If.
tt, ettttaf with his Uttte7wrntsa
A4 HJerist itocyn lyi my ,
X kaew the UtU fee fell pattarea
Uwuli , v .
f Oa pearl-set gstee that 11 twlzt
hMTtn tot llfi
X could be reconciled, and happy, too, .
And look with (14 eyes toward the
jasper sea.
If, is th morning, when the song of bird
"llfW'll s V music far more sweet.
IJlStSB (Of hla pretty broken words
Ag-fftt tile' muglo of his dimpled feet.
Z MUbt almost harjrjv. thoucb I beard
Kt awar and bat saw bis vacant seat
I said be lad If, when the day is don
Aa all Ha cares and heartaches laM
wif,
I eoald look westward to the hidden sea
Aad with a heart tuU of sweet yeiriiitj
say,
"Taigbt I'm nearer to my little oar
By just the travU ul a k.ale Usi."
t:
If I could know these little feet were
hod
la sandals wrought of light in better
lands.
And that the footprints of a tender God
Kan side by aiJe with bis in golden
sands,
( could bow cheerfully and kiss the rod.
Since Beanie was in wiser, safer bends.
If ke were dead I would not sit to-day
And stain with tears the wee sock on
my knee;
I would not kiss the tiny shoe and say,
"Bring back Spain my little boy to me:
I would be patient, knowing 'twas God's
way.
And that be'd lead mo to him o'er
death's silent sea.
Bat, oh, to know the feet once par and
white
The haunts of vice bar boldly ven
tured in.
The bands that should have battled for
the right
Hare been wrung crimson in the clasp
of sin!
Aad should he knock at beaven's gate to
night
I fear my boy could hardly enter in.
Oshawa (Ont.) Vindicator.
SI SI SI SI SI Si
: LOVE. AND LAW.
a
erf IM." said Mr. Perkins to his office
fM boy, "put on some more coal."
"Tea. sir."
"Aad. do yon hear 7 Take this packet
f papers around to Penn & Ink', and
aak 'em what they mean by sending me
sack a blotted piece of work."
"Tea, air," and Jim, evidently pre
ferring the snow-freighted air and slip
pery sidewalks of the outer world to thi
close little law office, darted off like an
arrow out of a bow.
Mr. Perkins took out a fresh bundle
of QUlll pens and a quire of legal fools
cap and began to work In good earnest,
whan, all of a sudden, a tap cam to his
efflc door.
"Come in." said Mr. Perkins, In a
voice that sounded considerably more
like "Clear out," and a young lady en
tered, dressed la currant-colored meri
no, with a little plumed hat and a neat
looking flat satchel on her arm. -
"I haven't anything to give," said Mr.
Parkins, sternly.
The young lady 'sat down uninvited,
and then Mr. Perkins saw that she was
very aretty.
"I was not begging, sir," she said.
"May I ask, then, what was your bus
iness?" said Mr. Perkins, more frigidly
than ever.
The young lady took a parcel from
bar bag.
"I don't want to bay anything," said
atr. Perkins.
"I was not selling, sir," said the lady
"Please explain your buaitiess at
aace," said he, tartly. "I have no time
t spare."
."Please allow be to do so. then," said
the young lady. "I was soliciting sub
scription for "
"I don't want to subscribe," hastily
Interrupted Mr. Perkins.
"How do you know whether yon dc
er sot," Inquired tie young laJy. w'.tb
some spirit, "until you have seta tut
work, it least?"
Mr. Perkins smiled a Ittt'.e. She wai
brusque, but ke dida't altogether dis
like that And, besides, she was decid
edly original.
"Because there have been at least
three of your craft before you this
morning." said he. "all selling 'Illus
trated Lives of Great Men.' "
"Bat mine Is quite different. Mine is
'Carvers of Famous Women with steel
pate engrnviugs," persisted the young
lady.
"Tour business la overcrowded," said
Mr. Perkins. "No; you needn't take the
trouble to show me the book. Why
don't you do something else 7
"Will you tell me what?" said the
young lady, despairingly. "Will you
help ma to get anything whereby I may
support myself V
"What can you do?"
"What can I do! That la what every
body says," she answered, "and be
tween you all I should starve. You are
lawyer. Will you give me soma law
copying?"
- "Can you write a clear and legible
hand?" Mr. Perkins asked.
Tb young lady sat boldly down .at a
eleak by the chimney-piece.
"Ill show you -what I can do," said
: Mr. PorkJne looked over hr shoulder
aa she wrote, In a quaint distinct style,
at ward:
v "My name J Amy Archdale, aad I
waat to tarn my own living,"
"Amy ArcbdsJa," repeated Mr.. Per
daa. "Bather a romantic name, isn't
"I bad ae haad -in aaaing myself"
aaterted Mis ArcbdaJe, "to I can't Just
ly be bald tin to blame la that matter.
. Mr. Perklna looked meditatively at
bar Car a second or two.
"I abould think you might teach,"
said he.
. 1 did try it," said Miss ApcbdaJe. "1
ara governess la a private family."
"And why did you give It up?'
"Is this a catechlsm?'' said Miss Amy,
smiling. "Well, I haven any objec
ttoa to answering. Do you want- me to
. tell you the plain truth r"
Certainly."
"Well, then, it was because my lady
employer did not like to nave her
frown-up soa address me with common
politeness. Perhaps she thought I was
endeavoring to fascinate him, but she
was entirely mistaken." i
"Ohr said Mr. Perkins. "Please write
lava your address." j
"Are you really going to give me J
esse copying to loi she asked eag
krty. "I am going to try yon."
For the first time tbe tears came Into
lex eyes.
"IH try my very beet Indeed, I wlll.1
Ibc faltered. "For I don't mind tell-!
tag Toti bow I haven't got a single aubi
sWtptioa. and I waa so discouraged. " :
s aflat Amy Arcnaeje waiaea
(775Ti3Ufap-ttcd parl of papers
rnder kag bawL -.if v"1, S tf ; -nf
aba doee tbeea wan aad pwoaopt
tr said Mr. Perkins, la a sort of men
tal soliloquy, "there's ao reason I cut
let bar bar cam mar week. If a
doesn't it wont be tba first eaae of
female swindling In Haw York. But
be bad a pretty. Innocent little face.
toe bang It, I've half a salad to g to
ke aaariss oa tba aly aad aa fct aha
really la a deserving object of charity.
I waa gotag to say. But It leaf. She
wanta work, not alma There's always
somebody wanting something In this
great, chattering Bedlam of a city of
ours," added Mr. Perklna, Irately, as bo
Irova off two match boys, aa apple girl.
and a vender of pins and shoes Ulngs
from his doorstep.
Mr. Perkins followed op bis crochet
lad walked up to No. Meaaaey street
about dusk that self -same evening.
beed!rss of snow and sleet.
"Does a lady named Arc bd ale live
here?" be asked In the grocery wblcb
occupied the first floor.
"Yes, sir, she do," the grocer's wife
Interrupted, pushing herself before ber
husband, "and a aloe, bard-working
young lady she Is as ever breathed tba
breath of life, and paya ber rant regu-i
larly every Saturday, night, If aba baa
"I'Sb JHOW.TOV WsUTf OAM DO."
to live on a cup of water and a ust-
and If she's got any rich relatloa "
"You mistake my purpose," said Mr,
Perkins, coldly. "I an no rich relation
to any one."
Yet the woman's testimony, coarse
and rudely given as It was, uncon
sciously Influenced him In Amy Arch
dale's favor.
She brought the folios next day. neat,
legible, and without blot or erasure,
and Mr. Perkins gav bar pome more
work.
"You needn't bring It," said be. "I
I have business that way aad I'll call
for It myself."
"We haven't seen your Uncle Kllsha
lately, dear," said Mrs. Molyneux Mar
tin to her eldest daughter. "Kate must
work a penwiper for him, and you must
embroider him a pair of slippers. It
won't do to tot him lose sight of his
nearest relatives."
"Ma," said Miss Katharine, "It's a
pity you discharged Miss Archdale so
suddenly, because she was so haady at
fancy work."
"And, besides," added Edith Boas
belle, "it really and truly wasn't her
fault because Walter chose to make
eyes at ber!" -
"Don't use- such vulgar expression,
my dear," said the mamma. "She was
a pert, bold-faced ' thing, and would
have eloped with your dear brother if
she bad remained In the bouse another
week. And I told her so, pretty plain
ly, too. Who's that? - Tba postman!
Give me the letter at once, Edith Bosa
belle!" "Somebody has sent ua wedding
cards," cried the youngest hope of the
family of Molyneux Martin. "Open it
mamma,. quick, and let us see whom
they are from."
Mrs. Molyneux Martin hastily tore
open the envelope, ana giving one,
glance at its contents, fell backward
wltb an hysterical scream.
"Eliaba Perkins!" abe shrieked.
"Clrls, It's your uncle. Alas! my poor,
disinherited pets!"
For Mrs. Molyneux Martin has edu
cated hrr daughters In the full belief
that each and every one of them was
to be an heiress in tbe right of Uncle
Ellsha Perkins' money.
"But, mamma, who's the bride
whom baa ha married? You don't tell
us the name," persisted Katherine, who
waa endowed wltb a goodly spice of
Mother Eva's bequest.
"I don't know! I don't carer
screamed Mrs. Molyneux Martin, tap
ping the soles of bar slippered feat on
the carpet In a way that threatened a
yet mora violent attack of hysterica.
"Pick up tbe cards, Kathte. aad look,"
urged Edith Rosabella.
"Amy Archdale," aba read aloud
"Why, ma, It'a the governess yon dis
charged! It's our Miss Archdale."
"The old fool!" shrieked Mrs. Moly
neux Martin. "To go aad marry a girl
young enough to be bis graaddaugbterl
Well, that caps tba climax I".
"You forget, ma." said Edith Rosa
belle, "Uncle Ellsha's only two years
older than you ara. I've beard you eay
so lots of times."
"Hold your tongue, job ungrateful,
undntlfnl daughter." ejaculated Mrs.
Molyneux Martin. "I'll sever speak fa
him again,"
But sba did. Sober second thoughts
convinced bar that It waa better to sub
mit to tba Inevitable and aba was one
of tbe first to call on Mr. aad Mrs.
Elista Perklna la tba elegant brown
tone bouse that tba lawyer bought and
furnished for hla bride.
And perhaps on of tba meat triumph
ant momenta of Amy ArchdakVa life
waa that la wblcb abe extended a gra
cious and patronising arresting to tbe
woman who bad turned ber out of
doors scarcely three months before.
"Things do balance tbemeerraa even
ly ia this world, if one oaly has pa
tience and faith to wait" ah said to
her husband. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hotel Attraotloa.
"Yes, he started a hotel and he's made
a hit too. You know the old-established
place across the street advertised
itself aa 'a hotel with all tba comforts
of home.'"
"Yes."
"Well, be advertised his place as 'a
hotel without the discomforts of
home." "Philadelphia Press.
r froirulzr-t a Vriead.
Mack O'Reil What caused aU that
commotion In th jungle section of tbe
circus parade?
Luke Warme Why. some woman
I llnniv Kn . . .
1. . i t muig-uer uger ma
rug W of the fcindow.-Chicago hews.
;
with a Previa.
"lok bete, old fellow. Just Introduce I
me to your pretty couain." I
"AU right 111 do so; but mark. If
ever you marry bar. don't lay tb I
Xot Good Tet,
Mrs. ftoarerod (to Mucks, locked up
tor disorderly behvlor-"WeIl. Mocks,
are yo good boy now? Aren't yaw
sorry for being so naughty?"
Mocks "No; but you can come again
In ten minutes." " .' .
? ; . Cncertalavty.
' "There la nothing more uncertain
than a bone race," exclaimed tbe man
wltb a tendency to talk loud.
And tbe melancholy friend responded:
-Yon never worked la a weather bu
reau, did youf Washington Star.
Beveraaa.
Maud "Tell me all about It."
Mabel "Well, when It began be was
on bis knees." '
Maud "And bow did It and?" .
Mabel "In the end er I was ou bis
knees." Town Topics.
She Knew.
"What are pauses 7" tbe teacher
asked the first class in grammar.
"Things that grow on cats and dogs,'
answered the smallest glrL Detroit
Free Press.
After the Convention.
Party Worker "See here, you told
me that you were confident of success?"
Defeated Candidate "Well. , of
course, I meant that. In the nature of
things, soma candidate or other was
bound to succeed." Ibdlanapollf Jour-
Aa Aadaetaas Dart.
"My daughter tells me, sir, that you
bad tbe audacity to propose to her I
What have you to say to that?"
"Nothing, air. except that your daugh
ter bad tbe audacity to accept me:"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cheated.
''What la Jimmy crying about now?"
"Ob, we bad a little blase and put It
out ourselves. He's mad because we
didn't cal) put the fire department"!
Indianapolis journal,
The Treasurer.
Jones You used to complala thai
your wife was constantly asking you
for money.
Henry Peck O, that was when we'
were first married. All tbat'a changed
now.
Jones-She doesn't do It any more?
Henry Peck No! I ask ber for It!
when I can sum up sufficient courage.1
Philadelphia Press,
n Explaaattea,
PiwstoaSee here, old chap, wnat do
you mean by taking pay Jokes and past
ing them off as your own?
Funston Well, you see. It's this way
I'm a good-natured sort of fellow and
don'jt mind taking a Joke from a friend.
CbU-'Sfo News. -..!
Prepartaa for the Hrycec.
"Isn't this a queer spot to plant seeds.
little boy?'
"We ain't plaortn' ao seeds. These
are Injun relics for tbe summer board
ers to find."
Don't Judge by Appearaaee
Lulu "From outward appearances.
I don't think much of him." '
Dojly "Ah, but tbe inward appear
ance of bis pocketbook is lovely.
Philadelphia North American.
Telkina 3.i
Who Is that wan who Is eternally
talking to you about the breytfy pf
humau life? Is it tbe minister?"
'Minister! That's an Insurance
aent" Cleveland Plain Dealer,
A Measared Terat.
Tailor Will you bare your coat lo
man-o'-war style, sir?
Customer Man-o'-war style? What
are you talking about?
Tailor Wby. a broad side, sir.
In tha Cafn,
Carte I tell you that wgltor is
gentleman from bead to foot-
D' Hot e You mean from tip to tip.
Ia the Tkroac.
Ida Do you see that man with mtitr
ton-chop whiskers? Doesn't be look
bold?
May He looks very sheepish to me.
On the Stand.
Smythe Haven't seen Dlggs In sa
age.
Woodfall He's on the race track
now.
Smythe Newmarket f
Woodfall No; Pretoria,
That la Different.
"Gift with strings to them are al
ways unpopular," said Mr. Pitt
"I gave my a little boy a present and
be complained bitterly because there
was no string to if aded Mr. Penn.
"What did you give him?"
"A kite." Pittsburg Chronicle.
Beckleaa Heply.
"Pa, what la a leading candidate?"
"Well, little Jim, be'a tbe man whs
gets left first or tbe one who gets nom
inated first." Indiana po 11a Journal.
Th aVaetiaa Effort.
Sandy Pikes Yr don't took well dls
mornln', Billy.
Billy Coalgate No. I'm sUU f sella'
de effect of do grip.
Sandy Pikes D regular lufiuensy
grip?
Billy Coalgate Nawt Pa bulldog!
grip.
A Formidable Oorreotloa.
Tb proper spelling of Welsh names
la a matter known only to experts, aad
It gives much trouble to Bagllah post-
office officials, who ana Me la many
cases to make only a guesa, ao t speak.
at tb spelling of place names. Sir
Herbert Maxwell, in aa article la aa
English magaslae, glree aa amusing
example of this.
Oa March 2, 1888, tb following tele
gram waa handed in for delivery at the
postoffic of Chepstow:
"Going to rjsnfslrpwUgwngwllgog-
trbwUclydllgogogoch. Shall be at home
fry 40."
Tb poet master, thinking that there
a fair peaa'orth" of
roneoaanta m tba nam, rafatrod It to
bis surveyor, who wrote back:
It la aa attempt at the. name of a
m Anglesey, but Is evidently not
by a WelalLnan: thTlna J
incorrect and but for tb Joke of tbe
(blag, th ordinary abbreviation IJan-
falrpwU would fa. ba batter The
same, correctly writ. I gjv below:
Llaa twrpvrllry
ii.iriiitaew. B
FOLKS.
A COLUMN Or PARTIOULAR' UU
TfcRlST TO THEM.
atoaaetlafeaai that Will la cereal the Ja
vaalla Maatbwra af Ivtry He "oaol
-Qaaiaa Act! mm Brisk aajriaa
mt ataajr Cat aua Caaalas Call
Tbe boy who goes fishing, with a pall
of worms for bait, little knows what
a pleasant hour be might have, and yet
make bis outing much more agreeable
for tbe worms and for the fish. He
abould take a look a scientific peep
at the contents of that pall, Instesd of
throwing them Ignorantly away. Af
ter all his pains In digging for tbe
worms, be and they are scarcely ac
quaintances; and yet If we should ask
hioij he must admit that be has dug up
worms In the springtime, year after
year, and gone fishing, knowing as lit
tle about tbe worm when bis sport waa
over as b did wben be started out
To see really what sort of a fellow
the common earthworm Is, first put
blm into a bowl of water. He will
soon wriggle himself free of every par
ticle of dirt and you may then make
blm more comfortable oa some dry,
smooth surface while you study tbe pe
culiar movements of his remarkable
body, wblob consists of a series of seg
ments, or rings, all alike In form, ex
cept at the two end; tbe anterior -end
tapering to a blunt pplnt; lbs blndet
end being broad sod flattened.
Watch tbe worm shorten himself af
ter a losg stretch. Projecting fron
tb sides and tbe lower part of eact
ring, you will see the tiny bristles, call
ed setae, with wblcb bo manages f
walk. When be lengthens his body,
tbe setoe on tbe hinder rings provenl
him from stretching backwards, be
cause they. In pointing backwards,
s tick Into fhe ground. Th worm can,
therefore, stretch only forwards. In
tba eame manner, wben be shortens hit J
body, tie setae n the front rings stick
Into the ground, and the binder part ol
tba body la drawn BP! bp repeats tbbj
process svery time be moves along.
a-
i ver J
yoa
That way of walking may seem ver
complicated and wonderful, but
no more wonderful than that
Should be able to balance your body oa
your two feet and walk without giving
a tbougilt to how you do It or to bow
wonderful it la that If pan be don
without thought Watch a baby's ef
forts to keep bis balance In learning to
toddl only a few steps, and you wll
understand that walking seems easj
to you, because you bare bad se mnci)
practice.
The usefulness of tbe worms may b
seen at once when you compare som
Of tbe things that they do with those
that they are unjustly accused of do
ing. They do pot destroy tbe roots of
trees and of pUnts. They eat half-de
cayed leaves, which they are able to
grind wltb tbe muscles of the mouth:
but they have no teeth wltb which to
gnaw. They are useful to man lo bor
ing through tbe ground and loosening
tba soil to make t ready for the fiber
of plants to enter. Surface soli Is more
or less loose, but the sub-soil is bard
and compact until tbe earthworms
have worked It Our tallest trees, even,
would soon die If no opening were
made by the worms for their root fibers
to enta.
To keep, worm-life in check, nature
has provided the birds, and aoyonc
that baa watched hm robin dine' will
see that ftore Is no danger of the
earthworm supply's exceeding fhm de-
mnd,-Our Animal Friends.
MaaMa aad Princa.
Once upon a time there s s. King
jrho bad a little boy whom be iwved,
very much, and so be took a great deal
of pains to n-ake blm happy. He gartf
blm beautiful rooms to live In and pic
tura and Joys and books without num
ber. H gsvp fim a graceful, gentle
little pony, that fa Jftjgbt ride Just
where be pleased, and a rowboal on a
pretty lake, and servants to wait on
Mm whepersr be went. I
He also provided teachers, who were
to give him that knowedg Of things
that would make blm good and great
But for all this the young prfnee was
unhappy. He wore a frown, wherever
he went and was always wishing for
something he didn't have. At length
one day a magician came to tbe court.
Hp saw the scowl on the boy's face.
aad said to the King:
j can ujaka yow son happy and win
fals frowns Into smiles, but you must
pay mm great prfce for telling blm
this secret"
"All right" said tb King; "whatever
you ask I will give."
Bo the pric was agreed upon and
paid, and the magician took the boy
Into a private room- H wrote some
thing wltb a white substance upon
piece of paper. Then he gave tbe boy
a candle and told him to light It and
hold It under tb paper and then see
What be could read. Tbe be went
way- Tb boy did aa he was told,
and th whlto letters turned Into a
beautiful blue. They formad these
words:
Dm a kindness to some one every
day,"
Tbe prince made ua of the secret
and became tb happiest boy in the
realm.
Why Cata Arch Their Backs.
It la not eager alone that makes cats
arch their backs; Indeed, when two
cata are preparing to fight they do not
assume this attitude, but crouch low.
Just aa they do wben about to spring
on their prey, the body being extended,
and the hair not In tbe least erect But
when, on meeting a dog suddenly, fear
IS combined wltb anger, when the cat
Standing at Us full height at once
arches Us bacjk, wltb an Instinctive ef
fort to appear aa 'big and aa terrible
as possible. Darwin compares It to
.the similar attitude of the lynx when
arracaea. ana to that Of birds wblcb
ruffle their feathers, and spread out
their wings and tall wben alarmed. It
Is aotlcaable that a cat will also arch
Its baek whan la aa affectloaau frame
of Satnd, rubbing itself against Its mas
ter's leg. At the same time It slightly
raises Ua fur aad holds tie tall erect.
Its whol attitude la Just tb reverse
of that wblcb U aasamae whea savage.
Darwin accounts for this ia tb fol
lowing words: "Certain statee of mind
lead to certain habitual aattona, which
ar of no servioe. Now whea a direct
ly opposite state of mind la Induced
there la a strong gad Involuntary tea
deocy to tb perfongaaac of a move-
meat of a dlreotly opposit nature,
tftoajft may be of ao eerrle"
A woman's Idea ac a good conversa
Honallst la a .man who.eaa think of
something to say when aba pause tot
a second to regain ber breath.
Human nature seta
a man up aa
Jodg f his neighbors.
la Ja attempt to rata A award tba
hifWlffcwwm,
LITTLE
He sat. on the steps with a tear tm hie
. ;. era. : -. ' '
As be watched tba swift bicycles wkla-
siaa far
With their doubled-ap riders, and thus
- murmured bet
"Oh, whea wig a bicycle eosse tor me?
"I watch them bv day. and by night ia
my
Processions
of bicycle fitt through toy
head:
I'm only in kilts, but I'm almost three.
Oh, when will a bicycle cess for as?
" 'Mamma, I am ear I could ride Just
like Ned.' .
Then she smiles at father, and be shakes
his bead.
'When you're five, when you're five.
Wait awhile,' answers he.
Now isn't that hard when Tot quits
three?
"Bnt It's, oh, for that beautiful, glorioot
day
When I shall go whiamlng aad flying
away
Through town and throngB country se
fast and free
Oh, when will a bicycle come for me 7"
YootVs Companion,
Wea all ear cousins visit us I
We bare lot of fun. 'K
We have g table to ourselvesi f
There's roes for every one,
We've all the fruit we want to eat
And lota of milk to drink;
And all the grown-up people say
. They have a chance to think,
Pratt 7 Parasites.
A slngplar class of plants s tb sit
plant or parasites, wblcb do not grow
with their roota la the ground r the
mud, but attach themselves to trees or
other planta and feed on stolen sap.
Fungi and lichens, wblcb you ae
growing on the bark of trees or on old
wood, are parasite. The mistletoe is
one of our prettiest parasite.
A Little Both.
"Unci Inquired of little Bobby If be
bad been a good little boy.
Bobby-Np, l haven't. "
Uncle Why, J hope you parent boeo
very Lad,
Bobby Oh, no; Just comfortable.
Heekfac Baaka Antitoxins
Interesting experiments,' having fot
their object the discovery of an anti
toxin fftf IRake bites, are being con
ducted at the Carnegie JbQrafflry at
BellevueMedlcal College. Prof. Gold
born, who baa charge of ibe experi
ments, has procured collection pf poi
sonous repti)es, consisting of two enor
mous atydyenomoua rattlers, -a mocca
sin and ja huge king snake Q feet 4
Inches fn length. ' With fhese reptiles
Prof. Goldhorn haa peen experimenting
for several weeks.' fnoculatlng rats,
rabbits and frogs. 'Profi' fjojdhorn
holds the email aslmajs cms to the
cagea, so tbat when the snake strikes
ifa prey tbe enlma Is at one with
drawn.' The effect of the poison fs then
carefully watcbejf. and if fa animal
dies It fa Immediately dissected aad the
course pf the poison traced through its
fens. in Uis manner it s boped an
antljtpxin may be discovered which will
Wake tk$ bite pf j snake absolutely
harmless, tfegr Yorjf Cor. Baltimore
8un.
AV. L BATTLE OF THE FUTURE.
How Maritime Basaaeaieats Will Be
'oagni in tne next lentarr.
ftis stranger Kxcuse me, f am a
stranger'here.' WJ1J yjjjj kindly Inform
me why all these gayiy dressjid peoplg
are jolferlng on the shores of "this bay)
Tji Nafjye Eh? Don't yo'ji know)
"7 great navaj patue la peing
fought bafje, and the people for palle
IFPfWd par come to enjoy the event
The Stranger-l'm new Iff thla par)
of tb country, but I'm not M fr'eah,
perhaps, as I look. You tell me tbat
a great naval battle ia being fought
here. And yet aa far as the eye can
reach f can discern no boat no, nor
P ripple on those placid waters.
The NaUviirrTfjae nif right. It's
submarine battle fought by submarine
boats. They are now at It tooth' and
palj somewhere about jbji middle of
the bay.
Th' Stranger -You astonbjb mo.
These people dp ao look as f tbey were
sttendlnf bs.W- Tb wPpaen wear
summer frocks, am tfaa men ar Is
afternoon clothes, with top bats. And,
e, there Is a band over there I
Th NaUv-Oh, yes; it'a quite a
function. That's the Marine band, and
those women and man about it are tbe
peclal gueata of fag Secretory of tbe
Navy. Yon wait around 'a Wit)' iyfjlle
tad we'll have som news. Ther. see!
At that moment m. black object like
t jnajnjnotb strong cigar leaped up
ward from th waters and lay quiver
ing on th surface. Every opprg gUss
waa levelad at It gad th stranger
Oaoted bis band above hla ayes so be
sould see bettor. A grimy man crawl
d from tb midst of tb thing and
raised a bug megaphone to bis Hps.
Tb Native Hooray! Tbara old
Commodore Bob Evans' grandson!
The man with th meaaDhone about-
ed la a stentorian voice:
"We've Ucked tb blaaketr-blank-
blaak socks off of "em!"
Whereat there arose a great cheer
tad a flutter of haadkerchlefa, and tba
Marina band played, aad the Secretary
f th Navy held an Impromptu recep
tion, gad then everybody went bom to
tlanareiavelanf ' pUfix pmmimr.
B nabarraaal aa.
When the pew mbUater. a handsome
and unmarried ma, inad his first pas-
. i n . . ' . ' - - -
wrai cau at me axraaicas ne jooji imie
Anna up In his arma and tried to kiss
ber. Put the child Kfusad' to be
kissed; she struggled loose and ran off
Into the next room, wherp Ifcsr mother
waa yuiuog a rew nnisuing touches to
her adornment before going into tbe
parlor to greet tbe clergyman.
"Mamma," the little girl whispered,
the ma la tba parlor wanted me to
kiss him. r'
"Well," replied mimmi. Vwbv didn't
you let bimt I would If I were rou
Thereupon Anna ran back Into the
Prjor aad, th minister asked:
"Well, llttl lady, wont you klsa me
nowTt -
"NO. t WOnt" rDUad Ann nmmna.
ly, "bat mamma saya ah wm.-Ha
a Baaar.
i :
j - i
naaW aar w w mw an w w a.
jra i lines
your hair
split it
the end?
Can you
ullout a
andf ul
by run
ning your
fingers through it?
Does it seem dry and
lifeless?
Give your hair a
chance. Feed it.
The roots are not
dead; they are weak
because. they are
starved that's all.
The
best
hair
food
Is
If you don't want
your hair to die yse
Ayer's Ha,if Vigor
price a day, It makes
the hair grow, stops
falling, and curet dan
druff. It always restores
color to gray or faded
hair; it never fails.
S.0d kettle. AUragslts.
One bottle of Ayera Hair Vigor
stopped my aair iroat
r from falling ont,
grow again nicely.''
Julios Witt,
March 28, 1899. Csaova, 8. Dak.
"Ayer's
Hair Vleor comnletelv
and me I
from dandruff, with which
growtnoa
AprUlilSSa. Mew York. M.T.
t yQ do not obtain all tba beaeflM
yon aapcrtcd from tba ate of tbe Hau
Vlaot, write tba Dor-tor aboat It.
' Da. J. C. ATER. Vowh. afaaa.
Shabby bid Ooat."
West Point was, for the last ten
years of hU Um, the summer bom of
Gen. Scott, whom airs- Sherwood, la
her Reminiscences,' pleasantly gos
sips!
Tb berq of the Mexican wr always
pn the Fqurtfa of July, wore bis old
military coat, tbe one in which be rods
Into the Mexican capital "on top of a
picnic,' as be used to say. "Very shab
by old coat, madam, very shabby old
coat!" the gratified; old man. would ex
claim, at be felt a lady's band laid
f ently qn his arm, as she asked ta
ouch tb sacred cloth- P vore thi
coat ou many historic days, and wai
E leased to shoulder bis can and fight
s batties over agan.
One, while telling tn story or Ar
nold's treason, and pointing out front
(.he hqtef plasxa the spots associated
with tne irairor, ue saiif, raierriog it
Mrs! Arnold's devotion to her husband
Sh dung uae ivy to a wortmesi
r-f,f
gamll We Bava Wmw aart)
Tbis qnestloa ariaes In the ramify dally. Let
ua answer It to-day. Try JaM-Q. a delicious
and healthful iaasert. Prepared In S min. No
boiling) no baking! Simply add a IJttle hoi
water k set to eooj. Flavors: Lemon.pranite,
Basphetrynd Stratr berry. At groeets. toe.
Tou may depend upon It that be If
a good man whose intimate Jrlendt
are" all aeod and whose ' ehemfee an
cfiratfers decidedly baJ. '
Tb Beat rrascrtpttaa Sav Chiqa
ana Wvnm H a bottle of Oaevs's TasvBLaal
Caiu. Tokio. It la simply Iron and aulnin la
a usteieae torsa. ale ear-ae pay. f rtos ton
The greatest friend of Truth la Time
her greatest enemy la Prejudice, uni
her constant companion ia Humllty.
Ladlea pan Wear Sioe
One' gize 'smaller after 'using iMlen't
Foot-Ease.' a powder for'the-" feet: ' n
makes tight or new shoes Vasy1." Curst
swollen; hot, sweating, aching feet, in
growing balls, corns and bunion. Al
afl druggists and shoe stores,' 25c. "Trial
package pREE by mail! Address Allen
filmatead. e Boy. N. T.
If you ah to live a Ufe free from
sorrow, think of what Is going to bap
pen aa if It bad already happened. '
Dyspepsia Is the bane of the humar
system. Protect yourself against in
ravages by the use of Bee man's Pepsin
Gum.
PKAJEN pf A ptPQHTCR.
Newspaper hTaae aeyeaa fpr faantta
froai a Caadtjiata,
A good story and oe with a moral.
la rabited by a well-known outiiern
writer.
''JJo' great stataaman with good, bard
bora sensp eyep wen$ out pf bl iraj
to offend a newspaper Hn," he says.
"Some years ago ther was a very bo
campaign to Georgia for a big office.
"In a distant city lived a candidate
who waa confident of election. He was
proud and haughty, and thouaM only
of himself.
A young newspaper man waa detail
ed by the managing editor to accom
pany tb atatesman and report hla
PPOP&.
F9W coatee the funny part pf the
story. Tfce statesman Ignored his com-
panion toff blm to take care pf bjn
sf Introduced him to nobody treated
him without any consideration.
unc When tbey were ridlna- in a
huggy through th country tbey
stopped at a spring. Tb statesman
cooled a bottle of wine In tbe snrinz.
and drank it all, without offering the
journalist a drop.
"Then be helped himself to a cia-ar
from his valise, and resumed hla seat
ta tbe buggy.
" 'Drive on! be said.
"The newspaper man bated aad da.
splsed th cold-blooded politician, but
he had hla work to do.
H reDortod tbe eneaebaa m
PsJgfr teddeots. but la a quiet way he
knifed the stotesman. Tb big man
read th reports, Sfld was conscious
that something was lacking, but be
could not ten exactly what. '
"The newspaper man simply etuck
to facto and damned the' candidate with
faint prala:' Hejert out Ibe element
mS&jf'Vtyte W ted. and he
now knew kow much th newspaper
mn bad to do with li n u" '
-pf course be did not dream that bis
own conduct bad injured blm. vJ
mean man ever makes the discovery !
f mcsn."-New fork Mall and '
f''?- ' '
- Bstrlst Under mmm.
Paopl burled la aa avaiaaZ. k
distinctly every word attend by thee
Who ar aeektojthmn, wtoas tb buried
a iW feet Of
ma
TRVM?CT OALLS.
i a Wareta Kt
OIL that cannot
JA . FV'vnt grow any-
rruita uu u nie
soms tan.
Light IS tbe only
armor a gala at
darkness.
All our debts to
God are made pay
able to men.
Tb trumpet of
fame assemblea mor foes than frienda.
There ar so moral murders tbey
ar all suicides.
Tbe warmth of church piety comes
from fireside devotions.
II who harbor impurity will never
entirely disinfect bis heart.
big 8uuday dinner usually spoils
the appettie for tbe Bread of Life.
Tb Gospel is not only -an escape
from death; It is an entrance Into life.
It la a bad thing for tbe Christian
to rest In tb shade of tb "green bay
tree."
Som men ar praying for sanetifica-
tlon who need to pray for sans and
sand.
God makes men work, not on account
tf what they make, but for what tbe
work makes of them.
There are too many men praying for
grace to bear the Cross whose wives
ar bearing In the wood and water.
RUS8IAN PROGRESS.
Moa
Cam Binder It-Chief
Ally Ia
Tiase.
What tb warrior monk Ellas uttered
long ago receives confirmation every
passing year: "Tbe progress of Russia
la mysterious and profound. Before she
moves ah neither betrays ber plan not
hesitates nor boasts, but none can bin
der bf arriving where the has set her
wily
Not long ago reveived a letter rrom
e, Bulgarian friend, a leading member
pf the eobranje, or Bulgarian chambei
pf deputies, says a writer In the na
tional Geographic Magazine. He used
titese word: "In tbe near or distant
future I se only two prominent na
tions th United States In the west
and Russia owning the whole of Asia
and axerclstng a preponderant influence
over th European continent, The
whole of the Balkan peninsula, Asia
Minor, Persia, Central Asia are ber
natural and Inevitable Inheritance.
Above Asia and Europe I see tbe wbit
Czar of hply Russia. Your people need
haye no concern. The Interests pf Rus
sia and the United States nowhere con
jUcff. Naturally they are friends and
allies. Together bey are to regenerate
(he world." Thus the Bulgarian states
man utter hla own conviction and tbe
peat political credo of the Slay.
ne one necessity ana ine cuiei any
of Russia Is time. Bow far the Peac
manifesto of Nicholas I. was prompted
by philanthropy or by profound but
selfish statecraft It Is Impossible to
know. If philanthropy, that manifesto
remains the noblest and mos memora
ble document ever Issued, by a. Chris
tian monarch; t political sagacity, that
man Ires to ia in appreciation or tne ru
ture the aatuteat' utterance ever made
by the occupant or tne Kuastan tnrone.
Buf: It If unbecoming t question the
hidden, motives of a deeq in itself sub
lime. History wlU recqrd nq more than
this; that at the close of a century
more crowded with bloodshed and wai
than any outer since time began Rus
sia through the voice of ber autocratic
csar puf ' forth a plea to al mankind
ror universal Droinernooq ana peace.
Woaderfal Tbisnblea.
Tbe Princess of Wales is the possess
or of "a thnjle ft't gb'jd, delicately traced
with blue enamel, and studded with
small slab of various precious stone
It Is aa heirloom Inherited from Pen
mark.
The wife of a commercial millionaire
fn'the Argentine Republic possesses s
ttilmbj.e'mad by a London West-end
leweler which cost 2,500. ft is a very
farge one foreign ladle all using larg
er thimbles than usually" sold In Lon
don and Is one mass of diamonds and
ruoiea, uif goiu aerang scarcely snow
ing.' ' " "
fhe same firm, for a gentleman from
Philadelphia, made two thimbles, each
pf whjch, cpmposed whol'y of dia
monds, cost one fhopsand grjneaa
Tbey were both given aa presenta to
ladles, one the wife of a well-known
statesman.
For one of the Sasson family they
mad many thimbles, averaging 500
each, al of which were given away as
weaaing presenfj.
The (Jpepn of Stain possesses a thim
ble (a gift from the King) ' which' it
made pf flie finest old. in the shaps
Pf IPtPS bn4. and is studded with
diamonds so arranged that tbey form
ber name and the date of her marriage.
rieasas au tbe family, roar tavors-
Lemoo. Oraage. Baspberry aad raVberr7
at your aroeaia. um.
Brevity to the best recommendation
hraS- Whf ?n Senator" aS
.rr.-r-
a CoM t. Oa y.
fske
ruj
r.-auiT?..T."-
a.
- -- t- -w an, sbs.
loot drfi!? ,0k .-Jowa on other, to
look down on ourselves Is tbs dinlcul-
tuT mwy different brands of
End'wh A man tn one
kind when be traduces bis enemies.
tJfhT. Wi?jC. ."ln Jlru 'or children
IS! ,.W0.man who doesn't ex.
ect a man to lova h .
Pect
busy.
when he Is
Cattars Iah Is Vsea ay the
tat railway satem l fK. tt-ij
!b70sin07uar??;vu!.-.a.
. i - v oest.
himself fa. I. n:""" arks at
tenths' of hi. 10 t nine
Mae'a Cm ( i.. . .. .
far .U nBeCth r" -d
It la caster to opea a can of corn than
. canned cora U e?Tr
W ta P'J safe rnia to go bj that
k m Paper, doa't raf?
tnaa as prominent, tbat be li.
POpl OOhr kaM
taey sack.
racatlon
51
IPummsiim
la m proud and peoHetm
rooordm It Is a record of
euro, of constant con
quast over obstinate Ula
cf women? Ills that deal
out despair; suffering
that many women think
Is woman's natural herlm
tago; disorders and tfg.
placements that drive out
hope
I Lydia E. Plnkham's Vtgttablt Compound j
euros those troubles ot
women, and robs moa
struatlon of Its terrors.
Ho woman need be with
out the safest and surest
advice, for Mrs. Plnkham
oounsels women free of
charge Her address Is
Lynn, Mass,
Can any woman afford
to Ignore the medicine and
the advice that has cured
a million women 2
Worms
IN CHILDREN ARB
veritable dam on a,
and rnuet be quickly
removed or M-rloa
aaaBaaaaaal results may follow.
Tbe medicine wblob for tbe past 60 ynara
has held tbe record for su-cjsifully rid
dinir children of tbn Dtl Is Krey'e
Vermifuge made entirely Irom vege
table products, containing no enlomil. U
cts. at drugeists, country storm or by mall,
postpaid. . A 8. Fair, Ballimorn, Hi.
'ITS
STOPPED FRCI
Peraanently Carta nj
DR. (LINE'S GREAT
NERVE RESTORER
i its after ftrs dat s a.
aiMiaal nr bv snail: treatise aa4
ftl TRfAL H4TTI.K, Fit EE
I to Fit patatnta wbo pay xpreaaaar only on nrutrry.
rWininf twnAfirt relief, foft l (f-
n..J aTi.ilrt.' S.B3. St Vltn- iHri-.
I Dlllty. Kabaoatlon. IK. K. LI M E. at.
1 831 Ardi Strtet. fhiiaoeipnia. rwsuoea u.l.
FOR
FIFTY YEARS!
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTH1NG.SYRUP
hmn been ased by million! af mothers rr
the tr cbUdrvn wbUe Teetbiag for over t-'lfty
Years. It aootbc tba cbUd. sorwas tui
fums, allays all pain, cure wiaJ colic, Ad
a ibe best remedy tor diarrhoea.
Twenty-five Cants a BoHla.
tso
DHD CY kew DiscovraT: lw
ln Vr O S mek rli' aod car wm
aoua ot laatiiunniais aoa lu ear treatro .1
Kfm. nr. a.
a. aassa ssoas. aa a. auau. e.
A Sure B .11
iflnnriiM m m swis a s-n rell
relief torRMnmi
CaaaUlttuBta. MikasV
'Successfully Prosecutes Claim.
Late PrinqlDavl ExaVnllDesr D B. FDanoo Bureatx
3 jro ia civil wavr. IftaVttiadlCaVtiiaC -iouaa, mXXj Imi
Paeaar Wasa'S There.
1'he man qn the street car was talk
ing tp a friend about his trip through
Greece am the tombs of the ancient
be had met with, and, after awhile, the
old, man opposite, whQ bad beep, liteo.
tng closely, leaned forward and re;
marked:
"Sir, do I understand that you were
in Greece 7"
"Yes, sir,'' was the reply.
"And you saw tombs?'
"Plenty of them."
. "Did you happen to run a:ro89 tbe
tomb of Julius Caesar?" "
"Xo, sir. ' Julius Caesar was not
ureea, you jtuow. "
"That's so that's so. Now, that you,
mention It, I remember that be wasn't
You see, I had kind of got Julius Ca(ri
ar and Christopher Columbus and.
George Tashlngton mixed up, and J'ra
glad you set me straight. Thankee, sir,
Do as much for you some time. Uo o
wltb your tombstones." Washington
Pest.
Memories of a Walts.
?Tid you ever try to dance with a fpp
elgner?" asked a Louisville gentleman,
who had been traveling abroad, of tbi
Detroit Fre Press man. "jf 'd oncej
he continued, "and that experience was
more than enough for me. ' It happened;
at a ball at llustapha, at the Hotel Sf.
Georges. asked an Austrian countess
to waltz, and when we sarte4 I sup
posed we would dance In the leisure!
American fashion.
"The countess had a different liWa la
her bead. Sbe preferred tp whirl ma
ly, like a deryish, on a space tbat could,
be covered with a parasol, and. on ac
count of ber superior strength, I clun
to ber and w began to spin.
"Finally, when It seemed to tue thaf
we were performing our antics on th?
ceiling with our heas hangiug dawo
I could stand it no longer, snd, gasping
for breath, suggested that we sit duwa.
I saw two chairs galloping around tlii
room and prepared to catch theiu orj
the next lap. We steered for tbem, (
clinging helplessly to the athletic lady,
and then we sank down. I fat dazed
and almost Insensible until I wv
aroused by lb countess saying:
" 'Excuse me. but we are sitting PI
the same chair,' "
Job L or Wedding.
In tb Church of Collogues, neat
Lyons, a few days ago, a remark bit
combination of matrimonial cerenioatei
took place. Mile. Gonnat wai married
to M. Jean Vallansot, while, at toi
same time and place, the bride's par
ents celebrated their silver wedding,
and the bridegroom's parents similar'
celebrated theirs, and the grandpar
ents of the bride celebrated their gold
en wedding.
v " -rt,
Th Shrewd Enumerator.
"Welt madam. If' you positively rt- .
fuse to tell me your' age, I suppose I
can Inquire of the lady npxt door ant)
let her guess at It" '
'Young man. you stand right stiU
there where' you are. I'll be back to
moment arlth th. f-n.nn lhl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
llroathts and famines fn f edla.
The British government expects a
drought In India about twice la vfiff
nine years, and a great famine like tbt
Prseent about twice In a centuEK
I BaatCoocliBrron. TaatcaGood. TJasP
t ; in time. Bold b drogainta. M