WHEN BABY PRAYS, When baby by her crib at night Enfolds her little hands to pray- Dear little handa so soft and whit I listen while the sweet lips aaj: "Now I ay me down to s'eep;" . I p'ay the Lord my sonl to tff And listening, years are backward rolled: The past la as a tale nntold. And standing by iny mother mild Dear mother with your hair of whits Again I am a little child. And say again as yester nightt "If I s'ould die before I wate, I p'ay the Lord my soul to tate; And half it seems in baby's plea The olden faith comes back to me. Ah, me! I know my faith is bnt A phantom of the long ago. Yet when my babe, with eyelids shut. Repeats the words I used to know: "Now I 'ay me down to s'eep; I p'ay the Lord my soul to teep; Some way, some way the world-doubts flee; The old sweet faith comes back to me. It comes again, the old sweet faith; It is my own, it is my own. And doubt has fled, the gloomy wraith. Before a baby's word alone: "If I s'ould die before I wate, I p'ay the Lard my soul to tat " So for a baby's lisping plea My thanks, dear Lord, my thanks to thee. San Francisco Examiner. E -op REVENGE. HF you please, ma'am, could I speak to you for one minute?" asked Mrs. Locksley. Theodora Dale started from the deep reverie in which she was burled, and looked up with large, startled eyes. "Certainly, Mrs. Locksley," said she. "What Is it?" "It's about the rent for the roomn, Mrs. Dale," said the landlady, drawing herself up with a little jerk. "Two good months you've occupied 'em, and It stands to reason, ma'am, as a hard working widow woman, as has only herself to look to, wants to see the color of her money. Not as I would have hur ried you, ma'am," with a half -relenting glance toward Theodora's deep mourn ing garments, "while the poor major lay ill, nor yet while he was being burled. But " Theodora looked pained. The deep scarlet dyed her cheeks. "I am sorry to have inconvenienceil you, Mrs. Locksley," she said, "but I was, of course, obliged to settle the undertaker's bill at once, and that has taken all the ready money which I had at command. I have written to my hus band's relatives, however, and I expect ""-'vjiitfj very shortly, which " -siey compressed her lips. - --thing from mj ment. junt Lionel Dale sa . . Springs. He madi some cureless qulrles about the yoing beauty with tb- gazeue-ime eyes, scariet nps ana oiue black hair that clustered so liw upon her forehead, and learned, in an inci dental sort of way, that she was an orphan, training at the expense of Mme. Bonmercl herself for a governess. "Hang It!" said MaJ. Dale, "she's too pretty for that! I'll marry her!" Little Theodora Mayder, who had scarcely left off playing with her dolls, and was heartily sick of Mme. Bon mercl' 8 exactions on the one side and the unconscious tyranny of the children on the other, was half frightened, half pleased, when the handsome, middle aged major proposed matrimony to her. "But I am so young!" she pleaded, the carnations and lilies succeeding each other In her cheeks. "You are the prettiest little half bloom rosebud in the world," the major made answer, gallantly. Mme. Bonmercl spoke a word or so of warning to her. "My child," said she, "beware what you are about. He Is three times your age he gambles. It is true that your life now Is a hard one, but " "I shall marry him," retorted Theo dora. And she did. At the end of three months Maj. Dale's favorite horse, Meg Merrllies, ran away with him and killed him, and Theodora, not yet 10, was left a widow. Naturally enough she wrote to her husband's relatives, whom she had never seen, and now, upon this October evening, she was expecting an answer to the letter. The color mounted to her face as the postman paused under her window she caught the letter from his bands and tore It eagerly open. It contained nothing but her own let ter, returned to her with these words penciled across the envelope. "Mr. Chandos Dale's compliments to the young lady who beguiled his broth er Into a secret marriage, and he is con fidently of opinion that her talents In the husband-hunting line need no as sistance." And this cutting taunt, this gratuitous insult, was all. Theodora sat pale and silent. She knew that her husband did not care to refer to his relatives much, generally avoiding the subject when she broached It, but she had never dreamed that be had allowed them to think hex a mere adventuress who had contrived to en trap him into a disadvantageous mar riage. She had long ere this discov ered that Lionel Dale was a thoroughly selfish man, but she had never dreamed how selfish. But the blow, sharp and sudden as It was, nerved her to further exertions. She put on her hat, went out to the nearest jeweler and sold her watch and chain Lionel's wedding present for probably about one-third of its worth. With this she paid her bill at Mrs. Locksley's. "Begging yoar pardon, ma'am," said the lodging-house keeper, "but what be yon going to do now?" "I am going to give music lessons," said Theodora. She had a full, fresh, voice, like a lark's, and she knew that she could make this one gift of God a bread-winner. "It will be a life of drudgery, shi told herself, "but I would starve soonei than apply again to the Galea for as sistance." And tha years crept by and the 10 year-old widow who stormed the citadel of fortune so bravely won ths day. I TEiilnra PHU JtalJUvs not beard her yet," said Chandos Dale, Indifferently. "But they say she la the best Marguerite we hare yet bad, and I have sent to secure a box for to-morrow night. SIgnora Dalll was In ber beat voice that night when Chandos Dale, her brother-in-law, sat with folded arms in the proscenium box. And the half blown bud of five years ago bad ripened by this time into the full-blown rose ol loveliness. Ber blue-black hair floated like a Jetty, glimmering veil of bright) ness down her shoulders; ber eye shone like midnight stars, while the radiant pink and white of ber cheeks owed none of their beauty to cosmetic arts. And Chandos Dale, sitting there witl Intent eyes and an artist's soul, all alive to the flutelike richness of ber voice, thought she was simply the most beau tiful creature he had ever seen. The mayor of the city where the slg nora was singing had a little private re ception in her honor, after the opera -was over. Chandos Dale, of course, was among the Invited guests; and then SIgnora Dalll knew who he was. "I have the advantage of him," said '.rheodora to herself, "smiling a curious smile. "And I shall take care to retain It!" Just a month afterward Mr. Dale pro posed to make the beautiful slgnora his wife. "Are you really In love with me?" said the slgnora, opening wide her almond shaped eyes, where the Jetty flres seem ed to burn with sleepy luster "with me an opera singer?" And Chandos, about as hopelessly In fatuated as It Is in bis nature of man to be, vowed that he would commit suicide If she didn't have him at once. "Put it in writing." said the Signora Theodora Dalll, with a laugh. "Why?" "It is my fancy." "Your will Is my law," protested Mr. Dale. So he wrote a very pretty and poetic declaration of love upon tinted paper and sent it to the slgnora's suite of apartments at a private hotel. The same evening he received the very letter which had come to Lionel Dale's widow that October sunset, with its penciled bit of sarcasm. And under it was written: "The young lady who beguiled Chan dos Dale's brother Into a secret mar riage has needed no assistance from his relatives. The Slgnora Dalll other wise Mrs. Lionel Dale returns the In- closed compliments, and has the honor to bid Mr. Chandos fa re well !" i Theodora never enjoyed anything sc , much In all ber life as she did tht writing of this letter. ' She had conquered her own fortune I now. She was Indebted to no one. And the next month she was married to a I young English gentleman who had fol lowed her bright eyes half over twe i continents. While Mr. Dale had the satisfaction ; of knowing that he had wrought out hh wji destiny. MANY LIVES peu . a and 9 feet in uicn an 18-Inch pipe 20 feet udes. ' -Joys may be seen at the light mrtment storehouse on Diu- - - -,.nd, where buoys of air kinds and shapes "fire-kept, ready to be placed over some rock dangerous to navigation or to replace any which may be damag ed or adrift. This long pipe, which runs down into the water, Is what fur nishes the power for the whistle. When the buoy Is In the water the rolling of the waves up through the pipe and the pressure on the air in the tank forces It out through the whistle and the well known dismal sound Is the result Whistle buoys in different ports of the coast are given a different pitch in order that the mariner may, on a thick night, be able to know his locality by ! the difference In the sound. It Is the ! rintv nf the. fiffleera tn nrl1nr thp nltch ' ff thood vhlotloa irlian thav .r.i, nut rt tune and they have become so expert at it that they can detect and remedy j the slightest variation from the correct , pitch. The adjustment of these whistles must be made while they are In place j and sometimes the great necessity of i the marks on dangerous rocks obliges the men on the buoy boat to make these S repairs in very rough weather. The j repairing crew usually Includes the j mate and one man, who are towed up to the buoy until they are able to grasp the rings on the side and clamber up ! over the side to the cage which protects ! the whistle. Perhaps the most danger ous duty which falls to the lot of the buoy tenders Is that of replacing the heavy buoys during a storm or while a heavy sea Is running. With the steamer rolling her rails under the greatest care must be taken to avoid accident, and many are the stories of narrow escapes related by strong, rug ged men who perform this dangerous work. Augusta Journal. Knew Ada Rehan at School. It was one of the most dismal of rainy lights. Had a water tank burst in the sky it could not have poured harder. A soaking man hailed a trolley car in Brooklyn where one of the dark streets leading from the Atlantic dock crosses Van Buren street. In the car sat a dignified woman with classic and mellowed features. She wore a tailor-made gown and carried a ttrick-colored umbrella. Beside her was a l&ht-halred man whom every drip ping policeman, fireman and Red Hook resident who entered the car addressed as "Arthur." "Do I know the tall lady? We!!. I guess I do. She's Ada Rehan," said the conductor. "Ada Rehan ain't her right name, though. She used to be, when I knew her at school, Bridget Crehan. She was a great singer and reciter. "Her mother lives In a two-story brick iouse In Coffey street, near the German American stores. Her children have tried every argument toget Mrs. Crehan to move to a more fashionable locality, but the old lady says Red Hook is good enough for her. That's her brother Arthur, and everybody around here knows him." Can the trolley conductor have been right? Miss Rehan's biographies show that ber name was once Miss Crehan, but no literature of the stage gives the Information that the brilliant star of the Daly productions, thm Impersonator of 160 character and the guest of Lord and Idy Mtracmster was ever known, as Bridget. . When In town Mms Hehan crosses the Hamilton avenue ferry every ihm lltlo HbA TTnnk honu that wis nrtcp I the great actress' home. i Virtue is slow to see vice In others. I TRUMPET CALLS. (am flora Sounds a Warning Not to the Unredeemed. LITTLE, with God's blessing, is sufficient. You can't whine and shine at the same time. Striving to save drunkards. will not atone for making them. Christ's aid is more than asslst- ince; It Is strength. To tolerate sin Is to sin. Apply this to he saloon. With Christ in view, dying Is not part- I ng, but meeting. Some graves are more potent to per made men than many pulpits. A small church full of piety, has more xtwer than a large one full of pride. Men who come hungry for rlghteous less cannot be satisfied with rhetoric. God will not make the crowns for His lervants on the basis of church statis ts. The minister who works only for the ;lory of man, gets neither glory nor men. The uttermost of our ability exactly reaches the extremity of God's asslst ince. The value of the artificial light is de pendent on the vanishing of the sun light. Let the "Joy of ths Lord" show forth .n your face, not by length, but by ttreadth. How many of us dare pray: "Lord, io unto me this day even as I do unto sthersr We Americans scoff at the rule of the bayonet, while we smile under that of the beer keg. God will not build the temple of a lovely character on the foundation of anforgiven sins. Don't let your hatred for hypocrites ?ause you to be their companion through all eternity. Frequently the people who are most careful of the gilt on their Bibles, care east about the gold within them. A RELIC OF ST. PAUL. Frags ent of the Fmaa;oa;ue In Which the Apostle "Reasoned." Had anybody foretold, when we be pan excavating at Corinth In 1890. in absolute ignorance of the location of one single object mentioned in the de scription of I'ausanlas, that at the end of the first campaign we should have the theater, and at the end of the sec ond. I'irene, I should have said that it was too good to be true. In excavation, as in fishing, luck plays a great role. As all the archaeologists in Athens are fe licitating the American School on Its luck, we may as well rejoice openly. I would rather be the discover of Pirene than "lake Quebec." . . . To most people the name "Corluth" ' conjure up a picture of Its nn .nd honorattiriilstory from the -hen It founded Syracuse.. a ml jyra until It was destroyed by the inns; it Is rather the place made sa by tho residence and loving labors . St Paul. In our first year's work, while exca vating a bouse evidently of the Roman period, we had sportively called It the house of "Sosthenes, the brother," Kttle expecting that we should ever come up on anything which we could attach to the great apostle except by the slender est cord of fancy. Accordingly. It was rather startling to find, on turning over a block of marble found at a depth ol about ten feet, an Inscription of Roman times, rudely cut and broken at both ends, running, "synagogue of the He brews." The thought arose, and would not down, that this stone was a part ol the very synagogue in which Paul "reasoned . . . every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.' when "he continued there a year and six months, tcachlug the word of Goi Among them." The block was elalwrately carved ok one side with a row of deutils and higher bands of moldings both above and below It, and bad undoubtedly formed a part of a fine entablature of a building In the older city destroyed by Mummius; but In the synagogue it hue been used as the lintel of a door. It: show side, with the elaborate carviug had been turned downwards, so that it could be seen by looking up as out passed through the door, while the in scription was cut in the edge now brought to the front which, being plain, was well fitted for the purpose. We have not been able to identify any of the walls found near by witt the synagogue from which the block came, although we may subsequently give it such a setting; nor can we say with certainty that the inscription if not later than the time of Paul. Bui the probability is the other way, and It Is at least not unlikely that he passec and repassed under this very block We could hardly have found anything more closely associated with him. Century. Oriental Advertisers. Some of the slmilles used by orients: advertisers are remarkable. Here ar. one or two specimens which have re cently appeared in East rrn newspapers "Goods dispatched as expeditiously a a cannon ball." "Farcels done up witli as much care as that bestowed on hei husband by a loving wife." "Pnpe. tough as elephant's hide." "The print of our books Is clear as crystal, the matter elegant as a singing girl." "Customers triated as politely as by the rival steamship companies." "Silks and satins smooth as a lady's cheek and colored like the rainbow." Small Coin In Greece. The smallest coin now current In Surope, and the one having the least value, Is the Greek lepton. The lepton is, according to the dec imal monetary system, current In all countries belonging to the Latin union. Some idea of this value less little disc of copper may be gather ed from the fact that the lepton is the one-hundreth part of a drachma. The Greek drachma usually passes for tl.c value of 20 cents. A Famous Eagle. The eagle which originally decorated the stern of the famous schooner yacht America which first won what Is now known as the America Cup Is now tht sign of the Royal Eagle Hotel at Byde, Isle of Wight, overlooking the scene nf triA Trrssail'a rrtnmnh nmr nor TTCn, h atom fn 851. PhSosophers and pretty women are ! apt to be enamored of their own re Becownsj. Tip tt waiter and he uwnm jtm right, OUR BOYS AND GIRLS THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. Quaint Sayings and Cat Dotage Of tha Little Folks BmTwacrCi Gathered and Printed Here for All Other Lit tle Ones to Send. Get an old tin can, and by sooting It 31 the tire melt off the ends, first one then the other. Then cut the cylinder apart and flatten It out so that you will have a perfectly smooth piece of tin. From this cut a piece the shape down in the picture (a), five inches long and one and a half Inches wide In the widest part. This work can easily be done by a pair of old shears. Now, procure an empty spool, one with a large body If you can get It, and In the top drive two wire nails (b), and with a file cut off the heads of each. In the narrow part of the strip of tin make three smooth holes (5, 6 and 7), two of which (5 and C) will fit snugly over the nails in the spool, and the third (7) will be directly over the hole in the spool. Now give the corners (1 and 4) a slight turn downward, and the corners (2 and 3) a slight turn upward, and having placed the strip of tin on the spool, fitting It down over the nails, 1 you are ready for your first experiments In flying. Get a brad-awl or a small knitting needle fastened into a stout handle of ' wood, and pass it up through the spool 1 and through the center hole in the tin. I Then wind the spool with a piece of string Just as you would wind a top. When this is done hold the awl handle in one hand and pull the string sharply with the other. Of course, the spool will spin, and you will be surprised to see your tin machine whizzing through the air like a thing of life. If the weather is calm It will sometimes go to an astonishing height, but you can't have as much fuu with it In the wind, for then It will play all sorts of pranks, turning and twist ing and finally coming down to the earth with a rush. 1 Timothy Brown, i Oh, Timothy Brown was a terrible 1 scamp, and lessons he voted a bore! French, grammar, geography, history, j sums, he vowed he'd not learn any , more. At the end of a year he knew nothing at I all about anything under the sun French, grammar, gc-ogphy, history, sums, he'd forgotten them every Joe day a rich uncle said, "Timoth j Brown, I'll ask you a question or j two. .f I'm 45, and you're yonnger than 1, how j much am I older than you?" (Veil, Timothy Brown, he thought for j awhile, nnd at last he discovered ' this fact. That he hadn't a notion how long he'd I been born, and he didn't know how I to subtract. "Come, when is your birthday? I'll give you a tip," said his uncle, and pat ted his pate. But Timothy Brown he burnt into tears, ' he couldn't remember the date! ' That's the end of the story of Timet hj j Brown A story that's perfectly ' true. ind perhaps there's a moral for no one j nt all, and perhaps there's a moral for you! -St. Nicholas. j An Acorn. j Noma had been sick a long while, : anil she icas so tired of lying in bed I that all the family tried to amuse her. I I'apa brought her a little musical box, land mamma gave her picture-books; Tom bought a new game for ber, and Dotty a bunch of grapes; even baby offered her an acorn which he picked up under the great oak-tree. What a beautiful little thing it was. fitting neatly in Its tiny saucer, and what a dainty saucer, too, with row after row of wee brown scales folded so prettily over each other. Mamma tied a string around the acorn, hung it over a glass of water, and told Noma that now she could see it grow. "But how can it find Its way to the water, mamma?" asked Norna. ' "Watch and see," said mamma, smil ing. The next day Norna thought the acorn looked a tittle larger, but soon after that, oh dear! there was a dread ful crack all along its side. "It Is spoiled, mamma," sighed Norna. "It will never grow now." "Watch and see," said mamma again. Noma did watch. At last she saw something white and something green coming out of the crack. The white shoot grew down into the water and made a root, but the green shoot grew upward and made two little leaves. And so the acorn turned into a baby oak. And Noma so enjoyed watching It all (hat she forgot she was sick, and was almost as happy as If she bad been out doors In the sunshine. "Your little girl is much better," said die doctor to mamma. "She Is well enough to play in the yard. This new 1 medicine has helned ber.' And nobody knew that the little acorn bad helped ber as much as the medi cine. Youth's Companion. A Game Full of Excitement. Get a large sheet or tablecloth and a small feather. Have the company take bold of the edges of the sheet and form 1 ring. Then some one blows the feather Into the air and all must aS their part to keep It in the air and not !et it touch any one, and so it Is blown from one side to another, while the ef forts made to keep It floating are very funny. Sometimes. In the excitement )f keeping the feather up, some one will forget all about holding the sheet p. and then more excitement and fun follows. Must Be Engaged. "Mamma," said 5-year-old Johnny, 'Mr. Singleton Is engaged to sister Nel ie now, isn't he?" "Why, what makes rou think he is, Johnny?" asked his nother. "'Cause," replied the small bserver, "he hasn't given ma any andy for a week and yesterday he licked the dog." Meaning of Lasy. "Bobble," said the teacher to a smah upil, "what la tha nlng at the word 3 w 7 luyr "Lay," answered Bobble, "mean what a fellow ought to do him self, but coaxes another fellow to do for him." at X.-TTTTHR THEATRE.- PHILA DELPHIA. . . .t.ioh haa more natrons JIUUBC " ...- - - from this town than have all the other Quaker City Theatres commute. t WAAir nrftPTmme will De headed by "The Girl with the Auburn Hair." the best cara ever P'"" fl ..a .n rv.rin the first five weeks this act has been the talk of New York and more people .? ' nessed it at Keith's than have observ ed any other theatre in Gotham. She will be seen for the first time in Phil adelphia on January 1. The entertain ment which will last from 11 A. M. to 10 30 P. M. daily will be the greatest ever presented on any Philadelphia vaudeville stage, embracing no less than three great stars The Girl -with the Auburn Hair, Cissie Loftua and Mme. Hermann, widow of the magi cian. Miss Loftus" performance dur ing Christmas week was seen by assem blies that sacked the house from pit to dome twice daily. It will be un questionably the best entertainment in . Philadelphia, notwithstanding the fact that it may be seen for 15, 25 or SO cents. Stand Up When Trying on Shoes. "People would find less difficulty with ready-made shoes," said the experi enced salesman, "If they would stand up to fit them on instead of sitting down. Nine persons out of ten, par ticularly women, want a comfortable chair while they are fitting a shoe, and It is with the greatest difficulty you can get them to stand for a few min utes, even after the shoe Is fitted. Then, when they begin walking about, they wonder why the shoes are not so com fortable as they were ait first trial. A woman's foot to considerably smaller when she alta In a chair than when she walks about Exercise brings a larger Quantity of blood Into the feet, and th?y swell appreciably. The muscles also require certain space. In buying shoes this fact should be borne in mind." How's This T We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol sny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured of Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chsskt A Ox, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che. hey for the last 15 years, and believe him per. fectlr honorable in all business transaction anil financially able to carry oat any obliga tion made by their Ann. West Tboax, Wholesale Drus-gista. Toledo, Ohio. Waldimo, Kiksas A Marvik, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act Ini; directly upon the blood and mnoous sur faces of the system. Testimonial sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Hold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the beet. Though the star should be quench ed in a moment forever, it is good that the star should shine its brightest to the very last. This is the instinct of the brave and healthy heart that is faithful to its truest imnulses. Attention is called to the very useful articles contained In the premium list of the Continental Tobacco Co.'a ad vertisement of their Star Plug Tobacco in another volume of this paper. It will pay to save the "Star" tin tags and so take advantage of the best list ever issued by the Star Tobacco. Good literature is as necessary to the growth of the soul as good air to the growth of the body, and is just as bad to put weak thoughts into a child's mind as to shut it ud in an ur.vetitiiated room. RUPTURE Cnte Snaranteed by DR. J. B. MAYER, 1015 ARCH ST., FhiLa; Fa. Kik ouce; lu operation or delay from business. Coosulia IU.U iree. Undorsements of physicisna. ladie nnd prominent cilizena. Scad for circular. Omce l.oui.UA. M. to 1 r. M Might is right, say many; and so it is. Might is the right to bear the bur dens of the weak, to cheer the faint, to uplift the fallen, to pour from one's own full stores to the need of the famishing. Pirn's Cure for Consumption mUeres the ! moat obstinate couKhs.-Rev. D. Bitchmciu,- leb. Lexington, Mow, February M. 1H94. WHERE GOLD GROWS. I resh Deposit of the Precious Metal 1 very Year. There are localities where gold mny be said to grow every year, or. In oth er worda, where fresh deposits of the precious metal are to be found annual ly, says Answers. One such district Is in the Edmonton country. In the Canadian Northwest, where, after the spring floods from the same banks and "benches" of the Saskatchewan River, there are' taken' every year considerable quantities of gold by a few diggers, who make their living out of the business. But the most conspicuous and Inter estl 11 g case of this sort Is to be seen near Ichang, in the province of Hupeh, in China. For many centuries past each year gold has been washed from the j banks of coarse gravel on both sides of j the River Han, and In the midst of the j auriferous district there Is an ancient town called Llkutlen, which means "Gold Diggers' Inn.' Its Inhabitants subdivide the gold-bearing ground among themselves annually, staking out their claims with partitions. They pay no royalty and appear to earn no more than a bare subsistence, but this may be doubted, as John Chinaman is ' an adept at "layln' low and say In' nuffln." I The annual river floods bring down millions of tons of mud and sand from ' the mountains, and this mud and sand, 1 which is charged with gold, both "fine" j and In flakes. Is deposited to a depth of six Inches or more on the banks of gravel. It Is In the winter that the gold is washed, and it Is said that sev en men work about twenty tons of the "pay dirt" In a day. The Vaatnesa of Ijondon. The vastness of London Is becoming more and more striking. The real Lon don Is comprised In what is called the Metropolitan police area, and In that area there Is a population of 5,633,806, which is as great as the combined pop- ulatlons of fonr great capitals of Eu- j rope St Petersburg, Berlin, Paris and Rome. Already London extends eigb-! teen miles from Charing Cross all around, and the mind cannot grasp the : idea of the London of fifty years hence. In Its streets, houses, workshops, riv ers, 66 persons die from various kinds of violence every week; so that nearly 8,500 men, women and children every year meet their deaths from accident, negligence or design. Growth of Trees. The elm tree is full grown at the age of 150, ash at 100, and the oak at 200 years. The growth of an elm Is about 2 feet per annum; that of an oak less than one foot. . After a girl passes 25, if a serenad ing party stops at her house, she Is conceited if she doesn't decide that the young men have made a mistake In the bouse. The discovery by the neighbors that a girl had a promising voice, costs her father a thousand dollars before aha settles down and forgets bar aaabitloa In marryiBsV JIM WARPNEH CP IDAHO. Uave Name to Two Tow as, Lost Fosnr Fortunes, and After Aaother. "Jim Wardner, of Idaho and all ver," said a visitor in Chicago from the Pacific slope, "ought to be some where In New York city at this rery minute, for I beard he had left for the East on a prospecting trip, Just be fore I got down from Skaguay. Ward ner Is a genius that cannot be downed, and besides having one town named for him In Idaho and another In British Kootenai, he has made and lost four fortunes In mines, and Is now starting In on bis fifth. At least, bis fourth Is gone, and he only makes a fortune when he happens to be out of one. His last venture was big. but it went wrong. He had two steamboats on the Kootenai, and started the town of Wardner, which went with a boom, and Jim started to win a million. "There was a rival town across tht river, but they had to depend on Jim's steamboats for their stuff, and, nat urally, under the circumstances, Wardner had the bulge on Steelton the name of the other town. One day when everything was coming Jim's way, both of his boats went on th rocks and sunk, and Jim wasn't yet In a fix to replace them. In other words. It busted him, and he got out of It the best he could, which was tc go off to Toronto and trade his town site for a stock of goods. These, to the extent of $40,000, he carried up to Lake Bennett and started with It down the river for Dawson. Evidently Jiin'f luck wasn't on the water, for bis boal load of stuff was wrecked, and he only saved enough of it to bring him in $9,000. when, if he had had luck, his $40,000 would easily have been sold for $400,000 at the usual Dawson profit That sort of thtngs would have knocked out most men, but Warduer went right on, and now, I understand, he has got something to present to the notlco of capitalists better than any thing he ever struck. "Ills 'black cat farm was one of tb things that gave him a reputation foi wealth. This was a farm on an Island in Puget sound, where he raised, ac cording to his representations to an Eastern journalist, such vast numbers of black cats that their fur brought him In a fabulous revenue. Of course, it was a fabric of the fancy, but the story was told everywhere, and Ward- ner's black cat farm was one or the features of the coast on paper, al least. "Another story Is told on him of f. time when he was between fortunes and wanted to get to New York for a grubstake. He was at Vancouver, and as be couldn't swim, nothing was left him to go on but the land, so he struck the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He stated his case to the agent and asked him to telegraph Mr. Shaughnessy, the general passenger agent at Montreal, to the effect .hat Sir. Wardner was at Vancouver, and unless he got trans portation he would have to walk. The obliging agent sent the message and asked: 'Shall I Issue the transporta tion?' Later the agent received a re ply: 'Don't let Mr. Wardner walk,' and that same night Mr. Wardner was flying Eastward on a Canadian Pacific train. Arriving at Montreal Wardnei went to Shaughnessy to extend his thanks, and when the general passen ger agent saw mm ne tnrew up nit hands. " 'How did you get here so soon?' h asked. "Over the Canadian Pacific, 1 course, responded araner. " 'But how? Didn't the agent get my telegram? "Yes, and It said: 'Don't let JL Wardner walk, and I didn't,' smiled Jim. " 'Great Scottr exclaimed Shaugh nessy, that telegraph operator left out 2Qth C entury All manac Not the ordinary kind ) A handsome yeir-book filed who beautiful illustrations, and a complete calendar. It is sold on all news-stands for 5 cents, and it's worth ive times that amount. It is reliable chronology of the progress of the 19th century and a prophecy of what may be expected in the 20th. Hrs are s few of ths great ecu v :.j Lave written for it: Secretary Wilson, on Agriculture Sen. Chauncey M. Depew, on Politics Russell Sage, on Finance Thomas Edison, Electricity Gen. Merritt, " Land Warfare Adml. Hichbom, Naval Warfare "Al" Smith, " Sports You will enjoy reading it now, and it will be a book of reference for you through the years to come. Sixty-four pages, printed ivory IntsK paper. If your news-dealer cannot sup ply you with h, cut out this ad. and send it with three one-cent stamps and receive tais elegant book free. Address ). C Ayer Co.. Lowell. Mass. I 1181 If - I I ASM GoasjB ftyruBwrastes Good. Uss I I I tnttam Bold by draassas. I If we consult the Encyclopedia for information ibout soap, we find in it this statement: "The manufacturer of toilet soap generally takes care to present his wares in convenient form and of agreeable appearance rj smell; the more weighty duty of having them free from uncomhntr j alkali is in many cases entirely overlooked." The authority is good, the statement is undoubted ly true, and careful people realize more and more that i. is best to buy only an old-established brand likv the "Ivory." A brand that they know is pure and harmless IVORY SOAP 99 o PER CENT. PURE. OOPVHIOHT ISM SV TM MOOTfS S OAMBLT CO. CINCINNATI SAVE YOUR "Star" tin tags (showing small stars printed on nnder ti U of tag), "Horse Shoe," "J.T.," " Good Luck," " Cross Bow," and "Drummond" Natural Leaf Tin Tags are of equal value m securing presents mentioned below, and may bo assorte'l. Every man, woman and child can find something oa the lit that they would like to have, and can have 7 TACH. 1 Mfttoh Box 1 Kn fe, one bl4. good steel......... 2i S Bripunra, 4H inches 3& 4 Child" Set, Knife, Fork and Hpoon i 8't and Pepper Set, one each, quad ruple plate on white metal M Frem-ti Briar Wood Pipe 1 Razor, hollow ground, fine English Heel M 5 Bntter Knife, triple plate, best quality 0 Kuuar Hhell. triple plate, beet qnaL. 60 10 Rrttiip Box, sterling silver 11 Enife. "Keen Kutter," two blades.. 7 13 Butcher Knife, "Keen Kutter," H-tii blade 7B 13 Shear. "Keen Kutter." 8-inch 76 14 Nnt Ket, Ciarker and tf Picca, silver Plted w IB Bae Ball "Asociaion " bet aual.lKj 16 Alarm Clock, nickel loo " .f.VTr"in,iw,eer" J"puou9'"CT,1..1 1H Wur.-li nlfbssl ai.m .rinn'snn Bet IK1 I 19 Carvers. good steel, bu'khorn handles SM SO Six Genuine Rogers' Table Spoons, best plated goods 350 " S.ior.hn.UVeHana FrkS- bUCk' I tt BUh? Grains .V Knives sod Forks, best plated goods 6w THE MOVE OFFER EX PI ft Special Notice nut wui ne pnui ror in caii on me usmu or twenty cents per hundred. If receiviM hr n on or before tin -ch 1st. l m. tV-BKAK I.N MIMI (hat m li.e'n wona o! STAR PLUG TOBACCO will Isurt laaaer "d mtTmrd mire pi run re than a dimea wertl r any r b. ,.i- MAKE THE TE8TI Send tags to COXTIKESTAL TUK4CCO CO., St. Loji Mo. MATTER OF COINCIDENCE. ftir Men Who Found that on One Day Each Year They Lied. "Speaking of strange culnckl ne. 8," aid thetnlkative uitiu. "1 ni uncross one bis afternoon that I lo not think has jver been duplicated. 1 was tak.ug Lunch in a downtown cafe to-day, jmJ it the table next to me were seated four men. They were strangers to one an- .other, but under the spell or what the .Wfliror hml a.t lifrr tliom irvrn tnlfc lug like old friends. - u .By jOTe gaij one 0f tnem sudden . ly, this Is my birthday ? I " 'Why,' exclaimed another, 'so is it . mine' j " 'Mine, too,' said the third. " 'And mine, too,' added the fourth man. "They . stared at one another for a . moment and then the first man said: " 'I am r3 to-day. In France the peasantry still stick tt "'Why, that is my age, exclaimed an- aioiliciu.es calculated to turn the aver other. nse doctor's hair pray with Imrror. " 'Mine, too. said the third man Wine is an ingredient of every 'ere " 'Gentlemen,' exclaimed the fourtL scription. In fever cases it is alvoyr man, that is my age. too!' the predominant one. The rreiid "A strange thing about my birthday,' peasants faith' in fermented r:ip said the first speaker, 'is that I once Juice is truly beautiful. If hi broke my arm upon that day, and since uren are stricken with the measles In then my arm always pains me upon that gives them wine, well swectetieil witl day.' honey and highly spiced with pepi" " 'What birthday was it?' asked the For a severe cold he administer s second man, in a strange voice. quart of red wine and a incited tail n " "My seventh,' answered the first j candle mixed. For scarlet or brain 1 man. 1 ver he gives eggs, white wine and " "Gentleman, shouted the second 1 well beaten together, man, "I broke my arm on my seventh birthday, and ever since uuon that day my arm has pained me!' " 'I have had the same experience,' re-! turned the third man. " 'And I also,' said the fourth man. " 'I fell from a hay mow,' said the i first man. i " 'So did I, came from the three in 1 jne voice. j " 'Gentlemen,' said the first speaker, 'it lacks but one thing to complete this strange coincidence. Upun my birth day I always find myself unable to speak the truth.' " 'It is the same way with me," promptly returned the second man. " 'Here too,' said the third. "And the fourth man broke the spell by asking what it would be." New York Sun. Found a in He Swallowed. Three years ago Percy Smith of I Whitestone swallowed a pin. He was in the rooms of an athletic club to which he belonged, when he started to call a friend across the room. He had the pin between his teeth, and when he opened his mouth it slipped into his throat and lodged there. He was hurried to Dr. Blecker, who attempted to reach the pin with a small pair of forccDs. Before j he could do so the pin slipped down the throat. It gave no trouble after that. Mr. Smith forgot the Incident after a time. Last week his little finger on the right hand was slightly Inflamed, and what appeared to be a small sliver ap peared in the Inflamed part. Mr. Smith tc.i a needle and started to take out wnat he supposed was a splinter of wood. He opened the Inflamed part sufficiently to get hold of the supposed sliver and after some trouble drew It out. when it was found to be the pin he had swallowed In the summer of 1896. It was discolored and Incrusted and when the layer of other matter was re moved the pin was found to be pitted presumably by the action of tha acids thestaraaca. TAR TIN TAGS 3.1 Clock, H-day. Calendar, Thermom eter, IlArome'er 34 iun 1-ather, no better nm-le. H Revolver, automatic, dotible act. -u. :i2 or H caliber 6 " 34 Tool 8et, not playthings, but rl tool 37 Toilet Set ilcorated porcelain, very hatnlfvmie 2H Remington Kitle No. 4. 23 or S3 .-at . 2tf Watch, Hrerliug silver, full jewW I 1""" 34 Urens Suit 'e, leather, ha:nl-'iii and durable 31 Bwing Machine, flrt cla&s, ui h all attachments 33 Revolver, Colt's. 3-caIiber, bluetl heel I.'hW JB liirte. Coifs. 16-Nhot. S2-ca!lr 1SJ it it 34 iiuitar (Washburn), rosewood, in- I laid 3$ Ma idol in, very hand nue.. M Winchter Repeating Hhot Gnu 57 Remington, double-barrel, ham- merSuot Gun, 10 or 1:1 gaue 2mw 33 Bicvcle, standard make, ladies or geiis 25 W ' Shot Oim. R,mtoSton. dnalile bar- I -wrle. I 40 Kevins Maiic Box. lb inch DUo . .01 S VOy-VSER 30m. 1900. Plain "Star" Ttn Tac fthat i. 8'ar tin taus with no ni II stars printed on nnir i-lf of tau. are noc t"i or pment. it it -Mr V ooer Nam -b. The origin of the names of some of :he towns In Cape Colony and Nutiil wliicli are at present so prominently attracting public attention is of Inter est. Durban is named from Sir Ileu janiin Durban, who was fSovenmr of the Cape in 1S34. tJraliainstowti and llarrismith are named respectively from military commanders -t'nl. Ura ham and Col. Sir Harry Smith. 'nle- don, Beaufort Somerset ami Y.l ,ek are named from former Coveninrs. The towns of Lndysmith; Port i:iiz.i lieth and Lady Grey are call.-il after the wives of Cape Governors. Khiilicr l.y is named after the Karl of Kiml.er lcy. who was Colonial Secretary from I'STO to 14. when that town aiivaticnl from the position of a mushroom camp to that of a permanent minim: cent r Tallow Candies with ltt-d Wine, Of knowledge even tho wis5 , carries only a sample case. wOUgll Consumption, t una C 1 s- iT-k Coughs,Coids,Gri ; Wy ill D Bronchitis, lioarsc- ncss. AVhma, Who..; Couph. Croup. Small doses ; quick. siii rev, : O D f D C V NEW DISCOVERY;,,., 1 quick r- i-f c-ir.- w i c Ho ,k of ttilDiiiia ami I O H t' m,i in- ' rve. ur. m. H. enEEs'B 8Ua. Bol AKiH. at w. Grow up with it. FOR FIFTY YEARS: j mrs. wnsrsLow's J SOOJHING SYRUP tiiift lawn uw.1 hr million nf m 'i!lfI 11.4-lrchlldivn while Twthltiie for over iMi f V -Hrs. It hoottHM Uie chlM. itr,n g piuii, nltuyi ull tKiln. rnrv win I "He, U tia- bt'bt rviiietly lor dUn liavi. Twenty-five Cents -i Bof. i STCrPEO FREE Permanently Curai Intaslty Hroer.'.tC tT PR. KLINE'S CfiEAI IERVE RESTORE Md-Ma-M fertn jr. Vaaoa anaA. Tntm J aftdw flrat day ' oa. Treat! BairnlfS f la I'iiMUsii. t t tu ( W wnrta riorl vm I Ull.i. of IMUm SU tt. rkH'l". A e. HOLD'S COUGH Cures Coach and olil. mm I f" fl Pr"' CMramiMiaii. K I I I C n Ail Drueeists. 28c " mils
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