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F? THE UNANSWERED. B7 CLINTON SCOLLAED. From out of the shadows you start. O heart of my heart! And I lean to enfold you, and then ! iYou are lost in the shadows again. , .Will you never come hither to stay, 1 i v aay 01 my nay : ly I hearken. No sound in replv Save the voice of the wind soobinfc by! ^ _ ?Woman'6 Home Companion. wee ?f t AIMMOTTOES! 1 W- 1 By ST. CL11SE M'HiY. ' .e?* ! *?(QK3IOI?K^ AN'T be done, sir?cannot ^ ^ be done!" Mr. Beamish. ^ * ( j * sitting before the fire in, ] tbo W>rary-he had disS6I0I0IOK2OK missed one maid for call- ] ? * ing it the "off room"? , turned over a large piece of coal and , turned it back again. "You should j ^ w-1 , know me uy now iur one w me wufasbioued sort. When you hear of me , /borrowing or lending a dollar you can j look for the end of the world. O. I'm T plain, sir! I'm a man of mottoes. Had j I broken through my golden rule, I j might be now in?er?your position, j / Don't leave your hat. sir!'' t "I won't!" The visitor took the hint , ?and the hat. He had been rather j pale; tis lips took a grim twist now. t "I faEcy there's another golden rule; j ! was trying to recall it. Still?" "My dear man. it's useless. Don't { make me use a harder word. If s there's one thing I detest it's raking ^ up old ashes. But when my daughter, t who had been brought up with solid, j Droper principles, left her home and . married a penniless actor, I really had r to close my door?yes. the door of my r heart?upon her. Human nature? v Human bunkum, sir! 0, no doubt, r ycu looked for better things! So did ^ Micawber; so does the beggar who j goes grubbing along the gutter. I respect the man, sir, who measures his j ditch before he leaps. You, a Shakes- .. i ,. pearean actor, to ccme asking for a kft paltry $25! "Well, really it seems to t W me that an actor Tylio is worth his j p salt could do better! Not that I know , anything about actors. If you insist upon the truth, I haven't it to lend." "Pardon me," he said, with a little break in his voice, "I'm not acting j now. But I happen to know that you , have a hundred times, the amount lying idle, otherwise I would never ^ have risked this snub. It was your own Bessie who said: 'Don't think so * hard of him! Tell him I haven't had j to regret the step in the least; tell him that life is to short for bitter feelings!' j Paltry or not. It represents the sum I want I've got the engagement at t Philadelphia for Monday week, but t I hpven't the railway fare, we've uau a struggle, but we've nothing to be ashamed of. In a month from to-day ^ the money will be lying here." "So you said. I believe it; and yet I j can't encourage improvidence. A sen- c sible man, sir, does not sell his um- ^ brella because the sun's out; he keeps ^ it for the rainy day. It's a question of ?. ^ principle. Bless my heart, look at that ]! I bundle of papers! Bessie can tell you T that, if I cared to risk a few hundreds ?if I had them to do it. I mean?1 might establish my claim to part of a t huge fortune. Wants a strong mind, j sir, to resist a fascination of that sort, j Here my brothers and sisters have been sweating and going to law for t years; result, poverty. Not me! Bird in the hand is my motto. I'm afraid? % I'm afraid I can't say as much of my j daughter and ber husband." , "I only hope. Mr. Beamish," said Lovell as he turned to the door, "you'll never know what it is to pay the price , ?v>olroo nnc n rvilic!" Uiai uiuav? V-V ? "Ah, that's a flash of your melodrama! No use. my boy. If you had ( paused to realize that monpy makes money you wouldn't now be repenting at leisure. It's really only fools who buy their experience. I watched, and got mine for nothing. As I said to Mrs. * Beamish, when she wanted to buy u fanciful hat: 'Not quite, my dear! Co j and look at it until you've mastered every detail, and then come home and make one like it.' Some men break ' up their coals to keep up a blaze; they're not content to " "Enough! I shall remember this day, sir " He was gone. He did not even banp the door. It took Mr. Beamish some minutes to work up sufficient heat to go down and impress nis wire. i "The idea! Wanted to borrow $25! If that sort of thing began, where should we be?" "We might be just as happy in a different sort of way,'' she dared. "Ah, that's a woman all over. What h do wqmen care? I've learned that the only (friend a man can depend upon is his money. Eh?" "Nothing, nothing! It only occurred to me that they might have found out. too." "Shouldn't have married!" he snapped. "I've no sympathy with actors, and less still for people who encourage them! While you're wasting a $2 bill at the theatre you might be doubling it at home!" It really did seem as if Mr. Beamioji'o not throrv that "money makes money" was to be emphasized once - more for the benefit of his friends. That next evening the maid?who had ' never had a chance to test the theory for herself?tapped, with a card bearing a name that made Mr. Beamish stare. "Such a gentleman!?with a cab. sir. j and a silk hat and snowy beard!" she ventured. "I said you were in the library, Mr. Beamish, sir!" "It's Mr. Shnnd! This way. sir? this way!" cried Mr. Beamish, excitedly. "Rca'ly, an unexpected pleas> ? * ure! -The lawyer whose name I've rbeardf so often, but whom I've never secnf Beally " Mr.'Shand bowed a trifle coldly, as if b4 had his own value for effusivet ness. "No, you have not troubled us much with your claim on tiie estate. Still. I'm glad to be able to tell you ^ that there seems at last a chance of seti'eiwOut with the opposing side. In that case " "I knew it, sir! I knew it would H come horns to them sooner or later! K. Everything comes to him who waits. Mjfl iWby, I remember poor old Uncle HorWF ace saying to me. when I took nyj little 1 cui down to see him?" m H. "Ah. yes. yes! Great pity your Uncle ! Horace left his affairs so involved! 1 presume, of course, I am speaking to Horace Pettigrew Beamish, born at?" He flickered over a bundle of yellow documents. "Knrn nt Clareville in 1848. I hold the parish certificate, in case. Fore- J warned is forearmed. O. it's me, siK. ! undoubtedly. I was named after my I uncle; and I named my girl after his favorite sister?Bessie. You see " "I do fully. I simply wished to verify the various claimants. I : wouldn't put too much store on the results. Mr. Beamish. The property lias laiu under a heart-breaking mortgage. as you know; and the ultimate . realization may not split up into more than a $100 bill. One moment, though! Bessie! Ah. possibly you did a smart thing in naming your child so. and taking her down, as you say.. Bessie Bessie! Let me see:'* "Really!" Mr. Beamish rubbed his jands. "Yes, I fancied I might be destroying two feathered bipeds with one -'?M~ rrnn+rr rmt if TTfl xiissjir. ,? uu i^ai *?. , j ja! How?or?what " "All, just so! Erratic to the last? rour uncle, sir. Those mining shares; jere we are. They are worth now, vith accumulated dividends, something ike $20,000. and the will has been ound in an old boot. Half of them lave been willed to Bessie Ada, daugher of Horace Pettigrew, and the remainder to the servant who nursed iim before it was known he was likely o die?as he says. I must eongrutuate you, alter all, sir." "The servant! The?the scheming lussy! You don't " He sat. still. ;taring hard at nothing. Possibly he vas trying to think out some axiom o fit the maddening occasion. "Why, ialf to my Bessie! It can't be!" He jot up. "That girl, sir?that girl has un away with a good for nothing ictor fellow! Have I no power " "We can't alter the man's will. sir. There it is in black and white. If you vill give me your daughter's address .'11 write to her to-morrow." And, as a man in a dream, Mr. Beamsh wrote it down, shook hands limply, ind sat down to wipe his forehead. "Gracous!" he whispered. "Bessiehat fellow?$10,000! And here I " le'll write to-morrow! Then I'll write o-night!" The inspiration of a lifetime! Ten ninutes later he was tearing out to nail a letter addressed to Gordon L,ovell. Eso. It contained a $50 note' ind those few hurried words: "Dear Boy: I trust you did not inend to take me at my hasty word. \llow me to break through my prin iples for once. Any time will do. I lope I'm just. 'Live and let live' is ?ne of my mottoes you did not stay to lear." It was posted. Then he went back, o wipe his forehead again and to Iream. dream, dream. It was a curious coincidence that he vent on dreaming for just a month, tnd that the two letters should arrive >y the same mail. At last! One, itamped Shand & Pascoe. Attorneys," 0 say that all was settled, and one roru Lovell to say that he had got the 510,000. and was bringing it around In 1 bag for safety. Naturally, he opened the former first. "Dear Sir: AVe know nothing of the ?ircumstances, and cannot understand o what your letter refers. Your uncle, -lorace Beamish, died intestate. For ack of fwds. apparently, the claim vas abandoned some years ago. We lo not advise you to reopen it. Yours (bediently. - "A. SHAND." With a nameless pang, that twitched lis fingers, he opened the second envelope. "Dear Mr. Beamish: I return, with leepest thanks, the $50 you so kindly sent me. Perhaps in the future you urn* not JmvA so nnor an oninion of m.V jowers of acting. Yours apologetically, "GORDON LOYELL." ?St. Loi'.Is Star. To Ascertain State cf the Lungs. Draw in as much brcatli as you conveniently can, then count as long as possible in a slow and audible voice without drawing in more breath. The number of seconds must be carefully noted. In a consumptive the time does not exceed ten. and is frequently less than six seconds: in pleurisy and pneumonia it ranges froui nine to four seconds. When the lungs are sound the time will range as high as from twenty to thirty-five seconds. To expand the lungs, go into the air. stand erect, throw back the head and shoulders, and draw in the air through the nostrils as much as possible. After having then filled the lungs, raise your arms, still extended, and suck in the air. When you have thus forced the I arms backward, with the chest open, change the process by which you draw in your breath till the lungs are emptied. Go through the process several times a day. and It will enlarge the chest, givp the lungs better play, and serve very much to ward off con- | sumption.?New Orleans Times-Democrat Boy* Sold In Slavery. Slavery is oue of the peculiar institutions of the Flowery Empire, but it i is a different kind of slavery from that j which formerly existed in this country. Iu China every member 01 a laruny is property and may be sold voluntar- \ ily or seized for debt. Contracts are held sacred among tbe Chinese, and whatever is promised must be per- j formed. A father may sell his son? | and this is the despairing Celestial's last resort. It is being done now daily 1 in the Province of Kwang Si, where the people are starving. The Chinamen sells a son in order (o save the life of the boy and the rest j of the family. If afterward the fath- | er's circumstances improve he can buy i the boy back again, usually at some ad- I vance. It is not considered disgrace- ; ful. but rather an act of humanity, to 1 buy children in China, as otherwise ; the parents, as a last resort, must let Iheiu die by the roadside. The Hainan Eye. rm ?< ? ????? ?hitrt ic r.r. trflnS Jl lit- l')c VI a ?? uuiih ? ? , . parent as water; that of a youtb a; little less so; in the man of thirty tbo eye begins to be slightly opaque; in the wan of fifty or sixty it is decidedly opaque, and in the man of seventy or eighty it is dull and lustreless. This gradual development of opacity is due to the increase of fibrous tissue and deposit of .waste iratter io the eye. IMA ^1^1 )uKr New York City.?Waists made with j tucks that extend from the shoulders i to yoke depth always are becoming and provide most desirable of all lines. * BLOUSE WAIST. ^ I ' X This pretty May Manton one combines f that feature with the plain centre front < which is attached to the tucked ones ( beneath their edges. The original is i made of embroidered batiste Tvith ( trimming of Valenciennes lace, but the < design suits all the materials of the ( season, cotton, linen, wool and silk, s and can be made lined or unlined as ; may be deemed desirable. The waist consists of the fitted foundation, the back, the tucked fronts and the centre front. The back is tucked , for its entire length. The fronts are * laid in one tuck at each edge and in r " ' ? [Jiree irulll llie iMjuujuu: iu yuci'iu. The centre front is plain and trimmed Dn indicated lines and is.attached to the right side, hooked or buttoned into place at the left. The sleeves are made in the latest style, which means ihat they are somewhat snug above :he elbows but full and ample below. The quantity of material required for :he medium size is four and a half 1 "* * ???{A? rarus rweniy-oue mtucis iu*? ind three-quarter yards twenty-seven '< SHIRT WAIST AND NINE uebes wide, three and three-quarter f yards thirty-two inches wide, or two ] Bud a half yards forty-four inches i ivide. A Popular Costume. Shirt waists are among the good 1 things of which no woman ever has 1 Tho vert stvlish May Man- * ton one. shown in the large drawing, is ! new and becoming to the generality of figures. The tucks, which are arranged to give a pleat effect, are stitched only to yoke depth at the front, so forming becoming folds over the bust, while flie back gives tapering linos to the fig- j ure. The original is made of dotted obainbray. but ell waist materials are equally suitable. The waist consists of the smoothly 1 fitting lining, which can be used or 1 omitted as preferred, the fronts and the back, and is shaped by means of shoulder and under-arm sea ins. The J back is drawn down smoothly and snugly at the waist line, while the 1 front blouses slightly over the belt. ! The sleeves are cut in oue piece and nre full below the elbows and gathered into straight cuffs at the wrists. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four and a half 1 yards twenty-one inches wide. Tour .'owio fwentv-seven inches wide, three and three-quarter yards thirty-two inches wide, or two end a quarter yards forty-four inches wide. J Walking skirts have become so much of a necessity as to be included in every wardrobe. The very stylish one illustrated in the large picture is adapted to cloth of all grades, to etnmincs at:d the like and to the heavy linens now in vogue, but as shown is made of Sicilian mohair in roynl blue with stitching in eorticelli silk. Thp skirt consists of nine gores which 1 are shaped to fit with pmect snugness above the knees ard to flare freely about the feet. The fullness at the back is laid in inverted pleats. The quantity of material required for the medium size is five and three- j quarter yards twenty-seven inches { wide, three and three-quarter yards I forty-four inr-hes wide, or three and I a quarter yards fifty-two inches wide. 1 l>rrK?mukinj; Made Kasv. One of the greatest conveniences to the home dressmaker is a special hernmer that can be bought now which fits any machine, either a lock or a chain stitch. Unlike the ordinary hemmer, it can be used for all woolen aud soft materials. It used to be that in tucking a woolen material of any kind each tuck had to be carefully basted I in. and then run with a guide. This j < does away with all that. There is I i absolutely no basting to be done, and'; naB5EBES 5 W i whole gown can be tucked in exactly lalf the time it formerly required. Another convenience to be appreclited is the little skirt gauge. With his to help one. it onlj takes ahout hree minutes to hang a walking ;kirt. a feat not easily to be accom%. * i /lrnccinnbor )11SHCU, tVti j' UUUJC ui ^uMujuttv* :nows. Tbis gauge is a little contrivmce tbat rests on the floor and has an utstanding arm holding a piece of '"rench chalk. By moving the little jauge around, the chalk marks evenly >n the skirt any distance from the rround desired. All that has to be lone then is to turn up the skirt on the ine of the baste. It is then ready to >e finished, and is sure to hang ;venly.?Pittsburg Dispatch. A Mirror Fad. Within the past few years a decided " - - - nf a ntiinip au I or me cujio-iinfc, ui ? . nirrors has developed, and many a ' ooking glass of ancient days, treas- j ired more for association's sake than ! 'or its intrinsic value, has assumed onsiderable importance commercially. Colonial mirrors are having a decided rogue at the present time, more paricularly those decorated with a pastel icross the top, but iu the opinion of jne critic they are not entitled to consideration on the score of beauty.? N'ew York Journal. The Triu:nph of the Mistletoe. In lace and embroideries it lookh is if the too, too popular ~rape was ibout to be replaced by the mistletoe. Though less showy than the fruit of Bacchus, its artistic possibilities are juite as good. Furthermore, It has :raditions and associations of its own j :hat are distinctly pleasant, and, last jf all, it is new. Top Collars aud Auto Cuffs. Top collars and cuffs are daily grow* ng deeper, and rather more important Vandyke points are favorite shapes, ind they are treated with vivid W GORED^WALKING SKIRT. j splashes of embroidery in colors, red. ! pale blue and black being most effect| Tulle Avaigrec. A new and popular material of tbe ' net class Is tulle avaignee, a fine silk tulle with meshes forming symmetri- ( . al lace designs. It is much more dur ible than the ordinary tulle. A Hand-Fainted Frock. Among the hand-painted moussellne frocks worn at a recent Paris function ivas one in soft gray mousseline. paint?d in shadowy fuchsias in their natju-oi tints. Tacked Blouse. Blouses made with horizontal tucks ire greatly in style and suit girlish figures tn nprfprtion. This one. designed by May Manton, shows three tucks in the blouse and three in the sleeves : made on continuous lines, so giving the 1 broad effect which is demanded by present fashions. The model is made Df white handkerchief linen with collar and cuffs of lace and is uulined, but the design suits wool and silk as well as cotton and linen fabrics, and the lining can be added whenever de- | sirable. The blouse is made with the fitted j foundation, the tucked front and tucked backs, and is shaped by means ! :>f shoulder and under-arm seams. The fullness in the front is laid in tiny tucks at the neck and both front and backs are gatuered at the waist line, j rhe sleeves are the new ones that are > juug above the elbows but form full i of xvricfc !>V1 I [iUU3 ML mv ?? i ?M?V? The quantity of material required for | tlir? medium size is throe and three* I quarter yards twenty-one inches wide, | three and three-quarter yards twenty- j seven inches wide, two and three-quar MISSJiS' TUCKED BLOUSE. tor yards thirty-two inches wide, or ane and seve;i-eisbth yard forty-four inches wide, with one-quarter yard of all-over lace. THE GREAT DESTROYER' SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT TMF VIP.P ne IklTFMPFRlMr.E. Poem: The Temperance Triumph, by Sat*fordO. Plnmb?The LlonliNoJadgeoi Morality, Bat He Can Detect a Drunkard?Animal Trainers Must Not Drink. (After Tennyson's Bugle Song.) A far note falls. The trumpet calls To tell a listening world its story; The long night breaks and Temperance wases Sad years with trumpet blasts of glory. Blow, trumpet, blow! List, the echoes falling! Blow, trumpet; answer, echoes, calling, calling, calling. 0 hark, 0 hear! How grand and clear, And grander, clearer, further going! Ah, no uncertain note of fear, The trumpet blasts of Temperance blowing! Blow, with thy tones the foes of God ap_ palling; Ulow, trumpet; answer, ecnoes, caning, calling, calling. 0 God, they die who question why, They faint, who hear and heed Thee never; God's echoes roll from soul to soul, Re-echo ever and forever. Blow, trumpet, blow; retreat or death forv. stalling; And answer, echoes, answer, calling, calling, calling. ?Union Signal. Tho Lion and the Drnnkard. An old superstition says that the lion, king of beasts, is instinctively fond 01 high moral character, and can tell at sight the moral nature of a woman. It is alleged that the lion would under no circumstances injure one of the vestal virgins, as he could instantly recognize her superior character. This is, of course, nonsense, even leaving out of consideration some sad facte in regard to certain vestal virgins. The lion knows nothing of abstract morality. But Mr. Bostock, professional trainer of wild beasts, is perfectly right when he says that lions and other savage animals can tell when the trainer who controls them begins to drink too much. Mr. Bostock tells us that the lion and the tiger, the lion especially, can tell if a man is a drunkard, or if he is addicted in other -ways to bad habits that ruin healths Mr. Bostock tells us of one trainer, the best in America in his day, now retired from business. This trainer began to drink, and although be was always perfectly sober when he entered the cage with lions, he saw that they were losing respect for him: he received various warnings and decided to give up lion training before the lions killed him. Does the lion know anything about morality, chastity, drink, etc.? No. But the lion does know a great deal about firmness of character, force in the eye, determination in the voice and movement. A good lion tamer is a man of powerful magnetic toree. tie possesses aosoiuce control of himself physically, and this control of himself gives him control of the lions. The lion detects the trainer who drinks, he detects the trainer who lives immorally, because drink and immorality destroy in man the qualities necessary to a good lion tamer. \ A great majority of our readers are not lion tamers; we should not bore them with this dissertation byt for the fact that Mr. Bostick's observations are useful to others than those who train lions. The qualities that make a lion tamer successful are the qualities that make every other man successful. To do your best work you need to keep at par, to keep your vital forces at the highest point. Whisky and immorality take the edge off of human character, they weaken it in 6very spot from top to bottom. Firmness and eelf-control are diminished by foolish self-indulgence. It would be worth the while of parents who take their children to see the lion tamers to read them a lecture on this subject. Point out to the children the man who stands in the cage of the lions, and lecture them as follows: \ You see that man; see how straight and steady he stands; you see how firm his eye is and how the lions respect him? Do you admire him? Well, children, one bottle of whisky, or a half bottle, would take all of that firmness out of the greatest lion tamer, and make of him such a miserable spectacle that the lions would be almost ashamed to eat him. If you want to have any of the lion tamer's qualities, children, leave whisky alone?and go to bed early?New York n ? T 1 r.vemng journal. A Town of Pledge Signers. Wessington Springs, S. D., was founded in 1880 with a colony of one hundred families, who took the pledge never to sell or use intoxicating beverages. The colony has prospered. It has made this a strong prohibition county. The sale of liquor is unknown there. The county is in tne lead in prohibition, Sunday-school and educational work. A strong setainary is located there. Court expenses are almost nothing. At the last term of court the judge arrived at 10 a. m. and adjourned at noon because there was nothing to do. The sheriff is compelled to live in the iail because his fees are so small. The jail is used for no other purpose. The best lecturers in tho country go to the place. The people are intelligent and happy. The tax rate is low. Rev. A. B. Smart, of Chicago, the fnnnrW of the town, is now at work Dlant inar a smull colony in Oneida County," Wis. ?Defender. Alcohol and Criminality. Caesar Lombroso, the well-known Italian Anthropologist, lately published a new took, in which he deals at length with the subject of criminality. He attaches special importance to the influence of alcoholism on criminality and the great misery it causes. He goes back some times for several generations to find whv a man is a criminal. He says that of ninety-seven children born by alcoholics only fourteen are normal. The abnormality may not always show itself as criminality, but when it aoes in one generation some abnormality can be shown in every generation. How Drunkards Are Treated In Persia. Persian drunkards are blacklisted, and to be blacklisted means that the person so enrolled cannot visit the bazaars to buy things except at certain hours and only then under police supervision. He cannot visit any place of public amusement, and even when at prayers in the mosque he must hold himself aloof from his most respectable neighbors. If, after being blacklisted, he drinks again and is found under the influence, he gets eighty lashes on the eoles of his feet. The Cruearte In ErJof. As a rule, when a beer drinker takes the pneumonia he dies. A pre at army of total abstainers is being formed throughout the country. The tempcrance movement, which began in Japan in 1873 with a society of foreign residents of Yokohama, has grown until cow there arc forty-six of these societies united in a national temperance league. The chief curse of the present great army and naval equipment of the world is not its cos?. in dollars, though that it is fearful, but the infinitely greater cost in the habits acquired, the actual debauchery of .such immense numbers of boys and young men. .J. Washington Lorue succeeds Father A. P.-Dovie as Secretary of the National Catholic Total Abstinence Union. During the latter's tc-rm of ten years the organization grew from fifty-live to eighty-five thousand. | The question of barring liquor dealers and saloon keepers from membership in the Catholic Order of Foresters will be con-1 eidered at the next national convention. Prominent members expect to see the saloon keepers excluded. Dr. W. T. Kidenour. of Toledo, 6ays: Beer drinkers are peculiarly liable to die of pneumonia. Their vital power, their power of resistance, is so lowered that i they are liab'e to drop eff from any fonn ! of acute disease, suck af fevers, pneu} J moaittj etc. ' CATARRH PESTRt Was Miserable?Could I Pe-ru-na s Many Persons Have ^ > Catarrh and Don't iyp j Know It. Mr. James M. Powell, 688 ^ Troost street, Kansas City> ij jU.vE^. Mo., Vice Grand of I. O. ]? O. F., of Cherryville, Kan., <J ffo "About four years ago I Muttered with a severe catarrh of the bladder, which ( caused continued irritation <| and pain. I was miserable Ji and could not stand up or / walk for any length of <; f//ne without extreme !i / weariness and pain. I be- { . V gan taking Peruna and it I I greatly relieved me, and In \ I eleven weeks, i was com- J? t pletely cured and felt like c a new man."?James M. j ygf1 Powell. ? Hundreds of Dollars Spent In Vain. Mr. Cyras Hershman, Sheridan, Ind., writes: ( "Two years ago I was a sick man. Catarrh had set- Ji tied in the pelvic organs, making life a bnrden and giving me little hope of recovery. I spent hundreds of dollars in medicine which did me no good. 1 was persuaded by a friend to try Peruna. I took it two weeks without much improvement, but 1 kept on with it and soon began to get well and strong very fast. Within two months 1 was cured, and have been well ever since. I am a strong advocate of Peruna."?C. Hershman. Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys, nro-o n a QimnltT w?ci auu wuwi yvn iv vt ^ Sad' State of Poetry. For songs the use of poetry has for some time been abandoned, and words, any sort of words, have been employed instead. It is probable that in another ten years some member of Parliament will introduce a short bill making the production of any other sort of poem a criminal offense, and it is not impossible that the member of Parliament will be a publisher.?Macmillan's Magazine. The self-made man Is satisfied to take all the responsibility on his own shoulders. Tipping the Waiter. The matter involved in the custom of tipping is not one of recompense at all. It is rather one of snobbery. The av ? ? A. ^MAnl erage man or woman aoes uui up num motives of charity. Painful as the admission may be, the fact remains that personal vanity is behind most tips. A man may delude himself with the notion that he is paying for better service. But he isn't. He is in reality parting with his coin in return for the humble smirk and the obsequious bow ?or what passes current for them. He is purchasing the privilege of patronizing a fellow human being. He is bartering for a public acknowledgment in pantomime of his superiority of clay. He feeds his stomach and his vanity at the one sitting, but pays the bills separately. The object of his munificence may or may not be worthy?of this he knows little and cares less. What he really seeks is the reputation of "quality," of affluence and of being a "good fellow." These are tne sweet morsels to his mental appetite?such as it is. Remove the snobbery and there would be no more tips.?Denver (Col.) Tost. Held For a RUe. Charles Steckler was recently visiting a friend whose children are very fond of him. Ills host's little daughter was sitting on his knee. She had a little brother, whom she regarded "with wonder. "I know a man," said Steckler, "who would give a whole roomful of gold for your little brother. Will you sell him?" The child shook her head. "Rut " said Steckler. "think of how many nice things a roomful of gold would buy! Don't you think that you had better let the man have him?" "No," answered the girl, thoughtfully; "I'll keep him till he's older. He'll be worth more then."?New York World. SUFFERED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. Completely Jtentored to Health. Mrs. P. Brunzel, wife of P. Brunzel, stock dealer, residence 3111 Grand Ave., Everett, Wash., says: "For fifteen years I suffered with terrible pain in my back. I Eg pS experimented with doctors and medicines, but sot little if any relief. I ac- J' tually believe the acuing iu my "o\ and through the ? %\^\? *?A groin became worse. I did not know what mft A*?N' n it was to enjoy a night's rest and arose |m?r? iu the morning feeling tired and un- *^<5 refreshed. My suf- u 1 " fering sometimes was simply indescribable. Finally. I saw Doan's KidI ney I'ills advertised and got a box. After a few doses I told my husband that I was feeling much better and that the pills were doing me good. Then I finished that box i felt like a different woman. I didu't stop at that, though. I continued the treatment until I had taken five boxes. There was no recurrence until a weok ago. when I began to feel miserable again. I bought another box and three days' treatment restored me to health. IJoun's Kidney Pills r.ct very effectively, very prompwy, raioc mc aching pains and all other annoying difficulties. I have recommended them to many people and will do so when opportunities present themselves." A free trial of this great kidney mcdicine w.'jich cured Mrs. Brunzel will be m.n.led to any part of the United States on application. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. | Y. For sale by all druggists. Price I 50 cents per box. I 1 IYS THE KIDNEYS 1 1-A Ox J ||_ U/mIL lot oianu up ui wain? because it cures catarrh wherever located. No other systemic catarrh remedy has as yet been devised. Insist upon having Peruna. There are no medicines that con be substituted. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, Riving a fall statement of your case and he "will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President ol * The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, (X It has been found, through extended' experiments, that Rhodesia can produce first class cotton, which will com- , |S maud the highest price in Liverpool. British merchants in all the world's ports are showing distress because of 4k- ? '1 nr'o f nr lilt? 1'U|J1U 1J1C1 CtiOC Vl Vji^l Uiuuj w ?V* eign commerce. x The Doodielan library at Oxford is just three centuries old. It is the. largest university library in th* , world. Cross? . Jj Poor man! He can't help it* He gets bilious. He needs a good-liver pill?Ayer's Pills. They act directly on the liver, cure biliousness. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black? Use niAuaiiAiiiiiiA ftUPf . UUUMNIiNAM S Ultt FXm CT8. OP Pftuoonrs OR t. F. BALL ft CO.. ITAfHUl? If. R. I i???iiw W. L. DOUGLAS *3.= & *3 SHOESS Yon caa ?ave from $3 to $5 yearly by wearing W. L Douglaa $3.50 or $3 shoeaThey equal those that have been cost- /f ing you from $4.00 ?:. la. , 'Ha to &5.00. The im- J% Sw mense sale of W. L. Douglas shoes proves ggpSt S their superiority over all other makes. ; . WJI Sold by retail shoe 'w dealers everywhere. v- k/ Look for name and price on bottom. I ' U That Douglas use* Cor- L ona Colt prores there is A reBBMS^vvalue In Donglai) shoe*. /iJKS. Corona is the highest grade Pat .Leather made. ??wwijw#ifl|2?29g Fail Color Kvelrtt uiett. ^^^Y^OmSW/'wBsSS? Our $4 Qilt Edge Lin? cannot be equalled at any price. Shoe* by mall, 25 rents extra. Illustrated Catalog free. W. L. DOUG LIS, Brockton, Mm ^ A I I. . sour siomacii "I used Cascarets and feel like a new mail. I have been a sufferer from dyspepsia and sour stomach for the last two years. I bare been taking medicine and other drnn, bnt could find no relief only for a abort time. I will recommend Cascareta to my frlenda aa the only thing for indigestion and sour stomach and to keep the bowels lb good condition. They ar? very nice to eat." < ; Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Pa. f^ ?0We'S ^ rawoomm 1 CANDY CATHARTIC Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taate Good. Do Good, Nerer Sicken, Weaken or Grip*. 10c. Be. SOc.herar aold in balk. The genuine tablet stamped C C 0. Guaranteed to care or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 599 ANNUAL SALE, TEH MILLION BOXES RipaiisTabulesure the best dyspepsia /^?^>3HHrimedlclue ever LUQ(le/y buiidred uilllloaa. of theui have beeii sold iu the LJuited >> Happy I ES f^kJohnaon'8 ... i States is a single year. Every illness arising frouj a disordered stomach is relieved or cured by their use. So comluon is it that uiseases originate from tiie stomacii it may be saiely asserted there is uo condition of 111 Leaitn tb. t will not be beueOled or cured by tbe occasional use of ltipaus Tabules. Physicians know tbem aud | speak highly of tbem. All druggists sell tbem. The live-cent package la enough for an ordinary occasion, and the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contains a household supply for a year. One generally gives relief witblu twenty jiinutes. f|ENSION^?S?g% 3yr? lit civil war. 15 adjudicating claims. aitv 8lnca I PAY SPOT CASH FOR Bour?TYYLflND WARRANTS I fumed to soldiers of any war. Writ? we at once, j HEGEH, Barth Block, D?nv*r, Colo. BiDflDVY kew discovery; r*?* \J |\ \/ B I <;nick relief ?u<1 eur?i worrt en hi. Book of lo?tinioniaU ind 10 dny?' UMtmMik Free. Dr. E. H. QIUX lex *. u?.