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"FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE.’*
Quoth he, "Sweetheart, thou art young and
fair,
And thy story has just begun;
but I am as old
Asa tale that’s told,
And the days of my youth are done.’ 1
“O’er ruins olden the clinging moss
Doth a mantle of velvet spread;
Shall the climbing flower
Be more to the tower
Thar. I to my love?” she said.
youth he, "Sweetheart, thou hast lands
and gold,
And thou knowest not want nor woe;
Asa beggar poor
I stand at thy door
And I only can love thee so.”
'“Through leafless forests the sunbeams
creep,
All the wealth of their gold to shed;
Are they more fair
To the w oodland bare
Than I to ray Love?” she said.
Quoth he, "Sweetheart, thou art good and
kind,
And woulds’t never the lowest spurn;
but the storm of life
With its toil and strife
Has rendered me haish and stern.”
“The brooklet murmurs its sweetest lays
As it makes for the rocks ahead;
Shall the streamlet’s song
Be more brave and strong
Than I for my Love?’ she said.
Quoth he, "Sweetheart, thou art blithe and
And thou never hast known a care;
But my face is worn
And my heart is torn
With the sorrow I’ve had to bear.”
‘The stars ne'er spangle the sapphire sky
Till the brightness of day has fled:
Shall the pale starlight
Be truer to night
Than 1 to my Love?” she said.
Quoth he, “Sweetheart, who art young and
fair.
Will thy wonderful love to me
Through sorrow or shame
Be always the same?”
“Nay, it rather will grow,” said she.
\gain he cried, “Will it last, Sweetheart,
Till thy lover lies cold and dead,
And thy latest breath
Has been hushed in death?”
“Aye, longer than that,” she said.
—Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler.
JIM, THE_TEAMP.
He was a bad lot! Magistrates, jail
haplaius, and police had all at various
times told him so, and he quietly ac
cepted their judgment, knowing it to be
pretty near the truth. An outcast from
liis very babyhood, what chance had he
ever had? Left by au unfeeling mother
to die iu a roadside ditch, he had been
taken to the nearest Union, to be brought
up a workhouse foundling, until he was
old enough to be bound ’prentice and the
guardians could wash their hands of him
entirely. A drunkeu saddler covenanted
to clothe, board, and teach him his trade;
and at his hands poor Jim had a dog’s
life, until, goaded to madness by every
species of ill-treatment, he struck his
master and fled. For a while he tried
hard to get work in the villages through
which he passed; but no one would take
on the strange, friendless lad, and he
made up his mind to enlist for a soldier.
But ill-luck would not let him go. He
was routed out of an old stable by a
zealous member of the city police, and
charged next day with sleeping out at
night, or some equally heinous crime, the
result being that he was committed to
prison for seven days. This broke down
his last shred of self-respect; and when
that happens to man or boy, heaven help
him, for his doom is sealed.
.Tim came out of jail utterly reckless,
with a wild hatred of everybody and
lie thought no more of sol
diering or getting work, but let himself
drift resolutely to the bad. He soon got
into vicious company, and before many
weeks were over was again in the clutches
of the law. The down-hill road is an
easy one, and the pace always rapid, and
so at thirty years of age he was pretty
widely known to the authorities as a con
firmed rogue and thief, who would not
stick at trifles when once he was roused.
Yes, there was no doubting it, he was
an out-and-out bad lot! And he looked
it, too, as he slouched along the country
lane with hands deep in his empty pock
ets and his head bent to meet the rain
which the November wind drove in his
face. But he was too much used to dis
comfort to heed the weather, and plodded
sullenly on through the puddles in the
deepening gloom, half asleep, and so ut
terly careless of everything around that
he never heard tjie beat of hoofs until a
cheery voicegried: “Now, my good fel
low, if not want the whole road
to yourself, perhaps you will let me
pass.”
•Tim never looked round, but slunk
closer to the dripping hedgerow, and ex
pecting the horseman to ride on without
another word, but something quite un
expected happened, ior the cheery voice
said “Thanks!”
It was the first time auy one had ever
thanked the good-for-nothing, and he
stared up in blank amazement and saw a
man ot about his own age, in red coat
and top boots plentifully bespattered with
mud, looking down at him from the back
nf a weight-carrying hunter without the
least gleam of aversion or suspicion on
his pleasant, fresh-colored face.
“You look rather done up; been long
on the road?”
“A week an’ more!” The reply was
surly enough—not that .Jim reseated the
question, but simply heeausa he was so
well used to insults and rough speakiug
• hat the idea of a “blooming swell”
-peaking civilly to such as he took him
utterly by surprise.
“Going home?”
•Tim gave a contemptuous grunt.
“Never ha van. guvnor!”
“Poor chap! But you live somewhere,
f suppose?”
“Oh yes,”—with a gnm ehuckje—“l
live somewhere—anywhere. I'se not
like some folks, must have everything
tip-top. No; that’s not my style. Ye’ve
•i bio- house, in course, and lots of slavey;:
to wart on ye. I lives just where I can,
and has to fend for mysea, artd don’t
often get my meals reg'lar.”
“But you have friends somewhere, I
suppose?”
“No; not me! There’s never a siugle
soul, guv'nor, in this wide world as cares
a rap for me; and when I lies down
some day and dies in a ditch, there’ll
noan be, man, woman or child, as’U miss
me. None 11 be sorry, ’ceptin’ the parish
bums as’ll have to put me underground,
and they’ll grudge doing of that"even.”
Jim gave a short ugly laugh and slouched
on, the water squish, squish, squishing
out of the gaping rents of his old boots
nt every step. He quite expected the
“swell” to ride off now and leave him to
the rapidly deepening gloOirt and the
wild, cheerless night; but the horse was
kept steadily alongside of him, and his
rider spoke again.
“Can’t you get into regular work and
leave this tramp business?”
“No; there’s nono’ll have the likes of
me, I don’t look respectable enough.”
“Nonsense, man. Don’t get down on
your luck, but pick yourself up. Now,
look here; I will give you a chance my
self. if you will take it.”
Jim could not believe his ears. Some
one actually talking to him as if he was
an honest man, and not some sort of ver
min or venomous beast. A real “tip-top
gentleman,” too. He must be muddled.
But the brown eyes were looking coolly
enough at him, and their owner was say
ing: “Well, what do you say?”
“Yer don’t know’ what I be; I'm a
bad lot! I’ve been in quod oft enough,”
blurted out Jim, feeling somehow he
could not take his newdoitnd patron in.
“I dare say you have, and deserved it,
too. But I believe you can pull round
yet if you like; and, as I said, I will
give you the chance of regular work and
pay. Will you take it?”
In the depth of'.Tim's warped nature
there glimmered something like a spark
of gratitude anl a dim longing after a
new life, for a moment; but old habits
were too strong for him. and the clouds
closed darker again as he shook his head
and said in tones which tried to be civil:
“No, guv'nor; yer mean well; but it’s
no go now. I'm no good for anythin!;
but cadging and tramping, an’ I doan
want to work for any master—an-’ won’t,
neyther.”
He expected an angry lecture and
round abuse for rofusing; but the other
said quietly, stroking his boot with the
haudle of his hunting-crop. “That is a
dangerous way of thinking, my friend,
and will get you into trouble again. You
are a fool not to try to pull out a bit;
but you know your own affairs best.
Well, here is a supper and a bed for you,
anyway. Lookout.” He tossed a half
crown to Jim with careless, easy good
nature, aud, shaking up his horse, trotted
off with a nod and “good luck.”
How costless a word or two of sympa
thy are, aud yet how priceless they may
become! How easy to be gracious, and
yet how far-reaching the results! We
scatter kindly greetings here and there
as we journey on life's roadway, aud lo!
they spring up bright flowers to gladden
some sad, weary wayfarer.
Hugh Boynton, smoking his high
priced Havana after dinner that evening
in the luxurious ease of his favorite
lounging-chair, had utterly forgotten all
about the few words and the silver coin
which he had thrown to the tramp whom
he had overtaken as he rode home from
hounds. Jim, curled up under the lee
of a clover rick, turned the half-crown
over and over in his hand, and thought
of how for once in his life he had been
spoken kindly to by a real gentleman.
Five dreary years passed over Jim’s
luckless head, tneir monotony broken by
police court, prison cell, and vagrant
ward experiences. He ha.l wandered up
and down some dozen counties, and seen
the inside of most.of their jails, aud
now, had drifted toward York. He had
scarcely tasted food for a week, and had
almost forgotten the feel of a copper
coin.
The afternoon was closing as he found
him’elf in the long straggling village of
Marston, footsore and done up. The
lights at the grocer's shop threw a broad
band of brightness across the road, and
Jim could see a man in a white apron
busily piling up a pyramid of loaves
which a boy had just brought in crisp
and hot from the bakehouse. The sight
was too much for the famished fellow,
and he pushed his way into the shop.
“Now, theu, what is it?” cried the shop
man sharply, as he scanned Jim's tattered
appearance.
“Will ye give me van ov them little
uns, guv’nor? I'm nigh clemmedand
he nodded toward the bread pile.
“No, certainly not; I never give to
beggars or tramps.”
“I’ve not tasted bite nor surf this
blessed (lav, God knows.”
“Can't help that! Come, get out of
the shop, do you hear?—or I’d set the
constable onto you. The likes of you
ought not to bs allowed to go about the
country. Come, off with you!”
So the social outcast went forth into
the night hungry and insulted, and the
sleek tradesman rubbed his bauds and
stacked liis lpaves, congratulating him
self the while on his refusal to counte
nance a worthless vagabond, who. re
garded from the lofty standpoint of
political economy, had no right to live
on the earth.
Three times did Jim try his luck down
the length of the village street, with no
better success; and then he gave it up
and bitterly left the houses of his fello w
creatures behind him and faced the
bleak open country again. He dragged
himself along for a few weary mile', then
opening a gate crawled into a half-ruined
cowshed and flung himself down upou
some bracken and stnvr litter in the
furthest corner, and dozed off. When he
woke up the moon had risen, and was
shining in through the chinks of the
roof, and Jim could see the country-side
was white with snow. He shivered and
buried bimself completely in the bracken
and tried to sleep again and forget the
cold and his hunger. He had almost
succeeded, when the sound of voices
! came to him on the still night air. and a
minute late three men entered the shed.
“Ourse the cold!’ 1 growled one as ho
dfew back juist within the shadow.
“Curse him, you mean,” said auother,
as he leaned a thick oak cudgel against
the wall and began to blow upon his
numbed fingers.
“I'll do more than curse him when th’
time comes,” answered the first speaker.
“Ay, he’d best not have taken us i’
hand. Says he, when with the rest of t’
beaks he sentenced Tim and Jeff: 'The
poaching rascals shall be stopped, if I
have to do it single-handed! 1 ”
“Well, he’ll be single-handed to-night
anyways, for he’s no groom wi’ hiui. So
he can try what lie’s good for wi’ three
0v us; th, Jack?”
“He'll find it a tough job, I’m think
ing.”
“Is t’wiro right, Bob?”
“Surely 1 His mare steps high; but
I’ve ’lowed for it, find she’ll catch beau
tifully. It's past twelve now; he
oughtn’t to be long.”
“Hist! mate; there’s wheels. Now
for'fc. Come on.”
The three men went out quickly, and
Jim, following to the door, saw them
leap into the road and hide in the hedge
on the opposite side; then he stole down
to the gate, out of mere curiosity to watch
what their game was. In a few minutes
tiio ring of hoofs grew loudei 1 , and a high
wheeled dog-dart spinning round a cor
ner Came rapidly down the lane: It was
occupied by one figure only, the /ed glow
of whose cigar gleamed in the frosty air;
and just as the sceutof it reached Jim he
saw the horse suddenly plunge and stag
ger forward. The wire-snare had done
its Work, the animal fell heavily, and the
driver, thrown off his balance by the
shock, shot out on to the snow. Before
he could ri§e, the men were upon him;
but somehow he managed to shake them
clear and struggle to his feet. He faced
them boldly and met their rush with a
right and left-hander which sent one to
the ground, but the other two closed iu
upon him.
Jim looked on with languid interest.
Evidently it was some magistrate waylaid
by three men who had a score to setth
against him. It was no business of his,
anyway, and though three to one was
hardly fair, he was not going to interfere.
The gentleman fonght well, whoever h<
was, and again sent an assailant back
ward with a weli-got-in blow. But th<
odds were too heavy, and the cudgels
told. He began to stagger and give
| ground, and a blow on the head beat him
'down. “Give it him, lads, if we swing
| for’t,” cried the tallest of the three vil*
1 laius, jumping upon him, mad and blind
with rage.
A ray of moonlight fell upon the up
turned face of the fallen man; it was that
of the gentleman who live years ago had
talked with Jim in the lane! Iu an in
stant lie was over the gate and at the
| men like a tiger-cat, and so sudden was
t his onset that they gave ground; then,
' seeing he was alone, they rushed at him
; with oaths and threats. Weak from
waut of food and half dead with cold,
poor Jim had never a chance. For a
lew seconds beheld up doggedly against
i the shower of blows; then feeling he
| was done for, stooped suddenly, flung
I liis arms round the senseless Squire, -and
| with one last effort managed to roll into
i the deep ditch, keeping himself upper
most. The brutes jumped down and
j strove to make him loose his hold of
: their victim; but stunned and blinded
l with blood, he clung fiercely to Hugh
I Boynton, sueltermg nis body with liis
own.
The world began to spin around—an
other amd another heavy blow—a chim
ing of far-off bells—a hollow buzzing—
and then—black night for ever!
Next morning they were found to
gether in the trampled, blood-smeared
ditch—one living, the other dead.
Hugh Boynton often wonders, as he
looks at the white stone which he put up
over a nameless grave, who his preserver
was. But the recording angel will one
day tell how Jim, the tramp, the “out
and-out bad lot,” gave his life for the
man who once spoke kindly to him.—
Chambers's Journal.
Using Old Signs.
The latest trick of some tradesmen is
shown in a desire to display old looking
signs at their business places. “It’s sur
prising,” said a sign painter the other
day, “to note how anxious some newly
established firms are to purchase signs
that have seen service.
“A. sign that is exposed to the elements
of the four seasons for a number of years
is bound to assume that weather-beaten
front that is the pride and drawing card
of the old and successful merchant. A
sign that bears the blisters of a thousand
suns, and tire wash and marks of count
less rain and snow storms, is a sure guar
antee that the linn whose name it displays
ass been prosperous, else they and their
sign would have faded long ago. Thus
one can readily see thf importance of pro
ducing a sign that, though newly con
structed, will at the same time show the
imprints of age, wear and time. I have
had twenty odd years’ experience at out
door advertising, and I never saw this
old-sign craze so rampant as at the pres
ent time.
“To meet the demand I have worked
hard of late months, and I have hit upon
a plan by which I can construct, at a lew
days’ notice, a sign that will have all the
appearances of having been through the
water. Of course, inferior wood will
have to be used in its construction, and a
little mixture of iny own thrown in. and
then we have a sign of .the old school, so
old in appearance that the traces of the
firm name are scarcely visible. The mix
tun; which I use requires great care in
forming, and its ingredients are very es
liensive, so that workmanship and ma
terial considered, a ‘new-old’ sign costs
* great deal more than would a sign in
fresh bright gill.
“Only questionable firms seek to im
pose upon the public with a false sign,
lv.it as there are ;t great many such insti
tutions afloat at the present time, I have
no trouble in finding ready and steady
employment. The fad has just been born,
ni my opinion, and you’ll see a pretty ex
tensive trade in it within a few years.”—
Mail and Expren.
Reic.m in the Kitchen.
There are so many reforms in progress,
t seems time to look after the kitchen,
and wake persons to the fact that theie is
.no reason why a kitchen should be the
symbol of discomfort and despair. Fowl
s the preservation of health
md mind, anil its suiiable prepa
ration is as “noble” an occupa
i ion as any other. The trouble arises
from the fact that any sort of room and
,'urnilure are “good enough for the
kitchen;’’ the result of this theory is that
uo one can blaruh a refined itomah for
“hatin'' the ugly plrice,” and becoming
morbid ntid gloomy when obliged to
work there, for we (ill know that how
ever tasteful the other rooms are, the
average kitchen presents cricked walls,
bare; worn floors, anil an air of neglect in
spit,e of the weekly cleaning.
First of all, banish the idea that house
work and cooking arc waste of time, and
believe that these things, well performed,
go very far toward keeing your family
from the use of wrong stimulants, then
look round and see what can he done to
make this room as attractive as the
others.
If the walls art- too broken to be whi
tened or tinted, paper them and the ceil
ing with cheerful paper. U decreases
the amount of wall paper and protects
tile will frriot chair-backs to cell thcifi Up
to a height of four feet; this ceiling is,
of bourse, to he painted like the doors
and window-frames. All of the wood
work, including the wood box aud cup
boards, should be painted to harmonize
with the paper.
Paint the old, wooden chairs some
harmonious colors, ami place a soft,
bright, rocking-chair in a retired corner.
There must also lx- a bracket or high
shelf for the lamp, so that the light will
be diffused lor evening work.
Carpet the whole floor with a bright,
clean carpet, placing bound oil cloth in
front of the stove, sink, table, anil cub
board ; avoid loose nondescript pieces of
carpet, or anything shabby. Protect the
walls behind the stove, sink, and with
washable splashers of oil-boiled red,
or white; make the window curtains of
the same, aud wash them all frequently.
Make some large, pretty holders of
some thick, pliable material, and keep
those, the tongs, etc., hung on nails;
everything of this kind should be neatly
made and kept ou particular nails, Re
member that slovens can not keep an at
tractive kitchen.
Modern Bridesmaids.
Bridesmaids are very important, and
picturesque features of the modern wed
ding, and their costumes are not only ex
tremely rich, but in many eases really ar
tistic ns well. At an English wedding
this winter, the bridesmaids wore gowns
of white silk draped with white gauze
and trimmed with silver galoon, while
large Gainsborough hats covered with
white ostrich feather- adorned their
heads. At a “violet wedding” the brides
maids were dressed in costumes of purple
ve'vet copied from a popular painting,
anil a novel feature of this wedding, was
that many of the guests wore costumes
which were iu some shade of the same
color.
Fifteen contestants clad for the fray,
A rail'll with good steel and in battle array—
Striving for lucre, as brave Knights of old
Strove for their honors aud meduls of gold.
Driving each shining pen over the. palter
.Seeking to sound, as the most proper rarer,
The praises of remedies known (lie world over.
From I’aris to Calais, from Calais to Dover;
But each Knight vainly strives language fails
in description
Of the manifold virtues of “Favorite Prescrip
tion.”
When ill or depressed with the “dragging
down” feeling, consequent upon weakness,
sufferiug from headache, weak or lame hack,
and the many ills common to the weaker sex,
take Dr. Pierce’s Prescription, which is guar
anteed to give satisfaction or price ($1.00) re
turned. See printed guarantee on bottle-wrap
per-
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets—gently laxative or ac
tively cathartic according to dose. 25 cents.
A man orened his window on the morning of
the Ist, and in-flew-enza.
Don’t urge children to take nasty worm oils.
They enjoy eating Dr. Bull’s Worm Destroyers
and will ask for more.
The serpent was the most subtle of all the
beasts of the Held, hut the army trader is
sutler.
It is mentioned as a peculiarity of the grass
widow that she is seldom green.
Old smokers prefer “Tansill’s Punch.”
Purify Your Blood
At the coming of opting the blood should lie purl
fled, as Impurities which hare been aceumulattn :
for months or eveu years, are liable to manifest
themselves and seriously affect the health. Hood
Sarsaparilla Is undoubtedly the best blood purifier.
It expels every taint of impurity, drives out scrofu
lous humors and germs of disease, and glvea to the
blood the quality ami tone essential to good health
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
"aMy daughter Buffered terribly with gore ever
caused by scrofula humor. We were obliged to ace
her out of school for two years. We had merlien
attendance, but she failed to gain relief. At last
knowiug that Hood's Sarsaparilla had cured in;
mother of rheumatism, and belleyng lrmust be coo*,
for the blood, I concluded to have my daughter tr;
It, tmd It ha.s entirely cured her.’ -CORNEUUS YKaoeC
<l? East Main Street, Marshalltown, lowa,
Purifies the Blood
"Hood’s Sarsaparilla has cured ms of salt rheum,
which 1 have had tor years. I do think It Is a spien
did medicine. 1 am 40 years of ag" end my skin is
just as smooth and fair a- piece of gla* —Hr.*
Lilla Cuing, South .Norwalk. Cotui
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bold by all druggists, fi: six tot ft. Prepared oulv
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Japanese Wheat
The Belgian Consul at Nagasaki reports
thut samples of Japanese wheat were not
lons aSO sent to England to be analyzed,
and t lat the reports of chemists ana mil
lers established their good quality.
First-class flour was made from them, and
the result has been the formation of a
flour milling company at Nagasaki. An
other establishment of the same kind is on
the jtoint of being started with the latest
European appliances.
A Material Difference.
Mrs, W.—“ Whatever is meant by the
underground electric system, Widgerv?”
Mr. W.—“ Why, my dear, the under
ground electric system is just the reverse
of the one now generally in use. It is a
system in whit h it is proposed to bury
the wires instead of the inhabitants.’’ —
Funny Folk a.
li it li, Rett Blood.
With rich, red blood coursing through the
veins nnd the heart's action never obstructed
by a single particle of blood poison or impur
it y.mankisu ought to live out their full allotted
1 ime in ease. In comfort and In perfect health.
Old mother earth has furnished herbs of heal
ing and strengthening virtue that wonderfully
assist nature In keeping the blood pure and clean
Science revealed these herbs to that eminent
physician, Dr. John Bull, of Louisville. Ky.,
and they an- happily blended In his meritori
ous compound, called Dr. John Bull's Sarsapa
rilla. Syphillts and scrofula yield readily to
its magic influence, and other symptoms of
impure blood, such as pimp es, sores, aches,
pains, indigestion, Weak kidneys, etc., vanish
like snow before tile noon day sun. tt 1s the
only compound that Is absolutely safe to iiselll
eases of bud blood. It ncVer leaves auy un
pleasant arterfects; and it stimulates the whole
system, beginning with the very first dose
taken.
While the true American does not believe lit
a king, ho will bet his last cent op lour of
them. ________________
Catarrh Cnii’l Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATION, as they cannot
l each the scut of the disease. Catarrh is a
lilocd or constitutional disease, alia in order to
cin eit you have to take internal remedies.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucus surface.
Mall's Catarrh Cure is no quack medicine, it
was proscribed by one of the best physicians in
ibis country for years, nud is a regular pre
m ription. It is composed of the best tonics
known, oombinined with the best blood purifi
ers. acting directly on the mucus surface. The
p'rftx't combination of the two Ingredients Is
a hat produces such wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh. Semi for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY it CO.Props.,, Toledo,O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Erie Hallway.
This popular Eastern Line is running solid
vest ibuled trains, consisting of beautiful day
coaches, Pullman sleeping and dining cars,
la-tweun Cincinnati, Chicago. New York and
Boston. All trains run via Lake Chautauqua
during the season, and passengers holding
through tickets are privileged to stop off ut this
world-famed resort. Be sure your tickets redd
via N. Y„ L. E. Ac W. R. 15.
The game cock is always pretty well heeled
when he goes out on a business trip.
There is a case of scrofula hero that has
mended very last under tho treatment of
Bull's .Sarsaparilla, after all other treatment
iaTUd to do the nmn any good. I also know of
u case of piles that Bull's Sarsaparilla cured.
Incases if whiles and womb diseases it lias
p. . -n itself til,'lies'medicine to give fpilok
relict. - John .1. Coolie, 31. !>., Alt. Vernon, In(l.
When a woman wants the earth it is with
the view of giving it to some man.
im
ONEJ ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
nnd refreshing to the taste, and acts
fently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial m its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup or Figs is for sale in 500
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
tOUtS YULE, KY. NEW YORK. N t.
To cure Biliousness. Sick Headache. Constipation,
Malaria. Liver Complaints, take the safe
and certain remedy, SMITH'S
BILE BEANS
U*e the SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the bot
tle . They are the convenient; suit all ages.
Price of either size, 25 cent* per bottle.
at 7 17 ’ 70: Photo-gravure.
IVtovillVvi panel aUe of this picture for 4
cents (ooppere or stamps).
J. F. SMITH A CO.,
Makers of * ‘Bile Beans. Bt. Louis. Mo.
w—- 80. |j, e Elkhart Carriage
p Harness Mfg. Cos.
•vjtoLjPdlE Pltl KS, tkrrn the
.i.6l !•*' i‘rai. Hhlp arywbere for c-1- £WTwm\ J' ~ I
kimMtlt!* hrterr buying- Fey fre if tit ftiwfVi m!
..nrf i fuel mtUfaftry. War raster j ■
r 84-i.efe CatalofueFlKK. •fw f *f
E, B. PRATT. ve‘y. l/JUke/ILR
t dart. - - Indiana. iIM
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\ FURNI TURE . ( yQs'jflpLjf
Wo retail .mT.™!
tth-l'*-'!' tom priftMtffCllf -,k VL. V tK p C
.lid fchio £oo.l* to be I nfwsits IIH rn i bVTiE
yaid for „n deliwy. H' J
Send .tamp for Due- VUjjr/l 7fc S ?*Vl“ L FBEI
iogue .olbiritt*
< CBI K 6 MPO. CO.. 145 N. oth St. Mdlada.i'a
Motet loaned. moxet saved. wanted
AyAiit* evttrywuere to reprewm the Cap’tal
vn* uHt) l.oac S cm l V Provident Bilg. pn a.
SIO,OOO FOUND IN AN ABH BARREL.
A New York rag-picker is reported to
have found SIO,OOO lu greenbacks in an ash
bafret. This was a rare piece of good luck,
but how much more fortunate is the sufferer
from consumption who 1 earns that, although
the doctors may have pronounced his case
hopeless, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure him. Consumption is a
scrofulous disease of the lungs. The “ Dis
covery," which is the most ixitent blpod
puriiler of tho age, strikes right at the root
of tho evil nnd there is not resisting it, if
taken in time nnd given a fair trial In
the cure of all scrofulous and other blood
taints, no matter from what cause arising,
scalp diseases, old sores nnd swellings, it
absolutely has no equal.
££ \ f r OFFERED for an incurable caso of
g’ \ Jl J Catarrh in ilia Head by
Me I the proprietors of DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY
ftVMrrOMS CAT ARCH. Headache, obstruction of nose, discharge*
Wf /■' trank falling into throat, sometime?; profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick,
W V" ‘ tenacious, muoolis, purulent. Moody and putrid : eyes weak, ringing in ears.
§/ k a a deafness, difficulty of clearing throat, expectoration of offensive matter;
I WwA /Jr breath Offensive) smell and taste impaired, and general debility. Only a
VjFfwfc few of these symptoms likely to be present at once. Thousands of oases
’’ result in consumption, and end in the grave.
By it* mild, soothing, nntiseptle, cleansing, and healing properties. Dr. Sage's Remedy
cures the worst cases. This infallihlo remedy does not, like the poisonous Irritating snuffs,
“creams" nnd strong caustic solutions with which the public have long ticen humbugged,
simply palliate for ft short time, or drive the d'JjfOM tn the luna, as there is danger of doing
in the use of such float rums, but tt produces perfect nnd permanent cures of the
worst cnsca of Chronic f’alarih, as thousands can testify. “Cold 111 the Head”
is cured with n few applications. Catarrhal Headache is relieved nnd cum! as if by
magic. It removes offensive breath, loss or Impairment of the sense of taste, smell or hear
ing, watering or weak eyes, and impaired memory, when caused by the violence of Catarrh,
ns they all frequently nre. By druggists. 50 cents,
Irish Poets.
From Chiirles de Kay's profusely illus
trated article on the “Old Poetic Guild
in Ireland'’we quote the following: “The
long training of the people In verse-com
posing and verse-reciting predisposes
them to the composition of poetry of some
degree of excellence. Irishmen and Irish
women us n rule have it knack ut writing
if they receive uny education at all, and
arc natural journalists and writers at an
early age. The last remarkable poet of
the file kind known Ireland was Caroline
the blind bard of the last century, whose
portrait, and some of whose verses, trans
lated end in the original, were published
by James Hnrdiman. He was ns peripa
tetic as Homer is said to have been, Wind
also, and certainly a fine if not a great
poet. Though the race is not extinct,
little except the most ordinary verse is
published in Irish to-day, the audience
being too small to tempt the most ardent
patriot. With all Its inherited short
comings. and with the evils that befell it
owing to circumstances, the poetic guild
of aucient Ireland did the world a great
service in keeping from destruction His
torical and national data lost from other
parts of Europe. It also added not a lit
tle to the world’s stock of tragic, of noble,
nnd of comic fiction.” —The Century.
S, IMPROVED
led for
bility and
IN IPS
J. P. STKYbHS & BKU.,
Atlanta, O a.
a DR. SCHENCK’S
and TONIC
Is a Positive Cure for
DYSPEPSIA
And all Disorders of the Digest
ive Organs. It is likewise a
corroborative, or strengthen
ins Medicine, and may he
taken with great benefit in all
cases of Debility. For Sale bf
all Druggists. Price, SI.OO per bottle. Dr.Schenck a
New Book on Lungs Liver and Stomach mailed free.
Address. Dr. J. H. SCHENCK & SON. Philadelphia.
A VULCANIZED FIBRE
XLE WASHERS
CHEAPEST AM) BUST.
OUTWEAR FOUR LEATHER ORES.
A*k your Hsrdw&r y Dee hr for them, or v.-r.to Ic.
V Pihre t_* .14 Dey st.. Nov York.
m TO 3*250 A .MONTH can be made working
for ns. Persons preferred who can furnish
a horse and give their whole time to <he business.
Spare moments may be profitably employed also.
A few vacancies la towns and cities. B. K. JoH>
bON A CO., MK* Main HU, Richmond, Va.
Anillhh HABIT. Oaly Certain j
lIPIIIM eaay CUR* to the World. I
UriUlfi J. L. fcT*PH*AB, l*b*Mo*
Best C<>ugh ModicLao. Recommended by I
t£| Cure-, where all else fail*. Flettetent and M
taste. Children take it without
Thoroughly cleanse and enrich the blood,
by the uso of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
DiscOvcvy, nnd good digestion, a fair skin,
buoyant spirits and bodily vigor and health
will be establmbi-d.
For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood,
(Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Severe Coughs, and kindred affections, it is
an efficient remedy.
“Goldeti Medical Discovery" is the only
blood and luug remedy, sold by druggists
and gniarnnteea by its manufacturers, to do
all that it is claimed to accomplish, or
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
World's Dispensary Medical Associa -
tion, Manufacturers, No. 6(53 Main Street,
Buffalo, S’. Y.
“Oh, So Tired!”
is the cry
of thousands
every Spring.
For that Tired Feeling
take
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
and recover
Health and Vigor.
It Makes
the Weak Strong.
Prepared by
Or. J. C. Ayer & Cos.,
Lowell, Mass.
Ely’s Cream Balmag^sß
gAT A R R
| h.■!<■.■ qi i I
Apply llalm intmacb nostril
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PATENTS—PENSIONS for p< d D ii
Attorney t Lew, Wotblngton, D.U.
; prescribe and fully eo
iree Big G as the only
c!flc for the certoi n cure
this disesee.
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Amsterdam. N Y
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