HIS LAST VOYAGE
There la a sea from whose remoter shore
No Teasel erer wanders back to this.
To tell what sands the silent waters kiss,
Or brings a word from sailors (one be
fore Whether they landed safe the freight they
bore
On some fair isle of everlasting bliss.
Or sank with it to some unknown abyss
We cannot tell bat they return no more.
Each makes the voyage for himself alone;
Or if a line or message there may be,
Tis written in a tongne to as unknown
Pome language nil to which ws hare no
key;
And like the image with its eyes of stone,
If they return, we have no sight to see?
Hesperian.
MADAME JAMBE.
OU smile at her
name, finding It ab
surd, perhaps, but
M m e . Jambe
Mother Jambe, the
soldiers called her
was for many years
cantlnlere In a regl -
ment of the line,
and In this capacity
she was a sort of
good angel to the
troops. Officers and
fioiuii-rs alike all respect ad her.
She married when about 80 years ot
age the Quartermaster General of the
regiment. His time was nearly up, but
be remained with the colors In order to
help his wife keep the canteen.
After a year of married life a son was
born, ind Mine. Jambe and her hus
band agreed that as soon as be should
attain the proper age he, too, should be
a soldier. At the age of 16 he passed
Into the ranks, and, being smart and
intelligent, he seemed to have a bright
future before him.
But the husband and father died sud
denly in 1809. It was a terrible shock
to poor Mme. Jambe, and she would
hardly have survived It were It not for
the thought of her son, and the hope
tlint he would be a
comfort to her in !
her declining years. Sorrow aged her
more than her rough life had done, and ;
she left the service and settled In a
little cottage left her by her parents la
the Village of Clusy, near Pontarllers. :
A year later war broke out, and this
was another sorrow for her to bear, j
She was a patriot, was Mme. Jambe, '
but she was a mother also. j
During that terrible winter of 18T0-'7i
she hardly slept for three consecutive ;
hours in the twenty-four. Always on
the alert for news, she chafed sorely ,
at the Miow. which almost cut off her ,
little village from the outer world and i
made communication a matter of great '
difficulty.
Suddenly, toward the end of January, j
the rumor spread that the army of the '
East was approaching, having failed to
relieve Belfort. For nearly a week !
Mere Jambe kept a strict watch day ,
and night, scanning eagerly the road by '
which she hoped to see the French ar-.
"I ve. i
They were signaled at last, but the ,
Germans were signaled, too, from the
opposite direction, and It seemed evi- ,
Jent that the armies would encounter
one another in the immediate neighbor
hood. And nowJU"-'" Mm he.tk
up th.
cliVciwd. their uniforms In rags, their
boot.- almost In pieces, blue, and shiver
log with cold!
'Mother, you must hide us,' he sate.
'The General has intrusted me with a
message to the commandant of the
fort, but the Prussians have seen us
and are In pursuit. They must not find
us.'
" 'Give me your order,' I cried. I will
take It while you hide here; uo one w.U
sunpect a woman ' .
"I had no time to finish; we heard a
discharge of musketry and a neighbor
rushed In crying:
" 'The Prussians! The Prussians are
at-rel
"I pushed my son and his friends Into
a storeroom, at the farther end of
which, under some hay, was the door
leading Into the cellar, where I kept
my little stock of wine and elder.
"The Prussians entered In through
the open door; I saw others In the road.
There must have been about one hun
dred of them altogether. A young offi
cer was In command.
"He came up to me and said, brutal
ly: " 'Is It you who are Mme. Jambe?'
" 'Yes, I am she,' I answered him.
" 'Your son has Just entered this
house.'
"'My son! He Is far away from hers.,
tlways supposing that he Is still alive.'
" 'He Is here; I am sure of It. Come,
now. where Is he?
" 'You must seek him, then.'
"He made a sign, and I was sur
rounded and prevented from moving
uy position. The soldiers ransacked
the house, I asking myself meanwhile
who could be the coward who bad be
'rayed my son.
"At last the brutes found him him
;ind his friends, and I saw them drag
ged out covered with the hay In which
they had attempted to conceal them
selves. And my son! How brave and
handsome be looked, with his flashing
eyes. Yes! He was my own flesh and
blood, and I felt proud of him. They
were rigorously searched for the mes
sage they were supposed to bear, but
us it was a verbal one they could find
nothing.
"The officer stamped about the little
room, mad with rage. Glanolv? the
prisoners, he cried:
' 'Is your son among them?
" 'He Is not; and if be were I would
not confess It.'
"He drew his sword on me, and then
we were all dragged out Into the road
way, the officer shouting:
" 'Where is the man who gave os the
Information?"
" 'One of his companions has Just
killed him,' a Prussian sergeant replied,
pointing to a corpse, which I had not
etten, hidden as It was behind a bush.
The traitor was a franc-tlreur, who,
to save his owb life, had given np my
son to the enemy. His punishment had
not been long delayed.
"The murderer will be shot,' erled
the officer; then, looking fiercely at a
cronp of villagers who wero cowering
nador his man's bayonets, bo contlnt ed:
'Some one among you knows tiie
man Jambe; point him out to mo or I
will order my men to fire 00 yon.
"hi tbay were brave, say neighbor.
They made no reply.
"Then we will soon And oat.' Bs
gnvs ma order In a low voice. His men
pinned me with my back acainst a wall
aaad placed rifles la tba haada of my
aon aad his comrade.
"AMI Um ffiMr aaJsU
I
" On the word of command 70a wll
Are and kill that woman. If you dis
obey H will be your turn next.'
"A cry of horror ran through tb
crowd, followed by a dead silence. I
well, I offered my soul to the bon DIeu.
telling- myself that I must try to show
bow a French woman could die If need j
be, and I waited, watching my son.
"But he did not seem to see me. His
eye were turned to Ms comrades. They -aeemed
to be making signs to one an-
other.
" Heady r the word ef command i
thundered.
" 'Present r and they obeyed, covering '
me with their rifles. ;
- 'Fire!" They turned suddenly t the
right about. An explosion followed, ;
and four Prussians, the officer among j
the number, fell. And a bore the roar 1
f the discbarge I heard my boy's roles 1
clearly: j
Fire I Yes, but on you, you cow
ard T
"A general volley on the part of the
Prussians followed, and I fell with a
j bullet In my shoulder. Before I lost
consciousness, however, I saw that my
' son was still unhurt,
: "I learned afterward that. Just at this
j moment, the cannon of the Fort da
; Joux began to play. The commandant
had caught the reflection of the sun
light from the Prussians' helmets, and.
concluding none too soon that some
thing untoward was taking place, had
sent a few shells Into the crowd and
rapidly dispersed the enemy."
Mme. Jambe died a few years after
the events, which I have related as
nearly as I can In her own words, took
place. Her story wns recalled to my
mind the other day on hearing that the
sou of this brave woman had Just been
promoted to the command of the regfc
ment Ex.
A VISIT TO BISMARCK.
An American Who Paeed aa Dele,
gate from the Rhenish Province.
Frederick YV. Wendt describes "A
Visit to Bismarck" In the St. Nicholas.
Mr. Wendt says: One train after an-
other drew up at the station platform.
and finally all the delegations of the
Rhenish provinces had arrived. Some
of them were decidedly queer-looking,
and I came to the conclusion that I
would not be discovered if I mixed In
with them. Marching lines, four
abreast, were formed, and with unlim
ited confidence I stepped Into the ranks.
For an hour we stood there, while the
souvenir peddlers reaped a rich harvest.
All at once the band struck up "Die
Wacbt am Itheln." The lines began to
move, and In a minute more we were
inarching along the winding paths of
the woods surrounding the "castle." At
every step the enthusiasm grew, and
when at last we stood before the bal
cony where Bismarck was to appear,
keen expectation could be read upon
every face.
The last verse of the song rolled out
from a thousand voices, a rich, sonorous
hymn of praise such as few men have
heard addressed to them. When the
last note had died away, the window
leading out upon the balcony opened. A
tail, sturdy figure, slightly bent, a splen
did specimen of fourscore years. Otto
von Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor."
stood before us. A wild hurrah burst
from the multitude again and again.
fl:jyuarck bowed and smiled, and flnal
" hand. Clear and distinct
"Vout, a voice that anjr,, -
' am, .
broughsjBj He spoke
nooea, and with a marvelous
I conviction; but his speeches mean even
more when read In print than when
spoken. He well knew that on the mor
row every word would be weighed and
' examined by a million minds, and that
he must be more than careful In every
syllable he uttered. And yet, he did not
dress us his speech In pretty sentences
with no meaning. There was sincerity j
; In every word. Now and then be spoke
of bis past. "When a reigning minis
ter," he said at one time, "becomes very
popular, there Is always a question
whether It Is not at the expense of' his
official duties. I think that nobody will
believe me guilty of this. As long as I
have been In harness I have always
played the part of a watch-dog. and
have bitten when I had to bite." Again
he says: "When, as a chancellor, I had
to choose among evils, I have always
chosen the lesser one; It has never been
my privilege to follow my Ideal."
The speech was a long and Interesting
AAA anil iiAhAilv trtnncrht nf the time
' a - 1
that slipped by; they saw and beard j
only the central figure. Otto von Bis
marck, whose every saying was as sa
cred to them as the decrees of the ora
cles were to th. assembled multitude
In ancient times.
A COMFORTABLE TRUNK.
It Can Ba Transformed Into a Writ
ing Desk In a Few Ml no tea.
The newest combination piece of trav
eling furniture Is a desk, bureau and
wardrobe trunk for the commercial
traveler.
When open and In use this trunk
stands on end. The top drawer pulls
out and forms a rest for the desk lid.
It Is partitioned off Into compartment
for stationery. The lid of the desk
opens down and form the writing ta
ble. The upper part of the desk is di
vided Into the usual lot of pigeonholes
for letterheads, envelopes, letters, con
tracts, billheads, blotters and the like,
similar to an ordinary office desk on a
small scale.
All the desk part Is finished In oak,
and the drawer faced with dark red
leather and fit tad with brass bandies
and hinges, so put together that the de
fects usually found In a combination
trunk are done away with.
The second drawer I divided np Into
compartment for underwear, neck
wear, collars and cuff and a hat box
lined with quilted satin. The third
drawer is for shirts, and ta lows oo
for wearing appareL
In the lid of this remarkable trunk are
a clothes rack and straps arranged like
a lower tray In an ordinary trunk, but
long enough to carry trousers and coats
without folding.
There Is sometime an Interchange
able arrangement made to flt a place of
the two lower drawers, and this is a
single section in drawer form fitted
with cleat to carry a typewriter.
Strange a It may seem, there Is no
fold-in bed tucked away In any corner,
nor a cooking store, otherwise the trav
eler would not need a hotel. Chicago
Chronicle.
Cabbage Grows Wild.
Tba cabbage still grows wild in
Oroeca, where It originated. Radishes
are native to China, but have beer
crown In Europe for centuries.
The realities of matrimony are usu
ally law pleasing than th llltuloa at
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Something tkat Will Interest the Js
venlla Member mt Kv.rjr HtsNStM
-Qaalmt Actios mm Bright Baylasr
of Many Cat and Cuomiatsr ChlMra.
Jink Dolt a ad Oartla.
Oertrude never believed that her doh.
Jennie Jinks, could talk and walk and
act Just like she could herself, but I
think that she believes it now. She told
me all about It the other night when
she was sitting down on the Boor by
the sltflnir-roou) Are.
j Tou kuow Gertie has a whole famll)
1 of dolls, all sles and shapes, colors and
1 nationalities. Bat her prime favorite
j is her big doll. Clarlsse de Montague.
; who la a great big. beautiful French
' doll, dressed In bine satin and a lovely
white hat with a curling ostrich feath
er winding asouud it. and with finely
worked silk and linen underclothes.
Clarlsse has wonderful real brown
curls and big brown eyes that open
and shut. She can talk-that Is. she can
say "Mamma" and "Papa" and
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided. In Early Womanhood.
What suffering frequently results
from a mother's Ignorance; or more
frequently from a mother's neglect to
properly instruct her daughter I
Tradition says "woman must suffer,"
and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth Bnd a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she frets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina
tion; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely a'noot her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the inoht eftieient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letter from Miss Marie
F. Johnson, Centralis. Pa., shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
'My hralth became so poor that I
had to leave school. I was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. I was also troubled
with Irregularity of menses. I was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is a firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. I followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as I
ever was. I have gained flesh and have
a good color. I am completely cured of
irregularity."
OiirIi." just like fSertle's little baby ,
brother. Ixiuis. does. 1
There are so many dolls that It would ,
take too 111 nob time to tell about them!
here, bat she had one jjoil that she al-1
tlE PKHSKCUTCD DOLL BKfBOVIl SIR
MISTRESS FOB NEOLECT.
ways detested
She called ber Jennie
Jinks. She Is aiout a foot and a half
long and Is dreadfully homely, but that
isn't her fault, for her little mamma
lias totally neglected ber. 8he has but
one gown to her name and that Is
dirty red calico dress.
Gertip was very sleepy the other day
that day it was so hot snd she went
to sleep under the pepper tree ont on
the lawn. In about five minutes so It
seemed to Gertie she was awakened
by a small but augry olce at her side,
and raising herself up on one elbow she
peered over the side of the hammock.
Well, of all things! If there wasn't
! Jennie Jinks standing on the grass, a
; ....... Y. 1 .ULt with V. .
uiun. uiBieimauic aigu'., nnu un iuai-
led straw-colored hair straggling down '
ber hack In such a sorry fashion.
"Well, well." cried Gertie In great
surprise, "I didn't know that dolls
could walk and talk."
"Well, they can." replied Jennie, with
! a great show of indignation, "and I am
very angry at you because you treat
me so."
Gertie bad left ber lying face down
In the dust near the woodshed In the
back yard. Gertie was speechless from
mingled surprise and sham. The doll
went on talking.
"You treat me Just like aa old stick
of wood. You haven't washed ay face
for at least a month, and I haven't bad
on any other dress but this aid filthy
red thing for at least three months. I
think It's a shame to dress me too bad
ly for poople to look at, and I am only
Rood enough for people to step on and
knock around."
iScrtle knew tl:'- very well, but she
had no defense, so the doll continued
her lecture. ,
"There In't a button on this red
dress, and you put In two pin and they
hurt dreadfully. You have Just 'Jabbed
tbeui Into the very flesh and I wlh you
would take them out?'
With a penitent sigh Gertie pulled
out the pins and tucked them under the
frill of her guiinpe.
"That's so much better," cried the
doll In relief. "They have been stuck
Into me for over six weeks.
"And besides all this, you leave me
jut in the yard every night. In the dust
and cold, while you put that conceited
Clarisse de Montague np In ber lovely
cradle and tuck the silk and wool blan
kets all around her precious shoulders"
(with a sniff of disdain) "and me you
leave out here In the damp night. 1
That's a lovely way to treat a doll. Sup
pose your mother should do that!"
"I didn't know that dolls bad feel
ing." said Gertie apologetically. "Tou
aidn't." shrieked the doll; "I'll show
you if they have feelings." And with
this she rushed up to Gertie and tried
to throw ber out of the hammock. But,
of course, the little thing couldn't do :t.
and. as Gertie heartlessly laughed, she
:iildeiily sprouted np faster and faster
vr.ti! lie grew os high aa Oertle no,
-i,-r and started to throw her out of
!.r ii-Mininrk. Gertie screamed and .
anraic f' re- 'r.l - but the doll bad lied;
(tone to doli land. f an Francisco Call.
Atimlnna I.f'tla 'Inter.
Dorothy has a baby brother wan bs.
ccently been HI with the coming
through f hi irst tth. Til buld
Look for It.
Here it is.
Now von know hv this
nesa of baby's head has caused Dorothy
great anxiety. She stood at the moth
er's knee one day gently patting the
little head. "Be careful. Dorothy," said
the mother. "Tou know poor little
brother is sick. He Is cutting teeth."
Dorothy patted the bald head reflect
ively. "Mamma." she said, "will It
make him sick when he cuts his hair?
I'm afraid he'll have a tough time."
A DlfHcalt Betroapectloa.
"My friends." exclaimed the eloquent
minister, "were the average man to
turn and look himself squarely In the
eyes, and ask himself what be
"lly neded most, what would be the
first reply suggested to bis mind?" "A
rubber neck!" shouted the precocious
urchin In the rear of the room; and. In
the confusion which followed, the good
man lost his place In his manuscript
and began over again.
Oat of the Moatha af Banes. j
Little 4-year-old Gage, having Jusi
been put Into knickerbockers. ws
naughty, so his mother said: "fiage. If
you do that again I'll put you back Into
your dresses." He answered, quickly.
"You tant, 'cause you've dlven them
all away." Which she had.
"Now. children," said the teacher ot
the Juvenile class, "can any of you tell
me the meaning of 'vice versa'?"
"Yes'm, 1 can," replied the youngster
at the foot of the class. "Well. Bobby,
what Is It?" "It's when you sleep with
your feet toward the head of the bed."
answered Bobby.
Little Dot was very fond of Biol
stories, and one day after her mother
: nail remi ire siorj 01 ioi wur, w
j asked: "Mamma, what did Mr. Lot do
i when his wife was turued Into a pillar
! of salt?" "What do you think he did?"
! aked mamma. "Why," replied the
practical little miss. "I s'pose he w
tit
ut sod hunted up a fresh one."
"Tommy." asked a mother of her
year-old son, "where did that hole in
the screen door come from?" "I don't
know, mamma
replletl the little rei-
low. "Are you sure you ilou't?" he
aked. "Course I am," answered
Tommy. "I t lira wed my ball awiiile
ago. and tbeu I saw the hole, but,
honestly, I don't know where it came
from."
tine of the homeliest men 011 tin
north side has a very reity little 4
yeHr-old daughter. One day she was
sitting In his lap, opposite a large mir
ror. She looked at her father's retli c
tion a niotneni. then at her own. iiinl.
turning to him. she asked: "Papa, did
Jod make me?" "Yes. dear," was Hie
reply. "And did he make you. too?"
"Yes." "Well." he said, again glanc-
ing at the mirror, "he's turning 011
much better work lately. Isn't hei"
The F.rat Klevat.
Elevator, or lifts, as they are called
In EDgland. are now considered Indis
pensable lu bigb buildings, but on the
K':ropesn continent they are but sel
dom found, even In the better hotels.
This la the more surprising since the
nventlon originated In Central Europe.
Th
he earlleot mention of the elevator is
' made In a letter of Napoleon I., ad
'I dressed to hi wife, the Archduchess
t'll j Marias-Louise. H? writes to her that,
TJ f wueaja tHrlioenbrUnn, then the summer
1 residence of the. Austrian Km per or.
near Vleoraa, he naed the "chaise vo
, lante" (flying chair In that castle.
! which had been constructed for Em-
press Maria Theresa, to save ber the
I annoyance of' climbing up the long
I flight of stairs. It consisted of a small
square room, sumptuously furnished
j with hangings of red silk, and suspend
, ed by strong ropes, with couater
' weights, so that It could be pulled up or
let down with great ease in a abaft bull!
for the purpose about 1760. The great
Corslcan mentions that when he first
entered the "flying chair" be was asked
for his weight and that of his two com
panions, probably In order to employ
the proper counterweights, since It was
difficult for the operators to stop at th
right point unless weights were shout
even.
A similar elevator was built lu the
castle of Duke Charles of Lorraine
about the same time, but this one wss
simpler. eonalKtlag only of a chair on a
platform.
atcb CoEti
Are you frequently hoarse?
Do you have that annoying
tickling in your throat? Would
you feel relieved If you could
raise something? Does your
cough annoy you at night, and
do you raise more mucus in
the morning?
Then you should always keep
on hand a bottle of
If you have a weak
throct you cannot be too
careful. You cannot begin
treatment too early. Each
cold makes you more liable
to another, and the last
one is always harder to
cure than the one before it.
Br. Ucr's ami Pceteril nastcr
prtitcts at mat ttm am.
Help at Hand.
If you have any complaint
whatever and desire the best
medical advice you can pos
sibly obtain, write the doctor
freely. You will receive a
prompt reply.
Address, DR. J. C. A YER,
Lowell, Mass.
Aprs
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St. Jacobs Oil
CURES
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Somen, Stiffam.
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Pointed Paragraphs.
It takes a dentist to drill
a raw re-
crult.
Some people believe too much
and
others not enough.
All men are good good for something
r good for nothing.
Adam had one canse for rejoicing;
Eve made her own dressea.
There la no show for the small boy
who can't get Into the circus.
In trying to extend her Influence a
woman very often destroys It,
Wit may move the world, but the
truckman gets the credit for doing It.
Only a strong-minded woman can
write a letter and omit the postscript.
The man who Is superior to his cloth
ing usually wears mighty poor clothes.
A physician says a woman Is never
really HI as long as she Is able to com
plain. Some men's desire to say, "I told you
so" Is greater than their desire for Im
mortality. A man will destroy bis own life by
holding b!s own breath, but he may
orolong the lives of others.
Ten minutes' recreation In a nierry-KO-round
wilt convince the most skep
tical person that the world moves.
About the only time some women re
fuse to talk back la when they accept
some man's seat In a crowded street
ear.
The trouble with a great many young
men who want to see life Is that they
Imagine none of It Is worth seeing by
daylight Chicago News.
j
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r by local applfoatiuuH, astJbaveaonot rx-k th
portion of the ear. There is only one
way to onre deafness, nnl that is by constira
tlotial reiaediee. P afnw Is caused by kh n
Anw) condition of the mtieou ltniDicrf the
Kiista:htn Tub. Wben thl tube art lu
ll med you hare a rtimhllo fmojid or Iraper
f,:t hearing, am) wbfti It in e tirely cl'efl
HwifnMi the reeult anl an!w the Inflam
mation can be taken nut and this tube re
stored to it normal condition. hearing will be
destroy d for ver. Nino en ont of ten are
I . uniti.,n ot the rnuooos nrfe.
Mr will fttve One Hun! d Hollar for any
..ie of Deafnes- 'caused by eatarrn that can
uot le cured by HaH' atarrh ore. Senrl
T,r circular, free,
V. J. Chinrt a, Toledo, a
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Hall' Family Pills ar tt 1
If ne atfept a Tft. .i should UmW
it up In our heart, and thn throw
iiway the key.
Kdajcat Imi Bawelt v lib ('asrarei.
Candy I'athartlr, cure tutat on turrrer
HV.. -ic. If .
mil. druggist- retiind uiouey.
Oioi Oinitit-s improved are fragrant
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1 horns of
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The cheapest of all tlilngx is kind
t ness. Its exen ise requiring the l-ast
j poHsltile trouble nix) self-sacrifice.
Tj I arc anaflpaflaM Forever.
"lake Cascarels Candy 1 atharttc. It: or ie.
II 1. I'. I . lat! to cure, dm :-tis refund money.
j The true reward of a workman is
not his wages, but the consciousness
i of having done a roo1 Job.
Mrs. Wissloir's Sooib.ng syrup for children
leeiatng. sottrns th gums, reducing Inflamma
tion, allays pain enres wind colic, 25c oottlt.
What men want Is not talent; it. is
purriose: in other words, not the poV
er to achieve, hut the wjl to laljori
( To Car A Coll ta Os Day.
taka Laaativ , BromoOnlnlaTJlaa, a.-, ,ft(.r divorce. n the absence of any pro
Oruggiita rafund monev if it fails to cor, ate- " ' , . ,
LsIon In the decree on the subject. Is
If thou desire to be held wise be so .
wise as to hold thy tongue.
Cure H'limni. e.l br OR J. B. Jt. VfeK.lols
AKt'H T., PHIL A... PA. Ka .It ncr: no
ntertno or delav from business. Co sullsil n
lice. Emloraemeol ol phT-lci l. ladles an I
prominent clilwns Sand lr circular, o t)o
hours A. M.tnl P. M.
After a man has made a good record
for himself, it is time enough to hunt
uo the iediKi-e somebody has left
j him.
Hm Ta-B.c Far Fifty Ohs
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure mates w. as
men strong, bloou our. ""'. tl. All diusi-l.
The shortest life is long enough if
it lead to a better, and the lnn.-s!
life Is too short if it do not.
Bn't T.bacc Sit sod Smoke Toor Life Aw j
la quit lobs ceo esslly and forever. e mx
retle. full of Ufa, nerve snd vigor, tsso No-to
Bar, fho wonder-worker. tbJi nukes weak nt-i
fltong. All tlruggists. hoc .r $1. Cure gnaran
ted. Hwtklet aud ainplo fie. Addrau Star
lies Hemedr Co., Chicago or Now or
I Good nature is the very air of a good
i mind, the sign of a large and generous
' soul and the peculiar !oil In which vlr
: tne prospers.
Ito Toa Hi t
to Sing Weill
Then use Hoxsl.
Disks for every
: form of cough, cold, hoarseness or sore
: throat. They clear and beautify the
voice. 25 cts.
THE HARMLESS RATTLESNAKE.
It Dooa Not Always vtrlka
Whoa
Qtvea the Opportaaltr.
1 I have seen a good many rattlesnake
; perhaps a hundred or more In the
1 Sierra Mountains, but I have never In
i tentlonally disturbed them, nor have
j they disturbed me to any great extent.
I even by accident, though they were
oftentimes In danger of being stepped
on. Once, while on my knee kindling
a fire, one glided under the arch made
by my arms.
! The last time I sauntered through the
: big caayon I saw about two a day. One
j was not colled, hut neatly folded In a
I narrow space between two cobble
I stones on the side of the river, his
head below the level of them, ready to
shoot up like a Jack ln-tbe-box for
frogs or birds. My foot spanned the
space above within an Inch or two of
his head, but he only held It lower. In
making my way through a particularly
tedious tangle of buckthorn, I parted
k W I ... .
I vram-nes on tne sine or an open
j spot and threw my bundle of bread Into
! it. and when, with my arms free, I was
j pushing through after It. I saw a small
rattlesnake dragging It tall from be
I neata my bundle. When he caught
; sight of ma he eyed me angrUy, and
, with aa air of righteous Indignation
1 seeaaed te be asking why I had thrown
j that stuff on him. He was so small I
j was Inclined to slight blm. but he
struck out so angrily I drew back and
approached the opening from the other
; aide. But he had been listening, and
1 when I looked through the brush I
round him confronting me stlU with
a come In If yn-dare expression. I
vain I tried to explain that I only
! wanted my bread; he stontly held th
, ground in front of It. and I was afraid
mar. as ne came nearer he might close
in on me and strike before I ceuld get
away In such a tangle; so I Just went
back a dozen rods and kept tUl for
half an hour, and when I returned
found he had gone. Atlantic Monthly.
Uft law "bWUI Wl - th.
RAM'S MORN BLASTS.
Mata Calllns the Wlch4 ta
afenentaace.
&3!
RUTH Is moral
dynamite.
Faculty mens
ures ability.
Error . Is selt
propagating.
Doing la an an
tldote for doubt
ing. Friendship It
the crutch of sor
row. Idea are the
mold of public opinion.
Faith never outruns our understand
ing. Self-conceit makes tome men wiser
than God.
A good occupation preventa mental
dissipation.
Finding repays for searching getting
for waiting.
Special privileges are not proof ot
spiritual security.
Some great men have won their fsm
by doing little things.
Jesus did not gauge His preaching by !
he appreciation of bis audience. !
A big error shrinks Into nonentity !
when placed beside a small truth. '
We must be divorced from error be- i
fore we can be married to truth.
It Is not right to sacrifice your prln- j
eiples to save another's feelings. j
Beware of the tyranny of custom; ;
time gives every crab a hard shell. I
The greatest kings were men so un- '
selfish that they could refuse a crown. '
It Is the duty of the preacher to Im- j
press the truth as well as to expect It.
Repentance la the shortest road out
of sin. hut the last which most people ,
lake.
People go to a church social to get
acquainted, hut they have to Join the
church to know each other.
The world's greatest men and best
reformers were light weight when
weighed in the scales of bigotry.
Don't try to raise too large a crop or
religion on too small a plot of ground.
Increase your territory as you Increase
rour seed.
The reason some folks "lose their
mind" must be that they have given
others "a piece of their mind" so often
they have none left for themselves.
WHAT THE LAW PFC.'CcS.
An order that the father pay for the
support of minor children awarded to
the custody of the mother by a divorce
decree which made no provlslou for
their maintenance Is held. In McKay
vs. Superior Court (Cal.). 40 L. It. A.
U5, obtainable by petition In the dl-
I vorce case long after the decree had lie-
come final and the mother had remar
ried.
Ejectment for the projection of tb
eaves of a baru overhanging a bound
ary line Is denied In Rascb vs. North
iWis.t, 40 K. A. 577. where the eaves
of plaintiffs barn are lower than the
other and are so close to the line that
the water from them falls on defend
ant's land.
An easement of light and air is belu.
In Kennedy vs. Burnap (Cal.), 40 I,. It.
A. 47. not to pass by Implication by a j
conveyance of a building with windows
looking out over vacaut lots retained by
the grantor, although the enjoyment
and value of the building will be great
ly Impaired by any structure thereon
clcauf to. the bii'jdiui conveyed.
The father's duty to maintain a child
held. In re ZIHey t Is.). 40 L.. K. A. Oil.
to continue as before, and his promise
: to pay the mother for maintaining a
child after the time when he was en
! titled to have the custody of the child
I under a decree of divorce granted for
the father's fault Is Implied, although
'. he has Ineffectually tried to get the
chill and lias declared he would not
pay 'he mother for Its keeping.
"Vurier."
It Is written that the term "quarter,"
used In warfare, originated from an
agreement anciently made between the
Dutch and Spaniards, that the ransom
of a soldier taken In action should be a
quarter of his pay. Probably It meant
to "grant conditions." In this sense
the exjireiis;on wa commonly used at
one time. As a modern warlike term,
to give quarter means that the prison
ers of war should le sent to the rear ot
the army and there lodged and fed by
the captor until exchnnued or released
on the termination of hostilities.
largest Trea.
The largest tree in the eastern hemis
phere. If not lu the world. Is a monster
chestnut standlug at the foot of Mount
Aetna. The circumference of the main ;
trunk at sixty feet from the ground I
112 feet
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the Cam forma Fig Svkup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fiq Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cau
roaxiA Fig Stkcp Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acta on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
fffecta, please remember the name of
he Company
CALIFORNIA FIG STRUP CO.
AM rKA.IClacsa, Cat.
LaFISVlLLK. Kj. XKW TKX. a. T.
m tan
AN AFFAIR vSfc NATION
It been o.id of Amtricns. th&t thev
are nation oF dyspeptics" and it is true
that few are entirely free from disorders
of the digestive trct, Indigestion. Dyspepsia.
Stomach and Bowel trouble. or ConstipoAion'
The treatment of these diseases
witn c&xn&riic meuiuneb too often
0T&v6.tes tne trouDie.
THE LOGICAL TREATMENT
is the use of & remedy that win build up
the system, thereby enabling the various
organs to act as Nature intended they should.!
o iiincuy i vuuiiu in ui vnnio.ms PinK
Pills for Pale People ttere is the proof ,
la Qrtroit there are few soldiers more popular and efficient than Max
. Ustics, first sergeant of Co.B. His home is at 416 Third Aitnuc. y. T
four years he was a bookkeeper with the wholesale drug house of Farrand
Williams & Clark, and he says: "I have charged up nmny thousand
orders for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, but never knew their
worth until X used them for the cure of chronic dyspepsia. For two years
I suffered and doctored for tht aggravating trouble but could only be
helped temporarily.
"I think dyspepsia is one of the most stubborn of ailments, and there
is scarcely a clerk or office man but what is more or less a victim. Some
days X could eat anything, while at other times I would be starving
Those distressed paina would force me to quit work. I have trie. 1 many
treatment and remedies but they would help only for a time, a fncn'l
induced me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale people, and alter tk
fog-a few doses I found much relief and after using several boxes I wus
cured. I know these pills will cure dyspepsia of its worst form and lam
pleased to recommend them." Detroit (Mich.)
The genuine package o.tr&ys be&r the fvti n0m
At all druggistv ot 5, tot potpr.td on receipt e( pit SO'c
per boi.by the Dr.niUiams
AN OLD BELL.
Aa It Qneer History la Rinsing
for Justice.
There la an old bell in a corner of the
Glen Island Museum of Natural His
tory that attracts unusual attention on
account of the story connected with It.
The bell itself is not much to look at,
but Its story sppeals to the better side
of human nature.
It Is to rhe effect that In one of the
old cities of Italy, many centuries ago,
the King caused the bell to be bung In
a tower in one of the public squares,
and called It the "Bell of Justice." He
commanded that anyone who had been
wronged should go and ring the bell,
and so call the magistrate and ask for
and receive Justice. In the course of
time the lower end of the bell rope
rotted away and a wild vine was tied
to It to lengthen It. One stormy night
the inhabitants were awakened by the
loud clanging of the bell. An old and
starving horse that bad been abandoned
by Its owner and turned out to die wan
dered Into the tower, and, in trying to
eat the viae, rang the bell.
The magistrate of the city, coming to
see who demanded Justice, found the
old starving horse, and be caused the
owner of the animal In whose service
he had tolled and been worn out, to be
summoned before him, and decreed that
as his horse had rung the bell of Justice
he should have Justice, and that during
the horse's life his owner should pro
vide for him proper food and drink and
stable.
Hon. John H. Starln. while traveling
In Italy, s.iw the bell, and, hewing Its
history, determined to bring It to this
country. The people, however, were
loath to part with it. New York Mall
snd Express.
Ana the Boy Smiled.
An absent-minded man stood on the
avenue the other day and a newsboy
came no and sold blm a Star. He
glanced .'t the headlines and tucked It
uuder bis arm. while be gazed down
14th street looking for the Kelt line car
that never came. So absorbed did ha
become In this occupation that he drop
ped the Sar on the pavement. The
sam. boy that had sold It to blm picked
It up, and, waiting a few moments,
i again approached th man and offered
It for sale. "Why. I had a Star a few
' minute ago," he said, "and I bought It
I of a boy Juat about yonr slae." The
' boy looked at him stolidly, holding out j
the paper. Fumbling In his pocket the(
! man fished out the 2 cents that be had ,
received In change for his nickel at the
former transaction. !
"I have bat 2 cents, and no more
change," said the absent-minded man. '
"I'll let yer have It for 2 cents," said the 1
boy. The trade was made and the be-
lilted car came along, and as be swung
aboard and looked back he saw the j
first evidence of sharp practice. The !
hoy was grinning broadly at him.
Washington Star.
Hraafy I Blood Dp.
Clean ttlooil means clean skin. No beauty
alllioin It. Caxe.uets. Cari'ly Oatbirtle cle.in
your blood and kei it clean, by stirring up tne
lazy liver anil drlTlnr all Impurities from thu
bo-'.v. He jin inilay to banisn pimples, boils
b otches blai-knc.il.. aud thst sickly bilious
complexion by taklui; I '-carett-beauty for
t n cents. All iru-glu, satisfaction guaran
teed, 11 c. 25c., 80c.
That man may safely venture on his
way. who Is so guided that he cannot
stray.
1 Fits permanently eured No tits or nervous,
i ness alter first dav a u-e of Dr. Kline's Great
; Serve Krst i er. fJ trial bottle and treatise fre,
. n. liih. i.hi. vai Arcit at, 1'biia. fa.
He that wants money, means and
content Is without three good friends.
After six years' snfferta I was en rest by n.
so' Cur. Mar v Thomsoh, Vhi Oala Its.
AUaarhanr, Pa.. Man IS. yjfck
Banc with Fatal Efflsot,
While Frederick Remington was in
the West he observed a w ll-executed
portrait In a dark room on the wall of a
cabin and asked whose picture It wn.
I "That' my hucband." said th wom.iti
j of the bouse carelessly. "But H It huii
; with fatal effect," urged th artist, who
remembered the fate of hi first picture
In the academy. "So was my husband,"
snapped the woman, and the artist dls-
1 continued hi observation. Plttaburg
Dispatch.
A Child's PetltloiT.
A poor little damsel had trouble with ;
her mother not long ago. The direct '
. -onset uence was that she was sent into '
her own room for meditation and, sup-
MsedIy. repentance. A listener hap- !
pened to overhear the mite's defiance. I
when she thought hernelf unobserved !
and alone. She threw herself on her t
knees before her lied and. burying her I
face iu the ii'...w. iteati a t.rnyer for :
K'.iiilrince. Uiit Ihu peiiiiou liml ihjv :
very significant cotunieiiecineiit :
lonl. consider bow I'm treated;".
Vork Times.
N.
Give a ninn ua.f n cli.-itt.-,
Bhow you his sore place.
.'t:id hi- vi ;
'Where Dirt Gathers, Waste Rules."
Great Saving Results From the Usoof
APOLIO
nedume (.o.theniUty.N v
New College Test Hooks.
Cynthia Here's anotlier letter from
Hiram, at college. He wants tweoty
dollars more to buy more k, h.Mil bKikt.
Reuben Great Iiumplings: That
boy'll put a mortgage on the farm ylt.
What books does lie want nun ?
Cynthia Here's the list: 'Gilligao
on Tackling,' 'Short Rules for Buiklug
the Center,' 'The Hlstorj of the 'iame,
'Lessons In Punting.' 'The Signal Sv.
tem' and 'First Aid to the Injurtd'
Puck. Biliousness
1 have uad yonr valuable CAM t-
HRTM and nd them perfect, l ou.du 1 do
without them. 1 have used them for some ttoie
for ind igesiluD snd biliousness sod am do com
pietely cured. Recommend them, to every one
Once tried, you will never be without them lr
the family.'' Elw. A Marx. Albany. N. V.
CANDY
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Excellence in Manufacture. "
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(gcoa
Absolutely Pure,
Delicioi'S.
Nutritious.
v ..Costs Less Hail QUE CENT a Cup.
Be sure that rou get the Genuine AnicJa,
made at DORCHE5TER. MASS. by
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.
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MEnT'o..34rt Prowl wirb HI.,
yANTKU-faaoof bad health that R-I PAM-t
10 v " "t -nl 6 cts. lo Rlrmn. r'nsmtrM
o . At i ork. for 10 sample and luuo wstluoolaa
Jerrold's Sarcasm.
Among the sayings attributed t
Douglas Jerrold Is a very bitter one In'
applied to Mark Lemon, then editor of
Punch. Lemon was deeply attached i
Dickens, and showed It in n very open
fashion, which perhaps n reused t.''f
great satirist's Je.tl.itt.-iy. At all events,
as Jerrold was walking out one 1:iy
with Lemon and anoMier friend, niel
Dickens with several more lielilnii
the-m. Lemon suddenly dropiwnl
and turned back. "What has hei-onrs
of Punch?" asked Jerrold's companion.
"Did you not hear Dickens whistle V"
was the cynical reply; "Dickeus p;ii
the dog-tax for Lemon."
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