ONCE IN AWHILE.
In nwMl the sun shlaaa out
Os*. srchlng (Ikies r a perfect Woos
.while mM cloud* of doubt
felrost sun oomo peeping thromrh.
n-Vaih* lend down by the meadows fplr
°^{r r e the sweetest blossoms nod and smile:
we Isi aside our cross of care
*** once in awhile.
M m .while within our own
fen) the band of a steadfast friend:
fZ, In awhile we bear a tone
of lore with the heart's own mice to blond.
... Ibe dearest of all our dreams oome true,
Tsd on life's way U a golden mile;
r.fb Ihlrsiln* Bower Is kissed with dew,
* Once In awhile
once in awhile In the desert sand
WS And a spot of the fairest green:
once Is awhile from where wo stand
The hills of Paradise are seen.
Ands perfect Joy lu our hearts wo hold,
A)oy that the world cannot deflle;
w, trade earth's dross for the Surest gold,
w Onoe la awhile.
—Jflion Waterman. In Youth's Companion.
ONLY MAGGIE.
But She Was the Gom of the
f Household.
The two words, “only Maggie," were
s sort of by-vrord in the Clements fam
ily, where the young Indy rejoicing In
the baptismal appellation of Margaret
waa considered somewhat inferior In
all respects to the three elder slaters.
Miss Nora Clements was artistic.
Miss Georgina Clements was musical,
snd her hours were spent executing in
trloaclesupon tho piano. Miss Cordelia
Clements wss a beauty.
Maggie, the youngest, was simply a
cheerful, good-tempered, industrious
girl, who aimed at no special display of
either besuty or talent, but waa quite
content to be handmaiden for the
others
Howard, the only brother, and the
eldest of the family, was a physician
nd the head of the household, the
father snd mother being dead. There
was wealth enough to make a pleasant
home when the separate incomes were
combined, and Howard would have
been most unwilling to see his sisters
leave him for any but a homo and hus
band of their own.
“We can all live comfortably to
gether." he would say, “but you have
not enough to live upon without work
if you leave the house we own among
us."
At first tho two older girls were quite
anxious to figure as a great artist and
musician, but finally they allowed their
brother to have his own way.
The youug doctor was very proud of
his sisters and their various attractions,
and when his warm friend and fellow
student, Paul Goddard, appeared to
make him a short visit, he lead him from
the office into tho house adjoining it,
delighted at the prospect of showing
off the girls to a city gentleman.
A tour of inspection in the drawing
room prereded the actual introduction.
Thus:
"This scene upon the Catskill moun
tains was painted by my eldest sister.
Paul. We spent tho summer there for
* the express purpose of allowing Nora
to make sketches. ”
“Very fine," murmured Paul, trying
his best to admire the mountains.
“And the music is Georgina’s.
Georgina is Slg. Skwallinni's best
pupil.”
"A great . talent,” Paul murmured
again.
"And this,” continued Howard, open
ing the photograph album, “is Cor
delia."
He added no more, and truly the
face was sufficiently beautiful to need
no comment. Paul spoke cordially:
"What a beautiful face! Who Is this
opposite your sister. Howard?"
'That is Maggie. She is my young
est sister."
“And does she paint or sing?"
"Oh, no. Maggie has no talent and
no beauty. She is a good little thing.
But come to your room. . Dinner will
be ready at six." ' •
"So Maggie is housekeeper," thought
Paul, a-s he looked around the tasteful
apartment assigned to him. “1 think
Miss Maggie certainly has something
of her sister’s artistic eye. How ex
quisitely those flowers are arranged
and how cool and fresh It is here, after
a hot, dusty ride."
Seeking the drawing-room again, Paul
found tho artistic sister contemplating
the scene from the back windows with
eapt enthusiasm.
Mr. Goddard,” she said, advancing
to meet him.
Paul made the necessary speech of
gratification, wondering if it was the
brown of the Cat-skill mountains that
waa daubed so extensively upon tho
wlrtof Miss Nora’s blue dress,and if it
was artistic meditation that had made
cr pin her collar crooked, and forget
er cuffs altogether. She launched at
cnee into a bewildering sea of techni
calities, and called upon Paul to admire
* eels of cloud and shadow, light and
fVf. from the back window, tili ho
f like a reprieved prisoner upon the
entrance of another sister, who was in
troduced as “my sister Cordelia."
he beauty} was superb. Every curl
. It'ossy brown hair was arranged
r effect Her creamy complexion was
•gbtened by a dress of soft,white
n "s in, with tiny green leaves scattered
er it, Hhe bowed w ith languid
but sat as if actually afraid to
* or * ear of disarranging any fold
*y %uU,e “ costume. Georgina np
, , r , as the bell rang and Georgina
P° e but little. It made her hoarse to
Mw-ay,, talking.
aul waR inwardly resolving to cut
cl./cry short, when Howard
sun i* , door °* the dining-room
* nd introduced:
My sister, Maggie."
she was not pretty; she was not artis
te ,® u " lca li hut she was charming,
"u." * ye *’ ’ n hve minutes. Her
nerf. .? Ued hfr ff-acefttl little figure
*hi(r V 'i ** 6r co *' ar an( f cuffs were
cirf, i, * mo °th; her hair was dressed
Visit,/ * Dd becomingly; she was ex
wmsitely neat
gavh! i!5 ri ? sr for her voice * Bhe chatted
shout b jleasantly; not being anxious
snd fro'T . reM ' 8 * le nooved gracefully
Went and having no specialty of
the varir, , COU * d balk sensibly about
friend startcdl* C * h *'' br ° ther h ‘*
WncuMed^T 1 Pleasantly. Paul
keeper * Mafr * r ‘ e waa house
credit f and nner certainly did her
himseH k „ PaB “ and a,va V. nod Paul found
Mbc-es ( roanin ? in spirit over the
‘ e rh ~f(' I ( n , enta ’ He had wandered in
had eg,,,, 1 "® P'cturesque with Nora,
purs :m 1 01 Bloves and hoots in the
■'eisibh. ' vom *crful boughs and inac
;,>oVlna tm°n He had liBtened to
be War divlu a!* ears fairly ached, and
ffheihe,. n * d * n hts own mind as to
•e performer or tho listener
deserved the most pity. He had ad
mired Cordelia in eeery variety of cos
tume, in every effective attitude; had
seen her eyes raised, and the Ion?
lashes of the drooping lids; and mar
veled at the wlyteness of her hands, at
the profusion of her curling hair; had
considered her a beauty, a weariness,
and a burden of spirit
But he could find but little time to
speak to Maggie. He saw the evidences
industry and taste in every de
tall of housekeeping; knew whose skill
directed the servants, whose fingers
filled the flower vases, whoso eyes
were everywhere. But the very per
fectlon of all these arrangements kept
the little woman too busy for many
idle moments, and in the evenings the
older sisters were ail-engrossing.
Two months had passed and instead
of June roses early fall fruits and flow
ers were abundant at Mossvale when
I’aul Goddard passed again through
the village and called at Dr. Clements'
office.
"I am so sorry," said Howard, as he
cordially shook his friend by the hand.
"All the girls are away. Uncle James
invited them to pass a month at the
White mountains, and they deserted
me."
"Then you are alone?”
"Oh, not entirely. Maggie stays to
keep house for me,"
"Oh, Miss Maggie is here. Shall I in
trude if I stay a day or two, Howard?"
"Intrude, Paul! Par from it. 1 am
not busy, and Maggie was telling me
to-day that time actually hangs heavy
upon her hands. Von know she wes
always running for the others. So now
the little damsel has time to enjoy her
self, and we have had some lovely rides
and drives. Maggie does ride beauti
fully and her horse is very fond of her."
It was true that Maggie was finding
many leisure hours while her sisters
were away, and Paul found that the re
tiring, modest girl was one of the pleas
antest companions it had ever been his
good fortune to meet
t 1 1 was an amusement the young physi
cian enjoyed to draw out the accom
plishments that had been overshadowed
by her sisters’ loudly proclaimed talents
and attractions. He found that Mag
gie could sing, with a sweet bird-like
voice, though she never attempted the
difficult songs In which Georgina was
supposed to excel. She could play sim
ple pieces with feeling and expression,
and her fingfrs would fairly dance over
the keys in livelier music, that required
no wonderful talent or elaborate exe
cution.
And it was wonderful how pretty the
child-like face became in Paul God
dard's eyes. There was a charm in the
constant cheerfulness that kept the
rosy month ever smiling and sweet;
there was a beauty of expression in
the brown eyes that mere form and
color can never give; there was an at
traction always in the exquisite neat
ness of dress that was never stiff and
prim, though so carefully arranged.
Howard Clements, who loved his
friend, and had hoped to secure him as
a brother during his former visit,
opened his eyes wide in amazement
as the days wore away and Paul lin
gered in Mossynle. During his first
visit Howard had hoped to sec him
yield to the fascinations of the elder
Misses Clements, and no maneuvering
mother ever took more pains than this
brother to display the talents and beau
ties of his sisters. That anyone would
look twice at Maggie when in the com
pany of the others had never occurred
to Howard.
But in the light of Paul’s evident ad
miration the brother began to contem
plate with different emotions the pos
sibility of losing his little sister. He
had borne with perfect composure the
prospect of parting with the others. It
seemed no great hardship, oven when
the separation involved the disappear
ance of Nora's masterpieces and
Georgina's music rack. But to lose
Maggie was quite another matter.
“Who,” Howard asked himself, in
dismay—"who would superintend the
servants and keep the house in order?
Who would wait with cheerful smiles
upon him when the duties of his pro
fession obliged him to ask for meals at
all sorts of irregular hours?"
Visions of Nora in paint-bedaubed
dresses, Georgina with frowsy hair
and Cordelia in inert beauty presiding
over the household filled Howard's
brain; and, while ho lamented, he ad
mitted that "Paul's head was level" in
his apparent choice.
Maggie could scarcely believe she
heard aright when Paul Goddard
pleaded for the gift of her love ami
promised all loyalty and devotion if she
would come to preside over his home.
"But,” she said, "you cannot really
love me."
"I really can and do,” was the reply.
"But I'm so piain and so stupid.
Howard said—” She paused and
blushed.
"Well, what did Howard say?"
"Never mind.”
"Tell me. That's a darling."
‘‘He said, then, that f was sure to be
an old maid, and after the others were
all married 1 was to stay here and help
him keep up a bachelor’s hall. I really
don’t see," she added, earnestly, “how
Howard will get along."
“He must do as I do.”
"How?"
"Seek a darling little housekeeper
for a wife.”
So, to the amazement of all con
cerned, the' first Miss Clements who
was married was not the artist, not the
musician, not the beauty, but only
M aggie. - N. Y. News.
No Matrimony for Them.
It is a remarkable fact that the
greater number of most distinguished
painters have lived and died free from
the thralldom of Hymen. Take, for
example, the presidents of the Boyal
academy. Sir Joshua Reynolds was a
bachelor; Benjamin West, his suc
cessor, was a bachelor; so was Sir
Thomas Lawrence; so, too, Sir Edwin
Landseer, for he, be itremembered, was
elected president, and his refusal did
not take effect until thirteen days af
terward; so, also, Sir Francis Grant,
and. as everybody knows. Sir Fred
erick Leighton. Maclise. too, who
was offered the presidency and a
knighthood and refused both, was no
more amenable to the idea of mar
riage. Then‘Turner, Etty, Sir David
Wilkie. Sir William Boxall, Sir W. Gor
don and Sir W. C. Ross, all of them re
garded matrimony with the same aver
sion as Reynolds, who. when he heard
of Flaxman’s engagement, exclaimed:
"Then he's ruined for an artist. '
The celibacy of Raphael and Miohaol
angclo was to him a sacred example,
as sacred as it is to the priei||iood,
Westminster Gazette.
—lt isn't the biggest horn that makes
the best music.—Ram’s Horn-
HE WAS DISCOURAGED.
Thr® Wt* No Chance of HU
Injured.
A man who seemed thoroughly down
on his luck walked into the
Valley station the other afternoon and
lookqji around curiously. ' ■
After peering into every corner of the
place, he strolled over to the ticket
window and asked;
"Is this here the Lehigh Valley de
pot?” J
“Yes, sir," answered the ticket
agent.
"Strike on the road, I hear?"
“Yes."
"Suppose I can’t get a ticket down to
IVilkcsbarrc, can 1?”
"Yes."
But the trains ain't going to run,
are they?”
“Oh, yes, they are."
“Strike all along the liner’
"Somthing of a strike, yes."
Then hotv’re you going to run
trains?"
The agent raised bis voice. "Now,
sec here," he said, "I told you that you
could get a train to Wilkosbarrc. Do
you want to go?”
The man counted out loose change
and laid it down on the window ledge.
"Guess i will," ho said,
lie was given a ticket and walked
over and sat down on a bench. Ho ex
amined his ticket carefully and shifted
around in his seat uneasily, says the
Buffalo Express. After ten minutes
he went to the window again. "Say,”
he said, "that train's likely to run off
the track ain't it?”
"No," said the agent shortly.
"Strikers probably will put rails
on the track, or somethin', won't
they?"
“I should say not."
"But I mean they may he some dan
ger in ridin’ down there to Wilkes
barre; will, won't they?"
"Not a bit."
"Moro'n likely somethin' will hap
pen. though, don’t you think?"
"No, 1 don't think. There will be
no more danger than on an ordinary
occasion, and that is just none at
all."
The man went over and sat down
again He was evidently bothered,
for, after another ten-minute wait,
he walked over to the window again.
"Sure I won't get hurl?" he asked,
anxiously.
"Now, see here!'' said the ticket
agent warmly. "I want you to under
stand that there is not the remotest
danger of your getting hurt. The trip
will bo absolutely safq. You needn't
be nervous about it at all."
The man walked slowly toward the
door. "Just my durn luck,'’ he said,
as he passed out. "Here, I’ve gone
and pul all my money in a ticket,
Glinkin’ the train might be run off the
track an’ me get hurt, so's I could get
a case for dumagos, an' there's no morn
danger than if I was to stay here. I’m
a dead Jonah, that's what I am." —N. V.
Journal.
NOTHING FROM HOWELL.
The Hear Old l.arty Who Had No Cause
to Worry.
There was a motherly-looking old
lady sitting in the midst of her bundles
at the depot the other day, when a man
with a grip aat down beside her and
began to read a newspaper. She eyed
him pretty sharply for a few minutes
and then inquired:
"Any great nows in the papers, to
day?"
"Nothing very extraordinary," he
replied.
"See anything from Howell?"
"Not yet."
"I’m from Howell, or party near
there. Ilin down hero visitin' my sis
ter. Haven't bin hero but two weeks,
but it seems a hull year. Gnly got one
letter from Joseph, and about all he
said in that was that ho took his pen in
hand to inform me that he was well,
and hoped these few lines would find
mo the same, which they did. I'm a
little worried. Don’t find any item
there about a house or barn burnin’ up
near Howell?”
“No, ma'am.”
"Joseph was breaking a colt when I
came away. Don't sec anything about
a farmer giltin’ his neck broke or bein’
kicked to death?"
“Nothing of the sort, ma'am "
“Anything about any one falling
down a well or off a haymow?"
"No, ma'am."
"Joseph is awful reckless, but mobhe
he's got through all right. Anything
about a mad dog biting anybody, or a
gun bustin' and blowin' a man’s head
off while he was shootin' at a hawk?”
"Nothing whatever. I think you
will got home and find everything all
right.”
“1 hope so, but two weeks is a long
time to bo away, and I’m naturally
given to worry more or less. I expect
the pigs bad pot out of the pen two or
three times, and I’sposc the colts have
broke out again and Joseph has left
the cellar door open every night, but if
it's no worse I shall be a thankful
woman.”
"Here's an item about a farmer run
ning away with the hired girl while
his wife was absent," said the man as
he turned the paper.
"Do tell! Wall, that don't skeer me
any. I didn't leave no hired girl there,
and Joseph is so awful homely that
even the sheep dodge him. Much
oblceged to you, I expect to find
things a little topsy-turvy, but I guess
there ain't no call to worry.”- Detroit
Free Press.
Ho Had III* Reward,
it was in a large department store
that a gilded youth drifted up to the
candy counter.
“Do you know,” he said to the pretty
young woman in charge, "if I were the
proprietor of this establishment, I
should dismiss you?"
"Why?” she asked indignantly.
"In order to give the candy a chance,"
he answered.
And she gave him a pound and a quar
ter of seventy-ftve-cent candy for fifty
cents. —Detroit Free Press.
Medical Item.
Doctor— What have you been taking?
Patient —I have tried several bottles
of "Smith’s Miraculous Liver Encour
ager.”
Doctor—Yon are going to kill your
self taking all kinds of quack medi
cines. What do yon suppose we doc
tors are for? —Texas Siftings
Art It Los|.
The Ignorant Husband—What, a
hundred and twenty-five dollars for
that hat! Why, there’* nothing in it
but a two dollar frame, a two dollar
feather, and a dollar’s worth of velvet
The Intelligent Wife—And a hundred
and twenty dollars’ worth of style. -
Truth.
—Home interprets Heaven. Horae ia
Heaven for beginners—Dr. Parkhurat
AN AUBUBN MIRACLE.
An Act of Heroism Is Followed by
Dire Results.
Edward Donnelly Baye* a Life Almoet a
the Coat of Hie Own-After Teare of
Buffering He la Restored to Health
—llia Story aa Told to a Report
er of the Auburn Bulletin.
[Auburn, N Y„ Rulletln.!
U la on record that upon a chilly April
flay, a few year* ago, an eight-year-old boy
fell Into the East river nt the foot of East
Eighth street. New York, and when all ef
fort* to rescue him had failed, Edward Don
nelly, at risk of his own life, plunged into
the water and, when himself nearly ex
hanslad, saved the boy from drowning, it
was a humane and self-sacrificing deed, and
received deserved commendation In all the
newspapers.
There is a sequel to this accident, how
ever. which thus far Ims notbeen published
It is to the effect that Donnelly was para
lyzed aa a result of the cold plungoand came
near dying. Auburn people have known
the family since hiswlfowas AmandaOrant
man and his sister Mrs. K. n. ferry, of 31
Moravia street. Donnelly himself describes
the rescue and the result;—
"I was general foreman of the V. A. Mnl
grew Haw Mills, foot of Eighth street, N. Y,
on the East river. It was on the 30th of
April, 189, that the boy fell into the river
nnd 1 rescued him from drowning. At, that
timo I was in the water so long that I was
taken with a deathly chill, nnd soon became
so stiffened up and weak that I could neither
work nor walk For aomo timo T was un
der treatment of T)r George McDonald, who
said I had locomotor Ataxia Ho finally
gave mo up, and on the Ist of Juno, 1893, my
wife nnd I came up to Auburn.
“When the disease llrsl came upon mo
the numbness began in my heels, and soon
the whole of botti my feet became affected.
There was a cold feeling across ttio small of
my back nnd downwards, and a sense of
soreness and a tight pressure on the chest.
The numbness gradually extended up hoth
legs and into the lower part, of my body. I
felt that death waa creeping up to my vilala.
I waa still Inking the medicine V‘lt was
lodide of Potassium,' snld his wife), and
waa being rubbed and having plasters put
all over my body, hut with no benefit.
“I sent to the Clma. H Hngar Company,
the popular Auburn druggists and chemists,
at 109 and ill Genesee street, and got three
boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills nnd began
taklngthem. In three weeks’ time I was so
improved Ihat from being helpless, I was
able to help mysell ami to get up and go lo
work, nnd to walk every day from No. 74
Walnut street, where I then lived, to Os
born # New Twine Factory, Hoymonr anil
Cottage streets—more than a mile w here I
van (lien employed, but all the while I was
taking Pink Pills.
“Then Ur. Palchen, of Wisconsin, uncle of
ny wife, nnd who was hero on a visit, be
gan to poo-hoonl me for taking Pink Pills,
and finally persuaded me lo slop taking
them and let him treat me. When tie re
turned to the West he left a prescription
with Dr. Hyatt, of Auburn, who also treated
me. But their treatment, did mo no good,
and after a while the old trouble returned
and 1 wns getting bud again. Then 1 began
to take Pink Pills; have taken them ever
since, am taking them now; hnvetakonin ail
nearly3o boxes at an entire coat, of less Ilian
*lO,OO (my other treatment coat me n pile i t
money I,and again lam well and able to work.
“If I was able, 1 would nt. my own ex
pense publish the virtues of or, Williams’
Pink Pills to the whole world and especially
in New York City, whore I am much belter
known than I am here "
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
without doubt mark tho hcginnlngol a morn
healthful ora. They were first compounded
by an eminent practitioner, and used as a
prescription for many years in general
practice with almost incredible success.
They are now given to the public as an un
failing blood builder nnd nerve restorer,
curing all forms of weakness arising from
a watery condition of tho Wood or shattered
nerves, two fruitful causes of almostevery
ill that, flesh is heir to. These pills are also
a specific for the troubles peculiar to fe
males, such ns suppressions, nil forms of
weakness, chronic constipation, bearing
down pains, etc., and in tho enseof men will
give speedy relief and effect a permanent
cure in ail cases arising from menial worry,
overwork or excesses of whatever nature.
The pills arc sold by all dealers, r r will bo
sent post paid on receipt of price (SO cents a
box nr six boxes for *3.so—they are never
sold In hulk or by Hie UKI) by addressing
Dr, Williams' Medicine Cos, Hi hence tody,
N. Y, or Brocltvllle, Ontario.
lx an Old Church. — Ethel — “How harmo
nious the color of everything is " Margaret
—“Yes, excepting the sexton. Why doesn't
he wear stained glassesl"—P, & 8. 8. 8.
Co.'s Bulletin.
State of Ohio. Citt of Toi,edo, I
LttCAS COUNTY. ( '*•
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
tho senior partner of the firm of F. J.Chenrt
(t Cos., doing business In the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay tho sum of one hiinprep pop
lars for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannotbecuredhythense of Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
Hworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, thisfitbday of December,A, D. IHbfi.
i~'—i A. w. Gleason.
I **"'•( Notary I'l'blle.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acta directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces nt the system. Bond for testimonials,
tree. P. J. Cheney tic Cos, Toledo, O.
CfTßold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family rills, 25c.
Reason.—“ What is reason?" asked the
teacher from Boston, of the smsllest, boy in
the class “It's what my daddy never has
for lickin’ mo.” was tho confident reply.—
Detroit Free Cress.
180 World's Fair Photos for St.
These beautiful pictures are now ready for
delivery in ton complete parts 15 pictures
comprising each part- and the whole set can
he secured by the payment of One Dollar,
sent to Geo. H. Heafyorp, General Passen
ger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee A Bt. Pan!
Railway, Chicago, ill, and Hie portfolios of
pictures will tie sent, free of expense, by
mail to subscribers.
Remittances should he made by draft,
money order, or registered letter.
Don’t wait for the wagon while the walk
ing ia good.
DOINGS OF PEOPLE.
William Andrew Conant, known
the country over for his skill aa a vio
lin-maker, died recently, aged ninety
years. lie began making violins in
Rrattletioro nearly sixty years ago and
Is said to have made over seven hun
dred of them.
Hans von Hri.ow was exceedingly
vain. When fits of vanity would seize
him on the stage It was his custom to
have the stage hands shift the piano
between the numbers so that wit’,
each new piece a different profile of
his face would be presented.
Young King Alexander attende
his first ball In Belgrave a few days
ago. He was shy, awkward, ungrace
ful, and beyond the honor of being
chosen as a partner of their king the
young girls present derived littlo
pleasure from dancing with the
monarch.
JtTDGE Wiliiot M. Smith, of Long
Island, learning that the county board
intended to increase his salary from
two thousand dollars to twenty-five
hundred dollars per annum, appeared
before the board the other evening
and defeated the proposition by show
ing that the present salary is suf
ficient.
Senator Stanford’s favorite seat, a
large and comfortable willow chair
standing at a window in tho Stanford
mansion, where the senator used to sit
and watch the scenes of the atreet and
the bay, is kept by bis widow just as
he left It, except that across Its ca
pacious arms a broad leather strap has
been buckled to prevent occupancy.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
—Baxter, he of the “Salute* Rest. -
wee accustomed to imprisnnmeni, so
that It ffave him little uneaNinrsa His
greatest misery when in Jail was to be
deprived of Hlh books.
—The duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
finds that technically he cannot give
up that ISO,OOO a year from Fngland,
although anxious to. There are some
very sad things connected with the pro
fession of reigning.
—United States Senator James Mc-
Millan, of Michigan, sent $5,000 recent
ly to Detroit for the benefit of the un
employed, suggesting that it be used to
give work to those who wish and can
get no other employment.
—Sir Charles Dilke said in a debate
In parliament: “The most dangerous
illusion any inhabitant of the I’nltcd
Kingdom can have is that we area pop
ular power. We arc probably the
most unpopular of the groat powers.”
—Hosca Sprague, of Homer, N. Y.,
is one hundred years old. He was
born in Rrimfleld, Maes., but has lived
in Cortland county since 1831. Ho Is
very active and is quite a wrestler even
now in his old ago. His wife is eighty
throe years old.
The earl of Lovelace, who died re
cently at the advanced ago of eighty
eight, was not only the husband of
Myron's only child, but ho was a direct
descendant of Henry VII. and Lady
Catherine Grey. He was an architect,
a landscape gardener, and an engineer.
—Mme. Fan inti Seiler, a Gorman
woman, first discovered the mechanism
of head notes, the highest tones of tho
female voice. She devoted herself to
the study of the larynx at the dissec
tion table, and was rewarded by find
ing two small cartilages in the vocal
chords which produced these sounds.
—Roscoe Howard, of Han Diego, <’r.l.,
has presented to the Smithsonian insti
tution a white king eagle from Krua
dor, whore it was captured in the
Andes, ami said to be the first one of
its species ever brought to this country.
It is a magnificent looking bird and,
although only six months old. weighs
nearly fifty pounds and is about three
feet six inches in height
A young Chinese woman has been
trying for some time to get a medical
education in San Francisco in order to
practice among her own people. For
three years she has been supporting
herself by nursing In Chinatown, but
has now mafic application for admission
to some of the hospitals of the city,
only to have her application refused
because of her race. Seattle Post-In
telligencer.
Martin Harkus, of Stillwater Minn.,
is said to le the most absent-minded
man in the northwest. Tho other day
he forgot an engagement to marry un
til three hours after the appointed
time, and then he remembered it, but
the name of his afibmeed bride wholly
escaped his mind. By the aid of the
young woman's father and two broth
ers and n shotgun his memory was re
freshed and a tragedy averted.
Mrs. Jennie Atchley, of Beevllie,
Bee county, Tex., is tho most extensive
breeder of queen bees in the world.
She is the mother of eight children,
who, with her, do all the work of her
large apiary. Sho has between eight
hundred and one thousand colonies of
iwes, devoted exclusively to queen
rearing, and has sold about five thou
sand queens this season. She receives
orders from all parts of tho globe.
-Col. Hampton S. Thomas, of Phila
delphia, has Just been awarded a medal
of honor under the general act of con
gress for gallant services In action at
Amelia courthouse, Va., April 5,
In this action Col. Thomas, who com
manded the First Pennsylvania cavalry,
lost his right leg below the knee, He
has four other wounds made by shot,
shell and saber in different engage
ments. I’ncle Sam is sometimes slow,
but. bo gets there eventually.
Mr. Gladstone has usually been
considered Hie father of tho bouse of
commons. This is not quite true. Mr.
Villiers (ninety-one) is okler, and so is
Sir Isaac Holden (eighty-seven). But
Mr. Gladstone has been at. Westminster
slxty-one years.
—Z
Yorsan easily fill tho public eye if you
duly have the dust.—Texas Siftings.
Tms man who Is waiting for his ship to
eomo In usually finds It a tug.--Yonkon
Statesman.
Yks, Minerva, there is a vast difference
between fastdnj's and fast nights.—Elmiro
Gazette.
To kn/ot a warm spring sit, on a hot flab
Iron placod on a chair by your wife.—Texas
Siftings.
Tnr, bright side of a situation is hard.to
see when ono Is underneath it.—Milwaukee
Journal.
JtmoE-“I think I havo met you before,
haven’t J?” Prisoner—“ J—well—you have
tho advantage of me I and.”- Inter Ocean.
“You look pale this morning.” “Shouldn’t
Sondcr: hnd a staving time last night.’•-*
oston Transcript.
—i ♦—— -
“Once more,” remarked the tailor who
hnd weathered the hard times, "do we not*
tho survival of tho fittest.”—Washington
Btar.
Bnj.nros, who Is not an expert with th
cue, says’the pool table Is ilkn a woman's
dress. It Is so hard to find the pocket,—
Boston Transcript.
"Tiir hard times makes very little differ
encetomo," remarked a limedealer; “my
business Is always slack.” Philadelphia
Record.
"Bor, dear, If my fortune should all melt
away would you fovo mo Just the same!”
“Yea, yes; I couldn't love you less If I tried."
—lnter Ocean.
Maoiciam—"Now, I should like to borrow
a small coin.” Spectator—“ Here! I’ll give
it to you If you’ll stop this poor show.”—
Hallo.
"No, X HArrs’T the faintest idea of her
age." “I thought you had been friends
sieve childhood I” “That's Just why I am
so uncertain. You see. ten years ago she
w as eighteen.”—lnter Ocean.
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She Is especially sensitive, and many nerv
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Irregularity of monthly functions Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription should be Judiciously
employed.
In catarrhal inflammation, in chronic dis
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piERCE <6sr CURE
R TBS MSSIV IN UTIMID.
§Miss Mamie Ritrr. of
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Penna., writes; "When
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old I took a bad cold
and there resulted In
ternal troubles. I was
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tour year*. 1 had tried
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neither ijsvo me
Dr. Pierce's Favorite
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|J 'T'HR U. S. (lovern merit Chemists have la
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H different brands, that the ROYAL Bak- |||
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- "Rtovo polish I Certainly,
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“I ts hoard rnamms any elliow grease wu
thn only thing that would put a good shine
on n stove. Got any?”
MabbWDo you not think Mr. Do Little
ntnsnof small caliber;'’ (irace “Perhaps
so, but I'm sum of one thing: he’s a big
boro,’’—Brooklyn Life.
Six Tons of Hoy Per Acre. |r|
That, is seldom reached, hut when
Halzer’s Extra Grass Mixtures are
sown this is possible Over Hfty hindsof
grass and clover sorts. Largest grow
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Sal/.er’s Extra Grass Mixtures make tho
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If you win, err this opt anurkxti it
with Ho postage to the .Tohn A. Salzer
Seed Cos., La Crosse, Win., you will re
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sorts and his mammoth farm seed enta
logue: full of good things for the farm
er, tho gardener and the citizen. fa)
JOBHKT I’IFNTv ’ Say. Jimmy, does pie
hurt anybody? My aunt says it does.”
.Jimmy Scant “Couldn’t tell ver. Johnny
I never had no chance ter ’sperfmont.”
Did Vnn ken Ilf
Of course wo mean the World’s Fair.
Whether you did or not you want to pre
serve a souvenir of tho most beautiful scene
this earth has witnessed.
The Michigan Central. "The Niagara Falls
Route,” is issuing tho finest and most coin
plete World’s Fair Portfolio, each containing
reproductions of sixteen splendid photo
graphs of largo size Tho series will con
sist of sixteen parts, followed by a special
part devoted to Niagara Falls, Mackinac
Island and other gems of American acoaory.
and will bo sent to any address on receipt of
ten cents per part
Address Frank J, Bramhai Advertising
Agent, Michigan Central, 402 Monadnock
Block, Chicago, 111.
“Wnr was fljones fired’” “He got tko
Idea Into his head that lie was one of tho big
guns."- Philadelphia Record.
What Shaking
A poor fellow gets when chills and fever
seizes him in its tenacious clutch! Why
don’t every one protect himself against It
with Hosfcttey’s Stomach Hitters, tho great
anti-periodic? That, specific uproots every
trace of malaria from tho system. It Is
equally efficacious, too, for rheumatism, kid
ney trouble, dyspepsia, constipation, bilious
ness and nervous trouble.
“Fnsn is In an awful fix Ho proposed to
me last night, you know, and‘‘You ac
cepted him?” Life.
An Important DliTeronre.
To mnko it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves ill, that they are not af
fected with any disease, but that the system
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as aeostiveeondition is
easily cured by using Hynip of Figs, Manu
factured by tho California Fig Hyrnp Cos.
Misfoiitpxb is n faithful teacher, but it
would never win a piano or a trip abroad In
a popular votlngcontest. Washington Host.
Hack's Honey of florehonnd nod Tar re
lieves whooping cough.
Hike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
“Where do you float most of your stock,
Jinks?” “Among the shallows,” said Jinks.
—Harper's Bazar.
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“That Is wrong Tho best way is to roaal
Hie enter.” -Toledo Blade.
“ ‘Bruwr’s Brokcmiai. TrocAW- stop an
attack of my asthma cough very promptly.”
—c. Falch, MiamloiUr, Ohio. 25 a box.
The neighbor’s bulldog may teach a man
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Rs sttaa to read advertisement of Plant
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