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. _ J'IE4'LFMK 0M> jHff limHTTTtT' ; Mh a pows bonnet, white cotton gloves, and a blue calico dress stepped up t& the tioket wagon, laid down 25 cents, and held out her hand for a tioket. ; "Fifty cents, ma'am," said the wagon man. * "I'm a widder," she replied. ; "Can't help that," ' "Been a widder fur thirteen years." "Yes, but tha price of a ticket Is 50 t "Buried two children sense I was a bidder." "That makes no difference." • . v, She picked up her 25 cents and took a walk around and stopped at the wagon again to hand it up and say: "Gimme a ticket to the show." ! "Fifty cents, ma'am," replied the man. 1 "But Tm a widder," • "You told me that before, but we iiake no discount to widows.3 "They never pass the contri*bushun box to me in church, 'cause I'm a wid­ der. Bin a widder fur thirteen years." jp "Well, you couldn't buy a ticket for * 25 cents if you had beefi a widow for thirty years," he said as he turned f- 'away. |v: She picked up her two bits and jjp. traveled around the circus tent and $?: stopped at the wagon for the third ^ TIME. p: " Ticket fur a widder," she said as she H...handed up her 25 cents." f* ' "Look here, ma'am!" shouted the £. man, "haven't I told you that the price F' , Was 50 cents, and that you couldn't buy a ticket for less?" "Bin a widder fur thirteen years," 'she calmly replied. "I don't care if you have been a widow from the cradle ,up! Don't bother me any more!" She took her money and went off in t|ie direction of the side show, where tne fat boy was on exhibition, and I entered the circus tent. I had not been seated over five minutes when some­ thing from beneath the seats pulled at my leg and a voice whispered: "Stranger, hitch along to the left and give a widder a show!" I not only hitched, but assisted the ttle old woman in the poke bonnet to imb up beside me. When she had got her oreath, I asked: "Did the man sell youa ticket fortwo bits?" "No. He got no compassion on wid- Gers." "Then how did you get in?" . "Same as I always do. Bin a widder fur thirteen years, and I've crawled under the canvas twelve seasons. Do yo un.feel like buyin' a lone widder a glass of that air lemonade?" "" Cengbt In the Tolls ©f that larking foe, chills and (ever, we oftet Struggle vainly to free ourselves from Its alntch. Palliatives there are without number, but If you want a real remedy, as of course you do If afflicted with this abominable mal­ ady, hasten to procure and persistently use- llostetter'B Stomach Bitters. *If you follow Ijhis suggestion, permanent restoration to liealth will reward you. Every form of mala- jrial disease is permanently eradicated by the Bitters, which is likewise a reliable safeiruard aliiet maladies of this type. Not alone on lis continent, but throughout the tropics, it justly regarded as a complete antidote to sasma poison in atr and water. No lees ef- ective Is it for disorders of the stomach, tver and bowels, rheumatism, kidney com­ plaints and nervousness. No one sojourning a malarious region, or who is subjected to outdoor exposure in rough weather, or to ex­ cessive mental or physical strain, should b« Without this fine defensive tonic. .dfresstki t island iweUiM mod low, whsrs fcha gUntlng moonb«m|| • pun and white M snow. X tbooght it stronf and stately, Aad sSd, "My castle stands As firm aa the gray towers In far off olden lands, Wfcwro their fair terraced An gemmed by golden eands." inln I said, _ Will vainly beat around The cai UPON T: Vov It i The tempest > c&etle tall and grace! . the iele 1 found, t is built so steadfast Upon the solid ground." I Kangaroo Statistics. , There are no native kangaroos except On the continent of Australia. That Country contains about 11,000,000 of them. Over 1,000,000 skins are shipp to the United States for use in boot- making. Each skin will make about lour paifs of ordinary sized shoes. •V DEW is the greatest respecter of colors. To prove this take pieces of fcflass or boards and paint them red, Jellow, green, and black. Expose them t night, and you will find that the yellow will be covered with moistui that the green will be damp, but the FED and black will be left perfectly dry. . . Heine's Barcasm, V Heine.said of Savoye, a mediocre diplomat appointed embassador to Frankfort by Lamartine in 1848: "Ordi­ narily he is insane, but he has lucid Inoments, when he is only stupid." 3 I' you are troubled with malaria take jjoecbam's Pills. A positive specific, nothing like it. 25 cents a box. ' SOMTE stars are so distant that, trav­ eling 200,000 miles a second, their light requires 14,000 years to reach the earth. it The sunlight fell upon It, fad there it seemed, to b«L, » 0.0TO fair, more ^rai.d an# staWI^ While far around tlw sea , Bniiled like a thing of glaanass, From every sorrow free. The days went on, an3 fancy Still twined its goktan thread. While warp aud woof together A fairy garment made. Which round my airy castle By unseen hands was spread. - > -JSj. I know not how It hapxtenad. But one dark, cloudy day. ||Y flir VHT*!8U0D| Wnile all around me lay The sea, o'er which my lite boat Was speeding fast away. She island, too, had Oxlt&k Beyond my longing view,; - Bnb its stately palm irssif Were lost in the dim olua, - ,; And 1 was swiftly Mailing ' In waters rouga und new; 81nce then my eyes have never Hbe gay, sweet island seen, -With its tali, gilded castle And feathery palm tree* green. Or the blue pulsing waters Crowned with their wavv sheen. V German Syrup Justice of the Peace, Gecwge Wil- Jdnson, of Lowville, Murray Co., tMiim., makes a deposition concern­ ing a severe cold. Listen to it. "In the Spring of 1888, through ex­ posure I contracted a very severe cold that settled on my lungs. This •was accompanied by excessive night sweats. One bottle of Boschce's German Syrup broke up the cold, night sweats, and all and left me in a good, healthy condition. I can give German Syrup my mostearaest commendation." O HIGHLY ENDORSED. The Professor of Physiological Cham-, Istry at Yale College says: "IJtnd Kick- , a p o o I n d i a n S a f w a t o i e a n e x t r a c t o f . Moots, Barkt awl Herb* qf h'aim ail* Htm-' glial Action, without any mineral #r other ( harmful atimixt ur*s, I Klckapoo Indian Sagwa Is the grand­ est Liver, Stomach, Blood and Nerve Bemedy Known. Cleanses, Purifies, and Renovates every part of the human system. All Brug- fclsts, »1 a bottle -- C Bottles for $5. This Trade Vaiklsoniheheit WATERPROOF COAT SLSSISSS1 1° World T ^ A. J. TOWER. BOSTON. MASS. " Now 87--9 g, N, V. PlsM Remedy «H catarrh U the Bwt. Easiest to Uw». and Cheapest CATA R R M SoM hy druggtsta orj MB. WLT.: S®'-<iSS¥ Perhaps when years have folde^f ***$ Tbeit" silent wings to reBt, " r;T^gp: When life's dim sun is sinking " Down in the placid west, •; Tbe days will journey backwaiA That seemed of life the best. Perhaps, when angel ftngera Shall llrmly clasp my liuud, To lead mtj whero no Ir-uipest Disturbs the peaceful land, Toe castle tuat 1 UuiWod Will grace the goldeu strand. ---Waverly Magazine. FATE OF THE SLAVER. During the second war betweio England and the United States slave- trading was an important industry, and at times whole fleets of slave ships were upon the ocean, carrying their • cargoes of human beings to various ports. I'he institution of slavery was not then condemned by all civilized nations, and, while a few looked upon it as a brutalizing and demoralizing work, the majority sanctioned it by their practice, or at least by their silence. The slave traders confined their operations chiefly to tbe coast of Africa, and very few excursions into the interior were attempted. The wild, untutored savages of the coast districts soon learned to distrust and hate the white men woo came to their shores in the white-winged ships. Homes and villages had been desolated so many times by the bru­ tal slavers that the surviving mem­ bers of the tribes entertained nothing but revenge for their natural ene­ mies. Every ship that landed upon the coast was surveyed with susp.cion by the blacks. Sailors cast upon the shore from some shipwreck were con­ sidered the natural prey of the sav­ ages, and they tortured the unfortu­ nate ones until death relieved them. NO one could blame the blacks for such cruel work, for they had been taught lessons of savagery from the white visitors to their shores which eclipsed anything of their invention. They had been enticed upon the foreign ships, and carried away into slavery; others had been promised great rewards if they would bring ivory to the wbites, and then, their ivory and their own lives had been treacherously taken. Tne plastic natives soon learned to adopt the tricks and deceit ot the white slavers. If they could induce the slavers into the interior they would fall upon them with malignant ferocity, and scatter the swamps and tablelands with their bones. During the war of'1812, an Ameri­ can privateer, the Stranger, was cruising along the African coast, in­ tent upon destroying British com­ merce and ships in those foreign waters. There had been long days of intense heat and nights<of restless sleep, as the privateer flowed through the warm, tropical SEAS, and the seamen were feeliog the express­ ing influence of the sun more THAN ever before. The coast was low and level, cov­ ered with a rich, luxuriant verdue, but there seemed to be no good an­ choring-place. The ship's supply of water was running low. and THE burn­ ing lips of the sailors had not touched the fresh, cool spring water for weeks. It was decided to stop at the first cove, or river mouth, that should meet, to send a party ashore to fill the water casks. All through the ^ prow wtta SWUI14 arauna, AND IN a few minutes SH« glided ato&FFNDE of the Mack slayer. Gimppliag-irons were thrown out Im­ mediately, and the two vessels were locked together. The crew of the Stranger clambered upon her decks, and surveyed the field of action. No one came for­ ward to meet them, and it seemed as if TBE ship was completely deserted. When the crew were nearly all on board, a commotion suddenly startled them. The hatches were removed, and a horde of black Africans Issued from the cabins of the ship like an army of rats. Their numbers seemed countless, and their wild yells made the seamen shudder. The savages were armed to the teeth with spears, dubs, and stone- axes, but they had no tirearms. Brandishing their weapons over their heads they rushed upon the demoral­ ized whites, and threatened to ex­ tinguish them completely. But a few orders from the Yankee Captain brought the men into a com­ pact mass. They retreated behind the forward cabin, where they could get prrtection from the flying missies. A murderous explosion of carbines and pistols broke forth and checked the advancing hordes of blacks. The seamen were accustomed to sudden changes, and like the trained veterans that they were they loaded and fired as rapidiv as possible. The slaughter was terrific, and for every savage that was killed two ffiore seemed to issue from the hold in the ship to cake his place. The fighting became general and continued for some time. The savages had overestimated their strength, and the battle soon de­ cimated their numbers so terribly CHAT the others lost courage The sailors closed in upon them and grad­ ually forced them into the sea. The black heads moved through the water towards the shore, where they were met by countless others of their tribe. The battle on the slaver, however, was only preliminary to the day's work. The snore was now crowded with savages, and small canoes and crafts were floating around on every side. The entrance to the cove was a narrow one, and this was blocked up by rafts, which extended from one point of land to the other, and black human beings swarmed on them like ants on a sandhill. "This is a fearful trap," muttered the Yankee captain as he took his bearings, "and we'll be lucky to es­ cape." The sailors felt their hearts sink as they tried to count the myriads of enemies. The woods litterally seemed to be opea "We must get on the open sea," observed the captain again, twisting his long moustache nervously. "But how?" He glanced around at the hopeless situation, and then askea of the master-of-arms: "How much am- muniition have we left?" "Ay, ay, sir, any quantity. Tons of it, sir," replied that worthy. "Then stow away a dozen kegs in the slaver, and be quick about it." The powder was quickly transferred from one vessel to the other. The grappling irons were cast off the slaver, and a tow line fastened to her bow. The Stranger then spread her sails, and started toward the entrance of tne cove This was a signal for the savages to set up a terrific bowl, and to con­ gregate around the obstructing rafts. The canoes and toats were all pushed toward the scene of impend­ ing conflict, and everything promised to contribute towards a magnificent battle between the trained marines and the half-naked savages of Africa. The Stranger hauled ttifle heavy slaver behind, slowly at, first, but when it W8s caught in the current setting to­ wards the sea it moved along more easily. The savages shouted and howled, and waved their implements over their heads as if to frighten back the two monster boats. The heavy rafts had been lashed together so that a solid bridge was formed connecting one point of land with the other, and no sailing craft could crash through the blockade without severely injur­ ing herself. Nearer and nearer approached the two boats, and. then when close enough a shower of arrows and spears darkened the air. and fell IN large 6howers just snort of the ship's side. "4AN the sails," shouted the cap­ tain, "and hard a-port with the helm Cut the line Quick." HIS wo:ds were obeyed immedi­ ately. The line connecting the pri­ vateer and the slaver was cut, and the former swung around gracefully in the wind. The gigantic slaver moved slowly and easily towards the blockade of rafts, the force of the ' ' "mz OATH Eft J NG OF SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORKERS AT ST. LOUIS. PatotM-- Attnd from An Patta tfc* World--Two Million Sunday Schools Bep- raaanted--Distinguished Men Who Took PMr(-~WlU Meet 1K flostoo. Amy of the l*>rd. •fTie «©renth International SnntJay- sehool Convention of the United States and the British provinces in America opened its four- days' session in the Grand Music Hall of the Exposition B u i l d i n g a t S T . Louis, with upward of 1,000 delegatas ^ present, represant- V ing 130,197 Sunday- schools, with 1,372,- 55S teachers and an 'enrolled attendance of 10,870.104 schol- MNIDBATNN.UA AR8. The second World's Sunday - school Convention which followed this four days' session, represented 2,000,000 Sunday-schools and 18,000,000 scholars. The beautiful hall was decorated tastefully for the occasion. The stage had been'extended over the orchestra pit for the addi tio&al accommodation of the speakers and distinguished guests of the con vention. A large globe thirty feet in diameter, over the stage, was indica­ tive of the universality of the Sunday- school work. The number of delegates from each of the States and Territories was equal to four times the representation of both houses of Congress, or four dele­ gates for each 150,000 of the popula­ tion, with a corresponding number from the provinces and territories of Canada and Newfoundland. The num- hot, sultfy morning the Stranger moved aloug slowly, keeping as close j current and the impetus given to it to tbe shore as possible without run ning any danger. The seamen watched the monotonous stretch of low-lying sand-bars and baLks. eagerly waiting to discover a good landing-place Late in the afternoon the cry of "sail ahead" awakened every one It WAS^I change to meet another ship, and it did not matter much if it were an enemy. The sail was inshore, partly concealed from view by the overhanging trees and vines. The sails were torn and tattered, as if a heavy storm had forced her to seek a harbor after a fierce conflict on the open sea. As the privateer approached nearer, the British flag could be seen float­ ing from the masthead, and every­ thing indicated that she was an Eng­ lish slaver or privateer. The guns oF the Stranger were put in readiness for immediate action, and then she boldly approached the enemy. But there was no life on the strange yessel. She was anchored in a small cove, where the muddy waters were not very deep. Her black hulk and tattered sails and streaming flag made a strange and mysterious pic­ ture The captain of the American by the Stranger carrying i t alone. The savages ceased their howling as they saw the two ships separate They could not understand the ma- ncevre, and they waited quietly for some inkling of the truth. But this came in an unexpected way. Tbe slaver drifted along until the prow stuck the ratt, where it remained stationary. The wild, untutored sav­ ages knew but little of the art of modern warfare, and they were igno­ rant of the mine of gunpowder near them. Tbe slow match slowly burned UPT until with an explosion that raised toQs of water In the air, the slaver and the blockade of rafts were hufled heavenward. The explosion had hardly subsided before the course of the privateer was changed, and she was bowling along the opened channel-way. A stroug breeze favored her, and before the savages ciuld recover from their fright the privateer was sailing past the debris. The savages on tbe shore did not recover from their terror to make an­ other attempt to interfere with tbe passage of tbe vessel and she soon gained the open sea. The explosion "1 was too bad," the captain said, grimly, "but it was necessary. • War's war, and it costs dearly sometimes.R --•American Cultivator. j privateer signalled to tbe ship, but no COST hundreds of lives, but it was her | response was obtained. Through his ONIY WAY of escape from the ingen- j powerful sea glass he surve>ed the J JOUSLY contrived trap. < decks, but he could see no signs of > human beings. j. "She must be a slaver," the cap­ tain remarked. '•And the crew have gone ashore TO get niggers" added the mate I "Yes, that must be it* Well, that flag seals her doom. She's our prize { When her men come back we'll re- ' oeive then). Prepare the decks FOB , action." J 23H*Captain'soitl*r was OHEYSD,AA4 Advertise. He who by his trade would rlg« Should heed the weather and aftrartlMh It the son is scorching hot Put palm-leaf fans in the btiftfn Bat when the cooler breezes blow . . -* The heavy woolen• thou let go. J?;' 1 ; Bo bell get in out of the wet ta« right p«wMsiilMtk . . at th| I _ fa the Uberal STRENGTH "will be GTTTIIIT than before. IN tne laoe of demands of THE ENGLISH people, Says A correspondent, the peen wili PKSS the bill. It the House OF LEEDS SHOTTED make stubborn and continued resist­ ance, so much the worse for the House of Lords. MEETING OF MEDICAL MEN. North and South American Doctors la Con­ vention at Washington. The Pan American Medical Congress, held in Washington, brought together the greatest gathering of medical men ^KSSSS^s. this country has ever known. The LOUIS EXPOSITION BCILDINO. ber from foreign lands was not limited, but membership is restricted to such as bear credentials from national and international Sunday-school organiza­ tions. Mr. Edward Towers, of London, marshaled the foreign delegates, and the Rev. B. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, had charge of America's representatives. The most distinguished men in the world's Sabbath work participated in this gathering. Our own country had a distinguished list of participants from every State. New York's delegates were headed by Dr. W. A. Duncan, of Syracuse; Pennsylvania sent J. K. Cald­ well, of New Hamburg. The Rev. G. W. Smith, of Denver; William H. Hall, of Connecticut; Timothy Nicholson, of Indiana; the Hon. T. B. Sweet, of To- peka; the Rev. George R. Bird, of Ne­ vada, and the Rev. J. H. Babbitt, of Vermont, are a few of the other well- known Sunday-school workers. The subjects of international lessens, organization in the church. Christian literature and home influence were among those discussed. Representa­ tives from Paris spoke in the interest of the MCALL mission. SignorCharanti represented Italy, with numerous col­ leagues. Egypt and Palestine. Japan, China and Asia were also represented. The resolutions as adopted indorse training schools for teachers, favor the home department plan of bible instruc­ tion, urge more extended use of the bible as a text-book in Sunday schools, plead for wider co-operation of denom­ inations, denounce the liquor traffic and plead for its abolition, and release coi maiiy President Cleve­ land and contin­ ued d u r i n g T H E next three days. The President of the congress was Dr. William Pep-! per, Provost and Professor of Med­ icine at the Penn­ sylvania University, while the founder of the congress and its Secretary Gen­ eral was Dr. Charles A. Reed, Dean and Professor at the Cincinnati College of Medicine. The delegates assembled upon the invitation, first moved by Dr. Reed of the American Medical Asso­ ciation, seconded by an invitation from the President of the United States au­ thorized by joint resolution of con­ gress. All of the countries except Chili and the Argentine Republic were represented. The congress was divided into twenty-two sections, each dealing with STU particular department of medical sgipnee. Two sections of extreme in- J^rest were those on hygiene and on quarantine. Dr. Conegys, of Cincin­ nati, brought forward the proposition that, in view of the paramount impor­ tance of public health, there ought to be a Secretary of Public Health in the Cabinet of the Presidents of the differ­ ent republics. This idea was enthus­ iastically supported by many of the delegates and was indorsed Dy vote. Quite a sensation was produced by Dr. Wolfred, of New York, who charged the United States of Colombia with propagating the great epidemics of THE western hemisphere. His argu­ ment was based on the fact that those who die of yellow fever rind other epi­ demics are permitted by the authori­ ties at the Isthmus of Panama to decompose under circumstances that permit of the propagation and perpetu- v' : > 5* V & J * •. * ,1' ) 'm>£ > * % t -tw* % Y - .J? W$SKI"*r : - •*< i: ij • * *- ^ * <• • r7 f " ^ ongresswas foi;- lauy opened by PRBSIDCST VaVMS. BISHOr VINCENT. B»V. DR. 1IAST1RS. the committee from all restrictions upon its work except that the action of the Pittsburg convention of 1890 upon temperance shall remain in force. Boston was chosen as the place of meeting of the convention in 1896. By voluntary contribution $5, COO was raised toward the indebtedness on the model Sunday-school building at the World's Fair. GLADSTONE'S TRIUMPH. Itsla ail *• Cry for Jastlce Has at Last Bmd Heard. The English House of Commons has listened to Ireland's cry for justice. Gladstone's splendid campaign against deep-rooted conservatism and ancient prejudice has ended in magnificent victory. The Irish home rule bill was adopted by the Commons by a vote of 301 to 207. The measure was hurried to the House of Lords, which gave it the first reading and adjourned. The Home Rule movement is about twenty-one years old. IT began to take form early in the '70V, when patriotic Irishmen realized thatFenianism could do their beloved country no good. The father of the Home Rule movement was Dr. Isaac Butt. He died in 1878. Before his death a new leader had arisen in the Home Rule party? Charles Stewart Parnell, who had been elected to Parliament as member for Meath in 1874. Par noil's methods were far dif­ ferent from those of Dr. Butt. He was essentially aggressive. English states­ men who looked at Ireland's griev­ ances without without prejudice joined the Irish party in the Com­ mons in calling for Ireland's relief. ation of the specifio poison of the dis­ ease. " Dr. Juan J. Ulloa, a delegate from the Government ^OF Costa Rica, pre­ sented a plan for a uniform inter­ national quarantine for all of the American countries. The absencei of uniform quarantine regula­ tions at present so far interferes with commerce that a large amount of money is lost through cessation of trade during half of each year between certain of the American countries. The plan of Dr. Ulloa was reoeived with much favor, and with some amend­ ments was recommended to the various governments for adoption. There were interesting displays of cholera germs, but they'were all caged on microscop­ ical slides, and there were also exhib­ ited yellow fever, dengue, and other germs that excited great interest. There were in all about five hundred essays read before the congress, which was attended by about three thousand delegates. On final adjournment the South American visitors were taken on a free excursion to New York, Phila­ delphia, Boston, Niagra FallB, Detroit, St. Louis, and the World's Fair at Chicago. GOLD ARRIVES IN NEW YORK. >4,000,000 from San Francisco and M,- 000,000 from Borope. v A sijght to inspire confidence In the ability of the Government to pay its COWBTIirO $4,000,000 a SOLD TO TBI SUB- TREASURY, IW NBW TOBK. obligations was witnessed on the streets of New York recently. Three express wagons heavily loaded arrived at the United States sub-treasury. On each wagon sat men with loaded shot guns across their KNEW. In the three wag­ ons were 100 coarse wooden boxes, fast­ ened with bands of iron and big screws. Each bos weighed 159$ pounds and con­ tained $40,000 in gold coin, making a total of $4,000,000. This consignment of gold had been sent from the San Francisco mint a week before. A large crowd watched the unloading of tne gold at the sub-treasury building. There was also received at the differ­ ent banks from Europe gold amounting to $6,000,000, which had been brought by the steamships Campania, La Bourgone and New York. OUMfOVK When Gladstone pronounced In favor of home rule, the world instinctively felt that the success of home rule was assured. It is needless here to recall the vicissitudes of the home rule move­ ment during the past five years. They are fresh in the public mind. The probability is that the bill which has passed the Commons will be defeated IN 1 -v ^ - i JOEL BARNHARDT, in attempting to save the life of his 9-year-old daughter, at Peru, Ind., by jumping with her from a buggy when his horses were running away, was seriously injuced and the child was instantly killed by striking against the iron girders of a bridge. „ DEPUTY MARSHAL, FOLSOM shot and killed Henry Durant at Caddo, I. T. Folsom was attempting to confiscate some liquor in Durant's possession, and Durant 'fired a weapon, in answer to whioh Folsom fired. THE Hotel de Logerot, New York, is in the hands of an assignee. Tliabllir The United States Government reports ROYAL a pure cream of tartar baking powder, highest of aU in leavening streujrth. FT ;%/ . $ : 4 * flj S»\ I IF* "The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest, and most reliable baking powder of- fered to the public, Late United States Qovernment Chemist. • * - V •MP** ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. " {-4M , -,'ViR A- Surgery tor Birds. In the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal we find the following: Some interesting observations relat­ ing to the surgical treatment of wounds by birds were recently brought by M. Fabio before the Physical Society of Geneva. The author quotes th<? ^'»SE of the snipe, which he HAD OFTEN ob­ served engaged in repairing damages. With its beak and feathers it makes a very creditable dressing, applying plasters to the bleeding wounds, and even securing a broken limb by means of a stout ligature. On one occasion he killed a snipe which had on its chest a large dressing composed of down, taken from other parts of the body and securely fixed to the wound by the coagulated blood. Twice he had brought home snipe with inter­ woven feathers strapped on to the side of fractures of one or other limb. The most interesting example was that of a snipe, both of whose legs he had un­ fortunately broken by a misdirected J shot. He recovered the animal only on the following day, and he then found I that the poor bird had contrived to apply dressings and a sort of splint to both limbs. In carrying out this opera­ tion some feathers had become en- . tangled around the beak, and not being F able to use its claws to get. rid of them | it was almost dead from hunger when discovered. In a case recorded by M.1 Magner, a snipe which was observed to fly away with a broken leg was subse­ quently found to have forced the frag­ ments into a parallel position, the up­ per fragments reaching to the knee,- and secured them there by means of a Strong band of feathers and moss inter­ mingled. The observers were particu­ larly struck by the application of a ligature of a kind of flat-leaved grass wound round the limb, of a spiral form, and fixed by means of a sort of glue. A Qualified Compliment. It is rare tact "GETL all the best words" after a rebuff. Politicians need it. Col. Stone, of Tennessee, on one occasion got the last word, at least. When he was running for Governor he met for the first time a delegate from one of the rural counties to th# State convention. The Colonel said: "I am glad to meet you. I have known your father for many years, but never had the pleasure of your acquaintance. I see, however, that the son is better- looking than the father." "Lome here, Colonel," said the dele­ gate, "you need not he flattering me up, for I am out and out for Barksdale for Governor, although the old man is ^ - % for r you. "Why, _ R I simply find you better-look­ ing than your lather, but I did not say you h'ad half as much sense as he has," returned the Colonel. Those standing around roared with laughter, in which the delegate good- humoredly joined. •-? . • / She Couldn't Fill It, . » Just before one of his recitals in London, Rubinstein was accosted by an old lady in the entrance hall and thus addressed: "Oh, Mr. Rubinstein, I am so glad to see you! I have tried in vain to purchase a ticket. Have you a seat you could let me have?" "Madam," said the great pianist, "there is but one seat at my disposal, and that you are welcome to if you think fit to take it." "Oh, yes; and a thousand thanks. Where is it?" was the excited reply. "At the piano," smilingly replied Bu- binstein. The Modern Beauty Thrives on good f&od and sunshine* with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows with health, and her face blooms with Its beauty. If her system needs the cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she US^ES the gentle arid pleasant liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. EGG SACKING. A dog that sucks eggs can always be cured by boiling an egg very SOF^ THKEN placing it, as hot as boiliilfif' wiiter can make it, in the dog's mouth and slam­ ming his jaws together, so as to break the egg in his mouth. No matter how long he may have been addicted to egg-sucking, one dose of soft -boiled eggs will answer for the balance of the days. E. A. BOOD, Toledo, Oliio, aayi: "HUl'i O- tirrh Cure cored my -wile of catarrh Alteon jmx* «ao, and abe has bad no return ot It. Ifl a sure cure." Sold by Druggist!, 75c. A LARGE lake in the Olympic Moun­ tains, at an altitude of 5,000 feet, was recently discovered by two hunters. STAT is a charming word In a friend's vocabulary.--Alcott. No Pen Can Describe KiaAVMiton. Tbe suffering I endured 10 fears from Dyspepsia. I tried almost every medi­ cine and almost gave tip houe of ever being any bet­ ter. But Hood's Kareapa rilla gave me relief very Boon, and now I am en­ tirely cured of dyspep­ sia. and advise every onS to try Hood's Sarsaparllla. Mas. JOHN Benton, No.ST Ptide Street. Pittsburg, Pa. Hood'ŝ Cures '-A ,WK aot easily The Bine Laws. The Blue Laws of Connecticut were £ so called because they were printed on F' blue-tinged paper. V These were some of them: No ono shall be a freeman or have vote unless he is converted and A mem- • ber of one of the churches allowed in * the Dominion. ( No di-ssnter from the essential wor­ ship of this Dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for electing magistrates or any officer. ' > * 5 No food or lodging shall BE dflero& | to a heretic. > % No one shall cross the river on the #- Sabbath but an authorized clergyman. > • No one shall travel, cook victuals, I # make beds, sweep housas, cut hair or - Y shave on the Sabbath day. No one shall kiss his or HER children i on the Sabbath or feasting days. The Sabbath day shall begin at sun- 6et Saturday. Whoever' wears clothes trimmed ;? with gold, silver, or bone lace above ^ one shilling a yard shall be presented by the grand jurors, and tho selectmen snail tax the estate £300. \ Whoever brings cards or dice into - # 5 the Dominion shall be fined £5. * ^ No one shall eat mince pies, dance, play cards, or play any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet, or jewsharp. No man shall court a maid in person or by letter, without obtaining the con­ sent of her parents: £5 penalty for the first offense. £10 for the second, and for the third, imprisonment DURING, th« pleasure of the court. ; I •WS 'VFIF! Artistic Mendact&k § . ' I have rarely had more difficulty in refraining from laughter than when listening to an English gentleman who had recently met the red-headed exag- gerator from the Lone Star State. writes a New York correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. / * V ^ " America must be a very peculiar } • „ < ; ' country," said he. "Col. Ochiltree told * ' * J me* that the razor-back pigs in the - - „ FA *'* Southern States are very difficult to keep fenced in. Frequently in the ~ spring, he says, he's seen them with '/"F ^ sticks tied crosswise in their tails to keep them from crawling through the " «. V1 - J fences. And the curious disease of tho eyes that they have." "M "I didn't know," I said. "I have never N. lived in the South." Wh--why--why, the pigs mud and get so covered wi roll in the . MF; with it that •• when it bakes in the sun they can't shut their eyes. Just fancy! And so their eyes are weak and sore until the fall rains wash the mud off." "Probably those are the famous pigs of which it takes two to make a shad­ ow," I observed, thinking that the chestnut collection might as well be complete. "Oh." said my acquaintance with .AS injured air, "you --you--you cawnt hoax me. Col. Ochiltree wouldn't tell a storv like that." Probably he wouldn't. The Oolonel is an artist. LEARNING to know woman is learn­ ing to know in advance the details of the suffering they will cause you with­ out having an antidote against that Buffering. im I Burlington Routp ; HARVEST EXCURSIONS Will be run from OHICAOO, rio*vta«* ' • vr. LOWS via the gjURLINGTON ROUTV AUGUST 22, SEPTEMBER 12, OCTOBER 10. 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