No Appetite
Coleridge.
Means loss of vitality, vigor
or tone, and is often a pre­
cursor of prostrating sick­
Spot.
ness. This is why it is Although Our the Windiest
Pacific ocean is com­
serious. The best* thing paratively free of storms— hence its
you can do is to take the name— Point Reyes, Cal., is the windi-
great» alterative and tonic | est plait* in the I'nited States.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Fly Six Hundred Miles.
The pigeon’s capacity for flight is
marvelous.
Many have flown from
Nantes to Iauicashire, -110 miles, in a
day, and tlu* winner of a race from
Orerk Palace Discovered.
j Shetlands to I.otuion, over 600 miles,
In the conroe of the exploration work made the journey in 10 hours at an
now proceeding in Bocotia, on the site average speed of 87 miles an hour.
of Orvhomenee, at one time a small
Greek state, which was destroyed by
An Ancient Work on Angling.
the Thebans in 867 B. 0 ., a tine royal
The greatest work of antiquity on
palace has just l>eon discovered.
A angling is said to Is* the “ Halieutiea”
number of frescoes adorn the walla of of Oppian, a Greek poet who flourished
the state rooms.
in the time of Severn«, A. I*. IMS, from
which we learn that many artifices in
The Baby Humortat.
tishiug thought to be modern were
“ Of course,” said Mrs. Extrygooil, known to ancients.
We also learn
“ von are fond of bright, precocious from Atheneua that several Other writ­
babies?”
ers had written treatises or poems on
“ Oh, yes: certainly,” replied old fishing some centuries liefore the Chris­
Batch, “ but I draw the line on the sup­ tian era.
posed smart sayings made up by the
parents ami loaded off on poor infants.”
The Prickly Pear.
— Baltimore American.
The prickly jn*ar of Africa is so tena­
cious of life that a leaf or even a small
a u n • « T tf 1ST
portoin of a leaf if thrown on the
ground strikes out roots almost imme­
e offer One Hundred hollar* Reward for one
i/L. oi i auarrti that cati not be cured by Hail’1 diately and liecomes tlu* parent of a
Catarrh Cure.
fast growing plant.
F. J. CHEXRY A Co., Prop*., Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned. lave know a F. J. Cheney
Which has cured thousands.
r li know ll to all ami * e e i i by nolle
Kxeept (lod a own all seeing eye.
Ah. niel those years, those vanished year*.
In memory, lint beyond recall.
How tilled »till foolish doubla and fears,
tlow stained with *ln and blotted alii
What call we ask of Ilice lint grace
To make these failures of the past
The beacon lights by which lo trae*
Our wuy to thee, i> l ’Urial, at last!
Farewell, Old Year! There have been daya
Of grief and III si*, too. of gnml;
And for them both w’e give Ood praise.
Though at the time misunderstood.
Ills wisdom measures all our needs;
lie knows tile weakness of our frame:
Ills love our highest thought ex eoe. Is;
He calls ua by Ills own dear uatue.
So pass the years In solemn state
Beyond our ken; we count the sun;
They 'ome ami go. we watch and wait
I ’titll onr own act time shall mine.
Uisl of the years, from out whose hand.
With all our pro. lens gifts, they coûte,
Ulve us the grace to understand.
And make Iheui helps to lead us homa!
t’hrlstlau Work.
T W n V ff «A 4
^ AN OLD HAM'S FIRST CHRISTMAS
BY HOPE OARINQ.
KS, I will ilo It. It’s the only way I
can be »ure of making a fair profit
next year. My workmen must under­
stand that 1 run the mill to put money in
tuy own pocket."
There was an ugly frown on Gilbert
lt.-ntlcy’» brow as he aat in hia shabby
little study, communing with himself. He
was a small, stooping man of tsi, with
Divorce Laws and Divorce*.
forth i>»*t leyear*. aud believe him perfectly
hoc ruble in all l u-.nt*-Iranaacti n» ami fln-
The country with perhaps the most searching blue eye», uud a cold, forbid­
anc aliv n |e i carry outany obligations .uado
lenient divorce laws in the world is ding expression.
by their Arm.
" I ’ ll do It at once. One week from
W b r i Tar*x.
Sweden,
and then* the divorce rate is
Whi ie**.e lirucg.it». Toledo,
to-morrow I ’ ll announce a cut of ten per
W ii.i’iNO K i m a n A M a k v is ,
Whole-ale l»r■ gc »is, Toledo. O.
Hful'sCatarrhCure is take:. m t'-nally. acting
directly on the ble d and roi:0"iii *nr(«ee»or
the ay stein. Price"
dior.tr .*s. T >Atin
p. r b . i t »
n a,a free.
Ball’s Family Pil.s are the best.
bold by all
The Safe Side.
“ Y ou ’ ll 1«? sorry some day that you
didn’ t get married if you don’ t.”
“ W ell, I'd rather not be married and
be sorry I wasn’ t than to la* married
and l*e sorry I was.” — San Francisco
Wasp.
Mother* will fn«! M n Winslow’« SootMn*
evrup Th«* best remedy to use ior their children
Use lex; l i n n
a
lower than in the Netherlands, which,
after Kngland, has the strictest laws
in the world.
Ahe went with him to the mill amt
I I * had begun life a poor hoy
and had worked hia way upward, un­ through the village. There her mlatakeii
aided. Hia life had been too busy for bleu of hia character showed In a strong
sentiment. To be sure lie had married. light. Many of hia workmen were living
Ills wife lived only a few years There 111 poverty. She kn*'W he was doing nil
was a child. Harold had grown up, high he could for them, but wus there lint
spirited mid proud
III early luiiiihond some way sin.....old help? What waa ha
he married against hia father’s wishes going U. do for the men mid for tiin
Kstrangeiiient had followed. Harold and churches of the town for ( ’hrlstiuaaT
hia wife died within u few mouths of Then they luuat remember the I It t la chil­
each other, tearing a little daughter. li roll.
Bride prompted Mr. Bentley to pay the
Christmas Kve came.
Mr. Bentley
girl’s Idlla ut ii good school, but he never had shamefacedly ordered HlmpaOM to
mu w her.
provide a “ regular Christmas din ner"
The door bell rnng and there was the He had never tlinde a Christum« gift In
sound of footsteps and voices In the hall. Ills life, but now well, Florence would
The door of the study w as thrown open, persist In talking as If Christmas meant
and a aweet voice cried:
ua much |o him as It did lo her.
“ Grandpa, are you hereT”
lie was dunking of this ua he walked
Before Mr Bentley could speak, Simp­ home tli.it evening. It was snowing. niwli
son, his old English housekeeper, enter­ the wind buffeted him as he moulded this
ed. Ill one hand she held shift a lighted slope. The next dny the mill must stuml
I h inp, thus showing Gilbert Bentley hia Idle, hut on the following morning thn
unexpected visitor. She was II slender men should be liofilled of tin* i nduct loin
girl of sixteen, n dimpled, liloude face In their wages. How angry they wcmjili
lighted by sunny blue eyes.
be! Gilbert Bentley’s lips closer] In d
“ Why, don’t you know me?
I am firm, cruel line. He had looked out for
Florence, and 1 am glad so gla d—tn see himself; others must do the »nine.
yon!”
He readied the house
A a ha passed
She was at hia able, both arm» round through the hall the dining room door
hia neck, and her lips uplifted for his stood open. He noted the va«* of scar­
kiss. As in a dream he listened as she let carnations, ordered from ilia city, lu
told how she hnd grown tired of spend the center of thn table. I.’ pon a quaint
old sideboard was a basket of orange«
lug her vacations at the school.
“ You know, grandpa, that It la dread and pule green grapes ami a plat* of the
fill to have no one of your very own to nuts over which Florence loved to linger
he glnd with, and I ’ ve come to spend while he drank hi* coffee.
The old man’* face aoftened. H# aat
I'hriatinns with you.”
tie waa an cn
The girl was an sure that her grand down liefor* the Are.
father was glad to see her that he rould grossed in thought that he did not hear
not tell her she was unwelcome. An hour Florence enter.
"You precious grandpa!" Again her
later they sat at dinner. The old man
“ I found
looked aerosa to where the girl’s golden arm« were round hia neck.
vimr gift, and I thank you a thousand
head gleamed In the lamp.
She chatted gayly.
When they rose times. Blit grandpa. I want to ask yon
from the table she went xv It It him to the for something more. It I* a part In your
And 1
study. Sitting on n »tool, she told him of work I want you to give me.
want to give yon my help— myeelf. It
her school life.
“ 1 am hnppy there, grandpa, but I wlU ! 1« a wonderful position you hold —an
be glad wlo'ii s c h o o l is tlnished. Then 1 much wealth and so many people whom
can k*-ep house f o r you. It has been so you enu help. On tide best of ell night*
ley’» god.
T H E P A S S I N G YE AR .
Coleridge found solace for his trim-
I hies in the forgetfulness induced by Acromi the shadow* of the night
Phare eetne to mv oxpectnut *-ar
opium, and when 'under its influence Tlie twelve deep notr* Him tell the flight
Of vet another pursing year
1 would sit for hours threading the
Ita limita reached. Its work I» done.
dreamy maxes of his own mind.
Ita record sealed and sent en high,
Y
W A ITING F O R SANTA C LA U S .
In Society,
Ti-s-i— Miss Nuritch talks so much
al*out her mother’s social jmsition l>e-
i forc she waa married.
Jess— Well?
Tea-— Did she really have any jioait-
ion in society?
Jess— Oh, lots of them. She never
accepted a place as cook except in very
swell families.— Brooklyn Eagle.
Curious Irish .Marriage Custcm.
A curious old marriage custom,
As It Is Today.
; called locally “ the settling,” still sur­
Famous Patient— Doctor, please give vives in Donegal county, Ireland, and
in the Scotch districts of Kintyre and
me my medicine now.
Doctor— Pardon me.
I ’ m simply Cowal. After the marriage has been
the doctor in charge of issuing bulle­ publicly announced the friends of the
tins; the otUer doctor w ill be here pres­ couple meet at the house of the bride’ s
1 parents to fix a suitable date for the
ently.
I marriage.
A bottle of w hisky is
Chinese Business Methods.
opened, and as each guest drinks to
In China, to encourage honesty and their happiness lie names a date.
sincerity, confidential clerks and sales­ When each guest has named a date an
men in all branches of industry receive average is «truck and “ settling” is
an annual net percentage of the firm’s complete. Neither the bride nor bride­
groom ever thinks of protesting against
business, besides their regular salary.
the date so curiously chosen.
Growth of Hair.
I.ike most vegetation, the hair grows
better in light than in dt^knessbecanse
of the stimulating effect of light and
sunshine. It has often been noticed
in the case of men who sit in offices
with one side always turned toward the
light that the mustache or beard of
that side grows longer than on the
other.
not
a
Boiled Fish Alive.
I t !s seldom that one sees a boiled
fish alive, yet there are such in the
lioiling lake of Amatitlan, Guatemala.
A specie« of fi“h was lately seen there
by a French traveler. These fish, he
a--orts, often pass days in tin- boiling
water, which comes from numberless
hot springs.
s
z m sbzzase ,
It is natural to rub the spot that hurts, and when rheumatic
pains are shooting through the joints and muscles and they are
inflamed and sore, the sufferer is apt to turn to liniments and plasters
for relief; and while such treatment may quiet the pain temporarily,
no amount of rubbing or blistering can cure Kheumatism, because it
is not a skin disease, but is in the blood and ail through the system,
and every time you are exposed to the same conditions that caused
the first’ attack, you are going to have another, and Kheumatism
will last just as long as the poison is in the blood, no matter what
you apply externally. Too much acid in the blood is one cause of
Rheum atism ; stomach troubles, bad digestion, weak kidneys and
torpid liver are other causes
U N A B L E TO S L E E P A T N IG H T .
which bring on this painful dis­
Sidney, Onto, August £6, 1903.
ease, because the blood becomes
A few month» ago I waa fee lin g w eak
and
run
' wn and unable to get sleep » t
tainted with tbe poisonous mat­ night. I ful'
- x t remelv bad, and also had
ter which these organs fail to rhoumatio pains in my jo in t» and mua-
r
The iii'-uicine I used gave mo only
carry out of the system. Cer­ te ;ii ;jorar7 relief at b-»st; so aeei ng B. B rf.
igi.lv recommended for such trou-
tain secret diseases will produce h
1,1. .. ; be ;n3
uae. and a fto r taking it
Kheumatism, and of all forms 1'j - 1 “ it.e ini was w ell pleased w ii h the
.'-»suit. It did aw ay w ith tua lheumatic
this is the most stubborn and pains, gevo me refreshing flee p end
ap my general system, g iv in g me
severe, for it seems to affect buiit.
st. on-, i and en -rgv. It l e e good medi­
every bone and muscle in the cine, w i' bout h doubt, and 1 tuke pleas-
in endorsing it.
body. The blood is the medium ure
K. F. D. No. l.
B. BO U G U TO N.
by which the poisons and acids
are carried through the system, and it doesn’t matter what kind of
Rheumatism you have, it must be treated through the blood, or you
can never get permanently rid of it. A s a cure for rheumatic trou­
bles S. S. S. has never been equalled. It doesn’t inflame the stomach
and ruin the digestion like Potash, Alkalies and other strong drugs,
but tones up the general health, gently
stimulates the sluggish organs, and at
the same time antidotes and filters oyt
of the blood all poisonous acids and
effete matter of every kind ; and when
S. S. S. has restored the blood to its
natural condition, the painful, feverish
Joints and the sore and tender muscles are immediately relieved.
Our special book on Rheumatism will be mailed free to those
desiring it. Our physicians will cheerfully answer all letters asking
for special information or advice, for which no charge is made.
THE SW IFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, QAm
cent on nil wnges. One week— that will
he the twenty-fifth. Why, that will he
Christmas, anil the men must have a
holiday, Chriatinas! As if that old super
tuition made any difference with the
world to-day!”
The frown on his hrow deepened.
He
leaned back, »taring from a window. He
could see the long, low buildings of the
Bentley Lumber Company. In the back­
ground was the leafless forest. The sun
was setting and the sky, above the tree
tops, was tinged with a rosy glow.
Gilbert Bentley hnd spent ten year«
In that lumbering village. In that time
he hod doubled his capital. Now, owing
to a general depression, his profits were
small. To continue his business through
the winter would mean very little profit,
but doubtless the spring would bring a
change.
Well, he would not wait for
spring.
1 Monoy bad always been Gilbert Bent­
kind ill you to do without, in<* so I could
be educated.”
He made no response. They purled
without the words being said that would
send Florence buck to school. .Mr. Bent­
ley resolved to any them at breakfast the
next morning. There he found himself
confronted by that smiling fare, and was
obliged to hold his peace.
Florence stayed. Simpson, the maid,
and the man nil delighted to serve her.
A few simple changes were made in the
dreary old house.
Mr. Bentley chose
some new furniture.
He ordered tlint
good fires should he kept up and hade
Simpson see that the table was well
spread.
Gilbert Bentley wns powerless. Flor­
ence would think the best of him. She
would think thnt he loved her and was
glad to have her there. She would be­
lieve that he shnred her own love for hu­
manity and her reverent trust In God.
-the birth night of our dear Savior, let
us give ourselves nnciv to the work you
have been doing nlnlic.”
“ Lillie girl, you don’ t understand. I
have not been what you think 1 I iiivu .
nnd----- ”
Her dimpled hand clotted his lips. * .fa n
ure not to malign my dear grandfather.
We will work together, will we not?”
“ Yes. dear.”
In those two words the old man re-
noipiced his greed and selfishness. On
the morrow his workmen should receive,
not a reduction of their wages, but an
nssurnnee of his good will and interest
in them. For this child’s snke he would
learn to know nnd do his duty.
“ It will he our first Christmas to­
gether," Florence snid dreamily, her
cheek pressed against his.
“ Yes, little girl. It will really ho my
first, my very first, Christmaa."— I
Montkly.