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- V BIRTHDAY WISH. BT LILIAN WHITrsa. »8iWrfW,t v -? •flfcat cmn I *ish for thee. O Mend of nlaet ' • In *1! tbe bloom and beauty of tba llaey 1 Tbou, whose fair life the poet's- wfrd ,„ VearlsgtSe white flower-with its breath 41 via*. * par* Wealth, power, and honor do I as]t far tbee; Yats not the wealth that's counted bat in guld; RJ£"» CT RI«BT DOTES--PURPOSE TOL§;.1? to deeds that stamp thy life with majespp» '1 . m. Power, not to use but for thyself alone, * A Bat po-wer to strengthen hand* that else were weak. And ^owcr^ro bring high thought to them And lead from all that'/ known to the Un­ known. honor that must come from being tin* Unto the Heavenly Vision--which shall shine Ever upon your way--It# Ught dlTtoa-/ v Traaaugnnng all old meanings into new. V. Thin do I ask for thee in these May days. That dawn with bloom and light and sweet- Wearing the' white flower of a blameless % 1 fe, Totur footsteps set in bis appointed way% MARRIBD AND PARTED. "I wonder why she never married. She is a beautiful woman still. What must she have been when she was young? That chestnut hair of hers is more than tinged with gray, but the bine eyes are still bright and beautiful, and that pretty color of hers still comes and goes like a girl's. And how well she dresses I There's poetry and grace in every movement If I didn't know she was an actress, I should take her for some great lady; she walks like one, she talks like one, and she looks like one." "And von wouldn't be so very far out, Nibbs, after all." Thus said Sir John Protocol, K. C. B., formerly of the diplomatic service, to Nibbs, the hack writer. Both of them were elderly men; they had been schoolfellows, and Nibbs had married Sir John's sifter when that gentleman was a boy at Eaton, and, being brothers- in-law and having known each other all their lives, RtraDge to say, they were still friends and cronies. "Oh." said Mr. Nibbs, "she's a woman with a history, then ?" and the old man's •yes began to sparkle till he looked like a dissipated vulture. "You'll have to tell the story, Jack, my boy. You couldn't have a better place to tell it in than this," said Mr. Nibbs, with a smile at the ceiling of the smoking-room of the Sarcophagus club. "Well, if you want it," stud Sir John, "I suppose you must have it. It was •pommon property thirty years ago. It 'was in 1856 that I first saw her--the year after the prinee imperial was born, and Napoleon was at the zenith of his power. We all went to the Odeon from patriotic motives, for there was an Eng­ lish debutante who was about to make her first appearance that night, and Pugsley, the chancellor, had told us that she was*desperately good looking. Her name was Sylvia Seton then, and she's Sylvia Seton now. It's a wonder­ ful thing, isn't it, Nibbs, that she an't married?" And then Sir John chuckle: "We'd none of us seen her. When I say 'we/ I mean the fellows at the em­ bassy, from the t>econd secretary down to me, and I was junior unpaid attache at tbe time. 'She came into the chan­ celleries said Pugsley, 'herself and she left a dozen programs of her debut with pie, me. That slip of a girl walked into the office as though she were a queen. And so she was,' he acMed, 'in the matter of beauty.' And then he began to rave about her eyes, and her hair, and her little pouting lips that were ruddier than tbe cherry, and the two little dimples that came into her cheeks when she smiled. 'And she is as good as gold, yon know,' said Pugsley, 'for she voce darned gloves, and when a girl wears darned gloves you may swear that she'* as good as gold.' "We all went to the Odeon, partly from patriotic motives, because Sylvia Set^n wagan English girl, but prin­ cipally on aofeaujit of the enthusiasm of Pugsley, who was a jadgo of beauty, and we were all amateurs of that arti­ cle in those days," said Sir John Pro­ tocol with a sigh. "I can't for the life of me remember the piece," he con­ tinued, "but it was something pastoral, poetical, and pretty; the debutante was charming, sir--she was a dream of love­ liness, was Sylvia Seton; and the little English girl scored in the great, ' gloomy house that they call the second Theatre Francais; and she signed a six j .. .... her husbaxtd, left hsr, sad h« lift h«r.with­ out a pemsy In the world. Slie didn't go back to the stage. She waited on in obscurity, living with her mother, and she made no sign until the approaching marriage of Prince Conrad, her hus­ band, with Princess Amelia, of Ron* lettenburg, was formally announced. And then she came to ask for advice at the legation. She told Pugsley, our Chancellor, that a Catholic priest had married them in her mother's lodgings; she didn't know the name of the priest; she had no certificate of marriage. Puirley gave her good advice. "My dear young lady," said Pugsley, "you are either legally married to Prince Conrad or your marriage to his serene highness was a mere sham; in which case, as I am strongly inclined to suspect, the Prince will have brought himselj within th§ Frenchi qtiminal law, Should your marriage have been alegal. one, Prince Conrad would not be so foolish as to go through an empty form of marriage with the Princess of Rou- letten burg. The best thing you can do is to bide your time. Should this mar­ riage take place you can 6et the crim­ inal law in motion, and as a British sub­ ject you would have every assistance from the embassy here." "And then if I succeed in proving my marriage, sir, I should ruin the life of the unhappy lady whom Prince Conrad is about to lead to the altar. Diplomacy is a machine that it takes a long time to set in motion, Mr. Pugley, and I shall go to Roxanbloxanfels to complain." * 'They'll probably have to buy you off in the end, mademoiselle?* " 'Perhaps I have failed to make my­ self understood, Mr. Pugsley,' said the lady. 'You are speaking, sir, to the wife of Prince Conrad of Koxanbloxan- fela.' " 'Quite so,' «aid Pugsley, angry at being snubbed--the lady whose husband is about to be united to the Princess of Roulettenburg. Even princes,' he went on, 'don't, as a rale, commit bigamy in this nineteenth century, Mme. La Prin- cesse.' "I could have kicked that brute Pugsley. Bat she never noticed the insult. " 'Mr. Protoool.' she said, 'will you take me to my carriage?' And, as she said the words, whether she was a se­ rene highness or only a little English player-girl, she looked ia very queen-- not a queen of the footlights, mind you, but the genuine article. "Then she favored Pugsley, who looked very foolish, with a condescend­ ing bow, and I gave her my arm and took her out to her carriage, which was a common hack cab. She evidently believed she was married to that triple brute, the Prince Conrad. * 'Have you any further commands, Princess ?' I asked. 'All of us here, with the exception of Pugsley--who, between ourselves, is an ass--are your devoted slaves There's nothing we wouldn't do for you, and if you are in any difficulty or trouble we hope you will make use of us, for, Princess, we all love you for your talent, for your beauty, and for your pluck, and above all things, madam, because yoa are our countrywoman.' "She thanked memnd her lovely eyes looked all the brighter for the tears that stood in them as she did so. "That night Sylvia Seton and her mtfther left Paris for Roxanbloxanfels. "Now, the reigning monarch of Rox­ anbloxanfels was the father of his peo- He was a tremendously virtuous monarch, and at the time lam speaking virtuous monarchs upon the continent of Europe were very rare. Every Sun­ day morning it was the custom of the reigning Prince of Roxanbloxanfels to appear publicly on the broad walk that ran in front of the palace, and the Rox- anbloxanfel&ers, his loyal subjects, and the English tourists who were stopping at the neighboring baths at Klein Kohl- wasser would come to see the sight. Nobody ever spoke to thereigning Prince as he headed tl^e^rocession, the Princess upon dis arm, or the royal family of Roxanbloxanfels. Behind him,4wo and two, came the sixteen members of the royal family, eight Princes and eight Princesses, and all of them were virtuous--all except Conrad, the affianced husband of Princess Ama* lia of Roulettenburg, who, as you know, was a very bad one indeed. "Now, Albreoht, reigning Prince of Roxanbloxanfels, was ambling along the center of the great gravel walk-- his consort, the Princess Wilhelmine. M ho was fat, fair, and fifty, upon h arm. 'The dear Conrad is feeling ill,' said months' engagement that very night I the Princess Wilhelmine to her august with Botibol, the manager of the Porte | spouse; and certaiuly the dear Conrad St Martin. But she never played at Porte St. Martin, and the next thing we heard of Sylvia Seton was that she had married the Prince of Roxanblox­ anfels. Now the Prince of Roxanblox­ anfels was a serene highness, and when his father died he, being the eldest son, would become a grand transpa- rancy, a reigning monarch, and an * elector of the the Prince of brute--an ill-mannered, boorish oaf, who, if he had ever had any mind at all, had had it drilled out of him. He was a big man--a sort of a tailor's lay figure of a man. He was perfectly miserable in the society of respectable women, and he was engaged to be mar­ ried to the only daughter of the Prince of Roulettenburg. He was a fair man, with cold, cruel, blue eyes and a re­ treating chin, and if anybody in Par­ isian society at that time had been asked to name the most disappated man in the French capital he would undoubtedly have seleotcd Conrad, Prince of Roxanbloxanfels. "The way that fellow persecuted g>or little Sylvia Seton was monstrous. e sent her bouquets, ke sent her dia­ monds, but his diamonds came bac». and every night he used to turn up at the Odeon to glore like a hungry tiger at the charming little English in­ genue. Sylvia Seton wouldu't have anything to do with the Prince. Then he tried to abduct her, and of course the matter was hushed up--equally of course it got into all the papers, and everybody knew perfectly well who. Prince X WBB, and how Mile. Z., as they _ called poor little Sylvia* had boxed his ears in indignation. ""That would have been enough to looked exceediuly unwell, for he had suddenly turned very red, then be had grown very pale, and, still remaining white as a ghost, he looked, if possible, more foolish than usuaL "The monarch turned to his SOD, the procession stopped, and Prince Albrecht wan about to inquire after his son's health, when Sylvia Seton stepped out German Empire. But j from the crowd, made Prince Albrecht Roxanbloxanfels was a < a low courtesy, and placed a paper in his hand. " 'Permit me to introduce myself, Your Majesty, as the wife of your son, Prince Conrad,' she said. Thereupon the reigning Princess Wilhelmine fainted in the arms of her august husband, and gave a gentle scream; and the eight princesses, as one girl, each gave a little squeal and fainted in the arms of their eight princely brothers. " 'Bocksbeutel! Where ia Baron Bocksbeutel ?' shouted bis serene trans­ parency, the Prince Albrecht. "A little old man in a cocked hat, looking like the pictures of Baron Munchausen and covered with orders, stepped forward, saluted, and stood at attention. " 'Present, Majesty I' cried Barot> Asksbeutel, chief of the secret police oi Roxanbloxanfels. " 'Bocksbeutel,' said His Majesty wihtfa melodramatic gesture, indicating Sylvia Seton, 'I commit this unfortunate lady to your charge. Poor thing, she is as mad as a hatter,' said^His Majesty in a loud voice for the benefit of the by­ standers. "By this time the Princess Wil­ helmine and her daughters had come to, and then His Majesty gave tbe word of command. 'Vorwarts,' he cried, and the royal party moved on. When they have choked off any ordinary man, but reached the royal apartments Prince it didn't choke off Prince Conrad, and j Conrad was placed under provisional one day, to our intense astonishment, we heard that he had married her; and the pair appeared everywhere, and none of us were surprised to see that she looked very miserable, indeed. But everybody said that she played her cards wonderfully well; and the women all envied her diamonds, and the men all envied the Prince of Roxanbloxan­ fels. For my own part, being youn* and romantic at the time, I pitied the poor little English girl, for I knew that her husband was a drunken brute, a cruei, heartless ruflian, •art to treat her IMUUJ who would be littfi arrest, and after he had dined (they al­ ways dined at 1 at Roxanbloxanfels, be- use they were so virtuous) His ..iiijesty Prince Albrecht sent for the crestfallen Conrad. " 'Conrad,' said his majesty in a ter­ rible voice, ' is it true that the eldest of my sixteen august children has dis­ graced himself ?' " 'Aas si bete,' answered Prince Con­ rad, who was very proud of bis french; 'we were married--ma loi, it was but a comedy, little father. The priest who performed the ceremony was my con­ fidential valet,' and the prince chuckled and smiled, and tugged at Iris gnat straw colored mustache. "For a whole minute his serene transparency the Prince Albrecht Was lost in deep thought. " 'You deceived this young girl, then,* he said. 'Son Conrad,' said tbe mon­ arch, firmly, *1 am known as the most moral sovereign in Europe; that title is very dear to me. Mirerable boy, you must be married at once.' "The luckless Prince Conrad fell upon his knees. He begged, he prayed; he vowed that the Princess Amalia of Roulettenburg was dearer to him than life. But his majesty was not to be moved, and he rang the bell for the court chaplain. The prime minister was sent for, and the British envoy resi­ dent at the court of Roxanbloxanfels was hurriedly summoned. Within half an hour Sylvia Seton was married tQ Prince Conrad H the private chapel of the palace of RoxanbloxanfeK "Bride and bridegroom parted forever at the altar rails. Sylvia Seton was now a serene highness, but she declined to have anything more to do with Prince Conrad. She refused the hand­ some provision oBered her by her royal father-in-law. She left for Paris the same night. Within the week Prince Conrad committed suicide. I was go­ ing to say he blew his brains out, but that*was impossible; but he did shoot himself through the head. The thing was a nine days" wonder. "As for Sylvia Seton, she is Sylvia Seton still. That's her story. Her sad dream of lova and ambition was over, and from that day to this, Nibbs, that woman worked like a slave. She might have married well half a dozen times had Bhe pleased, but she will remain Sylvia Seton to the end of the chapter. Her story has been forgotten long ago." "You're not asleep, Nibbs?" asked Sir John Protocol a little anxiously. "Asleep, Jack, my boy!" answered that gentleman. "Your story was most interesting and absolutely new to me. I know most of your stories. Jack," he added with a little yawn. "By the way, is their a word of truth in it?" "Look in the 'Almanach de Gotha,'" said Sir John dryly. "Let's have a brandy and soda," said Mr. Nibbs, "and drink her health." And so they did.--St. James' Bud' get. - How He Broke the Mows. Yoa say that I'm pale and flustered, and shivering in my shoes; I'll be hanged if you wouldn't shiver if you had to "break the news." I • suppose you have beard how Qoimbv is stretched on a bunk down there, with a pint or more of his own blue blood mixed up with his auburn hair? Well, they made me a joint committee to go to his house aud tell his wife all about the scrimmage and what to her man befeL I went to the house up yonder, not mashed on the job, you bet, and my classic and hlue- veined forehead was bathed in a quart of Bweat. The woman was in the kitching, a-siogiag a plaintive song, but she dried up when she saw me, for she knew thare was something wrong. Thea I coughed and I hemmed and stammered, and "madam," said I, "be brave! your husband is now a-lying--" Oh, Lord! what a shriek she gave! And she walked up and down a-moan- ing and wringing her furrowed hands, and her hair fell down like sea-weed adrift by the ocean sands. "Oh Heaven," she cried, "my husband I They've taken my love from me," and the way that she reeled and staggered was a sight for a man to see; "so brave, so kind and so noble! So loving, so grand and strong, and now must I wait his coming in vain all the dark day long? And his chil­ dren will wail in sorrow, and never again in glee troop down in the misty twilight and cluster about his knee." And BO she went on raving; her screama for a block were heard; and I like a graven image stood there, without say­ ing a word. It seemed like my tongue was frozen or glued to my pearly teeth, and hardly a breath came upward from the paralyzed lungs beneath. But I braced up all of a sudden, and "mad­ am," said I again, "I am sorry--I'm deuced sorry--to have caused you this needless pain; let up on your frenzied screaming; you don't need to weep and wail; your old man ain't dead by a long shot; he's only locked up in jail." She glared at me for a minute--for a minute or two, and then she said: "So the darned old loafer is down there in jail again ?" Then sbe picked up a tub and smashed it all over my princely head, R'id I saw she was getting ready to paint "> whole landscape red. So I skipped • rough the gate and moseyed so fast that I tore my shoes; and they don't make me a committee in the future to break the news.--Lincoln Journal. A Dead Cat JMlao. It was the man on whose lend natural gas was first struck in the Findlay (O.) district, says the New York Sun, and he was telling some of us about it as we waited in the depot at Columbus: "Wall, you, know," he began, "my son Bill was a great hand to read. One day he laid away a book he had been reading and says to me: "' Dad, I've been reading up on min­ erals and I'm going to find sun thin right here on our farm.' " 'Shoo, Bill,' says I, "but you won't strike nothing outside of the coble- stones and worms.' "Bnt he went at it, aud begun to dig, and bore, and fool around and leave me to hoe the oorn, and one day he struck sunthin'. There came sich an infernal, smell that both of us was drove to the house, and then the smell gdt so bad that we was drove to a neighbor's, and we had to jet the hogs out of the pen or they would have keeled over. " 'Bill,' I says, when I got where I could breathe again, 'you said you'd strito sunthin' and you have. You've waited three months' time gittin' down what Christopher Columbus buried *. .jyut a thousand torn cats and we've all bin driv off the farm in conxekence. It's my turn now to strike suutliin' and you kin get ready for the all-tired est lickin' a boy ever got.' "I give it to him, gentlemen, aod then I went apookiu' around to find somebody who'd buy the farm at aboat the cost of the barn. A feller who seemed to have catarrh and didn't mind the smell closed up a deal with me, and I had to grin as I walked off with his money under my arm. I kept on grin- nin' fur about a week, but then I heard some news that stopped me, and I guess it's three years since I've opened my mouth sideways. Them dead cats was worth $100,000 to me, end I sold 'em for $800 and walked around patting my­ self on the back far bein' so all-fired cute." OFFICE BOY (with high literary and oratorical ambition)--Mr. Dragg, may I ask you to maintain your eye on my lunch basket a few moments?' Old Em- Office Boy--Thanks. AMONG THE KAFFIRS. Soaae Strange Sight* Among a Savag* IVuple. In returning from Klipdam to Pre­ toria in South Africa I saw agreat many strange sights among Kaffir tribes in this section of the country. In passing along the roads yon: will find at intervals a savage head gazing at you with eyes of death. An inquiry developed the facts that this is the mode of burying their dead, writes a correspondent of the At­ lanta Constitution. Their costume is to place the body in a sitting posture, covering all but the head with earth, and providing the corpse with a pan of mealie meal (oorn meal) and a vessel of water, so that the spirit will rest in peace and not haunt the survivors. These burial places are near a public road, so that when the resurrection comes they will be ready to jump up immediately andJoJlp\y the angels along the road without the danger of getting left behind or lost. The Kaffirs believe in a future state of existenoe, not only for the soul, but also for the body. This belief is strangely similar to that of Christian traditions. How it got into the Kaffir religion is not known, but it is one of their most ancieut and strong­ est traditions. When a head of a family dies his hut with ail his personal be­ longings ia abandoned, the idea pre­ vailing that the spirit of the dead haunts his former abode. In case of a sudden death in the tribe it is often at­ tributed to the influence of a witch, and on application of the relatives, which is always made, an investigation is made to discover the one who has caused the sudden demise. The "lunza amanzi," or evil doctor, is the presiding genius. His modus operandi is to assemble all the suspected parties around a flat vessel of water, into which they look, one at a time, their features being fully reflected in the water. When the guilty one's turn comes a ripple is seen to pass over the water. Of course, this ripple is produced by a trick of the lunza aman- si, and is generally enucted when one whom he has a grudge against looks into the water. The unfortunate indi­ vidual is then handed over to the tender mercies of the infuriated relatives who make short work of putting him where he can do no more harm. The spirit of the departed, knowiug that his death has been avenged, then rests in peace. The Kaffirs, without exception, use tobaoco, which grows here profusely, and of a very fine quality. Men, women and ohildren usesnutf, which they make from tobacco mixed with ashes. They carry their snuff boxes, a long cvliuder- sha|>edtube, in a slit made in the lobe of the ear. Their pipes are curious af­ fairs. A cow's bora is secured, into whioh they insert diagonally a stem, and on this they affix a bowl for the tobacco. The horn is then filled with water aud smoke, and water drawn into the mouth. The former is inhaled or ejected through the nose and the water spat out. This performance is accompanied with much coughing and chattering and singing the praises of their chief, nation, god and employer; the latter does not al­ ways come in for unmixed praises. Millionaire Ulyt liJft iWiiiJ fl Roaming over the lands of tli^ Lerdo oolony, seventy miles sbuth ofYuma, are droves of wild hogs, ' variously esti­ mated at from 1,U00 to 3,000 in number. They are descendants of tame hogs placed on the ratyjh when Thomas H. Blythe was part owner, about thirteen years ago. After Blythe's decease aud subsequent reversion of his interest to Gen. Andrade the hogs were turned loose and allowed to go at will over the rich bottom lands of the Colorado ltiver. A few generations transformed them into savage beasts, who would attack and eat a man if they had the opportu­ nity. They subsist chiefly on the wild potato, a tuber which grows the size of a walnut and in great profusion. The present owner of Lerdo, Gen. Andrade, conceived the idea of havincr the hogs caught and the meat cured lor the use of the colonists. Operations were be­ gun about a year ago, and, though not conducted on a large scale, have proven successful. The hogs are caught in a circular corral about thirty feet in di­ ameter, having a trap door. Plenty of bait in the shape of corn and potatoes is scattered about the entrance and also buried in the canal. A band of hogs are attracted by tbe bait, enter the corral, commence rooting for the buried corn and potatoes, and when tbe right spot it struck by them the trap door falls aifd they are prisoners. The hogs are fed awhile before slaughtering. Tin meat is of fine quality aud the lard sweet and delicious.--Yuma (Col.) Times. ployedCertainly. I will retaliate. "SITTING phrase for pland. on ice" is a theatrical a house that does not ap- On* Oyster lor Two. Vfys laugh at the innocent foong housewife who ordered "half a dozeu halibut" for dinner. Had she lived in the South Pacific Islauds she might have been equally laughed at for order­ ing half a dozen oysters--not to say a pint. The author of "Oysters, and All About them" gives some example that nearly match \he giant clams and aba- lones of tbe California coast. Pliny mentions that, according to the historians of Alexander's expedition oysters a foot in diameter were found in the Indian Seas, and Sir James E. Tennent was unexpectedly enabled to corroborate the correctness of this state­ ment, for at Kottier, near Trincomalee, enormous specimens of edible oysters were brought to the rest house. One measured more than eleven inches in length by half as many in width. But tliis extraordinory measurement is beaten by the oysters of Port Lincoln in South Australia, which are the larg­ est edible ones in the world. They are as large as a dinner-plate, and of much the same shape. They are sometimes more than a foot across the shell, and the oyster fits his habitation so well that he does not leave much margin. It is a new sensation when a friend askes you to lunch, at Adelaide, to have one oyster fried in butter, or in eggs and bread crumbs, set before you, but it is a very pleasant experience; for tbe flavor and delicacy of the Port Lincoln mammoth are proverbial, even in that land of luxuries.--Iouth's Compan­ ion. Drew H*H father's Pension, A lineal descendant of the great Daniel Boone waa arrested at Ottumwa, Ia., a few days ago, charged with hav­ ing illegally drawn a pension, and his crime is a curious one. George Boone has for some time lived with a small colony upon a heavily wooded island in the river, kuown as Appanoose island. The life of this colony is prevaded with anything but an atmosphere of society. George lived with his father, who bore the same name as the Kentucky pio­ neer, in a curious subterranean dugout The father was an honorably dis­ charged Union soldier and a pensioner. He died a year or more ago, and Geoege conceived the idea of keeping the fact secret, assuming the name and drawing the pension. He has 'done so. and it was not until a deputy United States marshal captured him, that fraud «MP«cted by tbeneighb^ Important Tr»<i» XaaaeDoelstoa. j Thayer, of the OaM States Cir­ cuit Court at Louis, has recently handed down an opinion and granted a perpetual Injunction against the defendants In tke case of the IIostetter Company against the Brugvemnn Kelnert Distilling Company, alias Goid Spring Distilling Company, prtA hibitlne: the advertising, manufacturing or selling of any article of stomach bitters either In bulk, by tho gallon or otherwise, or In any way making Use of the name "Hostetter," except In connection with the sale of the genuine bitters, which are al­ ways sold in bottles securely sealed, and also prohibiting the sale of any bitters in bulk, though the name ftHostetter" be not used, but the suggestion made to the purchaser that he can put them in the empty Hostetter bottles and purchasers wouldlnot discover the difference. Hte de­ cision supports the Hostetter Company in the extensive use of the name "Hostetter" In connection with either the manufacture or sale of stomach bitter™ in any manner or forin whatsoever, and firmly establishes Its ownership lu the same as a trade name. A SCHOOLBOY recently scalded his leg badly from knee to toe. As there were no signs of healing, tho attendant sur­ geon chloroformed a greyhound puppy to death, shaved Its body, skinned it, and grafted the skin on the boy's leg. The healing was rapid, and the color of'the grafted skin was uniform and very simi­ lar to that of the normal skiit., fi"; «;; "A HMD-iuw fs affoodthlmr. but net to shara with." It Is n> taisehooa to say ot common washing sonns that they are not intended for house-cleaning. Use 8APO- LIO. ' No Opium in Plso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies falL 35c. jnrTFj--AH Pits stopped free by Dr.KUno's OfMt Restorer. No Fill ifltr first dur's aw. Mar- «Ucus euro*. Treatise sad $i.(X> trial bottle free to ail AMhM. rails. Fa. <•' > Children Enjoy p The pleasant flavor, gentle action ana soothing effeots of Syrup of Figs, when in neod of, a laxative, and if the rather or mother be costive or bilious the most gratis fying results follow its use, so that it is the best family remedy known and every family should have a bottle. RECENT investigation has shown that the people of Great Britain swallow over 5,500,000 pills daily, or one pill a week for every person in the population. The pill consumption for one year would weigh 170 tons, and would fill thirty-six freight cars. la tho Name or tho Prophet, figs I ery the venders ot the fruit In Constanti­ nople. Certainly a "great cry over a little woolr* Scarcely less foolish is the prastic of those who fly to violent physicking for costivenes*. They dose themselves violently, weaken their bowels by so doing, and disable them from acting regularly, so that, verily, the last condi­ tion of such people is worse than tbe first. Hoe- tetter's Stomach Bitters (a the safe aud effec­ tive substitute for such vast expedients. Bat no, let us not call them expedients, for it is by no means expedient to use them. What is need­ ed Is a gentle but thorough laxative, which not only insures action of the bowels without pain or weakening effeots, but also promotes a healthy secretion and flow of bile into its proper channel. Dyspepsia debility, kidney complaints, rheumatism and malaria give In to the Bitters. CON'TIXRXTAI. swindlers are palming off upon British agriculturists jrreat bargains in cloverseed that has been treated with sulphur fumes to give It a bright and new look, but is really old and worthless. A SAD AND A Jovocs SCENE.--If there is anything under the sun that will make an angel red around the eyes It is to see a near-sighted bachelor trying to thread a needle. One of the most joyous scenes Is to witness the rejoicing of the little family over the recovery of father or mother who has been restored Jo health by the use of Dr. White's Dandelion after tho doctor had said there was no hope for recovery. Such scenes are of frequent occurrence where this medicine is used. YOUTH is the only fault that every man is sure to^butgrow, and when he tVithrows tha^fhe develops a worse one --age. w THE Lord loves a cheerful giver, and the Lord knows there are very few of them. LTDIA PINKHAX'S warning to mothers should be heeded by all, and "Guide to Health and Etiquette" heeded by every mother and daughter in the civilized worid. WHEN you see a woman as mad as she can possibly be, you may know what the trouble Is: A milliner has sold her a hat, guaranteeing it to bau exclusive style, and then duplicated it. A. says taiisfaction. Can get plenty o? testimonials' it cures ovcry one who takes it." Druggists sell It, 75c. M. PK1EST, Druggist, bhelbyvllle, ImL, i: "Hall's Catarrh Cure give the best of YOTT can carry religion into politics, but you will not have any religion left to carry out. THAT "all gone" or faint feeling so preva­ lent with our best female population quick­ ly succumbs to the wonderful powers of Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Oomjfound. It never fails. PKOPLE never sympathize with those whom they cannot understand. Weak and Weary In early summer the warmer westher Is especially weakening and enervating, and "that tired feeling" Is very prevalent. The great benefit which people at this reason derive from llood's Sarnaparilla proves ttar.t thin medicine "makes the weak strong." ltdoee not act like a stimulant, impartins lictieious strength, but Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up ii^ a perfectly natural way all the weakened 9arts, puri­ fies tbe blood, creates a good appetite. Hood's Sarsaparilla Cold by all druggists, by C. 1. HOOD & (JO. f 1; six for $.1. Lowell, XlasH. Prepared only IOO Doses One Dollar DONALD KENNEDY Of MISS, sajs Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep Seated Ulcers of AO years' standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex­ cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root Price $i.5o. bold by every Druggist in the U. S. and Canada. \ Most strong _ Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.^ In the first place, it cures your catarrh-- no matter how bad your case, or of how long standing. It doesn't simply palliate -- it cures. If you believe it, so much the better. There's nothing more to be said. You get it for 50 cents from all druggists. But perhaps you won't be­ lieve it. T|ien there's another reason for trying it Show that you can't be cured, and you'll get $500. It's a plain business offer. The makers of Dr. Sage's Remedy will pay you that amount if they can't cure you. They know that they can-- you think that they can't. If they're wrong, you get the cash. If you're wrong, you're rid of catarrh. Flower' .This is the query peiM petually on your little*, boy's lips. And he 110 worse than the big'" -head What I* U For?' \ . ger, older, balder-! edboySA 14fe is an interrogation, point. "What is it for?" we con4 tinually cty from the cradle to thef grave. So.with this little introduce *',, ^ tory sermon we turn and ask: "What i; r;: is AUGUST FLOWER FOR ?" As easily^' answered as asked: It is for Dys* pepsia. It is a special remedy fioiS the Stomach and Liver. Nothing' r ^ more than this; but this brimful/ f We believe August Flower cure£ Dyspepsia. We know it will. We-.. J, have reasons for knowing it. Twenty *yt years ago it started in a small country^ town. To-day it has an honoredV ;^ place in every city and country store vf ki RADWAY'S I! READ* RELIEF. TUB CHEAPEST AND BEST MEDICIN1 FOK FAMILY USE IN THE WORLD. MiSVJIK FAILS TO KKLUSVK PAIN. CWM HD Prevent* Colds, Coughs, Hi rant, liilittiiiiimtioti, IChoimiHtiMa. Keural^ia. Hcailnrho. Toothache, Aatluim, IliHicuIt Breathing. CURES THE WOHST PAINS iti irom ou« to liwily minutes. Not one hour »ft< r rea-lsng turn advertise­ ment ure<i any one M'FFKH WiT.t FAIN. iM'tUSAl.lA', a li&lt to a teaspoonful In half • tumbler ot watt>r will lu a few minutes cure Crump* Suatuuti, Hour Stomach. Xuutiea.VfumiiuK, Heartburn. Nervousness,Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Dlanha^ Colic. Flatulency, and all inieuiai paius. * SOc. |>«r Bottle. Soiil Itjr DruggUtk RADWAY'S n PILLS, An Excellent and Mild Cathartic, Purely veg­ etable. The safest and best medicine In the world for the cure of all disorders of tbe LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS. Taken according to directions, they will restore bpHlth and renew vitality. Prii'i". y~ic. a box. Sold by all druggists, or mailed by KADWAl' & CO., S3 Warren Street. New York, <Nk receipt o£ price. FOR OLD ANB YOUNG." Tntt'i Liver Pills act m kindly on the child, tke delicate female or infirm old aero, as upon the vigorous man. Tuff's Pilis give tone and strength to the weak stom­ ach, bowels, kidneys and bladder. possesses one of the largest nianu- \ facturing plants in the country and* sells every where. Why is this? Thd reason is. as simple as a child's thought. It is honest, does ondkl thing, and does it right along--if cures Dvspepsia. OG. GREEN, Sole Man'fr.Woodbgr^N.J. •W \V:*' US, 120,122,124 Stale St. 77 ud 79 fcst Hadisos SI TO OCR PATHOXS: (Upiilv lor Miiliiuent.1 EXTRA STAXhARll MANILA. lOMfeet or morp to the pound.) STANDARD MANILA. 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