H - i 'r 1 I ANDRCY. Audrey knowedi naught of books. Naught to captivate the wisa; Bat the aoal of goodness looks .-. Through die quiet of her ryem. She can bake awd ahe can knit, . Cunningly ahe wlelda the broom, All her pleasure is to ait In a aeatly order'd room. Touchstone, shaping a career. Shines at each exclusive boose; "Bach cleTer man, my dear, Tied to joat a "country mouse P "Married ere he dreamed of us. Ere he knew what gifts he bad Strange that Fate should yoke him thus, And very, very, Tery sad!" Touchstone (let him mark it well) When the social round is trod. Bored by dame and demoiselle Goes home softly, praising God. New York Tribune. HHAD been graduated two years, and had a practice sufficiently large, I dveniod, to warrant my taking apartments. Apartments sur round a young doctor with an air of prosperity which people like to encour age and add to. A month later I was comfortably, almost elegantly, estab lished on the first floor of a handsome North Side apartment house, with a careful middle-aged woman to act as my housekeeper and cook. "Pretty well fixed, old man, eh!" said Jack Winters, my college classmate and chum, who had come over that even ing from the West Side to make a housewarmiug for me. "All you need to complete your happiness Is to get ac quainted with the pretty widow on the floor above you. She's John Hedmond's cousin, you know, and a sweeter little woman never "Thank you," I said, checking Jack's enthusiasm Jack always goes off on a tangent when a pretty womnn Is dis cussed. "I am trying to get patients, and have no time for social pleasures, and, besides, I don't mind saying it. Jack, I'm not fond of widows." "All I have to say to that Is," said Jack, "you don't know Mrs. Traine. HUH. TKAI.Mt IXU.'U TO Ml' AKM. However, my professional duties were not so ardous that I did not find time to notice a trim little figure that flitted In and out through the big en trance door, dressed always ex-iuis-tely, but quietly. My interest In Mrs. Traine deepened when I heard her story. Her husband had been killed in a railway accident three years before. The Insurance money was almost gone, and the little widow added to the income that must support herself and invalid mother by giving music lessons to a few wealthy girls. A daintier little rosebud of a woman It would have been hard to find. Soft brown hair, tossed in truant curls about the low forehead, a voice that spoke always gently, blue eyes full of mirth, and a complexion that looked like It had been bathed in the morning dew. Once or twice I had held the big door open for her to pass out, and bowed in response to the low "thank you." Ear ly after my coming to the building a boy on the top floor had been accom modate enough to get hurt in the ele vator, uuil I bad been called In as the most available physician. Luckily, J brought the boy through so well that bis parents as well as the youngster himself, sounded my praises so loudly that I found myself with quite a repu tation and Incidentally a practice in the neighborhood. Still, I had not met Mrs. Traine, and I was beginning wickedly to hope some accident ever so slight a one, of course might happen to her, a sprained ankle or wrist, that I might have the joy of caring for. However, the fates preserved Mrs. Traine from accident, and I continued to watch for glimpses of her from my office window. I had bowed the last patient out for the evening, and settled myself for a smoke before bedtime. My meditations, , mingling with the blue curling smoke, were interrupted by a piercing scream, and then another. I rushed Into the hall. The screams came from the Traine apartment above. In another moment I was knocking on the door, which was opened by Mrs. Traine her self, white and breathless. Oh," she gasped, .patching hold of my arm. "We've got him out there In the pan try poor mamma " "Who?" I asked. "The burglar. He was hid In the dining-room mnmma saw him, and he ran into the pantry and I locked the door and he's trying to jump out of the window. I heard a noise as of some one trying to push up a window, and opening the pantry door there he was, a sure enough burglar, evil-browed and sullen, who aropped the window and turned to face me. "You can't make a Jump from thai window, my man," I said. "You had better be quiet." I turned the lock again, but Mrs. - T.alne, divining my purpose, clung to my arm. "Don't go," she cried, fran tically. "We can't 6tay here alone a minute." Then to my relief that same small boy who had served me so well professionally appeared on the thresh old, attracted by the cries. Off he went to call the police, while I tried to quiet two hysterical women. In a few minutes the burglar was handcuffed and led away, but the shock had proved too much for Mrs. Traine's invalid mother. The fainting spell was followed by delirium, and her daughter and I watched by her bedside until morning. Of course, I was Installed as attend ing physician, and never failed to call morning and evenings. When the pa nt was able to sit up I sometime ad "aloud to her as an excuse to re main longer, watching the daughter a' some household task. One evening I staid for tea. Mrs Xnlat wore a dainty gown of .white That is no sight so waieoma t a bach elor as a pretty woman at th btad f a tarn table. The MXt moraine I P: tared the pretty widow sitting oppMl me at my own breakfast table, wearing the pretty bona Jacket I had Man on my morning caHa. That afternoon I took Mrs. Train and. her mother for a drlT. and was re warded by another invitation to tea. A reason for such close attention to my patient was no looser apparent. I was bunting about In my mind for an other excuse to prolong the delightful call when Mrs. Traine knocked at my door one evening. "I have come to see yon on business," she said, taking the seat I offered her. "Yon have been kind to mother," ahe went on. "Of coarse, we want to pay yon for your trouble. Would you mind telling me, please, bow much the amount Is 7" I saw the anxious look growing deep er In the sweet face opposite me. How much denial and privation paying a doctor's bill meant to that little wom an, already burdened with responsi bility! "It must be a large bill," she said at .ast. as I remained silent, watching her. "You you've made so many calls." "Ye. It is a large bill," I said, slowly. There was a quick uplifting of the blue eyes. "I hope," she said softly, 'that you won't mind If we don't pay It quite all at once; If I could arrange to pay you so much every week until the bill is settled." "No," I said, in business-like tones. I should prefer to have the whole bill settled for at once." My heart smote me for the alarm In the face that was lifted to mine. I leaned forward and took her hand. "Do you want to know bow much my bill will be? Well, it's a great deal. Noth ing less than the giving of your own self to me, my darling, win satisfy my ;lalm against you." "You mean " said Mrs. Trains, the blushes diffusing her pale face. That 1 want you to be my wife," I said, drawing her head down upon my shoulder. "Is the price too great T' Chicago Tribune. The Art of listening. Would that there were more people who know how to listen! We some times deplore the fact that there are so few good talkers; may we nqt rather regret that those who can talk so sel lom find people who know how to hear them? The habit of interrupting Is one that is certainly on the increase. If one will sit quietly by and take notes of a casual lonversatlon be will be disagreeably surprised to see bow few sentences are allowed to run their smooth and even way without some Interruption. When story Is in telling by one of a small roup it Is bound to be paragraphed by rclamations, needless questions, or would-be Jocose speeches. To listen properly one should look at the speaker and think of what he is saying. Such a listener Is In himself an Inspiration. We sometimes hear it said of a man' or woman: "That person brings out all that Is best In me In the way of con versation." And generally the reason for this Is that this particular person gives appreciative heed to what Is be ing said. To look at a book, to tnrn over the pages of a 'magazine, or to glance over the columns of a newspaper Is not to listen attentively, and will serve as a damper to the most' enthusiastic of speakers. Harper's Bazaar. Shakesp urs and the Bible. In Shakspeare's name lies the key to a wonderful cryptogram. The spelling "Shakespeare" was the poet's nom de plume, while "Shakspere" was his name, an evident change from "Shakes pear." In each of the two spellings last given are ten letters four vowels and six consonants. Combine these two figures and we have the number 40, the key to the mystery. Turning to the forty-sixth Psalm in the revised version it is found the psalm Is divided into three portions, each one ending with "selah." Remember the number Id. Counting forty-six words from the be ginning of the psalm, one reads the word "shake" in the first portion, and counting forty-six words from the end of the psalm one reaches the word "spear." There Is "Shakespear" as plainly as letters can make It London Answers. Labor Day as a Holiday. Labor day was celebrated first In New York City. The celebration took place gn Monday, Sept. 4. 1882. It la now a legal holiday in thirty-five State and the District of Columbia. Hilda' Doaflsh. Said a fisherboy to Hilda, "Once I caught a dogfish. Miss!" And ever since she's wondered If the creature looked like this. Mimma'i Mistaken Policy. "Mamma," said 3-year-old Flossie, "1 guess you don't know much about rais ing children, do you?" "Why do you think that?" asked the mother. "Because." replied the little miss, "you always send me to bed when I'm not sleepy and make me get up when I am sleepy." A Queer Alaskan Flan. In Alaska there Is a queer fish that can be used as a candle when dried. The tail of the fish Is stuck In a crack of a wooden table and Its nose Is light ed. A good-sized flame will burn about three hours. It gives a good, steady light of three-candle power and consid erable beat. Ferment In a New Sense, A Uttle schoolgirl was told by her teacher to write the word "ferment" on her slate, together with the definition and a sentence in which the word was to be used. The following is the result: "F-e-r-m-e-n-t; a verb, signifying to work. I love to do all kinds of fancy ferment" A Bright Boy'. Retort. "Tell me where the Lord is, my little man," said the minister to a bright Uttle fellow, "and I'll give you a Lenny." "You tell me where he isn't," replied the youthful philosopher, "and I'U give you two pennies." There Wu a Difference. Aunt Mary Now, candidly, Margie, don't you think you have eaten enough pudding? Margie (aged 4) Well, I may think so. Aunt Mary, but I don't feel so. A physician says a man stMtdd nevei do any work before breakfast Of course this doesn't apply to the tramp who is compelled to work some one for Ala breakfast. OtJR EOYS AND G1HLS. THI8 IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER, . Qaatat Bajrlasje astd Cate Dotage ef the Uttle Folks BVvery where, Oatherad ad Prlatod Here for All Other lAt tto Oaea to Bead, "Oh, dear, how I do hate work!"' said Lily. m "Have you got much to do, dearie asked her grandmother, gently. "All that!" replied Lily, holding out a long seam with a dismal sigh. "Ob, do, granny, tell me about yourself when you were little." "Well. Tonr dislike of needlework re- i minds me Tery much of my own child hood. You know It was not tne tasnion then for girls to play games as you do now. and I often got Into sad scrapes for running and climbing with my brothers Instead of sitting quietly at my needle. One day my mother spoke seriously to me and said I would never be a useful woman unless I tried to learn a little more, which made me cry and promiae to do my best. Finally, she kissed me and promised that when I should have finished a set of shirts which I was then making, she would give me a gold thimble of her own. I really did try Tery hard; and at last the shirts were finished and I went trium phantly to claim my prize. " 'Yes, you deserve It said mother, when I put it on. 'But be careful where you keep It.' I promised and flew to the schoolroom to put away my work, when one of the boys called out that they were going for a walk. Down went my work and new thimble on the table and out I ran to Join them. We had a delightful ramble, and on our re turn I went to the schoolroom, to find my work there, but not the thimble. High and low I searched, but It was gone. In terrible trouble, I went to the boys (not daring to confess to mamma), and we hunted everywhere together, but In vain. Suddenly Alfred looked out of the window. 'Look at old Jack,' he said. 'What has he got there?' We had a tame crow, who used to live In the garden, and was now hopping over the lawn with something glittering In bis beak. "'My thimble! I cried, springing through the window; and we both raced after the naughty bird, but too late. With a wicked croak of triumph he flew toward the pond at the bottom of the garden and dropped the precious prize Into the water. " 'O. you dreadful bird! I cried, and hfalrly burst Into tears. 'Never mind. old girl!' said Alfred. And In a twinkl ing he had tucked up his trousers and waded in. It was shallow Just there; and, to my relief, he spied the thimble, where it had lodged against a stone, and restored it to me. "Dear old boy! I love it for the mem ory of that bit of help!" And granny drew the thimble from a case, where It rested in company with an old, faded photograph. "I couldn't part with it now; bnt some day you shall have It, Lily." More Play Needed. It used to be that boys and men who worked had shorter working hours and less work to do In the same time than do the men and boys of to-day. Conse quently they had better opportunities and greater'incllnation for recreation of the healthiest kind. They felt able to rise in the morning early enough for gymnastics, their work the day before not being so irksome as to make them feel they needed every moment of sleep possible, as Is often the case nowa days, and In the late afternoons and evenings they could enjoy an athletic game. The girls some years ago exert ed themselves mentally and physically much less than they do now, their course of study usually being mild In comparison to the average of to-day, mil few of them were In business or the professions. Therefore their need was less for strengthening exercises. Althnntrh the mental and physical work that the men and women of this generation do has greatly Increased th An nnt seem to have realized yet that a counteracting force Is absolute ly necessary, for the number Is growing Inreer every day. We cannot help ob serving It on the streets and every where of men ana women wno sioucn along with drooping figure and drag ging steps, the picture of undeveloped nhvalral manhood and womanhood. There - is nothing more pleasant to tnsiir nnnn than a stronsr. graceful, han- py young mad or young woman, and the last two qualities depend on tne first and all three on physical exercises and development. Therefore, boys and girls, you know trhat vou must do to be hanny and at tractive, and It Is your duty to be all three. You can, of course, in varying degree, and you ought to add much to the beauty of this old world, whose fine uen and women are Its most splendid features. A Hard Word to Say. In the heat of passion Robert had (lone something that he was ashamed bf and sorry for after tne excitement iad passed away. "I wish that I ha .nt let my temper get away with my s, od sense," he said; "but it's done and can't be undone." "But isn't there a way to overcome the effect of wrong doing to a great Extent?" asked a voice In his heart "How?" asked Robert "By owning to one's blame In the natter," answered the voice. "Confess ing one's fault does much.to set wrong right. Try It." Now, Robert was very much like the rest of us be hated to admlUthat be was In fault. "I'm wrong; forgive me," Is a hard thing to say. But the more he thought the matter over the more he felt that he ought to say Just that "ItV the right thing to do," lie told nun self. If I know what's right and don't io It I'm a moral coward. I'll do It." St' be went to the one that he had wronged i nd confessed his fault frankly and the result was that the two boys were bet ter friends than before and his comrade had a greater respect for him. En rhange. A Wor I or Fo About Opportunity. There Is an old saying that opportuni ty is kind, but only to the industrious. As an Illustration of this Idea we ma; cite the old Perisan legend that a poor man waited a thousand years at the gates of paradise hoping that they would open and he could enter. Final ly be snatched one Uttle nap of a few minutes' duration, but then It was that the gates opened and shut Von Moltke. the triumphant strategist of the Franco-Prussian war, said: "To win you must be at the right place, at the right time, with a superior force." The great Napoleon made that the active principle of his marvelous mili tary career. The rule holds good In all the pursuits of life. Kind unemployed is mind unenjoyed. j COME AND GO la many forms Rheumatism Neuralgia Lumbago Sciatica make up a large part of human suffering. They come suddenly, bat tbey go promptly by the ec of . Si Jacobs Oil which ia a certain sure core. STOKltS OF DR. RIDPATH. How the Old Chapel at De Panw Was "Wrecked." Th late Dr. Kiduatb. historian and asaviRt. was a briUiant and popular lecturer on a great variety of subjects in history, literature and social me. Prof. H. M. Skinner, of Chicago, con trihiirtfs ta a recent volume of the Mirage some Interesting reminiscences of college life at Depauw in a previous -Wnito when ttldnath was a central ngure In the faculty of that old univer sity. Among these occurs the follow ing: The news in the old chapel were strongly made of hard wood and pan ned, yet It was not in the craft of the -rrwnter to construct seats that WOUld stand the wear and tear of Dr. BJd- path's lectures. The doctor was a ao rout worshlDer of all things Saxon; and yet as a lecturer and tblnker, he was French not like Ste. Beuve, but line Victor Hugo. Ills were the scintllla- lona. the blindimr flash and the rapid 3re of the author of "Les Miserables." At times, when a thought was riveted forever bv an incandescent mental process, when the unexpected came In in Illustration or allusion, como peara-l-i en nln de botlcario. the speaker's colce was drowned In screams of ap plause and lauguter, oencnes creaaeu ind groaned and uncontrollable reet iew'out aim Inst Danels that burst from :helr grooves. Perhaps no other such ;ectures at once so humorous, so bril liant so novel and so full of thought- were ever delivered In any American .ollege, and they covered the wnoie leld of history and literature. Why save they not been published among lie voluminous wonts or iiiupatn : Referring to the days of the old "lec ture bureau." Professor Skinner relates two incidents which Illustrate the doc- :or"s readiness to adapt himself to exi gencies of the moment It happened :hat Anna Dickinson and Vice Presl- lent Colfax both addressed the stu dents under rteculiar circumstances. which were adroitly managed by the loctor. The writer says: "Once when Anna Dickinson was to lecture we assembled very early In the ld chapel at 7 In the evening. The fair termagant came not e waitea :ill 0; then word came that she had Just irrlved In Indianapolis and would come jut on a special engine If It would not ye too late. It would not be too late. We still tarried, while a solitary loco aotive. with a pressure of steam gauged to the temper of one of Its oc :upants, sped like a cannon ball :hrough the darkness over the Indiana prairies. At about 11 Miss Dickinson ippeared, and ascended the platform In aer traellng dress. After berating a railway employe for her delay she poured forth a vltrioUc diatribe upon :he organizers of labor, holding her au lience captive till long after midnight. "When Vice President Colfax came to ;peak In the afternoon be found the old iliapel crowded almost to suffocation, nd perhaps three times as large an au llence without as there was within the building. With the lightning move of ;enlus Dr. RIdpath removed the sash wholly from one of the east windows, tod from the window sill the great In ilanian spoke, his profiles presented squally to both his audiences. It was a great feat. The window has been transformed Into a niche. I think some appropriate Inscription should be writ ten within It to commemorate the unique event for the loyal ovation to Colfax possessed peculiar significance at the time. It was Indiana's answer to his detractors." Cumulative Kconomy An old bookkeeper declares that It Is surprising to see how many valuable thines a man can buy If he simply econ omizes In little things. "I once made up my mind I would be come the possessor of a good gold watch. I saved up the money for It In this way: When I felt like eating a 50 cent luncheon, as I often did, I ate a 25-cent one Instead, and put the other quarter aside for my watch fund. You will hardly believe It, but in less than six months I had saved money enough to purchase the watch." "But you don't seem to have bought It" said his friend, observing that there were no outward signs of such a pur chase. "Well, no. When I found how easily I could get along without 50-cent lunch es, I concluded I could get along Just n oflxllv without the cold watch, and the watch fund is growing Into a house and lot fund now. THE KEITH THEATRES In Philadelphia, New York and Boston never experience such a thing: as un profitable business, but on the contrary they are described in the language of the street as "regular mints." Mr. Keith has not only been a pioneer in purifying vaudeville for his good ex ample has been generally followed since It proved to be good policy but he has wt ought a revolution in the vaude ville business, the ' intellectual tone of this branch of amusements has been elevated beyond what would have been deemed possible in the days of vapid vulgarity a dozen years ago. The uniform excellence of Keith's shows is too well recognized to need mention. The best proof of public confidence is that- the sale of admission had to be stopped at times. The Boston theatre, which Mr. Keith built a few years ago. is one of the show places of the town. Edward Everett Hale waa among those who wrote describing ita beauty In en thusiastic terms when it was opened. "The best people" frequent Keith's the atres in Philadelphia, Boston and New York and they went there a long time before they ventured to sample the hos pitality of other vaudeville houses. THE LOUNGER, In The Philadelphia Press. Broad Streets) In Europe. Berlin boasts that Vater den Linden Is the broadest street in any great city. It Is 215 feet wide. ' The RIngstrasse in Vienna Is 188 feet, the Paris grand boulevards 122 feet and the Andrassy arraaae at BadaVPSlh 155 ft Wide, 4 ( CM . - a II HAiT Look tt your toesue. Is it coated? Then you have bad taste in your mouth every morning. Your appetite is poor, and food dis tresses you. You have frequent headaches and are often dizzy. Your stomach is weak and your bowels are always constipated. There's an old and re liable cure: 3 Don't take a cathartic dose and then stop. Bet ter take a laxative dose each night, just enough to cause one good free move ment the day following. You feel better the very next day. Your appetite returns, your dyspepsia is cured, your headaches pass away, your tongue clears up, your liver acts well, and your bowels no longer give you trouble. Price, 2S cents. An aracateta. " I hare taken Ayer'a Pills for 35 years, and I consider them the best made. One pill does me more eood than half Ikix of any other kind I have ever tried." Mrs N.E.Talbot, March 30, 1899. Arrington, Kana. aa m a am . His Greed Was Too Great. A prominent Barton" County farmer was made the victim of a smooth, al though by no means new, swindle re cently, through which he was worked for $375. Several weeks ago a man' claiming to be a real estate dealer ap proached the farmer with a proposition for the purchase of his land. An offer of S50 was paid down to bind the bar gain, the "purchaser" giving aCartbage address on his departure. Some days afterward another farmseeker came along and offered 65 an acre for the same land. ' Of course, the owner wanted to sell to the second man at the higher figure, although he had tied himself In a pre vious contract. So he wrote the "Carthage" dealer with reference to a cancellation of bis contract and after some dickering succeeded In persuad ing the latter to accept $400 In cash In lieu of the privilege of buying at the $50 rate. Then he was ready for the $03 man. But strangely enough he had disappeared, and so, It was shortly af terward discovered, had purchaser No. 1. Then the farmer began to appre ciate that he had been swindled. He at once began a bot search for the artists who had separated him from his cash, but of course, their apprehension, to say nothing of the recovery of ny of the money, is well-night hopeless. Kansas City Journal. The Beat rraserlptloa for Chills and Ftt la a bottle of Grove's TarrsLBas Cam. Toaio. It la simply Iron and qninlne ta a taateleaa foraa. Ks oars na par. Price flOe. Great efforts come of Industry and perseverance; for audacity doth al most bind and mate the weaker sort of minds. Uaarare af Otntmente for Oatarrai Tasl Contain Mereary, as mercary will sorely destroy the sense of smell and com pletel y de ra nire the whole system when entering it through the mneoas surf aces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the lanuure they will do ia ten fold to the good you San possiblyderire f m them. Hatl's Catarrh Oare manufactured by F. J. i'heney A Ov, Toledo. O- contains no mercury, toiali takon Internally, acting directly upon the ulood and mucous suriM-es oi tne system, in ouying Hir. I 'atarrh i. ure be sure to B-et the ffenuine. It is taken internally, and Is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. heney & o. Tt stimonials free. IfSold by Druggists; pnee, too. per ootua. Hall's Family PLUs an til best. The happiness of some people Is so much at the mercy of other folks that if they can't excite their Jealousies they are perfectly miserable. It regnlres no experience to dye with Potham Fadeless Dies. Simply boiling your go'ods in the dye is all that is necessary. Adversity has ever been considered as the state In which a man the most easily becomes acquainted with him selfparticularly as he Is in that state free from flatterers. Drugs have their use, but don't store them in your stomach. Beeman's Pepsin Gum aids nature to perform its func tions. Such only can enjoy the country who are capable of thinking when they are there, than they are prepared for soli tude, and In that, solitude is prepared for them. Mr. Wluslow'a Soothing Syrun 'or children teething, softens the gums, reducing in flam ma- i in nam ma 2Sc a bottle iwn, aiiaya pain, cures wina colic With Prejudiced Eyes. A correspondent of the Portland Transcript writes of a pretty incident which was witnessed at the Paris ex position not long ago. It was In the Grand Palais des Beaux Arts, says the writer, that I witnessed a bit of something more beautiful than staties, as any warm, palpitating liv ing tbing Is more beautiful than sculp tured representations. A mun and woman, plainly dressed and evidently from a "far country,' stopped before a Cupid, dainty as a lily, graceful as a sea-gull, one knee bent beneath blm, his bowstring dis tended, while he looked straight along the pointed arrow. '"O Sam," exclaimed the woman "don't he look Just like Jack when be is firing off arrows from that bow you made him? Although," reflectively, "he ain't so good-lookin' as Jack." "Might look like Jack," drawled the prosaic father, 'If he bad red hair 'n' freckles, 'a' a Jacket buttoned up wrong, 'n' stubbed-toed shoes. Too women, are great on likenesses any way." . The . woman said nothing, bnt she lingered near the statue for a moment and I saw her surreptitiously pat it cheek, doubtless for "Jack's" sake. Don't wait until It begins to sprinkle before starting to lay up money for a rainy day. Steady, patient persevering thinking win generally surmount every o Delta - cle la the search after truth. poMfbla ta great aeai at Christ and yet not to know Him. Demon posses sion baa not dis appeared so long m men go mad for money. It m better to bar your bank In your heart than jour heart la the bank. Meekness with God leads to might with men. No prattle la so purposeless as that of prayerless preaching. Ton may measure a man oj w things that move him. Religion Is not a scheme to got good crops from poor sowing. It Is only as long as God's sun anines on this world that It Is fair. There la only one place where gold rusts, and that la ta the heart. The worst Christian watchers are those who are taking cat-nap. The man who reflects deeply will soon be a light instead of a reflector. tt who drinks to drown his despair Is trying to extinguish heU with fuel. Heaven Is our home, but there are a good many of the family here on earth. If the devil would play a harp or alng a solo people would have him In heaven. Diligence In business Is religious only when the business becomes divine ser vice. The fellowship of His sufferings makes possible the sympathy witn others. The distillery would be a blessing if the devils tbey bottle up only stayed that way. A man's life never rises above Its source, nence tne neea m ueiug iwm from above. It is better to let your family wreck the house than to allow fashion to ruin your home. Only the life that has mountain heights to tap the clouds can have fruitful valleys. The hope of salvation from the sins if society depends on our own personal sensibility to sin. Only the man "who can say "all my springs are in thee" can go through the Iry and thirsty land. There are too many Christians too aoor to give to the Lord who yet can ilways rake together enough to go to ' the circus. ' HAIR SHOULD NOT BE CUT. i i Erroneous Belief That F refluent Clip-, pins Proaaotca Its Growth. Does cutting promote the growth oC the hair? This question Is answered bjf the Frankfurter Wochenblatt In thi wise: "It is believed by laymen an4 professional hairdressers Uat cutting largely Increases the growth of the hair. This belief begins'' with the In voluntary comparison of the hair wltih a plant As grass that la often cut short grows again and becomes ttlckefr, so. It Is believed, the hair should do when It is cut This comparison, how ever, is a false one. A developed Ljlr is a perfectly formed mass of bajfjn which has nothing further to do with the case In which the hair rests thin to receive from It from below further growth and to be held firmly by it,' In this mass of horn, as In the nails of the fingers and the toes, there is no longer any sap In circulation; this mass, so to speak, la a product which cannot be quickened and strengthened by new nourishment, because the lat ter cannot enter it On the other hand, what happens In a blade of grass Is to tally different , "The blade of grass Is a network of flne ducts In which Is constantly circu lating the nourishment which the blade iraws from the root; It presents, in con trast with the dead body of the hair. i living, vegetating substance which has a most intimate connection with the condition of its root and which dries up Infallibly when It Is separated from its root while the hair will re main unaffected for thousands of years after Its papilla has withered away We need cite only one Irresistible proof of this die hair on the heads of mum mies. The root of the hair as long as it exists can produce a new hair when the old hair has fallen out, while the root of many a plant gives existence to one sprout only and then together with it declines and dies. The more a hair Is disturbed in Its natural growth by continually cutting off Its ends the less rest its papilla, the real producer of the hair, finds; the papilla, being constantly Incited to excessive produc tion, wavers finally in its activity, de cays and dies. For this reason a wom an with a bald head Is never or seldom seen, as the natural and very slow process of the growth of a woman's hair is not disturbed. The individual hair reaches a definite length; after years it falls out of Itself and a new hair begins to appear as soon as the papilla has had time to rest Itself thor oughly and to prepare itself for the process of a new growth. These are the reasons which lead to the obvi ously valid conclusion that cutting the bair is rather Injurious than useful." If It were not for our vanity and self. love we would not be any better satis fied with ourselves than with our neigh- nors. tie a man s vocation wnai it mav. nis ruie snouia De to ao nis auties per fectly and thus to make Perpetual progress in nis art Safest, surest core roc ur.puii s-SerSe Cough Synip?ei kefuse tubstitutea. Get Dr. Bulla Cough Syrun. If You Are Prudent Why not be insured, and save money at the same time? Our new policy on tre endowment plan is the best insur ar ; contract issued, and Is meeting with great favor. Our booklet. "How and Why,"sent free on request, you will find Interesting and perhaps instructive. PEN.N MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. 2l-a-t Csartset St rBUADELPflu. FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP liea beta ned bjr mllllonsot mother, their caUdata whll Tsstblns for OTeTvinl Years. It sootbes U ehfid. softou, VIl ilal, altars aa pain, cores wind coil . t lb beat RiuKly tor dtarriuaa. IK Fverv mother possesses information of vital value to her roiing daughter. That ttaugnter is a precious legacy anQ the responsibility for her future is largefjr m the hands of the mother The mysterious change that develops the thought Iass oiri into the thoughtful woman should find the mother on the watch day and night As she cares for the physical well-being of her daughter, bo will the woman be, and her vnthe young girl's theughts become sluggish, when ahe experiences headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits an abnormal disposition to sleep, pains in the back and lower limbs eves dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the nHet'v of other girls, when she is a mystery to herself and friends, then the mother should go to her aid promptly At such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydla k. Plnk ham's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance in this hour of trial. The following letters from Miss Good are practical proof of Mrs. Pinkham's efficient advice to young women. Miss Good asks Mrs. Pinkham for Help. June 12th, 1309. "DaVAJt Mrs. Fctkbaii: I have been rery much bothered for some time with my monthly periods bein? Irregular. 1 will tell you all about if and put myself in your care, for I have heard ao much of you. Each month menstruation would become less and less, until it entirely stopped for six months, and now it has stopped again. I have become very ner vous and of a very bad color. I am a young girl and have always had to MM PEARL GOOD I S 5000 REWARD deposited with which will be testimonial ia writer's special DANGER FROM OVEREATING. Insanity Ia Often Caused by a Too Lib eral Indulgence in Food. It Is well known to the few medical men that many cases of Insanity are directly "due to overeating and the con sequent absorption into the circulation of toxic matters from the Intestinal tract; and melancholia, whether In mild or severe form. Is generally due to this cause. Violent paroxysms of temper, whether In children or adults, are often properly referable to a bad state of the blood from this auto-toxemia, as la. In deed, the exceedingly exuberant spirits of old or young at times; just aa we ob serve in alcoholic poisoning, some Indi viduals are made temporarily jolly and good natured; others are made ugly and unreasonable. In view of this condi tion of affairs isn't It rather a wise plan tor us all to consider rather the needs of the organism for food than the mere question of palate-tlckllng; to aim to eat good Instead of bad food and enough of it that Is, not too much; to have the conditions about right when we take our meals; In brief, to try and treat our bodies decently, even though we act from a purely sensual point of view? In no other way can we secure the highest possible degree of pleasure on the average, while by acting thus sensibly we may enjoy practical Im munity from disease. The more exercise we take under proper conditions, the more we are ex posed to cold and the clearer we keep irom excess in ciotning the more we may eat; hence. In order to enjoy the fullest measure of table pleasures we must live actively, wear as little cloth ing as Is consistent with comfort and do considerable "roughing" sometime? called hardening. With all this we should take our meals at times when the body or brain Is not overtired and when we "have leisure to digest." And of all things, we should never eat unless we are hungry; to eat without an appe tite Is self-abuse of the most stupid sort since it affords no pleasure and l productive of disease. An Illiterate Country. Roumania would appear to be the most Illiterate country in Europe The last census shows that, in a population of about 6,000,000 nearly 4.000.000 can neither read nor write, and that only . Uncover 1.000.000 have an, edncStL" The value of your salvation is on ac- Ztr. ?' " Cost Chr,8t 1 -orth to the world depends on what It -Osts you. Jv W?m'n Wb0 tn two ?rlrrT, Wl8e,"ke 80me of the call ,r, k " WOrW Who now on to v an? lhC W0UM have keP k non--ake tfge!.S0,n flour 10 bak tor ielat" " Ta t . Vmrm toM la Oaa n. Tails Tailits. An t falls ta, sum oa aaaa box. tSo. outest1 toc9 and ' ST"1 th but the swpTng , -"i0 lf " Preparation of a rr!Li Poom' or the friend. 1 a meal. or a visit to a Na at aorer. 1 trial bottliT-f. t troteJ?? 2 one kind , 'Sr worn very nara. j. woma De very mucn pieasea II you would tell me what to do." Miss Pearl kid, Cor. 26th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wailt. The Happy Result. February 10th, 1900. Deab Mbs. Ptskham I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough, it is just simply wonderful the change your medicine has made in me. I feel like another person. My work la now a pleasure to me, while before using your medicine it was a burden. To-day I am a healthy and happy girL I think if more women would use your Vegetable Compound there would lie less suffering in the world. I cannot express the relief I have experienced by using Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound." Miss Pearl tioon. Cor. 29th Avenue and Yeslar Vo.y, Seattle, Wash. Owing to the fact that some tkcntical people have from time to time quest lor.cd the g-cnuineneis of the testimonial letters we are conaiantlv Dabliahine. we hive the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass.. $5,000, paid to any peracn who can show that the above not genuine, or was published before obtaining the permisnoa. Lydia E. Pxkkham Mboicinb Co. Africa Is Rich in Volcanoes. Eastern Africa is said to have six act ive volcanoes and Western Africa four; those In the Cameroons are said to have been in eruption as late as 1S3S. The Islands westward are all of vulcanic origin. The Canary IUands are famous for the great peak of Teneriffe. which became quiet long prior to discovery; other vents in the islands have Wu ia eruption at intervals durlug the eight eenth century, and hot vapors and smoke rise from them at the prerDt time. The World's Newspapers The total number of copies of uews pspers printed throughout the rorld in one year is 12.000,000,000. 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