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w THE MODEL HUSBAND, Mart wive* will end their story with: "Ah, well, men are but human." I long to tell the secret of A truly happy woman. Through all the sunshine-lighted years. Lived now in retrospection. My husband's word brought never tear% Nor caused a sad reflection. Whate'er^he burdens of the day, ? Unflinching, calm and steady. To bear his part?the larger half? I always find him readv. House cleaning season brings no frown, No sarcasm, pointed keenly. Through carpets up, and tacks head down He makes his way serenely. Our evenings pass in converse sweet, Or quiet contemplation. We never disagreeexoept To "keep up conversation " And dewy morn of radiant June, Fair moonlight of September. April with bird and brook atune, Stern, pitiless December? Each seems to my adoring eyes Some new grace to discover. For he unchanging through the years, Is still my tinder lover. 80 life no shadows hold, though we Have reached the side that's shady; ' v husband? 'Oh! a dream is he, ,nd I'm a maiden lady. ?Ladies' Home Journal. J/PARSON PLADLGY. BY MAULEY II. PIKE. T was ' 'meetingtime" in Iludderfield, Massachusetts iriijsa Colony, ou a Yf, J ~B I Sunday morning iu 1=? 'II June, 1076. The ? I fi^y "r sixty log ? In: i filings which "<rr -JsiiJ Ijj made up the settle1 nicnt stood silent I ns so many.torabi v ?- among the black stumps of the halfcleared fields, 'or every soul iu the place from the old man of ninety to theyoun r. est child, was iu the meeting-house ou the hill?every soul, that is, except Abnsr True. Abncr True, whose father was a deacon and tithing-man, and counted second only to the minister hiuisclf in rigid piety, was actually playing truant irom meeting; una this in n villago which looked upon Plymouth and Weymouth as dangerously worldly towns, relaxed in morals and manners by overmuch prosperity. But Abner had worked from sun to sun every day of the last week, and knew he must do the same every day of the next week aud the week after that; for tne corn was to be hoed, the grass crops got iu, and a score of other tasks to be done. It seemed to him too hard that, on this one day of rest, lie should be obliged to sit upon a backless plank bench all the forenoon, if, iudccd, he did not find him.-clf forced to sit there longer; since Parson Pladley, who rarely preached less than tlirco hours, sometimes preached fptir, aud once or twice had been known ?-"To exceed five hours. Abner felt sure that the sermon would nut ub :i suorc one mis tiav, evenaccordincr to the preacher's ideas of brevity; and the more he thought of it the more he dreaded it, until he became willing to iucur any punishment for the sake of escaping that discourse. So when Deacon Amos, with his wife and younger children, were readv tor meeting, uo Abner could be found. Hidden in the little hay-mow of the rough barn, he saw the family depart ? his lather marching ahead, equipped with niusket, bandoleer and powderhorn; for Iviug Philip and his Indians were at war against the whites, and no man throughout the colony went to lleld or church without his arms. Similar groups, similarly accoutred, paced solcmuly along tow.ard the rude eanctunrv unon the hill until Aim... . - I seeing that all Hudderatield had pissed, felt that he was safe?for the present? and lay down upon the soft hay to prepare for the sound nap he had so lougei lor. Below old Fly, the farm horse, stamper snd munched; without, the hens crowed in the sunshine, with a drowsy note that should have beeu favorable enough for slumber. But between his guilty consciousness of what lie had doue and his dread of Deacon Amos would do, Abner could not manage to go to sleep. lie began to wish himself upon that backless plank bench, even if the sermon were to last all day; yet a tardy arrival would be uearly as great ollence as not to come at ail; aud he had not the courage to meet the public reproof which Parson Pladley might administer, or to hustcn the private cnastisement that Deacon Amos would surely inflict. ' The time went on. Tne old house vas still now; the hens uttered only at occasional croak. From the far distuuee ^ pt\ ^MHLl^Hp 9^X1 jaryy^ jfcp JHDMHm^-K: e<?$ W^S^^^KJRPwW^Brlui 1 twlSnrag1 sound seemed MpPP^HV^tciir. In the meeting-house Parson Pladlej had turned his big hour-glass twice, and now the sauds of the third hour were almost spent. Refore him rows of serious men, women and children in reverent attentiou, not once removing tbeir earn est eyes from the minister. Tlie Heavy door was nung open ami shut again with a loud bang that startled every member of the congregation. A uoy, 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; hu) no one rose, no one said a wor 1 or ut teredan exclamation. Whatever the danger was?and thej knew well what it might be?this rnv God's house, snd iu it nono but God'servant should raise a voice or ventun upon auy action unless ho permitted. The minister descended from f place, loaned over the panting A.bn and caught the few words the boy ha! strength to whisper: "Savages?full tlv r score?stealing up?to take us unaware I t, '; " The minister returned to the pulpit. \ "Kindle your matches, brethren,' i said he, in a voice of perfect tranquility. < The ring of flint and steel sounded all over the house. i "Make ready your guns," cootioue< the minister, taking up a heavy musket, aud blowing the match, or fuse, by which it was discharged. "Musketeers. ; to your stations. Ye that havo but swordi 1 or pikes, sit fast." The congregation obeyed these orders as calmly as they had been given Twenty-five men, headed by Deacor True, silently ranged themselves th< 1 loopholes which wore pierced in th< loor ana atom; the walls. Each know ( lis position, aud took it without delay ?r hesitation; while the fifteen men who ( lad no firearms sat stiffly on the benches ( with the women and children, most of vhom had not looked behind them since kbner rushed in. Parson Pladley looked at the hourglass, which still coutinuei to run, and quietly resumed his sermon. Around he sides of the room the musketeers 1 ttooped at the loopholes amid the light c vapor from their smouldering matches, fe On the benches the body of listeners * kept their composed countenances turned c apou the preacher. Save Ins voice, * ;herc was no soun'l but an infrequent ^ nctallic rattle, as some muskotcer exitnincd his gun or loosen his iron-hilted ? broadsword in the scabbard. The ^ words of the preacher saug throughout j the house: ^ "And even as aforetime the heathen ^ jid furiously rage, and did compass the children of the covenant with 8|>ear and a iavelin round about?" 1 A high-pitc'icd, thrilling screech filled e '.he air without, and now rose above the ? minister's voioe. It was sustained and prolonged iu many savage throats, f There came quick, sharp patterings on the roof and walls, like hailstones. Enoch Brett fell backward from his ' loophole with an arrow through the orain. Another man ro3c from his seat, j picked up the gun which Brett had ( dropped, and took the vacant station. I A dozen muskets answered the storm , af missels. Their fire seemed to check > the advauce of the Indians, inasmuch as MAM MMAMt i,.. int^ iuc n <11 vi j i;iu? Kiiuivi, ituu tuu ji.iv- I tiring of the arrows diminished. Parson Piadloyhai not interrupted his rermon, although his voice had buca j temporarily drowned by the Doiso of tho . assault and dofeuce, except for tho iu- ( stant that ho c ist one glance at tho uius- ( ket beside him, nnd another at the hourglass. j AH the men who could act were at t their posts; why should he not continue to the end, while waiting for tho despcratc struggle which must come? His sense of duty told hun that ho ought not j to cease his holy office before the appointe 1 time, except under compulsion ^ in which he must recognize the hand of Hod. His hearers understood this as well as f hi' lind <lfr>1?iri>il 1i!q ili'li'i-minntiiin in so many words. They did their part by listening with steady attention. Again the cries grew louder and arrow (lights thicker. The guns replied, but this time the attack was not repulsed. A ponderous thumping on the door, which shook the whole building, told that some kind of battering-raui was being employed to break It down. a. i few more inicb shocks and the door must 1 (all. Only a pinch or two more of sand *eunined in the hour glass- Still it was not quite empty and Parson Pladley preached on. Crash! The door was half off its hinges. The firearm rncu crowded behind it and deliverd a volley that uppeareel for a minute to clear the passage. There was yet some sand in tho hourglass. The parson's lipi could be seen to move, though his voico was not heard. A renewed yell and the crashiug blows once more bent upon the door. No shots an wered this time, for the muskets wore empty. An arrow whistled across the church and stuck quivering in the front of the pulpit. Around the edges of the shattered door hatchets and clubs were L:andishc I in the faces of tlio defenders, who dashed them aside with tho butts of their guns. The women began to scream. Tlio last sand rau out of the hour glass. Parson Pladlcy bowed his head and said. 'Amen!" And all the congregation answered together, "Amen!" Up sprang the hitherto motiouless listeners?women to the reur, meD to Mie front?and from the pulpit the old minister, with sword and guu, led the way to the aid of the others, who were beginning to give ground before the of hideously-painted figures who were forcing their way through the cntrnucu. Then came out another side of the Puritau character. The fierce energy? almost joy?with w'uich tho colouists fought WiVMplMtsprisingas the stony selfcontrol Aoy aliowu but a moment before. jS'A&tirtF of them all, Parson Pladley.J|ffi}iMt fete luighty sword with cries ?|HHje(' the old horse soldier jPfc CmHBfc and Harrison, for such ldj#ff rMHUkl of those who folio fii()rOjft(m onc had stood in tne rsii'iO.ot the plkoaMu. who in-', the ' - t+h TVfit enemies and rtvercnkcrf^^l^^Slthor ?li?l I turu again till they wefe Consumed. *'I have wounded them that wove not able to rise; they aro fallen un dor my feet. "For Thou hast girded mo with strength unto the battle; Thou has subdyed under me tho3e that rose up against me." The Indians were like wolves combating lions. They shrank, wavered and were pressed back to the door, through it, and outside of it. Then, by one last rush, they were broken, scattered and dispersed. They ran in every direction for the shelter of tlio wools; many o! them fell l>y the way under the pikes and swords Oi Oielr pursuers. Huddorsfield was saved. Within the meeting house, now lialfruined, dim with powder snoke and heaped with broken benches, arrows and dead bodie?, the congregation gathered around its minister, who, blackoned nno bloody, with gown torn to shreds and a great *!ash across his forehead, once more raised up his voice?'his time in the glorious strain of one of their trii umphant hymns. i AH joined in it?oven the woundel, ' who could carcely lift their heads from the ground, and the dying, who sang their own breaths away in the grateful chorus. When the injured had beon cared for, and there was once moro time for ordinary matters, Parson Piadley called Abncr True to him. "Sou Abner, thou didst well so ounningly to avoid those ruthless savages, and privily warn ns betimes. For this thou meritest reward." Abaci looked up, astonished. "And this shall be thy reward?thai for thy wilful tarrying away from the sanctuary thou shalt receive no discipline ?from the church." "But my father will?" stammered the boy. "Of a surety he will," placidly replied the minister, "and I trust it may do thee good." "Come with me, Abner," said Deacon uos.?Youth's Companion. The World's Consumption of Coal. A statistician has lately been engaged n estimating the world's consumption of :oal. lie divides his figures into four poups, embracing respectively the quanity of coal used in heating steam-boilrs, in the production of gas, in the exraction of metals from thuir ores, and or household purposes. It may bo ukon, ho says, that the total steam online capacity of the globe ia equivalent o 10,000,000 horse-power, and that, laving regard to the utilisation of other uels. the auaotitv of coal burned with he object of producing steam averagoa t.4 pounds per horse-power per hour, or u hourly aggregate of 12,000 tons. Id ,11 probability, however, this is aa under istimate, as the efficiency of the world's team engines is calculated by some to >e 20,000,COO horse-power. With reipcct to the manufacture of gas, the lourly consumption of the illuminating icriform fluid is givcu as 5,000,000 cubic uutres, which would necessitate the dlsillation of at least 10,000 tons of coal jer hour. More difficult to calculate is :ho consumption of coal for the production of power and heating gas; it may l>e estimated, our authority thinks, at 4500 tous per hour. A largo quantity of coal is used in the reduction of metals from their ores. It is calculated that in this way some 9000 tons of the uiiucral ?re consumed every hour. A special es timatc gives the quantity burnt hourly by works and factories at 5000 tons. The most difficult calculation is that of the domostic consumption of coal. It is )stimated at 55,000 tons per hour, or 1,320,000 tons per day of twenty-four liours. This figure, however, appears *athcr small considering that in Great Britain and Germany alone the daily iiifmif. of rnnl in ronnnf. voir a Koo oun^_ iged 600,000 tons, and that tho cxtraciion in all other countries may ho reckrned as one and a hull times this quan:ity.?London Iron. The Oldest Herbarium. The oldest herbarium in the world it in the Egyptologist Museum at Cairo, and consists ot an inconspicuous collection of dried portions of plants. These portions of plants and dowers were taken from wreaths and garlands in the coffins with mummies, where thoy were placed by tho ancient Egyptians as death offerings, and from edible plants which were set iu earthen vessels on tho floor of the populchrc as ine nmmnn>-?i resting placo of their beloved ones. Many of these floral remains are so well preserved that, after baing treated with warm water, they can be handled like modern herbarium specimens. The colors, too, are preserved in a remarkable way. The most important matter ia connection with these plants in theit age. The remains of funeral food are found in tombs as far back as 3000 yean before Christ. Five hundred years later grains of mustard seed, capsules of llaxseed, gourds, lentils, beans, figs, pino needles, iuniper berries and other edibles are fouud. The richest acquisitions in leaves and flowers to the herbarium were made from the tombs constructed between the eighteenth and eleventh centuries B. C. Among the flowers chiefly employed in floral decorations for the (lead were the blue and white lotus, the red poppy, the Oriental hollyhock, crown chrysanthemum, satflower, pomegranate flower, willow leaves, grasses and peppermint. Celery leaves came into requisition later, and onions, leeks and garlic played an important part in the ofleriuga to the dead. One of the general conclusions drawn from this herbarium ic that Egygt has sustained no appreciable climatic changes during the last 11)00 years. ?Garden and Forest. l'crl it mod i'eko.i Ten. The tea that is always drunk in novels, orange pekoe, is a tea perfumed by laying orange flowers among the tender youug leaf buds, but not produced in near sufficient quantities for tho demands made upon it by tho lady novelist?. A new perfumed tea, however, is being introduced. It is called Fayham tea, and is expected to soon have the vogue in literature of orange pekoe It is even more valuable in life, because it is described as agreeable cold as hot, and can be used to flavor custards, ices, while in punch its own aroma is evet more fragrantly distilled by the other ingredients. Fayhom tea,it seems, is madi of the tint-dried lcaves ^M^white or ' forests of that this pftfftsftc is making itself re putation, Cigars havo also been mad of the leaves, and tho vanilla-like odo they emit is described as worthy _the on of the century. The orchid oi ail piam has been hitherto regarded as the moa purely ornamental, as it not even su] ports itself. The discovery of a variet that rivals both tea and tobacco on the: own grounds is regarded of cconom importance, and the probability is thi the orchid which belongs to tbo ve highest botanical circles, will yet be cc tivatod and numborcd with the croj ?New York Sun. A i).'Inyo of Nitric AeiJ. Tt was recently statod before the R >ys Society of Loudon that the only reaso the earth hns net long ago been deluge in a sea of nitric acid is that the ignitiu point of nitrogen is higher than tl temperature produced by its combustioi nud therefore the d ime is not hotenouj to set tire to the adjoining gas. We it not for this the first lightning fla would probably h ive Hrc 1 the air, sei ously interfered with the development the world and made thin ;s generally u comfortable.?New York Journal. I AFRICA'S PIGMY TRIBES." <i m BEARDED DWARFS INHABIT IHH DARK CONTINENT. Tlio Tribes or Little People Are Widely Separated, Bnc Hare Striking Resemblances?Some Are Warlike, ~1 T'ORTY years ago no aae supposed L/ tbat tribes of dwaijs existed in 1 Africa. To-day authorities like fc-chlichter, Feikio, and other* affirm not only that the aneieut 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 facts from these uwarfs. They believe, as did the late Captain Stairs, that dwarfs found their way in ancient times into Egypt, aud that they doubtless gave some information about the "Mountains of the Moon" and the sources o'f the Nile. The theory that dwarfs from the upper Nile regious did reach Egypt ia 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 the Central African dwarf (rilinc hut In fur PAnturUa Karl n \ fmffrh in dwarf tribes; and the I testimony of ' moro than one recent^ discovery was needed before the interesting subject ' attracted much attention. | Some fifteen explorers have within the bast law fears added many facts to our 1 knowledgr 1 the dwarfs, and though ojjr acquaintance j with them is still incomplete, enough facta have been obtained tfo enable us to. take a general view of tlutae curious lit*' 1 tie people. One group of these pigmies, the J Dokos, have not yet been visited by any explorer, and yet it is ce rtain that they inhabit, approximately, the region as- ' signed to them on our map south of { Abyssinia. It is hoped that before long some explorer will visit them in their j home and tell us more about them. Avanchers, Krapf aud d'Abbadie, all travelers of authority, have met many of , them, and, independcntly.of one another, have borne testimony to their existence. They were described by these men as 1 having the same characteristics that mark tho Equatorial dwarfs who were 1 not known for years after the Dokos had excited the curiosity of ethnologists. Professor Hartman in 1870 collected on 1 the cast coast trustworthy reports about the Dokos, confirming thA eat Her reports. The Dokos are said to be dark brown in 1 color, extremely ugly in physique, aod ' about four feet high. They go entirely without clothing and build most primi- [ tive huts, which they cover with skins I or leaved. Their only occupation is . hunting. They change their quarters as : soon as game becomes scarce, use only poisoned arrows, and aro expert in catching auitnah in traps and pitfalls. They do not know the use of fire and cat the fiesli of serpents and other animals Dr. Henry Schlichter, who has collated all the evidence at hand relating to these perfect savages, says, that although their country bas never been visited, it cau safely be said that *'oast of the Nilo and to tho south of K&ffa in the unexplored territories to the south of the river Umo there exists a pigmy race similar in size, appearauco and habits to the dwarfs of the upper NHe and Congo wif.1'," It is probable that they are scattered among 6u.*.Vrlbeg Qf different race and customs liksr>w?*? West and Central Africa. ! It is now possible to divide the dwarfs of Africa into four groups?the pigmies of West Africa, known as the Obongo, Akoa, and Babongo, who were that met in recent times by Du Chaillu; the dwarfs of the central regions, known as the A'-kr, Wambutti, and Batua, discoveted and described by Qrenfoll, Von Francois, Lens, Wolf, Wiseman, and , others; the East African pigmies, known as the Dokos, though they probably composo several tribes speaking several different dialects; and the dwarfs south ' of the Congo basin who are the buahmcn and their relatives of South Africa. Some time ago Mr. Huliburton reported the discovery of dwarfs among the Atlas ,Mountains of Morocco, but tho reports i about these alleged pigmies are not yet i sufficiently authenticated to bo accepted 'as fact. Among all these widely separated dwarf tribes exist resoinblauces so rtrik1 dng .that these little peoples ore now Jbelieved to be tho branches of the same great family thul by one cause or another 'was separated perhaps centuries ago, juutil to-day its parts are divided by Ihundreds ol miles of territory in which [no dwarfs are found. They are all mi* fgratory, never remaining long in one jplace, though they do not often wander far out ot their own district. Although all of them aro savages of the very low1 est type, their cunning And skill as bunL a t~1 - 'PL II? iera uiu iuusl ruuiui kuuio. i nej uvu among tribes of ordinary stature whom 1 they supply with dried inoat and fish in 'exchange for vegetable food, knives, and 'otbor articles. Tbev i itcrmarry only to a small extent with their larger neigh1 Lors, and as a rule a e very shy in their 1 intercourse with ot tor peoples, which accounts for the fru; mentury information wo at present possess about them. Beard, are davoloj>eJ?r(,n(r H)B"g,mPTA V largely than larger neighbor ' AH of them exoel-llffa in nimi,f? " ' J in dexterity a?|ATl1rifT I tures'of native' sudsing thgMkjfl oetves lo ostrich swfns to get W'thyJ^Hf r i shot of these shy birds. it is 1 'dwarf bushtnen who practise Livingstone said that the <1 * killed many lions with tl**u ! caut-lookiog arrows Welt tllrr Q as yet about their languages and-dialects, I * hut tha incomnlete vocabularies collected I show that Dot a few of the words of these * widely severed tribes are identical. '? In a number of respects the various !' dwarf tribes show difference* of some 11 importance. In Central Africa the a< Tikki-Tikki dwarf* are a little taller, r* ba70 darker skins, more vigorous limbs, 1 and arc covered with fewer but coarsor hairs than the Akka, who live a littlo north of them. The Akka, on the other band, are a little taller than the Oboogo in West Africa.- The average height of tl adult men among the Obongo is four n feet three inches. Voile the average ' d among tho Akka men is about four feet ig seven inches. The Obougo are probably io tho smallest dwarf# in Africa. The tribes a, differ in coloi from light brown to black, rh Beards are a ftfaturu of ah the dwarf TQ iu>nitl? kill Mnlil- .Uiral/innS ih among some of them, wnito among pi. others the beard is quite long, particuof larly among the Bniua so ith of the n- Congo. The dwarfs olthe central regions, tho Akka, Wambutti, TikklTUW and ' 1 Batua, fonu the most important group of Africaa pigmies. They are all warlike, and few of the tribes around them have givou explorers so much trouble as the lUtle folks, who have dogged their caravans, skulkiug in tue forests or jungle where they can hardly bo seen, climbing the trees uud swinging thorn elves out on the limbs with the agility >f monkeys, and from this vantage place ihowering down poisoned arrows upon he enemy below. Explorers teli of tho 3* tun swinging from branoh to brsnob, is trapeze performers take flight from ine bar to another. Grenfell and Von rrancois were astounded to see the Batua | cramble out on boughs overhanging the ivers until the limbs bend low beneath heir weight. These Batua tribes oxteod ver the whole southern part of the tongo basin, and doubtless much adlitional information about them will be irought home by future explorers, fery little is known of them at present xcept the fact of their existence. Ichlitcher says that, like the Akka and he Wambutti, their intercourse with he various tribes of ordinary stature tnong wbom they live is usually of a riendly nature, partly because the Bantu ribes are afraid of tbcm and partly tccauso the pigmies supply these tribes with flesh and skins in exchange for vegetable food, cooking pots, and other articles that may be wgarded as among the luxuries of African pigmy life. Moreover, they are thoroughly at home in the forest, and ire, therefore, valuable to their Bantu tfend* as spies and scouts in time of ends and warfare. The eites of their incampments and villages are always larefdlly selected to prevent surprise, md Stanley describes their daily life as icing similar to that of tho Bantu popuation among whom they live. Tho romon do all the domestic work, erect he beehive huts, collect wood and vegeable food, watch the fires, and dry the neat. The men spend most of their Ime in hunting or in bartering with leighboring tribes. They usually speak ihe dialects of their neighbors, but all kavelers say that they also have a disinct language of their own, of which ve have little knowledge. It is now very generally believed that ill theso dwarf tribes are the remnant of lie original population of Africa, who, any centuries ago, wero decimated and videly scattered by the intrusion of itronger peoples. While there is no direct evidence proving this hypothesis, ihero are circumstances which give it buch strength, and among them is the mprobability that the various scattered tigmy tribes could have immigrated info erritories already occupied by the Bantu, fuba and Hottentot races.?New Yosk lun. A Pretty Anecdote. Here is a pretty anecJoto from 'Rom?. "I am too old to wear white gowns any longer"?a wistful asseveration of the Quecu of Italy. "Let us take a fortnight to think over the matter"--the answer of her devoted husband. At the end of a fortnight's time arrives a large packing case containing white gowns ol every description, addressed to the Queen, with tho words, "The King's dccis'on." Another storv of thn Hoval cnnnln ia equally characteristic. The Klug'a hair, as we all know, turned almost suddenly white. Tho Queen, much concerned, at a gentle hint placed a bottle of hair dye peared with their favorite white poodle under his arm, wit'i hi) coat dyed a fine black. His own locks remained-as be* fore.?New York Journal. Cattso of III-Smell I off Books. Tho abomiuable smell often notice6 about very cheaply bound books is caused by the carbolic acid which is put intc tho paste to preserve it and keep it frc< from cockroaches, which will scent pure paste a block away and come to it in shoals. Under ordinary circumstances cloves will do as well as carbolic acid, but in bookbinderios, where there is always a good supply of paste and where tho other attractions for cockroaches are numerous, carbolic aetd is really the oaly effectual preventive. In the casv of better bound booKs very little paste is used, and tho leather has generally sufficient 'perfume obout it 'o counteract a little un pleasantness.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Gtmruor Was Trespass!nr. Governor Pattison, ot Pennsylvania, during a walk in the suburbs of Philadelphia recently, sat down to rest on a rustic seat beneath a tree which was on private ground, although he did not 1/ n/\nr U Mo nraa annn i r> f fir m ?<1 r\ t Ilia fact by n little girl, who, Approaching hiiu, said: "Do you know that this is private property, nod that my father will prosecute trespassers?'" And thereupon the Governor, who was too much amused by the situation to mako any protest, was escorted oil the ground* by the little girl.?Pioiyune. An Air-Tight Watch. A recent English invention of great importance to navigators is a hermetically sealed chronometer to pw* twr tret ioct^&fng tho into Japan A Carrrapaiidriit Answered. I. K. TI?o factory town of (Irlffitb Ilea nlm index foutlo-aat of Chicago ami hen four ral' roads, ono a complete Ih?H line, anil two fuel-nl pll*-liiirH. A fall description of this grow infown can probably bo had by addressing Itfounders, Jay A. Dwlggins Ac Co., of Chloago. The flrat Christian building in Toklo Japan, was erected twenty-fire yeara ago There are now ninety-two Ohriatiai churchee and chapels there* j F Can Walk a Mils Easily, although for a (I&iGtoltU long time before taking AgBBDnt Hood's Saraaparilla t ^HSBbQ^R mhM stof son lib a mtep. I had a terrible f w running sore on tny leg,, Wtk Bl wL result ing from milk leg. ^ N Kothlng did me any good ? till I began taking Mbp JL //serf's SarampmrUla. The pain ceased Wholly, the dark color Mrs. Clias. Askol disappeared, tho sore has , ... healed, and the limb Is perfectly health] Mas. 0, A. Asnaix. Avon. Mass.... ~ Jfeort?a If/fg shouiJ.ba in erery jhm Msduifae sheet. Ones usodTthey are prsfsrr WtrU'i Fair Albania giver awat by thb c. h. a d. abo moron, tbi world's fair route. An elegantly bound album of the World's Fair views baa been published by the C. H. A D., which, in connection with the Monon, forms the popular World's Fair Route from Cincinnati to Chicago. The album Is a work of art and will be sent to any addrees by E. O. McCormick, O. P. and T. Agt., C. U. A D.,Clnclnuatl, O.. on receipt of ten cents In stamps. Incidentally It is noted that the double daily Pullnran safety vestlbuled trains, with dintn? cars between Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago, are run only via the C. H. A D. and lionifes sraKT""" wfid'* The largest and moat expensiva City ! Rail iu the llu'-tod States is that of Cuiladelphit, and its principal tower is to contain the largost clock in the world. Sample Paekase Mailed FreeAddress SmaU Bile Beans. 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 and act on the liver. Rllo Beans Small. For the first time the Russian soldiers are to be furnished with handkerchiefs at the Government's expense. Sick-Headache relieved by Small Bile Beans. There are orcr 15,000 Masonic lodges .n existence. The Only One Ever Printed. cab vou rind the word? These is a 8 Inch display adveri lscment In this paper, this week, which has no two words all* e except one word. The same Is true of Iacl) new one appearing each week, fnjm The )r. Harter Medicine Co. This house p'aoss a "Crescent" on everything they raakeand publish. Look for it, send them the nsme of the word and they will return yon book, BEAirrrrdl hthoobaphs of samples free. Wages have declined in 329 town* lb Germany, ont of 008. Fob Impure of thin Blood, Weakness, Mela rill n< uraigia. jnuigeHiion. nn<i Diiuiu^nn^ take Brown's Iron Blt'era?It gives strength, making old perrons feel young? and young perrons strong; i leasant to lake. The luxury of doing good surpasses every other eu joy meat. E. A. Rood, 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." 8old by Druggists. 70c. The stooping bicycle rider may be supposed to bo on pleasure boat.?Bostoa Transcript. For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, use Brown's Iron Bitters. The Best Tonic, it rehui.d- tbo system, cleans the B ood and strengthens the muscles. A splendid tonic for weak and debilitated persons. Tmj labor cost in a ton of wire-rod b 105. A cure fcr nearly atl of the common ills ? what, doctors? Pshawl Take Doeolia-n'a Pills. For sale by atl dru.-glst*. 2ft cents. Mullein leat is recommended as an excellent specific for rheumatism. Oub Oui Rn.nm.i Ktk watkr cures weak or . Intta-ncd eyes, or granulated ll.lt without palu. ' eeni?. JollM n. Pickkv twin; Co.. Hrlst.>1. Va. OMTX5 nviflVA Both the method and result* when Syrup of Fig* is taken; It is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta 5;enlly yet promptly on the Kidneys, -liver and Bowels, elexusee the system effectually, dispels colds, headichee and fevers aud cures habitual constipation. Bvriip of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind over produced, pleasing to tho taslo and ac ccptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and trulj beuencial in ita ( fleets, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the moat popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs ia for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA HO SYRUP CO. ' SAN rg A NCI SCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, Sr. NEW VOBK. N.V. "German Syrup" I must say a word as to the ef ficacy of German Syrup. I hav< used it in my family for Bronchitis the result of Colds, with most ex cellent success. T haw taken it my ^ and havi LUXUmES?LEAKSVlLLF BLMKETJ Houaekeopern sv< Ih.-ta. Carollna'a Pride, 6U It per pair. I.oakHv|fcHcrtaSetfcans--OrAy, Brow and niack?'J5c., \Or. ifWMI. par yard. Ker? Oray, 3'J 1 -'Jr. Brown, 40c.-a yards ?wy goo Wool Yarn, all colors, 5c. a Mnk. If roar deal doe* not keep three goo<1* order of J. IV. SCOT St CO., Special Helling Agta., firecaabora, N. 4 FMowriom. _ _ !3.. W?WM?I Ikp kPM 4ft 4 $ " 'AM1KO MUB8TITUTS. % || r'n, Wf/OR W. LD0U8LAS' SHufcS SMutJSf* wIJ"'* 'jp r?rrrl,?c? nru I MUE, %?!yftnri.i imihu which .lai- i * c the hatiila. Injure the Itou. and burn rff. ( V TUe JIIiIhk Bun Stove Polish Is Br)Ulit*l,Od<?r- 1 v leas. Durable. and the consumer pays lor *w tin I ?, or gisa* package with every purchase. I Peucate Women Or D?MUtato4 Women, thould tra? BRADFIELD'S FEMALE RE60LAT0R. -N? Every ingredient possesses superb Tonic properties and exerts a wonderful influence in toning up and strengthening her system, by driving through the proper channels all impurities. Health and strength guaranteed to result from its use. " My wife, who was btilrlddes for slate, tees months, nfter using Uradflelet'm Female Regulator tor two months Is getting well." J. M. Jobkson. Malvern, Ark, P Dn*Di'i*LD Rboulatoh Co.. Atlanta, Us. Bold l?y Druggists at f 1.00 per bottle. PATENTS w;J;.??r>r? * * ^"* W w 40-pnge book froe. S5 to $15 rTjfy S?b tablfwhrr? Ac. A'sifa tb? ft nest cf Kwclry gowd ft# _ | IConiuBpllvti and peoplo^H who hare weak lung* or Astb- ^B ma, ahould aso riso's Cure for IB Consumption. It baa cared tkeaiandi. It has not Injur- ^B ed one. It Ib not bad to tako. ^B ? It Is the boat cough srmp. Bold erorrwhcm. 85c. 08 Unlike the Dutch Process Qa No Alkalies Other Chemicals nKlfef/ am iiBoit in ttad preparation of W. BAKER & C0.*S | liu|BreakfastCocoa . in I:' l;n tchlclt i? absolutely ^ Hi 5 ; Sill pure au<l eulublefilS i I, ' M>Ji It lias inorc.than thrcctlmets Hn , * J h the strcnyth of Cocoa uilxod talL t'< / fm with Htarcli, Arrowroot or ^ESaw^J^ Su^ar, and Is far more economical, costing las than one cent a cup. It Is delicious, nourishing, aiul easilt . DIUMTEO. gold b; O'orrrn every uhere. W- BAKER & CO, Dorchester, Mais. RELIEVES all Stomach Distress. REMOVES Nausea, fie use of Fullness, Conukstion, Pain. REVIVES Failing ENERGY. RESTORES Normal Circulation, and Warns to Ton Tira. ??. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. SL Unit. M* N. N. U. 4 IF YOU OWN CHICKENS ?r a \t1> -mm ?. a -v v'11 ii t? i n IVU nAW i i 3 /\ v/ t limn THEM ToJtT^-^~V X WAY mo If you merely keep them ?* dtrendon. In or tor to beodlo Fowl* juJIclnutly, you mini know omethlng ol>oat tlirm. To meet IhU ^rrnt we err elllag o book (trio* toe experience / fla.li* OR* ef o practical poultry ralarr fori Will J fctfCi twenty-Sre jeer*. It wee wrltu-n by a men who pot oil hie mind. end ttrat, end money to mektng o ?uc eeeeof Chickenfling?noteae r>milm?, but ee e boataeee?and If you will profit Vj hie tweniy-flre roof II ink. 1 nn jaa iere man,-Click* annually. , ?CT* uuil ?Im> fur raitcnlou; wlilciifowla 10 tat* fvt .? ftreedlng purpose*; and aeoryttilrc, l.itlccri. pop ,_ tfkonld know onthla aunjact lo make It profl taut*. / Sent postpaid for twenty IKs cents In lc. 01 ft* Of tfiBpi* T Book Publishing House, 3. 1 ' 131 t.?OKir.f> Ft.. N. V. Clip. 1.1. DOUGLAS (SHOE GENTLEMEN, ST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. 0 a in 11 ice. KijtinU i-untom mwlo nboet <l ?.1 lliii !- ? .tt d, Arc coif ilioes. The moat stylish. mi i .11 a |?> i ?t ?i i>r sold at these price*. They equal r <1 <1 ? a i' ?l u? iicm 00 to 013. II l'? ir fhar, *. l a t.y larmrra anil all other* who J ruin a . i. 11'. 11 .N If llin e soli d, extension edge aboa, '.i< In. nial wilt In y the feet dry unil warm. 0 Kin < mIi, oi il Sti Worklnatnea'a Sho?a a-III n? i i r. i u, lot ii.i' n.oney than any oilier make, i .-mI fornnVe, Tit rrcrratlmt aslca abow that work* l"V|. iiml l|:|. M ?, /CI ?'? a il Vantha* ll.)S Hcknnl Mhoea art 1 O w>.rn I y it o l-oya everywhere. Themml ieevloer? ?."d at Un a f i li ra. \ I C C ? > :< Unitd.fctowcd, 9*.ibO, ?U and 11,78 HE.W : | <> k fur niiaiM-a are mada of Hie iKut DonMl no fa?f. fia dulrrd. They are very sty I lab, com"oris In an I dmablr. The 03 ehoe ivjttnls cuatom ntado I in .4 miMiq fr III 01 I"#a. ladle* whowiab to economic 'n thdr fi oi wei-r i rc flu :ing thla out. C \ I'TI 'IN. ?Deivnro of iff alcratubetltutinaahoe* within it \V. U Dotmlna' nnma ond the prlra?l"?npcd on bottom, euett auhatliuil ma are froudulent and subject to proaectillot by law for ohialnliw money under lalac |.relcnci P. I direct to Knciory. at at line Kind. aire ni/d width aclnul vr onle |o shuc drulera udJ general pier* 3 lor Vdtaloftie. W. I. Ceatfs* Hrockto*. nfaaty