Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 February 1896 — Page 6

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ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. A Chapter on SStime of Its Romantic and llumoroi:- I'lia-es. St. Valeatiae's l;y is arain in 'tielio;!. to u.-e an a t foti' : tn iea 1 expression. 4v!th lit" l ltii day of l--lniary. There tin- -.if years in polities, hut St. Ya!ei. line nrer tails to he on dr k at the ap itiMted day. Ir week irevious Jie shop windows . .rre all hrokeu out with an epidemie of fTiudy pietures of utterly iuijiossiMe men . jiiej women. S jirotesijue a re tliese freshlaid pi.;orial horrors and anatoiaieal tioritios that the refi-niH'd inelniate h nid-rs. and hr.rries past under the inij'lv.-.'..'!: that he Jias Vm" aain. ; liice le.ore tie io..r .swayltaeked l'tter v-arrier ;aers a Ion;; with Iiis la s. fit!! ir rr-M's to need, irntnediate treatnieut '.r ire- dropsv. I'siiallv the letter rai-J-i r ! a' eontains only three letters. Ii. a "im-i i.. ef eoii:v.. imt oi. St. Valentine's Jf'ay i: holds many more. lie eertainly -cVas !:oL ot'Silltrd Wil.'ll this eutoni was pta' trd. However, the rastoin of sending jdejor;:'.' iiive letters full of ('uids and eo.) i va'.entines lias fallen into eoniparaihe n rleet. It no longer has a majority rint'i- Senate. At present the only person -.vh" rvts any lare iiiiiiiImt of valentines . i the pour ietter rarriei" himself. He ots . o , :al hnndred op more. v. aientiiie !i.is generally heen su--oe. ie.' of iieiü tiie jruilty oi iinatte.- of the ;-:-.oi:. peeuliar to this day. Imt he ean is:;d.!:i an aühi. lie didn't have anythnir a, .-re to do with it than lie had with wri;i'';r the Murrhison letter, or perp"rating ike Wiii'.eeh ipel pleasantries. ; Noin. jv by the name of Valentine had : ;iu '.b'v. i: : do wi'Ii tiie prevailing cusIm!". At' ignorant fro?itierm in. Iy the of tJazely. ;ot into troulde by not kr.'i'.v this fa'"t. He reeeivd a vah ntine that made him mad. His el;. der. like his .filar, needed to le Imt. med down liul.t :. keep it in its !aee. He knew that 1be:-e v.as a man named Sim Valentine k.-ef ;;irr a livery stalde in a n-uhhorin:; low;:. ::: 1 supposed h. wa the man to o" 3ieh! i-espoasi'.il.'. Me went to that town jad 1 er.ui making ale-epr remarks to -Saie ".-'.lontitie with :i pist.d. Sam. who was n- i a saint, replied with a douh'.e-har-r ! ii tr.isi.al ins'rununt. and when the i;:e- was over, Ia;:ely -.vent h ine in an jeo ho with m-e.-o a;erti'.n s in liim than

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I . iV.. -V--.-.V - I-, r M 1 .smith's CAT, n I'un.i's pla sler, while Valentine had to undergo extensive repairs at the hands of n doctor. St. Vah ;i'ii:"s Hay n the mean person's uoidi :i opportunity. He, or she, can gel a ureat deal of revenge for a penny, but 1 doubt very :iii. h that the millennium is oe"n;g hurried Iherelry. For instance. Mrs. Smith has a forty-fooi'-raliber grudge against .Mrs. .Tones. Vesib!y Mrs. .limes lias goaded .Mrs. Smith to frenzy by sporting a sealskin ari:e. Mrs. Smith has none. On St. Valentine's Day -Mrs. Jones re--ecives ? large envelope, addressed in t-r.ggni!g nauu, in. u iooks as n u ua'i Tei; taking too m ich gin. A nightmare -of a caricature stares her in the face. Mrs. Smith is bginniiig to j;et even for 'that sealskin sicqu. .Mrs. Jones h:is a small infant wart on Jier -hin. In the caricature th wart is bigger than a pineapple. In fact, Mrs. -Jones has the appearance of being nien.ly . an excrescence on the wart, so large is it. Mrs. Jiiii's has u copious mouth. It is ,;not Mich a vast mouth as to suggest the smile of a Florida alligator, but in tie caricature it could inhale a long liee of Mvalcrrneloii at a single effort, anil the .watermelon would look lonesome when it was once on the inside. I'lidcrnoalh this entrancing vision of female loveliness is some bone-spavined hKgerel that cause Mrs. Jones to clench her tist s. jump tip and down, and breathe Siani. Like n ship nttout to sail, she tins ,jrot her rancor up. Mrs. Jontti dopfm't slgii for the anonymous sender's name; it is ber scalp fhe is after. Sooner or later it leaks out that Mrs. Sait-h is the autüior f the campaign leti l - l .... t .1... 1 . t... . ;r t. l

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cry . i : : 1 1 w it a country p.;.'!'u. Mrs. ; Thomas Jdoco'ii, i'at.'.cr of At?, Was .Jones indignantly retains all tin par. he.l of : MiwT;!t.:r;.- Iii- posit ion. i .-.'.frVc. hakbig pov. .br. cic. she Imr- Th cunt :y h 1. -ard ;.u- h ..f hi? oddiiMv;.i. T.V. Sm!ih' rat comes over tin-1 ties a ml v. :.!: i.e. - of Tlmm.-.s Lincoln. l'. i.-o t.i be c.iresx ! and ...-s ha k i : ,v I - ! fai"'.-.- ihr I . :.ci: t Nov i u.:s cvr

i':;' uit'i s.ms of her h:d elf. Tommy Smith has !icc;i h !! i u ir a conversation with the Jones bov. and la re- .,.,. h(,in,. witj, jis chill piled uj Ul!!" ins ear ar-l one ev trying l.i ln;k ü'ko thi stop'-i r i.f a:i .il! iak . l : I;. an.l t.. t' iho rinl of tin eliaptrr. Xi. it ranii'! In rnlril that Sr. Valrritinr's Day is aw-u' t!u spiva.l of . : im:: li praiv m; rarth ai:.! gmul will tow-aril : ii.an. ; In rarli aiül -vrry in'iIiliorli.xi.l thriv I is at lrast urn Mr. .Mratnnan. or Mrs. Spi! fi;!. who tak s a-lvantnyr of the op-po:-;o.:iiiy to t rvru witli M-ry lio.ly. j The unfortunate duil' is snro to be r-mi-aiiirrnl. J'vrryliotly knows tl.'at b." i i a .s..rr of tailor's -jooso, a tifty-rrnt man j in a tifty-ilollar suit; Imt lu lias his nisi sioa in lil. He is a lanirrr sin. tcacl!j ia' turn w'aaf to avoid. JI tjsr.aily ris ; a pi.-turo of a monkey. Very likely the iuan w!i. s, mis Iii.it t!;e valentine puis his .oi:p plate up to his mouth at ilinn.-r : ::nl :aakrs a soun-l lik tlie exhaasl of a aili UM. J.ineoln as a I'oet. 14T . a j i. a. .ic.M'iiin. oi ean .xntoiiio. ie.. I sa: "An old friend of mine named j t'al.aniss re e.ntly told nie that Ahra!:ai.i laiooln worked for Iiis father ia 1S.'.'J. At tliat time a ;rieat lise oeeurred ia the j Sanamoi, river, and a a :n' a t. taking j a. Iva. utau'e of the hih water, rame up tie--iris, i ,tiv:iin. My friend v, as h-n a rhihl. and w'iUtliio ..r i;,.. 1... . r.-; rUt. i j,;,-, Lifroin. tiieii a ta!!, angular eii;e,' man. to.ik liim in his arms and earriid him ai. ard the lioat. After the departure of the era ft Lineola wrote some .'liyiues aii eat the in i. hut. one verse of w I;i.-h the 'a!aniss family preserved. It runs thus: "The Illinois Suiters. ;reen ami raw, ('oile.-ted on the Sanjraniaw' To see a lioat rome up the stream: They surely thought it was a dreara. "For tilis doerel lie invented a meloriy, and he and others san it. The son never found its way into print. The -hier Cahaniss always told his ehildreti that I ho amiahle. kindly I.itieoln w ould de velop Into a rreat man." Thc I nion 3Just lie riescrved." ft: 2 WIT Iii: 1 1 l-x--Vl (a V'u IV l li M VJUV Vs ! ' C I rNH irÜ! 'vV i f' ISÄfc I "S?2fli:Äir ' V i' . .Vi 3Jfix . TN V i v j ,- i -r-- '': I i. J e Anet.lot ol Iiineolii. ( Mire during the argument a !av. s::it, in which Lincoln represented one party, the lawyer on the other side was a piod deal of a ";! talker, but not reckoned as deeply profound or niueh of a thinker. He would say anything to a jury whioh happened to enter his imad. Lineoln. in his address to the jury, referring to this, :-aid: ".My friend on the other side is all riyht. or would be all rijjrjit. were it not for the peeuliarity I am about to rhroaiele. His habit of which you have witnessed a very painful speehmn in his argument to yo.i in this ease of reekless assertion and statements without grounds, need not be imputed to him as a moral fault, or as Jeiiin of a moral blemish. He ean't help . For reasons wh"rh, entletin'u of the jury, you and I have not the tiaie to study i here, as deplorable as they are surprisi:

the oratory of the "entleman completely was almost au-iibl. 1 1 the speaker, but suspends all action of his mind. The mo the man sat. ob!i imis t'.r-.uch it all. Ferment he begins to talk, his mental opera- i haps he was used to ir. A man with

lions cease. "I never knew of but one tiling which compared with my friend in this particular. That was a small steamboat. 1'ack in the days when I performed my pait as a k el lxiatman, I made the acquaintance of a trilling little steamboat which used to bustle and puff and wheeze about the Sangamon river. It had a live-foot boiler and a seven-foot whistle, and every time it whistled it stopped." "Icll you wlr.it, Ileyinnini. the lawyer, is :i cute fellow, and no mistake! I ought to know, for lie lately defended my son." "How's that? I thought your son had been sentenced V" "Yes but only for a twelvemonth.' Kladderadatsch.

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY IS96.

The Iittle Archer, Cupid, Taki-n a Shot at All the Girls from Iii Inciter How. Ferch.

ALWAYS ON THE MOVE.

o!l I no TH i e - i:i variably i-.i :n as eii-al-.u; as ji.-; i .. I a n;i eums:ati.-es a!' - v. ed. His !irs! l.M-atiea i:i Iliia "s . as in M.ico'i ''i:ü:ly, .- few i.;:!e iroa: tiie present eiiy of phrase iirauii:. I eeal a r. ;a I ae t mm... was. for ia ti:oe davs d tiiat tili prairie:-; wo-il, " as the no one be :- - ww tit:!.;: lim ;r.N s ;:::Ts i t i : t . tied in 1 1.. ii I'e' im - of li vin man. In- ! deed several of ihi 1 1 i . stared tli:.t .at!;."i !OM ;:aei 'eers of 1 r ad ui assv pla'iis woe.ld n ra'a -:.e;-:i! In a few . ear;:a:n ep as e.einiioa for a.lj:i.-e::t farmers." . v. i vet'. V'as diseov-.'i-ed that the prairh-s w'e tlian I'ii' v, ooi'.lai d. and Th was all ia a fever ; move ; mope fertile ;nas Lincoln hi. and did. Ia IS 1 1 I:. mad. e oiid reniovat, but Jo w ilof VI di-1 at i1. 1.... ; if! irded. ot r m-i ;:i hm. "H; stili le::t d." say.-: 1 Ii 1 11iln:i, "to t!ie -io. - itii; des. riit ions of prosperity in adjaent eouaties." His third and move was to newest part last t lie of ( 'oles ( 'ouuty. then ea'ded loose Nest prairie, in ar l'arniintoii and eihr miles south of Charleston. His last plaintive utt era net to his faniMrtae for ,;il(Mi." )a th" 10th of .lanuary. 1SÖ1, he died there at the aire of To years and 11 days. Froi.i a h'tler written the followin-; Novemiier by Abraham I.ineoin to his stepbrother, .Iolmsjoii, v.e leirn that the writer paid the niorfrae and seenred "the 'isteni forty .teres for mother." There the Tresid-nJ-eleet saw her early in iNoT for the last tinte. and there she died April In. 1 Si ;n. A handsome ma rblj siiaft marks th burial p'aee of the labera tor si fa Iii er. HE LOOKED LIKE LINCOLN. A St ran u Who- Wa.- the !!xact CotinterjKirt of tli Marlj n.! President. In he .'allery on Saturday last there sat a man wl.'o attraeted more attention tuaii would have b-eu rn ii.rd'd the Pres;1,'nt "f ''J1'''"'1 Slates, had he walked into th. seat set aside f-T him in tiie ! says a Washington w riter. Tin man, who w as s'll.l'me ty vneoa--e:.e.i.-ft I r ... .... ot w ..t li... i iJ.x aboa.T him. in. - ... I" v.i in i.vms l'ie .-I l.s-t :i 1 1 ei ei M JelM ii l-r .. f Abraham . . : '. . Lineoln. A lady, w ho sat u. ar, and who bad known the Liberator ve!l, ah. lost filiated when, this man etoss.-;l her vision in lakia-j: his seat. He was tail and lank, and won immaetila.e broa-delt'. wi:'ea sc! loosely about his fornix l! had the la rye, homely, but kiadly moatii tiiat Lineoln possessed,. a?id wore t he .-.a me fringe t whikers on his ehin tiiat .Mr. Lineoln used to wear. He had ii;. same v'eniie eyes, and iron-ray hair i.w.-e.d bark in rather h.iii: loeks from his stT.ri-rIy marked fare . As he sat list niiii: the debate, his fare in jin.lile was so startiitvitly like t..jit of the marlyre! Pre-.;. lent, that it uts positively nnrauny. And when he seem.'d to forget his surronniiji-s tilers came into his fare that worn, weary epressioii which sat so dreu. -a Lineoln's iaee der:n his last m.uühs. and the holy who was fascinated, by the resemblance, ot up to. hae 4lo alh.-ry. "I ean't tand it," sie. .?. 3. "His fa.-c. will haunr iw- to my d'yLn.i; day." Hun-In-d of p. tarad their yes upon him. and lee bur., of surprised comment Lincoln's face am! fori rut couldn't p round over the of it. Fuifvd States and not be toij Hex- Liiibt Out. Superstition has just killed a F.olie.nian hride. A you:. woman was standing; up to l married in the church ::t llsek. when otie of the tapers on the side of the altar nearest her went out. She shrieked: "My candle is extinguished!" and fell down dead. The popular belief is that if one of th" tapers pis out it means calamity for the person on whose side !t stands. Far is Figaro. Idleness Is emptiness; the tree ia which sap is stagnant remains fruith -s.-j..

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mous son was thai Ttf?zm his little tract of tW'7A land bore "the 0 ;il liieumbranee - a 'J.rj,t.: W hJ..-

SILVER )KN OX TO?.

FREE COINAGE L2ILL PREG-NTED !N THE SENATE. ?.Ie:i!iers of the Senate Y'.n ircr C.wnmiitee Adopt a Mi!.-t it i: te for tic Tari h' !; ! ! -.et . n a "a!.istn i'ropoai titm of jir, Vest. i SaJj.stiJute C.ivi i. the Senate. The belated i'i If b:i! e:nev,:e-l ffotii 1 lie Sriia.e l'i:i.;:..e " : 1 1 n .".:. Ta: sday and ma i" its appea : an-. s ...a after tie mssioii opened, ("iiairaiaü M .rrill te.ade the report. that a free silver amend ment had iak i th p'aee of the original bii;. Mr. ti;:iy lud rem. lined s'tialinx whil" Mr. .Morrill sj o and at aiee follov.'ed v.': h a m !ioa j.i i-eeomfi'.! the bill and mil . : ! -: i 1 1 1 1 1 bai to the l'inaaee "om w:h it:si;--i. ii..a r)"'.: i',e orii: ina! "i!i :; i.d am adei, separatt y. T ie .-ilver .-ul .-tit at to th: i a riff biii reported 1. tie- Si ua'.e was r .Rested by Senator ' -t and was a -!.! ti in the I'iean.e Ceiei.iliee by a majority of 1. Seaatoi i.buies - 'Nov.! votiie; wilh tin Dem-M-rais I i!ie !il-til!-: ; and all t'.i" llepal.He; Vi.iiu ::ir;a:. ii st j;. Senat': Y I'i. i v, a.--, iii. o'd.v iJopubliea'. IT II as .1preseai e !! It ' r.eiilee against i'i I l.e w .-. s r. -oliie-l ; t"" :s 1 1 1 t '; r.! e. .'l;ai S O I I i ä .t ,r .loii.-s libel li'd for ii. l Ar!:. I. the edy J le.ii.i. r.uie tae preset:!, was poeord'-d as vot -nrr Tie sub-ti'T.e a-reed to is in the e;:et words oi the .-ilver s-absiitutr for t!.e bond j !i!l wnteh pas-.- d lire r-M-mi t en -att;i-d;.y. It plMvides fir th- free i:a i;" f s.'ver at tit ratio ot m ;o I ; iiireeis ta e :ma'.e- ; of the eelliailaeriea i dia'.e eoiaae ii.'o siaa.i.ii'd d..!la; silvi r seiniorei: mi lie in .i-ury : hit ed by the jtiir.-iia -e nrd r the art; pto'ebits t!i. bank notes of a issu.' !le of lia.t .oMal "ea i h r .tt'iiomina '. ion titan Nl. and di:rs the Se.-retary of the Treasury l 'adeem ;,-eeiiba eks and treasury notes in either u'oM m' silver exelusively, at the option- f the St'evtary, and to reissue jrreo'ibaeks-.. KAFFIR CORN IN SOUTH DAKOTA InU'restini; Kcisiilts of 1! itcriinfiit j .Made ly FarmcrH Iast Year. A detailed description: of the new fai:;.us Kallir corn in ao aetiele fpci (lutliri". Ok., ami tirst print ?--l a few weeks i -"? in the columns of. t !"-. Jlobe-Demo-cra-1".. has been widely copied ty the newstvip'Ts of the Northwest and has aroused much discussiin anions 'Je; farun-vs of Soe.i.S Dakota as to the u.lapta lii.'j'y of Katlir corn to that ilitnato. Last year 'irior a few farmers in :.he Slate ;no-r!in-l iua!l jna nt it ies of this seed and expert n wilted with it. and th results of these experiments are interest!:!;. T.. II. Siroti-. a farmer and ranehm .n on Wirte iiiver. In the reded Sioiix Ja 'ids. had a Sield fc" corn whirh yielded 'iilly up to expeetuiois. 'It declares ttirvt it is th very b-s-i kind of feed for .(i.v kind o? stocks I. J. (.Jet in. a 'hamb'laiu business r;.i n. experimented last season w ill . a small field of ordinary I ndiae. rn amiKatlir coiai. The ordinary corn was irrigated s-f-.rral times, while th K.iMir "om received only the natural rainfa'l.. whi h wasmui-h Iwlow normal. Still. he Kallir corn gr. -.,- as fast as the other, war: reon and heak'-jy looking dut i:iir tin vi -,- driest periods .-.'J the summer, proving. . in th:.-: instaiici .: jit least, tiiat it can withstand dfoM-ht the de-ree elail.led ii. Ill referriie; to a newspaper statement w a' "iiz farim -s to ,'. slow in pin; into the culture of' Ka tiir corn. i 1 . Hycr ip-i..a-inent fat'eier of Hanson Cuiim;,. says that three 'ears aa"o i: risked a ..im.e fir d. This year ! has ten leiseb seed ami 'Xt .--pr. iii: will put in ;ii iie ran cültivat. .-. 1 !e de. iare.i tiiat be iii. js m.i he. -i -i SAMl'I.i: OK K A K i '.üt f v.r. s . ilicthat excels it f.-v. fee.J j;i;I .rtliin tba.t Staads the dry, w.inds and a lv : Uia.-ls rowin like it.. H.cs experiec.t sltvivs that the Katlir corn, cu his r'-.':)n, slvmld be put into tibi- "xrvrind as trly as other inrii. and t.i" u;, it is ctltirjttI the better; that ft -ati be cui fur fei'd thre tiin is in eurly summer. While then.' seeing, to l a "cood dfal to he said in f;,'or o.. tuv uev; conu there are, of eoiirvi. tw sidiss te the p.y-stion as applieil to a vetou t-o far north as South Oak la.. A resident of Wattrtown, who sjient tift.ees: years in South Africa, the rjii i from which the t.-m was brought to. this country, saw rhe .rn grow th ace tmvt and a.ain, and expressed the opiaion ttat it will not pT.ve a suc cess ij tne uabiia climatev lie lias never wit iiet.s'd anj' cxpcrir'nts with it here., howeiicr, therefore Iris opinion is wlie!y suiierncial. but adds, that he does know that even in the wann climate o Airiea the corn crop was a failure fi.it tireo or four seasons. A cablegram n'ceived at the factory at Milford, Mass., from Kgypt, states that Charles ('. Colhurn, of the shoe manufacturing lirm of Collmru, Fuller & Co., of Itostoii. suffered a paralytic shock and hail few chances of recovery. Mr. Colburn is (!0 years old and a member of one of the inost widely known and wealthiest tirms in the State. It. McKay, aged K."l, died suddenly In Unice, Mich. He was one of the original abolitionists, outing his vote for that party in 1S42, when it had hardly t,WQ auti-slftvery votes iu the town.

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I. r.c. i- .! i!v i a. i'.i I'vai ui .''';.i ni.-a: , t;:it whii'li s. !!.' hues ..'en y. ':' 1. 'v, s, j - - i i i:'i a '.. " ''I.' ke 1 1 ;. t!:!-.. a i'e . Ii... t i i ! e i ; . 1 i-. 1 .. A ...e't 1- .!. il oi ' ! T of t'.i. -Ti Jii i f.i- e a-i't .-sti S. Vl:li tl.'V .-i im: 'fi-ii -. . iv si i -a, in (,'lier words t 11 ' f;i i,li:lr:l 1 ' i ' ' t I" will reiirf ! !".'. ! i.:.:iv. nut v.Mii.oi.i j .ihi. aii-I i"- " a re'il.ii , of ii . fv. 'IM's i i-.'.i- ) ; :-. !i:i'il;, s la i'i i !. I-m;..'. dys;, piseain.Mie, r. -i-.or.s :n;,i Li.li: y i.-oa'b!e, ! ; n 115,; l.eas ! . eat ire v " : n. A Living Skeleton. Sou rat. v!ia was hov,Ti .;- a livir.q keiei .;i ia Hul.jn'i in 1M1.". was 1'7 yeafs e'd. He was fee: 71 ; uu Ii s Jii:;li. aioi his bones were tiier -ly e..ril wit'i his (iry pa lelit-iet't sl:':n. The upiMT joints of the anus wte 1 in: h.rroüud. The di.-aatire from the ehest to the Kaokbo'te was le.ti iiieh.'s. Tlj ' "-'a.'ilijer blade Inuies were sea reel y -:j 1 : t i i w ... . irieh l"he is-.irji r. j i is apTieüie . as iroo,;. I'ülsrttioa of tiie In art w-s Visible to l!a I'orccast e rs. ..me r.t-oph-. a.re so iiiMueneed bv tiie ele. jiii v-nrre!'.: a:u:osp!,er that they ran fojvt'dl the eoaiill of a thunder siorin with per'.ei-t aeraraey, and others there are wiih a.-rves so sensitive that they are sure of havia;: m uraiia from a low and fretful state of the nervous system. Now why rrai'f the i. liter be warned in time and kao-v that an runee of prevention is v.'or: Is ;. pound of eure. To use St. .laeolis nil pro.iipj'iy win ward .ff an atta-'.. or if atia ';ed. will prompt 'y eure. Sllell people rati ,r fer t liejiiseil i s what ethers do from weather propheei-s, heeil the si-n.:l and saw ihn . reek aud tiis-t.-ter. Slavs of i- Olt J -Illl'.l The v:is iwi joi','! ; of ;ln se.'.felicrs for for tl!t "gobien ile-e" were !n tli. bhioiii of early :.;aiilit"'.. Few bad reached middle ap'. ;;t; l scarcely one in a thousand was l.rvoml the meridian of life. Arriving- la-re i . ween the a.-zes of twenty and thirty-yen's, they would, acctrnling to natures ie:o;-ablo laws, end their early pil'rini:i.:Xe at or before the three score and ;su years allotted to mortals. Of 7.".' senior mend rs..;f the Fiotieer Society on the roster now: living', thirtysix wen Imrn in 1M!.. : Liny-four in IN-O, thirty-live in j s"JT. forty-one in 1M!J, lii'ty-nine in isk. Uty-two in 'S1. lifty-live in 1S-.". ar.;I li.f.-;-foi:r in tS'Jlt. The three oblet a rgr. na'tts- m The roll f the survivors are Admiral Selfridjre. .rn in Tsiö; t 'apta ii: J.dni. Short, in 17; and Francis liidaitd, in ".. In the van of the pioneer rfeet was t?sf Christ oval (,'ob.n. she bei r.r ore if rite irrst lour vessels -s;;il from v4liam. i n January r..-N-l'.J, !..' started on her "voyage of disove-y." and, by :ui apt coiiu-iih'nce. the -:?uf"t hurc tin name of the !enoa navipior. The skijier had an otninous surna-.r;e--f'of-liu. And when, three days aiHvnv::rd. in the tJulf streani. oft C:-pe IT;tter:is. fliax 'raveyanl of seamen, th.v g.':l;ant craft was dismasted in a hurri .":ne. we TA:, v'j at the only Collin aboard wo.dd : dWTi with the rest of us - D;irv .roue-,' locker. F.ut the stout ship came Mit. of her light with old Xepniue ami I Corens right side up alter ii'ins,' all 'ti;;hr. on her hcani mu1s. Hut -he Lad o 'jut s'tiro Ilio for np:J--t".-. FS"ü.Jt.v 'all. j She Would lisow;. i I. r-..a across old Job IIo11ovv.tv. Y J l.urao'.is coac'n driver of Iialf :i cer.r.irv ' iiiZ'-K yestenlay. lie i- i;ot If-ss th;m eiubty mw. Once I roue -with. him on h'i X.-ttional turnpike throu.Vir'ib'iia. ; T'l'-i': were se n p;!s.- n-jrerr- sl:c men an.-i an old maid. T.-.c lftitei com- j I..:.t;:icl of sore three.:?.-, oito inornjr.::, j and imjuired of the nu ;: jtow it eoul',! bo .eared. Fad, said that -ho jad bi a . . . . yXU at some lime or-olher. lure had ier;uen now ne na.i aanau'eo r i:ct J -.I-' !f I.-;,... 11 41... ,i. . r i of it. Finally, the eldest man i.i thv parry said that he ha i a-bad-casu when tii.it nena.i a t.au easa wiien ! was yimii.;'. but Inat Ihe ctiw In usjd w.)uhln'tdotIiecddla.!yar!ye;ooj. A'J tirst she thought this -.ras a rtlecti a upon her a:;e. but. lel is ofas?nslt'rr mind, she tejer:;HUfl io pre-s Iii ia ;'.r Ti Is prescription. "Put there is no :fc telllnu yen, mad::;n. he protested.- 'it con't .ib yvu x-il.v" irood." 'Fin sure it- vjl. sh ured. "Z Jv-I I me. I will co ;U:inIy. ivy it ut uno?" Thus driven to ir. be said: "f, just Set Tiy beard srow Jiukriiiy ohiii! ZVVw i'ork Fress. f I'lcctricivy. j Ir. Saunders, a rroai-speoiailst and a laiemherof the Healili JioiUr if LoT?Ion. ' :.. .....V..- i .. a : ........ :., u... l a e.,. i i j;i',.L iii'iirii i in no- lame t ele tric liht. He chiles. IJliit bvtrieity is :i j;reat Htoral pwer; tJiat it pro tects humaniT lettcp tiiar. the jrbila:ithropist. iiuci by pcrifyiiKC the workshops and Hu fr.cttu'ies aile tsaiiitaiy laws are c: .cried ojt vviti nntch less Sriction. Never t.TJuble xonblt till trouble troubles j.-mi.

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Tbero aro two kinds of sarsapwilla : The best and the real. Tho troublo is they look alike. And when tho rest dross liko tho best who3 to tell tVm axart ? Well, 44 tho treo la known by its fruit. That's an old test and a safo one. Ami tho taller the treo tho decker tho root. That's another test. What's tho root, tho record of theso sarsaparillas ? Tho ue with tho deepest root Is Ayci's. Tho ono with tho richest fruit ; that, too, is Ayor's. Aycr's Sarsaparilla has a record of half a century of cures ; a record of many medals and awards culminating in tho medal of tho Chicago World's Fair, which, admitting Ay or' a Sarsaparille as tho best shut iU doors against tho rest That was greater honor than tho medal, to bo tho only Sarsaparilla admitted as an exhibit at tho World's Fair. If you want to get tho best cavsaparilla of your druggist, hero's an inf alUblo rule : Ask for tho best and you U get Ayor's. Ask for Ayer'a and you'll get tha best.

Ti'T". "s ;;r.. " VVZ-tf i! ; v, !iv t'i! y ! not . !:ae ireoae.'t ä'juü The e;i':i:r:.'a Iff s'.-e.- a :t e.iih ; -."Jiy t!ie. i:i.',i-.esj , 1 ftervouo Dyr.popsia. .:mm;-. It ; ;",.'!,; j; ,t I'i ; tl;e n Te o.i i"' .ai;-l!M' I'Mx. t J 3t'u i!. -ti ad of tin j'c . p':;t 1 nel73 a; ! .In n it ee.rc. . a i ::, vir.ipi v e.er.-, ll..-. I i 'i; tion. .lea. 's .s.ir.apa: :i; i ! is ii,.- iii,-vs iiiin .in), : I; uives ti:'t!r;tt e-. .. p.-p-rt e.:r'e : tiie true i au-ay I'm t'A "ji.tiM trouliii 1 5 arsQparil'a ' X the o;!e T.-v VA. I'rriüer. A'Mrr;r-,-T. $U Hood's Pi lis ;:'e Iver til-; to take. ea to perat. .öc. .1 Tri;; to tn ff'nnlrn Sj.c.t.s of ie South. IM.ruary 11 and Mar 'h JO. t:eiis riiies, to,v:;s all .n:i:T s mi Hailroad ia s;;:pi. l-'le.ri.k at ne ft I . - 1 ;e:.;. -:s '. ;; ty il.i;. a id I " i ii r e,i ; . w: .id t ; -m prineip.'.l .: ie illav'es of th Xerth. li uisvl'.le .i;.d .a si'.villv .Mab.im.'i. Missis- : p-;'. iiia w Ken' in ky, '""7 tie rnUlld tri. e far e o . i will .!!: So:;t a- ii i r"ti:ra w.tam ti'.;r v s;.ip-:rr at any u'nd t rip. A -k year ;:i d if he cannot -cll v. ri:.- t '. F. At-.".iT-r A- :it. Lmii-i i ir.i-i n u'e.i ; a . e,i; , a U i"v'-i. is..'! Ii, '. I !;: . ;;: iile, Iv,'. ., in" Chiea::o. Ie. t : K. li e -N. V . F. A., ! 'oliov. ini' J:; K nat ions. '1 I:.' . IO i I 1 't'l " -I ten the visitor spuk i" hin;, and his ::. .liier was naturaiiy annoyed."Won't yot: uo tr M Frown, YViliie':" sh said. "Xo," replied 'h y 1 toy rtly. "Io:i't yott lik" me?" asked Mrs. Frown, jr. ?d -i ir. r ei 1 ly . "Xo. I don't." answer. V'-Niy. "Why. Willie!" eci laime Ins mother, reproachfully. "Well. I jruos:vI';rM' for not telling the truth Vv fnetday.. an.l I ain'tiakin' no chances to-day." protected, the Imy. Miieasro 'irinr I'ost. r : PROOF ISJ?0SITIVE THAT LYDIA E. PI:üI5i2IfS YEüLTADLE U:JFiJU-M? 13 Daily Curing- Datkithf?, Dizzrn?, , Faintncss, Invjularilr,. aail aill I'emale Complaints. ' special to ove law TEES. 3 IntoUigent women no I nr dotibt th faluo of Lydia K. Piukhaui j Vegetabl CompounJ. It Fpeedily reiieees irregularity, suppressed or paininl niü,ijtriA--p S i , , , . . ! tions, weakness of the stcn.ach, in.1'., i tion, bloat mi;, leu-orrho-a, v.otnh trouj ,lood:n?; nervous prostration, lieadache, genenil tlohilitv, et- Svmpionis of ' . . ' "Womb Troubles j dlzz- fahancs . extreme la-L tu,j. Tl't care,", c tu 11 v. ant to-ho Mt alono" feelings, e :citaln'ltv, in-ita-bility, li-frvousness, si ;epiess jess, fiatu lenry, ivy.lancholy, or ila oiues ' backach' l.vdia E. Fink 'ia m's Ve?e . tabln CVinpound will correct all thi trouble &3 sure the sa:i shines. That, ISenriiigr-Doun lM'Iiiipr cau'ia pain, weight,, and JaekacLe, is inst.mil relieved and pvniuiiently cured by its use. Under .dl circumstances it acts In yx'rfect harmony v-ith thi laws that cjsvern the feiuale f-j-stem, as bar ml 03 as water. It is-tiuleful foe Kidnc i Complair.Ls in eithar sex. LydU E. Finklianr.. Liv r Pills work in unison wp.h the Oompo.md, and are a sure cure, for -constipation and sickhead che. ?It. Ftnkham'R Sinativo Was1 i-i freijuenty, found of ejeat value for '.beal applifition. Correpoiulnco is f?idy solicited by th- Lydii E. Piukbani Medicine Oo.,.Lyrii, Majs.arkt the strL-iest confiüJne acsured. All drugsell the "inkhaii ivioIies. The Yfetablrt Cci.ipouinl in thTxo fo.:ws. L'.iu'td, Pills, .wid. Louenges. N. U. N o. G-96 IX writing t. j AdrcrHwN, ttoiiK do not fat to mention this iper. AüvertUerrs LLk uliov w luvt tuodloius pay 1L!U best.

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