%.M. * NOT TOO LATE. She wai but seven. I was nine; H I loved hor madly, and sho know It, ; “ I knelt and begged her to bo mine, y Sho said she really couldn't do IL f 7 At thirty-eight lior hair Is (fray, Her roses brighter bloom than ever; Mg.® To-morrow Is my wedding day: f,'TIs late, but bettor Into than novor. - 3. Hon ton Wilde, In Munacy’s Magazine. | the Actor’s Story. BY JOHN (OLKOTAN. CHAPTER XIV—CoN-rist-EU ' And tbo two men wont at it bam ■- tner and tongs. Doompstor had mot W- , tals match for the first tlmo In hli Ufa and In a quarter of an hour ho lay on Hi; v his back, bouton within an inch of his lyi Ufa Tho poor little pointer porcolvod ‘a f • divided duly," he came and snarled at-tho victor as If going to blto him. p,'v, then apparently he altorod his mind. and licked his hand. After that ho $0 wont over to his master, and licked Mf the beaten giant’s face. Without another word Jamieson turned his back, and strodo over to fkiy* the lodga When ho got there ho •aid to tho woman. ••Your muster has been badly beaten, and wants assist* ■' anoe. You will find him lying in the glen out yonder." Then he walked back to Aberdeen, V muttering. ••My poor friend! That’s one slight installment on your ao count anyhow!’1 Up*' -- l CHAPTER XV. Only a Tramp. Night was falling at the Uairlooh House when a conveyanoe drove up and slopped at the hall door. The . driver got down, and began to bring g j forth sundry boxes and to load the cart with thorn. By and by a woman U ; came out of tho house and got into w a the wagon. Then they timed toward the city. Saddenly the horse camo to a full stop. It was now quite dark. - and tbo car lor. who had a • •drappio In hi* ee. ’’ endeavored to urgo the an imal onward, out in vam. Tho sagacious brute trembled violently. «■- whinnied loudly, reared back on his haunchea and Anally concluded not ? «* to budge another foot Obviously sK there was nottiing for it but for Dun I' cun M’Tavisb to get down and see ; what was the matter. In getting down ho smashed his lantern and ' ■ the light went out Sco ho couldn’t —fool he did. In nmoment he called Out to the woman In thn nm-l “Kb. Jcaunio! Here's a mon leing a’ but dead. Na wonder Jack woutdna budge. He was aye a gey. $ , ’cute beast. Come down and gi’e a bond, woman—we’ll na leave a Chris ten to dee while there's a wee bit squeak for bis lifo.” They lifted the man into the cart, and Jeannie supported the poor If creature's head on her lap little dreaming for whom she did that Christian ottice; but when tho light * foil on his pallid face at Dr. Miller's door, and she saw who it was. all the blood In her heart stood still, but she didn’t come Of a fainting race—besides, she had t » something elso to do just then. , “What what!" she exclaimed, “the mistress was aye rlcht! He Isna dead after ’a—the pulr. bonnle laddie. : Doctor! aome butt the noo!” she ■ screamed like a madwoman. When **} she told Miller who the broken-down ; wayfarer was he instantly had poor Curly brought la and put In the best bed in the house. Restoratives were employed, but it was long before con :; solousness supervened. On his return from Strathmlnea Willis found a message from the doc* , tor. requesting him to call immediately at Breadalbane Terraco Jeannie came rushing to the door to meet him, crying bittorly. and exclaiming. -We has fun' him—we hae fun’ him! but »'■»» oh. pulr laddie, how .hanged! Thank • v" God, my bonnie dearie dldna live to see it! It would hae broken the helrt o’ her—as it has mine!” Before Willie had time to speak, the had urged him forward into an adjao* ont bed-room, where his poor friend lay shivering In a fitful, fevered * sleep Great hollows were In' his cheeks and beneath his closed eves. A profusion of long, curly, spow white hair streamed over his brow *nd round hts thin, worn neck. Good' > heaven! Could it l e possible that this vuuv n 1VI1 Ul S';*; the once bright, winsome Curly. Long afterward Jamieson learned that as soon as Donald left the asy lum at Kew the .poor fellow started on foot for the North. Drenched with rata and half starving, he fell down fainting in the streets of Bir mingham. Ue was taken up by the police and charged with being drunk. Fortunately, the inspector was an in telligent man who immediately sent for, a'doctor, on whose tertiQcale Curly was ‘removed to the pauper lunatic asylupt. •** After a sojourn of some months he was die barged. Thanks to his kind physician he was assisted on by the mail as far as Newcastle-on-lyne. From thence the manager of the theater sent him by coach to Edin burgh. On Inquiry there he found that Willie had gone to Aberdeen weeks before. Not a human being in his native city recognized la*, the shabby. broken-down, prematurely old; man the former spruce cornet in the Midlothian Volunteers. He was almost glad tbat it was sa and he slunk out of Edinburgh as daylight ^IL resuming bis weary march north \ ard; nor did be halt tilt he found a tasting place in a friendly barn by tbe wayside which sheltered him un til daybreak. He had some two or three shil'ings still left which kepi him from absolute starvation. For tunately the weather was fine—to by night he slept in barns under hay ricka or. indeed, wherever he could And shelter. At length he reached Aberdeen. When he inquired at'the theater for Willie he was told that he was staying at the Gairloch House. Galrloch House!” ho exclaimed S ' ••That Is whore she llvea Oh, no! It can’t bo—that's Impossible." Ho resolved to write to Jnmloson at once, but his impatience would not allow him to wait He would go im mediately. Then his pride stepped in —he did not wish her to see him thus changed and worn—thus ragged and wretched. There could be no harm anyhow In going near the placd—in looking upon the spot that enshrined all ho held most dear, so he walked toward thd Gairlocn Houd. There stood the house and the garden, exactly as ho had loft them two years ago — nothing seemed ehangod except himself. Yes—she must bo changed, too. else she would not have sont him that cruel reminder* of his woaknoss and degradation. Yet perhaps, on tho other hand she meant to release him from the shame ful compact into which he had been ecorccd—perhaps she—*<>01 alas!" he thought, 'who doubtless remains young and beautiful as ever, while r At this moment a tall spare man left tho house, and came rapidly to the spot were Curly sat. The poor wretch could contain his patieuce no longer, bo ho accosted the stranger. "1 bog pardon, sir." said he. ''but Is Mr. Jumioson still staying at the house yonder?" "Mr. Jamioson is not staying at the house" replied Mr. M'Crawiey Git tena for it was he. "nor lias he stayed there since the day of the funeral?” •Tho funeral! What funeral? Whose funeral?" ,, "Miss Flora M'AUistera." "Flora M'Aliisters!" "Ay—she was buried three days ago," And so the limb of the law passed on. Curly stood looking at his retreat* ing figure till it faded altogether into tho mist of evening; then, without a sigh or sound, he dropped like a stone on the highway, where Duncan M'Ta vish and Jeannie M'l’herson found him lying some hours later. CHAPTER XVI. Elspeth's Weird. ' As far as care and kindness could alloviale Curly’s sufferings they were alleviated, and gradually ho came to himsolf. Ily degrees he resumed his old relations with Willie, and at last he wss enabled to get about, loaning on the other's strong arm. Several weeks elapsed, and Jamie son’s slender resources were running short but fortunately the time for tho commencement of his engagement at f Itcrvrtur WDJ r1rnu>in>v viaoh i Dr. Miller wished Curly to stay I with him, but he pleaded so piteously I not to be left behind that Jamieson couldn’t find It In his heart to say him j nay. So after arranging to send ha'.f his salary every month toward the costs of the lawsuit Willie decided to : leave Abordeen for Glasgow on the following day. His wardrobe had been stored at the theater and about twelve on the morning of his departure he was standing at the stage door in MarUchal street giving the uecessary directions for his luggage to be for warded. when he felt his arm clutched violently, and Curly, witn a wild scream, ejaculated: **Lpok! look! at Death on the pale horse!" Turning round he saw Ileempster riding down the streot his eyes blood shot and his face aflame. Whether he came to seek Willie with murder ous latent or whether the devil got the better of him at the sight of the man who had beaten him. can never be known till the day of doom. Cer tain it ia however, that the moment he saw the two young men he put spurs to his horse and rode luriousiy at Jamie son. With his heavy riding whip he struok him a tremendous blow on the head, which brought him to his knee, aud would most certainly have split his skull open had it not been for his tell ehimney-pot hat Reversing his grip and passing his hand like light ning through the thong. Deempster sent the heavy buckthorn head, with its cruel fangs, hurling through the air. Had that blow reached its aim there would have been an end at onoe of Willie Jamieson, and consequently this story would never have been I written. At that very moment how [ ever. Curly, with something of his old alertness, at the imminent peril of his own life, sprang upon the bridle of the horse and backed it As the huge brute reared in the air the tremendous impetus of the blow nun? ueempster forward, and he felt head foremost on the curb of the pavement, with a sound that was heard at the other end of the street. As he fell one foot remained Inextric. ably entangled in the stirrup iron, and the horse galloped madly round the corner to the right dragging the body of the dead man after him. And thus it came to pass that Curly was avenged, and. that by his own hand and deed, the Laird of Strath, mines fulfilled Elspetlx M'Diarm ids weird! CHAPTER XVIL Face to Face. Jamieson's engagement in Glasgow extended, on and oil for some years during which his modest income was mortgaged for law expenses so that he was able to gave little or nothing. Curly's acting days were over; but he wrote a. beautiful haqd and em ployed. himself Jin copying parts, MSS., etc., for the theatre. Of course he didn’t make much by this; but he contributed some small portion toward the household expenses always hoarding up a little treasure for an especial purpose. Tear after year, as regularly as the Uth day of May approached, he disappeared. Generally he returned about a month afterward and assumed his place without a word Willie guessed . pretty well where he had been; but they quite understood each other/ and no word ever passed between them on the subject They grew older, and the world grew grayer and gloomier for both, and the caso of 'Jamieson and Miller vs M'Allister and others" continued to impoverish the poor player. ... _ Mr. M*Crawley Glttona baring exhausted every artifice that petti fogging and chicanery could suggest was at length brought to bay. and tho final hearing came on. wh'ich re sulted in a verdict for the defendant Tho very next day Jamieson gave notice of appeal. Then commenced affidavit* interlocutories and I don’t know what alL Anyhow, the whole i thing had to begin de nova Of j course the Iawyera as usual, took i their time over it But there is one | comfort you can havo a good deal of i law fora little money in Scotland— ' L a, compared with the cost of the i article in Kngland. While this precious lawsuit dragged its slow length along, Jamieson was acting in Manchester. Liverpool Bir mingham, Sheffield. the York circuit etc. Wherever he went Curly accompanied him. cAt last en gagements were difficult to obtain in England, so the friends returned to the Land o’ Cakes. But alas! *a new generation had arisen, which kne w not Willie." Yohnger men had stepped into his shoes and poor Jam ieson had to retire, and take a back seat until he sank to Da as we had seen him the night before leading man at the Theatre Royal Paisley. * • * * * And now comes the remarkable co incidence to which I have before re ferred. As Pike got to this portion of his narrative we reached the summit of a hill at the bottom of which, some two miles oft lay Stuart Town, through which we had to pass during almost the last stage of our journey. As we paused to contemplate the prospect and indeed to take breath, for we were both a little blown, our attention was attracted to a solitary foot passenger, about three or four hundred yards in front who came walking along briskly toward us. Despite his shabby clothes he had the air and manner of a gentleman. His figure seemed wiry and elastic; his hair fell about his neck in a pro fusion of snow-white silky curls; the collar of his shirt was turned down over a frayed black silk handker chief. revealing a singularly beautiful neck; he carried his head erect; his eyes seemed fixed on vacancy, and his wholo manner was so engrossed and preoccupied that he scarcely observed us until within a stone's throw, when to my astonishment l'ike gave a long; low whistle as he exclaimed: [TO BE CONTINUE'1.] ALWAYS READY. Sawaroff Took Off One Spar When He 1 Wanted to Sleep. Suwaroff, Russia's great military commandor, was a little man. iusiff nificant in everything but that intangi ble power of mind and character with which physical strength is never to be compared, says Youth's Com panion. Ho had been slokly in his youth, but became hardy under the stimulous of cold bathing and the benefits of a plain diet. Buckets of cold water were thrown over him in the morn ing. and his table was served wittf faro which guests would fain hpve re fused. but dared not. lest he should think them effeminate. He despised dress and delighted in drilling his men in his shirt-sloevea sometimes with his stockings literally down at the heeL But bis hardihood of life and action had its effect on the men he com manded. He was often up ifcnd about by midnight and would salute the first soldjer whom he saw moving with a piercing cock-crow, in commenda tion of his early rising. During the first Polish war he had given orders for an attack at cock orofcr, and a spy in tho camp carried the news to the enemy. The attack, however, really took place at 9 o'clock on the evening when the •ar rangement had been made, for Su waroff. suspecting treachery, had then turned out the troops by his well known crowing. The enemy, expecting the event in the morning, were entirely unpre pared and fell easy victims to his forethought ••To morrow morning,” said he to his troops on the evening before the storming of Ismail ‘an hour before daybreak I mean to get up. I shall wash and dress myself, say my pray ers. give one good cook-crow, and tueu eapiuitj isiutm. It was hardly possible to find him off the alert. "Do you never take off you: clothes at nlehtP” he was as iced. ••No" said he, "but when I set lazy and want to have a comfortable sleep I generally take off one spur.” HIS MISTAKE. Why He Wanted to uain Strength to Do the Job. He knooked at the kitchen door timidly and asked {or something to eat. "You can have It if you will aaw some wood for met" said the lady. * i shall only be too happy, ” he re* sponded. "but I mutt ask you to give me something to eat first for ] am weak from hunger.” She had her doubts about a bargain ot that kind, but she took him in and set him down before a large slice ol left-over steak. He attacked'lt at once with a knife and fork, but alter a few minutes laid down his implements of war. . "You will excuse me. I hope,” he said rising. "What's the matter?" she inquired in surprise. "1 made a slight mistake/’ he re plied, as be wiped the perspiration from his brow with his sleeve. •■] thought I needed to eat the steak tc give me strength to saw the wood bul I find I need to saw the wood to give me strength to eat the steak, . and L ! you will be kind enough to show ay\ the wood-pile I will—■" She did not wait for him to con clude his peroration. She swooped down on him. and as.he went out th( gate be breathed a sigh of thankful bom that he had escaped so easily. TO THE TWO HOUSES. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TP CONGRESS. Brief but Plain Talk In Reference to the Financial Difficulties that Beset lTl— The Country's Troubles Charged Cp to Unwise Congressional Legislation—The President Recommends Repeal of the Sherman Law as One of the First Host Important Steps—Early Action Essen* tlrl to the Country's Welfare—Our Reeds of a Stable Currency. The President’s Message. Washikqtos, D. O... Aug. 8—[To the Con gress of the United States.]—The existence of an alarming and extraordinary business situation. Involving the welfare and pros perity of all our people, has constrained me to call together In extra session the people’s (epresentatlves In congress to the end that hrough a wise and patriotic exercise of the legislative duty with which they solely are charged present evils may be mitigated and dangers threatening the future may be averted. Our unfortunate flnanclal plight Is not the result of untoward events nor of condi tions related to our national resources; nor Is It traceable to any of the afflictions which frequently check national growth and pros perity. With plenteous crops, with abundant promise of remunerative production and manufacture, with unusual Invitation to safe Investment and with satisfactory as surance to business enterprises, suddenly flnanclal distrust and fear have sprung up on every side, and numerous moneyed insti tutions have suspended because abundant assets were not Immediately available to meet the demands of frightened depositors. Surviving corporations and Individuals are content to keep In hand the money they are usually anxious to loan, and those engaged In legitimate business are surprised to find that the securities they offer for loans, though heretofore satisfactory, are no long er accepted. Values supposed to be fixed are fast becoming conjectural, and loss and failure have Invaded every branch of busl I believe the things are principally charge able to congressional legislation touching the purchase and coinage of silver by the general government. This legislation Is embodied In a statute passed on the 14th day of July. 1890, which was flie culmination of much agitation on the subject Involved, and which may be con sidered a truce, after a long struggle, be tween the advocates of free silver coinage and those Intending to be more conserva tive. Undoubtedly the monthly purchases by the government of 4,500,000 ounces of silver, enforced under thd statute, were regarded by those interested In silver production as a certain guarantee of Its Increase in price. The result, however, has been entirely dif ferent, for Immediately following a spas modic and slight rise, the nrico of silver be gan to fall after the passing of the act, and has since reached the lowest point ever known. This disappointing result has led rection of free silver coinage. Meanwhile, not only are the evil effects of the operation of the present law constantly accumulating, but the result to which its execution must Inevitably lead Is becoming palpable to all who give the least heed to financial subjects. This law provides that In payment for the 4,500.000 ounces of silver bullion which the secretary of the treasury is commanded to purchase monthly, there shall be issued treasury notes redeomablo on demand in gold or silver coin, at the descretion of the secretary of the treasury, and that said notes may bo reissued. It is, however, de clared in the act to be *’the established pol icy of tho United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with oaeh other upon the present ratio or such ratio as may be pro vided by law.” This declaration so controls the secretary of tho treasury as to prevent his exercising the descretion nominally vested in him, if by such action the parity Curbed. between gold and silver may bo disturbed. Manifestly a refusal by the secretary to pay these treasury notes In gold, if demand ed, would necessarily result iu their dis credit and depreciation os obligations pay able only in silver, and would destroy the parity between the two metals by establish Ing a discrimination in favor of gold. Up to the 15th day of July, 1893, thse notes haa been Issued in payment of silver bul lion purchases, to the amount of more than |147,0j0,0J0. While all but a very small quan tity of this bullion remains uncoined and without usefulness in the treasury many of the notes given in its purchase nave been paid in gold. This is illustrated by the state ment that between the first day of May, 1892. and the 15th day of July, 1893, the notes of this kind issued in payment for silver bullion, amounted to a little more than $54, 000,0)0, and that during the same i&riod about $49,030,100 were paid by the treasury in gold for the redemption of such notes. The policy necessarily adopted of paying these notes in gold has not spared the gold reserve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside by the government for the redemption of other silver purchases, and has as a consequence for the first time since Its creation been en croached upon. Wt have thus made the depletion of our gold easy, and have tempted other and more large amounts of gold which have been re cently drawn from our treasury and ex ported to increase the financial strength of foreign nations. The oxcess of exports of 5old over its Imports for the year'ending une 10,1812, amounted to more than $J7,^0J, 000. Between the 1st day of July, 1891, and the 15th day of July, 1893, the gold coin and bul lion In our treasury has decreased more than $132, 01,0 0. while during the same period the silver coin and bullion in our treasury Increased more than $147,(30). Un less government bonds are to be constantly Issued and sold to replenish our exhausted gold, only to be again exhausted, it Is an. parent mat me operation or the silver pur chase law now in force leads In the direction of the entire Substitution of silver tor the ■old In the government treasury, and that this must be lollowed by the payment ot all (overnment obligations In depreciated sil ver. At this stage gold and silver must part over to the exlcuslve use ot a currency greatly depreciated according to the stand ard of the commercial world, we could no longer claim a place among nations of the first-class, nor could our government claim a performance ot its obligations, so far as such an obligation has been imposed upon it, to provide tor the use of the people the best and safest money. If. as many of Its friends claim, silver ought to occupy a larger place In our cur rency and the currency of the world through - , , ----through general international co-operation „nd agreement. It Is obvious that the United States will not be in a position to gain a nearing In favor of such an arrangement so long as we are willing to continue our at han8ed*° ®ccomp**®“ the result single The knowledge In business circles among our own Mople that our government cannot make Its Bat equivalent to Intrinsic value, nor keep Inferior money on a parity with superior money by Its own Independent ef forts, has resulted In such a lack of confi dence at home In the stability of currency values that capital refuses Its aid to new enterprises, while millions are withdrawn from the channels of trade and commerce, to become Idle and unproductive In the bands of timid owners. Foreign Investors, equally alert, not only decline to purchase American securities, but hasten to sacrifice those which they already have. It does not meet the situation to say that apprehension In regard to the future of our finances Is groundless, and that there Is no reason for lack of confidence In the purpos es or power of the government in the prem ises. The very eglstenco of this apprehen ■ion and lack of confidence, however caused, is * menace which ought not for a moment to be disregarded. Possihly If the undertak Ing we huve in hand ware the maintenance of a specific known quantity of silver at a parity with gold, our ability to do so might be estimated and gaged, and perhaps, in ▼lew of our unparalleled growth ana re apurces. might be favorably passed upon. But when our avowe'd endeavor is to main tain such parity la regard to an amount of allT«ff Increasing at the rate of ttt.cOOgQOO an nually, with no fixed termination to such In crease. It cun hardly be said that problem la presented whose solution Is free from doubt. The people of the United States are enti tled to a sound and stable currency and to money recognized as such on every ex change and In every market In the world. Their government has no right to Injure them by financial experiments opposed to the policy and practice of other civilized states, nor is it justified In permitting an exaggerated and unreasonable .reliance on our national strength and ability to jeop ardize the soundness of the people's money. This matter rises above the plane of party politics. It virtually concerns every business and calling, and enters every household In tho land. There Is one Important aspect of the subject which especially should never lie overlooked. "At times like the present when the evils of unsound finance threaten us. the speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortunes of others, tho capitalist may protect himself by hoard ing or may even Hud profit in the fluctua tion of values; but the wage earner—the first to be Injured by a depreciated curren cy sind the last to receive tho benefit of its correction—Is practically defenseless. He relies for work upon tho ventures of confi dent and contented capital. This failing him, his condition Is wlteout alleviation, ior he can neither prey on the misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor. One of the greatest statesmen our coun try has over known, speaking more than fifty years ago, when a derangement of our currency had cau-ed commercial dlrtress, said; “The very man of all others who has the deopost interest In a sound currency, and who suffers most l>y mischievous legis lation In money matters is the man who earns his daily broad by his dally toll.” These words are as pentnent now as on the day they were uttered, and ought to Im pressively remind us that a failure In the discharge of our duty at this time must es pecially Injure those of our countrymen who labor, and who, because of their num ber and condition, are entitled to the most watchful care of their government. It Is of the utmost Importance that such relief as congress can afford In the exlstlhg altuatlon be afforded at once. The maxim, '■He gives twice who gives quickly," is di rectly applicable. It may be true that the embarrassments from which the country la suffering arise as much from evils appre hended as from those actually existing. We may hope, too, that calm counsels will prevail, and that neither the capitalists nor wage earners will give way to unreasoning panic, and sacrifice their property or their Interests under the Influence of exagger ated fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay In removing one of the plain and principal causes of tho plain state of things enlarges the mischief already done and increases the responsibility of the government for Its ex istence. Whatever else the people have a right to expect from congress they may cer tainly demand that legislation condemned by the ordeal of three years' disastrous ex perience shall be removed from tho statute books as soon as their representatives can legitimately deal with It. It was my purpose to summon congress In special session early In the coming Septem ber, that we might enter promptly upon the work of tariff reform, which the true Inter ests of the country clearly demand, which so large a majority of the people, as shown by their suffrages, desire and expect, and to tne accomplishment of which every effort of the present administration is pledged. But while tariff reform has lost nothing of Its Immediate and permanent Importance, and must in the near future engage the at tention of congress, it has seemed to me that the financial condition of the country should at once and before all other subjects, be considered by your honorable body. I earnestly recommend the prompt repeal of the provisions of tho act passed July 14. 1890, authorizing the purchase of silver bull ion and such other legislative action as may put beyond nil doubt or mistake the inten tion and ability of the government to fill Its pecuniary obligations in money universally recognized by all civilized countries. Grover Cleveland. Executive Mansion, Aug. 7,1893. WHAT NIRVANA IS. Meaning of This Much-Misunderstood Term—The Extinction of Personality. The word “Nirvana” has been much misunderstood, says the Paris Revue. To get a clear comprehen sion of it you must bear in mind the doctrine of Buddha According to him, in order to attain the supreme end, you must understand exactly the four truths, which are: The nature of pain, its causes, its termi nation, the way which conducts to this termination. Pain is birth, love, fortune, ol^ age, death—in a word, everything which constitutes the personality. The cause of pain is the sensation which produces wants, the thirst for action and for living. The termination of the pain comes when this irresistible thirst, this in dividual activity is completely ex hausted. The way of salvatisn is the means of extinguishing this thirst, of putting an end to this activity. You attain salvation by passing through four states. The first state is that of conversion, of the knowledges of truth. The second if the last but one preceding the new birth, in which the individ uality is in some sort reduced to its minimum. In the third state, which is the last of corporeal life, the be ing is no longer capable of desire or hatred; he has become “venerable,” arhat; and his last word expresses that he has got rid of all aspirations, of all idfeas of permanence, of all feeling of his own wisdom, of all trace of ignorance^ V/hen he has reached that point he dies physically and enters into the fourth state, Nir vana. This word is generally thought to mean absolute material extinction. Such an interpretation is not exact *» I HUH AO VUV V A UAUV* VAVTU vi avvtT* lty, and consequently, ef personality, and nothing' more, since life is but an illusion, an appearance, a par tial manifestation of the substance, of which existence is a palpable fact. But whether the substance exists or not after the vanishing' of our personality is of no importance; We shall no loager be subject to pain, to evil, to good, to the frightful yoke of life. The elements which compose onr individuality, detached at last from each other, will enter into the absolute repose from which they will go one by one to form other beings. Chawing the Cad, Cows and other ruminating ani mals have several stomachs. Into the first of them the food passes as ,it is eaten. When the animal has finished its search for food it lorces a part of - the food from the first stomach back into the mouth and chews it leisurely a second time. This portion of the food is the ani mal's cud. Almost always the cud is vegetable matter, though.whenacow has “lost her cud" the artificial cud provided by the owner contains some animal matter, as a rule. A sad Cun. Mrs. Bllder—Is your son, who has gone to New York, a good worker? Mrs. Meakley—Oh, yes; he is very industrious. Why, in the last letter heeent home he said that on arriving in New York he met a man who worked him for all he was worth. But his wages must have been poor, for be sent home for more 'JSMsSaaw *»5i2ta»Sh zssat ?£»£?£• ctTist, however, is ercuw ?[!he° sustain, and is therefore'^' winkle. The geolo°u.„ mpei;' great ridges an/forrows '?^'1'1 tuer continents and river uh60 they compare this foldh,f0f ^ crust with the wrinkling nfth"‘* a dried apple, Wh{M,th* ski| wrinkling- or folding . “ie. pr« ‘Boonker Hill!’ ” -Bunker Hill* the man, with a grin. "Rijjht’i on!” said the sentinel at “present,1 the citizen went on about his afli Argonaut._ Mailing a Book for Ono Cent I wonder how many people in ington who handle the Congress! Record every day are aware that! joys a unique distinction in the nu of postage rates? I have certainly nessed with my own eyes a hui times the efforts of strangers h city, who have bought a Record to home, to get it properly weighed stamped. Their trouble is thr away. In the view of the postal li Record is a Record, regardless weight; and any Record will goto part of the United States for ones no matter whether it is a big book taining an eight-hour speech by S tor George and a house debate over the pension question, or is boiled d to a single sheet, holding only prayers of the two chaplains and a on two lhotions to adjourn. Field’s Washington. Catarrh Cannot Be Cared With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, u they not reach the seat of the disease. Catsn a blood or constitutional disease, and in < to care It you must take Internal reme Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acts directly on the blood and mucous faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a q medicine. It was prescribed by one ol the physicians In this country for years am regular prescription. It is composed o( best tonics known, combined with the blood purifiers, acting directly on the cous surfaces. The perfect comblnatii the two Ingredients Is what produce* wonderful results In curing Catarrh, for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, ToW Sold by druggists, price 75o. Jokes and Their Admirers. The woman who talks had the who writes jokes in her tentacles he was squirming. “Heally,” she said ebulliently. “ do yoyj ever manage to write all t things? I couldn't do it to saw life.” “No?” he replied, evasively. “No, I couldn’t and sometimes I ( even see the point to them.” “No, I presume not.” he said, n sadly. “ You know it requires quii much talent to see the point to a | joke as it does to write one.” Snake Charming. In India and Africa the char ' pretend the snakes dance to the ® but they do not, for they never hea A snake has no external ears, and haps- gets evidence of sound through his skin, when sound ca bodies in contact with him to vm They bear also through the nerr the tongue, but do not comprei sound as we da But the snake s are very much alive to the motion o charmer, or to the moving drums of his confederate, and being alar he prepares to strike. A dancing c and no other snakes dance, is simp cobra alarmed and in a posture o tack. He is not dancing to the m but Is making ready to strike charmer._ Three Harvest Excursions South «t* Wabash Railroad. On Aug. 22nd, Sept. 12th /.jntidie ae Wabash will self round trip W* 11 points in Arkansas, 1 ixcept Memphis), Mississippi an ixceptNew Orleans), at one fare, pt nod returning 20 days .from dartot or tickets or folders g>T‘“*L dt^1( t lands, climate, Ac., call at Wat*. 102 Farnam Street, or write CuIT0, Northwestern Psss. Agent, Omahs, Good Housekeeping ior ° j fall complement of valuable an eating papers, among account of Miss Farloas Chicago Fair, and some of tn seen there; another mstallm serial, “A Noble Girlhood, and sensible article on “Hcklmf ^ serving,” by Jg^nd T a discussion of bervanls Quarters,” by Mrs. Oliver BelU|t a sound commendation o «. Food,” by Isabella Gardner, a notable paper on./0“‘Ibv-' in connection with city ho ’ ^ ton Norton. '■'There is a good Mrs. N. A. M. Koe, two music, innumerable sugpe ^ housewife, together w,t poetry and ikh®. us£a,lm>j£?an con>P ments. The Clark ". « i publishers, Springfield, Mag The road to heaven is all “Ph □an who looks back Great Britain has bu^ „on®Te™4W aal, while this country has qvct Many large bells are no* beta* ml teel instead of bell metal Electricity presages the early e® on of the mule. The World’s fair b»td ^ igers is all torn up overtne^ ^ ween Mrs. Meredith a_ Senator Washburne say8 ^ptl lot immediately push his a» iill in tho senate.