MARY'S LITTLE.. IHlpJ 'A>:£ t,r ,. • , r , ¥•* • ? ipfi isva,' i-i'X >, «:'f - m - #:• $£• *«ry had a little brate, ,.iS „ As fat aa it could waddle, jpitel And averywhore that Mary M aeoot:. Mils little pup would tod din. It tagged her down the street c Close up behind her buggy; Oh, how it loved to run awny, This uauglity little puggy. alwav s dolog something When Mary turned 1 er back, ^ i o.. v Ana all the time it seemed to want To walk the Big Four Track. One day when Mary wu at church, This frisky little scamp .. Thought be would leave uer in tbo RHIl And go and play tfco tramp. So down upon the tiea he trod, „ JH>We th* poor tramps uM, SM- Till, wore out. on the track bt And drops into a snooze. sf k - He, Inst nslpep, did not observe-- Ait. sad indued the storf !-- ____ To - Southwestern i imited round Ujecnrre; That pup went up to glory Ml lhere came along a butcher man, Who once had l.ived that pt>p, And with a brush and a dutit-pan He swept that poor dog up. Next Wednesday, Mary got him He did not look tb« same; Be would not come when she called "Bologna" was bis name. Dld CUPOLA: THE FIFTH ANGEL KYFOIIKEST CUISSEI. i"Cbfe fifth angel sounded, and I 6aw a star romiieaven unto tho car ill, ant to him was -yd And' ' Ml from given the key to the bottomless pit. •" And he ojioned the bottomless pit; and there foso a smoke out of the pit, us the smoke of a eat furnace.-- [Revelation.] p : } • I n e v e r s e e & b e a d i n g i n a n e w s p a p e r ' ^ ""ncerning a prize fight, or wrestling atch, or look upon the cupola of a last furnace, without experiencing the ^. U jiaost intense nervous excitement. And I will tell you why. The early •T; t®ars m.v manhood were spent in ^ 4 Pittsburgh, as a moulder,in one of lier - olde.st stove foundries. And happy days they were!--full of hard wort and honest pride iu my / young wife, my strong arm and my in throwing a pattern. But that's neither here or there. What you wish to know is the story of the struggle which well-nigh ended •1In my being thrown alive into the blast, f * 1 was on the night force then and was just approaching the foundry ene even ing in early fall, aa "Old Cupola," as we called the tall, red-headed Scotch man who tended the blast cupola, was itarting up the incline plane, that in ;.j* those days led to the cupola room, with I 4is wheel-barrow loaded with pig- iron. * Close behind him was a stretch of new wall, that the masons had just put ap, and left without "tying." Just then a strong breeze came up, and I saw that the wall was beginning to top ple. I yelled to the man to get out of the way, but he did not hear me, on ac count of the wind, and the next breeze tumbled the upper part of the wall pell- mell upon him, as 1 supposed. But on reaching tho spot, I found that, as he had been close to the wall, most of the bricks had been blown over him. His head seemed badly crushed, and as soon as I could give the alarm, I cut the tie-strap of a horse that was hitched in front of a saloon opposite the foun dry, and in five minutes returned with a doctor. They had carried "Old Cupola" into a railroad hoarding house near by. Tho doctor directed me to sponge the bk>od from Cupola's head. I suppose the water revived him ; at least he "came to," and I was the first ' man he set eyes on. Whether or not that had anything to 4o with the nub of my story, I don't know. You must be the judge of that. When the doctor had finished "patch ing" him up, he said that the only seri ous wound was across the top of the man's head, where the edge of a brick had left a long dent or crease; but that the brain did not seem to be in the least f?^=-H|flfected, and unless something like , -train fever set in, he couldn't see why * Cupola" wouldn't pick Tight up again. And he did. I used to drop in and see him oc- ju isasionally and t&ke some little dish or iV-*.;-'i,fainty that Martha, mv wife, would * *' His head seemed as clear as a bell, and be mended a sight faster than even the doctor bad any notion of, on the itart. He was always very thankful for all the little things that my wife sent, and more than that, he seemed to take a great liking to me. He was very re ligious and read his Bible almost con stantly. • In six weeks from the time of his hurt he was out cgain, and in two weeks more, began work at his old job. Meantime I had been promoted to the position of foreman of the casting- room. This job always took me up into the cupola-room a few minutes before time to draw off, to 6ee that the blast was all right. "Old CupolaR-]fad been back at his work a long time--several months--do ing it just as quietly and faithfully as ever, when, one day, I came up to the cupola-room, to take a last peep at the blast. He had wheeled his last barrow of "pigs," up before the furnace door. II 1 1 threw open the door and looked into the blast. It needed a few more "pigs" of iron, before it woald be ready to 8raw off. As I turned around from the furnace toward "Old Cupola," it struck me that his eyes had a queer look. But my next thought was that it was only the effect of the white light from the open door of the blast, shining squarely into his face. "Throw a few more 'pigs' in,"' Mid I, "and then you may knock off." He started to reach down to his wheel- g barrow, to pick up a "pig," but sud- § denly drew up and clapped his hands to his head. Bv this time I had stepped to the op- * po;-ite side of the barrow, and just had it on my tongue's end to ask him what was the matter. But I never got the words out--for the next second he gave such a yell as I never expect to hear again. Then he held up both hands, like a preacher saving the benediction, and shouted: "Then the fifth angel sounded--." Here he seemed to for get something, aud flourished his right hand in a circle, as though finishing the sentence with the gesture instead of 4 words. Then his eyes seemed to shoot fire like the flames and sparks that leap : out of the cupola, where the blast door is opened. "Ah! Devils! Dogs!" he sereamed, "D'ye think t' scape the fifth angel who a hou'ds the key t' the bottomless pit? T' Hell! Ah! It smokes like a fur nace !" As he paid those last words he made a - -grand flourish, and pointed to the opeu if door of the blast. I caught the idea .lhat was in hi-< crazy brain. He thought the blast was hell and he was going to jgat me iuio All this happened in about three sec onds. I looked about for something with which to defend myself. There wat nothing. It must be a single-handed struggle between man and man. He was naturally of a wiry, powerful build and the handling of the heavy iron "pigs" and wheeling them up the inclined plane for so long,had developed the muscles of his arms and legs, until their cords were like cables. Luckily I had left my coat below, aud only had on a molder's flannel shirt and pelted pants. With the wickedest laugh that ever broke from human throat, he jumped clean over the Harrow, to grap ple me. I ducked my legs, for an un- der-hold. This sent him sprawling over my head, and for a minute he was floored. But was only for a moment, as my im petus hud carried me against the wheel barrow, and I stumbled. He was up again and at me, before I had hardly regained my feet. "Dog! Sorcerer! Murderer!"he cried, "There's nae 'ecapin' me. Its my ain bluid is on your lian's an' my ain een saw't!" This time I braced for a blow at his head, but he deftly knocked it off, and grappled me around the waist. I had read when a boy an account, by an African Hunter, of his falling into the grip of an ourang-outang. The story impressed me deeply/ but I never expected to experience the awful sensations which he described. As tho long arms of the mahaic gripped about me, binding my left arm down against my side, crushing my breast and face against his own, that incident flashed acrcsa my mind. But as the demoniac held me, eye to eye with himself--his frothing lips pressing my own, and the lurid light of the seething, molten mass, into which he was struggling to pitch me, falling full upon his face, showed me all the devils of consuming madness that glared in his frenzied eye, I would gladly have exchanged places with the hunter iu the clutches of the infuriated man- beast, for that beast lacked the dread ful idea of hell lhat burned in the brain of the lunatic who would, in a moment, plunge me into as awful a hell as im agination can picture! I reached my right arm over his left shoulder and about his neck and gripped his throat, but it did not hinder him. Nor could I trip or impede his move ments by twisting my legs about lj|8 own. His strength seemed infinite. There was but one chance left me-- that of swinging the furnace door shut with my free hand, as he would drag" me close to it to thrust me in. With his second stride his foot struck a 'peg' that had spilled from tbe bar row, and we fell together to the floor, writhing, pitching and plunging like reptiles! He could have crushed me in his grasp, strangled me, or beat my brains out, killed me in a dozen ways; but he was bent on throwing me alive into the molten metal. Just as he had freed himself from the grasp that I had secured by reaching my fore arm around his neck, and clutched into his^mouth, I gave a wild cry. A rush of footsteps up the inclined plane told me that help was at hand. The seconds between the time when the sound reached my ears and that of the appearance of the men in the door way, seemed endless. One of the lads had a lantern. "Shut the furnace door quick!** I cried, as they rushed forward to where we were. As they did bo "Old Cupola" Bprang to seize them. But "click" went the furnace door, and strong hands, fresh for the strug gle, pinioned him from behind, and dragged the "Fifth Angel"--as he was ever after called--from his station at the mouth of the bottomless pit. This ehock resulted in brain fever, and for weeks I was unconscious or dis tracted. I have never fully recovered, and from that day to this, I have not looked into a furnace door. Do you wonder that I cannot endure the sight of a blast furnace cupola, or bear to read of trials of strength be tween man and man. --- Chicago Graphic. A NOTABLE ISLAND. THAT DISHCLOTH. What Men JLIke lit Women. There is a certain something, which, for want of a better name, is called womanliness, and it is that which makes woman attractive to men. A great many virtues go to make up this one great possession, and they are what men like in women. Men like, in the first place, amiability in women. They like a pleasant appearance. They like the doing of little things that are pleasant to them. They like the courtesy of the fireside. They like women whose lives and faces are always full of the sunshine of a contented mind aud a cheerful dis position. They like an ability to talk well and a knowledge of the virtue of silence. They like a motlierliness big enough to understand the wants of the older as well as the younger boys. They like a disposition to speak good, rather than evil of every human beiug. They like sympathy--which means a willing ear for the tale of sorrow or .gladness. They like knowledge of how to dress well, which, by and by, does not mean conspicuously. Men are most attracted by good material, plain draperies, and quiet colors; not by showy colors or de signs. They like intelligence, but"they pre- /er that the heart should be stronger than the brain. They like a companion--a woman who has sufficient knowledge of the world and its ways to talk well with them, who is interested in their lives and plans, and in their hopes; who knows how to give a cheering word, or to listen quietly, and by a tender look express the grief which the heart is feeling. They may sometimes say that chil dren are a bore and a nuisance, but a man shrinks from a woman who openly declares her dislike of them. A man expects the maternal instinct in a wo man and is disappointed if he does not find it. They like women to be affectionate. There never was a man yet, no matter how stern, no matter how cold, no mat- ler how repressive as far as his own feelings were concerned, who did not like % loving squeeze of the hand, or a tender kiss from the woman nearest to him. These are some of the things that men like in women. He Did It All the Same -- Mrs. Younghusband--Now that it is the new year, John I hope that you will be able to aay no; and, by the way, won't you let me have a little money? John (heroically)--No,--New Haven News. Soctainj, the Home of a Frmes Oentus. Guernsey, one of the group of islands in the English Channel, is noted, not tlone for its rocks and cliffs aud quar ries, bnt also as being the place of resi lience of Victor Hugo, the famous French novelist. The island is tri- tngular in form, aud as it is only nine rod a half miles in length much the pleasantest way to see its beauties is on foot, The southern coast is indented with several small but exceedingly beautiful bays, presenting a great variety of granitic forms, often almost volcanic in grotesqueness of shape, the cliff* rising sometimes over three hun dred feet in height, often perpendicu larly, from the silvery beaches of soft, white sand at the base. Wild caverns are hollowed into the sides of the cliff*, and rivulets, under the sylvan covert of many varieties of vines and shrubs, descend from the plateau above to these bays. Near the brow of the stern, pre cipitous, thunder-scarred Titanio cliffs of Plenimont. Victor Hugo lays some of the most striking passages in his book, "The Toilers of the Sea." The small guard-house which he represents to have been haunted aud makes the rendezvous of smugglers, stands there still, entirely alone. It is built of stone, and is little more thau a large square box with a roof built over it, yet so en- chantiugly has the ingenious novelist woven it into bis story and clothed it with a robe of mvstery that the re?*ler imagines it a mansion of rare and strik ing appearance. St. Sampsons, the Becond largest town on the island, is particularly noteworthy as being the scene of many of the novelist's most striking passages. He gives a vivid and sometimes truthful description ol the scenery and people of the island. Tho immediate location of his residence is at liautville, where he lived and wrote for many years prior to his re moval to Paris. His mansion still re mains furnished as he left it, in a man ner highly characteristic of the distin guished author. It cannot be doubted that much of the brilliant and vivid writing, which has immortalized the name of Victor Hugo, was in a large measure due to his surroundings. This is particularly due to his descriptions of the ocean. The approach to St. Helier's from Guernsey is around the southwestern angle of the island, brist ling with reefs, showing their teeth tc the mariner in the most threatening manner. Of these the most formidable is the Corbiere, or "Sailors' Dread," the haunt of innumerable corbieres, oi sea-crows. A light-house has beer erected on the highest point, but it is » most formidable foe. It must be owned that few spots present a finer oppor tunity for studying the effect of a raging sea on a rugged shore. The under-tow meeting the waves formed by the wind, and again affected by the diverse cur rents and tides, which here rise fortj feet, produces off the Corbiere, as o£ the Caskets, waves of extraordinary height, grandeur, and fury. The New Money Fad. "Can you give me two hundred dol lars in new money?" inquired a young man at the teller's window at one of tht big banks down town a few days ago. "Mr. wants it for his wife." "Certainly," replied the teller, recog nizing in the applicant the confidentia clerk of one of the bank's heaviest de positors. The money was handed out in clean, crisp tens and fives that had never beer in circulation. After the young man had gone, the telier remarked to the writer: "That new money fad is on the in crease. Just as soon as a man begini to feel a little toney he gets the notioi thatno member of hid family ought U handle the soiled and crumpled currency iu general circulatiou. When th< madam goes a-shoppmg she must havi her purte tilled with brand new bills Many persons explain their mania f»i new money upon the theory that then is contagion in the much-handled bills They seek to keep disease away fron their family circle by excluding, to ai full extent as possible, all money tha has been in circulation. They keep i supply of the new bills of various de nominations constantly on hand, ant the ladies of the household feel tha° they are thUB well protected agains' contagion." Most of the new money is procuret directly from the banks, but there ar« frequent individual applications at th« sub-treasury for new bills and new coin When the sub-treasury has an abun dance of small denomination bills oi hand such applications are unhesitat ingly complied with. A Step >n the Right Direction. The Society for the Importation o German Song Birds is so well pleasec with the success'which has attended iti first experiment that it has contractet for another lot, which is to be delivered here about the middle of next March This order amounts to $1,000, and com prises nightingales, black aud sonj thrushes, skylarks, European red breasted robins, American mocking birds, black starlings, bullfinches, chaf finches, and linnets. The bird3 hav< been contracted for with Mr. Stuhr, i bird-dealer here, who is to deliver then in good condition. Of the first io some died on the way and some ar rived in poor condition, but this lot i; to be delivered sound and healthy They are all insectivorous birds, so wil be useful as well as ornamental. Larg< numbers of the descendants of the firs' lot importod have come back from theii winter migration and are to be seen it flocks iti the orchards in the vicinity o the city. In a few years they will have spread ovor the entire State. It is re ported that skylarks have already beet seen in Eastern Oregon. President Frank Dekum and Secretary Pflugei h&ve had a bill introduced in the Leg islature for the protection of both the imported and native song birds, whicl provides a severe penalty for .killing these birds or meddling with theii pests or eggs. It will doubtless pass, and will be a very good law, as manj boys and some worthless men kill rob ins, larks, eta, and these birds are oftec seen in the markets here. Portlanc Oregonian. 8 The members of that Chicago com- mandery, Knights Templars, who pro pose to contribute cuticle to be grafted upon the wounds of a brother, are tc be commended. It is a kindly act and one which indicates the claims of the order to be truly fraternal. A few weeks since, a poor and unlettered lit tle girl of this city presented herself as a voluntarv sacrifice, lay upon the operation table and permitted many square inches of her skin to be bound to the denuded head of her sister. Then she lay--cramped and suffering--foi weary days, bound in one rigid position, in the hope that she might thus aid in making the operation successful. She is as knightly as the best Of them all* --JMiroii Free Pre**. kbt Frequent Source of 8erlou» f«k» Bees, Perhaps Death. 14 will be conceded that housekeeping nvolves a great deal of sentiment, vhich is voiced in acts and opinions in rarious ways. Some housekeepers lave a penchant for immaculate table inen, a taste for mirror-like cook stoves, i special style of bed-making, shining «a sets or glass-ware, floors upon which ;he footstep of man seems almost a lacrilege: dyspepsia-inviting dinners, or i continual warfare of extermination is iraged against the busy and persistent ly. Others have aggresive ideas about Irainage, clean cellars, kitchens, gar- lens, etc. Writers upon household topics give prominence each to his in- lividual predilection or hobby; and ;here is euch variety," and all urged with equal vehemence as the essential ;hing, that the young housekeeper or )ne desirous of improving upon her present methods is disheartened at the cutset, knowing well, or soon learning, -hat the strength of the average woman s unequal to the accomplishments of ;hem all. Perfection is seldom attained in all the minntia and details of any vocation, ind some things are very likely to lack the attention the writers mentioned set ap as an absolute requirement. Each one must study the matter so as to de termine for herself what tasks she can place among the non-essentials, and to which she must give her time so as to secure the health and comfort of her family, for these are of more importance than mere show or gratification of the aye. Indulgence in these fancies is often carried to such an extent as to make both herself and family uncomfortable, There are, however, some housekeeping details the neglect of which brings dis comfort, disease, and sometimes even death. A certain woman in aiding a family where typhoid fever was present came upon a dishcloth which to her mind was sufficient explanation of all the trouble. Iu many a household that has a tidy appearance, and care iH taken to pre serve immaculate cleanliness in other particulars, the dishcloth and disb towels are an offense to the olfactories and a source of danger to the family. Better have dust on the furniture, or chairs set awry, or many other irregu larities than to serve food upon dishes which have been subjected to an osten sible cleansing by any questionable aids. Very much lias been written about hotise drainage and much attention given this matter by householders, und very properly, too, but it matters not what close application of the best scien tific principles may here be made, or tc what perfection other things may be carried, if the director of the kitchen is neglectful of her dishcloth. Young housekeepers, place this among the first in your list of essentials. Mothers training your girls in household work look carefully after this matter, and all having servants, it will be worth your while to insist that your dish washing be done in a careful and effective man ner, and with cloths which are bott sweet and clean.--Health and Home. A Fiet . Hi aft Interview wittt a leading drug house the New York World, Nov. 9, 1890, gifes the following comment on the propri etors of reliable patent medicines: "He is a specialist, and should know more of the disease he actually treats than the ordinary physician; for while the latter may come across say fifty cases in a year of the particular disease which this medicine combats. Its manufacturer investigates thousands. Don't you suppose his prescrip tion. which you buy ready made up for 50 cents, is likely to do more good than that of the ordinary physician, who charges you anywhere from $2 to $10 for giving it, and leaves you to pay the cost of having it prepared? "The patent medicine man, too, usually has the good sense to confine himself to or dinary, every-day diseases. He leaves to the physician casss In which there is Im mediate danger to life, such as violent fevers. He does this because, in the treat ment of such cases, there are other ele ments of importance besides medicine, such as proper dieting, good nursing, a knowl edge of the patient's strength and so on. Where there is no absolute danger tft life, where the disease is one which the patient can diagnose for himself or which some physician has already determined, the patent medicine maker says fearlessly: «I have a preparation which is better than any other known and which will cure yon.' In nine cases out of ten his statement is true." This Is absolutely trua as regards the great remedy for pain. St Jacobs Oil. It can assert without fear of contradiction, that it is a prompt and permanent cure of pain. It can show proofs of cures of chron ic cases of 20, SO and 10 years' standing. In truth It rarely every fails If used according to directions, and a large proportion of cures is made by half the contentsj of a single bottle. It is therefore the best--- From <m intetvUw. New York World. Tjte more cane a Southerner raises the more sugar he has. Bkbcha.m's I'ills aet like magto on a Weak btomaoh. The Ladies Delighted. <3Ct» pleasant effect and the perfect safety with which ladies mar use tha liquid fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditio** make it their favorite remedy. It is plead ing to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual In acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels. Teacher--Tommy, what is a strait? Tommy (close observer)--Ace, king, queen, jack and ten-spot. Mast of the worm medicines and vermi fuges sold by druggists irritate the stomach of a little child. Dr. Bull's Worm Destroy ers never do. As harmless as candy, yet they never falL Try them. By mail, 25 cents. John D. Park. Cincinnati, Ohio. The greatest misfortune of an Is not to be able to bear misfortunes. Character is the diamond scratchcs every other stone. that For Coughs and throat troubles use "BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES."-- "They stop an attack of my asthma cough very promptly."--C. Falch, MiamivMe, Ohio. Switch engineers--Schoolma'ama. Completed to readwood. The Burlington route, C., B. AQ. R. R., from Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis, is now completed, and dally passenger trains are running through Lincoln, Neb., and Custer, S. D., to Dead wood; also to Newcastle, Wyoming, Sleeping ears to Deadwood. "Blbssed Are the MEncnrm.,"--Don't forget it when you have a mortgage on the property of a widow, and also bear in mind that Dr. White's Pulmonaria Is the most wonderful cough remedy. It will cure a cough In half the time required by any other. It IS pleasant to take and entirely harmless. . PaovERDS are ponular, but not more so than SAPOLIO. It also is "What many want, and but one has discovered." Have you. tried it? No Opium In Plso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. M a r c h A p r i l M a y An the best months In which to purlQr yonr blood. During the Iodk. cold winter, the blood becomes thin and impure, the body becomes weak and tired, the appetite may be lost, and oust now the system craves the aid of a reliable medicine like Hood's Barcaparilla. These are the mentha In every year when thous ands of old friends resort to a regular course of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The (act that Hood's Sarsa- parilla, once fairly tried, becomes the favorite bpring medicine speaks volumes for its excellence and medicinal merit. M a r c h A p r i l M a y Hood's Sarsaparilla is peculiarly adapted to the needs of the body during these months. It thor oughly purifies and vitalizes the blood, create; a tood appetite, cures biliousness and headache, gives healthy action to the kidneys snd liver and imparts •trengthto the whole body. In these months this year thousands of new patrons will take Hood's Sarsaparilla snd realise its benefits in blood purified and streng h restored. Will you be one of the number? Hood's Sarsaparilla costs but little, and th« Investment, yields profitable re tarns. Just try it M a r c h A p r i l M a y Now is the Ume when yon should give Hood's Sarsaparilla a lair trial. That scrofulous taint which has been In yonr blood for years, may be thoroughly expelled by giving Hood's Sarsaparilla a fair trial. It is really a wonderful blood purifier, and bnilding-np medicine. "Last spring I was completely fagged oat, Ify strength left me and I felt sick and miserable all the time, so that I could hardly attend to my business. I took one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. and it cured me. There is nothing like it." B.C. Beoolk. Editor Enterprise, Belleville, Mich. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists, ft; six for 95. by C. I. HOOD ft CO.. Lowell, Mass. Prepared only Law* of Public Roads. Public roads are those which arc laid out and bupported by officers en trusted with that power. Their carc aud control is regulated by the stat utes of the different States, and iu de tail will not be referred to here, as thej can be easily looked up by those whe desire information so entirely local. The soil and the land remains in tht owner, who may put it to any use, and derive from it any profit, not inconsist ent with the rights of the public. If the road iH at any time discontinued, tlu land reverts back to owner. The repair of hiehways is usually im posed upon towns, and they are made liable by statute for all damages, against persons or estates, from injuriei received or happening in consequent oh a neglect of duty on the part of the offi cers havintr the same in charge. Persons traveling with carriages oi vehicles of transportation, meeting on any public way, are required to turr their carriages or wagon to the right oi the center of the road, so far as to permit such carriages or wagons to pass with out interruption. The owi.er of a runaway horse oi horses, if negligent, or not'exercising due care, is responsible for all damage: that may occur. Any unreasonable occupation of the public way, whether arising out of a re fusal to turn out and allow a mor< rapid vehicle to pass, or from an un justifiable occupancy of such a part o; the road as to prevent others from pass ing, will render the party so trespass ing liable for damages to any suffering injuries therefrom. A loaded vehicli must turn out and allow those to past who may reasonably and lawfullj travel faster. As Others See Us. Tid-Bits, a London weekly jouftial has a "chiel amang us takin'notes," ano he has discovered some wonderful "sigt plates" of curious occupationa H« enumerates them as follows: "Artificial ear-makers, nose-restorers, leg-stretch' ers, sermon-writera, prayer-makers, chiid-adopters, salad-mixers and lamp attendants." He theu makes this re niarkable statement, which outdoes th( literature of the most lurid dime nove.1 ever published: "Ears are frequently lost in America, in war or by accident, and often in per sonal Jinticutfn, for there is nothing your American enjoys more than s good chew at the ear of an antagonist, not to speak of the chance to slash it oil with a bowie knife or a razor." The italics are cur Own. It would be interesting to know where this well in formed journalis; spent his time, and with what manner of men he ctmsorted, while in America. Skould he read oi the isolated case of the woman whose nose was bridged with a rabbit's rib, at an experiment, a few days since, he will doubtless rush into print with the de tailed statement that "all American* have artificial noses constiueted from hares," etc., etc.--Free Press. Hen and Kittens. Daniel Parsons, who resides on the old Salem (Mass.) road, has a curiosity in the shape of a hen which has adopted a litter of live kittens. The kittene have but just reached an open-eyed period and will follow the hen around the yard, she diligently scratching meanwhile for the fesiive worm or bug, as the case may be, which she tenders them as food as she would her chickens. When the kittens begin to cry the heD will tuck them under her wings, where thew rest pei fectly^contented. Not be ing endowed by nature with the means of feeding her charge, it has been found necessary to capture the hen and tie her up while the mother cat attends to her duties in this line. At other times she has full sway, being valiant even to blows in the protection of the children •f her adoption. „ ., , Dollar I How many people there are who regard the coming of winter as a con stant state of siege. It seems as if the elements sat down outside the walls of health and now and again, led by the north wind and his attendant blasts, broke over the ramparts, spreading colds, pneumonia and death. Who knows when the next storm may come and what its effects upon your constitution may be ? The fortifica tions of health must be made strong. SCOTT'S EMULSION of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda will aid you to hold out against Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Scrofula, General Debility, and all Aneemic and Wasting Diseases, until the siege is raised. It prevents wasting in chi ldren , Palatable as Milk. SPECIAL.--Scott's Emulsion is non-secret, and is prescribed by the Medical Pro fession all over the world, because its ingredients are scientifically combined in such a manner as to greatly increase their remedial value. CAUTION.--Scott's Emulsion is put up in salmon-colored wrappers. Be sure and get the genuine. Prepared only by Scott & Bowne, Manufacturing Chemists, New York. Sold by all Druggists. Flower f'4 m. i . • • Y,4 •' How does he feel ?--He fed* cranky, and is constantly experi menting, dieting himself, adopting strange notions, and changing the cooking, the dishes, the hours, and . manner of his eating--August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ?--He feels at times a gnawing, voracious, insati- •«, < able appetite, wholly unaccountable, unnatural and unhealthy.--August: Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ?--He feels no . iesire to go to the table and a. , , mbling, fault-finding, over-nice-. ty about what is set before him when he is there--August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ?--He feel# after a spell of this abnormal appe- tite an utter abhorrence, loathing, • ^ and detestation of food; as if at mouthful would kill him--August : Flower the Remedy. > How does he feel ?--He has ir regular bowels and peculiar stools--' , „, v- ; August Flower the Remedy. ^ - V A S E L I N E - : | FOR A ONK-DOULAR BrLt» sent as bvmaS, • , ,j We wi 11 deliver, free of sll charges, to any person is.. ..'. t% the United States, ail of the following articles, can^ V '"Si* „• fully packed: '.. ' a," One iwo-ounce bott'e of Pure Vaseline Mctjfc One two-ounce bottle ot Vaseline Pomade.... U • One jar of Vaseline Cold Cream IS • One cake of Vaseline Camphor Ice W " One cake of Vaseline S.iap, nnscented IS " One cake of Vsseline Soap, exquisitely scented 2i a One two-ounce bottle ot White Vaseline 8 " 91.10 Or, for postage stamps, any xingle article at the prUk mimed. On no account be persuaded to accept JYom. four drugainl ana Vateliiu or pre partition therefrom' unlets labeled with our name, beiytune pott tell! certaHp-. ly receive an imitation which has little or no vaiite. ChesebrougH Mfg. Co., 34 State St* N. ̂ G RATEFUL--CO MPORTINQ, ^ Sis .Si Bold by all druggists. 91; six for 95. Prepsred only by C. I. HOOD & CO. Lowell. Mas*. IOO Doses One Dollar BREAKFAST. W: "Br • thorough knowledge of the natural 1MI" Whfch novern the operatl >ns of digestion and noon* tl;)n, and by a careful applle ation of (he flne prope* ties of w«l,-s.<lected Cocoa. Mr. Epr.s has provide!' our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoaied be*, orage which may save us many heavy doctors' billfc- It is uy the judicious use of such articles of dial that. a constitut ion may be gr dually built npuatS strong enough to resist, every tendency to disease Hundreds of subtle malailles are floating around at rcadv to i»tt*clr wlwwror then* is a week point* We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping o«uMh., wives well fortified with pure blood and a proper# nourished frame."---"CieM serxHoe (huntfe." Made simply with boiling; water or milk, Soip Onlv In tialf-pound tins, oy Grocers, labelled thus, i JA.UES BPl'S &CO„ Homoeopathic Cherats% ' London, Exola.ni>. . . . . . . - M > ILLUSTRATED PUBIS* CATIONS, WITH describing Minnesota. Nor Dakota, Montana. Idaho. Was| Ingt -li and Ore gon. tht* t'"res» Gov ernment and Cheap NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. Best Agriculturs', Grazing snd Timber Lands uo^t-, open to settlers. Maile l FREE. Address (BUS. B. LAUB0B1T, tud Cob. N. St. Faal, , CUT THIS OUT. V : Grand Palace Boti 81 to 103 N. Clark St.* ; CHICAGO. '.; • WTVmr minutes frof Court House. $ocms | weekly. Transients i'p. American and ropean plans. ' £mi thing NEW. Tstr universal ftever I corded Tiixskghasi'S ! Sound Cabbage ! me Co offer & P. 8. Gaow* Onion, i Ytlfow tfldfe nwMtt. TointrodneattaBA' dhow lte capabilities 1 will jay J100 for the bo* yield obtaia> ml from 1 cmnce of seed whkku I will mail for SO cts. CsISi - lane free. Isaac F. TIMlnghast^ f La Plume, Mjfc • i Secretaries and Of*-: Iganizers by an Afcii' Fsessmont Order ing $100.00 in six months at a# estimated cost of $4*. Reputable Inen and women can secure liberal cotar pensation. Address M. McItfTTR% • Supreme Manager, No. 1028 Arch Stre«£ Philadelphia, Pa. ;*-; PEDINE FFFT • •wllwli Swollen or Dtrsnirin* I CC | ^ PWce, 50 cts.| I1OW ARE YOUR Curr» cold or tender Swollen or perspiring Smaller Shoes may be worn with comfort. at Dnie Stores, or by mail Trial Package and illustrate pamphlet for a dime THE l'EDIME CO., Woiu Bciuum, New VC MEN TO TKAVTEL. We pay i . to 9100 a month and expenses. >roNJs * WgLJLMiixox. Uadioon, Wis.": ' »tirt F. M. B. A. men. Grangers. Lab , lifiormers, (Jreeubaekers. and Antj lonopousts. send for sample copy Jolict (111.) Js'ev A CTIilf A DB- TATT-3 ABTHStMOKKS. . I S S fwa --fft||BC||never fails: ^eadij uvUIICUb W» a Address, we will mail trial WIUmVbottle fill M. TAFT UBS. M. U.JMHUTU.M aih seadusyoqp- . vFREB No. 10-9l" 1 ' _ ADVERTISES^ please rajr res saw the advertisement WHEN WRITING TO please ai In this paper. Johnny Dumpsey--I don't believe our teacher knows much, ma. I hadn't been in school half an hour before she asked me how to spell cat. There 1b tnore Catarrh in this section of tho country than all other diseases put together, aud until the last few years was supposed to ba incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a loual disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu tional disease, aud therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manu factured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only co2i8titutional cure on the market. It is taken internally iu doses from ten drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They oiler one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad dress. F. J. CHKNHY & CO., Toledo, O. sarSold t>7 Druggist*, 75c. The first London directory was printed in 1CG7, and contained but sixty-four pages, with the names of 1,790 persons %nd firms. Any article that has outHvsd '84 years of competition and imitation, and s«ils mora and more each year, must have merit. Dob bins' Electric Soap, first made in 1865, is just that article. Ask your grocer for it. The Overend, Gurney & Co. failure, nearly a quarter of a century ago, in volved others amounting to upward of 9500,000,000. FITS.--All Fits stopped free by Dr.Kllne's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first (U.v's use. Mar vellous cures. Treatise aud $2.00 trial bottle free to Fit cases, bend to Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. i'tiiia.. Pa. COLD HEAD RELIEVES INSTANTLY. ELY BBOTHERS, 66 Warren 8t» NewYork. PriceSOcta. &TAR&*, mH pemnatism t -SCIATICA J NEuralg^ Medicine. 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