4 " "
I till Laugh
Her Fitravaeance Mr. Ptiilth
' IVar me. I am totting double chin."
jlr. bmith '"You ouht to he autism!
to have o much of anything these hard
time." Chicago Record.
Proud Top (to old bachelor friend)
"If ''I tell you, Dawson, there'f no b.bj
Followed by Wolvra.
The pray wnlvt-a of the Wititern
plalna ut o follow th buffalo, In
racks of nfty or slity, rady to pl k
th bones of the nr-iiii-n )fft by the
biictiTfi, or to attmk and uYrour the
animal that were wounded. A herd
AN ACTIVi VOLCANO.
Aabra Irkrncd the fo and Flaabtw
of Fire hceo T hronuh t be Gloom.
All that day the eruption continued,
a ud all I lie next, the aht falling lighi
ly at tlniew. an BuiKke-clmuls drifted
of buffalo .-eiiieit to have Utile dread ! fr the village. Ou Wednesday the
of the wolves, and allowed them to
like my baby. Wn- 1 m gM r f
that fact. I knew ,,i , i.i, .. ...,i..i ,., 1.,..,,
Too'te waked op to
mighty well there never was a baby
like the one described." Harper's
"'That
Extreme Ured IcK-linfit afllu-u nearly every
body at this season. The buatleri otase
to riunh, the tire.cM grow weary, the en
ergetic become enervated. You know Juat
hat we mean. Some m'-n and women
endeavor temporally to overcome that
Toped
fee iiig by great force of will. Huf thit
U uiimiIp, as it pnlla powerfully Un tlu
nervuu ayatem, which will not long Hand
fuih Mraln. Too many people "work on
tlieir nerves," and the result in wen in un
fortunate wreck marked "neivoua jtr s
tratl 'H," In every direction. That tired
Feel
Ing In a positive proof of thin, weak, impure
Mo' d; for, if the blood ia rich, red, vitalized '
and vigoruua, It Impart lifu and energy to I
every nerve, organ and tissue of the h dy. '
The nece.lty of taking Hood'n Saraaiiard'a '
for that tirel finding U, therefore, apparent
to every one, and the g .oil It will do you In
equally beyond question. Remember that
nloOd'S
Sarsaparilla
I the One True Wood PurlfW. Alliirvi;irlU 1.
prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co.. IiHlt, Mail
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered In one of our common
pasture wee J a remeJy that cures evcy
kind of Humor, from the worst bcrofuU
dow n la a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven huiiJred
caws, and ntver failed except In two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now In his
possession over two hundred certificates
of Its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit Is alwavs experienced from
the first bottle, and a'perfect cure is war
ranted when tne right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
hooting pains, like needles Passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. 1 his Is caused by the ducts being
Hopped, and always disappears in a wee
after taking it. Head the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you tan pet, and enough of It.
Dose, on tab'espoonful (n water at bed
time. Sold bv all Druggists.
pewted to an Indian a method of hunt
lug the buffalo. Clothing hlinwlf lu
the hkln of a wolf, he crawled on hi
hands and knee w it bin a few roils of
a herd, selected the fattest bull, and
fhot It down.
Ak long a buffalo were abundant the
wolvco were harmless to man, but a
the buffalo diminished lu niiiiilMTH, an 1
the food of the wolves became uncer
tain, they grew ferocious mid fonuld.i-
Ude. and when hunirrv did not hesi
tate to attmk a uiuu. tjciienil Mili-H,
lu the North American Review, ih
ticrl!eH an encounter which Captain
Raldwlu hinl with a pack of gray
wolves, in lMii!, while returning from a
buffalo hunt to Fort llarker, Kansas,
thirty miles distant.
The captain left the station about 4
o'clock In the afternoon, lu a light snow
storm, with a strong, spirited horse. IIi
was alojie mid armed with only a small
thirty six caliber pistol and forty-nine
1 cart ridges. He had ridileu, at 1111 easy
trot, ti n miles when it began to grow
dark, and noticing that the howling of
wolves, which he had heard but not
heoilt il, sounded nearer, he looked
back. Two coyotes and one big prairie
wolf were following close behind lihn,
and howling loudly. lie Increased his
speed, but they gained ou liiin, .till
noon their numbers grew to u dozen 01
more. ''"!.' ".. Z
Appreciating ids danger and the
nmniliiess of his weapon, he waited un
til the wolves were within a short dis
tance, and then tired, (tne fell. II be
gan to howl, and the pack, smelling the
blood as It ran from the wound, tore It
to pieces. This delay gave the horse
man a start of two hundred yards be
fore the wolves again followed him.
He fired again and again, and seldom
missed disabling or killing one of (he
pack.
For twenty miles from fifty to m-n-ty-llve
wolves followed, cutting the
horse In the rear and Hanks, 11 ml oMiti
getting almost It) front of him, .bus
enabling the hunted man to shoot right
and left, and at very short range. For
tunately, he'ran through a herd of ouf
falo. which diverted a large portion of
the park from following him. Stili
some kept lifter him until he had but
four cartridges left and was only live
miles from the fort.
The horse, bleeding from his wouin'.--,
was nearly exhausted: but he gallant
ly responded to the rider's spiiirin-'.
When they reached tin bank of the
Htnoky Hill River, on the opposite side
: of which was the fort, the horse o nip
ped dead la-fore the saddle colli I be
removed. The rider waded acr iss Hi"
I river, filled with flouting li e, and tiitis
escaped from IiIh pursuers.
sky was again darkened, mi that they
had to light caudles In the house, aud
the air was full of ashe. Through the
gloom they could see flashes of fire on
the mountain. Rut children get used
to anything. I.ydia aud Ruby played
a-lwiut under the orauge-trevs, soiling
their fnks with the ashen, and only
pausing now and iheu as the tire
gleamed brighter ortliethe hoarse rum
bling increased. The plantation ne
groes had gone liack to work, and the
morning and noon Is-lls rang as usual.
On Wednesday night Dr. liell was
called to a patient at Wallllsiu, three
miles away, and much nearer the inoun
tain. At first he hesitated to leave his
family; but tin call was an urgent one.
so he went, promising to be back next
day.
Karly on Thursday morning the chil
dren jumped form their beds and ran
out. as usual, to see the volcano. "Oh.
mother!" cried Lyddy with delight,
delight. '-Come iiiiii-k! It's too beauti
ful!"
It was a wonderful sight. The wim
had wafted the smoke clouds from
above them: the rising sun slmne 011
that giant mass, and from it turned I
silver and tiurnle and gold; even the
negroes stopped their work to gaze at
it. Rut as they gazed a lurid yellow
crept over It; the rumbling sound In
creased to a roar, and the smoke-cul
limn ruse higher; there was more to
come yet.
Mrs. Itell wn very nervous; the more
so when a messenger came from her
husband, saying lie would be detained
all that day. There were explosions
like thunder, that frightened the chil
dren. Little Ruby began to cry, anil
would hardly be comforted.
Ily noon the rumbling noise grew and
grew until it was a mighty roar. The
ground began to li-einble, not with the
ris king motion of an earthquake, but
vibrating continually, as a railroad
bridge does when a heavy train passes
over It. The children, clinging to their
mother, wat'-hed the smoke-column in
nwe and wonder. It streamed Into the
sky like molten pilch, tired now mid
then by a flash of lightning, or a glow
of flame from the crater. The roaring
was so loud that at a little distance they
i-oulil hardly hear one another speak.
The negroes forsook their work lu ter
ror; people hurried southward for
refuge, women screamed, the dogs
crept off to hiding-places, and cattle
wandered moaning, halT-starved be
cause all the gras was covered with
ashes. Once I.ydia run to pick up a
little bird that Tell near them. It had
been overpowered by the vapor, or per
haps hit by one of the small stones that
began to drop. Most of these st:mes
were very light, like pumice, else they
would have done more damage. St.
Nicholas.
Checks Bleedinjr, Reduces
Inflammation.Quiets Pain,
Is the Bicycler's Necessity.
Sores, flfnrO Burns'
Piles, UUntO . Colds,
Rheumatism, Hoarseness.
Sore Throat, Chilblains,
Catarrh, Inflamed Eyes,
Wounds, Bruises, Sprains,
H ;adache. Toothache, etc.
Use POND'S EXTRACT
after Shaving-No Irritation,
after Exercising-No Lamene.
POND'S. EXTRACT OINTMENT
IraspecificforPlles. socts.
POKD'8eXTRACTCO.,76 MhA.,N.Y.
ASK YOUR OIALIR FOR
IV. L. Douglas
3. OHOE "VofcloT"
If youpif 10 forhotv- AO
amiM tlx W. L-DougUi Sho.nd itf
M what a good that jou cmn buy (of
OVIR I0O TYLIS AND WIDTHS,
CONUKEHt, BUTTON,
and LACE, md la all
hind of th bMl MlMUd
leather tj killed work
men. Wa
niaka ad
Mil inora
$3 Ml
, tban mur
o I li r
ananunu-tartr In the world.
Nona genuine unlet, name and
price tt iUmd on the bottom.
Alk ynitf dealer for our
4, ai.M, at.M, . Shon;
.M, and !. tot twit.
1Att M WNTtTUTE. If yw dealer
cannot tupnly you, tend to fac
tory, enciotlng price and 36 cent,
lo pay carnage Slate kind, ityle
of tea (cap of plain), die and
Idtfc. Our Curiam llept wlllfili
tout order. Send for new Illus
Witchcraft In I'cnnnjlvnnia.
It In the end of the nineteenth cen
tury, lint the Hceimd rofcecutloii within
three inotitliK for witchcraft Ih to lie
chronicled from I'cmiKylvnnla. The
troulile Ih In Kmjiire, h Hulmrli of
Wilkeslinrre. iind mimnK Ignorant jico
pie who jirohalily never henrd of Cut
ton Mntlier. A miner m-cnHCH IiIm
inlne Iiosh of ciixtint: nil evil Hjiell over
hln cow so that ulic will not ulve milk.
nnd nil liecnuse of a refimal to Hell the
iinliiifil to 1 ho forerun n. The crlmlnnt
lnif evidence U that lifter the foreman
had milked the cow, in IiIh exnmlnntlnii
of her with an Idea of purcliiiHlnu, ulic
licciiuie "dry," nnd thin wus followed
hy n peculiar fllnitm In the f.-iinlly of
the owner of the cow. The iieltfhhorn
Hide with the nflllctcd miner, nnd ho
InteiiHe Is the feellnt; that the prudent
foreman keepn out of the puhlle gaze
n much hh poKHihle. The ihokI novel
part of the affair, however. Ih the dln
closure that, under nn old State law, n
proHecutloti lu poHhilde on the nhsurd
charge. New York Evenlnir Pout.
I-'ur Change Color.
One of the moBl marveloim provlnlonH
of nature for the pprtK'tu'tt10" of "1""
den In cold co tin trips Ih that hy which
11 change lu the color of fur takes place
when the cold weather hcglnH. Arctic
reglonii arc covered with Rnow noven or
eight months In the year, and on this
sheet of pure white a dark-colored ani
mal would he cousplcuouHly risible for
a long dlntance. In the extreme north
all anlmalH are carnivorous, and dark
fur on a white background would pre
vent any animal from watching Its
prey. As It Is, they pass to and fro
on the snow almost unobserved. Penry
tellH of almost stumbling over a very
large liear, which, half covered by the
snow, would have passed unnoticed nt
the distance of a few feet, while on an
other occasion he saw a white fox steal
up to within four or five feet of some
rabbits before the timorous nnd watch
ful creatures becnnie aware of 1he
presence of their mortal foe.
He Was Kaslly Cured.
A Legtston (Mel man borrowed a
DelghlHir's battery for treatment of his
rheumatism. After he had been cured
by application of the battery he dis
covered that be had never turned 01)
the current once. lie had simply taken
hold of the handles and faith did the
rest.
Hhe Kntertnlna Children.
An enterprising woman In 11 large
city bus made a study of entertain
ing children, and has turned her ac
quirements In this line to practical ac
count. Hhe assists at children's par
ties, arranging beforehand an enter
tainment suitable to th age and tastes
of the company.
Mrs Ouinmey (with deep curloslty)
Oh, Mrs. (Jlauders! do tell me aliout
Mrs. Tenspot's scandal, won't you 7
Mrs. Glamlers-My demr, It Is not near
The ;, Ily Hvvord.
Half a hundred centuries ago the
Egyptians gave to the sword Its name.
Since those old days the history of the
trenchant blade, stained with blood nnd
defaced by the scars of lmttle though it
is. holds much of the glory, the poetry,
and the chivalry of the cruel game of
war.
A friend whose tidelitv n-ver wavered
and whose power never fulled. It is not
surprising thut men endowed the sword
not only with human at tributes, but.
with the might and majesty of the gmlH
themselves. The old legends abound In
tales of Its magical powers. How the
divine armorers strove continually to
excel some rival lu the forging of 11
blade of a temper so delicate that it
might cut a thread with the same ease
wWti which It struck a head from the
liody, or hewed through heavy metal
armor, was a favorite subject of the old
Teuton. c and Viking tales.
These legendary hladcq bore charac
teristic names, by which tliev were In
variably known: Gray-steel, Wader
through Sorrow, and MHlstoue Itlteri
were swords o-f w-ldc renown; and we
all remember how Arthur of the Hound
Table took "Exeallbur the
sword that rose from out the bosom of
the lake." Caesar's sword was culled
"Crocca Mors;" Charlemagne's "Joy
euse" played no small part In the set
ting up of the great Erauklsh empire;
many a bold captain went down before
"El Tlzona," wielded by the relentless
hand of the Cld. Ht. Nicholas.
riiDwhinc Land.
They came iu nijiht of a lovely shore.
Yellow as gold in the morning light;
The Biin'e own color at noon it wore.
And hud fiiiled not nt the fall of night;
Clear weather or clotidy 'twns all as one,
The happy hilln seemed bathed with the
Kin, ;
Its secret the xuilorH could nut understand.
Hut they culled the country Sunshine
lei.
What was the secret? A simple thing
It will make you smile when once you
know
Touched by the tender finder of spring.
A million blossoms were nil nirlow;
So many, so many, so small nnd bright,
They covered the hills with a mantle of
light:
And the wild bee I1111111111 il, and the glad
breeje fanned
Through the honeyed fields of Sunshine
I.iimi.
If over the sea we two were bound.
What port, dear child, would we choose
for ours?
We Would sail and sail lill at last we
found
This fairy gold of n million flowers;
Yet, ilarliiii.', we'd find, if at home We
strayed,
Of many and small joys our pleasures are
made;
More near than we think very close at
hand.
Lie the golden fichls of Sunshine Land.
Edith Thomas.
The Town of " l.'scd-to-Iic."
(ininiluia lives in a funny place.
The town of "I'sell-to-lie,"
Where streets are "turnpikes," and people
ure "folks,"
And u nice hot supper n "tea."
"Where is the town of Tscd-to-be?' "
In grHiiilinit'H nieiiior.v hright.
"The way?" I'psUiirs, to grandma's room
(The cosy one on the right).
"When can you go there?" Twilight's
best,
I'or the dreamy glow in the grate
Eights the way to the town of "L'sed-tO-bc,"
And nobody needs to wait.
Then ho, for an hour in the dear old town,
And hey, for the husking bee,
And oh. the dancing in stiff brocade,
And ah! the trysting tree.
And ugli! the sermons, two hours long,
And three of them. Sabbath day.
In a "meeting house," so cold nnd drear,
Where the "foot stove' held its sway.
All aorta.
Rofa Bonheur hag just flnisbei
srjre csnvae representing a combat be
,weeu lo Bullion. Rosa Bonheur is
now 74 and has to wear glasses when
iLe paints.
Prof Roentgen u the hero of the tou'
n' Germany. Honors are ehowering
ipon him in his Wurtzburg home, and
.he university students orfeani&cl a
rrand torchlight possession throul
.he town to his houfe to congratulate
he profec6oron his wonderful discovery.
WOKLO-m Ol-l MMIAN KX I'OSIT IOf
A'ill lie of value to the World by illustrate
rig the improvements in the mechanical
irts and eminent physicians will tell yon
hat the progress in medicinal agent", has
cen of equal importance, and as a
trcngthening laxative that Syrup of Fi-s
s far In advance of all others.
I Bona ot M ra.
One of Jameson's troopers had ar
unpleasant landing in England. 1I
wag arrested for an emlezilement that
had been the cause of his departure tt
fckuth Africa and sent to jail for three
months.
Lieut. Walter Maxwell Scott, th
great-great-grandson of Sir Walter Scott
and the first male heir of Abboteford,
since Sir Walter's own son, will come tc
age in ApriL ueen Victoria, it is said,
will then make him a baronet.
Picture frames
'ay by day.
grow more attractive
SPRIKKLC YOUR UWH
V. 11 Is-" T lardwar?, Wind af II wdPuM
KiEriVould n-ud fur price liw of our P-;a r
tiT Uxit l.ue. 11 will liiu-ri.il im I. K. M U
C0.4S7 Sooth Onkley Avenue, Cliicago, IU.
Bicycles!
We tXM bMt WlMlf tto 1mm
M-ierrv, lOWOolbe- t-fuJ tU-Ufie
Hrlil1itlf IfrraVlM, twl', UUU. M-wtg
Maekia. Haarri. Waurn. HarM
Tcla, F.nla, BolUr, Ulb, Wowej, Hire- frw, Umm. timm
fttntk, nlrliM, lait lrsfn, Lrllrr friiiasa, TrirU Kls.
The Farm LalKirer of the M'est,
The Western laborer Is his own em
ployer. He is also his own landlord.
These two facts constitute Ideal ludu
pendence; but there Is also a pretleal
side lu IiIh case. From his ten or twenty
acres, Insured against failure by flood
or drought, first by aridity and then
by Irrigation, he can systematically
produce almost every Item of food
which his family consumes. The la
borer who works for another expend
the greater portion of his wage for
these essentials. The laborer who
works for himself is surer to have his
table supplied: and, moreover, he may
enjoy far more variety, and of n
better quality. Century.
Hut if grandma shows you a summer
scene,
III a farmhouse and orchard fair,
With rows of cheese on dairy shelves.
And bees in the clover-sweet uir.
And there beyond, in the kitchen wide,
I iraiiilma, herself, at the w heel.
Spinning, singing, a fair young bride,
You say, for yon can but feel
"What a dear, dear town of 'Used-to-
be!' "
But. grandma's voice drops low,
And she snys, with ft half-sad, half-sweet
smile,
" Twin all so long ago."
Hoston Transcript.
A Country Lnnc.
Between steep baiiks it winds along,
O'erhiing with leafy hawthorn trees,
I'roin which in spring the thrush's song
Floats softly oil the soft south breeze.
There is the earliest primrose found,
And modest mirple vitlets grow.
Ami treinhliiiL' wind-flowers star the
ground,
And humble ragged-robins blow.
There, too, 011 golden summer eves,
The old folks like to stroll and talk;
Or slowly, under whispering leaves,
The self-absorbed young lovers walk,
While, fresh as youthful hopes, unfurl
New growths about their lingering teet
And tender fronds of fern uncurl,
And all the balmy air is sweet.
With mingled scents of thyme and musk,
And wilding-roses, passion-pale,
As trembles through the dewy dusk
The music of the nightingale.
And, stealing from some hidden nook,
Adown the lane and o'er the lea,
3y pleasant ways, a silver brook
Huns, singing, to the silver sea.
E. Matliegon, in Chambers' Journal.
Lord Hullalmry'e Wealth.
Lord Salisbury Is a vastly rich man.
lie receives $1,000,000 from his prop
erly in the Strand; he derives an Im
mense Income lu the shape of untaxed
ground rents In London and In the
country, and while In office as prime
minister he receives the pay attached
to the offlce, ami while out of ofllce the
pension of nn ex-cablnet minister.
He Hut of course you w ill forget me.
She Nonsense; I shall think of you
when you are gone. He Oh, shall you?
Hhe Yes; therefore, the longer you are
gone, the longer 1 shall thluk of you.
Won't that b nlc?-noiton Transcript
Wind and Hen.
The sea is a Jovial comrade;
He laughs wherever he goes;
Ills merriment shines in the dimpling lines
That wrinkle his halo repose;
He lays himself down at the feet of the
sun,
And Hhakesall over with glee,
And the brond-backed billows fall faint on
the shore.
In the mirth of the mighty sea!
But the wind Is sad and restless
And cursed with an inward pain;
You may hark at will, by valley or hill,
Hut you hear him still complain.
lie wails on the barren mountains
And shrieks on the wintry sea;
He sobs in the cedar and moans lu the
pine
And shudders nil over the aspen tree.
Welcome are both their voices.
And I know not which Is the best
The laughter that slips from ocean's lips
Or the comfortless wind's unrest.
There's a pang In all rejoicing,
A iov In the heart of lift 1 11,
A ud the wind that saddens, tho sea that
gladdens,
Are singing the self-snmo strain.
Hayord Taylor.
The fact Is, a great many worthless
people are having bad lurk In this coun
Is a prize fighter and champion in every contest with Z
RHEHTIG PMJS
It knocks out in every round, and on its belt is written
"I CURE."
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Try Walter Baker & Co.'s Cocoa and
Chocolate and you will understand why
their business established in 1780 has flour
ished ever since. Look out for imitations.
84 Forbid a Fool a Thing and
That He Will Do."
Don't Use
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The Large Piece and , High
Grade of "Battle Ax" has injured
the sale of other brands of higher
P prices and smaller pieces Don't
iiUU W Lilt Utcuu xiiiivvuw u" ;w
by saying they are "just as good"
as "Battle Ax" for he is anxious
to work off his unsalable stock.
These stopped
using soap, long ago.
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Tv lhis one stopped Decause wcu, wcu
it cave him too much work to do. That's
what evervbodv thinks, for that matter,
when there s nothing but soap at hand.
and there's a good deal of dirt to be
rsmmipH frnm nnvthincr
But this one stopped
because she had
found something better than soap Pearline.
Something easier, quicker, simpler, more
economical. No rubbing to speak of, no
wear easy work and money saved, whether
it's washing clothes, cleaning house, or any
rleaninr.
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