iKTCEN SUMMERS OLD. She b sixteen summers old to-dayl .. Mrk her calendar, ye who say Hat inmmer most hare ita winter, too, And find that it'a one long summer thought! Bird and blossom and breeze In tane; summer morning, no afternoon; The rose in her cheek from Jane ts Jane. She is aixteen summers old to-day I There's a moon for her when the aun'a away; Tbere'a a song that la only for her to sing; " Tbere'a a bird that to waiting to try ita wing; Tbere'a a beautiful world, aa yet nnaeen. That is waiting for her to be ita queen Time is a youth, and the years that were Are only just sixteen to her. She is sixteen summers old to-day! That's what her first two sweethearts say Mother and father and I'm afraid We are all sweethearts of this aweel maid! Will some philosopher now, who knows. Tell as the mystery of this pearl. Why it takes one year to perfect a rose. And sixteen years for a rosebud girl? Independent. i REUNITED. I X ,srs.ssss.swsi TgOK the land's sake, pa," called Jp out Mrs. Drusllla Gladden to her husband aa he wiped his feet on a piece of carpet at the kitchen door, "I thought you'd never get In. Guess who sent me a letter. You'd never think In a month of Sundays. It'a from Devab Bland my Cousin Devah." Pa gave a sinlle of interest and rubbed his hands. "Well, I swan now! And what has Devy got to say for himself?" "He's coming to Ohio to visit He'll be here next week. What do you think of that?" Pa pulled off his boots contentedly. . "I won't be sorry to see Devy. We war In school together. What say? Is he doing well?" "Doing well, but bis wife's dead; been dead two year or more. I bet you a great deal, pa, he's on the warpath. And to think Angeline Culver's visit ing around here Just now, and sbe's n widder. Pa. !t looks like the 'pintin's of Providence, don't It?" Mrs. Gladden smiled benignly on ber husband and be on ber. They were in love with each other and had been for twenty years. "It truly does,"' replied pa, "It truly does. Jest think how those two court ed over three years, wasn't It? I hold the split was all Angeline's folks' fault, wasn't it? That old man Porter never stayed anywhere and got a streak to move to Indiana. Her ma wouldn't let her stay here and that made Devy properly mud. They kep' It up awhile writin', then Devy went out farther West and married himself to a strange woman. After awhile Angeline gets married. First we hears her pardner's gone and she's a likely widow, vlsltin' round. Then we gets a letter sayln" Devy's partner has been departed two years an' he's comin' visitln'. Now don't that beat all?" "How plain you've made it, pa," beamed Mrs. Drusilla. "It sounds like them story papers. Tou ort to have been a writer for one. I often thought that. My, ain't It plum interesting? I don't want to miss none of it, do you? How can we fix It?' Pa wn appreciative of his wife's -triirTfave all this to n-a. T.wgin. "ef you kin hold out 'gainst mentionin' Devy's comin. It will be hard work for ye, Drusllly, but It's the only way. Do you think you kin hold that news over prayer meetin and Sunday? 1 tell you what," he went on, excitedly, "we can just Save the whole thing happen right here, meetin an' all, if you don't tell." Mrs. Gladden's pleasant face fell. "I wonder If it'll be fair not to tell the rest of the folks," she began. "You see, Devy'll be expecting a big welcome." Asahel Gladden rose up In his socks. "Dnisilly, I have jest set my heart on managin' the whole thing. Don't you disappoint me. I never had S3 , much chance as this In all my mortal life. I always wanted to do seech di rectin' and mauagin', and don't you disappoint me." "What'll folks say when they find we held that news?" asked his wife, much impressed, but giving up as usual. "They'll say you've come to years of discretion; though I don't want to hurt your feelings none, Drusllly. You can take It all out fixin' up the spare room and Marindy's room. It air lucky An geline hain't been down here yet an other clear 'pintin. Now hurry up dinner and write Devy a letter tellin' him he must come right here an' we won't take no for an answer. I'll hitch up the cutter an' we'll go over to town on' engage Angeline for the whole en durin' week." The two were as excited as children. The letter had to be strong enough to suit pa and was the labor of an hour for Mrs. Gladden ere It suited him. Dluner over, they tucked themselves into a green Bleigh and drove over to New California. "We'll stop on the way," said the small and rosy man. "I feel so anxious to get hold of Angeline." "Oh, you do?" questioned the wife, demurely. "Well, as our Marlndy de clares, her pa's younger'n anyone." Angeline Culver Angeline Porter that was was visiting at old Dr. Nor man's. She and Cissy Norman had al ways been close friends. She came out to the sleigh to speak to Mrs. Glad den. She was quite dressy and had on a pink house sack trimmed with white lace. She had tied a little white fas cinator over her brown waves. "I was 'lowln to go over to Dennis Daodna's next week," she said, in her soft comfortable voice, "but If you make a point of it I guess I can put them off." Pa Gladden was so anxious that his little feet danced up and down In the snow. "Oh, we want you real bad next week, Angeline! We been waltin' an' expectin 'till we're set on It special. Do say you'll come." "I believe pa'll burst if you don't come, Angeline," said his -wife, "he gets so set on anything." "Well, I will," assented the widow. "I used to have good times at your house when I was a girl. I never have forgotten them." Pa went thn . h an expressive pan tomime behind her. "And pa'll fetch you on Sundaj nfternoon." went on Mrs. Gladden, "if the snow don't stay on he'll fetch yon la the buggy." Afterward Mrs. Gladden declared that pa spent the happiest week of his life getting ready for that couple to do reunited. It never struck his warm Hnd Innocent heart that anything could en amiss. He piled up special wood for the parlor, he hovered around he two bedrooms, be actually bad bis fin ger in every pie and cake baked. H went to the Tillage store alone once o twice, and, after the last visit, wore ai air of the deepest mystery. Mrs. Gladden stood this until tb hour of retiring;. "Asahel!" she exclaimed, with i break laW voice. "Asahel. 70a neves had a secret from me in all your life did you 7" The rosy man looked as entity as t detected In a crime. He saw ber kind eyes, and his voice quavered. "Never before," he whispered, bui I'm so afraid you can't bold this on over Sunday meetln' I'm bound not ti breathe it" One dry sob brought him to terms, "It air," be whispered, tiptoeing ovej to her. "It air that I telegraphed U Devy to git here on the Sunday after noon express." Mrs. Gladden's attitude toward th world on Sunday morning was the go sip of the neighborhood for weeks. Shi suddenly assumed an air of funeral dignity, would converse with no ona and stalked silently out after meeUni and climbed Into the sleigh trium phantly. "You've done It," whispered her bus band, delighted. "I didn't credit yoi with It" After dinne.' the parlor fire was lit the table spread for company tea, and Pa Gladden wrapped himself up to g for Angeline. He was so happy hli wife's heart trembled. "Pa," she said, "don't you set tot much store by it Devah may hav other intentions, and Angeline may not agree." "Don't you think It!" declared pa "Angeline air a hundred times prettier than she war. Devy air a man; thai settles It all. Now do your part I'rt tnlA von lest what to say to -her. Leave Devy to me. Men understand men." He brought Angeline and her valise back in an hour. Mrs. Gladden re joiced In her womanly beauty. Sh kissed her as tenderly as If she had been a young girl when she helped hei In. Angeline's face beamed. "How nice you've made everything for me!" she cried. "It is like a home coming." Her face grew thoughtful. "It makes me think of old times old friends." . "Well, Just settle down and mske I yourself at home," said pa, coming in. "I have to be gone an Hour or two. You and ma can have a good old talk." Awhile later be was stamping ofi the falling snow on the platform of the 1 station. A tall, bronzed man alighted from the express and pa met him, sc eager he almost cried over him as he shook hands. . Alas! Alas! All pa's finesse and subtle phrases were forgotten. He waa as nervous as a woman. Finally he reined in Dolly almost In sight of the house. "Devy," he quavered, "I always feM so sorrowful 'bout you an Angeline Porter's break-off. You war so happy together when you was young. Devy, I've got Angeline here. She air a widow; she air a finer woman 'n you could see in a day's travel. It air the desire of my heart to bring you two together." The man beside him grew pale and ;asped, then he wrung the mitted hand. Good Ma Gladden came out to the sleigh. She, too, had forgotten ber part She bad been crying and broke down. "Please 'scuse Angeline," she said. brokenly, -i'she Is there in the parlor. Don't you want to go in. Devah? I w, v.-- - - tnll mir nut rnr n.a nwn wedded couple left nn th cttpna were iT? each other with tears and sm.n.'b-e Columbian. How to Get Through the Wintei Without a Cold. "This idea that many people have, that winter is an untaealthful season, is all wrong. Winter is just as healthful as summer, if people will take care ol themselves. It you want to gc through the winter without a cold, observe these few simple rules : "Don't overheat your house, and don't stop all ventilation. Sleep in a cool room, but keep warmly covered. Always take off your outdoor wraps when you come in the house, and al ways put them on when you go out And, lastly, just as long as there il snow on the ground, don't go with out your . rubbers. This last rule is the most important of all for twe colds out of three come from wel feet." The Independent. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to Repentance HBIST Is the Christian's Ca noan. No man can count the cost of a use less life. Happiness Is not m doing what you like, but In liking what you do. Religions bigotry la as blind as a mole. All true life Is an altar, and every act a sacrifice. Sin served ruins, but sin revealed re forms. Man. Is but a seed, and the grave Us furrow. Crooked conduct makes a cross Christian. Along the path of painful persistence we pass to perfection. The beat translation of the Bible Is Its translation Into life. Man may hide from Justice, but be cannot hide from himself. It is the breath of heaven that makes fragrant the life of Christ Though but few walk the way of life, they can never be alone in It The word of God Is valuless except It lead to the God of the word. The way of life is narrow, because there la only one leader, Christ Truth printed on the page Is not so potent as truth produced in person. All human love Is the reflection of the divine in the life of the upward-looking man. The truth of the Bible is God's rev elation in the Christian His manifes tation. It is not necessary to hang up a code of home laws in the house where love Is dwelling. If we are going to sit together In heavenly places, we had better begin to stand together In the earthly ones. It ts impossible that an lll-naturec man can have a ajiblic spirit; for how should he love ten thousand men wht has never loved one. Bvery base occupation makes one sharp in its practice and dull in every other. Love that has nothing but beauty tc keep it in good health is short-livet I and apt to have ague fits. J CHILDREN'S COLUMN. DEPARTMENT FOR UTILE BOYS AND GIRLS. oaaethla- that Will latere the J. mall Mesahsnra ml Kvary Hoaachold Quaiat Actios aad Bright Baying! at htaax Cat aad Caaalaaj Cfctldreav Little Boy Blue awoke one morn io cross that he wouldn't blow his bora; He wouldn't even play; Tie sheep in the meadow, the cows in the corn, (Vere "the hatefulest things that ever were born" t They acted Jus so every dayl With pie too soar and with cake too sweet - rhere wasn't a morsel fit to eat. And mamma's feather fan Broke jus' because it was almost split He couldn't touch anything even a bitl He wished be was grown a man! And what was the use of having schools) He hated 'rithmetic sums and rules. And joggerfry was mean! He'd like to be king of a Cannibal Isle And eat np people a little while. And play with his savage queen! Sow what waa the. matter with XJtth Boy Blue, rbat be should make sncb a how-de-do? Now what was the matter, pray? 0 listen to me and I'll tell yon true fast what was the matter with Little Boy Blue He got ont of bed the wrong way! How to Mike a ' Jacob's Ladder." Take a piece of writing paper about three Inches wide and nine Inches long. fold one end three or four times as tightly and flatly as possible (see Fig. U); then roll the remainder loosely Fig. 2), and make two cuts across the yU, cutting through the outer, but not .be center of the roll (Fig. 3). Bend lown the end pieces (Fig. 4), cut :h rough the middle (top), roll length vise (Fig. 5), open It out fiat, when you Ul have a telescopic ladder. The Tra Cinderella. There are few thoughts that are new, is Solomon discovered thousands of -ears ago, when he said, "there Is lothing new under the sun." Many of he best stories in story books are only he reproduction of some very ancient it of history or myth; and some read rs may be surprised to learn that the inest of all English nursery tales, 'Cinderella," was once the delight of he children of Egypt in the palmy lays of the Pharaohs -The old f tnrr- is quite as clever as the tew, and much more probable; for in he true Cinderella history there are 10 fairy godmothers, no mice, and no - ---tia. -a pretty-name -V7( begin vlth v. e fairest lady In allEgypt She had a dainty foot and wore Jew- sled slippers and all the people gazed ipon her with delight when she walked. is though she were a goddess or a !alry. She went out to bathe one day among Oie white lilies of the Nile. While-she ind her maids were sorting in the srater, a great shadow passed ovei .hem, and they saw an eagle alight 01 :he bank where their clothes had been .eft. Presently it arose with some- Uiing in its talons, and wheeling ihrouzh the golden haze, became a ipeck in the clear sky. When Rodolphe came up the bank, ihe found that one of her Jeweled slip pers had been carried away, and shf laid to her maids: "The eagle has taken It" And the maids said: "Then it will bring yatt good luck. The eagle Is a bird of good omen." So Kodolpbe hobbled home with a light heart one of her sllpperless feet crushing the lotus blossoms. Her maids laughed at her. but she said: "It is good luck, for an eagle has aken It" Far away up the Nile lay Memphis, with her bright winged temples and palaces, a city seventeen miles in cir Acts gently on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels CLEANSES THE YSTEM 1 EFFECTUALLY fWFDCOMFS rrJ Habitualnst. rcnroMivLiviLi -erTfa ICIAL E BUT Tne GCNUIME - MAN'S"' fcJf fiURNIApGYPVPe. ..vrtt v" SS-x os smi s u eawtA u i ru awafc UritafSTtLaT 1 BjrrapVTsaus MMsSooa. Vssl 3 ;ult the seat of the rnaraons tor :early a thousand years, ana at mis Ime the capital of all Egypt" Here were the splendid temples of Isla. jerapla and of the sun, aad the throne .vns now filled with a rnaraoa who ind overthrown eleven other Egyptian tings. ' He was srtting In a cool portico 01 lis palace toward evening. The crim ton sun was blazing low on the hot ands of the desert but cool winds Tipped with light feet along the dlni- llng waves of the Nlie ana tanneu lie -ing as they 'passed. , lie arose. A-alked r"to an open court. vucn a rreat shadov passed above him. He looked up, and Deneid witn ae leht and awe an eage descending and wheeling above his head, with some hing sparkling In his talons. He look ed upon the bird as a messenger from he sun. He -lifted bis arms ror joy. lust then the eagle flew down, drop- iiug the glittering treasure rrom nis alons into his bosom. It was Itodolphe's jeweled slipper. The next day Psammeticus Issued a roclamation which caused all Mein ihis to wonder. Whoever would find he mate to the Jeweled slipper, which he eagle bad brought to the palace, iliould be loaded with riches, taken Into he service of the kind. Rodolphe :eard the great news. She believed hat the eagle was Indeed a messenger f the gods to point to her her destiny. io she came to magnificent Memphis, o answer the proclamation of the king. ,Vith one sllpperless foot she ascended he grand porticoes of the Pharaohs, ind stood before the king with down rast eyes, lifting her dress Just above icr dainty feet a perfect vision of cauty. Of course. Psammeticus Im uediately fell In love with her and narried her and made her queen of all -"gypt. There was great joy in all the da -.ling temples of Memphis when the carriage took p!ace. There were danc ng and music and strewlngs of flow-1-3. All Egypt was happy. Hezeklab Jutter worth. Ui of the Cottar Boss, "Can any of you tell me the use of he collar boner' asked the teacher of he Junior class in physiology. "It is lsed for the collar to rest on," prompt y replied the small boy at the foot of he class. Vn 1 hince tn Prectlce. "No, Tommy," said bis mother, "otm !ece of pie Is enough for you." "Well, ! I can't understand it," responded Tom uy. "You said the other day that I should learn to eat properly and now rou won't give me a chance to prao .Ice." An Overrated Man. "Mamma," said small Johnny, "l .'bought you said Mr. Jones was a very wise man." "Yes, and so he Is," re illed the mother. "Well. I don't think w.'" said Johnny, "'cause when I told ilm I was In school he wanted me to jell him how much two times three ivas." Hrd a Rrlvht Father. "My father." said little Harry to a ody visitor, "Is an awfully smart man. iVby. he. can tell what time it Is wltb ut looking at his watch." "How can le tell?" asked the lady. "I don't mow." replied tne little teiiow, "Dut when I ak blm what time it is in the Homing be says It's time to get up. Ind when I ask him In the evening be ays It's time to go to bed." Save the Nickels. Front saving, come having, ask your rroeer how yoa eaa save Ue by laveatlng ia. He caa tell yoa Just how yoa eaa get ma large lOo paekaga of "Bed Cross" itarch, one largelOo package of "Hubln er's Best" starch, with the premiums, two waattfal Btiakespeare panels, printed in :wtib heaatifal colors, or one Twentieth Memory Girl Calendar, all for 5c. Ask your trocer- for this starch and obtain these eautiful Christmas presents fiee. Loot J wel. More than $2O,000,OUO worth of Jewels ire lost every season at American sum mer resorts. The greater number of Jiese disappear at the seaside, and It is believed that a comparatively small part are actunlly stolen. At the vnri 3us summer resort hotels every bulle tin board will be profusely placarded with notices offering all sorts of re wards for the finding or return of mlss ng Jewels. Last year the loss of Jew- ;ls frequently amounted to $10,000 In 1 single instance At some of the most 'ashlonable resorts, such as Newport r Bar Harbor, the owners of very mostly Jewels frequently take the pre caution of leaving the gems in some iafe deposit vault In the city and send ng all the way to town for them every lme they are needed. That so much ewelry Is lost each suminetHs due to be foolish display which Is made of mch valuables ou hotel piazzas, the mnds, and even In the ocean Itself. Chicago News. Graphite's Many' Uses. One of the most familiar substances low ramed In industrial connections U graphite, and Its differentiated uses md applications are really phenomenal. Mot a s'cgle Iron casting, says a writer a Bradstrcet, is taken from its sand nould without the sand being first raced by graphite; not a gun projectile s cast but the steel Is melted In a gra phite crucible; not a tool, not a saw Is nade but from graphite crucible steel; jvery pound of nickel, of copper, of composition metal, of brass. Is cast In ome way the metal being reduced In 1 graphite crucible. Every printing louse, for the perfection of Its electro types. Is absolutely dependent on graph ite; every electrician and every- de partment of electrical work comes un ier the same tribute. Graphite lubri cates friction ways, and It is notably the most enduring paint pigment; tbe eUctrlc l'g'at, too, would shine much less easily but for graphite, the pro lactin of steel rails has an equally Intimate relation to this mineral Among Its peculiar characteristics are its Immunity from any effect by heat ;nd cold, the highest and lowest ex tremes of ell her failing to Influence It Does your heed ache? Pain back of your eyes? Bad taste in your mouth ? It's your liver! Ayers Pills are liver pills. They cure constipation, headache, dyspepsia, and all liver complaints. 25c. All druggists. Waat your monatacba or baard a bsaatUul oroaa or rich black t Then tus Rlinifll'GUAII'C nVC for th uwurtintuirtM w u wnisi skers M. MS How Mrs. Pinkhaa HELPED MRS. GOODEN. LZTTS TO KSS. rimaAa . "I am very grateful to you for your kindneas and the interest you have token in me, and truly beheveyour medicines and advice are worth more to a woman than all the doctors in the world. For years I had female troubles and did nothing for them. Of course I became no better and finally broke down entirely. My troubles began with inflammation and hemorrhages from the kidneys, then inflammation, congestion and falling of the womb and inflammation of ovaries. I underwent local treatment every day for some time; then after nearly two months the doctor gave me permis sion to go back to work. I went back, but in less than a week was com pelled to give up and go to bed. On breaking down the second time, I de cided to let doctors and their medicine alone and try your remedies. Before the first bottle was gone I felt the ef fects of it Three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and a package of her Sanative Wash did me more good than all the doctors' treat ments and medicine. The first remark that greets me now is 'How much better you look!' and you may be sure I never hesitate to tell the cause of my health." Mas. E. J. GOODKU, ACKLKT, I A. Pressure of the Sea. There are spots In the ocean where the water is five miles deep. If it Is true that the pressure of the water on any body In the water la one pound to the square Inch for every two feet of the depth, anything at the bottom of one of the "five-mile holes" would have a pressure about It of 13,200 feet to every square Inch. There is nothing of human manufacture that would resist uch a pressure. That It exists there Is no doubt It Is known that the pres sure on a well-corked glass bottle at the depth of 800 feet is -so great that the water will force Its way through the pores of the glass. It Is also said that pieces of wood have been weighted and sunk In the seatlo such a depth that the tissues have become so con densed that the wood has lost Its buoy ancy and would never float again. It ( could not be even made to Durn wnen dry. QUAUIY AND NEWS. Fame aad Excellence Are Determlnlae Factors In Saecesafa! Development. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF HIGH-CLasS NEWSPAPERS. Ia present log Interesting phases of sclen tlBo and economics problems, hlgh-olass newspapers frequently give Information of as great value In their advertising columns as in those devoted to the publication of the principal events of the day, and when the fame of a product Is extended beyond its natural limits Into foreign lands, and a Inree demand created throughout Great Biitain and ber Colonies and the principal H-port8 and elties of Europe, Asia aad Alftca, it becomes a pleasant duty to note the fact and to tell of the points of excel lence on which so great a success Is based. We refer to the now world famed laxative remedy. Svrup of Figs, the product of the California Fig Syrup Company. The merits or this well-known excellent laxative were first made known to the world through the medical journals and newspapers of the (Jutted States; and Is one of the distinct achievements of the press. It is now w II known that Syrup of Figs is so ethical proprietary remedy, approved by the most eminent puysician wTerjMw un,T,, u.au Is simple and effective, yet pleasant to the taste aad acceptable to the system, and aot only prompt la its beneficial effects, but also wholly free from any unpleasant arter-effrets. It Is frequently referred to as tbe remedv of tae healthy, because it U used by people who enjoy good health ana who live well an I feel well and are well Informed on all subjects generally, inolad Init laxatives. Ia order to get its beneficial effects. It Is necessary to get the genuine syrup of Figs, which Is manufactured by tue California Fig Syrup Co. only. Gratitude In whatever wav express ed,' Is of itself no mean or trifling gift. The sincere word of thanks, the honest smile of pleasure, the real appreciation of a kindness, brings a flow of joy into the heart of the giver which Is worth many a material benefit. Think of the tils from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear pa tiently those which you may now sur fer. Educate Your Bowels With Case-are ta UDQf UlOiniG, CHIC uiukiiwh iw.ii, 10c. 25c. li C C C fail, druggist refund money. What an absurd thing It is to pass over the valuable parts of a man, and lix our attentions on his Infirmities. RUPTURE Cure Cnsrantccd by DR. J. B. MAYER, 1016 ARCH ST., milA PA. Eaat ouce; o operation or delay Irom business- Consults lieu Ire. Endorsements of physicians, laitiet 1 nil prominent citizens. Bend lor circular. Ofci I I U1, A. .M. IU I . t io a nnnr wit who lives by bor rowing the words, decisions, mien, in ventions and actions of others. ronnnmption. Mrs. FkamkMobbs.SUW.XM r, iew 1 ora. ucl a m him nnthine is DOSSible who Is always dreaming of his past possibili ties. Haw Art TmmT KMaeys - Dr. HobbV Sparsns PI Us core all kidney Ills. 8am Ble f rSTadd. BtarnDS Kmad7 Co, Caleaao or 8. T. The Moat Familiar Surnames. In a recent appendix to tbe last Cen sus report of the British Registrar General, a comparison with the com monest names in Great Britain and Ireland shows the following result: England and Wales: Smith 253,606, Jones 242,100, the next in order being William, Taylor. Davis and Brown. In Scotland -Smith again leads. McDon ald, Brown, Thomson," Robertson, Stewart Campbell following. In Ire land Smiths take the fifth place. The Murphys head the poll with 62,600, the next most frequent being Kelly, 55,000; Sullivan, 43,600; Walsh, 41,700; Smith. 37,000; O'Brien, 33,400; and then. In or der, Byrne, Ryan, Connor, O'Nell, and Reilly, tbe last numbering 29,000. How Pe"xina- Is Id -hted. Peking Is advancing. So at least one gathers from the Peking and Tientsin Times, which announces that a couple of gas ' lamps and three petroleum lamps now illuminate the capital of the celestial kingdom. This unwonted de parture, however, is not due to native enterprise.- Tbe gas lights are set up In front of the Russian embassy, while the three lesser luminaries shine for the benefit to the customers of the Russo-Chinese bank. Throughout the rest of the city wayfarers still have to follow their noses as soon as darkness ets In. True love consists of quarrels and makeups. When we advance a little into life we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief in the world. A goose is called a fool, but it sticks closer to its instincts, all that God has given it, than man does to his reason. The-true test of virtue .Is the amount of temptation a man has gone through to get it, and tbe amount be can stand to keen U. THE POPE'S MAtU Bow ta Address Letter So that tbe Holy Father Will )pea It. I met a prelate employed In the Va tican tbe other day. and in the course of our conversation began to deplore my hard lot In baring to stay In Rome during the heat of the summer work. "Oh. well."-he asXA, "you are not worse off than we are In the Vatican. Now that most of the employes are away, we who are left have to work hard." "Work!" I exclaimed. "Yes, walk In the Vatican gardens and count the grapes of the Pope's vineyard." "Do you know that every evening tb mail brings to the bronse doors of the Vatican an average -of 20,000 letters and newspapers, to say nothing of tele grams? All the letters have to be opened, sorted, and classified, while the newspapers are read, and selections cut or extracts made during the night to be ready for perusal by the officers of state early the next morning?" "And where does the Pope come in?' I interrupted. "They say he also works o bard." "Much of this work Is submitted to him, and he would read all the letters addressed. 'Sanctltatl Suae Leonl Papae XIII. fellciter regnanti.' How ever, as the whole twenty-four hours of the day would not be sufficient for the pontiff to even glance over them, be only sees what Cardinal Rampolla thinks necessary for bis Inspection." "In other words be knows only what they choose T' "Oh, no; there are communications which really go direct to the holy rather, namely, those through the diplo matists accredited to the Vatican. Still, the most secure way of having a letter read by the Pope Is to address It as follows: To His Holiness the Pope, Prefect of the Holy Rome and Uni versal Inquisition,' as any other than the bead of the church guilty of open ing a documents so addressed will be TMimmnn!nital. according to a bull promulgated by the Carafa Pope, Paul IV." "A rut lrtra cnntalnlna! Peter's pence?" I asked. Inquiringly, to which I got no answer but an expressive noa. -London Pall Mall Gazette. m Like Fiadina- Meaev. The use of the Endless Chain Stareb Book In the purchase of "Bed Cross" and ''Hublnger's Best" starch, makes It Just like finding money. Why, for only 6e yoa are enabled to get one large lOo package of "Bed Cross" starch, one large lOo pack age ot "Hublnger's Best" starch, with the premiums, two Shakespeare panels, print ed In twelve beautiful colors, or one Twen tieth Century Girl Calendar, embosse-i ia gold. Ask your grocer for this starch and obtain the beautiful Christ mas presents free Regnlaiity. Nature's price for health Is regular ity. We cannot safely bottle up sleep to-night for to-morrow night's use nor force our stomachs at one meal because we expect to eat sparingly at the next, nor become exhausted In working day and night, expecting to make It up la ter. Nature does nothing before her ap pointed time, and any attempt to hurry ber Invariably means ultimate disaster. She-takes note of all transactions, phys ical, mental, and moral, and places every Item to our credit There Is no such thing as cheating nature. She may not present her bill on the day we violate her law, but If we overdraw our account at ber bank and give her a mortgage 00 our minds and bodies she will surely foreclose. She may lend us all we want to-day; but to-morrow, like Shylock. she will demand the last ounce of flesh. Nature does not excuse man for weakness. Incompetence or Ig norance. She demands rbat be be at the top of his condition. Peauty I Blood Deep. Cleaa blood means a clean skia. No 1 canty without ft. Csacarets. Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it dean, by Mining up the laxy liw and driving all im purities from the body. Berfn uvday ti banish pimples, boils. . blotehe. blackhaada nd that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casrarets, beauty for ten cents. All drau Cts, Mtisfactioa t aarantced, 10c 25c, Sue To be Idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his Idleness from himself. IOO Rewvu. 10O. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to care in U its staicea. and that is atarrh. Hall's Catarrh are is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. . atarrh being a consttta- i ional msea-M. requires a oonivraaoiui treat ment. H all's Catarrh Care 1 taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of tae system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and clvlng the pa tient strength by building np the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much fa xh in its curative powers that they after One Hundred Dollars for any case thai it falls to cure. Send for Ust of testimonials. Address F. J. ( hikit A t o, Toledo, O. Sold byDrugglsts, TSc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see noth ing but sand; the angels come to visit us. and we only know them when they are gone. To Cur Constipation Forever. Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25-. If C C C. fait to care, druggists lefnnd a oney. A loathful Ressoner. "Johnny," exclaimed Mr. Blyklns, "what are you doing 7" "Thinking, sir." "How dare you waste your time thinking, when you ought to be study ing your lesson 7" "I was thinking about my lesson." "What book are you engaged In pe rusing at this timeT" Inquired the old gentleman. "Natural history." . "Ah, a very useful and Interesting studyl It broadens the ideas and as sists In taking the mind from the cus tomary cares of life without the danger of demoralization which sometimes at tends frlvolousforms of diversion." "Yes, sir." "How far along have you proceeded in tbe natural history 7" "I'm learning about amphibious ani mals now." "And a highly Interesting branch of the animal kingdom. Can you name an amphibious animal one with which we are aU familiar 7" And Mr: Blyklns fold ed his hands before bim and gased at bis son with a look of wise expectancy. "I think so. Is a-an an animal 7' "In the scientific sense, yes." And an amphibious animal Is one that consumes both air and water?" "Yes." "Then a man is one. If he weren't, what would be tbe use of having any soda fountains 7" Until a woman baa bad ens of has own, she will look at a new kind of fancy work any time before she will look at a baby. If a man does anything which latei circumstances) Justify, It Is said be had a Up. When a woman does it, people call it a preTxxmitloa. Defeat la one of the hardest things to bear, even In trifles: but we have to be defeated in order to lucceed. There is a "comfortable feeling" that comes after a bath with Ivory Soap which is conducive to a good night's rest. IT BV THS LARGEST FISH IN THE OCEAN. Baaklaat Bharka Are Verltabla Men- atera of tne Deep. I The figgest fish that swims Is know by seafaring men as tbe basking shark, from Ha habit of lying for hours on top of the tt&Ta when the weather is calm, basking in rive sun. "Scientific men call this fish the rhinodon. They say its extreme length is forty feet, but there are plenty of old salts who swear they have seen "baskers" sixty feet long. Huge as tbe basking shark ie, it never has been known to attack a man. One came ashore off th New Eng land coast some "years ago. and another was beached on the California coast near Monterey, In 1893. It was plump forty feet long, and this lends color to the sailormen's big stories, since it is hardly probable that the largest speci men tn existence has been caught. There was a time when basking sharks were termed "common," but that time passed so long ago that they now are counted extremely rare, and the au thorities of the British Museum have long made a standing offer of $1,000 for tbe uninjured skin of one. Prof. Jordan, of the University of California, who examined the Monterey specimen, says that offer never wiH be taken. In his Judgment K would require Iabot equivalent to tbe work of one man two whole months to flay a good-sized bask ing shark. Tbe mouth of the Monterey specimen was of appalling size. Stretched and propped open, it measured ten feet from Jaw point to Jaw pornt, and If Us throat had been of proportionate di mensions tbe notion that a fish could not have swallowed Jonah would have been ' exploded completely. A team of horses wouldn't have been too large a mouthful for the Monterey shark. No one knows what It weighed, for there were no available, scales to weigh It on, but sixty tons, or less than aa ordinary locomotive, was given as a conservative estimate. Loaded on s specJaUy conatructed truck it would have taken a dozen horses at I?ast to haul It over an asphalt pavement, and more would have been required to transport tt over an ordinary country road. The basking shark Is not hunted ex tensively, because it produces relative ly little of commercial value. Never theless, the Portuguese fishermen who captured the one at Monterey got three barrels of oil from Its liver and six barreUula waa tried out of tbe ltver of the beaker captured on the Net England shore. Dea't Tasaccs Sstt aa Saoks Yssr tils Away. To quit tobacco easily aad forever, be mag netic, lull of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-fcac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong: All druggists, 50c or $L Cure guar snteed. Booklet aad sample tree. Address ttcrling Kemedy Co Chicago or New York, Education begins at the mother's knee, and everv word spoken within the hearing of lutle children tends toward the formatien of their charac ter. pit, a permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness alter first day's use of lr, Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. fZ trial bottle and treatise free. UK. K. H. Klimb. Ltd. 981 Arch St.. Phils. Kt. When aaolten Lead Won't Barn. When the Prince of Wales was study ing under Sir Lyon Playfair in Edin burgh, that gentleman, after taking ths precaution to make him wash his hands with ammonia to get rid of any grease that might be on them, said: "Now, sir. If you have faith In sci ence you will plunge your right hand into that caldron of boiling lead and ladle It out Into the cold water which la standing by." "Are yon serious?" asked the pupil. "Perfectly," waa the reply. "If you tell me to do it, I will," aa, the Prlnc. -I do tell you," rejoined Playfair, and the Prince Immediately ladled out ths burning liquid with perfect Impunity. To rule one's anger la well: vent it is better. to pre- Cares alt Throat aad Laos; Affections. COUGH SYRUP ikw Gctthecenoine. Refuse substitute. A Vio cure a. start AacrvS MM. 7Haf.JBJrsB The lint live persona procuring the Endless Cnstlsi Starch. Book from "leir Rroeer will aaoh obtain one large lOo paoksge of Hed Cross" Starch. onei-'S" Mo package of mhiMbcA Beat" Starch, two Shakespeare panels, print l'; twelve beantlfnl colors, as natural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, tbo flaest of Its kind ever printed, all absolutely free. All others procuring the KnUI' Chain Starch Book, will obtain from tbelr srrocer the above (roods for 0'--. itcrt 1 Creaa" Lsstaaury Starch Is something est invention ol ths Twentieth Century. has won for Itself praise from all parts of the United 8tates. It has superseded overv thlng heretofore used or known to science In the laundry art. It Is made from wh-w. rlee aad eon, and ckaraioaUy prepared npon scientific principles by S. C. Huhi"'; Keokmk, Isws, aa expert In the laundry profession, who bus had twenty-live ye.ir practical experience in fancy laundering, and wno was tne nrst sueoooatai origin laventor ot all fine grades Qf starch tn the United States. Ask your grocers for tui ) Stsreh sad obtain taesa boaotUui Christmas praaePts ira. FLOATS. MOOT! ft OAHSLC OO. CINCINNATI There is no slaven- so terrible as to grow old and be continually lamenting it. Love should sive wings to the feet of service, and strength to the arms of labor. There are impossible people only God knows how to take th-m or to tol erate them. To pardon those absurdities in our selves which we cannot suffer in oth ers, is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to lie fools ourselves than to have others so Nothing more impairs authority than a too frequent or indiscreet use of it. If thunder itself was to be con tinual it would excite no more terror than the noise of a mill. An unjust acquisition is like a barbed arrow, which must be drawn backward with horrible aneuish fir else will be your destruction. When God sends darkness, let it be dark. 'Tis so vain to think we can light It up with candles, or make it anything- but dark. It may be because of the darkness we shall see some new beauty in the stars. BAD BLOOD "CASCABETS do mil claimed for thsM and are a truly wonderful weumue. I haveofwa wished for a medicine pleasant ( takf and at lut have found it in L'ascareis. i-im taking ibem. mf blood has been purifled and my corri-iexion bas im proved wonderfully and 1 teti niucb better In eTerj way-" Maii-tfAJJ-iK fc. 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