officers from Pittsburg to
search my effects. I pointed to the va
lise and unlocked It. Of course there
was nothing in it to criminate me, and
onlv a few dollars of the U. Bank were
found upon me.
While the search was in progress Cap
tain Ford attempted to leave the room,
but the officers detained htm.
"Open your valise, if you please,'
said the city official.
"Dare you insult me?" And the cap
tain launched out in a tirade of abuse
egalaHt the party.
"No use. captain." I interposed. "Lei
them examine your valise."
"I will see them I won't do ltr
Eut the officers did it for him, and to
my astonishment nearly the whole sua
stolen from the bank' was founj In It:
I was confused and confounded jat the
idea of being caught in such company.
But my Innocence was so apparent to
the s! rlff, who had his eye upon me
from the day I first arrived at U., thai
be did not detain me as a prisoner.
Though he had not before suspected
the captain, he bad seen him Introduce
liuiself to me.
I was obliged to return to U. as a wit
ness, but my testimony amounted: to
nothing, and I was permitted to depart
after the captain had been fully com
mitted. He was afterwards found
zuilty and sentenced to the peniten
tiary. 1 have been careful since that
ibout making acquaintances on my
travels. True Flag.
It Was Leap-Tear.
At the time when, in England, th
punishment for overstaying a furlough
was flogging, a poor soldier who had,
or thought he had, overstayed his time
was seated on the top of a stage-coach.
prepared to return to his post. His
mother, brother and sweetheart vain
ly entreated him to remain. The scene
Is depicted by a looker-on, who truth
fully adds that It reflects credit upon
Teddy.
Come down wld ye, Teddy!" cried
his mother. "Come down, now, to youi
old mother! Sure It's flog ye they will,
and strip the flesh off the bones of yea
Come down, Teddy, darllnt"
It's honor that won't let me, moth-
?r, dear,"- the soldier said, as be set hlf
;eeth.
'Teddy, come down, ye fool of the
world r said his brother. "Come along
3own wld ye!"
'It's honor, brother, Its honor, re-
plied Teddy, sturdily.
"O Teddy," cried his sweetheart,
come down! Sure, it's me, your own
Kathleen, that bids ye. Come down
3r ye'U break the heart of me, Teddy.
Come down!"
"It's honor. Kathleen: It's honor
oright that tells me to go," said Teddy,
lixing his eyes steadily before him.
"Come down, Teddy, honey!"
"Teddy, ye fool, come down!"
"O Teddy, come down to me!" was
(he chorus from mother, brother and
sweetheart.
"Would you have me lose my honor?"
-xclalmed the soldier, not daring
ook at his dear ones, whose words
ooved him so deeply.
The next moment the whip cracked
tnd the coach was off, bearing the gal
'ant Teddy with it Then a gentleman
who sat beside him spoke up.
"When does your furlough expire r
He asked.
"The 1st of March, sir, bad luck to
f all the black days of the world! And
some way it come sudden on me. like
t shot."
"The 1st of March! Why, my good
fellow, you have a day to spare, then.
To-morrow is the 1st of March; it Is
!eap-vear, and February has twenty-
nine days."
"Twenty-nine days, is It?" cried Ted-
Jv, his countenance illumined with
hone. "Say it again! Tou're sure ot
that same?"
The next moment he leaned from the
:oaeh and ran back to hte lamenting
Friends.
"O mother, mother. If s your almanac
that deceived us! he exclaimed, and
!n the exuberance of his Joy be bogged
mother, brother and Kathleen. "My
word's saved, and Ifi happy man
m! But plagoe to the old almanac!"
They had consulted the previous
fear's calendar.
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The highest mast of sailing vsuls are
from 160 to ISO feet high and spread frost
J,000 to 100,100 square foot of canvas.
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He said
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MARRIAGE OF OFFICERS.
be Armies of Europe Have various
Rules Resralatlnej It.
The restrictive conditions at present
m force with regard to the marriage of
officers in the Russian army forbid this
privilege under any circumstance in
the case of officers under the age of 23.
Between the ages of 23 and 28 years
the dot of an officers wife must
amount to a sum representing the mini
mum income of 250 roubles yearly. On
comparison of these conditions with
those regulating the same question in
other European armies, it may be
noted that In the Austro-riungarian
army the number of officers authorised
to contract marriage is limited by a
died proportion assigned to each grade,
and, these totals being reached, all fur
ther marriages must be deferred pend
ing the occurrence of vacancies in the
married establishments. The Italian
army regulations, which fix the Income
of the fiancee at a minimum of 1,200 to
2.000 lire, would appear to be more ra
tional in their operation. Italian offi
cers, however, apply -a somewhat lib
eral interpretation to this law, with the
result that the number of marriages oc
curring under actual provisions does
not exceed more than an eighth or the
total number, seven-eighths of the offi
cers being united under conditions of
the religious ceremony only, and thus
exposing themselves to all the Incon
veniences which attend a marriage not
recognised by civil law. Similar disa
bilities would now appear to be in
curred by Russian officers, and sugges
tions nave been made by the press Id
Russia that a general revision of the
law Is becoming necessary. The ques
tion is assuming some Importance from
the fact that Russian officers, reaching
a total number of nearly 40.000, repre
sent one of the most important classes
In the state. Brooklyn Citizen.
Origin of ChessL
To-day It is the accepted belief that
ndia was the original home of chess,
and that it was transplanted thence to
Persia In the sixth century of our era.
Firdusi, the Persian poet, tells. In his
great epic, '6hah Nanieh" (the Book of
Kings), a curious story about the Intro
auction of the game. There came one
lay to the great king, Naushlrawan, an
envoy from his tributary, the king of
Hind, bearing among rich presents a
handsome chessboard and the strangest
letter ever sent to overlord, proposing
riddle to bis almighty majesty, and
Insisting on a solution to it. Naushlra
wan was to set his wise men to dis
cover, from the board ana tne pieces
the principles of the game. If they
succeeded, then the king of Hind wouUi
dutifully pay his tribute as heretofore
If they failed, then clearly, wisdom die
not dwell with them, and be could no
longer demean himself by paying trib
ute to the lord of such Ignoramuses:
rather would he claim tribute himself.
Naushlrawan was sorely perplexed.
He handled the pieces and examined
the board; be tried to bribe the envoy
to reveal the secret; at length he beg
ged seven days' grace. Then be sum
moned bis wise men from far and near,
and put to them the puzzle. They were
as nonplused as the Egyptian wise
men were to Interpret Pharaoh's
dreanis. They pulled long faces and
consulted the stars; they wrangled and
argued; but all was In vain. At length
a Joseph appeared in the person of the
king's chief counsellor, who had hith
erto held aloof in regard for Ills dig
nity, but who now promised that, given
secrecy and seclusion, he would rend
this riddle. In a day and a night be
returned from his study, and expound
ed to the court the mysteries of te
game of chess, to the king's great Joy,
the envoy's chagrin, and the salvation
of the revenue.
Took It aa a Hint.
A story 10 told of Senator Vest mak
ing a political speech In Sedalia, Mo.,
some time ago, wnen ne a grcawj
embarrassed to see nearly every man
in the house take out his watch at the
same time. He had been speaking an
hour, but the hint that he bad exhaust
ed the patience of his hearers was so
r-alptble that he could scarcely Ignore
it, and he blurted out something in the
way of regrets that he was keeping the
crowd too long. No one in the hall
seemed to understand why he stopped
in the midst of his argument to make
his apology and the incident was over
looked In a few minutes, for the politi
cal enthusiasm was sufficient to en
courage the Senator to conclude his
speech. After the meeting be spoke to
Hie chairman about the remarkable
anxiety on the part of the audience to
ascertain the time Just as the clock
struck 9. and explained that be took It
as a hint, because the sggi ssalv strik
!ng of the clock seemed to obviate an;
neceearHy for watcb ooaauUaUon. II .
was Informed tbsrt at sooa and 9 p. n
the nearest approach to a local time, a
gun was fled, and that everybody, ss a
matter of habit, consuKoa nis watci
at those bonis to see If M was correct.
poeti aoar upward after the Ii
Unite, while others remain on earth ar
satisfy their longing wtth pork an.
TRUMPET CALLS.
Haas's Bora Bound a Waralaa Hot
to the Unred: cased.
r HARITY thluk
eth no evil.
The gossip's
gun is always
loaded.
Tall trees fall
harder than sap
lings. C h r s 1 1 a n Ity
puts a rainbow of
hope over the
grave.
The poison is in
the rattlesnake before it bites.
The god of science never hears or an
swers prayers.
Whisky Is the child of rot, and the
brother of disease.
A covetous heart Is like Fharoah's
lean klne. It devours all.
Melancholy Is blinded hope, hunting
for her sister, Happiness.
It took a Bull's Run defeat to educate
for a Gettysburg victory.
Running Into a saloon to drink, is one
way of running into debt.
Charity does not consist In calling
error truth and truth error.
Trifles are the hlng?s upon which the
door of opportunity swings.
The sins we pet in our Uvea, we art
apt to pelt In those of others.
Each act baa a moral gravitation like
the power that finds planets.
The goddess of Fashion has nevef
improved on God's handiwork.
Christianity has put a coronet of
glory on the brow of childhood.
It Is madness to put a viper In your
bosom because of Its gay coat
Many a man has made his orthodoxy
a nest for heretical bigotry to hatch
her young.
A good Samaritan Is better than a bad
Jew an honest publican than a white
washed Pharisee.
Lightning bugs never shine In the
day time it is the night which mak
their brilliancy possible.
Three Stars Extra.
A voluble fakir was selling silk star
spangled banners at the 15th street en
trance to the Treasury Department the
other afternoon. His line of talk was
ingenious.
"Look a-here, fellers," said he,
"there's forty-eight stars on this flag.
Forty-eight, mind you. I'll bet a Ma
tanzas mule that you can't find another
OJd Glory in this country that has got
forty-eight stars on it. Those that you
buy In the stores has only got forty-five
stars one for each State. But OiIb here
flag o' mine has been built lor tne oc
casion. It's got three extra stars add
ed for the three new states tvpain,
Cuba and Philipplneland. See? It
you don't get one of 'em you ain't in the.
push. You'U have to paint three more
stars on the flag you've already got,
and you can't make a neat Job of it
Tou might aa well have one o' them old
flags with thirteen stars on It aa a for-ty-flve-atar
flag in these days. Get next!
Get In the push! Get Into the bag star
spangled handicap with three starters
added! They ain't no long shots, either."
The fakir did business on that basis
too. Washington Star.
A Good Road Court.
A Maryland Judge has decided that a
town ordinance prohibiting the riding
of wheels on sidewalks when the
streets are Impassable is not effective.
The rider who was arrested turned on
the sidewalk to avoid an exceptionally
bad place In the roadway, and, al
though he rode a distance of only twenty-live
feet on forbidden ground, a war
rant was Issued. The evidence showed
that a wheel could not be pushed
through the mudhole, and the court, In
dismissing the case, ruled that under
such conditions riders and drivers
were Justified in trespassing on private
property. It is possible that the higher
courts may not sustain so liberal a nil-
iuR. but its reversal will not deprive
the Judge of the lower court of his rep
utatiou for common sense.
Right Way to Cat a Cable.
When the Havana cable was "cut"
the men who performed the task did
no sever the parts completely, but left
connecting strands, as indicated In the
accompanying sketch. So with the
Manila cable. There is an art in doing
everything a right way and a wrong.
Qaser Hind of FaeL
In Southern California, In the peach
districts, peach stones are not uncom
monly used as fuel. They are sold at
the canneries by the wagon load.
Peach stones burn freely and make a
very good lire. On the homeward voy
age of vessels In the cocoanut trade
cocoa nuts are used for fuel, as they
are also while the vessel is lying at her
wharf discharging, not sound nuts, but
such as are decayed and not salable.
The nuts are broken before they are
put into the stove. Cocoanuts burn
freely and make a good hot fire.
How to Uetect Chicory.
Coffee which is suspected of contain
ing chicory may be sprinkled on the
surface of a glaas of clear water. Cof
fee floats, while the chicory, being
heavy, sinks, leaving a brown trail
through the water. Chicory is soft to
the touch and will crumble between the
fingers, unlike the hard, gritty particles I
of coffee. 1
A. M.
Priest, DniKvlat. Hhelbyvflle, Ind.,
says : Hall's Uatarrb dure Rives tne uess ot
satisfaction. Can get ph-nty of testimonials,
aa It cons ewary on who takes it." Druggists
nil it, no.
Cold leaves so thin that 250.000 measure
only an inch in thickness are produced
in the Swan process by placing thin sheets
I noiishea copper in an electrolvtu-
;dd-plating solution only until a con
tinuous gold film has formed, then dis
solving away the copper by chemical
u. cans.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
neaa after first day's oaa ef Dr. Kline's Great
erve Restorer, a? trial Bottle and treatise tree.
Da- a H. KLINE. Ltd.. 131 Arch Bt.. rolls. Pa.
The most expensive thermometer is
a use at the Johns nop tins university,
it is known as rrofessor Rowland s thei--uometer,
and is value! at $10,000. It is
in absolutely perfect instrument, and the
graduations oat l.o glats ore so lino that it
i ; necessary to use microscope to read
them.
For tVheoiaBK Donara. II no's Cars la a Sttc-
o,.ul lantdr.-UP. Dia-nta, 07 Tkroop Ava,
IroosJyu. X. Y
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A wcll-Vnowt, w-'H-niist furnishes some
'ifnti.i alien it rcjord to the agos of lrfi.
It.i a-taiga to llcpiue tttoSCO to 700 yoara
isihonuiviuiuni,45 ycoi-sto the silvoi ar,
:;5 vears to the larch, 245 year to ac
rod "beech, 210 to the aspen, 200 to the
Mrch, 170 to the ash, 145 to the alder and
I'M to the elm.
Over 1,000,000 pawn tickets for sums
tuder 10s ara issued weekly ia London
aloa.
STUASDS IMCOMFLBTBLT 8EVEBKD.
How Belief Cam.
Cote County Democrat, Jtftrton
City, Mo.
When la grippe visited this section, about
seven years ago, Herman H. Eveler, of 811
W. Main St., Jefferson, Mo., was one or tne
victims, and has since been troubled with
the after-effect of the disease. He U a
well-known contractor and builder, a busi
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alarmingly, and that he Uvea to-day is al
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palp Mail on of taa heart antfageoaral de
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riends, but without apparent benefit, and
peajan to ajive
p hope.
Then I saw
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Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure people
troubled with tb.9 after-effects ot the
grippe because thy act directly on the
impure blood. Tboy are also a specific tor
ohroalo erysipelas, catarrh, rheumatism
and all diseases due to impure or impov
erished blood.
Tea at $148 per Pound.
One hundred and forty-three dollars
t pound is what Ceylon tea of a cer
tain kind brought at auction In London
tome time ago. This is stated, says
the Buffalo Courier, on the authority
f J. H. Gralro, of the Ceylon Import
tag Company, who says planters of
Ceylon we're as much surprised as you
r I or the next person at such fabu
ous price. Owing to certain pecullari
ties a pound of that tea probably repre
tents, approximately, one hundred and
torty-three dollars' worth of labor; but
:he figure It fetched Is so extraordinary
is to give the tea or the sale absolutely
10 commercial value whatever. This
s particularly so because this tea has
o appreciably finer flavor. It is named
the golden tips." The leaves, when
inly twenty-four hours old, are picked
rum the top only of tea bushes. They
ire very small, not half as big as your
lngor nail, and extra expert pickers
ire required to gather them. It can be
maglned that three hundred or four
lundred people on the plantation must
rick over several acres of bushes to get
mough green one-day-old tea leaves to
nake a pound of tea when dried. Or
llnary tea Is from leaves which are
en days old, and consequently very
nuch larger.
Beaaty ts Blood Deep
Clean Wood means a clean ckin. No
beautv without it. Cascarets .Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean.by
ttirrinc up the lazy liver ftnd driving all
impurities from the lnly. llopin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, black
heads, and that sickly bilious complexion
by taking Carcarets beauty for tencenU.
All druppists, satisfactioon guaranteed,
10c. Z5e. 5ic.
It takes, it is said, the tusks of 75.000
elephants a vear to supply the world's
piano keys, billiard ball and knifa han
dles. FT. TnTS" DANCE, SPASMS and 11 nerv
tn dlneuei permanently cured by the nse of
tir. KHne't Great Nerye Restorer. iSend for
t'KKE 1.00 trial bottle and treatise to Dr. K. H.
Kline. Ltd.. S31 Arch Street. Phila- Pa.
Long engagements are rather expensive
affairs in Russia. The bfiilesroom-elect
is expected to setul his fiamee a present
every day.
Han't Tobacco Spit sad Smoke Your Life Away
t. .... 1 1 tnhimi v.ai ) v and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, r.erve and vlcor, take No-lo-Bac.
the wonder-orker. that makes weak men
atronc. All druRciita, Si c or Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and Kimple free. Addrew blor
ling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Two deaf mutes were recently married
: - . uA TTnitA! smtw liv n. clernvman who
propounded the important questions by
the am oi a Typewriter.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Pyrop for children
tiou, aliaya pain, cures wind colic, 2oc a buuia
The manufacture of some of the finest
T? ...... r.ii tiwin-itrv is so slow that an artist
cannot produce" more thau a quarter of a
square yard in a year.
Ho-To-Bac For Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit euro makes weak
nan atronS. blOOd DUre. OUC, 1. All uiuat"
In ancient Greece a law provided that
if a man divorced from his wife he could
not subsequently marry a woman youngei
than his discarded partner.
To (arc a Cold in One fay.
Take Laxative Bromo Qi lnine Tab'ets. Al
Druggists refund moneyif itfailstocui-c.
nrutiA ilia wofMinrr fiftrvioe is proceed
ins in Japan the bride kindles a torch anil
the bridegroom lights a fire from it and
burns the wile s piayimngs.
Educate- Toair Bowels Witt Caaearets.
Candy Cathartic, enre constipation forever
,0c. 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druegista refund money
In New Guinea Uie single young woman
lets her hair hang about her shoulders in
all its glory", but immediately after mar
riage she must naie 11 t -"
c.n h-H. Klondike Map
n0id Commission's ofllcla) eurvey. Ad
5 IT" "rrdnerdt Co Colorado Springs, Colo.
Bergen, Norway, boasts a paper church
!...-... onniitrh to seat 1,000 persons. The
i...:i.t;nr ia rendered waterproof by
solution of Quicklime, curled milk and
white of eggs.
To Care Constipation Forever.
i -...r.ia CandT Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C C C. fall to cure, druggist reiuna money
Norwegian seamen are entitled to vote
Ix-foro leavins their country, if the pol
ling dav is within three months of their
departuue; or they can vote at a ioreign;
port witnin tne w " "3 "." "s
votes sent home through a Norwegian
Consul.
r.M Rnarantrl hv DR. J. 14.
MATER, toil
altCH IT. fHlLA, I" A. has. at once no
01 eraUon or delay Irom business. Consultation
bee Endorsements of physicians, ladies and
tromlneot citizen. Send lor cucuUc UthCi
iouraV A. M. lul P. M.
The Beat Reason.
Willie Papa, why do they call lan
guage the "mother tongue T'
Papa Because the fathers so seldom
let a chance to use it.
Willie will understand this when he
rets a little older. Philadelphia Gail.
A man could learn a great many
things if he didn't think he already
knew them.
Man siaugh tier is a penal oCfens
mao'a laughter isn't seel
but
mntHt ALL tl.S (AUS.
1 Cooah (Trun. Tala UihiL ITflA I
in limp. Hold br druggiats.
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T3 SEES
OUBBOYS AND GIBLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sanaa- "f"'
Little Folk. Bverywhere, G"f
and friatod Her. for All Other Lit
ja fjsssy to stead.
A Boy' Dilemma.
Grandpa says, don't play In the house;
He cannot bear the noise.
Mamma ays, don't go out-of-doors;
It's damp for little boys. -TA'ith
two big don'ts, what shall I do
I wish I had a world brand-new,
Where not a single don't, aU day,
Could stop my fun or spoil my playi
-Youth's Companion.
Look Pleasant,
Carlo.
Mr
IJS.'JJ 111
Look pleasant. Carlo, hurry up!
Begin right off this minute.
Think 'bout bones an' an' Oh, yes!
A hole with a woodchuck in It.
Bit up real straight an' fold your ears.
There, that will do, I think, sir.
Now, if a fly lights on your eye.
Oh, don't you dare to wink, sir.
An' 'member, too, you mustn't breathe,
Now ready, one, two oh, dear me!
Vnii'w winked an' breathed an' ail ur
posed.
I never shall get far aa three!
Look pleasant. Carlo, hurry up!
I'll beg a chicken-bone from cook
I'll play with you, or anything,
Look pleasant one, two, three you're
took!
Youth's Companion.
Who Loved Mamma?
'The sun had gone down, and It was
dark in the sitting room. The wind
whiBtlcd and blew through the key
holes and under doors ills.
Maui ma sat In a big Boaton rocker In
front of a grate fire, surrounded by her
little family Willie, the youngest on
her lap, Janet on one arm of the chair,
and Jack on the other, both with their
heads leaning on mamma's shoulders;
while Bam, the oldest boy, sat on a
stool at her feet, "with his back close uj
against her.
"I love you, mamma," said Janet.
"So do I." "So do I." "So do I,"
chimed In the three ottier voices.
"I love you more thau anybody else
can love you," said Sam, "because I'm
the oldest I loved you the longest."
"I love you the most, because I'm the
only girl," said Janet.
"I love you so much I wish a big beat
would come after you, and I'd shoot
him." said Jack.
I love you more than I can tell you,"
said Willie, putting his arms around
his mother's neck, and kteeing her
again and again.
Then all the children kissed her at
once, and poor mamma was almost suf
focated with their embraces.
"Do you love me. children?" she ask-
ed. "Do you really know what love
Is?"
Why, love is lore somethlne; you
fed Inside of you that makes you wuut
to do something for somebody."
Yes; love is doing somerhln; -not
your own pleasure out doing some
thing for some one else, perhaps some
thing hard and unpleasant."
Just then the postman whistled at the
door, and the children ran to see what
he had brought.
It's a letter for me," said mamaia,
ns she opened It, "and I must write an
answer at once, so it will go la this
evening's mall. Who'll take a letter tc
'he lamppost for me?"
Ram looked out of the window. His
rubber boots were away up stairs. Oh,
dear! he had five hard examples to do.
Why couldn't that lotteir wait until
morning? He'd take it on his way to
school.
Jack looked out of the window, too.
I'gh! how dark it was! He didn't like
being out in the dark alone. It made
him scary. Suppose there should be
bears somewhere about the street cor
uers! Janet thought: "Why, certainly mam
ma doosn't mean me to go as long aa
Sam and Jack are In the house. I've
got my slippers on. I hate going
out In the cold!"
So, when mamma had finished writ
ing the reply to her letter, and looked
up, she found Sam busy with his slate
and pencil, Jack with one of his games,
and Ja w' knitting away very Indus
triously on a hood for her doll. Only
Willie stood before her, with his big
boots on and his overcoat turned up
about his ears.
"I'm all ready, mamma," he said.
"But, Willie, aren't you afraid to go
alone?" she asked. "It's getting dark,
and It's cold out of doors."
"I love you, mamma," he answered.
"I'll run fast, and I don't believe any.
thing will hurt me."
"Yes, you may," said mamma.
"Don't get lost, little man. Ill watch
you from the window. I know who
loves me truly to-night," she added,
with a sorry smile. "Love does nol
think of itself; and love conquers eveu
fear, doesn't it, Willie?" New York
Observer.
Auctions by Candle Rule.
Not all boys and girls have attended
an auction sale, but most of them have
read and heard of how such a sale Is
conducted, and the "going, going, gone,"
of an auctioneer is familiar to them
through hearsay. But, however much
they may have learned of the ordinary
methods of auctioneering, it is doubt
ful if they have ever heard of the old
fashioned sale by "inch of candle." .It
would certainly seem very strange to
step into a large auction room where
furniture, wearing apparel, Jewelry and
knlckknacks of every description were
scattered around awaiting their turn
to be disposed of according to the whim
f a burning candle.
The proceedings In a candle sale were
is follows: A piece of candle an inch
long was lighted and on the instant the
flame arose the bidding on a certain ar
ticle began. The last bid made before
the flame expired was the lucky one.
Sometimes this was varied by dividing
the whole candle Into sections, marked
off by red circles. Bids were received on
any article during the burning of one
section, and the last Mddar before the
last ring was reached was the pur
chaser. This manner of conducting an auction
waa very generally to vogue during the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The custom la by no means obsolete,
certain portions of France and soma
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Among people where the practice of economy is a
necessity, the buying of soap is an important yearly item.
The grocer who has an eye to larger profits, may not
surest Ivory Soap. He will recommend nothing else
if he is conscientious. Ivory Soap is a pure soap, all
through. That makes it the most economical and best.
A perfect soap for the toilet and laundry.
IT FLOATS.
A WORD OF WARNING. There are ny white soaps, each "P""""'1 to"'ul
rooJ as the Ivory ';" they ARE NOT. but l.k. all counterfeit,, lack the pec B
nu"euHot th. geau.ns. Ask for" Ivory" Sosp and In,.,, upon getting It
Stories are told of some strange sales
made by Inch of candle. Not only ordi
nary articles comprising merchandise,
but eveu the ships in which the mer-
chandise was carried, were auctlonea
I .. ii- vf the n nee rest
off Dy tne cauuw. ,
sales on record is that of an elephant
which was "knocked or figuratively
speaking-) the last bidder. This sale
was advertised in the London papers
for several weeks before the appointed
day.
Otit of the Months of Babe.
A bright little boy, looking at the
"Look, mamma, at the salt coming out
of the 'water on top of the wavesP
"O mamma- "Well, Bess?" "A little
O mamma.
irMtiwitn on the ocean, excuumw
ffirl In our room at scnooi came iron.
Roumanlal Just think of people being
born away up ia that little purple spot
on the mapH'
Minnie, aged 3, was learning her let
ters. "What's xls one, mamma T 6he
asked. "Why, that is T," was the re
ply. "T, T," she repeated In a musing
way; "well, zen, where' s ee sugar an
cweam zat goes wis H?"
Tommy, aged 6, was telling his father
about a peculiar-looking stone he had
found while playing in the yard. "How
big was it?" asked his father. "Oh," re
plied Tommy, reflectively, "I guess it
was about as big as a good-aired small
tater."
"Bobbie," said a mother to her 4 -year-old
son, "I wish you would run out and
look In the cistern and see If there Is
any water in it" A few minutes later
the little fellow came back and report
ed: "It's full on the bottom, mamma,
but there ain't any on top."
Little 3-year-old Alice complained of
being hungry and her mother finally
gave her a piece of bread and butter
to quiet her. Alice looked at it Intently
for a moment and then asked: "Mam
ma, does Dod see evwyslng?" "Yes, of
course he does," was the reply. "Well,"
continued the little miss, "I don't sink
Dod tould see ze butter on els bwead."
Little Freddie, who had Just returned
from church, was telling his grand
mother about it. "Are you a Method
ist, grandma?" be asked. "No, dear,"
replied the old lady. "Presbyterian r
"No." "Baptist r "No." "Don't you
belong to any kind of a church?"
"No, Freddie." "Well, grandma, don't
you thlffli it's 'bout time you was catch
ing on somewhere?" asked the thought
ful little missionary.
Fly Speculations). j
A wasnington correspondent reports
the findings of the government bureau
of entomology in the matter of the
house fly. The fly is an enormously re
productive creature, and, if a fair
chance is given to It, can supply any de
mand In a very short time. Practically
all flies are bred In stables. The eggs do
best in horse droppings. They are eas
ily killed by chloride of lime or kero
Bcr.?: and as the new flies make for
v.t.ht r.s soon as hatched, a dish of pol
yw 1 w.iter In a stable is effective in
reducing their numbers. The way to
keep a stable clear of flies is to spray
all fresh manure with kerosene. The
most hopeful token of the abatement of
file In cities, however. Is to be found in
the substitute of electricty for horses.
Dut tnat is stiu so far off that there Is
every proRpect that the fly question will
be actively discussed long after the
Cuban question is settled. Harper's
Weekly.
Iron Smelting in Ireland.
Irou smelting Is to be experimented
npon in the western highlands of Ire.
land.
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Government's Old Gold Business.
Hard times can be pretty well esti.
mated by the amount of gold Jewelry,
old plate and trinkets, says Director of
the Mtn Preston, presented to the gov
ernment mints. During the period of
extreme depression the amount of met
als purchased by the government reach
ed high tlgures, but in the past yeur !t
has dwindled considerably. At the np
proach of the holiday season the Jew
elry sent to the mints to be sold In
creases in large proportion compared to
the quantity soJd in the dull season.
Soon after New Year there is usually a
j heavy Installment at the assay offloes
j and mints. ....
WKhIn the past week a pair of gold
Kir. trhb-h cost flO. were sent to
"I I. ... ,
the mint bureau here to be sold f.r the
gold In them. Their owner said he
could not keep them, aa he required the
money, and asked Director Trestou to
dispose of them at whatever value they
might bring. The bracelets, on belug
melted down, were shown to contain
$17 worth of pure metal.
From 1873 down to last year the
amount of money paid out by the gov
ernment for old gold, plate and Jewelry
has steadily Increased. The high water
mark was reached in 1891, when the
government paid out for plate aud
Jewelry $4,035,7:0. The Phllnd-jlpUia
mint melts nlae-tenths of the plate and
Jewelry presented to the government.
Pcyment Is generally made In gold
when tha Jewelry Is of that metal.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The gross total wealth of the world ia
estimated at 60,000 million pounds ster
ling. The United States heads the list of
nations with an aggregate wealth of about
12,000 million pounds sterling, the United
Kingdom comes next with about 10,OUO
million and France ranks third with about
8,000 millions.
Sour Stomach
"After I wa Indue to try CAACA
KETIi 1 will neyer b wit boat tbem la the boose.
My liver wu In a wotj bad sbape. and my bead
acbed and I bad stomach trouble- Now. since tak
ing Caacareu, I feel line. My wife has also nsed
tbem wttb beneficial results for sour stomacb."
Jos. Kkshlusq, VJll Congress 8L. Bt. Louis. Mo.
CANDY
aaoiaTIftfD
Pleasant. Pslstahln. Pnunt. TasUi Good. Pe
Good. Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe. 10c iiac.UM.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Strritas aaaaaj twpar, CMaac Martrrai, In T.r. ill
M.Tfl.Rlf BoM and guaranteed by all drug
IW'BAIf gists to cVllKTobaocoliatilL.
ywiiviiaijiaviiii
FOR FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used bjmillloeiiof mothr-v for their
children while Toethina (or over Fifty Year.
1c aooihes l he child, softens the auma. allays
aU pain, cores wind ooUe, aad Is the beat
remedy for diarrhoea.
Twciiy.lra Ceata a Bottle.
THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
Fine Singing Canaries, Mocking Itlrris
Talking Pmrrotm mnd all other hancr
Cage Bird, Flno Bred Fowls, Fancjr
t'igeona, GOLDFISH and Qlobea. Th
lurgcat and best anlected slock of fJri
cIrss Good at low price.; aand tor f ala
lotfaes. Birds can be delivered to all
parta aately by express. .
N. W. VftHLt. il9 Market St., U
"Mladeluhla.
f Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Lavte Principal Kxrimiur U.S. Pension Buret'
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