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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. %
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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