SHE WANDERS HOME WITH ME. As we sit and dream in the silent porch Together my pipe and 1. -A cloud of smoke from the old brown bowl Floats np to the dappled skyt And 1 watch through its dim, enchanted hase A little snnbonnet go In shadow and shine o'er the grassy links That lie in the Tale below. - For early and late, all the long, bright day. It is busy flitting there. With a caddie wandering in its train. While the white ball flies in air; A snnbonnet ancient of pattern, such As Priscilla's sweet self wore When she walked with the homesick Pil grim maids, Long since, on an alien shore. And the jolly lads In the jackets red - There's never a one goes by But be slacks his pace and he turns his head. And he feels his heart beat high At the glance he gets' and the bloom he brings To the roguish face within That sheltering scoop, with Its soft strings tied la a knot beneath her chin. Bnt 1 bide my time on the silent porch. Far I know whom she loves best. And that by and by, when the game is done. And the day dies m the west. She will hang the sunbonnet on her arm. And the peepin; stars will see What a soft light lies In her happy eyes. As she wanders home with me! New Orleans Times-Democrat. I - 5 THE ELOPEMENT. ? FANGBOURXE was aU agog, and everybody was saying It was a lovely day for the wedding. The village was en fete, and the Elephant, next to the church, always full in sum mertime, was doing an unusually roar ing trade. The wedding was not a popular one. The bride, Beatrice Grey, was much beloved In Pangbourne, but had her father been living so it was said the union about to be celebrated would never have been permitted. Mrs. Grey, however, was satisfied. She was one of those women who think that the be-all and end-all of life is to be rich, which the bridegroom, Geoffrey Brewster, certainly was. He had already been Sheriff of London, ! and in the ordinary course of city cus tom he would almost certainly become Lord Mayor. He had a rival In John Valsey, of the "Fighting Fifth," a dashing young soldier who had fought like a man in the ' Tirah under Lock hart, and whose brave deeds deserved to be better recompensed. Up there in the Afghan hills he had been within an ace of death time and again, but he had come home without a scratch to And Beatrice, whom he loved, pledged to another man. In spite of this Capt. Valsey had made every effort to win her for his own, but' Mrs. Grey had persistently opposed him, and the lit tle incidents of life on which the fate of men and even nations hangs had been against him. It Is true that Beat rice secretly cherished a tender regard for bim, but misrepresentations, gos sip, sc&ndal, and, worse than all, mis understandings, had kept them apart for a whole year, and now here was , and now here was ' . .ce, ww ,ed at Weir House, "the pmv ... with the terrace below the lock. The front . faces the road, the back com mands the river. Beatrice, overcome by the ordeal through which she was passing, tried by her mother's atten tions, teased by the good-natured bad inage of her bridemalds, and almost In tears at the sacrifice of her happi ness, which at the eleventh hour she Inwardly knew this marriage meant sat In the drawing room in her bridal dress though not yet gloved or veiled staring drearily at her wedding pres ents, but wearing a wedding day smile, when the old gardener came in a flus tered sort of way and stood, hat in hand, at the French windows. He car ried a small bouquet of white roses. She went toward him and took the flowers, whei. with the familiar but respectful freedom of an old servant, he motioned her aside. As she step ped out on to the terrace he slipped Into her hand a note. "The Cap'n told me to gle ye the roses. Miss, and particular the now. He be yonder 1' the punt" It was the merest scrap of paper torn from a note book, and not even in an envelope. She unfolded and hastily read the brief pencil scrawl: "Before you are Irrevocably lost speak to me, I Implore you. JACK." The gardener stood by her side anl pointed to Capt Valsey. He was ;: the lawn under a willow, and his pur was moored by the steps of the rivi . terrace close by. For a moment or two she hesitated then, crunching the note in one ham'., and gathering up the. train of her dress lu the other, she hurried across the lawn. As soon as she advanced to wards him he strove to meet her ea gerly. There was no time far long speech or argument and that John Valsey ' knew well. His was a desperate ef fort and It was a time not for words but for action. 'This marriage must not be," he said. She; was white as her own gown. She looked about her, shuddering. 'You will be unhappy for your whole life," he said, sternly. "You know you ' do not love this man. I know you love me." "It Is too late." she faltered. She looked back av the open French Windows of the house, paused doubt fully, and stepped a pace or two to wards the river. Her hesitation en : ouragrd hlin. He put his arm through hers and led her away, talking per- unsively. rapidly, till she stood by the ;unt "There is no time for consideration," l.e said, drawing her into the punt Almost before she knew it be had unloosed the chain and pushed off from the terrace. "Bnt where, how what is this?" she exclaimed In sudden apprehension. "Well, it's an elopement" he replied. "That's the plain English of it In stead of marrying Mr. Brewster at Pangbourne, you marry me at Maple durbam. I love you, Beatrice, and that's the truth. Why should you be miserable forever?" She cc vered her face with her bands; :-::e cliichcd her fists; she Implored tint to return, but he only punted teadily down the stream, pausing but once to throw a wrnj over her bridal Cress. At first she was In tears, but as they got toward Mapledurham she had a fit of hysterical laughter. Then -. :e grew pale. "I expect they're looking for me ev irrwlvsro. Imagine mother. Oh, Jack, this Is dreadful. Take me back. Put me ashore." Bat Jack quietly punted on. When they came to the old mill Jack helped her out of the punt, and, holding her hand, covered it with kisses. "You're ashore now, Beatrice, . and there's Mapledurbam church. I have thought all this out Here's the mar riage license, and the vicar is expecting us or. anyhow, he's waiting for us unless you'd rather go back and be come Mrs. Brewster." . "As though he'd have me now," she pouted, "after keeping him waiting like this." Jack laughed, whereupon she frown ed. Then she laughed, and as sudden ly became serious again, turning round to gaze beyond the belt of maples and over the beautiful river toward Pang bourne. "I know what you're thinking," said Jack; "but never mind the-the others. Come along." When they came to the church gate she clung to him a moment, and, lift ing her face up to his, whispered, in a sudden burst of gratitude, "Oh, Jack! How you have saved mel Won't I Just be a good wife to you for this!" And she Is. Illustrated London New. SUPPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. riaaaaat Incldeata Occmrrlaar tfca. Werld Over-6aylnsrstkat Ar Cheer fstl to Old or loaag-Fsaaj Bclae tion that Everybody Will Enjoy. "The lies the blamed newspapers publish about us," said one politician to another, "is enough to drive a man to drink." "Yes, that" s so," replied the other, "but still we have no cause for com plaint" "Why not?" asked the first in sur prise. "Well, It might be much worse," was the reply. "They might publish the truth. An Explanation. "It strikes me this ice water 1 dirty," said a Cincinnati hotel guest "Hully gee!" exclaimed the bellboy, as he looked in the pitcher, "I betchei de porter forgot to wash it" The Klsaiaa- Big, (After the Goblins.) A little kissing visitor. Has come with us to stay. To kiss the girls and bite the boys. And drive the germs away. Too.d b .fSfL Yoo'd better mird yer d- And watch dre about. kiss yertf In the Feudal District. Smith There seems to be some hops for those Kentucky mountaineers, aft er all. Jones Why do you think so? Smith I overheard one of them try ing to convince another that It war wrong to kill a man on Sunday. How to Keep a Cook. "Mrs. Young says she has solved th servant problem." "She's a genius! What's the solu tion V "Why, she says all you've got to do is never find any fault, submit to every thing, do as you're told, keep out of the way and pay good wages, with privileges, and you won't have a bit ol trouble." Philadelphia Bulletin. Hope Pprinara BternaL Pod snip (meeting elderly person) By Jove! is It possible? My old school teacher. By the way, do you remem ber that you said when I was In your class that I'd die on the gallows? Elderly Person Well, you're noi dead, yet Philadelphia North-American. Flrlewalk Baa-Han. The hot merchant Well, say, that what I call hospitable. Filipino Death Trap. . Our troops in the Philippine have encountered some curious examples of Filipino methods of waging war. In the advance on Santa Thomas the ene my was sighted along the road. There had been a heavy rain and the flat land on either side of the raised road was boggy and wet It was clear that some thing unusual was going on ahead, for there were Insurgents In the road at work, while the frightened natives were scurrying with their bundles and loaded bullock cart across Into the woods. A Utah gun was brought to bear upon the crowd in the road, a Gatling was ranged to the right across country; and, while skirmishers were swung out Into the bog to the left, the guns opened up soon had the way clear. The wonderful pdtfalis proved to be the work of the Insurgent so rudely Interrupted; they were found In all singes of progress; hole formed like an inverted cone, with sharpened bamboo spikes pointing upward, a light cov ering of bamboo strips, then a layer of leaves, and over all the earth nicely lev eled, a device which raised laugh where it had been expected to entrap n army. Collier' Weekly. CfllLDBEN'S COLUMN. DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. BoaaetaJas; that WU1 Intaraat the Jn venilc Member f Every HoaaakaM -Quaint Actions and Bright Smytage fat any Cat sad CnnalnaT Childraav tVhen little Dickie Swope'a a man He's go' to be a sailor; An' little Henry Tincher, he's A-go' to be a tailor; Bud Mitchell, he's a-go' to be A stylish carriagemaker; An' when I grow a grea' big man I'm go' to be a baker! An' Dlck'H buy his sailor suit O' Hame, an' Hame'U take H An' buy as fine a doable rigg As ever Bud can make it; An' nen all three'll drive roan', fer m An' we'll drive off togevrer, A-slingin' pie crust 'long the road Ferever an' ferever. -James Whitcomb Biley. "If I lurk near this tuffet," the spider ob served. On a pleasant and sunshiny day, "I shall doubtless have fun, ere the af ternoon's done. For I'll frighten Miss Muffet away!" But Miss M., as it happened, was right at the head Of an Entomological Class; So that Spider, you see a "fine speci men," he Is a prisoner now under glass! A Needed Keforsnu Tom came in last week for the first time in months. "Nell's a brick of a girl," he began; "she's taken to doing a lot of things for me. Why, she made my old room as pretty as her own. Then almost - every day when I get home from school I find she has put up a lunch for me. She's a dear girl!" "I hope you've told her so." Tom flushed. "That's just It! I want to, but I declare. Aunt Hope, why Is a fellow ashamed of being sweet on his own sister? We're all as polite as possible to the other girls!" "Suppose you start a reform," said I. "I will. There's to be a social Wednesday evening I'll Invite Nell to ;o, and give her some flowers." I felt pretty certain Nell would call soon after the social, and had not long to wait Thursday she came wearing some pink carnations. "Oh, auntie, I've so miichtgteH yon! 'ho do you th'ii-gave me these flow ers? "TtJilt you'd never guess. My own dear brother Tom. He invited me to go to the social with him and treated me splendidly. We grew really confi dential as we walked home, and I told him how I lovedjiim." ' In the evening To In appeared with his version. "Aunt Hope," he began, "you should have seen NelL She was so sweet and jlack Davis wanted to take her home. 'Another time, my boy,' I said. 'I'm her escort to-night' A lot of the boys heard me, and one or two laughed, but Hal Rhodes told me to-day that be thought we boys were fools not to make more fuss over our own sisters; so you see the reform Is started." Epworth Herald. Two Poser. Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice in Wonderland," was fond of puzzling hi friends with curious problems. One of them was the question, "When does the day begin?" If a man could travel around the world so fast that the sun would always be directly above his head, and If he were to start traveling iit midday on Tuesday, then in twenty- four hours he would return to his orig inal point of departure, and would find that the day was now called Wednes dayat what point of his Journey rvould the day change its name? T!i Itflculty of answering this apparently nple question has cast a gloom ovei iny a pleasant party. Another problem was as follows: A ue Is hung over a wheel fixed to the .of of a building; at one end of the ope a weight Is fixed, which exactly ounterbalanees a monkey which Is hanging on the other end. Suppose that the monkey begins to climb tlx rope, what will be the result? It 1 very curious the different views taker bv good mathematicians. One says the weight goes up with increasing veloc ity, others that It goes up at the sam rate as the monkey; while another says It goes down, f- hoot rrowe Wherever They Like The military students of Tung-Chou, China, are a nuisance. They have a way of using one of the main streets In the city as a convenient spot foi practicing archery, and we have been repeatedly obliged to edge up to the extreme edge of the footpath to avoid possible eccentric flights of arrows. Characteristically It never occurs to Lhem to suspend operations for others' afety or convenience, and minor acd fiits must not me uncommon. A lad vns bropght to the hospital the other ;iy who bad been struck by an arrow Just below the eye as he was edging .long the highway. He was not badly. :urt, and probably regarded his Injury 3 Incidental to the ordinary risks of .ravel on city streets. Gertrude' Compromise. Gertrude, aged four, wanted a piece f cake, and her mamma threatened to tud her to bed If she didn't quit teas j?. Finally Gertrude offered to com romlse, saying: "Mamma, if you'll let me have the p part with the frosting on and won't mke me take off my clothes when I t Into bed, go ahead and be just as ruel as you've a mind to." Wanted the Hole. The other day when a pie wat -.-ought to the table with the upper rust perforated, as usual, little Helen, red two years and eleven months, avely announced: "I don't care foi uy pie; I only want th hales.' Wine may multiply the flow of words, out It never increases the purity of the Umusht. GAVE little thought to my health." write. Mu Wm. V. Bell, 330 N. Walnut St,. Canton. O.. to Mrs. Fina ham. "until I found myself unable to attend to mj "I household duties. 1 I had had my days of not feeling well ana my suffering, and a good deal of backache. THOUOMT- VJOrJlEN Vegetable Compound that J my mind to try it I was troubled with falling of the womb, had sharp pains in ovaries, leucorrhcea and painful I was so weak-and dizzy that often have severe faintinar took in all several bottles of Pinkham!s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier and used the Sanative Wash, and am now in good health. I wish others to know of the wonderful , good it has done me, . and j have many friends taking it now. Will always give your medicine the highest praise." Mrs. A. Tolle, 1946 Hil ton St. Philadelphia. Pa., writes: 'Dear Mrs. Pinkham I was very thin and my friends thought I was in con sumption. Had .continual headaches, backache and falling of womb, and my eyes were affected. Every one noticed how poorly I looked and I was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. One bottle relieved me, and after tak- ' ing eight bottles am now a 1 healthy woman; have gained in weight 0$ pounds to 14c pounds, and everyone asks what makes me so stout" Wanted St. Paul's Addrea. The Athens Asty reports that a Greek benevolent society in the Turk ish capital recently Issued a printed appeal to the Hellenic community In Staraboul for some special charitable object The appeal contained a cita tion from one of the epistles of St Paul to the Galatlans. Two days after the publication of the circular a com missary of police from the censor's department called upon the printer and demanded the address of St Paul, who was to be charged with the public utterance of seditious and politically provocative language. The printer was at first inclined to laugh outright at the absurdity of the request and Indictment but as It Is always a little risky to venture upon a pleasantry with a Turkish official, he sedately replied that St Paul, the author of the objectionable citation, bud been dead for something more than eighteen centuries. This ruffled the gravity of the police commissary, who angrily exclaimed, "How dare you attempt such Impudent cajolery with met' and forthwith arrested the printer. Extraordinary as it may ap pear, the reiteration of the same simple explanation to the censor had an equal ly exasperating effect on that intelli gent official, and the unfortunate ty pographer was locked up for his "per verse contumacy." It was only after lapse of three days and on the urgent. Intervention of the Qreefc.- patriarch that the printer -was released. . Where It Come From. ; , An hour or two spent in a glassworks Is Droductlve of much Interest and en joyment to fortunate visitors. While an old lady from a Shropshire vlllaee as spendlpg . week at C , oneofour busy South Yorkshire towns, she accepted an invitation to witness the process of bottle-making. Being delighted with the various stages pass ed through by a well-known patent re ceptacle for aerated water, she seemed specially struck with the blowing. In company with her guide, one of the managers, she gazed Intently at the men as they took the molds containing molten gla and with distended cheeks blew through . long Iron tube into the mold. After adjusting her old-fashioned spectacles, and while assuming a strik ing attitude by throwing up both bands, she exclaimed: "Well, I've often thowt as they must ev 'ard wark to put gassy air into ginger beer, but ah nlvver thowt the?" blawed In In 1' that way aforf" Lon don Spare Moments. Why We TJse the Right Hand. Every pugilist upon entering th ring, takes special pains to protect the region of the heart All athletes under stand that the most vulnerable portion of the body Is undoubtedly the heart A hard blow, well delivered on the left breast will easily kill or at any rate stun even a strong man. Hence, from an early period men have used the right hand to fight with and have em ployed the left arm chiefly to cover the heart and to parry a blow aimed at that specially vulnerable region. When weapons of offense and defense super seded the fist it was the right band that grasped the spear and sword, while the left held over the heart the shield or buckler. . Prom this simple origin, then, the whole vast difference in civilized life takes Its beginning. At first no doubt the superiority of the right hand was only felt in the manner of fighting. But that alone gave it prominence and paved the way for its supremacy else where. The World' 4 Heath-n. The heathen still outnumber all the various religious bodies put together. According to the latest statistics, there are In the world 143,000,000 Protests ants, 08,000,000 followers of the Greek Church. 230,000,000 Roman Catholics, and 170,000,000 Mohammedans. As the population of the world is estimated at U500,000,000, and adding to the adher ents of the four great religions, of the world other 63,000,000 for the thousand and one beliefs with comparatively few followers, there are left 800,000, 000 people who worship strange gods or practice curious rites In Hen of re ligion, and who come within the defini tion of the "heathen." for whose con version large sums are collected year iftcr year among the churches tbrongh ut the civilized world. Moaio Boxes for Bicycles. Music boxes for bicycles are now manufactured by a firm In Hamburg, Germany. Our best knowledge lies in what we ire not known to know. COUCH SYRUP Cure Croup and Whooping-Cough Unexcelled for Consumptives. Gives qnick, sore results. Bcfuse satatttsUs. - , but I thought all women had these things and did not complain. "I had doctored for some time, -but no medicine seemed to help me. and my physician thought it best for me to go to the hospital for local treatment I bar! read and heard so much of your made up. menses. I would SDells. 1 1 Lydia E. FLORIOA S1NK-HOI.ES. The Queer War ftream Have of Diw apoeatiaa Into These Pita. The sinks of Florida are numerous, and one of the State's most attractive features to strangers visiting this part ot the country. Around Alachua Lake, three miles south of Gainesville, there are hundreds of sink boles of various sizes and depth. It is apparent from the existence of so many sinks that the whole country is honeycombed with subterranean passages. Portions of the land In that region have been sink ing for ages. Many of the sinks have trees growing in them, the dimensions of which Indicate that they must be centuries okl. There is no telling at what moment the earth may give way and a new sink be formed. Only a few years ago the ground under the track of the Florida South ern Railroad, near Alachua Lake, gave way, and in the darkness of night a train ran into a hole seventy or eighty feet deep. The train was completely wrecked, bnt fortunately all aboard escaped death. There are sinks In various parts of Alachua County, but they are more numerous in the vicinity of what the Indians called "Big Jug," or Alachua, meaning the deep sink hole through which the water in the lake at different periods has run out, leaving an Im mense savanna, or many thousands of acres-of pratrte land. "Many years ago several acres of ground on the public road leading from this city to New mansville, sank and formed a lake, in which the tops of tall trees could be seen beneath the surface of the water. This Spot is known as the Blue Sink. Seven miles northwest of Gainesville Is a mammoth sink known as the Dev il's Mid Hopper. It is a great natural curiosity and is a popular resort for picnic parties as well as for pleasure teekers. who, during the winter season, visit this part of Florida. One mile west of Gainesville is the Green Sink, containing a considerable volume of water in which it has been the custom for many years of colored people to bathe, and many untimely deaths have occurred in this sink by drowning. A notable sink is that In which Hogtown Creek empties, about five miles south west of this city. Hogtown Creek id quite a stream, which runs Into this sink hole and gradually disappears through a subterranean outlet At this point quite a lake Is formed, which Is well filled with all species of fish known to inland Florida waters. The natural wells, which are numer ous in the western part of Alachua County, are but sink holes reaching to large underground passages, through which hundreds of thousands of acres of land are drained. The natural bridge over the Santa Fe River, in the northeastern part of Ala chua County, is one of Florida's unique and mor.t interesting scenes, presenting the spectacle of a large stream sinking from view for a distance of several miles. All the streams in the San Fe laska hammock, a large body of land a few miles west of Gainesville, disap pear Into underground passages. Most rof the sinks are dry, but hundreds of them are well filled with water flowing from springs. The depth of the sink holes varies all the way from twenty five feet down to where no bottom can be found. The water In a sink hole three miles west of Winter Park was measured a short time since and it was found to be 350 feet deep. The hole is 125 to 150 yards from side to side and about forty feet in depth to the surface of the water at the bottom. From the top of the bank the water has the deep-blue tint of the ocean. The banks are so steep as to render descent and ascent somewhat difficult Gainesville Sun. a sMstinctloBv "Miss you can't bring dogs into the car," said a Third avenue conductor to a young woman who tenderly held a wriggling little object wrapped up In a shawl. " 'Taln't a -dog," snapped the young woman, and the discomfited conductor retreated to the rear platform amid a general titter. He studied the case for a few minutes, and then, returning to the young woman, said: "Miss, you can't bring cats in neither." " " Taln't a cat," said the young wom an; "it's a rabbit," and the long ears emerged In confirmation of her asser tion. The conductor looked puzzled for a moment and then said: "Well, ac cordln to the rules of the company, dogs is dogs and cats Is dogs, but rab bits is Insects; so It can stay." Cacn'.Bber tn Raa. In Russia children eat cucumbers as children here eat apples and bananas. The vegetable is sold at every corner by market women, and the little chaps buy their money's worth to eat it, peel and all, without pepper, salt oil or vin egar. The boy who would never dare to touch cucumbers here served In any style eats ten a day tn Baku, and thinks them a delicious fruit A sneer is often the weak subterfuge of Impudent icnoi i35K L J ..SJ TRUMPET OAULA Hamad a WarsUasj to ta Uaread- HE truth does nn noed defend- Y' S7N Ji Tbe UK" ,nBt f CrL V9vy shine in before it wPvMr will shine out. ' i'lklvVli The Joyless man robs others of Joy. m To bear misfor tune calmly Is to have a fortune. We laugh at vanity, bnt mourn over its harvest of vice. A man is what his life la to him. Genuineness is greater than genius. He who must wait need not worry. Not all new books have new thoughts. People out of the ark don't believe to floods. Epicurean meals do not make ath letic men. Every deserter will get what Jonah bad a whaling. God cuts down our branches that He may plant his vines. One thinker is worth more than many collections of thoughts. Into wisdom's web wise men theis waiting moments weave. The secret and success of love is M sincerity and simplicity. Large problems are many-sided, and take many master minds. A man may be born tn the mud and yet he may die In marble. The man who never makes a mistake never makes anything else. It is not till Saul has been blinded that the heavenly vision comes to him. There is a great difference between working for a man's good and for his goods. If there were more people with fewer wants, there would be fewer with many needs. Jesus bore witness to the truth; the modern preacher thinks he must please people. Christ never gave His disciples to un derstand that they could preach people into heaven. If you will not Invite God Into your heart as a friend. He will not break in as a burglar. When the devil hears the preacher announce for" "the usual service," he goes to sleep. In the child's first efforts to walk, do not despise the prophecy of the man's strong stride. We never read In the Bible of a worldly 'congregation being called a Christian church. Toll and tribulation are the only coins passing current in the market where perfection is for sale. The milk of human kindness is a sin gular commodity: when you give it away it keeps Itself, but when you keep It U sours. TOOK HIS NAME, Aad 8aM Be Would Bead It to the War Department. "My colored barber persisted in wanting war with Spain," said a Con gressman in talking about some of the Incidents leading up to the rupture of relations with Spain. Every time he shaved me he talked in fierce and warlike tones, and intimated that the administration was acting in too con servative a manner. In fact be shout ed for gore. I grew tired and decided to put a stop to it - "What is your name? I asked him tine day. He looked curiously at me, but gave me his last name. " 'Now I want your initials,' I said. " Luk a hyear, boss,' he said. whut yer want wld my name?" 1 did not answer him, although he finally gave me his Initials. "Now, I would like to have your lty address,' I said. "He was a badly scared colored cit izen this time. 'Fer groshus sake, boss,' he said In frightened tones. 'gimme some understanding 00 ais ring.' 'I at once told him that the Secre tary of .War had asked me to take the nnmt8 of all men who seemed in clined to want to fight as the Secretary desired to add them to the list of nervy men who wanted to tackle the Span- lards without delay. Then I had a barrel of fun. "Please u do dat he beraed. 'De truf la. I has bronchitis, Bright's disease and consumption, an my health Is in de wus state I eber saw. I promised him to say nothing right away about the matter, but he never bothered me again, and so far as I know never talked war with anybody again. Washington Star. A Strange Bulgarian Custom. An old and curious wedding cere mony with the Bulgarians is the pub lic and solemn shaving of the bride groom early on the wedding day. While the barber performs his work the bridegroom is surrounded by a dancing crowd of girls and lade. His hair having been cut It is carefully garnered by some girls, to be preserved In a chest of the bride. When the bar ber has done he gets as a present a linen cloth and from every one a small piece of money. Then the bridegroom kisses the hand of each girl, washes his face, and puts on the wedding dress. The latter not the person, but his fes tive garment must be accurately weighed three times by a lad ere the bridegroom is allowed to put It on. This strange custom is said to date back to remote times of early Slavonic heathendom, but still continues, being strictly observed, especially by the vil lagers. Success Is said to be the offspring of audacity. Man's chief end depends on whether be is a political orator or a dancing mauler. Did you ever see a busy body that was hunting; for something good? A woman selects a husband for her (elf, but she takes three other women with her to pick out a hat Sick headache. Food doesn't di. gest well, appetite poor, bowels con stipated, tongue coated. It's your liver I Ayer's Fills are liver pills, easy and safe. They cure dyspep sia, biliousness. 25c. All Druggists. Want roar numstaen or beard baaaurol :.mwn or rleh black r Thea umm bUCKInGHAU S DYE & j nrrN.a.im,M.,.M.aeT For the horse, as for his master. Ivory finds abundant scope; Galls and scratches heal much faster, When well cleansed with Ivory Soap. Where 'tis used, the work is lighter, Sleek and smooth the horses' coats. Harness softer, carriage brighter, And a final charm it floats. GUIDES OF A BLIND MAN. Hia Vt aad N Pilot Hint Thronah th Btreet of a City. There Is a blind man living In the heart of the old quarter who walks nearly every day to a little restaurant near Canal street The distance each way is from sixteen to twenty blocks, according to his ronte, and to see him sauntering carelessly along one would never suspect his infirmity. Talking yesterday with an inquisi tive reporter, he declared that be saw with his nose and feet sod this was the way be explained it: "When a man has his sight" be said, "the smells of the street are all mixed up, but when he's blind he learns to separate them. The smells of the shop are almost as plain to me now as the signs used to be over tne doors. Some of them you would hardly suppose to exist Take a dry goods store, for Instance, It smells of cloth, and cloth has a very peculiar odor. Iron and tin have smells of their own, and I can tell a hardware store immediately. I pass two book stalls nearly every day, and I scent them yards off by the old books. Then there are a great many indescrib able odors by which I know this place and that Of course, my feet are my principal guide, and I've been over this same ground so often that I have learn ed every little inequality by heart but I couldn't get along with either nose or feet alone. They work together, and where one falls the other helps out. Between them they make very good eyes. The secret of my stepping out ps this: I've learned how to step. Peo ple who can see hurl themselves for ward like locomotives. That's why the shock is always so unexpectedly vio lent when you collide with another per son. I put no extra power whatever In my movements and if the toe of my boot touches some unknown obstacle I stop stock still instantly." This clever blind man leads a very tranquil life. He has a small income and lives with a granddaughter. A servant is hired especially to read to him every afternoon. Many of those who know him are unaware of his blindness. New Orleans Times-Democrat Lost Slant Restored and the eyes cared by using Findley's Eye Salve. No pain, rare cure or money back. 25c box. All druggists, or by mail. J. P. Hattks, Decatur, Texas. Men often climb half way up the lad der and stay there; but it is seldom they fall half way down and stop short of the bottom. tats or Ohio, Crrr of Toutdo, I XiUOAS Couittt, f Frank J. Cheiii makes oath that he ! the a nlor partner of the firm of F. J. Chihit v 'o doing bufdaeoaln the Ctty of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said arm will par the mm of oira sitkdsid doiajlbs for each and every ease of catarrh that cannot be roraa 07 to use 01 haul's catarrh 1 rm. FRANK j. (IBIKST. Swora to before me and snbssribed in my ' i presence, this 6th day of December, sue. V A. D. 1880. A. W. OUAsos. , I Km am PuMte. n.ni.vii -.1. f - 11 1 acts dlrretly on the blood and maoooa surfaces st the system. Send for testimonials, free. r . j. 1 HnKX m lu xouoa. m Sold by Druggists, TCo. Hall's family Pills are the beet. . In respect to giving, there are very few of us who give according to our ability, or anything like it. The great generosity of the world usually lies be low the medium line. RUPTURE ft75Ar?Cr7 no operation or delay from business. Consulta tion tree. Endorsements of physicians, ladies and prominent citizens. Send tor circular. Office hours w A. M. to 1 F. at An idle man always thinks he has a right to be affronted If a busy man does not devote to him just as much of his time as he himself has leisure to waste. Fit permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Kenre Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. UK- K. H. KutfB, IM. mi Arch St, fhila. Fa. Men are apt to think that they are not appreciated in this world; but the trouble is, we mark our goods so high that we can't dispose of them. I benere nss care for OrmsaaiptloB sstM my dot's life lat rammw. it n. Aulib Dorjo unsa, Le RoyMicb.. Oct. HX WSH. lvo- AOC SSI. There are disrespectful questions as well as disrespectful answers. "Now, Morton," said one of a party who had gone deep Into the Maine woods In search of adventure, "we know you've been a famous hunter, and we want to hear about some of the narrow escapee you've had from bears and so on." "Young man." said the old guide, with dignity, "if there's been any nar rer escapes, the bears and other fierce critters had 'em, not me!" v Felt lisrbted, "So yon kicked because your land lady didn't give yon hot meats for sup per r "Tee, we did. We didn't eonshier it fair treatment for her to be giving trs the cold shoulder all the time." I'Ulla delphia Bulletin. Area of Klondike OolU Fle'da. The productive area of the Klondike gold field covers frem 1,000 to 100 square miles. 1T.hla,iT.Cft lB e expression of beauty Uty T aid ot Physical mr tmv moctth a am slc CO. Cincinnati Fruitless. "Maria, It has at last come!" The hitherto careworn face of the middle-aged husband had taken on a new brilliancy, and his whole attitude was expressive of some sudden Joy. "Yes," he said, trumpliHUtly, "after a lifetime passed In ceaseless endeav or for your sake, I am at last reward ed. My Invention has been sold and a fortune awaits me. Think, Maria, of what this means to you! You will nev er have to make me another shirt or cravat as long as you live." His wife looked at him with re proachful glance. "James," she said, tenderly, "I hope I shall never be too proud for that No matter, James, how. rich you shall be, it will always be my greatest pleas ure and privilege to make yonr shirts and ties." Her husband did not reply, but a few moments later, alone in his own room, he bowed his head over his clasped hands and muttered In bitter anguish: "Alas! the labor of a lifetime spent for naught" Town Topics. The instincts of women are more correct than their judgments. Even the wisest are Ions In learning that there is no better work for their than the bit God puts into their hands. ARTERSEHK Makes millions think. The Health of the Hair DETERMINES ITS ABUNDANCE and BEAUTY. So one need be bald or troubled with falling hair, dandruff, gray hair- or other scalp anectlons. A sure cure can be had . by usiiitf THC FaaOUS MAIRSSfWlNti PfrcfMSS TI0N. which stimulates the growth of hair, cast ing it to rapidly mature to natural color, a thick uniform growth and complets restoration r ,.,.1 ne partial baldness. Price $ 1 .OO per bottle. Address THE GREAT WESTERN htrtut t,u. USE. Liberty St, CINCINNATI. O. W. L. DOUGLAS $3&$3.50 SHOES JJJ Worth (4 to $6 compared aits other makes. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES THE GKSriSK h W. 1. -lu saaa pries aUKped OB b,4M. Take no snbtltnte -l!m! to be as frood. l.an;pt maker of S3 and ss.so Flirx-i In hc world. Yonrdeleri-h..ul.lp them If not, we will u ndyon aoalron receipt. f price, stsw Kind ot leather, sire and wldrh. plain or cap tue. Catalogue CJ Free. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mais. I The Hastings & Mcintosh Truss Co, In their new quarters 9l2WalnutSt Manufacturers of all kinds of Trusts and Sup- otters. Elastic Hosiery, dutches, etc. Expert in fitting. Moderate retail price! Lady attendant. PATENTS Procured f r Invf ution and Pein TradeUrt Kes tstereJ. Convriehu Secured. Patent causes. Examination. .Searches etc. CaU or send for Book of Instruction WIEDERSHEIM & FA!RB.NKS. Jotin A. Wledersnelm. j;OL 6i9 r-hfitnnt St.. Wm. t . lfcueriieiiu. K. Hay ward Fairbanks. l'lULAUKLl'IHV TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS. CHAS. ROESCH & SONS Standard Brand Ham and Bacon CITY DRESSED MEATS. Abattoir Stock Yards, West Philadelphia Packlsi Hsast-Relrirerator W4-SJS N- rslls Ceatrai Market, Atlantic City, N. X FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by million of note".'r .klM. whilj. Tuthln. UT OVCT Y lit? Years. It soothes the culM. soften the rums, allaya all pain, cures wind cotlc, : unJ i uie oeat remeay lor aurrmrab Twntv-flv Cents a Bottt ARNOLD'S COUGH Cures Cooahl and Coldi 'KILLER Prevents Conmnpt Ion. All Druggists. 25c WANTED Energetic man as Countr So. perintndent to manaire our bu.ilnea in your owq anil a'ljoininit counties; no can vassing; straight salary, $l.tU pi-r week ana ezpennes. Yearly contract, rapid pr"iii"tli,n Exceptinnal opportunity. Adilri-ss Manulao turera. P. O. boi 733. Philadelphia, Teurj. , 'Successfully Prosecutes CI aims. Lata Principal Ex&mlner U.S. f ension Hurea. 3jraki civil war. 1 aiijutiicatiu claims. attyttiuca DPOPQV 1EW DISCOVERY:,. Tr ,.-T . I qnick rilisf and oa worst ItouK ul teahmoniajs and 1 0 da' ! "r- m- Ka0S.ua a sons. Boa . atuata, as. 43 1171 Giilct B:!!ef htii Pi!!i iMr . tUMA I loV treatment. it,iJ. Ill " Aunapsi RaatKor iJo..:t4t;ircmK;iiSt., - g f j.fauiBi an rice tiilK- 1 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. TJsc I s in time, potq py orugKipo. WW asaalU
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