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AD60UJTEI.Y PURE
LABRADOR'S COAST.
hmi Bhorea, Ratline Surge Mid Many
Iosbarn I' WanieroBs.
The most northerly lighthouse on the
toast of this oontinont stands ou Uelle
Isle, at the bead of the atritita of that
name, a little northeast of Newfound
land, fir what freak of taste it was
sailed Belle isle I oannot say, for even
the old navigators bad such a horror of
It that on thoir charts thoy marked it
with the figure of a demon.
The morning the little mail steamer
In which I ornisnd "down on tho Lab
rador, " as tho Newfoundlanders say,
plunged and rolled post it through the
urge the rugged mass of rook cronob
rd there as if ready to seize its prny of
Ihips and human lives. The surf, mi
beard at our distance, flushed around
Irs base like a long row of glistoning
tooth. A bngo iceberg bad drifted in
snd lay stranded at one oud of the is
land; fur up on the rocks was tho light
house; on a shelf below stood a little
hut, with provisions, for shipwrecked
tailors; the gray morning mists niailo
these look heavy and sodden, and alto
gether this glimpse of Belle isle was
I lie most absolute soene I had ever be
IihIiL Over our bow the barren coast of
Labrador was faintly outlinod, and as the
last lighthouse on tho continent drop
ped astern I . felt that wo were indeed
drawing away from civilization, and
this feeling was strengthened when, as
we turned onr prow northward, we
sighted the vanguard of the seemingly
MirileM procession of huge icebergs drift
iug slowly down in single (lie from the
mysterious regions of tho north.
We had met with single bergs along
the Newfoundland coast, but oft Labra
dor they became a constaut and unspeak
ably grand feature in the seaward
viow. I doubt if they can be seen any
where else except in arctic and auturctio
waters in such numbers, variety and
grandeur. The branch of the gulf stream
which pushes its way into the Arctic
ocean has sufllolunt force left when it is
reflcctod by tho frozen northern bound
ary of that sea to send an icy current
down along the Labrador coast. Pruo
tically all the bergs that break loose
from the ice sheathed shoros of Green
land are borne southward by this cur
rent. One morning, when 1 went upon
deck, I counted uo less than 133 huge
ones. Some of thoso were groat solid
blocks of iee; others were arched with
numerous Gothic passngoways; some
reachod with spirolike grace high up
into the air. All reflected wlfh pris
matic glory the rays of the sun. Gustav
Kobbe in St. Nicholas.
A WAR EC J 10.
80NO.
There's brauly In llieilawnliis light.
And twlllvhl fulrur starlit nlvlil
llum-at-li tl t'lmrm and grace,
ilnl lovelier Hill on earl It tu ma,
Tho fuli-vat thing my eye can
Tha lieaul)' of th face.
There's (.'hIiiiihm on I he urran'a brent,
A ilrep and bin It aeenia to real
'.Vi-nlli bluer lieavena alwre,
lint deier, rainier, atlll to uia
Than liver ara ur tk) tan he.
Thine annrr f)ea, my love!
Tliero'a music In the running stream.
And mnalo ken Ilia woiidlanda aeeru
Awake with eungaof blrtla.
But tweeter, dearer, ttlll to ma
Than nature' voice can evnr bo,
Tha uiuxlc of Ihy wnrdt.
O. Hoi by In Chamber' Journal.
EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN
DESERVES HIS PENSION.
A QUAKER JULIET.
And the I. one l.linli la .Not Ilia Only
llraaiin for llerelvlng a (lovern- !
ntent Itewanl Kltlter.
Jn the beginning of the present cen
tury Pbf ladclphla was a quaint and pic
turesque city. Commercial greed had
not obliterated old landmarks, and pic-
From Journal, Uwl.ion, le. ttirceqne feutorea were protected alike
Samuel K. Jordan 1ms just given the ; ny ,nic.i,)al ordinances and public sen
Journal at. account of his life which, ; tlm,nt Rowt of fiuo tu)M bor(lurcd
in view of his extremely hard ot fr ' the streets, and these were tended and
tne past lew years win tie reiin wim cart,d for ,,y ll011ft.ll()j(,)rl) Tbj(1 WH,
interest. ' nanwlnlle flin nnua nn Tlilnl i.nnr U'..l.
niece met her wild flrmneuand refused
toglveany pledgB of renunclailoii what
ever, and with her hand on her lover's
lost letter decliircd her fidelity to him
while life lusted. She was forbidden to
leave the Iioiibo uiiIiim attendeil by her
aunt, who had begun to rule liko a she
Torquotniida and made overy one. In
! eluding her brother, weary of llfo.
lint an arrangement for action was
miido. Mr, I'ennell hud novcr yielded
; in his life and, moreover, believed be was
i promoting tils daughter's temporal and
j spiritual welfare In hindering her liinr
, riage with a wot Idly person, snd ho hud
resolved to take pniumgo tor England, nu-
coinpnnled by Polly, ami this arrange
j tnent he supposed to bo entirely secret.
lu tho early part of Octolier, 1800. be
left tho house on some business errand,
1 while Miss Patience, after giving every
one a blowing np, retired to her room
to arrange it. She had not sooner en
! REAL IUZ0IJ HACKS.
A HOMELY AND FEROCIOUS HOO ON
HIS NATIVE HEATH.
IIOITT'S SCHOOL ron IIOVM.
lie IMtva Nut HMMUilile Ilia I'auipered
II rot her of tha llrrkalilre llrrad-Ula K
LI erica Meaaureil by Ilia Hula vf "Itool,
Hog, or lle"-ll( Hilling I'artlea.
i Thcro is a great dlfTi rencie lu hogs,
i riie form, contour and fuoo of tho
rounded, sleek sided, short legged
Berks liiro and other hogs of high degreo
do not much rusemblo tho angular, ra
'tor backed hog common throughout the
I snath. The countenance, of tho well
; bred, well oared for species is chubby
: mid contented looking, tho oars small,
l ho snout Inolined to turn up rather
i llinn clown. His less fortunate, consin
Icifl a Intio- nnrrnur fiiz-n Imtiwttiiu. rl.m.
tered than the watchful Creeshy locked plug oars that hang disconsolately over
wm, iiir. reiinen s his eyes, and an oloimutcd. pointed
Kiiont that seems providentially formed
to aid bis earthy explorations. "Hoot,
Bard and Bitter Wllla.
It was remarked by a writer long ago
that "there is no rovengo so hard and
bitter as that of an old man, " and it is
one of the astonishing perversities of
many natures that the longer they live
the harder they bug thoir possessions.
The most disinterested affection is pass
ed over, the most faithful and most val
nable services are slightly and grudg
ingly rewarded. This mental and moral
disease notably afflicts the richest The
Marquis d'Aligre was a singular exam'
pie. His will was ooncooted with a spe
cial desire to disappoint and insult bis
relatives, friends and servauts. To the
first it said: "As for you, my relatives
, who nave been so long spelling upon
this fortune ou which 'I hud concontrat
ed all my affeotious, ' you are not going
to touch a penny of it, and not one of
yon will be able to boast that yon have
squandered the millions which tho old
Marqais d'Aligre bad takon so many
years to board up.
Sir Robert Bevil, one of James I's
officials, . did not even spare bis wife.
"I give unto my wifetenue shillings in
respect she took her sonnos part against
tue and did airyiuate and comfort him
afterwards. These will not be forgot
ten." And the Earl of Stafford, who
married the daughter of the Duo do
(Jrammont, wrote: "To the worst of
women, Claude Chariot to de Qraiumont,
unfortunately my wife, guilty as she is
of all orimes, I loave five aud forty
brass halfpence, which will buy a pul
let for her supper. A better gift than
her father oan make her. " Westmin
ster Review.
A Ilero.
Of all the wretchedly underpaid
American consuls we think the case of
our representative at Santos, Brazil, is
the worst. This unfortunate individual
a Muine man receives the munificent
salary of 11,800 a year. His expenses
are $8,000 a year. He has buried bis
vice consul, baa bad yellow fever twice
himself, resigns periodically, but still
sticks pluckily to bis post, waiting for
big successor to be appointed aud, what
is more important, to accept the ap
pointment. Thia consul deserves well
of his country. Bath Times.
Tha Curaa Omitted.
An English paper says that on every
Christmas day since the Napoleonic in
vasion of Russia in 1812 a prayer has
been recited in all the churches of the
czar's empire, calling down the curses
of heaven upon the French. Indeed
the anathema formed paitof the Christ
mas day liturgy tf the orthodox church.
Baton lust Christmas day, Russia and
France having become friendly, the czar
ordered the cursing prayer to be omitted.
HI. Preference.
Young Clerk Do you like to stand In
front of the store and see the crowds go hyl
Old Merchant No, but I Ilka to stand
In the back of the store and sea the crowds
eoma buy. Buffalo Commercial.
n OTHERS
recovering from
the illness at
tending child
: birth, or who aiif.
Jffer from the ef-
'fects of disorders.
derangements
and displace
ments of the wo
manly organs,
will find relief
and a permanent cure in Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. Taken during
pregnancy, the " Prescription "
HAKES CHILDBIRTH EASY
by preparing the system for parturition,
thus assisting Nature and shortening
' labor." The painful ordeal of child
birth is robbed of its terrors, and the
dangers thereof greatly lessened, to both
mother and child. The period of con
finement is also greatly shortened, the
mother strengthened and built up, and
an abundant secretion of nourishment
for the child promoted.
"I am 48 years old and havo always
lived in New Portland. I unlisted iu
tho army in 18113 us a private in Com
pany A, 28th Maine Volunteers. My
army experience injuried my health to
some extent, although I worked at
blackhinitliing some part of tho time,
when suddenly, several years ago, I
was prostrated with what able physi
cians pronounced Locomotor Ataxia.
At first I could get around somewhat
yet the disease progres-ied quite rapidly
until I had hardly any finding in my
legs and feet, they felt liko sticks of
wood and I grew so much worse that I
could not move fur three yearn without
hidp, as my neighbors and friends can
testify. I employed several physi
cians in my vicinity, aud elsewhere,
and they all told mo that medicines
would not help me, that they could do
nothing to effect a euro nud that iu
tinio I should become entirely helpless.
I became discouraged. I was a great
care to my wife and friends. Shortly
after I met an old army comrade, Mr.
All. Parliu, a resident of Madison, aud
ho incidently mentioned how hojjuid
tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for a
severe case of rheumatism and a spinal
and malarial trouble, that ho had
snrferixt in consequence or his 4army
life, and bad been greatly benefited by
their use. By his earnest recommend
ation I was induced to try the pills.
After taking them for a time I licgiiu
to feel prickly sensations in my legs
and a return of strength ho 1 could
move them a little. After a few weeks
I began to feel a inarlred improvement
in niy conditions. I soon was enabled
to walk around a little with tho help
of crutches. After taking for sumo time
I can now walk without crutches, my
general health is much improved and I
havo regained my old-timo vigor. I
can walk about and enjoy lifo once
more, for which I feel very thankful,
and this happy result is duo to tho use
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."
Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills for Pale
People aro not a patent medicine in tho
sense that liamo implies. They wero
first compounded as a prescription unit
I used as such in gcncnriil practice by
an eminent phj s'ciau. fc'o great was
their cfllcacy that it was deemed wise j
to placo them within tho reach of all.
They aro now manufactured by tho
Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y., nud are sold in
boxes (never in loose form by the dozen
or hundred, and the public aro caution
ed ugaiust numerous imitations sold iu
this shape) at 60 cents a box, or six
boxes for 1(2.50, and may be had of all
druggists or direct by mail from Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company.
nut, which was made beautiful by a line
it on the outsido.
own black servant, n crusty old follow
was sent Into tho cellar and secured by
tho padlock, and then Polly, looking
chiitiuing, but rather palo, came down
stairs, paused a moment on the threshold
and then bndo farowell to her old homo.
Followed by her maid, sbo crossed Into
Third street, and there under the big
bnttonwood that was standing nt the
of sycamores reaching to Spruce street, corner of Willing's alley until 1851 was
un tne wainut street side were tlireo ; "'e n amnion inuury, and In a moment
two story brick bouses, each having her bands were clasped by hor lover and
gardens on the street, and in tho one 1 Miss Hamilton.
nearest Dock at the close of the eight- "Drive liko the deuce, Solomon," was
eenlh centniy lived Richard Pennell, . tho command, and In half an hour they
an Englishman and a (junker. He was reached the Woodlands, It was a joyous
tali and strongly built and so austere in 1 party, iiccky and her two sisters or
; hog, or din, "is a common saying In
, tho country of which this hog is a na
1 live, and tho swina seem to reallzo tho
lituntiou. They hnve long legs and al
ways ran with their snouts closo to the
ground, convenient for uuoarthlug any
thing entablo which may como in their
way They diligently root nptho prom
ising morsel of food and gulp it down,
without stopping to enjoy it, and rnn
nn appurontly faster than evor, grout
ing ns tboy go, iu search of something
more aomo favorito acorn or juicy bit
of grnsft or hurry root, npou whoh they
; Ira O Iloltt, Ph. I)., Master at llurlin
j guiua, Han Mateo ooiiuty, t'al., Is one of
the beat suhools fur buys on the P sol lie
Coast.
lllrorre la llurrua.
Suppose a Burmeso husband and wlfu
quarrel and detnrmiiio to separate. The
wife, who always does all the market
ing, goes out aud buys two little can
dles of equal length, which are made,
especial ly for this uo. She brings them
homo. She and her husband sit dowu
mi the floor and light them simultane
ously. Ouo candle stands for hliu, the
other for her, The one whose candle
burns out first rises and goes out of the
lif.ue forovor, with nothing but what
ho or sho may have ou. The ouo whoso
cundlo has survived the longest, even
by a second, takes everything. So the
divorco nud division of tho property, If
yon enn call that a division, are sottled.
Philadelphia Times.
face that it was generally believed be
bad never laughed in bis life and waa
regarded as nn excellent illustration of
the popular opinion as to (junker babies.
But although dry and saturnine in man
ner Pennell was an upright Christian
man and did ninny kindly nets in a
quiet way. But all the same it was an
instanceof the capiiceof nature that be 1
should be the father of a girl so peer- ;
lessly beautiful as Polly Pennell.
Sbo was now 10, bis only daughter.
fler two brothers were at sea following
luruolv deneud for subai,rnca.
deredeverythingdonoatouce. John Ins- Naturally the vast amount of lmpor
keep, who had been Inntignrated mayor ' stive oxoroisothoy take rnnglng through
of Philadelphia a few duys before, per- the woods effectually prevents their tak
formed the marriage ceremony. An- lug on much superfluous flesh, and tho
drew Hamilton gave away the bride. ! hair ou their uarrow backs Is as ronch
snd coarse as that of tho well brod hog
Is smooth and glossy. The majority of
and all wore happy.
Mr. Pennell returned to find a crowd
in.front of the house, attracted by the
yells of Aunt Patience and Old, seeking
rcleaso. He went to England shortly
afterward and died unreconciled to his
child.
With tha Areeut oa lha Totora.
Mrs. Meriwether of Memphis says
"We asked that tho girls of our stuto
bo protected until they wero 18 yours
old, tho law extending that gracious
vrotection np to the ripe age of 10. Wo
fonght a desperate battle for six years,
anil when the ago was finally raised to
1(1 tho women who bad stood tho brunt
of that long battle saw it proved beyend
all puradventuro that no 'Inlluonco' of
thelrM had won the day, but tho simplo
fuct that six years of bitter experiouco
had taught them tho only weapon that
would kill, and they nsod it. They bur
led the senate chamber aud representa
tives hall under voters' petitions aud
mine out victors.
I . i w I m
them are of a dingy white color, per
haps spotted with black, and when a
white coatod one, scantily covorod with
hair, hns pale eyes, bound around with
piii k, and vory light eyelashes, protrud
ing boueath bis drooping ears, he is as
ugly n living object oa can boimnginod.
Tho little pigs ore moderately pretty
After a few years' residence nt Curl's
their father's calling, as he bad been a Neck, in Virginia, the Dulanoys ro-
mariner the greater part of bis life. ' moved to England. Rebecca Hamilton
Polly's mother wus a member of the married unhappily, and the sad story when young, but not iu tho least like
Church of England in her youth, and , ot her lifo is told in the auit at law ' the plump, littlo, chubby faced baby
although her duugbter was ostensibly a I brought Iu onr courts by her husband. ! Ilerkshiro, aud long beforo thoy hnve
(junker she secretly rebelled aguinst the , O'Boirne, to break theprcniiptinl ngrco- ! airivod at the age when they are cnllod
narrow, colorless life that pervaded and nient made between the hapless pair j "shotca" they have become ungainly
at tne tune of tbeir marriage. Phi la- t and common looking. The nogroes have
uuipnia limes.
ordered her father's household.
It goes without saying that Miss
Polly did not want admirers, but the
father wus unceasing in vigilance and
repulsed advances with a blnfluess un
mitigated by any conventional civility.
At this tune there was but one family
in the state that, tried by recognized
standards, could claim to be aristocrat
ic, and that was the Hamiltons of the
Woodlands.
ON THE SCRAPBOOK PLAN.
EvangelUt Moodj Make Fp ilia Kermona
j from All SorU of Material.
i Moody's method of sermon making is
j original, says McClure's Magnzina In
! reality his sermons ore never rundo
1 they are always still in the uiakiua.
The eldest and most beautiful of the 1 ""',pu"c ",e ""J " ,
Hamilton girls was Rebecca. Tlig t!lk nionstrons envelope, capable of
young lady regiuded the usual social ! I",I,'.",18 . 80,m?.nUn,lr.e.'19 ? .""'l" f P,0'
conventions as restraints made for com- ! f"r l"1?el8 'iJ"1."'"l slowly stocks
nion people and so disdained them, I W'th 8l''al notes cuttings from
made friends with whom she pleased i 1P S" a ," ST, Jbok8' lln8tra"
and yet was every inch an aristocrat ! l0 f a l kinds, ..early or re
and graude demoiselle. j ' e,f!'rri"B t0 he snbJect After
:tv..tiiiiumiii muni', ii iiiiijr uu lur yuurs,
he wades through the mass, selects a
number of the most striking poiuts, ar
ranges them 'and finally makes a fow
jottings iu a largo baud, mid those he
tarrios with him to the plntform. The
process of looking through the wbolo
tuvclope is repented each time the ser- J
inon is preached,
THE DECLINE OF WAR.
Puraalt of Property anil Wealth tha Main
Cauae Thereof.
The warlike temperament of man has
been one of bis most prominent charac
teristics from the curliest timos. To
live to fight has beon the chief aim of
most primitive pooples and has been a
leading occupation of nil civilized ones.
Armies have grown in size, weapons
have multiplied iu number aud destruo
tiveuess, battles have grown more nud
more deadly iu nctiou, whilo also be
coming more merciful in their accom
paniments, but Btill it is everywhere
ippnreut that, in spite of these aids to
mrnngo, the military spirit is ou the
loclina
May wo not look for the cause of this
n the enormously Incrensed cost of war-
faro and its interference with the pur-
nit of prosperity and wealth? When
tho internal losses to a pooplo become
grenter than those they can gain through
louiiuest and annexation, they will be
very loath to outer into a grent conflict
I am very fur from saying that many
ither causes, such as ethics and a grow
ing spirit of mercy, may not have con
tributed to this pacification of the na
tions, but is it not true that tho cost of
war is the chief preventive of war? If
-o, does it not illustrate the rule that
the reactions set up by the vast technical
improvement of methods of destruction
have reacted on the primitive cause of
the destruction viz, the human will
nil have lessened tho cnuso by modify
ing tho heart nnd bralu of man? Pop
lar bcionce Monthly.
Ttiarkeraj on John Paul Jonea.
"Traitor, if yon will, was M. John
Paul Jones, afterward knight of his
most Christian majesty's Order of Mer-
t, but a braver traitor never woro a
word. "
Such were almwt the last words
traced by tho baud of Thackeray, and
they show tho astonihhing misenncep-
ion of Paul Jones which prevailed in
he mind of ouo of the justest men that
ver lived. W Washington was a hero even
lo bis enemies, yet Washington had ac
tually held n commission in tho Brit
ish army, whilo Paul Jones could say
to tho American congress at the closo of
the war: "I have never borne arms under
any but the American flag, nor havo I
ever homo or ncted under any commis
sion but that of the congress of Amer
ica. This singular distinction auninst
Paul Jones extended to the whole of the
feeble naval force of the colonies. Sol
diers wero treated from the beginning
;w prisoners of war, whilo uutil Paul
Jones forced nn exchange of prisoners
npm equal terms American sailors were
formally declared to he "traitors pi
rates nnd felons," "Paul Jones," by
Molly Elliot Seawell, in Outury.
After much persuasion Mr. Pennell
had permitted bis daughter to take les
sons in mnsio from Mine. Genet, and
hero Polly met Becky Hamilton, who at
once became tho beautiful (junker girl's
fast friend, and not long afterward, just
as the Arch street meeting was dismiss
ing on Sunday, alter enjoying an exhil
arating period of silence for two hours,
they weie amazed by the appearance
of Miss Hamilton of fhe Woodlands sail
ing down Arch street in the dresB of the
time a beaver hat two feet in the brim,
crowned with feathers like a bunch of
broom corn, leg of mutton sleeves,
muff and gloves laced to the elbows, at
tended by her colored groom in laced
hat and coat. The dauntless young lady
folded Polly in her ample embrace,
kissed her, and in her usual resolute
voice proposed then and there that she
come out to the Woodlands to dinner.
Like a flock of startled bens the
Quaker matrons rescued Polly from the
wilderness of tulle aud India muslin,
the fashiomiblo dress of the time. Miss
Rebecca laughed joyously as she re
signed ber friend aud walked away, and
then poor Polly was taken in band,
warned, entreated to avoid the world's
people and their-vanities, etc., and
reached home npon the whole not dis
pleased with the adventure.
Before the week was out she had vis
ited the Woodlands, had seen the pic
tures and wus led in to dinner by a very
handsome young gentleman from Vir
ginia described by Miss Becky in her
curt speech as a "Jimmy Jessamy from
the Tidewater, " name Francis Dulnuey.
The dress of this gentleman would sur
prise a nineteenth century belle, al
though it was de regie 100 years ago,
A canary waistcoat rigged with flowers
in red silk, claret colored coat with
deep cuffs, laced steel buttons big ns
toy saucers, clurct breeches nnd stock
ings, buckled shoes nnd nteeukirk cra
vat smartly laced. Very commonplace
people looked like stately gentlemen in
such apparel, while iu the hideous uni
form of todny the Apollo Belvidcre
might without discrimination be takeu
for the butler or undertaker.
Mr. Dulaney madehimclf very agree
able. Ho told of bis lifo iu Eo.idon
when he hnd been a student, of his lone
ly plantation In Virginia, bis widowed
mother and sister who had married iu
England, and Polly, to her surprise, felt
as if they hud been friends for a long
time, and then Becky carried ber olf,
warning Mr. Frank that he must not go
philandering about Third and Walnut,
as it would make trouble. On the road
homo the girls had a long talk, aud
Polly made up ber mind thut the first
a in a girl s life had opened for ber.
She had a lover, and, as is always the
result, such knowledge gave her, with
a sense of responsibility, a new feeling
of self confidence and icsiect.
It was a fact. Mr. Francis Dulaney
was in love with tho beautiful Quaker
ess, and Becky Hamilton took charge of
the courtship with characteristic energy.
Alter tbreo months spent in alternate
hopes ami fears Francis Dulaney pro-
Pnrtly on this account oud partly be-
I enuso in delivery be forgets some points
or disproportionately amplifies others,
no two sermons are ever exactly the
tume. By this method nlso a matter
of much more importance the delivery
Is always fresh to himself. Thus, to
mnke this clearer, supposo that after a
Ihorongh sifting 100 eligible points re
main iu the euvolopo. Every time the
sermon is preached those hundred are
.verhauled. But no siuglu sermon, by
i mere limitation of time, can contain,
iny, more than 70.
Hence, though tho general scheme is
the same, there is always novelty iu
tho arrangement, for the particular 70
vnry with each time of delivery. No
(.renter mistake could be made than to
imagine that Mr. Moody does not study
for his sermons. On the contrary, ho Is
alwnys studying. Whon in the cvnn
Itclistio field, tho batch of envelopes,
bursting with fatness, npponrs tho mo
ment breakfast is over, and tho stranger
who outers at almost any time of day,
except at the hours of platform work,
will find him with his litter of notes,
nither shilling himself or his portfolios
with new points ho bus picked up
through the dny. His senrch for those
points, "nnd especially for light upon
lexts, Bible ideas or characters is ceaseless.
Shad Fllea.
"You can talk about the mosquitoes
or jew Jersey or Honda, ' said C. T.
Tnppan of Oswego, "but thoy will not
compare with the Bhad flies on the St.
Lawrence river in the month of Juno.
Tho shad fly will neither bite nor sting,
but he conies in greater quantities than
Hie locusts of Egypt. Doors havo to be
closed, and boys stand in the hotels to
sweep the insects off tho guests as they
enter. Thoy come like a cloud, or more
like a blinding snowstorm, and when
they first swarm objects cannot be dis
tinguished across the street.
"1 went boating on the river nt one
time when thoy made their appearance,
and soon 1 wus covered with them, the
bottom of the boat wns bidden from
view, tbe surface of the river was
strewn with their bodies, and the air
was dark with them. I attempted to
row back to Prcscott and pulled bard in
the direction 1 supposed it to be, but
when I finally reached the shore 1 dis
covered that 1 was five miles away; and
it took me several hours to get to my
destination. I have heard of being lost
n snowstorms, but this was tbe only
time I ever experienced being lost in a
cloud of flies."
I lataat Cow
I In tig
ftnti AiTluc fiili.
i bjmp. Taaaaa Uood.
a S4d trf droffrteu.
Dlamnnil foiling.
Not nuly is diamond cutting not a
..penally high paid occupation, but it
is one involving a niost humiliating
ystemof espionage to the worker. Each
I an is held strictly to account for the
I tones he receive on going to work iu
the morning, nud th count has to bo
ran-follj taken when the unfinished
work is turned in at night to be locked
np in a safe against tU return of tha
workmen the next day. The possibilities
of theft are great, though a dishonest
workman knows that an attempt to dii
pose of an unfinished stone would bring
suspicion npon him wherever tb at
tempt was tusdc New York Mercury.
posed and was accepted by Mary Pen
net), and at once Frank announced his
intention of calling on ber father.
Next morning that gentleman found
himself standing in front of an utter
stranger, handsome and well dressed,
who announced himself ns n suitor for
tbe hand of his daughter,. Tbe old sailor
bad never been so taken aback, but aft
er many earnest words aud entrenties
declared himself as firmly mid unalter
ably opposed to such a uuion, and his
visitor depnited.
And now the hardest was to come
to see and reproach bis daughter for ber
infraction of duty and respect to ber
patent. He sent for her. Never bud she
seemed so beautiful, but there wss
something matured, a quiet firmness in
ber eyes be bad not noticed before, and
to bia amazement be learned that she
had pledged ber faitb aud would keep
It He had lient refractory men to bis
will, but knew that he was powerless
here, yet resolved to try.
He bad a maiden sister in New York,
and he at once sent for ber. Aunt Pa
tience was not a bad woman according
to ber lights, bnt looked on a love affair
as a device of tbe evil one, to be met
and baffled at say and all risk. Her
"Cxarl What Is Caar?"
At a banquet last summer at Arch
angel, when the health of the emperor
wus given, we English rose, aud, in ac
cordance with our custom, repeated the
name, exclaiming, "The czar!" My
neighbor on my left, tho commander of
a Russian lino of battle ship then in
tho port, turned to me nnd said in
French: "The czarl What is that yon
mean by 'tho czar?' " It seemed to me
thut he had never beard tho title ap
plied to bis emperor. Notes and
Queries.
A Lily That Worked.
"Why do you coll me a lily?" asked
tha pretty soubrettn.
" 'She toils not, neither docs she
spin, quoted the enamored youth.
"Toil, 1 believe, means to work,"
murmured the maiden.
Then she worked him for a pair of
diamond earrings and did a pirouette
to show she was no lily. Los Angeles
Herald
survive any amount of neglect and still
live to provide sausages nud pork stew
j for the wiutcr season. At certain sea
( ons, when the "shotes" can do no dnm-
ago to tbe maturing crops, it is nuces
sary to confine them until the fields are
j hare once moro and will admit of their
ranging ut will.
; In the conrse of a walk once, a small
I negro boy and girl were found sentud
I on top of the fence which surroundod a
j poii, flinging corn to two hogs within
: the inolosnre. Tbe rude feeding trough
, wns as dry as if no liquid had ever
j rlninpoued it, and this on a hot summer
afternoon. Inquiry ns to when the pris
j oners bad. last bad water given them
elicited do respouse from the shy little
j "sliote minders. " After some inquiry
and explanation that the pigs would
like water the boy consented to go to
the house, some distance off, for n buck
et, after bringing which the children
wout to tho spring, iu a little hollow in
the woods behind the pen, nud procured
water for the thirsty creutures. It is
needless to say that thoy drank it with
avidity. This pen was in an open fiold,
with not a single bit of shade uenr. It
had belonged to an humble establish
ment, tbe house and barn of which bad
been moved to some other tract of land,
and tbe owner of the hogs had utilized
the pen just where it wns, the distance
from his dwelling, which wns plenti
fully supplied with well water, render
ing it most inconveuieiit to attend to
tbe wants of the animals.
The pen could ensily have been moved,
as tbe fence around it was made of
movable rails placed zigzag fashion on
purpose that it might be changed from
place to place, but evidently the com
fort of tbe "shotes" was not regarded as
of much importance. Later, a small,
slim figure, in a scant, homespun dross,
faded aud torn, suddenly emergod from
a narrow path which opened upon the
road, and a childish voice said timidly,
'Do yon want some headache blossom,
ma'am?" a little black band holding
out a bunch of delicate pink flowers,
with perfume more powerful than sweet
The acceptance of this o fieri ng seemed
to thaw out ber reserve, and the little
girl volunteered the information that
she and Yankee, her brother, "aimed
to dash water to de hog ebery ebenin. "
In the days of the old regime the
crops were all fenced in, aud the bogs,
and cattle as well, were allowed to roam
at will through the fastnesses of the
swnnips and timbered tracts Often
times the animals were not seen for
mouths. When tho timo drew near for
hog killing, parties were made up to
'drive" the swamp and capture the
half wild oreatures, as it was desired to
fatten them in pens before killing. It
wns not infrequently the case that the
wine became quite ferociouB, having
heen left so long nt large, nnd the hunt
ers fonud thomselves in the midst of a
'wild boar" hunt in earnest, which
tboy hngely enjoyed. Most of the farm
ers of the southern states now leave their
crops nufeuced, and tbe stock bas to be
pastured or looked nfter, which practioe
bus put au end to such pursuits. Now
York Tribuna
Stephen A. Douglas had a magnificent
bass voice that would have made bis
fortune on the opera stage. Tho manner
iu which ho bellowed forth "Fellow
citizens!" at the beginning of a speech
was nuvor equaled by any public speaker.
Bcacousfleld's face was a pnzzle even
to his intimates. It was Impossible, by
watching it, to gain any insight into
his feelings or emotions.
I. IKK A HIKVK.
The Plilol fun tinn of the kidiipyi la to ippar
ate from the blood, In ltapiaaite ihrouah them,
of certain lm purl Ilea and watery parllelea wh Ich
make tlielr Dual exit through the bladder. TU
leti ntlon of Uiete In consequence of Inactivity
of the aMueia It iiMKlucliro ol Bright a d aea-e,
dropay, illabtc, allMiiiiiuurla and other mala
dlva with a ratal tendency, llontelter'a H-omach
Uiltura. a lllirhlv IHIIOtlolied diuretic anil Moral
Ui parent, Impela I he kldneyi when inactive to
renew ineir tilling luncl on, and alraln ironi
the vital current Impurlllea which Infeatlt and
threaten their own existence aa organs of the
hoily. Catarrh of the bladder, giavoland reten
tion of the urine are also maladlea at rented or
averted by this benign promoter and rea ora
the ol omnnio action. Malaria, rlieiiniaiiain.
conMlpation, blllouancsi and dyapepaia alao
yield to the lllttera, which la alio speedily bene-
uvini w iiiv weai aim uervuua.
Both tbe method and reaulta when
Syrup of Figs la taken; it if pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and act!
frcniljr yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys
tem effectually, dispell colJs. head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy; of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the Usto and ac
ceptable to the stomnch, prompt in
lis action nnd truly beneficial in its
ilTccts, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, ita
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrun of Furs is for sale fn 50a
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
mar not have it on band will Dro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try lu I)o not accent anv
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
IAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
lOU'SVILU, fr. HEW YORK, .r.
A Glqrwus Fonrtli
3-GALA - DAYS--3
July 3, 4,595
-IX-
Portland, Oregon
Parade Starts 10:30 A. M. of
.the fourth.
Gorgeous Pyrotechnic Display'
-AT NIGHT-
nteil Kly't dream Balm
fur enfrirrA and hare re
ceived great benefit, I be
lieve it a icfr and certain
enre, I ery . plrnmnt lu
take, Win, f a:er, Jtueh
eiter, AT. Y.
CATARRH
KLY'R CKKAM BALM Opena and cleanaea
ine riaaai racaagea, Aunya raia ana innitmma
tion, lleaia tha Sure, I'roteeti the Membrane
from colila. Ueelorea the HeiMea of Twite and
Smell. The Balm la quickly abaorm-d aud glvea
reui-i ai ouee.
A partiele la applied Into each noatrll. and Ii
anu.al.la l. I..A J ......... f n.noaU,.' AP Uw
mall. blt BK0111r.Rn,
M Warren Street, New York.
Speed Association Races In tbe Afternoon
for Parses Aggregating $29,000.
Rices From Jane 20 to July 6.
Po'Irc-I att'ndid a aeaiiee laat nlifht. The
medium ca led 1111 thaaphitof Nnpoleou. Lodge
- What mcaaage doea he icmlT liodire -He de-
n lea everything aud tie J anda an luveitlatiou
HOW'S Tinsr
We oiler One Hundred Dollars Reward
fur any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's f'alarrh Cure!
f. J. CHKNEY A CO., Props.,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for tbe rait 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all buainess
transactions and financially ahletocarrj
out any obligations made by their firm.
Wkst A Truax.
Wholesale Dmgttiits. Toledo, O.
vt ai.pimi, mnnan ,t Marvin,
Wholesale Dmggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
actinK direoily upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75o. per bot
tle. Sold ny all Druggists. Testimonials
iree.
m
DR. LIEBIG & CO.,
Special Doctor: for Chronics filiate
and Waiting Diseases.
Dr. LleblK'a Invliroratnr tbe areateat remedy for
Hemlnal WeakneHa. Loaa of MhiiIiikhI and Private
DlHeaaea, Overu .itiea Prematoreiipaa and prepared
an ror iiiarriaae nie a (iiuiea, pieaaurea ana reapon
aihllltlea; 1 trial bottle given or sent free to any
onedeacrlbinz aymptoina; call or aildreaa 100 deary
St., private entrance 40A Maaou HI., ban Pranclaco.
NKW WAY EAST NO DUST,
Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Walla via O. R.&S.to Bpokane and Great
Northern Railway to Montana, Dakotas, 8t.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, St
Louis, East aud Bomb. Rock ballast track;
line scenery; new equipment; Great North
ern Palace r-leepera and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Bullet-Library Cars. Write
O. C. Donovan, General Agent, Portland,
Oregon, or F. I. Whitney. G. P. & T. A.,
St. Paul, Minn., for printed matter and in
formation about rates, routes, eto.
I cannot Bpeak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Man. Frank Mohhs, 215
nr nn , ... V. r r. . . n ...... '
n . i.ax oi,., ii. i ., uot. z, um.
MUSIC BTORB-Wlley B. Allen Co., the
oldest, the Urgent, 211 First Ht., Portlaud.
Chlekering, Har.imau, Flacher Pianos, Katey
Ont'ina. Uiw prieea, easy terma,
IO-CKNT MUSIV-Seud for catalogues.
DR. GUMS
IMPROVED
LIVER PILLS
A MILD PHYSIC.
iimp pit.t. vnn a nnsR.
A movement of tba twwoli ucb day u Docwwary fnr
health, Tbeae pilli supply what the lyitem Uoki to
nuke it mtuUr. Ther cure HearfucbtL bright, ttw
Eres, and char th Oomptflxiot. bat tar than ooauMtkfi
Titer neither irripa nor aicken. To conrinoe oq, w
will md dimple frwe, or a full boi fnr Sftc. Holdemy
vhare. BUUANKU MISO. CO., PlulavdeJpaia. Yfc
HEALS
RUNNINC
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REDUCED RATES ON ILL THE LINES
See small hills for Programmes,'
AMERICAN
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Stcreotypers...
Merchants in Gordon and Peerless
Presses, Cylinder Presses, Paper
Cutters, Motors of all kinds,
Folders, Printing Material.
Patentees of Self-Spacing Type.
Sole Makers of Copper-Alloy Type.
CURES th7
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STING
Try Girmia for breakfast.
How is Your Blood?
If it is poor and thin and lacking In the
number and quality of those red corpus
cles, you are in dunger of sickness from
disease germs and the enervating eltect ol
warm weather. Purify your blood with
Hood's SarsapariMa
The great blood purifier which has proved
its merit ly a record of cures unequalled
in medical history. Willi pure, . rich
blood you will be well and strong. Do
not neglect this Important matter but
take Hood's Sarsaparilla now.
HfinH's Pille tasteless, ralld.erTee
nuvu rill!) tlve- All drugitiats. 25o
CONTAGIOUS I allits stages
DLUUU FUlaUH ""y s Uhst-
i ,,; , , na,e ore8 an)
Jlcers yield to its healinjr powers. It re-
moves the poison and builds up the system
aluabla treatise oti the ilieMe and lu trentnienl mailed Sea
SWIHT SHIK.IPII- tai .AU.nr. .i
GI STAYER ICO.
STAVER & WALKER
PORTLAND, OREGON
SCtCKSBtlRS
10 . . .
General Agents for Aui.tman & Taylor
Threshers, Traction Engines and
Dinoeb Woodbury Power.
Have lor Sale
HAND-CASE SEPARATORS AND ENGINES
And other Machinery of BtavirA Walker
Stuck to t lose out cheap.
Write for Catalogue and Prlcea.
Room 550 Worcester Block, Portland, Or.
GIIIOKEN RAISING PAYS
If you use the Petalon
I oca ba tor f Brtmder.
Make money while
other are wasting
time oy oia processes.
Catalog tells all about
it, and describes every
article neeaeaior iut,
poultry business.
Catalogue mJf
aft Pan
Illustrated I
I Catalogue
1 raaa.
The "ERIE"
mechanically the best
wheel. Prettiest model.
We are Pacific Coast
Areata. Bicvcle cata-
loe-ue.maueo iree.gives
nil description . prlcea. etc., aoknts wantrd.
PETALrjjf A nrCDBATOR C0.,FttaluBS,Cal.
BaANca Hopsbj, l 8 Main St., l,u Angeles.
ataa7 taaaasS7
FRAZER
AXLE
CREASE
BEST IN THE WORLD.
Itawearlnaaualltlea are iiniumaaaed.actnallT
outlasting two boxea of any other brand. Free
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KOH BALK BY ORKUON AND
WA8HINUTON MKRCHAMTIEJTA
aud Doalera generally.
TOUNG
WO
YOt; CAN MAKE MONKY BAI
lug hay with a good liny Press.
Write ua for Information.
IIICYCI.KS-Wx tell all the
heat fliat class Hlcycles. Wiite
rrr wr (Jataiogne.
J. TRUMAN & CO"
:ifl Huah Street, San rranelaeo, Cal.
P.esae mention this Paper when writing.
Ilard Wood.
AccordiuR to a recent legal decision
reported iu Tho Timbormnn, hard wood
is "nuy tree that hns a leaf as distin
guished from a noertle. " A man con
tracted to deliver to a railroad bitrd wood
cortlwood, and he delivered a poplar in
part tulfjllmcut of the contract The
railroad rejected this as not hardwood
nud suod, bnt the contractor won the
rase on the decision of the court, as re
ported above. Wouieu will now have a
distinct and lawfnl standard to gange
thoir hnrd wood furniture descriptions.
I Wiaconaln's Spanish Named Town.
Probably tbe only town in Wisconsin
that can boast a name of Spanish origin
is Boscobel. This is how it happened,
sccording to Mr. Ed Meyer of that place:
During tbe summer of 1853 Mr. John
Mortiiuore, a civil engineer in tbe em
ploy of tbe Milwaukee and Mississippi
Kailroad company, drove here with bis
wife through the sand deserts Irom j
AInscoda there was no town beretben.
When tbey came within view of the
present site of Boscobel, Mrs. Morti
more, who was a lady of cnltnre and :
understood something of the Spanish
language, exclaimed, "Bosco-Belle, j
what a beautiful grovel" After that
Mr. Mortimore and C. K. Dean snr
veyed and platted the city and ch("
tbe name Bosco-Belle at the suggestion
! of the former's wife. Milwaukee Sen !
' linel. I
"REX"
5CCigar5C
KING OF ALL.
Fil l Caba'teros ilze SHAper thousand; 8 per
cent rsah dhcount. All flrsi-claas'lealers should
ket pthim. II your dealer does not keep them
WRITE
SIB SI HEL I CO., XSA Portland, Or.
Samples fre?. Correspondence solicited.
ASK YOUR DRUGQIST FOR
The best
!T. P. N. U. No. 602 -8. F. N. U. No. 67H
A SURE CURE FOR PILES
inf riiM known oj mouttire nu pmpiration.Oa.nM
ue itching whan warm. Thta form ud JiUnd, Blssvl-
lAiaj UT luvruuiug rsMB jlf iu 111 OUCD lO
DR. BO-SAN-KO'8 PILE REMEDY,
which cti directly on pvU affeetad, absorb tnnion, al
Uj itchinf, ffeeLiDji permanent oars. Pno loo.
Prtaggiiti or nuii. Dr UtMAnke rblltuU.t Fa,
MDC WIMSinW'C SOOTHING
IIIIIVJi IIIIIWLUII J SYRUP
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING
For aale br all lralat. it.". Cent, a Sat lis.
SHEEP-DIP
LITTLE'S P0WDE4 DIP THE BEST MADE 1
Mixes with cold water. Reliable and lafe.
JAMES UIDLinCO,, Poitand, Or, Xiufi'l'KSS:
WEINHflRD'S
WELL-KNOWN BEER
(IN KK(,8 OK BOITLRs)
Second to none- T Y IT..
Mo matur where from.. 1 OUTL iMD, OR.-
Antifermentine
Preserves all kinds of Fruit without cooking, and retains their
natural flavor.
Nursing Hothers.Infants
CHILDREN
JOHN CARLB SONS, New York.
Pcrnamhnca, when translated iutc
Euglii-h, nieana tbe "month of hell." '
i The allusion ia to tbe teinnestnons surf
that continually renders the neighbor-.
1iood dangerous to the sailor.
Tbe (ireeka, when traveling, wore
hats in wiuter of cloth or felt; in sum- !
merof plaited straw, with broad brimt
A Madera Rnt;liah Crntleaaaa.
This recipe to make "a modern Eng
lish gentleman" i offered Ir Mr. La
boocbere: "Wash a lare. red stuck job
lier, bmh and trim, baste all over with
money, arrange in a Insurious wet end
house, nrronnd witb puff paste, then
serve np bot Will keep for months. "
WALTER BAKER & CO.
Tha Larant Manaetama af
PURE. HICH CRADK
Cocoas and Chocolates
Oa thia CaaOant, han neataS
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i
Insist on
m AliP HAVP SODA
T Costs no more than inferior package soda
I r never spoils the flour, keeps soft, and is mi.
J f versally acknowledged purest in tbe world.
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