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"fx • ft- ti)ir>B«S«rwd a JHan Who Wasted Bb Wife to Ron Awu with Him. "When Bill Hempsey married Tal Harwell there was great surprise in the Nubbin Ridge neighborhood. Bill was "worthy of respect and was respectcd: he was worthy of confidence and had been entrusted with a county office, yet when he married Tal Harwell there was heard, at every turn, murmurs of as­ tonishment Tal was a beautiful girl, and was much younger than Bill; her form, untrained by any art, but with a woods-like wildness of developement, was of exquisite grace, and her hair was of gentle waviness, like the ripples of a sun-ray catching rivulet. Handsome young fellows, Ised Royston, whose bot­ tom field of corn is this year the finest in thQ, neighborhood, and Phil High- tower, who has just built a new, double log-house, chinked and daubed, paid devoted court to the beauty, but when old Bill came along- -old Bill with a scar over one eye where a • steer kicked him years ago--and asked her to marry him, she shook off the mischievous airs of the beauty, took up the serious ex­ pression of a thoughtful woman and consented without a moment's hesita­ tion. Bill owned a little old log-house, stuck up on the side of a hill/ and though viewed from the country road it might have seemed a dreary place, yet standing in the back door, Bill could look down and see the wild plum bushes bending over the crystal water of the creek--could see a wild meadow far down the stream and could hear the song of the rain-crow. Several years passed. The gossips reluctantly agreed that Bill and his wife were happy, that is, reasonably happy, for the gossips never submit to a complete, surrender. One day while Bill waa away from home Ned Royston came to the house. Tal came in when she heard footsteps, and upon seeing the visitor stood wiping her hands on her apron. She had been washing and ft btabble of suds on her hair, catching a wp of light, flashed like a diamond. "You've about forgot me, hain't you Tal--Miz Hempsey?" "No, how oould I forget you when I see you at church nearly every Sunday? Sit down." "Yes, you see me," Ned replied, seat­ ing himself, "but as you never speak to me I lowed that you had »dun fergot me." "I never forget a friend." "Much obliged. You look tired; sit clown yourse'f." She sat down; Ned continued: "Yo do a good deal of hard work, don't you ?" "No more than any other woman, I reckon." "You do more than I'd let my wife do." "Yes, all men talk that way before they are married." "And some of them mean what they say, Tal--or Miz Hempsey." "But the majority of them do not." "I know one that does. Tal, if you had married me you never would had to work none." "I u let your mother work.* "Yes, but I'd wouldn't let you work. I wish you had married me, Tal, for 1 ain't been happy a single hour sence you told me that you wouldn't, not a single one. I uster be fonder of persim­ mon puddin' than anybody, but I ain't eat narry one sea>se you 'lowed that you couldn't m<jrrj me. SlUapae, Tal,"air y o u h a p p y ^ "Happy as mpst women, I reckon." *But most women ain't happy." "Mebby not." A short silence followed; Ned twisted his hat round and round. Tal wiped her hands on her apron. "Tal--you den't care if I call you Tal, do you?" "No, I am not particular." ; :• "But you wouldn't let everybody call you by your first name, would you?" "No." "Tal." • ' . "Well." "Do you know what I've been thinkin' abcut ever sense I saw you at meefcin' last Sunday ?" " How am I to know what you've been thinkin' about? Hardly know some­ times what I'm thinkin' about myse'f." "Would you like to know what I've been thinkin' about, Tal ?" She was twisting her apron; a cat purred about the legs of her chair. A chicken, singing the lazy song of "lay­ ing time," hopped up into the doorway. "Shoo!" she cried. "The chickens are about to take the place." , "But that ain't got nothin' to do with what Ive been thinkin' nor about you wantiu' to know it. Do vou wanter know ?" "You may tell me if von want to." "Sho"nuff?" . v "Yes, if it ain't bad." "Oh, it.ain't bad." He Untwisted his hat, straightened it out by pulling it down on his head, took it off, and, be­ ginning to twist it again, said: "I've been thinkiu' that you wa'n't happy livin' with a man that don't 'preciate you--hold on now, let , me get through." She had moved impatiently. "Man that don't,preciate you; and Jr've been thinkin' that I would come over here and--and ask you to run away with me. Wait, Tal--please wait." She had sprung to her feet. "Just listen to me a minit. Folke uster think you was happy, but they know you ain't now. Tal. please wait a minute. Tal. for God's sake let me explain myself. Say, wait just a minute. You won't tell Bill, will you? Oh, you won't do that, I know. We understand each other, Tal, don't we ? You understand all my foolin'and skylarkiu', don't you? Tal, oh, Tal.--" She was hastening down the slope toward the wild plum bushes. "Don't say anything," he shouted. "Don't, for if you do there'll be trouble." "What's the matter little girl?" Bill asked thatiminingas Hw eating his supper. ' /. ^ "Nothin'.* , r; "You doft* *pear toW as b right as usual." .j "I thought I was." "®ut. y°« ®in*t. Thai's some "new calico in my saddle-bags that'll make you as putty a dress as you ever seed. Got red and yaller spots on it that shines like a Bunflower. Look here, little gal, thar's somethin' the matter with you and you needn't say thar ain't. Come here now." He shoved his chair back from the table and took her upon his lap. "You know thar's somethin' wrong, now, and you air jest trying" to fool me. I haven't done nothin' to hurt your feelin's, have I?" "No." "Then what is the matter? Oh, dont cry that way." She sobbed on his shoulder. "You'll make me think that I ain't the right sort of a husband, if you keep on. Mebbe I ain't, too. I'm gittin' old and grizzly, and I ain't good- lookin' nohow, while you 'pear to git puttier And puttier every day." "Bill." she said, putting her arms his neck,"you mustn't talk--you mostnt think that way. You air the lj«if"aiaa that ever lived, and if you'll ptemfee not to get mad I'll tell you what ails ma" * Why, law me, child, I couldn't get mad if I wanted to." She told him; he sat for a few mo­ ments in a silence of deep meditation, and then, with a brightening counten­ ance, said: "Why, that aint nothin' to get mad about, child. It's all right; and let me tell you that any man after seein' you a few times is bound to love you and I reckon he would bewillin'to run away with you. Why, bless my life, I'd run away with you in a minit, er haw, hawl No, indeed, honey, you kain't blame the feller for that." "And you won't say anything to him about it?" "Law me, child, HI never mention it to him; never in the world, so don't give yourself no uneasiness about that." A chilling rain was falling. Several men, including Ned Royston, were sit­ ting in Bob Talbot's store. "Yander comes Bill Hampsey," said Talbot, looking out Ned Royston moved uneasily in his chair. "Helloa, men!" Bill shouted, as he stepped up into the door, and began to stamp the mud off his feet "Sorter saft outside. Hi, Bob; glad to see you lookin' so well. Hi, Ned, and hi,% all bauds." "We're always glad to see you Bill." Ned fipoke up, "for we know that you alius fetch good humor along with you. Don't make no diffudnce how rainy or how dry--no diffnnce whuther the corns clean or in the grass, you air alius the same." "Glad you thing so, Ned." ; "We all jine him in thinkin'so," said Talbot. "Much obleeged." He stood leaning against the counter^ and, moving his hand carelessly, touched a rusty cheese knife. "Bob, what do you keep sioh a onery-lookin' knife as this, for?" " Sharp enough to cut cheese with, I reckon," Bob answered. "Yes, but that's about all. Hand me that whetrock over thar and let me whet the point Blamed if I have'nt got to be doin' somethin' all the time. Wall, fellers, I seed suthin' 'tother week while I was down in Knoxville that laid over anything I ever did see before. I went" to a theater. Ever at one, Ned?" "No, don't b'lieve I was." "Wall, now, if you've been at one you'd know it," Bill replied, industri­ ously whetting the point of the knife. "Why, it knocks a school exhibition sillier than a scorched pup, I never did see sich a show." . / "Any hossea in it?* .Bob Talbot asked. V.> • "Oli, no, it all tuck place in a house. I'll tell you how it was, (still whetting the knife). It was playin', regular per- tendlike, but it looked mighty natral. It 'pears that a rutlier * old feller had married a ruther young gal (he put the whetstone on the counter); a powerful putty gal, too. Wall, one time when the old feller wa'n't about the house, a young chap that had wanted to marry her a good while before, he come in and got to talkin' to her, and the upshot was that he wanted her to run away with him." "No," said Bob Talbot. "Yes. sir," continued old Bill," "wanted her to run smack smooth away with him. Wall, she told her husband, but he sorter laughed, he did, and 'lo%ed that he didn't blame the feller much. But the fun come after this. The old feller--stand up here, Ned, and let me show you. Hang it, stand up; don't pull back like a shyin' hoss. The old feller got him a knife 'bout like this, and be went into a room whar the young feller was. Now, you stand right thar. He walks in this way, and neither one of them says a word, but stood and looked at each other 'bout like we are d<nn', but all at once the old feller lifts up the knife this way and--thar you damned Scoundrel He plunged the knife into Ned Roy- ston's breast--buried the blade in the fellow's bosom, and, as he pulled it out, while Royston lay yn the floor, dead, he turned to his terror "stricken friends and exclaimed: "He wanted my wife to run away jvitli him, boys! If you winter hang me I'll tie the rope. You don't? Then good bye, and God bless you.".--Opie P. Read in Arkansc&u Traveler, A Strong Writer. "Stephen," said the Colonel, as re­ ported by the Arkansaw Traveler, speaking to an old negro who had come to cut the grass in the yard, "I am told that you intend to give your son a good education." "I)at's whut I does, sah. I knows whut it is ter struggle erlong without 1'arninV an' I is 'taruiined dat my son shan't travel b'ar-foot ober de same flint-rock road dat I did." "A noble resolution, Stephen. There is something beautiful in the unculti­ vated mind that has a reverence for knowledge. Is your boy learning rap­ idly!" "Ez fast ez er hoss ken trot, sah. Wy last week he writ er letter ter his aunt dat libes mo' den twenty miles frrjm vere, an' atter wliilfe he gwine write ter his udder aunt dat libes fifty, miles er- way. " Why doesn't he write to her now?" "Oh, lie kain't write so fur vit He ken write twenty miles fust rate, but I tole him not ter try ter write fifty miles till he got stronger wid his pen. But he gwine ter git dar, I tell you. Wont be mo' er year fo' dat boy ken set down at one end o' de gubernment an' write er letter cl'ar ter udder end." Discriminating. To a party travelling across the in search of Bport, the ability to dis­ tinguish between a woman and a wild animal is of Ihe first importance. An incident in the journey of Lord Dufferin and his suit across the continent a few years ago brings this truth plainly to mind. While passing across a plain, out of sight of all signs of human beings, an antelope stood within a few yards of the train looking at it go by. A number of ns saw the animal, and called to the next car in order that the Governor- general and Lady Dufferin might look out . The was a sudden rush to their win­ dow, but no antelope was then in sight. The train had gone swiftly on, and by the time they had reached the window, their car was passing a solitary woman dressed in modern fashion, with a veil over her face and a sunshade in her hand. A disgusted member of Lord Duf­ ferin's staff ejaculated, "Oh, nonsense! > hat's a woman, not an antelope!" THE court bouse is not necessarily a ! bad place because so manv plaintiff . stories are heard there.--Pittsburgh J Chronicle. ' HO W TO CONTROL HIM. * Stubborn A-lima), bat <JHK B# 'Conqnered by a Woman. How to control man is a nice but not a*1'difficult problem. The" average man, and it is folly to waste time on one be­ low average intelligence and culture, is mentally and morally amenable to im­ provement He is a well-meaning, pig­ headed, thonghtless creature, but he is fearless, loyal, and responsive to good influences. Civilization has made man 'a waning animal, aggressive and dom­ ineering. It was once a measure of physical strength between man and man, now it is a measurement of brain against brain. Men, tdnce time began, have heard themselves and that for which they stood reviled aha abused. Men are used to opposition. Antag­ onism spurs them on, rouses the fight. Antagonism only hastens the evil it would divert. Men are unused to kind­ ness. Admiration tickles them and praise bewilders them. The man who goes to battle mighty in the armor of his wrath is laid low when his enemy burns incense instead of powder. The foundation of matrimonial comfort mnst be laid at the very beginning. Nowhere is delay so dangerous. Solomon, to whom we are all indebted, never said a wiser thing than "Wiioso ruleth his spirit is greater than he who taketli a city." Consequently a quick and ex­ acting or a jealous, selfish or Billy wo­ man must lose the dfty and put up with an irritable and indifferent hus­ band. Praise at the right time?and for the right thing is the secret of power over man. This praise, however, must not be thrown out in discriminate! v. or in solid chunks. It must be opportune and delicately minced and seasoned. One does not fish for crabs with a quar­ ter of beef. Just as much as a crab ean grasp at one time is the rule. A woman must not only hold between herself and her lord the velvet shield of silence and patience, but* she must en­ circle his neck with a silken lasso of di- Slomatic speech. Being unused to all attery and pruise, he is necessarily susceptible. Don't flatter a man on his personal appearance. The moment you make him conscious of good looks you have developed the poser or the masher. Assure him tenderly, however, that, though not an Apollo, his appearance suits yon. Point out to him the weak­ ness of other men, and tell him how grateful you are for his freedom from such faults. Hold up before him your ideal as reflected in himself. It"will stir his plastic soul with gratitude and develop in liim a mad desire to be what you have painted him. When he occa­ sionally drops, gets cross, refuses a rea­ sonable request, or comes home late, don't rail or weep, because you have suffered. Simply look the patient martyr, betray no feeling save disap­ pointment in this sign of his weakness. He will be consumed with regret and scramble back to the place on the ped­ estal.-- Washington Post. What Frightened Them. We lived not far from the shore of Lake Superior, writes a correspondent, our family consisted of father, "mother, Mary, and myself. One winter's even­ ing father went down town and I fol­ lowed not long afterward^ Mother and sister Mary, aged 11, were left in the house alone. Mary is naturally timid, and after I went out she made the rounds of the house and saw that the doors were all locked. Both had some sewing in hand and all was quiet until suddenly there came a knock at the door. "What's that"?* asked Mary, fright­ ened. Her mother gave her a reassuring look and went to the door. There was a neighbor's boy who had come to bor­ row our torch, a relic of the last politi­ cal Campaign. He was told that he could* have it if he would climb up among the rafters in the wood-shed and get it.* To this he readily consented, and all went into the shed. The torch was secured in a few minutes, the boy departed and the door again locked. ^ Mother and Mary returned to the sit­ ting-room and the sewing was again taCken up. About ten minutes after­ ward a note on the piano was struck. Mary ran to her mother for protection and looked up at her a^ if again asking, "What's that?" Mother thought of rob­ bers, tramps and everything else of the kind, and then remembered that the door had remained unlocked while they were in-the shed. She fully expected to find a man in the next room, wher - the piano was, when she took up the lamp and said: "We will go and see.e She tried to dispel her fears on Mary'" account, and succeeded pretty well uns til they were near the door, when an­ other note sounded. It was with diffi­ culty that she held the lamp in her hands. Just as the door was reached there were three notes struck in suc­ cession. When inside the doorway there was a dull thud--as our old fttom- cat jumped from the piano stool and struck the floor. It was he who had caused all the fright, yet he looked as innocent then as he does now,lying on the desk, his eyes partially closed and watching the move­ ment of my pen. The night was a cold one, and Jumbo, for that is his name, was doubtless looking for a nice place to sleep. He jumped on the stool, but that did not suit his fancy, and he con­ cluded that he would go higher. He put out his paw and it rested on one of the keys. His weight pressed down the key and made the sound. Picking an Inspector's Pocket- Very few people would believe that Inspector Byrnes has ever been "worked by a pickpocket" says the Keiv York World, but such is the case, and what is more, he lost fkis fine gold chrono­ meter for a little while. It was just after the big street railway tie-up had been successfully ended,and New York's own Vidocq was enjoying a little re­ creation with the newspaper reporters who cover police headquarters and chronicle its daily happenings. Pick­ pockets and the part they had takes in working the big crowds which were oongregated to witness the fights be­ tween the strikers and the police was the subject under discussion. "Tell me, inspector," said" one of the young men, with an innocent, insinuating smile, as he sidled up close to Hie in­ spector, "isn't it a very easy matter to spot these gentry whenever you meet them?" Lazily flourishing his partly oonsumed Perfecto in the direction of so much reportorial ignorance, and transfixing him with a withering glance, the inspector said: "You just bet it ain't, young fellow. Why, they're the sleekest ducks out of jail, and there ain't any "way to spot 'em till you catch 'em right in the act There's nobody too slick to be caught napping, either. Take my advice, gen­ tlemen, and keep a close look out for your watch and money when you strike a crowd, whether at church, at theater, on race course, or elevated platform." "You don't mean to say you would be afraid of losing your watch in a crowd, do youl" said the young man, as he edged up a little closer to the inspector. ** Well, I wouldn't be too sure of that," hd replied. At this the innocent young man seemed satisfied and started to go, but a significant smile passed over the face of one or two of the other reporters. The inspector suspected that something was up and ran his hand into his vest pooket His fine gold chronometer was gone, and nothing but chain and ring was left It had been "rung." The boys had their little latigh on the Inspector, who gave them something more substantial to smile over, and none of them ever thought it worth while to write the story, but it is true, every word of it And the reporter who picked his pocket is one of his best friebds. How a Congressman Lives. "For a congressman to live in the capital--that is, to make oven a very mediocre figure in society he must spend an amount equal to at least, twice his salary," says Gen. E. S. Osborne. "I should think that $15,000 a year would hardly go fur in giving a man anything like a prestaff. I mean, of course, the average obiiR't^mati, the person who hat neither brilliancy or social standing to commend him. It is a fact, and a regretablo one, that a con­ gressman is measured by the money he spends, not by his ability or merit Take the average congressman who en­ deavors to live within his modest salary and he lives in a very unpretentious way. A cheap boarding house, say from $8 to $10 per week, (a boarding house equal to a clerk's boarding house in Philadelphia), is his temporary home. His social life is a narrow one, as must necessarily be the life of a rep­ resentee who has no wealth to squan­ der. He is a fit prey of the lobvist, an easy subject for shrewd jobbers, for he sees the others living in clover, and knows that it is within his reach, and temptation is not always resisted. But take it all in all the congressman does not always live 'high.' Very few, if any, save any money out of their salary. It is possible for a man to live, but his standing is impared and his prospects damaged beyond repair. There is no reason why a man could not live within his means beyond that of social pleas­ ure. . • Bfcorded in the Bible. Apropos of the opening of school the following story is told: Among the ap­ plicants for permit was a very young child, accompanied by his Scotch mother* The committee objected to granting the child requisite authority for entering school, on the ground that he did not appear to have reached the required age for admission. The mother stoutly affirmed that <^he child was 5 years old, but could not give the year in which the child was born, her memory not being a reliable one so far as dates were concerned; still Rear­ gued that the child was old enough to go to school and should be given a per­ mit. At last the cofnmitteeman, wish­ ing to be assured of the point of the child's age, told the mother that she would have to bring the Bible contain­ ing the record of the child's age to him before he would feel free to decide. The next day, armed with the desired authority in the shape of a cheap edi­ tion of the Testament, she triumphantly led the little fellow again into the pres­ ence of the committeeman, and handing the latter the book with the air of one who had borne down all oppo­ sition, pointed to ft fly-leaf on which was scrawled: "Sandy is 5 years old." The child got a permit, for there was no denying so ingenious a mother as that--Boston Budget. He Conld Watch the Ants on Holidays. "•Shakey, Shakey!" cried old Diakle- man. "Here I am, fader," said Jakey as he came into the store rubbing his eyes. "Shakey," Went on the old man, "you vill never be rich if you don't learn to be industrious. By industrious, we thrive, don't it? Don't be lazy. Vhat did I tell you yesterday ? Go by der ant, dow sluggard; consider her v%ys und be vise, ain't id?" ^ "Yes, farder; dat's vhat you said," answered Jakey mekely. "Veil, vliere you vasyust now? Up­ stairs sleeping?" "No, farder, I vas In the back yard, out by der hammock--* "Asleep by der hammock!" inter­ rupted Dinkleman. "Oh, Shakey, Shakhy, vhat vill you ever come to?" "But, farder, let me finish," pleaded Jakey' "I vas in der hammock, vatch- ing der ants and considering her vayB." Dinkleman scratched his head re­ flectively, and then simply said, "Oh!" Jakey started for the baok yard again with a smile of victory on his face when his father called: "Shakey, go outside und call in some customers! You can vatch der ants . on holidays." Considerate. Mr. and Mrs. Mettler went up to Chicago from their prairie home in In­ diana for the purpose of adopting an-or­ phan boy, as they had no children of their own. They returned without the boy they had gone to find, and one of their neighbors questioned them. "Didn't seem to find no orphans in Chicago, wanting to be adopted, eh?" "Plenty," replied Mrs. Mettler, ea­ gerly. "There was three I liked at the Foundlings' Home, and six splendid boys at the Home for the Friendless, and two others at--" "That just it to a T," interrupted her husband. "We went to town to adopt one boy, but my wife, couldn't take her pick out of eleven of 'em that she took a liking to." "Why didn't you take 'em all?" said the visitor, with a smile. "Oh, I wouldn't have objected per- tickler to bringing the whole lot of 'em home, but it would have been thirteen at table, and you- know what that's « sign of. And I, for one," with a smile, "didn't want to be the means of de­ priving an orphan of me as a parent, if onot I'd been to the bother of adopting 'em. It stands to reason, now don't it?" An Infallible Specific. "The actual crisis of the disease is past" said the physician in a whisper to the anxious watchers as he left the patient's bedside, "but it is my duty to tell you that unless he can have about ten hours of natural, wholesome sleep his system will not recover from the strain it has undergone. In his ex­ hausted condition I dare not adminis­ ter any drug as an opiate. Is--is there a copy of the London Times in the house?" , "There is." -- -? ••••,-•!< "Then read to him ft short selection from the editorial page!" exclaimed the doctor joyfully, as he took his hat and gloves and left the apartment with » light heart and a springing step.--CM- i cago Tribune. ' Secret Agents of Foreign Ifatim. It is a fact not generally known thai • number of foreign governments keep at the American capital secret repre­ sentatives, themselves Americans, whose duty it is not only to watch the American Government but to keep an eye upon the Ministers and legations sent here by their employers. These secret agents are usually men who have held high official positions under the United States Government, giving them a great advantage in procuring information. The diplomatic repre­ sentative of a Government is expected to attend to all official matters; the secret agent keeps his employer in­ formed concerning the latest gossip, social, political, diplomatic, military, naval, in which that Government may take interest. Sevellon Brown, for­ merly chief clerk of the State Depart­ ment, is the secret representative of France in Washington. John W. Fos­ ter, formerly United States Minister to Mexico and Russia, represents both these countries here, Mexico as an at­ torney, with an annual salary of $25,000, and Russia as secret agent, with a salary said to be $10,000 a year. Spain, Germany, China and Chili are other countries which hire bright Americans to help watch their inter­ ests in this capital.--Washington let- Philadelphia News. i*' Only One Bottle. , . ^ FowWitm. Ind., August S3, Bheumatiu Syrup Co.. Jackson. Mich.: GENTLEMEN: Havinct suffered sovareljr for some time with rheumatism, so that I Was unable to work. Messrs. breie" & Bro. recommende d Ilibhard s Rheumatic Syrup. After takincc one bottl.i I was entirely cured. I have reeommended your remedies fre­ quently to my t lends with like results. L. C. ZotxiNOsa. Ask your druggist for it We have personal knowledge that tile above statement is correct. DREIER & BRO., Druggists. In Questionable Shape. After the Liberty County troubles, in which a false Savior led the colored people away from their work. Mclvor, the colored member from Liberty--a Chesterfield in black--was asked by Gov. Gordon to report on the situa­ tion. He said: "I knew, my Excellency, that it was' not our Savior when he first appeared. My Bible tells me, my Excellency, that when the Savior comes again He will come in pomp and glory. This pretended Savior came, my beloved, in a bobtail sack coat, with a plug hat, and with a chew of tobacco in his mouth, sir."--Atlanta Constitution. -- _iu Very Unbecoming. Ix»T»ly tints in the wrong place an reft of their charm, A lemon-coloted ooanteimace --the peculiar endowment of our pig-tailed brethren who "hit the pipe"--is unbecoming. It suggest bile going astray, and the inferenoe la correct Pain beneath the ribs and shoulder blades, constipation, dyspepsia, furred tongue, and sick headaches supplement this indication of the bilious. For liver complaint and its multifarious symptoms, Hostettor'a Stomach Dittereis an iniallible specific. It relaxes the bowels sufficiently, but -without, griping or vio­ lence. To the secretion of bile it gives a due impulse, but banishes an excess of that saffron- colored principle from the blood, fciick head­ aches, soumees or the lircttiVi And fnr upon the tongue disappear when it i« used. It "renews digest ion, fortifies the system against malaria, counter acta a rheumatic tendency, auU niiiiiiiiirs inaction of the kidneys. t - Front Sleepytoirn. • ( Tenderfoot (visiting Oklahoma)--Is this what vou call a town ? Editor--Certainly. We've got a ho­ tel, a saloon, a faro bank, a real-estate office, a newspaper, and a doxology shop. What more do jqxl want to make a town? Vs • "Where are'they? T "Bight here in this tent. "Where's your eyes ? Come from Philadelphia, didn't you ? You wani to wake up." Town Topics. Some Foolish People Allow a cough to run until it get* bevond the reach of medicine. Thoy often say, "Oh. it will wear uway," but in most cases it w4ars thom away. Could they bo induced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a positive guaran­ tee to cure, they would immediately see the exeollent effect after taking the first dose Price 50c and $1.0J. Trial site free. At all Druggists'.' Must Hare Been Eve's Apple. A Brockton lady, whose husband is foreman of a stitching-room, made a rather remarkable find a few days ago. She was slicing apples, and in the cen­ ter of one that was otherwise perfectly sound lay a coil of, something that looked like the mainspring of a watch. It proved to be a hair snake, and was about as large round as a needle and nine inches long. The reptile became active, and its head and eyes could be seen with a microscope. Now, how did that snake come to be in the apple l--Brockton Enterprise. Hibbard'8 Rheumatic and Liver Pills. These Pills are scientifically compounded, uniform In action. No griping pain so com­ monly following the use ol pills. They aro adapted to both adults und children with perfect safety. We guarantee they have no equal in the cure of Sick Headacrte. Con­ stipation, Dy.'pep^ia. Biliousness; and, as an appetizer, they excel any other prepara­ tion. Rich and pretty American girls are in demand in London, says an English paper. We should think they would be. They are in demand here, 4oo. WASHING POWDERS are strong alkalies, and ruin clothes. The purest soap obtainable Is the best and cheapest. Dobbins' Electrio Boap has been acknowledged for 24 years to be t&c purest of &IL Try it riffht MFCC-USIS 0F1M F., uost m cu Aim ftwan ONE STUDY. MnmoN no* "You are now like a book," said the black Sultan to the chained pris­ oner, "because you are bound in Mo­ rocco." ^ _____ A Beavtlfal Picture Trmm. For a 2-cent stamp (to pay post*** and wrapping) we will ma>il a panel photo­ gravure of our popular picture, "Kissing at Seven. Seventeen, and Seventy." Address the makers ol the great anti-bile remedy, "Bile Beans." 3. F. Smith Si Co.. St. Louis. Missouri. Oregon, tlie Paradise of Farmers. Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant erops. Beat fruit, grain, grass, and stock coun­ try in the world. Full information free. Addreea the Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon. WHIT farpiers do not make the prices on their produce, and a definite p!an how they can--and make farming pay. Pamphlet 10 cents. Address Lock Box 620, Hew Mil- ford, Conn! Old smokers prefer "Tansill's Punch" 6c. Cigar to most 10-centers. J Aj T pp-)-,-- Tn r ||,||„, •Sail the Froxite PreMrfo&oa,* *•' ,, How the happy T©lce» bwod. % "Wondarful beyond dMoriptfcm-- - . Woman's beat and traMtfrienf.*, Well may it be called woman's beet Mend, since it does for her what no ether remedy has been able to do. It cim s all those deli­ cate derangements and weaknesses peculiar to females. Cures them, understand. Other 'reparations may afford temporary relief, ut Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription effects a permanent oure. It is guarantied to do this, or the money paid for It will be promptly refunded. It is the great remedy of the age. THS worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter of how long standing, is permanently ouredby Dr. 8age's Catarrh Eemedy. Miss AMANDA DELMAS is one of the most successful sugar planters in Lou­ isiana. Being thrown upon her own resources, she undertook the manage­ ment of the plantation that belonged to her, and personally inspects and directs the gangs of workmen. MANY A man's work getB a week be­ hind by his having a weak back. The best cough medicine is rise's Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c. PATENTS Pa'm ŜchEs ano.PERMA^! BALTO'MD ELY'S CREAM BALM !• the beat remedy for chiUlrtn | •uffering from COLD IS HEU. SNUFFLES CATARRH. Apply Balm into each nostril. XLY BROS., M Warren St., N. Y. f Will enrp Blood Poison whpra , j- . mercury fails. Ownedaudfor •ft only by Ooolt llemedy Co.. Omaha, Neb. Write. MENTION THIS FAFER win wiitini to iimmma. Habit. The only Pfrlaiq and easy cure. Dr. i. L. _ MENTION THIS LETTERS FROM HELL Host wonderful reHg ions book. Exciting, interesting. Sold everywhere. Price r<«e. W'M.T.Hunter, Pub., N.Y. UENTIOX THIS I'AFEIE wmniNa Tu iimmm ill UnilR ">a«le l»y our Agents. AH miUIi TUB I>lt PERKINS MKDICAt C O., Richmoud, Va. OPIUM $25 fcMsim MST1U.E8.I, mail. Stowi>HCoti ObMJcstowa, Mass, MKMTlON THIS PAi'bu wauM wuriit* TO AUTI To handle Article pvery stove ... __ requires. Itetaila $4.<>0;8aTO» (er moufti". Mli-t establish County Agencies, Sample* sent, expressage prepaid, ou receipt of |2.?5. MOKKY MFG. CO., W«ukoslia, Wis. KKNTION THIS PAPER wran w*rri~« to miimiti. CHADWICK'S MANUAL. 7 tn. x H in. 70 paces. Il!itm'»>:: e<! i*«»vcrt _..l>liealioli em-losilin o (ie ) Hlainp, by addressing THEODORE HOLLAND. P. 0. Box 120, Philada., Pa. BASE BALL Fteo's Remedy for Catarrh to the Best, Easiest to trae, and Cheapest C A T A R R H Sold by druggists or sent by mall. 50c. £. T. Hazeltine, Warrea, Pa. I HIGHLAND PARK, ILL, MOBraWI8TKKR MILITARY ACADEMY, MRHcim ftuanairrcEBTe nr PKwrtCT WITHOUT niweida 9FREES by return mall fan dencrlpthr* circalaraofMOOBT^BCTfijl" OS MM W nun CIRUA Any lady of ordinary tnteUt- aence can eaaily and qalckhr learn to cot and make aay an*, meat. In any atyle U> HITKWI^ ure for lady or chlid. AMnta MOODY4CO CmCtNNAtt.aT 'Jd A S T H M A . Pothem's Belief in . WM . GLJM inxxK . Oukoh 111.,writes: "I to ait. np an how f hope the nvented'" " years. invented tbe Sr k have everlasting •kirn (iod'l blesgiiia Uvea." Soldby ail •t par box by mail _ _ _ 7 ri/i t Ad ___ T, POPH.VM. i HI LtMUIU, JUNES, HE PAYS THE e-TON WACOM SCALES* suxm BSASSTABlJ Freight paid. Warranted forSTa Afleata Waited. Bead far Term. F A R M E R S ' Ban aad Wanknw Scale*. /OHM OF BIHOHAMTON BiagtaKta^KT. KIimON THIS PAPU F=?QF=> TREATED TOKE.- Positively Cured with Vegetable Itamdiea. Have eared many thousand cases. prenounced hopeless by the best physieia&s. first doae symptoms rapidly disappear, MMt 1 days at leapt two-thirds of all s.vmptoma I Send for free book of testimonial* of cures. Ten days treatment foralahed fi If you order trial, send iO cent* In «f postage. DK. H. H. GREEN & SONS. THIS GREAT TUBULAR WELL AND PROSPECTING MACHINE SELF 6lEANIM6a CATAL0IBI FREE, LOOKS & MI1IX, TIFFIN. OHIO. f V YOIT WISH « |-- I REVOLVER. purchase one of tbe cele­ brated SMITH & WESSON arm a. The finest mi all arma ever manufactured aad the first rfc ~f sH eiperta. (TWHH m iwkat w*rl> Manufactured in calibres 33,3SandM-100. Siti ~ Hami I eati ally t eunr are often~aold for~ the ̂ nuina articl __ _ _ .... . imerl<«a and 'argct models. Constructed entirely of best« Ity vrrouirht ateel. careftilly inepactad Dar clanship and stock, tnejr are durability and ateiracy 11< fie or double action, Safety 'argot models. I wrought anshipand • iivahllity a . cheap malleable cast-!ran i often aold for Malaria Is believed to be caused by poisonoi arising from low, marshy land or from decaying vegetable matter, and which, breathed into tbe lunga, enter and poison the blood. If a healthy condition of the blood«is maintained by *«W"t Hood's Barsaparilla, one is much less liable to malaria, and Hood's Sarsaparilla ha^ owed many severe cases of this distressing affection. , H. B. U you decide to take Hboi'i flaia»fi>Tlll> do not be induced to buy any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared ooiy fcV C. I. HOOD ft CO- Lowell. KX) Doses One Dollar onlv mireliaiiV. (but WESSON Rrvoivcrw are ail etami and are gu a rant red perfect iamif sift ui«>n having tbe genuine article, and angeroua. i all ataraped i__. rela with firm"? name, addreea and datae of ] MAI DRILLS dealer cannot supply you an ord«r sent to below will receive prompt and cartful afc Descriptive catalojrae and prlcea furnished upon t nation. SMITH & WESSON, W Mention thi* paper. MprlagleM. Mm a [Se»d 3 Oct* for mailing catalogues wttfi particulars! •^CAfiPCNTE R ST. AND CARROLL AVt/ MENTION THIS P* VKH ^MOTHERS jPK.falEND'v Sf* TO ure op AiuiuicHF^ w .. _ uniiwwa--- i Mil BRAuFIEUl REGULATOR COL taio BY ALL OKUSUi WHY YOU SHOULD USE SCOTT'S EMULSION wOOD lilVER- Oil, to „ HYPOPHOSPMIT1S. It Is Palatable as Milk. : r ' It is three times as efficacious as plain Cod Liver Oil. Zt is far superior to all othar so- called Emulsions. It is a perfect Emulsion, does not . separate or change. It is wonderful as a flesh producer. It is the best remedy for Consump-* tion, Scrofula, Bronchitis, Wast­ ing Diseases, Chronic Cough and Colds. Bold by aB Jpruggisf*. ,;?V. •, * 1 * • -a! WIDE-AWAKE TRADESMEN STESe k BEBSBE "SUCKER have learned by exsarienee that the oaly wataipreof coat they aaa tell te a cowhey or hunter is the Pommel Slicker with the " Fish Brand" Trade Mark on it They are th* btat waterproof saddle coats ever made. They keep the saddle, the horse's back, and th* rider thoroughly dry aad warm. No saddle sorts from the gifting ol a waC saddle. When ustd as a walking coat, the ex­ tension front buttons back, and the Slicker is changed at Mice to an ordinary coat. Just try •one, ihey cost but little and will prevent colds, ' fevers, rheumat.sm, ar.d other re«uhs to expwvre !U. the weather. Beware of worthless imitations, ©verv gaanant stamoed with 14 frish Brand p Trade Mark. Don't accept aay inferior coat when yoa can have the " Ftth Brand Slicker" delivered •without extra cost Particulars and illastntad cat­ alogue free. 'A. J. TOWER, - Boston, A FIRST-CLASS MACHINE! Warranted for Flvs fears by the Maw ALL OF THE LATEST ATTACHMENTS Ml» IMPROVEMENTS. ST1XE AND FINISH. Ornamented Head on Iron Stand. Drop-beatBfe ble of Walnut, Oil-polislied, with patent drop^aaf Rapport: Gothic Cover, with Veneered Panel*. OM# of two Drawers, with Lock. Veneered Fronts MtV elexant Nickel-Plated L>!'op Kiu« Handles. ACCESSORIES. Bach Machine is furuisht ti with One Foot Tfai mer, One Screw Driver. One Wrench. One Oil Can and Oil. One Gauge, One Uaioie Screw. One Extra Throat Plate, One Extra Check Sin-ing, One Package at Noo­ dles, Six Bobbin*, and One Instruction Book. ATTACHMENTS. In addition to the above list of aocaaaotlea, w» tarnish with each Machine Oue Tucker, Om Foot Kuffler, One Bet of Hate Hemwers. Ove different widths up to of an inch. One Uiudaz, and t&tit- Thread Cutter. . A LIBERAL OFFER. „ We will send to-any person that remits as * ofice or Express Money Order, Bank Draft. Cash in a Registered Letter, for FOUKTJEKNi LABS. THE I'lIIt AUO LEDGKR «wyi.. for ONE I EAR, and one of the above-deacciil SewinK Machines. The machine will be carafoUy packed in a substantial wooden crate, shipped by tre-.Klit over the most direct route, unless ordered shipped by express. Everv lady in need of a good, reliable Sewing chine should take sdvuntage of this offer aad auto-- at the manufacturers' wholesale price, whica on- not be obtained in any other manger. Writer Town, Comity, and State ySaiuly and addraaa CHICAGO LEDGER, *71 FrankMa St Chlcairo. III. C.N. V . CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PIULS. sted Croaa Diamond Biaad. 1 cmlj reUabt*jrfl* fcr SttRiaNl ' Moot* 9mtStila. Hit & JLa4i<Nt i. _ Bhum, in ted imaUto •Ilk biatriUm. Tak*M« (.tamp*) ter pertteelere «M latha" 1m MMr, by ~ I praaertba aad MDr» dorse K| Q aa Um oatr " - tht MNk O H.INORAHAK.M. D., " " " K. T. apeciflc for the oettaia cara of thia dtaeaaa. Amsterdam, We hava aold Bt* S lcr many veara, and It na* nKtvaa the beat at mtiw "D^RJ'DTCK E * Oft. Chicago. UL .tO. Sold DroseWB . • i •-.j - "M fe -¥, r. l. , f >t,.. J*J, --J* WHEN WRITING TO ADYERRISKBSL » v pleaae aar to* mw tke wberOieiatal In thf» iiuper Best Cough Medicine. Recommended by Phvsiciam. Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to the . Children take it without objection. By druggists. \ '*• 'A* J J