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* " " "**" MELODY ' Whm thalaad wu whit* with moonlight And tba air *u awaat with May, I wu ao glad that Lot* would laat i \ k Poprwer and a day. Now the land ia whita with winter. And dead Lot* laid away. I gm ao glad Lite cannot laat Rorarer pndaday. ?Anala R. AJdrteh. in tba Canturr. INDOUBLE BONDS i I ? 1. *?. WPLBY, I teurtfS] TjS wa think path apt I'm Tl found aomathing at B Mr*. Rip'e*'" RCC?nt did n?t V* B contradict hor rsi iPi rnunn InrloAr1! r?. mark? though her M V B words had that apni? 9m*. V* jwarance. "Yes," continued the first speaker, holding u|\a letter just couie by the morning post; "sco this I It is from Mr. Richard Allison, whose advertisement I answered the day before yesterday. He asks mo to call at Room 7, No. 10H Koolkcr street, at 9 o'clock this morning, if I have leisure. If I havo leisure I l'vo had nothing else to do for tho past month. I must do what I can to make a good improssion, you know." "You couldn't help doing that," said Mrs. Riploy, and she looked with a iittio sigh after tho graceful girliaji figure in its suit of sombre black, as it disappeared through the door. "Poor child, f do hopo she won't, bo disappointed," sho added fervently; "there's not mnny brought up as she's been would bo willing to work and do for themselves after always having everyth"ng dono for them," sho added, taking up her work again with an earnest wish for the success of the orphan girl who, though sho had known her hut u few weeks, had, by her lovely facoand .. lw.r .,,,,1 fill,.,! penile nuiuuuip, ..... her with nu almost motherly anxiety for her wolfnre. An h?.ui Inter Millie Thorndyke was looking at No. 108 Koclkor street, a tall brick building seeming very widoawako with its numerous windows and liberal displny of signboards and official shingles. At each side of thu door was a thin marble slab with a list of names of tho inmates of the building. In inappropriate numerical place she found that of her possible employer, over tho words, "lteal Estate." Mr. Allison's office?outside of which she presently pained with a fluttering of the heart and a shortness of breath due wholly to excitement?was on the third flight, in a cozy comer at tho end ol a long, narrow hallway. At the moment tho temptation to flee became almost irrosistablo, Imt knowing hesitation would be her ru:n, she drew a long breath, and pushing open the door, crossed tho threshold. It was a large, clean, airy room, well furnished and carpeted, and it looked more inviting than she had expected. From behind n desk?ol tho kind known as "roll-top"?caino a scratching sound, which, with a little tuft of hair visible over tho top, showed .. /.snnnA *\f fIm mwuntnnf IUU IJlKtuvv " "x-x,.., scratching ceased, and tno couiiecmou became apparent between the iult of linir and u beaj, the owner whereof straightened back in his chair an<i wheeled about so that she could see hiin. She thought hiiu about thirty yco#s old, though the full brown beard he wore so becomingly in/vlo it dillicuH to tell his age with accuracy. Having assured herself ho was Mr. Allison, she timidly made known her erruud. "All, yes," ho returned; "sit dewu. Miss Thorndyke." lie wis not e. man of words. Hs asked few questions, contenting himself with learning she was a stranger in towu, had lost both father and mother?the former within six months?and kuev? nothing, from experience, of the dutiei attending the place for which she hau applied. "Vou may come on trial, and see liivvi we like each other," ho said, nud, to ho,great relief, the important matter was settled, for a time at least. "I think we shall get on," he said at the end of the first week, and she had taken that as permission to stay. Gradually the newness of her surround ings wore otT, ami she settled dowt among them as naturally as the great sate or the desks, one of which was now devoted to her especial use. She could not Hatter herself, however, ou often holding a much more important place in the thoughts of their common master thau these bulky pieces of office furniture. 8ho thought him the most unsociable man she had ever met; but he was also the busiest, and conacquently could not have much time for unnecessary talk. It did not take loug to see she was in no way a confidential clerk, or that Mr, Allison hnd a great deal of business at whose nature she could only guess; almost every morning he was out for several hours, and he had frcqueut callers with whom lie held long ami close conversations on affairs which, in her mind, at least, were invested with great importance. One gentleman in particular she began to notice, from his almost daily appearance ami iiie intimacy she saw growing up between him and Mr. Allison. He \\'i nt by the u ime of Morton, but she could not allay a doubt of hiright to be so called. His bold though brief look of admira ?: ii.? d_.i a:_~L^ v.~ i i i ... i i IIV1I H1U 111 H lUUU lit; nil 1 SUl'll llfl Jl l'l prejudiced her against him, and sincr then her disgust at hiiu h id been steadily increasing, although from causes the most indefinable. Froiu various bits of their talks, picked up at different times, she sur mired that Mr. Morton was trying b engage Mr. Allison in a heavy specula tiou, to which he inclined favorably, Further than this she knew little, bul she wished earnestly fyr something tc happen and dissuncre him froiu such r step. She had speculated a great deal abou' his home life, and wondered how mucl he relaxed his impenetrable reserve whei at bis own fireside. She knew scarce!' anything about liiin except that he live at Lindeudale, about ten miles out o v town, whence he came everyday on tii x 'i.iin, and her early suspicion that he wa yX^ unmarried had heen confirmed hy \ i-lirase from the lips of a lady caller, wh \ ml playfully twitted him on the way V>; crusty old bachelorhood. i x r*r ' * ? Ono morning Mr. Morton entered the office io some haste. "It's all arranged," abe heard bitn oar, "and I find I must leave at once, i ave your certificate filled out, ant I Relieve you said the funds were ready. You can give ttiein to me to <Jay, i suppose. " No, I cannot," returned Mr. Allison, who was at. *>- Ucvp iu tne contents of a private drawer at the safe. 4'They arc not in town, and I must first oil some Government bomls now iu the safe deposit vaults at Boston. I will try and bnvo the money for you in the ooursc of forty-eight hours." Morton inado no reply, but Millie tbanced to look up just then, and shewn* much startled at the reflection of lis face, presented by a mirror hanging >n the opposite wall. IMainly Mr. Allison's words had not ileased him, for the expression on his Jark features vividly illustrated rago tnd disappointment. When Mr. Allison sat down sgain Morton had fully recovered himsolf to all vutward appearance, and after a little nnre conversation in too low a tone for her to understand it, ho went away. In the afternoon Mr. Allison astonished his clerk by asking if t>he thought sho ;ould tako sole charge of the office for a day or two. He was going to Boston at live o'clock, and could not tell iust when lie should return. Had sho darod sho would havo tried to dis&uado him from going, for ahe was iuro tho result of his journey would bo :o put u largo part of his property in Morton*H hands. 8ho did not speak (hen, but sho was so uneasy sho determined to watch for uu opportunity of doing ho. By ami by he happened to look up md set; her eyes resting on him, with an expression which caused him to leave his Icsit ami como to her side. "Wlml ib it, Mil? M i?.s Thorndykc?" I .1c naked in a tone sho had never heard hiin use l>< fore; "you have something to say to me." "I?I -yes," hIic stammered, and then stopped short. She had not yet oversome a hahit of Hushing up whenever he addressed her?a hahit not nt all unbecoming in his eyes, though it was painfully confining to her. While he was waiting for her to recover herself the ollico door opened, at which he stepped hack with an air of annoyance, and, turning, confronted Morton. Millie's chauco was lost, for Morton stayed until train time, and tlio two gentlemen went out together. "I will leavo the safo for you to lock," said Mr. Allison, in giving his (iual direction?. "You know how?shut the door hard to, turn the handlo that works the bolts until it is square across, and then turn the knob two or threo times toward the left." After he was gone she reproached herself more than ever that she had not -poken the warning that had been at her tongue's end. It coul I have done no harm, and would at least have put him on his guard. I hit regrets wero useless, and she could only hope, rather forlornly, that all might turn out well. Hcing in a somewhat disturbed state of mind, and having no work to do, she tried to compose herself with a now boi<k lolt in (lie office hy Mr. Ailisoti, nml she found it so interesting sho was loth to lay it down at 5 o'clock, the hour ready before 0:30, and her <|uarlcrs at present were comfortable and quiet, sho determined to stay a while longer, tir.st taking care to lock the door that sho might he secure from interruption. As she was about to settle down she thougnt of the safe. She never before had had occasion to lock a safe door, and she carefully followed Mr. Allison's directions. "Oil, how heavy I" she exclaimed, tugging at the ponderous weight, as she diew it hack for a long swing, "lie said 1 must shut it hard to," and exerting all her strength, she elosed the door with a bang. Then she shot the boles ard turne 1 the knob until a significant little cliek told her all was secure. "I here; now everything is fast," slu said. Ami so it was, even more so than slu thought, for in turning away a quick tug at her gown caused her to look down, when she saw with dismay she had shut into the safe a part of ouo o: the folds of her skirt. One or two ineffectual pulls showee that the iron monster could not he made to give up its grip until its jaws wore forced apart?in other words until the door was opened?which, us sho neither knew the combination nor had the necessary strength, was of course out of tin question. Had her gown been an old ono she might have freed herself by tearing th< cloth, hut, it being a new and verj pretty garment, she was unwilling hasti ly to offer it violence. She thought o calling for help, yet what would i serve? While she was trying to devise soim means of drawing herself out of her dilemma, she heard a sound of approach ing footsteps, which stopped outside tlx door, and were followed hy the lattlc o a kev in the kevhole. Then she romembeio 1 with eonsternn tion that she had locked the door am the key was in the lock to the cxclusior of any other. 41 Was ever anything so stupid?" sh< exclaimed. "1 have watkei into a com plcte t; in I . ni t got out ali i no out ?!>c e in get in." l'lie person outside having probahl; gneiii: I the i >ii >!i of his noua Inisnon, . now kocke 1 <>n tin: door an I t-ked whe was within. To her unb ?un le 1 surprise and relit ! she recognize 1 the voice of Mr. Allison. , Hut how could she let liitn in- One w iy presented itself to her?it seemed , the only one, She did not hesituti long. A few move uents of her niinbh tinge.'', tlie bonds fell away and six ! quickly crossed the room. , "Mr. Allison," she c.alle 1, "I am go ing to u!ilock tho <loor 110 v, IniL you must not come in for :i minute." Then, turning the key, she hurried back to the safe, an 1 reversing tho little ' operation she. had just gone through, was agaih a prisoner. When Mf Allison entered he looke 1 at her with much t surprise, as well ho might; bu* In 1 eoinprehemle 1 the situtiou even bjfuru 1 she begun to explain, f "How careless of me to leav-- so un ' wieldy an ulT lir for you to manage!" In ' exeliime-1, self rcgioachlully. "II nl e not come back I should never have for ,s given myself, though 1 scarcely thou'hi n it fortunate when I foun I I must los? o my train on account, of the k- . i > m* s box in the safe deposit vaults, winch , forgot to fake with me." While he wm speaking she morel : aside out of his way, aal n half-dozen rapid turoa of tbo little knob oaabled hiin to throw back the bolts. "I hope I shall never do anything quite so foolish as that again," said Millie, with a nervous little laugh, as she withdrew her imprisoned skirt, au<? smoothed the creased fold. "IT JVy u>?( snould chance to meet with similar misfortune, may I be neat at hand to come to the rescue," he returned, smiling. At 9:15, so he told her, he intended t< take the next train for Boston, thougl he seemed in no harry to get away evi denfly preferring the society of his clerk to a lonely wait nt the railway station. To her rurprisc he took pains tomak< himself agreeable, and she was compelled to admit he could be very agreeable when he chose. The littlo incident thai had just occurred had suddenly changed their relations to each other nnd advanced them to something like intimacy. Who was very glad of this, for she hail determined to free her mind about Morton at any cost, aud now sho felt only a small part of hor former reluctance. ' Mr. Allison." she began at tho firs! /pportunity, "before you went out you isktd if I had anything to say to you. I had and did not dare say it." "Indeed, Miss Thorndyko! Am I, ;hen, tho object of go much dread?" ?* - '? '' <?natwA?a/l Isw-tlrstsrv " \/ll| UU| Ol'y DHU r?U9**OIVUf iown at tho carpet, not quite able to neot his cye3 just then, "only I feared jrou might think mo impertinent or ifllcious." "Not in tho least, that, would be iin- , possible," ho assured her. "I want to know if you think?that is, if you arc quite sure?Mr. Morton is wholly trustworthy?" He waa surprised. Ho looked at her twice before replying. "Your question implies you think him otherwise. Ho caino to mo highly recommended, and ho is the agent of a company in which some of tho heaviest business men in Now York uro closely interested. Why do you doubt him?" For roply sho told him what sue had seen in Mortou's behavior that morning to excite her suspicions. IIo listened attentively, and she saw hor words were making an impression. "From parts of your conversation I could not avoid hearing," she said in conclusion. "I have inferred you mean to give some money into his churge. It is because I feel so suro ho ought not to bo trusted with it that I speak." Hefore she could say more somo ono camo down the passageway outside and presently opened tho ofllco door. Mr. Allison started up, and received from the hoy who entered a telegraphic message. As he read it a curious look catno ovci his face, and in a moment ho handed it to her without a word. It was dated in New York and ran thus: Ktop negotiations wi'.h Morton; have discovered crooko lu'jss. M. L. & Co. fcdie couM well afford a feeling ol satisfaction as she read these words, and there might liave been n little of the "I told you so" in tho look she gave him as she returuod him tho paper. ' Yes," ho said iu answer to tho look; honor where honor is due, always. 1 JlCllCllUCiUUf auvi' iu aid ou*v>>4 IU3 the half of ray fortune, for which I am very thankful to you. I did not guess I had engaged a clerk who would watch so well over my interests, and soo what I was blind to. Such devotion deserves much better reward than I can offer. "Miss Thorndykc?Millie," ho pursued, changing to a more serious toue and speaking with market hesitation, "may I ask if you would deign to?to (ill a more important position thau you havo held??that?of?of?equui partner?" lie had bocu long enough in saying it, but there was no mis taking his meaning. Millie was too much astonislnW to speak. "At least, I may bclicvo iny case nol quite hopeless?" ho ventured, after waiting in vain for a word. When sho found courage to meet tho handsome bluo eyes looking down ut her so tenderly, the last of her doubts wa< swept away; then sho knew her love now awakening to a fuller life, had been borD long before; and he, reading from tin detplis of her heart what words coulo. uot have told half so eloquently, claspet with his strong arms the treasure he m longer feared to call his owu.?llo-dor Globe. Mr. Armour and His Clerk. Philip D. Armour, the millionaire porl packer of Chicago makes it a practici every year to make the clerks in hi otlico the present of a good business suit of clothes. There is an unvvrirten la * that this suit shall not exceed in cosi forty dollars, for which sum, it is rightlj considered, a very handsome everyday out tit can be purchased. Hut one ne\' clerk, upon being told to go to a tailor, make his selection and have the bill sen to Mr. Armour, detenniuc 1 not to b: hampered by any forty dollar limit. Ib accordingly ordered a suit co3tint eighty-tivo dollars. In due time the bil was presented to Mr. Armour. II* called for the young man who ha 1 con tracted it, acd that worthy appeared, i contideut smile overspreading hi- face lie had no thought of impending danger. "You're Mr. So and so?"' inquired Mr Armour, with great apparent usability. Yes, sir." "You had the suit made?" "Yes, sir." "Kits you well, eh?" very blandly. 'Exceedingly well, sir," replied the clerk, rather surprise 1 by this line of questioning. 41IV..II " \l.. \ jln.nln i. that "-torn, cru*hin r manner of his, "I'vi seen a ijrert many ho.;s m my day, bui you a.o the 0110 I have ever came acro-s." j An<i that day the clerk with th< ! eighty-five dollar suit h-^iti to nuut n i new job. ? New York Ne.vs. Itloichi'.nr by Electricity. A method of electrolytic bleaching rocently introduced in Germany ditTors Irom others in that the textile or other materials to he bleached is passed between rolls serving as anode and cathode respectively., the electrolyte boing used for the purpose of saturation the fabric itself. Thus several pairs of rollers inay be use 1, the anode and cathode hoing alternately the upper, s > that both sides ol the stutl are subjected to the action of tin* products o| eh etrolvsis.?Huston Transcript 4 ? Gray is the dlgiiy color. Round waists art milch worn. Velvet dresses <4% la fashion now. Sleeves are larger and fuller than ever. The craze for short hair has spent ittelf. Green is to be more fashionable than jsual. Thcrs n-e 300,000 women engaged in mdustnal pursuits in Meisachusetts. The very latest trains for elegant even* Ing wear are square-cut and not pointed. Miss Lawson, a young sculptor of Ciucincati, Ohio, has sold her statue, ' The Mermaid," for $6000. It i3 estimated that there is a dally display sf $5,000,000 worth of diamonds at S:itategn during the season. r.ulu Pnnnnnhv mav be said to be the moat interesting aud clever woman connected with Queen Victoria's court. Loudou furriers announce the furs for tho coming ftaason to l>e unpluckud otter, the three kinclvof fox, sealskin, aud Russian sable. Tho new imperial crown of Queen Victoria has its entire surface completely covered with jewels, several of which arc famous in history. A bed quilt with 3000 piecos in it, nn?l upon which a Coopor.sburg (Peun.) woman had labored for years, was sold at her death for 9l'<25. Coat basques cut off at the waist and prolonged in coat tails at tho back are being inado up in heavy and serviceable material for street wear. Would you have dark lashes and brows and yet keep all pasty cosmotict at arm's length? Try walnut juico, applying it with a tine camel's hair brush. It is said that Queen Victoria cherishes a large numocr of dolls, chiefly wooden aud of Dutch mako, which she herself dressod when she was a girl. Olivo Thome Miller, the authoress, knows as much about ornithology as a professor. She devotes six months of cvory year to the study of birds and bird life. Mrs. Julia Stark Evan?, of Ilumpton, Iowa, though tho wife of an active lawyer and the mother of five children, is studying for graduation at tho State Uuiversity. The waists of some of tho now dresses seam to be made entirely of trimming. They are piecemeals of garniture, and many of them are quite too fussy and nnfnKn t<n krt nifKnr nrftfio nrn 1 ?Ar?rsmin?r_ "" f~-v ** O" I It is sai<1 by thoso in authority that tho fashionable coat of tho future will bo tho long rcdiugote, cut double breasted, with wide Directoiro reveres, big buttons, and a doublo or triplo cape. Much of the money which Mrs. Custer, widow of tho General, roilized by her sevonty-two readings la3t winter has tl UV30 I dhuut */C ? *?? tavrva iiaVJ her husband. One of the old insurance companies in Philadelphia makes a specialty of insuring women's lives on several plans, and has women phjsicians, D.s. Anna Hrootnall and Clara Marshall, to act as women examiners. Women with oval faces, and, unfortunately, many with less classical contour, have adopted the fashion of rolling the hair close to the head and twisting 8 ribbon in and out of the coils to tie iu two pointed euds on top. Tho pretty fashion of flower-hung necklaces which has been carried out with enamelled blossoms hung cn a slender gold chain, is gorgeously reproduced now by Parisian jewelers in diamonds and precious stones. Mrs. L. L. Polk, widow of tho lute Presideut of the Natioual Alliance, continues the publication of tho Progressive Farmer at lialoigh, N. U., in her own name. Tho Farmer is published in the interests of tho People's Party. E nilia Baz.in, the Spanish authoress, runs a monthly review to which sho is tho only contributer. Each edition contains a disquisition on tho principal topics of the day. a review of tho most notable books of the month, and a story. The bell-skirt remuius, but it is short, just clearing tiic ground, an 1 is either plain or trimmed, according to taste. But however plain tho skirt may be, the waist fully makes up for any lack of garniture ou the lower portion of tho costume. In one consignment recently a feathor dealer in London received G'lOO birds of paradise, .'100,000 birds of various kinds from the East Indie*, and 400,000 humming birds. In threo months another dealer imported 350,398 birds from tho East Iudies. The accordion-plaited blouse is a new and popular factor in the f.cld . There is no lining except in the littlo round yoke, from which the plaited fuiuers falls longer than tho waist line, and is caught up beneath a folded belt finished with a io?cttc on one side. A pretty and popular way of making up China silks in Pompadour patterns is in Louis Quinze style, with a long, slender coat back and full blouse fiont that teaches just below the waist lino, whore the folds arc held by a girdle or soft sash run t V* aasAI? r?!l n i\AUif ml ltil/%1/ lii Tlio jingling, nerve destroying chatelaine is to be worn again this year. Quite a li'.tlo medicine case or surgeon's equipment is now appended to tho silver or gold bow. There is a book, whose leaves are ot court plaster, a silver il i>'< of salts, a tiuy cruet an 1 a scissors, knife aad memorandum bank! Miss Zelia Nuttull. of San Frane'soo Cal., is making a mark as an anthropologist. Just now she is in Dres len, Germany, where she has a line collection of books ou M? xico. Her apartments are furnished an 1 decorated in Mexican style, ami she is wonderfully well iuforme I in Aztec history and arts. Eminent specialists arc declaring that insanity, diseases of the eyes and nervous prostration are largely trucaable to the tight-lilting narrow-toe 1 shoes now so fashionable. There are certain nerves in flic fee which seem to he abnormally sensitive to the pressure of n irro-v shoes, and untold 9utiering results from wearidu them FISH REGARDED ASA POOD TITERS ASS ONI THOUIAVO TA? BIBTIS8 TO OKOOSS PIOK. The Myth ADoat Its Belli * B???S:.v?a:.'.nnsr ? Lew Nutr?ttT? Titan Fleali?Its Ileal Value. 1 I f UE housekeeper in each familj N I f will do well to remember tlx I fact that there are 1000 differ ? ent species of edible fish in thii country. Not that she need expect U be called upon to choose from this bewildering lot each time she goes to the fish market, but only because the mention of possible fish in suoh large quantities as this makes the mere fact of selection for dinner a more important and awe-inspiring achievement. Professor Atwater, : i the recent report issued by the Fish Commission, has settled the number of edible fish at no less than that, and Professor Atwater's authority is not to be disputed. The food value of fish is a matter of great interest to anybody who eats fish. It would bo worth while to trace back the legend about the value of fish as s Krain inAfl and rlisnnvor if nAsaiKlw uimu ivvu ???V4 Miwvf vi) it pwoii/iV) whether the originator of the idea ate flab in large quantities, for the idea ia 9 brilliant fraud. In the first place v.here is no proof ol the fact that fish contains phosphorous in larger quantities than any meat does. In fact, the analysis of fish has provod that it docs not. And, in tho second place, there is no proof that phosphorus is any more of a brain food than any other substance. Tho real value of tho commoner kinds of fish as food is about as follows: In all fish there is a larger per cent, of watei and a less per cent, of fnt than there is ii a liko quantity of the flesh of fowl ano domestic nnimal3. Thero is therefor* less nutritive uiutcriui, pound for pound, in fish thun in flesh. In tho flesh of tho flounder there is sixteen per cent, of nutntivo materia! and eighteen per cent, in the fresh cod. In the fatter fish, tho herring, the shad, the whitefish, the mackerel and others, the per cent, of nutrition is somewhat higher and near the value of beef, which ranges from twenty-five to thirty-three per cent. Curiously enough dried and salt fish are more nutritious than tho same fish whon fresh. Bait codfish contains twenty-eight per cent.of nutrition, salt mackerel forty-seven and dedicated codfish as high as eighty-two per cent. Part of this increase in nutrition per pound is to be accounted for by the fact that thr waste materials. the honp. skin and re fuse, are more or less removed from dried and salt fish; the removal of the moisture also has considerable influence. Because of the presence of so much water tho juicy shellfish, such as oysters, clams, lobsters and crabs, have a low per cent, of nutrition?the oyster being rated as low as from seven to ten per cent., with the lobster about 011 a par at eighteen. Nearly all of the oyster?as much as 87.3 per cent.?15 water, in a quart of oysters the solid portion weighing but two to five ounces. This, of course, makes oysters a costly food, since, in order to bo properly nourished by oysters, one would need not only to buy, but to eat them iu extremely large quantities. |n'u|;b'i vtouoi\ VIS 'i/ut/ at&Ouilb if given quantity contaius of tiiree things --proteiu, carbo-hydrates and fats. Of these three the protein, containing nitrogen, seems to be the most essential to human well-being. The American fault in eatiug is eating 00 much fat and carbo-hydrates?and lot enough protein. "This," said Pro"essor Atwiiter receutly, "is a natural result of our agricultural conditions, which have led to the production of large quantities of maize, which is relatively deficient iu protein and of excessively fat beef and pork. Our agricultural production is iu this seuse, oue sided."?New York World. The Nation's railroads earned $87, 000,000 duriug Mnv. Denmark has a system of benevolence by which the honest poor of sixty years of age arc insured against want. It is on the presumption that tlioy have always paid taxes. four |{iiiIronilt (It ei lntiketl. "StI-H!!</,. I|*nt four railroads. one 11 l>ell line, and laao luel- til |ii|i.-.lines, nine miles from 1 Inenui*. sir old h?\ l-eeii nam looked," said .Ilia A. baa iuuiiis .V (' ... avlieli I Ilea- laid nut Hitman <d li ninth. I'mir Im-tiu ies loei>t?d. house ; and sini-. s s|>runo tt|> at oni-e.? I'lthnuo New--. Coal aold for a ton in Hartford, Conn., iu 1*28. tC. P. Walt hall A Co., Druggist s.HorRe f'uvf, Ky..wiv: "llall's Catarrh Cure cures every Otic thai takes it." Sohl l>y Druggists, T.'ic. When a fly lights on a piacu of sticky paper he realize that ho is bettor o.T. ? llin^haniton lea lor. The Only On* Ever PrlntrtL caw roc riWD tiiii word? These Is a 3 inch display ad vert laement In this paper, this week, which has no two words ali e except one word. The samo Is true of eaeli new one appearing each wcok, from The Dr. Hatter Medicine Co. Thl* bouse plsc<s? a "CTceeent" on overylhlng they make and ruibli-h. 1,00k for it, send them the nmne of the word and they will retttrn yoa u<>OC, bcautirut. i.iritoottArns ors?""v,2 No Chinese has been naturalized for thirlccn yeans. j Our Baby Was a hennty.falr,plump f) 'CajiJ*, end healthy. Put when two years old Scroftila. fEVr . Humor spread over her ^PWRA.Iiead. neck and forehead down Into her eyes, one Emiiiii ! rederleli. prreat enre.itching* and burning. Hood's Snrsaparilln gave her new lifoar.d appetite. Then the h'ttnor subsided, the Itching and burning ceased, and the son s entirely healed up. She is now perfectly well." I. \V. FitRltritirK, Danforth St. near Crescent Ave., Cypress Hills, Prooklyn. IIood'H Pills cure all Liver Ills, billons, uesa, nausea, sick headache, indigent Ion. CHOLERA Its Origin and History; PREVENTION AND CURE. An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad' dreRft on receipt of Ftainn, Dr. L H. HARRIS. Pittsburgh, Pa. onrw DTipw?h.Mtl?rla. Biliousness and General Debt lit)'. Glees Strength, aidit Digest Ion. tone* the nerves? creates app*tlts. The bent tonic for Nursing If others, wenh women and children. The stooping bicycle rider maj be suppose i to bo on pleasure transcript. Oca Out Riumi Era vim enres weak or Inflamed eyes, or (rtnolMM tlda without pain. 3 cent*. J'NM R. Picnr.T Drug Co.. Prist -I. Va. For a full crop on the farm commend us to the old hen. ?Lowell Courier. When Plata re Needs assistance It may be beet to render It promptly, but one should remember to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed. The beet and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the California Fig Sjrrup Co. The iiian who brags much on his goodness will bear a good deal of watching. ?Ham's lioro. "I.irE is a battle field 'on which we flpht for fame." To preserve health In this flgnt uee Heeohanrs Fills, !ff> rents n box. It doesn't take a bit of meanness out of a rascal to polish hio?.?Ram's Horn. Mai.aria cured and eradicated fr m tho system by Brown's Iro t Bitter*, wtilch < nrichostho blood, toner tbe ncrwa. ?ids digestion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving now energy and strength. Every man's ldoal woman is oue wno would believe ho caught wht!os in tho river if ho told her so.?Atchison Globo. If afflicted with sore eyes nso Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 2&o.per bottle CURES RISING .. BREAST "MOTHER'S FRIEND" MWSK ollcrcd chiid-bearing woman. I have been a mid-wife for many years, and in each casq where "Mother's Friend" hail been used it has accomplished wonders and relieved much suffering. It is tho best Temedy for rising of the breast known, and worth the prico for that alone. Mna. M. M. Bhtstkr, Montgomery, Ala. I can tell aM expectant mothers if they will use a few hoffk-s of Mother's Friend tiiey will go through tlio ordeal without nny pain and suffering. Mrh. May Bhamiam. Argusville, N. D. ITaetl Mother's Friend liefore birth of my eighth child. Will never cease Its praise. Mas. J. P. Mookb, Colusa, Cat. Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt of price, $1.50 per bottle. BRADF1ELD REGULATOR CO., Bold by all druggists. Atlanta, Oa, tvtw tv?irTCOi--^ eEvttmr ME Bile Beans Small, Quaranrerd to cure Bilious Attacks, BIckHeadache ami Conatlpatlon. 40 In each bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists. I'lcturo "7, 17, 70" and sample dose free. J. F. SMITH A CO., ProprMort, MEW YORK. RKK9 ERADICATES BLOOD PON SON AND BLOOD TAINT. Ceveral bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S.S.) 0 entirely cleanied my system of contagious blood poison of the very worst type. Wm. S. Loomis, Shieveport, La. ULKjl CURES SCROFULA EVEN CS&fiSl IN ITS WORST FORMS. T HAn scrofi'i a in list, and c!ean?ed my 1 system en?iiely fiom it by tailing seven bottles of S. S. S. 1 have not had any symptoms since. C. W. Wiu ox. Spaitanburg, S. C. fflra HASCURED HUNDREDS OF CAGES OF SKIN CANCER. Treatise on fllood and Skin Diseases mailed tree. SWIFT Si'tciru < >. Atlanta. Ga. The hypophosphites of lime and soda combined with cod-liver oil in Scott's Emulsion improve the appetite, promote digestion, and increase the weight. They are thought by some to be food ; but this is not proved. They arc tonics; this is admitted by all. Cod-liver oil is mainly a food, but also a tonic. In Scott's Emulsion the cod-liver oil and hypophosphites are so combined as to get the full advantage of both. Let us send you a book on CAREFUI. LIVINO \ frCC. Scot i A Wownr, Cli-i.nsts, t t? South 51 h Av taut, He Yerk. w ^ #1 A'W'g^e P*'li-'ltots the <-|i>r of tlir> FVcf I 111 J I I ill P* -Ti'l Armpits and cure* !!ir fft'nr " =" msr or mouoy refunded. * W. I lit 1>I II;;ji>l-01M11II. Send for testimonials. ||. V. M l) I I .II iV I'D., Sivnnton. !)' !?, FROM 5c. to $50 rosi, Vl'V: |VAT.~. ST \ II l*S. Send ili'iiTliiltoii 10 |i. c. Kent on. I.oiik |i.-.ii |i I'jillf.. nn I In' will make you an offer. Piso'H Remedy fbr Catarrh la the first. Easiest to t'so, and Cheapest. [flj Hold by druggists or sent by mall.^^E 50c. E. T. Ilazcltlne, Warren, Pa. H I'AI'TION.? ilewnre of d'-nlrrssah lllinllni riioe* without W.I,. Uonila* I name n nd 1I10 price otninped on bottom. I Hurl] Miilml It iii loan nro fraudulent on* i subject in prosecutionhy law for ob? ~ ' mining money tin* jO lib . mh dcr false pretences. li" 'iai Inp v/sd, ilxo nod (run/ Y> ' 'J ~~ % w iBttaaafsCTEfll IttflL&fsaa IUj* hand*. liif'irr (lie iron, and bum off. I The KUIn? Sun Stora FolUb U PrIUtent. Odor- I ^ J*ta Durabta, and the con*uu?ar par* lor no tin I or claw packaro wHIi erery jnirctouo. I " "August Flower" ii-S A ? a O a _ . m I am nappy to state to you ana to suffering humanity, that my wife has used your wonderful remedy, August Flower, for sick headache and palpitation of the heart, with satisfactory results. For several years she lias been a great sufferer, has been under the treatment of eminent physicians in this city and Boston, and found little relief. She was induced to try August Flower, which gave immedaite iclief. We cannot say to much for it." I?. C. Frost, SpriugOcld, Mass. ? LUXURIES?LEAKSViLLE BLANKETS. HouwlU'c|'fi*r.*i n? . f 3. CnrollwT* Pride, 7 lb., f 0 per pull. I*tt*?villc Mount .Icons?Or?y, Brown nu<1 BHi-k?'/Sc., 4 Oc. and title. per janl. Kersey Ornv, ,1'j l.'ic. Brown. Il?c. a yard; aery good. Wool Yiirn. nil colon. 3r. n hank. If your dealer doe* not keep these goods order :?f .1. >\ . St'OTT 4c CO., Special Belling Apis . iircrnsbafti N. C. BEAUTIFY YOUR HOMES WITH JAPANESE GOLD PAINT ^ STAR ENAMEL, ii'ndv mixed ; anybody K" .4. tijjHHBjwl inn apply them; proiluce i | wonderful effects for i decorating chalra, tables, 1 1 .1 1 'SSflCwaJ piili, bathtubs', vnaes, LP j wlckcrwnrc; in faet.nny? tiling and everything; ! 'iir. enrh. t&RSTEKDORHR BROS 11 Tlila Gold Paint la tho ** I' "lost talHIan' In tho tnarket; the Knnmel pro/ >,E < duces n washable, porVSfgT <v^r'HA-'4r VE ; 1 olaln llnlsh. If your '*u-V >(61 Murekee|>er iloea not. . UBv AS 1 handle fame enclose 50e. ' ^lSpf!'jAi/*'1tSF ( and ive will express, rWyllf, v/ 7l 1 charge* prepaid. I Box f WiJUninUA llT Japanese Gold Paint and e'Afl ''H'l J 1 ( M' While Kuamel, or .- lawp n 1 ,4 j ? of either. These gooda HlA~,j are not niallahle and exMBjHfiSBMW 11 < B j pleas chaises too high to |p? i fBtfiagggThi? t'nt ix ' t m i .. v. i.; | i! St.. t'ltlengo, III. - ??f LIVER PILLS WklE no WOT UKIPF. NOU Slt'KEIt. 8nre euro (t SICK UK\DACHK, impair. I digestion,conatU petwn.teipid pli'iuls.'fht y arouse w vital organ", remote tiam-'ca. Uls* 55 tineas Mapirsl i iffrt on Kul_I U?-V- nail Irliitlrlrr, t'onnurr bilious ntTTona <1 ixBonu^^y Complexion" Tiy1 prVnfyfnfe blood. Purely Ykoetaiiif. The dose Is nlrely adjust, ,1 toMiUr.vr. t>? one pill can never Ik too much." Eacli val rotiLilii, t.", ran it >1 In vest pooket. like lcatl peneit IlltsllK'SS knoll's greet convenience. Taken easier Pan rttpar. Hold every, where. All genuine good, bear "''lenc, > t." 8eiul 2-c?nt stamp. You get .'>"2 page hcoU v.'lUrampn OR. HARTER WF.OiCINE CO..S! Louis. Mt* 5i t U l? IF YOU OWN CHICKENS YOU WANTO \ -\x THEIR THEM TOA JL WAY en If you merely keep them as a diversion, la ac? 1er to handle Fowls judtolntinty, you must kno\ something about tliecv. To meet tbla want wear* selling a Itook giving the experience / nH|u RB. of a practical poultry rnlr*r for I Will J tOvr twenty-rtvo jenre. It waa rvrlttea by amau who pat all hie mind, and time, and money to making a suorenaof Chicken raising-not as a pastime, but as a business?and If you will profit br his twenty-five years'work, you can sa?e masy Chtoks aaanallp. . . k!lillifm lgsm.s-.t^S " Hatilr.g CHrkt'i-." and make jour Fowls eitn dollar* for you. point Is, (bat you inu t br able ( > delect trouble la the I'ohIii v Hard n- Mn n us It nri"': r?, iin.l know llPtrliU'lsrli II. 'Mils I "uk wl'l tc.v li ) !?. IS tel * bow io ?l"lo< t >u.| iiirixC i iihc. to fAo,l foy eggs sit.I Li t. for fa*toeing. which fowls to save fo* brrcil'UK |>ur| o*Of. and ?'orytlilus. Indeed, you Should kcow oti this subject In ntuko It |uo!)ltible. Bciil postpaid for twenty O.i touts la lc. or Jo. etomi s Book Publishing House, 1:15 Ltossnn I r . N. Y. City. AT. L. DOUGLAS C 3Q |S B" FOR VUVla GENTLEMEN. tennlno sewed shop that Mill not rip t HuoCalf, less, smooth iusldo, flexible, moro comfortable, stylists durablo than any other shoo over sold nt tbo price. Is custom made shoes costing from JI to #5. i only S.'I.OO Shoe muito with livo complete I, securely seweu at tho outsldo edge (ns 6hown In cut), I) Riven double tho wear of client) welt shoes sold at the no price, for sucheaslly rip, having only one eole sewed a narrow strip of leather on tho edge, and when once >rn through aro worthless, he two eoleeoftheW.1,. POI't.'f.AS 9.'?.00Shoe rnen worn through can bo repaired ; many t lines at ioociiar/,Miner will uever rlpor loosen fi?m tho upper* ki urrhnipra of footwear <1<iriig to eeono fiuxo, should coh?M?t the puporlor mmllttcf of shoos, and not bu Inniiciiood to buy cheap wilt FliooaaoM :.t ?Tfn, >?. uaving only nj>pr lrnnco to rnmnif nil \lBL ^ Uiem. W. I,. l)OK;i,,\.'* ,W-n'a 4 on it * ? ? 111, iiaiij I'lilli-r .nil Km ji^ ?^lS3 i Inn'Vsr !?,'.| j vj', ^ niVof thoVnnipVilih ^ * Mltir* < mmmI ercbunii where f ? * ) ^i*&,w/i:is.v.i^'Kci,i?.Sriiaj ,.