A DETROIT BUILDER.
HE TELLS A KKMA It K ABLE STORY
OF IUS LIKE.
C'mo to Detroit A liont Forty Yrnra ABO,
LEYI ELSEY'S EXPERIENCE WORTHY SERIOUS
ATTENTION.
(From the Detroit Evening A r no..)
Away out Gratiot avonuo, far from tho din
and turmoil of tho business centre, there nro
many attractivo homes. Tho intersecting
streets are wide, clean and shadoJ by large
leaf-covero I trees, and tho peoplo you moot
arc typical of industry, oconomy and honost
toil. Thoro aro many pretty residences, but
nono more inviting in Its neatness and home
like com'ort than that of Mr. Levi Elsoy, tho
well-known builder anl contractor, at 71
Moranstreet, just oil Gratiot. Mr. Elsey is
an old resident of Detroit, having movad
hero about forty years ago. lie has orecto I
hundreds of houses In different parts of tho
city, and points with pride to such buildings
ns tho Nowborry fc McMullan an l Campaw
blocks, in which ho displayed his ability as a
superintendent.
"I have soon Datroit grow frm a village
to a city," ho observed yosterday in convor
r.atlon with tho writer, "an I I don't think
there nro many towns in America to- lay
equal to it in point ofboauty. I knowalmost
tverybo iy in tho city, n1 an Incident whieh
recently happenod in my life has iulorestod
all my friends.
"It is now about olght yean ago since I
was stricken down with my first c.aso of ill
ness. Ono col J, blustering day I w.as down
town and through my natural carelessness
at that time I pormitto I myself to got chlllo.l
right through. When I arrived home that
evening I 'oit a Ro r * o 'm piin in my loft log.
I bathed it that nig'if, hut by morning I
fouu iit hud grown worse. In fact it was so
serious that I sent lor my family physician,
nn t ho informed mo that 1 was suffering
from varicose veins. Mv log swelled up to
double its natural size and the pain Incr -aso-l
In vo'umo. Tne agony was simply awfiP. I
was laid up an I never left my bed fot eight
weeks. At times I felt as though I would
grow Irani e with pain. My leg was ban
daged an l was propped up in the lied nt an
angle of thirty degrees, in orier to keep the
b'oo.l from flowing to my extremities.
"J had several doctors attending me. but
I believe my own judgment helped me hotter
than theirs. After a siege of two months I
could move arouu ?. still I was on the sick
list .and had to doctor myself for years. I
wu< never really cured and suffered any
amount oi anguish.
"About two years ago I noticed nu article
in tho Keening \cir.t about my ri*rnl, Mr.
Northrup the Woodward AVHDUO mere ban t.
In nn interview with hint ho stated that ho
had used I)t*. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo
People and that they cured ltlm. I knew him
very well, having built his house out Wood*
ward Ave., tinri I thought I would follow his
suggestion. I must • oufess I did HO with
marvelous success. From tho time I began
to take the Pink Pills I lelt myself growing
to bo a new man. They acted on mo like a
magical stimulant. The pain departed nnd
I soon was an strong and healthy HH ever.
Before trying tho Pink Pills I had used any
amount ot other medicine without any no
ticeable benefit. But the Pills cured mo and
1 was mysolf again.
"When a person finds himself relieved and
enjoying health ho is apt to expose lilmselt
again to another attack oi illness. Some
three months ago I stopped taking tho Pink
PiIIH, and from tho day I did so 1 noticed a
change in my condition, A short timo sinco
1 renewed my habit of taking thorn with tlu*
same beneficial results which met me for
merly. iam again nearly as strong as ever,
although I am a man about fifty-six years o.
age. J mil juti, ir. the Pink Pills are a most
wonderful medicine, and it tlioy do as well
in other cases as they did in mine they arc
the best in tho world. 1 freely rocommon I
them to any sufferer."
Dr. Williams' Pink Tills oontnlu. in a con
densed lorm. all tho elements necessary to
give new lito and richness to the blood and
restore shuttered nerves. They are an un
failing specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia partial paralysis, St. VitW dance,
sciatica, neural gin, rheumatism, nervous
headache, tho after effect Of la grippe, pal
pitation oi tho heart, palo and sallow com
plexions, all forms of weakness, either in
mule or lomale. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will bo sent post paid on reoeipt
of price (50 cents a box, or aix boxes for
♦2.so—they are never sold in bulk or by the
100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
An Animated Uripsuck.
Two men nat sitlo by side at a table
in a Chicago restaurant. One of tliem
was evidently a city-bred man, while
the other looked like a hoosier farmer.
On tho floor, by tho side of his chair,
tho ru/alito had deposited a small car
petbag. As he sat waiting for bis or
der tho city chap thought ho noticed
the grip move. Ife regarded it closely
for a few moments and then felt sure
that it moved.
"What have you there—imps?" he
asked tho hoosier.
"Naw, they ain't pups," replied the
old fellow, as ho proceeded with liis
lunch.
Tho grip rolled half over from the
mysterious force inside, and the city
man's curiosity got tho better of him.
"What have you there, anyway?" he
asked.
"Wall, I'll tell ye," said tho grangor,
deliberately. "I'm takiu' home a cou
ple of gamo cocks. What? Yaas, I
know cock-flgliting is agin the law, hut
I ain't got 'em for flghtin'. It's just
like this: My ol' lady has chickens an'
I hev a garden. We're each proud uv
our departments. But her chickens
get into my garden an' scratch up all
my seeds an' beds. Now I'vo got these
game cocks, an' I'm goin' to please hei
by tellin' the ol' lady they're tine chick
ens. She'll put 'em in lier coop an'
they'll kill every darn chicken she's
got. I'd rather have two chickens
scratchin' in my garden than twenty—
an' then maybe one of these coeks'U
kill the other after they do up my wife's
chickens."
Tho city chap opined that it would
he a very good scheme if it worked.
IK you are willing to piay stepping
stono you have no right to complain
of dirty feet.
I Can't Sleep
I have a tired, worn-out fooling. This
moans thnt tho nervous system is out of or
der. When this complaint is made, Hood's
Hursaparillu is NEEDED to purify and vitalize
the blood, and thus apply nervous strength.
Take it now. Remember
Hood's Sar sa-
A f parilla
BE sure to get Hood's £ J*
and only Hood's. /
Hood's I'llto cure all liver lilt, biliousness.
A SUMMER LONGING.
I must away to woodod hills aud vales,
Where broad, slow streams flow cool and
silently,
And Idle barges flap their listless anils—
For me tho summer sunset glows and pales,
And green fields wait for mo.
I long for shadowy forests, whero tho bird 6
Twitter and ohirp at noon from overy tree.
I long for blossomed leaves and lowing
herds.
And nature's voices say, in mystio words,
"Tho green Holds wait for thee.'*
I dream of uplands, whero tho primrose
shines,
And waves her yellow lamps above the
lea ;
Of tangled eopscs, swung with trailing vines,
Of open vistas, skirted with tall pines,
Where green fields wait for me.
I think of long, sweet nftcrnoons, when I
May Ho and listen to tho distant son,
Or hear tho breezes in tho reeds that sigh,
Or insect voices chirping shrill and dry,
In fields that wait forme.
These dreams of summer come to bid mo
find
Tho forest's shade, tho wild bird's melody,
Whtlo summer's rosy wreuths for mo are
twined,
While summer's fragranco lingers on the
wind,
And green Holds wait for me.
—George Arnold.
DARKEST BEFORE DAWK.
BY IIEBEN FORREST GRAVES.
§ HERE'S nothing in
tho paper," said Au
rora Clymer— "abso
lutely nothing!"
Slio throw down
the printed sheet as
shnspolto— a tall girl,
with wistful blue
eyes and hair droop
\ >ng a In Psycho over
her forehead.
'C "Then," said Mir
inm, "that's three
cents wasted. And there aro not
many cents left."
"Oatmeal and coffee for breakfast!"
sighed Aurora. "And it was coffee
and oatmeal yesterday ! Ob, dear, how
wretched it is to be poor ! How sick
oue does get of things!"
"Try to remember that it's always
'darkest just before daylight,' " en
couraged Miriam. "Sit up to the
table, dear, and eat something. It's
nice and hot!"
Miriam was a sweet, fresh-faced girl
of eighteen. Not, perhaps gifted
with Aurora's beauty, but when you
looked at Miriam Clymer once, yon
always wanted to look tho second
time.
_ "Where is Polly?" fretfully ques
tioned the elder sister. ' 'lt doos seem
to mo as if—"
At that self same moment, however,
tho door flew open and a rosy, flushed
damsel burst into tho room like a
southwest gale.
"Breakfast tiuio alroady?" cried
Polly. "My goodness mo, how tho
time docs fly?"
Polly Clviner had very blnok eyes,
which laughed at you like a sunboam,
a crop of short black curls, and tooth
which, although rather irrogulnr, were
milk white, and her two cheeks were
like two roses nowly bloßsomod.
"Girls, I've been so busy I" said
Polly.
Aurora frowned n littlo.
"I wish I was busy," said she.
Miriam helped her younger Bister to
oatmeal.
'T should bo busy too," said Mir
iam, "if thera was ntiything to do."
"How perfectly ridiculous all this
i"!" cried Polly, waving her spoon.
"As if thero wasn't always something
to do 1 Of courno Aurora would rather
do typewriting, because that's tho
trade she's learned—"
"Trade?" echoed tho scandalizod
beauty.
"And Miriam knows more about
music lessons than anything else; but
if one can't get what one wants, one
must wnnt what ono can got, And
I've onruod a dollar this morning al
ready, "
"What!" cried Miriam.
"Moro oatmeal, please," said Polly.
"Oh, yos, I've washed and dressed a
dear littlo girli'o in tho fiat downstairs,
and packed hor littlo doll'e toy of a
trunk for tho train. You seo, the
nurse got angry and wont away. Tho
mother was that pallid consumptive
who was buried last week, and tho
father is a sort of ne'er-do-well, who
plays tho cymbals iu Jones's Theatre
and don't pay any of his bills. And
tho janitress was at hor wits' end what
to do, and I stepped into the breach.
It mado mo think of tho good old
times when I played with a doll almost
as big as I was."
"But where on earth is tho child
going?" asked Miriam.
"To her friends I suppose. I loft
her asleep in the crib, and tho land
lady's littlo girl watching her. I'm to
go back after my breakfast. There,
Mirry"—aH sho tossed a big silver dol
lar to tho housokeeper-sister— "take
that to buy moro oatmeal. And look
hero, Miriam, Doctor Puttitt has got a
big ordor for the Rosebud Balm to go
to a watering place somcwhoro on tho
Jersey const, aud wants some one to
paste on labels and tio up tho bot
tles, without loss of time. Thero'B n
chance!"
Aurora drew herself up.
"I don't think George Beldon would
like it," said she.
"Oh, Oeorgo—bothor Qoorgo I Ho's
nothing but a <lrng clerk himsolf.
It s none of his business one way or
the other I" cried Polly.
"Well, perhaps if you won't men
tion it, said Aurora, timidly. "One
has one s professional reputation to
maintain, yon know."
"Stuff! said Polly. "Doctor Puf
fit's a good-natured old soul, and I
reully think if some one don't rally to
his assistance, he'll get an apoplec
tic fit.' 1
"And," suggested Miriam, "since
there's nothing in tho 'Wanteds' to
day, you might as well bo earning a
little in some way, Aurora."
Doctor Pufßt was in tho front base
ment of the big flat where the Clymor
sisters dwelt, surrounded by gallon
jars of "Rosebud Balm" aud moun
tains of bottles. Ho looked despair
ingly up from this chaos.
"The order goes out on tho three
o'clock express,*' said he, "and that
wretch Alphonse, lias not been near
me to-day. I will discharge Alphonse.
I won't put up with his nonsense au
other hour. My dear young lady, you
don't say you will actually help me?
Then my business character is saved !
Tho Silver Beach hotels will know of
tho greatest discovery of tho age, and
I shall vindicate this great prepara
tion—which is not a cjsmetic nor a
drug, but a marvel!"
Polly went back to her baby, who
was awake now and smiling like a
mediroval cherub in an altar painting.
"You darling 1" said she, with a hug
and a kiss. "How any ono could go
off and leave you, I cannot— Oh!"
with u sudden stiffening of hor rosy
features, "so you are Dolly Temple's
father, are yen?" For a middle-aged
gentleman stood in tho doorway, look
ing fpiestiouingly at her. "Well, j'oti
needn't come back here. The child's
mother's friends are to take her away
at once. And perhaps, if you hadn't
been so dissipated and neglectful of
poor Mrs. Temple, slio might have
been here now. I can't help it; some
one ought to tell you what tho people
in this house are saying about it. I
don't want to bo hard on you," she
added, "but if you were to sign the
plodge, and try—really try to do hot
ter for tho future—"
"I really think that is unnecessary,"
interrupted a composed voice, "for I
am already a strict temperanco man.
You are mistaken, young woman. I
mil not Sergius Temple, but Mr. Cnr
thow, the father of tho Into Mrs. Tem
ple. Tho telegram was delayed, and I
linvo only just received tho summons
to come."
Polly blushed to tho very roots of
her curly hair. She had not a word
to say for herself.
"Oh, why couldn't I hnvo minded
my own business," thought she. "It's
just as tho girls are always telling me.
My tongue is a deal too long."
"Are you the nurse?" io asked,
sternly.
But the jauitress, hurrying up at
this moment, speedily enlightened
him as to the exigencies of the case.
"It's a young lady, sir," said she,
"from ouo of tho other npartmeuts,
and what wo should have done without
hor I'm sure I don't know. The dear
little miss has took to her so kind."
Tho sternness of Mr. Carthow's
benring abated somewhat.
"She is very good," said ho. "As
I hnvo no one to take charge of my
daughter's child, I shall bo pleased to
engage her servioos for the prosent."
"I know that other woman wasn't
good to her," observed the janitress.
Polly lookod at the baby, tile baby
held out its little hands, with an in
distinct, cooing sound, like a bird in
tho hedgos.
"I'll go," said Polly.
"The train leaves in twenty min
utes," said Mr. Cnrthew, looking at
his watch.
Polly rushed up stnirs for her hnt
and shawl. Hbo left a scribbled note
on the tablo for her sisters, neither of
whom was in the room, and with Mr.
Carthew and tho baby just caught the
train.
"I— I don't know where we are go
ing," stammered Polly.
"How neglectful of ine not to hnvo
mentioned it," said Mr..Carthew. "To
my country sent at Silver Bench."
"Oh," thought Polly, "if Aurora
only knew ! Ho has got a country
seat, has lis? I do hope Mrs. Carthew
will be good to mo. I woudcf if thero
are auy daughters, aud if thoy Would
like a musical govornoss? Booauso if
Miriam could get a place, I think wo
should be pol'fectly happy,"
But she glanced surreptitiously at
Mr. Onrthew's grave, handsome face,
aud lneked the conrngo to nsk any
lnore questions,
"He must have mnrried very
young," thought she.
A stout lady, iu a blnok silk gown
and white muslin npron, mot them on
the steps of a pretty seaside cottage,
with a belt of piue trees iu tho rear,
aud the curling fringes of tho Atlan
tic Ocean in front, and welcomed the
now treasure warmly.
"This is my housokeopor," said Air,
Carthew. "Mrs. Mott, Miss Clymer
is tho now nursery governess for Miss
Temple. Make her as comfortable as
you can,"
"Mrs. Carthew is not at home?"
Polly vontured to nsk, as the blnck
silk matron led the way down a long
corridor covered with cool, cheeked
matting.
"Bless your heart-," said Airs. Alott,
"there ain't nny Airs. Carthew. If
slio'd been living, my young lady
would never have mado that foolish,
runaway match."
"Nor any Aliss Carthnws?"
"Nor any Aliss Carthowß," nodod
Alt's. Alott.
Polly took tho bnby out on the
bench for n walk next day, It seemed
more like tho doll-playing days of her
childhood than ever, or else like a
pleasant summer dream.
"I'll walk as iar as the drug store,"
Baid sho to herself. "There's quite a
settlement of houses around the hotel,
and some very pretty stores. I've a
great mind to walk in and ask for a
bottle of Doctor l'uflitt's Rosebud
Balm for the Complexion."
Sho did so. Polly Clymer was never
lacking in cool audacity, whatever
might have been her other deficien
cies.
"Why, Tolly, is this you?" dc
manded a familiar voice behind the
countej
"Goodness me f" cried Polly. "It'i
George Belden!"
"Yes," aid the tall, straight young
druggist. "Why, didn't you know it?
I've bought out this business, and I've
telographed for Aurora to come down
and marry me. We may as well spend
our lionoyin oou by the seaside att-md
ing to business. The dear little girl,
ouly to think of her pasting on all
them labels herself! Pufiitt told me
about it. Puflit supplies the capital,
you see, on condition of my pushing
his specialty. I've taken a cottage,
and telegraphed Aurora to bring yon
and Miriam along, too. Silver Beach
is a rising place, and there's plenty to
bo done here.''
"I'm awfully obliged to yon
George," said Polly, holding up the
baby, "but I'm a nursery governess
at present, and can't leave my situa
tion. But I'll call nnd see you and
Mrs. Belden as often as possible."
And she strolled buck to the Car
thew cottage along the edge of the
Atlantic, talking soft, unintelligible
nonsense to tho baby as she went.
Three months afterward, George
Beldeu shut up the "seaside branch"
to return to the New York store which
Doctor Puttitt had purchased and dec
orated in Alger iull - Moo r esq a o style
with moro gold-leaf and peacock
plumes than would have seemed possi
ble to tho uninitiated mind.
"The Rosebud Balm has been a suc
cess," cackled Doctor Puttitt. "And
I owo it in no small degree to Beldou's
enterprise. Belden's is a genius."
Mrs. Belden had decided to assist
her husband in the store.
"It'B a great denl nicer than type
writing," said she, "and twice as
profitable. And Miriam will keep
house for us. You haven't ventured
to ask Mr. Cartliew whether he'll bo
returning to that Madison Avenue pal
ace of his, Polly?"
"Oh, I have asked kiin!" said
Polly. "I'm not afraid of Mr. Car
tliew any longer."
"Notwithstanding his princely
wnyr,," for Aurora stood in great awe
of the statoly gentleman. "And you
will be continued on?"
"No," Polly nnswored. "Mr. Car
tliew has engagod a new nursery gov
orness for Dotty."
Aurora clasped her hands tragic
nllv.
"Oh, Polly 1" she criod. "And you
will lose your place?"
Polly lifted tho roguish eyes which
had been temporarily hidden behind
Dotty's yellow curls.
"I am going to bo baby's grand
mother," said she.
Tlio Matador's Last Thrust
Tlio nrt o£ the matador is not to rnn
up to tlio bull uiul stab him, but to
hnve him como to you and fling liiin
solf upon tho sword, whilo you direct
his movemonts this way and that with
tho scarlet capo. Ho will follow a
rod capo anywhere, and the cliulas arc
busy from tho beginning of the fight
to tho end, leading tho bull away from
tho fallen picadors or tho imporillod
bandcrilleros or tho matador. Even
after tho sword is thrust into his ucck
up to tho hilt, it takes the bull a long
tiino to die. A harrowing sight it is.
Tho noble creature—tho only noble
creature, as it seems, in tho ring—
stands up as long as ho can, vomiting
forth torreutß of blood, as all his en
emies crowd around him, stinking to
it until ho drops trembling against the
fender. Then in como the teams ol
mules, gsvly decorated with flags ami
ribbons, to carry tho bull and the
horses around tho ring at a gallop,
leaving a bloody track behind. They
nro not content with removing tho
bodios by tlio nearest possible exit j
oh, 110 I Theso gay teams go gallop
ing around tho whole arena, each drag
ging its bloody coronas, while tho baud
plays another quickstep.
They nro hardly out of the ring bo
fore the drum rolls and the next bull
bursts into the arena. So it goos on,
until six bulls aro dono for. All tho
whilo our neighbors in tho next box
are eating and drinking. As for us,
wo sec nothing but tho suiToring and
death over and over again. It carries
you bnck to the lloiuau circus, aud you
wonder what civilization lias done for
Spain, whoso population is still so
thirsty for blood. Tho Spaniards are
so used to it that they soo none of tho
barbarity, only tho skill aud tho
science. And the English residents
in Spain are more enthusiastic than
tho Spauinrds themsolves,
A Historic Hun.
The tiondon Telegraph chronicles
the removal of "Queen Doss's pocket
pistol, "AU CVVU-.TUI pioco of brass ord
nance which forgeneration has frowned
from tho olilfs of Dover, to make way
for a battery of modern guns. Tlio
"pocket pistol" now rests in honorary
retirement 111 a less conspicuous part
of the castle, This gnu is twenty-four
feet long, takes a charge of lifteen
pounds of powder and has a range, it
is said, of eight miles. It has not
been tlrod for so long, however, teat
nobody knows how far it will earry.
It is elaborately ornamented with
figures representing Liberty and Via
tory. This gun was presented to
Queen Elizabeth by the pcoplo of the
low countries in recognition of her
eflorts to protect them and their re
ligion. It has an inscription in Flem
ish, which is popularly supposed to
run:
"Loail ma wall, on-l keep me clean.
Ami I'll carry a ball to Ualais amen."
Aud there is a popular notion that
tho gun was able to sweep tho French
port on the other side of the channel.
Tho accurato translation of the in
scription is, however!
"O'er the litll and dale 1 cm throw mv ball,
My name is'Breakerof Mound and Wall.''
The "pocket pistol'' has long since 1 )ranc ®; violet, synuiathy. .
censed to be regarded ns valuable,savJ 1 . „ . , , ,
as a memento si the icifis e* p S? u JT ch ' can
Vjctli. I readily detect a lie In a tlsh story.
/V . g All other powders
Mm ! are cheaper made
£ V anc * ' n^er '° r an d
leave either acid or
alkali in the food.
ROYAL BAKING POWDEB CO., 106 WALL 6T., NEW-YORK.
< | Took Charge of film.
1 llt is often said that a benefit con
. I ferred does more to promote frlend
, ship than a favor received. If you
i would cultivate a friendly feeling to
. ward another, do him a kindness; if
you would secure his lasting friend
. ship, get him to do you a klndnoss.
] There is some truth, at any rate, in
, this view of the case; and it applies
even to dogs, as Is shown strikingly
t by a story related in "Gold, Sport and
Coffee-Planting In Mysore," by Mr.
K. 11. Elliot.
Mr. A. told me that he once
wounded a tiger which afterward
J sprang on him, knocked him down,
and seized him by the hand and ai m.
! With Mr. A. was a largo dog, which
at once attacked the tiger, and di
verted him from Mr. A. After drlv
-1 ing off the dog, tho tiger returned to
Mr. A., and commenced worrying
him, but was again attacked by the
dog.
Tho dog was driven oil three or
i four times, but the tiger was all the
whilo losing strength, and finally
• died. Tho dog was uninjured. Now
■ comes the curious part of the story.
Tliedog, which was not affectionate,
belonged to Mr. A.'s*brotber,and pre
viously had taKen no Interest In any
i one but his master. Now, however,
he refused to go home with his
, master, but stuck closely to tho
1 wounded man, and when some car.
bolic acid, which caused pain, was
. applied by Mr. A.'s brother to tho
wound, the dog began to growl and
show other signs of displeasure.
He would not allow anyone to como
near Mr. A. except his own special
servant, and lay under the lied with
1 his nose sticking out, keeping close
guard.
When Mr. A. was carried to tho
doctor, some thirty-live miles awav,
the dog went, too, and on the doctor s
applying carbolic acid and setting tho
1 bones, which caused the patient to
1 cry out, the dog at oneo seized tho
doctor by the leg.
' In about three months Mr. A. was
; (lulte cured. After that the dog lost
; all interest in him, and returned to
his master; and if he met Mr. A.by
j chance, merely acknowledged his
• recognition of him by tho faintest
; wag of his tail.
A year afterward, happening to
, meet tho doctor, whom he had not
, seen in the meantime, he at once
I Dew at him and sei.ed him by the
I trousers.
For the Superstitious.
Are you superstitions? If you are,
| you may find something among tho fol
j lowing to lit your peculiar state of
1 mind:
ff bees swarm on a rotten troo a
I death in the family will occur within a
twelvemonth. It is unlucky for a
stray swarm of boos to alight on one's
premises.
When eats wash their ears moro than
usual rain is at hand. The sneezing
of a cut indicates good luck to a
bride.
Cattle give warning of an oarthquako
by their uneasiness.
A cinder bounding from a fire is
either a purse or a coffin.
If a milkmaid neglects to wash her
hands after milking her cows will go
! dry.
Crickets bring good luck to a house.
1 It is unlucky to kill them,
If a crow croaks an odd number of
times, it means foul weather; if au
oven one, fine.
The clicking or tapping of the
beetle, called the death watch, is au
omen of death.
| It forebones evil to the child if any
| ono rocks its cradle when empty.
Dogs give warning of death by
scratching at tho door of a house.
| If a rat or mouse, during tho night,
gnaw on cloths, it is indicative of some
impending evil.
Pigs running about with straws in
their mouths foretell rain.
if you count tho numbor of fish yon
have caught you will catch no more
that day.
[t is unlucky if a hare runs across
| the road in front of you.
' To eat the food that a mouse has
nibbled will give a sore throat,
i A fried mouse is a specific for smnll
i pox.
To meet a sow with a litter of pigs
| is very lucky.
A spider worn in a nutshell around
the nock is a cure for fever.
If a swallow builds on a house it
j brings good luck. To kill a swallow is
j unlucky. When swallows fly high it
| will be fine weather, and vice versa.
Colors.
| Red denotes courage; blue, truth;
j rhite, purity; green, jealousy; yel.
| (iw. inconstancy; black, mourning; j
! irown, melancholy; gray remern-
For tho Motormnn's Comfort.
An Ohio law provides that every !
electric street car shall be provided, j
during the months from November !
to April, with a screen of glass or
other material to protect the motor
man from the wind and storm. Pen
alties are attached for violation of
this ordinance.
Frosts of ',"53.
On the night of June 11, 1852, ,
there were heavy frosts all over New
England, and in Livingston County, !
New York, 1100 sheep that had beer 1
sheared a few days before were frozer j
to death.
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Peruvian guano was first brought to this
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Commends to public approval tho California j
liquid Inxativo remedy. Syrup or Figs. It is
pleasant to thetasto nnd by acting gently oa ,
tho kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse the 1
system otteotually, it promotes tho health and
comfort of all who use it, and with millions j
it is the best and only remedy.
Tho size of a woman's shoe should be just >
halt that of her glove.
Hull's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Prieo 75c.
During digestion the Row of blood to tho
stomach is increased tenfold.
Karl's Clover Root, tho great blond purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to ihe eninplex
lou and euros constipation, 25 els.. 50 els., 81.
If afflicted with soro eyes use Dri Isaac Thorap
ton bL>o-\vatrr. I >rtitf^i.-,ts im-11 at jut bottle.
Giant Vegetation.
The Victoria lily of Guiana has a
circular leaf from six to twelve foci
In diameter. It is turned up at the
erlgc like a tray and can support,
according to its size, from 100 to 80(J
Bounds.
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the tonic to build you up, is Dr. Pierce's Fa
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What They Are For
Biliousness indigestion sallow skin
dyspepsia bad taste in the mouth pimples
sick headache foul breath torpid liver
bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits
when these conditions arc caused by constipation ; and con
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One of the most important things for everybody to
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