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An Odd Monument. Perhaps ono of the very oddest monuments is the tablet in a Berkshire church in memory of a soldier who had his left leg taken off "by :he above ball," thc actual cannon ball being in serted at the top. Hold (hr Fort Against a bilious attack by calling to your aid that puissant ally. Hosteler's Stomach Bitters. The foe will then bc driven back utterly defeated. Dyspepsia, sick headache, ma'aria', kidney, nervous and rheumatic trouble- and constipation yield to the action of Mil? most beneficent of remedies?. Take it r gu lari y and you will toon cxnerience its good eff.'Cts. It i< better lo be a pure and truthful man in ross than a hypocrite in broadcloth. When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effectively on tho kidneys, liver and bowel?, preventing fevors, headaches and other form* of sickness. For salo In 50 cents and St bottles by all lcaling druggists What we may call hindrances sometimes open tho way to success. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cares all Kidney and Bladder troubles Pamphlet and Consultation free, laboratory Bineharaton. X. Y. Tria's Arc very often essential in building a character._ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp for children teothinsr, softens tho cums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Piso's Curo for Consumption is an A No. 1 Asthma medicine.-\Y. a. WILLIAMS, An tioch, lils., April ll, 1S94. Which Man Wins? Tho one with steady nerves and a clear brain. That means, in nine cases out of ton, the man with a good digestion. A Kipans Tabu'.o after dinner may save to-morrow's bu ine;s. What? Senne ot H cl i ci it tn to Know thnt you have no corns. Ilinde morns removes thom, and ls comforting. 15c. at druggists. M. L. Thompson & Co., Drucsists, Couders port. Pa., say Hall's Catarrh Cure is the best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever 6old. Druggists sell it, 75c._ If nfflicted with soreeyesuse Dr. IsaacThomp pon'sEye-water.Druggistssell at 25c per bott le. foti Red Blood Is tho Foundation of tho Wonderful Cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla. That is Why tho curc-s by Hood's Sarsa parilla aro CUBES. That Is Wby Hood's Sarsaparilla euroa tho severest cases of Scrofula. Salt Rheum and other blood diseases. That ls Why it overcomes That Tired Feeling, strengt hens tho nerves, givc3 energy in place of exhaustion. 1 hat ls Why tho sales of nood's Sarsa parilla have increased year after year, until it now requires tho largest Laboratory in tho world for the production of ood's Sarsaparilla Life is a Burden With many women who are afflicted with impure blood, which causes de bility and a variety of diseases. The HOOd'8 following is a sample case of prompt rolief by Sarsaparilla Hood'B Sarsaparilla : "I have received more Pir?fi'a? benefit from Hood's Sarsa r?rl?lSS parilla than from all other medicines or remedies. For 1119 BlOOd years I suffered terribly with a cankered stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia and general debility. Life was a burdon. On taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, together with Hood's Pi tte. my health began to improve. Formerly anything I atc caused me great dis tress. Kow lean cat heartily and am greatly Improved in flesh and health. I most cheer fully recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla." Mas. GBACE Panno*, Cazcnovia, New York. Hood's Sarsaparilla ls the Onlv True Blood Purifier It creates an appetite and overcomes Thal Tired Feeling. Bc sure to got Hood's. Rood's Pills the after-dinner pill and family cathartic. 25c. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR * THE BEST ? FOR Dyspeptic,Delicate,Infirm and AGED PERSONS ? JOHN CARLE & SONS. New York, ft WALTER SAKER & GO. The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HICH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On thU Continent, have received HIGHEST AWARDS from the ?reit EXPOSITIONS Iii Europe and America. Unlike the Dutch ProceM, no A Ika |llci or other Chemical? tr Dyes ar? u?ed In ?ny of their preparation!. Thelrdellelr.ua BREAKFAST COCOA fa absolutely pare and aoluble, and coif? ?eu than one ctnt a cvp. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE, WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. Spalding's ofllclal Base Dall Guide, the authority of tho .gmne. NEW RULES. HOW TO SETTLE ALT. DISPUTO?. Valuahlo? stttlstlcj. l'!ct'i>e?o' all leading playera. Postpaid, lOc. I ^ marva T?? st M ? e bp->ld!ng'8L*wn Tenn la Lawnienms OVM*. NEW RULES. How to Piar. How io Lay Out a Court. PJcturesof 1 ea.lifg Playera Valuable book for aO. Postpaid, 10c. "rf- Handsome Catalogue of all Sport* fct* f? ^ ?. vor 1'XK) Illustration*-seat free to ? ? *? *"? t ny rddres*. Asi for Cotaloguo No. ti A. C. SPALDING & BROS. New York. Chicago. Philadelphia PARKERS HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and benitifies tho hair.| Pr? in?tns a Uixiirinnt growth. Sever Kui I* utli ri? lore <? rm | lin ir lo it- Youthful Color. CuresSC&lp tfiMKUMfl A liuir falling, .'sic. nod *|.ni*t Druggists :t? SPRING. Tis tho mystory of ages, 'Tis tho miracle of birth, 'Tis tho kiss that nature giveth To the motherhood of earth. Evor dying, ever living, Through tho cycles of thc years, Spring, a promise and a portent, Comes in laughter and in tears. Hark, its voico an echo bringet h. Of tho days wo loved and lost; .'Hope." the word it softly whispers, To tho soul that's tcmpe?t tossed. You who weep, and you who labor, Weary of your work and days, Liston to tho voico of naturo Speaking In its wondrous ways. "Death! Thoro is none," sinjs tho tobin "What was life shall live again." This the message, this tho promiso That tho springtime brings to men. -Now York Journal. OUT OF THE POORHOUSE BY HEI/EX FORREST CRAVES. ARY MILLEI came 'home fron the factory upoi that April even ing with a liyht quick step. The sky was al a jonquil glow tho frogs wen croaking in tb< swamp ; the ma pies were crirn soneel with theh earliest banners of blossom; and a? the tripped along, Mary found a tn fl of violets half hidden under a drift ci dead leaves-palo purple, scentless blooms. "Thc first violets always bring good luck with them," she whispered tc herself, as she pinned them into the bosorn of her bluo flannel gown. "Home" was scarcely tho ideal re alization of that poetic word to thu factory girl. She and her mother lived in the upper half of a shabby, unpainted wooden house, with the blacksmith's scolding wife and seven riotous children down stairs, and one half of a trampled-down back yard by way of garden, where nothing ever grew but burdocks, nettles and Mrs. Muggs's long-leggod fowls. But Mrs. Miller, who had been o school-teacher once, and still retained somewhat of tho refinement of her carly education, had tho tea ready, with a shaded lamp and a bunch of maple blossoms on tho table ready for Mary to come home. "Good news, mother!" the girl cried, lightly. "Tho Meadow Farm is to let ! Mother, we must take it." Mrs. Miller looked dubiously at the bright, eager face, with its blue gray eyes and fringes of yellow hair. "Can wo afford it, daughter?" she said, slowly. "A wholo house and n farm of forty-three acres?" "it isn't such a very large house, mother," pleaded Mary, as sho laid tho bunch of violets in her mother's lap-"not so many more rooms than we have here. And wc could keep two cows, and ? could sell milk and but ter, and spring chickens and cgg3 ; and I am almost Euro that Will Da? vidge would work the farm on shares. And only think, mother, how delight ful it would bo to Lavo a homo all tc ourselves, where wo couldn't hear Mrs. -Mugs boxing Bobby's ears 01 ?-dSelen shrieking with tho toothache! And a little garden, mother, where we could have peonies and hollyhocks, i "and all those lovely old-fashioned flow ^T^r^9^o^ delights in ! " Mrs. Miller's pale, mild face soft ened. "It is now a month since old Mrs. Dab ney died," said Mary. "And they say that her daughter in tho city and her son out in California despise the old farm, with its one-story honso and its old red barn. So it is to let. And so cheap, too ! Only a hundred and fifty dollars a year I Mother, we must take it! I'll leave the factory and turn dairy maid. I've saved enough, you know, to buy the two cows and some real Plymouth Rock fowls to begin with, and oh, it will be such a happi ness ! Say yes, mother-do say yes !" When Mary Miller pleaded like this, tho gentle rcidow never knew how to refuse ; and the upshot of it was that they leased the old Dabney house, and became co-sovereigns of thc roalm of Meadow Farm. It was their first night there. Over head tho young May moon shone through a veil of purple mist. A soli tary owl hooted in the chestnut wood back of the house, for Meadow Farm was situated on a lonely mountain side where no one ever came except on special business. The Plymouth Rock chickens were safely 6hut up where foxes could not reneh them nor minks steal in to bleed their young lives away, the cows- -two fine young Alderneys-wero chewing their cud back of the old red barn, and Mary Miller had flung a handful of cedar sticks on tho hearth, where their scented blaze illuminated the old kitchen with a leaping brightness beautiful to see. "Becauso it's just possible the house may be damp," she said, "after being uninhabited so long. There, mother, isn't that cheerful? And isn't it rico that our old rag carpet should chance to fit this floor so exactly?" with a satisfied downward glance. "And do you see those tiger-lilies? I found them down by the garden wall-oh, such a red wilderness of them? Old Mrs. Dabney set them out herself, they say. It seems only yesterday,'1 sho added, thoughtfully, "that I came past here and raw old Mrs. Dabney sitting in the big chair by the fire, just where-*' Mrs. Miller uttered a little shriek, and grasped her daughter's arm al this moment. Mary stopped short, with au ashy pallor oversprcaking hex check. For as she spoke tho door oppo3ito had opened and a very little old wo man, silver-haired and shricvled Uko i mummy, cumo in, and walking across tho floor seated herself in Mrs. Dab ney's very corner-au old woman dressed in a snuff-colored gown whicL Mrs. Drtbuoy had always worn, anc wearing a 6nuff-silk cap, while a baj: depended from her arm. ' .it's coltl, ladies," she said, look ing around with a depreciating air, "col l for tho season of tho year-ant' they don't keep fires at Tewkstown. ' "Mothei," said Mary, recovering herself with a hysterical gasp of relief "it isn't old Mrs. Dabney's ghost a all. lt's old Miss Abby, como bael from the Tewkstown Poorhouse." "You don't mean-" began the mik widow. "That Mrs. Daniel Dabney and Mrs Everard Elbcrson let their old aun go to the poorhouse?" said Mary Mil 1er. "Yes, it is quito true. Mrs Daniel leads society in San Francisco I am told, and Mrs. Elbcrson is i grand lady in Bridgeport, with a rc ception day and servauts ia livery What could they do with a hulf ftrazj old aunt, who takes snuff and talk uncertain grammer; Poor Mrs. Abby She has wandered back to her ul< home. Sb o was eighty last birth aud things are all misty and vagt her." "But what shall we do?" said Miller in accents of perplexity, crazy woman here ! It doesn't i just right, Molly, does it?" -Til take hor back after she rested a little and had a cap of t said Mary, cheerily. "Bnt perhaps she won't go." "Oh, yes, she willi" said M "Poor Miss Abby! She is as ge as a child." Her words proved to bo con Miss Abby Dabney suffered bcrsel bo led nnremonstratingly badi Tewkstown Poorhouse, whero matron read her a shrill-voiced if turo, and declared sba should no allowed another grain of snuff if couldn't behave better. Old Miss Abby smiled depre "They aro peculiar people be sho 6aid. "I think, my dear" i Mary Miller-"they forget eomefci I a ai a lady. But it takes all sc don't jon see, to mnko a -world." > Tho next night, however, josi j Mary and her mother wero sit' j clown to ten, Miss Abby once more . peared, in the midst of a gentle sho of rain. "I hopo I don't inconvcnicnco a j body," she said, meekly. "Butt . woman at Tewkstown has cut off j allowance ot' snuff; and, after j there's no piuco liko home." . And ooc9 moro Mary Miller . ticntly walked back with the poor . crone to the poorhouso. j Tho matron was iufuriato this til i "It ain't human natur' to str f this!" she declared. "I'll put her . the jug!" "The-jug?" repeated Mary, in s I prise. , "It's a room down cellar whoro , shut up tho troublcsomo cases," s the matron. "1 can't stand this ri ning away business, and I won't !" i The "jug," perhaps, proved effi , eions, for old Miss Abby Dabnoy < not appear again for a week. , At tU9 expiration of that peric however, she walked noiselessly , just at dusk, and seated herself li . a silent shadow in tho chimney c< ncr. "It is so good to bo at home agaii said slie, rubbing her wrinkled han , "I somehow seem to get lost of la , Elnathan is gone, and Betsy is goi and I'm left hero all alone. Yes, cup of tea, please-sugar and no mi ! They never remember how I liko i tea at Tewkstown. This is good! A butter on my bread, too ! Wo do [ get butter at Tewkstown." i Mary burst into tears. ".Mother," said she, "Miss Ab , shall not go back to Tewkstown ! S . shall stay herc ! Mother, how shon I feel if you were wandering, frieu i less and alone, through tho world?" "But, my dear-" "She shall sleep in her own c room, out of tho kitchen!" persist 1 Mary. "She'll bo no moro caro th i a canary bird. Oh, mother, do co i sent! Sha will think then that she i still in her own home. Ob, if yi . knew how dreary it is at that Tewl ; town Poorhouse, with tho grass i tramped out, and piles of clam shel lying aronud the door, and not much as a dandelion or a daisy to i seen!" And Mrs. Miller yielded to Marv ? tearful solicitations. "Do as you please, my child," sa i she. The Tewkstown authorities were b . too glad to bo rid of tho poor old i cubus, and Miss Abby Dabney Betth down into her old home, as conten edly and unquestioningly as if she ht never left it. Sho ate and drank bi little ; she talked still less, and seoinc to regard Mrs. Miller and Mary i guests, who had come to visit the o! farm. "Thc Widow Miller and her darti must bo rich folks, to undertake t support old Miss Abby," sneered or neighbor. "Shs was well enough provided f( at tho poorhouse," said another. "I never yet saw a farm succec that was worked by women-folks, jeered a third. "There'll bo the biggest kind of smash up presently," observed nun , ber four. "And an auction salo i everything; aud I'll bo on hand-for don't deny that them little Alderne cows is tho cunning creetnrs I ever ei eyes on, and good milkers into tl ! bargain." But timo wore on, and there was u flutter of any red flag over tho porcl On the contrary, matters throve, an Mary Miller declared joyously, tbi "farming was a great deal moro.pro! i table business than working in th factory, and 6ho only wished that sh had found it out before." Until ono gray, autumnal evenin Mary and her mother came back froi a brisk walk to the village, and foun a stalwart, sunbrowned man sittin opposite to Miss Abby, by tho re glow of the fire. The old woman "rose np, in an odt uncertain way. "Ladies," she said, fumbling in he old snuff-box, "this is my nephew . Cyrus Dabney-ho as ran away fror homo tweuty-nino yeer ogo com Michaelmas Day, and we all supposoi i was doad. Cyrus, these are tho ladle t who are so good as to visit mo hero. don't quite recollect their names, but 1 then, my memory ain't as good as i used to be-and after ail it don't mat ter much. Nothing matters mud nowadays 1" And Miss Abby eat down and fol i into a "daze" again, as if all necessit; . for conversational effort were over. Cyrus Dabney stood up-a bronzed bearded giant, with dark oyes and su perb stature, t "Ladies, I beg your pardon !" hi , said. "But s'poscd when I came here ' I was coming home. I knew notbin; of all these chaugos. I never coule havo dreamed that my cousin woult' ? let this old creature go to-tho towr i poorhouse. I don't know who yoi ; are, ladies," with a husky rattle in hi; . throat, "but I thank you from th< i very bottom of my heart for givinp i her a shelter in her old ago. And i I money will pay you for it-" r "lt will not!" said Mary, sharply, as if tho word? conveyed a slur. "No, I s'posed not," said Cyrus, , with a sigh. "But l'vo plenty ol I money now. Tho dear old aunty shall ' livo liko a queen all tho rest of hoi i days, for sho was good to mo when , all thc rest set me down for a black t sheep. I've made my fortuno out in i Panama, and I've come homo to re deem myself." 1 "I havo heard of Cyrus Dabney," said Mrs. Miller, gently. "And I'll venture, ma'am, you t heard no good of me," said tho young - giant, with a short laugh. not deny that I was a wild boy on'igh, , bat thero wasn't auy actual evil in ii mc, let folks say what they would. - And now Pvc como back a rich mau, . und there's nobody to bid me welcome I? home except old Aunt Abby, out o! s tho poorhouse." He could cot long have made thii 1 statement, however, All tho town was up to bid the rioh Government contractor welcome to Tewkstown within twenty-four hours, Human nature is human nature every where. But Cyrus Dabney cared littlo for the friendly overtures ol the old neighbors. Aunt Abby was tho only person for whom he seemed to caro, and his great eet grief was that tho old woman re fused to leave tho old Dabney farm house to live in the stately brick maa sion which he built on Prospect Hill, And then ho asked permission to deck her littlo bedroom with- the curiosities he bael brought her from tho isthmus, aud in tacking up draperies and arranging shells and old silver coins he and Mary became friends. Friends.' Sho never know that it was anything else, until ono day old Aunt Abby took a strange idea into her hoad. And Mary, holding a rich Oriental cord for Cyrus Dabney to loop into knots for picture frames heard her introduco Mrs. Miller to neighbor as "My guest, Mrs. Miller the mother of tho young lady that Nephew Cyrus is going to marry." Cyrus looked at Mary. Mary dropped tho ball of cord and turned crimson. "Mary," ho said, "say that it shall bo so. For I love you-yes, I love you ! And I can't live without your love. And-and you were good to old Aunt Abby when all tho world turned against her. I sometimes think. Mary, that you must be like ono of heaven's angels 1" And this was how they became en gaged. They still live in tho old farmhouse, thc happiest of married lovers, and Aunt Abbey firmly believes that they aro all her guests, for to her tho world stands eternally still-tho world that is so full of bloom and beauty to Cy rus and Mary. -Saturday Nicjht. England Advised to Wake Up. Thc rise of Japan to tho first posi tion among the Asiatic Powers is not on!;; ihe most amazing incident of the half century, but it is tho one which most directly affects tho futuro of Great Britain. If tho war ends in ono probable way, namely, a subordinate alliance of China and Japan, we ehall have in Asia a Mongolian empire of 400.000,000, guided by men who can create fleets as good as any in Europe, who can organize great armies under Prussian discipline, and who eau pur sue fixed purposes of ambition with patient concealment, of them for twenty years-an empire which can attack Russia and Franco and Great Britain by land, its roads into Turke stan, Touquin, British Burmah and Bengal (via Sikkim or Nepali) being all open, al] known, and all indefens ible without frightful expense and ex hausting additions to the permanent garrison. If, again, tho war' ends in another probable way, by payment of a great indemnity and a cession of Korea and Formn.?a, wo shall have a great naval power on thc eastern edgo of Asia elated with victory, intent of adventuro and conquest, and willing for, perhaps even anxious, to test its strength in naval engagements with Bomo single, first-class European Pow er. And, lastly, if the war ends in a draw game, we shall have a most cap able, though disappointed Asiatic peo ple able to live on low wages, devot ing itself to manufactures and ship building in a way which may in a few years divert from Great Britain much ofits carrying trade, now our largest source of jiro fit, ad our toxtile indus try, and much of our trade in iron machinery and coal. Nevertheless, wo English are watching cven^niore important to us than any European war, with dnll and sleepy interest. Not a word is said in Parliament about them, no candidato mentions them from the hustings, no party has ex pressed or formed any definite idea as to our fitting policy, and as wo havo said, even tho journals, usually so eager for 'subjects,' content them selves with telegraphic reports, often very costly, but not always either con sistent or intelligible.-London Spec tator. --<a> Thc World's Greatest Forest. Jt appears that Siberia, from the pla:.n of the Obi Uiver on the west to the valley of the Indighirka on thu east, embracing the great plains, or river valleys, of tho Yenisei, Olenek, Lena aud Yana Hivers, is one great timber belt, averaging more than 1000 miles in breadth from north to south, being fully 1700 miles wide in the Yenisei district, aud having a length from east to west of not less than 4G00 vcrsts, about 3000 miles. Unlike equatorial forests, the trees of the Si berian taigas nro mainly conifers, comprising pines of several varieties, firs aud larches. In the Yenisei, Lena and Olenek regions there are thou sands of square miles where no humau being has ?rrer been. The long stemmed coaters rise to a height of 150 feet or more, and stand so closely togeth?r that walking among them is difficult. Tho dense, lofty tops exclude tho paie Arctic sunshine, and tho straight, pale trunks, all looking exactly alike, so bewilder tho eye in the obscurity that all sonso of direction ?3 lost. Even tho most experienced trappers of sable dare not venturo into the denso taigas without taking tho pre caution of "blazing" tho trees con stantly with hatchets as they walk for ward. If lost there the hunter rarely linds his way out, but perishes from starvation or cold. The natives avoid the taigas, and have a name for them which signifies "places where the mind is lost."-Youth's Companion. What Must the Parson Have Thought ! A young lady organist in a church vas captivated with tho youug pastor )f a church in tho next street, and wa3 delighted to hear ono week that by exchange ho was to preach tho next Sunday in her own church. Tho or gau was pumped by au obstreperous uid sexton, who would oftenstop when ho thought tho organ voluntary had lasted long enough. This day tho or ganist was anxious that all should go well, and as tho service was about to begin sho wrote a note intended solely for the sexton's eye. Ho took it, and in spite of her agonizod bockonings carried it straight to tho preacher. What was that gontloraan's astonish ment when he read: "Oblige me this morniug by blowing away till I givo you a signal to stop.-Miss Allen. " Moutrcal Star. Beau McAllister';! Meal (?ouilcman. Tho lato Ward Mc HU? ter gavo tun definition of r. gentlomiu: "A gen tlemau ia a person I'rco from arrogance and anything liko self-assertion, con siderate of tho feelings of othor.-t, an I so satisfied and securo in his own po sition that ho is always uuprontious, feeling that ho could not do au un gentleman/ oct ; as courteous in his manners to his inferiors as to his equals."-Chicago Times-Herald. -nttm - Mexico's cofl'eo exports increased from S2,420,000 in the last three . months of 1800 to $5,900,000 iii the [ same moths of 18H . jfc BUDGET OF FUN/" HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM, VARIOUS SOURCES. Tho Paradoxical Oyster-Ars Lo nts a, Est Holiness of Newness-Bc . Needed Ono-A Reason-But He Was That Way, Etc. Tho oyster is not quarrelsome, He nate? /usa and turmoil, And yet wo often hear of him As mixed up In a broil. Iiis tompor is most equable, His nerves aro qulot too, Yet splto of this 'tis oft his fato To get into a stew. -Harper's Eozar. ABS LONGA EST. Sbo-"Do you find that art ia long?" D'Auber-'Tes; but we, its dc-/ rotees, aro generally short. "-Life, nOLINE3S OF NEWNESS. Littlo Nell- "O-o-o ! I'm going to., tell mammal" Little Ned-"Wot's I doin' now?" Littlo Nell-"You're wipin' your feet on zeo now door mat !"-Puck. BUT IT" WAS THAT WAT. "I am told that Burnley is a regular leech. Is that true?" "N-no, I would hardly say that. \. leech, yon know, never gets stuck m himself."-Rockland (Me.) Tri-, aune. HE NEEDED ONE. Cholly Chumplcigh-"Was out Jato ast night. Had a head on mc this norning." Miss Coldcal- "If I were you, Pd ?tay out lato every night. "-Now York Flcrald. A BEAS0N. "Well, Willie, which do you liko ;ho best, Sunday-Bchool or your overy iay school?" ' 'Sunday-school, " said Willie. ? ' 'Coz rou only have to go onco a week." harper's Young People. DID NOT STOP HALF WAY. "Van Dabbles is very kindly dis josed toward his brethren in art. He ?as a good word for noarly ovcry jody's work." "Yes," ropliod Miss Pepperton ; 'even his own."-Washington Star. "SKIED." Art Committee-"What price ison rour picture?" Artist-"Ten thousand dollars." Art Committee-"Great Scott, man ! hat's too high." Artist-"Possibly it is; but it isn't ,ny higher than you have hung it. " Detroit Free Press. BITTEB. "She is an excellent judge of an iquos of all kinds," said one girl. 'You know she admires anything of hat kind intensely." "Yes," replied the other; "and it ;oes to show how inconsistant some pomen are. She never tells anybody ter ogo."-Washington Star. EQUALIZING MATTERS. Roso-"Anna, is it. true- that you ,ro about to become engaged to the ittle major?" Anna-"Yes, that is quite oorrect. " Rosa-"But you are twice as tall as io is." Anna-"No matter, he is nearly al-. Fays on h?reo^?ck."Tr--Fiiegude TTloeP er. GETTING IT FINE. Collector-"It appears from these igures that your income amounts to ;4000.50." Taxpayer-"That's tho way I igurod it." Collector- ' 'Um-or-ah-um -" Taxpayer (interrupting)-"Can you [ive change for a cent?"-Detroit Free 'ress. HE LOOKED WOBEIE?. "Henry, you look very palo, what's he trouble?" "I was stung to tho quick by on idder this afternoon." "GoodnessI How did it happen?" "Why, 1 dropped in at the bank his afternoon and the book-kcoper old me my account was overdrawn." -Judge. AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB. Charley (reading Sporting Extra) -"Ahl I see that Jack Runleigh has von tho half-niilo mu at tho intcrcol egiate games." Harry-"There is nothing surpris ng about that, for Jack comes of ;ood racing Btock. Old Runleigh, rhen he lived out in Lonosomehurst iear-the-Water, held tho spring rec ird for the 9.05 New York train. ?uck. WHY. WILLIE WAS INTEBESTED. "You seem interested in me to tight, Willie," said Mr. Softly, ob erving that tho boy was gazing in ently at bim. "Yee," said Willie. "I'm waiting to iee you bust." "Bust?" queried Mr. Softly. "Yes. Maude told ma she thought rou'd pop to-night, and I love to yatch things pop ; corn always busts vith such a funny little noise."-Har per's Bazar. AS ONE WOMAN TO ANOTHEB. Mrs. Gradley (tearfully) -"I don't ;are who knows it ! My husband has jot to give up either mo or his lodge ! He gets worso and worse; I don't be ieve he'll ever bo any account, thc worthless brnto !" Noighbor (soothingly)-"I didn't ;hink it was so bad. But Mrs. Smith es did tell me, yesterday, that your ?usband was a poor croature, nt jest." Mrs. Gradley (flaring up)-"Oh, sho lid ! did she? Well, I'll just let that jack-biting gossip know she can't run iround slandering the best man in this ;own ! Poor creature, indeed ! Ho's vorth a thousand Tom Smithers, and ['ll let her know it ! Wait till I get ny bonnet."-Puck. HE NEVER CAME BACK. Tho moment ho carno into tho room lie knew that something wah wrong. She had been engaged to him for ;wo months. Sho was homely. But her papa had two millions. That was enough to luro him on to iroposo to her. "George !" sho criod, rushing into n's arms. "What is it, dearest?" he answered-, ivith some alarm. "Papa failed for two millions to lay." He turned very white, squared him lelf and hissed : "So have I!" and then he passed jut into.the dreary night--forever. syracuse Post. ^_'__s_ _'_ * ' ? " G TlIOS, J. ADAMS? PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNES ; RY '?8, 1895. VOL LIX. NO. 52: ^_'__s_ _'_ * ' ? " G TlIOS, J. ADAMS? PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNES ; RY '?8, 1895. VOL LIX. NO. 52: APTER THIETY YE ABS. ! THE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIBUTES TUE STORY OF A VETERAN'S S EAR CB. How Fred Taylor, a Member of tho Gol* lant 189th N. Y., V. I., Finally / Found Whi?.t Ile Has Sought / Slnco tho War Closed. (From the Aahtabula, Ohio, Beacon.) Mr. Fred Taylor was born and brought up near Elmira, N. Y., and from there enlisted in tho 189th regiment, N. Y., V. L, with which he went through tho war and saw much hard service. 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