HOW HE WAKENED GRANDMA
Minnw "Ltttla one, go and at
If grandmother'! ready to com to tan."
I knew I masn't disturb her, so
I stepped aa gently akmg tiptoe.
And stood a moment to take a peep
And there was grandmother fast aalMP
I knew it was time for her tq wake:
I thought I'd give her a Mttle snake,
Or tap at her door, or softly call;
Bat I hadn't the heart for that at all
She looked so sweet and quiet there.
Lying bak In her high arm-chair.
With hrr dear white hair and a Bttfc
urn lie.
That means she's loving yon all the while.
I didn't make speck at noise;
1 knew she was dreaming of little boys
And girls who Hred with her Ions
And then went to heavenaha had told
me so.
I went np close, and I didn't speak
One word, bur I gave her on the cheek
The softest bit of a little kiss.
Just In s whisper, and then said this:
"Grandma, deer, it'a time for tea."
She opened her eyes and looked at me.
And said: "Why, pet, I hare jnst now
dreamed
Of a little angel who came and seemed
To kiss me lovingly on my face."
She pointed lorlngly at the very place,
I never told her 'twas only me,
I took her hand and went to tea.
Massachusetts Ploughman.
niS LAST CRIME.
a
P tople enough words. ana
J- yet lisped as they were in
-w 1TV oltnvxIM t
Infantile
accents by a little maid of,)" " '
thrrw thov wtrnek an
answering 1
chord aom-nvhere In the heart of ,
the hardened criminal who stood con-
eonl.wt twh1nt fho honTT drflTVpHefl oi
the window.
Ho had ground his teeth and mut
tered hard curse when, some minutes,
before, his plain of action had been
iiiiexnx-trilT foiled bv the entrance of !
the child and her nurse.
What business had they here? Thli
was my lady's room, and as such
should have been perfectly free from I
now until she retired for the night.
Lady Harrington's Jewels had long j
been eagerly desired by the burgling
profession, and now an excelleart op-
portunlty had occurred In which to an
nex them.
Slippery Jim had boeo selected as th
very man to bring the Job to a miceee
ful Issue.
Under cover of a dull November
nlpht, he bad fixed his ladder to th
window, climbed up, and effect! an
entrance.
My lady was at dinner, and as Jim
turned up a Jit of gas over the dress
ing table, he had congratulated himself
on his adroitness.
Then had come a sound of hurrying
footsteps, and quick as thought the gas
was lowered, and Jim hidden bohlnd
the curtains. The nurse entered, carry
ing her little charge, the spoiled dar
ling of the house.
"Sleep with uiiirver," she had Insist
ed, wlien being put to bed In her own
little cot. and to pacify her the nurse
had brought her thither.
Next, the little tyrant persisted that
her mother muM put her into bed, and
In response to a message from the
nurse, Iady Harrington had come has
tily into the room.
The young mother looked onxIourJ;
at the llrUo flushed face.
"What is It, darling? Do you think
she Is poorly, nurse?"
"No. my lady, only a bit fractious,
and 1 thought It best to humor her."
"Me wants 'oo to hear my 'pairs."
Then had followed the repetition of the
favorite nursery prayer, "Gentle Jesus,
meek and mild," but It was the third
line, 'Tity my simplicity," that had
struck the answering chord in the burg
lar's bretist.
Whifi' hud he heard that before?
Pity my simplicity! The words burnt
Into his brain as he crawled close to
the window. He scarcely heeded what
was passing In the room, aa he grimly
wonder.d at this seeming familiarity j
with a eniiu a prayer. I'recious long '
time since he had thought of a prayer,
not since his poor mother ah! now hr
knew.
It was the very prayer he used to snj
to her as a tiny boy, and he remem
bered that he always stuck at that par
ticular line, liecause he could not say
'simplicity." How it all came back'
It was years and years since
But Lady Harrington was putting
her little daughter lnrto bed.
"Good night, darling; make haste to
go to sleep."
"Night night," murmured tie child,
sleepily; then, "Oh, pretty, prettyP' and
the tiny hands were pulling at the Jew
els that encircled her mother's throat.
Lady Harrington unolaaped the neck
lace, and put It In the little girl's hand.
"There, Muriel shall have the pretty
thing, if only she will go to sleep."
The mother then left the room, charg
ing the nurse to stay and take the neck
lace frmii her when she had fallen
asleep. The nurse lingered until the !
little gm wasiasi ameep. en looKing
at the necklace
murmured
"Poor little dear, she's overtired. I
shan't disturb her to take the neck
lace." Then she, too, left the room.
The coast was now dear for Slippery
Jim. He moved quickly towards the
safe wherein lay the famous Harring
ton Jewels.
With uniiHual ct'lertty he applied his
tools and forced the lock. The heavy
door swung Imi'k. Jim's eyes glistened
as he saw the numerous cases packed
within. He opened one after another
and gloated on the rare gems wlthlu.
What a haul! Enough to set the
whole sang up for life. Just then a
slight sound made him start He look-
ed round quickly. No, the little girl
...Ml .. . 1 TT V.Ann . .
was still nsioep. ue Dcgan to pack
the cases in his capacious bag, when
niiother sound mad him pause In hi
work.
"Hang the ehlldl" he thought, an
grily, as he crept towards the bed.
Though she had thrown the clothes
bark a little, she was sleeping sound
ly. Something glittered in her hand.
It was the necklace, and much toe
valuable to be left He tried to un
clasp the rosy fingers that had fas
tened so tightly on their treasure. 8ud
iVnly. the blue eyes opened wide, but
-iiiii held i:p his IkilkI warnlngly.
"If ytr cries out 1'Ule 'un, IU kill
.' (-r! Give me the necklace."
The blue eyes looked wonderingly at
rliiip. iy Jim. Their owner had never
l.t-t'ii addressed in such rough language
I i lore.
"(Jive me the necklace," he repeated,
: ::d pulled it from her roughly.
The rosy lips trembled, and big tears
withered ami fell. Jim felt a strange
i;;:a:in as the little face puckered, and
she tried to repress her sobs.
" 'Oo 'ave taken my muvyjar's pretty
tirgs. 'Ooo naughty bad man! Does
;o ever say 'oo 'palrsT
Jim shook his head, and she Jumped
up, and kneeling in the bed, raised her
piping treble:
"Dear Dod, this is a very bad, wicked
.nan, be doesn't say any 'yalra. IVaM
wake bus aa felt
nam Bar, young tea, stw mat mi
get tato bad agin, or the bogrcsH come
after yer."
"Doeant mind bogies at all. Oo aaj
'pair Jnst oace, and then ms'H jo t
sleep," she entreated.
The marre! to Jim was her titter fear
lessness of htm. To pacify her, and la
his hurry to be gone, be complied.
It was a strange sight, the pretty. In
nocent child, chad In her white night
gown, kneeling close to the dork, evtl
looktng man. who had been "wanted"
for many a deed of robbery aad rta
lence.
Putting bis hands together, aa she di
rected, be repeated after hex the Terse
she bad said at her awtherw tale bat
at the lln -Pity my simplicity," Jim's
voice stuck. A great lamp rose In his
throat, and an unwonted moisture
dimmed his eyes.
Another scene cam Tlvldly before
'aim. A poorly-furnished room, -and In
It a little lad with his hands Joined 1b
prayer at his mother's knee.
II Ravens I that little lad was himself.
What years and years of sin and misery,
lay between that sin and this! Who
was he to be thus taught by a Bttk
oliild? Hardened, deeply-dyed criminal
as he was, a flush of shame rose to his
cheek.
"'Oo's crying," said the little girl.
"Don't cry, me so sorry," and she laid
her soft cheek against his, and patted
his hand affectionately. "Oo's a nice
man now, and me love 'oo."
Look 'ere. little 'un, 'ere's yer neck
ace; you keep U tight, and Me down and
sleep. Jim won't hurt yer, but
ic nine uivuiu wua uytut-,
RHppery Jim took a kiss from those
si.wi niis.
It Sent a
thrill through his whols
frame, and went far to the softenlna;
of his heart.
In after years he was wont to look
hack to that kiss as the beginning of his
salvation.
Then he laid the little girl in her ld,
and tucked her up as carefully and
gently as her mother had done.
"Good night, little 'un, yer leetle
knows wot ye've done for me. Good
night, and though It hain't for the like
of me to say It, heaven bless ycrr
Then, quickly replacing tne wnoie oi
the Jewel case In the safe, Slippery
Ilm stole out of the window. Saturday
Evening Post.
SHAFTER'S SKILL IN SHOOTING.
The Joke He Played on the Colonel ol
a Rival Rcgincnt.
Colonel Thomas H. Barry, adjutant-
general to Major-General Otis, tells a
good story of Major-General Shafter's
shooting In the days when he was s
colonel on the Mexican border. A day
before he took ship for the Philippines,
Barry, discussing Shatter's gallantry
before Santiago, said:
"1 was Shatter's aid years ago when
we both were bronzing under the hot
test sun that shines in these states.
Shafter was known as the best shot not
only In his regiment, but In the wholt
country about. One day an officer from
another regiment not acquainted with
Shaffer's ability In this line, visited the
post and soon made tt apparent to ui
that ho esteemed himself about as ex
pert a marksman as ever pulled a trig
ger. We secretly laughed at his
opinion of himself and whispered to
each other, 'Just wait till Pecos get
after him.'
"Well, his time came. One morning
Shafter and I started out to ride fort
miles or more to another post, and the
visitor asked to be allowed to accom
pany us. We trotted along easily until
about noon, when we halted to eat our
luncheon, which we nacked with us. At
that time officers carried short carbines
on such service and I had one strapped
to my saddle. The conversation drift
ed from the topography of the country
to marksmanship, and the officer cat
him Smith said, 'Say, Colonel, havt
you got any shots In your regiment?'
"Shatter smiled and replied: 'Havi
Tj
Why, I've got some men that cai
discount the sharpshooters you read
about Officers, too. I'm not much my
self, but when you get back to the fort,
I'll tell a few of the good ones to show
you a thing or two.'
"Jnst then an antelope sprang up
quarter of a mile away, and all seeing 11
at the same moment reached for then
carbines. Shafter was quickest and li
a second adjusted the sights to COO fee!
and blazed away. Down came Mr. An
telope, and when we rode up to where
je lay, we found a bullet over his heart
"Smith examined the wound, looked
over the carbine and then muttered
half aside, 'Not bad. Ton say you'rs
not In It with other officers in your regi
ment Colonel?"
" No,' said Shafter, 'I'm ashamed of
myself alongside of them.'
A couple of hours later another ante
lope appeared, but farther away. Smith ! I'm beating back." White said his
fidgeted a moment and then said eager dream was that Frazier had broken his
ly: 'Colonel, may I go after him T right arm and could use only one oar;
" Tshaw! You wouldn't chase hln , that he was alive and hungry In mid
nn hAmnhofL- at thnt rtlBtnnce 9 eT. ncen.n. Roth men. on comnarlnir notes.
. ,a,med Shaftori MnK the weapon
mill itrtf'llUK 11 u yui
lead In bis head.'
"He fired and we saw the animai
I hound away. Smith was gleeful. 'A
little high, Colonel, he shouted as we
galloped on. Reaching the place where
the game had been, we were on a high !
rising piece of ground, and, looking
down fifty feet, Shafter pointed to a
j dark object and said quietly: I guess
1 1 got the head.'
I "Sura enough, the antelope was lying
dead, with a bullet through his left earl
Smith looked as disgusted as any max
I ever saw.
"'And the officers are better?" be
queried.
"Shatter's eyes twinkled. - 'Lleuten
ant Smith,' he replied, with assumed I
I . . . . , t
sternness, i warn you 10 say notnmg i
of this at the post I ought to have
hit him In the eye. and I feel ashamed
of my poor aim.'
"Smith, who had no sense of humor,
was dumfonnded. For years after he
spread the fame of Colonel Shafter as
a marksman far and wide. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
An Kxpcrienced Man.
rvfjt-'
Jemiscy - You enlisting? Get out
vflii harpy! What could yon do In sc
Jlerlng?
Dugan Sure. I'd bo the very man f
ren av tblm mortar battcrlca 1 baa
about I can abltag mortar ti tkr
beat av Urim-Yka.
NO WOMAN IS EXEMPT.
Regularity is a matter of importance
in every woman's life. Much pain is,
however, endured in the belief that it
is necessary and not alarming, when
in truth it is alt wrong and indicates
derangement that may cause serious
trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself will
unsettle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation of woman's health is
a perfectly normal and regular, per
formance of nature's function. The
statement we print from Miss Geb-
tbcdb Sikes. of Eldred, Pa., is echoed
In every city, town and hamlet in this
country. Read what she says:
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new person since following your ad
vice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
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I never had any faith in patent medi
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me of leucorrhoea. I hope these few
words may help suffering women."
The present Mrs. Pinkham's experi
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side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
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as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year. 1
" 111 suffering women are invited to
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass.. for advice about their health.
SAVED BY TWO DREAMS.
Castaway's Two Shipmate Dreaaaed
of Him and Went to Hla Reecne.
The life of Arthus Frazier, one of the
crew of the Eliza S. Foster, the fisher
man Jnst in from the Grand Banks,
was saved by a dream, says a Bucks-
port (Me.) dispatch in the Boston Jour- j
nal.
One day when he was out In a dory
there was a strong northwest wind and
a heavy fog shut down and hid the ship
from view. He was making for the
vessel with a heavy load of fish, when
a heavy sea boarded his dory, carrying
away one of his oars and nearly mak
ing his boat unseaworthy. This left
him In a beipleas condition, and he was
at the mercy of the wind and waves.
He yelled at the top of his voice. The
men on board heard his cries, but could
not see him or understand What he
sold. They could bear him as hie voice
grew weaker and fainter till nothing
could be beard but the mournful wind
whistling tii rough the rigging; then
his voice died away. He did not return
that night, and the wind blew almost i
a gal.
In the. morning the wind was strong
and the fog hung low. No sign of
Frazier could be seen. There was a
large fleet of vessels from different
parts of the world France, Portugal,
Ireland and America and when Fra-
tr. faitral trt nhtrn mnmlwni of his
crew went among the near-by ones and 1
reported a man lost Not one had
heard of him. At about noon the sun
came oat and pushed the clouds of fog
away, but the wind held to the same
point.
The Foster hoisted the flag to half
mast to give notice to the fleet of a
missing man. The custom is in such
cases that should. the man be on any
other of the fhet an answer of flag
at half-mast is given. No answer came
all the afternoon, the flag still held
that position, and the wind kept up al-
most a gale. Ttiat night passed; no
Frazier appeared, and during the night
the wind shifted two points to south
ward. Next morning It was back to north
west again. Frazier was given up aa
lost It was supposed that the dory
was capsized when his calls were
heard, so the men resumed work with
a feeling of sorrow, for Frazier was
the life of the crew, and kept them in
constant laughter.
At about 4 o'clock In txie afternoon,
as the cook was scanning the horizon
with a glass, be noticed a black speck
In the ocean. lie told the captain and
crew, and asked them to look. They j
did so. One man said It was a whale,
another thought It was a ship, and so
on. The cook and John White, who
were the close friends of Frazier, be
lieved It must be he, and proposed to
lower a boat and go to meet him.
Both men had an odd dream the night
before. The cook dreamed that Fraz
ier had lost an oar and that the wind
had borne him away, and he said he
was called out of a sound sleep by
Frazier, who said: "Don't give me up.
found that they were awakened on the t
same Instant by Frazier calling thorn .
and telling them: "For heaven's sake, j
take a dory and come to leeward."
When they saw this speck on the
ocean, they lowered a dory. In spite of i
the Jeers of some others of the crew,
and put off. They rowed In the dlrec-
tlon of the dot and soon were out of
sight themselves, for a heavy fog had
shut from view the ship, but not the
Untie tattered sail abend. At 6 o'clock
they reached a loat that was beatlng
agamnt the wind, and, sure enough, It
was Frazier. He was In the stern, us
ing the oar as a tiller. It was Just as
they head dreamed, he had but one oar
and his arm was disabled from a blow
received in fluting the main boom.
He was in a frightful condition, ne
... . AW- 1 . , It
aiun l appear u nouce me wi umu
they were wrthln a few hundred yards
of him; then White yelled to rrazler
and the latter fainted away with Joy.
His boat began drifting and the other
oar went over the rail. It was quite a
race, bat the rescuers soon overtook
the dory and took the man to tftelr own
boat and letting the dory go to sea they
made for the ahlp.
That night there was Intense exclte
.neat aboard ship. There were three
men missing now. Fog horns were
blown and bells rung until a late hour,
end then, as If the last hope for their
return had been given up, the noise all
died away. The trio in the boat, who
had neared tie ship, now could not
make thMnselves heard against the
wind. All night long did they beat
their way against the wind, their only
hope betag to hold the same position
till daybreak.
As tha day dawned they were sur
prised to find that the fog had lifted,
that they had passed the ship, and
that they were about three miles to
windward, but the fleet was in sight.
There was no difficulty In getting back
to ship, where they were taken aboard.
Frazier was nearly exbauated for wont
of food and water.
Old sailors say that not one man In
10,000 would have had presence of
mind enough to beat against the wind
la aoeh a ease wMb Be comae at aboard.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
toaaetMas that Will Interest the Jw
venlln Mesabers of Every Hosaehold
Qnaiat Actions aad Bright Sayinca
f Many Cat aad Coaalag Children.
A Paper Fish.
Here Is a little experiment that illus
trates a DrlnciDle of natural DhUosophy.
hfjut out of ordinary .note paper a fish
like the ana shown 1st the cut, aad let it
be a good -sired one. In the center cut
a circular opening. A, communicating
with the tall by means of the narrow
canal, AB, opening at B. Now let plenty
of water run In the bath-tub and place
the flab In It so that its ventral half
may be thoroughly wetted and Its dor
sal half remain dry. Pour Into the
opening at A, a good-sized drop of oil.
and this will at once seek to spread
Itself over the surface of the water. As
It can only do so through the canal
AB, the reactive force thus exerted wlH
propel the fish forward, which always
surprises those to whom the secret of
the oil is not known.
The Retributive Giant.
Harry Tucker hod never been so
scared in oil his life. He ran as fast
as be possibly could, but the tremen
dous thing was gaining on him with
great strides. It had a huge helmet
or some terrible looking head-gear m
Its enormous hand, raised to clap dowa
over Harry and make him a prisoner
at any moment
Harry, almost fainting with fear, ran
breathlessly along, but oh, horrors! the
thing Is upon him! The great hat falls
over him and he is a prisoner! In vain
to beat against It or seek to raise it
it Is too heavy for Harry's strength.
"Oh! oh!" cried Harry, "there are
great giants after all, and I didn't le
lleve It! Oh! oh! 1 will never see my
mamma any more! Oh! oh! I wonder
what he will do with me!"
Harry did not have to wonder long.
The hat was softly raised and a big,
coarse hand appeared, ready to grasp
him. He tried to slip out when the hat
was raised, but ough! The band closed
on him!
The giant peeped at Harry through
bis fingers, taking care not to leave an
opening In bis hand large enough for
him to escape through. Oh, that awful,
awful face! The big, wicked eyes, the
grinning chasm of a mouth Harry
was transfixed with horror.
The giant laughed gleefully.
"A fine specimen," he said. In tones
like thunder. "Red hair, minute red
or ecru specks on the fao
blue shirt
and striued trousers. He will look
well In my collection, I tell you."
"What does he mean? His 'collec
tion?' Then I am not the only boy he
has caught I wonder If he bangs them
up in a row, like Bluebeard's wives!"
While Harry was writhing in an
agony of fear, the giant strode on. Soon
he stopped and opening his hand
dropped Harry Into a big glass box and
shut It right quick. Then Harry saw
that he was in a very queer place
great cave, and there were three other
giants looking at him and talking about
him.
"He looks like the one I caught last
summer," said one. "He Is one of the
brightest In my collection."
"Yes," said his captor, In great good
humor. "I have always wanted one
like that, and I gave this little beauty a
great chase, I tell you. Bu mine has
spots on his face larger and redder
than yours, don't you think?"
"We will compare when you have
yours fixed I don't think so."
Just then a bigger giant than any of
them came In. She scowled horribly
when she saw Harry In the box, and
Harry was worse frightened than ever.
But how relieved he felt when he heard
the giant's words.
"Cruel boys! How often have I told
you to let those poor, harmless tittle
creatures alone?"
"Lots of times," said the giant who
had caught Harry. "Do spare us an
other lecture, mother. You never were
a boy, and you don't know what fun it
Is. Besides, these little things haven't
got much feeling, I know."
Harry's hopes fell wben the biggest
giant sighed, saying, "Boys' will be
boys," and then left him at the mercy
of her "little boys."
"Women are very tender-hearted,"
said Harry's captor. Then Harry saw
an awful thing. The giant hod got a
pin a great pin, long and slim, and
shnrp. enough to pierce clear through
Harry's fat little body; and Harry saw
a big card In his hand and horrors!
horrors! Neat rows of little boys like
himself im paled thereon 1
The giant was opening his box now
it was Harry's time to be pinned to the
paper.
"I don't believe it hurts them a bit If
a fellow sticks them right through the
heart They don't live but a few mln-
utes.
Horry wriggled with all his might to
get loose, but what was his strength
against that great red hand? So ha
was laid on the card and saw the cruel
pin pointing straight for bis heart
With a terrible effort he managed to
give a great yell, and
"Harry, what Is the matter, dear?"
Oh, how sweet and dear was the
sound of his mother's voice bow eom
rortlng the toucn of her band on bis
cheek!
"Oh, mother, such a dream as I had!
I'll never, never chase another butter
fly!" Waverley Magazine.
Oat of tha Months of Babes.
"I don't see bow I am to keep yon In
shoes, Willie." said a father to his
5-year-old heir. "This is the second
pair you have worn out In three
months." After a moment's thought
the little fellow exclaimed: "Well,
what's the matter wltli gettinj me a
bicycle?"
Harry's father bought a meerschaum
pipe and after a few weeks the little
fellow noticed it had turned from white
to brown and asked the cause. "Smok
ing did It my boy," replied the father.
After a few moments of serious
thought he asked: "Papa, are all col
ored people white before they begla
to smoke?"
Bessie, aged 4, was just finishing her
breakfast as her papa stooped to kiss
her before going downtown. The little
one looked np at him and then gravely
took her napkin and wiped her cheek.
"Why, Bessie," said her mother. "Is it
possible that yon are wiping away
' kjsar "QJl so," aba replied.
TM Knan Wmr (MM.
From the Timet, Bluff, IU.
The rush of gold seekers to the Klondike
brings thrilling memories to the "forty
nluers" still alive, of the time when they
girdled the continent, or faced the terrors
of the great American desert on the journey
to the land of gold. These pioneers tell
some experiences which should be heeded
by gold seekers of to-day. Constant expo
in and faulty diet killed large numbers,
whi nearly all the survivors were afflicted
WHDUUHMJW,
many of
them with
Such
a sufferer
was Adam
Tan gaudy,
who now re
sides at
Bluffs, 111.,
where he has
been Justice
of the peace
fp.ana was -ma
r, ft Q rat presi
dent ot the
board of
trusteea. Ia
"A PertH-niner." a recent In
terview he saM:
"I had been a sufferer of rheumatism
for a uato ot years and the pain at times
was very Intense. I tried all the proprie
tary medicines I could think or hear ot, but
received ao relief.
"I flnaMy placed my oase with several
physloaaas and doctored with them tor
some time, bat they failed to do me any
good. Finally, with my hopes ot relief
nearly exhausted I read an article regard
ing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
I le, which induced me to try them. I was
inxlons to get rid of the terrible disease
und beaght two boxes of the pills. I beffna
using them about March, 1897 . After I had
takes two boxes I was completety cared,
and rhe pain has never returned. I think
it Is tne best medicine I have ever taken,
and am willing at any time to sign my
name to any testimony setting forth its
good merits."
(Bbraedt) Adam Vakockdt.
Babsarlbed and sworn to before me, this
2Mb day of September, A. D. 1897.
Psaotlun 0. Few. Notary rublie.
Mr. TnnsTinrtT'n statement ought to be
reajacdad as the criterion of the good merits
og thaw What better proof could a
than the above laots.
7e lruN4n, It in
"NHU." aald a mother to her little
daughter, "I wish yon would run over
and see bow old Mrs. Smith Is; she has
bees quite 1U." In a few minutes Nel
lie came running back and reported:
("Sbe said to tell you that it was none
of your business." "Why, NeUie," said
the astonished mother, "what did jou
'ask her?" "Just what you told lue to,"
'replied the little Innocent; "I told her
you wanted to know how old she was."
The Bid Waa tTndersise,
The Washington Post Is responsible
for thl9 piece of capital gossip: A
bright little boy one of the pages in
the senate eat at one of the senate en
trances the other day, whan a lady ap
proached him with a visiting card In
her band.
"Will you hand this to Senator
Blank?" she said.
"I cannot," replied the boy, "for all
cards must be token to the eaat lobby."
The woman was Inclined to be angry
and went away muttering. - Then a
thought struck her, and taking out
her pocket book she found a 28-ceht
piece. With tt In her hand she went
back to the bey.
"Here, my lad," she aald, in a coax
ing tone, "here is a quarter to take my
card in."
"Madam," said the boy, without a
moment's hesitation, "I am paid a
larger salary than that to keep cards
out."
It Is a Teaetartan cab
At the vegetarian Jublle In London
recently some remarkable exhibits were
made. One was a vegetarian cat a
sleek and handsome pussy, who,' hav
ing been brought up In a vegetarian
farofty. bad not only learned to lore
vegetable foods, but had forgotten the
feline taste for mouse fleah. Mice of
the pluonpeat and most tempting ap
pearance could run across the floor
with perfect Impunity in the presence
of this vegetarian tabby. She Just
winked sleepily at them and gave a
contemptuous curl to her antl-carnlv-orous
tall. A new race of cats Is thus
brought into sight the reformed feline
who will not eat meat nor kill mice.
But the new vegetarian breed of cats
will never become popular with the
ladles. New York World.
Boarders.
"Mrs. Oorbett I hear, is taking In
paying guests."
"Yes. But, unfortunately, they don't
pay.'Wndy-
Bnalj Is Blood Deep.
Clean blood mean a clean skin. No beaaty
without it. Case irets. Camly Cathirtie elan
your blonal ana keep It clean, hr stirring up the
lazy liver and driving all impurities from the
boiv. Revltl to-flav to huniari imnnle hnila
b otches black hcacK and that slcklr bilious
complexion by taking CarareM-beauty for
v-n cents, an oruggi.u, satuiaciton guaran
teed, luc, 2Se.. 50c.
The infant's first gesture is interrog
atory. The perpetual question of the
child is "why." The characteristic n
mark of the Yankee is, "I want to
know." -
Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup lor children
teething, softens the gums, reducing lnflanima
lion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Von cannot stop being educated, if
you stop going to school. The
ine most you
can do is to select your teacne
rs.
Protect Tsar Ideas by Letters Patent.
The Arm of Vowles & Burns, Talent Attor
neys. No. 237 Broadway, N. Y.. whose adver
tisement will appear In our next issnn. pro
cure patents either on cash or easy Installments.
Write for terms. Sales negotiated.
The scholar sits, like Matthew, at the
receipt of custom, demanding of each
passer-by his toll of truth.
To Care a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromn Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if It falls to cure. 25c.
A fool is always smart enough to find
a by-path from the highway of truth to
the bog of error.
The cry of "wolf" as often emanates
from the wolf's companion as from the
shepherd.
toa't Tobscco Salt and Smoke Toar Life Away
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netlc, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak mea
strong. All druggist. &Ac. or $1. Care guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Ster
ling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
When pple find fault with every
thing they hear, the"y ought not to com
plain if they do not hear everything.
Cure Outran t. ed by DH J. B. MATKR.101S
ARCH ST., PlilLA.. PA. Ease at once; no
operation or delay from business. Consultation
tree. Endorsements ol phytlcians. ladles and
prominent citizens. Send for circular. Office
hours 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
The trees of life are surrounded by
human quails prophesying rain. Any
one can lie a rain prophet. It takes
grace to be a prophet of sunshine.
Edwcate Yoar Bowels with Caacareta.
Candv Cathartic, core ennstlpat on forever
10c. 26c If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
The character that is positive has no
difficulty in speaking a negative.
To be always thinking about your Ban
ners is not the, way to naka theta geod;
the very perfection of manners is not te
think about yourself.
38
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riiiirtirfisnaisr i C.
Imp. TaaasaODoa, Use I If
fivrun.
In tlroo. Sold by ai
1 A J VESSaM.
Ta mr
B 1 BestCooKh
TRUMPET PALLS.
i'a Horn Soaada a Warnlnat Wow
to the Unredeemed.
FIDELITY, to
principle la the
hlo-hest expedien
cy.
The brash of
guilt Is nature's
eonfesslonof
Wben human
ity proves false,
God will still be
true.
The steps of
duty lead up to the throne of promo
tion.
Experience is the school of wisdom.
Procrastination Is the sleep of folly.
Education la the lighthouse of reason,
ktan's rage cannot alter God's pur
pose. True principles are aa enduring as the
throne of God.
The loafer who blames bis luck ought
to blame bis pluck.
The man who walks with God never
has to bunt his own road.
Those who prefer the service of sin
must be satisfied with the wages of
In.
Daniel would not bow to the king in
bis religious principles, but made the
king bow to bis religion.
Words that Trouble the Tongue.
Drinitaldhvlckhllllchattan Is the name
of a small hamlet In the Isle of Mull
containing not more than a dozen in
habitants. How they pronounce it la
a mystery only to be solved by some
one acquainted with the Gaelic, but
the fact that the Scots are a nation
of few words seems easy to explain. If
the; have many such words as the
above In the language.
A sample of Welsh nomenclature Is
Mynyddywlln, which Is the name of a
parish close to Cardiff, while another
of the same kind Is TJanfalrpwllgwnglL
Perhaps, however, the Germans may
be fairly said to carry off the palm In
word coining. How is this for a speel-
raen Coustantlnopellscherdudelelsaek-
pfelfer? or this one, Jungfrauenzlm
merdurchschwlndersuchtoedungs ?
The first means a Constantlnopolltan
bag-pipe player, and the last Is the
name of a young ladles club which
adorns the brass plate of the door of a
house In Cologne to this day.
Rabelais aires the following name to
a particular book which was' supposed
to be In the library of rantagruel's
medical student friend Victor "Antlp-
erlcatametanaparbeugedanptecrlbratl -
ones Toordlcanttum," while Anantacba
turdaslvratakatha is an actual Sanscrit
word to be found In any Sanscrit dic
tionary, and the word Cluninstarldysar-
rhedes occurs In the works of Flatus,
the Latin comedy writer. Harper's
Bound Table.
A Bly OM axoonsnmer.
A rich story waa told by the officials
at the co tasty Jail yesterday morning.
It was about a sharp trick played by a
revenue prisoner which caused him to
win a bet and get 22 cents clear profit
Old man Llndoay, a moonshiner,
makes a few dimes by helping the ant
ler sen goods to the prison era. He acts
aa a sort of "local agent" for the sutler.
A few days ago one of the guards ad
vised Lindsay to quit selling things oa
credit
"Many of these prisoners have no
moaey and no way of ever getting It"
said the guard.
The wMy old moonshiner thanked the
guard, bat said he didn't believe that
anybody was sharp enough to beat him.
Two or three days ago, so the story
goes, Lindsay sold a negro woman a
box of snuff for S cents. She paid 2
cents spot cash and was debited for the
balance.
"That woman will never pay you
that 8 cents," said the guard to the
moonshiner.
"I'll bet you my valise, clothes and
all, against 25 cents," replied Lindsay,
"that she does pay it"
Tbe bet was made, and the money
and valise put up.
Next day Lindsay gave a negro pris
oner 8 cents and told hhn to make It a
present to the woman, and at the same
time asked him to advise ber to pay
that debt with it The woman got the
money and promptly paid the moon
sblner. Lindsay was declared the winner,
and pocketed uhe 29 cents. A Hants
Constitution.
OaruMerV Jonahs.
Every follower of the races firmly be
lieves in a Jouah. Every man has his
particular Jonah, and there Is great
dodging about to avoid meeting the
unlucky man, who Is generally a good
fellow, but whose tips, while well
meant and given with the best inten
tion In the world, Invariably go wrong.
Any reader who follows the horses caa
name his Jonah off-hand, and will tell
you now, nine times out of ten, an ap
parently sure-money bet Is lost through
contact with h unlucky one.
There Is more Catarrh In this section ot the
ooo n try than all other dirteaaes ant together,
and until thelaat few yeara waa anppoeed to be
incurable. For a great many yeara doctors
prononnoed it a local disease and ppae-ribed
local remediea, and by constantly faTling to
euro with local treatment, pronoanced it in
curable. Scinnee has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional enre on the
market. It is taken internally in donee from
10 drops to a teaspoon fuL It acts directly on
the blood and mucous snrfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any cane
it falls to core. Send for circulars and testi
monials. Address F.J. CBSNEV& CoToieda, (X
Sold by DranrlFtM, 75c
HaU'e Family Pills are the best
Good manners are a part of good
morals, and it is as much our duty as onr
interest to practice both.
Five Cents.
Everybody knows that Dobbins' El ec trie
Soap Is the best In the world, and for 38 yeara
tt has sold at the highest price. Its price is
now cents, same as common brown soap.
Mara f allaUe and aualitir.Ordur of grocer. AAe
No man ever did a designed Injury to
another but at the same time he did a
greater to himself.
BJa To-Bac For Fifty Cemta.
Guaranteed tobacco habit core makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 60c, U. AU druggists.
There are many ways of being frivol
ous, only one of being intellectually
great; that is honest labor.
Fits permanently oured No fits or nervous,
new alter rtist dav a u e of Dr. Klines Great
Nerv lieato er. K trial bottle and treatise tree.
DB. B. H. Klixe, Ltd-Kil Arch 8c, fhlla. fa.
If honesty did nut exist, we ought to
invent it as the best means of gettinr
rich.
Tm Catre Ceaelpetlea Farevasr.
Vake Caacareta Candy ' athartlc Ue or 25c.
II V. C. C mil la cure, d a; lata refund money
What right have we to pry into the
secrets of others? True or false, the tal
that is gabbled to us, what concern ia it
of ours?
I oonld not gwt ala
wlthont Pise's furs j
forOotmnssptian Italwayacnna. Mnt.E.C
atoouron. Mean hevm. l
Si, 1MM.
Some paenlo eat green apples and thei '
stasisMWeiMsa
a ' " ' ' '' ' "''" " I
Most people appreciate a good thing at a fair price,
but some few will only have the things that cost the
most money.
The Ivory is the favorite soap of most people. Some
few want the high-priced toilet soaps and think they must
be better because they cost more. No soap is more care
fully made, or is made of better materials, than Ivory Soap.
A WORD OF WARN ING. There are many
as good as Ok Ivory';" they ARE NOT. but
remarkable qualities of the genuine.
Ask for
MURDER TRIALS.
Coat of Some of the Famous Now Tork
Caaea.
It cost the taxpayers about $15,000
to convict Cariyle Harris of the mur
der by poison of his young wife, and
for the defense of that Ingenious
youth his mother paid $15,000 more In
special fees and retainers. Five thou
sand dollars of this sum went to John
A. Taylor, the Junior counsel. William
Travera Jerome led for the defense,
but the amount of his fee has never
yet been approximately estimated.
No official estimate of the cost of the
trial of Robert W. Buchanan fof the
poisoning of the old woman whom he : tlons to prevent children getting npon
married has over been made public. . them. Is held. In Jefferson vs. Blrming
The case occupied seven fuU weeks, ham II. & E. Co. (Ala.), 38 L. It. A. 4."M.
and at the close counsel on both sides not to create a liability for the death of
figured the cost of the prosecution, in- a child that got upon the cars and was
eluding the heavy fees of such experts thrown or fell from them,
as Loom Is, Do renins and others, at Tne cau of a pngtor by a Presbyterian
$20,000. As Buchanan paid over the j churcu i held, In First rresbytcrian
entire $25,000 which he received by , Cnurch T9. Myers (Okla.), CS L. It. A.
the death of his wife in the vain ef-1 to be ineffectual untH it Is aanc
fort to save himself from the death . t,one by tue presbytery. With this
penalty, his case could not have In-1 cafe the annotation collates the anthor
volved less than $45,000 in expenses. ' ,0eg on the uabuity of a church for the
The two trials of Dr. Meyer, the pol- gajary of lt9 pastor.
h t'TlJL Jl?. ment assessment by selling a narrow
. w T C" tt .' "rip from the front of the property
defense has never been known. His contracted for the
TTJZfX bv tT liar rP-oTement but before the assessment
the first trial cut short by the insan-
Ity of a Juror for In the second bear
ing cotnwel for the defense applied
to the court for the statutory allow
ance of $500.
The determination of the police and
the district attorney's office to convict
Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming, at any cost,
of the murder of her mother. Involved
the county In a loss of $20,000, of
which $5,000 weot to the Jury and tales
men, $10,100 to the experts, $2,500 to
the attorneys, and the remainder In
general expenses. Mrs. Fleming esti
mates that her defense cost $22,000 of
the $80,000 in the hands of the City
chamberlain. .
Mrs. Florence Maybrlck's trial at
Liverpool in 1889 for the poisoning of
ber husband was the sensation of the
year. Her prosecution. Including the
salary of Justice Stephen ($23,000 a
year), the retainers and refreshers paid
to John Addison, Q. 0., the leading
counsel for the prosecution, and bis
two aasletanta; the employment of
such famous experts as Garter and
Robertaon; the expenses of witnesses
and general preparations of the case
reached In all about $10,000 for ten
working day. Sir Charles--now Iiord
Russell, who led for the defense, re
ceived $5,000 and a dally refresher of
$230. Added to this were the fees for
Junior counsel, for the solicitors for the
defense and expert testimony, Mrs.
Maybrlek calling very few lay wit
neew. Altogether her defense reach
ed $16,000. New York Journal.
Writing a Well-Hnown Hong.
Sir Arthur Sullivan says that he
wrote bis "Lost Chord" while watch
ing at the bedside of a sick brother.
One night the patient had for a time
fallen Into a peaceful sleep, and as Sir
l Arthur was sitting as usual by the bed
side, he chanced to come across some
verses of Adelaide Proctor's with
which he had once before been very
much Impressed. Now, in the stillness
of the night, he read them over again,
and almost as he did so he conceived
their musical erfulvalent, A stray sheet
of music paper was at hand, and he
began to write. Slowly the music grew
and took shape, until, becoming quite
absorbed in it, he determined to finish
the song. In a short time It was com
plete, and not long afterwards In the
publisher's hands. It Is estimated that
not less than a quarter-million copies
of this song have been published.
TKS intense love'or an oia toper ror
liquor goes to prove that familiarity
doesn't always breed absolute con
temn! Honor your wife nnd
moon will last a life time,
your honey-
Put out a fool's eyes and he will sa
that the world Is blind.
Heaven is not altogether like society
fewer ieople want to get into it.
What a world this will be when all the
children are as well cared for as tli
cattle and pigs.
The devil likes to hear the man tiilk
In church who treats his mule betV-r
than he does his wife.
Were the Golden Itule enforce t
, - t-icui aumority what a wave
. of commotion would rock the world.
I "All things work together for good to
. them that love God." Even the devil
5 TJk W,tb a" 0,8 m'Knt to help
double Job's riches.
BAIIIU onn.i...i a. a.
"A fair face Cannot Atone for an UaUdy Bouse.
SA POLIO
5
white soaps, each represented to he " just
like all counterfeits, laca tne peculiar ana
" Ivory " Soap and Insist upon getting It.
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES
For a tenant In common to take pe
troleum oil from the land Is held. In
.Williamson vs. Jones (W. Va.), KH L.
It. A. 694, to constitute waHte, for which
he is liable to bis cotenants to the ex
tent of their Interests.
The doctrine that the fee is in nlioy
ance while a remainder Is contingent
Is repudiated in Bigley vs. Watson
tTenn.J, 38 I It. A. C79, although the
court concedes that a majority of the
authorities may be to the contrary.
Operating small cars by a dummy en
gine In a street at a low rate of speed.
I -with occasional stops, without precau
Co. vs. Davenport (Iowa). 38 L. R. A.
480, to be Told so far as respects the
assessment. -
A statute for the registration of land
titles on what Is called the Torrens sys
tem, which makes the registered title
indefeasible and provides that a fund
br raised by fees to indemnify those
whose lands may wrongfully be taken
from them, Is held. In state, Monnett,
vs. Gullbert (O.), 88 L. U. A. 510. to
be unconstitutional on various grounds.
A useless life i-i only an early death.
HSTIPATION
"1 have cone 14 mym at a time without a
BOTeafftt ! tabes Iwwela, not U-iiig to
more tbem except by ustutf bot water Infection.
Chronic const i pat ton for Eeren years plaettl me In
this terrible condition; durlntftbat time 1 1I1 ev
eryintncr. I heard of but neTer found any relief : Mich
waa my caso until I befran using CASCAKKTS. 1
now nave from one to three pasaajreti a day. uti-i If 1
waa rlcb 1 would give 1100.00 for each ntvTvuii-ut; I'.
La such a relief.' Atlmkr L. Hi nt.
1G89 Buasell 6t.. letrolt Mich.
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Tanc Oixvl.
Good. Never sti-asu. Weaken, or Uripe. Ice. 3k.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
HHIs nam, Cktaaf, BaaliMl, fork.
FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
children while T (-.thing for oer Fifty Year
It soothes the child, soften the fuml. mll'T
aU pain, euree wind eoUa, and at Ote brt
raatedv tor diarrho&a.
Tweaty-Sve Ceala a Battle.
ITCHELLA COMPOUND
ail Make CIIII.URIKTII safe, sure and wt.
Bo why sutTer untold ilu aud torture Ind. 'rl "I
leading nhysioians. Tlion-tand of tmtliii"nial91.
Sent prepaid on receipt f price. l.w. Write oa
and we will send you FKEE uur hook," tilnil Tlri
Inaa ta Mathers.' LAUV Atlt.NTH WAN l'KD.
Those now at work for u are making good l
Addresa:
WK. J. It. DYE NKUICAI, 1NMTITI TK,
Dept. A. lmrrAl.o. N. 1
RENSIONwISiT
Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U S. Pension BurMtt
SJ 3 jralalaat wax, lAadJudicatiutf claims, attv siuuU
D ff fi DC VBWCIIC0VEET;m"
mmT ' "f ' J quick rollaf and CO-
" Snd "er book ot tettiraonials and 10 J'
ueatmrat Free. Hi l l oaaia's BOBS, Atlaata, Q.
RANTED Case of had health that R-i r A S
... -. -.iirui. rrni .T ia, to itipans t nfmmu
ixw York, lor 10 samples and louu testimonials.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
WornlnBPiotcCallinstthe Wicked to
kcvcutancc
WHATEVER
tin? heart does
done well.
Failure Is the
guide that often
lends us to sue
cys. Nothing can
cheat us like our
own aeltishness.
You cannot give
a man a good
c h a r a c t er; he
must make It
himself,
can any good come out of Chicago?
ust as much as is tint Into lt
GO
if jlr CATHARTI C
vaaot mash MotsTsaro
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