BALLADE OF HYPERBOLE.
When the Paat is bright with Ka golden
glow.
And yoar heart it (all of the days of old.
Of the doughty deed of the long ago,
And you thrill with awe aa the tale la
told;
Then knights In search of the dragon
strolled
And the monster slew with a single blow;
Then maids were blessed with defenders
remember this neTer was really so.
There's the Princess fair, whom so well
you knov
(The one in the tales by romancers told),
With the cheek of rone and the neck of
enow
And the sapphire eyes and the hair of
gold.
Who was Beauty's self set in Virtue's
mold.
E'er true to her Trince while every bean
For her smile would sue till his heart
grew cold
Oh, remember she never was really sol
When yon tirar Lore's word spoken soft
and low.
And the Mood in wares to your cheek ia
rolled.
While your heart beats glad with no
thought of "no,"
And you're filled with joy almost uncon
trolled: When yon hear your beauty and grace
extolled
With a warmth that Lore can alone be
stow, When of days to come a fair tale is
told
Just remember it nerer ia wholly so.
L'ENVOI.
Princess, yonr fancies of life enfold
A place, no 'doubt, for a dream chateau.
But beware that you are not o'er-cajoled,
And remember bow little Is really so.
Life.
LIEUTENANT CLOVER.
uch d!
T I 1HE Colonel seemed m
turned. He walked to the win
dow and gazed out at the empty
parade. He walked to his desk, and
Adjt. Caldwell Clover, who was sign
ing orders, glanced ovrt of the corner of
his eye and saw that the colonel was
pulMng his mustache.
Then the colonel sat down and said
rather sharply, "Are you busy.
Clover7"
It was not customary for the colonel
to address the offlcera by their names In
this way. He was supposed to address
Adjt. Clover as lieutenant, and to say
that the young mnn was surprised
would be placing It mildly. Of course
he didn't object. In fnct It pleased
him to have the colonel apeak to lilm
CatnlHarly, only It was so unexpected.
"I am not busy, colonej," said the ad
jutant. "How old do you think I am,
Clover?" asked the colonel.
"Why, I don't know, colonel," stam
mered the adjutant, "not any older
than than you ought to be."
The colonel was slicing a sheet of
paper with the paper knife. "I want
you to ao something for me. Clover. I
have come to depend on you so entirely
for everything that I am going to put
this personal matter In your hands. I
wsrt yon to write a proposal of mar
riage to a young lady for me."
The Colonel was much embarrassed.
His faco was rod undr the tan.
"A proposal of marriage!" echoed the
adjutant
"Yes. If any one had told me I was
afraid of a woman, I would have laugh -
ed at him. I tried to speak to her about
it last night at the hop, and when sue
looked at me with those steady brwn
eyes of hers I couldn't say a word."
"Then It's Miss Lacey?" said the ad-
Jittant.
"It la Miss Lacey." I
"Very well, colonel" Adjutant Clover
reonived the order Just as he would
havereoelvedan order to appoint a sub
stitute captain for the recruits or any
trivial thing of that sort, and he turned
to his desk as the colonel went out.
There are those who think an adjn
tant has nothing else to do save listen
to thirty-seven bugle calls a day ami
look his best fakin reveille to taps. It Is
mistake. He has a thousand and one
things to do. He oversees guard mount.
He selects the colonel's orderly. He
writes letters and signs papers, and
now Adjutant Caldwell Clover of
Troop X Is asked to write a proposal
?br his colonel to Agnes Lacey.
When Captain Lester went east and
returned with a golden-hnired young
wife. Lieutenant Clover danced with
the bride at the reception given them.
"I am sure I shall not be lonely here,"
she said to him. "I find it all so new and
Interesting, and then in the Bummer my
Bister is coming to me." They were
promenading then, and she looked up
at the six feet of handsome manhood
beside hor, and said: "Yon will like my
sister. She is not at all like me. She
Is almost as tall as you are and Inde
pendent and brave." And from that
night Lieutenant Clover looked for
ward to the coming of Captain Lester's
fair sister-in-law.
Alice Lacey reached tne post In July.
Mrs, Letser had been watching for the
coach, and when it appeared on the
brow of the hill Lieut. Clover handed
her a pair of fleldglasscs, and when at
last the rumble of the wheels was
heard they walked across the parade,
and It was Lieutenant Clover's hand
that opened the stage door and then
fP'ached up to hulp the girl alight
When he took off his cap to her and
then escorted herself and sister to the
cantain's auurters, Agnes Lacey felt
that all her sister hail written about
the courteous young oflieers of the post
must bo true.
The summer was a quiet one at the
post There were a few dances; some
rides over the prairie, a picnic or two,
and long, quiet hours on the verandas,
and then one day there came news of
Captain Lester's transfer to another
post It was on the day before the one
set for his departure that the colonel
gave his adjutant his peculiar order.
When the colonel had gone. Lieuten
ant Clover lenned back In his chair and
Clasped bis hands behind his head. He
was to propose to Agnes Lacey for the
colonel. He thought over all the hours
he spent
ith Agnes, and his face grew j
tender and his lips quivered a little as
he remembered that to-morrow she was
going away, then he said to himself:
"What's the use of my feeling like a
flog in the manger? Jhe wouldn't mar
ry me. She'll nevr think of me again
after she leaves here." He took up his
pen, then hesitated as lie dipped it iu
the Ink. My. but It will be lonesome
when she is gone.
Then he went on I
writing, and when the letter was finish
ed he forgot and signed his own name
Instead of the colonel's, and then laugh
ed as he saw his mistake. He had to
write the letter all over again then.
This time he signed the colonel's name
and called the orderly and sent blm to
Miss Lacey with the letter. And when
tt was done he walked up and down the
room, and all that evening he felt like
a caged Hon. What wonld her answer
be? Had the colonel received ft? Once
er twice he took up his cap to walk
4wn past the captain's quarters, then
bp t&rw K down again. Of course she
would accept Tea, but, after an, mII
she?
The stage left In the early morning.
Lieutenant Clever noted the stir of de
parture about the c&ptatat'a quarters.
Then he saw the captain and Mrs. Les
ter appear, and be ran oat to speak to
them. lie half expected to find the colo
nel with them, bnt he was not here. A
flush dashed up to his fae. Had she
really refused the offer? If sa, why?
There was no time for explanations.
She carac cot ready fcr her Journey.
She gare him her hand, and her eyes
Voked level Into his.
"I shall never forget kow mock you
AM to make niy stay peasant," she
said. "I hep I shall meet yoa again
Lieutenant Clorer."
The driver's whip circled eat orw the
hearts of the forward mules, she) wared
her band to him, and Lieutenant Clorer
was ' standing alone with an aching
heart with nothing In the world ts do
but listen to thirty-seven bogle calls a
day and follow the dreary routine of aa
adjutant's life.
Then there came a tine when tbt
country called for troops. "Boots and
Saddles" quickly followed, and Troon
X started for the South.
Army headquarters at Tampa, wau
thronged with officers. Orderlies were
speeding everywhere. Spars Jingled
, across the floors, and the few army
wives who followed their husbands
I walked up and down the rose trellis
' paths in the evening snd talked of what
the morrow might bring. Lieutenant
Caldwell Clover was still adjutant to
the colonel. A telegram, was banded the
latter. The colonel frowned, pulled his
mustache, then said: "lieutenant, I
have a telegram from a friend now at
Chlckatnangn. Ills slater arrives at
this hotel to-ulght to Join the Red Cross
forces at Key West Please meet her
and see that she gets her train for Port
Tampa In the morning.
The lieutenant saluted.
When the
! P"11"111 car backed into the spacious
noiei rouuu mat uiui, a lew uaicera,
i a newspaper man or two and one worn
i an alighted. As she stepped forward
I the waiting adjutant was startled at
i first, then hurried toward her.
"Miss Lacey! You here?"
j "Ah. Lieutenant Clover) How glad 1
, am to see you again! It Is good to see
, a face one knows. I felt rather lonely,
for there wasn't another woman on the
. car all day."
! "I was to look out for a nurse,'" said
. the lieutenant, glancing around, "but it
! Bee ins she didn't come."
I The girl stepped into the broader
light. "Oh, then you didn't know," she
. said and pointed to her tdeeve. An in-
siguia honored the world over was sew
, ed there the Jled Cross,
i "Is It possible?" It seemed to him
, that nothing but interjections came
' into his mouth. "You are really going
, o the front?"
i "tioing to the front," she repeated,
with a smile in his face. "I shall prob
a'nly meet yon there." 8he said It as
j though It would be a pleasure. They
, were crossing the wide veranda. Vladi
mir PurishofTs orchestra was playing
"The Serenade." "You will come for
me by and by and bring me to hear the
music," she said. "It will seem like old
' times when we danced to the mustc of
the regimental band."
j "Were you lonely after I left the
post?" she asked. Xo one but a wom
an could have nsked such a question.
j "I never before knew what loneliness
was, tie salu. I wonder ir yon would
' forgive me if I told you Just how lonely
i I was but,)no." For a moment he
' thought onU of his lore for her. Then
! he remembered that she had refused
; the flower f the army that she had a
' mission In ji,fe.
' "Tell me." shc said softly.
A man may spend the best of his life
in the dreary confines of an army post
two days' Journey from a railway sta
tion. He may listen to thirty-seven
bugle calls a day and attend to an adju
tant's thousand and one duties for
years, but the blossoms of his heart
may remain eternally fresh and fra
grant. There wore tears In the girl's eyes
when he finished his story. "I am glad."
she said as she put her band In his.
j 'I thought you would tell me before I
left the post. I should have stayed."
"And now, Agnes now?"
"After the war." she said.
So you. who pray for the safety ol
those who go into battle and for bless
ings upon those who wear the Bed
Cross, remember these two country
first, self after, and then, with his will,
long life nnd happiness. Buffalo News
P7 .fJfU
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What Is known as calloused skin
caused by undue pressure, especially
upon the feet, may be removed by fre
quently soaking the parts affected In
a solution of one teaspoouful of alum
to a quurt of hot water. Use nightly
nnd do not pare except when the callus
is very painful.
No kind of face wash removes
freckles. When a skin Is healthy It Is
far better to have the freckles remain
than risk injuring the skin by bleach
ing agents. Often these spots disap
pear without treatment If not, em
ploy such simple helps as buttermilk,
soft water or mild lemon juice.
In a sprain the ligaments are lajurec
These are fibrous structures which can
not be felt through the flesh as a bone,
hence If Is never possible to tell by
handling the part Just how fie liga
ments are torn. Soak a sprained limb
In hot water every day and occaslon-
ally paint on iodine for swelling or
pain.
The popularity of milk as a drink and
diet In many ailments is due to the fact
that It Is enslly swallowed, Is at the
same time food and drink, contains all
necessary eli-iiictiis of nutriment Is ac
tive In giving heat to the body and
stimulates the kidney. Patients have
subsisted entirely ou milk for years.
It sometimes has a constipating effect.
but this can be overcome by proper
medication.
A Model of Her Kiad.
"Miss Doodle ought to be a pattern
society woman."
"Why! How so 7"
"jtecause she has been eat ant by an
the best people." Philadelphia Bul
letin. When a horse carries a heary load
a long distance the people demand that
it be relieved, but a man, with tb mom
f es to Qm tap tt ttm to.
, RAM'S HORN BLASTa
sTaralaa Jta Calllaj the Wicket
Baawateaea.
LOVE'S losses) art
gains. crewn af peace.
War la the high
road to peace.
In war, stern
ness ti truest
Undaeaav
Here lain ean
not be estimated
by the dollar.
Give no quarter
to sin; R will give noae to yon.
War turn the tyrant Inside aa, re
feaMng the alave.
The Prhjee af Peace la, fax tyranny,
tie Prince of War.
The fool Ashe for lattery, the rrtse
nan works for wages.
The Joys extracted by a corkscrew
arc always transitory nee.
Conscience, Re relation and Example
are the a tree lamps of God.
There are many valuable where the
wayfarer lays down his load.
Dandles with diamond and toughs
with tatter, all to the same hell.
The fire of atn will not be quench
by the use of rose-water spray.
So mo people would rather be Blare
of the derll than servants of God.
The question I not, who la able? God
attends to that; but, who la willing?
Neither In a woman's heart, nor In
b raven, la there room for the coward.
Wine may multiply the Bow of words,
but t nerer Increases flfe purity of the
thought.
There ts hope for a nation while It
can fight without asking: "for how
much?"
The cry of "wolf as often emanate
from the wolfs companion aa from the
shepherd
We generally find the new leaf we
turn blotted through by the records pre
ceding it
Borne men count it gain to take dis
honesty from their heart to put ir
their pnrsea.
Modern society casts out the women
who axe lepers, and takes the men Into
Its parlors.
A fool Js always smart enough to find
a by-path from the highway of truth to
the bog of error.
My son, make your efforts upward,
I ml by the law of heaven's gravity
lome return Is certain.
The scholar sits, like Matthew, at the
receipt of custom, demanding of each
jasser-by bis toll of truth.
The derll Is not worrying over the
preacher who puts more rhetoric thar
Christianity Into his sermons.
You cannot stop being educated If
you stop going to school. The most
you can do Is to select your teachers.
The Infant's first gesture Is Interroga
tory. The peitpetual question of the
ihlld Is "why." The characteristic re
mark of the Yankee Is, "I want to
know."
A smooth pane transfers white light
but broken pieces of glass refract to us
ill the colors of the rainbow. So a
faulty life may each us In the broken
fragments of character what a perfect
life could not. j
The first Impulse of a new-born soul
Is to speak to others of a Savior's love,
and toWrsuade them to coin to nim.
This Is a never-falling proof of the new
life in the heart; and It Is the grand
qualification, as It is our commission,
for preaching tlie gospel.
Tobacco, Man's Friend.
Pr. Norman Kerr, an English physv
-!an. says It would be Impossible for
him. without disloyalty to science and
to truth, to denounce the smoking of
tobacco as always Injurious. There are
some persons who find relief from the
agony of their asthmatic paroxysms, as
there are others who, inheritors or sub
jects of the nareomanlaeal intoxication
mania, are enabled to ward off these
morbid nnd well-nigh overpowering Im
pulsus by a amoke. There are occa
sions, such as In the trenches during
military operations, when, worn ou?
with exposure and fatigue, or when ex
hausted by slow starvation, with do food
In prospect, a pipe or a cigar will be
a welcome and valuable friend indeed,
resting the weary limbs, cheering the
fainting heart, allaying the gnawing
hunger of the empty stomach.
Tobacco Is somewhat of a dislnfeot
unt. If he had to see patients in a yel
low fever ward, long as it was since
be last smoked, he should smoke ogalnJ
as a prophylactic aguist tnls dire dis
ease. Tolmcco smoke, ou being passed
through the Interior of hollow bulbs
lined with gelatine containing disease
germs, had destroyed the microbes of
cholera and pneumonia. Further, when
iny father, utterly worn out and Irrita
ble with the worries of the day. Is
ready to find fault with everything,
from the prattling of the children
to the cooking of the dinner, if his
wife is wise enough to persuade him to
smoke, the bear becomes a lamb, and
domestic peace la assured. Pall MaU
Gazette.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SY1LP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
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to the care and skill with which it is
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Tennine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the Calivoknia Flu Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
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imitations manufactured by other par
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CONSULTING A WOMAN.
Mrs. Ptnkham'H Ad 7lce Inspires
Confidence and Hope.
Examination by a male physician ia
a hard trial to a delicately organized
woman.
She puta it off as long as she dare,
and ia only driven to it by fear of can
cer, polypus, or some dreadful ilL
Most frequently such a woman leaves
a physician a office
where she has un
dergone a critical
examination with
an impression. more
or less, of discour
agement.
This condi
tion of the
mind destroys
the effect of
advice; and
she grows
worse rather
than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink
ham no hesitation need be felt, the
story is told to a woman and is wholly
confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address
ia Lynn, Mass., she offers sick women
her advice without charge.
Her intimate knowledge of women's
troubles makes her letter of advice a
wellspring of hope, and her wide experi
ence and skill point the way to health.
" I suffered with ovarian trouble for
seven years, and no doctor knew what
was the matter with me. I had spells
which would last for two days or more.
I thought I would try Lydia E. Pink
ham ""Vegetable Compound. I hare
taken seren bottles of it, and am en
tirely cured." Mrs. Jon Foreman, 26
N. Wood berry Ave., Baltimore, Md.v
The above letter from Mrs. Foreman
is only one of thousands.
BITS UP IN HIS GRAVE.
WMIard Aldrich Haa Hla Coffin Made
In an "L."
William Aldrich, an eccentric bach
elor who died at Mlshawaka, Ind.. re
cently, ordered his own coliln built pre
vloua to his death, and the casket was
constructed in the shnpe of an "L,"
with the perpendicular line at a slight
angle. Aldrich resided In Kerrlen
County, Michigan, where he was one
of the wealthy land owners and quite
prominent as a Spiritualist, ru-lug
stricken with consumption, he went to
his mother's home to die.
When the queer casket was bi.ilt ho
had tt taken to bis home to test It. gave
the undertaker Instructions as to glass
front, hinges and inscriptions. At the
funeral the coffin could not be placed
In the funeral car, heneo several crews
of pallbearers were secured to relieve
each other. The reclining coffin was
placed In a large vault covered with a
monster slab. His mother was In
structed to havb a similar casket built,
that "he might converse with her and
rest 'comfortably until both enter a
new world," as be expressed It. Burled
with him are many valuables, books, a
revolver and a lamp. Hundreds came
from neighboring cities to witness tho
iutennent of the eccentric Individual.
Doctor'e Rum.
An envious young lady called a phy
slclau for a slight ailment, which she
magnified Into a serious one. "Hun,"
said the doctor to a servant, giving him
a prescription, "to the nearest chemist
and bring back the medicine as quick
ly as you can." "Is there much dan
ger?" replied the young lady in alarm.
"Yes," said the doctor, "If your servant
Is not quick It will be useless." "Ohl
doctor, shall I die?" gasped the pa
tient. "There Is up danger of that,"
snid the doctor, "but you may get well
lefore Thomas returns." Golden
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v Contain Mercury,
u mxrrnry will niirely destroy the ftenaa of
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Such articles Hhould never bo used exrvpt on
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wo r""illy derive fnm them. Ha'l's Catarrh
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Internally, arunit directly upon the ulood and
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H ill's aturrh I u re be mi re to net the genu ne.
It in taken internally, and Ik runde In Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. beuey 4io.T stlinonials tree.
W Sold by UruguiKta; price, tic per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the bebk
The world can lie divided inlo the
good, bud and indifferent, and the inrlif
lerentu are the most plentiful.
fort Tobscco Spit sad Smoke Tour Life Away
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mug
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Bc, (he wonder worker, that make, weak men
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What men want Is not talent, it is
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to achieve, but the will to labor.
Flti permanently cured No flu or nervous.
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True goodness is like the glowworm
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except those of Heaven lire uimn it.
Kdneate Yonr Bowele with Caaearcta.
fandy Cathartic, cure cnntliat on forever
luc., 2'c. It C. CC tail, druggist- refund money.
It is the little things that enable us to
juli;e of a man's character; he don't try
to hide them, and couldn't if he would.
Cure ftiiRrant. ed by DR J. B. MAtKR.lOls
ARCH ST., PHI LA.. I'A. Eae at once: no
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f imminent citizens Send for circular. Oulce
icurs 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Many regard tliem-elves as moral, dis
interested, truthful and gentle merely
lieraiise they inexorably insist that others
shall be so.
Ti Care a Cold la one Day.
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We may lie astonished that sneh and
siieh things have takr ii place, but we ought
not to be surprised that anything cin
happen.
1 hy f""1 Cora for OonsnmnUnn
an unfailing medicine. F. R- Lon. law Boats
St, Covington, Ky, Oct. 1. liOi.
T.ife is continually weighing us In sen
sitive scales and telling every one of ug
firecisely what bin real weight is, to the
out grain of dust.
Ta Ctare Cosutlpatton aVarever.
Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic. lOe er tss.
If C. C C fail to core, drncglsta refund money.
Fire and sword are slow engines of
destruction in comparison with the bab
bler. Brooding over trouble is like sur
rooting oate's aetf with a fog; it magnifies
all tba object seen through it. Oceapa
teJaigr iniVfiH
S
i
'acb a OOF V IS.
SOU LITTLE FOLKS,
COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEilEoT TO THEM.
Sosaetataa; that Will Internet the Jo
vaaile Meaabera of Bvery HaaaenoM
-ftualat Actioaa sad Brisk Hartals
AT Maar Cate and Cunning Children,
Ted'e Inreattoa.
Said little Ted. "When I'm a man
It's very long to wait
but tbea I'm going to buy a clock
Without a half-past eight
"I'd hare such good times right along
From breakfast until late.
If oar big clock went on and on
And skipped that half-past eight.
"Bnt almost every morning now
I hear mamma, or Kate
Gall Ted! it's nearly time for school,
Make haste, it's half-past eight
"And in the evening it's the same.
Or worse. I know I hate
To hare papa say. 'bedtime, Ted,
Look there, it's half-past eight'
"Now when I get te school to-day
First think I'll take my slate
And make a picture of a clock
That has no half -past eight"
Where Oar nrnshes Co nee From.
A large proportion of the hog bristle
that are made Into brushes of all aorta
i nre obtained from China. Before Chl
i nese ports were opened to foreigners
the residents of China made no use of
the bristles, but now they hare become
one of the Important exports. The hog
bristles used in making fine brushes
are usually not less than three Inches
long, but the black Tlen-Tsin bristles
of North China are often more than
twice that length, and are famous the
world over. The animals from which
the black bristles are taken closely re
st-mhle the wild boar of Europe.
Nerer Too Late to Learn.
Do not worry If you do not get la
early start In the pursuit of knowledge.
Many of the world's most successful
and useful men, as well as some of the
moat noted scholars, got their schooling
late in life. Benjamin Franklin was
over 50 years old when he began the
study of science and philosophy, but
he became one of the world' great
philosophers. fur Richard Arkwrtght,
inventor of the spinning machine, was
50 years old when he began to learn
English grammar and to Improve his
writing and spelling.
Home Dntiea of Indian Children,
There are home duties as well as
pleasures for the children. Boys are
required to look after the ponies, to
lend a hand In planting, to hejp in the
harvest, and they are often made to do
active duty as scare crows in the newly-planted
field, where, like little Pc
peep they fall fast asleep. The girls
help to ga tlier wood, bring water, and
look after the younger ones. As they
grow oMer they are taught to cut, sew
and make garments. In former days
the old Omahas say, no girl was con
sidered marriageable until she had
j learned to tan skins, make tents ah.1
clothing, prepare meat for drying, and
could cultivate corn and beans; while
a young man who had not learned to
make his own weapons and to be a
skillful hunter was not considered
fitted to take upon himself the respon
sibilities of the provider of a family.
Century.
A Chapter on Crowns.
From the earliest times the crown
bits been an emblem of high honor and
authority. Originally, it was simply
a fillet of leaves, and was used by the
ancients In the observance of religious
rites and festivities.
The ancient "royal diadem" was a
head-band or fillet, worn by kings as a
mark of regality. It was made of silk,
of thread, or of wool, and was wound
around the temples and the forehead,
and tied behind, the ends falling on the
neck.
In ancient Rome the crown was usu
ally made of laurel leaves, and was giv
en as a reward for courageous deed-?.
Among the Greeks, It was a symbol of
office and a token of victory. It was
bestowed upon victors In the Grecian
games, and also upon citizens that bad
rendered the country Important service.
The "corona obsidipnnlis" was the
crown most highly prized; It was be
stowed by a besieged army, or town,
upon the general that came to their
rescue.
The civic crown, made of oak leaves
and acorns, was given to any soldier
that saved the life of a citizen. It en
titled the soldier to a seat next to the
Senators on all public occasion, and
he. hU father, and his graiidfatli.i
were exempted from all public bur
dens. The "corona muralls" was a circlet
of gold surrounded by turrets, and was
given as a reward to the first one enter
ing a beleaguered city. The "corona
trlumphalls" was the reward given to
a triumphant general.
At first the Papal crown was a plain,
pointed cap. Pope Hormlsdas added
the first crown, Boniface VIII. the sec
ond, and John XXH. the third, thus
making It a triple crown.
A coronet Is a small crown worn by
members of the nobility. The coronet
of a duke Is adorned with eight straw
berry leaves; that of a marquis with
four strawberry leayea alternating with
four pearl; that of an earl with eight
strawberry leaves alternating with
eight pearl raised on points; that of a
Tiscormt wUb sixteen pearls, and that
of baron wKh six pearl.
The ciown mt England la supposed to
be the flneat piece of regalia in the
world. Ih value is variously estima
ted, but it at commonly believed to be
worth at laMt fl.600,000.
On a! tb flneat collection of crown
fewel la the world 1 owned by the
Bntttn C Turkey. From time est ot
BT7 gMjKttau bar gaaga poM
Tld by the Sara-rant.
From The Democrat, Or and Rapid. Jfic.
At the Michigan HolJirrs' Home, la Grand
Eapida, lives Kergeaot lUohard Dana, bale
and hearty, although he carries the scars
of sovcral wounds sustained la tome of the
batt lea of the Civil War. In roeouating twi
experlonae to a reporter, Mr. Dona said:
"About a year and a half ago I began to
hava trouble with my stomach. My suffer
ing was so Intense that I triad different
medicines and doctored with sereral pbysl
oJaas, bat without permanent relief.
"I read an
aeeount of Dr.
Williams' Fink
Pills tor Pale
People baring
enrwl a casta
much like
mine, and I de
elded to give
them a trial,
whloh 1 did.
"After tak
ing Are boxes
I was cured. I
nerer felt bet
ter than I do
now, evou to
A Wounded Soldier. my younget
day. I am naturally a robust man, bat
thut stomach trouble, together with rheu
matism, which afterward sot In, were mak
ing fast Inroads upon my health and I am
satianed that It would have been bat a short
time beforo my comrades would bave been
oonductlog tbo regulation funeral cere
monies over my remains, bad I not chaneed
to read of and taken Dr. Williams' Pink
l'illfl for Pale People.
"There are several others In the home
who are taking these plll.i and are receiving
great benefit." Richard Dcm.
Babsorlbed and sworn to before me, this
1st day of Nov., 18W.
Hesbt Gibson, Kotary Public.
Sergeant Dunn is perfectly willing that
anyone should write blm la reference to bts
easA, provided stamp Is enclosed for the
reply.
All the elements necessary to give new
Ufa aod rlcbmssa to the blood and restore
shattered nervxs are contained la a con
densed form in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People. They are also a specino for
troubles peculiar to females, snch as sup
pressions. Irregularities and all forms of
weakness. In men they cure cases arising
from mental worry, overwork or excesses
of whatever nature.
of collecting jewels and selling hone.
Thus the collection has become very
great
It Is a question whether Russia or
Persia haa the greatest and most valua
ble collection of crown-diamonds in the
world, but the honor is supposed to be
long t one of the two. Philadelphia
Times.
Chlldren'e Bright Saying.
Little Barbara, on seeing a dish of
lemon jelly placed unon the table, ex
claimed: "O, mamma, see how nervous
that Jelly Is!"
Bobby, aged 4, was out playing In
the yard when his father called him to
I come to dinner. lie did not respond at
I once, however, and when he came In
I later his father asked: "Bobby, didn't
you hear me when I called you a while
ago?" "Yeth, sir," answered the little
fellow, "but I touldn't hear you very
dood."
Bessie's grandma was reading a
nowspaper and happened to say some
thing about the funny anecdotes It
contained. Later when she laid the
paper aside Bessie picked It up, and
after looking It over she exclaimed:
"Gwan'ma, I tan't find 'em!" "Can't
find what, dear?" asked grandma.
"Zem fuuny nannygoats," was the r
ply.
Reasoning Powers ol Ante.
Professor Bonatelll, In a note to the
Venetian Institute, relates an incident
showing the reasoning powers of ants.
He had observed a procession of the lit
tle Insect going and returning from
the branch of a tree to a house touched
by the latter. He cut the end twig,
making a gap of about half an Inch be
tween the tree and the wall, so that the
nts could no longer pass. At the end
)t half an hour they found out that
another twig of the tree, when moved
by the breeze, came In contact with the
wall every now and then. They Imuie
iiately took advantage of this flying
bridge and reformed their procession,
waiting each time for the moment of
sontact In order to vaea.
Must Be Newly lere.
As. Mr. Ruffedge sat down, aftet
tiring elbowed his way back from a
Letwcen-acts trip, he happened to see
some Japanese students sitting further
In front.
"A great many Japanese come over
to this country to get civilized, don't
they?" he remarked. "I suppose !t
takes them a good while to get used to
our ways."
"I suppose so," said Miss Cayenne.
"And I don't think those young men
have been here very long."
"Why?"
"I haven't seen one of them climbing
over the people between him and the
aisle every time tbte curtain went
down." Washington Star.
litke a Freak Exhibit.
The Tennyson biography relates
that the annoyances to which Teirny
son waa subjected from the curiosity
of tourists had its humorous side for
the onlookers. "It must be confessed,"
remarks Prof. Muller, "that people
were very Inconsiderate. Rows of
tourists sat like sparrow on the paling
of his garden, waiting for his appear
a nee.
"The guides were actually paid by
sightseers, particularly by those from
America, for showing them the great
poet. Nay, they went so far aa to dress
up a ssilor to look like Tennyson, and
the result was that, after their trick
hnd been found out, the tourists would
walk up to Tennyson and ask him,
'Now, are you the real Tennyson T "
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THE SPANISH PHETErtOE
Toaas Girl'e laapraaalo of
Dieaiyated Don Ctwloa. '
It was a warm summer's evening. I,
1 girl of 16 or IT.
very fasbtonavble lady t erne
primitive batMng whlhrkairnrs o
Vlaregglo, .while a loud ud rather dls
3rdat band played a dreamy Wald
teufeJ waltx oh, weU do I "member
it! auid some Intrepid dancer obllT
iou to the Sahara heal that reign In
that spot even till late at nrgHt timed
their atep to the mnstc. Suddenly I
saw a tall, commanding flgnre ap
proaching, followed by 4 number of
iisttegnlshed looking men, who re
mained a HW way behind blm. He
saantered m to where we were sitting,
and bowed gracefully to my tottered
comvanion. She stood ay at once, and
while they exchanged a tew wore I
examined that handsome and ajlngly
face, and knew Instinctively that I had
Kofnre nw a neraonaze Indeed. HI
beard, short and of ebon black, con
trasted with the Ivory pallor of hi
face, while hi eyes, as Mack aa night
(lashed haughtily from beneaeh his
lark brow- His forehead bore the
Olympic serenMy of the gods, and. In
deed, one might quake without being a
toward before ap kingly a man. were It
not for the mile that suddenly illu
mined hi countenance, softened the
eyta almost to tenderness, and played
jver bis regular feature like a sun
beam on the statue of a god. Remem
ber I waa but ailly 16, very. vT u
ceptlble, and It was the first time I aw
a prince of the blood royal.
I was brusquely aroused from my
ecsaatfc contemplation by my compan
on, who, In dulcet tones, said: "Maide
oielselle de F , allow me to Intro
duce you to the King of Spain."
That he made but a poor sort of a
husband to his first wife. Princess
Margherita, was a well-known fact.
He led a dissipated life at Venice, and
the echoes of his follies rang through
Europe; and when I anw the saintly
luchess leading a life of charity and
austerity, and bumble In the midst of '
to much grandeur, I felt my blood boll
with indignation toward him; but In
bis presence one forgot all save that he
was a gracious sovereign, who willing
ly told an amusing anecdote In whih
he came out in colors far from glowing.
Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Roae-Tloted Snow,
The rosy light which tinge so bean
tlfully the sumlmts of lofty snow-clad
mountains. In Alpine regions, before
sunrise and after sunset. Is due to the
circumstance that the yellow and red
rays of light have more penetrating
ower than the blue. They make their
way through stretches of the atmos
phere, whieh entirely arrest and turn
back the blue, and they do this the
mora especially If the air Is laden at
the time with extraneous particles that
ingment their opnclty. When the sun
Is below the horizon, the red and yel
low rays struggle on through the air
is for as the snowy heights, dropping
their associates by the Way, and thus
paint their fleecy surfaees with red and
yellow tinted light. This roseate after
Slow Is very beautifully seen exhibited
by the Jungfrau. The broad-based cone
is suddenly covered In the deepening
twilight with the crimson hue of the
rose, and this then gradually fade un
til the whole has almost vanished into
iarkr-ess.
Gigantic Shadows.
From the summit of Mount Diablo,
California, may be seen a curious phe
nomenon. Four times a year once
every three months the Run rises at
such an angle that a shadow over tea
miles long is thrown on the plain be
neath. Tbe Peak of Tencriffe projects
t huge shadow stretching upwards of
Bfty miles across the deep, and. itartly
eclipsing the adjoining Isles. Exagger
ated shadows of immense size are com
monly seen In many other places. On
the Herts Mountains the so-called
Spectre of the Brocken throws gigantic
shadows of mountain climbers Into the
ky, repeating every movement made
by them. The same occurs on the sum
mit of Pambamarca, In Peru. On the
top of Alpine peaks, and on the sum
mit of Ben Lomond, In Scotland, mists
in one case and rarifled air In the other
explain these optical delusion. The
tame cause also produce colored shad
ows, varying at each hour of the day,
which are traceable to the desertion of
the solar rays.'
Colorado'a Mountain Peaks.
There are 110 mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over 12,000 feet above
the ocean level. Forty of these are
higher than 14,000 feet, and more than
half of that number are so remote and
rugged that no one ha dared to at
tempt to climb them, fiome of them
are massed with snow, others have
glaciers over their approaches, and
other are merely masses of Jagged
rock.
Beauty la Blood Deep.
Clean blood mean, a clean skin No beanty
without It Case tret.. Candy Cnthirtlc clean
your blood and keep tt clean, by -lirrli.? up the.
lazy liver and driving all Impuittl.-. from Inn
bo iy. Be-In to day to banish pimples, boils
b'otches blackheads, and that slcklv bill. u.
complexion by taking Ca.carets - beauty for
t n cents. All druggists, satisfaction suaran
teed, luc, 25c., 50c.
The only worthy end of all learning,
of a 11 science, of all life, in fact, is that
human lieings Fhoul.l love one another
lietter.
.. ..,.. B niuimi -ynin ur rniKlren
teetuine, sof.en the sums, reiliiclur InH iinma-
Ifpa tl'l.ll . V . 1 n . ....
- j - - 1 iiiu oiic, a uottiH.
A kind heart is a fountain of glddnec:
making everything in his vicinity freshen
into smiles.
No-To-Hae For Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Sec, 1. All druggists.
Find a way or make one. Everythine
is either pusher or pushed. The World
always listens to a man with a will in
Hypocrisy is a certificate of good
clia meter vice glvr to virtue.
The world's otop.I is. ..,ie , tho begt
111:111 who wears the best eo.it."
!ray hair and wrinkles may come
tut a happy heart is always young.
Count the day lost in M,.h 1
not cast all your care upon the Lord.
The man who stands behind truth to
tight ha a shelter that is bullet proof.
If nil humor of life could only lx
known, what a jolly WOrld this woul I
CO.
Open the door of your mind to good
thoughts and evil ones will be driven
out.
When some people read the Bible, the
last thing they want to know la Its
truth.
Cl!imlt Ct3 PridtT
aaaa Caa. sat
SAPOLJ
THE RUSH OF THE OREOON.;
flier hela
I her sooth to Magellaa'a Booth
auafal haa. fart
Then east
fhrouab the
the fartarr gat ac the crafty
And'thea they held her north.
Sis tbeesana miles to, the tadfcxa Israel
Ana the Oreaaa raehed haoaa.
Her wake a ewirl of lade aa aaerV
Her bow a bend ef toenv
An when at Me the eabre stag
'There to war, grim war with SpalnT
The swart crews fri lined, and stroke their
anna.
Ant! thought ea the mangle Maine.
Ia the (llmmere gloom ef the engrne roost
There waa jy te each grunr
A ad relating oea apraa ap axai i
A ad heaped the biasing coaL
Goo need was there- te ga wHh carei
But every sailor rayed
Or cua for ran er esx te one
To meet them, oaafrald.
Her goal at last! Tltb Jpyoss Mast
She hailed the welcoming roar
Of hungry aea-wolves curved along
The strong Mr) ed Cuban shore.
Long nights went by. Ber beaamd eye
Vnwaverlng searched the hay
Where, trapped and penned foe a eertale
end.
The Spanish aqnadroa lay.
Out of the harbor a curl of smoke
And a watchful iron rang clear.
Out of tbe channel the squsdroa broke
Like a bevy ef mgntenea aeer.
Then there was shooting for "steam, more
steam!"
. . u .i.mI whit. mnA 9mA
And runs were manaed and ranges planned.
And the great ships leaped ahead.
Then there was roaring of cboraaing guns
Chatter of shell snd spray.
And wbo but the rnsblng Oregoa
Waa fiercest In chase and fray?
for ber mighty wake was a seething uat'm
Her bow waa a billow of foam;
Like the mailed flsts of an angry wight
Her shot drove crashing home.
Pride of tbe Spanish navy, hoi
Klee like a bounded beast!
For tbe ship of the Northwest strikes a blow
For the ship of tbe far Northeast!
In qnlvering joy she surged ahead
Aflame with flashing bars.
Till clmn sunk the Spaniard's gold and re
And up ran the cluatervd stars.
Desperate dash and daring rash
Are grand In pence and war.
But the calm, deep hate that caa plan aa
wait
Ia deadlier by far.
Glory to share? Aye, and to spare;
Hut the chlefest Is hers by right
Of a rush of 14.000 miles
7or the chance of a bluer fight.
Hmallest of Passenger Trains.
Running through the park of a coun
try gentleman In England Is the small
est passenger railroad In the world
It has a little locomotive which la pep- '
fectly proportioned after one of the big
engines of the Great Northern Railroad.
Its cylinders are four Inches In diam
eter, and the diameter of the driving
wheels thirty Inches. The engrne and
oars run on a track eighteen Inches! In
gauge. As small as it Is, the engine
will houl fifteen ton on a lerel track
and weighs two and one-half tons. The
train constats of a bag-gage car and a
passenger car. The engine win haul.lt
at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour.
The rails weigh only nine pound to tb
yard.
BAD
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and are a trulr wonderful medicine. I hare ofloa
wished for a medicine pleasant to take and at last
bave found It iu Cattcarela. Mnee taking them, uif
blood hati beeu purltletl and my complexion has tm
proved woaderlullf aud I feel mut-li belter In every
war. Mas. SAU.1K a.. bkuRs. LutucU. Tcun.
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WaTflaRAft 801(1 ,na rnnrnntecd br all drug
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baa been used by mmioBaof mother" for tarlr
children while TeatbiD tor em Fifty Team,
it soothes the child, softens the suae, aftay
all pa:n. eons tad oouo, ad Hum
reaieitT for dlarrtwre.
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Better ventilation In our churches
would make the devil work harder for
what he gets.
If we have to do a certain work the
best thing we can do is to best learn
how to do it best.
The man whose knowledge all cornea
from books, will not find in It the power
to move living men.
Every man who io a co-worker with
Uotl will be aure to leave this world bet
ter than he found It.
If your son never learns anything
, u is nattily worth while
to send him to college.
1-Every prayer the Christian make
ought to have as much meaning in it
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