Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — Page 7

Merely a Matter of Money.

A very eminent Philadelphian, now deceased, had two daughters married in another city. One of these ladies was very fond of society and of having a good time. On one occasion her husband made a trip to Philadelphia and saw her father and told him that really there was such a thing as going beyond moderation and he feared he would be compelfed to break up and send the daughter back to Philadelphia to the parental home. To this the old gentleman responded in his quiet way that he was very sorry, as he was just on th«. point of making arrangements to reffie quite a sum of money upon his daughter, realizing that he was growing old and that it must be difficult for hfer to sustain her social position adequately. Upon hearing this a decided change is said to have come over the complaining husband. He had to acknowledge, he said, that there were many fine qualities which could not be overlooked, and although she had been a great trial to him, yet if the father really felt this great interest in her, he, as her husband, would try to overlook her eccentricities and bear with her a little longer. He did, and nothing more was ever heard of the matter. —Philadelphia Times.

Some Big Bridges for Europe.

They are indulging in some big bridge talk in Europe. The high level bridge across the Mersey at Liverpool is to consist of three spans on the arched suspension principle, each of 1,150 feet, 150 feet above the river at high water. There is to be a double railway track, a roadway 40 feet wide for vehicles and sidewalks or footpaths. The railway bridge proposed across the Bosphorus at Constantinople would be 8,645 feet long, or nearly the length of the Forth bridge. The projected Channel bridge between England and France runs in a straight lipe from the south foreland to Cape Blanc Nez. The structure, as now proposed, would consist of 73_spans, alternately 1,300 feet and 1,625 feet long. It would give a clear headway of 175 feet at every point between the piers. Two bridges just completed across the new North Sea and Baltic Canal have spans of 510 feet each, and, besides railways carry also a common roadway and footpaths. —New York Evening Sun

Troubles Threatening the Kidneys,

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AT WAR WITH HERSELF.

The Story of a Woman’s Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER XXll—Continued. “1 quite expect you will be shocked at me,” said Lady Charnleigh; “but if I am anything ; at all upon the stage I will be a queen—nothing less. I would like very much to wear a queen’s crown and hear myself called ‘your majesty,’ were it only in fun, as the children say. I will be Marie Stuart, Queen of Scotland, and the tableau shall be a room at Holyrood, with the Queen seated, listening to Rizzio.” “May I be Rizzio?” asked Sir Bertram. “No,” she replied, the beautiful face growing grave in a moment —“he was killed.” “Then you do not care whether I am killed or not?” interposed le beau sabreur. “I did not say so, Captain Flemyng, ” replied the fair coquette. “You shall be Rizzio; you shall sit and look at me as though I were indeed your queen. Now we have four good tableaux.” To herself she said, “It is more tiresome to have two lovers than none. How shall I manage to keep peace between them much longer? A scene from ‘The Rival Lovers’ would fit them exactly. ” “Let us copy the‘Black Brunswicker, ” she resumed, aloud; “that will make the most beautiful picture of all, Captain Flemyng. You could be the hero, and Ethel your love; you will do that excellently. Ethel, you remember the attitude of the girl in the picture. She clings to her lover with sudden fear, half-despairing fondness, and yet, it geems to me, with somewhat of pride that he so promptly obeys the call to arms. You can look all that. ” “I could look proud of the bravery of any one I loved, ” confessed Miss Dacre. “We might have a scene from ‘Faust and Marguerite,’ ” put in Sir Bertram. “Yes, the one from the ‘Bride of Lammermoor,’ ” added Lady Charnleigh, “and that, I think, will be sufficient. Shall we ask Beatrice Thornton to join us? She is a magnificent brunette, and will make a variety; we can find some good scenes for her. Sir Bertram, she must accompany you; you will make an excellent contrast; she is dark, with eyes ’as black as midnight,’ and hair like a dusky cloud.” Sir Bertram looked up uneasily. “Do you like such contrasts?” he asked. “I thought harmony was preferable.” “No—a dark-haired lady should marry a fair-haired Saxon,” she replied, mischievously. Captain Flemyng’s face brightened, while Sir Bertram looked considerably depressed. Ethel Dacre admired the perfect balance she kept between them; the most consummate coquette could not have done better.

“What a glorious evening we shall have!” said Lady Charnleigh. “I shall hardly have patience to wait until the times comes. What a beautiful world it is! How fair life is and how happy we are!”

So she thought looking round her, all unconscious that the heart of the beautiful, gentle girl beside her was almost broken with the smart of her hopeless love, and that Captain Flemyng was half mad with jealousy—Sir Bertram happy and without care. A coolness came between the two who had been such close friends; they said nothing, but the intimat 1 friendsnip, the near and dear companionship wfes at an end. A woman's fair face had esme between them; they both loved the young Countess, and were each conscious of the other’s love^ She was not cne to be loved lightly; there was that indescribable charm about her that lured a man's heart from him and gave him no peace. Those who loved her did so with no mean affection; the fair land of England did not hold two nobler men than Sir Berti am Gordon and Captain Flemyng; they were of different types, different characters, but each in his own way somewhat approached perfection; even their faults sprung from virtues. Paul Flemyng was proud, but his pride sprung more from an innate nobility of soul which was intolerant of anything mean than from over-appreciation of himself. Sir Bertram was jealous, but his jealousy sprang rather from his intense loVe than from weak suspicion. He struggled hard with himself. Paul loved her—he felt sure of that—find Paul had already lost that magnificent inheritance of Crown Leighton; was he also to lose his love? Then he thought that such a fancy Was overstrained and morbid, that pady Charnleigh was free to be won, find that they were free to win her; let she one who loved best win. He resolved to take the first opportunity of telling her of his love, and asking her ber to be his wife. “I wish she were poor,” he thought, “that I might prove my love by placing what little I possess at her feet, or that' I wore a king, that I might ask to share my throne. I wish she were not a countess.and a great heiress; yet she will know I love her for her own sake, and not for what she bas.”

After the dinner-party, when Lady Charnleigh had decided what was to be attempted in the way of a grand entertainment, the two gentlemen seldom allowed a day to pass without riding over to Crown Leighton—they had always some proper and legitimate ex.cuse. At one time it was about rehearsals for the charades, or a question about the ball, at another a question concerning invitations. Sir Bertram, having no military duties, had an advantage over his friend; he could ride over in the morning, and Lady Fanshawe always invited him to stay to luncheon: and then he lingered until it was impossible to get back to Weildon in time for dinner. Lady Fanshawe began to see that there was more of design than of accident in this.

“I used to fancy it would he Captain Flemyng,” she said to herself; “but I have a suspicion that Leonie will be Lady Gordon after all.” The young countess herself began to have a kind of conviction that Sir Bertram Gordon would never feel happy away from Crown Leighton. Perhaps it was the welcome certainty that made her treat him with such coy, sweet reserve. He could never find her alone —Miss Dacre or Lady Fanshawe was always with her. He exhausted his ingenuity in finding excuses to take her from them, but she invariably defeated his purpose. Perhaps she wished to enjoy to its full extent that which is the happiest time in a woman's life—when she knows that she is loved, but no word of that love has been spoken. CHATTER XXIII. There was great excitement in the county when the invitations for Lady Charnloigh’s ball were sent out. “That was just as it should be. ” people said. “Crown Leighton had always been the center of hospitality; old times were being renewed.” Tradespeople in the quiet little town of Weildon wore more cheerful faoss;. it made all the difference in the world to them whether Crown Leighton was tenanted or not. Rumor told of the wonderful preparations that were being made. In the

western wing, among the state-rooms, was a large and magnificent bali-room. By Lady Charnleigh’s orders a largo conservatory had been added to it, and now she desired that one of the state saloons adjoining should be transformed into a theater. “I like theatricals,” she said, when Lady Fanshawe made some slight remonstrances. “I may just as well have a theater now as in a year’s time. I shall often have charade parties, and I intend the stage to be a perfect little biiou. I may just as well amuse myself in this way as in others, auntie.” Lady Fanshawe yielded, knowing how true her words were. “That life cannot be a very worthy one, Leonie, whose only business is amusement. ”

“There will be time enough for graver thoughts when I grow older,” said the girl. “Let me enjoy my youth. ” Sir Bertram took great interest in the erection of the theater; he was able to suggest many improvements which would never have occurred to one so inexperienced as Lady Charnleigh. She watched the progress of the alterations with great attention.

“What happy hours we shall spend here!” she said to Miss Dacre, one morning. “I do pot think any country house without a theater can be called complete. ” Miss Dacre made some polite reply, and then looked up in surprise, for Lady Charnleigh's clear, soft, musical laugh rang through the x-oom. “I was just thinking, Ethel, that I spoke as though I had baon a countess all my life. I never saw a country house until a year ago. ” Contrast between the past and present often amused her for a few minutes, and then her heai’t would give a great hound of satisfaction at remembering how brilliant and beautiful the present was.

“Here is Sir Bertram,” said Ethel, one morning, as she stood at the window of the broakfast-room. “I should fancy his horse knows the way to Crown Leighton.” They had just risen from the breakfast table; a most significant smile crossed Lady Fanshaw’s face, while Lady Charnleigh turned away lest her vivid blushes should be seen. Ethel went after her.

“Leonie, here is Sir Bertram. " “He is very welcome,” said the young heiress, with serene composure. “So I imagine, ” rejoined Ethel, with a smile.

Lady Charnleigh was obliged to look up when he entered the room, and on her lover’s face the girl read a look of determinat'on; she knew at once that her trifling was at an end, that she could put him off no longer, that he had come that day expressly to be hoard, and that she must hear him. She read all this in a hundred different ways. The proud head was thrown back with more kingly grace and dignity, the frank, handsome face was determined, the eyes wore grave and calm. Leonie, Lady Charnleigh, would trifle with her lover no more. She watched him as he crossed the room to speak to Lady Fanshawe. How handsome he looked—a grand Saxon king, so proud, so frank, so different from everyone else—and ho loved her! Her heart beat when he came to her and said:

“Lady Charnleigh, I have come over to see you to-day for a very special reason; you will find live minutes for me, I hope?” “Certainly,” she replied, and she proceeded at once to make such arrangements as would keep Ethel near her. The light of her happiness dazzled her —the moment she had longed for, yet dreaded, had come, and she would fain have delayed it; her emotion frightened her—she was glad with a happiness that almost terrified her.

First of all she asked him to go with Miss Dacre to see how the theater was progrossing; gravely and courteously he obeyed her, but his eyes, as thoy lingered on her, said: “Do not think to escape me—you must hear what I have to say.” Then she was invisible until the bell rang for luncheon, when she entered the dining-room with a serene, smiling face, as though she had never thought of such a thing as driving a lover to distraction. After luncheon visitors came, and, though she might have dismissed them, she lingered talking to them and showing her new conservatories, until Sir Bertram almost lost patience. The bell rang for dinner, and yet he had said no word to her. As he went through the hall he said:

“Lady Charnleigh, pray remember that you have given me your promise for a five minutes’ interview; do not forget.” She had not forgotten; she had simply not dared to look at the gleam of sunlight that had fallen at her feet. Her eyes drooped, a lovely blush overspread her face, her lip quivered slightly. “1 will try to remember,” she said. So he waited patiently through.the long hour of dinner. In all his after life he never forgot how lovely she then looked. She never met his glance when he spoke to her—a color like the blush of a damask rose flushed her face; she never voluntarily addressed him, yet he felt no fear. He had once admired a dress of pale blue silk profusely trimmed with rich whits lace, and she wore it this evening. He had admired her most when the rich golden-brown hair lay in Bhining abundance on her graceful shoulders, and this evening it was dressed in the fashion he admired. She wore also a suite of magnificent pearls, worth a king's ransom. The shy, half-timid manner was something new, and it enhanced her beauty as the presence of mess improves the beauty of the rose. Dinner was over at length, and Sir Bertram quickly followed the ladies into the drawing-room; the young Countess’ heart gave a great bound, the golden light grew more dazzling. She must look at it soon. The evening was more than beautiful. The tjunbeams were warm and bright, the western wind was filled with the fr;.grant breath of a thousand flowers, while magnolias yielded their rare odor, and the queenly rose 3, and the tall, stetely lilies gleamed -in the sunlight; the birds were singing, and the water from the fountains fell with musical ripple more beautiful than any other Earthly sound. Lady Charnleigh had gone to the piano, Sir Bertram followed her.

“Lady Charleigh,” he said,“do not the fragrance and beauty outside tempt you? Will you come" and hear what the birds are singing about?” Pie fancied he had left no loop-hole of escape; but she said: “Yes, with pleasure; the grounds are much more pleasant than these warm rooms. Ethel, will you join us?” And Miss Dacre, all unconscious of Sir Bertram's plans, stood up; but he was determined —Lady Charnleigh had trifled with him for the last time. He went up to Miss Dacre, his frank face graver than she had ever'seen it. “Dear Miss Dacre,” he said, in a low voice, “will you kindly decline Lady Charnleigh's invitation? I want to speak to her alone. ” Ethel laughed. “Most certainly I will, Sir Bertram. Lady Charnleigh,” she added, “I will finish my book, I think, and join you in the grounds afterward.” The Countess of Charnleigh and Sir Bertram Gordon went through the

lnng window that opened on to the lawn. The fair earth seemed to be flushed with color and beauty. Close to them was a rosery, where roses of every kind were in full bloom; behind them th« pale lilies stood in great sheaves, and magnolias raised thoip stately heads, and a grove of flowering ; limes led to the woods. The sun shone and the birds sang, 1 but never a word did she utter. Ho ! walked in silence by her side until they i had reached a secluded spot, and then ho said:

“How cruel you have been to mo, Lady Charnleigh! How you have tortured me! You must have known how long I have been waiting to say a few words to you.” “I am not fond of either oruolty or of torture,” returned the fair countess, evasively.

“Indeed, you must be. You must have read my heart's desire on my face; you must know that I love you so dearly that my love is eating my very life away—yet you would not give mo a chance to tell you; you have tortured me, Lady Charnleign. and you know it; now you must be additionally kind to atone for it. Leonie. I want to tell you something.” He took her hand in his, and she made no attempt to elude that firm grasp. “Come here,” he said, and he led her to a mossy bank. “Oh, Leonie, when a man's heart is quite full, it is very hard to find words. ” She sat down, wondering whethor the world hold ether joy so groat as hers; wondering whother other lives had been so supremely blessed. Sir Bertram half sat, half knelt at her feet.

“Leonie, I want to tell that I love you; that I have loved you from tho first moment I saw you. I want to tell you that my life is in your hands; that I love you with an attention so mighty in its strength, so powerful, that my whole life is merged in it. lam bald to toll you so, sweet. I know that fur better men than I have knelt at your feet to ask for the priceless gift of your lovo, but no one can love you as I do, Leonie. Will you trust your life to me, mj queen? I will make it as happy as a summer dream.” Sho listened to him, her heart boating fast, every pulse swolling with strange, new-born gladness, but she made no reply. |TO HE CONTINUED. |

OCCUPATION AND AGE.

Sonic Interesting Figures of tho Connection Between the Two. During the past thirty-four years and eight months there died in Massachusetts 101,801 men over 20 years of ago, whoso occupations were specified in tho registry of their decease. Farmers attained tho highest age, 65! years, and made up one-fifth of tho total number. Tho class next to the farmers in tho average of life is that class caljod “active mechanics abroad,” such as brickmakors, carpenters, masons, tanners, millwrights, riggers, calkers, slaters, and stonecutters, but the average age of 12,000 of them who died in Massachusetts during the period mentioned was only about 52f years, a little over a year more than the average of all classes together.

Next to the active mechanics come tho professional men, whose average ago of death was over 51. Of this class the longest-lived were the judges and justices. Thoy lived on the average 64 years, and led all the trados and professions excopt tho farmers. In some countries clergymen are longest-lived, but in Massachusetts the avorago age of the 1,100 of them who diod during thirty-four years was oply a little above 59.. Of tho professional men, those set down as students died, at the earliest age, the average being only about 23,. then camo the professors, well over 57 years; then the lawyers, 56 years; then the physicians, over 55 years; public officers, 55. Sheriffs, constables, and policemen died at tho average age of 53, while editors and reporters were" gathered into the tomb before they completed their 47th year. The lives of comedians were also short, hardly reaching 39 years on tho average, and dentists wore cut down at the average ago of 42. The artists also died early, their average age being 44 years. The musicians lived only to 42, and tho teachers diod at about the sumo age. The shortest-lived were the telegraphers, who died at the average ago of 28. Clerks aud bookkeepers also died early, at tho age of 36. Railroad agents and conductors departed this life on the average at about forty years, and druggists and apothecaries at 42, while saloon and restaurant keepers were put to final rest at 41. Next in order came the active mechanics in shops and the laborers of no special trades, tho average of both being a little short of 48. Of the first class the longest-lived were the coopers, their average age at death being about 59 years. Next to them camo the distillers, 58 years.

Poisoned Through a Letter.

Veratrine is a vegetable powder, nearly white, very acrid and poisonous, which is obtained from a genus of plants called veratrum sabadilla. It is a subtle and dangerous poison, the odor of which mounts to the brain and is very liable to produce death or insanity. One day in 1870 Prince Bismarck received a letter marked “private.” ft was opened by his confidents secretary, who had read but a few lines when he fell into a swoon. Another clerk who tried to read the letter was seized by the same symptoms. A physician saved their lives, but only after a hard struggle. It was afterward ascertained that the letter had been poisoned with veratrine, evidently intended for the famous German Chancellor.

New York City’s Wealth.

The wealth of New York City, as a corporation, amounts to the enormous sum of $559,000,000. It is thus distributed: Central Park, $200,000,000; fifty other parks, $50,000,000; Croton aqueduct,s2oo,ooo,ooo; public markets, $20,000,000; city lots not in public use, $8,000,000; docks and piers, $30,000,000; police stations and land, $5,000,000; schools, $15,000,000; fire department, $5,000,000; courts, prisons, and islands, $20,000,000; water lots, $3,000,000: armories, $3,000,000. Since 1871 the city’s property has more than doubled in valuation, being then $277,000,000.

Princess Maud.

No one among the* younger members of the English royal family takes a greater delight in "assuming an alias than Princess Maud-of Wales, who, when she has finished her stay in Scotland. is hoping to pay her annual visit to her late governess, now married and living in Devonshire. When she goes there she insists upon being called “Miss Mills,” and upon being treated as a member of the family. She will have no ceremony of any kind.

Queer Freak of a Nail.

T. T. Bell, of Independence, Mo., while chopping down a large walnut tree a few days ago, found a tenpenny nail ten inches beneath the surface. Mr. Bell says he remembers driving it there while fixing a swing at the beginning of the war—thirty years ago.

THE HIGHEST AWARD.

Royal Baking Powder Has All the Honors —ln Strength and Value 30 Per Cent. Above Its Nearest Competitor. The Royal Baking Powder has the enviable record of having reoeived the highest award for articles of its class —greatest strength, purest ingredients, most perfectly combined—wherever exhibited in competition with others. In the exhibitions of former years,at the Centennial, at Paris, Vienna, and at the various State and Industrial fairs, where it has been exhibited, judges have invariably awarded the Royal Baking Powder the highest honors. At the recent World’s Fair the examinations for the baking powder awards wore directed by tho chief chemist of the Agricultural Department at Washington. Tho chief chemist's official report of tho tests of the baking powders, which was made for tho specific purpose of ascertaining which was the best, shows the leavoning strength of tho Royal to be ICO cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce of powder. ..Of tho cream of tartar baking powders exhibited, the noxt highest in strength tested contained but 133 cubic inches of leavoning gas. Tho other powders gave an average of 111. Tho Koval, therefore, was found of 20 per cent, greater leavening strength than its nearest competitor, and 44 per cent, above the average of all tho othor tests. Its superiority in other respoets, however, in the quality of the food it makes as to linonoss, delicacy and wholesomouess, could not be measured by figures. It is these high qualities, known and appreciated by the women of the country for so many years, that have causod the sales of the Royal Baking Powder, as shown by statistics, to exceod the sale of all othor baking powders combined.

A Canon's Good Word for Novels.

So far as principle goes there Rover has been in the world anything to compare with the Christian code as a training to the instinct, says Canon Browne, of St. Paul’s, in a recent article in tho London Humanitarian. And if I were asked what is tho host practical handmaid to that code, not as a matter of religious opinion or belief, but as a guide to a working instinct, I should answer that I know nothing better than a cloan, sweet, healthy novol; where the people are parubles rather than portraits; aro not impossible people, but tho better kind of every-day people; bright with tho charms which in real life lie dormant in so many; men and wortion moving through tho pages, with whom women and men as they read can honestly and wholly fall in lpvo. If only one of those who have tho power would make to this generation tho priceless present of a book that is not indeed a picture of a paradiso before the fall, but is not a picture of a hopelessly fallen world, where man is cruel and bru'al, and the sufferings of women are awful; if only such a writer would give us a wholesome book, whore sin and sorrow are not absent but aro in tho shade, and brightness and sympathy and love are tho forces that guide the instincts upward, and teach us to hopo for and show us how to labor for the happiness, the regeneration of a fallon world.

The Snake-Nut of the West Indies.

A nut which should he classed with such wonderful vogetablo productions as tho “vegotable worm” of China, the “vegetable lly" of Australia, and other plant oddities of that ilk, is the snakenut of Demerara. This paradoxical vegotablo is said to grow also in some Earts of Cuba and British Guiana, tho rstspecimon in tho British Museum having boon sent from tho latter country. These remarkable nuts vary in dizd, sofne being as largo as a goose egg, others not larger than a wulnut. Tho kernel of 'each and every ono does not simply fboar a close resemblance,” but is a very counterpart of a boa constrictor lying coiled up as if asleep—the head, general taper of tho body, spots, and everything being true to life. When the kernel is yet unripe it may be unwound or uncoiled and straightened out. In this state, although it is then without the spots, tho resemblance to tho body, fangs, scales and tail of a reptile is simply extraordinary. Thoso who can overcome the natural aversion to tasting such a thing declare that the nut is one of fine flavor, being equal in every particular to tho cream nut or the English walnut.

Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. Thero Is only one way to euro Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tubo gets inffltmod you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is ontlrely dosed Deafness Is the roßult, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its hortnal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are oaused by catarrh, which is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surface. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (causod by Catarrh) that cannot bo cured by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Bend for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo, Ohio. JWSold by Druggists, 75e. The Resolute was an Arctic exploring ship which sailed from England, April 15, 1852, in Sir Edward Belcher’s expedition. On Aug. 25, in the same year, she was abandoned in the ice. On Sept. 10, 1855, she was found drifting on tho high seas by Capt. Buddington, of the American whaling ship George Henry. All claim to the Resolute having been relinquished by tho British Government, the vessel was purchased by Congress for tho sum of $40,000, and sent to Queen Victoria as a present, and was formally presented to her by Capt. Hartstein, of the United States Navy, Dec. 16, 1850. USE BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES for Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Troubles.—“Pre-eminently tho best.”— liev. Henry Ward Beecher. 1 If all people were as good as they try to appear when they know they are watched, what a nice, clean, sweet world this would be. . The 60th anniversary of the invention of matches is to bo celebrated in Ge r many. £>■ “Colchester” Spading Boot ad in other column.

What You Read ■ _ About Hood’s IS 90 The testimonials published in behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla are not purchased, nor are they written np in our office, nor are they from our employes. They are simple statements of facts from people whom Hood’s Sarsaparilla has cured, published without sensationalism or fictitious headlines. They prove positively that Hood’s Sarsaparilla possesses absolute merit and that HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES Bold by all drngglsts. f 1 per bottle: sijc for SS. Hood’s Pills cure liver Ills, jaundice, biliousness, sick headache and Indigestion. 35 c.

A Shrewd Easterner.

“There are devices practiced in the far West,” observed an Omaha man recently, “for making money; devices that appeal to the enterprising and ingenious citizen, that are, by a long way, more ingenious than commendable. “Every now and then,” he went on, “a shrewd Easterner sees an unlookedfor opportunity to get ahead in the West. He generally intends to remain just long enough to got a big bank account and then to return home and spend his money. Oftener than not, ho does not return, and the West, particularly tho ‘new West,’ is recruited with just such Eastern adventurers. “There is a man living on a claim near tho frontier town of Hecla, Wyoming, whoso career so far has been pre-eminontly successful. Less than a year ago ho took out a land claim for six hundred acres. He had his eye upon the land adjoining his own, where an old frontiersman lived along with his daughter.

“The shrewd Easterner gained the favor of the old man by winning his way into tho daughter’s affections and afterward marrying her. He thon put his father-in-law into the way of stealing shoep that had wandered from neighboring ranches, claiming that thoy were communistic property. Both were arrestod, as tho ‘business’ tnan knew and intended they should be. Tho latter then turned State’s evidonco and was ret free.

“That was part of tho well-formulat-od scheme. While his father-in-law was serving out his sentence in prison tho Easterner jumped tho old man's claim, hired an unscrupulous neighbor to run away with his wifo and obtained a divorce on the ground of desertion. “Ho now smokos the pipe of peace as lie surveys his broad acres and congratulates himself upon his shrewdness. Ho will probably return East somo day. No doubt ho'll poso as a Western cattle king or something of tho sort when ho does.”

Girlhood in Spain.

Tho fact that the Spanish woman enjoys no social freedom until she marries or attains her majority has given rise to the supposition among those who know us only through the fantastic tales of unscrupulous travelers that in Spain women livo subjeot to the most absolute of tyrannies, and that wo aro tho victims of tho brutal selfishness of man. Nothing could be further from tho truth or more calumnious, Tho Spanish woman, yielding cheerfully and willingly the obedience of paternal authority enjoined by religion, receives, with tho nuptial benediction, tho liberty to go about alone and to guard unaided tho good name and respect with which in ohildhood and youth she had seen herself surroundod. But lot it not therefore bo imagined that tho Spanish girl loads the life of a recluse, subject to monastic rules. So far from this boing the case perhaps tlioro is no woman in the world who enjoys herself more whilo Hho is unmarried, who is a greator coquette, or who tyrannizes more completely over hor suitors; and when long drosses givo hor the right to present herself into society u poriod of amusement and diversions begin for hor which terminates without regret on the part of the good wifo as soon as tho duties of maternity como to fill hor life and to completely occupy both hor thoughts and nor timo.

She Had to Give a Henson.

The othor day I was told of a little girl who attended a distribution of prizes given by tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She had won, you must know, a book as a reward for writing tho best ossay on the subject given, and with tho other successful children was undergoing a viva voco examination. “Well, my doar,” said tho gontleman who had givon away the prizes, "can you toll mo why it is cruel to dock horses’ tails and trim dog's ears?" “Because,” answered tho littlo girl, “what God had joined together lot no man put asundor.”—Leisure Hour.

Navigation of the Dead Sea.

At length tho Dead Soa is to be navigated, and two sailing boats, one rather largo and hoavy, for cargo, and tho othor smaller and neater for passengers, have just beon convoyed from Jaffa to Jerusalem by rail, and thence to tho Dead Soa by-road. The boats belong to tho Sultan, as does also the Dead Sea, which forms part of the crown property, and it is Abdul-Ha-m'id’s intention to turn to good account the salt, bitumen and sulphur that abound in Its wators and on its shore.

The Modern Mother

Hns found that her little ones are Improved more by the pleasant laxative, Syrup of Eigs, when In need of the laxative effect of a gentle remedy, than by any other, and that It Is more acceptable lo them. Children enjoy It, and It benefits them. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.

New Zealand Women May Vote.

Royal assent has been given to the eloctoral bill passed by both houses of the Now Zealand Legislature, thus giving suffrage to every male and female adult in the colony. The population of New Zealand, in 1891, consisted of 330,000 males and 203,000 females, thus giving a large majority to the former. For weak and inflamed eyes nss Da Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. It Is a carefully prepared physician's prescription. Life is short. Tho sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth, the better. —Johnson. Anyone would be Justified In recommending Beechani’e I’llis for all affections of the liver and other vital organs. A new industry in France is the selling of milk frozen solid in cans.

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“German Syrup” Judgb J. B. Hnjt, ofthe Sttperio# Court, Walker county, Georgia,! thinks enough of German Syrup tv send us voluntarily a strong letter, endorsing it. When men of rank! and education thus use and recommend an article, what they say la worth the attention of the publku It is above suspicion. “ I have used! your German Syrup,’ l he says, “for my Coughs and Colds on the Throat and I*ung3. I can recommend it foe them as a first-class medicine,”— Take no substitute. • -.WW.WSSStiA’.ih Jtr doctor ny* it act* gently on tho itomaeh, tl-ar ud kidney*, nnd Isa pleasant laxative. Thla drink la made from herbs, and is prepared for uae aa mubUt Mtaa. Ula called LANE’S MEDICINE All druggists sail It at 60e and $1 par pack ago. If ytm naaaat Ml A, sand yaur addraaa for a fraa Mm pi a. Ijhim’s Family Ma4lsf—oaves tka bawala aaah day. In order to ba healthy, this la mm»; ■n, Addraaa ORATOR P. WOODWARD, Laßor, N. T. 0 MENTION THIS PAPER worn wairina tx» AorunuMb DAD WAY’S! n PILLS,: Purely vegetable,mild nnd reliable. Cause perfMß Digestion, complete absorption suit healthful regnd lanty. For tho cure of *ll disorders of the Stomach,] Liver, Bowel*, Klduoys, Bladder, Nervoua Dl**aa**l LOSS Or APPETITE, SICK HEADACHE, INDIGESTION, DPT FEELINGS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS; B LIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA. PXHFECTT DIGESTION will be nccompllahed bfl taking ltadway’a I*lll*. By their ANTI-BILIOUS propy ertles they stimulate the liver In tho secretion od the bile and Its discharge through tho biliary duet*,' These pills In dose* of ti out two to four will quickly regulate the action of the liver ami free the patient from theae disorders. One or two of Uudway s PlllAl taken dally by those subject to billoua pain* an® torpidity of the liver, will keep the syatem regal*#, and secure healthy digestion. . Price, 3So per box. bold by all drugglila. r WADWAY A CO., NEW YORK. 1 S2O Reward tt ■ML WILL Ills PAID To ANY MAN or WOMAN, Youth or Malden, between the a tfea of I(J and 70, who can null lily the full Hat of correct answer* to tho following Four Hkructon Word-Htudikn, andaproporfyr A HINULEWiNMNd ANBWHLfUo ANY ONlfl of the four. HERE ARE THE 4 BRAIM-BURNIBHERB I Ifl.R F|:£3S|i __2_ would IH. to be. (.■ tu Desirable for all we--2 •EA«TY i or unattractive faoee. 3* n- A ft .Theft for which women ®n• • \ fonii ,°f ehowy attire often B> w speud too touch money. 4l»i»HT|igag^a COSTS NOTHINQ TO TRY Blmply write out what, after careful etndv, you hellevo ar« the anaweri required to win tho $W reward | AND don't roIUHCT that If your anawere are only partially right you will atlll win a Jusf proportion of the full reward. Then write your naino and address underneath your answers and mail them to this address i JIM. PUB. CO. erk 96, Jerwoy City, N, J. M t You are not required to send a penny of money with your answers not even return postage on thn Awarding Committee's reply to you we pay that.

Miss Della Stevens, □CrOTUm of lioßton - MaM ’ WIUIU wr}teS! I havß Jj. ways suffered from hereditary Scrofula, for which I tried various remedies, ana i many reliable physicians,but none relieved I me. After taking six bottles of CXjKB { lam now well. lam very grate-EJBKfI ] ful to you as I feel that it saved me from a life of untold agony, and J shall take pleasure in I speaking only words of wli praise for the wonderful medicine, and | in recommending it to all. | Treatise on Blood ftnd Skin Diseases mailed froo. SWIFT BTECIFIO CO.,ATLANTA t QA. Ely's Cream BalmK^av WILL CUBE CATARRH rll Apply Balm intooach nostril. HLyBBOS., 56 Warren St.,N. Y. ■BmM&MbsI DITCIITC THOMASP.SIMPSON,Washing**, f Jl | EH I gh. 0. No atty’sfee until Patent ohE. i * * w tolnsd. Writs for Inventor 1 , Gold*,

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