HEH PRAYER.
I softly pwp tlimurli I be opi'o door,
I can my loml mm there:
6he I ka'HIiw down oa tin' lurlor floor
In nn attitude of prayer
Her bnck l.vturned. so tier H.isped bands
Anil her Tm c I i-annot wo;
Vet I feel in my Inmost heart t!iat that prayer
Is rnlsisl lo liravra for tno.
As I draw nmr with rentle step.
Anil head Immil. on her o- demands,
I Bee that the litreeln by a reslstcr.
And I merely writ-tiilng Iter hands.
Cornelia lledtuund iv .Tudse.
SLUG XUMDKll ELEVEN
"Norpr own in a tirintinK office before,
I suppose. What woman's )icturo is
that over that cane, yon nak? Why,
that's Kan. She was Slug 1 1. Oh.no.
Slug 11 wasn't her nickname. Twas
lier nniuher. See! liero is a King eleven.
Printers use their slug numbers to marl:
their matter: elso how could they make.
up their strings? A string? Oh, wo
paste all our dupes together, and that
makes a (.tringthat hIiows what we've
done. Hero's my (string for tho duy
regular roe, ain't it?
"Want to know about Kan, eh? Well,
rlio was the only female typesetter wo
liad, and she was a hummer. She could
talk longer, and on occasions louder,
nnd truth compels mo to ray broader,
than well, than romo girls. 1 'rutty?
Not exactly, just ko so. Slender, lively,
liair the color of canned salmon, teeth
pretty well justified, and eyes that wcro
usually bine, but liable to turn green if
eho got mad. Boys used to say that if
Nan was going to Paradiso sho'd be lato
getting there: but I never saw nothing
bad nbout her except, onco in n while,
lier tongue. Mister, don't you get it into
your head that because a girl sets tyjK) or
works in a factory among u lot of men
fsbfi can't bo good.
"To resume my yarn. Ono day thcro
came along iv handsome young fellow
that we dubbed Mr. Kokuk, becauso ho
came from tho town of Kokuk. Nan
.i f'limv tfi limi ll nnfl Tim
Rat were nbout tho only persons in tho
ollice that Nan
did notice. Wo called
him The Rat because ho went back on
us when we struck. Wo took him back
outof pity, but no ono loved him. Lank,
cadaverous, pock marked, thin lipped
fellow, with eyes like two holes burnt in
n blp.nki t.
"Well, Kan nnd Mr. Kokuk went to
two or three dances and a circus or two
wo used to get plenty of comns to
such tilings then and liivt wo knew
they were engaged. Tho very next week
wo went on it strike again, ail except
Nan and The Rat. Ho said his wifo was
dying, nnd he had to earn what ho could.
It wasn't much, because bo was u regu
lar lile.'-ksinith. Wo call a poor printer
n blacksmith. Nan'noyes in rued green
ns she said she wouldn t go because sho
didn't want to, 'so there!' About u
week after the t-tilko began Mr. Kokuk
nnd 1 were in a saloon opposite tho block
whew The Rat's folks roomed, and wo
paw Nan come in at tho family entrance
nnd buy it llask of whisky. Wo were in
there c'elelimting the end of the strike.
AM went back next day, and lato in tho
evening, when only Mr. Kokuk, Nan
and I were left in tho ollice, 1 heard him
go over and tell Kan ho must break olf
tho engagement because sho had gone
back on the strikers, hut mow particu
larly for the reason that ho would never
marry a woman that bought whisky
by tlio llask at a saloon. Mr. Kokuk
was n kind of goody goody fellow,
you see. Kan wheeled about on her ,
htool, her eyes (snapped till the lashes1
.,.i .1, l. v
Ailll J iuv nx. vi, tutu run- rwiin w it v
little' plaster of naris cod, ain't you ? I Jo
careful you don t tip i.wr or you'll break
in two. You ought l ; as n missionary
to the cannibals. Y... wouldn't bo good
caling, but they nL.'i very particular.'
air. Kokuk put on his coat and went
nwav, but alter he had gone I went to
lift a handful of typo out of a form that
stood near Kan's' case, and 1 saw that
lier eves were sweating. Tears as big as
rain drops fell dow.i over her caao. Sho
kept on throwing in type. Sho tossed
4aV into tho 'o' box and commas over
among the periods and 'caps' down
among tho lower case letters In a reck
less manner. Every stickful of typo
pho set up next day was so lousy tlio
foreman threatened to dischargo her.
Vhat do I mean by lousy? Why, full of
mistakes, to bo sure. 1 knew tho reason
nnd corrected somoof her galleys to help
lier out. At tho next meeting of our
union some ono said it had been proposed
to raise a fund to bury Tlio Rat's two
children that had just died that day of
scarlet fever, both on tho sanio day,
mind you. lie had buried his wifo tho
week lefore. 'Ho ought to bo ablo to
bury his own dead; he's been at work
right along,' said some one, and nearly
nil growled assent.
" Who started tho movement to raiso
tho fund?' itFked 1.
" 'Nan,' imswered tho fellow who had
proposed the matter. 'Sho headed tho
list. Sho's about tho only friend tho
family had. Sat up nights to help take
caro of Rat's wife, who was a mighty
sweet little woman. Nought whisky for
her when that wan nil that would Keep
thojKKir woman alive.'
"You ought to havo seen tho expres
sion of Sir, Kokuk's face when ho heard
this explanation as to why Kan went to
tlio saloon to get a bottlo of whisky.
And when Rat'H wifo died,' continued
tho speaker, 'and his two children fell
sick, sho cured for them. Worked all
day and sat up nearly all night with
them. 1 tell you, Ixws, printing offices
havo their devils, hut now and then
angels drop down Into them, and'
"Before ho could say any inoro Mr.
Kokuk sprang up and moved that each
member iio assessed $3 to deO-iy tho fu
neral expeubea of Rat's children, and
that as many of tho boys as could hire
tubs should attend tho I uncial. Did wo
carry tho motion? Well, rather.
"Nan was thu only woman mourner,
and &ho looked handsome on a cheap
dress of black she had got for tho occa
sion. Next day she was back at her case,
nnd at evening, while sho was distributing
type, Mr. Kokuk crept up to her case
lookjng ItLu a whipped spaniel, and said:
Nan, do you know wliut 1 think of
you?
" 'No: and what's more, I don't carol'
enapped Nan.
Well, 1 think you aro a ealnt upon
earth.'
'Do you know what I think of youV
cald Nan, knocking about half a handful
of matter into pi. I don't think any
thing.' Then how Mr. Kokuk did plead for
forgiveness! Nan said not a word for a
loi.Ktlmo, but finally eho turned about
with a hulfwieer on her facound paid:
Til jff to m who pays for tho tickets to
the theatre to-night.' TojolT is to plnv
n game with type. Mr. llokuk got stuck
for the tirk"ts. and 1 tell you ho was
tickled. Thev went: but they only saw
part of the plav. An they wore walking
along lo the tlieatre they iaBscd a par
nonage. 'Isn't that the man that preached
the Mineral sermon for Tho llut's chil
dren?" asked Mr. Kokuk.
" 'Yes.' answered Nan.
" 'Let's i,o in and uoc him,' said Mr.
KokrJt.
In thev went, nnd Kan. who is usu
ally surprised at nothing, was much
astonished when Mr. Kokuk asked the
milliliter lo marry them, but sheconsontcd
nnd they were married, nnd when the
minister hail reached the end of the per
formance and Mr. Kokuk took Kan in his
nrmsand kissed her, what did she do but
drop her head on his shoulder and cry!
She said it was because she was wcyn out
watching with The Jlnt'n folks, but I
reckon those tears were tinctured with
the compound essence of joy.
"Say, do you see that kind of countri
fied looking fellow with a slouch bat
standing over there by one of tho forma
talking to the foreman? That's Mr. Ko
kuk. lie's now editor end proprietor of
Tho Kokuk Hsmnur. (lets all tho county
printing and in making a barrel of
money. He's here on a visit and telling
the boys alKiut Nan. (Jave me her pic
ture iih she new looks. Gentle, refined
looking ladv, ain't she? She's bossor tho
Sunday school in Kokuk, has two scholars
from her own family to send to it, and
when nnv of the printers goon tho tramp
the bustles into Tho Manner olllco and
tosses metal with tho best of them. If
there's a sick family in Kokuk or tho
contiguous territory that needs help, you
bet Nan will bo there.
"Say, mister, I'm not well posted on
religion, fiiit when tho saints take their
places in line in heaven I'll bet Kan will
1)0 not far from tho head." Now York
Evening Sun.
Hurled Alive.
In Russia people- aro oftener than elso
whero condemned unintentionally, of
course to that most grewsomo of all
deaths, of which I'oo had such un
feigned, horror burial alive. Itut tho
ciremrr truces accompanying this fright
ful tur-uro are seldom so characteristic
or so horrible as in the case of tho wifo
of a peasant in the government of ol-
Niyma. on ino noroers oi nosm; , wi u,
hv
according to ineiocai paporsui uinvina,
was lately buried in a comatose state.
Sho was expecting soon to become a
mother nt the time of her supposed
death. After the "corpse" had been
kept the UHiial time, tho parish priest,
Konstantinoir, recited the prayers of tho
burial service in the churchyard, tho
widower cast three handfuls ol earth on
tho coffin, and all departed except tho
gravediggers. In filling up tho grave
tho latter shoveled in nn unusually largo
rod of hard earth, which struck the coffin
with a loud noise and woke up tho un
fortunate woman from her 6leep. Tho
horror of her position at onco
dawned upon her. Sho cried out
in most piteous tones to tho
irravediircers to rescue her from a hor-
. .i i p r,.n !..
liblo death. Sho solemnly promised i
them all her property lttney wouliltauo
her from tho grave and cofiin. Tho
more she cried and entreated the mow
htrenuous were their endeavors to fill in
tho grave; and on h-aving the church
yard, when their work was done, they
still heard her cries and moans. They
at onco hurried oil' to lier husband, who
wan surrounded with guest h, drinking to
tlio memory of I he deceased. Having
related what had taken place, tho mat
ter was discussed by the guests and tho
neighbors, who soon came rushing in,
and it was finally icsolved nem. con.
that an evil spirit hail taken possession
of the deceased, and that in order to pre
vent her walking at ni.;htand disturbing
the iK'onle. it was absolutely necessary
to disinter her and drive an aspen stako
through her body. '1 he niirsent u depu-!
tation to the priit esking permission to
disinter (ho body and perforin the super
stitious rite, deemed necessary in all such
cases. Tho pope, horrified, hurried oil'
to the churchyard and had tho body dis
interred in the hop;' of saving a lifo, Itut
superstition had already got itn victim,
tho woman was dead, but unmistakable
signs showed she had struggled hard to
escape from Iho most horrible death tho
human mind can conceive. Boston
Herald.
.lnlin VIii' Cmirtnlilp.
As an illustration of tlio somewhat
grandiloquent style of our grandfathers,
Tho Koriolk Virginian publishes letters,
ono from John Wise, written to tlen.
Cooper, seeking permission to address
his daughter, and (Jen. Cooper's reply.
Mr. Wiso wrote: "Keeling myself irre
sistibly impelled by inclination, and
prompted by a sense of propriety, I havo
presumed now to address you upon a
subject of importance and delicacy.
Having conceived an affection for your
daughter (Miss Sally), 1 beg leavo to so
licit your permission to make address to
lier, and nt tho same time let mo express
tho hope that, should I be so fortunate
as to succeed in gaining her alTections,
my first wishes may not lie frustrated by
your disapprobation. 1 havo thought
proper to make this application to you
on tho subject in this manner rather
than in person, because my character (if
1 had acquired any), my condition and
my situation in lifo aro not altogether
unknown to you, and if objections aro to
bo made they can be mow freely com
municated in this than any other way. I
havo hitherto proceeded no runner witn
the lady than merely obtain her permis
sion to make this application; and, sir, I
now pledge you tho honor of a gentle
man tliat, in casoyou havo objection of
nn insuperable nature to tho union,
whatever may bo tho chagrin, regret
and mortification which 1 may feel on
tho occasion, 1 will not disturb tho (pilot
of n parent, extremely solicitous, no
doubt, for tho happiness of u beloved
daughter, by persisting any further with
her,"
Under dato of May It, 1703, Gen.
Cooper responded, saying: "Although
tho application made hy your letter of
this day was unexpected, yet my reflec
tions heretofore on tho subject havo pre
iKired mo to answer that, however solic
itous 1 may bo for tho teni)xral felicity
and tho "future rcbpectabillty of my
daughter, sho is tho only proper judge
of the person best calculated to make
lier happy. Rescct and impartiality
ought to bo shown by mo to you or any
other gentleman that might mako his
address to my daughter, and I coulldo in
your candor and judgment."
A aiulkioua Truuijw
ITousoholder (to trump No, you can't
have anything to eat hero. (Jo right
away I
TrampThat' what they told mo over
tho way. They said you had only ono
meal a week licre. Sorry I troubled
you. Tu-tal-Now York World,
SHOES OK AM. NATIONS.
LARGE COLLECTION AT THE MU
SEUM IN WASHINGTON.
i:olull f I'lMiluvur III Clvllli-il l.iinl.
rixliis tlm Sliapo by I.snv Wooilrn Mmcn
with CliiiinlicTH for Corn "Walking on
Hit l'lMT."
Various forms of footgear have been
devised by different people under dif
ferent conditions All the shoes made
havo ono thing in common, and that is
a soli!. There are shoes consisting of a
bole without an upper, but none that
consist of an upper without a sole. Not
to have n wile on one's shoe has been
taken figuratively to represent extreme
destitution So when one wants to
speak of a person who is in impecunious
circumstances, one. if he uses slang, is j
likely lo say: "Ho is walking on his
uppers."
The oldest form of a shoe or sandal
seems to have been merely a fiat solo
Bucured to the foot by thongs.
KiitsT i:ffoi:th to imiotkct tub fi:i:t.
This form can bo seen represented in
Roman ami (Jreek sculpture. The Egyp
tians had similar soles or sandals made
ordinarily of leather, but sometimes of
palm leaves or papyrus. In tho Ninth
and Tenth centuries the common form
of shoo in Europe was tho wooden shoe.
Even the nobles and princes wore clumsy
wooden shoes, such as now are found
among the peasants. Tho Fourteenth
century produced tho grotosquo long
pointed shoe. Tho points had been ex
tended by fashion so far that in the days
of Richard 11 they wero secured to the
kneo by little chains. Tho church thun
dered against this absurd and useless
fashion, but almost without avail, for it
held sway for 300 yean or mow. In HGiJ,
however, so much headway had been
gained against the mode that a decreo of
the English parliament was obtained to
oppose the decreo of fashion.
An act was passed prohibiting shoe
makers from making points mow than
two inches long for tho unprivileged
classes. Henceforth the long point be
came a badge of the criminal class. IJut
a reaction came, the long point went out
of fashion, and people went to tho op
posite extreme. Tho Iocs of shoes were
made of grotesque width. This absurdity
was carried so far that Queen Mary felt
called upon to issue a proclamation re
stricting the width of toes to six inches.
If there won any of her subjects who
had a natural spread of tho toes greater
than six inches they had logo barefooted.
In the Sixteenth century boots wero
generally worn in England and Franco
and tho boots of Iho cavaliers wero made
with enormously wide tops, that were
rolled or folded over. After tho restora
tion the tops of ihe boots wero orna
mented, at least by tho fops of tho day,
with lace. The simple form of shoo,
which has held, its own among Euro
peans and Americans to tho present day,
made its appearance in tlio Seventeenth
century. Tliis shoo has undergone sev
eral modifications. It was fastened with
a buckle before shoo laces and buttons
came into vogue.
In the National museum in tho depart
ment of ethnology aro gathered together
specimens of foot wear from all over the
world. Shoes aw studied not alono from
tho economic standpoint. Ethnologists
see in the development of shoes, iho
growth of tho heel, tho solo nnd tho up
per, tho process of evolution, just as
tlio naturalist sees it in tlio mechanical
fitness of the prehensile tail to tho con
ditions of life of the monkey that has it.
Many drawers aw filled with shoes, and
in ono of tho alcoves of tho museum aw
Btored away another collection of shoes.
If there was a procession representing all
nations and even tho subordinate divi
sions of all nations, tho representatives
of the dilTewnt countries and localities
could all find in this collection tho proper
boots or shoes to wear.
KOOTUKAlt I'ltOM ALL NATIONS.
Then, scattered through the museum,
ore elligies armies of very littlo ones in
cases, representing the dress and tho im
plements and ceremonies of different
peoplo, and hew and there largo figures
startling in their lifelike character, and
on each of these the students of shoes
can find an interesting study. Wooden
shoes, or sabots, are worn now among
tho peasants in many countries in Eu
rope. Their advantage is in their cheap
ness and durability. In Franco and Bel
gium aw factories whew they aw mado
of maple and ash. There are some in thi
museum from Norway and Belgium, and
some used among Iho Scandinavian set
tlors in the northwestern states and ter
ritories that seem heavy and clumsy to
one accustomed to lino leather. Tho6hoo
is made all of one piece, hollowed out.
They are fashioned in tho form of tho
foot, and sometimes havo a littlocarviug
outside to represent buttons and tho top
caps on leather shoes. The uppora are
about a quarter of an inch thu-k and tho
soles twice as thick.
On one pair of wooden shoes In tho
museum, from Belgium, even a repre
sentation of the littlo knob supposed to
bo made by the wearer's corn appears.
An attempt was mado to establish tho
inauufactuw of wooden shoos in this
country during the war, but tho indus
try never reached largo proportions.
Some, however, nw made now and sold
among tho foreign lorn jHHipIo of the
northwest or exported to Europe. In tho
tin district of Cornwall, Egypt mado
wooden shoos or pattens aro used.
One of these in tho museum is simply
a flat piece of wood, with an iron ring
fastened underneath. The. ring is on
tho ground, and raises tho fiat bhoo and
its wearer above tho ground. Tho shoo
is fastened to the foot with straps. Shoes
with wooden soles aro very common.
Thoy aro used In some eountrtos for or
dinary wear, and many aro made for
tho sicclal use of erbons employed in
bleacheries or damp places. I Iio imjK'r
vlous wooden soles keep tho feet dry.
Somo shoes with handsomely adorned
uppers aro provided with wooden sole.
Washington Stur,
London Without lUu.
London never fails to impress tho tour
ist with Its peculiar place among the
rilies of the world There are many pre
senting far finer groups of buildings; its
main thoroughfares, such as Regent
street and Oxford street, are not to be
compared with those in Paris or Phila
delphia; but there is a solidity in its pave
ment, a steady progress in its vehicles, a
sense of continuity in the endless succes
sion of its streets, an air of unpretending
conl'ulonce in its crowds, an unabashed,
monotonous ugliness in its lines of subtir
Ihiu villas which is unique, lxnidon is
the place where incidents and gatherings
which would move many a metrojioiis
"to its center" are wholly unnoticed ex
cept by such as happen to come across
them, liven the most popular events,
which mav attract some hundred thou- I
sand people, do not mako a sign or ripple
in the surface of the great brick and
mortar sea which surrounds tho city
proper.
He must be a very big man, indeed,
who can draw direct personal notice in
Ixnulon. Metropolitan news is conveyed
not by conversation or verbal rumor, but
by journals. The "talk of the clubs"
(exalted by some "society" papers) is an
infinitesimal!' small fraction of that
which engages the metropolis. There is
really no "talk of the town" as distinct
from' that of the nation. It is sheer size
which distinguishes Ixmdon. Not long
ago I stood by the castle in Edinburgh
ami noticed that I could discern men nt
work in tho fields all around me. There
were indications of separate outside life.
It is so, moreover, in the large transat
lantic cities. Down the straight streets
of New York you can catch glimpses of
white sails on tho Hudson or East river,
but when you look at London from any
square or open space within its borders,
there appears no proof that it lias any
borders at all. or that it cutis anywhere.
It might cover tho whole earth for all
you can see. The Cornliill Magazine.
WolwrliH's Aro tlcly Customers
Few Washington people know what a
wolverine is. They know that Michigan
is called the Wolverine stato and that
Michigan people aro called Wolverines.
Hut they havo littlo or no idea why tho
state was so named or what tho nick
name means.
Tho state is named after an animal
that used to infest, and still frequents,
tho dense woods in tho northern part of
tho state, as well as in tho woods of
northern Wisconsin and Canada. This
animal is tho wolverine, or, as tho varie
ties of him found in northern European
countries are called, tho glutton. They
aro savage beasts, these wolverines are,
and they play sad havoc with tho cattle
of tho Michigan farmers. They aw liko
a cross bet ween a wolf and bear. Tho
tail and the temper rescmblo thosoof a
wolf, but in strength nnd size nnd sav
ageness they much resemble a bear.
They aw lesscluinsy than bears, though,
and they can climb trees. Many a hunter
has walked under a tree up in Michigan
without looking for a wolverine in tho
two first, and the wolverine dropped
down on him from ono of tho lower
limbs, and before tho next morning had
eaten him up, buckskin breeches and all,
even to tho heels of his hunting boots.
They are ugly looking beasts, tho only
pretty thing about them being their
bushy tail, a foot or so long. Their claws
aw longer and sharper than bears', and
their teeth just as sharp.
Altogether ti.e animal is a very un
pleasant sort of ono to seo outside of a
cage. They aro so savage ami so wary
and suspicious that it is almost impos
sible to catch them alive, and so they
don't have them in circuses and zoologi
cal gardens, and most people don't know
what they are. They aw so savago that
hunters don't caw to hunt them, and 60
tho wolverino lias things nbout his own
way where ho lives. Washington Critic.
Oscar Vllilt mitl Joo.
I asked Pryor about iho buncoing of
Oscar Wildo by Hungry Joe. Said ho:
"1 saw Wildo give Joo tho check over
nt tho nrunswick, but .loo got away be
fore 1 could interfere. I came at onco
to tho Second National bank and told tho
cashier not to pay Wilde's check if pre
sented, but send for me. It wasn't
twenty minutes until I was sent for, and
there was Hungry Joo himself with tho
check. Of course he gave up. lusitcctor
Byrnes took all tho credit of the affair
nevertheless, and 1 never got any credit
in tho matter at all. Hungry Joo got
$-1,000 in cash ami checks out of tho
president of a large bank in Montreal,
who was a guest nt the Fifth Avenue
hotel, hut when I told him tho banker
was our guest Joo gave up liko a littlo
man. He came pretty near getting 150
out of Cen. John A. Logan onco. Tho
general was in one of the rooms on tho
ground floor on the Twenty-third street
side of the house, whew tho ladies' en
trance is located.
"Tlio boy at the door came and told mo
that the general had gone into his room
accompanied by u bunco man. 1 went
around and knocked at tho door. Hun
gry Joo was just going nway, but I
barred tho door anil nsked tho general if
ho had given the fellow any money. Tho
general was Inclined to get nettled at
my question, and blurted out that tho
young man was tho son of the president
of tho liauk in Chicago whew tho gen
eral's account was kept. 1 said: 'Why,
general, the man is n thief, a common
thiof.' Ho would scarcely believe me.
Hut presently Hungry Joo took $50 out
of his pocket, which ho got from Logan,
handing it kick said 1 wi3 'on to him
and tho general might as well havo his
eyes opened.' Tho general had giveu
him $50 and was going to givo him $100
tho next day. Tltis story of Logan has
never been told before." Cincinnati En
quirer. Sumo Thine.
Tlio pastor was a little abstracted whllo
giving out the notices from tho pulpit,
and did not observe the stuilo that passed
around tho congregation liko n magic
. hat, as it wore, when in speaking of the
concert for thu U'liofit of tho ioor fund ;
ho called It "A Charity Uawl." Every
body smiled except tho quartet. Bur
I delta lu Brooklyn Eagle.
Work Tliat In Unlic.tltliful.
Tho dust of wood is to harmless that th
occupation : cabinetmakers and canenters
is very seldom productivo of disease, but
Bomo forms of vcgotnblo dust nro very inju
rious, cither by reason of their composition,
as tobacco, or their fihapo uiul size as cot
ton, flax, or hemp, or their rigidity and in
solubility, us charcoal. Tho most Uangen f
work is that of tho grinders and jxdishers o
cut gl:u, who seldom attain an ago of inoro
than ;j yeais. They aro very soon nfTeeted
by disease; their teeth drop out, and they
finally dio of blood poisoning, as there is a
lnrgo proportion of load in glass. Stonecut
ters almost all die of consumption before they
ure tO years of age. Workmen who make
Portland cement liavo a jersistont cough,
and oxpeetorato little lumpsof cement. Lime
and plater workers do not seem to sulTer in
health from their occupation. Workmen
who inhale Iwno dust are healthy, but those
who work in mothur-of -pearl suiter severely.
Workers in feathers cannot continue at tno
occupation j or more than turee years unn
out great impairment to hccllh, us they in
hale more or less dust containing particles of
fctithora, and at tho post mortem examina
tion of a nan who, in order to sort the
feathers better, hod kept the doors and win
dows of l. room closed, tho lun3 were
found thioldy plastered v.-uh feathew. Cui
oogj Kovra.
ITotv :lioe V. our Out.
Thcro are a number of small cobblers in
baseme.its nud hr.lhvay btanda oS tho mam
thoroiihr.:ri'3 who i::a!;u a specialty of "re
pairing wi:Iio yoa wait," cud who derive a
profitable eaotom from tho iMssers by who
iii.-cJ a heel tipped or a sole renovated to put
their footgear in pood condition, whom the
stores or r.vjrn pretentious shoemakers would
compel to wait a', least a day. There nro few
men who do do v.'ear off tho right heel sooner
thru the left, becauso tho majority put more
force in the right foot when walking. Women
walk much nsoro evenly than men, esin-ciuliy
in tho high heeled shoes in vogue, and, not
walking as much, do not need to often the
nttonlion of tho cobbler. Women wear tne.r
shoes ut sooi'cr in tho solo of tho foot, whev i
tho position in their even walking is greater,
and tho work in their shoes is liner than those
cobblers can perforin, and so they aro seldom I
customers. Tlio prevalent stylo of the moa j
to walk with tees outward is very sevcro on (
tho heels, and a good solo will outwear at
least two heelings. Herald of Ileallh,
I'rriillnr i:yo of a Murkstiian.
This man Swinney, who wants to bo a traiu
robber, and isn't, has most remarkablo cy s.
Hj is iv dead shot, if sucli a thing exists, ami
you would think so when you first look :ii
him. His eyes, which aro very dark ur.u
piercing, affect ono unpleasantly, mainly be
causo ho has in tho iris, and itnmcdiatclv
around tho nunil. a licht irray rintr that you
will not. find in tho ordinary human eye. It
fact I uovcr sawbutthreo men with that ring J
and they wero nil dead shots with tho rifle in
revolver. I havo heard und beiievo that thi-1
kind of an eye is always found in gooii I
marksmen: but it does not follow by anj
means that a man without it isn't n good shot
You hear a great deal about men being am
bidexterous in tho uso of iho revolver. 1
havo met men who could Uioot well witb
either hand, but theo stories you hear about
such men ns Uando und others lieing able tc
llro successfully at two marks ono to tin
cxtremo right and tho other to tho extreme
left aro in my opinion fairy tales. Detect,
ivo in Globe-Democrat.
Slii llln IVas liy ."Machine.
An Albany linn hits gotten
patent on a device for sheliiii
out a
pens,
Tho novelty about this machine is that
tlio peas are cut down liko wheat or
barley, and the vino and pea aw all fed
into the machine, which separates the
green pea from tho vine nnd pod per
fectly fine and clean. Tho machines
nro large, being 10 feet long, 11 high
and G wide. Tho company do not sell
these machines, but let them out on a
royalty, and they aro in great demand
in nil places whew canned goods are
put up, ns they mako a very great sav
ing in ttio Harvesting or peas. iew
York Tolo;jrani.
ACIIOSS Tlll2I)Ki:r. TO TI1H Y.Ml
W KST,
On steambonti. cars and stano f oaclies, lIostt
ter's Stomach Hitters is carried as. the most im-.
portant Item iu the materia mediea of the trav-1
elltig public. U deprives vitiated, brackish
water of Its hurtful properties and execrable
flavor, counteracts the pernlMous etl'ecU upon (
me btomacn 01 uan or iuuikusiiu i- n.-mi.-dles
cramps, hcartbu n attd wind upon the
stomach. It Is a fine defense against malarial
disorders, nullities tho etl'ectsol excessive heat,
cold and damp, relieves sick headache, ami U
ati Incomparable cure for costtveuess and bil
iottsne.ss. The fatigue of travel often tebs moBt
di'astr usly upon invalids and c-nvalcteents,
occasionally to such an extent as to Jeopardize
life. Persons la feeble health, appiehenslvo of
bad efl'eets from traveling, will, if provided with
tho Hitters, be far less likely to Have tlieir tears
realized.
It Is ensv to tell when a man Is flattering your
neighbor, but it Isn't so easy to deulde when he
is flattering you.
Patent medicines difier
One has reasonableness, an
other has not. One has repu
tation another has not. One
has confidence, born of suc
cess another has only
" hopes."
Don't take it for granted
that all patent medicines are
alike. They are not.
Let the years of uninter
rupted success and the tens
of thousands of cured and
happy men and women, place
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
on the side of the comparison
they belong.
And there isn't a state or
territory, no nor hardly a
country in the world, whether
its people realize it or not,
but have men and women
in
ii it.i' i :
be-':
mum iiuuiu n.iuuiui uu-
their dlSCOVCry and
J
II1U1I UllUllS.
Think of this in health. ;
Think of it in sickness. And
then think whether you can'
afford to make the trial if!
the makers can afford to takej
the risk to give your money
back as they do if they do
" Ills mouth Is set on a hair trigger" Is a new
phrase lor tbe man who Is fntitl of discharging
It on sllMest provocation.
There are people using Dubbins' Klectric
oap to-dtiy who commenced its umm'n lfcr.
Would this be the cu;e were it not the pur
est and mw ectmnmiml soap made? sk
vnii' grocer for it. Look out for imitations.
Dobhitu'.
It l- s.m?tiui t'Hiiei lor a man t" complete a
round of nltaMire tlian it Is fur liltn to make
trilng. MUr" a tprwwr-.
No s-.ifcr iiiiieiiy t:un be had for coughs
an 1 colds or any trouble of the throat than
" Itrnirv' Hrnnchiiil Trvehc." Price 25 cents.
Sold only in boxes.
.-ouu- otu- Diii-i- Mini tunt lie could alnxi t henr
th" uriMfe erotv. Wedbellevcnl hlui nuitl while
ero-li Holmei' Held the other day we ills
UIH'll.v iKKHt It tnrWll.
'tnnlor'N Ori'U'oti Hloott 1'iirlflerlg
the bet remed for thai dread dlM:fte, dpep--la.
for It jvpulatus the ljmphatiu system and
tad Micretious.
I'lI.KS! 1'll.KSI 1'ILIiSt
Dr. Williams' Iiioihii Pile Ointment will cure
iltnil, lllcfditiB and I toti I nqr Hies when all other
jltitineiiTK hae lal.ed. It abMirbp the tauter,
allavstln? itchitiK at ouee, arts as a poultice,
itistiiiit relief. L'r Williams' Indian l'ile
Ointment is prip'ml only for Piles and Itching
of ttie private parts and nothing else. Every
oox is warranted. Sold by drtiKRlnts, or sent by
mail on riw'lpl of tiriee, ftjc and $1 per box.
WILLIAMS MAN t'KAl'TtJ KINO CO.,
Proprietors, Cleveland, O.
WH HiRlil merits of n remedy
lor pain do not
-T7ivT!Tr' consist in its being
U Ijxxillm as good for relief as
other remedies, but
In the fact that It is better, in being more
prompt and ftirc, and therefore the best for
the specific purpose. It Is not an idle catch
Hue that strikes the eye thus:
ST- JACOBS OIL
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN,
15 THE BEST.
It Is the best cure for all aches anil palm,
end it holds
THE TRUE PROOF.
To this specific fact Archbishops, Bish
ops, Clergrymi'ti, Luwyrs, Doctors, Gov
ernors, Grnernls, Senntors, Members ot
Congress nnd LeKlsltitures, V. S. Consnls,
Army nnd Navy Officer Mayors and
OfilciuK testify und unite in faying: "We
suffered pain;
OTHER REMEDIES FAILED,
and Rt. Jacobs Oil cured promptly and per
manently." Kor the same reason
THE POOR SWAN
fiads what ho seek and needs. Is not decelyed
nd will have it at any price.
A Brawny Bargee al the Kslm.
ToVJER'SSlLCKERISAlL
EVJEARS
'i, - W. V
'WW'-
WW
8
rrft-
To-day it ia raining in torrents. He knows
experience the value 01 a-risn jruiiu oiumi.
It is his sole article of dress, and to Iiim worth
drawers, thirt, coat, vest, and pants. He U tell
you tales by tbe hour of storms lasting days and
nights when that "Slicker" mado up the whole
difference between comfort and misery ; and all lor
a mere trifle fr .m Ins week's pay. Why don t
you buy one for yourself ? To realize how little it
costs, think how lona it las,ts. It will outwear
for tuits of cl.'thes. Iietter get one tolay, be
fore you forpet it. A day's delay may cause a
month of sickness, and cost a hundred times Urn
pnee of a Slicker. Beware of worthless "niationsj
everv rarrr.ent stamped with the " Vish Grand
Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when
you can have the " Fish Brand Slicker " delivered
without extra cost. Particulars and illustrated cat
alogue free.
A. J. TOWER,
Boston, mass
Itlg O Is thinrknowledg4
loading rpmeily for all tli
unnatural discharges and
prlvntodlsea-iesof men. A
I'tiro In
lToSDAYB.
Unknotted cot 1 '
ccrlaln cure for the deblll
um Sulaure.
tatlng weakness peculiar
to unmrn.
vr.ionWtY I nrescriheltnnd fcelsafa
THtEviNSCHEMicuCn. In rccommendlnc it to
CINCJNN1T ,0.EHa ...
u.b.a. jrw A.).oiuncn, m ukluaiuphlu
1 Tri
JUrK J .L'JUVX. oi.uu.
DON'T.
Don't cheat yourself
out of a good smoke by
taking a poor imi tation
for the genuine Seal of
North Carolina Plug
Cut Tobacco.
HAY FEVER
CURED TO STAY CURED.
We want the nameancf ad-
& . dressof every sufferer in the
AQTUM A U S. and Canada. Address,
HO I nllln r.Eirol4EiTef,U.D.BaCtl.I.T.
, ctciuw iv r..M. d... ni.-..
' Meaning the BtoT IHko Maui. m& the UrortU
I ft"Vr Pns; 11 UuslcsJ Instrument; Hnu Hup-
Ki l" " Dnee MUSIC HTKINWAY IlAU,
a ud i Port Btret; Mavthui Qkxx Oo, (3
ro uu. uvw nwuii uui new noes.,
"THE SPECIFIC A NO. I.
i
Oureallunnturld!iichargeofirien.
YOUNG
no iituiirriit inw loin standing. I'n
veuu suu-iurt, It IwltiKBti Internal
eumly . fun when everything Um
MEN!
kppllcktloc K.ldby lruvltorwiil
kill rec iiit ut prliw by 1 he A. Hthu-ii-
helt Medlcliia Ui . ban Joae, Cul
WHY!
it -
ixos. uenefit or cure you. n. N. u, No. 3i3-s, p, n, u, No. m