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A Pa?aco Platea With Gola. The czar has a palace jost outside of St. Petersburg, known a3 Tsarakoe Selo, which was built by Catherine tho Great. It is of vast extent, and plated over with gold. It took nearly 81,000,000 worth of bullion to do the work, and when, owing to the damp ness of the climate it begau to peel off, Catherine ordered it to be painted in stead. Some Ba^sian speculators wanted to scrape off the old gold and melt it over again, and they offered Cather ine $500,000 for the job. She sent them to prison for insulting her with the proposition, and covered tho pal ace with yellow paint. This palace has rooms walled with amber. It has a parlor covered with lapis lazuli, and the walls and ceiling of one drawing room are of the finest tortoise shell. There aro 500 apart ments in the palace, and the ballroom covers nearly half an acre. Its floor is of wooden mosaic, and there are other rooms in which the finish is in ivory, bamboo and in bronze. The palace mu6t have cost millions, and is only one of a dozen which be longs to the czar. Advico-Not Gratis. L-(At the doctor's)-Victim of hay fever-Can you suggest any modo of relieving my persistent inclination to sneeze? Doctor-Oh! yes-sneeze. II.-(At the lawyer's)-Client-My neighbor has got a big dog that fright ens us ali ont of our wits. What do you advise me to do? Lawyer-Get a bigger one; S5, please. _ It Sllckcth Closer than a Brot lier, Does the rheumatism. Cut off all relation ship with it by the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which severs tho bond without loss of time, if you u-c it promptly and persistently. No testimony is moro positive and concurrent than thrt which establishes its efficacy in this ob-tinatc disease. Usc it with assurance of good results for malarial, dyspeptic and ner vous trouble, constipation and biliou-ness. Drinking whiskey to drown trouble is as absurd a* it is impossible. To Cleanse the .System Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when tho blood is impure or sluggish, to per manently cure habitual constipation, to awak en the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dis pel headaches, colds or fevers, uso Syrup of Figs. , _ Life is not worth living unless we live it for somebody oise._ Dr.Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cnrei all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation f me. Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y. A rigid self-examination often brings about a genuine repentance. Adjust Family Differences. Bad temper is often merely bad digestion. Many quarrels attributed to perverse dispo ' sitions arc duo to disordered liver'. Ripons Tabules adjust family differences, and would prevent them, which is better, if taken in time. Rlpans Tibules, taken after meals, morning and evening, for a while, regulate tho system and sweeten tho temper. Broffdon, S. C. I have used 4 boxes of Tetterlne. for Totter on my feet, of 12 years' standing. My nnih wero thick and rotten, since using Tel ferine they are growing out new and healthy. Please eend me two moro boxes to u-c in caso it .diotild show any flan of returning. C. M. B.?st. Sont by mail for 50c. in stamp3. J. T Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. After Dinner. After the heartiest dinner adoseof TYNEP.'S D?spnrsiA REMEDY will remove all unpleas ant feelings, uid digestion, and build np your hea th. A? an after dinner drink it is far su perior to all oth>r remedies, as it never disap points, and leaves an appetite for the next menl. For sale by Druggists. Manufactured by CHAS. O. TY.NER, Atlanta, tia. Tobacco Destroys Vitality. Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine means lost manhood, weak eyes, and a concral all gone look and feeling that robs Rio of its pleasure. Tobacco is the root o' m un y an Impotent symptom, and No-To-Bnc a guaranteed euro that will make you strong, vigorous and happy In more ways than one. No-To-Bno guaranteed and sold by Drug gists everywhere. Book, titled "Don't To bacco Spit or Smoko Your Lifo Away." Ad. Stirling Remedy Co., Now York or Chicago. Hal*.'s Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of thc ?ystem. V."rite for tes timonials, fri e. Manufactured hy F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, 0. Mnny Influences Combine to Reduce II en ! t h to 'he danger 'imit. Tho reviving properties of Parker's Ginger Tonic overcome these ills. I could not get a'ong without Piso's Cure for Consumption, lt always cures.-Mrs. E. C. MOULTON, Needham, Mass., Oct. C2, "SH. Mr\ VVlnslov's.Soothlr.g Syrup for ehlldrou teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflam -na tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a. bottla Wife used " MOTHERS1 FltXCND " before first child-was quickly relieved; suffered but little; recovery rapid. E. E. JOHNSTON. Eufnula, Aln. If You are Tired All the time, without special exertion, aa tired in the morning ns when you retire at night, you may depend upon it, your blood is impure and ls lucking in vitality. That is why it does not supply strength to nerves and muscles. You need Hood's Sarsaparilla* To purify and enrich your blood. A few bot tle*- of this great medicine will give you strength and vitality because it will make puro bloo^ Get Hood's. 3JAAI4V Dill? curo habitual constipa KU0U O riiaS tion. Price 25 cents The Greatest fledical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S Medica! Discovery. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered ia one of oar common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. He has tried it in over eluven hundred cases, and never failed except In two cases (both tbundor humor). Ho has now In his possession over two hundred certifi cates of its valuo, all within twonty miles o? Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from tho first bottlo,nnd a perfect euro is warranted whi?n tho right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes Bhoottng pains. Uko needles passing through thom ; tho samo with tho Liver or Bowels. This ls caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Road tho label. If the stomach is foul or bilious lt will causo squeamish foelings at first No chaDgo of diet over necessary. Eat tho best you can get, and enough of IL T>o?e, one tablespoonful in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR * THE" BEST * FOOD FOR Dyspeptic.Delicate.Infirm and AGED PERSONS * JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York. * CURES Wfit;IE Alt ELSE FAILS. _ l?eet Consta Byran. T&ates ?ood. Use la dum. Sow bv dnireis's THE SONG OE THE BROOIC, I haste by hill and valley, I haste by mead and lea, I am tho message bearer From tho mountains to the sea. I am the mountains' courier Aud every meadow thrills While I carry to the ocean The tidings of the hills. And every meadow hears lt, For, as I go each day. Lest I forget tho message, I sing lt all the way. And tho lily blooms grow whiter, And loud the meadows>rfng With tho exultant gladness Of the message that I sing. What do I tell tho ocean? That all the hills aro strong, And all tho forests on their backs Melodious with song. That, to tho youth of nature The hoary hills are true, And that tho ancient mountains And this old world arc new. What do I tell tho ocean? That on the sun-kissed hills Are perfumed winds of healing And mush -haunted rills; From their eternal ultars For evermore shall riso In all the Eden freshness New Incens? to the skies. The hazy mists of summer That o'er their summits dwell Brood Uko a benediction That says that all ls well. What do I tell tho ocean? I say tho hills are fair And drink an evcr-freshcr health From heaven's enfolding air; That sunward ferns are springing Within their deepest glooms, And that tho fields are drifted With snow of apple blooms; And that there's mighty musle Whero mountain torrents meet, And that the heart of nature For evermore is sweet. What do I tell tho ocean? I say tho hills aro high. Eut draw new youth each morning From tho chalice of tho sky; They drink tho virtuo of tho day, The great sun's heat r*nd light, And batho themselves in stillness And tho silence of tho night And tho winds around their summits With strong, triumphant breath, , Proclaim above a land of graves That there can bc no death. What do I tell the ocean? That life blooms everywhere; That the day la glad with music, And all the world ls fair. And tho proud tiger lilies And meadow graces near, And nil tho drooping willows And alders bend to hear. My song of Joy and gladness, My song of hope and glee, Makes ono long strip of greenness From the mountains to tho sea. So I will tell tho ocean What the strong mountains say, With all tho addod gladness I havo gathered on tho way; That tho smllo of deathless beauty, As at creation's birth, With all Its old, eternal charm, Still glorifies tho earth. To tell this to tho ocean I through tho land am whirled, So that its mightier anthem May tell lt to tho world. -Sam Walter Foss, in Now York Sun. MANDANTS FOOL, 'E ain't got hungry for termaters, bo ye?" Some one had knocked at the screen door, and, as there was no response, a man's s tri dent, good hu mored voice put the above question concerning tomatoes. But somebody had heard. A woman had been sitting in the kitchen with a pan of Seek-no-further apples in her lap. She was paring aud quartering these, and then stab bing the quarters through and string ing them on yards of white twine, preparatory to festooning them on the clothes horse which stood in the yard. This horso wa3 already deco rated profusely in this way. A cloud of wasps had tlown from tho drying fruit as the man walked up the path. Ile swung off his hat and waved the insects away. "I say, have yo got hungry agin for termaters?" he repeated. Then he rattled the screen but it was hooked on the inside. He turned and surveyed the three windows that were visible in thc bit of house. ''They wouldn't both be gone, 'n' left them apples out," he said to him self. "I'm'bout sure Ann's to home, V she's the one I want to see." A woman in tho bedroom which opened from tho kitchen was hurried ly smoothing her hair and peeriug into tho glass. Sho was speaking aloud with thc air of ono who con stantly talks to hersolf. "Jest as sure as I don't comb my hair the first thing somebody comes." She gave a last pat and went to thc door. There was a faint smirk on her lips and a flush on her face. Her tall figure was swayed by fl slight, eager tremor as she saw whe was standing there. She exclaimed: "Goodness rae! 'Taint you, Mr. Baker, is it? Won't ye walk right in5 But I don't wan't no termarters ; they always go ag'inst me. Aunt Man dany ain't to home*" "Oh, ain't she? was tho brisk re sponse. "Then I guess I will come in." Thc speaker pushed open the now Dufastcoed door and entered. Ho sot his basket of tomatoes with a thump on thc rug, and wiped his broad, red face. "Fact is," ho said with a grin, "1 knew she was gone. I seen her gobi' crost past ur'. That's why I come now. I ain't got no lougiu* to see Aunt Maudauy-no, sirec, not a grain ol bugin' to 6L-e her. But I thought 't would be agreeable to mo to clap my eyes on to you." Tho woman simpered, made au in articulate sound, and hurriedly re turned ber scat and her apple paring. "Wou't you set down, Mr. Bakor?" she asked. Her fingers trembled ns she took the darning needle and jabbed it through un apple quarter. Tho needle went into ber flesh iilso. She gave a little cry i:ud thrust ber fiuger into her mouth. Her large, pale eyes turned wistfully toward her companion. The faded, already elderly mouth quivered. "I'm jest as senr't ns I c'u bo if I see Mood," she whispered. Mr. ?siker's heavy uuderliptwitched ; his fice softened. But he spoke rou?hlv. "You needn't mind that bit er blood," he said; "that won't hurt nut bin'. I dou't care if I do Hot down ; I ain't drove nu.y this mornin'. I c'u IM HM. I ll I UTI I I ? I. Il ? I jest ns well as not take hold *n' he] yo. I s'pose Mandany loft a thunde in' lot for ye to do while she's gone'i "Two bushels," was the answer. "The old cat! That's too mud Bat 'twon't bo for both of us, will i Ann?" The woman said "No." She looked for an instant intense! at the man, who bad drawn his cha directly opposite her. He was airead paring an apple. "I'd know what to make of it*" si said, still in a whisper. "To make of what?" briskly. "Why, when folks aro BO good \ ine's you be." "Oh, sho', now! Everybody ain like your Aunt Mandany." "Sh ! Don't speak so loud ! Mebb she'll be coniin' back." "No, ehe won't. No matter if si is." The loud, confident tone ran cheerily in tho room. During the silence that followoc Mr. Baker watched Ann's deft fingen "Everybody says you're real cai able," he remarked. A joyous red covered Ann's face. "I jest about do all tho work here, she said. She looked at tho man again. There was something curionsl sweet in tho simple fuco. Tho patien hue at each sido of the close, pal mouth had a. strange effect upon Mi Baker. Ho had been known to say violentl in conversation at the store that h "never seen Ann Tracy 'thout wantii to thrash her Aunt Mandany." "What in time be you dryin' Seek no-furthers for?" ho now exclaime with some fierceness. "They're th flattest kind of apples I know of." "That's what aunt says," was the rc ply. "She says thero most as flat's be, 'n that's flat 'nough." Thcso words were pronounced a though the speaker were merely stat ing a well-known fact. "Then what she do'um for?" per sisted Mr. Baker. "She says they're good 'nough t swop for groceries in the spring." Mr. Baker made a deep gash in ai apple and held his tongue. Ann continued her work, but sh took a good deal of Scek-no-furthe with the skin in a way that would hav shocked Aunt Mandany. Suddenly she raised her eyes to tb< sturdy face opposite her and said : "I guess your wife had a real goo< time, didn't she, Mr. Baker, when sh< was livin'?" Mr. Baker dropped his knife. H glanced up and met the wistful gaz* upon him. Something he had thought lon{ dead stirred in his conscience. "I hopo BO," he said, gently. "'. do declaro I tried to mako her have < good time." "How long's eho be'n dead?" "Most ten years. Wo was livin down to Norris Corners then." Tho man picked up his knifo anc absently tried the edgo of it on the ball of his thumb. "I s'pose," said Ann, "that folkf arc sorry when their wives die?" Mr. Baker gave a short laugh. "Wall, that depends." "Oh, docs it? I thought folks had to love their wives 'n' be sorry when they died. " Mr. Baker laughed again. He mad? no other answer for several minutes. At last ho said : "I was sorry enough when my wife died." A great pile of quartered apples wat heaped up in the wooden bowl before either spoke again. Then Ann exclaimed with a piteous intensity : "Oh, I'm awfnl tired of boin' Aunt Mandany's fool!" Mr. Baker stamped his foot invol untarily. "How jew know they call you that?" he cried, in a groat voice. "IheardJauo Littlefield tell Mis' Monk she hoped nobody'd aBk Man dany's fool to the sociable. And Mr. Fletcher's boy told me that's what folks called me." "Confound Jane Littlefield! Con found thai imp of a boy !', These dreadful words burst out fu riously. Perhaps Ann did not look so shock ed as sho ought. In a moment she smiled her imma ture, simple emile that had a touching appeal in it. "'Tain't no use denyin' it," 6hc said; "Iain't jus' like other folks, 'n' that's a fact. I can't think stiddy moro 'n' a miuutc. Things all run to gether, somehow. 'N'tho back cr my head's odd's it can be." "Pooh! What of it? Thero can't any of us think stiddy ; 'n' if we could what would it amount to, I should ; like to know? It wouldn't amount to i a row of pins." Ann dropped her work and clasped her Lands. Mr. Baker saw that Lor hands were hard, and stained almost black on fingers and thumbs by much cutting of apples. "Ye see," she said in a tremulous: voice, "sometimes I think if mother ; had lived 6he'd treated me so't I could ; think stiddier. I s'pose mothcr'd loved me. They say mothers do. But: Auut Mandany told me mother died the year I got my fall from the cherry tree. I was eight then. I don't re I member nothiu' 'bout it, nor 'bout anything much. Mr. Baker, do you remember your mother?" . Mr. Baker said "Yes," abrubtly. i Something made it impossible for him to say more. "I'd know how'tis," went on tho 1 thin minor voice ; but it always did seem to me's though if I could remera . ber my mother I could think stiddier. Do you think I could?" Mr, Baker started to his feet, i "i'll bo blamed 'f I c'n stan* it," he shouted. "No, nor I won't stan' it, i nuther!" : Ho walked noisily across tho room, i Ho carno back and stood in front of [ Ann, who had patiently resumed work. "Come," ho said, "I think a lot of 1 ye. Lo's git married." Ann looked up. She straightened ? herself. ! "Then I should live with you?" she , asked. "Of course." She laughed. There was so much of confident happiness in that laugh that tho man's heart glowed youthfully. "I sliull bo real glad to marry you, Mr. Baker," she said. Then, with pride, " 'N' I can cook, V 1 know first rate how to do house work." She roso to her feet and flung up her head. Mr. Baker put his arm about her. "Lu's go rig?t along now," ho said, more quickly ihun he hud yet spokeu. "We'll call to tho minister's'n'eugage him. You c'u stop there. We'll be married today." "Can't ye wait iill i c'n put on my 1 ?minit 'n' shawl?" Ann asked. She left the room. In a few mo incuts she returned for going. She had a sheet of note paper, a bottle of ink and a pen in her hands. .'I c'n write,** she said ecufldently, "V I call it fairer to have word for Aunt Mandany." "All right," was tue response; "go ahead." Mr. Baker said afterward that ho never got much more nervous in his life than while Ann was writing that note. What if Mandany should ap pear? Ho wasn't going to back out, but ho didn't want to see that woman. The ink was thick, tho pen was liko a pin, and Ann was a good whilo mak ing each letter, but tho task was at last accomplished. She held out tho sheet to her com pauion. "Ain't that right?" Jo asked. Mr. Baker drew his face down sol emnly as he read : Dere Ant Maclan! e: I'm so drettful Tired of boeing youro fool that imo going too be Mr. Bakers. He askt me. ANN. "That's jest the thing," he said ex plosively. "Now, come on." As they walked along In the hot fall sunshino Mr. Baker said earnestly : "I'm certain 6nro wo sh'U bo ever so much happier." "So'm I/' Ann replied, with cheer ful confidence. They wero on a lonely road, and they walked hand in hand. "I'm goiu' to be good.to ye," said tho man with still more earnestness. Then, in a challenging tone, as if ad dressing tho world at large : "I guess 'taint nobody's business but our'n." Ann looked afc him and smiled trust fully. After awhile ho began to laugh. "I'm thiukin' of your Auut Man dany when sho reads that letter," ho explained.-Tho Chap Book. WORDS OF WJSD03I. Beauty in tho heart writes ita name on the face. Tho scribes and pharisees aro not all dead yet. The wicked have no possessions that are fire proof. Tho riches that run to meet us soon take to themselves wings. It never makes the day any brighter to find fault with the sun. The wound tbat smarts tho most is tho one made by a friend. Discouragement cannot como whilo there is praiso in the heart. True greatness has no need to carry a flag to attract attention to itself. Tho sin that is big enongh to have a namo is big enough to kill tho soul. No money cnn buy so much as tbe dollar that has been honestly earned. As long as there is dross in the gold it will want to keep away from tho Uro. Some people never think of religion until they como in sight of a- grave yard. When we do not givo according to our means wo do according to our meanness. A path may look pleasant and yet be filled with footprints ma^by the cloven hoof. Putting armor on a coward makes him look bold, but it puts no heroism in his heart. When somo men aro baptized they first put their pocketbooks where they won't get wet. The more your enemy hates you the hotter firo your kindness will kindle upon his head. You can't tell anything about what a man will do in a horse trade by the noiso ho makes in church. Before you lose your soul in trying to. gain wealth, ask the mill?naire how much gold it takes to malro one rich. The man who expects to outrun a lio will have to travel on something faster then tho limited express. -Ram's Horn. _ Knowing Burros. Numerous stories of tho fricks ot burros aro related. The ownor of ono burro train usually turned the animals loose on Saturday night to shift for themselves over Sunday. In the herd were two grizzled patriarchs, desig nated a3 "Grandpa Burro" and "GrandmaBurro." Thc former was a shrewd old fellow and invariably turned up missing on Monday morn ing, while tho rest of tho herd were always on hand. Frequently "Grand pa" would bo found hidden a mile or moro from camp behind somo big rock or a dense clump of bushes. He was loath to go to work, and know as well ns a human being what would bo expected of him on Monday morning. "Grandma Burro" objected stren uously to tho tight buckling of etrapa around her body, in fastening on the packs, and had a trick of 6uoking in her breath and swelling her girth whilo tho strap waa being drawn. As soon as this was accomplished she would contract her body to its normnl size, leaving the strap comfortably loose. "Grandma," however, was a faithful servant, and toiled on uncom plainingly; but "Grandpa" knew a thing or two about tho duties belong ing to him. His owner averred that the grizzled veterau would carry three hundred and fifty pounds, but that if threo hundred and fifty-one pounds wero imposed ho would immediately lio down.-Demorcst's Magazine. TIic National Motto. Tho circumstances attending tho adoption of tho legend "E Pluribus Unum" as the motto of tho United States has never been fully explained by tho historians. It was probably used on coiu6 (and somo say upon early Colonial flag6) long before it was regularly recognized by the leading officials of the new Republic. The oldest coin bearing the motto in full is a nolonial cent coined by New Jer sey 'i tho year 1780. Tho same year it appeared ou a small medal recog nized among the collectors of coins as "tho Confederate." This medal was a National authority of tho General Government. It boro on ono sido thirteen stars and a blazing sun, tho latter surrounded by tho word "Con federado, " which gives it the namo by which it is known to tho numismatists. Tho words in tho headline, explains St. Louis Republic, aro undoubtedly from Virgil's "Moretus," a pooni de voted to a description of a certain salad. In tho rhyming recipe ho gives instructions for making tho proper herbs and pounding tho samo in a mortar until thc various colors blond ns one. Some ono has very appropri ately said that "tbo Colonies wero mixed in tbo mortar of tbo Revolution and carno out as ono homogeuiwus Nation." -- Interred Thirty Years Aller Death. An interincut thirty yeurs aftet death took placo in 1807 in Berlin. Tbo deceased was a celebrated beauty, Rachel Levin. She had ordered in her will thar, her eoliiu should have a plass pluto in the top, and that it should bo constantly watched for a month, and then deposited in a par ticular vestibule for thirty years; all o? which orders were scrupulously car ried out.-LouiV'lle Courier-Journal. * j .? ? ' V 1 BUDGET OE FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Ills Culinary Ambition - All It ls Good For-A New Position Lid He Mean His Wire?-A Hunted Look, Etc., Etc. "I fool that I could Uvo on lovo,' Tho sentimental maldon sighed. "Do lot mo ho your catoror," The gallant youth ropllod. -Life. ALL IT IS GOOD FOB. He (toying with her feather fan) "And you usc this for air?" Sho-"No; for airs."-New York Times. A HUNTED LOOK. "You aro of American stock, arc you not?" "Yes. But however did you guess it?" "Oh, I knew your wife was a daugh ter of the revolution, and you have a hunted look.-"-Judge. WARNED IX TT1TE. Mr. Hnrdnutt-"I admit, sir, that my lifo has not been what it should be, but I truly and unselfishly lova your daughter, and if ever I give her a mo ment's pain I hopo I'll bo made to suffer torture for it." Old Gentleman (warningly)- "Oh, you will. You don't know her." Now York Weekly. AN IMPRESSIONIST. Gead'urme-"Here, what aro you doing? Drawing plans for yonder fortress, I suppose." Artist-"No, indeed. I am only sketching yonder flock of sheep." Gend'arme (examining the sketch) -"Can't seo thc difference. Looks na much like ono as the other. You aro arrested."-Fliegende Blatter. DID HE MEAN HIS WIFE? Mrs. Snooper -"Mr. Kilduff alludes to his wiio in a very uncomplimentary manner." Mrs. Sumway- "What does he say?" Mrs. Snooper-"I heard Mr. Skid more ask him what he thought of the new woman, and ho replied that the old woman was good enough for him." - Judge. A NEW POSITION. Thoy had been sitting in silenco for two minutes, each of which seemed like au age. The clock chimed cloven and she suppressed a yawn. "Aro you interested in baseball, Mr. Stalate?" sho asked, wearily. "Yes. I used to play shortstop." "Indeed? I should think that your qualities would not havo fitted you for anything but long stop." LATTER-DAY LUXURIES. Fashionable Physician-"You will havo to give up city life ,Mr. Mill ion." Wealthy Patient-"I will travel in Europe a few years, if you say so." Physician-"It would be bettor for von to stay hero and conduct a model farm." Wealthy Patient-"Ob, I can't af ford that. "-Now York Weekly. ONE WORK OF FICTION THAT PAID. "Does Woggies manage to make his works of fiction pay?" "Well," replied the good-natured man, "he makes some of them profit able. He wrote a little article which, to my positive knowledge, brought him quite a sum of money." "What was it about?" "It began, 'Thirty days after date, I promise. ' "-Washington Star. THE BOWERY GIRL ABROAD. Tho dinner hour having arrived tho cannibals approached tho captive. "Prepare," thundered the chieftain, "to die!" The maiden's lip curled. "Aw, go chase yerself !" sho haugh tily rejoined. The savages exchanged startled glances. "She is certainly tough, " they cried, and fled in dismay-Puck. THE BREAD WINNER. "What's Dick doing now? "Well, Dick, he's a-doctorin'." "And Johu?" "He's horso tradin'." "And William?" "Ho's a savin* of souls." "And Tom?" "Well, Tom, he's sorter politicianin' a:oun'." "And you?" "Well, Pm sorter farmin' an' a fecdin' of Dick, an'John, an' William, an' Tom."-Life. THE COURSE OP TRUE LOVE. "Bridget," saiJ Mrs. Huskip, "I understand that you have jilted tho man who drives tho ic9 wagon for the milkraau." "Truo fer yez, ma'am. Oi hov thot same," was the reply. "And that damp spot on tho door step ia all there is to show for tho twonty pounds of ice we tako?" "?is'm." "Well, Bridget, you can cither ar range to be a sister to both of thom or you can look for another place." Washington Star. LIFTED A HEAVIER LOAD THAN A ROCK. "Tho growth of a few tiny rootlets," observed the teacher of the botany class, "has been knowe to lift a heavy rock from its place, and tho root of a tree growing out under a stono side walk will sometimes push it up and break it. Other casc? of like nature showing tho strong uplifting power of vegetable growth havo occurred, I doubt not, within your owu observa tion. Is it not so?" "Yes'm," said tho boy with the faded hair. "I've heard my paw Bay his last year's corn crop lifted a mort gage off his farm."-Chicago Tri bune. Wno MUNCHAUSEN WAS. Ho was a commercial traveler of the moro flashy typo, and liad just fin ished telling a startling stcry to his newly raado acrpiaintanco in tho rail wuy carriage. "That reminds mo of ono of Mun chaunsen'H yarns," remarked tho vic tim for want of something better to say. "Munchausen ! Who is he?" "Why, don't you know about him? Ho is the most colossal example of mendacity that civilization has pro duced. " A brief, painful sileuco ensued, which was broken by tho traveler, in i\ tone that was almost timid. "Excuse me, my friend," ho said, "if I seem inquisitive, but would you mind telling me what house ho trav els for?"-Tit-Bits. WHY RnE TOOK CLOTHESPINS. "What are dried cherries a pound, please?" abo naked, as slio stood in the open door of tho grocery. "Twenty-fivo cents, ma'am," re* plied the grocer. "Good gracious, but that's awful I" "Regular price, ma'am, and they are very nice." "But I can't pay no such price as that. I see you havo clothespins at a cent a dozen !" "Ye?'in-tho very best" "Well, I'll take fifteen dozen. The idea of twenty-five cents a pound for dried cherries at this time o' yearl Make it twenty dozen pins, please, and bo suro they aro fresh spring stock. I did want eomo cherries, but -well, make it twenty-five dozen pinsi I don't need 'em, of course, but when I can get clothespins fora cent a dozen I'd bo foolish to pay such a price for dried cherries."-Detroit Free Press. -iii i ? ? ? A Hero ot Many Battles. Last week a hobbling wreck of hu manity, clothed in tattered garments, sought shelter in the Christiau County Poorhouse at Ozark, Mo. The home less pauper gave his name a3 Thomas Higgs, and said ho was 101 years old. Nearly blind, entirely toothless and alraoet deaf, this helpless iumato of tho county house is a touching picture of that "ill-matched pair-age and want"-whose woes Burns sings of" so sadly. Tho centenarian snysbe was born in Jackson C.bunty, Alabama, and fought tho Creek Indians under "Old Hick ory," and also took part in th9 Semin ole nod tho Mexican Wars. He re members helping raise a flag pole in honor of tbe hero of New Orleans, and to-day the picture of General Jackson is tbe brightest spot in his fading memory, In his left groin and right shoulder tho old man carries two In diau bullets, and a scar on the throat shows whore a Mexiean lance inflicted n dangerous wound nt thc battle of Buena Vista. In the latter engage ment tho soldier was unhorsed and left on tho field of battle for dead. He recovered consciousness several hours after being wounded and was coon able to join his comrades inarms. Tho old man gets no pension becanse, ns he claims, his name is on the Mex ican muster rolls as John Higgs, in stead of Thomas Higgs. This morning tho oged pauper hob bled over to the cour t roora on crutches, walking a mile, to beg tho County Judges to admit his wife to tho Poor house.-St. Louis Globc-Democrnt. Beetles Invade a Town, Great clouds of 6trango beetles set tled down upon Lancaster, Penn., re cently, and under every one of the hundrods of electric street lights in tho morning were found bushels of the dead visitors. Half tho domestics in town were out with brooms soon after sunrise to sweep the stark corpses in to tho street. They were bugs a good beal bigger than the biggost locust ever seeu in this locality. They swooped down up on Lancaster by tho millions during the night, and immenseflying columns of them pervaded tho humid atmos phere. Tho electric 6treet lights were the main points of attack, and tho glitter proved touchstones that brought death to the strange nocturnal visitors. Tho bugs would fly in great columns up against tho big arc lamps and down they would fall, dead. The interior of the globos were in many instances choked full of dead bugs, while under the gas lamps they were found in somewhat smaller quan tities dead or dying. A local entomologist discribes these midnight marauders as members of the family of hydrophiiado or water beetle. They come from the ponds and marshy places, and about this time of the year they aro on the move, though tho present visitation is ph? nom?nal. They do not fly by day, but when at the ponds they hide in tho deep mud. -Philadelphia Record. - my* Wliy He Changed His Sind. "Some persons," said a well known detective, "say it wroug to arrest a mau wc know to be a criminal simply because he is apt to break the law. I had a friend who was strongly opposed to this custom amt who used to talk a groat deal about liberty, tho pursuit of happiness and constitutional rights. He was having his shoes blackened at a corner staud ono day, when a young fellow rau from the saloon on thc cor ner, grabbed my friend's watch and ran away with it. He learned that the fellow was well known in thoneighbor hood as a thief, and that he had been in prison several times. "When my friend came to mo to have mo try to catch tho thief and re cover his watch I told him I would do my best and asked him if he did not think it would have been better had this well known thief been locked up, eo that ho could not ho placed in temptation's way. He just looked ut me and smiled, but ? know ho has changed his mind, and that he now believes that any man who ever stole a shoestring should bc imprisouod for life."-New York Herald. How Electricity Kills. The very interesting and veluablc experiments which Dr. A. M. Blcile, of tho Ohio State Univorsity, has been making with regard to the effects of electric shocks upon thc animals or ganism have reached a stage where a working theory can be predicated upon the results obtained. This theory is a complete departure from that most commonly accepted, lt has been sup posed tha't the cause of death in cases of electrocution was tho breaking down of tho tissues. But tho elaborate experiments which Professor Bleilo has made during last month or moro leave no doubt in his mind that death results from a very different cau3c. He hus fouud by ex perimenting with a large number of dogs that an electric shock of sufficient intensity to cause death results iu a contraction of thc arteries so that they refuse to perform their functions. This throws the blood from tho veins upon tho heart, and virtually drowns tho operation of that organ.-Clove land Loader. A Japanese Interior. Tho interior of a Japaneso houso is quito uulikc tho interior of au Ameri can house. The rooms aro low stud ded, to suit tho small stature of tho occupants ; so low, in fact, that it is often hard for a foreigner to move through them without awkwardness. Both the outer and inner envelopo of tho house arc in largo part removable, and the screens of which they are composed can easily bc adjusted to pr?vido both door and window space. Doors, thercforo, in our sense, there are usually none, and such windows as may bo built into the permanent walls are regarded more as a decoration than a necessity. A Japanese houso con tains no furniture, as wo understand furniture, and, except in certain spe cial places, it is bare of pictures and brie a-brac. And, lastly, the Japanese houso is unheated) except by charcoal braziers,-New York Advertiser. Women as Printers. Some interesting details regarding the first appearance of women in the printer's art are given in the official organ of the Parisian printers. The general helief that women were for the first time employed in typographical work in 1681 by Rignoux, a printer in Mont bard, is declared to be erroneous, a printing press worked exclusively by women having been in regular Use in Italy a century and a half before that dato. The printing offioe was the con vent of St. James at Mount Ripoli, and the women printers were sisters of the Dominican Order. The sisters of this convent bad prac ticed tho art of copying and illumina ting manuscript Bince tho thirteenth century. When Gutenbnrg's invention made its appearance the press spread rapidly in Italy, and every town soon possessed its printing office. Florence had one as early as 1472. It would have gone bord with the Dominican sisters if their oon?easor, Dominico de Pistoia and their procurator, Pietro di Pisa, had not come to their aid by im parting to them a knowledge of the new art. The daters appear to have devoted themselves to their typograph icol labors with ardor and success, for between 1476 and 1484 moro than a hundrod works-a large number for that period-issued from tho convent ual prcsB. It is somewhat curious to note that among these works thcro is an edition of tho Decameron, dated 1478.-London Baily Newe. The Glass Snake. Tho so-called glass or jointed sn?ko docs not break to pieces at the sight of an enemy, as is commonly supposed, but like some lizardp, throws off ita tail in an effort to escape. lhere are several lizards which, when attacked for instance by a bird, or animal, will throw off their tails, and the tail flopping up and down on tho ground diverts tho enemy and thus gives the lizard timo to >^t away. Tho glass snake adopts i?e same trick, and thus frequently saves itself. It ia true, however, that the joints ol the singular creaturo are 60 loosely connected that tho anako will bc broken to pieces by a blow of a stick, though the idea of a reunion of thc broken parts ia a euperatitious abaurd ity. The broken jointa do not reunite, though a new tail will grow in a few months if the reptile has received nc other injury. Highest of all in Leavening Pc FAVORITE RECIPES. . EGO OMELET.-Ono cup of sweet milk; three eggs, whiteo and yolks beaten separately. Pour in a buttered pan, cover tight, and bako slowly OE top of the stove. GRAHAM CRACKERS.-One-third of s cup of butter, one cup of sugar, white of one egg, all well beaten together. One teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hall a cup of warm water, and graham Hom enough to knead. Roll thin, cat out; prick with a fork, .bake quickly until crisp. FRUIT COOKIES.-One cup butter; two cupa sugar ; ono egg ; one cup cold coffee ; one cup Engliah currante ; two teaspoonfuls ba)"'ng powder; one-hall teaspoonful each cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; four cups flour. Rub butter, 6iigar, baking powder, spices and English currants well together. Make a hole in the center of mass and put ir cup of coffee and egg well beaten, Mix thoroughly and add flour enougl to roll nicely. Dust with powderec sugar while rolling. Bake in quid oven. GINGER BREAD--One cup molaaaea one-half cup sugar; one egg; two anc one-half cups flour, one-half cup lan or butter; one cup coffee; one teaspoon ful soda ; the samo of ginger, clove anc cinnamon; small enp of currants oi chopped raisins. CREAMED RICE- Ono quart of milk ono small cup of rice and a littlo salt cook well together; then add tbrc< tablespoons sugar, one teaspoon van it la ; let it cool, and an hour before usiuj add a pint of whipped cream, usiug o little at a timo until all is whipped in, DELICATE CAKE-One cup of ?ugnr one-half cup sweet cream ; one and one half cups of flour; four eggs; two tea spoons of baking powder ; one tcaspoor lemon flavoring. WHITE FRUIT CAKE.-One cup but ter; two and one-half cups of flour whites of seven egga; two teaspoon; baking powder ; ono cut sweet cream ; ono pound each of raisins, figs, datof and blanched almonds; one-fourtl pound of citron. Chop the fruit anci dredge with flour. She Is Deranged. Pater-No, sir; I cannot allow you to marry my daughter. Suitor-But I love her. Pater-There's a family secret I muet tell you. Suitor-Speak 1 speak ! Pater-Thero'a inaanity in the fami ly. Sho ia deranged. Suitor-What is her mania, then? Pater-Her desire to marry you. SCIENTIST-Havo you any idea oi tho immonssty of space, youngman? Ad Solicitor-Well, rather! I've got to fill throe pages with paying ads every week or get the bounce I-Prin ter's Ink. Oasoline S -^-j Stoves a IL yQi_J ftr^- with 90 pieces af fa "H Stoves. Our Fnmou? Q_3 I B fiz;fanil y ut a cost of 5 cents blind A ny t h I ii s you want In the House Furn iran k BELUM COST LESS THAN CHEAP PAINT WHITE LEAD. Add iv gallon of Raw Oil, al 7*) cents, ina kw two eulinna of pure Linseed Oil Pain1 pour, wnrilile s Ready M?trd Point?cost yoi ?nteed for tl VJ years, besides roi? mix lt YOI ur Lend made can equal limn mn r Paint In a THE G17?JMAKEE OF ILION. JEFFERSON M. CLOUGH REFUSES A TEMPTING OFFER FRON TUE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. HIS Health was too Poor to Permit Atter** lion to Business. A Great Sufferer for Many Years Eut Has Now Recovered. (From thc Springfield, Mass.. Union.') There isn't a gun manufacturer in tho United States who does not know Jefferson M< Clough, and why? Because he has been intimately associated all his Ufo .1th tho de velopment of tho two best American rifles, tho Remington and Winchester. For years he was Superintendent of the E. Remington & Sons' great factory at Ilion, N. Y. Alter leaving there ho refused a tempting ofTer of thc Chineso Government to go to China to Euperintend their government factories, and accepted instead the superintendency of the 'Winchester-Arms Co., at Kew Haven, at a salary of 67,C00 a year. It was after this long term of active labor hs n business man that he found himself in capacitated for further service by tho em bargo which rheumatism had laid upon him (ind resigned his position moro than two years ago, and returned to Bclchortown, Mass., where ho now lives and owns the Phelps' farm, a retired spot where ho has five hunured acres of land. BeiDg a man of means be did not spare the cost and was treated by leading physicians and by baths at celebrated springs without receiving any benefit worth notiee. During the eummer of 1898 and the winter of 18? Mr. Clough was confined to his house in lielcbertown, being unable lo riso from his l ed without assistance, and suffering con tinually with acute pains and with no taste or desire for food, nor was ho able to obtain ?UffldCBt sleep. Early in the year 1894 Mr. Clough heard ol Dr. AYilliams' Pink Pills for Palo People. He legan taking these pills about the llrst of Match, 1894, and continued to do so until Thc first i art of September following. The Hist effect noticed was a bettor appetite*and he began to'note more ability to help himself off the bed and to bo better generally. Last August (1894) he was able to go alone to his summer residence and farm of 163 acres on Grenadier Island, among tho Thousand Island?, la the river St. Lawrence, where irom the highest land of his farm he com mands a view for 18 miles down the river, und CO of thc Thousand Islands can be seen. Instead of being confined to his bed Mr. Clough is now and has been for some timo oblo to bo about the farm to direct the nen employed there and he is thankful for what Dr. JYilliams' Pink Pills havo done for birr. ; '.llieso pills ure manufactorcd by tho Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, h. Y., and are raid only in boxes bearing tho 1 linn's trade mark and wrapper, at 50 cents a l ox or six boxes for ?2.50, and ure never sold j in bulk. They may be had of all druggists cr direct by mail from Dr. Williums' Medi cine Company. I vrrvonc Know.? Ilnvr lt I.l , ti . uffcr with cori;--, and thor are not conduc ive to walking: rt move I hen with Hlndcrtoms !f itfillHcd willi wc eye1 use Dr. Isaac Thoinp -nnV Kye-watt-r.Dnitrclsts ?ol' at 25". per bnt.rl/?. )wcr.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report A Boy's Definition of Peace, School children are proverbially original in many of their utterances. In the grammar department of the Weat Middle school the teacher was examining her young charges in his? tory. Pennsylvania and its founder, William Penn, were under discussion. Sho told the little ones that Penn was a disciple of peace, and gually asked: "Can" "any ~bV~Jttt~~t??~me what" 'peace' means? "I can, teacher," breathlessly ex claimed a little fellow. "Well, and what does 'peace' mean?" "It means 'no scrappio',"responded the boy.-Hartford Post. Wanted to Close the Account An office boy attended at the collec tor's office on tho last day for paying the income ?PX. "I've come*tj pay Mr. B-'s lax," said the youth, putting both arms on the counter. "I suppose you allow thc usual two and a half ?" "No, my boy," said the inspector, gazing benignantly through his spec tacles at tho email speciman of hu manity, "there is no discount here." "Very well," replied the small boy; "tben I'll pay it this time, but my in structions arc to close the account." 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