Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 8 March 1893 — Page 3

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eSWrirT CHAPTER V Continued. While the dancing was in progress Captain Fox found an occasion to draw Frenauld to one side, when, without attracting attention, he whispered: "I say, Frenauld, I want you to have a care. "I don't understand," replied Frenauld, not at all surprised at the mysterious manner of his commander, with whioh he had become very familiar. "I mean you must not step on Denham's toes.1 "On Denham's toes?" "Tes; some one of these girls must he nearer to him than all the others. " "His sweetheart, Captain?" "Tea!" "If you can point her out among all these beauties," said Frenauld, nodding at the many pretty girls now drawn up on one side for a contra dance, "of course I shall take care not to offend the gentleman by showing too much attention to the lady. " "It is one of tho two, and I have been puzzling my brain and exhausting my observation to find out If Miss Hedges or Miss Conditls the favored one." "Miss Condlt is his adopted sister, Captain." "So long as he knows she Is not his sister by the blood, their relationship will be an incentive rather than a bar to love," said Capt. Fox, shaking his yellow head as if still puzzling his brain oyer the strange question he had proposed to himself. "It really looks to me," responded Frenauld, "as If that dark-eyed, dashing Miss Hedges were the favored one. I'll swear to it that she has bestowed a score of kindly glances on him to-night, to one on any of the rest of us. " The unexpected appearance of the two young ladies under discussion put an end to the conversation. "Ah, Capt. Fox," said Lea Hedges, "you have grown weary already of the dance, though it lacks an hour of midnight" "And Mr. Frenauld quite forgot that I was to have been his partner in this set," laughed pretty Ellen Condit, blush ing in the most becoming way at what she imagined to be her own audacity in addressing the swarthy young officer in this way. "I was about to seek you," replied Frenauld quickly. "I should never for give myself If I let this opportunity pass." He gave her his arm. bowed to the Captain and Lea Hedges, and led Ellen to the center of the room, where the young people were going through the stately figures of Sir Roger de Coverly. Alone with Lea Hedges, and Captain Fox came back to the salutation with which she had first accosted him. 'Weary of the dance, Mis Hedges," he said, with a quick, bold glance of admiration that brought a heightened color to her glowing cheeks; "it is not that, but I am so bewildered by my surroundings, so happy to be among the ladies and gentlemen of my own country again, that I forgot what 1 should do to give expression to my delight. We sailors are apt to err on points of etiquette, and the ladies, in sympathetic admiration of our advantages, always look over our ships and see the hearts behind them." "We are anxious that our guests should enjoy themselves, as these our older friends are doing," said Lea, waving a graceful arm in the direction of the officers of the Sea Hawk, who were now drawn up in a row, as if on parade, "but at the same time we are most anxious that they shall all enjoy themselves in the way that to them is most pleasant." "Ah, you have there given in one sentence they key to all true hospitality, though I did not need your kind words to be assured that it was to be found here. And now, to carry out. my wishes, what say you to a promenade, or is it too cool?" Capt Fox turned to the window, by which they were standing, and drawing the heavy curtains further back so that both could look out, he pointed to the bay now gleaming like a silver mirror in the moonlight and continued: "The land is beautiful, but it is most beautiful where the water flashes in its front like an eye, or reflects its outlines as if it held them in its heart " "I doubt not, Capta'n," replied Lea, archly, "but you write sonnets ut times or match rhymes in your idle moments with your officers. But we shall stroll down to the beach; it is not far and the air is not too cool." Lea left him for a few moments and reappeared with a scarlet scarf thrown over her shoulders in a way that enhanced her loveliness as a proper frame brings out the beauty of a picture. She took the Captain's arm, and they walked out through the garden and felt on their faces the soft wind laden with the odor of apple blossoms and sweet violets. The regular beating of dancing feet, the rise and fall of the music, the murmur of the tide, like the drowsy sound of sea shells, all forbade conversation. They wr'ked to the eoa shore, where Lea sat down on the gunwale of a stranded boat, against which the Captain leaned. "Ah," he sighed, "since my earliest memory I have tried to fancy what heaven is like, but without success; hereafter I shall have no diffioulty, I shall only have to recall this night." "I am glad you like this place," said Lea, her eyes on the water, and the moonlight showing the frank expression of. her face. "It is to me the most beautiful place in the world; but perhaps that is because I know no other land." "Nor do you need t" replied the Captain, with well alloc id rapture. "It has been my good fortune, or my cruel fate, call it what you will, to see every land under the sun where men dwell, but though my acquaintance with your beautiful island is brief, I must confess the pleasure of being here is only clouded by the thought that I may at any moment be called to leave." "Is this your first visit to America, Captain?" she asked. The question was evidontly unexpected, for the Captain coughed slightly and hesitated; he thought she would make some comment on the words of praise, w'Uchhe had delivered for effect, rather than with any idea of their truth, for, in this respect, he was like all other men of the world. "I have been on the American coast before, particularly along the South American coast, and through the West Indies, but this is my first visit to the Mawiaee of New York. " Then you have not seen New York City?" "So; but I hope to do so unless ordered to the West Indies to look af'.er the pirates." "An undertaking that is as dangerous as it is thankless," sold Lea. Thui, with a sigh, "the Sea Hawk has just returned from duty, though many were fearing that she would never come back." "She has in Don ham a brave captain, and the crew are, without doubt, worthy of him," said Capt. Fox. "True; but the Adventure Galley was a fine ship, and Capt William Kidd, who took command of her In Bermuda, was said to K a very bravo and competent man he came from England for that purpose, yet Capt Kidd and the Gal ey have not been heard from since. " "He is supposed to have been wreck ed or destroyed by the piratoa alt Capt,

Fox, as if ho were uttering an opinion about whioh there could be no disagree- ' nieut. i "Yes, that Is the general belief; at 1 least it was until the last few months. " ' "And it is changed?" "It is changing." "From what cause?" i "They say, that is, those that should j know, that Captain Kidd is still alive ; and his vessel still afloat. " j "Then he must be unable to find ai port, like the mythical Flying Dutchman," laughed Captain Fox, "But j how do the people account for his nb- ! senoor "They say that instead of fighting tho pirates, in the Spanish Main, he joined them, and is now their chief," said Lea. "Impossible!" "I simply told the story as 'twas told to me. The news came from Now York only last week that the Adventure Galley was reeently seen off the ooafit of the Carolina. But," she added, with a slight laugh and a changed manner, "what Bhould wb care it there be one pirate the more or lesa. They will not trouble us I am very certain. " "And if they should do so, Miss Hedges, may I be thero to see. He would be a vory rash pirate, Indeed, that dared to enter this bay while the Sea Hawk and Wanderer swing at their anchors, with shotted guns and strong arms to man them. The truo sailor never courts a fight that can be avoided, but I eannot imagine anything that would inspire us to action like tho defense, of these shores, and their hosEitablo I will not add charming, inabltants." "Thanks. Shall we go back? the niuMo has ceased," said Lea, rising and taking his arm. "As you say, though it seems to me that I could never weary of tho plaoo or the companionship." "The novelty would soon wear off " Lea started, for a figure rose from the shadow of the boot on which they had been sitting, and hobbled directly in front of them, and came to a stand. "Hah!" oxclaimed the Captain, releasing his arm, and stepping to the front, with his hand on the hilt of his sword, "whom have we here?" "It is only old Dinah," said Lea, who, now thot the Intruder camo into the moonlight, recognized an old nogio woman, who for some years had been living among the Montauk Indians, whose lands were near by. She was old, crippled and repulsive; and not even the Indians, though her coming was comparatively recent, could or would explain who she was, or where she lived before they adopted her. The superstitious red men cared for her, and held her In aweif not in veneration. She spoke English imperfectly, and claimed to have been a voudoo priestess in Africa, from whioh land she was carried to the .Now voria as a slave She still practiced the voudoo incantations and repulsivo mysteries, which gave her unbounded power over the sim ple-minded Indians. The crone saw the motion of Cap tain Fox's hand to his sword, for she raised her staff to warn him rather than to defend herself, while, in a voice that sounded like an old man's, she called out: "Is de dead come to life, en whar'u all ez hez gone en died nt Bermooda?" "She Is insane," whispered Lea, again taking the captain's arm. As they turned towards the house, the old woman stepped nimbly out of their path, but one trembling hand shaded from the moon the bleared eyes which were sternly fixed on the captain's pallid face. "De wisest ain't dem es knows de mos', Ef I go up to de bukra house, honey, kin I get eating? Ize offen hungry now!" said tho hag, in tones at first insolent, then whining. "Cortainly, Dinah, I am sure Mrs. Condit will be glad to give you all you want to eat. But why are you so late?" " 'Taint late, Miss; cn ef it was, late en early's alt de same to me, sept w'en de moon's at de full, en de black snakes crawls from dar holes, en don t know Dinah's dar wid de forked stick foh to cotch 'em." Dinah stamped her stick on the ground, and broke into a low chuckle, which ended in a wheezy, asthmatic cough. "Why," said Lea, when she and Captain Fox came Into the light from the parlors, "your adventure seems to have alarmed you." "What makes you think so?" he asked with a little laugh. "You are pale." "I am glad of it, for I can loss much tan without being as white as those who do not face ocean storms. But the adventure, as you call it, did startle me, I must confess. You see, Miss Hedges, when one has a precious treasure under his charge ho becomes alarmed at shadows, while those without such a caro can pass on, singing and thoughtless. " "Dinah is eccentric, but I am sure she would not harm any one." "Where have you truants been?" asked Lieutenant Frenauld, appearing before them with Ellen Condit on his arm. "Rambling to the shore, " replied Lea. "Proving that sailors soon weary of the land." "No, Miss Condit," said Captain Fox, with a gallant bow, "but the night was beautiful and I could not resist And then we were repaid with quite a little adventure with a certain old Dinah, who practices the art of prophecy, or something of the kind, for the neighboring Indians." "En I kin tell the futch-ah foh de bukra. Ho, ho! all wait en see, in de good time, wat all tings I kin do." This was croaked out by Dinah, as she hobbled past, with her grinning face still turned on the group. CIIAI'TKR Vt CAPTAIN FOX RETURNS THE COMPLIMENT. Captain Fox and Mr. Frenauld made a most favorable impression on the generous, hospitable islanders. Even the reticence of the officers was looked on as an evidence of that modesty which is popularly supposed to accompany great bravery and decided merit "Most gallant and accomplished gen -tlemen," said Dr. Hedges, when, a few days after the arrival of the ships, he was discussing tho merits of the strangers: "I tell you again, neither the mother land nor tho colonies need to fear, so long as their shores are defended by sailors who are at once patriots and gentleman." Squire Condit, before replying, tapped his silver snuff-box, touched a spring, and the lid flew open, and then handing it to the doctor, who took a pinch and bowed as ho raised it to his nose just as men bow when about to drink wine he took a pinch himself. This done, he imitated the doctor by taklne out a red handkerchief, that looked like a goodsized flag, and they inclined their heads toward each other and blow bugle blasts of great vigor and resonance into the hankerchiefs. "I agree with you, my dear Doctor," said tho squire, replacing the handkerchief in one of the Hlde-pockots of his velveteen coat. "The officers of tho Wanderer are gentlemen tried and true, of that there cannot bo the slightest doubt; and I am right glad to welcome them here. But I cannot see that in any of the essential requirements of gentility or seamanship, or even in those exterior qualifications that rejoice the eyes of women, and which men are pleased to behold, that they surpass our own people, tho officers and crew of the Soa Hawk." "Well said, Squire Condit," said te doctor, taking out his snuffbox and presenting it in turn. "PerhapB one ,who has a brother and a nephew among the officers of the Sea Hawk is not competent to judge impartially between tho merits of these sailors; but I would not fear, were they foes opposed to oaeh other which may heaven forbid as to the result of the contest" "Nor would I," replied the squire, helping himself to a plnoh of snuff from

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other blast by taking out his handker chief. "Balph Denhani is a9 dear to mo as if ho were Mesh of my flesh and bono of my bono. It Is not for me to say what the Coudits are or have been, and. I pray, ever will bo; but, though I know notBtilph'santeeedente.l an: sure if they ever are Known mat t.iey win provo to bo quite as good as mine, or yours, or any one else s in the provinces. 1 ihink, my dear hquire, that you made a mistake in not giving him your own name, when tl at stranger first placod him in your charge " "I could not; the boy was too old then, and would have remembered," replied the squire. "How old was her" "A little over iivo, tho stranger said." "And that was twenty years ago? "Twenty-one years ago let mo see: why it is twenty-one yours ago this i blessed first ot Juno. Ah, now I recall; i my wifo spoke of it this morning, and 1 told mo that we alwavs celebrated the event like a birthday. Captain Fox has invited us abonrd ins ship this evening, so, alter all, Ralph's arrival, asi we eall it, will be made much of. Of course, your family will be thro, Do.-tor?" Baid the squire, slumping his feet us If proparing to move on. "Yes; Mrs. Hedges and J.ea at groat admirers of the new comers; and then, you know, nlentine Dayton and my brother cin t well refuse. bailors. though informal in their ways wfih landsi.ien, aro said to ho very rigid with each other." Dr. Hedges mounlod his pouy, and rode off. to visit his patients on the other aide of the bay, end Squlro Condit walked briskly to the eastward, where he had a largo I arm a id many hands to oversee. ll MK OONIiSrED. I Oiscovfrj- ;f oll. In 1848 James V. Marshall, who was employed in a California saw mill, was one day shutting off tin water, when he discovered particles of fhialnif dust in the race-way. He was a man In whose Imagination had for a long time floated visions of gold, and now, almost beside himself w th excitement, he began to examine the rocks and water. He soon collected at least an ounce of gold. Then lie mounted a horse and dashed away to repcrt to Capt. Sutter, his employer, who was forty miles distant. It was late at night when Marshall reached his destination, and the rain wis descending in torrents. Leaping :?roru his horse, he whispered, wildiy: "Captain, 1 want to see you alone." Sutter conducted bim him into a vacant room and closed the door. "Are you sure nobody will come? Lock the door!" cried Marshall. Then he stepped up to the table and poured from a pouch his ounce of gold. "Gold! gold! it is gold!" he ex claimed, hardly knowing whether ho was in tho llesh or not. "Where did you pet that?" asked Suttr, iind when the events of the day wore rehearsed, he added: "Hut you don't know it to Degold. I have my doubts about it" After some discussion, the substance was tested with aqua .'ortis, and was proved to be genuine precious metal. Marshall's excitement was now extreme, and he would not hear to Sutter's proposal that he should spend the night. Back to the mill he rode through the driving rain, and when Sutter in the morning followed him, he met Marshall on foot, ten miles away from the millrace. "What are you here: for?" exclaimed Sutter. "1 had to come, I vas so impatient to see you," was the feverish reply. When they arrived at the mill-race they found the men employed there excite:lly gathering gold. Captain Sutter called them together, and exacted a promise from them that they would Keep the matter a secret for six weeks, during which time they ! should attend to tl.eir accustomed duties at the mill and ranch. But such a secret could not be kept. In a few days the region was thronged with gold-seekers. Sutterrs flocks were stolen, his crops ruined, and his land seized upon without apology. Before; the close of the year Ave thousand men were at work in the mines of the new Eldorado, and the product of their labor was live million dollars. But the discoverer of tiie gold and the owner of the land where it was fDund both died poor. Youth's Companion. Stilt Walllnr;. Locomotion on sti ts is evidently calculated to suggest peril to persons who are accustomed to walking only on the feet. We estimate the possible danger of a fall from the height of these implements from our experiences of ordinary pedestrians' falls; but the Lanciuis, habituated from infancy to this s,ort of exercise, acquire extraordinary ease acd skill in it. The tchaugue is perfectly able to preserve his equilibrium; he marcbes with long strides, halts in a standing position, runs with agility, or executes an occasional acrobatic turn, picking up a stone from the ground, plucking a flower, pretending to fall, and rise quickly, or running in a lock step. etc. The speed attained by stiltsmen Is easily explained, when we reg-ard the superior length of tlm strides which they can make without enlarging the angle of separation o.t the legs. When the Empress Josephine went to meet Napoleon at- Bayonne in 1808, the municipality sent a company of young Landais stiltsmen to escort her. Turning back, they very easily kept up with her carriage, although the horses "rotted rapidly. During her sojourn at Bayonne the shepherds on their st ilts gave much amusement to the ladies of the court. They ran races, threw money on the ground and all tried to pick it up at once, and performed many exercises of cunning and ski'!, accompanied with -'requent falls. Until very recently hardly any festivals took place in the villages of Gascony without stilt races. The prizes usually consisted of a gun, a sheep, a rooster, or something of the kind; and young women sometimes took part in the exercises. Hi'tn-cftu Two OiiiirfrH. r'reddie Cray and his Aunt Ilelen, who was visiting tho Grays at their summer home, were one day crossing a pusturj together. When thoy wore half-way across, the lady noticed two oxen and paused doubt ully. "I don't know about going past those oxen, Freddie, " she said. Freddie tightened hie hold on her hand encouragingly. "Don't bo afraid of them Aunt Helon," ho said. "They won't hurt us. The first tiir'O I came down hero I wtis afraid of them. I didn't daro to go behind thorn, and I didn't dare to go in front of them. And 1 didn't want to go back and never go through I lie pasture at all. Ho I thought of a way to get by," and the 3-year-old sago looked brightly up into Aunt Helen's Ho e. "I just crawled under iikem" NutH for the Tntnip. A touching old rural custom iitill prevails In tho western p.u t of Fi aaoe during the 1 arvest season. On the edge o! a Held bordoriu ,' the highway a sheaf of grain is lef standing, lo whloo all the peasants of the villago oontrlbate, and which is called "the . stranger'! sheaf," an it Is the properly of the ilrat liramp of other bomole-s ayfni r -who may caro to carry it away and pi oil I, b) its price.

Anecdotes of Peter Cooper. Peter Cooper was the richest man it New York, richer than the Vanderbilts, Gould J anil other money-gruhlters, on the principles of the old epitaph: "What I kept, that I lost; what I gave away, that I had." Ho was imposed upon in his charities, but never allowed his anger to prevent his further generosity. Two young bank clerks suceee .led in getting money from him just to prove that they could successfully flay npon his sympathies. They wore debating whether to seud'it back or to give it to a charitable institution. Mi . Cooper learned of tho trick and allowed a report to reach their ears that he hat taken out a warrant against "parties unknown" for obtaining money under false pretenses, and placed it in the hands of detectives. They both took f. vacation and wrote letters of apology to Mr. Cooper, asking him to overlook their foolish conduct and allow them to return home. After leaving them in susjiense a few days, Mr. Cooptvr sent for them, gave them a fatherly lecture and let them go. Mr. Cooper oaee offered to discount a merchant's note for three years at the rate (ii per cent, a month) which he was paying brokers for six mouths' accommodation. The merchant was overjoyed and agreed. "Very well," said Mr. Coope::; ".just sign this note for $10,000, payablo in three years, and give mo your chock for $800 and the transaction is complete." "But where is the money for nie?" asked the astonished merchant. "You don't get any money," was th 3 reply. "Your interest for thirtysix months, a 3 per centum per month, amounts to 108 per centum, or $10,800; therefore your cheek for $800 just makes us even." The merchant determined never to borrow at such ruinous rates. While riding down Broadway, oae day, the harness broke and tho coticluaan conld not mend it. Mr, Coopei- stepped out of tho carriage, called the coachman away, and, unbuttoning his great coat, fell to work on tho broken trace himself. The crowd watched him with interest. He made his hitches, and, with only a piece of string and a small wooden stick, in a few minutes repaired the trace. After finishing his work, Mr. Cooper spoke kindly to some young men, e splaining the advantages of being able to help oneself. Ho was listened to with respectful attention, and when the jld. gentleman stepped into his carriage the crowd cheered and hats were swung in his honor. 1h Blue Keallv Ireland Color. Blue, It Is claimed, is really the national color of Ireland; certainly it was from the advent of Strongbow until quite recently. The lute Sir B. Burke, Ulster king of arms and author of "Burke's Peerage," is quoted on this point tius: "Azure and azure alone has been tie color ot Ireland since tho conquest. At the creation of the Knights of St. Patrick, when It was tbo object of George III. to gratify the national sensibility of Ireland, the color selected for tuejknlghts was blue. The royal Irish regiments have their facings generally blue, aid never green; while the uniform of the Irish brigade in the service of France was red. About seventy years ago, when the peerage of liantrv was created, one of the supporters granted was a female figure, representing Ireland i.amelv, a lady robed in blue and standing in front of a harp." !ew York Sun. Thackeray on Hnpiiinetis. For civ own part I know of nothing more contemptible, unmanly or unwomanly, and craven than the everlasting slching for happiness. Those who have the most of it think '.he least about It But in the thinking about and doing their duty happiness conies because the heart a ad mind are occupied with earnest though j that touches at a thousand points the beautiful and sublime realities of the i inverse! The heart and mind are bro Jght and reverently be it said in contact with tho Creator and Ruler and Father of all the perfect bliss. Again, with leisure; it is a very pleasant garment to look at. but a very bad one to wear. Tho ruin of thousands aye, millions may be traced to it Tho Novelist. Cause for Complaint. A boy of 7 protested earnestly after his vacation against being sent back to school. "Whnt!" said his father. "Don't you want to go to school?" "Ye, but not to that school." "And why not to that one?" "Because there they want to teach me a lot of things that I don't know anything about!" What Ho Was Maying:. ' (The girl in the doorway has just in'crruptod a proposal.) lie (anxious to appear at ease) Well, ts I wan Paying Girl ia chair (hurriedly) Oh, no, Mr. Watkins, it was'nt that. You were talkiug of yachting. Exchange.

He finds It wonderful cure for a baa cough." Mr. Wm. F. Anderson, 341 Vator fir., New York Oity,N, 1'.. pivesthis indorsement: "I have found Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup ti e wonderful cure it Is represented to be. It; is just the thing for a bad cough." The Keasou Why. Charlie I pity you, Jack, when I see your creditors pushing yoa That is a trouble I never had. Jack No. You probably never had any credit A maij only means one-tenth of tho eompllii ontarv things he says, and a woman none at all. Diseahe ia unnatural and is but tho proof that we 6r abusing Naturo. p is claimed that Gartteld Tea, 4 simple herb remedy, helps Nature to overcome this abuse. The nati who married a church choir singer says that they met by chants. Hood's Cures Marvelous, but True Deaf and Blind, Caused by the Crip and an Abscess M. . H'lluon Byraousc, N. Y. "For three years I had rhoumatism, aad last December was taken with the grip. Three physicians said recovery was doubtful. An abscess gathered In iny head and discharged from the ears. I was Tory ill for six weeks. 1 became Deaf ant). Htao lSllnd. 1 lost oil my courage, Made My Will, and prepared for death. Bat I thought I would try Hood's Hursaparllla. When I had taken two bottles began lo recover my sight and hearing. 'The abscess, after discharging!! weeks, healed nr ; my appetlta returned, and I graduHood's Cures ally gained ttrength and health. I oan now See and iilea r Well, do my own work, and attend to my business. " Mas. H. E. Wilson, 310 Aupla 6t r set, Syracuse, N. Y. HOUD'il 1' IXXH eure cni-tpattaB br nstortag er(UlUt dtrlica (K 'U ... Htyli

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44 frw Author ef Whut tho Man lu the Moon Sees. "If you could stand on tho moon," says an astronomer, "the earth would appear to you to be sixty-four times larger than tho sun appears to the residents of this mundane sphere; this Because the earth has eight ti-nes the diameter of the moon, therefore she must necessarily show the moonites sixty-four times as much surface as the moon shows us. The sun, on the other hand, would appear no larger to you from your observatory on the moon than it does from our globe. The earth's atmosphere being blue, It has been decided that the earth must appear as a blue ball to all outside onlookers. What a glorious sight it must be to our lunarian neightors to look upon a bright blue, swift-revolving ball sixty-four limes larger than tho sun." A "Crank," If this ia an "old American word," It has been in common use in Derbyshire as long as I can remember, and it is still often heard. It ii used to dlscrlbe a man who has fads, fancies, and notions outside the common run of those of his neighbors. A man with a bee in his bonnet Is cranky, and so are those who ride hobbies of any kind. It is good old English, and, having died away and gone out of here, has been kept alive and is now revivified in America. Burton used it nearly 300 years ago In his "Anatomy," and Wendell Holmes, after tacitly accepting It as of American coinage, discovered and pointed out that Burton haa used It according to its accepted meaning in America. Notes and Queries. Not in the Country. There are many places In Ireland to which are attached legends wherein his Satanic majesty figures. The Devil's Bowl aud mai.y others might be mentioned. A bright story of Irish wit i9 told in this connection by an exchange. One day an English tourist was being shown tho sights by a guide. The "Gap" and the "Bowl" had been visited, and tho tourist remarked: "What an amount of land the Devil possesses in Ireland! He must be an Important personage In your country." "Wisha, then," said the guide, promptly, "an' yer honor's right; but, like the rest iv the landlords, he's an absentee." Tho Golden Rose. The Golden Rose given by the Pope once a year, has a atom of solid gold, more than a yard long, while tho blossom is In mosaic, with engraved on it the name ot the reigning Pontiff, and tho titles of the Royal recipient; the goldon leaves of the flower are studded with diamond dust to simulate morning dew, and the price of the bauble is as much as fS00 for its manufacture alone, It being always made at one special shop, close to St Peter's at Rome. Water Where Cork Cannot Float. Cork is about the most buoyant substance there is, but there are points beyond which even ccrk cannot go. A cork suuk 200 feet deep In the ocean will not rise again to the surface, owing to tho great pressure on the water. At any less distance from the surface, however, it will gradually work its way back to light once mora Two or Them Named. "What are water colors, anyhow?" asked Mrs. Iiangle. "Well," replied her husband, "sea water is a deep green aud river water is a rich brown after a rise." Pittsburgh Chronicle.

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"Common Seme in the Household." Rough on Fashion. Pat Phwaro's mo galluses? Mary Ann Sure an' Oi have them on. It's tho sthojlo Oi have to kee up, Patsy. Pat Well, yez band them over. Oi have somethln' of more Importance than tho sthoylo to keep upi. Truth. TUi MODERN WAV Commonds itsel ' to ihe well-formed, to do pleasantly and r If eetimHy what was formerly done in tho crudest ma:mer and disagreeably as well. '1) ciettnao the system and break up colds, leadaehes and fevers without unpleasant, after effects, use tho delightful liquid laxative remedy. Syiup of Figs. A S lccessftil Man. Pipkin That man Horsey seoins to succeed in all I is undertakings. Potts What lino is he In. Pipkin Un iertaklr.g. Truth. A Graiid Kntertalnment Consisting of D:imatic nnd Humorom. Recitations, Plays, ; c can easily be giten by homo talent, wit .i a copy of Garrett's ftmous "100 Choice Sections." costing only 30 aents. SuitaMs for Lyceums, Scliools. Church Societies, and Home Thca tieuls. Bold by booksellers. No. 82, the !it ost. is a gem, 340 poses of pathos, dinlot and fun, including two bright new Co-nedies; all for SO cents, postpaid; or, thetso Plays. 10 cents. Catalogue ::ree. V. Gabe :it Si Co., Philadelphia, Pa. (Established lt&i.) Dox't attempt to disown your tiorrow In drink; you will iind that sorrow can iwim. TUe Throat. "Brown's Br-mchial 'Xroches" act directly on the organs of the voice. They have an extraordinary effect in cJl disorders ot ihe throat Geoi-ooisth say tho cradle of tlo deep bas nothing to do with making the bed rock. FITS. AllFiti st 3pptdfreebyDr.Kllne'Airiireit Nerve Restorer. So Fits after first day'n l.Rf . Mar elcus cures. Treatise and tiflo trial hottls ire, to Vlt caaes. Send to Dr. Kline. SSI Arch St., 1 hi la, l'a If Brittanriia Rules tho Waves, tho Marquis of Qi eensberry rules the prize ring. A SLIGHT GOLD. If you are troubled with a slight cold, get rid of it at once. Do not delay, delays i are dangerous. We can cure j i you for nothing if you will, do j as we ask. Write your ad-j dress on a postal card and i send it to the Sylvan R:smedv Co., Peoria, 111., and they will send you free by return mail a trial bottle ofE.eid!s German Cough and Kidney Cure. We want you to try it because we know it will do you gobd. MlLROY, Mll'PUN CO., PEVKA. of he Xe York Worlt; Oemmtll, uf this pace, wan thrown front a IS Her daughter providentially procured tv-o JACOBS OIL,

which Mrs. Gemmill used. Before the second bottl w;is exhausted, she was able to walk about, and has been COMPLETELY CURED." Vwy truly, Mi THOMPSOII Postmaster.

$3. SHOE. rip ; Calf, seamW ss, imootb inside. than any other shoo ever sold at the $2.00&$l.75 For Boj ii and Youth. 3.0C! SZ. $2.5Cl&$2.00 For I.Hdlce. $l.75 Misses. IT IS A DUTY you owo yonrcll to set tho boat Tuluo Tor your money. Econoiuizo In your lootwi-nr by purr inntng; W. I,. louirltin (Shoes, '.vhich represent the beat vai nt at the nrlcea advertised, as tliounanda can testify. DO TOU WHAK TIIEMT WrItfor,!UtaesI'J'fi It lit! V'llltk omt si nig la huy V. UNPBStUtV, and TrMCraiiherri-. Fronithe tin o tsr ihoaexty.ar. MaurHoah. t.n fttit n'Tel(lo.. ll V auiM ti..m fori ! l. ln0.,i,,,,t,n, " Garfield Toa Orereaaea result, if bad eaiuuf. tiurcaSloi Hetuiju-His.He lUnviOaiinlexioSaTC Doctors' uuu Bsunpid tree, uar iild nu w,tKiiift.,.4.x. Cures C msitipation TlUiTIOK THIS fafta t ,i,aas

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Established 1850. "Out or eacA nook by dingle and broot the Bealmt tilostomt lean aim look." A POT OF DR. O. P. BBOWIPS PRECIOUS reaches and cures diaeaa through the pores, arotues cir eolation, heals inflammation. HERBAL OINTMENT ffiHts. or try mail. J. OUMOO DKoiHiies pain, ziawc. uw iirown, a? uraua twee. Jrar 10 CENTS! Mhwl ry far H7,-llV,a .1ATTRK AT. nw mi trial, and vonr in our AGENT'S UUUHJTOa1 Tho w.A to mall FREE, tample paper. ,.. ..t.u-... with tMrms m Brum wno w.hu uu uuui rttpa fwnv iiph book, picture, canla, &. witti tnm and! oar rtro!M receive butiheh of mall. Greatest barsalaaMi Amarii-a. 2Vi"'." J-ou W'il pleaiio I. THE NEXT MORN IN tl I FEEL BftlOMT NEW AND 1ft? COMPLEXION 18 BETTER My doctor aji It acta ntly on the atomaob, Um and kidney, aad Is a pleaa&nt laxative. Thia dftak Is made from I erhs, and la prepared lor as m raMTT as tea. It U called LAKE'S nEDlCIDE All drunlsta at 50c mi $1 par ( If jm caMt a It, itnd vocr arMrrn for a frw utnpU. ImiI PaaUf mm tfe bawtr. nuh 4r. In orfer to t twUtkj, th k mmm urr. Adirm OIUTOH P. WOODWARD. LkKot, X. T. 9 CURES RISING . . BREA5T "MOTHER'S FRIEND" SeeXfSS cffcm.l child-bearing -woman. I ha Ye been m miit-wife fm many years, and in each can ivhero "Mother's Friend" hadbeentwed ft baa aw-,inp!ish.;l wonders and relieved much, suffering. I', is the best remedy for rtslar at the breast known, and worth the price fur hat alone. auts. 11. M. Brcsteb, Montgomery, Ala. Sent by exinsa, charges prepaid, on receipt of price, $1.50 per bottle. BRADFI ELD REGULATOR CO., BoldbyaUdi-uggitta. Atlaxta, CU. DO YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL! READ THIS ABOUT CAUFORBIA! The WABASH RAILROAD haa placed on sale low rate single and round trip tickets to all principal Pacific coast points, giving a wide choice of routes both Roin and returning, with an extreme return limit of Nine Months. Stop-overs are granted t pleasure oo round trip tickets west of St. Louis Mid tho Missouri River, and by takioc the WABASH but one change of cars Is necessary to reach Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento sad Portland, Ore. Remember the WABASH is the peoples favorite route and Is the only line runniag magnificent free Reclmins; Chair Cars and Palace Sleepers In all through fast trains to St Louts, Kansas City and Omaha. For Rates, routes, maps, and general Informatlonr call upon or adi ress auy of the undermentioned Passenger Agents ot the Wabash Systeaa. R. 6. BUTLER, D. P. A., Demit. Mich. F. H. TRISTRAM, C. P. A., Pittsburg. Pa, P. E. D0MBAUGH. P. AT. A., Toledo. Ohio. R. G. TH0MPT0N. P. & T. A., Fort Wayne, UM. 1, HALDERMMI, M. P. 101 Clark St., Cbicaco, HL 6. 0. MAXFIELD, D. P. A., Indianpoll, Ina F. CHANDLER. O. P. & T. A.. St. Louis, Ms. br return mall, fall SoBcrintim elrenlan at m nnM-iTiWu,. HfloBTi rjarsasn TML0R STSTSKS Of DKSSS ORION. mUal to date. 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