THE MIBDLEBUBGH POST,
GEO. W. WAOOKXHELLEn,
Editor and Proprietor.
Mii'!.Fifi Ki, l'.t., I'm. lsid;.
Railway traveling in Norway in
cheaper than in any other European
Country.
The Riv. II. R. Haweis, who has re
turned to London after a prolonged,
sojourn in thin country, says that tho
distinctlvo thing about American ro
ligious congregations is that they pre
fer what is tiuconvmtioual and up to
dote.
It H a curious f nor, and ono not gen
erally known, except by those- who
carefully study thoir almanacs, that
tho last month of lat year had. tto
full noons, an event which has not oc
curred in any December siueo tho be
ginning of the Christian era.
Sir Walter l'esnnt, tho English nor
it, in commenting on Hall Caino's
view-, of tho United States, and pub
lished in the London Daily Chronicle.,
ays: "We don't know tho American
peoplo in this country, and wo ought
to know them ; tLo coma over hero
by the thoimnd, by tho hundred thou
sand, and wo do nothing to entertain
thei nr to make their acquaintance
or to show them that wo should hko
to know them. Aro wo ashamed of
ourselves of our homes of our
women, especially that wo do not
waul to show our.-tdves to them? We
linve no reason to bo ashamed. Tho
Eiuli; lnvom'in in not ho intellectually
cultivated ns tho American, but sho
need imt fctr comparison. As for the
people generally, I nm right glad to
o Hull C'aino proclaiming tho truth
about them; that is, that they aro al
most chiMliko in their singleness of
lienrt, easily moved by simple things,
the youngest mitido I nn 1 tho youngest
hearted peoplo in tho world. As I did
not say this myself, I copy it, I steal
it, nu 1 I adopt it. Tho material grout
tiesi of America takes uwny one's
breath ; the kindness of tho Americans
takes away one's power of criticism.
Ono does not go nwny from a delight
lul evening anl begin at onco to carp
nnd sneer and insinuate suggestions.
Only, if by any machinery wo conlj
do something to mako tho American
visitor feel at homo with m, wo should
. bo doing a great thing for enrsclves.
w I don't want hira to bo iutrodtieeJ to
belted curls, but I want Araorica1
men and women of culture to bo ablo
aily to meet English men nnd women
oT culture."
Ttt Atlanta Constitution says that
tho trouble between tho Baors and tho
Rritish in South Afrie has directed
public attention to tho Dirk Conti
nent. Twenty years ago very littlo
win known of Africa. A fow explor
er penetrated it forests and wroto
books, but the tide of immigrationdid
not turn i-.i that direction. Recently
there ha-, been a bi change in the sit
Ration. Tho Hoi rs have gained their
Independence, but tho I'ritisb in Capo
ft lony have never given up their idea
fl extending their dominion into Cen
tal and EasL Africa, thas establish
Jug aa empire extending from Cairo
to tho Cane of Good Hope. The Ger
mans, however, occupy a large portion
of East Africa, and tho Congo Free
Stato and also the I'ortugueso pos
sesions. The discovery of gold anl
diamond mines of conrscdraws people
to these regions, and now tho country
Las a largo whito population, with
railway and steamboat lines, and
flourishing cities equipped with every
modern convenience. There aro rail
ways COO miles long, and tha country
is being settle 1 by. a good classs of
colonists. Nearly twenty-five cities
have a population of over 10,003 each.
All indications point to Africa as the
continent upon which Europe will
hereafter expend her energy and her
upi'tiL There will never again bo
such a rush of immigrants to this
Country as we havo had in the past.
In future they will go to Africa, and
gradually turn it into a white man's
country. They w,ll exterminate the
natives as we exterminate 1 the Indians,
and before many ytars tho native Af
ricans will be in tho minority. Under
European methods this heretofore al
most unknown Unit will become a
thickly populated an l civilised group
of HUtes. Later the colonies will
throw off their allegiance to' the Euro
lean Governments, and they will re
peat the example of the United
fcun-s. l'erhaps tho main point of In
terest to as is the fact that immigra
tion will never again be as great a fuo
tor in our upbuilding as it Lai been in
the past. lite tide is turning to South
Africa.
Miss JJeneon Will -I'ei r '. X.n.:vjo,
but I ''unuot r. net.':1., r. W'L. r.' Is
IivJen'r Young Inkesii!; i, t!u t'
-sy. In China. Kmv tin- nMj.;5j j:i
a nl.ow-window tou:i;-. TiuiIl
THE STORY OP THE WOOD,
What raid the Wood in the ftre
To tho littlo bor that night
Tho littlo hoy of the gol-lon hair,
A ho moke 1 hlr.is.Mf in his tittle arm-chair
When tbo blozo was burning bright?
Tho Wood said : "So
What they've .Ion? to mo!
I stood In tint forr-t, a beautiful tree,
And waved my I r inclms from cast to west,
An 1 many n swot bird built Its nest
In tny l.-arrs of green
That love.t to lean
In springtime over the datslps' breast I
"Krom th blossomlnn dells
Whi'M tho vlol.'t dwells
Tho enttlo -nmn with thlr clanking bolls
And rot.'d undor my shndows sweet;
And thn winds thai went over the clover and
wheat !
Told run all that they tnowj
Of tho flow.-rs that rw
In tli b.'intifiil meadows that drnamod at
my feet '.
"And tlin wild wind's caress.
Oft rutni'li' l my tresses;
Cut sfitivtlmes, as oft ns a mother' Up
On tlin brow of tho ehlld of hor bosom, It
laid
Its Hps on my lnveg, and I was not a?mid 1
And I listened, and liwirl
The small honrt of o.TJh bird
As It limit in the warm nest the mother had
mad.'!
"And In tho sprlngtliuo sweet fanes
Of myriad gra-fs
t'nnio lu-a:ning and gleaming from flowery
phe'es;
An 1 timl.r my grateful nnd Joy-glvine stindo
With clu-ek like primros.'S the littlo ones
played;
An 1 tint sunshine In showers
Through nil tlin bright hours
Eouud their beauteaus riuglets wltb silvery
braid. ...
"And tho light nlmi
("aie.o brightening
1'r m f ir !!. and frightening
Tho wnn dering birds that Were tossed by tho
breeze,
And tilted like ships on blnek, billowy seas!
JSnt they lleW tn my breast
And I rocked tle-m to rest,
While tho trembling vines clustered and
elnng nt my knees!
"Hut soon," said tho Wood,
"l-'ndei the memory of good!
Though wiih sheltering lovo nnd sweet kind
le s I stood,
Tho forester enmo with his ax gleaming
bright,
And I fell bk.i a giant all shorn of his
might.
Yet still thero must bo
Koine sweet mis-ion for mo;
Tor have 1 not wanned you and cheered
you to-night'"
So said the Wood to tho llro
To tho litln boy that night
Tho littlo boy of tho golden Imlr,
As bo rocked himself in his littlo arm-chair
When tho blazn was burning bright.
1". I.. Stanton, in Chicago Times-Herald.
HERJUEER -EODSEB.
KS, I think," the land
lady said, "that tho
most mysterious and
altogether interesting
experience I ever hnd
tho misfortune to be
mixed tip in was a lit
tlo drama thnt trim
enacted nt my honso about five Tears
ago. I w is running a particularly se
lect establishment then in Omaha.
"My boarders were pleasant nnd
congenial, and I liked them ull. but
there was one young fellow in whom I
had taken nn especial intcrent. lie
I was nn industrious, widcawako young
j doctor who had won his way to Ins
I then enviable position, both in Lis
profession nnd in society, by dint of r.
, dogged per.-evenuiee which. Lad finally
overcome nil prejudice against linn
' caused by lack of family, money and
; influential friends, and had lifted Lim
I to tho high notch ho was occupying
when I fimt knew him.
"Our most intimate friends in
Onuha were peoplo earned Malsbury.
Mr. Malsbury had formerly been
closely associated with my husband in
business, and mother was slightly ro
lated to Lim through marriage, bo
ttiere wero several reasons for the deep
friendship existing between us. There
were threo children in their family
a sou uud two (laughters, the youngest
of whom was a bright, good-looking
gill of about twenty-one. My daugh
ter Jennie was several years her
junior, nud in tho beginning of tho
acquaintance she conceived for her
ono of tlioso violentattaohmeuts which
very young girls are apt to form for
some ono of thoir own sex. Frequent
visits were interchanged, hardly a
week passing without Rose Malsbniy
spending two or three days with my
duughter and vico versa.
"My favorite, tho doctor I won't
giv his name, tor ho is a etill a well
known praetitionsr gradually learned
to care for her, and before the end of
his first year with rno they Lad be
come engaged. The engagement was
announced in January and the wed
ding was to take place in Juno. But
the latter part of May was tuarkod by
a regular upheaval of sentiment. Thoro
was a bitter quarrel, which Lad its ori
gin in an unreasonable but unconquer
able jealousy which Lad always been
prominent iu Ler disposition, and the
consequence was the engagement waa
declared oil. The doctor went away
for a short vacation a few day before
the time that had been set for the wed
ding, ami Hose took advantage of Lis
absence to make us another threo days'
visit.
"She went Lome, I remember, on a
Friday evening. The next day tho
people who Lad been occupying my
third-story alcove went to New York
aud left me with ono vacant room on
my Lands. Times were pretty Lurd,
aud, wisLing to get a tenant as souas
possible, I advertised in a Hunday
psptr, a thing I aoldooi do, tot it it apt
to bring in all aorta and conditions of
people. The first person to call in
answer to my advertisement was a
young widow. She came early Mon
day morning, and as she seemed to
find nothing objectionablo cither about
the room or the price, I let her take
it, and sho promised to move in that
evening. 8uo was a bookkeeper and
stenographer in some down town
wholesale Louse, she said, and would
not be around again till 7 o'clock. Sho
was dressed in deed mourning and wns
heavily veiled, and I did not seo her
face till that night.
"Tho doctor had come sooner than
ho Lad expected to, and he, my daugh
ter Jennie and myself were still ling
ering at tho tablo when sho came down
for her Into dinner. 1 can't describe
the feeling that came over mo wtien I
got my first good look nt her. Sho
was wearing glasses anil had her Lair
dressed in a peculiar stylo, but aside
from those two distinctions sho was as
much like Iloo Mlbnry as if she were
a flesh and blood creation tint Lad
been suddenly material i zed from that
young lady's wraith. Tho resemblance
was almost supernatural, and I could
seo that both .Tcunio and the doctor
wero greatly alH-etcd by it. It was im
possible for Jennio to conceal Lor agi
tation, and, after exchanging a few
commonplaco remnrks, sho said, in
that abrupt way of hers, which 1 am
Horry to say she Las not yet entirely
outgrown:
" 'You nrotlio exact counterpart of
a dear friend of mine. Her nnmo is
Joso Malsbury, Are yon related to
Ler in nuy way, do you know?'
"The widow looked np slowly I
can seo her now nssiio tilted her head
a littlo to one side and seemud to bo
reflecting a moment bu.'oro nuswer
ing: " Mnlsbury?' sho said nt length.
T.o.so Mulfhtiry? No, I don't think I
ever heard the name. D.) I look very
mite'n like hi r, did vou suy?'
"Jennio launched forth int: n do
tailed comparison of tho two women,
and to humor her whim tho widow
took her glasses when wo got. np
stairs aud arranged Ler hair ns Hose
always wore hers, anl then tho re
semblnnco was complete. Everybody
about tho hoifio pronounced it tho
mie-t wonderful thin they had ever
Lear I of. The widow'" was tho only ono
who wns disposed to regard tho matter
in a sinrit of levity.
" 'You come across some reiiinrkablo
similarity in the human fram.- perhaps
onco in a lifetime,' sho said, with a
quavering littlo Ia117.l1 that w.is also
ono of Hose's pcctiliant es. 'I should
very much liko to seo my double. Do
you think it would bo possible to nr
rungo 11 meeting between ns?'
"Jennio promised to meet tho Mais
bnrys iu a few days mid bring Koso
homo with her. l!ut before sho went
sho brooded over tho straugo circum
stances till sho evolved what she was
pleased to term a rational explanation
of the nfTiir.
" 'There's no nso in talking, mam
ma, son-
'It is absolutely a physical impossibil
a poysioai iinttossiou-1
ily for two people to look so much
alike. Why, her voice is tho same,
her walk is tho sumo aud this lady
even hns a black splotch on tho le!t
sido of her chin, just as llo-m always
Las. Now, while I hate to believe it
of her, i nm positivo that this woman
is Hose herself, masquerading around
to keep tab cn tho doctor. Sho does
it with a boldness that I would never
havo p'iven her credit for, aud it is
not a very pleasant thing to think
about 0110's irietid, but von will seo
that I urn ri;;ht. I 11111 L-oinir down
tiiero to to day, and if Koso has been
away tins wcel; tueu 1 will bo con
vince I.'
"I couldn't ngrcc with her at first.
but the more I thought of it tho more
clearly 1 could understand how
such a thing could be, and I
awaited Jennie's return with a good
dial of nir:iety. Sho camo back
about 4 o'clock, fairly wild with ex
citement. " 'It's jnt us I suspected,' she cried,
hysterically. 'Sho left homo last Sun
day, saying sho was going to visit
friends iu Lincoln. They iiavo hoard
nothing from her, but wero not ut ull
ularit ed, ns sho has been gone only
four days. Perhaps I oUjjht.not to
havo told them, but I was so worked
up i couldn't help it. As soon us they
learned about our now boat dor and my
suspicious, Mr. Malsbury telegraphed
to tho peoplo sho is supposed to bo
stopping with, an l they unswered that
she hasn't boon there, all of which
goes to prove that I am right. Mr.
nnd Mrs. Malsbury will be here to
night uud torco a confession from
her.'
"They camo nbout 8 o'clock. The
widow La i gone upstairs, and I too
them straight to hor room. The doc
tor hail been let into tho secret, uud
when she bade us comu in, in answer
to my rap on her door, he and Jennie,
and Mr. nud Mrs. Malsbury aud myself
walked in and faced her as she sat
thero directly under tho glaro of tho
chandelier. Sho had taken otT her
glasses and unfastonei Ler Lair aud
wns perfectly free from all disguise.
Iler mother stopped in the middle of
the room and commeuced to cry.
"'Koso,' she sobbed, holding out
her arm, 'what do you mean by this?
What aro you trying to do?'
"A look of geuuiue surprise settled
over tho widow's face, but beyond
that there was not the quivering of a
muscle.
" 'I think you must bo mistaken,
madam,' sho said at length, coolly,
'My name is not Kose, but Marion.
Wno is it you wish to soo?'
"iler father stepped up close before
her and looked hor squarely in the
face.
" 'We are hero to sue you,' he said,
stormy, -we intend to lane you
name wuu us
"Her fsco flushed and it was plain
that she was becoming downright an-
"Indeed? sho retorted, sharply.
Then she tnrned on me. To whom
am I indebted for this intrusion?' she
asked. 'I have paid for my room np
to a certain date and if I cannot enjoy
its privacy without being interrupted
by strange and nn welcome visitors pray
return my money and 1 will go some
place where I will not bo suspected
and subjected to insults.'
"Her audacity fairly took our breath
away. There we were, her parents,
her former lover, Ler dearest friend
and myself, wLo think I know a thing
or two, nil as confident of Ler identity
as we were of our own personality.
Yet there was she, on tho other iinnd,
deliberately denying her name and
lier people, and what wero we to do?
if. ' , , . I .. ,. .
Iho long aad short of it was wo didn't
00 anytumg. nue got ovr ner spunky
V.. 1 in a lew moments, and uerore
Mr. and Mr. Malsbury went away she
joined ns in the parlor and made mer-
! 7 v " . . : w
ryver tho mistake wo Lad fallen into
and ottered suggestions for IcarxTig
tuo wncreabouts of the real Kose Mals
bury. "For two dsys a quiet but tborough
search for tho missing girl was carriod
011, but to no effect. On tho third day
the widow wroto a noto to the dis
tricted parents and rjquestod thorn to
call. Again there was a meeting in
tho third story alcove, and that timo
sho broke down and acknowledged her
dnnlicitv. Tho nn't r..oo,, -u
give for such a piece of deception was
hrrlovo for tho doctor and her desire
to bo near Lim and learn what ho was
doing. Hho begged so pitifully for
forgiveness that wo pardoned her then .
and there, and before she went away j
tho engagement between her and tho ;
doctor was renewed nnd another dnto
was set for tho marriage. Tho next '
day sho threw aside her mourning and ,'
donned her own clothes, which her j
mother had brought, und they took ,
her home. 1
It look as if tiio niTiiir would havo
been mysterious if it had en led there.
but tho funniest part of it is yet to
comi Sho stayed with tho Malsbtirys
two d ivs und then, ns my boy Tom
would say, sho turned up missing. She
leTt a short noto stating that sho hal
told them the truth in their first in
terview, that hho had really uovcr
henrd of them before, but that sho was
sick with lonelines and ho:uosickue?p,
nnd when the opporiunitycauie to iin-per-oniito
another nud taste, for a few
hours", nt loist, the joy of being loved
nnd belonging to somebody once
ng iiu, sho could not resist the tempta
tion. Sho could nut eudurc deceiving
them longer, sho added, aud must go
away, prsyiag that their own daugh
ter would oon bo restored to them.
"That very night Koso herself camo
home, dressed as sho had been when
f Lo went away and looking precisely
tho same. Sho berated her parents
sound! v for not writing to her and ex
pieced thu 'ho ha I stopped in Lin
eo. ' ien.l, for whom
sr ono sho had
1st. She said she
em t"t
. .7. . t v -l
may ns well say hero that Aio letter
uouiiiiisu'i ov vueir not nusw w.lg. X
sho claimed to have sent never came Indian corn is supposed to bo in
to light, and Mr. au I Mrs. Malsbury I digenons in this couutry, but it no
wero so happy iu nt last finding some- I where grows wild. Johnnycako is
body who was willing to bo their ' mighty good, too, and eaten in Asia,
daughter that they took her at her , Africa nud souio parts of Europe,
word and never mado any inquiries 1 Francs takes to it kindly, (lermnuy,
about her a 'tious of those few days. nit. In Mexico corn is hulled in weali
For my liart, I believe th.'V werj , lye. cractcd with a roller and baked in
afraid to invsti ,'alo, fi.virin ' they
would only learn some new proof of
her deception. Thoy did, however,
m ike diligent seirca f ir l'. i-io's dou
ble, who hal turnsd my boarding
Louse into sueh a perfect hotbed of
excitement, but she ha I died away
from tho kiiowle.lgo of tho world as
mysteriously as sho hal appeared
among us.
"II0-0 relented towards tho doeler,
and would tiavi taken bim uu half n
hint, but ho seemed rather squeamish
about marrying a womau whoso res
ence infected him wilh a feeling of in
decision as to whether ho w.is makuivr
love to his own wife or somebody
else's, nn I ho wisely fought shy of her
nnd married a demure littlo creature
who has not yet developed tho faculty
of materializing at will wherever her
fancy dictate.'-. lfosu isn t married
yet. I vo seen her a hundred times
siuco, nud every time I am haunted by
a score 01 vexing questions, and 1
know every fono who was acquainted
with tho circumstances can testify to
the samo thiug. Is sho herself or
somobody else? Wero there really
two girls or only 0110? If thero were
two, which did tbo old folks rosily
keep at last for their daughter ami
what became of tho other?" Chicago
Ne ws.
Learning a Foreign Language,
Fomo interesting statistics might bo
collected on the ellect upon linguistic
power aud accent of tho possesion of
a musical cur,
11 wouki seem mat a
person with a
gooa car lor musio
would be more rapid iu tho acquire
nieut of u foreign tongue, and. Laving
acquired it, would possess a more per
fect pronunciation of the sound than
would a person not having tho sumo
ready musical gift, says a writer in
i'earson's Weekly,
Similarly sucu a person would be
quiott to attain the dialect of tho
country in whioh he might be living
and adapt his speech to the brogue or
provincialism with whioh he found hia
ears surrounded.
The greater rapidity with whioh
Germans, Poles aud Kustians learn
tho English language is suroly not to
be accounted for merely by utsting
that their own more nearly resembles
our language tuau does that of the
French or Itiliau. A Greek, for in
stance, learns English in aoout halt
the timo it takes au Italian to ac, quire
rrencb, and a l.unsiau will apeak
French, English aud German in the
same period that a Frenchman', will
aoquiro a mere smuttoriOK of tho two
latter.
CURIOUS FACTS.
A baby weighing exactly one foj
wns born in nan rrancisco last Ch
mas Day.
Missouri apple trees wear corn L
bloomers to protect them aga
marauding rabbits.
is . 1 1 1 1 n
regntioLi And
, is bejtbe.-CI
The old Central Congre
uniircli in l'rovidence, It. I,
undo into a theatre.
Curtains wero employed for
1. mt
steads in tho eleventh century; th
wero aitcrwara iransiorroj to wi
dows.
Tho house in Alford street, Lon lo
rnoUnd rrn...1. t 1.. 41 "":' urvr'" ""'.n--l.au piow.iig
. . . "-"1""" "J "v-s SO.. I teat lenrs lin tho liervo ti-su.
. celebrated "Beau ' Drummell, hasbcer'o rtrmier no, v, hko th biegor ro,:
demolished. V'.' y '" n ". ' tho pioochsh-:
, At Atgona, Kossuth Conntr, Iowa
thcr(, a ..ronrin. well, forty-fiv
! feol ,ecp whlch lm; boi!i hul3WAh.
.1 !,...(. ..t it in.' .i i .v . jciu.-inimg 1 mil, m. ja-
v.uu. iv. l.al.in eiu-d iho worst cum of mm or,
Teapots were tho invention of eitherd' ''.vit. Vw it nnd mukesure of apron,
the Indians or tho Chinese, and are of i''"''"":'1-
uncertain antiquity; They camo to'i
i.uropo witu tea in lbiQ.
Tho famousbrcad fruit is botanicnlly
akin to the tig. It is a big, round
green fruit, wLose inner kernel really
somewhat resembles bread.
Mr. and Mrs. Durgin, liviu near
' 1 ott,finJ 3Ie-t havo reached tho aga
i ' 102 and ninety-nine years rospec-
; tivolJ" anJ ftr "l''t hearty and
! happy-
Tho pitli of the sago palm, the root
of tho cassava, tho fruit of tho banana
aud plantain nro all used for Hour iu
tropic climates. Ox tho bauaua is
roasted whole.
St. Andrew's Church, Now York
City, has n genuino Murillo hanging
abovo ono of its n.ltars. Tho subject
is "the Martyrdom of St. Andrew."
It belongs to a Mr. Keujumca, who in
herited it from his father, u uativo of
J Seville, Murillo's city.
"Kegicides"' iu English Irstorv nro
the commissioners ajipointed to try
King Chnrles I., 15 ( in number; of j
whom seventy acted, and tUty-uiuu
digued tho tleath warrant, January, j
I'jt't. Of thoso 1 ist Iwcnty-niuo wero 1
tried and tori execute 1. " 1
Ono buyer and shipper of turkeys iu j
Lancaster, Ky., killed 11, Mi) turkeys, 1
s'.'-rega'.iiig :5o,()ii!) pounds, during '
tho Thauksgiviii'T and Christmas sea- '
'on last year. There are several other j
turkey dealers in that place, who cacj !
did an almost equal business. j
Vermont' old.:st citizen is Mosej I
Pier:e, of Derby, who is a littlo inoro I
than 10L5 years old. Mrs. Kliza A.
i'iukhaia, of Millbrilgo, Mo., cele
brate 1 her Lundro 1th birthday re
cently. Sho is in excellent health,
and her eyesight and healing aro
practically perfect.
It is believed that Mrs. Clarissn
Spoccjr, of Manchester, Conn., is tho
oldest church member in that State.
Sho has been a member of tho Con
gregational fhurch for a little moro
thin eighty years, and a constant at
t'idjtit and active worker .lurintr tha
whole period. Vaho is no ninoty-six
! ycars olll
tortillas.
How to Keep Warm. !
Our bodily heat is supplied by fool 1
and preserved by clothing. In cold I
weather wo lose that heat by r i-lition, 1
evaporation and conduction, nnd we j
caa control or almost suspend tUcso .
cooling processes by tho judicious so- '
lection of oar clothing. Linen, if ;
worn i;txc to tho skiu iu cold weutner, i
simply means starvation by its well- t
kuowu property of being a good con- !
duetor of heat, whilst 11 tunel and !
wooleu clothing comfortably and
pleasantly preserves tho mtcrual
warmth of tho body. Most people in
stinctively kuo.v all this; hue it is not
every ono that understands that il in
nei or woolen undergarments are
needed just as much in summer as m
winter. In summer, these materials
dry up profuso perspiration aud check
overquiok evaporation evaporation,
according to a woll-kuown law, pro
duces cold or chill. A ciinplcto out lit
of llannel or woolen goods is really au
excellent winter "investment," and
will, in tho end, be found both eco
nomical uud comforting. It is often
suggested that the expenses of these
garments limit their free use, forget
ting that a well-clothed man or child
eats loss than ono differently clad
thus tho original cost of the clothing
becomes loss and less each meal.
Again, a well-clothed man will not
lingor about the honso iustead of
sneeili'v followinr' bis nnt-ilonr necn.
patiou, nor will Lo aud Lis properly
j claa children bo so liable to colds,
coughs, ihenmatism nnd doctor bills.
In winter, we often see it unuounced
that some generous individual Las dis
tributed so many tons of coal to the
poor ; but, comtortiug and useful as
suoh a gift must be to those to whom
a good tiro is almost unknown, still we
suggest that, if tho same money value
wore distributid in tho form of
blankets or warm clothing, the result
ing benelits would be tenfold for a
blanket lasts a long time, while a ton
of coal is only too quiokly burnt away.
New York Ledger.
nir.ls Tii at are Architects,
Tho large grosbecks 0 South Africa
live in large societies. They seleot it
tree of considerable size, and literally
eover it with grass roof, under whicu
their common dwelling is constructed.
Tho roof serves the double purpose of
keeping on the heat and the rain, and
00 "'j500 Pi" hirds are known to
I ST0 thf "jwlter. Ihe nests in
! 7" "D"'" T V r"Bum
streets and closely rsemble rows of
tenement nouses. rew xork Meroury.
Ethel (n (T) I don't love yon ntj
more, grandpa. Grandpa Wby nr,1
ii;tlil? Ethel "Cfliise I love yon
I much ntrendy thst I couldn't love v.
nny inoro If I tried. Tlenae give me fi
:ts. Judge.
Tho Thin One Deer me. You
111T nil your onlllnra. The Tnt
you nro getting to be nothi;
Cincinnati Knuuirer
O'l t 1 1. 1,. 1 I: .. ...I.
VI II III' 1 1 "1 nil, hi. 1,
is said to be. Is 1
f'ltilieij iitloe, th wiTM of It Is surely worr
nl v iilioi. They arc tho plows and li;,
ws tl:r:t furrow Iho brow and cut dec
ii.wi. in 1 iii in . iiorrTiinngs no Sim
llier lolni. i.lfi of a torn-tin pv.item and
fivif Hie ?i iatlc nive is reach.), n distur
iecp, which has boiling hot watef . . '" '" ",,,!rm ' mii-a (.-...
1 '
lllh rlro for 1'otstnsi,
ifi Jo'in A. K il7.tr food Co., Li Cro
I, pay hhrli prbvs for now thin?. Tti
fitly pull tm for ayollowrfni wV
Ln, tlM'j for bti. no-.T ots, tl)9 r
.. of potatoa", etJ., ote.l Well, prl..
ilatoe will bo high n?xt fall. Plant
v Mr. Wii'eawko! You'll malco mm
'i's Htrlie.ii nro fit to rat la 21 days a T:
ti '. Ills Clm-npton of tii-t V rl I lit t
vi yiei'i-T on eart i anl wo cjal 'i fa
j pro bioo lis eipial. (.
'00 win, sr.ni PV. In 'stamps
'.'.n A- S il -.o- ;Je 1 ; ., Li C,-.w W.
j- II get, free, tea pi "';rt p grains n
Kj , linlnlln To i.inte, p:,nrry, Cu
r ?
1
Jrf.ito t'livor, et ., and o-ir mamm
Catal j'TH" ai. ,n ! 5,.. f,,r mum.
t
rv-ffsns so'in.l hralth. With pnrp. ri
h'.vil blond. 11,a stomai-h nnd ili.-ci
nre'HI bo vluuroiis. nnd thero will !
i).oi. Kheiimntisin nnd iienr'ia i 1
tniki'i Senfnhi nnd -alt rlii'iiin ill
iipp.-.Ymir net ves will bo stri.nj. joar ;.
sotliii rt nnd rvfri--hlinr. Ibunl' i Har?:-.
rilla lan e lilnoil. ' h'll Is why il ear,
niHli"'iis.-s. Tlmi if, wli tho'isninls Ink
tn rnean.', retain cikhI lienllli, Uciik ii,
Is tho) Tru nMit I'tirlHrr. All drus-iif t-.
!!s:s Pills
I.iviT III-
lit Vi- tat v I it nttiriLt. Ll'i. I
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"!C YOUr? DEALER FCR
OOUCLAS
'C G E ST IN T H El
nuKiu.
y u pur v - .vimuc, -ssr y.
amine tlio u . 1.. uouxiiis Mioc, inn W
tee what a good shoe you can buy fur
OVER ICO STYLES AND WIDTH;,
tosGiucss, iturn
nnd I.ACr. made in
kinds of lV" "'Ii -
li alli. r l,yLIUed w
men. w
make audi
wit iiiero1
3 Miai-s
tl,nil nuy
other
Ii.a.inr.ii'liircr In tlin world.
sii!. fi mine unless rum and
-r.i.j ii !t.:i:iitd cn tlic butluiiu
l'r
A -t: rvr de.iVr fer our B!it
. ::'i" , S'j.AO, !.:: ."-lines-
a.iw audt:i.l5 tor boys. '
W.t t.O SUDSTITUTt. If yotirlo.il.;r
l.irnl.it Mipply you, vnd to
tiu y, em l.!--!!! e:i;(. ViC-i ls
tup.'y i.arri.ine. M.ite k.iid.Mvie
I tiiu (c.i; ur jl.ii-O, sie . 1
width. I'uttisl in lM't.ill nil
Muir onlc-r. Mrnl f -r new lllus- I
tiati.d Ciit.ib;;iu- ! Ho It.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Prockt:
lUlilutrl. Antrlu. KiliN-'.
Ttm"I.INKNKTtheHrtinl Mint 1 1'
! I'uiUrs mul Cnfttf worn: they m u.fel. r
rl.itti, belli Hi. I- Hliill.Ml alllo, anU Ix- ntld t
ais enorolUr Uqul tn twnni any t-tntirl,i,Ar
Tht,, til wmll, wimr mil an l l.-ii u t. Anf'
Tm OuUftnor t-nVuoi CuUs lof TaU(lM
Cuts. f on I
A K-ibpU Oollr and P1r of On(Tn hy nyOl r
wnn KmuiiMjloaudiii. AJilravs 1
ERVKBSI0LK OOLX&B COUr-tVY Tril
J hamUia St.. Msv Sork. K ElUw Bu Halo.
siyar
Trip AriiMmon co. hif ts y.
wiinlmlll btuiuA-M, ixH.'suae It tan risiucd tii
tudiiuwur u l.A what It . It liu mmo iVnr i
AVI rtK l"u0' "l tutipllM IU kihmu nui ttM,
aT!iIV u" ioor- '" i d ii u,
JvJ-A'r-i'B. Iwuer article f.ir umMI
lothsra. It main fuiui'
I Ooarod. Sui.i. IUItuiim
Coiu,ltluo Wtndiulllj
and ril-d SickI Tower.. sul m
rrmf, steel rd 'ulinr jit
llrllulnra (m.nnlliikllnii II alll r. 1
1 of Uims artlclM that It will iimi,..f J
junarf 1M at a tii uiual pries, it ai inr
m ! i mua riiniiam i . biuii. pniw fiir d
FaUaOl Uts, ExkwtU aa4 FlUcuri iUuM. J
WE HAVE! no gen
1 'fr fc'ul.ll'liniHoOi-
mr ut wuulowala prloif
aniii.m Tur aiui I
lifum ihiI. KwrytlJ
rMutU. oolvle-
rlairci. no slvl
n,4i iylcRM.i
OMIi nrllTorcuu
HLCHAUT
Carrl S llaia.ul
W. B.taan.SwF
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st
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m .kr a ! O t atilully Mire ; wa It
liUh Ini. w.irfc umi Iin -Ii yuu lr
woik la Ilia I.M .il 'y m ln-rii vnu In
ah I ua vuur '.'lilrm an.l we will ,-iilu
thi IMiMltii-' fully i ri-riiuni'4-r mi rH'
ani. a ol -a.- erotu m ir rvi-n
, T. SnlM.ll,
w..rai a Miii.i.jr "iir wri,. .1 i
aur. Sue L, Ilk t unit, Sill
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a. a. wooluii. iti
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R - alai.iiirori-alaliiau. Hi
B VI Innxit aia o( Taa. Cn-
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