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Mras LARKIN'9 was bilious and feeble and atek.
And ti seemed aa tf notbiug would ever reltOTO
her.
Her liver was ogKed with impurities thick.
And her stuiuach was constantly burning with
fever.
Of the groat ft. M. D. sh bought a supply.
And ireciion* for taking inntuu'd to the letter.
•Twas the best hing on em tn she couKI possibly try.
And VIM v soon. Miss Larkins was better.
The O. M. I), she took was Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, the great rem
edy fur bronchial, throat and lunp diseases,
sick headache, scrofula, dyspepsia and all
diseases that have origin iu impure blood
and a disordered liver.
THB cleansing, antiseptic and healing
qualities of Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy are
unequaled.
TWO OF
the wealthiest men In the West
are said to have been messenger bovs. It
pays to go slow, after alL—Yonkers States-
Homes for SO,OOOFamilies.
Do not lose tho opportunity of your Ufa
The good land in the recently eeaed lands
of the Sioux reservation is not nearly all
taken. Hero is tho best chance in the world
for young men of energy. For further par
ticulars write to tho Alliance Committee at
Pierre, South Dakota.
THE dog with tho appetite for trousers LA
liable at any time to go on a tear.—Wash
ington Post.
THB most popular dancing figure atoong
business men is bulaiicc to partners.—Rome
Sentinel
PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little I-iver Pills immediate
ly after dinner. Don't forget this.
LOT* may be blind, but he knows when
the oarlor lamp is too high.—Binghamton
Leader.
TESTED BY TIME. For Bronchial affec
tions, Coughs, etc., BKOWN'S BHONCHIAL
TROCHES have proved their efficacy by a test
of many years. Price, 25 cts.
THK most popular dentist is the on© who
extracts tcetli without payin'.—Plunder.
ACTORS. Vocalists. FublieSpeakers praise
Bale's Honey of Horehounil and Tar.
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
REAI.IZIXO that time has wings the hotel
waiter measures it from tip to tip.
DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get a vial at
once. You can't ta' e them without benefit.
Two and two in an ice cream saloon mak
a quartet.— N. O. Picayune.
TITE best eouph medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
THERE arc oases when an auction sale Is a
sell.—N. O. Picayune.
OLI smokers prefer "Tansil's Punch."
THE business of typewriting has come to
be recognized as a direct step on the road
to matrimony.—Uoston Herald.
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In the
LiverO
When the Liver is crowded or clotted
with a mass of imrmrities, its action
becomes slow and difficult. Pleurisy^
Headachc, Pain in bide, Tired Feel*
ing and Genera! Weakness ensues^
resulting-, if unchccked, in
When you have these symptoms, try
a few doses of the genuine
DrlJclaoe'ssliver Pills
Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists*
and prepared only by Fleming Bros.,
Pittsburgh, i. Beware of counter
feits made in St. Louis.
IT ISRSEIT
bj-ciin*
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r.iouxand* ,ouDg men aad
oimo to the I". S. A. owt
their live* tod their health and
theirhapptaess to Ridge's Food
their rUilv diet In lafsnej
and Childhood hiring bom
RMgt'i Food. By DraggUM,
•U 1H* I.KAD1SG FOOD II 30 OEJM «p- WIMIMIIOB
ALL COUSTTTUU.
MARY ANN'S BABY.
High up at a garret window, whether in shine
or rain,
Day by day a babv sits, its face against the
pane,
And if it be sun or shadow, and if it be calm or
blow,
The mother goes to her labor out into the world
below
Yet she turns to look at the window, her hard
face working with love.
As she catches sight of her darling, set high in
the casement abive
And tho wizened face of the baby, the baby
that seldom cries.
Is puckered up in queer amaze as she looks at
*Ue earth and skies.
Poor Mary Ann! in the scalding suds she drops
her scalding tears
Those drops express the bitterness pent up for
many years.
8he wrings the costly fabrics—ah! how her heart
was wrung!
It seems so very, very long slnoe she was bright
and young
Of all she had, of all she hoped, nothing to her
remains
But the pinched, half-famished baby looking
through the window-panes.
At thought of it her tears are dried, her grief is
put away
A joy inspires her aching heart, she can't be
sad to-day.
Si
J" .Wtrf.« Fire, will be sent by Cragin & Life takes a soft and tender hue, hope blooms
Co., Philada, Pa., to auy cue in the U. S. or
Canada, postage paid, upon receipt of 25
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list
of novels on circulars around each bar.
and bears again
The nmiles light up her oare-worn faoe, she
sings a low refrain.
Of all the gifts God gave her, of all He let her
keep,
Is the baby In the window, now fallen fast
asleep I
—Emma M. Johnson, in Housekeeper's Weekly.
MOTHER OF A CHIEF.
Border Romance Narrated by
One Concerned Iu It.
Cynthia Ann, 'White Girl, Captured tn
Childhood and Adopted by the Co
manche s- Sh« Ptned for the HAT*
age Life She JLed.
The agitation of the Indian land ques
tion brings to mind the tragedy and ro
mance connected with the well-known
Comanche chief, Quanah. His mother
was a white woman, captured in her
young girlhood by the Comanches, and
taken from her home in Texas over into
New Mexico. Her family, one of the
most prominent of Texas, resided in
Anderson County.
I lived in Eastern Texas at the time,
my parents' home being near that of
Captain Parker. This is near what is
now Palestine, then composed of a few
cabins. It was away back in the days
when Texas was a republic—a few years
before she joined the sisterhood of
States.
I was a wee bit of a barefooted
boy, attending my first school in the
pine woods. I can still see, in my mem
ory, that old school-house and its sur
roundings. Some of the boys and girls
who attended that old school are now
men and women of prominence, known
everywhere. The old school-house was
made of pine logs with the bark on.
Tbis bark served as a home for the
scorpions, which made themselves free
and easy in livening up the
pupils, and the "tsek, tsek.
tsek" of the sawyer worm work
ing in those logs was the constant
music of the day. The great wide
chimney, made of cross sticks covered
with clay and moss, was not the least
picturesque of the surroundings. The
inevitable spring branch was just under
the hill, whore we got water from the
spring and waded in the brook with our
little juvenile sweethearts, a pastime for
which we inevitably received the good
old-style thrashing. The desks were
simply rough pine boxes with the lids
sloping toward you, held on by strips of
leather for hinges. The seats were pine
slabs, hewn smooth on the straight sur
face, holes bored in the under side and
pegs driven into them for legs. Each
bench extended the length of half the
room. The floor was what was called a
puncheon. This was made of pine slabs,
split and put together as closely as pos
sible, and pegged to the sleepers. Pick
ing splinters out of the bare feet of the
"scholars," as the pupils were called,
was a regular business, the puncheon
floors furnishing splinters every day
and every year, from generation to gen
eration. Many a tender little feminine
heart was captured while its owner,
playing the surgeon, was picking the
splinters out of the feet of some youth
ful Romeo, who bravely kept back the
tears, when it was plain to the tender
hearted surgeon that he was suffering
mortal agony.
There was in this school a very pretty
blue-eyed little maiden about my own
tender age. She was named Cynthia Ann,
daughter of Captain John Parker. Cap
tain Parker was quite "a big man" in
the neighborhood lived in a large
"plank" house with real glass windows
and green blinds. Favored, indeed, was
the boy who could win a smile from or
claim the favor of sweet little Cynthia
Ann. Wasn't her father member of the
Texas Congress? So I was the envy of
all the boys, as Cynthia Ann and I be
came fast friends, and, of course? I was
the cause of many a fight In a short
time we acknowledged, without blush
ing, that we were sweethearts, Cynthia
Ann and I. In fact, she was not back
ward in letting it be known herself.
This settled the dispute, but resulted in
more fights and some few lickings for
me.
One dark night the Comanche Indians,
then raiding in that part of Texas, were
announced in our neighborhood. Every
body took shelter in the block house
nearest his immediate abode. Captain
Parker's family took refuge in the great
Foster block house, near where Pales
tine now is. The Indians attacked this
nd killed and scalped every one of the
inmates, including all of Captain Par
ker's family except Cynthia Ann. They
carried her into captivity away into the
barren hills of New Mexico. As many
men as could be spared from the neigh
borhood followed the Indians for several
weeks, hoping to be able to retake Cvn
I hia Ann, but they were unsuccessful.
I In 18(51 Colonel L. Sul. Ross, of Waco,
then commander of thb Texas Rangers,
afterwards distinguished as a dashing
cavalry General at the head of the
Texas troops during the late war, who
is now Governor of Texas, gave battle
to an invading band of Comanches in
tho Northwestern part of the State. He
utterly routed them, killing and captur
i ing many of their warriors. Among the
latter was an exceptionally fierce little
brave who refused to surrender until a
I six-shooter was pointed at him and was
on the point of being discharged. He
then threw up his hands and in a soft,
feminine voice cried out:
"Americana! Americana!"
Throwing back the red covering of
skins he revealed to the astonished
Texans the neck, throat and breast of a
woman, and, though she was browned
by exposure, they immediately saw that
she was undoubtedly of white parent
age.' She was dressed as were the other
warriors, and was fiercer and more skill
ful than any of them. Colonel Ross
sent hor with the other prisoners to the
capital of the State. The Legislature
was in session. I was then serving my
first term as legislator, and was put on
the committee to make disposition of
the Indians. Through the medium of
an interpreter I had an interview with
the captured squaw, as I imagined she
mnst have a very interesting history.
What was my surprise and sorrow to
learn that she was my little sweetheart
of earlier days, Cynthia Ann Parker,
who had been captured seventeen years
before. She wys recognized by her
jncle, Hon. Dave Parker, then and for
nearly thirty years afterward a member
of the Legislature. She was taken to
ids home, which is still near Palestine.
There were no railroads then in Texas,
all travel being by horseback or wagon.
Cynthia Ann made repeated efforts to
escape from her white friends and it re
quired their utmost vigilanoe to take
her to her future home.
Gradually reoolleotions of her early
life, which had been obliterated by her
savage surroundings, came back to her.
Her memory was aided more by the
woodland scenes around her old haunts,
and more especially by the rude school
house surroundings than by any thing
that could be drawn from or imparted
to her in tho way of conversation. She
then gave an account of her life among
the Indians. She loved to tell of their
uniform kindness and tenderness to
her. After growing to maturity she
was made the wife of the old chief, by
whom she had one son, whom she
named Quanah. She constantly grieved
for her son and her dusky husband and
for the old Indian life, and made fre
quent efforts to escape and return.
Every thing possible was done for her
by relations and friends, and she had
every comfort and every luxury yet
it was plain to all that under the re
straints and restrictions of civilization
she was fretting and pining her life
away. She told them that her captivity
among her own people was worse than i,oqw
her captivity among the Indians. The
burden of her longings, her sighs and
her plaintive songs was for the old In
dian life and for her absent husband
and child.
She was ever gentle and loving but,
like a tender flower transplanted from
balmy atmospheres and soft skies to i
uncongenial climes, keen air, gray skies
and chilly winds, she drooped and died.
She survived her return home about
seven years.
Her warrior husband, Big Buffalo, be
came fiercer and bolder in his forays
from New Mexico down into Texas, try
ing to recapture fris wife and avenge
himself on the pale face. He was final- I
ly killed in a battle near Fort Worth a
few years after his wife's capture.
Quanah, who was almost a man, suo
ceeded his father as chief of the tribe,
under the name of Quanah Parker. In
April, 1885, I was visiting my ranch in
Archie County, near the South line of
the Indian Territory, and stopped at a
hotel at Wichita Falls. I noticed among
the guests a tall, well-dressed, graceful
and intelligent-looking Indian. His
complexion proclaimed him to be a half
breed. On inquiry, 1 ascertained that
it was the celebrated chief of the Com
manches, Quanah Parker.
When introduced to him I told him I
that I had known his mother in her
beautiful young girlhood that I had
been a schoolmate of hers, and had seen
her often in her last days. He showed
great interest and the delight ol a boy
at meeting some one who had known
her. He said he had known his mother's
history from his boyhood, and he felt
he had no right to attempt to get her
back from her friends and relations.
He thus early exhibited those noble
traits and high-minded characteristics
which have enabled him to lead his
tribe to the progress they are making.
While he was talking he took mo aside,
that his friends might not see what they
would consider unmanly tears in his
eyes.
Quanah Parker is one of the best
known of the younger Indian chiefs.
He is wealthy, owns large herds of cat
tle and horses, has immense pastures
and well-cultivated fields, and last, but
by no means least, five wives and
numerous children. I asked him about
the personal appearance of his squaws,
and he replied, with a genuine Indian
shrug:
"Ugh! heap pretty—all sweet."
And then he smiled as if he knew that
this was the Indian side of his nature
which I could neither appreciate nor
approve. He gave me a cordial invita
tion to visit him in the Territory. He
said that he could promise me an abun
dance of game and fish and a good time
generally at his wigwam. I may remark
that his "wigwam" is a very commodious
and handsomely furnished house.
In December, 1885, Quanah's life came
near terminating at the time his co
chief, Yellow Bear, met his death.
They were at the Pickwick Hotel, in
Fort Worth, Tex., and occupied a suite
of rooms. Yellow Bear blew out his gas,
and in the morning Quanah was found
almost beyond recovery, while Yellow
Bear, in the adjoining room, had entirely
yielded up his ghost and gone direct to
the Indians' happy hunting-ground. He
was taken to the Territory and buried
by his tribe. His funeral is said to
have been the largest and most affect
ing that has ever been in the Territo
ry. The grief of his tribe was probably
greatest that he met his death by the
common practice of a pale-faced Con
gressman.
Quanah Parker is unquestionably the
wisest, the most progressive and the
most advanced chief the Comanches
have ever had. This is undoubtedly
due to the inheritance of his mother's
intelligence. The Comanches have al
ways been noted for their fierceness,
their intrepid bravery and their love of
war. They have always been the best
riders among all the Indian tribes, and
have always demanded a chief who
would lead out these savage character
istics in them.
"The ways of Providence are myste
rious and past finding out." In the
light of what has been accomplished,
.and what will yet be done through
Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker's
capture was not altogether an
Wm. A. Bowen, in N. Y. Sun.
AN IDEAL SMALL BOY,
Did Ever
Such a Young One as This
Breathe in Oar Country?,
Johnny (aged six years, brother to
Amelia)—My sister, Mr. Spoonee, will
be up directly. She is now engaged in
washing supper dishes.
Mr. Spoonee—I thought young ladies
left that business for their mothers to
attend to.
Johnny—Some young ladies who think
only of their own ease may leave such
work for their mothers, but Amelia
never does. She never permits mother
to do any thing which she can do her
self. 1 don't think I ever saw a young
lady who kept herself so busy about the
house. Really, I think she is never so
happy as when at work.
Mr. Spoonee—Tell me, Johnny, does
she ever say any thing about me?
Johnny—She frequently speaks of you
as a gentleman whom no woman could
help esteeming highly. You know she
has many suitors, but never, she says,
until she saw you, did she experience
any thing approaching to love.
Mr. Spoonee—Of course she knows
that my fortune is ample, and—
Johnny—Excuse me, sir, but while,
of course, she is not insensible to the
advantages of wealth, she has repeated
ly said that when she weds it will be
because of the love she bears the man
who asks her hand.
Mr. Spoonee—Come, Johnny, do you
think she would have me?
Johnny—I can't say positively, sir. I
know she thinks well of you. Indeed,
I am sure she can not fail of recogniz
ing your worth. But there is a Mr.
Quick who has pressed bis suit very in
dustriously for some time, and if I may
be allowed to make a suggestion, I
should advise you to propose as quickly
as possible. You will excuse me now,
Mr. Spoonee. I hear Amelia on the
stairs, and it might be embarrassing for
you to meet in my presence. Good even
ing, sir.—Boston Transcript.
—Julia Ward Howe is said to be the
best Greek •ohelM Qt bet MK ia the
oountry.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
—Max O'Rell was recently Invited to
pvrite an article for the North American
Review on the subject of "Comic Jour
lalism in Amerioa." "That means all
pour journals," he replied, "for they are
ill comic."
—Gladstone has published one hun
lred and ninety-nine books and pamph
lets. This does not include his maga
tine articles or any of his speeches.
He has all his life been assimilating
knowledge and giving out ideas.
—Stepniak, the exiled Russian Nihil
ist, lives quietly in London with his
gifted wife, and the two spend much
time in the British Museum, ransack
ing books and making many notes.
Stepniak is an industrious writer, and
Is rarely seen at the clubs or in so
ciety, although he has a host of friends.
—Bret Harte is as dainty and fastidi
ous in all his ways as he is in his writ
ings. It is related of him that once
while visiting friends with his family
he was late at breakfast one morning,
and Mrs. Harte explained his tardiness
by saying that she left him "trying to
match a cravat with the stockings he
had decided to wear for the day."
}ueen Victoria has written two
which
have never been published.
They are volumes of travel, and recount
her impressions of various places on
the continent. She has been so an
noyed at tho criticisms of her published
works that she has refused to have
these manuscripts put into print.* They
will be published after her death.
—The Peking Gazette appears in two
editions, one written and one printed
daily, with exception of festival days.
The written edition appears on the day
of the date the paper bears. The printed
edition, which has to be cut in wood, an
operatirw which takes a considerable
time, appears some weeks later. Only
tba most important news is given in tho
written edition the other publishes it
quite fully.
—Browning was at dinner at the
house of a friend when he saw the phon
ograph for the first time. He was
greatly interested in it, and started to
repeat to it "The Ride from Ghent to
Aix." When half through he stopped
suddenly and exclaimed: "I've forgot
ten the rest!" The phonograph dutiful
ly repeated all he had said, including
the exclamation at the end, and the
film upon which the poet's language
was i^nprQSsed is now preserved as a
precious relic.
—Thomas Nelson Page, in a paper read
before the Nineteenth Century Club re
cently, said that in the South, poetry,
in many respects, had not kept pace
with prose. Dialect had undoubtedly
been used by Southern writers to ex
cess, but there was much to be said in
its defense, and in defense of those who
used it. On the whole, the South pre
sented a field for literature such as
could not be found elsewhere, and the
conditions for a literature existed there
as they did not in any other section or
country.
HUMOROUS.
—"Mercy, Sidney! what makes yon look
so serious?" "I'm writing some verses
n spring." "Blank verse, or rhyme?"
"Blank, so far. I've only got one line.''
—Harpers Bazar.
—Pater—"On your prospects will de
pend my acceptance of you as a son-in
law." Would-be Son-in-Law—"H'm.
Well, ray prospects depend entirely on
your acceptance of me as your son-in
law."—Life.
—Well rate!—Father—"Clara, I think
the Count will propose to-night" Clara
(excited)—"What makes you think so,
papa?" Father—"I discovered him in
the hotel to-day looking me up in 'Brad
streets."—Kearney Enterprise.
—Young ladies— would you guess Itf—are like
arrows, don't you know.
They can not pierce a single heart until they
get a beau
And like the arrows, which without a bow oaa
nothing do,
Young ladies, till they get a beau, are in a
quiver, too.
—Oakland (Cal.) Echoes.
—Mother—"Willie, where are the
dried pears that were in the pantry?"
Willie—"All gone, mamma." Mother—
"I know that, you naughty child. Did
you eat them?" Willie (boldly)—"How
could I when it says on the box 'Evap
orated Fruit.' Guess they just 'vap
orated 'fore I could get 'em."—Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
—"How did you succeed in farming,
Plowdeepe? Make a fortune?" "Naw!
Lost two thousand the first year, and
then abandoned the business and re
turned to the city." "What are you do
ing now?" "Editing an agricultural
journal which has for its motto: 'How
to make money on the farm.'"—Demo
rest
—"Have you seen M. Millack's famous
painting, 'The Angleworms,' now on
exhibition?" said the boy to the fish.
"Come ashore and we'll have a look at
it "Naw," said the fish, "and I think
it has been over-rated. You mistake my
identity, I'm not a sucker. The fitful,
fretful shimmer on the water's surface
prcoably distorts your view of me. Call
agin in June." "I'll drop you a line,"
said the boy.—Merchant Traveler.
—Miss Brainy (of Boston) "I want
to have you send home a suit of clothes
for my little brother Willie. He is
eleven years of age." Salesman—"Yes,
midam. Should you say—er, that he
waa large or stnall for his age?" Miss
evil.— Brainy—"Well, I don't know that Willie
has any superfluity of adipose tissue as
oompared with other boys of his age,
bt.t he is usually in the habit of arriving
at his destination with both pedal ex
tremities firmly placed on this mundane
sphere."
CONQUERED HIMSELF.
A Valuable Leiiaon Learned In Five Min
ute* or Less.
"So you wish to learn Christian
science," said a teacher of that "doc
trine" to a lank fellow that had applied
for tuition.
"Yes, sir. What are your terms?"
"Five dollars for three lessons."
"Ail right I'll take the first lesson
right now."
The teacher then began to lay down
the principles of the "science." "You
must first learn," said he, "to conquer
self
"All right" the pupil answered.
"You must exterminate every human
desire must give yourself up to the
ruling of your spirit instead of yield
ing to a single impulse of the body."
"All right" the student agreed.
"Well," the teacher one day re
marked when the term had been com
pleted, "1 think that you are now pre
pared to graduate with honors."
"All right much obliged."
"But have you not forgotten some
thing?" the teacher asked when the
Btudent had started out
"No, reckon not"
"Yes, you have forgotten to me
the five dollars."
"Oh, you see, I had a strong desire to
pay you—a very strong desire of the
flesh, as it were, but have succeeded in
conquering all that sort of thing. So
long."—Arkansaw Traveler.
The Rilling Passion.
Doctor—How's your wife this morn
ing, Mr. Bagley?
Bagley—I'm afraid she's pretty near
ieatb, doctor.
Doctor—Has she had any sinking
ipell? Is she growing weaker?
Bagley—No but she's been bossing
ne around lively this morning, and,
fou know, doc. that the ruling
strong in death. Judge.
SCHOOL AND CHUROH.
—In Iceland there are 200 Luther&B
jharches, with a population of 70,000.
—Word comes from Carleton College,
Minnesota, that every young lady in
that institution is believed to be a
Christian.
—At Columbia City, Cal., a church
organization under the name of "The
Comeouters" has been carrying on a
series of meetings. The members claim
that they are without sin, and are the
chosen of the Lord.
—The United States has 361 colleges,
with 4,442 instructors and 70,024 stu
dents 159 institutions for the higher
education of women, with 1,854 instruc
tors: 90 schools of science, 145 schools
of theology, and 50 of law.
—Miss Susannah Warfield, a wealthy
unmarried woman who died recently at
her home, "Groveland," Carroll County,
Md.. left all her property to found an
Episcopal college which is to be named
after her. The endowment amounts to
about $100,000.
—Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Conn., lately received a rare and valua
ble gift from an alumnus, Marcus L.
Taft of Brooklyn, N. Y. It is some
1,500 Chinese coins representing every
dynasty and every Emperor, some of
them ante-dating several hundred years
the Christian era.
—Miss Hankey, the first woman ever
graduated at Columbia, is to be com
memorated by a window in the college
library. The design is an allegorical
representation of her career as a
scholar, cut short by death. There are
three principal figures, those of science,
an angel, and a student.
—The First Congregational Church o'l
Amherst, Mass., celebrated a few days
ago the 150th anniversary of its found
ing. A historical address was delivered
by its pastor, Rev. G. S. Dickerman,
who traced the development of tho
church from the small band of eighteen
founders to the present society of 450
members.
—Education does not seem to make
people any the less superstitious.
About fifteen hundred different kinds
of dream books are in the market, and
all of them find buyers, while sales
steadily increase about in proportion to
the increase of people. Nor is the de
mand for dream books confined to the
poor. Women with sealskins and dia
monds buy them.
—Jay Gould, it is said, pays $2, .W0
for a pew in Dr. Hall's church. Al
though fairly regular at the morning
service he never appears in the evening.
Russell Sage, on the contrary, is in his
slip at both services. The combined con
tributions of these financial Christians
are estimated at 610.000 a year, or 81,000
a month. All nameless offerings of $300
or more, which are by no means rare,
are attributed to these gentlemen.
—The Central Board of Canadian
Methodist Missions met recently and
appropriated $210,582 to its missions
Indian, Domestic, French Canadian,
Japan and Chinese. The whole Domin
ion is included in the field of its opera
tions, and also Newfoundland and Ber
muda. The contemplated union of the
Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episco
pal South, and Canadian Missions in
Japan into one Methodist church in
that Empire gives great satisfaction.
—The widow of an English clergyman
left by her will a large sum to be paid
to the chaplain of a consumptives' home
and to two clergymen in charge of
churches on the condition that they
read her departed husband's sermons to
the people under their charge. Through
a wrong description of the funds she
dedicated to this purpose the legacy
was frustrated. So both sick and well
were spared having those sermons in
flicted on them. But when was thera
ever before such a proof of wifely ad
miration of a husband's sermons?—
Christian Inquirer.
THE WAYS OF WOMEN.
they Are Decided y Contradictory
These .Statements Are True.
II
The average woman stays in the house
on pleasant days and visits twenty-threa
stores in an afternoon when the wind's
speed has to be taken with a lightning
rod.
She will rail for twenty-five years
against the barbarous fashion of boring
the ears, and then she will punch holes
in her ear lobes with a darning needle
if there is a ghost of a chance of getting
a pair of diamond ear-rings.
She will take two hours to dress and
run back into the house three times il
she is going over to Minnie's to spend
the afternoon and the next day, when
she has a sudden chance to go to San
Francisco, she will pack a tooth-brush
and her purse in her pocket button her
cloak and gloves on the street-car, and
be at the station three-quarters of an
hour ahead of the train.
She spills coffee on the clean table
cloth and smiles sweetly—when there is
company and then she glares like a
healthy demon if William Ilenry lays
the carving knife on the table when
they are alone.
She carefully mends a rent a quarter
of an inch long in her gloves, and goes
for days with a tear two feet long in her
petticoat.
She will put sealskin buttons on a
plush sacque, and expects the whole
world to believe that it is real fur.
She can hold forty-seven pins in het
mouth and give an order to the grocery
boy that will fill the market baskets
and a milk pail.
She laughs because the Smith girls
wear old-fashioned bonnets, and cri's
because she knows of some poor boy
who can't afford a winter overcoat
She will arrange a silk scarf over a
picture frame until a man's eye will
bulge out with admiration, but she can't
tie a plain, ordinary necktie to save her
life.
She will walk up street in the rain to
save a street-car fare, and then she will
give a quarter of a dollar to the first
beggar she meets.
She will go over every carpet in the
house with a damp cloth and a brush,
and then go down town with a black
spot on her nose.
She will give a good course of lecturos
upon the history, general appearance
and people of the Roman empire, and
then she would get lost if she tried to
go
from Buffalo to Attica without an es
cort.
She will read an essay on our inhuman
treatment of fhe red man, and then she
locks the door if she sees a sassafras
vender coming in at the side gate.
She will fry beefsteak and expect the
man of her choice to eat it
She is altogether a lovable creature
and she knows it—Buffalo Expresa
Silk and Wool Monrning- Drexses.
For mourning dresses this season are
new silk and wool fabrics in light qual
ities imitating China crapes, and a ser
viceable silk called Antoinette surah is
for light mourning. This fabric shows
heavy diagonal lines in the weaving.
Bordered, plaided and striped surabs in
black and white India silks with black
grounds, widely or narrowly striped in
white, and white grounds with all-over
arabesque designs, large polka dots, and
floral and geometrical patterns, are' also
exhibited for the spring and summer.
White, black, and gray ginghams follpw
the block and check patterns recently
noted in new colored cottons. Fiije
white batistes, French lawns, and sheet
organdies delicately hem-stitched and
finished on the skirts with very deep
hems will be worn all summer by those
in mourning also those of india muslin
dresses finished with black off
brier-stitching.—N. T. Poet
SOLDIERS INDIA.
Were It Hot brTktlr Dogs Their BditMH
WtuM Be a Dreary One.
Were it not for his dog Tommy Atklni
in India would find things hang hear?
en his hands for his life would getrusty
for the want of a whistle, his hands bs
idle when not teaching his dog tricks.
A favorite holiday and Sunday morning's
pastime was to go rat-catching. Around
most Indian oantonments there are usu
ally plenty of rat-holes, mostly inhabit
ed, and to dislodge rats was our favo*
ite sport. Calling together our pack wa
retired to the neighborhood of the rat
holes and commenced operations. Now,
no ordinary dog can follow a rat into
his hole. Certainly he can tear up a
good deal of soil from around the mouths
of the holes, but that is all. If snuff
ing in a rat's hole would oust a rat, thea
our dogs would have succeeded,
for the vigorous way in which they
snuffed in those holes would have turn
ed many a hole inside out. But those
artful rodents—conscious of a dog's
snuffing powers, mayhap—burrowed
their holes both deep and winding, and
only to lit a rat's circumference, so thai
they had to be circumvented independ
ently of dogs'clawings and sniffs. Butoui
those rats had to come se we went foi
buckets of water ourselves or hired a
native water-carrier to fetch us some,
when, by sheer swamping out, the rati
quitted their holes and came on top.
Then our expectant dogs had their in
nings for the half-drowned rats,
after a peep at daylight again,
only escaped drowning to find them
selves seized by the back, pitched
high above a dog's head with a broken
spine and their life shaken out of them.
It was interesting, too, to see the young*
er dogs trying their first bite and learn
ing rat-catching tricks from their oldei
brethren. We used to stand round and
enjoy the fun and, I'm sure, felt sorry
that we hadn't dog's jaws for the nonce,
so that we might get down on our hands
and knees and enjoy a good "rat worry."
Anyhow, we used to follow our dogs'
movements with an eye for a rat and oui
jaws in motion, while our teeth snapped
and our chins dropped as we saw them
giving the rats their coup.—St James'
Gazette.
A WELSH HERCULES.
He Threw a Man and Hli Donkey Over
High Stone Wall.
Sir Nicholas Kemeys, Bart, of Cefn
Mably, was accounted one of the strong
est men of his day, and a tradition of
him, corroborative of his great strength,
still exists in Glamorganshire. The
story runs that one summer evening as
Sir Nicholas was walking in the deer
park at Cefn Mably with some guests,
an athletic man leading an ass, upon
which was his wallet, approached, and
respectfully saluting the company, said
he humbly supposed that the huge gen
tleman he had the honor of addressing
was the strong Sir Nicholas Kemeys.
The stranger, being answered in the
affirmative, declared himself a noted
Cornish wrestler, who had never been
thrown, and having heard from a Welsh
man, whom he had met at Bristol, of
the great bodily strength of Sir Nicho
las, had made this journey to see his
honor, adding that, if it were not ask
ing too" great a favor, he trusted Sir
Nicholas would condescend to "try a
fall" with him. The Baronet, smilingly
assented, but advised the Cornishman
to first go to the buttery and get refresh
ment.
The Cornishman declined with many
thanks, saying he was quite fresh so
they fell to wrestling, and in a moment
the Cornishman w «S thrown upon his
back. The Baronet assisted him to
rise, asking him if he was now satisfied
of his strength. The reply was: "Not
unless you throw me over the park
wall." The tale continues to say that
this request was readily complied with,
"when the unsatisfied wrestler entreated
that Sir Nicholas would throw his ass
after him over the wall, which was ac
cordingly done!
A place is still shown in the ancient
park wall as the scene of the exploit.
A fine picture now at Cefn Mably, in
the possession of Colonel Kemeys-Tynte,
representing Sir Nicholas as of great
stature and apparent gigantic strength.
He was subsequently killed at Chesstow
Castle in defending it against the troops
of Cromwell, having slain many of the
enemy with his own hand in the sortie
in which he fell.—Spectator.
Prompt and Careful.
Mr. Tick—How long will it take you
to
.make me a suit of clothes?
Tailor—Three days.
Mr. Tick—All right and I'll settle the
bill in just sixty days from to-day.
You'll have 'em ready on time now
won't you?
Tailor—Yes, sir they'll be ready in
just sixty-three days.—Smith, Gray &
Co.'s Monthly.
—A picturesque character who recent
ly died in Washington County, Georgia,
was noted for trading jack-knives. On
the handle of every knife he ever owned
he made a little private mark, by which
he could recognize it if it ever came in
to his bands again.
—In some parts of Asia the tanned
skin of the sajmon yields a prettily
marked scale-liked leather, and ray
I skins a good imitation of morocco.
Deafnefli Can't Be Cared
by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
i which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by Catarrhs that
we can not cure by taking Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHEXEY & Co., Toledo, Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
IFaman does not care to live let him um
pire base-bail or go hunting with an ama
teur sportsman.—N. O. Picayune.
Consumption Rarely Cared.
ToTHteEniTOB:—Pleaseinform your read
ers that I have a positive remedy for the
above named disease. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per
manently cured. I shall be glad to send two
bottles of my remedy
FIIEE
to any of your
readers who nave consumption if they will
send me their express and post-oftlce ad
dress. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C.,
181 Pearl street, New York.
Whew a man doesn't impose on his wife
she acquires the idea that he no longer loves
her.—Washiuprton Star.
Physicians Wise In Their Generation.
The above class of scientists recognize, and
have repeatedly borne testimony, to the ef
ficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Sitters as a
remedy and preventive of fever and ague,
rheumatism, want of vigor, liver complaint
and some other ailments and infirm condi
tions of the system. Experience and ob
servation have taught them its value. They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press. Only the be
nighted now are ignorant of America's tonic
and alterative.
THE medical expert in a murder trial is
generally introduced to confuse the Jury
men.—Texas Siftings.
A Lady In Booth Carolina Writes:
My labor was shorter and less painful
Ulan on two former occasions physicians
astonished: I thank you for "Mother's
Friend." It is worth its weight in gold.
Address the Bradfleld Reg. Co., Atlanta,
Qa for particulars. Bold by all druggists.
W* can learn nothing about the toma
hawk from books on ornithology^—Pitts
burgh Chronicle.
FISH-BALLS are allowable in Lent—IT. O
Rcaynne.
i
BEAUTY WITHOUT PAINT.
That's not the cure, my charming Miss,"
The doctor said—1"Remember this:
If you your skin would keep from taint*
Discard the powder and the paint"
March, April, May
are
the Months
when the Blood
should be renovated
with
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
What makes my skin so dark and muddy
My cheeks were once so smooth and ruddy.
I use the best cosmetics made:"
Is what a lovely maiden said.
and
the System fortified
for the
change of Seasons.
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Malaria. Liver Complaints, take tho aafd
and certain remedy, SMITH'S
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Use the SMALL SIZK (40 little beans to the bot
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Price of either s!ie, 25 cento per bottle.
If IQQIIMO at 7- 17. 70: Photo-eranire,
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Stimulating tbe bowels, giving natur
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griping, and
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They are adapted to old or young.
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ANEWCOUNTRY!
The "Moo" Kail
way open*
up
The proper thing for all such ills
Is this," remarked the man of pills:
Enrich the blood and make it pure—
In this you'll find the only cure."
For cleansing, purifying and enriching the blood, Dr. Pierce's Golden Med*
ical Discovery has no equal. It cures all humors from a common Blotch or
Eruption to the worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Scaly or Rough Skin, in short
all diseases caused by bad blood are conquered by this powerful, purifying,
and invigorating medicine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign
influence. Especially has it manifested its potency in curing Tetter Eczema,
Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, Hip
joint Disease, "Fever-sores,'' "White Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck, and
Enlarged Glands.
OPl'BRED for an incurable case of
Catarrh in the Head bjT
the proprietors of DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.—Headache, obstruction of nose, dischargee
failing into throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid, nt others, thick,
tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness, difficulty of clearing throat, expectoration of offensive matter
breath offensive smell and taste impaired, and general debility. Only a
few of these symptoms likely to be present at once. Thousands of cam
result in consumption and end in the grave.
By its mild, soothing, antiseptic, cleansing, and healing properties. Dr. Page's Remedy
cures the worst cases. This infallible remedy does not, like the poisonous irritating snuffs,
"creams" and strong caustic solutions wita which the public have long been humbugged.
Simply palliate for a short time, or
drive the
in the use of such nostrums, but
dfcwwe
In the lunv.
it produces
TERRITORY.
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Makers of "Bile Beans. St.
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brinffs infirmities.nnoh us •Inc-
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Tutt's Pills
tracts of
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SPLE1IDIB CHANCES FOR MAW
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Railway Co. Pays Caah Tor Cordwoud*
Mdr«s"$00" RAILWAY,
as there is danger of d' ing
perfect aud permanent cures of lb*
worst ca*es of Chronic Catarrh, as thousands can testify. "Cold In the Head"
is cured with a tew applications. Catarrhal Headache is relieved aud cured as if by
magic. By druggists, 50 cent?.
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Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to
taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists.
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On reccipt of price In postage stamps wewilJscnd
free by mail the following valuable articles:
One Box of Pure Vaseline, 10 Cents.
One Box of Vaseline Camphor Ice.
10 Cts.
One Box of Vaseline Cola Cream.15 Cts.
One Cake of Vaseline Soap 10 Cents.
One Bottle of Pomade Vaseline,
15 Cents.
If yon have occasion to oae "Vaseline" In an
form be careful to accept only genuine goods pot
np by us in original packages. A great many
drnL'gint* are trying to persuade bnyere to take
Vaseline Preparations put np b' them. Never yield
to such Tiersuacion. as the i.rticle is sn imitation
without value and will not do good nor give yon
the resu't you expect. A two ounce bottle of Blue
Seal Vaseline is Mild by all druguists at ten cent*.
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i genuine
unlets our oame it
on the UbeL
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