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KATY Dlfil I sent not* to Katy, and wu waiting her reply; Bat the carrier want hta ? ?*?! roumU and alwajf pa wad ma by. Tba shades w?r? gathering tblokar, and the ran hung very low, I waa lying in the hammock and waa swinging to and fro; And I aakad myaalf the question, "Did aba annwr ?- rr i.?r* And in tba leafy mapla a little Insert hid. And declared as though ha knew it, "Katydid." And aha did. 1 finally received It, and I grasped it with a start. Did it contain an arrow or dagger to my heart? I hastened to my chamber, very nervous, I confess; I tore the letter open and beheld tho fond Address, But 1 burned to know the answer. Did sho tell me "Yes?" And in the leafy maplo a little Insect hid. And declared as though ho knew it. "Katydid." And she did. ?Jay Kaye, in Overland Monthly. TOM'S BARGAIN SL fjn|wfnfi room, simply hut. Hegant'y furnished, right nwny to the kitchen, where everything shone ngnin. And Torn had got everything together in eighteen mouths, too, when the luck had changed and his ' writing nil at once got to he appreciated. Hut, as Maggie put it, I here was one trilling drawback, consisting of an ?1 cove in the diawiiig room which would , never?no, never look complete without j a piano. "And a piano you shall have," Tom said, looking up heartily from the break- ] fast bacon. "I hnd a good slice of luck , last week which I never expected. You remember that, long love story I wrote three years ago, and which I have sent to pretty well every mngnzlnc in Lon f Ion. Well, Ned Hartley advised 1110 to ( send it to The Woman's Companion, ' where it was accepted. They paid mo 1 ?115 for it,not quit? a half a-crown a page, : but it's better than nothing. Don't yoq think 1 could out a decent instrument for the money'*" Maggie smiled pleasantly. She was extremely fond of music and, being a tnuuuging little soul, e?|U.nly loud of a bargain. It would la- fat better, she said, sapiently, for Tom to. keep his eyes open than to go direct to a maker, by which he might save at least SJMI ol his hard-earned money. "There are lots of them advertised every day," she observed. "(live mo the paper and I will show you what I mean. Now listen to this one." Ipt)R KAf.E ? A bargain, magnificent ' piano. I>y a well known maker; upright grand, overstrung, double elieek aetioo, Nott pedal, steel frame, full caiu|nn, trichord throughout; the property of a lady going abroad, cost C7;'? hut a few months ago; will sacrifice for ?".Y Apply "Huethoven,-' KM (jinnnershury road, (Ireon thorpo I'ark, (le.uipstead, or persouHlly any day this week. Tom nodded approvingly. An instru urent costing but a few mouths ago up ward ot "three-quarters of a century" j to he disposed of for i third of the amount struck him as the very thing 1 e desired. It was a little st ranee. tlmindi bii outside! would liuvu decided, that su valuable a property snouiu n ?vc gone so long hogging, or that the lady going abroad did not get to see the folly of ad vcitisiug icgularly at the rati; of LI pel week. ' 1 tell you what it is," said Tom, "a Gnniicrsbury road is close I'll just walk over there after dinner and interview Mrs. Mfeethoven' personally. It I like the look of the instrument you can come over afterwards and try it." So it was arranged, and Tom retired (o his writing den, where for three solid hours the anticipated purchase was forgotten. There was plenty of work now lor the young writer and journalist, who lor the last live years had found it .? terrible struggle to keep hlmsolf, and tlnd Maggie, who had until recently boon out as a governess, with those trifling luxuries which even the princely salary of a governess docs not afford. Hut the tide had turned now, and although Tom would never Iks a great novelist or brilliant essayist, he earned a comfortable income, which by the cud of the year promises 10 loucn ciosu upon lour | figures. It serins a lot of money, l#ut I | know more tlum one of the quiet olios of | whom the general public have never heard who are doing quite as well. It i? so easy to get a living in literature if you have tli ability and know how to ( set about it?especially know how to set about it, which, perhaps, in the long ! run is better than ability. Hut this secret is only learnt by inucb grief and pain and bitter disappointment. So I'oiii finished his morning's work, and, after dining comfortably, wilked over to (fUnntTslniry road, a pleasant, 1 semi-genteel street, with little houseq J uli hearing a strong family likeness to each other and all striviug to look as if they were semi-detached residences ami ' not the occupants of .? l Oiumoii terrace. ' .No. I ha was, perhaps, a little cle iner and neater than its neighbors; the door had been painted within recent memory, there were extremely white eurtama in the windows, and n neat little nni 1 took , Tom's card alter she had ushered lion into a tiny drawing-room, the Inrn ture of which struck liiin as heing new and < heap. Hut tawdry as his surroiin lings were. Tom soeedilv fm-ont tlmm i. ?i.? door opened and n lady entered holding his card in her hand. "1 presume you come t<> see me about the piano," she said. Tom was a tolerably self-possessed man, hut he felt at a disadvantage now. Tinspeaker was the prettiest woman he had tver seen in nls lite. ??? was young? not more than tvvenl> wo or three, tall, with an elegant figure; she had a wonderful mass of red gold hair piled up in some bewildering, fascinating fashion; her features were wonderfully sweet and regular, and her sorrowful blue eyes, half bold, wholly shy, went straight to Tom's heart and enslaved him on the spot. He was a very sensitive, leoling < kind of fellow, and when he noted (be black dress and tiny white rap perched upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt rfiat lie could do anything for her, or die happy in the attempt. ''it is ol no consequence," he stain* ~ V % m?rM, unconsciously paraphrasing Mr. Toots. "I did ootue ur?r to too the Instrument, which I thought of purchasing if it?that b"? 'If it b satisfactory," the lady said, with a suule, aud couciu<iiug the speech, Tom il?em??l it aluuu?t heresy to uttwr. "It is there, >u you wc. You are, no doubt, a good j'?dge, aod tu that case tha piauo speak* for itsulf " I; uiu, ami pretty loudly, too, as any ct uuoisseur of the popular form of harmonist torture would have mad 11* testified. It was suspiciously new, the varnish was bright and obtrusive. There was also some little dlliioulty in rating, the lid, and when Tom did clumsily nil his baud over the keys, even he?ignorant of tnusic as he was?felt startled al the metallic demon he had aroused. "It is a great bargain," the lady re uiarkod, "and, as you see, almost new." 'Torn did see, and hastened eagerly to pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which apparently was the only virtue it pos sensed. And yet the soft hearted fellow,with those pathetic blue eyes turned upon him, could not steel himself U pronounce the Hat which his common sense dictate'!. "I will not decide now," he hesitated, man-like. "You hoc, I am not buying for myself, hut for a ladv?my sister?, and 1 should like her to .*eo it first. ff there is no objection I will call again tomorrow afternoon." "My?my husband chose that instru mont, and he was a well known musician," the lady said, almost timidly; "indeed, did not circumstances compel me, I would not part with it now, but i am not so well olT as?" Mho turned away abruptly, so suddenly that for a moment Tom wns conscious of an idiotic desire to take lie? in he: arms and comfort her. Yet. usually he was a keen hand at. reading character, and some inward monitor warned him even now that. the pretty, child like widow was merely acting a part. I tut we arc onlv mortal, and Tom knew too well what poverty was not to feel for tin others who siiITci from its blighting influence. "I am very soriy?Mrs. Kerr, I think you said??but I eaunot decide now," lio said, almost humbly. "I will bring mv sister to morrow." Maggie listened with interest, to the dory of the interview, but, sister like, die l?y no menus lilted Tom's encomiums ;oim fi ning the widowed possessor of the instrument chosen by a well known 11111licillll "I declare you are quite in love with her," she said,hall jealously. "It would be a minimi < it you went to buy a piano and loiind a wile instead." "Natural enough,too," Tom returned* "\Vliy shouldn't I nairyf I should not be ill the way then nice Ned Hartley ! comes of ail evening. Il was Moggie's turn to look confused now. Nc<| Hartley aloresaid, a great chum of Tom's, and ti dashtug young joui iialist of some re|.ute,eertaiuly spent it deal of lino- in Mamie's eninpiny, to Tom's secret gratification, for Ned was n ^ooil fellow, and well able to afford I lie itixurv of a wife. "Wo will %o ami see (lie lady," she said. "I eau't trust you alone u<jaiu." Tom assented, although not witliout certain inisjjivin^s. lieinif, like most of the cratt, ol a sentimental, emotional natuie lie did not care to Iniii^ his divinity under the cold, practical ey e eveu of his own sister, and as she sat awaiting the an i val of I he disconsolate widow, and coolly criticising toe unfortunate piano, Tom he ; in to scent oinelhiiio like trouble in the lutuic. "My dear, the tiling is n secular takein," she said, decidedly. "Any one but you would have known that halt those advertisements were mere dod.jes?" "Not tor-i ttini that you advised the dod ;c to be tried," Tom retorted Any fultber ccnvcrsation was terminated by the ciitiauce ol Mrs. Kerr, who stood in the doorway looking from one. to (lie oilier. A stray ray of sunshine touched her lovely hail and sweet, pathetic face so softly that even M i 'irie, t lie | > iii< -1 ical, whs lain to admit that 'I'om's oxt ravagances had not been so ex* oggerated after all. "I nut sorry to have kept, yon waitill!?," she commenced, ' but?" "It is," Maggie cried, impulsively, "actually it is, dear Marion." Dear Marion, thus .accosted, smile I ro? 11 y, ami returue<l Ma/gie's warm embrace. "It is an obi school I'riernl of mitre," the latter sairl, ineoherently. "Tom, you have heard me speak of her: What a memory you have, to he sure! Ami to think of you being married, ami I never knew it! Ami a widow also! Lot mc I see. I have not seen you for four years, since you left Mrs. Urimihavv's. You must come and see our house, the dearcat little place in llampstcad, I call it." Tom,looking on,thought that although Mrs. Kerr seemed pleased to see her old friend, she was strangely ill at ease. She parried Maggie's questions both hurriedly and eontusodly; the strange feeing that she was playing a pnrt struck aim with a new and uncomfortable force. "You must come an 1 stay with us, tnd if you are leaving here To u .'hall ind you a customer for the piano," Maggie decided, vigorously. "Anyone, u> long as he dm s not buy it himself. Your late husband must have been sadly Inken in. dear; that showy thing is not wo-th picking up in the street." Tom never quite knew how it came ihotit, hut a fortnight l iter Mrs. Kerr I.>iim-I In:rs?-U i-stabli-he 1 it The Inurels for 11 few days liefore, n< she said, she could finally dispose <>t liei furuituro nii'l i>iii!i<> >i! I ore loiiiil; abroad. Sim - --in I very pletse-l i-> c.o.ne, and and yet ut th< same time strangely ) >t 11; it one line -In- was in tin best and bright oh' of spit its, at nnothei the he'iut if ill face loo'rc I s.i-l an I sorrowful, iu l occasionally te u fully also. < ?n?- evening she knocked timidly ut t\ie door of Tom's sanctum, nnd, having taken the sent he offered, looked into his face and s;?id, in :i tearful voice: "I have a confession, a shameful confession to make, and it had hot tor ho mado now. H hen mv patents both died last year- I found myself penniless,ir. -odk-s- and vithoul a situation. I was ^eitsnn desperate whin I win intromited to a ira-h'-uvu wuose Iiuoiicsk it was, 1 found, to Ini) cheap pi.uin- and sell llietti it- uii-uspeel hi : r'l o.ini.t- l(m a har^ati. 1 was a ip>o I hue, un-l I play< <| an important put for tw > ycuts." "I have taken cheap In l-pn^s m suMilium bondm, a piano lias been bronchi :> <>iii rlvcrltsc ii" it ins-Tt--I io the li->tt i-iii <i Iy plpeis, ;tu I .veil, yon can ^Iies- the lest. | fried to deceive you. What could 1 do, as you were a stranger to me then!-?but I have suffered. I would not have ooine here unless I had been forced to, and you cannot tell how I hato longed for a Uttle rest and quiet. My employer was nary; but I was equally determined, and besides, I half promised to go back gain; but 1 cannot go now. If you can only any that too ~.vuiouioertog now hard I was pushed I" Tom murmured a few incoherent words and the next thing happened was that hie arms were round her, and she was crying gently on his breast. 86s made en ineffectual struggle to free her ell. but the clasi) was strong and kind. That is your plaoe,~1? said, flraflyt "rest there, my darling," And with thftSO wnrfla tlnmnn In tin. ears she struggled no longer. "I have not finished jet," she Mid, lifting tho sweet rosj face to his. "Do you know that I am not even entitled to that name?I aui not a widow at all?" "So much the better." Tom said, cheerfully. "Do you know I half suspected that there was somsthing wrong all the time; hut although, inydarlin.-. I did not buy that very elegant lookin piano, I am inclined to tbink that afie< oil I got quite a bargain." "And, like most bargains dear at anjj price," Marion laughed happily. "You would be dear to me at any price, great or small," Tom replied.* "Don't forget, sweetheart, that I am going to marry an heiress, and, what i? more, a wife who really is liked by her prospective sister-in-law. I am a fortu nate man." "And I"?Marion's blue eyes wcr? turned upon him full of trust and tenornesa?"and I am moro than a fortnnato woman. What will Maggie say?" And at. that moment Maggie was asking Ned Lnnglcy a similar question. SELECT SI ETINMH. Ttats are nntives of Asia. Twclvo average tea plants produce one pound of tea. IMiysicians' carriages have the right o. way in the streets of Berlin. The site nit Boston, Mass., was sold in IH.'IR by John Blarkstone for $ 15(1. The test of a "roal good cook" musl ever be tho making of soups, entrees nml A boy, while wading in a pond iq 1 Jefferson County, Florida, was struck by an alligator's tail, and had his log broken in two placc3. Class bonds pass as money in parts of Africa. In Masai, five blue beads will buy a woman, but ten of them are neccsamy to buy a cow. Mrs. E. 11. Kobcrtsou, of Stokes County, North Curoliui, is cutting her third set of teeth. She is in her eightyeighth year of her age. \ papyrus containing a problem in buss said to have been solved in tin time of Hamoses the Croat lias bceu olTered to the British Museum. Moro people wore executed in England during the reign of King ilonry VIII. tliau ever before or since in the tight little island, the number reaching 71, 100. A Knoxvillo (Teun.) man lias capturod a curiosity in the form of a mocking bird, or, in reality, two birds grown together m body, hut separate in heal* uud song. Lake Eric, it is said, produces more llsli to the square mile thau any bo ly of water iu the world. This because of the result of the good work done by the United States Fish Commissioners. A trained terrier, with a light cord at ^ tuchcd to his neck, runs through under ground conduits, from one manhole to another, iu London streets. 'J'lius dec: i* i... i i : . 11.. > . iiit wires hiu sureiy ami uunic 11y uuwa from station to station. Chinese witnesses have a peculiar "saucer oath." YVhon put in tho box they say, "If I do not speak the truth may my soul hecrucke I ami broken like this saucer;*' ami Mien they dash tin.' saucer against the wood-work an I shatter it. The hose used in sprinkling the plums of Paris is a queer contrivance. It consists of lengths of irou pips, caclj length mounted ut the end on short axles having two small wheels and the lengths joined together by short pieces of flexible base. Au autograph manuscript of Charles Lamb, two folio pages in length, was sold In London the other day for $250 ?just about ono-third of the yearly salary Lamb earned by bis "dry drudgery of the desk's dead wood" to wuich l'resi dent Harrison referred in a recent interview. In 1010 an awful famine ra god throu gliout all Europe, an 1 agiin from 1191J to 1195, when complete failures caused terrildosutlcring. In England and Fra ico the people ate the t1?sh of ilmu and cits, ami many cases of cannibalism were recorded. During the latter three years thousands upon thousands perished from starvation. A two-ycar old girl fell from tho fourth story of a New York tenement house one day recently. On the way down she met witli sundry clothes-lines, ami was considerably tossed about. When she landed on the stone flagging of the court yard, she was picked up unhurt save for a scratch on her forehead. Mho fell sixty feet. All bread is not made from the flour of the cereals. Along the Columbia Kivcr, in Oregon, a kind of bread is made by tlie Indians from a moss that grows oil the spruce tir tree. This moss is prepared by placing it in heaps, sprinkling 11 wttti water iinu permitting it Ij ferment. Then it is rolled into balls as big hs a man's head ami baked in pits. In excavating some ancient Aztec ruins in the direction of Chaco C'anon, Now Mexico, Governor Prince has unearthed twenty stone idols of a different type from any before, discovered. They are circular in shape, forming disks from six to fifteen inches in diameter, the upper half containing a deep carved face, and the lower half rudimentary arms in relief. The idols are believe 1 to be ?f liast ><)() years old. The custom of placing crape on t'i door of a house where there has been a recent death bad its origin in the ancient English herald', eiistoms and dates as far back, at let- . a- flic year I P'O A. I). At that per. hatchments or armorial e i-?i ?i) .vere placed in ireit of houses when the nobility an I gentry d cd. These hatchment* were o diamond soap'-, and contained the family at ns <|u ?r.eic I and colored with sable. ? V . J? 1 HOUSEHOLD AFFA1B8. Chamois wW cleaned io a weak solution of m4| hi warn water. Hub plenty of soft m%> into the leather, and allow it teenk Ten tw? K cure, Tiavu iuu II well tm tClfi quite clean, and rinse it well is a wee% (Solution compoeed of soda, yellow Pomp ^nd warm water. If rinsed in water oalj, it beconlee bard when dry. WALK* TO ?n HOCSC. It b comparatively an eaey matter to make a' walk bom the roadway to the house olear of Weds. Spread upon it the first season ^the ashes from the coal stores, reserving that from the wood store for the activated land. If grass or weeds appAr kill them by plentiful application of salt. Very likely the fruit trees adjoining will use this salt, but it will kill the grass sad add to the beauty of the?place.?Boston Cultivator { . A GOOD fOLISHINO POWDEIt One of the beet poliehlng powders that were erer used in my kitchen, writes a housewife, I discovered quite by accident. The range was being cleaned out, and in the fluevndor the oven there was a quantity of gray dust, a sort of smoke deposit, as floe as Hour, that was taken out with a large spoou. In washing the spoon it was noticed that a mysterious brilliancy was acquired, and the crcdrt for this was quickly given to the amoko dust. Since then wo have always used it for polishing tinware.?Now York Journal. DESSSRT8 FOR 8UMUF.R DATS. At tho summer soason of tho year, says tho Now York World, a light pudding or a cream served with fruit inakos the host kind of dosscrt. Tluiy may bo usod for luncheon or made rich enough to grace a dinnor monu. Tho following rocipos can be used for either purpose: Rice Merringue?Boil one-half teacup of rice till very soft, draiu it dry, beat the yolks ot four eggs light. Use ouchalf pint of milk; butter tho size of aa egg. Urato the rind of ono leinon in the rico when soaked, add ono teacup of sugar and a little salt. Bake one-half hour. Beat the whites of the four eggs, add three tablespoonfuis of sugar and the juice of the lemon. Sproad this on the top and return to the oven uutil slightly brown. Eat cold. Bavarian Cream?One quart of cieam, twotablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half box of gelatine, one cupful of water, four eggs (yolks); flavor with vauilla. Soak the gelatine an hour in the water, whip a piut of cream to a froth, boil the other piufc of cream and the sugar. When slightly cooled stir iu the yolks of tho eggs, well beaten. When quite cold and it has begun to thicken stir without cessation uutil it is very smooth, theu stir 1 in the whipped cream lightly until well mixed. Place in a mold and set on ice. Servo with strawberries. Almond Custard?Blanch and beat four ouuees *f almonds with a spoonful of water. Beat a pint of cream flavored with vauilla and mix with it the yoke oi four eggs, with as much sugar as will rnako it pretty sweet; then add the aluiouds. Stir it all over a slow fire till it is of a pi'ojjjur thickness, but do not boll. Pour it into cups or glasses. Delicate Pudding?Ono cup of strawberry juice, ouo cup of water, three eggs, three tahlespoonfuls of corn starch, sugar and a pinch of salt. Let the water and juice come to a boil. Mix thecoru starch with a little water aud salt. Add tht juice und boil tea miuutes. Beat the whites of the eggs to a foam, but not still, aud stir iuto the syrup after taking from tho stove. Sweeten to taste. Put into a mould uud serve with soft custard around it. Bohemian Cream?Rub a pint, of freshgathered strawberries through a sieve. Add six ouuees of powdered sugar and tho juice of a lomou; dissolve one and a half ounces of isinglass in one-half pint ot water, mix all well together aud place the dish upou the ice, stirring it until it begins to set. Whip nearly a pint of cream to a light froth aud stir iuto it tho strawberries; till tho mold and let it remain upon the ice until time to serve. Then plungo it into warm water for mi instant, wipe it ilry and tsnrn ?yit the cream on a dish. Tapioca Creamed Pudding?Two heaping tablcspooufuls of tapioca, ouehalf cup sugar, three eggs, a little nutmeg, one quart of milk, throe tablespooufuls of sugar, one small tcaspoouful of vanilla. Soak the tapioca over night in water onough to cover it. Add the yolks of the eggs, nutmog and a half cupful of sugar. Beit well together. Boil the milk, stir in the mixture and cook live minutes or more. Spread tho whites, beaten to a still froth, over the top, after adding three teaspoon fills of sugar and the vanilla. Ainbiossia?Place in a deep glass dish alternate layers of grated coeoanut, sliced oranges and sliced pineapple. Begin with tho oranges and use coeoanut last, spreading between each layer sifted sugar. Herve with spongo cake. Delmonico Pudding?Ono quart of milk, five eggs, three tahicspoonfuls of corn starch, sugar to taste. Lot tho milk come to a boil, beat the yolks of live eggs and the whites of two with the sugar, a little salt, add the wclldicatou corn starch wet with a little of the milk cold, flavor with vanilla. Scald tho mixture until quite '.hick, pom it into a pudding dish and place in the ovou to glaze over. Heat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add sugar to make a thin frosting, flavor it delicately. Spread over the pudding and bro.vn slightly. To be eaten cold. Velvet Cream?Ojc quart milk, t'u so eggs, one half ' >x Jei.a..ie, one cup sugar, coo half cup po vdcred su;ar. Soak the g< aline in part of the milk half an hour. Put the rest of the milk 011 tho stove in hot water. When tho milk comes to a boil add the yolks of the eggs, well beaten, with the cup of sugar anu tiiv ^ciawiie. *? lien iv oegito thicken take it ?lf_ and when neat Iv cold :??]<! the whites of the etrgs, well beaten, with the liaif cup powdered sugar. Cherry Custard?Make a custard of a pint of rich milk and the yolks of live eggs. Sweeten and flavor. While hot add one half box gelatine dissolved in cold water. Set in a in ?ld. I'our around it in the dish, when served, a sauce of red cherries. Sweeten, strain and thicken slightly with cornstarch. Decorate with cherrie* U SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A steel rail lasts, with average wear about oighteen years. The rise io the price of camphor ?uu is due to its exten*'*? < ? ^ manu laciure of smokeless powder. A German has invented an iucandes cent lamp apparatus for showing the in terior of boilers while under steam. Waterproof cellulose paper of one auc two colors is being introduced by i German firm for tablecloths, book backs temporary covers for roofs, etc. A new electric beat alarm consists io the employment of a column of mercury, which by ite expansion above a certaic point completes the circuit and rings ac alarm. A novelty in the way of metal ca roofing is made of corrugated iron 01 steel. This gives great stiffness between the car linea. The roof is perfectly water-tight, easily repaired and chea[; and strong. A patent has been issued in Germani for a process of manufacture of a tub stance to take the place of gum-arabic, Wheat bran is the substance treated chemically, resulting in a strongly a<l i lioaivn mucilage. Tho Belt Lino Tunnel in Baltimore, Md., will soon be equipped with three electric locomotives, capable of developing 1200 horse power each. About two hundred freight and passenger trains will be moved through the tunnel a day. A machine for the manufacture of steel and iron pipes is tho iuvention of a Pennsylvania mechanic. A bar ot steel at white lieat is fed to the machine and comes out a perfect piece of pipe. The size aud thickness can be made as desired. The vaults of the United Statce SubTreasury in San Kraucisco, California, arc boing fitted with wiios for protection from thieves. The wires are to bo between every two rows of bricks, and any attempt to interforc with the cement or bricks will disturb an electric current and sound a warning. To mark steel tools: Warm them slightly and rub the steel with wax or hard tallow until a film ga'.hors. Thou scratch your name on tho wax, cutting mrougn 10 cne sicoi. a nine nunc acid poured on the marking will <juickly eat out the letters. Wipe acid an'i wax oil with a hot, soft rag, un<l the letters will be securely etched. A simple mode of purifying water i3 to sprinklo a tablespoonful of powdero.l alum into a hogshead of water, stirriug the water at the same time. This will precipitate all the impurities to the bottom ufter being allowed a few hours te settle, uud will so purify it that it will be fouud to possess nearly all the freshness aud clearness of the tinest spriug water. A pailful containing four gal Ions may be purified in this manner by using uo more than a teaspoouful of the alum. The Army of Hotel Keepers. How many hotel keepers do you sap pose there are in the United States! Sixty-five thousand. Mow uiuuy of these do you think are keepers of whut is known as the high priced, or first class hotels'! Just uhout sixty-five, or one iu il thousand. This is what my old friend, .James II. Ureslin, the veteran proprietor of the Gilsey,told me on His return from Detroit,where lie had been attending the annual meeting of the Hotel Keepers' Association. There are over a thousand members of this association. The i?ur pose of the organization is for mutual protection .iiiil benefit. One of Its features is mi insurance plan, by which every member is assessed $2 on the death of a member, which is piid to the heirs of the deceased. The association has already paid out about a quarter of a million dollars in this way. ? New York Mail and Kx press. Gclliiu Scrape." T!i*? origin of the expression nbovc quoted is as follows: In Scotland they play a gnmo called golf, tho favorite grounds for such sport boiug the 4,dows," or "links." Tho rabbits frequcut theso "links," and the hole made by them is called "a scrapo." Golf is played with a hard ball of wood or other substance, which is driven from point to point with a mallet usually made of wood, but sometimes of iron. The game itseit is a cross between our cronuet and "shinnythus it will In: seen tU:it when the bull go's into "n so rape" it is very difficult to get out, un>l the player is in a correspondingly 5>u<! tlx generally. Such incidents occur so frequently that tin books on "golfing" have laid down rules as to what may be done in the time ol such nn emergency, "getting into 11 scrape" being tlie golfer's greatest drawback. From this hiw arisen the term now in such common use among us, meaning in a had fix.?St. Louis Kcpub lie. vtatb or ohio. city or toldkdo. i _ Lucas Coitntv, 1 Frank J. Cheney makes oath^that he Is th< aenior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney d Co., dofng business in tfie City of Toledo County and State aforesaid, and that said lirn will j>ay tho sum of $ ion for each and ever] case of catarrh that cannot be cured by tlx use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cnrs-ry. Hwnrn to before rue hihi subscribed in mi presence, this (it h day of December. A. 1>.. ISSn , . A. \V. lilJtASON, i ska i. > ? *-?- ' A'oforj/ fuMlr. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally anf I acts directly on the blood and mucous surface I of the system. Send for testimonials, free. K. >1, CilKNKY ?v Co., Toledo, t>. \W Sold by Druggists, 7.V. Machinkrv makers are daily gaining ( activity. The I.tfdtcn. The pleasant cITcct and perfect safety sit' Which ladies mm n e itu- California liquif laxative, syrup of Figs, under all conditions makes it t heir favorite remedy. To uct th true and genuine at i < le |?? >k for the mime o the California Fig S\ nip Co., printed near lb bottom ot the nackaee^^^^ Iowa litis forwarded to the Kaetern so? board ifc>,tXiO tons of corn and flour for tta relief of starviii" HiKsinnf Hood's SarsaparilU t urrd me ??l^ (ioitre la tan t.ikim: flood"- Sa and iheii'mat ism \V In ? _ A. - . walk two block* withm Mro. Sutherland. fainiii.c. Now lam fn from it all and liantrulx rciommeie I Hood SaraapnrillH." Miis Wsa si iiium o Kalami/oo. Mich. HOODRPIM.S a l e I he best .if lei linn I'ilis. They ai-sist digestion and < ure heada?'h I ~ - ' Utffr ^Sp, ft WW ?" "? ~~~~ . '" *"*? *<- -r'^< A thousand children are born in LouIon workhouses yearly. 8in Edwin Amhild baa returned to i jbpbo. E owy's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Malar . BllioQ?ncrisud General Debility. Gives Strength, aids Irgostion, tones the nervenereal e? appetite. The best tonio for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. Tub Scotch-Lriab congress at Atlanta, 1 Ua., held an interesting three day* session. * The Only Oee Kver Prtilih , CAM TOO HID TU WOHD? These is el ineh display advertIsement la this paper, this week, which has no two words i alike except one word. The same Is true of each new one appearing each week, from The 1 Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a l "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it. send them the name of the word and they will return you boos, bxai'tifCL LtTHOORAPBB Or SAMPLES THEE. r The Wyoming Experiment Station hai ix experiment farms in different sections. Mai-Ahia cured and eradicated from the r system by Brown's Iron Bitters, which eni riches the blood, tone3 the nerves, aids digestion. Acts like a charm on persons iu general ill health, giving new energy aud strength. Bteel will soon be down to one cent a pound. I 1 have found your Flradvcmtino a sure r tire 1 for headache." A. It. Hanks. Mountain IVak, Texas. All druggUtw, titty cents. New Orleans, La., is to have a new oil rl house and jail to cost *350,000. . Sick II katyaciik, lassitude, wcaknpss and ' loan of apia-titc caused by mnlariivcnti be im i mediately cured by Beeeham'n rills. Pbaiiub wolves are creating havoc among i atoclc near Elk horn. Wis. If afflicted with sore cyos use Dr.Iaaac Thomu- < son's Kjro-wmter.Drugglsta sell at 26o.per bottle ^ MH|iirn Full" F.xrn r?lon, July 'IS. . The O . II. & IX, whose inaKiiiticent excur- ' aions to Niagara Fall*, Toronto and the Thou 1 mud Islands are always the banner excursions J oft lie summer season, will run this year's from t 'im iniiafi, Thursday, July ' !>*. The route will 1 lie via llelroit and Mhhiuuu t'elilral. 'I lie ] rales from t'im limati to Niagara Falls and return will lw * ">. Toronto and return will he a ( dollar liitihei. and to thousand Islands and r< turn V. higher. Niagara Falls and Toroul 1 tickets will In' l;oo<I for live <la\s anil Time sand Islands tor ten day--. Make \our ariaiiui Inents to spend your .aeatioii about this linn and join tliet'., II. ,v II. excursion. Tlicrc yy ill ! lie plenty' of sleeping ears. For further parti< ' lars address any 1II. ,V I), agent or I.. O. M Cormiek, ti. I'. A T Viretit, ('ineiniiat i. ' - - Natnre should ho assisted to throw offimpurltiesorthe r nnrq^ blood. Nothing j does it so well, so MALARIAL promptly, or so POISON safely as Swift's Specific. LIFE HAD NO CHARMS. For three years I was troubled with malarial poison, which caused my appetite to fail, and I was greatly reduced in flesh, and life lost all its charms. 1 tried mercurial and potash remedies, but to no effect. I could oof rv r* i tlwn flpriflpfl tfl f TV lr JUHfJtl A few bottles of this wonderful ffwt'a medicine made a complete and permanent ' cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever. J. A. Rice, Ottawa, Kan. Our bonk on Blood ?nd Skill Diseases mailed free. Bwift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Tuft's Tiny Fills? ittiulale t li<- torpid liver, fdrrii|;ihnt (A ^ tlio (llgi>?llv? oririwis, rr(jlili?1e t ll?> w ^ howeN, mid are llae<|iinled a aa j?k liiliou* ntedieiae. Dose hihkII. ' for. OIIHv, .1!! Al 4 I I'arU 1'laee, IV V. _ "August Flower" " I atn Post Master here and keep a Store. I have kept August Flower for sale for some time. I think it is a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond, P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y. The stomach is the reservoir. If u fails, everything fails. The liver, the kidneys, the lungs, tho heart, the head, the blood, the nerves all go wrong. If you feel wrong, look to the stomach first. Put that right at once by using August Flower. It assures a good appetite and a eood digestion. m DO YOU READ ADVERTISEMENTS? that's what we want vo find out. To the llrst '.H wlio mention thl? paper anil n*h for free pint of our sm.to lot* on fl monthly pay' nionls 111 ORIFFITH. < hleaiio'a vonilittr taolory Hubii'-H ho will solid it roeelpt forHIO, ?v?"i 1 on hiiv Into lioroallor PoUtihi of n?; to lliu iioxt Ida free admission to lIn* World's Fair. Try It! JAY IllllWUIMi a hi. till) (Niiibtr al CiBBiKr, thlcAgo. w?th"pA.?P<'oi. WSL and Paints whtcb atf.ln 1 tho hand*. injure Iho Iron, and burn off The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is llrllllant, Odor. | less. Durable, aud tlie consumer pavs fur uo tlu or glass package rrltti every purchase. i ST LOVELLDIAM ' ^or tatlle? and \ JBKyJ^7^^? Pneumatic Cusl / v JL^/w/ Diamond f fume, S fliv I tH ' ubiou. A(l|UStr?blo \ NW" 1 -ffflf | including PoHals \ stnctJy HIGj nyb'| "W Send it rent* In il Rkyrlt l altlaor IKIl?. I?*ue Of fcunft, H \ JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,IV! ? <P1?T1?PDAWJV We teach either ;tu 1 riljCiiTIIAl 111 Ijor^csl Sv'hon! in i SKNOI A, I '\\ ( 'tttllh?<JII? . < ' ' IT IS A lll'TV Sou orrr your* Iftf fir nnil iii 11111> 10 iirt ill'' lir-t ii vnliii* for >oiii' money. Kcoi.n- BID mi ye in your Iooiwchv by pur- w w i f cbiininu XV, I.. lion glim Hlioi'n, which represent ihe beet viiliie A ( for price* Hiki'di iii tliounuini* ^ will teetily. ell y% V TAKK NO r-I llyTITI'TE. ^ If ,r. .1 ban-f ' BOYS a>k roR w^l^wioi As^Hor.s. il ii of fin enle in i our ploci' -ciiil illri-r miufeil. 1'imiiiki* free. Will fl>e e*ilu? cbtut* w here 1 b?T* u? agent*. XVrllt for (J ppi? You're through, with Catarrh, finally and completely, ? or you havo $500 in cash. That's what is promised you, no1 matter how bad your case or of hoar: long standing, by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Catdrrh can be cured. Not with j the poisonous, irritating snuffs and strong, caustic solutions, that simply palliate for a time, or perhaps, drive the disease to the lungs ? but with Dr. Sage's Remedy. The worst cases yield to its mild,' soothing, cleansing and healing properties. "Cold in the llead," needs but a few applications. Catarrhal Headache, and all the effects of Ca tarrh in the Head ? such as offensive breath, loss or impairment of the senses of t \u?te. smell and hear-" ing, watering or weak eyes ? are at 3iicc relieved and cured. In thousands of cases, where ev-"1 ?rything else ha^ failed, Dr. Sage's Remedy ha9 produced perfect and' permanent cures. .That gives its proprietors faith to make the offer. | It's $500, or a cure. They mean to pay you, if they can't cure you. < But they mean to cure you, and they can. Vflft"na3ra I'l' TK"Y* TilK KIII'R <>V F00TINE; Ms sri&KNts: '..? iiv ilrtiu^l-l- :i i < i i't ii?iimciiirk ii. v. i.rm.ru .v ? o.. <?mc. TO $I5SS5 Ll* lug jtwelrj. *atrhc?. laMrwtf , etc. Plate# .loolt of Jrwrlr ? good t* II'*. on ill ktods #f wnii gol l,silver or nickel. Noe?|H*iInict-. No (ipltal. Kvtry tiouso ban ivolt ot ling | latin*. U.C Uil.ho & Co..' olumbui,#. TMpo'h noiiinly for t'atarrh Is the ||A H !. I\?sle>t to fvp. tiinl t'lioappst. Hp ftSM .^nlil l?y thtig^i \i t.r M iit l?> iiiu.ll. m K. T- llazvltlno, Wurron, Pa. H BETTER DEAD >. TIIVM M l VI* Dutcher's Fly KlUor is certain death. vlles are attracted to It anil killed at once. They do not live to getaway. USO It fieolv. destroy their eggs and pr?vent reproduction. Always ask for liiiklwrT and let best results. FRED'K DUTCHER DRUG CO., Sr. Alba.ns, Vt. /** " * vlva n s#t ah"le8*rTvulTtSl . the HtMiiuv'h. liver and bowels,Z 0 Jt&STfPWi rurlfv th? I.'llitl Ale Bale null of-5 rcctusl The last general family J g medicine known for RiliouKoeas.S t('^<2rlll.fy Uonatlpnliioi, liYttpcusia. Koulg ^ MVcoUV?' Hrcath. tleailoelie. ifenitDuru, loss* yt&tS&SF Appetite. Mrut-il IV preMilon.O t'einfiil Digestion, 1'inipliw. Hallow* J* Complexion. Tired Keeling, sod* every symptom or illse?e.? tosiilliug from Impure* Mi.oil, or a failure liv the stomach. liver or intestine?J Jto |>erforui their proper fun'tiou?. Pereomi given to! Sovi r-cntfugarebenenied by inking a T AK i LK.afterZ 0 each meal Priee.bv mail, I irrosst2; | l?ottlel6c. Ada a dress the RlPANSCHKMICAbCO .lOBpriiceHt .n.t.z Agents av snteili kiijiitv percent prult. 2 v. * ** *# pMOTHERS^ j FRIEND" 1 Makes ChllO^tlSh | Z Shortens Labor, Z S Lessens Pain, ^ P ' ?J Iw.s 4lv.i I .ii/linnr Phucirtdnt 9 5 cnuuiscu uy ^ J Booh to 44Mother*99 mailed FH?K. f BRABFIELD REGULATOR CO. # 2 ATLANTA, GA. * SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 2 Uf LIVER pjs PILLS no not ?ritb Kon sir***. V^lSM Horn cur# for SIOK 1IKAD" ?S?HBl At II J .. imp.oicl JigotioN.Conrti* vwHA pntion.toii.nl cIiidiIh. 1 lirvdronia ? ? 'sKKjPSv v i iiaiio s, i||t> *i ' ,v rffcrl oi Kilf_j UP.Vt awl hl.'idtlcr. Conquer 5 {>iIiou-i tiervous itlsii Ol ordorn. KnUbll'ti nat?; IIIHI I>aii.V A, 1IOK. ltcuif i f v complexion by ptiiifyinK Mood, ri'KKI.V V'F.'IfcT'.MILK. The i|o?o i. i ir. ly ailjuMi .i to suit ft-r, > in" pill rati *>r?r- In-too inurli. Kuril Vml contain* t2, carried ill nil pork I like true pencil Itusiiirsn lll.-lll'n gicit C omriiiciirc. 'IVkin rubier than ?u.-ar. Sold frtty lirrr. All genuine p.'oda In iir "Cr?'?c? nL" fceml 2 ft lit stamp. Yon gt >2 I lU*r bonk with sample. OR. MASTER AEOICINE CO., SI. Louis, Ms. .-i At) \'M & 9> 9 OND CYCLES AAPU Si* styles JTk M, W| NP Mon ond Solid Tires. EBB \ t#ei Ofop Forging*. Steel Bill Bearings to all running part:* So pojinn badillp. WgJ H OKA UK in Every Pnrt\\-ulnr. \ Lamps for oar IOO-p?ire illiisfr?tr<l m(a-1 Mr*. KeviiWrr*. Sporting ( noil*. rie.l Ifrs., 147 Washington St., BOSTON. MASS- ? l^rxxSHORTHAND i i ii A' 1.1 ?; I v :;i i i , ^ I'.O'M' I \. , L. DOUGLAS SHOE BENTLEMEN, SHOE IH HIE WORLD F^.v THE MONEY. Kltwcn nliorirnni nm ?'>[ rij>. inm i-nir. r.trmrsa, Ili-xIKIi . innrncoinforiabJt'.Hlyush ami iliiralilt' tliMl i ever koIiI at tlm pflcis K<|)iula I'Untoin matin shoe? I ti> Sf\ ? 11 mi fln<*. ,nlf Th" mosl ptyllub, I iIiii .iIiIi-sikkx i vor .' ! ' nt ilifMc prlrr*. l imy equal nlioi'Hti "Iiiik front In $1'-. ?llro Mine, ivmn liyf.iini h an.I nil "then who II t-Miiil li.. ivy ilfi time M?ii 1, (Mt.'ll ii ll Iiho^ II. mill n il keep I iii' fi'rt ill v il'il w linn. n r* 4'nll, ami SI'.*- V. ?' lit inr mi ii'm Mioe# .' r ! urn ?i (ii ti'r Ihi* ini nn \ Mi.in 11 \ hi in rimiko. f. r i l it 'I im In' :i .i'iim f.iIim i>buiv iluil irorl' iiml tills nut. I * I ami ViiiMlii* $1.?.^ * i ImnI Shorn ar? n I (i I.I l.i' ! ' It* iiiiviiii.il'. I III* liiusl M'l'VlcO* 1 j . I .'li.i ?<'? ill! .Si' w I'll. - ' 1{? V? in,| SI .73 if, r I.I- .I'M .1. I I f till. I.est lionrllnoi ! n 'I' I. I" ... v i r> i-i > lull, rum. .! ami it' i . ! . I 1 i i 11im m id* ii. .ii-ii in : l I i v. I v. i-li |n i en noin Mi. i fi v. i' i i . mi . I 'I'I llN. I..", r . fii it- :li tlliiliriK shin?* With* . I I' in i. n ni.. fit I i |.|. ' iiii|ii il on lintlom* iill lli nil ; i I; 11 '1111 111 I n'l.t In |irin>?cu* v I w l<ir ini'ili ' i" ' v i" 1 i'fa! i-| ri-ti'iirin. I In I ii I ii l y . "Ill I in-.! hind. m/i- iiiiiI width i\i? miln to shop iliuli'i-i iiiul ui'iiriiil intra hulnfut. W. L* |)?u?Ui, Uiocklooi Uuh