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Establishing; A Precedent. . "That gas bill is a dollar high? than ever before," he said. "I know it, my dear," she replied. "But you know one of the children was nick and we burned more gas than usual." "Oh, I suppose it can't be helped," he returned, regretfully. "It does seem, though, as if everything was conspiring to bankrupt me. " "Why, a dollar isn't much," she 1 roteste J. "Of course not," he admitted, "but if yon had been paying the gas bills as long as I have you'd realize what it is to establish such a precedent as this. That one bill will put us in a new class at the gas office, and they'll make their estimates upon a new basis. I don't believe they'll ever let us get back to the old figure again. "-Chicago Post._ To Pay a Penalty for Dining is rather hard. Isn't UT Yet how many are compelled to do this after every meal. Dys pepsie., that Inexorable persecutor, nev ceases to torment of its own volition, and rarely yields to ordinary medication. But tranqulUlty of the stomach is in store for those who pursue a. course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This fine corrective also remedies malarial and kid ney complaints, rheumatism, constipation, bil iousness and nervousness. Aberavon. England, has a blind mayor. Quite a number of American dfes seem to be in the same ax. _ Dobbins' Electric Soap has been made for 23 years. Each year's sales have increased. In 1888 sales were 2,047,890 boxe?. Superior quality and absolute uniformity and purity, made this pos sible. Do you use lt? Try lt. An Illinois farmer sold his wife for 910. Wives must be pretty dear in that country. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case ol Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENET <fc Co., Toledo, O. Wo, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per. fecUy honorable in all business transactions and (Inane; ally able to carry out any obligation madti by their Arm. W EST .t TRUAX, Wholesale Druggist?, Toledo, Oho. WALDISG, RINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken internally, act lng directly upon the blood and mucous surf acct of the system. Testimon?ala sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. FITS stopped free and permanently cured No nts after first day's use of DR. RUNE'S GREAT NERVE RESTORER. Free 82 trial bottle and treat ise. Send to Dr. Rllne, 981 Arch St., Phi la., Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Plso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung trouble of three years' standing.-E. CADY, Huntington, Lad., Nov 15,1894. Is misery v^B mi A people wbo have the taint ofs^H ^k-lr blood. For this terrible aifllct^^^^Ws no remedy >?qualto Hoods Sarsaparilla The best-in fact the One-true Blood Purifier. WnnH'e Dill? cure Lirer Ills: casv t0 nvUll 9 nilS take.easy to operate. Sr. Not on the Sight Track. "I'm getting a little weary of this talk about a chainless bicycle," said the park policeman. Don't you think there's anything in it?" asked the man in the golf suit. "There may be," answered the park policeman, "but it certainly is not the crying need of the hour." "Wh?t would yon consider more im portant?" demanded the man in the golf suit. "A voiceless bicyclist," responded the park policeman, and friends of the man in the golf snit noticed that it was nearly fifteen minutes before he yelled at someone to get out of his way, and that it was fully two hours before he again attempted to descant on the beauties of bicycles of any particular make.-Chicago Post. A Horse of Another Color. Deacon Johnson-Do you fink you cood support mah daughter ef yer mar ried her? Jim Jackson-Suttinly. Deacon Johnson-Hab you ebber seen her eat? Jim Jackson-Suttinly. Deacon Johnson-Hab you ebber seen her eat when nobody was watchba' her?-Tit-Bits. THE CHANGE OF LIFE. | - INTELLIGENT WOMEN PREPARE FOR THE TRYING ORDEAL. A Time When Women Are Susceptible to Many Dread Diseases. The anxiety felt by women as tho "change of life" draws near, is not without reason. When her system is in a deranged condition, or she is predisposed to apoplexy, or con gestion of any or gan, it is at this period likely to become active and with a host of nervous irrita tions, make life a bur den. Can and does its de structive work. Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, headache, dread of impend ing evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and in quietude, dizziness, etc., are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period in life where woman's great change may be expected. Thousands at thia critical time consult Mrs. Pinkham, and conduct their habits according to her advice, and with the Vegeta "ble Compound go through that dis tressing time with perfect safety and comfort. Mrs. W. h. Day, of Betts ville, Ohio, says : " When all else failed, Lydia" E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved my life. It carried me through the change of life all right, and I am now in good health. It also cured my husband o' kidney trouble.' to Pl SO'S ! CU Rr FOR r PTION <"> pN9 BEAUTY OF E BY WLfJj M Mrs. Henry Marlin on Monday last became the brido of Johu W. Phi.lips nt the residence of Samuel Colt*. No. -112 West Oao Hundred and Forty-sixth stieet.-Now York Journal, November 27, ISM. tN a cloud of yellow dust the Plumas stage rolled into Big Meadows. It was a long drive and a warm drive from Soda Springe, and the horses were necked with spume, and Old Hanks, tba driver, was very peevish because be was very thirsty. Two tired travelers climbed down from the coach and stretched their limbs and yawned, mcauwhile looking about them in a bewildered sort of way. The time of day was early evening, the mouth was July, and the year was 18G1 ; and Big Meadows was a cross roads resting place for hunters and fishermen iu Plumas County, in Cali fornia. There was a general store in Big Meadows, a log house or two, the Eureka Tavern and a shod for the stage horses. The tired travelers in looking about them saw Johnny Blount, with his arms akimbo, standing in the open doorway o: the Eureka. Johnny kept the tavern aud kept it well, add Old blanks, the driver, had bung his praises into the ears of the travelers at intervals all the way from Soda Springs. Tho venison steaks that.. Johnny broiled were famous noi'only in Plumas, but in alL^u?T~couutie3 round about. "Sniper*are awaitin' ye, gente," "Said Blount with a smile of welcome, as the two passenger walked toward him. "Ye'll fine er place to wash up in ther back room. "From Frisco, I presume?" he add ed inquiringly, as he followed them through the barroom. "Yes," replied the taller of the young men. "My name's Martin Henrv Martin, and Pm from Frico, aU right." "And iniue is Moore-Samuel Moore-and I sell at wholesale down in the city." When lhe young men emerged from the room back of the bar their feces were free from the dn6t of the long ride, and they looked decently respec table, and sat down to the hot supper in the dining room very much re freshed and very hungry. Young Mr. Martin na.l finished his venison when an exclamation oftur pnse from Moore cuused him to look up quickly from his empty plate, and he saw his friend staring madly at a young girl who was entering the room. She was as graceful and pretty as the fawn of a mountain deer. He hair was of deep yellow, like the flowers on the bill near by. and ber eyes were us blue as the clear waters of the trout stream lu the gulch below. The fresh ness and the beauty, and the childlike innocenoe and sweetness of her face fascinated the eyes of the young men, and they quite agreed that she was she prettiest creature they had ever se^n. "As graceful as a sylph," whispered Moore. "And as modest as a nun," echoed Martin. Edith May Blonnt was all that the j young men from Frisco had said ot her, and her father was Viry proud of; her, and if she had been eighteen or twenty instead ot a mere little mis? of i fourteen he would have fretted him self to death over the thought of los ing her, for girls are girls, and they will marry and forsake their poor old fathers, even in the hills and gulches of California. The Biounts had made tho journey i overland three years before all the : way from Maine, where Edith had j been borr., and whero tho friends of her childhood lived in the memory of her. lt must bc remembered that down in Maine she bad a childish sweetheart, a sturdy little chap of twelve years named John Phillips, who lovell her ou ly, of course, MIJDL small brother, and as Boon as he was able to write with pen and ink he sent letters to her-the queerest, littde childish love letters one could im agine; and now three years had elapsed. Edith was fourteen and John was fifteen, and there were three thousand long miles between them. Moore and Martin were at Big Meadows for trout-nothing but trout, and for a week they kept their eyes on the fishing ; but the hearts of both of them were smitten with John ny Blount's little girl-with her hair of deep yellow and her clear eyes of blue. When the time arrived for their de parture young Mr. Moore, perhaps more zealous than his companion, had evolved a plan of the future, wherein little Miss Blount would play no small part. He confessed it all to Martin, anet the proposition he made was as ro mantic as it was honorable and gener ous. He suggested the plan to pay for the education of the girl in a fash ionable seminary, and to trust in time to win her woman's heart and her fair band for his own. Moore was wealthy enough to carry ont his plan ; Martin admitted as much, but further than that he displayed no enthusiasm for the proposition whatever. Moore sat down with Johnny Blount one evening and very frankly and honestly told the t avern keeper of his plan, and he urjred and be coaxed, and he opened up his life to Blount, and his heart as well. Johnny Blount was honest and blunt and poor, and, after looking at all the lights and shadows of the future, he saw a rare chance for Edith, and an education worthy of her grace r.nd beaut}-. He consented finally, and Moore climbed on the down stage the next duy satis fied with himself and tho world -even wilh his friend Martin, who, somewhat chagrined, joined in thc chorus liko a sweet bell out of tuue. In the autumn Edith and ber father went down to San Francisco, taking with them a small leather trunk tilled with the modest frocks of the moun tain maid, together with dried ferns from the gulches, and pressed flowers from the h?ls ?round Big Meadows, aud her bundle of childish Jove letters from^John Phillips back in Maine.and many other mementos of her girlhood davs at Eureka Tavern. IM ?iG MEADOWS, . CLESIEX8. Ibero was an honest welcome for them in the city by the sea, and Mr. Moore's elder sister took Edith home und soon learned to love her as a sister shonld, and though there were tear* in the blue eyes of Edith when her father started back for Big Meadows, she was quite content with tho golden promises of the future, and what the world of books had in store for her. Across the bay in Oakland she found new friends in Miss Marks's school, and met with new delights in the com panionship of her books. The winter passed away much more quickly than it had the previous year at Big Meadows, and when the summer vaca tion came she again saw the hills back of Eureka Tavern that she had learned to love so woll. Then another winter passed even more quickly nt tho Oak land school, and a third winter, end a fourth, and then e rne her graduation - tho crowning epoch of girlhood days. At nineteen Edith Blount was in the fulness of womanly perfection, her childish beauty rouuded, the deep yellow of her hair a queenly golden, her modesty and her grace retained and rarefied. Quito in harmony with tho fate in store for her, she followed then to the altar the mau Whose love and generous heart had made her-a simple mountain maid-hjs_aocijiLaud intellectual equal..._ Moorje-was no longer in trade, for ia Fine street, in the ?tock Exchange, he had become a power, and his for tune had grown until he could well afford the beautiful home he made for Edith Blount on tho brow ot California street hill, in the midst of the palaces built by the gold and silver kings. A score of years they lived a peaceful, happy life, with old friends and new ones to share their joys and the good things a kind world bestowed upon them. A bachelor, with gray in his hair, was Henry Martin, and although he never forgave bia friend Moore for plucking the reddest, prettiest rose in the Golden State, he was a frequent and welcome guest in the house in California street; and Moore, proud of the woman who bore his name, often chided his friend, with an ill concealed chuckle and a poke in the waist coat, on his religious adherence to bachelorhood. "3am Moore, yon old rascal," Mar tin would say to him with a shake of tho finger, "when I find a woman in this world who is the counterpart of Mrs. Moore I will marry, but not be fore." One afternoon in February, 18S7, Samuel Moore entered his home ia California street with a chill upon him. The morning had been stormy, an 1 he had exposed himself to the blasts of a driving rain The servants and the good wife, anxious to a dogroe of alarm at his condition, found their efforts of little avail in arresting the tbe illness that had overtaken him, and his physician was quickly sum moned. When, some days later, the eminent specialists held a consultation at the bedside of thc rich man, they shook their heads gravely, and announced a crisis. In a week Samuel Mooro no longer lived the life that God had given. Three were the years of Edith Moore's widowhood. In the sorrow that came upon her, she found in Henry Martin the goodly staff upon which she leaued. His sy m pathies were with her; his time was hers if she but commanded him, und his heart felt the old beating of his carly manhood. It all seemed so natural, too, that she should wed again-to marry the man who despaired of fiuding her counterpart in any other woman than herself. Thus it came about that the bachelor friend of her dead husband and the acquaintance of- her girlhood days at Big Meadows woed and won her. The gold mines that he owned made Henry Martin a very rich man, and the story of his winnings in the Big Bear Mine is related even to this day, in the San Franoisco marts, as a mod ern instance of what a mountain may bring forth. Biches, however availeth not, says the preacher, and the rugged health of Mrs. Martin she saw slowly drifting away from her, one day in 1892, at the Palace Hotel, where they were living. Fate ordained that she should pass through along and painful illness, and to return therefrom and to becomo woli and strong again waa a part of the great plan of the Maker of fate. Henry Martin, over watchful, ever loving, nursed her through her illness, HS a mother would care for her sick child. Then fate, the weird, unknow- j able fate, again placed a heavy hand upon Henry Martin, and he died sud denly, in March, 1893, of an iliness aggravated by the long and constant watching at the bedside of his wife. In the cemetery ai Mountain View Henry Martin was laid with bis fathers, and Edith of the golden hair, now in her secondfcWidowhood went abroad to travel in strange lands, among strange people, the better that her griefs might be oveicome. When the Normannia turned ber 6harp prow into the North River berth a few weeks since, a tall, soldierly looking man with a gray mustache, stood at the end of the pier, scanning the faces o: the passengers on the promenade deck. There were roses in his cheeks and a youthful sparklo in his eyec * * * At the foot of the gangway he 6tood waiting. She met him with a smile and seized both of his hands. There were silver threads ia her golden hair, aud some lines of care on her pretty face, but she was vivacious and bright-eyed, and buoy ant, and as lively as a school girl. L old Hanks, the stage driver, were still alive, and had been on the pier, he would buvo recognized her very quick ly-Edith Blount, tho beauty of Big Meadows. There are certain old fe Ik?, too, down in Maine, who would have re called in a momeut the brown eyes of the soldierly looking man at the gang ; waxr-thosc Maine folks knew Johnny Phillips too well to erer forget bim that sturdy little chap ot the early sixties, who wrote ohildish love letter? to Edith Blount. . * * They were married the other day in Harlem-were John and Edith-aftet tho long, long years,-New York Jour nal. WORDS OF WISDOM. Self-denial is indispensable to o strong character. ? man is always afraid of a woman who wears classes. A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going. Sow good services; sweet remem brances will grow for them. Suffering often puts into the human voice a tone that seems divine. The man who gives help to another learns how best to help himself. The public mind is educated quickly by events-slowly by arguments. He who thinks his place below him will certainly bo below his place. Health is tho first consideiation after all, for what is wealth without it What makes some men seem like saints when you know they are-not? ? man without enthusiasm is a very poor friend, but he takes good care of himself. Why do you tell mothers about other people's babies when you know they are jealous. A good man linds good wherever he goes, because the good in him brings out good in others. What makes some men uncomforta ble when you say you know a man who drinks and gambles? Because another woman marries a man you know, why does he seem to be afraid of vou afterward? When a man's sins find him out the people begin to look with a great deal of curiosity at his wife to see how she is taking it. Wben a man undertakes to tell you what love is, the chances are that he is in love himself and you can't believe him under oath. ----- --"-' When a-brfdo has been married about Three weeks, she begins to write home for tue old slothes she relus?d to take with her. After a woman has been told that she is fatally ill sho finds some conso lation in planning her death scene, but a man rebels to tho last.-The Sonth-West._ Food ol the California "Diggers." Through the summer the Indians prepared their winter's store, which consisted mainly of dried acorns, need in place of flour or meal ; berries, grasshoppers, grass seeds, fish, nuts, meats and roots of various kinds. The camass was the principal root; it grew in abundance all over California, and is still plentilul in many valleys in the northern part of the State. It is about the size of the little finger, shaped like a sweet potato, and with much of the same flavor. A long, hard winter would causo these Indians, to sutler more or less from privation. While in conversation with an old In dian he said: "Long timo ago, 'fore white mau come, big winter come, In dian no navo enough to eat, lots of Indians die ; my mahala, my little boy dio." Mortars, baskets and flat rocks were their principal utensils for cooking. The mortars were made from rocks of vurious sizes, generally so ne what rounded but never "Uniform. The deep round hole in the center was ground with sharp, rough rocks. lt was a slow process and required pa tience, for it tooic many days of work to complete one largo mortar. These mortors were not only used for cook ing but also for grinding food, when a round stone pestle would be re quired. No household was complete without the large, flat rock, which was generally stationary, and con tained a half dozen or more round holes, varying in depth and diameter, used exclusively for grinding, and of ten surrounded by busy groups of ma hulas.-Appleton's Popular Soienoe Monthly._' Wild Cat .Hill in a Street. Residents near Shamokin, Penn., witnessed au unusual and thrilling sight a few night3 ago, when seven hounds and a big ferocious wildcat fought to a finish right in the main street of the town. The dogs won the battle, but not before two of them? were bitten badly and the other seri ously scratched. The wildcat, which measured thirty three inches in length, wu s a remark ably fine specimen of its tribe. Its claws were as sharp as razors, and its limbs were almost as bard as iron. For several weeks chicken coops in tho neighborhood have been robbed almost nightly. ..nd when a small boy iuformed tl jwners that he had seen a big, " j cat mn into the woods near by with n chicken, n bunting party wa3 orgaui?ied, and several young men, backed up by hounds, lay in wait. As soon as the wildcat appeared, the dogs gave chase end treed the animal. It soon leaped to the ground and made for a larger tree, but was set upon by one of the dogs, which set its teeth m the cat's breast. As the dog and the cat rolled over the ground the other dogs joined in the fray, and the en couraging shoute of the hunters at tracted the women and children of the village. The hunters were afraid to shoot, because their dogs and the oat were badly mixed up. At the expiration of fifteen minutes the dogs were victors. They had almost torn their victim to pieces.-New York Press. Steam Engines vs. .tteu. A well-known Eastern professor cl mathematics has published an estimate of the mechanical foroe which the steam engines of this country could exert. It is supposed, and the sup position is not only based or thc amount of manual labor which wonld necessarily have to be expended on such a gigantic work, but on ali usions of ancient historians, that it nook 10, 000 men twenty years to build the great pyramid. Ono ing?nions :mathe matican figures that the steam engines of the United States, properly manned and supplied with water und fuel, would exert force sufficient to product the same effect, that is to say, ta raist stones from the q-iarry, transport au put them in pla o, in the short space ot forty-three inii'itos. Benevolence Frustrated. II. E. Phelps, who died at Ontario Cal., some mouths ago and left ai estate valued at about $20,0(10, willoi to Pomona College two thir.ls of hi property toward an endowment furn for tue benefit of poor students. Tin laws of California make it illegal foi ouy individual to will mora than i third of his estato for a charitable purpose, and unless Mr. Phelps's lela ti ves allow his wish to be carried on the benevolent desires of the deceasec will be fr tstrated. -Sun Francise Chronicle. One to Love Him. Dark the skies abovo me Never gleam of light; Yet, with one to love me, Sorrow sighs: "Goodnight!" Fortune has not found me Famo was swift to fly; Yet, love's arms are 'round mo, Sorrow says: "Good by!" Heed no sky above you Fear no fall of night; ' These sw^et words: "I love youl" Fill the^rorld with light! -F. L. Stantou. Tho House of Duty. Four walls there were called Duty, aud therein Two mortals dwolt. Ono murmured at bis lot, .'ind cried, "Alns! to languish in this spot, Whore nona but captive souls have ovur buen! Oh, could I but my way to freedom wiu. And 'scape those narrow walls that please me not!" 3o discontent his spirit, he forgot His quiet comrade, toiling there within. The other, busy at his radiant task, Looked up, aaon, and saw the same four wads Expanded to a palace rich and fair. Bright fountains sparkled in its marblo halls, And beams of strange, white glory seemed to bask On milky pillars and on graven stair. -James Buckham. While Snows Are Fulling. The spring timo came -tho spring time went, With shimmering cloud and shiny weather; Tn golden glory June was spent; On hills and fields we roamed together. Wo walked through autumn s purple bazo, The future's dream of bliss foresta'ling, And, shuddering, thought of wlnter-dajv, WithBnows a-falllng. For earth was all so wondrous fair, And heaven smiled down so blue above it, Each wandering breath of bul ?ny air But made us leam anew iolove lt. What wonder if, with all so bri,-ht, Aud wild birds through the woodland calling, We sigh to think of winter's night, . And snows a-falllng. But when at last tho world was dressed lu shining robes of ice-mail gleaming, And cairn white silence lulled to rest The pale dead flowers beneath it dream ing Behold1 we woke to And made true The hope our hearts had been forestalling, And life grew fairer than we knew While snows were falling. _ Ah, well! the days of youth fly fast; Their suns grow aim, their blossoms wither, An 1 all the dreams that made our past Fly fast and fnr, we know not whither; But. when we tread life's wintry slope, We hear again th?dr voices calling, And memory clasps the hand of hope, Wnile snows aro failing. Must Food the Cow. The boy Tom's ali out of sorts, and blue as he can be! His crops all failed this year, and now he's livln' off'n me! Of course, I know what made 'em fall ! Ho's ruu the old farm down; Kept carlin' every blessed thing he ral.su J right into town! He didn't treat thc land a bltl That soon begins to tell The cow won't keep on glvln' milk unless you feed 'er well ! And cousin Henry, up to town, ho's also foelin' blue, ind doesn't seem to have the least idea what to do. He runs the general store, and he says it doesn't pay Well, I cou d tell 'tm what has made his profits leak away; He's just kept on a-: akin' out-not puttln' j in a smell Tho cow won't keep on glvln* milk unless , you feed 'er well ! There's Nephew William, now, who runs tho tavern UD to town; Why, bo makes money right and left-they can't keep William down! Thc folks he hires ha) to bo the best tbat miy b < had! ? He buy3 vho best of everything-the cheap, ho says, is b id! And so be's got the trade, you see, to make his wallet swell Tho cow won't keep on givln' milk unless you feed 'er well ! And I have noticed that the men who always seem to be The highest up in business are the very ones ; ? ho see Tba-, if you want to hold your trade or spread it out a blt, Iou can't just sit around and keep forever robbin' it. 'Tis all the same the wide world o'er, no matt er where you dwell, To make the cow koep givln' milk you've got to feed 'er well ! ? -Cleveland Leader. The Sweetest of Memory's Bells. Wild is tho way through tho woodland, but there are the sweet fields of clover The bighing, cad pines and the jassnmtne vines and tho rill that leaps laugh ingly ovor The lilies that rim lt-: he shadows that dim 1'; and there, winding winsomely swoi-t, In the path that still leads to the old home through rivery ripples of wheat! j And bark! 'tis tho song of tho reapers, and 1 know by its jubilant ringing There ls gold in the gleam of the harvest and love In tho hearts that are singing; And still as of old to the either its music mellifluous swells, And the wind that sighs westward ls sway ing the sweetest of memory's bells! Lot me pass through the wheat and the olover-O men and roso-maidens who reap! I, who come from the sound of the cities, like a child to its mother would creep: For through long years of tears and of toiling, like harbor-bells over the foam Tour voice far winging and ringing were Binging me-singing me home! And now, from the pain and the pleasure from the sorrow and singing I flee Like tbe birds when the storm-winds are blowing -like the ships seek the haven from sea! And I laney tho violets know mo in gardens of beauty and bliss; And do not the red roses owe me the peace of the prodigal's kiss? The sun is still bright at tho portal; there the love-light all radiant shines; Heart! heart! there's a face wo remember in the tangle and bloom of the vines! Far off the glad reapers are singing-far off In the rivery wheat. And the arms of a mother aro dinging, and the kiss or it mother is sweet ! -F. L. Stanton, in Ladles' Home Journal. Do Teas Improve With Agc! ; "I have satisfied myself that the im pression which many have that teas improve with age is a mistake," ob served the buyer for one of the large hotels, "and I think I oan demonstrate it to any one who will take the trouble to look into it the least bit. Another thing I haye found out, and that is it is economy to look at tea before buy ing it. There is a great deal of broken and dusty teas oi teas with dead leaves thrown upon the market, and it is poor economy to buy them, though oc casionally the price on them is some what reduced. Those that show black, infused leave?, or stalks that float ou the surface of the infusion, should not be purchase."}. They cannot be de pended upon either for flavor or taste. Particular people are more particular about tea then anything else served at a hotel, and I assure you it requires that every precaution shall be takcu to keep some guests. I am somewhat cranky myself on tea, and when I can get good tea for the same money I have tu pay for a second grade of the 4 me tea, I prefer to get the best at the same irice."-Washington Star. "OOD'3 WITH THE COUNTRY STItt* It's the same round sun as it heaves ls sight The same blue sky o'er the hill; So, a song by dny and a song by night, For God's with the country still ! It's the same sweet moon, with the same soft ltsrht, And the stars their splendors spill; Bo, a sonf? by day and a song by night, For God's with the country still ! It's the same old world, with its rosy round", And the same sweet song bird? trill; And the storm winds blow, but tho rosos grow; For God's with tho country still. -T. F. Stanton, in Chicago Times-Herald. FITH AND POINT. When there is much to bo said on both sides, there is seldom anything omitted.-Puck. Teacher-"How old are you, Wil lie?" Willie-"I'm five at home, six at school and four in tho cars." Washington Times. One of our builders was asked the other day if a house of bis erected was his last. "Yes," he said, "my last, | but not leased."-Tit-Bits. LIVPS of wheelmen all remind u?, We may make ourselves sublime, And in scorching loaves behind us The policeman ?very time. -Truth. I Leading Him On: He-"Would your mother let you go to the theatre without a chiperone?" She -"Not unless I was engaged."-Brooklyn Life. Mrs. Slowpay (enthusiastically) "Isn't my now bonnet a poem?" Mr. Slowpay (regarding tho unpaid bill) - "Yes, dearest, an extended owed." Philadelphia Call.' "Dearest, if I were far, far away, could you still love me?" "Why, Reggy, what a question ! I'm sure the farther you wore away the better I should love you.."-Boston Traveler. Supercum Flop-"What do you isppesa Edgar Salt us means by speak ing of a girl as a 'perfect rhyme?' " Supercum Flip-"I don't know, un less she was averse to him."-Harlem Life. "This prosperity yawp in all tho newspapers is making ali kinds ot trouble for me." "How so?" "Well, I'd like to know what kind of a song and dance 1 can give my landlord this month."-Detroit News. "i've quit selling bicycles on the installment plan," said the dealer to on applicant. "Why's that?" "Our machine is of such a superior quality that we are never able to catch the fellows that owe us."-Detroit Freo Press. Spats-"I was introduced last night to Soho's wife, and she has a wonderful command of language." Socratoots -"She ought to have for she won the first prize in a word building competition." - Pittsburg News. Mamma-"Bobby, I heard you were a very naughty boy to day. Now tell me all about it." Bobby (with a sudden access of modesty) - "Teacher says it isu't polite to talk too muon about yourself."-Harper's Bazar. Unanswerable: Pat-"I tell yon the ould frinds are always the best, after all, and I can prove it." Denis - "rlow?" Pat- "Where'il you find a new friend that has shtoo l by you as long as the ould ones have?"' Cleveland Leader. Daddy-"You must go to school regular or you won't learn nufEn." Cuine-"Did you go regular?" Daddy -"Yes, indeed. I never missed but one day." Cuttle-"I wundo ef you'd have known enny moro thin you do ef you had gone thet day?"-Harper's Bazar. "Are these cakes better or worse than those your mother use I to make?" asked Mr.". Newly-Wedd. "Well, according to the marriage eer vice, that's what I took you for," re plied Mr. Newly-Wedd, in noncommit tal fashion.-Philadelphia North American. Enormous Grizzlies in Alaska. H. J. Burling, who is identified with the salmon industry of Alaska as the owner of cn extensive canniog plant at Karluk, K ad ink Islam!, is among the arrivals at tho Palace Hotel. Mr. Barling brought down with him from Karluck somo of tho largest bearskins ever seen in San Francisco. One of them, a perfect and unblemished skin of an enormous grizzly, measures twelve feet from tip to tip, and to gether with several other peltry of almost equal size it forms an inter esting exhibit suoh as is not to be seen every day in l^an Francisco. Mr. I Barling ha? a marvelous tale to ro?ate ' of a native's way of killing a bear. It is this : j "There are many grizzlies on Kadiak lulaud," he said, "as well as a large number of cinnamon bears. I was 1 cruising around in a launch in an un I frequented oove one day when I spied I two imn use grizzlies not very far up , the creek. They were so large that I ' did not care to go after them, hut , when I got back to Karluk I communi cated the fact to an Indian who en joyed the reputation of being one of ; best bear hunters in that section. 'All right,' he said. .Wall, you had better hurry up,' I told him, 'because those bears won't Btay there very long.' 'I j ask mammy,'was his brief rejoinder, j He was hf ty-two years old, but he had ' to ask bis mother. She was the oldest woman in the village, and her opinion carried a great deal of weight. Pretty soon he started cross country after the bears. Some of the natives of Kadiak use firearms on their hunting expedi tions. This fellow simply armed him self with a long spear. He greased his head and got to windward ot the animals. Pretty soon he heard a tramping iu the brush, and knew the prey was approaching. He dug a hole ia thegrouud, planted one end of the spear tirmly with tho Doint in the di rection of tho bear and then crouched down. The bear came along and licked the head of tho Indian. With a swift and dexterous movement the native cut a gash in the bear's neck with the sharp spear point. The nDgered animal drew back a few yards and made a rush. Ho impaled himself on the spear and all was over." Mr. Barling has the the pelt of thc animal.-San Francisco Ch?smele. Couldn't Sec the Humor of V. English girls are quite ns destitute of a eenso of humor as are their brothers. A pretty English lady was bicycling down a steep hill and sa?/ a i-heep lying across her path. Tootie horror of htr friends she attempted to jump tho animal. The result was dis astrous, the sheep's feelings were hurt and the bicycle a wreck. "But why did you do it?" askod tho girl's friends. "Why did I do it ! 'she ex claimed, indignantly ; "I run^ my bell as loudly as I could, but the silly crea ture would not get out of tho way." St, LOUM Star. Hints Abont Eating. Persons who live mostly on vegeta bles have the best nerves and the best complexions. The healthiest and purest lives come from those who do not eat meat before they are 15. Potatoes sliced thin and fried are indigestible. They taste delicious, but cause derangement of the liver. Milk is the simplest and most natural food, and if you cannot drink it, your stomach is diseased. Cheese is a good substitute. Cake clogs the stomach; all rich pastiy is poison to the liver, and soft caramels and creams are very bad in spite of the protest of the matinee girl. Ped pepper is an excellent condi ment, and its effect on the liver is re markable. Malaria and intermittent chills cannot endure the presence of red pepper, which should be upon every table. For old persons to eat buckwheat cakes and syrup, white bread and but ter, sugar and fat meat is suicide. Let them food on cracked wheat, potatoes, barly cakes, fish, rye bread or south ern crop cakes. Incurable. Old Lady-Poor fellow! I suppose your blindness is incurable. Have you ever been treated? Blind Man-Yes, mum; but not very often. 'Tain't many as likes to be seen going into a public place with a blind beggar.-Answers. HOW TO FJNI> OUT. Fill a Lotti? with urine and let lt stand twenty-four hours, a sediment or settling Indicates a diseased condition of the kidneys. When your urine stains your linen lt is evi d< nt you have kidney trouble. 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