THE AVERAGE MAM
iDa face had the rrimness of Malta; -It
wu bleached and bronaed by the sun.
Like the coat on hia poor narrow aho al
ders; And hia hands ahowad the work ho had
done.
Sia dim eyes wore weary and patient;
And he smiled through hia pallor aad
tan
A wistful, aad smile, aa If saying:
Tss only aa average smaa.
"I can't be a hero or poet.
Nor a dictator wearing a crown,
I'm only the hard-working eerrant
Of those aet a bore me. I'm down;
rm down, and ifs no nae complaining;
I'll get on the beat way I can;
And one o' these daya'H come morning
And rest for the average man."
He wagea all battles and wins them.
He builds all turrets that tower
Over walla of the city to tell
Of the rulers and priests of the hoot,
Without him the general la helpless,
The earth bat a place and a plan.
He mores all and clothes all and feeda
all.
This sad-smiling, average man.
Then I lifted my hand in a promise.
With teeth aet close, and my breath
Held harj in my throat; and I uttered
A vow that shaU outlive death.
I awear that the builder no longer
To me shall be leaa than the plan.
Henceforward be guerdon and glory
And hope for the average man,
Hamlin Garland.
MA Dn TIMES
I -;::" S
S 6 (73 HE'S gone at last, has he?"
JjqJSsaid my wife, with a little.
piquant elevation of her pret
ty brows. "I began to think he was
somehow gifted with Immortality."
"Dead at last," said I. "And what do
yon think, Jenny? He has left aa a
hundred dollars."
"A hundred dollars T' echoed my wife,
- clasping her hands together. "Oh!
Charles a hundred dollars r
Mow all this may sound like a twopence-half-penny
sort of affair to some
of my readers, as I am very well aware.
But as I am only a clerk on a salary of
nine hundred a year a hundred dollars
drifting, as It were, out of the sky,
seemed a very neat sum to me.
Jenny and I were both young people,
Just beginning the world, with no par
ticular riches, except one apple-cheeked
baby. Jenny did her own work, made
my ablrts and cut and fitted her own
dresses. I walked to and from busi
ness every day to save the twenty cents
omnibus fares. We did our best to make
both ends meet and a tight pull we
found It.
So that you will easily see that this
hundred-dollar bill represented consid
erable more to us than Its mere face
value. Old Uncle Moses Manson was
mortally offended when hie niece, Jen
ny Clifford, chose to marry me Instead
of a wizened, bespectacled, eld contem
porary of his own. He had newr spoken
to her since, and we naturally enter
tained no very exalted hopes of any
testamentary recollections on his part.
And the hundred-dollar bill, therefore,
possessed the charm of an agreeable
surprise Into the bargain.
"Charles," said Jenny, under her
breath, "what shall we do with It?"
"That is the very question," said L
"Do you know, Jenny "
I hesitated a little here.
"Tea?" she responded. Interrogative
ly. "Every fellow in the bank, except me,
has a gold watch. I've been ashamed
of this old silver concern more than
once. And Seymour has a very nice
second hand one for sale that he will
let me have for ninety dollars If "
"And turn the hundred dollars Into a
mere useless ornament:" cried Jenny,
with a strong accent of disapprobation
In her voice. "Charley, that Isn't a bit
uke you."
"Well, then, what do yon suggest?"
"I should so like to give a social party
with it," said Jennie, coaxingly. "Only
think how often we've been invited out
since we were married, and never have
had a chance to return any of the hos
pitalities of our friends. The musi
cians, the supper, and all, would come
within the hundred dollars."
"And you are absurd enough to wish
to eat, aud drink, and dance up a sum
Uke that!" I cried. "No, no, Jennette, It
Is entirely out of the question."
"A new velvet suit for the baby?"
suggested Jenny, pouting a little at the
tmphasts of my words.
"How would it correspond with the
rest of our surroundings?" I asked, not
without an accent of bitterness. "You
j id a great deal better suggest a new
winter suit and overcoat for me. You
never seem to observe how shabby I
am getting."
"Nobody notices a gentleman's
dress," said Jenny. "I can make your
overcoat look very nice with fresh bind
ing and new buttons but how I should
Uke a sealskin jacket!"
"Jenny," said I, somewhat disgusted,
"I had no Idea you could be so selfish."
Jenny colored and tossed her head.
"Selfish, Indeed!" cried she. "I would
tike to know whether you have yet sug
gested anything which was not for
your own special benefit and use?"
We were both silent. 1 don't suppose
either one of us bad felt so vindictive
before, since our marriage. Clearly,
the hundred-dollar bill bad worked no
great benefit as yet.
"I'll tell you what, Jenny," said I;
"lef s compromise. Let's buy a new sitting-room
and stairs carpet. I saw a
beautiful pattern at Moody's yesterday
pearl-gray, with a vine of scarle'
moss all over it."
"I don't care very much for new car
pets as long as we live on a second
floor," said Jenny. "And you don't
seem to remember, Charles, that I
haven't had a silk dress since we were
married. Black slik Is suitable for all
cessions, from a wedding to a funeral,
and I really think "
"I believe a woman's thoughts are al
ways running on dress," muttered I,
somewhat contemptuously. "I'm sure
that black alpaca of yours In beauti
ful." 'That's all you know about the mat
tar," said Jenny, elevating her nose.
"Well, I don't care. Spend the money
as you choose. Only, Uncle Moses was
aiy relative."
"And the money was left to me. Mrs.
Bvarts." said I.
Jenny looked at me with her eyes full
of tears.
"Oh, Charles," said she, "how can
rou speak to me so?"
"Because I'm a brute, Jenny," said I,
fairly melted. "Forgive me. and weMl
'Ing the paltry old hundred-dollar bill
jfe the fire before we'll let It scatter
. seeds of division between us."
No, Charley, don't do that," said
Jenny, laughing through her tears.
"Let's put It In the savings band."
"Agreed," said I. sealing the bargain
with one of our old-fashioned kisses.
"And apropos of savings banks, did I
tell yeu about Greene?"
"fc'o. What about Ox sane?"
T3iy. ad has fi hui fen
sMtsd Into the KtM Oatfck
cottage 70a ever aasa, tk 4fcei
side of tba HAsmMfHtn a Uwn
and a garden, taCyJjt a little
Aldemey cow." . tr
"Rented Itr '" T
"No, bought W ''
"Why, Charles, has east that be)
Greene has only two or three hundred
a year more than you, i and It takes
moaey to bay places ha (he eeunUj."
"All savings banks, my dear," said L
"Greens tells me that he and hia wife
have been saving up for years, with
special reference to this country home
for their children. They commenced
with a fifty-cent piece.''
"We can do better than that!" salo
Jenny, with sparkling eyes. "Please
God, dear Charley, our little fellow
shall have a green and sunny place to
play In before he Is many years olderl
And I'll do without the silk dress."
"And I'll make the old overcoat lasi
another season, at the very least," I
added. '
"And we'll give np all such nonsense
as new carpets "
"And gold watches."
"And foolish suppers and wines ano
everything else that Isn't absolutely
necessary," added Jenny, comprehen
sively. The next morning, bright and early.
as soon as business hours would per
mit, I went and deposited the hundred
dollars In the nearest savings Odni. "
A week afterwsitf Mr. Manyply drop
ped In. In a friendly way. Manyply Is
the lawyer who transacted Uncle
Moses Manson's financial affairs a
plump, bald-headed, deep-voiced old
gentleman, who always dresses In
spotless black and wears a big seal
ring on the little finger of his left hand.
"So," said Mr. Manyply. "you've In
vested that hundred dollars, have you?"
"Yes," said I, with the complacent air
of one who has an account In bank.
"But how did you know it?"
"Oh, I know a good many things,"
said Mr. Manyply, oracularly. "But
what's the idea of It?"
i'Economy," struck in Jenny, proudly
"We are saving now, Mr. Manyply. We
mean to have a home for little Charley
a garden full of roses and pinks and
strawberries one of these days."
"And a very laudable ambition,"
said Manyply In that smooth, oily way
of his. "How much would such a place
cost now?"
"Charles thinks If we waited for' a
bargain we could secure It for about
57,000," Jenny answered, promptly.
"Buy It now, then," said Mr. Many
ply. "Here's a check for eight thou
sand."
"Eh?" cried I, breathlessly.
"A check," the old lawyer went on,
"signed by your Uncle Manson. payable
to the order of his niece. Jaue Anue
Evarts. Ah! you may well look aston -
lshed. He was an eccentric old chap,
this uncle of yours. Mrs. Evarts and I
have his written instructions to keep
an eye on the manner In which you In- j suggest to you how easily they may be
vested that hundred-dollar bequest of produced In great variety,
bis. 'If it is squandered in any foolish j Take the first one, representing San
way,' he writes, 'there is an end of the . ta Claua. You have but to cut a tree
matter. Put my money all in the Hos-;
pltal for Hunchbacks. If they show
any disposition to save help them aion;
with this check for eight thousand dol
lars, to be expended only In the pur
chase of real estate.' My young friends.
I congratulate you." 1
And Mr. Manyply's spectacles beam
ed upon us like two full moons.
This is how we became possessed ot
our lovely little country home, where
Charley thrives like a growing flower
and Jenny flits about In a broad-brimmed
gardening hat, trimming roses,
pruning gooseberries and planting lily
bulbs. And the hundred-dollar bill lies
untouched In the savings bank.
"It shall be Charley's fortune," say-i
my wife. "It would be a shame to
touch It after It has wrought us so
much good."
And I quite agree with her. Nov
York News.
A Republican Hat.
The story below, taken from the New
York Tribune, proves that when poetry
Is in, wit is not necessarily out:
Michael Joseph Barry, the poet, was
appointed a police magistrate m Dub
lin. An Irish-American was brought
before bim, charged with suspicious
conduct, and the constable, among other
things, swore that be was wearing a
"Republican hat."
"Does your honor know what that
means?" Inquired the prisoner's law
yer of the court.
"I presume," said Barry, "that 11
means a hat without a crown."
Her Dogs.
Summer In Dawson, says the Inde
pendent, is delightful, and even the
winters, declare those who have stayed
there in that season, are glorious. Many
are the stories told about the wondrous
tieautles of the trail over the ice and
the White Pass, where even women
have gone, handling their dogs, from
day to day, as the men handled theirs.
Every man and woman there has a
story, all interesting and some thrill
ing. "I used to like to start out first In
the morning," said a Detroit woman.
"Once, as I hurtled my dogs down the
trail In the gray dawn, I saw three
stray animals romping on the way.
Now, If you catch up with a stray dog
on the trail, he Is yours; so, my heart
fluttering with Joy, I begaa whistling
to the half-wild creatures.
"At first they paid no attention to me,
but kept romping and leap-frog gtng op
and down the tralL I slowed np my
team and put myself In front, the bat
ter to make my peace with the rene
gades. "When wa had come within a hun
dred yards of them they stopped pity
ing, sat down and stared at us. I whis
tled again and they an ran. How fool
ish I felt when it suddenly dawned on
me" that I had been trying to harness?
three wild wolves!"
The Umbrella Bird. j
The umbrella bird, which has some
resemblance to a crow both in size and j ,M,js burst suddenly with a spiral mo
plumage. Is so called from a wide crest j tlon. so that the seeds mav le projected
which spreads out above Its head like . ten or fifteen feet. The wood-sorrei
a parasol. This crest is composed of i has its seed pods split along their whole
long slender feathers, rising from a ; length, but the fissure remains closed
contractile skin on the top of the head, j until the tiny, delicate capsule in which
The shafts are white, and the plume ; each seed is wrapped bursts, and in sc
glossy blue, bair-llke, and curved out-j doing propels both itself and Its con
ward at the tip. When the crest is laid tents with considerable violence.
back the shafts from a compact white
mass sloping up from the top of the
head, and surmounted by the dense
hairy plumes, but when fully spread
the top forms a perfect, slightly elon
gated dome, of a beautiful shining blue"
color. The length of this dome from
front to back is about five Inches, the
breadth four to fbur and a half inches.
This bird Is a native of the Islands of
the South American rivers, being sel
dom if ever seen on the mainland.
" '
Water Very acaroa.
Tne value of water ha Sooth Africa
wlU be fully recognized when it Is stat
ed that even In times of peace it has
been Known to cost 10 cents a quart
OUH BOYS AND G1RL0.
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Qaalat Sayimaja aad Cats Dolman of the
Idttle Foike Kverywhare, Gathered
aad Printed Hera for All Other Lit
tle Oaaa to Bead.
Shadow picture are as old aa tb
hills, for In sunshine or moonshine,
wherever there la a tree or a rock or
a flying bird, a blade of grass or a1
cobweb floating Its almost invisible
shape along the air. there will be found
shadow a, and they all make pictures of
some sort to the careful observer. I
remember seeing a little tot of a girl
among the lilacs of a private flower
garden last summer. The day was sun
ny and warm and the baby was sitting
SANTA CL1C8.
In perfect content, patting the shadows
of the twinkling lilac leaves. She
called the shadows butterflies, and
would put her hand over one and then
peek under her hand and give a little
squeal of surprise that the shadow but
terfly was gone. So, for ever so long.
this small girl played In a shower of
butterfly shades that were unconscious
ly making pictures for her. It Is morq
than likely that the stealthy shadows
ul me great ioresis nrst suggesiea 10
the Indians that the wilderness was
JOHN BULL.
peopled with spirits, and caused them
to think that the tree, the stream and
: the modest flower had each Its guard
. ian angel.
I In winter evenings It Is great fun to
jmake shadow pictures on the wall, and
the accompanying illustrations will
ind cap and beard from cardboard and
PTSOT.
held them In the proper position be
tween the light and the wall to get the
shadow picture. By wriggling your
angers you may make Santa wrinkle
his nose and upper Hp in a most amus
ing manner.
Next we have "John Bull." who It
Just now after the Boers. With two
pieces of cardboard and -your fingers
:n right position you get a picture of
English John carrying his flag before
him. Just below Is a pig's head, made
TKRBIEK AID MCZZLK.
by properly placing the hands, only.
Move your fingers up and down and
watch the fellow open and shut
mouth. Perhaps he represents the Boei
making faces at John Bull.
In spite of the fact that It Is winter,
the next shadow picture shows a ter.
rier dog with a inuzle on. Move yout
fingers a bit and the dog will bite aj
the nose cage that should hflve'beeq
lisearded long ago.
l'lantn that Shoot Their Seeds.
The witch hazel throws Its seeds to )
greater distance than any other plant.
It flowers late, after the fall of th
leaf, and amid Its plumy yellow bios
80ms cluster the nuts produced from
lutt year's flowers, each containing tw
black, wlilte-tlpped seeds. As thej
rlpeu the outer shell cracks from tlx
top. while the inner covering splits and
turns Its edges Inward, so as to presi
on the seeds. As soon as the crack ex
tends below the middle of the nut tit! 1
piessure expels the seed, which :k i
is said, sometimes thrown forcibly to a
distance of forty-five feet. To pass
through a witch hazel copse In late
autumn is to expose oneself to a minia
ture bombardment. Many other plant!
throw their seeds to a great distance,
the advantage being that the seedlings
find fresh grounds, neither overshad
owed nor exhausted by the parent
plant. In different species the means
employed Is very various. The distri
bution In the case of the geraniums Is
on the principle or a released spring,
by which are often thrown seeds for
tweuty feet With some nod-bearinu
plants, as the vetch and the broom, the
How Tom Thouerht It Out.
He Is not a boy In a ook; he lives In
our house. He seldom says anything
remarkable. He eats oatmeal In large
Quantities, goes through the toes of his
'nots. loses his cap and slams the doors.
like any other boy. .But he Is remark
able, for he asks few questions, and
does much thinking. If he does not
understand, be whistles an excellent
habit ou most occasions.
There was much whistling in om
yard one summer. It seemed to be an
all - summer performance. Near the end
0f the season, however, our boy an-
nounced the heleht of our tall maDla
tree to be thirty-three feet
I Jift yA I
Wny, how do jroa knowt" tM the
aaneral question.
-Measured ft."
-Howr
""root-rule and yard-stick."
"You didn't climb that tall tree?" lis
mother asked, anxiously.
"No'm; I Just found the length of the
shadow, and measured that"
"But the length of a shadow changes."
"Yes'm; but twice a day the shadows
are Just as long as things themselves.
I've been trying It all summer. I drove
a stick into the ground, and when the
shadows were just as long as the stick
I knew that the shadow of the tree
would be Just as long as the tree, and
that's thirty-three feet."
"So that Is what yon have been whis
tling about all summer."
"Did I whistle?" asked Tom. Selected.
TRUMPET CALL?
Baa
Horn Bounds a Warning; Jfote
to tba Unredeemed.
HUS salth the
Lord: There is
but one mediator
between God and
man. For through
Him we . both
have access by
by one Spirit un
to the Father.
ut there be
some that trouble
you, and would
pervert the gos
pel - of Christ.
Stand fast therefore In the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free
and be not entangled again with the
voke of bondage.
To give license Is to defraud liberty.
Humility Is the crown of real merit.
Parlor politeness does not cure per
sonal Impurity.
Trifles become troubles because we
'rlfie with them.
A man may be measured by the sub-
lects of his mirth.
Imitation Is the tribute that medloc-
ity pays to merit.
When the new century comes It will
jt!!l need the old gospel.
If men work with God six days they
will rest with Him on the seventh.
The application of the sermon on the
pews Is the pulpit's best peroration.
An un-Christly deed unchristlanizes
1 nation just as truly as It does a man.
HOW PEOPLE CATCH COLD.
Slight Caoaea Often Produce Serious
Keaulta to Men's Health.
The various ways In which a cold
nay be brought on are thus described
ay Dr. J. H. Kelliigg: "A little knife
jlade of air blowing in through a crack
u a window upou some part of the
jody will chill that part, and the blood
essels of that region will become con-
:rncted, affecting somewhere In the in-
crior of the body an area in reflex ce-
ation with this portion of the surface
the body. For instance, the blood
vessels of the skin of the top of the
shoulders and the chest are associated
.vlth the blood vessels of the lungs, so
hat whatever happens to- the blood
essels of the skin of the shoulders and
liest happeus also to the blood vessels
f the lungs.
"if there is a contraction of the blood':
.-essels of the back of the neck there
vlll be a contraction of the blood ves
sels of the nose and throaty and If there
s a contraction of the blood vessels of
be top of the shoulders and the shorrt
ler blades there will also be a contrac
.lon of the blood vessels of the lungs.
A'hen the Influence of the cold is con
inued this contraction Is followed by
ongestion. When one puts his hands
nto cold water for a few minutes they
ire first pale and then red. , This Is re
ictlon. The longer the application and
he more Intense the degree of cold the
rreater will be the contraction and the
ongestion. So if the back of the neck
s exposed for a long time to the lnflu:
nee of cold one Is likely to have a cold
n the nose and throat: If the shoulder
ilndes and the tops of the shoulders art)
exposed one Is likely to take cold In the
tings and suffer from congestion of the
ungs.
"If the cold Is long continued It may
.ause not only a congestion but an in
Inmmntion of the nose or lungs. So If
he bottoms of the fret become wet or
:hllled a weakness of the bladder may
esult If there has ever been a trouble
here, or a weakness of the stomach If
here has been a catarrh of that organ."
Iou't overwork yourself. Just Imag
ine how miserable you would be If you
finished all your work to-day and had
nothing ta do the rest of your life.
A Gigantic Moth. .
The largest Insect known to ento
mologlsts is a Central American moth,
railed the Erebus Strix. which expands
its wings from eleven to elghteep
inches.
W hat Shall We Have Far Deaaertl
Tills question arlxes in the family daily. Let
us answer It to-day. Try Jeli-O. a delicious
and healthful dessert. Prepared In 2 mill. No
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Wpberryand Strawberry. At grocers. 10c.
An electrical device for whipping
convicts has been introduced in some
"if the French penitentiaries.
To Cure Coutlpatlon Forever.
Talis Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or S5e.
If C. C. C. (ail to cure, urucifi&ts refund money.
A Baltimore gentleman, advertis
ing for a wife, announces some essen
tial Qualifications and closes with the
declaration that she "must be fond of
dots."
IOO Rewaru. SHOO.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at leattt one dreaded disease
that science has been able tn care in all its
statcea. and that is atarrh. HalTs Catarrh
ure is the only positive cure known fro the
'iiudical fraternity. atarrh being a eonrtita
tmmi iliseape. requires a constitutional treat
ment. H all's I'atarrh Cure is taken internally,
LCtiug directly on the brood and mucous sur
faces of tiie system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the dinease, and frivinsc the pa
tient strength by building np the constitution
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Hnll'a Family Pills are the be-tt.
Dr. Couden.the blind chaplain of
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.ccimng, Miteus the gums, reducing ludarama
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One-third of the area of Russia is
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Viiautv low. debilitated or exhausted cure 1
ly Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonics. Fas a
r.al bottle lor 2 weets' treatment. Dr Kliat
UU Arc.l at., l-hiUurlplu.i. i-oundej l7l
The draught that extinguishes
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the
aw Are Tear KHstn t .
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In the world's great drama the ocean
olays the rjrineipal role.
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Hia Fatal Mistake.
"Ah. no!"
Count tie Flattebroke raised his voice
to a towe of Impassioned protest as he
addressed the homely heiress.
"Ah, nol I do not love you for your
money! It Is your own fair face that
I love. My affection is as great as
your beauty."
"Then, CounL" came the cruel an
swer of Miss Ugielgh, "you'll have to
look a little farther. Your affection
doesn't appeal to me."
For she had a mirror that bad told
her a few things about her beauty.
Besides, as she afterward said,
"What's the use of having money If It
Isn't appreciated?" v
What, Indeed? Baltimore American
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Pleases all the family. Four flavors:
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry.
At your grocurs. 10 cts.
A treat many Christians are dead
wires because some one small part of
the life is switched off from God.
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Tn-vmtt tnhacm eusilv and torever. be mag
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Often trouble is just God's hand
bringing us into touch with all the
troubled that we may show them His
ieace.
PtmM Cure in a wonderful Cnmrh mrdlcine
Mrs. W. Picksrt. Van Helen and Blake
Avea. Brooklyn. N. Y Oct. an. 18H.
If you are In doubt about it, don't
doUt- , ,.
"Tne Meat' Prescription for Chills e
andFTrr la a 'Bottle of GrOvi's TASTBLtss
Chiu. Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In ',
a tasteless form. No cure no par. Price five r
AVAJOS WEAVE BLANKETS.
Vnmen Design Them and Use Priml-
tlve Methods in Their Work.
jriie wonderful - artistic blankets '
woven bv the Navaio Indian women ex- '
die -the greatest admiration wherever I
they are seen. They are the product :
oJ infinite labor. It takes the Navajo j
Indian woman six months to make one ;
of 'these blankets that the civilized
dame finds so delightful as a couch '
cover, so quaint as a wall banging. ;
Her loom Is the simplest thing Imagina- j
ble two upright poles, across the top j
of which a third pole is fastened, with '
a fourth as a. crossbeam at the bot- :
torn. Then another beam Is fastened
to the unper crossbeam with rawhide,
and two final poles one top and one
bottom to which the vertical threads
of the warp are fled."
Before' this primitive loom the weaver
squats, tailor fashion, 'Vlay after day,
running her simple shuttles In and out.
As soon as a thread Is placed It Is forced
Into a firm, close position with a "bat
ten stick," so that at the end the blan
ket is-capable of shedding the heaviest
rains.. For. while the Navajo woman
Is now quite happy to make her blan- .
kefs for the adornment of the civilized
homes, the first and chief reason for
their existence was to keep the Indians :
warm and dry In their wild rides over j
the Western plains. - '
The main beauty of these blankets is
the coloring. The Indian woman likes
bright colors, and she has learned to
blend them with truly artistic feeling.
Nor does she ever turn out two blankets
alike. Each has a design of Its own,
thought out In her brain, and worked
out by memory on the fabric she Is-'
fashioning.
Some of the blankets are made from
wool raised and dyed by the Indians
themselves. They are as beautiful In
coloring, although not so closely woven,
as the blankets made from the Ger
mantown yarn, of which these primi
tive workers use hundreds of pounds
every year. Some of them, called the
common Navajo bed blankets, are
woven In stripes of red, white and
1 black. They are sold, rather curiouslv.
for so mnch a pound, there being about
twenty pounds to a blanket Navajo
saddle blankets are the same, except
ing that they are smaller In size.
Exceedingly pretty are the fancy
blankets made from native wool. Those
more expensive are built on a scarlet
ground, with the designs in high colors,
and are of real value for decorative ef
fects. Blankets of this kind sell for
from $5 to $15.
It Is on the designing of the blankets
made from (ierniantown wool that the
Indian woman expends much thought,
and they really are marvelous combina
tions of coloring. Conventional repre
sentations of the various phases of na
ture and mythological symbols often
enter into the designs. But what strikes
one moat curiously Is the homely ob
jects .that the weaver introduces into
her work. A weaving fork, a bow and
arrow, perhaps a simple cooking uten
sil. Is sure to be pictured there. And
that simple bit of everyday life Is a
hint to the weaver a sign to her by1
which she can recall the time . of Its
making. -Chicago Chronicle.'
Called on the Brewer first.
The brewers of Johannesburg were
the first ta be commandeered for horses
to supply - the Boer artillery.
Wealth changes eonaa 1
SEARCHING TQPcyrTQNa. :
laqaJriae to Boys Who Wiah to Oo to
tne taty.
Renlamln Franklin, one of the most
sagacious and practical of the world's
great statesmen, bad the namt, n u
said, of reducing every puzzling proo
lem In life to a series of written ques-
inn mnA nirira. "When I can see
iin hornre mv eves I can master
them." he used to say. There are hun
dreds of boys and girls to-day on farms
aud In country villages wno are eager
k. nun rest creat city to "try
w Rv w -
their luck." We offer a few questions
for them to consider Derore maauig
First I am going to the city In the
hope of making my fortune, in mere
any duty at home on which I shall turn
my back when I go any duty weightier
and more urgent than that of making
mv fnrtune?
Second. For every dollar to be earn
ed there are at least ten competitors in
the city for one In the country. What
qualities have I which will Insure me
success over the other nine?
Third. The Jack of all trades, or
"handy man, who can turn his hand to
anything," is not wanted In the city.
He is speedily trampled out of sight.
Success Is to be won only by the men
best trained In their own trades orpro
fessions. What trade or.pr?33S4osff97e
I?-Wbftt pK? have I given of apeclal
ability in any trade I have In mind, or
that may seem attractive to me?
Fourth. Have I energy, skill, pleas
ing manners, tact to win me a place
where the crowd and the competition
are so great? Or Is my only qualifica
tion for town work discontent with
home and village life and unfitness for
work in the country?
Fifth. At home I have the good-will
and friendship given to my family and
to me by people who have known me
since I was born. This is a valuable
capital, out of which happiness can be
made to come. What is there In the
rt'tv to atone for the lack of It to a poor
friendless boy? Isn't there some occu
pation in the village or the country
town that I can secure, or cannot farm
ing, with energy and Industry, be made
to give me an adequate livelihood? .
These questions. If gravely consider
ed, may lead a boy or girl of common
sense to a wise choice at one of the
great turning-points of life. Youth's
Companion.
The trouble is that a girl thinks hei
labor Is over when she has won r.
man's love, and doesn't appreciate tht
struggle that is coming to keep 1L
Nature Intended that people should
be unlucky: more twin babies are born
than twin calves.
When a man is quarrelsome, somt
people are disposed to say that he has
"character."
"I bad a terrible cold ind
could hardly breathe. I then
tried Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral
and it gave me immediate relief.
I don't believe there is a cough
remedy in the world anywhere
near as good." W. Q Layton,
Sidell, I1L, May 29, 1899.
Cures
Night Colds
How will your
tonight? Worse:
cough be
probably.
For it's irst a cold, then a cough.
then bronchitis or pneumonia,
and at last consumption. Coughs
always tend downward. It's
first the throat and then the
lungs. They don't naturally
tend to get well. You have
to help Nature a little.
You can stop this downward
tendency any time by taking
Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. Then
take it tonight. Yon will cough
less and sleep better, and by
tomorrow at this time you will
be greatly improved.
ou can get a small bottle of Ayer's
Cherry Fee Loral, now, for Ml cents. For
hard coufrhs, bronchitis, asthma. and the
croup, the 60 cent Bize is better. For
chronic caset. as consumption, and to
keep on hand, the f 1.00 size is most
economical.
ALABASTINE
Is a durable and
natural coatiui;
fc-ro. I!-- I iV
inss, made ready for use by mixing with cold
water. It is a cement that troes through a pro
cess or setting, hardens with age, and can be
coated and recoated without washing off its
old coats before renewing. Alabaatineiamade
in white and fourteen beautiful tints. It is
put up in fire-pound packages in dry form.
wi.u mjjiei airecuons on ever
ALABASTINE
wuijjiono luiwuiuu so erery package.
S h o n 1 d
ounded
With Irnl.
omines, as it is entirely different from all tbo
varions kalsomines on the market, being dur
able and not stuck on the wall with glun.
Alabastine customers should aroid getting
cheap kalsomines under different names, by
insisting, on baring the goods in packages
properly labeled They should reject all im
itations. There is -nothing "just as good."
ALABASTINE
frerents much sickness, particularly throat
and lung difficulties, attributable toum&nitary
coatings on walls. It has been recommended
in a parrer published by the Michigan State
Hoard ot Health on account of its sanitary
features; which paper strongly condemned
kalsomines. Alabastine can be used on either
plastered walls, wood ceilings, brick orcanvas
and any one can brush it on. It admits of radi
cal changes from wall paper decorations, thus
.erurtne at reasonable expense the latest and
beat effect. Alabastine is manufactured by the
ALABASTINE COMPANY, of
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, from
"bom all special information can be ob
tained. Write for instructive and interest
ing booklet, mailed free to all applicant.
11
no
I Jf afltlcted with
I i
Could
Hardly
Breathe
IKmiIjJon dollarpossII
fi Most taiksd of potato on earth ! frr Tl-!
Catalug tells o also about Sal. Jf liTni
H ser's Earliest Sis Weeks' Potato. I "T"tTl
U largest ara and vegetable seed - J V j!
groweisto OA Potatoes. 1. aad t$ 1 , f I
1 BpabbL nendthlSBerieeandfe.f' ' ' j
- am getting mighty tired picking up pieces of
soap that are thrown out around this house. The
very first time I go to town I am going to get a
box of Ivory Soap -that floats on the water so you
w ' ' IVORY SOAP-IT FLOATS.
CorvmoMT mm mr ths mocrcn a gamblc co. cincink t
The 1900 Salon.
branch Dai titers should have room
enough at the 1000 Salon, as the archi
tect of the building has provided them
with nearly four miles of hanging
space. '
Prsfress,
With time comes progress and advanoe
ment In all lines of successfully conducted
enterprises. Success comes to thoso only
who have goods with superior merit and a
reputation. In the manufacture of 'laun
dry starch for the last quarter of a cen
tury. J. O. Huhinirer has been the peer of
til others, and to-day le pi acini? on the
market bis latest Inventions, "Red Cross"
and "Hublnger's Best," the finest laundry
starehes ever offered the pobllo.
His new and orleloiil method enables
yon to obtain one large 10 . package of
"Red Cro s" starch, on-s large 10c. package
of "Hublnger's Best" staroh, with the pre
miums, two Shakespeare panels, printed In
twelve beautiful colors, as natural as life,
or one Twentieth Century Girl calendar,
the finest of Its kind ever printed, all for
5a. Ask your grocer.
Could Trust Her.
"Do you like candy, mamma T" asked
4-year-old Bessie.
"No, dear." was the reply,
wavs makes me feel bad."
"It al-
"I'm awful glad of it," said the little
miss. "You're Just the one I want to
hold my caramels while I dress dolly."
And Others of Coal Dnat.
"Mamma, are all people made of
dust?"
"Yes. dear."
"Well, then, I suppose the Indians arf
made of brick dust!"
What They All Said.
Mr. Newman You're a nice little boy,
; Tommy.
Tommy That's what they- all sry
when they first meet sister.
& Airupier HKetnou.
Not long ago an old lady of Bostoa
remarked to her grandson:
j "Speaking of the yacht-races, how
. long has that cup been la this country?"
; "Oh. since 1851, I believe," he an
swered. ' "And those Englishmen coming over
bere after It all the time?"
"Yes."
"Gracious! I should think It would
be cheaper for them to club together
and buy a new cup!"
Halting IServioe.
In the "Reminiscences" of Miss M
Betham Edwards fe the retort of a
boy hired to do the dirtier work about
the kitchen. Evidently he was not des
tined to rise. At least, he had no Idea
sf making his toil bis religion.
i One day the farmer's wife, seeing
him dawdling over his work, took up a
knife and showed him how to cleau it
' well and quickly.
j "Ah, but. ma'am," said he. "you do it
' o because they're your own!"
What Is Gondr
"What is the real good?
1 asked in musing meod.
"Order," said the law court:
"Knowledge," said the school;
"Truth," said the wise man;
"Pleasure," said the fool;
"Love," said the maiden;
"Beauty," said the page:
"Fieedom," said the dreamer;
"Home," said tbe sage;
"Fame," said the soldier;
"Equity," said the seer.
Spake my heart full sadly,
"The answer is not here."
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard:
"Each heart holds the secret
Kindness is the word."
John Boyle O'Reilly.
fleaatv la niood Deep.
flenn Klnt . i , .
... ,,.t B ciean sum. Ao
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keen it clean, by
stirring up the lasy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Bogin to day tc
and"? narr-J1'' blackheads.
. vcii ifTiin. aii firm?-
gibts, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 2oc,50c:
Our Hps are often first to profess
love, but th icf r.i . r " . 5E
dience. tu y.eia oM-
If WO r
venection or oui
friends, we must nn- .
currency. ' " ,n" sam
Tmkm T . a ln Iy.
Tea r- . .
'"" saature Jon Jlien:
would soon be ended. tnPy
" C.C.taiL.drugKuus refund money!
He xr-hfi . I
own business " I. "",1? ,B. '
trusted with some olilT t0
rupture:
no operation or delay irom bS.inJ ou"
ticn tree. KndorsemenuJ iS. tou"'
and prominent citiien wu V"
He who liehts the candle at
eds may expect, 80on tobis-
Very slight words and deed. '
have a sacramental m " ef?"
Age Limit for C.;eem..
"A few years ago," said ll.nn (-..,.
ningham. of Montana, at C'!.-i r
lulu's, "the late Charlie I'.n a.l v.ct-
of our State, gave a liauqm-t t,, .,i .,
a score of his personal friends, it
an elaborate spread, aud one m ;,.
chief items was some twenty jia! ,!i
' brandy that cost Mr. Broad u at,-, a
fabulous price, and regarding hi.
he spoke with much enthusiasm
"At the Wind-up Of the feast rune.
! and Roquefort cheese were lnoniit in
j though the latter was not entunn al.
' itAnn fin fnnhmn iiitmni! -it i
lod. Setting near the host was one ,.r
his special friends, who. al ter r-,
the Roquefort a tritle s:.sp ei ,u .:.
tasted it made a wry fa-e ami s'i.h, ,
his plate to one side.
"'You don't see tli to like tli.it. r.
marked Mr. Broadwater.
"'Indeed, I do not. Charlie. ,,,;r
twenty-year-old brandy is all iiuht. i: t
I'll be d d If I like your tuvnt..
old cheese. "Wasliiusto:. l o-i
The bigger the man. the more ehar.ij
there will be for you if you hit h:ui.
The average man would be satisfied
if he could only get the earth, but Alex
ander the Great wanted to get up a
collection.
fslrtfeU
Cures a Cough or Cold at once.
T. fh. KmI i 1. v . :
- Biuuvimis, -jnppe,
noopinij-i.oucn, ana
(nr Ik. n. - ,
JWothrrspraiscit. Doctors prescribe it
, ijuiiK, sure results.
i.'.I.B lllllllll II 1 1 1 1 I
ta'i.:iusti i f 1 :i 1 1 11 ;
MI have been nslns :. SCA K KTS for
Insomnia, with which I have been afflicted tor
over twenty years, and I can say that Cascarets
have given me more relief than any other reme
dy I have ever tried. I shall certuinlv recom
mend them to my friends as beim; n:i th-v are
represented." Thos. Gillabd, Elgin, ill
CANDY
RiowriefD
z-?!5I?nt' Px'atahle. Potent. Taste ;n,id r
Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe i.- m.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Slrils M, CJw.y, mif. Mimtr.il. ... fork. 311
M'l-Tfl.RSr fn'dand Biisrunteert hr nlMnn-
v " - ''R F'lVha.v.. I!a'--
FOR 14 cents:
Ws wish to sain thi. rr 9Vci
nsw oiutomen, mad h ence oiKr
I Pkg Ekrl'ot KmerldCucnnibTt. c
'I " La QroMe Market Lettuce. 16c
t " 13 Day Rauih, li
Korly Kipe l'ba,
1 Early Dinner Onion,
t Brilliant Klow.r fi.ndi.
1 0 f
WeathSl.OO, forl4eu. XX
AboT 10 Pkirs. worth ft. Co, we will
mil joa frt-e, tK ether wb our
rtCttofjr,teliirj( all .bunt
SAIIEI MILLIDH DQLlAi) POTATO
VaMt PriiMnn Hslrer'i lUllll- nr. f9
LeAttllMtTotn.toG1&ntoiiarthA C a
fOHH A. &ALZKB IK ID CO., LA I' ROSS R. Wis.
llttlHIHf.H9tSU.
VV. L. DOUGLAS
$3 & 3.50 SHOES oh
Worth $4 to $6 comoared ,
witn other makes.
.Indorsed bv over
1,000,000 wearers. I
The mnuins have w 1 I
I'ouglas name and rnce I
r
tamped on bottom. Take 5ij
no substitute claimed to be
as rood. lour dealer .' -V
should keep them if "V
not, we will send a pairli-V Wb. t .
on receipt of price and c. 'tr ' '
extra Jor carhaee. State kind ot .L-i!!icr.
'size, and width, plain or can toe. Cit ir-c.
auaEvarn I- DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass.
FOR FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
bss been used by millions of mothi-rs fr
their children while Teething for over Fifty
Vear It soothes tbe child, soltenj the
rums, allays alt pain, cures wind coll-', an 1
M the best reoiemedy for dlarrliiea.
Twenty. five Cants a Bottle.
$20
WnklT Mlllne wmtefam. St ftanps far ir:t.-tilin
L. BROWN. 1 Court Strert, Brooiljra, N. V.
REPRBSB.NTATITES WANTED to handle
artlole used by all telephone Miln.Til.er5. 1 s-y
MUennooanTaeaing; proats.e.'ada-.l'arti."il'r
for stamp. Stbfsen 4 Obum, att-6 fearl bi ., V l-
f D DCV NEW DISCOVERY; .
llWr O I quick rel.ei n.l cur e.-r
..it
. dwm oi i in 1 1 e m ana
II iIhvm' tre.tnie t
tree. Dr. a. a.
IH'SIOSS. Box B. StUot. "
DR. ARNOLD'S COUGH
Cares Conjrhs aad Colds,
daeeata Cosssmptloa.
All Oraaalata, 86o
GREGORY'S SEEDS
For 40 v fan t hm fswontff w 1 1 ti rra
tiol cardcnfirs and flnn-t-. I11
law 1900otfklosrn describe all T
1-isVtiM. Rmw, rl it
4. el. Mm MLUUII A SOX. WrtokL
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I Best Coiaih orrup. Tastes Good. TJae
tn tape. Sold by armorum
-Itajusa's Ejra Wats,
caat our aelf-lOTe y' 11 we can i
e ear er tW UB- order