SILENT LIVES. If ha the only hero he whoe deeds I Are writ on this world's records? Whose grsat name Is haloed with the splend Id light of Fame I Hethlnks that If one heart in silence bleeds For grief o'er frail humanity's dire needs Tries earnestly to purify from shame One fallen soul, to right one wrong, one blame, To bring the flowers of good from out the weeds Of one poor, downcast life to him the crown Of higher honors than the conqueror's bays Shall be awarded. His the nobler place, The loftier rank, the holier renown For, step by step, his unmasked, simple ways Shall lead him upward till he see God's faoe. ' C. 1 Cretpl PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS Original Western settlers Pistols and knives. Waterloo Observer. There's one line that every woman de lights to hang on masculine. Waterloo Observer. Some of the poet Willis best lines were written in his boarding house. They were tender lines probably. They are always good in a boarding house. Puck. "Let go my ear," yelled a passenger on a West Side street car yesterday. "I beg your oardon," said the other man, "I thougtit I had hold of the strap." Chicago Herald. If a man wants a sack of flour, or something in a bottle to put on sore feet, he can send for it, but for knowl edge, or a hair cut, he must go himself. Chicago Ledger. - A North Carolina negro went right on playing the fiddle after a bullet had been fired into his brain. Exasperated people will hereafter fire at the fiddle. Indianapolis Journal. A LXQAL OATH. "Do you," said Bessie t'other day, "In earnest love me, as you say, Or are those tender words applied Alike to fifty girls beside' "Dear, cruel girl," cried I, "forbear, For by those rosy Hps I swear" She stopped me as the oath I took. And cried, "You've sworn now kiss the book. t .. . - Statesman, Dr. M. E. Wadsworth says the earth has a 1 'heterogeneous viscid, elastic, liquid interior, irregularly interlocked with and gradually passing into a lighter heterogeneous crust." That is a good definition of a custard .Derrick. Hazeltine, the sprint runner, advertises to teach the "Art of Self-defense." Per haps, after all, the theory of putting 100 yards between yourself and assailant in eleven seconds is about as effectual a system of self-defense as could be de vised. San Francisco Post. WARK WKATHKR KfOXCATIOSa Soon will the festive bumble bee His little carol sing-, And polish up right carefully His merry little sting. Soon will the small boy seek the wood To climb his favorite tree, And in a happy, careless mood Pursue that self -same bee Then will that blithesome bee in turn Cause that same boy to scud To where he can relieve the bum By plastering with mud. Puck. "Jimmy, my child," the fond mother exclaimed, "don't eat so much of that lobster salad. You'll be ill to-niirht,-dear; I know you will." "Well, ma," said Jimmy, as he helped himself to another plateful, "if I am you'll know what's the matter with me, anyhow." BomertUU Journal. - "WHZRK IGNORANCE IS BLISS." There's musio now heard in the morning As sweet as the tones of a fiddle, Tia the melody made by the flap-Jacks, As they sizzle and sing on the griddle. And 'tis now that the boarding house mis sus. The hearts of her boarders to chirrup, Brings out the light-colored molasses And serves it as "pure maple syrup." And the boarders, confiding and trustful, Partake of the saccharine staple With quite as much relish and gusto As if 'twere the pure sap of the maple. ' -Boston Courier. .BUI " I I Kilairclhi April SHay Are the months to purify the blood, as the body Is now most susceptible to benefit from medicine. Im purities which have accumulated during the. cold weatherwhen you hare been too much within doors, must be expelled or serious results may fol low. The testimony of thousands, as to the great benefit derlred from Hood's Sarsaparilla. should convince everybody that It is the verv best blood purifier and spring medicine. Take it now. Charles O. Roberta. East Wilson. N. had 13 scrofulous sores on his face and neck. Nothing helped him until he took Hood's Sarsaparilla, which effected a complete cure. His druggist says it Is "A Great Victory" for Hood's Sarsaparilla. Purify the Dlood "I have been troubled with scrofulous humor and sores breaking out all over my body for the last fif teen years . I have taken four bottles of Hood's Bar saparilla and it Las entirely cured me. I recom mend it very highly to any one troubled with scrof ula, or any blood disease." Hmbt Biogs, 119 Campbell Street, Kansas City, Mo. "Hood's Bamanarilla ha cured me of blood poison." W. H. Babb, Stoubenvllle, Ohio, "I was troubled with salt rhsum three years. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla and am entirely cured, and my weight has increased from 108 pounds to 135," Mas. Axjck Smith, Stamford. Conn. Your blood may be laden with impurities, but Hood's Sarsaparilla wiU thoroughly cleanse, enrich andtitalizait. The most severe cases of scrofula, salt rheum, bolls, pimples In fact all affections arising from impure blood, yield to Hood's Sarsa parilla, the great blood pirifler. It also cures dys pepsia, biliousness, sick headache, kidney and liver complaints, sharpens the appetite, and builds up the whole system. "Hood's Sarsaparilla has been used with perfect success in our family for canker in the stomach and impure blood. My little one is entirely cured, and we shall continue its use as a family medicine." Mas. F. . Bubtok, Somerville, Mass. Sharpen the Appetite "I had no appetite, and felt tired all the time. When I had taken half a bottle of Hood's Sarsapa rilla my appetite was restored, and my stomach felt better. I have now taken nearly three bottles and I never was so well in my life." Mas. Jzasrs F. Do lb e a re, Pascoag, B. I. "I have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for biliousness; think it a great remedy for that complaint.". W. Abbott, Manchester, N. H. "My son suffered from spring debility and loss 0 appetite, but was restored to health as soon as he began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla." Mas. Thau a Smith, Sciploville, N. Y. Mood's SairsapiairullllaL Bod by all druggists, fl; six for $5. Made only by O. I. HOOD 4 CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar Suffering- Woraajtheod. Sold by all druggists, fl; six for $5. Made only by C I. HOOD A CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Too much effort cannot be made to bring o the attention of suffering womanhood the great value cf Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for the diseases of women, and perhaps nothing is more effec tual than the testimony of those who have been cured by it. Such an one Is the wife o General Barringer, of Winston, N. C, and we quote from the general's letter as follows: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Please allow me to add my testimony to the most excellent medicinal qualities of your Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Barringer was treated for several years for what the physicians called Leucorrhea and Prolapsus Uteri combined. I sent her to Richmond, Va., where she remained fwx months under the treatment of an e physician without any permanent Bhe was induced to try your medid after a reasonable time commenced prove and is now able to attend to hei ness and considers herself fully ret General Barringer is the proprietor American Hotel, TVin3ton, N. C, widely known. THIS PUS1 Acts directly spon ttt clef and the nerves back, the seat of ail 10K ALL Lung Troubles, wi local or deeply teste planter will be foul give lBttant relief b lying Between me s ler blades. SHARP -For Kidney Trt Rheumatism. Naur Palu in the Side and Ache, tbey are. a o and speedy cure. f centi, or At for SI. lSA.i.& an rv-tD rice by Smith, lo 1 dk Smith, G ID) ID) UlnlfiL Ifi) BADWAY'S HI UIUUJY Uu.dC ci iff CURES AND PREVENTS Colds, Comg-hg, Sore Throat, T n fl anvrti atlonsj, Rheumatism, Venralgla, Headache. Toothache, Asthma, Dim cult Breathing-. CURES THE WORST PAINS in from ne te twenty minutes. Not on hour after readingthii i ad ertbement aeed soy one SUFFEU WITH PAIN. RAD WAY'S l vL-!j1H "In to-day already walks to-inorrow," said Coleridge, all of which goes to show that the poet, like some of the rest of us, reaches home occasionally about midnight, The London Times uses 2, 250, 000 types for printing each daily edition, and the other daily papers in that city not quite 1,000,000 each. aku greasi Best In the World. Made only by the Fraxer Lut tor Co. at Chicago, N. Y. & StXoula, Soldtveryvt ALL RIG1 Heir-Feed HA k CL'TTEU The best lathe wo U Steel, tooiperad, sad fa Iu Wrn with tare bolls ; It eaa be If takes alT ta (harpen. Laactk la ragalatad by lerer ta which ka holtad. Tha hlfbcr lover U ralaa leacer It eute. AU varraalad. 1 to- tod atmlar aiallM PR'S. .NEWARK MACIIINXCO.,Calamlaa in, liftntewi, Ka. CEST TRUSS EVER USED. TnnmnA YilaaMn Trfl Worn night and day. Po K. A 1 llii'- -J Jtl . (alb r ir i S Eaetarw fEASTICM itivaly cures Kuprtr Sent by mail everywbfr Write for full descriptive circulars to the NewYorkEIastic Truss Company, 744 B'dway, New York CURES ALL DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, LIVER, BLADDER, AND URINARY ORGANS, DROPSY, GRAVEL, DIABETES, BRIGHT'S DISEASE, PAINS IN THE BACK, LOINS OR SIDE, NERVOUS DISEASES. K10NEY.'eV;it TONIC AND BITTER. IT IS UNEQUALLED Kl RESULTS A!ID PERMANENT i:i ITS CURL LIVING TESTIMONY. - BlacUsnmitb. "Having had occasion to use a remedy for kid . ney tronbs I purchased a bottle of Uukt's Kid ney and Liver Kkmemt, and it completely cured me have no indigestion, and am hearty and nealthyfor one of my years (5).' J. F. Wood bury, Blacksmith, Manchester, N. H. "Small beginnings lead to large endings." ..a naai Carpenter. "I was troubled with a weakness of the Kidneys.' ( had to pass my water as many as fifteen times daring the night. After having used the second oottle of Hunt's Kidney and Liver Ksxkdt I found that all my trouble was gone." Joseph O. Miller, Carpenter, Xenia, Ohio. "Be s friend to yourself, and oiherj wUL" Fireman. i "I have been a severe sufferer with a weakness of the kidneys, and I took a severe cold while on luty with the fire department. I had terrible pains m my back, and my water troubled me. Hurt's Kidney and Liver Rkxedt completely cored me.". -H. A. Glass, Col una bo, Ohio. uTo the good, nlgbt is not dark." A Sailer. Captain John Kimball, Sailor, New London, Conn., writes : "I was taken with severe pains la ihe small of my back in the region of the kidneys; ( had the best medical attendance without expe riencing any relief. I bought and used a bottle of Hunt's Kidney and Liver Rexxot. Four Dot vies entirely cured me." Price $1.25. Send for Pamphlet of Testimonials. HUNT'S REMEDY CO., Providence, R. L C. N. CB1TTENT0N, General Agent, New York. R. U. AWARE THAT Lcrilhrd's Climax Plug bearing a rd tin tag ; that Lorillards Navy Clippings, and that LorilUrd's Hnnfls, are the best and cUoupest, quality considered 1 . 1 1.. - Mm.l for tha above ... .rihii worak kind and ef long . mr-i uoetivene. Indi- . tfilloaanaaa. Fever, Inflammation Vol tne Bowels, Piles end all derangements of the In iwrnai viscera, rareiy vegoDia, otntaining uv mw V .MM mIi..h1. A.ll.M.nlltllHlL Price. 1C& eenU per box. 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