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The Ring My Mother Wore.
It Is not set with precious gem,
’Tis but a quaint and curious thing.
Yet more than jeweled diadem
I prize this dear old-fashioned ring.
She laid it in my trembling hand
And bade me wear it evermore;
There’s magic in its narrow band,
The wedding ring my mother wore.
Two names in letters old and dim,
That time and use have worn away,
Are graven on its narrow rim,
The records of a vanished day.
Those names are writ on marble now,
The parted twain have met once more,
This ring records each solemn vow—
The wedding ring my mother wore.
Dear patient hand that lies at rest!
Dear ring that binds my s ul to her!
Be this my future holy quest
To see in it, God’s messenger,
My passport to the city fair,
When th : « fantastic scene is o’er.
Dear emblptn of our circle there,
The wedding ring iny mother wore.
—Detroit Free Iff ess.
THREE TIMES SAVED.
BY WILLIAM II. BL’SIINELL.
“That, man again!” and the lips of
Kate Erskine curled, though rather with
annoyance than Scorn:
“I don’t sec any occasion for so much
feeling,” replied May Allison, her chosen
companion. “He is remarkably hand¬
some, magnificent in physical propor¬
tions, and minds his own business—a
recommendation that cannot be given
the majority of his sex.”
“Perhaps a trifle too much so,” with
ill-concealed pique.
“You have met him before, Kate?”
“Yes; everywhere we have been this
summer. lie haunts mo as a shadow,
and, by some perverse fate, is always
appearing at the exact time to save me
from inconvenience >, if not deadly
peril.’
“A remarkably useful gallant, ” laughed
May. “What is the name?”
“Lisle Liston. At least, that, is what
I was told in Florida, and in the Gar¬
dens of the Gods. Didn’t I write you
of my adventures?”
“Not a word! Was this gentleman
tho hero?”
~ -1
“Upon both occasions. lie saved me
with as much nonchalance as if I were
simply a waxen doll, and—”
“Not a passably good-looking young
lady of about twenty, and weighing
some hundred and thirty.”
“Then betook himself off without
giving roc an opportunity to thank
him.”
“Glorious! I think I will cultivate
this rtu’ft avis," and,unheeding the frown
she saw gathering, and the fires kind¬
ling, in the black eyes, she continued,
provokingly: “A beau, so different from
the ordinary, is well worth knowing.
But, tell me how and when you met
him, Katie, dear; what he said and what
ho did. I know it must have been the
most charming of flattery, and I am just
dying with curiosity.”
“What he said didn’t occupy more
than an instant.”
“Ah! What he did, then? Please
tell me, $o that I can bow down in wor¬
ship, even if at a respectful distance.”
“Yes.”
And, though plainly showing how
much she was annoyed by the badinage
of her friend, Kate continued:
“Our party was camping on tho St.
John’s river, and while the gentlemen—
my father and uncles—were hunting and
fishing—”
“You, of the feminine persuasion,
were gathering flowers and curiosities?”
“Certainly!”
“And were introduced to the young
gentleman now stretched in a picturesque
attitude upon the sand by the shore?”
“A queer introduction,” replied Kate,
with an attempt at a laugh, but which
ended in a shiver, “the medium being
an alligator.”
“Preposterous, even if true.”
“And so true that the recollection
causes fearful dreams even now. You
know my birds'-egg hobby? It came
near being indulged iu once too ofteu.
I saw a queer nest in a tree, hanging
over a dark lagoon; saw a queer-looking
bird fly away; climbed, crawled out
upon the branch—”
“A remarkably lady-like proceeding.”
‘•Oh’.” — with a quick blush_ “I
hadn't an idea that there was a man
within a mile, and, as I was reaching
for the large, speckled eggs—”
“You made a precious spectacle of
yourself by falling.”
“I wouldn't, if the limb hadn't
broken.”
“And down oame cradle and baby
v Jmd all,” sang May, and so loudly as to
attract tite attention of the gentleman
they were discussing.
A single glance, however, appeared to
satisfy him, and as he became absorbed
in watching the ripples kissing the sands
of the beach, and the wings of the gulls
that cut, as with white sickles, the
glassy surface of the ocean, Kate re¬
sumed:
“Fortunately, the water wasn’t deep,
and as I was scrambling out, drenched
and covered with mud, a great monster
of an alligator shot out of the reeds and
rushed toward me with open mouth and
snapping red eyes!”
“Intent, no doubt, upon a dainty
breakfast or dinner. Ugh! the canni¬
bal; though I must own he showed good
taste in the selection. But, seriously,
Kate, I should have screamed.”
‘ ‘That’s just what I did do, and with
all my strength. But, before I fully
realized the desperateness of the situa¬
tion, a deep and manly voice shouted in
Spanish: ‘Tengan cuidadoi’”
“ ‘Have a care.’ Yes, I understand.”
“Then the report of a gun broke the
stillness.”
“And a bullet broke the skull of the
impudent ’gator at the same time. What
next, Kate?”
“I hardly know; but I have a faint
recollection of being assisted—”
“Carried, you mean, with your head
resting upon a manly bosom, your eyes
turned up wilh thankfulness, his looking
down into them with intense admiration.
How sweet I” and her laughter rang out
merrily.
“Do give over your nonsense, May.
There wasn’t anything of the kind.
Without a word, he walked by my side,
until very near our camp, then disap¬
peared as suddenly as he came.”
“Without ‘good-by’ or claiming a
kiss as a reward? What an idiot the
man must be.”
“Very far from it, I imagine; and I
must acknowledge that he did say some¬
thing, and very much to the purpose.’
“Told you that you were the most
beautiful being in the world, and—well,
I wasn’t there—and liow madly he loved
you.”
“It was simply, ’Dios te guardia.’”
ll ( God guard thee.’ Well, that was
something. And you saw no more of
the silent gentleman?”
“Not until we met in the Garden of
tho Gods.”
“Hum—including Cupid? W r hat was
your adventure there?”
“Very like the other.”
“Chased by Indians, nearly devoured
by a mountain lion, or hugged by a
bear? I vote for the latter every time.”
“Neither, I was hunting for flowers;
had stopped near a bush, xvas about to
Stoop down, when, as if it came from
the clouds, there rang out, with start
ling distinctness: ‘Ai'to!’”
“ ‘Halt !’ The gentleman must be¬
long to the military. But go on, Kate.”
“And iu the same breath, ‘Mira!’”
“Well, what did you ‘see?’”
“Nothing in particular, but tho flash
of a gun. A moment later, however, a
hideous rattlesnake was dragged out and
tossed near my feet.”
“I should much have preferred the
gentleman in that position. Had I been
Eve, he might have tempted me with
—ice cream, say—but a snake, never.”
“How you do rattle on, May.”
“Which reminds me to ask if the
champion did not cut off the rattles and
present them to you. ”
“Yes; and I have them yet.”
“So, and treasured.”
“Her shrill and merry laughter again
broke in upon the reverie of the lounger
by the sea, and caused him to look up
sharply. Then he arose, slowly walked
down the beach and disappeared.
“Of all human conundrums, this is
the hardest I ever attempted to solve,”
Continued May. “I wish he would turn
up in the rolo of knight preserver for
me, Kate.”
“What would you do?”
“Make him talk, and something be¬
sides Spanish, or there is no power in
eyes and lips.”
“Talk what?”
“Love! But we must go in. You
remember we have au engagement with a
sailing party.”
An hour later, when the sun ha 1 temp
ered his burning kisses, they appeared
in the most dainty, boating costumes,
and walked slowly to where White
Wings was awaiting its precious freight.
In so doing, they passed near to where
Lisle Liston was lying, in his favorite
careless but graceful attitude, and, in
hei mert-y, mocking mood, May called
out:
“Skipper, what of the sea?”
She did not intend to be heard, but
quick as thought the answer came, low
voiced but distinct:
‘ ‘Last night the moon had a golden
ring.”
“Oh!” exclaimed Kate, nervously, to
her companion; “if these words should
be an omen!”
“A good one, if at all,” was replied,
“for didn’t you hear him say something
about a ‘golden ring,’ and what does
that portend, if not marriage?”
The company was waiting for them,
and soon the yacht was dancing over
water that seemed too indolent to ever
rise into billows, or break into foam.
Then song sprung simultaneously to the
lips of all on board, save Kate Erskine.
Silently she watched the receding shore
and the stalwart form, and wondered at
the strange interweaving of their lives;
if the future held any more surprises,
what the ending would be, and why thd
tongue of the man whose eyes burned
with love had never spoken of it.
She could see the outline of the curv
ing shore, the white foam of the waves
as they broke upon it, and felt the little
boat rising and falling beneath her,
though, as yet, there was little of wind;
she could hear the plaintive cry of the
gulls, as they whirled past, and the
growling of the breakers, as they met
,, the defiant , „ rocks, , and , gnashed , , their .
white teeth in wrath.
Then, and suddenly, the water ap
pored to lift itself in giant throe, to the
sky, the clouds to whirl down to meet
them. ,,___ From ■ C '____ an almost i____„ calm, a passion
ate outbreaking of the elements came;
, from zephyr, , furious , . tempest , ,
a a was
bom. The transparent 1 blue of the heav
became inky black. Little . motion
ens
lers clouds were transformed into writh
ing, twisting, battling monsters, and, as
if shaken from .heir folds, flashes of
lightning came, the angry bellowing of
the watery orchestra was answered by the
deafening overture of the thunder, and
(he rain fell, dremliing and blinding.
In speechless agony, with limbs par
alyzed by fear. Kate Erskine sat holding
the hand of her friend. In every wave
she saw hundreds of hideous faces;
hundreds of monstrous bauds, ready to
clutch and drag 3 her down to fathomless
depths. , , Tncn, mast and sail were
blown away, and the White Wings lay
a helpless wreck in the through of the
sea.
Of what followed Kate knew nothing,
until her eyes opened upon a very differ
ent scene—upon a clear sky through
which the moon was sailing, unclouded;
upon a calm sea, over which a little boat
was being urged by strong arms;, upon
a face bending over her with pity.
“Mr. Liston, I ” she gasped.
—
“Am safe.” ,
“The others?”
“Are making merry, I have no doubt,
over the accident.”
“You say nothing of the saving part
you played.”
“It was no more than any man should
do for any woman,” he answered, ignor¬
ing the desperate chances he had taken;
“a thousand-fold less than I would do
for you, Miss — I cannot call you thus
coldly—for you, dear Kate.”
Pulling the boat under the shadow of
trees that fringed a grassy bank, he rest¬
ed upon the oais, and pleaded, with all
the strength and nobleness of his man¬
hood, his love.
“Long ago,” he said, “I should have
told you of this, Kate, but a black and
horrible shadow hung over me. Enemies
netted me in a web of crime, dishonor
and disgrace. This very day my perfect
innocence was established, and without
a blush of shame, I can face the world,
can offer you the love long hidden in my
heart, and ask you, darling, to be mine,
that I may ever be by your side, to save
you from danger.”
“Three times you have saved my
life,” she faltered, hesitated, and hid
her blushing face in her hands.
“And you will permit me to claim my
reward. Kate? ’
From her burning lips he took his an
swer, and on thprn left the seal of be
trothal. Then he hurried her home, for
fear of bad consequences from exposure.
May Allison saw them coming, took in
the situation at a glance, rushed to meet
Kate, fairly ran her up stairs, and sent
Liston away laughing, as she exclaimed:
“O dear, how shamefully I am
neglected. No alligator will try to de
vour, snake bite or ocean to drown, so
catch nice - ’
that I can a y* ung man.
“Have a little patience, dear,” whis¬
pered Kate, sympathizingly, “and your
tune will come.”
It did, and before the flowers bloomed
again. — Yankee Bla ie.
NEWSPAPER CRITICISM.
It is a privilege every newspaper reserves to
itself to criticise, adversely if needs be, for the
public’s interested.' benefit anything in which the public is
de<: It ply H.
is the custom of H. Warner & Co., pro¬
prietors of the renowned Kidney and Liver Cure
better known as “Warner’s Safe Cure, - ’ to flood
the country, and especially the postoffices, with
medical pamphlets. The writer has taken the
books, liberty to examine one of these marvelous little
and finds food for criticism, but before
indulging tations in it, will give our readers some medical quo¬
authorities, therefrom, from the highest consid¬
which we believe worthy of
eration. Under the head of “No Distinctive
Symptoms First—More Apparent,” we find: this
adults are carried off in
other country by chronic kidney disease than by any
one malady except consump tion. —Thomp¬
son.
Second—Deaths from such disea-es are in¬
creasing Edwards. at the rate of 250 percent, a decade.—
its Third—Bright’s Disease has no symptoms of
own, and may long exist without the knowl¬
edge of the patient or practitioner, as no pain
will be felt in the kidneys or their vicinity.—
Roberts.
Fourth—In the fatal cases—and most cases
have hitherto been fatal—the symptoms of dis¬
eased kidneys will first appear in extremely
different organs of the body as stated above.—
Tnonipson. Fifth—Only has reached its
fatal when the disease
final and stages may the usual symptoms
of albumen and tube casts appear in the water,
and will great pain rack the diseased organs.—
Thompson. Sixtn—Bright’s usually has
Disease, which
three stages of development, is a universal dis¬
ease in England and America.—Roberts and Ed¬
wards.
Tnompson is authority for saying that kidney more
adults are carried off in this country by
disease than any other malady except con¬
sumption. Under Warner’s “Safe Cure” arti¬
claiming cle on Consumption, we find a paragraph
to be a quotation from a publication
issued by BivmptonHospital ior Consumptives,
London, England, which states that 52 per
cent, of the patients of that institution have
unsuspected kidney disorder. Dr. Herman
Erehmer, an eminent German authority, deficient also
says nutrition that Consumption is because always due bad to blood.
of the lungs, of
b ’f£ “» ™
purifying organs of the human system, and if
they are diseased and thus fail to expel the
nr j 0 ac jj p 0 i s0n 0 r the waste matter of the
blood, as the blood passes through these two
great organs, the “S ife Cure” claim is correct,
and the reasoning of its proprietor holds good.
There is no doubt but that in too many in
stances the medical fraternity doctor for symp
toms, instead of striking at the root of the dia¬
ease > an ',l that under this form of treatment
many patients die.
We cannot, however, see the necessity of
well told is enough for the time be.ng. People,
as a rule, now-a-davs, go to their newspaper for
information, and wo believe such truths as we
have instanced could be proclaimed therein
more advantageously to the public and much
more beneficially to the j roprietors.
African Forests.
The great forest through which Ex¬
plorer Stanley recently passed, which he
estimated to cover 240,000 square miles,
on 'j' a part of the gieat African
forest which extends almost unbrokenly
f rom the west coast, in the Gaboon and
Owowe regions, with a width of several
hundred miles to the great lakes. This
belt of timber, trending away to the
h' art of the continent, is the greatest
f ores t region in the world, A part of it
strikes south of the Congo at the great
northern bend of that river, and the
country embraced within the big curve
is covered wi h a compact forest, the
towering and wide-spreading trees shut¬
ting out a large part of the sunlight. In
these forests, completely shut out from
the rest of the world, live hundreds of
thousands of people who are almost un¬
known to the tribes living in the Savan¬
na region outside. Scattered* through
the big woods, within the Congo bend,
are little communities of Batwa dwarfs,
of whose existence the traveler has no
inkling until he suddenly comes upon
them. Here also, along the Sankuru
river, are the tree habitations described
by Dr. Wolf, where the natives lived in
huts built among the branches to escape
the rfver fh-ods. It was in great clear¬
ings made in these forests that Kund and
Lappenbeck discovered some of the most
notable villages yet found in Africa. It
was his account of these villages that
led Bishop Taylor to choose this part of
Africa as the goal he wished to reach.
Last year the commercial company which
is investigating the trade resources of the
Congo sent its steamer, the Roi des Bel
ges, "up the Ikatta and the river explorers into this described great
timberland.
the country nlong the banks as covered
with an almost impenetrable virgin for¬
est.
“Oh, my back'.” is a eo-> mon exclamation,
and expresses a world of misery and suffering.
It is singular this pain arises from such vari¬
ous causes. Kidney disease, liver complaint, dys- !
wasting affections, colds, rheumatism,
pep‘-ia, overwor and nervous debility are
chief causes. When thus ailing-eek prompt
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Bitters. It builds up from the foundation by
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physicians it. It has cured and minis lei's and use if and suffer¬
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er, try it.
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