Ml r, lit ' J1! r. r j 4 .. t " I I .1 i Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. U NYC?' ABSOLUTELY PURE OLD FRIENDS. Tto-re urn no frl"ti1 like oM friends, JL ri'l nnno no chhI and Irun. (rnvt tin-in when wo meet thnta A rue. Rrrt tlio lw. nthvr frlindii aro dcnriT, Though Inirn of klmlri'd mold. And tlioUKh wr ria lb now ohm Wo trouMiiro fnoro tho old. Th'To urn no friend liko old friend, Where'er w dwell or roam, In liinila Ix'jrnnd tho ocean Or hear tho lximitlH of homo. And when tin y mnllA to Klnditnn Or aometlme frown to mildii, Wo fondly wlMh thorn ot friends Were olwnj ljr our mli.' Th'To nm no friend liko old friend To help u with the lua Thnt nil mutt lionr who Journey O'er life'a uneven road And when inv,niUiTt cl norrown Thr wrnry hour Invent, Tho kindly word of nM friend Aro alvruya found tho beat. Thero nro no friend llku old friend To culm tmr frequent fear When nhndowii full and deepen Through llfx'n derlltitn year. And win n our filtering footNtep ApirKieli tli unlit divide, We'll loni; t'l meet tho old friend Wh l wiilt tho other Hide. -Dnvld l.ulik hieklo In New York Iedgor. Till OXK (ilUL. Tiiey wcro Htaiiilin, together out on tlio moonlit terrace. 5i hind them in tho (list;tnrc KiiiiMileil tho hand playing ixift, dreamy wait, music But what cured tiny fur ilaii'-iiiK, utxl tho hot, crowded hallnxim? In all tin' world for him thero wuh only ono woman, and Mm Mood, her hands claNix-d in his, her hruwii In ad resting on liiMHlionldor, hrnt in it hapiy dream. "Vou won't forget inn, durlinpr," tin whispered, "when I nm thoiixiiiids of utiles away, at tlio other nido of tho world, and letters aro hmn in coming? You'll rniirmher that I am rominvf hack in two yearn, at tho latest, to claim my littlo wife." "Oh, it OHii't really to true, Geoffrey, that you aro irointf tomorrow? It i too dreadful to think of! And it's lint I that will forget. I Hliall think of you nilit nnd day till you cciinu Lack, liut you'll most likely meet with some lovely American tnrl all American women uro lovely, you know ami then you'll forget all ahout poor littlo Mysio Traf ford, who in waiting for you iu Eng land."' "When I nm out on the great lonely prairies," ho said dreamily, "I nhall just HinJ.my nyi'and think myself back to thin n'ijiht. I xhall hear tho band in tho distance, I nhall ferl yon onoo moro m my iirms, ami I Khali smell tho fuint smell of that heliotrope you nro wear iiitf." i'or answer hIio took a pieca of tho lieliotropo from tho liosoni of her dress. "Here's u little bit of it," sho said. "And wlicu you meet that lovely Amer ican, and you wish that you wero freo and that tliisi evening had never been, then you ran put that littlo flower in an envelope, ami you needn't writo a word to put in with it, but just uddresn it to me, and when I p t it I shall know what it meaiiM, an I you will bo freo." "What lion-enue, Mysiel" ho said utssrily. "Why do you t illt liko that? Vo.i krov " "(!i, luro you aic!" cried a sluill voice. "I have been looking for you everywhere. Mr. Cast It ford i.s m rross iw ever he can be, Mysie. Ibt says you promisi d him the last two dances, and then you disappi ared and no ono could tind yon; whilo in for you, Mr. llamiltMii, I think you hail better keep out of tho way altogether, after disap pointing Lady May and goodness knows who besides. " And (Jertrude, Mysio's lister, chat teri'd on, totally tineonscif.us that sho was a most umvcleomo intruder. JSlio and Mysio had always been taught that it was tlieir duty to inako a good match, and (ieofl'ny Hamilton, with no money, and just olT to America, was so entirely ineligiblo that sho sus pected nothing, and ruthlessly insisted on their immediate return to tho ball room. And sho looked often at tho littlo hoop i f pearls tho pledgo of her be trothal but never put it on, except in her own room just for a few minutes. Somehow as tho day's went by it seemed a harder matter to speak of t hut evening to her mother, the moro so that her mother had not tho faintest suspicion of anything of tho sort And son mouth passed. Then eno evining Mysio returned from a walk and saw u letter lying on tho hall table. Ono glaneo at her own iiamo and tho postmark "New York" ami sho snatched up tho letter, won tiering if nny ono hail noticed it, then rr.n upstairs to her own room, uml lock ed tho door to enjoy it in peaco. Tho ilru burned brightly and looked inviting, and sho drew up a low easy t hair, and seated herself comfortably ns she, broko tho seal of tbo envelope. What was tho faint perfumo ns sho did so? Sho drew out a piece of blank note paper from tho folds of which a littlo Lit of dead lieliotropo slipped and full to tho ground. "Mysio, you must como down," said (ertrudo. "Mr. Ciwtleford is down stairs, and mot her says you are to como" as Mysio looked rebellions. "But you must thango your dross; yoa cau't como down in that lias anything happened? You Us 4x very queer."' - . "No," said Mysio, w ith a strange lit tle laugh ; "at least, nothing of impor tance. I will como down in a fow min utes," And ia a very short llra.eBhj8 .WMjrj tho drawing room, and Herbert Castle ford, as bo looked at her, thought he had never reen her so beautiful. He had loved her for years, but had rencivod so little encouragement from Mysio that ho had never spoken, Int tonight ho had determined to put his fato to tho test, whilo Mysie, with a pain at her heart that seemed almost physical in its in tensity, was saying to herself thnt if (ieoffrey could forget so easily why so rould she. And so it came abont thnt a few hours later she returned to her room having pledged herself to Herbert Cos tleford. Instead of tho little hoop of pearls sho had Dover worn sho possessed a handsome diamond ring, and the dead flower and tho pearls were pat far nwny out of sight to bo forgotten if possible. .Six months had passed and Ilerlwrt Castleford wns pressing for an early marriage. Mysie and her mother hud gone away from homo immediately after her becoming engaged. Mysio eoniplnined of tho cold and lixiked so delicate thut her mother took her nwny to tho south of Frnnoe, where, soon after, Herbert followed them. Mysio seemed willing for tho wed ding to take place whenever they liked to arrango it. So matters wero being hurrkil on to suit tho impatient lover when ono day (tertrndo ran into the room whero Mysie nnd Herbert Vcru sitting. "Look, Mysiel'1 who cried. "Here is n lovely hunch of flowers from that dear count 1 Isn't ho silly? And they are such beauties! Only smell them. Oh, I am so pleased! Look! Here are a bit of lielio tropo and some maidenhair that will just do for you. " To her surprise Mysio turned as pale as death, and shrank back, looking al most apjM'alingly nt her lover, who was watching. As their eyes met thero was somo tiling in his an expression, a conscious ness, a what? Mysie did not know, but ii great trembling came over her. A hundred thoughts seemed to pass through her mind in a moment, but of ono thing sho was certain Herbert Oastb ford knew all about those playful, loving words spoken out on tho terrace cm the never-to-be-forgotten night. Then, leaning forward, sho asked, ns if they had already been speaking to no another: "How did yoa send it from New York?" "I that is what do yoa mean, Mysie? I never sent it!" Heoing that Myu'a clear eyes seemed to read him through, ho attempted no moro denial, but caught her hands in his ruid implored her to forgive him. "I came ont to look for yoa that night," ho said, "and I heard what you were saying just as Gertrude canio upon you from tho other side, and it was such a temptation, for I loved you cleaily much better than ho did. It wus all dono for lovo of yon, Mysio. " And sho tried to wave him away, but instead fell fainting to the ground. When she recovered, Herbert Castle ford had gone. A few hasty lines from him besought her forgiveness and told her that (ieoffrey was now on his way back to England to find out why she had not written to him; that he hoped they would have been married before Geof frey could arrive, but that now he would go away and never trouble her again. "You will forgive me, Geoffrey, won't you," sho said, "for doubting you liko that? Lut it seemed so terribly true! Look! Hero aro tho envelope and flower." "And hero is tho flower you gave me," K;:id Geoffrey. "There's not much difference certainly between them, but as fur tho envelope well, I must give you a few specimens of my handwriting when I go uway again so that you may not be taken in so easily. " "Ihit I shall never let you go away again," said Mysie. And that was how they arranged it. Forget-Me-Not. American Lami In l'urln. Tho terrible use made by tho Com munards of 1871 of petroleum for con flagration purposes produced such all impression on the French mind that peo ple recoiled even nt tlio mention of kerosene. So tho American kerosene lamps, which were thou just beginning to get a foothold in France, wero rele gated to the limbo of dangerous inno vations. Then came the exhibitions of Ib7S and 188U, with our particularly good show of new, improved and ur tistio lamps. The memories of 1871 were quickly forgotten, and today tho use of candles and tho old "pump lamps" gas has never been a general means of domestic lighting iu France has gone down befuro tho American substitute, which has not only iuvudod tho Paris ian bedroom nnd parlor, but lias even found favor in tho chateaux along tho Loire und has worked its wny into tho plaiu homes of the remotest villages. One i f tho American lamp exhibitors received so many orders during the ex hibitii u of 1889 thut ho established a branch storo in tho best part of com mercial Paris, whero ho has been doing n thriving business ever since Lip pincott's Magazine. CigurvUe fimukiui;. Cigarette siuokiug in Knglaud dutos back to 18-14. The great impetus to their increased uso wus caused by the Crimean war of 1854-0, when numbers of military and naval officers adopted this method of smoking from the inhab itants of Itussia, Turkey, Malta, tho L vaut and other parts of Europe. THI SPELLING CLASS.' Bted Oft, y spMbv. bow knd spall, v Blncn tllln mHm nr tho rag. Ppoll fibim&kttitoaoopn and knll. ' . Dtphtharla, nytyry and fang. Or tak aom ilmplo word, aa chilly Or WUII6 or tho rardro H'T To rwll nuch word a aylhsrlmn Ami lachrymo and synchronism And rx'ntntcnRb and archarlno, Apocrypha and calendlno, Lactlforon and oolty, Jrjnnn and homropothy, rnralysl and chlo-oform, rlhlnocero and pachyderm, Mctcmpsychnal. gherkin, basquo, It I certainly no oniy task. Knlotdotrop and Trnnomos, Kamchatka and dlsrwnsarjr Would mnke soma speller colicky. IMphthong and trylnclM And Ktiquutte and Mamfraa, Infnllltilfl and ptyallsm, Allopathy nnd romnuttlsni And catnolysm nnd brlnoritcr, Twelfth, eighteenth, rondetrons, intriguer And host of other wurda ara found On EiiRllnh nnd on rlnnulo ground. Thu Hrrlng strnlt and Mlchaelmaa, Thrmnpyln, Cordilleras. Unite, Jnlnp, hemorrhage and Havana, Clmiuefoll and Ipecacuanha And Knppnhann'ick, Hhennndnah And Hchuylklll and n thousand raora Aro words some firxt rnte speller ml In dictionary litnri liko this. Nor need one think himself a scroyle If soma of these his off orb foil. Nor deem himself undone forever To miss the nnmn of either river Tho Imli-pcr, Helno r Ounrtnlqulvcr. E. 1. l'yer In Uood liouaukoppln;. LIZA-A SKETCH. She wns a thin slip of a girl, with pale, sallow cheek and a figure as fragile ns the flowers sho carried in her basket It was her eyes nnd her hands which marked her off from tho common herd. Had thee been of regulation pattern, there would hnvo been nothing to dis tinguish her from any dozen of her com panions. Uut her eyes, which were brown in color, wero largo nnd lustrous und had n provoking habit of drooping tbo lashes when sho looked nt ono. Whether calculated coquetry or native bom man ner chit fly concerned would have puz zled an expert to decide. That it was "fetching" few men would have ven tured to deny. Her hand, small and well shaped, boasted the taper lingers and filbert nails generally associated with birth and breeding. She sold flowers in Cbeapsido. Her station was the steps of the Peel statue, and every morning, week in and week out, ns the clocks of tho city were strik ing 10 she would deposit her basket nt the foot of the column und prcpnro for the business of the day. From 10 to 0 eho plied her wares dil igently, pushing the sale with all the tact which n life's experience had taught her und nil the wiles which, a woman's wit could suggest. But each evening, when tho weary city was fast emptying nnd tho bell of the) great cathedral was still echoing overhead, her eyo would sweep the king length of crowded as phalt with searching glances, and as sho scanned the teeming multitudo pouring westward a spot of crimson would suddenly show in the wnn, white chocks and the durlc brown orbs would flush and kindlo with ft carious inystio light. Ho nlwnys contrived to bo in Cheap side between 0 and 0 :30. It was their custom to walk together down Queen Victoriu street to Iiluckfrinrs bridge. At this point they separate! she crossing to the Surrey side, ho taking a "turn" through Fleet street and the Strand be fore following in tho samo direction. They had commenced the practice in midwinter, had continued it throughout the spring, and now they had reached midsummer. From afar sho could distinguish his barrow among tho throng of vehicles wt ich filled (ho thoroughfare. When he had "doubled" tho corner and got into the comparative "slack water" of the churchyard, she crossed over and joined him. A nod that was almost impercepti ble, answered ly a smile that was bright and sunny, was all tho recognition that passed between them. The girl's glance wandered involun tarily to the barrow. It was the season for cherries, and sho noticed the long array of empty baskets. "Li 'avin u good day, Joe, ain't yer?" "Middlin like." "W'y y'ain't cn'y one 'molly' left" "P'raps I beengivin 'em away."" Tho tone was unmistakably surly. For (ho next 30 yards tiny walked on in silence, tho girl watching tho man furtively, tho man pushing the barrow liavriiii? z.1 CLBff ttnaoooaiy at "Ha' ywt kWtua wot I tola yerf b said presently, as the girl stepped off the pavement to avoid collision with a parcels boy. Tho light that had light ened them died out of iier eyes; the color which had como into her chocks forsook them, her mouth grew hard, and her face lost nt onco its youth and ani mation. Tho man continued to stare into va cancy nnd walk mechanically ufter his barrow. "I can't do ut, Jim-. I can't do ut. I nin't got no rest theso two nights but I can t do ut." The words eamo with difficulty nnd the voice palpitated with emotion. Tho man shrugged his shoulders im patiently. "Wot'a tho good uv 'im, eh? A dod'riu olo lunatic. Wot's tho uso uv 'im ter anybody? Ho orter been dead yeursugo," "Ho's mo father, Joe," sho murmur ed reproachfully. "Father bo blowed! lie's dun a lot for yer, nin't he? Y'ort ter feel proud uv 'im, diiln't yer? Piuchiu his gal's money drinkiu till ho's got tho 'devils' nn t.ilkiu 'tommy rot' 'bout hein u pen elman uu the sou uv a geiielmau. W'y ho uin't got no moro decency 'un a pig. When ho can't gorge hisself . no longer, a pig 'ill lie in tho swill trough, au when your genelman father's hud a skinful he'll snore by the hour' 'longuide a quart pot." lie stole a glance at the girl out of the corner of his eye. Tho busy, bustling life of London eddied round them ; the roar of the errant Babylon was in their art ; but not 8trephon and Chloris in th sweet srolusion of idyllio lana could have hern more oblivions to the passing moment than this pair of city lovers in the hot nnd crowded streets. i t J "P'raps he ain't as pood M he knight be. But there's wus about, an ho Warn't always so, Joo." . "Oh, if you likes to put up wiv Mm, 'Lira, so do! 'Tnin't no concern o' mine is it?" ho added moodily. . "I enn't sen' 'im to the workus, Joo.M "But yer can sen me to the devil !" he snapped sharply, and an ugly look leaped out of his eye They passed under the railway bridge which spans the lower end of (jnoen Victoria street and reached the point where they usually parted. The girl stopped, but tho man went on. ' "Aren't yer goin ter sell out, Joo?" she queried timidly as he turned in the direction of the river. "Wot for?" Tho tone and the manner puzzled her moro than the words. For a moment they stood confronting each other, tho face of the man working Convulsively and tho girl's features con tracted with pain. P lack friars bridge was crossed in si lence. Turning into Stamford street she whist red hoarsely: "I'm'soWy for yer, Joe; but if it's hard on yer it's rough on me. Anything as yer ars'd me to do, Joe any thing as I cud do o meself like I'd do nt, mate, without snyin why cr wherefore. But sen' tho ole man to the workus I enn't do that, lad. I know yer think I ortrr, but I can't, Joe I can't do ut. " "A putty fool yer made o' mo now, ain't yer? I giv' up tho booze an cut tommies w'eu I tuk up wiv yer, 'Liza, but ye'd see me nt blazes suner 'nn giv' up that drunken olo wngabono wot lives on yer, an perwents yer havin a man us ud lo good to yer." "It ud break me henrt, Jto, ter 'avo 'im ilie in the workus." "Yer thinks u bloomin sight more uv a wrong un than yer does uv a right un," said the mail savagely. She gave him a look which must havo convinced him of his error, but blinded by passion he refused to see. "Well," ho Miarltd, "one of uz 'us got ter scoot him or me. Thero ain't room for two. " Tho girl made no reply and they went on. Put silence wns too oppressive and Ft i fling. Near Waterloo station the man spoke again. "How much yer tuk, 'Liza?" The question was abrupt, but the tone was friendly. It indicated a change Of feeling. "Seviug nn threo. " He extended his hand. Sho put tho money into it without a word. 'Meet mo at tho Carding in tho mornin, 'Liza, nnd I'll stock tho baskit for yer," said he, returning her nino pence. It was a curious transaction, but tho explanation was probably to bo found in tho despairing utterance of tho woman. "He's 'ad 'em awful bad agon, Joe. Lnrs night it wur that dreadfuj' She stopped, warned by tho clou(ithat was sweeping up over her companion's brow. , The man's countenance had suddenly darkened, sparks from tho nether fires danced in his eyes, tho old, hard, vin dictive look had returned. "I wish ho mny die. I wish bo wur dead!" he muttered fiercely. "Oh, Joo, Joo, if yer lovo mo, dun sny thim words," entreated tho girl. " I says 'ein cos I loves yer; cos it's on'y 'im wot's a keepin yer frum a man ns wants ter mako a 'appy woman uv yer. I say 'em cos I menus 'em. No 'fenso ter yer, 'Liza. " "Y'ain't it bad sort, Joe, " said tho girl, turning her swimming eyes fall on him, "but yer it bit down on the olo man." He gave tho barrow nn unneces sarily vigorousxdiovp. . "I'm goin inter tho 'Cut, 'Liza, ter finish. No. I nin't dun so dusty" an Hwering the question tho girl had put to him half au hour Is fore. "I started out wiv a dozen, an this yero's th' on'y one letr. " He emptied tho contents of tlio basket on the lioard. "I shall knock 'em in tho 'Cut' at fropiieuco. 'Tnin't orlen they seo cherries liko thorn in New Cut. They're city fruit, they are. Try 'em." He filled a bug and govo it to her. "I'll look roun ufter I clenr out." As ho'Wnlkcd uway ids eyes followod her. "She thinks u bloomin sight too much, sho do, o' that druckeu ole scamp, her futher, " ho growled, stnring after tho retreating figure, "but I ain't nil u fool, mato. Grit's wuth gold." Iu tho third pair buck of a tenement house in Lambeth a girl was kneeling by the side of a bed. Apupor bag wus lying on the coverlet, and Homo cherries had fallen on the floor. On tho bed lay tho body of n man. Tho room rocked with tho fumes of whisky. Tho long, litho fingers of tho girl's right hand wero clasped convulsively round the hand of tho motionless llguro extended on tho bed. "Joe!" sho moaned. "Joo, lad, yo've got yer wish. The olo man'U never rilo yer any more. I lovo yer, mate, dearer than life, but it's thim words o' yourn us I shall hear, nn not poison's, on tho day yer takes mo inter church." St James Budget. Spoiled la Transmission. This is tho way tho railway man heard the conundrum : "At what time shortly before noon is it 3 o'clock? At a quarter of 13, bo tauso u quarter of 13 is 8." And this tho way ho worked it off on his friends: "At what timo shortly beforo noon is it a o'clock? At 11 :45, bocuuso 11:43 is 8. It doesn't sound right either, blumo it, but thut's tho way I hoard it" Chicago Tribune Tills Was Where They Grow. Mrs. Newly Iiich (shopping in Paris) Show ns some wraps imported, of course. ' French Faloswoman Imported, ma dame? From where, s'il vous plait? New York Times. Liberal Adjugtents.. ' Prompt Pavrv H. HARVEY SCHDCH. GENERAL INSURANCE AGENrv SB&XNSG-ICOri!.. w Only the Ohh WrniiiiMit Cash Companies, Tiru, J M Accident nnd Tnriia,i No Assessments No Premiiirri tu Tho Aftnn Fonmlrd A. I)., 1819 Assets n " Home .' is. ' i'SiW ' cc a ; oi .. 'ii5W.C oiu 2,409-? . I lie Standard Accident Insurance Cn The New York Life Insurance Co. The Fidelity Mutual Wfc Association. Your Fatronage Solicited. Sneciai Reduction al UAJSIJNU OUT s Al ?i,deSre to reduco my stock an Will offer ft snecin.1 rfirinp.Hnn 20, and. 30per cent on all C LO T H ! N( bought of me. A full and comp': line of Olotaingis always kect hand. . Genls5 Furnishinq Goods Don'fc fail to see the hast.hnrJ O. j m: kuu uounLy. ri n CI GDTELIUS. II iiui vmsui FURNITURE, CARPETS AND CI a SaS MS TtL. i.t It :0:- Hrfglit new ilfei-jns look ec every nook ami corner of ovl Shapes and Style in whirl t you seo your hlenl. CouchesS CARPETS, KUCS. AUTStJOS l'JU'l I. KKS at prices oloitk er merchants emi uut couipdi :():- Yours Ki'SiYtfullr, V. H. FELIX, Levi, On above tonus wo will offer during 1 ho montl August, the following reductions on gimds nan;- All our : ,.1 .1 ; yr i. t . uti i ,'i u cent. All Ladies' und Misses' Oxfords 2." pr con' Sunnner I)ress Goods, including whito go(nl.s30p' ALL OLOTHIN G 20 per ce On 1C0 pairs Men's lino pantalons 20 ner cent. These are not fchop worn goods, but strictly fir; Como early and cxainino stock, for Cash i)uyi' advantage of this sacrifice sale. T, , JuM Prices Pi for all lis it ft Nbw m NEW DRUGS, NEW BSAHASS IIDDLEBUE Pffll W. H. SPANGLEB. -ryr
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