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Spring Medicine lour blood lc Spring ls aknott oertala to be rall of Imparities-the accumulation of the winter months. Bad veatL'atlon ct sleeping rooms, Impure alt in dwell tvflt factories and shops, overeating, leary, improper foods, failure of the kidneys and liver properly to do extra work thus thrust upon them, are the prime causes of *\ua ecudftlon, It ls (if the utmost importance ti: 4 you Purify Your Blood Bow., as when wanner weather comes and the tonio effect of cold braning air is (one, your weak, thin, impure blood will not furnish necessary strength. That tired feeling, loss of appetite, will open the way for serious disease, ruined health, or breaking out of humors and impurities. To make pure, rich, red blood Hood's Sarsaparilla stands un equalled. Thousands testify to its merita. Millions take it as their Spring Medicine. Get Hood's, because Hood's Sarsaparilla lathe OneTrue Blood Purifier. AU druggists $1 Pr?parai only by C. L Hood it Co., Lowell, Unas. M'A Dille* 0X6 the only pills to take S rlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. How it Was Settled. The following story ia told of Judge D. M. Key, now retired : A mountaineer, who seemed to be half-witted, waa brought into court, charged with moonshining. "Aro you guilty or not guilty?" asked the judge. "I don't know what yo' mean?" re turned the prisoner. "Didyou or did you not moke liquor without paying license?" ".Course I did. It's good liker jedge," "Well, didn't you know it was wrong?" "'Course not. Pap made it, an* he wer' a gooa man, a preacher." -There was such a vacant look in the man's face that Judge Key believed him to he semi-idiotic. Turning to the district attorney, he iiaid: "I don't know what to do in this case. The man ia evidently non compos mentis." "I'll tell yo', jedge/' suggested the culprit, 'sposin' we jeai let thia thing drap on both sides. " And the case was "drapped." The Lucky Man's Wife. She is never a martyr. She never divulges her methods. She never apologizes for the fool. She leta every one have affairs ol their own. She never describes her n hes and pains. She never dwells on unpleasant rem iniscences. She never communicates any news before dinner. She ia always polite and cordial to the children's friends. Disorder of a temporary nature doos not visibly disturb her. Sheneveer tells her husband any thing of tho least unpleasant charac ter. She never correcta the children in the presence of any person, even tho family. WHAT HEADACHE IS. THE DANGER SIGNAL THAT NATURE GIVES TO WOMEN. It margines That Serions Female Trouble II, Imminent. Most female diseases manifest their presence by a headache. 'S VT.en a dull heavy ache in the head ia accompanied by disordered stomach v bad taste in the ey??, ^rarfns, nsw, retralarity, it lis time to Locate the trcuble and remove it. Wo will tell you right no w that the symptoms indicate posi tively that serious womb trimble ia imminent. Dont let this fearful disease get you in its power. If you are uncertain, write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., giving full symptoms. Your letter will be read, acted upon and answered by one of your own sex, and without charge. Note Mrs. Snyder's letter to Mrs. Pinkham. "Before taking your remedies, day after day I would read the testimonials of women who had been cured by th e use of your Vegetable Compound. " At last I decided to write and tell you my condition. "I had been examined by physicians Who told me that my womb was very large and prolapsed, and alco ?aid there waa a growth on the inside of the womb that must be cut out; menstruations were so painful that I suffered for three days of every month, and to get any months I S. Pink Btable it was impossib le rest. For two used Lydia ham's Veg Compcum.], .Blood Puri fier and Sanative Wash, and now I am entirely cured. I hud suffered niue years, thinking there was no cure for me, and it on ly took five bottles cf your remedies to cure me."-Maa. Ii. -SNTDEB, Trenton Junction, N. J. and WHIS1T habits aired. Book inrrt OPIUM fUL Br. B. B. (.C:>"ET. ATLAST*, Ci. MR. MARKHAM ENRY MARKHAM, M. P., had accepted an invitation from his Y^SPT^s. political friend, Sir v Jw i> GeorgeHoward, to his country house. As the visit was more politi cal than private, Mr. Markham brought his private, and political secretary, John Warrington, with him. An import ant measure was before the House, and a division was expeoted to take place immediately. Sir George rep resented land, Mr. Markham, capital ; and Warrington knew more about bota than either. Besides, Mr. Mark ham was vicariously engaged on a work dealing with bimetallism. War rin ;tou had ideas on the subject, and Mr. Markham believed in these so far that he had decided to put his own ?aue to them* "Warrington," he explained to Sir George, "is a deuced clever fellow. Ho works up my f.peecb.es, ; you see, I am very busy ; and upon my soul, I could not do them better myself." This statement was scrupulously tm?. Mr. Markham and hin secretary achieved immediate and merited un popularity with Sir George Howard's household and guests. Markham was ignorant, ill-bred and arrogant. The secretary was a man of undoubted na tural gifts-he was highly educated and had a tine literary style-but he was looking in the savoir vivre that makes civilization worth while. A strong character, he wau ted that pre cise mental adjustment necessary to those who make the best of life as it is and leavo the conduct of lifo as it ought to be to remote posterity. Warrington's apparent indifference to his own and chief's social failure was pure affection. He was miserable and triud to disguise his emotion by an overdone cynioiBm, and a preposterous interest in bimetallism. Bc worked night and day at~Mr. Markman's book with only an hour off in the afternoon for pistol practico-his sole recreation. Miss Marion Howard, Sir George's daughter and mistress of his house, wat at first civil to tbe private and po etical secretary. It was her duty. Bimetallism she earnestly believed to be a bore, though a harmless one, but when she discovered the bimetallist was also a socialist, she was not snre that she ought not to send for the police* The secretary's fate was serle J. Henceforth there -.mst be a gnat taboo. Warrington was a dan gerous character. But tho great division was stiM in the future. The dangerous cha: r?cter must perforce be tolerated for the present. A Com mittee of Public Safety was meantime organized. Its President was a pub lic school boy and its action was! worthy of its President. Ono evening the secretary was stroll-1 in j through th s grounds thinking [ about bimetallism and other things. In a dark corner of a shrub-bordered path he stumbled over the out stretched legs of a man lying on the grass. Warrington apologized, but the man was not appeased. His coarso faoe, enormous muscles and whole set up could hardly be mistaken ; he was a price fighter, or should havo been. He would accept no apology. .'I have apologized," said Warring?? ton. "What more do you wan$4*" "I want to know iUjff^von think youreelf a man, you/jf\yafc up yoar fives?" Jr 1 v J "No," ?aid^ajriajjtoa, ??T won?t. Bntm^yoQ whatm do." ^Seput his hand into his L;p pooket and snatched out a short, black ob ject with a barrel, which he pointed at the man's face. "If you advance a single step I'll put a bullet in your skulk" The man fell baok. Thero was a slight movement in the shrubbery. Warrington noticed it, "Observe," he said sharply. "Iou think I oonld not hit you in the head in this light? See me take that branoh off the yow I" He pointed the pi s to i straight at the densest growth of un derwood. There was a hasty scramble and the sounds of tanning footsteps. The pugilist again gave ground. "Go !" said Warrington. "And if ever you molest me again I'll fire first and think the matter over afterward." In the smoking room that evening Warrington was reading and smoking a cigar, when young Charlie Telford, the President of the Committee, ex claimed : "What do you think of a sweep who draws a revolver on an unarmed man?" "That he is a sweep,"came so unan imously it was evident the scene had been rehearsed. Wairington did not appear to hear. "Wlbat do you say, Warrington?" Telford asked, pointedly. "lt depends," replied .the secretary, "upon what tho unarmed man was do ing-or going to do. If he was inof fensive the man with tho gun was a criminal ruffian." "Suppose the nnarmod man was of fensive?" "Then the man with tho gan wa3 an ass."; "For what?" "For not firing." "Oh, indeed I Perhaps, under tho same circumstances, you would havo fired." "Why. certainly." .That's curiotfs," broko in two or three. "For they say that you your self were molested this evening and that you didn't fire. " .*1 was molested as^jou soy, nut it wasu'i neocssary to fire, fortunately for me, as I had not got a gun." "We won't hagglo over the word gun. It is certain you had a pistol." "Oh dear, no," said Warrington, knocking the ashes off his cigar. "I had only a pipe case." Tho subject was dropped, and with it the private secretary. When Miss Howard received the report of the committee she laughed immoderately. So they had had their trouble for nothing. At the same time tho girl did not forgive the secretary certain sins of omissiou. He had treated her from the first with marked indiffer cuoe. Still she was glad of tho over throw of the committee. She wanted to be her own executive. Miss Howard told her best girl friend that nhe began to hate the sec retary heartily on his own merits. ['s SECRETARY She often met him as he was entering or leaving the castle for his daily walk. When shu was wearing a new o:: particularly attraotive gown she was certain to meet him. This co incidence was without exception. The secretary's tired fuco began to bright on as she passed. Her antipathy was really loss violent than she had de scribed it to her friend. But he was still oontumaoious. He had not yet bent the knee and did not seem likely to do so. Mr. Markham's visit was nearly over. The last evening had come. A skating party had been improvised. All the guests, except the seore*ary, were on tho ice ; a lake fi vo miles over a lonely moor. Warrington went there, too, but only to look on. He did not oare to join the skaters. They did not care either. One, perhaps but. that would' anticipate. As the evening advaaced snow began to fall. It came gently at first,'and the skaters enjoyed it. It made them white and picturesque. It dulled the sharp ring of their skates into a muffled rumble as they -sped over the fast coating ice. lt clung in delightful little frosty filaments to the eyelashes of the girls and whitened the mustaches of the men. It was grand. Then tho snow king changed his mind suddenly. Ho sent forth hie tempost in a moment. The little fleecy flakelets were followed by blinding drifts. Darkness covered tho land and an impenetrable snowfall the skaters. Racing blindly for the lake shore they found banks here and there in detached groups ; sometimes three or four together, hand in hand ; often one by one, blinded, dazed, de moralized. The 6eoretary sat on a tree stump by the bank and watched, careless of his snowy jacket. The thing interested him-nothing more. He told himself that he did not care a straw if the whole party, man, woman and child, perished in the drifts. Still he waited persistently. He did not tell himself for what. At last he arose. Just then a muffled hum of a pair of skates sounded far ont on the ico. The sound waxed louder and fainter alternately. Like the traveler in a primeval forest who has lost his way, this skater was moving in a circle. Let him circle till he perished. She must now be well on the way to the castle. But-duty 1 Warrington put his two hands to his mouth and sent a deafening shout across the ice. A faint cry answered back. He shouted again to indicate the direction. Then he heard tho sound of skates plowing through the deepening snow straight for him. The sound swerved to the right. "Tho way," W rrington roared from the shore. In ten second isa Howard fell ex hausted into his It was impossi ble to keep tb ow off her. He could only wait TX &e had reoo vered breath, and then i 'ao?t a word of apology he took K up in his arms and carried her to tuc partial shelter of a belt of underwood. The cold be came intense. Warrington soon saw that before she had even recovered^ strength the girl's circuJ^Jh^j^gTn^ nin8 down. ShorffitfaThfl kopi moving ?j^h$-Syonla freeze to death. She fas already half asleep. Fortunately he had a small flash of brandy that the housekeeper of the castle had pressed upon him when he started. He forced eome drops into the girl's lips, and, when she partly revived, said sharply : "Now the ni Marchi" "I cannot move a step. I am faint. I cannot breathe. This awful snow I" He shook her roughly. She would not stir. He hardened his heart and struok her in the faca with bis open hands. She only moaned and hid her head upon his shoulder. He tried to cover her from the awful downfall whioh momentarily increased. Then, failing in this, he burst out passion ately : "Listen to me. Where oro your friends gone? Why have they deserted you? (They had not really missed her.) Do you hear me? I am going to stand by you. And won't you even try to move?" "I cannot, save yourself," she moaned. 'No; I am not that sort. Now then?" He raised her in his arms and slowly plodded through tho snow. He had tramped that pathway often and knew it well. Bat tho snow was terrible. Down it came, thickening every minute. It beat him soon. He was knee deep in it-and ho was off the track. When he discovered this by the uneven footing underneath the deep coating he stopped. Warrington was no coward. But his heart failed him. He was physically incapable of carrying the girl farther. No shelter was near. The girl herself was abso lutely exhausted. Ho appealed to her again. "Could you not try to walk a bit just to rest me? I can do no more. Do try." "What's ibo good of trying?" she answered feebly. "It is impossible. Why don't you leave me? I want to sleep. I want to die." "That's whore the trouble is. I don't want you to die." Again he struggled forward. Some shelter must be at hand. Somo help must bo near. If neither ore nor other-well, he could take a leaf from the book of the dainty little patrician ho carried in his weary democratic arme. . He, too, could die ganae. And so ; forward I The snow was worse than ever. The girl by a great effort aroused herself and said : "You have done enough, too much, am sorry I have not quite under stood you. I know you now. Good bless you. Savo yourself. I asked you before." "I will not eave myself," ho oried hysterically. "I will not leave you. j will fight on." But he was dead beat. The girl flucg herself from his arms saying ; "Together then." Hampered by her dress the exertion of forcing her way through the drifts was terrible. Hie courage gave her strength. The end came soon. They faced euch other si lently ; each waiting for th; other to speak. Then the niau said quietly: 'The snow must bo clearing o!F or weare in the lee of something-sjmc shelter." ' 'God grant it," said the woman. "I noticed it, but feared it might not be true." They could not see a yard ahead. An o t h er'effo r t then ! After a few steps they were brought up by a wall. It must be an outbuilding of some farm house. They found the door; they were saved-for the moment. The house, a mere cattle shelter, was for tunately nearly full of hay. He twisted a firm wisp and brushed her skirts olear of snow. She must have perished if the thiok coating had been allowed to thaw and drenoh her. Ee wrapped her up in a heep of hay and induced her to swallow a fow more drops of brandy. Then ho incontinently fin ished the flask himself. Qoing to the open doorway of tho shelter he stood on guard. As the night wore away, the snow gradually ceased. The moon at last shone out. To his surprise Warring ton recognized the locatity-a hillside halfway between the castle and the I reotory where Miss Howard's married sister lived. She was asleep when he went to her. He awoke her gently. She was now well rested and almost strong. "So we can get back to the castle before daybreak?" she asked anxious ly. "No," ho answered. "We can make the rectory-not the castle." "Why not the castle?" "There are various reasons," he said quietly. She would not argue with him ; "he had saved her life. They started for the rectory, and now that they had sufficient light to avoid the deeper drifts, reached their destination with out much difficulty. They rarely spoke during tho journey. "Not that way," Warrington inter posed sharply, as Miss Howard was making for the hall door of the rec tory. He wrapped his handkerchief round his right hand and broke the glops of a ground floor window. "This will serve better," he said, as he un fastened the clasp and threw up the sash. "Let me help you." He took the girl up in his strong arms and set her in the room. The wind was rising ; the fitful moonlight failed; snow be* gan to fall' again. "Good-night," he said, softly; "and I hope you won't be anything the worse-" She seized his outstretched hand and held it fast. "Were are you go ing?" "Going! Oh, going, in the first place, to lose myself in the snow again." "For what purpose?" "3o that, don't you see? when I find my way again I will bo at the cas tle, you here. That-that cattle shel ter business is all a myth. I say so who should know. You see now?" There was a pause, and then the girl said with a slight sob : "You ore sure you will find you woj to the castlo?" "Oh, yes, sure enough, and not verj particular whether I do or not." "You must be not only porticalor, but certain. Else-" "Else what?" "I go with you. I know what it means, but I will go-unless you promise to find your way to the castle and-" "How much more?" "To come back to-morrow or-" She kissed him on the lips. He forgot the piercing cold, the merciless snow. He took her face in bis be numbed hands and drew it dose to him again. * 'Do you mean- it?'' ne asked, in a trembling voice. **Yea, with all my heart." "Thun I promise," - ^ He tamed from her and set his against the storm. Soon he out of her sight into the snow. "Ho will come tb-morrow, "jjfce B&i?t in a low, happy voioe.-Jghiok and White. lenco in Persia. The squalid, shabby appearance of Shiraz is not improved by the delapi dated ramparts of dry mud which sur round it. Its very ruins are evidence of the apathy reigning among its de generate inhabitants. Incessant earth quakes have destroyed whole streets of houses, but no one takes the trouble to rebuild them, and the population was once nearly double what it is now -40,000. The climate of Shiraz is delioious, but dangerous. To a new-comer tho air feels dry, pure and exhilarating ; but Shiraz is really such a hot-bed of disease that it has been christened tho "Fever Box." The dreaded Shiraz fever, which has proved fatal to eo many European?, tu say nothing of natives, is a result of the miasma arising from tho surrounding plains after their annual inundation. Medi cal science is at a very low ebb in Per sia ; purging and bleeding are the two remedies most resorted to by tho na tive hakim. If these fail, a dervish is ' called in and writes ont charma or forms of prayer on bits of paper, which are rolled up and swallowed like pills. Persian surgery is, I am told, not much better. In oases of amputa tion tho limb is simply hacked off by repeated blows of a heavy chopper. In the case of fingers and toes a razor is used, the wound being dipped into boiling oil or pitoh immediately after the operation. -Outing. About Silk. All moths produce some form of silk. Tho silkworm is liable to over 100 diseases. Silkworm eggs are about tho size of mustard seeds. The French introduced seri-onlture ! in Louisiana in 1718. In the year 1600 the manufacture of silk began in England. In 1840 th? silk factories of Prussia employed 14,000 operators. The product of silk in Connecticut in 1839 was five tons of raw silk. The Supreme Judges of tho United States wear gowns of black silk. There are frcm eight to ten species of silkworms in this country. Germany manufactured in 1887 G, 800,000 pounds of silk. Henry VIII, was tho first English King to wear a pair of silk stockings. In 1711 tho first regular silk mill in England was put in operation at Derby. In 1718 the first patent was taken out in England for the manufacture of silk. In 1861 six new speoies of silk worms were undergoing development in France._ A Goat Leads the Flock. In Switzerland and other mountain ous countries the goat loads long strings of animals daily to and from the mountains, but it is in South Africa that it is regularly kept and employod as a leader of flocke??! sheep. Should a blinding storm of ruin or hail drive tho silly 6heep before it, or cause them to huddle together in a corner, so as to suffocate each other, the trained goat will wake them up, and by n method best known to him self will induce them to follow him to ; a place of safety. Convalescent. The fever went at the tarn of the night, She lies like a lily white and still, But her eyes nre full of the old love-light; She'll live, if it be God's will. God's will, bad lt been to snatch ber away, We bad bowed, we had knelt, wo had kissed the rod, Bat His own dear will bids oar darliag stay, And wo, we jost than - God. -Harper's Bazar. Blackbird's Song. Sweetheart, I ne'er may know, No ver may see; White is the blossom snow Green is the lea; , Still the stream sings of you, All tho wood rings of you Sweetheart, oh sweetheart mino, Where can you be! True love I ne'er may meet AU the world through, Dim is the dawn, and sweet, Deep is the dew. Li-tou- oh lost and dear! Come-for your love is here, Here in the hazel wood, Waiting for you. -Bosamund Marriott Watson. Pilgrimage. I oount hot life by length of years A harping drone of weary notes B?t by this rosary of tears And glowing hours and greater thoughts. And crystal truths tn silence sought By alchemy of common things. And In this rosary Inwrought, Which at my pilgrim girdle swings By every gentle air that blows With muslo from some tender string, As pioneering Fancy goes Through lonely lands adventuring, For these the highest God I praise, As living hours and unalloyed, Content that all mv other days May pass to time's abysmal void. -Thomas Kydd. Unending. There is an end to kisses and to sighs; There ls au end to laughter and to tears; An end to fair things that delight our eyes, An end to pleasant sounds that oharm our .ears, An end to enmity's foul libeling, And to the graoious praise of tonder friend, There is an end to all but one sweet thing To love there is no end. That warrior carved an empire with his sword; The empire now is but Uko him-a name; That statesman spoke and by a burning word Kindled a nation's heart into a flame: Now naught ls left but ashes, und we bring Our homage to new men; to them we bend, There is an end to all but one sweet thing To love there ls no end. AU beauty fades away, or else, alas! Mon's eyes grow dim, and they no beauty see; The glorious shows of nature pass and pass; Quickly they come, as quickly do they flee. And he who hears the voice of welcoming Hears next tho slow, sad farewell of his friend, There is an end to all but one sweot thing . ' To love there ls no end. -All tho Year Around. Tho Season. The spring never comes to tho city; In vain on its slate and stone Tho wide warm waves of the south wind With their message of lifo are blown. We hear no tumult ot bird song In the sunshine after the showers. And tho smoky noon's ne'er haunted With the charm of the bursting flowers. But out where her steps are welcome, Her brooks are all In tune,- * - And all day long to the blossoms Ton can hear the south wind croon. The bluebirds chirp and twitter, And blithe from the poplar's crest, The robin sings tn the twilight HisBongs to the golden weat I know* that the spring is about me, And fain I would up and away From the dizzy whirl to the country, Where beauty and peace have sway; Where the village girls are braiding Wild flowers by the shady stream, And tho drone of the sleepless city Is a half forgotten dream. -P. Mc Art har. The Other One. Sweot little maid with winsome eyes That laugh all day through tho tanglod bair. Gazing with baby looks so wiso Over the arm of the oaken chair, Dearer than you ts none to mo, Dearer than you there can bo nono; ?inco in your laughing face I seo Eyes that tell of another ono. Bore where the firelight softly glows, Sheltered and safe and snug and warm, What to you is the wind that blows, Driving the sleet ot tho winter's storm? Bound your head the ruddy light Glints on the gold from your tresses spun, Bat deep is the drifting snow to-night Over the head of another one. Hold me olose as you sagely stand, Watching the dying embers shine; Then shall I feel another hand That nestled once in this band of mine; Poor little band, so cold and chill, Shut from tho light of stars and sun, Clasping the withered roses still That hide the face of the sleeping one. Laugh, little maid, while laugh you may, Sorrow comes to us all, I know; Better perhaps tor her to stay Under the drifting robo of snow. Sing while you may your baby songs, Sing till your baby days aro done; But oh, the ache of the heart that longs Night and day for the other one! -Harry T. Peok, in the Bookman. Bogus Manic Syrup. The wooden nutmeg of Conneotionc may or may not have er.isted, but there seems to be no doubt that an enterprising oitizen of Marcus, Chero kee County, Neb., has discovered a process by which an imitation of Ver mont maple syrup that cannot be de tected is made from corn cobs. Time WSB when oom cops weie thrown on the compost heap. Then the manufacturer of cob pipes gave what had been refuse a com mercial value that in some seasons has exoeeded the value of the grain itself. The Omaha Bee devotes considerable space to this newest development of the "industrial resources of our great State." The process is a jealously guarded secret, but a sufficient num ber of capitalists have been found to form a company to go into the manu facture of the new artiole, "samples of which are now in the hands of the leading confectioners and syrup job bera of the country."-New York Journal.__ A Wheel of Ice. The wheel of ioe below the Lewiston (Me.) falls is the mostourious freak in the local history of that ever-changing falls. A combination of winds, water currents and cold formed a huge circle of ice, almost 200 feet in diameter, as smoothly trimmed and as correot a cir clo as though made by art of man. It had quick water all around it, and moved about on its centre, making a trip once in twenLy minutes, as near ly as could be estimated. Largest Prune Orchard. Tho largest prune orchard in the world is said to be located at Los Gatos, on the western edge of the Santa Clara valley, Cal. It contains nearly 50,000 trees, covering about 380 acres. A hundred workmen and as many horses are constantly employed on this farm, which is provided with its own water works and electric light plant. New York Post, GEMS OF THOUGHT. The weakest living creature, bj con centrating his powers on a single ob ject, can ao oom pli sh something; the strongest, bj dispersing his over many, maj fail to accomplish anything. Carlyle. There will be a harrest from every sowing. Not one grain of the holy seed of love can ever be lost. The life maj sink awaj and seem to have per ished ; but from its grave will oome an influence which will be a blessing in the world.-J. B. Miller. The life that has not known and ac cepted sorrow is strangelj crude and untaught. It can neither help nor teach, for it has nover learned. Tho life that has spurned the lesson of sor row, or failed to read it aright, is oold and hard ; but the life that has been disciplined bj sorrow is courageous and full of gentle and holj love. Anna Bobertson Brown. Consider sweetuess of temper and activitj of mind, if tbej naturally be long to jon, as talents of speoial worth and utility, for which jon will have to give acoount. Carefully watch against whatever might impair them ; keep them in continual ezeroise, and direct them to their highest ends. William Wilberforce. It is possible to be superior to the thousand pettj anxieties which each daj would thrust upon us, to over come the frictions and irritations of business and domeatio experience, and to expel from our griefs their bitterest element. But it can be done onlj bj living persistentlj in the higher ranges of our nature.-Philip Moxom. "To suffer and be silent, that is a di vine art. There ia weakness in the ex cessive craving for sjmpathj. You think that jon are having a harder time than jour neighbor, from whose lips no complaint ever eecapes; but if jon knew what his lot is you might deem yourself fortunate in comparison I with him.-The Watchman. A Peculiar Bird House. . On the northern slope of Mt. Tamal pais, in plain sight of one of the nu merous trails leading up from Boss valley, is one of the most interesting looking bird-houses to be found any where. The miniature house itself is not so unusual looking, but its position is fo strange, one involuntarily asks, "How did it get there?" The tiny structure is fastened to the top of one of the highest pine trees in the vioinitj. The tree is dead, and perhaps has been for some time. The top is at least seven tj feet from the ground. The trunk is verj slender, and even if the tree were joung and springj it would not support a man so that he could climb at the top and nail the bird-house in place. How long the bird-houso has been in its present position is another ques tion hardly possible to answer. It looks weather-worn, but seems to be in good condition otherwise. The sup ports that fasten it to the tree are ap parently strong enough to hold it in its present position for a long time. Nobodj living in the vioinitj knows anjthing about the origin of the bird house. Some saj it has been there for twentj jears, and others saj onlj a short time. There seems but one so lution of the waj in which it got into -ite-pteoontribfty" posityO??paTfd that is" that a number of jears ago, when the pine tree was jounger, another tree grew close to it, up which somebody climbed and fastened the bird-house in -ftk&j. The'ijeti ?fntt waa mied aa av ladder was afterward cut down. The quaint old structure on its lofty perch always seems to have tenants.-San Francisco Call. A Luncheon. Bobby- Mamma will a pieoe of hot mince pie give one bad dreams? Mamma-It will, Bobby. Bobby-Well, I had a whole lot of bad dreams last night without any hot mince pie. Cau't I have a piece now to make up for them?-Truth. Similar Proceeding. Wickwire-Somotiraes I think it would be a good idea if a man could be treated like a horse-shot when he gets too old to work. Yabsloj-It is prettj near that waj now. When a man gets too old to work he is fired.-Indianapolis Journal. An Idle Scavenger. The bowels act tho part of & scavenger, Inas much as they removo much of tho debris, tho waste effete matter of the system. Wheo i hey grow idle, neglectful of duty, it is of the utmost Importance that they should bc Im pelled to activity. IIoRtettcr's Stomach Bit ters effects this desirable object without strip ing them like adrastic purgative. The Bitte? ls also efficacious for malaria, bilious, dys peptic and kidney trouble. It is better to swap a little popnlarlty some times for a good conscience than to dwarf your conscience for a little popularity. If you novo tried Do) ?bin?' Floating-Dorn* Boop you have decidod to u?0 it all tho time, li you haven't tried lt you owe it to yourself to do so. Your erocer has it, or will trot it. Be sure that wrappers aro printed In red. Don't ncarlect to cnt back tho plants that have boon in your .. Indow all winter. Dr. Kilmers SWAMP-ROOT care? ali Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation fr?e. laboratory Binghamton. N. Y. A woman who does not love flowers lacks something in her make np. "BHOWK'S BnoKcniAL Tnocnra are unri valled for relieving Coughs, Hoarseness and all Throat Troubles. Sold only in boxes. Metaphors are 1 ko fireworks: they are or namental, but thoy need careful handling. "Thc Wooden Hen." Tho Illustration shown herewith is smal I lo size, but really large when wo oonsider that the "Wooden Hen" is no larger than a livo ben, yot has double the capacity. It weighs only fifteen pounds, hasacapaolty of twenty eight eggs, and while not a toy, ls just as amusing, besides being instructivo as well. Wo suggest that avery reader ot this write Mr. Geo. H. 8tahl, Qulnoy, Ills., and esk for a copy of his handsome little booklot "A," describing tho "Wooden nen;" also hts largo catalogue of the Modol Excelsior Incubator. All sent fro?. Mention this papor._ It Never Fulls. Tvncr's Dyspepsia Remedy has been on the market for savcral years, and tho universal verdict is that it never fails to accomplish its work. It is a rottd ana officient remedy for all stomach and bowtd diseasos. Its nso does not interfere with business or pleasure, but odds to both. Nearly all diseases are caused by indigestion. Stop lt and your health will bo perfect. A few doses of Tvner's Dyspep sia Remedy will do it. Price 80 cents per bot tle. For salo hy all druzpl-ts. Take Parker's Ulnger Tonio Home With you. It will exceed your expectations in abating colds, and many ills and aches. lase Plso's Curo for Consumption both In my family and practice.-Dr. f?. W. PATTIB 60.V, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 0,1894. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teothlng. softens the /urns, reduc?s Inflamma tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. 23c. a bottle. FITS stopped ree by DH. KMNB'H ?HEAT NERVE RESTORER. Vo fitsaftor flrstday's nw. Marvolous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline. r31 Arch St.. Philsn Pa, If n filleted with sore eyes nae Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Er ?-water. Drug ?ist? sell at 25c per bottle. His Mathematica Lame, A Scotch tradesman, who had amassed, as he believed, ?4,000, was surprised at his old clerk showing by a balance sheet that his fortune was ?6, 000. "It canna be; count again," said the old man. The clerk did count again, and again declaring the balance to be ?6,000. The master himself counted, and he also brought out a clear balance of ?8,000. Time after time he oast up the columns; it was still a sis,and not a four, that rewarded his labors. So the old merchant, on the strength of his good fortune, modernized his house, and put money in the purse of the car penter, the painter and the uphol sterer. Still, however, he had a lurk ing doubt of the existence of the extra ?2,000; so one winter night he sat down to give the columns "one count more. " At the close of the task he jumped up as though ho had been galvanised, and rushed out in a shower of rain to the house of the derk, who, oapped and drowsy, put his head fro:n an attic window at the sound of the knocker, mumbling: "Who's there, and what d'ye want?" "Ye scoundrel !" exclaim ed his employer, "ye've added tho year of our Lord amang the pooca!" -Minneapolis News. Elevator Passenger Trafile. The New York Evening Post gives eome interesting statisics with regard to the elevator passenger traffic in some of the great office buildings in that city. The Equitable Life Assur ance building, whioh has the largest traffic, has thirty-two elevator?, of whioh, however, only ten are for pub lio use. These carry an average of about 40,000 passengers a day. All the elevators in this building are hy draulic. Each oar uses 500 gallons at each trip and the total consumption of water is about 450,000 gallons an hour. Of course the water is used over and over, being discharged into tacks in the cellar, and being raised again to the roof. In the Mills' building about 20,000 persons are daily oarried in the elevator. " My good man, I never sent for you to tune my piano." "No, madame, it was the people next door. "-Voguo. "In the springtime of the year I j always take your Sarsaparilla as I j ' ' find the blood requires lt, and as a | O blood purifier it is unequalled. Your j ( > pills are the best in the world. I I ( I used to be annoyed with." # www-w....J season in the same way. poet breaks out in about while more prosaic people of the body. It's natural, season. It is the time wh< work to tho surface. It take the purest and most rer's Sai Ay< # This testimonial wi 1 be found hundred others. Free. Address: J. < * WALL-PAPER FREE . Would bo dearer than ALABAflrTJJiE, which does sot require to be taken ?lrfir1 renew, does not harbor germs, bat destroys them, and any one can bruah At on. Sold by all paint dealers. Write tor card with samples._._: AUBflSTIHE CO.. 6raatl Bagids. Mlci. Cotton. With careful rotation ol crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The application of a proper ferti lizer containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ing not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific against "Rust." Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars l>oom ktg special fertilizers, but arc practical works, contain i g the results of latest experiments ia this line. Every cotton farmer should have a copy. They are lent free for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS, Ss Nassau St.. New York. TILES AND GRATIS. OIL SHOVES. Send for Prices. lid & Belli ATLANTA, QA. OSBORNE'S AND ? School Of SiiortlirtJicl AUG UNTA. CIA. . No text books used. Actual business from J tr ot ent?rine. Boniness papers, collat* cumnuf aa I eoodi used. Send for b.mdtomoir illcsuatal e?t? logue. Board cheaper than in any Sinthern cur nirrUTe Promptly procured and sold. PATtNIO Writo for pamphlet. Allabout it Ckoadl^, CkOBdle. * Word, Klwr Ba?lela*, ilUoato. A__ N. U.Fourteen, '90. Walter Cocoa ii Cocoa chemicals. WALTEI Plllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllll I Get Well and many other dis S The genuine yon can tell by the i Brown Chemical < nilHHIHI lill HI ?ll i IP IUIIIIIII lill llJIIIlflll New Jacket* The new features in Jackets for young ladies are strapped seams and small pearl buttons. On the strap ex tending down from the shoulder on the sleeve, there will be a dozen small pearl buttons on each of the three straps, and six on the straps pointing upwards from the wrist. The front ia ofosed with hooks on the left side, and two pearl bullet buttons are set eloise together near the top, and two about six inches above the edge below the waist. _ Ammunition Supplies. Wiggles-That was rather shrewd thing tbat the people in the Fifth Street church did with their pastor. Waggles-What was that? Wiggles-Ob, they gave him twenty volumes of the collected sermons of successful preaobers. -Somer ville Jour nal. When Tr?rel!nft Whether on pleasure bent, or baal ness, aka on ovary trip a bottle of Syrup of .Tigs, as lt acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, prevention fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale In 50 cent and fl bottles by all leading druzgists. Manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Company only. It is .-t (rreat deal bet'er to be one /thing and not profess than to profess and not bo. Dearness Cannot be Cored by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one war to cure Deafness, and that is by consti tutional remedie*. Deafness Is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of th? Eustachian Tube. When this tube Bets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or ln> Berfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed >enfhe*s is tho result, and unless the Inflam matj.'-n can be taken out and this tube re? Mored to it? normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases ont of ten are caused b> ctaxrh. which is nothing but an in flame; con 'ition of tho mucous surfaces. Wu will give One Hundred Do lars for any case of Deafness (caused by catai rh) that can not bo cured by Hall'e Catarrh Cure. Send for circu?an*, free. F. J. CHEWFT & Ca, Toledo, 0. arSold by Druggists, 76c. Catarrh can be permanently cured by a pleasant remedy discovered i.nd recently greatly improved by Dr. J. W. Blosser, 53 W. Cain St, Atlanta, Gu., (a Methodist preacher) who has had 20 years1 experience in tho treat men t of this disease. It li smoked in a pipe, but conta'ns no tobacco. He will mail a trial sample free to any sufferer. Pain ls Not Conducir? of Pleasure, especially when occasioned by corns. Hinder corns wlfl plea-o; it r. moves thom perfectly. Poets Break Out f in tho springtime. And a great many who are not ' poets, pay tribute to the The difference is that the the same spot annually, $ break out in various parts Spring is the breaking-out m impurities of the blood ? is the time, therefore, to f powerful blood purifier, rsaparilla. in full in Ayer's "Curebook," with a 2. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hr. Walter WatArman, of No. 24 North Eleventh street, Philadelphia, .writes under dote ot August SI, 1333: "I have always boon a great sufferer from constipation. My livor soeaej to be out of order almost all the lima Besides my face looking yellow. I am forty-two yours old and hare always led an indoor Ufa * Borne timo ago a neighbor of mine suggested that I try RI pa as Tabulas, I did so. I now toko them. I foal better. My bowels act well, and they tell me my color has gotten moro healthy In tho faca ! usually take one Tabulo every day, also one at night boforo geiUng in bod, I have tried most all kinds of rom jdiee. X am confident from the past experi ence that these Tabules have put me on my feet and I would recommend them to anybody who has boca afflicted like ma I write I his without solicitation." Ri pans Tabules aro sold by drag:-tit?, cr br ma U If tho price (SO cen 3 a box) U sent to Tbs iUpani Chomlcal Company, Ko. 10 Spruco st, Now Vorlc. SomiloTlal, io co. it*. EGG8II Strawberries Free! Hf..rn L" j!iom?, therraat e*t layore; P yrnoutb Rocka, tba famine* bon. U Kif* (rom cithei (l.Ol and free gi planta Early Mitchell Ul rawber-7 Earliest and Boat; setting of both 9X0?. a plante fra-. If roo want io lmiTOTO your poultry flacks and garden "na know why chickens p?rbetter than co#s and how iitiswberriea MTS .lector's bi oar fr?* i.lai trated etti Josue tell? noiqoa faute. 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