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HgSKpg*-' .. 'v . - v--. . < .. 1PV |v( THROUCH THE MESHES OF WINTER. Through the meshes of winter she slipped ?a day From out some radiant south; She breathed a spell from her flower-shaped mouth. And the round world dreamed of May. The birds dreamed softly of nesting-time. The bare earth dreamed of flowers, The brook's glad dream was a merry rhyme, But the best of the dream was ours. For the song of the wind swept into our ken. From the first pink dawn it blew, I And we dreamed we laughed in the sunshine j then, When joy and the world were Dew. But the day passed by on folded wing, And our dream is ashes of rose. Till over the threshold of winter snows She shall smile from the heart of Spring, j ?Alice Katharine Fallows, in Harper's Bazar. Er/V. ^ _ \ jmTssthoIneswill| Lawyer Northbrooke had just driven away from Glenthorne, and Elizabeth Everill stood for a moment on the broad terrace, and then, with a sigh, turned and entered the house. Only that day her aunt, Miss Matilda Thorne, had been buried, and Mr. Northbrooke had come down from Lon don to read the dead woman's win. xt was simple enough, and those who had known Miss Thome intimately hardly wondered at its'wording: "To my niece, Elizabeth Everill, provided she marry a man of title, I will and bequeath all my worldly possessions. " "And if I do not marry?" Miss Everill had asked. . "Yon retain yonr inheritance," the lawyer answered with a smile. "Miss Tilorne drew up the will herself, and ^ it is deficient on that point." Elizabeth's mother. Miss Thome's Bp. sister, had run off with Paul Everill, |p the organist of the church, before she fi&v". was 18. Her father had forbidden her gvl name to be mentioned in his hearing, and at his death Glenthorne had fk passed to Matilda unconditionally. * She had held no communication with ?& ; her married sister till she read in a (newspaper of the death of Paul Everill, and then she had paid one visit to the dismal London lodging where Mrs. Everill lay dying. There had never been much love between the sisters, > but Miss Thome was willing to take her sister's daughter under her care. $o, when the organist's wife was laid beside him, their only daughter had been brought to her mother's home. Masters and governesses had been employed to perfect her education, and her aunt had never wearied of installing a love of wealth and power, and a .horror of poverty into the girl's mind. That her words had not fallen on barren ground she would have understood' could she Tiave known hei niece's thoughts that evening. She was thinking of a scene thai I had taken place there just five years I||| Some old paintings bad been sadh p in need of the attention that only a skillful hand could give, aud Mis: V Thome had heard -Ralph Crosby favor fV ably spoken of, and had asked hira^tt do the work. Elisabeth had been mncl ^ in the- long portrait gallery whih 22-' Ralph Crosby talked and painted, an( ??, &t length he bad forgotten that he wa: sfc only a straggling artist and she th< r... niece of the wealthiest woman in th< country and had spoken his love. Mis Everill oonld still remember tb haughty stare and mocking smile o her annt when she spoke of her lov - for Ralph. |||} 44Love! Tour mother loved Pan Everill, I suppose, aud you kno\ ; something of her life. But mak your own choice. Marry this youn U. man if yon will, but not one fartliin of mine will be yours." &f. And the girl had lain awake till dnj break thinking of the sordid sui rv.- soundings amid which her childhoo had been passed, and of the povert - for which she had snch a horror, ti 2 ; at last she resolved to answer 4 *No jjp> >. to her lover's pleading. She winced even now as she rc called the grief that struggled with contemptuous pity fur her reasoniu ' ; when she told him the next day thi she oonld not be a poor man's wif< 2. 'and remembered the few bitter wore that felljrom his lips as he turnc away without seeming to see her ou stretched hand. In the last few da; she had thought once or twice, in y; vague way, that if Glenthorne shou chance to be hers she wonld find way of letting him know that si fovecThim still,that she had loved hi 22 "And now?and now," she said |p? herself, while the shadows grew deep ij|?. in the corners of the wide norar ? ' "an insurmountable barrier chvid us." She clasped her hands tightl and, with eyes that were dimmed tears, gazed into the glowing embe: ^ . "Oh, Aunt Matilda, your very kir ? ^ ness is but cruelty. I wonder whe Ralph is new? Oh, I almost wish Bp was a poor girl today. And yet, nc ; I couldn't bear that!" And the latter reflection was c^ stantly passing through the gii mind as time wore on. It was ve pleasant to be mistress of the gn house and to.have money to commai 1 ? Under her rule Glenthorne becam ; very pleasant place indeed; and fore the year was ended it \ whispered that Lord Arthur Ken KtCf was very much in love with her. Elizabeth heard Ralph Crosb name mentioned several times lal when she went to London. He i occupied upon a work that ' ? to make a name for him, some si Others hinted that he was ill;and IV Everill wondered Ithat her h( should beat so quickly at the sounc his name. She had resolved to acc Lord Arthur. He was rich?m richer than she?and quite at the g of the social ladder. Certainly did not love him; he was hardl; man whom any woman conld resp 4 1 nnt rA?n<sr>tp llim |p : yet she -would marry him. They v I uncongenial spirits, she knew, b In such a mood she .was going pi night to a great ball given by on< I the most fashionable women in I I don. Lord Arthur would be th I |l? . and probably she would say "Yes I- his pleadings that night She ra t thought she would as she stood H fore a mirror when her maid had g pf- * the finishing touches to her to p She had on a new white dress, I v., pearls were on her neck and t p y "her dusky hair; she was radia i * **8ix years ago!" she mutt* K. 'Six years and more since the 1 Ralph Crosby said " M She turned away. Now and a 'Wra feeling came over her that she c H not understand?a feeling that EffirV' wealth and her beauty were no E bring her happiness; and she E grown impatient with herself for K ' ing so. Generally at such time was even 8*7er than usual, and v .some hours later, Lord Arthur 8 - her side in a convenient reces I v Lady Jsti^kdLTs conservatory, h E that he could almost die for There was something in her beauty that night?a sadness in thedark eyes behind their mirth?that he conld not understand. ".Elizabeth," he whispered, "say 'Yes!' " and just then the sound of voices reached them. "And Crosby, the artist, you know, is blind." "Blind!" "Quite. He consulted Reynolds yesterday, his case is hopeless." l.nrKTO^t \Vl>of will Vlft do?'' V UVi UU^ai . *? "I don't know. He hasn't a penny. He lias never steadied himself to work for years. Somebody told me of a girl who jilted him, or something." -Miss Everill rose. "Lord Arthur, I hope yon will never speak to me like this again'" Lord Arthur bowed. He knew that further pleading would be useless. Very early on the foliowiug morning Miss Everill's carriage stopped at Ralph Crosby's chambers, and Elizbeth was informed that he was at home. She gave no name, but entered the room where ho was. "Ralph!" I "It was a voice that he had not J heard for six long years, but he re1 cognize I it at once, and turned his i sightless eyes toward her. "Elizabeth!" he cried rapturously, opening his arms, and in an instant sho was folded in them. "But yon must not, Elizabeth," he ! said later, "you must not sacrifice all for me." "It is no sacrifice." she replied, composedly; "but I am dreadfully afraid that I had to ask you to marry me! I wonder what Mr. Northbrooko will say when he hears of this?" aud she iaughed. "What fools women'are!" was what the old lawyer said on being apprised of it, and he drew a large envelope from among a number of papers that larrrA box before him. " V* V **? ?? o - ? It was addressed, in Miss Thome's very mascnline caligraph, to himself, and written in one corner were tho words: "To be opened in the ovent of jnj niece's marriaga " Inside was a will, properly signed and witnessed, and the old lawyer's face cleared as he glanced at it There was also an open letter addressed t< Miss Everill. "If yon have sold yourself, nri niece, take the* price of yonr slavery If yon have been honest enough t( marry for love, take your reward. Ir either case Glenthorne is yours." "Heaven bless me!" the lawyer ex claimed, "Heaven bless me! There') no understanding a woman! 1'n heartily glad, anyhow; and now must go and tell these two that the; won't be beggars after all" , JUSTICE IN JOLO. The District Chiefs Power of Life an Death Over His Snbjects. The social system among the More 5 is much more primitive than it i ? among the greater part of the otlie Philippine races. A chief, or date T controls a district; he has his ow i particular followers and his slave) } Besides these, he may coinmamd a - the men of his own district in time < > war. He also has the right of lil i and death over his subjects. For ii 9 stance, a few weeks before we arrive I in Jolo, Dato Jokanine had occasio 3 to execute cue'of his followers. Tb 9 man had been intrusted with raoae 9 j belonging to the dato. The tirst tin: 3 he came to his chief and said: 8 "0 great and benevolent dato, * have gambled away thy money; fo 6 give me!" "Very well," said ths dato. "S( d that it does not happen again." y Once more the retainer came, sa; ? ing: g "0 great and benevolent dato.aga; g I have gambled away tby money, ar again I beg thee in thy great mer< r" to forgive me." "This is the second time I have fo d given thee," said Jokanine, "b 7 the third time, I warn thee, th< || shaltdie." Yet again the nnfortnnate man r tnrned without the money he had c< h leeted for the dato. a "0 dato," ha cried, throwing hii S self at the feet of his chief, "I ha sinned again and taken thy mone B? Mercy, mercy!" "Cut him down," said the dato Jd one of his men-at-arms. The m offered no resistance and was cut Fs pieces with one of the great knives a the natives. ^ Another story which shows well t a authority of the dato over his peoj 16 is worth the telling. It soems tha m blacksmith had been making love a quiet way to a member of the bar to of Dato Jokanine. Jokanine kuew er this, and came to the man's smit 7? one day. The smitl} was just finii 63 ing off a large barong. y> "Let me see that knife," said J< b7 anine. Then, runniug his fin; rs- along the edge, he added, "It see 'd- sharp; may I try it?" . )l'e "Certainly, dato," said the uns 1 I pecting smith. Without a momei 1? hesitation Jokanine raised the ki aud split the smith to the chin. ' i?" right a master has to kill a slav d 8 therefore no stronger right than t ,ry exercised by all the>datos and the i 8fttl tan over the life of every man in St ?Harper's Weekly, e a kf' FOOR RICHARDISMSvas d&l Mind your faults before telling mine. 7 8 The way to be safe is never to er' secure, vas K.as He thaj; sows thorns should n< lid. 8? barefoot. liss Diligence overcomes difficull ?art sloth makes them. 1 of Silk, scarlet f.nd velvet have sept 011t the kitchen fire. Laziness travels so Howly that she er^ S00n overta^es biiu. a Let not your tongue give evid against your understanding. an(j Be civil to all, sociable to m rere familiar with a few, friend to one but enemy to none. Think of three things, whence one came, where you are going an ) of whom you must account. j0n* The honest man takes pains an .tv' enjoys pleasures; the knave 1 ther P^easures art(^ ^en suffers pains. b8- When a friend deals with a l\ iven let the bargain be well penned mar /?nnt,inne friends to the lit? I. IUOJ w*.?? n J .j A wise man will desire no more w**at he may get justly, use sot ^ distribute cheerfully and leave , tentedlv. :reci. Misplaced Lines. Nell?Mad at him? Why, he i (?a|^ a lovely poem to her. '?? Belle?Yes, but she never re j. j When she saw the title of it she i j the whole thing up in a fit of a fPfti You see, he called it "Line h Mabel'sFace."?Philadelphia Ca /hen Standard and Times, at by s in In the Island of Ceylon ther e felt only 6000 Europeans as against 3 her, 000 natives* Stage Realism. Smith (after the performance)? Well, old man, what did you think of the show? Jones?Great! That church scene was the scene of realism. Smith?So it was. I actually went to sleep while it went on. For Wireless Steering'. i An English Invention for steering any craft, I whether submerged <>r otherwise, by means of ' an ether wave on the Wlreies9 telegraph princlple has been perfected. In naval war It is expected to matte the torpedo boat almost infallible. 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A Congress of Chinese archaeology Is to be beW at llomr after Easter under the auspices of the highest ecclesiastical authority. The < digress will oucu on Easter Tuesday, April 17th, 1900. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Oosenrets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If t. C. C. Inll to cure, drtigglstsrefund money. Cake Was Loaded. The Rev. Dr. \V. It. Itlchard, of i'lninfleld. N. T., wsi ma rled reeontly. When the bride cut the cake she found In the b->ttoin <?f it a i>ag k v. ,i hnpn fvmtributed ^ OllUllUiriK H UiV. JU u i va _ ?>y the j-nrlshonera. * " Never Do Things fry Halves." Sometimes the condition of your health could be de, scribed as half-sick and halfi well. You may not be ill ) enough to go to bed but too ill to be happy ) or efficient in your home or your business. j Why not be wholly well ? Your draggedout. tired feeling is due to poor blood anc ) nothing else. Make your blood rich by us i ing Hood's Sarsaparilla. It works U perfection; there is nothing like it. 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Thus a m with red and spotted nails was si iQ posed to have n hot temper, while pa 1(* lead-colored nails were considered denote a melancholy temperament. Narrow nails were supposed to 1 r" tray ambition and a quarrelsome i U*1 ture, while round-shaped nails w< ,u the distinguishing marks of lovers knowledge and people of liberal sei ?" ment. Conceited, narrow-minded and ob: Date folk were supposed to have sm n* nails, indolent people fleshy and tin ve of a gentle, retiring nature broad na :y* ?? VIfOman's i Kidney ? s roubles of % Why trifle with heal when the easiest at >k- surest help Is the be ser known medicine In ti ms world? US- , it*8 I Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compoui life rhe g8 known everywhere a< b at thousands of women ha in\. been curedof serious kl llu. I ney derangements by h Mrs. Plnkham's met ods have the endors ment of the mayor, i me postmaster and others her own otty. be Her medicine has t aver endorsement of an u numbered multitude ties, grateful wonien who letters are oonstam put printed In this papi Every woman should rt p?v" these letters. ence Mrs. Plnkham advh suffering women free any, charge. Her address and Lynn, FJIass. n BAD ii BR EAT I 441 have been nilng CASCABETSo a mild and effective laxative they are simpl; , derful. My daughter and 1 were tothereC riend sick stomaoh and our breath was very bad. 11 , taking a few doses of Cascarets we Lave imi inai wonderfully. They are a great help in the fa WlLllEL.Ml.VA Nag EL. enu? 1137 Klttenhouse St.. Cincinnati. < lerly, CATHART1C TRADE MARK RIOIBTtRCD ? ttv a Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Go Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c,: nSer- ... CURE CONSTIPATION. 8 OD Sterling Cta^tiT, Olr.ro, iMtml, Hew T tholic HA Tn BAP SoW and guaranteed by al HU'IU-BAU gists to CVBE Tobacco 1 nOADCV new discover a CI ' quick relief aadcup 6 arfi cue.- Book of testimonials md lO days' tr J 250,- Free. Dr. B. H. BBMH'SSOHB, Bex B. AUi at FARM AMD GARDEN^ ; Fattening Fowls. 8 To fatten your fowls, give theui 1 corn meal mash and whole corn, and E keop them from working. You should i c keep your house clean and free from j * lice. Yon can keep lice out by keep- ! ( ing the house whitewashe 1, and the , ' nests well sprinkled with sulphur. ; f Keep the roost clean and wash it with * kerosene once in three or four weeks, j ^ i Ferns as House Plan!*. A well grown, thrifty forn makes a ( beautiful house plaut,but delicate and j j tender kinds are not suited for parlor j , or sitting room. One great advantage ; of ferus as house plants is that they j do not require?in fact, do not like? | much direct suushiue, although they ; do require plenty of light. The ma- j jority of ferns thrive best in a com- | post of turfy loam, old leaf soil and ! loam, and some sharp sand. Gross- i growing ferns are benefited by a lit- ! tie manure. If succulent drainage is ' given they can hardly be over-watered; ; but the most important requirement of ferns is to have them spraved over- ; head two or three times a week. When to Subnoil. Whether or not subsoiliug will im^ i prove the ground depends altogether upon the character of the soil and also upon the amount of raiufall during the I growing season. In dry sections , where the subsoil is very compact, \ i subsoiliug is usually profitable. The : | breaking up of the impervious sub- ; surface layer lessens evaporation from i the surface of the soil and provides a large storage place for moisture in the upper few feet of soil thus loosened. The roots of plants are better aole to go downward and secure the necessary plant food and moisture. If the soil is moderately loose, with a saudv, open subsoil, this method of treating the ground is not profitable. Then, too, if there is sufficient moisture nlr ways available during the growing season, it is not necessary to subsoil. Trv the subsoil plow in a limited way, carefully noting the effects on subsequent crops. You will then soon be j able to determine whether or not subsoiling is profitable.?New England Homestead. ? Lime in the Garden. i Usnally the garden soil is full of t humus, aud limo may be used on it to g good advantage. Lime is one of those g olements of the soil which is essential r to the growth of plants and trees, and when it is properly used a vast differerence in the growth of the vegetation is noticeable. All farmers and horticulturists use it in many ways, but it is probably as often abuse I as used. The full and direct effe ts of lime - upon plants under all conditions have ? not yet been fathomed, but enongh knowledge concerning its general effect is possessed for one to use it inre telligently on many crops. In the 1(j vegetable garden lime is invaluable. re It is the best preventive aud check for j's mildew on cucumbers and diseases of potatoes. As soon as the cucumer ber vines show sigus of the dism ease, the powdered lime should be )t sprinkled over every part of the plants n] that are affected, and the operation repeated after rain so long as there are any signs of the mildew. 7i one rg watches the plants early in the spring, . and applies the lime as soon as the disease manifests itself, it will nevei be allowed to make much progress, 1 ? but sometimes in the case of plants being nearly dried up with the disease an the lime wiil give them new life anc ip" growth.?Farm, Field and Fireside, le, Glanders in Ilorses. , Glanders in horses and mules ari liable to occur at auy time, and ther *a~ have been recent' reports of the dis '? "ivioin captionq Tt is ordin - CUdU 1U VW IH?U ? arily a fatal disease, only a few case in man or beast ever having recovere J It is such a dangerous disease tba 5^" treatment is too lull of risk and to uncertain to be warranted. The pre ?se nounced symptoms are tubercles o membrane of the nasal passages, and ? when these break down, there is discharge of pus from one nostril an a swelling under the lower jaw. rJ hi swelling is usually about the size of walnut, is tender to the touch, an not very tirmly connected. The disease in some horses does nc make rapid progress, bnt remains sti tionary, giving no evidence of bein dangerous. Bnt such cases are e: ceedingly dangerous and are often tl cause of spreading the disease broac '4Bm cas*' Horses have been known 1 have glanders in a mild form for V<# long time, to keep in good order an work right along, the real troub . never being suspected. In advance stages of the disease sores may appe on the sui face of the body. These a 3 stubborn, discharge pus and can n be healed. Farcy, which is caused 1 t ie same germ, is indicated by far* ^ buds?swellings on the skin, usual on the legs?which break and di V? charge freely. The legs swell and b 'tfm come a mass of sores. Animals th \a even slightly show any of these sym ? - ?- 1 J K^ immA/liAfalv ionlftti to his k11uuiu uo liuuxguaavw?j "m until tbe character of the disease >Om determined. If it is glanders, kill t he animal at once, and wash tbe stabl and everything with which the bor has come in contact with a solnti composed of one ounce of corrosi ho sublimate in two gallons of wat Wash several time8 at intervals of t \ or three days.?Agricultural Epil mist. SO tly Importance of Millc Veins. An examination of the stomach an average cow that is producing jp will reveal thereon, extending fr the udder along each side, a milk v< IQS about one-half inch in diamet I of These milk veins, at the point m< m distant from the udder, pass thron s what are called the milk wells in 1 walls of the abdomen. These orifii through which the veins pass shoi be of good size, thus permitting strong flow of blood through them. HAs a rule, the greater the milk creting power of the cow, the lar; and more twisted of outline will th ndaa veins be. In such a case the cow n |* tnh" have three large veins, the third be ^Aftcr a shorter one between the outer t1 miiy ~ aud branching over the udder and 3bl0> the belly immediately in front of former, may be found quite a num of very pronounced smaller vei These veins extend in no definite rection, being usually very irregi Udi and somewhat knotted. The devel ment of these blood-vessels becoi most pronounced with age, althoi ^ there is a noticeable difference in tl size and extent in young heifi oa jjQ The writer has seen cows with 25c'.50c. markably large, long, elastic ve which extended from the udder 315 disappeared high in the armpit at i?biLK* front leg. Such veins may meas an inch in diameter, and on comp: s*on "^ith the fingers exhibit gi elasticity. I*u' * Writing of the milk vein, not we?ty-five years ago, Hazard stated hat, if large and tortuous, with a onsidemble opening through the attsclee of the belly to admit of its >assage outwards* it is frequently onnected with a rich ndder; but far greater reliance can be placed oil the letwork of veins sfeeu beneath the ikin over the forequarters of the udlei'v This characteristic is little noiced by authors, and dairymen or dealirs in cattle rarely speak of it. But Doth the veins and the udder itself, tnd those which pass upwards behind ;owards the tail, when large, are sure :ests of a competent milker. Scientific Farming. Scientific farming is farming in *ccordauce with nature's immutable laws. That is what farmer* have been * 1 L~ -1 - +I.q voir first, 1 A irying iu uu oiutc iuc ivij > ? giuuings of the industry. These laws men have measurably learned by experience. Should each depend on his own experiencj for the knowledge needed to gnide him in his industry, he would not learn in his lifetime the alphabet of farming. He has unconsciously benefited from the accumulated experience of ages. Could he not benefit more, now that so much has been learned, by frequent farmers1 meetings, discussions of methods and exchange of experienced? Farmers should learii the objects and appreciate the value of the agricultdral experiment stations. The object of the station is to ascertain what crops, aud what particular variety of crop in its own state will give tli9 best results, how they can best be cultivated, protected from damage by drouth or insects,cnred for during aud after harvest; how the values iu the soil may be maintained at the least cost, and what manures, commercial fertilizers or crops will be3t maintain fertility;what is the best I rotation of crops; wbat varieties of j fruit to plant, when to plant aud how to care for them by culture, manuring ! and pruning; how to feed livestock to ; obtain the moBt and the best quality I of meat at the least cost and in the j shortest time; how to do be??t all the j many necessary things in the care of ! the dairy herd and ihe matting an 1 ! care of dairy products. These are | only some of the matters which the : stations are investigating with a scien! tific and practical training and with ; snch equipment as can only be had al such public institutions. Each investigation entered upon is followed up persistently until results are obtained that enable the station to say in ifc | bulletin thereon something that hat I practical value to the farmers, anc : the officers of these stations are al | ways glad to give freely the informa tion thus obtained to the farmers wh< will take the trouble to apply for it The farmers themselves codld extent the value of this experimental worl by organizing local farmers' associa tions, undertaking certain experimen j tal crops, methods of culture, etc, I under tho advice of the station oflB cers, discussing the work at thei meetings and reporting rt suits to th stations.?Texas Farm Journal. An Ennrmons Vocal Repertoire. My mother's love for music was s great, says Sarah T. Meigs, that sh could sing anything that was calle ; for, from the old Scotch and Englis i | ballads, through the entire range < Italian opera, down to the model German Lied; or play anything; fro: ) Clementi to Chopin. All this in an ) key, and with an exquisite taste an , enthusiastic enjoyment that was i ? resistible. r On being asked once how man pieces she thought she knew, she r } plied: "About 1000." My father sai , "I'll give you S3 if you will wri I down the names of 500." "Very we I'll do it." A blank book was s cured and the only sound heard in o: sitting room was the scratching of B pen. g. On my father's return he ask< . what progress was made. The answ was: "I wrote until I was tired. 3 there are not enough names, doi think I've exhausted my repertor I for I can write at least two hou 0 longer." The juveniles crowdod round q watch the counting, and when the If 1 column was reached there was jt ; 800. j "Howfcm I to know that you real [g know all these pieces?" a "I will sing them to you," was t d undaunted reply. My father laughingly said: "I i >t quite willing to fake your word for t. my dear," and paid over the mor g amid the cheers and laughter of 1 c. delighted family. ?Indianapolis Nei le Tlie Dead Man'* Plum llnsh. to One autumn afternoon, many peo a streamed toward the dwelling of < td near neighbor, says Zitkala-Sa in i le Atlantic. >d On our way, I ran ahead of ar mother and was reaching out my In re to pick some purpleplums that gi ot on a smgll bnsh, when I was checl by a low "Sh !" from my mother. cv "Why, mother, I want to taste ly plums!" I exclaimed, as I dropped is. hand to my side in disappointment ,e. "Never pick a single plum fr at this bush, my child, for its roots p. wrapped around an Indian's skelet ed A brave is buried here. While is lived he was so fond of playing he game of striped plum seeds that, es his death, his set of plum seeds * se buried in his hands. From tl on sprang up this little bush." ive Eyeing the forbidden fruit, I \ er> lightly on the sacred ground, rto dared to speak only in whispers, u to- after we were many paces from Since that time I have halted in rambliugs wheuever I came in s: of the plum bush. I grew sober i awe, and was alert to hear a 1 Uk drawn out whistle rise from the r ! -v# ,*f Thnnorli T had never heard i U1 AW * my own ears this strange whisth 5ia departed spirits, yet I had liste eii so frequently to hear the old folks 0Sj scribe it that I knew I should re the n'ze ^ ouce" The lasting impression of that < as I recall it now, is what my mo i told me about the dead man's r ' a bush. 86- Ohio'* New Hill. Ser On the Taylor farm, ten miles ese of Delaware, Ohio, is a strange el ?a.v tion of land which has made i visible lately in some iuexplam w0* manner. In the centre of a ro on piece of land there heaved up an of ground to about the height ol bev ordinary dwelling house. In the ti e of its top is a depression indict some action underneath the ei ^ar It is perfect in - formation, and 1 ?P" like the handiwork of an artist nes lgh Bare Matrimonial Event. leir A triple we I ding is a rare evei eTf" the matrimonial market. But he re- a rarer. In the little flower-garni in8? hall of the little Armenian socie and Ninth and Callowhili streets, t the delphia, three brothers were we ur? a few days ago in one ceremony, res" the blissful knot was tied by a fc eat brother of the three joyous benec With a single exception the b surly and grooms are Armenians Worthless I Stuff! I*: What a lot of trash ! is sold as cough cures. The hollow drum makes the (loudest noise?the biggest advertisement often covers worthlessness. Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the following have taught us S what Ayer's Cherry I Pectoral will do. " I had a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and made me lose flesh rapidly. I was treated by many eminent physicians, but could get no permanent relief. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and I began to get better at or.ee. I now sleep well, my old flesh is back, and I enjoy myself in every way at the age of seventy-four."?R. N. Mann, Fail Mills, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1899. I It's tbe do-as-you-would-beI done-by cougb medicine. Try iMHnaMaaaBHMHnaHiMM ' Philippine Women. j The women are not all homely lool Ing. although they are very young 1 life. Their hair, which is of a je 3 black, silky texture, is allowed to hac In a loose, flowing mass, and in man [ cases reaches almost to the feet. The j eyes are black and brilliant. They a: remarkably clean in dress for such . dirty, muddy country. White, red ai light yellow seem to be their farorl [1 colors. A waist with a draw-sting r the neck, made of some light, fluf a material, and a red piece of dre goods neatly wrapped around the; reaching to the knees, goes for a dre! The headdress is worn only on offic: o or -special occasions. They wear e stockings or shoes,, but have much d d nity. ? Correspondence Indianapo h News. ,f >n Each package of Putkam Fadeless I colors more goods than any other dye a m colors them better too. Sold by j druggists. x J? A Faithful Proxy. "And do you miss your poor dead husbi much, Mrs. Mug**?" y Mis. Muggs?"No, thanking yon kindly m J ?V hat with my parrot which swears and 6" montey wot chows tobacco, x ain't loneiy (J. can almost fancy he's 'ere." f fk To Com a Cold In One Day. "? Take Laxative Bromo Qcininb Tablets. , e- druggists refund the money if it fails to ci E. W. Gbovk's signature is on each box. nr a Balloons of Great Service. Balloons have been found of greater son a in South A'rica than on the urlll ground 3a England, partly because of the greater cl< er ncss of tbo air and partly becau e the lan t* less encumbered by objee s which hinder 1 Ll loon transport. l't Beauty Is Blood Deep. rg Ciei.n blood means a clean skin, t eoutv without It. Cascarets, Candy Catl Uc clean your blood and keep it clean, to stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i8t purities from the body. Begin to-daj t taDish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhej and that sickly bilious complexion by tali Cascarets .?beauty for ten cents. All di lly gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 5 During ihe year ended Dec. 31 last, 2 he immigrants landed in Baltimore. Vitality low, debilitated or exhausted cc WO. by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. Frbi if trial bottle for 2weeks' treatment. Dr. Kl * l.d., 921 Arch St, Phlladelpha. Founded IS ley the 1 believe I'iso's Cure for Consumption s* my hoy's life last summer.?Mrs. A] 'vs. Douglass, Le Roy, Mich., Oct. 20,1894. 1 ' Mrs. Winflow's Soothing Syrup for chili teething, softens the gums, reduces inflan p]e tlon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a be >ur Xlio statement of the administrator st the that the estate of D. L. Moody practic consists o' bisljbrary. my Dow Are Tonr Sidneys f ?nd Pi' Hobbs*8paragTis Pills core all kidney till, pis free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or 0W led Great Engineering Triumph. One of the latest triumphs in the engii ing world con-ists in the construction, mont br steamer and subsequent transfi my rnl'way ttanapo-tation of a steamer of tons displacement, which was Anally put a in Lake Baikal. Mberla, not less than om miles from St. Petersburg. Deafness Cannot Be Cured Olb by local applications, as they cannot read he diseased portion of the ear. There is duI. way to cure deafr.r6?. and that is by con . . n..i,,.co ia iT.impd bv t ~ uonai remcuirs. i/<n?uvw ? , at flamed condition of tho mucous lining" o rere Eustachian Tube. When- thin tube get flamed you have a rumbling sound or ir iem feet hearing, and -when it is entirely c Deafness is the result, and unless the in , matlon can be taken out and this tube res ;rOa to its normal condition, hearing will b aild stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ter ... caused by catarrh, which is nothing but r ntll flamed condition of the mucous surfaces, it. We will give One Hundred Dollars fo case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) tha not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sei igllfc circulars, free. F. .T. Che.vky & CO., Toledc * I'D Sold by Druggists, ?5c. long Hall's Family Pills are the best. Coal minning is developing rapidly in ivith Ada. in Nova Scotia both the areas w< ? ne and the number of mines show a gre; 5 , crease, ined , Kducate Your Bowels With Cascar ' c*?* Candy Cathartic, cure constipation fo COg- l(c,?5c. If C.C. C.fall,drugglst6refundn: . A Plague of Octopi. ' The coast of Cherbourg promontory, Ft tner has orlate been visited by a plague of o< >lum They ate everything, including even c lobster and oysters, and many flshermer been forced to lay up their boats. r T'DrBuffs' tflolf Cures all Throat and Lung Affections s COUGH SYRU ?iiUo ^ Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. "an XIS SURE a. nan- I Dr. BulTi Pills cure Dyspepsia. Trial, x. S iTHEMilJJONDOLLARpo,Al^ f) Moet talked of potato on earth! Our_?* | Catalog tells?so also about Sal- /ffijgtfi n zer's Earliest Six Weeks' Potato. ftEaLA [J Largest farm and vegetable seed JpWa I growersln U.S. Potatoes. and^EVjaju nt in [1 npabbl. Send tbla noUceand6c.ffiflHfiB u J ataop for Rig Cat*k>?. fl JOHN ASALZERSEED (g-LA CROS shed ? ? -jc ? i^ARTERSlN j ? The best ink made, but no < , and than the poorest, mrth ? ? lint* f|RYANT & STRATTOX (Bookk< rides RBiisiiessCoiiei6LouK;1!"{K?^ K#Coat no more than 2d class sohoeL CccW MMMIMMMMMM??M?M?Ml?MWM?M??? .^9 ?jyi THE BEST ESS t 1 ^ IvJl Tobacco on Earth is A ^ NOT in the TRUST | IS THE BRAND. M Union~Madel . | ifRRflff CigoreiteHmsmv! : < JbJptjr ^ BROWN BROS. CO., WlN8TONt W. CL '-| Sore Hanas < One Night Treatment v'V^r^.'C^fc ^ f aL- Jo <n a stfrtflff* hot# * oo<U? ine Uiuiud vii 1WUIW5 u? ? 0/ ^ c. creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, -JjiSB ? and anoint freely with CUTICURA, the great 8 ? skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during m ir the night, old, loose kid gloves, with the finger : 'M r* ends cut off and air holes cut in the palms. For ? red, rough, chapped hands, dry, fissured, itching, qt feverish palms, with shapeless nails and painful ss finger ends, this treatment is simply wonderful, and points to a speedy cure of the most distress- ^ ? ing cases when physicians and all else fait in Sore Hands 8 Years Cured. md . Palo So Intense Would Nearly Twist Fingers From Sockets. Hands ali Puffed Up Like a Toad. Water Ran Through Bandages to /? Floor. Had to Walk the Floor Until Would Fall Asleep* Fingers Would Peel Luce on uwvu. aw Uld Doctors Could Not Cure. my Eight years ago I got sore hands, commencing with a burning sensation -J 1 on my Augers aud on top of the hand. When I rubbed them, you could see little white pimples, l felt like twisting my fingers out of their sockets. I had high fever, and cold chills ran over me, and so I kept it going until '' !? All I was tired out. Nights, I had to walk the floor until I fell asleep. My ir?. hands peeled like an onion, the finger nails got loose, and the water 23?. yan out, and wherever there was a little pimple there the burning fire was? that happened at least ten times. I am running a blacksmith shop, horaoJco shoeing, and I would not shut up the shop for anybody, but it was bard, in My hands puffed up worse than a toad. When I drove horse nails, the ear- water from my hands ran through the bandage, on to the floor. My cttsd [8 tomers refused to look at my hand. I had a friend take me to the doctor; he gave a solution of something to bathe my hands. I went to another doctor, I think, for a year: I found yonr advertisement in a Utica newspaper, and I got the Cuticura remedies. As soon as I used I began ^ No to gain, and after using a small quantity of them I was entirely cured. I iar- would not take fifty dollars for a cake of Cuticcra Soap if I could no$ get any more. I would not suffer any more as I did, for the whole country. .. , t0" Feb. 22,1898. CASPER DIETSCHLEB, Pembroke, Genesee Co., N. Y. > /7l{i/>iii*a Complete Eifiml and taterui Treifseit for Etwj Haaor, rug- IIII Elk HI /l consisting of Crrrccna Soap f2Sc.), to cleapse the ?kin of crusts and 00. ^ tot I ci and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTKCTKA Olimt**T (40c,). .. _ to instantly allay itching, inflammation, sod irritation, and soothsand 0,255 The Sot, 81.25 heal, and Ccticora Ubholtsxt (SOc.), to cool and clean** the blood. A SIKOLS Srr ia often aaffleient to care the moat torturing, disfiguring, and .hnmiliating rkin, aealp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when ail else fails. Sold ired thronghout the world. i' nrrH Dues AMD Cazx. Cow., Bole Props., Boston, U, 8. A. " All t si about the Bkin, Scalp, and Ilalr,M fro*, lne, i ^ Millions of Women Use Cuticura Soap :xi e Exclusively for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of ' crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and nnthinr red. rough. and sore hands, in thdform of baths for annoying irritations, lnflam *? '"? * >. ??m nf washes iron mations, and chaflngs, or too free or offensive perspirauuu, i? ai*" ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative antiseptic purposes -which readily suggest / /. ' themselves to women, and especially mothers, and lor all the purposes of the toilet, bath, tows *n<* nur8ei7? No amount of persuasion can indued those who have once used it to use :ally any other, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp, and hair of inflate and children. CuncuRA Soap combines delicate emollient properties derived from Cimci'EA, the great skin core, with the purest of'cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated soap ever compounded is to bo compared with it for 8a?? preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other torfAm ? N*r* or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes " -,^3 of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus It combines In Oxe jSOAP at OXE PRICE, TUt, |? Twextv-Five Cents, the best skin and complexion soap, the best toilet and birr leer- baby soap In the world. >1. . r . 5 ship- _ . H <Sj "/"OTTON W. L DOUGLAS 3 M, ^Culture" -M VUHIIIC d&Worth S4 to $6 compared rZbJjrylA . m\ with other makes. d& m ; ? 1s the name 8 isr mm of a vaIu-ulsaeSJstr'fisBl/-5 < HhsBB I-IUS oo substitute claimed to be^P^^/'f S wM able illustratH f| pamphlet % *11 which - i"K~iH!rsrsssa 4 t Ukll" ? T be in the hands f 53 fun iw ? . > ?. . y "nufc.i TTi till in i?fii Hiii 11 ii mn.flro ' / i 1 eaAf&y^iv now onitozncrsi And atfMitofftf I '.'-sof every planter who !' Can- ' 1 SRHl L4 Crowe MukrtLeUuoo,lie] .'trtiS raises Cotton. The ; IjflV;: j2iy3SL -? { 1 *" Earlr Dinner Onion, S 1 . 1 T"> ) flflv I " Brilliant Flower Sooda, Ma book is sent r ree. mm & i reyer- IB Abe*.lDPUtworthtLQO,W.tOT 53B2S?$ loney. < I K/ B m*il 7on free, together with ??r .Js S?d urn, and .ddroi to I I WM* ElS w, GERMAN KALI WORKS. ] ; Ctopi. A, Xisiiu St New York. M-IiBA know when 79?. once tq Mf aafr'iP . / .r? ba. 93 ' ore* < 'BflHftaeeda 7on will new do withcmt. -s^SS ihave ? ~ = Z ' | |HBi^P$?0<)Prixo.on8elrer'?JW-w. dom't stop tobacco suddenly - jsesbssbsss ;?>; S~ It<Jnr."e"o...r.?.mtodo"^ msl "I l^'X CTJRO is the only cure that REALLY CURES TT BBEF* and notifle* you when to stop. Sold with a StL rnCC i ioontitnBrSSrw guarantee that three boxes will cure any case. iSSf made from thebwteealOT BACO-CURO L8 ^KOtoWe end harmless. It ML I mm Cured thousand", it Will / A ?U feet Of Tobta*. thfW I O cure you. At all druggist* or by mail prepaid, tfHaaift I 1 ' 11 a box; 3 boxes $2.50 Booklet free. Write SSBSSS I I Sw^S M ?t?REKA CHEMICAL CO.. LaCroaae. Wla f?H(g? / J 5nUedStt? V money i 11 /\l2&?%2?5yrs ** ^ ^ for ~ rf ii eaaeai?8g ss old soldiers mf sxg ?"?sr 111 h&s&ssssst <iuK It. Union soiaicrsaziu wiw?.. *291 homestead entries before June 22.1S74 of less than ? y naito namm. qbflwll i6oacres (no matter if abandoned or relinquished) . y J , *sv00 . . iKl iWl ifthey have not sold their additional homestead CMI $m\ right*, should address, with full particulars , giv- r/*TCn CC A ICf A fcJft C*Hnn ZaaA ingdistrict, fitc EBI27 H. COPP, VtfUsgtn, 8. C. SELECTED SEA ISLAilD tOttOfl XM&> <' BVn ?: %, For Sale! Silk orEstra Fins |l.S5perb?. MadtWi n A *1 Al firARANTEKD ^ urn Haegl-Oa Orown la the heart oFfho Cantons rUIICn Bi fin IT | *'{h no fee am 4. J Sea Island Cctton Bettof theSC. ooaaa. A 1(1 rasa LWlSfl k9 ill I n vi I lea* sucrrwifnL ** W. C. ?KB?TY. ' ?f|Geratr* ' Jej g S li ?*tent rivtrtised Towlea. 1fOPAQb_I*LAAD. & C. Kvlce an to patentability. 8end tor "Inventors' MptiffOtt fflic PflrtPT7" Writing to adeertUer*. Primer." .HIM) B. .STKVKN* & CO., MwllW IIIIS TA^Zt ANU-UOO-nlne. fcstab.. 18*1. 817 14ih St., Washington, II. & j dearer Branches: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. ^ toping Knu C. B. Anderson 4 l^B " " . ^ I . " A