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MAY. *•;. ->'•!' •' " •ffc* blackbird* follow •>«* behind the plow, I Or whistle from the maple'a swaying' bough; The robin builds f leaves. And counties# the paves. her nest among the twitted, ̂ tittth 7 the plow-boy wul» Unkind bit smoking te*m. Jlad guides aright the plow's unwieldy beam; She coal-black furrows rising fall and break, lie like billows io his journey's wake. l%e woods hare flung their banners to the * world-- jGroen flags of leaves to every wind un- 'I furled: j|Lnd in the fields, by thicket and by fence, • Jtlie rabbits hide in grassy cover dense. JPertly and saucily the old cock quail Whistles "Bob White" from off the top­ most rail; And when the evening flutten out Iter cloak, »F&m roadside ponds the deep-voiced bull­ frogs croak. And jinglingly along the country lane, With broken chords of rustic, rude re­ frain, JLs sinks the sun' from his high, ruddy dome. In Indian file the cows come trooping home. --Woman's Home Companion. «***********»•**«*•*****•* * * * Brown Bess. * • : •ft************************ £(5<r>\VISH I could sell Brown Bess," the I m in id Susie Ross, rinsing dishes she had just washed. < "Oh, Susy!" cried lier brother. "What in the world (lo you want to sell Brown Bess for?" her mother ask­ ed, looking up from the dough she was kneading. "I could go to the academy, mother, for two more terms," was the answer. "Then, perhaps I could--get the school at the Corners." "Nonsense. Susy. I need you to help .me," her mother said. "Keeping school is a thankless business." "It's money," said Susy, "and I do tang to help myself, and you, too. Money will do everything that needs to be done." "Yes, that's a fact," gpoke up Tom, "and there's lots waiits to be done. I'd like to clear that five-acre lot for pota­ toes and corn, but I can't do it." a "And the house wants shingling," her mother said plaintively, her careworn countenance taking on another shadow. "The front door's got a crack all the •way across," Tom spoke up again, "and there ought to be a fireplace in granny's room. Then there's the barn; it's all we can (lo to keep the hay dry." "1 know all that," said Susy. "I know tlie house is getting to be a scarecrow, and the barn is worse, and that's w hy I want to be earning. As for the shin­ ies. I should think you could put them on yourself, Tom; yes, and mend the door." "Where's the shingles ?' Tom asked, io his matter-of-fact way. "Where's the Wails? Where's the hammer? The old «Oe is broken past mending. And Where's the money to get them with, I should like to know?" "Sure enough," said Susy," unless I could earn it. That's why I want to sell Brown Bess." "And if you do sell her, you won't get much," Tom said. "She's so full of her tricks--the craziest colt I ever saw." "I'm more and more afraid to have J«Ou ride her," he mother said. "But if JR>n should sell her, there's the mort- 0age to be paid in October." "If I sell her," said Susy, qnietly, "it Will be to finish my education." "That's always your cry," her mother went on, in plaintive tones; "no matter what's needed; but I s'pose we must give in. Bad as the roof is, it shelters as. What would we do without a house over our heads?" "I'd sell the cow, too," put in Tom. "And then grandma would just about starve," the mother supplemented. Susy turned away from the table, an­ gry and grieved, but she said nothing, only ran upstairs to her own room.. "They don't see it!" she sorrowfully murmured. "They can't understand that it's for their good and comfort I want to get that school. I'm willing to wea^., old clothes and to walk three miles and back every day for the sake of finishing my education. Let the roof leak awhile--if Tom don't patch it. Let granny sleep downstairs, where there's a fire. I'll help them all in a year or two--but they don't see it--they won't «ee it. If I can only sell Brown Bess! I'd go and beg time for the mortgage or I'd borrow money--or, mayl>e I can get enough to repair the.house and go to school, too. If only Brown Bess wasn't such a little vixen! It will go hard to part with her, though; it was my father's last gift," Tears rushed to the dark eyes, but she repressed them and went downstairs. After helping her mother about the house she donned her sunbonnet and Tan into the barn. Tom was rubbing down Brown Bess, whose bright, glossy coat shone like satin. "Much as I can do to take care of her," said Tom. "She wants a regular groom who would break her of her nasty little tricks. See how she throws her bead up, and look at her eyes flash­ ing fire! Are you going to the store? Mother wants sugar and molasses and vinegar--and I've got to go in the field." "Yes, I'm going." said Susy, "though I dread it, the bill is so large. If I sell Brown Bess that's the first thing I'll pay." "That and the mortgage." said Tom. "Well, I'll saddle okl Dick." Susy mounted to the back of the slow old cart horse with gloomy forebodings. It -was a warm September day. Even iu the midst of her anxiety the beauty - of the ride to Hillston soothed and de­ lighted her. Every detail of the way was familiar to her, yet when she came to Silver Ledge Falls and saw the white spray leaping over granite rocks and dancing among tiny islands, she stop­ ped old Dick and sat enjoying the scene as if she had never beheld it before. "Good morning," a voice said behind her. "Ob, Charlie!" she exclaimed, with a start, "I didn't hear you comiug." "No? The falls are so loud. I sa^ you at the bend and followed. Going to tpwn?" "Yes, Charlie," she made reply, and In spite of herself her voice held a curious "You're worried orer something," !»• said, the keea lover's eyes noting the shadows. "Yes. Charlie, a little--the same old trouble. I want to set things to rights --and--it's hard work," she said, in a • low voice. "I knew it. Why won't you leave all these matters and come with me? {The house is waiting for you--and so am I. Susy, darling, make up your mind." He held out his hand, a look of unut­ terable lovo making his rugged face beautiful. "If father had only lived," she said. "But you know it is impossible now, Charlie. I can't leave mother--not yet --and I must finish the course at the B Academy, and keep school at least a year before I get things straight­ ened out." He gave a long, low whistle, then urged on his horse, but stopped again till Susy came tip with him. "You know I'll wait for you, Susy, as long as you say, but It's rather hard on me, as I'm forehanded and ready to marry. Susyt come, make up your mind. My house is a large dne. I'll take youf mother and granny. Totocan run the o l d f a r m , a n d - -- \ ; ; ; What! Let you support me and the family too? Never!" and her eyes flash­ ed. "I would never permit it." "Well, Susy, I've declared my willing­ ness to help you, if only you would let me," said Charlie, "but since you won't, don't look so sad and worried, my darl­ ing. It's worth serving and. saving for seven years if I can only win you at last for my wife." "Oh, Charlie!" she said, T)rbkenly, "your love is priceless. Only be pa­ tient." "I'll try, and keep on hoping," he said, and they parted at the store. The grocer met her with a smile. Ev­ erybody liked Susy. No girl more genial than she under ordinary circumstances, but to-day her face was clouded, her manner pre-oecupied. "Mr. Lee, I have made up my mind to sell Brown Bess," she said, after get­ ting the things she needed. "Do you know anybody that wants a horse?" "Dear me! Going to sell Brown Bess! W ell, I was thinking of buying a young horse for my Alice. Is she safe for a girl of 10, do you think?" the grocer asked. Into the kitchen, where her mother was making the dally batch of bread, ex* claiming: "A thousand dollars, mothef! we're rich! Brown Bess is sold for a thou­ sand dollars! You won't have to work hard this winter. Tom can get two suits? of clothes if he wants them, and buy the five-acre lot. Grandma can have all the Ore she needs; the roof shall be shingled, the mortgage paid off and--and " "What am I to have?" Charlie asked, as she stopped, out of breath, be having followed her into the kitchen. She turned round, and, blushing beau­ tifully, held out her hands. He clasped them both and drew her to his bosom. "What do you think of this, mother?" he asked of the glad-hearted woman at the bread pan. "Susy is to be my wife." "Why, I think it's a good deal better than keeping school," she said.--Wav- erley. HOW TO KEEP YOUNG. DANGERS OF MATCH MAKING. Susy grew pale. She had not ant ic i - ^d Dr. Cunningham, who were em- Farther Reports on the Use of the In' dispensable Yellow Snlphnr. Phosphorus friction matches lia,ve been made for sixty-six years and nfr satisfactory substitute for the yellow chemical product which is the Igniting agency has been discovered. Some gov­ ernments discourage their manufac­ ture on account of the danger to which the persons making them are exposed of contracting necrosis, or mortifica­ tion of the lower jaw.' In Russia the tax on the manufacture of yellow phos phorus matches Is so high that they are being displaced by safety matches, Holland and Belgium limit the use of the chemical. Most consumers^ how­ ever,, want a match that may be ignited anywhere, and yellow phosphorus is the best means of producing this result yet known. It was hoped when red phosphorus was first produced in 1845 that this innoxious substance would take the place of the poisonous ele­ ment, but it does not fill the bill, though used with satisfactory results in the making of safety matches. The evils resulting from the use of yellow phosphorus in match factories have been particularly prevalent in Great Britain, where the government has just issued a blue book containing the reports of Profs. Thorpe and Oliver pated a question of that sort, but she answered after a moment's indecision. "She is fond of taking her own' head sometimes. No, Mr. Lee, if I find it hard to manage her, she would never do for your little girl." "Ah, I'm sorry for that. Miss Susy," said the storekeeper. "But I know a man who wants a spirited horse. What would you sell her for?" "I leave that to the purchaser," Susy made answer. "Papa paid $75 for her more than a year ago, and I wouldn't want to take less than that, for I need the money very much," she went on, "and if you will be so kind as to take an interest in the matter " She stopped, her eyes wistful. "Why, of course I will," the grocer re­ sponded. "I'll send my boy to your house with the groceries, and he can bring the horse back with him. If anything is done in the way of a sale I'll let you know at once." Susy thanked him and-went on her way home. As she came in sight of the house, an old-fashioned, two-story building, where dilapidation was ren­ dered picturesque by a profuse growth of ivy that covered the front porch and much of the exterior walls, she felt more comfortable as she thought over her prospects. In Imagination she had her mother quite reconciled to all her plans, her school life assnred and all things going on swimmingly. For who knew but Brown Bess might bring her $100, she was so spirited and hand­ some? Work and home seemed brighter. The grocer's boy came for the horse, and though it was hard parting with the pretty creature, Susy, in expectation of results, bore the separation bravely. "Can't we take a little of the money you get to shingle the roof?" her mother asked as the horse was led away. "I hope so," Susy replied blithely. "And you still think of going to school? Ain't you too old?" "I'm not 18 yet," was Susy's answer. "Many girls go to school till they are 20." "And there's clothes, to think of, dresses and bonnets and shoes." "Oh, they'll be provided," Susy said, with a little laugh. "An' winter's comin'--an' it's two or three miles to the 'cademy," her mother went on, each time throwing a more plaintive cadence Into her voice. "Tom's clothes are terrible patched, an' mother needs flannels. I ain't so young as I was once, but I ain't sayin' anything about myself, on'y it's kind o' hard to spare you," and the lines iu her moth­ er's weak face deepened. "Mother, I wish you could see it as I do. I must go to the academy," Susy made reply. "It's the opportunity of my life. But I tell you what I will do. If I get a hundred dollars for Brown" Bess I'll divide even. Fifty dollars would go a long way, wouldn't it?" "Well, yes, fifty dollars would get ev­ erything we need," was the reply. "But you're never goin' to get a hundred dol­ lars. You'll be more than lucky if you git fifty." "Well, mother." said Susy, desperate­ ly, "if I only get fifty. I'll divide even. It will be thirty dollars coming iu every month if I only get the school." "I don't see's there's any chance of that," said her mother, with a woe-be- gone face. Day after day Susy waited, but no word came about Brown Bess. Torn declared that he believed there was no prospect of selling her, but one day Charlie Grant drove up to the house, his face fairly beaming. "I thought I'd bring you the news," lie sa!d, as he came in the bright living room. "Have they sold Brown Bess?" 'Susy asked, her voice trembling in her excite­ ment to hear. "Well, yes--that is, if you'll take the price they offer," Charlie made answer. "Oh, I hope it's a Iwnired," said Susy. "A hundred!" laughed Charlie. "Is that what you valued her at? Lucky for you that I was in at the bargain. That horse will be worth thousands of dollars before long. The man who bought her trains horses for the race course. He has discovered remarkable qualities in Brown Bess as a trotter, and is willing to give yon a thousand dollars for her." A thousand dollars! Susy stood for a, moment like a statue; then she flew ployed to investigate the subject. They say the difficulty iu the wny of pre­ venting necrosis is that yellow phos­ phorus is necessary to produce the "strike anywhere" matches which the public seem to prefer. They do not advise that the use of the dangerous element be prohibited, because Great Britain manufactures largely for ex­ port and prohibition would merely di­ vert this trade to other countries, but they suggest certain measures for pre­ venting the disease. They say that their Investigation, which has been extended to eleven countries, has revealed no evidence that necrosis is contracted unless the teeth of the working people are de­ cayed. They advise that no persons with unsound teeth be employed, that dentistry be made compulsory, that the utmost cleanliness of the premises where matches are made be required, and that Great Britain follow the ex­ ample of the continent and America by substituting machinery for direct hand­ ling in the processes of manufacture. The main value of these reports is not that they tell much that is new, but that, as the result of the most searching inquiry yet made, they con­ tain and emphasize the l)elief already current, that cleanliness, ventilation and careful attention, to the teeth are an almost certain preventive of a seri­ ous disease that has brought much suf­ fering upon a large body of workmen. --New York Sun. Some of the stars move with a veloc­ ity of fifty miles a second. The smallest perfect watch ever made is owned by a Russian princess. It was first placed in an exquisite gold case, covered with the most minute but literally perfect Watteau scenes in enamel; then at the princess' desire the works were removed and placed Inside a splendid diamond, scarcely two-fifths of an inch in diameter. After a long and patient struggle the women physicians in Russia have se­ cured a decree placing them upon an equality, both socially and politically, with the male physicians in the em­ pire. All official positions will be open to them equally with men, and they will be entitled to pensions after the re­ quired length of service, and this whether, or .not they are married. Pans journals declare that dolls are going out of vogue, and one philosophi­ cal writer explains why. In the good old times, lie says, dolls were sold un­ dressed, and it was the pleasant task of the little girls to make dresses for them. Now they are bought dressed in the latest style, and the children, after playing with them a short time, throw them aside. The Pacific covers 08,000,000 miles, the Atlantic 30,000,000, and the Indian Ocean, Arctic and Antarctic 42,000,000. To stow away the contents of the Pa­ cific it would be necessary to fill a tank one mile long, one mile wide and one mile deep every day for 440 years. Put in figures, the Pacific holds in weight 048,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The Atlantic averages a depth of not quite three miles. Its waters weigh 325,000,- 000,000,000,000 tons, and a tank to con­ tain it would have each of its sides 430 miles long. The figures of the other oeeans are in the same startling pro­ portions. It would take all the sea water in the world 2,000,000 years to flow over Niagara. A tank to hold it all would have to measure nearly 1,000 miles along each of its sides. r-pHE ever-youthful appearance of the members of the dramatic pro- fession is a constant source of surprise to the public at large. The rea son for this Is not so much the grease paint necessary In making uPj U^hJ obliterates to a certain extent tfie MM ral wrinkles of thej^n^ whilo It tatiri- £a£es15nd1iourishes it; but jt ig to the change in the expression of the various emotions which every part de­ mands. This causes the actress to bring into play all the muscles of the face. By using them equally they all main­ tain their firm consistency and strength, and none waste away from disuse. The result is that the skin is kept stretched and tense over the face and does not fall into hollows. A blow of fresh air, a glimpse of fresh scenes and fresh faces are worth quarts of doctors' tonics to an over­ tired and nervous man or woman, and give a prettier glow.to the cheeks than the finest manufactured rouge la exist­ ence. f It Is Indolence and lazy habits that allow obesity to gain the ascendency over elasticity. One who keeps mind and body on the alert will seldom need to have recourse to science or diet to decrease size and weight. If you have a thin face, and the flesh seems unwill­ ing to become plump and round in re­ sponse to massage, build up the system by taking a half pint or more of sweet cream every day, eat of cereals which have been cooked for several hours, a raw egg beaten up in milk once a day, warm drinks of milk diluted with hot water, and baked apples or ripe sweet fruit at each meal.--New York Ledger. MISS JACKSOJT.. American Girl's Success. Chicago would be proud to claim Miss Leonora Jackson, whose success in Paris is chronicled by a special corre­ spondent of a Chi­ cago paper. But she is not a Chi­ cago girl, as re­ ported. The young violinist -- s h e i s only 19 years of age was born in Mud Springs, CaL, and is the daughter of Charles P.' Jack­ son, who was a pio­ neer merchant of that place. Mrs. Grover Cleveland sent her to Berlin in order to study the vielin under Joachim, and she won the famous prize known as the "Mendelssohn Stipen- dium," which then first fell to an Amer­ ican. In 1897 she scored a success in German cities, and jater repeated her triumphs in London. Her success in Paris merely confirms the belief that she has a great futnre in store if the opinion of musical Europe is worth anything. Woman's Noblest Vocation. Good housekeeping is easy house- keping, and if a woman wears herself Into shreds and tatters keping house the case is proven against her," writes Helen Watterson Moody, in the Ladies' Home Journal. "It is precisely in her ability to guard against this contin­ gency that the housewife shows bet- self not only a good executive officer, but as well a woman with ideals and a sense of proportion--one who does not forget that housekeping is a means to home-making, not an end in itself-- that the most perfect administration of domestic matters will not make a family happy In whom the love and spirit of home do not dwell. Home-- not only a place to eat and sleep- and work in, but a place to be happy in, a place to rest in anjl to be soothed, a place in which to iove and be loved, a place for confidences, and counsel, and strengthening words, and hope, aud heartening. It is a good thing, and a noble thing, and a satisfying thing to be a good housekeeper; there is no profession of which and in which a woman can be so proud, and when so blessed in head and heart and hand as to be able to make and keep one of those real homes which is a 'little sun­ ny spot of green in the great desert of the world'--if there is anything better than this in life I have not yet found it." A Community of Lone-Lived People, While Frenchtown, N. J., has a popu­ lation of but 1,050, there are in that number fourteen persons whose ages aggregate 1,185 years--an average of nearly 85 years. Seven of these aged people are men and seven are women. Their ages range from 80 to 90 years. If there Is any little town that can beat that for longevity we would like to know It. The Most Extensive Cemetery. The most extensive cemetery in the world Is that at Rome, In which over 0,000,000 human beings have been la tarred. Mother and Daughter. "The most difficult thing for me to do in--bringing up my family," says a mother, "has been to allow them scope for individual development, and to real­ ize that when they are grown they may have entirely different tastes, may ad­ mire things that I consider common­ place and ugly, and be happy in doing so. I am not sure that the common­ place people are not really the happiest in life. I am beginning to feel that I shall have reached a high plane of de­ velopment myself when I can let my daughters marry and set up housekeep­ ing with a parlor set of hair-cloth fur­ niture, if they like, and never say a word against it or make a sign to show that I think it is hideous and that It continually grates upon my sensibili­ ties." Little Meat for Childrer. It is one of the greatest errors to give too much meat to children under 10 years of age; their digestive organs are not equal to the demands made upon them by such heavy food. From care­ fully-compiled statistics it is proved that children wvho are fed largely upon meat diet are Irritable, snappish and quarrelsome. The best foods for little ones are milk, custards, simple pud­ dings, farinaceous food, fruit and veg­ etables. If there is need of a hearty meal, a lightly-boiled egg Is an excel­ lent article for a child. To growing children give soup, broth and stews, and occasionally a little bit of meat, finely shredded, with plenty of vegeta­ bles. was good and the pattern she. thought would be both stylish and pretty for aquatic garb. It was a blue and white stripe, the white about two inches wide ati®" 'aft*!? Wue half an inch. She had stored it away, as It happened, with some clothes that she was to give away. Tb§ gtjigfc flgQhe.:jyept to take It out to have It ready, for work. But the professional dress slashers in the stress never made such work of a gown as had been made with this. Only the yoke and sleeves and a few frag­ ments of the body remained, for It was such a nice, soft piece of goods that the boys of the family had cut it all up for bicycle rags. She Ig a Mayor. Mrs. Marie Totten, wife of Charles Totten, a prominent merchant, was eleeted Mayor of Beattle. a town of 500 1 n h a b I tants, in Northern Kansas, at a receijt cl* election. Beatt' has been overrun with wickedness. The women felt keenly the dis­ g r a c e , a n d n o t long ago held a convention to de­ vise some means to change the t o w n ' s w a y s . 1L MBS. TOTTEX. They planned to put a ticket in the field in the next election. That was ten months ago. Every pight, when the husbands and grown sons came home from their work, the housewives would bring up the subject. As a result, sev­ eral hundred men cast votes for the woman's ticket. There were numerous rows at the polls between men and women, but when the votes were count­ ed it was found tfiat the women were elected by majorities ranging from 50 to 100. The clerk, treasurer and three councilwomen were elected. Good Advice for Girls. , Don't hang around the depot, unless you are going away or meeting friends. Don't go to church and take a back seat with your escort, and then whis­ per and giggl« during the service. Don't be loud, boisterous and slangy. Stand on your digntyy; don't form ac­ quaintances quickly. Don't carry your heart on your sleeve, and don't throw yourself Into the arms of every good-looking drummer or well- dressed stranger who comes to town. Be womanly, be modest, be thought­ ful and serious at times; don't unsex yourselves, and thus lose woman's sweetest charm. Don't regard your long-legged, awkward brother as a nuisance; don't turn up your nose at your old-fashioned father and his poor grammar, and, above all, don't play a "hot time" on the piano when your good old mother is having a "hot time" on the wash tub. It is too suggestive. Things Worth Notlnsr. Tight clothes and Indigestion cause red noses. Tooth brushes should be washed in strong salt arid water. Ink spilt on the carpet is removable by milk. Take a light meal only before setting out on a bicycle trip. Powdered rice applied on lint will stop a bleeding wound. Thin, nervous women require ten hours' sleep every night. After eating onions munch a sprig of parsley dipped in vinegar. Ammonia and water cleans mud off an umbrella.--Philadelphia Record. How Do Yoia Sleep? Incorrect positions during sleep cause many stooped shoulders. The big, fat, awful pillow of our grandmother's day is the worst kind of a horror. No pillow at all is the best, and after one becomes accustomed to sleeping that way it will be found much more restful and alto­ gether comfortable. The best position for sleep is to lie face downward, with the arms straight at the sides. New Use for Old Wrappera. A New York woman has been treasur­ ing for some time t volumnlous old wrapper with the Idefa of one day turn­ ing it into a bathing stilt The material The girl who has taken the trouble to rejuvenate her cloth dress with a more, or less ornamental mull collar and revers, especially if a white waist shows underneath, looks delightfully refreshing. Not only have the tunic overskirt and the bolero succumbed to the fascina­ tions of the scallop finish, but the here­ tofore conventional sheet and pillow case are not deemed up to date unless they, too, boast this modish touch. It goes without saying that the stout woman always admires the styles cre­ ated for her taller and more slender sisters. That's all right, but worship at a distance. "Don't pajss the suitable long coat and purchase the short jack­ et, which is bound by the laws of dress to make you look infinitely shorter. Trim your gowns, both waists and skirts, in perpendicular efTect. Avoid anything In the way of frilly or pouched effects that add breadth. You may aftect all pointed and V-shaped ar­ rangements with good results. In blouses, bodices or coats the more ob­ scure the walst-line the more height is given. Yokps are not Intended for the bodice of the short, stout woman, but rather an unbroken line from waist to shoulders, which gives length. Bachelor--A p*ir of scissors with one blade missis* ' Papered Celling* Ont of ttyh. Householders and others who are ar­ ranging for spring renovating will soon notice that all the better class of wall papers are now being made without ceilings, and that ceilings are being tinted. Any person who now buys paper and papers his house, if he wishes to be up with the times, should &£ least tint the ceilings. In such tint^ IngTEere Is only one durable material that he can secyrej ang tfrat js Ab^s-. tine, the unequaled w;all coating. Wha! -are known as kalsomines are especially bad for ceilings, as the stuff scales and falls off. In fact, the word "kalso- mine" has become so unpopular, on ac­ count of the goods being only tempor­ ary, that the later manufacturers of kalsomines are giving their material some arbitrary name and not calling it a kalsomine. Every one of the strong points in re­ gard to Alabostine that has been proved to be such by the test of twenty years, is picked up by every new manufac­ turer of ordinary kalsomine and claim­ ed for his goods. These claims, on the face of them, are ridiculous, but it will take a householder who uses these goods perhaps two or three years to find out that he jias gotten nothing but a" temporary kalgomlne; and by that time the particular manufacturer may be out of the market. _ Alabastine is a rock-base cement, which sets, and hardens with age. It Is the only material that can make the c]aim.of j|urabiljt^ and substantiate it by actual time tests. This phenomenal wall coating is adapted to all grades, from the most elaborate free-hand modeling with a machine to the cheap­ est plain tinting and whitening, and requires only cold water to mix it for use. It never needs taking off to re­ new, hustles out house pests, sweetens apartments, and fills cracks. Paint dealers furnish card of twelve beautiful tints. A free copy of "Ala­ bastine Era" may be had by addressing Alabastine Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. Punishing Abyssinian Murderers. In Abyssinia it is the law that the murderer be turned over to the rela­ tives of the dead person, they, if they please, to put him to death in the same manner in which the murdered person was removed. Shake Into Your Shoe* •lien's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting,nervous feet and instantly takes the si ing out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis­ covery of the age. Allen's Fcot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain euro for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by au druggists and shoe stores. By mail for*25o, in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. The passion flower which grows In the South American forests can only be enjoyed where it grows, as it fades al­ most as soon as it is picked. "The Prudent Man Setteth His House in Order/' Your human tenement should be given even more careful attention than the house you live in. Set it in order by thoroughly purifying your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Erysipelas--" My little giTl is now fat and healthy on account of Hood's Sarsapa­ rilla curing her of erysipelas and eczema." Mas. H. O. WHEATLEY, Port Chester, N. Y. . Hood'* Pills care liver 1113; the non-lrrltatlng and cathartic to take with Uood's Ssrsaparlllsl THE AMERICAN COPPER COMPANY Capital $10,000,000 Now offers 50,000 registered shares of 0 per oent. (tru irnnteed) preferred stock at the-par value of TEN DOLLARS per share, for the purpose of de­ veloping; new copper producing properties. A. dividend of 6iper cent, per annum, payable Nov. 1st and May 1st of eaoh year, is guaranteed on these shares by the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, No. 50 Broadway, New York City. This Company has no bonded or mortgage debt, and a rapid increase in the value of these shares is certain to follow the development of new prop­ erties. Address applications for stock and make all remittances to THE AMERICAN COPPEB COMPANY, No. 29 Hroadway, New York City. STORY t>F MOpMA COFFE8. It Vu the Sheik Fchoedoli Who Po plarisad tbo L'rtnk. Mocha is not alone the name of # kind of coffee, but also of a port in tlMt - district of Yemen, on the Red Sea. The patron saint of both was Sheik Schoe- dell, whose memory is venerated bjB the Mohammedans almost as much aa that of Mohamet himself, says a writes in the Los Angeles Times. * *] ^ne dayigdlT vessel Troia the Indies cast anchor in the port. Those on board had noticed a hut, and they disembarked to see what it waa. The sheik (for it wasKhJa dwelling) g|j» celved the strangers kinder and gam them some coffee to drink, for he wuj very fond of it and attributed great virtue to It. The travelers, tvho had never Se%n coffee before, thought that this hot drink would be a cure for the plague. Schoedll assured them that through prayers and the use of his drink not only would the plague be stopped, but also that if they would unload their merchandise they could make a good profit by it. The own^r of the ship was impressed by this strange man, especially as he found the coffee so palatable.. On the same day a large number of Arabs came to llsi^Di to the hermit's preaching, and amoo^ yere some merchants, who pur­ chased all the goods on the "ship. Tlie Indian visitor retqyne^ fcome. gnd^ ing his strange adventure and profit­ able trading, many of his cotnpatriQfa came to visit the saintly Schoedell. |7, A beautiful mosque was built ovff the tomb of Schoedelt after his death, and his Jiame will never be forgotten as long as Mocha, coffee is drunk. All of the Moslem coffee-housekeepeiSB venerate him, mentioning his name ti& their morning devotions. Traveleta say that in the town of Mocha, or Oclia, as the Arabs call It, men take their oath not by God, but by the memory of Schoedell. Close at Hand. A Walnut Hills lady has had .o^iga-^ slon several times during the pfilt month to severely reprove her cook for the late hours she has spent In the kitchen with her company. One night last Week the lady waited impatiently until after 11 o'clock for the eook's company to leave, and at last determining to impress the gentleman downstairs, she called: "Cook!" "Yis, mum," was the reply. "I want you to go out and bring me the policeman that patrols this beat!" she commanded. "He'll be oop In wan minit," was the answer that startled the lady. "Shu^fi 'tis him Oi hev downstairs here wm me!" Interesting to Farmers. The Item of Binder Twine is some­ thing of Importance to farmers at this time of the year. The offer of the John M. Smyth Co., of Chicago, made else­ where In this paper, to furnish Binder Twine to the farmers of the West la well worth considering. To purchase Binder Twine in this way at the rates offered by the John M. Smyth Co. will save the farmers thousands of dollars this season. Presidents' Signatures. President McKinley's signature is, next to that of John Adams and Tyler, the plainest of any of our Chief Execu­ tives. Van Buren's was the hardest to decipher, though Jefferson, Taylor, Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and Gar­ field never lifted their pen in signing their names. J. Q. Adams' is small, cramped and the only "back hand" in the lot. Polk's is the most ornate; Jackson's the longest, four inches, and Pierce's the largest. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this it necessary. Acts, gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures •ick headache. Price 25 and 50c. No Exceptions. He--"What a perfect fool I've been." 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