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SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT-
to aa, spirit of taa night I
art aa aaeel fa nv dent :
I whom I eosne when driyen from sleep
That 1 may oa thy fcoaum weep 1
Than foMest aie thou boldest Bie
So In i lily an1 bow,
Thy flagers stray and drive away
The fever from my brow.
Bwafc to me, spirit of the night!
with moaning robes and face so white ;
'Meant ye the eon-god gone away
' With thy sweet sister, dazzling day?
What magic balm makes thee so calm.
And silent in thy woe;
Free from unrest, that every breast
Forsaken e'er mast know?
Speak to roe, spirit of the night t
And dost tbycahn prophetic sight.
View thon, thyself, turned Into day ? e
With sable robes all pnt away.
To meet the sun. supernal one.
Who'll foU thee to bis breast.
And say. -through pain, my chosen gala
This haveaof the blest."
Arkaiaaw Traveler.
ONE OF HIS LITTLE ONES.
BTMAMM I.CKOCKKR.
The music of the orchestra in the
liig tent sounded far away; the voices
of those about her in the dressing
room grew confused and indistinct,
and a picture came up before her
yearning vision.
The picture was that or a quiet
street, where the children met to play
marbles: it was a familiar picture; it
had come up a thousand times for
consideration.
The twilight always came down
over the houses in this memory scene,
and settled in odd corners, and a voice
came out of the gloaming, '-Come
home, now, Hermia, dear."
Then the picture shifted and a cozy,
sitting-room with a shelf of books in
the corner and a tall clock on the
mantel, which buzzed so when it
struck the hour, took its place. This
was all that ever came to her of the
home nest, excepting, at times, a
sweet mother face whose tender hrown
eyes looked lovingly into hers,
hovered near.
But there was another scene which
made her shudder to rcniemiier.
An ugly old woman, with a heavy
black cloth in her hands, bends over
her in the quiet street. The other
children arc gone now, and the
cloth is thrown quickly over
her curly head and a rough hand
stops her scream of terror as it closes
over her mouth. And that is all of
the picture memory brings up. It
must be years, she thinks, since this
life of existing among strangers le
gan; they were cruel and unkind
sometimes, too, especially .Tcnkinson.
The rays of the setting sun glowed
against the dirty canvas until it be
came beautifully tinted with creamy
rose and gray.
A single beam slanted through a
hole in the tent and touched the
short-tinselled suit ln-forc her, but
she. hated the sight of it. -
"I shall fail to-night, I know 1
shall; I am sick'
The hot lips quivered and tears fell
fast on the old blanket which served
her for a couch.
In an hour .lenkinson would come
for her and the traKzc act would
be a failure. Then JenkiiiMin would
kill her, maybe.
O. I wish that 1 might die!" came
in a little moan from her lijK. But
softly through the hubbub of her
surroundings came again the sweet,
tender tone, Come home. now. dear."
"O, that I knew the way!" burst
from the hot lips.
A strange impulsive, intense sen
sation came over her. She sat up
resolutely and lifted the bottom of
the canvas a mite and ieeped out.
What if .lenkinson saw her: he might
think she meant to run away? She
caught her breath in a dazed fright
ened way- Why hadn't she ever
thought of tliat before?
Running away. Strangely sweet
the thought flitted through her brain:
it was an entirely new idea.
Could she do it? agai n she peeped
out. 2so one was in sight, just now,
and it was growing shadowy.
Over there was a cottage. She
could see it dimly out-lined against
the trees beyond. Up came the can
vas a mite higher: in thirty minutes
Jcnkinson would come for her: if they
couldn't find her, what then?
"Please, Jesus, help me to get
away!"
v
The prayer slipped its cable and the
set teeth closed tighten out into
God's free airjerept "M'lle' Gertrude."
Inch by inch through the tall grass
she worked her way from the hated
place. After a few minutes of iin
fully impeded progress, she ro;e with
an excited bound and ran in the di
rection of the cottage. The pain in
her head was terrible, but the dread
of capture nerved her on. Reaching
the fence which shut in the cottage
she struggled through a narrow open
ing and found herself within a few
feet of an outside cellar-way: the door
was invitingly ajar.
Everything was quiet aitout the
house: it seemed deserted. Wouldn't
it Ite safe enough to slip in the gloom
of the cellar.
The strains of the distant orchestra
fell on her ear as falls the sound of a
curse. Obeying a sudden impulse
she darted down the shadow' steps.
Crouching down in a corner, trem
bling with fear, she murmured, "O,
I guess I'm safe."
In the stillness of her hiding-place
there seemed security, and the ex
hausted child sank down in a little
heap on the stone floor for rest.
As the 'queen of the trapeze"
crawled away from the circus grounds,
"Heavy-Weight Ben" was busily en
gaged in dressing for his feat and
saw her from his corner. He divined
her purpose instantly, and his sympa
thetic heart swelled with emotion at
sight of the tangled curls bobbing
through the grass.
looking aitout him. furtively, he
said uuder his breath: "She's goin'
tcr give 'cm the slip, by Jove! Let
her do it, I say: and I'll be boiled in
oil afore I'll give her away."
When Jenkinson went in search
of the little trapeze performer, of
course she was missing. Plainly now
that illness of hers was but a feint;
somebody was at the bottom of this;
she could never have gotten away
without assistance. And so the con
fusion increased as the possibility of
finding the child decreased.
"Hold your tongues!" shouted Ben,
wrathfully. "The proprietor took
her to see a physician, likely. She
was sick."
Jenkinson felt better; the rest
didn't care and the crowd in the big
tent was told that "the queen of the
trapeze was ill "
But by and by the portly proprietor
came back -his absence gave coloring
to Ben's story and then it was ascer- j
tained that Mr. Sayles bad not seen
Mile. Gertrude during the evening.
"Wed, I'm Wowed," said Ben, ad
justing his weights, "if I didn't think
that was the proprietor leading Gertie
away just at dark; I could have sworn
it was Sayles."
Then some one in the crowd said
they saw "a gentleman resembling"
the aforesaid Sayles going toward the
village with Mile. Gertrude accom
panying him.
No on, however, except 4 heavy
weight" Ben understood that in that
"some one's" palm burned a gold
piece, the price of having seen the
child in the custody of the mysterious
stranger.
Crouching in the darksome cellar
the child waited and listened, every
moment expecting some one-in pur
suit. Doubtless they were searching for
her now.
There the clock upstairs in
the room above her struck
ten; the performance was about
over, and Jenkinson was swear
ing awfully, no doubt. But the clock
upstairs struck like the one did in
her memory hall; how nearly alike they
were, to be sure. O, well, there were
clocks and clocks exactly alike of
course, and her head pained so now
that to think was agony.
Then somebody came into the room
overhead; but they did not sit down.
JSo; they just walked up and down.
Were they in trouble? Something
told her that they were; she listened
with bated breath.
A curious impulse moved her to go up
the rude stairway against which she
had stumbled in her endeavor to move
about a little.
Ascending the steps she found her
self at the door of the room where
the uneasy person was moving to and
fro. Sitting down on the narrow
landing the child wearily measured
the march over the uncarpeted floor
beyond; instinctively she knew it was
that of a tired woman. Then she
fell asleep. How long she slept she
knew not; but she was suddenly
awakened with a deep moan.
The restless feet ceased theit
fatiguing vigil and growing brave,
the listening child pushed open the
door as softly as possible; by the
light of a dimly burning lamp she
saw a lady kneeling by a low couch at
the opposite side of the room, as ii
in prayer.
"She prays," whispered our little
heroine to her own weary soul. "O,
God, I'm just hungry for a prayer."
So saying, she glided to the side of
the bowed figure and stood still.
The dirty canvass, the blearing
orchestra, and even the cruel Jcnkin
son were forgotten. In thaf
dimly lighted room a sweet
"long ago" came back thrilling
her soul with a new delicious feeling;
a taste of intoxicating joy.
There in the corner was the shelf;
on it were the books of memory's
picture. On the low mantel near it
stood a tall old-fashioned clock; shs
recalled how its strokes had
thrilled her so strangely . O,
could it be pos ; stop! the womaq
whose face was still buried in tha
pillow sobbed out an articulate pcti.
tion; the waif stooped to catch the
words.
"O, God! bless my darling child,
to-night if she still lives to need her
mother's prayers," came in pitiful
sobs. "Thou knowest blessed Father,
where my child is to-night; keep her,
my Hermia!"
Like a cadence of heavenly music
came that name to the listening
child!
There was now no doubt, above and
around floating like echoes from glory,
the sweet intonations, "Come home,
Hermia, come now, dear!"
One frail white arm slipped around
the neck of the praying mother, and
the child murmured rapturously,
Mamma, dear, I've come!"
With a startled cry the woman
sprang to her feet. A wild, frightened
look quickly supplanted by a
glad, joyful recognition swept her
pale countenance.
The doubt cleared from the care
worn face, and, with a "I thank thee,
blessed God!" the waiting child was
gathered to the long bereaved heart.
Warm, mother kisses drove the hectic
from the daughter's brow, and tender,
soothing fingers wandered over the
tangled curls with sacred touch.
A blissful half-hour went by and
the long absent daughter fell asleep
on the warm, maternal bosom.
And the overjoyed mother mur
mured again and again, "Hermia,
my darling, God has indeed given
you back to me."
Before the circus left town a
thorough search of hotels, railway
depots, etc., was made; but no
trace of Mile Gertrude could be
found.
Doubtless her abductor had taken
the evening train and she was far
enough away, was the conclusion ar
rived at as the little one slumbered
on in the sheltering arms of its
mother, and the troupe left the vil
lage minus the "queen of the tra
peze." Effect of a Good Laagh.
There is not the remotest corner or
little inlet ef the minute blood ves
sels of the human body that does not
feel some wavelet from the convul
sions occasioned by good hearty
laughter. The life principle, or the
central man is shaken to the inner
most depths, sending new tides of life
and strength to the surface, thus ma
terially tending to insure good health
to the persons who indulge therein.
The blood moves more rapidly, and
conveys a different impression to all
the organs of the body as it visits
them on that particular journey when
the man is laughing, from what it
does at other times. For this reason
every good, hearty laugh in which a
person indulges lengthens his life,
conveying as it docs, new and distinct
stimulus to the vital forces. Doubt
less the time will come when physi
cians, conceding more importance
than they do now to the influence of
the mind upon the vital forces of the
body, will make up their prescriptions
more with reference to the mind and
less to drugs, and will, in so doing,
find the best and most effective
method of producing the effect upon
the patient.
The Ktad ef Man They Ukm.
Reading about the superb manage
ment of the big fire the other day, a
certain girl of my acquaintance re
marked: ' 'Is there anything so grand
in a man as force? In my estimation
those firemen and the chief who so
splendidly controlled them are as far
superior to the dancing youths we
meet at parties and hops as meat is
better than foam." Put that into
your pipe, you callow stripplings who
aim to be lady-killers. It is not your
ability to dance and lead the german
that makes a woman's heart kindle
at your approach. It is your response
to an emergency, your muscle in a
tilt against odds, your endurance and
force that will win the way to femi
nine regard. As for me-there is some
thing pathetic in the sight of a big,
handsome fellow in dancing pumps
and a Prince Albert coat. I would
rather seehim swinging a blacksmith's
hammer or driving a plow through
stony furrows if need be. The
"original -man" was not created to
shine in the' military schottische or
win his laurels in the berlin. Chicago
Herald.
Budtabd Kipijxo says he writes
all his poems on an empty stomach.
Queer kind of writing desk.
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
ThayrTeaxlacted the Swaaapa atew Farm
em Cssla tTalta rat- Mataal BeMastt Para
Water ot the Klg-at Teas asi atara far
Stack A Caareataat Arraagasaeat for
Ow T1ra Maasewlfa,
sTow Laada.
XE of the great
est mistakes made
by the early set
tlers in our billy
country was in
clearing the high
lands and neglect
ing the swamps.
The result has
been disastrous in
many ways. On
many of the rocky
summits where
there was soil and
vegetable matter
enough to support
a forest, the Ore
.has followed the
ax and the vege
table matter has
been consumed
and the sand either blown or washed
away, and were it not lor a few of the
remains of the large stumps no one
would suppose that the spot was ever
anything else than a naked ledge. On
other hills where there were no rocks
the sand is drifting like the snow, and
on some farms there are many acres of
this shifting sand that a warranty deed
will not hold and that is being conveyed
without any legal process. On hills
where the soil is between these extremes,
the process of exhaustion is more gradual,
but just as sure. And now that the high
lands are exhausted and denuded some
farmers are prevented from clearing up
their low lands by the fact that they are
all tbey can depend on for woodlots.
But the time is coming when the deep,
black deposits of vegetable matter which
we call muck-bogs, as well the. interme
diate strips between them and the dry
lands, will he cleared and imnroved. and I
other conditions of the farm will be made
to conform to the change. These border
lands between the high lands and the
swamps are in many cases of the least
value, because they are harder to sub
due. The crowth upon them is largely
spruce, fir, and cypress and the soil
fs white or rusty saud, with a few inches
of black soil above it, and as soon as the
trees are cut off swamp moss will cover
the ground and seeds will blow in and
start a new forest.
Am Everlasting Fence.
The best and cheapest fence on my
farm I built seventeen years aso, and it
Is still good. The posts are cedar, set
eight feet apart with the end of the tim
ber which naturally stood up placed
down. This is the way to make the
fence: Let the posts go in the ground
thirty inches and project four and one
fourth to five feet above ground. A top
rail of two by four scantling is to be
mortised iuto the corners of the posts
and nailed fast White oak pins arc
turned uniformly one inch in diameter
and Inserted in holes torocp'-nVevory
other post. They must bcpreviously
well seasoned and soaked iu boiled oil.
The holes must be bored in tbe posts at
the exact point where the wire is to pass
it. To get the holes exactly right with
the least trouble, it is the best plan to
first bore a board for a pattern.
Now lay a wire along the line of jiosts,
coil one end of it around a pin and
drive the pin in until its head imbeds the
wire in the post Then drive a staple
over the end of the wire. Now, with
one man to handle and drive the pins
and another to stretch the wire by means
of a crowbar or wire-stretcher each time
a pin Is driven, fifty rods of fence may be
hung in one day. I use five wires under
the scantling. Each time after a pin is
driven the wire Is slackened to allow it
to be twisted about another pin. These
pins are only placed on every second
post, the wires being stapled to the inter
vening posts. The cost is as follows:
Two cedar posts at 15 cents, 30 cents:
five plain wires, Xc. 12. l.r cents; live
ak pins, 5 cents; scantling, 13 cents;
labor, 37 cents. Total, Si. The wire
rarely or never breaks, as its contraction
and expansion are taken care of by thec
pins. George W. Humphrey, Onondaga
County, New York.
Simple Hag-Holder.
Take three light poles, cut to the same
length, each to be about 6 feet. llore a
a hole through each pole 2- or 3 inches
from the cud,
large enough to
receive a one
eighth or one
quarter i n c h
thick earriago
bolt He Mire
that the bolt is
long cuoucb to
pass well
tbrouch the
three poles, leav
ing plenty of
room on the
threaded end to
receive the burr.
Having fastened the poles together by
means of the bolt insert into each pole
a serewhook in such a position, and at
such a height, as to hold the bag well
open and allow the bottom to rest upon
the floor or ground, as shown in illustra
tion. Practical Farmer.
Co-Oaeratloa ot Farmers.
There seems to be quite a tendency
among farmers, of late years, to form
closer unions for mutual benefit First
farmers' clubs were organized: then
came theGraugcs:theuFarmers Alliance,
etc, all calculated to increase the power
and influence of the tanning class by
union and combination. The principle
of co-operation might be greatly extended
anions farmers with irood results. Since
so many kinds of farm implements and
machinery have come tc be substituted
for manual labor small farmers labor
under a disadvantage unless able to in
vest quite a large capital in labor-saving
machinery. If able to make the invest
ment the limited use to which each ma
chine can be applied on a small farm of
40, 50 or 80 acres hardly saves enough
labor to pay interest and wear of ma
chines. Now, if a dozen farmers owning uv
setber 600, 800 or 1,000 acres of laud'
Ing their purposes nearly as well as if
everyone owned all the machines. Of
course, they would need to eliminate
something of human selfishness, and
allow the one who most needed the use
of the machines to have the first use.
If only a broad, liberal, manly, Christian
spirit were always cherished small farm
ers could, in many ways, co-operate to
mutual advantage.
LIVE STOCK.
Water for Farm Aatmals.
The water supply is a matter of prime
importance to the stockman. Without
an abundance of pure water of au
agreeable temperature, farm animals
cannot remain healthy, or make a high
ly profitable gain of flcsb, or yield of
milk or of wool. J. M. K'nhl in the
Practical Farmer, tells how to arrange a
well and windm.U so that the animals a:
all times mav have frc.-h water of an
asreeable temperature. The. diagram
shows how this highly
ft accomplished a is
desirable result
tbe teak, which
ill
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could unite and purchase all necessary So"o m,rS inrSi in ti.o nttfr and
farm machinery it would greatly redo SlUl
WC VU9v w vaLU luumuimi, .tun,, ;--!-
should hold eight to ten barrels; e Is the
well. The curb, tbe lower part of tbe
tower supporting the wind-wheel, and
the pump, can be at once distinguished;
b Is what is known as the reefing bucket
a bucket of two or three gallons ca
pacity, having a small hole in the bot
tom. It is suspended to the rod that
passes through the curb, and throws the
mill in or out of gear. When tho tank
Is nearly full, water flows from It Into
the reefing bucket, through the pipe
shown in the cut leading from near the
top of the tank to tho reefing bucket
When the reefing bucket is filled, its
weight pulls tho mill out of gear, and. ol
course, stops the pumping. A small
pipe leads from the bottom of the tank
iuto the well, as shown in the cut It is
of such capacity that it will just about
empty the tank until the water has
drained out of the reefing bucket through
the small holo in its bottom. As the
reefing bucket becomes nearly empty, its
weight is not sufficient to keep the' mill
out of gear, and the pumping again be
gins, aud is kept up until the tank is
tilled. The water again flows from the
tank to tbe reefing bucket and the
pump is stopped as before. Of course,
the flow of water from the tauk to the
reefing bucket stops as soon as the water
sinks a little in the tank. If animals
come to drink, there is no flow in the
reefing bucket, and of course tho pump
keeps at work until the animals have
drank what they want, aud the tank is
tilled. That thedrawing may be plain,
all tiiis apparatus Is represented as above
ground. In fact, the tauk is usually
banked around with earth, and the pipes
are below tbe surface. By this arrange
ment, the animals have cool water in
summer, and water of a considerably
higher temperature than the freezing
point in winter. Stopcocks inako it easy
to stop the working of this apparatus
whenever its stoppage is desirable.
THE DAIRY.
Stopping- thaChara.
It is very important to stop churning
at the right time. Churning after the
butter has come will injure tho butter.
These round grains arc solid butter;
there is no milk in them, tho milk is
around these grains. At this stage tho
milk is easily washed from the butter.
Never put .-your hands in the butter.
Draw the buttermilk off, put enough cold
water in the churn to float the butter,
revolve the churn a few times, or agi
tate it by shaking or rocking it gently;
draw off the water and repeat the wash
ing with pure cold water three times,
and the milk will all be washed out
Put one-half ounce of dairy salt to the
pound, work the salt in only enough to
get the water out; the less butter is
worked tbe better. It is impossible to
work all the milk out of butter, but it is
no trouble to wash it out Water aud
butter will not mix; the water is easily
worked out. Unnecessary working
mashes the grain and ruius the butter,
continuous working, mixing and smear
ing changes it from butter to grease,
causes it to lose its flavor, and ruins iu
keeping qualities, and very soon it will
assume a cheesy smell and taste, and
latcrjut it will have a very pronounced
andTcpclIaiit odor. Dairy World.
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poaltry and tbe Farm Boy.
We will venture to assert that if each
boy is given a flock of fowls, if only
Bantams, and he alone have the man
agement of them, and the receipts a
very important adjunct the flock of
fowls will cause the boy to take an in
terest in farming from the start Let
him become accustomed to the breed and
he will soon learn the points of 'l
breeds. And he will not stop there, lie
will aim to know the breeds of cattle,
sheep, horses, aud hogs. Ho will look
forward to tho exhibitions at the county
fairs, aud strive to win prizes. He will
have a love for the larm bred in him
from the start, and when he is a man he
will yearn for the happy days spent on
the farm, aud he will go back to it if he
can, should he be induced away. When
one becomes interested in poultry ou the
farm he becomes educated to
an interest in everything else. As soon
as your boy can manage them, give him
a few Bantams, aud after ho is older
start him with s-oruc pure breed of
standard size. It is the best plan for
teaching the boy to remain ou the farm.
Mirror.
Clean Ess
One of the finest things for a poultry
man to learn, says the Toronto Blade,
is the fact that soiled and dirty eggs
should never be sent to market Many
of the eags that come in are filthy tho
shells frequently stained with mud or
manure. Fastidious people the only
ones who are willing to pay a "fancy"
price will never buy such eggs if they
can help it Clean the eggs before they
come to market It will pay you well to
do so.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Help fr the Tired.
With such a simple arrangement as is
here shown in the kitchen, the tired wife
may have all the water she wants at a
moment's notice, without the necessity
CoTltT
rfiTcwtt rioca.
of going out In the cold, or any over-cx-ertion
by carrying it A riuc-iined box
is mounted on heavy braekctrtft the top
or the kitchen, or,-still better, on the
Jloor of the attic The heavy pipe shown
depended upon aVCforeoApump will be
needed. Whci wafer ha risen in tho
box a ccrtairfijcvei it flows out of the
surplus pipe shown. The pipe running
to the sink comes out of the bottom of
the box and can draiu off all the water
it holds, when it will at once till again.
On a large scale, supplying tho whole
house, the plan is an excellent, but costly
one. To fix for the kitchen alone is sim
ple and attended with little expense. A
fivc-irallnn can in which castor oil came,
can be bought at a drug store lor 10
cents. The housewife will gladly wash
it clean. Then a little work, a few feet
of galvanized pipe and joints and a bor
rowed pipe, wrench will complete a job
which may save a doctor's or an under
taker's bill and the most precious mem
ber of any American home. Holllster
Sage, in Rura! New Yorker.
THE KITCHEN.
jiommtic Hiats.
Dbawjt Butter. Rub together two
tablespoonfuls butter, one of flour; add
just a trifle of cold water, then some
boiline water, until proper consisteney,
little salt Boil .two minutes.
Raspbkhkv Strut. On three quarts
of red raspl erries pour 1 li pints of cider
vineear, and let stand twenty-four hours.
Strain, and to each p:.r:t of the liquid add
a pound of granulated sugar; scald
twenty minutes, skim and bottle, sealing
tightly.
Boiled M a cahoxi. Pat macaroni into
a poreelairi-Ilecd !:ei!!o; add a small
j onion ehuppe :: :oii : v.hiit about half
au hour. .-! ii::: often. When lender
::dl p!ei-es ,,f cin-i ; :.:ke away from the
tije- cowr tiai.t,
j before aeryln.
i.(i Icl ihu tl)tfl melt
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NERVE AT THE LEVER.
Aveideaa CalllalaB With
aawdar Wageae:
Nathaniel W. Gooldn was a man of
large stature. In manner he was
quiet, always polite and obliging, hut
always impressing those who came in
contact with him with a conscious
ness of his nerve and self-reliance.
On one occasion, weile he was run
ning on the road, he was bringing a
train from Philadelphia to this city.
When he was nearing the grade cross
ing of the road leading to Dumont's
Pier on the Delaware River, a few
miles above this city, he saw two
loaded powder wagons approaching
the railroad. The foremost team had
become unmanageable and was run
ning away followed by the second
team.
Engineer Gookin calculated that be
would meet one of those wagons at
the crossing. Thre were no air-brakes
in those days, and if he slackened bis
speed he might avoid the first wagon
to collide with the second one.
A collision meant an explosion,
death tahimself, the fireman, and the
destruction of his train. There was
but one chance of escape. That was
to increase his speed, outrun the
horses and pass ahead of the first
team, or perhaps between the twe
wagons. He accepted the issue quietly,
threw his engine wide open and
waited.
A stranded fireman, who had begged
a ride from Philadelphia to to Wil
mington on Gookin's engine that
morning, told the story of that trip
to the writer. He said:
"That was the most thrilling ex
perience of my life. I saw the wagons
as soon as Gookin did, and made
ready to jump off. i heard the click
of the valve and felt the old engine
jump as if she was trying to shake
herself loose from the cars. The
train held her to the iron or she
surely would have left it.
Gookin's eyes were fixed on the
crossing, nis countenance, except
for the flash of his eye and the com
pression of his lips, was as immovable
as if cut from stone. The train
seemed to be flying. The horses were
evidently ahead in the race to the
crossing. They would get there first,
but would they get over?
On they came, running as horses
wild with fright only can run, and on
we sped as if trying to meet them,
collide with and explode the wagon
load of powder. Great Scott, how
those horses did run! It had only
been only a minute or two since we
first saw the wagons. It seemed like
a lifetime. We had only run a mile
or two. but it seemed as if wc had
run around the world. The space be
tween the engine and the wagon had
closed. They were apparently at the
crossing together. The second team
was so close that its horses and wagon
must be piled up on the wreck of en
gine and cars in a second collision.
"As the feet of the horses of the
leading team touched the track at the
crossing, I shut my eyes in horror to
await the collision and the explosion
which I was sure would follow. The
train flew over the crossing in safety.
The first team had beaten the engine
and cleared the track. We had passed
between the two wagons. I opened
my eyes and looked back to note what
had happened.
"The first team was passing toward
the pier; the second one was still on
the west side of the tracks, with the
wagon overturned. It had been so
near that the horses, turning sud
denly to avoid the rushing train, had
upset the wagon.
'That train went into Wilmington
at full speed. Gookin blew for brakes
and shut off steam in time to stop at
the station, but when that was done
his nerves gave out and he was helped
from the engine." Wilmington (Del)
Xetcs.
I'artner Wanted.
Almost every day as the eye glances
over the columns of advertisements,
it rests upon "Partners Wanted;"
sometimes great-'capitalswith a file of
astonishers: then in Lilliputs of let
ters with a single exclamation point
tochallangc admiration, and again
with plain, sober period, and nothing
more.
"Partner Wanted!' Of course
everybody wants a partner, from the
ragman with his bag and hook, to
him whose ships flock into port, "like
doves to the windows."
Partner wanted in everything
"lovely and of good report," in every
thing worthy and unworthy; in crime
and Christianity; in lumber and
literature. What could be done with
out the little "and?" Strike it out
of existancc, and enterprise would be
a wreck the world over; coal yards
would boast no Lehigh, lakes no com
merce, school rooms would be child
less, and pupils withdut a voice.
Every day sees three-line notices of
partners found, when December mar
ries May, or January is wedded to
June, and the device is an altar and
a cradle.
Everyday, beneath a willow and
an urn, the eye rests upon notices of
partners lost when stars are quenched
in the morning, or long summer days
are hidden behind the cold gray
clouds of night and death.
Partners wanted! Why, down
through the scale of being to the
brink of dreary nothing everything
advertises for partners. The voice
of the turtle calls for its mate in the
shadows; clouds in pairs are wedded
at the closing gates of day; the arms
of the forest trees extend and inter
lock, and build up the strong old
Gothic of the woods, and defies the
tempest and time; love tokens and
pledges of partnership float invisible
as thought through the orchard white
with spring's sweet drift of life.
Partnership is a synonym for life.
There is but one thing made to be
alone, and yet that one thing dissolves
all partnerships; for youth and age,
night and morn ing, sooner orlater, to
day or to-morrow, will be married to it
"married unto death." Hearth and
HaU.
bow Peaaats Grew.
"Did you ever, sec peanuts grow
ing?" 2sked a welfcknown produce
dealer of a St. Louis Republic man.
"Well, down in Georgia you can see
them grow, and they do say that if
you listen right hard you can also
hear them grow. But, do you know,
they raise the biggest kind of goobers
down in Southern Illinois. The
Egyptians have no use for the word
peanut, though. They call them
goober peas.' It has been my busi
ness to buy goobers in the field, and
in pulling up three or four vines you
can estimate the entire yield of the
patch very fairly. The fine fibers of
the roots are crowded with peanuts
just as the small roots of the potatoc
vine are filled with little potatoes.
I have met numberless persons who
supposed that peanuts grew on tree?
and others who thought they came
from a large bush. In fact, there is
a direful amount of ignorance extant
about the little nut."'
1 xoij ujcii niiu dii; uiuai iu uccu ui
i aituations Just now are playwright.
JdeatlSea nis.
"Who was the new arrival who came
last night?"
"A little weazened, dried up fellow,
with a drawl, a limp, a single eyeglass
and the manners of a drum major on
parade."
"Then we might as well slip from
hero at once. We'll have no chanee
with the girls now."
"Why not?"
"Because from your description he
must be a foreign nobleman."
A Dream ef Happiaes
YTay be followed by a morning of "La Grippe."
Kobily. anil why? Because tho displacement
of covf rin? In bed. a neglfctcd draught from a
pr.rtly closed wiudow. an open trausom con
nected rith a Vlndy entry In a hotel, may con
vey to your nostrils and luugs tho death-dealing
blast. Tcrribl-; and swift arc tha Inroads mode
by tlr.s new destioyer. Tha medicated aleobolio
principle in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters wiU
check tho dire complaint A persistence in this
ITaveutiveof its further development will ab
solutely cbeeUrrats thi dangerous malady. Un
ni'dfcatedftlcoboUc stimulants are ot little or
no vtiluo. The just medium is tho Bitters. Not
loss efl'.wciona is it in cases of malaria, billon?.
i:cs. constipation, rheumatism, dyspepsia and
M.tuey trouble. The wta!; ere usually tkosa
upon whiun disease fastens first, invigorate
with tlio Bitters.
Tbe Wise Owl.
Remember, my son, that the owl's
reputation for wisdom is not due to his
staying out all night. It is rather due
to the fact that he has too much sense
to stay up all night and day too.
Artistic .tdYertlslag.
Undoubtedly the Ivory Soap people de
serve credit for the best grade of illustra
tions now bclns used for advertising pur
poses. Tho series of full-aago drawings
which have been uppcaring on the last page
of tli.5 Century represent somo of tho most
capable book and magazine artists in tho
country. The series must have cost no
small figure. As yet the "way up" artists
do not sign the work they do for advertis
ers, but I apprehend that it will not be long
ere wc shall see In the advertising columns
Mich names as George Wharton Edwards,
E. W. Kemule. etc. eucn men at uitso
bring to their work, besides mere mechani
cal skill, a trained imagination and an ar
tistic conception of things. These qualities
when used iu connection with adcrtisc
ments, command scarcely le-s interest than
when used iu the ordinary literary way.
Printer's Ink, Aug. 10, 1891.
Better Off Than the Old Mas.
"No," said the old man; "I can't go
inter sassiety, because I ain't got no
grandfather, but. I tell you, my gran'
children's got one; and oh! how they do
go it."
The Only One Ever Prlntcd-Can Ion
llnd the Word?
TiJcriJs a 3-inch display advertisement
In th! p:."r tills week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one appearing each week
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a "Ore-cent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word, and they will
cturn you book, BnAETirck lituogkaphs,
ir SAM1'LV-S FREK
I oretatIel.
l5.-''-'o you positively will not give
n.e me l;is? And I had a $10 bet with
Tom Uickles that you would.
fche ! am sorry for you, but 1 have
a bet with liim of a bov of gloves that I
would not."
When Baby was stele, we gate her Castoria,
When she waa a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
Wbca she had Children, she gare them Castoria.
A Bad Gnesser.
Miss Passee (sweetly) "Do you think
vou could guess my age?"
Mr. Goodfello (honestly) "I'm not
good at guessing ages. 1 couldn't come
within fortyycars of it.'
DK. L. L. GORUSUCH, Toledo, O., says;
"I have practiced medicine for forty years,
have never teen a preparation I could pre
scribe with po much confidence of success
as I can Hail's catarrh cure." Sold by
druggists. 75c.
Her Us for Fur.
Mr. Grump "I can't see. my dear,
what good that border of fur docs
around the hem of your skirt."
Mrs. Grump "Why, it shows that I
can afford it."
BttoNcnms is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
A CURiot's white frog has been on ex
hibition in London this summer. It is
a full grown specimen of a pure white
color, its ruby eyes fringed with a
golden hue. strangely contrasting with
its pinky iris and milky cuticle.
flT All Fits itr.pr1 nee ot Dr.KIIne's Great
Nert Restorer. No i- i I after Bret dajra u-e Mar
vslloii euro. Treue aud !M trial bonis fre to
PltcaaaeV Seaa to I)r. Kline. 8KI Arch 8C Phil. Pa
Checked
the frightful inroads of Scrofula
and all blood-taints. Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery purifies
and enriches the blood, cleanses the
system cf all impurities, and restores
health and strength. It cures all
diseases arising from impure blood.
Consumption is one of them. It's
simply lung-scrofula. In all its ear
lier stages, the " Discovery w effects
a cure. It's easy to see why. The
medicine that masters scrofula in
one part, is the best remedy for it in
another. It is the best. It's war
ranted. It's the only blood and lung
remedy that's guaranteed to benefit
or cure, or the money will be re
funded. No other medicine of its
class does it. How many would be
left if they did?
It's the cheapest blood -purifier,
sold through druggists, (no matter
how many doses are offered for a
dollar.) because you only pay for
the good you get.
Tour money is returned if it
doesn't benefit or cure you.
Can son ask more?
The Soap
for
Hard
Water
is Lenox.
VanderBlfs
ek is bo alrcrger to Wan street ties tee word otr
Caeca Is bo alror ger Is Wan street tkaa fee word ot
Mr. H. d. Saaader. promlccat carpenter and
bnilderof AaTsttrn. H.T. Is sbiobc his le3owcitt
seas. He says acdet date of Ana. 1 1991 :
"I Pin My Faith
to Hood's Earsaparllla. Wherever I see any one
'btokea up or Toa down 1 say.'Yoa jnst take a
ko'tle ot Hood's Sanapaillla and it will Urine yoa
out all rlstt' la tsary work I sometimes set tired
out and riffeBed.bat a day T twoot Hood Bina
paillla mikes me feel welt. I hate keen subject tC
severe attacks of Raawnatlsna ut my arms and
chest. A Terr tiw dctes of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
cured m of tbe last one. wte toiTeriB irtenselr
HSSfi
vtoHJv
St. Vitas Daaee Cured X VIII.
Sax Ahdkeas, Cal., Febraary. 1820.
ilj boy, 13 years old, was so affected by St.
Vitus Ccnco that no could not go to school fox
two year3. Two bottle of Pastor Koeaig's
Nerre Tonic roatored-tris health, and be is now
attending school again.
MICHAEL OCONNEL.
Becvatasteads It te TIaay.
Setxocii, lad., Oct. 1. 1390.
My daughter became epileptic about flro years
agt tliroash a fright. AU physicians treatment
availed nothing, until I nsod Pastor Koeaig's
Nerve Tonic, wbicli et once dispelled the at
tacks. It is tho best remedy I over uael. and I
haTe rceonimen-led it to many of Bnch aa are
sutfcriiis from this dread dieejiee.
MARTHA. ZICKLER.
FREE
i A Valuable Ttoolc en Kerroas
lUMNiaCd sew iree (o uay wtom.
and poor paUents can aio obtain
thim medicine free of charge.
a-i .!... hM ... .1 tivtfl. RATPRfl
eistor Koeniu. of Fort Wayne, tad- dace ISii, sad
now prepared under his direction by tns
KOENIC MED. CO.. Chicago, Ilk
Sold by Drsssists at SI per Bottle. wtbrBS.
ranre.SUtsai.75. 6BotUosfora9.
S4fiiGs
03?I3 ENJOYS
Both the method and results -when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it i3 pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly ou the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleauses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the tomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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SAM FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Kr. HEW YORK. M.Y.
Ely's Cream Bairn
WILL CURE
CATARRH
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aad Boorish tho body, s appetite. ana
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Cheapest. Belief is immedUte. A cure is certain, far
Cold In the Head it has no equal.
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It .in Ointment, of v.hi-h a smalt particle Is applied to to
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'ftprnrmn
el n MeW P
Syrup
We have selected tiro ot
Croup.
three lines from letters
freshlv received from oa-
jnts who have given German Syrup
to tnCr children, in the emergencies. ,
of Crou-u. You will credit these,"."
becattss the come from good, sub
stantial people happy in finding,
what so many fatttC'ies hick a med
icine containing no cv drug, which .
mother can administer with an
fidence to .the little ones jn their
most critical hours, safe ana sure
that it will carry them through. J
Ed. L. Wiizrrs, of Mrs. JasAV. KibV
Alma, Neb. I give it Daughters' College.
to njy children when
troubled with Croup
and never saw any
preparation act like
it. It is simply mi
xiarroasDiKfr, is.y.
liae depended upon
it in attack of Croup
with rav little daugh
ter, and find it an in
valnabl? reraedv.
raculous.
Fullv one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children,
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, croup, diph--theria
and the dangerous inflamma
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Kecu.ar GrailiistP in Medicine JO
years .",.:( and jrrlvat vrattie
Hi in i iiv'jn aw jievr jot te
tabti-hed in Moux City '!
'o:ir- is mil treating all PrlTataw
Venous. Ciironieand Soeeiat
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Medletius !nt everywhere Jrte from mat mnabrtmk
itStute. wir tnse and send for OpIoiOB aaata
trui Consultation itrtrtlr oonMWitlal, psiaus
o!!7 or br letter Dr. WOOD haa tha lanreafc
Medical ::nd Snrrlcal Institnta UIr"
and Kar Infirmary In the West UooaMtW
patients at fair rate;, facility to meet any eats
-mbm.hv z . . f .r "r:. i - -. -T
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isimei aurxn-; trer'.'iTurj ana cn.tn.
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