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, , > » r: ' LONG ACQ. -•••^•'V1 BT KET0KNK FTMMS.- I OMe knew all the birds that earn# And nestled in our orchard trees,' In* every flower I had a f St­ ir ' „-- :v*y uuwvr j. uaa an&me-- fg^friondi were woodchucks, toads, «ri' X knew what thrived In yonder glen, What plants would fsootJjB a,aUMC Oh, I «u very leaned then, !*l But that waa very long ' X knew the spot upon the hiH Where cheokerberries could be found, I knew the rashes, near the mill. Where picture! lav that weighed a poandl X knew the wood--the very tree Where lived the poaching, aaucy And «J1 the woods and cows knew But- that was very long ago. And pining for the joys of youth, ?-'*® _I tread the old familiar spot, $'ft •:**' Only to learn this solemn truth; 'ifcvj i! I have forgotten, am forgot. rc? I " " <;/ - * , ' # < - • ' • & ' f e - : ' r.<. , h*:, ' viy m't Yet here's this youngster at my lEnows all the things I used to know; To think that 1 once was wise as h»-- But that was very long ago. j '-v I know it's folly to complain " " Of whatso'er the fates decree, •" , - T«t were not wishes ail in vain, I'd tell you what my wish should be; I'd wish to be a boy Main, ' liack with the friends 1 used to know* For I was, oh, so happy then-- ,>»; • ; & Butthat tasvery fong agol J --Cni<xi<jo Setct. MISUNDERSTOOD. IS"; e r",1 • " "Yes, it is quite true tliat I am en­ gaged to Mr. Lemoyne, although the fact has not yet been announced. But how did you find it out so quickly, Alice? You are the first one who Why, Mr. Warreu, you here? I am so happy to see you! We were jnst wishing that we might be fortunate enough to meet some pleasant acquaintance--were we not, Alice?" His deep, dark-gray eyes turned to the beuatiful dusl^ face of Olive Mayne with a look which it would have been impossible for even her to fathom. For as tho.«e dark, liquid eyes met his sod those perfect lips biniled upon him with such sweet unconsciousness, his heart was beating in his very throat and every pulse was tingling with a mad amazement and despair that seemed be­ yond all restraint. Yet be smiled back with a nonchal­ ance as cool and perfect as her own, and held out bin lmnd with the ea*y grace that characterized him always. "Pray accept my congratulations. Miss Mayne," he said, with just such an air of kindly interest as any other ac­ quaintance like himself might properly assume. "You will pardon my haviug overhead the confession which you made a moment since ? I chanced to be no near that I could not avoid hearing it, you know." She had lowered her eyes at the first words he spoke, but at he ceased she lifted 'them again, a rush of crimson staining the beautiful dusk face from brow to chin. But the change in her was passed almost before he had time to realize that any had occurred, and her sweet, oool voice was falling on his ear: "Yea," Bhe was saving with another langh, "Alice artfully beguiled me into speaking of it here in this art gallery, of all places, where any one might chance to overhear it. I shall find some way to punish her for that, but in the meantime I--accept your kind wishes, Mr. Warren." "Lemoyne's betrothed wife!" was the thought that surged through his heart and brain--the thought whioh made him clinch his firm, white teeth more than once to prevent its utterance. "And only yesterday--ay, only last night at parting--she was almost mine! Had I asked her then I could almost have sworn that she would have given her love to me. Why, did I not? God only knows i Bat to-day I thank Him for whatever saved me from itl" And it was the truth. For mingled with his worshiping, impassioned love, and even her false­ ness could not tear all in a moment from his heart, was a wrathful scorn as deep as it was bitter--a proud contempt which made him look back with horror upon the danger he BO narrowly es­ caped of committing himself irrevocably and thus becoming openly her dupe. How he got through that hour he oould never clearly remember, but he knew that he did act his role of indiffer­ ence to the last. "What a charmingly agreeable man Hr. Warren is--and so very handsome!" exclaimed Alice Caldwell, admiringly, as they drove away. "And, Olive do you know I really believed until to-day that you would marry him instead of Mr. Lemoyne?" ~ "Nonsense!" said Olive, sharply, turning her face away to look at some­ thing from the opposite window. "He is not the sort of a man I should care to marry, Alice; and basides, he was merely one of my numerous admirers, you see"--with an odd, unmusical laugh --"and not the anxious candidate for matrimony that you evidently thought jbim." "Well, Olive"--with a sudden bird- tike laugh--"I'm glad I was mistaken about his being your lover. Now the rest of us can have a chance to try our charms upon him. I always did have the most boundless admiration for Alf Warren, I assure you." At this frank declaration Olive glanced quickly around at tbe pretty, yellow- haired girl who had made it, and opened her lips to spea&. But she did not do so. Instead, a strange expression of. pain swept over her proud, lovely face, and she turned away again, mak­ ing some comment upon the street scenes through which they were pass­ ing. It was not until, having set Alice Caldwell down at the latter's doorstep, she had driven to her own home and locked herself securely in her bedroom, that Olive Mayne allowed the stern ten­ sion of her nerves to give way. "It is over--over, thank God!" she whispered faintly.burying her white face in tbe pillows of the couch upon which she had thrown herself with a moan of passionate anguish. "1 know I played my part well, and he never dreams the truth. Ah! how little he or Alice, real­ ized that it was I who led the conversa­ tion to the subject of my engagement, knowing that he stood there and must hear my announcement of it. But what did he care ? Such baseness as his does not suffer from so trifling a wound. And I, in order to deal it and to redeem tbe pride he had so nearly crushed, have fettered my life with chains that are already hateful! Engaged, and to a millionaire! Bah! What a contempti­ ble farce all the trinmphs of my life are turning to!" The weeks of her betrothal whirled rapidly by, bringing steadily nearer that wedding day which she dreaded so intensely in her inmost heart. It was no unusual thing f.>r Olive to encounter Alfred Warren itj the social whirl where they both coutiuued to re­ volve. It chanced one evening at the opera that he dropped, for a brief call, into the box where Olive was seated with a small party of friends. Mr. Lemoyne, as it happened was not present, bat * • . i « ' ' Miss Alice Oaldwtll was, and to the latter cirenmstaaoe more than one at­ tributed Mr. Warren's cali The opera to be given was a new one, and there was some speculation , among the party >n the box concerning/ the dnunatin personte of the cast Al-/ fred Warren glanced carelessly over thtI Erogram which Miss Caldwell offeredN im. Suddenly he started, and a low, haft* troubled exclamation of surprise fell from his lips. Olive Mayne looked up from the pro­ gram which she, also, had been study­ ing with a curious interest* "Ah! You have disoovered some­ thing, Mr. Warren t" she half ques­ tioned, half asserted. "Ah! Pardon me"--fixing her dark eyes upon him with a significant glance--"perhaps you have chanced upon the familiar name Of some old favorite in the cast?" ' i- "You are right. Miss Mayne," ha an­ swered, lifting his handsome gray eyes frankly to her own. "You see this name--Miss Ariel Stanhope?"--and he drew her attention to the paper in his hand. ^ "Well, if I do not greatly mis­ take, it is the name of one whom I know well, and whom I used to love al­ most as a sister--the wile of my ooosin, Allison Warren." "Allison Warren!" echoed Olive, in a low startled voice, a strange expression dawning on her beautiful, dark face. "Yes, and she was always too good for him. 1 fear this return to the stage, which she left when she became his wife, means that all has not gone well with her. Ah!"--as a slender, graceful little figure made its appearance on tbe bril­ liantly lighted stage so near them-- "tliere is no mistake. It is my little cousin Ariel--Al Warren's wife. If you will excuse me, Miss Mayne, Til go be­ hind the scenes and have a talk with her." "And you will return here afterward ?" she asked, slcwly, hesitatingly, with something in her liquid, dusky eyes that thrilled his nerves like wine. "You Bee, I am already interested in the story of the pretty little opera-singer." With a dreamy, lingering smile, her eyes followed him as he slowly left the box, then turned to the stage and watched tbe play with breathless inter­ est. A half-hour passed, and then Alf Warren was again seated by her side "I have heard poor little Ariel's story," he began, "and it is, as I feared, a sad one. She " "I think I already know a part of it," Olive interrupted, with an odd little smile. "She was playing in this city ,once before--about two months ago; and it was then known by some persons, at least--though it seems you did not know it--that she was trying to find a faithless husband who had deserted her, and that husband was Al War­ ren----" "My God! You heard that two months ago?" he exclaimed in a hoarse, suppressed voice, half-rising from his seat. "And you heard no explanation ? Oh, Olive, you But tell me," he broke off, forcing himself to calmness, "who was your informant?" "Geoffrey Lemoyne," she answered quietly. "And that explains what was all so dark before," he said, in lowered tones, holding her dark, tell-tale eyes with his own, in which his passion so long re­ pressed, began once more to glow. "Olive, you must have known what was in my heart before that time. It is there now, as deep, as strong and over­ mastering as it ever was. And now, when we both know the truth, you are fettered " She lifted her dark head with an im­ perial gesture, a proud, defiant splendor in her midnight eyes. "If he won me by fraud he can have no farther claim upon me," she sa^d, her low sweet tones as clear and firm as steel. "Alfred, the future belongs to us, and he cannot--shall not spoil it" And he did not What to Its with suspicions. There are many suspicions that need crushing in the bud. We fancy that our friend is cool to us; we imagine some one has slighted us; we suspect our neighbor of having spoken ill of us. Most likely we are mistaken, and, in any case, we could never profitably search into the matter. Our trust in our friend, or our own self-respect, should lead us to pat away all such thoughts, to abandon such suspicions. Some one has, perhaps, dropped a Eusoned word of scandal into our ears. et us' banish it from our thoughts with scorn. Circumstances may tend to cast suspicion on one whom we honor; let us continue to trust him in our heart of hearts. We may fear that some one has committed a fault which, however, does not concern us in the least, and in which we are not called upon to interfere; let us expel the idea as an unwelcome intruder. In one of these ways every suspicion may be rightly dealt with. If as a warn­ ing it has a mission to perform it will do its work; if it is an unworthy or an idle conjecture, it will be dismissed. In either case it will pass away, .as all sus­ picions are intended to do. As tran­ sient guests of the mind, they may be useful in establishing the innocence which should be brought to light or in proving the guilt which Bhonld be purged away. Bat as permanent in­ mates of the mind their influence is mogt pernicious. -- Junior American Mechanic. A "ShoeislBf" Thler-Deteetor. "When we started I noticed," said one of a party of jewelers who bad camped in the wilds of Canada, aceard- j ing to the Jeweler's Weekly, "that one | of our number was encumbered with a J large box. The second day in camp | two watches disappeared, and each . member of the party began to look upon I the others with silent suspicion. Finally, as tbe thefts were repeated, a meeting was called, and every man pleaded not guilty. No one up to that time *us- pected the honest French Canadian lad we had engaged as a servant He was questioned and also entered a prompt and emphatic denial. We all believed his prostesiations of innocence except the man with the box. " 'Gentlemen,' said he, 'somebody in the party took those watchos, and I propose to find out who. 1 have here a thief detector,' pulling out an electric . battery and winking at the crowd. 'If | there is a thief among us this will point . him out' j "Every man took his turn at the bat- j tery. The boy watched the perform- | ance in wonder. He had never seen such a queer arrangement before, but as everybody who touched the coils es­ caped without harm, lie stepped bravely to the front when it came to his torn and took hold. A sudden change came over him. The-owner of the battery had turned on its full force, and the victim gave a yell of pain and horror and fell to the ground, screaming, 'Save me! sav#wel I took 'em, bat I'll never do it agaiSF * i- "Bt( Sllpffr*" That the Indian has a sense of huwor was amusingly illustrated to a very well- known lady who has given large snms for the maintenance at school of Indian boys and girls. This lady was a beau­ tiful New York widow; she has recently married a second husband. During the engagement period her betrothed, who was a widower, asked permission to leave at her house a pair of slippt-rs to wear during his frequent calls. These slippers were of generous proportions, so mnch so that members, of the family asked at times if in building them the contractors required scaffolds or special frames, and one evening when their owner had left early it happened that they did not get tucked into their ac­ customed closet before the appearance in the drawing room of other callers. Quietly the pretty widow lifted the tell-tale foot coverings and dropped them into a ribbon-tied waste basket. One of her Indian youths was with the visitors and for an instant she fancied she met his eyes, but no gleam of special intelligence came into them, and the in­ cident seemed to pass without attention. Some weeks later her lover and her Indian visited her on one agd the same morning, the love* bringing a great bunch of roses and a baftk note inscribed with plump and comfortable figures. When he had been dismissed from one reception room she crossed the hall to the other, slipping the flowers into a vase and the cash into the hand of her protege. . "A gentleman," she began, "sends you this money--" "Big Slidpersl Big Slippers!" in­ terrupted the Indian, and lifting the great, fragrant mass of roses with one foot he danced about the room on the other, his toes holding the flowers high in air while he shouted: "Big Slip­ pers, Big Slippers!" If ever this lady and her husband are complimented by adoption into an In­ dian tribe, whatever may be her title, he will be known, without doubt, as "Big Slippers." I How the Dragon Pij Forages. Mr. E. Giles, of Bombay, India, re­ ports that he was Btandiug one hot morning in the poarch of his house, when his attention was attracted bv a large dragon-fly, of a metallic blue oolor, about two and a half inches long, and with an extremely neat figure, which was cruising backward and for­ ward in the poarch in an earnest man­ ner that seemed to show he had some special object in view. Suddenly he alighted at the entrance of a small hole in the gravel, and begau to dig vigor­ ously, sending the dust in small show­ ers behind him. "I watched him," sayB Mr. Giles, "with great attention, and after the lapse of about half a min­ ute, when the dragon-fly was head and shoulders down the hole, a large and very fat cricket emerged like a bolted rabbit, and sprang several feet into the air. Theu ensued a brisk contest of bounds and darts, the cricketespriuging from side to sideaud up and aown, and the dragon-fly darting at him the mo­ ment he alighted. It was long odds on the dragon-fly, for tbe cricket was too fat to last, and his springs became Blower and slower, till at last his enemy succeeded iu pinning him by the neck. The dragon-fly appeared to bite the cricket^ vlikh, after a struggle or two, turned over on his back and lay motion­ less, either dead or temporarily sense­ less. The dragon-fly thtfti, without any hesitation, seized him by the hiud legs, dragged him rapidly to the hole out of which he had dug him, entered him- eelf, and pulled tbe cricket in after him; and then emerging, scratched some sand over the hole and flew away, Time for the whole transaction, Bay, three minutes." • "ttoteh-I'otefe.1* "The most delicious soup I ever tasted, bar none," said an epicure, "was a concoction that in Scotland they call 'hotch-potch.' It was served to me by a lassie with lint-white locks, quite guiltless of such superfluous luxuries shoes and stockings. As I greedily ladled out ever drop of the delicious stuff two fat porkers watched me with sympathetic interest, 'Hoot awa, piggies/ said my fair Hebe, as she stood guard until I had finished my repast; 'dinna interfere with the gentleman.' That I had tramped eighteen miles that morning over the heather may perhaps account for my extraordinarily keen relish, but it was certainly excellent in itself, for tbe dame gave me a list of its ingredients, and my wile gives it to me once in a while. Anglicized, the recipe runs as follows: Cut two pounds of fresh mutton into small pieces; put them into a stewpan with three quarts of oold water and a tablespoonful of salt; set it on the fire and let it cook very slowly, letting'it siinmor and keep­ ing it well skimmed. Aster it has sim­ mered an hour add a large carrot, two turnips, two large onions, all cut in small pieces, and two heads of cabbage lettuce. Let the whole simmer until tender and #er/e it with the various in­ gredients. I knew 'hotch-potch' was an old term in law," continued the geutle- man, "and liking my scup so much, I h'ad the curiosity to loojc it np. When undivided property is brought into the common innd it is called 'hotch-potch,' and an old writer on law says: 'it seemeth that this word is also used as a pudding, for in a pudding is not put commonly one thing alone, but one thing with other things together.'"-- Hew York Tribune. ' Diving Rojra or Ampateo. "I have a brilliant memory of Ae- apulco," says one who made in child­ hood the journey the Charleston has made. "We waited off shore in our steamer just at sunset; the natives came out in boats with all sorts of tropical fruits. But the most wonderful sight of all was the little brown boys diving down, down, down, through the clear water to bring up iu their mouths the Bilver dimes we tossed over for them. It seemed very dangerous and thrilling and delightful, but Idon't believe there was a small white boy on our steamer who would not willingly have bartered his dearest possession to be able to rival in their accomplishment the little dime-diving bro«rn boys of the bay of Acapuloo." . The Uormnas Are AhMd. It has the appearance certainly of a feather in the cap of the German ship- makers that the last two screw steam­ er turned out from their yards, the Fnrst Bismarck, shows such superiority over the last one built by the English, the Normannia. The latter was built as a special effort of the famous firm of Elder & Co. to show the world that the great ships built elsewhere for the White Star and Inman lines were not tbe finest of their kind. But in the twin screw fleet of the Hamburg Com­ pany, now headed by tbe Furst Bis­ marck, the Normannia stands last Either the Germans have reached a point iu advance of the English or the .normannia has not had jusffa* FRENCH AFRICAN EX^iblTlON, lea* Oat no Qainiijr that ft Vn VakewS Ol for flVftka. the French very qnietiy have sent a new expedition to Africa, and no one outside the promoter* of the enter- prize heard anything about it until it was far under way, says the New York Sun. In December last the committee on French Africa was formed in Paris for the pnrpose of promoting explora­ tion and French trade in the interior of Africa. In a month after its organiza­ tion it had perfected its plans and the leaders lof tbe expedition were on their way to Africa to carry oat the projects of the committee. The Sun already has reported the fact that Paul Cram pel nearly a year ago ascended tbe Mobangi tributary of the Congo with a large expedition for the purpose of reaching the most north­ ern part oi its oour*e and then pushing northwest over 700 miles through the unexplored territory between the Mo­ bangi and Lake Tchad. In tbe opinion of the committee on French Africa the work of Cram pel would be robbed of half its value unless a Becond large expedition was sent to establish posts among tbe tribes with whom he may now be making treaties, and to provide for the establishment of French enterprise in the countries he h traversing. His expedition, from which nothing has been heard fo months, is supposed to be far on its way to the lake, and if he has been favored by fortune he has placed many tribes in the unknown country in the basin of the Sliari. and on the outskirts of Bag- irmi, under the protection of France. The new expedition which th^ commit­ tee planned was organized tjfji take out a larger quantity of trade goods and other material tban Cram pel carried on hi* journey, and to make permanent establishments along his route. The expedition was placed nnder charge of Jean Dybowski, with whom four other white men were associated. The party went directly to Senegal, where forty-two laptote, or soldiers, in France's native army in Seneegamba were enlisted, i They are armed with repeating rifles. The party, with a great quantity of supplies, then sailed south, and they should have arrived at Loan go, a little north of the Congo, about ten days ago. At that point they expected to hire a large number of car­ riers und make the journey overland to Stonley Pool, where they will embark on French vessels and steam uy> the Congo and the Mobango to Cram pel's furthest camping place on that river. The expedition has been instructed in no case to use firearms against the na­ tives except as a last resort, to take nothing forcibly from them, and to pay them a just price iu merchandise for everything received. Unlike most of the expenditions to which the natives of interior Africa have thus far been ac­ customed, the commercial element will be a very prominent feature of this en­ terprise, and the preseuce of merchants in the party who will buy whatever can profitably be shipped down the Mo­ bangi will accentuate the pacific char­ acter of the enterprise. It is expected, also, that the scientific men connected with the party will render considerable service to science in the great unknown region. In this way the committee on French Africa hope to extend the in­ fluence of France from the Congo to Tchad. It is particularly noteworthy that at this time the French have two expedi­ tions now pushing eastward to Lake Tchad from the upper and the lower Niger, and that they hope soon to send expeditious across the Sahara to the same goal. Before many years they fully expect that Algeria will be con­ nected with Lake Tchad by rail. This famous fresh water sea is. therefore, the point toward which French enterprises in Algeria and Tunis, thejl Soudan and the Congo are converging, and it is the policy of France to extend its interests from these various points on three sides of the lake, until they form a junction upon the banks of Lake Tchad. They have entered upon this great scheme with much enthusiasm and they believe tbey will thus link together all the great territories they control in North, Northwest, and Central Africa. What the Chlne*» Think of ITa. We are In the habit of nxpressHig our Views freely In regard to the peculiari­ ties of the Chinese, their customs, clothes, politics, industries, and so forth; but it is comparatively a rare thing to meet with a statement of Chinese opin­ ion touching American waysand institu­ tions. The very oppos teness of their stand-point gives a piquant interest to the impressions they form of our na­ tional characteristics. Here is a recent utterance of the kind which is attributed to the Pekin Gazette. Speaking of the Americans, a writer in that journal is quoted as saying: "it is impossible ta understand these barbarous people. One thing is certain: If thc^y do a thing they do it with all their might. Thirty years ago they had a civil war. The whole country was turned into military camps and battlefields, and everybody, even to the women folk, were in engaged in the war in one way or another, and one army numbered 2,000,000 men. And now there are young men, old enough to vote, who-have never seen a company of sol­ diers in their life. In fact, these people seem to think that an another war will never break out especially in their part of tho world. A person can travel clear across the American continent without seeing a soldier, and follow tho main lines of travel, too In fact at the present time there is only about one soldier for every ?,000 persons while Basa'a has one soldier to every ninety." Confirmed. The favorable impression produced on th« first appearance of the agreeable liquid fctilt remedy. Syrup of Figs, a few years aso. has been more than confirmed by the pleasant experience of all who have used it. and the success of the proprietors and • manufacturers, the California Fig Syrup Company. . He Surely Loved Her. Train conductors and guards on the elevated railroad, New York, occasion­ ally surprise passengers by calling out wrong stations, sometimes making such glaring errors as to excite wonderment as to whether they are in their right minds ̂ r are indulging in eccentricites for effect As a geneial thing these mis­ takes are the result of : bsent-minded- ness. A conductor of the Mxth Avenue Line not long ago was courting a Milesian girl uptown, and was so des­ perately in love that he carried her in hi« thoughts most of the time when on the train and off. One evening, as his train was approaching Seventy second street he opened the door and yel!ed at the top of his voice, "Mary Wa siil" What added to, his confusion und'the passengers' amu-ement was the fact that he endeavored to straighten out matters by confusodly saying "1 bed pardon. It I meant Seventy-second." Tne best cough medicine Is PIso's Crtre for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c. A sound head, an honest heart and a humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity. » A Horae Battle. The herds of horses on a Western ranch roaming over so large a space, rarely encounter oue another. When the} do, the mares evince only the smallest possible amount of curiosity, but join and graze. Different it is with the Btallions. With but a moment's preparation, they rash wildly at one another like maid bulls, neighing in what seems the mockery of a neigh, and with head iu air and tail curving proudly, they rash and plunge and rear, kicking and biting, stamping one on the ottier until tbe ground and horses are covered with blood, and exhaustion of one forces a surrender and retreat As I have said, the fierce mares march off with the conqueror at their head, while the defeated lags wearily behind. One of the most terrible battles that probably ever took place beta een ranch stallions occurred near the home ranch of the Little Missouri Horse Farm in the spring of 1888, at the time when the several bunches or droves of horses were being driven iu from the ranges for an account of stock and for the branching of the young colts. It happened by the merest chance that three droves came in together with the stallions leading. Naturally the three joined, and at once arose the question of leadership. This oould only be Bettled by a battle, and before the herders could begin to form any plan for separating them, the three stallions were engaged in fiercest battle. As described by tbose who saw it, thii battle was so savage and so bloody that it seemed certain that at least one of the combatants must be killed. It lasted a little more than twenty minutes, and when tbe "smoke of battle" drifted away and the fight was done, a big gray Percheron called Napoleon was seen to be the victor, and he it was that, with uplifted head a.nd proudly ourved tail, led the company of mares and colts to the pastures, while the two defeated ones marched together like whipped curs, dejectedly in the rear. In this instance, although the light was an un­ usually desperate one, and all three horses were badly cut and torn, none of the three suffered more than temporary discomfort--Harper's Weekly. He Feed* His Flowers. Why do florists' plants and flowers lode mnch more luxuriant than other people's ? queries a writer in the Boston Traveller. I have always thought it was because they had light and beat and care. But a clever old florist told me tbe other day that it isn't many peo­ ple who give flowers anything to eat. "I treat mine," said be, "like human beings. The young ones I feed like babies, and the big ones have their good beefsteak meals." Of course he re­ ferred to the artificial dressings, which bm said few peopie ; ^ A system which clRbnic Indigestion has de­ pleted and rendered nervous and feeble is, in­ deed, a vary fragile structure, a tenement fadt toppling into irretrievable decay. Eioeisivo Irritability of temper; abnormal an 1 causeless anxiety, hypochondria, hysteria, «nd sleepless­ ness--these are some of the manifestations of nervousness. That grand, invigorating nurvine, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, tranquillizes by strengthening the nerves, accomplishing the double result through the medium of renewed digestion and asslmlla ion. No tonic iu exist­ ence exhibits such thoroughness, produces such speedily appreciable eHeeis aft the Hittora. It is a perfectly reliable xafegunr 1 agiiirxt malaria and riauceroufl kidney trouble, and reuiedl s completely liver and bowel inactivity and dis­ order. Nervous invalids should not ra'l to for­ tify their systems with this benign protective, which merits a i>er«l(it*.nt trial. I'lace. First Crook--"Step into this doorway. Bill, and I'll tell you about that crib we're going to crack to-morrow night" Second Crook--"But somebody'!! come along and get onto us." First Crook (looking at the sign over tho door)--"No, we're safe here. This firm doesn't advertise." SDNMCS HKLPLKSS. --All doctors agree that to enjoy good health the mind ntust be kept in a cheerful condition, but no doctor on earth can give a man points thut^ will make him joyous when his collar doesn't fit. and iu this connection It is very iitting to remark that Dr. White's Pulnuuiaria has brought Joy and gludness to thousunds of homes by its wonderful cures of loved ones who had been given up to die of wauianM»-. tlon. ^ *" He Knew the < Igarn. Maud--I don't know whether Charles realty loves me or not. Ucr brother--What did you give him for a birthday present the other day? Maud--A box of cigars. Hor brother--Did ho smoke them? Maud--Yes. Her brother--You may be snri he loves you.--Sew Ytrk Rieorder. ONE principal point of good breeding Is to suit our behavior to the three several iegrees of men--our superiors, our Equals, and those below us. A rarsioiAN recently said: •'Probably LydJu. E. Ptnkham has done more for wom­ an kfnQ than all the doctors'combined. A wotuan understands thOae mutters better than we do. TIIKKF; are two things from which a man never comes forth when he has once entered the in: one is the grave and the other the court of chancery. 8. K. COBCKN, Mgr., Clarie Scott, writes: "I find Hall's Catarrh Cora a valuable remedy." Diuggists sell it. 75c. FORTITNK is ever seen a-.-campanying industry, and i9 as often trundliug in a wheelbarrow as lolling in a coach and six. THE good health of every woman depends, greatly u>.on herself; delays through false modesty are dangerous. Lydia E. I'ink- bam's Vegetable Compound will cure nine caseu out of ten. " HE not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them. Don't Feel Well, And yet yon are not sick enough t> consult s doctor, or you refrain from so doing for tear you will slarai yourself and'friends--wre will tell you just wbstyofl need. It is HooiiV SsrbapariUa, which will soou lift you out of t!-at uncer aln. uncomfortable and dan­ gerous condition, into a state of good health, confi­ dence and cheerfulness. You've no ides how potent this peculiar medicine is in such cases ss yours. N. B, If yon decide to take Hood's Ssr.-aparllla do not be induced to buy anything else instead. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all dnicglsta. M; six for Prepared oely fay C. 1. uouv * OO. Lowell. Mass. 100 Poaes One Dollar The Soap Cleans Most is Lenox. FITS. Nerve Restorer. No Fits atter nr»td%y's use. WilouM cures. Treatise aud $IM trial bottle free to fit casts. Send to Dr. KUaM.SU ana St. PtiUa. Fa. All Fit# stopped! free bv Dr.KUne'eCfogA The hand of Htm deaTs Iightly with a woman in Fjerfect health. But* all func­ tional derangements and dis­ orders peculiar to women leave their mark. You needn't have them. Dr. Pierce's Fa­ vorite Prescription comes to your rescue as no other medi­ cine can. It cures them. For periodical pains, ̂ prolapsus and other displacements, bearing- down sensations, and all "fe­ male complaints" and weak­ nesses, it is a positive remedy. It is a powerful, restorative tonic and nervine, imparting strength to the whole system in general, and to the uterine organs and appendages in par­ ticular. It keeps years from your face and figure--but adds years to your life. It's guar­ anteed to give satisfaction in every case. If it doesn't, your money is returned. Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very well known to the citizens of Apple- ton, Me., and neighborhood. He says: " Eight years ago I was taken " sick, and suffered as no one but a " dyspeptic can. I then began tak- " ing August Flower. At that time "I was a great sufferer. Every- " thing I ate distressed me so that I " had to throw it up. Then in a " few moments that horrid distress " would come on and I would have " to eat and suffer "again . I took a "little of your med- " icine, and felt much "bet ter , and a f ter " taking a little more "1 August Flower my 1 Dyspepsia disap- " peared, and since that time I " nave never had the first sign of it., "lean eat anything without the " least fear of distress. I wish all' "that are afflicted with that terrible: "disease or the troubles caused by, "it would try August Flower, as I " am satisfied there is no medicine "equal to it." •' TUIC |Q THE ONLY SCALE ETON- & 60. Horrid F""nĝ ,? READY RELIEF. /W *tlMS CHEAPEST AND BEST MKDICINK FOK FAMILY I'SE IN TUB WOKLD. KKVKK FAILS XO KEI.IEVK PAIN. Cares till Prevent* fnUl», Coagha, Throat, Inflammation, Itlieuiuatism. Neuralgia. ili'a«lxch<>. Toothache. Anthiiis, Difficult Kreathini;. CUBES i'HK W OUST i'.UNS in rom on.- to twenty miimies. Not one hour after realinic tins advertise­ ment Ufi'd anv one bl"t't'Klt WiT • 1'AlN. . INTERSAI-LV. H half to a tenspoonml In halt a tumbler ot water will in a few minutes cure Cramps. HpaaniK.KonrSli'macli; Nausea.Wmitiim, Hetriburn, Ke-voiiMiess.iSIeeiUessness.tSick Headache. Diarrhea. Colli'. 1'Utulency, and ail nin'Viul |ia:UB. 5<>c. l>er ltottle. Sold by DruKKletSa DADWAY'S n PILLS, An Excellent and Mild Cathartic. Purely veg­ etable. The safest and best medicine in tiie world for the oure of all disorders of the LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS. Taken according to directions, they will restore health and reuew vitality. Price. ~.>5c. & box. Sold br all druggists, or mailed by RADWAY & CO.. 10 Warren Street. Mew York, on receipt oi iirictt. 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