THE. CITY OF SLEEP Over the edge of the purple down, Where the single lamplight gleams, Know ye the road to tho Merciful Town That is laid by the Sea of Dr'ama— Where the poor may lay their wrongs away, A lid the siek may forget to weepy But we —pity us ! ah! pity us 1 We wakeful; oh! pity us! We must go back with Policeman Day- Back from the City ot Sleep! Weary they turn from the scroll and crown, tetter and prayer and plow— They that go up to the Merciful Town, For her gates are closing now. It Is their right in the baths of Night Body and soul to steep; We—pity us; ah ! pity us! We wakeful; oh! pity us! "We must go baek with Policeman Day— 3ack from the City of Sleep ! Over the edge of the purple down, Ere the teiufer dreams begin; iook— wr may look—at the Merciful Town, But we may not enter in. Outcasts all. from ner guarded wall, Back to one watch wo creep; We—phy us; ah! pity us! We wakeful; oh! pity us! Wo that go back with Policeman Day- Back from the City of Sleep! —Budyard Kipling. IIOLDIHTrinXPREsT! } liV OEOROE ETIIEI.BEBT WALSH. j "I'm going to make out my applica tion for promotion to the Junction this morning," remarked Hay Stanuard, emphatically. "I don't believe the railroad would ever promote one if he ili In't ask for it." "Probably not, Ray," answered Arthur, his brother, and senior by two /ears. "But on the other hand you might lose your position if yoti seem dissatisfied. I've been promoted twice, and I never once asked for an ad vance. " "That's the difference between your store, where the officers are all gentle men, and the J. T. &W. railroad, *here you don't know who is the Authority. Those who pay me my wages never come down to see me. Tliey even send an agent down to col lect the monthly bills. If I could get /p at the Junction in the main office I jiight get a chance to work up. But ilown here at this small station I'm not noticed, and nobody knows whether I do my work well or not." "Do you believe that?" Arthur asked. "Don't you think they know up at headquarters what agents do their duty thoroughly? I don't know, but I'll bet they have a record of yon, and every other employe on the road. "Well, my record is clean," Kay re plied. "My reports have all bfe 1 cor rect, and I have never made a mistake of a serious nature in my office." "Then I should say such a record will tell in your favor in time." "In time? Yes, when I'm an old man. I've been here four years—ever since I left school— and I'm no nearer promotion than at first." Arthur shook his head. At the fork in the road they separated, and Arthur's last words to his brother Were: "Don't do things hasty, Ray. Re member, we must suppbrt mother,and if you lose your position things will go hard this winter." "Oh, they won't drop me," Ray answered, a little proudly. "They know that I'm valuable to iliem, and they won't get auother agent here to do their work so well." The two brothers worked about a «iile apart—Arthur iu a large factory below Jamesport, and Ray in the ruil foad station just outside of the village. Pour years before Mr. Staunard had ■iied,leaving his wife and two children practically penniless. Both of them Mvfct-e at school at the time, preparing lor col'iege; with praiseworthy Keal they gave up their cherished plans without a murmur, and secured em ployment tr support their mother. Arthur was doing well in the woolen factory, where he was liked and trusted, and Ray had always per formed his duties satisfactorily as •gea* for the railroad at Jaiue3port. He was quick at figures and a good Jelegraph operator. But as the months and years passed 'lis ambition to securo a position in Remain office at the Ju»ction grew »pon him, but seemed to be doomed Jo disappointment. His position was More irritating because his brother *wice in the same time been pro moted in the factory. He felt particularly gloomy and dis satisfied this morning, as he left Xi •thur, and trudged on toward the railroad. He entered the small station Hud proceeded slowiv to perform the routine duties of his office. Then, when the morning express Vad passed and the way bills had been Jnade out, he sat down before his desk and begun t-~ write out his appli cation. "It's the only way I'll ever get ad fanced," he muttered to himself, as if to strengthen any wavering of his de cision. "I've waited four years for Bonne recognition of my service from the company, and at this rate it will neve" come. I believe every one who succeeds in railroading has to push his way forward." Satisfied with this argument, he proceeded to 112. auie his thoughts, and to put them upon paper. He found, when he came to enumerate his good points, that he had done nothing ex traordinary—only administered the affairs of his office intelligently, and without any serious mistakes. Ray had fair gifts as a writer, and his petition was well worded. When finished ho read it over to aee if it sonuded just right. He was right in the midst of it when his telegraph instru ment began to click. He listened to its sounds, and read the message: "Hold the west-bound express at Jamesport until further orders. Track is torn up between Jamesport and the Junction. E. T.T." Hay took a mental note of the lves «age and glanced at his watch. •'She won't be her inside ot half an hour," he said. Then once more he Started to read his petition. After making a few corrections he laid it down on his desk with a satisfied smile. "There, if that doesn't do the work I'm mistaken," he muttered in an undertone. "I don't think Arthur could find fault with it." It was only natural that the idea of securing promotion should stimulate the boy's imagination, and that he began to plan for the future. Tipped back in his comfortable chair, he thought of the time when he might become superintendent of the division, and probably in time general passenger agent, and even president, of the road. Then, with a big salary and a private car, he would bo his own master and support his mother in the style she deserved. A wave of compassion for other boys and poor station agents swept over him. He would make an innova tion in the management of the road. He would visit every station at cer tain times and personally inspect the record of the agents. Then, where good service warranted it, he would make promotions, and not keep deserv ing employes in one place for a long time. It was pleasant to think of the gratitude the men would feel toward him, and in his dreams he posed as a benefactor to the deserving poor on the road with considerable grace and condescension. It was au added satisfaction to know that he had worked up from the lowest position to the highest, and that he was familiar with all the discouragements and dissap pointments of the various employes. In the midst of his dreams he heard the shriek of an engine, but it seemed more like the echo of a dream than a reality. It took some moments for Ray to bring himself back to prac tical thoughts. Suddenly he dropped his feet from their perch on the d.sk with a bang, and jumped from his chair with the startled exclamation: "The express is coming!" It was indeed the whistle of the ap proaching express that had sounded so far away in his dreams, aud now he could hear the roar and rumble of the train as it bore down upon him at the rate of fifty miles au hour. In an instaut the telegraphic order to hold the express at Jamesport flashed across Ray's mind. That order had not yet been countermanded, and the express was down upon him without any signals to stop her. The boy turned deathly pale as he sprang to his feet and rushed for the door. Just as ho reached the plat form of the station the express guve utterance to auother shrill whistle aud flashed by the small depot like a hur ricane. In the strong suction of wind that followed in the wake of the fly ing train Kay lost his hat, but, un mindful of that, he stood as if petri fied by the awful catastrophe which his negligence had caused. The express was rushing onto its doom, carrying with it probably several hundred people. Ray was helpless to avert the terrible calnmity. The track was torn up between the two stations, and it would do uogood to telegraph onto the Junction. The harm was already done, and no earthly power could save the train. Ray staggered into the office. Every particle of blood had left his face. He felt weak aud helpless. Burying his face into his hands, he gave vent to sobs that shook his frame. Before him was his petition for promotion. The sight of it brought a revulsion of feelings, and he took it up aud tore it into shreds. "If it hadn't been for that I would have attended to my duty," he mut tered. Then the cold ] erspiration bioke out upon his forehead as he agaiu realized the horror of his situation. He was a murderer a hundred times over; in all probability the train was already wrecked, and scores of mangled,bleeding corpses were crying to heaven against the perfidy of the man who had so suddenly launched them to their destruction. "Oh, God. help me!" the boy cried, in his utter helplessness. Under the strain it seemed as if he would lose his mind, and he rose from his seat and paced back and forth in the narrow office. "I must do something," he said, finally. "I'il face it all and telegraph to the Junction for a wrecking train. I shall not try to excuse myself." He seated himself at his desk again and seized the knob of the machine, but before he could call up the opera tor at the Junction a message for him came ticking over the wires: "P.elease the express. Track all clear. E. T. T." For an instant the boy could not comprehend the full import and mean ing of this message to him. Then, as it dawned upou him, the revulsion of feeling was too much for his strength. He dropped back into his chair, and for an instant it seeine.t as if he lost consciousness. When he recovered himself he walked unsteadily toward the door and opened it to take a full breath of fresh air. The world never seemed so beautiful to him as at that moment. Every familiar object of tlio landscape impressed him as being dear and at tractive. He was in with his native village, and his small, insignifi cant oflice appeared in a new light. When he turned around and realized it all, he said aloud: 'Thank God it is not true; it is not true." That night Arthur asked Hay if he had forwarded his pjtitiou for pro motion to headquarters. "No," the boy replied, "I have thought it all over, and I feel conteut where I am. I won't make any re quest for a promotion." Arthur lookad queerly at his brother nnd wondered at the cause of his sud | dea change of opinion, but Bay did | not divulge his secret until long after. One day there came word from the chief at the Junction requesting Raj to appear for examination for promo tion. That night when he was assured of of his new place, he related to Arthur the terrible accident that his neglect had nearly caused to the express. "I was ao thankful when I found that it was not true," he concluded, "that I had no further desire for pro motion. It made me satisfied with my position, and warned me that 1 could do more good iu attending to my duty than in worrying for some thing h'gher. It was an experience and lesson, Arthur, that I can never forget." And the boy shuddered at the mere recollection of his terrible mistake— a mistake which none but himself knew about, but which might have ruinerl him for life * and precipitated two hundred lives into eternity! THE UNIVERSAL AILMENT. Some Siisr;estionH a* to the Mitigation o! the Difteatn Once Called Quinsy. ' Quinsy, or tonsilitis,is an acute in flammation of one or both tonsils. The inflammation is commonly very "active," causing great pain and end ing in the formation of matter. Children, and especially young adults, are most subject to the disease, for it is in them that the tonsils are most fully developed and most prone to take on inflammatiou. The glands gradually become smaller iu middle life and have more or less comj)letely disappeared iu those who have reached oid age. The cause of quinsy is not always evident. A tendency to the disease seems sometimes to run in families, and it has been noted that those who have frequent attacks of tonsilitis in youth often suffer from gout or rheu matism in later life. The immediate cause seems often to be exposure to cold and wet when tlie person is fa tigued or a little "under the weather." The presence of sewer gas in the house has been accused of exciting attacks of tonsilitis in those unfortu nates who have contracted the quinsy habit. The first indication of trouble is usually a chill or.chilly sensation,such as many people have come to recog nize as a sign of having caught cold. This is followed by a little fever, with dryness and "stiffness" iu the throat and a little pain on swallowing. The pain, which rapidly increases, is continuous, but is greatly aggra vated by the chewing and swallowing of food. On looking into the throat the swollen and reddened tonsil is readily seen. When both tonsils are affected they may often be seen press ing against each other, and seemingly blocking up the throat completely. Sometimes the trouble may—appar ently, at least —be cut short by early treatment, but usually the inflamma tion goes ou to the formation and dis charge of an abcess. A person with tonsilitis should live 'on milk and broths. Indeed, there is no temptation to take solid food, not only because of the pain in swallow ing, but because the appetite is lost. Gargling with n strong solution of borax or bicarbonate of soda iu hot water, to which a little glycerine has been added, is very grateful. Cold compresses applied to the throat at the beginning of an attack occasion ally appear to cut it short, but after the formation of pus has clearly be come inevitable, warm applications oi poultices should be used. As soon as matter has formed it shonld be let out, and the ensuing relief will amply com pensate for the momentary pain of the little operation—Youth's Compauion. l>ogA for Luzy Wheelmen. The dog in harness as applied to the traction of the cycle is a novelty which will rightly never be tolerated in the British Isles, but the Belgian has ad vanced the idea of using canine trac tion for neck and collar work in draw ing the bicycle up hill, and at Stras burg the strong mastiff may bo seen performing the same service for the tricycle. As to the Belgian dog, when he has done his work he receives his re ward. He jumps up behind like « smart groom and shares with his mas ter the ~oys o!' the descent. Not so the Strasburg hound ; he is always on duty ; he is harnessed behind the ma chine, but his face is toward the guid ing wheel and he does not jib. He can not go in front, for he would inter fere with the steering, but the tricy clist declares he rejoices to pull be hind. There is no doubt the dog does show some sense of gratified pride in working in harness. In Belgium and in Switzerland one may often see the free aud unattached dog trying to shove behind the hand cart as a vol unteer pushing when he may not pull. But iu spite of his good will, the fatal result shows itself in the curved back aud distorted legs. —Pall Mall Gazette. Earning* or Canadian Indian) There are some astonishing figures in recent returns presented to the Do minion parliament showing the amount of Indian earnings for the last year. According to these statistics the In dians of Canada received as proceeds of the fisheries 8t00.270.85, aud as earned by hunting $408,318.83. The statement "earned by hunting," as our loug-time Quebec correspondent, Mr. J. U. Gregory, tells us, is to be understood as including all furs, wherever sold, to the Hudson's Bay company or others. Iu these days, when we are all talking about the ob literation of wild creatures, this an nual fur catch of more than $400,000 for Canada is signiticaut of an enor mous native supply, all the more re markable since the fur industry has been carried on for so many decades —Forest ard Stream. THE REALM OF FASHION. A Cool and Cielnl Costume. No costume is cooler in appearance or more truly useful to the eye than that of pure white, untouched by color. The model shown in the illus tration, while well adapted to all FANCY WAIST. transparent stuffs and to China and India silks, has a peculiar fituess for organdie, dimity and Persian lawn, and is represented in the last-named material, with trimming of fine needlework bands and frills. The foundation for the waist is a fitted lining, which closes at the centre front. On it are mounted the yoke of puffs and bands, and the full back and fronts. As shown, the neck is cut on the first line of perforations, so form ing a shallow opeu square, but the pattern provides for high neck as well. In either case the waist proper closes invisibly beneath the centre baud of embroidery, and the yoke at the left shoulder seam and arm's eye. The sleeves are arranged iu a series of puffs, with bauds of insertion between each two, and are mounted upon fitted linings, which are two-seamed, but can be omitted, the puffing only being used if preferred. At the neck and wrists are frills of needlework. To make this waist for a woman in the medium size three and one-half yards of material thirty-six inches wide will be required. A Novel Capo. No wardrobe is wholly complete! without a wrap that can be slipped on and off with ease. The novel cape shown in the large illustration by May Mauton serves every need, while at the same time it is chic in the extreme, representing, as it does, the latest Parisian style. The model in of satin faced cloth in soft mode, with yoke and bands of applique edged with velvet ribbon, but bengaline and all heavy silks, as well as lace, are equally appropriate. The foundation is circular, and ex tends to the edge of the third ruffle. The yoke is faced on and the two npper ruffles are stitched into place a« indicated, but the third and last is seamed to the edge. All three are oircular in shape, and they, as well as the foundation cape, are lined with silk. The pointed revers are cut separate and' attached to the fronts, and are both faced with white mousseline de soie, which was purchased shirred ready for use. At the neck is a stand ing collar, within which is a double frill of mousseline, which is also white. To make this cape for a woman of medium size five aud a half yards of material twenty-two inches wide will be required. Kvolutlon of nn OKI-Time Furae. The old-time knitted silk purse of our grandmothers has a curious de scendant in the knitted silk card cases which some ladies carry nowadays. The silk is sometimes mixed with gold or silver thread, or with bright steel or bronze beads, to form designs. One side is stiffened by cardboard covered with silk and the corners are tipped with silver or gold as are those of leather card-cases. The knitted silk ease is said to wear longer and hold more cards than its leather brother. A Dainty Pune. The fashionable purse is made of a bit of hyacinth purple or emerald green brocade mounted with a silver gilt clasp, and with either a short chain togo over the wrist or a long one togo around the neck. A dainty souvenir suitable for a bride to give her attendant is a purse made of a bit of the brocade like her wedding gown, mounted with silver-gilt, with her initials in silver-gilt on one side and the owner's on the other. The chain suspended to this purse may be a long one of silver. —Ladies' Home Journal. A Fashionable Cape. A novelty in capes is made of violet taffeta silk shirred in cords into two deep puffs, which draw it closely over the shoulders in a prim sort of way, quite unlike the flutes and yards of ful ness in the cape of last season. The deep frill of silk which falls below the puffs extends the cape a little below the elbows. A round collar and short stole of guipure fastened across with black velvet bows and buckles are the only trimming. Woman'* Aid Work in In<lia. The Marchioness of Dufferiu and Ava has issued her report for last year of the United Kingdom branch of the work done by the great fund bearing her own name for the medical aid of women in India. It states that iu the twelve mouths under review no less than 1,327,000 women received atten tion either in hospitals or their own homes from lady doctors. There are now 103 hospitals and dispensaries. The Bicycle Paraftol. The wheelwoman no longer exposes herself, unsheltered, to the sun's too ardent kiss. The pleasure of her ride was spoiled by the knowledge that a platoon of freckles was forming itself across her pretty nose and a layer of tan was ruining the damask of her cheek. Now there is a parasol fastened on the back of her saddle. It is mounted on a bamboo stick, which is the lightest that could be devised. An Kany, Comfortable Gown. An easy, comfortable gown, that can be made as cool or as warm as desired by the selection of suitable materials, is here shown. Green and white linen lawn is the material selected, narrow Valenciennes lace and insertion forming the dainty decora tion. A bow and ends of diagonally striped green, violet and white ribbon is tied between the edges of the turn over collar that completes the neck. The back, in princess style, is fitted with a curving seam, side back and under arm darts, rendering a perfect adjustment over the hips. The semi girdle that crosses in front is buttoned in the centre and holds the fulness gracefully in at the waist. Round pearl buttons are used to effect the closing all the way down the front. The easy, tasteful two-seamed sleeves are cut on fashionable lines and can be made with or without the fitted lining. The gown is of moderate width, measuriug a little over three and a half yards at the foot in the medium size. Challis, cashmere, India silk, French or outing flpnnel will develop tastefully by the mode, WRAPFEB WITH OB WITHOUT LINING. while, for wash fabrics, the advantage of its simplicity will be found to make laundering an easy task. To make this wrapper for a woman of medium size live and a half yards of material, forty-four inohes wide, will be required. The New York Ledger is now Bueoessruli] sold by bright boys and girls, who tbui earn many valuable premiums. Two centi profit on each copy sold. No money re quired in advance. Send name and ad dress for oomplote outfit, including Prem ium I.ist, to Robert Donner's Sons, Ledgei Building, 160 William St., N. V. City. Alexandria possesses the largest artificial harbor in the world. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents* Guaranteed tobacco babit cure, makes weak tnen strong, blood Dure. 80c. M All druggists. The United States leads the world as a sugar consumer. To Cure A Cold In One Day. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it falls to cure. 33c. The rapid growth of the finger nails is supposed to indicate good health. Mrs. NVlnslow's Soothina Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cure« wind colic. 85c.a bottle. The game of chess is taught in all the Australian public schools. Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung trouble of three years' standing.— E. CADY, Huntington. Ind., Nov. 12. IS!U. Third-class railway fares in India are less than a farthing a mile. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever 10c, 35c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. It was the Germans who first opened Asia Minor to the traffic of the world. Scrofula Swellings Health Was Very Poor But Hood's Sarsaparilla Has Cured Her. "My daughter had scrofula swellings on her neck and her health was very poor. She did not obtain lasting benoilt from medicines until she began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Three bottles of this medi cine entirely cured her and she has never been troubled with scrofula since I have great faith in Hood's Sarsaparilla." Mrs. L. D. Eflfner, Ruth, N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for s•>. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents. Speed in Collision*. Cows used to throw trains off the track, because the engineers, in a panic, blew down brakes and equal ized chances. In these latter days, asserts an Eastern writer, a whole herd of cows could not harm a train. If a thousand were to get in the way of a locomotive the engineer would "pull her wide open" and go scooting through. When the captain of the Paris sought to reassure his passen gers 011 the last trip from England he said, with much nonchalance: "Under lull headway the Paris can cut through fifteen Spanish warships." That was a slight exaggeration, of course, but experience lias proved more than once that safety in a collision at sea de pends on the speed of the moving body. A steamer of 10,000 tons dis placement traveling twenty knots an hour goes through an ordinary vessel like a hot knife through batter, escap ing without a scratch.—Kansas City (Mo.) Journal. "I DO MY OWN WORK." So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette of Linden, New Jersey, in this Letter to Mrs. Pinkham. " I was bothered with a flow which would be quite annoying at times, and at others would almost stop. " I used prescriptions given me by my taking your medi cine, and have certainly been greatly benefited by its use. " Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has indeed been a friend to me. " I am now able to do my own work, thanks to your wonderful medicine. I was as near death I believe as I could be, so weak that my pulse scarcely beat and my heart had almost given out. I could not have stood it one week more. lam sure. I never thought I would be so grateful to any medicine. " I shall use my influence with any one suffering as I did, to have them use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Every woman that is puzzled about her condition should secure the sympa thetic advice of a woman who under stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.. and tell her your ills. Lazy Liver w| have been troubled a great dea' n ith a torpid liver, which produces constipa tion I found OASCARKTS to be all you claim forlbem.and secured such relief the first trial, that I purchased another supply and was com pletely cured. I shall only be too (tlad to rec ommend Cascarets whenever the opportunity Is presented." J. A. 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