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Pfl^aWlKO HIOH AMD SWING LOW. Swing high ami sw ing low, while thebreenee ^ T they blow? It's off for a sailor thy father would go f 1 And It's here In tho harbor, In night of the V nea, He hath left his woe babe with my song _ * and with me i "swing high and swing low, Whilo the breezes they blow T* I Swing high and swing low, while tho^refcea they blow? It's oh for the waltin|^A^^ary days go 1 Andirs^^^U^PB^"1''110 that smltoth ^long ovor again * ^^^HPn^iigh and swing low, I Yvnlle the breezes they blow !" ) "Swing high andswiuglow tho seasingeth so. And it waileth imon in its ebb nnd its flow , And a sleeper sleeps ou to that song of tho sea, Nor rocketli he ever of mlno or of niol "Swing high and swing tow, While the breezes they blow ? "l'was olT for a sailor thy father would go !'* ? Eugene Field, in Chlcngo Herald. \ ! /\lr M n/i'?nniv i\ MM Vi LK'ITEK. t 1JY S. A. WEISS. * QUIRE MADPOX n\ (\^ silt at breakfast, A V)\ romling tho leading / . , _Vi county newspaper, j^/p. ugA/ *?i 1111,1 elioking with ' I toast mill indigim^ L' ^ tion nt u fierce odV itorinl attack upon Y'\ r\ ''is own political --Am 1 ?n rt v. * V'vMv" *c o 11 f o 11 11 (1 e ?1 - V?i. ( y-.J ^ nonsense and id,y* iocy !" he exclaimed, at length, as ln> conti mptuously tossed aside the paper. "Mere, Kv-i, child, another cup of codec!" \s his daughter received the empty cup, he noticed something of an expression of sadness on her usually hright face, and his conscience reproached him as being tho cause of it. Since Ih death of his wife', whom ho had tenderly loved, his daughter had iiecn demvr to him than anything on earth, and lie did not like to see her looking unhappy. "What is the day's programme, I'.vio?" he asked, quite mildly. "Hadn't \oii la tter drive down with )n< <<>( hesti r and see the Ij.viio girls while I call on my lawyer?" "No. thank volt. papa. The Lyne girls are coming here to tea and croquet t his afternooii. "All ! Ati'l who have you to moot 1 hoi 11?" ''.vu's I v.ns a little unsteady as she pourod out the oolVoo, and hor uuui, Miss Muddox, quietly aunworeil for her: "Young Mr. Motlit and his sister, nnd tho Harmon girls and .Tuck ltiverton, and Mr. Pntton will bring n friend with him." Thcupiiro's brow darkened. "Wasn't Juck ltivertou hero yesterday ?" "Xo, not yesterday." "Well, the day before then. Seems to mo ho is always hero. Pity hie father don't keep him more closely to his desk in his oillee, or that ho can't find some other iduee than mv limmo in which to pass his superabundant leisure. Ami I don't see," he added, irritably ? "I don't see why he should have been invited here, when T hnve already expressed my objection to him."" "He is not particularly invited,"his sister answered. "It is only the second meeting of our little croquet club ?Jill that we can find to amuse us iu this dull country neighborhood. And, of course, you can't blame him for coining with the rest." Kva's soft, dark eyes had tilled with tears. "Papa," idle said, with it little tremor in her voice, "why do you object to Mr. Uivcrton? Everybody likes him but you." The squire hesitated a full half minute, as lie make a pretense of carofully buttering his egg. "1 hnve nothing against the voting man's character," ho said nt length, still more impatiently, "but I don't like him personally?that is, his ways. I wish to hear and see no more of hint if possible. I object decidedly, Eva, to your accepting the attention which h?' has rem ntly been paying yon, and J must n quest you, Matilda, not to encourage his visits here." "I am sure 1 don't encourage him," Miss Matilda replied, bristling a little, ,...11 .... .. . i. i ,,, j. i.nlltl III li I (IM || 111 lit* I l.'llll ill I*. .'Jivcrtoa jirrili d no encouragement from lior. "But I can't, un 'erstnnd, l?rother, wlint J'on mil fuel to object to in .tack IJivi rion's manners. Kvery ??nc mi\s they nro delightful, and you id".i t* found fault with him until lately." "That in just it. Jf in manners hnvi entirely chnnged of Into. NVhon n man nones courting my daughter"?thin in ? very possitive lone of voice?"I like liim to appear as a man, and a man of sense and business. lie should come to mo in the first place and say frankly that he wishes my consent to hin nildressing my daughter as ho?or?finds that he?er has a regard for her, or something plain and simple of that kind. Hut liiverton is a spoony, and is making a fool of himself. If thero is anything tliat f thoroughly .despise, il is to see a tall young fellow like that languishing around a woman, making J?vo" rhnrch ~nnd <ln I f"' honnt i? tfl0 ftbo,,t / '""try am/ cnlliii,, I,! ? !' roPcntinpr | nnd oUu-r H, .1, /'V'"? n?>l 'lAtnea. I clmii and burnt into tears. She knew now tlmt papa nuid! Invc overheard that, talk between herself ami .look, vhon they ant in the moonlight under the drooping roren li.^hi beneath hia open window. And alio had never dreamed that papf could t>e mean enough no, nhe wonh not i.ay that?but unfeeling enoip.di t ^ listen. "* Ah sho Moftly eried, with her daint 7* . handkerchief preaaotl to iter eyp, ?! heard l^er father's eouelu lin- .? r.1, "When yon find a man mqltin lo in this idiotic way,,yoa unify be po indifferent, if not a bftd husband. For this reason T object to Mr. Jack Rivcrerton courting my daughter." That ovening, in tho quiet twilight interval between tea and croquet, Eva took occasion to convey to Mr. Riverton a warning hint of what her father expected of them in the future. Jack knew?as did most of the squire's acquaintances?that despite a "good heart at bottom," the old goutlenian was apt to take up absurd and unreasonable prejudices, and to stick to them with tenacious obstinacy ? especially when he found himself opposed. But on this occasion tl?o youn man's spirit roso in high rebellion, ami it took all Eva's inflnenco to pacify him. "No, Jack," she said, with a gentle firmness, in reply to his excited remarks, "you must not speak to papa nt present. It would only make matters worse while he is in this mood. Wc can do nothing but wait and see if in time he won't yield to more reasonable impressions." "In time!" repeated Jack, impatiently. "Why, Evic, he don't change lib views on any subject within live years' time." "Well." she said, with a sigh, "J suppose we nlinll have to wait, even it it is as loug us that." One day tho squire, returning from his moruiug ride, found his daughter and his sister seated in the pleasant little sitting-room opening upon the garden. Eva's white lingers were deftly fashioning some rose-colored ribbons into dainty knots and loops. "What are those for?" her father inquired, as lie seated himself in his own big arm-chair and unfolded liis paper while glancing ndmiringly ntthe silken i tnfT. "To wear at the lawn party this evening, pupa. And you will go with ns, of course?" "A lawn party? Ah, I had forgotten ! Well, whero is it to bo?nt the Lyons' ?" "At tho River tons'," Miss Maddox said. Ho scowled as ho roughly shook out his paper. "I don't wish to interfere with your pleasures or enjoyments, Eva," he said, "hut I would rather that you should not go to this party at the Rivertons'." Slio knew that when her father ex pressed a wish, it was intended as n command, and ber bands dropped listlessly into ber lap, crushing the crisp ribbons. Tears forced themselves between the long lashes, and alio presently roso and quietly left the room. Then Miss Maddock looked tip from her own work, and thero was something unusual in her expression. "Archibald," she said, gravely, "I have something to say to you. 1 would warn you not to carry this matter too far, nor to be too hard upon Eva and Jack River ton, lest you drive her into open disobodience and even an elopement." "An elopement!" His sister took from the little workbox which Eva had left on the table n folded letter. "I found this here, just where you soe that slio keeps it. Porhaps 1 ought not to have read it, Boeing that it is a lovo letter ; but, under the circumstances, I consider it my duty to let you know the contents. Will you road it, or shall I do so?" The squire replied with a sort ol inarticulate grunt, which his sister interpreted in her own way, and accordingly commenced reading, aloud: " 'My own precious angel, Eva?' " "Rah !" said tlio squire, with an expression of unutternhlo disgust. " 'since a cruel and relentless fate at presold forbids our meeting, I can lait take this unsatisfactory method of communicating with yon, aud telling you, my own doaresi darling, of how unspeakably nnd unuttorablj dear you are to me. " 'The fool!" inutterod tho squire. " 'Oh, my soul's bolovod?' " "For heaven's sake, Matilda, spare mo any more of that sickening nnc : i i. . itn :i? -_ mimic hiiiiii > ? 11 y, lis worso nvot i h it I would have thought Jack River toe capable of. What. woro you Bay in:; about iiu elopement?" "It is this," nnflwerod his Hiator, glancing down the page : " 'I find thnt I cannot exist apart from you, and since your unfoollng fnfbor?' " "Humph I" " '?will not consent to our union, we must take our fortunos into our own hnnds ami defy any oarthly powor to keep us asundor.' " "Tho rascal!" cried the nquire, starting nreot in hin ohair. But his siator put out hor hand, doprocatingly. "Hoar tho rest, Archibald I" "Not another word I Tho idea of a rascal and idiot liko that presuming to court my daughter?" "But nt least hoar tho last lines: " 'Oood-nlght, my soul's beloved I May angels fan you to nlumbor with thnlr fragrancn-ladnn wings I and in your dreams think of your own devotod " 'Anc.tnnALD Maddox.' " There was a blank, bowildorod pause. "What doos this mean, Matilda? What lotter is that?" Hin bister quietly handed it to him. "It in ono which you wrote over twenty years ago to the woman whom you loved and married?Eva Chosney. Your found it a few days age among somo old lotters and papers in tho attic closet." The squiro looked over tho fadod and torn sheet as ono in a dream. "I would not have bolieved that I could ever have written in a style such as this," he said, in a strangely subdued voioo. "And yet you wero a devoted bus pot!" ho muttered, as he refol !? I it Just then Eva entered the nm n. "i must put away my work," mi ' said, apologetically, nn \ therj wl-v traces of tears in her eyes. 11 or father put out his hand, and ] drew li >r pontly to her former seat. ,, ".Sit down, dear, and finish yout ribbons. I will tako you over t< v tho Uivortons' this evening." And Eva never knew until after he marriage to Jnek Riverton what ha caused so sudden a change in h< father's views and sentimcntsiu rega1 i! v to that subject, an * * / J in n t - i HUNTING FOR BIG GAME. THE PERILS OP ELEPHANT SHOOT* INO IN SOUTH AFRICA. Laws for the Protection of Elephants ?The Heaviest Tusk in the World nt the Fair* THE heaviest elephant tusk in tho world, so far as known, is at the Worlds Fair in the Cape Colony exhibit. It is scvon and a half feet long and weighs 158 pounds. At tho thickest part it is about six inches through. The mate to it, which is a little lighter, is in tho museum nt Cape Town. There is nn elephant tusk larger than this, belonging to the King of Sinm, but it is not so heavy. The elephant who carried these monstrous tusks ? more than 800 pounds of ivory, or twice tho weight of nu average man?was killed in the Zambesi country, South Africa, some years ago. He was about fourteen feet high and was a genuine king of the forest who would have dwarfed Jumbo himself. Elephant hunting is the first of all sports with the gun, but tho slaughter of these great animals has been so prodigious since the Arabs and other traders have sold breach-loading rillcs to the tribes throughout Africa, that many fear their speedy extermination. However, Robert Lee, who is oue of the men in charge of the Cape Colony exhibit, and who lias traveled much in the elephant country, thinks that the urrcat boast will hold on for inanv u-eii erntions yot. Africa in ho vast, many regions are ho difficult of uceess, and tho elephant is ho tenacious of life, he says, that man cannot kill all hia tribo as he lias slaughtered the bull'alo in America. "Elephant hunting in extremely dangerous,'' said Mr. Lee. "I know of no other sport in which the hunter is so liable to becomo tho hunted. I am not a sportsman myself, and I have never tried to kill an elephant, but I was once with others who thought tboy would accomplish such a feat. "In 1887 I accompanied Colonel Carriugton's expedition into the country north of the Transvaal. While riding along through an open# country we saw a herd of elephants. T think there were about twenty of them. We came close enough for a shot. The Colonel called for his elephant gun and blazed away at the elephants. Instantly the whole herd darted toward us, trumpeting fiercely and really presenting a moat terrifying appearance. Nono of us paused for another Hhot, but turned our horses and galloped away as fast as we could, the elephants in full chase. So far as we knew, the Colonel's bullet had missed entirely. "My horse was not an especially good one, and I brought up tho rear of that living column. An elephant, despite his awkward appearance, can run very fast, and I began to think of my sins. My horse stepped into a hole, stumbled, fell and threw me over his head. I wasn't much hurt, and I jumped to my feet instantly and seized tho horse's reins. The animal wasn't innoh hurt, either, and 1 got him to his feet and was on his back and oil again in about fifteen seconds, I think. I don't know how close tho elephants were to mn when T fell, for T never looked buck, I overtook the rest of the party, and when we stopped tho elephants were to be seen no longer. People who are fond of a chase with plenty of danger in it should hunt tho elephant. I don't care for it myself." Mr. Lee says he has seen many herds of elephants along the Zambesi River, and they are still moro plentiful further north. Though Cape Colony has been settled about as long as the United {States, there aro still somo elopliauts in a portion of its mountainous rogion, known as tho Knysai country. They are supposed to be about live hundred in number, and protected by tlio Government. Elephants aro said to grow larger south of the Zambesi than north of it. There aro considerable herds in the country of Knhmn, King of tho Bowlongs. This man is the most advanced at all tho South African kings or chiefs. He has provided a set of gamo j laws for his country, and they are rigidly enforced. Hence in the largo territory over which ho rules the elephants are increasing in numbers rather than diminishing. Khama, naturally a man of good disposition, is largely under the influence of a Presbyterian missionary, a Scotchman, and a very enlightened and a humane man. "I know Khama very well," said Mr. Lee, "as I accompanied one of the expeditions of the English into his country. He is a remarkablo man in appearance, ns well as in character, lie is at least six feet four inches tall, and enormously fat. He received us kindly and asked us many questions. He was greatly pleased with our clothes, and discarded liis African attire. in favor of a suit like ours." The Homo. The homo is the most ideal of creations. It lias its pattern on the mount only beheld by eyes that are clarified from caprice and wilful indulgence of the factious spirit. Nor arc its blessings won simply by good things and good fortune, popularity and smooth siding. They are more often won by the holy experience of sorrow, loss and chastening that has sanctified a common, united life and made it blessed even t<1 endure together. Some people's lives will be sunny, whatever betides. They are often mothers with small means, whose memory in their children's hearts makes sacred all the poor chances of their laborious lives. A tender care, I L^dihhnu* Patience, followed where I i ' i,,rK upon their shoul*:"r lTkinu th? troubles of others into I dcrs, taking tnex thoy woQ 1 their o?P?ew?a UfttmoIiy for the home Ir^uv n* ?"*> "i" Trlt ,h0t "" \ lfty-tw(> *ee +~: -v M ^ ... fl<i T h?^HOLD affairs. MM fmil| FKBSBBTATIV8, A man 9^*? b*s been Working ten years at aflL4 process for preserving fruits an<Kp?got*bles now offers to housewivet^^K&it of his labor. It Is in the fonJBfe^Mwder which, added to water, MBMR^he fruits by destroyii-r _ ilJ^.1* ' -""5-9 that serve t'l- ^&nwV'^l^aTo.~~CL'%rfectlv that they ?Jfiay be served as fresh fn\its. This inysterious powder has the fantastic power to turu black berries white, while it deepens the lines of somo of the light-colored fruits. When ready to use a jnv of the fruit in tho winter, if preserves are wished, n syrup is prepared anil turned over the. fruit. Ouo hundred and twenty-eight quarts of fruit may ho prepared from a pound of the powder. -? New York Post. WHEN NOT TO TJ8K EGGS. Not in rico pudding, which you do not waut to have turned into a custard. Tho genuine rice pudding is made rich nud creamy by constantly stirring into it tho top skin of the milk, as it forms in the baking pan, as soon as it bogins to turn yellow with tho heat. Continue to stir in this top until tho rico is well softened and the pudding nearly done. Then you may let the and you will ?i lirtYU ? IVVb |MIUII1U^ WUt'll vuui ar good ns ieo croain. It needs no flavoring except a littlo cinnamon, although some people liko to grate lemon peal into it. Eggs arc not needed either in a muffin. Good English muffins are made of bread dough softened to a batter with milk. Ono egg to a quart of milk, tlonr to make a batter and a spoonful of baking powder makes perfect English muffins. Two eggs spoil it and make it quite anofher article.?St. Louis Republic. ElOirr wats 01* preparing cabbage. The simplest way to propare cabbage, writes Clara S. Everts, in Farm, Field and Fireside, is to make cold-slaw bji shredding it and adding a little salt, popper and enough sharp vinoga^ xtc almost cover it in which sugar h?'.? been dissolved in the proportion of r heaping tablcspoonful to a oup of vinegar r~ATiToJo^Tftrt5f5raTo cold-slaw' if mudo by using a dressing of half a oup of rich cream, tablospoonful sugar and half enp of vinegar. Many profei sour eroam to sweot, but it will roquir< nonrly ns muoh again sugar if soul cream bo used instead of sweet. Cabbage Salad?Cut tho cabbage fino. Make a dressing by stirring intr a cup of vinegar a woll-beaton egg, t heaping tenspoonful of Bugnr, smal lump of butter, salt and popper. Whor it boilH add a scant tablospoonful ol Hour in a third of a oup of milk. Cool well and pour over the onbbage. Mi) thoroughly and sot aside until cold In winter it will koop nicely for throe or four days. In hot weather if watoi is usod instead of milk it will koop foi two days. Many complain that un cookod cabbage is hard to digest. It that case it should be finely clumpod thoroughly salted and ellowod to'stani for two. or threo hours. Then if al tho jg flaftpfnp ot^ bdtoro the dressing is added it wil! bo ns digestiblo ns tho oookod. Creamed Cabbago?Chop, add boil ing water till it shows through the cabbage, but is not quite covored, salt poppor and cover closely. Cook til tender, stirring now and then. Adi moro water if nocossary and when don< add a small lump of butter and half i oup of milk in which a tablcspoonfu of flour haH been smootliod. Cool two or threo minutes longor and sorv hot. Friod Cabbage? Chop modoratolj lino and1 put in a frying pan in whicl in a tablcapoonful of hot buttor am one of moat drippinge. halt, poppo and cover closely, stirring often t< prevent ho or oiling. Whon dolicAtob browned add a little wator andsimme until done. Boiled Cabbage?Soft or coara lieadn of cat>bage that seom hardly fl for uho may bo boiled and provo vcr; nice. "VTit w>*e th heart and boil with a moat/none, o actfl to thetwator enough soup stock t< - give tho desired richness, It nhouh ' bo almost ooverod with water whon be ginning to cook and ought to hoi from an hour to an hour and a half. Serve in side dishes, in whieh it is em up and vinegar added to suit tho taste Bakod Cabbage?Toko a smalt Hrn head and with a sharp knife> cut on the hoart, without othorwise. cutting tho cabbage. Crumble a sufllcionl amount of broad, add salt, pepper am butter and moisten with boiling wntci and All tho cavity with this. Placo it a baking dish with a pint of well saltod boiling water and n good si/.oi lump of buttor. Covor and bake foi an hour or two. Just boforo serving romovo tho cover and brown a little With tho aij *{>f a, saucer carefully re move, with< dj^enking, to a hot dish and to in tho baking dial add a little Hour smoothed in coh wator and poured nround the cabbage or tho bread may bo moistened wit! rich soup stock, and this used in stent of water in theibaking pan. It shouli bo thickened ami used as a gravy witl the cabbage tho same as the water wai used. If the flavor of pork is liked i is very nico to almost cover tho cab hago with verv thin slices of salt work When the oorer is romoved from th< pan these will brown nicely. Hot Slaw?Chop the cabbage mod erntely fine, almost cover with boiling water, and oook until tender but nol "mushy." To a onp of vinegar a<ld r heaping teaspoon fill of sugar, a wellboaton egg and a tablespoonful offloui smoothed in a little oold water. Pout all slowly into tho oooking oabbage, stirring constantly. Add a small lump of butter, stir till melted and serve at I support position, say \ the body * that tho spin II place." Tl ?nd that tb 1 \ possible in jfz? a upp?r PMk [ 1 end of the# ~ . in the rigl I l)A?k. of Hjt aa fsr back i , Tiw?.3ast:? *??<?,, \ toil 'S, ?h?U b? bMM?* " i.i I first vobticigg^^^ewYork Times. uy I in l V. .th,-r7rT^e in the Un rly \ the first pe>*?WB in lft39 ; tl I first illustreS print* irst^dsdy 1*1** in \7* 18#. aI1(l * SELECT SITTINGS. Breech-loading rifles were invented in 1811. In Japanese saws the teeth point to* ward the handle. Theft is severely punished in,Borneo. The left hand of the rogue is out off at the wrist. Sixty million dollars' worth of leather is required every year to provide.boots and shoes for the inhabit* apts df Great Britain. Isaiah Gdodiriari* sevettty-ode years old, a veteran of the Mexican war* 60-= joyed his lirst ride on a railroad train at Jefferson City, Mo., the other day. Another evidence of the Btamp collector mauia is found in tho fact that an imitation of the "officially sealed" stimps are being printed by some private parties and sold to stamp collectors. Fiuc silk has been manufactured from cobwebs, but tho iudustry is impracticable, since there are not flies enough to food tho enormous number of spiders which tho business would 1 roquire. A party of Eastern capitalists is visiting the Grand Canon of Colorado Bivot to investigate the feasibility of laying an elootrio cable 500 miles along the ' river, with which to drivo small boats through tho Black Canon and other ^ scenic points. , In an old rubber boot, found by Arthur Morse, in tho Contral Vormont House, Boston, thorn was hiddon 81200. Morse wont on a sproo with the money, and thon learned that tho proprietor of the house had itsod the old boot as a bank. T 11 P.naf. 'l\m nauaan f i ii Jjmiv AMUUnnovu WUk VVI IT VIUVU) TT UU evidoutly managed an illicit distillery, mistaking a commercial traveler for n i revenue officer, gavo him a sovoro beat* ing. It was not until they had bruised him up pretty badly that they beoamo ownro of their error. Two young men wero injured similarly in Brooklyn a few days ago by accidentally falling from wiudowsabout the same hour, in tho same street and within a block of oach other. Both ? wcro picked up unconscious and roi moved to tho samo hospital, i^j Tho last instanoo of boiling to doath ; I took place in Persia in 1$90. The ofi fonder wob guilty of stealing Stnto revenues, was put in a large cauldron I of cold water, which was slowly hoated ! to the boiling point. HiB bones wero J distributed as a warning among the f provincial tax collectors. John Neff lias found a cannon cap3 tured from 8t. (Hair's soldiers by In3 dians, during tho retreat from Fort i Recovery to Greenville, Ga., in 1791. ' lie mado the discovery eight miles | uorth of Greenville, eleven foot be' ucath the surface of the ground. It is L a brass six-pounder, six feet long. 1 At tho Dusseldorf Exhibition a few j years ago a gentleman showed a postal card upon which tho wliolo of tho first three books of the Odyssey wero wrilten, the remaining Bpace being filled t with tho transcript of a long debate which had taken place in tho German j Parliament a short time before. Tho j whole card contained 33,000 words. I Lost Through His I.ove for Fun. In one of the old castles of Northern 8 England visitors are shown two rooms ? which aro connected with each other J by a singular mechanism. Each room * is ndjoincd by an alcove, used as a 0 sleeping apartment, and tho floors ol * the adjoining alcoves turn on a pivot 1 in tho center of tho partition wall. * This ingenious dcvico was tho invon* 0 tion of ono of tho ancestors of the prosont proprietor, who was somewhat T of a wag and found great pleasure in & frightening and mystifying his guests. * When ono had gone to bod in the r green room and tho other in tho blue 0 tho floors wero turned on their nivots. T and ou awakening the visitor found r himself in strange quarters, with clothes that were not his own. It is 0 Bftid that this fun-loving lord lost a t rich inheritance by thus disturbing Y the restful moments of a wealthy aunt, 6 who never forgave the trick hei c nophew played upon her.?St. Lou.c | Post-Dispatch. ' There is 11101*0 Catarrh In this noction of the country than all other diseases put together. 1 and until t ho last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local . remedies, and by constantly failing to euro with local treatment,pronounced it incurable, t Science has proven catarrh to bo a const Itu, tlonal disease and therefore requires constltu* tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, nant ufacturcd by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, | Is thoonly constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from lodrops to ' a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood , and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any caso it fails to euro. Head for circulars and testimonials I free. Address F. J.<-it*.?? .v ?& Co;, Toledo, O. f Cirsoid by Druggists, 75c. A our. vr American liotol Is to bo built in . B rlin. Many persons are liroken down from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Bit1 ters rebuilds the system, ald-t d I {cstion, removes excess of Idle, and cures mslarla. A ' splendid tonic for women and children. 1 ] 'ktb" Bbownino had $5700 of his for, Iuti * in the suspended City National Bank, at Louisville, but be says be isn't worrying 1 over it because one of tho directors belongs * tO 'tis church. ' H> Cure ItniMur*. N.i iikitt ( of l.i'w long startling. Wrlto , O r :roe treatis?v lostimon Ml*, etc,., to H. J. liolierisu-.irtli \ ( o,, Owego, Tioga (Jo., N. Y. 9 ! rice ; I; by lea I. f 1.15. THKKr-rouBTHs of tho total population ol Russia are farmers, t . ? ' Ladles needing a tonic, or children who i want building up, should lake Brown's Iron Bittern. It in ulcieuint to take, car.<s .Malur a Indigestion. HllioiiMipsa and Liver L'oinplaints, makes the ttlooci rich and pure. Knot,and takes 40,000 tons ot eggs trom Ireland yearly. i belter thanmbypj^, I Woloom* to JBfcobdl'? R >? ^ We say at oar h?n?e, be/ > canse of the good it has 0 / 1 rto?? n**- No on* kDOV" if. V 'be intense misery I en. * -aa Jif dnrrd for v:0 years wltl >f fnl dysj epsla. Xo preacrlp ,i v f, . >3 t Ions seemed to help m 11 Sf.ft iind 1 had a great preju ** If 7a*tAkl- dice against proprietor ?r m" Bcines. Hut bein llood'n Harsaparllls, e^PHr/ur.r.w 3P* did so. 1 am now uslii iny lonrtli bittle, at l>oiter than I ha' ii : ? years, and a be . *-ti'\n". Viirsiiall, Ml< ii Rood's^Cures Ileoil's ? ill?>bts i,ver U'"? fc,U fc'*d"0h' Highest of all in Leavening Pow B&fed A. X ABSOU/1 Notable Kpitnph*, Tho Brooklyn E ^le, having been requested to furnish "a few short epitaphs," responds with the following; "In a work, on epitaphs wo find an admirable selection of very brief ouch on stones found iu English churchyards. One such stone is in Leamington Cemetery, where the epitaph of J. T. Burgess, formerly editor of the Leamington Spa Courier, is one word, Beating.' In Worcester is a stono orcctod over the grave of the departed auctioneer of that city, ou which Gone* is inscribed. In a Sussex graveyard, in addition to thu initials of the deceased and tho date of death, a stone lias inscribod iu largo letters tho words 'Ho Was.' Two of tho strangest as well as tho shortest epitaphs are 'Asleep (as usual),' on tho tombstone of a large individual by one who know liim well, and 'Loft Till Called For' is carved on a gravestone iu Cano Hill Cemetery, Belfast. A photographer lias this inscription over his grave: 'Hero I lie, taken from life.' On tho tomb of Charles tho Oii-eat, first Emperor of Germany, are two words only, 'Caralo Maguo.' " Tho study of opitaphs furnishes much entertainment. Here are several, not as short as those quoted by the Eagle, but quite as unique. At Wolstanton, England: Mrs. Aim Jennings. $omo have children, some have none, Hero lies tho mother of twonty-oue. On tho tomb of Shields, tho Irish orator : Here He I at reckon, and my spirit at also is. With the tip of my nose, and tho ends of my toes, Turned up 'gainst tho roots of tho daisies. Iu a Now England churchyard this appears: Hero lies John Auricular, Who in tho ways of tho Lord walked perpendicular. And this memorial to Johu Mound iH raised, not in Ireland, but in old England: Hero lies tho body of John Mound, Lost at soa and novor found. Smallest Screw in the World, The smallest screw iu tho world is that used ill tlie movement of a wateli. Some of these aro so minute that n box of them appear to the casual observer to bo filled with lino black sand. With a strong glass, however, they art seen to bo perfect in every parti though only 4-1000 of an inch in di ameter. A thimble will hold 100,00( of them. They are not. counted, but Bold by weight.?New York Journal. On Boeiug ii young coon in nn oak near Cincinnati, n boy climbel thi tree, with the intention of cap tit r in. the animal. Ah he ncared the top ai old coon attacked him from behind The lad turned to faco his new foe and a fight continue 1 for several min lite.", when the boy fell and receive* fatal injurica. ' KNOWLEDGE tiring* comfort and improvement ant tend* to neraonaV enjoyment whei rightly usca The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, witl ?HV V AJTIIUIVUJU, VJJ UIV/IO pivmpuj adapting the world's best products U the needs of physical being, will attesi the value to health of the pare liquic laxative principles embraced in thi remedy, Syrup of Figs. its excellence is due to its presently in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and trulj beneficial properties of a perfect lax ativo; efTcctunlly cleansing the system i d'HitcUing colds, headaches and feveri ana permanently curing constipation L' has given satisfaction to millions anc met with the approval of the medica i proft ssion, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free fron every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs in for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Byru] Co. only, whoee name is printed on ever] package, also the name, Syrup of Figs and being well informed, you will uoi accept any substitute if offered. I Do Wot Bs Dsosl ved It*! I'aatr*. Rnaroeli and Paint* which atatn lh? an la. Injure the Iron and burn red. The Rlnlnoc Hun Store Polish hi BrflHaat, Odoe*??. Durable, and the eonxumer pays for bo Mb ?r glaas package with every purchase. aW?gh*PAYI!fO thin ; for agentx la onr PIUIT KrX I ORACH KAMIl.Y KKCORDS. oth'-r l? El y Zngleelde : Refreat for ni^Vars of Woram. Urtetatlflc trMUnamt m enrM|?ar*n<Nd, tleanl ipMmmU (or l?dk? l for<- and during confliif-nianU iddrtn Tin JM I d?-m VI. y.iclxn,I KM B?l?f Comrt, W?hntlg. T?? \vmm l ESE^S=75!!r " h-si-^^sv:&s?i. in Urarand Boweta. yOMiaP a by ilntnliUrrMQt )jrm*ll. Box J <? al?l?"7y". Park?*f(? box**). tB I foe trw implw-Milri-w lt>"P*WT? rllKMIQAI, CO., WewTwfc. r er.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report H Baking T Rawde&rj Mag out of J "ELY PURE The Strength of lee. The necessities of war have requsntly led to valaable of a practical scientific character. Of late the French Minister of War has been studying the subject of ice from the point of view of its capacity to maintain weights. He has found that when ice has become about an inoh and three-fifths thick, it begin* to bear the weight of a man who ig | marching alone. At a thickness of * , something ovor three and one-half | inches it will bear files of infantry. ? ; Wlion it has become twolvo centi- I meters, or nearly four and throe- j , quarter inches thick, it sustains light I artillery or carriages, and at twenty, nine centimeters, or about olovcp.and A , four-tenths inches, it bears tho neavi- v t est weight that tho transporting of ad . ( army requires. Theso conclusions of , tho French military authorities may ( havo soino interest for skators, but it should bo remarked that they apply , only to young ice. Successions of , colder aud warmer weather, in the I courso of a fow weeks, produce a , change in tho structure of ice which j greatly weakens its power of resistance i j to pressure. Accordingly, tho measurements and estimates given above / ! should not 1h> trusted in tho case of j* inn Hint iu not nf recent formation.? It New Yurk News. U Men in Portland, Me., hhII Kennebee slind nnd ship thcin to Philadel pliin, whence they nro Kent to the coal mid iron miners nnd told with profit j for their consumption. 'August Flower" 1 I have been tron bled with dyspep- 1 sia, but after a fair trial of August- _. jd Flower, am freed from the vexatious I ' trouble?J. B. Voting, Daughters \ I 1 College, Harrodsburg, Ky. I had headache one yeai steady. One bottle j 1 k of Augu -;t Flower cured me. It vfras I I positively worth or,e hundred dolHIS V I , tome?J. W. Smith, P.M. and Gen. 1 , Merchant, Townsend, Ont. I have , 1 . used it myself for conWlpation and ' ) dyspepsia and it cured me, If is the \ I best seller I ever handled?C. Rugli, \ Druggist, Mechnuicsburg, Pa. (P , A KA III *N OINT.UKN'r""-<*? I'll.KH, wor*t j, *"% ?. imh curort ->r ninnoy ret '* hy mall In 500. M Ql hoxe?; circular*, s. 8. Si. Alilcrxin, W. Vx. ' ?!lt* i. 'U-f| ; HU 1 "i.*?* "rS?53! ?r rTi^g^g CHKpPAftD'S a?tran^ES The Best for Either Heating or Oookinr. Excel in Style, Oomfort and Durability. KINDS AND S'ZB*. EVERYONE WARRANTED Atuiitirr DEE, CI*. ASK YOUR STOVE DEALER T<I jliotv TOO SHRl PARD'S I.ATEST OATALOQUK. If to denier near you wv.te to ISAAC A. S MEPPARD A CO., BA I.TillORK, MO, I.AHOKST MAM-y.i CTt'HKRS IS THK SOUTH. i r.y one doubt, the! *? en n euro the m ?t ohBLOOD POISON R ivr . I Vir.?lUL. I On molal becking t, | 00.000. 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