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FOWf TMK DAY.
We wakened at the dawning, tat we
never iiw the daj;
4 we spoke our little prologue, but w
never reached the play.
Oil! oar lore waa sweet and certain till
gray sorrow dropt the curtain.
7, we wakened at the dawning, but we
never saw the day.
There were bads within oar garden, bat
they nerer came to flower;
There were birds among oar bashes, bat
they only sang an hoar,
And we lag bed to see the swallow, but
the summer did not fellow';
There were bads within oar garden, bat
they neTer came to flower.
71s a garment white and silken, 'tis a
white and misty Tell,
TU a pair of little slippers O dear lore!
so white and frail.
Is the manhood in me dying that I'm sit
ting here and crying
O'er a garment and a slipptr and a never
opened veil?
Dear, the world is empty empty as the
gemless golden band.
The token I had fingered and that nerer
found yonr hand.
They're been telling me the story of an
ererlasting glory;
Bat yoa were the only preaaher I could
erer understand.
Ah, we wakened at the dawning, bat we
never saw the day;
And we spoke onr little prologue, bat we
nerer reached the play.
Bat oar lore was sweet and certain till
gray Sorrow dropt the curtain.
Hark! a single bell is calling . . . and
this should hare been the day.
Warerley.
THE MISER'S HOARD.
HAVE you ever strolled In the
quaint old city of San An
tonio to where the river cuts
like a steel knife blade through the
hills? It runs in a rift between the
hills, as if nature had carved Its course
in the dark, and tangled It all up, like a
silver-Mue ribbon in the forest of mes
quite fringe.
Have you ever followed Its windings
and looked upon the haunted house
standing high above the river's brim,
and seen, dark upon its moldering
walls, the print of a bloody hand?
No? Then I will tell you the story;
It happened many years ago.
It was New Year's Eve, and a raw
wind swept through the clefts between
the bills and dashed the spray of the
San Antonio River in a monotonous
swish against the steep, overhanging
bank. What with the rush of the wind
through the trees and the beat of the
turbulent waves, minor sounds were
swallowed in the general discord of na
ture. On the bridge spanning the rivet
stood Pitro and Juan Tasca, their som
breros drawn low over their faces, their
throats muffled to keep off the cutting
wind. Pitro dashed his band against
the bridge rail and cried:
"I tell you, Juan, If Raschal Quito
were not the old miser's only heir, he
should never marry my daughter. A
proud, lazy, trifling "
Pitro caught his breath sharply as
the sound of a cry, shrill and far away,
Loated down the river.
"What Is thai?" he cried, grasping
Tasca's arm. "Some one cried as If in
death agony."
Tasca drew his muffler down from
one ear.
11 near nothing," he -gakL - "It- was
too cry of a panther you beard, no
doubt. Yon are excited enough to hear
anything."
"Perhaps," assented Pitro, "yet it
seemed to me there was something In
the cry I recognized."
Tasca moved forward.
"You were talking of young Quito,"
be said. "Yes, the boy Is wild appar
ently trifling but there is an element
of good about him. The way that old
uncle of his treats him Is enough to
drire the energy out of any spirited
young fellow; be has never had a
chance to show what Is In him, good
or bad. Now, there was the time
"I want to hear no praise of a Quito,"
Interrupted Pitro, harshly. "Here my
daughter might hare made a fine match
with Senor Rocca; true, a little old for
so lovely a girl, but a man of standing
of wealth! Yet, what can I say? Who
knows what sums of gold that old man
Quito has bidden? One cannot over
look that. And when Monita throws
ber arms about my neck and vows that
she will marry no one but Raschal, only
Raschal, what can I say? She Is my
only one, my little iionlta."
"No fairer, sweeter child ever blessed
a father's home," added Tasca.
They were over the bridge now and
nearlng Pitro's home. From a different
direction who may say Just when?
a tall young figure had left that home.
"Good-night. Monita mla," he bad
said, folding bis beautiful fiancee in bis '
arms; "you will not have long to wait, j
If my uncle will not support me In de- j
cency, nor allow me to support myself, j
we will marry anyhow. I have a plan, j
and I will not tarry long In accomplish
ing it." !
Monlta's soft, dusky eyes flashed a
love-light up Into his face; ber red Hps
closed like a rosebud. i
"I will never marry any one but you."
Rhe cried: "It Is only you I love."
With these words ringing I J his ears
Raschal drew his cloak about him and
disappeared in the gloom of the m.s-
nnl'e shadows. !
Some distance down the rlrer Miser
Quito, as he was called, sat muttering
In bis home. The Are was bright that
warmed him; he did not have to spend
money for fuel; the room was comfort
able; his family had been well to do;
all that they left was his.
"Why does that wretched boy stay so
later he muttered. "Always anxious
to leave me, when any one might come
In this lonely place and rob me. Al
ways anxious to work for his living
i ri! :'.s if I could trust a hireling to
protect me as Kascliars presence aoea.
Ah, I will make him suffer for this de
lay, wretch tbat he Is to leave me tbua
loner
A heavy step sounded on the stall
outside, and the door was pushed open
as the old man unbolted it, and a tall
cloaked figure, stepped Into the room.
What followed during a bitter alter
cation belated passers-by who heard
the raised voices could not say. Wai
not Miser Quito forever quarreling with
Raschal, and now that be bad forbid
den Raschal to marry, was not tht
quarreling likely to be worse than
ever?
It was In the gray light of New Year't
morning that Marco, the woodcutter,
looked up as be passed Miser Quito's
bouse and saw the print of a bloody
hand on the wall Beside the door.
Marco grew psle through his swarthy
skin. Bloody deeds were not uncom
mon sights about San Antonio. Marco
had no horror of them. But who evet
saw a seal like tbat upon the wall of a
man's home? Marco turned with a
sudden weakness In bis knees and hur
ried back to town.
Among the rush of people who has
tened fast Marco on hit rcturs to Ut4
Quite house we Taaea and "Pitro. As
If answering an unspoken accusation.
Tanca tamed at the door, crying:
"This Is not the mark of Rascaal't
hand; the fingers are too abort and
broad for his."
No on noticed him as the crowd
pushed its way Into the miser's llrlng
room and looked down wHh a sort of
horror upon the battered remains of
the old miser lying In a pool of blood.
The old man's nephew had many more
enemies than friends, and from them
burst a cry like the yelp of blood bound
upon a murderer's track
"Raschal!"
They scattered in every direction to
a self-Instituted search for the mur
derer. He was nowhere on the prem
ises and their search here only revealed
the fact that the old man bad been
robbed as well as murdered.
Monlta lay sleeping through the early
morning hours, the fringe of her long
UtBhes lay on the rounded flush of het
cheeks, ami blotted out that crimson
shadow that bad fallen with the New
Tear dawn upon ber life.
Of all San Antonio she was the onlj
one who did not go to look at the print
of the crimson hand. Of all San An
tonio Tasca was the only man wh
could not see that the contour of tb
red palm and blood dripping flngen
was that of Raschal Quito.
The next day Miser Quito was burled
In his own grounds, for no money could
be found for burial elsewhere, and the
expense that the town went to wai
paid out of the sale of some of hit
handsome effects. They were sold fot
a mere trifle, for. the people said, "Ras
chal will nerer come back t be hang
ed." and they did not scruple to mak
good such a chance for acquiring the
heirlooms of the Quito family, though
Miser Quito's avarice had not left any
too many for sale.
The bunt for Raschal was savage but
fruitless and at last was given up.
"He must bare drowned himself," tht
people said; "perhaps when the river U
low In the fall we may find his bones."
"You remember that cry?" asked
Pitro of Tasca; "at first I thought li
was old Quito's voice; now I know Ii
was that of Raschal as be plunged lnt
the river."
"Perhaps," assented Tasca.
The miser's house was locked, and
time wore on until the wild flowers ol
Texas made a coverlet of blue and gold
over old' Quito's grave, and the mark
of the crimson grew less vivid in hue.
Monlta clung to the belief that Ras
chal was Innocent; that he would send
for her some day when It was safe foi
him to do so, and she nerer questioned
her intent to go when the time came.
Tasca alone learned ber belief, and it
was wonderful bow, after Tasca hnd
assured her that it was also his own,
she bloomed again Into the lovely,
merry maiden she had been before thll
tragedy had swept across her life. Th
roses came back to her cheeks, and sh
no longer refused to see her friends
But she grew quiet and staid as yeai
after year went by without a sign from
Raschal; and the people talked aboul
the voices beard at night In the Quite
bouse, and every New Year's Eve along
the river side there rang a muffled cry
which chilled the blood In the veins ol
the bearers and hurried them awaj
from the haunted stream. Time nevei
bushed these cries; years never wiped
away the Imprint of the scarlet band
beside the door, nor turned the love ol
the beautiful Monlta into anothet
course. "
It was Chrlstmastlde, and as thej
filed Into the open door of San Fernan
do a man waiting beside it stepped for
ward at the approach of Juan Tasc
and said:
"You are Sheriff Tasca 7"
"Yes."
"You are wanted at once to take thi
deposition of a dying man."
"That Is not my business," begat
Tasca.
"No matter," urged the latter; "hi
says you are the only friend Raschal
Quito had, and "
"I will come," cried Tasca, growlni.
white at the sudden thought of Rascha!
within reach, living!
He hurried the man on his way tin
he paused at the door of a ranch man'i
house on the outskirts of the town
Fritz Van Melster, a man of unsocla
habits, but not lacking friends.
"Here?" cried Tasca, as be follows
his guide Into the house.
"Yes, here."
The man ushered blm into Van Met
ter's room and pointed to the form upoi
the bed.
The shock of seeing the unexpected
rendered Tasca dumb.
"1 a i) firing." woanrd Van Mester
"I must confess. The priest has shrlred
me but you are Raschal's friend I
murdered bis old uncle. He does not
know It."
"What!" yelled Tasca, with a tiger
tike jump toward the bed.
The dying man cowered.
"Yes, I killed blm, but I never meant
to. He owed me money and refused t
- pay It. That night he was alone. 1
threatened blm I struck him and hi
fell dead at my feet. You know bow I
crushed him. I took all the money I
. found not much, for be bad hidden hli
! woolf h u-A11 When T ml ftllt Into thfl
frh , . t. thtn1r ,,
, ha(J djne , leIled valaat waD
f fallln. I heard th
sound of Raschal's voice humming a
lore song I bear It now also old
Quito's cry when he felL I ran down
itairs and hid in their shadow as Ras
rhal passed me and went np. I heard
him cry out:
" 'Nobody will believe I did not do It
They will bang me without shrift. Oh,
Monlta, must I leave you?
"I heard no more. Those words
steadied my brain. I went borne no
longer fearing the brand of the mur
derer, safe to lire on with my family.
Now," he ended, spent with the exer
tion of his recital, "I am ready to die."
Tasca looked at the men who h-d
followed blm into the room.
You heard all?"
I "All," they responded.
"Then help me to find Raschal," b
said, and left the bouse without a back
ward look at the man who bad wrought
bo much evil.
It was strange to find how many
men saw excuses for Raschal's unso
ciability in the past He was tied to
miser how could be find time or money
for friends or society? They remem
bered It was pity tbat kept Raschal
near the miser. They remembered hli
kindnesses. What a welcome they gav
him when be returned before a week,
a man with a resolute face, his black
hair threaded with gray, with a com
fortable business in another State,
whore he bad assumed a name and
prospered.
If Monita was not In the first flowet
f her youth, she was in the full bloom
sf her beauty, and it was a riaht raya!
wedding they had, while the plaza
round the church was gay wttb a Joy
sus crowd.
Raschal unearthed bis uncle's treas
ure; bnt to this day yon may see, high
shore tko brim of the itrar, the
tng walls of the fcanvted teiooe, wbos
door la sealed with the Imprint of
crimson hand. Wavsriy
neqisrt of Talwmbl Kagvavii
Bchulteas ran Meiss, a wealthy cltV
sen of Zurich, Switserland, who recent
ly died, left a valuable collection of en
grarings to the Polytechnic Institute
f Zurich. It comprises 12,000 pieces,
all of the first rank, and some of thorn
extremely rare, such as "The Betr-tL4
iMi a hv Rembrandt. The areat
Dutch master la represented by 291
pieces, Looa do Loyde by 158, A
brecbt Durer by 111, and Schoengauet
by 8.
Tb Telegraph tat lvolaadL
Ireland's telegraph department re
cently proved that It could manags
Gaelic by taking the speeches dellrered
at an Irish festlral at Letterkenny,
County Donegal, In the natlre tongue,
and reed ring them at Dublin so that
they could be printed In Gaelic char
acters in she Freeman's Journal.
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pink-ham.
Mrs. Jonrr Wit.tjamb, English town,
N. J., writes:
" Deab Mbs. Pikkham: I cannot be
gin to tell yon how I suffered before
taking your remedies. I was so weak
that I could hardly walk across the floor
without falling'. I had womb trouble
and such a bearing-down feeling ; also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
In womb, inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before I had
taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal
better, and after taking; two and one
half bottles and half a box of your
Liver Pills I was cured. If more wonld
take your medicine they would not
hare to suffer so much."
Mrs. Joseph Petcbsox, 513 East St.,
Warren, Pa., writes:
"Dear Mrs. PixkhaIi: I hare suf
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. I had inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
I had the backache constantly, also
headache, and was so dizzy. I had
heart trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chok
ing me. I could not walk around and
I could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat so fast I wonld feel as
though I was smothering. I bad to '
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe, j
I was so weak I conld not do any- i
thing.
- "I have now taken several bot- j
tics of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and used threel pack- j
ages of Sanative Wash, and cSn say j
I am perfectly cured. I do not think .
I could hare lired long if Mrs. Pink- j
ham's medicine had not helped me.
LADIES AND MORE LADIES.
Soaie Instances of the Varioaa Cass 01
aa Abased Word.
The word lady still has about It a
certain halo which ought to prevent Its
indiscriminate use. In this country wi
can hardly expect to see social dls
Unctions reflected in the use of tht
word; and yet we might, perhaps, ex
pect to see It employed more equitably
than It was by a certain dry goods ston
keeper In a Massachusetts town not
very long ago.
The daughter of a Senator of tht
United States drore one day from het
father's summer cottage to a store la t
city near by and ordered some article)
to be sent to the house.
When the goods were sent a mlstakt
was made, and the Senator hlmsell
stopped at the store to correct It Tb
proprietor called the saleswoman, and,
after consulting with her. apologised
for the mistake.
"You see, sir," he explained, "the ladj
who took the order didn't quite under
stand what the girl said."
A somewhat similar story was told
of a remark made by a Yankee servant
of the family of John Lothrop Motley
the historian. On one occasion, whei
the historian was at home on the an
cestral estate near Boston, and whei
his brother James was also there, at
ntimate friend of the family who wai
ojournlng at the bouse came out front
Joston on a late afternoon train. Th
family coachman met him with a car
riage at the station. On the way t
the house the guest said to the drlrer
"Did any one come on the earllei
train?"
"Oh, yaaa," said the coachman, "the
was fonr; the' was John and Jim and
two ladies."
The guest knew that "John and Jim'
.-ere the historian and his brother, ane
e wondered who the ladles were
. f terward he found out that they wer
seamstress and a new chambermaid
The most extraordinary use of th
.-ro that we are likely to find any rec
jrd of la related from England. Th
bouse surgeon of a London hospital, w
are told, was attending to the Injurlet
of a woman who had been badly bitter
on the arm. As he was dressing th
wound he said:
"I cannot make out what sort of
creature bit you. It Is too small for
horse's bite and too large for a dog's.'
"Oh, sir," said the patient, "It .wasn't
a hanimal It was another lydyl"-
Youth's Companion.
How laaeots Hide.
How many hare ever noticed tht
skillful way In which many Insects dia
guise themselves when In danger fron:
some larger animal or bird? Probabij
yon bare all observed that the cater
pillar "plays dead" when be Is dls
turned and that many Insects choose foi
their homes some tree or shrub whose
bark or foliage match themselves la
color.
There la a certain variety of moth,
quits common around elms, which flxet
Its wings so that they closely resembl
spots or lichens on the bark of the tret
and can onty be detected by a trained
sye. Another moth, whose principal
colora are pink and yellow, arranges
Itself on the blossom of a primrose, sr.
as to wholly escape notice. In the Easi
Indian Islands there Is a spider whlcl
reposes on the upper side of a large
leaf In such a shape that It perfectly re
sembles decayed matter.
A hunter In tropical regions teUs of
seeing a cricket pursued around tht
trunk of a tree by a lizard. Suddenly
the Insect settled Itself In a small de
prosslon, In the bark, spread out IU
wings slightly and flattened Itself j
that the lizard actually crawled ove
it and went away without ever know
1ns what had become of It.
A Great llecovery.
Mrs. Read Isn't it strange?
Mr. Read What, my dear?
Mrs. Read There nerer yet baa bees
a strike In an alarm clock factory.
Jewelers' Weekly.
It Is regarded as perfectly lea-Hi stab
by tons man to rob a
He Sitteth, Waiting and Watchta. with
f'l ST. JACOBS OIL
J RhlH.mat.Sm. It C-res Sard.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR UTTUE
BOYS AND GIRLS,
Soasetklas tkat Will latere the Jw
vwUle If sabers of Erery Hoaaebol
Qwiat Actios aad Bfisbt Barings
f Bfaay Cat aad Caaalas CUldraa.
Nora came In with a bright face, say
Ing. "It will be done; mother says she'll
finish my dress to-night, anyway; shs
wants me to have it for the party."
"She'll have to work late to do It, I
bould think."
"Yes, I s'pose so, but she won't mind
tnd I should feel mean to have to weal
my old one. My new one is a beauty
I don't believe there will be so hand
some a one there. I shall have a splen
did time, I know. Mary Brown hoi
got to wear her old muslin, and shi
seems to think It is all the style. Sh
don't seem - to know bet what -old
things are as pretty as new."
"She wears the best she has. and
seems as happy as any of you."
"Yes. but I am not like her; I wanl
to look as well as any of 'em, or a little
better."
Nora's dress was finished, and she
went to Evnllne's party quite pleased,
but she told tne the next day that Min
nie Reed had a dress just like hers, ana
the girls were nil admiring It and tool
no notice of hers until she said ben
was just like it; then Jennie Dole said,
"Yes. bnt yours Isn't all trimmed with
lace like Minnie's." Then she said hen
looked real mean to her after that.
So poor Nora found there was a "fly
In the ointment," trouble even with s
new dn ss on. If we want to be happy,
we must remember the beatitudes. Wl
do not read. "Blessed Is the one wh
has a new dress." Union Signal.
The Knnaway Boy.
yra.' 1
Wunst 1 sassed my pa, an' he
Won't stand 'at, an' he punished me,
Nen when he wus gon' that day
I slipped out and runned away.
I took all my copper cents
And climbed over our back fence
!u the jimson weeds 'at growed
Kver'where all down the road.
Son I got out there, an nen -I
runned some, an' runned again.
When I met a man 'at led
A big cow 'at shook her head.
I went down a long, long lane,
Where was little pigs a-playinV
An' a great big pig went "Booh!"
An' jumped up an' skeered me, too
Nen I scampered past, an' they
Wus somebody hollered "Hey!"
An' I just looked everywhere.
An' tbey wus nobody there.
I want to, bnt I'm 'fraid to try
To go back an' by an' by
Somrpine hurts my throat inside
An' I want my ma an' cried.
Nen I grea' big Rirl come through
Where's a gate, an telled me who
Am I, an' if I tell where
My home's at she'll show me there.
But I couldn't 'ist but tell
What's my name, en' she says "Well,"
An' 'ist tooked me np and says,
"She know where I live, she guess."
Nen she telled me hng w'ite close
Round her neck, sn' on she goes
Skipnin' tip the street! an' nen
I'nrty soon I'm home agen.
An' my ma, when she kissed me.
Kissed the big girl, too, an' she
Kissed me ef I p'omise shore
I won't run away no more!
-James Whltcomb Riley.
What the rarth-Worns Does.
In the St. Nicholas, Myrta Locket!
A vary has an article entitled "Om
Little Gray Helper," In which she telli
of the humble earth-worm and its ser
vice to man. The author says:
Now, do you want to know what
work it Is our little gray helper doe
for us? To look at blm you could nevet
dream bow important It is. Perhaps,
we might call bim a farmer, since he
tills the soil. Do yon know tbat lands
where trees and plants and flowers and
fruits and abundant grains and grassef
grow would be barren deserts but foi
the little gray worker?
Iarwln watched the ways of thii
little gray worker for years and years,
snd found that bis office was to pre
pare and fertilize the soli. He carries
down layer after layer of stuff, and
brings up layer after layer of loam,
thus giving each layer lis chance at
sunlight and air. That which he car
rles down into Mother Earth's work
shop Is bits of dead leaves, decompos
ing matter, and unsightly stuff; ani
Mother Earth feeds with this the rooti
of flowers and trees and vegetables anc
grain and grasses. To do this Iinpor
taut work well, there Is needed a great
number of little gray workers: about
57,000, it Is said, to an acre of pasture
land, and more to keep a garden what
it should be. For every acre the little
gray workers turn up from seven tr
eighteen tons of earth annually.
M ietakes of I'oyn.
One of the most common mistakes s
(oy makes is bis ideas In regard to slue,
riiis be hankers after most of ail. Yon
a ill see blm stretch himself, trying to
a teli up with bis big brother or play
nate, measure himself and scratch th
rail, count the days and almost th
tours when he will lie a "man."
Boys, there Is something else thee
ivs tb.it counts for manliness mors
man size or srrengtn. He is most man
ly who makes most of bis time, who
tias the best heart and brain. It Is not
47.9 that makes the man. There has
been seen a great six-foot specimen of
humanity do a weak, cowardly act that
inght to make any rightly bred 7-year-ld
boy blush for him. f
Johnnie's Version.
Johnnie was about to repeat his first
rerse at the Sunday school concert. Of
rourse, it must be short, and In simple
Tords, so his mother selected this for
lim, "I am the Light of the World,"
vpeating H to him a number .of times
intll he was sure of It. The evening of
.be concert came. Johnnie came out,
nade his best bow, and proclaimed In
t loud Tolce, "My mother Is the light si
e world."
Ltacky for Tons bit, Perkana,
Jivuw Didn't zoo
to cure
your
choli teacher say your conscience la
what tells you when yon do wrong?
Tommy If s a good thing It doean t
tell yonr mother.
Of C, BtoBM.
"Hare yon an ear ior uwrc ,
. t A.VAar.nld Manrie. "Why, of
m Vuv i wa, b j
course I have," she replied. "Only yes
terday I eard a man two blocksaway
playing a tune on a grind organ."
Cause for Orlet
"Why, Gracis." asked a mother of het
little daughter, aged 8, "what makes
yon cry so?" "I la cwyln'," sobbed
Grade, glancing at her feet, "c-caus' I
dot mud on my new w-wubbers."
tats or Ohio, Ctrr or Toiaoo, I
LUOAS COUItTT. ( .
Fun). Chk.net makes oath that h to fh
B-nlor partner of the Arm of T. J. T r
L'o doing-busiaewin the City of Toledo,CojiBtr
and State aforesaid, and thateaid flrm wIU pav
the earn o( obshcsdhsd dollam for each
and every caae of catarrh that cannot be
eared by the use of Haul's Catabbh l orb.
Frank J. Cbubt.
Sworn to before me and mbeerlbed In my
( . 1 presence, this th day of December,
) SBAI.V A. D. 18S4. A. W. Guasow.
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Castle building may be a useless
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occupation and harms no one.
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Candy Cathartic, ear constipation forever
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In this life anticipation of Joys in
store, gives more pleasure than the
realization of the most matured plan.
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ours A. M. to 1 P. M.
Absolute peace exists only when
time ceases to be. Approximate peace
can be enjoyed in cheerfulness of
life.
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To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mac
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He who receives a good turn should
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Plm's Cure Is a wonderful Cough medicine
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TRUMPET CALLS.
Bai
i'a Horn Bounds a Waraiasr Mat
to the Unredeemed.
SALOON is the
devil's recruiting
-a A- station.
God does not
pour His wine
Into dirty casks.
The best berries
ripen where the
b I g g e st thorns '
are. i
Life is the busl- ,
ness of building !
the dwelling!
bouse of eternity, j
Anger closes the eyes of reason as
! soon as It opens the month.
Faith sings on, when reason sighs or
says "God doesn't care."
God gives us mountain rlews that we
may discover lowland dangers.
Blessing comes from doing what we
don't want to do for Christ's sake.
In proportion as you say, "I am not
my own," all things become yours.
Ananias warns every man who is
anxious to get a reputation for liberal
Ity.
MAKING PEARLS TO ORDER.
Mnsael and Ovetor Beins Domesticated
and Tanznt the Jewelry Bnalnesa.
Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sap
phires have all been produced in tht
laboratory, and It is now the turn ol
the pearl, says the New York Times.
The chemist, however. Is not hlmsell
the maker of the new artificial pearls;
he Is only the collaborator. It Is true
that false pearls are made from
mother-of-pearl, but their luster Is nol
up to the mark. The Chinese have
long Introduced grains of sand and
little knots of wire Into the shell of the
pearl oyster in order that the animal,
to relieve Itself from the irritation so
caused, may coat the foreign substance
with pearl. If this matter be Inserted
between the shell and the mantle th
oyster can eject It by contractions ol
his body. To prevent this M. Boutan
a French experimenter, has trepanned
the shell and Introduced a small bead
of nacre, which might, however, be t
true pearl of a small size, through tht
bole, and fixed It by means of cement
to the shell. This bean was In coursf
of time covered w4tb nacre by the oys
ter, and a fine large pearl was the re
sult. Dealers cannot distinguish It
from an Orient pearl. The question of
making pearl In this way was recently
discussed at a meeting of the Acade
mies des Sciences, Taris, and M. Bertho
lot, the famous chemist, observed thai
such a pearl could only be considered
true pearl If It had at least a hundred
layers of the pearl nacre; otherwise if
would only be a foreign aubetanc
;overed with nacre. Of course, if th
foreign matter is a pearl Itself this ob
Jectlon disappears, and we have tht
means of producing pearls at will. Ao
cording to M. Lacaze Duthler, som
two years would be required for i
haliotlde to produce a big pearl. Th
artificial pearl of the trade, fabricated
from nacre, could also be coated In tht
same way. Evidently the pearl mus
sel and oyster are about to be domesti
cated for the production of pearls, at
the spider Is for silk. Pearl divers may
tecome a legend of the put.
Saved Her Conscience.
"What do yon think of your new
neighbors?" asked the hostess of the
"sweet" old lady who was calling.
"You know that I never speak un
kindly of any one. I have nothing to
say of her; but I will say of her husband
-"tat I feel very, very sorry for him."
A Winning Wax.
Algy Well, old boy, I've Just touched
Rejrgy for another tener.
Chappie What! And got It? How
on earth do you do It?
Algy Oh, It's very easy. I Just casu
ally mention his resemblance ' to the
Prince of Wal-as. Tld-Blta.
Tan DlsTerence.
"After all, what's the difference be
tween fame and notoriety?"
"When the crowds see a famoos maa
approaching they whisper, Here ha
co men,' bot when the notorious ssaa ap
oears thay wrJ9fLm s
THE RUSE OF A DETEOT.wW.
Haw a Blrath Bfa ed to Get A4-
liaaloa Uader 1-itHcalMea.
"I had to resort to a Q 80
get an admission from manJLW"
after " said a private detective. "There
Sd bee- some tronble at a clob be
tween two young men. One threw a
7. of wfne into the other's ac
' he other did not ren be ln.nl as
he should have done. When
heard of it be threatened to dlslnbjn ,11
B?son nnless he whipped the man who
SaYthrown the wine in his face, The
father was a meabsr of the seme elnb
tnd be made a wager of a wine supper
that his son conld and wonld whip the
Kr fellow. Soon after this tie son
met the man who had insulted Wm and
whipped him. The fight occurred on a
prominent street, anil as two of the
yr-ang man's friends were with him at
the time, there was talk of an action
gainst them and his father 'r con
spiracy. Our agency was retained to
get the evidence needed.
"It was decided that it wonld be nec
essary to get an admission from the
father of the young man who had made
the assault. I was told to get It 1
tried many ways and failed. He did
not know I was a detective. He had
known me for a number of years, but
thought I was engaged In other worn.
had another plan to get from blm
what I wanted. I told him a New
York publication was having the affair
written np and illustrated. I said I
had seen the picture of the fight which
bad been prepared for it. He was
pleased at the publicity that the fight
was to get for the story of the affair
at the club bad been printed and he
wanted It known that his son had
avenged the Insult I Intimated that
If he cared to see It I thought I could
get him the picture that had been pre
pared for publication. He was eager to
see It.
"I bad a friend, a newspaper artist,
who made me a picture. He made a
faithful copy of the street scene where
the fight occurred and he made a fair
likeness of the figures In It. The pic
ture showed one man stealing up be
hind another and striking him from the
rear. Behind him were two other men,
who were supposed to have accompa
nied him to see fair play. The father
was thought to have been In the neigh
borhood, but as he wasn't seen he was
left off the picture. I took the picture
to the father. He examined It care
fully. "Who are these two men?" he asked,
pointing to the two onlookers.
" They are the two Blacks who went
along with your son to see that he got
fair play,' I told him.
" That's all right,' be said; 'but who
Is this?" pointing at the man who wae
striking at the other from behind.
" 'Why, that's your son,' I told him.
"That's a lie!" he exclaimed. 'My
son stood right in front of him and hit
him squarely In the face. I told blm
to do that and stand up In front of him
all the time. I went along to see thai
be would do It. I was right across the
street and the two men who were with
onn n' lira -lnu ATinilfrh tft flPP I) 11
"'J u-
that happened. They will tell you that
he didn't hit him from behind. He j
faced him fairly and whipped him fair- J
ly. That was the way we made it up
to do. If that's printed I'll whip tlif
man who made it'
"It wasn't printed. Nor was ther
any court proceeding taken on account
of the alleged conspiracy. The men !
concerned in It on both sides got to
gether and settled It out of court"
Pittsburg News.
Jenny Do you believe that there if
aiarrylng in heaven?
Johnny Certainly not Ian't it heaT
en? New Tork World.
Yonr heart beats over one hun
dred thousand times each day.
One hundred thousand supplies of
good or bad blood to your brain.
UTiich is It? '
If bad, impure blood, men your
brain aches. You are troubled
with drowsiness yet cannot sleep.
You are as tired in the morning
as at night. You have no nerve
power. Your food does you but
little goo.
Stimulants, tonics, headache II
powders, cannot cure you; but U
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will. It makes the liver, kidneys,
skin and bowels perform their
proper work. It removes all im
purities from tbe blood. And h
makes the blood rich In its Ufa
giving properties.
To Hmmtmtt
Rmowmrym
Yon will be mora rapidly cured
if yon will take a laxative dose of
Ayers pills each night. They
arouse the sluggish liver and thus
cure biliousness.
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RECENT INVENTIONS.
Coins can be rapidly counted by a
new machine, which has a series of
tubes to be filled with coins, with slid
ing plates at the bottom which receive
one coin in each reciprocation, drop
ping It Into a receptacle and recording
the movement on Indicators.
Mud and dust can be easily cleaned
from the inside of bicycle mudguards
by a Connecticut man's device, consist
ing of a brash with a clamp on the
back, which' la gripped on the face of
the tire, the wheel being then revolved
and the brush engaging the guard.
Eggs can be quickly beaten with a i
new kitchen utensil, which has a num
ber of wire fingers, carried on two re
ciprocating frames, driven by a crank,
to cause the wires to slide past each j
otner rapiaiy ana cnurn tne contents
of the dleh In which It Is suspended.
A Florida Inventor has designed a
steamboat to run on the ice In winter,
runners being mounted on the under
side at the proper depth to bring the
ends of the paddle blades to the level
of the Ice, each blade being tipped with
a steel point, which sticks Into the ice
and propels the boat.
A Canadian has Invented a car-mover
for shifting railway can, which Is
formed of two steel bars fastened to
gether with a double hinge, with a
lever bolted to the two bars to move
them In opposite directions, one bar
resting on a tie and the other bracing
igalnst the car to push It along.
The man who snores In a sleeping cai
la apt to wake and find himself fa
mous. Too many men mistake gall for abil
ity. The pay days of those who work foi
love are uncertain.
Beas.tr la Bine Deea.
Clean Wood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Caacarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
"HI?! P the lazy liver and driving all im
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"What's that button you're wear
ing?" asked the young thing; "not Soni
of the American Revolution V "No,"
said the Major; "I should think not. I'm
proud of that button. It is the Insignia,
the outward and visible sign of the
largest military society in the United
States. "What's "its name?" "Society of
the First Man Up San Juan Hill."
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Sly liver waa in a very bad shape, and my head
ached and I had stomach trouble. Nov. since tak
ing Cascareta, I feel Una. My wife has also used
them with beneficial results for sour stomach.'
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