i
ODE BOYS ANB GIB1&
6 !
to
THE OLP-TIMB HMO.
8woto?Uer t tfyi,cor tu be,
SCW Wghway wai tha nlrrse; ,
With equal Tc and gallantry
& tbatched a fcias or cat a pane;
. Tftkt as was tost tJ hltn. in truth.
In wnlch he failed to break a lancet
A merry se&tlaman,-foraootb
The picaroon at old romance!
. Bow well we knew his jerkin'a cat,
. - Dr eofar of hia rareockadel-
ind how we're lored Bis platterdash
Aye, etery one of os that reads!
' And joyed to see him cut and slash.
And gloried in his gory deeds!
Ah, there's the hero to our mind!
NO languid airs for him, parfay!
A damsel in distress to find
Hot foot he'd travel night and day;
And when he found her, as was sure,
Oda daggers! there was sport for him.
The rognes who thought themselves se
cure Were not their chances mighty slim?
A tankard of good ale, mine host.
Or shandygaff the best ye can!
Come, one and all! We'll drink a toast
To our enchanting gentleman!
a. prodigy of valor he.
The very piteoa of all gallants.
Whose like we ne er. again snail i
The picaroon of old romance!
Monsey's.
MERCY FOOTE'S
RECONSTRUCTION.
A RUG pathway meandered from
the kitchen door to the parlor
A A. door, -with ramifications on elth
er aide to chairs and sofa and table,
Square rags and round rugs and oblong,
octagonal, oval rugs filled up all the
chinks. There was scarcely a square
Inch of the carpet visible anywhere.
The two or three ambrotypes ana
toel engravings In solemn black wal
nut frames were befogged behind veils
of mosquito netting. The comfortable
looking lounge was draped in crisp,
clean newspapers to protect the new
covering underneath. The face of the
clock on the mantel looked out coyly
through Its veil of netting.
It was dim and cool in the big, cleat,
room and empty. They sat in the
kitchen or, on especially hot evenings.
out on the porch. There was so much
danger of files in the sitting room, and
dust and sun-fading and all aorta of
dreadful things, especially in dog days.
It was dog days now.
Mercy Foote was upstairs In the un
finished chamber, "resting"; but it was
so hot and so close that even to rest
was hard work. She never dreamed of
going Into one of the spotless, speckless
chambers and "mussing up" one of the
white, plump beds. Mercy Foote was a
very neat woman some of the neigh
bors openly called her "p'ison neat."
About midway of the afternoon Nath
an Foote came up through the orchard
. from the hay field. lie wnlked very
slowly, as if it hurt him. Every min
ute or two he mopped his bald, shiny
head with bis handkerchief and drew
long, tired breaths. Nathan was almost
an old man a good deal older than
Mercy.
He had been working hard all day,
and every Individual old muscle felt
strained and sore; and bow his back
ached! It was a rather long way, too,
up to the house.
Mercy put her Hps to the window
screen and called sharply to him when
he came Into sight round the corn
house.
"Nathan, go In through the stable,"
she called, "and mind you slide the door
to real quick behind yon! I've been
out there fly-powdering. I don't want
to have files following you in. Shut it
the Instant!"
"Yes, Mercy," Nathan said, wearily.
It looked like a long, circuitous route
Into the house, and he was very tired.
He slid Into a narrow crevice In the
door, rubbing his aching bones against
the edges. Then he braced himself and
lid back the heavy door.
In the sudden transition from the hot
glare outside to the dusky interior he
felt dizzy and blinded, and had to sit
down on a wagon thill a minute. Then '
he shuffled up the steep stairs and
through the "shop" and woodhouse to
the kitchen, opening and shutting all ,
the doors with conscientious dispatch. '
Mercy's voice drifted down to him, muf- i
fled but incisive.
"Don't wash in the best wasbdlsh, '
Nathan. I've got It all scoured up. You
get tbe old one over the tubs In the ,
woodhouse. and mind you empty the '
water out In tbe asparagus bed. I don't !
like to have the sink all wet up." !
"Yes, Mercy."
He got the old basin and filled It and 1
set it on a chair with the soft gap j
crock. Some of the drops splashed tc .
the shining floor, and stooping with evl- j
dent pain, be wiped tbem up carefully, i
"I declare," he murmured, "I don'l I
know as I was ever more beat out than !
I am this afternoon! I don't know as 1
was ever! I guess I've got to lie down
spell."
"Nathan r
"Yes, Mercy."
"If you're thirsty, you'd better draw
some water out of the well; the pump's
all dry and clean. I gave It a bard
cleaning to-day, the last thing."
Nathan took the basin of water out
through the shop and stable door and
emptied it over the asparagus bed. He
made a second journey over the same
toilsome route for a drink of water.
"I've got to lie down somewhere right
away!" he muttered. "I'm all beat oit!"
"Nathan!" Mercy called.
"Yes. Mercy."
"Did you rub your feet on the mat Id
the porch and the scraper?"
" The scraper's out to the kitchen
door, Mercy!" Nathan called back, rais
ing his voice with an effort.
"Did you rub 'em on tbe porch mat?"
"Yes. I don't know as I did all th
times. I did once."
A groan, muffled but clearly audible,
descended to Nathan.
"I can't help It!" he muttered. T
guess I'll go He down on the sitting
room sofa for a minute. I'll have to; I
can't stand up."
He took off his boots and padded soft,
ly along the rug pathway. It was so
dim In there that not till he got close ta
the lounge did he notice the newspapers'
covering It. He lifted one of them off
with a determined twitch pf his lips,
but replaced it hastily, and padded soft
ly back to the kitchen, ne went to the
loor.
"Mercy," he called up, "Where's the
hist paper? I don't see It anywhere."
"Goodness. Nathan Foote, shut that
door! You'll let In a. mess of flltjsP'
"Where's the last paper, Mercy 7
Nathan's diminished voice rose, patient;
.-.nil tired, to Mercy's ears through the
il'ised door.
"It's all piled up nice, Nathan. You
:ou't want it now. You take the al
;: nac over the kitchen table and read
II e jokes!" she called back. He got the
2'lmanac and put on his boots. Then
!.e dragged them wearily, step by step,
oat to the stable. His griraled. Beamy
fare was drawn with exhaustion and
pain.
Mercy Foote came downstairs at pre
cisely ft o'clock to fat Wfgy. ; "
bo atappod over the kitchen threshold
the laat stroke of the Clock waa clang
ing. That waa bar rale. - Mercy was as
methodical as she was neat.
"Goodness," she exclaimed, "there's a
flyl there's two flies r She caught op
one of the deftly folded' newspapers
that she kept hidden In handy nooks
and proceeded to wage war.
"Nathan's so careless!" she fretted.
"But I didn't think they'd find their
way clear In from the stable!"
Bbe pearaatato the sitting room, aaa
otlcod that-oaa of the papers on the
lounge was. awry. "Nathan's been In
there yes, there's a wisp of hay on the
speckled rug! Now I s'pose I've got to
go to sweeping!"
- It waa quarter of 8 before supper was
ready on the little kitchen table. Mercy
had arranged the dishes precisely, bat
there seemed very few of them. "It's
too hot to light tbe Ire, and 'twould
muss up dreadfully tbe shavings and
all. We'll have Just a cold lunch. Nath
an oughtn't to eat hearty victuals after
haying and getting all heated up.
"Nathan! Na-than!" she called from
the porch door, which she warily open
ed only a crack. He was not out there.
She could not find him anywhere.
She went all over the house, and
peered from all the tightly screened
windows. She put on her sunbonnet
and biew the dinner horn. She always
put on her sunbonnet when she blew
the horn, nobody knew why. Mercy
didn't know herself.
There was a little circular hole in the
upper part of the kitchen door, protect
ed by a swinging disk of wood. It was
to blow the dinner horn through. Na
than made It for her so that she need
not open the door and run the risk of
the entrance of flies. She slid away
the wooden cover and quickly inserted
the end of tbe born into tbe hole, and
blew long, resonant blnsts. They echoed
back to her lonesomely.
Tbe clock struck six seven. Still
Nathan did not come. Mercy went out
to the bayfield and all over the little
farm. Her heart grew heavy with new.
unacknowledged dread. Where was
Nathan?
"I'm beginning to get scared," poor
Mercy confessed to herself. Why was
it that she kept remembering the sharj
words she bad said to Nathan? Why
did she remember bow old and tired out
he bad looked at dinner?
Terrible things she bad read of and
heard of kept recurring to her mln;l
with dark insinuation. Could It be pos
sible that weary old men with fussy,
scolding wives ever ever Oh, no! But
where could Nathan be? Eight o'clock
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight slow, solemn, significant clangs:
Mercy went out Into tbe woodshed In
to the stable anywhere, away from the
sound of the clock's voice that scolded
incessantly.
Tbe hungry old horse In bis stall was
whinnying and pawing for his supper.
Mercy stroked his nose.
"I'll get you some hay, pony," she
said. She went upstairs to throw it
down to him, and there was Nathan
asleep In the bay! He lay in the pro
found, relaxed slumber of utter weari
ness. The yellow almanac had fallen
from his fingers and lay beside him. She
knew be was tired, and not very well.
He bad been driven to take his rest In
the barn!
Mercy tiptoed back Into tbe house,
breathing, long, free breaths all -the
way, and forgetting to shut the doors.
She built a fire and filled tbe teakettle
and made many trips to the pantry,
coming back with sundry dishes that
Nathan liked, and crowding tbe table
with tbem. She took a lighted lamp In
to the sitting room and set it on tbe ta
ble. With a vigorous sweep of her arm
she bundled together the newspapers on
tbe lounge and carried them out.
"There." she said, "now I'll fetch a
pillow and put the pnier handy."
A few minutes later she stood in tbe
porch door and blew long, steady, pene
trating calls on the horn. Nathan beard
them and came In, looking guilty.
"I guess I went to sleep, Mercy," he
said. "I must have. I was all beat out
when I came in."
They sat down together to the savory
little supper. The pungent, pleasant
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wonder it has fifty happy years back of it. j
Get a bottle today
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Sarsaparilla
which nude Sarsaparilla famous
All DatJGCim Sell Ana's Samapaull. f i.oo a Bottle.
wdor of atearaf g tern fillets t toon
Nathan ate with the hearty relish of
well-rested man, and Merer wfttehe
.nlm with delight. .
Roddeady Nathan suspended hi kfiir
and fork and looked across at Merc:
troubled.
"If there ain't two peaky flies!" 1
aid, ruefully. . .
Mercy's eyes were glued with doggr
heroism to her plate.
"Where?" she said, cheerfully.
don't see 'em, Nathan." Youth's Con
panloa. ."
OPPOSED THE STAGE -COACH
A.B Ancient Ecoaosalat Who Tateasjlit
It WnM Kala tae Com try.
The New York Telegram noteo thai
the first stage coach seen In England
waa a boat the year 1568, and another
120 years passed before stage coacbe;
began to ran; they were not received
with much favor. In 1673 a treatise
was published In London by "A Lovei
of His Country, and Well Wisher tc
the Prosperity Both of tbe King and
Kingdoms," in which war used many
elaborate arguments and violent ti
rades against them.
"These coaches and caraTans," said
the writer, "are one of the greatest mis
chiefs that hath happened oi late years
to the kingdom, mischievous to the pub
Uc, destructive to trade and prejndlcia'
o lands."
He laments the decay of good horse
manship, which would follow It every
body rode to London in a coach. lie
calculates that a coach from York,
Chester or Exeter would have forty
horses on the journey to the capita!
and carry eighteen passengers a week.
In the whole year It would carry abou:
1,872. Suppose there were rernrnine
passengers there would be 836, and for
these forty horses would be sufficient
but If people traveled In the good, old
fashioned way, then at least 500 horses
would be required for the work. The
use of so many horses would give em
ployment to many who were by the
stage coach thrown out of work, such
as cloth workers, drapers, tailors, sad
dlers, tanners, curriers, shoemakers.
spurriers, lorlmers and fellmakers. Tbe
Inns would also suffer, for the stage
coach stops only at a few, but when
gentlemen traveled on horseback, ac
companied, as they usually were, by
two or three servants, they stopped at
any and as often as they liked, ant
thus encouraged trade.
Farmers will be ruined, he says, by
tbe stage coach; for how can they dis
pose of their hay, straw and horse
corn? Moreover, the influence on
health would be bad; men called out
of their beds before daylight, hurried
from place to place until far on into
the night, in the summer stifled witb
beat and choked with dust. In the win
ter starving and freezing with cold or
choked with filthy fog, obliged to ride
all day with strangers and with sick,
ancient and diseased persons and with
children crying, poisoned with fetid
breaths and crippled by the crowd of
boxes and bundles. Besides all these
troubles there were accidents arising
from tbe rotten coaches and foul roads.
In short, the writer Is fully convinced
that if stage-coach traveling becomes
popular the country will go to ruin.
Had be lived to see the railway he
would have been bereft of bis senses
A Cariosity In Will.
The outer uniformity about wills to
general both as to parchment and pen
manship, makes all the more note
worthy the last testament of the late
Sir George Parker. Sir .George, who
lost his life at Cawnpur during the
Indian mutiny, had only a tiny scrap
of paper on which to write his will,
and when It was made it was carried
through the lines by a native, who con
cealed it in his ear. Fragile as It is. It
will doubtless outlast as a curiosity
and almost as a bit of national history
many a bulky manuscript lnscrolled on
material prepared to defy the decay of
years.
No man ever traveled over the road
to fame on a pass.
Golden
Wedding
ofMiss Popu
lar Esteem and
'Mr. Aycr's
Sarsaparilla.
Fifty years of
happiness,
fifty years of
sapariuaininc
world that
ever celebrat
ed its fiftieth
anniversary
and is doing it
today with no
signs of decay.
Its mission is
to cure and
tohelo. No
of
9
ers
SALESWOMEN tmderatand what tartar It. , (
Constantly on their feet whether well or O. .,CofP
to smile and be agreeable to customers while drage
down with some feminine weakness. Backache and head-
aches count for little. They must ' - -
keep going or lose their place.
To these Mrs. Pinkham's help is
offered. A letter to her at Lynn,
If ass., will bring her advice free
of all charge.
Miss Nancik Shobe. Florence,
Cel.. write a letter to Mrs. Pink-
fim frntn arhir.li ara flaotar
I had been in poor health for some time, my troubles bar
ing been brought on by standing, so my physician said, caus
ing serious womb trouble. I had to give up my work. I wa
just a bundle of nerves and would have fainting spell at
monthly period. I doctored and took various medicines, but
1 1 could not
at a time.
3 stranger
medicine.
what
Ml
left ovary being so swollen and sore that 1 eould not move
without pain. Now, thanks to your wonderful medicine, that
tired feeling is all gone, and I am healthy and strong. "
TRUMPET CALLS.
Sam's Bora Soaada a Waralan Hate
to tbe Unredeemed. -
OV'E turns duty
Into delight.
Bigotry Is not
peculiar to r e -liglon.
Meditation Is a
tonic for poor
memory.
Some little men
love to live in the
clouds.
When you take
your burdens to
Christ, leave them there.
Virtue is finer than any of the arts.
Half-hearted service is always hard.
Neglect bolts the door of opportunity.
Trials melt the brass out of charac
ter. Small boats should keep near the
shore.
In order to do right, it is necessary to
be tight
The pulpit rail may become a wall of
partition.
Some Christians do more whining
than shining.
Keeping your eye on Christ keeps it
oft the world.
The wings of riches are poor aids to
heavenly flight.
The dews of grace fall during the
night of sorrow.
While the saloon exists, your own
son Is never safe.
- More souls are saved through service
than by sermons.
The more perfect the trust the more
perfect the peace.
Dress does not make character, but it
often proclaims it
Faith gives unlimited backing for tbe
business of living.
Kind words, like fragrant flowers,
are admired by all.
God will do as much for us as we will
submit to have done.
Policy sits on the fence while princi
ple fights the battle.
An Iceberg In the pulpit cannot kin
dle a fire in the pews.
Make your trials stepping stones to
a higher Christian life.
The man who confesses his Ignorance
Is on the road to wisdom.
Modern theology teaches that man
falls np instead of down.
fidelity In little things is one of tbe
surest tests of character.
Those who know when to apeak
know when to be silent
Love Is like a convex mirror It
broadens what we see In it
The only safe place to bide your sins
is under the blood of Christ
Don't use religious stilts when you
visit a strange prayer meeting.
Tbe man who reaches Christward for
refreshing will reach worldward with
a blessing.
There is a vast difference between
speaking "one to another" and on
about another.
RECENT INVENTIONS
Sand beaches can be formed along
the banks of streams by the use of an
Ohio man's device, consisting of wood
en cribs to be filled with stone and
sunk Into the water, projecting arms
being arranged at'the aides to prevent
the crib from tipping over as It sinks,
allowing the water to deposit soil and
form the beach.
Dental floss for cleaning the teeth Is
easily manipulated by a new tool,
which has the floss wound on a spool,
suspended between two hollow arms,
through which It Is threaded, passing
from tbe rip of one arm to the other, to
be drawn tight by a reel and inserted
between the teeth.
A Maryland Inventor has patented an
electric switch which has I no metallic
surfaces to be thrown in and out of
contact, the enda of tbe wires - being
barred and extended Into a chamber
partially filled with mercury, so that a
turn submerges the wires In the fluid
two Westerners have patented an
improvement In Ice tongs bywhich the
prongs are made to grip thecake more
irrurely, the handle being 'Shaped like
i-j 'nrrrtrd U, with the songs pivoted
t: the ruds, a sliding member Inside
.he handle being raised to pull the
tongs apart and release thelice.
In an improved oil stovelthe burners
are carried by a piston, which rises
ai d falls In a well connected with tbe
oi reservoir, the latter being air-tight,
sii tl:at when the oil b pumped In tbe
hv.iucrs are lifted by the pressure and
:i;'.!utained at the level of the olL
Many a wife daats the billiard chalk
from her busband'a coat and sheds
ti ars of sympathy because of the late
hours be must spend at bis desk close
to a whitewashed wall
WOMEN
THEIR UVIUQ
I got no relief, ana wnen a ww j
walk more tnan xour ojows
I followed your advice, tak
ing Lydia E. Pinkham a Blood Purtner
in connection with the Vegetable Com
pound and began to gain in strength
from the first. I am getting to be a
to pain and I owe it all to your
There is none equai w n.
for I have tried many others be
fore using yours. Words cannot
be said too strong in praise of it."
Miss Polly Foams, Meade.
Kan., writes:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham 1 feel it
my duty to write you in regard to
your medicine has done tor
me. I cannot praise it.
enough. Since my girlhood
I had been troubled with ir
regular and painful
periods and for nearly
five year had suffered
with falling of . the
womb, and whites. Also
had ovarian trouble, the
Doctor Jenner's Self-Reliance.
The lata Doctor Jenner was eseen
tiaily a self-reliant man. His patients
numbered kings, queens ana princes.
On who knew Jenner well once hinted
that his many responsibilities must be
sufficient to render sleep Impossible.
"Sleep!" replied Jenner In bis char
acteristic way. "I don't think that
anxiety about a patient ever kept me
awake five minutes. I go to a bedside.
I do my best What more can I do:
Why should I not sleep?"
M. Tj. Thompson A OOm Droggtets. 4f
rort, Pm.. say mil's Ctrrh Con. is tha tost
and oaly ran ears for catarrh tbay ever said.
Draggisu sail it. 78c
It la not our failures that ruin us,
but oar fear and tardiness In making
new beginnings after failure.
Edacat Yar Bowels WRa Cascarats.
Candy Cathartic, cure conainmtion forever.
10c, 25c .11 C C. C fail, druggists refund money.
When we read, we fancy we could be
martyrs; when we come to act, we can
not bear a provoking word.
He-Ta-Bae for FVty Cent
Guarsntead tsbaece habit aura, makes weak
nea stronc, blood para. He, $L All druggists.
What men want is not talent it is
purpose; In other words, not the power
to achieve, bat the will to labor.
To Car Cold ta Oaa Dot.
Take laaaara ! Oahrtaa Tasista, A
rassansnraaaaMaeytt It falls wear, sss.
The devil la a lively chap. He is the
first man at a camp meeting and the
last one to leave there.
m . , i .1... .1r! hf.
irieaa uioeu kuh m
beauty without it Caacarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lasy hver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin today to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c
Humility Is the hall-mark of wis
dom. Tnre nnaraateed br OR J. V MAVKR.101S
AKCH ST.. PHI LA.. Pa. Eaw at onoe: no
epentma er delay Iroin bustoca. Consultation
lice. KndorMmeuu of phrICMMM. ladle aa4
prominent citizens. Send lor circular. Offict
Lours A.M. to IP. M.
No matter how many mistakes you
may have made. The point Is what
have you learned by them?
lira. Window's Soothing Syrup for children
teethins;, softens the gums, reducing inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 2uc a buttle
A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes turns the bert
schoolmaster out of his life.
Arc You Uslna Al'en'a Foot Ease?
It is the only cure for Swollen, Smart
ing. Tired, Aching. Burning, Sweating
Feet, C-irns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a pow er to be shaken into the
sho-s. Sold by all Druegists, Groce s
and Shoe stores sc. sample sent fuse.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
MONSTERS AMONG THE KITES
Eaaae of Tbesa Are aa Blar aa Hoaeee
and Will Carry Mea.
While science, through the efforts ot
William A. Eddy, Gilbert T. Wooglom
and others, has taken the kite an
made It perform wonders at an eleva
tlon of about two miles until it has be
come a valuah e scientific Instrument
the everyday kite has not been neg
lected by the laity. A monster kit
built by W. H. Markle of South Beth
lehem. Pa., is as big as a two-ston
house. It is twenty-five feet high
twenty-four feet wide, and triangulai
in shape. The sticks are of white pine
five and one-half by two inches, taper
ing to one and one-half at the extreml
ties. At the angles are two Inch sere
eyes to which are attached the canvai
sail corners. Mr. Markle has flown thi
kite only once, so far, and then it be
gan to carry him up with it, support
Ing him steadily while be climbed dowi
hand over band.
Another large kite has been built b;
R. E. Ramsey, a cigar manufacturer ot
Lebanon, Pa. It la eighteen feet b
sixteen feet, and the top is ornamentef
with gold stars and the lower part wit!
red and bine stripes. When he startet
It up on a trial trip it ran away wltl
him, and it took six men to hold I
down.
A kite seventeen feet high and twelvi
i feet wide has been made by A. An
drews, Arthur and Leon Bunnell, ant
Wallace Cook of TerryvUle, Conn. I
is covered with fifty-four yards of can
vaa, and weighs fifty pounds, havlni
tall 124 feet long. It carries 2,001
feet f line, and one day it dragged thi
boys, seated in a light buggy, six mllei
down tbe road.
Fortune Labado, of Nyack, N. Y ha.
made a folding kite on the umbrelli
plan, offering great resistance and per
feet stability. Tbe frame consists o:
eight ribs. Tbe tail la a cord with Ugh
canvas pockets, In which sand or peb
bles are placed for ballast
Another large kite is that of Georg
Thomson, of Dudley Hill, England.. I'
has a rib frame of ash, and Is twenty
two feet high, fourteen feet wide, sixty
Ore feet In circumference, and weight
forty pounds. Its tall Is 125 feet long
and It takes four loon to fly It.
tie Oaee to
gome little Spring Beauties Bred
: WT... tht.
In the wuawooo, 7-rr to. mytTT
Bat they wore their best gowns for every
.. . i iil ntrbt.
From earnest "",r; -Ve never
For they said to each ether, xen w
can know and
When callers may drop In to see aa,
. .Iw. r. how we loo"
j raw ss. k -tin
And tZZ ttths dor go- weU with their
.. . t- t. brook.
They peep at wnffl""?"' " T " -n
And sureSeugh! oB,"L'
In popped such a nice little ores,
Aa- TSLm paid eu, a ornin cal
As she strayeo w
And thTcblldren came nest a Mrthe
And r.C?ed with s. when they
saw the sweet group
Of dowers by the rlmle "JfV.
And the beauties sll whispered together.
We were ready for callsT and each gay
ttttle belle ..
Blushed for Joy. Just the pretti pin
Tooth's Companion.
Whr Washington Croeiod.
Teacher-Why did Washington cross
the Delaware Elver? Johnny Thick
neck To git on the other side.
What ColasBbae THd.
Teacher "Now, boys, who waa Co
lumbusr No answer. Teacher
(promptlngly)-"The man "
Class (readllj)-"Broke the bank at
Monte Carlo." London Judy.
A Free Faow.
Tommy-"Goln' to the show ter
nlght Johnnyr Johnny-"Naw. We re
goln' to have a free show at our house
to-night Pa's goin- to put. u -
pet"
Beaaoa for the Whipping.
.xr. Tnhnn. do von understand
thoroughly why I am going to whip
your' "Tes'm. You're in a i
humor this morning an- you
lick someone before you feel satisfied.
One Flow Foot,
w f mnr feet walks faster than
the other one. People who get lost in
the woods travel for hours thinking
they are going straight ahead, but they
find after a while that tney nae in
going around In a circle.
You can try this, ana nave a great,
deal of fun out of it by getting your boy
friends to Join you on a lawn or other
open place. Blindfold them one at a
time and start them straight for the
gate or some other object about fifty
feet away. Not one of them win rencn
it Try this and see If you are left-
footed or right-footed.
Cattiaa Aaiaaala from Paper.
A reader writes that he frequently
amuses his nephews and their little
friends in "rnttlnoT animals." and says
he caught the knack of doing such scis
sors art work when only four years oi
ctrr OUT WITH THI scissors.
age. Tbe accompanying cut Illustrates
tbe perfection which this skill witb tbe
scissors may attain. He says the
amusement is exhaustless In Ha power
to amuse children and suggests that
the children may find it to their pleas
ure to practice the art. Animals cut
from white paper and pasted on a
black background, or vice versa, show
to tbe best advantage.
Making- sad Baking- Bread aa Cam el a.
There ore very few American famil
ies that do not stay at home long
enough to eat and also to prepare their
meals. But then American customs
differ in every way from those of the
Bedouins, as some of the wondering
tribes of Arabia, ore called. The re
ligion of a Bedouin tribe seems to be to
"move onward." Having once begun
the nomadic life. It becomes almost
necessary for them to keep it up. In
the first place they don't want to settle
down, and tbey wouldn't have any
place to stop if they wanted to. Some
times It becomes expedient that they
make great baste in these long Jour
neys. Wandering around over tbe plains
are other tribes whose only occupation
la "moving on." There Is frequently
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ME EXCELLENCE OF SYKCP CF FIGS
fa due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, bat also
to the care and skill with which itta
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fie Strup
Co. only and we wish to impress upon
U the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufacture?
by the California Fia Bracr Co?
only, a knowledge of that fact win
assist one in avoiding the worthier
imitations manufactured by other
ties. Thehighatandingofthe CAT
'"r. CoTith tie mtS:
cal profession, and the aaUataeUoa
which the genuine Syrup of FTha.
given to mlWoa. of iuZm
the name of the Company a warant
of the excellence of imn
far In advance of all other laxatives"
as it acta on the kidneys, liver IS
bor-els without irritating or ww
ing -hem, and it does not
border to tiU beneficial
Ppa-re,nemberthe
CAUFOR10A HG STRUP QO.
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When sand's as good as sugar,
and chalk's as good as milk ;
When thirty Inches make, a yard,
and. cotton equal's srtkr.
When fourteen aunces makea pound
(and that you'll not allow.) .
Then commorr soapmay he as good
as-IVory Soap irrrow.
IT FLOATS.
THE GLORY OF MAN!
ertnrth. Vital it v. Manhood.
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE;
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PRI'E OoIVIt WMWwd KNOW THYBEXF, ror knowledge is power.'
LSvSaMiiSoS Institute. No. 4 Bulflneh St.. Boston. U.. . i:ia.,IK W in 1 )
lPha sSlAulord.iatee.f Harvard itorl.cal Collar.. fU w;i. Rr
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Fifth M"J,i-2ata tiaeaoo or by letter. 9 to 9: Sundavs 10 o 1. fWMw.UiU.
joHlolaUASSSSoo awarded the oW UdaJ for this Grand Prv T realise, tuch
.Jnic FOREVERY M AN. Yono. MJddlft-art. or Old. MarrM or Mueie.
i Know thy-rtf MmnSal. a W-r-e r-mphlrt with trtlm,,mals and endor
-JfJStfSssPnceao cents, btrt mailrdFREEfv8.ldavS. Send now. It is a perfect YALE
s?JMaoTSS TfoT WEAK and FAILlMt MKS bv a Humanitarian and C.lebraW
dA?tbor duaTturmstKd throughout this eonntrr and &iipp. Addre as shore. Tae pna
Medical Ajutnor '"f ttM peabody Medical Institute Read the following
l-ZVaMba established in Boston ST years, and ?he fame which ltnu
.n kn aubiected it to a test whicn only a
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enmity between two of these Arabian
families, and should one pursue the
other it behooves the pursued to hasten
onward with aU the speed their ani
mals are capable ot Or it may be that
the springs of water are so widely sep
arated that hard travel is necessary to
make the distance from one to the oth
er In a day. When either of these con
tingencies arise they cook and eat
while on the march. They don't eat
much. Two or three dinners such as
American boys and girls are nsed to
every day. with something extra for
Sundays and company, are supposed
not to agree with Bedouin children's
stomachs. When on the road bread is
their chief food. This is baked while
riding. One woman will mix tbe
coarse flour which is carried In a sack
on the back of her camel, another will
roll and shape the dough, which Is
brought to her In small quantities, and
a third will make a fire In an earthen
vessel and attend to tbe baking. Wom
en or boys on foot run along from one
cook to the other and carry the materi
al, and when the feast Is ready they
distribute it among tbe various mem
bers of the tribe.
Deceptive Kaasee.
"Longfellow knew what be was talk
ing about when he said that things are
not what they seem,' exclaimed Her
bert, vahemantly. "Or, rather, they
are not what they are said to be. Ev
erything Is a snare and a delusion. We
are living in the midst of a great big
falsehood."
"Land alive," exclaimed his Aunt
Lucy, who was startled out of ber
usual calm by these pessimistic utter
ances and took three false stitches In
her crochet work In consequence. Even
Herbert's mother, who was used to her
boy's tragic way of putting things,
looked up a trifle anxiously.
"What's the matter now, Herbert
What do yon see that Is sailing under
false colors?"
"Just look at this table," said Her
bert, pointing his right forefinger at the
offending table In Question. "Ev. j.
thing you see lying thereon Is going by
a name that doesn't really belong to It.
Here's this card tray. It Is a fine speci
men of German silver, but In reality It
doesn't contain a grain of silver, being
an alloy of sine, nickel and copper, and
moreover, it wasn't made In Germany.
Then there Is that whalebone that you
are going to put in auntie's dress. It
was never within a thousand miles of
a whale, but Is some kind of steel sliced
down real line. That plaster of Bur
gundy that you are going to stick on
grandpa's rheumatic shoulder Is not
pitch, but a combination of resin and
palm oil, and is not made In Burgundy.
Then there Is that bnnch of tuberoses,
which are not roses at aa The black
lead pencil i acnbbled my exercises
with a few minutes ago Is not lead, but
mixture of carbon and Iron.' The
sealing wax with which I am going to
eal my letter when I finish it contains
wStiTV" e steel pen I am writing
J 1th ""n particle of steel In Its
TkJ"p- To tal P the long list of
deceptive names. I've been writing to
Cousin James about the Turkish baths
grandpa has been taking for bis rben-
WK8D?:,Wh,ch ""t of all, for
both. like that have never evereen
dreamed of in Turkey.
Herbert resumed bis writing. His
SnJT AMt Lncy t each
other In amazement.
wJJ?d'' "W Annt Lucy, -doesn't
tt.tbe.t aUT It's really wondTrfu
ow boys learn so much these days. I
dhl.rnether.aofUy.Ch0,
l"know"irtue ne- ew
virtue when he meets it?
"Use the Means and Heaven will Give you the Bles:-
i.ogiect
APOLIO
MWMMoeTn a OAaaifoo. co.ati
OR, SELF-PRESERVATION.
A ureas Meaicai i.rKnti u n'y
fMarriapes, the cause ami cue of Ex
hausted Vitality, Nervous aud PUysical
Debility, Atrophy (wasting), ami Vari
cocele, also oq ALL DISEASES AND
WEAKNESSES OF MAN Jrom what-
-... Mtimlnn. Trort Prinrirl?a nf
870 rtn. 12mo. with En-.
uriEif.
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roemora M i'""' '"" 4
imitators, but no equals. '-itoHo. i.nud.
. ..
Truth is the only thing that don't
lose in translation.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Sic.
If C C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
A flatterer is like the tuil of a dug
that wags for bread, and not for the
master.
Beat Toasces Spit sad Smoke Tuar Life Inf.
To qnit tobacco easily and forever, be mat
netie. full of UCs, aenre and visor, take No-T
Boo, the wonder-worker, that makes weak Del
strong. All drureists, &oc or f I. Core rJtnn
teed. Booklet and sample free. Addren
Sterling Bemedy Co., Chicago or Kec York
No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than hose who oil up from
poverty.
Pirn's Care for Con?rimptinn has no tonal
as a Cenfrh medicine. f. M. Abbott, 113 Sea.
eca St. Buffalo. N. V, May 9. lrtrt.
It is the wise only who profit by ad
vesity. Itts permanently cored. No flu or nerrea
Seas slier first days use of Dr. Kline i Gretl
Kerve Kesto. er, t2 trial bottle aurt treatise Ires
bit. K. 11. KLIMK. Ltd. KSi Arch L 1'bUa. 1'a
True merit seldom falls to get Hi
just reward.
BAD
BLOOD
"CAiCARETS ! all claimed Ur tpm
and are a truly woHderful nnJicnit. 1 haworwo
wished for a metllciue plvusant to take and t
have found It to Casc-arets. tiiucv takitiK them, or
blood bas been ur tried and my coniplexioD b" u
pruved wonderful! aud 1 f el much better In 'T
way. Mus. aALXlkv K. fch-LLARS. LuureU.Tena.
I afcsT CATMARTIC j
raaof soistiio
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste GooS. P
Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gme. 10c.a.-
. CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Stsrase asswsy Csnsssy. Okie wsi. '
MTfl Rlf Sold snd euarunteed bj alldJM
" I U'DAb Bisl. li CI' K F. Ti'twreo Habit
THE
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If a dealer does not carry Si ai.lins athletic
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us (and his, too) for a coi7 ' uur lisuusumeu
illustrated catalogue.
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SOOTHING SYRUP;
nas been used bv million-" nf mothers fw
their children while IVethlnu for over W
Yetaim. It soothes the cliil.l. softens 1M
....... .11 .11 iuIIc. sns .
Is the beat remedy for disrrho-a.
T..a.n.. m Rattle.
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