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KATY DIE*. I Bent a note to Katy, and waa waiting her reply; But the carrier went his several rounds and always passed tne by. The shades were gathering thicker, and the sun hung very low, 1 was lying in the hammock and was swinging to and fro; And I asked myself the question, "Did she answer me or not" And in the leafy maple a little insect hid. And declared as though he knew it, Katydid." And she did. 1 Anally 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 norvous, J confess; I tore the letter open and beheld the fond address, but I hume-l to know the answer. Did sho tell mo "Yes*"' And in the leafy maple a little insect hid. And declared as though ho knew it. "Katydid." And she did. ?Jay Knye, in Overland Monthly. TOM'S BARGAIN. ' neat little drawing room, pimply but elcgant'y furnished, riirllt nwiv to the kitchen, where nvner. thing shone again. And Torn had got everything together in eighteen months, too, when the luck had changed and his writing all at once got to be appreciated. Hut, as Maggie put it, there was one trilling drawback, consisting of an al cove in the drawing room which would never?no, never look complete without a piano. "And a piano you shall have," Tom said, looking up heartily from the breakfast bacon. "I had a good slice of luck last week which I never expected. You remember that long lovo story I wroto three years ago, and which I have sent to pretty well every magazine in London. Well, Ned Hartley advised mo to scud it to The Woman's Companion, where it was accepted. They paid mo ?.33 for it,uot quit* a lialf-a crowu a page, but it's better than nothing. Don't you think I could get a decent instrument for the money?" Maggie smiled pleasantly. She was extremely fond of music aud, beiug a managing little soul, equally foud of a bargain. It would be fai better, she emu, tiijui'iuiy, ior iom 10. Keep ins eyea open than to go direct to a maker, by which he might save at least ? 10 of his hard-earned money. "Tbcio are lots of them advertised every day," she observed. "Give me the paper and I will show you what I mean. Now listen to this one." I fun SALE ? A bargain, magnificent f piano. I'V a well known maker; upright grand, overstrung, double cheek action, Sott pedal, steel frame, full catupasi, trichord throughout; the property of a lady going abroad; eo>t ?75 hut a few months ago; will sacrifice for Apply "Beethoven," 1!M Gunnersbury road, Greenthorpo Park, Hempstead, or personally any day this week. Tom nodded approviugly. Au instrument costing but a few mouths ago upward ot "three-quarters of a century" to be disposed of for a third of the amount stiuck him as the very thing l? desired. It was a little strange, though, au outsider would have decided, that se valuable a property snomn n ivo gone so long begging, or that the I'ady going abroad did not get to see the folly of advertising regularly at the rate of ?1 per week. "I tell you what it is," said Tom, "as Gunuersbury road is close I'll just walk over there after dinner and interview Mrs. 'Beethoven' personally. If 1 like tile look of the instrument mil nan nnrv... over afterwards and try it." So it was arranged, and Tom retired to his writing den, where for three solid hours the anticipated purchase was forgotten. There was plenty of work now for the young writer and journalist, who tor the last tivc ycar9 had found it a terrible struggle to keep himself, and find Maggie, who had until recently boon out as a governess, with those trifling luxuries which even the princely salary of a governess does not afford. But the tide had turned now, and although Tom would never Ihj a great novelist or brilliant essayist, he earned a comfortable income, which by the end of the year promised to touch close upon four figures. It seems a lot of money, but I know more than one of the quiet ones of whom flic general public have never heard who aro doing quite as well. It is so easy to gel a living in literature if you have the 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. But this secret is only learnt by much grief aud pain and hitter disappointment. So Foni finished his morning's work, and, after dining comfortably, wilked over to Gunnersbury road, a pleasant, semi genteel street, with little houses, ail bearing a strong family likeness to each other and all striving to look as if they were semi-detached residences and not the occupants of a common terrace. No. I (d5 was, perhaps, a little cleaner and neater than its neighbors; the door had been painted within recent memory, there were extremely white curtains in the windows, and a neat little maid took Tom's card after she had ushered li>m into a tiny 'Irawing-room, the furniture of which struck hiin as lining new and cheap. But tawdry as his surroundings were, Tom speedily forgot them as the door opened and a lady entered holding his card in her hand. "I presume you come to see me about the piano," she said. Tom was a tolerably self-possessed inan, but he felt at a disadvantage now. The speaker was the prettiest woman he had ever seen in iits lite, nne was vouncr? not more than twent> two or throe, 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, feeling kind of fellow, and when he noted (he black dress and tiny white rap perched upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt that he could do anything for her, or die happy in the attempt. I"Ui? of oo consequence," be Stan. i I morea, unconsciously paraphrasing Mr. c Toots. "I did come over to see the in- 1 strutnent, which I thou 'ht of purchasing ? if it?that is"? " < "If it is satisfactory," the lady said, i with a suiile, aud concluding the speech i Tom deemed it almost heresy to uttur. t "It is thero, as you see. You are, no ( doubt, a good judge, and in that caso < the piano speaks for ttsolf." i It did, ami pretty loudly, too, as any ccnnoiaseur of the popular form of har- , nionial torture would have readily testi- , lied. It was suspiciously new, the var- , nish was bright and obtrusive. There , was also some little difficulty in rising. c the lid, and when Tom did clumsily ruf hU hand over the keys, even he?igno- 4 rant of music as he was?felt startled at the metallic demon he had aroused. e "It is a great bargain," the lady remarked, "aud, as you see, almost new." li Tom did see, and hastened eagerly to y pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which tl apparently was the only virtue it pos sessed. And yet the soft hearted fellow,with those pathetic blue eyes turned c upon hira, could not steel himself t? V pronounce the tiat which his common a sense dictated. "I will not decide now," he hesitated, 1 man like. "You see. 1 am not buvins 9 for tnysclf, hut for a lady?my sister? and 1 should like her to ?eo it first. If there is no objection I will call again tomorrow afternoon." "My?my husband chose that instrument, and he was a well known inu? sician," the lady said, almost timidly; j "indeed, did not circumstaaces compel me, I would not part with it now; but i am not so well of! as?" She turned away abruptly, so sud- ^ denly that for a moment Tom was con- } scious of an idiotic desire to take her in , his arras and comfort her. Yet usually he was a keen hand at reading character, j and some inward monitor warned him even now that the pretty, child-like widow was merely actiug a part. But we are otilv mortal, and Tom knew too well what poverty was not to feci for the others who suiter from its blighting influence. "I am very sorry?Mrs. Kerr, I think you said??but 1 caunot decide now," he said, almost humbly. "I will bring my sister to morrow." *# + ***** Maggie listened with interest to the story of the interview, but, sister like, she by no menus liked Tom's encomiums ! concerning the widowed possessor of the instrument chosen by a well known mu- ? sician. ? "I declare you are quite in love with ' her," she said.half jealously. "It would be a romance if you went to buy a piano j and found a wile instead." 1 "Natural enough,too," Tom returned- t "Why shouldn't L irarry? I should not be in the way then when Ned Hartley ( comes of an eveuing." ? It was Maggie's turn to look confused < now. Ned Hartley aforesaid, a great chum of Tom's, nud a dashiug young journalist of some refute,cortainly spent a deal of time in Maggie's compnuy, to Tom's secret gratification,for Ned was a good fellow, and well able to afford the luxury of a wife. ? "We will go and see the lady," she 1 said. "I can't trust you alone agaiu." ' Tom nsseuted, although not without 4certain misgivings. Being, like most of the craft, of a seutiiueutal, emotional fl nature he did not care to bring his di- ^ viuity under the cold, practical eye even, fi of his own sister, and as she sat await-' a ing the arrival of the disconsolate widow, and coolly criticising the unfortunate f] piano, Tom begin to scent something v like trouble in the future. r "My dear, the thing i3 a regular take- I in," she said, decidedly. "Any one but vni 1 WAiilt'l linvp known Hint: 11:11 f Hin><?. I a. advertisements were mere dodges?" "Not forgettiug that you advised the t dodge to be tried," Tom retorted. t Any fulther conversation was tcrini- j uateil by the entrance of Mrs. Kerr, who stood in the doorway looking t'roui one ( to the other. A stray ray of sunshine ( touched her lovely hair and sweet, pathetic face so softly that even Maggie, ( the practical, was fain to admit that Tom's extravagances had not been so exr aggerated after all. *41 am sorry to have kept you waiting," she commenced, "but?" "It is," Magpie cried, impulsively, "actually it is. dear Marion." Dear Marion, thus accosted, smiled redly, and returned Maggie's warm eim- i brace. "It is an old school friend of mine," the latter said, incoherently. "Tom, i you have heard mo speak of her? What a memory you have, to be sure! And to i think of you boing married, and I never i knew it 1 And a widow also! Let me see. I have not seen you for four years, since you left Mrs. Orimshaw's. Vou must come and see our house, tho dearest little place in Ilampstead, I call it." Tdlil loftkinfrnn timnnrhf frltnf oI?1.a..?L ? *.-?? ...VIUMI^II Mra. Korr seemed pleased to see her old friend, she whs strangely ill Ht caso. She parried Maggio's questions both hurriedly aud confusedly; tho strange feeling that she was playing a part struck him with a new and uncomfortable force. "You must como and stay with us, ] and if you are leaving here To n shall , And you a customer for tho piano," j Maggie decided, vigorously. "Anyone, so long as he does not buy it himscll. ( Your late husband must have been sadly j taken in, dear; that showy thing is not j worth picking up in the street." Tom never uuitc knew how it came t about, but a fortnight later Mrs. Kerr found horself established at Tho Laurels j for a few days before, as she said, sho could Anally dispose ot her furniture and piano oeloro going abroad. Sho seemed very pleased to coine, and and yet at the same time strangely loth; at onetime sho was in the best and brightest of spirits, at another the beautiful face looked sad and sorrowful, and occasionally tearfully also. One evening she knocked timidly at the door of Tom's sanctum, and, having taken the scat he offered, looked into hi? face and said, in a tearful voice; 4,I havo a confession, a shameful confession to make, and it had better bo made now. When my parents botln died last years I found mysolf penniless,friendless and without a situation. I was get ten# desperate when I was introduced to a trade?innn wiiose business it was, I found, to buy cheap pianos and sell them to unsuspecting customers eager for a bargan. I was a goo I lure, and I played an important, part for two years." "I havo taken cheap lolgiugs in suHiirban London, a piano has been brought in our advertiscn? it inserted in the London daily papers, an I ? well, yon can guess the rest. I tried to deceive you. W hat could I do, as you were a itranger to me then!?-but I have sufered. I would not have coino here lulcss I had boon forced to, and you :anuot tell how I have longed for a little cat and quiet. My employer was ingry; but I was equally determined, ind besides, I half promised to go back tguin; but 1 cannot go now. If you can >nly say that you forgive mo, remomberng how hard I was pushed 1" Tom murmured a fow incoherent words and the uoxt thing happened was that bis arms were round her, and she was crying gently on his breast. She nade an ineffectual struggle to free herlelf. but the clasi) was strong and kind. "That is your place," he said, flrrnly; 'rest there, my darling," And with these words ringing in her ars she struggled no longer. "I have not finished yet," she said, if ting the sweet rosy face to his. "Do ou know that I am not even entitlod to hat name?I am not a widow at all?" "So much the better." Tom said, heerfully. "Do you know I half susccted that there was somsthing wrong 11 the time; but although, my darlin.-. did not buy that very elegant lookiu tiano, I am inclined to think that afie 11 I got quite a bargain." "And, like most bargains dear at any 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 ii more, a wife who really is liked by her prospective sister-in-law. I am a fortunate man." "And I"?Marion's blue eyes were turned upon him full of trust and tenerne?8?"and I am more than a fortunate woman. What will Maggie say?" And at that moment Maggie was asking Ned Laugley a similar qucstior. SELECT SIFTINuS. Rats are natives of Asia. Twelve average tea plants produce one pound of tea. Physicians' carriages have the right o. way in the streets of Berlin. The site OH Boston, Mass., was sold in 1635 by John Blackstono for $150. The test of a "real good cook" rnusl ever be the making of soups, entrees and sauces. A boy, while wading in a pond iq Jefferson County, Florida, was struck by in alligator's tail, and had his leg broken n two place3. Qlass beads pass as money in parts of Africa. In Masai, five blue beads will juy a woman, but ten of them arcneccslary to buy a cow. Mrs. E. II. Robertson, of Stokes bounty, North Caroliua, is cutting her :hird set of teeth. She is iu her eightyiighth year of her age. A papyrus containing a problem iu chess said to have been solved in tht time of Rameses the Great has been offered to tho British Museum. More people were executed in England during tho reign of King Henry VIII. diuu ever before or since in tho tight ;?i. i? u:? ft imiw ioiuuu| nuo uumvwi luauuiug I 100. A Knoxville (Tenn.) man has captured i curiosity in the form of a mooring >ird, or, in reality, two birds grown together ill body, but separate in head j ,nd song. Lake Erie, it is said, produces rnoro ish to the square mile thau any bo iy of vater in the world. This because of the esult of the good work doue by the Jnited States Fish Commissioners. A trained terrier, with a light cord at^ ached to his neck, runs through under ground conduits, from one manhole to mother, in London streets. 'J'hus elecric wires are safely and hurriedly draw a from station to station. Chinese witnesses have a peculiar 'saucer oath." When put in the box they say, "If I do not speak the truth may my soul be cracked ami broken like this saucer;" and then they dash the saucer against the wood-work and shatter it. The hose usod in sprinkling the plazas of Paris is a queer contrivauce. It consists of lengths of iron pipe, cacl) length mounted at the end on short axles having two small wheels and the lengths joined together by short pieces of flexible hose. An uutograph manuscript of Charles Lamb, two folio page* in length, was sold in London the other day for $250 ?just about ono-third of the yearly Balary Lamb earned by his "dry drudgery of the desk's dead wood" to which President Harrison rcfcrreJ in a recent interview. In 1016 an awful famine raged throughout all Europe, and again from 1193 to 1195, when complete fuilures caused terriblo suffering. In England nnd Franco the people ate the flesh of dogs and c its, and many cases of cuunibalism were recorded. During the latter throe years thousands upon thousauds perished from starvation. A two-year-old girl fell from the, fourth story of a New York tenement house ono day recently. On the way 1own she met with sundry clotbes-liuos, and was considerably tossed about. When she landed on the stone flagging in tno court-yarn, suo wsis picked up unhurt save for a scratch on her forehoad. She fell sixty feet. All bread is not raado from the flout of the ceroals. Along the Columbia River, in Oregon, a kind of bread is made by the Indians from a moss that grows on the spruce flr tree. This moss is prepared by placiag it in heaps, sprinkling il with water and permitting it to ferment. Then it is rolled into balls as big as a man's head and baked in pits. In excavating some ancient Aztec ruins iu the direction of Chace Canon, 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. tSie upper half containing a deep carved face, and the lower half rudimentary arms in relief. The idols aro believed to be at least 600 years old. The custom of niacins crane on tin door of n house where there lies been a recent death had its origin in the ancient English heraldic customs aud dates as far hack, at leas1, as the year 1100 A. I). At that |>er. hatchments or armorial eisign- were placet! in front of houses when the nobility and gentry died. These hatchments were o.' diamond shape, and contained the family ar.ns quartered and colored with sable. / I i i HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. "t*_ .Ml to CtMUg CHAMOIS SKIN. Chamois may' be cleaned in a weak solution of sods in warm water. Kub plenty of soft soap into the leather, and allow it to soak fay two hours. Then rub it well till (tin quite clean, and rinse it well in a weak solution composed of soda, yellow soap and warm water. If rinsed in water only, it becontea hard when dry.?Nenpf York Recorder. WAX*! TO THE KOC8B. It is comparatively an easy matter to make a' walk from the roadway to the house dear of -weeds. Spread upon it the first season ^the ashes from the coal stoves, reserving that from the wood stove for the cultivated land. If grass or weeds apptV. kill them by plentiful application of salt. Very likely the fruit trees adjoining will use this salt, but it will kill the grass and add to the beauty of the'v place.?Boston Cultivat0r" \ * GOOD tOLIBHINO POWDER. Ono of the bast polishing powders that were ever used in my kitchen, writes a housewife, I disooverod quite by accident. The range was boing cleaned out, and in tho flue under the oven there was a quantity of gray dust, a sort of smoke deposit, as fine as flour, that was takon out with a large spoon. In washiug the spoon it was noticed that a mysterious brilliancy was acquired, and the credit for this was quickly given to the smoke dust. Since thon wo have always used it for polishing tinware.?New York Journal. DESSERTS FOR SUMMER DATS. At the summer season of tho year, says the New York World, a light pudding or a cream served with fruit makos tho best kind of dossert. Thoy may bo usod for luncheon or made rich enough to grace a dinner monu. Tho following recipes can be used for either purpose: Rico Merringue?Boil one-half teacup of rice till very soft, drain it dry, beat the yolks ot four eggs light. Use onehalf pint of milk; butter the size of au egg. Grate the rind of ono lemon 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 tablespoonfuls of sugar and the juice of the lemon. Spread this on the top and return to the oven until slightly brown. > Eat cold. Bavarian Crerfrn?One quart of cteam, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half box of gelatine, ono cupful of water, four eggs (yolks); Savor with vanilla. Soak the gelatine an hour in the wator, whip a pint of cream to a froth, boil the other pint of cream and the sugar. When slightly cooled stir in tho yolks of tho eggs, woll beaten. When quite cold and it has begun to thicken stir without cessation until it is very smooth, then stir in the whipped cream lightly until woll mixed. Placo in a mold and set on ice. Servo with strawberries. Almond Custard?Blanch and beat four ouuccs almonds with a spoonful of water. Beat a pint of cream flavored with vanilla and mix with it the yoke oi four eggs, with as much sugar as will make it pretty sweet; then add the almonds. Stir'jit all over a slow tiro till it is of a provoT thioknoas, but do not boil. Pour it into.cups or glasses. Delicate Pudding?One cup of strawberry juice, one cup of water, three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of corn starch, 6ugar and a pinch of salt. Let the water and juice come to a boil. Mix the corn starch with a little water and salt. Add tlit juice and boil ten minutes. Boat the whites of the eggs to a foam, but not stitf, and stir into the syrup after taking from the stove. Swectcu to taste. Put into a mould and serve with soft custard around it. Bohemian Cream?Rub a pint of freshgathered strawberries through a sieve. Add six ounces of powdered sugar aud the juice of a lemon; dissolve one and a half ounces of isinglass in one-half pint ot water, mix all well together and place the dish upon the ice, stirring it until it ?nJKluo w ft uip nuuriy a pint Ol cream to a light froth and stir into it the strawberries; till tho mold and lot it remain upon the ice until time to servo. Then plunge it into warm water for an instant, wipe it dry and turn tyti the cream on a dish. Tapioca Creamed Pudding?Two heaping tablospoonfuls of tapioca, onehalf cup sugar, three eggs, a little nutmeg, ono quart of milk, three tablespooufuls of sugar, one small teaspoonful of vanilla. Soak the tapioca over night in water enough to cover it. Add the yolks of tho eggs, uutmeg and a half cupful of sugar. Beit well together. Boil tho milk, stir iu tho mixture and cook five minutes or more. Spread the whites, beaten to a still frotb, over the top, after adding three tcaspoonfuls of sugar and the vAnilla. Ainbrossia?Place in a deep glass dish alternato layers of grated cocoauut, sliced oranges and sliced pineapple. Begin with the oranges and use cocoauut last, spreading between each layer sifted sugar. Servo with spongo cake. Delmonico Pudding?Ono quart of milk, Ave eggs, throe tablespnonfuls of corn starch, sugar to taste. Let the milk come to a boil, beat the yolks of five eggs and the whites of two with the sugar, a little ealt, add tho well-beaten corn starch wet with a little of the milk cold, flavor with vanilla. Scald the mixture until quite Chick, pour it into a pudding dish and place in tho oven to glaze over. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff frotb, add sugar to make a thin frosting, flavor it delicatoly. Spread over the pudding and brown slightly. To be eaten cold. Velvet Cream?Oue quart milk, tVoe eggs, one-half box goutuie, one cup sugar, coe-haif cup powdered su<ar. Soak the gelatine in part of the milk half an hour. Put the rest of the milk on the stove la hot water. When the milk comes to a boil add the yolks of the eggs, well beaten, with the cup of sugar anu toe guiatiucr. it lien it ireyiiia to thicken take it off, and when noarly cold add tho whites of tho eggs, well beaten, with the half cup powdered sugar. Cherry Custard-? Hake a custard of a pint of rich milk and the yolks of live eggs. Sweeten and flavor. While hot add one-half box gelatino dissolved in cold wnter. Set In n mold. Pour around it in the dish, when served, a sauce of red chorrie#. Sweeten, strain and thicken slightly with cornstarch. Decorate with cherries I SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A steel rail lasts, with average wear, about oighteen years. The rise iu the price of camphor ?um is due to its extensive use in the uunu> facture of smokeless powder. A German has invented an incandescent lamp apparatus for showing the interior of boilers while under steam. Waterproof cellulose paper of one and two colors is being introduced by a German firm for tablecloths, Lookbacks, temporary covers for roofs, etc. A new electric heat alarm consists in the employment of a column of mercury, which by its expansion above a certain point completes the circuit and rings an | alarm. A novelty in the way of metal car roofing is made of corrugated iron or steel. This gives great stiffness between the car lines. The roof is perfectly | water-tight, easily repaired aud cheap and strong. A patent has been issued in Germany for a process of manufacture of a tubstance to take the place of gum-arabic. Wheat bran is the substance treated chemically, resulting in a strongly adhesive mucilage. The 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 heat is fed to the machine and comes out a perfect pieco of pipe. The size and thickness can be made as desired. The vaults of the Uuitod States Sub- | Treasury in San Fraucisco, California, are being fitted with wires for protoc- | tion from thieves. Tho wires are to bo between every two rows of bricks, and any attempt to interfore with the cement or bricks will disturb uu electric current and sound a warning. Trt mftrlr afnnl fr?r*lo Worm #VkA*?* _ _ WVVWI VUUIU IT 1*1 U1 VUVUi I slightly and rub the steel with wax or hard tallow until a film gathers. Then scratch your name on the wax, cutting through to the steel. A little nitric acid | poured on the markiug will quickly cat out the letters. Wipe ncid and wax off with a hot, soft rag, and the letters will be securely etched. A simple mode of purifying water is to sprinkle a tablespoonful of powdero.1 alum into a hogshead of water, stirring the water at the same time. This will precipitate all the impurities to the bottom after being allowed a few hours to settle, and will so purify it that it will be found to possess nearly all the freshness and clearness of the finest spring water. A pailful containing four gallons may be purified in this manner by using no more than a tcaspoonful of the alum. Tlie Army of Hotel Keepers. How many hotel keepers do you sappose there are in the United States! Sixty-five thousand, iiow uiauy of these do you think are keepers of what is known as the high priced, or first class hotels! Just about sixty-five^ or one in a thousand. This is what my old friend, James II. llreslin, he veteran proprietor of the Gilsey,told me on his return from Detroit,where he had been attending the annual meeting of tho Hotel Keepers' Association. There are over a thousand members of this association. The purpose of the organization is for mutual protection and benefit. One of Its features is au insurance plan, by which every member is assessed $2 on the death of a member, which is paid to the heirs of the deceased. The association has already paid out about a quarter of a million dollars 111 this way.?New York Mail and Express. Getting Into "n Scrape." The origin of the expression above quoted is as follows: In Scotlaud they play a game called golf, the favorite J. gruuuuo mi nuuii bjujic uuiuy wiu "dowa," or "links." The rabbits frequent theso "links," and tho hole made by them is called "a scrape." 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 itself is a cross between our croquet and "shinny;" thus it will be sccu that wheu tho ball gets into "a scrape" it is very difficult to get out, aud the player is in a correspondingly bad tlx generally. Such incidents occur so frequently that tho books on "golfing" have laid down rules as to what may be done in the time of. such an emergency, "getting into a scrape" being tno golfer's greatost drawback. From this has arisen the term now iu such common use among us, meaning in a had fix.?St. Louis Republic. Wate or Ohio, oitt or tmaix), i Dcoas County, I Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney A Co., dofng business In the City of Toledo, County aDd State aforesaid, and that said IIrm will pay the sum of $100 for each and every ease of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and suberribod In my preeence. Uiis Gth day of December, A. D., ISM. i ?, A. \V. urbason, 1 ska t, > ''?- ' Notary fubfie. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and I acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Heud for teetlmonials. free. F. J. Chunky a Co., Toledo, o. Mr- 8old by Druggists. 75c. i>t AuniNXHT matters are aaiiT gaining 11 activity. The J.edle*. Thepleaeant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use the California liquid laxative, Hyrup of Figs, under all condition-*, makes it their favorite remedy. To get th? true and genuine arl cle lo >k for the name ol the California Fig Syrup Co., printed ne.ar th* bottom of the nackage^^^ Iowa b?a forwarded to the Baatern sea board 82,000 tons of corn and flour for th relief of starving Ru aslant* E Hood's Sarsaparillr Cured ine of Ooitre > swellings in the ne*-l which I had from Iftyear old till I waa H2. When began taking Hood's Sni a. parllla 1 wax feeling a discouraged with goitr and rheumatism. Whoi I caught cold I could no i w_ _ .. , _, walk two hlockH withou wr?. Sutherland, fainting. Now I am fre from it all and I can truly recommend Hood* flVMUMtrlllii,." Mux. Anna Sitthrki.ant Kalamazoo, Mich, t HOOD'S PILLS are the beet after-dlnne Fills. They assist digestion and cure headache . ( ' A thousand children are born in LouIon workhouses yearly. Bib Edwin Arnold has returned to 'Japan. B own's Iron Bitters euro# Dyspepsla-Molari.t, Biliousness,and Oouoral Debility. Gives Stivugtb, aids VT(tost ion, tones the nervenerea) en appetite. The best tonlo for Nursing Mothers, weak women and children. Tub Sootoh-Irish congress at Atlanta, (Ju., held an Interesting three days' session. Vhe Only One Kver PrtnteA CAN TOD RID TUB WORD? These is a 3 Inch display advert Uement In this pej>er, this week, which has no two words alike except one word. The same Is true of each new one appearing each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house place# a Creecent" on everything they make and publish. Look for It. send them the name of the word and they will return you book, ukautirtJL LITHOOBAf HS or UMPIBI fKlC. Tub Wyoming Experiment Station has six experiment farms in different sections. Malaria cured and eradicated from the svstem by Brown's Iron Bitters, which enriches the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving new energy and strength. Steel will soon be down to one cent a pound. , ! 'm}c y??r Bradycrotlne n sure euro TV,a? h- ? }{ Mountain I'cak, Texas. All druggists, fifty cents. Nkw Orleans, La., is to have a new courthouse and jail to cost f350,000. Sick Headache, lassitude, weakness and loss of appetite caused by malaria*can be iin mediately cured by Beecham's Pills. Prairie wolves are creating havoc among - took near Elkhorn, Wis. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thompson's Eyo-water.Druggists sell at 26o.per bottle Niagara Kails Kxrarslon, July *JN. Tbo O.. H. & J)., whose magnitieent excursions to Niagara Kails, Toronto and the Thou sand Islands are always the banner excursions of the summer season, will run this year's from Cincinnati, Thursday, .Inly 'J*. The route will 1h? via Detroit ami Michigan Central. The rates from Cincinnati to Niagara Kalis and return will he95. Toronto and return will boa dollar higher, and to TSiousmikI Islands and r< turn $f> higher. Niagara Kails and Toronto tickets will Is- good for live da.\s ami Thou sand Wiamls lor ten days. Make your arraiigi incuts to spend >onv .'ncatiou about Ibis time and join the C., II. .V 1). excursion. There will lie plenty of sleeping cars. For furtherpartlci lars address anv C.. 11. & D. agent or FT. t>. M( i 11 11 i '. L II ni.T I . />E < .1 ?. Nature should be ass,8^d ^ throw off Impurities of the CURES blood* Nothing ____ ni?| does 80 well, so MALARIAL promptly, or so POISON safely as Swift's Specific. LIFE HAD NO CHARMS. For three years I was troubled with mala* rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail, and 1 was greatly reduced in flesh, and life lost all its charms. I tried mercurial and potash remedies, but to no effecLlcould getno relief. I then decided to try MSBSRS A few bottles of this wonderful EHBtiSfli medicine made a complete and permanent cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever, J. A. Rice, Ottawa, Kan. Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Go. mm Tuft's Tiny Pills? Mil him late the tor pid liver, ntrniRl tic 11 A ^^tli? <llR<>Mtivff organs, rreiilnti' I liew bowel*. 11111I am liiietiuftltMl ? an nuti-^^ liilioiiH iiieillrtiie. I>iih? Hiitall. Jiftr. Oftteo, 30 & 41 I'ark I'lm-e, N. V . ? ? 'August Flower" '' I am Post Master here and keep a Store. I have kept August Flower for sale for6ome time. I think it is a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond, P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y. The stomach is the reservoir. If ii 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 rlower, it assures a good appetite and a eood digestion. a DO YOU READ ADVERTISKMENTS? THAT'S WHAT W1 WANT *0 MHO OtJT. To the first 'JO who mention thl* paper and nsk for free pint of our 91 AO Iota on fi monthly pny* menu In GRIFFITH. I hlt wo'i conlni faclnry Suburb we will send n receipt for VIO, good on wny lot* herealtor nought of us; to the next 10a IVfr wdmlnlonlu (ho World's Fair. Try It) Ml BWIUOUH A CO. SO* Chaator ( (nwm, Chirac** 5tfth"^asFes, "inalu^s. the hamli. Injure Ihe Iron, and burn off. | The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Vrllllant, Odor-1 less. Durable, and the consumer pays lor oo tin I or class package with every purchase. For Ladle* am ^ /mtoir Pn#umat,??u iKAVi^R XDiamond Frame, l 1 Tubing, Ad^u?t?b A head ? cents la 1^1 SI>,H. ui.1.1*. raas. lopae of Uaaa, Tj JOHN P. LOVELL ARMSCQ., i . ___ TPT 1?PT) APUV We tench either n lMlMlMlfll Large(,t School in SEN 01 A, new Catalogue. C IT 18 A DUTY you awe year* RAM elf and family to act tho heat RAM vrJis far yaar money. Kroi.o* lie la yaar footwear by pur- Rf f caaelng W. I., Douglaa Hhoes, _ " 9 waici repreifii i*? ned mine fmr prices asked, tkeasands lL J will testify. m J W TAKE NO 8VBHT1TIITB. If not far sale In year nine* send dlr ?. wanted. Postage ftree. Will aire excli 9k?a|4 w^srt I k?Tf ?t tftilf. Writ# <M copXICW^^ * ^ ' You're through with Catarrh, finally and completely, ?or you havo $500 in cash. That's what is promised you. no' matter how bad your case or of now j long standing, by the proprietors of; ~ Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. |( Catd'rrh 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 Head, neeas but a few applications. Catarrhal Headache, and all tho effects of Catarrh in the Head?such as offensive breath, loss or impairment of tho senses of t^ste, smell and hear-" ing, watering or weak eyes?are at once relieved and cured. In thousands of cases, where ev-1 erything else has failed, Dr. Sage's Remedy has produced perfect and! permanent cures. .That gives its1 Iiroprietors faith to make the offer. | It's $500, or a cure. They mean to pay you, if they can't cure you. i * But they mean to cure you, and1 m they can. PAATItir i>k-ti<?"?yh tiik nmrn of li iii i imp i hi. ivct or a riiipita aim r UU I llWfU ih.- I>l-rn?r. Prh-o W*\ Ilv ariiurinlk I s-ni| (?r li'ntlmonlth. n. v. i.rm.ru a ? ?., Mwnntea, <>M?. TO $15 All lug Jewelry, watches, tableware, etc. Plate* .local of Jewelry good a? new, en all klode ef Betn with coll,stiver or nickel. No experience. Notipltal. Every house has ecoia Dtrliog plating. II.C.Dklso it Co..Columbae,#? 7lao'a Romivty for Catarrh la the H|| n-M. failcsl to Csp. nnil flioapest. J Sold by 1I1 iiKKiMd or M'lil l?yinallT^^J 50c. K. T Ilaiclttne, Warren, Pa. H BETTER DEAD ^ THAN ALIVE. v Dutcher'a Fly Killer li certuiu death. files are attracted to It and killed at ottce. Titer do not lire to get away. Cae it freely, destroy their eggs and prorent reproduction. Always ask for DUtcher'e and get best results. FRED'K DUTCHES DKUO CO., ST. albsss, VT. a eurify the blood are safe sjideri a factual. The best Keneral family J e/^O Pj^^^/iurdlctne known for BiUousnsei.# ?f^^'2il,l.cy Couitlpntlon, Dyspepsia, Foul* WUV^ Breath, Tleadnehe, Heartburn. Loaf * wBl^BSr of Appetite. Mental Oppression.# t sinful Digest inn. Plmplea, Sallow# * Complexion. Tired Feeling. and* Jevery symptom or dunuw resulting from Imniist ? blood, era failure by the stomaeb. liver or tntaaUMnz 2to iwrform their proper funrtlons. IVrsonsgiven lor 2ot< r-eatlug are benefited by Inking a TAHT'LlCaftarZ a each meal. Price.bv nial), IgrosstSt 1 bottleIJo. Ad-1 i dress TftB RIPAlfflCHUllCALCO .10RprnccSt.Jf.T.X ? Agents Wanted* EIUIITY prr i?Dlj*r*lk^J rtsMwssMtstsssccefssstatseesw ; F*MOTHERS'! ! FRIEND" i I Makes Child Birth Ea?y^ ! I Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, ] ; Endorsed by the Leading Physician*, j | 1 Booh to "Mothm" mailed FRMK. ]| ' BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ;; I ! ATLANTA, OA. ! ! SOLD BY ALL DRUaOISTS. 1 fiafLIVER fell! PILLS DO NOT GRIPE NOR RICXU. Bar* cur* for SICK 11K A D* ACRE, impaired jlge?lioa,e*Dat*patton, torpid glitnda. They aeons 'ear j- vital organs, rcmuri nausea, <11* J linear. Magical effect on Klct11 nova and bladder. Conoirt 5 bilious nervous tils : A A orders. Establish oatS W VJ uralpAlLT AOTtOH. Urnutlfr roinploxlon by purlfyin# blood. PURRLV VkoktaiilB. Tltr dots lr nicely adjnrlrd to suit ease, at <sn? pill ran sever he too intirh. Earli vial eontalna fj, earned In veal poeV' l like Irat pencil. ItilHlnoKH miiir'a (real convenience. Taken easier than sugar. Sold everywhere. All genuine goods bear "Crercent" I bend 8 cent stamp. Yon g-t >3 peg* book with rare pi*. SR. MASTER MEOICINE CO., St. Lonlt. Ms. Two. *-*8 " iOMP CYCLES 7acS hlonan*So*'dT*rss. ^9 if Sleei Drop Forginga, Staal T U l^\ Is Ball Bearings to all running parta Suspension Saddlt. 1H GRA.DK in Every Pnrtwulmr. I \. aUmpi for oar 100-jpage Illustrated rafs-l UH HI ilea, Kevolvera, Hportlsg liooda, efe. ] I M#atA II? Ul.aU A Oa OAOYAU Ureses 1^^^ k^TS^ ZiSHORTHAND ouch A* LrorNM- i i, UKOIWIA. . L. DOUGLAS SHOE GENTLEMEN, T SHOE IN THE WORLD f W THE MONEY. **? M*?0 ahoe, that mill mot rtp, flue calf, ?Minl?L Ik, flexible, more comfortable,etyllab and durable Ibai oe ever told at the price. Equal* ouitom made abo?0 i $4 to |S. 05 llnud.eewed, Ane?alf ?hoe*. The mo*t atyllak, ind durable shoe* ever aoM at Uienc price*. They equal <1 ahoeaooatlDR from 08 to 013. Police Hhao, worn "by farmer* And all other* wha it a Rood heavy calf, three tulcil, exten*lnu edge iboR i In, and will keep Ibe feet dry and warm. Hue f'nlf, *9.9% and $4 WorklnRmeu'a HbOM I Rive more wear for the money than any other maka* M inn for rervlce. The Increasing sale* abow that work* ^ a found thla out, 511 I'J and Youth*' 91*95 Heheol Shoe* ar* worn by the boya everywhere. The moat aervleo* ild at I hone pi tee*. c CI ?:i llund-Hewrd, {.50, 09 and ft .TO l-v bluxa for Itlienea nro inndeof the I,eat Doa* tor flneCalf, aa d<olr. il. Tuey ore very atyllab, oon*. able and durable. 1 b? rijualn custom mad* ra rootlnr from $1 t*?t<l. Iodic* wl.owtob loecoaa* e In tlirlr footwear < r? IIudlnit thla out. A L'T I ON . ? He ?varo of ?1 ealera aubatltut In* aboea with* W. I,. DoiirIim' namo and theiirb o stamped on bottom, h aiiballtntlnna are fraudulent ami aubject to promos* 1 by law for obtaining money under false preteDne*. eel ta Factory, elating Itlad, alze and trldtk tTnff