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i\1 ( \ : , ara is ur Ilia Grandfather , a Revolutionary Sots diet , anti His Father , Both Died of Paralysis , lot ttao Third Genor- atlon us CUEedlte Method. I\ \ .J ( b'rotrl the Herald. Boston , Mass. ) Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky a stroke of paralysis came to Mr. Frank T. Ware , the well known > oston auctioneer - tioneer and appraiser , at 25 Washington - ton street. He went to bed one night about six years ago seemingly in robust health. When he awoke his left side was stiffened by the deadening of the nerves , The Interviewer sought out Mr. Ware to get the facts. He gave the in- ) particulars In his own way : a "The first shock came very suddenly while I was asleep , taut it v ps not aat- Ing 1n Its effects , and in a few - weeks I w as able to be about. A few months after , when 'exhausted by work and drenched with rain I went home in a very nervous state. The result was a % second and more severe shock , after Which my left arm and leg were practically - tically helpless. My grandfather , who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War , and lost an arm In the struggle for American independence - pendence , died finally of paralysis. My father also died of paralysis , although it was complicated with other troubles , and so I had some knowledge of the fatal - tal character of the disease which is hereditary - reditary in our family. After the second - end shock I took warning , for , in all probability , a third would carry me off. "Almost everything under the sun was recommended to me and I tried all the remedies that 'seemed likely to do any good , electricity , massageand specialists - ists , but to no effect. "The only thing I found that helped me was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills , and I verily believe that if It hadn't been for those pills I would have been dead years ago , "Yes , I still have a slight reminder of the last attacic six years ago. My left arm is not as strong as the other and my left foot drags a little , as the paralysis had the effect of deadening the nerves. But I can still walk a good distance , talk as easily as ever , and my general health is splendid. I am really over seventy - enty years old , although I am generally taken to be twenty years younger. "The Pink Pills keep my blood In good condition , and I believe that is why I am so well. Mr. Ware has every appearance of a perfectly healthy man , and arrives at his o111ce promptly at eight o'clock every - ery morning , although he has reached an age when many men retire from active life. He says that In his opinion both his father and grandfather iI i I could have been saved if Pink Pills had been obtainable at that time. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- pie contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They may be had of all druggists or direct by mall from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. , Schenectady , N. Y. , at 50 gents per box , or six boxes for $2.50. Wanted a New Trial. A humerous scene was enacted in the superior court room at Jackson , Ga. , recently - cently ( according to the Atlanta Constitution - stitution ) . A negro had been charged with burglarizing a store. Colonel Watkins defended him , and was about to open the case with a well prepared oration of his innocence , when the negro - gro quietly informed the colonel that he desired topleadguilty. JudgeBeclc accordingly read the law in the case and sentenced the negro for ten years. Dumbfounded at this long sentence , the negro rolled his eyes round and beckoned Colonel Watkins to come forward - ward , and when the lawyer reached his side , the negro gently whispered : "Say. Mr. Wadkins , kain't yer'peal fer anew trial ? " , FLOTSAM. A lifaine paper has suspended publication - lication for two weeks to give its em- ployes a vacation. Two men and three New Haven ( Conn. ) boys killed fifty-seven copper head snakes the other day. About half of the towns in Rhode Island have asked to be included in the provisions of the good roads law , passed last January , permitting the use of $30,000 for good roads. Staid old Lewiston , Me. , has been shocked and scandalized during the past week or so by a bloomer girl who smokes a cigar while riding her bicycle about the streets of the town. On the average , and taking England and Wales , one person in 73 is a Smith , one in 76 a Jones , one in 115 a Williams - iams , one In 148 a Taylor , one in 162 a Davies and one in 174 a Brown. Fish are disappearing from Canadian as well as American waters in consequence - quence of the fact that fish weighing less than a quarter of a pound are seined out in fine nets and marketed. English is now included in the list of subjects in the examination for admission - mission to the great , mllita'ry schools In France. Hitherto German has been the only foreign language necessary. A Lowell business man told his children - dren he would give them $3 if they would put a lot of wood into the cellar. They sublet the job to other children for $1.50 and watched them work with .great satisfaction. The peanut crop is likely to be a little short this year. Tennessee will ; probably produce an average crop ; but In both Virginia and North Carolina the acreage in peanuts is 10 to 15 per cent less than last year. t Mission work in New Mexico commenced - menced in 1S66. There are now 25 schools , more than 40 ministers and native - tive helpers , and over 800 communi- cants. There are about 40 missionary . teachers on this field. The city of Texarkana voted the sa- Ioons out , and Immediately the Cotton Belt railway moved its machine shops from Pine Bluff : o Texarkana. The company prefers to have its shops where there is n.e whisky sold. biuteen or tue aa.aa , group of ' Sslands have been evangelized entirely by native missionaries. The drink traffic is , as usual , the greatest hind- sauce to their work. The Christian Advocate notes that the town of Duham , Me. , with a population - tion of 1,253 , has furnished 30 Methodist - dist ministers , and hov- many of other denominations it does not know. i Finland has demonstratecNhat spirits i , are not necessary in cold countries , having become practically a total abstinence - 1 stinence country. This change has j been effected under local option and ! CQJAan suffrage , - - r -T C - 4ffieJL4JJ ° , . dP4 y' Y. F , r + h \1 INTERNATIONAL PRESSASSOCIATION ' BY PERMISSION OF RAND. M NALLY B CO. . CHAPTER I. ' 'l - T WAS A BRIGHT frosty night toward the middle of March. The moon had risen an hour ago , and hung like a round mirror of burnished silver close above the glittering stream of Thames , as he swept broadening down to Westminster - minster Bridge. The Abbey towers rose sharply into the clear air , and caught the moonlight full upon their heads , but beneath them , on the farther side , lay a wide region of silent and mysterious shadow. In the shadow paced the figure of a man. By the slow and monotonous regularity of his footfalls as he passed backward and forward you might have taken him for a sentinel on guard. Butte to a closer look , the long , high-collared coat , the quaint and ample outline of his hat , and a certain balance in his step betrayed the seafaring man , and gave a hint of his rank. His figure and the easy swing of his movements proclaim - claim him strong , but the obscurity concealed - cealed all other characteristics. Up and down , up and down , he paced ; always the same measured step , always - ways the same distance to a yard. Nothing - ing about him spoke of impatience , and yet he was evidently expecting some one or something ; for each time that his beat ended at the angle of the northern - ern tower he stopped , and looked first to the right across the deserted square up to the entrance of Whitehall , and then to the left , where , on the edge of St James Park , the lights of Glamor- gan House shone through a few gaunt and leafless trees. For this was in 1821 , and in 1821 Gla- morgan House was still standing : And tonight it was especially in evidence , for the open gates and the unwonted illumination of the garden court showed plainly that some festivity was in preparation - aration within. Minute after minute passed , till suddenly - denly from overhead came the deep sound of the clock striking the half hour. At the same instant a carriage rolled into the square. The watcher had just turned his back , and was retreating - ing for the fiftieth time toward the doorway of the Abbey , -when the vibration - tion of the chimes ceased , and the sound of the approaching hoofs and wheels fell upon his ear. In a moment he was back at the corner of the building , where he stood motionless , with his head thrown forward like a dog straining - ing in the leash. The carriage passed close before him , wheeled off to the right , and disappeared - peared into the court of Glamorgan House. He made a quick step forward as if to follow , but checked himself , and stood for a moment irresolute. While he was hesitating , a party of ladies muffled in opera cloaks and shawls , and attended by several gentlemen - men , crossed the road from the entrance - trance of Dean's Yard , and took the same direction as the carriage. The fig- ura in the shadow hesitated no longer , but followed in .their wake -with long , resolute strides. He came up with long , as they reached the portico , and passed into the cloak room with the gentlemen of the party. There coat and hat were laid aside , and he stood revealed as an officer of the king's navy , wearing a captain's epaulettes upon a very stalwart - wart pair of shoulders. As he entered' Lord Glamorgan-a tall , old man with bushy .eyebrows and a jovial red face-stepped in front and shook him warmly by the hand. Then putting a big hand -upon his shoulder with a fatherly air , he wheeled him forward - ward , and himself turned to face his wife. "lfy dear , " he said , with a half bow , "I present to you Capt. Richard Estcourt of his majesty's ship - Well , well ! Dick , which shall it be , eh ? " Ills lordship had been a lord of the admiralty in the last ministry , and though now for some time out of office , he retained a perhaps exaggerated idea of his Sown influence in naval affairs. Lady Glamorgan received the young man with all the graciousness for which she was deservedjy popular. "Capt. Estcourt , " she said , "is slower to follow - low an advantage on shore than at sea ; his reputation had been here long before - fore l ni. " Estcourt flushed. "I have been four years on the Indian stations , " he said , and three before that in America. " Since he had been almost the first in the room , it seemed impossible that he Should miss the person for whom he ors waiting ; but when the stream of incomers had apparently ceased , and Lady Glamorgan found time to leave the door and look at the dancing , her eye fell on him at once , still on guard in his solitary corner. She came toward him immediately , bent on the hostess' congenial duty of introduction. "Capt. Estcourt ; ' she said , "you are positively not dancing ! A sailor too , and at a sea lord's ball ! " "Pray do not trouble about me , Lady Glamorgan , " he replied ; "I am in no hurry to begin. " "No , no ! " she said , ° I must find you some pretty craft at once ; I have good patronage to bestow just now , and you may choose between a strong ally era a rich convoy , both making their first voyage. " His grave eyes lit up with a smile in answer to her playful tone. "New ships , he said , are never lucky ; I'd rather have one taken from the en- emy. " There was an undertone of unexpressed - pressed meaning in the words ; she t YHENnV JV WBOL T. caught it , and looked at him with kindly - ly interest. "If you are waiting for some one , she said , "of course I will not trouble you ; good fortune to the brave ! " and she left him glowing with mingled confusion - fusion and gratitude. She was far too great a lady to be curious , but all good women of her age are very naturally interested in a young romance ; and it is not _ astonishing that she fyund time now and again to glance in Estcourt's direction. For a long while he did not change his position , and she began to fear that he was doomed to disappointment. But at last there was a stir near the door , and she hurried forward to receive the new guests. An elderly dowager in green satin , and a gouty old nobleman in a star and spectacles hobbled in and paid a brace of homely compliments. As they passed on , Lady Glamorgan glanced back over her shoulder , and saw to her surprise - prise that Estcourt was coming forward - ward through the crowd with a look of relief upon his face. "The Milbricks ? " she asked herself. "What can the man be thinking of ? " But as he drew nearer she saw that his eyes ignored this absurd old couple , and were fixed intently upon some one beyond. She turned to the door once more , just in time to welcome a very different pair. A gentleman with iron- gray hair and mustaches , wearing a red ribbon across his plain evening dress , was piloting a lady through the throng that blocked the entrance , with a courtesy and adroitness that conspicuously - spicuously distinguished him from all around. As for the lady , whoever looked upon her turned to look again. She was fully as tall as her companion , but scarcely more than half his age ; her dark-blue eyes flashed fearlessly upon all they met ; her lips were red with life and curved with the pride and laughter of youth ; the slight flush of her marvelous complexion and the spring of her step roused the beholder's pulse In sympathy with her splendid vitality. Her dress was of white and gold , scarcely less brilliant than herself ; round her neck and on her brow were diamonds , and she wore them lightly , like a queen. Ah ! " murmured the countess to , herself - self , as she came forward , "It is Madame de Montaut ; a prize taken from the enemy ! I understand , but it is a bold game for so quiet a man. " She shook hands with her guests and retreated a little to watch their meeting - ing with this audacious young captain. It was evident at once that he was already - ready in favor with Col. de Montaut at any rate ; the lady too , after a few mo- ments' talk between the three , accepted Estcourt's arm and continued her progress - gress down the room. A quadrille was just ending ; in another - other moment the dancers would be dispersing - persing , two and two , in all directions to the seats and more secluded corners. Estcourt led his partner across to the farther door ; there she stopped him and turned to look at the dance. Her eyes sparkled , and her foot began to beat time upon the floor. "Splendid ! " she cried ; "I long to be one of them myself ! " His brow contracted " ' slightly. "Don't you think , he suggested , a little timidly - , ly , "that we had better choose our seats before the.rush comes ? " "Oh , no , thank you , " she replied , laughing. "I shall not need a seat for a long time yet ; we have only just ar- rived. But perhaps you have been here longer and are tired of dancing already - ready ? " "I have been here an hour or more , " he replied , "but I have not been danc- ing. " "And pray , if I may ask , for what other purpose did you come so early ? " This directness confused him. "I-I got here too soon , " he said , "and had to wait outside by the abbey. " "Where , of course , you could not dance ? " she interrupted , mischievously. "And even then I was almost the first here , " he continued ; "and-and" "And so you resolved to dance only with the latest comer , by way , I suppose - pose , of striking the balance right ? " He pulled himself together , and made an effort to play hIs part in the game. Balance or not , he said , earnestly , I resolved to dance only with the latest - est corner , if she should be Madame de Montaut. " "And so you shall , " she answered merrily , as the dancers broke off from their first figure and made for the door in 1)airs ; "that is , as soon as these poor things have rested ; in the meantime let us walk in the empty room till they come back. " She took his arm once more , and her touch seemed to send a tremor through him from head to foot ; they stepped forward into the great ballroom , hung with mirrors and gaily colored flags , and brilliant with a thousand lights that threw a dazzling sheen upon the broad expanse of polished floor. She talked with animation , and he answered almost mechanically ; tlne intoxication of pride mounted to his head and numbed his senses as he made his triumphal - umphal progress before the eyes of the elder ladies on the dais , the long line of dancers sitting out against the walls , and the herd of solitary men standing , each with folded arms , at the bottom of the room. Their whispers reached him with faint incense , and he scarcely knew himself for a mortal like the rest. But now the band struck up again ; the crowd returned , and he found himself - self floating with his radiant partner through the upper heaven of perfect rhythmic motion. Suddenly , as it seemed , the music stopped ; he mastered the swimming sensation in his brain and turned to look at her. Her eyes beamed back upon his with frank sym- pathy. "Glorious ! " she exclaimed. "What a pity it must end so soon ! " "So soon ? " he stammered , in a sudden - den panic ; "so soon ? " "We are leaving early to-night. " "But it fa only just 11 " "Then we have but half an hour more , " , .4f They : oad left 'the ballroom and were. mounting the stairs in advance of the throng. At the top a tiny boudoir offered - fered two chairs , and no more. "Shall we hear the music so far away ? " she asked as they entered it. He was pale and evidently ill at ease ; he grasped at her question as at an unhoped-for opportunity. "I shall hear your voice , " he said , nervously , "and that is all the music I dg ire. " 'fiat ! " she answered , laughing , "with my strong French accent , as your people choose to call it ? " She sat down in the higher and straighter of the two chairs , and opened her fan. Only a low lounging seat was left for him , and nothing could have been more uncomfortable under the circumstances. He fixed himself upon the extreme edge and was about to speak , when she broke in before - fore hint. "You don't look as much at Test as you deserve to be after that famous dance. " He was beginning an answer , destined - tined no doubt to end sentimentally , when she again forstalled him. "You are not accustomed to the luxury - ury of arm chairs at sea ? " He saw at she cad not mean to , git 'e him an opening , and tried determinedly - terminedly to make one for himself. "Forgive me , " he 'said , disregarding her question , "but I have something to say to you. " "And I to you , " she answered readily. "I have found the pearl you were good enough to hunt for the other day. Where do you suppose it was ? " "Madame de Montaut , " he said , with desperate irrelevancy , "I have admired you ever since I first saw you. " "You can hardly expect a woman to go quite so far in return , " she replied , with an affectation of cordial simpll- city ; "but I may say truly that there is no one whose step I prefer to yours. Come , the next dance must be beginning - ning , and I am eager not to lose a note of it. " And she rose lightly and shut her fan. He too stood up , but did not move toward the door. "I am sorry , " he said ; "but what I have to offer you is more than a dance -if it be not much less. " Her quick ear caught the sincerity of his tone and her look changed. "You are right , " she said , with a serious grace ; "I will hear you. " And she sank with a soft rustle into the low chair , which she filled with an air of easy roy- alty. alty.He He remained standing ; his hands , as they grasped the back of the other chair , were tense with nervous energy , but his throat was dry and his brain confused ; for his life he could not break from this fatal dumbness and express himself. A gleam of nut unkindly merriment shone in her eyes as she came to the rescue. "Capt. Estcourt , " she said , "you are a man whose words mean , at the least , all they say ; since , then , you speak of admiration , I understand you to offer me-love. " "Love ? Devotion ! " he exclaimed , with ] risky fervor , but stopped again and began to stammer. "And I suspect , " she continued , "from your embarrassment , that you have had thoughts of asking me to marry you. " "Oh ! it is too great a think , I know , " he broke in earnestly ; "it is out of all reason ; but I do not ask it , I entreat it of you. " She raised herself a little and looked him gravely in the face. ( To BE CONTINCED. ) THE ARCTIC MUSK-OX. One Big Animal Whichr Is Not Likely to Become Extinct. But there is one large bovine animal on our continent which is not destined to be snuffed out of existence like the unfortunate bison , and that is the musk-ox. He is under the protection of the forest king , whose game pastures are seldom penetrated by white poach- ers. On the map of Arctic America you can put your finger down almost anywhere , so that it be on land north of the Great Slave Lake and east of the Mackenzie river , and say , "There lives the musk-ox , " without fear of successful - ful contradiction. Just beyond the limit of trees and bushes , even the smallest and scantiest , on the silent , desolate , and awful barren grounds northeast of Great Slave Lake , at 6.4 degrees north latitude , the musk-ox draws the line marking his farthest south. A man who can endure cold like an I skimo , travel like a caribou , live for wt'eks on frozen caribou meat , starve as cheerfully as a Yellow-Knife Indian , and endure the companionship of vermin-covered natives - tives , can reach the southern borderland - land of the musk-ox , and possibly get back alive with two or three skins. Mr. Warburton Pike , Englishman , can do and did all these things no longer ago than 1890 ; and his book on "The Barren Grounds of Northern Canada" is a most interesting and valuable contribution to our knowledge of that very desolate country. The musk-ox is perhaps the rarest , and to white men the most difficult - ficult to secure of all our land quadru- peds. Robes are by no means uncommon - mon , and often sell for as little as $15 each ; but of mounted skins there are in our country exactly seven. Three of these constitute a group in the National Museum ; two are in the American Museum of Natural History in New York ; and the museums of Philadelphia - phia and Cambridge have one each. Although during their long sojourns in high latitudes Gen. Greely and the members of his expedition party killed many musk-oxen , you will notice that they were unable to bring back even so much as a single horn. R'oman's Affection. I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain - tain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man , and prostrate him in the dust , seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex , and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character , that at times It approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and t2n- der female , who had been all weakness and dependence , and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life , suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune , and abiding with unshrinking - ing firmness the bitterest blast of ad- versity. Everything commenced upon the first day of the moon is supposed to turn outs Succ ssful. e - - r- . . i - - it s Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report . t l , 'P - Powder ' , i I ABSOLUTELY PURE ' a Fruitless Mleslonary Efforts. A great deal of missionary effort has been expended upon the Chinese in California , and especially in San Francisco - cisco , but it requires a microscope to discover any.real conversions of ter forts years of labor. In the way of doing actual good for the wretched people of our slums $100 will accomplish more than $10,000 spent in trying to change the Chinese in their Flowery Kingdom into followers of Christ and heretics to the doctrines of Confucious. Taking everything into consideration , it is a fair question whether there is not a great waste of Christian effort as well as of money in these attempts to convent - vent Chinese who won't be converted and whether it would not be more prac- 4ieal as well as more Christian to concentrate - centrate some of this effort and money upon the heathen at our very doors who know neither Christ nor Confucius. -Chicago Tribune. ' J. C. SIMPSON. Marquess , W. 1'a , says : "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad case of catarrh. " pruggists sell it , 75c. I'etrlffed Oysters. A bed of petrified oysters has been found on the top of Big mountain , just back of Forkston , Wyoming county , Pa. A short time since A. Judson Stark and William N. Reynolds , jr. , of Lafayette - ette college , amateur geologists , spent a day on the mountain and brought back a fine collection of the petrified bivalves. Some of the specimens arc of mammoth size , one in Mr. Reynold's possession measuring twenty-two inches long by nine inches wide and weighing forty pounds. The specimens range in all sizes. Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the most of stinate coughs.-Rev. 1) . Bucli- 31CBLLEa , Lexington , M0. , Fob. 4 , ' 94. Lemon Juice as 1'ollslt. Lemon juice applied to cast iron articles - cles gives an excellent finish to the surface - face of the metal. It turns the portion of polished cast iron to which it is applied - plied to a bronze black , and when touched over with shellac varnish will absorb a sufficient amount of time varnish - nish to preserve it To many lemon juice would seem to be a weak and ineffective - effective acid for metal , but everyone knows how quickly a knife blade of steel will blacken when used to cut a lemon , and the darkening of polished iron by the acid is very beautiful. "Hanson's Magic Corn Salve. " Warranted to cure or money refurded. Aak yomr dr ugght for it. 1'rlce 15 cents. A New Telescopic Idea. After laborious toil at constructing enormous and complex mechanisms by which telescopes can be directed to any quarter of the heavens astronomers have all at once bethought themselves of the plan of leaving the big tube immovable - movable and horizontal , and throwing the image of the desired star into it by means of a reflector. This surprisingly - ly simple plan is to be followed in mounting the great telescope which is to be a feature of the Paris exposition in 1900. FITS-MlFitsstoPPed fret byIr.rllne's Great hcrvcRestorer. AuF'itsaftertt Ilrstdav'suse. 3Larvclouscures. Treat iscarid 8-trraLbotl1' fret ) @ ! tcases. 5eudtoLr.Slluey31.rci t.FLlia.I'a. i The Atlantic Monthly for September contains the first installment of a three-part story , by Charles Egbert' ' Craddock , entitled The Mystery of f Witch-Face Mountain. The second of ; Dr. John Fiske's historical papers has far a subject John Smith in Virginia , in which he reopens vigorously the discussion in regard to this interesting character. Bradford Terry contributes - utes another Tennessee sketch , Chickamauga - amauga , which will be of special { interest in view of this summer's morn- orable gathering at Lookout Moun- tain. Among other features are Guides : I t A Protest , by Agnes Repplier , important - ant book reviews. and the Contrib- utors' Club. Houghton , Mifflin & Co. , Boston. Calling a Halt. Washington Star : "There's just one thing that I want to say , " said the proprietor - prietor of the newspaper to his managing - aging editor , "and that is that we've been imposed on long enough. " "What's the matter ? " "H'e're going to turn overa new leaf. If these pugilists are going to do their fighting in the newspapers they'll have to pay for it the same as the baking i ponder manufacturers. " There is no better magazine for wives and mothers than Good house- keeping. Springfield , Mass. It has made a big success in all of its depart. . ments , but its 50.000 readers are delighted - lighted with the series of anagrams which it has been publishing. In its September issue there will be one on 200 popular advertisers and advertise- meats , with a series of valuable prizes. The publishers will send a sample copy containing particulars for 20 cents. Frederick Tennyson , the eider brother of Alfred , will soon pubiish a new volume of verses. - - Waste of time and words are the two greatest expenses in life. life.QMEN'S QMEN'S FACES V I'like flowers , fade and wither with time ; the bloom of the rose is only known to the i : f f healthy woman's 9 cheeks. The nervous - ' ! ous strain caused by II . e ailments and r - pains peculiar to the i ! sex , and the labor and worry of rearing a family , can often be traced by the lines in the woman's face. Dull eyes , the sallow or wrinkled face and those "feelings of weakness" have their rise in the derangements and irregularities peculiar to women. The functional derangements - rangements , painful disorders , and chronic weaknesses of women , can be cured with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the young girl just entering womanhood , for the mother and those about to become mothers , and later in the change of life , " the "Prescription" is just what they need ; it aids nature in preparing the system for these events. Its a medicine prescribed for thirty years , by Dr. R. V. Pierce , chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute , at Buffalo , N. Y. Whore the Arterest Lies. I am an old woman and must have my say ; and I tell you that when you all come into the fullest intelligence you will find that the three really interesting - ing things of life are that human beings are born , marry and die ; that we grow i up in families , have friends , lovers , husbands , children ; that the real fillip of existence , the stimulating charm , the ever renewed cordial comes from these simple elementary facts ; that they occasion time talk , the wit , the fun , the t ; absurdities , the follies , the heartaches , v which make life worth living. - 3 The Modern Beauty Thrives on good food and sunshine , with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows with health and her face . , blooms with Its beauty. If her system 1. needs the cleansing action of n laxative , , remedy , she uses the gentle and pleasant - ant liquid laxative , Syrup of Figs. One Spoon Enough. A Boston man traveling through the south was obliged to stop over in a 1 small town where there was but one ; hotel , at which the accommodations were hardly to be called elaborate. When the colored waiter brought his dinner the Boston man found that he was to have roast beef , stewed tomatoes - toes , corn , peas , potatoes and coffee , the vegetablesserved in the usual stone china canoes. Presently he said to the f waiter : "Dick , pass the spoons. " ' 1'he waiter rolled hiscyes ingenuinealnaze- I Irlent : 'Spoons , sal ) ! What you want with the spoons ? There's yo' spoon in yo' corn. " 'i'nhe II'arkcr'eGluger'ronlc home a Ithyou You sIll tlud It to eacerd your oXpccuai us In abating colds , and many Ills , aches anti wuakuesacs. The record of attendance at the public t schools of the United States during the last yeargives a total of 15,530(15 : ( pupils. Pain Is not conducive to pleasure , espeela.ly when occa5loned by corns llnrdt rtorns will please you , fur It removes thorn perfectly. Needle In lien Brain. In the clinic of I'rof. Von Bardeleben , in Berlin , the other day a cuurioussur- gical operation was performed. A 20- year-old seamstress named Wilileimina Strange had a darning needle almost three inches long removed from her brain , where it must have been Embedded - bedded since babyhood. The poor girl all her life had often suffered headaches - aches , sometimes aggravated by spasms. How the needle ever got there nobody knows. The patient has already - ready been discharged from the charite. 1 Cne's Cough Ilalsant Is the oldest and best. It will break up a Cold qulck. ertLanauythingelse. ILIsalway3relLtble. Try It. IY In France an author's heirs enjoy their rights in his productions for fifty years after his death. Billiard table , second-Laud , for sale cheap. Apply to or address , H. C. AKIN , 511 S. 12th St. , Omaha Neim. 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