HOW CHILDREN QUARREL.
The llama of Urug a. Overheard la Ple
beian Tompkins Square.'
On one of the scats four little girls
were observed the other day lndulg.
Ing In the feminine—masculine, also
—propensity for quarreling. Tno
most self-assertive of the group was
a diminutive damsel whose head was
adorned with a hat of monstrous red
plumage. Sarcastic comments on
her part had evidently irritated her
companions:
"She's a sassv thing, Sally. I
wouldn't speak to her no more," ob
served a young miss on the right.
The sarcastic damsel sniffed, but
said nothing.
"Don't let's'sociate with her no
more," remarked a second.
The three little girls arose, and
the third one had her say. "You
can just keep away from our party.
Mary Raum," she said. "We ain't
a-goin' ter look or speak to you no
longer."
The self-assertive maiden in the
monstrous hat gazed contemptuously
upon her whilom companions as they
marched away. tjhe shrugged her
shoulders complacently. "Huh!
Dcre is oddors," she observed, with
u world of significance in her tones.
A short distance away sat two lit
tle boys who were comparing notes
on family mattera
"Us folks has got do biggest fam
ily," remarked tho llrst ooe, confi
dently.
"Hetchcr ain't," returned his com
panion.
"Yes we has. Dere's me, an' me
two brudders, me daddy, me mud
der, me aunt, and me uncle. Kin you
heat dat?"
"I should say," was the response.
"We's got seven gals and boys in our
family. An' deres free grown-ups."
"Well, anyhow, me daddy can buy
out your daddy."
"Kin he'.' Oh, kin hey Me daddy's a
hoss-cai- driver an 1 he owns a big
stable wld two hunnered bosses."
"iJat ain't nothin," retorted the
Imaginative youth. "Me daddy's a
janitor an' he owns a house on Kecon'
avenoo dat's 11 bo stories high, and
wi I a hundred people livin' in it.
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' Hopeful youth with rosy fnco,
Struggling in the mortal race,
Never worried, never tired— .
Ever by the thought inspired, .
That for evory pain wo borrow
Comes redemption in the morrow j
Snerifloing strength and soul
Striving, striving for the goal
' That awaits the life to-morrow,
Spurning flowers of to-day
For the blossoms' rich array
Of to-morrow, of to-morrow.
Listless ago with witherod face,
Drifting in the mortal race,
Worn and helpless, lono and weary,
Gazing through the shadows dreary
Of the long, long night of sorrow
For the sunrise of the morrow j
Drifting, drifting to the soa
Of eternal mystery,
While the world repents "To-morrow."
Thus it spoeds the soul from strife,
Thus it greets tho new-born life,
With "To-morrow," aye, to-morrow.
—Clifford Howard.
JOIINNY's'pUCHESa
v k was not only a
h A \L Duchess, but she
A, ]?•&. iAA. looked like one,
y) of tho best Du
M " nrior type.
Sl !f was lovel F'
' # n <l graceful,
• w 'th the light of
I'SSISvSvM-iS %'il youth and health
' I™JIF?IPIW W* U ' LEI E Y° S -
Ak His .?™ ee
f_ was au invalid his
wife was much in evidence, taking
exercise on deck, with a long, swing
ing stride which was the envy of all
the other women on the ship. During
the tirst day she was very friendly to
her fellow voyagers, but some imper
tinent questions vexed her, and alio
became glacial.
Johnny McQuiston declares that ho
felt like kissing tho shiny brass plate
on the after stairway, which intro
duced him to that armful of loveliness.
There was a nice rolling sea on and
6ome breeze, and Johnny had gone to
seek a heavy coat and was deokward
bound when Her Grace, in descending,
slipped on the brass and wont bang!
into Johnny's arms. It was no joke
to prevent that tall young woman
from coming to grief, and Johnny
grasped and clinched his teeth hard
as he held manfully to therailing with
his loft arm and hugged his real live
Duchess with his right.
She thanked him prettily for his
aid, and nodded afl'ubly when she
came oil deck a itt\ met him at tho
eompanionway dc. or, where he was
waiting for nothing in particular if it
was not for that nod. The roll con
tinued to befriend him, for he had to
help her to her chair, aud there, in
order to continue some vaguo lands
man's comments 011 the voyage, 110 sut
down beside her, and in this way tho
acquaintance began.
It was the manner Johnny sang
hymns, however, which cemented the
acquaintance, and even opened the
doors to friendship. He tised to think
of tho farmhouse and his mother when
ho sang "Abide with Me" and the
other familiar music, aud it came out
in the look in his eyes and his earnest
manner—nnd besides, his voice was
as clear and sweet as his mother's
memory. Ho had a dashing way of
singing tho new comic opero hits or
music hall ballads, but a dignity set
tled upon him when he sang a hymn
that affected the Duchess even more
than it did other people. For a
young woman of society she was un
usually religious, and tho blood of the
ehamjiions of John Knox tingled with
in her now and then.
"You forget all about mo when you
uro singing sacred songs," said the
Duchess, approvingly. "And I like
it," she added, looking at him frankly
with great gray eyes.
"I am generally thinking of my
mother—and she is not with me any
more," replied Johnny, sturdily.
"You could sing yourself into fame,
I dare say," she said, graciously.
"I did sing myself into a trip to Eu
rope," ho says, laughing and Hushing.
"In concerts?" and sho seemed a
triflo dismayed.
"Oh, no!" he answered. "Shall wo
take a turn before luncheon? I'll tell
you about it as we walkand they
left tho audience in tho ladies' cabin
to gossip about the flirtation in pro
gross between "that stuck-up woman
with a title anil that singer follow, "a.-j
tho man from Illinois put it.
"I don't know if I told you I was a
newspaper man," began Johnny.
"Oh, a pressman!" said she. "Salis
bury used to be one, you know, and
lots of our best men write leaders and
things."
"Well, I don't write leaders," ex
plained Johnny. "I write the 'things,'
us you call them, that tho leaders are
often based on. Well, one day I was
sent to write up Mortimer's new house.
He's about the biggest man we have
on Wall street now, and he had just
done up a palace. He was at home,
and showed mo about civilly, for he
was proud of planning most of tho
place himself. Finally wo camo to
the music room, and there was a
splendid piano open. 1 don't know
how it came about, but I sat down
and rambled along with tho air
of 'Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.'
'Can you sing that?' says Mr. Mor
timer. I sang it, and for half un hour
he kept me there singing one old
hymn after another. I could sec he
was in deep thought about some
thing, but he didn't explain. As
I was going away he said: 'You
won't put tho hymn singing into
your article, will you,' and he nodded
approvingly when I said it was only a
side issue. That was two months ago.
About a week later I met him on the
street, and he stopped and shook
hands. Our big men, us a rule, don't
do that unless they want something
put in or kept out of the paper, and I
wondered what was up. Ho talked
about my articlo and said something
nice, and asked abruptly, 'Have you
any money saved?' Of course J was
fctartled, but I said I had about S6OOO
and somo stock worth about a SIOOO
more. 'Go get it and bring it to my
office in half au hour,' said ho, and off
he went. I did as I was told, and he
gave me a receipt, and all ho said
was: 'Come hero Monday week.'
There were very lively days on the
stock market after that, and I won
dered if my money was having any
share in it. On Monday I went to his
office and asked if he was in. The
managing clerk said he was in Boston,
and I felt sick. *You'ro Mr. McQnis
ton, I believe?' said the clerk. 'Yes,
and Mr. Mortimer told me to come
here to-day.' 'Here's a note for you,'
said he, and ho handed me a big en
velope. 'Please give me a receipt.' I
waited until I was out on the street,
and then I opened the package. There
was my stock, two chocks and a note
which said : 'lnclosed is your margin
and profits for thosake of the thoughts
you awoke in me. Mortimer.' One
check was my own that I had given
him, and which he had not presented
for payment. The other was S4OOO,
and I took a holiday and here I am."
4 'Oh, that w*s jolly in him, wasn't
it?" cried tho Duchess, delightedly.
"And I'm sure you deserved it. Here
is my husband, you must tell him
about it, too.
This was tho way tho Duke was
drawn into it, aud a very genial,
earnest young man ho proved to be,
who seemed to indorse everything his
wife did and so indorsed Johuuy,
whose glory among hiH companions
grew to great proportions thereat.
He was perfectly modest and frank
about it, and although he refused
point blank to lead un to introduc
tions without an expressed desire by
the Duches-, lie still remained popular.
It was on the eastern voyage that all
this occurred, nnd such smooth seas
aud serene skies were said to have been
rare in their voyaging around the
world by His Grace and his wife.
By the time tho Cow and Calf camo
into view one glorious morning about
six o'clock Johuuy and his Duchess
were "quite pals," as she expressed it,
aud a bit of slang being rare from Iler
Grace, it was duly prized by Johnny
as a thing apart and belonging to him.
By invitation from the Captain they
watched the Irish coast peep up into
the water from the bridge, aud there
they stood until Fast net Lighthouse
came out on tho other side, and the
Duchess said, with a sigh: "Almost
home again !"
They parted at Liverpool, and there
was given to Johnny a cordial invita
tion to come aud call at Essex House,
tho London home of their Graces, aud
ho was left to wonder if he should ever
see thorn again, but in tho excitement
of arriving iu London, this was soon
forgotten in the delight of saying:
"And so this is really Piccadilly and
that green place ahead is Hyde Park."
To be twenty-six and in London
for the first time and on comfortable
terms with your banker, and not too
much writing of your name on your
letter of credit, meant to Johuny what
it would mean to any healthy-minded,
active and well-educated American,
and in a week he felt as though ho
could give the younger Dickons many
points for a new guide book to the
English capital.
His Duchess had become a lovely,
shadowy recollection, when one day,
in one of the catacombs which biseot
theLangham Hotel,he almost collided
with a lady, who caused him to ex
claim, "The Duchoss!" The lady was
as much startled as though Johnny
had cried, "The devil!" and he stam
mered some apology.
"Gracious! How much sho looked
like the Duchoss. I wonder who she
is?" thought Johnny.
"What on earth did that man mean
by shouting about tho Duchess?"
thought Miss Nellie Thurston, of
Philadelphia, as she hurried to her
rooms. "I'm sure he's an American—
I guess I'll tell auntie."
And so it happened that when John
ny went into the dining room that
evening Miss Thurston remarked to
the stout lady who sat beside her, and
who bad the dignity of a bishop at con
firmation :
"There ho is, auntie. That's the
man who said I was some duchess."
Mrs. Thurston looked at Johnny
much as she was in tho habit of look
ing nt hansom cab drivers while mak
ing up her mind to whom she would
trust herself, aud she said, promptly:
"Very ordinary-looking yoting man.
His evening clothes are now, and he
is not accustomed to thom."
"I'hat may bo true about the
clothes," murmured Nellie, "but I
think 110 is a gentlemanly fellow, and
good looking, too."
Before there was time for more
Johnny was led up to the small table
where the ladies sat, and was seated
there because of no room elsewhere,
whereupon Johnny looked annoyed
and blushed. Mrs. Thurston was in a
rage, and Miss Nellie was highly
amused within, but tranquil without.
"I cannot put up with these largo
English hotels any longer," said Mrs.
Thurston, pointedly, to Nellie. "Wo
must go to-morrow and make arrango
mentsatsomeexclusive family resort."
Her niece took on the color which
| left Johnny's cheoks, and faintly
cried:
"Oh, auntie, what a thing to say."
"I'll try to get a seat somewhere
else, or go away altogether, madam,"
said Johnny, bravely, and yet humbly.
"It was no fault of mine; tho waiter
was to blame."
There was so much mortification in
the boy's tone that Mrs. Thurston for
got the Episcopal pose and let herself
down to a kindly level, and put
Johnny at his ease, to her niece's
evident surprise.
The next day, in one of the rooms
of tho National Gallery, Johnny came
ui)on tho younger lady, who was in
undoubted distress. He caught her
eye; sho gave a faint sinilo of recog
nition, and ho was besido her.
"Can I do something for you?" he
said in his frank, pleasant way.
"Thank you, I am in rather a moss,"
sho answered gratefully. "I have
lost auntie. I almost always do lose
her in a picture gallery, for I wander
about and she sits down in sonio cor
ner and adores an old master. To-day
it happens sho has no purse, and she
will want me."
There was so much relief in Mrs.
Thurston's face wheu they finally
found her that Johnny felt encouraged.
Mistress Nellio had, in the short time
they were together, concluded that ho
was much better than he looked, and
was not to bo lightly cast off, in a
land where pleasant and companion
able fellow-countrymen were not too
plentiful, so she bravely recalled
Johnny to Mrs. Thurston's memory
and he introduced himself.
After that matters hurried them
selves. They are apt to do this in
hotels and jourueyings and saunter
ings. Johnny fell into a sort of trance,
wherein his unconsciousness seemed
boldness, and Miss Nellie began to ask
herself questions. As for Mrs. Thurston,
she soon lost auy doubt as to her own
conclusion, and declared that she in
tended either to leavo for the conti
nent, regardless of comfort, or ask Mr.
MoQuiston to continue his travels.
There was a cricket match on be
tween Eton and Harrow—ono of the
notable matches of tho year—and
Johnny had hired the neatest turnout
he could find to convey tho trio to
Lord's grounds. There was some
battling before tho elder lady would
consent to go, and the younger finally
declared that she would give Mr. Mc-
Quiston a hint of the brewing storm.
Thus bribed, Mrs. Thurston sat in
gloomy state until they found a place
among tho carriages and coaches from
which to watch the people, for tho
game was quite beyond their grasp.
From sheer perversity, and perhaps
from other motives as well, Nellie
treated Johnny with an amount of
cordiality and a freedom she had
never shown before, and even allowed
her voice to drop into something akin
to a whisper when Mrs. Thurston, in
a polar voice, exclaimed: "Nellie,
have you told Mr. McQuiston?"
Johnny looked up in surprise, while
guilty Nellio blushed and paled, and
finally gasped, as tho situation became
plain, and her aunt's intentions flashed
upon her.
Sho glanced appealingly at tho old
lady, and was astonished to see her
looking up at something on a coach
which stood next their carriage.
"I declare!" exclaimed tho aunt at
last. "Why, Nellie, there is a lady
who is tho imago of you!—only she is
a little older. Look!"
Johnny followed the direction of
Mrs. Thurston's glanco aud cried:
"It's tho Duchess!"
"Who?" said Mrs. Thurston, in a
shrill whisper.
"The Uuclioss of Essex," replied
Johnny, excitedly. "She's awfully
nice, and that pale young fellow with
the beard is her husband, the Duke."
"Do you know her—to speak to?"
again iu a shrill whisper, excited and
eager now. •
"Is that tho lady you mistook for
mo at the hotel?" exclaimed Nellie.
Dressed in a white costume, simple
and yet bewildering, and a little white
bonnet, with eyes bright and voice
merry, the Duchess looked like one of
those you associate with at Gains
borough. She answered Mrs. Thurs
ton's question by glancing down, and
on catching a glimpse of Johnny ex
claimed: "Why, Ned, here's Mr. Mc-
Quiston!" and her long, shapely arm
descended towards Johnny, who stood
up and looked as delighted as ho felt.
Tho Duchess told Johnny after
wards that she guessed it all at a
glance, and acted accordingly; and
you can depend upon it, he is willing
to swear to any assertion she makes.
"Help me down, Stanley," she said
to the gentleman next her, and iu au
instant sho stood beside Johnny on
the sod.
"Do you think it nice in you not to
have come to Essex House at all this
time?" she said, reproachfully. "I've
been telling somo people about you,
nnd they think I'm only giving them
travelers' talcs, for you never show,
you know. May I know your friends?"
When Johnny recovered his wits
tho Duchess was in the carriage be
side Nellie, telling Mrs. Thurston that
she had been struck by tho likeness
Nellie Thurston bore to hersolf, and
this was followed up by other gracious
speeches, climaxing at last by an in
vitation to call at Essex House aud a
statement that Her Grace would send
them cards for a "little reception ou
Wednesday night, to meet the Princess
Louise of Dome." "Friends of Mr.
McQuiston's are sure to bo welcome
with us, you know," she said, as she
bowed and asked Johnny to help her
up the ladder to the coach seat.
"Will you oome now and sing
hymns for me, sir?" whispered Her
Grace, as she stood with Johnny's
hand in hers.
"Come!" ho blurted out, "I'll go
nnd sing till you order me out of tho
house."
The Duchess laughed and mur
mured: "Is it so bad as that? Well,
she is lovely, and you are fortunate.
Bring her to see mo Saturday morning
at 11."
"What were you asking me, auntie,
when the Duchess spoke first to Mr.
McQaiston? You wanted to know if
I had told him something?" asked Nel
lie, coolly, as they drove home through
the pretty streets of St. John's Wood.
"I'm sure I don't remember, dear,"
said Mrs. Thurston innocently.
"Shall I tell Mr. McQuiston to go
away before the Duchess's reception,
auntie?" Nellie asked that night, as
sho stood boforethe door of her aunt's
room, caudle in hand.
"Certainly not! Why, he's to tako
us there."
"May I toll him to stay?"
"Of course not; there is no need of
saying any tiling. Ho seems like a
very sonsiblo young man, and needs
no coaching."
"Coaching, auntie? Fie, why that's
slang. And suppose in the coaching
he asks mo if I will let him drive,
what then?"
"Don't bo foolish, child! Ho has
no such ideas in his head. Don't be
foolish."
"I'm rather afraid I shall be," said
Nellie, but she said it to tho candle,
after she closed tho door.
It was some mouths after this that
Mrs. John Arlington McQuiston
(Johnny's middle name has been drawn
from obscurity into active life), look
ing at two tall Sevres which stood be
side the library fireplace, remarked to
her husband:
"John, dear, do you know I believe
auntie would like to have tho Duchess's
letter framed and hung between the
vases she sent us."
Johnny, who was busily looking over
manuscript, smiled, but said nothing.
"I don't think you are half enough
grateful to your Duchess, John," con
tinued Mrs. John.
"Oh, yes," said Johnny, and he
came to his wife's chair and rumpled
her brown baugs with caressing hand,
j "but you see she is outranked now by
my queen. "—Boston Home Journal.
SELECT SIFTLNUS.
Louis XVI was au abominablo glut
ton.
Tho best brass band in Australia is
composed of natives.
North Carolina has but 3702 for
eigners out of a population of 1,617,-
980.
Camphor should not bo placed next
to furs, as it will make tha color
lighter.
Street bands are not permitted in
Germany uuloss they accompany pro
cessions.
The central span of the St. Louis,
(Mo.) bridge is 520 feet, tho side spans
515 feet oach.
In an Oregon town there is an octo
genarian who is an enthusiastic rider
of tho bicycle.
In Vionna, Austria, the organ grind*
ers are allowed to play only between
midday and sunset.
An elephant is fifty or sixty years in
attaining maturity, and will live a
century and a half.
If a snail's head bo cut off and the
animal placed in a cool, moist spot a
now head will bo grown.
In 1813 William Burton patented a
locomotive that was provided with
legs and feet behind to push the ma
chine along tho track.
Charles Barrow, of Columbus, Ohio,
tells of an egg laid by a hen in his
employ that measured seven and
seven-eighths inches in length.
Kid and silk gloves came into use in
Europe about tho end of the fifteenth
century. At first only princssses and
ladies of high rank were allowed to
wear them.
H. Peuuel, of Wilkes, N. C., on his
seventy-third birthday, recently cele
brated, cut and shocked forty shocks
of wheat from diuuer time till night,
and was still as fresh aud active as u
boy.
A Maine man, a resident of Rock
land, says ho had suffered two years
from tho after effects of tho grip till
he was struck by lightning the other
day. Siuee then ho has felt himself
entirely well.
A Kalamazoo (Mich.) health officer
took a tramp suffering from smallpox
to the jail, growled because tho jailer
would not admit tho prisoner aud
thon exhibited tho patient to au ad
miring crowd of citizens.
Two safe-crackers entered a Brook
lyn store to operate on u safe that
made a great show from the street.
They were so disappointed when they
found that it was a wooden box
painted up that they departed, leaving
their instruments behind them.
Peoplo in the middle ages believed
in were-wolves as well as witches.
Were-wolves were supposed to be men
who, while preserving their appear
ance as humau beings, were yet trans
formed into wolves, with an appe
tite which nothing but humau flesh
would satisfy.
Patrick O'Malioney, of Oil City,
Penn., throw a brick at a friend with
tho iuteution of knocking his head
oft*. Tho friend escaped aroun l the
corner of a street, but staugoly
enough the missile, describing a para
bolic cure, followed after him aud cut
ofl oue of his coat tails aB clean as a
whistle.
A New Fashion of Dueling.
A new fashion of dueling has been
set at Zalzeivka, near Ristomar, in
Russia, by a schoolmaster aud a law
yer. The pair quarreled aud arranged
to tight with whips. Soon after the
engagement commenced the school
master succeeded iu knocking his ad
versary's weapon out of his hand, aud
then proceeded to baste the lawyer to
his heart's content. Honor was de
clared to bo satisfied.—New Orleans
Picayune.
A Rainmaker's Apparatus.
A rainmaker in India has au appar
atus consisting of a rocket capable of
rising to tho height of a mile, con
taining a reservoir of ether. In its de
scent it opens a parachute, which
causes it to come down slowly. The
ether is thrown out in fine spray, and
its absorbtion of heafis said to lower
the temperature about it sufficiently
to condense tho vapor aud produce a
limited shower.—Chicago Herald,
Highest of all in lcaverfir.g strength.—Latest U.S. GOT. Food Report.
Powder
4B^OLVrEE.Y PUKE
Economy requires that in every receipt calling
for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It
will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter,
of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome.
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An Alligator Story.
"Of all tho inhabitants of the
great rivers of India the alligator is
the most formidable," said Captain
L. E. Ballon, of London, England, at
the Laclede iast evening, says the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. "While 1
was stationed there several years ago
1 saw a sight the thought of which
always causes a shudder to creep over
me. A lady noar where 1 had lived
sent a little native boy with a letter
to a friend at some little distance,
with the request to send a reply.
Being a trustworthy little fellow
some surprise was felt when he did
not return after a reasonable ab
sence. After waiting several hours
witn no sign of the messenger, a
seaching party, of which 1 was a
member, was mado up to try to dis
cover his wheroabouts.
After scouring the country for
Bome time we came to the river
bank, and a short distance away saw
a dead alligator lying on the shoro
with its great, Jaws extended to their
utmost. On examining it to dis
cover tho cause of so strange an ap
pearance we found to our horror that
it had devoured the missing boy, and
bad attempted to swallow his head
whole. This, however, it was unable
to do, and had been suffocated in the
attempt The boy's head was still
covered by his turban, which, when
removed, disclosed the answer to hli
mistress' letter, which he was faith'
fully bringing back. It was sup.
posea tnat wnue attempting to swan
the river he had been seized by tho
alligator, as those huge reptiles are
very clever in concealing themselves
until their victim Is well within
their reach, and then pouncing on
their prey."
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MOTIIERS are the only people In
the world who novcr tlnd out that
they have been proud without cause.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who livo bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by "more promptly
adapting tho world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the valuo to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced iu tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is duo to its presenting
in tho form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, tho refreshing and "truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ativo; effectually cleansing tho system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on tho Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is ptrfcctly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept auy substitute if otlercd.
What to do with Milk Pails!
J \ C1 l ean them with Pe arline. You can t ge
T \ th< 'm so thoroughly sweet and pure in any
other way. Besides, it's easier for you
quicker, more economical.
1 "The box and barrel churn are not hard
Vl \ to keep clean. A little hot water and a little
V V V >7 Tearline will clean any churn or do awav
Y J wlth any bad odor."— The Davy World, Chicago.
Perhaps you think that some of the imita
° f Pearline ' that you'd be afraid to
W X W USe ,. ln washin g clothes, would do rust as
' \ \ 7 ,n W ° rk hke this - Thov wouldn't
v -.1 t hurt tinware, certainly. But they wouldn't
clean it, either, half as well as Pearline-besides, "don't
play with the fire If your grocer sends you an imitation,
be honeot—send it back. JAMF ,s PVI.E, NEW v o rk.
"Well Done Outlives Death " Even Your
Memory Will Shine if You Use
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Odd Church Collections.
A survival of tho old custom of
payment in kind exists in a village
in Kent, England. One Sunday af
ternoon in the spring there is an of
fertory of fresh eggs at the church,
j and last year tho number of contri
butions amounted to 010, or an aver
age of nearly one egg apiece from
the inhabitants of the village. The
I collection, carefully packed, is sent
to the sick and the very poor of a
; London parish.
LADY of the house—Welt, If your
references are satisfactory, I'll en
gage you. Applicant for cook's posi
tion—Are yez goin' to look them up?
Lady of the house—Certainly. Ap
| pi leant—Then there'll be no need of
me comln' back again.—Harper's
j Bazar.
MOST people have an exaggerated
idea of modesty.
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Mineral Prtint, Thiscarawas Co., Ohio.
DR. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. V.:
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SftSsi thf ' rust elevon years,
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"®rTf rfK&l to say that It has
VV never failed. I have
v./ft,/ also recommended It
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Wr'Ax lK)r8,119 't Is a medicine
\ /-*¥ "t&w worth recommending.
J. SMITH, ESQ. JOSEPH SMITH.
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