rthaker Rello Discovcrea. I In the old shaker settlement nt Son- | yea, N. Y., a peculiar relic has been discovered. It consists of a stone about | and four inches thick which is covered with inscriptions, though j most of thera r.re so badly defaced that ; they cannot be deciphered. But th words "The Lord's Stone," and the date, "1847," are sufficient to Identify the stone as connected with the wor ship of the Shakers. It was found by workmen in excavating for a building that is to stand directly on the site ol the Shaker meeting-house. The stone is supposed to be a sort of "kissing stone." It has been turned over to the Historical Society of Mount Morris and will be preserved in a glass case. No doubt some process can be devised by which its inscriptions can be de ciphered more fully. The character istic reticence of the Shakers has made information in regard to them difficult to obtain, and anything of the nature of a historical relic will be highly prized. That Way All Around. Jack—That Miss Beverly, to whom 1 bowed just now Is a regular Klondike. Tom—That go? Rich? Jack—Yes; also cold and distant Rush to the Klondike The railroads are confidently expect inn a big rush of travel to the Klon dike In the spring. It is estimated that fully 100,000 people will attempt to reach the gold fields as soon as the win ter Is over, and with a desire to turn a nimble penny at every opportunity Trunk Lines are beginning to prepare for the expected rush. One of the first in the field is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which will on Tuesday. December 21st. begin the running of the through tourist car from New York City to San Franclco without change, byway of Philadel phia, Washington, Parkersburg and Cincinnati, reaching St. Louis Wednes day evening. Texarknna Thursday af ternoon, El Paso, Texas. Friday even ing and San Francisco Sunday morn ing. This service is In addition to the one provided by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Pittsburg byway of Cin cinnati and the Illinois Central to New Orleans and the Southern Pacific through to the Coast, the Pittsburg oar leaving every Wednesday. The New York car on Its return leaves San Fran cisco Monday evening and the Pitts burg car leaves on Thursday. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, for years a nurse In the Children's Home, New York, will make a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain euro for Stomach Troubles, Head ache and Feverlshness in Children. They move the bowels, cure Teething Disorders, destroy worms and never fail. At all drug gists, 25 cts. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy, N. Y. ' How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward for any ca e of Catarrh that caunot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Orkney & Co., Props.. Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F.J. 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Twenty-three men in every 1,000 serving in the British army are 6 feet and upward in height: 33 in every 1,000 are 5 feet 11 inches, and 58 in every 1.000 every thousand army men under 5 feet 9 inches. Chew Star Tobacco—The Best. Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. A gull can fly at the rate of 100 miles an hour. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Symp for children teething, softens the guras,reaucfng inllamma tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. 35c,a bottle. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nerrous uess after first day's use of I)r. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. K. H. Kitnk. Ltd.. ÜBl Arch Bt..Phlla..Pa. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No. 1 Asthma medicine.—W.R.W illiams, Autioch, Ills., April 11, IHIH Scrofula and All other blood Diseases are promptly And Permanently Cured By Hood's Sarsaparilla. If you suffer from Any form of Blood Disorder, you should Take Hood's and Only Hood's. T ▼ TTTT Y TT T V V ▼ V T ▼ ▼< : : : : ISC3.SC, can be driven in or driven out. Ayer's Sarsa parilla drives disease out of the blood. Many % medicines suppress disease cover it but don't cure it. Ayer's Sarsaparilla cures all diseases originating in impure blood. % f *f t ? t f y* A> An An A i REMARKABLE CAREER Of Dr. Thomae W. Evans Who Died Re cently in Parle. I)r. Thomas W. Evans, the famous dentist who died recently in Paris, only a few months ago came to this country to bury his wife, and now he has close ly followed her to the great beyond. Dr. Evans was born in Philadelphia and decided when only 13 years old to become a dentist. When 18 years old he graduated from the Jefferson Med ical College and two years later went to London. In 1840 he went to Paris aud made a great reputation there, re ceiving from the courts of Europe more honors and decorations than have ever been conferred on any European of less than royal blood, the single excep tion being Bismarck. Napoleon 111. was among his earliest patrons, and through him he was intro duced to the family of the King of Denmark. Among his other patieuts there were the King's daughters, after ward the Princess of Wales, the Em press of Russia and the Duchess of Cumberland; also his sons, the future Kings of Greece and Denmark. No American ever had such a foot ing at Marlborough house as Dr. Ev ans. He was on terms of intimacy with the family of the King of Bel gium. the German imperial family and at the royal palace in St. Petersburg. The intimate relations of Dr. Evans with Napoleon 111. enabled him, it Is sj>Ul. to prevent the recognition of tho southern confederacy, even after hs had fully made up his mind to do so and had entered into corrcspondencs with the English prime minister to se ' cure the co-operation of England. Dr Evans won consent to a delay, came to Washington, saw President Lincoln, and carried back such assurances of the ultimate victory for the Union aa to persuade Napoleon to relinquish his intention. During the Franco-Prussian war Dr Evans organized and maintained at hi! i own expense an ambulance service thai did incalculable good. He personally directed the movements of the Red Cross Society, and it is said was the only man in Europe who might pasa | from camp to camp. One of the most i interesting parts of his career was the share which he took in Assisting the i French Empress Eugenie to escape from Paris after the disaster of Se dan. He was Instrumental in conduct ing her from the city and putting hei on board a vessel that conveyed her tc England. Were it not for him Eugenie might and probably would have shared the tragic fate of Marie Antoinette. Dr. Evans' fortune, which is esti mated at $35,000,000, was amassed largely In real estate transactions ic Paris. In this country he owns $5,000,- 000 worth of real estate. Dr. Evans' only relatives are two nephews. Col. Charles F. Muller, of Utlca, N. Y., and I. R. Evans, of New York. Bloody Battles. More lives were lost In the battle of Leipsic than at any other. It took place Oct. 10, 18 and 10, 1813, between the French atfd the Austrians, Prus sians aud Russians. The French were 100,000 strong, the allies 240,000. More than 80,000 men perished, and the t reneh were defeated. Such losses throw into the shade the losses of the American war. At Gettysburg 30,000 were killed and wounded; at Chicka mauga, 28,000. In the battles of the Wilderness 0,788 men were killed and at Spotteylvania 0,200. In the final at tack on Kara, during the Russo-Turk tsh war of 1877-8, 8,000 men fell. The losses in the attacks on the Shlpka pass amounted to about 20,000 men, and before Plevna some 30,000 men perished. Marius' victory over the Cimbrl and Teutones at Vareellae, B. C. 101, Is said to have cost the lives of 200.000 neraona. At Their Word. There is a kind of blunt, rude trav eler that well deserves such a reproof as Is mentioned in the Golden Penny: A party of English visitors were be ing shown round a famous Scotch ab bey, aud one of them said to the guide, "Now, old fellow, we don't want any of your cock-and-bull stories about this place! Tell us what you are sure Is true." * Ay, sir!" quietly replied the guide, and be walked on in silence. He led the party through the abbey, and said, "Ye've* seen the old abbey." , "Yes," said the Englishman. "Can't you tell us anything about it?" "The exact truth," returned the Scot, "is that 'the abbey is old,' and I canna swear to any more aboot it," and he left them. | Fortune no longer knocks at. a man's door. You must have an electric but j ton if you want to be in the push. SWEET FORGET-ME-NOT. Azure eyes s-twinkle, Amber locks a-curl, Silver laugh a-tinkle, Slilning teeth o' pearl; When she is ntgh J gace and sigh I cannot 11 y The spot; There is no fairer blossom than My sweet Forget-me-not. Toets sing of beryls. Gems of peerless hue: Could they meet the perils Jn her eyes of blue. Each captive wight To bo bcr knight With wild delight Would plot; For she can smile to witch tho world, My sweet Forget-me-not. When the blossoms shimmer In the dawn o' May. When her glee grows dimmer On our wedding day, And in my pride I lea-l my* bride May joy betide lier lot; The blossom o' my heart for aye, My sweet Forget-me-not. •-Samuel M. Feck, in Boston Transcript. O O R A DOMESTIC § B BARRICADE. B GOOOOOOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOS HEN tho widow Hardiug married ft I fl Hiram Hopkins \j/ rj *be knew she was doing a foolish 'mfa tie home, sur rrt-rV rounded by fer q* j, *'' e acres, but he -- 1 had nothing be sides a pension of eight,sen dollars a quarter aud tho reputation of being the laziest man in the township. Hut the widow was lonely and Hiram had "taking" ways with women folk and she yielded to his solicitations. She hoped that matrimony might cure him of his idleness, bnt after the first few weeks he settled down into his old habits and the little plaec, instead of improving, as Mrs. Hopkins hoped, soon began to run down. For having taken nnto herself a husband, she did not feel able to hire a mnn to do the work, and as Hiram would not do it, at the end of their second year of life together the once neat and pretty little farm looked terribly neglected. One warm spring morning, moved by some particularty sharp remarks made by his wife, Mr. Hopkins took his hoe and proceeded to weed the garden, which was overrun with weeds. He soon lay down to rest, however, and fell asleep a few moments before his better half, touched by his seeming industry, brought a templing lunch to encourage him. When she saw him sleeping she recklessly tossed the lunch into the pigpen and returned to tho house with her heart full of bitter rebellion. When Hiram at last awoke, dread ing his wife's displeasure at tho non performance of his task, be secured his fishing pole surreptitiously aud disappeared. Mrs. Peters, an old friend of Mandy Hopkins, was waiting for her when she returned from the garden. Mrs. Peters could have chosen no more nil propitious time for asking, after a short chat: "For mercy's sakes, Mandy, what ever possessed you to marry Hiram Hopkins?" M Mrs. Hopkius's upper lip drew in ominously as she answered stiffly: "I was lonesome an' needed a man about, an' Hiram—he loved me.' The other laughed dryly. "Lovedyer prop'ty, more like," she remarked. "Folks says it's a born pity he don't keep it up better'n what he does. Look at them fences reacy to keel over! Whatever ails yer garden? It's a righteous shame to look at. Can't—" Without a word Mandy Hopkins rose and marched out of the room with flaming cheeks, and though the med dlesome Mrs. Peters waited for ten minutes and made a careful examina tion of the house aud cellar in hope of finding her, she remained invisible, and the -isitor departed in high dud geon. Ont in the back pasture lot, under a great old apple I roe, poor Mandy writhed and sobbed in angnisb ..f heart, unmindful of tlio fragrant pink petals that fell around her and softly touched her as if in j>ily for her pain. Between her sobs she told herself that alburn had come to such a crisis that in a few years she would not have a roof to cover her head. Besides this, as Mrs. Peters had said, folks were talking, aud that was the last straw. Having formulated a plan she checked her tears aud composing her countenance returned to the deserted house. Toward the edge of the even ing Hiram, carrying a good string of fish, slowly entered the yard. He tried the kitchen door and finding it looked, although sounds could be heard within, he called out: "Mandy, I've fetched a mess of fish for supper." Receiving no answer he callod louder: "Mandy let me in. Here's some fish to ccok for supper." At this the little sliding window in the living-room was pushed back cau tiously and Mrs. Hopkius's face ap peared, "Hiram Hopkins," said she, sharply. "I ain't goin' to let you in nor to cook you nothiu' till you promise me solemn earnest to mend your ways an' take care of this prop'ty .s it should be." There was such determination in her voice that the Ilckless man knew every word was meant. Shocked aud amazed at this unexpected disaster, he sat down on a bench near the house to meditate. Presently he rose, and going to the window, said loudly: "This ain't the way to trent yon lord an' master, Mandy, an'l don't pu'po^e to stand it. 'Tain't the way to treat me—your lawful husband, to honor an' obey, as the parson put it when he jined us." Again the window was pushed back a crack and Mandy declared that "she'd honor and obey him when he promised to do his duty by her and the place and give up his idle, lazy ways, and not until then." At this Hiram sullenly withdrew to the bench and the window was once more pushed into place. Mandy hoped that Hiram would promise and lie hoped she would re lent, and neither of them calculated upon the other manifesting much firm ness. Their surprise was mutual when ten o'clock found the situation unchanged. The night grew very chilly and Hiram tried to rest, shivering, on the bench, sometimes pacing up and down endeavoring to get warm. His wife pitied him, but fortified herself by say ing that she could not yield to an im pulse of pity now, for this was the contest of a lifetime. At last the longest night she had ever spent drew to u close, and at. the first approach of day she peered anxiously out to see what had become of Hiram. He was lying on the bench, and she told herself scornfully that she need not worry, as he was, as usual, taking it easy. However, as the early morning hours dragged on and he did not rise, she became alarmed and stole cautiously out and touched him. He was breath : iug very heavily and seemed to be in a stupor. Still her touch aroused him and ho tried to sit up, but a spasm of pain caught him and he fell back with a groan. Mandy saw that his clothes were Aveb from wading in the river while fishing, and having worn them all night he had probably contracted pneumonia. "If he des I'm his murderer," she cried distractedly, as sho looked around for help. The place was too far off the road to make it possible to attract passersby, so Maudy rushed frautioally to the leau-to and returned with the wheelbarrow. After some trouble she managed to push Hiram's helpless figure into the novel vehicle and slowly wheeled him to the house. Despite tho solemnity of the affair, it was a grotesque and laughable sight, for Mr. Hopkins was tall and lank, so that his legs dangled over the sides of the barrow and shook limply at ever movement of the wheel. At last tho house was reachod and the door so lately barred against him was opeued to admit Hiram, now so straugely still and pale. Very gently Maiuly rolled him off ol the barrow on to tho lounge and as sho did so he opened his eyes and whispered faintly: "I promise, Mandy, I promise." SltttiUU-R of the Senl Herd. From statistics submitted to the seal conference at Washington, two features which were regarded as most important in supporting the American contention, namely, that the catch had fallen off about one-half during the present season, showing conclusively in the opinion of the American ex perts, that the seal herd was being rapidly wiped out; and, second, that the catch of seals from tho American islands in Boring Sea was about fifteen to one as between the Canadian sealers under the British flag and American sealers. The same propor tion was shown to exist throughout the waters of tho northern Pacific. The figures for this season's catch, now made available for the first time, are as follows: The total catcli of seals in the north Pacific was 37,700 against 73,000 last year, divided as follows: Taken by British vessels, 30,800; by Americau vessels. 1100; by Japanese vessels, ,3800. The catch in Bering Sea, which is that portion of the north Pacific in which the United States is interested, is 10,050 for the present season, against 29,500 last seasou, a reduction of about one-half. Of the catch in Bering Sea British vessels took 15,000; American ves sels, 1050. The figures make no dis tinction between British and Canadian vessels, which, however, are nominally classed as British. The conclusion arrived at from the year's figures is that the seal herd has been greatly re duced by indiscriminate slaughter at the alarming rate of about one-half in the last year.—Trenton (N. J.) American. Different Fruits on One Tree. At Napa, Cal., in the orchards of the Rev. Richard Wvlie, there is a peach tree which produces five dif ferent kinds of fruit, namely, al monds, plums and three different kinds of peaches. This result was attained by Mr. Wylio grafting on his peach tree different varieties of stone fruit. A cherry tree belonging to a farmer in Herefordshire, England, yields four different kinds of fruit, owing to his having grafted on the cherry a pear, nil apple and a plum. A Naples orange grower grafted a lemon on one of his trees, and now gathers from the same tree both oranges and lemons. Tho Khatta orange tree, which grows in Upper India, produces two different kinds of oranges—first the ordinary smooth skinned oranges, ripe at the end of the dry season, and then an after crop of warted oranges, ripe soon after the beginning of the rains. rimnpporfoil Wire. The longest unsupported telegraph wire in the world is in Switzerland. It crosses in one span tho lake of Wallanstadt in the canton of St. Call, and was put up by the Swiss telephone bureau. Its extremities are fastened to two iron towers, 2100 meters (7872 feet) apart. In the lowest, part this conductor is 131 feet above the water level of the lake. The line is excellent steel and only one aud one-half inches in diameter. THE MERKY SIDE 0E LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Cow lie Met Her—Hln Complaint—'Taken Literally—Looks Like It—The Cheer ful Idiot—A Case of Must—Tho Scotch— Securing a Substitute—llls Kcnson, Lite* She was tlio very sweetest girl I ever ran across, But how to make apologies I really am at loss. I struck hor constlDg down a hill, My wheel the maid did toss — Sho was tho very sweetest girl I ever ran across. —McLandburgh "Wilson. Taken Literally. Governess (reading)—" Every morn ing her auxious eyes swept the hori zon." Listener—"What long eyelashes ihat princess must have had!" Looks Liko It. "Does that girl of yours use cold •ream for her complexion, Chump ley?" "I guoss so. I know that I've bought her enough ice cream to fill a 3ox car."—Detroit Free Press. Tier Complaint. Little Millie—"What is your papa's bnsiness?" Little Clarence—"My papa is a poet." Littlo Millie—"That ain't, a busi ness—it is a disease."—lllustrated Bits, That May lie Why. Mrs. Birmingham—"Mrs. Manches ter's favorite exclamation is, 'Tho idea!'" Mrs. Northsido—"Yes, and I don't thiuk sho would recognize an idea if die met one."—Pittsburg Clironiele- Telegraph. Tlio Scotch. "Serpent," sho cried, "I'll scotch thee!" The villain trembled "Mercy!" ho implored, as she drew i book of dialect selections from her bosom aud turned the leaves rapidly. —Detroit Journal. A Footlight Meteor. Manager—"Have you ever played a leading part?" Applicant—"Yes." Manager—"What was it?" Applicant—"l led the mule in an 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' company for two seasons."—Chicago News. Securing n Substitute. Mattio—"l'm so sorry, dear, to learn ;liat death lias robbed you of your 'avorito pooille. How can you ever :onsole yourself for his loss?" Helen (sobbing)—"l d-don't know; b-bnt I s-suppose I'll h-have to g-get ai-married."—Chicago News. A Good Excuse, "Come up to-night," wrote an itchison girl to a youug man this uorning. "I am going to have au svening." "I should liko to come," he wrote Dack, "but unfortunately I have just aad a night."—Atchison Globe. Twain Made One. "The Rev. Dr. Thirdly is a great condenser, isn't he?" "A condenser? How so?" "You know he has a record of 2100 marriages aud must, therefore, have condensed 1800 people iuto just half that number."—Chicago News. The Cheerful Idiot. "Is it possible," asked the youug 3st boarder, "for a newspaper man to be an upright man?" "Of courso it is possible," said tho Cheerful Idiot. "Being a write-up nan does not hinder him from being in upright man."—lndianapolis Jour aal. A Case of Must. "Is a mau ever justified in breaking i matrimonial engagement?" lie asked anxiously. The query editor leaned bark in liis jhair aud looked thoughtful. "It is not so much n question of justification," he said at last, "as it is of the kind of cinch the girl has on you for breach of promise. "—Chicago Post. Ante-Dilu vlnn. Johnny (who is just learning about electricity)—"Pa, I thought electric lights were the result of recent dis* coveries?" Fond Parent—"So they arc. Johuay; what makes you ask that?" Johnny—"'Cause Willie Jones said to-day that they must be an old thing, and when I asked him why, he said, 'Well, Noah must have used an ark light.' " —Philadelphia Inquirer. "I'd like to know," exclaimed tho enraged clieut, "why I ought to feel jubilant over the outcome of this case?" "Didn't we obtain a verdict for $lO,- 000?" tho lawyer asked. "Yes, but you got about all of it. What good does it do me?" "My dear sir, the other fellow feels just as bad as if every cent of it were going iuto your pocket!"— Chicago News. HIM ItCIIHOII. "I understand you have been advo cating a tax on bachelors," said Sin gleton. "I have," replied Benedict. "Upon what grounds do you justify it?" "Upon the general theory that a mau should be made to pay for the enjoy ment of a luxury." This he considered very clever until ,his wife heard of it, when it seemeo to lose much of its brilliancy.—Chi c.igo Post. In India when a native sees a bicy cle he reverently prostrates himself. He does not wait to be run over. INTERDEPENDENCE OF NATIONS No Government Free to Do Exactly at It l'lcaaea. t-.very nation prides Itself on its in dependence. It maintains armies and j fleets to protect itself against inter 1 ference. It resents everything in tlu least suggesting disrespect for its ' rights. Yet national independence j moves within extremely narrow limits Even of tlie strongest nations it can not be said that they are at liberty ti do exactly what they would. When the war between China and ' Japan ended, why was not Japan free to exact what terms she chose from her conquered enemy? It was because 1 Russia, Franco and Germany conclud ed that it would not do to have Jnpar j too strong; and they compelled a uiod eration of the Japanese demnnds it material particulars. Cuba belongs to Spain. Why may 1 not Spain govern her own as sht pleases? Why is it the business of tilt United States to make suggestions ei to volunteer mediation? It is because we cannot afford to have so turbulent a neighbor, and because our pecuniary and commercial Interests are adversely affected by the continuance of the wai on the island. x'he claim of the great powers ol Euiope to regulate the government of 'turkey rests on a similar basis. Mis- j government and massacre in Turkey > injure the interests and threaten the peace of Europe. If so lawless and cruel a neighbor will not behave her self, she must be made to behave. Thai is what the threat of concerted coercion I means. ' But it is not the weaker nations ouly that have to moderate their policy be cause of the interests or prejudices ol other nations. England would like un disputed possession of Egypt; but slit has to respect the jealousies of France, and so declares that her occupation ol Egypt Is but temporary. When sht started her expedition Into the Sudan she took money from the Egyptian re serve fund to pay the wills; but for eign rustodlnrilans of that fund pro tested, and she had to pay the money back. When Doctor Jnmeson raided tht Transvaal, German resentment at what seemed English aggression named up so quickly that Internat.ion al trouble could hardly have been avoided if it had not been so soon inadt clear that Jameson's act was unau thorlzed. But on the other hand, when German expressions of sympathy with Brest dent Kruger became somewhat effn sive, England made ready at short no tlce a powerful flying squadron, np parently as an intimation of what she ! could do, if attacked. Russia, powerful as she is, could nol send a war-ship from the Black Sen through the Bosphorus, without run nlng the risk of a general European war. This is because Europe has de elded that It is best that the straits should be closed to war-ships. Au American politician ouce asked "What do we care for abroad?" Wt rare less for "abroad" than we should if our foreign policy were more com plicated and aggressive than it is; hut no nation is so strong as to be entirely independent of international public sentiment.—Youth's Companion. HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. j Opinion Formed by n Passenger on Potomac River Boat. "Do you know what the national hymn of this country should tie?" In quired a visitor to the capital of a re ! porter. The gentleman propounding th" question had traveled extensively in 1 foreign lands and lias been in all parts of his own country, from Florida to ! Alaska and between Maine and Call- I fornla. The reporter studied a little nnd then answered, "I suppose you mean 'Down I Upon the Suwannee River?' " Tlie visitor rubbed ills hands delight j edly, "You have struck it exactly," he i declared, "nnd I'll tell you why I am more convinced of It than ever. I went down the l'otomne, the other night, on one of the excursion steam- I ers. There was a large crowd aboard. ! ail good-natured and happy at the idea 1 of having ail outing. I sized the crowd i up going down, and I made up my I m'nd that it was pretty cosmopolitan— j containing people from nil sections of the country. "On the return trtp I sat with n friend, a native of New Hampshire, and a Northerner throughout. We were on the deck just below the pilot house. After we had ridden a little time some young people began singing They rang In the old-time favorites, 'Old Black Joe,' 'Dixie,' 'Maryland, My i Maryland,' which, by the way, eauscil some emotion, and other songs, iuclud j lug 'My Bonnie,' 'How Con 1 Henr to j Leave Thee,' and others. Each one . caused a few to chime in, hut there j was no special enthusiasm. "At last the singers struck up 'Down Upon the Suwannee River.' The effect was magical. In an instant It seemed to me that everybody on the boat, in cluding my reserved companion, had Joined in. The plaintive air floated over the water to the Maryland and , Virginia shores, and was wafted up \ ward In the starlight. When It was finished there was complete silence for j a little time. I am not an emotional man, but I felt my breath catch and | the lears came Into my eyes. "My friend put his hand on my knee. 1 1 always feel a truer patriot when I | hear that song,' was all he snld."—New | Vork Telegram. "Brevity is the Soul of Wit." Cood Wife. You Need SAPOLIO No. 208. **j hed ■y l * $3?95' this'llOdeak. (Mafl ord*n filled promptly.) We will mull anyone *ree of all •burgos, our new Hi p HK e Bpocial Cata logue, containing Furniture, Drurei lee, Lamps, Stove-, Crockery. Mirrors, Pictures, Heddiur, Hefrigeiators. Buby Carriage*, eto. l'nls Is tlie most com plete book evor published, and we pay all postage. Our lithographed Carpet Ca alogue. showing carpete in colors, it also yours for the asking. If carpet samples are wauted, mail us 80. In stamps. There Is no reason wbr you Should pay your local dealer 60 per oeut. profit when you can buy from ■ the mill. Drop a line now to the ■ cioncy-aaveis. ■ JULIUS HINES & SON, | Baltimore, Md. 1 Please mention this paper. jg ' —ii mini 1 grmrng.'Mfr "fin'ijbbwb—l APPRECIATIVE "THANK YOU." It Ib the Smalleat Courtesies Thai Make Life Worth Living:. "On every hand one hears of the neg lect to say 'thank you,'" writes Ed ward W. Bok on "The Haying of 'Thank You,'" in the Ladies' Home Journal. "I wonder sometimes if some people really know how little of what comes to them Is their due and right, and how much of what comes to them is by favor nnd courtesy. The vast majority of things which come to us, come by pure favor, by courtesy. And we should recognize this. No act of kindness, however slight, should go un noticed. A 'thank you' is a simple thing to say; it requires but a few mo ments to write it, but it often mean*' much; It means everything sometime* to the jerßon receiving It. It means a renewed faith in human nature in some cases. A word of thanks Is neve* lost, never wasted. If it sometimes seems to be lost upon the iterson to whom it is directed, its expression has not been lost upon some one else who has heard It. It is certainly not lost upon ourselves. The most of us are quick euough to thank some one who does us great service. But the small courtesy, just as great as the large ser vice In reality, we overlook. It doesn't seem worth while to give thanks for small things. And yet what would we be to-day, and where would some of us be but for the small courtesies of life? They are what make life worth living. " * * * It is all very well to have the last Thursday of each November set apart as a day of Thanksgiving. But it would bo far better if a great many of us carried the spirit of the day into all tne other days. Perhaps, if we did so we might have more mercies to be thankful for on Thanksgiving day. * * * Do not let the spirit of thanks stop with nightfall on Thanksgiving day. Let us extend it to all the othef days of the year, to the people whose lives touch ours. When we receive * favor at the hands of any one, 110 mat ter how small it may be, let us say the words. Thank you.' If they should be written let us write them. Let us nol delay them, but take advantage of the Instant when our heart is touched. Let there be more 'thank yous' said by ev cry body—thousands of them. And the world will be a better, brighter and happier place to live in because of them." It Is sometimes as difficult to tell a mean man from a good one as It is Us tell a mushroom from a toadstool. fr SHALL WE ENDURE OR CURE ACHES*" PAINS? ASK THOSE WHO HAVE USED ST. JACOBS FOR THEY KNOW THE COMFORT OF PROMPT RELlEF.^ai^&mSfiSj^F fiJlllflCD A J" D tumor l"0 Itll.rK PERMANENTLY g.mIULII cured without knife, plaster or pain. All forms of lll.>)>■> lIINRANEN thoroughly eradicated from tho system. Six weeks Home Treatment lor $lO. ltook of Information tree. NATURAL REMEDY CO., Westf eld, Mats. PATENTS Watson E.Coleman, Attorney-ut-Luw and Snliritot of J'atentH, M 2 F St., N. W . Washington, P. c. Highest referent-*.* in till iiaris of the country. PATFMT^ Tnvpn,nrs ' o " i<l *free F.Dfl\U TATF. I HI triiaj I (jy,p attut {Solicitors,246ll' way ,N. Y. PENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOH N W MORRIS, tYASHINCTDH. O.C, Late Principal Examiner U. B. Pension Euroau. iyr6. ia hut vui, IJ abjudicating claims, i>uiuu Life, Endowment and Tontine INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED Kiehard Ilersfeld, 35 Nassau St., New York. Ctrrli, Asthma and Consumption conquered by new method. Rxtello Co., Pittsburg, Pa. PNU 52 '97. '158513
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