THS HALF-FORQOTTtN SPINET. Beneath the rafters, black and bar. To ancient spinet stands; Tks spiders o'er lta yellow keys Harm atrvtched thlr filmy strands, round lta weak and tottering tram The airy cobwebe blow, la Hen of allken tapestries That moldered long age 8t windy nights a quaint eld tone Cornea stealing down the stair. For then she wakes the keys agaio- A. ghost with powdered hair. The mice go dancing In and out To melodies she eung When the faablon trod the minuet And Washington was young. Around her on the garret floor Her singing satins trail: X haunting sorrow dims be eyssi Uer face Is proud and pale. But when I climb the creaking stsi The gusty moonlight falls On nothing bnt the withered herbs That bang against the walla. And yet the spinet trembles still To that forgotten tune; The ashes of a crumbled roa Upon the keys are strewn; And yonder chest below the saves Her gown of satin holds With sprigs of broken lavender Between Its faded folds. New England Magazine. Nellie's Predicament. ANY years ago I spent the sum mer with my favorite brother, ' who had recently married, and was settled with his wife In a charming house in a country village. During the summer I met with a very amusing adventure; and from It I date the beginning of my life's great happi ness. One lovely day In July I went dowt to breakfast full of pleasurable antici pations of a picnic to which we bad been Invited by some friends, Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce. Those Invited were to meet at the appointed place at 1 o'clock, and after spending the afternoon In the wods, we were all to adjourn to Hazel Manor for "high tea," to be followed by a carpet bop. I was talking to my sister-in-law, Ethel, who was making the tea, when my brother came Into the room with a rueful look on bis face, and exclaimed: "I say, Ethel, here's a pretty go! Juno has got such a cold that Thomp son says be does not dare take her out to-day." "What a nuisance." cried Ethel. "What are we to do? Could we borrow a horse anywhere, do you think?" "No chance of that, dear. Everyone want9 their own horses to-day. I am afraid we shall have to give up the pic nic." Suddenly a bright notion occurred to me, which I promptly put into words. "Why not take Ethel's pony car riage?" "Ethel's pony carriage!" exclaimed my brother. "My dear Nellie, you must have taken leave of your senses! How are three of us to crowd Into that?" "There ! Tim's seat That will do for we of as," I replied. . "Which of us?" laughed Charlie. "I beg to remark that I decline In to to to sccupy Tim's seat" "But I can alt there," I answered. "BeaDy," quoth Ethel, "I think it is set a bad idea at all. I do not see why are snonid not take the pony carrp, Nellie does not mind Tiro'" , q L .tri I'm I - - " u com- Jr-sb.5CJaJ."BsSsl(I win, uear Nellie." "Are yon quite sure yon don't mind?" asked Charlie. "Quite sure," I replied. "Indeed. 1 think It will be much nloer thaa that treat wagonette, for In It we can drive through the pretty lanes which are too narrow for a larger carriage." "All right," said Charlie. "If yen are pleased, I am. I will Just run round to the stables and tell Thompson to have Punch and Judy ready, and then let's have breakfast" In due time Ethel's pony carriage eame round. It was a pretty, light vehi cle, drawn by a lovely pair of ponies, and had been given to Ethel by her father when ehe married. At the back waa a little seat movable at pleasure, which, as a rule, was only . ased wnen Ethel took the Uttle page srtth her. It certainly waa rather tiny, but 1 was a small person, and so It did very well for me; and when we were fairly started we all agreed that It waa much pleasanter te be able to dispense with the attendance of servants. We had the most delightful day. Nev er was a more perfectly aa sorted party of people than were present at that pic nic. There waa not a single contre temps, nothing 'to interfere with our pleasure, and we all enjoyed ourselves saoat thoroughly. By no means the least agreeable pan of our Jaunt waa the homeward drive. We started soon after 10 o'clock, as we bad several miles to drive. There was. only a young moon, but the night was cloudless, and the stars so bright that It was not dark. I was sitting in lazy enjoyment of the balmy breezes that floated over the heather-clad moors, and of the evening stillness, broken only by the sleepy twitter of the birds or the lowing of cattle In the distance, when suddenly there was a Jerk, and. without any fur ther warning, off came Tim's seat and young men and woman at college en I was deposited flat upon my back In ' enrages marriage, bat ho further as- the sandy lane. At first I was too much astonished te cry out and I was not hurt at all. Then I was overpowered with laughter at my truly ludicrous position, and when at last I struggled to my feet the pony carriage bad disappeared. Its occupants la blissful ignorance that I was left be hind In tbe road. What was I te do? I did not know my way home, and even had I done ao ta'e idea of a long walk alone at 11 o'cisek at night was not altogether a ptaasast prospect I walked on, hoping that some light might betray the whereabouts of some farm house. I had not walked very far before 1 came to a gate, opening Into a tiny gar den belonging to a cottage. A light shone through tbe window, watch was only partially covered by the blind. I opened the gate and went to the door, but hearing tbe sound of a voice, I paeped la at the window before knock ing. In the room was a man who had a large Bible open before htm, oat of which he was reading to his wife, who 5 it by, aurslng her baby. This sight reassured me. I fett thai i maa so employed would bo a aafe 7 -ide, and I determined to ask him to walk home with me when he bad flu shed readies;. Meanwhile, I stood lean :: s against the garden gate. As I waited, the stillness of the sum rr.rr night was broken by tbe sound of a librae's trot It came on quickly, and ; ust paased me. Then, attracted, Isup- se, by my white dress, the rider wheeled twuad, and came op to me. "Miss Qtmkaaar ho uttared. la a voioe or Intense surprise. "All alone here! What has happened?" The speaker was a great friend of mj brother's, and the vicar of an adjacen' village. I had been Introduced to him that day at the picnic, and shall I con fess It? he was a prominent object Ir. the pleasant thoughts to which I hav alluded. I told him what had happened, and we had a hearty laugh over my predic ament "What have you done with Tlm'i seat?" asked Mr. Franklin, as soon ai be could speak. "Oh, I left that in the ditch," I said. I daresay It will be found there to-morrow." What a pleasant walk that was! 1 never enjoyed one more, and I was al most sorry when, about two miles from home, we met Charlie coming back In the pony carriage to look for me. Man-like, as soon as he saw that 1 waa safe, he vented his previous anxie ty upon me by scolding me rather cross ly for not calling out to draw his atten tion to my position. "But I could not scream, Charlie," 1 said, "I waa laughing so heartily r Then, as the whole absurdity of th affair presented Itself to me afresh. I laughed merrily, Charlie and Mr. Franklin roaring In company. Mr. Franklin helped me into the car riage, and having said good night, turned back to go to his own home, hav ing gone out of his way to walk with me. When Punch and Judy found their neads turned homewards they went like the wind, and soon I was safe In Ethel's pretty drawing room', recounting my adventure for her edification. We bad only Just finished breakfast the next morning, when Mr. Franklin made his appearance to Inquire If I was aDy the worse for the accident; and after that he was forever finding some excuse for calling upon us. Charlie was rather surprised at this, but Ethel understood it all,' and when he was announced, would look at me In a roguish way that made me feel hot. Then came a day when words were spoken that made me feel myself the happiest woman on earth. Charlie and Ethel were In the garden, and I was ail alone In the drawing-room when Mr. Franklin came. I do not remember what he aaid, but In a moment I fonnd myself folded In bis arms, while I wept happy tears on his breast Before another summer eame round, I waa Installed In the pretty vicarage of Ancombe as its mistress. Many a time have my husband and I laughed over the results of my eventful drive In Ethel's pony carriage. Our children delight In hearing the story. The pretty lane In which Tim's seat deposited me Is a favorite haunt of theirs. Any question of "Where shall we walk to-day?" Is apt to be answered in chorus, "To the lane where papa found mamma. It Is so pretty and so nice." A sentiment echoed In the mether'r heart for "auld long syne!" Saturday Evening Post Wettpat Plaoe. CherrapunJI, In Assam, northeast ot Calcutta, has the reputation of being the wettest place In the earth, the av erage annual rainfall being 408.15-lnch-es, while It has the record of one month In which 147.17 inches felL This year t It seems bound to beat all previous rec ords, 207.84 inches of rain having fallen between Jan. 1 and the middle of June; five and one-half months, while 73.70 .aches, er 81X re1 water, feu m a lnff-r: BeTHT.lca-t3fasB. A favorite dish with the EaEImols an ice cream made of seal oil. Into which snow Is stirred until the desired consistency haa been obtained; then frozen berries of different kinds are added, with a little of the fish egg for flavoring. The tide of travel will at heavily In toward Europe next spring. Paris and the great French exposition will be the abjective point Thousands of Ameri cans will then visit Europe for the first time, while other thousands will simply score another annual trip. More and more Americans visit Europe each year. They are attracted by those nameless charma which age alone can bring and which is a fascination of the elder civilization. But even before the trip to Europe should come the trip to America. We have in these United States a vast and diversified country which, politically. Is working out the highest conception of popular govern ment the world bas yet attained. In a relative sense It Is new and It Ir crude. It presents few ruins, venerable or oth erwise, but It has within its confines some of the noblest scenery the sun shines upon. The man whoso vision Is limited to Manhattan Island or the New England States sees the play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet left oat Back f him for 8,000 miles, clear to the Pa cific Ocean, stretctH-s a wealthy and populous country, the people of which have grappled with and conquered nov el problems, have made the American desert blossom like the rose and made productive tbe flinty heart of nature. Prof. E. E. Slosson, of the Unlverslt of Wyoming, gives some good reasons In tbe Independent for the existence Bf coeducational colleges. He not only admits that the throwing together of pens i , iaue i-j tt izrwt unuiwjn than those promoted by the ballroom and the ordinary society methods. The statistics of Bryn Mawr, a college for women, show that only 82 of the 234 graduates up to 1894 have married, or nly 14 per cent Figures from the Uni versity of Kansas, s coeducational In stitution, show that of the 130 women graduates up to 1894 65 hsve married, or 50 per cent Thirty-one of the sixty live married fellow students. Indicating that propinquity Is a good match-maker. Prof. Slosson sums up the case by taring: "If you want young people to marry let them be together; If yon don't want them to marry keep them apart" He is undoubtedly correct ,ln saying that the enforced Isolation of the sexes during tbe most impressionable age tends strongly toward permanent celi bacy. While one cannot quite approve of tbe catalogue of a Western college that asserted there were more happy marriages among Its students than In any other institution In the country, there Is no denying that the healthful association of young men and women at college Is a normal and desirable way of educating the sexes to know and appreciate each other. As tbe main object lr view is education, the path to matrlm- ny Is through platonlc friend ship Instead of through flirtation. II the marriages, even in a coeducational college, are fewer than In outside socie ty, they are at least founded on the real (ties of mntnal knowledge rather thaa sn the Illusions of Ignorance, and sel dona lead to divorce. There Is no mortal whom pain a disease do not reach. INTERESTING CASE OF FASTING. fsmiacss) Mas Qcea Twewty-eiu;at Days) Wtthowt ear eataaaart. . It Is the prevailfng impression, fos tered by the practices of men like Snccl and Dr. Tanner, that In order to endure a long faat a man must, absolutely re frain from physical exercise and devote his whole attention to caring for him self. Mr. Milton fiarnbun, a merchant of Mount Vernon. K. Y has proved that this la a fallacy, so far as It ap plies to his own case, at least He re cently went twenty-eight days without nourishment, without letting ap for a moment on the dally routine of his business. Mr. Rathbun Is S3 years of age, a prosperous and wealthy man, with nothing an usual or cranky In his make-up or ways of life. He fasted simply because be wanted to reduce bis weight, feartng that Its gradual In crease might bring on apoplexy. He succeeded In his efforts. He weighed 210 pounds when he stopped eating; when he resumed at the end of twenty right days he tipped the scales at 168 pounds, a loss of forty-two pounds of flesh. A singular fact m Mr. Rathbun's ex perlence was that after the first twenty-four hours he experienced no sense af hanger at all, and had no unpleasant sensations of any kind. He slept and worked m the regular way, bis mind :lear and his strength unabated to the nd. He drank copiously of water dur ing the period, bnt took nothing else. When be began to eat again be took nly a Uttle food at first increasing the amount gradually until within a few days he wss back to his former routine or diet Mr. Rathbun holds te the theory that the average man eati far more than Is necessary to his aealth or comfort, and that an oceaslon il period of absolute abstention from food for several days Is good for the system. This theory certainly has the lupport of Mr. Rathbun'a own prao ace. Leslie's Weekly. A DIABOLICAL WEAPON. Sonaht frosa a Norwaglas Who Got It froaa a Jap. "I have handled a good many out andlsh weapons," said a New Orleans ratio dealer, "but here Is a little ln rtrument that for pure diabolism beats anything I ever saw in my life. I bought It the other day from a Nor wegian sailor, who tells me It was giv en to htm by a Jap at Yokohama a story that yon may take for what It Is worth." As he spoke be opened a show zase, and took out what seemed to be in ordinary Chinese marking brush, of rather large size. Tbe handle waa tome ten Inches long and tbe diameter it a lead pencil. By giving K a sharp twist it separated about a hand's breadth from tbe end, after tbe manner it a sword cane, and attached to the smaller piece was a slender glass rod with a needle point Tbe rod was not much bigger than a knitting needle, ind with the handle It bad the effect it a very small and delicate stiletto. I should think that would break If it were used to stab with," remarked a rlsltor after examining the contrivance. Certainly It would," replied the deal er, "and that Is where the flendlshnees it the thing comes In. Look closely st tbe glass rod and you will see a tiny groove filed around It about t"o -nohcs from the hilt Suppose that It was Jrlven Into the body of a man, H would be certain to break at tbe groove and would leave at least three inches of glass burled In his vitals. The punct ure would be so small that It would :lose when tbe stump was drawn out. 4jjbJexceedlngly whether a sin- lie drop of blood would follow. In oth er words, the victim would receive his death blow without knowing exactly what had happened to him. He would feel a shock and a pang, bat find no wound, and meanwhile tbe assassin would stick his brush together and go about bis business. Tbe same Idea might be applied to stylographic pens." New Orleans Times-Democrat Ttts Postofflos' Business. Many people will be surprised to learn that tbe postal eatabllahment of the United States Is the greatest busi ness concern In tbe world. Charles Emory Smith says that It handles more pieces, employs more men, spends more money, brings more revenue, uses more agencies, reaches more homes. Involves moredetalls,and touches more Interests than any other human organization, public or private, governmental or cor porate. Tbe postofflce department di rects 7,857 postofflces, masters an army of 200,000 employes, spends this year $105,000,000, and counts receipts of nearly the same amount It bandied last year 6,214,447,000 pieces of mall matter, of which 2,825,767,000 were let ters, so that every minute confides 12, 000 new messages to Its hands. It man ufactured and delivered postage stamp to the number of 3,023,821.608, and the value of S71.788.83S. It carried 2,069,. 742.000 newspapers. The reason people don't value our ad vice is because we are so willing to give it away. Sometimes an optimist is a pessimist who doesn't want other people to catch bis disease. The fool fishes for flattery; the wise man works for wages. ACTS GENTLY ON THE Kidneys, Liver and Bowels Cleanses the ystem OVERCOMES Jrf& 1 ab,lWNsT,,T,ON i umu PERMANENTLY vy tmc ctNuiNC-MSN'r o ey (5ui?iwulTG5M?vptS CT r L.L, I UALL., THE flls of women orermhadow their wol-Hre". Soma women constantly mcnt and arenererw.il. womnbdem.d wotnen's ills." and the women who consult Mrs. Ptohham find in her counsel practical assistance. Mrs. Pinkham 'a address is Lynn. Mass. Mrs. Mabbl Good, Correction-vine. Ia., tells how Mrs. Pinkham saved her life.- She says : - I cannot thank you enough for what your medicine has done forme. I can recommend it as one of tbe best J M ..rth trw all wvnmfna fliwiivilica mm m aw. ills. I suffered for two years last became bedfast Three jt t - iaa t EWU SV X WUWUUWI w M J Compound. After taking a few ft. Trr V 1 N I 1 evening and recommended Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, saying that she knew that it would cure me. I then sent for your medicine and after taking five bottles of it, I was entirely cured. I cannot praise it enough." CHILDREN'S COLUMN. A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS, Something tbmt Will Iaterset the Ja vcnlla Member of Every Hoeaehold Quaint Action and Bright Sarins ef Mans' Cote and Canal na Childress. 'Quack! Quack!" says Mother Duck. "Jump right in! Think what good luck. To bave a pool in perfect trim, Where baby ducks can learn to swim!" "Cluck! Cluck!" says Cropplecrown. "Here's a fat worm, take it down. See! This is the way Scratch! Scratch! Learn your own fat worms to catch." Saya Mother Bird, "Now do your beat. Children, you muat leave the nest. One two three! Now only try! That's the way to learn to fly." Says Mother Puss, "Just wait till dark! We'll have supper hark! bark! hark! There's a moose by the pantry wall One bold spring, and that Is all." "What a Journey! Papa, see! From the table to my knee," Saye mamma. "Ah! not too fast. Baby'll learn to walk at last." A Bleb. Nest. The other day tbe station agent In Springfield, Mass., found out where all his railroad tickets and some of h i money had been going to. For a long I time be had been missing these things, sndhe was very much worried and . 1111.1 feU.h- kept a very sharp lookout for the thief. In spite of all bis watchfulness tho tickets kept on disappearing. Finally he came In one morning and found a lit tle piece of gnawed ticket on tbe floor, and that gave him a new idea as to who tbe thief might be. After a long starch be found a mouse's nest down under tbe ticket case, and in it waa over a thousand dol lars' worth of railroad tickets and a $2 bill, all of tbem gnawed Into little pieces. But be did not catch the mice. The Earliest Caadv. The most popular and the most au dent of bon-bons are sugar plums, pas tilles and burnt almonds, but bow many persons know their history? Sugar plums date back from Roman times, for the Romans were the first to think of covering almonds with layers of sugar. Tbe Inventor was s certain Julius Dragatus, a noted con fectioner, who belonged to the Illustri ous patrician family of Fablus. He made this great discovery, which has wrought so much damage to our teeth tor twenty centuries, in the year 177 B. C, according to the New York Her ald. These bon-bons, called dragatt,, after their inventor (dragees In French), remained the exclusive privi lege of the family of Fablua. But at the birth or marriage of one of that family a great distribution of dragatl took place, as a sign of rejoicing. The custom Is still observed by many of the nobility of Europe. Tbe pastille Is it far later origin, having been invent rd and Introduced into France by an Italian confectioner, the Florentine John Pastllla, a protege of the Medici s. When Maria de Medici married Henry IV., of France, Pastllla accompanied bis sovereign to the French court, where his bon-bons had a tremendous vogue. Everybody wanted tbe Floren tine'a pastilles, and strange, to say, they were perfection from the beginning, perfection from the very beginning. He made them with all kinds of flavors chocolate, coffee, rose, violet, mint, wine, strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, heliotrope and carnation. Burnt al monds are purely of French origin, ow ng their Inception to tbe gluttony of i certain French merchant. One day Marshal Dnplessla-Praltn, an old gour met, sent for Lassagne, who bad al ready Invented many a toothsome dasn 7, and was a man of resources. He iearched. he reflected, he combined, un Jl finally be conceived a delicious bon Don, which he baptised gloriously with he name of his- master, Praltne, the French for burnt almonds. This Is the ilstory of the Invention of bon-bons, for all others are merely combinations r developments of these three the ;ugar plum, the pastille aad the burnt Umond. nas-thlaas froas A-liii aa, Popples, Ete. It's the most natural thing In tbe Yorld that little children should grow :lred of wax dolla and mechanical tops ind want to play out of doors, and kind IB PRACTICAL HELP FOR CUFFERIUQ WOMEN . . with female weakness and at of our best doctors did me no x,Am K Pinkham's Vesre table J ... bottles of your medicine, I was aois CO uo aui iaj work. I know that your medicine raised me from la bed of. sickness and nerhaos death, and am very thankful for what it ' has done for me. I hope that erery suffering I woman mar be per suaded to try your medicine. " Get Mrs. Pinkham s aavico soon as too be tin to be puzzled. Tbe sick headaches and draff ?in or sensation coma from a curable cause. Write help as soon as they ap. IP- MRS. DOU STANLEY, ICampbellsburf. Ind.. I writes: " Dear Mrs. Pinkham I waa troubled I with sick headache and was so weak and nervous. l could hardly go. A IrimnA eallad tinnn ma ana nature, as If realising this fact, has been good enough to provide any num ber of playthings with which to keep her children's minds and little fingers occupied. Did you ever know that from acorns you can make a perfectly fascinating little tea set, such as our grandmothers used to take delight in making when they, too, were little girls, long ago For this tea set you must gather. If pos sible, two kinds of acorns large ones having fit, shallow cups, and the small ones with rounder, deeper cups for the shallow acorn cups make the saucers and the smaller ones the cups. A charm ing teapot is made from a big acorn by adding a nose and a handle from a piece of match, and by cutting off the top to make a cover. For the cream pitcher and sugar bowl take two more acorns, cut off tbe tops, scrape out the Inside of me nut and put on handles the same way you did for tbe teapot. When com pleted you will have a tea set fit for a fairy queen. Of course, there are lots of little mothers who never see the use In any thing unless It can be converted Into a doll, so I think they will be Interested In knowing bow to make poppy dolls. First get a poppy that has gone to seed and outline a face In Ink. Ton will not need to provide a hat for this doll, as tbe poppy Is already provided with one In the shape of a fluted green ridge, which makes a very becoming piece of headgear. A strip of bright colored tis sue paper forms tbe dress, and another little piece the cape. Two pieces of natch can be Inserted for arms. Very pretty flower dolls can be made from hollyhocks and daisies. Pick one of the hollyhock flowers snd take off tbe stem, then take a small bud, select ing one In proportion to tbe body, and make eyes, nose and moutb with Ink. The head can then be fastened to the body with a long pin or a piece of broomcorn, which also serves to fasten on a gay little bonnet made of a pink or any other flower you may wish to use. All you have to do to turn a daisy into a doll Is to mark the face on the yellow center with Ink, then pull out some of the petals around the sides, leaving enough on top to look like a bonnet, and two petals below for strings. By adding a paper gown yon will hare before you a typical old la' in her sun bonnet. DUNS "DOING TIME." Qaoer Bpaaiah Caatoa of Paalahlaa aad Rewarding Weapons, Some four years ago I called at tbe jpaalah artillery barracks, San Fran cisco square, this city, for the purpose of visHtag an officer friend of mine. While waiting for him at tbe entrance I happened to see a Mauser rifle hang ing by the gun sltng to a nail m the wall. It struck me as peculiar to see such a good piece abandoned and getting rusty, to I asked a Spanish soldier what was wrong with the gun. "Why. It la In for three years." "What do yon mean by that?" I tsked. "Well. I mean what I say. That gun was sentenced by a court-martial for bruising a soldier at tbe pistol gallery while practicing some time ago. It went off without the trigger being pulled." "Still I don't understand what you are telling me," I replied. "Well, H is so, just the same. Why, if you ever happen to go to San Cris tobal Castle you will see a gun (a can non) which waa rewarded (pieces of ordnance In tbe Spanish army being punished aa well aa rewarded for be havior) for sinking one of the English war vessels when the city wss attacked 100 years ago. That cannon haa been knighted by her majesty, and Is enti tled to be called 'his excelency,' like a regular general, and whenever we pass It we have to present arms." Since then I have been asking every officer whom I knew whether the story was true or not, and they have all af firmed what the soldier said. 9be last one I asked was a cavalry officer, who answered thus: . "Well, some time ago they used to punish and reward an artillery Imple menta In the army. Ton know how well Morro Castle behaved when the Dutch attacked this city two centuries ago. Well, Morro has been knighted since then, and you probably bear the band playing 'Marcha Real' every aft ernoonthe same march they play when the Governor General approacr- "I have seen a good many mules tenced to death for having kicked ei ther officers or privates, and a Spanish soldier told me that while be was at Cadis, Spain, he saw a large rifled gun "sentenced to death" for having bunt ed and killed some gunners with the breech block, and It was smelted snd made Into another gun. I am told, too, that at some arsenals and castles; or barracks, there are lots of pieces "do ing time.' I know Americana will laugk-wben they know of this, but, pray, don't they "condemn" stores at then army posts? BaalHo Veles, m San Juan (Perm Rico) Wswsv RAM'S HORN BLASTS. m-rmtmrn Mat Calllss tfc. Wicked to NTHTJSIASM la the badge of sin cerity. Expediency duns the two edged sword. Tbe Bible Is man's expression of God's Impres sion. An Anglo-Saxon sinner Is no better than one tn Africa. 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On tender ing her customary twopence, she was Informed that there were no fares un der sixpence, and, as did two other victims, who were her only fellow pas sengers, she paid. ' Tbe day was dirty, the rain falling, and walking most un pleasant, so the vehicle waa stopped many times to allow would-be passen gers to enter, but to each and all the young woman, who was cosily en sconced at an end seat, said In dulcet tones: "Excuse me, but are you aware that this Is a pirate 'bus? There Is no fare below sixpence. Every one of the people thanked her and stepped down. At Hyde Park there waa quite a crowd waiting to get a lift. As they boarded the 'bus, however, they were met with the silvery notes warning them of their danger and the nature of the vehicle In which they proposed to travel. The re sult was that the 'bus remained empty, save for Its original passengers, Mil Chancery lane was reached, where the young lady alighted, and as she nodded the conductor "Good morning, she seemed well pleased with herself. Lon. don Telegraph. Heavy Barrings. In the early days of Rome the womei of that city wore such heavy earrings that they made their ears sore and sometimes tore the lobes. There were doctors whose business waa chiefly to heal ears thus Injured. Even the time of the losing horse Is money to the bookmaker. Does your bead ache? Pain back of your eyes? Bad taste in your mouth? It's your liver! Ayera Pi Us are liver pills. They cure constipation, headache, dyspepsia, and all liver complaints, zac. All druggists. Waa year moustache or heard a kaaallful EUCKIKGHAU'SDYEtt; atata k1 IVORY SOAP PASTE. In fifteen minutes, with only a cake of Ivory Soap and water you can make a better cleansing paste than you can buy. ' Ivory Soap Paste will take spots from clothing ; and will clean carpets, rugs, kid gloves, slippers, patent, enamel, russet leather and canvas shoes, leather belts, painted wood-work and furniture. The special value of Ivory Soap in this form arises from the fact that it can be used with a damp sponge or cloth to cleanse many articles that cannot be washed because they will not stand the free applica tion of water. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING. To one pint ef bolllnr water add on and one-half onsets foae-euaner of (tie small sis caka) of Ivory Soap cut Into shavlne. boll five minutes after rt i. M thoroughly dissolved. Rmov from Si fir and cool la convenient dishes (not tin). It irlH keep uta THE SHAMROCK. Btaas- Bf laappreheneiona A boat the Plaat that Iriaataaaa Love. One of the dally newspapers reports a "prominent florist and horticultur ist" as saying, "There seems to be some strange fatality about tbe sham rock. It is essentially the flower of Ireland. Nowhere else except In that Uttle Isle will the plant thrive, and when transplanted. Its death la only a question of brief time. Irish It is, and nothing can change it." This statement Is romantic, but hard ly scientific. In the first place, no one knows surely what plant Is meant when the shamrock Is mentioned. It Is Impossible to know what plant this horticulturist meant. In one part of Ireland one plant Is called the sham rock, in another part another plant, snd elsewhere tn the island still an other. The name Is perhsps most widely given to one of the hop-clovers, botan ically named Trifollum minus. This Is the plant which la commonly ex ported from Ireland, especially to Lon don for St. Patrick's day, and often to the United States, under the name of shamrock. It may perhaps lay claim to being called the true historical shamrock, although that honor might also be claimed for several other plants. But It Is not true that It will not prow elsewhere. It will grow wher ever It Is properly cultivated, and does grow freely In other countries. Beyond that, tbe white clover, Trlfo Hum repens, Is widely understood to be the common shamrock, and la pluck ed and worn under that name In Ire bind and elsewhere. It grows no where more freely and abundantly than In tbe United States, and there la nothing characteristically Irish about It. Tbe black medic, Medicago lupulina. Is also known as the shamrock. So is the wood-sorrel, Oxalls acetosella. Ther Is much historical evidence in favor of the claim that this last plant Is the shamrock sung by tbe poets. It Is beautifully trifoliate, and It grows In wild places. It may wen be the plant referred U by the horticulturist referred to, be cause it would be dim cult to make It thrive tn any sort of cultivation which did not approximate closely the con ditions under which It grows natural ly. However, these natural conditions are not found lu Ireland alone. This ozalia growa in England as well, and is there locally known as the sham rock. It flourishes In the United States also, carpeting the ground for square miles together. The red clover haa been locally call ed the shamrock. This plant Is ex tremely familiar to Americans, and Is the "state flower" of Vermont. Even the watercress has been called the shamrock, although Its leaves are not trifoliate. The "true shamrock," to an Irish man. Is the plant which waa known by that name around the spot of his or his father's birth. But the botanist has as much trouble in Identifying It as he has In Identifying the "may flower" of New England a name which Is applied In different localities to the trailing arbutus, to the saxi frage, to the hepatlca, and to two or three other plants. In spite of the fact that the trailing arbutus Is the mayflower of New England literature, the' word Is much more commonly and popularly applied to the saxifrage than It la to the arbutus, or Eplgoea repens. Tooth's Companions RUPTURE arsSSiriir br. y. b.mayer, -aLU.' " f i -, aeei ueiay irotn business. 1 Consults-' uuu .iw. suuorsviiients of physicist and prominent citizens. Scad lor circul r circular. Ofbca - - - u r. aa We never realise hnw ,wii.ioi. i- norant we are until a umaii hiu i gins to ask "why?" Oea't Trtaccs Ssrt aad tsaat Yaw Ufa away. ' To quit tobacco eaeihr and to,., k. actio, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker, that mat- .v strong. All druaaista. 60c. or tl c. anteed. Booklet aad samnl f. a.M Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York, Whatever we are that is good we owe In great measure to the opinion of those with whom we associate. a 5?" Cm ,for sumption Is aa A No. 1 lt your own discretion be your tu- , ure action to tne word, the word to the action. When it comes to a matrimonial en gagement, every girl thinks she is a self-appointed board of strategy. DR. LOB i bYbook JBXIAU ABOI ST aaaawssaaa aaa a-a. 30 YEARS PlaACTlCC sea IsaaaVTislsrT e SKOAL DISEASES free IQ atane asnaa on l easatrt MatAKte. M siENaMDMEH II avsoe taanasBeiAia H auai oasts aaruufra H Advert'aementa on Rallroal Tickets French railroad com pan W have ban ordered by tbe courts to provide theft passengers with season tickets without advertisements. The Western HtU road bad mcreased the number of ad vertisements tin season tickets wr as thick aa pocketbooks, and commoti era refused to carry them. Bssuty is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin, a beauty without tt. Cascarets. Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clcaa, by stirring up the buy llrer and driving ,U Im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banian pimples, boils, blotches, blackhsad and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All dru gieta, aatiafactioa guaranteed, 10c 25c., 50c, Spending your money with many a guest empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest. M re. Wins! own Soothing; Fyrnp for ehlldrei teething, softens the gums, leduciug inflammi tioa. allajr, pain, cures wind colic &jc a buttle. The" great mistake that most of ut make is to consider our mere opinion! aa matters of Judgment. Edueats Your Bowels With Cascarets Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forrm, 10c. 25c. If C C C fail, druggist refund mooer. Truth the open, bold, honest truth is always the safest for anyone la any and all circumstances. BAD BREATH I have awaa uwiagt CASCAatTt aaSa a mild and effective laiatlre taer are slmpl; won derful. Mr daughter and 1 were botasraa with sick stomach and our breesb wss erj bad. After taking a few dosee ef Cascarets we hare Improve! wonderfully. They are a great help la the taniUr." W fl.H ki.m i M . Minn. 1UT Biuaoaousa st Cincinnati. Ohio. CANOV Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Tate Good. Do Sood. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Grliw. K)c. Sx, Me. ... CURB CONSTIPATION. ... aillUig S y Cawsaay. CMrara. Baatml, Tart. 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Yuurdeslertbooldkeec them If not, we will lend yin analrnn receipt of pric e. Slauj hind ot leather, slie and width, plain or cap lue Catalogue V Free. W. U D0UQLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mass. TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS. CHAS. R0ESCH & SONS Standard Brand Ham and Bacon CITY DRESSED MEATS. Absttoir Stock Ysrds. West Philadelphia P scalar Heass-aatrlrrrator Mt-Ui N. laa. Phils. Central Market, Allaatk City, It A aaa,aAaa,aa,aASaaelwl W -aaw- saw -aaw- -BV -aaw- W -aa- W w . FOR FIFTY YEARS! A MRS. WTNSLOWS J SOOTHING SYRUP haa hern used or millions of mothers for their children while Terthlnf for oer Fifty A Yean. It soothes the child, softens the Sums, allays ail pain, curve wind colic, and UP a the beat remedy for dlarrbcaa. a Twenty-five Casta a Battle. D EXPECTABLE, BONEST W0BK AT V0UI PLACf V with good pay. Send stamp for full informa tion. W. Soeidner, Bub-tMat on 24, Brooklyn, N.Y. 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Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers