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
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;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,
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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.
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m
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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.
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To be Idle and to be poor have always
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to hide his poverty from others, and
his Idleness from himself.
IOO Rewvu. 10O.
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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.
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When the Prince of Wales was study
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"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,
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-I do tell you," rejoined Playfair, and
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to pre-
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There is no slaven- so terrible as to
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Love should sive wings to the feet
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labor.
There are impossible people only
God knows how to take th-m or to tol
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To pardon those absurdities in our
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than to have others so
Nothing more impairs authority
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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.
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