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/ ^ TUB MODBI I., Moat wivn will end their story with: "Ab. well, men are bat human." * I long to tell the aeeret of m A truly happy woman. Through all the aunabine-lighted years. Lived now in retroapaction, My husband's word brought never tear% jgHpT Nor caused a aad reflection. Whatrferthe burdena of the day, (a?r? Unflinching, calm ?-* lu near We part?the larger half ? Frl always And him ready. House cleaning season brings no frown, No sarcasm, pointed keenly. Through oar pete up, and taoka head down He mskea his way serenely. Our evenings pass in oonverse sweet, Or quiet contemplation. We never disagree ezoept To "keep up conversation And deny morn of radiant June, Fair moonlight of HepteinLer, April with bird and brook atuno, Ktern, pitiless December? Kaoh neeins to my adoring eyes Home new grace to discover. For he unchanging through the years, Is still my t?nder lover. Ho life no shadows hold, though we "* Have reached the side that's shady; ' v husband? t)a! a dream is he, ,nd I'm a maidsn lady. ? Ladies' Homo Journal. PARSON PLADLGV. J BY MANbEY II. I'IKK. / T whs "meeting. time" in lluddcrifcm? field, Massachusetts I I Ha v Colon v. on ;i t I fl I I Kunduy morning in t=? ' BJI June, 107F5. The *ifty or sixty log lit i Mings which +r_ made up tlic so (tic ^jr' Isl r> Ilicnt Stood HiU'tlt -^~r~ ns so innuy. toinlii v-?- iiinoiig the black stumps of tlio halfcleared fields, tor evory soul in tho place from tho ohl man of ninety to tho youngest child, was in the meeting-house on the hill?every soul, that is, except Abuer True. Aimer True, whoso father was a deacon and tithing-mau, and counted second only to the minister himself in rigid piety, was actually playing truant from mooting; and this in a village which locked upon Plymouth and Weymouth ns dangerously worldly towns, relaxed in morals and manners by ovorni'icb prosperity. Hut Abuor had worked from sun to sun every day of tho last week, and know he must do the same every day of the next week and the week after that; for tlie corn was to be hoed, the grass crops got in, and a score of other tasks to be done. It seemed to liim too hard that, on this one day of rest, lie should be obliged to sit upon a backless plank bench all the forenoon, if, indeed, he did not lind him?elf forced to sit thorn Ion/for; since Parson Pladley, who rarely itruacliuil lens . than three hours, Hometiiues preached four, and once or twice had been known to exceed tive hours. Aimer felt sure that the sermon would uoi dc a snort one tins <Jay, eveu according to the preacher's ideas of brevity; anil the more lie thought of it the more ho djruded it, until he became willing to incur any punishment for the sake of escaping thai discourse. So when Deacon Amos, with his wife ami younger children, were readv lor meeting, 110 Abner could be found. Hidden in the little hay-mow of the rough barn, he saw the family depart ? his father marching ahead, equipped with musket, bandoleer ami powderhorn; for King Philip and his Indians were at war against, the w hites, and no man throughout the colony went to Isold or church without his arms. Similar groups, similarly accoutred, paced solemnly along tow.ard the ru le I sanctuary upon the hill, until Absier, seeing that all lludderstield ha I pi?sed, felt that he was safe?for the present ? and lay down upon the soft hay to prepare for the sound nap he had so longe I lor. Ilelow oh] Fly, die farm horse, stamper and munched; without, the liens crowed in the sunshine, with a drowsy note tint should have been favorable enough fot dumber. But between his guilty con 'Ciousiiess ot what lie had done and his iiiuim 01 neuron Amos would do, Abnei could not manage to go to sleep. lie begun to wish himself upon that backless plank bench, even if the sermo;> were to last all day; jet a tardy arrival would be nearly as great olTence as not to coiue at all; ami he had not the courag?. to meet the public reproof wiiich Parson Pludley might administer, or to hasten the private cmistisemcnt that Deacon Amos wouhi surely inflict. The time went on. Tue old hou*c aits still now; the hen? uttered only at occasional croak. From the far distance the preacher's voice came down on tin warm breeze in a softened murmur Abner was dozing. What was tint? lie hear I a soun 1 that wakened him quite, and he sprang l I IJI* ""m" "cTpoleea' on the watch to sn i"ch i . ?? ?c .iekcu. Abner peered out through t crack to see if he could discover tin :? imul, for the swishing sound seemed , drawing near. In the meoting-house Parson Pladlej iiad turned his big hour-glass twice, and now the sands of the third hoar wcr almost spent. Itolore him rows of serious men, women and children in reverent attention, not once removing their earn ' i>?t eves from the minister. -J , The heavy door was flung open an i shut again with a loud hang that startled ' very member of the congregation. i noy, staggering and streaming with perspiration, ran up the broad aisle and fed exhausted at the foot of the pulpit. Every man stretched out his hand tc the musket that stood beside him; bu! no one rose, no one said a wor I or ut tered an exclamation. Whatever the danger was?and they knew well what it might be?this \\a< hoi's house, and in it none hut <Joi" servant should raise a voice or ventun upon any action unless lie permitted. The minister descended from * place, leaned over the panting Abu and caught the few words the boy ha ' strength to whisper: "Savages ? full tiv< seme?stealing up?to take '.is unaware !' The minister returned to the pulpit. "Kindle your matches, brethren/ said he, in a voice of perfect tranquility. The ring of flint and steel sounded aU over the house. "Make ready your guns," continucc the minister, taking up a heavy musket, aud blowing the match, or fuse, by which it was discharged. "Musketeers, to your stations. Ye that have but swordi or pikes, sit fast." vvugregation obeyed these orders as calmly as they had been given Twenty-five men, headed by Deacor lilt IIIIVIIIK 1! III IIM! MI'lllllll, lll?l 1IIIUUU .11 f the war cry grew fainter, ami tlio pat- ( V ;ring of the arrows diminished. I'm.soil I'iudleyhaJ not interrupted his ?ermon, although his voice had bucu 'emporarily drowned hy the noise of tho r assault and defence, except for tho instant that ho cast one glance at tho musket beside him, and another at the hour;?lu-sv\ All tho men who could act were at their posts; why should ho not continue to the end, while waiting for the desperate struggle which must conic? tlis sense of duty told linn that he ought not ^ to cease his holy ollicc before tho ap- 0 pointc I time, except under compulsion ^ in which he mu-t recagnize the hand of (to I. Ifis hearers u ldorstoo i this as well at I lie had declared his determination in so in any words, 'l'liey did their part hy ' listenin g with steady attention. ,l Agubi tlm cries grow louder aid ' arrow llights tiiieker. Tim guns re- 1 plied, hut tins time tho attack was not ' repulse I. A ponderous thumping on tho v door, which shook tiio whole building, j Void that sonic kind of battering-ram was being employed to 1 ironic It ivmo. a. si few more such shocksuud the door must F fall. ri Only a pinch or two more of sand reuaiued in the hour glass- Still it was P not ipiite empty and l'arsou Pladley " preached on. 11 Crash! The door was half olT its c hinges. The firearm men crowded be Inn I it mi l d'-liverd a volloy that up- c pome I for u minnto to clear tin" passage. a riicri; whs vol some sand in tlm hour"lass. I In- parson's lipi couhl In-soon to move, though his Voico was not ^ heard. A renewed y< II ami the crashing blows 11 once inoro I>? il upon the door. No shots " I I in wered this tune, for the muskets .vore nipt v. An arrow whistled aercss tlie chureh ami stuck tpi'ivorim; in the fr >nt. of the ' pulpit. Aroutul the ed:jes of the shat- ' tiled iloor halohets ami clubs wore ' I.:a.oli-he I in the faces of the ilofoml- 1 ers, wi o ilas'io I them asiile with the ' butts of their onus. The woiuou bo^an 1 to scream. I Tlie Inst san I ran out of the hourhiss. 1 Parson Pladlcy bowed his head and said. I 'Anion!" And all the oom> t'l'onl ion ' answered together, "Amrii!" IT|? sprain; tlii' hitherto motionless ' listeners ? wouii'ii to the rout, met) to 1 the front?uii'l from the pulpit the ohl minister, wit'i sword and :;uu, lo I the way to thu aid of thu others, who ware bo^innino (,? ;;ive "round before thu of hideously-it lintod figures who were fo-e ino their way through the entrance. '' Then came out another side of the -v Puritan character. The iiere" energy? " almost joy?with which the colonists J1 fouo'ot was us misprising as the stony self- 11 control they It id shown but a moment ' before. Ahead of them alt, Parson ' Pladlcy swung his mighty sword with % cries which betrayed the old horse- J soldier of Cromwell and Harrison, fot 1 i such he had been ami of tlioso who fol- a lowe i him, more than one had stood in v lite ranks of the pikeava who in?' the " charges of Princ Uup'rt's Civuliers, M and icpelled them, toi. 11 \u i... ??-' " rr li e war -on.* o! Divi I tae lvui_r, re- Ll joii ?'io over his victory ; w ? ! have pursued mine enemies and ovci ikcn tin* ??; neitliei til l I turn " again till they >v -re >:i trii I 1' i have wounded tli m tint wcie 1 not nb!o to rise; ricy are fulleii un t < 1 r my feet. e "For Thou Inst gir l" I me with ' strr igt'i unto the 1 attic; Tliou has sub- i dyed under nit; those that io*c up | a ?ii'nst inc." I Tiic Indians were like wolves evnbat- i iliu lions. Tney shrank, wavero 1 and i were pressed hack to tlie <1 tor, through 1 it, and outside of it. Then, by ouo last rush, they were broken, scattered and disp osed. They ran in every direction for the shelter of the wools; many of them fell by the way under the pikes and s words (n umlr pursuers. I In Idersfield was saved. . Within the meeting house, now half- , ruined, dim with po .vder s noke and j heaped with broken benches, arrows and . dead bodic*, the congregation gathcie I , around its minister, who, blnckencil ami . bloody, with .own torn to shreds and a , ureal a'ash across his forehea I, ouec j more raised up his vcce ? ois time in the glorious shaii of one of their tri , umphant hymns, AH joined in it ~even the worn lei, win.) could citrrcly lift their lie* l? from Trus, silently ranged themselves tb< I loopholes which were pierced in thi I loor ano aion<; the walls. Each know lis position, and took it without delay ?r hesitation; while the fifteen men who lad no firearms sat stiffly on the benches with the women and children, moat of vhotn had not looked behind them ainco Vhner malicd in. I'arson I'ladluy looked at the hourglass, which still continue 1 to run, and juietly resumed his sermon. Around .ho sides of the room the musketeers 1 (looped at the loopholes amid the liyht c vapor from their smouldering matches. II Oil the benches tlie body of listeners 1 kept their composed countenances turned c .ipou the preacher. Have his voice, t :h?>rn wnq no flnund but an irifroriUOIlt f nctullic rattle, us sonic muskotecr exuiiiucd his gun or loosen Ins irondiilted ? broadsword in tho scabbard. Tlio j words of tho prcachor saug throughout ^ the house: "And oven as aforetime tho heathen ^ iid furiously rage, and did compass tho children of tho covenant with spear and a iavelin round about?" A high pitc'icd, thrilling screech filled e '.he air without, and now rose above tho * minister's voice. It wits sustained and prolonged in many savage throats. . There came ipiick, sharp pattermgR on she roof and walls, like hailstones. Knoeh Brett fill backward from his loophole with an arrow through tho train. Auotlici mm rose from his sent, . picked up tho ;;uu which Brett hud . dropped, and took the vacant station. A do/.t'ii muskets answeted the storm . J >f missels. Their lire seemed to check ( I ? r si... : ... II ?C???wmamm????'? the ground, tod the dying, who sang their own breathe away in the grateful chorus. When the injured had been cared for, and there wax once more time for ordinary matters, I'arson Pladley called Abncr True to him. "Sou Abner, thou didst well ao cud ningly to avoid those ruthless savages, and privilv warn ror this iliuu fieri test reward." Abn.t looked up, astonished. "And this shall be thy reward?thai for thy wilful tarrying away from the sanctuary thou abatt receive no discipline ?from the church " "Hut iny father will?" stammered the boy. "Of a surety he will," placidly replied the minister, "and I trust it nitty do thee good." "Come with ine, Abner," said Deacon nos.? Youth's Companion. The World's Consumption of Coal. A statistician has lately baeu en'/aved n estimating the world's consumption of :oal. fie divides his figures into four (roups, embracing respectively the quanity of coal used in heating steam-boilrs, in the production of gas, in the exraction of metals from their ores, and or household purposes. It may he ukou, ho says, that the total steam online capacity of tho globe is equivalent o 10,000,000 horse-power, and that, laving regard to the utilisation of other uels, the quantity of coal burned with he object of producing steam averagos .4 pounds per horse-power per hour, or u hourly aggregate of 12,000 tons. In II probability, howover, this is an under stimato, as tho efficiency of the world's team engines is calculated by some to ie 20,000,COO liorso-power. With ropect to tho manufacture of gas, the < iou rly consumption of the illuminating criform fluid is givcu as 5,000,000 cubic notrcs, which would necessitate the dlsillation ol at loict 10,000 tons of coal i >cr hour. More difficult to calculate i^ lie consumption of coal for the produciou of power and heating gas; it may >o estimated, our authority thinks, at 1500 tons per hour. A largo quantity >f coal is used in the reduction of metals rroni their ores. It is calculated that in his way some 9000 tons of the mineral ire consumed every hour. A special osiniatc gives the quautity burnt hourly iy works and factories at 5000 tons, rho most difficult calculation is that uf lie domestic consumption of coal. It is istimated at 55,000 tons per hour, or ,320,000 tons per day of tweuty-four , lours. This figure, however, appears , athcr small considering that in Groat tritaiu and Germany alone the daily { utput of coal in roeeut years has aver- , god 000,000 tons, and that tho exlrac- ] luu lu mi uiiiur uuuiiii iui ni'iy no ruuit* f ucd as oik: ami a half times this quauity. ? London Iron. Tlio Oldest Herbarium. The oldest herbarium in the world is n the Egyptologist Museum st Cairo, ad consists ot an inconspicuous collecion of dried portions of plauts. These tortious of plants and flowers were taken rom wreaths and garlands in the colfius iritli mummies, wheic thoy were placed iy the ancient Egyptians as death ollerugs, and from cdiblo plants which were et in eartheu vessels on tho floor of the opulchre as iu? tuiuuuio ui ?.u~ i, esting placo of their beloved ones, laay of these floral remaius are so well reserved that, after being treated with 'arm water, thoy can bo hnudlud like lodern herbarium spccimuus. The < olors, too, are preserved in a remurka- < le way. The most important mutter iu oniiectiou with these plants is tiieii i go. The remains of funeral food arc i mud in tombs as tar back as .'}UOO years efore Christ. Five hundred years later rains of mustard seed, capsules of fluxeetl, gourds, lentils, beans, tigs, pino icedles, juniper berries and other edibles re found. 1'he richest acquisitions in eaves and flowers to the herbarium were nude from the tombs constructed beweeii the eighteenth and eleventh ccnuries It. C. Among tho flowers chiefly nioloyed iu floral decorations for the lead were the blue and white lotus, tho I'1' i.oppy, the Oriental hollyhock, crown hr\.-uiithemum, safllower, pomegranate lower, willow leaves, grasses and peplermint. Celery leaves came into roquisiion later, and onions, leeks and garlic flayed an important part iu the olteriuga o the dead. One of the general eonelu- ) ions tir.iwii i ruin im.i iiciumiuni iv. *uv?w Igygt has sustained 110 appreciable oli? ! untie change* (luring the last l'JUO years. -(.Jardoii ami Forest. lVrliuiuMl Pekoe Tea. The tea that is always drunk in nov- I Is, orange' pekoe, is a tea perfumed by ?yi>?iT orange (lowers anion * the tender onnif leaf lo.j.J-5, J>iit not produced ill ear .sullieicnt quantities for tlio tieuands iniiilc upon it by the laily novelsts. A new perfumed tea, however, is eihi* introduced. It is cilleil Fayhatn ' ea, ami is expected to soon have the mgue in literature of orange pekoe. 1 t is even more valuable in life, because l is doseribctl at agreeable cold as hot, ml can be used to ilavor custards, ices, ' ihile in punch its own aroma f? ?vat lore fragrantly distilled by tho other iuredients. Fay ham tea,it seems, is madt f the flat-dried leaves ul a. whiln or-A-i crrrvrr ltrTTnTir, TTttrofuy recently or- , lid tea has been introduced in Paris, f hero it has since become an article o I , an mere . lbit it is not onlv n? ? tcs cat this parasite is making itself rent at ion. Cigars have also been made f the leaves, ami the vauilla-liko odoi hey emit is described as worthy the cm. f the century. The orchid of all plants tas been hitherto regarded as the most mrely ornamental, as it not even sup >orts itself. The discovery of a variety hat rivals both lea and tolmcco on their >\v;i grounds is regarded of economic importance, .and the probability is that Hie oicliul which belongs to the vcr? highest botanical circles, will yet be cul tivated nn>l numbered with the crops, ?New York Sun. A D-luje:>f Nitric \citl. It was n svntly dated before the II >y.il v c-cty of I. union that the only reason he earth lias net lon^a ;o been delude I 11 a sea of nitric acid is thai the igniting point of nitrogen is higher than the temperature pro bleed by its combustion, uid therefore the tl tine is not hot enough lo set tire t > the adjoining "as. Were it not for this tin- fir>t li^litnin; Hush would pr ibab y h is' tire I the :er, seriously interfered e. i'o the devt'iopinc it of lit" vorld and in i i> thin ? m nrrn'ly iiuroin c> f I|l? ' ?Ne a Vofk lo'll llitl. AFRICA'S PIGMTT TRIBES. BEARDED DWARES IWHABIT XHI DAKX CONTlKlMT. The TribM ot Llttl? Pecp!? Are Wide 1/ Hope re ted. Bo? Here ?wmoAre Warlike, ~1 TOHTT years ago no one nppowd 1/ that tribes of dwaifs existed in 1 ' Africa. To-day authorities Mk? ? dcblichter, Feikin, and other* affirm not only that the anaient writers were dealing with fact and not fable when they wrote of the dwarfs ot Central Africa, but also that the world derived important geographical facta from these uwnrfs. They believe, as did the late Captain Stairs, that dwarfs found their way in ancient timos into Egypt, aud that they doubtless gave some infermat ion about the "Mouotains of the Moon" and the Sources of the Nile. The theory that dwarfs from the upper Nile regions did reach Egypt is fortified in a striking manner by the recent discovery on an old Egyptian monument of the picture of a dwarf with the name Akka beside it, which is the name of the most famous of tho Central African dwarf tribes; but later centuries bad no faith in dwarf tribes; and the testimony of more than one recent discovery was needed before the interesting subject attracted much attention. Some fifteen explorers iiavo within the past I aw years added mnny facts to our] knowledge of tho dwarfs, and though oijr acquaintance with theiu is atili incomplete, enough facts havo been obtained tfo enable us to take a general view of th^sc curious lit* tlo people. One group of these j pigmies, the Dokos, havo not yet been visited by any explorer, and yet it is certain that they inhabit, approximately, the region assigned to them on our map south of Abyssinia. It is hoped that before long some explorer will visit them in their home and tell us more about them. Avancbcrs, Krapf aud d'Abbadio, all travelers of authority, lmvc met many of them, aud, independently^ one another, havo borne testimony to their existence. They wcro described by theso mou as having the same characteristic! that mark the Equatorial dwarfs who were not known for years after tho Dokos had excited tho curiosity of ethnologists. Professor llnrtraan in 1876 collcctod on the cast coast trustworthy reports about t'ue Dokos, confirming th<* earlier reports. The Ilokos arc 9aid to be dark brown in color, extremely ugly in physique, aud about four feet high. They go entirely without clothing and build most priim> tivu huts, which thoy cover with skins or leaves. Their ouly occupation is hunting. They change thoir quarters as joou as game becomes scarce, use only poisoned arrows, and aro expert in catching animals in traps and pitfalls. They do not know the uso of tire and cat the tlesh of serpents and other auunals '-aw. Dr. Henry Schlichtcr, who has collated nil the cvidcuce at hand rotating to theso perfect savages, says, that although their couutry has never been visited, it L*au sufely bo said that 'cast of the Nile and to the south of Kada in the unexplored territories to the south of the river Oino there exists a pigmy raco similar iu size, appcarauce and habits to tho dwarfs of the up|>cir Nile and Congo it is probiblo that they are icattcrcd among 6w.?.Urlbea of djffcroufc race and customs like ; West and Central Africa. It is now possible to divide the dwarfs ;>f Africa iuto four groups?tho pigmies [>f West Africa, knowu as tho Obongo, Akoa, and Uabougo, who were tirst met in recent times by Du Chaillu; tho dwarfs of the central regions, knowu as the , Wambutti, and iiatua, diaeoveied and described by Grcnfoll, Vou Francois, Lenz, Wolf, Wiseman, and others; tho Fast Africau pigmies, knowu as tho Dokos, though they probably compose several tribes speaking several illiferent dialects; and the dwarfs south of the Congo basin who arc the bushmen and their relatives of South Africa. Home time ago Mr. liuliburtou reported the discovery of dwarfs among the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, but the reports about those alleged pigmies are not yet sullicieutly authenticated to be accepted as fact. Among all these widely separated dwarf tribes exist rescinblauccs so striking .that theso little peoples nro now believed to be the branches of the same great family that by one cause or another was separated perhaps centuries ago, until to day its parts are divided by hundreds of miles of territory in which no dwarfs arc found. They are ali migratory, uever remaining long in ouo place, though they do not often wander far out ol their own district. Although all ol them are savages of the very lowest type, their cunuing and skill as hunters aio most remarkable. They live among tribes of ordinary rlsturo whom they supply with dried meat and lisli iu exchange for vegetable food, knives, aud other articles. They i itcriuarry only to a small extent with their larger neighbors, and as a rule are vory shy in their intercourse with other peoples, which accounts for the fragmentary information wo jit presviit lia'sess about them. lJeards are d o vol ougd|jn?->?< tar^cly thau ^ larger neighbors s" , n.'Pr'? ? 'n nimbleuess. ures of native Airnsfcai ... j wives iu ostrich skips to get within bow Shot of these shy biSds. it is only tin dwarf bu-hmcn whi practise this device. Livingstone said thft the dwarfs he met kdlcd mauy lions (with their insignificant-looking arrows Wcknow very little as yet about their languages and dialects, but thu incomplete vocabularies collected show that not a few of the words of theso widely severed tribes are identical. In a number of respects the various dwarf tribes show differences of so-uo importance. In Central Africa the Tikki-Tikki dwarfs are a little taller, have darker skins, more vigorous limbs, and arc covered with fewer bill coarser Imirs than t'.ie Akkn, who live a little north of than. The Akkn, on the other band, are a iittle taller than the Obongo in West Africa. The average height of a hilt men among the Obongo is four feet three inches, while the nvcrago anion ; the Akka i^aen is about four feet seven iticiics. The Obougoare probably the smallest dwarfs in Africa. The tribes riilTcr in coloi from light brown to black, beards are a foe.uire of ah the dwarf tiimitlfta l?nfr or/? ^nnfifw ?f 4inn'/??>o'l among some or them, v.rulo among others the heard is ipiile long, particularly among the iJa'.uu so itli of tho Congo. The dwarfs of t':o central regions, the Akko, WanabuW, rikki-Tikki and A Batus, form the moat important grou of African pigmies. Tbej are all wai like, and few of tho tribes around thei bare given explorers so much troubl as the lUtle folks, who have dogge their caravans, skulking in tne forest or jungle where they / Uiuijr i? seen rlLavios the trees and swinging then elves out on tbe limbs with the agiUtj of monkeys, and from this vantage plac< showering down poisoned arrows upon the enemy below. Explorers tell of the Baton swinging from branch to branch, as trapeze penormers take flight from ono bar to another. Orenfoll and Von Francois were astounded to see the Bstua scramble out on boughs overhanging the rivers until tbe limbs bend low beneath their weight. These Batua tribes extend over the whole southern part of tbe Congo basin, and doubtless much s<lditional information about them will be brought home by future explorers. Very little is known of them at present .....t 4k. r..i ?f 4k.:_ CAWpb bug iaub U1 IUUII CA'OWUl/U. Schlitcher says that, like the Akka aud the Wambutti, their intercourse with the various tribes of ordinary stature among whom they live is usually of a friendly nature, partly because the Dantu tribes are afraid of them and partly because the pigmies supply these tribes with flesh and skins in exshange for vegetable food, cooking pots, and other articles that may b< regarded as among the luxuries of African pigmy life. Moreover, they ar< thoroughly at home in the forest, and ire, therefore, valuable to their Banta friend* as spies and scouts in time of 'cjds aud warfare. The sites of theii mcampments and villages aro always carefully selected to prevent surprise, ind Stanley describes their daily life as being similar to that of the Bantu popuation among whom they live. The womon do all the domestic work, erect Iho beehive huts, collect wood and vegetable food, watch the tires, and dry the neat. The wen spend mod of their lime in hunting or in bartering with leighboring tribes. They usually speak the dialects of their neighbors, but all iravelers say that they also have a distinct language of their owu, of which we havo little knowledge. It is now very genorally believed that ill theso dwarf tribc3 are the remnant of lie original population of Africa, who, any centuries ago, wero decimated and widoly scattered by the intrusion ol Wronger peoples. While there is no died evidence proving this hypothesis, ihero are circumstauces which give it such strongtb, and among them is the wprobability that the various scattered pigmy tribes could have immigrated into ;crritories already occupied by the Bantu, Nuba aud Ilottontot races.?New Yoik Sun. A Pretty Aiiccilolc. Here is si pretty uncc loto from Ttom?. "I am too old to wear white gowns uuy longer"?a wistful asseveration of the Queen of Italy. "Let us take a fortnight to think over the matter"--the answer of her devoted husbaud. At tbc end of a fortnight's time arrives a large packing case coutainiug whito gowns ol every description, addressed to cue Queen, with the words, "The King's decision. Another story of the Royal couplo is equally characteristic. The Kiug's hair, as we all know, iurued almost suddenly white. Tho Queen, much concerned, ni a gentle hint placed a bottle of hair (lye upon ber husband's table. The following morning at oroaK(a<<t mo iuu>JS ?r pea red with their favorito whito poodle uncicr nis arm, wu 1 nu coat uycn a nne black. His own locks remained- as be fore.?New York Journal. Causo of IH-SiuvHln# Book*. The abominable smell oftcu noticed ibout very cheaply bound books is caused (by tho carbolic acid which is put iut< the paste to preserve it and keep it fre< from cockroaches, which will scout pure paste a block r.wuy and come to it in shoals. Under ordinary circumstances cloves will do as well as carbolic acid, but in bookbinderius, where there is always a good supoly of paste and where the other attractions for cockroaches are numerous, carbolic aeid is really the only ellectuul preventive. In the cas*. of bet ter bound booas very little paste is used, and tho leather has generally sufficient perfume about it ?o counteract a little un pleasantness.?St. Louis Globe-Demo vrat. The Govtmor Was Trespassing. Goveruor Pattison, ot Pennsylvania during a walk in the suburbs of Phila dolphin recently, sat down to rest on 8 rustic scat beneath a tree which was on private ground, although he did nol know it. He was soon informal of thn fact, by a little girl, who, approaching him, said: "Do you know that this it private property, and that my fathet will prosecute trespassers?" And there upon tiie Governor, who was too inuc! amused by the situation to make air protest, was e-cortc I off the ground* b. the little girl.?Pi.-iyune. An Air Tight Wafcli. a v...,!;*!. ? JTX. IUICUIi JUTCIJVIUU ui importance to navigators is a hermetically sealed ohrouorneter to prosreut, lue <te , T. A' ? i?? ? ?o AQ( AR/fttfire on the raechauisrn. The ipven (ion consists in hermetically closing thi casing of the chronometer, doing "awitj , the keyhole through which the nil or clastic diaphragm.?Chicago tieraia Cluistiauity was introduced into Japan In 1519. A <iiiro?|>oiuloii; \ ii?\vore>l. f. K, Tin' factor) town uf Griffith lies nini miles ii-itlii :)Hi hi ( 'luoug.i nini lias four rni' roll<ls. mio n i-oiniili-t hell lino, n.ol I wo fuel-ru pijii -.iiios. \ fn.f ito-fiipiion of iliis urowijn town o.in |ii'oli,il>li In- loot |?y addressing It founder.la\ A. Dwiggius A- of t'lileago. Tiic first Christian building in Tokio, Japan, was erected twenty-five years ago, There nic now ninety-two Christiar churches and chapels there. I Can Walk a Mile Easily, although for a long timo iK'fore taking i. Hood's Parsaiiarilla I ttH&StS*. i~- ?ri soiifil not walk n sfcj/. I had a terrlhlo ? ruiiiilng soro on my leg, V\ resulting from milk leg. t T W Nothing did menny good ** L7 till I began taking HnoiV* Nar*awtrllIII. The pilin reused wholly, tho dark color II rs. ('has. A shell, dispjiiioared, tlie pore has healed, and th?? limh is j-orfeetly healthy. Mils, (A. Asiiki.I., Avon, Mass. Ilooil'n I'lllit should tie In every ftnll medicine chest. Once used.they are preferred p W?rf#i Fair Alk?ai . OITEJf AWAY BY TttU C. H. * D. A?D MOSOH, THE WOHLO'l MIR KOl'TE. 11 An elegantly bound album of the World'* ie Fair view* baa been published by the C. H. A j V.. which, in connection with the Mon?> u forma tlie popular WorW? r.<? r.uuM from g Cincinnati ?? "LU.?go. The album la a work of art and will be sent to any address byEL O. '? McCormlck. OTP. and T. Agt..C. H. A D..Cln! cinnatl, O., on rroeipt of ten cents in irtairrs Incidentally it N noted that thedonbledally Pullman safety restlbuled trains, with dining I car* between Cincinnati, Indianapolis and 111foaep, are run only via tie C. H. A D. and MonKente. Bee that your tickets to the World's read vis tbeO. H,>ft The largest end moat espenaire City i Fall in tlie (JuUod States la that of i iliiladelpMe, and its principal cower b to contain tbs largest clock in the world. Hamplr Packers Mailed Krer. Address SmiU Bile New York. A dog bitten by a rattlesnake in Florida was cured of the bito by the administration of gunpowder internally. They Increase the appetite, purify the whole system andact on the liver. Bile Beans Small. For the first time tho Russian soldier* are to be furnished with handkerchiefs at the Government's expense. Bick-Headaohe relieve*! by .Small Bile Beans. There, are over 15,000 Masonic lodges .n existence. The Only One Ever Printed. j can you rind the word? These Is a 3 Inch display advertisement In this paper, this week, which has no two words J all* e except one word. The same in trae of | each new one appearing each week, from The Dr. Barter Medicine Co. This house p'aces a I "Crescent" on ereryl hlng they make and pubi ll*b. Look for |t, send them the name of ihe word and they will relarn yon book, sstertrun lithographs or samples thee. 1 Wages nave declined in 3^9 towns in Germany, oat of 906. 1 For Impure of thin Blood, Weakness. Malaria N> uralgla. Indigestion, and Biliousness, , take Brown's Iron Blt'crs?li gives streugth, making old persons feel young?and young persons strong; (leasaut to take. The luxury of doing good aurpaisc3 ovcry other eujoymeat. E. A. Hood, Toledo, Ohio, says: Hall's Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen years ago and she has had no return of it. It's a sure cure." Sold by Druggists. 75c. The stooping bicycle ridor in:iy bo sup1 posed to bo on pleasure beat.?Boston Transcriut. _ Foil Dyspepsia, Indigestion, anil Stomach disorder*, use nrown s iron Hitter*. 1110 iwi Tonic, It rebui.d< tbo system, cleans the B ood nn?l strengthen* the muscle-. A splendid tonic for weak and debilitated persons. Tira labor cost in a ton of wire-rod i? 1 05. A coiik fcr nourlv alt of tha common Ills ? what, doctors? Pehawl Tako Uoec!ia-n's Pills. For sale by all drurglst*. 25 ceiti. Mullein leal ia recommended aa an excellent specific for rheumatism. OCR Oi.n r.Kl.itni.K Kyk watkr carps unite or tnfla'Kcd eyes, or Krantilntcil III; without pain, i. eeni?. .tons R. hn-KKv I'rui; Co.. Itrlstol. Va. |||* 0>T?5 "Wsft 'M TOVA Both tho roethoO and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is plcasaut find refreshing to tho tasio, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidnoys, Tjiver and Bowels, cleanses tho system effectually, dispels colds, head1 tehee and fevers and cures ImYitunl constipation. f?yrup of Figs is tho only remedy of ita kind ever produced, pleasine to tho taoto and nc* ccptable to tho stomach, prompt in , lis action and truly beneficial in its ( effects, prepared only from tho most healthy and agreeable substances, its i many oxcellent qualities commend it ! to all and havo mado it the most popuh.r remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale In 50c ? and $1 bottles by all leading drug' gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on haud will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to tiy it. Do not accept any substitute. , CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM rfiAIYCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, At. MEW YORK. N.V. \ "German Syrup" | I must say a word as to the efficacy of German Syrup. I have used it in my family for Bronchitis, t the result of Colds, with most excellent success. T havp tnlrnn it uiyscir ior l liroat Troubles, and have j derived good results therefrom. I therefore recommend it to my neigh> bors as an excellent tcinedy in such i cases. James T. Durette, Karlvsr ville, Va. Beware of dealers who ' LUXUrtlES?LE?KSVfLLf BLANKETS. Housckccfiors SU lb.. 9!i. Carolina's Pride, !?>.. SO |? r pair. Lcaksvlllo Honest .Tonus?Oro.v, l'r< wn ami Itlliok 'i.lc.. Ifln. ftnil IUI/* IMT vnr.1 Wnrcnv Ura.v. ;t'4 t-'fc. Drown, 4llc. n yard; vrry K'Xxf. Wool Yarn, nil colors. He. n hnnk. If jour denier I docs not keep these roihIs order of .1. \V. HCOTT { A CO.I Special SellliiR ArIB., ( i eeiinhoro. N. ' iTlf A DI'TV rnuoweronr. 1AI <u*lf mid family in crei the oe?t nHL# 1 value far your mnncv. Kruno- lira mire In yottr I'uniwrnr Itv pur- wW cbsslng \V. Ii. lloiiRlns Shoes, . which represent llie liesi value for prices nslteil, ns%k. thousands will testily. aT|J> Jjl) ' tTTAKKSOSI'IISTITI TE. W THE BbSI * ueiilliiit awi fr? X | II' e nti 11 ^ JrFOR w. I. DOUGLAS Shi'iv's Kf wot for sale In * or ; i I air ? vn'i.r,!, Pevtaoo In r t* t i\.e.s,?n r ihpn^hfislnttlfHit luei.t ' > !? its** himl*. IfiJ'ir? tiie lion. Ami bnrrt rff. f The ]Uilii( Sun S'ore I'uliiD |4 V (fM.Uurabit.iiid the consumer |en luT to Ik 1 or (W package with every purcUaee. L PiUCATEWOMEH Or DiiBUM Worn, sbonM mm BRAOFIELD'S FEMALE RE6ULATWL r-vcry ingredient possesses supcrD ionic properties and exerts a wonderful influence in toning up and strengthening her svstcm. by driving through the proper channels all impurities. Health and strength guaranteed to result from its use. *' My wife, w ho was bolrlddcs for i*h. teen months, after using tlradfteld'm Female Jie</ulati.r for two months la getting well." J M. Johnson. Malvern, Ark. v , iSJ nn*Di'iEi.i> neotrLAroii Co.. Ailanin, tia. Bold by Diug^iets ut gl.UO per boltlo. PATENTS V _ |0-PHze book free. $5 to $l5p.?Hs? JtObScf n'?r. od All klnL cf mrUl -r?r ICeniunpllrri and pe?|>lo H who have weak limes or AMh- HI ma, should uso IMso'sCuro for Cousumptlou. It has cored RSj thousands. (t has not Injureilono. It Is not had to tako. H| It Is tho best couch srrup. ra Sold everrwbero. ?5c. rag I H Unlike the Dutch Process Q* No Alkalies Other Chemicals f*W^7 aro useil In thtf preparation of W. ItAKEli & CO.'S I flBreakfastCocoa Vlt ' V which i* absolutely Hi , 1 \| pure and eolttltfcIJB i f i rrj Iiliasmore than (lircctimes pjj ' - | |j ihc.'trt mjth of Cccoiv mixed tflUL.1 ' ' I mi 'vi'11 St.ucli, Arrowroot or :jn^;ir, ami i ? far more economical, costiioj I'.z.i thtiii one cent a cup. It is delicious, iiouiisliinix, ami easilv . " DIOK3TEI>. . > Sold Ijy < -? ? : i s ???-i) where. w BAKER & CO, Boi-cbester, Mats. RELIEVES all Stomach Distress. REMOVES Nausea, Seuso of Fullucsa, C'ONUESTIOS, l'AIN. REVIVES KAiI,Ino ENERGY. RESTORES Normal Ctrrulatiou, arid Warms to Toe Tics. 4R. HARTEft MEDICINE CO.. St. Loult. ??< N. N. I". I IF YOU OWN CHi^KE^S rou WANT f ,\ X T 'THEIR THEM TOA A WAY en If you merely keep tliein a* a direralon. In or> der to tinmllo Fowls jiidlciourlv, you must know omelltliiK about l!:rm. lo nwft ililn Vi nt wo art elllDK a l*n>k ftirluK <"? eiperienc* / 9Eof a practical poultry ralror for \ fcUCt twenty-live year*. It hm mitten by ninan who put all hi* mln I. ami lime, ami money to making a ?ue ee?* of Chicken ra'riuic- not rn a ir.-ilim\ but a* a bualneas-ami If yon will pior.t by.bis twenty-t4 yaara* work, you J? save man/ Ckicki auuually. Stf li^wl y! I how to remedy u. i nis i imn^n! I.few/i A. It tol * how to ijtft-i . r.'itl iiiro ?l' > , (o f?rd for (g8 uuil also ( r . ui IvniiiK; w l>!, .. iV ?\ is i > - .Hf Ivf breeding purposes; ami ev-i vt -ii g. , ! !, y<n? bouid know on tbli su'.Jei t ! 1 V o It i-rofltubte. Bent postpaid for twenty lla cents In Ic. 01 to, lamps i ' Book Publishing House, I |3.1 i.?'^ IT.. V. ?'ttr ? iJ JlffP ^ ^ ^ wslvtl? GENTLEMEN, r SHCE i(i Tilt WORLD Fflfl THE MONEY. ' 11' i / > i / m, , tiim e.tlf. seamless, *. fl- .11 .. n I.', \ i.-1> ii.) iiuniitle ilmn >ci\c|' >1 ;i ii , l i. I. | -i l II-tolll lllllllf sllovti - I Ii. ,r. l.? I til. it-- I i . it. i'l i t In).''. I lie most stylish, 11 ii .i ie . <-i >>'|.| .-it :liesv crlci s. l in y e<|uai ' > s . -I i , ; . Ill is ... $1". 'n .! lull', \ r.i l.y '.miiii is inn I nil others who n I i s ..If tlr im'IiiI 0 *1 elision t'llgti shoe, ill. .1.1 s I I . . ) I I i IYi t ill y Mini u nrni. , in < ill', t .'.'! > ni <1 ?>v! \\ iii'ltinetiicii'N Shoes 11' ! <: i in. 'ii ii' money tlmii .my other make. I fur 'O .! Hi It eri iisIiik sales show that Work. us.: 'I i i" i. ? ! Veiitlih' *!.*.? school Slioen are ? mi i > ii. l.y everywhere. The inn ! si rvlee* II ! Hi. s i l II i s. rr C ' ' ' l!e I'll-seyy I'll. S'? >?y, .*'2 atl'l ?1,1,1 ?t. i i. - |. i llismi'omle i' ."to Ol i iii i el i loll' i i' f ii'f - <1- : ireil. I ll< y i ' m i y si < It-li, emu' I .,.1 | . e i.'u 'll i $1 In ii|tinls custom mndo .) tr fit i I.-nl''- win yvish toieonoa Hi I- |i nin, r ie tin Ine ll i- ui'i. I t'! >\. !! "%. i ol i i ||. i i.loil it lit nie shoes with.'. I I itial li'ii: ie .'.||il t l.o | i ii ! ?t iii I 11 i hi lint tom. siilx'lllilt in . re fraudulent ami Mi''.|i e? to | roseeiih. I m t i: liinlnln iii.>n. v iiii.I. r nil. , n I. e.-i { I ic i-( i?i v. sflllillU f.lll.l, .|/i " yy ii!;i| t 'ilo to shim ilen el a nt; i . et.'t.il trert ittiJ'tgttr, n. I,. I..intSr.o hi,-ii. ijn,^