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?THE "WATCHES OF THE NIGHT." kv? When coma tho hours for sleeping !"* In the1 'watches of the night'' And the soul in restful keeping Awakes in lone affright, From dreams cr nervous ailings, Of spirit fear and dread, Of mortal griefs and failings, Of heart and hand and head, Brave troops of fevered minions Appear to the restless brain, Winged on wild and reckless pinions Come and go and come again, And tho air is rife with fancies Of varied form and sight Till broad morning's light advances On the "watches of the night." Then the garish gnomes of te Fold their wings and droop ai Fleeing from fields of error, When the day god lifts his crgpu. Then the mists of nightly hor Flee before the morning light}* And reason surcease borrows From the "watches of the night." -Clark W. Bryan in Good Housekeeping. HOW HE WON HER. The poor tutor was alone with her, -and, though it was in the days when men fought hard battles even against their own kinsmen if they thought it was for the right, his heart throb bed just as the tutor's heart might throb today, with the difference that he had not learned to count its beats, as our enamored youth, 200 years wiser, have learned to do in a self ?controlled manner eminently con ducive to the steadying of that ob streperous organ. What mattered the great insurrec -tion, the cruelties of Judge Jeffries gnd a fugitive patron with a price upon his head when love had sought shelter in his heart, and she to whom ie had built a shrine was just as far away from him as the width of the table?: Of what consequence that she was Ute Lady Gertrude, the daughter of a noble conspirator, and he but a tutor without land or wealth? So lie. continued his story, looking at his book as if he were reading there from. . "And the poor man loved the iich lady, and he dared not tell her of his love, lest she would scorn him." "Then surely he was fearful at a Nothing, which, methinks, means he was a coward, Master Humphrey." "A coward, if 'twere cowardly to -fear the anger of his lady"-? uWhy should he expect such an ser?" "He had naught to offer her but bis love." "Love were wealth enough, but ! -am tired of your story. 'Tis not so .good as you are wont to tell, Master Humphrey, and 'tis our last lesson," she added very gently. "You will not miss the lessons?" "No, not my lessons, only the sto gies. I have loved some of them. " And she moved restlessly in her :seat, as if she would say more, yet -could not find the words. "Bat surely my father should be liere even now," she murmured at last The poor tutor turned pale. "You .will go with him to Holland?" he said. "It would be too great a risk to accompany him, but I follow tomor row if all succeeds as we have planned. Ah, if they should take him! They have killed the duke. "Why are they not satisfied? Poor Jfonmouth!" "They will not take him !" "Now, at the last moment, I am terrified lest things should not go well. Look at the time! He may "be here at any moment. Indeed he should be here now !" Then Lady Gertrude ros? hastily and stood, tall even as the young tutor by her side, with a look of eager impatience on her fair face. "Not yet come, I think, " said he. "To cross the marshes on foot needs indeed an hour." So they stood irresolute, each with heart for one another and thoughts for the absent fugitive. "There are learned men in Hol land, I am told," stammered the .young man irrelevantly. "It is so rumored, yet, not more than that, there would still be room for another, I am sure, Master Humphrey." Which pretty speech nigh over powered the equanimity of Master Humphrey and threw him into a discourteous silence like enough to pique his noble pupil, who, indeed, felt she had made too bold and had lacked in modesty, since he would vouchsafe no answer. "Continue your story, sir," she said, with marked coldness. "I have no mind for lessons just now." "There is no more to teil, ma lady," he said. "Then' tis a poor story." " 'Twas a poor man." "With a poor spirit." "Nay, do not challenge him, for he hath an idea 'twere better to be poor spirited than false hearted." "Why should he be either?" "Were it not a mean thing to .harass an unprotected lady and false to betray the trust of her noble par ent, his patron, when he was absent risking his life for his country?" "To harass her would be wrong, sir ; to betray a trust a worse wrong. Yet I cannot see that, if he loved the ?ady well, he would be doing either of these things." "Madam, were I, your humble tutor, the poor man, would you still 60 reason?" "Were you that man. Master Humphrey, I could but bo sorry fox the lady." " 'Tis a fair answer. I crave your pardon. Shall we continue the trans lation?" "Were you the man, in truth I should be sorry for the lady to have .eo inconsistent a lover." "Inconsistent, madam ? ' ' "Who will mako you love, wher ever he may find a ready listener. tnougn m covert, language mat sa him from a declaration. Pray, il ter Humphrey, if it be as you clare, that you are this man, com my sympathies to the lady." Now the tutor rose in wrath s would have gone his way-for wi out doubt his mistress was maki sport of him-but the sound of fa footsteps from behind the pane wall arrested his attention, and stood still, considering whet! 'twere best to go or stay. "It is my father," said the gi aware that he alone knew the sec] passage. Then Master Humphrey saw look of joyful relief rise to her pre! face, and he remembered how bra she had been, how good and nol and fair she was and how miserai a worm was he, and so lifted 1 head in the pride of humiliation, humble minded folk are wont to c in such manner that the Lady G< trude found him as beautiful and ? rogant as a king, for all his shabl clothes and slight stature: "I may not see you again. 1 will cross today-I tomorrow," s said in sudden haste. "God be with you," answered t tutor, and he bowed low. The fugitive noble stood in tl shadow of the opening paneling, ai the Lady Gertrude, full of appi hension that he should stay too lon strained an ear to catch any on nous sounds from without and drai in eagerly the detailed plans he slo ly explained of his own escape Holland and her journey thither ( the morrow by another route. When he ended, there was a litt silence between them, as with tho: whose hearts are too full to spea'. It was speedily broken, however, t a loud ringing of the great bel which reverberated from the deser ed courtyard below through tl house.. The girl hastened to th casement of the window and looke quickly out. "There are armed men, "she sait "They have traced you here." , "Wary hounds!" he murmur?e with a look of grim humor. "T the hole, hut not within. Twent minutes and I shall be beyond tl most cunning ferret's scent. God t with you, little daughter. Kee them dallying there awhile. Ri member tomorrow at Ballam bridg? by nightfall." The panel fell back, and the Lad Gertrude sat down to her books an made much pretense of mumbling t herself as the old doorkeeper, scar stricken and panting, tumbled int the room with an officer of the king1 service at his heels. "Soldiers! said he. "Ah, good Oliver, what is thei will?" said she, not deigning to rais her eyes from her book. "No harm to so fair a hostess, exclaimed the intruder. Whereupon the Lady Gertrud slowly lifted her pretty head an scanned the uncomely countenanc and fat proportions of the office with much deliberation. "Should fairness diminish harm sir, 'twere a pity there were n> more of the quality among his maj esty's servants." "A truce, fair one, to a war o words. I am here to crave you: hospitality while waiting for tin presence of one who, lam informed purposes to visit his daughter be tween the time of noon and mid night. You start! 'Tis now hardl] noon. We demand to know in th< king's name at what precise hou: that interview is to take place. " 'Twere well, madam, to savi that pretty head, for those who will fully harbor the treacherous Mon mouth's followers can receive n( clemency from his most grad ou. majesty, Zing James. Their life ii the forfeit, man or woman." "Sir," said Lady Gertrude aftei I some moments of seeming fearfu deliberation, "I await my lord, m j father, here within an hour from now, and may God curse you for ? coward !" The fat soldier grinned. The lady'? bark was not loud enough, but hei bite was, indeed, most easily avert ed with a threatening whip, as waE the way with women. So he sat hit broad person down and did all that which he thought would beguile sc pretty a shrew from her fretful humor. Full three-quarters of an hour thus passed, when news was brought by a breathless soldier that thc Earl of W-? had boarded a frigate not 15 minutes since and, as was related in all seriousness, had doffed his hat . in. acknowledgment of tho fiery sa ! lute from shore. I Whereupon tho fat soldier got np ; in a fearful rage and kicked and sworo as only a gentleman soldier knows well how to do, and snarled aloud that nothing should save the cunning jade from the lively fate of Mistress Gaunt, who, indeed, was j burned to death for a lesser misde ? meanor. But the Lady Gertrude lifted up her proud head and said: "Even so I shall deem my father's life most cheaply bought, sir." And she walked out between the file of armed men, who, indeed, were sorry for so brave and fair a crea ture, taken thus roughly a prisoner. The poor tutor sat over his books in the upper room of a small dwell ing house and wrestled with his thoughts till he knew not which was conscience and which the devil most plaguing him, for the Lady Gertrude had said that love was wealth, yet his rooms.betrayed no signs thereof. He had a little pieco of land not far away, from which he acquired a small income, yet with all these j things he could in nowise be counted ' rich. Indeed, no, thought he, when nur ried footsteps upon tho stair became confused with his wandering fancies, and ere he had time to weigh the matter Lady Gertrude stood before him. And then something of a sweet shyness came over her, so that all in a great hurry she set to explaining how she had been taken prisoner by the irate colonel and how, indeed, she had escaped through the help of a cousin among the officers, who, she avowed, had once cared greatly for her. Then the boy and girl, for they were not much else, looked into one another's eyes, as they had looked these many past days during the les sons he had set out to teach her. And now there was no table between them, so that he knelt down, and taking both her little white hands in his he covered them with humble kisses, the which the lady seemed to have no desire to resent. "So, after all, Master Humphrey, you must needs take care of your pupil still a little while longer. To morrow at Ballam bridge at night fall there will be those waiting to conduct me to Holland, where, I think, sir, you told me you had a mind to follow in searoh of further learning. Yet till then I must re main a prisoner here for fear of my very life,1 ' laughed she. Now, hardly had she spoke than a clamor without sent the blood from his cheek and fear at last into the dauntless eyes of the Lady Gertrude. "Quick! Within!" said he and thrust open the door of the narrow chamber and closed it upon her. Then the steady tramp of men's feet echoed upon the winding stair. "In the king's name," said a tall officer as he entered the room, fol lowed by several men at arms. There was a strange look in his eyes a3 he met the tutor's gaze, and he faltered in his speech while repeat ing the common formula. "There is no one here," answered the student deliberately. "It is necessary the place should be searched," replied the officer, "and I must warn you that if the prisoner is found your life will be forfeited without trial as a traitor harboring those in conspiracy against his majesty's crown." "There is no one here," repeated the tutor. "Search," said the officer. He had grown pale as the poor youth, who bent with seeming indifference over his books and clung closer to his chair as the men approached the lit tle door, which opened suddenly from within, as a beautiful youth in a velvet suit, with fine lace ruffs and a mass of brown, curly hair, falling negligently about his shoulders, ? such as was then the fashion to af fect, confronted the officer. "What noisy matter is this?" said he haughtily. "Is there no place even for students who, loyal to his majesty, claim but the quiet of their chambers to pursue the books which tell of mightier deeds than those of the internal wars of a discontented people?" Now a look of humor crept into the officer's eyes as he bowed per haps lower than was necessary to so young and haughty a youth. "I am grieved to so disturb you, sir," said he. "We have been mis informed, for apparently the lady we seek is not here." And he turned upon his feet and departed with his men from the lowly roof of the poor tutor. "Master Humphrey," said the beautiful youth, and his face was crimson even as the skies after the sun hath set, "you risked being I hanged on high, Master Humphrey, j for me." And there were tears in ; his eyes. I J?ben, indeed, did nearly all Mas ? er Humphrey's fortitude depart. "Lad, 'twere but a paltry thing to ri?k," said he and bowed his head as one ashamed, and within himself he thought: " Now, indeed, I cannot woo her, for 'twould be the way of a coward to thus force advantage of a maid's gratitude." But the while he was pondering she stole up to him, and he knew not how it happened, but he wooed her I just the same.-Pall Mall Gazette. The editor of the KVHIIH City- Pa , Glob* writes: "<)n? Minute'Viugh Clure is right ly NUUIMI. It eu red my chi ld roo after ?ll other remedias failed." it rn res ooo g hs, mids and all throat and lung tumbles. Evana Pharmacy. ? - An aluminum violin, invented ! and painted by a Cincinnati musician. j is highly spoken nf, both by players ; and critics. Bob Mooro, ot LaEayntt*', Ind., mvs that for constipation he has lound l)i< Witt's Little Karly Risers \>> b? perfect. Tiiey never gripe Tn them foi stomach : and li ver trou bios. Evans Pharmacy. - The apple has a larger propor j tion ol' phosphorus than any other j fruit, and is, therefore, an excellent ! brain food. Thousands of persons have rem pured ! ?f niles by using DeWict'* Witch Hazel Salve. It heals promptly ami cures HZ - maand ail skin disease. It gives imme diate relict'. Kvans Pharmacy. - It is to bc presumed that a raw i recruit is not done until he is properly seasoned; that is to say, peppered and mustard out. 'I think DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve ia the finest preparation on the market for piles." So writes John V> Munn, of Wheeling, W. Va. Try it and von will think the same It also cures eczema and all ?kin diseases. EVHIIH Pharmacy. - "So he praised my singing, did he?" "Yes. he said it was heavenly." "Did he really say that?" "Well, not exactly, but he probably meant that. Ile said it. was unearthly. R Blanks, of Lewisville, Toxa?, writes that one box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve was worth $f>0 OH to him. 't cured Ins piles of ten years standing. He advises others to try it It alM> cures eczema, skin diseases and obstinate sores. Evatis Pharmacy. FREAKS OF THE RIO GRANDE". One of Them Was to Shift Ita Tied From the Eaat to tho West of Heel lia. "It's a freakish river, the Rio Grande, and no mistake. For sud den turn6 and capriciousness woman herself can't equal it.11 said a former federal official of New Mexico. "For the 1,500 miles of its course its char acter is everything hy turns from navigable water to dry land. At its head in the mountainous San Juan country, in Colorado, it is a cold, clear trout stream. In northern New Mexico its waters are brown with sand in solution. Farther south, where the liquid mud of the Rio Puereo (Dirty river) pours into it, its waters becomo densely muddy, and all along on its long way to the sea this queer river takes on one or another new feature different from anything that has preceded it. "But there is one performance hy this river that never to my knowl edge has been written except in local history or in the record of some land case in court. It is the way it served the town of Mesilla in southern New Mexico. The plac?is a picturesque, dignified looking old Spanish-Ameri can community, built about a plaza, with orchards and vineyards sur rounding, and stood in the begin ning on the west bank ol' the river. Before the railroad came it was an important point in the wagon freighting trade, and it? people were prosperous and happy. But they had one cauee of complaint. The routes of all the traffic from Texas and the north lay on the east of thc Rio Grande, and stages r.nd wagons must ford the river in getting to and from Mesilla. This was inconven ient at all times and involved dan ger and delay in times of flood. " 'Que lastima !' (what a pity), the people often said. 'If only our town stood on the east bank of the brave river !' "Their wish came to pass at last in a startling way. There was an unusually heavy snowfall in the mountains of the upper country one winter, and, the spring opening warm, the snow melted rapidly, with the result of a tremendous flood in the lower Rio Grande. The waters overspread the level valley until Mesilla, which luckily had been built on an eminence, became an island, the refuge of those persons from the lower lands who had not beeD drowned before they could reach it. The waters at last subsided, and then the discovery was made that the Rio Grande, instead of keeping to its old bed on the east, was flow? ing past the town a mile to the west of the plaza. "It was what the people had said they wanted, hut it took them some: time to become used to the change and get their landmarks and points of the compass to tally with the new order of things. Many a peon or Mexican of higher degree going o? coming from the plaza with a load of aguardiente inside his skin got an unexpected ducking in the river when he had looked for dry land ol walked gingerly across^ the dry channel where the river used io run, wondering why he could not find the Rio Grande. Tales of such misad, ventures were stock stories in the lower valley for years after the flood. There was a more tragic as pect of the business in the epidemic which took its rise in the exhala tions from the vast extent of river bottom left exposed by the change of channel. Several hundred people j died from this cause in the succeed- j ing summer and autumn. There are orchards and alfalfa fields in the old channel now, but its course can ' plainly be traced on the face of the ground, and who knows when the Rio Grande may not take a notion to return to its old bed and set the maps at fault again. "-New York Sun. _ The Claulcal Barber. "This a queer world," said J. E. Whiteford of Chicago, "and a man runs up against surprises at almost every corner. The other day I was teing shaved by a good looking mu latto man in a Washington barber shop, and on talking with him found that he was a graduate of a university. He had read Cicero, Horace, Homer and Euripides and was well versed in the higher mathe matics. I asked him if ho was con tent after acquiring such au edu cation tq work in the business he was pursuing. He .said that it was a case of necessity, and, much as ho preferred a more lucrative employ ment, there was nothing else open | to him, and I went away wondering whether a so called higher educa tion is of much uso in the way of ? enabling a man to earn bia liveli- i hood. "-Washington Post. Mean. Daisy-Oh, Dolly, I have had such a nasty, spiteful anonymous letter I Bolly-Whom was it from? Daisy-I don't know. Can you guess? Tho wicked creature say? 1 am a vain, silty, frivolous, chatter ing, overdressed, empty headed flirt. Dolly-I really can't imagine, but"-reflecting-"I think it must be some one who knows you quite well, dearest.-London Fun. Mr. ll. A. Pass, Bowman. Georgia, writes: "One of my children was very delicate ami we despaircdof rais ing it. For months my wife and 1 could hardly get a night's rent until we began thc usc of Pitts' Carmina tive. Wc found great relief from the lirst bottle." Pitts' Carminative acts promptly and cures permanently, lt is pleasant, to thc taste, ?iud children take it without coaxing, lt is free from injinio"8 drugs aud chemicals. Hill Orr Dr ar Co. JOHN BROWN STATUE FAKE. Its Destruction by a Meteor Still Believed by Many. One of the most famous pieces of fake news that ever went the rounds of the American press was in regard to a mysterious happening at the monument to the antislavery leader which stands at Osawatomie. Three or four years ago a story appeared in the dispatches telling how a me teor had fallen one clear night and had struck the monument directly in the center, and had not only de molished the structure, hut had buried itself in the soil and was the wonder of the community. It was represented as one of the greatest stones that had ever fallen, and there was on the part of the superstitious a feeling that it had come as a judgment on the life of the man to whom the stono stood, in some manner reflecting on his life work. But it was most interesting to tho scientists, who, from the very full description of the stone, realized that it was of great value to the stu dents of geology. Several eastern colleges wrote to the town for fuller particulars and made bids for the meteor. Ono of the largest New York colleges was not content with that, but sent two of its professors on a hurried trip across the conti nent to bring the steno home at any cost. The people of Osawatomie were astonished when strangers began to appear and ask for the stone. In a few days the place was filled and the little hotel was making money by the wholesale. As the visitors went out to the monument they were all surprised to find it in perfect condi tion and not a trace of any celestial visitor visible. Furthermore, no me teor had ever been seen there, and none had fallen in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The whole thing was a fake. Investigation failed for many months to find the source of the story. The papers that started it were satisfied that they had received it from what they considered good sources and would not reveal what the sources were. Finally there came a confession, which, however, was never known outside a narrow cir cle. The originator was the engi neer on a branch road running through the vicinity of Osawatomie. j He was a studious young man and took a deep interest in astronomy. He watched the heavens closely on his night runs and one evening was speculating on what might happen if a large meteor should fall and de molish some of the buildings or the monument, which is the landmark for the vicinity. From that the step was easy to tell a newspaper friend that it had occurred, and the work was done. I Many of the admirers of the Kan. sas hero still think his monument is a mass of ruins. Hundreds of let ters and scores of visitors visit Osa watomie concerning it, yet it never had the least foundation except in the imagination of a railroad man. Chicago Times-Herald. A Peculiar Ohio Community. "There is a community at Amish, Holmes County, O., that meets Bob Ingersoll's idea of Atlantis," said an Ohioan. "There are no churches and no ministers in the community, which consists of 15,000 or 20,000 souls, residing on 1G0 acre farms. Every member of the settlement is a producer. Religious meetings are held, but they are at the homes of various members, not in regularly established meeting places. Draft horses, the best in the country, come from Amish. The customs of the people are primitive in their simplicity. No one evor thinks of knocking at a neighbor's door; they just walk in. Travelers who come through the community are taken in and entertained, in literal inter pretation of the Scriptural injunc tion, and no one is permitted to re ceive pay for the entertainment. The most curious of the customs of this peculiar people is that relating to its women. Married women wear black caps, those who are engaged go to church in brown headgear, while the young girls proclaim the fact that their affections are disen gaged by dainty white bonnets. There is considerable sense at thc bottom of this quaint custom, and the social jealousies and heart burn ings of other towns are said to be practically unknown in Amish. " St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Lady Tennyson't* Sisters. Of Lady Tennyson's sisters, it wai tho youngest of three daughters of Henry Selwood who married Alfred Tennyson's elder brother Charles, who took the name of Turner from M.n uncle. Lady Tennyson's other frier married Charles Richard Weld, author of "Tho History of the Royal Socioty" and of many other works. Lady Tennyson survived both of hoi* sisters. Wall of Severus. The wall of Sevorus, separating England from Scotland, was 3G miles long and protected by 21 forts. It was 20 feet high and 24 feet thick and to the north was protected by a moat 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep, mt . - Recent measurements of the Chinese wall.show it to be 18 feet high and 1,800 miles long. - A man in Virginia rode forty miles to Fairfax Station for thc ex press purpose of getting Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, and took it home with him, a dozen bottles of the med icine. The druggist who relates the incident adds : "Your remedy seems to bc a general favorite wherever it is known." Its effects are indeed won derful in all lung and throat troubles. Procure a bottle at Hill -Orr Drug Co's, store. A Reminiscence of tho Old Manse. ~"~ My father was one of the village doctors and had sent me with a package of medicine for Mrs. Haw thorne when Una was horn at the Old Manse. 1 remember standing tiptoe before the ancient door at the end of the long avenue of half dead ash trees and just managing to reach the ponderous iron knocker. Mr. Hawthorne himself opened the door, and I had finished my errand and was turning away when he said to me, "Wouldn't the doctor's little girl like to seethe new baby?" Of course the "doctor's little girl" was crazy to see anything that was new-and of all things new a new baby-so he led me up the aged stairs; th?n, asking me to wait a moment, disappeared through a door that stood ajar. Very soon he reappeared with the tiniest morsel of humanity, as it seemed to me, that I had ever seen, in his long, strong arms. While I was admiring the baby, even then named Una, Mrs. Haw thorne, from and inner room, called me to come and see her. The gos sips of the day in Concord called. Mrs. Hawthorne "homely" and "plain," but certainly her room was not. Being an artist, she had done what, though common enough now, was then very rare-painted her furniture herself. On the head board of the bed she had copied Guido's "Aurora," and at the foot what she called one of Raphael's "Hours," while on the washstand was Venus rising from the sea, and on the dressing table Correggio's "Cupids." I was only a little girl at the time, and as it was my first conscious acquaintance with art it produced an effect on my mind that has been ineffaceable.-Mrs. A. S. Doron in Bookman. Creatures of Habit. See those two persons sitting near the door in the street car? One is an elderly washwoman. The other looks as if he might be a clerk pertaining to the ribbon counter of a dry goods store. They are strangers to each other. They have never met before. There are no ties of sympathy or consanguinity between them. They have nothing in common. Yet they are sitting very close to gether. This is because the car is crowded. But the car is gradually emptying itself. It is not nearly as full as it was a little while ago. The young man and the elderly washerwoman, however, are still jammed in the corner near the door. Most of the passengers have got out. And now the young man and the elderly washerwoman, whose des tination appears to be the remotest suburb, are the only ones remain ing. She is still jammed into the cor ner. The young man has not budged the smallest fraction of an inch. They are both uncomfortably crowded. But they do not appear to know how to help themselves. Why is this? Inertia may account for it. And it may be simply laziness. Nobody can tell. But everybody acts just that way in a street car.-Chicago Tribune. Retaliation. An old lady once had a cat of which she was very fond. One day she missed her pet, and on making inquiries she heard that a neighbor had killed it. After a little medita tion she hit upon a way to avenge herself. She bought some mousetraps and, having caught about 50 mice alive, put them into a large box, which she took to the unsuspecting neigh bor. He, thinking it was quite safe, took it in. When he opened it, he was horri fied to see a swarm of mice scatter in every direction, while at the bot tom of the box he found a note con taining these words : "You killed my cat, and now I have the pleasure of sending you a few of my mice."-London Tit-Bits. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of - A man seldom forgives'?in injury uiiiil after he -has"availed himself of an opportunity to get-even. - It is estimated that 1,700.000 square miles of the earth's surface arc still un'nhabited or ownerless. - An Illinois mau named Storms has named his three sons Hale Storms. Kayne Storms and Snow Storms. - "Give mc a bite of your apple," said om? little street boy to another, "and I'll show you my sore toe." - The first ingredient^in conversa tion is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth, wit. - Some husbands never [think of telling their wives anything until after they have found it out for themselves. - Never enter an apartment occu pied by another person, except the common rooms of a dwelling, without knocking. The Chief Burgess of Milesbnrir, Pa, says DeWitt's Little Karly Risers ure the best pills lie ever used in his family du ring forty years of housekeeping. They cure constipation, sick headache and stomach and liver troubles Small in size but groat in results. Evans Phar macy. Woman's Diseases Are as peculiar as AaA unavoidable, and JB? cannot be discuss- ?^?T ed or treated as we J$m^f\ do those to which m^Mf? the entire human MS?WM^ family are subject. ?fttlly?P . Menstruation sus- lrW^\ tains such import- J rajH ? ??Bit ant relations to her wi M ? health, that whensHj j \WL Suppressedjlrregni- ^ | | . 1\ lar or Painful, JJ?,| 111 l\ she soon becomesiSjjyMA \ j languid, nervous and irritable, the bloom leaves her cheek- and very gTave complica tions arise unless Regularity and Vigor are restored to these organs. Bradfield^ Son/? i most noted remale physicians _^ j of the South, Regulator sort prevail more extensively than in any other section, and has never failed to correct disordered Men struation. It restores health and strength to the suffering woman. "We have for the past thirty years handled Bradfield's Female Regulator, both at whole sale and retail, and in no instance aaa it failed to give satisfaction. We sell more of it than aU other similar remedies combined." LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR, Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga. THC BRADFIELD RECULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA. Sold by all Druggists at $1.00 per Bottle. 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